11. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MARTIN COUNTY REGARDING THE RFP TERMS FOR A BRIGHTLINE STATION (RC): RESOLUTION No. 120-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MARTIN COUNTY PROVIDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES IN THE EVENT A PASSENGER RAIL STATION IS CONSTRUCTED ON FLAGLER AVENUE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

[11. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MARTIN COUNTY REGARDING THE RFP TERMS FOR A BRIGHTLINE STATION (RC): RESOLUTION No. 120-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MARTIN COUNTY PROVIDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES IN THE EVENT A PASSENGER RAIL STATION IS CONSTRUCTED ON FLAGLER AVENUE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

TO THE COMMISSION ACTION. 11 IS INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MARTIN COUNTY REGARDING THE RFP TERMS FOR A BRIGHT LINE STATION. YOU WANT TO READ IT LATER? OR SHOULD I BE WILL YES, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 20-2023 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STEWART AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MARTIN COUNTY, PROVIDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES IN THE EVENT. A PASSENGER RAIL STATION IS CONSTRUCTED ON FLAGLER AVENUE. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. I'M GONNA BE HANDLING THIS MATTER, UM TOM, THE OTHER HAND FROM THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILORS, ALSO HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY UM , I WASN'T GONNA GO INTO THE HISTORY BUT I THINK I FEEL LIKE I FEEL COMPELLED TO GO BACK A LITTLE. I WAS BORN IN THE SIXTIES AND MIAMI. NO I'LL BRING IT MORE FORWARD THAN THAT. UM. UH IT'S AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. UH THE RETURN OF PASSENGER RAIL TO THE CITY OF STEWART HAS BEEN A PRIORITY IN A GOAL OF THE CITY COMMISSION. WHEN THE, UM. CITY WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING WANI, TOO.

REWRITE THE CITY CODES JUST AFTER THE MALL HAD OPENED, AND THEY WERE, UM REDESIGNING WHATEVER ENDED UP BEING OUR URBAN OVERLAY. CODES THE CITY ALSO ADOPTED, UM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LANGUAGE. IT WAS ROUGHLY 1995 OR 1996, WHICH IS THE SAME YEAR THAT THE BIG ROOSEVELT BRIDGE OPENED. UM TO, UH. PRIORITIZE AND FIND WAYS TO RESTORE PASSENGER RAIL TO THE CITY OF STEWART. DOWNTOWN. AND THEN IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, THERE WERE SOME PROJECTS. BEING ACTIVELY PURSUED AND NEGOTIATED WITH, UM. RAIL AND IN PARTICULAR WITH AMTRAK, AND I THINK IT WAS IN 2005. AMTRAK ACTUALLY RAN A TEST LINE. FROM FLORIDA THROUGH STOPPED AND STEWART AND THEN WENT TO ST AUGUSTINE. BIG PRESENTATIONS IN SAINT AUGUSTINE AND THEN RETURNED EVERYBODY BACK AND STOPPED RIGHT HERE. IT'S SELFISH CIRCLE AND DROPPED EVERYBODY OFF ON THE PASSENGER RAIL. AND THERE WERE MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD AT THAT TIME AND FOLLOWING THAT, AS IT RELATED TO FILLING THIS ROOM, EVERY SEAT IN THE ROOM AND PEOPLE IN THE HALL. TALKING ABOUT THE DESIRE AND WHAT MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT AND DONE TO RETURN AND RESTORE PASSENGER RAIL. AND THE RECESSION CAME AND OTHER REASONS FELL AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT AS PLANNED. BUT THEN IN ROUGHLY 2013 OR 14, ALL ABOARD FLORIDA, CAME ON THE SCENE. AND UM. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE DIDN'T DO ANY STUDIES, BUT THAT WAS THE FURTHEST FROM THE TRUTH. NOT ONLY WERE EXTENSIVE STUDIES DONE, BUT WE ALSO HAD AT LEAST FIVE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS. WE DID TOO EXTENSIVE SURVEYS. WHEN THE RESULTS CAME FROM ONE SURVEY. WE HAD A REVIEWED AND IT CAME OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE AGAINST THE IDEA OF HAVING TRAINS PASSED BACK THROUGH THE AREA, 65% OF THE PEOPLE SAID THEY DID WANT TO STATION UM MORE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AT THE TIME. THOUGHT THAT THEY, UH, SURVEY WASN'T PARTICULAR ENOUGH. AND SO WE RAN IT FOR ANOTHER SIX WEEKS. AND AGAIN 64, OR 65% OF THE PEOPLE AGAIN RESPONDED IN FAVOR OF WANTING A STATION AND THIS WAS WHEN WE WERE FILLING THE ROOM WITH PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT RIGHT LINE. UM, TO FILL THE TRACKS. THE CITY ALSO VOTED TO PASS RESOLUTIONS

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UNANIMOUSLY. AND VOTED TO UPDATE ITS COMPREHEND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW MUCH IT WANTED TO RESTORE PASSENGER RAIL TO THE CITY, AND AS A RESULT, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT REFERENCES IN THE COP PLAN ABOUT HOW THE CITY SHOULD PRIORITIZE RETURNING PASSENGER RAIL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THERE WERE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES THAT WERE DONE WHEN THE TRAINS WERE, UH, GOING TO EXPAND TO PASSENGER RAIL, EVEN THOUGH THE FREIGHT TRAINS ARE ALREADY MUCH GREATER IN WEIGHT AND MUCH HEAVIER AND CREATE MUCH MORE VIBRATION AND HAVE MUCH MORE IMPACT. THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS STILL REQUIRED ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES. WE DID STUDIES ON THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN STUART TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE VIBRATIONS OF THEM. WE DID ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES ON THE IMPACTS OF THE BRIDGE AND THE TRAFFIC AND THE VIBRATION IN THE WATER AND THE MARINE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AND CAMERAS RELATED TO HOW MANY VOTES COULD PASS THROUGH WHEN THE BRIDGES WERE GOING THROUGH. AND STILL, THE PUBLIC SUPPORTED IT OVERWHELMINGLY. AND THEN, WHEN THERE WAS A BIG UPHEAVAL AGAINST THE IDEA OF BRIGHT LINE COMING THROUGH, WE HELD PUBLIC HEARINGS HERE, NOT AS A MEANS TO TAKE A POSITION ON IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BECAUSE THE CITY OF STEWART REALLY WASN'T INVOLVED IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. BUT THEY EVEN HELD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AT THE LYRIC THEATER BECAUSE THIS ROOM WASN'T BIG ENOUGH, AND THEY NEEDED ROOMS THAT WERE 500 SEATS OR MORE. AND STILL THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC. SAID THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THE TRAIN COMING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY. THE REASON OUR COMMUNITY EXISTS IS BECAUSE OF TRAIN STARTED US AND WAS IN THIS COMMUNITY IN LOW TIDE. IF YOU LOOK OUT BEHIND CITY HALL, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE STUMPS THAT STICK UP OUT OF THE WATER THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM THE PLATFORMS WHEN THEY USED TO DO THE PINEAPPLES, AND THEY BRING THE PINEAPPLES OVER FROM RIAU AND LOAD THEM ONTO THE TRAINS TO BE SHIPPED. THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND THEY'RE USED TO ALSO BE A HOTEL DOWN TOWARD FLAGLER PARK THAT WAS AGAIN A HOTEL THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AND LOCATED HERE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE TRAIN CAME TO OUR AREA. UM IN 2014, THE CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE WITH BRIGHT LINE. DURING WHICH UM, THE CITY MANAGER ACTUALLY WAS TRYING TO CONVINCE BRIGHT LINE TO PUT A STATION HERE BY OFFERING TO GIVE THEM THE LAND WHERE THE AZUL PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED. AND ALSO CONTINUE TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHERS AND AT THE TIME THERE WERE MORE FOCUSED ON JUST GETTING UP AND RUNNING AND DID NOT PURSUE THAT WITH US, BUT WE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE COUNTY ASSISTING AT THE TIME. AS IT MOVED FORWARD. I KNOW THAT IN 2014. THE CITY COMMISSION PASSED A RESOLUTION HAD A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS IN 2016. WE HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS PASSED A RESOLUTION IN 2018 PASTORAL RESOLUTION. WE HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS WE MET WITH THE MARINE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, THE CITY MANAGER FILED A RESPONSE IN 2014 AND 2018 TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES. AND UM, ALSO ADDRESSED. THE RETURN OF PASSENGER RAIL AND THE CITY COMMISSION PASSED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING BRIGHT LINE AND REQUESTING FUNDING AND FOR GRANT MONEY FOR THE PASSENGER RAIL. WE DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. EARLIER OR LATE 22 AND EARLY 23.

AND WHEN WE DID THOSE RESOLUTIONS, AND WE PUT THAT STUFF OUT, WE DIDN'T GET ANY.

UH, NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. NOBODY CALLED US AND SAID DON'T SEEK THE GRANTS DON'T SEEK THE DOUBLE TRACK BRIDGE. IN FACT, WE GOT BASICALLY SUPPORT FROM EVERY DIRECTION, TELLING US TO DO IT AND WE AND WE DID, AND IT'S UM MOVING FORWARD NOW. WE DIDN'T DO IT FOR THE BENEFIT. OF BRIGHT LINE. WE DID IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING A BOTTLENECK HERE, WHERE THE TRAIN WOULD HAVE TO BE A SINGLE TRACK. IT WOULD ALLEVIATE THE NEED FOR STACKING FREIGHT TRAINS SO THAT OTHER TRAINS COULD PASS AND GO AND CAUSING INTERSECTIONS TO BE MORE. IMPACTED AND IT WOULD ALSO, UM ALLEVIATE THE NEED. OR IMPACTS ON THE MARINE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE BOAT TRAFFIC TO PASS UNDERNEATH THAT. UH, BRIDGE AND IN FACT I'M I'M AWARE THAT THE MARINE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD, THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL AND OTHERS HAVE ALL PASSED RESOLUTIONS. IN FAVOR OF AND ENCOURAGING THE COUNTY AND THE CITY TO JOINTLY PURSUE A STATION IN THE AREA. DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN YOU HEARD THAT THERE WOULD BE NO STUDIES

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OR NO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OR SOMETHING THAT THAT AGE OF THAT THAT'S THE FURTHEST FROM THE TRUTH THAT THE TRUTH IS THAT WE WILL FOLLOW THE CODE AND THAT THE STORMWATER WILL BE AT THE STORMWATER STANDARDS THAT WE HOLD HIGHER THAN REGULAR COMMUNITIES AND COUNTIES AND IT WILL MEET ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS AND THERE WILL BE PUBLIC HEARINGS. IT'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE IT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS. THE APPROVAL OF THE STRUCTURES ETCETERA WILL RETURN FOR PUBLIC HEARING JUST AS ANY BUILDING WOULD BE AND WOULD FOLLOW THE CODE AND WOULD MEET THE STORM WATER AND CAN MEET THOSE IMPACTS AND WILL BE PLANTED WITH ALL NATIVE PLANTINGS. AND WILL BE DESIGNED TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. UM AND, UH, I DON'T THERE IS NO NEED TO DO. AT A IMPACT OF A WETLAND EVALUATION OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY A PARKING LOT. AND THE HISTORY BEHIND THAT WAS THAT WHEN THE COUNTY BUILT THE COURTHOUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT PARKING LOT CONFIGURATION IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WORKED TOGETHER BACK THEN. AND THE COUNTY, UM, GAVE THAT LAND TO THE CITY GAVE THAT LAND TO THE COUNTY TO PUT THE COURTHOUSE ON IN EXCHANGE FOR THE COUNTY, PUTTING GAZEBO PARKING ON EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD FOR THE GREEN SPACE. TIME I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALIZED THAT IT WAS POLLUTED, BUT THE COUNTY CLEANED THAT UP AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT EITHER WAY IT WAS AGAIN A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, AND IT WORKED OUT. BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT THE LOCATION THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT FOR THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT IS ONLY THE SITE BEHIND THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE A CITY COMMISSIONERS UM, OUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN IF IT'S WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS OF THE CITY AND THE SITE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS A RELATED TO THE AIRPORT OR THE FAIRGROUNDS IS OUTSIDE THE CITY'S GEOGRAPHIC TERMS, SO WE COULDN'T PARTICIPATE. BUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. AND GOING BACK TO 2014. WHEN THE CITY WAS MOVING FORWARD AND TRYING TO GET A STATION IN 2014. WE WEREN'T GONNA WE WERE GOING TO PURSUE IT WITHOUT ANY BENEFITS AT ALL FROM THE COUNTY OR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE COUNTY AT ALL, AND INSTEAD WE WERE GOING TO BE ALL IN EITHER WAY. FORTUNATELY FOR US, THIS INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT SERVES MORE THAN ONE PURPOSE. EVERYONE THE COUNTY'S AGREED TO WORK WITH US TO DO THE APPLICATIONS AND TO DO THE JOINT SUBMITTAL FOR THE RESPONSE TO THE RFP. NUMBER TWO IS PART OF THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT. THE COUNTY WOULD AGREE TO DEED TO US THE PARKING LOT. THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF FLAGLER AVENUE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE COURTHOUSE. THAT'S A LITTLE OVER TWO ACRES THAT WOULD BE USED FOR THE STATION AND PARKING GARAGE. AND THEN WE COULD NEGOTIATE AND USE THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF WORKING WITH BRIGHT LINE TO INSTALL THAT IN THAT LOCATION. BASED ON THE RFP THAT WAS PUT OUT BY BRIGHT LINE. THE RFP RESTRICTED ANY STATION FROM BEING NORTH OF CONFUSION, CORNER AND AS A RESULT WITHOUT THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION OF THAT LAND, THE CITY REALLY WASN'T IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO OR PARTICIPATING IN THE BID.

SO THAT BECOMES A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. UM THE OTHER THING, IRONICALLY, IS, REGARDLESS OF THAT LAND OR NOT THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACTUALLY SAID. PROOF THAT IT WOULD RECORD WOULD WISH THE RESTORATION OF, UH, TRAIN STATION. IN THE CITY AND ITS POLICY TO 8 10.2. OR I'M SORRY. UM TO A 10.3. AND IT ACTUALLY IN THE LAST SENTENCE, SAID, PREFERABLY ON FLAGLER AVENUE BETWEEN EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD AND MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD BOULEVARD. AND IRONICALLY, THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE IT IS. AND WE WEREN'T THE OWNERS OF THE LAND WHEN THAT WAS WRITTEN, BUT AGAIN. THIS FULFILLS THAT ASPECT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHAT THE TERMS ESSENTIALLY THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON WITH THE INTER LOCAL OF THE COUNTY IS THAT WE AGREE THAT THEY WOULD TRANSFER THE LAND TO US IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT THE CITY WOULD AGREE TO MAINTAIN AND PROVIDE 54 PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE WITHIN A 0.25 MILE RADIUS OF THE COURTHOUSE. AND I PULLED UP THE UM, DESIGN THAT, UH, PAUL NICOLETTI DID IN LIKE 2015, OR 16. WHEN THERE WAS THE OR NO, ACTUALLY, 2008 OR NINE WHEN IT WAS THE TRANSIT CENTER.

BACK IN THAT LOCATION. WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO BUILD A TRAIN STATION THERE AS WELL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOWED IN THE DESIGN WAS 85 DIAGONAL PARKING SPACES ON THE STATEMENT STREET

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THAT WAS BETWEEN THE CITY WATER PLANT AND THE BASEBALL FIELDS THERE. AND I THINK WHAT I WOULD DO IS LOOK WITH BUILT AND WORK WITH STAFF TO TRY AND IMPLEMENT THOSE 85 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES JUST TO PROVIDE MORE THAN THE 54 BUT TO HAVE IT DIRECTLY RIGHT THERE IN THE LOCATION. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT THAT THE COUNTY HAD ENTERED INTO IN 2018 WHEN THEY TWO WENT THROUGH EXTENSIVE. INVESTIGATION AS IT RELATES TO TRAINS, FEASIBILITY LITIGATION, ETCETERA. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THEY ENTERED ON ENTERED INTO AGREE THAT THEY WOULD PAY UP TO 50% OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRAIN STATION. CONDITIONED UPON THAT TRAIN STATION, ENDING UP IN MARTIN COUNTY. THE COUNTY HAS AGREED TO HONOR THAT 50% OBLIGATIONS. SO AS PART OF THIS IN THE LOCAL AGREEMENT, THEY'RE AGREEING THAT THEY'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT CONTRIBUTION. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT THE CITY OF STEWART WOULD MAKE THE CONTRIBUTION OF A PARKING GARAGE NOW, IRONICALLY, THE PARKING GARAGE AGAIN, THE CITY WOULD HAVE STEWART IN 2014 WOULD HAVE BUILT IT AS PART OF THE TRAIN STATION TO FULFILL THE TRAIN STATION REQUEST. BUT FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, EVERY ANNUAL WORKSHOP THAT WE HAVE WE HEAR THAT WE NEED A PARKING GARAGE AND DOWNTOWN STUART SO THE C R A AS WELL AS THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION HAS ALWAYS HAD A PARKING GARAGE ON ITS LONG TERM PLAN AS WELL AND THIS WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE PARKING GARAGE DONE AND MEET THE TRAIN STATION. UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REQUEST. AND PROVIDE THAT PARKING GARAGE IN DOWNTOWN STUART. THE RFP. REQUIRES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPACES. BUT IN TALKING WITH TREASURY, THIS REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, THE DESIGN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE TRAIN STATION OR THE PARKING GARAGE AND WOULD BE LARGER THAN THE MINIMUM AND OUT SO THAT WHEN THERE'S AN ARTS FESTIVAL, THERE'S OTHER EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN STUART. WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE PARKING GARAGE AVAILABLE FOR CAPACITY AND THOSE OF YOU TONIGHT THAT COMMENTED ON THE UM CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING THERE HAD TO BE 5000 PEOPLE THERE. I MEAN, I TOOK A PICTURE AT ABOUT SEVEN O'CLOCK AFTER IT WAS OVER. AND LITERALLY. IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A CONCERT GOING ON, AND THERE WAS NOWHERE THAT THERE WASN'T PEOPLE. AND SO TO HAVE THAT PARKING AND EXCESS CAPACITY WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE CITY. IN ANY EVENT, THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FINALLY HAS THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AGREED TO COOPERATE AND APPLYING FOR FEDERAL, STATE AND OTHER GRANTS TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE PROJECT. AND IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THESE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE PROJECTS, THE FUNDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED. BASICALLY PRO RATA, BASED UPON THE PURPOSE OF THE FUNDS AND THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANTS TO REIMBURSE BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AND BRIGHT LINE FOR ANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY MAKE TOWARD THE PROJECT ON AN EQUAL BASIS SO THAT WE ALL GET OUR EQUITABLE SHARE BACK. UM CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? THERE WAS A NUMBER ONE IN THE NUMBER TWO ON THOSE IS THAT JUST FOR PURPOSES OF DISTINCTION WITHIN THAT PARAGRAPH OR IS THAT A RATING OF WHAT WOULD BE WEIGHTED MORE HEAVILY TRAIN STATION HAS NUMBER ONE THE PARKING GARAGE. WHICH WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WOULD BE NUMBER TWO. I DON'T I DIDN'T AS MONEY COMES IN AND GOES PRO RATA ACROSS THE BOARD, OR DO YOU SEE THAT AS BEING WEIGHTED MORE HEAVILY AS MONEY COMES IN FOR THE STATION AND THEN SO FOR THE GARAGE. SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CONVERSATION, COMMISSIONER COLLINS IS REFERRING TO PARAGRAPH SIX AND IT STATES. IF THE CITY YOU'RE INTERCOUNTY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING ANY GRANT FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT. THE FUNDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS. ONE AS TO THE TRAIN STATION, THE COST OF WHICH IS TO BE SHARED BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND BRIGHT LINE ON AN EQUAL BASIS, THEIR OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE REDUCED ON AN EQUAL BASIS AND TO AS FOR THE PARKING GARAGE, THE CITY'S MONETARY OBLIGATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE PARKING GARAGE, SHALL WE REDO SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT FUNDS RECEIVED FOR THE PARKING GARAGE PORTION OF THE PROJECT.

THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT THE COUNTY ENTERED INTO WITH BRIGHT LINE REQUIRES THE COUNTY TO APPLY FOR AND DIVIDE EQUALLY GRANT FUNDS AS IT RELATES TO THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT THE LAST SENTENCE ALSO SAYS THAT THE PARTIES SHALL APPLY. FOR UM THE CITY AND COUNTY SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL ELIGIBLE COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT ARE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATIONS AND WILL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO FILE ANY GRANT APPLICATION JOINTLY WHENEVER POSSIBLE. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROJECT IF, IN FACT WE APPLIED FOR A CHRISTIE GRANT FOR THE PROJECT, AND IT INCLUDED THE STATION, AND IT INCLUDED THE UH, PARKING GARAGE. THE PARKING GARAGE MADE UP. 50% OF THE PROJECT AND THE STATION MADE UP 50% OF THE PROJECT, THEN THE FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, THE 50% THAT WENT TO THE STATION WOULD BE SPLIT 5050 BETWEEN BRIGHT LINE IN THE COUNTY AND THE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY FOR THE PARKING GARAGE WOULD BE THAT ON THE OTHER HAND,

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IF THE GRANT WAS JUST A GRANT THAT ONLY PAID FOR TRAIN STATIONS AND DID NOT ALLOW FOR ANY MONEY FOR PARKING THEN, OF COURSE. IT WOULD BE JUST DIVIDED BY THE STATION, AND THERE'D BE NO MONEY ALLOCATED TO THE PARKING GARAGE. THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHICH IS PRIMARILY CHRISSY GRANT WITH THE FR PARADE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS A RAISED GRANT. BOTH TREATED MORE LIKE A PROJECT AND SO IF YOU WERE TO APPLY FOR IT WE WOULD LITERALLY APPLY FOR THE GRANT, AND IT MIGHT SAY. THE NUMBERS AND WE WOULD LITERALLY SAY THE PARKING GARAGE IS GOING TO COST THIS MUCH DESIGN IS GOING TO COST THIS MUCH. ENGINEERING IS GONNA COST THIS MUCH. TRACK MODIFICATION COSTS. THIS MUCH STATION WILL COST THIS MUCH AND WHATEVER THOSE NUMBERS ARE WHEN THE MONEY CAME BACK FROM THEM. IF WE GOT THE GRANT THOSE NUMBERS WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE CREATED IN THEMSELVES. THE PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE OF WHAT THE REFUND OR WHAT FUNDING HAPPENS AGAIN. JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE'LL ASK QUESTIONS AFTER I JUST THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY. IS THAT RECOGNIZE THAT THIS TONIGHT'S DOCUMENT IS JUST A. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UH, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO ENTER INTO THIS LITTLE INTO THE CENTER LOCAL AGREEMENT AND SUBMIT THE RFP TO REQUEST BASED UPON THESE CONDITIONS THAT BRIGHT LINES SELECT US AS PLACE FOR THE STATION. THE PASSING OF THIS IN THE LOCAL AGREEMENT DOES NOT GUARANTEE BY ANY MEANS. THAT BRIGHT LINE WILL EVEN SELECT MARTIN COUNTY OR THE CITY OF STEWART. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL, BUT IF IN FACT BRIGHT LINE WORD TO SELECT US, WE THEN HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN. AND YOU WILL BE FACED WITH A REAL DOCUMENT.

THAT'S A CONTRACT THAT'S LENGTHY AND NEGOTIATED WITH VERY SPECIFIC TERMS. THAT'S RIGHT LINE WILL WANT TO BE IN VERY CLOSE DETAIL WHAT THE ACTUAL ALLOCATIONS ARE AND HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN. THIS IS JUST TO ENTER INTO A FORMAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY UP FRONT OF IN THE EVENT WHERE SELECTED AND WE HAVE TO GO INTO THAT NEGOTIATION PROCESS. THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BASE IT. NO, I'M FINISHED WITH DONALD. THAT'S A QUESTION. YEAH SO FIRST OF ALL, MIKE, THANKS FOR THE LONG GOOD NOW, HISTORY. LENGTHY, THOROUGH, UH, ANECDOTE TO ANNOTATED ANYWAYS. UM, NO, I REALLY ACTUALLY APPRECIATE IT AND GOING BACK AND I CAN GO BACK TO LIKE 2013. ACTUALLY I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 2012. OR OF, UM MYSELF. I KNOW IT CAN'T BE FROM THE COUNTY AND SEVERAL OTHERS WENT UP TO WENT UP TO COCO FOR A MEETING REGARDING THE THIS IS BEFORE BRIGHT LINE WAS EVER KNOWN. A MEETING REGARDING AMTRAK 2012 SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. UM BELIEVE OF 2012. I KNOW MYSELF AND TERRY O NEILL. WE'RE IN. MAYBE COMMISSIONER CHRIS COUGH AROUND THE TRIP UP TO COCO. UH AT CAMP. HE WAS THERE. I THINK KIM DELANEY WAS THERE. THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE. THIS WAS EFFORTS TO GET AMTRAK AND THEN OF COURSE, THINGS CHANGED. AMTRAK WENT AWAY. UM BRIGHT LINE CAME OUT KNOWN AS ALL ABOARD FLORIDA. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH ALL ABOARD FLORIDA. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF SAFETY CONCERNS. WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BRIDGE CONCERNS ABOUT INITIALLY THEY WERE, I THINK TALKING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR TRACK UPGRADES AT THE INTERSECTIONS. SO AFTER ALL OF THAT GETS HASHED OUT NOW. HERE WE ARE. TRAINS ARE GOING THROUGH. UH, FORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT AS BAD, I THINK IS WHAT WE HAD FEARED FOR AS THE TRAFFIC CAUSED BY TRAINS FROM THE ALTHOUGH I DO HEAR A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WHISTLES, UM AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO WORK ON THAT LATER, BUT OH, I WAS ACTUALLY IN MIKE'S OFFICE ON THURSDAY WHEN THEY WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE LEAVE WAS WORKING VERY HARD NEGOTIATING WITH HIS FORMER FORMER COLLEAGUES OVER THERE AND IT REALLY APPRECIATED EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE. I THINK THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENTED CITY AND COUNTY STAFF . I WANT TO THANK UH, DON YOU AND GEORGE AND SARAH OF THE COUNTY FOR WORKING SO HARD TO GET THIS DOCUMENT, AND I THINK THIS IS WE MENTIONED EARLIER HISTORIC MOMENTS. THIS IS POSSIBLY A HISTORIC MOMENT BECAUSE AS COMMISSIONER RICH SAID. AS WE GO THROUGH, THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT HAVE DECADES WORTH OF. OH RAMIFICATIONS AND. RAMIFICATIONS IS FOR DECADES ON THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE LONG TERM LONG GOAL PROJECTS, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE APPROVAL OF THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, AND I THINK THAT I HORACE SUPPORTED AND I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT

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FRAMEWORK TO GET STARTED. SECOND . WE HAVE A, UM. MOTION UM, APPROVAL BY MCDONALD AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK AND FOR PUBLIC. LAURA GOP WANTS TO SPEAK ON DECIDE HIM. 11, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD KELBY. THREE MINUTES. HELLO. OKAY SO I AGREE. IT'S LIFETIME RATIFICATIONS.

LONG TERM DOWN THE ROAD, 2014 IF YOU WERE HERE, AND YOU LOOKED AROUND, CERTAINLY DOWNTOWN.

STEWART WAS NOT AS BUILT AS IT IS TODAY. THERE ARE CONDOS ON EACH SIDE. WE HAVE MORE CONGESTED TRAFFIC, AND NOW WE'VE ADDED TO THAT WHERE WE WANT WE DO A BRIGHT LINE GOING THROUGH AND WE WANT TO TRAIN STATION. I WILL QUICKLY SAY INITIALLY I WANTED ONE ONLY BE NOT BECAUSE OF TRAVEL FROM MIAMI TO ORLANDO, BUT I WANTED TO THINKING THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD SLOW THE TRAINS DOWN COMING THROUGH TOWN. BUT TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, I PERSONALLY SAT FOR 45 MINUTES.

ON THE OTHER SIDE. I'M NOT GOOD AT STREETS, BUT THE FREIGHT TRAIN CAME THROUGH AND IT RAN FROM DOWNTOWN THROUGH THE MONTEREY AND IT WAS WAITING FOR TRAIN TO GO OVER THE BRIDGE. SO I'M NOT SURE WHEN YOU MENTIONED MIKE THAT THERE ARE NOW THE ABILITY FOR TWO TRAINS TO GO OVER. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY TRUE. THE BRIDGE HASN'T BEEN BUILT. NO, NO. WHAT WHATEVER IT WAS IT HELD IT UP, AND I'M THINKING, HOW DO FIRST RESPONDERS GET OVER AND PASSED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL? AT THAT POINT? HOW DOES A FIRE TRUCK GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN? THE FREIGHT TRAIN HELD UP EVERYTHING. AND I SAID I WAS SAT THERE FOR LIKE 35 40 MINUTES. UM SO I THINK, TOO. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN THAT ANYONE CAN TELL ME. I'VE TRIED TO LOOK IT UP THAT THERE IS A TRAIN SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES THAT IS SELF SUFFICIENT. THEY ARE ALL SUPPORTED BY EITHER LOCAL OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, DO WE WANT TO BE SUPPORTING BRIGHT LINE? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAINLY THE RAILROAD IS THE REASON WE'RE HERE AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANS. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THEM IS THEY CAN BE RELOOKED AT AND REEVALUATED FOR THE CURRENT FUTURE AND GOING FIVE AND 10 YEARS OUT. SO SINCE BUILDING DOESN'T SEEM TO STOP. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO ADD TO THAT WITH CONGESTING DOWNTOWN WITH A TRAIN STATION TO STOP SO THAT MAYBE PEOPLE CAN GO TO ORLANDO. AND WHEN YOU GET THERE, YOU STILL HAVE TO GET A CAR. YOU KNOW THERE'S NO NOT IN DISNEY OR WHEREVER PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE GOING. BUT IF YOU WANT TO EVEN GO TO DOWNTOWN ORLANDO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND MORE MONEY AND JUST TO BE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT TICKET FOR TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN. ONE WAY IS $199. SO THAT'S A $400 ROUND TRIP. BESIDES, ALL THE OTHER THE EXPENSES. I JUST I PERSONALLY WOULD, LIKE, DO NOT WANT TO SEE A STATION HERE IN DOWNTOWN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE LAST THING. IT SEEMS TO BE THERE. WE WILL BRING A GOD AWFUL UGLY HOTEL. I MEAN, GOODNESS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE A HOTEL COULD AT LEAST BE IN LINE WITH WHAT DOWNTOWN STANDS FOR. I SAW THE PLANS FOR SOME HILTON. I THINK IT IS, AND IT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE UGLIEST HOTELS. ORIGY ALL OF THESE HOTELS MARTIN, WHATEVER. MARK MARRIOTT ALL HAVE WHAT THEY CONSIDER BOUTIQUE HOTELS, WHICH WOULD BE MUCH MORE AMENABLE. WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM. 11 IS LISA ALMONDS, UM, HONEST.

HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU. WELCOME. WELL. SURE. YOU GET LOTS OF PUBLIC OPINIONS ABOUT THE BRIGHT LINE. UM I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 1977 47 YEARS 40 YEARS, WHICH WERE IN THE CITY OF STEWART. UM I MOVED HERE JUST LIKE MANY PEOPLE DID FROM THE NORTH. MY FAMILY BROUGHT ME HERE. AND YOU KNOW, STUART BECAUSE IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, SMALL, QUAINT TOWN. UM, I'M ONLY ONE PERSON, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT. REGARDLESS OF WHAT MR MARTEL SETS. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN. THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION OF BRIGHT LINE. PEOPLE ARE BUSY. THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE HERE.

I ONLY FOUND ABOUT THIS MEETING BECAUSE CHRIS POSTED IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'RE ALL BUSY. SO I TOOK THE TIME OUT OF MY DATE TO COME DOWN HERE. AND TRY TO EXPRESS WHAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING. AND I'LL TRY TO STAY ON TRACK, SO I PUT MY NOTES DOWN HERE. UM I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN MARTIN COUNTY RIGHT NOW DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF POSITIVITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE TO THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNTY ITSELF. WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE 5000 APARTMENTS 5000 PLUS DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE GONE OFF OVER THE PAST 4.5 YEARS. THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE OVER DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE IN MARTIN COUNTY. AS I DRIVE DOWN THE NOW OVERCROWDED ROADS BUILDING EVERYWHERE. I SEE. BULLDOZING OF WHAT USED TO BE A

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VERY SMALL, CHARMING TOWN. I SEE AN INSIDIOUS TRANSFORMATION. FUELED BY RELENTLESS OVERDEVELOPMENT. IN MY OPINION, THE TRAIN STATION IS ONLY GOING TO FURTHER ERODE THE CHARM OF THIS TOWN. FOR DECADES, MARTIN COUNTY HAD A STRICT COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH PLAN. IN MY OPINION, IT'S A JOKE NOW. THERE IS SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT. AH TRAIN STATION, OF COURSE, WOULD BRING MORE DESTRUCTION TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND, OF COURSE, ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO SELL THEIR LAND.

AND TO EVENTUALLY BRING MORE PEOPLE. TO MARTIN COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I THINK BRINGING MORE PEOPLE HERE IS NOT APPEALING. WE HAVE OVERCROWDED ROADS.

UNDERDEVELOPED MUNICIPALITIES TO HANDLE THE GROWTH THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE, AND WE HAVE LOST THE SERENITY THIS TOWN ONCE HAD. I CAN CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE FACT THAT BECOMING A CONCRETE JUNGLE AS THE TRAIN GOES BY WOULD FURTHER POISONER RIVERS AND WITH THE CONSTRUCTION RUNOFF THAT IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT FALL ON DEAF EARS. I DO NOT WANT TO TRAIN STATION HERE. AH I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE DO. I THINK WE HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT. WITH EACH PASSING DAY BECOMES INCREASINGLY MORE EVIDENT THAT THE PRIORITIES OF OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE SHIFTED. COMING TO THE SWAY OF DEVELOPERS AND THEIR INFLUENCE OF ATTORNEY LOBBYISTS. IT'S VERY PAINFULLY APPARENT. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL THINK LONG AND HARD BEFORE YOU BRING A TRAIN STATION HERE BECAUSE ONCE YOU DO IT, YOU CAN'T UNDO IT. AND OUR LITTLE TOWN THIS DISSOLVING QUITE QUICKLY. DONALD 11? YES. GO AHEAD, KATHY. GOOD AFTERNOON. KATE DO IT FOR THE RECORD ADDRESSES. 408 SOPHOS, CAMDEN AVENUE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR. AND FOR MR MARTEL, TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THAT HISTORY OF FUNDING PROVIDED A LOT OF COLOR TO THE CONVERSATION . UM JUST REALLY QUICKLY A BRIGHT LINE STATION WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS AS SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY OF STEWART WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE BENEFIT. AS WE KNOW THE BRIGHT LINE CONTINUES TO GROW AND ITS OPERATIONS AND ITS OFFERINGS AND TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS WOULD BE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL. UM TRANSIT OF THIS NATURE PRODUCES VEHICULAR TRIPS IN THE SURROUNDING ROADWAYS PROVIDES INCREASED MOBILITY TO THE ELDERLY AND OTHER RESTRICTED GROUPS THAT WOULD ENSURE THE FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF OUR CITY. I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGED THE CITY AND THE COMMISSION TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL AGREEMENT AND PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THIS TRANSIT IN OUR AREA, AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. PROMOTION IN THE SECOND. ANYONE ELSE FOR DISCUSSION? OH, YEAH.

OKAY. SO, UM. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO WOULD BE THE BEST TO ANSWER BUT MY QUESTION. MOSTLY AROUND THE MONEY WOULD BE THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THIS IS LET ME FIRST SAY BEFORE I START HAMMERING QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, LEE. FOR BUSTING YOUR BUTT. AND WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. I THINK THAT I LOVE MIKE. LIKE MAYBE YOU ADD A LAYER OF GRACE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM THAT ALLOWED IT TO COME TOGETHER IN FRONT OF US MIGHT HAVE DIED. OTHERWISE I KNOW MIKE CAN HANDLE IT, BUT I'LL GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR THE GOOD FROM AN AGREEMENT STANDPOINT. THANK YOU, MIKE FOR PROBABLY A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND. YOU KNOW, GRINDING IT WITH THESE GUYS AND THANK YOU AS WELL, RIGHT? SO GRACE OUT OF THE WAY. AROUND THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THIS IS IT? POSSIBLE THAT.

RIGHT AND THIS IS JUST AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN US ASSUMING BRIGHT LINE SELECTS. AS FOR THIS IS IT POSSIBLE TO BRIGHT LIGHT COMES BACK AND WANTS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE TERMS OF OUR RFP WOULD BE WOULD BE SUBMITTING. MICRO TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING OR OR WHOEVER FEELS MOST? YES THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER TOM LENIHAN. TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. UM THE RFP DOES PROVIDE FOR, UM. ESSENTIALLY TWO STEPS. AND IF THERE'S AN INITIAL SUBMITTAL, UH AND THEN THEY RESERVED THE RIGHT IN THE RFP TO SHORTLIST. UH AND THEN COME BACK

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AND HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH A SHORT CLARIFY THAT SO ORDINARILY, IF YOU DO AN RFP, IT'S OPEN TO, HOWEVER MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SUBMIT TOWARDS IT. AND THEN, UM, THERE WILL BE A WINNOWING PROCESS AND YOU COME DOWN TO A SMALLER NUMBER OF PROPOSALS THAT ARE PROBABLY MOST CONSISTENT WITH THE RFP COULD SELECT US BUT NOT REALLY SELECT US. THERE COULD BE JUST A SMALLER POOL THAT THEY'RE SORT OF HITTING AGAINST EACH OTHER TO GET BETTER TERMS. THAT IS A POTENTIAL. YES, THEY RESERVED THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. BASICALLY IN THE IN THE R P THEY MAY WHERE THERE MAY BE CLARIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WITH WHOEVER THE PROPOSALS ARE ON EXACTLY WHAT THE TERMS ARE SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT THEY MAY BRING UP THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO ADDRESS WITHIN THE RFP AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTING TOGETHER. MY CHARACTERIZING IT ACCURATELY THAT THE EXPECTATION FROM BRIGHT LINE. IS FROM EACH OF THE DIFFERENT PARTIES WITH A GUARANTEE OF WHAT THEY WILL BE PROVIDING, LIKE IN THE CASE OF THE COUNTY OF THE LAND IN THE CASE OF THE CITY, THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THE GARAGE. MAYBE YOU CAN CHARACTERIZE IT MORE ACCURATE. SURE YES, WE, UM THE RFP REQUIRES SPECIFICITY REGARDING A FEW THINGS, ONE OF WHICH IS, UM, CONTROL OVER THE LAND THAT IS THE SUBJECT SITE. SO WE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE HERE IN THAT REGARD THAT THIS IS COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY IS A PARTNER ON THIS WHOLE APPROACH SO WE CAN WE CAN CHECK THAT BOX.

UM THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS TO LAY OUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE, UM WHAT THE ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE ON EXPECTATIONS OF WHO'S WHO'S PAYING FOR WHAT? WHO'S BUILDING. WHAT? UM, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD COME COULD HAVE SUBMITTED A RESPONSE TO THE RFP THAT SAID, WE'D LIKE YOU TO BRING YOUR STATION HERE AND WE OFFER YOU NOTHING. UM WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA SCORE VERY WELL COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER POTENTIALS THAT ARE OUT THERE, SO IT'S BROAD. IN.

WHAT? ANYTHING FROM 0 TO 100% ANYONE CAN PROPOSE WHATEVER THEY WOULD LIKE TO. OKAY BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING. HEY YOU KNOW THE LAND THAT WILL BE INVOLVED THE FINANCIAL SIDE THAT WILL BE INVOLVED. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT L A IS HERE. THEY THEY WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE IN THE RESPONSE OF THE RFP. WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE UH, THEY SAY THAT THE BROAD FRAMEWORK OF WHAT THE DEAL QUOTE UNQUOTE WOULD BE, UM THAT THAT WE'RE OFFERING THEM. COUNTY AND YOU ARE OFFERING THEM. THANK YOU, SPECIFICALLY THE RFP STATES. THE PRESIDENT. PROPOSAL SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION DESCRIBED THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TRANSACTION IS THE PROPERTY DESIGNATED FOR THE SITE OWNED, LEASED OR UNDER CONTRACT BY THE PROPOSAL, WITH THE PROPERTY BE SOLD OR LEASED THE LAND BEING CONTRIBUTED NO COST A BRIGHT LINE IF NOT PLEASED TO DESCRIBE THE CONDITIONS, DESCRIBED THE FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION BY THE PROPOSALS. PLEASE DESCRIBE HOW MUCH AND WHAT COMMITMENTS MAY BE MADE AS A PROPOSAL WILLING TO COMMIT TO PROVIDING ANY RIDERSHIP, ETCETERA. I'M SORRY, GUARANTEED BUT COMMITMENT. SO THEY ARE SEEKING COMMITMENTS FROM THE VARIOUS PARTIES ON WHAT WILL BE YES. THAT WHAT THEY'RE ON THE HOOK FOR? YES THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OTHER I MEAN, OTHERWISE THERE YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATING WITH THERE'S NOTHING THERE. SO YES, COMMITMENTS. ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. UH, BEYOND YOU KNOW, THOSE QUESTIONS. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONCERNS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE WHO THAT'S YOU KNOW WHO I AM HERE? TRYING TO REPRESENT HIS BEST. YOU KNOW, I CAN. THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRAFFIC. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT I'LL BE. I'M GONNA BE VERY BLUNT GENTRIFICATION OF THE STEWART RIGHT AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND OVERDEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THAT AREA. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW. TAXES GOING UP A DIFFERENT THINGS. SO NOT THAT I'M I'M SEEKING ANSWERS ON THIS. I'M JUST SHARING THOSE IN THE PUBLIC SETTING. MY MAJOR CONCERN, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY, I RAN ON, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO QUELCH OVERDEVELOPMENT. BUT IS THE FINANCIAL SIDE SO AS I'M LOOKING AT THIS THE COUNTY IS AGREEING TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE STATION. ASKING BRIGHT LINE TO PAY THE OTHER HALF AND THE CITY IS GOING TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR 100% OF THE GARAGE. BUT, YOU KNOW MAYBE IT'S TOO EARLY, BUT WE HAVE NO SENSE. THE PUBLIC HAS NO SENSE OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO COST. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE HOPING FOR GRANTS HERE THAT THAT MAY HAPPEN AND HOPEFULLY, BUT IF NOT. YOU KNOW WHAT FROM THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO'S WORKING HARD IS HIS, YOU KNOW? FEELING THAT CRUSH OF THE RENT GOING UP AND THEIR UTILITIES GOING UP, AND THAT'S GOING UP NOW GOING GOING UP. I

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THINK THERE WOULD BE. BE GOOD FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME SENSE OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY COSTS AND AGAIN, IT'S BEEN SAID A FEW TIMES, BUT CITY RESIDENTS ARE ALSO COUNTY RESIDENTS, RIGHT THEY ARE PAYING FOR THIS. SORT OF ON BOTH ENDS. NOW, HERE'S HERE'S MY MAIN CONTENTION. THERE IS NO WE'VE YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES TALKED ABOUT WHAT THIS COULD COST I'VE HEARD FROM. I'M GONNA SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE CITY RIGHT NOW. 38 TO $40,000 A PARKING SPACE IN THAT GARAGE YET TO BE DETERMINED HOW MANY SPOTS. I'VE HEARD RANGES OF 40 TO $60 MILLION FOR THIS ENTIRE PROJECT. TOTALLY AND MY ISSUE IS. WHEN AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE BRIGHT LINE ANY NEGOTIATING LEVERAGE, BUT IF AND WHEN THEY COME BACK, AND THEY SAY I'M NOT PAYING FOR HALF OF THAT STATION. YOU'RE CRAZY. THIS OTHER PLACE WILL GIVE ME THIS RIGHT AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. WINNOWING DOWN AND BATTLING IT OUT. WHAT'S THE CAP? WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM EXPOSURE? THAT THE TAXPAYERS LOOKING AT FOR HAVING TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR UM WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTY THAT'S GOING TO TAKE UP THE WHOLE THING. AND I'M NOT ACTUALLY ASKING. THIS IS RHETORICAL. SO YOU CAN RELAX, GEORGE. UM I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M BEING RHETORICAL, BUT WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM EXPOSURE THAT THE COUNTY RESIDENT WHO IS NOW GOING TO BE PAYING 100% OF THE COST OF THE BRIGHT LINE STATION? OR THE CITY RESIDENT WHO'S NOW LOOKING AT PAYING THE YOU KNOW COST OF A GARAGE AND HALF OF THE STATION. YEAH. IS THAT WHAT THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT BEING IN SIERRA, BUT BUT THE CITY IS PAYING FOR THIS RIGHT? SO MY MAJOR CONCERN IS THAT THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE EXPOSURE HERE. UM TO ME, THIS FEELS LIKE EFFECTIVELY A BLANK CHECK THAT I AM WRITING FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS MUNICIPALITY. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THAT EXPOSURE AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT THERE IS NO, REALLY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE COST OF IT WILL BE, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT IN THIS PROCESS. IT'S ANNIHILATE.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET INTO THE RFP. BUT AFTER THIS IF WE GO ON WITH THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE HASHING OUT TERMS FOR RELEASE. IT'S WE'RE IN IT NOW. WE'VE IF WE'VE BEEN CHOSEN AND WE'RE IN SO FOR ME. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH SIGNING THAT BLANK CHECK, SO I'M GOING TO BE A NEW ON THIS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DESIRE TO SEE UNANIMOUS VOTE, BUT JUST AGAIN WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC OR GENTRIFICATION OR ANY OF THESE OTHER ISSUES THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE. FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AT THIS TIME.

EFFECTIVELY AS I SEE IT, SIGNING A BLANK CHECK FOR RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, STEWART A COMMISSIONER BRIDGE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. WHAT THANK YOUR TIME. YEAH. WHAT COMMISSIONERS COLLINS QUESTIONS. REVEAL AND THIS WAS INDICATED BY MR MARTEL IS. THIS IS OUR ONLY CHANCE TO GET INTO THIS PROCESS. BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GET OUT IF WE SO CHOOSE. I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE NOT SIGNING A CHECK TODAY. WE ARE NOT AGREEING TO ANY TERMS TO ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY. AS MR MARTEL'S STATED, WE ARE SIMPLY SUBMITTING AN RFP. AND WHEN IT COMES BACK, WE WILL THEN HAVE ANOTHER DETAILED AGENDA ITEM ON WHICH WE WILL BE REQUIRED TO VOTE. IS THAT CORRECT? MR MARTEL? I MEAN, WE ARE AGREEING THAT WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARKING GARAGE. BUT THERE ISN'T A FINAL NUMBER ON IT. BUT WE'RE AGREEING IN COMMITTING TO MOVING FORWARD AND THAT IF THEY DID SELECT US AND DIDN'T HAVE DIDN'T HAVE I MEAN IN THEORY, RIGHT LINE COULD SAY WE ACCEPT THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AS WRITTEN AND WE WOULD BE ON THE HOOK AS WRITTEN AS SUBMITTED. THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACCEPT IT AS WRITTEN IS A LONG SHOT, BUT I SEE MR STOKES HAS MORE TO ADD. MR MARTEL ARE MADAM MAYOR GEORGE STOKE ASSISTANT CARRYING MINISTRATIONS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED BY MR DONALDSON, THE COUNTY MINISTRY TO LEAD THIS PROJECT.

SO IF WE TOOK YOUR RANGE OF 40 TO 60 MILLION THAT IS CURRENTLY THE CAP. AS AS I UNDERSTAND IT IF WE'RE PUTTING A PROPOSAL THERE ARE SOME TERMS THAT GO WITH THEIR PROPOSAL IS MY UNDERSTAND FROM MY GOVERNING BODY. IF BRIGHT LINES DESIROUS OF CHANGING THEIR PROPOSAL THAT HAS A CHANGE TO THE TERMS AND AGREEMENTS, AND WE ALL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE. AS A RELATES TO GRANTS, AND SO ON. SO FORTH, FURTHER OPINED THERE ARE CERTAIN GRANTS THAT ONLY APPLY

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TO CERTAIN ELEMENTS SUCH AS MORE OF THE RAIL. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR A RAISE GRANT. WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE BY OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.

THERE'S $8 BILLION AVAILABLE FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL. IT JUST SO HAPPENS BEFORE WE'RE GOING FOR WE ARE APPLYING FOR AN $8.4 MILLION GRANT FOR DESIGN. SO ONCE WE GET TO THAT TERM, WE CAN GIVE YOU BETTER AND HARDER NUMBERS THAT YOU ALL ILAH COMEBACK AS WORKING JOINTLY OR COLLABORATIVELY ON THIS AGREEMENT. SO YOU ARE, I THINK I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER OR HE COUNSELED COUNCILMAN RICH GROWING UP. WHAT ARE YOUR COMMISSIONER? VICE MAYOR? WHAT WOW, MY APOLOGIES. THIS TOOL OR A MUSCLE, OKAY, MUSSEL SHELL OR CLAMSHELL? THE SO YOU'RE NOT SIGNING A BLANK CHECK EVERY GRANT. EVERY ENTITY HAS TO AGREE TO THE TO THE GRANT. THERE'S MULTIPLE STEPS. I THINK WHAT THE WAY TO CHARACTERIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE SETTING UP YOUR YOUR YOUR TELLING BROAD LINE. HERE'S THE BOX. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO COMMIT. COMMIT TO NO, I CAN'T STAND HERE AND GIVE YOU A COST ON WHAT YOUR PARKING GARAGE IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THAT PARKING GARAGE IS GOING TO BE. I DON'T EVEN I MEAN, IF WE CAN GET STILL WHAT OR WHEN IT GETS BUILT EXACTLY EXACTLY WHEN, SEVERAL YEARS FROM NOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ECONOMY AND I'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS, I WILL SAY I HAVE NOT HANDED PLEASURE. REALLY. TO SPEAK TO MR BAGGETT. I'VE HAD MORE OF THE PLEASURE TO SPEAK TO MR MARTEL. IS. THERE'S ALSO COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT THAT INTERCONNECT LIKE WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE STORM WATER? WHAT ABOUT THE CONNECTING SIDEWALKS? WE HAVE JOINTLY APPLIED APPLIED FOR THESE GRANTS AS ONE BIG PROJECTS SO YOUR PROGRAM IS SHARE VARIES. YOUR YOUR NUMBERS VARY, BUT MY IMPRESSION IS THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION THAT I WORK FOR IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGER TO THE DEAL, THEY EXPECT ME TO INFORM THEM AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT MR MARTEL WILL INFORM YOU, BUT THEY ALSO COMMISSIONER. CC THREW ME OFF. THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT TO COME. VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER COLLINS. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS THERE IS THE APPEARANCE THAT YOU'RE SIGNING A BLANK CHECK. BUT IN ACTUALITY, I THINK IT'S THERE'S A LOT MORE. BOXES AND CHECKS. THEY HAVE TO BE PUT IN PLACE. REALLY AT THIS POINT, IT'S THIS IS WHAT WE'RE THIS IS THE SITE. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO, AND THEN WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE WITH BRIGHT LINE AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS THE SIZE OF PARKING GARAGE THAT FITS YOUR COMMUNITY. WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE SIZE OF THE STATION WILL BE PROBABLY ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FOOT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WILL THE RAILS LOOK LIKE AND SO FORTH? THAT'S WHY THE COUNTY IS CONTRACTED WITH MR LANAHAN. I JUST START COMING UP WITH JUST THE VERY RUDIMENTARY CONCEPT CONCEPT OF THAT, BECAUSE, REALLY , IF WE ARE SELECTED, THEN WE REALLY DO HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND THAT'S WHEN REALLY, THE HARD WORK WILL BEGIN IS REALLY GETTING DOWN AND FOCUS AS TO HOW MANY SPOTS WHAT'S THE STATION GONNA LOOK LIKE? WHAT TYPE OF TREES? IS IT GOING TO BE LEAD CERTIFIED? IS IT GOING TO BE YOU KNOW ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS SO AND I COULDN'T WANT A PUBLIC MEETING. GO WHERE I COULDN'T SPEAK AT. SO IF SO, I WANT TO GIVE MR MARTEL A RUN FOR HIS MONEY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME JUST TO JUST TO CONCLUDE MY REMARKS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WATER, CLEAN WATER. I HAVE NEVER SPOKEN. TWO MORE PEOPLE WHERE THERE'S A MORE CLEAR CONSENSUS ON THE DESIRE TO HAVE THIS STATION HERE. THE TRAIN IS GOING THROUGH. WE SUFFER THE CHALLENGES THE MANY TRAINS RUNNING THROUGH TOWN PRESENT. WHY NOT HAVE THE WHY NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SPOKEN TO ANYONE WHO HAS SAID THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO TRAIN STATION HERE. UM ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, USED TO BE WILLING TO DRIVE DOWN TO MIAMI OR WEST PALM AND BROWARD COUNTY, AND NOW IT'S JUST IT'S TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT GOVERNMENTS DO. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US. TO THINK LONG TERM. NOT IN TERMS OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT. BUT IN TERMS WILL IT ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY? UM YOU KNOW, WILL IT. PROMOTE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE FOR THE CITY OF STEWART INTO THE FUTURE. UM YOU KNOW? EVERYBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT THE CARS AND I TOTALLY AGREE AND WE'VE LET CARS AND ACCOMMODATING INCREASED TRAFFIC. JUST BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF DESIGN OF OUR CITIES. WE WANT OUR CITIES TO BE MORE WALKABLE. AND THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, BRINGING PEOPLE INTO TOWN ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. ON A TRAIN. AND, UM. YOU KNOW, BEING CONNECTED THROUGH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO THE CITIES AND REGIONS AROUND US AND THOSE WHO HAVE ACCESS TO THE BRIGHT LINE. AND I JUST IT IS A UNIQUE

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OPPORTUNITY THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PRELIMINARY STAGE. I'M NOT SAYING. THAT WHAT WE SEE FINALLY PRESENTED IN IN CONCERT WITH THE COUNTY AND THE PROPOSAL BY BRADLEY. I'M NOT SAYING FOR SURE THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL SIGN. BUT BOY, I CERTAINLY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS POINT AND SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES MAY BE PRESENTED TO US. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MAYOR I'M IN THIS ALL THESE DOWN THERE JUST REAL QUICK. JUST ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY THIS, YOU KNOW. THIS IS OUR ONE AND ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. IF WE DO NOT DO THIS TODAY, WE WILL NOT GET ANOTHER CHANCE. I WILL ALSO SAY I SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE MARTIN COUNTY MPO AND AS MPO CHAIR, I SIT ON THE STATEWIDE MPO IN A FEW MONTHS AGO, UH, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. UH SECRETARY JARED PURDUE, APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR TO SANTIS TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RAIL AND HOW THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR THE STATE. WE'RE GOING TO SEE ADDITIONAL, NOT JUST HERE, BUT OTHER PLACES WITH DIFFERENT RAIL ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T WIDEN 95 ANYMORE, OR THEY'RE GETTING READY TO THEIR WORKING ON WIDENING THE TURNPIKE FROM MARTIN COUNTY TO ORLANDO, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO COST 20 OR $30 BILLION IS TO DO AND THE STATE SEES PROJECTS LIKE THIS. AS AS IMPORTANT AND. I WAS QUITE HONESTLY. I WAS QUITE SURPRISED WHEN SECRETARY PERDUE SAID THAT THIS WAS BACK. I BELIEVE IN APRIL, UM, MAYBE JULY AND TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTER AND FAST RAIL. UM. WHICH APPARENTLY BRIGHT LINE IS CONSIDERED FASTER AND NOT FAST. I'M NOT SURE WHY. I GUESS IT'S NOT FAST ENOUGH TO BE FAST RAIL.

UM SO BUT WE, YOU KNOW IT'S SO IF WE WANT TO BE CONNECTED TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. UM AND EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, I 95 IT'S I WON'T DRIVE TO MIAMI ANY LONGER. IF I CAN HELP. IT'S I DON'T EVEN LIKE DRIVING. I DON'T LIKE DRIVING THE TURNPIKE TO ORLANDO. I THINK I NEARLY FIVE BECAUSE THE TURNPIKE TO ME HAS GOTTEN SO DANGEROUS. SO IF THERE'S GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS OF THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT NOW AND NOT SITTING BACK IN AND OUT OF FEAR NOT DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE YOU KNOW THERE. THIS IS A THIS IS A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE. THE CENTER VOCAL AGREEMENT. AND WE AND LIKE I THINK EVERYBODY HAS SAID IT'S UNLIKELY THAT BRIGHT LIGHT JUST TO COME BACK. THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY OKAY, WE WANT STUART OR WHEREVER AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO START TO WEAKEN THE PROPOSALS BECAUSE NOTHING IS GOING TO BE PERFECT. COME IN EXACTLY THE WAY THEY WANT IT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUDGET FORGOTTEN ME. I'M IN THE POSITION DOWN HERE.

APOLOGIZE GET USED TO IT DOWN THERE. SO UM, I EVERYBODY HAS HEARD WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID.

BUT I ESPECIALLY WANTED TO JUST BRING UP THAT, UM AH, COMMISSIONER COLLINS TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE CLEARLY COMMUNICATE. UM WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM WHAT MAY HAPPEN, AND COMMISSIONER RICH MENTIONED ABOUT SOMETHING FOR THE LONG TERM AND FOR THE FUTURE, AND THAT IS ALWAYS A BIG QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE AN ANSWER TO APPEAR IS HOW WE GO BEYOND OURSELVES OR EVEN GO BEYOND PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE OUR EARS WHO MAY WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. LOOK AT THE FUTURE. LOOK AT THE TREND AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS TRULY AN OPPORTUNITY. AND THIS IS ALL THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY. THAT THIS COMMITTEE THIS, UM COMPANIES GIVING US TO BE INVOLVED? WHAT I WANTED TO ASK IS THAT AT THE RISK OF NOT GIVEN THE PROPOSALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING IN. BUT IF, MR UM UM TOM. MR LANAHAN COULD JUST SAY, UM, AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE WORKING AT WHEN THINGS HAVE TO GO IN, AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO OTHER HIGHLIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE PUT IN THE RFP THAT THEY WANT US TO RESPOND TO DON'T HAVE TO SAY EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND WITH TONIGHT IS JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE DECIDE IF WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS, AND ANOTHER THING IS THAT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO MIGHT THINK WELL, HA! THE

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COUNTY WANTS THE CITY TO TAKE THE ENTIRE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS TO SEND IT IN. BUT THIS HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, AND I THINK WHATEVER HAPPENS, IT'S GONNA BE FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF MARTIN COUNTY. BUT SINCE WE'RE HERE THE PUBLIC IS HERE AND THEY MAY HEAR IT AFTERWARDS.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MISS ELAINA HOUND CHICANA BRIEFLY. WE'VE SEEN WHAT THEIR RFP SAYS. WELL, MAYBE JUST TELL US WHAT THE RFP WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO RESPOND TO VERY BRIEFLY, AND I KNOW THAT WHATEVER IT IS, THE COUNTY HAS TRUST INTERESTED YOU TO ENSURE THAT WE GET A GOOD RESPONSE IN AND WE GET IT IN ON TIME. YES, SIR. THANK YOU AGAIN. TOM LANAHAN TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. UM SO , UM, A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS THERE. UM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT STUFF. UM SO THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT RESPONSES TO THE RFP IS DECEMBER 22ND. SO THAT IS A WEEKEND CHANGE AWAY FROM NOW. UM THE CONCEPT IN THE RFP IS THAT BRIGHT LINE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THOSE. UM THOSE SUBMIT ALS. HOWEVER THERE ARE MANY THERE.

MAYBE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. UH AND COMING BACK IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, SO SOMETIME IN THE JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH TIME FRAME. UH WITH, UM THE NEXT STEP, WHICH WOULD BE, UM WHETHER THAT BE A SITE CHOICE OR A SHORTER LIST OF SITES OR MORE QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. WE EXPECT A RESPONSE AT THAT POINT, AND THEN A DECISION SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AH AND THEN THERE WOULD BE THE PROCESS OF WORKING OUT THE ACTUAL FORMAL AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY. IF IT IS THE STEWARTS SITE. THEN IT WOULD BE A NEGOTIATION OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE LAND AND THEN VARIOUS OTHER TERMS THERE. UM AND THEN THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THE STATION WOULD BE OPENING IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2028. UM WE WOULD ANTICIPATE ABOUT 18 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S UM THEY BUILT THE BOOK OR A TOWN STATION IN LESS TIME THAN THAT, SO THROWING OUT 18 MONTHS. AH, THAT SHOULD BE ACHIEVABLE. IT COULD PROBABLY BE DONE OR A LITTLE BIT LESS. BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE TIME FRAME WITH SO BETWEEN THOSE TWO TIME FRAMES THAT I DO MARKERS I LAID OUT, UH, DESIGN OF THE PROJECT PERMITTING SITE PLAN APPROVALS. THOSE SORTS OF THINGS WOULD TAKE PLACE. UM, THE CONCEPT AND THE PROPOSAL IS THAT THE COMMUNITIES WOULD BE PROVIDING THE FUNDING TO BRIGHT LINE AND THAT BRIGHT LINE WOULD BE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION. UH AND THEN ALSO DOING THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITY THAT BEING THE STATION, THE TRACK AND THE GARAGE. UM SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG THE BIG PICTURE OF IT. UM YOU HAD SOMETHING. OH, GENERALLY ABOUT THE ABOUT THE SITE. UM IF ANYONE HAS VISITED THE BOOK OR ATONE STATION ON THE BRIGHT LINE SYSTEM, THAT'S THE CONCEPT THAT THE RFP SUGGESTED, AND WE THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD FIT. UH SIZE WISE AND DESIGNED. IT ACTUALLY FITS. UM QUITE ELEGANTLY ON THE TWO PLUS ACRES THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE PROVIDING AS PART OF THIS ARRANGEMENT. UM IT FITS VERY WELL BETWEEN THE CROSS STREETS. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM IS IMPORTANT. AND YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER COLLINS MENTIONED THAT A DESIRE FOR UNANIMITY ON THIS. UM SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PARTIES INVOLVED. WE HAVE A CITY. WE HAVE A COUNTY.

UM YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A NO THAT EVERY COMMUNITY IS UNIQUE. THIS IS NOT A UNIQUE ISSUE TO, UM TO STEWART AND MARTIN COUNTY, WHERE OCCASIONALLY MUNICIPALITY AND A COUNTY GET CROSSWISE WITH EACH OTHER. UM, AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN THIS IMMEDIATE CASE, BUT CERTAINLY THE THAT HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME. UM, I THINK ONE OF THE GOALS OF MAKING THE STRONGEST RESPONSE POSSIBLE FOR YOU IS TO MAKE CLEAR THAT, UM YOU KNOW, THE VARIOUS PARTIES INVOLVED ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND OUR DESIRES OF PURSUING THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THEM. UM SO LET ME SEE ARE ARE THERE ANY ANYTHING ELSE THAT I CAN ASK AND ANSWER FOR YOU? HOPEFULLY, I LAID THAT ALL OUT PRETTY WELL. I WANT TO DO THAT. FOR US FOR THEM ? YEAH. 1ST 1ST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR. SO MARCH MARCH OF 2024, AT LEAST THE SHORTING OF IT. UM BUT THEY MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY AND THEY ONLY GAVE US LESS THAN 60

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DAYS TO DO THIS, SO THEY DON'T GET TO TAKE 60 TO REVIEW IT. NO BUT YEAH, IT DOES, LIKE THE FIRST QUARTER. 2024 IN THE MOTHER MAYOR, THE CORRESPONDENT WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL BE ALSO A PROVEN AH, SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO WORK TOGETHER. YES ABSOLUTELY . THE INTER LOCAL THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT GOES IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TOMORROW. THIS IS THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. YES THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WORKING TOGETHER. THEY REALIZE THAT THIS IS GOING TO JUST SHOOT US INTO THE FOURTH DIMENSION. AWESOME.

WOW, REMEMBER. IN 2018 AFTER THE COUNTY HAD NEGOTIATED AT THE MEETING WITH THE WITH THE RAILROAD COMPANY. AND THEY SETTLED ALL THAT. AND I REMEMBER WITHIN A DAY OR TWO. I GOT ON THE TRAIN AND PALM BEACH AND WROTE IT TO MIAMI. AND CAME BACK AND SHOWED THE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING AND DISGUSTED ON FACEBOOK. EVERYBODY LOVED IT. I MEAN, SO MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY ELDERLY PEOPLE, THEY WANT TO USE IT. THEY DON'T WANT TO DRIVE. YOU WOULDN'T THINK THEY WOULD WANT TO BE A PART OF IT. BUT IT IS REALLY GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR CITY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE CAN'T SEE THAT. BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. TO TAKE US INTO NEXT STEP. THANK YOU DIDN'T CHANCE. ANYMORE. NO MORE QUESTIONS, OKAY? VERY REAL CALL, PLEASE. SURE. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD YES. WAIT. I DIDN'T. ANY MORE PROBLEMS. WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT, OKAY? COMMISSIONER MCDONALD YES. COMMISSIONER COLLINS NO. VICE MAYOR RICH YES.

BRUNER YES, CLARK? YES. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS LIKELY. THANK YOU. SEE

[12. AUTHORIZATION TO PLACE STUART HERITAGE ON A REFERENDUM FOR A LONG TERM LEASE (RC): RESOLUTION No. 124-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A REFERENDUM UNDER CITY CHARTER SECTION 9.05 SEEKING VOTER APPROVAL FOR THE CITY TO LEASE, FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS STUART HERITAGE MUSEUM LOCATED AT 161 SW FLAGLER AVENUE; SAID LOT ADJOINS CITY PROPERTY FRONTING THE ST. LUCIE RIVER, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

YOU IN THE MORNING TOMORROW. NOW WE WILL GO TO 12. NO ACTION. AUTHORIZATION TO PLAY STUART HERITAGE ON OUR REFERENDUM FOR A LONG TERM LEASE. WILL YOU READ THAT? OF COURSE, MAYOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 24-2023. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A REFERENDUM UNDER CITY CHARTER SECTION 9.05. SEEKING VOTER APPROVAL FOR THE CITY TO LEASE FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. PROPERTY KNOWN AS STUART HERITAGE MUSEUM.

LOCATED AT 161 SOUTHWEST FLAGLER AVENUE, SAID LOT ADJOINS CITY PROPERTY FRONTING THE ST LUCIE RIVER. PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES TO A PROOF. SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE WHAT A SECOND. CALL. PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT 200. YEAH. OKAY ROLL CALL. OKAY MAYOR BRUNER? YES MAYOR RICH?

[13. ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER APPOINTMENTS / RATIFICATION TERMS (RC): RESOLUTION No. 121-2023; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPOINTING AND RATIFYING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND ADOPTING THE MEMBER TERMS FOR THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

YES CLARK COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. YES OKAY, LET'S MOVE. 213 ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER APPOINTMENTS, RATIFICATION TERMS. LET'S SEE YOU READ IT. RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 21-2023.

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPOINTING AND RATIFYING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND ADOPTING THE MEMBER TERMS FOR THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE SLATE SECOND. OKAY WE GOTTA MOTION AND A SECOND WAS ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS. I SEE NONE. OKAY REAL CALL MARY COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES BRUNER? YES COLLINS

[14. APPOINTMENTS OF CITY COMMISSIONERS TO COMMUNITY BOARDS]

MACDONALD, VICE MAYOR RICH. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 14 APPOINTMENTS OF CITY COMMISSIONERS TO THE COMMUNITY BOARDS. THIS IS, UM. NOT A RESOLUTION. THIS IS AN INTERNAL MATTER. THIS IS THE ACTUAL BOARDS THAT YOU CURRENTLY SERVE ON THAT. YOU, UM UH, WHETHER IT BE THE MPO OR THE ARTS COUNCIL OR THE TREASURE COAST TRAVEL, TOURISM BOARD OR THOSE AND SO ANNUALLY AT THIS REORGANIZATION MEETING. UH, WE ASKED THAT THE COMMISSION. UM, APPOINT YOURSELVES TO THOSE UH, RESPECTIVE BOARDS. EMPLOYMENTS LIKE TO MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE TWO BOARDS THAT I SERVE ON THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD FROM THE VICE CHAIR CURRENTLY AND THE MARTIN COUNTY MPO, WHICH I'M CURRENTLY THE CHAIRMAN. OKAY WE'LL MOVE

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DOWN. MADAM CHAIRMAN. I'D LIKE TO REMAIN ON MY BOARDS AND NOW I SERVED ON A STATEWIDE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE WITH THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL NEGATIVE CITIES. I'M ALSO CURRENTLY JUST BEEN APPOINTED THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY COAST REGION FOR LEGACIES AND OH, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. YES, I'D LIKE TO STAND THE TDC AND NPR. AND BOTH. OKAY? COMMERCIAL ON THE REGIONAL FUNDING COUNCIL AND THE AIRPORT ADVISORY NOISE COMMITTEE. I GUESS I'LL STAY ON THOSE, BUT I WILL BE WILLING TO GIVE ALL BOTH OF THEM UP TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO DO MORE WORK HAD VOICE I'M INTERESTED GOING NOWHERE. CARE FOR ADVISORY. HOW OFTEN DOES THAT MEET? QUARTERLY COMMISSIONER CLAUDE OKAY, I WILL . WE'RE ALL GOING TO CONTINUE WHAT WE HAVE. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SLEEP SECOND. GET A MOTION WITH SECOND. WE DON'T NEED ANYONE. OKAY ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO SPEAK ON OUR MEETING? OKAY MARY, TAKE THE CALL. CALL BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES MCDONALD'S YES, COMMISSIONER COLLINS? YES. VERY RICH. YES.

[15. STATUS OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 400 SW FEDERAL HIGHWAY]

AND STATUS OF PROPERTY LOCATED 407TH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, SO THE LAST MATTER ON THE AGENDA IS SIMPLY A DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION THAT I HAD PLACED ON THE AGENDA. UM IT IS AT 400 SOUTHWEST FEDERAL HIGHWAY. IT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM DUNE DOG. YOU MIGHT HAVE KNOWN IT AS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OR MORE RECENTLY. AS DUFFY BOATS. BUT DUFFY BOATS SIGNED A LEASE WITH THE CITY IN 2012 TO, UH. THE SPACE AND TO PROVIDE BOAT RENTALS AS AN ANCILLARY USED TO THE PARK. THE REFERENDUM, THE CHARTER LANGUAGE THAT WAS PASSED SEVERAL YEARS AGO PROHIBITS THE CITY FROM LEASING OR SELLING ANY PROPERTY ON THE WATER FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS WITHOUT A PUBLIC REFERENDUM, AND AS SUCH AH, THE. THE DUFFY BOATS WAS NOT ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THEIR LEASE. UH THE PROPERTY BECAME VACANT. OFFICIALLY, I BELIEVE OCTOBER 1ST BUT IS CURRENTLY VACANT.

AND, UM. I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHERE TO GO FROM HERE. I COULD TURN AROUND AND PUT IT FOR RENT SIGN IN FRONT OF IT, AND MAYBE RENTED OUT TO A KAYAK PERSON OR SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO DO THAT. BUT THEY'RE NOT LIKELY TO INVEST A LOT OF TIME OR MONEY INTO THE BUSINESS BECAUSE BY THE TIME THEY BUILD UP THE GOODWILL AND THE IN THE ABILITY TO DO IT, THEY WOULD, UM HAVE TO LEAVE AND SOMEBODY ELSE COULD COME RIGHT IN AND TAKE IT AND. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD AND I WENT AND LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY LAST WEEK AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN A TENANT DOESN'T HAVE A LONG TERM OBLIGATION TO BE THEIR THEIR INCENTIVE TO KEEP IT CLEAN AND UP TO SPEED IS COMPLETELY LOST. GONNA BE MEETING WITH MILTON NEXT WEEK OR THIS WEEK AND GET HIM BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO REDO THE DOCS THAT ARE IN COMPLETE SHAMBLES AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THE FLOORING AND THERE'S A CARPETING THAT IS SO BAD THAT IT REALLY CAN'T EVEN BE TORN OUT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST SHOT AND NEEDS PAINTED AND CLEANED AND SWEPT, ETCETERA, ETCETERA, BUT STRUCTURALLY IT'S FINE. UM BUT YOU CAN JUST TELL THAT IT WAS NEGLECTED. UM MY THOUGHT ON IT WAS, IS THAT THE FUTURE LAND YOU SAW IN IT IS RECREATION, SO AND I KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK AND COMMISSIONER MCDONALD WERE ON THE BOARD IN 2012. WHEN, UM THE COMMISSION CONSIDERED PUTTING A CAFE OR RESTAURANT THERE, AND I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME MR CAMPENNI SAT IN THE FRONT ROW OF THE CITY MEETINGS AND NEVER ENDED. AFTER THAT, BUT HE WAS NOT A HUGE FAN OF THAT IDEA. UM IN ANY EVENT, THE COMMISSION WENT AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC RESTAURANT. IT WAS PART OF IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE TIME I THINK IT STILL HAPPENS. THERE'S THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON DRUM CIRCLE THAT TAKES PLACE IN NOISE AND THE IDEA OF THIS OUTDOOR PATIO CAFE WAS A CONCERN THAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE DISRUPTED BY THAT. UM, IN ANY EVENT. UH THE RECREATION USE LIMITS IT. SO IT HAS TO BE AN ANCILLARY USE OR SOME SUPPORTIVE USE TO THE PARK. OBVIOUSLY BOAT RENTALS OR SOME KIND OF PARTY BUSINESS OR GOVERNMENT OFFICES. FOR WHATEVER REASON ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RECREATIONAL USE. I WAS THINKING OF, POSSIBLY ALSO, YOU COULD, UM HAVE A SECOND REFERENDUM. AND HAVE THE, UH STUART FEED BE ON ONE AND THEN THE SECOND REFERENDUM WOULD BE ALLOWING THE COMMISSION TO RENT THIS PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGAIN. THE REFERENDUM. SAID. YES IT