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ARE YOU? ARE YOU? ARE YOU READY? OKAY. I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. RON PAUL,

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PLEASE SHARE CAMPENNI. YEAH. CHAIR SHROVE. BOARD MEMBER BREAKFAST HERE. MEMBER LUIS MEMBER MCCHRYSTAL BOARD MEMBER MOSER. WE HAVE QUORUM? YES, WE CAN ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.

WAGES. STATES. PROBLEM. MOTION APPROVED THE AGENDA. CAN I GET A 2ND 2ND? FIVE FAVOR.

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO COMMENTS. ABOUT NON AGENDA ITEMS TO IT. OKAY? SO FIRST WALK. FIRST ACTION ITEM IS THE CREEK SIDE HOTEL. MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE AND MAJOR DEVELOPMENT CHAIR. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT COULD WE GET THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, PLEASE?

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

WE DID DO THE APPROVAL. THE APPROVAL AT THE AGENDA APPROVED THE AGENDA. OK MOTION FOR SECOND SAVER, RIGHT? SORRY ABOUT THAT, OKAY? OKAY JUST BEFORE WE BEGIN JUST A FEW. HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, YOU NEED TO FILL OUT OF BLUE CARDS. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. WE DON'T SPEAK BACK TO YOU. SO ASKING QUESTIONS ARE NOT GOING TO SOLICITED ANSWER FROM US.

OKAY, SO WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS OR WHAT? WHAT'S YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT? BUT THIS IS NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWER. ONCE YOU HAVE SPOKEN ON AN ITEM I CAN'T SPEAK AGAIN ON THAT ITEM.

MANY OF YOU HAVE SPOKEN MANY TIMES HERE. SO YOU YOU ALL KNOW HOW IT GOES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE IGNORING YOUR COMMENT IS THAT WE

[2. CREEKSIDE HOTEL - MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE & MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN (RC)]

DO NOT DANCE OR BACK AND FORTH. OKAY? SO QUICK SIDE HOTEL MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE.

CHRIS, YOU'RE ON. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CHRIS MCLEAN, PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR A MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONALLY USED PETITION. CONCURRENT MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION FOR THE PROJECT TO BE KNOWN AS THE CREEK SIDE HOTEL. IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED UNDER SECTION 11.02 0.05. OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE APPLICANT MAILED 40 LETTERS TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS LOCATED WITHIN 300, FT OF THE SUBJECT PARCEL. PROVIDING DETAIL OF THE REQUESTED DEVELOPMENT AND THE DATE AND TIME OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, ADDITIONALLY ASSIGNED WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ALONG SOUTHEAST COLORADO AVENUE WITH THE SAME INFORMATION. UH THE 1.62 ACRE VACANT PARCELS LOCATED ON WITHIN THE ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO AVENUE. APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. SOUTH OF MLK JR BOULEVARD AND 200 FT NORTH OF SOUTHEAST KINDRED STREET. AND IT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE FRASER CREEK WATERWAY. THE PROPERTY IS ALSO SITUATED WITHIN THE CITY OF STEWART'S COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA. AND THE CREEK DISTRICT. IN 2023, THE CITY COMMISSION ADOPTED THE FORM BASED CODE, WHICH DEVELOPMENT IS BEING REVIEWED UNDER AND THE COMMISSION'S PRIMARY GOAL WHEN ADOPTING THAT CODE WAS TO HELP ENCOURAGE INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTE THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY. WITHIN THE CREEK DISTRICT. SO AS MENTIONED BEFORE THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS SITUATED. UM, NEXT FREDERICK CREEK. HERE IT IS.

ZONE CREAKS CREEK SOUTH. THE PARCELS TO THE NORTH ARE DESIGNATED BY THE CREEK NORTH.

AND URBAN WATERFRONT ZONING DISTRICTS. AND THE PARCELS TO THE WEST ARE DESIGNATED BY THE URBAN CENTER AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICTS. THE SUBJECT. PARCEL AND ALL SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE DESIGNATED BY THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT, FUTURE LAND USE.

THIS LAND USE ALLOWS GENERALLY FOR LOW DENSITY, MULTI FAMILY DENSITY RESIDENTIAL UM, OFFICE, COMMERCIAL, RECREATION, LODGING, PUBLIC FACILITIES, CONSERVATION AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS. HER DEVELOPMENT SITUATED WITHIN THE CREEK DISTRICT THAT ARE GREATER THAN 35,000, SQUARE FEET AND FLOOR AREA MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN. APPROVAL MUST BE GRANTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. AS PER LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 3.04 0.01. SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A 53,600 SQUARE FOOT FOUR STORY HOTEL WITH 101. I'M SORRY. 102 BEDROOMS. UM I BELIEVE WHEN I

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COUNTED OUT IS ABOUT 149 BEDS. ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING TWO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A 5000 SQUARE FOOT.

DETACHED RESTAURANT AND RETAIL BUILDING. THAT WOULD FRONT ON SOUTHEAST COLORADO AVENUE.

ASSOCIATED SITE. IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE LANDSCAPING, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, REFUSE COLLECTION AREAS. STORM WATER AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. PUBLIC ART ON SITE LIGHTING INSTALLATION OF 12 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND A DEDICATED TRANCE STOP. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS WITH COLORADO AVENUE ALONG THE ENTIRE SOUTH AND WEST BORDER. PROVIDING A SAFE AND CONVENIENT PEDESTRIAN ROUTE THROUGH THE SITE, LEADING TO THE PARKING GARAGE FROM COLORADO AVENUE AND THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT SITE. THE PROPOSED 5000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT AND RETAIL BUILDING WOULD BE FRONTING ON SOUTHEAST COLORADO AVENUE AND PROVIDE FOR FUTURE, UM, RESTAURANT AND RETAIL USES WITH AN OUTDOOR PLAZA SEATING AREA TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY ALONG COLORADO AVENUE. AND IN THE APPLICATION. IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS SHOWN ON THE PLAN MAY BE INTENDED FOR PUBLIC USE GATHERING AMENITY RATHER THAN JUST FOR THE SOLE USE OF THE RESTAURANT. OR RETAIL USE. SO IN IN ADDITION TO THE SUBMITTED MAJOR DEVELOPMENT, UM PLAN APPLICATION THE APPLICANT WAS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT FOR A MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE PETITION. TO REQUEST RELIEF FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE OF THE CODE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3.01 0.06 OF THE URBAN CODE. THE MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONALLY USED MAY PROVIDE RELIEF FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PERMITTED USES ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS. APPLICATION OF PARKING SETBACKS.

BUILDING AND STRUCTURAL LOCATIONS, DENSITY NUMBER OF STORIES AND BUILDING HEIGHT.

THIS APPLICATION IS REQUESTING CONDITIONALLY USE RELIEF FROM PERMITTED USES LOCATION OF THE PARKING AND ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS. SO THE FIRST CONDITIONALLY USED PETITION IS REQUESTING TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING PARKING STRUCTURE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE SITE. IN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIRED PARKING STANDARDS FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. ACCORDING TO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 3.04 0.03 PRIVATE PARKING GARAGES AND LOTS ARE IDENTIFIED AS AN ALLOWABLE USE WITHIN THE CREEK SOUTH SONY DISTRICT. HOWEVER, THE CODE REQUIRES CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COMMISSION. AND ACCORDING TO THE RECIPROCAL, RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE ADJACENT ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER. UM.

THE OWNER OF ANY PROPERTY WITHIN THE ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER SHALL BE PERMITTED TO UTILIZE THE PARKING SPACES IN THE PARKING GARAGE. WHICH IS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTH WEST OF THE SITE. SECOND CONDITIONALLY USED PETITIONS REQUESTING TO RELOCATE 10 OF THE 12 REQUIRED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. EQUIPPED WITH I'M SORRY FROM THE EXISTING SITE TO THE OFF STREET.

SURFACE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO THE PARKING GARAGE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 6.01 0.11 IF THE SITE OF THE PRINCIPAL USE AND THE LOCATION OF THE REQUIRED PARKING TO SERVE THE PRINCIPAL USE OR NOT CONTIGUOUS THE NEAREST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY SITE OR PARKING SITE MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN 500 FT. OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL USE AS MEASURED BY A SAFE AND CONVENIENT PEDESTRIAN ROUTE. INCLUDING APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE TO DELINEATE THROUGHOUT. THEY COULD ALSO, STATES THAT REQUIRE PARKING SPACES SHALL NOT BE RELOCATED ELSEWHERE EXCEPT BY A MAJOR URBAN CODE. CONDITIONAL USE. SO THE EXISTING PARKING GARAGE AND PROPOSED ELECTRICAL VEHICLE PARKING STATIONS ARE LOCATED WITHIN 400 FT. OF THE PROPOSED HOTEL ENTRANCE AND WITH APPROXIMATELY 500 FT OF THE RESTAURANT ENTRANCE. AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT STAFF WOULD BE REQUESTING THE APPLICANT TO INSTALL BALLER LIGHTING. ALONG THE PEDESTRIAN ROUTE FROM THE SITE TO THE PARKING GARAGE AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THE PARKING GARAGE ITSELF IS EQUIPPED WITH APPROPRIATE LIGHTING AND WAY FINDING SIGNAGE FOR SAFE AND CONVENIENCE. THE THIRD CONDITIONAL USED REQUESTS PERTAINS TO THE BUILDING FACADE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED UNDER LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 3.04 0.04 SUBSECTION C. SO THE PROPOSED HEIGHT OF THE HOTEL IS MEASURED AT THE FINISHED FLOOR.

ELEVATION IS 42 FT EIGHT INCHES. WITH A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 57 FT EIGHT INCHES AS MEASURED AT THE PEAK OF THE PITCH GROUP. ALTHOUGH THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DEBT BUILDING

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HEIGHT WITHIN THE CREEK SONY DISTRICT IS 45 FT. THE CODE ALLOWS FOR THE PEAK OF A PITCHED ROOF TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT BY NO MORE THAN 15. FT. WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR A TOTAL BUILDING HEIGHT OF 60 FT WITHIN THE CREEK, SOUTH SONY DISTRICT PROPOSED HEIGHT OF THE PARAPET THROUGHOUT THE HOTEL BUILDING VARIES BETWEEN 45 FT EIGHT INCHES AND 49 FT ONE INCH, HOWEVER, PER CODE. THE HEIGHT OF THE PARAPET WALL IS NOT CONSIDERED WHEN CALCULATING THE OVERALL BUILDING HEIGHT. THE CONDITIONAL USE IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE CREEK DISTRICT ALLOWS A PARAPET WALL TO BE CONSTRUCTED. TO CONCEAL THE ROOFTOP AND EQUIPMENT ON TOP OF THE ROOF. BUT NOT AT ALL HIGH GREATER THAN 2 FT FOR MORE THAN 40% OF THE BUILDING. TO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO INCREASE THAT 40% TO 48. TO ALLOW FOR PROPER SHIELDING OF ALL THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. AND THE FINAL REQUEST IS PERTAINING TO THE THOROUGHFARE ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE CREEK DISTRICT. PURSUANT TO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SIX SECTION 43.04 0.06 SIDEWALK IS REQUIRED TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSES TO INSTALL A 6 TO 10 FT WIDE PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET. LEADING FROM SOUTHWEST OR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THIS UH, THIS PROPOSED SIDEWALK IS DENOTED IN YELLOW ON THE SLIDE. AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING RELIEF FROM CONSTRUCTING THE SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH IS DENOTED IN GREEN. BETWEEN THE SHOPS AT COLORADO AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SITE. UM THE REVISED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY THE CITY OF STEWART'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT, GREENHORN AND ASSOCIATES, ACCORDING TO THE REVISED ANALYSIS, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 863 NEW NET TRIPS. WITH 54 AM PEAK HOURS AND 53 PM PEAK HOUR TRIPS. AND PRIOR CHIEF SCHEDULING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. ALL THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BY OUR TRAFFIC CONSULTANTS. IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. THE STAFF IS REVIEWED THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AS WELL AND FOUND THE DEVELOPMENT COMPLIES WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND CONTAINS MINIMAL EXISTING VEGETATION. OF THE 41 EXISTING TREES, TOO, WILL BE REMOVED AND 14 WILL BE RELOCATED ELSEWHERE ON SITE. THE REMAINING TREES WILL REMAIN WHERE THEY ARE. IN THEIR CURRENT LOCATION. ACCORDING TO THE SUBMITTED PLANS , APPROXIMATELY 34% OF THE SITE WILL BE PRESERVED AS OPEN SPACE. PROVIDING FOR AMPLE LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE SITE. THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS ALSO INCLUDED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE WITH A 15 FT WIDE. LANDSCAPER ALONG THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. AND THEY ALSO PROVIDED ADDITIONAL PLANTING AGAINST THE WALL OF THE HOTEL BUILDING ITSELF. TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SHIELDING. OUTDOOR FLOWER BOXES AND ARTICULATED RETAINING WALLS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE PROPOSED RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUILDING. AND 23 SHADE TREES WILL BE PLANTED THROUGHOUT THE SITE ALONG THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS. THE SHORELINE PROTECTION AT THE FRASER CREEK WATERWAY WILL BE ENHANCED BY A 29.4 FT SETBACK FROM THE MEAN HIGH WATER LINE. WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 19 FT, FURTHER THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED UNDER CURRENT CODE. UM, CURRENTLY UNDER THE CURRENT CODE OF IT REQUIRES 10 FT. SETBACK WITHIN THE C R. A REQUIRED SETBACKS FOR THE BUILDING PLACEMENT WITHIN THE CREEK DISTRICT, UH, ARE FAR EXCEEDED, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND OPEN SPACE, BUT WILL ALSO PROVIDE GREATER SEPARATION BETWEEN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND THE CREEK ITSELF. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE APPLICANT WAS REQUIRED TO MAIL NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS LOCATED WITHIN 300 FT. OF THE PROJECT SITE. THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED 22 TOTAL RESPONSES. 20 OF WHICH WERE IN FAVOR. ONE WAS NOT IN FAVOR AND ONE HAD NO OPINION. OF THE 40. OF THE 40 MALE NOTICES. ONLY ONE OF THESE RESPONSES WHETHER THEY'RE SEEN FROM AN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER LOCATED WITHIN 300 FT OF THE PETITION SITE. IN ADDITION TO PUBLIC NOTICE RESPONSES, THE APPLICANTS SUBMITTED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM STUART MAIN STREET BOARD DISTRICT BOARD AND THE MARTIN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THESE CAN ALL BE FOUND IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET AS WELL. IN REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS STAFF IS DETERMINED THEY COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS OF REVIEW. SET FORTH AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 3.04 0.00. AND 3.1 0.06. AND WERE FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, GOALS,

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OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARDS FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CREEK SIDE HOTEL, MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE AND MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFFS PRESENTATION.

THE APPLICANTS, REPRESENTATIVES AND STAFF ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THE BOARD MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF MARK HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. I WOULD WANT TO MENTION THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHAMPIONS OF STAFF PERFECT UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON UM, WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS SITUATED. THE PLACE WHERE IT COMES OVER WHERE MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD IS SUPPOSED TO BE EXTENDED OUT OFF THE ORIGINALLY THAT WAS IN THE CITY. UM IN THE C R A PLAN. IS THAT STILL ADJACENT TO THIS? WILL THAT BE? SO WILL THAT BE AFFECTED BY THIS? ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY HERE ABOVE ON THE ON THE MAP? NO OF THE PROPERTY WHERE MARTIN LUTHER KING GOES THROUGH TO SEVENTH STREET. YEAH. THERE THERE WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE C R A PLAN. I BELIEVE IT'S STILL IN THERE. THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN. THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO COME ACROSS, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A KIND OF LIKE A BRIDGE BUILT THERE THAT CONNECTS THROUGH AND I THINK THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY APPEAR, ISN'T IT TO THE ON THE SIDE? I MYSELF HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. I MEAN, I'VE JUST RECENTLY STARTED WITH THE CITY SO THERE MAY BE PLANS IN PLACE THE SIERRA DIRECTOR OR WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT. WELL MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER CITY MANAGER. IN 2001, THE CITY COMMISSION HIRED THE CHURCH HAS REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL TO DO A CHARETTE. AND A BIG PLANNING FOR THE OVER LOAN OVERLAY ZONES THAT WERE ULTIMATELY ADOPTED IN THAT CHARETTE DID INCLUDE A BRIDGE THAT WAS GOING TO EXTEND SEVENTH STREET OR MLK BOULEVARD OVER TO CHANNEL AVENUE, BUT IT WAS NOT MET WITH JOY. AND AS A RESULT, IT WAS SHELVED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS OR DESIGNS SENSE, BUT MR BREAK BILL IS CORRECT. JUST TO SHOW A FEW SHORT 20 YEARS AGO.

THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE THE REASON THAT THERE IS NO, I WAS KIND OF ASKING ABOUT THAT WAS FIRST OF ALL FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. BUT SECOND OF ALL, A QUESTION ABOUT UM, WHETHER THE CITY HAS ANY PLANS. THIS PROJECT IS REALLY NICE IN TERMS OF ITS INTERFACE WITH FRASURE CREEK. BUT MY QUESTION WAS WHETHER THE CITY HAS ANY PLANS TO DO ANY WORK ON THEIR WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, I THINK IN OTHER AREAS IN TERMS OF RUNOFF, AND UM AND FINDING WAYS TO MAKE THAT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND AESTHETIC. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY PLANS TO DO ANYTHING ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT FROM A CITY STANDPOINT. UM TO ENHANCE THE FRASURE CREEK ASPECT OF IT. NATURE WALK ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND NOT WITH THIS PLAN. THERE IS NOT. I MEAN, IF YOU'D LIKE WE CAN. CITY STAFF CAN CAN TAKE THAT AND MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION. AT A LATER DATE. POINT POINT. WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? YEAH OKAY. AS FAR AS THIS DEVELOPMENT IS CONCERNED, IT'S NOT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, OKAY? CHRIS QUESTIONS. WELL WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM UP? I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC. UM I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU COULD REVIEW CONDITIONAL USE NUMBER FOUR AGAIN ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS SHOULD MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU. SO THE CREEK DISTRICT CODE REQUIRES THAT AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THIS IS CONSIDERED MORE OF A DRIVEWAY PRIVATE EASEMENT, WHEREAS COLORADO WOULD BE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. BUT THE CODE REQUIRES THAT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE THOROUGHFARE THAT A SIDEWALK IS CONSTRUCTED, UM SO WE WILL BE CONSIDERING SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET AS THE THOROUGHFARE. AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ONLY CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE. TO ALLOW THE SHOPS THAT COLORADO TO REMAIN AS IT IS, BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF DRIVEWAYS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT, BUT JUST BELOW THE A AND JUST TO THE WEST OF SOUTHWEST. THERE'S TWO DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES INTO THAT EXISTING PLAZA. OKAY? AND IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THERE TREES CURRENTLY ON THE CORRECT SO I CAN GO TO AN AERIAL. IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO SEE AND SEE IF I CAN ZOOM IN SOMEHOW. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE TREES ON THE SOUTH SIDE RIGHT DOWN HERE. AND THE PLAN, UM, WILL MAINTAIN THOSE TREES WILL MAINTAIN THOSE THOSE AROUND THIS PROPERTY.

THANK YOU. I'M GONNA SAVE MY QUESTIONS TOLD THE APPLICANT SO. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR STAFF.

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LET'S HAVE THE APATHY CALLED. THE AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DANIEL SORROW AT THE LAND PLANTING A FIRM OF KOTLER AND HEARING STAFF DID A GREAT PRESENTATION MR MCCRAE, IN GREAT ADDITION TO THE CITY OF STEWART PLANNING STAFF ON BEHALF OF MR BEUTEL BEFORE MISS NABI COMES UP AND MAKES THE PRESENTATION. JUST WANT TO REMIND THIS BOARD OF A COUPLE KEY POINTS ON THIS PROJECT. THE SITE IS VACANT. IT'S BEEN VACANT EVER SINCE GOD CREATED THE EARTH. IT WILL BE DEVELOPED. I THINK THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU IS WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE USE FOR THIS PARTICULAR VACANT PIECE OF PROPERTY. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE CITY OVER THE YEARS. THOSE KIND OF DIED ON THE VINE. WE FEEL THAT THIS PROJECT WITH THE HOTEL AND THE RETAIL USE IS WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR DOWNTOWN STUART. IT PROVIDES A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS AND IN THE FUTURE VISITORS OF THIS SITE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD AND CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS JENNA NABE WITH THE LAND PLANNING FIRM OF KOTLER IN HEARING REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING FOR OUR EXCITING NEW PROJECT, KNOWN AS CREEKSIDE HOTEL AND RETAIL. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO INTRODUCE OUR PROJECT TEAM THAT HAVE ALL WORKED VERY HARD TO GET US TO THIS POINT TODAY. THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING IS RAJ PATEL. THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS ARE DANIEL SORROW JENNA NOBBY AND THEO BERGERSEN WITH COLLAR AND HEARING. OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS ARE JACOB MCCLELLAND AND DARREN GETTLER WITH VALKANIS ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING. OUR ARCHITECT IS THOMAS ADAMS WITH HARDER ADAMS, PA. OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT IS DREW GATEWOOD WITH ADVANCED RESTORATION ECOLOGY, AND OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS SUSAN OVER WORK WITH OVERWORK, ENGINEERING AND PLANNING. CHRIS DID A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH HIS PRESENTATION AND HE WAS VERY THOROUGH. SO ALL OF THIS WILL BE SUPPLEMENTAL TO WHAT HE HAS ALREADY PRESENTED ABOUT, BUT A GENERAL OVERVIEW FOR THE SITE. IT'S 1.62 ACRES HAS A FUTURE LAND USE OF DOWNTOWN ZONING OF CREEK DISTRICT SOUTH. IT'S LOCATED WITHIN THE C R A CITY OF STEWART. AND THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS FOR A PROPOSED FOUR STORY. HILTON HOTEL WITH AN ACCOMPANYING RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUILDING. THIS HOTEL WILL HAVE 102 ROOMS, AND IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THE 5000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ADJACENT TO IT WILL BE SPLIT WITH 2500 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND 2500 SQUARE FEET FOR THE RESTAURANT. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR PROJECT. WE HAVE TWO APPLICATIONS, THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. THIS IMAGE HERE SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT SITE IN THE CONTEXT OF DOWNTOWN, SO IT'S DIRECTLY OFF OF COLORADO AVENUE. IT HAS FRASURE CREEK RUNNING ALONG ITS NORTHEAST BOUNDARY. IT IS NORTH OF CANTOR HIGHWAY AND US ONE AND A FEW BLOCKS SOUTH OF CONFUSION, CORNER SO RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN, ONE OF THE FIRST PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT PROPERTY THAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING INTO DOWNTOWN FROM COLORADO AVENUE. THIS IMAGE HERE, AS DAN MENTIONED SHOWS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IT'S CURRENTLY BACON HAS SOME TEMPORARY PARKING THAT IS ON THE SITE, AND IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. YOU CAN SEE THAT EXISTING PARKING GARAGE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE FOR THIS PROJECT. SO THE FIRST APPLICATION WE HAD SUBMITTED IS THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR THIS 102 ROOM HILTON HOTEL AND THIS ADJACENT RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUILDING. THIS SITE WILL INCLUDE A PUBLIC PLAZA, DECORATIVE PAVERS, LANDSCAPING AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE, CHARGING AS WELL AS ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROJECT SITE IS ALREADY ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS NO REZONING REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. IT IS PURELY WITH THE CREEK SOUTH ZONING AND JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THE ZONING AND LAND USE ENCOURAGES THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. THE SITES ALSO LOCATED ADJACENT TO COLORADO AVENUE AND US ONE WHICH, AS WE ALL KNOW, ARE IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS WITHIN STEWART, UM SO WE FEEL THAT THIS IS THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT WITH, UM, REALLY NICE NEW HOTEL. THIS IS A RENDERED VERSION OF OUR SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW. SOME NOTABLE FEATURES WITH THIS INCLUDE THAT PUBLIC PLAZA THAT IS ADJACENT TO COLORADO AVENUE, A REALLY GREAT GATHERING SPACE AND AMENITY THAT

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WILL ATTRACT A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY TO THE SITE. THEN WE HAVE THE RETAIL AND THE HOTEL BUILDINGS AND THEN IN THAT SOUTHWEST CORNER NEAR THE PARKING GARAGE, WE HAVE OUR PROPOSED PAVER DESIGN THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PUBLIC ART WE ARE INCLUDING IN THE PROJECT. SO THE NEXT APPLICATION WITH THAT MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE HAS FOR REQUESTS. THE FIRST IS TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING PARKING GARAGE THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE SITE. THE SECOND IS TO LOCATE THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING TO THE EXISTING SURFACE PARKING THAT'S NEXT TO THE GARAGE. THIRD IS TO ALLOW THE 8% OVER RIDGE IN PARAPET HEIGHT OF THE HOTEL FACADE. AND THE FOURTH IS TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTHWEST A STREET INSTEAD OF THE TWO SIDEWALKS. THIS GRAPHIC HERE SHOWS THE PROXIMITY OF THIS EXISTING PARKING GARAGE IN THOSE TVS SPACES TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS GARAGE LOCATED JUST STEPS AWAY FROM THE PROJECT SITE , AND WE HAVE THAT EASEMENT THAT CHRIS MENTIONED THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PARKING GARAGE. THE PARKING STUDY THAT WE SUBMITTED AS PART OF OUR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION DEMONSTRATES THAT THE PARKING GARAGES UNDERUTILIZED AND HAS CAPACITY TO PARK THE PROPOSED PROJECT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. AND THEN JUST SOUTH OF THE PARKING GARAGE SOUTH OF THAT RETENTION POND IS THE LOCATION OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SITES. THIS IMAGE HERE SHOWS THE WAIVER REQUEST FOR THE ONE SIDEWALK VERSUS THE TWO ON SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET. SO UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LANDSCAPED MEDIAN IS WHAT IS STILL WITHIN OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARY, BUT THERE ARE CURRENTLY SHADE TREES THERE.

THEY PROVIDE SHADE FOR SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET AND WITH THE EXISTING OR WITH THE PROPOSED SIDEWALKS AND CONNECTIONS THAT WERE, UM, GOING TO HAVE ON OUR PROJECT SITE. WE FEEL THAT PUTTING IN THE SECOND SIDEWALK WHERE THOSE TREES CURRENTLY EXIST, UM, WOULD NOT SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ENHANCING THAT LANDSCAPED AREA, WHICH WE PROPOSE WITH OUR LANDSCAPE PLAN, AND WE FEEL THAT KEEPING THE SCREEN SPACE AND THE PERVIOUS AREA IS A BETTER USE VERSUS TAKING THOSE TREES OUT AND ADDING IN AN ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS TO THE SITE PLAN THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THIS EVENING INCLUDE THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED LOW IMPACT DESIGN FEATURES INTO THE OVERALL PROJECT DESIGN. THE FIRST BEING PERMEABLE PAVERS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE PLAZA AREA, THE SIDEWALKS AND PARKING STALLS ON SITE. THESE WILL HELP WITH THE TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF STORM WATER AND DRAINAGE ON THE PROJECT SITE. GOING WITH THAT IS THE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AGAIN PERVIOUS AREA TO TREAT AND MANAGE STORMWATER ON THE PROJECT SITE. NEXT ONE IS THE PRESERVATION OF THE EXISTING SHADE TREES THAT ARE ALONE COLORADO AVENUE. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO KEEP THESE MATURE OAK TREES IN THEIR CURRENT LOCATION, AND WE TOLD OUR ENGINEERS TO MAKE IT WORK AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO BUILD THE RETAINING WALL AROUND THOSE TREES. KEEP THEM IN THEIR CURRENT LOCATION, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE VALUE THAT THEY ADD TO THE STREETSCAPE. AND THE NEXT BIG ONE IS THE UTILIZATION OF THIS EXISTING PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF REALLY SMART PLANNING WHEN YOU CAN CONCENTRATE DEVELOPMENT WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE CURRENTLY EXISTS. THAT WILL SUPPORT THAT DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE WITH THIS PROJECT SITE TO HAVE THAT GARAGE NEXT TO IT AND THROUGH USING THE GARAGE AND NOT HAVING TO DEDICATE HALF OF OUR SITE PURELY TO PARK CARS.

WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. THAT'S UM, THAT COMES WITH BUILDING A LOT OF HARDSCAPE AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF HARDSCAPE THAT WE BUILD. THIS IMAGE HERE SHOWS THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TO PUT THE RETAINING WALL AROUND. THOSE EXISTING OAK TREES PROVIDE SHADE FOR THE PLAZA AREA, AS WELL AS THE SIDEWALK AND COLORADO AVENUE DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY, AND THIS AREA IS ALSO WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING THE MURAL FOR OUR PUBLIC ART COMPONENT TO BE WE FEEL THAT THE HIGH VISIBILITY OF THIS RETAINING WALL ALONG COLORADO AVENUE IS A GREAT PLACE TO COMMISSION, A LOCAL ARTIST TO COMPLETE THIS MURAL. THIS IMAGE HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE RETAIL BUILDING NEXT TO THE HOTEL. THE ARCHITECTURE IS CONSISTENT BETWEEN THE TWO TO MAKE THEM FEEL COHESIVE. AND THIS IMAGE JUST GIVES A GREATING AND ATTRAE STREETSCAPE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD WITH THIS PROJECT. UM YOU CAN SEE THE SIDEWALK WITH ALL THAT ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING THOSE SHADE TREES FOR THAT SIDEWALK WITH THE OUTCROPPINGS ON THE RETAINING WALL, AND WE

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FEEL THAT THIS WOULD BE A REALLY INVITING PROJECT AS ONE OF THE FIRST PROPERTIES THAT YOU SEE AS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN COLORADO AVENUE. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A LOT OF BENEFITS TO THE CITY OF STEWART AND THE FIRST OF WHICH, BEING IT WILL PROVIDE DOWNTOWN STUART WITH A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HOTEL BRAND THAT WILL INEVITABLY PROMOTE TOURISM IN THE AREA. ONE THING THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS IS THAT WHEN THEY HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS COMING TO VISIT THEM IN TOWN, THERE'S NOT A GREAT SELECTION OF HOTELS IN THE AREA FOR THEM TO STAY AT SO WE FEEL THAT THIS PROJECT WITH THE TRU BY HILTON HOTEL THAT WE'RE PROPOSING RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN WILL BE THE PERFECT PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY WHILE THEY'RE VISITING, AND IT'LL SHOW THEM ALL THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT STUART THAT MAKE IT SO UNIQUE. THE NEXT LITTLE STIMULATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THROUGH PROVIDING JOBS FIRST AND FOREMOST, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THAT GO INTO BUILDING A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE AS WELL AS THE FULL TIME STAFF FOR THE HOTEL AND THE RETAIL AND THE RESTAURANT USES AND ALL THE MAINTENANCE WORKERS THAT WILL BE COMING IN ON A CONSISTENT BASIS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS RUNNING PROPERLY. THE NEXT LITTLE ADD NEW CUSTOMER BASES FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. ALL THE GUESTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE STAYING AT THE HOTEL WILL BE VISITING THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND, OF COURSE, SPENDING THEIR MONEY AND HELPING BOOST THE ECONOMY AND THIS AREA. AND HAND IN HAND WITH THAT IS ENCOURAGING CONSUMER SPENDING IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN SHOWN THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE ON VACATION, THEY TEND TO SPEND MORE MONEY, SO WE FEEL THAT HAVING THIS ACCOMMODATIONS IN DOWNTOWN STUART WITH, UM THIS NEW PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UM TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE IN DOWNTOWN AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT. THE NEXT IS CHRIS MENTIONED. WE ARE PROPOSING A TRAM STOP AT THE FRONT OF THE HOTEL UNDERNEATH THE PORTAL TO SHARE AND THIS WILL PROMOTE ALTERNATE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO DOWNTOWN.

PARKING IS A LITTLE LIMITED DOWN HERE, SO WE WANT TO HAVE THIS TRAM AS A REALLY WONDERFUL AMENITY THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE AND EXPAND THIS EXISTING NETWORK. HAVE AN ADDITIONAL STOP OUT FRONT OF THE HOTEL AND GIVE THE TRAMP SOME MORE VISIBILITY AND SOME MORE BUSINESS. AND LASTLY, IT WILL ENHANCE THE CHARACTER OF THE CREEK DISTRICT WITH THE PUBLIC ART THAT WE ARE PROPOSING. SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE WITH THIS SITE TO BE LOCATED IN THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT OF STEWART, AND WE REALLY WANT TO BE AN ACTIVE PART OF THAT AND PLAY INTO IT. FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH THE PUBLIC ART THAT WE ARE PROPOSING. THIS IMAGE HERE SHOWS A BETTER VIEW OF THE PUBLIC PLAZA AREA WITH THOSE OAK TREES AND THOSE SEAT WALLS AND THE RETAINING WALL AGAIN. JUST A GREAT VISUAL COMING OFF OF COLORADO AVENUE, VISITING STEWART FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE. THIS IMAGE HERE IS A BETTER VISUAL OF THE PROPOSED PAVER DESIGN THAT'S IN THE SIDEWALK. THIS WOULD BE THE VIEW IF YOU HAVE JUST PARKED YOUR CAR AT THE PARKING GARAGE AND YOU'RE COMING TO CHECK INTO THE HOTEL. OF COURSE, STEWART IS KNOWN AS THE SAILFISH, CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, SO WANTED TO PLAY INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. AND, UM, THEN WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN STUART TRAM. THEY'RE JUST PICKING SOME PEOPLE UP FROM THE PORT TO SHARE AND TAKING THEM TO HAVE SOME DINNER DOWNTOWN. SO WE MET EARLY ON WITH A LOT OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE WITH THEM AND GET THEIR SUPPORT FOR OUR PROJECT. BEING THE CREEK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR STUART MAIN STREET AND THE MARTIN COUNTY STEWART CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND THIS PROJECT WILL BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CREEK DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ENCOURAGING THAT ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT IN MANY WAYS AND BECOMING AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. WE REALLY WANT TO BECOME PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND TOUCHING ON THE FORM BASED CODE THAT WAS PASSED BACK IN FEBRUARY . THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS TO COME FORWARD WITH THIS NEW CODE, AND WE REALLY WANT TO SET THE STANDARD AND BE THE EXAMPLE FOR WHAT THIS CODE IS INTENDED TO BE, UM, THE MAIN WAY THAT WE DID THAT WAS THROUGH THE ARCHITECTURE BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THE ARCHITECTURE IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO THE CHARACTER OF A COMMUNITY AND IT WAS INTEGRAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT. SO WE MEANT THAT WE WENT THROUGH MANY REVISIONS TO MAKE THE ACCENT COLORS OF THE BUILDING VERY COASTAL, ADDING THOSE WOOD FINISHES IN AND MAKING IT QUOTE UNQUOTE CREAKY FEELING. THE SUMMIT HERE SHOWS THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THOSE MUTED EARTH TONES, THE PASTEL COLORS ON THOSE ACCENT STRIPES ON THE WEST SIDE AND THE WOOD FINISHES. THE

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PITCHED ROOFS ARE TYPICAL OF COASTAL ARCHITECTURE. SO THIS IS NOT TYPICAL FOR A HILTON BRAND, BUT WE KNEW THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THIS FIT IN WITH THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND OUR PROJECT TEAM HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING BACK IN MARCH OF 2023 WITH SURROUNDING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. WE WANTED TO ENGAGE EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND GET SOME OF THEIR FEEDBACK SO THAT WE COULD USE THAT TO GUIDE THE DESIGN MOVING FORWARD. AND EVEN BEFORE THIS MEETING, WE HAD THEM IN MIND WITH THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE HAD THEM IN MIND WHERE THE ENHANCED LANDSCAPE BUFFER AT THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY. UM WE'RE PROPOSING TO PLANT ADDITIONAL PLANT MATERIAL IN AREA THAT'S OWNED BY THE CITY THAT'S CURRENTLY KIND OF NO MAN'S LAND AS A WAY TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL BUFFER. FROM OUR PROJECT TO THESE RESIDENCES. THERE ARE NO GUEST ROOM WINDOWS THAT ARE DIRECTLY OVERLOOKING THE HOMES. ALL OF THE FLOOR PLANS HAVE THE GUEST WINDOWS FACING EAST AND WEST AND NONE THAT ARE LOOKING NORTH. SO JUST THE WAY THAT WE WERE TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AS FAR AS THE GUEST WINDOWS, AND WE HAVE CONCENTRATED A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY ALONG COLORADO AVENUE AND THE SOUTH PORTION OF SOUTHWEST A STREET, SO THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE SITE IS THE CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S ONLY PROPOSED UP THERE AS FAR AS A SERVICE ENTRANCE AND NO MAIN ENTRANCES FOR ANY PATRONS TO THE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT OR GUESTS OF THE HOTEL. AND BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THIS MEETING, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WERE REVISED AND THEY HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL DESIGN THAT YOU SEE TODAY, INCLUDING THE ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPING AND THE DRAINAGE FOR THE SITE. SO THE APPLICANT REQUESTS A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO CITY COMMISSION FOR BOTH THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATIONS. WE AGREE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF THE SAME APPROVALS, AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT OUR PROJECT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. YOU COULD STAND THAT EVERYBODY HI, BONNIE. AND YOU'RE FINE FOR NOW. YEAH, OK. YEAH A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ARE YOU TODAY? ARE YOU NOT TOO BAD? UM FULL DISCLOSURE WITH EVERYBODY. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANTS PRIOR TO OUR MEETING, SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ALREADY, SO SOME OF THE REASONS WHY YOU'RE NOT HEARING THIS. ASK THEM QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD SOME OF THEM ANSWERED, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID AT THE TIME OF OUR MEETING. I WAS NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE TRUE HILTON BRAND DOING A LITTLE HOMEWORK. I NOTICED THAT THERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE AREA LIKE IN TRADITION. UM AND I GUESS OTHER AREAS AROUND OF THE TREASURE COAST. UM COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BRAND? THAT YOU HILTON BRAND WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT, YOU KNOW, OTHER TYPE OF HOTEL THAT WOULD BE THERE IS THE OTHER LIKE IF I GO INTO ONE OF MY GOING INTO THE SAME ONE, NO MATTER WHERE I GO TO IS IT GOING TO BE UNIQUE TO OUR AREA? I KNOW YOU TRIED TO MAKE SOME DESIGN ELEMENTS YOU KNOW, AUTOMATICALLY DIDN'T UNIQUE TO OUR AREA IS THAT CARRY OVER INSIDE? UM I DID LOOK AT SOME OTHER AREAS IN SOME BEDROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ONLINE AND YOU KNOW, I LIKE THEM, BUT I JUST CURIOUS. UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE BRAND, YOU KNOW, AND SO IF YOU CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HELPFUL, MR. PATEL. DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T EVEN CONTAIN YOURSELF.

YEAH OKAY. IT'S UP TO YOU. YEAH I THINK I CAN TAKE THIS. UM SO ABSOLUTELY GREAT QUESTION THE MAIN DESIGN ELEMENT AT THIS STAGE THAT WE HAVE COMPLETELY MODIFIED TO BE UNIQUE TO STEWART IS THE EXTERIOR, THE ELEVATIONS AND EVERYTHING. UM THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WHEN WE GO IN FOR PERMITTING AND DO SOME OF THE INTERIOR WORK THAT WE CAN'T MAKE IT UNIQUE BECAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY THAT POSSIBILITY. AND WE WANT IT TO BE, UM, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE AREA AND FIT IN. SO UM, I THINK FOR THE INTERIOR, THERE'S A SPECIFIC STANDARD THAT HILTON HAS THAT IT ALWAYS MAINTAINS, AS FAR AS LEVELS OF CLEANLINESS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. UM BUT WE HAVE OUR GENERAL FLOOR PLANS THAT WE'VE LAID OUT THAT ARE PART OF THE APPLICATION AND THE EXTERIOR WAS WHAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON TO MAKE IT UNIQUE TO THIS AREA. YEAH SORRY, CORRECT. YOU SAY YOUR NAME? JUST SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME IS RAJ PATEL. UM THE PERSON THAT'S BORROWING THE MONEY TO DO THIS DEAL, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET OUR MEMBERS SPEAK TO THE SORRY SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO LET OUR NEIGHBORS KNOW THAT WE PUT A LOT OF ATTENTION INTO THIS PROJECT FROM THE DAY WE MET THEM BACK IN MARCH. AND I TOOK EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS

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IN MIND. I DIDN'T DISCOUNT ANY OF IT AT ALL. IF I HAD IT MY WAY OUT, PUT A ROOFTOP BAR AND BE A PARTY GOING ON IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR, SO BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

BECAUSE THIS IS THE HOTEL THAT HILTON CHERISHES. HILTON FIELDS WILL DO VERY WELL, UM, WHEN HILTON CAME UP WITH THE TRUE BRAND, THEY LOOKED AT, LOOKED AT THIS BRAND AS A AS A AS A FRESH NEW CLEAN CONCEPT. THAT IS, UM THAT IS MODERN. FOR TECH SAVVY PEOPLE. UM MILLENNIALS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THE AGE GROUP, BUT I THINK IF I LOOKED IT UP, IT'S AROUND THE LATE TWENTIES OR THIRTIES AND THE MID FORTIES, BUT I HAVE ONE HOTEL IN TRADITION, THE TRUE BRAND, AND I HAVE TO SAY WE HAVE PEOPLE OF ALL RANGES COMING THERE. PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE EIGHTIES. PEOPLE THAT ARE YOUNG. THEY HAVE A GREAT TIME. WE DON'T HAVE NOISE ISSUES, EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO THIS HOTEL. ALL THEY WANT IS TO HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S REST IN A ENVIRONMENT THAT IS THAT THEY FEEL IS UP TO STANDARD. UM AND COMING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT YOUR UNIQUE ABILITY OF EACH HOTEL. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS WOULD BE THE ONE HOTEL THAT HILTON HAS ALLOWED TO DEVIATE FROM ITS STANDARD PROTOTYPE. BASICALLY THEY TOLD ME THIS IS THE HEADS OF HILTON THAT RAJ WHATEVER IT TAKES. WE WANT TO BE IN STUART. SO. WILL WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES. I SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM EACH HOTEL WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT, ESPECIALLY THIS ONE. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE POLE. WE HAVE A LARGER FITNESS CENTER. WE HAVE A MUCH BIGGER LOBBY. WITH A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS DOWNSTAIRS . BUT IF ANYONE THINKS THAT IT'S FOR VERY YOUNG GROUP, IT'S NOT.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT. BECAUSE THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE COSTING A LOT OF MONEY AND THE NUMERIC STONEWORK, TOO. TO HAVE A LOW RATED JUST DOESN'T WORK.

AND I MEAN I WOULD HAVE PUT A UM , THE WORLD OFFICE STORIA OR OR FOUR SEASONS, BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A FOUR STORY HEIGHT LIMIT. WE HAVE ISSUES WITH SIZE AND IF ANYBODY THINKS THAT WE CAN PUT REALLY HIGH END BOUTIQUE HOTEL, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE MONEY BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY RULES THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK, WHICH IS GOOD. WE WANT TO LIVE IN A IN A TOWN THAT IS UNIQUE, AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BRING IN, UM, BEFORE I FORGET ONE IMPORTANT PART OF THIS, UH, LOBBY IS THAT THERE'LL BE ONE WALL DEDICATED APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE WALL. THAT'S BEHIND YOU THAT WILL SHOWCASE STEWART. I WILL SIT DOWN WITH EVERYBODY THAT IS GOT KNOWLEDGE OF STEWART AND ASKED THEM FOR THE SUGGESTIONS AND A UNIQUE MURAL WILL BE BUILT INSIDE THE WALL INSIDE THE HOTEL WHERE EVERYONE CAN COME IN AND SEE THAT WOULD BASICALLY TELL YOU WHAT'S TOWARD US ABOUT. AND THAT WILL BE ONE WALL DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF STEWART. YEAH, ONE MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR YOU. AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A DETACHED BUT IT WAS FOR RETAIL AND RESTAURANT. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. WHAT TYPE OF RESTAURANTS ARE USUALLY THINKING THINKING ABOUT BURGER, PLEASE. ARE YOU THINKING MORE HIGH END OF THE STATE WE WANT. WE WANT TO BRING UNIQUENESS. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS, UH, SPORTS BAR TYPE OF THING, EVEN THOUGH SPORTS BARS MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED THROUGH UPS AND DOWNS AND WE DON'T MIND. WE KNOW WHAT'S STORED IS ABOUT WE'VE SEEN WHAT STUART IS HAVE BEEN.

I'VE LIVED IN PALM CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I'VE OWNED BUSINESSES AND STEWART. I OWN THE LITTLE CIVITAS OF BUILDING WHICH KEPT IN SALARIES, AND THAT'S AND THAT'S A TENANT. THEN I FOUND HE CAME TO ME AND HE SAYS, ROGER, I WANT TO BUILD A UNIQUE SPOT. CAN YOU GIVE THIS PLACE TO ME? I SAID, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE ORIGINALLY SAYS. I WILL MAKE IT ORIGINAL AND BASED ON A HANDSHAKE. HE CREATED A WONDERFUL SPOT. SO THE WHAT I MY VISION IS TO HAVE THIS RESTAURANT TO BE, UM AND SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THE INDOORS AND OUTDOORS OF A RESTAURANT. WITH THE BAR AND I HAD SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO OPEN UP A BARCELONA STYLE TAPAS BAR.

AND RESTAURANT AND I SAID, HEY, LET'S DO IT. I JUST DON'T WANT ANY NOISE. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO DISTURB MY GUESTS AT MY HOTEL AND WE PUT ALL THAT IN WRITING AND LET'S DO IT. AND THEN THERE'S A RETAIL COMPONENT. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE. TO DOWNTOWN.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR HIS FORMULA STYLE BUSINESS. UM, THAT'S THAT'S ALL ACROSS. THE COUNTRY. NOW WE WANT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY. AND ALSO, OF COURSE, THE TENANT HAS TO

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MAKE MONEY. SO ANYTHING ELSE PRESS NOTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. SO. MAYBE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE PLANNERS TELL ME ABOUT THIS GARAGE AND HOW YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. SO THERE IS AN EXISTING RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND THE ADJACENT ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER THAT WAS EXECUTED IN 2010. I WANT TO SAY SO. IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED, BUT THIS IS MEANT ALLOWS US TO USE THE PARKING GARAGE. THERE'S NO SPECIFIC ALLOCATION OF PARKING SPOTS. PURELY STATES THAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE THIS PARKING GARAGE, SO WE SUBMITTED A PARKING STUDY BACK IN MAY OF THIS PAST YEAR, UM, COUNCILOR DONE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY, AND THIS STUDY DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE CAPACITY IN THIS GARAGE TO PARK OUR PROJECT. HOW MANY SPACES ARE IN THE GARAGE? 217. AND HOW MANY HOW MANY SPACES.

HOW HOW MANY PEOPLE OR HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE AT THE OTHER. BUILDINGS. THERE WITHIN THE WHOLE FINANCIAL CENTER PLAZA. THERE IS ALL OF THE SURFACE PARKING, AND THEN EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL OFFICE BUILDINGS HAVE BELOW GROUND. GARAGES ARE EASEMENT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO USE THOSE BELOW GROUND GARAGES, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO USE THE SURFACE PARKING AND THIS GARAGE AND WITH THE LOCATION WHERE PROPOSING THE GARAGE FOR OUR PROJECT. HAVING SEEN THIS GARAGE . IT'S REALLY USED FROM WHAT I COULD SEE. UM. TELL ME ABOUT THE DRAINAGE. I'M REALLY SORT OF WEARY ABOUT THAT BACK SECTION AND I'VE SEEN IT HOLDS LOTS OF WATER WHEN WE'VE HAD RATE, NOT REGULAR RAINBOW. WE'VE HAD A GOOD STORM. HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THAT GREAT MIXES TO WRITE ? OUR SITE PLAN PROPOSES UNDERGROUND STORM CHAMBER SYSTEMS AS PART OF THE WAY TO MANAGE THE STORM WATER ON SITE. UM I HAVE JACOB MCCLELLAND HERE WITH FALCON ENGINEERING AND OUR HE SUBMITTED A STORM WATER AND DRAINAGE REPORT AS PART OF OUR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATIONS. SO THIS REPORT MODELS THE SPECIFIC UM, STORM EVENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY CITY OF STEWART AND SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND CAP TECH. THE ENGINEERING REVIEWERS FOR CITY OF STEWART UM, DID NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR OUR REPORT AND WERE, UM, AGREEABLE TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AS FAR AS DRAINAGE AND OUR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE SITE. DID YOU WANT TO DO ANYTHING? YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, I CAN ANSWER ANYTHING YOU MIGHT HAVE. BUT WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL CITY OF STEWART CRITERIA. ALL SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CRITERIA. AND STILL MAINTAINING THE DISCHARGE FROM THE ADJACENT SITE. BECAUSE ON THE DRAINAGE VALVES ON YOUR REPORT. IT'S PROBABLY JUST A TYPO. BUT IT SAYS THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE THREE STORY HOTEL. MY SINGLE STORY RESTAURANT. WITH ASSOCIATED PAY PARK PARTY. SO. THAT OBVIOUSLY IS NOT CORRECT BECAUSE YOUR SITE IS BIGGER THAN THAT. I THINK IT WAS A TYPO IN REFERENCE TO THE THREE STORY OR FOUR STORY OF THE HOTEL, BUT ALL OF THE DATA IN TERMS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE IS CORRECT. AND THERE'S ALSO A NOTE IN RED THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I'M NOT AN ENGINEER. IT'S IT SAYS, PLEASE NOTE THAT GREATER OF THE TWO VOLUMES EITHER 150% OF THE SITE FOR AN IMPAIRED BASIC OR NUTRIENT LOADING CONTROL OF THE VOLUME OF CHAMBER SYSTEM. THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THIS PIER PROJECT, THE NUTRIENT LOADING VOLUME OF 0.6. 10 8. A C ACRE FEET IS GREATER THAN THE HOT 150% OF THE WATER QUALITY TREATMENT VOLUME OF 0.140. ACRE FEET, SO THAT IS THE VOLUME THAT HAS BEEN USED AS THE PATROL YOUR RETENTION BOND. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SO BASICALLY THE ST LUCIE RIVER IS AN IMPAIRED BASIN. SO YOU NEED TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 50% ON TOP OF WHAT'S REQUIRED. BUT THE GREATER OF THE TWO WOULD BE THE NUTRIENT REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES DEMONSTRATED IN THE BNP TRAINS MODEL, WHICH SHOWED THE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL RATES THAT ARE REQUIRED. THE NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL RATES EXCEED THAT OF THE 150% OF SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. SO INSTEAD OF HOLDING BACK THE 0.3, OR 0.4 ACRES OF WATER, AS REQUIRED BY SOUTH FLORIDA. WE'RE HOLDING BACK EVEN MORE SO UP TO THAT 0.6 0.7. TO

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MEET THE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES, WHICH ARE REQUIRED AS WELL. SO FOR STAFF.

WHERE IS OUR IS THERE A REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS? REGARDING ANY OF THIS. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS REVIEWED THE UTILITY PLAN WERE PENDING A FINAL UTILITY PLAN, WHICH JACOB IS ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE RESUBMITTING NEXT WEEK PRIOR TO US TO GO INTO ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION, ALL GOVERNMENTS HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. AND I ALSO NOTICED THAT WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN. PARKING STUDY. CAN WE PARKING STUDY? WE HAVE VERIFY THAT IT WAS CITY HAS NOT COMPLETED A PARKING STUDY IN ORDER TO BELIEVE WE DON'T WE USUALLY TAKE THEIR NUMBERS AND GIVE IT TO EITHER. HORN HAS BEEN REVIEWING THE PARKING AND THE TRAFFIC FOR THIS YET. WE SHOULD HAVE THE SHOULD BE IN THE AGENDA PACKET NOW ASKING. I DIDN'T SEE IT. I DIDN'T SEE IT. BUT IF YOU'RE TELLING ME TO STAY IN THE GENDER BAGGAGE SAID THAT IT WAS ACCEPTABLE. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. KIM LEE HORN IS NOT YET SIGNED OFF ON THE TRAFFIC AS STATED IN THE PRESENTATION, SO WE ARE WAITING FOR KIMBERLY HORN TO GIVE US SO WHY IS THIS BEFORE US IF THE PACKET ISN'T COMPLETE? THIS IS SIMPLY THE STAGE. WE'RE JUST TALKING WITH THE CRB TO GIVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD TO THIS FINAL APPROVALS AT THE CITY COMMISSION . NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COMMISSION UNTIL THEY HAVE GIVEN COMPLETED BY STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANTS. BUT AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO REVIEW AN ENTIRE PACKET THAT IS GOING TO THE CITY COMMISSION? AND THEN WE MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION. THIS IS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME. AND I WOULD HATE TO HOLD THESE PEOPLE UP. BECAUSE YOUR SCHEDULE SOMETHING WITH THIS BOARD. AND IT IS NOT READY TO GO FORWARD.

CHAIR THERE IS NOTHING BUT HOLD UP BY STAFF. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE APPLICANTS TO ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS, AND WE WERE SIMPLY TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME AND GET INFORMED OF THE STAR BEAT SO WE CAN MEET THE DECEMBER MEETING BECAUSE THERE IS NO LATE DECEMBER MEETING WILL BE PUSHED A WHOLE ANOTHER MONTH OF JANUARY. SO THAT WAS THE ATTEMPT INTENT BEHIND SCHEDULING FOR THIS. THE RV MEETING. IF I MAY, SIR, ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION REGARDING THE PARKING STUDY, WE DID. WE DID SUBMIT THAT BACK IN MAY WITH OUR FIRST SUBMITTAL PROBLEM WITH ANYTHING YOU'RE DOING. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOT HAVING COMPLETE PACKET BEFORE THE BOARD SO THAT THE BOY CAN MAKE PROPER RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION. THAT'S MY PROBLEM WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE. UNDERSTOOD THE PARKING STUDY WAS REVIEWED BY KIM LEE HORN. THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT, UM ANYTHING SO THEY REVIEWED IT VERIFIED AND DID NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT PARKING. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE HAS A QUESTION. MR MALTS.

SAYING THAT I CAN'T HARDLY NEED THAT. YEAH. BERT MOUNTAINS. SORRY. YOU HAVE TO SPEAK IN, OKAY? YOU'RE KIDDING, HUH? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BERT MOUNTS. I LIVE ON FRASURE CREEK IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ENTIRELY VISIBLE FROM MY MAILBOX . UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT A NUMBER OF MY NEIGHBORS, ALL OF WHOM ARE FRONTING ON THIS PROPERTY OR IMMEDIATE ADDITION ARE HERE TODAY. WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT AND ITS IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON OUR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, OKAY. MY BACKGROUND BY THE WAY, I'M A RETIRED ARCHITECT. A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT THE PARKING GARAGE THAT YOU INTEND TO USE HAS NO ELEVATOR. AND IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE IT'S NOT ADJACENT TO THE HOTEL. WE HAVE A RAINY CLIMATE THAT DOTTED LINE THAT CONNECTS TO THE PARKING GARAGE TO YOUR SITE. THAT'S GOTTA THAT'S GOTTA HAVE A CANOPY OF THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S GOT TO BE IMPROVED THAT I OBVIOUSLY HAVE A BIAS TOWARDS, UH PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. I'M NOT LOUD ENOUGH. WELL WHY DON'T YOU LET HIM HOLD IT, AND THEN YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND SPEAK TO US. DO THIS? YEAH HERE WE GO. TURN AROUND TO US SO WE CAN SEE ALL YOUR FIXED FACE. THERE WE GO. I ATTENDED THAT MARCH PRESENTATION AND WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED BY THE DRAWINGS AND EXPRESSING CONCERN THAT THIS IS A. AND UPMARKET NEIGHBORHOOD AND

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WE DON'T WANT A STARK. ECONOMY BUILDING. AH GIVE US THE QUALITY . GIVE US THE AMENITIES MAKE THIS ATTRACTIVE. PLEASE WAS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CASCADING STAIRS FROM FROM THE PLAZA DOWN TO COLORADO, OBVIOUSLY, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, AND THEN I HAD ONE MORE. ONE MORE QUESTION.

WILL THE RESTAURANT HAVE A BAR? WHERE IS HE? QUESTIONS OR NOT? MAKE STATEMENTS. JUST WANT SOMEONE. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SETH OWENS. SETH OWENS OF STUART , FLORIDA, 34994 PREVIOUSLY. ON THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD. UH, RELIEVED OF MY DUTIES AS OF YESTERDAY. UM SO I WAS ABLE TO MEET AH. WITH THE PLANNERS AND WITH THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON MYSELF. MY FAMILY'S BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS. UM MY GRANDFATHER, BILL OWENS WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR MARTIN COUNTY THAT CHAMPION AND CHAIRED THE FOURTH STORY LIMITATIONS. SO THE UNIQUENESS AND THE QUAINTNESS WHAT MAKES STEWART VERY UNIQUE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO MY FAMILY AND GENERATIONS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT HAVE LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME. UM I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT IS TASTEFULLY DONE. I THINK THAT THEY HAVE GONE IN AND DONE A LOT OF PLANNING AND A LOT OF RESEARCH. AND THEY HAVE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET 100% AGREEMENT ON ANYTHING. I THINK THAT'S VERY NOTICEABLE IN TODAY'S WORLD. SOMETIMES EVEN 5050 IS PRETTY GOOD. UM I THINK YOU SAW THE FAVORABILITY JUST WITHIN THE 22 RESPONSES. YOU HAD 20 IN FAVOR. ONE NOT IN FAVOR AND ONE NO OPINION. UM THE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES THAT MY FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS, MANY GENERATIONS. THEY THEY WERE HERE DOING THAT AS WELL. AND THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT IT. I BELIEVE IN A VERY POSITIVE MANNER TO BE ABLE TO BRING A LOT OF BUSINESS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT HAS A LOT OF BOUTIQUE SHOPS. A LOT OF RESTAURANTS, THERE'S A MUSIC VENUE THERE AT TARIFF OR MODEL THAT BRINGS IN A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A. CHANCE FOR STEWART AND FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR EVERYBODY TO COME UP. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A VERY, UH, SYNERGISTIC APPROACH TO IT WHERE IT'S NOT JUST THERE THINKING ABOUT THEMSELVES. I THINK THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS WELL. THEY TALKED TO THE READING CREEK DISTRICT. THEY TALKED TO MAIN STREET.

THERE'S GOING TO BE ART INVOLVED . THE RESTAURANT IS GOING TO BE DONE VERY WELL. I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT BAR. HEALTH AND THAT'S GOING TO OFFER YOU KNOW REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITIES AND NOT BE SOMETHING THAT IS LOUD. THAT IS BRIGHT. THAT IS OBNOXIOUS. I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THINGS, UM, WITH VERY GOOD INTENT. AND I AM JUST HERE TODAY TO SHOW MY FAVORABILITY TOWARDS IT. AND I THINK IF GIVEN A CHANCE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BRING IN A LOT OF BUSINESS. TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA INTO ALL THE ADJACENT BUSINESSES WITH VERY LOW IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES THEMSELVES. THANK YOU. DENNIS. JUST FEEL MORE.

RIGHT? STICKING WITH THE OTHER ISSUE. OH, I'M SORRY. OKAY? YES. I'M SORRY. YOU ARE. OKAY. TRACY BARNES. HI TRACY BARNES, 617 SOUTHWEST CHANNEL AVENUE. UM YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAME THINGS. WE ARE ALWAYS SEEM TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS THAT TURN OUT TO BE WHAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WITH REZONING. WITH 603 WITH MUSIC. UM THREE U. S ONE. MUSIC BEING LOUDER THAN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. JUST THINGS ARE PASSED THROUGH AND TURN INTO SOMETHING.

OBNOXIOUS OR, YOU KNOW, ON SOMETIMES ON UNTENABLE. UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE RESTAURANT UM, IT STAGES THAT PATIO CAFE INTENDED TO BE FOR PUBLIC USE AS A GATHERING. AMENITY RATHER THAN A STILL USE OF A POTENTIAL RESTAURANT CAFE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE

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RESTAURANT BAR THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM I WOULD APPRECIATE DEFINITELY NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, A ROOFTOP BAR, WHICH HE ALREADY SAID WAS NOT AN ISSUE. UM. THE NOISE FROM A BAR IS YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU LIVE RIGHT THERE. YOU JUST HAVE NO IDEA. SPEAKING OF TARIFF ARMADA, WHAT IT DOES RIGHT THROUGH YOUR DOORS OF YOUR HOUSE WHERE YOU HAVE TO TURN UP YOUR TV, UM, TO TRY TO DROWN IT OUT, UM, PARKING . WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED PARKING AND HOW THAT GARAGE IS GOING TO HANDLE. THE OFFICE BUILDINGS, THE SHOPS ON COLORADO HOTEL THAT'S FULL AND SHOPPING AREA. UM ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER THE OTHER DAY, THERE WERE LITERALLY TO WATERFALLS COMING FROM COLORADO ONTO THE PROPERTY, AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW. A FOOT DEEP IN THE WATER. UM I DON'T STILL UNDERSTAND HOW THE ELEVATION CHANGES AND ARE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T FLOOD. WHEN THERE'S A HURRICANE THAT IN THIS WASN'T A HURRICANE, THOSE TWO STORMS LIKE A FEW WEEKS AGO. IT FILLS AND I JUST WE'LL ALWAYS QUESTION WHETHER IT'S GOING TO RUN RIGHT DOWN INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND FLOOD US OUT BECAUSE WE ARE YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT LESS TRAFFIC THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALWAYS A PROBLEM IN OUR MEETING. THEY SAID. THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN NEED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR THEY WOULDN'T EVEN NEED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HE WAS UM TALKED ABOUT THE GOING OUT COLORADO AND GOING OUT US ONE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE THING THAT HAPPENED WITH THE DOG KENNEL AND HOW THE TRAFFIC WAS GOING TO COME IN AND COME OUT ON THAT LITTLE ROAD BY FRUITS AND ROOTS. UM. UH WHAT ELSE? UM OH, WHEN SHE SAID, UM CREAKY. I FEEL A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT WALKED BACK THERE TO SEE WHAT FRASURE CREEK ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. UM IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ROOM FOR A NATURE WALK. IT'S NOT GOING TO SMELL GOOD ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU. UM AND THAT'S IT OTHER THAN I WISH IT WAS THREE STORIES. FOUR STORY HOTEL. I FEEL JUST PULL AND GRAFT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING MEAL AND GOD. MCPHERSON STREET, STEWART. I SPOKE TO OUR CITY MANAGER DAVID DIAZ BEFORE ABOUT THIS PARKING SITUATION OVER THERE, AND HE ASSURED ME THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A CITY COUNT. ON HOW MUCH THE BUILDINGS OVER THERE TO FINANCIAL CENTERS NEEDED FOR PARKING. ALSO HOW MUCH THE SHOPS ON COLORADO NEEDED FOR PARKING.

THERE IS NO PARKING THAT I KNOW ABOUT THAT TODAY. THERE THE AND BURT MADE A GOOD, UH, POINT THERE ABOUT NOT HAVING AN ELEVATOR IN THERE, SO THERE'S NO ADA COMPLIANT. UH, PARKING GARAGE OVER THERE. THE OTHER REASON THAT'S UNDERUTILIZED AND MAYBE YOU GUYS SHOULD GO OVER THERE AND HAVE A LOOK AT ESPECIALLY WALKING IN THE EVENING. IT'S CREEPY. IT'S CREEPY, AND THERE'S CREEPS THAT ARE HANGING OUT IN THERE. THERE'S NOBODY GOT IN WAR AND GO TO THAT HOTEL AND SAY, NO WAY PARK OVER THERE IN THAT GARAGE, AND THEY GO OVER TO THAT GARAGE WHERE IT'S CREEPY. AND WE HAVE SITUATIONS COMING UP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NOW BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY. LIKE THE 603 PLACE LIKE THE OTHER 603 PLACE. TARIFF TOMORROW WE COULD GO BACK THERE. WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING THAT BARREL FOREVER, BUT I'M STILL CALLING THE COPS ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S STILL OVER OVER LOUD, BUT THAT'S THE TRAFFIC. WERE THEY GONNA GO? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER HOTEL ON US ONE OVER WHERE THE FUNERAL HOME IS AND THEY'RE GOING TO USE. WE'RE GONNA USE CHANNEL AVENUE FOR CUTTING THROUGH. IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE FOR THE OUR LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR GENERATIONS. IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE FOR PEOPLE. YOU CAN'T EVEN GET OUT IN COLORADO RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN'T GET OUT THERE. THEY ALREADY TAKEN THE PARKING PLACES FROM FRUITS AND ROOTS AND THAT PLACE OVER THERE.

THIS HOTEL IS TOO BIG. IT'S JUST TOO HIGH. AND WHEN WE HAD THAT PUBLIC MEETING, I SPOKE ABOUT IT. I WALKED OUT. WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CONVERSATION BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST SET THERE. SO HE TOLD ME THEY WON'T LET US BUILD IT UNLESS IT'S GOT THIS MANY ROOMS CENTER GENERATES AS MUCH MONEY.

THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM. YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOREVER. I'VE BEEN LIVING IN MY HOME FOR 30 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED IN STUART SINCE 1972 AND I GREW UP IN JUPITER. I'VE SEEN THIS PLACE. GET BROWARD EYES. IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS MORE THAN 6 TO 3 YEARS, EVEN BACK 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT BRIDGE HERE, AND WE PULL THE PLUG ON THAT. IT'S JUST JUST YOU GUYS ARE WRECKING STUART, YOU'RE WRECKING IT. IT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE. I KNOW EVERYBODY THINKS THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO EVOLVE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A PLACE THE HAPPIEST SEASIDE TOWN. LET'S SEE. COME AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ASK HOW HAPPY ARE ALL WE? THE PERVIOUS STUFF DOESN'T WORK. IT HAS TO BE MAINTAINED. IT HAS TO BE VACUUM CLEAN AND THEY DID IT ON SIXTH STREET WHEN THEY REDID SIX STREET AND IT JUST RUNS

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RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AND RIGHT INTO THE CREEK. YOU CANNOT KEEP THE PERVIOUS CONCRETE WITHOUT FILLING UP WITH DEBRIS AND SAND AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS TO BE MAINTAINED. NO ONE TELLS ANYBODY ABOUT THAT. OVER AN AVENUE AT THE AT THE REALLY HAVE THE STORAGE BUILDINGS OVER THERE. IT'S ALL PLUGGED UP. MICHAEL JACKSON. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR A LONG SPEAK MILLIONS. MICHAEL. JACQUELINE UM , WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE ABSENT. I KNOW YOU HAVE A QUORUM JUST HAVE THE MEETING. BUT WHAT IS ABOUT JUST CURIOUS AND NOT A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS 31 OR ALL FOUR. HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT TODAY, AND I'M NOT SURE ELEVATION THE PROPERTY. OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO GET RAISED. THAT WAS A PART OF THE PROCESS AND SO FORTH. SO SOME OF THE WATER THAT'S STANDING IN THERE NOW WON'T BE IN THE FUTURE. JUST BECAUSE OF THAT THE PARKING IS GOING TO HAVE VALET WASN'T MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATIONS, SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUT. I'M SURE THAT IF THE A D A REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GARAGE IS NEEDED, I'M SURE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED. BIG THING WITH HILTON . I MEAN, DON'T LET THAT BE UNDERSTATED. YOU GOTTA NATIONAL COMPANY, ALLOWING FOR A ONE OFF.

RIGHT HERE LOCALLY. THAT'S AWESOME. UM, GATHERING TOO IS I KNOW THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FOUR PARTICULAR ITEMS WITH ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU GO FORWARD, YOU HAVE TO CHECK ALL THE BOXES WITH SOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC WORKS SO FORTH AND SO ON. SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE DAY. I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A COPY TODAY AS THE FOUR ITEMS I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S WHAT I PERCEIVED BASED ON WHAT IT HURTS SO THEY WANT TO CIRCLE THE WAGON ON THAT. LASTLY THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE. I KNOW RAJ PATEL PERSONALLY AND I WORK WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS ON THE CONTRACTOR WE BUILT PALM CITY ELEMENTARY. UM YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY PROUD CONTRACTORS. WE TRY TO ALWAYS USE LOCAL HELP. ON THAT PARTICULAR JOB, PROBABLY ABOUT 90% WAS LOCAL WORKFORCE SO THAT WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REINVESTING ALL THOSE DOLLARS HERE LOCALLY BACK TO RAJ . SPECIFICALLY YOU HAVE SOMEBODY HERE THAT'S LOCAL LIVES IN THE AREA AND TRYING TO DO SOMETHING CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED. YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN. HE HAS THE BEST INTERESTS AS EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS ROOM TO SEE A REALLY GOOD, POSITIVE PROJECT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? OKAY. IS ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? ALRIGHT SEE 90 COME BACK TO THE BOARD. SO. MORE MOVE FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE A SECOND FOR DISCUSSION? SECOND FOR PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION, OKAY? WHO WANTS TO DISCUSS? UM I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS ONE UNDERSTAND WHAT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT? I THINK IT'S VERY VALID. BUT UM, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMICS OF THE SITUATION OF STEWART'S GOING TO HAVE HOTEL. IT'S GOING TO BE FOUR STORIES AND I'M SURPRISED HILTON WOULD COMMIT. SO I'M REALLY SURPRISED THAT WE COMMIT TO A SMALL HOTEL LIKE THIS. THAT'S THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS, AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF A COUP TO GET A HOTEL LIKE THAT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE OTHER THING IS, RIGHT. UH I HOPE THAT AND I KNOW WITH RAJ BEING, YOU KNOW, LOCAL AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME SORT OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP GOING WITH. WITH BEING PART OF THE CREEK DISTRICT AND MAYBE ADDING SOME FEATURES THAT ARE PART OF THE CREEK DISTRICT. SOME MORE ARTSY THINGS. THAT WILL ALLOW ALLOW THAT AND THEN THE LAST THING IS I WAS I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE DEVELOPER TOO MANY TIMES IN THE CITY OF STEWART HERE WE MAKE THE DEVELOPER DO ALL THIS STUFF AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A PROFIT, AND SOMETIMES THAT THEY'RE BARELY MAKING IT ANYWAY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY PUT MORE EFFORT INTO CLEANING UP FRASURE CREEK AND MAKING IT, MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO IT. AND IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE HOTEL, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT HAPPENED. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S WANT TO ADD ANYTHING. UM I DON'T THINK SO. NO, OKAY. SO WE HAVE YOUR MOTION HAS THOSE FOUR ITEMS CONDITIONS? AND THOUGH IT SAYS IN THE AGENDA ITEM I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE REPORTS, WHICH IS BY MONDAY, WHICH IS LESS THAN A WEEK. THAT ARE MISSING FROM THIS PACKAGE THAT WE HAVE THE COMMISSION HAS ALL THOSE FOR DID YOU MAKE THAT PART OF YOUR MOTION? SURE AMENDED THAT. AND BEFORE WE VOTE, JUST GOING TO SAY IF YOU'RE BRINGING A PACKET TO THIS BOARD I GOTTA HOLD THEM UP TODAY, BUT I HAVE TABLED THINGS BEFORE LIKE 603 WHEN WE HAD INCOMPLETE PACKETS. AND I. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN ENTIRE PACK IT OTHERWISE. JUST GO TO THE COMMISSION. YOU DON'T NEED A BOARD. SO. REALLY UPSETS ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE A COMPLETE PACKET, AND I HOPE THE COMMISSION I SEE

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A COMMISSIONER. I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT. OKAY YOU WANT TO SHOW THEM SOMETHING? QUICK COMMENT, YOU KNOW, JUST OR AS I STATED BEFORE, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANT BEFOREHAND, SO THEY PRETTY MUCH ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE TREES. WE TALKED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE. WE TALKED ABOUT PARKING. YOU KNOW WHAT WITH THE BUILDING WAS GOING TO BE LIKE, UM, AS FAR AS ALL THE VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR TODAY, FOR THE MOST PART, I WAS OKAY WITH EVERYTHING WITH WHAT WAS BEING ASKED FOR. THE MAIN QUESTION ME WAS DEALING WITH THE HOTEL. IS THIS THE RIGHT THING FOR THE AREA AND WHATNOT? UM, I LEFT THE MEETING POSITIVE. YOU KNOW, AFTER TALKING TO MR PATEL, BUT AS I TOLD HIM I WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THE FRASURE CREEK COMMUNITY IS VERY PASSIONATE COMMUNITY. WE ALWAYS GET THEM HERE AND LET US KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY FEEL. I EXPECTED THAT MR PATEL AND PROBABLY SPOKE WITH THEM PRIOR. I MEAN, HE LET ME KNOW CERTAIN THINGS THAT HOW HE TOOK THINGS INTO ACCOUNT, FOR EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE THERE'S NO ROOMS THAT ARE FACING ANY OF THE BACKYARDS OF ANY OF THE LANDOWNERS AROUND IF I RECALL ONE OF THE STATEMENTS THAT YOU MADE TO ME UM, LUCKILY, I I'M LUCKY ENOUGH THAT MY WIFE HAS DIVORCED ME YET, AND WE CELEBRATED OUR ANNIVERSARY THIS PAST WEEKEND. UM I WAS ABLE TO GO DOWN TO DELRAY. WE STAYED AT A FOUR STORY HOTEL DOWN THERE. UM IT DID HAVE A ROOFTOP BAR. UM BUT WE SEE IT IN FOUR TORY FOUR STORY HOTEL DOWN THERE AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO AHEAD ON FRIDAY PARKED THERE. AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO GET BACK IN THE CAR. THE WHOLE TIME I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT. WE WENT TO DINNER. WE WENT TO LUNCH. THE NEXT DAY. I GOT A CHANCE TO WATCH THE FOOTBALL GAME OVER. YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME NOT TO IMAGINE THE SAME THING IN STUART. YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GO AHEAD PARK SOMEWHERE DOWNTOWN AT A NICE HOTEL. UM BEING ABLE TO GO DOWNTOWN WALK DOWNTOWN. WE ACTUALLY ATE AT THE HOTEL. THE HOTEL THAT WE STAYED AT. HAD AN ATTACHED RESTAURANT ASIDE. UM AND AGAIN, IT WAS. IT WAS HARD NOT TO SEE THE PARALLELS OR WHAT COULD BE. SO THE QUESTION FOR ME WAS, YOU KNOW WOULD THIS FIT HERE? YOU KNOW NOW AND I BELIEVE MR PATEL HIT IT, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THE HOTEL WE WERE STAYING AT WAS A BOUTIQUE HOTEL. I DON'T YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL WORK RIGHT IN THAT LOCATION, AS HE SAID. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE, UM GOOD HOUSING. GOOD. I MEAN, GOOD HOTEL, BUT ALSO SOMETHING AFFORDABLE, SOMETHING EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY. AND IT SEEMS TO BE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PRESENT HERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE WE WIN.

I KNOW EVERYBODY TALKED. AND I JUST DON'T LIKE VOTING WITHOUT LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE PROJECT WITH THAT SAID, I'M READY TO GO. I ALSO SPOKE WITH MR MICHAEL. WE MET THE CITY HALL. AND I WON'T HOTELS. SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT AND I SPOKE WITH MR PATEL. I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD OPERATOR. I DO HAVE THOSE TWO WORRIES THAT I THAT I EXPRESSED I'M HOPING THAT THE MISSION WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO VERIFY.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH MR PATEL HOTEL? BUT I DO HAVE THE SAME. SAME WARRIORS. YOU AS SOMEONE DID ABOUT WALKING. IN THE RAIN FROM THE GARAGE, BUT THAT'S A BUSINESS DECISION.

THAT'S NOT CRB DECISION OR CITY DECISION. THAT'S A BUSINESS DECISION, AND IF IT GOES BANKRUPT, HE GOES BANKRUPT. THAT'S HIS PROBLEM, NOT THE CITY'S PERSON. I DO HAVE A WORRY ABOUT IT. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE NO. BECAUSE OF SOMEONE WHO'S MADE A BUSINESS DECISION.

SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND IT'S VERY PERSONAL, BECAUSE IT'S MY IT'S A STATUE I DONATED TO THE CITY. BIRD IN FRONT OF. COLORADO BUT FROM THE HOTEL NOW WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THAT? I'LL TAKE IT FROM THE CITY TO. WE WILL KEEP THE BIRD WHERE IT IS. IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE AFFECT MY VOTE. BUT I ASKED SOMEWHERE YOU COULD GIVE TOM THE BIRD WHERE WE WILL FIND A GREAT LOCATION FOR IT IF IT DOESN'T FIT WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS, BUT ALL THE PUBLIC ART THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT. YOU ARE FOR PUBLIC ART. THAT'S A GOOD, ABSOLUTELY OKAY? WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL SUICIDE? BORN MEMBER OF RECTAL. YES REMEMBER LOUIS? YES CAMPENNI? YES MEMBER MOSER? YES THANK YOU. SHAPE. ITEM THREE. DO YOU WANT TO WE ALL WAITING, FRIED AND THREE OR DO YOU? IF

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YOU COULD TAKE IT OUTSIDE, PLEASE.

OKAY? IF WE CAN. ONE ON ONE SOUTH COLORADO RESTAURANT REZONED URBAN PLANNED UNIT

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DEVELOPMENT AND SITE APPROVAL. CHRIS OH, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THAT JOB. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS.

FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JODY COOGLER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE FOR AN URBAN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, REZONED PETITION AND SITE PLAN FOR ONE OF ONE SOUTH COLORADO AVENUE RESTAURANT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN SECTION 11.02 0.05 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THE APPLICANT MALE 33 LETTERS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS LOCATED WITHIN 300, FT OF THE SUBJECT PARCEL.

PROVIDING DETAILS, OTHER REQUEST THAT DEVELOPMENT AND THE DATE AND TIME OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.

ADDITIONALLY, A SIGN WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ALONG SOUTH COLORADO AVENUE WITH THE SAME INFORMATION. THE 0.23 ACRE DEVELOPED PROPERTY IS SITUATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH COLORADO AVENUE NORTH OF SOUTHEAST. SIMILAR STREET IN DIRECTLY EAST OF THE ST LUCIE RIVER. THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO SITUATED, SITUATED IN THE URBAN IN THE CITY SINCE TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AREA REDEVELOPMENT AREA IN URBAN DISTRICT. THE SUBJECT PARK, SO IT'S ALL SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE DESIGNATED AS A DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT. PETER LAND USE THE DOWNTOWN LAND USERS APPLIED TO PROPERTIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND GENERALLY ALLOWS FOR COMMERCIAL LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, PUBLIC LODGING, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS. THE SUBJECT. PARCEL IN THE PROPERTIES TO NORTH AND SOUTH ARE DESIGNATED BY THE URBAN WATERFRONT AND ZONING DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS DESIGNATED URBAN CENTER. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING REQUESTING A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, URBAN PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO UM ELITE. DEVIATE FROM THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OTHER REQUIRE REQUIREMENTS OF STANDARDS OF ZONING DISTRICTS.

THE APPLICANT HAS MADE THE REQUEST FOLLOWING REQUESTS. THE RELIEF IS BEING SOUGHT THROUGH THE URBAN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FROM THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. THEY'RE REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO WAIVE THE FEE INTO THE PAY A PAYMENT AND LUA PARKING PROGRAM FOR THE REMOVAL OF TUBE. IT'S ACTUALLY JUST ONE PARKING ON SITE PARKING SPACE ALONG SOUTH COLORADO AVENUE. THE SECOND REQUEST IS REQUESTING A WAIVER TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL KIRK CUT ALONG FOR ACCESS TO THE DUMPSTER IN 88 SPACES. AND THE THIRD REQUEST IS REQUESTING A WAIVER FOR THE OFFSITE VALET PARKING LOT TO EXCEED THAT EXCEEDS HIM REQUIRE MAXIMUM 500 FT. DISTANCE FROM THE PRINCIPAL USE IN THE LOCATION. THE FIRST WAIVER IS TO WAIVE THE PILOT PROGRAM. AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY JUST ONE PARKING SPACE. UM SO IF YOU ON SOUTH COLORADO. THE SECOND WAIVERS TO ALLOW FOR THE SECONDARY ACCESS. THEY ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING ACCESS ON SOUTHEAST SEMINAL STREET AND WHEN THE PARKING SPACES REMOVED OF A CELL, COLORADO THE THAT WILL BE THE ACCESS TO FOR THE DUMPSTER IN 88, AND ALSO TO TURN AROUND TO GO ONTO SOUTHEAST SIMILAR STRAIGHT. AND THE THIRD REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FOR THE OFFSITE VALET PARKING LOT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM 500 FT DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. THE DISTANCE IS MEASURED FROM THE ENTRANCE FROM THE PROPERTY OF THE PRINCIPAL USE IN THE OFFSITE PARKING LOT ENTRANCE LOCATION AS YOU CAN SEE IN THERE, AND THEY'RE RENDERING THAT THE PROPOSED LOCATION IN YELLOW IS THE RESTAURANT AND THE, UH, PROPOSED VALET PARKING AREA IS IN BLUE STAR. AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY 675 FT. THE POINT. THE VALLEY PARKING LOT LAYOUT IS LOCATED AT SORRY. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LOOKING AT 111, SOUTH OSSETIA AVENUE, THE 0.87 ACRE PROPERTY WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1985 AND CONSISTS OF AN EXISTING 8232 SQUARE FOOT, TWO STORY, PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND MEDICAL BUILDING. CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY HAS A DOWNTOWN FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND URBAN CENTER

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ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION AND IS SITUATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF STEWART'S COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA. A PARKING ANALYSIS PREPARED BY SUSAN O'ROURKE. BUT THE ROCK ENGINEERING AND PLANNING DATED SEPTEMBER 9TH 2022 INDICATES THERE IS SIGNIFICANT PARKING WITHIN THE AREA TO ACCOMMODATE WEEKDAY DEMAND. PEAK WEEKEND DEMAND WILL BE ACCOMMODATED THROUGH A LEASE AGREEMENT AT 111 SOUTH OCLOO AVENUE TO OPERATE.

THE VALET SERVICE AND PROVIDE SPACES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS FOR THE REST OF THE DAYS. THE AVAILABLE PARKING IN THE SURROUNDING DOWNTOWN AREA WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR PROPOSED RESTAURANT. THE CITY'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT, KIM LEE HORN, REVIEWED THE PARKING ANALYSIS AND PROVIDED A LETTER. LETTER DATED JULY 12TH 2003 2000 SORRY, 2023, SAYING IT SIGNIFICANT PARKING. THIS IS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED. THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED IN 1995 AND CONSISTS OF AN EXISTING 931 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH AN ATTACHED 252 SQUARE FEET. OFFICE SPACE. I APOLOGIZE THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN 1950. THE APPLICANT WILL BE UTILIZING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND ADDING A COVER DINING AREAS TO CREATE 100 AND 50 SEATS. WATERFRONT RESTAURANT CAPTURED IN THE VIEW OF THE ST LUCIE RIVER. THE ASSOCIATED SITE. IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE LANDSCAPING , PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS. REFUGE COLLECTION, STORM WATERING UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION AND ON SITE LIGHTING. THEIR PROJECT WILL BE SERVED BY GRADING BY SITE GRADING THAT DIRECTS STORM LIGHTER STORMWATER TO PROVIDE PROPOSED DRAINAGE STRUCTURES LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTHEAST, SEMINAL STREET RIGHT AWAY. THESE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS TO FIRST ONE IS YOUR NORTHVIEW ELEVATION, WHICH IS LOCATED ALONG SOUTH COLORADO AVENUE. AND THE EAST VIEW ELEVATION IS THE VIEW FROM THE ST LUCIE RIVER. THE AFRICAN PROVIDED THE CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF THE PUBLIC ART. HOWEVER THE PUBLIC ART REQUIRES A SEPARATE MINOR, CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION AND WILL BE APPROVED BY THIS BOARD. 33 PUBLIC NOTICE LETTERS WERE MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS LOCATED WITHIN 300 FT. OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE CITY RECEIVED 16 LETTERS IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS. THIS PETITION COMPLIES WITH THE STANDARD OF REVIEW OUTLINED AND LAND DEVELOPMENT SECTION CODE 2.07 0.00 IN THE URBAN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT HAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE CITY OF STEWART COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. STAFF RECOMMENDS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD RECORD, REPORTED A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL FOR THE URBAN LAND. URBAN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT RESUME PETITION WITH THE CONCURRENT SITE PLAN. BUT THE CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL EXECUTE A RESPITE RIPARIAN EASEMENT FOR THE EXCHANGE FOR THE BOARDWALK IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PARKING WAIVER COMPONENTS. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT WITH IT WITH A PARKING EXEMPTION. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF RECOMMENDED STAFFS PRESENTATION. QUESTIONS MARK. YES I'VE GOT A FIRST QUESTION I HAVE FOR STAFF IS IF THIS PROJECT IS BUILD, AND THEY LOSE THEIR VALET PARKING. CONTRACT. IS THERE. CEO PULLED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PARKING AT ALL. I'M GOING TO HAVE THE APPLICANT UM MIKE MCCARTHY ADDRESSED THIS COMMENT.

AND JUST QUICKLY ALSO RESPOND THAT WE HAVE HAD OTHER PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF STEWART, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE HARBORING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION. THAT HAD PARKING AS A CONTINGENCY OF THEIR APPROVAL. AND THE. RESPONSE IS THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PARKING YOU.

ESSENTIALLY CAN'T OPERATE, SO YOU WOULDN'T WE WOULDN'T PULL THEIR CEO THAT DAY WOULD BE MORE LIKELY THAT THEY WOULD GET CODING FOREST AND HAVE TO EITHER PROVIDE THE PARKING SOMEWHERE ELSE OR ADJUST THE NUMBER OF PATRONS THAT WERE THERE TO FIT WHATEVER PARKING THEY HAD.

THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE THAT'S PROBABLY NOT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM THAT WILL COME UP AND THAT IS IN 2012. ALL OF THE PROPERTIES ON SEMINOLE STREET FROM COLORADO AVENUE TO SECOND STREET. WE'RE NOT IN THE PARKING EXEMPT DISTRICT AND THE CITY COMMISSION APPROACHED THEM AND ASKED THEM TO JOIN THE PARKING EXEMPT DISTRICT. IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT THEY HAD TO GIVE UP THEIR RIPARIAN RIGHTS AND ALLOW A PUBLIC BOARDWALK TO BE EXTENDED BEHIND THEIR PROPERTY THAT WAS PAID FOR BY THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT. THERE ARE PLANS OF THE CITY TO EXTEND THAT BOARDWALK PAST COLORADO, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIPARIAN RIGHTS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. SO

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ONE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION IN THIS PROJECT.

IS GOING TO BE. DOES THE CITY COMMISSION WANT TO EXPAND? THE PARKING EXEMPT AREA OF DOWNTOWN AS THEY DID IN 2012 TO ADD THAT ONE PARCEL, THE JAM PACKED PARCEL. IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.

IT DOESN'T EXIST. BUT I MENTIONED TO YOU JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S A POTENTIAL OUT THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PARKING EXEMPT DISTRICT THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO COLORADO AVENUE AND ALL OF THE PROPERTIES ON THE. I GUESS. EAST SIDE OF COLORADO AVENUE. LIKE WHEN MR BRAID USED TO OWN THE COLORADO WIN, HE APPLIED AND GOT THEM PUT IN THE PARKING EXEMPT THE SNEAKY TIKI RESTAURANT THAT IS IN THERE WAS BECAUSE IT WAS PARKING EXEMPT. AND THEN AS YOU GO DOWN THE STREET, THE STATE RESTAURANT THAT'S NOW THERE WHEN IT WAS GUSTEAU'S OR WHATEVER. IT WAS ALLOWED TO BE THERE BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE PARKING EXEMPT. THE ONLY REASON THE SCHOMBURG PROPERTY WASN'T PUT IN THIS PARKING EXEMPT IS BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN THERAPIES OFFICE FOR 30 YEARS AND IT NEVER CAME UP WHEN THEY DID THE PARKING EXEMPT AND THEN WHEN THEY DID THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT BOARDWALK ISSUE THE FUNDING ONLY WENT TO COLORADO AVENUE, SO NOBODY APPROACHED AT THAT POINT. BUT WE WOULD IN FACT CODED FORCES UNTIL IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE, OKAY? UM SECOND QUESTION I HAD IS I ASSUME THE RESTAURANT BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN IS GOING TO HAVE ROUGHLY 150 SEATS, WHICH WILL GET IT A LIQUOR LICENSE. UM IS I KNOW.

THAT MIKE MENTIONED THAT THE THAT THIS IS NOT IN THE DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES OF PARKING EXEMPTION, BUT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT DISTRICT FOR LIQUOR. UM LICENSES? UM ONLY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THAT AREA CAN BE UTILIZED FOR AS A WITH A BAR, AND I KNOW NOT TOO LONG AGO WE WERE AT THE MAX ON THAT WE ACTUALLY AUCTIONED OFF THE LAST RAFFLE THE HUFF OR WHATEVER THEY DO THE LAST TWO AND THEY WENT TO ULTIMATELY WENT TO, UM THE CAFE MARTY. SO MY QUESTION IS, WILL THIS RESTAURANT. BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE OR NO. SO A RESTAURANT THIS SIZE WITH TAINTED LIQUOR LICENSE FOR FOUR COPTS RX, WHICH HAS TO DERIVE 51% OF FOOD. SO IT WAS. IT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT CITY ORDINANCE THAT RESTRICTS THE AMOUNT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT DOWNTOWN TO BECOME A ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT BAR DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE A LIMIT ON THAT AUCTION ABOUT SIX YEARS, RIGHT, MHM. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU.

ARE YOU GOING TO A PINE? SORRY NOT THE SADHUS SIERRA DIRECTOR THE BOUNDARY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS PROPERTY IS OUTSIDE THAT BOUNDARY, SO IT WILL NOT BE PART OF 30% I BELIEVE RESTRICTION THAT WE HAVE IN DOWNTOWN. SO THIS WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THAT, EVEN AFTER THE EXPANSION OF THAT THAT WAS DONE AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID. 810 YEARS AT 6810 YEARS AGO. WHERE WE I KNOW WE EXPANDED, I THINK TO THE HARBOR SHOPS DOWN THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OKAY, NUMBER BUT WE DIDN'T. WE DIDN'T EXTEND. THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THAT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARY.

YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR NO NO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC. WE DID MEET EARLIER TODAY. AND, UM, IF THE CITY OR THE DEVELOPER COULD COMMENT. UM YOU'RE TAKING THE EXISTING BUILDING IN YOUR BASICALLY REUSING IT, REPURPOSING IT. THIS ISN'T A TEAR DOWN IN THE NEW NEW CONSTRUCTION IS THAT CORRECT? IF YOU LEAVE IT, JUST LET LET STAFF ANSWER AND THEN WE COULD HAVE HIS PRESENTATION. IT'S EASIER THAT WAY. YES THAT IS CORRECT.

IT WILL BE REPURPOSED IN THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING TODAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I LIKE THE I HAVEN'T . I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, BUT I LIKE IT. WILL YOU TELL US WE'VE GOTTEN SO MANY EMAILS AND SO MANY EMAILS FOUR OR AGAINST THE PROJECT. THAT'S SO SINCE I HIT YOU BEFORE. LET ME GIVE YOU A COMPLIMENT. NOW I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD ADDITION TO THE REPORT. OKAY, MIKE. GOOD EVENING, MIKE MCCARTY , MCCARTHY AND ASSOCIATES LAND PLANNING AND DESIGN OFFICE ADDRESS. 309 SOUTHEAST OSCEOLA STREETS. WE ONE OF FOUR PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME STAFF. I BELIEVE I GAVE YOU A POWER POINT. WELL, STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT, UM. BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT SINCE 2000. AND THAT WAS

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IT. 2021 WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WITH DR SAM BACK, UM A LOT OF EFFORT HAS GONE INTO THIS PROJECT ANALYSIS. UM A LOT OF DESIGN WITH OUR ARCHITECT AND OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS TO TRY TO COME. TO THE CITY WITH A PROJECT THAT IS ATTRACTIVE. AND. BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY. UM YOU KNOW, OVER OVER THE LAST MANY DECADES, THE CITY HAS TURNED ITS BACK ON OUR WATERFRONT. AND, YOU KNOW, SEMINAL WAS TREATED AS A AS AN UGLY STEP CHILD. AN ALLEY IF YOU WILL SERVICE ALLEY AND A LOT OF THE CITY TURNED ITS BACK ON THE WATERFRONT. AND SO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN THE 19 FIFTIES WITH THE RESIDENTS AND, UM WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO REUSE THIS PROPERTY.

UM, BRING FORWARD A RESTAURANT.

THERE WE GO. WE GOT IT ON. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.

ALRIGHT, SO UM, AGAIN. STAFF ALREADY PRESENTED, UM, THAT I HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE, UH NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. WE SENT OUT THE REQUIRED NOTICES POSTED THE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE ON THE PROPERTY. HERE'S MY AFFIDAVIT ATTESTING TO THE NOTIFICATION. UM NOTARIZED. THIS IS THE SITE PLANT. SO VERY SIMPLE. REALLY, UM THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT UH ELEMENT TO THE FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY. WE PUT A FOCAL FEATURE ON THE CORNER RIGHT HERE. UM IT'S AN ELEMENT THAT WILL SATISFY THE ART REQUIREMENT. POTENTIALLY A FOUNTAIN. UM, THIS IS THE VALET QUEUING AREA HERE IS SOME FACILITIES THAT REQUIRED BY PUBLIC WORKS. UM, THIS IS THE PROPOSED RE USE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. AND THEN THESE ARE TEARS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GRADE CHANGE ALONG THE RIVER AND THE WATERFRONT. SO REALLY, THIS RESTAURANT IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT GREAT CHANGE. WE WORK, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATED THAT GRAND CHANGE INTO SOME TEARS, WHICH ADDS A REALLY UNIQUE ELEMENT TO THE RESTAURANT. WE ALSO MADE SOME CONNECTIONS HERE TO THE BOARDWALK SIDEWALK THAT CONNECTS TO THE END OF COLORADO. UM SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT TOOK SOME FINAGLE NG TO MAKE THIS ALL WORK IN SUCH A TIGHT URBAN AREA. THIS IS AN INFILL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. UM SO HERE'S A LANDSCAPE. PLAN RENDERED SHOWS HOW WE'RE SOFTENING UP SPACE. WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE THAT LARGE MANGO TREE. THERE'S A VERY LARGE SPECIMEN, MANGO TREE. THAT'S RIGHT THERE. UM, WE'RE ALSO INCORPORATING A VARIETY OF LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS AROUND THE PERIMETER TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE WHEN DINING ALONG THE WATERFRONT. YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A SIGNIFICANT BUFFER AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THESE FACILITIES HERE. THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE WATERFRONT LOOKING UM, ONTO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. YOU'LL SEE THE TEARS. THE OUTDOOR SEATING. YOU KNOW HERE'S A SECOND LEVEL, AND THEN HERE'S THE TOP LEVEL IF YOU WILL , AND HERE THE CONNECTION POINTS THAT WILL TIE INTO THE SIDEWALK THAT CONNECTS TO THE BOARDWALK. HERE'S A CLOSE UP PERSPECTIVE TO SHOW HOW THAT TEARING WORKS. HERE'S SOME SEATING ALONG THE OUTSIDE EXTERIOR THAT'S COVERED.

AND THEN THIS IS A VANTAGE POINT LOOKING OUT ONTO THE WIDE WATER. SO THE ENTIRE PROGRAMMING OF THIS RESTAURANT IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THE CITY HAS TURNED ITS BACK TO FOR SO MANY YEARS. UM HERE. YOU HAVE SOME OF OUR PERSPECTIVES WITH REGARD TO THE FRONT OF THE OF THE PROPERTY . THIS IS THE VALET DROP OFF QUEUING AREA. IF YOU WILL. THIS IS THE CORNER OF SEMINAL IN

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COLORADO, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE PLACING THIS FOCAL FEATURE OF THE SPECIFIC ART ELEMENT THAT'S REQUIRED THAT STAFF INDICATED UM , IS A URBAN CODE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO COME BACK FOR MINOR URBAN CODE. CONDITIONAL. USE CORRECT APPROVAL BY YOURSELVES. THAT SPECIFIC ARTWORK WILL COME BACK BEFORE YOU. UM ONCE WE HAVE AN OPERATOR SELECTED, WE FIGURED THAT PART OF THE OPERATOR, AND THE PROGRAMMING FOR THAT OPERATOR WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE ARTWORK TO COMPLEMENT WHAT THEY ULTIMATELY DO AS A THEME WITHIN THE RESTAURANT ITSELF. UM YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR SCREENING WE TOOK. WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND PROVIDED SOME REALLY UNIQUE SCREENING. UM YOU'LL SEE SOME OF OUR LANDSCAPING AND ENHANCEMENTS AS WELL TO THE TO THE FRONT AND FACE OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PUBLIC REALM. UM. THIS IS A GENERAL FLOOR PLAN KIND OF GIVES YOU A PERSPECTIVE OF THE LAYOUT. HERE'S AN, UH AN ELEVATION FROM THE SIDE SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE TEARING.

THIS IS TEARING THAT'S OCCURRING DOWN IN. THIS IS THE WIDE WATER OF THE ST LUCIE RIVER OVER HERE.

UM AND THEN THIS IS KIND OF A SHOT UP ALONG COLORADO SO VERY ATTRACTIVE. WE'VE TAKEN GREAT CONSIDERATION TO. TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. HUMAN SCALE. UH, YOU KNOW, AND KEEP THINGS WITHIN WITHIN RESPECT OF HUMAN SCALE. UM. THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES, WHICH THE COLOR RENDERING RENDERINGS ARE MUCH MORE. APPEALING, BUT UM, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE VARIOUS ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE CALLED OUT ON HERE, MEANING ALL THE CHOIR MINTS AT THE CODE. AND THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPS UP MY PRESENTATION. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FORWARD DR SAM BACK. HE'S HERE, UM, AND ALLOW HIM TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND HIS HISTORY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CRB BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF. MY NAME IS DR AARON SCHAMBACH ON THE OWNER OF 101 COLORADO AVENUE. UM I'VE GROWN UP IN MARIN COUNTY. I'M ACTUALLY 1/4 GENERATION FLORIDIAN. WENT TO MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE IN 1993. MY FAMILY'S OWN THIS PROPERTY SINCE 1988. MY MOM WAS A THERAPIST AND HAD A OFFICE THERE. UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2020 WHEN I TOOK OWNERSHIP OVER OF THE PROPERTY. UM. I HAVE, LIKE I SAID GROWN UP HERE BEEN IN THE WATER BIN IN THE RIVER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE STEWART'S SO SPECIAL. IS THE WATER. I AGREE WITH MIKE DOWNTOWN SORT OF INWARD FACING THIS WOULD BE AN UNBELIEVABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET ACCESS TO UNBELIEVABLE WIDE WATER VIEWS. UM I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME. UM I HAVE NO INTENTION OF SELLING THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE MY THREE KIDS HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE NEXT OWNERS. UM AND THEY ARE ALSO VERY EXCITED. SITTING THROUGH A MEETING LIKE THIS. THANK YOU GUYS. UM SO. SO YOU KNOW, I CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT I'M VERY EXCITED. I THINK IT'S A GREAT USE FOR THIS PROPERTY. ANY QUESTIONS? UM MAYBE A LITTLE EARLY TYPE OF FOOD. WE'RE LOOKING FOR. I HAVE NO INTENTION OF OPERATING THE RESTAURANT. I HAVE ENOUGH ON MY HANDS AS A DENTIST WITH A LARGE PRACTICE, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE HIGHER A HIGH END. WE'RE GOING FOR MORE OF A HIGH END RESTAURANT. AH A SEASONED VETERAN OPERATOR. WE HAVE MULTIPLE LINED UP ALREADY.

OTHER QUESTIONS. JUST THANK YOU. MIKE MCCARTY. UM SO. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. UM THE BASIC, UM. IN SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST IS A WAIVER OF THE PARKING REQUIRED ON SITE PER THE CODE. UM WE HAVE MILITATED AT LEAST AGREEMENT, UM, FOR THE 72 SPACES RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD, AS INDICATED BY STAFF. THAT'S JUST OVER 600 FT. DOWN THE ROAD. UM THE REASON WHY WE HAVE IS THAT LEAST FOR IT'S AN ANNUAL LEASE. IT'S AN ANNUAL LEASE, AS AS MOST OF THE LEASE IS JUST LIKE THE FCC LEASE WITH ALL THE PARKING ALONG FCC, THE HARBOR RIDGE. IT'S CUSTOMARY FOR LEASES OF THIS NATURE TO BE 12 MONTH PERIODS. UM WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT THAT IS SOMETHING MORE HAVE

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TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP IN PLACE, AND IF WE DON'T, THEN THAT'S AT OUR OWN RISK. UM YOU KNOW? TRUTHFULLY THE LARGER ISSUES THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM FOR PARKING. OKAY WE CAN SAY THAT THERE'S NOT A PARKING ISSUE. BUT IF WE WANT OUR CITY TO PROGRESS AND FOR SITES SUCH AS THIS, WHERE THERE'S A RESIDENCE FROM THE 19 FIFTIES THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO BE REDEVELOPED INTO SUCH A USE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TODAY. WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR LONG RANGE PARKING. OKAY SO, UM, WE HAVE A SOLUTION TO THAT. UM WE ARE WILLING AS AS MR MORTAL CITY MAY INJURE INDICATED WE'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE TO THE CITY REPAIRING AND WRITES FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE BOARDWALK ALONG THE FRONTAGE AS THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM SUGGESTED WEST OF COLORADO. AND SO THAT'S THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE EXTENSION OF THAT BOARDWALK. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. TALK TO ME ABOUT ONCE THE BOARDWALK GOES IN , HOW IS THAT GOING TO INTERFACE WITH YOUR RESTAURANT ITSELF? SURE, SURE. SO. CURRENTLY WE'RE WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY CONNECTIONS DIRECTLY TO THAT BOARDWALK AS FAR AS A DIRECT CONNECTION FROM OUR UPLAND. WE BELIEVE THAT THE CONNECTION POINT AT THE END OF COLORADO IS ADEQUATE TO SERVE AS THE COMMUNITIES CONNECTION TO THEN PATRON, OUR ESTABLISHMENT. HOWEVER WE DO HAVE IN RESERVE THE RIGHT TO POTENTIALLY PUT A DOCK OUT THAT COULD EXTEND BEYOND THAT BOARDWALK. YES SIR, ASKING FOR REPAIRING RIGHTS OR YOU ALREADY HAVE. WE ALREADY HAVE THE REPAIR, EAN WRITES, BUT THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO THAT WE'RE OFFERING WITH THE CITY WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT ACROSS THAT, BUT WE STILL RESERVE THE RIGHT TO EXTEND A DOC BEYOND. YOU'RE NOT RESERVING THE RIGHT TO AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST AND SOME PLACES. SO LIQUOR AND THEN PASS IT OVER THE. THANKS ON THE BOARDWALK. NO SIR. DO THAT, ARE WE? NO, SIR, OR NOT? AND SO HOW MANY PARKING SPACES TO YOU NEED? WHERE REQUIRED 34. MAYBE 30. EXCUSE ME. 38 SPACES? YES, SIR.

DISAGREEMENT GET WHAT YOU OVER THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT, BABY. JODI DOES HOW MUCH THAT ONE SPACE IF YOU HAD TO PAY AT THE PILOT SO THERE'S A. THERE IS A TABLE IN THE CODE THAT REQUIRES THEM TO DO A SURVEY WITH IT BEFORE JASON PROPERTIES BASED ON THE PROPERTY VALUE. I DON'T HAVE THAT FIGURE. COULD WE IF BECAUSE I'M. I'M TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF MAKING ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY PILE UP. BUT BUT IF IT SAYS $30,000, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. BUT IS THERE A WAY WE CAN DO IT ON A SLIDING SCALE? IF WE IF WE WANTED. TO UM, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THIS OR CITY ATTORNEY? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT EITHER. I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP AND GET BACK TO YOU ON IT. OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT JUST FAMILIAR WITH THE CODE SINCE I'M ELIMINATE A FEW WEEKS AS WELL, OKAY? WHERE'S MORE TONE? ISN'T THAT ISN'T THAT NUMBER 11,000? I THINK WE REDUCED IT TO 11,000 PER PARKING SPOT. RIGHT WAS GENERAL IT'S I THINK IT'S 11,000 USED TO BE 17. I THINK WE REDUCED IT TO 11. SO WE GOT 11,000 PER PARKING PLACE THAT YOU'RE SHORT. SO WE'RE 35 PARKING PLACES SHORT AWAY ONE AND THE PARKING SPACES ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THAT LEASE, WHICH IS NOT QUITE THE SAME RIGHT? AND SO, REALLY, WE'RE APPROVING A PROJECT WITH NO PARKING SPACES. WITH LEAST PARTY BUT IT'S NOT LONG TERM. WELL, JUST IN GENERAL , SINCE I'M ONE OF THE TWO PEOPLE AT LEAST AS MOST OF THE PARKING IN DOWNTOWN, UM, THAT MARKET IS GETTING CRAZY. I MEAN, IT'S $2000 A MONTH FOR, YOU KNOW , NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. SO YOU HAVE THE QUESTIONS FROM MIKE. NONE NINE. APPRECIATE IT. SO LET'S TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. EDWARD WILL SCENE. I HOPE I PRONOUNCED THAT RIGHT? WHO SENT.

LET'S SEE THE TEAM. YES, SIR. UM WELL, UH, TO BEGIN WITH, LET ME JUST STATE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 12 RESTAURANTS AND BARS WITHIN ABOUT A QUARTER OF MILE RADIUS OF THIS LOCATION. IN FACT

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, THERE ARE FIVE WITHIN TWO BLOCKS, SO. I LEAVE IT TO YOU TO DECIDE WHETHER WE REALLY NEED 1/13 RESTAURANT WITH THE BAR. BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO FOCUS ON IS THE PARKING NOW, AS YOU HEARD , THE LOT IS 600 FT FROM THE LOCATION. HOWEVER THEY GET THERE. YOU HAVE TO DRIVE ABOUT 400 YARDS. THAT'S A QUARTER OF A MODEL. THAT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE ONE WAY STREETS AND THE ENTRANCE INTO THE DRIVEWAY. UH IF YOU LOOK AT THE SEATING CAPACITY AND YOU ASSUME 2.5 ADULTS PER CAR THAT'S GOING TO BE 60 CARS FOR EACH SEATING, AND I'M ASSUMING TWO SEATINGS, WHICH IS ABOUT EQUIVALENT TO WHAT THEY HAVE IT OKAY NUMBERS, WHICH ALSO SEATS 150 PATRONS. SO IF YOU DO THE MODELING, AND I'VE DONE SOME ANALYSIS THAT I'VE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO OVER HERE. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT A MINUTE FOR EVERY CAR. TO BE PARKED AND THEN PASSED ON TO THE NEXT VALET, AND I'M ASSUMING TO VALET'S. YOU COULD ADD A THIRD VALET, BUT IT WON'T DO MUCH TO AVOID THE CONGESTION. SO HOW MUCH IS CONGESTION? THE DRIVER. THE VALET HAS TO DRIVE DOWN SEMINAL ONE WAY STREET. HE TURNS RIGHT ON ANOTHER ONE WAY STREET, WHICH IS DETROIT GOES TO A STOP SIGN GETS TO OSCEOLA TURNS RIGHT AGAIN AND THEN EVENTUALLY PULLS INTO THE PARKING LOT. UM THAT IS HARDLY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN A MINUTE. IT'S GOING TO TAKE TWO MINUTES. I DROVE IT. IT TOOK OVER TWO MINUTES. UM IF YOU THEN ASSUME THAT THERE ARE 60 CARS COMING AND GOING WHEN YOU CHANGE FROM THE FIRST SHEETING TO THE SECOND SEATING, YOU HAVE THE MAKINGS OF AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF CONGESTION. IN FACT, IF YOU GO THROUGH THE MODELING OF THAT, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7 38 30 WITH 60 CARS LEAVING AND 60 CARS ARRIVING ASSUMING A 30% OVERLAP THAT IS THAT THERE ARE 30% OF THE DINERS FROM THE FIRST SEATING AREN'T READY TO LEAVE QUITE YET. IF YOU ASSUME THAT 30% OVERLAP, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE PARKING FOR 78 CARS, THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF SPACES, INCLUDING HANDICAPPED SPACES IN THAT LOT. AND IF YOU BLOCK OFF TWO DRIVEWAYS DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME IS NOT IS A TOTAL OF 50 SPACES. SO TO GET 78 CARS IN THE 50 SPACES, YOU HAVE TO STACK CARS STACKING CARS IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU GET ONTO A FERRY BOAT, BUT THE WAY IT WORKS IS YOU GET ON AND GET OFF IN THE SAME SEQUENCE. THAT'S NOT THE WAY A PARKING LOT WORKS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT ANY SCENARIO NO MATTER HOW MANY BELL LASER OR BETWEEN 530 WHEN THE RESTAURANT WOULD OPEN AND 1030 WHEN THE RESTAURANT WOULD CLOSE, 120 CARS WILL ARRIVE. THANK YOU, SIR. 120 CARS WILL DEPART. I SUGGEST THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH CONGESTION AT FOUR INTERSECTIONS AND A POTENTIAL BACKUP OF 60 CARS ON COLORADO. THANK YOU. CHIP HAZARD. OKAY? HI THANKS. MY NAME'S CHIP HAZARD AND I LIVE AT 57. SOUTHEAST SEMINAR WITH MY WIFE, SUSAN. REVIEW OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH I SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING. THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS NOT TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST, ESPECIALLY THE THIRD WAIVER, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CLEARLY STATES THAT ITS PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE PROTECT. THE CHARACTER MAINTAINS STABILITY OF RESIDENCES. FROM DEVELOPMENTS. SOUTHEAST SEMINAR STREET FROM COLORADO TO DETROIT. IS EAST OF DIXIE HIGHWAY. IT'S THE ONLY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD LEFT IN DOWNTOWN STUART. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES THE SAME EQUAL CONSIDERATION OF ITS UNIQUENESS AND THE BENEFIT TO THE CHARACTER OF DATA ON STEWART AS ANY OTHER OF YOUR DESIGNATED NEIGHBORHOODS. IT DESERVES TO BE PRESERVED AS RESIDENTIAL WE'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ALREADY EXPOSED. UH WE'RE BASICALLY A PARKING LOT FOR DOWNTOWN STUART AS IT IS, WITH ALL THE RELATED NOISE, LITTER AND MISBEHAVIOR THAT GOES ON. WE ALREADY SUBJECT TO ENTIRE WEEKENDS OF RVS RUNNING THERE. PARKING IN THAT LOT THAT'S PROPOSED VIOLATE AT 111, AUSTRALIA, RUNNING THEIR GENERATORS 24 HOURS A DAY. FOUR TIMES A YEAR WENT DOWNTOWN STUART HAS THEIR ART AND CRAFT FESTIVALS, WHICH I'M SURE IS VIOLATING NOISE ORDINANCES. AND AS YOU WILL REMEMBER, JUST LAST YEAR. THE CITY COMMISSION GRANTED THE REQUEST TO BUILD THE 24 STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS AT DETROIT AND EAST OCEAN AND THEY PROVIDED RELIEF TO THOSE DEVELOPERS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE NEARLY ENOUGH PARKING. FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED THERE. WE'RE PRETTY SURE THAT

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ALL THAT OVERFLOW PARKING IS GOING TO WIND UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. THE OTHER THING IS THE SPORT HAS TO MAKE IT INCUMBENT UPON THIS APPLICANT. TO SHOW THAT HE. THERE'S A QUOTE IN THE CODE THAT SAYS ALL ASPECTS OF A U P U DAY ARE UNDER UNIFIED CONTROL. AND THAT INCLUDES THE PARKING AREA AND I DON'T I DIDN'T HEAR THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL LEASE. SO IN SUMMARY THE INTRODUCTION OF THE VALET PARKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT ONLY UNACCEPTABLE, BUT IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE STATED PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE CODE, AND I'D ASK EACH OF YOU TO WALK DOWN SEMINAR STREET AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

WE'RE NOT JUST PARCELS ON A ZONING MAP. WE'RE A NEIGHBORHOOD THERE. DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM WHERE WE LIVE. THERE IS A 20 FT WIDE STREET. THERE'S A SIDEWALK AND THERE'S A GRASP IRON. AND THERE'S THAT PARKING LOT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, BRUCE LARAWAY. HELLO OH, BRUCE BEEN HERE AWHILE. UH, I LIVE. SAME PLACE SHIP DOES. AND. IT'S LUDICROUS, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO NUMBER ONE THAT PROPERTY IS NOT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON THAT. WHAT? FOR RESTAURANT AND AN OFFICE OFFICE. RESTAURANT. AND A. THE PARKING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE WHOLE CORNER.

TAKING UP THE WHOLE CORNER AND GOING DOWN THE STREET. IT'S A ONE WAY STREET. IT NARROWS.

YEAH, TWO PLACES. OR YOU CAN'T GET TO CARS THROUGH IT. AND THAT'S ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO THE PARKING LOT THEY WANT TO USE. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE OF ALL. I THINK THAT THIS IS NOT THOUGHT OUT. THE GROUND. THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. GROUND TO DO THIS KIND OF THING, OR ANY KIND OF THING FOR THAT MATTER BECAUSE OF WORDS SITS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME PLANS. MAY BE DIFFERENT. WHAT THEY CERTAINLY CAN'T DRIVE DOWN SOME OF THE STREET. AND PARKED CARS AND DRIVE DOWN CENTRAL STREET IN PARKED CARS. IT JUST WON'T IT WON'T WORK.

PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET KILLED THERE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? OKAY. NO QUESTIONS STATEMENT, THEN FEEL LIKE COME ON UP AND FILL OUT A CARD STATEMENT TO PARTY. HE WAS THE ONE WHO CALLED. YOU CALLED HIM EARLIER. I DID AGENDA. I GUESS I MUST HAVE HIT SO SORRY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DENNIS STEELMAN ON THE PROPERTY AT ONE ON ONE SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE STREET DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE PARKING LOT. IT'S CURRENTLY OPERATED BY THE PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC. OKAY. SOME NORTH STREET. IS A ONE WAY STREET THAT SERVICED BY TWO OTHER ONE WAY STREETS, DETROIT AND DENVER. UM. SOME OF THOSE VERY NARROW. IT'S ONLY 20 FT WIDE, HAS PARKING ON ONE SIDE, THREE HOURS RESTRICTED PARKING, WHICH IS NOT ENFORCED.

THE ENTRANCE TO THE RIVER HOUSE PARK, THE RIVER HOUSE CONDOS. IS OFF OF SEMINAL STREET, BUT THE WAY IT WAS APPROVED NECESSITATES UNLESS THE PETERSON IS GOING TO GO AROUND. UM COME DOWN THROUGH CONFUSION CORNERS DOWN COLORADO. THEN DOWN SUDDENLY ALL THAT YOU MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN FROM DENVER. AND JAKE INTO THE ENTRANCE WAY. APPROXIMATELY 15 4TH ON CENTER LINE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. WE OBSERVED MANY, MANY PEOPLE GOING DOWN IN DETROIT OR DENVER IN THE WRONG DIRECTION JUST BECAUSE THEY GET CONFUSED. I WONDER WHY SCALA STREET IS A PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC. PAY MANAGEMENT CLINICS HAVE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE.

THEREFORE THEY REQUIRE 48,000 SQUARE FOOT PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC REQUIRES 41. PARKING SPACES RESERVED FOR THAT USE ALONE. THEREFORE, NONE OF THOSE PARKING SPACES THAT 42 NOW AVAILABLE UNTIL THE PAIN MANAGEMENT CLOSES. I PERSONALLY CAN'T THE OTHER DAY AT 630.

THERE WERE 11 CARS STILL IN THE PARKING LOT THERE. ALSO JUST BRINGING IT ONE FINAL THING.

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THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR DEAD END STREETS, AND STUART REALIZES CURRENTLY GRANDFATHER BUT THEN THAT IN STREET, WHICH COLORADO IS IN FOR OTHERS PROPERTY, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A 90 FT DIAMETER TURNAROUND. THE STREET IS 30 FT WIDE. WILL THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE WILL PREVAIL WHEN THE NEW FACILITY IS PUT INTO PLACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JOSEPH POWELL. SO I LIVE ON SALMON STREET AS WELL. AND HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A RESTAURANT WHERE THEY HAVE VALET PARKING? ONE OF THE VALLEYS DO THEY RUN AFTER THE CARS? SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE PARKING LOT RIGHT NEXT TO THE RESTAURANT THAT'S GOING TO BE WHATEVER THEY QUOTED THE DISTANCE, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING DOWN THE STREET WHERE I LIVE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DRIVING THE CARS FAST, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET THE CARS OUT OF THE WAY THEY ARE GOING TO BE BUNCHED UP ON NEIGHBORS. SO COMMON SENSE. THIS IS NOT A GOOD PROJECT AND EVERYTHING PEOPLE STAYED BEFORE ME, MAKES IT DONE. I THINK THE COMMISSION SHOULD DECLINE THIS FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW. FOR RUINING THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LIVE IN. UM, THAT'S NOT WHY I MOVED TO MARIN COUNTY. AND NOW ANOTHER THING IS, UM 18 CEMAL STREET IS ON THAT BLOCK. YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE THERE. THERE'S NO VALET PARKING PEOPLE FIND PARKING. JUST A REGULAR NEIGHBOR. THIS IS GOING TO RUIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ALL THE NOISE, THE VALLEYS RUNNING DOWN THE STREET, BECAUSE IF YOU EVER BEEN TO THE VALLEY PART AND YOU'VE SEEN IT, THEY RUN AFTER THE CAR, SO THEY'RE GOING TO RUN DOWN THE BLOCK. TWO BLOCKS TO GET TO THE CARS, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA BE BUNCHING UP IN THE CORNER, SO I THINK THIS IS A BAD DECISION. THANK YOU. I THINK ANYBODY ELSE BACK TO THE BOARD. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE AFRICA? QUESTION OF STAFF. UM.

SO FOR OUR WE RECOMMENDING THE WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU DOING TODAY? WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS TO THE C R A. ARE WE RECOMMENDING? IF ONCE WE APPROVE THIS TO THE COMMISSION, OKAY, OKAY, SO IT'S GOT AWAY. THERE ARE 2024 CONDITION CONDITIONS. YEAH, MORE. FOR DISCUSSION TO SOMEBODY. YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION, THOUGH. UM IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, USUALLY AT THIS POINT, WE USUALLY MAKE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION. PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION. ONLY MAKE A MOTION SO WE CAN PUT THIS ON THE TABLE. WE CAN TAKE A SECOND. SECOND OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND. OKAY DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? CHRIS? UM YES. YES. SO . AND I JUST HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

UM YOU KNOW, AND MIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU IF YOU DON'T IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS, COMMENTS, AND THEN MIKE, EXACTLY, AND SO I JUST WANT YOU KNOW SOME OF THE COMMENTS YOU HEARD TODAY, UM MY ISSUES WITH THIS AND IN THOSE THAT ARE HERE FROM THE AREA, KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR A WHILE. I GENERALLY UH TRY NOT TO I MY HISTORY IS NOT APPROVING THINGS ON SEMINAL. UM I AGREE THAT THERE IS A PARKING ISSUE THERE. UM THE CONDO THAT WAS PUT UP IN PLACE. I DID NOT VOTE FOR THAT. UM BECAUSE I LISTENED TO COMMUNITY.

I KNEW I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE PARKING THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND EVERY SO OFTEN WE GET THINGS IN THE AREA AND I GENERALLY WILL GO AHEAD IN THIS SITUATION AND AIR ON THE SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY . UM THIS SITUATION TO GET I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE ON THIS AND IN FULL TRANSPARENCY. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH MR MCCARTY. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH DR SHANNON BECK AS WELL. I WANT EVERYBODY HERE TO BE AWARE OF THAT. I KNOW THESE INDIVIDUALS. I KNOW DR SHANE BEC, UM I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S A LOCAL TRYING TO PUT A BUSINESS HERE DOWNTOWN. UM, IT'S NOT SOMEBODY COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN. SOMEBODY HAS BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. UH I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIM. UM I'M GETTING OLD. I AM GETTING OLD. BUT IT IS SOMETHING WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THAT. I LIKE THE IDEA OF LOCALS COMING AND STARTING BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN.

WE ARE DOWNTOWN. YOU KNOW, IT IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE OF STEWART OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE. UM, OUR BOARD IS TASKED WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN FOR THE GOOD IN THE BAD, UM, WE TRY TO TAKE YOU KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS AND TRY TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, UM, WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE MY BIGGEST ISSUE IS THE PARKING IN THE DRY IN THE TRAFFIC. UM INITIALLY, THE BANK, UH, SEEMED LIKE A SOLUTION TO ME. UM BECAUSE OF THE PARKING. I UNDERSTAND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ON SITE. THEY HAD A LEASE IN ORDER TO DO THIS. UM I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE WAY AND I DO HAVE SOME AGREEMENTS WITH THE WAY THAT THE VALET WOULD WORK. UM I CAN SEE YOU KNOW THE VALET PEOPLE AT THE RESTAURANT. RUNNING UP AND DOWN THAT STREET. IT'S NOT A BIG STREET, ESPECIALLY ON BUSY NIGHTS AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN NOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA PLAY OUT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE AS BAD AS WE THINK OR OR BETTER THAN WE THINK, UM, I DO

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AT THE SAME TIME. I DON'T WANT TO HOLD OFF. DEVELOPMENT HOLD OFF LOCALS FROM, YOU KNOW, DOING BUSINESSES BECAUSE THIS PARKING ISSUE THAT I AGREE WITH MR MCCARTHY THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS AT SOME POINT IN TIME. UM IT IS AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING DOWNTOWN THE WAY WE WANT TO BE, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S LOUD. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S YOU KNOW, FAMILIES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND GENERATIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SYMPATHETIC WITH. I AM SYMPATHETIC WITH THAT. AT THE SAME TIME, I HAD TO BALANCE THAT IS WE ARE DOWNTOWN. UM. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHICH WAY I'M GOING YET JUST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT I WANTED MY OPINIONS BE KNOWN AND WHAT MY THOUGHTS WERE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. BARNEY.

UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. UM, THIS OKAY? MEMBER HAVE UH, BELLY AGREEMENT. YES. THEY DO AND WHERE ARE THEY? RIGHT, RIGHT. I DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT. DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I DON'T THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT. AND THEY HAVE LEAST I BELIEVE. PARKING THROUGHOUT. DOWNTOWN AREA. FROM DIFFERENT. PLACES THAT ARE CLOSED IN THE EVENING, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY USE. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SPACES THERE ARE BUT CURRENTLY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH OF A PROBLEM. I ASKED THAT BECAUSE I AM SYMPATHETIC TO THE CONCERNS WITH TRAFFIC, AND I DO KNOW YOU KNOW OTHER RESTAURANTS AROUND STEWART THAT DO HAVE VALLEY PARKING. IT DOES GET A LITTLE BUSY, BUT I WILL SAY THAT ONE SEEMS TO BE WELL MANAGED. I DON'T NOTICE ANY ISSUES THERE. UM DURING LUNCH AND DINNER TIMES. UM I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE I. UH, THIS MAY BE AN UNPOPULAR OPINION. I'VE BEEN URBAN DESIGNER AND I WORK IN CITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. UM AS A CONSULTANT. I DON'T WORK IN MARTIN COUNTY OR STEWART, BUT, UM PARKING. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE TOWN IS 2000 PEOPLE OR TO MOUNT 2 MILLION PEOPLE. EVERYONE IS ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING. IT'S A CONCERN EVERYWHERE I GO. AND UM, WHAT I'VE NOTICED HERE IS A RESIDENT IN STEWART IS THAT, UM I'M NOT SURE WE DO HAVE A PARKING ISSUE. I THINK WE HAVE A WALK ABILITY ISSUE. I THINK THAT, UM DO YOU NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING OR THE ENVIRONMENT IS TO FILL COMFORTABLE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SHADE OR THERE'S NOT ENOUGH LIGHTING. UM I NEVER HAVE ISSUES PARKING BECAUSE I'M WILLING TO WALK FURTHER. AND I WONDER IF EVERY SINGLE PATRON OF THIS RESTAURANT IS GOING TO I WANT TO VALUE THEIR CAR OR IF THEY'RE FINE. BREAKING SOMEWHERE AND WALKING LIKE THE REST OF FOLKS DOWNTOWN, DEAR. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE BASING MY DECISION TODAY. MIKE IS THERE ANYWAY. THAT THE. DROP OFF CAN BE REDESIGNED SO THAT IT TAKES IT. LEAVES IT ON. I GUESS SOMEONE AND THAT SOMEONE ALL OSCEOLA. TAKE IT OUT OF SEMINAL COMPLETELY AND LEAVING COLORADO GOING THE OTHER WAY. MAYBE I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST ASKING. UNFORTUNATELY, I AM. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S BASED ON THE TURNING RADIUS REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THEIR WASTE DISPOSAL TRUCK. WE HAD TO RUN AUTO TURN. WE HAD TO DO SOME ADJUSTING TO THAT SITE. IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE TURNING RADIUS IS WORK. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE FIRE AND WE HAD FIRE REVIEW IT AND WE HAVE TO GET THE QUINN TRUCK IN AND THEIR BOOMS AND ANYWAY, SO RIGHT NOW AS DESIGN, IT COMPLIES. IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT'S WHERE WE ARE. I WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE TO HAVE A DUMPSTER ON THIS SMALL SITE AND YOU KNOW, ONE WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD PUT IT WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S A SEPARATE WHOLE DISCUSSION. RIGHT SO YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCOMMODATED ALL OF THOSE FACILITIES. WE COMPLY WITH ALL THOSE FACILITIES. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKE TONIGHT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. THEY HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE PARKING. THEY HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE TRAFFIC.

THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT PEAK TIME DURING FRIDAY AND PEAK TIMES DURING SATURDAY, OR THE TWO TIME FRAMES IN WHICH THERE IS NOT PUBLIC PARTNERS AVAILABLE . AND SO WE'VE WE'VE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, AND NOT ONLY IS THAT SOLUTION ADEQUATE. BUT IT'S FAR MORE THAN WHAT WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PARK. UM, WE RECOGNIZE FROM OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT THAT IF WE DO NOT HAVE THAT LEASE. THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ACCOMMODATE THAT PARKING OR ELSE TO THE CITY WILL VIOLATE US WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. NOW I JUST ALSO WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION NOW

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THAT THERE'S VALET OPERATIONS OCCURRING EVERYWHERE, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT SAILORS RETURN. THAT'S ON A VALET SITUATION. YOU AND I SPOKE MARK YOU LEASE PART OF YOUR LOT. THAT IS ALL THE WAY OVER ON JUNE JEFFERSON ACROSS U. S HIGHWAY ONE SO AND THAT IS SUCCESSFUL SAILORS RETURN IS A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. SO VALET DOES WORK. IT HAS TO BE SUCCESSFUL OR ELSE YOU DON'T HAVE A SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANT. SO UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS PROPERTY, PUTTING AN OPERATOR IN THERE. UM AND SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES IS PROPER MANAGEMENT. SO UM, VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, NOT FOR YOU, BUT I'LL MAKE I'LL MAKE A COMMENT. NOT TO YOU, BUT TO MY BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE WE GOING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, PARKING IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM AND DOWNTOWN.

ALWAYS AND IF YOU LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, YOU HAVE TO EXPECT THAT DID IT WILL BE.

TRAFFIC. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. TOWN AREA IS ALL ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT WE IN STUART HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CREATE FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS SINCE JOAN JEFFERSON WAS MAYOR. WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. DO I THINK WE COULD TEAR DOWN THAT HOUSE AND PUT UP IN APARTMENT BUILDING. WILL THAT MAKE IT ANY BETTER? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK IF WE WANT TO HAVE A DISTRICT WHERE PEOPLE COME AND HAVE A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE RESTAURANTS. I'M GONNA I'M GONNA PUT ON A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS PETITION. THE BOARD WISHES. AND ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE LIKE THE BALLET HAS TO OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. IN THE UPPER WHEN THE WELL NOT GONNA SAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WHENEVER THE RESTAURANT IS OPEN. THE VALLEY HAS TO OPERATE IN THE EVENING. I'M NOT GONNA PUT ANYTHING DO LUNCH, EVERYONE. THAT'S WHAT THEY CAN. I THINK THAT'S NOT MUSICAL. BUT IF THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE A DINNER SERVICE. THEY KNEW ABOUT A THE SECOND THING I'M GOING TO DO BECAUSE I AM VERY SENSITIVE TO THE NOISE ISSUE. I WAS. I'M GOING TO PUT A I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A CONDITION ON THAT SAYS NO OUTDOOR MUSIC. HAVE AN INDOOR SPACE IF THEY WANT TO. USE MUSIC GREAT, BUT NO OUTDOOR MUSIC BECAUSE I THINK THAT DOES DISTURB NEIGHBORS. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED THAT HAVE SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANTS. SINCE 51% OF THE MONEY HAS TO COME FROM FOOD. UM.

OUTDOOR LIVE MUSIC OUTDOOR MUSIC PERIOD MUSIC PERIOD. TO BE A CRANK UP THE SPEAKERS, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER MUCH IF IT'S LIVE OR NOT. I LIVE A MILE I LIVE AS THE CROW FALL FLIES ABOUT A HALF A MILE. FROM SAILORS RETURNED WHEN SAILORS RETURNED CRANKS UP ON FRIDAY SET AND SOCIETY AND SUNDAY I HAVE TO CLOSE ALL MY WINDOWS. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. SO I DON'T IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS KIND OF STUFF, I DON'T WANT TO IMPOSE IT ON OTHERS. AND I FELT VERY BAD FOR THE OTHER COME FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT. NOT ONLY SAILORS RETURNED TO THEY HEAR. THEY ALSO HEAR TERRA FIRMA TO AND YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT IF YOUR ACT HERE FOR MATA, BUT IF YOU'RE SITTING IN YOUR HOME, THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO HEAR IS THAT CONSTANTLY? SO I UNDERSTAND, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THOSE TWO CONDITIONS TO IT. I SEE THAT WE HAVE OUR REPORTS IN THE CITY HAS CONFIRMED WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS STATED CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.

SO I FEEL CONFIDENT. THAT MOVING FORWARD. THIS. THIS THIS CITY HAS DONE WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. IN THIS CASE. THE COMMISSIONER AT ANY TIME CAN CHANGE THE RULES OF THE GAME. BUT THEY HAVEN'T SO WE CAN SIT UP HERE AND SAY, WELL, WE DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD HAPPEN OR THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ALLOWED UNDER OUR CODE. AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO STOP IT FROM HAPPENING. IT'S ALLOWED UNDER THE COAT. I'M GOING TO TRY TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE AND WE HAVE NOW 26, IS IT CAN DO, UH, CONDITIONS ADDED. TO THIS APPLICATION. SO BUT WE HAVE.

COULD I MAKE A FEW COMMENTS BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE? COUPLE THINGS ONE. UM I

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DISAGREE. IT'S NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE CODE CODE REQUIRES PARKING BECAUSE THAT'S NOT IN THE PARKING EXEMPT AREA. SECOND OF ALL, UM, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THE CONDITIONS. WHY SHOULD THIS RESTAURANT BE SUBJECT TO A CONDITION THAT NO OTHER RESTAURANTS SUBJECT TO JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT NOISE FOR THIS ONE? AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THIS PROJECT. I MEAN, I LIKE THE RESTAURANT. I LIKE ITS LOCAL AND I LIKE THAT. BUT IT CAN'T BE PARKED AND I'M I LIVE DOWNTOWN. I'M I'M ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARKING LOT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THE PAIN CLINIC. UH THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THERE ALL THE TIME, DAY AND NIGHT, AND IT'S AND YOU. YOU CAN'T PARK IT AND VALLEY FROM THAT DISTANCE. GET MY CREDIT, YOU KNOW? YEAH I'VE GOT I'VE GOT VALET UP AT THE NORTH END. BUT AT THE OUTSIDE OF TOWN, BUT YOU KNOW THEY'RE COMING UNDER THE BRIDGE. IT'S ONLY ABOUT 400 YARDS, SO IT'S PRETTY QUICK. BUT MY POINT IS WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT THE CITY COMMISSION AND BOARDS BEFORE US HAVE DONE. WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE A PROJECT THAT WE KNOW DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN THE ROAD AND DO THE SAME THING AGAIN AND SAY, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A PARKING FROM, BUT WE DO BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLACE TO PARK THIS PROJECT. HE'S AFFECT. THEY HAVE AFFECTIVELY HAD THEIR PROPERTY TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM AS FAR AS THE RESTAURANT USE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PARK IT. AND SO I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S ACCURATE THAT EITHER THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM BECAUSE OF THE USE. NOR DO I THINK IT IS THIS BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY WHEN WE HAVE THE CITY. AND THE APPLICANT WITH TWO DIFFERENT STUDIES. CONFIRMING WHAT SAID. HAVE COMPLIED WITH WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. IF YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION IF THEY IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR THE VALET, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? MARK? THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE RESTAURANT. HOW MANY OF US HAVE SAID I'M NEVER GOING BACK TO THAT PLACE. DON'T FAIL, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE MARKET IS SUPPOSED TO DO. I DON'T THINK IT'S UP TO THE GOVERNMENT TO TELL THE MARKET AND WHAT TO DO. BUT I THINK THAT THE CITY HAS SOME RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE CODES TO PROTECT THE HOMEOWNERS AND TO PROTECT BUSINESSES, AND THANK YOU AND YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT. THE THEY MAY NOT GO THERE, BUT THEY MAY GO AND TAKE PARKING SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT IT IN OTHER WORDS, THEY MAY NOT JUST LEAVE. THEY MAY GO PARK IN ONE OF THE PARKING PLACES THAT THE OTHER RESTAURANT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED NEEDS OR THAT SOMEBODY ELSE SOME BUSINESS HAS BEEN APPROVED. SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS WHEN WE APPROVE SOMETHING IN EXCESS OF THE PARKING ALL WE'RE DOING IS NOT JUST CREATING A PROBLEM FOR THAT PROPERTY. WE'RE CREATING A PROBLEM FOR EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY IN IN THAT IN THAT PARKING BECAUSE THEY'RE PROVIDING 72 SPACES. IT'S ALLOWED IN THE COLD THE WAY THEY PROVIDING IT. BUT BUT, TOM, I DO LEAST THESE I DO LEAST PARKING PLACES. I KNOW THE OTHER PERSON THAT DOES IT, CHUCK. HERE IS THE OTHER ONE AT LEAST HAS THE STUFF TO OKAY, NUMBER. I CAN TELL YOU THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT. NOW THIS IS A BUSINESS DECISION, AND I AGREE, BUT WE APPROVE SOMEBODY, AND THEN THEY LOSE THEIR PARKING I THINK IT'S A I THINK THAT'S RIDICULOUS AND THE CITY TO COME IN AND THEN HAVE TO REMOVE THEIR CEO AND KICKED THEM OUT. I MEAN, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO DO YOUR PART BREAKFAST COMMISSION DOES, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? MAY I? MAY I CHAIRMAN THANK YOU, MIKE MCCARTY AGAIN REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A SECOND OPTION. FOR PARKING MR. MR GARY. I JUST I JUST MET MET WITH MR GARY AND THEIR THEIR PARKING ARRANGEMENT HAS CANCELED , SO THERE'S MY THERE'S MY BACKUP. THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE IF I MAY PROPOSE SOMETHING. IS THAT YOUR CONDITION REQUIRING THE PARKING THAT I HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE.

MINIMUM PARKING OF THE 38 SPACES BY SOME MEANS. OR ELSEWHERE IN CODE VIOLATION. I'D BE WILLING TO ACCEPT MEMBERS NOW AND GOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY JUST LOST ALL THEIR PARKING EXEMPT. YEAH, THERE. REMEMBER IF I WERE 20 FT ACROSS THE STREET, I'D BE EXIST. LET ME JUST SAY THAT CAN WE CONDITION. ONE MORE CONDITION ON THAT. YOU WILL HAVE A PARKING I AGREE, AND IT WITH WITH CHUCK.

BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THE COMMISSION, WE ALREADY HAVE A PARKING AGREEMENT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT NOW I HAVE A FALL BACK AND WE'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE CONDITION WHERE WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE WE HAVE A LEASE FOR THE REQUIRED MINIMUM OF 38 SPACES. OKAY? IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO SEVEN. YES, THAT IS WHAT THE STAFF DID EVALUATE IN THE TRAFFIC CONSULTANT AND A TRAFFIC IN THEIR TRAFFIC CONSULTANT, DID THE ANALYSIS. WAIT HOW DO YOU FEEL? WANT TO COME UP AND TELL

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ME HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE COMPLICATED. I I'M GONNA HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE STAFF IN THE EXPERTS THAT THEY HIRED THAT THEY SAID IT MEETS ITS SATISFACTORY TO THE STAFF. BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING. I'M I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE STAFF ON IT.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE WE HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING RIGHT NOW. OBVIOUSLY, WE JUST HEARD OF A SECONDARY 38 MORE SPACES YOU'RE SAYING CORRECT? SO YOU'RE GOING TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH MR GARY? IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SORRY. SORRY. WE ALREADY HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH 11 1 11 OSCEOLA TO UTILIZE 72 SPACES THERE. WHEN I'M SAYING IS THAT IN THE EVENT WE LOSE THOSE 72 SPACES. THE APPLICANT HAS TO PERFORM AND DEMONSTRATE THAT WE HAVE THE MINIMUM 38 REQUIRED PER THE CODE. I HAVE A SECOND OPTION WE'RE WILLING TO HAVE YOU HAVE A SECOND OPTION UNTIL MR GARY DOES SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PAYING. SO THAT'S NOT AN OPTION. UNLESS YOU COULD JUST TELL ME YOU'RE GONNA SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH HIM. I DON'T I DON'T NEED 72 AND HIS FINE SO WE CAN'T COUNTIES HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT IF YOU NEED IT, YOU HAVE IT. CORRECT. WE SHOULD CALL THAT PART OF WHAT WE HAVE. SO GETTING BACK TO OUR 28 NOW, IS IT, CHRIS ? YEAH. SO WE STILL HAVE THE DID TO YOU? JUST YOU JUST ADDED WE'RE NOT. ARE WE ADDING THIS CONDITION BECAUSE HE WASN'T HAVING AGREEMENT. SO THE TWO THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE MOTION WAS THE VALET HAS TO OPERATE WHENEVER THE RESTAURANTS OPEN. AND DYING FOR EVENING FOR EVENING, AND YOU DID MENTION THAT NO OUTDOOR MUSIC, NO OUTDOOR MUSIC. BEFORE I MAKE. ADD THAT TO THE MOTION. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM DR SAM BECKETT? MR MCCARTY ABOUT THAT PREDICTED WITHOUT ADDITION, SAYING NO COMMENTS LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THE MOTION. NOW YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE. SORRY. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ARE WE READY TO VOTE? I AM. FEW ARE ALL THE ROLE BOARD MEMBER BREAKFAST. NO CAMPENNI. YES, SIR. YES. REMEMBER LOUIS? YES. 31 PASSES MARK BREAKFAST, ALL BOATS. NO OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE I AM CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS FRIENDLY WITH THE APPLICANT, PLEASE, SIR. THE MEETINGS ARE WAY WE HAVE A MEETING. WE'RE STILL MEETING. TALK TO YOU AFTER . OKAY. WE HAVE GUYS, COULD YOU GO OUTSIDE AND TALK ALL YOU WANT, BUT WE'RE STILL HAVE A ITEMS TO DISCUSS. GUYS, GUYS. EXCUSE ME, ALRIGHT, ITEM FOUR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

[4. DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PRESENTATION]

PRESENTATION. WHO'S DOING THAT, OKAY? GO AHEAD. ANYTIME YOU'RE READY, JODY. YEAH. SO LEADING KNOW THERE'D BE A POP QUIZ TODAY. DID YOU TWO OF THEM, RIGHT? BETTER GET ON HIS COACH. RANDOMLY I'M GONNA ASK YOU SOME RANDOM QUESTIONS AND LET'S SEE IF YOU. HAVE FREE TIME. YEAH. OKAY ARE YOU READY? YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THE BOARD THIS YEAR. BIG C. R A BOARD REQUESTED US TO GIVE A PRESENTATION OF WHAT THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND WITHIN THE CRB AREA OR THE C R A AND ACTUALLY, WE ONLY HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW TO REPORT IN THE LAST YEAR. I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE TRAIN TO PASS BY. YOU BETTER GET YOU A HIGHER CHAIR OR SOMETHING. LONGER LEGS. THERE WAS. JODY WHAT'S THE RESTRICTIONS ON? WHAT'S THE RESTRICTIONS ON PROJECT ONCE

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IT'S APPROVED? WHAT'S THE TIME RESTRICTIONS? SO UH, THIS, UH THERE'S ABOUT WE ALLOW FIVE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, OKAY? SO THIS IS THE WILLIS CUSTOM YACHTS. THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO, AND IT CONSISTS OF 18,247 SQUARE FEET OF BOAT SALES AND SERVICE FACILITY, AND IT'S LOCATED AT 151, NORTH WEST FLAGLER AVENUE, AND THE APPLICANT WAS MATTHEW BARNES.

THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO COMMISSIONED A LOCAL ARTIST AND THE PUBLIC. PUBLIC ART HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL. THIS IS THE ONLY PROJECT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S BEEN APPROVED WITHIN THE C R A. WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. THE OTHER TWO WAS THE ONES YOU HEARD TONIGHT. TOAST DOES IT? THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. QUESTIONS WHAT? WHAT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LIKE THE ELIZABETH AND, UH WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? THAT WAS OVER THERE? THERE'S A COUPLE OF THE ONE WHERE THEY GO. THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS YEAR, SIR MR BLACKWELL THAT WAS APPROVED. IT WAS ASKED FOR THIS FOR ME TO DO IT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. OKAY I WAS IN THE LAST YEAR, OKAY. UNBELIEVABLE OKAY, WELL, WHAT? WHAT? BUT THIS IS DIDN'T WE APPROVE THE ONE? THAT'S NEXT TO THAT? WE APPROVED TWO OF THEM, DIDN'T WE? DIDN'T WE PROVE THE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED? ONE THAT WAS THE YACHT . AND THEN DIDN'T WE PROVE ONE? THAT WAS ON THE OLD EVAN RUUD PROPERTY. I THOUGHT WE APPROVED TWO OF THOSE. WELL, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE ATLANTIC POINT, MARINA? YES YES, THAT WAS APPROVED ABOUT 2.5 YEARS AGO. BUT SHE'S UP, YOU KNOW, AND THEY JUST TO GIVE YOU THE STATUS.

THERE ARE ACTUALLY IN A SITE CLEARING RIGHT NOW, UM, GETTING THEIR SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT SO THEY ARE AND CONSTRUCTION, OKAY? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SEE NONE MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.