Sep 11, 2023 Regular City Commission Meeting

ANYWAYS, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

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[ROLL CALL]

COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE, COMMISSIONER COLLINS HERE, COMMISSIONER RICH HERE.

OKAY. AND FOR THE INVOCATION, WE HAVE BISHOP SKIBA TODAY.

THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING HERE TODAY TO BRING THE LORD'S PRESENCE INTO THIS PLACE.

HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE ON NINE OVER 11? I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WILL EVER FORGET.

I WAS STANDING IN DISPATCH IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WATCHING. WATCH IT ON THE TELEVISION, AND IT JUST BROKE MY HEART TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THIS GLORIOUS NATION OF OURS.

AND FOLKS, LET ME TELL YOU, THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.

THAT WAS THE OVERT TERRORISM.

WE ARE UNDER AN ATTACK OF COVERT TERRORISM.

THEY'RE GETTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE INSIDE, JUST AS MR. KHRUSHCHEV SAID THEY WOULD.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT AT THE UN? HE MADE A STATEMENT AND HE SAID, I'M GOING TO ATTACK YOUR COUNTRY FROM THE INSIDE THROUGH YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

HE'S DOING IT. WE'VE GOT TO STOP IT, FOLKS.

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO STOP IT.

TO INVOKE THE ALMIGHTY.

I HAVE A PAPER I'D LIKE TO READ HERE IN MEMORY OF NINE OVER 11 AT 8:46 A.M., AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 11 CRASHES INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN THE NORTH TOWER.

903. UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 175 CRASHES INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER'S SOUTH TOWER.

09:37 A.M. AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 77 CRASHES INTO THE PENTAGON.

959 THE SOUTH TOWER COLLAPSED.

1006 THE UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93 CRASHES INTO A FIELD IN PENNSYLVANIA BECAUSE A BUNCH OF BRAVE AMERICANS STOPPED THEM FROM GOING ANY FURTHER.

TAKE 28. THE NORTH TOWER COLLAPSED.

2977 CASUALTIES. DEAD.

15 EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.

60 POLICE OFFICERS. 343 BRAVE FIREFIGHTERS.

OUT OF THIS TRAGIC MOMENT EMERGED A STRONGER AND HOPEFULLY MORE BLESSED AND SPIRITUAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

LET'S GO BEFORE THE LORD OUR GOD AND OUR FATHER, GREAT CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, WE COME TO YOU TODAY WITH HEAVY HEARTS MEMORIALIZING THE DEATH OF SO MANY OF OUR CITIZENS.

LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU RECEIVE THEM INTO HEAVENLY REST, BUT WE ASK ALSO THAT THEY SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS COUNTRY TO LET US UNDERSTAND THAT THE ATTACK CONTINUES. IT DIDN'T END ON THAT DAY AND IT ATTEND.

IT CONTINUES. ON AN INTERNAL NOTE.

LORD, YOUR WORD SAYS THAT IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN WILL I HEAR FROM MY THRONE IN HEAVEN, THEN WILL I HEAL THEIR LAND.

LORD, WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS LAND THAT ARE NOT GOING TO COME FORWARD AND SEEK YOUR FACE AND CHANGE FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS.

BUT WE STAND TOGETHER HERE TODAY, AND WE AGREE TO BE IN REPENTANCE FOR THE SINS THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED, AND TO COME BEFORE YOU HUMBLY AND SAY, LORD, HEAL OUR LAND, SAVE THIS GREAT NATION, BRING THEM BACK INTO THE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE GREATNESS IT ONCE HAD IN YOUR NAME.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU THAT YOU ALLOW US TO MEET LIKE THIS.

WE'RE IN A FREE ENOUGH NATION WHERE WE CAN OPENLY MEET AND DISCUSS THINGS WITH EACH OTHER. WE ASK YOUR PRESENCE RIGHT NOW.

WE INVOKE YOU TO COME INTO THIS PLACE.

BLESS US AND KEEP US IN YOUR GREATNESS, FATHER.

WHEN MOSES WAS BECOMING OLD AND WEARY, HE RAISED UP AARON AND GOD SAID, CALL AARON YOUR BROTHER TO ME AND HAVE HIM BLESS YOUR PEOPLE.

WHEN HE BLESSES THEM, HAVE HIM BLESS THEM THIS WAY.

MAY THE LORD BLESS US AND KEEP US.

MAY HE MAKE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON US AND BE GRACIOUS UNTO US.

HE TURNED HIS COUNTENANCE TOWARDS US, AND MAY HE BRING US PEACE.

ALL THIS IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN. IF YOU PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WHILE THE STEWARD HONOR GUARD PRESENTS THE

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PRESENT ARMS. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING WHILE KAYLEE KIVETT KIVETT SINGS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

[1. ARTS MOMENT]

AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING.

WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS.

FIGHT. O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED.

WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING.

AND THE ROCKETS. GETS RED GLARE.

THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR.

GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE. OH SAY DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE. O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE.

AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. NOW.

I HAVE A CERTIFICATE. LITTLE ROCK GETS READY. THERE HE GOES.

THE SONG MAKES YOU LOVE YOUR COUNTRY.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? THE NEW PASTOR FROM THIS PLACE IS HERE, I THINK. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.

IT WAS VERY MOVING AND WONDERFUL RENDITION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATIONS TODAY.

FIRST ONE IS PATRIOTS DAY AND THE DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE SEPTEMBER 11TH,

[2. PATRIOT DAY AND DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE - SEPTEMBER 11, 2023]

FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS RUSHED INTO CRUMBLING BUILDINGS AND RAGING FIRES TO SAVE OTHERS. EMTS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, COLLEAGUES AND STRANGERS TENDED TO THE WOUNDED. PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS GAVE THEIR LIVES TO THWART ANOTHER ATTACK.

AND A GENERATION OF WOMEN AND MEN ANSWERED THE CALL TO DUTY BY JOINING THE ARMED FORCES TO DEFEND OUR FREEDOM AND OUR DEMOCRACY.

AND WHEREAS ON THIS PATRIOT DAY AND DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE, WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE HEROES AND VICTIMS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.

WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE SPIRIT OF UNITY, PATRIOTISM, AND SERVICE THAT CARRIED OUR NATION THROUGH IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED.

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AND WHEREAS, BY JOINT RESOLUTION, PUBLIC LAW 107 89 APPROVED DECEMBER 18TH, 2001, THE CONGRESS DESIGNATED SEPTEMBER 11TH AS PATRIOT DAY.

AND BY PUBLIC LAW. 111-13 APPROVED.

APRIL 21ST, 2009. CONGRESS HAS REQUESTED THE OBSERVANCE OF SEPTEMBER 11TH AS AN ANNUALLY RECOGNIZED NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND RECOGNITION.

AND WHEREAS AMERICANS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS ARE INVITED TO JOIN AND LEAD COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS TO HONOR THE LIVES AND SERVICE OF THOSE WE LOST ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. CROSS DIVIDES DIFFERENCES IN IDEOLOGIES TO SERVE WITH NEIGHBORS AND STRANGERS ALIKE, TO BUILD BRIDGES IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, TROY MCDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2023 AS PATRIOT DAY AND A DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE AND ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO ENGAGE IN SERVICE ON THIS DAY AND THE DAYS SURROUNDING TO HONOR AND COMMEMORATE THE SACRIFICES MADE THAT DAY.

OKAY. ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION WILL BE CHIEF TUMINELLI AND CHIEF IT'S REALLY HARD TO SCROLL.

SO. I HOLD IT TO WHAT? I WANT TO HEAR. YOU. YES.

SEPTEMBER 11TH. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY WERE.

ONE AND A HALF, PROBABLY EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.

YOU KNOW, LOSING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS IN A SINGLE MANNER IS NEVER A GOOD MULTIPLE NATIONAL TRAGEDIES.

BISHOPS? PERFECTLY. THIS IS THE DAY.

YOU GOTTA START OVER. I GOTTA START OVER.

AND WE HEARD HIM. WE HEARD THIS IS A DAY THAT WE'LL CERTAINLY REMEMBER.

AND I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION, AS DOES CHIEF FELICIO.

THANK YOU. CHIEF. YEAH, I WILL SAY A COUPLE WORDS.

PROBABLY THE MOST POIGNANT POINT WE CAN MAKE THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS SINCE NINE OVER 11 FOR ON BEHALF OF FIRE RESCUE'S PERSPECTIVE IS THE FDNY LOST 343 FIREFIGHTERS ON ONE INCIDENT ON THAT DAY.

AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER NOW IN OUR AREA.

BUT AT THE TIME THAT WAS MORE FIREFIGHTERS THAN WE HAVE IN THE ENTIRE MARTIN COUNTY PERIOD. SO JUST TO PUT WE ALWAYS HAVE SAID THAT TO PUT IT IN SOME CONTEXT ON HOW HUGE OF A NUMBER THAT IS. SO IT IS IT IS IT IS PRETTY POWERFUL WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.

BUT ON BEHALF OF FIRE RESCUE, WE'RE APPRECIATIVE THAT NOBODY FORGETS THAT DAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS TREASURE COAST DAY OF PRAYER,

[3. TREASURE COAST DAY OF PRAYER - SEPTEMBER 28, 2023]

WHEREAS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER HAS BEEN PART OF OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE SINCE IT WAS DECLARED BY THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN 1775, AND THE US CONGRESS IN 1952 APPROVED A JOINT RESOLUTION THAT THE PRESIDENT SHALL SET ASIDE AND PROCLAIM A SUITABLE DAY EACH YEAR, OTHER THAN A SUNDAY AS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, ON WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY TURN TO GOD IN PRAYER AND MEDITATION AT CHURCHES AND OTHER HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND GROUPS, AND AS INDIVIDUALS. END QUOTE.

AND WHEREAS THE TREASURE COAST ALLIANCE CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE IS AN ORGANIZATION OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE WITH DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS AND CULTURES JOINING TOGETHER IN PRAYER FOR VARIOUS GATHERINGS AND DINNERS.

AND WHEREAS, THE TREASURE COAST CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE SEEKS TO UNITE BUSINESS,

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AND WHEREAS, LEADERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE TREASURE COAST ARE INVITED TO JOIN IN PRAYER IF THEY SO CHOOSE, SEEKING DIVINE GUIDANCE, STRENGTH, PROTECTION AND COMFORT FROM GOD.

NOW THEREFORE, I, TROY MCDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2023 AS TREASURE COAST DAY OF PRAYER AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE ALL FAITHS TO CELEBRATE THE DAY IN A WAY IN WHICH THEY FIND MOST PROFOUNDLY MEANINGFUL IN THEIR CONNECTION TO GOD.

WE WORSHIP AND WE SERVE IN ACCEPTING.

IS SHERRY WAY FROM THE TREASURE COAST CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE? SHERRY HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL MAKE SURE SHE GETS THIS. OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

[4. GOLD STAR MOTHER'S AND FAMILY'S DAY - SEPTEMBER 24, 2023]

AND WHEREAS THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED FORCES REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF OUR NATION, MATCHED ONLY BY THE FAMILIES WHO WALK BESIDE THEM IN THEIR SERVICE.

AND WHEREAS IT IS OUR SACRED DUTY TO RECOGNIZE THE UNENDING AND IMMEASURABLE SACRIFICES OUR MILITARY FAMILIES MAKE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR LOVED ONES AND FOR OUR COUNTRY. AND WE ARE COGNIZANT OF THE FORTITUDE THEY SHOW, ENDURING THE ANGUISH OF KNOWING THAT THEIR HERO MAY NEVER RETURN HOME.

THANK YOU. IN ACCEPTING WILL BE VALERIE COLLINS AND CATHY SANDBERG.

WE ARE SO TOUCHED THAT YOU HONOR OUR SONS TODAY.

BOTH VALERIE AND I ARE SONS.

WENT TO SCHOOL HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTY.

AND FOR YOU TO REMEMBER THEM MEANS EVERYTHING TO US.

WHENEVER YOU SAY THEIR NAMES, BRENDAN SANDBERG, US NAVY OR JONATHAN COLLINS US ARMY, THEY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION HUNGER ACTION MONTH,

[5. HUNGER ACTION MONTH - SEPTEMBER 2023]

WITH 30,311 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS IN MARTIN COUNTY UNABLE TO AFFORD THE BASIC COSTS OF LIVING. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF STUART IS COMMITTED TO TAKING STEPS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEED TO COMBAT HUNGER IN EVERY PART OF OUR CITY AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT CITIZENS OF STUART NEED.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF STUART IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK IN MOBILIZING PEOPLE ABOUT THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF FOOD BANKS AND OTHER HUNGER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS IN ADDRESSING HUNGER AND BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE NEED TO DEVOTE MORE RESOURCES AND ATTENTION TO HUNGER ISSUES.

AND WHEREAS, FOOD BANKS AND HUNGER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK, COORDINATED HUNGER ACTION DAY ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2023 AND WILL CONTINUE TO HOST NUMEROUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO SHED LIGHT ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AND ENCOURAGE INVOLVEMENT IN EFFORTS TO END HUNGER IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, TROY MCDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023 AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH.

THANK YOU. IN RECEIVING THIS WOULD BE RUBY.

I HOPE I PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY. MCGUIRE, KARNS AND ELLIE AMADOR.

I HOPE I PRONOUNCED THAT CORRECTLY.

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I GUESS YOU GUYS NEED TO PUT ON YOUR STUFF.

I'M ALREADY WEARING ORANGE.

I DON'T HAVE TO PUT ON ANYTHING ELSE.

ARE WE GOING TO DO THE PICTURE TOO? YEAH. USUALLY EVERYBODY WEARS THE TIE AND THE SCARF FOR A PHOTO.

YES WE HAVE. LET'S GO LOOK AT OUR LITTLE TIES ON HERE.

AND EVERYBODY POP DOWN HERE AND GET A QUICK PICTURE.

WE'RE IN ORANGE. OKAY.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN MAY.

TAKE A FEW MINUTES. TO TIE.

I'M DOUBLING DOWN, I THINK.

ALL RIGHT. WE MADE YOU NERVOUS. OH, YOU GOT A SCARF? THERE YOU GO. WOMEN HAVE SCARVES.

MEN HAVE TIES. I DON'T KNOW.

YOU COULD JUST WRAP IT AROUND YOUR NECK. SHE'LL TAKE A PICTURE.

IF YOU LOOK INTO THE MIRROR, YOU DO IT BACKWARD. YOU CAN'T SEE IT.

BECAUSE IT'S EVERYTHING BACK. YOU SHIFT A LITTLE BIT.

DID YOU GET THAT? NO. YOU'RE NOT CENTERED.

OKAY. YOU GUYS NEED THE CENTER MORE.

MORE TO THE LEFT. YOU NEED TO BE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SAILBOAT.

OKAY. HERE. HERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT. EVERYONE READY? SMILE. AND MAYBE THE LADIES WOULD LIKE TO GET IN THE PHOTO WITH THEM.

WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO COME ON IN? ONE ON EACH SIDE. CAN YOU START AND LOOK AT IT.

THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. YOU'D LIKE TO.

KICK THE TIRES. TRICK OR TREAT WITH THEM.

THANKSGIVING. THAT'S A PERFECT THANKSGIVING TIE.

NO TIE. THANK YOU. AND ON BEHALF OF TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK, OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO, JUDITH CREWS.

OUR DEDICATED STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR FOR PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH.

AS A MEMBER OF THE FEEDING AMERICA NETWORK OF FOOD BANKS, TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK IS LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITY BY SECURING MILLIONS OF MEALS AND PROVIDING THEM TO PEOPLE FACING HUNGER.

WE ARE PROUD TO PARTNER WITH MORE THAN 300 LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES, SOUP KITCHENS, SHELTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCY FOOD PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT INDIAN RIVER.

SAINT LUCIE, MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES.

THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK WILL BE HOSTING MANY EVENTS THAT INCLUDE OUR ANNUAL OUT LAUGH HUNGER COMEDY SHOW. OUR THIRD ANNUAL OUTRUN HUNGER FIVE K.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE EVENTS, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT.

STOP HUNGER.ORG SLASH.

HAM. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY.

[6. CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH - SEPTEMBER 2023]

AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN FACE THE BATTLE OF CANCER WITH INCREDIBLE BRAVERY AND INSPIRING HOPE.

AND WHEREAS, WHILE PROGRESS AGAINST SOME CHILDHOOD CANCER HAS BEEN MADE, THE CURE RATE FOR MANY FORMS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER REMAINS LESS THAN 50%, WITH THE INCIDENCE OF CHILDHOOD CANCERS INCREASING AT A MORE RAPID RATE THAN ANY OTHER GROUPS. AND WHEREAS THIS DISEASE NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE CHILD DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, BUT ALSO THEIR ENTIRE SUPPORT NETWORK OF DEVOTED PARENTS, LOVED ONES, AND FRIENDS.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF STUART RECOGNIZES THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THAT THIS DISEASE HAS ON MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASED RESEARCH ON CHILDHOOD CANCER.

AND WHEREAS THIS MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE BURDENS ARE SHARED BY COUNTLESS DEDICATED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, ORGANIZATIONS, CHARITIES, PARENT ADVOCACY GROUPS WHICH SUPPORT PATIENTS

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NOW THEREFORE, I, TROY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2023 AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF STUART. THANK YOU PAUL.

RECEIVING IT TONIGHT WILL BE BARBIE D'AMATO, DIRECTOR OF MADDIE'S FIGHT FOUNDATION, AND MIKE DEMERS.

THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS BARBIE.

THIS IS MY HUSBAND, MIKE.

OUR DAUGHTER MADDIE PASSED AWAY IN 2017 TO MULTIFOCAL OSTEOSARCOMA.

SHE HAD BONE CANCER IN EVERY BONE IN HER BODY.

SHE WAS NINE YEARS OLD, DIAGNOSED FOUGHT FOR EIGHT MONTHS AND PASSED AWAY AT TEN. THE TREATMENT THAT SHE ENDURED IS IT'S CONSIDERED MAP.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE USED FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

AND HER LITTLE BODY HAD TO TAKE THE SAME POISON INTO HER TO TRY TO SAVE HER LIFE.

THE AWARENESS AND THE MEDICATIONS THAT GO TO PEDIATRIC CANCER IS LESS THAN 4%. WE WERE JUST UP IN ORLANDO AREA AND THEY HAVE A BEACON UP THERE THAT THEY PUT THE NAMES OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR BATTLE TO CANCER. THERE WASN'T ENOUGH ROOM ON IT.

THE SHIRTS THAT WERE MADE, THERE WERE OVER THREE OF THEM THAT WERE MADE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM FRONT TO BACK ON.

HOW MANY CHILDREN HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

WE STARTED MADDIE'S FIGHT FOUNDATION AFTER MADDIE PASSED AWAY AND WE FINANCIALLY SUPPORT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES BATTLING CANCER.

WE'VE HELPED OVER 200 FAMILIES SINCE 2017.

WE'VE RAISED OVER $200,000 AND BEEN ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THIS AMONGST THESE FAMILIES.

AND ALL WE ASK FOR IS FOR EVERYBODY TO SPREAD AWARENESS, TO TAKE THE TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THIS MONTH, TO WEAR GOLD.

POST ABOUT IT GOOGLE AND AND SEE SOME OF WHAT RESEARCH HAS BEEN FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT IN OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION FOR FOR EACH WEEK,

[7. 4-H WEEK - OCTOBER 1-7, 2023]

WHEREAS FOR EACH IS AMERICA'S LARGEST YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, HAVING SUPPORTED ALMOST 6 MILLION YOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTRY THUS FAR.

AND WHEREAS FOUR-H HAS HELPED YOUTH ON THE TREASURE COAST BECOME CONFIDENT, INDEPENDENT, RESILIENT, AND COMPASSIONATE LEADERS.

AND WHEREAS FOUR-H IS DELIVERED BY THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, A COMMUNITY OF MORE THAN 100 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE NATION THAT PROVIDES EXPERIENCES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN BY DOING HANDS ON PROJECTS IN AREAS INCLUDING HEALTH, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE AND CITIZENSHIP.

AND WHEREAS FOUR-H WEEK SHOWCASES THE INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES THAT FOUR-H OFFERS YOUNG PEOPLE AND HIGHLIGHTS THE REMARKABLE FOUR-H YOUTH IN THE CITY OF STUART IN MARTIN COUNTY, WHO WORK EACH DAY TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THOSE AROUND THEM.

AND WHEREAS THE FOUR-H NETWORK OF 500 000 VOLUNTEERS AND 3500 PROFESSIONALS PROVIDES CARING AND SUPPORTIVE MENTORING TO ALL FOUR YEARS, HELPING THEM TO GROW INTO TRUE LEADERS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND VISIONARIES. NOW THEREFORE, I, TROY MCDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH SEVENTH, 2023 AS FOUR H WEEK IN THE CITY OF STUART AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE FOUR H FOR THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IT HAS MADE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE BY

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GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I LOVE SOME BACKYARD CHICKENS.

PROBABLY LONESOME BACKYARD CHICKENS.

THANK YOU. YOU GUYS LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

MY NAME IS DAVID HAFNER. I'M THE MARTIN COUNTY FOUR H AGENT.

VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TODAY.

I WAS A MARTIN COUNTY FOR H KID MYSELF.

SO THIS PROGRAM MEANS A LOT TO ME.

AND I'M WITH ME. I HAVE MISS BAILEY BERRIER.

MISS BAILEY IS A MEMBER OF OUR MARTIN COUNTY FOUR H COUNTY COUNCIL, WHERE SHE SERVES AS ONE OF OUR OFFICERS.

AND SHE HAS A FEW WORDS SHE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. FOUR H HAS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.

GROWING UP, I ALWAYS HAD A LOVE FOR ANIMALS AND THAT IS WHY I JOINED FOUR H.

MY INTENTIONS IN JOINING FOUR H WERE TO SHOWCASE THE LOVE I HAVE FOR MY ANIMALS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, I'VE DONE ALL THOSE THINGS AND SO MANY MORE.

AND JUST THIS PAST SUMMER I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE SO MANY OF MY GOALS THROUGH FOUR H, SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE ATTENDING FOUR H UNIVERSITY, PARTICIPATING IN THE HOG AND HAM PROJECT, GROWING IN MY PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS, ACQUIRING THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT, MY FOUR AGE GROUP AND SERVING AS THE TREASURER OF MY COUNTY'S COUNTY COUNCIL.

THIS PROGRAM HAS TAUGHT ME SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS IN LIFE, LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY.

IT HAS ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH SO MANY AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR.

OUR COUNTY HAS ACHIEVED UNBELIEVABLE THINGS THIS PAST YEAR, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL BRING. I'VE TRULY BEEN BLESSED TO BE A PART OF MARTIN COUNTY FOUR H FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS, AND I'LL CONTINUE ENCOURAGING MY PEERS SO WE CAN CONTINUE MAKING THE BEST, BETTER. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

SO FOUR H. AS YOU KNOW, IS A IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS KNOWN FOR OUR COWS, PLOWS AND SOWS. BUT IT'S WAY MORE THAN THAT.

WE ALSO DO PUBLIC SPEAKING, CIVICS, LEADERSHIP ARTS.

BASICALLY, IF THERE'S AN INTEREST THAT A YOUNG ADULT HAS, WE WILL FIND A WAY TO ENGAGE THEM AND TO HELP THEM BE INVOLVED.

THAT'S ONE OF MY CURRENT PROJECTS.

MY, MY SITE IS TO BE REACHING OUT TO OUR URBAN COMMUNITIES THAT, AS I'VE SEEN, HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED BY FOUR-H FOR A WHILE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S MY TARGETED DEMOGRAPHIC RIGHT NOW.

ALONG WITH MAINTAINING THE GREAT PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN OFFERING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY AND SHARING OUR PROGRAM.

AND I'LL BE AT THE MARKET ON MAIN THIS THIS WEEKEND.

SO IF YOU WANT TO COME BY, I'LL HAVE A FUN ACTIVITY I'M DOING WITH THE KIDS THERE. FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, THE SEPTEMBER SERVICE AWARDS.

[8. SERVICE AWARDS - SEPTEMBER 2023]

FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.

PAULA. PAULA.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK.

YOU. ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY SECOND STINT.

MY FIRST STINT WAS 14 YEARS AND I LEFT.

AND NOW I CAME BACK AND NOW I DID FIVE.

SO OBVIOUSLY MUST BE A GOOD PLACE TO WORK.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT LIKE IT'S PRISON STINTS.

FIRST STINT. YES. OKAY.

THE NEXT RECIPIENT IS CHAD HERZOG.

FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE IN UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING.

AND CHAD'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE HE GETS HIS CERTIFICATE.

NOPE, NOPE. NOT HIS WRONG DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN OUR FINAL RECIPIENT TONIGHT, AMY DORAN, 15 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND SHE'S. COME ON DOWN.

JUMP DOWN! 15 YEARS. AWESOME.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

[9. RESILIENCE PRESENTATION]

AND, JIM, ARE YOU DOING THAT? IT'S JUST A PRESENTATION BY FOR YOU.

THEY'RE HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE PODIUM. THEY CAN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. OH, OKAY. AND IF EVERYONE COULD HOLD THEIR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

I THINK YOU HAVE EVERYONE.

THERE IS A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

IF WE COULD BRING THAT UP AT THIS TIME.

HE'S I THINK HE'S PULLING THAT UP AND HE'S GIVING YOU THE POINTER AS WELL.

PERFECT. SO I APOLOGIZE.

OKAY, GREAT. AND I THINK IS IT THE LIGHTS OR DO I NEED TO GET OVER IT.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING MY BACK TO ANYONE.

BUT I DO NEED TO SEE THE SCREEN.

MY NAME IS SERENA HERMAN.

I'M AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY.

I SERVE AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER FOR URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, WHICH MEANS THAT I WORK IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT RESILIENCE.

IT IS FITTING TO BE TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCE ON NINE OVER 11, WHICH IS AN ANNIVERSARY OF A GREAT TRAGEDY IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY.

IT IS ALSO A TIME THAT I REMEMBER VERY WELL, ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER AS A NATION AND RESPONDING TO THIS HORRIFIC EVENT TO JOIN TOGETHER, TO GETTING ON WITH THE WORK OF OF HEALING OURSELVES.

WE NEVER LOST SIGHT OF WHO WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF THIS GREAT TRAGEDY.

AND THAT'S WHAT RESILIENCE IS LIKE.

THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF RESILIENCE IS THE ABILITY TO ABSORB SHOCKS AND STRESSORS TO THE SYSTEM, TO ADAPT, TO CHANGE, TO GO ON TO, TO SHOW PROGRESS IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, BASICALLY. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TODAY.

WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS RESILIENCE AND WHY WILL I TALK TO YOU ABOUT WATER? SO THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS BOUND UP IN THE HISTORY OF WATER.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TOO MUCH, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TOO LITTLE.

SOMETIMES THE WATER QUALITY IS NOT WHAT WE HOPED.

AND SOMETIMES THE WATER IS OR IS NOT WHERE WE HOPE IT IS.

AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS DEALING WITH THE TOPIC OF WATER IN FLORIDA.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN AREAS THAT FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING ON RESILIENCE HERE AT THE CITY AND IN MARTIN COUNTY AND IN FLORIDA AS A WHOLE ARE WORKING.

SO JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CENTER WHERE I WORK AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY.

I JUST HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE STARTING TO WRAP UP RIGHT NOW.

ON THE FAR LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THAT IS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH.

WE RECENTLY DID A PROJECT WITH THE CITY OF WEST PALM, IN WHICH WE SHOWED WHAT SEA LEVEL RISE COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO WHAT KIND OF STRATEGIES THEY COULD IMPLEMENT IN THEIR PUBLIC PARKS ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.

SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS PRESENTATION, I'M VERY HAPPY TO COME BACK AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

THE SECOND ONE IS A MOBILE APP THAT WE DEVELOPED FOR OUR STUDENTS TO FIND ALTERNATE WAYS TO GET TO OUR CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE SIX CAMPUSES. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THERE'S ONE NORTH OF HERE IN HARBOR BRANCH.

THE REST ARE SOUTH IN JUPITER AND BOCA AND IN BROWARD.

SO OUR STUDENTS COME FROM EVERYWHERE TO OUR CAMPUSES.

A LOT OF THEM RELY ON CARS.

AND CARS, OF COURSE, ARE EXPENSIVE.

THEY CONTRIBUTE GREENHOUSE GASES TO THE ATMOSPHERE.

AND SO WE ARE HELPING THEM FIND OTHER WAYS TO GET TO CAMPUS THROUGH ACTIVE AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE DO A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, WHICH IS KIND OF THAT THIRD PANEL THERE AND LAND USE PLANNING.

THOSE ARE OUR OUR ACTIVITIES AT THE CENTER.

OKAY, SO BACK TO WATER.

YOU WILL PROBABLY RECALL THERE WAS A UN JUST AN AMAZING RAIN EVENT IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR IN BROWARD COUNTY. THEY DEALT WITH 2325IN OF RAIN.

IT BOUGHT THEIR TRANSPORTATION TO A HALT.

AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT PUT PEOPLE AND THEIR THEIR HOMES IN DANGER.

THIS WAS NOT A HURRICANE EVENT.

IT WAS, AS YOU KNOW, IT WAS A RAIN EVENT.

AND SO THESE ARE THE KIND OF WEATHER EVENTS THAT WE ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH MORE AND MORE OFTEN IN FLORIDA AND IN FACT, OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY.

IN MARTIN COUNTY IN 2020, SIX INCHES OF RAIN BROUGHT THINGS TO A STANDSTILL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT EVENT.

NOW, I DON'T LIVE IN MARTIN COUNTY.

I ACTUALLY HAVE JUST DOWN THE ROAD IN JUPITER, BUT UP HERE ALL THE TIME, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA HERE.

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SO THE WATER IS, IS A BIG DEAL THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH HERE.

AND THEN WE ADD TO THAT STORMS AND THE PROBLEM WHEN STORMS COME, KIND OF ONE AFTER THE OTHER.

THIS IS UP COAST, ACTUALLY NEAR DAYTONA.

THE VERY SAD TRUTH FOR THE FOLKS LIVING HERE ALONG THE COAST WAS THAT THEY HAD JUST DEALT WITH HURRICANE IAN. AND THEN HURRICANE NICOLE CAME ON THE HEELS OF THAT.

AND SO THESE HOMES, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE SOME OF THEM SURVIVED THE FIRST HURRICANE, BUT WHEN THE SECOND ONE CAME THROUGH, THAT'S WHEN THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY.

AND AS WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE HURRICANE IS GOING TO HIT. WE JUST KIND OF LUCKED OUT WITH A DAHLIA.

AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS LEE BREWING OUT THERE THAT HAS TURNED OFF, THANK GOODNESS. BUT WE KNOW IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME, I'VE BEEN IN JUPITER OVER 20 YEARS.

IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW THAT THE STORMS KEEP COMING AND WE HAVE A LOT OF COASTLINE.

FLORIDA IS SECOND ONLY TO ALASKA IN TERMS OF COASTLINE.

WE HAVE OVER 8000 MILES OF COASTLINE.

WHEN YOU ADD IN ALL OF THE BAYS AND RIVERS AND SO FORTH, IN MARTIN COUNTY ALONE, THERE ARE 161 MILES OF SHORELINE.

21 OF THOSE MILES ARE ON OUR BEACHES AND NEARLY 5000 WATERFRONT PARCELS.

WE LOVE TO LIVE BY THE WATER.

I MEAN, I DON'T LIVE RIGHT ON THE WATER, BUT I LOVE LIVING NEAR THE WATER. WE ALL LOVE THAT. BUT IT DOES COME WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME ISSUES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, RIGHT? OKAY. SO DO NOT BE AFRAID BY THE TECHNICAL DIAGRAM.

WE'LL TAKE IT SLOW ON THE LEFT.

THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF NATURAL SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS. AND YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS FROM GRADE SCHOOL ARE ALL CONNECTED, RIGHT. IT STARTS WITH THE RAINDROP, FALLS TO THE GROUND, GETS INTO THE RIVERS AND LAKES, FLOWS TO THE SEA AND EVAPORATES.

YOU REMEMBER THIS, RIGHT? EVAPORATES BACK UP INTO THE CLOUDS. WELL, YOU KNOW, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF COMPLICATION, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

OUR NATURAL SYSTEMS ARE ALL CONNECTED FROM OUR LAKES AND RIVERS OUT TO THE SEA AND WITHIN OUR CITIES. THEY'RE THEY'RE CONNECTED IN JUST THE SAME WAY, BUT WITH A FEW MORE COMPLICATIONS, RIGHT? WE HAVE OUR CANALS TO DEAL WITH.

WE KNOW ABOUT OUR CANALS CONNECTING LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO OUR COASTLINE.

AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WATER COMING THROUGH THAT SYSTEM IS NOT CLEAN.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME.

YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE ILL EFFECTS OF CONTAMINANTS IN OUR WATER SYSTEM AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR FOR OUR COASTLINE.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WATER MANAGEMENT, THERE'S KIND OF THREE BIG ITEMS. IT'S SAFEGUARDING AND RESTORING WATER RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS, MEETING THE REGION'S WATER NEEDS, MEANING DRINKING WATER AND AGRICULTURAL WATER AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES FROM FLOODING.

SO MARTIN COUNTY HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON THIS TOPIC.

THEY ARE PLANNING FOR MORE WATER.

THEY ARE MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING NATURAL AREAS, INCLUDING DUNES AND MANGROVES AND ENSURING WATER QUALITY.

THEY HAVE DOZENS OF PROJECTS GOING.

I JUST TOOK TWO TO HIGHLIGHT HERE.

SO ONE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL IS CALLED CONNECT TO PROTECT, AND THAT'S TRYING TO TAKE THE PROPERTIES THAT STILL HAVE SEPTIC SYSTEMS OFF OF THOSE SYSTEMS AND CONNECTING THEM TO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY'S WATER WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT SYSTEMS. AND THE OTHER ONE IS JUST ONE OF MANY, AS I MENTIONED, THAT I'M HIGHLIGHTING HERE IS IN THE COMMUNITY OF RIO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THEY'RE DOING A BIOSWALE REHAB.

WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THE NORMAL STORM DRAINS AT THE EDGE OF THE ROAD, THEY'RE STARTING TO REPLACE THOSE WITH BIOSWALES.

A BIOSWALE IS LIKE A WHOLE MIXTURE OF MATERIALS AT THE EDGE OF THE ROAD.

USUALLY THERE'S SOME KIND OF ROCKS, USUALLY THERE'S SOME KIND OF PLANTS.

AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT BOTH SLOWS DOWN THE WATER AND IT FILTERS THE WATER.

AS YOU KNOW, FLORIDA GROUNDWATER IS RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? LIKE ANY KID DIGGING IN THE YARD COULD HIT OUR GROUNDWATER.

THAT'S HOW CLOSE IT IS TO OUR RIGHT.

YEAH. THE GARDENERS HERE ARE NODDING. THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS. SO, SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN PROTECT OUR WATERWAYS FROM RUNOFF.

SO THE THING THAT HAPPENS IN STORMS IS EVEN MORE SO.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, RUNOFF FROM PLACES THAT THEY'RE NOT NORMALLY IS.

AND ALL OF THOSE CONTAMINANTS CAN GET INTO OUR WATER SYSTEM.

SO WE WANT TO TRY TO PREVENT THAT WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

HERE IN THE CITY OF STUART, YOU APPROVED THE SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN. SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY? I WAS TELLING YOU THAT RESILIENCE IS THE ABILITY TO ABSORB SHOCKS AND LONG TERM STRESSORS TO THE SYSTEM.

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SO STEWARDING OUR RESOURCES, TAKING CARE OF THE PLACE WE LIVE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE.

OUR CHILDREN, OUR GRANDCHILDREN CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE.

SO THEY HAVE DOZENS OF OF INITIATIVES.

SOME OF THEM ARE FLOODPLAIN ANALYSIS.

ADOPTING BUILDING REQUIREMENTS, LESSENING HEAT IMPACTS, AND ENSURING WATER QUALITY.

AND ALL OF THIS FITS INTO THE CITY OF STEWART STRATEGIC PLAN, BECAUSE THE GOALS OF THAT PLAN ARE A MORE LIVABLE COMMUNITY, SAFE, HEALTHY, RESILIENT ENVIRONMENT, VIBRANT FAMILY ACTIVITIES, WELCOMING BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SECURITY AND WELL-BEING.

HOW DOES THIS CONNECT TO FINANCIAL SECURITY? WELL, WE ALL KNOW THE COST, RIGHT? OF STORMS. AND THE BETTER WE ARE PREPARED FOR THOSE STORMS, THE BETTER WE ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THEM.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE ACTIVITIES BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY SAFEGUARDING OUR FUTURE.

THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE DO ALL THIS.

SO ACTING NOW AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES.

BECAUSE OF TIME AND BECAUSE OF NOT WANTING TO OVERWHELM YOU WITH TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

I JUST CHOSE THE AREA OF NATURAL SYSTEMS TO HIGHLIGHT OUT OF THE SUSTAINABLE ACTION PLAN, AND THOSE ARE MAINTAINED.

IMPROVE AIR AND WATER QUALITY.

ENHANCE GREEN SPACE UTILIZATION.

SO GREEN SPACE IS, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, PLANTS AND PARKS AND ANY PLACE THAT YOU HAVE VEGETATION. GREEN SPACE HAPPENS A LOT IN PUBLIC SPACES, BUT IT CAN ALSO HAPPEN AROUND YOUR HOME.

WE CAN ALL CONTRIBUTE TO GREEN SPACE AND IT ALL HELPS TO REDUCE RUNOFF AND HEAT BEING, YOU KNOW, REACHING UNSAFE LEVELS, REDUCE THE CONSUMPTION OF POTABLE WATER, AND RETROFIT FOR MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL FACILITIES.

SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT DEPEND A LOT ON OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL.

AND I CALL THOSE A HUMAN SYSTEM.

SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIKE THIS.

THIS IS YOUR PLACE TO LEARN AND TO GIVE INPUT TO THE PROCESS.

ALL OF US HAVE A ROLE TO DO TO PLAY IN RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY.

WE CAN ALL MAKE CHOICES ABOUT THE WAY WE USE OUR HOMES, OUR VEHICLES, THE WAY WE SUPPORT THE INITIATIVES OF THE CITY OF STUART AND OUR REGION, AND THEN KIND OF ON A ON A BROADER LEVEL.

AND I'M GOING TO LOOK AT YOU GUYS NOW.

THERE ARE ALSO REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND EXPERTISE, INCLUDING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS IN OUR AREA.

ALL OF THESE CAN SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS AND HELP YOUR DECIDING NEXT STEPS OR EVALUATING OPTIONS OR EVALUATING PROGRAMS. THESE ARE ALL RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.

I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HOW LONG WAS YOUR STUDY? JUST TO PUT THIS TOGETHER STUDY, WHICH FROM, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING OUR RESILIENCE, OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WITH YOUR RESILIENCY.

OKAY. OKAY. YES. SO FAR, YOU DID NOT CONSULT ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN. WE HAVE HELPED OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DO SIMILAR WORK.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO PARTNER WITH MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE TO DO DIFFERENT WORK. SO I WOULD DIRECT IT BACK TO THE FOLKS IN SUSTAINABILITY.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT OBVIOUSLY BEN WAS KIND OF THE LEAD FOR THE CITY ON OUR ACTION PLAN.

AND COMMISSIONER RICH WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE FAU PROGRAM AND HAD ASKED ME TO COORDINATE THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT COINCIDED WITH OR WAS IN FURTHERANCE OF OUR PLAN AND, AND WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

SO THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO TRAVEL UP I-95 CORRIDOR AND RISK THEIR LIVES TO COME HERE TODAY TO TELL US ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE IN STUART.

THAT WAS NO BURDEN AT ALL.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MISS HERMAN.

SO COINCIDENTALLY ENOUGH, ON THURSDAY, I TRAVELED TO ORLANDO IN MY CAPACITY AS A MEMBER OF THE TREASURE COAST REGION, FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES ON THE UTILITIES AND NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE.

AND THE FIRST ITEM THEY BROUGHT UP WAS RESILIENCY.

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NAPLES, AS YOU KNOW, WAS SWEPT CLEAN.

WHICH ONE WAS IT? IAN.

IAN. YES. LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF THE FULL TIME RESIDENTS HAVE RETURNED TO THE ISLAND AND NONE OF THE SNOWBIRDS ARE BACK.

BUT THE POINT THEY MADE AT THIS STATE LEVEL MEETING WAS THERE IS NO CHAMPION IN THE LEGISLATURE FOR THIS IDEA OF RESILIENCY.

NO ONE IS CARRYING THE BALL.

SO. WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE DO? IS IT BECAUSE THE EFFORT IS SORT OF PIECEMEAL? YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR SEPTIC TO SEWER.

WE CERTAINLY ARE DOING MORE BAFFLE BOXES.

IS IT BECAUSE THE IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S SPREAD TOO THIN THROUGHOUT THE LEGISLATURE, OR WOULD THERE BE VALUE IN US TRYING TO CONCENTRATE THAT EFFORT TO A GREATER DEGREE IS MY QUESTION. SO I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF OF SOME FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THAT, MAYBE NOT ON A STATEWIDE LEVEL, BUT IN A REGIONAL LEVEL, THE COUNTIES OF MONROE COUNTY, MIAMI DADE, BROWARD COUNTY AND PALM BEACH COUNTY HAVE COME TOGETHER TO FORM THE SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP.

AND THEY HAVE KIND OF COORDINATED EFFORTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE PROBLEMS DON'T STOP AT THE BORDER OF A COUNTY.

AND SO THEY HAVE RESOURCES.

AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, SAY TO REACH OUT TO THEM.

THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL ALSO HAS RESOURCES.

AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF MY ENDING MESSAGE ABOUT PERHAPS REACHING OUT TO OTHER PARTNERS, DEFINITELY THROUGH FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES OR EVEN NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. IT IS POSSIBLE TO COORDINATE EFFORTS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON THIS.

AND SO YEAH, WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT ALONE.

AND THEN JUST ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION.

YOUR MODELING MUST HAVE GOTTEN INCREDIBLY MORE DIFFICULT AS SOMEONE WHO WAS IN FINANCE FOR 30 YEARS AND UNDERSTANDS THE CONCEPT OF STANDARD DEVIATIONS.

THESE EVENTS ARE JUST SO UNPRECEDENTED.

GREECE HAD THREE YEARS OF RAIN IN TWO DAYS.

20 ONE QUARTER OF THE AGRICULTURAL CAPACITY OF THE COUNTRY OF GREECE HAS BEEN WIPED OUT.

AND THE TEMPERATURE RECORDS IN PHOENIX, IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL THE SCALES HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED.

AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S FALLING IN THESE COMPRESSES HAS TO BE VERY DIFFICULT.

SO YOU WRITE ABOUT. SO I'M NOT A HURRICANE MODELER, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPT OF MODELING RISK.

LIKE TAKE YOUR INSURANCE COMPANIES, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THEY DO IS THEY, THEY MODEL RISK. AND IT'S JUST LIKE, THEY JUST HAVE TO KEEP REINVENTING WHAT, WHAT THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IS, OR THE AMOUNT OF LIKE FEMA IS RUNNING OUT OF MONEY. WE HEARD ABOUT THIS THROUGH THE TRAGEDY, THROUGH THE FIRE IN HAWAII, THAT THAT FEMA IS RUNNING OUT OF DISASTER FUNDING. WHY? BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT OF THE BIGGEST POSSIBLE NUMBER THEY COULD THINK OF.

AND WE'RE ALREADY REACHING IT MID MIDPOINT IN THE YEAR.

SO ANYWAY IT'S IT'S TOUGH.

IT IS TOUGH. OKAY. MR. MAYOR, CAN I ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE? SO EITHER THE LEAGUE OF CITIES OR JUST US OR THE UNIVERSITY, ARE WE TRYING TO WOULD WE DO.

MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD WE NEED TO DO AN ADDITIONAL OR SOMETHING WITH OUR OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN TO DO SOMETHING CALLED A RESILIENCY PLAN.

AND AT OUR LAST CITY COMMISSION MEETING, YOU AUTHORIZED OUR GRANTS COORDINATOR TO APPLY FOR ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS TO START PERFORMING AND DOING SOME OF THE STUDIES THAT ARE NECESSARY BEFORE WE COULD EVEN DO A RESILIENCY PLAN TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE ISSUES FIRST, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH THAT CAN BE DONE AND SO MANY THINGS THAT AN INVENTORY IS PROBABLY WHERE WE NEED TO START AND THEN MOVE FROM THERE.

AND WHERE THE STAFF IS WORKING ON IT, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT AS FAST AS WE WISH WE COULD.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE IS FUNDING RIGHT NOW.

AND SO YOU GUYS ARE ABSOLUTELY ON TRACK TO, TO START WORKING ON THESE THINGS IS THERE.

SO I'M POINTING TO BEN.

THANK YOU. I'LL TALK TO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT.

I'M SORRY. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I WAS AT THE MPO MEETING, WHICH IS THE STATEWIDE MPO IN JULY.

AND FDOT SPOKE A LOT ABOUT RESILIENCY PLANNING REGARDING ROADS AND OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.

SO IT WAS ONLY IN THAT FRAME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

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RICH, THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL, ESPECIALLY IN TRANSPORTATION.

SO. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER RICH.

[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]

ONE OF THE BIG TOPICS OF CONVERSATION, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WAS PFO AND PFAS. AND THEY WERE HAPPY THAT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BELLWETHER OF THE CLASS WAS THERE. AND THEY ASKED A GREAT MANY QUESTIONS AND RECEIVED VERY FEW ANSWERS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THEY DID POINT OUT WAS POINTED OUT BY THE WOMAN WHO RAN THE MEETING, WHO WAS A LOBBYIST AND LAWYER FOR FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS PROBABLY GOING TO CREATE LEGISLATION WHERE THEY CAN INTERVENE AND DISTRIBUTE THE PROCEEDS MORE EQUITABLY.

AND I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE CITY MANAGER, AND IT WILL NOT, TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE.

DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THIS, MR. MARTEL? THE SETTLEMENT OR PROSPECTIVE SETTLEMENT THAT THE CITY OR THE CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZED WITH THREE M THAT WILL BE FINALIZED IN JULY OF 24, IS INCLUDED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CLASS AS PART OF THE CLASS, BUT ANY TERMS OF THAT SETTLEMENT OR PROCEEDS FROM IT ARE EXCLUDED AND ARE EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN THE CITY OF STUART AND THREE M.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE DUPONT SUBSIDIARIES IN PARTICULAR HAD FILED BANKRUPTCY ON FATHER'S DAY, THE CITY STILL ALSO HAS THE DUPONT SIDE OF THE CLAIM, AND WE ARE, BECAUSE THERE'S NO LONGER A BELLWETHER TRIAL.

WE ARE JUST A BELLWETHER OR JUST A CLASS PARTICIPANT IN THE PROCEEDS FROM THAT SIDE OF THE CASE. AND TO REFRESH YOUR RECOLLECTION, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHEN THERE WAS A PURDUE CLASS ACTION RELATED TO THE OPIOIDS AND THAT STUFF, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA DECLARED IT A CASE OF GREAT STATE IMPORTANCE AND DID THE SAME THING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS DESCRIBING, AND TOOK OVER THE CASE AND THEN SETTLED ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STATE AND THEN PREPARED A FORMULA FORMULA TO DISBURSE MORE EQUITABLY THE SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS.

WHAT MORE EQUITABLY MEANT TO US IN THAT CASE WAS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE GOT A LOT MORE, AND WE GOT A LOT LESS.

SO IT'S VERY GOOD NEWS FOR US THAT WE ARE NOT A PARTY OF PART OF THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION SCHEME. AND THEN THE FINAL TOPIC THAT REALLY CAUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE'S ATTENTION WAS RECYCLING. BECAUSE RECYCLING SEEMS TO BE AN EASY VIRTUE TO EXERCISE, AND RECYCLING HAS GOTTEN A GREAT DEAL MORE COMPLICATED.

AND THERE ARE MANY MUNICIPALITIES WHO ARE HAVE REDUCED IT AND IN FACT, ELIMINATED IT, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS TO IT ONCE WE DELIVER IT TO WHOMEVER WE DELIVER? IT CAN BE CAN BE THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

IT'S VERY EASY TO POLLUTE THE STREAM.

AND UNLESS YOU'RE GETTING SEPARATION OF IT, IT JUST IT'S, IT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION.

AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO, I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY EVALUATE WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE. DO WE JUST WANT TO REDUCE THE WASTE STREAM.

DO WE WANT TO HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON ENERGY USAGE? THERE ARE MANY ELEMENTS TO CONSIDER AND WHEN I BECOME BETTER INFORMED, WE SHOULD TAKE THE TIME.

IT WAS VERY MANY PEOPLE SAT UP STRAIGHT AND PAID ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT USED TO HEARING THAT. AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU ONE WORD OF ADVICE.

APPARENTLY, DO NOT THROW AWAY A DIRTY PEANUT BUTTER JAR.

THAT IS LIKE PUTTING A BOMB IN THE BARREL.

I HAD NO IDEA. NO FOOD IN THE.

BECAUSE OF CLEANING, IT IS TOO HARD OR WHATEVER THE. YEAH.

IT'S JUST. I'M SORRY, VICE MAYOR, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE HAZARDS OF PEANUT BUTTER? AND NOT ONLY THAT IT'S ONLY LIKE 6 OR 7% THAT GETS RECYCLED.

YES. AND THERE'S CERTAIN KIND OF PLASTICS THAT THERE'S THESE TWO PLASTICS AND ONE CHEMICAL, AND THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT THAN THIS ONE.

AND WHEN YOU PUT THOSE TOGETHER. SO WE'RE REALLY NOT GETTING ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO. WE NEED SOME ENTREPRENEURS, AND THEY'RE OUT THERE TO WHERE

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BUT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENTLY.

YEAH, BUT THERE ARE SOME INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS.

THEY'RE NARROWING THEIR FOCUS AND ACCOMPLISHING A GREAT DEAL.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN, VICE MAYOR, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL IN THE FUTURE. AND PLASTIC BAGS ARE REALLY BAD TOO, BECAUSE IT THEY GET CAUGHT UP IN THE MACHINE THAT DO THE SEPARATION.

SO YOU THINK OF ALL THE MONEY, WE'RE WASTING THE WHOLE COUNTRY DOING THIS, RIGHT? CORRECT. TAKE THAT MONEY AND DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT. RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. CLARK. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I I WANTED TO JUST CONGRATULATE THE HONORABLE DON QUAZZO AND THE MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COASTAL AREA.

I WENT TO THEIR RECEPTION BEFORE THEY HAD THEIR BOARD MEETING, AND I MET SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM JACKSONVILLE DOWN TO MIAMI.

I DIDN'T GO TO THEIR MEETING THE NEXT DAY.

THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE PRESENTATIONS AND STUFF.

BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH US ON OUR COASTAL ISSUES AND ALLOWING US TO HAVE FUNDS TO DO THESE PROJECTS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TO SAY COMMENDATIONS TO TO THAT GROUP.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 12TH AT 7 P.M., THE STUART HERITAGE GROUP IS GOING TO BE HOSTING MR. PHILIP HARVEY AT THE FLAGLER CENTER, AND HE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF EAST STUART.

I THINK IT'S TALK AS WELL AS VIDEO.

SO ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT AND LISTEN TO THAT AND SHARE IN THIS EVENT FROM STUART HERITAGE. THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR POLICE AND FIRE FOR WHAT THEY DID TODAY IN COMING OUT AND HELPING US TO REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 11TH.

AND JUST TO REMIND US OF HOW IMPORTANT EACH OF US IS IN THAT ISSUE OF TRYING TO MAINTAIN AND PROTECT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THE REMEMBERING WAS WELL DONE TODAY.

AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH.

POLICE AND FIRE. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

I IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT A MILE FROM HERE, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL THE OLDER HOUSES WITHIN A MILE, LET'S SAY, OF THE OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE LIVED. AND SO I WENT WALKING AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE MOVING IN AND IT'S JUST AMAZING.

SO WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, I THINK THERE'S LIKE 8 OR 9 WITHIN, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE STREETS OVER AND THREE ON MY STREET AND KRUGER PARKWAY AND HIBISCUS AND ALL OVER. BUT I WENT TO VISIT THEM AND A LOT OF THEM ARE THESE ELDERLY HOMES.

THEY'RE REVAMPING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FIXING THEM UP.

AND THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE CHILDREN.

MOST OF THEM HAVE CHILDREN, LITTLE CHILDREN.

AND IT WAS JUST EXCITING TO GO SEE THEM AND WELCOME THEM INTO OUR CITY.

AND JUST ONE WHICH SHE DIDN'T COME TO THE DOOR.

HER HUSBAND DID. AND THEY DOWNSIZED.

THEY LIVED OVER ON KRUGER PARKWAY AND THEY, THEIR KIDS ARE GROWN AND GONE AND ALL THAT, AND THEY DOWNSIZED. BUT SHE WASN'T CRAZY ABOUT COSTCO.

AND HE CAME OUT AND SPOKE WITH ME, BUT IT STILL WAS A REALLY NICE TALK.

AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE MOVING HERE FROM ALL OVER. ONE WAS FROM CALIFORNIA, THE OTHER ONE WAS MELBOURNE.

ONE GUY, HE STARTED A BUSINESS HERE AND THINGS.

THINGS ARE GOING REALLY GOOD WITH OUR WITH OUR OLDER DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, REALLY FIXING THEM UP.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SEVERAL REALLY ROUGH ONES AND THEY AND THEY ARE GOING TO FIX THEM ALL UP AND IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO MY TURN. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO WISH HELEN MCBRIDE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. OH, HELEN, JOIN ME IN WISHING HELEN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

THANK YOU. HELEN. I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE TODAY.

THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS ALL AM I GOING TO SAY IS THAT IS THAT THE FIRE CHIEF MENTIONED THIS 343, THE NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS LOST AND THAT IS THAT IS A SOLEMN NUMBER. ME AND MY WIFE WATCHED A WHOLE HOUR OF 60 MINUTES LAST NIGHT ON 911.

AND, AND THE HEROIC ACTIONS TAKEN BY A FEW.

AND IT WAS IMPRESSIVE AND AND SAD AND, AND

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SO ANYWAYS THAT'S SO I'M GOING TO SAY TONIGHT AND, AND WE'LL JUST KEEP 911 ON OUR THOUGHTS AND, AND THE GOLD STAR MOTHERS THAT WERE HERE AND WHO SACRIFICED SO MUCH AND WE'LL JUST GO ON.

SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

MR. MORTEL I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT OTHER THAN JUST ONE QUESTION.

[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET A CALL FROM NAPLES NEXT WEEK.

BUT OTHERWISE I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC COMMENTS.

WE WERE BUSY LAST WEEK WITH INTERVIEWS AND I SPOKE TO EVERYBODY THEN.

OKAY. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? MOVE. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA IS

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY. MOVE ON TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

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

BIRTHDAY GIRL. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELEN.

THANK YOU. VERY NICE. AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

IT WAS NICE TO BE REMEMBERED.

YES. HELEN MCBRIDE FROM FLAMINGO AVENUE.

I LISTENED IN. I COULDN'T COME LAST MEETING, BUT I DID ON ZOOM.

I GOT A LITTLE DISTURBED ABOUT SOMETHING.

ONE COMMISSIONER I'VE BEEN ASKED OVER THE YEARS TO SERVE ON COMMITTEES, AND I'VE ALWAYS FELT I'M PART OF THE CITY, AND IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN THE CITY, YOU SHOULD VOLUNTEER, PARTICIPATE IN WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THE CITY AS STRONG AS IT IS.

AND I EVEN LAST WEEK I WAS AT A COMMITTEE MEETING AND I WAS ASKED TO BE ON.

IT WAS 2.5 HOURS AND THAT.

AND I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT.

I DO MY HOMEWORK AND I TRY THE BEST I CAN, AND I KNOW YOU ASKED AND I WAS UPSET WHEN ONE COMMISSIONER SAID ABOUT WHEN YOU GOT THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE LAWYERS AND THAT COMMISSIONER DID STATE THAT HE THOUGHT HE COULD DO BETTER. AND I MEAN, WE YOU DON'T MAYBE DO BECAUSE YOU.

BUT YOU GET PAID. WE DON'T GET PAID.

WE GIVE OURSELVES TWO HOURS, THREE HOURS.

A LOT OF US. THOMPSON OVER THERE.

I KNOW HE AND I HAVE BEEN ON A LOT OF COMMITTEES.

WE GET A NICE LITTLE PARTY IN DECEMBER.

WE APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NICE LITTLE THANK YOU.

BUT TRY TO REMEMBER YOU ASK US AND WE VOLUNTEER AT OUR OWN EXPENSE AND, YOU KNOW, GAS MONEY AND ALL.

THE SECOND THING IS WE.

WELL, IT'S NOT THAT WAY BACK WHEN I'M GETTING OLD, WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WASN'T WORKING TOO WELL IN THIS ROOM, THE COMMISSIONERS ALWAYS WORE THE SUITS AND TIES, AND THEY HAD A CONSENSUS THAT WE COULD TAKE THE TIES OFF IN THE SUMMER AND THE JACKETS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, BE MORE COMFORTABLE.

AND YOU'VE ALL REPRESENTED US VERY, VERY WELL.

BUT IN THE LAST YEAR. EXCUSE ME.

SOMETHING HAS DISTURBED ME PERSONALLY, I THINK BECAUSE YOU WERE ALL FIVE OF YOU REPRESENT WE THE PEOPLE AND I PERSONALLY DO NOT FEEL SCRUBS IS A PROPER ATTIRE TO WEAR AT A CITY COMMISSIONER MEETING.

I JUST IT'S SOMETHING EVERY TIME I COME AND THE COMMISSIONER DOES AND I THINK YOU HAVE AN OFFICE, I HAVE A SHIRT IN THE OFFICE AND JUST CHANGE THE TOP AND PUT A SHIRT ON.

BUT I THINK MAYBE I KNOW THERE'S NO DRESS CODE LIKE THEY HAVE IN THE SCHOOLS OR THE CHURCHES OR ANYTHING, BUT PLEASE RESPECT WE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

NEXT PERSON IS MR. WILLIAM BRADFORD.

HE STEPPED OUT. SO? SO.

SO IS HE COMING BACK? NO, HE HAS TO GET HER TO A COLLEGE CLASS.

OKAY. SO KAREN. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

KAREN 1701 SOUTH WEST PALM CITY ROAD.

I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE AN AMERICAN.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR OUR RULE OF LAW.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CONSTITUTION.

I'M GRATEFUL THAT PEOPLE WILL STEP UP AND SERVE EACH ONE OF YOU.

WHEN YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO SERVE, YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

OKAY. SO THE CITY WAS SERVED WITH A FEDERAL LAWSUIT TODAY.

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I JUST IT COULD HAVE BEEN SERVED BEFORE, BUT I WANTED TO WAIT ON THIS SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE ENEMIES OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT CAN BE FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC.

AND WHEN YOU READ THAT, I MEAN, IT'S A REAL DEAL.

THE FEDERAL JUDGE SAID IT CAN GO FORWARD.

SO NOW HERE WE HAVE WHO'S GOING TO ANSWER FOR THE CITY? BECAUSE MR. MORTEL HAS TO ANSWER FOR HIMSELF AND MR. NICOLETTI HAS TO ANSWER FOR HIMSELF.

AND I CAME HERE SINCE 2019, RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING JUST TO HAVE SOMEONE TO HELP MIKE WITH THIS CASE.

HE COULD SIT SECOND CHAIR, BUT WE COULD HAVE FRESH EYES LIKE COMMISSIONER RICH SAID AT THE ATTORNEY MEETING.

WE HAVE DEFENDED THE CONSTITUTION, WE HAVE MADE IT OKAY, AND I AM SO GRATEFUL OUR CHILDREN ARE ALIVE.

WE HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR, BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.

YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE, AND YOU HAVE TO ANSWER THIS IN 21 DAYS.

SO IF YOU DON'T, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

WE WOULD JUST MOTION FOR DEFAULT.

WE WOULD GET EVERYTHING THAT WE SHOULD GET ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION TO REMEDY OUR HARM. HOW? BECAUSE YOU HAVE VIOLATED OUR RIGHTS.

SO THAT'S YOUR CHOICE.

YOU CAN EITHER ANSWER HONESTLY, YOU CAN IGNORE IT.

YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR MANY YEARS AND LIE TO THE JUDGES AND DEFRAUD THE PEOPLE AND LIE TO THE PUBLIC AND LIE TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.

OKAY. OR YOU CAN I'LL JUST DO THE RIGHT THING INSTEAD OF THE ISSUES AND SAY, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT.

WE WERE SORRY. WE'RE WRONG.

WE SORRY WE COVERED IT UP.

WE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT.

NOT AFTER WE TOOK THIS OATH.

SO THE JIG IS UP. THE CASE IS OVER.

ALL THAT'S LEFT NOW IS FOR PEOPLE TO ANSWER AND BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR BEING PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THEIR RESIDENTS.

GOD BLESS AMERICA. AND I'M I'M FROM NEW YORK, AND I REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN NINE OVER 11.

AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED WITH HONOR.

YOU. THERE'S A COUPLE UP THERE YOU HAVE NOT SERVED WITH HONOR.

JUST TAKE YOUR LICKS. SAY YOU'RE SORRY.

YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.

YEAH. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

MR. HARRIS. THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MISSY.

THANK YOU. MR. HARRIS.

SALAMANDER WAY. I'M GOING TO READ THIS.

TODAY IS 911, AND I'M HERE TO SAY THAT WE NEED THE RESTORATION OF THE PRINCIPLES FOUND IN THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT THAT I STARTED TALKING ABOUT LAST WEEK.

BECAUSE IT SAYS ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, AND WE SHOULD ALL WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE NATION.

AND ALL AUTHORITY IS GIVEN TO US BY GOD, BECAUSE GOD ALWAYS WINS.

SO WE HAVE HERE IN STUART THE BEST TOWN IN THE AREA.

WE HAVE THE BEST LITTLE CITY ANYWHERE AROUND.

AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE PARKING, WITH THE RESTORING THE TREES OUT FRONT, DOING THE UNDERGROUND WATER.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DONE A LOT.

YOU PUT THE COCONUT TREES ACROSS FROM THE COURTHOUSE.

I MEAN, IT REALLY, REALLY LOOKS GOOD.

IT DOES. YOU'RE DOING YOU KNOW, THAT IS REALLY GOOD.

AND I'M HERE JUST BECAUSE I LOVE IT HERE.

AND I REALLY WANT THE BEST FOR YOU ALL.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THE LORD TO BLESS YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, BECAUSE WE NEED HIS BLESSINGS TO KEEP GOING, BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH.

BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU JIM. YOU GOT A COMPLIMENT ON YOUR COCONUT.

SO MIKE, SHOULD WE FINISH PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE GO TO THE IT'S IT'S IF WE'RE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK YOU HAVE A COUPLE MORE. WE CAN WAIT TILL ANOTHER 5 OR 10 MINUTES. OKAY. NOT TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

OKAY. SO AL. I'M SORRY.

I MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME. IT'S MY HUSBAND.

HE'S ON THE WAY. HE WAS CAUGHT IN SOME TRAFFIC. OKAY.

LINDY AND I WAS HOPING TO BE HERE BECAUSE WE CAN.

IF YOU WANT, WE CAN INTERRUPT RIGHT NOW AND DO THE AGENDA.

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YEAH. SO IS HE GOING TO BE A FEW MINUTES? BECAUSE WE HAVE A WE HAVE TO GO TO A DO A SPECIAL HEARING FOR OUR BUDGET.

AND SO WE CAN START AT 515.

CORRECT. YES. SO WE CAN YEAH.

SO WE CAN RECESS, RECESS.

THIS GOT YOU A LITTLE SLACK.

YEAH. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS.

I DO HAVE SOMEONE ON ZOOM.

OKAY. WE'LL HOLD. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING IF WE RESET.

THEY CAN ALSO BE PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN WE DO IT.

YEAH, SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK. OKAY, SO WE'RE RECESSING THE REGULAR MEETING, AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING THE CITY.

STEWART TENTATIVE BUDGET TENTATIVE MILLAGE MEETING.

MARY, I NEED ONE MINUTE IF I COULD.

PARDON. I NEED ONE MINUTE TO SET UP.

OH, OKAY.

NEW. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT YOURSELF A NICE HAIRCUT.

LOWERED YOUR EARS. LOOKING GOOD. YEAH, THE MANAGER HAD TO CUT A LOT OF THINGS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. HERE.

HE WAS READY FOR THAT ONE.

WHERE DID HE GO? OKAY.

WE'RE READY. MAYOR. OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING TO STEWART CITY COMMISSION FOR TENTATIVE BUDGET AND TENTATIVE MILLAGE TO ORDER. MARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR MCDONALD HERE. VICE MAYOR BRUNNER HERE.

COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE.

COMMISSIONER COLLINS HERE. COMMISSIONER RICH HERE.

OKAY, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SKIP OVER.

COMMISSIONER. COMMENTS AND MANAGER.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE PLEDGE TODAY.

SO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA IS PUBLISHED.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ANY. SO WE'RE ALREADY IN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE OTHER MEETING.

WE'LL CARRY THAT OVER. THERE'S NO GREEN CARDS FOR THIS MEETING. FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS ON THE FIRST ITEM ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

PAUL WOULD YOU READ THE RESOLUTION.

YES, SIR. LET ME. OKAY.

THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 70-2023.

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. OKAY.

AND WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT WAS, IF I RECALL, WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO READ IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS? MIKE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. DO I NEED TO READ THAT? I DON'T HAVE IT? YES, SIR.

I GAVE YOU THE SCRIPT.

I'LL PULL IT UP RIGHT NOW.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT.

THIS IS A PER THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE LAW STATE REQUIREMENT, WE HAVE CERTAIN DISCLOSURES TO MAKE IN A PARTICULAR ORDER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. WON'T LET ME COLLECT OUR AVALON.

I THINK I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.

NO I DON'T. I'M STILL SEARCHING FOR IT HERE.

DID YOU EMAIL IT TO ME, JULIET? THAT THE. YES, SIR, I DID.

HOLD ON. I THINK I CAN GET IT AGAIN FOR YOU.

REAL QUICK HERE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THAT RIGHT.

THERE WE GO. NO, I'M SENDING IT.

SORRY. I'M GOING BACK HERE. OH MY GOODNESS. I DON'T HAVE IT.

LET ME LOOK. DO YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT WAS SET? THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, SIR? BUT I'M LOOKING RIGHT NOW TO ADD IT TO YOU.

I TEACH IT TO YOU, BOSS.

DID YOU? DID YOU HAVE IT? I DON'T, I THINK I DO NOW.

I JUST SENT IT THROUGH YOU. THROUGH TEAMS? YES, SIR. SORRY, IT'S NOT ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.

YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M. I DON'T THINK I'M CONNECTED TO THE.

THERE IT GOES. YES, I CAN TELL YOU BY FLORIDA LAW.

TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS MUST BE HELD TO ULTIMATELY ADOPT THE FINAL MILLAGE RATES AND

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AMEND THE BUDGET, IF NECESSARY, TO TENTATIVELY ADOPT THE MILLAGE RATE AND CITY BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.

THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN ADVERTISED WITH A NOTICE OF PROPOSED HEARINGS, AND I BELIEVE THIS. THAT WAS THE TENTATIVE WE'VE HEARD.

AND THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN ADVERTISED VIA THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC TAXES MAILED BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS NOW? RIGHT, RIGHT. WE CAN. YES.

WE, WE WENT INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

OBVIOUSLY THE PURPOSE FOR THE OR THE INTENT OF THE COMMISSION TO US OR THE DIRECTION TO US WAS TO KEEP THE MILLAGE AT FIVE.

IN SO DOING WE DID HAVE TO GO AND AS JOEL WAS COMMENTING WITH HIS ASSISTANCE, WE WERE ABLE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND WE DID IN FACT HAVE TO REMOVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. WHEN I SAY REMOVE, WE PUSHED THEM DOWN OR PUSHED THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY'LL STILL BE ON THE LIST. AND, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM AS A RESULT.

BY KEEPING THE MILLAGE AT FIVE BASED UPON THE APPRECIATION AND VALUES OF PROPERTY, THE CITY OF STEWART'S ROLLBACK RATE FOR THE YEAR 2024 WOULD RESULT IN 4.5775 MILLS.

THE CITY IS PROPOSING A MILLAGE RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2024, WHICH WOULD EXCEED THAT RATE BECAUSE WE'RE SEEKING 5% OR KEEPING IT FLAT WITH NO TAX INCREASE. BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ROLLBACK RATE AND THE CURRENT MILLAGE RATE OF FIVE WOULD BE 9.23%. AGAIN, WE ARE PROPOSING A MILLAGE RATE OF FIVE MILLS. THE PURPOSE OF THE FIVE MILLS IS TO FUND OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS AND TO ACCOMMODATE NORMAL INCREASES IN THE COST OF THOSE OPERATIONS, INCLUDING, AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, OUR SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE. HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS, AS WELL AS.

THE OPERATIONS IN GENERAL.

IT ALSO, AS WE DISCUSSED IN GREAT DETAIL AS IT RELATES TO EMPLOYEE PAY.

THE STATE MANDATE A FEW YEARS AGO, ADOPTING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 PER HOUR HAS A, A GRADUAL INCREASE.

THIS YEAR WAS ALMOST A 10% INCREASE AT THE BOTTOM LEVEL, WHICH CAUSES COMPRESSION IF YOU DON'T BALANCE THAT AND MOVE IT ACROSS.

AND THOSE ARE ISSUES WE ADDRESSED.

DO I, SHOULD I GO INTO THE FIRE ASSESSMENT? NO. NO SIR. THAT'S A SEPARATE THAT'S A SEPARATE ITEM.

SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH AS WE PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT, WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET WITH NO TAX INCREASE, KEEPING IT AT FIVE MILLS.

AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT STAYS THAT WAY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR FIVE MILLS.

IF IT IF WE RAN INTO SOME OTHER ISSUES AFTER TONIGHT, WE WOULD BE FORCED TO CUT ITEMS BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BE COMING BACK TO ADJUST THE BUDGET, AND IT WOULD REQUIRE US TO DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A QUESTION OR MOTION? COMMISSIONER RICH. MR. MARTEL. MICROPHONE. THERE SEEMS TO BE WIDESPREAD CONFUSION OUT THERE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FIRE AND POLICE.

IS THE I'LL CALL THEM RANK AND FILE RECEIVING A COLA? YES THEY ARE. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GOT THE SAME COST OF, OF, OF LIVING RAISE OR GENERAL WAGE INCREASE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO THE INDEX THAT COLA MIGHT BE RELATED TO.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE USE TO BALANCE THAT WAS THAT ALTHOUGH WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET, THE PHASE FOUR OF MEMORIAL PARK THERE WAS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE IN THE BUDGET ON THE OTHER END OF MEMORIAL PARK RELATED TO THE.

BANDSHELL, THE BANDSHELL, BUT ALSO JUST THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE PARK. THAT INCLUDED A LOT OF LANDSCAPING, CONSTRUCTION OF ACTUAL BENCHES AND OTHER THINGS. BUT IT WAS A $359,000 BUDGET ITEM.

SO WE TOOK THAT OUT OF THE BUDGET, AND THAT FREED UP ENOUGH MONEY TO PROVIDE KOHLER FOR ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT COLA ACROSS THE BOARD, IS THERE A WAY FOR INDIVIDUAL RANK AND FILE TO TRIGGER ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION? THERE IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET A MERIT INCREASE, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE ON OCTOBER 1ST.

THAT WOULD BE BASED UPON EACH EMPLOYEE'S CALENDAR HIRE DATE AND EVALUATION BY THEIR

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REGARDING ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK TO ADOPT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE RESOLUTION.

THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE TAX RATE.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? SEEING NONE. MAYOR, DO YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER.

RICH. YES. COMMISSIONER.

COLLINS. YES. VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

YES. MAYOR MCDONALD. YES.

COMMISSIONER. CLARK. YES.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO.

FISCAL YEAR 2324. NOT AN ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. PAUL, WOULD YOU READ THE RESOLUTION? SIR, THIS IS RESOLUTION 71-2023.

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2020 324 NON AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS DIRECTING CERTIFICATION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL TO THE MARTIN COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AND IF I COULD JUST BRIEFLY COMMENT ON THAT.

THE FIRE ASSESSMENT WAS ADOPTED IN 2014 AND WE'VE HAD PUBLIC COMMENTS BEING SAID THE CITY SUED THE RESIDENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THAT WAS KIND OF A MISNOMER.

WHAT THE CITY DID IS IT HELD A SERIES OF PUBLIC CIRCUIT COURT HEARINGS SO THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY ABOVE AND BEYOND THE REGULAR HEARINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE MEETING FOR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO JOIN AND TO CHALLENGE ANY ISSUES RELATED TO THE FIRE ASSESSMENT SO THAT THERE WOULD BE A RECORD FOR APPEAL, AND IT WOULD BE VERY CLEAR AND DISTINGUISHED.

THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2014.

IT WAS A TWO TIER BASIS.

ONE TIER WAS A FLAT FEE FOR EVERY SINGLE PARCEL, AND THE OTHER TIER WAS BASED UPON A FORMULA THAT WAS ADDRESSED DURING THOSE PROCEEDINGS, BASED UPON THE VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE ON EACH PROPERTY OR THE ASSESSED VALUE RETROACTIVE ONE YEAR ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE.

I MENTION IT BECAUSE IT STAYED THE SAME AND EVERYTHING'S THE SAME ON THAT ASSESSMENT.

AND WE'VE MANAGED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE BUDGET CONFINES OF THOSE NUMBERS SINCE 2014.

BUT HONESTLY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE TEN YEARS OUT NEXT YEAR WHEN WE, WHEN WE RUN INTO THIS NEXT SUMMER AND THROUGHOUT THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR, WE MIGHT CONSIDER DOING ANOTHER STUDY.

BECAUSE WHEN WE DID THE STUDY IN 2014 AND CAME UP WITH THE DETERMINATION OF THE EQUITABLE RATES RELATED TO EACH PARCEL.

IT WAS BASED UPON 2014 NUMBERS WHICH ANYBODY THAT REMEMBERS IT, WE WERE JUST BARELY OUT OF A RECESSION.

AND VALUES AND AND, AND EXPENSES WERE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE NOW.

AND AS A RESULT, IT MAY BE WORTH THE EXERCISE OF GOING BACK THROUGH IT.

WE CAN REVISIT THAT AT ANOTHER TIME.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY'S CONVERSATION, IT DID NOT CHANGE.

IT IS THE SAME RATE, SAME NUMBERS AND THE SAME ASSESSMENT THAT IT WAS THEN.

THANK YOU, MR. MARTEL, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I MENTIONED THAT IN A BUDGET HEARING THAT ESPECIALLY WITH FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE COMING ONLINE WE PROBABLY, AND BEING TEN YEARS OUT, WE PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE, THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BECAUSE THE NUMBER FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WEREN'T HERE AT THE TIME, THE NUMBER WAS BASED ON THE COST OF READINESS FOR FIRE, BUT NOT FOR EMS. AND SO AND OUR COST FOR READINESS OF FIRE IS, IS INCREASING BETWEEN PAYROLL AND THE ADDITIONAL FIRE STATION.

BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS? COMMISSIONER. SO, MIKE, DOING THAT STUDY ALLOWS FOR A CHANGE TO THAT NUMBER TO BE MORE DRAMATIC.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT CAN FLUCTUATE WITHIN A CERTAIN RANGE WITHOUT HAVING TO PERFORM ANOTHER STUDY RIGHT NOW TO DO ANYTHING TO IT.

IT NEEDS, WE NEED TO STUDY IT AGAIN.

WELL, WHEN I SAY YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT THE, THE, THE VALUE TO BE HAVE A BASIS, I MEAN, THE COMMISSION ISN'T GOING TO ARBITRARILY SET A FEE ON SOMEBODY JUST BECAUSE ON A WHIM, THE LEGALLY YOU COULD INCREASE THE NUMBER.

THERE'D BE NO CORRELATION RIGHT NOW, AND WE WOULDN'T BE PREPARED TO TELL YOU A NUMBER TO INCREASE IT TO BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO THAT, BUT IT MAY BE WORTH HAVING US EVALUATE IT, WHETHER WE NEEDED TO HIRE A CONSULTANT OR WHETHER THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT COULD DO IT OR NOT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD DETERMINE.

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WE SHOULD INCREASE IT ACCORDINGLY.

AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ADDRESS THAT LATER.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT STRETCHING IT THIN. AND AS WE FIND OURSELVES TRANSITIONING INTO THE CITY OF STUART, WHERE WE LITERALLY ARE BUILT OUT AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE NEW STUFF COMING ONLINE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR, BUT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THERE'LL BE A SITUATION WHERE YOU JUST DON'T HAVE NEW VALUATIONS AND NEW PROPERTY GOING ONLINE, AND YOU'LL BE LOOKING FOR OTHER SOURCES TO SPREAD THAT OUT AND TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES.

AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT HASN'T BEEN REVIEWED FOR A DECADE.

I KNOW THE TIER ONE VERSUS TIER TWO, THE ONE TIER SORT OF THAT WAS CONCERN.

IT CAME ACROSS AS UNDULY HARD FOR LOWER INCOME.

SO SO POTENTIALLY LOWERING THE ONE TIER AND INCREASING THE OTHER SLIGHTLY TO MAKE IT EASIER ON LOWER INCOME.

IN 2014, WHEN WE DID IT, WE DETERMINED THAT THE CITY HAD APPROXIMATELY 10,000 PARCELS. IT WAS LIKE 9800 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND OUT OF THE 9800 PARCELS, 6500 TAX ID NUMBERS PAID LESS THAN $100 A YEAR IN IN AD VALOREM TAXES BECAUSE OF EXEMPTIONS, DEDUCTIONS OR BEING EXEMPT FOR NONPROFIT PURPOSES, ETC. WE ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE TOP 5%, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TAXES THEY PAID, BUT IT WAS LIKE 80% OF THE OF THE AD VALOREM TAX.

PROPERTY OWNERS PAID 62% OF THE TAX.

OF THE AD VALOREM. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, 17% OF THE PARCELS PAID HALF PAID HALF.

BUT AND THEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE TOP 10 OR 20 PARCELS PAID, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS. BUT THAT WAS WHY WE WENT TO THE FIRE ASSESSMENT.

THEN WITHIN THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, THERE WAS A FLAT PER PARCEL, $123 A YEAR, ONE 135 181081083535 AND TIER ONE, THAT'S TIER ONE. THAT'S THE TIER ONE. AND THEN THE TIER TWO WAS IF YOU GO TO YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL THAT YOU GET IN TODAY'S MAIL OR THIS RECENTLY, AND YOU LOOK AT IT, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WILL TELL YOU LAND VALUE STRUCTURE VALUE.

WE CHOSE TO USE THE STRUCTURE VALUE FROM LAST YEAR FOR THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S ALREADY A YEAR BEHIND IN ITS NUMBER, AND THAT NUMBER IS MULTIPLIED BY A FORMULA TO COME UP WITH, AND IT GENERALLY FALLS IN ABOUT $100 AS WELL, OR A LITTLE OVER $100 PER HOUSEHOLD.

AT THE TIME. I THINK THE FINANCE DIRECTOR DID A BUNCH OF CALCULATIONS BASED UPON A $250,000 TOTAL VALUATION, IN ORDER TO GIVE PEOPLE THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE.

BUT EVEN WHEN YOU PUT $1 MILLION HOUSE ON IT, THE NUMBER OR THE PERCENTAGE IS VERY, VERY LOW.

IT DOESN'T CREATE A BIG NUMBER, BUT IT'S STILL WORTH REVIEWING AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WERE WE IN PUBLIC? WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRE ASSESSMENT. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. IS THAT RESOLUTION 7120, 2371? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, MISS RUDGE? AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE FILL OUT A GREEN CARD WHEN YOU'RE DONE. WHEN YOU'RE DONE, I'LL DO IT. OKAY. HONEST TO GOD, MR. MORTEL. WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THIS IS YOU GUYS CALL IT A FIRE ASSESSMENT.

THIS WAS A TAX. WE WERE TAXED BY OUR OWN CITY GOVERNMENT.

AND WHAT IT WAS IS THEY USED THIS DECLARATORY ACTION AND IT WAS DONE IN TWO OTHER COUNTIES.

IT WAS A VERY NOT USED.

BUT THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE ALLOWED THEM TO DO THIS.

BUT HERE'S THE THING. WE DON'T NEED TO BE SUED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE DON'T NEED TO BE SUED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR POLICE.

YOU GUYS SUED US. AND WHEN HE SITS THERE AND TALKS ABOUT THIS BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. IT WAS A TAX.

IT WAS EXTORTION. IT WAS A WAY TO GET US TO PAY.

BUT IT WAS DONE IN COURT SO WE COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

I DID GO TO THE HEARING.

ONE GUY SPOKE, BUT IT WAS IN THE DAY.

EVERYBODY IS WORKING. I TOOK MY DAUGHTER, MY 16 YEAR OLD.

SHE WAS LITTLE. THEN IT WAS 2014.

AND WHAT THIS WAS AND THE PUBLIC, YOU MUST KNOW THIS IS A TAX.

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MR. NICOLETTI SAID AT THE TIME.

AND IT HASN'T IT WAS ONLY USED IN A COUPLE COUNTIES, AND THIS IS NOT THE WAY WE TREAT OUR RESIDENTS.

WE DON'T NEED TO SUE OUR OWN RESIDENTS.

IT'S SHAMEFUL. IT'S SHAMELESS.

OKAY, SO THIS THING YOU'RE CALLING IT WAS A TAX.

THEY WENT TO COURT. THEY SPENT $69,000, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MORE MONEY OUT OF IT.

SO WE PAID THE 69,000.

AND THEN NOW AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BILL, THAT WAS NOBODY COULD SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY DID IT IN COURT, BUT THEY SUED US.

IT WAS WRONG. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CHANGED.

MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL GO BACK TO COURT, TAKE THAT BACK TO COURT.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT WAS WRONG.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

AND IT WAS EXTORTION. MISS MCBRIDE, HOW ARE YOU? WOW. I, I ATTENDED ALL THOSE MEETINGS IN 2014, AND I WAS I QUESTIONED CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME.

SHE WAS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

AND I STOOD UP HERE AND I SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO PAY ANY MORE TAXES THAN THAT. AND SHE VERY NICELY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, SHE SAT ME DOWN AND WE WENT OVER, SHE EXPLAINED.

AND SHE HAD ONE OF THE OTHER EMPLOYEES.

AND THAT IF YOU SIT DOWN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHERE I.

WHAT THAT YOU KNOW, JUST WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM, WHERE IT'S GOING, AND HOW WE'RE ALL BEING EQUALLY TREATED.

AND THAT WAS THE MAIN THING.

NOW EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF STUART IS EQUALLY TREATED.

SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR THE FIRE, THE M OR THE EMT IN THE POLICE.

AND LOOK AT THE PROTECTION WE HAVE.

AND YOU KNOW, SINCE THEN WE HAVE GREAT.

BUT THIS WE DO HAVE A WONDERFUL.

IF SOME OF US. YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LOOKED LIKE WAY BACK WHEN.

SO YEAH, BUT I WAS HERE.

I WENT TO ALL THOSE MEETINGS.

I THINK I A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WERE PUT INTO IT.

A LOT OF EXTRA HOURS. AND IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY, THEY'LL ALWAYS ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE. MAYOR, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

YES. COMMISSIONER. CLARK.

YES. COMMISSIONER. RICH.

YES. COMMISSIONER. COLLINS.

YES. MAYOR MCDONALD. YES.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

PAUL, WOULD YOU READ THE RESOLUTION? SO THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 72-2023.

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA.

ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE BUDGETS OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AND AS IT RELATES TO THIS ONE, I'M GOING TO GO OFF SCRIPT FOR JUST A SECOND.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING FAITH IN ME TO HAVE ME ACT AS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, AS IT RELATED TO THE TIMING OF IT AND WORKING ON THE BUDGET. BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY I COULD HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT JOLIE'S HELP. FINANCE DIRECTOR REALLY COMMITTED TIME, AND THERE WAS THERE WERE NIGHTS AT 830, 09:00 AT NIGHT, I'D SEND A TEXT TO HIM AND HE'D SAY, COME ON OVER, I'M STILL IN MY OFFICE.

AND I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT COMING OVER.

I WAS IN MY PAJAMAS. I WAS JUST SENDING THE TEXT.

BUT HE REALLY DID HELP ME.

HE WALKED ME THROUGH IT. HE WAS EXTREMELY PATIENT, AND I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HIS HELP.

BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 MILLAGE RATE AND THE FINAL BUDGET IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2023 AT 5 P.M.

HERE AT CITY HALL. AND THE ADDRESS IS 121 SOUTHWEST FLAGLER AVENUE, STUART, FLORIDA. THAT IS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT.

I'M SORRY, THE 25TH. I'M SORRY.

YEAH. MONDAY THE 25TH.

28TH. NO, IT'S A 28 IN THE DOCUMENT.

I SEE IT, IT SHOULD BE 25.

SO SEPTEMBER, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH.

THAT'S A THE MONDAY OR THE 28TH WAS GOING TO BE WRONG FOR ANYBODY THAT WAS LOOKING.

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY MONDAY, MONDAY THE 25TH.

IT IS 5:15 P.M. AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S OUR INTENTION TO HAVE NO CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR MOTIONS? YES. MR. COLLIER. SO THE, THE IDEA OF CALLING IT, IS IT A TYPE OR IS IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE IT'S A COMPILATION OF BUDGETS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT OR SHOULD IT JUST BE THE CITY BUDGET.

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OKAY, WE'LL TAKE THE S OFF THE WELL, WE DO, WE DO ADOPT BUDGETS, THE FIRE AND THE FIRE AND THE BUDGET.

IT'S CALLED THE COMPILATION. EACH FUND HAS ITS OWN ADOPTED BUDGET.

THAT RESOLUTION REFLECTS YOU ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNDS.

BECAUSE THEN DURING THE YEAR, IF YOU MAKE ANY CHANGES OR TRY TO MOVE MONEY BETWEEN THEM, IT REQUIRES YOUR ACTION TO AMEND THOSE BOTTOM LINES UP OR DOWN.

SO, SO EACH FUND STANDS ALONE WITH ITS OWN BUDGET, AND WE ADOPT THEM ALL TOGETHER. NOW, IN ONE RESOLUTION, YOU ACTUALLY ADOPT AT THE FUND LEVEL.

SO TECHNICALLY IT PROBABLY IS.

HER QUESTION WAS ACCURATE BUDGET.

YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER COLLINS.

I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THE BOTH OF YOU, MIKE AND JOLIE, FOR THE TIME AND ENERGY YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PUTTING INTO THIS.

IT'S YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF CREDIT NECESSARILY FOR MAKING CUTS AND DOING THE WORK, BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CITY THAT WE'RE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE RAISING MILLAGE AND TAXES. WE WERE ABLE TO STAY THE SAME WITH A LOT OF PRESSURE YOU KNOW, FROM ALL SIDES WITH EXPENSES.

AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND WHAT YOU DID AND THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

SECOND, BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS. AND BEFORE I, I CALL PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE IN THE VOTE.

I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF COMMISSIONER COLLINS.

THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THAT WE'VE HAD HAVE BEEN IMMENSE.

BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

JOLIE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR HARD WORK.

SOME, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH. I'VE SEEN TAXES GO DOWN. I'VE SEEN TAXES GO UP, BUT I, I ALWAYS SHOOT FOR MAINTAINING A FLAT TAX LEVEL.

AND YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE BUDGET? MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I KNOW EVERYONE'S TOSSED AROUND THE ACCOLADES, BUT INITIALLY ON I ASKED THE DEPARTMENTS TO OFFER UP CUTS THAT THEY WOULD.

I MENTIONED THAT AT THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ALL KIND OF ROLLED FORWARD AND SAID, OKAY, IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING, I WOULD TAKE THIS. NOW WE HAD TO GO BACK AND TAKE MORE THAT THEY DIDN'T OFFER UP, BUT THAT'S OKAY. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT THE BIGGEST.

I TOLD YOU THE MANAGER CUT EVERYTHING HE COULD IN MY OFFICE TO TRY AND GET THIS.

GOT A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY.

YEAH, BUT. BUT MILTON LEGGETT DID A VERY SPECIAL JOB OFFERING UP SOME AMOUNTS FOR ME.

AND TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY AS WELL.

OH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

MILTON. THE PURVIEW OF HAVING PAYROLL AT MY FINGERTIPS.

I GET ALERTS ABOUT PEOPLE'S BIRTHDAYS. SURELY YOU DEFINITELY DID THE HEAVY LIFTING.

SO ANYWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S A PLEASURE WORKING WITH THE NEW MANAGER. AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE BUDGET? AND IF YOU WOULD, WHEN YOU'RE DONE, FILL OUT A GREEN CARD PLEASE. NO PROBLEM. OH, MY NAME IS AL PULVIRENTI.

I JUST GOT A QUESTION WITH THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE CITY OF STUART.

HAVE YOU GUYS PUT ANY LINE ITEMS FOR QUIET ZONES FOR THE TRAINS? BECAUSE STUART'S A GREAT TOWN, BUT WE HAVE LITTLE KIDS OVER NEAR THE THE PARK. RIGHT. AND THEY'RE GETTING THEIR EARS BLOWN OUT.

I WENT TO ORDER A SLICE OF PIZZA.

THE LADY CLOSED THE WINDOW, EXCUSED HERSELF OPEN THE WINDOW UP AND SAID, I'M SORRY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY HEARING WORKING HERE AT THE PIZZERIA, SO I WANT TO KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? ARE YOU ASKING BRIGHT LINE THE RAILROAD TO PAY FOR ANYTHING? BECAUSE I MADE A PHONE CALL.

I WAS TOLD IT WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY STOPS OF BUILDING UP A RAILROAD CROSSINGS WOULD MAKE IT SAFER FOR THE THE DRIVERS AND THE PEOPLE CROSSING.

I HAVE ALL THE STUDIES, IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, BECAUSE AS EVERYONE KNOWS IN THIS BUILDING, IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF STUART, IT'S GOING CRAZY. SO DO YOU HAVE A LINE ITEM? HAVE YOU GUYS PUT THIS IN YOUR BUDGET TO SEE ABOUT THAT? OR AT LEAST REACH OUT TO THESE COMPANIES BRIGHT LINE AND SAY, HEY, LISTEN, YOU GUYS NEED TO PAY FOR THIS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO RUN THESE TRAINS THROUGH OUR CITY AND TRY TO GET SOME MONEY OUT OF THE STATE BECAUSE THIS IS.

YEAH, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SO LISTEN, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. BRIGHT LINE, AS YOU KNOW, HAS NOT BEEN RUNNING YET.

SO IT'S NOT BRIGHT LINE HORNS THAT WE'RE HEARING. IT'S FEC HORNS.

NO, SIR. YOU'RE THEY THEY THEY ARE TESTING AND THEY'RE RUNNING.

SO, SO BEFORE LAST WEEK, THE HORNS THAT I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE HEARING WERE FROM PRIOR TO LAST WEEK AND THEY'VE BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.

I DON'T ASSUME IT'S JUST A WEEK.

SO I WAS TRYING TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME AND THE REGULAR TRAIN, BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST CALLED, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO. WHAT THE GUY SAID, DON'T WORRY ABOUT BRIAN. YOU COME IN AND WE CAN MEET AND TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO GO BACK AND FORTH. YEAH. NO PROBLEM. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SCHEDULE. TOMORROW, WE'LL GET TO GET YOU ON THE SCHEDULE WITH MR.

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BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT THE OTHER TRAIN. MAYOR.

SO WHAT? DO YOU HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR THE REGULAR TRAIN TO MAKE A QUIET ZONE? NO. YOU DON'T. HOW DO WE GET THAT ON? AND DO WE HAVE TO COME TO THE MEETING, GET A VOTE, GET SOME SIGNATURES? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? WE NEED A LOT OF MONEY.

I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND GO INTO GREAT DETAIL, BUT IT'S AN FRA, WHICH IS A FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION RULE.

AND BRIGHTLINE IS NOT ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR ONE, NOR IS THE FEC. IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE THE CITY OF STUART OR MARTIN COUNTY.

I'VE MET WITH MARTIN COUNTY AS RECENTLY AS 25 DAYS AGO REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND SPOKEN TO THEIR ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ASKING FOR A WAIVER OF HORNS AT THE INITIAL STAGES OF RUNNING 80 MILE AN HOUR TRAINS, AND THEY WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS, AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THEY WANT TO WAIT ONE YEAR TO DO SO.

I'VE SPOKEN WITH BRIGHTLINE AS WELL AS OUR ENGINEERS, AND IT'S DETERMINED THAT IF MARTIN COUNTY APPLIES, THAT THE CURRENT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AT ALL OF THE INTERSECTIONS COMBINED WILL QUALIFY FOR QUIET ZONES. HOWEVER, IT REQUIRES THE APPLICATION NO MORE MONEY, JUST THE APPLICATION, WHICH IS FREE, BUT IN A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THEIR CONCERN IS THAT WHEN THEY START RUNNING PASSENGER RAIL FROM MIAMI TO ORLANDO, WHICH THEY HAVE NOT STARTED YET.

YES, SIR. THAT THERE COULD BE ACCIDENTS.

AND IF THE CITY OF STUART WERE TO APPLY FOR THE WAIVER OF HORNS AND AN ACCIDENT OCCURS, OUR FEAR IS THAT THEY WOULD BLAME US FOR THE LACK OF A HORN, WHETHER IT HAD ANY IMPACT ON THE ACCIDENT OR NOT.

AS A RESULT, IF WE WAIT THE ONE YEAR WITH MARTIN COUNTY, THEN WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT ANY ACCIDENTS WERE NOT RELATED TO THE LACK OF HORN.

WE CAN THEN APPLY AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING, AND WE QUALIFY FOR THOSE ALREADY.

SO THERE'S NO NEED TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE BUDGET, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT MARTIN COUNTY IS PLANNING TO DO FOR THE CITY OF STUART TO DO IT THIS YEAR. WE WOULD NEED TO SPEND ABOUT $900,000 ON INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, AND IT WOULDN'T BE GUARANTEED.

SO WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW MARTIN COUNTY'S LEAD.

AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.

AND I'D STILL LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU, BECAUSE.

COME IN ANY DAY TO SHARE THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC THAT IF YOU PUT IN THE QUIET ZONES, THEY DO. BUT WAY MORE SAFETY STOPS FOR MOTORISTS.

YOU CAN'T GET ACROSS THE TRACK.

SO WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, IT MAKES IT A LOT SAFER.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

MIKE. WHAT WAS HIS NAME? THIS IS ALPHA. OH, OKAY.

WE WERE WAITING FOR. OKAY.

SO. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE BUDGET? MARY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER? CLARK. YES, COMMISSIONER.

RICH. YES. COMMISSIONER.

COLLINS. YES. VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

YES. MAYOR MCDONALD. YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING A SUCCESSFUL BUDGET TOGETHER.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WE WERE IN PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT BEFORE WE FINISH UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT, IS CHERI WAY STILL HERE.

SO CHERI WAY WAS HERE TO PICK UP IS HERE TO PICK UP A PROCLAMATION THAT SHE WASN'T HERE.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN READ.

AND IF I CAN JUST PRESENT THIS TO YOU, THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION FOR TREASURE COAST DAY OF PRAYER, SEPTEMBER 28TH.

YEAH. YES, YES. COME ON UP HERE.

WE'LL GET A QUICK PICTURE WITH YOU. WE GOT TO GET UNDER HERE, CHERI. WAY. TREASURE COAST DAY OF PRAYER.

THANK YOU. AND IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE A QUICK. CHERI WAY 2950 SOUTH EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD, KINGSWOOD ESTATES.

I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR SUPPLYING THIS PROCLAMATION TO US.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO KIND AS TO GIVE IT TO ME.

NOW, IN RETROSPECT, I WAS AN HOUR LATE.

MY MISUNDERSTANDING AND THAT IS THAT KIND OF TORE ME APART.

THAT I WASN'T HERE ON TIME.

BUT I WANT TO INVITE ALL OF YOU OUT.

THE TREASURE COAST CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FORMED MANY YEARS AGO, ALTHOUGH ON THE TREASURE COAST, IT IS NOW EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND IT WAS FORMED BY MY HUSBAND BACK AROUND 33 YEARS AGO UNDER A DIFFERENT 501 C THREE CORPORATION IN VERO BEACH.

BUT AS IT STANDS TODAY, WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION OF MINISTRY, BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS.

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AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME.

THERE IS NO COST FOR YOU TO COME, AND WE WILL HAVE PROCLAMATIONS OF OUR OWN GIVEN OUT TO, TO PEOPLE, HOPEFULLY TWO PEOPLE, ONE FROM STUART, ONE FROM PORT SAINT LUCIE FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND THEIR WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. SO WE DO BRING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, WHETHER IT BE YOUTH OR PASTORS OR PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, IN THE RELIGIOUS SECTOR AND OUT OF THE RELIGIOUS SECTOR THROUGH THE BUSINESS AND CIVIC AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF THIS.

THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. A WONDERFUL DAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY, AL PULVIRENTI, YOU GOT ONE.

FOR US TO SPEAK AND CITIZENS BE INVOLVED.

TODAY WAS A STRANGE DAY FOR ME.

I HAD TO GO DOWN SOUTH FOR WORK.

BUT FOR PEOPLE TO COME HERE THAT ARE THAT ARE WORKERS, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET HERE BY 5:00.

YOU KNOW, I LUCKILY SQUEEZED THROUGH SOME TRAFFIC JAMS IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

I WASN'T IN ONE. BUT IS THERE ANY WAY TO MOVE THIS UP LATER? BECAUSE OTHER TOWNS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MEETING THAT STARTS AT FOUR A MONTH.

SO THAT WE CAN DO. BECAUSE BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAD ABOUT 9 OR 10 PRESENTATIONS.

OKAY. AND SO THEN WE HAVE THE SECOND MEETING.

THE MONTH STARTS AT 530.

WE DON'T EVER TAKE ANY ACTION ITEMS OR ZONING ISSUES BEFORE 5:00 IN THE PAST.

IF WE FINISH THE PROCLAMATIONS BEFORE FIVE, WE LITERALLY POSTPONE THE MEETING AND COME BACK AT FIVE TO START SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW THE PEOPLE WORKING TO GET HERE FOR THAT EXACT REASON. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY. AND, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST REMIND THE GENTLEMAN, YOU CAN ALWAYS SPEAK WITH THE COMMISSIONERS OR THE MANAGER.

WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO.

YEAH. SO I THINK. YEAH.

CALL OR EMAIL CALL. AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GET MY AND MY NUMBER AND AND I'LL HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED TO YOU AND YOU CAN GIVE ME A CALL. OH, I THINK I DO REMEMBER.

AND LINDA, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? NO, BUT YES, IT'S IMPORTANT.

MY CHILDREN ARE HERE AS WELL, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT I HAVE THREE MINUTES STARTING NOW.

DO I GET A COUNTDOWN? SO I'M LINDA PULVIRENTI.

WE ARE AT 604 NORTHWEST POINSETTIA STREET, AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE ACTUALLY LIVING IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM TO DO IT ON NINE OVER 11.

AS YOU CAN HEAR, I HAVE A VERY THICK BOSTON ACCENT.

I FLEW INTO BOSTON WHEN I CAME TO AMERICA, SO I'LL ALWAYS CONSIDER MYSELF A NEW ENGLAND PATRIOT. SORRY, EVERYONE.

BUT THEY SAID IF I WANTED TO COME INTO THE COUNTRY. I HAD TO BE A NEW ENGLAND PATRIOT FAN. SO I'M GOING TO STICK TO THAT.

WE FELT THE IMPACT OF WHAT HAPPENED ON NINE OVER 11 ALL OVER THE WORLD.

I WAS IN SOUTH AFRICA WHEN IT OCCURRED.

AND TO THIS DAY, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO SAY THAT I'M AN AMERICAN.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT IS IN UNIFORM AND EVEN TO THE CITIZENS WHO RUN INTO THE CHAOS WHEN OTHERS RUN AWAY FROM IT.

WHAT I ACTUALLY WANTED TO ASK IS IF THERE IS A WAY FOR ME TO SEE AND LOOK UP REGARDING THE PRE CROSSING, WHEN IT COMES TO THE RAILROADS, WHERE DO WE LOOK THAT UP? IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO FIND THAT INFORMATION? BECAUSE EVERY TIME THAT I GO ONLINE TO TRY AND FIND THAT INFORMATION, IT ALWAYS TAKES ME BACK TO THE STEPS OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

YOU CONTACT MIKE MARTEL AT THE CITY OF STUART TOMORROW.

YES. I CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU WANT.

OKAY. SO AS MUCH AS I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO BE HERE, I HAVE A FEELING YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE QUITE A BIT OF AL AND MYSELF.

WE LOVE THIS. WE LOVE THIS CITY, AND WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WONDERFUL. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RECYCLING.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCE.

BUT I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT OUR AIR QUALITY IS ALSO TO DO WITH RECYCLING, RIGHT? IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CLEANLINESS OF EVEN OUR OUR NOISE POLLUTION IN THE CITY.

WE DO NOT WANT TO BE DRIVEN AWAY BY GETTING OUR EARS BLOWN OUT.

MY BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, I WANT THEM TO GO OUTSIDE WITHOUT HAVING TO RUN INDOORS WHEN THE TRAINS COME BY.

THERE IT IS. THANK YOU GUYS.

I PLANNED THAT. AND WE HAVE THE SCHOOLS HERE AND OUR BUSINESSES, AND I DEFINITELY WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND SEE THIS INCREDIBLE TOWN.

SO I WANT I TELL EVERYBODY TO COME AND VISIT STEWART.

STOP. I WANT EVERYONE TO COME AND VISIT THIS TOWN AND BRING THEIR MONEY RIGHT TO COME AND

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THEY'RE GOING TO COME. THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR EARS BLOWN OUT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WE'RE NEVER COMING BACK. SO WE ARE WILLING TO DO GO KNOCK ON DOORS AND DO WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO GET THE WORD OUT SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET THAT QUIET ZONE IMPLEMENTED.

I'M VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT WE ARE.

OUR BUDGET IS BALANCED.

WE'RE NOT IN A DEFICIT. CORRECT? CORRECT. WE I'M HOPING WE'RE IN A SURPLUS BALANCE.

WE'LL WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. LET'S SEE. OH, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE ON ZOOM THAT WANTED TO MAKE A MISTAKE? DID WE HAVE SOMEONE ON ZOOM? THEY'RE OFF. THEY'RE BACK OR THEY ARE.

WE'RE NOT. PARDON? ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE ON THERE? OKAY. OKAY. I WANT TO START.

THIS GENTLEMAN TURNED IN A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD FOR ITEM NUMBER 15, BUT HE HAS TO LEAVE. HE'S WONDERING IF HE CAN MAKE IT DURING REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW. YES. GO AHEAD. YEAH.

MR. SMART, HOW ARE YOU? HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE. WELL, HOW ARE YOU? I THINK I SAW YOU LAST TIME I SAW YOU IN PERSON. IT WAS OH.

MAYBE WHEN WE MET, THERE WAS THAT CHRISTMAS TIME OR WHEN WE MET IN MIKE'S OFFICE.

ONE DAY I RUN INTO YOU HERE AND THERE.

YOU CAN'T GET RID OF YOU, RIGHT? I KNOW I'M LIKE A BAD PENNY.

I KEEP TURNING UP. ALL RIGHT? I'M GIL SMART, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING VOTE WATER, WHERE I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. WE'RE BASED HERE IN STUART. BUT WATER'S VIEW IS THAT FLORIDA'S WATER CRISIS IS A POLITICAL CRISIS.

REQUIRES A POLITICAL SOLUTION.

AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE'VE DODGED A BULLET SO FAR THIS YEAR.

IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FACT THAT THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WAS MANAGING THE HERBERT HOOVER DIKE WITH A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, WE'D BE GETTING DISCHARGES NOW.

STILL, THE LAKES AT 15.4FT.

TODAY, ALL WE NEED IS ONE GOOD STORM THROUGH HERE, AND WE'RE RIGHT BACK TO SQUARE ONE WITH THE TOXIC STATUS QUO.

YOU FOLKS TODAY ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HIRING A NEW CITY ATTORNEY WHO'S GOING TO TAKE A ROLE AND PERHAPS A LEAD ROLE IN CHALLENGING THAT TOXIC STATUS QUO.

AND, BUT AS YOU WELL KNOW, THERE ARE VERY POWERFUL AND PERVASIVE POLITICAL ACTORS, VESTED INTERESTS THAT WANT TO PRESERVE THAT STATUS QUO.

THEY'VE GOT A VESTED INTEREST IN DOING SO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT SOME GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THIS POSITION, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ONE OF THEM WORKED. I GUESS IT'S PAST TENSE FOR THE REAL ESTATE COMPANY.

TINA PHAN, WHO WILL BEING THE EX-WIFE OF ALFONSO ALFY FANJUL JR.

ALFY FANJUL JR BEING THE CEO OF FLORIDA CRYSTALS.

ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THAT I THINK YOU ALL NEED TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL THAT WHOMEVER YOU HIRE FOR THIS POSITION HAS THE INTERESTS OF THE CITY OF STUART FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND IS FREE OF ANY ENTANGLEMENTS THAT MIGHT PREVENT THAT FROM BEING THE CASE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS HER NAME? BROMFIELD. BROMFIELD. MAGGIE.

BROMFIELD. MAGGIE. BROMFIELD.

MARGARET. BROMFIELD. YEAH, SHE'S ON THE CR.

AM I ON? YES. GO AHEAD.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. OKAY, GUYS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I JUST WANT TO GIVE REVERENCE AND HONOR.

TODAY FOR OUR CITY RECOGNIZING NINE OVER 11.

AND I ALSO WANT TO ECHO ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER WHO REALLY SHOWED GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY OUR OFFICIALS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO WISH MISS HELEN MCBRIDE A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK HER SO VERY MUCH EACH TIME SHE SPEAK ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE AND HER BEING AT THESE MEETINGS, IT'S JUST SO REMARKABLE TO SEE HER JUST BEING THERE AS A PUBLIC FIGURE, SUPPORTING OUR CITY AND HAVING SUCH GREAT INTEREST IN WHAT GOES ON IN OUR CITY.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISS ELLEN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY.

PUBLIC COMMENT. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

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TEN AND 11. TEN AND 11.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLERK SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RICH. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE THE PUBLIC.

THE ITEM NUMBER 11 IS APPROVING MR. NICK SCHROTH TO THE C CRA APPOINTMENT, AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED FOR TO APPROVE THE

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OKAY. MAYOR DO YOU CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR MCDONALD. YES. VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

YES. COMMISSIONER COLLINS.

YES. COMMISSIONER. CLARK.

YES. COMMISSIONER. RICH.

YES. OKAY. MOVING ON TO COMMISSION ACTION, ITEM NUMBER 12.

[12. 342 SE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD. - REVOCABLE PERMIT (RC): RESOLUTION No. 81-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE A REVOCABLE PERMIT, FOR MAGNIFICO CAPITAL, LLC, OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 342 SE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD, BEING LOT 2, ACCORDING TO THE AMENDED PLAT OF MCDONALDS SUBDIVISION, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 77, PUBLIC RECORDS OF MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA; PERMITTING THE USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR PERVIOUS PAVING OF THE ALLEYWAY LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, PROVIDING CONDITIONS; PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

SORRY. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 81-2023.

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA TO APPROVE A REVOCABLE PERMIT FOR MAGNIFICO CAPITAL LLC, OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 342 SOUTHEAST MARTIN LUTHER KING JR JUNIOR BOULEVARD BEING LOT TWO, ACCORDING TO THE AMENDED PLAT OF MCDONALD SUBDIVISION, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK ONE, PAGE 77.

PUBLIC RECORDS OF MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERMITTING THE USE OF A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOR PERVIOUS PAVING OF THE ALLEYWAY LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, PROVIDING CONDITIONS, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AND MICHELLE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MICHELLE ARBIZO, PLANNER ONE IN THE CITY OF STUART DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THIS AFTERNOON I'M PRESENTING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12, A REVOCABLE PERMIT REQUEST FROM PROPERTY OWNER GEORGE MAGNIFICO OF MAGNIFICO CAPITAL LLC, AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, MIKE MCCARTY OF MCCARTY AND ASSOCIATES.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCE, SECTION 36 DASH 101 LETTERS WERE MAILED OUT JULY 14TH, 2023, TO TWO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPOSED ALLEYWAY IMPROVEMENTS.

THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE PROVIDED AN AFFIDAVIT ATTESTING THAT THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS WERE NOTIFIED VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, AND THE APPLICANT AND STAFF RECEIVED NO OBJECTIONS. A REVOCABLE PERMIT REQUEST IS NOT REQUIRED TO POST ON A PREMISES AND IS NOT APPLICABLE TO ADVERTISING WITHIN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.

THE EXISTING 1780FT² OFFICE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1960 AND IS CURRENTLY FOR SALE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SIX PARKING SPACES, WHICH INCLUDE ONE ADA AND THREE SPACES AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS ACCESSED BY AN UNIMPROVED ALLEYWAY AND TWO EXISTING ON STREET PARKING SPACES.

THE ALLEYWAY SHOWN ON THE MAP IN ORANGE DIAGONAL LINES.

THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ALLEYWAY WILL INCLUDE CLEARING OUT OF ANY INVASIVE VEGETATION AND ADDING PERVIOUS PAVEMENT TO RELIEVE ANY POTENTIAL DRAINAGE.

THE APPLICANT ALSO OBTAINED A NO OBJECTION FROM FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT TO THE PAVING OF THE ALLEYWAY, AND MENTIONED THAT FPL WOULD ONLY NEED ACCESS TO LIGHT POLE, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE.

THE PROPOSED PARKING ON SITE WILL INCLUDE ONE ADA AND THREE PARKING SPACES.

THE APPLICANT IS DEDICATING TWO FEET SIX INCHES OF PRIVATE LAND TO THE PROPOSED ALLEYWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IT TEN FEET WIDE.

THE APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF THE ALLEYWAY PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT IS 1033FT².

THE PROPERTY IS ZONED EASTER BUSINESS AND MIXED USE AND IS WITHIN THE CRA.

THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ZONED E STEWART BUSINESS AND MIXED USE AND PUBLIC AND URBAN GENERAL. THE PROPERTY'S FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS E STEWART, WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES BEING PUBLIC RECREATION AND EAST STEWART.

CONDITIONS THAT WILL BE PART OF THE APPROVAL ARE.

NO IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED THAT ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE APPROVED PLAN.

SUBSURFACE IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE INDICATED ON AS BUILT DRAWINGS FILED WITH AND APPROVED BY THE CITY. IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED WITHOUT EXPENSE TO THE CITY.

THE CITY MAY TERMINATE THE PERMIT AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON.

THE CITY SHALL ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE PERMITTEE SHALL GAIN PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS IN THE SUBJECT RIGHT OF WAY.

THE IMPROVEMENTS AND USE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE PROVISION OF

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THE PERMITTEE SHALL SAVE THE CITY HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIMS OR INJURY FOR DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY CAUSED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER BY THE PERMITTEES PRIVATE USE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OR THE IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON.

THE TIME FRAME FOR THE PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED SHALL BE WITHIN 12 MONTHS, AND THE CONDITIONS OF THE REVOCABLE PERMIT SHALL RUN WITH THE PROPERTY AND BE UPHELD BY THE CURRENT AND FUTURE OWNERS.

THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED SKETCH AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ALLEYWAY AND WAS REVIEWED BY STAFF. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 81-2023, GRANTING A REVOCABLE PERMIT FOR ACCESS AND PAVING THE REAR ALLEYWAY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. LOCATED AT 342 SOUTHEAST MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.

THE APPLICANT AND STAFF ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT DISCUSSION MOTIONS? YES. I HAVE A QUESTION AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

MY QUESTION IS THIS UP TO 12 MONTH PERIOD AND THE PROPERTY BEING UP FOR SALE NOW? AND OF COURSE IT WOULD RUN WITH THE LAND IF IT WERE APPROVED TODAY.

SO IF THE NEW PERSON COMES IN AND THEY DON'T GET IT ALL DONE WITHIN THE 12 MONTHS, IT WOULD BE UP TO THEM TO EITHER ASK FOR AN EXTENSION OR MAYBE COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD IF THEY HAVE MORE THAN A 90 DAY LAG AFTER THE 12 MONTH PERIOD.

CORRECT. COMMISSIONER.

OKAY. WITH THAT REGARD, THEN, OH, LET ME FIGURE OUT MY READING GLASSES NOW. WITH REGARD.

OH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY.

GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER. YOU SAID THE LENGTH WAS 1022FT², WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS THE LENGTH IS IN FACT, IS IT 102.5FT? NO, IT'S 1000FT² BY TEN.

I REALIZE THAT I'M TRYING TO GET THE WHAT IS IN FACT, THE LENGTH. OKAY. THERE'S 102.

I CAN REVERT TO THE APPLICANT.

MIKE MCCARTY. 47 PLUS 58.

102. 105. GOOD EVENING, MIKE MCCARTHY.

MCCARTY AND ASSOCIATES.

LAND PLANNING AND DESIGN 309 SOUTHEAST OSCEOLA STREET, REPRESENTING MAGNIFICO CAPITAL.

YES. ONE OF THOSE IS A SQUARE FOOTAGE CALCULATION AND THE OTHER THE OTHER IS LENGTH. YES. YES, SIR.

AND THE LENGTH IS THE LENGTH IS I BELIEVE IT'S THE 104 RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM.

YES SIR. ON THE ON THE SOUTHERN LIMITS.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IT WAS HEADED RIGHT.

YES, SIR. IT'S 100FT, BASICALLY.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 12, RESOLUTION NUMBER 81-2023, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVE THIS REVOCABLE PERMIT FOR.

342 SOUTHEAST MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD.

SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK AND I BELIEVE VICE MAYOR BRUNER. SECOND WAS FIRST.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE. CALL THE ROLL.

I JUST I JUST HAD I'M SORRY.

JUST A QUESTION MAYBE FOR MIKE OR PAUL.

PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS WAS ONE OF THE LINES THERE.

JUST LIKE FOR ME JUST IT'S NEW TO THIS.

ALLEYWAY THAT'S UNIMPROVED AT THE MOMENT.

AND THIS WILL ACTUALLY IMPROVE IT.

SO. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE.

AND NOT JUST THE OWNER, BUT THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE RIGHT OF ACCESS.

PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS ISN'T ISN'T LIKE A STEP TOWARDS OWNERSHIP THOUGH, RIGHT. NO NO NO NO NO NO.

IT'S JUST SAYING WE OWN IT. THEY'RE USING IT. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. GOT IT.

THAT WAS ALL. THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER, RICH. THAT'S WHAT I. THAT'S WHAT I WAS CURIOUS. YES.

COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES.

MAYOR MCDONALD. YES. VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

YES. COMMISSIONER COLLINS. YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO NUMBER 13, AMENDING APPENDIX A.

[13. AMENDING APPENDIX "A" (RC): RESOLUTION No. 63-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA ADOPTING APPENDIX “A” BY AMENDING VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ADOPTING APPENDIX A BY AMENDING VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AND IT ACTUALLY IS NOT AMENDING THOSE CHAPTERS.

IT'S THE CHAPTERS ALLOW FOR APPENDIX A TO BE AMENDED BY RESOLUTION,

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SO YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED THE APPENDIX A, WHICH IS EXTENSIVE AND TALKS ABOUT ALMOST EVERY POSSIBLE FEE FINE OR DOLLAR MARK YOU CAN FIND.

SOME OF THE CHANGES ARE BECAUSE OF STATE REGULATIONS AND CHANGES IN STATE STATUTES.

OTHERS ARE BASED UPON INDEXING THAT'S BEEN DONE BY PRIOR ACTION OF THE COMMISSION RELATED TO PRIOR ORDINANCES.

AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CHANGES RELATED TO TONIGHT ARE BASED UPON THE UTILITY STUDIES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION, BUT THEY'RE SIMPLY ADOPTED IN APPENDIX A FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE BUDGET.

I'VE ALSO PREPARED A BRIEF POWERPOINT, IF YOU CAN INDULGE ME TO TO GO OVER TO ADDRESS THE. ONE ISSUE THAT.

IS BEING ADDRESSED IS THE ISSUE RELATED TO THE THE GARAGE.

IF YOU COULD PULL UP THE GARAGE ONE.

RIGHT HERE. MR.. WHILE THAT'S GOING ON, LET ME JUST CORRECT THE, THE, THE ACTUAL TITLE OF THIS RESOLUTION SAYS THAT THE.

IT'S ADOPTING TYPES, FEES, RATES AND CHARGES AS APPENDIX A TO THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS PROVIDED AND PERMITTED IN VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES. SO THE. THE SHORT TITLE IN THE AGENDA DIDN'T QUITE CAPTURE THAT.

OKAY. SO AS YOU KNOW, DISCUSSING IT A LOT, THE CITY GARAGE IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF GEORGE AND MARTIN LUTHER KING. THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF 10TH STREET AND PALM BEACH ROAD.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MAKE THEM GO.

OR DO YOU HAVE TO? JIM? THERE WE GO. SO I INCLUDED IN THIS IN THIS PRESENTATION, THE EAST STEWART ZONING THAT THE CITY ADOPTED LAST SPRING.

I GUESS IT WAS FEBRUARY, MARCH RIGHT THERE THAT EXTREMELY WELL DRAWN RED ARROW IS POINTING AT A GREEN PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS THE STEWART GARAGE PARCEL.

THAT PARCEL FALLS WITHIN THE EAST STEWART NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT, BUT IS ZONED AS INSTITUTIONAL OR CITY OF STEWART GOVERNMENT USE.

HOWEVER, IT DOES HAVE SOME IMPACTS AS IT RELATES TO THE.

NEW STEWART ZONING. BEFORE THAT, IN 2002, THE CITY COMMISSION ADOPTED DOWNTOWN OVERLAY AS A DOWNTOWN OVERLAY ZONE FOR THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN AREA.

THE DOWNTOWN OVERLAY ZONE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR OUTDOOR AUTO REPAIR.

IT HAS TO BE INDOOR. HOWEVER, THE STEWART OVERLAY ZONE ALSO HAS OTHER REGULATIONS THAT MIGHT PLAY A ROLE AS WELL.

DO I CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE FOR ME? SO THIS IS AN AERIAL PICTURE OF THE CURRENT GARAGE SITE.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE LITTLE THERE IT IS.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT JIM'S DOING IT FOR ME? THAT THE GARAGE AREA RIGHT THERE IS THE SO AREA DOWN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE SOME CARS STACKED UP RIGHT THERE.

THOSE CARS ARE ACTUALLY POLICE IMPOUND CARS THAT WERE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING.

THE BUDGET YOU JUST ADOPTED ARE ALLOWING US TO PUT THOSE BEHIND SECURE FENCES OVER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S CRAZY, BUT THE WAY THE LAW WORKS, THE POLICE HAS CARS THAT ARE IN AN INVENTORY STATUS.

BUT IF SOMEONE, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON, THE POLICE HAS TO MAINTAIN THAT EVIDENCE.

WHO KNOWS IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER TRIAL COME UP OR SOME OTHER ISSUE.

AND SO WE LITERALLY HAVE TO HOLD ON TO THE EVIDENCE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES.

AND WE JOKE ABOUT IT, BUT HE'S GOT TO DO IT.

AND SO WE'VE GOT A BETTER LOCATION FOR IT.

WE'RE MOVING IT TO A HARDENED SURFACE. IT'S GOING TO BE BEHIND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER, THAT GARAGE SITE IS THE SITE AT ISSUE.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE PLEASE. SO THIS IS THE PRESENTATION OR THE.

THAT WAS WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU LAST YEAR AS A POTENTIAL FOR A CHANGE.

CAN YOU BACK UP TO THE FIRST SITE ABOVE THERE? IF YOU LOOK AND I CAN'T REALLY POINT TO BE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE, YOU SEE THAT THERE'S A BUILDING HERE AND THIS IS VACANT AND THIS IS AN AREA.

AND I GO TO THE TWO BUILDING, I SLIDE THE.

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THOSE BUILDINGS WOULD BE MOVED TO THE TOP.

HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT UNDER THE E STEWART OVERLAY ZONE, THE BUILDINGS DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM CALLED TRAMS, STORAGE, SANITATION, STORAGE, PROPOSED ADDITIONS AND OFFICES WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE BALCONIES AND THE OVERHANGS THAT ARE REQUIRED BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE SIDEWALK AND PART OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE.

THE SIDEWALK IS SUPPOSED TO BE TEN FEET WIDE AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THAT THE PROPOSED AND I'M HAVING TROUBLE READING IT, BUT THE THE PORTION OF THIS WOULD BE ACTUALLY A PROPOSED OUTDOOR STORAGE OR NOT STORAGE, BUT REPAIR AREA WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY UNDERNEATH THE SHED IF YOU COULD KEEP GOING FOR ME. SO THIS IS THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T, IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE THIS BUTTON WORK AND MAKE IT A POINT TO BE A POINT OR IT WAS POINTED BEFORE.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

YEAH. YOU LOST YOUR POINTER IN THE BUDGET. SO. SO IF YOU LOOK, THIS IS THE DAVIS PARK AND THIS IS A PARKING LOT AT THE DAVIS PARK, BUT THIS IS ALL DIRT AND SAND AND THIS IS ALL DIRT AND SAND AND THIS IS DIRT AND SAND AND THIS IS DIRT AND SAND.

AND THE CITY ACQUIRED THESE, THIS PROPERTY RIGHT HERE FOR A FOR A BUILDING IN THE FUTURE. THIS REPRESENTS A PLAN THAT WAS GIVEN TO CAL TECH, NOT TO PARTICULARLY IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHERE EVERYTHING WENT, BUT WHERE WE ASKED TECH TO DESIGN, HOW MUCH COULD WE FIT ON THIS SITE.

THAT'S IT. BUT IF YOU COUNT AND I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN SEE THIS, BUT THAT'S A 7000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

THAT'S WHAT THAT SAYS RIGHT THERE. AND THEN THAT'S 6000 AND THAT'S ROUGHLY 5000.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 6 OR 7000 THERE, A LITTLE BIT LARGER THERE, ANOTHER ONE THERE AND ABOUT 3600 THERE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN THE PRESENTATION CAME BACK CAME LAST YEAR ONCE THIS DESIGN WAS DONE, THEN THEY SAID, OKAY, WELL, HOW MUCH WOULD THAT COST? AND OF COURSE, THE NUMBER CAME IN AT $12 MILLION.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AT IT, I SAY TO MYSELF, WE DON'T NEED ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT NEW BUILDINGS TO BE BUILT TO COMPARE WITH THE GARAGE SITE.

THIS IS ANOTHER ANGLE ON IT.

THERE WOULD BE A BUFFER AND RETAINING WALL HERE TO BUFFER ANY SOUND FROM THESE HOMES.

THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE PUT THE BUILDINGS UP AGAINST THIS WALL SO THAT ANY SOUNDS OF ANY VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT WOULD BE EVEN BUFFERED MORE BY 3040 FOOT WIDE BUILDINGS.

SO WE WOULD BE PROTECTING THE THE AREA.

AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE I SAID IT WAS ALL SAND, IT'S ALL NOW PAVERS AND MOVING FORWARD.

THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING THAT WAS 3600FT².

THAT WAS ON PALM BEACH ROAD.

THERE'S EIGHT OFFICES IN THIS BUILDING THAT WHEN WE LAST YEAR, TALKED ABOUT NOT DOING THE PUBLIC WORK ARE NOT MOVING THE GARAGE OFFICE.

WE DIDN'T ADDRESS MOVING OR LOCATION FOR THOSE EIGHT OFFICES, AND THAT'S FINE. AND WE CAN ABSORB THEM INTO WELLS FARGO.

BUT I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU GUYS BECAUSE IF IN FACT WE'RE NOT DOING THIS, I NEED TO REDESIGN WELLS FARGO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COULD FIT.

AND THEN GOING BACK AND I JUST KIND OF CUT INTO THAT SAME PICTURE JUST TO MAKE IT TIGHT SO YOU COULD SEE THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE PARKING BY THE BY THE FIELDS THERE.

AND THEN IN HERE WHERE CARS ARE PARKED.

I MEAN, THAT'S DIRT AND SAND AND THAT'S ALL DIRT AND SAND AS WELL.

AND AS A RESULT THAT AS YOU I'M SORRY, THIS WAS WHAT YOU WERE PRESENTED LAST YEAR FOR THE KEEP IT WHERE IT'S AT PLAN.

SO THE KEEP IT WHERE IT'S AT PLAN TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES.

THERE WAS A VEHICLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING AT 7100FT².

THAT WAS 2 MILLION BUCKS AT TO 375 BUCKS A FOOT.

THE OTHER WAS A METAL AIR OPEN OR A METAL OPEN AIR STRUCTURE THAT WOULD RESULT IN NEEDING A CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COMMISSION TO TO GET A CONDITION OF CONSTRUCTION, TO NOT COMPLY WITH THE EASTER CODE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OUTDOOR AUTO REPAIR WHERE IT'S PROHIBITED. AND THEN LASTLY, IT WOULD BE A METAL STORAGE ADDITION.

SO REALLY, YOU'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE 7000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING BEING CONSTRUCTED HERE.

AND IF I GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL GARAGE SITE, IT'S THIS IS BEING BUILT THAT USED TO BE KIND OF RIGHT HERE.

BUT IF YOU WERE TO MOVE THE GARAGE SITE, YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE.

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BUILT AS NEW IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, THEY ARE BEING COMPLETELY RENOVATED AND COMPLETELY CHANGED WITH MORE THAN 50% VALUE, WHICH IS WHY THEY'D HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE NEW CODE AND THE NEW POLICIES.

SO I'D NEED SANITATION, STORAGE, TRAME STORAGE, AND THE OFFICES THAT ARE ON THE CORNER.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU GO HERE, THIS ONE BUILDING COVERS THAT 7000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, AND THEN THIS 3600 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING COVERS ALL OF THOSE OFFICES.

SO ALL YOU'D HAVE TO DO IS PUT A LITTLE TRAM STORAGE AND A LITTLE STORAGE NEXT TO THAT ONE, AND YOU'D BE EVEN STEVEN.

THAT WOULD BE HOW YOU WOULD COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES INSTEAD OF COMPARING THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. BUT ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAD WAS THAT IF, IN FACT, WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO KEEP THE GARAGE IN THIS LOCATION, WOULD WE KEEP THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THIS CONDITION? BECAUSE ANOTHER THING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, IT WAS 12 MILLION FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, 6 MILLION FOR THE GARAGE. IT ASSUMED YOU WOULD NEVER PAVE THIS, THIS OR DO ANY OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND MY CONCERN IS THAT THE COMMISSION VOTES TO DO THE GARAGE.

AND THEN WITHIN 12 MONTHS.

AND BEFORE YOU'RE SAYING I NEED $2.5 MILLION TO DO ALL THESE LANDSCAPING, STORMWATER AND PAVING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE, GUY, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST TOLD US WE WERE DONE BACK HERE.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN MY MIND WILL END UP BEING INCURRED NO MATTER WHAT.

MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR, MAYBE NOT NEXT YEAR. BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, YOU WILL END UP PAVING AND INCURRING ALL THOSE EXPENSES.

SO A LOT OF THE EXPENSES, THIS WAS THE SPREADSHEET THAT WAS DONE AS IT RELATED TO THE $12 MILLION AT THE END DOING IT, BUT IT HAS ALL OF THE ASPHALT, ALL OF THE BUILDINGS, LIKE 36,000FT² OF BUILDINGS BEING CONSTRUCTED.

AND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR FROM THE COMMISSION WAS THAT INSTEAD OF ADOPTING THE 2305 RATE, WE ADOPT THE 2349 RATE.

SO THE $0.44 DIFFERENCE, SO THAT IT WOULD AUTHORIZE ME TO ACTUALLY HIRE SOMEBODY TO NOT JUST SAY WHAT CAN FIT ON THIS SPACE, BUT TO DO A REAL DESIGN AND A REAL PLAN SO THAT WE COULD DO A REAL COST ESTIMATE AND A REAL DETERMINATION OF WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AT THE AT THIS SITE, BECAUSE IT MAY BE THAT THEY TAKE THESE BUILDINGS OUT OR THAT THEY MOVE EVERYTHING AND JUST HAVE OR TAKE THESE BUILDINGS OUT AND HAVE IT OVER HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE OPEN AIR THING HERE, BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT NEED ANYTHING OVER HERE, AND IT MAY BE JUST ALONG THIS SIDE THAT YOU ONLY DO FOR THE PRIVACY OF THESE HOMES AND THE DESIGN OF WHERE THE PARKING IS AND WHERE PEOPLE PULL IN AND OUT.

THAT WAS ALL JUST DONE TO SEE IF IT FITS.

IT WASN'T DONE FOR ANY REAL TRAFFIC FLOW, ANY DESIGN OR ANYTHING.

IT WAS JUST A GET SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR US.

BY ADOPTING THE HIGHER RATE OF $0.40, IT ALLOWS US AGAIN, ONE MORE YEAR. IT GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A REAL STUDY DONE, NOT A REAL STUDY, A REAL DESIGN DONE.

AND NO MATTER WHAT, I STILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR IT.

AND IF IT'S NOT COST FEASIBLE, YOU VOTE NO.

AND WE KNOW FURTHER OFF FURTHER, NO WORSE FOR THE WEAR.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR YOU DON'T DO THE NEXT YEAR'S RATE, THE RATE INCREASE AS YOU GO HERE.

THE RATE INCREASE ULTIMATELY WOULD CATCH UP IN YEAR 25.

SO YOU'D BE DONE. IT'D BE OVER.

AND THAT WOULD BE THAT.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU ADOPT APPENDIX A AS IT'S CURRENTLY DRAFTED, IT HAS A HIGHER RATE. IT GIVES ME THE DIRECTION TO GO AHEAD AND INCUR THE EXPENSE RELATED TO THE DESIGN OF THE NEW SITE, TO PUT EVERYBODY ON ONE CAMPUS AND TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND TO ANTICIPATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE REALLY LIKELY TO NOT LEAVE THIS IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION, UNPAVED, AND HAVING PEOPLE PARK IN THE DIRT AT THE AT THE PARKS AND HAVING THE EMPLOYEES PARK IN THE DIRT NOW. AND LIKE I SAID, IT JUST ESSENTIALLY PUTS IT OFF FOR ONE MORE YEAR. AND IT DOES IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT IF YOU VOTE FOR APPENDIX A THAT TOMORROW WE CLOSE THE GARAGE.

IT WOULD LITERALLY BE THAT WE JUST MOVE FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION OF RELOCATING.

AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? MR.

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WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. MARTEL FOR REALLY DOING A MORE IN DEPTH ANALYSIS.

I MEAN, THOSE NUMBERS WE ORIGINALLY WERE SHOWN, THEY JUST NEVER MADE SENSE.

AND THIS IS A MUCH MORE SUITABLE CONTEXT.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T BELONG THERE NOW ANYMORE WITH US MOVING CITY HALL WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HAVING INVESTED $7 MILLION INTO THAT BUILDING, AND THE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE WALKING BY THERE FROM BOTH SIDES.

SOMEONE MADE THE SUGGESTION THE OTHER DAY THAT IF WE MADE THAT BRIDGE WIDE ENOUGH, WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A TROLLEY ARTS TOUR.

YOU KNOW, GOING BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WHICH IS GOING TO LOOK VERY COOL.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BY THIS, I MEAN, WHATEVER GOES THERE, WE DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, IF WE EVER WANT TO HOPE OF A HOPE OF A BRIGHT LINE STATION. I DON'T THINK WE CAN GO.

HEY, YOU'RE ONLY A BALL FIELD AWAY FROM A SANITATION GARAGE IN A POLICE DUMP.

IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING I HAVE WORKED HARDER ON THAN THE FORM BASED CODE FOR THIS PART OF TOWN. BECAUSE I STARTED WORKING ON THIS WHEN I WAS STILL ON THE LPA AND HAS BEEN SAID FROM THIS DYESS MANY TIMES, WE NEED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND FOR US TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY. OH, AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE GOING TO IGNORE THIS CODE. IT JUST IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

THIS IS A SENSIBLE PLAN.

THE THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS IN TERMS OF DOLLARS.

AND CERTAINLY THE RATE IS IT'S MORE I AGREE, BUT COME ON, $0.44. SO IT MAKES SENSE TO ME, MR. COLLINS, IF IF WE ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS, POTENTIALLY IT IS WITHIN THE STUDY.

IS IT POSSIBLE, MIKE, TO HAVE SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS? SO WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT DOUBLE THE PRICE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LESS BUILDINGS THERE, YOU KNOW, SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING IS LIKE, I WANT TO REALLY DETERMINE WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED.

AND THE PURPOSE THAT DAVID DYAS DID WITH THE, WITH THE FULL THING WAS, WHAT'S THE POTENTIAL LONG TERM HERE? HOW MUCH CAN THIS ABSORB? AND LOOK, HOW MUCH MORE.

I MEAN, BECAUSE IT HAD A LOT MORE COULD GO THERE THAN WE NEED TO BUILD THERE.

SO IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE'D KEEP IT LIMITED.

THAT WAS IT. ANY OTHER COMMENT ANY MOTIONS FOR THE APPENDIX ITSELF? YEAH. WE'RE JUST WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS APPROVAL OF APPENDIX A, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE ALL OF THE OTHER RATES I INCLUDED IN THE APPENDIX A, THE SANITATION RATE AT THE HIGHER NUMBER WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT I COULD JUST TAKE IT OUT AND CHANGE IT IF YOU GUYS GAVE OTHER DIRECTION.

BUT THAT IS INCLUDED IN APPENDIX A, ALL OF THE OTHER RATES ARE IN THERE, INCLUDING THE BURIAL RATES FOR THE PARK TOLL RATES OR FOR THE MAUS CEMETERY, THE TOWING RATES FOR CARS THAT HAVE TO BE TOWED, RENTING GAZEBOS, EVERYTHING.

COULD I JUST MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT, MR. MAYOR? AND I LOST IT.

IT HAD TO. THIS COMES FROM MY FORMER CAREER AND JOLIE.

IT WAS THE DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE WE HAVE.

IT WAS LIKE 292 OR SOMETHING.

ANYWAY, IT'S VERY. IF YOU WANT A MEASURE OF AN OBJECTIVE MEASURE OF FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS, THE DEBT COVERAGE THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS TO OUR BOND INDEBTEDNESS, IT'S JUST A REALLY HIGH NUMBER.

AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON YOUR CONSERVATIVE.

OH, YES. MANAGEMENT. BOTH OF YOU.

YEAH. NO, IT'S A I SQUEAK WHEN I WALK.

NO, THE THE, THAT RATE, THAT $0.40 ALLOWS US TO FINANCE THESE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THAT FUND AND OUR BOND COVERAGE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

THE CITY HAS SEVERAL DOLLARS OF REVENUE TO EVERY DOLLAR OF DEBT THAT WE OWE.

I'M DEBT FREE IN SANITATION FUND CURRENTLY.

I'M DEBT FREE AND CRA CURRENTLY DEBT FREE AND STORMWATER.

SO YEAH, WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO JUST LIVE ON WHAT WE HAVE.

IT'S IMPRESSIVE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? GO AHEAD. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.

GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER, YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOVE, APPROVE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 6-2023 AS WRITTEN.

SECOND. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?

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I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY GAMES GOING ON AND IT'S THE PARKING NOW WHERE YOU'RE SAYING THE DIRT AND THAT. BUT I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF PARKING SPOTS.

THERE IS THE PARKING IS ALL THERE AND IT ACTUALLY WILL BE PAVED.

AND WHILE DURING THE WEEK, LIKE FROM, YOU KNOW, 830 TO 5, THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF MORE EMPLOYEES THERE AND THERE ARE 24 HOUR SHIFTS.

IT WILL ACTUALLY BE IN A NET.

THE NET NUMBER OF PARKING WILL INCREASE RATHER THAN DECREASE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE TALKED TO MIKE AT AT 10TH STREET REC CENTER, ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.

THE SIDEWALKS ON 10TH STREET ARE ALL IN FRONT OF.

OUR PARKS ARE CROWDED WITH CARS.

NOW YOU ALL KNOW 10TH STREET FROM BY MY HOUSE RIGHT UP TO PALM BEACH ROAD.

THAT'S THE WALKERS. YOUNG MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN.

THERE'S A LOT. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU.

THERE'S JUST A LOT OF YOUNG CHILDREN, BUT THEY'RE SISTERS IN THAT.

SO. BUT THERE'S ALL THE CARS AND MIKE HAS TRIED AND I CALL THEM SOOY.

HE'S AN FSU GRADUATE. HE AND I'VE TALKED TO HIM AND HE SAID, MRS. MCBRIDE, I'VE ALWAYS TALKED TO THE COACHES AND THAT I TRY MY BEST, BUT I JUST FEEL PARKING.

BUT IT'S ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS.

SO THAT'S ALL. IT'S JUST A LITTLE.

I'M CONCERNED. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I LOVE THE KIDS.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE CHILDREN.

YES. YOU KNOW THAT THAT WELL, YOU ALL ARE.

WE ALL HAVE OUR KIDS AND WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN. AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, ANY PLAN AT ALL, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL AND WE COULD ADDRESS THOSE. BUT YOU GOT YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAY SOMETHING NOW.

AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU'RE I KNOW YOU'RE THERE.

YES. WELL, BEFORE YOU GO AND SPEND $1 MILLION ON A PLAN, AND THEN BIG MOUTH GETS UP HERE AND STARTS COMPLAINING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD DEAL.

HELEN. IF YOU'D FILL OUT A GREEN CARD WHEN YOU'RE.

I'LL MAKE SURE I HAVE A GREEN CARD.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW I LISTEN TO ALL THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW A THING ABOUT FINANCES.

MONEY GOES WAY OVER MY HEAD.

I LIVE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, AND I WORK TWO PART TIME JOBS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN MY DAILY LIFE.

BUT THERE'S ONE THING I LEARNED ALONG THE WAY.

I STARTED OUT, I WAS BORN INTO POVERTY.

I GREW UP IN POVERTY. AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, I LEARNED HOW TO PUT CURTAINS ON MY WINDOWS.

I KNOW THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A WHOLE LOT TO YOU, AND YOU MAY NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS, BUT THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY, AND WE NEED TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY. IF WE HAVE NO CURTAINS ON OUR WINDOWS AND WE'RE JUST HANGING SHEETS OVER THE WINDOWS ALL THE TIME, WE'RE NOT REALLY LIVING LIKE WE SHOULD.

AND I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WITH SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF INCREASE. SO THANK YOU.

I LIKE THE IDEA A LOT.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? MARY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR MCDONALD.

YES. COMMISSIONER CLARK.

SHE STEPPED OUT. COMMISSIONER RICH.

YES. COMMISSIONER. COLLINS.

YES. VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

YES. CLARK'S VOTE WHEN SHE COMES BACK, COME BACK.

SO, CHIEF. OKAY. YEAH.

WE LEARNED THAT OUR MOST RECENT ETHICS COMMITTEE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT WE NEED TO WAIT FOR HER TO RETURN.

THEY USED TO. APPARENTLY THAT WAS THE BIG MOVE.

IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING, YOU'D SLIDE OUT.

SLIDE OUT RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK AND.

WOW. AND NOW YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANY LONGER.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. YEAH, I THOUGHT THE OLD WAY.

SO FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST STICK AROUND. AS AN ASIDE, I WENT TO A GOVERNMENT MEETING LAST WEEK UP NORTH, AND THEY CAN EVEN SAY, I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON THIS ISSUE.

WOW. THEY CAN OPT OUT.

WAS IT A COMMITTEE? THEY CAN OPT OUT.

WELL, IT WAS A ZONING PLAN.

MR. TOLD ME A COUNTY WHERE HE HAS A MOTORHOME LOT IN IN GEORGIA HAS ONE COUNTY COMMISSIONER. AND THERE'S ABOUT TEN COUNTIES LEFT IN GEORGIA WHERE THEY HAVE ONE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN THE MEETING.

THEY COME IN, THEY ACTUALLY GO, YOU GO TO THE MEETING AND HE GOES, YES. NO, YES, NO. AND IF YOU SPEAK UNDER PUBLIC AGAINST IT, AND THE CITY COUNTY ATTORNEY COMES AND HAS A CHAT WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING.

AND IT'S NOT IT'S NOT TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION.

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YES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVING ON. ITEM NUMBER 14 RELEASE AND TERMINATION OF CONTRACT WITH GOLDSTEIN.

[14. RELEASE AND TERMINATION OF CONTRACT WITH GOLDSTEIN KITE (RC): RESOLUTION No. 84-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA ACCEPTING THE RELEASE AND TERMINATION OF CONTRACT WITH GOLDSTEIN KITE ENVIRONMENTAL REDEVELOPMENT PARTNERS STUART I, LLC FOR THE OLD CITY LANDFILL PROPERTY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

MOTION. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS RESOLUTION 84-2023.

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. ACCEPTING THE RELEASE AND TERMINATION OF CONTRACT WITH GOLDSTEIN KITE ENVIRONMENTAL REDEVELOPMENT PARTNER, STEWART ONE LLC, FOR THE OLD LAND CITY LANDFILL PROPERTY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. OKAY. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT? MIKE, ARE YOU JUST OR PAUL? WELL, EITHER OF US CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

YEAH. I MEAN, IT STARTED WITH MIKE, SO I MEAN, I'LL COMMENT ON IT BRIEFLY.

THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD EXPIRED AS A RESULT.

THEY'RE OFF BY A WEEK, AND THEY WANTED TO NOT EXERCISE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND NOT CLOSE.

WELL, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S FINE.

IF THEY HAD TOLD US THE WEEK BEFORE, IT WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE RETURNED TO THE CITY COMMISSION BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITHIN THE CONTRACT TERM.

RIGHT. BUT WHAT WE'VE NEGOTIATED, WHAT PAUL NEGOTIATED WITH THEM, IS A GENERAL RELEASE BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES THAT IF WE AGREE TO THE TERMINATION, THEY GO THEIR SEPARATE WAY. WE GO OUR SEPARATE WAY.

I'VE ASKED MILTON TO GO OUT TO THE SITE, AND HE'S GONE OUT AND VERIFIED THAT THERE'S NO BIG HOLES LEFT OR NO DOUG, NO PROBLEMS OF THAT NATURE.

SO IT'S SIMPLY A HOUSEKEEPING MATTER.

IF THEY THREE WEEKS AGO SENT US A LETTER SAYING WE'RE NOT EXERCISING, WE'D JUST BE ANNOUNCING IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS AN ACQUIESCENCE TO THE COMMISSION TO SAY, WE'LL GIVE THEM THEIR $100 BACK AND WE'LL ALL GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS.

OKAY. AND IN FACT, I FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE THE MUTUAL RELEASE, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. WHEREAS THE CONTRACT ONLY RELEASED THEM.

YEAH. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 84-2023 REGARDING RELEASING THE GOLDSTEIN KITE FROM THE CONTRACT.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND? COMMISSIONER. RICH? YES.

I'LL SECOND. OH, OKAY.

WELL, I WAS ALREADY SECOND. OKAY, OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. SO, MR. MARTEL, ACTUALLY, WE I MEAN, WE SPOKE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID A YEAR AGO. I REMEMBER BEING ON A ZOOM CALL WITH THIS FELLOW WHO WAS GRUFF.

LET ME SAY I ASSUME WHAT THEY FOUND.

WAS THE, THE COST OF REMEDIATING THAT WAS TOO MUCH.

CORRECT. I MEAN, I WOULD GUESS THE SAME THING THEY DID NOT GIVE US.

SO WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE RESULTS OF THEIR CORING.

SO PART OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT DID NOT GIVE THOSE RESULTS TO US.

BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THOSE RESULTS, WE HAVE THEM.

WE WE HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE DUTY.

I MEAN, SO WHAT WE SAID GOING INTO IT WAS, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT EITHER.

I THINK PART OF IT WAS THAT THEY WERE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR OTHER RELATED CLEANUPS TO OUR WELLS SYSTEM, AND THEY WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE GOING, THAT THE CITY WAS IMMEDIATELY GOING TO SPEND AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY CLEANING THE LANDFILL AS PART OF THE FOIA ISSUE, AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT, WHEN IN FACT, THAT WASN'T REALLY THE DIRECTION THAT HAD EVER BEEN GIVEN BY THE COMMISSION. AND THE LANDFILL ITSELF WAS ALWAYS KNOWN TO BE AN UNLINED LANDFILL.

WHILE THERE IS A WELL NEXT TO THAT, THAT WILL BE PART OF A CLEANUP PROCESS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. IT WILL NOT HAVE ANYWHERE AS THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT WE WOULD BE DOING TO THE LANDFILL TO OFFSET THEIR COSTS AND EXPENSES THAT THEY WERE ANTICIPATING BENEFITING FROM, I THINK, AND AGAIN, I HAVE NOT THEY DID NOT SAY THAT TO ME, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT HAD A BIG ROLE IN IT.

AND HERE'S THE THING. THE OTHER SIDE TO THIS IS, IS THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT YOU CAN'T ENTER INTO ANOTHER AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO DO A BROWNFIELD THERE. IT'S THAT THE CONTRACT WE ENTERED INTO HAD A DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD THAT EXPIRED, AND THEY NEED TO CLOSE BY SEPTEMBER 14TH.

OTHERWISE, MY CONCERN ABOUT FORCING THE CLOSING IS THAT THE THE ENTITY THAT WOULD

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NOW THEY'D HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME MORE MONEY, AND THEY HAVE TO PAY A SECURITY DEPOSIT TO NOT EXPOSE US TO TO POLLUTION ISSUES, BUT IT WOULDN'T AMOUNT TO US RECEIVING ANY MONEY.

WE WOULD JUST LOSE MORE CONTROL OVER THE SITE.

AND AS THE CITY ATTORNEY POINTS OUT, IT WOULD ONLY BE A ONE WAY RELEASE.

THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES INDEMNIFIED, NOT US.

THIS WAY IT SAYS WE'RE RELEASING THEM, THEY'RE RELEASING US.

WE ALL GO OUR HAPPY, MERRY WAY.

GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MAYOR, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER COLLINS.

YES. COMMISSIONER CLARK.

YES. COMMISSIONER. RICH.

YES. VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

YES. MAYOR MCDONALD. YES.

AND THE ONLY THING I'M GOING TO SAY. I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED AND DID NOT GO THROUGH. I WAS HOPING TO SEE THAT PROPERTY CLEANED UP.

SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

SELECTION OF CITY ATTORNEY AND NEGOTIATION OF CONTRACT.

[15. SELECTION OF CITY ATTORNEY AND NEGOTIATING OF CONTRACT (RC): RESOLUTION No. 90-2023, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA SELECTING A CITY ATTORNEY AND DIRECTING THE CITY STAFF TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME CARDS FOR EACH OF US.

I DO. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH INFORMATION WE NEED FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT BUT IN FACT, NOW THE CITY COMMISSION HAS INTERVIEWED THREE CANDIDATES.

AND SO THEY ARE SET NOW TO DECIDE, PERHAPS WHICH OF THE THREE CANDIDATES WILL BE SELECTED. WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'RE GOING TO DO THE STRAW POLL FIRST, AND THERE'S NO GREEN CARDS.

AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

MR. MAYOR, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION BEFORE WE DID OUR POLL OR WHATEVER.

IT'S JUST A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.

AND I DID ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY BUT HE SAID THAT THERE WAS WHATEVER.

ANYHOW. SO WHEN WE WERE IN THE CITY MEETING ON THE 7TH OF SEPTEMBER AND WE BROKE WE LEFT THE, WE LEFT THE MEETING AS ON THE DAIS TO DO INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS PRIVATELY WITH THE WITH THE CANDIDATES.

AND IT WAS DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY.

AND THEN AFTER THE, THE DAY THAT I REALIZED THAT AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE COULD DO THIS OR SO, SO I'M ASKING IF WE CAN DO THIS AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR THE FUTURE, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE SPELLED OUT TO HAVE THE, THE COMMISSIONER HAVE SOMEONE ELSE IN THE ROOM WITH THE, WITH THE CANDIDATE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CANDIDATES WERE TOLD THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM OR WHATEVER.

AND MAYBE IF THERE'S NO PROHIBITION AGAINST IT, I JUST WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE WHEN I BROKE THE MEETING, I THOUGHT THAT I WAS GOING TO GO INDIVIDUALLY TO MEET WITH THE, THE INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I COULD BRING A THIRD PARTY IN THAT PARTICULAR EVENT WITH ME BECAUSE MY EXPECTATION AND MY IDEA AS THE ROLE WAS THAT I WAS LEAVING THE MEETING AND AS A COMMISSIONER AND GOING TO MEET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AS A COMMISSIONER.

SO I WANTED TO FIND OUT BECAUSE IF WE HAVE OTHER INTERVIEWS AND OTHER THINGS COME IN, MAYBE IF WE NEED TO HAVE THIRD PARTIES TO GIVE US ADVICE OR TO LISTEN TO US OR WHATEVER, PROBABLY WE COULD HAVE AND MAYBE WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS FOR THIS PARTICULAR THING WOULD HAVE BEEN TO GET THE CANDIDATES TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE OR GET THEM TO HAVE MORE OF A DISCOURSE RIGHT HERE AND HAVE THE PUBLIC TALK TO THEM AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT FOR MYSELF.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A RIGHT OR WRONG THING, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT IF EACH OF US HAD ONE OR 2 OR 3 PEOPLE IN WITH US WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO A CANDIDATE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A DISSERVICE TO THE CANDIDATE OR IF IT'S A DISRUPTION OF THE PROCESS OR WHATEVER. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.

MR. MAYOR. JUST BY WAY OF CLARIFICATION.

THERE IS NO POLICY. THE CITY COMMISSION HAS NO SET POLICY ON HOW TO INTERVIEW CANDIDATES FOR THIS POSITION, ON THE FACT THAT THAT ONE OF YOU DECIDED THEY WANTED SOMEONE ELSE IN THE ROOM. IS NOT A QUESTION OF LEGALITY.

IT IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO DO THAT.

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NO. THIS ONE I WANT I GUESS IT'S ALL FINE TO ME.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT.

WELL I MEAN YOU COULD SET POLICY IF YOU CHOSE, BUT THERE IS A, THAT'S A, I THINK A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION BECAUSE THAT'S A FURTHER FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.

FIRST TODAY IS IF IT IF IT WERE TO COME UP IN THE IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU WERE TO SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS, I WOULD. BASED UPON THE CONCERN BEING RAISED, I WOULD MAKE SURE TO ASK THE COMMISSION IF THEY WANT ANY PARAMETERS ON IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO ISSUES AND WE COULD SET THEM TO HOWEVER YOU WANT.

OKAY. NOW, SAME AS WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST.

PUT YOUR PUT YOUR SELECTION AND SIGNED YOUR CARD.

YES, I BELIEVE YOUR NAME IS ON YOUR CARD.

IT IS, BUT YOU HAVE TO SIGN IT AS WELL. SIGN IT AND AND PUT THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE.

YOUR FIRST CHOICE. JUST ONE PERSON? YES. NOT NONE. NOT FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD.

YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. I KNOW I DIDN'T DO NONE.

CHIEF, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? I'M NOT READY YET. HOLD ON.

OKAY. GLASSES. GLASSES.

OH MY GOD. MY GLASSES ARE SO BAD NOW.

MY EYES. CRA MEETING. IS GOING FOR THE.

GOING FOR THE ROCK AND ROLL.

SEPTEMBER 11TH. SEPTEMBER 26TH OR WHATEVER.

WHATEVER. MY WIFE HAD A HAD EYE SURGERY ONE TIME AND SHE COULDN'T FIND AN IPAD.

THEY TOLD HER TO GET AN IPAD.

SHE COULDN'T FIND ONE. SO SHE WENT AND FOUND A PIRATE COSTUME THAT WE HAD AT THE HOUSE, AND SHE. AND IT HAD A SKULL AND SHE HAD TO WEAR IT. AND SHE WORE IT. THE COURT.

OKAY. MR. MAYOR? YES. FOUR OF YOU HAVE SELECTED LEE BAGGETT.

AND THAT WOULD BE COMMISSIONER RICH COMMISSIONER COLLINS.

MAYOR MACDONALD AND VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

AND THEN COMMISSIONER CLARK HAS SELECTED ZOE PANARITIS.

SO. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE CLEAR CONSENSUS.

ONE IS GOOD. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 90-2023 WITH THE NAME OF LEE BAGGETT AS THE AS THE NEXT CITY ATTORNEY. SECOND.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MISS RUSH, YOU CAN FILL IT OUT LATER.

OH, GOSH. YES, I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.

I'M SO EXCITED. OF COURSE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE'S GOING TO GET TO DO IS THE LAWSUIT. YOU WERE JUST SERVED TODAY.

NOT MINE. SO I AM HOPING THAT WE DON'T GET THE ADVICE FROM MR. MORTEL OR MR. NICOLETTI BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ANSWER.

THEY'RE BEING SUED AS WELL, SO THEY CAN'T HELP MR. BAGGETT. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TALK TO MR. BAGGETT, BECAUSE NOW I CAN DEAL WITH HIM.

NOW I CAN TALK TO HIM.

IT'S SO EXCITING. AND ALL THAT TIME, ALL I ASKED WAS TO HAVE SOMEONE SIT SECOND.

YOU SIT SECOND CHAIR SO I COULD TALK TO SOMEBODY.

SO NOW HALLELUJAH. I HAVE A NEW ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

GOD BLESS AMERICA. I NEVER FILED AN APPEARANCE IN THAT CASE.

DO WE HAVE A START DATE FOR MR. BAGGETT? SO WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE A RESOLUTION.

SO RESOLUTION, WHICHEVER YOU JUST ADOPTED, SAID THAT WE WOULD CONTACT THE CANDIDATE THAT WAS CHOSEN. I KNOW THAT ALL THREE OF THEM EXPRESSED TIMES THAT THEY COULD START ROUGHLY EARLY OCTOBER. I DIDN'T PERSONALLY SPEAK TO ANY OF THEM ABOUT THE START DATES, BUT WE'LL REACH OUT TO HIM TOMORROW FIRST THING.

FIND OUT ABOUT THAT AND START DISCUSSING TERMS. I'LL CALL SARAH DIRECTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE CUTS HIM LOOSE EARLIER THAN LATER.

AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

WELL, THE ONLY THING BEFORE WE CALL THE VOTE. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO ALL THE CANDIDATES, BOTH THE CANDIDATES THAT MADE THE FINAL SELECTION AND THE ONES THAT DIDN'T.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S A IT'S A LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO CHANGE POSITIONS IS A IS A TOUGH DECISION.

SOMETIMES IT'S EVEN HARDER WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN A PUBLIC FORUM.

EVERYONE, EVERYONE WHO APPLIED.

AND I THINK ALL 12 AND SOME HAD SOME UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS.

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AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR APPLYING BECAUSE THAT'S MADE OUR JOBS EASIER BY HAVING A BIGGER POOL.

SO THANK YOU STAFF. THANK YOU STAFF.

THANK YOU STAFF. THANK YOU STAFF FOR PREPARING. VERY GOOD STAFF.

THE PROCESS WORKS. SO GIVING US ALL THE DETAILS TO DO, MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD.

MARY. IF YOU CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER.

COLLINS. YES. MAYOR MCDONALD.

YES. VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

YES. COMMISSIONER. CLARK. YES.

COMMISSIONER. RICH. YES.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO NUMBER 16, ABANDONMENT OF SOUTHEAST OCEAN AVENUE.

[16. WOJNAR - ABANDONMENT OF S.E. OCEAN AVENUE (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2521-2023; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF CERTAIN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHIN THE CITY BEING THAT CERTAIN 30-FOOT RIGHTOF-WAY, AS SET FORTH ON THE PLAT BROADWAY SECTION OF ST. LUCIE ESTATES SUBDIVISION, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 4, MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA PUBLIC RECORDS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO AND DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT “B” ATTACHED HERERO; REQUESTING THE PRIVILEGE FEE FOR ABANDONING PUBLIC PROPERTY BE WAIVED IN IT'S ENTIRETY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE: AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

PUBLIC RECORDS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERETO AND DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT B, ATTACHED HERETO. REQUESTING THE PRIVILEGE FEE FOR ABANDONING THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY BE WAIVED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.

PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JODY COOGLER, THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT.

TONIGHT I'M PRESENTING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16.

THE APPLICANT, TIMOTHY D JR JR, OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1615 SOUTHEAST SIXTH AVENUE, IS REQUESTING THE ABANDONMENT OF A 30 FOOT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE CITY COMMISSION CONSIDER WAIVING THE PRIVILEGE FEE IN ITS ENTIRETY TO COMPENSATE FOR THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE FOR OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCE, SECTION 36-3.

ON AUGUST 26TH, 2023, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED NOTIFICATION LETTERS TO 23. OWNERS OF PROPERTY.

OF PROPERTY OWNERS LOCATED WITHIN 300FT OF THE PROPOSED PETITION.

ONE PUBLIC NOTICE SIGN DETAILING THE COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PREMISES. THIS IS THE AERIAL SHOWING THE OUTLINE OF THE PROPERTY.

TO THE EAST IS MR. HOUSE AND THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED IS THE ABANDONMENT RIGHT OF WAY IN QUESTION. THE APPLICANT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 20 IN 2003 AND HAS MAINTAINED A 30 FOOT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE CITY COMMISSION CONSIDER WAIVING THE PRIVILEGE FEE IN ITS ENTIRETY TO COMPENSATE FOR THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE FOR OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS. ON JANUARY 2023, THE CITY COMMISSION ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER 08-2023 FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOLUTION TO STATE THE INTENTION TO ABANDON A PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION AND IN 1997.

LET ME SEE HERE. HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

IN 1997, THE EAST HALF SECTION OF THE SOUTHEAST OCEAN AVENUE WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO VACATE A PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST OCEAN AVENUE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION.

AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, A SIX FOOT CONCRETE WALL WAS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE ABANDONED RIGHT OF WAY.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE SURVEY DEPICTING THE LOCATION OF THE 30 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.

AND TO THE OUTLINED IN RED.

AGAIN, 23 LETTERS WERE MAILED OUT TO THE ADJACENT OWNERS WITHIN 300FT, OUTLINED IN TURQUOISE.

AS OF TODAY'S DATE, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION AND HAS DETERMINED THE REQUEST FOR THE ABANDONMENT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF STUART, INCLUDING WAIVING THE PRIVILEGE FEE IN ITS ENTIRETY TO COMPENSATE FOR THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.

AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL TO FORWARD ORDINANCE NUMBER 2523-2023 FOR SECOND READING.

AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

HOW MUCH IS THE PRIVILEGE FEE? SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN APPRAISAL DONE AND YOU GUYS CAN SET THE PRIVILEGE FEE.

I WAS GOING TO CHIME IN AND RECOMMEND THAT WE WAIVE THE PRIVILEGE FEE BECAUSE TECHNICALLY, WHEN CARL KRUEGER HAD THIS WAS A CITY COMMISSIONER AT THE TIME AND HAD THE CITY COMMISSION ABANDONED THE ROAD SO THAT HE COULD BUILD THE VISITING NURSES BUILDING FOR HIS OWN BENEFIT. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THAT THE ENTIRE ROAD BE ABANDONED, NOT JUST HALF OF THE ROAD.

AND AS A RESULT, THE TENANT OR THE RESIDENT THAT LIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT BENEFIT AT THAT TIME.

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INSTEAD, HE ENDED UP GETTING A THREE STOREY OFFICE BUILDING NEXT DOOR TO HIM WITH PARKING LIGHTS FOR 20 YEARS. AND HE MAINTAINED THE 30 FOOT WIDE SECTION OR 20 FOOT WIDE SECTION OF AREA THAT WAS NOT DONE THAT RED SQUARE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE FOR THE ENTIRE TIME.

I SPOKE TO HIM PERSONALLY AND HE DOESN'T PLAN ON BUILDING ANYTHING OR DOING ANYTHING.

HE JUST WANTS TO EXTEND HIS SPRINKLERS AND LITERALLY PUT A HEDGE AGAINST THE WALL AND BUILD UP THE PRIVACY SO THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS ON MONTEREY ROAD.

AGAIN, IT'S THE COMMISSION'S DISCRETION.

YOU CAN SET IT AT THE APPRAISED VALUE THAT'S SET FORTH IN THE AGENDA ITEM, OR IT COULD BE WAIVED, AND WE SHOULD GRANT THE GRANT, THE REQUEST WITHOUT THE PRIVILEGE FEE, WAIVE THE PRIVILEGE FEE.

I THINK THAT IN LIGHT OF THE WAY THE LIGHT OF CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND ALSO THE FACT THAT HE'S MAINTAINED IT ALL THESE 20 YEARS BEAUTIFULLY? APPARENTLY SO. YES, MR. MAYOR. SO ANYWAYS, I THINK I THINK VICE MAYOR BRUNNER HAD HER HAND UP.

YEAH, I'VE BEEN BY THERE AND AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL IN HOW HE TAKES CARE OF IT AND HIS WHOLE AREA. EVERYTHING IS JUST PERFECT.

SO, YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD WAVE IT AND, AND GET OUT OF THIS THESE ABANDONMENTS THAT WE HAVE A MOTION. YES.

SECOND APPROVAL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND THAT INCLUDES WAIVING THAT FEE.

YES. HE'S VERY FASTIDIOUS, THIS GUY.

HE REALLY HE'S AN INTERESTING CHARACTER.

YEAH. I MEAN, HIS NOTES.

I JUST LIKE HIS NOTES.

AND I WOULD NOT DOUBT ONE STATEMENT ON THOSE.

HE HAS KEPT TRACK LIKE THAT TRACK OF EVERYTHING.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IF SOMEONE'S WILLING TO DO THAT, GOOD A JOB. YEAH I AGREE.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BRUNNER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. WE JUST NEED TO GIVE YOU A PEEL OFF STACK OF GREEN CARDS.

SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH. I LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 50 YEARS, AND I REMEMBER ALL THAT WITH CARL AND EVEN THE OLDER COUPLE THAT FIRST.

BUT THEY DIED ON THAT HOUSE.

THEY ALWAYS MAINTAINED IT.

AND I USED TO SAY TO HIM, WHY DON'T YOU GET THE CITY TO DO IT? I CAN DO IT. AND THEN THIS GENTLEMAN, IT'S AN ASSET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK WE NEED THE MONEY.

I THINK THAT MAN HAS SPENT ENOUGH MONEY ON THAT PIECE OF LAND.

AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING SO NICE TO MY NEIGHBORS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELEN. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE.

MARY, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER RICH. WHO SAYS WE'RE NOT KIND TO COMMISSIONER RICH FIRST? YES. COMMISSIONER COLLINS.

YES. VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

YES. MAYOR MCDONALD. YES.

COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES.

MOVING ON TO THE LAST ITEM OF THE EVENING, AND IT'S AMENDING CHAPTER 26,

[17. AMENDING CHAPTER 26, LAW ENFORCEMENT. ARTICLE II AND CHAPTER 28, OFFENSES, ARTICLE 1, OF CODE OF ORDINANCES, ADDING A NEW SECTION (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2523-2023; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AMENDING THE STUART CITY CODE AT SECTION 26-30 SCHEDULE OF FINES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 28-30 RESERVED, ADDING A NEW SECTION PROHIBITING DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY AND SETTING A FINE; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

PAUL, WOULD YOU READ THE.

YES, SIR. IT'S ORDINANCE NUMBER 25-23-2023.

ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. AMENDING THE STUART CITY CODE, SECTION 2630 SCHEDULE OF FINES AND BY AMENDING SECTION 2830 RESERVED.

ADDING A NEW SECTION PROHIBITING DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY AND SETTING A FINE.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AND, MR. MAYOR, THIS DOES TWO THINGS.

IT IT DOES AMEND THE THE CODE IN THE SCHEDULE OF FINES AND COSTS BY ACTUALLY INCLUDING A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN OVER IN APPENDIX A AND THE AND WAS IN FEES WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN FINES AND THEN ADDING.

ON VIOLATION FOR DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY, WHICH WAS NOT IN THE CODE BEFORE, WHICH IS GREAT.

WE RAN INTO THAT RECENTLY AND SO WE WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING FOR THAT PURPOSE.

ALL RIGHT. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION.

MOVE APPROVAL ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2523-2022.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE. MARY MAYOR MCDONALD.

YES. VICE MAYOR BRUNNER.

YES. COMMISSIONER. CLERK.

YES. COMMISSIONER. COLLINS. YES.

COMMISSIONER. RICH. YES.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I BELIEVE THAT WAS EVERYTHING.

MEETING ADJOURNED. LET'S GO HOME.

WE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.