4. 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HALAPATIOKEE CHAPTER OF DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (JANUARY 20)

[14. APPLICANT REQUESTED A SECOND CONTINUANCE TO A DATE CERTAIN OF 01/22/2024 CCM: 101 S. COLORADO RESTAURANT - REZONE TO URBAN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT & SITE PLAN APPROVAL (QJ)(RC): ORDINANCE No. 2524-2023; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPROVING A REZONING FROM URBAN WATERFRONT TO URBAN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR A 0.234 ACRE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 101 S. COLORADO AVENUE, SAID LAND BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED; ESTABLISHING THE COLORADO WATERFRONT RESTAURANT (UPUD); TO RE-PURPOSE THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING FOR A 150-SEAT RESTAURANT AND PROVIDE RELIEF FROM VARIOUS PARKING REQUIREMENTS; APPROVING A FINAL SITE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS INCLUDING A TIMEABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, DECLARING THE PLAN WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OTHER PURPOSES.]

IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD DO NOW? IN CASE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK FOR THAT ITEM. WE DID THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT IDEA. YOU MADE THE MOTION. YOU HAD TO BRING IT UP NEXT MEETING CONTINUING THAT CORRECT MY REQUEST ITEM. 13 IS THE MOST 14 OR 14 REQUIRES A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO A DATE CERTAIN I THINK YOU NEED TO. YOU NEED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AND YOU CAN MOVE 14 TO THE TO THE BEGINNING. IF THAT'S YOUR INCLINATION, OKAY ? YEAH LET'S DO THAT MOTION THAT WE MOVED 14 TO THE TWO REGULAR RIGHT NOW, SO THAT WE CAN DISPOSE OF IT. 2ND 2ND. ALRIGHT EVERYONE ALL IN FAVOR. I MAKE A MOTION. WE CONTINUE TO THE DATE CERTAIN JANUARY 20 SECONDS ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW. SO FOR ANYBODY WHO WASN'T UM, THAT WAS PRETTY FAST. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ITEM, 14. WE JUST CONTINUED THAT TO A FUTURE DATE. SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR ITEM 14 NOT THAT'S THE RESTAURANT RESTAURANT. ALRIGHT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. OUR FIRST ONE IS CHINA'S REV INJURED. ONE LUCKY NEVER SAY THAT, RIGHT? I APOLOGIZE. AS CHINA'S ANYWAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. I'M HERE TODAY IS A LONGTIME RESIDENT AND A LONGTIME VOLUNTEER FOR THE CITY OF STEWART. NOT HERE AT AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY. I VOLUNTEERED FOR STEWART MAIN STREET FOR MANY YEARS, AND CURRENTLY I AM A NEW BOARD MEMBER. I AM HERE REPRESENTING CANADA'S CALLAHAN. SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, AND SHE IS OUT OF TOWN AT THE MOMENT IN TALLAHASSEE, SO I HAVE BEEN ANOINTED HER EMISSARY FOR THE EVENING. UM JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE WORKSHOP THAT SHE IS HAVING IN TALLAHASSEE IN THE MOMENT. IT IS ONE OF MANY WORKSHOPS THAT MAINSTREAM AMERICA AND FLORIDA MAIN STREET HOSTS, THEY DO THEM QUARTERLY. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO BE AWARE OF THE WORKSHOPS BECAUSE THEY REALLY HELP US IN THE PROGRAM BEING THE BEST POSSIBLE PROGRAM THAT THEY CAN BE. UM AND IN DOING SO SHE SPENDS A FAIR DEAL OF TIME DOING THESE WORKSHOPS, AND THAT WORK SORT OF PAYS DIVIDENDS AND HOW WE SEE AND VIEW OUR COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THESE WORKSHOPS OVER THE YEARS, THEY WERE INSULTED IN US BEING A ACCREDITED NATIONAL MAIN STREET ORGANIZATION, AND THAT'S

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SOMETHING AS A VOLUNTEER. I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF BECAUSE IT MEANS THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS VOLUNTEERS AND THAT YOU'RE DOING A CITY COMMISSION AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM BEHIND ME, WHO WERE RALLYING TOGETHER ANY MACMILLAN COMES TO MIND WHO PUT THE WORKFORCE STEWART MAIN STREET IN IT REALLY DOES PAY AND WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD OF THAT. OF COURSE, THAT IS NOT AN END DATE MOMENT OF BEING PROUD. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE AND SPEAKING OF THE FUTURE. THE THERE WAS A SPRING WORKSHOP THAT IS BEING PLANNED HERE IN STUART MAIN IN STEWART AT THE FLAGLER CENTER, BEING HOSTED BY STUART MAIN STREET BY THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. SO WHEN CANDACE REHEARD RETURNED FROM TALLAHASSEE, I KNOW SHE WILL BE INVITING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO BE ENGAGED IN THAT WORKSHOP. THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE ARE ALL ENGAGED IN THAT WORKSHOP. NOT ONLY WILL WE BE GLEANING BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DOING GOOD THINGS ELSEWHERE THAT WE CAN MAYBE MIRROR HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT GIVES US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE AND SHOWCASE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH OTHER MAIN STREETS. I THINK WE DO HAVE A LOT TO TEACH AND SHARE AS WELL TO OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO THAT'S COMING UP IN APRIL, PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AND WATCH FOR THAT INVITATION WHO CAN'T FROM CANDACE AND HOT OFF THE PRESSES? WE WERE JUST REACHING YOUR STEWART MAIN STREET WAS FEATURED IN, UM PUBLICATION PUBLISHED BY THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT AND CONSUMER SERVICES FRESH FROM FLORIDA, AND THERE WAS A FULL PAGE FEATURE ON STEWART MAIN STREET IN THERE. AND THE STUART GREENMARKET AND SORT OF THE INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN THEIR EFFORTS AND HOW IT'S SUCCESSFUL. SO THOSE ARE THE MESSAGES FROM CANDICE AND FROM MYSELF AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND STEWART, MAIN STREET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. IF YOU WANT IT, CAN WE HOLD THE CLAPPING TILL THE END AFTER WE DO ALL THESE AND THEN THESE OTHERS? HELEN MCBRIDE, PLEASE COME FORWARD. I FORGOT TO MENTION, UH, THREE MINUTES. TIME EVERYONE. THREE MINUTES, HELEN MCBRIDE FROM ENGLAND. COULDN'T COME IN THE LAST MEETING THAT THEY HAD THE FLU. BUT THIS LOVELY YOUNG LADY WHO DID SPEAK AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK TOBACCO UP WHAT SHE HAD SAID. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THIS PROPERTY. YEAH I CAN DO OTHER MEETINGS AND I'VE GOT NOTHING. I THINK THREE OR FOUR CITY MINISTERS AND THEY ALWAYS SAID HOW THIS BUILDING IS FALLING DOWN AROUND US, AND IT WOULD BE SO EXPENSIVE TO REBUILD IT. SO I GUESS A LOT OF US ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THIS BUILDING WAS COMING TO BE EVENTUALLY TORN DOWN. BUT LATELY I DO HERE. UH THE COMMENT. WELL WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THIS BUILDING AND LIKE, SHE SAID, WE, THE PEOPLE, BUT LIKE INPUT. NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE IT A LITTLE HISTORY LIKE I LIKE TO DO, AND MCMILLAN AND JOAN JEFFERSON ARE SITTING HERE. BUT THEY STARTED WHEN I CAME TO THIS TOWN. IT WAS A GHOST TOWN. YOU COULDN'T WALK DOWNTOWN. IT WAS SO DANGEROUS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE FORESIGHT OF THESE TWO LOVELY YOUNG LADIES THEY MADE WITH THEIR OWN MONEY IN THE LONG TIME AND ENERGY MADE THE HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN AND IDENTICALLY WITH HOPE THAT SOMEONE WOULD ASK THEM TO BE ON A COMMITTEE BECAUSE AS I SAID, I WENT TO THOSE MEETINGS THAT THEY HAD. I KIND OF THOUGHT MEAL. THEY'RE BITING OFF TOO MUCH. BUT LOOK WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. WE DON'T WANNA LOSE HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN. AND THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE LOSING. IT WILL LOSE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY. SO ALL I WANT TO SAY IS I KNOW THE BUSINESS. PEOPLE WANT THEIR INPUT STEWART MAIN STREET, BUT WE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED HERE. GOOD GOOD, MANY YEARS. I'M NOT GONNA SAY HOW MANY BECAUSE IT MAKES ME OLD, BUT WE WANT OUR INPUT AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO DOWNTOWN STUART? THANK YOU. HELEN. MS VIRGINIA SHERLOCK. I AM JENNY SHERLOCK. I LIVE IN STUART AND I OWN A BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF STEWART. AND I'VE GIVEN YOU SOME PHOTOGRAPHS. I DON'T KNOW. PEOPLE PROBABLY CAN'T SEE HIM VERY WELL FROM BACK THERE, BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF STEWART ON SOUTHEAST OCEAN BOULEVARD ACROSS FROM THE PARK NEAR THE COURTHOUSE. IT'S AN ENTIRE BLOCK. THE PROPERTY IS VACANT, AND IT'S A DERELICT. I TOOK THESE PHOTOS LAST WEEK SHOWS BOARDED UP WINDOWS PILED UP LEAVES AND TRASH ON THE SIDEWALK. IF MY OFFICE BUILDING

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LOOKED LIKE THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE ALL OVER ME. BUT THIS IS THE CITY OF STEWART. YOU PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO. 4 $7 MILLION OF MY MONEY, BUT YOU'RE DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WITH THE PROPERTY. UM I DID SPEAK WITH MIKE MOORE TELL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE, BUT APPARENTLY THERE AREN'T ANY.

UM I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE USING TAXPAYERS MONEY TO PAY A PROPERTY MANAGER, I GUESS FOR THE WELLS FARGO BANK AND THIS PROPERTY, BUT IT'S PROPERTY ISN'T BEING MANAGED. YOU'VE REMOVED THE PROPERTY FROM THE TAX ROLLS AND YOU'RE SIMPLY ALLOWING IT TO DETERIORATE. UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PURCHASE WAS PART OF THE WELLS FARGO BANK BUILDING PURCHASE. UM BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ENTIRE BLOCK OF BUILDINGS OWNED BY THE CITY OF STEWART HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO STAND VACANT. AND TO BECOME BLIGHTED DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. AS I DRIVE TO THE COURTHOUSE, I SOMETIMES SEEM HAUGLAND SEE HOMELESS PEOPLE LEANING AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO TRY TO GET SHELTER FROM THE RAIN. I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHY THE CITY OWNS AN ENTIRE BLOCK OF EMPTY BUILDINGS THAT YOU WON'T OPEN UP TO PROVIDE EVEN TEMPORARY SHELTER TO SOME PEOPLE IN NEED. THIS IS PRIME PROPERTY AND DOWNTOWN STUART. WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH WE LOVE DOWNTOWN STUART. YOU'RE ALLOWING IT TO SIT VACANT AND UNREPAIRED.

THERE'S PLYWOOD ON THE WINDOWS. THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT DOESN'T EVEN COVER UP THE HOLES IN THE GLASS. PLEASE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY EITHER USE IT. FIX IT. FOUR.

SELL IT. YOU ARE THE STEWARDS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS AND YOU'RE THE STEWARDS OF OUR PROPERTY.

TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF STEWART. DESERVE BETTER. THANK YOU ONE ON CREEK SIDE. I'M A NOTE. MISSY HARRIS. PLEASE COME FORWARD. NEIGHBOR. HI I'M HERE. I'M JUST TOTALLY COMPLETELY CONCERNED. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE CAR GOT HIT ON THE TRAIN TRACK 20 MINUTES BEFORE THAT.

AND I. I AM SO DISTURBED BY IT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO CONFUSION CORNER AND WE HAVE TWO TRAINS COMING AT THE SAME TIME. WITHIN 10 MINUTES, SO THEY GO UP AND THEY GO DOWN. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN THERE. AT THAT TIME WHERE YOU KNOW IT'S A WEEKEND AND EVERYBODY'S LOOKING TO COME TO HAVE DINNER. THAT'S WHEN I SAW IT. I MEAN, I SAW HUNDREDS, OF COURSE ALL OVER DOWNTOWN TRYING TO GET ACROSS AND GET A PARKING SPACE. AND YOU KNOW SOMEBODY BACK UP LIGHTS AND THEY'RE GOING OUT AND COMING IN.

I MEAN, IT'S REALLY TURNING INTO WHAT I CONSIDER AND REALLY DISASTER. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I FIGURED I'D BETTER COME AND CONVEY MY FEELINGS. LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT I SEE. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. AND IT'S JUST CONCERNING BECAUSE THE TRAIN YES. SOME OF THEM COME REALLY FAST, AND SOME OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW NORMAL WHERE THEY COULD STOP. BUT THE LADY THAT THE COUPLE THAT GOT CAUGHT ON THE TRACKS THANK GOD GOD ENOUGH TIME TO GET OUT OF THE CAR, BUT THEY WERE BLOCKED IN BY OTHER CARS THAT DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. SO WE HAVE AN ISSUE. THAT I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE WITH THAT YOU WOULD DELEGATE SOMEONE TO BE THERE AND WATCH IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE I HAVE NO SOLUTION. I JUST AM AWARE OF IT. THE FACT THAT IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. ALSO HELEN AND I WERE TALKING BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED AND SHE WAS CAUGHT ON THE TRAIN TRACK HERSELF. I MEAN, HOW MANY YEARS HAS SHE BEEN HERE? SO IT'S AN ISSUE. SO I'M HERE JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT AND SAY THAT YOU KNOW IF WE COULD JUST FIND SOME HOW SOMEBODY COULD OVERSEE IT FOR A WHILE AND JUST SEE WHAT THE SOLUTION WOULD BE. THANK YOU. THIS ANY MCMILLAN. HI. YES, MA'AM. UM ANY MCMILLAN STUART, FLORIDA I MY FIRST PARAGRAPH IN THIS EMAIL, WHICH I BELIEVE I SENT TO ALL OF YOU

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ALL. UM I WILL SKIP OVER THERE BECAUSE WE'RE COMING BACK ON THE 20 SECONDS CONCERNING THE RESTAURANTS, SO I WON'T READ THAT. BUT I WILL WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS. SADLY WE HAVE ALL REPEATEDLY HEARD THAT THESE RECENT AND SATISFACTORY AND DISRUPTIVE PROPOSALS FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF STEWART ARE UNAFFORDABLE. AND IN LINE WITH OUR CODES AND REGULATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT. IF THAT IS TRULY THE CASE. THEN THE TIME IS NOW.

AND WAS ACTUALLY BEFORE NOW. CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZE OUR CODES ARE REGULATIONS THAT ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE WITH THE DISPATCH DISSATISFACTION OF THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT LIVE HERE. IT IS IMPERATIVE. THAT OUR ELECTED LEADERS ARRANGED FOR FORUMS AND TOWN HALLS. TO EXPLAIN WHAT OUR CURRENT CODES AND REGULATIONS ALLOW. AND RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE TAXPAYERS, VOTERS AND RESIDENTS ON WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE. AND WHAT IS CONCERNING. AS WE ENTER THE WINTER SEASON, AND IT'S HERE. THIS IS PERFECT TIME TO BEGIN THESE CONVERSATIONS. I AM A LONGTIME RESIDENT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AND SUPPORTER OF IMPROVING THE CITY OF STEWART FOR OVER 50 YEARS. AND I AM WILLING HERE WE GO ONCE AGAIN. WILLING TO ENABLE TO ASSIST IN WHATEVER YOU NEED ME TO DO TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SALAD. MS ROBYN CARTWRIGHT.

HELLO COMMISSIONERS. LET'S START THE NEW YEAR OFF, RIGHT? SHALL WE KNEW YEAR KNEW YOU AS THE KIDS SAY. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN LAST WEEK'S TC PALM ABOUT THE REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENT PLAN, WHICH ULTIMATELY WAS EDITED AS THE CITY SAID THERE WERE SOME INACCURACIES. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY TOOK THE TIME TO CONTACT EVERYBODY WHO SHARED THE ARTICLE TO COMMENT THAT THE ARTICLE WAS UPDATED INTO PLEASE SHARE IT WITH THE CORRECT LINK. WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE I'VE REACHED OUT ABOUT HAVING ARTICLES AND POST CORRECTED AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CITY IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT PEOPLE PUBLISH AND THEREFORE COULD NOT REQUEST A CORRECTION. OTHER INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS INCLUDE NUMBER ONE QUOTE, MOVING FORWARD. PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL THE ENTIRE BOARD WHEN DISCUSSING SOMETHING ONE OF THEM SAYS OUTSIDE OF A MEETING. BUT IT COMMISSIONER DOING AN INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE WITH SOMEONE LIKE THE CHAMBER MAKING BLANKET STATEMENTS. EVEN THOUGH EVERY COMMISSIONER CAN WATCH AND HERE IT IS TOTALLY OKAY. NUMBER TWO. THE CITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT ANY COMMISSIONER STATES IN A PUBLIC FORUM BECAUSE THEY CAN ALWAYS SAY THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING ON THE COMMISSION'S BEHALF. THE COMMISSIONER IS USING THEIR TITLE COMMISSIONER, AND THEY ARE SPEAKING IN THE CAPACITY OF A COMMISSIONER. HOW CAN IT BE CLAIMED THAT THEY ARE SPEAKING AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN? NUMBER THREE. THE JOB OF THE CITY COMMISSION IS TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS SO THEY CAN BETTER REPRESENT THEM DURING MEETINGS YET RESPONSES AND EVEN EMAIL EMAIL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ARE VERY SELECTIVE. NUMBER FOUR. A CITY COMMISSIONER CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ETHICS VIOLATION, AND THAT IS UP TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. BUT YOU SIGN A CODE OF CONDUCT AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT'S SAYING IS THAT IS IRRELEVANT. NUMBER FIVE, A PANEL OF CITIZENS WOULD BE CREATED TO REVIEW ETHICS COMPLAINTS AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHERE THEY SHOULD GO, IF ANYWHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED AND RECOMMENDED TO THE COMMISSION.

AND IT WAS NOT, AND I MADE A PUBLIC COMMENT, ASKING ABOUT IT, AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. NUMBER SIX. THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE DOING WORK WITHOUT PERMITS. AND I KNOW THE CITY IS FULLY AWARE, AS ARE SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS. YET IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE CITY IS TURNING A BLIND EYE TO SOME AND NOT TO OTHERS. NUMBER SEVEN. I'M ALSO WAITING FOR THE COMMISSION TO BASICALLY SAY THAT DEATH THREATS ARE BAD, LIKE I'VE ASKED FOR TWICE ALREADY. MY POINT OF ALL OF THIS IS THE COMMISSION AND STAFFERS SELECTIVE AS TO WHAT GETS ADDRESSED AND IN WHAT MANNER AND IN WHAT TIME FRAME. IT IS NOT EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT HAS REPRESENTATION IN SUPPORT OF CRONIES AND THE LIKE, WHILE THE REST OF US BECOME VIEWED AS QUOTE UNQUOTE DIFFICULT. AND GET LABELED BY SOME PEOPLE WRITING THOSE SAME BORDERLINE, IF NOT ACTUALLY DEFAMATORY BLOG POSTS THAT I REFERENCED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, SAYING THAT THOSE OF US WHO EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT OR CRYING WOLF USUALLY FOLLOWED BY SOME ABSURD STATEMENT THAT WE DESERVE TO GET WHAT'S COMING TO US. ALL BECAUSE THE CITY DOES NOT TREAT ALL THINGS EQUALLY, AND THERE IS NO CONSISTENT ACCOUNTABILITY. SO LET'S START THE YEAR OFF FIXING SOME OF THESE THESE DISCREPANCIES AND INCONSISTENCIES. FINALLY I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION IS CURRENT. BECAUSE IF WE WANT CHANGE, WE NEED TO CHANGE WHO SITS ON THE DIETS AND PERSONALLY I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 2024 ELECTIONS. MARK ROGERS. MR ROGERS. BUT MY SAYING THIS YEAR MARK ROGERS MARK ONE OF THE ROGERS, ONE OF THE. AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY SO MY NAME

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IS MARK ROGERS. OWNER RD I KITCHENS. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK BEHALF ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF HER DOWNTOWN AND STEWART THAT EVERYBODY LOVES. SO I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR 26 YEARS OF MY LIFE AND WHAT INTEREST ME, MY WIFE AND MY CHILDREN. DOWNTOWN. STUART, WE LOVE COMING HERE. MY WIFE HAD A SHOP IN DOWNTOWN STUART. NOW SHE'S IN THE 555 BUILDINGS. WHICH WAS, UM OFFER EAST OCEAN. I BELIEVE SO AS WE KNOW THERE'S A GROUP THAT IN THE CITY BUT WE WANTED TO BE A GOOD GROWTH. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEW PLACES IN DOWNTOWN STUART. TO COME VISIT AND ENJOY. JUST NOT FOR ME FOR MY KIDS. WIFE FAMILY. AND EVERYBODY ELSE TO COME. HERE TO THIS BELOVED CITY THAT WE ALL LOVE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LLOYD ROGERS. LOOK, MR IS I KNOW MANY OF YOU BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. OKAY WE'RE LIVING HERE AND I HEARD THERE WAS A HOTEL RESTAURANT. GOING UP BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS AND TASKS CAN YOU PULL THE MIC UP FOR THE? YES THANK YOU, SIR. GROWTH RIGHT THERE WOULD BE IN ADDITION FOR THE LABOR WOULD TAKING PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE. THE POLICE TO HAVE IT. WE JUST HAD A COUPLE WEDDINGS IN OUR FAMILY AND IF PEOPLE COULD HAVE STAYED DOWNTOWN STUART IN A RESTAURANT HOTEL AND HAD THE LIFESTYLE OF ALL THE RESTAURANTS AND BEING ABLE TO BE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE. OKAY I THINK THE GROWTH IN DOWNTOWN STUART, I THINK THAT PROPERTY IS, UM WOULD BE ADDED TO THE BEAUTY OF DOWNTOWN STUART. AND IT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO HER COMMUNITY. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. OKAY, THAT'S IT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT. YES. NUMBER CHRISTO, PLEASE COME FORWARD. IT'S VERY SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, OR IS IT FOR IT'S PUBLIC? I APOLOGIZE, MR MCCHRYSTAL. GOOD EVENING, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. THE TRAGEDY OF THE ONE CLUSTER IN THE HOLE. RAIL SYSTEM. BRIGHT LINE SYSTEM IS RIGHT HERE AT THE ST LUCIE BRIDGE. NOW THE FREIGHT TRAINS. WE'LL HAVE TO SLOW DOWN.

TO MAKE WAY VERY ATTACHED. THERE'S SOMEBODY SITTING SOMEWHERE IN A COMPUTER BOARD.

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE SPEED OF TRAINS TO MAKE. TWO TRAINS GET THROUGH ONE SPOT. THE WHOLE SYSTEM. THAT'S US. SO HMM. THREE WEDNESDAYS AGO AT 430. I'M ON THE WAY HOME. I JUST MADE IT ACROSS US ONE HEADED EAST. AND THERE'S THAT FREIGHT TRAIN COMING OUT OF THE SOUTH ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. FIVE MINUTES LATER, THERE GOES THE BRIGHT LINE THAT WAY. SO. YES EVEN THINKING ABOUT SLOWING DOWN BRIGHT LINE TRAINS FOR A TRAIN STATION HERE. BEFORE THAT BRIDGE IS FIX FIX, AND THERE'S TWO RAILS GOING BOTH WAYS, AND IT'S NOT A CLUSTER IN THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS INSANITY. AND AGAIN 23 WEDNESDAYS AGO AS I EXPERIENCED IT. HERE'S WHAT I SAW, SO I FINALLY MADE IT ACROSS THE TRACKS TURN ON THE PALM BEACH ROAD. AND I'M HEADING TOWARDS EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD, WHERE I'M NOT TAKE A RIDE ON 10TH. AND IT'S A PARKING LOT. YOU KNOW, I LOOK AS FAR AS I CAN DOWN THE EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. IT'S STILL A PARKING LOT. OKAY, THIS IS JUST THE START OF THINGS TO COME. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY DECISION MADE IS SOMETHING THAT IS EITHER I DON'T KNOW PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU THINK ANYMORE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE NO DECISIONS ARE MADE THINKING ABOUT THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE. NOW IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY DECISION YOU GO AFTER SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE A LITTLE BIT WORSE, OKAY? AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY IN AND EVEN GET REAL DARK ABOUT IT, BUT I WON'T ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT YOU TO THINK TWICE ABOUT INVITING AND TRYING TO CHASE AFTER A TRAIN STATION. OKAY AND MAKING THINGS ABSOLUTELY WAY WORSE BEFORE THAT BRIDGE THAT NEW BRIDGES IN AND IT'S GOING TO BE WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS FROM THE TIME THEY GET STARTED. OKAY WE'RE

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ALREADY IN FOR EIGHT OR 10. YEARS OF HELL. PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT WORSE. IF YOU DECIDE ON THE TRAIN STATION, YOU NEEDN'T NEGOTIATE AND SAY WE DON'T WANT IT. WE DON'T WANT IT UNTIL THAT THAT BRIDGE IS FIXED. BECAUSE IT'S RIDICULOUS WHAT I SAW TWO WEDNESDAYS AGO. WE DON'T DESERVE THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY? WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO MISSION ACTION . 12 CREEK SIDE HOTEL, MAJOR

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URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAYING MAYOR. COULD WE GET AN APPROVAL FOR THE CONSENT? CALENDAR, PLEASE? OH, YES. WE HAVE TO PROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA SECOND. I WANT A FAVOR. WE NEED A WORLD CALL. OKAY, ROCO. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD YES, CLARK. YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS? YES MAYOR RICH. YES BURNER YES RECORD. WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THERE'S NONE. HMM.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 04-20 24 REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A MAJOR

[12. CREEKSIDE HOTEL - MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE & MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL (QJ)(RC): RESOLUTION No. 04-2024; REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO CONSTRUCT A 53,600 SQUARE FOOT FOUR-STORY HOTEL (W/ 102-BEDS) AND A DETACHED 5,000 SQUARE FOOT ONE-STORY BUILDING FOR FUTURE RETAIL AND/OR RESTAURANT USE(S), AND CONCURRENT APPROVAL FOR A MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 6.01.11(B) - LOCATION OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, SECTION 3.04.04(C) - BUILDING HEIGHT, AND SECTION 3.04.06(E)(5) - THOROUGHFARE ELEMENTS. ]

DEVELOPMENT PLAN. TO CONSTRUCT A 53 7000 SQUARE FOOT, FOUR STORY HOTEL WITH 102 BEDS. I THINK IT'S 100 AND ONE AND A DETACHED 5000 SQUARE FOOT, ONE STORY BUILDING FOR FUTURE RETAIL AND OR RESTAURANT USED CONCURRENT APPROVAL FOR A MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USED TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 6.01 0.11 11 B LOCATION IS REQUIRED PARKING SPACES. LOCATION OF REQUIRES PARKING SPACES SECTION 3.04 0.04 C. BUILDING HEIGHT AND SECTIONS.

3.04 0.06 E FIVE THE REAL FAIR ELEMENTS. CHRIS. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BEFORE BEFORE WE GET STARTED. I WOULD ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, AND THEY IN THE DRAWERS IS A KIND OF A GUIDE FOR THAT. THE YELLOW SHEET THAT'S BEFORE YOU AS THERE'S NO, UM INTERVENERS. BE HERE NOW AT THE LEVEL AT NUMBER THREE ON THAT LIST, AND THE MAYOR WOULD ASK ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS IF THEY COULD PLEASE DISCLOSE ANY EX PARTY COMMUNICATIONS BEFORE WE START THE PROCEEDINGS, MADAM MAYOR MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND STAFF AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND HAVE ALSO RECEIVED EMAILS AND I DISCUSSED THE ISSUE WITH A COUPLE OF LOCAL RESIDENTS. MADAM MAYOR. UM, I'VE MET WITH STUFF.

THE APPLICANT. AND RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND UM, I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. AH ON THIS MATTER OF THE CREEK SIDE HOTEL. MADAM MAYOR, I'VE MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND STAFF AND RESIDENTS. I HAD A MAYOR. I ALSO HAVE MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND STAFF REPEATEDLY AND SPOKEN WITH MANY LOCAL RESIDENTS REGARDING THIS, UH. THIS APPLICATION, BUT I HAVE AN OPEN MIND. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH STAFF AND MEMBERS, CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE, UH. MR ROSS, THE OWNER OF THE CREEK. HOTEL HOTEL. MADAM MAYOR. I'M NOT SURE IF I HAD MENTIONED THAT I DID MEET WITH RESIDENTS, AND I'VE ALSO RECEIVED EMAILS PIGS. ACTRESS I NEED TO PLACE ANY POTENTIAL WITNESSES UNDER OATH. NUMBER FIVE. YEAH. I APOLOGIZE. IS IT? JUST TELL ME THAT I DON'T KNOW ANY WITNESSES. YOU HAVE ALL THE WITNESSES WITH THE WITH THE MOTEL, THE PLANNERS, EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, MAYBE A CITY. OKAY, LET'S SEE. I THINK WE GO NOW, CHRIS. ALRIGHT THANK YOU, SIR. WELCOME AGAIN. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CHRIS MCLEAN. I'M THE PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AND TONIGHT. WELL, I WILL BE PRESENTING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS A MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE AND A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN REQUEST FOR THE GREEK SIDE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT. THESE APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PRESENTED AND INCLUDED UNDER ONE RESOLUTION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION IS NOT CONSIDERED BECAUSE OF JUDICIAL, HOWEVER, AS UH. PREVIOUSLY STATED THE MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONALLY PETITION IS AND THE BOARD SHOULD TREAT THIS AGENDA ITEM AS A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING AT HIM. ON MAY 22ND 2023 THE APPLICATIONS FOR MAJOR

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DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE WERE SUBMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SIGNED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER TED GLASS, ROD AND ASSOCIATES. WITH RAJIV PATEL ASSIGNED AS THE APPLICANT BEING REPRESENTED BY COLOR HEARING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. THE APPLICANT WAS REQUIRED TO MAIL NOTICE. TWO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS LOCATED WITHIN 300, FT. OF THE SUBJECT, PARCEL. PROVIDING DETAIL OF THE REQUESTED PETITIONS AND A DATE AND TIME OF TONIGHT'S MEETING. ADDITIONALLY A SIGN WAS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY ALONG SOUTHEAST COLORADO AVENUE WITH THE SAME INFORMATION. SO THE 1.62 ACRE VACANT PARCEL IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER OUTLINED HERE IN RED OR I'M SORRY AND YELLOW. UM IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO AVENUE, APPROXIMATELY 150 FT SOUTH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD. AND ABOUT 200 FT. NORTH OF SOUTHEAST KINDRED STREET ADJACENT TO THE FRASER CREEK WATERWAY. THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED WITHIN THE CITY'S COMMUNITY, REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND CREEK DISTRICT OVERLAY. THE SITE IS SURROUNDED THE SITE AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE DESIGNATED BY THE DOWN DOWN FUTURE LAND USE, WHICH IS APPLIED TO PROPERTIES WITHIN THE C R. A AND IT ALLOWS FOR LOW DENSITY AND MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL RECREATION, LODGING AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS. UM THE SUBJECT SITE AND PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OR DESIGNATED BY THE CREEK SOUTH ZONING DISTRICT. WITH THE PARCELS TO THE WEST DESIGNATED BY THE URBAN CENTER AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. AND PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH ARE DESIGNATED BY THE URBAN WATERFRONT AND CREEK NORTH ZONING DISTRICTS. SO THE APPLICANTS SEEKING TO CONSTRUCT A ROUGHLY FROM 53,600 SQUARE FOOT, FOUR STORY HOTEL ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARCEL. AND A DETACHED 5000 SQUARE FOOT, ONE STORY BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY FRONTING ON COLORADO AVENUE. THE HOTEL INCLUDES AND IT IS 102 KEYS, SO IT'S 102 ROOMS. UH AND AN OUTDOOR POOL FOR HOTEL GUESTS USE ONLY AND THE DETACHED ONE STORY BUILDING INCLUDES 2 2500 SQUARE FOOT UNITS FOR FUTURE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES. UM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EACH OF THESE USES WILL BE OPERATED AS AN INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS, BUT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE MAINTAINED UNDER UNIFIED CONTROL. THE PROJECT IS BEING REVIEWED UNDER THE NEWLY ADOPTED CREEK DISTRICT FORM BASED CODE, WHICH WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 13TH 2023. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. AND INCLUDED REVIEW OF PERMITTED USES ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING HEIGHT AND SETBACKS. SHORELINE PROTECTION ZONES OPEN SPACE LANDSCAPING, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND DRAINAGE. TRAFFIC PUBLIC AMENITIES AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY. ACCORDING TO THE CREEK DISTRICT CODE, HOTELS AND MOTELS ARE IDENTIFIED AS PERMITTED USES WITHIN THE CREEK DISTRICT, SONY DESIGNATIONS WITHIN ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF FOUR STORIES, OR 45. FT. THE CODE ALSO ALLOWS A DEVELOPER TO INCREASE BUILDING HEIGHT UP TO 15 EXTRA FEET FOR STRUCTURES WITH PITCHED ROOFS. WHICH WILL PROVIDE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 60 FT. SHOULD BE NOTED THAT OUR CODE DOES NOT INCLUDE PARAPETS WHEN CALCULATING BUILDING HEIGHT. AND THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR DEVELOPERS TO CONCEAL ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT. SO THE PROPOSED ONE STORY BUILDING HAS A FLAT ROOF DESIGN WITH A PORTION OF IT BEING PEAK PROOF. WITH THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HIGH AT THE ROOF LEVEL OF 16 FT TO NOTED IN, UM OKAY, YELLOWISH ORANGE THERE. ADAM MAXIMUM PARAPET HEIGHT OF 20 FT. THE PEAK OF THE PITCH ROOF MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 24 TO 30 FT IN HEIGHT. THE HOTEL STRUCTURE ALSO INCLUDES A FLAT ROOF DESIGN WITH MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 42 FT EIGHT INCHES AND A MAXIMUM PARAPET HEIGHT OF 49 FT. ONE INCH THE PEAK OF THE PROPOSED PITCH ROOF MEASURES 57 FT AND EIGHT INCHES AT THE HIGHEST POINT. THE CREEK DISTRICT CODE ALLOWS A PARAPET HEIGHT. GREAT. UM HIGHER THAN 2 FT TO BE INCLUDED FROM NO MORE THAN 40% OF THE TOTAL BUILDING FACADE. UM THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING CONDITIONAL USE EXCEPTION TO ALLOW A PARAPET GREATER THAN 2 FT IN HEIGHT. TO BE INCLUDED FOR 48% OF THE TOTAL BUILDING FACADE. UM AND AGAIN. THIS IS IN ORDER TO CONCEAL ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT FROM THE PUBLIC'S VIEW. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO SEEKING CONDITIONALLY USE

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APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD TO UTILIZE AND ADJACENT PARKING GARAGE TO MEET THE DEVELOPMENTS, PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND TO PROVIDE WITH RELIEF FROM REQUIRING A SIDEWALK TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO SOUTH SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET. AND THIS IS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING OAK TREES PLANTED ALONG THE DRIVEWAY. THE SUBJECT. PARTIAL IS IDENTIFIED AS BUILDING NUMBER FIVE OF THE ROYAL POEMS, FINANCIAL CENTER CONDOMINIUM. UM THE SUBMITTED RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS RECORDED ON THE SUBJECT PARCEL. GRANTS NON EXCLUSIVE ACCESS OF FOR ACCESS PARKING, UTILITIES, SIGNAGE AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES. SECOND CONDITIONALLY PETITIONERS REQUESTING TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING PARKING GARAGE TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND ALTHOUGH THE PARKING SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN 500, FT OF THE DEVELOPMENT SITE THE CODE REQUIRES THE APPLICANT RECEIVED CONDITION AND CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL AS THE SITES ARE SEPARATED BY A PRIVATE INTERNAL ROAD. THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO SECURED AGREEMENTS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO ALLOW FOR THE PLACEMENT OF 388 PARKING SPACES WITHIN THE ADJACENT CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION JOURNAL SITE. AND REQUIRED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE INSTALLED ADJACENT TO THE PARKING GARAGE. AND THESE AGREEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AGENDA PACKET. SO PARKING CALCULATION REQUIREMENTS. THE BRO UPON FINANCIAL CENTER CONTAINS THREE EXISTING. I'M SORRY FOR EXISTING THREE STORY PROFESSIONAL OFFICE BUILDINGS, EACH WITH A SELF SERVING UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE. ALSO SEARCH HAS A ONE STORY BUILDING KNOWN AS THE CONSTRUCTION JOURNAL SITE AND A THREE STORY ENCLOSED PARKING GARAGE. AFTER REVIEW THE ENTIRE ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER DEVELOPMENT CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 660 EXISTING PARKING SPACES. WITH THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED USING USES REQUIRING A MINIMUM OF 626 PARKING SPACES. AND THIS IS PART OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN THE URBAN CODE AS WELL AS THE CREEK DISTRICT.

THESE CALCULATIONS THAT WOULD PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 34 ACCESS PARKING SPACES UPON APPROVAL OF THIS PROPOSED HOTEL DEVELOPMENT. THE THIRD CONDITION CONDITIONALLY USED PETITION IS REQUESTING RELIEF FROM REQUIRING A SIDEWALK TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THESE EXISTING OAK TREES PLANTED ALONG THE DRIVEWAY. THE STRIP OF LAND IN QUESTION IS SITUATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY, UM, ADJACENT TO THE SHOPS ON COLORADO COMMERCIAL PLAZA. AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE LIVE OAKS PLANTED WITHIN THE STRIP OF LAND THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO PRESERVE. SUBMITTED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE CITY'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT THROUGH KIM LEE HORN AND ASSOCIATES, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SURROUNDING ROADWAY NETWORK IS SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. WHICH IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 863 DAILY TRIPS. WITH 54 AM PEAK HOUR TRIPS AND 53 P M P CALORIE TRIPS. ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE PROVIDED AT A STREET AND COLORADO AVENUE WITH A RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT ONLY DRIVEWAY. SEVENTH STREET AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY WITH A RIGHT AND RIGHT OUT DRIVEWAY ONLY. AND THE PALM CITY ROAD AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY INTERSECTION WITH FULL INTERSECTION MOVEMENTS. SHORELINE PROTECTION THAT FRASURE CREEK WILL BE ENHANCED BY A 29.4 FT MINIMUM SET BACK FROM THE MEAN HIGH WATER LINE. WHICH IS, UM 19.4 FT ABOVE THE 10 FT AND REQUIRED SHORELINES PROTECTION ZONE WITHIN THE C R. A THE REQUIRED SETBACKS FOR BUILDING PLACEMENT WITHIN THE CREEK DISTRICT ARE FAR EXCEEDED, ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND OPEN SPACE THROUGHOUT THE SITE. AND IT ENHANCES THE SETBACKS, PROVIDING GREAT GREATER THE FRASURE CREEK WATERWAY. AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES SITUATED TO THE NORTH. SUBMITTED ARCHITECTURAL PLANS AND ELEVATIONS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND DETERMINED TO COMPLY WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS FOR THE CREEK DISTRICT. AN AMPLE SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS ARE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE SITE WITH PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS LEADING TO THE PARKING GARAGE AND ALSO TO SOUTHEAST COLORADO AVENUE. THE DETACHED BUILDING FRONTING ON COLORADO AVENUE WILL PROVIDE TWO UNITS FOR A RESTAURANT AND RETAIL USES. AN OUTDOOR PLAZA AND SEATING AREA WILL ALSO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SITE SERVING NOT ONLY THE RESTAURANT USE BUT ALSO, UH, TO BE INCLUDED AS A PUBLIC AMENITY. WHICH WOULD ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL SAFETY LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE SITE, AS WELL AS

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LEADING TO THE OFFSITE PARKING ACCOMMODATIONS. AND AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING THROUGHOUT. AS WELL AS BEING REQUIRED TO UPDATE THE PARKING, GARAGE LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE AND ENSURING THAT THE, UM ELEVATOR IS ACCESSIBLE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. TO MEET THE SIERRAS PUBLIC ART REQUIREMENTS THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO INSTALL A MOSAIC SELFISH WITHIN THE SIDEWALK LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE. ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN CREATING A MURAL ALONG THE RETAINING WALL ADJACENT TO SOUTHWEST A STREET IN COLORADO. AS WELL AS THE INSTALLATION OF A HISTORY OF STEWART MURAL TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL. AT THIS TIME. ALL DESIGNS ARE CONCEPTUAL, AND THEY WILL BE FINALIZED UNDER A MINOR URBAN CODE. CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION. UM WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SEPARATE APPROVAL BY THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD UPON APPROVAL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE APPLICANT HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING ON MARCH 14TH 2023 AT THE CITY OF STEWART COMMISSION CHAMBERS TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WITH APPROXIMATELY 10 RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE MEETING MINUTES FROM THIS COMMUNITY MEETING ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENDA PACKET.

AND AS PREVIOUSLY SEEN PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT WAS REQUIRED TO MAIL NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 5 300 FT OF THE PETITION SITE. AND OF THESE 40 MALE NOTICES SENT OUT TO THE CITY FROM THE CITY. UM TONIGHT'S CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES FROM ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.

HOWEVER, WE DID RECEIVE 18 RESPONSES FROM VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. UM AND IN ADDITION TO THESE 18 RESPONSES, THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 21 IN FAVOR OF RESPONSES DURING THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. UM. TWO ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF RESPONSES AT THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD. UM AND THESE RESPONSES HAVE BEEN INCLUDING THE AGENDA PACKET AND I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THERE'S A PACKET ON YOUR DIOCESE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE DEVELOPMENT FARM. AND THESE ARE ALL AFTER THE FACT. UM RESPONSES THAT WERE RECEIVED AFTER THE AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED. SO THOSE WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD AS WELL. DID DID YOU TELL HER THESE THEY WERE IN THE, UM THOSE ARE ALL FOUR. OKAY NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES, EXCEPT FOR THE TWO AT THE CITY, UH, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD THAT WERE NEGATIVE, AND THOSE WERE TWO FROM ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. BUT THIS PACKET OF EMAILS REPRESENTS SPECIFICALLY ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE NOT PEOPLE WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION BOUNDARY. THESE ARE JUST RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

CONTACTED YOU DIRECTLY CONTACTED THE CITY OF STEWART'S DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. LETTERS OF SUPPORT. HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS. RESIDENTS AS I MENTIONED, INCLUDING THE STUART MAIN STREET BOARD CREEK DISTRICT BOARD, MARTIN COUNTY CHANGED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SEEKERS BANK, SYNOVUS BANK AND THE MARTIN COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL. ON NOVEMBER 7TH 2023, THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD, HELD A PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE, PETITION AND MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE GREEK SIDE HOTEL. THE BOARD VOTED 4 TO 0, WITH THREE BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT FROM THE VOTE. UM AND THAT WAS TO FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE CITY COMMISSION. THESE PETITIONS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND DETERMINED TO COMPLY WITH OUR STANDARDS OF REVIEW AS SET FORTH IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 3.04 0.00 FOR THE CREEK DISTRICT. SECTION 3.01 0.06 FOR THE URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS. AND HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE CITY OF STEWART COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION GRANT APPROVAL FOR THIS CREEK SIDE HOTEL, MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND MAJOR URBAN CODE CONDITIONAL USE TO ALLOW A PARAPET GREATER THAN 2 FT IN HEIGHT TO BE INCLUDED FOR 48% OF THE TOTAL BUILDING FACADE. UTILIZING ADJACENT PARKING GARAGE TO MEET THE DEVELOPMENTS PARKING REQUIREMENTS. AND TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM REQUIRING A SIDE DROP SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET. SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OR APPROVAL OUTLINED UNDER RESOLUTION 04-20 24. AND THAT IS A TYPO IN THE PRESENTATION. THIS CONCLUDES STAFFS PRESENTATION.

THE APPLICANT AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE ALSO PUT TOGETHER A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

SO. IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT FIRST BEFORE MOVING ON . YES, PETITIONER? YES. WHO WANTS TO GO? GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION . MY NAME IS DANIEL SORROW. A

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SENIOR PARTNER AT KOTLER AND HEARING WE'VE BEEN DOING LAND PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND THE TREASURE COAST FOR OVER 35 YEARS BEFORE MISS NABI COMES UP TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU AS THE COMMISSION AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS PARCEL. THIS PARCEL HAS SAID SPEED DOWNTOWN CITY OF STEWART WITH EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT. IT'S REMAINED VACANT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME. IT WILL BE BE DEVELOPED. WE WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WE DO HAVE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE SUBJECT SITE. IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU HAVE A LOCAL DEVELOPER WHO HAS DONE MANY PROJECTS AND THE TREASURE COAST OF VESTED INTERESTS LIVES IN MARTIN COUNTY. SO THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART, AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT SHOULD BE RAISED AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION, SO THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR JENNA. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS JENNA NABI FROM THE LAND PLANNING FIRM OF COLLAR AND HEARING REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT OUR EXCITING NEW PROJECT KNOWN AS CREEK SIDE, HOTEL AND RETAIL. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO INTRODUCE THE PROJECT TEAM WHO HAVE ALL WORKED VERY HARD TO GET US TO THIS POINT TODAY. THE APPLICANT IS RAJ PATEL, THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS ARE DANIEL SORROW JENNA NOBBY AND THEO BERGERSEN FROM COLLAR AND HEARING. OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS ARE DARREN GETTLER AND JACOB MCCLELLAND FROM VALKANIS. ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING OR ARCHITECT IS THOMAS ADAMS WITH HARDER ADAMS, PA. OR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT IS DREW GATEWOOD WITH ADVANCED RESTORATION ECOLOGY, AND OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS SUSAN OVER WORK WITH O'ROURKE ENGINEERING AND PLANNING. CHRIS DID A GREAT JOB WITH HIS PRESENTATION. HE WAS VERY THOROUGH, SO THIS IS ALL SUPPLEMENTAL TO WHAT HE HAS ALREADY STATED, BUT A GENERAL OVERVIEW. THE SITE IS 1.62 ACRES . IT HAS THAT FUTURE LAND USE OF DOWNTOWN AND THE CREEK DISTRICT SOUTH ZONING AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF STEWART. THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS FOR A PROPOSED FOUR STORY HILTON HOTEL WITH AN ACCOMPANYING RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUILDING. THE HOTEL WILL HAVE 102 ROOMS AND THE ANTICIPATED SPLIT BETWEEN THE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUILDING WILL BE 2500 SQUARE FEET FOR THE RETAIL 2500 SQUARE FEET FOR THE RESTAURANT. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS PROJECT, THERE ARE TWO APPLICATIONS. THE FIRST IS THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND THE SECOND IS THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE APARTMENT. THIS IMAGE HERE SHOWS THE CONTEXT OF THE SUBJECT SITE WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN STUART AREA. IT IS SITUATED JUST NORTH OF THE COLORADO AND COUNTER HIGHWAY INTERSECTION A FEW BLOCKS SOUTH OF CONFUSION CORNER, AND IT HAS FRASURE CREEK RUNNING ALONG ITS NORTHEAST BOUNDARY. AND BEFORE GOING FURTHER. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, SO AS CHRIS MENTIONED, WE DID HOLD A COMMUNITY MEETING IN MARCH OF 2023. WE SENT OUT THOSE NOTICES TO PROPERTIES WITHIN 750 FT. OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND WE WANTED TO ENGAGE EARLY ON WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND GATHER THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR PROJECT AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING THIS EVENING. AND EVEN PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, THERE WERE WAYS THAT WE HAD THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION FOR THESE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR PROJECT DESIGN. THIS INCLUDES THE ENHANCED LANDSCAPE BUFFER AT THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE SITE THAT WILL PROVIDE A GREATER SEPARATION AND A GREATER BUFFER.

ADDITIONALLY THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE HOTEL IS LAID OUT SO THAT THERE ARE NO GUEST ROOM WINDOWS THAT OVERLOOK THOSE ADJACENT HOMES. THIS IS DONE BY THE GUEST ROOM WINDOWS OF THE HOTEL BEING FACING EAST AND WEST, AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH. AND LASTLY, WE ARE CONCENTRATING A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY WITHIN THE SITE ALONG COLORADO AVENUE AND AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE WHERE THIS ACTIVITY CURRENTLY EXISTS TODAY, SO KEEPING CONSISTENT WITH THOSE EXISTING CONDITIONS. AND BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THAT MEETING, THERE WERE NUMEROUS DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WE REVISED AND MOST NOTABLY, WAS THE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE SITE. THIS IMAGE HERE SHOWS A BETTER VIEW OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS PRESENTLY VACANT LAND ALONG COLORADO, THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING PARKING GARAGE WITHIN THE ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER THAT IS LOCATED JUST STEPS AWAY FROM OUR SITE. AND THERE'S ALSO THAT STABILIZED PARKING THAT IS SERVING THE BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STREET CURRENTLY AND KNOWING THAT THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN DOWNTOWN.

YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED URBAN DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT. SOME ASPECTS OF THIS PROPERTY THAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY INCLUDE THAT

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THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPED. THIS IS SEEN THROUGH THE LANGUAGE IN THIS RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT THAT STATES TED GLASS REDNESS. SOC. IT'S INTENDS TO DEVELOP THAT PORTION OF THE BUILDING FIVE PROPERTY ABUTTING COLORADO AVENUE, WHICH IS PRESENTLY VACANT LAND. ADDITIONALLY THIS PROPERTY IS ILLEGAL LAW OF RECORD AND HAS ITS OWN PARCEL ID, FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATION WITH WHICH FURTHERS THE POINT THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INTENDED TO AND WILL BE DEVELOPED. AND AS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WITH THAT TEMPORARY PARKING THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS ON THE SITE THIS PARKING WAS GRANTED THROUGH AND ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANTS AND THIS VARIANCE FOR THAT TEMPORARY PARKING DOES NOT RUN WITH THE LAND. IT'S ACTUALLY EXPIRED AS OF JANUARY, 1ST 2023 AND THIS LANGUAGE IN THE VARIANTS THAT HIGHLIGHTS THAT STATES. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED AND ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANTS TO ALLOW A TEMPORARY PARKING LOT ON CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY. TO SERVE THOSE BUSINESSES. SO JUST GOES TO SHOW THIS WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. THE PROPERTY OWNER DID NOT WANT THIS PARKING TO HINDER OR BECOME AN ENCUMBRANCE UPON THIS LAND BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPED. SO THE REQUEST FOR THE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT PARKING THAT'S ACROSS FROM FRUITS AND ROOTS THERE. YES THAT'S THE PARKING CORRECT, SO THE REQUEST FOR THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS A SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR THAT 102 ROOM HOTEL AND THE ADJACENT RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUILDING. THE SITE WILL INCLUDE A PUBLIC PLAZA DECORATIVE PAVERS, LANDSCAPING, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING AND ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT. AND THE CREEK SOUTH ZONING DISTRICT PERMITS HOTELS AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, MEANING THERE IS NO REZONING REQUIRED FOR THESE PROPOSED USES BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. THIS IMAGE HERE IS A GRAPHIC RENDERING OF OUR SITE PLAN THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW. STARTING AT COLORADO AVENUE. YOU CAN SEE THAT PUBLIC PLAZA. WE WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE A GATHERING AMENITY AND INCREASE FOOT TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY TO THE SITE. THEN WE HAVE THE ONE STORY RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUILDING THAT IS LOCATED ON COLORADO TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ARE ALONG THAT STREETSCAPE AND ALONG THAT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ENTERING THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAN WE HAVE HAVE THE FOUR STORY HOTEL LOCATED DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO IT WITH THE PICK UP AND DROP OFF AREA. AND THIS IS SITUATED IN PROXIMITY TO THE EXISTING MULTISTORY BUILDINGS WITHIN THE ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER. WITHIN THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION. THERE ARE THREE REQUESTS. THE FIRST IS TO LOCATE THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES WITHIN THAT EXISTING PARKING GARAGE AND WITHIN THE EXISTING SURFACE PARKING THAT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE SITE. THE SECOND REQUEST IS TO ALLOW A SLIGHT OVER IN THE HORIZONTAL LENGTH OF THE PARAPET ON THE HOTEL FACADE.

THE 40% THAT IS PERMITTED UNDER THE CODE WOULD EQUATE TO 64 LINEAR FEET OF OUR HOTEL FACADE BEING TAKEN UP BY A PARAPET. THE 48% THAT WERE REQUESTING THIS EVENING EQUATES TO 77.5 LINEAR FEET, WHICH IS A DIFFERENCE OF 13.5 FT. AND THIS PARAPET SERVES TO SCREEN THE ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT FROM THE STREETSCAPE AS WELL AS PROVIDE CEMETERY WITHIN THE DESIGN OF THE HOTEL. AND LASTLY, TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH WEST EAST STREET INSTEAD OF THE TWO SIDEWALKS. SO THIS GRAPHIC HERE DEPICTS THE PROXIMITY OF THE OFFSITE PARKING TO OUR SUBJECT SITE. THIS EXISTING PARKING GARAGE IS PART OF THE ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER AS WELL AS OUR PROPERTY, AND THERE IS THAT RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT THAT DOES RUN WITH THE LAND AND DOES RUN IN PERPETUITY THAT ALLOWS US THE LEGAL RIGHT TO UTILIZE THIS PARKING GARAGE FOR THE PROPERTIES NEEDS. WE DID SUBMIT A PARKING ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT DEMONSTRATES THIS GARAGE IS UNDERUTILIZED AND DOES HAVE CAPACITY TO PARK OUR PROPOSED PROJECT AS WELL AS SERVE THE EXISTING NEEDS OF THE FINANCIAL CENTER. AND THEN DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE PARKING GARAGE IS THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THOSE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING PARKING SPACES. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY OF STEWART CODA. ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SPACES BASED ON WHATEVER THEIR TOTAL NUMBER REQUIRED IS. AND FURTHER TO THE OFFSITE PARKING, SHARED PARKING AND THE UTILIZATION OF THIS EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE REALLY EXEMPLIFIES SMART PLANNING PRACTICES WHEN YOU CAN CONCENTRATE DEVELOPMENT WHERE

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THE INFRASTRUCTURE CURRENTLY EXISTS TO SERVE IT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUILD IT FROM THE GROUND UP. AND THIS IS SEEN IN THE STEWART COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THESE POLICIES ARE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED THROUGH THIS. COM PLAN WITH THESE TYPES OF SHARED PARKING ARRANGEMENTS WHEN POSSIBLE. POLICY 2.815 0.3 STATES, THE CITY SHALL PROMOTE THE USE OF SHARED PARKING ARRANGEMENTS THROUGHOUT ITS JURISDICTION IN ORDER TO REDUCE VEHICULAR MOVEMENT ON ROADWAYS, THEREBY REDUCING CONGESTION AND INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF LAND AVAILABLE FOR BUILDING OR ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPING. SO OUR SHARED PARKING ARRANGEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUART COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS IMAGE HERE HIGHLIGHTS THE THIRD REQUEST WITHIN THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH IS THE REQUEST FOR ONE SIDEWALK INSTEAD OF TWO ON THE STREETSCAPE OF SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET. SO AS CHRIS HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, THE TREES WITHIN THAT SOLID MEDIA ARE WITHIN OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARY , AND BY THE CODE, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BUILD A SIDEWALK EXACTLY WHERE THAT SOLID MEDIUM IS. HOWEVER WE FEEL IT IS IN THE MOST BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY AND WITH THIS PROJECT TO KEEP THIS AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS, AND OUR LANDSCAPE PLAN PROPOSES TO ENHANCE THIS AREA WITH DECORATIVE PLANTING BEDS AND SOME ADDITIONAL MATERIAL, UM WITH THE CONNECTIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING TO THOSE EXISTING SIDEWALKS AND WHAT WE ARE BUILDING ON OUR SITE. THERE IS NO LOSS OF CONNECTIVITY IN THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT BY NOT HAVING A SIDEWALK HERE, SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ASPECT. AND SOME FEATURES WITHIN THE PROJECT DESIGNED THAT REALLY EXEMPLIFY THE LOW IMPACT DESIGN FEATURES AND THE AESTHETIC FEATURES. WE'VE INCLUDED, UM, INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN INCLUDE PERMEABLE PAVERS THAT ARE SEEN IN THE PLAZA, THE SIDEWALK AND THE PARKING STALLS.

THE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING TO CREATE BETTER AESTHETICS. WE ALL KNOW THAT LANDSCAPING CAN MAKE OR BREAK A SITE. AND SO WE FEEL THAT OUR LANDSCAPE PLAN HAS REALLY HIGHLIGHTED AND, UH BEAUTIFIED WHAT THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT COULD BE. THE PRESERVATION OF THE MATURE LIVE OAKS SHADE TREES ALONG COLORADO AVENUE. WE KNEW FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT WE WANTED TO KEEP THESE TREES AND THEIR EXISTING LOCATION. SO WHEN WE WERE CONSULTING WITH OUR ENGINEERS, WE TOLD THEM TO MAKE IT WORK. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THOSE TREES THERE, SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD A RETAINING WALL AROUND THOSE TREES AND KEEP THEM IN THEIR CURRENT LOCATION, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE VALUE THAT THEY ADD TO THIS STREETSCAPE. ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE AN INCREASED SHORELINE PROTECTION SETBACK FROM FRASURE CREEK. THE CODE WITH THE SIERRA IS A 10. FT SET PACK SETBACK FOR THE SHORELINE PROTECTION ZONE, AND WE ARE PROPOSING A 29.4 FT.

SETBACK WHICH IS A DIFFERENCE OF 19.4 FT. AND THEN LASTLY, THE UTILIZATION OF THAT EXISTING PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS IS HUGE BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT THROUGH THE REDUCTION OF ALL OF THAT ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT AND HARDSCAPE WE WOULD NEED TO BUILD IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PARKING CARS. THIS IMAGE HERE SHOWS THE OAK TREES ALONG COLORADO THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO KEEPING THEIR CURRENT LOCATION AND THAT RETAINING WALL THAT'S BUILT AROUND THEM ON COLORADO IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR OUR ADDITIONAL ASPECT OF PUBLIC ART, WHICH IS THAT MURAL ALONG COLORADO. THERE'S ALREADY MURALS THAT EXIST ALONG COLORADO AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A MURAL DONE BY A LOCAL ARTIST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING PUBLIC ART THAT'S IN THIS AREA OF COLORADO IN THE CREEK DISTRICT. THIS IMAGE HERE SHOWS SOME OF THE PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES WITHIN THAT RETAINING LAWS SUCH AS THE SEAT BENCHES AND THEN ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE UNIFIED ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN THE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUILDING AS WELL AS THE HOTEL. EVEN THOUGH THESE BUILDINGS ARE NOT STRUCTURALLY CONNECTED. WE WANTED THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY WERE 11 PIECE, ESSENTIALLY. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE NUMEROUS BENEFITS TO THE CITY OF STEWART. THE FIRST OF WHICH IS PROVIDING DOWNTOWN STUART WITH A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HOTEL BRAND THAT WILL PROMOTE TOURISM IN THE AREA. WE FEEL THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO STAY IN DOWNTOWN WHENEVER THEY COME AND VISIT US IN THE CITY, AND, UH, HILTON HAS VERY HIGH STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND CLEANLINESS, SO WE KNOW THAT THOSE STANDARDS WILL BE MAINTAINED THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT AND WOULD UM, BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THIS PROJECT WILL STIMULATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THROUGH PROVIDING JOBS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SITE, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE FULL TIME STAFF THAT WORK AT THE HOTEL AND

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THE RETAIL AND THE RESTAURANT, AND ADDITIONALLY ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE WORKERS THAT WILL BE COMING IN ON A CONSISTENT BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP AND RUNNING AS IT SHOULD.

THIS PROJECT WILL ADD A NEW CUSTOMER BASE FOR THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA WHEN WE HAVE NEW GUESTS COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN AND STAYING IN THE CITY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PATRONS AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GUESTS TO ALL OF THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN, SO THAT EXTERNAL MONEY THAT THEY'RE BRINGING INTO THIS AREA WILL BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN, BUT ALL THE OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THIS AREA. ADDITIONALLY THIS PROJECT WILL ENCOURAGE CONSUMERS SPENDING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN SHOWN THAT PEOPLE SPEND A LITTLE MORE WHEN THEY'RE ON VACATION, AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR THE CITY AND ITS LOCAL BUSINESSES TO SEE THAT BENEFIT WITH THESE ADDITIONAL VISITORS THAT THE THAT THE HOTEL WILL BRING IN THIS PROJECT WILL PROMOTE ALTERNATE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO DOWNTOWN THROUGH THE TRAM STOP THAT'S LOCATED OUT FRONT OF THE HOTEL. WE WOULD LOVE FOR GUESTS OF THE HOTEL TO PARK THEIR CAR AT THE GARAGE, LEAVE IT THERE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THEIR VISIT, AND THEN UTILIZE THE TRIM AND THE TRAM. STOP RIGHT OUT FRONT, TOO. GO AND EXPLORE DOWNTOWN AND SEE ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT IT HAS TO OFFER. AND LASTLY, THIS PROJECT WILL ENHANCE THE CHARACTER OF THE CREEK DISTRICT THROUGH OUR PROPOSED PUBLIC ART, WHICH INCLUDES THAT MURAL ALONG COLORADO AND THEN THE PAVER DESIGN, WHICH I HAVE AN IMAGE OF SO THIS RENDERING HERE SHOWS THAT BETTER VIEW OF THE PUBLIC PLAZA ALONG COLORADO AVENUE AGAIN. WE'D LOVE FOR THAT TO BE A GATHERING AMENITY AND NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ANY POTENTIAL RESTAURANT USE THAT MAY GO IN THERE, AND ADDITIONALLY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS ONE STORY RETAIL BUILDING, UM IS IN SCALE WITH THAT HOTEL BEHIND IT. THIS IMAGE HIGHLIGHTS ONE OF OUR ASPECTS OF THE PUBLIC ART, WHICH IS THAT PROPOSED PAVER DESIGN. WE WANTED IT TO BE A SAILFISH TO BE REPRESENTATIVE AND CHARACTERISTIC TO THE CITY OF STEWART. AND SO THIS WOULD BE YOUR VIEW WHEN YOU'RE ENTERING THE SITE FROM THE PARKING GARAGE AND WOULD BE A WAY TO WELCOME YOU TO THE SITE, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT DOWNTOWN TRAM THEY'RE PICKING GUESTS UP FROM THE HOTEL AND TAKING HIM TO GO HAVE DINNER DOWNTOWN. OUR PROJECT TEAM MET WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF STEWART EARLY ON IN THIS PROCESS TO GET THEIR INPUT, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM THE CREEK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS STEWART MAIN STREET, THE STUART MARTIN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE MARTIN COUNTY COUNCIL OF ARTS, AND WE KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CREEK DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS PROJECT WILL ENCOURAGE THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT THROUGH OUR PUBLIC ART THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AND ADDITIONALLY IT'LL BECOME AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRIENDS OF THE CREEK PROGRAM THAT IS ESTABLISHED. AND WE KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE VIBRANCY WITHIN THE CREEK DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT IS KNOWN FOR, AND WE WANT TO FURTHER ADD THAT VIBRANCY AND SYNERGY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

MOVING INTO THE FORM BASED ZONING CODE. THE CREEK DISTRICT CODE. THIS WAS ADOPTED IN FEBRUARY OF 23RD OF 2023, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS UTILIZING THIS NEW FORM BASED ZONING CODE. AND WITH THAT WE REALLY WANT TO SET THE BAR AND BE THE EXAMPLE FOR WHAT THIS CODE IS INTENDED TO BE. THE ARCHITECTURE WAS MODIFIED TO BE IN HARMONY WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING FEATURES. THIS IS SEEN THROUGH THE COASTAL ACCENT COLORS AND THE COASTAL PALETTE THAT WE'VE DECIDED ON THE WOOD FINISHES THAT ARE SEEN ON BOTH BUILDINGS AS WELL AS THOSE COASTAL ARCHITECTURE FEATURES. I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE FOUR STORY BUILDINGS AND A 45 FT HEIGHT IS PERMITTED WITHIN THE CREEK SELF ZONING DISTRICT, AND THERE IS NO BUILDING HEIGHT VARIANTS BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS APPLICATION.

THIS RENDERING KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS TO A PROTOTYPICAL DESIGN THAT YOU WOULD SEE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE COASTAL ACCENT FEATURES ON THOSE STRIPES THAT WOULD FINISHING THE MUTED EARTH TONE PASTELS THAT ARE REQUIRED WITHIN THE CREEK DISTRICT CODE.

AND AGAIN. THESE COLORS AND MATERIALS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CREEK DISTRICT CODE. THE CITY CIVIL ENGINEER CAP TECH ENGINEERING HAS REVIEWED THE STORMWATER REPORTING CALCULATIONS FOR OUR PROJECT AND APPROVED THE PROPOSED STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE PROJECT. THIS SYSTEM ACCOUNTS FOR THE EXISTING CONDITIONS CURRENTLY SEEN ON THE SITE, AS WELL AS OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AND THESE ARE THE STORM WATER SYSTEM IS IN

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COMPLIANCE WITH ALL CITY OF STEWART AND SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS. THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER, KIM LEE HORN, HAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND THE PARKING STUDY FOR OUR PROPOSED PROJECT AND LANGUAGE FROM THE KIM LEE HORN LETTER STATES BASED ON THE EXPECTED PROJECT IMPACT THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND TURN EXTERNAL TO THE SITE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROJECT HAS RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM CITY STAFF AND ALL REVIEWING DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN A DEEP DIVE INTO OUR PLANS . THIS PROJECT WENT BEFORE THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD ON NOVEMBER 7TH 2023 AND THE CRB TAKES THE PLACE OF THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY WHEN A SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SIERRA SUCH AS OURS. AND THE CRB UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR BOTH OF THE APPLICATIONS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING MEMBERS WAS ABSENT. WHO WOULD BE A NO VOTE JUST FOR THE RECORD. CONTINUOUS NO. THE APPLICANT IS AGREEABLE TO ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT ARE OUTLINED IN RESOLUTION. 04-20 24. HOWEVER WE DO REQUEST TO AMEND CONDITION 28 TO CLARIFY THAT OUTDOOR MUSIC WITHIN THE OUTDOOR POOL AREA PERTAINS TO LIVE MUSIC DONE BY A BAND AND DOES NOT PROHIBIT BACKGROUND OR AMBIENT MUSIC WITHIN THE OUTDOOR POOL AREA, AND THIS WOULD STILL, OF COURSE, MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY AND ALL CITY OF STEWART ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO NOISE LEVELS AND TIMES OF DAY FOR NOISE. ADDITIONALLY THERE'S NOT ENOUGH BAR UPSTAIRS AND LAST FLOOR IS THERE? NO, THERE'S NO ROOFTOP BAR. I THINK THE PEOPLE HAD HEARD THAT THERE IS NO ROOFTOP BAR BEING PROPOSED FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU, AND THEN, ADDITIONALLY, WE REQUEST TO OOPS. VERY NICE. LOW BATTERY. BREAK TIME. HOLD ON, HAVEN'T STARTED. GREEN. THAT'S WHERE IT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND FURTHER WE REQUEST TO AMEND CONDITION 28 TO STATE THAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE POOL SHALL ALSO FOLLOW THE CITY OF STEWART NOISE ORDINANCES AND SHALL OPERATE FROM DAWN TO 1 TO 2 HOURS AFTER DUSK, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON AND THE TIME CHANGE, AS WE KNOW THAT CAN VARY SO JUST WANTED TO REQUEST TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE WITHIN CONDITION 28 TO REFLECT THOSE TWO CHANGES. AND CONSISTENT WITH THE CARBS, UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL AND THE CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COMMISSION FOR BOTH APPLICATIONS, MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE. WE HAVE OUR PROJECT TEAM HERE AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. MADAM CAN I WANT SINCE YOU'RE STILL UP THERE? CAN YOU GIVE US THE TIME? THE TIMELINE LIKE FIVE MONTHS? 20 MONTHS, 30 MONTHS. I DON'T THINK YOU PUT THAT IN THERE. IF IT WERE APPROVED. WHEN WOULD IT BE? I BELIEVE THAT CONSTRUCTION WE WOULD WE WOULD MOVE RIGHT INTO CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND BUILDING PERMITS. IF THIS IS APPROVED, AND I BELIEVE THAT CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT ANTICIPATED TIMEFRAME IS ABOUT 18 MONTHS. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR HAD QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. WRITE ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS? YEAH, SURE . TIME FOR QUESTIONS. I HAD SOME QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION AND OUR AGENDA PACKET. I WANTED TO START WITH.

THE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR CONDITIONAL USE YOU THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITEMS ON HERE, YOU KNOW 10 OR 11 ITEMS, BUT MY ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO ITEM NINE. BUT I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND READ BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL END UP UP THERE. BUT THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT OUT OF SCALE. WITH THE USE IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE DISTRICT. AND I THINK EVEN BEFORE I GET INTO THIS ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT I THINK IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE MUDDY, AT LEAST AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. IS THERE IS. THIS PROJECT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THAT GARAGE. BEING ABLE TO HAVE YOUR PARKING IN THAT GARAGE ALLOWS THIS PROJECT TO HAPPEN. THERE IS NO BY RIGHT I'VE HEARD

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THAT SAID A FEW TIMES THAT YOU KNOW THIS MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS BY RIGHT THERE ISN'T THIS PROJECT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PARK IT BECAUSE WE CANNOT PARK IT ON SITE. SAVE TWO SPACES WERE EVEN NEEDING TO PUT OUR HANDICAPPED SPOTS ON THE ACROSS.

UM WHATEVER THAT LITTLE STREET IS RIGHT THERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION JOURNAL BUILDING.

SO BASICALLY THIS THIS PROJECT IS. AT THE DISCRETION OF THIS COMMISSION. THERE'S NOTHING BY RIGHT. SO THAT SAID JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. NUMBER NINE. THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT OUT OF SCALE WITH THE USE IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE DISTRICT. AND WITH THE EXISTING USES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS PROJECT AT FOUR STORIES. WOULD BE THE FIRST ON COLORADO REFERENCED IN THESE, YOU KNOW. EXCEPTIONS HERE FOR CONDITIONAL USE. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT IN HERE ABOUT THE ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER, WHICH IT IS TECHNICALLY A PART OF IN THE PLAT. BUT THOSE BUILDINGS AROUND US ONE THOSE FOUR STORY LARGE GLASS OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE ON US ONE. THIS PROJECT IS ON COLORADO. THAT'S THIS FOUR STORY BUILDING WOULD BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. AT THE ENTRANCE OF COLORADO. WOULD YOU AGREE? THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON COLORADO AVENUE. THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT SO. HOW DO YOU CAN YOU JUST RECALL? I'M SURE YOU'VE LOOKED A LOT OF THIS PROJECT. ANYTHING ON COLORADO THAT SURROUNDS IT ON THE OTHER THREE SIDES. THAT COMES CLOSE IN TERMS OF SCALE.

TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE. OUR ONE STORY, RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUILDING WILL BE THE CLOSEST BUILDING AND IS LOCATED ALONG COLORADO, WHICH IS IN SCALE WITH THE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE ON COLORADO AVENUE AS WELL. THE FOUR STORY HOTEL THAT IS A PART OF THIS PROJECT, THE FOUR STORY HOTEL COLORADO, SITUATED NOT DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO COLORADO. WE HAD PUT THE ONE YOU WOULD SAY THAT THIS PARCEL IS NOT ON COLORADO. THE PARCEL IN ITS ENTIRETY IS ON ITS EAST BOUNDARY ADJACENT TO COLORADO AVENUE. BUT WE DID INTENTIONALLY PLACED THAT FOUR STORY BUILDING TO BE CLOSEST TO THE MULTISTORY BUILDINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE FINANCIAL CENTER, AND THE HOTEL IS NOT DIRECTLY ON COLORADO. THE ONE STORY RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUILDING IS ON COLORADO. EVEN IF WE WANT TO HANG ON THE ROYAL POMP FINANCIAL AREA. YOU HAVE THAT CONSTRUCTION JOURNAL BUILDING THAT'S BEHIND YOU. THAT'S NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO FOUR STORIES, AND THEN YOU HAVE A PARKING GARAGE AS THE OTHER SIDE BUFFER, SO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE SEEING? BESIDES WHAT'S OUT ON US ONE THAT COMES CLOSE AND SCALE TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. THAT'S WHY WE HAD INTENTIONALLY PLACED THE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUILDING AGAIN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU CURRENTLY SEE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON COLORADO. OKAY? ANYTHING ELSE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND COMMISSIONER IF I MAY, UM, BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE PARKING GARAGE. THERE IS THAT RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS US THE LEGAL RIGHT TO UTILIZE THAT PARKING GARAGE. IT WAS A RECORDED AGREEMENT THAT WAS EXECUTED IN 2010 AND WAS AWAY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROPERTY COULD BE DEVELOPED TO ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE AND WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT PARKING GARAGE AS PART OF THAT SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT . ABSOLUTELY, BUT WITH THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP HERE. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THIS COMMISSION APPROVING WHATEVER'S GOING TO GO IN HERE. IF IT'S GOING TO USE THAT GARAGE, CORRECT. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THAT GARAGE WITH THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY SET UP.

THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES WOULD END THAT PRIVATE ROADWAY THAT CHRIS MENTIONED DOES SEPARATE OUR SITE FROM THE PARKING GARAGE . HOWEVER THAT AGREEMENT DOES RUN WITH THE LAND AND DOES RUN IN PERPETUITY. SO THERE ARE NO PARTIES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO CHANGE USE OF THE PARKING GARAGE WITHOUT ALL PARTIES ABANDONING THAT EASEMENT AGREEMENT. I UNDERSTAND. FOR ME PERSONALLY, THE E V CHARGERS THING I THINK IS UNNECESSARY. I DON'T THINK IT'S WHAT THE AVERAGE RESIDENT HERE CARES ABOUT THAT MUCH IS REQUIRING. HOW MANY HAVE YOU CHARGERS DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE ON THIS SITE? 12 TOTAL, AND THERE ARE TWO CURRENTLY ON THIS SITE, AND THEN THE 10 ARE PART OF THAT REQUEST FOR THE PARKING TO BE LOCATED NEXT TO THE PARKING GARAGE IS WHERE I THINK THINGS

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GET RIDICULOUS BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA BE HAVING TO STUFF 10 TV CHARGES IN THE GARAGE IS THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INSIDE THE GARAGE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PARKING GARAGE WITHIN THAT SURFACE PARKING FAIR ENOUGH. SO I KIND OF WANT TO DO. OH, YOU TOO. I'M HERE. WHAT IS OUR WHAT IS OUR MINIMUM IN TERMS OF PERVIOUS AND IMPERVIOUS. CODE HERE, SURFACE WISE. FOR THE CREEK DISTRICT. FOR THIS PARCEL. WHAT WOULD BE THIS TYPICALLY USUALLY AROUND 50 TO 65. UM, BUT LET ME PULL THE INFORMATION MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS WOULD BE. TO SO I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACTLY IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW IS WHAT I THOUGHT. ABSOLUTELY SORRY, BUT WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT AND OUR AGENDA PACKET ON PAGE 544. AS I SAW IT LISTED AND MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT MY WHEELHOUSE. UM 72% OF THIS IS IMPERVIOUS, WHICH TO ME SEEMED LIKE MORE THAN I'M PULLING UP THE SIGHTLINE RIGHT NOW ENOUGH. BECAUSE THAT WAS A CONCERN. I HAD HIS I KNOW BACK IN MAY 2020 WHEN FORMER MAYOR MATHESON WAS HERE. THIS SITE WAS YOU KNOW A HOT SPOT FOR CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE WITH FRASURE CREEK. AND THAT WAS A MUCH LESS INTENSIVE USED. PROJECT AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO MY CONCERNS IMMEDIATELY WENT TO DRAINAGE. AND HOW EXACTLY, WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT BEHIND CHECKING BOXES ON PAPERWORK FRASURE CREEK. YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE SITE PLAN OUT. MORE OF THIS PROJECT ISN'T SERBIA'S THEN WE NORMALLY ALLOWED BY CODE, SO THE TOTAL TOTAL IMPERVIOUS CALCULATIONS AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE IN BLUE THAT I'M JUST KIND OF OUTLINING, OR 76 OR I'M SORRY, 65.74% OKAY? THAT INCLUDES THE VEHICULAR USE AREA BUILDING COVERAGE, SIDEWALKS AND HARD SCAPES AND THE POOL. FAIR ENOUGH. THE OTHER. POINT THAT CAME UP IN YOUR PRESENTATION. WAS THIS BEING A BENEFIT FOR SMALL BUSINESS? RIGHT WHICH I UNDERSTAND WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE AREA. THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND FREQUENT BUSINESSES. MY CONCERNS WOULD BE MORE FOR THE IMMEDIATE BUSINESSES THAT ARE RIGHT AROUND HERE, PARTICULARLY THIS PLAZA THAT CONTAINS FRUITS AND ROOTS. AND HONEY HONEY. SO. I THINK OF MY FAMILY, RIGHT? LIKE ALL I CAN DO IS REFERENCE. MY EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY AND MY CONCERN IS IF MY WIFE AND KIDS CANNOT EASILY PARK IN FRONT OF THAT BUILDING BECAUSE MAYBE THERE'S COMPETITION WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE STAYING IN THIS HOTEL, THERE'S A LOT MORE DEMAND FOR PARKING SPACES. NOW WE'VE LOST SOME OF THE OVERFLOW PARKING FOR THEIR STAFF, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS NOT GUARANTEED. BASED ON THOSE AGREEMENTS. MY CONCERN IS IF WE'RE FORCING PATRONS INTO THAT GARAGE, WHICH I'VE NEVER EVEN BEEN IN, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU IF WE'RE FORCING PATRONS INTO THAT GARAGE THAT MIGHT DAMAGE THE ABILITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY THAT PLAZA THAT ARE RIGHT THERE. TO OPERATE IN THE SAME WAY TO HAVE HISTORICALLY SO THAT'S A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I DO SEE YES. TO YOUR POINT MORE HUMAN BEINGS ARE GOING TO BE COMING INTO THE CITY. BUT I DO WORRY FOR THE BUSINESSES IMMEDIATELY AROUND THERE. AND THEN I DO THINK THAT POINT THAT YOU QUOTED FROM KIM LEE HORN WAS MILDLY.

ALARMING WHICH IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ROADS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT. THAT THAT'S SORT OF LIKE WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING TO GO TO CHURCH. AND YOU SAY TO YOUR WIFE, YOU TURNED OFF THE YOU TURN OFF THE OVEN, RIGHT? SO I THINK I DID. DOESN'T INSPIRE CONFIDENCE, BUT I'LL SAVE MY TRAFFIC QUESTIONS FOR MS ROURKE. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYMORE. IN AMERICA AHEAD, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD, COMMISSION. MCDONALD GO AHEAD. OK SO I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS I WANT TO SERVE. JESSICA SEYMOUR HAD BEEN SWORN IN OR IF I COULD ASK JESSICA AH QUESTION AS A JUST AN ADDITION TO OUR PLANNERS PRESENT ATION. WE WANTED. SO UM, SOME OF THEM DON'T BELIEVE THAT SHE'S UNDER OATH OR A WITNESS, BUT WE CAN GUESS CAN START CALLING WITNESSES REALIZE PLATE, UM, NOT WITH WANTED TO ENSURE THAT HAVE TO OKAY? IT'S WEARING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I FORGOT TO THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO PROVIDE TO YOU SWEAR OR

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AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES.

THANK YOU. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE IS I'VE HEARD ALL A LOT OF DISCUSSION FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY USED TO WHAT WE CALL OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AREA, AND THOSE ARE ALL BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE OR EVEN NOT NOT NEW BUILDINGS BEING BUILT. SO THERE'S I WANT YOU TO FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN HERE. WHO HAVE NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PAST YEAR, UP WITH OUR FORM BASED CODE AND JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE QUITE AWARE OF THOSE TWO OR THREE STREETS THAT WE HAVE DOWNTOWN ON SEMINAL AND WHERE THE COLORADO IN ANOTHER PLACES ARE LOCATED. UM WHAT'S THE OTHER STREET, SEMINOLE AND OSCEOLA? SORRY AND WE'VE HAD NEW BUILDINGS ON OSCEOLA STREET, BUT I WANT YOU TO TELL US SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. AND THE NEW ZONING CODE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IN THIS AREA. IN A SMALL NUTSHELL. BEFORE A LOT OF QUESTIONS START COMING UP. ABSOLUTELY. SO JESSICA SEYMOUR FROM TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.

I WORKED VERY CLOSELY. WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF STEWART STAFF TO UPDATE THE CODE FOR THIS AREA THAT WAS ADOPTED IN FEBRUARY. AS MENTIONED, WE ACTUALLY KICKED OFF THAT EFFORT IN OCTOBER OF 2021. VERY BRIEFLY , THOUGH THE URBAN CENTER WAS HISTORICALLY WHAT THAT ZONING DISTRICT HAD PREVIOUSLY WHEN IT WAS UPDATED AND ADAPTED TO BE THE CREEK SOUTH, AND INCLUDED SEVERAL OUTREACH EFFORTS. ALONG THE WAY. UM ONE OF THE KEY POINTS I WANTED TO BRING UP OR MENTION IS THAT WE DID NOT INCREASE HEIGHT. WE DID NOT RULE. ADD THE HOTEL USE TO THE MATRIX. THAT'S ALREADY A USE THAT WAS PERMITTED AT THAT LOCATION, AS WAS THE FOURTH STORY HEIGHT AND THE 45 FT, SO THOSE WERE NOT ELEMENTS THAT CHANGED IN THE CODE. UM PREVIOUSLY, THE URBAN CENTER ZONING DESIGNATION ALLOWED FOR ZERO. FOOT SETBACKS IN THAT AREA , SO IT ACTUALLY COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINES AS PART OF THE CODE UPDATE. WE RECOMMENDED 10 FT SIDE BACKS AT THE SIDE STREETS, UM, STREETS WITHOUT ALLEYS, UM, AND A LARGER ON OPPORTUNITY ACTUALLY TO HAVE THE BUILDING SETBACK, AS OPPOSED TO A BILL TO LINE WHICH MEANT THAT YOU HAD TO BUILD THE BUILDING UP TO THE FRONT. PREVIOUSLY THE CODE ALSO REQUIRED A TWO STORY BUILDING AT THAT LOCATION. WE HEARD THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE COMMUNITY WAS AMENABLE TO A ONE STORY BUILDING AT THAT SITE, SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE SETBACK AND HEIGHT CHANGES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED AND THEN ADOPTED AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. I ALSO JUST TO MENTION THE PROCESS OF THE OUTREACH. UM, IT WENT. WE HAD 100 AND 14 PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERVIEWED AND ATTENDED WORKSHOPS AND TOURS. WE PARTICIPATED IN THE COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR, AI REACH OUTREACH, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS. WE, UM WE ALSO IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIRED MAILED NOTICES. THERE WERE 3500 POSTCARDS SENT 1500 FLYERS DISTRIBUTED AND 400 DOOR HANGERS THAT WAS ALL IN 2022. SO EVERYONE WAS SICK OF SEEING ME AND SCIARRA STAFF AT THAT POINT, UM, AGAIN SOME NOTABLE CHANGES ABOUT THE CODE NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE BIG PICTURE IDEAS LIKE PERMITTED USE AND SETBACKS WAS THAT WE. INCLUDED THAT REQUIREMENT THAT MAY MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SHOULD HOST A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP WHICH WAS MENTIONED IN THIS PROJECT. UM WE ALSO IN THE CODE RECOMMENDED THE RECOMMENDED CONNECTION, SO THERE'S BEEN IN THAT SITE PLAN RIGHT THERE, WHERE IT'S LABELED SOUTHWEST, A STREET. THAT SECTION OF THE SITE WAS IDENTIFIED AS A RECOMMENDED, UM CONNECTION, WHICH IS FAR AS THE CODE MECHANISM MEANS THAT IT HAD TO BE ELEVATED TO THE STANDARD OF A THOROUGHFARE, WHICH IS, UM, WOULD REQUIRE THE SIDEWALKS WERE MENTIONED. SO THAT'S A NEW REQUIREMENT. THAT WAS NOT IN THE CODE. PREVIOUSLY UM WE PUT SOME MORE RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT WAS ALLOWED ON THE SHORELINE PROTECTION ZONE. FOR EXAMPLE, NO PARKING UM, UM, TRYING TO BE THE BIG 12 IS ALSO A LIMIT ON BUILDING MASSING THE URBAN CENTER CODE, WHICH IS USED ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY DOES ALLOW FOR LONG BUILDINGS. UM AND WE IN AS PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC OUTREACH WE RECEIVED RECOMMENDED A LIMIT ON

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THE PUBLIC ON THE MASSING OF BUILDINGS, SO THERE IS A BREAK UP OF BUILDINGS AS THEY ARE BUILT. UM, THAT LIMIT IS REFLECTED IN THE SITE PLAN. WE ALSO INCLUDED A MECHANISM FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN SPACE. SO UM, OPEN SPACES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC AS AN OPTION FOR APPLICANTS. WE ALSO MENTIONED THE THIS IS THE FIRST CODE THAT INCLUDES CALLING OUT AND ENCOURAGING THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF STEWART. WHICH INCLUDES THE PREVIOUS PREVIOUS PAYMENT, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE BEING THE RETENTION OF EXISTING SHADE TREES. ALL THOSE PIECES WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE UPDATED CODE THAT WE'RE NOT IN THE URBAN OUTREACH THE URBAN CENTER PREVIOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MISS JESSICA. MADAM MAYOR. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT FROM, UM I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T SEE VINCE FESTIVAL CIONI, YOU MIGHT BE SITTING OUTSIDE OUR FIRE CHIEF, BUT I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME AN APPROACH ME WITH REGARD TO THE IS OUR FIRE CHIEF HERE. THANK YOU, CHIEF, COULD YOU ABOUT THE THIS IF THIS HOTEL WHERE TO GO IN, IT WOULD BE A ONE WAY IN COMMENTS SOUTH ON COLORADO. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONE WAY OUTGOING ON THE RIGHT GOING SOUTH, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED INPUT TO THE STAFF. UH, IN THE REVIEW OF THIS, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST TELL THE PUBLIC UM, HOW THIS KIND OF THING WOULD WORK WITH 100 AND TWO BED HOTEL AT THE EDGE OF COLORADO THERE AND, UM, HOW QUICKLY IF ANY, IF ANY LEVEL OF SERVICE WOULD BE COMPROMISED. UM, EASIEST THING FOR US. OR FOR ME. I'M SORRY. IS WHEN WE REVIEWED THIS, UM THE FRONT IS A STREET WOULD BE THE ACCESS ROAD FOR US OKAY AROUND NOW IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT BACK UM, ACCESS ROAD IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE DRIVEN DOWN PER SE THREW AWAY. NOT CORRECT, SIR. WE REALLY WOULDN'T BE UTILIZING THAT BACK. BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO BACK OUT. SO FOR US, IT WOULD BE THE REALLY THE EIGHTH STREET. FOR ACCESS. I WOULD GO OUT TO US ONE AND THEN GO BACK AROUND. NO, WE WOULD COME IN ON COME OUT ON THE RIGHT. OKAY? YEAH, SO WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH IT. WITH ACCESS.

THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM MAYOR. I'M GOING TO RESERVE MY OTHER COMMENTS AS WELL FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. MCDONALD OKAY, JESSICA, YOU STILL HERE? I'M SORRY. YOU ARE KIND OF OUR CREEK DISTRICT EXPERTS. SO UM, SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS REGARDING, UM THE SCALE AND SO, UM, DID WE CONTEMPLATE FOUR STORY BUILDINGS IN THE CREEK DISTRICT? SO WE CONTEMPLATED A LOT ABOUT THE FOUR STORY BUILDINGS IN CREEK NORTH BECAUSE CREEK NORTH, I MEAN, SO THAT'S NORTH OF THE FRASER CREEK AS FAR AS SOUTH OF FRASURE CREEK, THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT OR DIRECTION TO ADJUST ANY OF THE HEIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS AND AGAIN, IT WAS ALREADY A FOUR STORY HYPE FOR HOTELS AND RESIDENTIAL AS PART OF THE ZONING DISTRICT IN URBAN CENTER.

AND DID WE ENDURING THE IN THE CREEK CREEK DISTRICT? IF I RECALL WE'VE SPENT WHAT ABOUT 1516 MONTHS WORKING ON THAT? I KNOW WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND SO WE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHEN WE AT THE SAME TIME WE DID THE CREEK DISTRICT. WE ALSO DID. E. STEWART FORM BASED CODE IN IN EAST STEWART. WE REQUIRED, UM, THE COMMISSION APPROVAL FOR ANYTHING OVER THREE STORIES, BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT IN THE GREEK NORTH, NOT NOT IN THE CREEK CREEK, SOUTH CREEK SOUTH. THERE ARE I BELIEVE IT'S A SIMILAR MECHANISM BECAUSE AGAIN, THE SITES ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN WHAT'S IN THE CREEK. SOUTH SOUTH OF THE CREATE THE PARCEL SIZES ARE MUCH LARGER. YOU GO NORTH OF THE CREEK. THE PARCEL SIZES ARE MUCH SMALLER, AND WE WANTED TO MEET YOU. WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, KEEPING ATTENTION TO THAT HISTORIC FABRIC OF THE SCALE OF THE BUILDINGS. UH NO TO THE NORTH OF THE CREEK AND WHEN AND WHEN WE, UM. EDWIN LEE. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CREEK DISTRICT DID WE WERE DISCUSSING? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND PLEASE HELP ME REFRESH MY MEMORY. THERE WAS USE. WE DID DISCUSS HOTELS AS A AUTHORIZED USE. ABSOLUTELY WELL, IT WAS NOT. IT WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE EXISTING USES THAT WERE PART OF THE URBAN CENTER.

WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT USES, BUT THOSE WERE PRIMARILY IN ADJUSTING FOR THE AREA THAT'S

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CALLED NOW THE CREEK INDUSTRIAL BECAUSE THAT WAS A LOT OF CONCERN FOR WHAT THOSE EXISTING USES ARE AND MAKING IT COMPATIBLE WITH THE VISION FOR THE YOU KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN OF THE CREEK DISTILLERY. WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS SITE IN PARTICULAR, FAR AS A USER? UM I DON'T KNOW IT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS A LONG PROCESS. SO UM, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT USES IS WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE ANY INVESTMENT BACKED EXPECTATIONS THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A TAKING BY REMOVING USES OR HEIGHTS JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE'S UM UM IF THERE'S AN ALIVE APPLICATION OR LIFE PROCESS. SO I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHEN THAT PROCESS STARTED, BUT THERE HAS BEEN INTEREST FROM OTHER OTHER APPLICANTS FOR HOTELS IN THE AREA. SO WE WERE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, UM, CHRIS. TO OUR THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU, JESSICA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. DON'T GET COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, CHRIS. UM JUST FIRST, THE SHARED PARKING ARE CALM, PLANNED A REFERENCED AND JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT OUR CAMP PLAN DOES I THINK IT SAYS PROMOTE THE USE OF SHARED PARKING ARRANGEMENTS. IT DOES. YES, I INCLUDED THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT AS WELL. OKAY WE HAVE YOU REVIEWED THE SHARED PART OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE EASEMENT FOR DEPARTMENT. YES, I HAVE. OKAY AND. IT. IS IT ADEQUATE? MAKE THE REQUIREMENTS.

YES IT'S AGAIN. IT'S CALLED THE ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT.

IT INCLUDES ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT THAT'S NOT ON THAT REPRESENTATION. BUT ALL THE FINANCIAL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION JOURNAL, ALL OF THEM WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL.

I GUESS DEVELOPMENT TOGETHER THAT ONE OFF AS PART OF A BANKRUPTCY OR SOMETHING. YEAH, I THINK AFTER 2008 THE BANKS TOOK OVER AND I GUESS SOME OF THE PROPERTIES SEPARATED BUT INCLUDING THIS ONE, BUT THE EASEMENT AGREEMENT WAS, I THINK THE APPLICANTS REPRESENTATIVE IDENTIFIED THAT IT WAS SIGNED. IN 2010, AND IT WAS RECORDED AND FILED. WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY PUBLIC RECORDS. SO OKAY, OFFICIAL DOCUMENT RECORDING, OKAY AND RUN WITH THE LAND. AS YOU INDICATED. IT DOES WELL WITH THE LAND, AND I AGREE WITH HER ON THAT. OKAY. AND THEN CHRIS AND OUR IN OUR CAN'T PLAN ALSO SAYS THAT WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. YES, OKAY. UM. AND THEN THIS IS FOR THE APPLICANT. SO THE REASON FOR THE ADDITIONAL PARA FIT IS WHICH IS INTERESTING. THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUR CODE SAYS THAT FLAT ROOFS WILL HAVE A PARAPET SO, BUT THE REASON FOR THE PARAPET IS TO COVER UP THE EQUIPMENT SO THAT IT CAN BE SEEN. AND THAT'S WHY YOU NEED THE ADDITIONAL 13. FT UM, UM. AND THEN ON THE SIDEWALK ISSUE, UM THE PROBLEM WITH THE SIDEWALK IS THAT IT WILL TAKE OUT THE TREE, THE OAK TREES AND THE LANDSCAPING, WHICH I GUESS WE DON'T WANT TO DO. YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE OUT OF TREES. AND THEN FINALLY, I'M GONNA JUST SAY SOMETHING I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER COLLINS ON IS I THINK THAT ON THE TV CHARGERS I THINK THAT OH, THAT. WE SHOULD IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF THEM, BUT MAYBE INITIALLY ONLY REQUIRE A LESSER NUMBER BECAUSE ONCE THEY BECOME AN E V, I THINK THEY'LL FIND ACTUALLY GOOD USE, NOT JUST WITH THE HOTEL BUT WITH NON HOTEL USERS FROM THE ROYAL POMP FINANCIAL CENTER, BUT I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD REQUIRE A LESSER NUMBER, BUT PUTTING INITIALLY PUTTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT BECAUSE ONCE YOU MAKE THEM IN THE V CHARGER THEY CAN'T BE USED BY OTHER PEOPLE, BUT I THINK THE INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE IN AND IF THEY START SEEING A LOT OF USE, THEN, UM THE APPLICANTS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUT THEM IN AT THAT TIME, AND I THINK IT PROBABLY SHOULD BE REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO SEE WHEN THEY NEED THEM AS THEY AS THEY COME. MORE ELECTRIC CARS COME INTO USE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO NOT SELLING AS FAST AS I THINK PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WOULD SO. UM BUT THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE RIGHT NOW RESERVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR LATER? BUT. OH I'M GONNA HAND THIS AND I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. OKAY THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANYTHING. I DO, BUT SHOULD WE WAIT FOR YOUR RETURN? SHE ASKED ME TO SEE PAST THE GAMBLE, ACTUALLY, YOU'RE THE VICE MAYOR HERE TO GET THE RULES. GET SOME QUESTION AS THE VICE MAN, YOU JUST CAN'T DO EMOTION. THAT'S A GOOD THING. UM REALLY HAVE THE POWER. SURE IT'S

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A LITTLE OVER BODY. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE Z V. CHARGERS. IS THERE SOMEONE THERE WHO CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WORK? AND FIRST OF ALL, HOW MUCH DO THEY COST? I BELIEVE THAT WOULD VARY BY THE TYPE OF CHARGING STATION. I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF CHARGING STATIONS THESE ARE. WELL, THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SPACES THAT WE ARE, INCLUDING, AS PART OF THIS MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST ARE FOR THE E V. C I, WHICH IS ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPPED SPACES. THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE CODE.

WOULD YOU CHARGE FOR THESE? NO THESE WOULD BE WOULD BE THE SOLE COST OF THE APPLICANT AND THE DEVELOPER AND THEY WOULD BE BUILT FOR THE USE OF THE GARAGE. AND THIS. I'M SORRY THE HOTEL IN THIS PROJECT, BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE A PAY STATION SORT OF CHARGING. YES I THINK PERHAPS MR PATEL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT. RIGHT RIGHT AWAY. GET OUT OF CONTROL PRETTY FAST RIGHT ONE FOR THE RECORD. JACK WATSON CONSTRUCTION. UM WE COULD PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS YOU ALLUDED TO AND THEN CERTAINLY WE'RE NOT GIVING AWAY FREE ELECTRICITY. IF THAT'S THE GAY SIGNED ME UP, PUT IT AT MY HOUSE, RIGHT? SO ANYHOW, BUT SPECIFICALLY ON THE COST. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO IT. AND THEN THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SORRY I ASKED YOU FOR A NUMBER. HOW MUCH DOES EACH OF THESE COSTS FOR YOU TO INSTALL? NOT. COMMISSION IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF CHARGES REPORT IF WE PUT A FAST CHARGER LIKE THE ONES THAT YOU FIND THAT COULD BE 50,000 EACH EACH RIGHT BIG. BIG TRANSFORMERS, SEVERAL OF THEM. UM WE'RE SORRY. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT WITH CHRIS. EXCUSE ME, CHRIS. WE'RE NOT REQUIRING A SPEC SPECIFIC TYPE OF NO. THE CODE. THE CODE ONLY CONTEMPLATES THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE INSTALLED. SO IT DOES NOT TALK ABOUT WHAT TYPE OR YOU KNOW WATTAGE IF IT'S A ONE TIME YEAH, THANK YOU. HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE V CHARGES. I DON'T HAVE A TV CAR, BUT THE MANAGER TALKING TO ME ABOUT A LOT, YOU GO AND CHARGE AND IF YOU STAY OVER THEN YOU INCUR A SUBSTANTIAL FEE RIGHT? AND THEN THAT'S HOW THEY WOULD OPERATE. SO THE GUY WHO SHOWS UP AT YOUR HOTEL AT 630. HE'S JUST STAYING OVERNIGHT IN TOWN. HE HAS TO DRIVE DOWN TO MIAMI THE NEXT DAY. HE'S GOT TO GET HIS CAR CHARGED. IF HE'S CHARGED THAT ONE GETS CHARGED UP AT 130 IN THE MORNING. DOES HE HAVE TO GO DOWN AND MOVE HIS CAR? I KNOW THAT NOW. YEAH JUST TRYING TO COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND NOT CREATE TOO MANY QUESTIONS. UM WELL, THAT'S MY JOB. THAT'S MY JOB CHARGING STATIONS. I THOUGHT IT WAS A LOT SO I DIDN'T ASK FOR A REDUCTION IN IT. FIGURED OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT. BUT UM, THEORETICALLY, IF YOU HAVE A CAR AND YOU PUT IT FOR A CHARGE, THERE'S AN INVERSE CHARGE. SO IF YOU KEEP IT THERE BEYOND THE CHARGING RIGHT, GET A CHARGE, HOWEVER, IF IT'S AT NIGHT DURING CERTAIN HOURS, IT WOULD BE A MUCH LOWER CHARGE.

THEREFORE YOU JUST USING IT AS A PARKING SPACE AT THAT POINT, SO YES, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MOVE IT IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO PAY THAT. OKAY SO THAT WOULD BE BAD. ACTUALLY AND WHO WOULD COLLECT THAT FEE FROM THE SO THAT THAT WOULD BE YOU? I ASSUME, ACTUALLY FOR US. IT'S NOT A PROFIT CENTER . UM NO, NO, I'M NOT CHARGING COMPANIES STATIONS THAT ACTUALLY DO SOME OF THIS INSTALL HAVE NO IDEA EXACTLY WHAT OUR CONTRIBUTION IS, BUT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD INSTALL IT AND THEY WOULD COLLECT A FEE. FROM THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, CHARGE POINT. IT'S A NATIONAL NETWORK OF CHARGING STATIONS AND LET'S SEE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUBCONTRACT WITH THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO REALLY DEAL WITH REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE. ALL THAT TYPE OF THING. RATHER LEAVE IT TO A BIG COMPANY THAT DEALS WITH. OH OKAY, MR PATEL, I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL. BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE IS SOME SYMPATHY AND WITH SOME OTHER COMMISSIONERS. IF WE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CHARGERS, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE WOULD YOU SHARE IN THE COST OF, UH A GREAT DEAL MORE PLANTING ABOUT AROUND THE EXISTING STORMWATER POND TO MAKE IT VERY ATTRACTIVE FEATURE RATHER THAN I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE BECAUSE I WORKED IN ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS FOR 10 YEARS, SO I WAS THE DEAL AGAIN.

SORRY STORMY OF THE STORM WATER PLANT IS ON THE LEFT. AS YOU GO INTO THE GARAGE. IT'S JUST A

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POND. IT'S JUST IT COULD BE MADE QUITE BEAUTIFUL. QUITE A PRETTY SIGHT. YES AND EVERYTHING. SO WOULD YOU IF WE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CHARGES WOULD CONTRIBUTE SOME MONIES. YES OKAY . GOOD REQUEST, AND I CAN AGREE TO THAT. OKAY JUST TO CLARIFY YOU CANNOT PUT THE E V CHARGERS IN THE IN THE GARAGE. NOT BECAUSE OF FIRE REGULATIONS. RIGHT? OKAY. PEOPLE DO NOT CARE ABOUT MORE TREES THEY CARE ABOUT NOT HAVING A FOUR STORY BUILDING ON ME. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. LET'S TAKE OUR TURN. YOU UM YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT AND THAT SPECIFIC AREA BECAUSE IT'S DRAINAGE AND STUFF THAT HAVE TO BE COORDINATED AS WELL. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST PLANT THEM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE PERIMETERS. YEAH SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE, BUT SHE CAN SHIELD IT.

AND CREATE A NICE LOOKING AREA THERE, SO I JUST I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW IT'S ALL JUST GOING TO TURN INTO TREES BECAUSE NO, NO, I REALIZED THAT COMMISSIONER COLLINS WE KINDLY LISTEN TO YOU. AND WE'LL CONNOLLY LISTENING TO EACH OTHER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY IT THEN WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN, YOU CAN TELL YOU WANT ALL RIGHT? I CAN'T PROMISE THAT I WON'T INTERJECT FEEL COMPELLED TO TRY. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. SO WE TRY MR ROOTS YOUR COMMISSIONER ROACHES THAT THE LAST ONE TV OR DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE HERE FROM VULCAN INJUN EARING. DARREN GELLER WITH FALCON. I'M SORRY. WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? OKAY, MR GETTLER. ON PAGE 538 UNDER PROPOSED SYSTEM. IT SAYS THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE STORY HOTEL. PLEASE TELL ME YOU KNEW THIS WAS A FOREST STORY HOTEL. YES I MUST BE A TYPO. OKAY? AND I WOULD ASK.

THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOW THOSE ERRORS TO BE PRESENTED TO OUR STAFF TO US. I MEAN, UNDERSTOOD.

THIS BROUGHT UP THIS YEAR. IT WAS, WASN'T OKAY? UM. IN ANY WAY THAT DOESN'T YOU KNOW, STORMWATER RETENTION IS A BIG AS A LARGE PRIORITY WITH US. YOU'RE DOING IT TERRIFIC JOB WITH ALL THIS ON SITE RETENTION. THAT'S SOPHISTICATED STORAGE FACILITY OR CREATING THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE YOUR ACHIEVING 91% PHOSPHORUS REDUCTION. 79% NITROGEN REDUCTION, CORRECT. I MEAN, THESE ARE GOOD NUMBERS AND FOR WORRIED ABOUT THE HEALTH OF OUR CREEK. THAT'S WHAT WE THAT'S THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WE NEED TO SEE BEING CREATED. UM. THIS IS A WATERFRONT PROPERTY. OKAY YOUR OWNERSHIP GOES RIGHT UP TO THE RIGHT UP TO FRASURE CREEK, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, RIGHT? SO I WALKED YOUR PROPERTY ALONG THE CREEK AND IT'S EMBARRASSING. HOW THE STATE WE'VE ALLOWED TO GET.

FRASURE CREEK TO GET TO, UM. I KNOW IT'S A GOAL OF OURS TO TRY TO REVIVE THIS. WATERWAY UM, AND PERHAPS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE BEAUTIFUL THERE. YOU'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL STAND OF BAMBOO GOT SOME. IT IS TERRIFIC MANGROVES. YOU'VE GOT SOME NICE LIVE OAKS. UH I WORRY THAT THIS WILL BECOME THE BACK OF YOUR PROPERTY. AND THEN THEN THE NEGLECTED BACK OF YOUR PROPERTY. AND I THINK IT COULD BECOME A REAL AMENITY. UM. I THINK AT THE VERY LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUIRE YOU TO REMOVE ALL THE EXOTICS. YEAH I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EXPLICITLY STATED TYPICALLY IS ONLY VIDEO, OKAY? UM. AND WHAT I WAS TALKING TO GDP. AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA BEGIN. THIS EFFORT OURSELVES, THOUGH, IS AS AN OWNER, YOU CAN APPLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO TRIM YOUR MANGROVES. SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS STOP. ALLOWING SO MUCH ORGANIC MATTER TO FALL INTO THE WATERWAY BECAUSE IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S TURNING INTO A POND. AND YOU COULD HELP US WITH THAT I BELIEVE YOU CAN TRIM UP TO YOU HAVE TO APPLY THE D P. SO I'D LIKE YOU TO AGREE TO APPLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO TRIM YOUR MANGROVES TO AS GREAT A DEGREE AS POSSIBLE. YES, YES, OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST TO

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CLARIFY THE PARKING AGAIN. IT IS IN SEVERAL AND AS SOMEONE WHO, ACTUALLY I WENT AND SPOKE TO THE FRUITS AND ROOTS AND HONEY, HONEY AND THE OTHER OWNERS. OKAY WELL, EVERYONE, BUT, UM, THOSE PARKING SPACES ARE ALREADY GONE EFFECTIVELY, RIGHT? THE ONES THEY CREATED ACROSS RIGHT SO THAT AGREEMENT LAPSED. IT WAS A TEMPORARY AGREEMENT, SO THAT IS UNFORTUNATE. I AGREE. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PARKING SPOTS AND NAVIGATE, BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. MR PATEL. PREEMPTIVELY AGREED TO YOUR AH, YOUR DEAL, BUT I JUST FOUND OUT. I DON'T OWN THAT LAND SO I CAN'T. I CAN'T PROMISE SOMETHING THAT HE'S REFERRING TO THE STORMWATER POND POND POND AGREEMENT. I WOULDN'T MIND PUTTING EXTRA LANDSCAPING AND MAKING IT BEAUTIFUL. WHICH WE'VE SEEN IT IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES . YES BUT I WAS JUST TOLD I DON'T OWN WELL, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH WHOEVER TO AGREE TO IT, OKAY.

THANK YOU. CLARIFYING THERE. ONE SECOND. UM THAT WOULDN'T DO IT. WITH THE PARKING SO MANY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED. I DON'T BELIEVE ANY MANNER ANYONE INVESTING IN THAT PROPERTY. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WOULD NOT HAVE THAT PARKING SECURED OR YOU'VE NEVER GET ALONE. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT? THAT'S THAT'S UM IT'S A GIVEN. I WON'T TOUCH IT. IF I COULDN'T DO THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CHECKED ALREADY. WE'VE DOUBLE CHECKED TRIPLE CHECKED, UM TONY BONNIE BROWN HAS BEEN ON ALL ON THIS FROM THE BEGINNING. WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT. WE'RE 100% CONFIDENT.

UM PLUS NOT ONLY THAT WE HAVE RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENTS FOR THE PARKING SO THE OWNERS OF ALL THE FIRE UPON FINANCIAL BUILDINGS ARE AWARE OF OUR PROJECT THE SIZE OF A PROJECT HOW WE'RE PARKING IT AND THEY'RE THE ONES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ARREST OF PROCOL EASEMENT AGREEMENTS. SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THIS, AND I WOULDN'T I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT GET ALONE. IF IT WAS IN QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR WHILE HE'S UP, THERE CAN ASK HIM A QUESTION. I THIS IS SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE. SO YOU MAY NOT HAVE IT ALL MAPPED OUT. BUT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE DID SAY THAT YOU WOULD BE ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE ARTS THAT YOU'D BE HAVING, UM LIKE, UH, VINEYARD OF THINGS DOWNTOWN, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SO MANY HISTORIC HOMES. SOME OF THEM ARE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS, AIRBNB AND THE STUART FEED CENTER AND OTHER THINGS, AND I'M HOPING THAT WHATEVER YOU PUT IN, MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE THINGS ON A ROTATING BASIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT STUART THAT YOU COULD PUT UP ON WALLS OR WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO. SO THAT WOULD HELP TO MAYBE, UM, PRONOUNCED, PROMOTE AND LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS AND IMPORTANT NO LIKE THE CLIFTON'S HOUSE AND OTHER PLACES WHERE PRESIDENTS HAVE STAYED IN OUR COMMUNITY, THOSE WOULD BE GOOD THINGS TO INCLUDE, AND I THINK IT WOULD COMPLEMENT IF YOUR HOTEL WERE EVER DEVELOPED IF IT WERE EVER APPROVED. IT WOULD COMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE THINGS SO PEOPLE CAN GO BACK AND SAY HEY, IF I'VE STAYED HERE BECAUSE I HAVE A WEDDING OR WHATEVER ART CONCERT OR SOMETHING, BUT MAYBE I'D WANT TO STAY IN SOME PLACE IN ANOTHER AREA OF STEWART THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, OTHER HISTORY AND I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU WILL DEVELOP THAT.

BUT THAT WAS PUT FORWARD AS SOMETHING THE JEW WOULD INCLUDE IN YOUR ARTS THING TO INCLUDE SOME HISTORY OF STEWART. ABSOLUTELY, COMMISSIONER. I'D LIKE TO ANOTHER ISSUE TO COMMISSIONER UM. THE BEST BREAD AND BREAKFAST. PLACES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY DONORS HERE. I MEAN, IT'S THE VERY BEST AND PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO BED AND BREAKFAST, AND I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT JUST WANTS TO BE TOTALLY PRIVATE. I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING. COME AND GO AND DO AS I PLEASE. BUT I WOULD LIKE IF THIS DOES GO THROUGH THAT YOU ALL BUILD A FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE THEY'RE PEOPLE LOVE BED AND BREAKFAST.

SEND HIM DOWN THERE. WHEN I TRAVEL TRAVEL WITH MY WIFE AS WELL AND WE SPLIT OUR TIME BETWEEN DIFFERENT HOTELS AND INCLUDING BED AND BREAKFAST, AND YOU KNOW IF AT ALL, I AM SO SURE . HILTON THINKS SO, TOO. I THINK WE'LL ALL DO GOOD BUSINESS. YOU KNOW, AND I TRULY DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE TAKING AWAY FROM ANYBODY AT ALL. IT'S. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. AMERICAN CAN I ASK

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THAT WE. JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SPENDING THE NIGHT HERE, BASICALLY LISTENING TO US ASK QUESTIONS, AND MAYBE WE COULD SAVE OUR QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. AFTER AT LEAST PEOPLE COULD SAY HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT. WE'RE NOT DRAGGING MOTION BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MR ATTORNEY. WE CAN JUST GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT WITHOUT EMOTION. HOLD ON. HOLD ON. HOLD ON. I THINK WE'RE THROUGH WITH THE QUESTION SO WE CAN GO RIGHT INTO. I'M GOING TO HAVE MORE COMMENTS AFTER FORM. WE HAVE AN ORDER OF THINGS, BUT YOUR NUMBER NINE IS WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION TO VOTE TO ALTER THE ORDER. IF YOU'D LIKE. LET'S JUST CONTINUE THE WAY WE ARE. WE'RE JUST ABOUT THROUGH AND YOU CAN COME UP AND BRING YOU SOME WHEN IT'S OVER. THAT WOULD BE FINE. OKAY SO WE WILL, UM NO. NUMBER ANY OF THE OTHER MOTION. I CAN MAKE A MOTION SO WE CAN START PUBLIC COMMENT OR IF YOU WANT TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT WITHOUT EMOTION. LET ME KNOW. GO AHEAD AND MAKE EMOTIONAL DISCRETION, RIGHT, MIKE TO JUST GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE , BECAUSE IT'S THE CHAIRS. UH AS TO AS TO ITEM NUMBER 12.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 2024? YES MAKING A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE STAFF. UM. RECOMMENDATION WITH REGARD TO THE PROJECT THAT'S PUT FORWARD TO US FOR PURPOSES OF COMMENT. YES PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE YOU YOU? ARE YOU MOVING TO APPROVE THE PROJECT? NO SO THAT WE CAN CUT? NO, NO, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. PUBLIC COMMENT. WHERE MOTIONING TO, UM THAT CHANGE THE ORDER SO WE CAN HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. CORRECT MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE AND THERE'S IT'S ON THE FLOOR UNLESS THERE'S A SECOND, RIGHT. IS YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE? YES, SIR. SECOND, THE MOTION DISCUSSION. NOW WE WILL GO INTO A DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES. MOTHER MAYOR, WE WILL GO INTO, UH, PEOPLE TO COME IN AND COMMENT.

START WITH THOMAS. THE MAN. YOU GUYS PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT? MR HORN, ESSERMAN. MY NAME IS THOMAS HORN. AMMEN LOVE IT 620 CHANNEL AVENUE CAN SEE THE PROJECT FROM MY HOME. I'M HERE TO REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THE PROJECT. QUITE INTERESTED TO SEE COMMISSIONER, COLUMNS AND COMMISSIONER CLARK CLARK. CLARK. AH! TALK ABOUT STEWART'S HISTORY. YES, SIR. IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 30 YEARS. AND PRIOR COMMISSIONERS HAVE APPROVED PROJECTS. FOR EXAMPLE, A STREET MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT WAS A MOBILE HOME PARK RUN DOWN TERRIBLE, THE COMMISSIONER SAID. LET'S GET RID OF THAT AND IMPROVED GOT ROYAL PALM FINANCIAL CENTER. SHOPPING CENTER IS GOING TO LOSE IT LOSE ITS PARKING THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM, NOT YOURS OR MINE. WAS IT A TIRE STORE COMMISSIONERS APPROVED. THE CHANGE IS BEAUTIFUL. IT LOOKS SUCCESSFUL TO ME. ON US ONE THERE WAS A RUNDOWN MOTEL. ARE YOU APPROVED WORKFORCE HOUSING. MECHANIC LIVES HERE. THE BUILDING NEXT TO THE PARKING GARAGE. YOU DIDN'T PROVE DOGGY CARE CARE, DOGGIE DAYCARE, BUT YOU APPROVED CHILDREN DAYCARE. SO THE HISTORY OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN IMPROVEMENTS WITH CHANGE. CHANGE IS INEVITABLE. WHAT THE PRIOR COMMISSIONERS AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL SEE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TO CHANGE. AND YOU'RE VERY CONCERNED CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD BE DONE PROPERLY. I'VE MET WITH MR PATEL LIKE YOU HAVE AND I'M IMPRESSED. HE'S A PROFESSIONAL. HE HAS A HILTON FRANCHISE. HELTON IS GLOBAL COMPANY. THEY DON'T APPROVE THOSE PEOPLE ON A WHIM. SO EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. IN CONCLUSION. REQUEST. THAT YOU ALL APPROVE, HOPEFULLY UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU. SO. OKAY NANCY SMITH, MISS NANCY. HERE. A FORMER REPORTER. STEWART NEWS. EMBRACE EVERYTHING THAT COMMISSIONER, COLLINS SAID.

BEGINNING. NO. NO, IT'S NOT THAT I DISAPPROVE OF THE PROJECT. I ORIGINALLY CAME IN HERE. TO TALK ABOUT HEIGHT. AND I'VE HEARD TWO DIFFERENT THINGS TONIGHT. I HEARD THAT THE TIGHTS GOING TO

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BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN I'M IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE IT ALL FROM THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION. AND VERY OPPOSED. I SPENT MANY, MANY YEARS IN STUART, ASSURING PEOPLE THAT AND I WORKED FOR THE NEWSPAPER SIGN JUST ASSURED THEM THAT WE WOULD NEVER NOBODY HERE NO OFFICIAL WOULD EVER CHANGE THE HEIGHT. LIMITATIONS WELL, I CAN SEE THAT. YOU KNOW, EVEN I WANT TO KNOW WHY THE PARAPET HAS TO BE THAT LITTLE BIT HIGHER. WHY WHY NOT ADJUST THE FLOORS EARLIER? SO THE PARAPET AND THE WHOLE THING IN THE END IS THE SAME. THE CORRECT HEIGHT. WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO UP? WE JUST KEEP KICKING THE DOOR OPEN OF THINGS IN THIS TOWN. THAT THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL REASON I CAME HERE. BUT MAINLY, I THINK I ALSO WANT TO SAY I KNOW AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE. WHO LIVE IN STUART. I DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT THIS UNTIL YESTERDAY, AND A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T EITHER. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT ALL THE POSTCARDS THAT WENT OUT IN THERE. BUT WE'RE ALSO I KNOW I LIVE IN THE APARTMENTS THAT'S NOT FAR AWAY. BUT I'VE SEEN THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS CHANGE A LOT HERE. I DON'T KNOW IS THERE IS THERE ANOTHER MANY ROUNDABOUT IN OUR FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE IS THERE. TRAFFIC LIGHT. ALL I KNOW IS THAT YEARS AGO. WHEN THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR NEWSPAPERS IN THIS TOWN. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THIS PROJECT. YOU GUYS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO TO BED AT NIGHT WITHOUT GETTING A CALL FROM SOMEBODY. SOME REPORTER. IT'S NOT THAT I JUST THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO IT ALL YOURSELF NOW AND I'M KIND OF SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU. BUT I'M ALSO WORRIED THAT WE ARE GOING TO MISS THINGS. THAT THE ORDINARY CITIZENS IN THIS IN THIS CITY AS AS COMMISSIONER COLLINS WAS SAYING. ARE GOING. TO FIND OUT LATER HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS. MAYBE THIS PROJECT CAN BE APPROVED AND SOME OF THESE THINGS CAN BE CUT EARLIER. I DON'T WANT TO USURP ANY MORE TIME. I JUST I JUST WANT YOU TO I DON'T KNOW. HOW LONG BALL OF US IN THE IN THE CITY, NOT JUST NEIGHBORS. I MEAN , WE'RE ALL PART OF DOWNTOWN.

BUT WE MAY NOT BE, UH B B WITHIN VIEW. DIRECTLY OF THIS FOUR STORY THING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN COLORADO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THERE'S A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE COMMISSION. THE HEIGHT DOES NOT EXCEED ANY OF THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS OF THE CITY'S FOUR STORY HEIGHT LIMIT IF THE BUILDING WERE A THREE STORY BUILDING, IT WOULD STILL BE A LIMITED TO THE PARAPET LIMITATION AS PART OF ANY BUILDING STRUCTURE TO CAMOUFLAGE THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND OTHER THINGS ON ALL BUILDINGS. AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MOVIES WHERE YOU SEE IN THE OLD WEST, WHERE THEY HAVE A 10 FT WALL PARAPET AND MAKE THE BUILDINGS LOOK SQUARE, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD A FRAME ROOFS BEHIND THEM. THESE PARAPETS ARE LIMITED TO 24 TO 30 INCHES TALL AND ONLY 40% OF THE BUILDING SO THAT YOU DON'T GET 6 FT. TALL WALLS ON TOP OF BUILDINGS, EVEN IF IT WAS A THREE STORY BUILDING. NOT A FOUR STORY THE ISSUE IS ON THE PARAPET ON THIS INSTANCE, IS SIMPLY GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING VERSUS JUST COVERING THE FRONTAGE OR 40% OF THE BUILDING. BUT THERE IS NO REQUEST. NO ONE IS TRYING, AS MISS SMITH CORRECTLY POINTED OUT. THERE'S NO ONE GOING TO ADDRESS THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS TO GO BEYOND THE FOUR STORY THAT I'M AWARE OF. THANK YOU, MISS JONES, JEFFERSON. TAKE YOUR TAKE YOUR TIME, PLEASE. PLEASE. JOHN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OVER THE YEARS, JOHN JEFFERSON. I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE IN THE, UM COMMISSION ACTION HERE. IT TALKS ABOUT BUILDING HEIGHT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. OKAY? THANK YOU TO SAY SOMETHING, CHRIS. WELL IT'S SO THAT JUST TO CLARIFY THAT TITLE IS IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UNDER THAT SECTION OF CODE TITLED BUILDING HEIGHT. UM IT WAS JUST COPIED INTO THE REQUEST TO CLARIFY WHAT SECTION OF THE CODE IT WAS REQUESTING. SO THERE WAS NO ADDITION TO THE 45 FT. THERE IS NO ADDITION. NOW. WHAT ABOUT THE PARAPET? THE PARAPET HEIGHT DOES

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NOT CALCULATED AND BUILDING BUILDING HEIGHT, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. WHILE I'M HERE MR YEARS AGO. THE MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION. DECIDED THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE GROWTH IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND IN MIAMI, AND THEY WANTED TO STOP US FROM BECOMING THAT PART OF THAT. I HIRED SOME CONSULTANTS AND THE CONSULTANTS GAVE US TWO WAYS TO SAVE OUR COMMUNITY. ONE WAS HYPED AND WANT. THE OTHER ONE WAS DENSITY RESTRICTIONS FOR 50 YEARS. WE'VE HAD ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE NEEDED WITH THE FORESTRY HYPE AND ALSO, EVERY DEVELOPER HERE MET THAT FOR STORY RESTRICTION. SO. FROM THE FUTURE OR RIGHT NOW, YOU WERE EVER TO CHANGE THAT HEIGHT, YOU WOULD BE GOING AGAINST 50 YEARS OF CITY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHO HAD KEPT THIS PROMISE. AND IF YOU DO IT AGAIN, WE'LL LOSE OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY? MISS CHRISTIAN PHOENIX. OKAY? MICHAEL JACK QUINN. GET AN EVENING AGAIN, MICHAEL JACKSON. FOR THE RECORD, I'M GONNA KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF. I HAVE FRIENDS FOR IT. I HAVE FRIENDS AGAINST IT. AGREE WITH MY FRIENDS. OH SOUNDS LIKE A FORTUNE COOKIE, RIGHT? I THINK THE POINT THAT WHEN YOU GET FACED WITH THESE, WHETHER YOU ARE FOR IT OR AGAINST THE THING THAT GETS LOST IS WHO'S DOING IT. YOU KNOW, AS I GET OLDER, I DO EVEN MORE WITH MY HEART THAN MY HEAD. AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER THAT MR PATEL IS A GREAT PERSON. HE LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY AND HE WANTS THE BEST. SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. IS IT PUBLIC COMMENT IF THEY WORK FOR THE APPLICANT? NEXT IS BRAD GILMAN. THANKS QUESTION. NO, NO. WE'RE NOT ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS IF HE'S ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY QUESTION, COLLINS. ANYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE'VE HAD WHEN PAUL RAN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAD A CITY STAFF MEMBER GET UP DURING A MEETING AND SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS PUBLIC COMMENT. NO THE WEIGHT THE COMMISSION GIVES THE COMMENT.

PROBABLY IS DIFFERENT IF IT'S THE APPLICANT VERSUS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, BUT THAT'S STILL LEGITIMATE. UH HUH. SO UM, YOU KNOW THE ONE THING I ASKED YOU TO FOCUS ON IS WHEN YOU COME DOWN CANADA GOING NORTH. OKAY SPEAK INTO THE MIKE. I CAN'T HEAR YOU AT ALL AS YOU GO NORTH ON CANADA. AND YOU CROSS US ONE. HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET STUCK? AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT BECAUSE TRAFFIC ON COLORADO'S BACKED UP OKAY WHEN YOU DO THIS TRAFFIC PATTERN BETWEEN IF IT'S RIGHT TO WRITE GOES UP AROUND THE CIRCLE. HAS TO COME BACK AND MAKE A RIGHT TURN IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING, WHICH, BY THE WAY, I'M SURE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. ME TOO, OR YOUR CODES.

EXACTLY THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS GOOD BAD AND MEET YOUR CODES. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THEM. DO IT. LET HIM DO IT. BUT THAT TRAFFIC THERE'S GONNA BE A DISASTER, SO I DIDN'T HEAR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SOLVE THAT. BUT THAT IS A MESS. THANK YOU, SIR. ALAN MARCUS. MR MARCUS. HI, ALAN. UM. I'M ASSIGNED CONTRACTOR IN THIS TOWN. I LOVE THIS TOWN.

OBVIOUSLY, I'M WILLING TO DONATE A SIGN TO IT. UM BUT I'VE KNOWN ROGER FOR MANY YEARS. HE USED DURING THE LAST SUBWAYS AROUND HERE, AND I'VE DONE WORK. IT IS IT IS A PLACE IN TRADITION. IT'S TOP NOTCH. HILTON DEMANDS IT. THIS IS NOT GOING TO IT'S A BOUTIQUE HOTEL. COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER. I APOLOGIZE, SIR. GO AHEAD AND APOLOGIZE FOR COMMISSIONER YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM THAT, OKAY? THE. I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF REDUCING THE EBS. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD MITT. THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE THE SPACE IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. IT SEEMS LIKE AN OVERKILL. UM, BUT WE NEED A DOWNTOWN HOTEL. YOU KNOW, AND IT'S IN THE CODE THAT FOUR STORIES IS ALLOWED. I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE IN THE CODE THAT FOUR STORIES IS ALLOWED EVERYWHERE.

BUT IN COLORADO, NO OFFENSE. WE HAVE PUT FOUR STORY HOTELS AND HOTELS BUT BUILDINGS DURING ASIO

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OSCEOLA. WE JUST GET BAYVIEW CONSTRUCTION DID ONE. AND THE RIVER OVER THERE, SO I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S NOT HAPPENING. UM BUT WE DO NEED WHEN PEOPLE COME INTO THIS TOWN TO GO TO LYRIC THEATER. THAT'S THE PLACE TO STAY. IT IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR FRUITS AND ROOTS.

THEY'RE GONNA GO TO THE HOTEL. THEY'RE GONNA GO TO BREAKFAST THERE. THEY DO HAVE PARKING AT THAT PLACE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE CALLING ME TO TELL ME. HEY WE NEED SIGNS THEY'RE SAYING FOR PATRONS ONLY ALREADY KNOW IT, UM . I AM 100. 100% IN FAVOR OF THIS HOTEL. I THINK EVERYBODY WAS SURPRISED ALL THE WORK THAT WENT BEHIND THE SCENES IN THIS UM ALL THE PRESENTERS DID A GREAT JOB. PLEASE TAKE EVERYTHING AND CONSIDERATION AND TAKING THE CONSIDERATION THAT RAJ LOVES HIS TOWN TO HE WOULD BE BUILDING IN HERE IF HE DIDN'T OR GILBEY, GILBEY. DEAL BE KILBY. HELLO COMMISSIONER'S HAPPY NEW YEAR. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. UM MY NAME IS LAURA JOBE. I LIVE AT 2950 SOUTHEAST OCEAN BOULEVARD STUART, FLORIDA. UM FIRST I WANT TO SAY I COMMEND THE COMMISSIONER'S YOU'RE YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS DOING COMMENDATIONS FOR ARBOR FOR NOTING ASSOCIATIONS THAT WANT TO PRESERVE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, GOING UP TO TALLAHASSEE TO HOPEFULLY AMEND SB 102, WHICH YOU DON'T THINK WILL HAPPEN, AND THOSE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS FOR STEWART. UM BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE , WE NOW COME TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WHERE HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

WE ARE HERE WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE STEWARD CHARM AND OUR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT MEMBERS WANT TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER AND THEY WANT OUR COMMISSIONERS TO APPROVE IT. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST ROGER. I'M SURE HE'S AND WONDERFUL MAN. I'M SURE HE DOES A GREAT JOB. I'LL GET TO THE FACT OF THE HILTON HOTEL. THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. I JUST WANT TO ASK THE COMMISSIONER TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN STEWART LIVE IN THE SURROUNDING TOWNS WHO BASICALLY SUPPORT THE DOWNTOWN 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, AND WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO IS PLACATE TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SEASONAL AND VISITORS. YOU JUST MIGHT FIND YOURSELF AT A POINT WHERE ALL YOU WILL HAVE OR THE SEASONAL AND THE AND THE PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE MIGHT START TO NOT SUPPORT DOWNTOWN FOR THE OTHER MONTHS OF THE YEAR. ALL RIGHT. WHY WOULD OUR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT RECOMMEND THIS FOR THE APPROVAL? AND I UNDERSTAND CONTRARY TO YOUR THING. IT WAS NOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE AT THE CRB.

IF WE THE VOTERS WANT A DIFFERENT RESULTS. WE NEED TO PUT A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE POSITIONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PRESERVING THE LITTLE OF THE CHARM OF THIS TOWN THAT WE HAVE LEFT. THIS HOLDS TRUE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS WHO SIT BEFORE US TODAY AND HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY OVER HOW OUR TOWN MOVES FORWARD. LIKE MOST DEVELOPED DEVELOPMENTS IN STUART TODAY, THEY'RE ALWAYS ASKING FOR SOME EXCEPTIONS, SOME CHANGE MAGICALLY, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY DRAINAGE PROBLEMS, NO PARKING ISSUES AND CERTAINLY NO TRAFFIC ISSUES. I HAVE YET TO HEAR OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, ANY REPORT THAT SAYS THERE WILL BE AFFECTED TRAFFIC AND I DON'T KNOW YOU ALL LIVE HERE. YOU KNOW DARN WELL THAT THE TRAFFIC HAS BEEN AFFECTED. THESE ARE ALL DONE IN A VACUUM BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAINLY NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE DRAINAGE ON THIS FOUR STORY HOTEL PLUS THE 5000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL? I HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS. HILTON REWARDS MEMBER STOCKHOLDER IN THE COMPANY. THEY HAVE MANY BOUTIQUE BRANDS THAT WOULD BE BETTER SUITED TO THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. THE OTHER DAY I CALLED HILTON. I SPOKE TO FRANK MCFADDEN. HE'S THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE HELP AND CORPORATION FOR THE SOUTHEAST AREA. HIS PERSONALLY BEEN TO VISIT STEWART AND HE AGREED TO IT HAS A CERTAIN CHARM. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD CALL THE DEVELOPER AND ASK AND DISCUSS THE UM, SIGNAGE WITH HIM. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT TRUE HILTON IS A MODERNISTIC ENTITY THAT DOES NOT BELONG IN DOWNTOWN STUART. THANK YOU. DEANNA PETERSON. MISS PETERSON. YOU CAN HEAR MICHAEL.

SORRY. UM JOHN LEARY. OR IS IT DONE, LARRY? NO, IT'S STILL VERY . FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. I'LL DO. MANY HOURS AND WE DO APPRECIATE IT. THE TWO LADIES THAT LEFT EARLIER PUT IN A LOT OF TIME IN THE STEWART MAIN STREET AND THEIR WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. I

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WAS PLEASED THAT I GOT TO SERVE ON THE STUART MAIN STREET FOR SOME TIME. AND WE OFTEN WONDERED WHEN WE WOULD GET A NICE HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN STUART. WE HAVE THAT OPTION NOW. AND IT'S BEEN WELL THOUGHT OUT. WELL PLANNED IN YOUR HAVE SCRUTINIZED WELL, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE IT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE ANYBODY BETTER THAN ROGER TO DO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. MIKE'S STEPPING. HOW ARE YOU DOING TO GO RIGHT AFTER LARRY? THAT'S GOOD. HE'S PRETTY SMART MAN. UH I'M ALL FOR IT. I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT. I THINK IT'S TIME. I THINK A HOTEL DOWN TIME WILL BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ENJOYING AND USING FOR YEARS TO COME. IT WON'T BE THIS FOR THE SHORT TERM. YOU TURNED TO THE EXPERTS, THE CREEK SIDE ASSOCIATION, THE CRB. THEY ALL APPROVED IT. CRB WAS UNANIMOUS FOR NOTHING. I THINK IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR AND VOTE FOR TONIGHT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YOUR WORST. MR WEST. THERE YOU ARE. GOOD EVENING. I, UM THANK YOU ALL. UM . I'VE KNOWN, UM, I'VE BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER IN STUART FOR 20 YEARS IS OPERATED BUSINESSES AND STEWART FOR 20 YEARS. UM FOR 10 YEARS I WAS DIRECTLY ACROSS COLORADO. FROM THIS SIDE. I HAVE SEEN THE UNDER UNDER UTILIZES THE WRONG WORD FOR THIS PARKING GARAGE. IT IS NEVER UTILIZED. IT IS COMPLETELY EMPTY. MOST OF THE TIME, IT IS NEVER EVER UTILIZED.

THIS SITE IS THE RIGHT SIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR A HOTEL, A HOTEL? YOU ALREADY HEARD THE OTHER SPEAKING HOTELS NEED TO BE HERE. UM I HAVE KNOWN RAJ FOR 20 YEARS, RAJ HAS BEEN A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE SAME FOOTPRINT. A DEEPLY CARES ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IS THE RIGHT PERSON DOING THE RIGHT PROJECT AND ASK YOU TO APPROVE IT. DOUGLAS LECHLER. HI. MY NAME IS DOUG LEGLER. I'M A PARTNER AND A PROPERTY OWNER IN DOWNTOWN STUART WITH I'M A PARTNER IN SOME BUSINESSES AND SOME PROPERTIES IN DOWNTOWN STUART. UM YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN DOESN'T NEED A HOTEL FOR A LONG TIME. THAT'S A FACT RECENTLY WENT TO A SEMINAR OVER HERE IN THE FLAGLER CENTER AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME FROM AS FAR AWAY AS ALASKA. ALL UM, LAMENTED THAT THERE WAS NO GOOD LODGING DOWNTOWN. UM, AND THAT WE REALLY NEEDED A NICE HOTEL NEARBY. UM, I ALSO NOW OWN, UM 7 34 37 44 COLORADO, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE PROPERTY THAT ABUTS FRUITS AND ROOTS. ALL OF MY TENANTS ARE FOR THIS HOTEL. I AM FOR THIS HOTEL. I KNOW ABOUT FIVE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE IN THAT IMMEDIATE VICINITY. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WANTS THIS HOTEL, NOT A SINGLE. ONE OF THEM HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE HYPE, SO I DON'T THINK YOU REALLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE HEIGHTENED, YOU KNOW, FEEL THAT IT'S YOUR DESIRE TO PROTECT US. WE APPRECIATE THAT. BUT IT'S REALLY NOT AN ISSUE. NO ONE'S COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. EVERYBODY WANTS THIS HOTEL, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND I GUESS IT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY. UM JOSHUA STEP LYNN. GOOD EVENING.

HOW ARE YOU? THANKS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND TALK. MY NAME IS JOSH STAPLING. I, UH I WAS BORN IN MARTIN NORTH RIGHT HERE, AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF RAISING A FAMILY ON FLAMINGO AVENUE HERE IN STUART. SO IT'S A PLACE I HOLD DEAR, AND I THINK EVERYBODY HERE DOES AS WELL. UM I HAVE A BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY OF STEWART. I USED TO HAVE IT IN THE ROYAL PALM CENTER, SO I DEFINITELY SAW FIRSTHAND THE UNDERUTILIZATION THAT GOES INTO THAT PARKING GARAGE. I MEAN, IT'S ESSENTIALLY EMPTY. IT'S CREEPY. HOW EMPTY IT IS, COMMISSIONER CALLED, SAID HIMSELF. HE'S NEVER EVEN BEEN IN IT, SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE CAN FINALLY GET SOME LIFE THERE. UM I'VE KNOWN ROGER. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING ROGER AND HIS FAMILY. FOR DECADES NOW, UM THERE'S SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE AND SAVVY BUSINESS OWNERS THAT I'VE KNOWN. I THINK THERE'S NO ONE BETTER THAN HIM TO QUARTERBACK. THIS TRULY. AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL PROVE THAT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. CHRISTIE. BRIDGE. HI CHRISTY. HI THANK YOU. UM I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO RUN DOWN THE BRAND ITSELF FOR HILTON. UM IT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS AT THE OLDEST PROPERTY THAT AND IT IS ALL ABOUT LOCAL. IT IS ABOUT PROMOTING LOCAL BUSINESSES. IT'S ABOUT PROMOTING LOCAL, UM EVENTS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PARTAKE IN SO TRUE IN AND OF ITSELF IS AN AMAZING BRAND, AND I THINK IT'S

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GOING TO ADD A LOT TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OKAY. TRACY BARNES, MISS BARNES.

HAPPY NEW YEAR HIGH. CRAZY MY NAME IS TRACY BARNES AND I LIVE AT 617 SOUTHWEST CHANNEL AVENUE.

I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AND MY SISTER AT 649 SOUTHWEST CHANNEL AVENUE. I WANT TO START WITH THE ISSUES I HAVE WITH THE SPACE BEING DEVELOPED, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO OUR FRASER CRESCENT NEIGHBORHOOD. TO BEGIN WITH. THE PROJECT SEEMS TO BE WAY TOO BIG FOR THE SPACE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ADDED $2500. YEAH 2500 SQUARE FEET OF RESTAURANT AND 2500 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE. MAYBE IT COULD BE DOWNSIZED IN SOME WAY. ALSO, I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH PARKING AS FAR AS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ROYAL PALM AND GLASS ROAD. WHAT ABOUT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ROYAL PALM AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IF NOT IF IT'S NOT GLASS ROAD? WITH THE AGREEMENT FALL THROUGH, DOES THERE NEED TO BE A MORE OFFICIAL APPROVAL FOR PARKING AS FAR AS DRAINAGE? I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THE PLAN IN PLACE WILL WORK TO ABSORB AND ROUTE THE WATERWAY AWAY FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, OF COURSE, AWAY FROM FRASURE CREEK. EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN STUART CAN SEE IMMEDIATE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. THE WHOLE CITY HAS WHEN WE GET A SUDDEN RAINSTORM. HARD RAIN, UM, THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE FLOODS IMMEDIATELY, AS DOES OSCEOLA.

THE HOSPITAL. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE THE PROPERTY PROPERTY FILLS DURING A HARD RAINSTORM. I'M READING WITHOUT MY GLASSES, SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM. UM FILLS UP DURING A HARD RAINSTORM AND ESPECIALLY DURING A HURRICANE. WE'VE HAD DOUBTS THAT THIS AMOUNT OF WATER CAN BE HANDLED CORRECTLY. AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC. I KNOW THE POWERS THAT BE HAVE A VISION LONG AGO WHEN WE GOT THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT SAID FOUR LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC ROUTED ONTO COLORADO AVENUE WOULD WORK. IT DIDN'T TAKE A TRAFFIC STUDY TO KNOW THAT THAT PLAN WOULDN'T WORK, AND IT DOESN'T TAKE ANOTHER 101 PAGE TRAFFIC STUDY TO TELL US THE SAME FOR THIS PROJECT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN THE GENERAL VICINITY. ANYONE WHO DRIVES DOWNTOWN NOSE AND THOSE WHO CAN AVOID IT. DO IF YOU WILL, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND CLOSE YOUR EYES OR CONCENTRATE. PICTURE COLORADO AVENUE, AS IT IS DURING MOST TIMES OF THE DAY TRAFFIC RACING IN A TOWN FROM CANNER TRYING TO BEAT THE LINE OF TRAFFIC ON THE LEFT LANE AND SCREECHING TO A HALT AT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE. SOMETIMES GOING OVER IT AND INSTEAD OF AROUND IT TRAFFIC RACING FROM THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE TO US ONE TO TRY TO MAKE THE LIGHT. I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN IT.

NOW AT A HOTEL OR WHATEVER ELSE GOES IN THIS SPACE AND PICTURE OUR LITTLE TRAMS FULL OF PEOPLE.

DRIVING ALMOST TO US ONE. ON TOP OF THAT. AT A BRIGHT LINE STATION. IN GENERAL. HOW CAN ANYONE IN GOOD CONSCIENCE KEEP ALLOWING THE GROWTH TO GO FURTHER AND FURTHER THE RIVER HAS BECOME AN ABSOLUTE AFTERTHOUGHT. THE MORE THAT'S CRAMPED IN HERE IT GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING. EVERYONE HAS BEEN FIGHTING SO HARD FOR THAT CAN'T BE FIXED BY MAKING EVERYTHING GRANDER OR COMPTON CONTEMPLATING NEW ROADS RUNNING THROUGH THE AREA. YOU AND WE ARE LOSING OUR GRASP ON OUR QUAINT DOWNTOWN, AND THE SHIP HAS LONG SINCE SAILED REGARDING ANY PAST PLAN TO HAVE A PEACEFUL DOWNTOWN WITH PEOPLE WALKING AND TALK, TAKING THE TRAM TO THEIR DESTINATION.

IN CLOSING. WE DO APPRECIATE THAT CONCESSIONS THAT MR PATEL HAS MADE REGARDING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WHATEVER IS DEVELOPED ON THIS PROPERTY. WE WOULD JUST WANT IT DONE CORRECTLY WHILE TAKING INTO OUR CONSIDERATION OUR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GONZALO HERNANDEZ. I LIVE ON SEVENTH. LIVE ON SEVENTH STREET. AND, UM MY CONCERN. FIRST OF ALL , I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HIS PROJECT. THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE HIS TRAFFIC RELATED AND, UM. I OWN THE TRIANGLE LOCK. THAT'S ON SEVENTH STREET. THAT WILL BE NOW THE ONLY VACANT LOT IN THAT AREA. AND I'M WORRIED THAT IT MIGHT BECOME A PARKING LOT IF THERE'S OVERRUN. YOU KNOW? BUT I'M HOPING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. I DON'T THINK YOU'LL LET IT HAPPEN. BUT TRAFFIC IS MY MAIN CONCERN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. IS IT PART? NICHOLAS? PARKS. IS THERE A NICHOLAS? NO. OKAY? MR CARTWRIGHT. SPEAK ON ADAM 12. NICHOLAS IS NOT HERE.

HELLO AGAIN. YES, MA'AM. SO MANY QUESTIONS. I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED YET. COME ON, SUZANNE.

LET'S GO. I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE ME, BUT LET'S KEEP IT. LET'S KEEP IT UP FORWARD. SO MANY

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QUESTIONS AND SO FEW PERTINENT TO THE ACTUAL SITE PLAN YET A LOT OF JUSTIFICATIONS THAT MAKES SOUND YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED IT. AND I'M SURE MR PATEL IS VERY NICE, BUT IT'S COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT. SO HERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU NEED TO GET ANSWERED FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS BEFORE YOU VOTE. WHY ARE THERE FEWER THAN REQUIRED 88 PARKING SPACES ON SITE AND WHY ARE THEY 500? FT AWAY? HOW IS THIS? NOT IN 88 VIOLATION? ARE YOU SETTING THE STAGE THAT NOW ANY DEVELOPER CAN HAVE OFFSITE PARKING, INCLUDING A D, A PARKING OFF SITE. WHY PRESENT THE PARKING VARIANTS, RIGHT? THINK 16 SPACES FROM 2017 THAT EXPIRED JANUARY 1ST OF 2023. WHEN NOW YOU'RE VIRTUALLY MOVING ALL PARKING OFF SITE. WHAT HAPPENS IF GLASS RED CELLS THE FINANCIAL CENTER? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PARKING? HOW WILL YOU GUARANTEE THAT THE PARKING WILL CONVEY TO THE NEW OWNER? THE RENDERING SHOW A STARED ELEVATION. ARE THERE SUFFICIENT RAMS AND OTHER ACCESSES FOR THINGS LIKE WHEELCHAIRS? IF THAT RENDERING IS CORRECT. WHERE IS THE DRAINAGE, REGARDLESS ELEVATED OR NOT? HOW TO STORMWATER GET MANAGED. AND WHERE DOES THAT RUN OFF? GO TO THE TRAFFIC REPORT DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR PLACES YOU'VE APPROVED LIKE THE ELIZABETH NORTH CENTRAL PARKWAY LOSS BECAUSE THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

BUT YOU'VE APPROVED THEM. AND YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN A WAY. I BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS, AND MANY OTHERS HAVE PARKING VARIANCES FOR DEFICIENCIES. AND WHILE THE CITY MANAGER WILL SAY IT'S NOT REQUIRED YOU AS THE COMMISSIONERS MUST CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS WHEN YOU ARE VOTING, MAKING YOUR DECISION. I DIDN'T SEE ANY STATEMENTS LIMITING THE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES THAT THE APPLICANT CAN MAKE AS A REMINDER. BRIDGEVIEW NOW INDIGO OF STEWART WAS APPROVED AT 42 FT . THERE WERE SIX ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES, AND NOW THE PROJECT IS 60 FT. OF LIVING SPACE, PLUS THE PARAPETS AND LOOKS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE THE RENDERING. HOW WILL YOU CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS PROJECT? EITHER THE HOTEL OR THE ONE STORY BUILDING? WHAT ABOUT ADDING A ROOFTOP BAR TO THE ONE STORY BUILDING IS THEIR TRADITION. IS THERE A PROHIBITION IN YOUR APPROVAL FOR THAT? I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE FORMER CITY ATTORNEY EXPRESSING CONCERN AND ASKING TO HELP ADDRESS THE HEIGHT LIMIT AS IT RELATES TO SENATE BILL 102. IF THERE IS NO STIPULATION, LIMITING THE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES ARE YOU THEN CREATING A POSITION THAT THIS HOTEL COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE TALLEST BUILDING AND THEREFORE THE RIDICULOUSNESS OF SB 102 THAT NOW THERE'S A NEW, HIGHEST PROJECT THAT CAN BE USED TO LEVERAGE BUILDING HEIGHT FOR THIS AREA, SINCE THERE IS A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE PARAPET HEIGHT. WHY IS THE 5000 SQUARE FOOT DETACHED BUILDING EVEN NEEDED? IF THIS IS LIKE THE CANTOR CPU D, WHERE THE DEVELOPER SAID HE CAN'T MAKE A PROFIT WITHOUT THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE. WHY DO YOU FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE THE DEVELOPER MONEY WHEN THAT IS NOT YOUR JOB? YES IT DEVELOPER HAS RIGHTS, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE RIGHTS TO BUILD WHAT'S ALLOWED AND IT COULD BE WORSE IS NOT A PROPER JUSTIFICATION FOR APPROVAL. YOU CAN SAY NO ALLOW. IT'S PERMITTED AND WHAT'S FITS, INCLUDING PARKING NOTHING MORE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. JOE HOOKER, MR HOOKER. FIRST OF ALL, I'M JOE HOOKER. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS YOU DO. IT'S NOT EASY TO SORT OF LISTEN TO ALL OF US SOMETIMES, UM, JUST A FEW POINTS. I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING. AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE I TALKED TO TODAY. I KIND OF FEEL THE SAME WAY. MAYBE THAT'S MY FAULT. BUT I WASN'T ATTENTION, I GUESS, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE KIND OF ABOUT THIS THE LAST MINUTE UM I THINK THE FOUR STORY HOTEL AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MR PATEL, I THINK HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. WITH WHAT HE HAS BUT DO WE REALLY NEED THE FOUR STORY BUILDING ON COLORADO? AND WHILE IT MAY BE WITHIN THE CODE. AND WITHIN THE LETTER OF THE LAW. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT STEWART.

THE UNIQUENESS OF STEWART. AND THE TERM AND THE LAST TIME THAT WE ALL CAME HERE TO ENJOY. AND WHETHER THAT CODE ADDRESSES THAT OR NOT. NO. YOU FOLKS ARE PEOPLE, NOT ROBOTS. AND YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP AND I WOULD I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. CHRISTINA MALDONADO. DR MARTIN. I'LL. CHRISTINA MALDONADO HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A WHILE. SOME A LITTLE RUSTY, BUT, UM, I'M HOPING THAT WHEN YOU GUYS VOTE YOU CAN REALLY THINK ABOUT STUART AND I NEVER COMMISSIONER COLLINS. THANK YOU. THE REST OF YOU. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE FOREVER. THE CHARMER, STEWART IS ALL THE SMALL PRIVATE BUSINESSES THAT LINE ALL THE COLORADO ALL DOWNTOWN STUART EVERYTHING THERE IS A SMALL BUSINESS. MAYBE DUFFY'S IS A CHAIN BECAUSE THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE OF THEM. BUT EVERYTHING IS HOMEGROWN. IT'S ALL STEWART. IT'S ALL OUR FRIENDS THAT OWN ALL THOSE BUSINESSES. WE DON'T NEED A HILTON. WE'VE GOT HOTELS DOWN

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THE STREET ON ROOSEVELT. YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME THIS TRAM IS GOING TO GET EVERYONE BACK AND FORTH HAPPILY WITH ALL THIS TRAFFIC. IT'S NOT GONNA WORK. YOU GUYS AREN'T THINKING YOU FORGOT ABOUT STUART ALL HAVE LIVED HERE FOREVER. YOU FORGOT IT'S OUR HOMETOWN. THE OTHER THING. IF YOU'RE GOING TO PROVE IT, YOU GUYS MAKE SURE THEY DON'T SPRAY PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES ON THAT WATERWAY. BECAUSE THAT WATER IF YOU DON'T I KNOW YOU GUYS REMEMBER IN 18 OR 16, OR WHICHEVER ONE OF THOSE BLOOMS THAT CREEK WAS FLUORESCENT. IT DOESN'T NEED CHEMICALS. THEN IT'S ALREADY HALF DEAD. AND WE CAN'T STOP THAT. BUT THESE GUYS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THERE, YOU GUYS HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT THEY CANNOT SPRAY. WE CAN'T DO MORE DAMAGE TO THE WATER. AND YOU GUYS, PLEASE THINK. COME ON. THANK YOU. HURT. MELLON GRUDGE.

I NEVER PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT. COULD YOU KNOW SHOULD HAVE SOME RIBBON FOR YOUR FIRST NAME.

WELCOME FEELING THAT ON MCPHERSON STREET I'M EXPERIENCING STREET FOR JUST OVER 30 YEARS HAD A BUSINESS FOR 38 YEARS IN THE CITY OF STEWART. I'VE LIVED IN THE CITY OF STORES SINCE 1972 AND I WANT TO GET TO THIS NOW. CREEK SIDE. THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME A LOT IS THAT THIS IS A HUGE DEVELOPMENT ON A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY ON A FRAGILE CREEK, AND IT'S REQUIRED 100% NEARLY 100% OF THE PARKING TO BE SHARED. IN A IN A HOTEL AND PARKING GARAGE. IS ANYBODY ELSE GONNA BE SHARING PARKING WITH THE HOTEL? I DON'T THINK SO. SO HOW IS THIS SHARED PARKING OKAY, THE BUILDING IS OUT OF CHARACTER AND WAY TOO HIGH AND TOO BIG FOR THIS AREA.

I'M GONNA MAKE THIS QUICK BECAUSE AND HERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE I'VE GOT AND NOBODY'S MENTIONED RIGHT NOW IS THAT THIS IS A FOUR STORY HOTEL BEING PROPOSED ON ONE ENDED CHANNEL AVENUE AND THEN WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE A MARRIOTT. THAT'S GOING. TO IT'S YES. AMERICA MARRIOTT THAT'S GOING AT THE OTHER END OF CHANNEL AVENUE FOURTH STORY HOTEL. WHAT'S THE CITY GONNA DO? RUN TRAMS UP AND DOWN CHANNEL AVENUE. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE SIDEWALKS. WE GOTTA GO TO LANE.

STREET THAT'S BEEN THERE. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE HAVE BEEN HERE AS LONG AS I HAVE SOME EVEN LONGER AND YOU GUYS KEEP CLOSING IN AND CLOSING IN ON US. OKAY, THE DUMPSTERS BY THE CREEK AND I THINK I SENT LETTERS TO YOU ALL BUT THE DUMPSTERS BY THE CREEK. I THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA. THE TRAFFIC IN DESTIN. I WAS LATE GETTING HERE. COLORADO ADAM VAN DAM DAM BUMPER TO BUMPER TRYING TO GET TO COLORADO. IVAN FROM MY DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. IT'S A NEST. YOU COULDN'T GET TO YOUR AH! UH THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT PEOPLE PARKING IN THE GARAGE AND THEN TAKING THE TRAM AND GOING WHEREVER THEY WANT. THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO PARK IN THE GARAGE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BEACH IN THEIR CARS OR THEY'RE GONNA COME AND THEY'RE GONNA PARK IN THE GARAGE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET ON BRIGHT LINE AND LEAVE THE CAR IN THE GARAGE AND THEN JUST READ THE ROOM FOR TWO NIGHTS AND THEN THAT CAR IS GOING TO SIT IN THE GARAGE. AH! SUPPORT LETTERS. YOU GOT LOTS OF SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE BUT NOT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HIT LIVING HERE. MY HOMETOWN IS JUPITER. I HAVE SEEN THIS COAST GO DOWN THE TOILET. WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT IN STUART. WE JUST DON'T NEED TO. WE NEED TO BECKY. YOU KNOW IT AND TRYING NOT WE HAVE HELD AND YOU'LL WE HAVE HELD OUR GROUNDS AS FAR AS SCREWING THIS TOWN UP, BUT WHY DO WE WANT TO DO THIS? 24 STORY HOTELS WITHIN TWO PLAQUES. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THAT'S NOT THE ONE ON US ONE. WE GOTTA LIVE WITH IT. A SPY CODE IS BUILT BY COACH THIS ONE'S COMING IN HERE IF THEY DIDN'T NEED PERMISSION FROM YOU FIVE PEOPLE IN THIS DIOCESE RIGHT HERE, THIS WOULDN'T FLY THERE HERE BEGGING FOR THE RIGHT TO MAKE THIS HOTEL FLY. SO LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND.

OKAY. WHAT ELSE I GOT HERE. SO THE OTHER ONES BUILT THE CODE. THERE'S ALSO AN EMPTY PARCEL.

I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S ANOTHER EMPTY PARCEL OF LAND THAT HASN'T BEEN INTEREST. REAL CLOSE. IT IS THANK YOU, MR LENNY KAYE RICHARDS. WELCOME. I MIGHT BE A LITTLE RUSTY TO HAVE BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. LENNY KAYE RICHARD'S POINT CIRCLE. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TRUE BRAND FOR A MINUTE. BOUTIQUE. IT IS NOT. UM I HAVE STAYED IN THE HOTEL.

FIRST TIME I STAYED IN. IT WAS BRAND NEW WENT IN. I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS BRAND NEW HOTEL. VERY, VERY LOW FRILLS. FINE GREAT. NOT SO BAD. VERY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I WENT INTO ONE THAT WAS FOUR YEARS OLD. AND I WAS AMAZED BY HOW DILAPIDATED. IT WAS. SO WHEN I'M NEW HOTEL, A NEW BRAND, AND IT'S BRAND NEW, YOU GO INTO IT. YOU THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT, BUT THIS BRAND IS NOT A LUXURY BRAND

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. IT IS HILTON'S ACTUALLY PRETTY LOW IN BRAND. IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT UP OF OVER LIKE A MOTEL SIX MOTEL EIGHT KIND OF THING, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE ACTUAL BRAND. UM I'M SO SAD TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR CITY. THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT YOU KNOW YOU COME IN OVER THE POMP C BRIDGES WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEN. UM, BUT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMING DOWN, CANTOR. AND WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SAY? YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS BIG FOUR STORY AND IT'S A TRUE IT LOOKS JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER TRUTH RIGHT OFF OF I 95 IN JACKSONVILLE. EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE'S NO CHARACTER. THERE IS SO MUCH BETTER. YES SURE WE COULD USE A HOTEL, SAYING THERE'S NO HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF BECAUSE THERE'S THE COLORADO IN IT IS A LOVELY HOTEL.

BEAUTIFUL HOTEL. IT'S I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THERE'S NO HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN.

COULD WE USE ANOTHER HOTEL? OF COURSE, BUT WE'RE GETTING ONE. WE'RE GETTING THE MARRIOTT.

THEY'RE BUILDING. IT CAN'T SAY NO. THEY'RE DOING IT TO CODE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO ASK FOR YOUR PERMISSION. YOU CAN SAY NO. I'M SURE MR RAJ IS A VERY NICE GUY. I DON'T KNOW HIM DOESN'T MATTER.

WHAT WE NEED IS TO LOOK AT THE CHARACTER OF OUR CITY. WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN. SOMEONE DID AN AI KIND OF REPRESENTATION ON FACEBOOK OF WHAT A QUAINT HOTEL SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN A QUAINT LITTLE CITY IN A SEASIDE TOWN LIKE STEWART, AND IT DIDN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE A TRIP. YOU KNOW, THEY COULD HAVE PUT SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE PUT SOME UNDERGROUND PARKING. THEY COULD HAVE MADE IT SMALLER. THEY COULD HAVE MADE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT LIKE A SEASIDE TOWN HOTEL. BUT HE WANTS TO PUT IN A HILTON TRUE. AND AGAIN DO YOUR RESEARCH ON THAT BRAND OF THAT THAT THAT HILTON HAS IT IS A BOTTOM. BRAND AND IF YOU GO INTO SOME OF THE OLDER, TRUE'S, THEY ARE FALLING APART. THEY ARE NOT. THE TOP OF THE LINE. HEY THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO STAY, AND I WILL SAY THAT THEY WILL FALL KIND OF INTO THE REALM OF THE HOTELS, MOTELS THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT ARE IN DOWNTOWN STUART, WHICH ARE THE ONES ON US ONE. THE USED TO BE A HOWARD JOHNSON'S. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS CALLED. NOW BEST. BEST BEST WESTERN BEST. ALL OF THOSE, UM, THAT'S THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE. THIS IS THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS GOING TO. GO INTO I. I DON'T KNOW WHY COMMITMENT A PIZZA. RUSH RUSH. CUTLER, MR CUTLER. AND AFTER MR CUTLER IS DONALD WILLIAMS. WELCOME, MR COLOR. ROSS CUTLER, UM, GOTTEN THE PLEASURE TO RAJ. OR LAST YEAR I HAD MY OFFICE HERE OFF OSCEOLA, REDUCING PROPERTY OWNER TO THIS PROPERTY. UM SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY APPROVAL FOR IT. I HAVE FAMILY THAT COMES INTO TOWN. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT COME INTO TOWN AND I SEND THEM OUT OF TOWN TO STAY THE HOTEL AT THE MARRIOTT DOWN BY 95 OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THEM STAY DOWNTOWN HERE AND EXPERIENCE A LITTLE BIT MORE DOWNTOWN STUART I THINK THAT RAJ HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF ACCOMMODATING THIS SMALL TOWN THAT WE NEED. WITH THE HOTEL BRAND, SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY APPROVAL. THANKS THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. WILLIAMS, DONALD WILLIAMS. WELCOME TO TELL A LITTLE STORY HERE. WE MOVED HERE JANUARY 2021 DURING COVID. ONE OF THE REASONS WE MOVED. I WAS BORN IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S THE NICEST DOOR CHARMING TOWN. APPARENTLY GO THERE RIGHT NOW, AND IT LOOKS LIKE DRIVING INTO NEW YORK CITY WHEN YOU GO ON YOUR BUILT ORIGINALLY THE CODE WAS IN CHARLESTON. I THINK YOU COULDN'T BUILD A HOTEL HIGHER THAN THE CHURCHES. DID SOMEONE APPROVED IT AND THEN GUESS WHAT HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER THEY GOT. I LIVED THERE. I GREW UP IN THE TOWN OF NOT PLEASANT SELF, CAROLINE, WHEN I WAS A KID, AND I'M 71 YEARS OLD, THERE WERE 3500 PEOPLE THERE ARE NOW OVER 100,000. AND THEY TAKEN AWAY ALL THE THINGS THAT FAMILIES WERE LIKE BOWLING ALLEYS, PUPPET GOLF , WHATEVER THE CASUAL THINGS, IT'S ALL HOTELS, MOTELS, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL BIG BOX STORES. COST GOES THE WHOLE WORKS, WHICH YOU WANT, WHICH I HEARD. THEY APPROVED THE COSTCO BEFORE I MOVED HERE. THE REASON I MOVED HERE WAS FOR THAT REASON I DID RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH. FOR ALL THE SMALL TOWNS, I GUESS I'M VERY PASSIONATE GUY. SORRY. IN FLORIDA. AND I PICKED STEWART. AND THAT THINGS ARE COUPLE OF THINGS I PICKED WAS THE LYRIC THEATER. IT'S STORAGE. I WATCHED THE WEBCAM AND I SHOULD LOOK AT HERE. THERE'S NO TRAFFIC IN STUART. TRAFFIC AND STORAGE. I MOVED HERE IN 2021 BY 2022. THE

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NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT I HEARD IN THE STEWART WAS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC TRAFFIC. THEN I HEARD I DID SOME RESEARCH. I GO TO THE RC ARM DOWN TO THE CAFE EVERY MORNING. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON TALK. THEY SAID IN 1980, I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH.

YOU GUYS IN 1980 APPROVED VERY, VERY SLOW CONTROLLED GROWTH. SO WHAT YOU GOING TO DO IS YOU COULD DRIVE OUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE CHARM. AND BRING IN THE DEVELOPERS AND THE PEOPLE WON'T LISTENING HERE AND I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO RESEARCH. I FOUND OUT FROM JOE BACK HERE ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK TODAY AND I HAD A MEETING. AND SO I DID NO RESEARCH, BUT I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH IS STILL HERE. JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY EVER HEARD OR APPROVE THIS AS A CONNECTION TO MR PATEL, OR IS IT GOING TO FINANCIALLY BENEFIT FROM IT BEING RIGHT THERE? AND THE FINAL THING IS THEY DID RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, LIVE HERE 3.5 YEARS I FOUND ABOUT THIS TODAY. WHY NOT ANY TIME? THERE'S A MAJOR PROJECT LIKE THIS DO A MAILING TO EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT IN STUART. AND THEN YOU CAN PUT UP A WEBSITE AND LET THEM VOTE ON IT AND SEE HOW THE PRESIDENT'S FEEL NOT TO PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FINANCIALLY FROM THERE'S SO I ASKED YOU RECONSIDER THIS. AND I'LL PICK AN EDISON QUOTE. YES, THE PROPERTY PROBABLY LOOKS PRETTY BAD OVER THERE. BUT KNOWING WHAT NOT TO DO IS HALFWAY GETTING TO THE RIGHT DECISION OF WHAT TO REALLY DO THERE. I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER BUT LEAST I KNOW, BUILDING A HOTEL. THERE IS NOT IT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ENTRANCE TO THE COLORADO IN IT. ONE FINAL THING. THE LITTLE RESEARCH. I HEARD I HEARD SOMEONE ON THE BOARD RECEIVED 13 LETTERS THAT NO ONE DISAPPROVED OF THIS 13 PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS AFFECT 17,000 DOES NOT SEEM REASONABLE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR.

RIGHT. CLICK CRYSTAL. PLEASE COME FORWARD. I APOLOGIZE. I WANT TO SEE OUR BE BORED AND I MISSED THAT MEETING. I MADE THE ATTEMPT TO ZOOM, IT WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO CRB MEMBERS. AH! I GUESS I WAS LUCKY. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE IN CARMEL. THAT WILL BE CHERRY IN THE LATE SEVENTIES EARLY EIGHTIES. AND THEY'RE GONE. THEY'RE GONE NOW. OKAY? SO. HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

WE NEED TO DRAW THAT LINE OF DEMARCATION FOR THE FOURTH STORY IN ABOVE IN THE FUTURE. TO YOU TO US ONE. ALRIGHT? SO THE SAME OLD PLAYBOOK. IT'S JUST GETTING BORING. ENGINEERS THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU THEY'RE GONNA BEAT MOTHER NATURE. WHEN WE GET THOSE THREE OR FOUR STORMS, WHERE HE GETS SEVEN INCHES AND FOUR HOURS WE'RE GONNA BEAT MOTHER NATURE. TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THAT TELL YOU YOU KNOW? IT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO BE ANY WORSE. HERE'S WHY OKAY? AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER HER FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS THIS IS HOLDS TRUE. ALSO. THEY TAKE OUT VEGETATION AND TREES AND THEN TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. THEY PACKED TREES. INTO A THIRD OF THE LAND THAT ANY HEALTHY TREE WOULD NEED TO GROW AND KEEP GOING. SO WHAT YOU END UP END UP WITH 5 TO 10 YEARS LATER, IS NOT MUCH SOME VERY UNHEALTHY VEGETATION BECAUSE YOU PACKED THE REQUIREMENTS INTO A CONVENIENT SPOT THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT EVEN EXIST. OKAY, THAT'S HOW PROUD YOU ARE. SO IN CONCLUSION, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT FOUR STORIES ON US ONE. LET'S TALK ABOUT A TRANSITION ZONE. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE WRONG. WITH THE THREE STORY HOTEL ROOM RIGHT THERE. HOTEL BUILDING. OKAY WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GIVE EVERY DEVELOPER THE MAX? OKAY WHY? WHEN YOU KNOW THAT DOES NOT HELP THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS AND STEWART AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE WHO LIVES NEAR WHO HAS A BUSINESS. THERE IS GOING TO SUPPORT IT AND THEY FILL UP THIS ROOM. WELL, GUESS WHAT. YOUR CITIZENS OF STEWART. THEY DON'T HAVE TIME OR EVEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF FILL UP THIS ROOM, BUT THEY WOULD OKAY. AND THAT IDEA OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE, TAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF IT. ANYWAYS, THE SAME OLD PLAYBOOK IS JUST BOGUS. ALRIGHT ENGINEERS THAT TELL YOU DON'T NEED ANY MORE DRAINAGE. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ARE THROUGH ALL THESE PLANTS IN THE LITTLE SPOT. THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO SURVIVE, OKAY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. AND BOGUS TRAFFIC REPORTS THAT TELL US YOU CAN DEVELOP ALL YOU WANT. IT'S OKAY. YOU'RE JUST IMAGINING THAT YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS GOING DOWN THE CRAPPER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. STEPHEN VITALY, AFTER STEPHEN IF I TELL HIS CHRISTOPHER, IF I TELL YOU. THE EVENING IS STEPHEN A.

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TALLEY. THE FAMILY OWNS AND OPERATES THE OLD COLORADO WINDOW, WHICH IS THE ONLY EXISTING BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN STUART. I WOULD LIKE TO START OUT BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE COMMISSIONERS, THE STAFF AND ALL OF YOUR PREDECESSORS WHO WORK SO HARD TO MAKE THIS TOWN SPECIAL.

LIKEWISE I AM VERY PROUD OF THE VITALITY. FAMILY SPENT THE LAST 25 YEARS, RESTORING SO MANY IMPORTANT STRUCTURES IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, SUCH AS THE POST OFFICE ARCADE, THE HANEY CIRCLE BUILDING, THE COVENTRY HOTEL, THE OLD COLORADO BUILDING, THE OWL HOUSE, LIONS HOUSE, THE CLIFTON'S GUESTS AND FISHING LODGE, BARNES, HOUSE, GROUND FLOOR FARM AND MANY OTHERS. WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF OUR AMAZING TOWN, WHICH HAS BEEN RECEIVING RECOGNITION ALL OVER THE WORLD IS ONE OF THE BEST SMALL TOWNS IN AMERICA. LONG TIME FORMER COMMISSIONER JEFFREY CRASS COP ONCE SAID THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY WISE ABOUT OUR DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND DOWNTOWN STUART BALANCING NECESSARY GROWTH WITH OUR QUAINTNESS, BUT THAT WE WOULD NEVER, EVER WANT TO KILL THE GOOSE, WHICH LAID THE GOLDEN DAGGER WHICH IS OUR HISTORIC SMALL TOWN, SEAN. UNFORTUNATELY WE ALL KNOW THIS. THE CHARACTER OF OUR TOWN HAS BEEN GRADUALLY ERODING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND NOW WE HAVE A MULTINATIONAL BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION THAT WANTS TO BUILD 101 ROOM, BIG BOX CHAIN HOTEL RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TO OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CHAIN FREE ZONE. IT APPEARS THAT THE GOLDEN GOOSE IS ON SEVERE LIFE SUPPORT. WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT? HERE IS A BIG PART OF THE SOLUTION. THIS COMMISSION NEEDS TO START EXERCISING EXTREME CAUTION WITH REGARD TO GIVING OUT SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF YOUR VETO POWER. YOU CAN'T KEEP HANDING OUT EXCEPTIONS LIKE CANDY. A PROJECT DOES NOT FIT WITHIN OUR CHARACTER. IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT IS NOT QUAINT, CHARMING, AUTHENTIC OR AESTHETICALLY PLEASING THAN THE REQUEST MUST BE DENIED THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS SIMPLY TOO INTENSE, TOO LARGE TO HOMOGENEOUS AND TWO DEVOID OF CHARACTER. WE ALL KNOW IT TO BE WORTHY OF THIS COMMISSION'S APPROVAL. I'M NOT ANTI DEVELOPMENT AT ALL. BUT WE REALLY NEED TO STEP UP OUR GAME OUR GAME WITH REGARD TO PRESERVING OUR CHARACTER, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO DOWNTOWN STUART, WHICH IS THE HEART OF THE WHOLE COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING A BUY RIGHT PROJECT WITHOUT THIS COMMISSION'S APPROVAL TONIGHT OF AN EXCEPTION TO ALLOW THE USE OF THE ODDS OFFSITE PARKING GARAGE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE ALMOST ALL OF THE REQUIRED PARKING, THE PROJECT CANNOT GO FORWARD. THE VITALITY FAMILY IS PREPARED TO CONTINUE OPERATING A LARGE CHUNK OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN STUART AND ITS CURRENT STATE BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS TOWN, AND RIGHT NOW WE CAN MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR ALL THE RISING EXPENSES, EVEN THE INCREASED TAXES DUE TO THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FOUR STORY CONDOS RECENTLY BUILT ON BOTH SIDES OF OUR PROPERTIES. MY SON CHRISTOPHER IS HERE THIS EVENING WHO WAS TRAINING TO TAKE OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR PROPERTIES. HOWEVER IF THIS PROJECT IS APPROVED, WE MAY HAVE TO START BUILDING OUT OUR PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO COMPETE. WHICH WOULD ONLY FURTHER DID SHE READ THE CHARACTER OF OUR TOWN.

I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I HAD TO SELL ABOUT TWO BLOCKS OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WOULD PROBABLY BECOME FOUR STORY NEW CONSTRUCTION WITH ABOUT 10 YEARS, BUT LET'S NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. INSTEAD LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE OUR TREASURED DOWNTOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO START THAT PROCESS TONIGHT.

PLEASE DON'T LET THE GOLDEN GOOSE DIE. I AM TERRIBLY TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT GONNA GET HURT. WHEN I SELL IN THE FUTURE, I'LL BE SITTING PRETTY. I'M SITTING ON BOARDWALK AND PARK PLACE, BUT THESE PEOPLE AND THIS WHOLE TOWN AND THIS COUNTY IS WHAT'S GOING TO SUFFER BECAUSE YOU ARE KILLING OUR CITY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING AND PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. YOU CAN STILL CHANGE YOUR MIND. CHRISTOPHER. ARE YOU THE ONE THAT PAINTED THAT BEAUTIFUL MIRROR? I AM? YES I AM. I HEAR YOU'RE GOING TO PAINT MORE. YES, I'M HOPING TO DEFINITELY GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER OF ITALIAN AND THE SON OF STEPHEN AND ASHLEY VITALITY. THE OWNERS OF THE OLD COLORADO IN HERE IN STUART. AND ALSO THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED THE MURAL DOWNTOWN OF THE HOUSE OF REFUGE AT SUNRISE ON THE BACK OF THE HOME BUILDING JUST OUT OF THE CIRCLE. I'M CURRENTLY BEING TRAINED AS MY DAD JUST MENTIONED AS A MANAGER OF OUR BOUTIQUE HOTEL, AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT I CAN CONTINUE THE WORK THAT MY FAMILY HAS DONE OVER MANY YEARS TO PRESERVE PIVOTAL HISTORIC STRUCTURES IN THE HEART OF OUR DOWNTOWN FOR YEARS TO COME. I WANT TO PRESENT MYSELF BEFORE

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THE CITY COMMISSION FOR FIRSTLY TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS TO ENHANCE THIS COMMUNITY. BUT I ALSO WANT TO ARGUE THAT THE PROPOSED HOTEL IS A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION FOR STEWART. THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA ALONG COLORADO AVENUE. AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I DON'T THINK A PROJECT LIKE THIS IS WRONG FOR STEWART ENTIRELY. HELTON HOTEL IS PERFECT FOR MANY OTHER LOCATIONS IN STUART, ESPECIALLY ALONG US ONE WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THOSE KINDS OF ESTABLISHMENTS. BUT DOWNTOWN STUART IS SIMPLY A TERRIBLE PLACE TO SITUATE, A FOUR STORY CHAIN HOTEL. IT COMPLETELY CONTRADICTS THE WONDERFUL HISTORIC SMALL TOWN CHARM THAT ATTRACTS SO MANY PEOPLE TO THIS AREA. I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS A HOTEL EMPLOYEE FOR SEVERAL YEARS THAT THE REASON THAT MANY VISITORS COME TO STAY IN STEWART IS IN ORDER TO GET AWAY FROM MANY OF THE OTHER, OVERCROWDED, OVERDEVELOPED PLACES IN FLORIDA, SUCH AS WEST PALM BEACH BOOK OVERTONE FOR FORT LAUDERDALE, MIAMI, ETCETERA. I HAVE LEARNED BY OBSERVING THESE GUESTS WHO COME TO STAY WITH US AT OUR HOTEL. THAT IT IS PRECISELY BECAUSE STEWART DOES NOT LOOK OR FEEL LIKE THESE OTHER PLACES THAT THEY COME HERE TO BEGIN WITH. THEY ARE OUR BUSINESS, AND THEY'RE THE REASON THAT THEY COME HERE BECAUSE STEWART FEELS THE WAY IT DOES, AND IT'S GOING AWAY AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID TONIGHT UNLESS WE ARE VERY, VERY PROTECTIVE OF OUR TOWN IN ALL OF THE ASSETS THAT MAKE IT UNIQUE.

I FEAR THAT WE ARE ON A FAST TRACK TO ALLOWING STEWART TO BECOME LIKE MANY OF THESE OTHER GENERIC PARTS OF FLORIDA. LACKING CHARM AND OVERCROWDED WITH CARELESS DEVELOPMENTS AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION. OUR DOWNTOWN AREA IS TRULY TRULY SPECIAL, AND IT DESERVES TO BE PRESERVED AND PROTECTED, OR ELSE WE RISK LOSING SO MUCH OF THE APPEAL THAT BRINGS ALL THE VISITORS AND BUSINESS HERE TO BEGIN WITH. IT'S TIME TO START PRIORITIZING THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE STEWART SO ENCHANTING AND SO NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S TIME TO STOP MAKING EXCEPTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENTS WHICH DO NOT COMPLEMENT THE PERSONALITY OF STEWART. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT UP. MR SHRUG. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. STAFF COMMUNITY.

UH MY NAME IS NICK SCHROTH, RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF STEWART SINCE SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND IN THE CITY OF STEWART, UM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CRB. I WAS ABSENT. THE DAY OF THE VOTE WAS ALSO CONFLICTED BECAUSE OUR FIRM DOES REPRESENT RAJ. ON SEVERAL AFFIRMING A I. SOUTH COAST DOES REPRESENT RAJAN. SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS SO WOULD HAVE HAPPENED STEERING HEAD TALKED TO MIKE MARTEL ABOUT ABSTAINING. BUT I AM HERE TODAY AS A RESIDENT AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT COLORADO AVENUE WAS FOUR LANES AT THE CENTER THAT THE STRIP CENTER WHERE FRUITS AND ROOTS IS WAS A GOOD YEAR. THE CENTER ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST WAS DEVELOPED AS A FOOD LINE. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT BE BEFORE YOU TODAY IF IT WAS ON THE SITE OF OLD COLORADO IN WHERE THE POST OFFICE ARCADE VERY CITY HALL. WE SIT IN TODAY. SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT AND CONSIDER COLORADO FOR WHAT IT WAS WHEN COLORADO WAS SLATED TO BE REDUCED FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO LANES. IT WAS THAT WAS SERIOUSLY PEOPLE WERE ENRAGED AND NOBODY THOUGHT IT WOULD WORK OUT. THE OTHER RICH CAMPBELL. THAT'S THE REPORTER AND NOT THE COMMISSIONER, WROTE A BUNCH OF BAD THINGS ABOUT IT AND THEN WROTE A BUNCH OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT AFTER IT HAD BEEN PROVEN AS A AS A WORTHY CONCEPT, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OF DOWNTOWN, WHICH RESIDES NORTH AND EAST OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND UNDERSTAND THAT FOLKS LIKE MYSELF, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, AND WE DO WORK WITH FOLKS LIKE RAJ, WHO MAYBE THE ANTICHRIST TO SOME PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, YOU KNOW OR NOT.

VENTURING INTO THAT. YOU KNOW REALM, UM THE. YOU KNOW, THE VARIANCE VARIANCE IS THAT I SEE OR THE REQUESTS THAT I SEE HERE TODAY OR FAIRLY MINIMAL IN MIND OPINION? YOU CAN TAKE THAT FOR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT IT HAS ALLOWED STAFF TO MASSIVE, YOU KNOW, HOLD THE DEVELOPERS FEET TO THE FIRE ON, YOU KNOW, DEVIATING FROM CERTAIN HILTON REQUIREMENTS AND RUSSIA'S PRESENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THIS COMMUNITY IS WHAT'S ALLOWED HIM TO GO TO HILTON AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO MAKE THESE CHANGES, NOT BECAUSE STAFF IS ASKING ME TO, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THIS TO WORK AND TO FIT IN. UM, SO YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONSIDERATION OF THAT, AND I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE AVERAGE HILTON. TRUE, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? RAJ HAS ANOTHER HILTON. TRUE IN TRADITION, AND IT'S NOT THIS IS NOT GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT. UM. PERSONALLY I LIVE IN THE CITY. I CONSIDER MYSELF TO LIVE DOWNTOWN EVEN THOUGH I AM

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NORTH OF THE BRIDGE WHEN WE HAVE FRIENDS COME STAYING ATTACHED. STAY IN TOWN. THERE'S A LOT THAT STAY AT THE COLORADO IN AND THEY LIKE THAT EXPERIENCE, AND THAT'S THEY'RE STILL GOING TO STAY AT THE COLORADO END, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS MISSING THIS, UH, THIS PRODUCT IN DOWNTOWN SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, SIR. DUNCAN HURT. EVENING. MY NAME IS DUNCAN HEARD I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF STEWART. MY WIFE AND I OWN THE GUILT COMPLEX LOCATED AT 608 COLORADO AVENUE IN THE CREEK DISTRICT. I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. OF THE CREEK DISTRICT OF ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, NONPROFIT. UM ROGER AND HIS TEAM APPROACHED OUR BOARD LAST SPRING. WITH THIS IDEA, AND BECAUSE. I IS A BOARD MEMBER OF THIS NONPROFIT, WHICH EXISTS TO PROMOTE THE DISTRICT BUSINESSES WITHIN IT. UH HUH. WE WERE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT IT. AND WE WERE QUICKLY CONVINCED. OF THE SINCERITY OF THE PRINCIPLES. THEIR APPROACH TO THE PROJECT. AND WE BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE. A VERY POSITIVE IMPACT WITHIN THE CITY, BUT ALSO IN THE CREEK DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR. THIS BOARD CREATED THE CREEK DISTRICT. AS A AREA TO PROMOTE ART AND ENTERTAINMENT. AND WE NEED A HOTEL. IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT THAT WAY THERE'S A CONSTANT FLOW OF NEW PEOPLE COMING THROUGH. WHO WOULD OTHERWISE. NOT BE ABLE TO STAY HERE AND ENJOY THESE AMENITIES. AS AN INDIVIDUAL, NOT SPEAKING FOR THE CREEK DISTRICT, NOT SPEAKING AS A BUSINESS OWNER. IT STRIKES ME AS ODD THAT THE COMMISSION HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN THEY APPROVED THE NEW CODE FOR THE DISTRICT. THAT THEY DIDN'T. THAT NOW THERE'S ALL THESE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE HEIGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, BUT IT WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY BY THIS COMMISSION. WHETHER YOU ALL WERE MEMBERS OF IT OR NOT. AND I JUST FIND IT TROUBLING. THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN FOR WHAT TO ME IS RATHER SPECIOUS ARGUMENTS. SUDDENLY CONSIDER NOT APPROVING A PROJECT OF THIS NATURE, WHICH FALLS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES. I RESPECT EVERYBODY WHO IS AGAINST THIS PROJECT. I DON'T WANT AN INCREASE IN THE HEIGHT LIMIT. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC EVERY DAY. BUT WE EXIST AS.

RESIDENTS AS BUSINESS OWNERS. AS PEOPLE WHO LOVE THIS CITY. TO PROMOTE ITS WISE GROWTH. AND I HAVE HEARD I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. TONIGHT. THAT WOULD CAUSE ME. THE ALARM THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. PAULA HALF. NO, MISS PELAJARAN. WELCOME. THE NORMAL HALF. I LIVE IN THE CITY OFF THE BUS STAFFER DRIVE. WE LIVED HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND I JUST WANT TO READ ITERATE THE SAME THAT SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT NOBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I HAVE TALKED TO. MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS UNTIL RECENTLY. LIKE THE WOMAN WITH THE NEWSPAPER SAID THAT. THIS IS THE WAY OUR SOCIAL REALIZATION IS NOW WE DON'T HAVE NEWSPAPERS. WE DON'T READ THE NEWSPAPERS. I HEARD ABOUT THIS ON FACEBOOK.

HAD I NOT BEEN ON FACEBOOK. I WOULD HAVE NEVER EVEN KNOWN ABOUT IT. UM THAT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM. IT'S JUST THE FACTS OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY. UM THE MAIN MY MAIN CONCERNS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO SAY. I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY WHO HAS VOICED THEIR CONCERNS. THE TRAFFIC IS A PROBLEM. I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT. ONLY THE RIGHT TERMS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO UP TO THE CIRCLE. GO AROUND THE CIRCLE AND COME BACK AND TURN RIGHT. THAT SEEMS KIND OF LIKE IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A MESS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING NOW. UM I AGREE WITH WHY? I MEAN, WE DO. HOTEL WOULD BE NICE. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE'D BE THERE GOT THE COLORADO IN WHICH IS FABULOUS. OR YOU GO ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO THE OTHER BOX HOTELS THAT ARE OVER, THERE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A HOTEL HERE. BUT I AGREE. WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MAX?

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE A GIANT. IT JUST DOESN'T FIT IN SO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID I AGREE WITH NOT APPROVING IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. CAROL CRAYON.

WELCOME HIS KOREANS. HI MY NAME IS CAROL. I LIVE HERE IN STUART. WE MOVED TO YOUR IN 1990 SINCE BEEN 34 YEARS. I OWN FRUITS AND ROOTS. SO FRUITS AND ROOTS WILL STAND TO LOSE THOSE OVERFLOW PARKING SPOTS. WHICH OBVIOUSLY BELONGS TO THE LANDLORD, SO WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I'M WONDERING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO NOT ALLOW THE PEOPLE FROM THE HOTEL TO PARK IN JUST A TINY LITTLE PARKING SPOTS THAT WE HAVE. I MEAN, I CAN SIT 65 PEOPLE AT A TIME. I THINK WE CAN FIT 25 CARS OUT THERE. THERE'S ANOTHER RESTAURANT IN THE PLAZA, TWO SALONS AND INTERIOR DESIGNER UM MY STAFF ALL PARKS. IN THAT PARKING GARAGE THAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING IT'S EMPTY AND IT'S NOT EMPTY BECAUSE I WORK LATE. I WORK 910 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. I COME OUT OF FRUITS AND ROOTS. THERE'S PEOPLE WALKING FROM THE PARKING GARAGE TO TARIFF ARMADA. THERE'S PEOPLE WALKING FROM THE PARKING GARAGE ALL AROUND THE LITTLE AREAS THAT ARE IN THAT, YOU KNOW, TELL DOWNTOWN AREA PEOPLE COME FOR THE CREEK WALK PARK IN THAT PARKING GARAGE. SO THAT PARKING GARAGE GETS SO FULL ON EVEN A THURSDAY FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT THAT MY STAFF HAS PUT ON THE TOP FLOOR, SO IT DEFINITELY IS A LOT OF FLUX INTO THE PARKING GARAGE AND THE WHOLE AREA AROUND THERE.

LOTS OF CUTTING THROUGH THAT PARKING LOT TO GET THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE TO GET THROUGH US ONE. I ALSO OWN THE CHEF'S TABLE ON EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. I PICK UP MY DAUGHTER. I TAKE HER TO TUTORING OVER OFFICE STAFFER DRIVE, WHICH IS OFFERED KRUGER PARKWAY, AND THEN I DRIVE BACK TO FIRST IN WHICH TO DO SOME PAPERWORK. IT TAKES ME SOMETIMES HALF AN HOUR. I CUT OFF OF EAST OCEAN THROUGH STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL DOWN MARTIN LUTHER KING, AND THEN I GET STUCK AT THAT ROUNDABOUT. JUST LOOKING AT MY RESTAURANT ACROSS THE STREET, SO I KNOW THAT PARKING AND TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. NOT AGAINST THE HOTEL. WE COULD DEFINITELY USE SOMETHING FOR SURE LOVE THAT THERE WOULD BE A RESTAURANT DOWNSTAIRS AND SOME RETAIL SPACE BRINGS MORE PEOPLE TO THE AREA. BUT I THINK THAT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED A LITTLE BIT BETTER. MAKE SURE THAT TRAFFIC IS NOT GOING TO BE TOO HEMMED UP IN THAT PARKING IS A REAL SITUATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. BECAUSE EVERYONE'S SAYING, OH, THE PARKING GARAGE PARKING GARAGE. I KNOW ABOUT THE PARKING GARAGE, SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU JUST LIKE TO SAY MY BROTHER IN LAW REALLY SPEAKS HIGHLY OF YOUR BROTHER IN LAW AND IN YOUR CHEF'S TABLE. THANK YOU. VERY HAPPY FOR YOU. OKAY.

WE HAVE I'M GONNA MAKE ONE LAST CALL. YES. ONE. NOT A MAYOR. WE HAVE MISS GAYLE GOLDIE. IF YOU WOULD WE HAVE MISS GAYLE. GOLDIE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD, PLEASE. HELLO COMMISSIONER'S HAPPY NEW YEAR. I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A PROSPEROUS AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR. FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M A RESIDENT OF STEWART, NOT THE CITY. BUT I AM A RESIDENT OF STEWART AND THEN A RESIDENT. WE PURCHASED A HOME IN MARTIN COUNTY IN 1986. I CAN TELL YOU. I'VE BEEN IN ALL 50 STATES HAVE BEEN IN MANY, MANY DOWNTOWNS, QUAINT DOWNTOWNS. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT STEWART IS NUMBER ONE. THE REASON YOU'RE NUMBER ONE IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU PROTECT YOUR HERITAGE AND THE THINGS THAT MEANS SO MUCH. I'D HATE TO SEE ALL OF THAT GO AWAY. UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE OBSERVED WHEN I TRAVELED WAS THAT A LOT OF THE DOWNTOWNS UNLIKE STEWART, HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME RESTAURANTS THAT YOU CAN GO TO AT THE MALLS AND CHAINS. STEWART DOESN'T DO THAT.

YOU CAN WALK DOWNTOWN, AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE RESTAURANTS THAT YOU GO INTO IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY RESTAURANTS THAT ARE IN THESE MAJOR CHAINS THAT ARE ALL IN SMALL TOWNS, AND IT'S THE SAME WAY WITH A LOT OF THE STORES. LOT OF THE CHAIN STORES BETTER IN THE MALLS ARE IN A LOT OF SMALL TOWNS ALL ACROSS AMERICA. IT'S NOT IN STUART. SO YOU WANT TO KEEP THE FLAVOR OF STEWART AND YOUR LEGACY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE LOVE AND THAT'S THE QUAINTNESS, AND AS FAR AS THE FOUR STORY GOES, IT'S SO NICE WHEN YOU'RE DOWN HERE THAT YOU LOOK AROUND AND YOU CAN HAVE A VIEW OF THE SKY. IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY GO LIVE IN A CITY THAT HAS TALL BUILDINGS THAT BLOCK YOUR VISUAL OF THE SKY. HOW MANY OF YOU WALK AROUND DOWN HERE AND CAN SEE THE SPACE SHUTTLE STANDING. IT'S WONDERFUL , YOU KNOW? DO WE WANT IT BLOCKED BY FOUR STORY BUILDINGS WITH CARROTS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ADD TO THE BLOCKAGE OF THAT VISION THAT WE GET? NO SO MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOU REALLY, REALLY CONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. AND, UM DIG DEEP. REMEMBER THE QUAINTNESS OF THE CITY AND WHAT THE PEOPLE HERE REALLY, REALLY LOVE AND TRAFFIC. TRAFFIC IS HORRENDOUS. WE ALL KNOW THAT

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WE'RE SOMETHING SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE VERY UNIQUE ABOUT. IT ARE ROUNDABOUTS THAT ARE DOWNTOWN. YOU KNOW, I'M I'M ORIGINALLY FROM THE PHILADELPHIA AREA, AND I CAN IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE AROUND ABOUT GET INTO PHILADELPHIA. YES. JOHN CAMPBELL. WE DON'T HAVE EACH OTHER CANDLES HERE WE HAVE TURNING. TRAFFIC HERE AND TAKE AND TO. SPACE FOR ALL THESE CARS . AND WHY IS IT THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THAT PUT THESE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU ARE LOOKING AT OUTDATED? TRAFFIC REVIEWS FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE UPDATED SHOULD BE SO THANK YOU.

BUT PLEASE, WHATEVER YOUR VOTE IS, KEEP IN MIND WHAT THE REAL RESIDENTS HERE LOVE ABOUT THIS CITY. THANK YOU. MISS HELEN KELLER MCBRIDE, FLAMINGO AVENUE. I'M NO EXPERT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP HERE. UH THIS EMPTY LAND. IT HAS THE INDENTATION. SO WHEN IT DOES RAIN THAT THERE IS A PLACE FOR THE WATER TO GO WELL , I LIVE ON FLAMINGO AVENUE. WE USED TO HAVE THAT EXPLAINING GRAVITY AND WAS HALF COUNTY HALF THE CITY OWNED HALF THE HOUSES IN THE CITY, HALF THE HOUSES AROUND THE COUNTY. A GENTLEMAN. I WAS AT THE COUNTY MEETING WHEN HE CAME IN, AND HE WANTED TO PULL IN, AND HE'S GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE ON FLAMINGO AND THEN A LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BACKYARD AND EIGHTH STREET. WELL, HE BUILT. HE BUT ALL THIS DIRT IN AND SINCE HE BROUGHT ALL THAT DIRT AND BUILT THOSE, AND HE DIDN'T BUILD A MOTHER IN THE HOUSE, HE BUILT A REGULAR HOUSES ON THE SAME LOT. BUT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A BAD RAINSTORM THE PEOPLE AND FLAMINGO AND EIGHTH STREET HOUSES. THE BORDER COMES RIGHT UP TO THE FRONT AND THE FRONT DOORS AND THEY HAVE TO PUT THE SANDBAGS AND THAT OUT. THAT IT SO THAT'S THE SAME PROBLEM YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ON COLORADO NOW. I ALSO REMEMBER, PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO. I FORGET. UH WE WERE SAYING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON , UM KENDRA HIGHWAY AND US ONE. WE WILL WANT TO WHAT WOULD THE NEW ROOSEVELT BRIDGE YOURSELF FOREVER? I AM GOING PUT ANOTHER BRIDGE ROAD AND ANOTHER ROAD UP OVER SO THE TRAFFIC THAT COULD BE FROM THE SOUTH COULD GO UP AND OVER INTO PORT SAINT LUCIE.

WELL GOD, THE MERCHANTS AND DOWNTOWN STORY HAD A FIT. I HADN'T BEEN IN MIAMI THREE YEARS, BUT THIS YEAR AND WENT DOWN WITH MY FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS. THEY DON'T HAVE THEY HAVE THE ROAD, THEN ANOTHER ROAD . ANOTHER ROAD NOW GOING ON ON ANOTHER ROAD. HONEST TO GOD TO GO DOWN THERE. IT'S NICE AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE LIGHT TOGETHER WAYS DRIVING. I THINK THAT HIT ONE OF THOSE PILLARS BUT TRAFFIC. I DON'T KNOW. WHERE WHO DOES THIS STUDY? WHAT MAGIC WAND HE'S LOOKING OR SHE IS LOOKING AT. EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. I WON'T GO ON THE EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD AFTER 430. BECAUSE IT'S RIDICULOUS. IT'S JUST THE SAME AS IN COLORADO AND US ONE BUMPER TO BUMPER. MY CHILDREN AND FROM INGLEWOOD AVENUE PLAYED IN THE ROAD. KIDS ON FLAMINGO AVENUE NOW CAN'T PLAY IN THE ROAD OR RIDE THEIR BIKES, SO THAT'S WHAT YOUR TERRITORY TAKEN TO CONSIDERATION. THE SAFETY AND THE WELFARE OF BREATHING PEOPLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HELEN VERY MUCH. GRAB MIKE. RIGHT THERE. FROM HERE. WE WANT TO GET BACK INTO QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YES. AND THEN WELL, THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. I HAVE A QUESTION AFTER MR ACTUALLY WANTED TO PULL THE DRAINAGE PERSON UP. HAPTIC IS HERE ANOTHER THEY HAVE A COMPLICATED SYSTEM OF TRYING TO DEAL WITH THAT LOWLAND AREA AND THE CREEK SIDE AND I BOUGHT LISTEN TO THAT. MAYBE I DON'T KNOW THE LONG TERM SOMETIME AGO I LISTENED TO THAT WHOLE PRESENTATION. BUT MAYBE IT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW AND FOR US TO REFRESHES TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT SYSTEM. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS ON JOE CAPITAL SKEPTIC ENGINEERING, AND, UM SO EVERYBODY KNOWS I WAS HIRED. AS I NORMALLY AM TO REVIEW DEVELOPMENT PLANS IN THE CITY. CITY OF STEWART AND I ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I LOOK AT IS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. AND UH, I'VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK. I'VE PROBABLY BEEN INSULTED ABOUT 12 TIMES TONIGHT, RELATIVE TO

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ROUNDABOUTS AND DRAINAGE AND SO FORTH, BUT I DON'T THINK I HAVE THIS YOUNG LADY HERE BEAT BECAUSE I THINK BETWEEN THE TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING, WHICH I'D PROBABLY BEEN A PART OF WE'VE HAD. WE MADE A FEW THINGS OUT THERE. THAT KIND OF BRING DEVELOPMENT IN MAKE US HAVE A NICE COMMUNITY. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE HAVE TO WAIT AROUND AND I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE BLOW THEIR HORNS, BUT THEY'RE STARTING TO DO A LITTLE MORE NOW BECAUSE WE HAD TO WAIT IN TRAFFIC. SO ANYWAYS, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT WE HAVE A STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US TOWN, ANOTHER CITY PER SE, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY, I WAS VERY RELUCTANT TO LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO IT. I WAS RIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME WE HAD A LOT OF FLOODING. WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN TOWN. AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, I SAID, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE STORAGE AND SO THEN I LOOKED INTO THE PROPERTY. AND OF COURSE, WHAT I FOUND IS THAT THAT PROPERTY WAS NOT PLAYING FOR DRAINAGE DRAINAGE MARK AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT DRAINAGES.

THERE'S THREE PARTS OF YOUR CAN ONLY TELL PEOPLE THERE'S THE STORAGE AND TREATMENT OF WATER WHEN IT FALLS OUT OF THE SKY, OF COURSE, AND FALLS ON THE PARKING LOTS AND EVERYTHING. AND SECOND THING, THERE'S CONVEYANCE OF IT. THAT'S BRINGING THAT WATER THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND THEN ULTIMATELY INTO THE INTO THE TREATMENT AREA, AND THEN THE LAST PART IS DISCHARGED. AND THAT'S THE WHAT GOES INTO THAT CREEK FRASURE CREEK SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT, AND WITH THE PLAN PRESENTED BY THE DEVELOPERS, ENGINEER QUITE FRANKLY, WHAT I GET PAID TO DO IS MAKE SURE HE MEETS THE CODE SO I CAN LOOK AT THINGS AND I TRY TO MAKE HIM ENHANCE IT. OKAY BUT I WILL TELL YOU AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN NECESSARILY AGAINST ENHANCING THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WHICH CAMPBELL CAMPBELL RICH BROUGHT UP, OF COURSE, ARE GOOD IDEAS. AND SO IT'S SO IS CHRIS IDEAS, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THEY CURRENTLY MEET THE CODE, WHICH IS INCLUDING STORAGE. OKAY THEY ARE PROVIDING AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA. WATER DOES COME THROUGH THAT SITE CURRENTLY FROM THE FOUR STORY BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALONG US ONE. IT DOES DRAIN THEIR ULTIMATELY, BUT IT'S AFTER IT GETS TREATED, AND AFTER IT BASICALLY GETS STORED ON THEIR SITE, OKAY, AND SO WHAT? WE HAVE AS CRITERIA RELATIVE TO PUT FINISHED FLOORS OF BUILDINGS ABOVE 100 YEAR STORM EVENTS SO THEY DON'T FLOOD. WHEN WE HAVE A HUGE STORM EVENT WE PUT WE PUT ROADS AGAIN ABOVE THE 10 YEAR STORM EVENT. SO THEY DON'T FLOOD WHEN WE HAVE A 10 YEAR STORM EVENT, AND YOU KNOW THESE ARE THERE INCHES OF RAINFALL. OKAY, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THEN WE KEEP 25 YEAR STORM EVENT AND THE SITES AND SO THEY ARE TECHNICALLY, THE FOUR STORY DEVELOPMENT ITSELF IS HOLDING THIS WATER WHEN IT DOES. MEET THAT 25 YEAR. STOMACH BET IT WILL OVERFLOW INTO THAT PROPERTY AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU SEE OUT THERE TODAY. OKAY WHAT THIS DEVELOPER IS GOING TO DO IS GOING TO TAKE THAT WATER THAT COMES THROUGH THE PROPERTY. HE'S GOING TO STORE IT IN HIS UNDERGROUND STORAGE. AREA. AND THEN HE'S GOING TO DISCHARGE IT, AND HE HAS ACTUALLY LIMITING HIS DISCHARGE TO LESS. THAT'S WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY, WHICH MEANS IT'S GOING TO BE TREATED, WHICH MEANS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY CARED ABOUT WAS POINTING OUT. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA HAVE LESS IMPACT ON THE CREEK. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE CREEK. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE TO GET RID OF THE EXOTIC VEGETATION. ALL THESE THINGS WE STILL NEED TO DO IN QUITE FRANKLY NEW THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE TOWN AND WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL OVER. FLORIDA IS TALKING ABOUT VULNERABILITY, AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT DEAL WITH SEA LEVEL RISE AND SO FORTH. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HE WILL HAVE TO PUT IN HIS OUTFALL WHEN HE DOES FINISHES, DESIGN AND COMPLETE COMPLETES CONSTRUCTION PLANS. SO THE QUESTION IN SHORT ORDER, HE'S MEETING THE CRITERIA WE HAVE. HE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS IS, AS WE KNOW, HE ACTUALLY IS DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WHAT'S IN THE CODE. BUT OF COURSE, AS THINGS AS WE HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS MORE OFTEN AND SO FORTH, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A NEED FOR MORE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT, AND THAT GOES EVERYWHERE. OKAY? BUT AGAIN HE DOES COMPLY WITH THE CODE CRITERIA. DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I WON'T. THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH POPPLETON CREEK AND OTHER THINGS AND GOING UNDER US ONE. BUT THAT'S OKAY. I THINK I'VE I'VE LOOKED AT THE PLAN IN DETAIL, AND I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE, BUT I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE DID LOOK AT IT AND IT IS A DIFFICULT AREA . I REMEMBER A LONG TIME AGO IF IT WAS THIS PARTICULAR PERSON OR SOMEBODY ELSE. AND IT'S VERY WET, VERY LOW AREA. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A THROWAWAY AREA. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SOMEBODY WOULD WANT TO COME IN AND DEVELOP IT. BUT THEN WE'VE SEEN WHERE THEY HAVE COME IN, AND THEY BROUGHT THE PLANS AND THEY'RE WORKING TO COMPLY AND TO MAKE SOME THINGS BETTER SO YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JEFF. COLLINS. IS IT TRUE THAT AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO

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ANSWER THIS THAT DURING HEAVY RAINS, THAT PARKING GARAGE HAS TO GET PUMPED OUT. MIKE DO YOU KNOW THAT TO BE TRUE? DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA. JUST IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE. THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME ABOUT. THAT SITE HAS WASN'T THERE ALSO, LIKE A SINKHOLE OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED. AT SOME POINT OVER THERE. I'VE HEARD. I'VE HEARD THINGS. I KNOW THAT.

THERE WAS SOMETHING. AND HERE AS IT RELATED TO THE STORM WATER PIPES THAT THE CITY INSTALLED WHEN THEY WERE FIXING THE CHANNEL AVENUE. UM. DRAINAGE ISSUES AND THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NEGOTIATED AND DISCUSSED WITH THE APPLICANT TONIGHT IS THAT HE WOULD BE IN THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING US A NEW EASEMENT TO KEEP THE DRAINAGE PIPES IN THEIR CURRENT LOCATION, RATHER THAN REMOVING THEM FROM THE SIDE, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED BY THE YEAH. WE WERE TO FOLLOW THE PROPERTY EASEMENTS. SO I'LL JUST I'LL WRAP UP. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN YEAH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE. BUT REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE TONIGHT AND SHARING HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I WILL SAY WHEN I SORT OF PULLED ON FACEBOOK FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. UM, NOT JUST WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE MY FRIENDS, BUT ALSO IN SOME OF THE LARGER GROUPS. I WAS BLOWN AWAY. MAYBE THIS IS JUST A SYMPTOM OF SOCIAL MEDIA. I DON'T KNOW, BUT TRULY THEY WERE PROBABLY 253 100 COMMENTS. UM. 5060 SHARES AND SAVE THREE, INCLUDING THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS DOCKING, REPRESENTING CREEK DISTRICT, QUICK WIKSTROM, WHICH I APPRECIATE. HE WANTS TARIFF FROM MODEL TO BE BUSY AND SOME GUY FROM PORT SAINT LUCIE. IT WAS UNANIMOUS THAT THE FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS PROJECT WAS. PLEASE DO NOT. PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS. THIS SHOULD BE A BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN COLORADO. TWO MAYBE THREE STORIES. UM THERE'S GOING TO BE A FOUR STORY HOTEL OUT ON US ONE. IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT KIND OF PRODUCT GO OUT THERE. BUT IN OUR CHARMING DOWNTOWN ON COLORADO, PLEASE HONOR THE CARE OF THE DOWNTOWN STUART AREA. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS, TOO, ABOUT IT BEING A CHAIN, WHICH YOU GOT TO DIG INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT ON THIS, AND I WON'T DRAG ANYBODY UP TO TALK ABOUT THE FORMULA LINE. BUT THE LINE WHERE WE ALLOW CHAINS TO EXIST WITHIN IS FRASURE CREEK. THIS PROJECT IS LITERALLY TOUCHING THE LINE WHERE WE WOULD NO LONGER ALLOW A FRANCHISE TO EXIST. AND SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK IS. SHOULDN'T THERE BE A TRANSITIONAL? I MEAN, ARE WE GOING RIGHT FROM ZERO ALLOWANCE OF FRANCHISES TO IMMEDIATELY ON THE LINE OF FOUR STORY, BIG BOX BIG CHAIN, YOU KNOW, MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION HERE. BUT. THAT, SAID JUSTIN. RECAP. A LOT OF THIS CONVERSATION AROUND THIS PROJECT HAS MADE IT SOUND LIKE YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST WE'RE DOING SMALL THINGS WERE MOVING SOME OF THE A D, A PARKING SITES. WE ARE INCREASING THE PEYREFITTE TO SLIGHTLY LARGER PERCENTAGE. UM WE DON'T NEED A SIDEWALK OVER THERE. BUT TRULY THIS PROJECT IS A BIG DEAL. THIS IS NOT A LITTLE YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT MAKING SUBTLE CHANGES TO THIS PROJECT.

BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING ALL OF THE PARKING BE OFFSITE ESSENTIALLY WHICH IS FINE, BUT IT'S NOT BY RIGHT SO AGAIN. BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP AND OUR CODE AND MAYBE THE PRICE OF HOW MUCH THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS PARCEL. NOTHING GETS BUILT HERE. WITHOUT US SAYING IT'S OKAY AND HERE WOULD BE MY CONTENTION. THIS IS THE MAIN POINT. I WOULD LIKE TO DRIVE HOME BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS. IS WE SHOULD BE REALLY PICKY. THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT TO DEVELOP HERE. AND TO JUST QUICKLY EASILY, YOU KNOW, DISREGARD A LOT OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. I THINK I THINK WOULD BE WRONG. AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE REALLY PICKY. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FOR SOME TIME. BUT LIKE I MENTIONED TO YOU, RAJ WHEN DAVE WAS STILL HERE. THIS SHOULD BE BOUTIQUE MAN. COME COME BACK WITH THE PRODUCT. THIS WOULD BE MY HOPE COME BACK WITH A PRODUCT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT SO THAT WHEN THEY PULL ON THE COLORADO THEY CAN GO. OH THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. THAT IS DOWNTOWN STUART, THAT IS COLORADO RIGHT THERE. BECAUSE THAT IS OUR MAIN ENTRANCE, AND PART OF THAT, TOO, WOULD BE THAT THERE WOULD BE LESS ROOMS WHEN I LOOK AT 100 ROOMS AND A BOUTIQUE HOTEL, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO TELL YOU HOW

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TO DO YOUR JOB. MAYBE IT'S WHATEVER 30 OR 40, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT TRAFFIC. WHICH ARE REAL CONCERNS, AND I KNOW YOU WORKED HARD PRODUCING TRAFFIC STUDIES FOR THESE GUYS, AND I KNOW WE DO OUR PART WITH KIMBERLY. YOU KNOW TO VERIFY THAT BUT INEVITABLY, IT'S MORE TRIPS. IT'S MORE CARS. IT'S HARDER TO NAVIGATE ON COLORADO AND I HAVE A BUSINESS THAT'S ON OSCEOLA STREETS. AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS I KEEP HEARING PEOPLE ARE LATER AND I KEEP HEARING MORE AND MORE HOW HARD IT IS TO GET DOWN THERE, AND THIS PROJECT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT MAKE IT THAT MUCH HARDER. SO IN CLOSING, I WOULD SAY THE MAIN QUESTION THAT WE SHOULD ASK MORE APPROVING THIS. IS. DOES THIS HILTON TRUE? ADD TO THE QUALITY AND CHARACTER OF THE CREEK DISTRICT. DOES IT EMBODY AND COMPLEMENT THE LOOK AND FEEL OF COLORADO AVENUE? DOES OUR CHARMING DOWNTOWN THE CREEK DISTRICT AND AT FRASIER CREEK. AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT'S ALL BIG BOX HERE. I AGREE WITH WHAT FRANKEN SAID IS WE PROBABLY NEED TO EXTEND THAT OUT TO US ONE AND CONSIDER THAT AS WELL. BUT WITH THAT I'LL STOP.

THANK YOU GUYS. MADAM MAYOR, UM. ARE YOU ASKING THAT IF WE DO CONTINUE WITH THIS MOTION THAT ADD SOMETHING. TO ASK ABOUT SOME ARCHITECTURAL THAT MIGHT. DO SOMETHING UNIQUE TO STUART. ADD SOME MORE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO OVER THE ARCHITECTURAL AGAIN? ESPECIALLY THOSE WINDOWS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE. ARE YOU ASKING ME THIS WAS ASKING? I'M NOT ASKING FOR CHANGES HERE. I'M ASKING FOR A PRETTY RADICAL TRANSFORMATION. OKAY IN THAT VEIN, I SIT LIKE FOR YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, TO SHOW A LOOSE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE ARCHITECTURE ON THE WINDOWS. AND WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE. YES YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YES YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE COMMENTS . I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION AND THAT WE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED E V SPACES, TOO. THESE NEEDS THE TO BUY THE BUILDING FIVE OVER. 444 REDUCED BY FOUR. REDUCE THEM TO FOUR AND THEIR REMOTE LOCATION. YEAH OR TOTAL FOR RIGHT AND PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CONDUIT FOR THE REST OF THEM. RIGHT. STUBBORN UP. YEAH OKAY. I MADE THE MOTION WILL AGREE WITH THAT. TROY AGREE. IT'S THE SECOND. OKAY OKAY. I ALSO LIKE THAT ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT HE BE HE BE REQUIRED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO APPLY TO FLORIDA D E P TO DO MINIMAL MANGROVE TRIMMING.

ON HIS PROPERTY. OR NO, THAT WELL, I THINK THEY'RE DOING THAT. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK FOR THE DENTIST'S OFFICE AND STUFF IS WE HAD NOT SURE THAT'S THAT FOR SOME WORK THERE. I KNOW, I KNOW. BUT DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT AMENDMENT MAYOR CAN I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE E V. CHARGING YES, EXACTLY. THE EMOTION WAS SO I CAN BE SURE TO CAPTURE THAT. OR REDUCING TOTAL TWO AND 4 TO 1 SITE AND FOUR IN THE OFF SITE, AND THEN THE AND THEN THE CONDUITS THIS STUFF ABOUT FOR THE REST OF THEM. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT THAT? I DID.

THANK YOU. ALRIGHT OKAY. EXCUSE ME. SIX TOTAL, OKAY? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO LET ME GIVE YOU A BROADER CONTEXT IN WHICH I AM MAKING THIS DECISION. SO BEFORE I WAS PUT ON THE COMMISSION LAST SEPTEMBER, I WAS ON THE LP FOR THREE YEARS. AND I OFTEN EXPRESS MY CONCERN THAT AND IT WAS MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT. THAT WE JUST SORT OF SIT HERE AND WE WAIT FOR THESE DEVELOPERS TO SHOW UP AND WE JUST SAY YES OR NO TO THEIR IDEAS. I SAID WHAT? WE DON'T DO YOU IS DEVELOPED A CONCEPT IN SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT OUR CITY TO LOOK LIKE. HOW CAN YOU HELP US ACCOMPLISH THAT? WE ACTUALLY TOOK THAT STEP IN A SMALL WAY, AND IT WAS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL BY MISS SEYMOUR IN DEVELOPING THIS FORM BASED CODE. FOR THE CREEK DISTRICT, ANDY STEWART, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. I ACTUALLY SAT TWO MORE MEETINGS THAN ANYONE BECAUSE I SAT THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS ON THE L P A. AND THEN WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE MISSION HAD TO SIT TO

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THEM AGAIN. I WENT TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS. I SPOKE TO THE TREASURY COURSE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL PRIVATELY BECAUSE IT TOOK A WHILE FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE SPENT THE TIME AND GAVE THE FEEDBACK AND MADE THE DECISIONS TO SAY THIS IS HOW WE WANT OUR CITY TO LOOK, THIS IS HOW WE WANT IT TO FEEL AS YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO ALLOW THE CITY TO PROSPER INTO THE FUTURE, AND WE TOOK A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND AGREED AND FOR US TO NOW SAY TO THIS GENTLEMEN WHO WANTS TO INVEST IN OUR CITY WHO AGREED TO ALL THESE STRICTURES ALWAYS WE CHANGE OUR MIND. I THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT. YOU KNOW IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. WE HOPE DEVELOPERS FEET TO THE FIRE AND ASKED THEM TO CONFORM TO THE PLAN. WE ARE ALSO BOUND BY THAT AND THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. WE ARE GRANTING CONDITIONAL. EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER. WE ARE GREAT IN CONDITIONAL USE. IT'S NOT ABOUT MEETING THE I DON'T MIND IF I'M OUT OF A POINT OF ORDER, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MEETING THE BORDER IF WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD IN THE OFFICER OR WHATEVER. IT'S NOT YOUR OFFICER. IT'S NOT ABOUT MEETING TRYING TO BE CONDITIONAL USE HEARING. USE THE CONDITIONAL USE HERE. ARE YOU GONNA LIE HIM TO SPEAK, SIR? SURE, OKAY. OKAY SO THAT'S THE BROADER CONTEXT.

AND WHEN I WHICH I APPROACHING THIS, SO WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH OUR REGULATIONS? WE ARE TRYING TO REWARD GOOD BEHAVIOR AND DISCOURAGE BAD BEHAVIOR. OKAY WHAT IS GOOD, BAD BEHAVIOR IS DRIVING DOWN COLORADO DOWNTOWN CIRCLING AROUND DOWNTOWN ENDLESSLY. SO YOU CAN PARK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESS. YOU WISH THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET OVER THAT, UM, WHAT IS GOOD BEHAVIOR THIS EXISTING AND BY THE WAY, ACTUALLY, I WORKED 10 YEARS.

THAT WAS THE PARKING LOT I USED FOR 10 YEARS. IT IS A IT'S A SERIOUSLY UNDERUTILIZED RESOURCE . I WAS THERE 11 O'CLOCK TODAY I MET SOMEONE AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. IT'S ACTUALLY SIX FLOORS.

AND I DROVE OVER THERE IN THE TOP TWO FLOORS WERE COMPLETELY EMPTY. IT HAS LESS UTILIZATION NOW BECAUSE OF THE WORK FROM HOME DILEMMA THAT ALL BUSINESSES ARE FACING. THERE IS PARKING UNDERNEATH. EACH OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE PARKING OUT FRONT. OKAY SO WE HAVE THIS HUGE PARKING RESOURCE, WHICH WE CAN THIS IS A SOLUTION WE WANT. WE'RE GONNA BRING PEOPLE TO THE EDGE OF OUR CITY. WE'RE GONNA LET HIM PARK AND AN EXISTING BUILDING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO CREATE ANOTHER GIGANTIC PAVED OVER HEAT ISLAND. BECAUSE THE PARKING ALREADY EXISTS. IT'S IDEAL. THEY WERE GOING TO HOP ON THE TRAMP, CHARMING TRIM AND BE TAKEN DOWNTOWN. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING TRAFFIC OFF OF COLORADO. AND I THINK PEOPLE CAN LEARN TO DO I THINK LOCALS WILL ACTUALLY LEARN THAT AND GO PARK THERE. BECAUSE NOW I'M DURING THE SEASON. I'M VERY RELUCTANT TO GO DOWNTOWN BECAUSE I CAN'T PARK BUT IF I KNOW I CAN GO UNDERCOVER AND GET ON AND OFF A TRAM AND BE TAKEN DOWNTOWN. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE A MUCH BETTER MOBILITY SOLUTION FOR THE CITY. SO, UH, YOU SPENT THAT VERY ELOQUENTLY, SO I JUST THE EXCEPTIONS. IT'S CALLED A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT BY A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE. IN THE FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN AT AT THIS I HAVE NEVER SEEN. SUCH MINOR REQUEST FOR CHANGES TO A PLAN.

UM. AND BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS WE ARE NOT INCREASING THE HEIGHT ON THIS BUILDING. NO THIS IS THE FIFTH BUILDING. THIS IS THIS IS AN OFFICE COMPLEX. THERE'S FOUR OTHER FOUR STORY BUILDINGS. RIGHT? SO THIS IS WE WANT TO CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT. WE WANT TO USE EXISTING RESOURCES.

IT'S REALLY IT'S IF YOU WANT TO. PROMOTE WALK ABILITY IN YOUR CITY. THIS IS A VERY GOOD SOLUTION. VERY ELOQUENTLY SPOKEN. OH NOW YEAH, I'VE PROBABLY IF YOU WANT YOU CAN YOU SHOW IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT IS IT GONNA LOOK LIKE THE STORAGE SOMETHING OR WHATEVER, BUT OTHERWISE, IF WE DON'T HAVE TO SHOW IT WHAT I'D LIKE FOR THE CLERK TO DO AND BE

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PREPARED TO DO EITHER THE CLERK OR THE CITY ATTORNEY. TO ACTUALLY RESTATE THE MOTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN THERE, AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. BUT IF YOU COULD JUST DO THAT FOR ME, I'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. JUST FURTHER CLARIFICATION. WOULD THIS MOTION INCLUDE THE APPLICANTS REQUEST TO AMEND THIS CONDITION THAT'S ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU. I CAN'T SEE IT. BUT THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING STATED PROPERLY. UM AS A MOST. CAN YOU READ THAT, PLEASE, MR. UM MY CRANE APPLICANTS REQUESTING TO AMEND CONDITION NUMBER 28 TO CLARIFY THAT OUTDOOR MUSIC WITHIN THE OUTDOOR POOL AREA PERTAINS TO LIVE MUSIC. IT WOULD NOT PROHIBIT BACKGROUND OR AMBIENT MUSIC IN THE POOL, THE OUTDOOR POOL AREA IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THAT YOU KNOW THE HOURS OF OPERATION. WOULD BE MAINTAINED BASED ON THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF STEWART. AND THAT BECAUSE OF TIME CHANGES AND DIFFERENT TIMES OF YEAR THAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE POOL WILL BE FROM DAWN UNTIL ONE OR TWO HOURS AFTER DUSK. OKAY WHEN I MADE MY MOTION, I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS INCLUDED. I KNOW THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE HAD MENTIONED THAT AND HAD EXPLAINED IT, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. MR MCDONALD. I'M FINE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THE MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO YES, IF YOU COULD READ THE MOTION COMPLETELY, HE WAS GOING TO GIVE US AN OUTLINE. THAT'S WHAT THE BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE WINDOWS AND AH! ALRIGHT COMMISSIONER. OKAY UM MISS MISS MILLER. HEY, PLEASE READ IT. MOVE OUT. CAN THE. MOTION WAS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. THE AMENDED MOTION WAS TO REDUCE THE E V STATIONS TO OUT SITE FOR OFFSITE. AND THE APPLICANT MUST BE REQUIRED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO APPLY TO THE FOR THE TWO THE D P FOR MINIMAL MANGROVE TRIMMING. THAT CORRECT? YES. THAT REALLY FEELS APPROPRIATE TO YOU GUYS LOOKING AT THAT IN COLORADO. REALLY GONNA, UH I DON'T MEAN MADAME SHARK WAS THAT ALSO INCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF EXOTICS AND THE YEARLY TRIMMING WITH THE EP WAS YES. YEAH.

CORRECT YOU'VE GOT THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M LISTENING, OKAY? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL HAVE A ROLL CALL NOW. COMMISSIONER CLARK YES. VICE MAYOR RICH. YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS. NO COMMISSIONER. MCDONALD YES. BURNER YES, YOU NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE OF THE FIRST READING. FREESTANDING

[13. HCA FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOM - MAJOR AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT & SITE PLAN (QJ)(RC): ORDINANCE No. 2526-2024; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA GRANTING A THIRD MAJOR AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 2297-2014, AKA THE 7.24-ACRE, 4-LOT WAWA GAS STATION & CONVENIENCE STORE MASTER COMMERCIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (“CPUD”), THEREBY APPROVING A MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR LOT 3 CONSISTING OF AN 11,570 SQUARE FOOT FREE STANDING EMERGENCY ROOM AND PROVIDING FOR NEW, RESTATED, AND AMENDED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS, INCLUDING A TIMETABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT; SAID PROPERTY BEING GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF SR 76 & S.E. MONTEREY ROAD, BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED BY EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED; DECLARING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; ACCEPTABLE BY THE APPLICANT; 1/8/2024 CCM AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THE MAJOR AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND SITE PLAN. OH THIS IS ALSO JOSE AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 26-20 24 , AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STEWART. FLORIDA GRANNY, A THIRD MAJOR MEMORY, JORDAN. IT'S NUMBER 22 97-2 2014 K A 7.2 ACRE FOR LOT HUAHUA GESTATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE. MASTER COMMERCIAL PLAN UNIT. C P U D.

THEREBY APPROVING A MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A LOT THREE. CONSISTING OF 11,570 SQUARE FOOT FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOM AND PROVIDING FOR NEW RESTATED AND AMENDED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS, INCLUDING GUITAR TABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, SAID PROPERTY BEING GENERALLY LOCATED THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF STATE ROAD 76 IN SOUTHEAST MARIE ROAD. BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED BY EXHIBIT A ATTACHED DECLARING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. REPELLING YOUR ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERITY CLAUSE ACCEPTABLE BY THE AFRICAN AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

OKAY? WE HAVE TO SWEAR OF. UM THE APPLICANT. ANY POTENTIAL WITNESSES WHICH WOULD STAND AND PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. COMPARED TO THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE TO YOU AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. ALRIGHT MAY BE SEATED OKAY. AND THE COMMISSIONERS? DO WE HAVE ANY EXPORT A COMMUNICATION? MADAM MAYOR, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVES IN CITY STAFF AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM CLEVELAND CLINIC. UM AND I'M HERE WITH AN OPEN MIND. MADAM MAYOR. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE REPRESENTATIVES AND STAFF

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