Jul 10, 2023 Regular City Commission Meeting

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RIGHT OKAY? GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR MEETING OF THE STUART CITY COMMISSION, AND, UH. WOULD MARY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL FOOT? MARY MACDONALD, BRUNER CLARK

[ROLL CALL]

THERE'S NO PLACE THAT YOU'RE NOT . AND SO LORD. I JUST WOULD PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS MEETING THIS TIME THE REST OF THIS DAY. LORD WITH YOUR PRESENCE. I PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR DIRECTION AND YOUR GUIDANCE LORD EVERYBODY TELLS ME THAT YOUR GOD OF PEACE. AND IT'S YOUR GOD OF ORDER. AND SO GOD, I PRAY THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE WOULD BE PEACEABLE IN ORDER AND LORD, IT WOULD ACCOMPLISH YOUR WILL AND YOUR PURPOSES. FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF STEWART. THANK YOU FOR THESE THAT ARE IN LEADERSHIP, OR YOU TOLD US IN YOUR WORD TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN LEADERSHIP. AND SO WE DO. WE ASKED FOR DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE AND WISDOM FOR THEM. I PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES. LORD, WE ALL HAVE STUFF. AND SO HARD WOULD YOU WORK THAT OUT FOR US, AND THAT WE MIGHT EXPERIENCE YOUR GOODNESS AND YOUR GRACE? WHERE IT SAYS IT'S THE GOODNESS OF GOD THAT LEADS US TO REPENTANCE. CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO GOD BLESS HIS DAY.

BLESS EACH ONE HERE. ALL THOSE IN THE GALLERY ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN THIS BUILDING, FATHER, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON THEM IN JESUS NAME, I PRAY. AMEN. AMERICA. REPUBLIC NATION UNDER GOD. IN THE VISIBLE JUSTICE. BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE ARTS MOMENT. UH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A QUICK ADDITION. ONE ADDITION TO THE AGENDA, CONGRESSMAN MASTERS HERE, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH MR LAYTON HIS AID AND WE'RE GONNA PUT HIM I'M GONNA PUT HIM ON RIGHT AFTER THE LOOP. SOME

[1. ARTS MOMENT - KERRY MARRAFFINO, CRYSTAL SOUND BOWL HEALING DEMONSTRATION]

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OKAY MOVING ON. AND I SEE CONGRESSMAN MASTERS HERE NOW. SO WELCOME AND WELCOME, CONGRESSMAN . GOOD TO HAVE YOU IN OUR CHAMBERS. OKAY MOVING ON TO PROCLAMATIONS. PAUL, WOULD YOU

[2. 16TH ANNUAL TREASURE COAST WATERWAY CLEANUP WEEK - JULY 15-23, 2023]

CATCH UP. A PROCLAMATION. 16TH ANNUAL TREASURE COAST WATER WILL CLEAN UP WEEK JULY 15 3 23RD.

2023 WHEREAS THE MARINE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF THE TREASURE COAST IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT. DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH KEEPING THE TREASURE COAST WATERWAYS CLEAN FOR ALL TO ENJOY. AND WHEREAS SINCE THE BEGINNING OVER 99.25 TONS OF TRASH. ELECTED FROM APPROXIMATELY 125 MILES OF WATERWAYS. MARTIN ST LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. AND WHEREAS THE 16TH ANNUAL TREASURE COAST WATERWAY CLEANUP WILL BE HELD. ON SATURDAY, JULY 22ND 2023 FROM 8 A.M. TO 12 30. PM AND WHEREAS THIS EVENT WILL ATTRACT OVER 1200 VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN CLEANING THE WATERWAYS. THERE WILL BE 25 DESIGNATED SITES THROUGHOUT THE THREE COUNTIES THAT WILL SERVE AS REGISTRATION AND DISPOSAL SITES FOR THE VOLUNTEERS TO WORK. THERE WILL ALSO BE A VIRTUAL CLEANUP THAT ALLOWS VOLUNTEERS TO CLEAN UP ON THEIR OWN AND REPORT THEIR PROGRESS ONLINE. NOW THEREFORE I. TROY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF JULY 15TH THROUGH THE 23RD 2023 IS 16TH ANNUAL TREASURE COAST WATERWAY CLEANUP WEEK. ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION TODAY IS TOM WILLINGTON, PRESIDENT OF THE MARINE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF TREASURE COAST, AND I SEE YOU HAVE SOMEONE WITH YOU AS WELL. DO MR MAYOR COMMISSIONER'S STAFF . THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO LEADER ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, AND SHE'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE GREAT WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR

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THANK YOU, TOM. OKAY MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION, AND THIS ONE IS PARKS AND RECREATION

[3. PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH - JULY 2023]

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WE'LL GET YOU UP HERE AGAIN. YEAH. OKAY MOVING ON TO SERVICE AWARDS FOR THIS MONTH. SO THE

[4. SERVICE AWARDS - JULY 2023]

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. GUESTS. THANK YOU. THAT'S A PICTURE OF YOUR FAMILY MIND.

HE'S GOT HIS MOTHER WITH HIM AND COME ON UP. OKAY? ANOTHER WORKS IN MILTON'S APARTMENT, NO UTILITIES. THAT'S RIGHT PICTURE, TOO. USED IN THE OLD DAYS. HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY MIKE OVER.

THANK YOU GRAVITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS A PERSON IS WITH 20

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[5. 360° VIRTUAL PARKS TOUR]

OH YOU'VE BEEN IN TECH ALL YOUR LIFE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU LOOK AT HIS BACKGROUND AND HE'S DONE EVERYTHING FROM MAKING CUSTOM WATERFALLS. UM TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS VOLCANO MAKING LED OPTIC LIGHTING FIXTURES AND EVEN STAINS, SNAKES OF ALL THINGS, WHICH I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND. BUT DURING COVID, HE WAS SITTING AROUND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN HE USE HIS SKILL SETS? IN ORDER TO MAKE? UM AH, DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND PRODUCTS MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, AND HE CREATED THIS 3 60 TOUR. WE, UM. THE TIMING WAS JUST KIND OF PERFECT BECAUSE WE SET THAT GOAL KIND OF COVID KIND OF MADE US. THINK ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW? HOW ARE WE GOING TO LET PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT? AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY. THEN HE CAME FORWARD AND HE WAS ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND ACTUALLY CREATE THIS EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT BEFORE I DO, SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO GET TO THE SITE. YOU GO TO OUR CITY WEBSITE, AND IT'S LOCATED BOTH UNDER COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ALSO UNDER PARKS AND REC. SO I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS. I'LL SEE YOU. THE SAME WAS RESPONDING QUICKLY ENOUGH FOR ME. AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE TOUR HERE. WE HAVE AUDIO MARY. THIS DRASTIC OFF. SPEAK UP PERFECTLY. SPEAK UP. JESSICA. YEAH? SELFISH SEE, WE'RE GOING TO THE VOLUME JUMPING. THE BOTTOM. IT'S ON. IT'S JUST NOT GOING THROUGH THE SPEAKERS. ALRIGHT SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THIS PART. SOUNDS LIKE SOUNDS. JAMES DID EVERYTHING RIGHT. ALRIGHT DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. DO IT NOW. DAVID . OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO ENTER THE IT'S BASICALLY JUST AN INSTRUCTION ON HOW YOU GET TO THE START BUTTON. START BUTTON WILL COME HERE AND WHAT I THOUGHT I DO IS I WOULD CLAIM IS GOING TO ACTUALLY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS PROCESS, AND I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE ROOM AND ASKED THE MAYOR TO START THINGS OUT AND LET YOU PICK A PARK. UM, SINCE WE GOT QANTAS HERE TONIGHT, LET'S DO WITH QANTAS. WE DO. MHM. AS YOU CAN SEE, CLEM, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND ACTUALLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US WHAT YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO BE HERE? WELL FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS AND COMMISSIONER CLARK. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU REMEMBER ME ABOUT A YEAR

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IT WILL ALWAYS TAKE YOU TO THE MAIN MAP. SO IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE AN EASY EXIT, AND THERE'S ALSO VIDEOS AND PHOTOS OF WHAT CAN BE DONE, AND PARTICULARLY THE MEMORIAL PARK IN SOME OF THE BANDSHELL OR SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE CONCERTS, WE ACTUALLY RECORDED SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL SHEPHERD PART.

THAT'S WONDERFUL POLLUTION. PICK UP BUSINESS SUITE. OR START. CLEM IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SHARING WITH ME WHEN HE TOLD ME THIS I WAS, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO BELIEVE PEOPLE, BUT THIS ONE WAS REALLY A PRETTY BIG STATEMENT. YEAH UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE ID STATES. IT'S DONE THIS. I FIND IT. I FOUND IT A LITTLE HARD TO BELIEVE. BUT HE STANDS BY THAT STATEMENT. YES AND I EVEN WANT TO GO AS FURTHER SAYS IT COULD BE IN THE WORLD. YEAH OKAY, BUT THAT'S FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, BUT DEFINITELY UNITED STATES FOR THE CITY PARKS. IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF ONE OF YOUR GUYS ARE THE FIRST WE NEED TO GET SO WE INTEND ON SUBMITTING THIS TO THE FLORIDA RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION FOR AN AWARD VERY SOON, OKAY, WHAT IS YOUR MAIN PART? LOOK LIKE 10TH STREET.

YEAH. THE BIG PART. YOU WANT TO SEE GUY DAVIS? DO YOU WANT TO SEE 10TH STREET? EVERYTHING? YEAH AND SEEING THAT'S WHAT'S SO NICE THAT WHEN PEOPLE GO ON THE WEBSITE AND SEE THIS, THE GOOGLE IS GOING TO NOTICE THAT. WHY ARE PEOPLE TAKING SO LONG BEING IN THE WEBSITE FOR THE CITY OF STEWART? BECAUSE THEY'RE SO IMMERSED. THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT'S THE NEXT PICTURE? WHAT'S

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TO THE BIG DOG AREA. HOW ABOUT POSSUM LONG? IS THERE A BETTER PART THAN POSSUM? WALK I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU POSSUM. WELL IT'S PROBABLY NOT. THAT'S NOT A CITY PARK I SAW ON YOUR MAP. YEAH ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. YEAH, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A LOCATION. NO, THERE'S WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GET TO THAT ONE. BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE BEST PART ONE LIKE THIS ONE. LET'S KEEP IT A SECRET. YOU'RE RIGHT. WHICH ONE IS STATION THREE? YEAH WHAT'S THAT CAMPER DOING IN HERE FOR THREE YEARS. IT'S THE DOG AS A THAT'S NOT A DOG. THAT'S A HORSE. BUT JIM, THIS HAS BEEN GOOD, FABULOUS TOY AROUND ON THIS ALL YOU WANT. UM CLEM? I JUST WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW HOW WHAT A WONDERFUL GUY HE WAS TO WORK WITH THIS. THANK YOU. CLEVER I NOTICED HOW RECENT YOUR PICTURES ARE BECAUSE IT EVEN HAS A RENOVATION ATTENDS ST. SO IS THIS. DO WE UPDATE THIS? QUARTERLY ANNUALLY OR WE JUST UPDATE BASED ON CHANGES IN THE INDIVIDUAL PARKS, SO SOMEBODY HAS TO STAY ON TOP OF IT. WE WILL BE STAYING UP ON TOP OF IT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN QUANTAS PARK GETS ITS FINAL PIECE WILL RE FILM THAT AND THEN, UM, IT'S KEPT ON A ON A SERVER, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THIS THING ON OUR SERVER AND KEEP IT AS PART OF OUR OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD IS THE PARK'S CHANGED THROUGH TIME. AND MR MORTAL. HOW DO WE ENSURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE CREDIT ? IF WE ARE THE FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES, WE PATENT OR SELVES? WHATEVER PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK GONNA SAY I DON'T THINK THAT WE GET TO PATENT THE THREE. NO THAT'S ALREADY THE IDEA OF BEING THE FIRST TO DECLARE IT RIGHT HERE. AND NOW YOU GO. THAT'S RIGHT. FULLY LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING AN AWARD TO YOU IN THE FUTURE. OH OKAY. THAT BEING SAID WE EXPECT THAT, JIM, THANKS, AND IF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED AGAIN, SOME OF MY OTHER MIGHT MAKE THE AWARD MYSELF BUT ONE IS INTERESTED IN SOME OF MY OTHER CONCEPT WAS TO DO FOR POLICE STATIONS FIRE STATIONS INSTEAD OF THE STUDENTS GOING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE CAN BRING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE STUDENTS BY VIRTUAL TOURS, EVEN THE LIFEGUARDS AND EVEN CITY WORKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO IT'S IMAGINATION CAN GO WILD ON THIS. GREAT WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS NOW, THANKS TO YOU. THE NEXT

[6. KIWANIS PARK CHECK PRESENTATION ]

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PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. OKAY? YEAH. TO HEAR YOUR WHAT? I DIDN'T READ THAT. I DON'T KNOW.

WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH IS THE CHARGES? 200 102 $100,000 CHECK DONE, WAH. SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING FOR US. THIS IS THE BIGGEST EXPANSION THAT OUR CLUB HAS EVER MADE AT ONE SINGLE TIME TO THE PARK. BUT, UM AS UH, AS PRESIDENT OF THE QANTAS CLUB OF STEWART. IT IS JUST MY ABSOLUTE HONOR AND PLEASURE TODAY TO PRESENT THAT CHECK FOR $200,000 TO THE CITY OF STEWART FOR THE EXPANSION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUTH DESTINATION PLAYGROUND FOR QANTAS PARK AT WOODLAWN.

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THEIR ANYWHERE. THAT'S MORE THAN AN HOUR'S DRIVE FROM HERE. SO THIS IS REALLY I KNOW I HAVE HAD KIDS THAT HAVE STOOD IN THE PARK NEXT TO ME AND SAID ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO BUILD THAT? BECAUSE I WANT TO CLIMB ON THAT SO BAD, AND, UM IT TOUCHED ME SO MUCH WHEN THE KIDS WOULD COME OUT AND SEE THE PICTURES OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD PROPOSED AND WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT THERE BECAUSE THE OLDEST SECTION OF THE PARK NOW, UM IS THE PART THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE OF THE PIECES DOWN THE BIG, UH, IT'S A IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE SIZED PIECE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN A NUMBER OF OTHER PIECES. CRAB TRAP IS A OVER 30 BY 30 FT PIECE. IT IS A MULTI CHALLENGING, UNIQUE CLIMBING STRUCTURE THAT IS GEARED TO TEACH CHILDREN PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES, AND IT IS DESIGNED FOR UP TO 75 CHILDREN.

WHAT IS REALLY NICE AND UNIQUE ABOUT IT. AND UM, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER PIECES IS THAT THEY ARE VERY HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE. UM THE THREE STORY PLATE. OUR UM IS GOING TO HAVE DUAL SLIDES ONE THAT IS A 12. FT TWISTER SLIDE COMING OFF OF THE TOP. UM AND WE WILL WITH THE WITH THE ADDITIONAL LAST MINUTE DONATIONS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET. WE WERE ABLE TO GET RID OF THE OLD TIRE SWING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MILTON SEE THAT BIG SMILE. FINALLY YOU SEE THAT THING SMALL BACK THERE. THIS HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THIS THING TO GO. OKAY UM, BUT THE KIDS LOVE IT, OF COURSE, SO WE HAD TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY NICE AND SUITABLE FOR IT, AND WE FOUND SOMETHING CALLED THE OODLE SWING. IT IS A MORE ALTAI SWING , IT IS FULLY HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE. AND IT IS NOT GOING TO GIVE HIM ALL THE HEADACHES THAT HE'S HAD OVER THERE WITH THE OTHER ONE. IT ALSO COSTS BEFORE YOU PUT IT IN THE GROUND , ALMOST $40,000. SO WHEN WE DID NOT GET THE $100,000 IMPACT, 100 GRANT WE STILL NEEDED, UM, QUITE A BIT MORE MONEY IN ORDER TO ADD THE OODLE SWING TO IT. AND THAT'S WHERE I COME INTO TO THANK HEIDI AND BRANDON BAIRD.

UM WHO ARE NOT ONLY, UH, IS BRANDON A COCKNEY IN BUT HE HAS REALLY OUTREACHED THROUGH CHAMBERS TRUST HIS COMPANY TO TRULY HELP AND INSPIRE US. AND UH, THE NIGHT AFTER WE HAD ALREADY GONE FORWARD WITH THE OTHER PIECES, HE PRESENTED ME WITH A CHECK TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADD THAT PIECE TO THE PARK. LONG WITH ALL OF THE NEW, ACCESSIBLE SURFACING. UM ADDITIONALLY, WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVEN NEW KALEIDOSCOPE BENCHES PUT IN THE PARK. THESE

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VIRGINIA. VIRGINIA I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT YOU ALL HAVE RAISED AND TO COMPLETE THIS PART. WHAT AND HOW LONG IT'S. IT'S WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. UM UH, YOU KNOW, WE THE PLAYGROUNDS, THE CAN. ALL OF THE PAVILIONS WHERE WE'RE DONATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US THROUGH. UH, THAT WAS THROUGH A TRUST, WASN'T IT THAT YEAH, WE BOUGHT THEM, BUT I KNOW, BUT THE MONEY WAS DONATED, UH, YEAH, WELL, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RECALL HAVING ENDOWMENT REALLY BEEN AN AMAZING THING TO SEE. UH IT'S BEEN A 4 34 YEAR PROCESS FOR US TO DO IT. UM OUR CLUB IS 85 YEARS STRONG THIS YEAR AND YOU KNOW, THE OTHER REALLY GREAT THING IS WE WERE AWARDED THE QANTAS CLUB OF THE ENTIRE YEAR FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA.

SO WE ARE THE CLUB OF THE YEAR FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA THIS YEAR ON OUR 85TH ANNIVERSARY. THIS IS A WONDERFUL GIFT. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH EARLY IN THE MEETING. I SAID THAT, UH , WANTED TO PUT CONGRESSMAN MAST ON AFTER THE UPDATE, BUT I JUST FOUND OUT THAT HE NEEDS TO DEPART AT FIVE. SO CONGRESSMAN MASK, COULD YOU COME ON UP AND WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING, LOOKING UP, BUT IT'S WHAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF STEWART WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. YEAH. 43 GOOD NUMBER 43. GREAT, YEAH, YEAH.

LOOK AT HIS LOOK. AH YES, BIRTHDAY TO YOU PEOPLE DOES. TO YOU. MHM THANK YOU. RIGHT LINE DOING TO HAVE YOU HERE, CONGRESSMAN. GLAD TO BE WITH YOU. THANKS SLIDES, BUT JUST IN CASE I NEED BACKUP SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL ASKED ME WITH DOCUMENTATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT HERE TO GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON FLORIDA'S EAST COAST RAIL BRIGHT LINE, THE ST LUCIE RIVER RAILROAD BRIDGE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS, BOTH ONE ON ONE AND AS LARGE GROUPS WITH BRIGHT LINE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAIL FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION , FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UNITED STATES, COAST GUARD AND OTHER ENTITIES ALL AT ONCE. WE DO THAT WITH PURPOSE, SO THAT ONE CAN POINT AT THE OTHER AND SAY, WELL, THEY SAID THIS OR THEY SAID THAT WHICH USUALLY TURNS OUT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, SO TO GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE THIS IS ALL AT, AND THEN THEY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. HERE WE GO. SO THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ISSUED A RULE THAT I THINK WAS BROUGHT ABOUT, UH, IN LARGE PART TO THE WORK THAT THIS COMMUNITY DID TO SAY WHAT A BIG DEAL THE WATERWAY.

THE MARITIME TO THIS COMMUNITY IS. YOU HAD MARINERS GOING OUT THERE AND SHOWING THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD HOW MUCH TIME THEY SPENT ON THE WATER, WRITING LETTERS MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YOU NAME IT. AND THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD HEARD THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND SAID OKAY, WE GET IT. WE NEED TO WRITE A FAIR RULE FOR HOW THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE ST

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AT 15 AND 45 PAST EACH HOUR AND BE OPEN FOR ROUGHLY 15 MINUTES WITH ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BUFFER IF THERE'S A TRAIN DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF SHOWING UP OR RIGHT ABOUT TO APPROACH THAT BRIDGE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT IT UP RIGHT AT THAT TIME, BUT BUT ROUGHLY GIVEN THAT 15 AND 45 PAST THE HOUR, THE NEXT PART OF THIS UPDATE IS THIS THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED THE DAY THAT IT WAS IMPLEMENTED REALLY THE MOMENT THAT IT WAS IMPLEMENTED. AH THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ALSO TOLD FLORIDA EAST COAST RAIL WHO OPERATES THE BRIDGE. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY PUT IT UP AND DOWN. DO NOT ENFORCE THIS RULE. DO NOT STOP THE TRAINS ACROSS THE ROADWAYS, AND THIS GOES TO MATH THAT REALLY EVERYBODY COULD HAVE FIGURED OUT WHICH IS IF YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 50 TRAINS THAT 50 TRAINS BEING A COMBINATION OF FLORIDA EAST COAST FREIGHT TRAINS AND BRIGHT LINE PASSENGER TRAINS, OF WHICH WE COULD GET INTO THE LENGTH THAT THOSE TAKE TO CROSS IF YOU WANT TO, BUT IF YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 50 TRAINS, THE MATH DOES NOT WORK OUT WHERE THEY CAN OPEN THAT TRAIN BRIDGE.

EVEN ONE TIME FOR 15 MINUTES AT A SET. 15 MINUTE WINDOW EACH HOUR WITHOUT IN, IN THEIR OWN WORDS, THE TRAIN COMPANIES OWN WORDS WITHOUT STOPPING 23 TRAINS ACROSS THE ROADWAYS OF THE CITY EACH DAY. SO THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD SAID. THIS IS A FAIR RULE THAT WE ARE PRESENTING. DO NOT ENFORCE IT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IF WE DO THERE'S GOING TO BE TRAINED, STOPPED ACROSS THE ROADS. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT IS GOING ON FOR THIS. WE WILL BE TELLING THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD WE HAVE TOLD THEM THIS ALREADY. BUT WE WILL BE TELLING THIS, UH, AGAIN THAT THEY NEED TO EXTEND THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. NOT KNOWN YET FOR HOW LONG BECAUSE IT MAKES NO SENSE TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT. ON A RULE THAT IS NOT BEING IMPLEMENTED FOR TRAINS THAT ARE NOT YET REALIZED, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT YET RUNNING THE BRIGHT LINE TRAINS YET THEY'RE NOT ANTICIPATED TO RUN THOSE. MAYBE UNTIL NOVEMBER, OCTOBER, MAYBE SOMETIME PAST THAT, SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO LET THE COMMUNITY COMMENT ON SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY DON'T GET TO EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT OF SO WE'LL BE TELLING THEM TO EXTEND THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AH BUT I THINK THAT IS A SHORT AND CONCISE RUNDOWN OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE RULE. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MY INTERACTIONS WITH ANY OF THOSE AGENCIES OR THE COMPANIES AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT OR WHAT MY ANALYSIS IS OF THE SITUATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CONGRESSMAN? UM GO AHEAD, CHRIS IN TERMS OF FINANCING. FOR THE BRIDGE. I'VE HEARD THERE'S POTENTIALLY MULTIPLE PARTIES, INCLUDING THE CITY. THAT. I WANTED TO HEAR YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. YEP I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF SITES. LIKE I SAID, I DON'T INTEND TO GIVE THEM TO YOU JUST SHOW. UH ALRIGHT. SO FUNDING FOR A BRIDGE. THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS IN THIS ROOM. WITH PEOPLE AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING WE'VE ALL BEEN A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION FOR YEARS, THE COMPANY HAS SAID. THIS IS GOING TO BE TOTALLY PRIVATELY FUNDED. WE'LL JUST GET PAST THE FACT THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. ALL RIGHT, WHETHER YOU GO TO ORLANDO WEST PALM BEACH, BOCA RATON, AVENTURA, FORT LAUDERDALE, MIAMI. IT IS FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS AT BASICALLY EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. NOW. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY SAID PREVIOUSLY IT BEARS NOTING, HOWEVER, THAT IF BRIGHT LINE SERVICE BETWEEN MIAMI AND ORLANDO IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN THE SHORT TERM, A NEW BRIDGE WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE, THUS A WORKABLE NEAR TERM REGULATION AT THE ST LUCIE RIVER BRIDGE IS CRUCIAL TO BOTH PASSENGERS SERVICE AND THE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY. WHAT THEY WERE SAYING IS THEY'RE NOT LOOKING. TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

BEFORE IT'S CREATED. THAT'S WHAT THAT SAYS WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO BUILD A BRIDGE. UNTIL AFTER WE START RUNNING PHASE TWO OF PASSENGER SERVICE. SO SOME PEOPLE THINK I'M HOLDING UP FUNDING. I'M NOT REALLY THE FACT IS, IF THEY HAD THE MONEY, THEY COULD TAKE THE MONEY LAID ON THE TABLE AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR PLANNING PERMITTING . WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE U. S.

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT SEAGRASS OR ANYTHING ELSE. THEY COULD DO ALL OF THAT WITH THEIR OWN MONEY. I DON'T KNOW THEIR BOOKS. I HAVEN'T READ THEIR BOOKS. BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS TO BUILD A BRIDGE. LET'S SAY A BRIDGE COST $150 MILLION TO BRIDGE TO BUILD. MY GUESS WOULD

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THERE'S NO PERMITTING DONE. THERE'S NO ENGINEERING DONE ON THIS YET. EVEN PERMIT THAT AND THEN SAY WE WANT THE DOLLARS FOR THAT. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN A PART OF BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND GOVERNMENT. YOU KNOW HOW LONG THIS TAKES. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FUND SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EVEN PLANNED OUT YET. SO YEAH. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE LOOKING TO BUILD A BRIDGE IN THE SHORT TERM. THE F R A GRANT POTENTIALLY FOR BRIGHT LINE. F R A GRANT FOR BRIGHT LINE. WHAT FOR BRIGHT LINE TO GET AN F R A GRANT. BY THE BRIDGE. THERE COULD BE GRANTS FOR THEM TO HELP WITH THE BRIDGE. IT WOULD NOT BE MY ANALYSIS THAT IT WOULD BE LIKELY AGAIN. LET'S JUST USE AN ARBITRARY NUMBER OF $150 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE WATERWAY. MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE LESS. MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE MORE. WELL LET'S USE THAT NUMBER. IT WOULD NOT BE LIKELY THAT YOU WOULD GET 100 AND $50 MILLION FEDERAL EARMARK TO BUILD THAT BRIDGE. IT WOULD NOT BE LIKELY THAT YOU WOULD GET 150 MILLION STATE YEAR MARK TO BUILD THAT BRIDGE AND I HONESTLY I DON'T KNOW THE LIKELIHOOD THAT YOU GET 50 FROM EACH OR THE TIME FRAME THAT YOU GET 50 FROM EACH AGAIN AT THE STATE LEVEL. AT LEAST I KNOW SENATOR GALE HAROLD HAS SPOKEN ABOUT HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE WERE SPOKEN UP FOR. I DON'T WORK AT THAT LEVEL, BUT THE STATE IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO PAY FOR ALL OF IT IN THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY FOR IT. WHERE DOES THE REST OF THE MONEY FOR THE BRIDGE COME FROM? HAS TO COME FROM F, UH, FLORIDA, EAST COAST RAIL OR BRIGHT LINE OR THE FUNDING DOESN'T EXIST, AND IT DOESN'T GET DONE. I THINK YOU'RE ASKING SOMETHING THAT'S TELLING BASED UPON THIS QUOTE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY I'M DIGGING A LITTLE BIT.

I'M NOT IN HERE TO BASH ANYBODY. I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE UNSUCCESSFUL. THAT'S NOT THE GOAL. BUT THE GOAL IS TO BE HONEST, AND THIS SAYS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK TO DO IT UNTIL AFTER THE MIAMI TO ORLANDO PROVES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MY OPINION BUILT IN ADVANCE. NOT MY TEAM WAS WITH MY, UH, BRIGHT LINE IN MIAMI THIS WEEK. WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN WORK A SCHEDULE. THAT GIVES THE MARINERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 50% OR MORE TIME EVERY HOUR. BUT IT CAN'T BE AT A FIXED TIME. AND CLARIFY THAT THEY'RE SAYING THEY THINK THEY CAN GET TO 50% OF MORE TIME AN HOUR FOR MARITIME TRAFFIC WITHOUT STOPPING TRAINS OVER THE ROADWAYS, BUT IT CAN'T BE THAT THEY GUARANTEE YOU IT'S

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I LIKE THAT BETTER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY HERE IN THE CITY. AND I THINK, MICHAEL, WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON BUILDING A BRIDGE. I PROMISE YOU PETTY. THAT'S NOT GOING IN THE BUDGET, AND IT'S SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU DID COME HERE SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS OUT THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE.

IT'S A MESS. UM I DON'T KNOW HOW ANY OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. UM I WOULD GIVE YOU A QUICK COMMENT ON THIS. I AM NOT HOLDING UP FUNDING FEDERALLY, BUT I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY. THAT'S A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT TOUCHES FUNDING. TO NOT WORK ON FUNDING A BRIDGE YET NOW THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR IT YET. THEY HAVEN'T ASKED FOR IT YET, BUT THIS IS WHY I SAY DON'T WORK ON THAT YET. AND IT'S THE IDEA OF THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIME FRAME TO BUILD A BRIDGE TO DESIGN IT. TO ENGINEER IT TO PERMIT IT. TO FUND IT AND THEN TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED AND YOU LOOK AT THE TIME FRAME OF THAT. LET'S JUST SAY IT'S AN 8 TO 10 YEAR WINDOW.

CONSERVATIVELY CONSERVATIVELY. YEAH THAT MEANS THAT WHATEVER SCHEDULE. FOR THAT BRIDGE TO OPEN AND CLOSE. YOU'RE STUCK WITH IT. FOR LET'S SAY 58 10 YEARS. THAT'S WHY I HAVE TOLD THEM AS MUCH AS I'M WILLING TO WORK ON THIS. I'M NOT GOING TO WORK ON FUNDING WITH THEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR IT YET. I'M NOT WILLING TO WORK ON THAT YET UNTIL THEY GET THE HOURS DOWN THAT IT WILL BE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR WATERWAY AND ACCESS TO THEIR ROADWAYS. NEITHER ONE OF THOSE CAN BE HELD HOSTAGE. IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE OR RIGHT AND IT AND IT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE LEGAL FOR EITHER ONE OF THEM TO BE HELD HOSTAGE. SO WHEN THAT BRIDGE GETS CROSSED, THEN HEY, I'M I'M WILLING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE THE DOLLARS COME FROM. BUT I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH FIRST, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THEN YOU LOSE ALL POINTS OF LEVERAGE. CONGRESSMAN THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. OKAY I'LL GET TO YOU A SECOND. I'M GONNA GO. SO, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, IN FACT, WE DISCUSSED THIS WHEN YOU CALLED ME A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PHONE CALL. UM IS THAT REGARDLESS OF FUNDING, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER BRIGHT LINE RUNS WHERE WE'VE GOT A BRIDGE THAT WAS BUILT WAS IN 1925. WHEN THE POPULATION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHATEVER. PROBABLY UNDER A MILLION PEOPLE. UM AND REGARDLESS OF THAT, I THINK ARE MARITIME COMMUNITY NEEDS. WE NEED A NEW BRIDGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR MARITIME COMMUNITY. THE BRIDGES, I THINK WHAT? 38 40 FT WIDE I'VE SEEN LARGE BOATS GOING THROUGH WITH ONLY LIKE A FOOT CLEARANCE. I NEED TOTAL. UH AND WITH THE WITH THE WITH WILL'S YEAH, IT'S OUT AND OUT OF THE CANAL WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE MARINAS IN THE INDIAN TOWN WITH WHAT'S GOING ON UP IN FOUR PIERS WITH THE SUPER YACHTS AND THIS BEING THE ONLY AH CROSS STATE WATERWAY THAT WE HAVE, UM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT . IF BRIGHT LINE JUST WENT AWAY TOMORROW. WE STILL WORK ON SOMETHING WITH THE BRIDGE BECAUSE I THINK FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT OF OUR AREA, UM THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF HIGH PAYING JOBS THAT COULD DEEP THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW WITH THE RAILROAD THAT DOES HAVE A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, ALSO. HOPEFULLY IF THERE IS EVER A BRIDGE BILL THEY CAN GET IT UP HIGH ENOUGH TO, UH HOW LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE BOATS THROUGH RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT'S ONLY A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF VOTES AND EVEN GET THROUGH THE FEET ABOVE MEAN HIGH WATER. YEAH SO THAT'S THAT'S A PRETTY SMALL AMOUNT. BUT IF WE COULD GET UP TO WHO WERE 75 80% OF THE VOTES COULD GET THROUGH THAT WOULD SOLVE A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM . BUT YOUR THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES LIKE YOU SAID WITH THE FUNDING. UM IT'S AT A AVAILABLE, BE HONEST, INSTEAD OF LEVEL OF THROWING ABOVE US, BUT I THINK THAT TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY IS THE BEST THING. AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND IT, UH, A NEW A NEW BRIDGE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IN A NUMBER OF IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, AND IT WOULD BE LIKELY AS WE'VE SEEN PROPOSALS FOR IT. BUT NOTHING.

OFFICIAL. THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY MIMIC THE HEIGHT OF THE DIXIE BRIDGE. UH THE LET'S JUST SAY 16.5 FT ROUGHLY. MAYBE 17 FT. ABOVE MEAN HIGH WATER. YEAH, SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

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WHAT THEY WANT IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THEY GET. THE COMMUNITY GETS A SAY, SO THAT'S YOUR COMMUNITY. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE JUST PASSERS BY. AND THEY SHOULDN'T GET TO HOLD THE WATERWAY OR THE ROADWAY HOSTAGE. AND TO SAY HOW THIS TOOK PLACE. IN PART, I'LL GO BACK TO SOMETHING ELSE. HERE. UM I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU WAR AND PEACE ON THIS, BUT AH, ALICE SHOWS ANALYSIS SHOWS THE PROJECT WOULD HAVE MINOR BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON LOCAL TRAFFIC BY INCREASING WITH THE FREQUENCY OF THAT GRADE CROSSINGS. THESE THIS IS ALL FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT DONE YEARS AGO. THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT THE PROJECT WOULD NOT RESULT IN THE DEGRADATION OF THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF SERVICE FROM ACCEPTABLE TO POUR. AH ANOTHER ONE WITH JUST THREE CHANGE COSTING PER HOUR. THE MAJORITY OF EACH HOUR OF OPERATION WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE. UH THE THIS IS WHAT THE TRAIN COMPANIES. AGREED TO IN A IN A 600 PAGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT THAT I'VE READ NUMEROUS TIMES THAT THAT HATE NOTHING IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR ROADWAYS HERE AND THEN YOU FAST FORWARD TO LAST YEAR, AND THE COMMENTS WERE, UH , ESSENTIALLY THIS IF A RULE REQUIRING THE ST LUCIE RIVER BRIDGE TO BE OPEN. FOR THE 1ST 15 MINUTES OF EVERY HOUR WERE IMPLEMENTED, OUR COMPANIES WOULD FREQUENTLY NEED TO SLOWER STOP TRAINS FOR ONE OPENING 24 TIMES A DAY THAT WAS IN THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO IT'S NOT THE COAST GUARD'S FAULT, THE COAST GUARD WARNED. EVERYBODY ASKED EVERYBODY HEY, MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE 2700 PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. SAYING HEY, DON'T CLOSE OFF OUR WATERWAY. THIS TRAIN THEY MIGHT GET THE TRACKS AND THEY MAY GET TO COME THROUGH, BUT THEY DON'T GET TOO CLOSE IT FOR 45 MINUTES AN HOUR AND NOT LET US THROUGH OR CLOSE IT OFF ON FOURTH OF JULY AT NOON, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS AND THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMPANIES COMBINED. THEY DIDN'T SPEAK UP AND SAY, WELL, HEY, YEAH, THE MATH. REALLY IS THIS IF YOU RUN 50 TRAINS THROUGH HERE, WE'RE EITHER GONNA HOLD THIS HOSTAGE AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THIS HOSTAGE. THEY DIDN'T SPEAK UP AND SAY THAT AND THEY KNEW IT. YOU KNOW, THEY KNEW THAT ALL OF THIS. THAT WAS UP. THERE WAS A LOT IN MY I MEAN, 15 MINUTES AND I'M GLAD TOM WENNINGTON IS HERE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE WATER FOR 43 YEARS. 43 YEARS I'VE LIVED HERE. AND YOU CANNOT TRANSIT THAT BRIDGE FROM BOTH SIDES AND 15 MINUTES. NOT SAFELY AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND SHOWED THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD THE REASON WE BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE THE COAST GUARD CAME INTO MY OFFICE ONE DAY AND SAID. WELL ARE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, D. C BELIEVED THAT WE COULD GET 75 BOATS THROUGH AND 15 MINUTES TO WHICH EVERY PERSON THAT I'VE SAID THAT TO RESPONDED WITH SWEAR WORDS. YEAH. WELL, I'M YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD YOU UNDERSTAND THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THESE DECISIONS AND ANYTHING ELSE I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR ROLE ON THE TRANSPORTATION. COMMITTEE AND KEEPING US INFORMED THANKS ALL FOR PARTICIPATING FOR MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD FOR NOT LETTING YOUR COMMUNITY BE HELD HOSTAGE. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN A VOICES IN THOSE FIGHTS AS WELL. SO I APPRECIATE IT GIVES US THE AMMO TO GO UP THERE AND FIGHT ON THAT COMMITTEE AND OTHER PLACES. SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO TAKE THE PHONE CALLS. CALL ME WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING I CAN ANSWER. LET US CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY FOR TAKING THE TIME ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, CONGRESSMAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, MR LAYTON. GOOD OKAY, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM ALSO MADE WATER

[7. LOSOM AND WATER CONDITIONS UPDATE]

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I THINK THEY MISSED THE MARK HERE. THIS IS NOAH. THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE RAIN IN THE NEW ENGLAND IN THE NORTHEAST AS WE'RE SEEING TODAY, UM AND NEW YORK. BUT IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THEIR EXTRAPOLATION FOR JULY, IT ACTUALLY DOES SHOW IT BUT WHAT WE ARE STILL SEEING IS REGARDLESS, FLORIDA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA ARE GOING TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE IN TERMS OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION, RAINFALL AND THAT IS RELATIVE BASED ON YOUR REGION. SO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH NORMAL RAINFALL WE MIGHT GET INTO JULY AND IN AUGUST HERE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE EVEN STILL WETTER AND YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN ANECDOTE, UM, WHAT I'VE SEEN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS HAS BEEN JUST ALMOST NONSTOP THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN.

UH SO AS FAR AS THE ANOMALIES AND THIS IS, THIS IS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW.

WHY IT'S CONCERNING THAT IT'S SO WARM. IS THAT THE WATERS AROUND FLORIDA JUST TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS GIVING A PRESENTATION TO THE RIVERS COALITION, WE WERE ALREADY SEEING EXTREME HEATING

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THROUGH TO THE SECOND PICTURE HERE IS THAT DISTRIBUTION OF THE ANOMALY, WHICH THIS MEANS WATER TEMPERATURES THAT ARE WARMER. ALL THESE RED AND ORANGE IS THESE ARE ABOVE AVERAGE, UM, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES, AND IT'S NOW WIDELY DISTRIBUTED. THERE'S A HUGE GRADIENT. IT'S COVERED ALMOST THE ENTIRE NORTH ATLANTIC. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SEEING TEMPERATURES OF 100 DEGREES AND PLACES LIKE GREENLAND. IT IS EXTREME TEMPERATURE PROFILE FOR THE ATLANTIC COMPARATIVE TO NORMAL. UM EVEN IN GREENLAND. YES I HEARD LAST 99. YEAH. FAIR IN HEIGHT, OF COURSE, BUT IT'S AN EXTREME EXTREME WEATHER, EXTREME HEAT. AND, OF COURSE, NOW IT'S BEING EXACERBATED. EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T SEE IT ON THIS GRAPH BY SAY, HERE IN HERE THAT'S NOW COMING ACROSS RIGHT ON TIME COMING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. YES, MA'AM. SURE I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HEARD I HEARD ON THE RADIO. I THINK IT'S LAST WEEK THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WAS HOTTER THAN IT HAD EVER BEEN. WHEN I SHOW YOU SOME OF THE GRAPHS WHOLE WORLD ONE DAY WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THAT. I'M GOING TO SHOW SOME OF THE GRAPHS OF WHY IT'S SO CONCERNING. UM AND WHAT IT MEANS ALSO NOT NOT JUST KIND OF THE FEAR RISING, BUT LITERALLY WHAT WE WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY IN PLACES LIKE NEW ENGLAND, SPAIN, NEW YORK AND WHAT TO EXPECT AS A NORMAL FROM NOW ON AND HOW THAT'LL IMPACT THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE. HOW WE, YOU KNOW SO THERE'S A LOT HERE, BUT I'M TRYING TO KEEP TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AT LEAST AS MUCH AS I CAN ABOUT THE LAKE. AND HOW IS THIS RELATED TO THE AWESOME? WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT AT THE END? THAT'S THE PART WHERE WE TALK ABOUT BOTH PROGRAMMATICALLY . HELLO. SOME IS GOING TO BE BETTER THAN LAURA'S WAS AND THEN ALSO HOW THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THAT WE'RE GETTING HOW MUCH EVEN WITH LOW SOME, WE CAN REALLY PREDICT AND PLAN FOR OH, GOOD. SO RIGHT HERE IS AND AGAIN. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS. THE LAST THREE YEARS ARE THE COLORS. UM I CAN'T SEE ALL THE COLORS PURPLE GREEN, YELLOW. UM THESE ARE THE LAST THREE YEARS OF SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES WHAT YOU HAVE AT THE TOP ALL BY ITSELF IS 2023. UM, IT'S A RUNAWAY TRAIN I CALL IT IS BEYOND ABNORMAL TO HAVE TEMPERATURES THIS HIGH THIS TIME OF YEAR FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON THE GRAPH. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR TO THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR, SO A FULL 365 DAY OUTLOOK. UM AND THIS IS A 1982 THE 2011 MEAN GRAPH. SO IT SO WHAT THAT'S SAYING IS THE BLACK LINE IS THE AVERAGE OF THOSE, UM THREE DECADES AND WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR IT RIGHT NOW. IN FACT, WE ARE SO FAR REMOVED FROM THE MEAN CURRENTLY WE ARE NOW ABOVE THREE STANDARD DEVIATIONS AND SCIENCE. THREE STANDARD DEVIATIONS IS THE POINT AT WHICH THE EMPIRICAL RULE IS THROWN OUT, MEANING THAT 98% OF ALL PROBABILITY OF ALL STATISTICS, AND A NORMAL GRAPH SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE BELOW THIS LINE. EVEN IF IT'S JUST UNDER WE ARE ALMOST 1/4. THERE ISN'T SUCH A THING, BUT WE'RE ALMOST 1/4.

STANDARD DEVIATION. IS THAT STANDARD ABOVE THIS GRAPH, SO WE ARE SO FAR ABOVE THE GRAPH RIGHT NOW. WE ARE IN UNCHARTERED TERRITORY, UNCHARTERED WATERS. UM AND SPEAKING OF WATERS, THIS IS 90 DEGREE WATER OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA RIGHT NOW. 90 F. UM YOU KNOW 31 32 C, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, WHERE THE SHELF IS KIND OF REALLY FAR OUT THERE INTO THE GULF AND THERE'S A LOT SHALLOWER WATER SO TO SEE 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE THROUGHOUT THE GULF LIKE THIS IS ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED. I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SAW IT, THAT'S FOR SURE. SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US WITH, LIKE OKEECHOBEE WHILE YOU THINK WITH HOW HOT IT IS, WE WOULD HAVE A LAKE. THAT'S TO THE 3 FT, LOWER THAN WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS. BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, EVEN WITH THIS EXTREME HEAT THAT WE HAVE HAD THE LAST MONTH OR TWO. THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE'VE GOTTEN HAS HAS TRUMP THAT , UH, TENFOLD. WE'VE GONE THE LAST TIME. I GAVE MY PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO. THE NUMBER WAS OF THE LAKE WAS, I THINK 14.2 AND SO WE'VE JUMPED BETWEEN 14.2 AND THREE. WE'VE JUMPED THE WHOLE HALF A FOOT ON THE LAKE AND JUST TWO WEEKS ALONE, AND WE STARTED THIS WET SEASON ON JUNE 1ST A FULL 2 FT. ABOVE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE. SO THAT'S THE CONCERNING PART.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE'RE GETTING YELLED, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONS AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I THOUGHT THERE'D ALSO BE BEST BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE THIS FOR THE COMMISSION. UM TWO RECENTLY TO SHOW WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL DISCHARGES WERE THIS YEAR? UM SO EVERY GREEN SO THIS WAS START OF THE YEAR ALL THE WAY TOWARDS TRYING TO REMEMBER IF I GET IT? YEAH, YESTERDAY'S, UH WAS WAS THE LATEST DATE SO ALL THE GREEN BARS YOU SEE, ARE THE DISCHARGES

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FROM EL NINO CONDITIONS, SO THAT SHOWS YOU THE OTHER THING THAT WE MADE A MARK AND THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT DURING THE RIVERS COALITION IS THERE IS A 0% PROBABILITY. THAT THE LAKE GOES UNDER 13 FT. THE REST OF THIS YEAR 0% PROBABILITY BASED ON WHERE WE WERE SO WATER SUPPLY HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. FROM A PROBABILITY STANDPOINT, BUT WITHIN THE MARGIN OF PROBABILITY WE COULD BE OVER 18 FT OF THE LAKE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. UM NOT GOING TO USE THIS GRAPH TOO MUCH. IT'S JUST ANOTHER PROJECTION SHOWING COMPARISONS TO PREVIOUS YEARS JUST AS A REMINDER IT ALSO SHOWS IF YOU FOLLOW THE BLACK LINES, FLOORS BEING LOWERS 2008 THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGULATIONS SCHEDULE. THIS SHOWS. UH YOU KNOW WHAT THE MANAGEMENT BAND LINES WERE AND THIS IS GOING TO HELP ME HOPEFULLY CONVEY THE DIFFERENCES IN THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN LORDS AND LOW SOMEONE SLOW. SOME GOES INTO EFFECT.

JOHN MAIL DID A GREAT JOB WASN'T ABLE TO GET HIS A COUPLE OF HIS SLIDES THAT SHOWED IN OVERLAY

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AND THEN I GUESS HAVE TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY DONE THAT. SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE.

ONE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ALREADY WAS DONE BY THE ARMY CORPS FOR LOS UM AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. ON ARMY COURSE WEBSITE READ THE WHOLE THING. HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PAGES. UM REALLY EXCITING STUFF TO READ IN THERE, BUT THERE ARE A FEW PAGES THAT ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT, UH, HOW THEY HOW THEY EXPECT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LORDS AND LOS, UM TO AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT. UNFORTUNATELY THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WERE DELAYED BECAUSE OF TWO FEDERAL AGENCIES ACTUALLY COORDINATING THEIR OWN DISTINCT ANALYSES OF A COUPLE OF PARTICULAR PARTS OF IT. THAT'S A REALLY LONG WINDED WAY OF SAYING WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY POWER. IT'S TO FEDERAL AGENCIES. THEY'RE HAVING TO WORK THINGS OUT OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, SO THE TIMELINE IS DECEMBER JANUARY , WE MIGHT ACTUALLY FINALLY HAVE CONGRESS AUTHORIZING OFFICIALLY LOS, UM GOES INTO EFFECT. NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS. THE ARMY CORPS IS FULLY RECOGNIZING WE WERE ALREADY SUPPOSED TO BE IN LOS. UM THE REASON DISCHARGES WERE CUT OFF IN APRIL WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO IS BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO HONOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE WILSON PLAN. AND THAT'S WHY RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH THE LAKE IS 2 FT, HIGHER THAN WE'D LIKE WE'RE STILL NOT GETTING DISCHARGES. AND THE REASON I ASKED IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST, THE COMMISSION HAS DISCUSSED POTENTIAL FOR LITIGATION. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH LOW SOME HAS THERE BEEN ANY INDICATION TO YOU OR TO THE COUNTY OR ANYBODY ABOUT WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR DISPUTE WOULD ARISE IN HER LOS? UM OR DOES IT LOOK LIKE LAWSON IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S BENEFICIAL TO US? WELL AND I TRIED. WE TRIED TO BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY TRY TO AVOID THE WORD BENEFITS SO MUCH. IT'S REDUCTION AND HARM AND THE REASON WE DO THAT RIGHT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE SAYING WELL, WE TOOK AWAY ALL THAT WATER, SO THAT REALLY BENEFITS YOU IN IN. IN THEORY, IT IS A BENEFIT, BUT WHAT IT IS, IS THE REDUCTION OF HARM THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED INTO MR MARTEL'S POINT. I THINK, UM, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS GOING TO BE A SIX MONTH PROCESS IN TERMS OF LITIGATION OR CHALLENGING WE'RE AT THIS PART WHERE WE DON'T. THERE'S NO REAL JURISDICTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FORMAL RULE THAT'S BEEN FINALIZED AND APPROVED. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE BRIDGE AT THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION BY THE CONGRESSMAN, THE ARMY, THE ARMY CORPS, THE COAST GUARD THERE IN THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, PLANNING PHASE, SO IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL RULE. RIGHT SO AT THIS POINT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT LONESOME IS IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN WHERE WE HEADED INTO IT THE FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS A RESULT OF THE MARINE

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SO IN SOME RESPECTS WHEN THEY CUT OFF THE DISCHARGES IN APRIL, THEY WERE THEY WERE PAYING RESPECT TO LOS. UM BEFORE THAT THEY WERE. THEY WERE KIND OF AGAIN. THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW LORDS UNTIL THAT'S OFFICIALLY ADOPTED . SO THEY WERE PLAYING THE FENCE AND IN THAT SENSE, BUT THEY WORKED WITH US, RIGHT, WHICH IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE THAN YOU KNOW. THEY ARE PROVIDING SOMES SAW TREATMENT OF THE ALGAL BLOOM, AREN'T THEY? I THOUGHT, THANK THANK YOU. YES, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE ASPECTS THAT WE WENT OVER IN THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF OUR PRESENTATION AND THE RIVERS COALITION WAS TO TALK ABOUT IF AND WHEN, AND WE KNOW THERE ARE, UH, HUGE ALGAL BLOOM ON THE LAKE RIGHT NOW WHAT THE STATES PREPARED TO DO TO OUR SURPRISE OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TOLD THE EP IN THE STATE IT WANTS TO TAKE OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ALGA BLOOM PROBLEM. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY. TAKE ON EVEN FOR AN ORGANIZATION AS LARGE AS THE DISTRICT. UM BUT WHAT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING IS USING DEPP'S FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR ESSENTIAL MITIGATION AND REMEDIATION PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE USING IS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE WHERE THEY JUST APPLY.

IT IS. YEAH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MECHANICAL REMOVAL AND ALL THAT, BUT HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IS THERE'S A PAPER THAT CAME OUT IN 99. WE'VE KNOWN THAT THAT'S BEEN AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT SINCE

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SO OKAY. THANK YOU, BEN. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. OKAY LET'S MOVE. UH COMMENT BY

[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]

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FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT SOME KIND OF LETTER THAT WE CONTINUE DOING IT. LIKE I SAID EVERY TWO WEEKS, A MONTHLY THAT LETS THEM KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR COMMUNITY WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT SUFFER THIS. NOBODY ELSE AND ALL OF THE SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST. IT'S RIGHT HERE AND JUST TO REMIND THEM A KIND LETTER. I DON'T KNOW IF BEN WOULD WOULD WANT TO, AND I KNOW HE COULD REALLY WRITE A AH! VERY GREAT LETTER. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'LL BE ABOUT THE ALGAE BLOOMS AND THE DANGER IN A WAY OF WARDING IT ALL THAT A REMINDER? JUST IT'S IN THEIR EAR EVERY TWO WEEKS, AND THEY READ IT IN THE ARMY GUY AND THEY WORK TOGETHER OFF AND ON. DON'T FORGET STUART , AND THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF WANT TO DO. IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA. CONSIDERING THIS SUMMER THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY NEW COMING IN TO FILL. POKE SPOTS SOON, SO WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'VE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR BEN TO GIVE YOU GUYS A MONTHLY UPDATE. SO UM, THE COMMISSION AS A CONSENSUS AT EACH MONTHLY UPDATE COULD ASK BEN. BECAUSE AT ANY TIME ANY INDIVIDUAL CITY COMMISSIONER CAN WRITE TO THE ARMY CORPS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES . BUT WHEN THE CITY ACTS AS A BORDER AS IN TOTALITY I NEED A VOTER CONSENSUS OR DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD. SO WHEN WE HAVE THESE MONTHLY MEETINGS WERE BEN IS NOT GOING TO START UPDATING US ONE OF THE MEETINGS. YOU GUYS COULD DO A MOTION TO HAVE US FOLLOW UP WITH A LETTER TO THE ARMY COURT ITSELF FOR WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OR TO WHOMEVER YOU DEEM IT TO BE APPROPRIATE BASED UPON WHATEVER INFORMATION IS BEING AH DISSEMINATED DURING THAT PARTICULAR MEETING. IN A LETTER NOT NOT AN EMAIL. LISTEN. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT THE VOTE ON IT OR I MEAN, SO IF YOU'RE INCLINED TO ASK BEN TO DO A LETTER TODAY OR TOMORROW. BASED UPON SOME CURRENT STATUS. THEN YES, I WOULD NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND JUST IN ALL IN FAVOR. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A RESOLUTION BUT CURRENTLY AFTER HEARING THE PRESENTATION THAT THAT THEN GAVE WHAT WOULD YOUR LETTER SAY? KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK OR YOU'RE KILLING US WITH ALGAE. JUST THINKING THEM FOR IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE LAKE, THANKING THEM FOR REMEMBERING THE HEALTH QUALITY OF LIFE, THE ABILITY FOR RESIDENTS HERE TO BREATHE. AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE DISCHARGES. KEEPING US IN MIND.

DID YOU SAY BREATHING AND ALL THAT GOOD? YEAH I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR WHAT I JUST TOLD HIM.

OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTHER. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SEND A LETTER TO THE ARMY CORPS. UH AND, UH, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH WATER MANAGEMENT AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SEND A LETTER FROM THE COMMISSION. PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING DONE ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE, I SAY NO. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHO'S GOING TO DRAFT THE LETTER, MR MAYOR THEN AND HAVE HIM RUNNING BY. READ IT BEFORE IT GOES OUT THE MAIL. SIGN IT, OKAY, BEFORE YOU GET TO YOURS OF RESPECT IS FINISHED. DO HAVE ONE MORE THING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SHOULD BRING IT UP OR NOT, BUT IT IS ABOUT THE 500,000 AND I WAS I HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH ROBERT NERI. AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT THOSE PEOPLE DO. AND HE, UM. IN THE COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HE COUNTIES TRYING TO HELP. BUT IF WE COULD HELP WERE THEY BUY THE LAND AND THEN THEY BUILD THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PERMANENT. IT'S THERE FOREVER. IT'S THEIRS IF WE WANTED TO. CONTRIBUTE SOME MONEY TO THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW OR HOW MUCH. I KNOW WE HAVEN'T REALLY SAT DOWN AND WE HAD TO DECEMBER , RIGHT. WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER OF 24 TO DISPERSE THE MONEY. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, PRESSURE FROM THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES BECAUSE THEY'VE MET INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS AND YOU KNOW I'M GETTING PUSHED, BUT I BRING IT FORWARD FOR YOU GUYS TO DECIDE. UNLESS YOU GUYS ARE TELLING ME OTHERWISE, BUT I COULD PUSH IT BACK FURTHER OR WE CAN BRING IT FORWARD AND JUST I MEAN, THERE'S ROUGHLY $500,000 LEFT, AND THERE'S $2.5 MILLION WORTH OF PEOPLE ASKING FOR IT OR

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[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]

ESSENTIALLY SETTING FORCES OF CRITERIA, DESCRIPT JOB DESCRIPTION AND LIKE PARAMETERS OF YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT, THEY ACCEPT THE JOB THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN 25 OR 30 MILES OF DOWNTOWN STUART JUST SO THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO LIVE IN MIAMI AND WORK REMOTELY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND, UM SHE HAS MULTIPLE STUDIES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT AH, HEY, SCALES OF WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEYS ARE BEING PAID. BUT I THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT A JULY 24TH WE COME TO YOU. YOU GUYS SAID THAT THEY RANGE TWEAKED THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND ANYWHERE YOU SEE FIT AND THEN IT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY PUBLISHED. THE NEXT DAY, WE RUN THE PUBLICATION FOR ROUGHLY 3 TO 3.5 WEEKS. AT THE END OF THE PUBLICATION. IT WOULD THEN BE VETTED BY HR AND THEN HEADED BY A COMMITTEE SIMILAR TO THE COMMITTEE. THAT, UM DID THE LAST TWO. AND WHICH IS MADE UP OF FOUR PEOPLE WOULD BE THE HR DIRECTOR. BE ACTING CITY ATTORNEY ONE CITY COMMISSIONER. AND I THINK THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE ATTORNEY LOCAL ATTORNEY SO WE'D BE LOOKING TO YOU ON THE 24TH PICK, WHICH CITY REPRESENTATIVE WHICH CITY COMMISSIONER WOULD SIT ON THAT BOARD AND THE AMOUNT BASED UPON SO WE HAVE TO PUBLISH. THE HIRING RANGE TO GET THE RESPONSES TO THE POSITION. TELL YOU IN 2016 WHEN THE CITY HAD A . NATIONAL SEARCH AND USED A HEADHUNTER TO DO THE CITY MANAGER. WHEN THEY FIRST WENT OUT AT A CERTAIN RANGE. HE DIDN'T GET ENOUGH RESPONSES. HE SAID HE CAME BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND ASKED TO INCREASE THE RANGE AND SO THEY DID. UM SIGNIFICANTLY AND THEN, OF COURSE, WITHIN TURN, THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT RESPONSES. BUT SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ENDED UP ON THE SHORT LIST. ONCE THEY CAME FOR THE INTERVIEWS AND FOUND OUT FROM THE CITY COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY WEREN'T ACTUALLY GOING TO PAY THAT AMOUNT, WITHDREW AND OR DIDN'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN STICKING AROUND. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ACTUAL RANGE THAT THE CITY COMMISSION PUBLISHES IS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE AUTHORITY OF WHAT IT PLANS TO SPEND ON IT, RATHER THAN HAVING THAT BE A DISRUPTION. AGREE MR MARGERA, LET'S BE REALISTIC. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. HIGHER THAN INCLUDING AN ACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATOR AND SUE IN WATER OR SUING ANYBODY ELSE OR WE'RE THANKFUL THAT THREE M LAWSUIT WENT THROUGH WHATEVER BUT THE REALITY IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE PUT IN THIS DESCRIPTION WE? IF WE GET INTO ANYTHING SERIOUS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE A TEAM OF PEOPLE AND IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE.

SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT NOW THAT WHEN WE SEND OUT THAT ARE FQ FOR CITY ATTORNEY THAT WOULD BE REALISTIC IN WHAT WE PUT IN THERE BECAUSE THE MORE SPECIALIZATIONS WE PUT IN AND IT'S HARDER FOR US TO GET SOMEBODY AND THEN WHEN WE DO GET THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO STILL BE LIMITED AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO GET THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, RIGHT PEOPLE OR THE RIGHT TEAM TO DO THE JOB CONVERSATION FOR? YES BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YEAH, IN THE CURRENT DESCRIPTION BEING PREPARED IS MUCH MORE MUNICIPAL LAWYER DESCRIBED. OPTION THEN. THEN, UM OKAY. ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT. UM, SECONDLY, FOURTH OF JULY, WAS

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DOES THIS PERSON MEET THE THIS PERSON MEETS THE MINIMUM, AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M INVOLVED IN THAT NEXT THING WOULD BE. ARE WE REDEFINING? WHEN WE SAY WE'RE REDEFINING THAT JOB DESCRIPTION, WE ARE REDEFINING IT OUT OF INCLUDING LITIGATION EXPERIENCE. IT'S NOT REDEFINING IT. IT'S BEING DEFINED AS A STANDARD MUNICIPAL LAWYER WITH STANDARD BACKGROUND AND SKILLS. LITIGATION EXPERIENCE IT HAS ACTUALLY DOES HAVE HAVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR SOMETHING LITIGATION, BUT IT'S BUT IT'S NOT. A LITIGATOR, AND RATHER THAN HAVING THE AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT, WHEN IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. I'D RATHER JUST WAIT TO HAVE AND SOLVE THESE WHEN I BRING THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM BEFORE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DISCUSS BOARD JOB DESCRIPTION OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION IN FRONT OF ME, TELLING YOU TO BE PREPARED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT JOB RANGE BECAUSE WE'LL GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS. IN ADVANCE OF IT, BUT THAT'S WHAT REALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING. FORWARD TO LEAVE THAT MEETING WITH THE ANSWER, SO THE NEXT DAY WE CAN PUBLISH AND BE OFF TO THE RACES. YOU WOULD JUST MENTION THAT DESCRIPTION ALREADY, JUST LOOKING LIKE I SAID SHE'S BEEN DRAFTING AND IT'S ALREADY IN EXISTENCE, SO IT'S BUT IT'LL BE COMING ON THAT AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU, UM, GOING BACK TO THE FOURTH OF JULY. I DIDN'T GET OLD. UM I DID WANT TO THANK JIM CHARLES KEY WHO WAS THERE BRIGHT AND EARLY WITH HIS FIRST ANNUAL GOLF CART PARADE, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE VERY WELL AND THE ENTIRE EVENT WENT OFF EXTREMELY WELL AND WITHOUT RAIN. WHICH WAS A FEAT IN AND OF ITSELF, AND IT WAS WARM BUT IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.

AND ALSO NORMALLY THIS IS THAT MEETING WE HAVE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT. ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AND HOW THE KIDS INVADED A NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERYTHING WENT CRAZY, AND WE PLAY VIDEOS AND TALK ABOUT ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT ONE PLACE THAT DID NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR. WOW EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTH . IT WAS ACTUALLY A VERY QUIET. YEAH RIGHT. I DEFINITELY BLAME DAVID DIAZ. THAT'S RIGHT. FAILED US, UM, MOVING ON. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION FOLLOWING THE RIVERS COALITION MEETING. UM COMMISSIONER RICHARD APPROACHED ME AND TALKED ABOUT UM, ASKING IF WE COULD PUT SOMETHING ON. UM OUR WEBSITE AS IT RELATES TO PEOPLE HAVING THE ABILITY TO, UM , REPORT ALGAE BLOOMS OR REPORT RIVERS PROBLEMS, ETCETERA. AND I KNOW THAT BEN WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP AND I LEFT THE ROOM. SO I WANTED TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF HE MENTIONED IT OR NOT. BUT IN FACT, UM, THAT IS HAS TAKEN PLACE AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A LINK. AND IF YOU SEE BAD STUFF YOU CAN CLICK ON IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND REPORTED TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES, AND THEN

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I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, UM REACTION IS FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD IS WHETHER YOU GUYS WANT TO DO IT ON A FORMAL BASIS OR WHETHER YOU HAVE BEEN TO MANY ROADS AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEM YOURSELF REMOVED THE NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER. I MEAN, I DON'T WE HAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT AND I THINK THAT, UM COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL END UP FOLLOWING THROUGH IT, BUT DOING KIND OF A TOWN HALL TYPE MEETING , BUT THAT WOULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL MEETING. WHERE, UM WHAT'S THE GOAL? WHAT DO YOU TRYING TO ACHIEVE? JUST SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW, UM NO, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR ESPECIALLY THOSE . I THINK THAT AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING HERE. THE WHOLE IDEA OF DEFINING NEIGHBORHOODS AND NON NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, UM FAMILIAR WITH THE PEOPLE AND THE GROWTH AND THE CHANGE IN IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS . I JUST WANTED US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT. AND THEN THEY PEOPLE KNOW, UM, THAT YOU KNOW THEIR BUSINESSES AND THE THINGS THAT THEY DO IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS MATTER TO US, AND TO SEE US PASS THROUGH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. ESPECIALLY THESE UP AND COMING AREAS, WHICH ARE UH, DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL CRE AREA DOWNTOWN, AND I THINK THEY WANT JUST AS MUCH ATTENTION AND JUST AS MUCH RELATIONSHIP WITH US AND, UM YES, THEY CAN DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT I THINK IT HELPS WHEN A GOLF COURT OF COMMISSIONERS GOES BY, AND PEOPLE SEE THAT WERE OUT THERE AND IT CAN BE THAT NON MEETING THING. WOW. IT COULD BE OTHER NICE, SUNNY, PERFECT DAY WHERE THE TEMPERATURE'S PERFECT BUT IT'S A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MOMENT IN NOVEMBER. YEAH YOU GUYS TELL ME I'M HAPPY TO PUT IT TOGETHER OR OR WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD ? I MEAN, WE COULD CREEK AND EASTERN LIKE OPERA FORM CITY ROAD OR WHAT ABOUT OFF? IF THEY MEAN IT'S IF YOU THINK IT'S THE I ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S UP TO INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS TO DO IS TO IS TO GET TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW I HAVE OVER THE THAT FACT. EVERY I WENT TO MONTANA IN WITHIN THE CREEK DISTRICT. I HOLD THE, UH, A MONTHLY, UM, LIKE I WAS CALLED A TOWN HALL TYPE COFFEE MEETING AND SO I THINK THAT THERE IS I THINK THAT ACTUALLY, THIS IS JUST JUST US DRIVING AROUND IN A GOLF CART REALLY DOESN'T DOESN'T REALLY DO THAT MUCH. I MEAN, IT'S UP TO US TO GET OUT THERE AND AS INDIVIDUALS AND, UM MEET WITH FOLKS. I KNOW THAT IT PEAKS INTERESTS AND IT CREATES, UM INTEREST SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE UM EITHER THING THAT THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN OR THEIR, UM OR WE THINK THAT WE KNOW IT ALL AND WE DON'T SO, UH, THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION. I WILL DEFINITELY WORK IN TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. THE MAYOR DOESN'T WANT TO COME. YEAH. WELL, I'LL START PUTTING STUFF TOGETHER AND I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU AND JUST WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE. OKAY AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

CORRECT. OKAY SO WE HAVE EMOTION . WE HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE CARRIES. UM LET'S SEE.

[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Non-Agenda Related) (3 Minutes Max.)]

THAT'S RIGHT THERE. UH THE PAIN CLINIC IS ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE LEADING DISTRIBUTOR IN MARIJUANA IS ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND SO OK , KIND OF ARRESTING, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS LAST NIGHT

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THEY'VE LEFT THE MESS THERE, HUH? IT WAS RELATED TO THE R O PLAN. WHATEVER IT IS, BUT IT'S A MESS DOWN THERE. IT WAS THE NUMBER AND THE PORTER JOHN. IT'S ALL SITTING THERE AND SNAPPED ME AND MAINTAINED AND SOME OF THAT LAND TO THE CITY. I THINK IT'S LIKE STREET WHERE THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN TWO YEARS AGO. NOTHING'S BEEN DONE THAT PERFECT BREAKDOWN HOUSE AND THAT THERE'S AREAS. YEAH, BUT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE RIDING YOUR BIKES THROUGH IN THAT, BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO GO A LITTLE SLOWER. AND IF YOU DID SEE PEOPLE OUT AND STOPPED TO TALK TO THEM LIKE I DO GO TO, ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY CAN'T STOP AND TALK TO ANYBODY BECAUSE IT WOULD VIOLATE SUNSHINE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAPE RECORD. THE MEETING, SO WOULD NOT BE A MEETING WITH THE COMMISSION COULD TAKE ADVICE BECAUSE THEY'D BE TOGETHER. IT BECOMES COMPLICATED, RIGHT, OPEN YOUR EYES AND BRING YOUR PHONE TO TAKE PICTURES. BUT IT IS IN.

UH I'VE BEEN THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND I WAS JUST AT THE MEETING AT THE 10TH STREET REC CENTER THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FEDERAL GRANT THING, UM AND, UH , ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN THAT WERE THERE. HE LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUSINESSES THIRD PERSON THAT HAS TOLD ME THEY HAVE DOWN IN THAT AREA WHERE THE PIPE WORK WAS DONE. THE SMELL OF GAS AND STORAGE, SO I GET PROMISE HIM. I WANT TO MAKE A PROMISE TO SOMEONE I FOLLOWED THROUGH THAT I WOULD MENTION IT AT THE MEETING. I KNOW, BUT THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE ARE SMELLING THEY SAY GAS AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT THE ODOROUS, BUT YEAH, I THINK COMMISSIONER CLARK, LET US KNOW. I MEAN, I NEVER SEE A SEMI STREET. WE USED TO HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMING ON OUR STREET, BUT WE DON'T. BUT DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD? WE DON'T NEED THEM. BUT JUST SOMETIMES.

NOW THE CITY TRUCKS TO MILTON DOES CREW DOES. THEY ALL WAVED US AND NEXT, SO THAT'S A GOOD A GOOD GROUP OF CITY WORKERS. BUT I HAD BACK COMMISSIONER CLARK THANK YOU. OKAY, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? CHIEF. WE HAVE. WE GOT A GREEN LIGHT STAFF COMMENT. UM. THURSDAY JULY 13TH AT THE CIVIC CENTER. THE POINT BY GAME, MANY TOWN HALL TOGETHER. FOR MYSELF AND ONE OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPRESENTATIVES TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW OPEN CARRY GUN LAW, NOT OPEN. CURRENT CONCEALED CARRY GUN LAW. UM SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO OPEN THAT INVITATION IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO IT'S SEVEN PM WHERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER. ST . MR MORTAL OR MISS, CAN THAT BE ON THE CITY? THINK IS THAT ALLOWED TO PUT THAT FLYER ON THE CITY SIDE? MR. YES THAT'S A COMMUNITY NIGHT. WE CAN PUT A FLYER UP. SORRY JUST JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION WANTED TO ATTEND AS WELL. AND MR BROOKFIELD. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. APPRECIATE IT, PAUL, DO WE HAVE A ONLINE COMMENT? OKAY. THEY HAVE A GREEN LIFE. CRAZY. OKAY? THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR. COULD WE HAVE A MOTION

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[10. ADOPTING THE CITY OF STUART STRATEGIC PLAN (RC): RESOLUTION No. 31-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY OF STUART; INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT PLAN GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND STRATEGIES INTO THE EXECUTION OF MUNICIPAL BUSINESS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]

OBJECTIONS AND ACTION STRATEGIES OF HOW THE UM COMMISSION AND, UH INTERESTED PARTIES. FEEDBACK WAS CATALOGED. AS TO, UM PROCEED FORWARD, I GUESS FOR LACK OF BETTER DESCRIPTION. WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING FOR FROM THE COMMISSION IS FOR YOU TO REVIEW THE PLAN AND TO TREAT KIND OF TONIGHT'S MEETING IS ALMOST AS JIM CHARLES KEY WAS DISCUSSING IT WITH ME, KIND OF LIKE A FIRST READING AND LIKE, BUT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A KIND OF A SHOT AT LOOKING AT IT AND REVIEWING IT AND GIVING US SOME FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN REVISE IT AND BRING IT BACK FOR A FINAL ADOPTION.

AND THEN WE CAN AS STAFF CAN USE IT. UM TO KIND OF DIRECT FUTURE MEETINGS AND DIRECT POINTS OF INTEREST AND KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION HAS ESSENTIALLY BLESSED THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS. UM BY ADAPTING IT IS A STRATEGIC PLAN. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WITHIN 4.1, WHICH IS FOCUSED AREA OR COMMUNITY. THE GOAL IS TO INTEGRATE INCENTIVIZED LIVABLE URBAN DESIGN, WHICH PROMOTES CITYWIDE UNITY AND IS DRIVEN BY URBAN AND NEIGHBORHOOD AESTHETICS, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY SCALE AND MULTI MODALITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY WHILE MAINTAINING THE ORIGINAL CHARACTER OF STEWART. OBVIOUSLY AN UNDERWRITTEN OR OR OR, UM, UNDERTONE OF THAT IS IT IT CLEARLY IS A DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COMMISSION, TOO. UM MOVE FORWARD AND DIRECT THAT THE CITY IS SAYING THAT IT INVITES THE INFILL AND INVITES PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD WITH WITH PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE REDEVELOPMENT TO ABSORB OUR POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND DO THE BUILD OUT TO THE 24,000 PEOPLE THAT WE'VE PROJECTED IN THE CAR PLANS OVER THE YEARS. AND IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE IDEA OF MAINTAINING GREEN SPACE, INCLUDING SHADE TREES, INCLUDING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. UM ANTICIPATING ANTICIPATED, UH, TRANSPORTATION SUCH AS ELECTRIC BIKES, REGULAR BIKES, MULTIMODAL SYSTEMS. AH, WIDER SIDEWALKS. UM AND ESSENTIALLY CREATING A CITY BRAND AND MAINTAINING EACH NEIGHBORHOODS BRAND AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH EACH ITEM AS WELL AS WE GO THROUGH, AND I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THE OBJECTIVE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ANYWHERE. OKAY, SO, UM THE. FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE. THE STRATEGIC PLAN CHAPTER CHAPTER ONE AND TO BASICALLY PROVIDE A SUMMARY IN THE HISTORY OF HOW THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED AND WHERE IT CAME FROM.

2.1 DISCUSSES THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES. THESE ARE ISSUES THAT AH WERE GENERATED ESSENTIALLY BY JIM CARREY'S IN THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE HAD WHERE HE WAS, YOU KNOW, HAD THE DIFFERENT LISTS AND THINGS ON THE BOARDS. AND THEN, UM, CHAPTER THREE. AH IS ESSENTIALLY A PYRAMID THERE WAS STEMMING FROM THE VISION TO APPLY. THIS INFORMATION TO THE CITY ITSELF.

UM THE VISION WOULD BE STEWART SHOULD REMAIN A PLACE WHERE SMALL TOWN CHARACTER AND CHARM BLEND HARMONIOUSLY WITH RICH HISTORY, INCLUSIVITY, INNOVATION , SUSTAINABILITY AND DEEP

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ENCOURAGE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF A VIBRANT URBAN CENTER, COMPLETE THE RELOCATION OF STAFF TO THE CITY OF PROPERTY ACROSS MEMORIAL PARK. ACTIVELY DEFEND AND PROTECT THE COASTAL ESTUARY IN ENVIRONMENT WHILE ENHANCING THE WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES AND MARINE BASED RECREATION AND COMMERCE. SO WHILE ADDRESSING ISSUES WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WE SHOULD ALSO BE CONCURRENTLY WORKING WITH FIND AND OTHER UM, AGENCIES TO ENHANCE BOARDWALKS AND HER AUNTS, ENHANCE OUR MARINE INDUSTRY AND WATER ACCESS. UM. PROVIDE A HELPFUL AND COURTEOUS PUBLIC SERVICE, ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE THAT PROMOTES NEIGHBORLY FRIENDLESS FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND GUESTS. ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO ACHIEVE OPERATIONAL INDEPENDENCE. CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE ARTS, WHICH WILL ENHANCE ECONOMIC VITALITY AND INFLUENCE URBAN DESIGN. AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR SCIARRA AREAS. ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT MUST INCLUDE 1% OF THE, UM COST OF CONSTRUCTION. TO BE CONTRIBUTED BY WAY OF PUBLIC ART. UH NUMBER EIGHT. PROMOTE PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS, THEIR PUBLIC WORK AREA A SHIN WHILE CREATING A HEALTHY, CONNECTED COMMUNITY. NINE COMPLETE PHASE FOUR OF MEMORIAL PARK, WHICH IS CONTINUING TO BE PROGRAMMED.

NUMBER 10 INVEST IN THE LATEST INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES POLICIES , EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND TRAINING SESSIONS THAT ENSURE A HIGH DEGREE OF CYBERSECURITY AND AWARENESS. AND NUMBER 11 TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE A SUSTAINABLE ACTION PLAN. AND AS YOU YOU KNOW , YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. SO WITHIN THE SPEAK TO THOSE CERTAINLY FINISHED STUFF. COME BACK AROUND. SO UH, IN CHAPTER FOUR AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNITY ACTION STRATEGIES ARE FOUND IN 4.1 0.2. TO PURSUE A MORE LIVABLE COMMUNITY, WHICH INCLUDES PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, IDENTIFYING PRESERVING THE 10 TO 12 EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, IMPROVING THE DOWNTOWN MULTI MOBILITY ADAPTING NEW SUB AREA PLAN FOR US ONE CORRIDOR AND CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IS REFERENCED AS IT RELATES TO, UM THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF IT AS WELL. UM THE CITIZEN VISION PLAN WAS JUST FOUND ON PAGE NINE IS RECOGNIZING, UH, PREVIOUS PLANS AND STARTING WITH THE GUARANI PLAN AND EMPHASIZING WATERFRONT ACCESS, ETCETERA. UM AND THEN MOVING ON. TO UM 4.1 0.3 HAS TWO PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS PARKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND EVALUATIONS, AND THEN 4.2 IS THE FOCUS AREA OF SAFETY AND RESILIENCE. THE GOAL HERE IS TO PROMOTE A HEALTHIER COASTAL ESTIMATE, MYSTERION AND A CITYWIDE ENVIRONMENT WHILE MAINTAINING EXCEPTIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS. AND THEN I'VE PROVIDED THOSE NOT I, BUT WE HAVE PROVIDED THE OBJECTIVE SAFE. HEALTHY RESILIENT ENVIRONMENT AND 4.2 0.1. THE ACCIDENT STRATEGIES 4.2 0.2. THEN MOVING ON TO THE 4.3.

COMMERCE AND RECREATION. THE GOAL IS TO ENHANCE EDUCATION, WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BY SPONSORING AND PROMOTING OUTSTANDING CULTURAL ARTS, RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS AS WILLING AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO EXCEL AS THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS HUB. THERE'S A LIST OF OBJECTIVES IN THAT WITH ACTION STRATEGIES AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY 4.4, WHICH IS THE FOCUS AREA AND THE FINANCIAL WELL BEING. THE GOAL BEING TO SOLIDIFY THE CITY'S FINANCIAL FUTURE THROUGH DESIRED GROWTH AND ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF REVENUE. AND THEN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. UM THE NEW FIELD DEVELOPMENT THAT THE COUNTY HAD APPROVED OFF OF CITRUS BOULEVARD IN PALM CITY.

UM HAS A BUILD OUT OF 4200 PARCELS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VALUE OF THE PARCELS ARE GOING TO BE, BUT BASED UPON THE FACT THAT THE TRILLIUM TOWNHOUSES OR SELLING AT $500,000 NEXT DOOR TO WALMART I FIGURED THAT IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT THEIR AVERAGE OUT THERE WOULD BE $600,000. AND SO IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT JUST THE NEW FIELD DEVELOPMENT AND AN AVERAGE OF 600,000, WHICH BY THE WAY, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE CLOSER TO 8 50, BUT COMMERCIAL AS WELL, RIGHT. WELL, IT'S 4200 PARCELS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMMERCIAL BE HIGHER VALUE, OF COURSE. BUT UM AT $600,000 THAT WOULD HAVE A PROXIMATE VALUATION OF $2.5 BILLION, WHICH

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IT'S ACTUALLY STILL WITHIN THE MANAGEABLE NUMBERS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR, AND IT'S SIMPLY A REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND TO SUPPORT IT IS NOT TO BE ANTI GROWTH OR PRO GROWTH, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST CONSISTENT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO PICK OUT IS THE BEST YOU KNOW, AND I JUST SAY THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF STEWART'S GROWTH IT'S A SPEAK YOU KNOW, LONG VALLEY PEAK AND WE'RE ENDED. THE PEAK IS KIND OF . I THINK WE'VE HIT PEAK AND WE'RE PROBABLY HEADING INTO A VALLEY AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WILL DEPEND ON MY BASED ON MY OBSERVATIONS. THE NEXT I'M SORRY, SHOULD BE SPEAKING MORE INTO THE MICROPHONE. THE MY OBSERVATIONS IS THAT THERE WILL HAVE ANOTHER PEAK, BUT IT WON'T BE. BUT WHAT CAN I PROJECT ONE OF THIS? I THINK 8 TO 10 YEARS FROM 19,000 NUMBER THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY INCLUDE THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED THAT ARE GETTING BUILT THAT WILL BE INHABITED THOSE NUMBERS OF HUMANS THAT HERE TODAY, RIGHT EXAMPLE. WALMART GROUP THAT CAME IN THAT DID THE ASSESSMENT IN MARCH THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD REMEMBER THE NUMBERS THAT THEY WERE COMING UP TO 23,900 OF WHAT WE'VE APPROVED. IS INCLUDED IN THAT RIGHT, SO THE 24TH BASICALLY IS BETWEEN 19 AND 24,000. WE MAY HAVE ALREADY APPROVED 2000 OF THOSE THINGS WHETHER THEY GET BUILT OR NOT.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ASKING? LIKE WHAT WE'VE APPROVED ? IT IS GETTING BUILT. HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO 24,000? BASICALLY IT'S JUST JUST FISHING OR NOT. MOST OF HAVING LEAH IS FINISHED. THE ONLY ONES THAT WE'VE APPROVED THAT AREN'T BUILT IS SPRING TREES NOT DONE? PASTA IS NOT DONE. AND I THINK COSTCO SPRING TREE AND MR MAYOR POINT OF WORK. COULD THE CITY MANAGER BE ALLOWED TO COMPLETE HIS ANSWER TO THE QUESTION BEFORE HE WAS INTERRUPTED, INTERRUPTING OUR CONVERSATION? ACTUALLY, IT'S A FLOWING CONVERSATION. I THINK. OKAY, SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I CAN BRING THAT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. AS FAR AS THE SUMMARY IS CONCERNED, JUST CURIOUS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 24,000 SORT OF WHERE WE'RE AT. WE'RE PROBABLY 1500 TO 2000 PEOPLE RIGHT INTO THAT. THAT'S JUST MY GUESS AS PROJECTS COME FORWARD IF THEY'RE NOT SORT OF PUSHING AGAINST THAT THRESHOLD, SHOULD

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WHATEVER YOU KNOW. IF IT'S A LAND USE CHANGE, THEN THEY SHOULD SAY IT'S A REQUEST FOR LAND USE CHANGE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOTAL POPULATION PROJECTION OF 600 PEOPLE AND THAT WOULD BE ABSORBED OR NOT ABSORBED AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUILD OUT OR WHATEVER IT IS TO TELL YOU, AND SO THE COMMISSION WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. MM THAT WAS GOOD QUESTION, ACTUALLY. DO WE NEED TO ADOPT THIS OR DO WE HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ISN'T DONE YET. SORRY CHRIS. SHE'S STUCK, AND I THINK I THINK I'M GOOD. THOSE WERE MIGHT BE COMMISSIONER RICHARD, YOU HAVE SOMETHING. YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK JIM TROTSKY AND BEN HOGARTH FOR AGGREGATING. THE RESULTS OF OUR MEETING WITH THE BIG FINGER FELLOW. YEAH. YEAH. AND ALSO FOR TAKING THE TIME I THINK IT WAS FRIDAY. AND BEN CAME IN ON HIS DAY OFF, AND WE SPENT 90 MINUTES GOING THROUGH IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO YOU, TOO. UM. THERE'S A GREAT DEAL IN HERE.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S PROBABLY THE POINT OF IT, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO POINT OUT COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STRUCK ME AND ONE OF THEM IS THE ITEM THAT IS MENTIONED THE MOST. UM AND THAT IS MOVING CITY HALL. AND IT'S MENTIONED SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES AND THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS. AS PERHAPS IT SHOULD BE. BUT WHAT STRUCK ME IS ITS LAST MENTION. IT IS. PAGE. 15 UNDER 4.4 0.2 ITEM TWO. ADOPT THE DEFINITIVE USE STRATEGY FOR THE WORLD'S FARGO PROPERTY SITES. I CERTAINLY HOPE SINCE WE SEEM TO BE SO DETERMINED TO MOVE CITY HALL. THAT. THAT DEFINITIVE USE STRATEGY ALREADY EXISTS OR THE COMMISSION HAS ALREADY APPROVED. UH, STUART MUSE. UH DEVELOPMENT GROUP TO REDEVELOP THE WELLS FARGO SITE, HOWEVER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IN IT IN THE PRESENTATION WAS THAT THE CITY WOULD BUILD A $7 MILLION PARKING GARAGE BEFORE THEY HAD HAD TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION. THE PARKING GARAGE WAS GOING TO HAVE A GRASS ROOF ON IT, SO IT WAS GOING TO LOSE. THE ENTIRE FLOOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND WHEN IT WAS DONE BEING BUILT, WOULD END UP COSTING MORE THAN THE CITY INVESTED IN THE SITE. AND END UP PRODUCING LESS PARKING SPACES THAN THE REDEVELOPMENT WOULD GENERATE. SO FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND MY PERSPECTIVE, AND WE WERE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE APPLICANT IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE PURPOSE FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT WAS TO RECOUP SOME OF THOSE COSTS BUT THE COST OF THE PARKING GARAGE ITSELF. THAT WAS GOING TO BE LESS PARKING SPACES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE ON THE SURFACE SITE. WAS GOING TO COST MORE THAN WE PAID FOR THE WHOLE PROPERTY. AND SO THE QUESTION IS. WELL. IF IT'S ABOUT ECONOMICS, WE COULD JUST LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS NOT DO ANYTHING AND HAVE MORE PARKING SPACES.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST ECONOMICS. THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT. IT'S PEOPLE. IT'S A SENSE OF PLACE. IT'S CHANGING BLIGHT. IT'S PROVIDING JOBS. IT'S CREATING A LOCATION, ETCETERA.

SO THE REALITY OF IT IS THAT AT SOME POINT I'M GOING TO BE SITTING DOWN WITH STUART VIEWS FOLKS AND THE COMMISSION. I THINK THAT THEY HAD 94 UNITS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER UM, THAT WERE ON IT. BUT IF THAT'S STILL THE DIRECTION OF THE STAFF NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT ECONOMICALLY IS NOT GOING TO GENERATE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE GARAGE. IT'S GOING TO COST YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND BIND. $7 MILLION PARKING GARAGE. SO IS THAT THE EASTERN MOZ SECTION THE WHOLE THING? THAT'S WHERE THE DRIVE THRU IS. TIM HERNANDEZ HAS STEWARD MEWS. THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TWO MEETINGS AGO AS WELL. THAT'S THE TIM HERNANDEZ GROUP, STEWART MUSE, AND SO HE HAD. AND THEN, UM, ACETONE ASSOCIATES OR THOMAS EDO OWNS THE LAST PORTION OF THE STREET. BUT HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH TIM TO POTENTIALLY MERGE THEM TOGETHER IN A PROPOSAL BUT THEIR DESIGN AND PLAN THEY PRESENTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION INCLUDED TOWN HOUSES AND APARTMENTS ON THE WESTERN END, WHERE THE DRIVE THRU IS ALL THE WAY UP TO EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. KIND OF FACING PUSATERI IS THERE AND THEN, LIKE A CENTER COURTYARD THERE PARKING GARAGE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE BANK AND THEN ALSO UM, THE OTHER. IT'S

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MAKE A DECISION WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO WITH THIS AND FAILING TO DO THAT. I THINK WE JUST OPEN OURSELVES UP TO PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, WHAT DO YOU DOING? I THINK I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. AND I BROUGHT THAT UP. YES I BELIEVE YOU DID, MR MAYOR, AND THAT WAS A VERY GOOD POINT. AND I WE SHOULD IF MOVING, CITY HALL IS SO IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S REVEALED EVIDENCE BY THIS DOCUMENT. THEN ALSO, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT WHAT? WE'RE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS, SO CAN I THINK THEY GO? THEY REALLY GO HAND IN HAND. I AGREE WITH THAT. THANKS, AND YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW. IT'S PAYING FOR ITSELF. WE HAVE SIX YEARS LEFT OVER $4 MILLION. I MEAN, IT'S OUR NOTE IS 1.3% IS PRETTY MUCH FREE MONEY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A FINANCIAL URGENCY, SECOND ROW UH, I? THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY I HAD MIKE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. UH A FEW WEEKS AGO WAS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I LIKE I SAID I WOULDN'T WAS THAT IF I WAS ON THE COMMISSION, I WOULD NOT HAVE VOTED FOR IT. BUT AT THAT TIME, THE CONSENSUS FROM THE REST OF THE COMMISSION AND I WASN'T GOING TO. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. AND SO THERE WASN'T ANY. UM YOU KNOW, PUSH BACK ON THAT. BUT AGAIN NOW GET IT TAKES TIME TO START COMPREHENDING ALL OF THESE THINGS, BUT AH, THAT SAID, I KNOW MIKE HAS STARTED WORKING ON REALLY FINANCE OVER THERE AS WELL. AND THEY MOVED YET. I HAVE MET WITH TODAY. SO IT IS, BUT YEAH, IT IS. THESE ARE BIG QUESTIONS. UM AND I'M GLAD YOU POINTED OUT ABOUT THE CITY HALL AND THE PLAN, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS THE CITY HALL'S MOVING AH, THAT'S WHAT STAFF HAS TO RELY UPON. THERE WAS NO INTEREST WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP AT THE TIME TO CHANGE THAT RESOLUTION. UM AND IF WE DO WANT TO CHANGE IT, THEN WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CITY HALL REGARDING THE CONDITION TO THIS BUILDING, AND I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH ONE OF OUR FORMER CITY COMMISSIONERS WHO MIKE SERVED WITH IN THE UH, BACK 20 ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, AND SHE SAID THAT SHE GOES. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING CITY HALL BEFORE I GOT UNDER COMMISSION AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR 20 SOME YEARS AND. IT'S WHAT'S THE ACTION STEP IS HAVING A FINGER SOMETHING. WHAT I'M HEARING IN THE CONSENSUS IS THAT AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND COMMISSIONER RICH IS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO ALSO ADDRESS THE CURRENT SITE AND HAVE IT HAVE JUST AS MUCH SIGNIFICANCE AS THE RELOCATION SITE AND WORK ON A PARALLEL COURSE. IF IN FACT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT. AND IS IT BECAUSE FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. WE REVISITED THE IDEA OF . REDEVELOPING AND OR PATCHING THIS BUILDING, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN THIS BUILDING THAT WAS LOOKED AT, AND IT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT THAT IT WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO DO THAT AT THE TIME, AND THEN THE IDEA WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO A DESIGN TO REDEVELOP THIS SITE TO GENERATE THE FUNDS TO PAY THAT SITE, NOT KNOWING THAT JOLIE WAS GONNA FIND AS YOU POINTED OUT ALMOST FREE MONEY. UM, BUT THE. THE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS ON THIS SIDE AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING. IT WOULD REQUIRE A REFERENDUM. TO THE FACT. SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH FINANCE? ESSENTIALLY IS THAT THE FINANCE SITE HERE AT CITY HALL? IS ABOUT 18 INCHES BELOW THE GROUND, AND WHENEVER THERE'S BEEN RAIN AND OTHER STUFF IT CAUSES THERE TO BE MOLD AND MILDEW IN THE FLOORING READS. NEEDS REDONE IN THE WALLS NEED RESEALED IN THE ROOF NEEDS REDONE. AND IF YOU'RE GONNA REDEVELOP A SIGHT. YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO SPEND A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS PUTTING BAND AIDS ON IT, SO AS THAT SITE CAME EMPTY, AND WELLS FARGO BECAUSE THE 1.3% INTEREST BOND. CAN'T BE AN INVESTMENT.

IT'S A GOVERNMENT BANNED. WE HAVE TO HAVE GOVERNMENT USE. THAT SITE WOULD HAVE TO SIT EMPTY. UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE MADE A DIFFERENT DECISION WITH WELLS FARGO OR NOT, SO IT COSTS NOTHING TO ME AS A CITY MANAGER TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, I'M GONNA PUT FINANCE IN THERE NOW BECAUSE IT'S SITES ALREADY EMPTY ANYWAY. THAT WAY. I DON'T HAVE TO REDO FINANCE DOWNSTAIRS. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WORKING IN A, UM, UNCOMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT OR AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS MOLD OR ANYTHING IN IT. AND IT DOESN'T COST THE CITY ADDITIONAL MONEY BECAUSE I COULDN'T RENT THAT

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FRE GRANT AND IT WASN'T SUPPORTED BECAUSE OF THIS PUBLIC PRIVATE DOLLARS THING. AND THE RESOLUTION YOU ALL PASSED LAST WEEK WAS JUST TO SUPPORT BRIGHT LINES APPLICATION FOR AN S. I S

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SO IF IT'S THE COMMISSION'S UM DIRECTION. THE CITY CAN. YOU KNOW, DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

NOW I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE PHONE CONFERENCE WITH FIND AND BRIGHT LINE THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK AS IT RELATES TO THE FEDERAL ASPECT OF THE CIS GRANT. UM PURSUING IT PURSUANT TO THE RESOLUTION. WE PASSED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I ALSO HAVE A MEETING WITH GEORGE STOKES, THE COUNTY UM, COMING UP LATER THIS WEEK RELATED TO ISSUES THAT WOULD LEAD TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE A BRIGHT LINE COMPONENT TO THE TREASURE COAST AREA, BUT I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DIRECTION THAT SAYS LET'S START, CITING A STATION, BUT NEITHER DOES BRIGHT LINES GOES IN TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY HALF OF THAT, WITH THE COUNTY'S AGREEMENT CORRECT, NOT NECESSARILY SO. THE COUNTY'S AGREEMENT SAYS THAT IT CAN HAVE THAT. BUT THE REALITY IS WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO PUT IN FOR THAT STATION. $2030 MILLION IF THE GRANT MONEY PAYS FOR IT. AND IF OTHER MONIES PAID FOR THAT STUFF, THEN THAT'S FINE. I WOULD NEVER I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT.

I'M NOT GOING TO BRING IN AGENDA ITEM TO THIS COMMISSION TO ASK THE CITY OF STEWART PUT 1000 BUCKS IN THE COUNTY OR THE COUNTY. I MEAN, THEY WOULD MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS, BUT I DON'T I DON'T SEE THAT AS THE REAL ISSUE RIGHT NOW. I THINK RIGHT NOW. BRIGHT LINES FOCUS IS REALLY ON GETTING THEIR BUSINESS STARTED. THEY HAVE NOT CITED A STATION. THEY HAVE SAID THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO EVEN START LOOKING AT STATIONS UNTIL THEY'RE RUNNING TRAINS, WHICH COVID SAID IT BACK AND THERE WAS SOME OTHER ASPECTS, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THAT, I STILL THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER RICHES IS IT'S CORRECT TO THE EXTENT THAT AS PART OF THIS VISION WE NEED TO DECIDE. HEY, ARE WE GOING TO BE WHICH DIRECTION ARE WE GOING TO PUSH ON THIS? ARE WE GOING TO BE AMBIVALENT TOWARD IT? OR ARE WE GOING TO GET AGGRESSIVE IN FAVOR OF IT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, MOST PEOPLE TOOK THE POSITION AND I KNOW THAT MR NICOLETTI WROTE A VERY LONG ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT LETTER THAT YOU KNOW. BRIAN WAS QUOTING FROM THAT OPPOSED. THE TRAIN AND OPPOSED THE IMPACTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO DO AT THE TIME. BUT THEN ONCE IT GOT APPROVED ONCE THE STATE GAVE 5 28 TO THEM, AND ONCE IT STARTED GETTING BUILT THE

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YOU KNOW, IS ALREADY CITING THE PROGRESS TO GO ALL THE WAY TO TAMPA WITH IT. THEY'VE THERE'S THERE. ACTUALLY, I THINK BUYING RIGHT AWAY UM, BECAUSE THE STATE HAS MADE A DECISION THAT RAIL THE BETWEEN THE I FOUR CORRIDOR IN THE 95 4. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET INTO PALM BEACH DOWN TO MIAMI IS REACHING CAPACITY AND THEY CAN'T EXPANDED. SO THE SECRETARY JARED PURDUE, THE FOUR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SAID IN THE MESSAGE WAS THE APRIL M P O S MEETING IN ORLANDO THAT AMONGST MANY REMARKS HE MADE REAL WAS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES SUCH AS, AND HE DIDN'T SAY BRIGHT LINE BY NAME, BUT BY DESCRIPTION WOULD DO EXACTLY WAS A WAS AN ABSOLUTE PRIORITY OF THE STATE. UM, I KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THEY'VE ALREADY GIVEN BE RIGHT AWAY OR GIVE HIM THE NEXT STATION LOCATION, WORKED IT OUT WHERE THE RIGHT WAY TO GO TO BECAUSE DISNEY AND UNIVERSAL WE'RE COMPETING FOR IT, AND IT'S GONNA GO INTO UNIVERSAL, NOT DISNEY SPREADING. THANKS UH, NO SURPRISE THERE. YEAH SO, UM, AND THEN, OF COURSE, AND I KNOW THAT TAMPA AND ST PETE PINELLAS COUNTY UM, ARE ALL LOOKING FOR IT? AND I THINK JUST THIS I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYBODY SAY THIS, BUT I THINK EVENTUALLY BRIGHT LINE, WE'LL TAKE ROOTS UP TO DAYTONA, SAID AUGUSTINE, JACKSONVILLE JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY HALFWAY THERE JUST HAVE A TRAIN GO UP AT THE SEAS TRACKS SO HARD TO GET TO THOSE TO THOSE LOCATIONS. UM BUT I THINK THAT I THINK THE MOMENTUM HAS SHIFTED AND. AND FOR ANYBODY THAT MAYBE DOESN'T RECALL. AT ONE POINT, THE VOTERS IN FLORIDA ACTUALLY PUT IN OUR CONSTITUTION OF HIGH SPEED RAIL. AND I GUESS THEN WE MEASURE WHAT WENT AWAY WITH THAT. I GUESS WE REALIZED IT WAS IN THE COST OF GAZILLION DOLLARS TO DO IT, SO WE VOTED IT OUT. AND THEN, UM THERE WAS A ANOTHER RAIL PROJECT THAT WAS A STATE FUNDED PROJECT. GOVERNOR SCOTT CANCELED THAT AND LIKE A WEEK LATER, BRIGHT LINE SHOWED UP SO AND IT WAS CALLED ALL ABOARD FLORIDA AT THE TIME AND FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF. GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2014. THERE WAS A TIME I BELIEVE IT WAS IN FEBRUARY. 2014 ME POLITICAL EDDIE AND JIM KARNOWSKI WENT DOWN AND VISITED WITH THE ALL ABOARD FLORIDA FOLKS AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT STUART EVERYTHING FROM THE BRIDGE TO CROSSINGS TO POSSIBLE STATIONS. AND IT WAS DURING RIGHT AS IT WAS. DURING THAT MEETING, WE REALIZED THAT THEY ESPECIALLY THE LEADERSHIP AHEAD OF THE TIME THEY WERE JUST GONNA ROLL RIGHT OVER US, AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL WAS. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S HOW IT WENT. AND THAT'S AND. AND THAT'S WHY FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. I THAT WHOEVER THE LEADERSHIP WAS THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO A BRIGHT LINE BACK THEN? I ACTUALLY I KNOW. PATRICK GODDARD AND RUSTY ROBERTS WORKED WITH US MANY TIMES AND HAD OPEN DOOR POLICIES AND DID HAVE COME UP HERE AND HAVE MEETINGS AND HAD, UM LOTS OF TIME FOR US. BUT THE PLAN TO RUN TO RUN. THE TRAINS HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE. THEY WERE ALREADY HIRED TO RUN FROM MIAMI TO ORLANDO AND THE STATE HAD ALREADY GIVEN 5 28 TO THEM IS RIGHT AWAY, SO THEY WERE SIMPLEMENTE SIMPLY IMPLEMENTING A PLAN AND WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE IN A POSITION TO RESIST IT AND SAY NO. WHEN IN REALITY, IT WAS REALLY JUST A POSITION TO TWEAK. DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. I WILL SAY THAT THE COUNTY SPENT $30 MILLION SUING BRIGHT LINE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PRICE MEANT JUST AS MUCH AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVER WANT EMOTION IT WAS AND THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE REASONS ALSO LED TO THE SETTLEMENT. IT WAS THAT UM THE SETTLEMENT WAS YOU KNOW, AS MIKE SAID, TWEAKS TO THE TWEAKS TO THE I GUESS THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT MORE THAN ANYTHING. I KNOW. I

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THANK YOU, OKAY. UH THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. OKAY MR CLARK HAD LOTS OF COMMENTS. WHAT? MY BIRTHDAY HUSBAND, WHO I AM GLAD TO HAVE WITH ME IS A WAITING FOR ME. AND SO THE MAIN THING I HAD TWO THINGS, THE CHARETTE AND THE IDEA OF THE REFERENDUM AND THE CONDITION OF THIS BUILDING AND THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR, AND NOW IT'S BEEN EXPOSED TO US. WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH TO UPDATE THAT BUILDING AND WHAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH IF WE HAD TO UPDATE ANY BUILDING OR LEASE ANY BUILDING TO ANYBODY. IT'S ALL VERY IMPORTANT, SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO SPECIFICALLY SAY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS BUILDING. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THE MAIN OTHER THING IS THAT, UM AND ALSO THE PLAN FOR THIS WHOLE THING. MR NICOLETTI HAD GONE THROUGH A LOT. WHEN HE WAS CITY MANAGER. I'M SURE WE CAN PULL SOME OF THAT STUFF TOGETHER, SO IT'S LESS WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY AND LESS WORK FOR EVERYBODY. MR UM, CITY CITY ATTORNEY MAYOR. AND CITY CLERK.

I KNOW THAT WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE BUTTON PUSHING BUSINESS , BUT I SAW MR UM RICH BROUGHT HIS NAME THING HERE, AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE WERE AT THE COUNTY JOINT MEETING WE HAVE THESE, UM SANDWICH BOARD THINGS, AND I THINK IF WE JUST MAKE THAT UP SO THAT WE PUT IT UP SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS AND SEE THAT SOMEBODY HAS THEIR CARD UP. IT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL SO WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE DISRUPTING EACH OTHER IF WE JUST PUT OUR MAKE A LITTLE SANDWICH BOARD CARD, AND WE PUT IT UP TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO SPEAK. THE MAYOR DOES A GREAT JOB OF RECOGNIZING US ALL.

THAT'S A LITTLE OVERKILL. NO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. DON'T WORK ON A LIGHT THING THAT I THINK WE CAN DO CHEAP WITHOUT TOO MUCH EXPENSE. OKAY EVEN THE LIGHT OR THE PAPER. I DON'T MIND THAT HAND THING, BUT THAT'S FINE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS PROBABLY WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THEM WERE HAPPENS BEFORE TONIGHT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME THINGS, BUT THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT. JIM CARREY'S STARTED WITH US IN 2013 AND. OKAY. I'M NOT GONNA SAY

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY? OKAY, UM THANK YOU. UM, WE COVERED EVERYTHING. YEAH I JUST WANTED I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHEN WAS IT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO? I LED, UH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH BRIGHT LINE ON FACEBOOK WITH ALL THE PEOPLE I WROTE IT DOWN CAME BACK AND UH , YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT? IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT ONE HERE IF IT'S COMING THROUGH, DON'T WE WANT IT IN THE MAJORITY DID IT WAS INTERESTING THE WAY IT WENT BACK AND FORTH, BUT YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AND WE DID A SURVEY AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT RESPOND TO THE PROBLEM IS IT'S NOT SCIENTIFIC. YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING FROM AND IT CAN BE TWEAKED. SO IT'S JUST SO POLAR DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS I HAVE. MAYBE IT'S JUST MY BRAND AND WHAT I REPRESENT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? TO ME, BUT I WILL JUST BEFORE YOU MOVE ON. I'LL READ DIRECTLY FROM THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF COMMENCEMENT OF BRIGHT LINES PASSENGER REVENUE TRAIN SERVICE FROM WEST PALM BEACH TO ORLANDO . BRIGHT LINE AGREES TO BUILD AT LEAST ONE TRAIN STATION IN THE TREASURE COAST, SUBJECT TO RECEIPT OF ALL APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT PERMITS APPROVALS RESPECT THEIR TO THE STATION WILL BE LOCATED IN EITHER MARTIN OR ST LUCIE COUNTY. FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE STATION, AT LEAST TWO NORTH BONG AND TO SEE SOUTHBOUND BRIGHT LINE TRAINS.

WE'LL STOP AT THE STATION EACH DAY. CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATION IS SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENT OF 50% OF THE STATION. CONSTRUCTION COSTS BY THE COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE STATION IS LOCATED. IF SUCH PATIENT PAYMENT IS REQUESTED BY BRIGHT LINE IN THE EVENT, THE APPLICABLE COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITY OR BRIGHT LINE ELECTS TO SEEK FEDERAL, STATE OR OTHER GRANT MONEY TO DEFRAY THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH STATIONS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH THE OTHER PARTY SHALL COORDINATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH SUCH EFFORT. LIKEWISE OF A PARTY IS SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING GRANT MONEY FOR ANY CONSTRUCTION, THE COST OF WHICH IS TO BE SHARED ON AN EQUAL BASIS. THEIR PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE REDUCED ON AN EQUAL BASIS. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT SUCH CONSTRUCTION COSTS SHALL BE REDUCED PROPORTIONATELY UPON GRANTING OF FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING FOR SUCH CONSTRUCTION. PART OF THE CONVERSATION SHOULD BE THAT THE F R A GRANT. CAN ONLY BE APPLIED FOR BY MARTIN COUNTY OR THE CITY OF STEWART. SO THE $100 MILLION GRANT THAT WOULD PAY FOR THE BRIDGE. WOULD REQUIRE US TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO PUT THE SIGNATURE OF THE MAYOR ON IT. AND THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO FULFILLING THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THAT PARAGRAPH SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS THE STATION. WELL IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME THING IN MY WORLD BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE PARTIES TO THIS SETTLEMENT WE DIDN'T SIGN THIS. WE WEREN'T PART OF THAT LAWSUIT. THAT'S WHAT THEY DID WITH THE COUNTY. DIDN'T IT SHOWS THEIR INTENT AND WHAT THEIR UNDERSTANDINGS ARE. BUT IT GOES BACK TO IF WE HAD A MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, AND WE WORK TOGETHER. WE'D LIKELY GET A STATION MORE SO THEN YOU NOTICED BUREAU BEACHES NOT LISTED. BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY ADVERSARIAL. AND SO IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THEY'RE GETTING ONE ANYTIME SOON. LOOK AT IT. JUST ONE MORE THING, COMMENTS AND THEN I KNOW THAT YES, WE ALL DO IT IN A LONG EVENING. BUT. I BELIEVE WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY FOR $7 MILLION AND WE BOUGHT IT BEFORE ALL THE HIGH PROPERTY CAME INTO TOWN. UM. AND WE KNEW I FELT THAT THIS WE'RE GOING ALONG AND THIS WAS OUR PLAN. THIS BUILDING IS OLD AND HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO START OVER EVEN THOUGH IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY. I THINK THE PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT THING. AND IT'S A GOAL WE HAVE FOR WELLS FARGO TO BE IN THERE.

WHETHER IT'S THIS YEAR NEXT YEAR OR THREE YEARS, BUT. I DO BELIEVE WE WILL. WE WILL. WE WILL BE THERE. UH MAYBE NOT ALL OF US AT THE SAME TIME, BUT IT'S A PROCESS AND I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AND FIGURING IT OUT. AND WE'LL JUST GO FORWARD. NO, THANK YOU. OKAY SO I'M GONNA GO UNDER MY COMMENTS BEFORE WE WRAP UP. UM FIRST, MOST A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION TONIGHT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING UP A BIT COVERED, BUT I WOULD JUST WANT TO GO TO PAGE I GUESS IT'S SEVEN OF 19 ON THE THING. THE VISION, STEWART SHOULD REMAIN A PLACE WHERE SMALL TOWN CHARACTER AND CHARM BLOOD HARMONIOUS IT'S

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