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READY. YOU GUYS READY? OK GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE TO ORDER
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THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE STUART CITY COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY. MARRIED YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MAYOR MACDONALD, VICE MAYOR BRUNER HERE, COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE.COLLINS, COMMISSIONER RICH HERE. OKAY KID. UH NEXT WILL BE THE IMPLICATION AND WE FOR THE IMPLICATION WE HAVE PASTOR JIM BRUSHES FROM THE STEWARD ALLIANCE CHURCH AND FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. BARBARA AND AFRICAN. THANK YOU. THE LETTERING BRINGS TO US. ARE WILLING TO SERVE OUR. UNDERSTANDING OF THESE DIFFERENT . GOOD HELP SCREEN. IMPASSIVE. SYSTEM. THE PLEASURE FLAG. BACK IN AMERICA, WHICH IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. THANK YOU, REVEREND BRO. OKAY, LET'S SEE. COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS. I'M GOING
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TO GO FIRST TONIGHT, ONE OF THE FUN THINGS ABOUT BEING MARRIED TO THE SIDE GOES FIRST. SO I JUST HAVE TWO THINGS I WANT TO BRING UP TONIGHT. ONE IS, UH, MR MARTEL PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH, UM LISA WAS HER LAST NAME. I CAN'T THINK OF IT AS ATTORNEY. SHE'S INTERNALLY WITH THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER ABOUT THE CITY OF STEWART'S SUPPORTING, UM AND SIGNING ONTO AN AMICUS BRIEF. UM AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MR PERRY IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT, UM SO BUT AFTER A VERY GOOD, THOROUGH CONVERSATION WITH LISA, I THOROUGHLY AGREE THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO SIGN ONTO THIS AMICUS BRIEF. IT IS IN A CASE INVOLVING, UM I BELIEVE YOUR SUGAR VERSUS THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AND THERE'S AN APPEAL. UM AND IT'S AND IT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE THAT THE THAT THE RESERVOIR THAT WAS PART OF SB 10 GETS BUILT IN THE S T A S GET TO BE USED AND WE SEE ALL OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT WORK. THE OTHER THING THAT I'M GOING TO PROPOSE, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH MIKE ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE CONTRIBUTE $10,000 TO THE EFFORT. UH, THE EVERGLADES OFF CENTER IS A NOT FOR PROFIT LAW FIRM. I BELIEVE THEY'RE OUT OF NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL. UM AND THEY DO REALLY GOOD WORK. UH, SO MY REQUEST FROM THE COMMISSION IS THAT WE SUPPORT THE AMICUS BRIEF AND WE DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO SEND THEM $10,000 IN SUPPORT AND TO THE EFFORT. I'M GOING TO PASS THE GAVEL TO THE VICE MAYOR AND MAKE THAT MOTION CAN'T DO WE HAVE A SECOND YES, THE SECOND THAT, OKAY? OKAY YOU'RE YOU'RE IT'S YOURS. YOU GOT THE GAVEL FOR THIS ONE. YES YOU HAVE TO ASK IF THERE'S ANYTHING I IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? THANK YOU, MR PERRY. LARRY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS I THINK PRETTY QUICK CONFESSED ON THE. THE 18TH AND 2009 CITIES STORY. BECAUSE JUST LIKE THIS TO SUPPORT THE RIVER'S COURSE TIME.DISCHARGES. YESTERDAY WORD. OVER TIME. THIS IS PRETTY SIMILAR. IT'S TRYING TO INDUSTRY.
RESTORED AND EVERYBODY'S RESTORATION. THE CHILDREN DO SOUTH FROM THE LAKE. YESTERDAY, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR IMMEDIATE RECOGNITION. THIS IS. EVERYBODY'S LOST AND ADDRESSES FROM MEMPHIS AMOUNT OF WORK. SIGNING UP PEOPLE WHO COULD GET LIKE A FRIEND OF THE COURT PARTICULAR CASE. BUT NOT. THIS IS A GREAT EFFORT. PRESERVED WATER CITY. OUT OF THESE
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PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE. VERY SAFE. BLANKET ENOUGH. WORSE BELIEVE THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT TO RESPOND. THIS SOUTH. AND ALSO JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE CITY'S POSTING BURGERS COALITION EVERY MONTH. THE GOOD PART. WATER SOUTH. RATHER THAN THIS TERM. THANK YOU, MARK. THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING THIS EVENING, BRIEFLY FILL THE COMMISSION IN ON THE MATTER WAS THE EVERGLADES BOSTON OR DID CONTACT THE CITY? UM RECOMMENDATION CLEARLY WOULD BE THE COMMISSION THAT SOUNDS LIKE HAS REACHED SOME CONSENSUS WITH RELATING TO US PARTICIPATING AS A CITY IN THE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF, AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS THAT THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO DRAFT THE BRIEF. IN RESPONSE TO KIND OF A FRIEND OF THE COURT TO A LAW MATTER THAT'S PENDING BETWEEN THE ARMY CORPS OF I'M SORRY, THE U. S. SUGAR VERSUS ARMY CORPS. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE SUGARS VERSUS THE ARMY CORPS. THERE WAS SOME SUMMARY JUDGMENT HEARINGS LAST MARCH. THEY DID THE SAME THING. THEY HAD AN AMATEUR SECURITY BRIEF. UM WHAT I TOLD LISA ON THE TELEPHONE LAST WEEK IS THAT I WOULD BRING IT UP TONIGHT AND THAT I WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO, UM, ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, UM, IN ADVANCE SO THAT THEY COULD INCLUDE THE CITY IN THE AMATEUR. SCARY BRIEF BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY REPRESENTING AL MORADA REPRESENTATION OF ALVARADO'S BECAUSE AMERADA HAS KIND OF THE OPPOSITE PROBLEM WE HAVE, AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ESSENTIALLY WANT TO MAINTAIN THE WATER. UM IN LEAGUE OKEECHOBEE IS A STORAGE BIN. WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY STORE TOO MUCH WATER AND THEN WHEN WE GET HEAVY RAINS IT CAN'T DISSIPATE AND HAS TO BE DISCHARGED INTO THE INTO THE COINCIDING RIVERS. AND AS A RESULT, IT DOESN'T GET TOO NATURALLY FLOWS SOUTH AND GET INTO THE FLORIDA BAY AND AMERADA IS HAVING TERRIBLE SALTWATER INTRUSIONS IN THE FLORIDA BAY.WE, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAVE THE PROBLEM THAT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN SO MUCH WATER IN SUCH A HIGH LEVEL. IT DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY CAPACITY IN THE LAKE TO RECEIVE ANY WATER IN THESE HIGH AND HEAVY, RAINY SEASONS, NOR DOES IT ALLOW US TWO. DRAIN THE LAKE OR LET THE LAKE NATURALLY LOWER DURING THE DRY SEASON SO THAT THAT CAPACITY WOULD EXIST BECAUSE THE AGRICULTURAL CLAIMS ARE THAT THEY SHOULD SAVE OR BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE LAKE AT THE LEVEL AND THAT THE WATER LEVELS THAT THEY HAD UNDER THE WORD IN 2002 NOT UNDER THE LURES IN 2008, AND AS A RESULT, THAT'S KIND OF THE DISPUTE THAT'S THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED. THE, UM. EVERGLADES FOUNDATION. EVERY LAW CENTER ON OUR BEHALF WOULD BE WRITING TO STATE THAT THERE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT WATER. TO ALLOW FOR THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS WITHOUT HAVING TO MAINTAIN THE LAKE AT THESE DANGEROUSLY HIGH LEVELS THAT CAUSE US TO HAVE DISCHARGES, BUT THAT WOULD IN FACT, ALLOW THE LAKES TO BE MANAGED PROPERLY, ALLOWING WATER TO BOTH GO TO THE WEST AND TO THE SOUTH. AND ALLOWING THE LEAKS TO GO DOWN BUT HISTORICALLY CAN BE DEMONSTRATED THAT EVEN IN THE EARLY 2018 SOMEWHERE. WE HAD A DROUGHT THAT WAS SO LOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY FOUND CANOES FROM INDIAN TRIBES IN THE 18 HUNDREDS AND NO BOATS COULD PASS LIKE A GOOD CHOBE YET. THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS WERE NEVER DENIED WATER. SO I THINK THEY COULD DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT WATER TO MAINTAIN THE NECESSARY. HYDRATION OF THEIR CROPS. IN ANY EVENT. WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THE MAYOR'S MOTION WOULD BE THAT, UM, WE AUTHORIZE THEM TO USE THE CITY OF STEWART AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LAWSUIT. BUT THAT IN ADDITION.
UM I WOULD HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY BRING BACK A RESOLUTION. TO THE NOVEMBER MEETING MORE FORMALLY MAKING THE DONATION AND. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE ON WHATEVER FORMAL CONTRACTS NECESSARY FOR THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER TO, UM PROPERLY MANAGE IT JUST BECAUSE AT THIS HEARING. IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT NOTICE, ETCETERA. THE REASON IT'S OK TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT IS BECAUSE WE'RE IN SUCH A TIME CRUNCH BECAUSE THEY NEED OUR AUTHORITY RIGHT AWAY SO THEY CAN START WRITING ON OUR BEHALF BECAUSE THE BRIEF IS DUE IN NOVEMBER, AND IF WE WAITED UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 9TH MEETING TO DO
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IT, IT WOULDN'T GIVE THEM SUFFICIENT TIME TO FINISH. SO IF , IN FACT THE BOARD IS INCLINED TO GRANT THE MOTION, WE WOULD BE BRINGING BACK A FORMAL HEARING MY VOTE TO JUST TO COMPLY WITH YOUR COMMENTS. I WANTED TO ALSO ASK IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNTY COMMISSION AS WELL TO POTENTIALLY JOIN IN, AT LEAST WITH A LETTER, YOU KNOW. SHOWING A WE'RE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION. WOULD YOU ALL BE WILLING TO ALSO JOIN? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS SOME WHEN I TALKED TO LISA, SHE WAS NOT SHERIFF. THE COUNTY WOULD BE INTERESTED AT LEAST HEY, FOLLOW OUR LEAD, POTENTIALLY AND JOINING IN WITH ASKING HOW MUCH YOU CAN DO A LETTER TO THE COUNTY AND ASKED THEM TO, UH, TO CONSIDER IT SO I CAN HAVE A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO IS ADDRESS THAT FIRST AND THEN ADDRESSED THE LETTER TO THE COUNTY AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO ALL OF US THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO ACCIDENT THAT SUGAR WAITED UNTIL 2021 TO CHALLENGE LORDS AWAITED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING INTO LOS. UM SO THIS IS POSTURING AND PREPARATION TO GO. YOU KNOW, TO WAR OVER LOS. UM, AND THIS IS SORT OF THEIR LAST CHANCE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO US GOING IN THIS DIRECTION IS VERY MUCH GOING TO BE PROTECTING THE INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS. AS THEY'RE INEVITABLY WILL BE A CHALLENGE OVER LOS. UM AS WELL, I'M SURE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING WILLING TO GO THIS ROUTE. YES MARRIED. COMMISSIONER COLLINS. YES, BRUNER MAYOR BRUNER MAYOR MCDONALD CLARK, COMMISSIONER RICH YES. ALL RIGHT . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION REGARDING A LETTER? I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE US SEND A LETTER OVER TO E COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. UM. MAYBE DONE AS WELL. DONALDSON ENCOURAGING THEM TO FOLLOW OUR LEAD ON A SHORT TIME CRUNCH TO DO THE SAME WITH CONTACTING LISA BEING A PART OF THE SAME AS BRIEF AS WELL AND THEIR END. OKAY DO WE HAVE A 2ND 2ND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLLEGE SECONDED BY BY SMEAR BRUNER HER ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION. FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE. MOTION PASSES. AND UH, I'M GONNA BE AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION TOMORROW, BUT I DOUBT WE'LL HAVE THE LETTER BY NINE O'CLOCK. SO WHEN I GET THERE, MIKE IS REALLY[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]
FAST AND TAPING LI LI CAN DO ANYTHING. WE CAN DO ANYTHING. OKAY THE OTHER COMMENT I HAD TONIGHT IS I WAS SPEAKING WITH A GENTLEMAN THAT WORKED AT A LOCAL STORE HERE OVER THE WEEKEND. AND HE TOLD ME HE MOVED TO STEWART AND THE I GUESS EARLY TO MID SEVENTIES AND, UM HIS CONCERN THAT HE HAD THAT HE WANTED TO BRING TO MY ATTENTION WAS, UH, HE MAY HAVE TO LEAVE BECAUSE IT'S GETTING TOO EXPENSIVE TO LIVE HERE BETWEEN INSURANCE COST TAXES. UM UH, PROPERTY COST OF OWNERSHIP AND I AND I THOUGHT I WAS REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND HERE'S SOMEONE THAT'S MADE HIS WHOLE CAREER HERE. HE'S WORKING. HE'S IN HIS LATE SEVENTIES, WORKING AT A STORE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AND HOW SAD THAT IS THAT THAT'S THE WHERE WE'VE COME TO, AND IT REALLY MADE ME THINK ABOUT WHAT WHAT I COULD DO BETTER WHAT WE COULD DO BETTER AS OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT, BUT I'M GONNA BE GIVING IT A LOT OF THOUGHT. BECAUSE I JUST THINK THAT IT IS A IT'S SAD TO THINK SOMEONE'S MADE LIVE THEIR HERE THEIR WHOLE LIFE. AND MAY NOT LEAVE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LEAVE. NOT BECAUSE THERE'S A GREENER PASTURE, BUT BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY'RE BEING PUSHED OUT AND SO AND, UH AND I'M STRUGGLING WITH IT. SO ANYWAYS, I'M EVEN GIVEN THAT A LOT OF THOUGHT. UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOTHING WE'RE DOING. THIS IS A MUCH LARGER ISSUE. WELL IT'S I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S MAYBE NOT SOMETHING WE'RE DOING, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY A PIECE OF THE PIE SO YOU KNOW THE EQUATION SO, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE JUST GIVING SOME THOUGHT TO. SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS.UM ICEMAN BRUNER, WHY DON'T YOU GO SECOND TODAY? I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. BUT UM IT JUST DON'T SEEM TO FEEL IT'S GONNA GET ANY BETTER. UM THESE I'VE BEEN AROUND MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE. EVEN TO RENT A ROOM. THEY'RE CHARGING $850. IT'S JUST CRAZY AND MORE AND MORE AND AS THAT GOES UP, PEOPLE ARE THINKING WELL, HE'S DOING IT. THEY'RE DOING IT. EVERYBODY'S DOING IT SO EVERYONE'S GOING UP AND THEY REALLY DON'T NEED TO AND IT'S CAUSING IT TO JUST JUST SO SKY HIGH. UM OBVIOUSLY GLAD THAT IT STOPS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE THEY LITERALLY ARE WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN SLEEPING IN CARS BEGGING SOMEONE TO STAY WITH.
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THEY HAVE WHEREVER THEY CAN GO. IT'S I WISH YOU HADN'T BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE IT IT'S JUST WHEN I COULD GO ON ALL DAY THAT WE I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER EITHER ACCEPT IT. MAYBE TAKE SOMEONE IN AND MAYBE THEY CAN HELP. YOU MR CLARK. HI. THANK YOU. THIS WAS THAT MY 15. BUT I'LL START WITH THAT SINCE YOU AND, UM IMPROVISED BROUGHT IT UP. WELL YOU KNOW, WE'VE MR CAMPION BROUGHT UP THIS, UM, HOUSING SYMPOSIUM AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. WE JUST HAD A JOINT MEETING LAST WEEK, BUT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT. MAYBE WE SHOULD TRY TO FOLLOW UP AGAIN AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON POLICIES AND WE HAVE TRIED SOME THINGS IN THE CITY OF STEWART IN TERMS OF ZONING CODE HIM AND LAND CODE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO DEAL WITH THE BUILDING AND REDEVELOPMENT ISSUES, BUT MAYBE WE CAN TRY TO SEE BY THE NEXT SPRING IF WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER HAVE A REAL SUMMIT OR SOMETHING WITH COMMISSIONER CAMPUS. SO SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO BE OVER THERE ON AH! CHOOSE TOMORROW. YOU CAN TALK TO THEM A LITTLE BIT, SO I'LL START WITH WHAT MY FIRST COMMENT WAS GOING TO BE. SO I WEAR MY PURPLE TODAY. FOR, UM ADVOCATING FOR AND HELPING FOR THOSE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. OCTOBER IS ALSO PINK FOR PERSONS WHO ARE UNDERGOING BREAST CANCER ISSUES. AND SO I JUST WANT TO COMMUNITY THINK OF THAT, AND TO HELP THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP OTHERS WHO HAVE HAVE THESE ISSUES. SECOND THING IS, UH, THE HOME, UM, SUGAR WATER ISSUE, AND I JUST WANT TO, UM, BRING THIS UP THAT I AM GOING TO GO ON THE ONE OF THE U. S. U. S SUGAR DOES PROVIDE PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT THERE AND SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO. I GREW UP IN THE BELLE GLADE ERA, BUT I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE SUGAR, PROPERTY AND OTHER THINGS IN IN ALL 40 SOMETHING YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THAT AREA, SO I WOULD, UM, JUST SO THAT SOMEBODY DOESN'T SAY WELL, COMMISSIONER CLARK WAS OUT THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO CITY IS GOING TO DO THIS AND THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM GOING TO GO ON. OCTOBER 27TH WITH A GROUP OF CITIZENS IF I NEED TO PAY FOR MY TRANSPORTATION ON MY LUNCH OR WHATEVER IT IS, I'LL DO IT AND FOLLOW WHATEVER PROTOCOL BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M GONNA BE GOING ON THE SUGAR CANE TOUR OF THEIR, UH CLOSED AND CLOSED AREA. UM. SPEAKING OF NONPROFIT GROUPS, WE HAVE THIS INVITATION HERE FOR NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY HARBORING AND I'VE GONE PREVIOUS YEARS. AND I'M NOT. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UM, CLERK OR THE CITY MANAGER REMEMBERS THAT POLICY IF WE PAY FOR OUR OWN TICKET OR THE CITY GETS A TABLE, OR UM OR THE CITY PAYS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S GOING? I'M NOT SURE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP, AND MAYBE MIKE CAN LOOK AT IT AND THINK ABOUT IT. I THINK IN THE YEARS PAST, CITY HAS PAID FOR A TABLE OR PAID FOR SOME PEOPLE TO GO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION AND SUPPORT THESE GROUPS THAT REALLY MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY THE PLACE THAT IT IS. UM. I WANTED TO BRING UP ITEM NUMBER. I DIDN'T NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS OUR ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER ON TODAY IN OUR CR A MEDIAN, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM PROUD OF WHAT I DO UP HERE AS A CITY COMMISSIONER AND THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT THE WAY THAT STAFF LOOKS AT ITEMS AND PREPARES AND PRESENTS THEM TO US, AND I WANTED TO GIVE FINAL AND THE C R A AND THEIR CONSULTANTS WHO THEY WORK WITH FROM TIME TO TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THIS ITEM YET, JUST THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT IT UP IN SEVERAL COMMITTEES, AND IT HAS BECOME UP TO US TODAY AT THE JOINT MEDIA IS COMING NOW TO THIS TO THE CITY COMMISSION. AND RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT. BUT TREES ARE SO IMPORTANT TO OUR LIVES TO OUR COMMUNITY TO OUR GLOBAL HEALTH, AND IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY OF STEWART IS DOING OUR LITTLE PIECE TOWARDS THAT, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT OUR STAFF DOES WHEN WE GIVE THEM A TASK AND THEY WORK TOWARDS IT AND TRIES TO BRING BACK SOMETHING TO US. THAT WILL HELP US TO FORMULATE POLICIES THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I WANTED TO THANK JERRY GORE. MAYBE IT'S NOT JERRY GORE BECAUSE I'M SO USED TO CALLING HIS NAME, BUT THE A C P. I THINK THEY HAD A RUN EVENT FOR BRISKIN[00:20:06]
, SIR AND OTHER THINGS THAT GLORIA MCCARTY A MEMORIAL 10-K 5 K RUN AND THAT WAS COMMUNITY UNITY. I SAW REVEREND BRO CIOUS THERE. UM UH, ALL DRESSED UP, AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT FOR COMMUNITY AND A TIME TO REALLY, UM FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. HERE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COLLEGE. YES JUST JUST SORT OF FOLLOW UP TO THE POINT THAT YOU MADE, UH WITH REGARD TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. LET US NOT FORGET THAT THE CITY DID APPROVE. 3000 YEARS, BRINGING AFFORDABLE HOUSING HIMSELF, BRINGING UP SOME BIGGER THAN THAT, CAMPESE WHATEVER 3000 UNITS IN FOUR YEARS GO, HAROLD AND THE LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW, HAS MADE A WAY FOR 40% MORE APARTMENTS TO BE INCLUDED, UM. THE CITY HAS DONE ITS PART. AND WHEN YOU GO MEET WITH ED, IF YOU DO DOWN TO PUT THEM IN PALM CITY. NEVER HAPPENED. JUST BUY THE LAND. RIGHT? SO WE HAVE DONE OUR PART, PLEASE. JESUS STOPPED WITH THE APARTMENTS. THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENT, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT. I WASN'T BRINGING UP AFFORDABLE HOUSING THIS PERSON. ACTUALLY HE WAS HOUSING SECURITY WAS INSURANCE, INFLATION, EVERYTHING BIGGER.MACRO YEAH. THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE VERY BIG, BUT BUT IT TUGGED AT MY HEART AND I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A POINT. SO HOUSING IS OBVIOUSLY FOR SOME PEOPLE IS AN EQUATION TO IT. BUT MY POINT WASN'T HOUSING PER SE. JUST WHENEVER THESE FORMS HAPPEN, IT'S YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE CONVERT? CITY PROPERTY INTO APARTMENTS. HOW DO WE FIND THESE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO MORE APARTMENTS? MORE DENSITY? MORE HEIGHT AND PLEASE? YOU KNOW ENOUGH. THIS IS MY POINT.
CAMPBELL. AS I INDICATED I ATTENDED THE TWO DAY CONFERENCE UP IN ROCKLEDGE. SPONSORED BY OUR OWN JIM MOYER, THE MARINE RESOURCES COUNCIL, LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT AND GREEN STORM ON OUR INITIATIVE. AND OBVIOUSLY, OVER TWO DAYS WITH THAT MANY PHDS AND ONE SPACE THERE ARE MANY TOPICS COVERED, BUT ONE WAS EVERYBODY SHARED A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN ABOUT THEY WEREN'T THRILLED ABOUT IT. BUT FOLLOWING UP TO WHAT CAME OUT OF THE FLORIDA LEGACE CITIES, UTILITIES AND NATURAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE. NUMBER ONE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY IS GETTING THIS STORM WATER RULE PASSED. I DON'T KNOW IF MR PERRY IS FAMILIAR WITH IT. NO ONE'S THRILLED ABOUT IT. IS IT SUFFICIENT? NO BUT IT'S ADEQUATE AND IT NEEDS TO GET PAST INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH. YES THERE IS NO SPONSOR AND THE LEGISLATORS. NAME WHO CAME UP WAS OUR OWN MR TOBY OBERDORF. SO . NUMBER OF PEOPLE I THINK ARE GOING TO SPEAK TO HIM REGARDING THAT THERE WAS A GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM MAR MARTIN COUNTY, AND THEY CERTAINLY SHARE HER. UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT THIS RULE GET PAST THE POINT. EVERYBODY AGREES ON THAT. THE CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE AS WE GO FROM A PROJECTED. MODEL THAT'S BASED ON PROJECTING PROJECTIONS TO ONE THAT RELIES ON MONITORING. UM. AND MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM AND UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESS IT GETTING THAT DONE. SO PERHAPS AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN GET A WILL OF THE COMMISSION, MR MARTEL. SHARE THAT WITH OUR LEGISLATORS. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH MIKE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS
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BY THE MANAGER? UM YES, WE JUST FINISHED. COUPLE UM, FIRST I WENT TO THE SPOOKTACULAR THIS WEEKEND AND I WANT TO SAY TO ANYBODY THAT DIDN'T GO. YOU MISSED IT. IT WAS GREAT.MEMORIAL PARK WAS PACKED AND WHEN I SAY PACKED, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO END AT EIGHT AND IT WAS FILLED TO THE BRIM AT 8 39 O'CLOCK. I MEAN, KIDS AND PARENTS EVERYWHERE DRESSED UP AS EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE, AND OUR OWN COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT PUT ON A HAUNTED HOUSE. AND IT WAS HAUNTED AND IT WAS SCARY AND LIKE IT LOOKED LIKE A CHILLING EFFECT LIKE THE KIDS THAT WERE PLAYING IN IT. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT NEEDED MENTAL HELP.
AFTERWARDS IT WAS SOMETHING BUT IT REALLY WAS A GREAT TIME. ON TOP OF THAT. THE POLICE CHIEF,
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AND I ON FRIDAY WENT TO A UNITED WAY. UH, EVENT. AT WHICH TIME THE POLICE CHIEF WAS THE RECIPIENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF STEWART. FOR THE TOP 10 MOST GENEROUS WORKPLACES. AND THE BLACK WE RECEIVED THE CITY OF STEWART AND ITS STAFF ARE HEREBY NAMED THE TOP 10 MOST GENEROUS WORKPLACE FOR THEIR PHILANTHROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS TWO AND THREE UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY DURING THE 2022 2023. HERE. UM SO IT WAS A NICE AWARD TO RECEIVE ON BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT DEDICATE THEIR WILLING MONEY INTO THE THANKS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT WAS MY INTENTION TO TALK ABOUT THE EVERGLADES ISSUE, BUT THAT IS SEEMS TO BE HANDLED. AND I WILL ALSO ADDRESS AS COMMISSIONER RICH REQUESTED SOMETHING ON OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM AS IT RELATES[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
TO THE STORMWATER MATTER. OKAY CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? THE AGENDA APPROVAL OF THE AGENDAS PUBLISHED HERE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO IMPROVE THE AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDED BY. I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER COLLINS ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES,[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Non-Agenda Related) (3 Minutes Max.)]
OKAY? CHEMISTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR NON ATTENDED ITEMS. MARK PERRY. GOOD OKAY. JANINE ALEXANDER. I TRULY APPRECIATE HAVING A BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR OUT IN THE HALLWAY. I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY RUN STRIP. UH, SOME EXTRAS. TED, I KNEW WHEN TO PULL PEOPLE OFF. THE NIGHT OF THE EVENTS THAT I MENTIONED IN THE OTHER MEETING, FEBRUARY 27 2018 WHEN I WAS MET IN THE PARKING LOT BY OFFICERS OF OH, I WAS ALSO MET WITH AN AMBULANCE. AND WHEN THEY TOOK MY BLOOD PRESSURE'S AND REGISTER MY PULSE, THEY SAID. WE NEED TO GIVE YOU SOME ADVANCE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS AT THE TIME. IT'S A SEDATIVE DRUG BENZODIAZEPINE. CAN BE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. BUT THEY KNEW I WAS AT RISK. I WAS AT RISK BECAUSE I WAS IN FULL BLOWN PANIC ATTACK BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ATTACKED BY DENNIS CALLOUS AND JOYCE O'CONNELL. AND WHEN THE OFFICER AND I TOLD HIM WHERE THEY WERE, THAT'S ALL I COULD GET OUT. MY AIRWAY WAS CLINCHED SHUT. I ENDED UP AT THE ER AND THE MEDICAL REPORTS WOULD VERIFY.PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ABUSED. YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FAILED TO GET THAT INFORMATION. THEY FAILED TO GET THE PICTURES OF MINE. BATTERED BODY. BROKEN FINGER. ARM BRUISED FROM MY ELBOW DOWN. AND WHEN I WENT TO REPORT TO THEM ON MARCH, 11TH HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET MY STATEMENT. NOON MARCH 11TH AT 10 30 THAT NIGHT I WAS ARRESTED UNDER THE PRETEXT A BATTERY AND AN ELDER I WAS NOT THE PRIMARY AGGRESSOR. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. I'M GOING TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN MY CLEMENCY HEARING, TOO, AND I HAVE ASKED MR MARTEL TO SUPPORT ME WITH THE DOCUMENTATION THAT I AM ENTITLED TO. PAYMENT FREE. THE CLERK. THE CLERK CLERK OF COURT TODAY GAVE ME A PACKET OF INFORMATION I REQUESTED FOR YOUR CHARGE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT CLEMENCY SAID. I'M ENTITLED TO LET ME TAKE THIS A STEP FURTHER. BODY WORN CAMERAS THAT WERE TAKEN UPON MY ARREST RIDING IN THESE ENVELOPES, AND I HAVE DUPLICATE COPIES OF THEM. BUT WHEN I ASKED FOR THEM, THEY NO LONGER EXIST. THAT'S CALLED DESTROYING EVIDENCE. YOUR OFFICERS WEAR BODY WORN CAMERAS FOR A REASON. IT'S NOT JUST TO PROTECT THEM. IT'S TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS AGAINST LIES THE SEAT ABUSE BEING TAKEN TO THE PAVEMENT AND PISSING THEMSELVES. APRIL 13TH.
ANOTHER CHARGE WITH BROUGHT AGAINST ME FOR A 911 MISUSE WHEN I CALLED BECAUSE OFFICER GERWIN, WHO CAME IN HERE EARLIER AND VOTE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE DOMESTIC SITUATION DIDN'T WRITE ANY NOTES. I COULDN'T FATHOM THEY'D REMEMBERED EVERYTHING THAT WAS. MY DOMESTIC PARTNER THAT NIGHT. BIGGEST MISTAKE I MADE I SEPARATED FROM HIM, AND THIS OFTEN HAPPENS IN DOMESTIC ABUSE. I'D SEPARATED FROM HIM ONCE AND THEN I FELT SORRY FOR HIM AND MOVED HIM BACK INTO MY COMMUNITY. HMM. I DON'T DATE ANYMORE. I'VE BEEN THROUGH YEARS OF PTSD. RECOVERY. I CAN'T TELL YOU THE DAMAGES. THAT THIS CAUSED IN MY LIFE. THE BIGGEST ONE IS SEPARATION FROM MY OWN CHILDREN. LOST TRUST IN A LOT OF THAT RAISED HIM. MY DAUGHTER SERVES OUR COUNTRY AIR FORCE PERIOD JUMPERS, IS A PSYCHOLOGIST. SHE DEALS WITH PTSD. THANK YOU. IT'S TOO BAD
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SHE'S HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT WITH HER OWN COPY. YOU'RE NEXT. MIKE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE AVAILABLE. CAN WE GIVE HER WHATEVER SHE'S ASKING FOR? WE'VE OFFERED TO GIVE HER ALL OF THE EMAILS TODAY. TODAY SHE WANTS A COPY OF A SEVEN MINUTE VIDEO AND WE DON'T HAVE IT AND SHE WANTS UH, CHEST CAMERAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE. AND I'M SAYING I HAVE THEM FOR IT, AND I CAN'T SAY NO, BECAUSE THEN SHE'LL CLAIM THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING IT TO HER. SO IF SHE WANTS US TO SEARCH FOR SOMETHING SHE KNOWS WE DON'T HAVE. I HAVE TO PAY THE STAFF TO SEARCH FOR IT AS IT RELATES TO THE PRIOR EMAILS AND RECORDS. WE'VE OFFERED TO GIVE THE TOUR IN THE PAST. WE WAIT, BUT HE SENT ME AN INVOICE FOR $480. CAN WE WAIVE THE FEE? IN THIS PARTICULAR SENSE IF THERE IS A $400 FEE, JUST SO THAT IT CAN BE SEARCHED FOR AND BE HOW MANY HOURS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEARCH TO LAST FOUR? BECAUSE WE WON'T FIND IT. IT DOESN'T EXIST. WE SHEEP MISS ALEXANDER KNOWS IT DOESN'T EXIST. NOW THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING OF ASKING, MA'AM. OKAY SO SORRY. HE'S GIVEN US A LONG LIST. IT'S A MOVING TARGET. SHE'S ASKED US FOR FINGERPRINTS FROM WHEN SHE WAS AT THE APARTMENT, KNOWING THAT THE OFFICERS DIDN'T TAKE FINGERPRINTS. EXACTLY MY HEAD NO CONTEST AND SIGNED A PLEA AGREEMENT AND WENT THROUGH COURT AND IT'S COMPLETELY OVER WITH.AND SO WE DIDN'T MAINTAIN ANY OF THE RECORDS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T THE CHARGING THE STATE ATTORNEY CHARGES. WE WEREN'T THE SENTENCING THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, SO WE HAVE A 55 2ND VIDEO THAT WE HAD. WE'VE OFFERED TO GIVE THAT BACK TO HER. IF SHE WANTS ANOTHER COPY OF IT. WE'RE HAPPY TO KNOW I HAVEN'T VIDEO. WE'VE NEVER HAD IT. NEVER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GO AFTER IT. WE WERE TOLD IT EXISTED. I'M SORRY. I'M THROUGH. SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I'M HAPPY TO DIRECT STAFF TO SEARCH AS MANY HOURS AS YOU GUYS WANT US TO SEARCH FOR THE SEVEN MINUTE VIDEO. I TOLD HER WE WOULD DO 30 HOURS OF SEARCHING FOR THE SEVEN MINUTE VIDEO. IF SHE PAID US $480, WHICH WAS $16 AN HOUR. TIMES. THE 30 HOURS. THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS, IS THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IF THE CLERK'S OFFICE SAYS I'M SORRY I DIDN'T FIND IT. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HAVE IT AND WE'RE NOT SHARING IT. AND IF IT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LOOK LONG ENOUGH THAT IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH, AND THE EFFECT OF IT IS WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE IT.
WE KNOW THAT WHEN MR GALLUS ALREADY LOOKED FOR IT, IT'S WELL. MR DALLAS CALLED THE POLICE POLICE CAME TO HIM. HE HAD IT ON HIS PHONE. HE SHOWED IT TO THE OFFICER. THEY TRIED TO EMAIL IT. EMAIL DIDN'T GO BECAUSE IT WAS TOO BIG. SO HE CUT IT DOWN TO JUST 55 SECONDS.
HE SENT THAT TO HER. NO DISCOVERY WAS EXCHANGED IN THE IN THE CRIMINAL CASE. SHE PLED.
NO CONTEST TO THE CHARGES WENT IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE AND WAIVED THE RIGHT TO ALL OF THE EVIDENCE AND ALL THE DISCOVERY AND ALL THE STUFF. AND SO THE CASE WENT AWAY. THEN, A YEAR LATER. SHE SUED THE CITY. SHE ALSO SUED MR GALLUS. I DIDN'T ASK HIM FOR THE SEVEN MINUTE VIDEO IN THE LAWSUIT AGAINST HIM AND OR DIDN'T GET IT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT HAPPENED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT. I CAN TELL YOU AGAIN. WE CAN LOOK AS MUCH AS WE WANT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT DO WE DO TO GET IT? I'M HAPPY WE'VE GIVEN. WE'VE WE'VE PRODUCED. MR MAYOR. SHOULD WE BE LITIGATING THIS FROM THE DAYS MR MARTIN MARTOS, ANSWERING A QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THE BACKSTORY . OKAY THANK YOU. MR COFFEE. YOU'RE NEXT. AND DID YOU YOU WERE THANK YOU. YOU. YOU DID GIVE SOMETHING TODAY OR NOT. UM, I PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION THAT SHE ASKED FOR TODAY, BUT SHE'S ALSO BEEN NOTIFIED OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED AND THERE'S QUESTIONS ON A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, BUT WE'VE 30 MINUTES, THREE MINUTES. PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST COFFEE WEST PALM BEACH BEFORE THE GENTLEMAN, MR MAYOR, COULD YOU JUST REMIND THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT IF THEY WISH TO SPEAK TO ANY OTHER CITY COMMISSIONERS PRIVATELY, THEY CERTAINLY CAN MAKE THAT REQUEST, AND WE'D PROBABLY BE HAPPY. I THINK YOU JUST DID SO GO AHEAD. ALRIGHT I'M I AM KIM COFFEE. I KNOWN JANINE ALEXANDER FOR 11 YEARS. GOD PUT HER IN MY PATH, AND I'VE BEEN A I'VE BEEN TO MY BEST TO BE A GOOD FRIEND AND HELP. WE'RE HERE FOR THE I CAME TO HELP WITH THE CLEMENCY SHE COULD REGAIN HER RIGHTS AND YOU KNOW SHE IN ALL THIS, SHE LOST HER ABILITY TO TEACH BECAUSE OF A FIVE MINUTES SITUATION WHERE AN OLDER WOMAN PUSHED HER OUT THE FRONT DOOR IF YOU EVER SAW THE VIDEO NO. WE ALSO SAW THE POLICE COME TO HER APARTMENT AT 11 30 ON A NIGHT WITH FOUR.
TOTALLY, UM. ARMED LONG GONE MILITARY OUTFITS SWEARING THEY'RE GOING TO KNOCK DOWN HER
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DOOR AND THEY DID NOT HAVE A THEY DID NOT HAVE A AWARD. YOU KNOW, I'M GOOD, I THINK AND TRY TO BE A GOOD AMERICAN, AND I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THE POLICE BEHAVED LIKE THAT. ESPECIALLY IN OUR COUNTRY. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE IT HAPPENING OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IN A WAY TO GET THROUGH REAL QUICK IS THAT GAL IS CALLED I CALLED GALLUS. WHAT JEAN WAS IN THE HOT IT WAS IN THE IN PRISON, AND I CALLED HIM TO SAY LIGHTEN UP ON JANINE. YOU OFFERED TO MARRY HER JUST A WEEK BEFORE ALL THIS HAPPENED, AND NOW YOU'RE COMING DOWN AND BROUGHT ALL THIS AGAINST HER, AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD PLANNED TO PUT HER IN JAIL AND KEEP HER IN JAIL AS LONG AS HE COULD. THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME. GENTLEMEN LADIES, YOU GUYS HAVE A TOUGH JOB AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. AND AFTER SITTING HERE AND SEEING ALL YOUR CITY FUNCTIONS. IT'S JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EVENING FROM YOUR CITY. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CITY. THANK YOU, JERRY GORE.THANK YOU, JERRY. WELCOME. THANK YOU. JARED OR 14, LIKE THREE HAVE OBSERVATION MORE THAN ANYTHING. I WAS IN CALIFORNIA ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. AND I STOPPED BY THE DOLLAR STORE AND I GOT SOME WATER AND I GOT SOME GATOR EGGS. WHEN I GOT HOME AND CHECK MY RECEIPT, THEY CHARGED ME FOR EVERY BOTTLE. DEPOSIT FASTENING DEPOSIT ON EVERY PLASTIC BOTTLE THAT I BOUGHT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT FEEL GOOD. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD IMPLEMENT THAT HERE IN THE CITY, BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT LAST TIME I WAS HERE. YOU SAID THAT WE WEREN'T DOING IT RIGHT. AND I THINK WE COULD BE EDUCATED. I KNOW WHEN THEY TAKE MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET, YOU GET EDUCATED QUICK, AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU WHEN YOU RETURN THEM. THEY WILL GIVE YOU A SLIP AND YOU CAN REDEEM THAT. BECAUSE WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE REMOVED THEM TRASH PILES. AND WE HAVE A RECYCLED BENDER GO TO WALTER. NOW TO PUT OUR COURT BOARD IN. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO GEORGIA AVENUE YOU HAD TO PUT ELECTRONIC IN, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT I BELIEVE WE CAN GET EDUCATED ON THAT STUFF. AND ALSO JIMMY SMITH . YOU KNOW HE'S OVER THE TCP, BUT I'M SOMEWHERE IN THERE ALL THE TIME. I'M TRYING TO STAY OUT OF THE LIVE NIGHT. JUST ANY BACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY THAT WAS ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE ONE MORE HAVE ONE MORE. IT'S HEALTHY. A WILY OH, OKAY. I DON'T HAVE THE CARD. I'M SORRY. WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON, AL FIA. WHAT I DID COME TO SAY IS TO TELL YOU ALL. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I GUESS YOU ALL FORGOT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHT. SO I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE VERY INTIMATE, INSTRUMENTAL, AND, UM, HELPING ME AND HE PUT THAT TOGETHER AND IT WENT VERY, VERY WELL GOT A LOT OF GREAT RESPONSE FOR THAT, AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY ENJOYED IT. AND ALSO, UM, AS SOON AS YOU REALLY WANT TO GET ON THAT NOTE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE OR HOUSING ISSUE. UM PLEASE. PLEASE. LET'S DO SOMETHING. LET'S DO SOMETHING BECAUSE THERE'S MORE HOUSING GOING UP AND THERE ARE JOBS HERE. AND WHERE ARE THE YOU HAD ONE PERSON COME TO YOU, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY MORE THAT ARE DEALING WITH BEING HOMELESS AND I THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. SO PLEASE, LET'S DO SOMETHING, OKAY? YES, MA'AM. IS YOUR PHONE NUMBER ON THIS? A PROBLEM IF IT'S NOT LIKE THAT PHONE NUMBER, OKAY, SEVENTH NUMBER TWO. VERY EASY TO GET A HOLD OF. YEAH CAN'T LEAVE IT. GIVE IT TO YOU BACK, OKAY, BUT I REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. OKAY I APPRECIATE IT THERE. OKAY THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, CHIEF. YEAH PARTNERS. YOUR NAME YOUR NAME? I AM NOT HERE TO DISCUSS PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, BUT I AM HERE TO GIVE YOU A UPDATE OF AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENS WEEKEND. UNFORTUNATELY, MARIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD A MISSING PERSON. THAT WAS REPORTED THEM ON FRIDAY. SUNDAY.
THE BODY WAS FOUND IN THE CITY OF STEWART BEHIND WALMART. UM, IT WAS DEEMED A HOMICIDE. THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BEING IT WAS THEIR INITIAL CALL OF THE MISSING PERSON. ALONG WITH THIS TO POLICE DEPARTMENT DETECTIVES. UM WORKED THE CASE. AND WITHIN ABOUT 12 HOURS. TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED FOR THE HOMICIDE OF THIS VICTIM. SO JUST INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY SEE IT LATER ON THE NEWS. BUT TO ARREST WARMING. VERY ISOLATED INCIDENT.
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ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED. UM JUST UNFORTUNATE. JUST GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION. I SAW IT ON POPPED UP ON T. C. PALMER JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO OVER AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TELL EVERYBODY WE THANK THEM. SO CAN WE HAVE? YES.THANK YOU FOR CLOSING THAT CASE SO QUICK AND WE'LL TAKE ALL THE CREDIT FOR IT. EVEN IF THE
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SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DID IT, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY A JOINT EFFORT. UM CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ? OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR BRUDER ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SAYING NONE MARRIED TO CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES MCDONALD. YES, COLLINS. MR COLLINS? YES OR NO? YES UM, VICE MAYOR BRUNER. YES MR RICH? YES ALRIGHT. MOVING ON TO COMMISSION[4. AUTHORIZATION TO ALLOW ASHLEY CAPITAL TO ACCESS THE OLD LANDFILL TO EVALUATE PROPERTY (RC): RESOLUTION No. 107-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING CITY STAFF TO ENTER INTO A DUE DILIGENCE INVESTIGATION RELATED TO CONVERTING THE OLD CITY LANDFILL PROPERTY INTO A BROWNFIELD REUSE PROJECT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
ACTION ITEM NUMBER FOUR AUTHORIZATION TO ALLOW ASHLEY CAPITAL TO ACCESS THE OLD LANDFILL AND EVALUATE THE PROPERTY. HE WOULD YOU READ THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION, PLEASE? OF COURSE. RESOLUTION NUMBER 107-2023. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING CITY STAFF TO ENTER INTO A DUE DILIGENCE INVESTIGATION. RELATED TO CONVERTING THE OLD CITY LANDFILL PROPERTY INTO A BROWNFIELD REUSE PROJECT.PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES ARE YOU GONNA SO UM BRIEFLY, THE COMMISSION IS AWARE THAT THE CITY ENTERED INTO A LENGTHY CONTRACT WITH A PRIOR ENTITY THAT HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN UM, TRYING TO DO A BROWNFIELD CONVERSION, BROWNFIELD CONVERSION AS WELL.
IN THIS INSTANCE. ACTUALLY CAPITAL HAS HAS ANNOUNCED SENT US AN UNSOLICITED OFFER AND ESSENTIALLY SAID, HEY, WE DON'T. WE'RE NOT WORRIED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TRY AND SELL IT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH US. WE DON'T NEED TO LOCK YOUR PROPERTY UP FOR A YEAR LONG DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD. WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE FORMALITY OF THAT. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE YOU GRANT US ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY AND LET US DO SOME INVESTIGATION ON THE SITE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S FEASIBLE FOR US TO MAKE YOU A FAIR MARKET VALUE OFFER. FOR US TO PURSUE THE CONVERSION OF A BROWNFIELD SITE AND THEN ULTIMATELY USE THE SITE FOR, UM. WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A, UH SMALL SCALE LOW IMPACT INDUSTRIAL USE. THEY'RE SEEKING ESSENTIALLY 38.5 ACRES AND 11 ACRES. UH FOR APPROXIMATELY 49.5 ACRES OF THE SITE. ASHLEY CAPITAL, UM, IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES. AND IT HAS PURSUED AND ACCOMPLISHED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UM BROWNFIELD CONVERSIONS. THE PURPOSE FOR THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT TO SELL, LEASE OR PURCHASE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT WOULD JUST BE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF STEWART TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ASHLEY CAPITAL TO ALLOW THEM. TO GO OUT ON SITE AND TO PERFORM. SOME TESTING AT THEIR EXPENSE TO DETERMINE IF IT'S PLAUSIBLE, IF FEASIBLE TO PURSUE IT. THEY'VE ALSO AGREED THAT, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT WE ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT THAT THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY RESTORE THE SITES AND THE CONDITION IT WAS IN BEFORE THEY STARTED. THE ISSUE HERE, AND IT ALWAYS WAS. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY GO OUT THERE AND DIG UP THE SITE AND THEY FIND PCBS ON THE SITE OR SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREMELY BAD AND CAN'T BE CLEANED UP? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHATEVER IT IS, IS OUT THERE. SO THE QUESTION OF THEM FINDING IT OR NOT, IS A QUESTION YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELVES. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THEM. GIVE US THE REPORT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GIVE US ANY INFORMATION. THEY COULD SIMPLY DO THEIR INVESTIGATION AND LEAVE AND IF THEY DON'T FIND IF THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT FEASIBLE, THEY DON'T MAKE AN OFFER TO US OR YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST SAY NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYBODY GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AROUND AT ALL. UM MY THOUGHT ON IT WAS YOU KNOW? THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND DO A BACK WORK, BACKROOM DEAL WITH SOMEBODY ELSE AND GET ITSELF FOR A DOLLAR MORE TO SOMEBODY ELSE OTHER THAN THEM BEHIND THEIR BACK. THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT LOCKING THE PROPERTY UP. THEY SIMPLY WANTED TO UM, EVALUATE THE PROPERTY TO SEE IF, IN FACT IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FROM A STANDPOINT OF OUR COMP PLAN. THE FACT THAT WE
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VIRTUALLY HAVE NO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LEFT IN THE CITY. IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CONVERT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW. WHAT YOU KNOW WHETHER THE SITE IS SUITABLE FOR THAT OR NOT. UM I HAD SPOKEN WITH MR DIESS OR NOT, MR DAVIS, MR PETERS. UM BRIEFLY ABOUT PURSUING SOME OTHER USES FOR THE, UH LANDFILL AS WELL. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WE COULD RUN THEM CONCURRENTLY WITH THIS AND EVALUATE ANY USES FOR THE LANDFILL ALL THE SAME TIME. AND UM THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH DOWNSIDE TO LETTING THEM DO THE INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE BRINGING ANYTHING ON SITE. WHATEVER IT IS, THEY FIND IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY THERE, YOU KNOW, SO IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF LEARNING WHAT'S THERE AND IF, IN FACT IT TURNS OUT THAT THEY FIND IT FEASIBLE TO CONVERT IT AND THEY CAN MAKE THIS PROPERTY ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL. TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT NEWS AND WE COULD GET YOU KNOW SOME KIND OF NO FURTHER ACTION LETTER FROM THE D P. THAT WOULD BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT IT'S REALLY THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD. I AGREE WITH MY GETS A TO ME. THIS IS A SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO. THE SITE IS THERE WE KNOW. IT WAS A LANDFILL SO WE CAN MAKE CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT IT. AND ASHLEY CAPITAL I'VE MET THEY BETTER.THEY MADE A COUPLE OF LARGE INVESTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I'VE MET THE ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE COMPANY AND THEY'RE THE REAL DEAL. I MEAN, I DIDN'T MEET HIM ABOUT THIS. I MET HIM AT A DINNER YEAR AND A HALF AGO. UH, I THINK THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST OWNERS OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES IN UNITED STATES, SO THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS, AND THEY'VE DONE THEY APPARENTLY HAVE A HISTORY OF IT. SO I THINK THERE'S NO DOWNSIDE FOR US. AND JUST AS A BRIEF HISTORY, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THE LANDFILL STARTED BEING USED BY THE COUNTY AS A LANDFILL AND THE END OF THE LAKE OF THE FORTIES, OFFICIALLY 1950 1962, THE CITY OF STEWART ACQUIRED THE LANDFILL FROM THE COUNTY. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN. I COULD TURN BACK TIME. UM WHAT WAS SO FAR OUT OF TOWN? WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY RIGHT IN 1970. IT WAS ULTIMATELY DECOMMISSIONED. AND IT HAS BEEN IN UNLINED LANDFILL EVER SINCE. AND, UM YOU KNOW IT. AT SOME POINT THE CITY OF STEWART, AS THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE. TO CLEAN IT UP. CAMPBELL. YEAH. I MEAN, YES. WE JUST HAD THAT GENTLEMAN BACK OUT OF THAT DEAL.
WHAT TIME WAS NOT UNHAPPY ABOUT IT? THAT WAS I DID NOT LIKE THAT FELLOW AT ALL. I JUST I WILL. I CAN'T GO FORWARD. I WILL NOT BE COMFORTABLE. IF WE'RE GONNA SAY. WELL, IF YOU FIND SOMETHING.
THAT'S HARMING OUR WATER SUPPLY. DON'T TELL US ABOUT THAT. WE JUST CAN'T SAY THAT FROM THIS DIOCESE. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT EXTRACTING THE DIFFICULTY FOR OUR WATER SUPPLY FROM THE FINISH . I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY. IT POSES FOR US, BUT THAT CAN'T BE OUR POLICY. SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS WE CERTAINLY SHOULD LET HIM GO FORWARD AT THIS POINT, BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. I WILL CERTAINLY BE ASKING THAT WE'LL BE FULLY INFORMED OF THEIR RESULTS. I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY. THAT'S FINE . WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE IT. WE IN THE CONTRACT. TOGETHER. I THINK INDUSTRIAL PARK IN SOMETIME WOULD BE GREAT TO MOVE APPROVAL HERE. WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION. SECOND POLLUTION BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR BRUDER ANY PUBLIC COMMENT COME ON, HELEN, COMING JUST FOR CLARITY. THE MOTION IS TO MOVE APPROVAL FOR THE AUTHORIZATION CONDITIONED UPON THEM, GIVING US THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION, OKAY. MCBRIDE FLAMINGO AVENUE. I AGREE. 100% WITH MR RICH. IF WE SAY YES, BUT HAVE IT IN THE CONTRACT, WHATEVER THEY FIND. THEY HAVE TO TELL US ABOUT IT. AND YOU KNOW, FEAR AND HONESTY. THAT'S THE WAY BE AMERICANS SHOULD WORK AND I AM 100% WITH THEM AND IF THEY DO FIND SOMETHING. NO MATTER WHAT IT IS GOOD OR BAD. TELL US ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PUBLIC HABIT. SAY NONE MARRIED TO COLORADO. COMMISSIONER RICH YES, CLARK? YES MCDONALD. YES
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AUTHORIZATION, NEGOTIATE A LEASE FOR A PORTION OF THE OLD CITY LANDFILL. UM THIS. WOULD YOU READ THE READ THE RESOLUTION TITLE, PLEASE. RESOLUTION NUMBER 108 2023 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE CITY ENTER INTO NEGOTIATION TO LEASE A PORTION OF THE OLD CITY LANDFILL PROPERTY. TO CUSTOM AUTO CENTER, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. SO LET'S SEE. WE JUST SOLD IT TO ONE PERSON AND RELEASING IT TO ANOTHER LIKE TO TRY AND DO THAT WITH BROOKLYN BRIDGE IS ALSO FOR SALE. UM ACTUALLY, IRONICALLY, BOTH OF THESE UNSOLICITED OFFICERS CAME IN AT THE SAME WEEK. AND I TOLD ASHLEY CAPITAL ABOUT THE CUSTOM AUTO CENTER OFFER AND IN EVALUATING IT. IF YOU IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, THE ACTUALLY CAPITAL OFFER DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LAND THAT WAS DEPICTED IN THE CUSTOM AUTO CENTER. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED. IT REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED. IF CUSTOM OTTO MADE THE OFFER OR NOT. IT JUST SIMPLY WASN'T INCLUDED. CUSTOM, OTTO HAS ASKED UM. IF THE CITY WOULD BE INCLINED TO LEAST TO IT AND CUSTOM MODELS, 115 FT WIDE APPROXIMATELY 225 FT. BEHIND IT BY THE 115 FT WIDE THAT IT WOULD FENCE IN MAINTAIN AND LEAST FOR I BELIEVE IT WAS A 30 YEAR LEASE WITH SOME OPTIONS. I SAID TO THEM AND RECEIVE DOUBLY UNSOLICITED OFFER THAT BEFORE WE INCURRED ANY EXPENSES FOR A SURVEY OR INCURRED ANY EXPENSES FOR AN APPRAISAL THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER SUITED TO GET THE INDICATION FROM THE COMMISSION FIRST BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO INCUR EXPENSES LIKE THAT, AND THEN HAVE THE COMMISSION JUST SAYING NO AFTER THEY ENCOURAGED SEVERAL $1000 IN COSTS, BUT ESSENTIALLY THEY'VE BEEN A BUSINESS IN STUART FOR 35 YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN LOCATED AT THIS PARTICULAR SITE RIGHT NEXT TO OUR STATION TWO FOR 25 YEARS. AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO IS JUST EXPAND BACK INTO THE LANDFILL AS A STORAGE FACILITY TO KEEP THE CARS AND STUFF THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. UM IT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE BUFFER. SO YOU WOULD NOT BE THE TREE LINES AND EVERYTHING WOULD STAY. UH, PROTECTED IT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE BROWNFIELD REMEMBER RENOVATIONS OR CHANGES AND ESSENTIALLY IF THE COMMISSION IS INCLINED TO DO IT WELL, THAT WOULD MEAN IS THAT WELL, YOU'RE AUTHORIZING US TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH CUSTOM AUTO CENTER, WHICH WE WOULD THEN AUTHORIZE THEM TO GO GET AN APPRAISAL IN A SURVEY OF EXACTLY WHAT LAND THEY WOULD GET. THEY WOULD BRING A CONTRACT IN WHATEVER THOSE TERMS MIGHT BE. WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS WELL. IT WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE THEM TO PUT A FENCE UP SOME TYPE OF LANDSCAPING TO PROTECT THE OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY TO MAKE IT SO THAT NO NEIGHBORS WOULD BE IMPACTED AT ALL. SOME HARDENING OF THE SURFACES TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY CARS AREN'T LIKE IN THE MUD OR WHATEVER THAT IS. AND THEN BASED UPON THE APPRAISAL, SOME TYPE OF MARKET RATE RENT FOR THE TERM AGAIN. IT'S LIKE THE LAST ONE. I THINK THIS IS A IS A GOOD DEAL FOR NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK FOR LOCAL BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN HERE IN STUART FOR 35 YEARS, SO MARRIED LIKE TWO MOTION APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 108. 2023 SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLIN'S SECOND BAG. COMMISSIONER CLARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE. MARRIED TO CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR MCDONALD YES. BRUNER YES, COMMISSIONER. RICH YES.[6. KIWANIS EQUIPMENT AND MATCHING GRANT (RC): RESOLUTION No. 109-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DECLARING CERTAIN PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT CURRENTLY LOCATED AT KIWANIS PARK AS SURPLUS AND GIVING THE PROPERTY TO KIWANIS AT NO COST; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE A MATCHING GRANT TO KIWANIS FOR NEW SIGNS AT THE PARK; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
COLLINS. YES YES. OKAY ITEM NUMBER SIX. WHAT HAVE I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN WE HAVE ITEMS, COLINAS BECAUSE THAT MEANS THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING GREAT TO A PARK, SO QANTAS EQUIPMENT AND MATCHING GRANT, WOULD YOU READ THE TITLE? OF COURSE. RESOLUTION NUMBER 109-2000. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY. STUART, FLORIDA, DECLARING CERTAIN PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT CURRENTLY LOCATED AT QANTAS PARK AS SURPLUS AND GIVING THE PROPERTY TO KOALAS AT NO COST. FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE A MATCHING GRANT TO QANTAS FOR NEW SIGNS AT THE PARK. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AGAIN IT LOOKS LIKE I GET TO HANDLE THIS AGENDA ITEM. START FIXING THAT, UM SO YOU WANNA SAYS THE MAYOR EQUIPPED WAS QUICK TO POINT OUT HAS REALLY HAD A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF STEWART. AND IRONICALLY, WHEN IT FIRST BEGAN ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF STEWART, IT WAS OFFERED ANY PARK IT WANTED IN THE CITY, INCLUDING MEMORIAL PARK. AND IT CHOSE QUANTAS AS THE PARK BECAUSE OF THE TIME MEMORIAL FLOODED TOO MUCH. BUT THEY'VE. BEEN CONSTANTLY UPDATING AND DOING[00:55:05]
THE PLAYGROUNDS AND THEY CREATED A VERY POPULAR PARK. THERE. YOUR MOST RECENT MATTER WAS LAST YEAR, THE COMMISSION APPROVED A UM MATCHING GRANT WITH THEM FOR ABOUT $400,000 PROJECT THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR FINAL PHASE OF IT WELL IN DOING THIS PROJECT , ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING IS REPLACING ONE OF THE SWING SETS WITH A MUCH LARGER AND BIGGER SWING SET. AND THEY'VE UH, GOT ABOUT 20 PEOPLE THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED AND WE'LL WAIT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DISASSEMBLE THE SWING SET THAT IS THERE. AND. IN TEARING IT DOWN. WE WOULD OTHERWISE PROBABLY DESTROY IT. BUT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE DISASSEMBLED, IT BECOMES SURPLUS PROPERTY. SO I NEED THE COMMISSION TO DECLARE ITS SURPLUS AND GIVE IT TO KAHANE'S.THEY'RE THEN GOING TO TAKE THAT SAME SWING SET AND REASSEMBLE IT. AT THE, UM DAYCARE ANY STEWART WITH NO INSTRUCTIONS. SO . WHOEVER TAKES THAT I THINK WE SHOULD GET A GOPRO AND PUT IT ON THE TIME. WATCH THEM, DO IT RIGHT, AND THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER AND THEN A VIDEO BACK UP. I THINK I HAVE TO GO PRO. I'LL DONATE. THE USE OF MY GIRLFRIEND MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME CRIMES COMMITTED WHEN THEY'RE FRUSTRATED DURING THAT EVENT, IT'S A QUALITY WILL GET IT DONE. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHILE THEY WERE AT IT, THEY'VE GONE OUT AND FOUND TWO SIGNS ONE WOULD BE RIGHT ON THE CORNER.
THERE'S LIKE A DIAGONAL SIDEWALK RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF COLORADO. UM THAT THERE'S A THERE'S A STATUE OR A SCULPTURE. THERE. THEY WANT TO PUT THE SIGN BEHIND THE SCULPTURE THAT SAYS QANTAS PARK AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE AT THE CORNER OF DIXIE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FIFTH. I BELIEVE IT'S FIFTH. AVENUE. AND THEY'VE ASKED THE CITY UH HUH. GIVE THE CONTRIBUTION OF UP TO $7000 TO MATCH THE COST OF THOSE SIGNS. THEY'VE ALREADY DROPPED OFF THE CHECK FOR $7000 AT THE CITY. IF WE'RE INCLINED TO DO IT, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD MILTON'S EAR REGULARLY ON THIS ISSUE, AND HE HAS REVIEWED ALL OF IT AND HE ALSO WAS GOING TO BE HELPING WITH THE SWING SET TO SOME EXTENT, HE SAID. TO BE ONE MERGING DOWN, WE'RE BOLT A GOES AND BOTH OF EGOS. NO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING AND IF THEY PULL IT OFF, THAT WILL BE GREAT BECAUSE THE USE OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN DESTROYED. AND I THINK MILTON CAN TELL YOU THAT. HOW THEY NOT TAKEN THIS DIRECTION. WE WOULDN'T BE SURPLUS IN IT BECAUSE THE REMOVAL OF THE SWING SET WOULD CAUSE IT TO BE DESTROYED. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED LIKE TO MOVE? RESOLUTION NUMBER? 109 2020 30. THE SECOND DAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK ANY PUBLIC COMMENT MARRIED TO CALL THE ROLL. ONE SECOND. I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHAT? WHAT THEY'RE TAKING DOWN THEIR BUILDING A WALL FOR NINE AND 10 YEAR OLDS TO DECLINE . IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY FABULOUS WHEN IT'S COMPLETED FOR THE COMMUNITY. MERRY GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RICH YES, MCDONALD COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES YES, COLLINS. ALRIGHT BRUNER. IT'S NOT JUST NINE AND 10 YEAR OLDS. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO CLIMATE. TOO.
[7. US-1/FEDERAL HIGHWAY STREET TREE MASTER PLAN/PROGRAM AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2520-2023; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING AND RESTATING THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; MORE SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 2.04.06 ENTITLED “SUPPLEMENTAL BUILDING SETBACKS ON CERTAIN STREETS” IN CHAPTER II AND SECTION 3.01.03 ENTITLED “URBAN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR DESIGNATED URBAN SUBDISTRICTS” IN CHAPTER III; AMENDING SECTION 11.01.03 ENTITLED “MINOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION” IN CHAPTER XI; AND CHAPTER XII DEFINITIONS OF THE CITY OF STUART LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
I'VE GONE FASTER. OKAY ORDINANCE SECOND READING US ONE FEDERAL HIGHWAY STREET TREE MASTER PLAN PROGRAM AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS. WOULD YOU READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE? OF COURSE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 TO 0-2023. IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING AND RESTATING THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. MORE SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 2.04 0.06 ENTITLED QUOTE. SUPPLEMENTAL BUILDING SETBACKS ON CERTAIN STREETS, UNQUOTE. IN CHAPTERTION 3.01 0.03 ENTITLED UM QUOTE, URBAN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR DESIGNATED URBAN SUB DISTRICTS, UNQUOTE IN CHAPTER THREE AMENDING SECTION 11.01 0.03. ENTITLED QUOTE MINOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION UNQUOTE. IN CHAPTER 11. AND CHAPTER 12 DEFINITIONS OF THE CITY OF STEWART LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTING PROVISIONS. PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.DAD DOES THEORY DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION WE HEARD EARLIER ON THE FEDERAL HIGH RETREAT PLANTING PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM IS MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR EXISTING DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE CORRIDOR TO INCENTIVIZE THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE THOSE
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IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. WITH LDC AMENDMENT IS FOR REDEVELOPMENT NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. AS WE HEARD WE HAVE LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY FROM JOE JEFFERSON TO SOUTH DIXIE CUT OFF, SO WE WANT TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO OUR STREETSCAPE STANDARDS TO ALLOW WIDER, UH, SETBACKS TO ALLOW FOR LANDSCAPING AND WIDER SIDEWALK.FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, SO WE HAVE NO CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCES. THE FIRST READING, UM, THE WITH THE AMENDMENTS OF THE PARKING CREDIT DOES NOT APPLY TO USE THE MASTER PLAN AS A GUIDE WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENCY AND WITH THE TREE SPECIES. SO TODAY WE'RE JUST REQUESTING APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 2020 23 ON SECOND READING. MARABOUT CHAIRMAN. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AH FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE ORDINANCE SUMMER 25 20-2023 REGARDING THE US ONE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS STREET MASTER PLAN PROGRAM. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS. DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SAYING NOTHING VERY. WOULD YOU CALL THE RULE COMMISSIONER CLARK MM YES, COMMISSIONER COLLINS. YES, COMMISSIONER RICH? YES BRUNER.
[8. UPDATE REGARDING CITY HALL, WELLS FARGO AND POSSIBLE STATION LOCATIONS]
YES, MCDONALD'S. OKAY MOVING ON TO THE LAST ITEM. THE NIGHT, UH, DISCUSSION. DELIBERATION UPDATE REGARDING CITY HALL, WELLS FARGO. POSSIBLE STATION LOCATIONS MIKE I HAD MENTIONED TO YOU ALL THAT I WOULD JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY KEEP THAT. ROLLING REGARDLESS OF HOW FAR ALONG OR WHAT STATUS WE HAD. AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, THE THERE'S ONE VACANCY IN. WELLS FARGO THAT THAT MAY END UP WITH, UM THE HR DEPARTMENT GOING IN. IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED FOR THEM AND IT JUST WEAPONS THAT SPACE IS AVAILABLE. I DON'T EXPECT ANY OTHER OTHER VACANCIES. THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, NEXT YEAR THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER VACANCIES THAT WOULD COME UP. AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE TRAIN STATION. UM, I'VE BEEN MEETING VERY REGULARLY WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE TRAGIC UNTRADITIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. AND HAVE, UM. UH, MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK AGAIN AS WELL. WE ORIGINALLY HAD STARTED TO WORK TOGETHER TO CITE A STATION ON THE SEGMENT OF TRACK, WHICH WOULD BE ALMOST DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF CONGRESSMAN MASS OFFICE DOWN TOWARD FLAGLER PARK. BUT WE'VE LEARNED THAT BASED ON THE DESIGN THAT THE RAIL HAS FOR THE POTENTIAL NEW BRIDGE THAT THE INCLINE UM, WHILE IT IS NOT A STEEP INCLINE, IT DOESN'T SUIT ITSELF FOR THE TRAIN TO COME TO STOP AT A LONG PLATFORM BECAUSE EVEN A GRADE CHANGE OF 12 INCHES OVER THE 900 TO 1000 FT WOULD MAKE THE PLATFORM NOT LEVEL FOR THE TRAIN WHERE IT'S COMING IN, UNLESS THE PLATFORM TO WAS THAT THAT SAME GRADE. UM SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED OTHER SITES, ONE DOWN BY THE COURTHOUSE AND ALSO, UH, LITERALLY. RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE LYRIC THEATER. THE SITE BETWEEN, UM CONFUSION, CORNER AND SECOND STREET. IS 917 FT. AND BRIGHT LINES. UM. CRITERIA FOR STATION IS 1000 FT. AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE, UM CARS ARE RUNNING 5 TO 600 FT. MAXIMUM. BUT THEIR FUTURE EXPANSION IS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE UP TO 10 CARS AT 100 FT. EACH, WHICH WOULD BE THE 1000 FT. MARK WE'VE, UM REACHED OUT TO BRIGHT LINE TO FIND OUT IF, IN FACT, THE 917 FT WOULD WOULD MEET WITH THEIR CRITERIA AND WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT YET, BUT I WILL KEEP YOU APPRISED. IT'S GOING TO MOVE KIND OF QUICKLY. ONCE WE START WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND WORKING WITH BRIGHT LINE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME ACTIVITY AS IT RELATES TO THE FEDERAL GRANT THAT'S PENDING. AND I KNOW THAT THE STATE GRANT IS GOING TO PICK UP ALMOST IMMEDIATELY IN FEBRUARY, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AS WELL, SO I WANTED TO KEEP YOU GUYS UP TO SPEED AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY REAL CHANGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE AS IT RELATES TO CITY HALL TO WELLS FARGO WOULD BE THAT SOME HR MAY OR MAY NOT GO OVER THERE, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE DISCRETION OF HR JUST BECAUSE[01:05:02]
THE SPACE IS AVAILABLE ANYWAY, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE BY DOING SO. AND THEN UM.THE WOULD HAVE BEEN IDEAL. IF WE COULD HAVE DONE THE SITE DOWN MY FLAGLER PARK BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE UTILIZED STEWART IN THIS AREA AND PARKING THAT WE ALREADY HAD IN THE AREA. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DIRECT IT SO THAT IT COULD BE CLOSER TO THE LYRIC THEATER AREA. JUST BECAUSE FROM A STANDPOINT OF HAVING A TRAIN PLATFORM DIRECTLY DOWNTOWN, SO PEOPLE CAN JUST WALK DIRECTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING. THAT'S OUR FOCUS, BUT THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO BE ALSO DOWN BY THE COURTHOUSE, AND THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY GOING AT IT ALONE. WE'RE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OR IDENTIFYING THESE SITES TOGETHER AND I'M GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO YOU AT SOME POINT WITH THE. I GUESS CALLED THE ASK. AT SOME POINT. THE COUNTY STAFF WILL GO TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND I WILL COME TO YOU GUYS AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT IS THE DROP DEAD OFFER WE'RE WILLING TO MAKE TO THEM. WHAT ARE WE WILLING TO ACCEPT? NOT ACCEPT AND LET US GIVE THOSE PARAMETERS. I'M NOT THERE YET BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE LOCATION IS YET, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT MIKE. SINCE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT CITY HALL. UM SINCE WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE WE GOT WHAT I T AND FINANCE ON THERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE HR SHOULD WE LOOK AT GETTING SOME EXTERIOR SIGN EACH DOWN THERE SO THAT WE'RE NOT? YOU KNOW? GOOD IDEA. I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE STUFF CITY HALL SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT GETTING SOME EXTERIOR SIDE BECAUSE THE BUILDING HALL COMING SOON AND I WANTED TO ASK. YEAH. THE LITTLE, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS IS THAT LITTLE BUILDING AND I HEARD THAT IT'S SOLD. IS THAT TRUE? USED TO BE AN OLD GAS STATION YEARS AGO. THE PINK ONE. YEAH. I HEARD SOMEONE BOUGHT IT, BUT I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS PRIVATELY OWNED, AND IT'S STILL PRIVATELY OWNED. IF IT'S SOLD. IT WAS A PRIVATE OWNER THAT BOUGHT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR USE OR INTENTION IS, IT WOULD HAVE ALMOST NO BEARING ON THE TRAIN STATION ANYWAY, BECAUSE THE TRAIN STATION WILL BE ABOVE THE TRACKS. AND I WAS THINKING OF BUYING IT. OKAY IF IT'S FOR SALE , I MEAN WE COULD LOOK AT IT, BUT I'M NOT AWARE THAT IT'S NECESSARY. WHAT WOULD WE USE IT FOR? IS IT FOR TRANSPORTATION ALONG A 18 THE OTHER SIDE OF A ONE A YEAH. OH ALRIGHT. I WASN'T SURE WHAT THE LOOK AND FIND OUT IF WE NEED TO HAVE A WALK AWAY OR OVER SOMETHING. GO AHEAD. MY CONCERN WOULD BE AT THE COURTHOUSE LOCATION FOR A STATION JUST YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE ALL GOING IDEAS AROUND IS THAT AREA? IF IT'S OVER HERE, YOU KNOW, THIS AREA IS BASICALLY DEVELOPED. IF ANYTHING, YOU KNOW THERE CAN BE MORE COMMERCIAL AROUND HERE. IT CAN SLIGHTLY REDEVELOPED AND BE NICER, BUT OVER THERE YOU KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT PART OF EAST STEWART AND I WORRY THAT THOSE LOTS START TO BECOME APARTMENTS. YOU KNOW THAT THE DESIRE TO BUILD A BUNCH OF APARTMENTS RIGHT AROUND THE COURTHOUSE AND SOME OF THOSE LOTS, YOU KNOW, THEY GET SNATCHED UP AND IT'S DRIVING THAT I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PERSONALLY THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A STATION GO IN. THAT IT IT'S DOWNTOWN AND OUT OVER BY THE COURTHOUSE PERSONALLY. OKAY? OKAY IF THAT AIN'T EVERY ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE A WELL MEETING ADJOURNED.
OH I'M SORRY. WAIT A MINUTE. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND UP THERE. HOLD UP. THAT'S A AH! MR MARTEL, YOU SAID THERE'S NO VACANCY THERE PERHAPS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL VACANCY NEXT YEAR.
ARE YOU TALKING CALENDAR, YEAR OR FISCAL YEAR LEASES ON OUR FISCAL YEAR? THERE'S A SERIES OF LEASES AND THEY'RE NOT OCTOBER 1 TO OCTOBER 1. AND THERE'S ONE THAT MAY COME OPEN IN JANUARY. 1 OF 2025. OKAY, NOW YOU TELL THAT LIKE OUT NEXT. NOT BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT OCTOBER. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, WHICH WE SHOULD AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING US ON WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH CITY HALL. IT'S JUST CREATES A PROBLEM WHEN YOU'RE OUT, SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S THE NATURAL FOLLOW UP WHERE WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING CITY HALL TO THE WELLS FARGO BUILDING. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH CITY HALL? AND WE NEED TO START HAVING SOME IDEA OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND I DO HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IF THE STATION HAD MET THE CRITERIA TO PUT THE TRAIN STATION LITERALLY IN FRONT OF LIKE THE FEED CENTER. IT WOULD HAVE DRIVEN. AN EXERCISE IN DO WE
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EXTEND THE DOWNTOWN FURTHER IN FRONT OF CITY HALL? OR DO WE DO SOME THINGS LIKE THAT, MIKE? NOW YOU'RE JUST TEASING US TO GET ITS NOT HAPPENING. WELL, YOU COULD STILL DO THAT WITHOUT THE STATION. OKAY STILL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE STATION TO EXTEND DOWNTOWN AND GO DOWN THAT PATH. RIGHT NOW, THE FOCUS REALLY WAS. YOU GET THE IDEA OF THE STATION GET THE ANSWER TO THE STATION BECAUSE THAT WILL DRIVE WHERE MONEY IS WHETHER WE HAVE ANY MONEY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO. AND THEN COME TO YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU'RE BETTER SUITED BECAUSE IT WAS MY INTENTION TO START, UM, PURSUING SOME TYPE OF PLANNING EXERCISES THAT RELATED TO THE CITY HALL SITE. BUT BECAUSE THE STATION THING IS KIND OF THROWN IT HOOK AT PRIORITY. A FIX THAT I AGREE. I AGREE WITH YOU 100% THAT WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST FLIP THE LIGHTS OFF AND LEAVE THIS BUILDING OR ABANDONED IS IT REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THE TRAINS THAT ARE GOING TO BE STOPPING HERE MAY NOT BE THE LONGEST. THAT'S MY THOUGHT. I AGREE. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE THE RACE THERE, RIGHT, RIGHT. I MEAN, I WOULD THINK THAT THEY'D BE MORE LIKE THE 600 FOOTERS AND, AS A RESULT WOULD BE NO PROBLEM. THEY'RE NOT ORGANIZED. STOP YOU, AND THAT'S TRUE, TOO. OKAY? I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY MEETING* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.