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OKAY LOOK, JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE AND GENTLEMEN. DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS GROUP. IT IS WELCOME

[ROLL CALL]

TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE STUART CITY COMMISSION. AND, UH, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE ? MCDONALD HERE, VICE MAYOR BRUNER HERE, COMMISSIONER CLARK , COMMISSIONER COLLINS, COMMISSIONER RICH OKAY, IF EVERYBODY WOULD JOIN ME FOR OUR FIRST INVOCATION, REVEREND BRUSHES WELCOME. STAND UP. THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE THE HONOR REALLY PRAYING FOR YOU. I DO PRIVATE LEGAL PUBLIC WHITE DO SO THANK YOU. SO LET'S PRAY. BOTHERING HEAVEN AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE FOR US. THANK YOU. THAT YOU ARE GOOD AND GREAT ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU FOR THE SEASON OF LOVE, HUMAN LOVE, BUT THANK YOU THAT YOUR LOVE IS EVEN GREATER. I PRAY FATHER FOR EACH OF THESE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THANK YOU FOR THEM. THEY'RE WILLING TO WILLINGNESS TO SERVE HERE IN OUR PUBLIC AND THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF STEWART. WE DO PRAY LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GRANT THEM WISDOM AND DIRECTION AND UNDERSTANDING . WE PRAY THAT THEY WOULD KNOW PEACE AND COURAGE MINT IN THEIR LIVES DAY BY DAY, AND EVEN AS THEY SERVE OUR CITY, I PRAY FOR ALL THE LOWS THAT SUPPORT THEM. LORD THEY'RE JUST MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT DO DO THE WORK DAY BY DAY AND HOW WE THANK YOU FOR THEM. AND AGAIN, WE JUST PRAY THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS CITY GOOD AND GREAT AND BLESSING TO ALL OF US. I JUST PRAY THIS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE BUDGET OF ALLEGIANCE. I PUT YOU TWO WEEKS AGO, I STATES. OH, GOD. AND JUSTICE FOR. GIVE ALL THESE KIDS A GREAT HAND FOR THEIR SUCH A GREAT JOB RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, OKAY, SO MOVING GOD, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD WITH THE ARTS MOMENT. AND

[1. ARTS MOMENT - GERTRUDE WALDEN CHILDCARE CENTER STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH]

JIM, ARE YOU GOING TO INTRODUCE THE ARTS MOMENT? AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO COME UP WITH THAT I DO WE HAVE A ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE OFFICE OF STATE ATTORNEY TOM BACK AND ALL.

WELCOME, MR BACK A DOG. GOOD TO SEE YOU. I THINK YOUR FIRST TIME SINCE YOU'VE BEEN STATE ATTORNEY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO, KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE. THE WHOLE REGION REALLY? MAYOR WE HAVE THE GERTRUDE WALDEN SCHOOL HERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FILM A WASHINGTON AND HER CHILDREN WILL BE SINGING A SONG AS PART OF OUR ARTS MOMENT. AFTERNOON. BRAIDING FROM THAT WE WANTED CHAPTERS CENTER CHILDCARE . SKINNER IS LOCATED IN A BEAUTIFUL STADIUM. STEWART TODAY WE HAVE WITH US. THAT'S BDK VOLUNTEERING FROM KINDERGARTEN GROUP THAT. YOU TODAY WILL BE KINDERGARTEN IN THE FALL. WHOA! TURKEY COMMA WHERE THEY LIVE. WHAT MATTERS IS THAT THEY ENTER KINDERGARTEN READY AS A FORM OF FIFTH GRADE TEACHER. I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF EVERY CHILD BEING READY FOR SCHOOL. WE'VE NOT ONCE YOU START BEHIND YOU NEVER CATCH UPS ARE A GOLD EVERYDAY SHORT OUR SCANNERS SO RED. BOYS ACCOUNT. TODAY AS A PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH WE'RE GOING TO DO THE WORLD THAT'S A RAINBOW FROM AROUND, YOU'LL SEE THE WORLD TRULY RAINBOW, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD TOGETHER. WE RESPECT IF EVERY ONE OF US. I'M SERIOUS THINKERS.

[00:05:37]

YEAH. YEAH. NO. YEAH.

THE LAST ONE DOWN. WHAT DO YOU THINK? A COUPLE OF PICTURES? I GOT A CERTIFICATE. IT'S ALL HERE AROUND. THE MAYOR'S EVERYBODY KIND OF. IT'S YOURS. FROM NOW ON. WE'RE GONNA DO THIS WITH ALL OF THE ARTS MOMENTS. YOU'RE AWESOME TIME. YOU REALLY DO HAVE A RIGHT, BUT IT ISN'T. YEAH. THAT'S IT. YEAH YEAH. OKAY BUSINESSES.

FRUSTRATION. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW ALL THE WORDS. YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT THAT'S HOW YOU KICK OFF OF MEETING. YOU KNOW, SO FROM TIME TO TIME WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE CONTENTIOUS MEETINGS. BUT IF WE HAD THAT EVERY MEETING, HOW COULD THEY BE CONTENTIOUS? I MEAN, THEY JUST BROUGHT SO MUCH WARMTH AND LOVE . SO THAT WAS WONDERFUL. UM THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR LIST IS WE'LL

[2. BLACK HISTORY MONTH - FEBRUARY 2023]

START DOING THE PROCLAMATIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FEBRUARY 2023 MIKE, WOULD YOU READ THE PROCLAMATION? I WILL PROCLAMATION BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FEBRUARY 2023 WHEREAS IN 1926. HISTORIAN DR CARTER G. WOODSON ESTABLISHED WHAT WOULD BECOME BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THE OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALLS US INTO CELEBRATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE UNDENIABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS, AND IT ALSO CALLS OUR ATTENTION TO THE EVER PRESENT SYSTEMATIC RACISM AND OPPRESSION EMBEDDED IN OUR INSTITUTIONS AND EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE CONTINUED NEED TO WORK TO BUILD AN EQUITABLE AND JUST SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS ENDURED DECADES OF STRUGGLE TO BE

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RECOGNIZED AS EQUAL AMONG OUR FELLOW CITIZENS, AND HAS PERSEVERED THROUGH HATE AND BIGOTRY TO STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND THE BASIC RIGHTS, WE'RE ALL ENTITLED TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. AND WHEREAS THE THEME FOR 2023 FOCUSES ON BLACK RESISTANCE ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY. BY RESISTING BLACK PEOPLE HAVE ACHIEVEMENT HAVE ACHIEVED TRIUMPHS, SUCCESS AND PROGRESS AS SEEN IN THE END OF CHATTEL SLAVERY DISMANTLING OF JIM AND JANE CROW SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH, INCREASED POLITICAL REPRESENTATION AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. DESEGREGATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. THE PASTORS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960 FOR THE OPENING OF THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN D. C. AND INCREASED IN DIVERSE REPRESENTATION OF BLACK EXPERIENCES IN MEDIA. BLACK RESISTANCE STRATEGIES HAVE SERVED AS A MODEL FOR EVERY OTHER SOCIAL MOVEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY. THUS THE LEGACY AND IMPORTANCE OF THESE ACTIONS CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF STEWART IS PROUD TO HONOR THE HISTORY, CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND OUR NATION NOW, THEREFORE, IN RECOGNITION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS PAST AND PRESENT IN THE CITY OF STEWART, I TRY MACDONALD MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF STEWART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2023 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE THE DIVERSE HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND CONTINUE THE EFFORTS TO CREATE A WORLD THAT IS MORE JUST PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS FOR ALL ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE DOWN, NINA. DULY ACCEPTING. I DON'T SEE. NEITHER IS SHE HERE. THAT'S LENNY. MAYBE MAYBE PASTOR GORE CAN ACCEPTANCE, MR JONES. EXCEPT THAT THESE ARE BLACK HERITAGE FROM MARTIN. IT'S A WAR. LLOYD IS HERE. HAVE HIM READ HIS PRE PREPARED SPEECH. WHAT IF YOU WORDS? THAT'S OKAY.

I DO THIS WE WANT TO THANK THE SERIOUS TOUR FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. BUT WE ARE REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB. REALLY WHAT I WANT TO SAY. I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS BLACK. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS THAT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE, BUT, UH, BUT I GUESS WE DO AT SOMETIMES GET TREATED DIFFERENT LATELY. I'VE BEEN GOING TO LIKE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND I NEVER NOTICED IT. I JUST BLEND IN WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT WHEN I COME BACK TO AMERICA, THEN I SEE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW? RESTAURANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT , BUT I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITY COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, AND I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET IN THE RIGHT HANDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JARED. THAT'S PROCLAMATION IS 2 11 AWARENESS

[3. 211 AWARENESS MONTH - FEBRUARY 2023]

MONTH, FEBRUARY 2023. MIKE WOULD YOU READ THAT PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION TO 11 AWARENESS MONTH FEBRUARY 2023. WHEREAS TWO AND ONE HELPLINE AND CRISIS LINE CONTINUES TO BE THAT BEACON OF HOPE, PROVIDING LIFE SAVING CRISIS, SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE WHEN PEOPLE ARE OVERWHELMED AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN. DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES THAT INCLUDE PANDEMIC IMPACT AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY AND RECENT HURRICANES, TWO ON ONES CARRYING AND HIGHLY TRAINED STAFF HAVE BEEN THE FRONTLINE RESPONDERS 24 7 THROUGH IT ALL. AND WHEREAS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND WALKS OF LIFE ARE REACHING OUT FOR THEIR GROWING STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, ADDICTION , HOUSING, HEALTH AND OTHER CONCERNS 211 STAFF LISTEN TO EACH AND EVERY PERSON TO PROVIDE AVAILABLE RESOURCE OPTIONS AND TO HELP THEM STRATEGIZED AND PROBLEM SOLVED. AND WHEREAS TWO ON ONE HAS ALSO SPECIALIZED AT BECAUSE HE AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT INCLUDES CAREGIVER SUPPORT HELPED ME GROW AND TO ONE ONE'S LIFE SAVING SUNSHINE DAILY PHONE CALLS, WHICH CONTINUED TO BRIGHTEN THE LIVES OF ISOLATED SENIORS AND CAREGIVERS. AND WHEREAS 211 ALSO RESPONDS TO THE 988 LIFELINE NUMBER AND SUPPORT LINES THAT INCLUDE FIRST RESPONDERS AND M Y F L V E T FOR VETERANS FOR VETERINARIANS WITH PEER TO PEER SUPPORT. I'M SORRY FOR VETERANS WITH PEER TO PEER SUPPORT, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE SPECIALIZED GROUPS AND THEIR FAMILIES. NOW THEREFORE, I TRY. MACDONALD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART DO HEREBY PROCLAIMED FEBRUARY 2023 AS 211 AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AND URGED ALL CITIZENS TO BE AWARE THAT IF THEY ARE OVERWHELMED AND IN CRISIS OR JUST NEED TO TALK TO 11 IS

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AVAILABLE ANYTIME OF DAY OR NIGHT. TWO ON ONE CAN STAFF CAN ALSO PROVIDE REFERRALS FOR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, SUBSTANCE ABUSED HEALTHCARE, EMPLOYMENT, FOOD ASSISTANCE, DAYCARE SUPPORT GROUPS VOLUNTEERING. VITA FREE INCOME TAX PREPARATION AND SO MUCH MORE THANK YOU. OKAY. CHAD ADCOCK. BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS RIGHT THERE.

COTTON. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHAD ADCOCK AND I AM WITH 211 AND ALSO A CITY OF STEWART RESIDENTS, SO I WANT TO THANK THE CITY AND THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION AND EVERYONE FOR DRAWING AWARENESS TO 11 AND THE WORK THAT WE DO THE CRITICAL WORK THAT WE DO, UM, FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS TO 11 HAS BEEN THE CRISIS LINE IN HELPLINE IN THIS AREA. UM AND I WOULD VENTURE IF I IF I DID A POLLING BEFORE THE COMMISSION MEETING STARTED, PROBABLY ABOUT 50% OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE IS STILL NEVER HEARD OF US. SO THAT TELLS ME THAT I STILL HAVE WORK TO DO TO BRING AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE. WE KNOW THAT OF OUR TREASURE COAST . CALLS ABOUT 16% OF THEM ARE FROM RESIDENTS AND MARK THE MARTIN COUNTY AREA. UM AND EVERYWHERE I GO AS I'M SURE ALL OF YOU AS WELL. THE TOPICS OF CONCERN THAT I HEAR ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE OF ABUSE AND SUBSTANCE AWARENESS AND ALSO HOUSING AND I KNOW AS A AS A RESIDENT HERE THAT THOSE CONCERNS ARE PREVALENT IN THIS CITY AS WELL. SO I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE HERE TODAY. AND WHOEVER MIGHT BE HEARING ABOUT THIS IN THE FUTURE THAT THERE IS HELP AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND TO 11 IS HERE AND WITH TRAINING, HIGHLY TRAINED STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE WHO MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH EITHER LITERAL OR FIGURATIVE LIFE STORMS, AND I JUST WANT TO LEAVE WITH A QUICK STORY ABOUT AN ACTUAL MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS. UM THAT HAPPENED IN THIS LAST QUARTER. UM THE CLIENT'S NAME WAS HANNAH . SHE CALLED. ACTUALLY SHE CALLED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND SPOKE WITH ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES, KATHY UM, BECAUSE SHE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT HER SON IN THE PROCLAMATION. WE MENTIONED TO HELP ME GROW PROGRAM. THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT HELPS TO MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN ARE DEVELOPING AT THE RIGHT RATE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PHONE, SHE WAS ABLE TO DO A SCREENING FOR HER SON, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT HER SON DID INDEED HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES AND WAS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM REPRESENTATIVE WAS ABLE TO CONNECT HER WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE AND PROVIDE HER WITH A SOCIAL WORKER TO FOLLOW WITH HER TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE WAS GETTING EVERYTHING THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO HER FOR HAVING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. RECENTLY IN THE LAST QUARTER, THE CLIENT CALLED BACK BECAUSE SHE NOW HAS ANOTHER SON AND REMEMBERED THE HELP THAT SHE GOT FROM 211 AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE WAS GETTING THE RIGHT RESOURCES FOR HER NEW SON. THANKFULLY THE NEW SON DOES IS DEVELOPING AT THE RIGHT RATE AND DIDN'T NEED THAT SERVICES. BUT SHE DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF MEMBER FOR HELPING HER. AND FOR GIVING HER ALL OF THAT RESOURCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME. SO AGAIN , I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. AND IF ANYONE IS EXPERIENCING ANY STORM, HOPEFULLY NOT. BUT IF YOU ARE TO 11 IS AVAILABLE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ER NEXT PROCLAMATION IS ONE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME EVERY YEAR, THE

[4. VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY - MARCH 29, 2023]

VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY PROCLAMATION. MIKE IF YOU'D READ THE PROCLAMATION, PLEASE.

VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY MARCH 29TH 2023, WHEREAS. VIETNAM WAR. VETERANS DAY RECOGNIZES VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE U. S MILITARY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. VIETNAM WAR VETERANS ACT OF 2017 WAS SIGNED ON MARCH 28TH 2017 TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE MARCH 29TH AS THE NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY. AND WHEREAS ADDITIONALLY IN 2012. OUR NATION LAUNCHED A 13 YEAR LONG COMMEMORATION BEGINNING. MAY 28TH 2012 AND ENDING NOVEMBER 11TH 21 2025 OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIETNAM WAR TO ENSURE THAT EVERY VETERAN FAMILY CAREGIVER AND SURVIVOR IMPACTED BY THE DIFFICULT YEARS IN VIETNAM FEELS OUR NATION'S GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SACRIFICE.

AND WHEREAS MORE THAN THREE MILLION MEN AND WOMEN SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR WITH MORE THAN

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58,000, MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. MORE THAN 304,000 WERE WOUNDED AND MORE THAN 1500 ARE STILL MISSING IN ACTION. AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THIS COMMEMORATION, LET US REMEMBER THAT IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ANSWERED THE CALL OF DUTY WITH COURAGE AND VALOR. EVERY GENERATION OF THE VIETNAM GENERATION SHOULD KNOW THAT THEIR SACRIFICES MATTERED AND THEIR SERVICE MADE A DIFFERENCE. AND WHEREAS WE WILL ALWAYS HONOR THE LEGACY OF OUR VIETNAM VETERANS WHO SERVED WERE WOUNDED OR LOST THEIR LIVES IN BATTLE AND CAN NEVER REPAY OUR DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR THE COURAGE THEY DEMONSTRATED. NOW THEREFORE I, TROY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MARCH 29TH.

2023 AS VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY AS WELL AS OUR CONTINUED COMMEMORATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIETNAM WAR TO HONOR THE HEROISM OF THOSE WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES TO PROCURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY AND FREEDOM. THANK YOU, MIKE AND ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF THE DAUGHTERS IN AMERICAN REVOLUTION. HOW PATIO KEY CHAPTER IS ANY PENDER? I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT MY WIFE IS A MEMBER OF THAT CHAPTER. MHM. WHAT ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS? PARTICULAR. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND FOR THE PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF STEWART, ACKNOWLEDGING MARCH 29TH AS NATIONALS, VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.

S, A BETTER VIETNAM WAR COMMEMORATION IN 2012. THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HAVE BEEN A COMMITTED COMMEMORATIVE PARTNER. VOWING TO MEET YOUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE.

THANK AND HONOR VIETNAM VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THEIR SACRIFICE AND SERVICE. HELP PATIO HELP. PATIO KEY CHAPTER JOINED AS A COMMEMORATIVE PARTNER IN 2014. OUR CHAPTER WILL CONDUCT A VIETNAM VETERAN LAPEL PINNING CEREMONY AND ITS MARCH MEETING. REPRESENTATIVES WE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF A GREAT FORMATION AND WE BELIEVE THAT HEALING WILL TAKE PLACE AS WE THANK AND HONOR VIETNAM VETERANS. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FOR A WOMAN THAT

[5. HONORING THE LIFE OF ALICE LOUISE (KERSHAW) LUCKHARDT]

REALLY DID JUST SUCH WONDERFUL WORK. AND DID SO MUCH FOR A COMMUNITY RELEASE. LACQUERED MIKE, WOULD YOU READ THE PROCLAMATION? PROCLAMATION HONORING THE LIFE OF ALICE LOUISE KERSHAW, LOCKHART FEBRUARY 20TH 1952 DECEMBER 4TH 2022. WHEREAS ELLIS IS EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGH THE YEARS WHERE MANY AND VARIED SHE WAS A TEACHER, HISTORIAN AUTHOR GENEALOGIST STORYTELLER RESEARCHER, LECTURER BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE MEMBER COORDINATOR, WRITER CONTRIBUTOR PRESERVATIONIST HONOREE. FRIEND MENTOR, SISTER IN LAW AND BECAUSE IN DOG MOM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, A LOVING AND DEDICATED WIFE TO HER HUSBAND, GREG FOR 39 YEARS. AND WHEREAS. ALICE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF STEWART OVER THE YEARS ARE INVALUABLE AND HAVE ASSISTED IN PRESERVING THE CITY'S RICH HISTORY, PROVIDING FACTS ABOUT OUR LOCAL AREA. AND IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS HISTORICAL ITEMS AND TOOLS, SO OTHERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN. AND WHEREAS ALICE RESEARCHED AND ORGANIZED 200 VINTAGE PHOTOS, WHICH DEPICTED THE HISTORY OF THE OF STEWART ALISON GREG RESEARCHED AND WROTE A WEEKLY SERIES OF HISTORICAL VIGNETTES FOR THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. WHICH WITH THAT AND OTHER ACKNOWLEDGED ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE SELECTED PRESERVATIONISTS OF THE YEAR IN 2013. ALICE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CREATION OF THE SEVEN FT HISTORICAL SAILFISH MARKERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND WHEREAS ALICE WAS THE HISTORICAL COORDINATOR FOR THE CENTURY AND REVIEW PROGRAM AT THE LYRIC THEATER, WHICH MARKED THE 1/100 ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF STEWART. SHE ALSO RESEARCHED AND PROPOSED NAMING THE GAZEBO IN DOWNTOWN STUART FOR FERGIE FERGUSON, WAR HERO AND ACCOMPLISHED ATHLETE. SHE ALSO PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL FALLEN SOLDIERS, ONE OF WHICH IS SELECTED EACH YEAR TO BE HONORED WITH A PLAQUE AT MEMORIAL PARK. AND WHEREAS ALICE PARTICIPATED IN THE WRITING AND FILMING OF AMERICAN LAWMAN BY PROVIDING HER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH OF THE ASHLEY GANG. SHE HAS ASSISTED AND RESEARCHED INFORMATION FOR THOSE BURIED WITH NO AVAILABLE RECORD

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LOCALLY. ELLIS WAS INVOLVED WITH THE AMOUNT OF DATE EMANCIPATION DAY HISTORY AND PROVIDED RESEARCH TO THE CITY COMMISSION IN ORDER TO PRESERVE HISTORIC LANDMARKS. AND WHEREAS ALICE WAS A MEMBER OF THE STUART HERITAGE MUSEUM, MARTIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, MARTIN COUNTY GEOLOGIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF FAMILY HISTORY WRITERS AND EDITORS.

CARROLL COUNTY, MARYLAND GENEALOGY SOCIETY, AS WELL AS THE HALA PATIO KEY CHAPTER OF THE STUART DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, WHICH ALONG WITH THE NATIONAL D, A, R, OR DAUGHTERS OF A RESOLUTION. REVOLUTION AWARDED ALICE WITH WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY AWARD IN 2016 FOR HYSTERICAL HISTORICAL RESEARCH. ONE OF ONLY 10 IN THE NATION SELECTED THAT YEAR AND THE FIRST IN MARTIN COUNTY. AND WHEREAS THROUGH THE YEARS, ALICE OFTEN ASSISTED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ANSWERING GENEALOGICAL OR HISTORICALLY RELATED QUESTIONS, ALWAYS DEDICATED AND ENTHUSIASTIC AND PRESERVING THE REGION'S LITTLE KNOWN FACTS AND INTERESTING STORIES. NOW. THEREFORE I TRY. MACDONALD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY OFFER THIS PROCLAMATION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ALICE LOUISE KERSHAW LOCKHART IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AND I INVITE ALL CITIZENS CITIZENS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE AMAZING HISTORICAL AND PRESERVATION CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ALICE LOOK ART HAS MADE TO THE CITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THANK YOU, MIKE AND ACCEPTING TODAY WE HAVE HER HUSBAND, GREG LOCKHART, GREG MAXWELL. BARBARA WHO'D APP GLORIA FIKE, SANDRA THURLOW AND JUDY WOOD. FIRST FRACTURES. JIM. YES. CHECK YOUR PHONE. BRANDY PURPOSES. REALLY GRAB. LIKE HE'S LIKE ROLLING OVER. ALTOGETHER. GLORIA. AFTER THE MICE IN THE LIGHT PLAN. OKAY BLESS YOU, OKAY? I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS. THOSE INVOLVED IN THIS TREE PLANTING PROJECT. I KNOW ALICE WOULD BE THRILLED WITH THIS HONOR. AND RECOGNITION. BY THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHAT A GREAT TRIBUTE IN MEMORIAL. IN ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST BEAUTIFUL PARTS. I DO.

THANK YOU. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS GREG. THANK YOU. GREG. GLORIA WAS. ON BEHALF OF THE STUART HERITAGE MUSEUM. I'M GONNA THANK Y ALL FOR RECOGNIZING ALICE LOCKHART WITH YOUR PROCLAMATION. BELIEVE ME, IT IS WELL DESERVED. HER BOOK OF HISTORIC PHOTOS, PEOPLE , PLACES AND THINGS IS AVAILABLE AT OUR MUSEUM ALONG WITH OVER 300 HISTORIC VIGNETTE THAT WERE DONE BY SHE AND HER HUSBAND, GREG. THANK YOU AGAIN, OKAY? AND EARLIER THIS, I GUESS MAYBE IT WAS LAST YEAR AND THE LAST YEAR BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, OUR STAFF, UH, SUBMITTED ALICE'S NAME OR TWO FOR THE STAGE AWARD FOR EDUCATION, AND ALICE WAS SELECTED AND SHE'LL BE AWARDED THAT AWARD ON THE 22ND OF MARCH AT THE STAGE AWARDS THAT PIPER'S LANDING, SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AWARD BEING GIVEN, I'M SURE THE TO THE BELIEVE IT'S THE COUNSELOR, COUNSELOR AND AGING IS ONCE YOU PROVIDE THE KATE SAGE AWARDS, AND I'M SURE THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO ATTEND THAT GALA. SO MR TRASK IN THE BACK HAS MORE INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE OKAY. AND JIM HAS THAT INFORMATION. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, FOR EVERYTHING ELSE HAS DONE. THANK YOU, GREG. OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU. OKAY LET'S MOVE ON TO, UM, SERVICE AWARDS FOR FEBRUARY. SO THIS MONTH, WE ONLY HAVE ONE

[6. SERVICE AWARD - FEBRUARY 2023]

AND IT'S MICHAEL RICE WITH 20 YEARS OF AT THE CITY OF STEWART. I UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS NOT HERE

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TONIGHT, BUT LET'S GIVE MICHAEL UH, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HIS 20 YEARS OF CHILDREN AND MICHAEL ASSIST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE RIGHT STRETCH. YES HE'S A POLICE OFFICER, SO AND I DON'T SEE THE CHIEF WILL GET THIS TO THE CHIEF SO HE CAN GET IT TO HIM. YES HE'S HAD. HE'S ALSO

[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]

HAVING A GOOD OLD TIME. UM OKAY . THE NEXT IS COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS. UM COMMISSIONER KIT RICH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO? THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO PREFACE MY REMARKS BY POINTING OUT THAT THE LAST TWO MEETINGS I HAVE NOT MADE ANY REMARKS. SO I THINK I BANKED A LITTLE EXTRA TIME. UM. PERHAPS TRY TO BE FAIRLY CONCISE. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WATER. WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE IN, WE ENDOW ARE HAVING DISCHARGES. THE CORE IS DUMPING WATER INTO THE SEA 44 AND UNLIKE IN THE PAST, WE WERE NOT INFORMED OF THIS PRIOR TO IT TAKING PLACE AND THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S COMMISSIONER MATHESON IS NO LONGER HERE. THE INITIAL RELEASE LATE RATE WAS 500 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND. THE CURRENT RATE IS 351 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND. SO FAR STARTING JANUARY 22ND THAT'S FIVE BILLION GALLONS OF WATER INTO THE SEA 44. AND THAT'S JUST UNDER THREE INCHES OF LAKE DEPTH AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED. LET ME GIVE YOU. THE EVENTS I'VE ATTENDED THAT ALLOW ME TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT. SO I ATTENDED THE 38TH ANNUAL EVERGLADES COALITION CONFERENCE DOWN IN CORAL SPRINGS. THIS WAS ON THE 26TH OF THE 28TH OF JANUARY. FRIDAY TO SUNDAY. I WENT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS WAS STARTED BY A SMALL GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS. 38 YEARS AGO , INCLUDING OUR OWN MAGGIE, HER CHALLAH, AND TODAY IT IS A HUGE EVENT WITH 56 DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN ATTENDANCE AND OVER 400 INDIVIDUALS. THE ARMY CORPS WAS THERE. 1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA IS THERE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, INCLUDING JACKIE THURLOW LIPIDS WAS THERE DO BARTLETT, THE HEAD OF SMS OF U D. WAS THERE EVEN MET THEIR CHIEF HYDROLOGIST? AND BY THE WAY, HE INFORMED ME THAT THE RAIN EVENT THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN ORLANDO AND DAYTONA WAS A 500 YEAR RAIN EVENT. MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER SARAH HEARD WAS THERE FOR THE 20TH YEAR, LEADING SCIENTISTS FROM NOAH. MANY LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. WERE THERE ANY STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATION YOU CAN THINK OF WAS THERE AND PROBABLY HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK. THERE WERE 15 SCHEDULED MEETINGS, THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR SECRETARY, DEB HARLAN, WHO BY THE WAY, IS THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN CABINET SECRETARY WAS THERE AND SMOKE. SPOKE GIL SMART AHEAD OF VOTE WATER HERE IN STUART AND IVE SAMPLES. HEAD OF FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES HERE IN STUART WERE ALSO IN ATTENDANCE, AND MARK PERRY WAS THE CO CHAIR SO STEWART IS VERY WELL REPRESENTED. THE NEXT DAY THAT MONDAY, JACKIE THROUGH THE LIPIDS CALLED ME, AND SHE ARRANGED A TOUR OF THE C 44 BASIN ON CITRUS BOULEVARD JUST BEFORE INDIAN TOWN. AND COMMISSIONERS. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, YOU SHOULD GO. IT'S REALLY YES, IT'S MANMADE, BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL. NEVER SEEN SO MANY ALLIGATORS IN MY LIFE. AND WE SAW ROSIE AT SPOONBILLS. AND WE SAW STORK SHIP. YOU'VE BEEN THERE, VICE MAYOR. YEAH IT REALLY IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE SINCE IT'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. BUT I'LL TELL YOU LET YOU IN OUR LITTLE SECRET THAT IS NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE DISCHARGES. IT IS ONLY MEANT TO HANDLE THE NORMAL FLOW IN THAT CANAL. A FEW DAYS LATER. BECAUSE OF MY PRESENCE BECAUSE I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THIS COMMISSION ON THE TREASURE COAST REGION. REGIONAL FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AS THEIR DELEGATE. I ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON COUNCIL. AND LISTEN TO THEIR TAKE ON THE CURRENT ISSUES AFFECTING LAGOON. THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD GROUP. THEY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S A GOVERNMENTAL BODY, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING FROM THEM FOR THE LIVING SHORE LINE ON ILLINOIS AND SUBSTANTIAL STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS.

INCLUDING A GIGANTIC BUT BAFFLE BOX IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN TWO WEEKS, I WILL BE ATTENDING THE TREASURE COAST COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. WHERE COLONEL JAMES BOOTH OF THE ARMY CORPS

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FOR THE LAKE WILL BE SPEAKING TO A SMALL GROUP OF 10 OF US SO AFTER ALL OF THIS AND ATTENDING THE TWO DAY MEETING AT THE MARINE RESOURCES COUNCIL, WITH THREE OF US WENT TO THAT HERE'S MY CONCLUSION ON THE ROLE THAT SAID HE SHOULD BE PLAYING. WE CAN EITHER PLAY DEFENSE OR WE CAN PLAY OFFENSE. OKAY THE 38TH . THE EVERGLADES CONFERENCE IS ABOUT DEFENSE. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S ALL THIS DIRTY WATER IN THE WATERSHED, AND THEY'RE DECIDING HOW WE HOW DO WE EFFECTIVELY AND EQUITABLY DEAL WITH IT? THIS IS A HUGELY COMPLICATED ISSUE. THESE PROJECTS IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU. THESE ARE THEY'RE BEING BUILT ON THE SCALE OF THE PYRAMIDS. IT'S LIKE AND A LOT OF VERY SMART, QUALIFIED, COMPETENT PEOPLE HAVE WORKED ON IT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I DON'T SEE A ROLE FOR US IN THERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE SHOULDN'T LOSE CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T START SUING PEOPLE. LOS UM, IS NOW NOT COMING OUT UNTIL JUNE. IT WAS DELAYED FROM MARCH. AND THAT IS THE NEW STORM OPERATED LEG, AWKWARD CHOBE STORMWATER OPERATING MANAGEMENT PLAN. JUNE JUNE NOW CHANGED IT. WE NEED TO WAIT AND SEE THE IMPACT OF THAT.

BY THE WAY, IF LOW, SOME WARREN PLACE THEY WOULD NOT BE RELEASING TO US. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS OFFENSE. AND NOT OFFENSIVE AS SOMEBODY SAID TO ME. SO OFFENSES WHAT WE LEARNED UP AT THE MARINE RESOURCES COUNCIL MEETING. WE THE CITY CAN KEEP AS MUCH WATER OUT OF THE ST LUCIE AS WE CAN THROUGH STRONG REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT. AND ENFORCEMENT. LET'S TREAT AS MUCH WATER AS WE CAN ON SITE. LET'S FIX OUR PONDS SO WE CAN HAVE EDITORIAL PLANNING AND STOP SPRAYING TO HIS GREATER DEGREE AS POSSIBLE. PERVIOUS PAPERS. RAIN GARDENS STATE OF THE ART BAFFLE BOX. LET'S REALLY PUSH SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSIONS. OKAY? LET'S KEEP PEOPLE FROM FERTILIZING AT THE WRONG TIME OF YEAR. LOTS. AVOID SPRAWL. LOTS OF CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT ON TRANSPORTATION ARTERIES AND THAT EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALL THE L I D LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT AND GREEN STORM MARTY GREEN STORMWATER INITIATIVE. OPPORTUNITIES WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO. SO YOU MAY AGREE WITH THIS OR NOT. BUT WHAT WE DO NEED TO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. WE NEED TO HAVE A AN OFFICIAL POSITION ON FUTURE RELEASES. AS I SAID COMMISSIONER MASTERSON HAD FUNCTIONED VERY WELL IN THIS ROLE AS A TERRIFIC REPUTATION WITH PEOPLE I TALKED TO, BUT AS HE IS GONE, WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE. WHEN FOR EXAMPLE, I MEET WITH THE COLONEL IN TWO WEEKS. OR WHEN ANY OF US SPEAKS TO ANYONE CONCERNED WITH THE WATER, INCLUDING OUR LOCAL LEGISLATURES , AND I KNOW STAFF IS LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM US. AT THE VERY LEAST, WE NEED TO INSIST ON PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF RELEASES. IS OUR POSITION. I ACT THIS IS A REAL QUICK IS OUR POSITION. WE WANT ZERO DISCHARGES, AND WE'LL SETTLE FOR NO MORE. BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION TO MAINTAIN, AS YOU KNOW. AND WHAT IS OUR POSITION ON BANKING RELEASES? YOU KNOW WHAT? BANKI BANKING AND RELEASES THEY TELL YOU? WE'D LIKE TO RELEASE AND WE GO. NO WE DON'T WANT IT. NOW THEY GO. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THAT AGAINST YOU IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. I'M SURE BEN HOGARTH CAN HELP US DEVELOP A POLICY.

WHENEVER WE SPEAK WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS DECISION DECISION MAKING POWER THEY NEED TO KNOW. WE ARE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION. WE ARE WELL INFORMED, AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE HEALTH OF OUR CITY THAN THE QUALITY OF THE WATER IN OUR RIVERS. SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE HAVE A D AND D DID. UH AT SOME POINT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE SO WE CAN GET SOME SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. FINALLY AND BRIEFLY. YOU KNOW, I HEAR A DEAD CAN'T BE, SAY A WHILE AGO THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE 80% OF WHAT WE DO. AND I NOW BELIEVE THAT I'M ON THE ADVOCACY FOR THE TREASURY COASTAL REGION, FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CIVILITY AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND SOME OF THE BILLS. I WAS ON A CALL THIS MORNING. THIS JUST CAME UP. I HAD NOT HEARD OF IT. BUT FOR EXAMPLE EXAMPLE. THERE IS A BILL THAT WOULD SHORTEN THE TIMES TO ISSUE A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMIT IN SOME INSTANCES FROM 10 TO 3 CALENDAR DAYS. AND SOME INSTANCES FROM 45 TO 9 CALENDAR DAYS. THIS IS HOUSE BILL 671.

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THE FINES FOR A FAILURE TO COMPLY OR INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. AND MAY EVEN RESULT IN THE REVOCATION OF THE MUNICIPALITIES CHARTER. BACK TO WATER. THERE'S A STUDY BY THE FLORIDA AGENCY OF ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, GIVING 20 YEAR PROJECTIONS ON DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH AND BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS AND ALLOCATION OF WATER RESOURCES. THE ADVOCATE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE WAS STRUCK BY HOW INEQUITABLE THESE INITIAL INITIAL ALLOCATIONS WERE. AND CAUTIONED US TO PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS AS THIS WILL BE A GOVERNING DOCUMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS. THERE'S A BILL TO LIMIT ADVIL ARM INCREASES FOR HOMESTEADED PROPERTY FROM 3 TO 2. THIS COULD HAVE A MUCH MORE DRAMATIC IMPACT THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. AS THIS IS OUR TAX BASE. REMEMBER YOUR COM POUNDING THAT LESSER AMOUNT YEAR AFTER YEAR? MR DIOCESES AWARE, AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE PROVIDING US WITH THIS PICK SPECIFIC NUMBERS WE COULD BE LOOKING AT THIS IS A SMALL SAMPLE OF WHAT I'VE BEEN AWARE OF GOING FORWARD . I WORK WITH MR HOGARTH TO PRESENT ONLY THOSE BILLS. THAT HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF BECOMING LAW AND WHAT WE CAN DO. TO MAKE OUR POINT OF VIEW KNOWN. I DON'T KNOW VERY WELL, MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ON THE ADVOCACY ADVOCACY COMMITTEE BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY AS A GROUP. THIS IS MY IMPRESSION WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE DIRECTION THE LEGISLATURE IS TAKING, THEY SOUND WORRIED LIKE IT'S REALLY THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE THAN THEY'VE SEEN IN THE PART. SO OH, ONE MORE BILL. YEAH. WE ACTUALLY GOT AN ALERT ON THIS SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY LIMITS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU BOUGHT THIS SO THIS IS SOMEBODY WANTS TO SUE IT. SUE US . THE CURRENT LAW IS 200,000 PER PERSON AND 300,000 PER INCIDENT.

THEY WANT TO INCREASE THAT TO OH 2.5 MILLION PER PERSON. AND FIVE MILLION PER INCIDENT. SO THAT WOULD BE THING. THAT WOULD STING. SO EVERYBODY SEEMS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ONE CAME UP LAST YEAR. CORRECT MR DIESS? YES, YES, IT DID IT AGAIN. AND WHAT WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT AT 200 ? IS THAT THE IF THERE'S EVER A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT AND A, UH PERSON IS INJURED, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE A CLAIMS BILL IN TALLAHASSEE, AND AS A RESULT, THE LEGISLATORS ONLY SEE THE CATASTROPHIC CLAIMS AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO TELL THOSE PEOPLE. NO WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING TO GIVE YOU AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF THEY WERE TO INCREASE THAT CAP, IT WOULD PUT THE BURDEN ON THE MUNICIPALITIES INSTEAD OF THE STATE, AND IT WOULD ALLEVIATE THEM FROM HAVING TO HAVE THE CLAIMS BILLS ESSENTIALLY WOULD YOU LIKE TO ESTIMATE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT PASSING? I DON'T IT DIDN'T PASS LAST YEAR, BUT THERE WAS SOME TECHNICAL REASONS AND THERE WAS EVEN COMPROMISES GOING AROUND THAT THEY WERE ALMOST ABOUT TO DO IT AT A MILLION DOLLARS AND I FORGET WHAT THE AND THEN I ALSO THOUGHT THE GOVERNOR STEPPED IN, AND THERE WAS SOME OTHER ISSUES, BUT I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE POINT OF IT IS IT'S CLEARLY NOT GOING AWAY. AND THE REALITY IS IF YOU'RE IN TALLAHASSEE AND YOU'RE VOTING ON IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO VOTE ON, BECAUSE IT WOULD KEEP YOU FROM HAVING TO BE THE BAD GUY EVER.

SO WHICH IS ALWAYS TEMPTING, RIGHT? AS A RELATION OF 2% 3% THING. I'VE BEEN TALKING MR BODLEY ONLY AFTER WE SPOKE TODAY, AND HE'S WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE TO TRY TO DETERMINE SOME SCENARIOS ON HOW THAT AFFECTS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WAIT TO SEE IF HE GETS OUT OF COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE THE AMMUNITION UP FRONT.

SO YOU HAVE THE EXAMPLES BEFORE IT DOES GET OUT OF COMMITTEE. SOMETIMES ONCE THAT A COMMITTEE IT'S ALMOST TOO LATE, BECAUSE THEN IT'S POSSIBLE. I THINK THE POINT THEY MADE MR DAVIS WAS.

THEY'D LIKE US TO CONVEY TO OUR LEGISLATORS JUST HOW MUCH MONEY IT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE FEELING IS THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW BIG AN IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IN 10 YEARS, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO HE'S TRYING TO RUN SOME SCENARIOS, BUT HE'S GOT TO DO THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. OKAY THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT ON THE UNDER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS WE HAVE EVER HAVE A SITUATION LIKE WE DID IN 2008, WHICH WERE THE PROPERTY VALUES JUST FALL OFF THE EDGE. AND THEN IT TOOK 15 YEARS TO GET IT BACK TO GIVES BACK TO EVEN UH, AND NEW CONSTRUCTION WITH A COMBINATION OF NEW CONSTRUCTION TO GET US BACK TO WHERE WE WERE PART OF THE ADVIL, OR, UM AND THE 02

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COMMISSIONER COLLEGES, GOALS OF HAVING LESS MULTI FAMILY. THIS IS WHAT DR CITIES THE OTHER DIRECTION BECAUSE YOU WANT TO TRY TO CREATE AS MUCH NON HOMESTEAD PROPERTY AS POSSIBLE VERSUS THAT, BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN YOUR TAX BASE BECAUSE THE BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS JENNA MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES TO SEE KEEP MAINTAIN A TAX BASE. KEEP UP WITH INFLATION. SO IT'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES. AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

UM, LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A BILL AND I JUST SAW AN ARTICLE COME ACROSS ON LINKEDIN ABOUT BRINGING BACK A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE MUNICIPALITIES TO DO A STUDY AND BE LIABLE FOR ANY ORDINANCE THAT YOU PASS IF IT CAUSES ANY FINANCIAL HARM ANY BUSINESS, NOT ONLY IN YOUR CITY BUT ANYWHERE IN THE STATE SO UH , FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE PASSED TOWARDS IT IF WE PASS AN ORDINANCE IMPACT ON ANYONE? YES SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PUPPY MILL ORDINANCE AT THE COUNTY PASSED, THEY WOULD BE LIABLE FOR THE FOR THOSE BUSINESSES OF, UH, THE FERTILIZER, THE FERTILIZER BILLS THAT WE PASS WHERE WE DID A LOT WHERE WE DID A BLACKOUT PERIOD FOR FERTILIZER BACK. IN 2014 AND 2012 2012 2014 AREA, UM, THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON BUSINESSES THAT SPREAD FERTILIZER. SO THEREFORE IF THEY CAN GO IN AND SHOW THAT THEY HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON THEIR BOTTOM LINE, WE WOULD BE LIABLE FOR THAT. SO THE WE DON'T NORMALLY DIALOGUE ON THESE, BUT COULDN'T WE GO TO THE FARMERS AND SAY YOU PUT YOUR FERTILIZED YOU POISONED LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

YOU PUT POISON WATER AND THAT WOULD OKAY, NO, BUT BUT THIS IS WHAT THESE ARE THE STRAW ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY OF STEWART PASSED RESTAURANT CAN SAY WE HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPACT BECAUSE WE HAD DESPITE MORE EXPENSIVE PAPER STRAWS ALL OF THESE THINGS AND IT STRAWS ONE WAY OR THERE DOESN'T REALLY MATTER AT WHAT IT IS. IT'S THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOSING MORE AND MORE OF OUR ABILITY. TO REGULATE OURSELVES AND REGULATE OUR COMMUNITY AS TO HOW AND THE LEGISLATURE OR, UM WANTS TO TAKE EVERYTHING AWAY FROM US. BECAUSE THEY'RE AND THEY GUESS THEY BELIEVE WE DO IT WRONG. I'M NOT SURE. BUT UM, BUT ANYWAYS, CHRIS ? YES? BECAUSE YOU'RE COLLINS WOULD YOUR TURN YOU SO BRIGHT LINE, CLEAN WATER, AND THEN AN ARTICLE BY BLAKE FONTENAY. I'LL START OFF WITH BRIGHT LINE. I WAS ON THE PHONE TODAY WITH CONGRESSMAN MASS OFFICE SPECIFICALLY AS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR IN DCF HAD. MULTIPLE RESIDENTS ASKED ME WHERE WE'RE AT WITH BRIGHT LINE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO STOP SOON. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BRIDGE WITH THE SCHEDULE? SO I HAVE THREE. TAKE AWAY POINTS FROM MY CONVERSATION WITH HER. FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED. BUT IN TERMS OF REGULATION OF THE BRIDGE SCHEDULE, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT IN TERMS OF HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO BE UP OR DOWN IF IT'S 30 UP AND 30 DOWN, OR 15 AND 45. BUT THE COAST GUARD WILL PUT OUT A TEST SCHEDULE IN THE APRIL TO JUNE RANGE. AND BASED ON HOW THAT TEST SCHEDULE GOES, THEY WILL DETERMINE THE FINAL. BRIDGE SCHEDULE. TO THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE, WHICH MOST OF US ARE AWARE THAT BRIGHT LINE, UM SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE COAST GUARD JANUARY 30TH FOR A 21 DAY PERIOD TO REVAMP THE BRIDGE AND PREPARATION FOR THE BRIGHT LINE. UM. IT'S NOT A MAJOR OVERHAUL, BUT BASICALLY REDOING THE ELECTRICAL AND SOME OTHER PARTS. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CONGRESSMAN MASS OFFICE BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY TO THE MUNICIPALITIES OR EVEN THE ARMY CORPS ON YOU KNOW ON THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, AND I THINK THIS IS THE MOST INTERESTING POINT WITH BRIGHT LINE. CONGRESSMAN MAST HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR NTSB NATIONALS SAFETY TRANSPORTATION BOARD. THAT, TOO, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATING SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. AND THEY WORK FOR THE CONGRESS OR FEDERAL AGENCY, BUT HE'S BEEN PUSHING THEM TO INVESTIGATE BRIGHT LINE SPECIFICALLY ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH. UM UNFORTUNATELY TO MORE PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES AND DEL REY JUST RECENTLY. WHICH WASN'T IT PATISSERIE FOR NTSB TO GO AHEAD AND FORMALLY LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO BRIGHT LINE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD TAKE A YEAR YEAR AND A HALF.

THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY'RE NOT A REGULATORY AGENCY, THEIR INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY, BUT THOSE

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RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD GO TO THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. F R A WHO REGULATES BRIGHT LINE AND CONGRESSMAN, MASS OFFICE. HAS BEEN BASICALLY MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION THAT UNTIL THIS INVESTIGATION GETS SORTED OUT WE SHOULD STOP THE EXPANSION OF BRIGHT LINE GOING FROM WEST PALM TO ORLANDO. SO THAT'S WHAT I KNOW RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF BRIGHT LINE. THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN MASKED. SECONDLY, LAKE FONTENAY TC PALM. IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOT READ, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, IF YOU HAVE NOT READ HIS ARTICLE. I CAN'T LIVE IN TIGER WOODS HOUSE AND WHY THAT MATTERS AND PLANNING FOR GROWTH. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE, AND IT'S A FUNNY TITLE.

BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD BECAUSE CONGRATS, BLAKE, IT GOT BROUGHT UP INTO YAHOO NEWS ON FEBRUARY 3RD SO GOOD JOB MAN. BUT THIS ARTICLE. I FELT LIKE REFRAMED SORT OF THIS PURGATORY SPACE THAT WE'RE IN WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO WRESTLE WITH MANAGED GROWTH.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS UPHOLDING OUR LAND USE AND ZONING. I THOUGHT HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. FRAMING THAT AND PACKAGING THAT WELL, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO FIND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY A DOLLAR FOR SIX MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S ON YAHOO NEWS. BUT, UM COUPLE JUST QUICK QUOTES. I WANTED TO PULL OUT OF THAT ARTICLE. IT OUGHT TO BE WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY AND COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY. AND THIS IS ECHOING WHAT WE'RE ALL SAYING, WHICH IS HOME RAW, SO NOT TO BE WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY AND COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH GROWTH THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE IN THE FUTURE BASED ON LAND PLANNING AND ZONING LAWS, HOWEVER, AS I'VE NOTED IN PREVIOUS COLUMNS, CITIES AND COUNTIES DON'T REALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. THE STATE REQUIRES CITIES AND COUNTIES TO PERIODICALLY UPDATE THE COM PLAN TO ACCOUNT FOR POPULATION GROWTH . THE STATE'S ECONOMISTS BELIEVE LIQUOR WHICH AT LEAST IN THEORY MEANS COMMUNITIES ALONG THE TREASURE COAST AND ELSEWHERE MIGHT EVENTUALLY BE FORCED TO INCREASE THEIR ZONING DENSITY SO MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THERE. AND HE GOES INTO SAYING A GOOD POINT. I THOUGHT THE REAL REASON WHY HE CAN'T MOVE INTO TIGER WOODS HOUSES NOT JUST BECAUSE HE HAS BETTER GOLF SKILLS THAN HIM. THE REAL REASON. IS THAT TIGER, LIKE EVERY OTHER PROPERTY OWNER IN FLORIDA, HAS RIGHTS TO ENJOY HIS OWN PROPERTY THAT AREN'T TRUMPED BY MY DESIRE TO LIVE IN AN OCEANFRONT MANSION. I'M FREE TO CHOOSE WHERE I WANT TO LIVE, BUT ONLY IF LAND IS AVAILABLE. AND THERE'S A WILLING SELLER. AS RICH AND SUCCESSFUL AS TIGER IS HIS PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE NOT UNFETTERED ZONING LAWS DON'T ALLOW HIM TO CONVERT HIS ESTATE INTO A GIANT AMUSEMENT PARK.

JUST LIKE ZONING LAWS. DON'T LET ME CONVERT MY CONDO INTO A COFFEE SHOP. WHEN PEOPLE BUY PROPERTY. THEY SHOULD HAVE THIS REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT THEY CAN USE THAT PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSES ALLOWED BY LAW. AT THE TIME OF SALE. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE, AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT THERE'S NOT EVEN AN IMPLIED UNDERSTANDING THAT ZONING CAN SIMPLY BE CHANGED BECAUSE OF PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH IT. I MIGHT THINK I COULD BUY SEVERAL 1000 ACRES OF A GLEN AND PETITION TO HAVE IT REZONED FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE LAW PROTECTS MY PROPERTY RIGHTS AND SHOULD ALSO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD WHO MIGHT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY FUTURE LAND USE CHANGES. SO I'M GONNA KEEP READING THAT BECAUSE I LOVE THIS WHOLE ARTICLE, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT DOES BALANCE HOME RULE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE WELL ALRIGHT, CLEAN WATER, SO MAYBE. SIMILAR HEART BUT DIFFERENT TACTICS. OUR LOSSES SEGUE INTO CLEAN WATER BY REFERENCING. ALEX GUILLEN, WHO WROTE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR AND TC PALM SERIOUS ABOUT LAKE DISCHARGES. THIS IS THE TITLE CHANGE MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION AND THIS IS NO SHOTS FIRED AT ANYBODY. JUST I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING. WITHIN HIS ARTICLE, HE SAID. HOW MUCH OF THE 559 MILLION MARTIN COUNTY BUDGET IS USED FOR STRATEGIC WORK TO STOP THE DISCHARGES? WHY IS THE MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION HAD NO HEARINGS ON TOXIC ALGAE DISCHARGES? WHY DOES THE ST LUCIE RIVER BLACK FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTIONS IF MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS WANT AN END TO THE DISCHARGES? THEY NEED TO VOTE OUT AND I WON'T DROP NAMES. BUT MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS SHOULD REPLACE THEM WITH CANDIDATES WHO WILL USE THE POWER OF THE COUNTY. TO PUT UP A FIGHT AGAINST THE DISCHARGES. AND SPECIFICALLY. I HAD MENTIONED

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THAT ARE 12 12 MEETING. THAT THE ONLY PATH TO ZERO DISCHARGES AND I AND I WILL ECHO THAT. THAT IS WHAT COMMISSIONER MATHESON'S. CHARGE WAS THAT IS OUR CITY. GOAL. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

STILL AND I'VE HEARD IT OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH MOUTH AT THE ONLY PATH. ZERO CHART DISCHARGES IS A CONSENT DECREE. THAT IS AN OFFENSIVE ROLE. BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING THAT AS A CITY AND HAVING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY THAT CAN WORK ON OUR BEHALF TO DO THAT.

NOT NECESSARILY SUING EVERYBODY AND, YOU KNOW BUT BUILDING A CASE FOR OUR CITY. BECAUSE THE ONLY PATH IS YOUR DISCHARGE IS TRULY IS LEGAL THERE FOR 90 YEARS. THIS HAS BEEN A POLITICAL FIGHT THAT EVEN WITH LOS UM. AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER RITCHIE SAID THAT BLOSSOM ISN'T IN PRACTICE YET, BUT MANY OF ITS PRACTICES AND ITS FLEXIBILITY ARE BEING UTILIZED NOW, AND THE CALL WAS MADE. JUST LIKE I SAID ON 12 12 THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DISCHARGE AND 500 FT CUBIC FEET. A SECOND IS POURING INTO OUR RIVER. THE HARDEST PART FOR ME WITH THIS HAS BEEN HEARING A LOT OF OUR HEROES. THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES SAY YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S BETTER THAN YOU KNOW, LATER IN THE YEAR WHEN THERE'S TOXIC ALGAE BLOOMS. ANYBODY WHO LIVES HERE SHOULD BE ON THE ZERO DISCHARGE BANDWAGON . AND HOW DO WE FIGURE THAT OUT AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE? IF LOS UM, FLEXIBILITY EQUALS EARLIER DISCHARGES, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. UNTIL A FEDERAL JUDGE UPHOLDS THE CLEAN WATER ACT IN THE ST LUCIE RIVER. AND REQUIRES 90 YEARS OF MUCK TO BE DREDGED OUT. IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THERE'S NO PROTECTION FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN. OUR ECONOMY, OUR PROPERTY VALUES OUR ABILITY TO RECREATE OR EAT OUT OF OUR OWN RIVER AND I WILL NOT STOP. UNTIL I CAN EAT CLEAN FISH OUT OF MY RIVER AS CRAZY AS THAT SOUNDS. I'M NOT GONNA STOP BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IN THIS TOWN WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT BEING SICK OR GETTING SOME GOD AWFUL INFECTION FOR RECREATING IN THAT WATER. I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT. EVERYBODY UP HERE.

EVERYBODY WANTS ZERO DISCHARGES. RESIDENTS ENVIRONMENTALIST BUSINESSES. OUR ECONOMY, PROPERTY VALUES AND QUALITY OF LIFE LIVE AND DIE WITH THE RIVER AND CLEAN WATER. THERE IS NO GREATER LEGACY. WAR WORTH FIGHTING OR BETTER RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN CLEAN WATER. THAT SAID. IT IS A DELICATE ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED WELL. IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT I WANT TO TAKE SLOWLY WITH RESPECT TO COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONER BURNER LAST MEETING THAT SOMETIMES I CAN GO A LITTLE FAST , SO NO RUSH ON THIS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND DO IT RIGHT.

THERE'S A LOT TO SORT OUT. IT'S NOT JUST HIRING AN ATTORNEY AND NOT GIVING THEM A JOB TO DO. SO WE NEED TO ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE. I AGREE. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS. IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO, WHAT AUTHORITY THEY SHOULD HAVE WHO THEY SHOULD BE. GOING AFTER BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IT'S NOT A SECOND. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU OFFICIAL EMOTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND HAVE A D AND D THAT INCLUDES THIS AS WELL AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RIVER. AND DID OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PLANNING SESSION GET CANCELED FOR ME.

WHAT ME YOU BECAUSE OF THE TIME PERIOD DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE IT, SO THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE IT TO THE END OF MARCH. SO I'LL ALWAYS GONNA SAY IS I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S EVEN THE PROPER SETTING TO REALLY DIG INTO THIS. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A D AND D AND IF THERE WAS ANY CONSENSUS IN THAT DISCUSSION, I THINK A WORKSHOP WOULD BE AMAZING TO HAVE THE RIVERS COALITION CREW GIVING US SOME CONTEXT FOR THIS, YOU KNOW? TALKING ABOUT THE LEGAL SIDE. IF IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD WE COULD PURSUE AND. MAYBE EVEN INSTEAD OF JUST TRYING TO HIRE SOMEBODY IN THE SHORT TERM, WE COULD DISCUSS HAVING AN ENVIRONMENTAL FIRM COME IN AND GIVE US YOU KNOW, INITIAL STARTING POINT ON WHAT EVEN PATHS WE COULD TAKE. AND WHAT WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE? UM MORE THAN JUST HIRING SOMEBODY, BUT. I DON'T KNOW IF MOTIONING IT RIGHT. THIS MOMENT IS THE TIME BUT I WOULD LIKE TO IF THERE IS SOME CONSENSUS FROM YOU GUYS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS? WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS SPEAKING AND I WAS SPEAKING. WHATEVER.

THAT'S ALL I GOT. COMMISSIONER. CLARK HAS A LOT OF IN HER ALL THESE YEARS. WE HAVE DONE

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EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO HIRE A LAWYER. BUT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HEARTED LAWYERS BEFORE COMMISSIONER CLARK. OKAY THANK YOU, MR CARTER. THANK YOU. UM WOW. REVEREND BRUSHES. THANK YOU . SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE WORKING HERE ANYHOW, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SUCH ERUDITE AND, UH, ACCOMPLISHED DISSERTATIONS COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AND USUALLY ON THE LONGEST ONE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO TWICE AS MUCH. SO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT NECESSARILY. I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO THANK SELMA AND HER STUDENTS AGAIN FOR THE AIRPORT IN DOING EVERYTHING, AND I WANNA I DON'T WANNA SKIP OVER STAFF. I WANT TO THANK RYAN KABUL, AND MAYBE IT IS KIND OF MY MORE TELL, BUT IT'S RYAN KABUL AND OTHERS WHO REALLY PUT TOGETHER THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION. AND SHE REALLY PUT HER HEART INTO IT AND WORKED ON IT. AND MIKE, JUST TELL YOUR STAFF CREDIT, OKAY? YEAH. WHAT WAS THAT? MIKE WILL BE SURE TO GIVE RYAN THAT OKAY. YES. I JUST WANT TO THANK HER FOR THAT PROCLAMATION, WHICH REALLY BRINGS US TO THE PRESENT TIME AND WHERE WE ARE WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN IN IN AMERICA, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HER SO MUCH FOR THAT PROCLAMATION. I WASN'T GONNA SAY ANYTHING. I WAS GOING TO LET THE MAYOR SAID, AND I'LL LET THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER SAID, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE. UM I LOVE DAVID DIESS. THAT'S IT. I'M LEAVING THAT UP TO MR DYSON. MR AND THE MAYOR. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANOTHER WORD. UM OKAY. UM WITH REGARD TO, UM AH BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MR CAMPENNI. UM YOU KNOW HE COULD. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO WHAT HE DOES WITH HIS OTHER NEWSPAPER. YOU COULD HAVE LEFT THE CITY AND GONE ON AND DONE SOMETHING ELSE AND JUST DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER. BUT HE STARTED WITH THIS NEWSLETTER. AND IT HAS BEEN WORKING WELL, AND THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ HIS NEWSLETTER, IF YOU'RE NOT ON HIS EMAIL IN LIST HE DID SOMETHING ABOUT EVERYTHING AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN CONTRIBUTE TO HIS ARTICLES DOES SOMETHING BUT HE REALLY WENT THROUGH A LOT ABOUT BLACK HISTORY AND DID HIS SNIPPETS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND IT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE AND VERY GOOD FOR THE TIMES THAT WE'RE IN, AND I WANT TO COMMEND MR CAMPAIGNING ON THAT. IF ANY OF YOU SEE HIM, PLEASE COMMEND HIM ON THAT. WITH REGARD TO ALICE LOCKHART. I KNOW THAT MR DICE WILL PROBABLY REPORT ON THIS, SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING EITHER, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE TREE PLANTING AND SOME OTHER THINGS IN THE WORKS AT APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE IN OTHER THINGS ARE HAPPENING, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT IN CONCERT WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS PLANS AND SO ON. AND MR DAVID CAN MR DIAZ CAN TELL US ABOUT THAT. UM I HAVE, UM. I AM SO GLAD THAT MR UH, I WAS GONNA SAY, MR YEAH. CAMPBELL RIDGE, MR . RICH, BROAD, COMMISSIONER RICH BROUGHT UP WHAT HE DID AND TALKING ABOUT WORKING AHEAD WITH THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE PLANS AND TRYING TO JUST, UH BEYOND THE OFFENSIVE WITHOUT BEING OFFENSIVE. AND UM, I THINK THAT USING THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND I AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU. AND I DON'T EVEN THINK WE NEED MOTIONS OR ANYTHING. IT'S JUST A MATTER THAT WE'RE IN TRANSITION . WE NEED SOME TIME TO WORK ON SOME THINGS, BUT I DEFINITELY WE DO NEED MORE DND WITH REGARD TO THIS WHOLE RIVER BUSINESS AND WHERE THE CITY COMES AND WHERE THE CITY LEAVES US, AND WE'RE OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THE COUNTY WHO HAVE A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY AND HAVE A LOT OF RESEARCH INVESTED. ALSO THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING WE CAN'T DISCOUNT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OTHER GROUPS AND ORGANIZATION, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. UM AS OUR BODY, AS WELL AS WITH A COALITION OF BODIES TO GET SOME THINGS DONE, SO WE DEFINITELY, UM WE'LL HAVE OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK ON THAT.

UM I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM AH, OKAY. I COMMENT. I COMMENTED ON. I JUST WANTED TO SAY WITH REGARD TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AGAIN AND I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO CITY MANAGER TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING. AND THAT'S IT. I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT A SHORT AS POSSIBLE SO THAT I WON'T BE ACCUSED OF GIVING A DISSERTATION. ANYTHING ELSE WILL ALWAYS COME UP. WE HAVE LOTS OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE COMMENTS, BUT I'M REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM THE TWO COMMISSIONERS SPOKE BEFORE ME. THANK YOU. BASICALLY IT ROUTER. HMM. I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU WENT OVER TO THAT THAT CONFERENCE. UM I WISH WE COULD

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ALL GO EVERY YEAR. YOU MEET SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF MARK PERRY OR JACKIE THURLOW. LIPPI'S USED TO BE MAGGIE HER CHELA, MR REID.

DANIEL REED. YOU'RE IN ALL WHEN YOU WERE WITH THEM. AND, UM. THERE'S JUST SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU DID GO AND YOU CAN COME BACK AND SAY, UM THE WISDOM OF THESE PEOPLE, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DOING RIVER COALITION MEETINGS, AND YOU GO EVERY MONTH AND YOU GO EVERY YEAR YEAR AFTER YEAR AND WHAT YOU LEARNED UM. BUT YOU CAN'T LEARN ALL THAT IN A CONFERENCE. COMMERCIAL COLLINS. YOU CAN'T LEARN ALL THAT WITH TWO MEETINGS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT, IT'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT. EVERYONE OUT THERE IN THAT AUDIENCE THAT'S LIVED HERE LONG ENOUGH. KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES HAS BEEN LAWYERS AND WE FOUGHT. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING. UM EXCEPT I GUESS THEY ARE. BODIES ACROSS THE. S 80 OR WHATEVER IT IS THE CANAL OUT THERE THE LOCKS OR BLOW IT UP. THAT IS NOT A SUGGESTION. YAHOO THAT WOULD HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT. YEAH UM, YOU KNOW IT. IT ROUNDS YOU UP GETS TO YOU. IT DOES TO ME. UM THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOUGHT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND WE'VE RALLIED AND WHEN YOU GO TO THESE PLACES YOU KNOW WHO REPRESENTS THE BIGGEST WILL BE STUART. LOOK LIKE WHEN DID HAVE BEEN COOKED A BEACH OR OR FORGET THE NAME OF THE TOWN SOMETHING PORK. YEAH, BUT THE LITTLE CITY WE WERE IN, UM BROCKPORT BROCKPORT. UM WE'RE SO REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE . AND WE'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE. WE'VE HAD SO MANY RALLIES, AND WE'VE HAD SO MUCH THAT WE'VE DONE AND BROUGHT RECOGNITION TO OUR TOWN THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE SERIOUS. AND I WISH THAT WE COULD HIRE A LAWYER THAT COULD STOP IT AND SAY THIS IS IT. THERE'S SOME OF THE FINEST ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYERS ALL THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OVER THERE. THEY ALL GOT AN ATTORNEY ON THEIR SIDE. I MEAN, THEY PAY HIM. AND LITTLE STUART. IS GOING TO COME UP WITH 200 OR 250,000 YEAR WHEN MARTIN COUNTY NEEDS TO BE LEADING THIS BUT LIKE COMMISSIONER, CLARK SAID. THERE'S UM THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF WISDOM AND THEY'VE GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. UM IT'S VERY, UH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY REALLY TRUE TO MY HEART. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT BEFORE I GO. UM AND WE JUST. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE APPEAR. WE KNOW WE HAVE BEEN AROUND. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP US IN AND YOU CAN GET THE WISDOM. LET'S GET THESE PEOPLE IN HERE. TALK TO HIM. GO TO THE GO TO THE RIVER COALITION AND TALK TO MARK PERRY TALKED TO JACKIE. COLONEL LIPIDS. I CAN TELL YOU WERE WITH HER. BUT THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID COMMISSIONER UM IN AND. IT'S JUST NOT THAT EASY. I WISH IT WAS AND I WOULD, UM. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS. BUT I DO KNOW ONE THING WHEN YOU'RE UP IN TALLAHASSEE, WE'VE BEEN UM I'VE BEEN IN WASHINGTON D. C WITH A LOT OF THE MEMBERS HERE THAT THAT NOT ON THIS COMMISSION BUT SEVERAL PEOPLE IN IN OUR COUNTY WE WERE UP THERE FIGHTING FOR A RIVER. AND TALLAHASSEE. FIGHTING FOR THE RIVER. IT'S SO UNFAIR WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THERE'S GONNA BE A TIME. WITH ALL THESE , UM, ALL THE DUMPING THAT THERE IF IT'S REALLY BAD, AND THEY HAVE TO DUMP AND I KNOW THEY'RE DOING IT SLOWLY. BUT I AGREE. IT SHOULDN'T BE ANY BUT IT'S GOING TO COME. WE GET DUMPED ON AND OUR DOGS DIE. UM, WE'VE HAD EVERY. WE'VE HAD SENATORS HERE.

WE'VE HAD REPRESENTATIVES. UH, ARE US SENATORS. I CAN'T. I CAN'T NAME THEM ALL AND ALL THE

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MEETINGS. BUT THERE IS GOING TO COME A TIME WHEN SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE DEADLY. AND IT'S GETTING THERE. IT IT'S SO POLLUTED. IT'S SO HORRIBLE. IT'S SO NASTY AND I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GETTING HERE ON THE TAIL END OF IT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY BAD. AND I WILL READ THE FIRST ONE. TO SAY IF WE CAN HELP IN ANY WAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THAT YOU WANT TO DUMP OR I DON'T EVEN WANNA STAY DUMP THAT DO WE WANT TO SPEND THAT THEY HAVE THE BEST ESPECIALLY OUT THERE IN THAT ROUND THE LATE THOSE GROWERS I'M NOT GOING TO SET UP YOUR NAME. WE ALL KNOW AND THAT KIND OF POWER BECAUSE ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON, D. C. AND ALL OF OUR STATE SENATORS AND ALL OF OUR UNITED STATES, SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES. IT'S UH. IT'S A BATTLE THAT WE WILL KEEP BATTLING AND BATTLING UNTIL SOMEONE HAS DIED FROM THE RIVER. NOBODY WANTS TO EAT THAT. OUT OF THE RIVER AND THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE THAT DO EAT OTHER RIVER AND THEY HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE RIVER. AND, UM I THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND BEING ON THIS BOARD AND ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU THAT WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING. THAT WHATEVER WE CAN. AND WE NEED TO BE SMART ABOUT IT. VERY SMART ABOUT IT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND KNOWING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO AND HOW MUCH WE'RE WILLING TO SPEND, AND, UH AND GETTING THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALL THAT KNOWLEDGE AROUND US. AND WHERE THEY WANT TO HELP, TOO. BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE THAT TIPPING POINT WHERE IT'S JUST NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE. 80 YEARS. I MEAN, WE GET DUMPED ON DUMP DUMP DUMP. DON'T GO ON 100 YEARS. AND MARK PERRY DID A UM HE DID ONE OF THE WITH I THINK IT WAS A HIGH SCHOOL. UM THE LAST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY WERE THEY DID HE CASKET? AND PUT UP AN OLD BOAT MOTOR IN IT. ADDED THE EDITOR, UM UM, AT THE LOCKS. YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS IN SEVENTIES. UM WE DID IT AGAIN, AND I THINK IT WAS, WAS IT MR CLARKE 14 4013 18 MAGGIE WAS THERE WERE DRESSED IN BLACK CARRY THAT CASKET OR RIVER. THE DEATH OF OUR RIVER. I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS, AND IT HURTS YOU WHEN YOU SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WRITE, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW.

AND IT'S TOUGH. IT'S TOUGH TO SIT UP HERE AND, UH, BUT I THINK WE WOULD ALL BE WILLING TO DO WHAT WE CAN AND A STRONGLY SUGGEST THOSE RIVER COALITION MEETINGS. IT'S HARD FOR OUR OUR CITIZENS TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THEY WORK. THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO COME TO MEETINGS OR MAYBE EVEN WATCH THIS FOR NOW, AND I'M GOING ON AND ON AND ON, AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOT STARTED JUST OVER THE RIVER, BUT IT MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF US. IT REALLY, REALLY DOES. I GREW UP PLAYING IN THAT RIVER. UM I WOULD JUST SAY NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL 1992, A FEDERAL JUDGE. I KNOW, BUT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG FIGHT, RIGHT? BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD. YOU WOULD FIGHT THIS TO THE END AND THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON THAT WOULD FIGHT IT TO THE END WITH YOU AND IT WOULD BE MARK PERRY. ALL OF US WILL FIGHT THIS TILL WE WIN.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL BUT I'M GONNA STOP AND I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WHAT WAS THE A? D L THERE? THE ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE. I WAS SYNAGOGUE. I JUST MENTIONED IT REAL QUICKLY. AND THEY HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM FROM BOCA. SPEAKING ABOUT HATE, THE UGLINESS OF HATING A CERTAIN TYPE OF PEOPLE. JEWISH, BLACK AND THEY IT WAS JUST IT GOT TO ME SO MUCH. IT WAS JUST HORRIBLE AND HOW MUCH THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE BLACK AND WHAT THEY'VE SUFFERED OVER THE LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS. IT'S LIKE TRIPLED IN HATE AND HURTING PEOPLE. AND IT'S CRAZY FLAGS AND EVERYTHING BUT WELL. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT WAR MYSELF OUT. I THINK I'LL STOP AND LET US FINISH YOUR MEETING. BUT ANYWAY, I'M SO GLAD YOU ALL ARE HERE REALLY AM OKAY . SO BASED ON THAT I FIGURE I GOT ABOUT 2.5 HOURS OF CONGRESS. YEAH ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA I'M GONNA MAKE IT REAL FOR ALL THE HOURS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST I'M GONNA SAY VERY QUICKLY, AND

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I WASN'T PLANNING ON TALKING ABOUT WILL LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RIVER AND I THINK FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S GREAT WHENEVER WE DISCUSS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TALK ABOUT IT AND COMING UP WITH AND COMING UP WITH A, UH I CAN SAY POLICY AND TALKING POINTS SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND OH, WHAT THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING. I THINK IT'S VERY GOOD. THERE ARE GOING TO BE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT HOW WE GET THERE. AND THAT'S FINE. BUT UH, I'M GOING TO SAY JUST TWO QUICK THINGS. ONE IS REGARDING HIGHER LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY CITY HAS CONSIDERED THAT TWICE IN ADVANCE ONCE IN THE PAST, ONCE PRIOR TO THE TIME PERIOD, I WASN'T ON THE COMMISSION IN ONE SENSE, IN FACT, THE LAST TIME UH MAX STUCKEY CAME AND GET WE ALLOWED HIM TO COME AND GIVE AN HOUR LONG PRESENTATION. AND THERE'S SO MANY PITFALLS WITH THAT. THAT AVENUE UH, THAT THAT'S WHY IT EVEN PEOPLE THAT WERE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR IT THAT WE USED TO SIT ON THIS BOARD HAVE BACKED OFF BECAUSE OF THE PITFALLS THAT BEING SAID. YOU KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER RICH MENTIONED ABOUT BEING ON OFFENSE, AND I THINK YOU ECHOED CHRIS. UM AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS, I THINK THE CITY HAS BEEN ON OFFENSE FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS AND HERE'S HOW WE'VE BEEN ON THE OFFENSE. FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE SPENT 25 YEARS GETTING OUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER, AND I THINK WITH ROUGHLY 2000, THE CITY GOT TOGETHER SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS, THEY MAPPED OUT ALL THE WATERSHEDS. AND THEY STARTED DEVELOPING. THE DIFFERENT WATERSHED PROJECTS AND OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, I THINK ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND SOME OF THEM INCLUDE BRUNER POND, WHICH CLEANS UP WATER GOING INTO FRASURE CREEK, POPPLETON CREEK POND AND THE POP OF A CREEK RESTORATION OVER BY PALM CITY ROAD, WHICH ALSO BY THE WAY, BOTH OF THOSE ENDED UP WITH BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC SPACES.

FOR THE PUBLIC. HANEY CREEK. YOU'LL WIN THE MONEY, THE LEAST ATTRACTIVE ONE BY NAME, THE AIRPORT DITCH PROJECT. UM YOU KNOW. OH BUT THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT CLEANED OUT DRAINAGE CANAL . THERE WAS THE DREDGING OF I BELIEVE WHAT DREDGING YOUR KRUGER CREEK. THERE WAS PROBABLY I THINK JUST BECAUSE I WAS HERE ON THE COMMISSION FROM THE INCEPTION OF THIS ONE WAS IS THERE WAS A LARGE DEVELOPMENT APPROVED ON WHAT IS NOW THAT WENT BANKRUPT DID NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE RECESSION IN 2008 , WHICH WAS THE 53 ACRES KNOWN AS HEART OF HANEY CREEK, AND SO THE CITY OF STEWART, ALONG WITH MARTIN COUNTY SPENT, I THINK $4 MILLION ON THAT PROPERTY. WE SENSE RESTORED. SOME OF THE WETLANDS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING, APPLYING PRESERVATION AND EXOTIC REMOVAL, BUT EVEN FURTHER GOING BACK BEFORE THAT, FAR AS HANEY CREEK GOES WHERE THE CREEK DOG PARK IS, THAT WAS PART OF AND MAYBE DAVE AND MIKE CAN HELP ME . BUT ISN'T IT UP THERE GOING UP ALONG THE GREEN RIVER ABOUT 135 ACRES TOTAL THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN US AND THE COUNTY THAT'S IN THE WETLANDS AND PRESERVATION. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NUMBER IS. I KNOW THAT HONEY CREEK PURCHASE ALONE IN 2008 WAS 52 ACRES, 2000 AND DEDICATION OF LAND. WHEN MARTIN COUNTY APPROVED THE PINES AND THE WINDOW MIRROR INITIAL P U D WHICH WAS. THE I GUESS THE EASTERN SIDE OF BOTH OF THOSE ALL THE WAY TO JENSEN BEACH BOULEVARD IS PART OF THAT DEDICATION TO ALL THE WAY UP GREEN RIVER PARKWAY. SO ALL THOSE WETLANDS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT WAS ALL PART OF THE CITY COUNTY PROJECT AND THAT'S ALL PRESERVED WETLANDS JUST THE 25 YEARS AGO WHEN THE CITY APPROVED THE MASTER PLAN, THE INITIAL MASTER PLAN FOR ABILENE IT WAS THE ALL THE WETLANDS WERE CARVED OUT AND THE THEN OWNER FRANK WALKER JR. SPENT THE LAST 25 YEARS MAINTAINING BEFORE HE DEVELOPED THE PROPERTY, MAINTAINING ALL OF THOSE RESTORED WETLANDS. THIS CITY HAS DONE PROJECTS WITH POSSUM LONG WE WERE THE WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST MUNICIPALITY CERTAINLY IN THIS REGION, BUT MAYBE ONE OF THE FIRST ONE IN THE STATE TO HAVE A FERTILIZER ORDINANCE. WE WERE SO THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND THEN AS FAR AS ADVOCACY WE WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING FROM I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY RESOLUTIONS WE PASSED THAT. UNFORTUNATELY THE STATE DOESN'T NECESSARILY PAY ATTENTION TO, UH, HOW MANY TRIPS TO TALLAHASSEE? HOW MANY TRIPS TO D? C. I GOT TO TELL YOU. I THINK IT WAS 2014 2015. WE GOT A CALL FROM SENATOR HAROLD. SHE WAS WORKING ON SOMETHING AND GET A CALL FROM HER, LIKE NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. BY 11 O'CLOCK I WAS DRIVING THE TALLAHASSEE UM, GOVERNOR AT SENATOR HERALDS REQUEST WE'VE HAD IN THIS ROOM. WE'VE HAD SENATOR MARCO RUBIO. WE HAD FORMER SENATOR. UM WE HAD FORMER

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SENATOR NELSON. YES WE'VE HAD THEN GOVERNOR AND NOW FORMER ARE NOW NECK. FORMER CURRENT SENATOR SCOTT. WE'VE HAD FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. NOT IN THIS ROOM, BUT OVER IT, FLAG OR CENTER.

WILL WEATHERFORD AND THEN OUR OUR NEW GOVERNOR? YEAH GOVERNOR SANCHEZ HAS BEEN HERE. YOU HAVE BUSH AS WELL. JEB BUSH. BRIAN MAST HAS BRIAN BATH, UM, BROUGHT DOWN THE CHAIR OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE A FEW YEARS AGO. UH SO WE HAVE. BEEN DOING THE ADVOCACY. IN FACT, WE PUT UH NOW IT'S CONGRESSMAN, MAST OFFICE AND CONGRESS AND THEN REPRESENTATIVE OVER DWARFED OFFICES ON OUR PROPERTY HERE SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS AND SEE THE RIVER. WE'VE DONE ALL OF THESE VACCINES. CAN WE DO MORE? ABSOLUTELY WE AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. BUT IT'S WE HAVE DONE AND WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO PUSH FORWARD ON ALL OF THESE ADVOCACIES. HE'S ATTACKING IT ONE PIECE AT A TIME BREAKDOWN AND ONE OF THE ONES AGAIN. ONE OF THE ONES I THINK COMMISSIONER CLARK AND MYSELF GO BACK LONG ENOUGH THAT WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S 2011 THAT WE APPROVED OR IS IT MAYBE 12 THAT WE APPROVED THE SEPTIC TO SEWER PLAN WHICH WE COMPLETED THAT IN ADVANCE? 2013 FORMER COMMISSIONER, CHRIS COUGH , ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE VERY MUCH ADVOCATED FOR, AND WE SIGNED. THE BASIN MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN IN 2013, WHICH WE COMPLETED THAT IN 2015, PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW MINUTES OF PALLET EASE IN THE STATE THAT HAS COMPLETED THERE, AND I DON'T THINK THE COUNTIES ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THEIRS, ARE THEY AND SO WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH THAT WE COMPLETED OUR BASIN MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN, REDUCING THE LOAD OF DARK STUDENT PHOSPHORUS. AND THEN ALL OF THAT WE STILL GET DUMPED ON WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER OUT AND ALL THE EDITS SPEAKING METAPHORICALLY OR ACTUALLY, RIGHT, AND I THINK THAT IT'S IT AND IT IS A IT IS A CHALLENGE. I DON'T THINK WE CAN SUE OUR WAY OUT OF THIS. I SAID A LOT OF TIME IN MY CAREER AROUND LITIGATION AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL FOR ONE, BUT NEVERTHELESS, LET'S HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND, UH, WE'LL GET SEE WHERE THINGS TAKE US. SO UH , EVEN GETTING A MESSAGE SAYING WE'VE HAD ERIN BROCKOVICH HERE, SO THANKS, JIM. UM SO ANYWAYS, JUST MOVING ON JUST A COUPLE QUICK, QUICK. OTHER THINGS. UM IS, UH, I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MR DIAZ. I GIVE THAT 30 OF 30. ANYTHING HE WANTS TO SAY, BUT I'LL ECHO COMMISSIONER CLARK AND THEN FINALLY I STARTED I STARTED. UM, I STARTED WITH IN DECEMBER BEFORE OUR ONE OF OUR MEETINGS REGARDING THE CREEK DISTRICT OF HAVING COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL COFFEE SHOPS TO DISCUSS THE CREEK NOW EXTENDED TO A MONTHLY EVENT WITH DIFFERENT TOPICS WE'VE DONE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY A AND SO THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. THAT ROASTED RECORD. I'M DOING COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR. AH JUST AN OPEN FORUM. SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE I PLAN ON HAVING A STAFF MEMBER SOME BASIC TOPIC, BUT IT'S THERE'S NO PRESENTATIONS OR NEED TO BE GIVEN. IT'S JUST AN OPEN HOUSE FOR ANYBODY JUST TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THIS LAST MONTH THIS MONTH, WE HAD CHIEF TO MANALI AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAME BY AND SO WE HAD MULTIPLE RESIDENTS COME BY AND TALK TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M GOING TO GET WITH THE I'M GOING TO GET WITH CHIEF FALCONE AND GET HIM OVER AT A FUTURE MEETING AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE. SO RESIDENTS CAN TALK TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. BUT ALSO COME FEEL FEEL TO TALK TO MYSELF ABOUT ANY ISSUE AND, OF COURSE, OUR STAFF AND AT THE END I CAN'T GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE LAST AT THE LAST OFTEN, MAYOR, I HAD A REQUEST A REGARDING SOME TRIMMING SOME TREES. I TALKED TO, UH, I TALKED TO MILTON ABOUT IT LATER ON THAT DAY. I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED IT WITH HIM SINCE THEN, BUT BECAUSE IT'S MILTON. I KNOW IT'S EVERYTHING IS DONE IN A HE'S THERE. SMILE AND SO IT IS GIVING ME LIKE THE OKAY THAT EVERYTHING'S TAKEN CARE OF. SO, UM SO I JUST WANTED TO SIX STAFF FOR ALL THE SUPPORT FROM THAT, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO THAT'S ALL. YEAH COMPARED TO ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ONES TODAY. SO

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COMMISSIONER RICH. YOU OPENED UP A BOX THERE. LET ME TELL YOU DID I GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEOS TO RE WATCHING ME? YEAH YOU STARTED IT ALL. THE COMMENTS MIGHT TAKE SOME NOTES AND HIS FINGERS ARE ON FIRE. HE BANKED HIS TIME. OH BANKING. YES, WE TALKED ABOUT BANKING. ACTUALLY, A LOT OF A LOT OF GOOD A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AND DIRECTION. THEY'RE FROM YOU GUYS. I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUTS AS IT RELATES TO A D AND D I WILL SCHEDULE A D AND D AT A FUTURE MEETING DETERMINING WHAT'S ON THAT AGENDA. AS YOU KNOW THE NDS AT THE END OF THE MEETING, SO WE

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DON'T WANT TO FALL AGENDA AND THEN YOU EVERYBODY'S TIRED BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END. UM SOME OTHER BUSINESS ITEMS OF BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL IS ON FEBRUARY 18TH OF THIS MONTH OVER THE GUARD DICK GUY DAVIS PARK. UM AS IT RELATES TO MISS ALICE LIONS AND MEMORIAL PARK. WE HAVE CITED A LOCATION FOR A MEMORIAL TREE FOR HER. I'M SORRY I WAS LOCKHART NIGHTLINE. SORRY I A MEMORIAL TREE FOR HER. UM AS YOU KNOW, SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL AND, UM, THE PIECE THAT'S RIGHT IN THE FRONT WHEN YOU WALK IN THE MAIN ENTRANCE UNDER THE ARCH, UM, THAT HAS DEDICATION OF PREVIOUS STEWART RESIDENTS WITH MILITARY HISTORY. RESEARCHING THEM AND PUTTING OUT THAT PLAQUE ON THAT PARTICULAR PRODUCT. AND SO WE WANT TO HONOR HER THEIR MEMORIAL PARK FOR HER EFFORTS THAT SHE'S DONE FOR THE VETERANS . UM AND WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF DEDICATION OF THAT TREE FOR HER. UM WE DID MOVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN BACK TO LATE MARCH TO ACCOMMODATE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MY SITUATION, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A SECOND AND THEN ITEMS NUMBER 20 AND 21 OF THE CURRENT AGENDA HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA FOR RE ADVERTISEMENT PURPOSES. UM SO FEBRUARY 19TH OF THIS MONTH WILL BE MY 33RD YEAR HERE WITH THE CITY. UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I HAVE BEEN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH YOU ABOUT MY INTENTION OF LOOKING FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO GO TO VENTURE OFF TO SO THAT I DIDN'T GET TO THE END OF MY MANDATORY RETIREMENT, WHICH IS IN TWO YEARS AND NOT HAVE A JOB. SO IT'S WIDELY KNOWN NOW. I THINK IT'S IN THE PAPER TODAY THAT I'VE BEEN, UM, SELECTED TO BE THE TOWN OF JUNO BEACH. NEXT TOWN MANAGER CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH EMILY CONTRACT AND HOPE TO HAVE THAT RESOLVED SOON AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER PLAN TO HOLD AN INDEPENDENT MEETING FOR THE WITH THE COMMISSION OF PUBLIC MEETING THAT JUST TALKS ABOUT THIS SUBJECT OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MANAGER'S POSITION HERE. UM I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I HAVE TRULY ENJOYED MY TIME HERE WITH STEWART. UM I HAVE A LOT OF FOND MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES HERE IN STUART BOTH WITH CITIZENS AND STAFF. AND I'M GONNA I'M GONNA MISS H AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS AND ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH, I MEAN, THEY'VE MADE THIS JOB EXTREMELY EASY FOR ME, ALL OF THEM EXCEPT FOR MIKE, BUT EVERYONE ELSE'S NEIGHBORS JOB EXTREMELY EASY FOR ME, ACTUALLY JOB. HE'LL MISS ME THE MOST. HE DOESN'T KNOW IT YET WITHOUT WITHOUT MIKE'S EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN OF A JOB. HE'S REALLY GIVING ME A LOT OF EDUCATION IN THIS IN THIS ARENA. AND SO I AGAIN AND SAD THAT I'M LEAVING BUT HAPPY THAT I HAVE A FUTURE TO GO TO AS WELL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THIS JOB. YOU HAVE A JOB? YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOING AWAY. STOP ALRIGHT. WELL FOR THE RECORD, HE HASN'T OFFICIALLY RESIGNED UNTIL HE SIGNS THE CONTRACT WHERE HE'S GOING. HE MAKE COULD BE WITH US AWHILE, SO DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP OR YEARS AND WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE HIRING PROCESS STARTED OUT. OKAY SO ANYWAYS MOVIE GARDEN, TOO. COMING FROM MINUTE

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

WEEKEND. UH APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION APPROVAL OF THE AGENDAS PUBLISHED WITH THE ITEMS DEDUCTED. WHAT WAS THE 21 21 REMOVED? DIDN'T WIN A ONE REMOVED. WE HAVE A SECOND. DIRECTED BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS . SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAUDE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS ALL IN

[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (3 Minutes Max.) (Part 1 of 2)]

FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED CARRE PUBLIC. LET'S SEE, WE HAVE ONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC, LAURA JOBE.

HOW ARE YOU TODAY? WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS LAURA JOBE. I LIVE AT 29 50 SOUTHEAST OCEAN BOULEVARD IN STUART. UM FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND THE WORK YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR WATERS AND CLEAN WATER. THAT'S REALLY GREAT. OF COURSE. NOW, WITH THE BACK END, I'M GOING TO KIND OF NOT BE SO. AND DAVID, YOU CAN'T LEAVE NOW. I FINALLY GOT YOUR NAME STRAIGHT. BUT THERE WAS A REALLY NICE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY THAT OPENED UP IN OCTOBER AND UNANIMOUSLY THE COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO DO A ZONE IN PROGRESS, WHICH WAS, I THINK REALLY REFRESHING FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN STUART, WHO ARE LOOKING FOR MORATORIUM, LOOKING FOR A WAY TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF STEWART. UNFORTUNATELY, IT DID NOT CONTINUE. AND SO HERE WE ARE. I NOTICED THAT THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA YOU HAVE JUST REMOVED THEM. BUT HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO MOVE TO MULTI RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. IT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED. IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE AND WHATEVER BUT TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, IF WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE STATE TRYING TO DO HOME RULE OVER US OUR VOICE NEEDS TO COUNT. YOU NEED TO GO AND VOTE. YOU NEED TO TAKE OUT THOSE STATE LEGISLATURES AND YOU

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NEED TO PUT IN PEOPLE WHO WILL LOOK TOWNS RULED THEMSELVES AND WHERE THEY WANT TO BE AND WHAT THEY WANT TO BE. SO WE NEED TO DO THAT AS PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THE CITY AND WANTED TO CHANGE A PART OF THE COUNTY. USE YOUR VOTE. MAKE IT COUNT. SAME THING WITH THE CITY IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND LOOK AT ANOTHER WAY FOR STEWART TO HAVE MODERATE GROWTH AND MAYBE LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO DO IT DO INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE WE GROW AND THEN WORRY ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE. USE YOUR VOTE. WE HAVE TO BE ADVOCATES FOR WHAT WE WANT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. AND LADIES. OKAY NEXT IS SHERRY SWAY. MR MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY ON THE ON THE PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON TONIGHT. THEY HAD ACTUALLY HAD THEIR APPLICATION AND FOR THE ZIP SO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME FORWARD EVEN IF THE CITY WAS STILL IN PLACE. HI MY NAME IS SHERRY WAY AND I LOVE IT TO 950 SOUTHEAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. AND, UM I'M THANKFUL TO BE HERE TODAY. I'M NEW AT COMING TO THE COMMISSION MEETINGS. AND UM, WHEN I DID START COMING, I REALLY ENJOYED BEING HERE AND HEARING WHAT EVERYBODY. HAS TO SAY. AND WHAT THE CITY ACTUALLY DOES TO MAKE IT WORK. SO IT'S NEW TO ME, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU. I, TOO WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON THE, UM THE REZONING. THAT HAS BEEN POSTPONED FOR ANOTHER TIME. AND I TOO, WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BE REVISITED BEFORE WE MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO REZONING. I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE YEARS, BUT MY HISTORY HERE GOES BACK A LONG WAY WITH MY MOTHER IN LAW, MY HUSBAND AND HAVING BEEN HERE WHEN I CAME HERE FOUR YEARS AGO AND DROVE THROUGH DOWNTOWN STUART. I CRIED BECAUSE IT WAS FAMILIAR BECAUSE THEY HAD BROUGHT ME HERE PRIOR TO THAT, AND I JUST ENJOY THIS PLACE SO MUCH AND WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS SUCH AN OVERGROWTH. OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A HEART FOR THE CITY.

PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A STAKE IN IT. PEOPLE WHO DON'T IF THERE ARE, LET'S SAY A LOT OF RENTAL PROPERTIES. THERE'S NO COMMITMENT. HERE THEY COME AND THEY GO PEOPLE WHO BUY IN, UM I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE EVEN WHERE I LIVE. THEY BUY AND THEY TELL ME FIVE YEARS AND THEY'RE GONE AND THEY OWN. UM THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. BUT IT'S COMMON WHEN PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THEIR FEET IN THE GROUND. AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE US LOOK FURTHER INTO REZONING OUR AREA BEFORE IT GROWS UP SO FAST THAT WE DON'T HAVE SCHOOLS FOR THE CHILDREN. WE DON'T HAVE CLASSROOM ABILITY. WE DON'T HAVE TEACHERS. WE DON'T HAVE JOBS FOR PEOPLE COMING IN. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU ALL OKAY. ANY OTHER, UH. PUBLIC COMMENT PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

ABOUT THEIR CASE OF MOVING ON. OKAY LET'S LOOK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA TO EVERYONE OF THE CONSENT AGENDAS, ITEM NUMBER 78 AND NINE AS PUBLISHED. SECOND OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER CARTS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS. YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? FOOD SHOP YET. COME ON UP FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, OH, YOU WANTED. OKAY, WELL, I'LL GO BACK TO YOU. SO OKAY. OKAY SO, UH, SHE SAY WHAT YOU CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER COLLINS VICE MAYOR BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES COMMISSIONER. RICH YES. MCDONALD'S YES, BILL. WE'VE ACTUALLY PASSED PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IF YOU HAVE JUST IS IT ON A SPECIFIC ITEM, OR WAS IT JUST GENERAL PUBLIC? DON'T YOU? COME

[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (3 Minutes Max.) (Part 2 of 2)]

ON UP NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO YOU, OKAY? NORMALLY WE DON'T DO THAT. BUT I'LL DO IT SINCE YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR NEW I DON'T DO THIS VERY OFTEN. IF YOU WOULD JUST FILL YOUR CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE CLERK WHEN YOU'RE DONE. AH MY NAME IS PAM BURNELL. I LIVE IN RIAU. UM MY BIGGEST THING IS THE LITTER. ON DIXIE HIGHWAY ACROSS FROM ANNA'S PIZZA. I GOT A WHOLE MARTIN COUNTY WEBSITE UNDER SERVICES TAB. AND I FILLED IT OUT SENT PICTURES. AND THEY SAID THEY'LL PASS IT ON TO THE CITY TO INVESTIGATE IT. THIS WAS , UM JANUARY 23RD. THAT'S ALL STILL SITTING THERE IS THAT IN THE CITY, WHERE IS THE PIZZA JUST ON DIXIE HIGHWAY JUST PASSED TC THREE. I THINK IT'S DOWN PAST SHARING PLAZA IN THE COUNTY IN THE CITY WITH THE COUNTY FIRST, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A COUNTY ROAD. HAVE THE CITY INVESTIGATED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO INVESTIGATE. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE PICKED UP. THERE'S TOTES BIG GREEN GARBAGE CANS TOSSED OFF OVER THERE. I'M SURPRISED THE PLAZA IS THERE. ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT. MHM YEAH, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT

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CHURCH. ANOTHER ONE, UM, THESE COMMUNITY NAMED YOU'RE COMING UP WITH THE RESERVE THE PRESERVE.

THESE ARE NOT RESERVES OR PRESERVES ANYMORE. I DON'T KNOW . WE DON'T GET TO CHOOSE THE NAME. I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THOSE PROPERTY RIGHTS, THINGS AND ANOTHER THING. WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING THESE THINGS. NO MORE WALLS. WHY DO THEY PUT UP WALLS FOR SOUND BARRIER? WE COULD USE TREES FOR SALBI AREA. YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TO BUILD RIGHT ONTO A SIDEWALK. IF YOU WANT SOUND BARRIER BUILD PAST THE ROADS LIKE FURTHER IN, WE NEED MORE TREES, NOT MORE CONCRETE. UM.

AND ANOTHER THING IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. A THING OF THE PAST NOW. YEAH. AND ONE MORE THING THE RAILROADS THEY PUT THIS BLACK TARP. SO IT KEEPS ALL THEIR STUFF ON THE INSIDE. BUT WHEN THEY'RE DONE ALL THAT IS JUST FALLING DOWN. ON ALICE STREET ACROSS FROM THE ROYAL PARK. THE BLACK TORP IS IN THE WEEDS ARE GOING ALL UP IN IT NOW. ARE THEY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVING THAT TARP? WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THOSE SECTIONS. I DON'T NORMALLY DO WELL. WE CAN SPEAK TO THEM AND LOOK INTO IT SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE ALSO DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE DONE. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING. I KNOW IS THAT ALICE AVENUE INTERSECTION AND THERE WAS A BRIDGE JUST PAST ELLIS AVENUE. THEY WERE REPLACING. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS OF THE TARP OR WHITE, PROBABLY THE SILT FENCES. THAT'S WHAT SHE'S REFERRING TO. I JUST DON'T KNOW

[10. ARPA SUPPORT REQUEST - SAFESPACE INC (RC): RESOLUTION No. 10-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF A SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT TO SAFESPACE, INC. FOR SUPPORT OF RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EXECUTE THIS TRANSACTION; APPROVING A SUPPELEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 FROM THE UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUND TO RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

WHAT THE STATUS OF THEIR THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. OKAY SO MOVING ON TO. I DON'T TEND TO SUPPORT REQUEST. AND WHO'S HANDLING THAT DAVE MICHAEL WITH THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN I'LL START THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 10-2023, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF A SUB RECIPIENT AGREEMENT TO SAFE SPACE INC FOR SUPPORT OF RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST 2024 AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EXECUTE THIS TRANSACTION. APPROVING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 FROM THE UN APPROPRIATED BALANCE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUND TO RESPOND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. ALSO JOINING ME WAS, UH, MISS JACKIE MAY OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATOR UM, SO WE HAD SET ASIDE ORIGINALLY A MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF OUR REFUNDS FOR BASICALLY COMMUNITY OUTREACH. WHERE GRANT FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS. THIS IS COMMON FOR ANYONE RECEIVING ARPAIO WHO RECEIVE OR LARGER ORGANIZATIONS , SOME OF THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVED A COUPLE $100. THEY DID NOT DO THAT, BUT MOST LARGER ORGANIZATIONS DID SET UP A GRANT TYPE APPLICATION PROCESS. MARTIN COUNTY'S IS AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN APPLY THROUGH THE WEBSITE. FOR FUNDING FROM FROM THEIR ARPAIO AMOUNTS THAT THEY HAVE ALLOCATED FOR WHAT I'M CALLING COMMUNITY OUTREACH. UM THE MILLION DOLLARS WE HAD SET ASIDE, NO ONE HAD APPLIED YET SAFE SPACES, THE FIRST ORGANIZATION TO COME BEFORE YOU THAT HAS APPLIED. WE HAD SET AN INTERNAL CAP OF 500,000 PER REQUEST. THIS WAS IN PART FROM THE DISCUSSIONS WE WERE HAVING PREVIOUSLY WITH HOUSING SOLUTIONS COALITION FOR, UM, A PROJECT NORTH OF TOWN THAT THAT ENDED UP NOT HAPPENING. UM SAFE SPACES APPLICATION, I BELIEVE ACTUALLY CAME IN OVER THE 500. WE HAD ASKED IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FUNDRAISE OR GET THE OTHER REBALANCE OF THE FUNDS THEMSELVES, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY AGREED THAT THEY COULD SO WE KEPT HIM OUT OF THE 500 MAXIMUM REQUESTS THAT WE HAD HAD GIVEN, UM I BELIEVE THERE. UH PROJECT IS BASED AROUND, UM, SOME REMODELING AND SOME PROGRAMMING PRIMARILY FOR TRAUMA , INFORMED CARE, UM, TYPE OF ACTIVITIES WITH THEIR WITH THEIR CLIENTS. THEY ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR APPLICATION. IS ANYBODY FROM SAFE SPACE WANT TO HAVE A PRESENTATION OR ANYTHING? THE WORDS I SEE YOU GOT THE BIG GUNS OUT TODAY. YEAH. TOM IS HERE. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONERS FOR CONSIDERING THIS GRANT APPLICATION FOR SAFE SPACE. I'M ACCOMPANIED HERE TODAY BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SAFE SPACE TOBACCOS DISTRICT ATTORNEY OUT I'M GOODNER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SANDY JOE CROCKER, JESSICA MALYSHEV CONDIMENT RESOURCES. COOPER'S OUR

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PRESIDENT AND CFO OF THE INDIAN RIVER SHARES. UM OFFICE AND JOANNE WILLIAM BARKER. FROM GOVERNMENT THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF THIS REQUEST. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE WITH IT RECENTLY AMID YEAR ANALYSIS REPORT OF HOW WE WERE DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR 2023 JULY ONE THROUGH DECEMBER, 31ST AND WE FOUND THAT IN MARTIN COUNTY REQUESTS FOR SERVICES HAD INCREASED. 54% 54. IT'S STAGGERING. AND AGENCY WIDE. WE HAVE ALREADY SERVED 566 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS COMPARED LAST YEAR TO 7 76. THAT'S A 20% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THE SAME PERIOD. SO THIS PROJECT IS HAS BEEN VERY THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER HAS A TRAUMA INFORMED CARE MODEL WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN COME IN. AND THAT WE ARE VERY THOUGHTFUL TO ENSURE THAT THEIR HEALING PROCESS AND THAT THEY COMPLY WITH ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE PROVIDE TO THEM TO TRANSITION TO AN INDEPENDENT LIFE FOR YOUR VIOLENCE AS THAT, AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE TAKE CARE TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO TRIGGERS FOR RE VICTIMIZATION BY THE MODEL THAT WE ARE INTENDING TO IMPLEMENT. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS MODEL AND AN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FACILITY AND WE HAVE FOUND IT TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE IN THE PROCESS OF SERVING VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE ONE IT'S GOING TO BE USED HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY. CORRECT IN OUR ONLY HOME IS, BUT YES, OUR 60 BED FACILITY IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF START. MR. MAYOR. CAN I ASK QUESTIONS? UM, FIRST, I WANT TO SAY, UM JUST JUST JUST TO THINK OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR ALLOWING THE OPERA FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND THEN FOR THE PAST THROUGH PROCESS AND THEN FOR IT TO BE HERE AT THE CITY FOR US TO ACTUALLY HAVE GONE THROUGH AND DECIDED THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THE MONEY OUT TO USE FOR SOME SOCIAL THINGS THAT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST WHERE OUR CITY AND COUNTY AND OTHER PLACES HAVE NOT BEEN MAKING PLANS FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PLANNING, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TALK AND ALL KINDS OF GARBAGE OFFENSIVE OR ON THE OFFENSE, WHATEVER YOU MAY WANT TO CALL IT ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT DEFUND HERE AND DEFUND THERE, BUT IT'S NOT THAT IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HELP WHERE HELP IS NEEDED, ESPECIALLY SOCIAL SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH, ALL THESE THINGS, AND I'M SO GLAD WE DECIDED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT THAT THAT DECISION NOW IN MAKING THAT DECISION AND THEN LOOKING AT THIS VERY FORTHRIGHT APPLICATION, WHICH IS SO TRANSPARENT LOOKING AT ALL THE TAX BACKGROUND AND ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT YOU PUT IN, AND WHEN I SAW THAT, TOM BACK A DOLL WAS ON THERE. I'M LIKE, CAN WE GET THEM A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS? PLEASE BUT, UM, YOU KNOW THE 673. WHAT HAVE BEEN GOOD, BUT WE HAVE MADE THAT DECISION AND YOU'VE HEARD THAT WE'VE TAKEN SOME OF THAT MONEY FROM SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO WITH HOUSING. AND WE STILL HAVE THIS MONEY THERE THAT WE STILL WANT TO HOPEFULLY, HAVE SOMEBODY, UH, APPLY FROM HOUSING TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING AND OTHERS, BUT IF IT WERE OTHER WAYS, I WOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING A MOTION TODAY TO SAY LET'S GIVE YOU ALL 6 73. BUT UM AS THE MOTION STANDS, AND I KNOW THAT, MISS MAY I MEAN THERE'S A PROPOSAL STANDS AS MISS MAY HAS DONE HER WORK AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S VERY GOOD AND IT MEETS MEETS EVERYTHING, AND I SAW YOUR PAPERWORK AND HER PAPERWORK AND ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THE AIR. UM I LEFT ALL MY NOTES SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SPECIFIC PAGES, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE AND ABSOLUTELY YOUR AGENCY. WE'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT AGENCIES THAT ARE USING MONEY AND WASTING MONEY AND HIDING MONEY AND STEALING MONEY. I'M JUST SEE THE TRANSPARENCY OF YOUR APPLICATION AND THE WAY YOUR AGENCY OPERATES. I STAYED UP AN EXTRA COUPLE OF HOURS JUST GOING THROUGH STUFF AND IT WAS JUST, UM I WAS JUST ALWAYS. WELL THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME KNOW THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SAFE SPACE PERSON HAVE DONE. A LOT OF THINGS WOULD SAY SPACE. THROUGH SYRIA, OPTIMIST THROUGH MYSELF THROUGH CHURCH THROUGH OTHER THINGS, UH, DEPENDENCE OF COURT ALL KINDS OF STUFF, BUT IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE OTHER COMMENTS. BUT RIGHT NOW I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM THE PERSON WHO MAKES THE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 10-2023. AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SECOND AND THEN WE CAN GO ON WITH THE COMMENTS, OTHERWISE

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I'LL WAIT. OKAY THANKS. ALRIGHT BUT I JUST THINK IT IS. IT IS SO YOUR TRANSPARENCY AND THE MAKEUP OF YOUR BOARD. YOU ARE A WORTHY ORGANIZATION TO BE THE FIRST TO RECEIVE THESE TYPE OF FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF STEWART. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION. IT WAS SECOND, ANY OTHER COMMENTS. MR COLLINS WILL BE THE SLIGHTLY LESS UM. EXCITED CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS SO. NOT THAT I'M AGAINST THIS AT ALL. BUT WHEN DOES THIS MILLION DOLLARS HAVE TO BE ALLOCATED BY . 24 ALLOCATED AND SPENT BY 26. OKAY SO 24. SO HERE HERE'S MY ONLY POINT AND I WOULD JUST SAY.

WE ONLY HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS TO OFFER UP TO HELP OUR FIVE OH ONE C THREES AND OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD USE THIS MONEY TO HELP SERVE RESIDENTS. WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY GIVING AWAY THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT $500,000 HALF OF THAT MONEY TO ONE ORGANIZATION THAT IS THE FIRST TO EVEN APPLY FOR IT. SO MY THOUGHT WOULD BE WHY NOT? WHY BEING A RUSH? WHY NOT WAIT JUST A LITTLE BIT. SEE WHAT APPLICATIONS COME IN. OVER THIS TIME PERIOD AS WE GET CLOSER TO NEEDING TO HAVE IT ALLOCATED WE HAVE A YEAR. POTENTIALLY RIGHT. WHY NOT? LOOK AT WHAT COMES IN OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN SORT OF SEE WHERE THE NEED IS AND THEN BE RESPONSIBLE ABOUT OFFERING IT UP AND MAYBE MAYBE IT'S $500,000 TO YOU GUYS BUT MAYBE THERE ARE SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY WHO HAVE NEED, UM YOU KNOW, AND AS A COMMISSION WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO USE THIS MILLION DOLLARS COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP. I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL IT'S BEEN ADVERTISED. THAT THIS IS AN OPTION. SO I WOULD JUST SAY, MAYBE MAYBE IT'S REASONABLE. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT THE POLITICAL, UH CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, THEIR SUPPORT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, BUT MAYBE TO WAIT AND SORT OF LOOK AT WHAT COMES IN OVER THE NEXT YEAR. IN TERMS OF APPLICATIONS COMMISSIONER ACCOUNT. I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION, BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND GRANT FOR OVER ALMOST ABOUT A YEAR NOW.

REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST ESTABLISHED THE APPLICATION. IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO A YEAR AGO. I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR WELL OVER HOUSING SOLUTIONS. CAKE TAKING THAT INITIALLY. BUT NOW THAT THAT'S NOT, BUT WE STILL THAT WAS ONLY HALF OF IT. AND THAT WAS THEN THIS IS THE ONLY OTHER APPLICATION ADVERTISE IT TO OUR LOCAL FIVE. OH ONE C THREES AND SEE WHO MIGHT NEEDED AND STEWART AS WELL. HOUSING SOLUTIONS. IT'S GOING TO COME BACK OR SOMEBODY LIKE ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, FAMILY PROMISE OR SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO TWO ORGANIZATIONS GETTING ALL THAT MONEY. MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO MIGHT NEED HELP LOCALLY, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. IT COULD BE MY POINT. BECAUSE IT'S ONLY A MILLION DOLLARS. WE DIDN'T LIKE, GO OUT AND DO A MAJOR ADVERTISEMENT FOR IT. I MEAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY MILLIONS OF THE COUNTY WAS GIVEN AWAY THAT THEY MAYBE A CHURCH NEEDS A ROOT FOR MAYBE THEY CAN GO TO THE COUNTY COUNTY HAS A WAY TO DO THAT, TOO. HEY ANY OTHER COVERAGES? WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. GO AHEAD. COME. COMMISSIONER RICHARD UM, JUST TO SPEAK TO YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER COLLINS I ACTUALLY DID APPROACH ANOTHER NONPROFIT HERE IN TOWN AND THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT FOR THIS GROUP WAS 3 50. THEY WERE GOING TO GET 1 50. I DON'T KNOW. IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT IN THIS MAY RIGHT, CORRECT. THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT APPLICATION FOR THE RECORD . DR JACKIE MAY GRANT ADMINISTRATOR AND YOU ARE CORRECT, SIR. COMMISSIONER, THEY DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. SO I'VE ACTUALLY I'VE SPOKEN TO OTHER GROUPS ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY THIS MONEY. PERHAPS THAT'S MY AGE EXPERIENCE. WHEN MONEY IS AVAILABLE, I'LL TRY TO FIND A GOOD PLACE FOR IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, THIS FIRST THIS GROUP FIRST CAME TO MY ATTENTION WHEN WE MADE A PROCLAMATION AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT WE WEREN'T ACTIVELY SUPPORTING. AND THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO ARRANGE A TOUR. AND MISS MAY AND MYSELF WENT AND ASKED MY WIFE TO ACCOMPANY ME AND SHE SAID, OH, NO, IT'S GOING TO BE TOO DEPRESSING. UM ON THE CONTRARY, IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL SPACE AND, UH THE SENSE OF E Z IS MAYBE RELIEF THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN HAD AND THE FACILITY. IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. UM. AND I THINK IT IS A LOCAL ARTIST GOING TO HELP YOU, A FRIEND. IS THAT TRUE? SHE DID COMMUNICATE WITH US, AND WE'RE IN CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. FOR THE REFERRAL COMMISSIONER. LOCAL ARTIST IS GOING TO HELP THEM. THEY'RE REDOING THE INTERIORS. I'M GLAD TO SEE SOMEONE FROM THE

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SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HERE. BECAUSE IN FACT IF THIS GROUP IS AFFECTIVE, IT TAKES A LOT OF PROVIDES RELIEF FOR YOUR CALLS. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. SO WE ACCOMPLISHED A GREAT MANY THINGS WITH THIS AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE CAN DO THIS FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THERE ANY COMMENT ON THE ZOOM AND WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, AUDREY CREECH.

SORRY, DIDDLY STANDING. THANK YOU ALL. I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE SPEAKING TODAY. IN FACT, I'M HERE SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF MY JOB. I AM A LAND USE AND ZONING ATTORNEY HERE IN STUART.

I LIVE IN PALM CITY FARMS. AND I DID NOT EXPECT TO SPEAK TODAY. HOWEVER I DO WANT TO ADDRESS MAYBE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING PEOPLE TO BE A LITTLE MORE, UM HESITANT ABOUT GIVING MONEY. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BIAS, SAYING THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ONLY HAPPENS IN SCENARIOS WHERE WHITE TRASH PEOPLE OR WHATEVER OR SOME DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE DOING THESE THINGS. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU JUST FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE . UNFORTUNATELY I WAS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I CAME OUT OF THAT RELATIONSHIP LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO. I AM SEVENTH GENERATION FLORIDIAN, FOURTH GENERATION MARTIN COUNTY AND I GREW UP IN PALM CITY FARMS. I DID NOT COME OUT OF A TRAILER PARK. I DID NOT COME OUT OF ANYTHING. RIDICULOUS I WAS A REGULAR PERSON WHO UNFORTUNATELY CAME ACROSS AN ALCOHOLIC, NARCISSISTIC PIECE OF YOU KNOW WHAT? OH GIVEN THAT I UNDERSTAND THE CONSERVATIVE COMMENTS OF HEY , THERE'S PROBABLY QUITE A FEW FIVE OH ONE C THREE IS THAT COULD USE THIS MONEY? UM. LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SPEAK TODAY. BUT I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU TAKE YOUR TIME. PLEASE. WE LOVE YOU ARE JOE. OKAY UM, IT'S OKAY. OKAY? THAT THIS IS UP. APPRECIATE TO PUT YOUR MONEY. SORRY IT'S OK TO HUG. GOD BLESS HER. HELLO, MCBRIDE. TELLING MCBRIDE ELEMENTS STEWART. I WANT TO GET MY ADDRESS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SAY HI. MINE'S A HOUSEKEEPING FROM BUT SINCE THEY'RE ALL RIGHT HERE, IT'S THE BEST TIME I THINK FOR ME TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. FROM THE BEGINNING BEFORE THIS. THIS WAS JUST A DREAM AND TO HER SHE WAS INVOLVED AND SHE CAME TO ME AND EXPLAINED EVERYTHING AND ASKED ME TO SPEAK. ETHNIC JUST SUPPORTED AND DESCENDANT. AND I EDUCATED MYSELF, AND I DID IT.

PROBABLY A MATTER OF THE CITY RECORD. I DID SPEAK FOR THIS PLACE THIS BUILDING TO BE BUILT IN THAT, BUT MY PROBLEM IS I DON'T KNOW HOW OR THEIR JANITOR MAYBE HE DON'T WORK WEEKENDS, BUT THE PROBLEM IS FRIDAY. THEY PUT ALL THEY DON'T HAVE A DUMPSTER. THEY PUT MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE OR MORE. THE COLORED GARBAGE. YOU CANNOT PUT THE MATTRESSES OUT BROKEN FURNITURE THAT WHOLE STREET SAY HALF A BLOCK IS GARBAGE. AND YOU KNOW WITH KIDS MET. THANK YOU, UM. IT GETS DUMPED OVER IN THAT, SO I THINK IT ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE ARE HERE AND IF THEY WOULD JUST DO SOMETHING AH! I DO KNOW THEIR GARBAGE PICKED UP IS ON MONDAY AND YOU PUT IT OUT ON MONDAY AND INSPECTOR PUNCH TUESDAY BUT BETWEEN THE CITY SANITATION, THEY COULD WORK WITH THE CITY SANITATION DEPARTMENT AND LIKE WHEN THEY HAVE TO GET RID OF MATTRESSES AND ALL THOSE THINGS. I THINK WE COULD WORK IT OUT. BUT I'M ALL FIRST I'VE SUPPORTED IT BEFORE IT WAS EVEN BUILT AND I'M STILL PLENTY OF YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG GIRLS AND THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH IT. IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR NEIGHBORS, NOT A GOOD NEIGHBOR WITH THEIR GARBAGE. IT UPSETS THE PEOPLE, BUT. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CHEER YOU ORGANIZATIONS. BUT LIKE YOU SAID, I CAN NEVER SAY YOUR LAST NAME. RICH UH, I'LL SAY, RICHIE, I'LL KILL IT. AH! IT YOU KNOW, AND WE THIS IS A LITTLE TOWN. WE ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER AND THAT IF THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL KNOW THE MONEY'S HERE AND THEY CAN

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APPLY FOR IT. BUT I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD JUST SUPPORT THIS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. PARDON GIVE YOU THAT ONE IS FOR I DON'T $12.10 OKAY. IT IS NUMBER 10.

OKAY? JERRY GORE. I THOUGHT I LOOKED AT SOME PLACE ELSE THAT I THOUGHT IT'S A 12. AS BEING A PASTOR OF A CHURCH WORKING PASTOR. I'M NOT JUST ONE THAT SITS THERE AND PREACH ON SUNDAY.

GRAB MY BOB AND GO HOME. UH WE DO A LOT OF WORK. MY WIFE AND I AND WE DO NOT BROADCAST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO. WE WORKED FOR, WILL WE DEAL WITH, UH, MENTAL PATIENT? WE GO GET HIM OUT OF JAIL. WE'LL BRING THEM AND PUT THEM IN A SAFE PLOTS PROSPER. GOD THIS WEEK. I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. BUT MY WIFE CALLED ME SAID SHE HADN'T GOT HOME YET BECAUSE SHE HAD TO GO PICK UP DOMESTIC TAKE CARE OF THE DOMESTIC SITUATION. PUT THEM IN A HOTEL.

MY CHURCH DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, AND WE WORK OFF MY WIFE AND MYSELF. INCOME SO THAT WE DON'T GET INTO A LOT OF GOVERNMENT STUFF. WE DO A FOOD BANK. BUT WITH SAFE SPACE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REALLY I'M GLAD TO SEE A GROUP LIKE THAT TO 11 IS GREAT, TOO.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WITH THIS ONE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE NOW WE WENT BY TODAY AND TRYING TO PUT MORE MONEY ON IT. AH IN A HOTEL SO THAT THEIR STAY SAFE AND STAY IN THE SPOT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR LIMITED WITHOUT MONEY AT OUR CHURCH, AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT. BUT TO HAVE A GROUP AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS THAT COULD KEEP THINGS CONFIDENTIAL AND TAKE CARE OF THESE PEOPLE'S TWO WEEK OF FOUND ANOTHER PLACE TO RELOCATE THEM. THIS IS AWESOME. WE UP AT THREE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, TWO O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. AH, DEALING WITH SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN TRUST US. THEY WOULD GIVE US A CALL, AND WE CAN KEEP IT ANONYMOUS AND WE GO OUT AND HELP THESE PEOPLE. WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS, BUT SOMETIMES WE CAN MOVE THEM FROM DIFFERENT ROOMS FROM PLACES TO PLACES. AND SO THEY REALLY NEED TO FUND THIS. I WISH I HAD SOME TO GIVE THEM TO HELP THEM OUT. BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE. A LOT OF LIVES CAN BE SAVED. KIDS WHEN THEY'RE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I GET SOME IN SUNDAY SCHOOL. AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE WAY THEY LIVE AT HOME. SO IT'S WITH THEIR PARENTS AND THE WAY THEY'RE BEING TREATED THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE HERE AND NOW WE GOT TO DEAL WITH THIS INDIAN. YOU KNOW , YOUR PRISON IS GETTING LOADED WITH PEOPLE THAT IT'S NOT GETTING EARLY HELP IN THESE STAGES WHEN WE SEE THESE THINGS TAKING PLACE. THAT LOVELY SONG THAT THEY SANG HER TODAY THAT YOU KNOW IT'S A MELTING POT. BUT WHEN WE GOT TO STOP BEING THIS MELTING POT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE CERTAIN SITUATIONS. THAT WE CAN HELP WITH IT AND JUST TURN OUR HEAD AND WALKED PAST IT. YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF PRIVATE STUFF, BUT MY HANDS ARE FULL IN OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY. AND THEY DESERVE IT. IF ANYBODY ELSE DON'T DESERVE, THEY DESERVE IT. UH I WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER THING WHILE I'M UP HERE IS THAT DAVID DIES YOU REALLY BROKE MY HEART WHEN YOU SAY YOU WERE LEAVING. SORRY REALLY? BECAUSE BEFORE.

YOU CAN. I KNOW I NEED TO CUT IT OFF BEFORE YOU CAN. OUR ONLY COME TO STEWART AND EASIER FOR BIBLE STUDY AND EASE OUT AT THE BIBLE STUDY. BUT WHEN YOU CAME TO BE THE CHIEF UH, WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS, I SEE YOU'RE WELCOME. PHASE CHURCH INTIMACY ANYWHERE. YOU HAD A WELCOME FACE EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY ANY. Y'ALL COULD WALK THROUGH THE COMMUNITY IN A HOWARD, BUT HE COULDN'T BECAUSE EVERYBODY RECOGNIZED HIM . HE BROUGHT SUNSHINE IN OUR COMMUNITY. HE DID THAT. WE ALL KNOW HIM. YOU CAN COME TO JUNEAU WITH MOVING SO YOU REALLY HAVE MADE MY HEART SAD. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO STAND IN THE WAY OF PROSPERITY. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY BUT YOU REALLY MADE MY HEART SAD . SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE MIXED UP WITH. I SEE YOU DO IT AND WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH IT. I SAID I CAN FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS. SO WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU WHEN I GO BACK HOME AND TELL MY WIFE BUT YOU SAID TONIGHT IT'S NOT GONNA BE GOOD, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE DINNER FIRST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DO DESERVE THIS. FUNNY YOU OKAY? SEEING NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS OF A WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? PLEASE? LET'S TAKE A VOTE. COMMISSIONER COLLINS YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK ? YES VICE MAYOR BRUNER. YES MAYOR. MCDONALD COMMISSIONER RICH. CONGRATULATIONS COMMISSIONER RATIONS. I JUST DID FEEL TO VOTE. YES I'M ALWAYS LAST ANYWAY. NO PUBLIC COMMENT

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IS OVER. IF YOU JUST TOLD ME FOR ONE MOMENT, WE WILL ENDURE LONG AS IT'S NOT ABOUT DAVID. WELL RIGHT. WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF DAVID KNIGHT, RIGHT? AND I'VE HEARD ABOUT BLOWING UP THINGS AND IT'S BEEN VERY ENLIGHTENING MEETING. I WILL TELL YOU, BUT I WANT TO SAY JUST TO ADDRESS COMMISSIONER COLLINS YOUR CONCERNS GOING TO TELL YOU THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS I'M A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE AS WELL. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH OUR MONEY , OUR TAX PAYING DOLLARS THAT DO GOOD IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THERE IS THERE ARE VERY FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO THAT I GUARANTEE WILL SAVE LIVES. THIS ORGANIZATION SAVES LIVES. I'M DEDICATED TO THIS ORGANIZATION AS A PROSECUTOR OF 33 YEARS, DAVID, I GOTTA TOUCH ON DAVID A LITTLE BIT. HE AND I RAN TOGETHER WHEN HE WAS JUST A LOWLY PATROLMEN AND I WAS PROSECUTING TO US. HE IS A JEWEL FOR THE CITY OF STORE. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, DAVID. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU FOR 33 YEARS. YOU'RE A DECENT MAN, AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH . THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SET UP A ROADBLOCK SO WE CAN'T LEAVE THE COUNTY. WE'LL WORK ON THAT. WELL, HE'S STILL GOING TO BE IN THE COUNTY, WHICH PUTS THEM IN MY JURISDICTION. DOWN SOUTH IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. NO, NOBODY LIVES HERE. WORK ALRIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. THANK

[11. GREEN REUSE AREA DESIGNATION (RC): RESOLUTION No. 09-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND DESIGNATING THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 980, 1050, AND 1120 SE MONTEREY ROAD EXTENSION, STUART, FLORIDA, IDENTIFIED BY MARTIN COUNTY FOLIO NUMBERS 16-38-41-000-000-00013-0, 16-38-41-000-000-00014-0, AND 16-38-41-000- 000-00016-0 (COLLECTIVELY, THE “SUBJECT PROPERTY”), AS FURTHER IDENTIFIED BY THE ATTACHED MAPS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS “THE LANDFILL”, PURSUANT TO SECTION 376.80, FLORIDA STATUTES OF FLORIDA’S BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION, JOB CREATION AND PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO NOTIFY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF SAID DESIGNATION; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

YOU, TOM. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11. OKAY GREEN REUSE DESIGNATION AREA ERA. MIKE, WOULD YOU READ THE RESOLUTION TITLE. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER OH, 9-20 TO 3, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND DESIGNATING THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 980. 10 5 10 50 11 20 SOUTHEAST MONTEREY ROAD EXTENSION STUART, FLORIDA, IDENTIFIED BY MARTIN COUNTY FOLIO NUMBERS 16 38 41 000-000-0. AND 16 38 41 000-000 . AND ONLY 17 MORE. 16-38 DASH 41 DASH 000-000-0. 16-0 COLLECTIVELY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AS FURTHER IDENTIFIED BY THE ATTACHED MAPS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE LANDFILL PURSUANT TO SECTION 376.80, FLORIDA STATUTES OF FLORIDA'S BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION, JOB CREATION AND PROMOTING ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO NOTIFY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF SAID DESIGNATION. PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. MR MAYOR. UM SO THIS ITEM COMES TO BEFORE YOU AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS THAT WEREN'T HERE. WHEN WE FIRST PAST THIS ITEM TO ENGAGE WITH JUST GOING TO CALL THE GOLDSTEIN GROUP, ALTHOUGH THERE IS MORE PARTNERS THAN THAN JUST MR GOLDSTEIN'S GROUP. UM SO WE THIS IS PART OF THAT CONTRACT THAT WE ENTERED INTO THEM TO DECLARE THIS PROPERTY OF GREEN REUSE. SOME OFLOVE REFER TO IT AS A BROWNFIELD. THE DECLARATION OF THIS PROPERTY ALLOWS THE ORGANIZATIONS TO THEN, UM, SECRET MEDIATION ACTION AND GRANT FUNDING FOR THE REMEDIATION ACTION. IT'S PART OF, UM THE LANDFILL THAT'S OVER ON MONTEREY ROAD BEHIND FIRE STATION, TOO. AND WILL ULTIMATELY ALLOW FOR THAT. SOME ODD. 50 ACRES THERE TO BE REDEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING FOR TAX BASE PURPOSES. OKAY GREAT. WELL ONE THING JUST WANT TO SAY A QUICK QUICK QUESTIONS. MIKE IS IF I RECALL IT IN A WHILE SINCE WE APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH THE GOLDSTEINS GROUP, BUT THIS IS ONE OF OUR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. YES IT'S WHAT THE CONTRACT SAID, IS THAT WE WOULD COOPERATE WITH THEM AND ASSIST AND SEEKING ANY FUNDING, GRANT MONEY AND DESIGNATIONS AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS. IS US. ASSISTING IN PASSING A RESOLUTION TO SEEK THE DESIGNATION NECESSARY FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR THE CLEANUP. OKAY ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS FROM FOLKS ON THIS THAT I DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT. UM SO THE CITY HAS A LANDFILL. THAT IS A APPROXIMATELY 50 ACRES.

SOMETHING LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. LET'S JUST SAY 50, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT. IT'S CONTAMINATED. UH, WITH TRASH. THERE'S A I BELIEVE. I BELIEVE WE'RE IN A CONSENT ORDER WITH THE EP FURTHER. CENTER WITH THE DP IS NOT RELATED TO THE LANDFILL AS MUCH AS IT IS A PLUME OF PEOPLE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW T C T FROM THE T C, BUT IT'S ON THAT PROPERTY.

THE PART OF IT THE WAR THE NORTH . BE WHATEVER IT'S CALLED TO TREAT IT. BUT WILL THAT WORK AT

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A CLOSURE ON THAT? OKAY WE JUST GOT LIKE, THREE MONTHS AGO. THEY APPLIED FOR, UM, A AN END TO THAT. PLAN THAT WAS TAKING PLACE. ESSENTIALLY THEY'VE BEEN PUMPING WATER BECAUSE THE CHEMICALS THAT WERE USED TO PUT OUT FOR THE T, C T OR WHATEVER IN THAT PLUME HAVE BEEN MONITORED AND SHIFTED FOR LONG ENOUGH THAT IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY MOVING ON IN PLACE. WELL, THAT'S AWESOME. GOOD TO HEAR. BUT MR ROMAN HERE FROM THE GOLDSTEIN'S ORGANIZATION PERFECT AND COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM, WE'LL GET TO YOU IN A SECOND HERE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO SAY, IS, REGARDLESS OF THE PLUME. WE HAVE THIS BROWNFIELD SITE THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP AND UNLINED LANDFILL IN HERE, UNLIKE LANDFILL FROM BEFORE THEY LINED LANDFILL, AND THIS IS THE WAY THAT NOT ONLY IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA COST US MONEY IF YOU CLEAN IT UP, BUT IT'S GOING TO PUT THE PROPERTY BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS. UH IF I RECALL FROM OUR MEETING WHEN WE APPROVED THIS, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS ONE IS. I GUESS THERE WERE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CLEANUP THAT THEY COULD DO. AND WE WANTED THEM TO GO FOR THE LEVEL. WE DID NOT WANT ANY RESIDENTIAL EVER A ON THE TOP OF THE HOLD LANDFILL, SO WE AGREED TO THE CLEAN UP FOR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL, UH AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS TO PUT IT BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS, PRODUCING A TAX BASE FOR THE CITY OF STEWART SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, WITHOUT CAUSING OF WITHOUT US HAVING TO GO AND SPEND THE MONEY. CLEANING IT. AND, UH AND IF I RECALL FROM THE CONTRACT THAT THERE'S EITHER A BONDED INSURANCE REQUIREMENT THAT GUARANTEES ONCE ONCE THEY CLOSED ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD THINK THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD WAS JUST SHY OF A YEAR. OH THEY WERE GOING. WHAT'S THAT 170 DAYS? 270 DAYS, SO THREE QUARTERS OF A YEAR AND BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO DO BORING SAMPLES AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS FEASIBLE TO DO THE CLEANUP. AND I THINK THIS IS AS WE AGAIN THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE PROACTIVE THINGS THAT THE CITY OF STEWART HAS BEEN DOING ENVIRONMENTALLY. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER STUFF, BUT BY GETTING THIS CLEANED UP AND FINDING A WAY TO PAY FOR IT, BECAUSE WAS THIS THE LANDFILL FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY AT ONE TIME? AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS AND I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY . SPEAKING OF ONE OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS LAST WEEK ABOUT IT, THE CITY ACQUIRED IT AFTER STOPPED USING OR THE COUNTY STOPPED USING IT AS LANDFILL TO THIS DAY. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THE COMMISSION BOARD VOTED. YEAH WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A TOXIC SITE LIKE I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED. WHATEVER REASON, WE HAVE A MESS TO CLEAN UP AND THIS IS A WAY TO GET IT DONE. UM, WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE FROM THE GOLDSTEIN GROUP. ARE YOU MR REESE? MY NAME IS BRETT BREMOND. OKAY OKAY. COMMENT CARD YET. OKAY WELL, GOOD. YOU'RE ACTUALLY NEED ONE. SO OKAY, SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS? CERTAINLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION THAT HE STAFF I'M BRETT BRAHMAN WITH THE GOLDSTEIN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FIRM OR OFFICER AT £2100 STEEL ON BOULEVARD AND CORAL GABLES. AND WE REPRESENT THE CONTRACT PURCHASER. GOLDSTEIN KATE REDEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TWO OR ONE LLC, AND MORE THAN THAT OUR FIRM WORKS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS ACROSS THE STATE TO ADDRESS AS YOU JUST LIKE THIS TO BRING SITES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNUSED. THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLICATIONS, ADDRESS THOSE COMPLICATIONS THROUGH THE RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THE STATE IN FLORIDA BROWN BECAUSE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND PUT THEM BACK INTO PRODUCTIVE REUSE. AND IF I MAY GIVE A VERY BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT'S AVAILABLE HERE AND A LITTLE ABOUT THE PROCESS IF YOU DON'T MIND, SO THE FLORIDA BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997, AS AS A TOOL FOR BOTH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND DEVELOPERS TO OVERCOME THOSE COMPLICATIONS TO PROPERTY REUSE , ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE IS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION INVOLVED, AND IT ALLOWS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF FOCUS ON ALREADY DISTURBED SITES RATHER THAN EXPANDING OUT INTO OUR GREEN FIELDS OR ARE PREVIOUSLY UNDISTURBED LAND SO IT FOCUSES DEVELOPMENT ON OUR DATE.

DEVELOPED OR IN ALREADY DEVELOPED AREAS EXACTLY LIKE WHERE OUR PROPERTY IS LOCATED HERE. HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF CREATING A MECHANISM FOR PROPERTY OWNERS WHETHER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER, THE PROGRAM IS EQUALLY AVAILABLE TO ALL TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THOSE COMPLICATIONS AND, UH, REUSE THE SITE AND IN THIS INSTANCE IN THIS CASE, UH, ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE OLDER ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED THE LANDFILL THERE HAVE BEEN NEW ISSUES DISCOVERED WITH THIS GOVERNMENT OF THE FELLA PLUME BENEATH THE LANDFILL AND SURROUNDING SITES. SO WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES IS IT ALLOWS THOSE ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED COST EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE STATE. AS WELL AS FROM PRIVATE

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PROPERTY OWNERS FROM FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR RATHER THAN DIPPING INTO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FUNDS TO ADDRESS THE CONTAMINATION THERE. AND IT DOES THIS THROUGH THREE CATEGORIES OF INCENTIVES, REGULATORY INCENTIVES. FLORIDA HAS A DEDICATED BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE DEDICATED BROWNFIELD STAFF WHO REVIEW ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS. THIS IS ALL DONE UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF THE STATE. AND THEY CAN DO THAT QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY, AND THESE REVIEWS ARE STREAMLINED BECAUSE THEY ARE BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. ANOTHER CATEGORY ARE THE LEGAL INCENTIVES, MUCH LIKE WE HAVE AVAILABLE UNDER FEDERAL LAW PURCHASE THE INNOCENT PURCHASER OF CONTAMINATED PROPERTY IS JOYCE SOME PROTECTIONS FROM LIABILITY BY ENTERING INTO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE COLLEGE BROWNFIELD SITE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT IN ANY PARTY TO THAT AGREEMENT IS ABLE TO ENJOY THE SAME LIABILITY PROTECTIONS AS WELL AS PROJECT LENDERS. AND THE FINAL CATEGORY OF INCENTIVES AVAILABLE ARE THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND THOSE ARE FUNDED THROUGH FLORIDA CORPORATE INCOME TAX, AND THEY PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF FLORIDA CORPORATE INCOME TAX CREDITS THAT ULTIMATELY REDUCE THEY DON'T COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE COST OF CLEANUP, BUT THEY REDUCE THE COST OF CLEANUP. THE PROCESS . WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS. NOW THERE ARE TWO MAJOR STEPS TO GET TO THE ULTIMATE CLEANUP OF THE PROPERTY. THE FIRST IS THE BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION. OR WE LIKE TO CALL IT A GREEN REUSE AREA DESIGNATION BECAUSE THE END RESULT DOES NOT REFLECT HOW THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY IS NOW. SO THE BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION IS THAT HAS DONE BY RESOLUTION BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE SECOND STEP IS EXECUTION OF BROWNFIELD SITE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. AND THAT IS IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS THAT TAKES PLACE ONLY ONCE AN AREA IS DESIGNATED. THERE ARE DIFFERENT ROUTES FOR DESIGNATION. SOME AVAILABLE TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. THE ROUTE HERE IS UNDER SUBSECTION TWO A OF THE STATUTE AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE ANY PROPERTY WITHIN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS A BROWNFIELD AREA OR GREEN REUSE AREA AT ITS DISCRETION. THE PROCESS IS RELATIVELY SIMPLE, REQUIRES PUBLICATION OF NOTICE AND POSTING A NOTICE THAT THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS TWO ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THOSE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE ALSO WORKED WITH CITY STAFF AND THE CITY CLERK WHO STAYED LATE ONE EVENING TO HELP US HOLD A COMMUNITY MEETING RIGHT HERE IN THE CHAMBERS. WE DID NOT HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTEND, BUT WE DID MAKE A PRESENTATION. UM AND AFTER THAT THE SECOND OF THOSE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER FOUR FACTORS. UM SET BY STATUTE, AND THE FIRST IS WHETHER THE AREA WARRANTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS A REGIONAL POTENTIAL FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES. THE SECOND IS WHETHER THE AREAS REASONABLY FOCUSED AND NOT OVERLY LARGE, LARGE AND COVERAGE. THE THIRD IS WHETHER THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AND REHABILITATION. AND FINALLY, IF THERE ARE ANY PARTS OF THE SITE SUITABLE FOR LIMITED RECREATIONAL, OPEN SPACE, CULTURAL OR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION PURPOSES. AND THESE FACTORS ARE YOURS FOR CONSIDERATION AND WE RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT THIS PROPERTY IS A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR THIS DESIGNATION BASED ON ITS CURRENT CONDITION, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS WELL AS THE STRONG INTEREST IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND COMING IN AND PICKING UP THE BATON FROM THE CITY TO BRING THIS SITE ULTIMATELY TO CLOSURE AND THAT I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU QUESTIONS. UM I DON'T KNOW.

BETWEEN YOURSELF AND MR UM DIET SKIN. TELL US, SO. WHEN IS THAT SCHEDULED NOW THAT YOU DO THIS TO MEETINGS UM, WHAT IS YOUR SCHEDULE TO TRY TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THE START ALL THAT PHYSICAL STUFF TO RETEST AND TO REWORK AND TO DO THINGS IN THE AREA. THANK YOU, MR CLARK . THAT IS STILL UP IN THE AIR. HOWEVER THE BY CONTRACT, WE HAVE AGREED TO ENTER INTO THAT BROWNFIELD OR SUBMIT THAT BROWNFIELD SITE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT TO THE STATE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. SO THAT PROCESS WILL BEGIN RIGHT AWAY. UH THE STATE WOULD REVIEW THAT AGREEMENT PROVIDE COMMENTS ULTIMATELY WOULD BE EXECUTED. AND THEN, UH , 270 DAYS FROM EXECUTION OF THAT AGREEMENT, THE STATE WOULD REQUIRE A SITE ASSESSMENT REPORT BE FILED, PREPARED AND FILED AND THAT LOOKS AT WHAT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS THERE ARE. UH, AND THIS IS ALL IN PREPARATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN. THAT REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN WILL LIKELY BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE END OF THE YEAR, MAYBE INTO NEXT YEAR, BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO GATHER ALL THE REQUIRED DATA, SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LEAD TIME HERE, BUT IT'S ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GATHER ALL THE APPROPRIATE DATA. WE CAN ADDRESS ALL THE IMPACTS, UM TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY VOTES TO THE SATISFACTION OF FDP AND THE COMMUNITY. NO I'M SURE THAT THEY'LL BE BACK TO US AGAIN SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA PUT STUFF WHEN YOU DIG IT UP OR YOU'RE GONNA HIDE IT OR OF COURSE YOU HAVE. THIS PROCESS IS THE REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS WILL BE BACK TO THE CITY TO ENSURE ALL OF THOSE APPROVALS. NOTHING WILL BE HIDDEN IN THIS WHERE REDUCE VERY TRANSPARENTLY. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE STRONG OVERSIGHT OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT, ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND THERE THERE'S ALSO THE REQUIRED MINISTRATIONS OF BROWNFIELD ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS PART OF THAT BROWNFIELD SITE

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REHABILITATION AGREEMENT. WE UNDERSTAND IT'S AN UPHILL BATTLE , AND IT'S A LOT OF THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF. YEAH. IT WOULD HELP MR COLLEGE. WHAT'S THE PLAN TO DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE LAND? WE YEAH. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOT SURE YET THAT WILL BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL STUDIES AND REVIEWS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT COULD GO THERE WITH THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THAT LAND IS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT IS A GOOD FIT FOR THAT AREA, AS WELL AS DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY STAFF BECAUSE JUST VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, SO THIS IS WHAT THIS DESIGNATION WOULD DO WOULD PROVIDE THAT SECURITY AND COMFORT THAT SO THAT WE KNOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO THOSE, UH, THOSE FOLLOWING STEPS. WHAT LEVEL OF REMEDIATION? THIS IS NEW TO ME. I'M NOT AN ENVIRONMENTALIST. WHAT LEVEL OF REMEDIATION, DO YOU PLAN ON DOING TO THAT LAND BECAUSE I'M I'M ASSUMING. THERE ARE DIFFERENT. DIFFERENT USES ARE GOING TO REQUIRE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CLEANUP. YES, SIR. YES IN FLORIDA. WE HAVE THREE CATEGORIES OF CLEANUP. IT'S ALL RISK BASED CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE FIRST CATEGORY IS TO CLEAN UP EVERY MOLECULE OF CONTAMINATION OUT THERE. THAT'S NOT REALLY REALISTIC SCENARIO.

IN THIS CASE, OUR SECOND OPTION IS CALLED RISK MANAGEMENT OPTION LEVEL TWO, AND THAT'S WHERE SOME CONTAMINATION REMAINS, WHETHER IN SOIL OR GROUNDWATER. BUT ACCESS TO THE CONTAMINATED SOIL MIGHT BE PREVENTED BY AN IMPERVIOUS ENGINEERING CONTROL CAP. SAY PARKING AREAS. CONCRETE SLABS, LANDSCAPING, TWO FT OF CLEAN SOIL AND AREAS WHERE YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT CONTAMINANTS LEACHING OUT FROM RAINWATER. AS WELL AS A RESPECTED CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER. PLUME CAN STAY AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, AND IT'S NOT SHOWN TO BE MIGRATING IF THAT IF IT DOES EXPAND BEYOND THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES YOU NEED TO, WE WILL HAVE TO EXPAND TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND WORK WITH THEM TO IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS ON THE GROUNDWATER USE THERE TO PREVENT THAT PLUME FROM BEING IMPACTED ANY FURTHER REMEDIATION TAKES PLACE AND THERE'S ANOTHER LEVEL RISK MANAGEMENT OPTION. LEVEL THREE WHERE THOSE SAME CONTROLS CAN BE PUT IN PLACE.

BUT WE CAN ALSO ADDED THE ADDITION OF THAT LAND USE RESTRICTION OR INSTEAD OF CLEANING THE PROPERTY TO THE RESIDENTIAL STANDARD. THE PROPERTY SOILED ON THE PROPERTY CAN BE REMEDIATED TO THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL STANDARD. BUT THERE IS A LAND USE RESTRICTIONS. PREVENT RESIDENTIAL USE DAYCARE USE ANYTHING WITH SENSITIVE OR SENSITIVE PERSONS MIGHT BE ON THE PROPERTY FOR STANDARD PERIOD INTEND TO DO MANAGEMENT OPTION LEVEL TWO WOULD BE OUR APPROACH HERE AND THAT WOULD BE CONTROLLING THE GROUNDWATER IN THE PROPERTY, PREVENTING ITS USE AS WELL AS CAPPING THE SITE, TOO. MAKE SURE THAT CONTAMINATED SOILS ARE NOT EXPOSED. PEOPLE WILL NOT BE EXPOSED TO ANY OF THOSE CONTAMINANTS THAT LIMIT YOUR USE. ON THE PROPERTY. AH IT WOULD. AND I'M SORRY. I THINK WE MIGHT BE GOING. I THINK MR MAYOR MENTIONED WE MIGHT BE GOING WITH THE LANDINGS RESTRICTION OPTION. SO IN THAT CASE THE RISK MANAGEMENT OPTION TWO DOES NOT LIMIT YOUR USE IS YOU CAN PUT WHATEVER YOU LIKE THERE AS LONG AS PREDICTED BY ADEQUATE ENGINEERING CONTROL, SO LEVEL THREE WHERE YOU PLACE THOSE ENGINEERING CONTROLS, AND YOU DO THAT HAVE THAT LANDED RESTRICTION, SO WE'RE GOING FOR THAT LAND USE RESTRICTION HERE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE BEYOND WHAT YOU'RE RESTRICTED FROM DOING IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL CLEANUP. THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THE LAND USE RESTRICTION THAT IS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE CONTAMINATION IS NOT REDUCED TO THE LEVEL APPROPRIATE FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. THE SOILS ON THE PROPERTY CAN HAVE CONTAMINANTS UP TO THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LEVEL , WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE STATE BASED ON THE RISK OF ENCOUNTERING ANY OF THAT CONTAMINATION. BASED ON A TYPICAL PERSON OUT OF BUSINESS VERSUS A TYPICAL PERSON AT THEIR HOME, AND IT'S COST PROHIBITIVE FOR YOU TO HAVE IT TO LEVEL TOO COST PROHIBITIVE TO GO TO LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE.

WE COULD DO EITHER OF THOSE OPTIONS BY INSTALLING THOSE ENGINEERING CONTROLS THAT IS FINE, BUT DUE TO ANY CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE RESIDENTIAL USES THE PROPERTY LEVEL THREE WOULD BE THE PREFERRED OPTION JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT USED FOR RESIDENTIAL UNLESS WE HAD YOU CLEAN INTO LEVEL TWO, AND THEN WE RESTRICTED WHAT WENT ON THERE. THAT'S VERY THAT'S VERY YEAH, THERE ARE THERE'S THE ABILITY TO RESTRICT THE USE THROUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESOLUTION REGULATION. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THEY ARE OPEN TO EITHER OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS OR ANY ONE OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS, SO THAT WHICH CERTAINLY WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REMEDIATION IS DONE IN A WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS COMFORTABLE. WHAT MECHANISM COULD WE USE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAN TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE WITHIN THAT LEVEL, TOO? UH I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT TOOLS THE CITY HAS AVAILABLE TO ENSURE THAT I KNOW THAT THAT THE STATE UH WE DO HAVE THE OPTION AT LEAST AS FAR AS STATE REGULATION GOES, UM BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE CITY CAN DO THERE TO LIMIT THAT OR OR DEFINE WHAT RISK MANAGEMENT OPTION IS A IS APPLICABLE HERE. AND DO WE HAVE ANY SORRY? DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS TO LIMIT IT? IN THE PIPELINE TO INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SIDE.

ONCE THEY'RE DONE, AND THEY COME BACK, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE STANDARD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, SO THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS IS GOING TO NEED A FUTURE LAND USE ASSIGNMENT AND ZONING ASSIGNMENTS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE DECISION OVER. THAT'S THE QUESTION FISHER COUNTRY DID.

YES COMMISSIONER CLARK. THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE. UM MR CITY MANAGER OR OR OR ATTORNEY WHEN

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WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS WITH MR GOLDSTEIN BEFORE. I KNOW THAT THAT GENERAL AREA YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THE MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD AND, OF COURSE, MORE MORE RECENTLY, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT THAT RECENT IS PROBABLY 20 YEARS OR MORE WITH THE BUILDING OF THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, AND SO ON. HAVE WE EVER LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS 50 ACRES WHICH IS STILL WITH WHERE WE ARE. WE SAW THE GOLF COURSE HERE. NOW WE HAVE THE. THE FUNERAL HOME AND THE NORTH SIDE AND THEN WE HAVE THIS LARGE, EMPTY SPACE THERE. I MEAN, AS FAR AS PLUMES AND UH, HOW THINGS TRAVEL UNDERGROUND. I THINK THE PLACE WHERE THE COUNTY BUILT THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT. I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH DIFFERENT OR DISTINCTIVE THIS PARTICULAR SITE IS FROM THAT OR WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH. UM OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A PLUME THAT HAD TRAVELED ALL THE WAY OVER TO EVEN WERE THE HIGH SCHOOL REBUILD SOME THINGS IN THE PAST. I'M NOT SURE LET ME BE VERY CLEAR THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO PLUME OF THE CITY'S TRAVELING ANYWHERE. THERE'S NOTHING BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN PACKING THEIR BAGS GOING. OKAY SO THE LANDFILL I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN LANDFILL ISSUES. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PROPERTY DOES NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL TRASH. OKAY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PLUME. YOU'RE TALKING MOSTLY ABOUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER. OKAY, MOVEMENT. SO THIS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WERE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THEM WITH HIS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, TRASH THERE. THERE'S MEDICAL THERE AND THERE'S NON MEDICAL THERE. SO THAT THAT'S A PRIMARY. THE PLUME AND WATER REALLY IS AFFECTIVE. THERE'S A THERE'S THE PEOPLE WAS AND THERE'S ANOTHER CHEMICAL THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN IN SOMETHING ELSE. BUT THE THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, REMEDIAL ATION ACTION BY BY THE ORGANIZATION, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS OUT BY THE HIGH SCHOOL OR ANY PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE I GET PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.

IT'S USED TO BE A DUMP, AND THEY USED. MY WIFE THINKS THAT THE MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WAS WHERE THE WHERE THE LAST LITTLE WAS SAID THAT IT'S NOT BUT SHE WAS MY WIFE IS FROM HERE. SHE WAS THERE BEFORE THE HIGH SCHOOL INSTALLMENTS, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE COSTCO LIKE PROPERTY.

CANTOR CPU D, HISTORICALLY FROM PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TALKED TO HAVE HAVE SAID THAT THAT WAS A DUMPING SITE LIKE IT WASN'T OFFICIAL. IT WAS GARBAGE DUMP. IT WAS A IT WAS OUT OF TOWN.

YEAH YEAH. YES IT WAS LITERALLY A SIGN OF DIXIE HIGHWAY WHERE YOU DROP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN OFF AFTER STOPS WORKING. AND BURY IT , THE CURRENT THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE ON THE PROPERTY IS PUBLIC. SO TECHNICALLY OTHER THAN A PARK, THERE IS NO OTHER USE AVAILABLE OTHER THAN YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE GOVERNMENT BUT FOR NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION AND GET A FUTURE LAND USE ASSIGNMENT BEFORE IT CAN BE USED FOR ANY INSTITUTION OR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL. WHATEVER YOU SO THE COMMISSION HAS RESTRAINTS AND HAS THE ABILITY TO ASSIGN WHAT IT DEEMS TO BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE LAND USE FOR THAT AREA, AND I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE IT MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO ME DURING THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM THAT THE LIKELIHOOD THAT IT WOULD EVER BE CLEANED TO A LEVEL THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.

WAS WAS OFF THE SCALES. I DIDN'T GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE CASE, BUT YOU KNOW YOU COULD SPEAK TO THEM IN THE MAP. YOU'LL SEE THE MAP. THERE'S CERTAIN SECTIONS LIKE WHATEVER THREE ACRE PARCEL OR WHATEVER, BEHIND THE FUNERAL HOME NOW THAT WE'LL BE CARVED OFF AND WILL RETAIN TO USE FOR VEGETATION. UH, PROGRAM. WE CURRENTLY DO THAT NOW, BUT A DIFFERENT PART OF THAT SITE, AND THERE WAS ALSO, UM, WE'RE KEEPING THE ANTENNA. IT'S NOT ON THE MAP, BUT THERE WAS ALSO AN AGREEMENT DURING THE CONTRACT PART ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT I CALL IT? ART FOREST GREEN SPACE, BASICALLY, REPLANTING OF TREES AND STUFF ALONG THAT ON THE DEBRIS IS LIKE A MULCH PILE TYPE THING. IT'S INTERESTING. YEAH, WE DO OUR MULCHING OUT THERE FOR ESSENTIALLY WHEN WE DO HAVE A YARD PICKUP GOES THERE FIRST TO GROW FOOD. I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I NEED MUCH SEPARATE FIVE ACRES. THAT'S A PARK THAT'S GOING TO BE GREEN SPACE AND A RE PLANTING OR REFORESTATION. IT WILL NOT BE A PARK THAT ENDS UP BEING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THE CLEANUP WON'T ALLOW. I MEAN , IF IT'S ONLY A FIVE ACRE OUT OF THE 50 YEARS OF POSSIBLE TO ASK OR REQUIRE WHATEVER MECHANISM WE CAN DO TO HAVE THAT BE CLEAN TO A LEVEL THAT PEOPLE CAN USE IT AS A PART RIGHT? WE'RE OPEN TO DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY ON THAT. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT AND SPEAK MORE ON THAT. AND THAT WOULD HAPPEN. WE START TALKING ABOUT LAND USE OR WHAT? THEY'RE PROBABLY DOING THIS PROCESS ALSO DURING THEIR CLEANUP PROCESS

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WHEN THEY BECAUSE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE'S SUCH A LONG DUE DILIGENCE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING BORING SAMPLES, AND THERE'S ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CLEANUP WILL TAKE BECAUSE TO DETERMINE CLEAN UP AND THEN THEY NEED TO QUALIFY THE GRANTS AND TAX CREDITS TO DO THAT CLEANUP AND DEPENDING WHAT THE QUALIFIED FOREIGN THE LEVEL OF CLEAN UP THAT THEY CAN DO BASED UPON THE MONEY THEY RECEIVED, DIRECTS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO YOU GUYS WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE MR BREMER COMMISSIONER COLLINS ALREADY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND I HAVE NOT, AND BEFORE HE IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE HIS LIFE, BUT HE DID CALL ON HIM AND I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU. YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND BABY HAVE BUT I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN IT, BUT WE'LL GET TO YOU SURE, DON'T WORRY. BUT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO CARVE OUT OUT OF THAT FIVE ACRES. MAYBE THE CLEANER PART. THE LESS CONTAMINATED AREA AND BRING IT TO A LEVEL TO HAVE IT BE A PARK THAT'S ACCESSIBLE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT, BECAUSE, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE NOT SURE THE EXACT LOCATION YET THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THE PLANNING, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS. YES, SIR. MR RICH. UM SO THE CLOCK IS STARTED TICKING CORRECT ON THE 270 DAYS. THE CLOCK ON THE ON THE CONTRACT SIDE OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

PERIOD YES, YES, SIR. I BELIEVE IT EXPIRES IN MARCH. MARCH 2023 SO YOU HAVE VERY FEW DAYS LEFT.

REALLY? I THOUGHT IT WAS NEAR HALF DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY DAYS ARE LEFT, THEN? I DON'T. SO THE MAYOR INDICATED THAT 270 DAYS WAS SO YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRILL CORE SAMPLES. HAVE YOU IN FACT, DRILLED ANY CORE SAMPLES YOURSELF? I AM NOT AWARE OF.

WE'VE DRILLED ANY CORE SAMPLES. WE RELIED A LOT ON PUBLIC DATA AND DATA ARTISTS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE THAT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. AND I'M ALSO JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CONTRACT PURCHASER, MR KELLY CLAYTON AND COLD COAST. UM THEY MAY KNOW BETTER THAN I HAVE EVER DONE ANY INVASIVE SAMPLING THERE YET. YES, PLEASE. KELLY KITE BEACH, FLORIDA 2055. U. S ONE.

UM ON THE LESSER HALF OF GOLDSTEIN KITE ENVIRONMENTAL? UM, BUT AS FAR AS CORE SAMPLES, NO, WE HAVE NOT DRILLED THEM. WE'VE DONE FOR SURVEYS. PHASE ONE TESTING. SO FAR, WE'VE PROBABLY SPENT THE WATER ABOUT $50,000 OR DUE DILIGENCE AND SECOND PHASE. WE'RE GOING TO GO UNDER GEOTECHNICAL TESTING. UM WILL BE DOING OUR PHASE TWO TESTING SO BUT LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, THE IMPACTS OF THE GROUND WAS SERVING HOW WE CAN DEVELOP THE SITE. TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE'S YOU KNOW. GAPS UNDERNEATH THE GROUND THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE COMPACTED SOIL REMOVED VERY, VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH CONTAMINATION EXACTLY WHERE WHICH IS GEO, TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE TO DEVELOP, UM BUT THAT'S THE NEXT PHASE OF THE TESTING THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO START. UM BUT THAT'S A PRETTY HEAVY LIFT, SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW 3 $400,000 IN JUST THE TESTING. TO EVEN GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN EVEN START TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. IN FACT, YOU'RE RELYING ON THE TESTING THAT THE CITY DID IN 2018. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S PRIMARILY AT THIS POINT IN TERMS OF CORE SAMPLES. HISTORICAL DATA UP TO THIS POINT, YES. SO WHAT? WHAT DATE? IS IT IN MARCH? I MEAN, FEBRUARY 13TH, IS IT MARCH? 1ST IS IT ARE WE NOT? MARCH 15TH? I DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME. SO LIKE RIGHT, SO30 DAYS. AND WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME MATERIALS WERE THE ACCEPTABLE STANDARD IS ONE PART PER MILLION , AND IN SOME CASES, 10.4. PARTS PER BILLION. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. AND THAT MOSTLY COMES DOWN TO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PARTS OF THAT LEVEL. PREFER MP FOSS. THAT'S BOTH ON OUR SITE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SITE NEXT DOOR.

AND IF DURING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE YOU FIND THAT. THE EFFORT REQUIRED TO BRING IT TO THE LEVEL YOU'RE SEEKING. TO LEVEL TWO IS TOO MUCH THAT YOU CAN TERMINATE THE CONTRACT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY EMOTIONS? I. IF THEY'RE NOT THE QUESTION. WERE YOU GOING TO MAKE A MOTION? MR RICHARD ALL MAKE A MOTION REGARDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 09 2023. WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY LOCATED ON MONTEREY ROAD. THAT WE APPROVED THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND. MOVE FORWARD IN IN THIS PSALM GREEN REUSE AREA PLAN. AND CONTRACT WITH THE

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CURRENT PERSON COMMENT, MR MAX SECOND. YEAH I GOT YOUR CARD RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE A MOTION.

FIRST WE GET THE MOTION. WE'LL GET TO YOU. DON'T WORRY. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BRUNER. GO AHEAD AND GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. IS IT REESE? IS IT, OTIS. OKAY. OATS WELCOME. HI MY NAME IS OWED. SSRIS STILL RESIDENT AT 900 NORTHWEST WATERLILY PLACE, ALSO CIVIL ENGINEER WITH THE LOCAL FIRM BOWMAN CONSULTING. PREVIOUSLY CREATURE ENGINEERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS DAD FOR MANY YEARS. I MEAN, I'M SPEAKING HERE MYSELF. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. UM AND I'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH BROWNFIELD. PROJECTS AND RECLAMATION UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, BUT REALLY, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY JOB AS A VOLUNTEER. AFTER HOURS. MY WIFE AND I RUN A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED TENT CITY HELPERS. WE CATER TO THE. HOMELESS PEOPLE IN MARTIN COUNTY AND SEE YOUR STEWART. AND PROBABLY ON A YEARLY BASIS. WE SERVED. 2 300 HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA. AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SAFE SPACES ARE GREAT. WE HAVE SOME OF THE WOMEN THAT WE SEE THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH THEIR ORGANIZATION AND COME OUT THE OTHER END MUCH BETTER OFF. BUT REALLY, FOR A LOT OF OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE, MAN , THE VETERANS THAT WE HONOR TODAY. THERE IS NO LEGAL PLACE FOR THEM TO STAY. IF YOU DON'T YOU CAN'T AFFORD A $2000.01 BEDROOM APARTMENT, WHICH IS WHAT PARENTS NOW. IN CITY STEWART. THERE'S NO PLACE FOR YOU TO LEGALLY STAY. SPEND A NIGHT IN ON A PARK BENCH. ARE YOU FIND YOURSELF PITCHING A TENT IN THE SWAMP. HANEY CREEK. UM. OR EVEN ON A WOODED PRIVATE PROPERTY. YOU'LL GET A TRESPASSING THOSE AT ONE POINT AND THEN THE SECOND TIME YOU GO TO JAIL AT THAT POINT, ALL YOUR BELONGINGS GET TAKEN AWAY. YOU COME BACK WITH NOTHING AND YOU START THE PROCESS AGAIN. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING NOW FOR A WHILE. TO IDENTIFY. THEY CAN PROPERTIES. THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR A CAMPGROUND OF SOME SORT FOR THE HOMELESS PEOPLE SOMEWHERE THAT'S LEGAL FOR THEM TO GO. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE KICKED OUT. KIND OF ALL THEIR BELONGINGS TAKEN. WE GET PHONE CALLS WEEKLY PEOPLE. GOING TO WORK AND THEY PITCHED A TENT AND THERE'S NOWHERE MAN CAN. THERE IS NO SHELTERS, MARIN COUNTY OTHER THAN IF THERE'S A HURRICANE TO OPEN UP A SHELTER. BECAUSE OF FREEZING OPEN UP A SHELTER OVERNIGHT. THERE'S REALLY NO PLACE FOR THE HOMELESS HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY. AND SERIOUSLY, STEWART. I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVEN A CODE ALLOWANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO A PRIVATE OWNER TO TAKE HIS PROPERTY AND OPEN UP A CAMP FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE. THAT LANDFILL PROPERTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON OUR RADAR. IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A LONG TIME. UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OUT THERE, BUT IF THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY TO CARVE OUT A LITTLE PIECE OF THAT DOESN'T MEAN A LOT TO ESTABLISH A CAMPGROUND. I MEAN, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY BROWNFIELDS TO HAVE SPACE FOR RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE. SUCH LIKE A CAMPING GROUND. WE'RE ALL WE NEED IS A RESTROOM AND MAYBE SOME COOKING FACILITIES. WE CAN'T HOUSE A FEW HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE CIA. STEWART RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO PLACE TO HOUSE THEM. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENGINEERING CONTROLS. SOMETHING SIMPLE TO PETER. FILL ON. THAT WOULD BE AN ENGINEERING CONTROL THAT WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE TO LIVE THERE. UNDER THE ASKS OF THE CITY WITHOUT BEING HARASSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU WANTED TO ASK, UH, OTIS, OR YOU MARRIED TO GAIL? THAT'S MY WIFE. 30 YEARS? YES. YEAH I READ THE AWESOME THINGS THAT YOU DO, AND HER HUMMINGBIRDS FROM ONE OF THE HOMELESS. YES GET HUMMINGBIRDS. AND NOW SHE WOULD BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE'S MEETING HER CLIENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE'S A ANOTHER 500,000.

THAT'S RIGHT. CLAIMED YOU GET YOUR APPLICATION AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUILD A SHELTER. IT'S JUST ME AND MY WIFE, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY. BUT IF YOU KNOW IF THE CITY CAN USE THAT MONEY TO WELL, IT'S FOR GROUPS. IT'S THAT'S AVAILABLE. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YOU CAN PUT IN AN APPLICATION. OKAY THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, WE HAVE EMOTION, AND WE HAVE A SECOND ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE TITLE. VERY DONE. WHAT YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER RICH YES, VICE MAYOR BRUNA. YES COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES. MCDONALD'S

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COMMISSIONER COLLINS. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12, I

[12. EAST STUART HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (RC): RESOLUTION No. 11-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, RATIFYING AND REINSTATING THE EAST STUART HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE; MAKING FINDINGS OF NECESSITY; APPROVING BY-LAWS; PROVIDNG FOR CONFLICTS; SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

BELIEVE ARE EAST STEWART HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MIKE WOULD YOU READ THE RESOLUTION TITLE? THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 11-20 TO 3 IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, RATIFYING AND REINSTATING THE EAST STEWART HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAKING FINDINGS OF NECESSITY, APPROVING BYLAWS. PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT SEVERABILITY AND INEFFECTIVE DATE. UM I'LL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THE ITEM BECAUSE FOLLOWING THE WORKSHOP OR I BELIEVE IT WAS A WORKSHOP. OR THE JOINT MEETING. I MEAN, THE CITY MANAGER. ASKED ME TO PUT TOGETHER THE BYLAWS AND THIS RESOLUTION BASED UPON THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION. I WASN'T. SPECIFICALLY SURE. WHAT? UM. THE COMMISSION HAD IN MIND FOR THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE IT HAD SERVED. ON BEHALF OF THE CR ORIGINALLY AS A ADVISORY BOARD TO PROVIDE HISTORICAL DATA TO THE SIERRA DIRECTOR WHEN PUTTING TOGETHER THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL FOR THE 10 STREET REC CENTER. AND AS A RESULT, YOU HAD HEARD A REQUEST. TO CONTINUE THE BOARD. MY RECOMMENDED BYLAWS THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT WHERE THAT THE BOARD WOULD MEET. FOUR TIMES A YEAR OR AS NECESSARY, MEANING QUARTERLY. AND THEN IF THERE WAS ACTUALLY A PROJECT, MAYBE MORE OR OR ACCORDINGLY. BECAUSE IT WAS A C R A BOARD ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE IT WAS RECOMMENDING EAST STEWART HISTORICAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE C R. A I PROPOSE THAT THE BYLAWS MADE UP AND THAT THE BOARD BE APPOINTED BY THE SEVEN C R A MEMBERS EACH APPOINTING ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO THAT BOARD. I RESTRICTED THE LIMITATIONS. UM TO I THINK THE SAME AS KIND OF THE L P A. AND THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO EITHER LIVE OR WORK IN THE CITY OF STEWART. UM I DID NOT LIMITED TO EAST STEWART AND THE REASON WHY WAS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FROM E. STEWART THAT DON'T STILL LIVE IN EAST STEWART, OR THAT HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EAST STUART THAT DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY LIVE IN EAST STEWART, BUT THAT COULD PROVIDE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND HELP AND WHAT I THOUGHT IS THAT THE SEVEN MEMBERS THAT THE COMMISSION OR THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SIERRA THEY WOULD. OBVIOUSLY THEIR PERSONAL APPOINTEE WOULD BE SOMEONE THAT THEY KNEW WOULD BENEFIT THAT. THAT HISTORICAL DATA OR SOMEBODY THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO IT. I JUST POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BASIS FOR THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS. I WAS JUST TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR YOU GUYS. JERRY BE MY APPOINTEE. HE IS ALREADY ASKING FOR APPOINTEES . NONE OF THIS COUNTS. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO, THEY HAVEN'T VOTED ON IT YET. THE BOARD DOESN'T EXIST YET, YOU KNOW. MM OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR EMOTIONS OR ANYTHING FROM THE COMMISSION COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER? I READ IT AND MIKE. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING PREPARED. AND I HAD ASKED, UH, WANTED THIS. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT, MISS UM MISS FAY JAMES HAD SAID HAD WHEN SHE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND SPEAK. WE WOULD ASK THEM TO COME AND SPEAK THAT DAY WHEN THEY COMMITTEE WAS GOING TO BE DISBANDED AND SHE CAME UP AND SHE SPOKE, AND I HAD THE SAME IDEA AND TALK TO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IT. BUT THE THING IS THAT AND I, MIKE, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE COMMITTEE OR WHO ATTENDED THOSE MEETINGS AND WE HAD TO PUSH BACK EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGH THE C R A PROCESS AND PANEL WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH THAT SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE RELATIVES OR GREW UP IN THE AREA WHERE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE RIGHT THERE IN EAST STEWART, SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE KEEP IT THAT WAY. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE APPOINT SOMEBODY THAT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE WHOLE PART OF IT IS THE EAST STEWART ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD ASK FOR THIS BOARD TO THINK ABOUT IT, THE CITY COMMISSION NOT NECESSARILY AS A C R A BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MEETING AS A CRE AT THIS POINT. IS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING THIS OR UNLESS IT'S GOING TO BE EVERYTHING HAS TO GO TO THE C R A IN ORDER TO DO THEM NOT SURE WHAT THE PROCESSES MIGHT BECAUSE IT'S HERE FOR US AS A CITY COMMISSION, I GUESS TO CREATE THIS ADVISORY BOARD, BUT THE APPOINTMENT WOULD IT BE FROM THE CITY COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE, OR WOULD IT BE FROM A CRE? MEMBER PERSPECTIVE, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT. THAT'S JUST A

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QUESTION. OK FROM THE CRE. OKAY I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE IT. THE THING IS THAT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE NATURE AND I WAS AWARE WHEN PANEL WAS HAVING THESE MEETINGS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DIDN'T COME TO MEETINGS. IT'S NOT A FORCE MEETING. IT'S NOT A BOARD WHERE YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD MEETING AND IF YOU DON'T COME, YOU'RE GOING TO BE THAT'S PUNISHED OR SOMETHING.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BLOW UP ANYTHING. OKAY BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE PUNISHED. IT'S NOT ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME , I WOULD SUGGEST THAT EITHER WE AGREE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE AND THIS IS KIND OF TOUGH BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE GET PEOPLE HARD TO PARTICIPATE. TO EITHER HAVE NINE MEMBERS, OR AT LEAST HAVE THE SEVEN MEMBERS AS SUGGESTED. BUT HAVE AT LEAST 2 TO 4. UM ALTERNATE MEMBERS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY HAVE SOME CONTINUITY AND WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGE. AND IF SOMEBODY IS NOT COMMON, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE THERE PARTICIPATE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY. OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THREE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AVAILABLE IN THE MONTH OF JULY, BUT FOUR PEOPLE IN SEPTEMBER AND WE THE YEAR GOES BY AND WE JUST HAVE A MISHMASH OF, UM ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION, SO I WANTED TO EITHER EXTENDED TO HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHERE WE CAN HAVE GOOD CONVERSATIONS AMONG A REASONABLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR IF WE KEEP IT AT SEVEN THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE 2 TO 4 PEOPLE IN THE ALTERNATE POSITIONS SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE THERE READY TO BE INVOLVED AND TO BECOME A PART OF IT. AND I WOULD WELCOME ANY COMMENTS FROM , UM SOMEBODY LIKE MISS JAMES, WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ONE UNDERSTANDS THE WORKINGS OF THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE THEIR NAME ON THE COMMITTEE, AND THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO THE MEETINGS OR THEY DON'T COME ON TIME. AND I KNOW THAT IF SHE EVER GETS INVOLVED, WE EVER GET THERE. WE IN STATED THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE AT LEAST WANT TO KNOW THAT. HEY IF SUZY'S NOT COMING, WE CAN CALL JAMIE OR WHATEVER. UM I JUST THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVEMENT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE LESS INVOLVEMENT. WHEN UM PEOPLE DON'T ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THAT'S THAT'S MY THING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED IF I WERE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION AND MAKE A MOTION, AND IF IT FALLS, IT FALLS, BUT WE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION. 11 2023 WITH EITHER THE. SEVEN OR NINE MEMBERS OR SEVEN MEMBERS WITH AT LEAST I'D SAY THREE ALTERNATES, UM, AVAILABLE TO SPECIFIC MOTION. OKAY I'M JUST SAYING I'M PUTTING IT OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSIONS. SO, YEAH, UH, I UNDERSTAND. I WANTED TO PARTICIPATION, BUT I THINK I THINK THAT AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR GOAL. BUT I DO THINK THAT IF WE GO WITH LIKE A SYSTEM WITH ALTERNATES YOU KNOW THE ALTERNATES. IF YOU KNOW THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE SHOWING UP UNLESS THEY'RE CALLED AND ASKED TO SHOW UP, SO THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING. NOT GONNA BE READY. YEAH, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT CONTINUITY OF EACH MEETING WON'T EVEN KNOW THE MEETING. IT'S LIKE IF SOMEBODY CALLED IT A BIG NUMBER, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE IT. NINE PEOPLE THINK SEVEN IS PLENTY. BY THE WAY. I DON'T JUST FOR WHAT? IT'S YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT AS MANY AS YOU WANT. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT MORE, I WOULD ALSO ASK YOU WHO THE APPOINT, LIKE RIGHT NOW IT'S EACH MEMBER OF THE SIERRA HAS ONE APPOINTMENT. THERE'S EXTRAS JUST GIVE ME WHO'S GOING TO BE THOSE POINTERS LIKE THE CITY MANAGER GOING TO MAKE IT AS A DIRECTOR, OR WHATEVER I THINK WITH THE SEVEN IS A GOOD STRONG NUMBER I REALLY DO. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IT'S JUST, UH IS THAT WE START GETTING MORE PEOPLE THAN JUST MORE PEOPLE THAT THEN WE NEED MORE PEOPLE FOR A QUARREL. THEY NEED MORE PEOPLE FOR YOU. I JUST THINK YOU KNOW MY REASON WHY I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE I JUST KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE GET REALLY BUGGED ON WITH LACK OF PARTICIPATION, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE PEOPLE THERE IT IS TRUE PATE BOARD MEMBERS PEOPLE CAN COME AND I THINK THAT AND I THINK THAT THE BETTER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD THE MORE MEMBERS WE HAD UNLESS PEOPLE WERE TO SHOW UP, SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I JUST SEE THAT ALL THE TIME AND I THINK THAT I'D RATHER HAVE A SMALL GROUP OF DEDICATED PEOPLE THAT A LARGE GROUP OR A LARGER GROUP OF PEOPLE, I THINK THAT YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME. I UNDERSTAND YOUR GOAL BECAUSE IT IS. IT'S A CHALLENGE. JUST GETTING, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUR APPOINTEES FOR THE DIFFERENT BOARDS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSISTENTLY SHOW UP AS A CHALLENGE, AND I THINK THAT AND DO WE HAVE IN THERE THAT IF THEY MISSED THREE, LIKE THREE MEETINGS THAT I DON'T I THINK THAT I DIDN'T DO THAT. I MEAN, WE CAN. I DON'T KNOW THAT I IT'S NOT NECESSARY. THAT'S FOR THIS

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COMMITTEE THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOUR TIMES A YEAR, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE PROJECT RANGE. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT NECESSARY, BUT, UM UH, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I THINK, MISS MISS JAMES AND MISS, UM GANDHI SERVICE OR THE TWO PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE NATURE OF ESPECIALLY HOW THIS COMMITTEE WORK TOGETHER OR WORKED IF IT WORKED, AND THEY . MAYBE AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE NOTIFIED AND ASK AND REMINDED, WILL HAVE PARTICIPATION AND AS LONG AS THERE'S ACTIVITY GOING ON FOR THEM TO BE INVOLVED WITH SOMETHING TO MAKE TO HELP PROVIDE INFORMATION AND INPUT, IT WILL BE FINE. SO WELL, I DO KNOW THAT THE CLERK HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE RECENTLY IN GIVING THE BOARD UH, LIKE THE ATTENDANCE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT COMING IN COMING, SO YOU'LL KNOW IF YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER OR YOUR APPOINTEE IS NOT COMING, AND I DID IT THE SAME WAY AS THE OTHER BOARDS THAT IT'S JUST A ONE YEAR APPOINTMENT. WE'RE GOING TO DO REORG EATING EVERY DECEMBER AND IF YOU'RE A MEMBER DOESN'T GO, OBVIOUSLY. YOU CAN ADDRESS IT WITH THEM DIRECTLY, BUT THE CLERK CAN NOTIFY EACH PERSON NOTIFY YOU GUYS AFTER EACH MEETING. MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR PANEL. WHAT? WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS? BOARD COMMITTEE DOING. PANEL DENISE ODYSSEY AREA DIRECTOR. CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING ON THE DESIGNATION OF EASTERN AS HISTORIC DISTRICT, SO THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CONSULTANT THAT'S HELPING WITH THAT PROCESS, SO WHEN WE'RE READY TO PRESENT WE WILL COME TO THE BOARD FIRST AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK BEFORE WE GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE ARTS, ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES FOR THE GUY DAVIS PARK. THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR THE ART PIECES, SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME WORK THAT'S GOING TO COME ALONG PROJECTS. IS THERE ANY SUNSET ON THIS IS IT REALLY ISN'T BOARD. IT'S SPECIFIC TO THESE TWO PROJECTS DOES IT JUST RIGHT NOW? YES UM, IT COULD, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT NOT HAVE ANY SUNSET AND IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO THESE TWO. IT WILL NOT SUNSET UNTIL THE CITY COMMISSION TERMINATES TETHER IT TO END IN RESPONSE TO THE MAYOR DOES HAVE THE THREE ABSENCES LANGUAGE BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S THAT THAT COMMITTEE IS REVIEWING EVERY HAD HAD A SUNSET PROVISION IN IT. AND AT SUNSET. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AND THEN MISS JAMES CAME TO THE JOINT MEETING AND SPOKE TO THE BOARD AND SAID THAT SHE WANTED THE BOARD REINSTATED IN THE COMMISSION MOVED IN UNANIMOUSLY DIRECTED US TO REINSTATE IT. NOT AGAINST THE BIRDS JUST SAYING THAT, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE A SUNSET IN THE IN THE REINSTATEMENT, SO THE BOARD WOULD OTHER THAN THOSE TWO PROJECTS, SEE. EVERY QUARTERLY MEETINGS PROJECT THAT IS IN THE C R. A IN THE CRM HISTORIC IT'S AN EAST STEWART HISTORIC BOARD.

SO RIGHT IF THERE WAS A PROJECT IN EVAN LEAH HAD NO HISTORIC ANYTHING RELATED TO IT. THERE WOULD BE NO REASON TO CALL THEM ON TOP OF THAT. HE IS ALREADY IN OUR CODE, THE CITY OF STEWARDS, STEWARDS HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, RIGHT. CRB IS IN EXISTENCE AS HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THIS. WHAT IS THIS COMMITTEE DOING DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR? THE SECTION ONE AND ARTICLE FIVE, SAID IT IS THE INTENTION FOR THE COMMITTEE TO HOLD FOUR QUARTERLY MEETINGS DURING WHICH IT WILL GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO ART AND PUBLIC PLACES CONCEPTS TO CELEBRATE AND COMMEMORATE THE HISTORY OF EAST STEWART COMMUNITY GOT IT. IF YOU WANT TO EXPAND THAT OR SHRINK FAT, I WAS KIND OF DOING THE SAME THING AND I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE INTENTION WAS, EITHER. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY DO YOU HAVE EMOTION? CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING, FOR EXAMPLE? I KNOW THAT I'M PERSONALLY WORKING ON GETTING THE PLAQUE FOR THE, UM HOPEFULLY FOR MOUNT CALVARY THIS YEAR IN MAY, WHEN WE HAVE HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH. I HAVEN'T EVEN REALLY GONE BACK AND REVISITED THIS WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOLKS. WHEN WE STARTED THIS A FEW YEARS AGO, WE NEVER DID GET MOUNT CALVARY IN. I THINK WE GOT ST MONICA'S SAINT PAUL. WE HAVE MOUNT CALVARY AND WE HAVE THE OLD STEWART. UM UM. IT'S BEST TO GORE'S CHURCH NOW, BUT IT WAS. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT CHURCH? UM MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH, AND WE NEVER DID GET A PLAQUE PUT ON THAT PROPERTY AND DISCUSS THAT WITH PASSABLE, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT'S NOT EVEN SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMITTEE

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HAS EVEN STARTED. SO OTHER THAN IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO TALK ABOUT TWO PROJECTS. THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE THE IDEA OF THE FORM BASED CODE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE MCCARTHY PROPERTY AND THE TAILOR PROPERTY AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THE PROPER INPUT WHEN THE PROPER INPUT IS REQUIRED AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME, AND THIS COMMITTEE IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEP IN AND TO GET IN THAT DESIGNATION, AND TO WORKING ON SOME THINGS AND TO DEAL WITH THE NUN.

GENTRIFICATION OF EAST STEWART AND TO MAKE ENSURE THAT THAT AREA GETS DEVELOPED AND REDEVELOPED PROPERLY WITH A PROPER HISTORIC TONE, AND IT'S VERY HARD TO REALLY PUT SOME FINITE THINGS TO IT NOW, BUT I THINK IT IS. I THINK THAT, UM MISS, UH JAMES HAD HER HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE WHEN SHE ASKED FOR THIS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PANEL DOESN'T KNOW AND HASN'T COME TO YET BECAUSE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES HAVEN'T COME YET, AND IF SHE NEEDS IT, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO READ VIEW THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE AREA, WHICH I'M GOING TO BRING UP WHEN WE COME TO OUR EAST STEWART CODE. SO THERE IS ENOUGH WORK AND ENOUGH IDEAS AND PROSPECTS. FOR THIS GROUP TO WORK ON, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE TO ANY OF THEY'LL AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, UM, TAKE UP ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CRB OR SOMEBODY ELSE HAS. THEY WILL SERVE THEIR PART AND DO A GOOD JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT OR COMMUNITY MOVE FORWARD. OKAY SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THERE'S A MOTION. I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. MY BRAIN IS SOMEWHERE ELSE. RESOLUTION I'VE MADE IT YET. BUT THANKS FOR THE SECOND RESOLUTION NUMBER 11-2023 CITY COMMISSION READY FLYING AND REINSTATING THE E. STEWART HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THERE'S A MOTION FOR THAT.

SECOND OKAY. THANK YOU. WITHOUT ANY CHANGES OF THE YEAH, OR DRAFT. UM I BROUGHT UP MY NINE AND 10 AND TWO AND THREE WILL JUST KEEP IT THE WAY THAT IT IS WILL WORK WITH WHOM WE HAVE.

OKAY. OKAY I'M GONNA BRING A RED LIGHT FROM NOW. YEAH WE'LL ALWAYS LOOK FOR YOU AMERICANS.

IT'S HARD. I HAVE A BIG DOWN THERE ONCE. COMMISSIONER COLLINS HAS A BIG HEAD. NO I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW. YEAH THIS IS A PROBLEM AS YOU KNOW YOU I WAS ON THE OPA AND YEAH, THIS IS A PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH OUR COMMITTEES. IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO INTEND THE COMMITTEE'S THAN THEY NEED TO FEEL THAT THEIR DISCUSSIONS AND THEIR DELIBERATIONS AND THEIR DECISIONS ARE OF IMPORTANCE TO THE CITY COMMISSION. THESE ARE THESE ARE ONLY FOUR MEETINGS A YEAR. UM I WOULD HAVE I WOULD IMAGINE YOU WOULD PROBABLY ATTEND PANEL AND I WOULD HOPE THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS COULD ATTEND AS WELL. AND TWO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU'RE GIVING AND THAT THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. SO RIGHT. RATHER THAN IMPOSE HUGE NUMBER. I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR. IT'S AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NUMBER AND ATTENDANCE. SO. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT FOLLOWING UP ON THAT? AND SO I HOPE THAT MS CANDICE SERVED US WILL PROVIDE TO THE COMMISSIONERS, OR I DON'T KNOW IF MISS UM MISS SEUSS. AH! I FORGOT. WOMAN SUES HIS LAST NAME IS NOW BUT, UM, WHAT OUR CITY CLERK ALSO HAS THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CURRENTLY SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S AN AUTOMATIC CAKEWALK TO BE PRESENTED AGAIN. BUT AT LEAST IF THEY COMMISSION COULD BE FAMILIAR, AND THIS THIS SCIARRA OR THE FOR THE SEVEN POINT IN THE SEVENTH, BE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY WHO HAD SERVED PREVIOUSLY. AND IF THOSE PEOPLE OR ACTIVE AND WOULD WANT TO BE INVOLVED AGAIN. I AM SURE THAT THEY PROBABLY ALL HAVE A APPLICATION AT THE THING, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE GIVEN TO EITHER HAVE THEM MAKE SURE THEY FILL OUT APPLICATIONS OR HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE APPOINTED COMPLETE APPLICATIONS WHEN OUR CITY WHEN OUR WHEN WE ASKED FOR PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED, HOW DOES CURRENTLY UM THE OTHER BOARDS DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL APPLICATION. UH, PROCESS, IF THE COMMISSION WANTED. THE CLERK TO CREATE AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE BOARDS TO WHERE WE HELD APPLICATIONS. AND THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT IF A PERSON SUBMITS AN APPLICATION,

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AND THEY'RE THE ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AND VACANCY COMES UP, AND A BOARD MEMBER DOESN'T KNOW THEM OR HAS ALREADY CHOSEN SOMEONE ELSE. IT MAKES THE PERSON THAT SUBMITTED THAT APPLICATION FEEL KIND OF NEGLECTED AND AS A RESULT IN THE PAST, WE KIND OF HAVEN'T GONE DOWN THAT PATH BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO. ALIENATE ANYBODY UNINTENTIONALLY, BUT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE SIERRA DIRECTOR IS. RECEIVING APPLICATIONS OR WOULD BE RECEIVING UNLESS YOU PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION. OKAY MR MARSHALL. THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT THAT IT WAS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT I GAVE THE NAME OF TROY MCDONALD AND THEN I HEAR THAT HE HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD. WELL DID I GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING? COMMISSIONER CLARK AND I AGREE THAT OBVIOUSLY THE RESOURCE OF THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE TO LOOK FOR. FOR NEW APPOINTEES BUT MOVING FORWARD AFTER THAT, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BE AT THE WILL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE FAITH, JAMES TELL ME READY TO GO. YOU HAVE ONE FOR GOOD EVENING. THIS IS BEEN A VERY INTERESTING MEETING ALONG. I ALWAYS LOVE IT. I LOVE LEARNING , UM GREAT DAY TO THE CITY OF STEWART. UM MANAGER MAYOR BY SMEAR COMMISSIONERS AND CITY OFFICIALS. I'M A LITTLE THROWN OFF BY THE NEWS OF OUR CITY MANAGER AND I WILL MISS YOU AS WELL. I HOPE YOU WILL STILL BE JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY. UM, I MET MR DAVID AS OUR CITY OF STEWART, CHIEF OF POLICE WHEN HE RANG MY DOORBELL, AND I LOOKED AROUND AT MY CHILDREN AND SAY THAT YOU ALL DO ANYTHING AT LEAST OUT HERE, RIGHT? SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME, BUT ACTUALLY, HE WAS COMING TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I'VE NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE. AND THAT WARM MY HEART. IT REALLY MADE ME LOOK AT LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCE MINT DIFFERENTLY. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, AND HE WAS VERY GOOD ABOUT COMING BACK TO CHECK ON ME. CHECK ON SEE IF WE NEEDED ANYTHING. THE NEIGHBORHOOD FELT SAFER. UM I SAW THE OFFICERS KIND OF CRUISING THROUGH ON THEIR LITTLE MACHINES. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL. SO YOU WILL BE MISSED. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE IS OUR CHIEF OF POLICE AND OUR CITY MANAGER. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM MY AGAIN I DIDN'T GIVE MY ADDRESS SOME 5 14 SOUTHEAST FLORIDA STREET. AND JUST LISTENING HERE FOR UM, ITEM 12. THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU FOR ACTING UPON IT AS WELL. I THINK THERE IS A NEED AS WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A NEED. WE'VE BEEN KIND OF A MISSED, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THINGS HAPPENING WHERE WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH DRAMA AND EVERYBODY'S ANGRY AND UPSET, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO HELP MEND THOSE FENCES THAT HAVE BEEN BROKEN AND TRUST THAT HAVE NOT BEEN GAINED IN OUR COMMUNITY. IS TO HAVE SUCH A OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THIS BOARD AND I THINK THIS PANEL AND MISS JORDAN'S AND THAT, UM, COMING OUT TO THIS TO THE EAST STORE AREA AND MEETING WITH US AND HEARING US NOT JUST COMING BUT LISTENING AND STOPPING SO AGAIN. I APOLOGIZE THAT WE HELD UP SOME PROGRESS, BUT I THINK WE MADE MORE PROGRESS BY GOING BACK TO THE BOARD AND BRINGING IN INCLUSION AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED ON THE RESOLUTION FOR 11-2023. AS VOTED, UM, WHATEVER YOU ALL ARE GOING TO DO, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT, UM, THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING THE BOARD MEMBERS OR. WHATEVER THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, UM I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO LET US KNOW. UM HOW THAT WILL TURN OUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE I'M AVAILABLE.

YOU HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER AND MY EMAIL ADDRESS. SO FEEL FREE TO CALL ME OR LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ME TO COME DOWN HERE. UH MANAGERS THAT I WILL SHOW UP AS LONG AS I HAVE TO. PLEASE EXCUSE ME. I'M A LITTLE BIT OVER MY TIME, BUT I WANTED TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKSGIVING AND SINCERE GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING THE, UM MR PANNELLA, MISS JORDAN'S WE SAW THEM, UM QUITE FREQUENTLY FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND INCLUSION OF THE EAST STEWART STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. ALSO LIKE TO SHARE. UM A QUOTE BY ANY ERA KNOCKS IN ANY ERA. KNOX WON THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE FOR THE COURAGE AND CLINICAL, ACTUALLY, UM, ACUITY. THIS FRENCH AUTHOR HAS MADE A CAREER OF WRITING WITH INSIGHTFUL

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PRECISION. THE COMMONPLACE HAPPENINGS OF LIFE. I FEEL THIS IS AN IMPORTANT APPOINTED TIME IN THE CITY OF STEWART, AND NOT JUST NOW, BUT I'LL GO BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER LAST YEAR. UM FOR THE CITY OF STEWART, EAST STEWART AND OUR COMMUNITIES. HER QUOTE IS WHAT COUNTS IS NOT THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED, BUT WHAT WE DO WITH THEM, SO I DO APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. I THINK THIS IS AN APPOINTED TIME HERE IN THE CITY OF STEWART AND EAST OR AND I'M GLAD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS IS MY HOME. BORN HERE, RAISED YOUR HAVE TAUGHT HERE FOR 33 YEARS, RETIRED TEACHER SO THIS IS MY COMMUNITY, AND I'M HERE AND I LOVE BEING PART OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. SO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATIONS. THANK YOU ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC? HAVE IT? SALAD? THANK YOU FOR YIELDING MOST OF YOUR TIME TO MISS JAMES VERY SHORT GAMES. HELENA RIGHT FLAMINGO AVENUE. POINT FOR CLARIFICATION. THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF STEWART. YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT . UH I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT IT DID. RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. I MEAN, THIS IS OUR PART OF OUR PART AND THAT HOLD ON. I CAN PULL IT RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I SAY STEWART NEVER IN GLORY, AND I DON'T AGREE ON THAT. I SAY PALM BEACH THROUGH TO MONTEREY. FRODE THAT'S THE WAY BUT I THINK LIKE YOU'RE SAYING THE HISTORY I MEAN, SINCE I MOVED HERE, EVERYONE TOLD ME MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU'D BE DIGGING UP STUFF WAS A LANDFILL RESTRICTION IS MEMBER SHALL HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF STEWART FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT. THANK YOU THOUGHT SO, BECAUSE IT'S OUR IT'S OUR HOMETOWN. AND I MEAN, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THEM IMPACT REVEREND COURT, BUT HE'S IMPORTS ST LUCIE. SO IT AND REALLY, IT'S GOING TO BE A FOR EVERYONE. I MEAN PEOPLE FROM ROYAL. THEY OFTEN COME INTO THE PARK. BUT THIS IS THIS HISTORICAL PART TWO. WE'RE HOPING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. SO I THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S MINE. WE COME. THANK YOU, JERRY. LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE RIGHT. SHE'S IN. YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, JULIE. AND IF YOU JUST FILL OUT A GREEN CARD WHEN YOU'RE DONE, THANK YOU DIDN'T REALLY INTEND TO SPEAK. BUT RYO WAS MENTIONED. I'M JULIE PRIEST FROM RYO AND I AM HISTORICAL RESEARCH VOLUNTEER. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND BANNER LAKE, UH, PUT THE BANNER LATE CLUB ON THE HISTORIC REGISTER IN MARTIN COUNTY. I'M CURRENTLY DOING THE SALERNO COLORED SCHOOL BUILT IN 1934 BY THE CIVIL WORKS ADMINISTRATION. VERY GOOD HISTORY. AND AS I GO THROUGH THESE HISTORIES AND DO THE RESEARCH, I FIND A LOT ABOUT EAST STEWART. OF COURSE, UH, HOW THE PEOPLE IN EAST STEWART HAVE A RICH HISTORY. AND I HAVE BEEN AT MEETINGS WHERE MISS PAY HAS RUN THE MEETINGS BEAUTIFULLY, AND I HAVE BEEN TO THE MEETINGS ON GUY DAVIS THAT WAS JUST HELD HELD RECENTLY AT THE REC CENTER.

AND THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THERE THAT WANT TO RELAY THAT HISTORY. AND UNLESS YOU HAVE THIS COMMITTEE WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE VOICE TO THIS HISTORY. YOU'LL NEVER KNOW ABOUT IT. THE OTHER FEATURE THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING BECAUSE I'M ALSO HELPING THE MARTIN COUNTY BLACK HERITAGE INITIATIVES IS ARE THE ELDERS AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY ARE PASSING. I'M NOT A YOUNG PERSON, EITHER, AS YOU CAN TELL , AND THAT IS A HUGE CONCERN. THEY ARE BEING INTERVIEWED WITH 50 INTERVIEWS HAVE TAKEN PLACE. MANY OF THEM GREW UP IN EAST STEWART. AND UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS RICH HISTORY. AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP YOU DO IT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE. I DIDN'T READ THE BYLAWS OR WHAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS GROUP. BUT I MIGHT I SUGGEST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS FOR DECADES, IF YOU COULD, INSTEAD OF BEING SOMEONE THAT HAS LIVED IN THE CITY OF STEWART FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS. IF THEY COULD JUST BE PROPERTY OWNERS. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR C. R A IN THE COUNTY. THAT YOU COULD BE BUSINESS OWNERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS NOT NECESSARILY LIVE THERE BECAUSE YOU NARROW YOUR POOL OF INDIVIDUALS WHEN YOU HAVE WHEN THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF STEWART LIVING. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MODIFY THEIR MOTION ON THE VERSUS MY MOTION? YEAH, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE WITH THE L. P M OF PEOPLE WANT A BUSINESS AND THEY CAN BECOME A PART OF THE COMMITTEE. SO YES, TO AMEND YOUR USE THE LANGUAGE? YEAH. AMEND MY SECOND WAIT. EATING ON OKAY, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? GREEN LIGHT. THAT'S IT. ONE OKAY? SHE IS IMPORTANT. HIGHER SETTING. BECAUSE SHE CAN'T FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GOOD

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EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HI YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. OKAY MY NAME IS BRINKLEY AT PRESIDENT.

LUCY AND THE POOREST BY THE WAY OF. ACTUALLY BY THE WORK. I'M JUST CALLING. COMMENT ON WORK. I DID HEAR THAT. AND IF I MISSED IT AFTER I HEARD IT, I'M SICK GAS CORRECT. THAT THE BOARD MAY BE A RESPECTED OF STUPID SIX BUCKS. I SAID, I DISAGREE WITH BECAUSE. THOSE OF US THAT LIVE IN EAST SUPER? NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE IN STORE. THE CANDLE'S STEWART, BUT I THINK THAT IF YOU HAVE ONE SNICKERS STEWART THAT YOU SHOULD BE A MEMBER ABLE TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT BOARD FOR OUR HISTORY. MY FAMILY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FAMILIES. IT IS STUART MY UNCLE WAS THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR. IN THE CITY OF STEWART. AH WE HAVE RICH HISTORY THERE. NO ONE CAN TELL OUR HISTORY LIKE WE CAN TELL OUR HISTORY. I HEAR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TAILOR PROPERTY. BUT BEFORE IT WAS A TAILOR PROPERTY THAT PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY A LITTLE WHITE MAN OUT OPINION TOWN. THAT'S ALL WE KNEW. I WAS MR ROGER. AND IF I AM NOT MISSING, UM SPEAKING IT THOSE HOMES. THOSE LITTLE HOMES THAT WAS TORN DOWN WAS WHAT THE HOMES THAT THE RAILROAD WORKERS WOULD LIVE IN WHEN THEY WERE COMING THROUGH WORKING ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILROAD, SO THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY THERE AND ALL OF US THAT HAVE DIFFERENT NO DIFFERENT THINGS CAN BE HELPFUL TO THAT COMMITTEE , SO I DON'T THINK IT HAS. IT SHOULD BE LIMITED. PEOPLE LIVING IN THE STEWART, BUT IT ENSURES INCLUDE PAST FORMER RESIDENTS OF EAST STEWART AS WELL, THAT WAS ALL I HAD TO SAY. GOOD WITH THAT, TOO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY SO ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY? OKAY. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? RONNIE NELSON, OKAY? RONNIE, YOU THERE? OKAY SO ON THAT NOTE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, SHE SAID. YOU CALL THE ROLL. JUST ONE.

CLEARLY THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE HIS WRITTEN WITH THE ADDITION OF IT WOULD BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF STEWART FOR SIX MONTHS OR OWN PROPERTY. AND STUART YES , CORRECT. WE DON'T GET THAT WE DON'T GET MISS BRINKLEY, THEN. NO SHE SAID IT WASN'T LIMITED TO EAST STUART. THIS ISN'T LIMITED TO E. STEWART THIS IS ALL OF STEWART OR A PROPERTY OWNER IN ALL OF STEWART. OKAY PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONNECTIONS IS STUART TRANSFERRED, WHICH YOU CAN BE INVOLVED IN. YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BE APPOINTED. FIRST PROVIDE INPUT CAN BE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN GO TO THE MEETINGS AND MAKEUP COMMENTS SO THE BOARD CAN SEE FROM ANYONE THEY WANT COMMITTEE. OKAY. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? OKAY. VICE MAYOR BRUNA YES, COMMISSIONER. RICH YES,

[13. EAST STUART NEIGHBORHOOD - ZONING MAP AMENDMENT (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2499-2023; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO ASSIGN “EAST STUART NEIGHBORHOOD” ZONING AND MAKE CHANGES FOR CONSISTENCY WITH FUTURE LAND USE MAP; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES MCDONALD AND COMMISSIONER COLLINS? YES OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE STUART NEIGHBORHOODS. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT. MIKE WOULD YOU READ THE RESOLUTION, AND I'M GONNA STICK ABLE TO VICE MAYOR FOR A MOMENT. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2499-20 TO 3, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO ASSIGN EAST STEWART NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING AND MAKE CHANGES FOR CONSISTENCY WITH LAND USE MAP.

WRITING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE BAIT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CHANGES TO THE MAP EXCEPT THE COLOR. WE HAD TO CHANGE THE COLOR AS RECOMMENDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. UH, AND SO NO CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY OR ZONING DESIGNATION. OKAY WELL, THAT'S GREAT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROOF SECOND IT BUT I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I'LL TALK. THIS IS OUR SECOND READING, RIGHT. THAT'S IT IS, IT IS. IT WILL COME UP IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S OKAY. WHAT TO DO WITH PUBLIC HOUSING, BUT THEY'RE UNDER THE DESIGNATION OF MULTIFAMILY. AND ANY REDEVELOPMENT WILL GO ACCORDING TO WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THE P U D OR WHATEVER. SO I'M FINE UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT. WELL WE HAVE THE NEXT PRESENTATION FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT THEN. OKAY

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WHAT WAS THE MOTION ON THE COLOR? WHAT COLOR? IT WAS LIKE THE GREENISH BLUISH GREEN THAT WE CHANGED. IT WAS YEAH, BUT. JESSICA THE PINK OR TO EXACTLY THE, UM YOU JESSICA SEYMOUR FROM TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL INSTRUCTOR IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE COLORS THAT SHE HAD OUR COLOR SEGMENT IS SET FOR FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING. SO IF YOUR COLORS OFF THE COLOR IS GOING TO BE WHAT OUR GIS HAS. RIGHT SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE THE ART B G COLORS TO THAT SO THAT THEY MATCH COLORS PRECISELY TO SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE ANY DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE NO, NO, NO, SHE'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE. THE COLORS ARE GOING TO LET YOU PICK THE COLOR TO MAKE IT MATCH. JUST NOT THIS COLOR. SO THE SO YOU YOU'LL SEE THE LIGHTER PINK COLOR. THAT'S THE CPU D COLOR. UM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO TOUCH THAT COLOR BECAUSE THAT'S USED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, RIGHT? UM THE B M U SECTION. WHICH IS THE MORE PURPLE COLOR THAT ONE WAS TOO CLOSE AND SHADE TO SOME OF YOUR OTHER SOME OF THAT EXISTING COLOR. SO WE TRIED TO SLICE AND FIND A COLOR THAT WOULD BE DISTINGUISHING A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM THAT CPU. IS THAT AN EXISTING USE NOW OR IS THAT THE EMU IN THE B M U EXISTS NOW? SO CAN WE WORKED PREVIOUSLY WITH UM , WITH MICHELLE ON LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING MAKING CONSISTENT COLORS SO WE CAN WORK? WITH YOU OR WHOEVER WHATEVER MICHELLE HAD IS THE B M. YOU, ALTHOUGH I DO IS CHANGE FROM WHATEVER IT IS TO BE EMU, AND IT SELECTS THE COLOR AUTOMATICALLY HAS THE COLOR. IT IS OKAY. THAT'S SOUNDS GOOD, BUT THERE WILL BE NEW COLORS. WELL, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE CREEK BECAUSE WITH THE CREEK DISTRICT WILL CREATE NEW DISTRICTS. SO THERE'LL BE NO. SO MAYBE WHEN ZONING DISTRICTS WOULD BE YES. MAYBE AT THAT TIME WE CAN LOOK AT MATCHING THE COLORS THAT ARE HERE. SO THERE'S A LITTLE MORE DISTINGUISHING. I'M SURE THE NEXT MANAGER WILL HAVE PLENTY OF GRES KNOWLEDGE PRESSURE. THIS CREATES. DON'T WANT TWO SETS OF COLOR AGAIN. YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY, YOU KNOW , NOT SO MANY DESIGNATIONS, BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF DESIGNATIONS. YOU WANT TO MAKE THEM DISTINGUISHING FROM EACH OTHER, BUT ALSO KIND OF TELL THE STORY OF WHAT WHAT'S WHAT'S THERE, RIGHT. THERE'S GENERAL RULES OF THE KIND OF PURPLE PAINT GLOSS FOR COMMERCIAL AS IT DOES. RED YELLOWS TEND TO BE YOUR MORE DENSITY PARKS OR PARKS AND GREENS ARE ALSO YOUR MIXED USE LIKE LOW IN IMPACT INGREDIENTS, SO THERE'S TRENDS. WE TRY TO STICK WITH THOSE, UM WHEN LOOKING AT THE COLORS AND CHANGES FEW OF THEM AS POSSIBLE. MR MAYOR. WHATEVER YOU SAY WE MAKE A MOTION. UM MR BRUNO. DID SHE MAKE A MOTION MOTION YET TO MAKE A MOTION AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 25? I'M SORRY. MR THOUGHT SHE DID, BUT SHE HAD THE GAVEL GAVEL SO SHE COULDN'T MAKE A MOTION. OH SO I COULD TAKE BACK THE GAMBLING. LET HER MAKE CAN WE DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE WE GET INTO MOTIONS? YES SURE. HOLD OFF ON MOTIONS FROM ONE MOMENT. I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE 80 US. I FEEL GOOD WITH EVERYTHING ON THIS EXCEPT JUST A MAP APPROVAL. THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT THE TEXT AMENDMENT. I'LL WAIT FOR 14. YEAH, OKAY. AND WE HAVE A MOTION. YOU CAN MAKE IT NOW.

GIVE IT BACK TO HIM HAVE THE GAVEL. YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MOTION AND MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

A 2ND 24 ORDINANCE SUMMER 24 99 . THAT'S 2023. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT WITH MY SECOND OF THAT. I NOTICED THAT IN THE AUDIENCE WAS MR TOM LANAHAN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE HIM. COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE HIM MY REGARDS AND RESPECT AND THANK HIM FOR THE WORK? OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. ABSOLUTELY HE HAD A TIME CERTAIN TO BE OUT OF HERE, SO UNFORTUNATELY, HE SENDS HIS BEST REGARDS. HE WAS HAPPY TO BE HERE, THOUGH. OKAY SO THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR BURNER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? SAYING NONE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. SAYING NONE TO SAY WHAT YOU CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER COLLINS YES, COMMISSIONER RICH BRUDER. YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES, MACDONALD. OKAY WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TO ITEM NUMBER 14 EAST

[14. EAST STUART NEIGHBORHOOD - LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2507-2023; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING AND RESTATING THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; MORE SPECIFICALLY AMENDING CHAPTER III SPECIAL ZONING CODES FOR THE “EAST STUART NEIGHBORHOOD”; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

STEWART NEIGHBORHOOD LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT. MIKE, WOULD YOU READ THE PRESIDENT LEE ORDINANCE TITLE. YES, THIS IS ORDINANCE 2507-20 TO 3, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING AND RESTATING THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE MORE SPECIFICALLY AMENDING CHAPTER THREE SPECIAL ZONING CODES FOR

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THE EAST STEWART NEIGHBORHOOD, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT NG PROVISIONS PROVIDING FOR CONVOCATION, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AND THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE TEXT AMENDMENT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION. HI SO GOOD EVENING AGAIN. JESSICA SEYMOUR FROM TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, UM, BRINGING UP THIS SLIDE AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING OR LISTENING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH CITY STAFF FOR OVER A YEAR, SO I'VE ONLY BROUGHT UM FIVE OF MY 50 SLIDES TONIGHT, SO HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME UP. UM WE WERE TASKED WITH UPDATING THE CODE SO THAT IT COULD BE MORE PREDICTABLE FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND A PRODUCER BETTER, UH, PUBLIC FORUM FOR THE FOR THE CITY. UM, AND SO FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD WE LOOKED AT WAS THE EAST STEWART NEIGHBORHOOD TO UPDATE THOSE CODES AND IMPLEMENT , UM NEW STRATEGIES AND AGAIN. MAKE SURE THAT EXISTING CHARACTER THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS PROTECTED. UM AT THE LAST HOUR AT THE FIRST READING AT OUR MEETING IN JANUARY, 17TH WE HAD SOME NOTES OF CLARIFICATION, AND SO REALLY, WE'RE JUST BRINGING BACK BEFORE YOU THE ITEMS THAT WE ADJUSTED WITH THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AT THAT MEETING, SO WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS A BIT CONFUSING IN THE APPLICABILITY. WE ADJUSTED THE COLORS AS MENTIONED FOR THE B M U SO THAT THAT WAS DIFFERENTIATING FROM THE CPU D COLOR, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL PLANNED UNIT. UM THE EMU HAS BUSINESS MIXED USE. WE ADDED SOME INFORMATION TO CLARIFY THE REPLICATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS POLICY, SO WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME BUILDINGS. UM WE ALSO ADDED THAT, UM, THE SIDE YARD WAS IN A PERMISSION ALLOWS PLACE FOR THE STORAGE OF CAMPERS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. UM AND WE TURNED UP ANY LANGUAGE AROUND WHERE FEASIBLE SO THAT IT WAS CLEAR WHAT WAS REQUIRED OF AN APPLICANT AND WHAT THE CONSTRAINTS THAT AN APPLICANT COULD BE, UM, BRING UP HIS CONSTRAINING LIMITATIONS FOR ANY ADJUSTMENTS. UM SO THAT'S THAT BRINGS UP THE VAST THE ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE SINCE THE FIRST READING IF I CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UM, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. OKAY DO YOU HAVE ANY EMOTIONS ARE COMING TO MAKE A MOTION TO HOLD UP FAMILIES. SO THE A D U S. I LIKE EVERYTHING IN HERE. THAT'S FORM BASED CODE RELATED, BUT THE 80 US, UM I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH WE HAVE A STABLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS BEEN THAT WAY FOR DECADES, AND THE STEWART AND EVEN WITHIN YOUR GOALS WERE PROTECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. I LIKE ALL THE FORM BASED CODE. RELATED YOU KNOW, SETBACKS AND FRONTAGE IS AND BUT I THINK THERE'S LIABILITY AND POTENTIALLY TRANSFORMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM A SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORHOOD. TO WHAT IS EFFECTIVELY A DETACHED DUPLEX ARE THREE MULTI FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S A HUGE AND IF IT WAS MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD MAKE ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, SO HEAR ME OUT. I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, BUT I REALLY WANT TO HIT IT AGAIN IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS EFFECTIVELY. CLOSE TO DOUBLING THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. BY DOUBLING THE PERMISSIBLE DENSITY. WITH THE A D US IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. IF YOU ARE CHANGING ALL THE SETBACK, AND I'M NOT AGAINST THIS, I DON'T MEAN TO COME UP LIKE A AGAINST THIS AT ALL. BUT WHAT WHAT I DO THINK WE NEED TO DO IS REALLY TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I THINK THIS COULD HAVE SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR E. STEWART AND I'M NOT AGAINST IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT OUT OF FORM THIS FORM BASED CODE. APPROVAL AND REALLY SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT. ARE THERE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED? HAS IT CHANGED THE TONE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? I GET THE IDEA OF WANTING TO CREATE A REVENUE STREAM FOR THE FOLKS IN THE STEWART COOL. BUT WHAT IF SOMEBODY IS BUYING THAT PROPERTY THAT IS NOW LOOKING AT THAT, LOOKING AT THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP IT AND HAVE A DUPLEX ON IT, AND DOUBLE THE DENSITY. A THAT IT'S SOMEBODY THAT HAS TO OWN. IT'S GOING TO LIVE IN IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CHECK THAT. NOBODY IS GOING TO BE DOING THAT. TRULY SO IT IS THERE AND I'M NOT. I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, LYING IN THE SAND, BUT IF THERE'S EVEN THAT POTENTIAL LIABILITY. I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT AND REALLY DIG OUT. EXAMPLES OF BECAUSE HE STUART IS SO IMPORTANT. ARE WE SURE THAT HE STEWART IS GOING TO BE PROTECTED BY MAKING THAT CHANGE WOULD BE MY POINT RIGHT SO TO JUST TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE, THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, THE A, D U, AND THEY ARE ONLY PERMITTED ON THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT EARLIER DRAFTS OF THIS WE SPENT A STAFF AND WITH THE COMMUNITY A LOT OF TIME

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TALKING ABOUT THIS POLICY. THERE WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS POLICY EARLY ON IN THE VISIONING. UM EARLIER ITERATIONS OF IT DID INCLUDE, UM MORE ALLOWANCES FOR IT LIKE THE ALLOWANCE TO HAVE IT WITH JUST ANY SINGLE FAMILY HOME. WHEN WE STEPPED BACK FROM THAT WE SAID, NO. IT NEEDS TO BE AN OWNER OCCUPIED SINGLE FAMILY HOME. RIGHT? AND YOU CAN'T HAVE, UM YOU KNOW ABSENTEE LANDLORDS, RIGHT? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO REALLY GOING TO POLICE THAT WELL, WHEN YOU GO FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION . I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT GOING TO CONTINUOUSLY BE CHECKING UP ON THAT, PROBABLY NOT. I MEAN, IT'S IN THERE, THOUGH, THAT IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT THERE'S A MECHANISM FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO GET INVOLVED, RIGHT, UM THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT WE'VE LIMIT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF IT. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT JUST LIKE A DUPLEX, RIGHT DUPLEXES OR TWO PRIMARY STRUCTURES OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE AND 80 YOU AS OF LESSER IMPORTANCE. THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE BECAUSE OF THAT SIZE LIMITATIONS, SO THAT'S ONE ISSUE THAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT THAN IN THAN A DUPLEX TRADITIONALLY, RIGHT. UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, LIMITATION THAT WE PUT IN THERE. WE ALSO IN PARTICULAR, WE CLARIFY THAT IF THAT UNIT GETS BIGGER THAN THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE COUNTED TOWARDS YOUR DENSITY RIGHT SO THAT SPACE LIMITATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT. UM THE OWNER OCCUPIED AND THEN ALSO THE FACT THAT IT'S ATTACHED TO A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT, WHICH IS AGAIN TYPICALLY OR YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE YOUR OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS, BUT HEAR ME OUT FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, RIGHT? I LISTENED TO THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD. THAT WAS THE JOINT MEETING. I'VE HEARD IT FROM JIMMY SMITH TO THE PEOPLE AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY ARE LIKE TRYING TO HAVE THEIR ROOF GET FIXED. THEY NEED AN A C UNIT. THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP THEIR HOUSE. UM, AFLOAT, RIGHT? WHEN YOU.

DRAMATICALLY CHANGED THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY BY SAYING YOU CAN LIKE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BASICALLY TURNED THIS INTO SEMI COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE . DOES THAT PUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AT RISK OR INCENTIVIZE THEM TO SELL AND POTENTIALLY GENTRIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE YOU TOOK IT FROM? WHAT WAS NOW RIGHT NOW YOU CAN HAVE ANYBODY YOU AND IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOLD ON THE SETBACKS AND DOING THE SETBACKS . THAT'S FINE. BUT NOW YOU'RE TAKING IT FROM BEING SOMETHING WHERE IT'S THEIR FAMILY MEMBER TO THIS EXTRA HOOKUP, RIGHT? THEY'RE GONNA THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A SEPARATE HOOKUP. WELL, THEY COULD HAVE AN EXTRA HOOK UP TODAY. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S UM, REGULATED TODAY, BUT HISTORICALLY, THE US HAVE NOT HAD THAT SAME IMPACT IS UP. ZONING DOES SO UP. ZONING IS WHEN YOU ZONE A PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN WHAT IT CAN REALLY FINANCIALLY SUSTAIN, AND THEN YOU END UP WITH VACANT PARCELS.

SO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN PARTS OF WHAT IS THE BIG BUSINESSMEN MIXED USE AREA WHERE THEY REQUIRE COMMERCIAL TO BE A COMPONENT OF THAT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THAT WAS TOO TOO INTENSE OF A ZONING DISTRICT FOR THOSE AREAS, SO WE'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO NOT CONSIDER AREAS WHERE YOU UP ZONE ABOUT THAT PROPERTY SO THAT IT'S NOT EASILY , UM, BUILD OCCUPIED. UM YOU HAVE EXAMPLES FOR THIS IS WORKED IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND NOT HAD UNINTENDED UP. IN THE MARKET . MARTIN HONEY SIERRAS HAVE A VERY SIMILAR POLICY IN EXISTENCE THAT CHANGED THE EU RULES. AND IT HAS NOT MEAN THERE'S UM, THOSE WERE ADAPTED IN SCHOOL 2020. 20 THERE IS SERIES OF THEM BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020. MARTIN COUNTY. WIDER SPECIFIC. ER, A SPECIFIC TO SEE ARE SPECIFIC TO WHERE YOU'VE GOT SMALLER, HISTORIC LOTS WHERE THIS IS ACTUALLY BEEN A PART OF THE BUILDING FABRIC. HISTORICALLY, THAT UM SMALL UNITS, DETACHED UNITS OR SOMETHING THAT'S VERY CHARACTERISTIC OF THESE HISTORICALLY PLANTED NEIGHBORHOODS. MARTIN COUNTY WAVE MINIMUM LOT SIZE. YES SINCE I'M AREAS THEY HAVE SMALLER LOT SIZES SIMILAR TO THIS. YEAH IN THAT AREA. THE U. S. SOME OF THEM. YES I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF ZONING DESIGNATIONS. BUT YES. FOR ME. I JUST I DON'T I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE. VOTING FOR THIS WITH THE A. D. U S IN IT FOR NOW. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT SEPARATE WOULD BE MINE. CAN I TAKE AWAY AND I APPRECIATE YOUR GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH ME. IF IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS I CAN, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE AND LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THAT SOMETHING IS STAFF AND AS A YOU KNOW, DOING INTERVIEWS WITH FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS, SO I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WOULD MAKE ME NERVOUS IF IT WAS MINE. COMMISSIONER CLARK. THANK YOU. YOU'RE OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, SO I WENT BACK TO LOOK AT THE ACCESS FOR DARLING. YOU AND SAID JUST IN THIS ONE LITTLE SECTION HERE, BUT I WANTED YOU TO WANT TO ASK YOU TO TALK ABOUT DENSITY AND WHY, AND A D U IS NOT COUNTED AS DENSITY AND WHEN SOMETHING IS COMPLETELY CHANGE,

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AND THEN A DENSITY, IS THAT IT? I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN THAT CLEARLY FROM MR MARTEL'S PURPOSES AND THE FACT THAT I TRUSTED MISS PANEL AND EVERYBODY THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. AND I LOOKED AT THINGS IN GENERAL. BUT SINCE YOU BRING IT UP SECTION THREE POINT OH, TWO OR FOUR SECTION F. FOR IN THIS BOOK HERE. I HAVE IT ON PAGE 18 OF 78 . I DON'T KNOW IT'S THIS LIKE 1000 AND SOMETHING PAGES IN THE AGENDA, BUT IT DOESN'T ON THIS PARTICULAR THING. IT'S GIVEN ME SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S NOT GIVING ME THE ENTIRE AGENDA. SO THAT'S A PAGE NUMBER THAT I'M WORKING WITH. BUT FOR SECTION WISE, IT'S SECTION THREE POINT OR TWO POINT OH FOUR SECTION F PART FOR MR MORTAL PART B. UM, EITHER THE PRIMARY DWELLING UNIT OR A D YOU SHALL BE OWNER OCCUPIED THE A. D YOU SHALL NOT BE SOLD. OR IT SHOULD BE TITLED, I THINK TITLED THERE, TOO. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER. THESE ARE JUST TWO TYPOS THAT I JUST FOUND THEIR TWO TRANSFERRED SEPARATE AND APART FROM INSTEAD OF FORM. FROM THE REST OF THE PROPERTY. I JUST FOUND THAT THAT, UM, JUSTICE MINUTE WHEN I WAS JUST TRYING TO CHECK ON SOMETHING, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING OUT THOSE TWO LITTLE THINGS. THEY'RE JUST TOO LITTLE TOO LITTLE TYPOS. NOT ANYTHING BIG, BUT UH HUH? NO THEY CANNOT TITLED SEPARATELY. OKAY YEAH. SO JUST BETWEEN YOU AND MR MARTEL, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S JUST TOO LITTLE TYPOS. PLEASE GO AGAIN. EXPLAIN DENSITY AND WHY THE CERTAIN THINGS IN HAVING THE BACK OF THE HOME SIMILAR TO WHAT MR SMITH AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE OTHER DWELLING UNITS OR OTHER THINGS DIFFERENT PEOPLE , WHICH HASN'T BEEN UNTO THE CODE, BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT UNITS, AND IT HAS WORKED FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE LEGAL AND OKAY. EXPLAIN IT AGAIN ONE MORE TIME BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD AND VOTING ON THIS PARTICULAR AREA, SO THE PROVISIONS THAT IT DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS DENSITY TIES BACK TO THE FACT THAT IT IS A SECONDARY UNIT TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE. IT'S LIMITED BY SIZE . IT'S LIMITED BY 107 100 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS TIED BACK TO THE SIZE OF A TWO CAR GARAGE. SO AGAIN, A UNIT ABOVE A GARAGE, WHICH IS A TYPICAL BUILDING TYPE FOR HISTORICALLY PLANTED NEIGHBORHOODS. UM IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF IMPACT DUE TO ITS SIZE, AND THEN IT'S ALSO OWNER OCCUPIED. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS ADOPTED BY THE COMMUNITY WHOLESALE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS IMPLEMENTED BY A LARGE SCALE DEVELOPER RIGHT THAT CAN COME IN AND DO SEVERAL OF THESE ALL AT ONCE, RIGHT SO THAT IT'S ALL ON AN INDIVIDUAL PROCESS VERSUS SOMETHING LIKE A MULTI FAMILY PROJECT WHERE MULTI FAMILY PROJECT HAS A MUCH MORE.

IMMEDIATE, UM. IMPACT INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD. LET'S SAY, WHEREAS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN INCREMENTALLY OR SMALL SCALE, UM AND ONLY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO DO THIS KIND OF A PROJECT. IT ALSO INTERJECT SMALL, AFFORDABLE UNITS INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT RATHER THAN AGAIN DOING SOMETHING THAT'S OF A OF A DIFFERENT SCALE THAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THOSE ARE IMPACTS ON WHAT MAKES THE 80 YOU DIFFERENTLY WORK DIFFERENTLY, ALSO OF NOTE THAT THERE ARE 80 US TODAY. PERMISSIBLE IN, UM IN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. UM, SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALLOWING THEM TO BE RENTAL UNITS, WHICH FRANKLY OCCURS IN SOME PLACES OF STEWART ALREADY AND UM, AND THEN AGAIN, ALLOWING THOSE TO BE UNITS THAT ARE, UM, PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE CODE, WHICH IS JUST BECAUSE NOBODY'S NOBODY'S POLICING THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT ONCE YOU MAKE IT ALLOWED IN THE CODE. IT DOES OPEN THE DOOR FOR A DEVELOPER TO COME IN. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING ANDY STEWART. THERE'S LIKE A HANDFUL OF FAMILIES THAT OWNED MOST OF THE PROPERTIES THERE, RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU SAY IT WOULDN'T BE LARGE SWATS, IT COULD BE SO LET'S LET'S SAY, LET'S SAY SOMEBODY DOES OWN SEVERAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME PLOTS WANT TO BUILD ON THEM, THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND BUILD THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH AN 80 YOU SAY GARAGE UNIT OR OR JUST A SMALL UNIT IN THE BACK. UM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN, NOT A LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FITS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT'S HAPPENED NEXT DOOR TO THEM, UM AND AGAIN, IF JUST TO PUT NOTE IN THERE. THE SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR DUPLEXES. SO AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO UNITS ON A PARCEL. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT ASSISTANT WITH THE NEIGHBORS WERE NOT COUNTING IT AS AS INCREASED DENSITY. BUT WE'RE WE ARE MAKING IT. WE'RE JUST NOT COUNTING. IT IS MORE DENSITY

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BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING IT'S A SECONDARY UNIT. BUT WE ARE, IN FACT. INCREASING THE DENSITY AND MAKING ALLOWANCE FOR SOMEBODY TO IF THEY DID BUY THAT PARCEL, AND THEY WANTED TO RENT IT OUT.

RENTED OUT TO MORE PEOPLE WERE EFFECTIVELY MAKING IT OR THREE. IT'S NOT SINGLE FAMILY ANYMORE.

IT'S A DETACHED DUPLEX. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I JUST SAY IT'S SINGLE FAMILY WITH IT. WE ARE MAKING IT MORE DENSE, AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF DOING . THIS IS TO MAKE IT A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE. BUT HOW DO YOU REALLY GOVERNED FOR WHO THINK THAT I HAVE A HARD TIME IMAGINING? I MEAN, IF YOU'RE OF COURSE, ENTITLED TO THAT OPINION , AND IF THAT'S THE BOARD'S DIRECTION, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT DIRECTION. UM, AGAIN.

THIS IS A VERY SMALL, INCREMENTAL WAY OF ALLOWING THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME. CONTEXT TO CONTINUE AND ALLOW FOR A UNIT IN THE BACK THAT'S DETACHED OR ATTACHED, UM, WITH LIMITATIONS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN A LOT PROVIDING FOR THAT ON SITE PARKING SPACE FOR THAT 80 YOU LIMITED BY THE SIZE AND LIMITED, UM, IN THE TO THOSE OWNER OCCUPIED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THEY CAN'T BE. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T ADD ONE TO A DUPLEX. YOU CAN'T ADD ONE TO A TOWNHOUSE THAT'S ATTACHED. WE CALL OUT AGAIN FOR THE DETACHED UNITS. AGAIN SO THAT THERE'S MORE LIMITATIONS ON HOW THIS COULD BE IMPLEMENTED SO THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME THE LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE THAT I THINK MANY OF US WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT. YOU KNOW THAT YOU PAINTED A PICTURE OF RIGHT? COMMISSION RICH DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UM. I MEAN, THEY CAN BUILD A TO US NOW. RIGHT, MISS SEYMOUR? THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN. OF COURSE, THE DIFFERENCE HERE AND BETWEEN BECAUSE I'M BUILDING A D U IS I CAN'T EXCEED 50% OF THE SIZE OF MY PRIMARY STRUCTURE. SO THIS IS THE ONLY VARIANCE I'M SEEING THERE. UM YEAH. HE'S A D USER. I SEE THEM AS VERY VALUE ELEMENTS ELEMENTS OF OUR CITY PROVIDE FOR EXTENDED FAMILIES CARING FOR OLDER PARENTS. AH, A LOT WAS YOUNGER CHILDREN AND YOU KNOW TO GET ON THEIR FEET SO JUST JUST, YOU KNOW THE LANGUAGE HERE THAT FACILITATES THAT IS VERY VALUABLE. AND I APPRECIATE I KNOW THAT CONCERN YOU'VE TAKEN TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AND I APPRECIATE THAT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR ANYTHING? MOTION FOR APPROVAL MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BRUDER OR SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD IF I MAY. OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT JESSICA IS DONE AND OUR STAFF OVER HERE. WE'VE WORKED REALLY YOU GUYS ARE VIRTUALLY HARD. UM, GETTING US HERE AND IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME.

AND, UM VERY PROUD OF IT, TAKING A LONG TIME AND TRYING TO SATISFY EVERYONE. I DON'T SEE IT THE WAY COMMISSIONER COLLINS DOES. SOMETIMES HE'LL USE HIS WORDS AND TWIST IT LIKE IT'S MY WORD, AND IT'S NOT WE'RE REALLY I'M PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN PANEL. ANY OTHER ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. COME ON UP AND COME ON UP WITH THE COLOR OF THE CARD FROM HIS JOB. JAMES, PLEASE THREE MINUTES AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THEN FILL OUT A GREEN CARBON YOU'VE DONE OKAY. THANK YOU. BEIJING'S BY 14 SOUTHEAST FLORIDA STREET STORE FLORIDA 34994. AGAIN I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALSO TO, UM MISS JESSICA AND EVERYONE THAT'S COME OUT AND INCLUDED, UM STAKEHOLDERS. UM IN THE STORY, UM, IN THE PROCESS, AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH QUITE A BIT AT THE TABLE. UM I GUESS WHAT BROUGHT THIS TO MY MIND WAS WHAT COMMISSIONER COLLINS WAS SAYING.

BECAUSE I HAVE A VISION OF WHEN YOU KEPT SAYING WHO'S GONNA BE POLICING IT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I DON'T KNOW. JUST. FROM MY OWN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. UM, I KNOW OF HOMES THERE IN EAST STEWART. THAT'S BEEN THERE , AND IT'S BEEN PASSED ON TO GENERATIONS, AND THEY DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. BUT THEY THEY HAVE THE PROPERTY. AND MY CONCERNS ARE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY HAVE IT REGISTERED. AS A HOMEOWNER OR RENTAL. SO MY CONCERNS ARE FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT HAVE PROPERTY THAT THEY HAVE GAINED OR PURCHASED IN SOME WAY, AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO MAKE PROFIT RIGHT AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I BROUGHT THAT OUT. IT'S DUE TO MY HEART. I DON'T LIKE THAT. THAT'S THE STEP TO GENTRIFICATION,

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RIGHT? SO I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP AND I HOPE WE CAN CONSIDER THAT WE HAVE THOSE PROTECTIONS IN THERE BECAUSE AGAIN WHO'S POLICING BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S REGISTERED AS A IT WAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. BUT THE ACQUIRED PERSONALITY DOESN'T LIVE HERE AND THEIR BUSINESS PERSON AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE REGISTERED. THAT PERSON DOESN'T LIVE IN HOME, BUT IT'S A RENTAL PROPERTY, AND I KNOW THAT PERSON WANTS TO DO THAT. BACK PART ON THAT PROPERTY FOR RENTAL PURPOSES. SO I THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT THE PRESERVATION OF OUR HISTORICAL COMMUNITY. BIG DOLLARS THAT WANT TO COME IN, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THEY SEE. AND DON'T THINK ABOUT US THAT REALLY STARTED FROM SCRATCH AND OUR PARENTS AND PARENTS GENERATIONS. AND I DO REALLY HOPE THAT IS CONSIDERED. GREATLY THAT THERE ARE THOSE TYPE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OR TYPE OF RULES SOMEWHERE THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN'T DO THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY PUBLIC COMMENTS, SHE SAID. YOU CALLED THE WRONG PLACE. MR. AMERICA, JUST MAKE IT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. OKAY? YEAH, UM. I'D LIKE TO ECHO BY SMEAR BRUNNER'S REMARK REGARDING THIS, SEYMOUR. I'VE MET WITH HER FOUR TIMES. AND SHE WAS VERY HELPFUL TO ME.

SHE HAS A GREAT DEAL OF KNOWLEDGE ON THIS SUBJECT. AH THAT WAS INVALUABLE. AS FAR AS WHO'S GOING TO ENFORCE THIS. I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE GOING TO WIN.

FORCE THIS THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A SOMEBODY'S UP TO SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE. WE JUST HAD A SITUATION ON FIFTH. OR A NEW STRUCTURE WAS BEING BUILT AND ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS MENTIONED IT TO ME AND I MENTIONED IT TO MR DIOCESE AND THE CITY WENT BY. AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO TAKE PLACE. THERE WAS NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE OF OUR UM YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT , SO I APPRECIATE MR THE COMMISSIONER COLLEGE REMARKS. I MET WITH JESSE ON FRIDAY, MISS SEYMOUR FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.

AND I TALKED ABOUT IN A YEAR. YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE METRICS WE'RE GOING TO USE TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF THIS. AND WE HAVE TO EVALUATE ACCOUNTS SUCCESS, BUT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THAT IS A DISASTROUS WHICH IS YOUR THAT'S A, YOU KNOW A LITTLE LEGITIMATE CONCERN, SO WE SHOULDN'T FEEL THAT IF WE PASS THIS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TURN OUR BACK AT IT AND SAY GOOD LUCK E. STEWART. THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL. I KNOW FOR A FACT IN ONE YEAR I WILL HAVE ON THE AGENDA AND EVALUATION OF THIS CODE AND HAS IT ACHIEVED WHAT WE STARTED. WOULD ACHIEVE. ARE WE SEEING DEVELOPMENT AND THE VACANT AREAS IN THE STEWART? DO WE HAVE A RASH OF YOU KNOW, IT SAYS OWNER OCCUPIED THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC. IF SOMEBODY WHO HAS OWNS FIVE HOME THEY CAN'T OCCUPY FIVE DIFFERENT HOMES. SO YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN, BUT I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE OBLIGATIONS ARE IN KEEPING TRACK. GOOD POINT. THANK YOU, SUSAN. COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS YES, MCDONALD. COMMISSIONER RICH YES, YES. OKAY MOVING ON TO UNDER 15 DECREE, DISTRICT ZONING. HERE

[15. THE CREEK DISTRICT - ZONING MAP AMENDMENT (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2501-2023; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO ASSIGN “THE CREEK DISTRICT” ZONING AND MAKE CHANGES FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

WITH ME. I'M PLAYING IT UP. THIS IS 18 15 OR 17. I'M SORRY. 15 MINUTES. JEEZ I'M UP THE WAY OFF COORDINATES TO 501 TO 023 IN ORDER TO THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO ASSIGN THE CREEK DISTRICT ZONING AND MAKE CHANGES FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAPS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE UNDER THE PURPOSES. RECOGNIZE AGAIN. THIS IS THE MAP AMENDMENT, NOT THE TEXT AMENDMENT. OKAY NO CHANGE TO THE MAP WILL COORDINATE WITH THE GI SPECIALIST SLASH CITY MANAGER WITH THE COLOR QUESTION . UM STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A FULL MOTION APPROVED A MOTION TO IF YOU HAVE A 2ND 2ND SECOND.

OKAY WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLIN'S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RICH ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? DONE TO SEE WHAT YOU CALL THE ROLL, MR BRUNER. YES, MACDONALD.

COMMISSIONER CLARK. COMMISSIONER COLLINS. YES COMMISSIONER RICH, COMMISSIONER. CLARK HAD STEPPED

[16. THE CREEK DISTRICT - LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2498-2023; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING AND RESTATING THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; MORE SPECIFICALLY AMENDING CHAPTER II ZONING DISTRICTS USES ALLOWED, DENSITY, INTENSITY; CHAPTER III SPECIAL ZONING CODES FOR “THE CREEK DISTRICT”; AND CHAPTER XII DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

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OUT OF THE ROOM. OKAY MOVING ON TO ADAM 16. MIKE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2498-20 TO 3 IN ORDER TO THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING AND RESTATING THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE MORE SPECIFICALLY, AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ZONING DISTRICTS USES ALLOWED DENSITY INTENSITY. CHAPTER THREE SPECIAL ZONING CODES FOR THE CREEK DISTRICT AND CHAPTER 12. DEFINITIONS WRITING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTING PROVISIONS PROVIDING FOR QUANTIFICATION PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ALL RIGHT. JESSICA SEYMOUR FOR THE RECORD AGAIN, UM , SAME GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ONLY A DIFFERENT PLACE AND SO ACTUALLY DIFFERENT GOALS, BUT SIMILAR OBJECTIVES ABOUT CREATING PREDICTABILITY FOR THE DISTRICT. UM AND THIS IS THE CREEK DISTRICT. I'M GONNA GO FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DISTRICT RUNNING ALONG COLORADO AVENUE RUNNING TO DIXIE HIGHWAY. UM AND IT'S BORDERED ON US ONE AND FLORIDA STREET. UM AT THE FIRST HEARING, WE REALLY HAD TWO MAIN COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM THE BOARD. ONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT ADDRESSING FORMULA BUSINESSES AND SOME OF THE JP CUT IF YOU PICK A LIVE LANGUAGE THERE, AND SOME OF THE HISTORIC APPLICATIONS OF THAT POLICY, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE CREEK DISTRICT CODE. UM WE WERE ONLY BRINGING IT FORWARD BECAUSE IT MENTIONED AREAS THAT WITHIN THE CREEK DISTRICT, SO WE WANTED TO CLEAN UP THE LANGUAGE, SO IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED CODE. UM SO WE WENT AHEAD AND UPDATED THE MAP WITH OUR WITH WITH G. I S SO THAT IT CAN BE ADDED INTO, UM, FUTURE EFFORTS. IT'S MAPPED THAT WAY. UM ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PIECES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT LANGUAGE WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD WAS THE , UM THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE CALLED OUT FOR, UM, THIS DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR FORMULA BUSINESSES AND THEN AGAIN FORMULA. BUSINESSES ARE DEFINED TERM WITHIN THE LDCS RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT CALL OUT PROPERTIES THAT ARE HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS . IS IT REALLY THE SHORTHAND FOR A FORMULA? BUSINESS? UM MAY BE CALLED A CHAIN RESTAURANT OR A CHAIN CHAIN ORDINANCE. UM REALLY , WHERE THIS HAS BEEN APPLIED AT THE MOST STRICTEST SENSE IS IN OUR OLD DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE MAP ON THE RIGHT. UM SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING OF DRAFTED OUT FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW IS THAT THOSE DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE, UM, RETAINED FOR THE OLD TOWN DOWN ALL DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. UM BUT THAT THEY DON'T APPLY TO THE CREEK DISTRICT OR SOME OF THE AREAS AREAS FURTHER TO THE WEST . UM IT WOULD STILL MAINTAIN, UM , THE MAJOR USE, UM, APPROVAL PROCESS, SO IT WOULD BE STILL BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND HAVE TO HAVE A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL. THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO MEET HIGHER STANDARDS FOR CREATING CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER AS WELL AS SIGNAGE, SO THOSE THINGS WILL REMAIN FOR THE ENTIRE FORMULA BUSINESS AREA. UM AND THEN WE ALSO RECOMMENDED STRIKING OUT WHAT TODAY ARE EXISTING, UM, C AND F AND THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE DUPLICATIVE OF THE LANGUAGE THAT'S STATED JUST BEFORE IT AND WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT THIS AREA GET MAPPED AS PART OF THE RESOURCE THAT THE CITY HAS FOR APPLICANTS AND FOR THE RESIDENTS ON THEIR T. I S SO THAT IT'S EASILY TRACKED. UH UM, THE OTHER COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED WAS ABOUT SOME LANGUAGE THAT ARE ACTUALLY EXISTS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ABOUT HOW URBAN CODE UM URBAN DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS WERE, UM, TREATED ON A SUBDISTRICT BASIS. SO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THIS, UM THESE LDCS ARE BROUGHT FORWARD. WE'RE ONLY BRINGING FORWARD LDC CHANGES, WHICH ARE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE MET WITH STAFF ON AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD ON HOW IT CAN BE RECTIFIED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM THIS IS THE FOOTNOTE THAT WAS MENTIONED. UM, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY LIST ARE NEW ZONING CATEGORIES, SO THIS FOOTNOTE DOESN'T APPLY TO OUR NEW CATEGORIES, BUT STAFF IS STILL GOING TO BRING BACK SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE SO THAT WHEN THERE'S A OPPORTUNITY AND PUTTING JODI TO ON THE SPOT, UM TO HELP CLARIFY THIS FOR, UM, IN A SUPPLICANT EFFORT IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE YOU WOULD JUST TAKE OUT THE 70 30 THING. IT MAKES IT MORE COMPLICATED. EVEN HAVE THAT , IN THEIR PERCENTAGE IS THE FOOTNOTE. THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY POINT, BUT YOU BRING ESPECIALLY THE SUB DISTRICTS AND WHOLE AREA INTO NONCOMPLIANCE AS SOON AS YOU CREATE A SUBDISTRICT , RIGHT AND ANY OTHER THAT'S TRUE OF WHAT WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS TODAY, SO I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT INTENTION AND SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE AND THAT'S AGAIN SOMETHING THAT STAFF WILL DO WE DO THAT IS THAT HOW DO WE IS THAT A COMPLAINT AMENDMENT? YEAH. YES, THAT'S A COMPLIMENT AMENDMENT. UM, AND THIS WAS

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ADVERTISED AS JUST THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES, SO WE HAD TO STAY WITHIN OUR RECOMMENDING.

ARE WE GOING TO CREATE AN ISSUE WHERE THESE SUB DISTRICTS BRING? AMENDED NONCOMPLIANCE, ASSUMING THEY BRING AN APPLICATION FOR TOMORROW BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY AREN'T LISTED IN THAT TABLE SO THEY WOULDN'T ANYWAY, SO WE COULD JUST TAKE OUT 70. RIGHT RIGHT. I GOT IT. THANK YOU, AND THEN SOAKED AGAIN SO THAT THERE ISN'T CONFUSION FOR AN APPLICANT THAT COMES IN AND SEES THE URBAN CODE BEING MENTIONED. UM WE JUST MADE SURE THAT IN THE LDCS UNDER THE TABLE THREE AND THREE A THAT WE'VE ADDED THE FOOTNOTE THAT ALL OF OUR ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ARE LISTED. SO THAT THE DENSITY UM PROVISIONS ARE VERY CLEARLY COMMUNICATED WITHIN THE EMBASSIES. DO YOU THINK OF THAT? I JUST I WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE INTENT OF THE BOARD IS THAT THE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE DENSITIES RIGHT NOW. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE USE THE WAY THAT FUTURE LAND USE SAYS IS THAT WITHIN EACH SUB DISTRICT, YOU CAN HAVE NO MORE THAN 70% COMMERCIAL. VERSUS NO MORE THAN 70% RESIDENTIAL. BUT IF YOU READ IT OUT OF CONTEXT, SOMEONE MIGHT SAY THAT EACH PARCEL CAN HAVE NO MORE THAN 70% WHICH MEANT THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE MIXED USE, WHICH IS NOT THE INTENT OR IF YOU READ IT, TOO RESTRICTIVE, LEE IF THE CREEK INDUSTRIAL COULD HAVE NO MORE THAN ONE OR THE OTHER. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT THE COMMISSION HAD ANY INTENTIONS THAT ANY OF THE CREEK DISTRICTS BE CAPPED AT 70 OR OR OR ANY USE FOR EITHER. HAVE WE ACHIEVED THIS? THAT WITH WHAT SHE'S DONE HERE? WE HAVEN'T. WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING IN THE COM PLANTS SO THAT WILL COME FORWARD WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, THOUGH, WITH THE FORM BASED CODE THE THERE'S TWO ISSUES WITHIN THE SO WE'RE USING AN EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE BECAUSE THAT ALREADY THAT EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE ALREADY ALLOWED FOR A MIX OF USES CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE WERE. OUR GOALS WERE RIGHT. UM THERE'S 22 ISSUES. ONE IS THIS FOOTNOTE NUMBER EIGHT IN THE COMP PLAN THAT CALLS OUT HONEST ANALYSIS ON A SUBDISTRICT BASIS. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY IN REFERENCE TO THE DWELLING UNITS, NOT THE PERCENTAGES. THEN THERE'S THE PERCENTAGES THAT YOU MENTIONED OVER HERE IN THIS COLUMN, TALKING ABOUT PERCENTAGE RESIDENTIAL AND PERCENTAGE NONRESIDENTIAL AND TO ECHO WHAT MR MORTALITY IS DESCRIBING. WE FELT THAT THE BOARD DIRECTION AT THE LAST MEETING WAS THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO RESTRICT. THESE NEW FUTURE LAND USES TO THE YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE 100% ROZENTAL . THERE HAS TO BE 100% COMMERCIAL. WHEN A NEW PROJECT COMES ON, IT WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR A MIX OF USES OF THE DENSITY PROVISION. THIS IS ON A PER PARCEL BASIS, NOT A SUBDISTRICT BASIS, RIGHT? SO I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY'S INTENTION OR OR APPLICATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON A PER PARCEL BASIS AS IT RELATES TO DENSITIES. BUT THAT FOOTNOTE THAT'S IN THE THAT'S IN THE TABLE OF USES OF DENSITIES INTENSITIES. AS IT SAYS IT'S THAT THAT IT SAYS 15 YEARS AN ACRE. SHALL BE INTERPRETED ON AN URBAN SUBDISTRICT BASIS WITHIN THE C R. A SO WHEN I READ IT IT MEANS TO ME THAT DENSITY EVERYWHERE ELSE. IS ON A PER PARCEL. BUT IN THE C R A IT'S GOING TO BE BASED UPON THE ENTIRE URBAN SUBDISTRICT. AND THEN, AS JESSICA POINTS OUT IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY RENT MENTIONED THESE DISTRICTS, BUT IT DOESN'T EXCLUDE THEM, IT SAYS , INCLUDING POP POP POP POP POP POP, BUT IT DOESN'T EXCLUDE. THEM OR IT MIGHT THING IS, I THINK OF THESE AS SUB DISTRICTS IN THE C R A. I MEAN, WE'RE CALLING HIMSELF DISTRICTS IN THE C R A SO IF THEY'RE NOT SUB DISTRICTS IF THEY'RE NOT URBAN SUB DISTRICTS IN THE C R A. WHAT ARE THEY? WELL THEY'RE AND THEIR ZONING CATEGORIES. BUT EVEN EVEN WITH THAT, I MEAN AGAIN. THESE TWO POLICIES, THE PERCENTAGES AND THE DENSITY POLICY THEY'RE BEING READ WITH WITH SOME THEY COULD BE, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT FORWARD WITH SOME CLARITY AND AGAIN, CLARIFYING IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUB DISTRICTS OR ZONING CATEGORIES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HMM. I DON'T WANT TO TOTALLY DERAIL THIS. BUT IS THERE CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE WHEN WE AMEND THE COMPLAINT, WHICH WE HAVE TO DO ANYWAY, FOR THIS, WE CLEAN IT UP, DO YOU? WELL THE CLEAN THAT EVERYBODY TAKING OUT THAT IF WE COME BACK, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE COMING. WE WERE DIRECTED TO COME BACK WITH AMENDMENT TO COMPLAIN. BUT IF IN FACT THE COMMISSION WANTED A DIRECTION TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT, WE COULD REMOVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION AND DISCUSSED WHAT THE INTENTIONS ARE OF THE COMMISSION AS RELATES TO ALL OF IT AND

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ADDRESS IT, BUT WE DO THAT, JUST SO WE'RE NOT KIND OF WHAT YOU KNOW THERE'S NOT LIABILITY HERE, SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT NOTIFICATION SO WE CAN'T JUST GO TONIGHT. RIGHT RIGHT. WELL, FIX . YEAH ATTENTION FOR SURE, RIGHT ? GONNA END UP TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND, AS A RESULT, END UP WITH A DIRECTION AT THAT POINT THAT WOULD RESOLVE WOULD RESULT IN PROBABLY SOME COMPETENT AND IT'S ANYWAY, WHICH WE COULD ADDRESS WHEN THAT HAPPENS ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT THAT'S WHAT WE HAD, UM, CONTROL MEETING WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS COULD BE CLEANED UP. UM AGAIN. WHAT WE COULD ADDRESS IS THAT IT'S UH, DENSITIES ARE IDENTIFIED CLEARLY HERE. UM AND THEN AGAIN, WE MADE SOME SIMILAR LANGUAGE. UM CORRECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL IT'S UPLOADED THEIR OWN UNICODE IF IT'S APPROVED. MOTION APPROVED. OKAY WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND, ANY COMMENT FROM ANYONE? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. WHO'S DAVE IN THE MOTION WAS BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS AND THE SECULAR BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. MARY MCDONALD YES, COMMISSIONER CARD.

YES ER BRUDER. YES COMMISSIONER RICH? YES, COLLINS. ALRIGHT NOW MOVING ON TO OUR LAST COUPLE ITEMS. WHOA! APPLIED BY. YES 17 TODD. LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE UP. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2510-20 TO 3

[17. STUART AUTO VAULT, LLC., PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION ON MONTEREY ROAD (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2510-2023; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ANNEXING A PARCEL OF LAND FRONTING SE MONTEREY ROAD, CONSISTING OF 0.34-ACRES, SAID PARCEL BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO; PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

NORTH OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ANNEXING A PARCEL OF LAND FRONTING SOUTHEAST MONTEREY ROAD CONSISTING OF 30.34 ACRES, SAID PERSONAL BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERE TO PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. OH GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MCDONALD AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JERRY COOLER DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. TONIGHT I'M REPRESENTING AGENDA ITEMS 17, 18 AND 19. THE APPLICANT RED TAIL DESIGN SUBMITTED PETITIONS ON BEHALF OF STEWART AUDIBLE LLC. FOR A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION TO INCORPORATE THE 0.34 ACRES FROM MARTIN COUNTY TO THE CITY OF STEWART JURISDICTION. A SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO ASSIGN A FUTURE LAND, USE CATEGORY OF COMMERCIAL AND ASSIGN A B FOUR LIMITED BUSINESS MANUFACTURING ZONING DESTINATION. FOR A PROJECT TO BE KNOWN AS STEWART AUTO BULB BEARING COMMERCE CENTER. THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS A ITALIAN LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATION THE LAND USES IS GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THE ZONING IS B ONE BUSINESS. THE FIRST ITEM LIBRARY PRESENTING IS AGENDA ITEM 17. THIS IS THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST READING. THE PROBLEM. THE PROPERTY WAS WAS PLACED A SIGN ON DETAIL IN THE CITY COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING AND POSTED ON THE PREMISES IN ADVERTISEMENT WAS DISPLAYED IN THE NEWSPAPER ON JANUARY 27 2023 ADVERTISING THIS PARTICULAR MEETING. OH ONE SECOND TO MIKE. THIS ISN'T QUASI JUDICIAL, IS IT? ANNEXATION IS NOT OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK, THOUGH. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT LEGISLATIVE THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE THREE OF THE 30.34 ACRE SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SOUTHEAST MONTEREY ROAD. THIS SITE IS BOUNDED BY THE CITY OF STEWART AND THE NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST, SOUTH AND ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY. TO THIS PROPERTY TO THE COUNTY TO THE EAST. ON JANUARY, 12 2023, THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY, HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM THERE BEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. THE WARD VOTED IN DMC TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR THE VOLUNTARY PETITION VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION. THIS PETITION CONFORMS TO THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN SECTION 11.1 POINT 12 OF THE CITY OF STEWART LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

CODE UH, FOR THE STATUES, AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICY OF THE CITY OF STEWART COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF THE 0.34 ACRES OF LAND ON FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 10-2023.

OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR MOTIONS? NO I JUST SEE THAT THEIR RESULTS FROM STAFF IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER AND TRAFFIC AND ALL THE OTHER POTENTIAL IMPACTS. WITH A SMALL THE SMALL, VOLUNTARY, UM ANNEXATION APPLICATION AND NO COME. NO COMMENTS FROM I THINK NO PRESENCE OF THE L P A AND PARTICULAR COMMENTS THEY

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RECOMMENDED, UM. APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY. I DON'T SEE THIS HAVING ANY MAJOR IMPACT IT MEETS ALL THE CONTRIBUTE CONTIGUITY REQUIREMENTS AND SO ON. UM THE LANDOWNERS, A LANDOWNER. KIND OF SQUARES OFF A PARCEL. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. WE HAVE EMOTION ALREADY, RIGHT? YEAH. OH SO CAN I MAKE A MOTION REGARDING STEWART AUTO VAULT? 25 10 2023, WHICH IS A VOLUNTEER ANNEXATION ON MONTEREY ROAD APPLICATION THAT IT BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND AS RECOMMENDED BY THE L P A. AND THE 2ND 2ND. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RICH. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SAYING NONE. SUZANNE. MCDONALD'S YES, VICE MAYOR BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER RICH? YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS. WELL, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. COMMISSIONER COLLINS DID STEP OUT OF THE ROOM, OKAY? SO MOVING

[18. STUART AUTO VAULT, LLC., PETITION FOR SMALL-SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT ON MONTEREY ROAD (RC): (THIS IS A SINGLE READING ITEM) ORDINANCE No. 2511-2023; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AS DEFINED IN F.S.§163.3187; AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 0.34-ACRE PARCEL FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL (COUNTY) TO THE FUTURE LAND USE OF COMMERCIAL (CITY); AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP; PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

ON TO ITEM 18. STUART OUT ABOUT PETITION FOR SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON MONTEREY ROAD, MIKE, BUT YOU READ THE ORDINANCE. THIS IS ORDINANCE 2511-20 TO 3 IN ORDER TO THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STEWART. SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS TO FIND IT IN FLORIDA STATUTE 163.3187 AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR APPROXIMATELY 0.34 ACRE PARCEL FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS IN THE COUNTY TO THE FUTURE LAND USE OF COMMERCIAL IN THE CITY, AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCE AND TEMPLATE, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OTHER PURPOSES AND AS A POINT OF REFERENCE UPON ANNEXATION. YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY AMENDING THE FUTURE. MOUNT LAND USE MAPS. YOU'RE AMENDING THE MAP, BUT IT'S NOT AN AMENDMENT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE. WE DON'T HAVE THE FUTURE MAN. THE FUTURE LAND USE THAT'S IN THE COUNTY.

IT LOSES ALL STATUS, SO YOU WERE REALLY ASSIGNING A FUTURE LAND USE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU COULD DENY AND LEAVE. NO FUTURE LAND USE. OKAY, JODIE AGAIN. MY NAME IS JERRY KUGLER, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UM THIS IS, UM PRESENTING ITEM 18, WHICH IS THE SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. THIS IS A SINGLE READING ITEM FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 11-2023. AGAIN PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PROVIDED ON THE PROPERTY SIGN WAS DISPLAYED AND WAS PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER ON JANUARY 23RD 2023 27. I DO APOLOGIZE. MRS THE SAME LOCATION IS 2.34 ACRES. FEATURE OF THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS A GENERAL COMMERCIAL COUNTY FUTURE LAND USE AS A NATION. AND THE APPLE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE CITY OF STEWART. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY ONE POINT 87.5 PROPERTIES THAT ARE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY SHALL BE GIVEN THE CITY LAND USE DESIGNATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE ANNEXATION IS FINALIZED. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THE PROPERTY BE ASSIGNED IF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY OF COMMERCIAL WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT SURROUNDING AREA. AGAIN THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY DID HEAR THIS PETITION ON JANUARY, 12 2023 HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF WRECKED RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE CITY COMMISSIONER FOR THE SMALL SCALE FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT. AND THIS PETITION CONFORMS TO THIS CRITERIA SET FORTH IN SECTION 11.1 POINT 07 OF THE CITY OF STEWART LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BEFORE THE STATUES AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OBJECTIVES IN THE POLICIES. OF THE CITY OF STEWART COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COMMISSIONER , SIGNING A FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY OF COMMERCIAL FOR THE 0.34 ACRES OF LAND OF ORDINANCE NUMBER. 25 11-2023 AGAIN. THIS THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ONLY REQUIRES ONE READING OF THE OF THE ORDINANCE. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR MOTIONS? EMOTIONAL PROOF. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS SECONDED BY MR MAYOR OF ONE COMMENT. ON PAGE 4 40. MY NAME IS BACKWARDS. GOD THAT'S ALL THE TIME. I MEAN, THE MAYOR'S HAD TROUBLE WITH MY NAME TODAY AND AROUND. THEY'RE GETTING A SIGN THAT THAT'S RIGHT THIS WAY. I THINK IT'S BACKWARDS IN FRONT OF YOU. TROY CAN'T SEE THAT. YEAH. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. DID YOU CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER RICH. YES COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS? YES FACE.

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MAYOR BRUNER. YES. MCDONALD? YES. OKAY IN THE LAST ITEM. THE STEWARD OVERVOTE PETITION FOR

[19. STUART AUTO VAULT, LLC., PETITION FOR REZONE TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING ATLAS ON MONTEREY ROAD (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2512-2023; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; TO REZONE A 0.34-ACRE PARCEL; LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SE MONTEREY ROAD; BEING MORE DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED, FROM B-1 BUSINESS (COUNTY) ZONING DESIGNATION TO B-4 LIMITED BUSINESS/MANUFACTURING (CITY) ZONING DESIGNATION; PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

REZONED TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING ATLAS MONTEREY ROAD. MIKE WOULD YOU READ THE TITLE? AND IS THIS ONE QUESTION? THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL BECAUSE IT IS A ZONING ASSIGNMENT TO THE PROPERTY. IT WOULD BE ORDINANCE TO 512-20 TO 3, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE 30.34 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SOUTHEAST MONTEREY ROAD BEING MORALLY MORE DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED FROM. FROM B ONE'S BUSINESS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY ZONED ANYTHING COUNTY DESIGNATION TO BE FOUR LIMITED BUSINESS MANUFACTURING IN THE CITY ZONING DESIGNATION, PROVIDING DIRECTION TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. OKAY, INDEED , THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY EX PARTY COMMUNICATIONS. AND ARE YOU HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND? I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER RICH AND MOVED DOWN THE LINE. I MET WITH CITY MANAGER DIETS WITH REGARD TO THIS ISSUE. BUT I HAVE AN OPEN MIND. I HAVE DONE. HAVE NONE. I CAN'T REMEMBER ANY COMMUNICATIONS. I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. OKAY AND I AM HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. I MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND HIS REPRESENTATIVES AND STAFF IN THE BASEMENT BREWED HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. HAVE YOU MET WITH ANYONE? OKAY OKAY, SO LET'S SEE. JUST GOOD BEAR DIRECTOR CITY. TERRY, WOULD YOU PLEASE SWEAR IN ANY POTENTIAL WITNESSES? WELL, THOSE OF YOU GIVING TESTIMONY TONIGHT PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OH LOOK, JODY, SITTING OVER THERE. THAT'S MESSED UP. MAN CAN'T SEE HER.

BUT PLEASE STAY ON THE RIDGE RIGHT IN THE REGULAR REFLECT THAT THERE'S TWO PEOPLE. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH? NOTHING ABOUT THE JUICE RIGHT REGARD. AND THAT THE RECORD AFFECT BOTH AFFIRMATIVE TESTIFIED AFFIRMATIVELY. THANK YOU. OKAY AND JODI. IF YOU GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE AGENDA ITEM, INCLUDING THE LOCATION SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, CURRENT ZONING ZONING REQUEST LIST OF APPLICANTS REQUEST TO DEVIATE FROM THE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN. MY NAME IS JERRY CUTLER, THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. UM I'M HERE PRESENTING ITEMS 19, WHICH IS A REASON TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING THAT LIST. THIS ITEM IS ON FIRST READING FOR TONIGHT, AND ITS ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 12.

THAT'S 2023. AGAIN SAME LOCATION IS 2.34 ACRES. THAT THIS IS THE EXISTING ZONING, WHICH IS A B ONE BUSINESS SIGN DESIGNATION THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE COUNTY. AND THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO ASSIGN THE PROPERTY AS A B FOUR LIMITED BUSINESS MANUFACTURING ZONING DESTINATION WITHIN THE CITY. THESE ARE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING DESIGNATION BEING REQUESTED. AND AGAIN, YOUR LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY DID HEAR THIS ITEM ON JANUARY, 12 2023 HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO THE CITY OF COMMISSION TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP. ATLAS PETITION. AND THIS PETITION CONFORMS TO THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN SECTION 11.2 POINT 00 OF THE STUART LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THE STATUES , AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE CITY OF STEWART COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COMMISSION TO APPROVE AMENDING THE OFFICIALS ONLY MAP ALICE TO ASSIGN A B FOR LIMITED BUSINESS MANUFACTURING ZONING DESTINATION. OF THE THREE POINT OF THE 3.0.34 ACRES ON FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 25. 12-2023. OKAY AND THERE'S THE APPLICANT HAVE ANY PRESENTATION, TODD. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD TADMUR WITH RED TAIL HERE TO REALLY SUPPORT JODI'S STAFF REPORT. EXCELLENT JOB AS ALWAYS, AND IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE A FELLOW COLLEAGUE. THAT'S ACTUALLY DOWN HERE SO FROM FROM OUR HEARTS TO YOURS, WE APPRECIATE THE HELP AND SUPPORT THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER. WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SMALL PIECE OF A PART OF A LARGER PROJECT IN THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS? OKAY. LETS SEIZE. LET'S SEE.

THERE'S A VISUAL SEPARATION POSITION. I WISH TO OFFER ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. I'M GUESSING NOW. UH PRESIDENTIAL EVIDENCES ENDED. UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. DONE. OKAY YES, WE CAN , UH, DELIBERATE MAKING EMOTIONS. EMOTIONAL APPROVED. SECOND. WE HAVE EMOTION BY

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COMMISSIONER COLIN'S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ANY COMMENTS FOR ME? THE COMMISSIONER'S SEEING NONE. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE MOTION? SAYING NO TO SAY WHAT YOU CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR BURNER. YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS? YES RICH? YES, MCDONALD'S YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES? ALRIGHT AND THE LAST TWO ITEMS WERE REMOTE WHEN WE APPROVED THE AGENDA, SO MEETING ADJOURNED.

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