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MARY. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE STUART CITY COMMISSION TO ORDER UM MARY , WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MCDONALD HERE, MAYOR BRUNER. HERE COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE, MR COLLINS, COMMISSIONER RICH IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND WHILE THE UNDER GUARD PRESENTS THE COLORS, FOLLOWED BY THE PUBLICATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WOULD PASTOR STANLEY ALLEN OF REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL PLEASE COME IN AND JOIN US SOON. LEADERS IN THE IMPLICATION GOOD AFTERNOON. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. MERCIFUL FATHER. WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY ANOTHER DAY WOULD YOU HAVE GIVEN TO EACH OF US TO SERVE? THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT JOY AND BLESSING.
LORD WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE VARIOUS GIFTS WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN TO EACH OF US. AND TODAY WE ARE ESPECIALLY THANKFUL FOR THE GIFTS GIVEN TO EACH OF OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY WOULD SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF STEWART WITH WISDOM. COMPASSION AND JOY. THE LORD. I PRAY FOR GUIDANCE AND STRENGTH FOR OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS DISCUSSED THE MATTERS BROUGHT BEFORE THEM. AND THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THEM AS THEY CARRY OUT THEIR WORK WITH THE SPIRIT OF JOY, ENTHUSIASM AND HUMILITY. AND FATHER. WE ALSO THANKFUL FOR ALL THOSE WHO WORK IN AND FOR OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. MADE THEIR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF STEWART, BE JOYFUL. AND I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL. I ASKED THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE BUDGET ALLEGIANCE. BLACK. STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC. REGULATION. GOD 15. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MAY BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET STARTED. LET'S START OFF WITH THE ARTS MOMENT.
[1. ARTS MOMENT - LORETTA RUSSELL, SINGING "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL"]
LORETTA RUSSELL IS GOING TO BE SINGING AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL GOOD FOR STAND FOR THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS AND, UM THIS IS JUST AN AWESOME MOMENT. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. TO HAVE ME JUST SING FOR YOU TODAY. WE HOPE THAT AH, OUR COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO UNITE AND BS ONE HURRY. PLEASE ALRIGHT, I'LL BE SINGING.OH, BEAUTIFUL. JUST. WILL BE BEAUTY FALL. FOUR SPACE. HEY GUYS. FOR AMBER WAY WAYS ER GRAIN. FOUR. UP FOR MOUNTAIN. CHANCE, MATT. TO STEVE. THE FRUIT. A MAN. RECALL A MAN
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GOTCHA. HIS GRADE A'S ON THE AND THE CROWD. UM, COULD WITH MOROCCO. GOOD. UM, SHE SAID YOU LUCIA. I MEAN E C. OH, OH, BEAUTIFUL. FOR SPAIN. SURE, SKY FOR AMBER. NO WAY. LOVE GREAT.FOR HER AMOUNT ON CHANCE. MY CHRISTIE. FIVE FRUIT. THANKS A MAN. HARRY A MAN. YEAH, VERY.
GOTCHA HIS GRACE. ON THE. I'M CRYING. GOOD WITH HMM. MY AUNT FRANCIE, TOO. LUCIA I THINK SHE AH AMERICA. AH, MAN, BECAUSE. GOTCHA SAID HE IS GRACE. ON THE AH AND THE CROWN GOOD WITH OTHER . FROM SHE SHOESHINE NEED, MEANING SHE. FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA.
MAN. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'D LIKE TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT THESE TWO TALENTED YOUNG INDIVIDUALS, CHAIRS AND LORETTA TEACH OUR CHILDREN STEAL DRUMMING AND MUSIC THEORY AT THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER. WE WANT TO LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE WHOLE FAMILY'S TOWN. OKAY LET'S SEE.
[2. HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE MONTH (NOVEMBER 2023)]
AND WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY WE'RE NOT DOING THE PROCLAMATION FOR HOSPICE AND TODAY SO WE ARE[3. 23rd ANNUAL BIBLE READING MARATHON (NOVEMBER 11-15, 2023)]
GOING ON TO THE 23RD ANNUAL BIBLE READING MARATHON. LEE WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT PROCLAMATION FOR US? SURE. THE 23RD ANNUAL BIBLE READING MARATHON NOVEMBER 11TH THROUGH THE 15TH 2023. WHEREAS THE BIBLE IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE AMERICAN HERITAGE AND IS THE BASIS OF OUR INALIENABLE RIGHTS, AND IT SERVES AS THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR LAWS. OUR NATIONAL CHARACTER. IN OUR SYSTEM OF VALUES. AND WHEREAS PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON CALLED THE BIBLE, THE BOOK ON WHICH THE REPUBLIC REST AND PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN CALLED THE BIBLE THE BEST GIFT GOD HAS GIVEN TO MAN AND HISTORIANS CREDIT PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON. WITH IDENTIFYING THE UNITED STATES AS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 1990 WAS BROOKLYN PROCLAIMED. BY A JOINT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION IN PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. AS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIBLE READING BIBLE READING WEEK HAS BEEN CELEBRATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. AND WHEREAS THE BIBLE IS THE FOUNDATION FOR MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE ENJOY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NOW, THEREFORE I TROY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART,[00:10:01]
FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 11TH THROUGH THE 15TH. 2023 AS BIBLE READING WEEK. ACCEPTING TODAY'S PROCLAMATION IS PASTORS EDDIE AND JOANNE RODRIGUEZ FROM STEP INTO GRACE, NEW LIFE NEW LIFE MINISTRIES. BUT THANKS FOR THE TIME, SO OH, PEOPLE IN YOU.YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET OKAY. SOMETHING THING WE'RE GONNA STAND OVER GREAT ABOUT. THANK YOU, JULIE. DOCTOR BORISON, COME ON UP. RIGHT? MY NAME. I THINK SOME OF MY NAME IS DONNA HILTON. MY HUSBAND I PASTORS TO CHURCH HERE IN STUART FOR MANY, MANY YEARS UNTIL HE PASSED ON, AND HE IS WITH THE LORD RIGHT NOW. SO I LIVE IN JACKSONVILLE, BUT WE STARTED THE BIBLE MARATHON 23 YEARS AGO, AND I BELIEVE IF I'M THAT THIS IS THE ONLY BIBLE MARATHON. THERE'S BEEN CONTINUOUS IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES. FOR 23 YEARS.
WORKING HARD BACK AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS AND I'VE HAD A WITNESS. FOR MANY, MANY PEOPLE.
WHAT A BLESSING. IT IS TO MARTIN KELLY NOT ONLY MARTIN COUNTY, BUT THE TREASURE COAST BECAUSE GOD GAVE ME A WORD BACK AND WHY? AFTER THE TOWERS CAME DOWN THAT THIS WOULD BE PROTECTION FOR OUR NATION AGAINST TERRORISM. AND WITH THAT WE FIRST DID, AND HE SAID TO DO IT BEFORE THANKSGIVING THAT YEAR IN 2001. SO WE RUSHED AND DID IT WITH THE MAYOR OF SIX WEEKS, AND THE LORD SHOWED ME THAT IT WAS TO BE DONE AT THE BAND SHOW. I WONDER THE GAZEBO, BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AT THE BANDSHELL AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN TALKS ABOUT EVEN TURN THAT DOWN, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO EVER COME DOWN BECAUSE IT'S MEANT TO BE THEIR LANDMARK AND THE FIRST DAY. THAT WE DID IT. I FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE FACING JERUSALEM. AND THEN I FOUND OUT WELL, WHY? BECAUSE I ASKED THE LORD. WHY AREN'T WE DOING IT TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CENSUS PROTECTION AGAINST TERRORISM, AND SO THEN, WHEN I FOUND OUT WE WERE PEOPLE CAME OVER FROM THE RIVER AND SAID THEY WERE HEARING THE WORD OF GOD FROM THE RIVER. AND THEN TWO O'CLOCK THE MORNING PEOPLE WERE COMING OUT JUST TO LISTEN TO THE WORD OF GOD. AND SO I SAID, HELLO, LORD. WHY WHAT ARE WE FACING AND WE GOT A COMPASS AND WE FOUND OUT WE WERE FACING JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, AND WE DREW A LINE ON A MAP THAT DR JULIE PUT UP THAT FIRST YEAR OF THE WORLD. WE HAD SEVERAL MAPS UP THERE AND WE DREW A LINE AND IT WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF ISRAEL AND RIGHT THROUGH UP THROUGH THE CENTER OF AFGHANISTAN. I ALMOST FELL ON MY FACE AND THE LORD SAID, THIS IS A MANDATE TO BE DONE EVERY YEAR, SO IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR ME IN DIFFICULT FOR MY HUSBAND. BUT WE HAVE HAD HELP, AND EDDIE AND JOANNE ARE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE HOLDING DOWN THE FORT AT THE BAND SHOW AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING AND MANY PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO COME. WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE TILL WEDNESDAY. PROBABLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAYBE AROUND NOON, MAYBE ON THREE. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHEN SOMETIMES WE HAVE FAST READERS AND DANGLING SLOW READERS. WE HAD CHILDREN COME CHURCHES, COUNTING YOUTH GROUPS. COME PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COME FROM WORK. LAUDERDALE. I HAVE CALLS COMING IN FROM NORTH CAROLINA. I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU, I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON AND TELL YOU ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON THAT PROPERTY ON THAT PROPERTY. SO WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND I HOPE I PRAY THAT THE CONTINUES THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AND WE ARE BLESSED TO BE IN THIS COUNTY.
WE'RE BLESSED TO BE IN STUART. I THANK THE LORD. I MISS CECE STEWART. I MISSED THIS COUNTY. I LOVE THIS PLACE AND I'M BLESSED TO BE DOWN HERE AGAIN AT MY AGE 81 YEARS OLD. I HOPE THAT'S NOT A VIDEO, BUT ANYWAYS, I'M BLESSED TO BE DOWN HERE. VERY SAD. I'M BLESSED TO BE DOWN HERE FOR THIS BIBLE MARATHON AND BECAUSE I STILL FEEL PART OF THIS COUNTY. I FEEL PART OF THIS CITY AND, UM, IT JUST IT'S A GLORIOUS CITY. IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE THAT WE LIVE IN. WE ARE BLESSED BEYOND MAJOR TO LIVE HERE ON THE TREASURE COAST. AND THE LORD SAID THIS WASN'T JUST FOR STEWART. IT WAS A TREASURE COAST THING THAT THE GLORY IT WOULD BE BRINGING THE GLORY AND YOU KNOW HOW MANY PLACES IN CITIES AND ON ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY? CAN YOU HAVE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS? CAN YOU HAVE A STAR? DAVID CAN YOU HAVE A CROSS ? CAN YOU HAVE PEOPLE COME FROM ALL NATIONS THAT ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE AND COME AND STAND THERE AND READ THE WORD? GOD'S WORD DOES NOT RETURN VOID. IT WILL GO FORTH WHERE IS SENT AND SO WE ARE SPEAKING THE WORD AND MAKING DECLARATIONS. BECAUSE HIS WORD DECLARES THINGS DECLARES A MANNER THAT WILL COME TO PASS.
AND SO AS WE DO THIS TOWARDS JERUSALEM, THE LORD SHOWED ME WHEN ONE LADY CAME OVER AND TOLD ME SHE WAS LISTENING TO THIS FROM THE RIVER. I SAW WATER, BIG BIG WAVES OF WATER COMING BACK
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OVER OUR COUNTRY. AND I SAID, OH, THAT'S THE REASON BECAUSE YOU'RE STANDING IN THE WAVES OF WATER AS WE SPEAK THE WORD TOWARDS JERUSALEM AND PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM BECAUSE WE SEE YOU ALL SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE. WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THAT, BUT ANYWAY, BECAUSE I COULD, BUT ANYWAYS, ASK THIS BLESSING IS COMING BACK OVER OUR NATION CONTINUING AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL KEEP US SAFE FROM TERRORISM. I BELIEVE BECAUSE IT'S GOD'S WORD AND GOD'S WORD DOES NOT RETURN VOID. NOW I WANT TO SAY ONE. ANOTHER THING AND THIS MIGHT BLOW SOME OF YOU AWAY. 1 2014 AND I HAVE SHARED THIS WITH SOME SOME OF YOU AT THE WORD THAT WERE COMMISSIONERS AT THAT TIME THAT GOD GAVE ME A WORD ON 2014. AS I WAS FACING THE BANDSHELL ON THAT WALK THAT ANGLE WALK THAT GOES DOWN TOWARDS FACING TOWARDS THE WATER . I HEARD A TRAIN WHISTLE. AND THE LORD SAID, I DON'T HAVE TO SAY THE LORD SAID. I GOT THIS WORD. AND IT WAS SAID THE GLORY IS COMING. AND I HEARD A TRAIN WHISTLE AND THEN NOTHING. I SAID THEN I THING I HEARD WAS THERE BE A STATION RIGHT OVER THERE.AS I WAS STANDING FACING THAT BANDSHELL IF YOU GO TO ONE O'CLOCK SORT OF, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS OVER THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT STREETS WERE OVER THERE. I SAW THERE WILL BE A STATION THERE, AND IT WILL BLESS THIS COUNTY. I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE AGAINST THE TRAIN STATION. BUT WHEN I SAW YOU LOOK DOWN THERE TAPING THAT. VIDEO OF THE TRAIN COMING THROUGH THE FIRST TIME I HAPPENED TO OPEN UP MY FACEBOOK. PAGE AND I STARTED WEEPING AND WE'VE BEEN AND WEEPING WHEN I SAW THAT TRAIN COMING THROUGH THERE, THAT YELLOW GLORY TRAIN. COME THROUGH THERE, AND, YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A BLESSING TO THIS COUNTY TO THIS CITY. IF WE ALLOW THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT BLESSING HERE , IT'S NOT GOING TO INCREASE THE POPULATION. IT'S ONLY GOING TO BRING PEOPLE TO THIS AREA TO BLESS THEM BECAUSE THIS IS A BLESSED AREA AND WE ARE BLESSED PEOPLE TO BE HERE. AND SO I REALLY IN MY HEART AND I KNOW GOD DOESN'T CHANGE. I REALLY BELIEVE IN MY HEART. THERE SHOULD BE A TRAIN STATION THERE, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, IT'S GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS A BLESSING.
FOR THIS COUNTY AND THE CITY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. DR. JULIE HADN'T WANTED TO SAY SO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SORRY IF I TOOK TOO LONG, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T DOESN'T KNOW THAT THE BIBLE MARATHON IS READING KING JAMES BIBLE FROM GENESIS ONE.
ALL THE WAY THROUGH REVELATION NONSTOP 24 HOURS A DAY WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING SIGNING UP.
FROM THE COMMUNITY. TO BE A PART TAKES 90 HOURS TO READ THE ENTIRE BIBLE AT NIGHT AND DAY.
ULIS RED YOU'VE READ ANYBODY CAN COME DOWN AND SIGN UP FOR 15 MINUTES. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO ALL COME AND SIGN FOR 15 MINUTES. IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL JUST COME ON THE PROPERTY. IF YOU WANT TO CLOSE IN PRAYER, EITHER ONE OF YOU TO BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE READ BEFORE YOU'RE WELCOME TO BUT JUST COME BY THERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A TIME SLOT. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO READ. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. YOU CAN JUST COME AND BE A BLESSING AND LISTEN FOR 10 MINUTES 15 MINUTES, WHATEVER. TIME TIME SLOTS YOU HAVE BECAUSE WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THAT ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY BECAUSE THAT BRINGS A COMMANDED BLESSING. TO US BECAUSE GOD'S WORD IS POWERFUL. WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH JOB NOW AND GOD ASKED JOBS SO MANY TIMES. WERE YOU HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED? DO YOU KNOW HOW THIS WAS HAPPENED? DO YOU KNOW HOW THIS WAS MADE? NO HE DIDN'T KNOW. DID HE? BUT GOD KEPT ASKING, BECAUSE JOB KEPT ASKING THINGS WHAT WE ASK THINGS, BUT AS WE SEEK SEEK WISDOM. AND WE SEEK UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE . THOSE THINGS WILL WE WILL BE DIRECTED AND YOU WILL ALL COME INTO UNITY. YOU WILL COME INTO ONE ACCORD BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T COME INTO ONE ACCORD, THEN WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE PEACE. SO YOU DIDN'T REALLY JUST SEEK SIX. IS THIS FOR MARTIN COUNTY IS THIS FOR THE TREASURE COAST IS THIS FIRST THIS CITY, STEWART THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COME DOWN. 24 7 WERE READING AT NIGHTTIME TO WE NEED MEAT READERS AT NIGHT . THANK YOU. THANK YOU MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION. UM WHAT? KEEP IT. PLEASE KEEP IT SHORT. AND WE GOT A LOT OF PROCLAMATION. THEY GOT A I GOT A WHOLE STACK TONIGHT. I ONLY HAVE A PAGE AND A HALF. SO PLEASE, WE GOTTA WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW WANT TO SAY THAT WE BECAUSE OF THE LOCKDOWN WE SET UP A WAY THAT YOU CAN CALL IN AND READ FROM YOUR HOME SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME. IF SOMEBODY IS HOUSEBOUND. WE HAVE VETERANS CALLING IN. WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM FROM EUROPE CALLING AND WE HAVE PEOPLE CALLING FROM CALIFORNIA
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YESTERDAY. WE HAVE SET IT UP SO PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHICH IS AMAZING. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO. ALL I WANTED TO SAY WAS WE ARE VERY CLOSE. THE BIBLE GIVES US A PROPHETIC TIMELINE AND WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE END, AND AMERICA IS NOT IMMUNE. SO WE NEED TO PRAY. WE NEED THE WORD AND WE NEED GOD IN MARTIN COUNTY AND IN THE CITY OF STEWART TO KNOW WHAT'S UNFOLDING IN THE WORLD TODAY. THE BIBLE PROPHECY TELLS US BEFORE THE END TIME THERE WILL BE WARS AND RUMORS OF WAR, INCLUDING THE PROPHECIES, SEVEN YEAR TRIBULATION, EARTH DESTRUCTION AND THE ANTICHRIST. MARK AND JESUS RETURN AT ARMAGEDDON TO REDEEM PLANET EARTH. THE OCTOBER 7TH SUDDEN MASSACRE IN ISRAEL SHOCKED THE WORLD MANY ARE ASKING IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR THREE? IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE PROPHECY? WORLD OF GOG AND MAGOG? DOES THIS HAPPEN BEFORE OR AFTER THE RAPTURE QUESTIONS? THE TRUTH IS, WE SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN WE DO KNOW THE RUSSIAN INVASION WILL COME FROM THE NORTH AND ISRAEL WILL ALONE FIGHT THE BATTLE. THE RECENT GAZA INVASION WAS FROM THE SOUTH AND ISRAEL IS RECEIVING SUPPORT.WELL THIS RECENT EVENT CHIC PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR SPIRITUAL APATHY AND GIVE THEM A FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR. THE BIBLE TEACHES US THAT WE ARE TO BE READY FOR JESUS TO COME AT ANY MOMENT. THE BIBLE PROVIDES MANY SIGNS IN THE LAST DAYS, INCLUDING THE RETURN OF THE EXTREME LAWLESSNESS OF THE DAYS OF NOAH, WHICH WE ARE EXPERIENCING. NOW IN OUR NATION, THE ENSIGNS ARE THE REBIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. SCOFFERS ABOUND. WHERE IS THE SIGN OF HIS COMING THE EXPLOSION OF KNOWLEDGE SINCE 1900 THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AS BEING PREACHED TO THE WHOLE WORLD NOW, WITH THE INTERNET PREACHING? THE LAYOUT. DESEAN CHURCHES STILL VERY LUKEWARM. THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH IS THE CATCHING UP MAKES WAY FOR THE APPEARANCE OF THE ANTICHRIST. SEVEN YEAR PEACE TREATY WITH ISRAEL WHO TURNS ON ISRAEL AT THE MIDPOINT TO BE WORSHIPED AS GOD. TAKE THE MARKET REFUSED TO DIE. YOU'RE LEFT BEHIND OPTION IS TO GO THROUGH THE LIVING HILL OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION. ISRAEL'S INVADED INVASION OF THE FAR NORTH IS COMING. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN AND WITH RUSSIA AND IRAN AND IRAN, IRAN IS TRAINING AND EQUIPPING RADICAL GROUPS ALL UNITED BY THEIR HATRED FOR ISRAEL. THEY WANT TO TAKE THE LAND, DESTROYED THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND DOMINATE THE ENTIRE PLANET ARE OUR MONEY GIVEN TO IRAN DOESN'T HELP IN TERRORISM OR STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL. AMERICA IS NEXT ON THEIR LIST. WHAT WOULD STOP THEM FROM INVADING AMERICA? RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION AND PROTECTS US LEADERSHIP. AMERICA IS THE IN A VERY DANGEROUS POSITION WITH OUR OPEN BORDERS RIGHT NOW, AND WE NEED THE LORD. THE KING OF THE EAST. CHINA WAS GOING TO BE COMING WITH 200 MILLION MILITARY INVASION OF ISRAEL ACROSS THE DRY EUPHRATES. CHINA'S SIDE CRAFT SPYCRAFT HAVE IDENTIFIED ALL OUR NUCLEAR SILOS AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. WE ARE IN OPEN TARGET, RIGHT?
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EVERYBODY LIKE THAT. OKAY? OKAY OH, YEAH, THAT'S HIM. SUCH A NICE GUY. VERY STUPID. HOW'S IT COMING, MARY? STILL IT'S STILL WORKING ON REBOOTING BACK. I'M SORRY. WHERE'D YOU GO, BRO? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I HEARD YOU. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT FROM LIKE I HEARD IT FROM SOMEBODY ELSE. THAT'S HOW ROSES YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT NIGHT SOIREES WITH MIKE. THAT'S RIGHT. IN GERMANY THERE WAITING FOR THE COMPUTER TO REBOOT FOR OUR RECORDING SYSTEM, SO JUST BACK UP FABULOUS. ALRIGHT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE FOLKS WITH THE BIBLE READING MARATHON PROCLAMATION MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION FOR VETERANS IN NOVEMBER. 11TH 2023, WOULD[4. VETERANS DAY (NOVEMBER 11, 2023)]
YOU, UH, PROCLAMATION FOR US? OKAY VETERANS DAY NOVEMBER 11TH 2023, WHEREAS TODAY WE HONOR GENERATIONS OF PATRIOTS, WHO HAVE EARNED THE TITLE OF AMERICAN VETERAN A BADGE OF COURAGE THAT UNITES THE FINEST GROUP OF FORMER SERVICE MEMBERS OF THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN WITH THEIR SELFLESS SACRIFICE. OUR ARMED FORCES HAVE FORGED AND DEFENDED THE VERY IDEA OF AMERICA. A PROMISE OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY. DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE POSSIBILITY AND HOPE. WE OWE THEM AN INCREDIBLE DEBT THAT CAN NEVER THE FULLY REPAID. ED. WHEREAS THE VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY INITIALLY COMMEMORATED AT THE END OF WORLD WAR ONE WHICH CAME ON THE 11TH HOUR OF THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH IN 1918. ONE YEAR LATER, AMERICANS CELEBRATED THE FIRST ARMISTICE DAY. AND IT BECAME A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN 1938. IN 1954 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER RENAMED IT VETERANS DAY TO HONOR AND COMMEMORATE VETERANS OF ALL WARS. AND WHEREAS THE THEME FOR VETERANS DAY 2023 IS SERVICE VETERANS ARE PROUD OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE AND DEFENDING OUR NATION. HONOR REFLECTS THE MILITARY VALUE AND TRADITION OF ANSWERING THE CALL TO DUTY. THERE IS DISTINCT HONOR AND SERVING TO PROTECT OUR WAY OF LIFE IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.AND WHEREAS THERE ARE CURRENTLY 19.1 MILLION VETERANS IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING NEARLY 1.5 MILLION VETERANS THAT ARE FROM FLORIDA, WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR NATION'S FREEDOMS AND BUILT AN HONORABLE TRADITION OF FAITHFUL AND DEDICATED SERVICE. AND WHEREAS IN EVERY GENERATION AMERICA'S VETERANS HAVE BEEN WILLING TO GIVE ALL FOR WHICH ALL FOR THAT WHICH WE HOLD SACRED FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY. THEY HAVE SERVED SELFLESSLY SACRIFICED GREATLY AND SHOULDERED THE BURDEN OF FREEDOM. QUIETLY ASKING NO GLORY FOR THEMSELVES. NOW THEREFORE I.
TROY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 11TH 2023 AS VETERANS DAY. IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. AND ENC VETERAG UP TO THEIR EXAMPLE. PUTTING SERVICE BEFORE SELF CARING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND REAFFIRMING THE DEEP APPRECIATE APPRECIATION THAT OUR GRATEFUL COMMUNITY HAS. FOR THOSE VETERANS WHO PROTECT OUR LIVES AND LIBERTY. AMEN. AND ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION TODAY WOULD BE CALLED NICOLETTI, R FORMER CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY. RIGHT THERE, RIGHT PICTURES REAL QUICK. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU WORK YOU DO. ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE VETERANS. LIVE IN OUR AREA. ALL OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS.
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I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR THE PROCLAMATION. ALTHOUGH IT'S A CANNON ANNUAL EVENT AND VARIES AND DIFFERS EVERY YEAR. AND EVERY YEAR AS YOU SEE. WE HAVE BIG POPULATION. MATTER OF FACT, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM THIS AFTERNOON. ABOUT 3. THE WORKFORCE IN THE CITY. UM ACTUALLY, IT'S ABOUT 10% OF THE WORKFORCE IN THIS CITY HAS HAD SOME MILITARY EXPERIENCE. SO ON BEHALF OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS, THANK YOU FOR THE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION. NURSE PRACTITIONER[5. NURSE PRACTITIONER WEEK (NOVEMBER 12-18, 2023)]
WEEK NOVEMBER 12 TO 1820 23. WOULD YOU READ THE POPULATION, PLEASE? WHEREAS NURSE PRACTITIONERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE AS TRUSTED PROVIDERS OF HEALTHCARE FOR PATIENTS IN OUR TREASURER, COAST COMMUNITY. NURSE PRACTITIONERS SERVE AS THE PROVIDER OF CHOICE FOR MANY AND PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITIES BY WORKING TO EXPAND HEALTH CARE, ACCESS AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. PROMOTING HEALTH, EQUITY AND CARE AND IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL AND WHEREAS PATIENTS DEPEND. ON THE MORE THAN 355,000 LICENSED NURSE PRACTITIONERS IN THE UNITED STATES, 21,000 IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. NEARLY 1800 ON THE TREASURE COAST TO DIAGNOSE, MANAGE AND TREAT THEIR CHRONIC AND ACUTE HEALTHCARE CONDITIONS. AND WHEREAS NURSE PRACTITIONERS PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, PRIMARY, ACUTE AND SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE SERVICES WELL EMPHASIZING HEALTH PROMOTION. DISEASE PREVENTION, HEALTH EDUCATION IN COUNSELING. GUIDING PATIENTS TO MAKE SMARTER HEALTH AND LIFE STYLE CHOICES EVERY DAY. THE CONFIDENCE THAT PATIENTS HAVE A NURSE PRACTITIONER DELIVERED HEALTH CARE IS EVIDENCED BY MORE THAN 1 BILLION VISITS MADE ANNUALLY. THE NURSE PRACTITIONERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND WHEREAS MORE THAN FIVE DECADES OF RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES THE HIGH QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED BY NURSE PRACTITIONERS. AND WHEREAS LEADING GOVERNMENTAL POLICY ENTITIES, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION IN FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. HAVE TAKEN NOTICE OF THE BENEFITS OF PROVIDING PATIENTS FULL AND DIRECT ACCESS TO NURSE PRACTITIONER DELIVERED CARE. NOW THEREFORE I. TROY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STEWART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM.NOVEMBER 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH 2023. AS NURSE PRACTITIONER WEEK IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AND I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR OF THE COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS NURSE PRACTITIONERS HAVE MADE OVER THE PAST HALF CENTURY AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ON BEHALF OF THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION TODAY IS TERRY PINDER NATIONAL PRACTITIONERS COUNCIL OF THE TREASURE COAST, IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT. WE NEED OUR NURSES. DEFINITELY.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, MCDONALD AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND STAFF FOR TAKING THE TIME. THIS WEEK TO ACKNOWLEDGE. OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS NURSE PRACTITIONERS ARE HEROES IN HEALTH CARE IN 1965, DOCTORS, LORETTA FORD AND HENRY SILVER DEVELOPED THE FIRST NURSE PRACTITIONER PROGRAM IN ALMOST 60. YEARS LATER, THERE ARE MORE THAN 1800 NURSE PRACTITIONERS, IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS HERE ON THE TREASURE COAST. EVERY SINGLE DAY. NURSE PRACTITIONERS ARE LEADING THE WAY IN PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY COST, EFFECTIVE CARE AND HELPING TO SOLVE OUR NATIONS AND OUR COMMUNITIES PRESSING CRISIS WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IF ANYBODY'S CALLED FOR APPOINTMENT AND BEING TOLD YOU'VE GOT TO WAIT SIX MONTHS. NERVES PRACTITIONERS ALLEVIATE THAT BURDEN BY PROVIDING OVER 1 BILLION VISITS IN PRIMARY ACUTE SPECIALTY IN LONG TERM CARE. SETTINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO THAT INCLUDES ALSO OUR LOCAL VOLUNTARILY STAFFED CLINICS LIKE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE AND THE HANDS CLINIC UP IN ST LUCIE COUNTY. AND THESE CLINICS PROVIDE ACCESS TO THOSE IN OUR
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COMMUNITY WHO TYPICALLY WOULD HAVE NONE. AS CLINICIANS WHO BLEND CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH AN ADDED EMPHASIS ON DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT . NURSE PRACTITIONERS BRING COMPREHENSIVE PERSPECTIVE TO HEALTHCARE PATIENTS TO USE NURSE PRACTITIONERS OVER AND OVER FOR THEIR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS. AND THIS YEAR THE NP ROLE WAS NAMED AS THE NUMBER ONE JOB.THAT HELPS PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. YEAR AFTER YEAR. NPS ARE CONSISTENTLY RANKED AMONG THE HIGHEST TRUSTED PROFESSIONALS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HONOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR HEALTHCARE HEROES WHO ARE WORKING TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON. OUR
[6. APPRENTICESHIP WEEK (NOVEMBER 13-19, 2023)]
NEXT PROCLAMATION IS APPRENTICE SHIP WEEK, NOVEMBER 13 THROUGH 1920 23 LEE. WHEREAS APPRENTICESHIP WEEK IS CELEBRATING ITS NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF AWAY, RAISING AWARENESS OF THE VITAL ROLE REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS, PROVIDING CREATING OPPORTUNITIES BY ALLOWING APPRENTICES TO EARN WHILE THEY LEARN AND PREPARE A PATHWAY TO GOOD QUALITY JOBS AND WELL PAYING CAREERS IN STUART AND ACROSS THE NATION. AND WHEREAS REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS ENABLE EMPLOYERS TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN THEIR FUTURE WORKFORCE. WELL OFFERING CAREER SEEKERS AFFORDABLE PATHS. TO SECURE HIGH PAYING JOBS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF STEWART RECOGNIZES THE ROLE OF REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR WORKFORCE THAT ARE INCLUSIVE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED. MARGINALIZED AND ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY PERSISTENT POVERTY AND INEQUALITY. THUS PROVIDING A PATH FOR ALL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING WOMEN.YOUTH. PEOPLE OF COLOR RURAL COMMUNITIES, JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO BECOME APPRENTICES. AND CONTRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S INDUSTRIES. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF STEWART RECOGNIZES THAT REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP, A PROVEN INDUSTRY DRIVEN TRAINING MODEL IS A KEY STRATEGY TO IMPROVING JOB QUALITY. IN CREATING ACCESS TO GOOD PAYING FAMILY SUSTAINING JOBS FOR ALL. STARTING WITH YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WHILE ADDRESSING SOME OF OUR NATION'S PRESSING WORKFORCE CHALLENGES SUCH AS REBUILDING OUR COUNTRY'S INFRASTRUCTURE. ADDRESSING CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN DEMANDS SUPPORTING A CLEAN ENERGY WORKFORCE. MODERNIZING OUR CYBERSECURITY RESPONSE. IN RESPONDING TO CORE ECONOMY ISSUES. NOW THEREFORE I. TROY MACDONALD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 13TH THROUGH THE 19TH. 2023 AS APPRENTICESHIP WEEK IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. THANK YOU, LEE. THIS THE CITY OF STEWART'S SUPPORTS APPRENTICESHIP, TRAINEE AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS AND AS A PROUD TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND ALL DEPARTMENTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING POSITIONS AND OUR SANITATION, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS FIELD CREW DIVISIONS, AND WE HAVE A WELL DEVELOPED INTERNSHIP AGREEMENT WITH CLARK ADVANCED LEARNING CENTER. SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH AND ACCEPTING. TODAY'S PROCLAMATION IS BRIAN BAUER, CEO OF CAREER SOURCE AND COMING, GIL APPRENTICESHIP. NAVIGATOR, PLEASE COME OUT UP. MM HMM. CHURCH. THANK YOU. OKAY? NO. YOU GOT ME OUT. SOMETHING FIRST. I JUST WANTED TO SAY A LOT OF WHAT WE SAID IS ALREADY IN THE PROCLAMATION. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE RESEARCH COAST TREASURE COAST AND ESPECIALLY IN STUART MARTIN COUNTY IS A BENEFIT TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYERS ALL TO THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SKILLED WAGES. CAREER PATHWAYS, AND THAT'S WHAT APPRENTICESHIP DOES IT EARN WHILE YOU LEARN IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A CERTIFICATION QUICKLY AND BUILD UPON THAT CERTIFICATION DURING THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFETIME. WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS THAT WERE SPONSOR OF HERE AT CAREER SOURCE RESEARCH COAST. ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS. I T CYBERSECURITY.
MISSING. MARINE SERVICE TECHNICIAN HOSPITALITY AND I THINK I'M MISSING ONE, BUT
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THAT'S OKAY. AND WE'RE TALKING WITH OUR LADY MISS PENDER. SHE LEFT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ONE IN FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS AS WELL. SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER. SO, AS YOU KNOW, APPRENTICESHIP CAN BE ANYTHING. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT THE DAYS OF OLD WHERE IT WAS OLD, OLD AND DIRTY JOB APPRENTICESHIP IS THE WAY TO ACTUALLY START BUILDING OUR TALENT PIPELINE QUICKLY. AS WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYERS HAVE THAT PIPELINE AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT PROVIDES THEM THAT PIPELINE QUICKLY.INEFFICIENTLY. SO WITH THAT I THANK YOU VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE HERE AT THE CITY OF STEWART WITH YOUR APPRENTICESHIPS. THEY NEED TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA. PLEASE COME SEE US BEHALF OF MY TEAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY STAFF HAS ASKED ME TO DO ITEM EIGHT BEFORE SEVEN. SO
[8. SUPPORT OF VETERANS IN THE WORKPLACE]
SUPPORTIVE OF VETERANS IN THE WORKPLACE, ROSS. ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. FOR THE RECORD. I'M ROSS JOHNSON STRONG, THE CITY'S HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. THE CITY HAS LONG SUPPORTED VETERANS AND VETERANS IN THE WORKPLACE, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT WE EMPLOY 32. MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE UNITED STATES. ARMED FORCES TO IS A REALLY IMPRESSIVE IN HERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THOSE EMPLOYEES TO YOU. BUT FIRST WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU A BIT OF OUR CITIES, ENDEAVORS AND OUR COMMITMENT TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND CONTINUE TO SERVE.TWO OF THOSE 32 EMPLOYEES ARE ACTIVE RESERVISTS, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU.
SO THE CITY'S COMMITMENT, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IN 2020, AS MR NICOLETTI HAD SAID VETERANS REPRESENT ABOUT 5.5% OF THE TOTAL CIVILIAN FORCE IN THE UNITED STATES CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE. THE CITY EMPLOYS 32 MEN AND WOMEN, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 11% OF THE CITY'S EMPLOYEE POPULATION. SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. AND THEY COME FROM ALL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY. SO ONE OF OUR COMMITMENTS IS TO MAINTAIN. UM THESE, UM VETERANS RECRUITMENT PLAN, WHICH IS RENEWED EVERY FISCAL YEAR, AND IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AND ON THE INTERNET. AND IT ENCOURAGES ELIGIBLE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY. WE ALSO COMMIT TO PROVIDING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE VETERANS AND PROVIDE VALUE IN A SENSE OF PURPOSE AND ENRICHMENT IN THEIR CAREER ENDEAVOR. LIKEWISE ON OUR CHAPTERS TWO AND 13 OF THE CITY'S POLICIES AND THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK. REITERATE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF VETERANS AND ALL ASPECTS OF RECRUITMENT AND EMPLOYMENT. AND THAT WILL INCLUDE VETERANS PREFERENCE TRAINING, LEAVE ACTIVE DUTY LEAGUE WITH PAY AND BENEFITS AS APPLICABLE BASED ON POLICY AND LAW. DIGGING A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES INVOLVEMENT. UM WE MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH VARIOUS VETERANS, SERVICE AGENCIES AND CAREER SOURCE WHO WAS JUST HERE A MOMENT AGO. UM BUT WE ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE GROUPS SO THAT THEY CAN BE AWARE OF OUR EMPLOYMENT OPENINGS AND COMMUNICATE THOSE AND EXTEND OUR REACH TO VETERANS. WE ENJOY ATTENDING JOB FAIRS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE VETERAN FRIENDLY AND VETERAN FRIENDLY MEANS THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HOSTING THE JOB FIGURES DO EXTENSIVE REACHES TO SOURCE VETERANS TO ATTEND THE JOB FAIRS AND THEY FREQUENTLY OPEN AN HOUR OR TWO AHEAD OF THE STANDARD OPENING TIME EXCLUSIVELY FOR VETERANS, SO WE DO LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. ALL JOB FAIRS ARE WONDERFUL, BUT THOSE THAT ARE VETERAN FRIENDLY, REALLY GET OUR ATTENTION. WE ALSO KEEP AN EYE ON OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE INCLUSIVE AND NOT EXCLUSIVE AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT IS ENSURING LANGUAGE THAT STATES THAT UM, A COMPARABLE AMOUNT OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE CAN SUBSTITUTE FOR, SAY, A FOUR YEAR DEGREE.
AND A LOT OF OUR MILITARY VETERANS HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE, LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND QUALITIES THAT WE LOOK FOR HERE IN THE WORKPLACE, SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE INCLUSIVE AND NOT EXCLUSIVE. THE MAYOR MENTIONED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINING SHIPS, WHICH WE ESTABLISHED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING SOME MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS AS PART OF OUR ONBOARDING PROGRAM. WITH THE APPLICANT PROCESS. WE HAVE PERSONAL REACH OUT TO BE A TELEPHONE AND EMAIL TO OUR CANDIDATES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE ARE CLAIMING VETERANS PREFERENCE AND THEY MAY NEED ASSISTANCE TO SUBMIT THE PROPER PAPERWORK TO US. AND WE ARE ALSO ON THE LOOKOUT WITH APPLICATIONS TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO MAY HAVE JUST MISSED CHECKING THE BOX THAT THEY COULD BE A VETERAN. AND LOOK FOR VETERANS PREFERENCE
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, SO WILL IDENTIFY THOSE AND WILL PERSONALLY REACH OUT TO THEM AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE COURSE. MAINTAIN UM WE ALWAYS STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE APPLICANT LAWS. UH YOU SARAH, THE CREW ACT CAME ABOUT IN 2021. THESE LAWS AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAWS DO CHANGE, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMAIN UP TO DATE. CITIES PARTNERSHIPS. WE DO PARTNER WITH THE F D. V A, WHICH IS THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS. THEY HAVE AN ON THE JOB TRAINING BENEFIT, WHICH PROVIDES A TAX FREE STIPEND TO VETERANS AND THEIR FIRST YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT. AND THAT'S PAID THROUGH THE GI BILL PROGRAM, AND IT'S IN ADDITION TO CITY WAGES, SO WE HAVE AN ACTIVE AGREEMENT IN FIRE RESCUE. WE ARE FINALIZING THE AGREEMENT IN POLICE, AND THEN WE'LL BE EXPANDING TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE CITY. OUR VETERANS SERVING A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN A MOMENT. AND I HOPE PAUL NICOLETTI IS STILL HERE. HE LEFT. HE DID SEND HIM A TEXT THAT SAID, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK, BUT I SENT HIM A TEXT AS ONE. I SAID YOU ARE STILL HERE, RIGHT? OH DARN WELL. THE ES GR IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FORMED IN 1972 AND THE REASON THE CITY MANAGER AND I ARE MENTIONING PAUL IS THAT HE HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED. HE AND HIS WIFE, PAULA, HAD BEEN VERY INVOLVED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ASSIST ALL EMPLOYERS WITH VETERAN RELATED AFFAIRS IN THE WORKPLACE ON THEY ALSO HELP EMPLOYERS CREATE A VETERAN FRIENDLY WORKPLACE, SO HE ASKED ME TO ALIGN HIM RECENTLY WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATION. SO THAT HE CAN COME AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND PAULA TO ALL OF THE EMPLOYERS AND MARTIN COUNTY THAT ARE PART OF THE MARTIN COUNTY HR GROUP. SO THAT THEY CAN OFFER THEIR SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE AND HELPFULLY MAKE SOME MORE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS. VETERAN FRIENDLY SO THAT'S TOO BAD. HE'S NOT HERE. ALSO WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED BY THE ES GR WAS SEVERAL AWARDS OVER THE PAST ABOUT 10 YEARS, AND ONE OF THEM IS DISPLAYED UP FRONT AT THE CLERKS SPACE UP THERE. IF ANYONE'S EVER WONDERED WHAT THAT IS, THAT'S THE PRO PATRIA AWARD. AND THESE AWARDS ARE GIVEN TO EMPLOYERS. IT'S VERY EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE ONE OF THESE AND, UM, IT SHOWS SUPPORT OF GUARDS AND RESERVES IN THE WORKPLACE. SO THAT IS THE PRO PATRIA WARD. NOW THAT YOU'LL KNOW WHAT THAT IS. ALSO THE CITY EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERISM. OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE AMAZING AND VOLUNTEER IN SO MANY WAYS. THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND NURSING HOMES WHERE THEY LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH VETERANS. PEER SUPPORT IS A BIG ONE. I'M SO PROUD OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE PEER SUPPORT THEY OFFER TO ONE ANOTHER. FUN DRIVES, AWARENESS WALKS, FIVE KS AND A LOT OF OTHER WAYS THAT THEY GET INVOLVED. ONE OF THE ONE THAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF EMPLOYEES GET INVOLVED IN HIS HONOR FLIGHT. SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ON OUR FLIGHT IS THE LOCAL HUB HEADQUARTERED HERE IN STUART, AND WE FLY OUR NATION'S HEROES TO WASHINGTON, D C. AND BACK IN THE SAME DAY, UM, TO SEE THE MEMORIALS THAT ARE DEDICATED IN THEIR HONOR. UM I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH YOUR FLIGHT FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE GUARDIAN TRAINER.AND A GUARDIAN IS A VOLUNTEER WHO IS LIKE A PERSONAL ESCORT TO THE VETERAN. EVERY VETERAN HAS A PERSONAL GUARDIAN FOR THE FOR THE DAY. THE MAYOR HAS FLOWN WITH US. HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE FLOWN A FEW TIMES WITH US. UM SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION AND VERY PROUD OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS THAT THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE WHERE VETERAN STORIES ARE TOLD AND THOSE GET PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS AND BY DOING THAT THE THEIR STORIES AND THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION LIVES ON FOREVER. SO IT'S A IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND CELEBRATING OUR VETERANS IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. OF COURSE, UM , ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO ALL VETERANS, AND PARTICULARLY TODAY TO OUR 32 EMPLOYEE VETERANS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICES.
WE THANK YOU FOR SERVING AND, UM, PROTECTING OUR GREAT NATION. AND WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING THE CITY OF STEWART FOR YOUR CAREER JOURNEY. WE SEE YOU. WE SUPPORT YOU. AND WE HONOR YOU. SO IT GIVES ME TERRIFIC PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR ESTEEMED EMPLOYEE VETERANS TO YOU NOW, AND I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE HOLD OUR APPLAUSE UNTIL ALL WHO ARE PRESENT AND WERE ABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT CAN ARRIVE AT THE DIETS BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO DO A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH WITH EVERYBODY. THESE ARE BROKEN DOWN BY DEPARTMENT. SO STARTING WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE SEE EZEKIEL CRUZ SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. ALRIGHT GUYS COORDINATOR AND SERVING WITH THE CITY SINCE 2023. BRUCE DUNCAN, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. CURRENTLY A BUILDING INSPECTOR
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AND SERVING SINCE 2017. FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE ROB CALLAHAN, UNITED STATES ARMY FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDIC AND SERVING WITH THE CITY SINCE 2006 MATT CLOUGH. ARMY. FIRE RESCUE LIEUTENANT SERVING WITH THE CITY SINCE 2012 ALEXANDER DIAZ. ARMY. CURRENTLY A FIREFIGHTER, EMT AND SERVING WITH THE CITY SINCE 2023 SEAN, I CLING ARMY. FIRE RESCUE LIEUTENANT SERVING WITH THE CITY SINCE 2009. SAM GENTEEL MARINE CORPS. FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC AND SERVING WITH THE CITY SINCE 2020 OR 2022, YEAH. MOVING ON TO CITY ADMINISTRATION. PAUL NICOLETTI, UNITED STATES ARMY CONTINUES TO SERVE AS OUR MAGISTRATE AND ASSIST IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE REALM. YEAH RETIRED COLONEL. FREDRICKA BLACK , WHO WAS AN ACTIVE RESERVIST. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. THIS IS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS A POLICE DISPATCHER, ONE AND SERVING SINCE 2022. YEAH. AND I UNDERSTAND SHE WAS JUST PARTIALLY ACTIVATED, SO IT COULD BE A REASON WHY SHE'S NOT HERE AS WELL. RYAN AIDALA MAKI ALSO OCCURRING AND ACTIVE RESERVIST. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD CURRENTLY A POLICE OFFICER AND SERVING SINCE 2022 JEANNE GLENNON NAVY, CURRENTLY A POLICE OFFICER, SERVING SINCE 2022. BILLY MARTIN. NAVY. POLICE OFFICER, ALSO A CORPORAL SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2006 DEREK OR TODD OH MARINE CORPS. CURRENTLY A POLICE CAPTAIN AND SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2003 JOHN ARMY. CURRENTLY A POLICE SERGEANT AND SERVING THE CITY SINCE 1997 READY. MICHAEL RICE ARMY. CURRENTLY A POLICE SERGEANT AND SERVING SINCE 2003 AND RECENTLY PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, I MIGHT ADD. CONGRATULATIONS. I SAID LISA SCOTT ARMY. CURRENTLY THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANCE TO THE POLICE CHIEF AND WITH THE CITY SINCE 1987 JUST SAYING, WOW, SEVEN RICHARD SHINE MARINE CORPS , CURRENTLY POLICE LIEUTENANT SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2002. TIM SPRING RD ARMY. CURRENTLY A POLICE OFFICER AND SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2020 MOVING ON TO PUBLIC WORKS, JIM BILLINGS. ARMY. OUR ELECTRICIAN AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE MECHANIC SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2008 SANDY FELDMAN. I MEAN, PART TIME LEISURE DRIVER SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2007 THE DRIVER IS THE TITLE WE GIVE TO OUR TRAM DRIVERS SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THAT IS. JOE GIOVINCO. NAVY PART TIME LEISURE DRIVER AND SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2019 MATT HUNT. NAVY. CURRENTLY SERVING AS A BUILDING MAINTENANCE MECHANIC AND WITH US SINCE 2021. THEY HAVE TO GO WHEN DUTY CALLS AND THERE THEY GO. GOODNESS. SERGIO PICK COREY ARMY, CURRENTLY A GROUNDSKEEPER TO SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2000 AND REGRETS THAT HE COULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING. HE HAD A PRIOR COMMITMENT. YEAH. AL RAED. YES NAVY, PART TIME LEISURE DRIVER WITH THE CITY SINCE 2019. SCOTT STEWART MARINE CORPS. CURRENTLY AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, ONE SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2019 GERRY'S INGO. ARMY LEISURE DRIVER, THE LEAD LEISURE DRIVER SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2011 TOUR GUIDE EXTRAORDINAIRE. AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. WE HAVE MIKE DEFRANK. MARINE CORPS, CURRENTLY A NETWORK SPECIALIST SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2000 HE ALSO REGRETS HE COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. HE HAD A PRIOR COMMITMENT AS WELL. AND THE LAST DEPARTMENT IS UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING. JAMES ALLEN, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, CURRENTLY THE ACTING CHIEF PLANT OPERATOR AND SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2015 DOC HOLLIDAY. ARMY. CURRENTLY A SANITATION EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, THREE SERVING THE CITY SINCE[00:55:06]
2011 BOBBY KINDLE. ARMY. CURRENTLY A WATER SYSTEM SPECIALIST AND SERVING THE CITY SINCE 1990 0, YEAH. SORRY. DEVIN PAIN. ARMY. CURRENTLY AN INFRASTRUCTURE LOCATOR SYSTEM SPECIALIST, AND I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT BE THE LONGEST TITLE WE HAVE AT THE CITY SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2020. AND MICHAEL SAP, UNITED STATES ARMY. THE TEAM LEADER, THREE AND SERVING THE CITY SINCE 2012 AND WE THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THAT .PART OF THE QUESTION THANK YOU VERY, VERY GIRLFRIENDS HERE. YOU ARE NO TALKING TODAY. REFUSE OVER THERE. WAY. THANK YOU. BUT EVERYBODY GETS PUSHED IN. VERY IMPRESSIVE. MISS GOT TO SEE THE DRIVER FOR WELL REPRESENTED. YEAH I AGREE. I THINK WE SHOULD ARMY TO THE CITY MILITARY OPPORTUNITIES. PROBABLY . YES OKAY. MOVING ON. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SERVICE AWARDS
[7. SERVICE AWARDS - NOVEMBER 2023]
NOW. LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE. OKAY AND OUR FIRST ONE RECIPIENT IS CHRISTINA WEINMANN, FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S ALL CLEAR DOWN. OKAY MOVING ON JAMES LANE, 10 YEARS OF SERVICE, UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING. YEARS. HE'S GONNA GIVE A SPEECH. HE SAID. IF YOU WORDS YEAH, OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS AND SPEECH. OH OKAY. NEXT WITH, UH, 15 YEARS OF SERVICE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, ANDREA, HI. CENTERS AROUND GOING. DRIFTING YEARS. OH YES. TELL US ABOUT MILTON. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU . I'VE ENJOYED 15, AND HOPEFULLY I MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE MORE COMING. OKAY THANK YOU. FROM THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT WITH 15 YEARS OF SERVICE, JEFFREY COLEMAN. AND I JUST WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST. 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT, JOSHUA HOFFNER.[9. RECYCLING SYSTEM OVERVIEW]
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. EVERYBODY GOOD. OKAY NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR ITEM NUMBER NINE. RECYCLING SYSTEM OVERVIEW. ALSO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MACDONALD VICE MAYOR BRUNER COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS ANN HAWKINS. I AM IN THE UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. AND TONIGHT WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW. OF THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING THAT OCCURS IN THE RECYCLING. GOTCHA. WE'RE GOING TO START AT OUR RECYCLING FOR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTED ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS, AND IT'S DONE BY SIDE LOADERS SAYS THE TRUCKS GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, CARTER PUT OUT AND COLLECTED. THEY DO HAVE CAMERAS IN THE TRUCK SO THEY CAN SEE THE ITEMS COMING INTO THE TOP OF THE TRUCK. SO THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT'S GOING INTO THE TRUCK. ONCE THE TRUCKS ARE FULL, THEY HAD TO THE MARTIN COUNTY LANDFILL, WHICH IS A CLOSED LANDFILL, BUT WE DO UTILIZE THE TIPPING FLOOR, SO OUR TRUCKS WELL BACK INTO THE TIPPING FLOOR WHERE THE ITEMS ARE UNLOADED AND YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE BACKGROUND. THERE'S QUITE, UM AMOUNT SO WE ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THE RECYCLING FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY, SO VARIOUS TRUCKS WILL COME IN AND TIP ON THAT FLOOR.I DIDN'T NOTICE OUR NEW MOBILE MURALS ON THE TRUCK SIDE. YOU ONE OF THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY ATTRACTIVE. IF YOU CAN'T READ IT, IT SAYS PITCH IN. KEEP STEWART BEAUTIFUL. ONCE OUR TRUCK DEPARTS, THE LOADER TAKES THE MATERIAL AND IT PUSHES IT TO A BEEN THAT TO THE BACK OF THAT FACILITY. IT'S ASSISTED IN LOADING INTO TRUCKS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH. FOR TRANSPORT PORTS UP TO OUR MURPH. NOW MURPH IS A MATERIALS RECOVERY OR MATERIALS RECYCLING FACILITY. AND IT'S THE ABBREVIATION IS MRF, AND THEY PRONOUNCE IT AS MURPH. ONCE THAT TRUCK IS FULL, IT'S COMPACTED. AND IT HEADS OVER THE SCALE. IT IS WEIGHED BEFORE IT LEAVES.
MARTIN COUNTY, AND THEN IT HEADS UP TO THE GLADES CUT OFF ROAD AND ST LUCIE COUNTY. THAT'S OUR MURPH. OPERATED THROUGH THE COUNTY AS A RECYCLING AND BAILING FACILITY AT THE LANDFILL. WHEN IT ENTERS THIS LANDFILL AND AGAIN GOES OVER THE SCALE BECAUSE THE STATE OF FLORIDA DOES REQUIRE THAT ALL INCOMING LOADS ARE WEIGHED AND CATEGORIZED. SO THE VARIOUS TRUCKS WILL GO AROUND. THEY NOW ENTER ANOTHER TIPPING FLOOR. AT THIS POINT. THIS IS WHERE MANY, MANY TRUCKS COME IN. MANY LOADS ARE CO MINGLED. BUT IF WE WERE EVER GOING TO GET A LOAD REJECTED BECAUSE IT HAD TOO MANY CONTAMINATIONS OR INAPPROPRIATE ITEMS. THIS IS WHERE THAT WOULD OCCUR AS THEY WATCHED THE LOAD GET PLACED ONTO THE FLOOR. THEIR SPOTTERS AND IF ANYTHING IS GOING TO BE REJECTED AT THIS TIME, THEY WOULD BE CALLING IT OUT. THAT LOAD WOULD THEN BE TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE FACILITY . IT CAME FROM OR STRAIGHT TO THE LANDFILL. I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE VERY FEW LOADS THAT ARE REJECTED AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME. SO THE FACILITY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ST LUCIE COUNTY BAILING AND RECYCLING FACILITY. THE NEXT OPERATION IS GOING TO BE THE PROCESSING OF THESE MATERIALS. THEY CALL THESE MATERIALS. UM THEY'RE REALLY THE INPUTS. FOR THE USEFUL MANUFACTURING PROCESS. BUT WHEN THEY BEGAN TO MIX THESE MATERIALS THEY EVENTUALLY ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE HOPPER. THE HOPPER IS GOING TO PRODUCE A METERED MEASURE THAT WILL BECOME PART OF AN ASSEMBLY LINE THAT WILL GET SORTED OUT INTO VARIOUS
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COMPONENTS. THE ASSEMBLY LINE IS SIMILAR TO THAT GAME CHUTES AND LADDERS. IF YOU'VE EVER PLAYED MATERIALS COME IN, AND THEY GO EVERYWHERE FROM A SERIES OF SORTING. THEY'LL BE GETTING TO IT. JUST A MOMENT, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SEVERAL PLASTIC BAGS AND THIS LOAD. THERE ARE OTHER LARGER PLASTIC OBJECTS. AT THIS POINT, ANYTHING DANGEROUS IS PRETTY MUCH BEEN TAKEN OUT ON THE OTHER TIPPING FLOOR. UM MAYBE PROPANE TANKS, HOSES THAT KIND OF THING. BUT IF ANYTHING IS LEFT OVER ONCE IT COMES UP THAT THERE IS GOING INTO THE HOPPER ONCE IT COMES UP THE CONVEYOR BELT. IT GOES TO A PRIEST'S ORDER. SYSTEM AND THEY ARE MANUALLY PULLED OUT. SO HERE'S THE MEASURED MATERIAL. IT'S GOING TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE SORTING SYSTEM. FIRST STOP NOW AGAIN WILL BE THOSE PRIESTS ORDERS BY HAND. THEY WILL REMOVE ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG.BAGS WRAPS HOSES STYROFOAM ONCE IT GETS THROUGH THAT SYSTEM, IT WILL GO TO THE FIRST SCREEN. THE FIRST SCREEN IS GOING TO SORT OUT BY FLOATING CARDBOARD ALONG THE TOP. PART OF THOSE WHEELS.
AND GLASS SIMULTANEOUSLY, IS FALLING INTO A GLASS BREAKER, AND THEN IT'S CONVEYED OUT OF THE BUILDING INTO A ROLL OFF CONTAINER. THE OTHER MATERIAL PROCEEDS DOWN THE LINE. AND THE NEXT SORTING PROCESS WILL BE ANOTHER SCREEN WHERE LIGHTER PAPERS NOW SORTED NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES. AND NOW THE LARGE PAPER GOES UP TO A CONVEYOR AND THEN TO A QUALITY CONTROLLED TECH. THE THIRD SCREEN IS GOING TO TAKE THAT MIXED PAPER AND IT WILL GO, UM TO A DESIGNATED CONTAINER FOR ALL FIBER. CONTAINERS WILL GO ON TO BE SORTED BY AN OPTICAL SCREEN AND OPTICAL SORTER. THE FIRST ORDER IS GOING TO EJECT ALL P E T NUMBER ONE. THOSE ARE THE RECYCLING SYMBOLS ON ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR CONTAINERS. YOU'LL KNOW IT AS THE WATER BOTTLES AND SODA BOTTLES. THE SECOND SCREEN WILL EJECT THE P E T TWO WHICH ARE GOING TO BE YOUR MILK CARTONS AND YOUR LAUNDRY BOTTLES. THOSE ARE FURTHER SORTED INTO A NATURAL CONTAINER AND A PIG MADE PIGMENTED CONTAINER. THE CONVEYOR, THEN GOES ON TO A MANUAL SORT OF FOR QUALITY CONTROL. IT WILL PASS UNDERNEATH METAL. UH WE'RE MAGNET WILL REMOVE THE BI METAL CANS AND OTHER METALS AND THEN THE LAST STEP OR THE ALUMINUM CANS. ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ALUMINUM WILL GO, UH, BACK AND THE ENDING UP AS PLASTICS NUMBERS THREE THROUGH SEVEN.
ONCE THOSE BUNKERS ARE FULL, THAT OPERATOR JUST OPENED THE DOORS, THEY ARE SPILLED OUT IT TO A CONVEYOR BELT AND THEY GO TO THE BAILING. THAT BALING MACHINE WILL PRODUCE UNIFORM SIZES OF BILL THERE ROUGHLY 43 BY 43 INCHES BY 50 INCHES. THOSE ARE THE FINISHED PRODUCTS FOR SALE THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE. TO GO AND BE THE INPUTS FOR OTHER SYSTEMS, AND IT GOES ALL THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THAT'S OUR MARKET. THE BALES ARE KEPT IN LIKE UNITS ONCE WE HAVE A FULL CONTAINER OR TRUCKLOAD. THAT'S WHEN THEY GO OFF TO MARKET. YOU CAN SEE HIM STACKED THERE BY THE FACILITY. PRETTY AMAZING. THAT SYSTEM WAS VERY FAST. IT'S A VERY FAST OVERVIEW. THE PROCESS ITSELF. YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER VIDEO ON ST LUCY'S WEBSITE. YOU CAN ALSO TOUR IN PERSON. BUT THAT'S. IN IN SIMPLEST FORM. THAT'S THE PROCESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR RECYCLING ONCE IT LEAVES THE CURB, WHICH TRIED VERY HARD TO EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD GO IN THE CART TO BEGIN WITH, BECAUSE IT HAS YOU CAN SEE THE SYSTEM. GOES THROUGH SO MANY SORTING. THERE'S STILL SO MANY HUMAN, UM, TOUCHES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO PULL OUT ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG, AND IT REALLY SLOWS DOWN THE SYSTEM THE VALUE OF ALL OF THOSE BALES THAT SUBSEQUENTLY GET SOLD. IS IF THEY ARE PURE IF THEY ARE MIXED
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WITH ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG IN THAT SORTED BALE THAT REDUCES THE VALUE OF THAT MATERIAL AND THAT RECYCLING AND HENCE MAKES OUR PROGRAM THAT MUCH LESS EFFECTIVE AND LESS PROFITABLE. SO THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL. I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS. I KNOW PEOPLENO. UM ASK OFTEN DOES HER RECYCLING REALLY GETS SORTED? DIDN'T CHINA REJECTED? YOU KNOW, DOES IT JUST GO TO THE LANDFILL? I CAN ASSURE YOU, THE CITY OF STEWART RECYCLING PROGRAM IS ALIVE AND WELL, AND YOU JUST SAW WITH YOUR WITH FOR YOURSELF WITH YOUR EYES . REALLY WHAT? WHAT THE END PRODUCT LOOKS LIKE DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ON MR CLARK POUNDS. IS THAT GENERALLY? UM HOW MANY POUNDS DO WE RECYCLE ON AVERAGE IN THE MONTH OR THE YEAR LAST YEAR, 22 WERE RECYCLED ABOUT £500 PER HOUSEHOLD. SO I KNOW THAT WE HAD WE ALWAYS HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT LIKE, IS A PIZZA BOX RECYCLABLE BOX. THE PIZZA BOX.CARDBOARD IS RECYCLABLE. THE ISSUE IS IT CONTAINS OFTEN LEFTOVER PIZZA, WHICH FOOD WASTE IS NOT RECYCLABLE AND GREECE THAT IS CO MINGLED. RIGHT YOU'D BE SURPRISED. SOMETIMES THE CRUST GO IN THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT EATEN, BUT THE CARDBOARD ITSELF OFTEN IS SO OILY. THAT MAKES THE CARDBOARD LESS RECYCLABLE, LESS ATTRACTIVE . SO IN THAT INSTANCE THROUGH THE PIZZA BOX AWAY, YEAH, BUT ANYTHING THAT'S GOT ANY RESIDUE FROM FOOD OR ANYTHING SHOULD BE CORRECT. THE OILS ARE NOT FRIENDLY TO PAPER OR THE CARDBOARD RECYCLING PLASTIC CONTAINERS THAT WE SHOULD ALSO KIND OF AS A I'M NOT INCLUDE IF YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PLASTIC ON THE ON THE CONTAINER WENT THROUGH SEVEN. THIS RECYCLING STREAM TAKES THEM ALL. SO ONE THE BOTTLES AND WATER BOTTLES AND BEVERAGE BOTTLES ARE HIGHLY DESIRABLE TO BE SORTED. UM AND RECYCLED. THE SECOND IS THE NUMBER TWO. WHICH WOULD BE YOUR WATER, THE GALLON JUGS AND THIS SOAP. BOTTLES THOSE ARE NUMBER TWO'S THOSE AGAIN. HI A GREAT MARKET HIGHLY RECYCLABLE. THREE THROUGH SEVEN OR EVERY OTHER KIND OF LITTLE CONTAINER THAT YOU HAVE, UM, THE FLEXIBLE PLASTICS. THEY'RE LESS DESIRABLE , BUT WE STILL DO HAVE MARKETS IF YOU HAVE A PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT DOES NOT HAVE A RECYCLING SYMBOL ON IT, THROW IT OUT AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL FIND PLASTIC TOYS. FLOWER POTS, PLASTIC HANGERS. THEY'RE HEAVY DUTY PLASTIC, BUT THEY'RE NOT RECYCLABLE. RICHARD CLARKE. MAYBE YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU YOU NEED THE COVERS ON THESE ON THE ON THE BOTTLES IN EACH OF THE COVERS ON THAT IT SHOULD BE TWO INCHES OR GREATER TO PUT IN YOUR RECYCLED CART, SO THE CAPS ARE RECYCLABLE IF THEY REMAIN ATTACHED TO THE BOTTLES. IF YOU'VE SEPARATED HIM, JUST THROW THE CAPS IN THE GARBAGE AND RECYCLE THE BOTTLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER, SO THEY WEIGH ON MATERIAL. STATES FINAL CORRECT? YES. WAS BECAUSE THEY MUST HAVE THE PERCENTAGE BAILED. IT HAS A WEIGHT? YES. THE WEIGHT OF THE MATERIAL. RIGHT IN. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH GETS DISCARDED AND GOES TO THE LANDFILL. THE WEIGHT WOULD BE VERY LIGHT BECAUSE GENERALLY IT IS YOUR PLASTIC BAGS. IT IS YOUR STYROFOAM, AND IT'S USUALLY LIKE RUBBER LIKE TUBES AND THAT KIND OF THING AND STRAWS. REJECTED. B WE'VE NOT HAD ANY REJECTED BALES ONCE IT'S IN THE BAILED FORMAT. THE REJECTION USUALLY COMES ON THE TIPPING FLOOR WITH THE WHOLE LOAD. SINCE I HAVE BEEN RECYCLING COORDINATOR. I'VE ONLY HEARD OF THREE LOADS REJECTED, BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE WHOLE LOADS. WE ARE CO MINGLED WITH THE COUNTY. SO I WILL LIKE I WOULD SAY YOU CAN'T POINT THE FINGER SOLELY AT THE CITY OF STEWART'S RECYCLING. WE ARE CO MINGLED WITH MARTIN COUNTY. SO IT WAS THE WHOLE LOAD THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REJECTED. SO WE DON'T WANT TO BLAME ANYONE WE WANT. WE WANT TO JUST GET BETTER AT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THE CART THAT I HAVE. I HAVE. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. PRETTY AMAZING, DIFFICULT JOB STANDING ON THAT
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LINE TO PICK THOSE UP. YES HAS TO BE MIND NUMBING AND IT CAN BE DANGEROUS. YES, ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS THAT IS REMOVED AND THAT SORTING PROCESS IS THE GLASS. SO THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT THAT IT HELPS, BUT IT'S STILL A VERY DANGEROUS. UH PROFESSION IF YOU WILL. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TANGLES ONCE THOSE BAGS GET CAUGHT UP ON THOSE WHEELS ON THIS SORTING, THEY HAVE TO MANUALLY GO UP AND CUT THEM OFF. SO IF THEY'RE MISSING ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ANY HOSES, ANYTHING THAT CAN SNAP BACKWARDS IT IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO, AND IT IS MOVING JUST AS FAST. I MEAN, IT APPEARS TO BE FAST IN THE VIDEO IN REAL LIFE. I MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. VERY QUICK, MR COURT. THANK YOU. JUST UM, ANOTHER FORM OF RECYCLING THIS SHOP IN PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT ONE IN ST LUCIE COUNTY, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AND BUY MATERIALS THAT ARE LIKE TEACHERS , OR SOMEBODY'S RECYCLE THAT THAT WOULD BE DOWN IN PALM BEACH, SO ANY RATHER THAN THROW ITEMS AWAY OR EVEN RECYCLE, SAY, YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR LETTERHEAD OR YOU HAVE PLASTIC CAPS OR YOU HAVE MATERIAL. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS CAN ALL BE DONATED TO A FACILITY AND THEN TEACHERS OR, UH, STUDENTS, HOMESCHOOLING MOMS CAN COME AND PICK UP MATERIALS THE WAY THEM AND THEY'RE FREE OF CHARGE. SO IT'S A IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO REUSE THEM BEFORE YOU RECYCLE THEM. THEY'RE THE CLOSEST ONE THERE IS ONE IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY THAT IS MAINTAINED BY KEEP INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BEAUTIFUL AND I BELIEVE THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY WAS OPERATING AND STAFFING THE FACILITY IN WEST PALM BEACH. I HAVE NOT VISITED THAT ONE. I HAVE BEEN TO THE ONE IN INDIAN RIVER. THEY DO. THEY DO, REALLY COLLECT A LOT AND PASS ON QUITE A FEW THINGS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY ANGRY ELSE. THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO THE WHOLESOME[10. LOSOM UPDATE]
UPDATE. KIM IS BEEN DOING THAT TODAY. YEP THERE HE IS. DAN BEN HOGARTH WILL NOW GIVE YOU YOUR LONESOME UPDATE FOR MY NEXT WONDERING WHERE YOU WERE. BEN AND YOU SHAVED. DID THANK YOU.YEAH YOU LOOK, YOU LOOK 10 YEARS YOUNGER. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. WHICH MEANS YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE 12 0. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S A COMPLIMENT. APPRECIATE IT. AND THE I GUESS I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CLARK FOR VOLUNTEERING THIS WEEKEND AT THE AIR SHOW AND GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY THAT GET TO SEE IF I DIDN'T GET TO SEE HIM. MY APOLOGIES THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY BUSY. BUT WITH THAT SAID FOR SCIENCE, LONESOME UPDATE THIS IS GONNA BE THE LAST UPDATE FOR THE YEAR SO I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S GONNA BRIEF YOU ON THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER. UM, AGENDA ITEM LATER, SO I'LL SKIP THAT FOR NOW, JUST FOR MY COMMENTS, I'LL SAY ONE IS THE LAKES AT 16 FT, OR JUST UNDER 16 FT. AT THE MOMENT. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE HAD OUR AH, PERIODIC SCIENTISTS CALL WITH THE ARMY CORPS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CORPS WAS ASKING US IS FOR A DRY SEASON STRATEGY, COMMENTS AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE AND IT WAS PRETTY CONVINCING . I THINK FOR THE COURT TO HEAR FROM THE WEST COAST, EAST COAST, AND EVEN THE CENTER OF THE STATE, ALMOST ALMOST ALL STAKEHOLDERS WERE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WE NEED TO GET THE LAKE DOWN. BEFORE THE START OF THE NEXT YEAR. THE GOOD NEWS IS TIMING IS EVERYTHING AND RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE IN AN END, SO, UM IN EL NINO SPECIFIC CONDITION WE'VE ENTERED INTO A DRY SEASON FOR THE MOST PART ABOUT 60 DAYS OR TWO MONTHS SOONER THAN WE NORMALLY WOULD SO THAT GIVES THE CORE AND US AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW THE LAKE DOWN. DOES THAT MEAN DISCHARGES FOR THE EAST COAST? HOPEFULLY NOT. AND RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT WAY. WE'RE TALKING ONLY BENEFICIAL DISCHARGES SO DISCHARGES TO THE WEST COAST, WHEN LOWERS 2008 WOULD CURRENTLY ONLY REQUIRES 600 CFS. WE CAN POSSIBLY GET UP TO 2000 CFS GOING THAT WAY. UM, AND THEN, OF COURSE SOUTH, SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THE DRY SEASON STRATEGY IN THE COURSE, SAID THAT AT OUR NEXT CALL COMING UP THIS MONTH. I'M SURE WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT MORE DETAILED WILL PROVIDE. THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND OF INTENT TO US. SO THAT'S THE GOOD THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE HAVE SOME TIMING AHEAD OF US. THE BAD NEWS ON THAT SIDE IS WE JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT WITH EL NINO, WE MIGHT GET MORE PERIODIC RAINFALL AS DECEMBER JANUARY, FEBRUARY START TO KICK IN, SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO JUMP AHEAD OF THIS AND PREVIOUSLY LOWERS 2008 DID NOT GIVE THE CORE THAT KIND OF FLEXIBILITY. SO I WANT TO KIND OF REITERATE SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WORKING WITH THE CORE.
AND WHY THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, SO INTEGRAL TO HOW WE COME OFF OF A WET SEASON, AND THE SECOND
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THING I'LL MENTION IS AS IT PERTAINS TO LOS, UM, FINALLY, THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES, INDUSTRY OR SERVICES, I SHOULD SAY, UM, COMPLETED THEIR BIOLOGICAL OPINION. BRIEFLY LOOK THROUGH IT. THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT GIVES US ANY KIND OF INDICATION THAT THERE WOULD BE ANYTHING HARMFUL TO THE LONESOME PLAN. THAT'S SORT OF BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT TOGETHER BY WHY ALL THESE DIFFERENT PARTNERS AND, UH, AND PARTIES SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THE CORE KIND OF WRAPS UP, LOWERS 2008 AND STARTS TO EMPLOY LOW SOME WE'RE GOING INTO ALSO A TIME OF THE SEASON WHERE WE CAN KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, DO THIS TRANSITION THIS SEGUE BETWEEN THE TWO WITH THIS DRY SEASON STRATEGY, SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY KIND OF A PICTURE OF WHERE WE'RE AT THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS BEFORE YOU KNOW WHAT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN JANUARY AND PERHAPS IN DECEMBER. UM AND OF COURSE, THERE'S A RIVERS COALITION MEETING THIS THURSDAY. OKAY.THANK YOU, BEN QUESTIONS. UM BEN WAS THERE A CONSENSUS WITH THAT COALITION ABOUT WHAT LEVEL THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THE LAKE. BY WHAT DATE? UM YEAH. SO ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I PROVIDED TO THE CORE INTO THE INTO THE EVERYBODY, EVERY PARTNER THAT WAS ON THAT CALL, UM, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WAS I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT CANNOT CONCERNS ME EVERY YEAR THAT WE WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT LAKE RECESSION RATES, UM AND FOR KIND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PUBLIC Y RECESSION RATES ARE SO IMPORTANT TO MONITOR IS THERE ARE CERTAIN KINDS OF SPECIES THAT HABITAT ON THE LATERAL SEASON REGIONS OF THE LAKE. AND IF THE LAKE RISES OR FALLS, THE LAKE LEVELS RISE OR FALL TOO QUICKLY, THEN SOME OF THOSE ESPECIALLY MIGRATING OR NATURAL BIRD MIGRATIONS, THEY CAN'T GET THE KIND OF SUBSTANCE THAT THEY NEED. THEY CAN'T NEST PROPERLY. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM YOU KNOW BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS THAT COME INTO PLAY. AND SO WE HAVE TO, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE ENDANGERED SPECIES AND PROTECTED SPECIES. WE HAVE TO KIND OF MONITOR THOSE RECESSION RATES, HOWEVER, WITH THAT SAID, LOOKING AT EL NINO, AND JUST HOW THERE'S JUST MORE PERIODIC RAINFALL EVEN AS WE LOWER THE LAKE AND TRY TO DRAW THE LAKE DOWN THAT PERIODIC RAINFALL REALLY MITIGATES. UM CONCERNS FOR THE LAKE RECESSING TOO QUICKLY, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF LIKE ARGUED TO THE CORE IS DON'T DON'T PRIORITIZE RECESSION RATES. OVER KIND OF COMMON SENSE AND WHAT WE KNOW IS INEVITABLY GOING TO HAPPEN. I KNOW IT'S WHETHER IT SEEMS RATHER UNPREDICTABLE. BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THAT WE CAN PRETTY MUCH COUNT ON. UM I BELIEVE IN ENOUGH AT LEAST FOR US TO PLAN THROUGH A 3 TO 6 MONTH. UM, STRATEGY. AND WHAT GROUPS CHALLENGE THE CORE. IN THEIR EFFORT TO GET THE LAKE LEVELS DRAMATICALLY. LOWER WELL, RIGHT. REMIND PEOPLE SOMETIMES. YES SOMETIMES I WILL SAY IT'S US IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE TALKING SENT WATER OUR WAY, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT IS ANYONE WHO IS WATER SUPPLY ORIENTED IN THEIR, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ADVOCACY. PRIORITY SO OBVIOUSLY FARMERS. OBVIOUSLY ANYONE SOUTH OF THE LAKE, WHO COUNTS ON LAKE UM, WATER, OR AT LEAST HAVING SOME AVAILABILITY OF WATER SUPPLY IN THE REGION. THEY'RE THEY'RE NORMALLY THE RESISTANCE POINT. BUT THANKFULLY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE LAKE IS SO HIGH, MOST OF THE STAKEHOLDERS AND OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF STAKEHOLDER HOLDERS ARE ON THE SAME PAGE, SO I DON'T FORESEE THE CORE KIND OF LEANING THAT DIRECTION THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HMM RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO COMMENTS BY
[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]
COMMISSIONERS. UM MR RICH. UM. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I WAS APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VETERAN'S DAY PARADE. UM. ANYONE TIME LESS THAN HALF OF 1% OF THE POPULATION OF UNITED STATES SERVES IN THE ARMED FORCES, AND I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE.REALIZE HOW SMALL THAT GROUP IS, AND MANY COMMUNITIES DON'T ENGAGE IN THESE IN THIS RECOGNITION ANYMORE. AND I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY OF STEWART MAKES THE EFFORT TO DO IT. WE HAVE A UNIQUE POPULATION. I WAS AT A CEREMONY LAST YEAR WHEN THE COUNCIL OF FRANCE CAME TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF THE OLDEST WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS. I JUST THINK THIS IS A VERY NICE EFFORT ON OUR PART, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT CONTINUING. COMMISSIONER COLLINS COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THANK BEN FOR HIS VOLUNTEERS HIM WITH THE AIRSHOW. I LIVE RIGHT ON. I CALL IT THE AIRPORT PROPERTY AND I HAVE THE EAR SHOW EVERY YEAR AND WE WORRY ABOUT ALL THE SOUNDS AND SO ON. BUT IT IS AN EVENT FOR COMMUNITY AND I VOLUNTEERED THIS YEAR BECAUSE
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LAST YEAR. NO EARLIER THIS YEAR, I THINK EARLIER THIS YEAR MY SON BECAME A PILOT. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE AIR SHOW A LONG TIME. BUT I HAD NEVER REALLY ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED ON THE GROUND. SO, UM, IT WAS JUST, UH REALLY, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE AND THERE WAS SOMETHING SET UP FOR THE VETERANS AND, UM IT WAS JUST A GOOD THING FOR COMMUNITY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AT THE AIR SHOW. THERE WERE SIGNS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SPONSORED THINGS AND THERE WAS ONE THING THAT I HAD FOR THE CITY OF STEWART THAT I HAVE A CONCERN OR OR WHAT? BUT YOU KNOW, WE SEE THIS SIGN HERE THAT WE TAKE OUR PICTURES BY WITH THE SAILFISH AND SO ON. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A BLUE AND WHITE SIGN WITH LIKE A SKELETON SAILFISH, AND IT'S ON SOME OF OUR VEHICLES AND SO ON, AND SOME OF OUR EVEN OUR BUSINESS CARDS HAS A WAVE. AND WHEN I SAW THE COUNTY SEAL ON THE ON THE WALL, I THOUGHT WELL. YOU KNOW, HOW SHOULD THE CITY DISPLAY ITSELF WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LOOKING , AND WE DID HAVE THE BLUE AND WHITE ONE? BUT I WASN'T SURE IF WE NEED TO MAKE SOME KIND OF CONSENSUS WHEN WE HAVE THESE LARGE EVENTS IF WE SHOULD USE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF STEWART, SO UM, IT'S A BAD THING OR MILTON THING OR SOMEBODY. OR MAYBE IT'S MIKE. BUT UM, WE I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT WHEN I LOOK FOR THE LOGO, AND I SAW THE COUNTY'S ORIGINAL LOGO, AND I DIDN'T SEE OUR ORIGINAL LOGO. UM SO I THAT'S JUST A QUESTION. UM THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE IS I WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING ON BUILDING THAT FIRE STATION THAT WE DID NORTH OF TOWN. IF EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL WITH THE PLANS, I HAVEN'T DRIVEN UP THERE SINCE WE HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING, BUT I HOPE THAT IT'S GOING ON. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO MISS HILTON FOR COMING HERE. I'VE BEEN FRIENDS WITH HER FOR MANY YEARS AND FOR CONTINUING WITH ANOTHER EVENT THAT BRINGS COMMUNITY UNITY. WHICH IS IT BARBARY? DIDN'T UM, MARATHON AND THEN MY OTHER THING IS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COINCIDENTAL, AND IT MUST BE COINCIDENTAL. UM TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE EVERGLADES GIVEN DAY. UM OR EVERGLADES MIAMI GIVEN DAY, AND I THINK WE HAVE NOT. I THINK I KNOW WE HAVE SOMETHING ON OUR AGENDA ABOUT DONATING. TO THE EVERGLADES PROGRAM, AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST VERY GOOD THAT THIS HAPPENED ON THIS DATE AND THAT OUR CITY IS DOING THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VOTE WILL BE, BUT SOME FOR A VOTE, BUT I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE HAVE IT. UM WE'RE ALMOST LIKE AT THE FOREFRONT DOING THIS ON THIS DAY, SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO PULL BOTH ISLANDS NUMBER 12 AND NUMBER 14 JUST FOR MR MORE TILL TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A LITTLE DETAILED OVERVIEW IT, MR MORTAL, AND I HAD DISCUSSED THESE ITEMS. IT'S ABOUT THE WAY THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TO SET UP AS WELL AS JUST OVERVIEW OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. EFFORT ON THE, UM THE JOINT RESPONSE TO THE BRIGHT LINE. I LIKE TO HAVE THOSE TWO ITEMS, SPORT, OKAY? IS THAT ALL? THAT'S IT? AND THEN, UM, THE WELL, I GUESS MICHAEL TELL US ABOUT THE TIME FRAME FOR THE ENDING OF THAT. R F Q. FOR THE BRIGHT LINE AND SO ON. WHEN HE DISCUSSES IT, I KNOW THAT IT'S IN THE ACTUAL THING, BUT YEAH, THANKS, ROOTER. YEAH I WANTED TO SAY WE DO. UH, COMMISSIONER HAVE A GREAT LITTLE CITY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE YOU KNOW THE PARADE. UM, I GREW UP HERE WITH WITH THE F. THE PARADES. UM THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE STILL HERE. AND IT IS A GREAT LITTLE CITY AND MY CHILDREN EXPERIENCED AT ALL. MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE NOW EXPERIENCE IT ALL. WE HAD BOAT RACES AND YOU KNOW THE AIRPLANES AND EVERYTHING. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT. AND I THINK I WILL KEEP SAYING IT THAT WE ARE. THIS CITY IS A GREAT AMERICAN CITY. IT'S ALL AMERICANA RED, WHITE AND BLUE. AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO OVER THERE. THOSE PRAYERS IS THAT ALL? OKAY OKAY, SO LET'S SEE. WHAT ARE WE HAVE TONIGHT? UM ACTUALLY, I JUST WANTED TO REALLY JUST SAY A COUPLE THINGS. ONE IS. I THINK THE AIRSHOW LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT ARE THAT THE CITY PROGRAM, BUT[01:30:03]
BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF JOY BROUGHT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE AIR SHOW EVERY YEAR, THE VETERAN'S DAY PARADE AND FESTIVITIES. UM WERE VERY NICE AND SOLEMN AND NICE TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE VETERANS THAT WERE OUT THERE AND I WAS DRIVING PAST THE NEW STATION NUMBER THREE AND IT LOOKS LIKE CONSTRUCTION IS PROCEEDING WELL, SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND SO I CAN'T WAIT TO WE GO FROM GROUND, BREAKING THE RIBBON CUTTING NEXT YEAR, SO OH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]
UM, CAN I HAVE MIKE? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR READING THE MANAGER? YOU STOLE MY THUNDER ON STATION NUMBER THREE. YES IT IS PROCEEDING FORWARD. THEY HAD MOVED SOME OTHER TREES. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME FAILED TO GO IN. AND STEPHEN HOAXES THE CONTRACTOR WORKING ON IT. IT IS GOING TO BE SOME TIME BEFORE IT'S FINISHED. BUT YES, IT'S UH, PURSUANT TO SCHEDULE. UM. I DIDN'T, UM, SEE THE LOGO THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING AS IT RELATED TO THE AIR SHOW, SO I HONESTLY DON'T I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FORMAL CITY LOGO AND NORMALLY WHEN WE DO SPONSOR EVENTS, WE GIVE THEM THE CITY LOGO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS POSTED OR WHAT IT WAS THAT YOU SAW AND WHITE. IT WAS SOMETHING BAD. THAT WAS JIM OR BENEFIT WAS IT WAS SOMETHING I DID ALL OUR VEHICLES. BUT WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE LOGO OBVIOUSLY IS, I AGREE WITH GOING MORE IN THE DIRECTION OF SOMETHING MORE FORMAL RC OVER QUICK AND NORMALLY THAT IS WHAT WE PROVIDE . AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT WHAT IT WAS. UM AND I DO KNOW IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE AIRSHOW HAS CHANGED DIRECTORS. EFFECTIVELY THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. SO THERE'S SOME STUFF THAT'S GOT LOST IN THE SHUFFLE AS WELL. BUT IT WAS STILL VERY ORGANIZED AND WAS STILL A GREAT EVENT IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. OH DID WELL BECAUSE OF IT BECAUSE YOU GET A LOT OF TOURISM AND A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT, AND IT'S JUST NICE TO BUMP INTO EVERYBODY. OVER THE WEEKEND. YOU HAD THE VETERAN'S DAY PARADE. YOU'RE THE AIR SHOW, AND THEY ALSO HAD THE MUMBLE OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM BALL FOR THE HOSPITAL SO THAT CITY ACTIVITIES WERE QUITE BUSY. WHICH IS GREAT. OTHER THAN THAT, UM. I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER AS IT RELATES TO CITY AGENDA STUFF, BUT WE DO HAVE THE I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY WE'RE ALREADY IN NOVEMBER THANKSGIVINGS IN TWO WEEKS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE DECEMBER REORG MEETING AND NORMALLY DECEMBER'S A SHORT MONTH IN A SHORT MEETING. I MEAN, ONE MEETING MONTH AS A RESULT. HMM OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER THING. I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS COME UP WHERE CONSTITUENTS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE COME TO ME REGARDING AND I'VE GONE TO STAFF AND I GOT TO TELL YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB TODAY. I GOT REQUESTS.SOMEONE'S TRYING TO FIND A ZONING LETTER TO FIND OUT IF A PROPERTY WAS PROPERLY ZONED FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO GOT AHOLD OF STAFF AND I JUST SEE THAT THERE'S AN EMAIL FROM THE CONSTITUENT SAYING IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF ALREADY. SO THANK YOU, JODY. UM THAT WAS THAT WAS, UH, YEOMAN'S WORK. SO UM OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE ON. SORRY CAN I JUST SAY ONE MORE THING? I CAN'T LET THIS PASS BECAUSE THIS IS JIM KNOWS THIS. UM I GREW UP IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO HAS A FLAG AND IT'S ON EVERYTHING. IT'S NOT EVERY UNIFORM. AND I WOULD JUST STRUCK ME WHEN WE WERE AT THE BASEBALL FIELD, AND WE HAD THE AMERICAN FLAG AND THE FLAG UNDERNEATH WAS PURE. W M I, A.
THIS CITY NEEDS A FLAG AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A COUPLE ARTISTS. AND. WE HAVE GREAT COLORS. WE HAVE A GREAT LOGO. AND IT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. GLAD OKAY, MAYBE AT SOME POINT.
WE SHOULD HAVE HEARD THAT SAID BEFORE, TOO, JUST IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY PRIDE. YEP. AND DIFFERENTIATING FROM THE COUNTY AND PEOPLE BEING PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE CITY. I GREW ORLANDO ORLANDO HAS LIKE A LITTLE SHIELD . THAT'S A STICKER THAT I SEE IN PEOPLE'S CARS. ALL THE TIME. I CAN ALMOST ALWAYS TELL WHEN SOMEONE'S FOR ORLANDO BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE CITY OF ORLANDO STICKER ON THE BACK OF THEIR CAR. YOU GOT ONE, OKAY LEGS WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING AS WELL, EVEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THE CEO ON THE FLAG, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S HOW WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS KIND OF FUN AND EXCITING. SO WHAT WOULD YOU JUST SENT VISIONARY JIM CARREY'S WE HAD BROUGHT WE HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP. WE CAN SPEND. WE CAN SPEND TWO YEARS TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT LIKE WE DID THE SIGNS FOR THE HUNDREDS OF THE NEIGHBOR. GOODS SO, BUT ACTUALLY THERE'S I'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE RESULTS. WHAT YOU DON'T DO IS TAKE THE LOGO AND PUT IT ON A BED SHEET, WHICH IS WHAT CITY. WHAT'S CITIES DO WITH THEIR FLAGS? SO YOU ACTUALLY IT'S AN INTERESTING PROCESS. OKAY GREAT. SO MOVING ON TO APPROVE THE AGENDA CAN
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HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. THE AGENDA PULLING ITEMS 12 AND 14 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOVED SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLIN'S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. OKAY THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. I'M GONNA GO TO COMMENTS BY THE PUBLIC. I HAVE[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Non-Agenda Related) (3 Minutes Max.)]
ONE BEN HOGARTH. I'M TAKING OFF MY CITY HAVE FOR A MOMENT, JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE AIR BOARD AIRSHOW BOARD. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY PROPERLY INFORMALLY FOR THE RESOURCES IN THE PERSONNEL. CERTAINLY MILTON LIKE ITS CREW IN ITALY'S CREW, AS WELL FOR SUPPORTING THE AIR SHOW, IT LITERALLY TAKES AN ARMY TO PUT TOGETHER IT COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT THE CITY'S HELP.UM, AND SUPPORT AND SOME OF THOSE STAFF CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WEEKEND.
AND I APPRECIATE MR MARTEL AS WELL APPROVING THOSE RESOURCE REQUESTS AND JUST OVERLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY SUPPORT FOR THAT. THANK YOU BEING A TOOK MY GRANDSON. HE'S 12 AND HIS HIS LITTLE YEAR OLD FRIEND, AND THEY JUST HAD THE BEST TIME. IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING SHOW AND FIREWORKS. JUST EVERYTHING WAS AWESOME. I APPRECIATE IT, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF VETERANS EVEN 105 YEAR OLD VETERAN. THAT WAS THERE THAT WE TOOK CARE OF. UM YEAH. WORLD WAR TWO THAT SO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THE AMAZING VETERANS THAT YOU MEET IS INCREDIBLE. SO IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN OUR SHOW IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE NATION RATED TOP 10 RIGHT NOW, SO I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND SEEING IT. PEOPLE FROM COLORADO WHO SAT WITH ME AT THE TABLE THERE, THEY CAME JUST FOR THE AIR SHOW TO MARTIN COUNTY HAD AN AIRBNB AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS THERE. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT KNOW UPON AND ATTENDED FLY INTO JUST TO SEE IT, AND IT IS INCREDIBLE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, ROBYN CARR. YOU PUBLIC OR ITEM 12 PUBLIC BECAUSE I CAN'T STAY.
OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
IT WAS A NICE PRESENTATION FOR THE VETERANS AS WELL. AND THANK YOU FOR PULLING AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 12. UM I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THE VIDEO LATER SO I CAN HEAR YOUR ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS. I EMAILED EACH OF YOU TODAY, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER, MR MARTEL, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY AND I HOPE THIS IS PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING TODAY. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ MY EMAIL, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. BUT HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 12, SPECIFICALLY, THE DETAIL OF THE ITEM STATES OF THE CITY IS GOING TO JOIN THE COUNTY AND HIRING THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL TO LEAD THIS INITIATIVE OF HIRING A CONSULTANT FOR BRIGHT LINE. I HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL AND USING TAX MONEY FOR THIS STUDY. I'M NOT DEBATING THE MERITS OF THE REQUIREMENTS BY BRIGHT LINE NOR WHAT'S BEING ASKED IN ORDER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. I AM MERELY ASKING THE QUESTION QUESTIONING THE USE OF TAX DOLLARS AND HOW THEY WILL BE ALLOCATED. MY FIRST QUESTION IS THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, ACTUALLY CONDUCTING THE STUDY, OR ARE THEY ACTING AS A CONSULTANT? ARE THEY HIRING AN OUTSIDE CONSULTING COMPANY AND PASSING MONEY THROUGH TO A THIRD PARTY? IT'S ST LUCIE COUNTY, ALSO PAYING THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL FOR THE SAME STUDY. ARE BOTH COUNTIES COMPETING FOR THE SAME RESULT. IF THEY ARE PASSING MONEY THROUGH TO A THIRD PARTY. ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS OR STIPULATIONS THAT MARTIN COUNTY AND ST LUCIE COUNTY WILL HAVE DIFFERENT COMPANIES OR CHAMPIONS DOING THE RESEARCH TO DETERMINE THE VIABILITY AND APPROPRIATENESS OF ESTACION? WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS OF MAARTEN OR ST LUCIE COUNTY? IF EITHER DOESN'T LIKE THE RESULT? IS THERE A STIPULATION THAT IT MUST BE ACCEPTED? OR WOULD IT BE APPEALED IF AN APPEAL IS PERMITTED OR APPROPRIATE? IS THERE A SECONDARY COSTS THAT WILL BE OCCURRED PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION TO BRIGHT LINE? THE CONCERN IS THAT AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL HAS ITS OWN CHARTER AND MISSION, WHICH I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT. BUT THEY CAN'T EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENT A SINGLE MUNICIPALITIES EXPRESSED INTEREST AS THEY REPRESENT MULTIPLE AREAS, ESPECIALLY IF TWO COUNTIES ARE PAYING THEM FOR THE SAME STUDY WITH THE SAME EXPECTATION. I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR REQUIREMENTS TO THE COUNTY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
CAN I HAVE A MINUTE? I GOT ONE MORE. I'M SORRY, CANDACE CALLAHAN. SORRY, CANDACE. THAT'S OKAY. NEVER WANT TO MISS YOU. SO YOU'RE VERY SWEET. THANK YOU. CANDICE CALLAHAN FOR THE RECORD DIRECTOR FOR STEWART MAIN STREET. HAVE QUITE A LOT SO THEY'RE WITH ME. THREE MINUTES.
HERE WE GO. SO OCTOBER 28TH WAS OUR HOBGOBLINS EVENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU THAT DID ATTEND AND ACT AS OUR HONORARY JUDGES FOR OUR COSTUME CONTEST. WE HAD QUITE A LOT OF KIDDOS THEY REALLY ENJOY. PARADING DOWN THAT STAGE AND SEEING ALL OF YOUR FACES. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED. CITY MANAGER BEING ONE OF THEM. NOVEMBER 24TH IS OUR NEXT, UM, COMMUNITY EVENT THAT'S BEEN LONGSTANDING. IT'S BEEN A TRADITION BOTH BETWEEN BOTH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS FOR 24 YEARS, SO THAT WOULD BE OUR CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY. THAT IS YOUR TREAT. SO I EXPECT TO SEE YOU THERE. PLEASE WHAT? WE WILL BE TAKING A GROUP PHOTO OF ALL
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OF YOU IN FRONT OF THE TREE. AND YOU ARE THE ONES WHO LIKE THE TREE. SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE THERE. UM AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOVEMBER. 24TH. IT IS THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. AND THEN I DO WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THE VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION. THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE ONES WHO DONATED YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE YEARS AGO. I THINK THAT WAS BACK IN 2018 OR 2019. IF MY RECORDS ARE CORRECT, SO BIG SHOUT OUT TO THAT ORGANIZATION, ANOTHER WONDERFUL NONPROFIT IN OUR COMMUNITY AGAIN, PARTNERING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR OUR COMMUNITY.UM I ALSO WANTED JUST TO RECOGNIZE NOVEMBER 25TH, WHICH IS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. SO I'M ENCOURAGING EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET IS ACTUALLY DOING A SPONSORED PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES BY FEATURING A HANDFUL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WERE TAKING HIGH QUALITY PHOTOS BUT JUST ALSO HELPING TELL THEIR STORY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONNECT. THEIR STORIES WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HOPES THAT THEY SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THEM BACK AND NEW THIS YEAR. WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED AN INTERVIEW FOR THEM ON A SMALL BUSINESS PODCAST, AND THEY HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THAT AND HAVE BEEN VERY THANKFUL FOR OUR EFFORTS IN HELPING THEM AND JUST A QUICK RECOGNITION OF OUR EVENT IN DECEMBER, 1ST WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE STUART HERITAGE MUSEUM FOR THEIR HOLIDAY, THEIR ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE. AND THEN ALSO ON DECEMBER 6TH. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE STUART PD AND THOSE FINE FOLKS FOR THEIR ANNUAL HOLIDAY NIGHT OUT, AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME, NOVEMBER 16TH. MORNINGS ON MAIN STREET. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SEEN THAT WE DO HAVE NOVEMBER 16TH THIS THURSDAY. THE HARBOR CHASE, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE WILL BE HOSTING US AND PROVIDING A GREAT BREAKFAST FOR EVERYBODY. SO I HOPE YOU COME OUT AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT US AND ARE SMALL BUSINESSES. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE HARBOR CHASE. IT'S JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. UM YES, MA'AM, JUST FORK ROAD. SO JUST BEFORE YOU COME UP THE BRIDGE. IF YOU'RE COMING SOUTH ON US ONE, IT'LL BE JUST VEER TO YOUR RIGHT IN THEIR LIVING FACILITY. YES IT'S QUITE HARD. I COULD MOVE. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR
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PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEMS 12 AND 14 APPROVAL. SECOND. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER CLARK SAID, GET IT BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SAYING NONE MARRIAGE YOU CALL THE ROLE. VICE MAYOR BRUNER YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES COMMISSIONER RICH COMMISSIONER COLLINS MCDONALD. OKAY LET'S GO[12. AUTHORIZING TO HIRE CONSULTANT FOR PLANNING/DESIGN OF FUTURE TRAIN STATION (RC): RESOLUTION No. 97-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO FILE A JOINT RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PUBLISHED BY BRIGHTLINE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
WITH THE ITEM, 12. ADAM 12 WOULD BE THE RIGHT LINE RIGHT LINE CONSULTANT. FIRST I WASN'T ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH MISS CARTWRIGHT. I WAS TRYING TO WRITE DOWN SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL RESPOND TO HER EMAIL DIRECTLY TOMORROW SO THAT SHE GETS HER ANSWERS. BUT REALISTICALLY.NUMBER ONE. I HAVE NO IDEA IF, UH ST LUCIE COUNTY HIRED TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL OR NOT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, BRIGHT LINE MAILED THE PROPOSED RFP TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE PAST. AND ESSENTIALLY, THEY HAD ABOUT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE. I THINK THAT THEY MAILED IT TO AND ANYBODY IS FREE TO RESPOND TO THE RFP. IT'S OUR EXPECTATION THAT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS RESPONDING TO THE RFP NOT SEEING LUCY COUNTY BUT MAYBE ST LUCIE COUNTY IS SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW. UM AND THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING, DILIGENT UNTIL YOU TO RESPOND. MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME STUFF WITH ST LUCIE COUNTY AS WELL. THEY'RE USING THE THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE ST LUCIE. KEEP EO. I KNOW THAT. SO WHICH IS THE MPO, WHICH WAS BASED UPON A TO USE MONEY TO GET SOME TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS. I'M ASSUMING IS A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION. IDEA SOME PLANNING FUNDS AVAILABLE. AND SO THAT MAKES SENSE. UM IN ANY EVENT, UM WHAT? IN THIS CASE? WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAD AN AGENDA ITEM IN WHICH THEY WERE HIRING. THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. AND. SINCE I WAS FEELING LIKE A COUNTY RESIDENT. AND SINCE EVERYBODY IN STUART REMAINS AS A STANDARD OF A COUNTY RESIDENT AND IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FILING A JOINT APPLICATION WITH THE COUNTY. I PUT THE AGENDA ITEM ON MORE OF A AS A AS A DISCLOSURE TO THE COMMISSION TO KEEP IT ON THE AGENDA SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON THE REASON. I SAID THAT
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THERE'D BE NO MONEY TO AT THIS TIME IS BECAUSE GENERAL FUND WAS USED TO PAID TRAFFICKERS REGIONAL PLAYING COUNCIL AND I DON'T EXPECT THAT THERE'LL BE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS EXPECT EXCEPT BUILD TO THE CITY OF STEWART FOR SERVICES BEING RENDERED BY THEM, BUT BECAUSE IT'S ALL BEEN KIND OF A MOVING TARGET, I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY NEVER BECAUSE FAITH WAS GOING TO I WOULD COME BACK. AND I ACTUALLY A CIGARETTE YOUR AUTHORITY TO DO SO. THE POINT OF THE EXERCISE IS TO HIRE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL TO RESPOND TO THE RFP. AND IT'S A LOT HARDER TO RESPOND TO AN RFP. THEN PEOPLE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF EXPECTATION, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S NECESSARY AND IT'S NOT JUST. A QUICK WRITING OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS, BUT THE TRAGICAL REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE REVIEWING SIGNIFICANT DEMOGRAPHICS ABOUT THE AVERAGE. AGE OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE TRAVEL TRENDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE WORK TRENDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, IN ADDITION TO THE TRENDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE THE TRENDS OF PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY? AND WHAT ARE THE ORIGINATION? AH PLACES FOR CREDIT CARDS AND OTHER EXPENDITURES AND YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ON VACATION COMING FROM? AND WOULD THAT ASSIST IN BRIGHT LINE SALES. AND WHAT ABOUT AIRPORTS? AND WHAT ABOUT OTHER COMMUTERS? AND WHAT ABOUT OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO THAT? AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT'S ALSO TOO DEMONSTRATE WHY THEY BELIEVE THE CITY OF STEWART AND MARTIN COUNTY WOULD BE A BETTER CHOICE FOR BRIGHT LINE THAN OUR NEIGHBORS. WHETHER IT'S FOR PIERCE OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT SUBMITS A AN APPLICATION. THE TRUTH OF IT IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND THEN. THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND I DON'T SHE MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT AN APPEAL. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ABILITY TO APPEAL.BUT ON DECEMBER 11TH, IT'S MY INTENTION TO RETURN TO THE CITY COMMISSION. TWO. AUTHORIZED US.
TO SIGN THE JOINT APPLICATION WITH THE COUNTY. JOINT APPLICATION THAT WILL BE SIGNING WITH THE COUNTY WILL BE THE WORK PRODUCT GENERATED BY THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. IF I APPEAL SHE MET. CAN WE SAY NO? WELL THEN, OF COURSE THE CITY COMMISSION CAN ON THAT DECEMBER 11TH MEETING YOU COULD SAY NO, WE DON'T WANT TO DO A JOINT APPLICATION. WE WANT TO DO OUR OWN, WHICH BY THE WAY, WILL NOT BE PREPARED. UM NUMBER TWO. YOU COULD SAY WE DON'T WANT TO DO AN APPLICATION AT ALL. OR NUMBER THREE. COULD BE TERMS OF THAT APPLICATION THAT THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH AND THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO TWEAK. I DON'T KNOW. WHAT THE TERMS ARE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY IT WAS SOMEWHAT VAGUE AND JUST ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE IT WAS MORE OF A GOOD AN AUTHORIZATION FROM THE COMMISSION THAT OUR STAFF AND THE CITY CAN REPRESENT TO THEM AND WORK WITH THEM THAT WERE INTENT ABOUT HIRING ABOUT FILING A JOINT APPLICATION. FOR A RAILROAD STOP. IN THE CITY OF STEWART AND FILING IT WITH MARTIN COUNTY BASED UPON THE WORK AND SERVICES RENDERED BY THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. YES. FOR ANY REASON THE COMMISSION DOESN'T WANT TO DO A JOINT APPLICATION WITH THE COUNTY TODAY WOULD BE A PERFECT DAY TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE WE DON'T ACTUALLY NEED TO GO IN ANOTHER DIRECTION FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE. ECONOMICALLY. IT SEEMS, UM BETTER. IN ADDITION TO THAT, FROM A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE. A TRAIN STATION IS MUCH BIGGER THAN ANYONE CITY IN MARTIN COUNTY. QUITE FRANKLY, A TRAIN STATIONS ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN MARTIN COUNTY. IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM BOTH. NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST OF US UM. AND AS A RESULT, IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS, AND IT'S A IT'S A BIGGER GRAHAM SCHEME. WHEN I HAVE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS WILL BE. THAT I PUT , I ASSUME WILL BE A PART OF A FULL PRESENTATION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON DECEMBER 11TH. I BELIEVE THAT TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE EXACT SAME PRESENTATION TO THE COUNTY ON DECEMBER 5TH. THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE DECEMBER 5TH IS A TUESDAY AND IT HAPPENS TO BE THE COUNTIES. MEETING IN DECEMBER AND OUR FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER IS THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, WHICH IS DECEMBER 11TH. AND MY HOPE IS THAT EITHER. A
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REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COUNTY COMES TO THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 11TH AND GIVES YOU THE EXACT SAME PRESENTATION THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVED OR I WILL STAND IN AND DO THE STAFF SIDE OF IT AND JOIN THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL AND PRESENTING THE RESULTS OF THEIR REPORT, THE PROPOSED LETTER AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND MAKING THE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS TO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO, UM. MEET THE STANDARDS OF WHATEVER THE REQUEST IS, OR ISN'T I SUSPECT I MEAN, IN FULL DISCLOSURE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME. PACE. THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION IN THE PAST AND THE CITY AND IN FACT SINCE THE LATE 19 EIGHTIES OR EARLY 19 NINETIES. UM GETTING PASSENGER RAIL RESTORED TO THE CITY OF STEWART HAS BEEN AN OBJECTIVE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WOULD ASSUME WE WANT TO FOLLOW THE COP PLAN. UM IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, THE, UM C R A IN PARTICULAR BUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, I THINK THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT COMES UP AT EVERY WORKSHOP WE EVER HAVE. IS YOU NEED A PARKING GARAGE DOWNTOWN. AND. AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE FOR THE BRIGHT LINE STATION. THERE WILL BE A PARKING GARAGE COMPONENT. IF THERE'S A PARKING GARAGE COMPONENT. OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FREE. SO IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE THE BUILDING OF A PARKING GARAGE , BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND FROM THE PRESENTATION AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANY RESPONSES TODAY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO SPEND ANY MONEY TODAY AT ALL. I WILL PRESENT TO YOU WHY? I BELIEVE IT'S A SOUND INVESTMENT FOR THE SIERRA TO PURSUE AND WHY IT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND THE C R A AS A WHOLE, BUT THAT'S ASSUMING THAT THEY SAY THAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BRIGHT LINE STATION INCLUDES THE PARKING GARAGE THAT'S IN THE SIERRA IN THE CITY OF STEWART. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE RESULTS YET. SO WE'RE JUMPING THE GUN REALLY EARLY, AND I DON'T WANT TO. CONJECTURE ON ALL THE OTHER POSSIBLE MATTERS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO USE IT AS AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE IF, IN FACT WE WERE TO END UP JOINTLY DOING SOMETHING WITH THE COUNTY AND ENDING UP WITH A PARKING GARAGE IN DOWNTOWN STUART THAT WAS BENEFITING THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN NOT JUST WHEN TRAINS CAME AND WENT. BUT ON ANY GIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT, PEOPLE COULD USE A PARKING GARAGE OR ARTS FEST OR HOWARD ALLEN SHOW OR VETERANS DAY PARADES OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT THAT WOULD BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, BUT THE FULL SOUP TO NUTS PRESENTATION WILL COME ON DECEMBER 11TH RIGHT NOW. UM I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH MEMBERS OF TREASURE COAST REGION PLANNING COUNCIL, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF BRIGHT LINE AS WELL AS, UM, MEMBERS OF MARTIN COUNTY AND THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM BOARD. I KNOW, UH, HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK AND THEY ALSO, UM, HAD A VOTE AND VOTED TO UM, PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM THAT WE COULD INCLUDE IN THE, UH, LETTER. UM OR THE SUBMISSION SUBMITTAL AS WELL. BUT THE SUBMITTAL THAT WITH WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM DOES IS IT SIMPLY AUTHORIZES STAFF? TO WORK WITH TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL AND TO PROVIDE THEM INFORMATION AS REQUESTED, AND TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THAT IT'S OUR INTENTION TO FILE A JOINT APPLICATION WITH THE COUNTY RATHER THAN A SEPARATE APPLICATION INDIVIDUALLY FROM THE COUNTY OR NO APPLICATION AT ALL. OKAY. MR. CLARK DID IT TO YOUR QUESTIONS. AH YES, I THINK YOU KNOW THE BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT AND IT JOINED FUNDING BOND IN CR A. ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS AND HOW WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND OUR PERCENTAGES AND THOSE ARE BIG THINGS, AND I THINK THAT THEY WILL COME UP. AND I THINK THAT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT MISS CARTWRIGHT HAS BROUGHT UP. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL AFFECT I WANT. I THINK THE GENERAL IDEA OF MOVING ALONG WITH THE COUNTY AND WORKING TOGETHER AND GET IN THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL INVOLVED. I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT. I DON'T SEE ANY CONFLICT OR ANYTHING, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ANSWERS ARE AND IF THERE COULD BE IN THE CONFLICT, MAYBE IN MR BAGGETT CAN GET BACK WITH US AND LET US KNOW. BUT THEY'VE COME UP WITH LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION IN THE PAST, AND I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE A GOOD GROUP TO DECIPHER THINGS AND GET THAT ARE FQ RESPONDED TO OKAY.CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION? I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOU DOWN THERE. UM MIKE. SO WHEN I MET WITH. DOCTOR KIM DELANEY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO BEFORE WE SEEM TO BE VERY ACTIVELY PURSUING THE STATION. SHE GAVE ME A PRESENTATION. ON THIS
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PROPOSED SITE, AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SENSIBLY. BY HIRING THEM BY HIRING THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE. A GREAT DEAL OF WORK THAT THEY HAD ALREADY DONE. SHE PROVIDED ME WITH A VERY DETAILED AND VERY COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION. AND SO IT SEEMS TO ME IT ONLY MAKES SENSE. THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD DO A PRESENTATION THAT WOULD BE EVEN A THIRD. AS AS. PREPARED AS THERE WHEN. WHEN KIM DELANEY SORT OF WORK. SHE TOLD ME WHEN SHE STARTED WORKING FOR THE CITY IN THE EARLY NINETIES. UH DAVE COLLIER, THE DENSE CITY MANAGER, LITERALLY HER FIRST WEEKEND JOB. BROUGHT HER IN AND SHE WAS A PLANNER. I BELIEVE, BROUGHT HER INTO HIS OFFICE AND SAID, YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS GETTING A TRAIN STATION HERE, SO SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON. IT WAS MY IMPRESSION SHE SHARES THAT ENTHUSIAM. SO AGAIN. I THINK IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED THEM TO SHARE IN THIS EFFORT WITHIN 30 YEARS. THEY CAME HERE WITH THE SAME IDEA WITH STEPS, MR MAYOR, BABY STEPS , SO CAN WE, COMMISSIONER CLARK, YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION. THAT NUMBER. 97 THAT'S 2023. HAVE WE READ THE RESOLUTION ALREADY? WE HAVE NOT. NO, THEY WOULD YOU READ THE RESOLUTION? YES.RESOLUTION NUMBER 97-20 TO 3 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY CITY OF STEWART AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO FILE A JOINT RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PUBLISHED BY BRIGHT LINE. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I JUST JUST TO CLARIFY BECAUSE THE FUNDING SOURCE LINE WAS THAT ONE OF THE MORE CONTENTIOUS ONES. UM WE'RE SAYING NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS VERY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING INTO THE REALM OF SPECULATION, BUT THERE'S NO I THOUGHT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING, COMING BACK AND ASKING THE CITY FOR MONEY AS A PART OF THIS SPECIFIC UM, ITEM. I DO NOT ANTICIPATE GETTING A BILL FROM TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL FOR SERVICES. RENDERED AS IT RELATES TO THE RFP IN THE PREPARATION OF THE RFP. I DO EXPECT. THAT THE SUBMITTAL THAT WE ARE SUBMITTING WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION BY THE CITY. TO THE RAIL INTO THE BRIGHT LINE IN ORDER TO UM, SECURE. A STATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT WON'T BE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. AS IT RELATES TO THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE RAISING AND THE TAX DOLLARS. THERE WAS SOME VERY, VERY EARLY ON. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION BY. OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AS IT RELATED TO BRIDGES AND OTHER MATTERS AND NOT WANTING TAX DOLLARS TO BE USED TO BE, UH SPENT ON THEM BECAUSE IT WAS A PRIVATE ENTITY. BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS THAT IT'S PROVIDING A FORM OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND AS OF TODAY I HAVE LETTERS OF ENDORSEMENT. FOR USING TAX DOLLARS. JUST SPEND ON. THE BRIDGE AND LOTS OF THEM. FROM UH, SENATOR MARCO RUBIO. UM FROM , UH, SENATOR SCOTT. NOT FROM THE CITY, THEN CONGRESSMAN MAST.
UM, I SPOKE TO SENATOR HAROLD OVER THE WEEKEND AND SHE SUPPORTS IT. I SPOKE TO STATE REPRESENTATIVE OVER IT OR IF HE SUPPORTS IT. I SPOKE TO JOHN OR STATE. REP. JOHN SNYDER. HE TOO, SUPPORTS THE USE OF TAX DOLLARS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE BRIDGE AS WELL WITH THE FARM AND WE PASSED THREE RESOLUTIONS IN THE CITY OF STEWART HISTORICALLY.
THE MOST RECENT WAS IN MARCH. SUPPORTING IT AS WELL. BUT THAT'S WE'RE NOT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS NOT FOR ME TO SPEND ANY MONEY TO HIRE, PAY ANYBODY OR TO PUT ANY CONSULTANTS ON BOARD RIGHT NOW AT ALL, AND I DON'T EXPECT WHAT I EXPECT IS THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY FOR TRAGIC THIS REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES. IN THE EVENT THAT I RECEIVED A PHONE
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CALL FROM TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, ASKING IF THE CITY COULD PARTICIPATE IN SOME STUDY OR DO SOMETHING I WOULD COME BACK TO YOU GUYS AND BRING IT BACK UP. I DO NOT HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT I HAVE TO SAY BASED UPON THE CURRENT STATUS OF OUR COMP PLAN, AND OF THE HISTORY OF THE CITY. WHAT I SEE HAPPENING HERE IS IF WE WERE PAYING HALF OF THE BILL FOR TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, IT WOULD STILL BE A WIN BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE PAYING THE WHOLE BILL BECAUSE WE WOULD BE PURSUING IT ANYWAY, AND THE FACT THAT MARTIN COUNTY IS PURSUING IT ON OUR BEHALF. IT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL RESIDENTS OF MARTIN COUNTY ANYWAY. AND SO IT'S JUST IT'S JUST WORKING OUT THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM ON THIS THING, AND WE CAN SEND A MESSAGE TO BRIGHT LINE AS WELL THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH MARTIN COUNTY MOVING FORWARD AND THAT IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CART. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND OKAY. WE HAVE EMOTION AND SECOND MOVIE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. HERE MA'AM. IF YOU COME UP TO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THEN FILL OUT A GREEN CARD WHEN YOU'RE DONE GREEN CARD WHERE THEY ANYWAY. YOU WANT OKAY? DONNA HILTON. I THINK THAT IS AWESOME IDEA BECAUSE PEOPLE JOIN HAND IN HAND, BUT I SEE THAT YOU JOIN ARMS AND HANDS ARMS TOGETHER LIKE A LOCKING AND BE LIKE A LOCK IN THE BIKINI UNITY OF THIS COUNTY AND THE CITY TOGETHER TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THIS AND IT WILL SAVE EXPENSES AND THAT IT WOULD BRING GREATER UNITY KNOWING THAT THE COUNTY AND THE AND THE CITIES IS ONE AN AGREEMENT BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE AGREEMENT, THEN WE HAVE A BLESSING THAT WE ALL CAN RECEIVE . THANK YOU. SO I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, I BELIEVE IT'S REALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO JOIN. I MEAN TIGHTLY SO THAT THERE'S NO NO NO STRIFE. NOAH BACK BITING, AND SO THERE'S JUST A UNITY AND UNIFYING THAT'S ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. VERY WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER RICH YES. MCDONALD CLARK? YES COLLINS VICE[14. FY 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT (RC): RESOLUTION No. 115-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA RATIFYING THE 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR 2024; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
MAYOR BRUNER. YES. MOTION PASSES . MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14. WOULD YOU READ THE RESOLUTION? RESOLUTION NUMBER 115-2023. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, RATIFYING THE 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR 2024, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. SO THE RESOLUTION IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LIST. UM WE HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LIST, BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, IT'S PRETTY BIG BECAUSE IT'S NOT LOADING AS I CLICK ON THE LINK.BUT UM, IN MEETING MAJOLI AND TALKING ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LIST. UM THE WAY IT WORKS IS RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NO. NUMBER ONE ITEM AND THEN NO FINAL ITEM OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. IT'S UM EVERYTHING IS I GUESS EQUAL BUT ESSENTIALLY THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ARE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF WHAT THE CITY OF STEWART WAS PURSUING AS IT RELATED TO ROADS, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. DOC ATTENUATE EAR'S GRINDER STATIONS. AH FORCE MAINS , STORMWATER PIPES, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. AIR CONDITIONING FOR CARS OR PROPER FIRE TRUCKS.
POLICE CARS, FIRE HYDRANT UPGRADES, YOU NAME IT. AND IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE LIST, YOU'LL SEE LIKE NUMBER 343 ON THE LIST, SAYS ION EXCHANGE VESSELS AND IT SHOWS IN FISCAL YEAR UH, 2024. $2,916,000. WELL, THE REALITY IS THAT ON THE DAY THAT THAT WAS SET. THAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT WAS PUT AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THOSE EXCHANGE VESSELS. THE TRUTH IS, THAT NUMBER COULD BE HIGHER OR LOWER AS WE SIT HERE TODAY. BUT IT'S MORE OF A ROUGH NUMBER OF WHERE IT IS ITEM OF TO LET YOU AS A COMMISSION IN THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT IS KIND OF OUT THERE ANOTHER UM, NUMBER THAT YOU'LL SEE. IS LIKE THE PROPERTY AT THE WILLIE GARY PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW YET THERE IS 342 GARY PROPERTY ACQUISITION, SAYS $4,741,000. THAT'S ALSO A REAL EXPENDITURE AND A REAL PROBLEM. IMPROVEMENT IN OUR INTENTION IS TO BUY THAT LAND AND DO THAT
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PROJECT AND BUILD WITH PROJECT. LIFT THAT, UM 12,000 SQUARE FOOT STRUCTURE THERE. HOWEVER. IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT. WE PROBABLY WON'T WANT TO SPEND THE $4,700,000, AND AS A RESULT, THAT NUMBER IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DRAMATICALLY BECAUSE THE GRANT RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO COVER THE ENTIRE COST. NOW, IF ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE WE WOULDN'T GET THE GRANT. BUT IF WE DIDN'T GET THE GRANT I WOULD BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU SAYING, DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY ANYWAY? USING CITY FUNDS FOR X Y Z OR REASONS, BUT IT MIGHT CHANGE THE NUMBER FROM 4.7 MILLION TO 1.5 MILLION BECAUSE THE REST OF THE COST WOULDN'T EXIST ANY LONGER.BUT THAT AGAIN IS A HYPOTHETICAL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S MOVING FORWARD AND IT'S REAL. AND THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU SEE THE 4.7 MILLION. IT'S NOT LIKE 4.7 MILLION OF MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO BE SPENT SOMEWHERE ELSE. IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO THAT IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T MENTION IT, BUT IT'S THAT 4.7 IS CONTINGENT ON THE GRANT. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK UP AT LIKE, NUMBER 337 IT, SAYS RIVERSIDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD $2.1 MILLION IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. I KNOW THAT OF THE C R A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE RIVERSIDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AS IT RELATES TO THE FIRST STUDIES, THEN DESIGNED AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, STREET LIGHTS AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF, AND I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE. AND THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. YOU ALSO SEE THE DOWNTOWN UNDERGROUND FACILITY OR UTILITIES IS NUMBER 332. THAT AT THE TIME. IN SPACE WHEN THE. UH C P I WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BUDGET AND THE AGENDA ITEMS. $3.1 MILLION. WHAT WAS WAS WHAT WAS DEDICATED TO BE SPENT THIS YEAR ON THAT PROJECT. I KNOW WHEN THEY CAME BACK, AND WE WERE BEFORE YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO. THE BIDS CAME IN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT THEY'RE OUT DOING THE REVIEW ON THE STUDY, AND THAT WILL BE COMING BACK EFFECTIVELY IF THEY COME BACK, AND THAT NUMBER IS $2.7 MILLION, OR $3.5 MILLION, AND YOU GUYS DECIDE TO DO IT AND DO IT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. IT'LL ULTIMATELY CAUSE US TO CHANGE THAT NUMBER FROM 3.123 0.5 OR 2.7, OR IF YOU KICKED IT. NEXT YEAR. THE SAME THING WOULD GO WOULD THEN ROLL IT TO 2025. UM WHEN? UM COMMISSIONER CLARK WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH HER ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID THAT I KIND OF WANTED TO DO WITH THE COMMISSION. IS MAYBE BRING THIS LIST BACK TO YOU. AND GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE AND NOT JUST OF THIS LIST, BUT KIND OF GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF MAKING A REAL UM STORMWATER. ROAD.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND OTHER. PRIORITY LIST AND SAY, LOOK, RIGHT NOW. NUMBER ONE IS THIS ONE AND NUMBER 10 IS THIS ONE? AND IF YOU'RE NUMBER 10 YOUR WAY FAR AWAY FROM GETTING REACHED DISTINCT RIGHT, BUT IT ALSO. WHEN YOU DO THAT PEOPLE GET ANXIOUS BECAUSE THE LIST ENDS UP BEING SIGNIFICANTLY BIGGER THAN THE BUDGET. BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT 20 YEARS OUT ON PROJECTS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER BUDGET BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY CURRENTLY TO DO THEM. THEY'RE JUST IDENTIFIED ON THE WISH LIST. AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT CAN BE. PEOPLE GET RELUCTANT TO DO THAT, BECAUSE YOU GET FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE THAT SAY, OH, MY GOD, WHY ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND THIS MONEY ON BUILDING A ROCKET SHIP TO MARS IN THE YEAR? YOU KNOW, 3033 OR WHATEVER IT IS AND IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT A TRUE DEDICATION OF FUNDS, BUT WE'LL BE COMING BACK AND WE COULD JUST AS MUCH AS YOU GUYS WANT. WE CAN GET AS SPECIFIC AND WE'D ALSO COMMISSIONER CLARK AND I ALSO TALKED ABOUT MAYBE NOT LISTING IT. NUMBER ONE IS THE FIRST PRIORITY IN NUMBER. 100 IS THE LAST PRIORITY, BUT INSTEAD MAYBE GIVING IT A B, C AND D AND A MEANS IT'S IMMINENT MEANS MAYBE THEY'D BE GREAT. IF WE WON THE LOTTERY. YOU KNOW WE COULD GIVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIKE WANDA'S YOUTH PARK IT'S GOOD TO ZERO IN THIS YEAR. BUT THE REALITY IS. WE JUST SPENT $7500 ON QANTAS YOUTH PARK LAST MEETING. BECAUSE IT FOR THAT SIGN OR WHATEVER. IF THEY CAME IN AND WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, YOU MIGHT CHANGE IT.
AND CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU WANTED TO SPEND OR WHERE IT WANTED TO BE. I CAN TELL YOU I DON'T WANT TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON UM THE ION EXCHANGE. MATERIAL. LIKE YOU KNOW, $2.9
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MILLION ON I EXCHANGE MATERIAL IS NOT A FUN EXPENDITURE. HOWEVER. IT'S CRAZY. IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO HOW WE PRIORITIZE SOME OF THIS STUFF? DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT KIND OF STUFF. UM AND SO FROM A STANDPOINT, THIS IS THE LIST OF THE ACTIVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF STEWART. AS CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED. RIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS AND I DIDN'T NUMBER 14, WHICH WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. RESOLUTION NUMBER 115 2023. THAT WE APPROVED THE INFORMATION IS PRESENTED. YOU HAVE A 2ND 2ND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT MARRIAGE. CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER COLLINS. YES COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES MCDONALD. YES BRUNER? YES, COMMISSIONER RICH. OKAY GOING ON[15. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER, INC. (RC) RESOLUTION No. 111-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE AN ATTORNEY CLIENT AGREEMENT WITH THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER, INC. FOR REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA BY FILING AN AMICI CURIAE BRIEF IN THE 11TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE EVERGLADES RESTORATION AND EVERGLADES AGRICULTURAL AREA A-2 RESERVOIR AND STORMWATER TREATMENT AREA PROJECT; AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE A MONETARY DONATION TO THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER, LLC; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
TO THE LAST ACTION. THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER. WOULD YOU READ THE RESOLUTION TITLE? YES OF COURSE RESOLUTION NUMBER 111-2023. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN EXECUTE ATTORNEY CLIENT AGREEMENT WITH THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER INC. FOR REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA BY FILING AN AMICI CURIAE BRIEF. IN THE 11TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS AND SUPPORT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE EVERGLADES RESTORATION AND EVERGLADES AGRICULTURAL AREAS, A DASH TO RESERVOIR AND STORMWATER TREATMENT AREA PROJECT. AUTHORIZING TO MAKE A MONETARY DONATION TO THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER LLC, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. OKAY, GREAT. UM. MIKE, DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS ONE? OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I ALSO KNOW THAT LEE HAS SPOKEN TO LISA, AT LEAST AT ONE POINT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. ALRIGHT SO IF YOU RECALL ON OCTOBER 23RD AT THE OCTOBER 23RD MEETING AT CITY CITY STAFF BROUGHT THE ISSUE BEFORE THE BOARD OF RETAINING THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER.BECAUSE THERE WAS A SHORT AMOUNT OF PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THEY HAD TO FILE AND, UH, BRIEF IN THE APPELLATE COURT, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 20TH, SO IT'S COMING UP. UM WE HAD KIND OF GONE OVER THE BENEFITS OF USING THEM. THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE DISTRICT COURT. THE UNDERLYING TRIAL COURT, WHICH THEIR SIDE ONE AND NOW THEY'RE ASKING TO AT LEAST IDENTIFY US AS BEING ONE OF THEIR CLIENTS IN THE APPELLATE BRIEF UM YOU WOULD HAVE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED IN FAVOR OF HIRING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE EVERY LAIDLAW CENTER. IN ADDITION, WHICH WAS NOT ASKED FOR BUT YOU YOU VOTED UNANIMOUSLY FOR WAS TO, UH TENDER A DONATION OF $10,000 TO THE EVERGLADES LAW CENTER. SO WHAT? WE'RE COMING HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS BASICALLY MEMORIALIZING THAT I WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH COUNCIL FOREVER. GLADES LAW CENTER. ON THE LANGUAGE TO BE IN AGREEMENT WE HAVE AGREED TO. I BELIEVE MY LAST WEEK WE'VE GOT A FINAL VERSION OF IT. UM AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR AUTHORIZATION FOR MR MARTEL, THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. AS YOU RECALL, THEY'RE DOING IT PRO BONO. I E FOR FREE. IN ADDITION, IN OUR RESOLUTION TODAY, WE WERE IDENTIFYING WHERE THE FUNDS WILL COME FROM, WHICH WILL COME FROM MY DEPARTMENT'S MONEY THAT'S BEEN DESIGNATED FOR PRIMARILY OUTSIDE COUNSELS. USE ANYWAY. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ON LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. SAYING NONE MARRIAGE FATHER ROLE. MAYOR MCDONALD YES. BRUNER YES.
COLLINS COMMISSIONER CLARK RICH. YE
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