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I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE STUART CITY COMMISSION SINCE
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THEY WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MACDONALD VICE MAYOR BRUNER HERE. COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE. COMMISSIONER COLLINS AND COMMISSIONER RICH AND IF YOU PLEASE JOIN US, IN AN IMPLICATION WITHOUT PASTOR JIM HARPER FROM STUART ALLIANCE CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE BUDGET ALLEGIANCE, HESTER HERBS. THANK YOU FOR COMING PRIVILEGE. IT IS TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY AND PRAY, LET'S LET'S PRAY. FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US AND WE THANK YOU. GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU AND PRAY AND COMMIT.OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE LEADERS TO YOU TODAY AND THE AGENDA THAT'S BEFORE THEM TODAY . LORD GOD, WE BRING THAT TO YOU . WE ASKED FOR YOUR WISDOM, YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR DIRECTION. YOUR BLESSING, LORD, YOU'RE GOOD GOD, AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR LOVE AND GRACE AND GOODNESS TOWARDS US. MAY YOUR KINGDOM COME AND YOUR WILL BE DONE HERE IN STUART. AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, LORD AGAIN ASK BLESSING UPON THIS TIME WE GIVE YOU PRAISE AND HONOR IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
AMEN. RELATIONS FLAG STATES. THANK GOD HE LIVES. OKAY MOVING ON TO THE ARTS MOMENT. POETRY BY
[1. ARTS MOMENT - POETRY BY CHRISTELLA BURNETTE]
KRISTALINA. BURNETT. SUCK THEM. HELLO. HI MY NAME IS COSTELLO. BURNETT UM, I AM A POET AND EDUCATOR. I TEACH ENGLISH IN ST LUCIE COUNTY. I AM A PUBLISHED POET. I HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CREATIVE WRITING, AND I ALSO COMPETE NATIONALLY NUMBER FOUR IN THE WORLD FOR WOMEN POETS.AWESOME. SO THE ART FORM THAT I BRING YOU TODAY IS NOT JUST POETRY. IT IS SPOKEN WORD POETRY SPOKEN WORD POETRY IS ORIGINAL WRITING THAT IS PERFORMED FOR AN AUDIENCE RATHER THAN JUST READ.
THIS IS AN ART FORM THAT I AM TRYING TO BRING TO OUR AREA HERE , UM THROUGH MARTIN ARTS, WHO IS HERE REPRESENTED BY CAITLIN JOHNSON. UM SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL RELATE TO. THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF SPOKEN WORD POETRY IS TO CREATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AUDIENCE AND THE ARTIST. SO THIS POEM THAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU IS CALLED BAD GRAMMAR.
YOU PUT YOUR BLANK DOWN SO THAT WE CAN YES. THANKS. I AM SO BAD AT GRAMMAR. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO AND APOSTROPHE IS SUPPOSED TO POSSESS. I CAN'T FINESSE VERBS TO AGREE WITH THEIR SUBJECTS AND THEY'RE USUALLY WAY TOO MANY COMMAS IN MY SENTENCES, AND I'M AN ENGLISH TEACHER. IT'S SAD. I HATE THAT ONE VERB CAN HAVE SO MANY TENSES AND CONDITIONS. DID YOU KNOW THAT VERBS CAN HAVE CONDITIONS? FOR EXAMPLE. YOU ARE UNCONDITIONAL. ARE AN UNMISTAKEABLE LIGHT ERASE. I MEAN, WERE. YOU ARE STRAW STICK AND BRICK FROM MY HOMELESS LOVE. ERASE YOU ARE REPLACE WITH YOU WERE SEE I'M SO BAD AT THIS. YOU STOPPED MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE A BEING VERBS, SINCE IT REQUIRES A PULSE, AND WHEN YOU LOST YOURS, EVERYTHING BECAME SO TENSE. THE PAST BECAME MY PRESENT CONTINUOUSLY, SO I'VE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY ERASING PRESENT TENSE VERBS FROM YOUR NAME. THE PRESENT IS ONLY PERFECT WITH YOU IN IT. SO TODAY IS JUST ANOTHER SUNDAY. BUT I FIND MYSELF PACKING YOUR NAME INTO YESTERDAY'S BOXES NEXT TO THE THINGS THAT WERE AND YOU ARE ERASE. I MEAN, WERE ISN'T IT CRAZY? HOW ONE WORD CAN TAKE SOMEONE YOU LOVE FROM REALITY TO MEMORY. THE WAY YOUR NAME CRADLED MY MOUTH HAD TO CHANGE. BUT NOTHING ELSE DID LIKE THE TOOTHBRUSH YOU LEFT ON THE BATHROOM, SINK THE PILLOW THAT HELD YOUR HEAD WHILE YOU SLEPT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BED WHEN OUR DAYS TURNED INTO NIGHT, THEN NIGHTS TURNED INTO PRESENT TIME
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PRESENT. TODAY IS JUST ANOTHER SUNDAY. YOU ARE WORKING THE JOB . YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO QUIT 100 TIMES AND I LAUGH WHEN I KISS YOU GOODBYE, INHALING CINNAMON AND CEDARWOOD FROM YOUR CLOTHES. I'M PRESENT YOU HAVEN'T TEXTED BACK. BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY A BUSY DAY, BUT THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED. I'LL WAIT. YOU'RE OFF AT FIVE HOME BY 5 30. I'M PRESENT 5 45. YOU PROBABLY FELL BEHIND. IT'S FINE. IT'S ONLY TIME SIX. YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING. BUT I'VE I'VE GOTTEN USED TO THIS. THE WAY YOU WOULD SURPRISE ME WITH YOUR PRESENCE SEVEN. YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY. YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY. YOU. WERE ON YOUR WAY. EIGHT. SIRENS. ERASED. YOU'RE NO LONGER A PART OF MY PRESENT. BUT YOU'RE BEING STILL . SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER SUNDAY, BUT IT'S BEEN SUNDAY EVERY DAY SINCE BECAUSE IF MONDAY COMES, THEN IT TAKES YOU WITH IT. ERASE IT'S JUST ANOTHER SUNDAY ERASE.IT'S JUST SUNDAY. ERASE SUNDAY. HAVE YOU EVER MET SOMEONE THAT MADE YOU WANT TO MAKE FOREVER MEET TODAY? I KNOW BECAUSE TODAY I'VE LIVED SO MANY SUNDAYS TRYING TO HOLD ON TO YOUR NAME.
I'D BREAK EVERY GRAMMAR RULE IF IT MET, OUR SENTENCES WOULD RUN ON CONTINUOUSLY. BUT NOW I'M AFRAID I'M AFRAID TO WALK INTO TOMORROW, WITH ONLY MY MEMORIES TUCKED BEHIND BROKEN SENTENCES AND TRYING TO REMEMBER IF I SAID I LOVE YOU. DID I DID RIGHT? IT'S JUST ANOTHER SUNDAY SO I STILL CAN. RIGHT? THANK YOU.
CAN SHE GET ONE BY HERSELF FOR THEM WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL AFTER TEACHER. IN THE ARTS COUNCIL FROM THE LADIES. THANK YOU. HMM . AND THIS IS MICHELLE HANDS FROM JENSEN BEACH. HIGH SCHOOL.
THE JOB FEATURES, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEM NEXT. OKAY THAT'S WRONG. THAT WAS WONDERFUL , GREAT MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR BURNETT. OKAY MOVING ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS, AND WE JUST
[2. CONSTITUTION WEEK - SEPTEMBER 17 – 23, 2023]
HAVE ONE THIS MONTH. CONSTITUTION WEEK, SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD APOLOGY.PLEASE READ THAT PROCLAMATION. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR CONSTITUTION WEEK. WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 17TH 2023 MARKS THE 236TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BY 39 BRAVE PATRIOTS. AND WHEREAS IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO ACCORD, OFFICIAL RECOGNITION DO THIS ENDURING DOCUMENT IN THIS MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY. AND TO THE PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, WHICH WILL COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC LAW 9 15 ASSURES THE ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD CONSTITUTION AND WEAK NOW THEREFORE I. TROY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. DO YOU HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPT 17 THROUGH 23RD 2023 IS CONSTITUTIONAL WEEK IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AND ASK ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS MEMORABLE OF MEMORABLE EVENT WITH PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS. IN ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION THIS MONTH IS PORSCHE SCOTT FROM THE HELL PATIO KEY CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. AND ALSO MY FAVORITE PERSON IN THE WORLD. OKAY. YEAH THAT'S PRECIOUS. AWESOME. JUST GOING TO SAY THE FEELING IS MUTUAL ANYWHERE NEAR RIGHT? THAT WAS REALLY SO GOOD. IT WAS SO WONDERFUL LIKE I HAVE CHOSEN THAT. HE JUST LEFT HER. MHM. YEAH. OKAY SO HI, EVERYBODY. IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU ALL, MR
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NICOLETTI. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. UM I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL OF COURSE EVERY YEAR ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HELP PATIO KEY CHAPTER FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP THE CONCEPT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND ALL IT STANDS FOR IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR EYES AND CERTAINLY AT THE TOP OF OUR MINDS. WHEN IN THE PROCLAMATION ITSELF. IT TALKS ABOUT THE BRAVERY OF THE PATRIOTS, WHO SIGNED THIS DOCUMENT. AND WHAT THE RESULT WAS. THEY HAD BEEN SUFFERING AND WORKING IN TRYING SO HARD TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT COULD LAST THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, TOOK COURAGE AND STRENGTH BECAUSE THEY ARE RISKING EVERYTHING TO MAKE THIS DECLARATION THAT THE OTHER SIDE ONE, YOU KNOW THEY WOULD HAVE HAD NOTHING AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. UM INSTEAD, YEARS LATER, THEY HAD TAUGHT TOILED AND SUFFERED IN PHILADELPHIA, AND THERE'S A HEAT OF SUMMER TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY THOUGHT COULD ENDURE. SO GOD WILLING, BARNEY UNDER SCENE. WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THIS DOCUMENT TO REFLECT UPON THE COURAGE THAT IT CAME WITH IT AND THE WISDOM THAT CAME FROM IT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AND AGAIN THIS YEAR. YOU LIKE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAN TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS SCOTT, AND WE'RE INVITING THE HEALTH VIDEO CHAPTER TO READ WITH US ON SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 3:30 P.M. AT THE 10TH STREET REGULATION CENTER WILL BE READING THE CONSTITUTION. YES,[3. SERVICE AWARDS - AUGUST 2023]
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO SERVICE AWARDS FIRST ONE TODAY SERVICE AWARD FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. DARCY PELOSKY. AND I BELIEVE SHE'S HERE. COME ON UP THERE. MM HMM.23. YEAH THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WHAT? WE ALSO HAVE A SERVICE AWARD FOR PAUL HITCHCOCK, UM, FROM THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE CAN GIVE HIM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR HIS 40 MINUTE. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT HE GETS HIS
[4. LOSOM UPDATE]
CERTIFICATE. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. LOS, UM, UPDATE, BEN. WATER IS HOT. YEAH YEAH, I IS HIGH. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I'LL ACTUALLY DISAPPEAR. THE POWER POINT TONIGHT. TRY TO MAKE IT QUICK. ACTUALLY THERE'S NOT MUCH TO UPDATE THE WATER IS VERY HOT. UM AND UNFORTUNATELY, MOST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE IS COVERED IN ALGAE. SO WE ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO AVOID DISCHARGES. THE GOOD NEWS IS BECAUSE OF THE EL NINO. SO FAR IN THE ATLANTIC. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY MAJOR TROPICAL DEVELOPMENTS THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON. SO YEAH, RIGHT. A LOT OF THAT, UM, SO AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE AT 15.3 FT ON THE LAKE. THAT'S A ABOUT 2 FT. HIGHER THAN I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE AND I THINK THE CORE AGREES ON THAT PART. UM IT IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UH WITH EL NINO, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T GET AS MANY HURRICANES, POTENTIALLY WE GET A LOT OF RAINFALL, AND THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY HURTING US. RIGHT NOW.IT'S A LOT OF RAINFALL IN NORTH AND ON THE LAKE. SO AT 15.3 FT. ALL IT TAKES IS ONE HURRICANE, ONE TROPICAL STORM AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A LOT OF DISCHARGES. AND SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE SAVED OURSELVES WITH THE CORES HELP FROM HAVING A YOU KNOW, A BAD SUMMER, BUT FALL TIME WITH IT BEING THIS HOT, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT PRIME CONDITIONS FOR ALGAE IN THE LAKE RIGHT NOW IS COMPLETELY COVERED . SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE MINDFUL OF IS THAT YOU KNOW WE MIGHT HAVE PUBLIC MESSAGING. WE MIGHT REALLY NEED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC IF THAT NUMBER GOES OVER 16 FT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE ARMY CORPS IS BOUND TO LOWERS 2008 STILL AND NOT LOSE SOME SO THEY'VE THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HELP US OUT TO STOP . BUT IF IT GETS TO THAT KIND OF SUB MANAGEMENT BAND OF THE HIGHER LAKE BANDS, WHICH IS 16 16.5 FT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE NO CHOICE. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE MINDFUL OF. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME ALGAE AT SOME OF THE DOCKS IN THE C 44 CANAL. UM THAT IS KIND OF A TRANSIENT, UM , CONSEQUENCES, THE RESULT OF BOAT TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT EAST AND WEST, BUT NOT SO FAR. NOT AS MUCH MIGRATION OF THAT ALGAE FURTHER EAST ON THE CANAL AND CERTAINLY THROUGH, UM, THE S A T STRUCTURE INTO INTO THE SOUTH FORK. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT RIGHT THIS SECOND. I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WE ARE YOU KNOW, LESS THAN A
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FOOT A FOOT AWAY FROM SERIOUS AMOUNT OF DISCHARGE IS COMING OUR WAY AND IN LAURA'S OH, WAIT.IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WE WOULD HAVE BEEN GETTING DISCHARGES STRAIGHT THE LAST SIX MONTHS. UM IF THE ARMY CORPS HEAD STUCK 100% TO LOWER SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE FUTURE. WE JUST NEED TO STAY VIGILANT, AND I'LL CERTAINLY KEEP EVERYONE UP
[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]
TO DATE. THANKS MAN. THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER RICH . THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. AS YOU'RE AWARE FROM THE AGENDA RECENTLY HAD TO MAKE TWO APPOINTMENTS, ONE TO THE OPA AND ONE TO THE CRB, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A DIFFICULT TASK. I WAS VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY. EQUALITY OF PEOPLE WHO APPLIED AND ARE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A DIFFICULT CHOICE. I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE MY APPOINTMENT TO THE L P A. UPON WHOM WE WILL VOTE THIS EVENING HAPPENED TO SHOW UP ON HIS OWN, AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HIM. IT IS MR SEAN FORBES SITTING RIGHT THERE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HIS CONTRIBUTION ON THE L P A. BUT I DID WANT TO SAY, UM IS. I TALKED TO A NUMBER OF BUSINESS OWNERS THIS WEEK AND AS BAD AS THE HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE CRISIS IS THE BUSINESS INSURANCE CRISIS IS EVEN WORSE. AND I SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVES OVER DOOR FOR THIS WEEK. I SPOKE WITH SENATOR HAROLD THIS AFTERNOON, AND WHENEVER I SPEAK TO ANY OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES, FIRST THING I SAY IS WE HAVE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FOR NAUGHT. IF WE DON'T INFECT FIX THIS INSURANCE CRISIS WE HAVE IN THIS STATE. IT ALSO AFFECTS THE MUNICIPALITIES.NO OUR NUMBER IS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN WE THOUGHT AND THERE'S A GARAGE ON EAST OCEAN.
HE'S BEEN THERE FOR A FEW DECADES. IT'S JUST IT'S A VERY SMALL OPERATION. BUT HE'S VERY RELIABLE. MUCH LOVED. AND HE SAID, I CAN'T KEEP MY BUSINESS OPEN IS HIS BUSINESS INSURANCE MORE THAN TRIPLED IN THIS VERY SMALL FACILITY. SO I JUST THINK AGAIN. WE NEED TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO SPEAK TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INFLUENCE. AND REMIND THEM THAT NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING THAT COST UNDER CONTROL. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. WELCOME. MR ACCOUNTS.
COMMISSIONER CLARK. I HAVE NONE . EXCEPT WE HAD A BUDGET WORKSHOP EARLIER ON, AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND PUBLICLY. OUR NEW CITY MANAGER AND OUR, UM FINANCE DIRECTOR. FOR THE VERY FRANK WAY THAT THEY PRESENTED THE BUDGET AND THE OPTIONS THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US. I JUST ASKED THE PUBLIC TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE CITY OF STEWART ON US UNTIL WE GET THIS BUDGET ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER, AND PLEASE CONTACT OUR CITY MANAGER AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ASK.
AND I JUST ENCOURAGE OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES WORK WILL PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS POLICE AND FIRE TO JUST ENCOURAGE THEMSELVES AND GATHER THE MORALE THAT THEY NEED TO DO THE JOBS THAT THEY NEED, AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT AND WE'RE KEEPING THEM IN OUR BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR THEM IN OUR BUDGET. I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THIS FEW WEEKS COMING UP TO ADOPT AN A BUDGET IS A CRITICAL TIME. WHAT IT IS A TIME WHERE WE CAN REST ASSURED THAT OUR CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE STAFF THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR BUDGET FOR EACH DEPARTMENT THEY ARE REALLY WORKING HARD AND HAVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR CITY. AND WE SHOULD BE HAPPY FOR THAT. AND THIS BUDGET YEAR COMING UP. WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE GET FINALLY APPROVED. PLEASE USE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE ANY INPUT AT ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO US OR TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF. THANK YOU. MAYOR BLOOMBERG. I WANTED TO ASK PAUL. HOW MANY CITIZENS ARE WATCHING THROUGH ZOOM. WHY IT'S NOT ZERO. ZERO. UM IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WORLD THAN THE CITY OF STEWART, UM IS ST LUCIE. I WAS IN, UM. I HAD TO GO UP INTO ST LUCIE COUNTY. AND I GOT TO GO NORTH ON 95 GOT OFF AT BECKER. AND AS SOON AS YOU GET OFF AND GO LEFT, IT'S NOTHING BUT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF ALL THESE
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HOMES AND IN ALL THESE ROADS, AND IT JUST GOES ON FOREVER AND THEY CAN GO ON ANOTHER 10 YEARS BEFORE THEY EVER GET TO THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE, WHICH VALUE THIS LAND YOU COME BACK HERE AND KISS THE GROUND. YOU WALK ON, UM YOU WONDER SOMETIMES. WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY CERTAIN THINGS THAT DO THEY EVER GO OUT OF THE CITY, DO THEY EVER GO TO THE COUNTY? DO YOU DO YOU DRIVE AND SEE. UM IT'S JUST MADDENING. I DON'T KNOW. YES, IT THERE AND THINK I WAS THINKING OF YOU, JODY. UM AND WHAT YOU HAD SAID WHEN YOU WERE HIRED. THAT IT'S LIKE. YOU WERE. YOU WERE TO YOURSELF. THERE WAS NOTHING PERSONAL. THERE WAS NOTHING FRIENDLY AND THE PEOPLE YOU WORK FOR AND HOW GREAT IT IS TO WORK HERE AND WE KNOW EACH OTHER AND DO SO MUCH FOR EACH OTHER. UM IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WORLD AND IT REALLY IT REALLY WOKE ME. UM WELL, I WON'T SAY MUCH MORE, BUT WE REALLY LIVE LIVE. IN A IN A WONDERFUL PLACE, AND WE DON'T ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT, THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, BUT WE SURE TRY UM, BUT ANYWAY, I AM GRATEFUL TODAY. THANK YOU. OKAY UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUICK THINGS I WENT TO THE, UH, FORD, A LEGAL CITY'S ANNUAL CONVENTION. UH AT THE END OF LAST WEEK. UH, AND SOME REALLY FASCINATING WORKSHOPS. ONE IT ONE WORKSHOP WAS ON INSURANCE. AND. I WAS ACTUALLY HOPING WOULD BE MORE ON THE HOMEOWNER SIDE, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY ABOUT ABOUT INSURANCE AND AFFECTING. UH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UM, AND STATE GOVERNMENT AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND THE MOST FASCINATING. THEY WENT THROUGH THE CLAIMS EXPOSURE THAT, UH, NATIONALLY THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES SO PRIOR TO 2000 ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION, THE AVERAGE CLAIM WAS WERE, UM 15 BILLION. THEY'RE UP AROUND 100 BILLION A YEAR, THE AVERAGE CLAIMS THAT ONE NATIONWIDE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE GETTING HIT WITH MORE AND MORE HEAVY WEATHER. UM THEY ALSO APPARENTLY OR HAVING A DIFFICULTY MODELING TO WEATHER EVENTS IN PARTICULAR, UM HAIL. AND, UH, I GUESS THEY CONSIDER FIRE OR WHETHER EVENT BUT FIRE IN WILDFIRES. AND SO THEY'RE VASTLY. THIS MODELING THOSE, UH, THIS YEAR ALONE UP TO I THINK ABOUT THREE MONTHS TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN THEY THEIR DATA NATIONWIDE, THERE'S BEEN 34 BILLION IN CLAIMS ALREADY JUST FOR HAIL AND TORNADO DAMAGE AND 52 BILLION, AND CLAIMS ARE NATIONWIDE ALREADY, AND THAT WAS NOT EVEN THE FULL FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR. SO WE'RE HEADING FOR A LAST YEAR, I THINK WAS A RECORD BREAKING YEAR OF. I THINK 132 BILLION IN CLAIMS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, SO WE'RE SEEING WHETHER EVENTS THAT ARE CREATING BARGER AND LARGER CLAIMS. UM.AND SO INSURANCE COMPANIES NATIONWIDE, UH, ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE CLAIMS EXPOSURE. I THERE'S PROBABLY LOTS OF REASONS WHY I DON'T WANT TO. I'M NOT GONNA SPECULATE AND WHY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE BUT I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING LETTERS AND EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS OF VISTA PINES REGARDING INSURANCE. UH VISTA PINES INSURANCE FOR YOU SINCE FOUR YEARS AGO WAS 275,000 A YEAR FOR THE MASTER POLICY THIS YEAR? IT'S 1.4 MILLION. IF I DID MY MATH CORRECTLY, AND I GUESS THAT THE NUMBER OF UNITS BUT I USED 350 UNITS, AND I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND 3 50 THEIR 105 100 THERE. OKAY WELL, THAT'S EVEN WELL, THEN IT ACTUALLY FROM 400 TO 6 50. YEAH YEAH, IT'S INSANE AND. AND IT'S THE AMOUNT OF AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR INSURANCE AND IT'S VERY IT'S VERY TOUGH ON THESE KINDA ASSOCIATIONS. UM TOUGH ON SMALL BUSINESS. IT'S TOUGH ON INDIVIDUALS AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE STATE'S GOING TO DO GO WITH THAT, UH, DURING ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS, UM THE WORKSHOP WAS WHAT EVERY MUNICIPAL LEADER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT FIFA'S CHIEF OS, WHICH I FOUND QUITE INTERESTING. I WOULD SAY THAT A QUARTER OF THE SLIDES MENTIONED THE CITY OF STEWART. SO THAT WAS FASCINATING. THEY GOT SOME THINGS RIGHT. THEY GOT SOME THINGS WRONG. UM BUT THERE IS A DEFINITELY A SENSE THAT THE
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OTHER SENSE I GOT FROM TALKING WITH MUNICIPAL LEADERS AROUND THE STATE IS THAT HOME RULE IS GOING TO BE UNDER ATTACK AGGRESSIVELY BY THE LEGISLATURE AT THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SO WE BETTER DIG IN AND GET READY FOR THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING WE DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW. BUT UM, IT'S GOOD TO SEE. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SIT THERE AND TALK TO MEMBERS OF THE BEST THING ABOUT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AS YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO MUNICIPAL LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND WE ALL HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES AND WE HAVE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS AND DIFFERENT GOALS AND DIFFERENT AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT IS MEETING THE NEEDS OF YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. AND WHEN TALLAHASSEE TAKES. OUR RIGHT TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AWAY FROM US, AND THEY MAKE THEM FOR US UP IN TALLAHASSEE. IT'S NOT BENEFITING THE RESIDENTS OF ANY ONE LOCAL COMMUNITY. SO UH, THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I HAVE JUST I WISH SOMEONE WOULD TURN THE HEAT DOWN IN A LITTLE WARM. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME EXCESSIVE EVERY DAY, I THINK IN THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS SO I DO WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE WITH, YOU KNOW, I HOPE GOD, I HOPE NOBODY'S AIR CONDITIONER BREAKS.[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]
SO UM THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO COMMENTS BY THE MANAGER. OH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. ARE THESE LIGHTS BRIGHTER? THESE LIGHTS SEEM WE CAN TURN THEM UP AND DOWN. WOULD YOU TURN THERE? MARY WAS NOT EVEN A LITTLE HARSH. THAT'S THE ONE SHE TALKED ABOUT. READING OFF THE WORK, IS IT THAT MUCH, BUT THAT'S FINE MOOD LIGHT. OKAY SO WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE MOOD LIGHTING FOR COMMISSIONER TITTY . EVERYBODY WAS LIKE A DISCO BALL FOR THE NEXT. OKAY MIKE BRIEFLY ON THE INSURANCE COMMENT . THE CITY OF STUART'S INSURANCE HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY. I WAS TALKING TO, UH OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM RELIANCE TIM MCCRARY, AND HE WAS TELLING ME THAT ALL OF THE RATES. HE WAS, UM CONFRONTING HE WAS FOR THE TRI KO REPRESENTATION. HE WAS LOOKING AT ABOUT A 40% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD. FOR INSURANCE AND FOR LESS COVERAGE. AND UM, HIGHER DEDUCTIBLES. AND YOU KNOW IF YOU NAME IT HI. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION UM RECENTLY, THE CITY HAD A. AVOID THAT WAS CREATED UNDER THE GROUND DUE TO A THAT WAS IN DISREPAIR AND ARE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT GOT TO SPEND SOME EXTRA TIME OUT ON THE ROAD. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AT THE CANTER AND US ONE INTERSECTION, AND I TRUST THAT PETER HAS THAT UNDER CONTROL AT THIS POINT, BUT AS YOU PROBABLY HEARD LATE LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A DIDN'T TURN INTO A SINKHOLE, BUT HE STARTED TO HAVE A VIVID AND WE WERE ACTUALLY LOSING. WATER THAT WAS TREATED WATER FROM THE CITY. THAT WAS NOT MAKING IT TO A METER YET, BUT THERE WAS AN A PIPE THAT HAD A SEPARATION AND IT'S SO ACTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE A NOT ONLY IS THE REAL GONNA BE REPAIRED, BUT THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE AN EFFICIENCY RELATED TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT THE END OF THAT. LASTLY, I WANTED TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT HAPPENED IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TOMORROW FOR ANYBODY THAT, UM, WAS AFFECTED BY THAT YESTERDAY YESTERDAY. YEAH TOMORROW. I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE HE WAS COMING . I CAN SEE THE FUTURE. IT'S THE SUMMER EVERY DAY AT THREE. BUT ANYWAY, UM. I'VE GOT SEVERAL PICTURES FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, BOTH NORTH OF THE BRIDGE AND SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE. UM MOST NEIGHBORHOODS WERE COVERED. THE CITY IS AWARE OF THOSE HOT SPOTS AS YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY. MOST OF THE MOST OF THE PROBLEMS. RESOLVE THEMSELVES WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER THE RAIN. DISSIPATES. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS AND WE HAVE THEM IDENTIFY THE MAYOR THERE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON TWO. UM THAT LITERALLY, UH. BARLUN THE AGENDA THAT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT NORTH OF THE BRIDGE IS THE DIXIE HIGHWAY EXPANSION AND THEN THE MANGO PLACE WHICH IS KIND OF OVER BY MR NICOLETTI IS HOUSE. UM FOR ANY OF THOSE OF YOU THAT ART IN THOSE TWO THAT ARE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. THERE ARE AH, THE CITY IS IDENTIFYING AND PROGRAMMING. AND WORKING ON THE STORMWATER AS MUCH AS WE CAN. IT'S YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WORK, AND I SEE MR CAPPER[00:30:04]
SITTING HERE. WE KEEP THEM VERY BUSY TRYING TO IDENTIFY IT AND KEEP IT IN ORDER. BUT UM IN LIGHT OF IT. EVEN WITH THAT. REALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT HAPPENED IN AN INSTANT YESTERDAY, AND I MEAN LIKE FORK ROAD AND US ONE AND DIXIE HIGHWAY AND STATEMENT AND YOU NAME IT. THEY WERE ALL UNDERWATER AND I MEAN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, KNEE DEEP EVERYWHERE BUT WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS DID DISSIPATE AND GO AWAY. AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO MANAGE IS WHAT WE CAN AND THOSE LOW LYING AREAS ARE BEING TREATED FIRST. OKAY OKAY. UM APPROVAL OF THE AGENDAS[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
PUBLISHED. 2ND 2ND. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RICH OR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. UH COMMENTS[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Non-Agenda Related) (3 Minutes Max.)]
FROM THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. FIRST ONE IS VIRGINIA JONES. WELCOME, MISS JONES. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. WHEN I GOT TO SAY YOU MOVE YOUR MICROPHONE DOWN JUST SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. I'M BRINGING UP OLD STORY. YEARS AGO. I CAME IN HERE WHEN JOHN JEFFERSON WAS MAYOR. AND EVER SINCE THEN, SHE IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY SIGNED THE OKAY TO TAKE THE PROPERTY THAT WAS AGRICULTURE. TO HAVE, UH SHOOTING CAN TALK. UM, ANYWAY.TO HAVE A. THIS THESE BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STREET MOVIN U. S PAPER. SCRAPE. CONTINENTAL CONCRETE. AND I FORGET THE NAME OF THE TARGET COMPANY THAT MADE TIRE TAR. THAT Y'ALL THE CITY OF STEWART BACK, THEN ALLOWED THEM TO CHANGE THE ZONING. NOW I CHECKED A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES, AND IT ALL CAME BACK DOWN TO STEWART SAYING, OKAY, WE ARE. WE AGREE. JOHN JEFFERSON. I WAS THERE AT THE MEETING THAT TIME. SHE'S THE ONE THAT SAID. THEY CAN HAVE IT. SO EVER SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH LIVING HELL LIVING IN THEIR DIRT AND EVERYTHING. THE SMELL OF THE CONCRETE, THE JOB, THE TARGETING ALL OVER MY CAR. IT WAS AN ANTIQUE AT THAT TIME, TOO, ON THE SIDE THAT WAS PARKED AND ON THE PLANTS AND ON THE BRANCHES OF THE TREES AND EVERYTHING.
COLLIN DE THE DIDN'T DO A BIT OF GOOD. NOBODY. IN THE YEARS I'VE TALKED TO EVERYBODY. THE CITY OF STEWART. I'VE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES THROUGH THE YEARS. I FINALLY GOT A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND I GAVE EVERYONE OF YOU A COPY OF THIS. IT WAS MADE IN 1993. SAYING THE DAMAGES THAT WERE JUST TO THE OUTSIDE. HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS ON THE INSIDE. AND WHAT IT WOULD COST TO FIX IT. AND HE EVEN MENTIONED IN HERE THAT IT WAS CAUGHT. THE DAMAGES WAS CAUSED BY THAT SHAKER. THAT'S ACROSS MY RIGHT ACROSS FROM MY HOME. AND EVERYTHING. AND IF YOU'RE I GAVE THE LADY UP THERE ALL THE PICTURES. A COPY OF THIS FOR EACH OF YOU AND ALL THE PICTURES THAT I HAD RECENTLY. WHERE YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE CARS COMING DOWN A ONE A BECAUSE ALL THAT WHITE SAND WAS JUST COMING ACROSS. IT WAS SO SICK. UM SHE'S GOT THE PICTURE ON THE VIDEO.
NOT ON THE PICTURE OF THAT. THEY'RE ON A VIDEO THAT YOU COULD SIT AND WATCH. SO LET'S SEE HOW BAD IT IS OVER THERE. ALL THESE YEARS WE'VE HAD TO LIVE IN DIRT AND FILLS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT GOES WITH ALL THREE OF THOSE COMPANIES AND TERRY O'NEILL WHEN HE WAS YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS READY TO LEAVE TOWN FOR SOMETHING I FORGET WHAT HE SAID. HE SAID. NOW I CAN TELL YOU HE SAID THAT WHEN THE ASPHALT PLANT FINALLY LEFT NOW, CONTINENTAL CONCRETE AND US PAPER SCRAPED DOESN'T HAVE MANY RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT GO ON. BY THE CITY OF STEWART. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO. IS THAT OVER THREE MINUTES, YOUR TIME'S UP, MISS JONES. BETTER FAMILY.
THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE ME THEIR THREE MINUTES. INSTEAD OF THEM GETTING UP HERE AND TALKING.
OKAY? YEAH. I NEVER FEEL CATHERINE. OKAY OKAY. THE THING OF IT IS, IS THAT THAT PLACE DOWN THERE THOSE PLACES SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THERE. I HAVE. I HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION IS SO MUCH DESTROYING PICTURES OF THE PLACES THROUGH THE YEARS THAT THE CITY OF STEWART HAS IGNORED.
ME TALKING FOR EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT TAKES THE PAINT OFF THE CARS. IT GETS IN THE AIR CONDITIONER AND FILLS THEM UP INTO WHERE THE, UH IT CAUSES DAMAGE TO THAT. THE SHAKER
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ITSELF. IF YOU WHEN YOU GET THE PICTURES, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE TRAIN CARS THAT WE HAVE NOW THAT THEY'RE DOING NOW, AND THEY JUST SHAKE THAT SHAKER TO EMPTY OUT EACH TRAIN CAR UNTIL THEY'RE EMPTY. AND THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM MY PLACE. AND THE THING OF IT IS, IT HAS TO GO. IT HAS. IT HAS SHIFTED MY HOUSE AFTER HILL. IT WAS IN SO HE EVEN KNOWS AND ALSO MY HOUSE. THE TWO ROOFERS DOING THAT THROUGH THE YEARS SAID YOUR HOUSE IS CROOKED . YEAH, I KNOW. THE SHAKER HAS SHIPPED MY HOUSE TO WHERE IT'S JUST CROOKED. AND THEY HAD TO MAKE THE MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S EVEN BECAUSE OF THE SHAKER AND THEN WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. I ASKED THE FARM OUR SHOW ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL THEM YEARS I GOT IT. THE PLACE AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE FOUNDATION AT ONE END WAS CRACKED, LIKE A, UH, PIE SHAPED I MEAN, ACTUALLY CRACKED AND HAD BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WHO COULD SEE IT? HE'S GOING TO BE SEEING IT AFTER A WHILE, HE ANYWAY, THE THING OF IT IS THIS WAS ON THE OUTSIDE. BUT HE SAYS IT'S CAUSED BY THAT SHAKER ACROSS THE STREET . WELL KNOWN HE KNOWS VERY WELL WHAT DAMAGE IT CAN DO TO HOMES. SO ANYWAY, I'M ASKING THE CITY OF STEWART COMMISSIONERS RIGHT NOW, SINCE THEIR NEW PEOPLE THERE HAVE A HEART. WE ARE TIRED OF THE SHAKEN WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GET THOSE PICTURES, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE TRAIN CARS. WELL THAT'S BEEN EVER SINCE THEY WON STARTING THEY GO IN. THEY SHAKE THE DIRT OUT, AND IT'S LIKE A EARTHQUAKE ACROSS THE STREET. AND I'M DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. BUT IT AFFECTS THE OTHER LADY. THE OTHER HOUSES ON MY WRITING ON MY LEFT. AND UH, THE THING OF IT IS WE DON'T GET A BREAK FROM HIM. AND NOW HERE THEY ARE. PUTTING THE PEDAL TO THE MEDAL. THEY THINK IT'S FUNNY. AND THEN I GOT PICTURES FROM YEARS AGO. YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE I GOT EVERY PICTURE AND EVERYTHING. THAT GUY THAT THAT IS STILL THERE WITH CONTINENTAL CONCRETE. HE GOT IN HIS LITTLE RED TRUCK AND HE DRIVES AROUND THE PROPERTY, AND IT DOES WILLIES OUT THERE IN THE SPEND UP THE DIRT, SO TO COME ON OVER. AND THAT DIRT IS NOT HEALTHY. HMM. AT THE LIVE IN I HAVE RIGHT NOW GOT SILICOSIS IS FROM IT'S FROM, UH, BREATHING. ALL THAT CRAP COMING ACROSS THE STREET.MY DOCTOR SAYS. MR MAYOR, CAN I JUST WE NORMALLY DON'T ENGAGES PERSON. BUT HOLD ON, MA'AM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU HAVEN'T REALLY SAID YOUR ADDRESS, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S AN ADDRESS THAT'S BETWEEN MONTEREY ROAD AND 14TH STREET. THAT'S A LOCATION THAT YOU'RE TALKING.
I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS VIRGINIA JONES. MY ADDRESS IS 2689 NEITHER. AH, 16 13. 16 13 SOUTHEAST DIXIE HIGHWAY AND STEWART. OKAY THANKS. FLORIDA 34 . I'M SORRY. SO YOUR TIME'S UP.
WE HAVE ANOTHER CARD FOR CHRIS MAYER. OKAY WE NORMALLY DON'T DO THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO DO THIS TODAY, THOUGH, ARE YOU FINISHED? BUT WHEN YOU'RE BUT WHEN THERE'S THREE MINUTES IS UP, YOUR TIME WILL BE UP. OKAY I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IT'S A LONG STORY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN EVER SINCE. UH I SPOKE WITH YOU FOR I THINK AN HOUR THE OTHER DAY. AND I HAD MR MARTEL CALL YOU AS WELL. I KNOW, BUT YOU ALSO DIDN'T YOU ALL SAY THAT WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE I FORGET HER NAME. WHAT? WHAT'S YOUR NAME, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER CLARK. YEAH SHE'S TALKED TO YOU. OVER THE YEARS SHE'S BEEN IN MY HOUSE AND SEEING PART TIME SO WELL, I WOULD JUST LET ME KNOW SHE'S ONE OF THEM. THAT WAS IN MY HOME YEARS AND YEARS AGO AND SEEN SOME OF THE FILTH THAT WAS IN IT. THAT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. BUT ANYWAY IT USED TO BE.
UM. IT USED TO BE, UH, AGRICULTURE. AND THEN YOU'LL CHANGE THE ZONING TO INDUSTRIAL CAN'T YOU NOW THAT THEY DON'T HAVE? NO AND I EVEN GOT PAPERWORK SOMEWHERE IN MY PAPERWORK WHERE IT SAID THE CITY SAYS THAT IS NOT A PLACE TO HAVE THIS THESE EQUIPMENT AND YOU KNOW THIS THING IS MAKING ME NERVOUS BECAUSE I'M IN A HURRY. DON'T BE NICE, BUT ANYWAY, TO BRING IT TO ANYWAY. YOU TOOK UP ONE OF MY MINUTES ANYWAY BY TALKING TO ME. THANK YOU ACROSS FROM C. MAX IS THAT FOR THIS? IT'S THE ON DIXIE HIGHWAY, THE CEMENT COMPANY. WHAT HAPPENED
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WAS BACK IN THE I BELIEVE IT WAS THE EIGHTIES, THE CITY OF STEWART CHANGED THE LAND USE FROM AGRICULTURAL TO INDUSTRIAL IT'S ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS THERE. THE LAW WOULD BE THAT AT THE END OF THE 30 DAYS, SOMEBODY WOULD WOULD APPEAL. NOBODY APPEALED IT BACK THEN, AND IT'S THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT OWNERS AND ETCETERA. BUT I THINK SHE'S ASKING THE COMMISSION.TWO. CHANGE THE ZONING BACK TO AGRICULTURAL. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE CITY OF STEWART HAS CHANGED SO MUCH SINCE THE SEVENTIES THAT THEY'RE THE AGRICULTURAL LAND USE IS KIND OF AN ABSOLUTE LAND USE AT THIS POINT. WHAT IF WHAT IF WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN WE DO TO TRY TO HELP MITIGATE THEIR SITUATION? WELL, ONE THING IN MY HOUSE IS DESTROYED. MY HOME IS SECURITY.
I GOT YOUR BACK. WORKING BECAUSE WE CAN'T CHANGE THE AG. WELL, I MEAN, IS THERE SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD ENGAGE WITH C MAX? AND WE COULD ASK FOR CERTAIN, SO I RECALL BACK. NEIL HAD COMMUNICATED WITH THEM. AND I GONNA OPEN A CAN OF WORMS HERE, BUT UM, HE HAD THE COMMISSION. I BELIEVE, AND I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS MORNING. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO FIND IT BUT HAD PASSED OR GIVEN DIRECTION TO STAFF. TO HAVE THE DUST. DAMPENED LIKE TO SPRAY IT AND BECAUSE THEY WERE, THE RESIDENTS WERE COMPLAINING THAT THE DUST WAS BLOWING TOWARDS THEIR HOUSE, DEPENDING ON THE PREVAILING WIND IS LIKE IF YOU LOOK TODAY IS WIND. THE WIND IS ACTUALLY BLOWING AWAY FROM THEIR HOUSE. SO IF THERE WAS DUST AT THAT PROPERTY TODAY, IT WOULDN'T BE GOING TOWARD HER HOUSE. IT'S BLOWING IN THE DIRECTION THAT WOULD BE BLOWING IT TOWARDS US ONE INSTEAD OF TOWARD THEIR HOME, BUT WHEN THE WIND IS BLOWING TOWARD THEIR HOME IF THAT DUST IS IT WET LIKE A CONSTRUCTION, SO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY HOST STEPPED DOWN TO KEEP THE DUST DOWN. BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH THE CHASING OF THAT, AND IT'S A CAT AND MOUSE. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE EIGHTIES. THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY HORRIFIC FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S NOT CALLED DUST, SAND, LITERALLY SAND. AND THEY DON'T WANT TO WATER THEM BECAUSE US PAPER SCRIPT SAYS THAT HE CAN'T WORK WITH WITH SAND SO Y'ALL COULD BECAUSE IT'S THEY'RE NOT AT ANYBODY'S MERCY ANYMORE. PERIOD. I WILL NAIL SAID THAT MEANING THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
AND EVERY TIME I'VE EVER REPORTED IT TO THE CITY. NOBODY CARED. NOBODY DID ANYTHING. SO THAT'S WHY THEY THINK THEY CAN JUST DO ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT DESTROYING HOMES. IT'S NOT JUST MINE. IT'S THE OTHER TWO. THAT'S ON EACH SIDE OF ME. AND BECAUSE OF THE SHAKER. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ACTUALLY I KNOW THAT WE LOOKED INTO THIS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, MAYBE EIGHT. AND THERE WAS I BELIEVE THEY'RE WORKING WITH IT AND THE ZONING FOR INDUSTRIAL . WE ARE I'VE ACTUALLY HAD BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME CODE CHANGES ABOUT DOING A LAND DOING , MAKING, DOING A LAND USE CHANGE, MAKING IT A FUTURE LAND USE, CHANGE, BANKING AND NON CONFORMING USE. BUT I DIDN'T REALLY GET ANY COULD I ALWAYS, I THINK THAT IT'S AN OUTDATED USE.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF JUST THE NATURE OF WHERE THAT I THINK IT DOES. THAT FACT INDUSTRIAL BELONGS THAT WEST, BUT UM, BUT THAT BESIDE THE POINT THE THERE WASN'T ANY TRACTION. I THINK ANY TRACTION FAR AS MAKING THOSE WHEN WE LOOKED AT MAKING THOSE LAND USE NOW, AS LONG AS THEY WERE THERE OPERATING. WE COULDN'T EVEN IF WE MADE THE LAND USE CHANGE THAT WOULD ONLY BE MAKING A NONCONFORMING USE WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR WHAT A YEAR. YOU'D ALSO IF YOU MADE IT, ALL RIGHT, IF YOU IF YOU ACTUALLY DID LAND USE CHANGE OR RESTRICTED THEM, YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY BE DOING IT TAKING RIGHT? RIGHT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. IF YOU THINK YOU COULD DO A AND AGAIN, SO THAT'S WHY AND ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE AS LONG AS THEY STAYED IN BUSINESS BUSINESS RIGHT? SO BUT FROM A THE WALL WOULD NOT ALLOW US WITHOUT TAKING THEIR RIGHTS AWAY TO MAKE ANY CHANGE ANY MAJOR CHANGES, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW THESE? IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE, UM I AGAIN? I SPOKE WITH MS JONES FOR AN HOUR ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK AND MR MARTEL I SPOKE WITH HER SPOKEN WITH MRS JONES SEVERAL TIMES AND WORKED WITH HER FOR HOURS ON END AND WE DID FINALLY REPORT THE BUSINESS, PARTICULARLY THE ONE THAT THAT SHE DESCRIBES AS THE SHAKER.
BECAUSE IT'S A CEMENT PLANT TO DP. YEAH AND DP SENT INVESTIGATORS OUT AND WE'RE ON SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING ANY VIOLATIONS, SO THAT'S CALLED THE EP ONLY COMES DOWN WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT. THEY DON'T LIKE TO COME ALL THIS WAY. WELL ADMITTED THAT MAYBE MISS JONES, BUT I WILL DO WHAT YOU JUST SAID THE SHAKERS STILL GOING TO BE THERE , SHAKING THE HELL OUT OF MY HOME. THEY WERE CLOSED FOR A LONG TIME. THE DAMAGE. IT DID THE DAMAGE BACK IN 93, AND
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HERE'S A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER FROM OUR NOT OUR COUNTY. DO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF CONDITION ON THEIR USE IF THEY ARE SPRAYING THAT SAND IS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S I DON'T KNOW FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH RATHER THAN RESOLVING THIS ISSUE TODAY. I UNDERSTAND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT SHE IS ACTUALLY VACATED THE PROPERTY AND MOVED IN. 2000 NOW TRANSFERRED THE PROPERTY TO HER CHILDREN. NO, I HAVEN'T MOVED. I HAVE NOT MOVED . I DON'T THINK IT'S RELEVANT TO THE TO THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL LIVING THERE. I DON'T EITHER, BUT THE QUESTION OF STANDING AND OF IF, IN FACT THE ISSUE WAS SO DRAMATIC IN THE TWO THOUSANDS SHE DID MOVE HER GRANDCHILDREN INTO THE PROPERTY AND THEY'VE BEEN RAISING THEM THERE. AND THE ONLY PERSON THAT WE'VE HAD A COMPLAINT FROM IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE DON'T HAVE A COMPLAINT AS WE SIT HERE.WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PRESENT DAY EVIDENCE THAT THEY'VE DONE ANYTHING IN VIOLATION OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN IN 1993 SHAKER DISRUPTED HER PROPERTY WITH AN ENGINEERING REPORT IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. SOME OF THE DUST AND SAND THEY WERE USING WAS BLOWING IN THE DIRECTION OF THEIR PROPERTY. I JUST WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THROW IN A BUSINESS UNDER THE BUS HERE. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY STANDING BEFORE US SAYING THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING WRONG. WAIT TILL YOU GET THOSE PICTURES THE VIDEOS WHEN YOU HERE DOESN'T LAST LESS. STEPHEN HOLD UP ON THE LOSING WEIGHT. TOLD YOU GET THOSE ON YOUR VIDEO . WE'VE GOT THE VIDEO, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH OF AND, UH, YOU KNOW THE MANAGER AND THE ENTIRE COMMISSION KNOWS ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS AT THIS POINT, OKAY? CAN I TELL YOU WHAT THE CITY SAID ALONG YEARS AGO? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW. THAT'S BECAUSE Y'ALL DON'T WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW ABOUT. THANK YOU. OKAY DO WE HAVE ANY YOUR POSTS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC?
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
SAYING NO ANIMAL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR . CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO PROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA, ENDING WITH ITEM NUMBER 11 NUMBER NINE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECOND BY VICE MAYOR BRUNER. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SAYING NONE OF WHAT YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES, COMMISSIONER RICH. YES BURNER. YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS? YES MCDONALD? YES OKAY. MOTION PASSES. LET'S MOVE ON TO, UM LET'S MOVE ON TO COMMISSION[10. APPOINTMENT OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD (CRB) "AT LARGE" MEMBER (RC): RESOLUTION No. 62-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA APPOINTING AN AT-LARGE MEMBER TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVLOPMENT BOARD (CRB); FILLING A VACANCY ON THE BOARD FOR THE REMAINING CURRENT TERM UNITL DECEMBER 31, 2023; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
ACTION AND APPOINTMENT OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD AT LARGE MEMBER MIKE UM OKAY. THE THIS IS A THE WAY THAT THE CHARTER OR THE CITY CODE READS. IS THAT WHEN THERE'S A VACANCY IN THE CRB OR THE L P A IN THE AT LARGE POSITIONS THAT THE COMMISSION IS TO APPOINT. UM THE . POSITION AS A WHOLE. SO WHILE THE CONSENT AGENDA WAS JUST TO RATIFY. UH THE POINT APPOINTMENTS OF COMMISSIONER RICH. THIS IS DIFFERENT IN THAT YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY SELECTING THE PERSON SO WHAT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING AND THEN BY THE WAY, IT CAN BE YOUR DISCRETION. UM THERE WAS A SET OF APPLICATIONS THAT I HAD THE CLERK GIVE US ALL THE APPLICATIONS OF ANY OF THE NAMES OF PEOPLE THAT WERE EXPRESSING AN INTEREST IN SERVING. AND THEY'RE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM. UM I CAN DO THIS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD. IF YOU WANT. WE COULD HAVE PEOPLE COME IN AND DO INTERVIEWS OR IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE THOSE APPLICATIONS YOU RECEIVED TODAY AND SIMPLY DO A BLIND, UH, VOTE IN EACH WRITE DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND I KIND OF THE CLERK GIVE US A THAT'S FINE PIECE OF PAPER. AND IF WE COULD DO IT TWICE IF WE HAVE TO, BUT IT WILL NARROW IT DOWN. IF THE FIRST VOTE HAS THREE PEOPLE HAVE PICKED THE SAME PERSON THAN IT. I THINK WE'VE DONE BUT WHAT I'LL DO IS DO IT AS A BLIND VOTE. AND THEN IF NO ONE GETS THREE I'LL TAKE THE TOP TWO VOTES. PUT THAT ONLINE VOTE AGAIN ON THOSE TWO, AND THEN WHATEVER IT IS, IT IS. CAN YOU GIVE ME FIVE PIECE OF PAPER, PLEASE? OH MY, YEAH. ALSO WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO DO IS NOT JUST PUT THE NAME OF THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE NOMINATING, BUT ALSO PUT SIGN IT AND DATE IT. OKAY, SO THAT WE KNOW DID WE WANT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY OF THEM TO SPEAK? IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE HERE? THAT'S YOUR GUYS. DISCRETION IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE IF WE GOT THOSE THE WHERE WE'RE AT, AND E THEN WHAT PROBAO HEAR FROM THEM ONE OR TWO. IT'S[00:50:12]
LIKE IT'S A PLEASURE TO BOARD. I THINK IF WE DO ONE, AND THREE PEOPLE HAVE PICKED THE SAME ONE.IT'S OKAY. WE'RE DONE OKAY TO IT'LL JUST TAKE LONGER TO TALIA. IT'S THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10.
PAGE 2 52. THESE ARE THE APPLICATIONS. THAT IS QUITE LOCATION.
IN FACT, WHY DON'T I JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'LL JUST NAMES. MARK BREAKFAST. WILL MM HMM.
ANDY NOBLE. JOHN GONZALEZ. DANIEL KUSHNER. JERRY GORE. ROBERT HOLLAND. AND I NEEDED AQABA'S. AND JUST WRITE DOWN YOUR TOP ONE. I'LL GIVE YOU THE NAMES AGAIN, IF YOU'D LIKE. THE FIRST ONE IS MARK. BREAKFAST WILL SECOND IS ANDY NOBLE. THIRD IS JOHN GONZALEZ. FOURTH IS DANIEL KUSHNER. IS JERRY GORE. SIXTH IS ROBERT HOLLAND. AND SEVENTH IS ANITA COVAS, AND BY THE WAY THEY'RE NOT RANKED IN IN PARTICULAR NUMBER. THAT WAS JUST THE WAY I READ THEM TO YOU. BUT I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO WRITE DOWN THE NAME OF ONE YOU PICK IS THE PERSON OPPORTUNITY. I DID 33. WELL, I'M GONNA IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE YOU WROTE DOWN UNLESS YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT IN ORDER, OKAY? MY FIRST. ONE IF YOU'RE IF THE SIGNATURE ON THE CITY ATTORNEY TALLY THEM FOR US.
GIVING AWAY HERE FIND. YOU SEE IF WE COME UP WITH FIVE NAMES? YEAH THAT'LL BE THAT'LL BE FUNNY.
OH, EVERYONE CHOSE. DIFFERENT. THANK YOU. FIVE. YOU ACTUALLY DID PICK MARKET RECORD. SO MY NUMBER THREE. THE PROBLEM IS YOU DON'T HAVE THE TOP TWO OF THE TOP THREE. YEAH. CHOOSE NUMBER ONE REMARK PREGNANT SO MARK BREAKFAST WOULD BE IN THE NEXT VOTING. AND THE OTHER THREE NAMES I WOULD ASSUME WOULD ALSO BE WELL, THEY WELL, IT WAS SEVEN. WHEN WE STARTED THE LIST . NOW IT'S FIVE. AND IF WE HAD HIM DO IT AGAIN, BASED UPON THE FIVE AND SEE IF WE ENDED UP WITH A THREE RIGHT NOW. WE'VE NARROWED DOWN FROM 7 TO 5. RIGHT THANK YOU. TOP THE TOP ONE FOR EVERYBODY CAN'T BE MORE THAN FIVE. THERE'S ONLY FIVE VOTERS MORE THAN FOUR. 42 ARE THE SAME, RIGHT? BUT I MEAN, IT CAN'T BE MORE THAN FIVE. BUT OKAY SO THE TOP ONE RIGHT AND THEN ON EACH CARD MARK BRITAIN WILL GET TO THEN THERE SHOULD BE THREE OTHER NAMES. AND IF WE LISTEN SURE, IGOR. AND ROBERT. OKAY, SO NOW OUT OF THOSE FOUR NAMES. WHICH IS MARKED BREAK VILLE JOHN GONZALEZ, JERRY GORE. AND ROBERT HOLLAND. IF YOU COULD AGAIN PICK THE NUMBER ONE PERSON. JUST YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIST THEM JUST FIRST. UH HUH. IN THE DISTANT WOMAN OUT OF ITS EITHER. MARK
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BREAK. BILL JON GONZALES, JERRY GORE FOR ROBERT HOLLAND JUST WON THE SAME FOUR GAMES. THAT WOULD JUST GIVE UP AND LET MARK DO YOU HEAR EVERYBODY JUST BE THE SAME. MICHAEL YEAH, THE STORY ALREADY COLLECTED HIM. HE'S OUT OF THE WHOLE DOG. HE WAS 103. POLICE. IF WE WERE UNABLE TO DO IT, WE CAN HAVE YOU GUYS JERRY COMES COME TO A CONSENSUS. YOU CAN GET THIS THING GOT OLIVES SET AND NERVOUS. I COULDN'T. SOME DRAMA TO THE TO THE MEETING. JIM, GIVE US A DRUM ROLL. YES, IT WAS GOOD. DRUMMER. YEAH BUT I HAD TO DO IT A LITTLE EARLY. WHICH IS PAUL GETS THE NUMBERS WILL HAVE YOU COME BACK IN, MAN. MY MIND. YEAH ARE YOU READY? KIDS? WE'RE GONNA GET JIM DOING THE DRUM ROLL. OKAY? FOR ONE. 413 BUCKS. OKAY SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT MARK? MOTION SECOND, OKAY. WE HAVE EMOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLIN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. THE POINT MARK BREAKFAST ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SAYING NONE OF MARY OR DO YOU SAY WHAT YOU CALL THE ROLL? YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS MCDONALD. YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES, COMMISSIONER RICH.OKAY ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS PAINT RELATIVELY PAINLESS. NOW, LET'S GET LET'S GET TO THE FUN STUFF.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ITEM. 11 MAKE SURE MAKE SURE I'M IN THE RIGHT ONE. ROAD CLOSURE
[11. ROAD CLOSURE FOR THE 50TH ANNUAL STUART BOAT SHOW (RC): RESOLUTION No. 58-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPROVING A ROAD CLOSURE FOR THE 50TH ANNUAL STUART BOAT SHOW FROM 5:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 2024 THOUGH 5:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 2024, ALONG NW DIXIE HIGHWAY (FORMERLY SR 707) FROM SW ALBANY AVENUE SOUTH OF THE OLD ROOSEVELT BRIDGE TO NW POINSETTIA STREET TO INCLUDE THE FEC RAILROAD CROSSING OF NW FERN STREET AND NW DIXIE HIGHWAY, NORTH OF THE ST. LUCIE RIVER DRAW BRIDGE, SUBJECT TO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPROVAL; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
FOR THE 50TH ANNUAL BOAT SHOW. JIM ARE YOU HANDLING THIS ONE? I AM. YES, SIR. MAYOR JIM CURL SKI COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION 58-2023.CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STUART BOAT SHOW? THAT'S INCREDIBLE. WOW WE'RE HERE TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ROAD CLOSURE THAT WERE REQUESTING THAT YOU WILL BE APPROVING TODAY AND I'VE GOT SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM THE BOAT SHOW HERE, INCLUDING TOM WHITTINGTON FROM THE GREEN INDUSTRIES. AND SEVERAL THEIR STAFF THAT PRODUCED THE BOAT SHOW. SUSAN NAROK OF SUSAN ARE ROURKE. ENGINEERING AND PLANNING WILL BE HERE TO ACTUALLY PRESENT WHAT THE ROAD CLOSURES MAY LOOK LIKE . BEAR WITH ME UNTIL I GET THE SLIDE UP SEASON. WELCOME WELCOME, MR MAYOR. DISTINGUISHED COMMISSIONERS DISTINGUISHED STAFF. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY. I WASN'T HERE FOR ALL 50 OF THEM, BUT I'M GLAD TO BE HERE FOR THIS. THIS COMING ONE. WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT A GOOD ONE. WITH ME TODAY. UM, I'VE GOT, UH MIKE ALLEN FROM ALL SPORTS ARE PROMOTER. MIKE IS PART OF THE REASON FOR THE SUCCESS WITH THIS SHOW. HIS TEAM HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ALSO WITH US. WE'VE GOT LOCAL BUSINESSES.
STEWART BUSINESSES, SUPPORTERS OF THE ASSOCIATION BUT ALSO BUSINESSES IN THE CITY AND I APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE TODAY . THE CITY KNOWS THE WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION. IT'S YOUR SUPPORT ALL THESE YEARS. IT HAS ALLOWED US TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS THAT THAT WE DO. UM AND WE ARE WORKING ON A SUSTAINABLE, SUCCESSFUL SMOOTH BOAT SHOW. AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE EMPLOYED SUSAN AWARD TO BE WITH US HERE TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WE ARE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF ABOUT A BLOCK SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS AND RAISE THE MONEY . WE NEED TO DO THE GOOD WORK WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SUSAN. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. THERE IS A SLIDE THAT WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. AND DARREN IS WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT SUSAN, IF YOU COULD JUST REFER TO IT VERBALLY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT UNTIL WE GET IT IF YOU GUYS HAVE THE REPORT OR NOT, BUT I'M SUSAN O'ROURKE. WITH O'ROURKE ENGINEERING PLANNING. HAPPY TO BE HERE AGAIN , WORKING WITH THE STEWARD BOAT SHOW. WE ARE. YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH EVERY CLOSED DIXIE HIGHWAY FROM TUESDAY TO THE FOLLOWING MONDAY AFTER THE SHOW . TYPICALLY WE CLOSE IT JUST SOUTH OF FERN STREET. I'M DIXIE HIGHWAY, AND THIS YEAR WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE IT JUST SOUTH OF POINSETTIA. AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. THE FOOT PARENT HAD TO
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SHIFT A LITTLE BIT. WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDING ON FLAGLER AND TOM HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ALL THE BUSINESSES AND WE MADE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AVAILABLE. TO THE CITY. UH TYPICALLY, PEOPLE AREN'T USING FERN STREET THAT MUCH BECAUSE THE ROAD IS CLOSED TO THE SOUTH. SO THEY'RE HEADING TO THE NORTH. WE HAVE PUT INTO OUR PLAN THAT WE ARE SUBMITTING TO THE F, D, O T AND AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST FOR POLICE OFFICER AT THE INTERSECTION OF DIXIE AND ALICE STREET, TOO, SO IF THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC THERE THAT IT WILL BE A SAFE OPERATION, AND THAT WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE REST OF THE OFFICERS THAT ARE IN PLACE DURING THE SHOW, SO IT'LL BE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A FEW MORE LOCAL SIGNS FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO KNOW THAT IT'S CLOSED FERN STREET, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WILL BE THE SAME SETUP, SO EVEN IF THEY DON'T FIND A SLIDE CAN YOU PICTURE IN YOUR HEAD BECAUSE WE'VE DONE IT YEAR AFTER YEAR. SUSAN HOW MANY DAYS? ARE YOU REQUESTING CLOSURE FROM TUESDAY TO MONDAY. TUESDAY WAS SHORT OF THE WEEK. SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WHAT TIME DID WE CLOSE ? MIKE TUESDAY? WHAT TIME DO WE CLOSE THE ROAD CLOSURES AROUND SIX AM, I THINK IS WHAT WE'VE GOT OUR PERMIT, BUT OKAY? AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY. I KNOW. LAST YEAR THERE WAS SOME CONCERN AFTER THAT THERE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT AND IN THE CURRENT LOCATION AND VERY EXCITED TO SEE IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE MARINE INDUSTRY AND, UH, THE MARINE INDUSTRY OR BOATING AND ALL OF THAT IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL. UH WE EVEN PART OF OUR JUST MOVING THROUGH THE FABRIC OF STEWART THE MARITIME INDUSTRY, SO IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT THAT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING IT WORKED OUT TO HAVE THE SHOW DOWN THERE, AND IT'S UH, IT IS AN INCONVENIENCE FOR ANYBODY HAS TO COME SOUTH BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY SEE AN INCREASE OF TRAFFIC ON U. S ONE AND ACROSS THE BRIDGE. NOW IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, DO WE HAVE ANY? WERE YOU GUYS PUTTING UP SOME SIGNS IN THE PAST TO HELP TO TRAFFIC SIGNS SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW TO DIVERT EARLY ON WE'VE GOT SIGNAGE FROM NORTH OF RIGHT BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY SOUTH SO BEFORE YOUR ENCOUNTER THE PROBLEM, YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER DECISION AND THAT'S A SIGN AT THE NORTH AND, UH AT GREEN RIVER AND GENTLEMEN BEACH BOULEVARD, HELP! PARDON? JENSEN BEACH BOULEVARD. YEAH BECAUSE IF YOU CAN GET PEOPLE TO GET OFF THE GREEN RIVER SOONER, IT MIGHT GET HIM ON THE US RATHER THAN EVERYBODY TRYING TO CUT ACROSS THAT RIGHT. WE'VE GOT AT BAKER AND WE HAVE SIGNAGE ON US ONE AND IT GOES UP EARLY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN START PLANNING THEIR YOU KNOW, IT'S LETTING YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE SO YOU CAN START MAKING WELL, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA WERE JUST LIMITED AND THE AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE AND THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS WE HAVE, UM I THINK WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH IT AND THAT IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE IN THE PAST THAT THEY KIND OF FUNNELED DOWN AND THEY'LL SEE ONE OF THE SIGNS EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT AT THAT LOCATION AT THE CITY STAFF. I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST WEEK AND THEY HAD A SIGN HEADING NORTH THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT IN SELFISH CIRCLE. BUT INSTEAD THEY HAD IT UP WHERE THE ROAD WAS. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ACTUALLY GOING ONTO THE BRIDGE AND THEN HAVING TO BACK UP AND TURN AROUND, SO WE'LL MOVE THE SIGN CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN. SO THE CARS GO ONE.DIDN'T WE GET WITH MARTIN COUNTY IN THE PAST ADJUST THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS REQUESTED EVERY YEAR, AND EVERY YEAR THEY SAY, WE'RE GETTING RIGHT ON THAT. YEAH THEY DON'T. UM I DON'T THINK IT WARRANTS IT FOR WHATEVER REASON TO EXTEND IT FOR 30 SECONDS TO TURN THAT TURNING LIGHT AND THE CARS DO IN THE MORNING, BACK UP ONTO THE BRIDGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY GET THROUGH IT. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT THE POLICY OF THE CITY IS THAT THEY THE CITY WOULD NOT EVEN PRESENT TO YOU A AN APPLICATION TO CLOSE THE ROAD. IF IT WAS GOING TO PROHIBIT SOMEBODY FROM HAVING ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY AT ALL WITHOUT THE WAIVER SIGNED BY THAT PERSON, SO IN THIS INSTANCE IN THE REVIEW, I KNOW THAT THE SLIDE WASN'T UP. BUT IT IS NOW I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE IS NOBODY'S PROPERTY THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY BLOCKED FROM ACCESS BECAUSE THE GATE AT THE NORTH END OF FLAGLER AT THE NORTH SIDE OF HAR BRIDGE WILL GIVE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO COME DOWN SOUTH TO GET TO CAP TECH IN THE ATLANTIC MARINE AND THE CAR BRIDGE CONDOS AS WELL AS WELL AS YACHTS. RIGHT ANY QUESTIONS OR DO WE HAVE EMOTION? JUST WANTED TO SAY I MEAN, WITH THE SELFISH WORLD BE CELEBRATING ALL THIS 50 YEARS AND WE DO WHAT YOU KNOW IT IS A PARTNERSHIP AND YOU GUYS WERE HAVE BEEN WORKING GREAT WITH US AND MIKE'S TEAM AND TOM'S GROUP. EVERYBODY'S WORKED VERY WELL TOGETHER, AND WE APPRECIATE THE SHIFT TO BE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF. MAYOR I WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION THAT WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE MORE SIGNS AND ARE IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER NOTIFIED MOTORISTS WHEN THEY'RE ON THE ROAD. I'M NOT. I'M I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I DON'T WANT
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IT TO BE CONFUSED WITH SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT I'M GOING TO SAY. BUT WE JUST EXAMINE THE SALE FOR SHADOW OF THE AGENDA. HE NEEDS AN OUTFIT IS STILL IT'S STILL IN EXISTENCE. IT'S JUST NOT NEW.OKAY HE WON'T GET A NEW OUTFIT SALMON THE SAILFISH WITH REGARD TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 58. THAT'S 2020 23. UM I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVED THE TRAFFIC PLAN FOR THE BOARD SHOW AND THAT THEY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ARE COMING TO DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS 50TH ANNUAL BOAT SHOW IS THE BEST THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR CITY OF STEWART AND YOUR MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. YES SECOND MOTION IS SECOND. PAUL. I DON'T THINK WE READ THE RESOLUTION PANEL DID NOT ITS RESOLUTION. 58 YESTERDAY 23 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER, THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. PROVING A ROAD CLOSURE FOR THE 50TH ANNUAL STEWART BOAT SHOW FROM FIVE AM ON TUESDAY. JANUARY 9TH 2024 THROUGH 5 P.M. ON MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH 2024 ALONG NORTHWEST DIXIE HIGHWAY, FORMALLY STATE ROAD 707 FROM SOUTHWEST ALBANY AVENUE SOUTH OF THE OLD ROOSEVELT BRIDGE TO NORTHWEST POINT CRE SYRIA STREET TO INCLUDE THE FCC RAILROAD CROSSING NORTHWEST FERN STREET, NORTHWEST DIXIE HIGHWAY NORTH OF THE ST LUCIE RIVER DRAWBRIDGE SUBJECT TO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPROVAL. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. MOVE APPROVAL. WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THING, NUNS, AND SO DID YOU. CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER RICH YES. BRUNER YES, COMMISSIONER COLLINS? YES MCDONALD COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES? CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM IN THE FINAL ITEM LOOKS LIKE
[12. LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 2024 FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION (RC): RESOLUTION No. 56-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
BELIEVING, UH, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. MR HOGARTH.GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I DIDN'T KNOW IF PAUL IF YOU WANT TO. THE RESOLUTION FIRST, GO AHEAD AND READ. THIS IS A RESOLUTION NUMBER 56 DISH 2023 RESOLUTIONS. CITY COMMISSIONER, THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ONCE AGAIN GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. BEN HOGARTH, THE COMMITTEE SERVICES DEPARTMENT. UM, SO WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS. WE HAVE, UM, REALLY A MENU TO CHOOSE FROM HERE IN LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AS FAR AS APPROPRIATION REQUEST UPFRONT AND THEN ALSO SOME POLICY PRIORITIES THAT THEY HAVE HAD. WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE SOME DELETIONS AND SOME ADDITIONS BASED ON WHAT WE SAW THIS PAST YEAR. SO THIS IS AN EARLY DRAFT OR COULD BE A FINAL DRAFT WITH RECOMMENDED REVISIONS BY THE COMMISSION THAT WE CAN SIMPLY DO ON THE STAFF SIDE. SO REALLY, IT WILL BE UP TO YOU ALL HOW YOU WANT TO GO ABOUT THAT, AS FAR AS THE I'M GOING TO FOCUS REALLY. ON THE APPROPRIATION SIDE, WE DID SPEAK TO THE CITY'S CONSULTANT ON THIS COMPARATIVE TO LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR AND HOW TO KIND OF MAKE A AWAY FOR OUR LEGISLATORS. THAT KIND OF HAVE OPTIONS. AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION AT LEAST THIS YEAR IS THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE APPROPRIATION REQUEST. UM AND THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF DIVERSIFY POSSIBLE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN GET FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS. SO UM, YOU'LL SEE, EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE NUMBERED, YOU KNOW REALLY WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING FOR IS NOT JUST FOR THE COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY WHICH APPROPRIATION REQUESTS TO TAKE IN AND KEEP THIS YEAR BUT ALSO TO PUT INTO A PRIORITIZATION AT YOUR LEISURE AND SO WE STARTED OFF WITH THE AMPHITHEATER AND WE HAVE THE GUY DAVIS REVITALIZATION PROJECT. WE HAVE TWO OF THE, UM PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO STORMWATER. THOSE WERE BOTH ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY, SO THERE IS A CORRELATION THERE AND IN THE SUBJECT TO SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.
SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE KIND OF STAFF IDENTIFIED PROJECTS. FROM YOU FOR YOU ALL TO CHOOSE FROM.
WE CERTAINLY RECOMMEND AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE TO BE SELECTED. I MIGHT KIND OF FROM MY OWN, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SAY MAYBE THREE BUT AT LEAST MAKE ONE OF THE PROJECTS AND NON WATER PROJECT BECAUSE THE WAY THE LEGISLATURE WORKS IN THEIR FUNDING AND APPROPRIATION, THE TEND TO HAVE VERY COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS FOR WATER PROJECTS STATEWIDE, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KIND, DIVERSIFY AND HEAVILY EAST ONE PROJECT ON THE LIST THAT IS, UM NOT A WATER PROJECT, AND THEN IT FALLS FAR AS THE POLICY PRIORITIES THAT FOLLOW THAT STAFF WOULD BE HAPPY TO REVISE, ADD OR DELETE ANYTHING. IF THE COMMISSIONER DOESN'T IF THERE IF YOU SEE ANYTHING IN THERE THAT WE CAN CHANGE, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT . FOR NOW, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE
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SOME FEEDBACK FIRST. AND THEN IF YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO EVEN CREATE A PRIORITIZATION LIST FOR THOSE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT AS WELL. UM WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS THANK YOU, BEN. VERY MUCH. I KNOW YOU AND JIM AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS VERY HARD. UH, I'M JUST GONNA THROW OUT TO PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE MY TOP TWO AND ONE WOULD BE GOING WITH GOING WITH YOUR SUGGESTION. ONE BEING A WATER RELATED PROJECT AND ONE NON WATER. I'D GO WITH THE AMPHITHEATER AT MEMORIAL PARK SO WE CAN FINISH MEMORIAL PARK AFTER LIKE 13 YEARS AND THEN, UH, GOING WITH THE.NORTHWEST DIXIE HIGHWAY DITCH IN WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT THAT, UM, $500,000 PROJECT UM. I THINK THAT ONE WOULD BE GOOD. THOSE ARE JUST MY TWO. I'M NOT SOLD NECESSARILY ON ANYTHING, BUT, UH, THAT'D BE THE TWO. I CHOOSE IF WE GO DOWN THE LINE IF THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO JUST TOSS OUT SOMETHING THAT THEY COMMISSIONER RICH DO YOU HAVE TO THAT YOU PREFER YES. SO I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVES OVER DORF IN GALE HAROLD, WITH REGARD TO THIS BECAUSE. TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE NEED THEIR SPONSORSHIP CORRECT. SO I WANTED TO GET THEIR INPUT AS TO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY FELT? COULD MOVE FORWARD. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT. IF WE'RE MAKING A REQUEST FOR FUNDING, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME. TO AT LEAST 50. BUT I WAS TOLD BY BOTH OF THEM. IS THAT TRUE? YES AND THAT THAT'S VERY COMMON. BUT IF YOU SAY LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MEMORIAL PARK WHEN ASKING FOR A MILLION DOLLARS WE HAVE $10 MILLION IN THE MEMORIAL, RIGHT? NO, I'M YES, I AND THE MORE ACTUALLY THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE YOU HAVE BEEN THERE.
THE GREATER SUCCESS. IN OTHER WORDS, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. MR RICHARDS ALSO, KEEP IN MIND THAT REPRESENTATIVE OVER DORFF ISN'T OUR UNDERSTANDING. WASN'T ABLE TO MEET WITH SNYDER. YEAH I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T KNOW THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER NOTE THAT WE KNOW HE REPRESENTS US. UNDERSTAND THAT, UM THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME PUSHBACK ON THE AMPHITHEATER. UM AS TO THE MOOD OF THE LEGISLATURE WITH THESE ARCH PROJECTS. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT CAME OUT OF THE CITY THAT WAS TURNED DOWN. OR THEY, ACTUALLY THE GOVERNOR VETOED IT. NO I'M SORRY. I JUST AND THEN THE OTHER THING THEY DID BOTH SAID, IS UM, WE NEED TO RANK THEM. THAT WE CAN'T SIMPLY GIVE THEM ALL B. IT WOULD IT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE. IF WE SAID THIS IS OUR NUMBER ONE. THIS IS OUR NUMBER TWO. AND IF WE WANT TO GO DEEPER THAN THAT, BECAUSE APPARENTLY OFTEN THE REQUEST IS MADE OF THEM. THEY'LL GET A CALL AND THEY'LL SAY, WELL, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, SO IF WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THEM AS WELL. UM THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY OUT THERE FOR THE GUY DAVIS COMMUNITY PARK REVITALIZATION. WE CERTAINLY HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY IN THAT OURSELVES. CORRECT. SO I THINK THAT HAS WOULD HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF MOVING FORWARD. IT SEEMS VERY TIMELY TO ME WITH THE COMMITMENT WE'VE MADE ALSO TO MLK. AND THE RECENT SALE OF THE PROPERTY PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY FROM MR GREEN. I THINK WE TAKE OUR PICK ON THREE OR FOUR. UM. THERE'S A LOT OF OUR OUR WE ALSO APPLYING TO DP TO FUND THESE MR MARTEL. THREE AND FOUR MONEY QUITE A BIT OF MONEY AND DP. WE HAVE OFFERED GRANTS IN THE PAST GOTTEN D E P MONEY, RIGHT? BUT AS WE SIT HERE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT. I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WHAT GOES FORWARD AS WE GO FORWARD. I'M SURE GUY DAVIS WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL FOR THAT GRANTS ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT, AS WE'VE DONE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK ALREADY WITH FERDINAND GRANTS AT GUY DAVIS PARK, RIGHT, SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW IT PLAYS OUT AND WHETHER THE COMMISSION ACTUALLY DIRECTS US TO DO THE GUY DAVIS PARK AT ALL , BECAUSE IT'S A FINANCING THING. AND DO YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE OUT THE BONDING AND DO THE LOANS OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT AS 100? UH HUH. TRYING TO GET APPROPRIATIONS, RIGHT? AND THEN THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE FOR SEPTIC SEWER CONNECTION. UM. AND I THINK THAT THAT WHAT MR HOGARTH WAS RECOMMENDING HIS YOU KNOW ONE WATER KIND OF THE IDEA THAT YOU WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA AND THEN ONE ARTS OR ONE FROM THE TOP AND ONE FROM THE BOTTOM KIND OF
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THING. YOU KNOW THAT HOUSE BUILD 13 79 WAS PASSED, WHICH IS REQUIRING GREATER COMPLIANCE WITH THE D MAPS. AND CERTAINLY THE SEPTIC TO SEWER IS GOING TO HELP ALONG THOSE LINES. SO I WOULD THINK. I MEAN, I THINK THE SEPTIC TO SEWER IS VERY IMPORTANT. REAFFIRMS OUR COMMITMENT TO WATER QUALITY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AND THEN. ONE WATER, NOT ONE THEN GUY DAVIS. BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THESE, STUART AND SO THOSE WOULD BE MY TWO RECOMMENDATIONS. COLUMN. SO FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO SEE US. OBVIOUSLY I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SEPTIC TO SEWER. I LIKE THAT NUMBER FIVE TO BE OUR WATER PICK. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW GUY DAVIS'S EXCITING I'D LIKE US TO FINISH WHAT WE'VE STARTED IN MEMORIAL PARK. AND GET THAT BUTTONED UP AND DO THAT AMPHITHEATER WOULD BE MY NUMBER TWO. OKAY, MR CLARK. I KNOW THAT WE WANT MEMORIAL PART. BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND I KNOW THAT MR MANY YEARS AGO, MR CRAWL, SCARED PUT UP. SOMETHING WHEN WE FIRST STARTED ON THE GUY DAVIS. I SEE THAT AS SOMETHING IF WE CAN GET THE MONEY FOR IT, THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET SOME MONEY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. UM ALONG WITH ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES THROUGH THE C R A SO I LIKE TO GO WITH THE PICK THAT MR KIMBALL HAS MADE FOR TWO DIFFERENT CHOICES AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. SO, UH, I SWEAR. I HEARD THAT WITH HAVE BEEN WANTING TO FINISH. UPON NOW. THE AMPHITHEATER. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT. LET'S GET STARTED ON THE GUY DAVIS PART. YEAH I THINK THOSE TWO BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT THE CITIZENS I THINK IT'S TIME WE'VE DONE SO MUCH, UM WITH WITH NO. INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO MUCH MORE TO GO, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME THAT HOPEFULLY IT'S TIME THAT WE CAN GET SOME MONEY TO THEATER COMPLETED AND GET STARTED ON THE GUY DAVIS FOR THE COMMUNITY. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WHICH WOULD BE YOUR TOP PICK OF THE TWO. THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE AMPHITHEATER AND TWO IS THE COMMUNITY PARK, RIGHT? THE TOP TWO. WE NEED ONE WATER. ONE WATER. YEAH THIRD ONE OR NOT. I HAVE TO GET RID OF ONLY TWO. OKAY. 11 WATER 193. THEY WERE THERE. THEY ONLY WENT STAFF IS RECOMMENDED TO. I WOULD SAY IT BECAUSE IT DOES SOUND. I MEAN, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT DOES SOUND. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF NON CONSENSUS ON YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE TWO MIGHT BE IN WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A THIRD. YEAH SO WHAT WOULD WE WERE TOP NON WATER ONE GUY DAVIS OR MEMORIAL PARK. MEMORIAL MEMORIAL AND YOUR TOP ONE IN THE WATER. I DIDN'T EVEN GO OVER THESE VERY MUCH IN THE WATER PARK AND THE OTHER ONES IN MY MIND. WHICH DID, UM COMMISSIONER CLARK. CERTAINLY SUBJECT TO SERVE, AGREE WITH HER ON THAT. OKAY SO WE HAVE JUST KIND OF JUST TAKING NOTES HERE. I'M GOING TO GET HERE WE HAVE FOUR OF US HAVE SUGGESTED SEPTIC. UH, SEWER AS OUR PRIORITY. I DID NOT . BUT I'M HAPPY TO APPROVE THAT ONE TO MAKE THAT OUR NUMBER ONE WATER PROJECT AND THREE OUT OF FIVE. I HAVE SELECTED MEMORIAL PARK THIS, UM ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE THOSE ARE TOP TWO PRIORITIES APPROVAL. CHECK IT MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? JUST A TOUGH TUNE OF THE ONLY TOOL WELL, WE'LL HAVE THE OTHER ONES ON THERE. BUT THAT WILL BE OUR TOP TO RIGHT WELL, SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD NOT TO BE TO PRESENT ANY MORE THAN THREE TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH FOR THEM TO KIND OF TAKE ON BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PUT IN APPLICATIONS FOR EVERYONE IN PROCESS. UM IT DOES SOUND LIKE THERE WERE THREE THAT HAD A LOT OF INTEREST. AND SO THE THIRD WOULD HAVE, I GUESS. BE GUY DAVIS. UM SO WE, STEPH CAN HANDLE THAT MUCH. IF THANKS, THANK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT RANKING THEM ONE? ABSOLUTELY. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GUY DAVIS WOULD BE THIRD. IN THAT CASE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST MEMORIAL[01:20:01]
AND THEN GUY, DAVIS. THANK YOU. MR MAYOR. CAN I HAVE A QUESTION AFTER MR CAMPBELL, PLEASE? ANYONE SPOKEN WITH REPRESENTATIVES SNYDER REGARDING THESE PRIORITIES. I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES, BUT I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH THEM AT THE PRIORITIES. TYPICALLY WE'LL GO TO HIM AFTER YOU'VE ADOPTED THOSE TO GET BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS SORT OF INDIFFERENCE AND NUMBER ONE DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T PUSH IT. BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHETHER START SNYDER FELT WHAT I'M NOT SAYING THEY SHOULD. DICTATE TO US WAS OUR PRIORITY.CAN YOU GIVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT YOU MEAN BY THERE WAS INDIFFERENCE AND WE SPOKE WITH ITS THIS LEGISLATURE WITH THIS GOVERNOR HAS NO INTEREST IN FUNDING THINGS LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW. THANKS AMERICAN. ASK A QUESTION ONE CHICKEN COMMISSIONER CLARK JUST I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OUR PRIORITIES AND IF THEY HAVE BEEN , AND WE'LL HAVE THE OTHER ONES FROM BUT WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND COMMISSIONER CLARK. THAT WAS JUST HOW MUCH BUT MR KROLL SKIN, MR CITY MANAGER, HOW MUCH BACKGROUND ENGINEERING AND PLANNING DO WE HAVE ON THE REST OF OUR MEMORIAL PARK, SPECIFICALLY THE MPA THEATER. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANNING. IT'S COMPLETELY DESIGNED AND FINISHED AND WE WENT OUT TO BID. IN THE BIDS CAME IN LAST WEEK CAME IN EXTREMELY HIGH IN FACT. ABOUT $999,170. TOO HIGH OVER THE FIRST I HEARD THAT NUMBER $103,885. IT'S ACTUALLY A TOTAL OF $1,244,745.80 EVERY BUDGET TO HAVE THAT IN MY HAND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK, UH, WHO KNOW BRONER. VICE MAYOR BRUNER COMMISSIONER COLLINS MODIFIED HIS MOTION TO INCLUDE GUY DAVIS IS THE NUMBER THREE. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT ONE? OKAY SO WE HAVE THAT ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. MR COMPANY WHEN YOU CAN PAY OUT THE GREEN FORM, PLEASE TAKE YOUR NAME RIVER LAGOON. COUNCIL LAST WEEK. I MEAN, I'VE SENT IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER AND JACKIE MAY ON FRIDAY. THERE'S $100 MILLION THAT CLOSES AS AS OF AUGUST, 31ST ONLY FOR THE FIVE COUNTIES OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON. MOSTLY FOR SEPTIC TO SEWER. OH SORRY. SO I JOE JUST TELLS ME YOU ARE YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE. BUT I THINK THE LEGISLATURE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM THAT MEETING WANTED TO PILE IN. SUBJECT TO SEWER. UNDER THAT. DP GRANT $100 MILLION THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE $100 MILLION FOR FIVE YEARS . I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE, BUT YOU HAVE $100 MILLION THIS YEAR. SO I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE WITH YOUR PRIORITIES. THANK YOU. OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. MR MIRROR. JUST ONE OTHER OBSERVATION AND THAT IS THAT. WE'VE CAST THIS NUMBER ONE PROJECT, THE AMPHITHEATER PROJECT AS A CULTURAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AMPHITHEATER.
BUT MONEY IS FUNGIBLE AS WE ALL KNOW, AND THE MISSION ACTUALLY IS TO COMPLETE MEMORIAL PARK.
AND SO THERE IS PARKS FUNDING THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE AND COULD BE EARMARKED IF THIS WAS JUST CAST A DIFFERENT WAY, BECAUSE, AS THE MANAGER JUST POINTED OUT, IT'S A $10 MILLION PROJECT. TO COMPLETE. THAT PART OF THE PARK SO BY BOARDING AT DIFFERENT, NOT JUST WORDING IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT ACTUALLY DEDICATING THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT PIECE OF THE PROJECT. IT MIGHT MAKE IT A LOT MORE APPETIZING TO THE REPRESENT BEING JIM. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO THAT IT DOES OKAY, SAYING THERE'S NO OTHER NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER RICH YES, MR BRUNER. YES MCDONALD COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES COLLINS . OKAY I THINK THAT'S A THANK YOU IS EVERYTHING. MR MAYOR, CAN I SAY TALKING? HOLD ON, UM, LET'S SEE. SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OUR ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. FIRST. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS. I THINK THAT WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING THAT WE WORKED VERY WELL AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING. AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. MR. CLARK, DID YOU HAVE THAT THIS IS MR UM, COMMISSIONER RICHES APPOINTMENT, BUT I SEE MR BRICK GRILL IN THE AUDIENCE. I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HIM , NOT MY APPOINTMENT. NO LARGE ALIVE. SORRY. OKAY YEAH. THEN THEY ARE GETTING LONGER. CONGRATS MARK. CONGRATS THANK YOU, MR
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