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HERE READY? ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR STUART CITY

[ROLL CALL]

COMMISSION MEETING. VERY WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MAYOR MACDONALD MAYOR BRUNER HERE.

COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE, MR COLLINS, COMMISSIONER RICH HERE , OKAY. IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME AND STAND UP FOR THE INVOCATION OR QUALIFY THE PLEDGE IN AN IMPLICATION TODAY WILL BE PASTOR, DR DARRELL ORMOND OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU WITH YOUR JACKETS ON AS I HAVE. 59 19 SAYS THAT FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST THAT PEOPLE WERE JOYCE WHEN THE LORD'S SPIRIT COMES IN, LIKE A FLOOD. YEAH LET'S HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER TOGETHER. FATHER WE JUST WANT TO TELL YOU. WE LOVE YOU TODAY AND THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU PROVIDED FOR US. THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY YOU'VE GIVEN US IN THIS COUNTRY AND LORD, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU PLEASE TO BE WITH OUR CITY OFFICIALS TODAY, OUR MAYOR AND OUR OFFICIALS AND JUST BLESS THEM WITH YOUR WISDOM. WE PRAY THAT THEY WILL SENSE YOUR PRESENCE AND POWER.

AND DEAR GOD, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ALMIGHTY GOD. BRINGING AWAKENING TO THIS NATION IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. OKAY PROBLEM . INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY JUSTICE. PASTOR ARMAND. THANK YOU FOR, UH , ASKING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A NICE EVENT YOU HAD ON THURSDAY. THANK YOU. GOD. THANK YOU. OKAY LET'S MOVE ON TO THE ARTS. UH, LET'S HEAR

[1. ARTS MOMENT - JACQUI MAY TO PRESENT A VARIETY OF HER ORIGINAL ARTWORK]

GUESS WE'RE AT THE ARTS MOMENT. AND TODAY'S ARTS MOMENT IS, UH, JACKIE MAY OUR OWN JACKIE MAY AND IT'S MADE A ART SALON CITY STAFFORD JACKIE MAY WAS RAISED IN A FAMILY OF ARTISTS HAS BEEN CREATING IN A VARIETY OF MEDIUM SINCE CHILDHOOD. HER PHOTOS, PAINTINGS, JEWELRY, COLLAGES AND OTHER WORKS INCORPORATE, FOUND AND RECYCLED MATERIAL TO CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW. EEK AND WHIMSICAL PERSPECTIVES. ON EVERYDAY OBJECTS OF LIFE. SHE FEELS THAT EVERYONE HAS THE CAPACITY TO CREATE ART AND ENCOURAGES ALL TO DO SO. JACKIE MAYOR. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. SO NICE TO SEE YOU ALL HERE. SO AS THE MAYOR SAID, I TRULY DO BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE CAPACITY TO CREATE ART. SO I'VE INVITED SOME OF OUR LOCAL ARTISTS WHO CLAIMED THAT THEY AREN'T ARTIST HERE CREATE. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU DO IS TAKE YOUR GLUE STICK. AND I'M GONNA ASK JIM, MY LOVELY ASSISTANT, JIM TO SCROLL THROUGH . SO IN THE ARTWORK THAT I DO I WORK PRIMARILY IN PAIN, PHOTOGRAPHY, ASSEMBLAGE AND COLLAGE AND I'LL ASK, DON'T LET ME HAVE THE SCISSORS, NO SCISSORS HERE, MAKE SURE ROUNDED ONES IF HE DOES, BUT I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR ARTISTS HERE. DID YOU ALL HAVE A BACKGROUND? YOU ALL HAVE A SAILFISH CONTRIBUTE TO SEND ME THE SELFISH OUR CITY MASCOT. YOU HAVE OTHER RANDOM PIECES. YOU HAVE A FORTUNE FROM A FORTUNE COOKIE YOU CAN USE AS MANY COMPONENTS AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO. OR OR NONE, WHATEVER YOU WANT, THERE IS NO RIGHT OR NO WRONG. GLUE AND STICK HAVE AT IT. 10 SECONDS. THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES AND FOR INSPIRATION. PLEASE START THE PUBLIC COMMENT CLOCK TODAY ON MY LUNCH BREAK AT MY DESK, SO ANYBODY HAS THE CAPACITY TO CREATE ART. IN ANY MOMENT OF ANY DAY, SO I WANT YOU ALL TO BE INSPIRED. BECKY'S GETTING REALLY VIOLENT. AND SO, MR KOLSKI, IF YOU'LL GO THROUGH, I'M SHOWING YOU HERE, SOME OF MY WORK SO HERE HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PAINTINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS. THE CHALLENGE. THAT'S RIGHT. UM NEXT, JIM PHOTOGRAPHY IS ONE OF MY PASSIONS. NEXT, JIM . IT'S KIND OF HARD. CAN WE LOWER THE LIGHTS THAT AN OPTION ? THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK? GO BACK IF YOU DON'T MIND. OKAY, SO PAINTINGS.

AND NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO PHOTOGRAPHY. NEXT. NEXT AND SO THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. I USE EVERYDAY OBJECTS ON BIG INTO RECYCLING. IN FACT, THE COLLAGES THAT ARE ARTISTS WHO ARE WORKING ON ALL INCORPORATE PIECES OF THINGS THAT I HAVE FOUND EITHER FORTUNES FROM FORTUNE COOKIES OR WHEN YOU GO TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND YOU GET GIFT TISSUE AND BAGS . I REUSE ALL OF THOSE, UM THE OBJECT ON THE FAR RIGHT. MY HUSBAND WHO WAS HERE THIS EVENING CAN TELL YOU HE HAD TO HELP ME CARRY THAT IN FROM THE CURB, BECAUSE I SAID WHAT? WE

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CAN'T JUST LEAVE IT ON THE CURB. IT HAS TO BE ART. UM SO ALL OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S DISHES ARE IN THE MOSAIC THAT'S ON THE FAR LEFT THERE. NEXT, JIM. AND COLLAGE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, AND I LOVE COLLAGE BECAUSE IT COULD BE AS LARGE OR A SMALL AS YOU'D LIKE IT TO BE.

YOU CAN JUST LEAVE IT OUT ON A TABLE OR ON YOUR DESK. YOU CAN WORK ON IT THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHENEVER THE MOOD STRIKES YOU NEXT. AND I'VE GOT THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS HERE. IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY SMALL ONE. IT WAS FOR A POSTCARD COLLAGE CONTEST A FEW YEARS AGO, SO I'M HAPPY TO PASS THAT AROUND. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE SMALLER DETAILS THANK YOU, JIM. ACTUALLY PROCESS THERE'S THOSE TISSUES FROM ALL THOSE GIFT BAGS THAT YOU GET ALL THE TIME AND THEN I PAINT WITH THE PAPER ON A LARGER BOARD. CUT IT INTO SMALLER PIECES. WHAT WE'RE USING HERE TODAY FOR OUR BACKGROUND. NEXT AND THAT'S IT. SO LET'S CHECK ON OUR ARTIST. FANTASTIC EVERYBODY. YOU GUYS DID GREAT. SO YOU SEE, IN THREE MINUTES, THESE ARTISTS HAVE CREATED THESE LOVELY WORKS, WHICH I'M GOING TO TAKE BACK TO MY OFFICE IN THE BASEMENT. FRAME AND BRING BACK TO YOU. WELL DONE . LET ME SEE IT. YEAH CAN WE VOTE? YEAH, LET'S THERE IS NO VOTING. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, AND I AM HAPPY TO, UM DO CLASSES OR SESSIONS OR ANYTHING WITH ANY GROUP THAT WOULD LIKE TO CREATE ART, JIMMY. LET'S SEE. OKAY NICE TRYING TO GET OUT. YAHA. OH THAT WAS FUN DOCUMENT. THAT WAS GOOD.

THAT MAN. YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME OF CITY STAFF MEMBER HAS BEEN OUR ARTS MOMENT . I THINK IT'S SO WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE SO MANY TALENTED PEOPLE HERE AT THE CITY OF STEWART THAT THAT ARE SO VERSATILE IN THEIR LIVES, AND SO IT'S WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE TALKING ABOUT ME . STAFF, SO WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE, UH, WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE JACKIE HERE AT THE CITY WHO DOES SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB IN HER IN HER NORMAL, EVERYDAY JOB AS WELL AS BEING A FANTASTIC ARTIST. AS WELL. THANK YOU, JACKIE. MICHAEL, YOU READING THE PROCLAMATIONS. I AM HAPPY. TO LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET IT RIGHT, KEN, IF YOU LIKE IT TWO SECONDS, I'LL HAVE IT UP. I'LL READ THE GO AHEAD, GET IT. I WILL. YES INTRODUCE IT NOW. OKAY

[2. POLICE MEMORIAL WEEK - MAY 9-20, 2023]

SO WE'RE GONNA FIRST PROCLAMATION TODAY IS, UH, PLACE MEMORIAL WEEK MAY 19 TO MAY 20TH 2023 THIS IS PROCLAMATION. POLICE MEMORIAL WEEK, MAY NINE THROUGH MAY 20TH 2023 IT SEEMS LIKE MORE THAN A WEEK. TO RECOGNIZE POLICE MEMORIAL WEEK 2023 TO HONOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES AND SAFEGUARDING OUR DEMOCRACY. WHEREAS THERE ARE MORE THAN 800,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF STEWART POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WHEREAS SINCE THE FIRST RECORDED DEATH IN 17 86. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 23,785 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. AND WHEREAS THE NAMES OF THESE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS OF THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D. C. AND WHEREAS 556 NEW NAMES OF FALLEN HEROES ARE BEING ADDED TO THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL THIS SPRING, INCLUDING 224 OFFICERS KILLED IN 2022 332 OFFICERS KILLED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND WE ARE AS 1/15 IS DEDICATED AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR OF ALL FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND US FLAGS SHOULD BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF. AND WHEREAS THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF ALL OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL BE HONORED DURING THE MEMORIAL CEREMONY, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MAY 15TH AT 10 A.M. AT THE STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW THEREFORE I, TROY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 9TH THROUGH 20TH 2023 AS POLICE MEMORIAL WEEK AND PUBLICLY SALUTE THE SERVICE OF LAW

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ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION. CHIEF TO NOBODY IN THE OFFICERS THAT OUR PRESIDENT , PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION.

THEY THREW THAT BOTTLE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN UP HERE THE WEEK BEFORE. YEAH. THIS ONE. FEW WORDS. YES, THANK YOU. LIKE THAT QUICKLY INTRODUCED A COUPLE OF MY COMMAND STAFF. HAVE CAPTAIN ZANELLA PICK OFF THE DOOR. THEY GO. FIRST WE HAVE OFFICER LEEDHAM. OFFICER SAUNDERS AND CORPORAL AMY DURANT WITH US TODAY, RIGHT. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY. THE COMMISSION, MR BARTELL FOR RECOGNIZING THE GOOD POLICE MEMORIAL WEEK. UM YOU KNOW, IT'S IT IS ALWAYS A.

SOMBER EXPERIENCE WHEN WE LOSE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WHEREVER IT IS IN THE UNITED STATES. UM TO HONOR THE FALLEN OFFICERS. IS MOST PARAMOUNT IN OUR PROFESSION. WE ARE ALL A FAMILY. REGARDLESS OF WE WORK FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A CITY MUNICIPALITY. THE WEST COAST, CALIFORNIA IT DOESN'T MATTER. SO THIS MONDAY, UM EVERY FOUR YEARS WE ROTATE THE SERVICES. OF THE MEMORIAL. OFFICERS. SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE 343 MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THIS YEAR, THE STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING THAT. SO MONDAY. MAY 15TH I INVITE ALL OF YOU? WHICH YOU ALL HAVE AN INVITATION ALREADY? I INVITE THE PUBLIC AS WELL, TOO. COMMENT HONOR THE FALLEN OFFICERS. AT OUR CEREMONY AT THE STORE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AT 10 A.M. 10 A.M. ON MONDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, CHIEF. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION AND

[3. STAMP OUT HUNGER DAY - MAY 13, 2023]

STAMP OUT HUNGER DAY. MIKE. STAMP OUT HUNGER DAY MAY 13TH 2023, WHEREAS EVERY YEAR ON THE SECOND SATURDAY IN MAY LETTER CARRIERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY COLLECT NON PERISHABLE FOOD AS PART OF THE NATION'S LARGEST ONE DAY FOOD DRIVE, DISTRIBUTING THE DONATIONS TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS.

AND WHEREAS THE LETTER CARRIERS STAMP OUT FOOD HUNGER DRIVE IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW LETTER CARRIERS WORK TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE THEY SERVE. SINCE THE PILOT DRIVE WAS HELD IN 1991, MORE THAN A BILLION POUNDS OF FOOD HAVE BEEN COLLECTED. AND WHEREAS FOOD COLLECTED DURING THE STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE PROVIDES A CRITICAL SUPPLY FOR HOUSE OF HOPE AND PARTNERING LOCAL AGENCIES WHO STRIVE TO EMPOWER MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS TO OVERCOME HUNGER AND HARDSHIP. COLLECTED FOOD ITEMS SUPPLY THE FOR CLIENT CHOICE PANTRY SERVICES IN MARTIN COUNTY AND EXPAND EXPANDING NUTRITION INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO COMBAT THE RISING LEVELS OF OBESITY RELATED ILLNESSES IN LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. AND WHEREAS WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALL LETTER CARRIERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, ALL FOOD COLLECTED IN OUR COMMUNITY STAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE SUPPORT CARRIERS EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW THEREFORE, I TRY. MACDONALD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART DO HEREBY CO CLAIM MAY 13TH 2023 AS STAMP OUT HUNGER DAY IN THE CITY OF STEWART AND ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE FOOD DRIVE BY PLACING NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS IN OR NEAR YOUR MAILBOX ON MAY 13TH 2023 ACCEPTING TODAY'S PROCLAMATION IS DEIRDRE KINNAMAN , DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS HOUSE OF HOPE.

SO I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH HOSSA POPE AND ON BEHALF OF THE LETTER CARRIERS. THEY WERE UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR THEM. ALSO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LETTER CARRIERS FOR THE PAST

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31 YEARS HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY. UM JUST IN MARTIN COUNTY ALONE. IT'S WELL OVER A HALF MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN THOSE 31 YEARS. SO IT'S ABOUT Ā£60,000 THAT HELPS US DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS TO PROVIDE FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED HERE, MARTIN COUNTY, AND IT'S A YELLOW BAG THIS YEAR. NO ONE WILL, UM I THINK IT'S A DOGGY BAG. LAST YEAR, IT WAS IT WAS BLANK SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT IT'S FOR THIS YEAR. SO LOOK FOR YOUR YELLOW BAG IN YOUR MAILBOX.

THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FLORIDA EMANCIPATION DAY MAY

[4. FLORIDA EMANCIPATION DAY - MAY 20, 2023]

20TH 2023, WHEREAS ON JANUARY 1ST 18 63 PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, FREEING ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN THE REBELLING SOUTHERN STATES, ANNOUNCING QUOTE THAT ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1863 ALL PERSONS HELD AS SLAVES WITHIN ANY STATE OR DESIGNATED PART OF A STATE. THE PEOPLE WHEREOF SHALL THEN BE IN REBELLION AGAINST THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE THEN SENSE FORWARD AND FOREVER FREE. AND WHEREAS IT WAS MORE THAN TWO YEARS LATER, AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR ON MAY 20TH 18 65 THAT UNION BRIGADIER GENERAL EDWARD M. COOK ANNOUNCED IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, THE FREEING OF THE STATES AFRICAN SLAVES POPULATION ON THAT SAME DAY, SPECIAL ORDER NUMBER 63 ARRIVED FROM MAJOR GENERAL QUINCY A GILLMORE AND STATED THAT QUOTE THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK RACE ARE FREE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND QUOTE AND WHEREAS NEWLY FREED SLAVES CELEBRATED THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WITH A PICNIC AT BULLS POND, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE TALLAHASSEE AND TODAY CALLED LAKE ELLA. AND WHEREAS FOR DECADES AFTER THE INITIAL PROCLAMATION, AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE CARRIED OUT CELEBRATIONS AS A WAY OF BOTH HONORING THE PAST AND CELEBRATING THE PRESIDENT. WHILE THE WHILE THE END OF SLAVERY IN TEXAS IS COMMONLY OBSERVED AS THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE US AND CELEBRATED AS JUNETEENTH, FLORIDA'S OWN DAY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE HISTORY OF AND CONTINUED FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM FOR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS EMANCIPATION DAY HELPS SHED LIGHT ON THE CONTINUING CHALLENGES OUR COUNTRY FACES IN COMBATING RACISM, INEQUALITY, INEQUITY AND INEQUALITY. NOW THEREFORE, I TRY. MACDONALD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 20TH 2023 AS FLORIDA EMANCIPATION DAY AND ACCEPTING TODAY'S PROCLAMATION IS JIMMY SMITH, PRESIDENT THE CPI. YES. YEAH. I'M REALLY SORRY. THANK YOU LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS TO HOLD YOU TO THAT. OKAY FIRST OF ALL I WANNA SAY THANK GOD WE ALL FREE AT LAST. JUST SAY FREE AT LAST FREE AT LAST. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT? WHEN ONE HUMAN BEING IS IN COST OF REGIONAL SLAVERY. WE ALL ARE SUFFERING THE SAME THING. AND SO I TELL YOU GIVE ONE OR TWO GOD. THEY HAVE TOUCH FROM 1918 63. WE KNOW IT'S A 400 YEARS, BUT IT'S 402 YEARS. PEOPLE WAS IN SLAVERY. SOMEWHERE PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE SOME STILL IN SLAVERY. THIS MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SLAVERY, BUT WE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. 100 DEGREES OF GOD. YEAH ALL HUMAN BEINGS MATTERS. AND I THANK GOD FOR THE CITY'S STEWART. WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE W, C P AND OTHER COMMUNITY TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, JIMMY. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS SAFE.

[5. SAFE BOATING WEEK - MAY 20-26, 2023]

BOATING WEEK MAY 22 26 2023. WHEREAS. FOR OVER 100 MILLION AMERICANS, VOTING CONTINUES TO BE A POPULAR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY FROM COAST TO COAST AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN, PEOPLE ARE TAKING TO THE WATER AND ENJOYING TIME TOGETHER, BOATING, SAILING, PADDLING AND FISHING.

DURING NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK. THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AND IT'S FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL SAFE BOATING PARTNERS ENCOURAGE ALL VOTERS TO EXPLORE AND ENJOY AMERICA'S BEAUTIFUL WATERS RESPONSIBLY. AND WHEREAS SAFE BOATING BEGINS WITH PREPARATION, THE COAST GUARD ESTIMATES THAT HUMAN ERROR ACCOUNTS FOR MOST BOATING ACCIDENTS, AND THAT LIFEJACKETS COULD PREVENT NEARLY 83% OF BOATING FATALITIES. THROUGH BASIC BOATING SAFETY PROCEDURES.

CARRYING LIFE SAVING EMERGENCY DISTRESS AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT WEARING LIFE JACKETS

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ATTENDING SAFE BOATING COURSE IS PARTICIPATING IN FREE BOAT SAFETY CHECKS AND STAYING SOBER WHEN NAVIGATING WE CAN HELP ENSURE VOTERS ON AMERICA'S COASTAL'S COASTAL INLAND AND OFFSHORE WATERS. STAY SAFE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AND WHEREAS ON AVERAGE 650 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR IN VOTING RELATED ACCIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. 75% OF THESE ARE FATALITIES CAUSED BY DROWNING. AND WHEREAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VOTERS WHO LOSE THEIR LIVES BY DROWNING EACH YEAR WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY HAD THEY WARNED THEIR LIFEJACKETS NOW THEREFORE, I TRY . MACDONALD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY COMMEND THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE U. S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY FLOTILLA 59 STEWART FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND FURTHERING THE GOALS OF THE BIT SAFE BOATING CAMPAIGN AND PROCLAIM MAY 20TH THROUGH 26 2023. AS SAFE BOATING WEEK AND THE START OF THE YEAR ROUND EFFORT TO PROMOTE VOTER SAFETY AND URGE ALL THOSE WHO VOTE TO PRACTICE SAFE VOTING HABITS AND WEAR A LIFE JACKET AT ALL TIMES WHILE BOATING. AND ACCEPTING TODAY'S PROCLAMATION IS MARCUS KIRA COW FLOTILLA COMMANDER CHERYL O'NEILL. VICE PHOTO COMMANDER HANK USHERED, JEWELRY PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST. ONE DIANE REGAN, AUXILIARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST TO AND WILSON REAGAN, JUNIOR FLOTILLA. STAFF OFFICER MEMBER TRADING. PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN ME FOR A PICTURE PRESENTATION. BALANCE BELL. I MIGHT GET ABOUT FOUND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MICHAEL. GET ALL SIX OF THEM OPENING. GO BACK THERE ONCE TIME. YEAH.

MARCUS OKAY, COME ON. EVERYBODY ON UP THERE, EVERYBODY COME IN. YOU GET IN THERE RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. YOU GOT YOU KNOW. ALRIGHT GOOD WORDS. MR BARRETT WAS SO ELOQUENTLY SPOKEN BEFORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. EXERCISE TONIGHT. OKAY IT DOESN'T WORK TO GO. LET'S SEE HISTORIC PRESERVATION

[6. HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH - MAY 2023]

MONTH MAY 2023 MIKE. WHEREAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR REVITALIZING NEIGHBORHOODS, FOSTERING LOCAL PRIDE IN MAINTAINING COMMUNITY CHARACTER. AND WHEREAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS RELEVANT FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION, BOTH URBAN AND RURAL AND FOR AMERICANS OF ALL AGES ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND ALL ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS. AND WHEREAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR LIVES, AND WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS AND HELPING TO PRESERVE THE TANGIBLE ASPECTS OF THE HERITAGE THAT HAS SHAPED US AS A PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS THE MARTIN COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD HAS PLANNED EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MARTIN COUNTY THROUGHOUT MARTIN COUNTY DURING THE MONTH OF MAY TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND THE NEED FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN ORDER TO SAVE OUR LOCAL TREASURES. THIS YEAR'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH HONORS. ALICE LOCKHART, A LOCAL HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR, WHO IS REMEMBERED FOR HER LIFELONG HISTORIC PRESERVATION WORK. NOW THEREFORE , I TRY. MACDONALD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 20TH 22 MAY 2023 AS HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA IN HONOR OF LOCAL HISTORIAN ALICE LOCKHART FURTHER I CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF STEWART. TO JOIN THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND RECOGNIZING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS SPECIAL OBSERVANCE AND ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING IS SHERRY LEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE MARTIN COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. SHERRY.

KEYWORDS. HELLO, EVERYONE. SHERRY LEE, CHAIR OF MARTIN COUNTY, HISTORIC PRESERVATION THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION. I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO ATTEND OUR MANY EVENTS THIS MONTH. WE HAVE ONGOING TOURS AND EVENTS. ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THE CAPTAIN SEWELL'S HOUSE, THE MANSION AT TUCKAHOE. WE HAVE A RECEPTION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING THE PRESERVATIONIST OF THE YEAR. THIS YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE ELLIOTT

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MUSEUM. THURSDAY, MAY 18TH FROM 5 TO 6 30. IT'S A FREE EVENT WITH FOOD, DRINKS, MUSIC AND, OF COURSE, HONORING OUR PRESERVATIONIST OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS THIS YEAR, LLOYD JONES . HE'S THE FOUNDING CHAIR OF THE MARTIN COUNTY BLACK HERITAGE INITIATIVES. SO VERY IMPORTANT RECEPTION FOR HIM ON THE 18TH. WE ALSO HAVE TOURS AT THE HISTORIC LOG CABIN. WE HAVE THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY IS HAVING A PRESENTATION BY SANDRA THURLOW 80TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT THE FLAGLER CENTER. AND WE HAVE AN ARCHAEOLOGY EVENT. SHIPWRECK TALES AT THE HOPE SOUND LIBRARY , SO THERE ARE OTHER EVENTS AS WELL HAVE LEFT THE SCHEDULE HERE. THEY'RE ALSO ONLINE AT MARTIN COUNTY, SO I HOPE WE WILL SEE EVERYONE AT THESE EVENTS THIS MONTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

[7. MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH - HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED - MAY 2023]

MONTH MAY 2023 WHEREAS THERE IS A PROVEN CONNECTION BETWEEN GOOD MENTAL HEALTH AND OVERALL PERSONAL HEALTH. ONLY ONE OUT OF TWO PEOPLE WITH A SERIOUS FORM OF MENTAL ILLNESS SEEKS TREATMENT FOR HIS OR HER MENTAL ILLNESS. AND WHEREAS SURROUNDINGS CAN IMPACT, IF HOW AND WHEN A PERSON'S NEEDS ARE MET. WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS MENTAL HEALTH. PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS RECOVER IF GIVEN THE NECESSARY SERVICES AND SUPPORT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WITH EARLY AND EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS CAN RECOVER AND LEAD FULL, PRODUCTIVE LIVES. AND WHEREAS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO REDUCE STIGMA IS THROUGH PERSONAL CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS TO ALLEVIATE THE FEAR OF DISCRIMINATION. AND WHEREAS HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED. AS HIGHLY SKILLED THERAPISTS WHO PROVIDES SPECIALIZED OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS. AND WHEREAS PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS MAKE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES EACH BUSINESS SCHOOL GOVERNMENT AGENCY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATION AND CITIZENS, SHARE THE BURDEN OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELLNESS AND SUPPORT PREVENTION EFFORTS. AND WHEREAS GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS CAN CHANGE NEGATIVE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS TOWARD PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS NOW, THEREFORE, I TRY MCDONALD'S AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, THE MONTH OF MAY 2023 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. I CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS. TO RECOMMIT OUR COMMUNITY TO INCREASING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL ILLNESS. REDUCING STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTING APPROPRIATE AND ACCESSIBLE SERVICES FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES. HENRY ACCEPTING THIS EVENING IS SUSIE HUTCHINSON, CEO OF HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED . THANK YOU. THANKS. SUSIE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM SUSIE. HOW CHESTER AND WITH HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED. INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT SUBJECT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'VE ALL READ ABOUT THE INCREASE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WITH CHILDREN SINCE THE PANDEMIC FAMILIES ADULTS IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME AND EACH TIME COMMISSION OR AN INDIVIDUAL OR SOMEONE RECOGNIZES ITS SUPPORT. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. WE ALL KNOW THE STARFISH STORY. PERSON THROWING THE STARFISH BACK. PERSON COMES ALONG AND SAYS YOU'LL NEVER HELP MA. WHY ARE YOU EVEN TRYING? AND HE SAYS, BUT I'LL HELP THIS ONE. SO EACH TIME YOU THINK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH THINK ABOUT HELPING US REDUCE THE STIGMA. ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET HELP AND REMEMBERING THAT AS A COMMUNITY , WE'RE A FAMILY AND FAMILIES HELP EACH OTHER, SO HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED IS PROUD TO SERVE THE THOUSANDS THAT WE DO. AND WE ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE FOLKS THAT WE WORK WITH. AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUSAN. THE NEXT

[8. KEEP MARTIN BEAUTIFUL GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP - MARCH 20 - JUNE 20, 2023]

PROCLAMATION IS KEEP MARTIN BEAUTIFUL, GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP DAY. LIKE WHEREAS THE KEEP MARTIN BEAUTIFUL GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP DAY HAS BEEN HELD IN MARTIN COUNTY FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL. AND WHEREAS THE GREAT AMERICAN

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CLEANUP ANNUALLY ENGAGES MORE THAN 500,000 VOLUNTEERS AND PARTICIPANTS WHOSE WORK RETURNS ON AVERAGE MORE THAN $100 MILLION IN MEASURABLE BENEFITS ACROSS THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES AND WHEREAS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL CITIZENS ARE EMPOWERED TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE DURING THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE MARTIN COUNTY'S ENVIRONMENT. WHEREAS THIS YEAR THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING MARCH, 20TH. AND RUNS THROUGH JUNE 20TH. WITH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND CLEAN UP ACTIVITIES BEING HELD IN MARTIN COUNTY. NOW THEREFORE , I TRY. MACDONALD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, PROCLAIMED THE BEGINNING ON MARCH 20TH THROUGH JUNE. 20TH IS KEITH MARTIN. BEAUTIFUL GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP DAY AND STUART, FLORIDA FURTHER. THE CITY COMMISSIONERS COMMEND THE VOLUNTEERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF KEITH MARTIN BEAUTIFUL WHO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF BEAUTIFYING AND REVITALIZING COMMUNITIES, MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN MARTIN COUNTY. AND THE CITY OF STEWART'S QUALITY OF LIFE. AND ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION. TENET IS JENNIFER STALL WISE, VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER OF THE KEITH MARTIN BEAUTIFUL BOARD AND OUR OWN CITY EMPLOYEE IN L. IHG, WHO IS THE SECRETARY OF THE KEITH MARTIN BEAUTIFUL BOARD . THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOU ALL LIKE TO SAY PEOPLE. YEAH. UM THANK YOU, MAYOR MCDONALD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION. IT MEANS EVEN MORE TO RECEIVE IT WITH THESE INCREDIBLY WORTHY PROCLAMATION RECIPIENTS IN THIS ROOM. THANK YOU FOR MAKING US PART OF THAT. MY FAMILY MOVED HERE IN 1989.

IT'S AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE, RAISED. MY DAUGHTER'S HERE CLEANING UP OUR BEACHES AND CLEANING UP OUR PARKS. AND I HOPE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO DO THAT WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A WONDERFUL PLACE TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES AND CALL HOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IN OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION OF THE EVENING, UM

[9. GARDEN WEEK - JUNE 4-10, 2023]

, GARDEN WEEK, JUNE 4TH THROUGH TUNE 10TH 2023 MIKE. WHEREAS GARDENERS HAVE A PASSION FOR NURTURING THE BEAUTY AND RESOURCES OF THE EARTH TO THE PLANTING OF SEEDS, CARE OF ALL PLANTS AND THE RICHES OF THEIR EFFORTS. AND WHEREAS GARDENERS SEEK TO ADD BEAUTY, SPLENDOR, FRAGRANCE AND NUTRITION TO OUR LIVES THROUGH THE GROWING OF HERBS, VEGETABLES, SPOILAGE AND FLOWERS, AND WE'RE AS GARDENERS WORK TO PRESERVE OUR COUNTRY'S TRADITIONAL SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE AND INITIATIVE. THROUGH INNOVATION AND HARD WORK. AND WHEREAS GARDENERS ADVOCATE THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL CREATURES, LARGE AND SMALL, THAT SHARE OUR WORLD WITH THEIR ROLES IN A BALANCED AND PRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY, AND WHEREAS GARDENING FURNISHES A CHALLENGING AND PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY FOR OUR CITIZENS. FOR THOSE JUST LEARNING AS WELL AS THOSE HAVING YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND WHEREAS GARDENING PROMOTES A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE THAT LASTS A LIFETIME HELPS REDUCE STRESS FROM OTHER AREAS OF OUR LIFE TEACHES THAT REWARDS CAN COME FROM DILIGENT EFFORTS. AND WHEREAS GARDENING ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE GARDEN CLUBS ACROSS THE NATION AND THE WORLD TO MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY RESIDE AND WORK NOW, THEREFORE, IN AN IN AN EFFORT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF GARDENING AND THE NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF GARDENERS AND GARDEN CLUBS, MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 4TH THROUGH 10TH 2023 IS GARDEN WEEK IN THE CITY OF STEWART, AND ACCEPTING TODAY'S PROCLAMATION IS ROSETTA ERISTOFF, PRESIDENT OF THE GARDEN CLUB OF STEWART.

OKAY? SURE THANK YOU. THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. MHM 20 YEARS AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ROSITA ARISTO OFF. PRESIDENT OF THE GARDEN CLUB OF STEWART, AND I AM HONORED TO RECEIVE THE GARDEN WEEK PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE GARDEN CLUB, THE GARDEN CLUB OF HIS STORIES AMONG AS MANY AS 5000 GARDEN CLUBS ACROSS AMERICA AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL GARDEN CLUBS, ALL OF WHICH WAS SOON BE CELEBRATING. NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK ON JUNE 4TH TO THE 10TH. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

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US TO ENCOURAGE PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO WORK WITH OTHER LIKE MINDED GROUPS INVOLVED IN THE AREAS OF FLORIDA FRIENDLY PLANTINGS. NATIVE PLANTINGS FLORIDA SIGN AND GENERALLY SHARING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GARDENING. ONE OF OUR PROJECTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR WEEK WILL BE TO PLACE FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS AT ALL OF MARTIN COUNTY'S PUBLIC LIBRARIES. SO ON BEHALF OF THE GARDEN CLUB OF HIS TOUR, I THANK THE STORE CITY COMMISSION FOR RECOGNIZING WITH THIS PROCLAMATION. OUR EFFORTS TOO BEAUTIFUL TO BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY. WE NOW LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT. ANYONE WHO HAS TIME FOR DRAMA IS SIMPLY NOT GARDENING. ANY LAUGH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TRY THANK YOU. OKAY SO MOVING ON ITEM NUMBER 10. AH MR KUROWSKI. JIM CARROLL, SKI

[10. CITY OF STUART DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN]

COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE ITEM 10, WHICH IS A CITY OF STEWART DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN, AND JIM CARESS IS BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS DIRECTORS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PUT THIS PRESENTATION ON FOR YOU AS A FIRST DRAFT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. RIGHT? GET THE LIGHTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JIM CAREY'S YOU KNOW ME AS A CITY PLANNER. FORMER RESIDENT AND YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNER FROM MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO, AS WELL AS DOING SOME SIERRA WORK HERE, SO I'M HONORED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU. AS YOU'VE BEEN WORKING AWAY. I BOTH COMMISSION AND STAFF. PICTURED HERE WITH WORKING THROUGH THE HUNDREDS OF IDEAS THAT WE'VE EVALUATED AS WE WERE COLLECTING OUR VISIONS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES TODAY. I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A QUICK HOW DID WE GET HERE? WHAT'S IN THE PLAN EMERGING DRAFT REMIND YOU OF HOW IT COULD BE USED AND WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT IT AT A FUTURE DATE. AS IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, YOU HAD AN INTERESTING RECAP OF THE LAST 10 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I THINK YOU CELEBRATED. THE SUCCESS IS TOO MANY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTED AS WE ARE NORMALLY HAVE A TURNOVER OF STAFF AND WHATNOT , BUT IT BRINGS CONTINUITY AND IT'S QUITE COMPLIMENTARY OF YOU STUCK TO THAT VISION. YOU STUCK TO THAT PLAN OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. SO YOU DECIDED TO RE ENGAGE LATE IN 22. I KNOW YOU VISITED MANY WITH MICHELLE BURGER THAN GIVING RISE TO MY WORK AND WORKING WITH STAFF BOTH SIT DOWN INTERVIEWS AS A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS. UM. AND EVENTUALLY SYNTHESIZING THAT INTO A DRAFT NOW. I'M ALWAYS WARY OF MY ROLE THROUGHOUT THIS AS AN UNBIASED THIRD PARTY. THIS IS NOT MY PLAN. Y'ALL PEOPLE WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, CALL IT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE YOURS. OTHERWISE WE FOLD IF YOU DON'T EMBRACE IT AND DO IT. YOU'RE WASTING TIME AND MONEY.

BUT AS WE KNOW IT IS A BEST PRACTICE RECOGNIZED BY COMPANIES AND THE CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION ALIKE AS A WAY TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS. TOWARDS SOME COMMON VISION. AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO HOW TO WHAT STRATEGIES TO PURSUE A JUST AS THE ORIGINS OF IT CAME FROM MILITARY SO WE HOPE THAT IN THIS DRAFTING, WE HAVE REPRESENTED THE MOST IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES THAT YOU HAVE HELPED IDENTIFY. MANY OF THOSE ARE REPEATS OVER THE YEARS AND THEIR NAGGING PROBLEMS OR CHALLENGES, BUT DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD, THAT CHALLENGE CAN BE AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO TACKLE AND FINALLY DECIDE. WE SETTLED ON A VISION THAT I'LL MENTION IN JUST A MINUTE. THIS EMERGING DRAFT HAS FOUR MAIN GOALS OF ABOUT AS MANY OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES SOMEWHERE IN THE 25 ISH RANGE.

THE STRATEGIES TO ME ARE REALLY THE BACKBONE BECAUSE THERE WERE YOU SPEND MONEY THERE. WHAT YOU DO PROJECTS THERE THE PRECIOUS FEW THINGS. THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN THE NEXT. IN THIS CASE WE'RE GOING THROUGH, UH, ABOUT A FIVE YEAR UM PLAN HORIZON. AND THEN WE MEASURE OUR PERFORMANCE AND GREAT OURSELVES ON HOW WE'RE DOING. WE CAREFULLY SELECTED THIS VISION STATEMENT TO MELD

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TOGETHER. DO YOU REMEMBER, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ONE OF OUR WORKSHOP, WE SAID, BE A CITY. WELL, THERE IT IS. IT DOESN'T SAY CITY OF STEWART, IT SAYS, BE A CITY. UM WE'RE NOT READY TO CHART THAT TO TELL YOU THAT VISION RIGHT NOW. SO THIS CHARTS A VISION. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE IN THE FORM OF A CHARETTE. 3 2029. WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT BUILD OUT, AREN'T WE? SOMEWHERE IN THAT 2029 2027 RANGE OF WHERE WE MEET OUR THEORETICAL BUILD OUT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE EVERYBODY'S WORRIED ABOUT HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE COULD COME TO STEWART OR NOT? SO THIS IS A HEALTHY DISCUSSION. TO CREATE THAT VISION. THERE ARE FOUR PILLARS TO THIS THE LIVABLE PART THAT WE'RE SO PROUD OF. IT WERE QUITE WHERE SMALL SCALE IS OUR ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AESTHETIC CREATE A LIVING, MORE LIVABLE PLACE. THAT'S UH, MOPE AND AFFORDS US MOBILITY WITH SAFETY. SECONDLY WE KNOW THAT WE'RE AND THESE AREN'T IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER.

THESE THESE GOALS. UM WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN ENTERTAINMENT AND ACTIVITY CENTER AND VERY PROUD OF THAT CONSTANT EFFORT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME HERE. CAN WE DO THIS, THOUGH? CAN WE PAY FOR IT? WHAT IS OUR FINANCIAL SECURITY? THOSE ARE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE IN THIS IN THE BREATH OF THIS, UH PLAN. AND ABOVE ALL SAFETY AS YOU REMINDED US AT ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS. WE FEEL SAFE NOW WE'RE COMPLEMENTARY OF ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS , BUT WE NEED TO KEEP THAT UP AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT'S A PIECE OF OUR COLLECTIVE HEALTH THAT'S WOUND TOGETHER WITH OUR RIVERFRONT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HOLD SO PRECIOUS. IN THE IN THE PLAN AS WELL. WE WOULD REPEAT THE MISSION AND LEADERSHIP CREDO THAT YOU HAVE HAD IN THE OLD ONE. THIS IS BASICALLY HOW DO WE CONDUCT OURSELVES? HOW DO WE AS OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND STAFF THROUGH EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE THROUGH ALWAYS FISCAL PRUDENCE, ETCETERA. SOME OF THOSE VALUES THAT ARE LISTED HERE. AND NOW THE MEAT OF THE PLAN, WHICH NOT UNLIKE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN. THAT'S A BIG NUMBER AT THE TOP. RIGHT THIS POSSIBLE APPROACHING $60 MILLION OF THE KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, AND THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE, BY THE WAY THE NEW WATER PLANT BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF STRATEGIC PLANS THAT ARE LEFT WITH FLUFFY OBJECTIVES AND NICE SOUNDING GOALS. I HAVE ALWAYS COMMITTED TO TRY TO GET US PAST THAT INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF WHAT IS THE GOAL WE'RE PURSUING? WHO IS DOING IT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? AND WHEN? SO TO OUR ENGINEERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE ROOM. THIS GANT CHART GIVES US A LOT OF INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE SO VERY QUICKLY. AND THEN HOW DO WE PERFORM IT? HOW DO WE MEASURE OURSELVES? HOW ARE WE DOING SO PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE BUILT IN SO I'LL GO THROUGH THE FOLD FOUR GOAL AREAS VERY, VERY BRIEFLY BY MENTIONING BUT A FEW OF THE ACTION STRATEGIES. UM PROBABLY IN MY OPINION. NOW I'M PUTTING ON MY PROFESSIONAL HAT. I BELIEVE THAT TO DETERMINE YOUR VISION FOR BUILD OUT THAT YOU WOULD ENGAGE IN A CHARETTE OF FULL BLOWN PROFESSIONALLY DONE DESIGN CHARETTE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH FOR SO MANY YEARS. WHAT IS OUR PARKING IN MOBILITY LOOK LIKE WHERE IS OUR HOUSING? WHERE ARE THE CORE ACTIVITY CENTERS? ARE WE GOING TO MOVE CITY? TO THE WATERFRONT PROGRAMMING, SO I DO BELIEVE, AND WE'VE GIVEN SOME DETAILS IN THIS DRAFTING TO GET YOU THERE COULD COST IN THE 150 TO $200,000 RANGE IS A QUICK IS A GOOD ESTIMATE OF THIS KIND OF EXERCISE CAN TAKE PARTNERSHIPS AND WE WOULD INVITE IN PARTNERSHIPS TO CONDUCT THAT CHARETTE. UM BRANDING AND NAMING NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE DID IN THE LAST PLAN IS WAS A CARRYOVER DOWNTOWN, PARKING IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUCTURE SOMETHING YOU'VE BANDIED ABOUT FOR SOME TIME. AND I'M GOING OVER. REALLY? I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE SHORT TITLES HERE INSTEAD OF ALL THE ALL THE WEEDS US ONE CORRIDOR COMPLETE STREET PLAN, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN INTRODUCED BY YOUR STAFF PRIOR SO ALL OF THOSE SUPPORT THE LIVABLE COMMUNITY. NOW LET'S GO TO THE SAFETY ENVIRONMENT AND HELPFUL. WE HONOR OUR AS WE SAID , OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE AT THE TABLE WITH US IN THESE DISCUSSIONS, AND SO YOU CAN SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IN THE UPCOMING

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BUDGETS. FIRE STATION THREE. OF COURSE YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT THEY ELEVATED THAT, BY THE WAY, THE WAY WE ENDED UP RANKING, THESE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS THE TIMING OF ESSENTIALLY SO THAT'S HOW THEY FLOAT IN THE GAP CHART. THE WATER PLANT IS SOON TO BE ON LINE AS IMPORTANT YOUR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS REMIND US OF ASSESSING OUR BACKLOG.

THIS MAY NOT BE TOO SEXY TO GO AND CUT A RIBBON FOR A NEW PARK , BUT THE PIPES UNDER THE STREET IF THEY'RE FAILING US, IT'S TOO LATE ONCE WE HAVE THAT NEXT HURRICANE AND OUT OF RESPECT TO OUR ESPECIALLY OUR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS, THEY'RE ASKING THAT ASSESSING BACKLOGS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. WE HAVE THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT ALREADY UNDERWAY. FINISHING UNDERGROUND UTILITIES IS A FEW FEW YEARS OUT. FINISHING SIGN. SIGN UP AND SAVE, WHICH I KNOW THAT'S COME BEFORE YOU RECENTLY AND YOU HAVE A TIMELINE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. UM CAPITAL, UH, FLEET IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGAIN. A REMINDER THAT OUR CAR INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMOBILES DON'T OPERATE FOREVER IN THIS OVER THIS CUTS ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST PUBLIC SAFETY. UH STORM WATER MASTER PLAN AND RECLAIMED WATER. THESE ALL ARE DESIGNED TO AGAIN TO PURSUE THAT GOAL. STRATEGICAL OF HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT IN DOING WHAT WE CAN TO IMPROVE THE RIVER WATER QUALITY. NEXT JUST FOUR ITEMS IN THE ACTIVITIES AND RECREATION.

YOU'RE ALREADY MOVING ALONG TOWARDS MEMORIAL PARK, FACING THE FINAL PHASING AND FIGURING OUT A WAY TO PAY FOR THE AMPHITHEATER. GUY DAVIS PARK. IS BOTH 2ND AND 4TH IN THAT THERE'S THE COMPLETION OF THE PARK IS RECOMMENDED, AS WELL AS THE REBUILDING OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH COULD COME A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER. AND THEN LAST A LIVING SHORELINE ALONG FLAGLER PARK. I THINK A CONCEPT THAT'S BEEN INTRODUCED TO YOU BEFORE. UM LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, IN FACT, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT IS UM. WE HAVE AND NEVER ENDING GROWING NEEDS WITHOUT THE MEANS TO FINANCE SO THE IDEA IS THAT WE KICKED AROUND WITH YOU INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM FIRE SERVICES ASSESSMENT FEE THAT SEEMS TO BE FIRST OUT OF THE BLOCKS. IF WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE THIS DEFENDANT DEFINITIVE USE FOR THE WELLS FARGO PROPERTY BECAUSE IT IS A FINANCIAL QUESTION RIGHT NOW. THIRD IS LESS OF A FUND FUNDING STRATEGY AS OPPOSED TO AVOIDING FINANCIAL HARM. WE ALL KNOW THE BRIDGE IS A IS A SIGNIFICANT LIFEBLOOD FOR OUR CITY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THAT WE NEED A STRATEGY TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND PROTECT OUR INTERESTS. CAN WE GET MORE OUT OF GRANTS AND LOBBYING? SHOULD UH, THIS THE NEXT ITEM IS PROPOSES TO REVISE OUR EVENTS, FEE STRUCTURE AND YIELD. NOT PROBABLY A BIG DOLLAR ITEM, BUT STILL SOMETHING THAT MADE THE CUT LIST OF OUR STRATEGIES. ARE WE HAPPY WITH OUR COST SHARING AGREEMENTS? IN MANY CASES, WE FEEL LIKE WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN THE SHORT END OF THE STICK AND I WON'T NAME NAMES, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS BARGAINING AND NEGOTIATING IN OUR BEST INTEREST. OBVIOUSLY. AND LAST. I'VE HAD SOME HEALTHY DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR ABOUT WITH THE NOT FOR PROFIT FUNDING THAT COULD GO DIRECTLY TO CIVIC NEEDS HERE. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF WEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS AN EFFORT TO SAY, WHY DON'T WE FORM A TASK FORCE? WHY DON'T WE ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND FIND A WAY TO TAP INTO PRIVATE WEALTH THAT COULD GO TO CIVIC USES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT'S WHAT THE IDEA IS HERE. NOW I THREW IN THE LAST ONE ON HERE, NOT AS A THREAT. BUT ISN'T THIS THE REAL ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AT IF NONE OF THIS WORKS WHAT'S LEFT IN OUR IN OUR BAG OF TRICKS OTHER THAN TALKING ABOUT TAX INCREASES OR CUTBACKS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE GIVES, BUT WE GAVE UP A LONG, HARD LOOK AT OUR FINANCIAL STATUS GOING INTO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR FURTHER. HOW WOULD THE PLAN BE USED? REMEMBER IT'S NOT A LEGAL REQUIREMENT, BUT I OBSERVED THAT NOT ONLY YOUR STAFF, BUT INVESTORS, REAL ESTATE RESIDENTS, THEY GET CHARGED BY A DEFINITIVE VISION, AND THAT VISION IS KIND OF SQUISHY RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, I LOOKED THROUGHOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHERE'S THE VISION? THE LATEST C R A PLAN? WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE. SO THIS VISION IS MY SUGGESTION TO YOU BEING IN THIS FIELD OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME CITIES AROUND FLORIDA WHO HAS

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THE BACKBONE TO DO THIS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE INCREMENTAL DECISIONS. OF COURSE, YOU HAVE HEALTHY DEBATES EVERY OTHER WEEK , BUT THE INCREMENTAL DECISIONS DON'T TELL US THAT OVERARCHING VISION, SO THAT'S WHAT I HOPE YOU'LL FIND SOME VALUE IN THIS EFFORT. UM THIS DRIVES OTHER OTHER PLANS. BUT REMEMBER, IT'S NOT A LEGAL REQUIREMENT AND HOW YOU, UH, UH, FOLDED INTO YOUR BUDGETING. UM, HOW EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED AGAINST PURSUING THIS PLAN? IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR YOU TO USE THIS STRATEGIC PLAN AS YOU CHOOSE TO USE IT OWN IT. KEEP IT REPORT PROGRESS AND THE LIKE AND REMEMBER, IT'S NOT MY PLAN. IT NEEDS TO BE YOURS.

SO WITH THAT, UM I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS. AND I KNOW THAT ARE MY DISCUSSION WITH STAFF WAS THAT EITHER EITHER LATER IN MAY OR EARLY JUNE IS A WINDOW. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH US WHETHER IT'S EXCEPT ADOPT. ETCETERA THIS STRATEGIC PLAN IN COMMENTS UM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JIM. WE'RE DOING THAT. AND I KNOW THAT YOU DID THE 2013. I THINK WE'RE MR NICHOLAS. IT WAS CITY MANAGER. HE HAD BEEN USING IT MOST OF THE TIMES TO WORK ALONG WITH THE BUDGET AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MATCH IS THERE ANY MONETARY THINGS THAT YOU'VE PUT IN THAT WE THAT ENCOURAGES US. TO MATCH CERTAIN GOALS AND FIGURE OUT MONIES. MR MAYOR. UM EVERY ITEM INCLUDES AN ESTIMATED PRICE OR COST, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE THAT'S MORE DEFINITIVE. WE TAKE OUR BEST SWIPE AT IT IN HERE. SO EACH ITEM YOU'LL SEE ON EACH OF THOSE 26 ITEMS. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE FINE PRINT THAT HELPS DIRECT STAFF AND REALLY THE ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS IS WE? WE DIDN'T WRITE THIS PLAN AS A ACUTE SEE FLUFFY LOTS OF PICTURES. IT'S DESIGNED FOR STAFF TO BE A WORKING DOCUMENT SO THAT IDEALLY THEY CAN GO TO ITEM SIX A AND WRITE A BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM IT AS WELL AS A WORK PLAN. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S A LOT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM THANK YOU, JIM. I THINK IT ACTUALLY I THINK THE I THINK IT IS MUCH MORE OF A WORKING DOCUMENT THAT OUR LAST ONE IN OUR LAST ONE WAS A WORKING DOCUMENT. SO I THINK THAT YOU'VE I THINK, AND I THINK THAT YOU GOT THE ESSENCE OF OUR OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH A LOT OF THOUGHT IT SPENDING THE NEXT FEW DAYS GOING OVER IT AND THEN GIVING COMMENTS TO MIKE AND JIM SO. SO MR BARRY IS SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT TO BRING IT BACK FOR ADOPTION ON THE 22ND. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE AS FAST AS THE 22ND. I KNOW THAT, UH I'VE TALKING SPOKEN TO JIM CHARLES KEY ABOUT IT AS WELL AND OUR INTENTION. IS TO ATTEMPT FOR THE 22ND. BUT IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE. JUST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THIS JURY TRIAL FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, AND AS A RESULT, UM I'M A LITTLE BEHIND SCHEDULE TRYING TO CATCH UP. BUT IF WE GET IT DONE AND GET IT ON THE AGENDA IN TIME TO BE ON THE 22ND, WE'LL BRING IT BACK. IF THAT WILL BE THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE, THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE, YOU BETTER HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANT TO GO OVER WITH, WITH MAYBE THE TWO GEMS AND, UM SO THAT WAY WE HAVE TIME TO THAT WAY. WE'RE RATHER NOT RUSH IT, SO I WOULD AGREE, MR MAYOR, IT'S A LOT OF MATERIAL AND YEAH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH STAFF REGARDING WHAT THEY SEE AS IS POSSIBLE AND DOABLE SO EARLY JUNE MAKES MORE SENSE. OKAY OKAY . WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMENT. BY THE WAY, THIS THIS SYNCS WITH YOUR BUDGET CYCLE. THAT'S WHY YOU DID IT NOW, SO THAT'S SMART. YOU'RE READY FOR BUDGET SEASON. YOU CAN WRESTLE WITH THESE BIG ITEMS AS YOU'RE GOING INTO YOUR NORMAL BUDGET CYCLE. I SEE JULIE OUT THERE. OKAY THANK THANK YOU. JIM WORKED VERY HARD ON IT. SO WE WANT TO THANK HIM THUS FAR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL

[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]

THE COMPLETED THANK YOU. MR WILSON, ALSO OKAY, MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS HERE. WHY DON'T YOU GO FIRST TODAY? UM. THAT'S AWFUL THINGS. HMM. I WAS AT THE LET ME GET MY LITTLE NOTES HERE. UM. THE MEAT FREDERICK DOUGLASS IN THE PARK DOWN AT THE. D OLD COLORED SCHOOLHOUSE. ULA WAS THERE, BUT IT WAS SUCH A OH, IT WAS JUST SO NICE. AND I'M GOING TO READ OFF. UM YOU KNOW ALL THE DIFFERENT THE HISTORY OF ALL OF US. HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY AND

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THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT THE SAID, HAVE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME. AND WE NEVER LOSE THAT HISTORY, AND WE KEEP ADDING TO IT AND ALL THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE SO MANY MEN AND WOMEN OUT THERE.

UM. YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERING SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN AND THE FUNDS FINALLY CALM AND IT JUST TAKES YEARS AND YEARS. AND WHILE I WAS THERE, AND I'M GONNA ADD YOU LOOK TO THIS BECAUSE I THINK SHE WELL, KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHERE I'M COMING FROM. IF NOT, THAT'S OK.

BUT JOAN, UM NOT JOAN. UH JULIE PRIEST WAS THERE AND SHE WAS TALKING TO ME. AND SHE HAS A CONCERN. UM ABOUT US UP HERE AND NEW COMMISSIONERS OR IF WE'RE HAVEN'T LIVED HERE. ALL THE YEARS THAT WE HAVE THAT TO NOT LET IT SLIP BY OUR HISTORY. BLACK WHITE, UM, JUST THE MARTIN COUNTY HISTORY. THE OLD BUILDINGS SUPPORTING MAKING SURE WE TAKE CARE OF THEM AND SHE HAD SAID THIS WITH TWO OF HER OTHER FRIENDS WITH WHICH WAS JOAN JEFFERSON AND ANNE MARIE MCMILLAN. AND THESE WERE PEOPLE. THAT STARTED THE MAIN STREET. THEY THAT. WHERE DID CHANGES OH, DUMPY DOWNTOWN. IT WAS IT WAS REALLY AWFUL WHEN EVERYTHING WENT TO THE MALL. AH I WISH I COULD SEE IT. BUT ANYWAY WHAT THESE WOMEN AND THEIR HUSBANDS AND THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM DID FOR THIS CITY DID FOR THIS COUNTY IS CONTINUING AND THEY'RE UP THERE IN AGE. AND I DON'T WANT THEM, UM. THEM TO BE VERY CONCERNED LIKE THAT. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE WILL. WE'LL CONTINUE. WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND TO TEACH EVERYONE THAT COMES INTO OUR TOWN INTO OUR COUNTY.

HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. AND WE DO WANT TO LEAVE IT. THAT GREAT, CHARMING CITY THAT GREAT, WONDERFUL COUNTY WE ARE DIFFERENT AND WE REALLY ARE BLESSED HERE, BUT WE WON'T BE IF WE DON'T CONTINUE WHAT THEY WANT US TO. AND UM JIMMY SMITH HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU HOW WONDERFUL THAT WAS . AND IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL GATHERING. AND SO MANY WERE THERE AND LET ME READ TO YOU QUICKLY. I HOPE IT'S OKAY. TO READ TO YOU WHO WAS IT WAS AND WHO HOSTED THIS SALERNO COLLEGE SCHOOL WITH OUR LIVE FREDERICK DOUGLASS. HE WAS GREAT ANYWAY.

YES YES. THANK YOU. IT WAS HOSTED BY THE MARTIN COUNTY BLACK HERITAGE INITIATIVES WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MARTIN COUNTY. MARTIN COUNTY JAIL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, STUART HERITAGE MUSEUM AND THE MARTIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM. AND THIS YOU KNOW? ALL THAT INTERTWINED AND KNOWLEDGE, AND WE JUST LOST ALICE. AND. YOU KNOW WHEN WE LOSE THESE PEOPLE IT JUST TAKES SOMETHING OUT OF THIS AND YOU JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SAY I'LL TRY. I'LL TRY TO DO MY BEST. TO UM DO IT THE WAY YOU WANTED IT AND SOME OF THIS GROWTH WE'VE HAD THOSE LADIES A COUPLE OF THEM MY DOG. DON'T LOSE SIGHT, BECKY AND WELL WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED AND WE DON'T WANT TO DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT. WE WANT OUR OUR CITY TO BE A GREAT CITY. AND IT'S NOT LIKE UM I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A WAY. WHERE YOU YOU JUST STOPPED BUILDING WITH MY GOD. IT WOULD BE THE TRUSTEES PLACE AROUND. HE WOULD WANT TO COME HERE. AND THAT'S OUR GOAL WAS TO MAKE IT ONE OF THE NICEST PLACES TO COME TO AND WANT TO BE. AND WHAT A LIVE WE GOT THE FORWARD GOING FORWARD. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT DON'T WANT TO FORGET ABOUT OUR RIVER. UM THAT'S ANOTHER THING. I HOPE THE PEOPLE THAT MOVE HERE REALIZE. THE PLIGHT WE HAVE WITH THE RIVER. BUT ANYWAY, DYLAN THAT YOU UNDERSTAND? BECAUSE YOU YOU'RE AT ALL THESE, UH, FUNCTIONS. AND HERE'S THE PRESERVATION MONTH OF THE LADY WAS READING THE SCHEDULE ALL MONTH. DO YOU WANT TO GO TO SOME OF THOSE PLACES? AND, UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR LET ME SPEAK. THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU. WELL BECKY HAS SPOKEN SO THAT IT DONE GOT LIKE NO. SO THANK YOU. ONE LAST THING. WHAT WAS IT? UM YOU KNOW WHAT COMEBACK? SORRY WELCOME BACK TO IT. NO. I DON'T . I DON'T SEE WHERE I WROTE IT DOWN. I DID, BUT I'M SORRY. GO

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AHEAD, PLEASE. RIVER OKAY. ALRIGHT SO, YES. THANK YOU. SO, UM, HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH OF I THINK MOST ALL OF US WERE THERE AT THE, UH AT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION KICK OFF ON MAY 1ST AT THE FEED STORE, AND WE GOT TO NAME LOCKHART LANE AND THE SIERRA HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT HAS BEEN DONE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, WHERE THE OLD TELEPHONE BUILDING IS.

THERE'S A LITTLE SIDE ALLEYWAY IN THERE. THAT HAS BEEN IMPROVED . I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY BROUGHT THE LITTLE THING FROM JORDAN TODAY, BUT I'M HOPING THAT I KNOW THAT MR GREG LOCKHART HAS BEEN VERY BUSY AND WE ARE HOPING TO PLANT A TREE AND HE HAS HIS THINGS THAT HE NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN AND DO SOME THINGS. BUT I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE DEDICATED A LOT OF THINGS TO ALICE, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T IN THE LOCATION THAT SOMEHOW AT SOME POINT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STILL RECOGNIZE THAT LITTLE LANE AND HAVE OUR MAYOR DO SOMETHING. A RIBBON CUTTING, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE LOCKHART FAMILY THERE OR WHATEVER, BUT FOR THE CITY AND FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, AND IT'S JUST THE POSITION WITH THE 18 95 CHURCH, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. FOR UM, HONORING ALICE AND ALSO FOR YOU AND LLOYD JONES AS A HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS SAID THE MONTH HE HAS MADE HISTORY I BELIEVE IS THE FIRST BLACK PERSON MARTIN COUNTY TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A HISTORIC PRESERVATIONIST OF THE YEAR. AND SO THAT IS, UM AN HONOR. IT'S A FREE RECEPTION ON THE 18TH AT THE ELLIOTT MUSEUM, PLEASE BRING ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND COME OUT AND CELEBRATE WITH THEM. WE JUST HAD THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, AND THAT'S ANOTHER. HIM LIVING HISTORY DISCUSSION FROM JANUARY 1ST 18 63 ALL THE WAY TO 18 65 2 YEARS LATER, WHEN PEOPLE FINALLY HEARD ABOUT THE END OF SLAVERY, AND WE HAVE AN R FLORIDA CONSTITUTION, EMANCIPATION DAY AND THE ORIGINAL ARTICLES, SOME OF THE WORDS THAT MR MORTAL RED IN THE PROCLAMATION THEY'RE ALL THERE IN FLORIDA, AND SO FLORIDA'S EMANCIPATION DAY PROCLAMATION WAS ON MAY 20TH OF 18 65. AND FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS OR SO, I'VE BEEN PUSHING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AT THE SERIOUS STEWART RECOGNIZE THAT AND EDUCATE OURSELVES AS TO FLORIDA HISTORY. AND THIS YEAR THE FOLKS AT MARS HILL IN JENSEN BEACH, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR OLDEST COMMUNITIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM THE BAHAMAS SETTLED ON THEY LIVED ON SEWELL'S POINT, AND THEY WORKED IN THE PINEAPPLE PLANTATIONS AND WITH THE RAILROAD UP AND DOWN THAT WHOLE STRETCH OF AREA. AND THEY HAD LAND THAT THEY PURCHASED. SOME WAS GIVEN, BUT THEY ALL HAD TITLES TO THOSE LANDS AND FOUGHT TO KEEP THAT LAND. AND SO THEY HAVE ASKED EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY, AND I'VE BEEN COORDINATING THIS TO HAVE THE EMANCIPATION DAY PROCLAMATION, UM, CELEBRATION ON MAY 20TH UP THERE AT MARS HILL, AND SO THEY'LL BE DOING A LOT OF ACTIVITIES IS A CHURCH SERVICE AT 11 A.M. RIGHT AT COUNTY LINE ROAD AND THEN AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE FRIENDLY HEARTS COMMUNITY GARDEN, THERE WILL BE LOTS OF ACTIVITIES AND SPEECHES AND SINGING AND MAPLE AND ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON TO JUST CELEBRATE HISTORY CELEBRATE.

WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME FROM AND HOW WE'VE KEPT UNITY IN OUR COMMUNITY UNITY YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVER. SO THAT IS ON MAY 20TH OF THEIR IN JENSEN BEACH. ONE THING THAT'S NOT ON THIS LIST, BUT THERE IS A SEPARATE FLYER FOR IT, AND IT'S A SERIOUS STEWART. EVENT FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH AND THIS IS I ALSO STARTED THIS IDEA, ESPECIALLY FOR THE EAST STEWART AREA BEFORE BUILDINGS WERE HIT DOWN DUE TO CODE IN FORCE, MINT AND OTHER ISSUES OR PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY'RE ON SIGHTLY. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE EASTWARD AREA WILL RECOGNIZE AND SAW A PLAQUE HAS BEEN GIVEN. I THINK WE HAVE FOUR PLAQUES IN THE AREA NOW, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO DO 100 AND NINE YEAR OLD CHURCH, THE MOUNT CALVARY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, AND THIS CHURCH STARTED OUT BACK IN, UM UH, I'D SAY 19. IT'S NOT 100 1916. IT STARTED OUT BACK IN 1969. SOMEBODY CAN DO THE MATH. 100 YEAH. SO 1916, AND THIS

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CHURCH IS GOING TO THIS IS GOING TO BE ON A SUNDAY. BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING AT 10 A.M.

OR 11 A.M. ON A MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY, PEOPLE ARE WORKING, ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK TO PAY THOSE EXTRA DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS A LIVING WAGE SO THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND WORK FOR A LIVING WAGE. SO THE PASTOR ALCOHOLICS HAS ASKED US TO COME OVER. AT 11 A.M. ON MAY 21ST AND THAT'S WHEN THE PLAQUE WILL BE UNVEILED AT THE CHURCH OF SCIARRA OR PUBLIC WORKS. EVERYBODY WILL BE THERE TO HELP US. WE'RE ASKING OUR MAYOR, AND, UM ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS TO TRY AND COME IF YOU CAN'T STAY FOR FULL CHURCH SERVICE, THE DEDICATION WON'T BE VERY LONG. BUT THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IS ON THE BACK OF THE SUPPLIER, AND THESE FLYERS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE C R A OR AT THE FRONT DESK FROM OR IN OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHO STARTED SOME OF THESE PLACES IN OUR CITY THAT WE HOLD NEAR. AND DEAR, SO I'D LIKE, UM, FOR EVERYBODY TO COME OUT. ON MAY 21ST 11 A.M.

MOUNT CALVARY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. UM, I WANTED TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SHADE MEETING SOON, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF EMAILS GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN TRIAL, AND IT PROBABLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE OF ANYTHING TO REPORT RIGHT NOW.

BUT UM, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE ON ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TRIAL OR IF THERE IS ANYTHING NEW COMING UP IN A NEW LAWSUITS OR ANYTHING THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SO IF THERE IS NO NEED FOR SHADE MEETING IN JUNE. THAT'S ONE. OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE ANYBODY'S WELCOME. UM, STARTS TOMORROW MORNING AT NINE. ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GO. THE MAYOR ACTUALLY SPENT SOME TIME THERE WITH THE JURY SELECTION. UM BUT THE ONLY OTHER CASE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE P FORWARD CASES PENDING. UM I SPOKE TO THE ATTORNEY ON SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY ON THAT IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE A SETTLEMENT BEFORE THAT STARTS ON JUNE 4TH, AND THAT WILL BE IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT A SETTLEMENT OR SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS. HOWEVER THE ONLY WAY THAT WILL TAKE PLACE UM IS IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A GLOBAL RESOLUTION OF ALL WATER PROVIDERS INVOLVED, WHICH I THINK IS IN THE HUNDREDS. UM WHICH MAKES IT MORE UNLIKELY THAN I THOUGHT. SO UNLESS THERE'S A PROPOSAL IN THAT CASE, I WON'T NEED IT. IF ONE COMES, WE'LL HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING TO DISCUSS IT.

THE ONLY OTHER CASE THAT'S PENDING IS THE CARTWRIGHT APPEAL. AND I DON'T NEED A SHADE MEETING. I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT RIGHT NOW. IF YOU GUYS WERE INCLINED TO DO SO. I DON'T HAVE ANY. UM I EMAILED A PROPOSAL THAT SHE SENT TO ALRIGHT, YOU GUYS INDIVIDUALLY TO DISCUSS UM THAT. THE MR GRASSO HAS ASKED ME TO COORDINATE AND OR SCHEDULED MEETINGS WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AS, UH, YOU WOULD SEE FIT FOR UM MISS CARTWRIGHT TO MEET WITH YOU AND DISCUSS HER ISSUES. IN THE PROPOSAL. UM. IT DID NOT REQUEST TO CHANGE THE LAND USE AND AS A RESULT IT WAS ALL ZONING ISSUES THAT LEFT ME IN A QUANDARY BECAUSE YOU. WORKED. ABLE TO CHANGE THE ZONING WITHOUT HAVING SOMEONE FROM CANTOR LLC. AT THAT MEETING, IT WOULD. IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO DO THAT. UM I ALSO WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE A MEETING. WITH THEM. IF MISS CARTWRIGHT WANTED TO DO SO, BUT RIGHT NOW. UM, I WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD THAT, UM. HER ATTORNEY ASKED ME NOT TO DISSEMINATE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND TO WAIT UNTIL YOU HAD INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS AND THEN IT GOT TO BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON MULTIPLE PLACES THAT SHE HAD REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE AND WAS SAYING THAT I HAD FAILED TO PROVIDE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO THE COMMISSIONERS. SO WHEN I HEARD THAT ON FRIDAY, I IMMEDIATELY SENT IT OUT. EVEN THOUGH MR GRASSO HAD ASKED ME NOT TO, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT HER TO BE UNDER THE WRONG IMPRESSION NOW THAT I'VE SENT IT OUT UM I DON'T PERSONALLY NEED IT. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY NEED TO HAVE IT IN, UM SHADE . BUT IF ONE OF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A PRIVATE SHADE MEETING, I'D BE HAPPY TO SCHEDULE IT. AND THERE'S IN THE LEGAL CONTEXT. UM, PROCEDURAL POSTURE.

DISCUSSIONS AND SETTLEMENTS WERE AT AN APPEAL LEVEL. I MEAN, RIGHT, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS SETTLE. THAT THAT DOESN'T WE'RE IT'S ACTIVE LITIGATION, SO YOU COULD IN FACT, HAVE A SETTLEMENT

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DISCUSSION AND OR A SHADE MEETING. IF YOU WERE UM, IF THERE WAS IF THERE WAS SOMETHING FEASIBLE, MY CONCERN IS THAT IT UNLESS I CAN GET UH, CANTARELL L C TO COME TO THE TABLE THE ISSUES THAT SHE HAS RAISED OR NOT. FEASIBLE FOR ME TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO THAT, AND I DON'T WANT TO EXPOSE YOU. TO EVEN FURTHER PROBLEMS. BUT AS I MENTIONED UM SHE IS GOING TO BE COORDINATING OR OR MICHELLE VIC. IT IN THE CITY HALL IS GOING TO BE CONTACTING YOU EACH INDIVIDUALLY. TO SEE IF YOU WANT TO MEET WITH HER AND MR GRASSO AND GO OVER THE SETTLEMENT OFFER THAT I SENT YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SPOKEN TO HER OR NOT, OR WHAT BROUGHT THE BROUGHT IT UP, BUT THAT'S FINE WITH ME, AND I'M HAPPY TO GO OVER IT OR I'M HAPPY TO HAVE PAUL SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND WITH THEM TOMORROW WITH IN THE OFFICE TOMORROW. AND GO FROM THERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. I'LL TALK TO MR NICOLI. ONE MORE THING. MR MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS. WE DO CERTAIN THINGS EVERY DAY. WHETHER IT'S EAT, SLEEP, WHATEVER IT IS, AND WE THINK WE NEVER GET TIRED OF CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO THEM AND IT'S A PART OF OUR LIFE. AND I WENT TO SOMETHING WHICH IS AN ANNUAL EVENT. IT'S OUR ETHICS MEETING AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, OH, IT'S ANOTHER DAY TO YAWN. IT'S ANOTHER DAY TO SOMETHING, OR RATHER, BUT I TELL YOU I JUST WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO OUR CLERK , MARY KINDLE. SHE HAS BEEN. SHE'S BEEN THE MOST ACTIVE CLERK THAT I KNOW. AND I KNOW THAT, UM, UH, MISS CHER WAS ACTIVE. WHAT MARY IS VERY ASTUTE. VERY WELL. BREAD AND RED. AND UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE RECORDS OF OUR CITY THE WAY THAT PEOPLE APPROACH OR CITY AND DO BUSINESS WITH OUR CITY IS GOING THROUGH THE HANDS OF MARY KENDALL AND ALL THE HORROR STORIES AND THE GOOD STORIES WHEN WE GO TO THESE MEETINGS, AND WE HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND HOW DREADFUL SOME THINGS ARE. I WOULD SAY THAT HAD SOFT AMERICAN , WHICH IS WHY I WORE MY HAT TODAY, BY THE WAY, THAT SOFT AMERICAN WILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CLARK. COMMISSIONER COWAN. ONE MORE THING. COULD I GO AHEAD? SPEAKING OF MARY WHICH DITTO BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF WE CAN GET IT. IF YOU ALL WOULD WANT TO GO TO THE, UH, WHICH IS ON THE PRESERVATION MONTH. IT'S THE FRIDAY THE FLAGLER CENTER 80TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, ALSO TO GO AND FOR US TO GET A TABLE ALREADY SIGNED UP, OKAY? AND IF YOU ALL DID JUST SIGN UP WITH MARY, THANK YOU. SEND ME THINK WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS THIS. SHE'S ASKING IF THE CITY IS GOING TO BUY A TABLE. SO $200 COMMISSION GIVES ME THE DIRECTION TO DO THAT. I CAN DO THAT. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT WITHOUT COMMISSION DIRECTION.

THAT'S ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT? YES. I WOULD ASK OUR MAYOR OR IF I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SUPPORT THE CITY OF STEWART FIND THE MONEY TO SEND. THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY. WED WHITE AND BLUE EVENT AT THE FLAG ROW CENTER. THE COST IS $150 PER PERSON, BUT I TELL YOU THAT LITTLE PLACE DOWN THERE DURING THE WAR, AND WHEN IT WAS CAMP MCCONNELL DOWN THERE, AND THINGS WERE HAPPENING HERE WITH SOLDIERS WHETHER IT WAS DOING DESEGREGATION OR WHATEVER TIME IT WAS. IT WAS A FOCAL POINT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS A PLACE OF JOY, AND IT WAS A PLACE OF HOPE FOR THOSE WHO WERE FIGHTING AND DOING WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THAT AND AS THE GENERATIONS GO DOWN, AND A FEW PEOPLE ARE OLDER. WHO WILL COME AND BRING THEIR MEMORIES. I THINK WE NEED AS A AS THE FATHERS AND MOTHERS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. THE LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO SUPPORT THOSE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES THAT LONG MOTION. I'VE GOT. THE MOTION NEED A SECOND INTEREST SECOND THAT USED TO LIVE HERE. UM I WANTED TO ADD ABOUT THAT BUILDING. IT WAS OUR CIVIC CENTER, AND THEY WOULD HAVE BANS. I MEAN, I WOULD GO AT 12 YEARS OLD 13 14. AND THE GUYS WILL PUT A BAND AND WE DANCE AND HAVE A GREAT TIME AND BEFORE THE MALL CAME WE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT OUT OF A HIPPIE CLOSED DOWNTOWN GRAIN STORE DEPARTMENT STORE AND A FEW OTHER OF THE STORES. AND THEY DID HAVE ONE GOOD LITTLE HIPPIE STORE IN THERE, THAT WE ALL GOT OUR STUFF. BUT ANYWAY, IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD TO BE A

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PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE. WHAT ARE YOU A HAS DONE? YOU TWO YOU'RE JUST A GREAT LADY AND YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING A LOT. AND YOU KEEP DOING THAT. THANK YOU.

AFTER WE VOTE. I HAVE ONE OF THE SECOND. YES THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT. NOBODY WANTS TO GO HAVE EMOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? JUST FOR CLARITY IS THE MOTION.

WAS. BUY A TABLE OR TO BUY AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS WANTS TO BUY A TABLE. THE CITY WILL, UH SO YOU COULD REQUEST FIVE TICKETS EACH. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WILL SAID. ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GO IS THE PART THAT MADE IT A LITTLE TO GET A TABLE VERSUS UNLIMITED MONITOR TICKETS. THAT'S GREAT, SO IT'S EIGHT WOULD LOVE THAT. YES, THAT'S IT. SO A TABLE IS THAT WHAT THE MOTION IS 88, OKAY? YOU KNOW THOSE LADIES? OKAY CALL THE ROLE IN A SECOND, RIGHT? COMMISSIONER RICH. YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS COMMISSIONER CLARK BRUNER. YES, MCDONALD'S MAYOR MAYOR THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THE SAME PLACE AT THE FLAGLER CENTER THIS PAST WEEKEND. WE HAD THE FIRST ATTITUDE LUNCH ON FOR MISS LORRAINE GRANT IN HER MEMORY, AND THEY'RE DOING GOING TO DO A SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER AND AGAIN , JUST BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE AND THE WORK THAT MRS GRANT HAS DONE WITH THE AND OTHER PERSONS. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT TO HAVE AT THE FLAGLER CENTER, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO WANTED TO HONOR MRS BRENT AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE LIVES ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. OKAY UM, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. I HAVE NONE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER RICH. UM I DON'T KNOW. PLEASANT NOTE. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO, UH, THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF A NEW BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF STEWART BECKS DESSERT SHOP ON LINCOLN STREET. I THINK IT IS. I ATTENDED COOKIES WITH ROOKIES. WHICH WAS GOT A CHANCE TO MEET ALL THE NEWLY HIRED DEPUTIES AND FIREFIGHTERS AND IT WAS VERY CUTE OF AND IT WAS VERY NICE OF HER. IT'S A NEW BUILDING IN THE CREEK DISTRICT THERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REHAB AND SHE'S DONE A NICE JOB. YOU CAN'T MISS IT AS YOU DRIVE BY STREET. IT'S JENKINS ROAD CUTS. IT DOESN'T THE DRINKING. YEAH. CUTE, VERY CUTE. UM ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE , AND DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS, I'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED. BOTH DISAPPOINTED. ENCOURAGED. WITH PEOPLE'S RESPONSE TO THE UNFORTUNATE MISCONDUCT ON DISPLAY AT OUR LAST MEETING. AND DISAPPOINTED THAT A CLEAR LACK OF DECORUM TOOK PLACE. BUT ENCOURAGED THAT SO MANY PEOPLE CARE AND THAT THEY EXPECT MORE OF US. AS WELL. THEY SHOULD. A LITTLE REFRESHER ON ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER APPARENTLY IS CALLED FOR AND THEN OUR ORDINANCE UNDER SECTION 2 54 UNDER PARLIAMENTARY RULES, IT STATES VERY SIMPLY. THAT THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER FOR THE CONDUCT. OF ITS MEETINGS. THAT'S IT. THERE ARE NO CHANGES. THERE'S NO AMENDMENTS. THERE'S NO ACCOMMODATIONS. AND I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO SOMETIMES RUN A MORE INFORMAL MEETING, BUT THAT HAS LED US TO WHERE WE ENDED UP LAST WEEK. AND THEN INCH HAS BEEN GIVEN, BUT A MILE HAS BEEN TAKEN. THE NUMBER ONE RULE OF ANY MEETING IS THE CHAIR CONTROLS THE FLOOR AND OUR CASE. IT'S THE MAYOR. IT'S NOT THE ONE WHO YELLS THE LOUDEST STORES THE PUSHES IT IS THE CHAIR. AND NO MEMBER MAY SPEAK UNLESS RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR. ALSO NO MEMBER MAY SPEAK MORE THAN TWICE TO EACH MOTION. THIS RULE, PARTICULARLY HAS BEEN LAX. LEE ENFORCED, MR MAYOR. BUT I WOULD SUGGEST WE HERE TO THIS MORE STRICTLY GOING FORWARD. ALSO COMMISSIONERS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER, WITH NO COMMISSIONER ALLOWED TO SPEAK TWICE ON A MOTION BEFORE ALL OTHERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON A MATTER HAVE BEEN HEARD. AND THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO NOT ALLOW ONE COMMISSIONER TO DOMINATE THE DISCUSSION. WE ARE A DELIBERATIVE BODY. WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WITH THE RIGHTS OF EACH MEMBER TO BE HEARD. BUT ALSO WITH OUR OBLIGATION TO MAKE A DECISION AND MOVE ON. AS THE

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MAYOR SO ELOQUENTLY PUTS IT. YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME, AND THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE IF WE ALL AGREE ON A PROCEDURE THAT MAINTAINS DECORUM. AND ENSURES COURTESY FOR ALL BUT WE SHOULDN'T VIEW THIS AS JUST A MEANS TO KEEP ORDER. RATHER IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE . THAT OUR DISCUSSIONS CAN PROCEED SMOOTHLY. FAIRLY AND RESPECT RESPECTFULLY EVEN WHEN DECISIONS ARE CONTENTIOUS ONES. THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ALL PARTIES OF FULL OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. AND THAT WHEN THAT VOTE IS CAST, WE MUST GRACEFULLY ACCEPT THAT DECISION. AND RECOGNIZE THE ACTION AS THAT OF THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. THAT IS, IN FACT, THE BASIS OF ANY DEMOCRACY. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. MY TURN. WELL, WE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. FORTUNATELY HISTORIC PRESERVATION BUNCH, I THINK HAS BEEN COMPLETELY COVERED SO I CAN SCRATCH THAT OFF MY LIST. BECAUSE YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB COVERING THAT. UM SO LAST. I GUESS. TWO WEEKS AGO I ATTENDED THE MPO A MEETING IN ORLANDO, WHICH I'M A MEMBER OF THE STATEWIDE MPO, AND THEY GAVE US A AN INDICATION THAT THERE WAS SOME AH! NEW LEGISLATION COMING DOWN THE PIKE THAT WAS UH, BEING FINALIZED UP IN TALLAHASSEE THAT WILL AFFECT US FROM A TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE, UM, STILL GOING THROUGH THAT LEGISLATION, BUT I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE M P O A C, UM TODAY AND ONE OF THE BILLS IN PARTICULAR AND IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT IT'S UM AND HAVE STAFF LOOK AT IT S B 16. OH FOUR, WHICH ADDRESSES LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. IT REVISES, UH, LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REQUIREMENTS. UH REVIEW PERIODS. THE IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THE EAR AMENDMENT PROCESS. ALSO DURING THIS PROCESS, IT TAKES AWAY OUR ABILITY TO REMEMBER? I THINK IT WAS HOUSE BILL 55 A FEW YEARS AGO. WHERE, UM WHERE WE LOST SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL. THIS BILL TAKES EVEN MORE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL AWAY FROM US UNLESS WE HAD AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD CREATED PRIOR TO JANUARY 2020, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT ALSO TAKES IT AWAY NOW FOR, UH, FOR P U D. S IF THEY'RE NOT APPROVED BY JULY, 1ST 2023 SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM AND THERE ARE SOME PENALTIES FOR FAILING TO CHANGE SOME OF THESE, UH OH, SOME OF THE LIKE AMENDMENT PERIODS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY NOT. UM, INITIATE AND ADOPT ARE OWN LAND USE. PLANNED AMENDMENTS IF, BUT IT'S JUST A SUMMARY. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND SEE WHAT WHAT IT SAYS. AND SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THAT, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS THAT'S ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT . UM THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER TRANSPORTATION RELATED ONES, NOT SO MUCH DIRECTLY AT US. THEY'RE UNRELATED TO ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. JUST ONE THING OUT OF ALL OF THE BAD STUFF THAT CAME OUT OF TALLAHASSEE. I DID SEE ONE COOL THING IN THIS SUMMARY. IS THAT THAT THE M P O. A. C IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY BE WORKING WITH THE SPACE COAST TO FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING OUR SPACE TRANSPORTATION HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH I ACTUALLY THINK IS PRETTY COOL.

SO UM, I THINK THAT I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF JOBS CREATED BY THE SPACE INDUSTRY HERE IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN STUART IN MARTIN COUNTY, WHEN WE HAVE COMPANIES LIKE TURBO COMBUST, ER AND SOME OTHER ONES. SO I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC BETWEEN HERE AND THE MOON. YEAH ANOTHER THING I HAPPENED TO, UH, SEE JUST REAL QUICKLY. AND THE POLICE MEMORIAL . UH UH, POLICE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AND, UH, MAY 15TH CHIEF . I'M SORRY, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE THERE. I'VE GOT THE MPO MEETING. ALL THAT MORNING AND IT'S A SHORT MEETING , SO I'LL TRY TO GET THERE.

MAYBE A FEW MINUTES. THERE'S ONLY THREE ITEMS, SO HOPEFULLY IT WON'T LAST LONG. AND WE CAN MAYBE GET OVER THERE IN TIME, AND THEN PLEASE. 16 OR FOUR, UM AS COMMISSIONER CLARK MENTIONED THERE'S, UH, THE WE TOOK. THE SEVERAL OF US TOOK THE ETHICS CLASS. THERE IS SOME NEW ETHICS

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RULES COMING DOWN THE PIKE. AT LAST. I HEARD THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR, WHICH WAS SITTING ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, WHICH WAS NEW FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES FOR ALL OF US, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A MUCH MORE COMPLETE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. UM. BUT IT'S MORE OF A FOR ME. I JUST LOOK AT IT MORE JUST TO BE VERY TIME CONSUMING AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING I CAN DO IN AN HOUR. IT'S GONNA TAKE PROBABLY HAVE TO HIRE MY ACCOUNTANT TO DO SO, UM BUT THERE'S A SO WE GOT A LOT HAPPENING. AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST THING IS, I HAD THE, UH, HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING INVITED TO PARTICIPATE BY. UM PASTOR ORMOND AT THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND AT THE GAZEBO PARK WAS A NICE EVENT WAS WELL ATTENDED, AND IT WAS JUST GOOD TO SEE SO MANY GOOD, NICE FRIENDLY FACES OUT THERE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY, AND SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMENTS BY

[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]

THE MANAGER. UM FIRST, I AS IT RELATED TO THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE SENATE BILL. UM THAT IS A LONG BILL. I, TOO, HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT. I'VE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN SOME OTHER STUFF. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS THE RETALIATION BILL OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT THAT CAME FROM THE REEDY CREEK AND JUST JUMPING TO PAGE 12 OF IT, IT SAYS AN INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT IS PRECLUDED FROM COMPLYING WITH THE TERMS OF ANY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT FOR WHICH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SERVES IN WHOLE OR PART AS CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS EXECUTED. WITHIN THREE MONTHS PRECEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF A LAW MODIFYING THE MANNER OF SELECTING MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT FROM ELECTION TO APPOINT OR FROM APPOINTMENT TO THE ELECTION. WHATEVER THAT, SAID THE NEWLY ELECTED OR APPOINTED GOVERNING BOARD OF THE INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT SHALL REVIEW WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OF TAKING OFFICE, ANY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT FOR WHICH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SERVES IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS CONSIDERATION AND SHALL AFTER SUCH A REVIEW VOTE ON WHETHER TO SEEK RE ADOPTION OF SUCH AGREEMENT. IN OTHER WORDS.

CANCEL THE REEDY CREEK REAPPOINTED WITH NEW PEOPLE, AND EVEN IF THEY SNUCK THIS OTHER RULING IN JUST BEFORE WE RE APPOINTED EVERYBODY. OUR NEW APPOINTEES CAN GO BACK AND UNDO IT. BUT THERE'S I'M SURE MORE HIDDEN THERE APPARENTLY INTENDED CONSEQUENCES. LAWYER NO, IT'S THE RUMORS ON THE STREET IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS TO INTERRUPT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I DID SPEND THREE. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANY MORE THAN I SPENT THREE DAYS AND, UH, TRIAL OBSERVING MR MARTEL AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT I THINK THE MOST THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE WAS I'M GLAD MIKE IS ON OUR SIDE. MAKE YOURSELF MIKE IS A VERY, VERY SKILLED LITIGATOR, AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ON THE RECEIVING END OF HIM. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WHAT IS THIS? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BILL THAT THE TRAIL THAT THE BILL THAT I JUST READ FROM IS THE SENATE BILL 16. OH, FOUR. IT'S GOT A LOT MORE TO IT . BUT THAT LANGUAGE, I THINK THE ABILITY TO BACK RIGHT AMENDMENT THAT THEY'VE ALREADY SENT A COPY OF IT TO THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO ASK THEM TO GET WITH ME ON IT. THE OTHER OTHER THING I DID HAVE TONIGHT IS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. WE WERE GOING TO TRY OUT AN AIRBNB VIDEO WHERE WE PUT THE SAILBOAT OUT BY THE DOCK, AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT AS PLANNED. SO FORTUNATELY FOR US DAVE HOLCOMB FROM THE CODE COMPLIANCE PART OF MARTIN COUNTY. UM, CAME IN AND REMOVED IT. AND I, UM I HAD A LETTER DRAFTED. THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO SEND TO HIM AS A THANK YOU TO BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR READS. DEAR MR HOLCOMB, I AM WRITING TO EXTEND MY SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR EXCELLENT PROGRAM FOR DERELICT BOATS, WHICH YOU UTILIZED TO REMOVE THE SAILBOAT FROM CITY HALL AND STUART, FLORIDA. YOUR SWIFT ACTION IN THIS MATTER HAS NOT ONLY MADE THE RIVER SAFER BUT ALSO HELP TO MAINTAIN ITS CLEANLINESS. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN THAT COMMUNITIES, WELFARE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS EVIDENT FROM THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF THE BOAT REMOVAL PROCESS, YOUR PROGRAM IS PROVEN TO BE AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF TACKLING THE ISSUE OF ABANDONED AND DEARLY BOATS, ENSURING THAT THEY DO NOT POSE ANY HARM TO THE RIVER AND THE PEOPLE WHO USE IT. YOU'RE PROACTIVE EFFORTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED CERTAIN DIFFERENTLY TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.

AND WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU WHO TAKES THE INITIATIVE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR YOUR REMARKABLE PROGRAM AND COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO KEEPING OUR RIVER SAFE AND CLEAN. YOUR EFFORTS ARE TRULY APPRECIATE IT. AND I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. BEST REGARDS MAYOR MCDONALD AND I CAN CHANGE THE CONTEXT AND THAT IS LIKE JUST

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JUST ALL IN FAVOR WOULD BE GREAT MCDONALD. OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION JUST DO A QUICK MOTION MOTION. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND ON THAT SECOND? OKAY ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE EMOTIONS AND SECONDARY ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THE BLUE BAND. AND THAT'S IT. THOSE ARE THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAD, AND THEN I WILL SIGN THIS REAL QUICK AND THEN HAND IT BACK. EXCUSE ME, MR MARTEL. YES SIR. WHO IS THIS GENTLEMAN WHO? DAVE HOLCOMB. DAVE HOKUM USED TO BE A MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF WHEN HE RETIRED FROM MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF LARRY MASSING, USE GRANT MONEY AND CREATED THIS DERELICT BOAT PROGRAM THROUGH MARTIN COUNTY AND ITS HE TECHNICALLY IS A MARTIN COUNTY EMPLOYEE. BUT HE DID SOME EXTRA WORK ON THIS ONE. THAT BOAT WAS PLANTED. YEAH SO I JUST THOUGHT WE'D SAY THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT OUT OF THERE. NEED PREGNANT? DETERMINE WHO OWNED IT? OH, YEAH. WE TALKED TO THE GENTLEMAN SEVERAL TIMES, AND I ACTUALLY WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THE STAFF IN MY OFFICE. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE HE HE HAS IT ALL RIGHT, TO BE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HERE? I AM NOT SLEEPING AT NIGHT, AND HE DOESN'T CARE AT ALL. AND YOU KNOW, HE SAID, LOOK, I DON'T YOU KNOW HE'S NOT DISABLED? HE'S NOT LIKE AN ALCOHOLIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT . HE WAS TOTALLY NORMAL. HE JUST CHOOSES TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE RIGID RULES OF SOCIETY, AND THAT'S HIS THING. HONESTLY YOU KNOW, HE SEEMS PRETTY HAPPY THREATENED BY ADVANTAGE, RIGHT? IT'S ONE OF THOSE. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT HE DID. HE MOVED INTO A BOAT UNTIL I'M OUT. IT'S GOOD FOR HIM, BUT ACTUALLY HAD HIM SIGN A DOCUMENT AND EVERYTHING ALLOWING US TO DO IT AND TELLING US THAT WE KNEW THAT HE KNEW WE WERE DOING IT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE NO. NO DAMAGE TO THE YEAH, YEAH, WE ALL SKIRTED THAT. ANYTHING ELSE,

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

MIKE? I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. SECOND WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RICH ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL IN FAVOR , SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. OKAY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. I DON'T HAVE ANY GREEN CARDS. OKAY. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. CONSENT CALENDAR. CAN WE HAVE A

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDAS PUBLISHED SECOND OKAY.

WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK SECOND BY MISSIONER COLLINS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE. MARRIAGE CALL THE ROLL. VICE MAYOR BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES RICH? YES COLLINS. MCDONALD'S YES. OKAY. IN OUR LAST ITEM OF THE

[13. LIVE LOCAL ACT 2023 (SB 102)]

EVENING, WHICH IS A LIBERAL IS A DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION LIVE LOCAL ACT, 2023, WHICH IS SENATE BILL ONE. OH, TWO, AND IT LOOKS LIKE JODI'S GONNA MIKE, ARE YOU INTRODUCING US TO THINK JODI'S GOT IT OR I SEE CHRIS COMING OVER TO TAKE THE REINS? UM BUT ONE OF THEM WILL TELL US ALL ABOUT IT. AND JUST TO AS AN INTRODUCTION FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT SENATE BILL ONE OH, TWO YEARS. IT'S CALLED THE LIVE LOCAL ACT. THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED IT. IT GOES INTO EFFECT ON JULY 1ST. ESSENTIALLY THIS NEW LAW STATES THAT IN ANY PROPERTY IN A COUNTY OR CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHERE THE CURRENT LAND USES COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL OR MULTI FAMILY OR MORE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, MULTI FAMILY OR MIXED USE. UM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAS THE RIGHT TO GET ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL FOR THE MAXIMUM.

DENSITY AND MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWED IN THAT AREA SO LONG AS 40% OF THE UNITS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT. UM, MEET THE 120% OF THE AM I IN THE AREA. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE GONE INTO THE AMI OR NOT, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO. YOU GUYS ARE UP MR MAYOR BEFORE THEY START. CAN I ASK YOU FOR CITY ATTORNEYS ON THE ZOOM? THEIR CITY ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TODAY. I KNOW THAT HE WAS AVAILABLE AND I WAS TEXTING WITH HIM AND, UH, COMMUNICATING WITH HIM FIRST THING THIS MORNING AND YESTERDAY HE IS LITERALLY EITHER IN CUSTOMS RIGHT NOW OR ON THE HIGHWAY RIGHT NOW, SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT I SPOKE WITH HIM TWICE OR OR EMAILED HIM. HE IS ON HIS WAY, RIGHT? I MEAN, HE COULD POP BACK UP ANY SECOND IF HE GETS BACK INTO COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU. OKAY, JODIE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. UM AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LIVE LOCAL ACT THAT WAS SENATE BILL. NO ONE ELSE IN THE BILL WENT OUT TO, UM THIS BILL EFFECTIVELY CAME EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST 2023. UM, THE LIVE LOCAL ACT MANDATES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON PARCELS THAT ARE ZONED COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL ARE MIXED JUICE. EVEN IF THE LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING REGULATIONS PROHIBIT MULTI MULTI

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FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND THOSE AREAS AT THE APPLICATION MEETS CERTAIN CRITERIA. UH THIS LAW WILL BE IN EFFECT AND WILL EXPIRE IN 10 YEARS, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER 1ST 2020 28 33. THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL. ARE THIS ACT TO ARTICULATE A STATE HOUSING STRATEGY THAT WILL CARRY THE STATE TOWARD THE GOAL OF ENSURING EACH FLORIDIAN HAS SAFE , DECENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THIS STRATEGY WAS MOST INVOLVE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND MUST INVOLVE FINANCIAL AS WELL AS REGULATORY.

COMMITMENT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL. SO. WE'RE BRINGING THIS TONIGHT AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND WHEN THIS BILL BECOMES EFFECTIVE AS A EFFECTIVE ENGINE JULY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF LOOKS AS HOW ARE YOU GOING TO REGULATE IT? AND MAKE SURE THAT WE TREAT H APPLICANT FAIRLY AND HOW IT'S BEING, UM, MEETING THE STATE STATUTE AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE CITY OF STEWART. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID LOOK AT, AND THIS KIND OF GOES INTO JUST SOME LOGISTICS THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT COUNTIES MUNICIPALITIES. THIS IS SOME OF THE PACIFIC'S OF THE BILL. AND I THINK THAT THE MANAGER HAS COME AND HAS KIND OF GONNA OVER A LOT OF THAT, UH, THIS BILL WILL BE EFFECTIVE. IF THE PROPERTIES ARE ELIGIBLE. THEY WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT AFFORDABILITY TO 40% AFFORDABILITY FOR 30 YEARS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS ENFORCING THAT 30 YEARS. UM WITHOUT KNOCKING ON THE DOORS AND SAYING, LET ME LOOK AT YOUR BOOKS EVERY YEAR. SO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT. AND MY COLLEAGUE CHRIS MCLEAN. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE MET HIM YET HE'S OUR NEW PRINCIPAL PLANNER. JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND. WE WERE COLLEAGUES IN ST LUCIE COUNTY, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM HERE. HE WAS A STEWART RAISED IN STUART. SO HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY OF STEWART AND SO THAT'S WONDERFUL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND KIND OF GET DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD IS HOW WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT PROCEDURE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID LOOK AT AND WHICH IS IN THE BILL TALKS ABOUT A LAND USE RESTRICTION AGREEMENT, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS A LAURA. IT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN AN OWNER AND DEVELOPER AND AS A GOVERNMENT AND A GOVERNMENT ENTITY DOCUMENT THAT RESTRICTION THAT PLACES RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY AND ORDER TO RECEIVE CREDITS IN THE FUTURE. ESSENTIALLY THEY WOULD FILL OUT THIS AGREEMENT THAT HAS STIPULATIONS. UM THIS WILL BE RECORDED AS A ESSENTIALLY LIKE A WARRANTY DEED. AND IT HAS WITH AND HAS ENFORCEABILITY. SO IF THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING THAT 40.

THE CITY CAN ACT ON THAT. THE LOWER FOR EACH PROJECT WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON APPROVAL BY THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND CHEVRON WITH THE LAND FOR A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS AT THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN ISSUED ON A FINAL BUILDING. AND THE DEVELOPERS MUST STILL MUST SATISFY ALL OTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING SETBACKS AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS. THE APPLICANT MUST ENTER, WOULD ENTER INTO A LAURA THAT WILL BE RECORDED ON THE PROPERTY AS IT DID RESTRICTION FOR 30 YEARS. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE. TO TALK ABOUT, AND, UM EVENTUALLY BRING FORWARD EITHER AN ORDINANCE OR POLICY. SO WENDY'S APPLICATIONS COME FORWARD. WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING ENFORCED. AND PROPERLY EXECUTED. THE WAY THE STATUTE WAS WAS LOOKING TO DO. AT THAT. I'M GOING TO TURN THIS BACK OVER TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, JODY. I THINK THE MENUS RESTRICTION AGREEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY SHOULD DEFINITELY PURSUE. UM I ALSO KNOW CHINA THAT OFF KIND OF A. FOR A FUTURE DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR LOOK AT SOME OF OUR CODE. UM, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT U D S IS THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS WE ALWAYS REASON WE HAD THE ABOVE 15 UNITS TO 30 UNITS WAS IN THE FORM OF A P U. D WAS IN ORDER TO GET MORE AMENITIES MAKING A NICER PROJECT. IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A HIGHER DENSITY PROJECT, YOU'D HAVE TO PUT MORE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO IT. IN FACT, WHEN I CAME BACK ONTO THE COMMISSION IN 2020 THAT'S THE MY FIRST MEETING BACK ON WAS A DISCUSSION WHICH WE I ASKED TO CONTINUE THIS BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. I JUST GOT BACK ON WAS WHAT ARE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT WE WOULD GET AN A P U D WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT

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THERE WAS A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT PUT INTO THAT. SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. WHERE THAT WE CAN PUT IN THE CODE. SO IF SOMEONE AND I DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE THE SMALL LOCAL, YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S COMING IN AND BUILDING A GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT. BUT SOMEONE'S COMING IN UNDER THE RIVER LOCAL AND THEY JUST WANT TO BUILD FAST AND CHEAP. I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT IN THE CODE FOR, UH, ABOVE A CERTAIN SIZE IF YOU GET UP ABOVE, SAY, 200 OR 250 UNITS THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PUT IN A SET OF FOUR FAST CHARGERS FOREVER. WHEN YOU HAD 200 UNITS.

BE SOMETHING THAT'S INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL BE A BENEFIT NOT ONLY TO THE RESIDENTS BUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE THAT THEY CAN WITH ELECTRIC CARS. THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. UM BUT THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND LOOK AT. UH BUT IN THE MEANTIME, BEFORE JULY, 1ST, I THINK WE NEED TO PASS THIS SO ANYONE ELSE JUST AS A JUST AS A AS AN UPDATE TO I THINK THAT OUR TIMING ON THIS IS GOING TO BE SUCH THAT IT GOES TO THE L P A IN JUNE AS A RESULT OF HITS YOU GUYS FOR FIRST READING IN JUNE 27TH OR WHATEVER. THAT LAST MEETING OF JUNE IS AND THEN WOULD ACTUALLY GET ADOPTED BY THE BY THE BOARD. ON THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY, WHICH WILL BE AFTER JULY. 1ST, HOWEVER, THE STATUTE WILL TAKE PLACE ON JULY 1ST WHEN SOMEONE IF SOMEBODY WALKS IN THE DOOR ON JULY, 2ND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT POLICY AS IT MADE STAND. THIS WILL ALREADY BE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS FOR FIRST READING, SO WE'LL BE 90% OF THE WAY THERE. WHATEVER WE HAVE CONSENSUS WITH YOU ON WE WILL ADOPT AS POLICY BASED UPON FIRST READING. AND THEN WHEN IT GETS CODIFIED INTO THE UNICODE.

AFTER THAT, IT WILL BE PUBLISHED. IT'LL MAYBE BE EASIER FOR PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT OUR PROCESSES AND MAYBE HAVE A DRAFT LAND USE RESTRICTION AGREEMENT UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE'S ALSO SOME DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO UM HOW THE. TAXATION OR ADVIL.

ORUM STATUTES APPLY AND I'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH PALMA GALATI, AND HE'S SENT A MEMO ON THE ISSUE. AND SO I AM INCLINED TO INCLUDE SOME LANGUAGE IN OUR ORDINANCE ON THAT. EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T APPLY TO US, AND WHEN I SAY IT DOESN'T APPLY TO US. WE DON'T SET THE TAX RATE AND EVEN IF WE SAID THE TAX RATE SHOULD BE HALF WHATEVER THE PROPERTY APPRAISER SETS THE TAX RATE IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. NOT US, SO THE PURPOSE FOR THAT LANGUAGE WOULD BE MORE OF A EXPLANATORY. SO IF YOU'RE FROM OUT OF STATE, YOU'RE LOOKING TO GO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM. AND YOU MISS PERSON MISCONCEIVED THAT YOU'RE ENTITLED TO, LIKE JUST A SWING OF A PEN AND YOU PAY NO TAXES. WE MIGHT KIND OF LAYOUT A LITTLE OUTLINE IN IT THAT WHO THAT PORTION OF THE NEW BILL APPLIES TO JUST SO THAT IT LETS PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT IT'S NOT GOING TO JUST BE A COMPLETELY FREE RIDE FOR EVERYBODY. UM AND UH, EVERY TIME WE TALK, AND I WAS TALKING TO CHRIS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WE HAVE THESE THINGS LIKE, OH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD INCLUDE THIS OR WE SHOULD INCLUDE THAT. AND LIKE THINGS COME UP, SO IF ALONG THE WAY, YOU GUYS HURT. HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH ANYBODY OR SOMETHING COMES UP. PLEASE FORWARD AN EMAIL TO ME, AND I'LL DISSEMINATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS IS WE'RE ALL TRYING TO NEW GROUND HERE. IRONICALLY, STARTING JULY 2ND. WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING OUR DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AN APPLICATION. TO THEN REVIEW THAT APPLICATION AND IDENTIFY THE FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT THINGS THAT DO NOT MEET THE COMP PLAN AND DO NOT MEET CODE. AND THEN GRANT THE APPLICATION TELL THEM TO MOVE FORWARD. AND IT'S WEIRD AS THAT SOUNDS. DO THOSE PROPERTIES THEN BECOME NON CONFORMING USES WHEN THIS ORDINANCE ENDS IN 10 YEARS, THEY HAVE A 30 YEAR LIFE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY. BUT IN YOUR 31 WHEN THIS 30 UNITS PER ACRE MULTI UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX IS IN A 10 UNIT PER ACRE COMMERCIAL. LAND USE. WHAT IS THE EFFECT? DOES IT BECOME A COMPLETELY NON CONFORMING USE THAT LOSES ITS CEO, OR DOES IT BE A NONCONFORMING USE THAT WE SLOWLY MOVED TO RETURNING BACK TO COMMERCIAL AND TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND HONESTLY? WE DON'T KNOW THAT THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU GUYS GET TO DECIDE THAT WHEN WE BRING THIS STUFF FORWARD TO YOU. BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE KIND OF PUSHING BACK AND FORTH IS LIKE HOW DO WE EXPRESS THOSE THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS IN

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AN ORDINANCE SO THAT WHEN YOU SAY WELL I'M GONNA BUY THIS 20 ACRE COMMERCIAL PARCEL. THAT YOU DON'T THAT YOU DON'T GET UPSET WITH US, AND YOU'RE 31. IF THE CITY SAYS YOU DO KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T GET ANY MORE PERMITS, AND YOU CAN'T EXPAND THAT USE, AND YOU CAN'T REPAIR THAT WHEN IT'S MORE THAN 50% DAMAGED BY A HURRICANE OR OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, IF THAT'S INCLINATION OF THE BOARD, THE ALTERNATIVE IS YOU MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT IF IT'S THERE, IT'S THERE. WE MOVE ON. BUT WE CAN CROSS THAT BRIDGE. AND I THINK THE OTHER THING IS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

THE EO IS HASN'T EVEN STARTED ITS IMPLEMENTING RULES. YES AND THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE PROCESS. UH AND FOR WHAT I AM UNDERSTANDING D E O IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING A SERIES OF RULES BASED IN, UH, BASED ON THIS, SO WHO ARE WE? MAYBE SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS WILL GET ANSWERED, UM YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO FAITH THAT OF WHAT OF ANY IDEA OF WHAT? WE'LL GET OUT OF IT GOOD OR BAD AND DIFFERENT. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S RIGHT NOW. IT'S KIND OF UP FOR GRABS. BUT UM, BUT I, BUT I DEFINITELY WILL SAY THAT. UH UM WHAT COMES OUT OF THE EO LIKELY WILL NOT. MHM WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHEN WE PROBABLY WON'T LIKE IT, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. HOWEVER, WE DEAL WITH IT SO THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MAN SAID ABSOLUTELY. I JUST WANT TO ASK STAFF FOR IT OR CITY. TURN YOUR CITY MANAGER. IN IN TRYING TO REVIEW OUR CURRENT POLICIES AND INCORPORATED ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. ARE WE GONNA BE GOING TO THE. CRB AND THE L P A TO GET ANY IDEAS OR THEIR INPUT ON ANY POLICIES. THAT'S WHEN I STARTED THIS THING. I SAID, THE REASON THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ADOPTED BY JULY, 1ST IS BECAUSE THE L P A MEETING IS IN JUNE, AND AS A RESULT, I THINK IT'S JUNE 11TH OR 12TH, OR WHERE IT FALLS. IT'S THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE, RIGHT? SO AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT TO THE L P A. TO GO IN FRONT OF THE UM L P A IN MAY WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT ADVERTISED. AH IN APRIL, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ADVERTISING TO HAVE ANYTHING ADVERTISED YET SO WE COULDN'T GET IT DONE FOR THE MAY MEETINGS, SO IT'LL GO TO THE L P A PURSUANT TO THE AH! LAND USE REGULATIONS THAT SAY THE LP A LOOKS AT ALL NEW TEXT AMENDMENTS. AND WHATEVER FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THEM IN JUNE WILL OBVIOUSLY BE CARRIED FORWARD TO THAT. JUNE 20 E SIX OR SEVEN. I DON'T KNOW THE DATE OF THAT MONDAY, BUT THE LAST MEETING IN JUNE FOR YOU GUYS MEETING, WHICH WILL BE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE. THEN IT WILL BECOME OF THE LAW WILL COME INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST AND WE WON'T GET BACK TO. I THINK UNTIL JULY 8TH FOR SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE. BUT IT WON'T MATTER BECAUSE. WHETHER WE DO AN ORDINANCE OR NOT, THE LAW VERY CLEARLY SAYS WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANY REGULATIONS THAT RESTRICT OR PROHIBIT THE LAW. SO THERE. WHATEVER THE LAW IS, IT IS THAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED.

THIS IS NOT AND IMPLEMENT OF THING TO RESTRICT THAT LAW. IT'S MORE OF JUST PROVIDING A GUIDELINE TO THE DEVELOPER AND SHOWING THEM OUR INTERPRETATION OF THIS LAW AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. ANYTIME YOU WANT AND SAY HEY, WAS THERE ANY APPROVALS? BECAUSE DON'T FORGET . WE DON'T GET TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THOSE, AND THEN THEY'LL KEEP A LIST RUNNING.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS. AND THAT LIST THAT'S RUNNING WILL SAY, YEAH PROJECT ABC CAME IN AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO OPEN IT UP. AND THERE'LL BE A IT VIOLATES THE COMP PLAN BECAUSE IT HAD THE LONG THE WRONG LAND USE. IT VIOLATES THE COM PLAN, BECAUSE UNDER THAT LAND USE THE DENSITY WAS CAPPED AT THIS VIOLATES THE LD. R S HERE, HERE AND HERE, AND THEN WE APPROVED IT. THEY'RE GETTING A PERMIT AND THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO. LAYOUT. AND AS WEIRD AS THAT IS THE ONE THE ONE. THE BIGGER QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS? AT THE END. WE WERE GONNA DOCUMENT EVERYWHERE THAT THE COMPLAINT IS IN VIOLATION. CAN I ASK SOMETHING, MR MAYOR? SO SINCE THIS IS NEW, AND WE ALL HAVE TO LEARN AND FIGURE OUT HOW THIS WORKS. MAY I ASK OR RECOMMEND THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS MAY NOT BE THEIR SPECIFIC ROLE AS AN APPOINTED BODY, THAT WHEN THIS PARTICULAR UM, MATTERS BEING DISCUSSED WITH THE L P A THAT MAYBE THE CRB INVITED TO THAT MEETING AND AT LEAST BE PARTICIPATED IN IN ANYTHING THAT STAFF IS DOING TO SHARE AND TO ENLIGHTEN EVERYBODY ON THESE GUIDELINES. WE COULD DO

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A JOINT C R A. I MEAN CRB, UH, THE LAND USE REGULATIONS RIGHT NOW REQUIRE THE L P A. I'M SCRAMBLING TO TRY AND GET ONE MEETING DONE BEFORE JUNE 27TH IF YOU WANT US TO ADD ANOTHER ADVISORY BOARD TO MEETING THAT'S FINE WITH ME, BUT JUST RECOGNIZE THAT THAT MEANS WE'RE LIKELY NOT GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST READING TO ATTEND, INVITED TO ATTEND EVERY MEETING, BUT I'M SAYING STRONGLY INVITED TO ATTEND WITH JUST SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE . I GUESS YOU'RE SAYING IF IT'S NOT ADVERTISERS A JOINT MEETING , THEN IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON THE CRB MEETING DAY. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE UP MEETING DAY AND I NEED THE L P A TO VOTE ON IT BEFORE I CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION. SO IF IT'S A JOINT MEETING AND IT'S 14 PEOPLE, AND IT DOESN'T GET VOTED ON AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND WE WANT AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS WE CAN, AND I'LL ASK. THE SIERRA DIRECTOR TO ABSOLUTELY PRESENTED TO THE CRB AT THEIR NEXT MEETING AS WELL TO GET AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS WE CAN RATHER THAN RUN IT IN ONE MEETING, WE'LL JUST RUN TWO PARALLEL COURSES HAVEN'T PRESENTED ANY FEEDBACK WE CAN GET WILL BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU, OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE, MR MAYOR.

YEAH, WE NEED. TO I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN AFRAID THIS DAY WAS COMING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BECOME ABSOLUTE EXPERTS IN THIS LAW, AND IT'S 96 PAGES LONG AND IT'S VERY DENSE AND THERE ARE. INNUMERABLE REQUIREMENTS AND FILINGS AND DEADLINES. AND WE NEED TO KNOW ALL OF THOSE AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE CAN'T RELY ON THE DEVELOPERS TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH. AND WE JUST NEED TO HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE AND EVERY WAY POSSIBLE IN TALKING WITH THE FLORIDA LEGACY CITIES THIS LAURA PEOPLE SEEM TO AGREE. THIS IS PROBABLY OUR BEST. MEANS TO HAVE A SEARCH SOME SORT OF CONTROL. MR MARTEL. THERE'S SOME ODD LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT SAYS THE MUNICIPALITY MAY GRANT ADVIL OR, UM, EXEMPTION NOT SHELL. WELL, SO. WHAT HAPPENED ISN'T GONNA DO THAT IN 2019. THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THE FIRST AFFORDABLE HOUSING THING AND WHAT THEY SAID IS A MUNICIPALITY MAY GRANT ADVIL, OR, UM, BENEFITS AND MAY ALLOW.

RESIDENTIAL USE ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IF 10% OF THE THING OR I FORGET EXACTLY WHAT THE DETAILS WERE AT THAT TIME. AND THEN UM NO ONE NO ONE THOUGHT NO ONE FOLLOWED UP ON IT. AND LIKE THE MINISTER, PALETTE, EASE, DIDN'T ALL JUMP IN AND START PUTTING RESIDENTIAL USE ON COMMERCIAL AND GIVING TAX BREAKS TO EVERYBODY. SO THEN THE LIVE LOCAL ACT. CAME BACK IN AND IS NOW DOUBLE. DONALD TRUMP DID JUST LIKE THE LANGUAGE ALSO SAYS THE. UH COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER A REDUCTION IN PARKING. IF THE PROJECTS WITHIN A HALF MILE OF A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP OR TRANSIT LOCATION, SO LET'S ASSUME WE'RE AT A MAJOR TRANSIT LOCATION SHALL CONSIDER. I MEAN , THAT DOESN'T SAY SHALL GRANT SHE'LL THINK ABOUT IT. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, IT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO GIVE IT A PUBLIC HEARING. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO CONSIDER IT. BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR IT. SO. IT'S THE ONLY WAY FOR THE APPLICANT TO HAVE YOU CONSIDER IT. WOULD BE FOR THEM TO WAIVE THE PART ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN WE COME IN ON THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN YOU'D CONSIDER IT AND POSSIBLY VOTE. NO SO THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY NUANCED THINGS THAT ARE HERE TOO, THAT WE THAT LIKE YOU SAY. IT WILL MATTER HOW HOW THOSE ARE INTERPRETED AND WHAT THOSE MEAN. JUST LIKE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. WHAT IS A UTILITY? AND THEN WHAT IS THE RATE FOR UTILITY CAUSE I WE WERE TALKING LAST WEEK AND LET'S ASSUME I'M RENTING A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. THE ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS RENT BASED ON TWO PEOPLE OR ONE PERSON. AND IF I RENT IT AS ONE PERSON DO I HAVE TO PAY THE AVERAGE MINIMUM AVERAGE INCOME OF TWO PEOPLE OR DO I GET TO PAY THE RENT IS THE AVERAGE INCOME OF ONE PERSON OR IF I'M RENTING A TWO BEDROOM AND IT'S ONLY TWO OF US IS THE RENT BASED ON A FAMILY OF FOUR OR A FAMILY OF TWO. AND IF THE RENTS BASED ON A FAMILY OF FOUR, BUT ONLY TWO OF US ARE LIVING THERE, AND YOU DID AN AUDIT. HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT TO THE AVERAGE RENT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE BASED ON THE AM I FOR FOUR, RIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT A TWO BEDROOM IS. AND IT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO BE A FAMILY OF FOUR LIVING THERE. WHAT IF IT'S A FAMILY OF THREE? AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME. I NOTICED THAT THEY'RE DRAWING THEIR FIGURES FROM DIFFERENT

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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. WELL HAVING LOOKED AT THOSE BEFORE WITH THE L P. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST IS A NIGHTMARE SO AND IT SAYS THAT IT WILL BE THE AVERAGE STATE AM I. UNLESS THE COUNTY URINE IS HIGHER. THEN IT WILL BE THE HIGHER OF THE TWO. SO IT'LL BE THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AM I UNLESS THE COUNTY YEAR IN HIS HIGHER AND THEN IF IT IS, IT'S THAT AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL HAS BEEN GOING DOING THE CIRCUIT AND DOING THE FAMILY OF FOUR AM I AND, AND IT'S EASY TO SAY THIS THAT A TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATHROOM APARTMENT CAN BE EASILY INTENDED FOR THE USE OF A FAMILY OF FOUR. BUT IT COULD ALSO BE FOR A FAMILY OF THREE. IT ALSO COULD BE FOR TWO PEOPLE. AND A ONE BEDROOM I'M SURE I COULD SAY ONE PERSON WITH A STRAIGHT FACE.

I'M SURE I COULD SAY TO PEOPLE WITH A STRAIGHT FACE. I DON'T THINK I CAN GET MUCH MORE THAN 32 PEOPLE IN ONE BEDROOM WITH A STRAIGHT FACE, BUT NOW THE ONE BEDROOM RENTALS. BASED UPON THE AM I FOR TWO. EVEN THOUGH WE FIND OUT THAT 90% OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THEM AND ARE INDIVIDUALS, OR DO THEY JUST ABOLISH ONE BEDROOMS ALL TOGETHER, AND IT JUST PROMOTES THE BUILDING OF ALL THE TWO BEDROOMS AND THOSE ARE ALL BASED ON FAMILIES OF FOUR, EVEN THOUGH IF WE WENT OVER THAT, LET'S USE THE TRIANGLE OR ZOOM, FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL BET YOU THERE'S 49 APARTMENTS IN THAT BUILDING. I'LL BET YOU THERE'S NOT A SINGLE ONE THAT HAS FOUR PEOPLE LIVING IN KENDALL LAWSUIT. KEEP ME GOING INTO EFFECT. WHAT'S THAT? WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? I'M SORRY, CAN WE SOON CAN WE SUE THE GOVERNOR? NOT YOU. ANYONE WHO HAS ANYBODY? I MEAN, SOMEBODY COULD THEY COULD CHALLENGE IT. BUT THE SENATE PASSED IT. 100% AND THE HOUSE PASSED AT 103 TO 6 OF EVERYBODY . IN TALLAHASSEE. SIX PEOPLE VOTED. NO UM, THERE COULD BE A LAWSUIT AND SOMEBODY COULD CHALLENGE IT. BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY REALLY THINK IT'S A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ALTHOUGH THOSE OF US IN IN MARTIN COUNTY THAT LIVE A MORE RURAL LIFE, THE FOLKS IN MIAMI AND ORLANDO AND TAMPA AND CLEARWATER AND PLACES LIKE THAT DON'T HAVE AS MUCH HEARTBURN OVER IT. AND THEY'RE PUSHING IT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IT WAS. THE BIG THING IS. THIS IS A RESPONSE TO A BIG PUSH FROM A CITIZENS INITIATIVE OUTSIDE OF ORLANDO FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THEY THE INTENTION HERE WAS THAT THIS WAS GOING TO SOLVE THAT BY BRINGING FORWARD AND HONESTLY, THERE ARE SOME SILVER LININGS. I MEAN, WE'VE WE'VE GONE THROUGH IT AND THERE REALLY ARE SOME BENEFICIAL PROGRAMS IN THE INTENTIONS. ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS HERE LIKE THE HOMETOWN HEROES AND SOME OTHER SHIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS MONEY, WHICH WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT THAT JUST TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE BUYING HOMES, POLICE OFFICERS AND SO FORTH BECAUSE THERE'S SOME MONEY IN THERE FOR THEM. I THINK THERE'S A HOME HOMETOWN HERO. UH THERE'S LIKE $25,000 TOWARDS THE CLOSING COST IN THERE SO SOMETHING I WAS TOLD I SAW SOMETHING IN ONE OF THE REAL ESTATE EMAILS I GOT SO AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT. BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS FOR HOME BUYERS AND THERE AS WELL THAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY LOOK AT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE. HELP OUR RESIDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GOOD THING WE HAVE SO MUCH TIME TO DEAL WITH, RIGHT? WELL DON'T WORRY, WHATEVER. WHATEVER WHATEVER, GRUELING THING, THEY LEFT OUT, THEY'LL MAKE SURE THEY FIX IT NEXT YEAR WHEN THEY WAITING FOR US. OKAY THAT'S ALL . DO YOU HAVE MORE SO? SO? YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH. NOT HAVING ENOUGH WORK, BUT WE DON'T HAVE SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS TO REVIEW BECAUSE OF THE ZONING IN PROGRESS EFFECT OVER THE PAST. SIX MONTHS OR SO, UM, I DID. I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE WE'LL WELL, YOU SAID IT'S A GOOD THING WE HAVE SO MUCH TIME. SO MAYBE AFTER A WHILE SARCASTIC. HE WAS SAYING IT WAS SHORT ON TIME. PROBABLY HAVE DEVELOPMENTS TO REVIEW AND THEN WE HAVE TO REVIEW THEM IN LIGHT OF ALL THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS, SO YOU'LL BE INTERESTED, BUT MR MAYOR. OH NO, NO, GO AHEAD JUST TOO, I THINK CORRECT. THE FORMER SPEAKER. WERE WE WON'T REVIEW THEM. CORRECT MR MARTEL, THE ONES THAT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD UNDER THIS THAT WANTS TO DO HOUSING TO INCLUDE 40% OF THE AM I, AND, IRONICALLY, IF YOU HAVE A TON OF FREE TIME YOU CAN GO ONLINE RIGHT NOW AND CHECK AROUND LIKE WITH THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE IN THE AREA, AND WE PULLED UP THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE NORTH OF THE BRIDGE AND CHECKED THEIR RENTS AND A COUPLE OTHER PLACES. AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY RENTING TWO TWOS FOR LESS THAN THE PROJECTED NUMBER IS THAT MEETS THE 40% RULE. WELCOME, CHRIS. YEAH YOU GOT

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YOUR WORK CUT OUT ON THAT NOTE. I GUESS THE BEST ALL EXCUSE ME. MAYOR MEETING. MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT REAL QUICK. I'M SORRY. UM AS THE EMAIL HAD STATED IN PER OUR ETHICS CLASS THAT WE RECENTLY ATTENDED, IT WAS REMINDER THAT IF YOU READ FROM A DOCUMENT OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU TOOK NOTE OF THAT YOU USED IN THE MEETING IF YOU PLEASE TURN THAT INTO ME, THANK YOU FOR COMING. BRING IT UP TOMORROW. OH PUBLIC WOMAN. WE'RE PAST THAT. BUT FOR NICK FOR YOU OKAY? OH I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT. I WOULDN'T ANSWER THE PHONE ON JULY. 2ND CALL THAT A RHYTHM AND DAMOS, YOUR NICK BLIND CITY OF STEWART AND CHAIR OF THE HOUSING SOLUTIONS COUNCIL. AND I AM RELATED TO THIS SENATE BILL ONE. OH, ONE. OH, TWO IS THAT ON JUNE THE 22ND, WHICH IS RIGHT BEFORE THE BILL GOES INTO EFFECT OUR ORGANIZATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IS CONDUCTING A HOUSING SUMMIT AT INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE. FROM 8 TO 12. WE WILL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FLORIDA HOUSING COALITION AS WELL AS SOME OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL PARTICIPATE IN THAT, BUT I'M SURE THERE WILL BE FURTHER UPDATES AND MORE DISCUSSION AND CHANCE TO GET SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UH, FROM THAT ORGANIZATION, WHO IS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON THAT'S HOUSING. FLORIDA HOUSING COALITION THAT THEY'VE GOT A THEY'VE GOT A WEBINAR TOMORROW MORNING ON SENATE BILL ONE. OH, TWO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IF YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, YOU CAN REGISTER AND IT'S AN HOUR AND A HALF PRESENTATION ON THAT BILL. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAYBE ADD THAT TO YOUR CALENDAR. YOU'LL BE GETTING AN INVITATION ANYWAY TO ATTEND THAT SUMMIT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK

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