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READY WHEN YOU ARE MAYOR. YOU LET CLARK IS OUT. WELCOME EVERYONE. WELCOME. WE'RE GONNA
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START OUR MEETING NOW. MARY RO CALL. MAYOR BRUNER HERE, VICE MAYOR RICH COMMISSIONER CLARK, COMMISSIONER COLLINS, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD AND OUR CHAPLAIN, UM SKEA. HE'S GOING TO GIVE THE, UH I MEDICATION AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT INTO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALIZE HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO BE IN A NATION WHERE WE AS THE CITIZENS CAN SIT HERE AND HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AND HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD. THERE'S SO MANY COUNTRIES THAT CAN'T DO THAT. THIS IS REALLY A BLESSING. MADAM MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. AND ESPECIALLY CITIZENS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE AND FOR ALLOWING US TO INVITE THE PRESENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY. LET'S GO BEFORE THE LORD. OUR GOD. OUR FATHER, GREAT CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN THIS GREAT NATION. WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS. THE PROSPERITY THAT YOU'VE ROUND BRING DOWN ON THE CITY OF STUART LORD IS MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS. DEBATE ON ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY. WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR DIRECTION. SEND YOU A HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH US AND SHOW US EXACTLY WHAT YOUR WILL IS FOR THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN. BLESS US AND ALL THAT WE DO IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME AND FOR YOUR GLORY. DO WE PRAY? AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME NOW IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. RIGHT? WE HAVE[1. ARTS MOMENT - "THE SCULPTURES OF STUART" BY GEOFFREY SMITH]
ARTS MOMENT. MAYOR I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JEFFREY SMITH. I'M SURE EVERYONE IS PROBABLY AWARE OF MR SMITH. HOWEVER IN CASEY LAWRENCE, HE'S AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN SCULPTOR THAT LIVES HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY. THANK YOU, MR MR SMITH. FEEL FREE TO TAKE THE STAGE.WELCOME. ON DECEMBER ON DECEMBER 31ST 2002 AT 9 A.M. HISTORY WAS MADE IN STUART, FLORIDA. THAT'S WHEN WE UNVEILED INSTALLED THE STEWART SAILFISH. AT J JEFFERSON ROUNDABOUT. STUART MAIN STREET HAD CONTACTED ME. PRIOR TO THAT, AND THEY SAID THEY HAD THIS GREAT COMMISSION FOR ME. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THEY HAD NO FUNDING. NO, I WAS ALL EXCITED. A YOUNG ARTISTS. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN TOWN OF 56 YEARS AND, UH, I GOT GOT TO WORK. I MADE A MARQUETTE AND I WENT AROUND EVERYBODY I KNEW BEGGING FOR MONEY. AND THE LATE EDS. UM, HE, UH CAME TO OUR RESCUE AND FUNDED THE PROJECT. AND THE REST IS HISTORY. IN 2014. STEWART. CAME TO ME. WITH AN IDEA TO PUT ARE IN STUART. AND HIS IDEA WAS THE BIRDS ON COLORADO PROJECT. AND AGAIN, SAME THING WE'RE GOING TO PUT SCULPTURES OF, UH WATER, FOWL, BIRDS, WATER BIRDS UP AND DOWN COLORADO AVENUE. BUT AGAIN, THERE WAS NO FUNDING. SO WE JUST HAD TO FIND PEOPLE TO DONATE. AND THAT ALL WORKED OUT. WELL THAT PROJECT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS. UH, ON FEBRUARY, 25TH IN 2015. WE CREATED A LITTLE TRAFFIC JAM IN DOWNTOWN STEWART. WHEN PHILIP BUSH OF EAGLE DISTRIBUTING ARRANGED TO HAVE THE CLYDESDALE HORSES HERE TO HELP US UNVEIL THE BIG, BALD EAGLE SCULPTURE. THAT WAS THAT WAS QUITE A DAY IN DOWNTOWN STEWART. EXCEPT FOR THAT, UH, THERE ARE YOU RECOGNIZE A FEW OF THE FACES THERE? SO OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE INSTALLED A FLYING PELICAN, A ROSETTE SPOONBILL, A DANCING SANDHILL CRANE, A PAIR OF OSPREYS AND, UH, THE THREE GREAT BLUE HERONS IN THE FOUNTAIN. MY ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT BEAUTY AND THE NATURAL WORLD. THE FIRST STEP AS AN ARTIST IS TO SLOW DOWN. AND OBSERVE YOUR SUBJECT, THOUGH, THROUGH ENOUGH OBSERVATION. YOU KNOW THE TRUTH WILL EMERGE. LAST WEEKEND. WE WERE DOWN AT THE, UM FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES. UM THAT. AND BETTY OSCEOLA, ONE OF THE MPI UH, TRIBAL ELDERS PUT IT ANOTHER WAY. SHE SAID. WE MUST
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LISTEN TO THE WATER. SO WHEN YOU VIEW MY ART THINK ABOUT THE RIVER. THINK ABOUT THE OCEAN.WHAT IS IT, TELLING US? ARE THE FISH AND THE BIRDS SANG IN PREPARATION FOR THIS TALK. I LOOKED AT SOME UH, OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE STUART SAILFISH. I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR THE EXACT DATE BECAUSE I WASN'T ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD. AND I SAW ON THESE FRONT PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPER. UM VARIOUS ARTICLES ON THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE DISCHARGES. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS, UM AND THE KIND OF DISTURBING AND THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND THE PROBLEM OF OUR WATER QUALITY HAS BEEN AROUND. BEFORE I WAS BORN. IN FACT, 90 YEARS AGO, WE WERE WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER. UM, SO I KNOW ART'S NOT THE SOLUTION TO FIXING OUR PROBLEMS, BUT THE ART CAN MOTIVATE US TO LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS. IN 2017, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PRESENTED ONE OF MY SCULPTURES TO THE POPE. UH, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL, SO EVE EVE SAMPLES, WROTE A BEAUTIFUL ARTICLE ON THE TREASURE COAST POND, UM, ABOUT THE UNIFYING POWER OF ART AS EVERYBODY CELEBRATED MY SCULPTURE IN THE VATICAN. UM SHE WROTE IN THIS ARTICLE THAT THAT ART HAD TRANSCENDED POLITICS AND THERE WAS NO NO BASHING GOING ON . NO NO BAD THINGS HAPPENING, AND THAT WAS VERY PROFOUND. AND I THINK WITH ART ART CAN TRANSCEND. UM OUR ENVIRONMENT AND WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THINK OF, YOU KNOW STEWART'S A BEAUTIFUL TOWN. I LOVE IT HERE. UH, I'VE RAISED MY FAMILY HERE AND A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY FULL OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE MY SCULPTURES AROUND TOWN. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I ASK THAT WE ALL LISTEN TO THE WATER. MR SMITH. UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'VE I'VE KNOWN JEFFREY FOR GOING ON 25 YEARS, 26 YEARS NOW AND I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO OWN A COUPLE SMALL PIECES OF ART THAT HE HAS HE. HE USED TO GIVE ME PAYMENT PLANS ON THEM. UH SO BUT, UH UH, JEFFREY, IF YOU LOOK AROUND, NOT ONLY HAS JEFFREY CREATED MANY OF THE SCULPTURES THAT WE FOUND PRIVATE DONORS, BUT JEFFREY HAS DONATED HIS OWN ART HIMSELF WITHOUT A DONOR. THE UH, THE THREE HERRINGS IN THE CIRCLE JEFFRE. IT DOES, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE ONES THAT SCULPTURES THAT WASN'T ON THE LIST. UM IT WAS KIND OF GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. BUT WE HAVE A 911 MEMORIAL. IT'S A SCULPTURE IN THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING OF THE FIREFIGHTERS RAISING THE FLAG AFTER 911 AND JEFFREY DID THAT, AND HE DONATED THAT TO THE CITY AND I, AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL SCULPTURE, AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY OUT OF YOUR NORMAL COMFORT ZONE OF, UH, WILDLIFE ART, BUT BECAUSE I'VE HAD SO MUCH TIME AND PLEASURE SPENDING TIME SPEAKING WITH JEFFREY TO THE WHEN YOU GO AND YOU LOOK ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THE CLAY, UH, SCULPTURES WHEN HE'S DOING MCLAY , AND IT'S THE FEATHERS ON THE BIRDS. YOU YOU, YOU IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE EITHER CLAY OR BRONZE OR SOME CASE, STAINLESS STEEL. I THINK HE'S DONE SOME STAINLESS STEEL NOW. I MEAN, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. WE'VE NOMINATED JEFFREY FOR THE, UH, FLORIDA ARTIST HALL OF FAME A FEW TIMES, UH, TRAVELED. I'VE TRAVELED AROUND THE STATE ON THAT AND I EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA GET HIM INSIDE THE, UH FOR A HALL OF FAME BECAUSE ARTIST HALL OF FAME BECAUSE HE ABSOLUTELY DESERVES TO BE THERE. SO THANK YOU, JEFFREY. AND THANK YOU FOR THE ART THAT YOU BROUGHT TO STUART. MADAM MAYOR, CAN I SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE MAYOR? THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. EVERYTHING DO YOU HAVE A WAY WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND TOUR OR GIVE WORKSHOPS SO THEY CAN PASS ON THOSE IDEAS THAT MAYBE PEOPLE WANT TO DEVELOP THOSE SKILLS AND GET INTO THAT TYPE OF A WORK IN THE FUTURE. WE DO AND WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD ALL THE TEACHERS IN THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM COME THROUGH THE STUDIO. BUT UH, ANYBODY THAT'S EVER ASKED TO BRING A CLASS IN I. I USUALLY RUN OVER TO STUART ART SUPPLY AND WE LOAD UP WITH ACRYLIC PAINTS AND PAPER PLATES AND ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS AND YOU KNOW, I. I GIVE HIM A LITTLE. TRAINING ON SOMETHING. AND UH YES, WE'RE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET INTO THE ARTS. THANK YOU. JUST. WAIT. JEFFREY JEFFREY. WE
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TYPICALLY HAVE A PERFORMING ARTS AS OPPOSED TO VISUAL ARTS. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAP DANCE OR SING A SONG, RIGHT, WE'LL CLEAR THE ROOM. THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SECURITY. THANK YOU ALL.YOU'RE WELCOME. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO PROCLAMATIONS. IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH MARCH
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2024. YOU DO? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. WHEREAS BY 1776 NEARLY 300,000 IRISH NATIONALS HAD IMMIGRATED. TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES AND PLACED AND PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN AMERICA'S WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE. FIVE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WERE OF IRISH DESCENT. AND THREE SIGNERS WERE IRISH BORN. IRISH AMERICANS HELPED TO FASHION A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT FOR OUR YOUNG NATION. 22 PRESIDENTS HAVE PROUDLY PROCLAIMED THEIR IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE. AND WHEREAS THE IRISH FIRST CAME TO SPANISH UM LA FLORIDA. IN THE 15 HUNDREDS.FIRST AS MISSIONARIES AND MERCENARY SOLDIERS AND THEN AS PLANTERS, TRADERS, BUSINESSMEN, DOCTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS. THREE OF THE SPANISH GOVERNORS OF LA FLORIDA WERE ACTUALLY, UH, IRISH MILITARY OFFICERS. ADDITIONALLY F RICHARD ARTHUR AND IRISH BORN PRIEST FROM UH LIMERICK. WHO WAS APPOINTED A POINTED PARISH. PRIEST FOR ST AUGUSTINE IN 1597 AND ECCLESIASTICAL JUDGE OF LA FLORIDA. ESTABLISHED THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL IN AMERICA AND OPENED IT TO BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS OF ALL RACES. AND WHEREAS IRISH AMERICANS SINCE AMERICA'S INCEPTION HAVE PROVIDED AND CONTINUED TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THIS NATION'S POLITICAL, BUSINESS AND RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS SO IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO CELEBRATE THE RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS. NOW THEREFORE I REBECCA S BRUNNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024 IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AS IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. THANK YOU. OUR RECIPIENT IS RAY LYNCH, NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETARY AND PASS FORWARD. STATE PRESIDENT OF THE ANCIENT ORDER OF MILLIONS. I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S HERE. MAYOR.
I'M SORRY. SAVE IT FOR I'M IRISH. ME TOO. OK, LEE, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE RECIPIENT. UH, THE
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PROCUREMENT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. WHEREAS MARCHES PROCUREMENT MONTH CELEBRATED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND PUBLIC PURCHASING DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.IT IS COMMENDABLE THAT THE PROCUREMENT DIVISION OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT VALUES ACCOUNTABILITY, ETHICS, IMPARTIALITY, PROFESSIONALISM, SERVICE AND TRANSPARENCY. THESE VALUES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CREATING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR EFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL PROCUREMENT PRACTICES. AND WHEREAS PROCUREMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOURCING, NEGOTIATING AND PURCHASING GOODS AND SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF STUART PROCUREMENT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN ENSURING THAT THE CITY RECEIVES THE BEST VALUE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES NEEDED IN A TIMELY MANNER. PROCUREMENT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL VALUE BY CARRYING OUT TASKS SUCH AS CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. AND IMPLEMENTATION. STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT, STRA STRATEGY, DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUPPLIERS AND FELLOW CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND WHEREAS IN THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT PUBLIC FUNDS ARE SPENT RESPONSIBLY AND EFFECTIVELY. STRICT REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES ARE FOLLOWED TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS. BY LEVERAGING THEIR PROCUREMENT AND NEGOTIATION EXPERTISE. PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS CAN HELP GOVERNMENTS SAVE MONEY AND PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO THEIR CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS PROCUREMENT PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN RISK MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CITY BY INTEGRATING RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES INTO THE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES AND COLLABORATING WITH DEPARTMENTS.
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THESE PRACTICES ENHANCE THE CITY'S RESILIENCE. OPTIMIZES DECISION MAKING. AND SAFEGUARDS AGAINST POTENTIAL THREATS TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS. NOW. THEREFORE I REBECCA S BRUNNER. MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024. IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AS PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT MONTH. A RECIPIENT IS ELENA NALA. OK, I MOVE YOU OVER THIS WAY. NOTHING. SPEECH SPEECH. OH, SHE DOES. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM DEEPLY HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO ACCEPT THIS PROCUREMENT PROCLAMATION TODAY. IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT I STAND BEFORE YOU AND EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR THIS RECOGNITION. THE PROCUREMENT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE SUCCESS AND EFFICIENCY OF ANY ORGANIZATION. IT ENABLES US TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY THE NECES THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, GOODS AND SERVICES TO FULFILL OUR MISSION AND SERVE OUR CITIZENS. I AM TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR PROCUREMENT EFFORTS. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO ALL THE INDIVIDUALS AND DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES. I AM ALSO GRATEFUL FOR OUR SUPPLIERS AND VENDORS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGHOUT OUR PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES. I ACCEPT THIS PROCUREMENT PROCLAMATION WITH DEEP GRATITUDE AND A RENEWED COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN OUR PROCUREMENT PRACTICES. TOGETHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE INNOVATION, EFFICIENCY AND SUCCESS IN OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, I AM TRULY GRATEFUL AND HUMBLED BY THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GONNA GO INTO OUR SERVICE AWARDS. RECIPIENT IS DAVID DERN. 20 YEARS OF SERVICE,[4. SERVICE AWARDS - MARCH 2024]
PLEASE, LIEUTENANT. HE WAS HERE. LITTLE BOYS ARE OUT THERE. THERE THEY ARE. THERE HE IS. OH, RIGHT? COME DOWN. MANY YEARS, 2525 OK, IT'S HOW LONG WE RUN A 25 UP. I FORGOTTEN. DA YEAH. 20 YEARS FOR YOURSELF. ANOTHER SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT, RACHEL MINOR, 10 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.YES. NOT EVEN ABOUT THE DOGS. THANK. WE HAVE TWO MORE. UM THEY'RE NOT ATTENDING. IT WAS JUST ADAM BAKER, FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE FIRE MEDIC. AND SCOTT STEWART, FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE POLICE OFFICE. THANK YOU.
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YEAH, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO COMMENTS. CITY COMMISSIONERS. ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK FIRST? FOR ME SINCE I SPEAK SINCE IT A SHORT MEDIUM. I'LL TAKE A LONG TIME. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY ANYTHING. ONE THING I HAD, BUT I'M GONNA BRING IT AT THE NEXT MEETING WHEN I CAN GET THE VIDEO WORK, AND I HEAR THAT THE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING TO TRANSMIT. THE VIDEO SO THAT UM OF CONCERN, BUT[00:20:06]
I HOPE THAT WE'LL GET IT WORK. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'VE HAD, UM PEOPLE CALLING ME AND ESPECIALLY ONE PERSON WHO CALLED THAT THEY HAD A NEAR MISS WITH A TRAIN ARM, AND I DID TALK TO MILTON. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO. BUT I, UM APPARENTLY A CAR MAY GO THROUGH AND THEN THE ARM COMES RIGHT DOWN AGAIN IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS, SO WE JUST HAVE TO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING. THE OTHER THING IS THAT SHERIFF SNYDER IS NOT GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE ANYMORE. AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY TIME WHEN THE COUNTY OR ANYBODY IS GONNA HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE THING THAT WE DO NEED TO RECOGNIZE. SHERIFF SNYDER AND ALL THE JOINT THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TOGETHER AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A PROCLAMATION OR SOMETHING, BUT I'M SURE THAT MR MORTAL CAN FIND OUT IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THE CITY APPRECIATES, UM SHERIFF SNYDER. COMMISSIONER COLLINS. JUST JUST ONE COMMENT. I. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE NUMBER SEVEN ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.I'M NOT GONNA PULL IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY IN LIGHT OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ONE OF THE POINTS THAT CAME UP WAS THAT WHEN PEOPLE FIND OUT THE SETTLEMENT THAT THE CITY GOT WITH REGARD TO THE PS, UM YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE POTENTIALLY AN UPROAR AND THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN IN TERMS OF POTENTIALLY USING THAT SETTLEMENT MONEY. UH, TOWARDS ONE OF THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS AND HAVING THIS ON OUR CONSENT AGAIN. I WON'T PULL IT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THE DETAILS, YOU KNOW THAT SETTLEMENT. REVOLVED AROUND BEING ABLE TO FOR TO REPLACE THESE, UM, RESIN. THESE FILTERS FOR THE PFOS, UH, FOR A 40 YEAR PERIOD. AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT, IT WILL LOOK LIKE A BIG NUMBER. BUT AGAIN IF WE DIG INTO THIS AGENDA A LITTLE BIT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $1.6 MILLION. THESE ARE ABOUT 800,000 A PIECE FOR THE TWO UM BETWEEN REPLACING AND DISPOSING. UH SO I HOPE THAT ALL OF US ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THESE WERE JUST TALKING POINTS AND IT WAS A CHARGED THAT MEETING BUT THAT NONE OF US HAVE ANY INTENTION ON TRYING TO GET INTO THAT MONEY FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN MAKING SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC. OUR RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO HAVE THESE FILTERS THAT MAY OVER TIME BECOME MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW? IDEALLY THAT SETTLEMENT WITH THREE M WOULD HAVE INCLUDED FILTERS OVER A 40 YEAR PERIOD. BUT YOU CAN'T GET A THIRD OF THAT. I'M SURE BOB WOULD KNOW. RIGHT BUT, UM, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IF THERE NO, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW THE LONG TERM WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND WHAT THAT MONEY IS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR NOT ANY PET PROJECTS THAT ANY OF US MIGHT GET INVESTED IN SO THAT WAS ALL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER RIDGE.
START WITH THE GOOD NEWS. WHICH WAS THE WE FINALLY GOT THE LEGISLATURE TO RATIFY THE NEW STORMWATER BILL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD FOUGHT FOR AND REQUESTED. AND UH, TREASURY COAST REGION, FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES I KNOW GIL SMART AND EVE SAMPLES. THIS WAS JUST AN ESSENTIAL STEP WE NEEDED TO TAKE. UM AS I EXPLAINED TO THE LA AS I EXPLAINED TO THE LEGISLATORS WHEN I SPOKE WITH THEM. UH YOU KNOW WHO USES THE LATEST DATA IN THE LATEST MODELING IS THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND IF THEY DON'T SEE THE STATE AS A PARTNER IN TRYING TO REMEDIATE SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT WE'RE SUFFERING FROM THESE PRECIPITATION EVENTS, IT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET OUR INSURANCE UNDER CONTROL. AND I'M HAPPY TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. ONE OF THE INTRODUCERS WAS OUR OWN SENATOR GAIL HARRELL. SO GOOD FOR HER AND THANK THANKS, SENATOR HARRELL FOR DOING THAT. UM I DON'T LIKE TO SAY THIS, BUT I TUNED INTO THE CRB MEETING LAST TUESDAY. THIS IS REALLY MORE TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND ANYONE AND THERE WERE ONLY THREE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AND I WILL NOT EMBARRASS THOSE WHO DID NOT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU I WILL JUST NAME WHO WAS THERE, AND THAT WAS BOARD MEMBER BONNIE MOSER. WAS THERE. BOARD MEMBER MARK BRECK WAS THERE AND CHAIR TOM CAMP WAS THERE. THEY'VE FAILED TO HAVE A QUORUM AND SO THEY COULD NOT CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS. SO YOU KNOW OUR
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APPOINTEES WHO FAILED TO ATTEND IT CERTAINLY RUDE TO THEIR FELLOW MEMBERS. AND IT'S A WASTE OF THEIR TIME. I SPOKE TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS, AND HE REMINDED ME THAT LAST YEAR HALF OF THEIR MEETINGS WERE CANCELED. AND SO ARE WE JUST DOING THE SAME THING AND HOPING FOR A DIFFERENT RESULT? I PERSONALLY THINK THERE'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY HERE WITH THESE PEOPLE. I KNOW MY APPOINTEE IS A VERY QUALIFIED VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT CAN BE DONE. I CERTAINLY VALUE WOULD VALUE THEIR INPUT AND THEIR CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MATTER. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO TRY TO GET BETTER PARTICIPATION. OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSIONERS NEED TO TALK TO THEIR APPOINTEES. AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS SHOULD BE THE CASE. BUT NOW THE RULE IS IF YOU MISS IT, YOU YOU'RE ONLY OFF IF YOU MISS THREE ME MEETINGS, CORRECT. THREE IN A ROW. THREE IN A ROW, OK? MAYBE. SHOULD WE MAKE IT? UM IT. THEY STARTED FOUR. I KNOW FOUR IS DIFFICULT FOR SOME PEOPLE. SHOULD WE CHANGE THAT TO FIVE? UM I JUST THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM JUST LIVELY. ENDURE YOU KNOW? THE DIFFICULTY WE'RE HAVING. UM HAVING THIS BOARD BE EFFECTIVE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE CITY. WE'VE GOT THE TRAIN STATION OBVIOUSLY BRIGHT LINE AND THERE'S SO MANY. THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE I. I HATE TO SEE US WASTED AND WASTE THOSE PEOPLE'S EFFORTS. SO I'M REALLY ASKING FOR INPUT. I. I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION. I. I, UH I FEEL THE SAME WAY. MAYBE IT SHOULD BE. AFTER THREE DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU GET IT. JUST THREE. YOU'RE OUT. THANK YOU, MR COLLINS. ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS WITH REGARD TO TONIGHT WITH WHAT WE'RE APPROVING AT THE END WITH THE WORDING THAT LEE HAS BEEN WORKING ON IS INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO AS A BOARD DECIDE. UM, YOU KNOW, TAKING SOMEBODY OFF THE BOARD OR APPOINTING SOMEBODY NEW YOU AS A COMMISSIONER WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE OR ADD SOMEBODY AT WILL SO MORE THAN TRYING TO MAYBE CHANGE THE NUMBER THREE IN A ROW OR THREE AT LARGE. IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT, YOU PERSON IS NOT YOU KNOW, IF ANY OF US FEEL LIKE THEIR PERSONS NOT CUTTING THE MUSTARD, WE CAN REMOVE THEM WITH WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT. MADAM MAYOR, YOU SAY? ACTUALLY I WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE I HAD A POINT FOR THE UNFORTUNATED MISS THE MEETING. BUT HE CALLED ME THAT EVENING BECAUSE HE HAD AN EMERGENCY. ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES DOWN SOUTH WAS ASSAULTED AND HAD TO HAVE POLICE COME AND SOME OTHER THINGS. SO, UM SO ANYWAY, SO NEEDLESS TO SAY HE, BUT, YEAH, IT IS A REAL ISSUE. AND UM AND, UH, THAT'S WHY, AND I MADE MY APPOINTEE PROMISE THAT HE WOULD NOT MISS ANY MEETINGS. SO WHEN AN EMERGENCY CAME UP, UH, HE CALLED ME THAT EVENING. TO LET ME KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED. SO SOMETIMES SOMETIMES THINGS CAN'T BE AVOIDED. BUT WHEN YOU RUN INTO THE CHRONIC, UM PEOPLE THAT JUST OVER AND OVER AND OVER HENCE BY MY LAST YEAR'S APPOINTEE DIDN'T GET REAPPOINTED, SO MADAM MAYOR, I I'M I'M AWARE OF THE ISSUE, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING SINCE DECEMBER, EVEN THOUGH THE MY CURRENT FORCES THEN WENT INTO GET A NEW PERSON AND I'M GETTING A NEW PERSON. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE READY TO GET THERE. IN SENT IN. I I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A CLERK, BUT, UH, I'M HOPING MY PERSON WILL SEND THE INFORMATION THE CLERK IS REQUESTING FROM THEM. OK? WELL, CAN I JUST FINISH? YEAH I THINK COMMISSIONER MCDONALD MAKES A GOOD POINT, AT LEAST IF WE HOLD OUR APPOINTEES ACCOUNTABLE. AND SAY, I NOTICED YOU WEREN'T THERE. IS THERE A PROBLEM? I MEAN, THAT'S I MEAN, WE'RE THAT INQUIRY REVEALS THAT WE SEE THAT BOARD IS IMPORTANT AND WE VALUE THEIR PARTICIPATION. SO YOU KNOW, AT THE VERY LEAST, LET'S NOT BE INDIFFERENT TO THE FAILURE OF THAT BOARD. TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THE MATTER THAT WAS BEFORE THEM SO I THINK IF WE ALL MAKE AN EFFORT HERE THAT BOARD CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION. THANK YOU. NO COMMENTS. FROM OUR MANAGER, OUR CITY MANAGER. UM FIRST, LET ME JUST COMMENT BRIEFLY ABOUT THE,[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]
UH BOARD MEMBERSHIP. I THINK THAT YOU'RE ALL CONSENSUS IS CORRECT. AND UH, MR COLLINS MADE A GOOD POINT THAT THE UH, CLERK AND THE CITY ATTORNEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON UPDATING OUR BYLAWS,[00:30:07]
AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE THE BYLAWS WERE IN BOTH CHAPTER EIGHT AND CHAPTER TWO. AND SECONDLY, THE BYLAWS, PARAGRAPHS WEREN'T ALL ALIGNED SO THE WAY THAT THE INTENTION WAS TO MAKE IT THAT IF PARAGRAPH THREE IN THE BYLAWS WAS THE PARAGRAPH ABOUT ATTENDANCE, THEN WHATEVER BOARD'S BYLAWS KIND OF LINE THEM UP SO THEY CAN BE READ MORE EASILY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISCOVERED WHILE GOING THROUGH. IT WAS THAT THE WHEN THE CHARTER BOARD HAD MADE ITS RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION BEING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINT THEIR DIRECT RESPONSE RESPONDENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES. THEY EACH GOT APPOINTED FOR ONE YEAR TERM AND THERE WAS REALLY NOTHING IN BETWEEN THE TERM OTHER THAN IF YOU MISSED THREE MEETINGS IN A ROW FOR THE BASIS TO REMOVE A BOARD MEMBER, SO AS IT'S BEING REVISED, IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE THAT THE BOARD APPOINTEE IS SERVING AT THE WILL OF THE COMMISSIONER THAT APPOINTS THAT APPOINTEE JUST LIKE IN THE COUNTY. AND AS A RESULT, AS COMMISSIONER COLLINS POINTS OUT IF YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER IS NOT DOING WHATEVER IT IS YOU UNDERSTAND THEM TO BE COMMITMENTS THEY MADE. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WHAT THEY'VE AGREED ON WITH YOU. THEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUT SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE BOARD AND ADDRESS IT. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT TONIGHT. AND I THINK THAT THAT UM, GOING HAND IN HAND WITH COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL RICH'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THE , UM EACH COMMISSIONER NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR BOARD MEMBER TO MAKE ALL THE BOARDS FEEL THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS UM GREATLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THEIR ADVICE, AND WHATEVER WE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM EACH BOARD BECAUSE IT MAKES IT. UM EASIER TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE PUBLIC FEELS IF THERE'S MORE PEOPLE COMMUNICATING SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL TAKE PLACE. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION SPEAKING OF BOARD MEMBERS AND BOARD MEETINGS NEXT WEEK OR THIS WEEK'S WAS LAST WEEK, AND I MADE THIS COMMENT. BUT THIS WEEK'S LP A MEETING. AT A PROJECT CALLED EDEN MAR. THAT WAS THE PROPERTY BETWEEN LOWE'S AND THE AUDI DEALERSHIP KIND OF ADJACENT TO WILLOUGHBY. UM WE RECEIVED A LETTER LAST WEEK FROM THEM, ASKING IF THEY COULD BE CONTINUED FROM THIS. LP A MEETING UNTIL THE LP A MEETING AND AS A RESULT, IT WILL NOT BE HEARD AT THE MARCH. UH, LP MEETING. UM SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. BRIGHT LINE ANNOUNCED THAT THE STUART MARTIN COUNTY SUBMITTAL HAS BEEN SELECTED. I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME TWEAKING OF SOME FINAL DETAILS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, AND, UH, THE BRIGHT LINE AND THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY, AND WE HAD PHONE CONFERENCES RECENTLY AS TODAY, UM SOON BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF APRIL, I WILL BE RETURNING TO THE BOARD WITH HOPEFULLY A FINAL UM, AGREEMENT FOR YOU TO RATIFY.ALSO SINCE THE LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A, UH FIVE K RUN AND A KIWANI BREAKFAST THAT, UH AT THE QANTAS BREAKFAST. WE ALSO HAD THE GRAND OPENING OF THE QANTAS. PLAYGROUND FACILITY THAT THE, UM CITY COMMISSION VOTED TO MATCH THE FUNDS WITH WITH QANTAS, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY VERY SUCCESSFUL. THE KIDS LOVED IT AND ALSO ON MARCH 6TH. A MILESTONE IN THE CITY OF STUART OCCURRED. AND THERE'S A LIMITED FEW PEOPLE. ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE DEMANDING EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND THEN PAST THE PEER REVIEW BASED UPON THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO THEIR STATE. AND IN THE INSTANCE UH, THAT I'M REFERRING TO RIGHT NOW, OUR OWN CLERK WAS DESIGNATED AS MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK BASED UPON FIVE YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. SO WE SHOULD CONGRATULATE THAT. YEAH. AND I WANT TO SAY OVER THE COURSE OF THE FIVE YEARS THERE'S BEEN ADJUSTMENTS TO BY LAWS TO PUBLIC RECORDS TO SUNSHINE PRESENTATIONS TO PROCEDURES AND MEETINGS TO THE PROCESSING OF ELECTIONS TO ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF HOW WE KEEP RECORDS IN THE CITY, AND, UM FUNCTION IN OUR MEETINGS AND YOU CAN BLAME MARY FOR THOSE, BUT, UH, IT REALLY HAS BEEN A TRIBUTE TO MARY AT HOW HOW HARD SHE'S WORKED ON IT. I CONGRATULATE HER ON THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU,
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MARY. THANK YOU. OK CAN I GET A MOTION OF APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SECOND? A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? I SEE NONE. UM YOU CAN DO IT ALL IN FAVOR ALL IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE COMMENTS[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Non-Agenda Related) (3 Minutes Max.)]
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FROM THE PUBLIC. LET ME SALLY ROSE, MISS SALLY ROSE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. SALLY ROSE 1101 SOUTHEAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN STEWART. MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. LAST WEEK AS I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE DOWNTOWN ON EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD. THE TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FROM HOSPITAL STREET. BY THE CLEVELAND CLINIC TO CONFUSION CORNER. NEARLY HALF A MILE BACK UP. THIS IS NO LONGER A RARE OCCURRENCE, HAPPENING ONLY WITH A FREIGHT TRAIN PASSES, IT HAS BECOME A DAILY NIGHTMARE. NOW. YOU COMMISSIONER'S PROPOSED TO ALLOW CITY LAND TO BE USED FOR 130 MORE APARTMENTS. THAT COULD EASILY ADD 200 TO 260 MORE VEHICLES TO OUR GRIDLOCKED, OVERBURDENED DOWNTOWN. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? IS THAT WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT? THE ANSWER IS NO. TAXPAYER OWNED LAND, WHICH IS OUR LAND BELONGS TO OUR CITIZENS. THAT TO THE COMMISSIONERS. THIS CRAZY PROPOSAL TO USE OUR LAND ON WHICH TO BUILD GOVERNMENT-FUNDED APARTMENTS, WHICH IS MORE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IS OUTRAGEOUS. STEWART CITIZENS WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PAY $400,000 TO HAVE THIS BUILDING ERECTED. WE WANT OUR TAX DOLLARS GOING INTO GREEN SPACE AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE CITY FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL. LIKE WE JUST WITH THE SCULPTURES WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS SHOULD BE GOING. NOT INTO SUBSIDIZING. I LOVE THEM AND LEAVE THEM DEVELOPER FROM FORT LAUDERDALE. IF WE HAVE VACANT LAND YOU ARE. COMMISSIONERS SHOULD BE CONSIDERING A PARKING GARAGE THAT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF.NOT MORE APARTMENTS. CARS AND TRUCKS. THANK YOU. MR BRINKLEY, ALBERT BRINKLEY. WELCOME, MR BRINKLEY. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. WHO YOU ARE. I SAY ANYTHING ELSE? I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND LISTEN TO ME ABOUT THE RIGHT AWAY. BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK YOU ALL HAVE THE FULL SCOPE THE FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL ONE DAY. TO SIT WITH ME AND UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU ALL BECAUSE I'M DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ASK FOR RIGHT AWAY. I HAD MY PROPERTY TAKEN FROM ME. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT PART I WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR AS A GROUP TO REALLY GET YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION THAT I AM IN NOW. I HEARD SOME COMMENTS FROM YOU ALL AT THE LAST MEETING WITH ROB ME. THE WRONG WAY. THE STATEMENT WAS WE ARE NOT IN THE HOUSING BUSINESS. SO IS PALM BEACH COUNTY IS NOT IN HOUSING BUILDING, BUT THEIR BUILDING LOW INCOME HOUSING DOWN THERE. ST LUCIE COUNTY IS NOT IN THE HOUSING BUSINESS, BUT THEYRE BUILDING LOW INCOME HOUSING DOWN THERE. MATTER OF FACT, I PASSED BY A PROJECT ABOUT A MONTH AGO THAT IS BEING BUILT. SO THAT TYPE OF COMMENT. I DO NOT LIKE BECAUSE LET ME LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING AND UNDERSTAND YOU ALL EVERYONE UP THERE TO UNDERSTAND ONE THING. YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FROM GOD TO CARRY OUT THE LAW OF THE LAND. AND I ASK YOU TO READ ROMANS CHAPTER 13. READ THAT YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY OUT THE LAW OF THE LAND. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OBEY THE LAW OF THE LAND. YOU HAVE A JOB TO DO, AND THAT RESPONSIBILITY COMES FROM GOD. NOBODY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANNA DO. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW. READ ROMANS CHAPTER 13 AND UNDERSTAND YOU ARE RESPONSIBILITY, OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY THE LAW OUT. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OBEY THE LAW. AND I HEARD ANOTHER COMMENT. ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT THE LADY JUST SPOKE ABOUT. AND THEN THE COMMENT WAS, ISN'T THAT WHAT THE FARM BASE TOLD WAS FOR? WELL, MR RICH? THEY USED TO COME ROUND AT EVERY MEETING. THAT WE HAD WITH THE CITY SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT WE DID NOT WANT THE FARM BASE CODE AND YOU ALL IMPLEMENTED ANYWAY. THAT'S WHY I MAY MENTION ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT. ROMANS READ THAT YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. WE DID NOT WANT
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THAT. WE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE DIDN'T WANT THE FARM BASE COAL. WHY? GENTRIFICATION.SO EVENTUALLY WITH ECHO RUBY PRICE OUT, WE'LL BE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE TAKEN FROM US. WE ASK YOU TA TA AGAIN. WE DIDN'T WANT THAT MATTER OF FACT WHEN I WAS IN THAT MEETING WHEN JESSICA SPOKE TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE FARM BASED CO YOU ALL SET UP THERE AND SAY, WELL, WHAT IS THE FARM BASES CALLED? AND I'M SITTING BACK TO HIM LIKE HOW YOU ALL GONNA PUT SOMETHING ON US? AND YOU ALL DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. AND MR EMIT P WATSON SITTING RIGHT THERE WITH MY DAUGHTER IS SITTING AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID. IT. PLEASE JUST LET ME FINISH THIS. THIS IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS IMPORTANT. YOU SIT THERE WHEN JESSICA WAS PRESENTING THAT TO Y'ALL? AND THE COMMENT WAS COMBINING THE CREEK DISTRICT AT EAST STUART TOGETHER. PETE WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE, AND HE'S COMING. WELL YOU ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EAST IS A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. AND I CAME BEHIND HIM AND SAID THE WHITE THE SAME THING. HE SAID YOU ALL OVERLOOKING US AND WHAT WE ARE. WE ARE RESIDENTS COMMUNITY, MR BRINKLEY. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOUR RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE SAY IT TO YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND THOSE MEETINGS. WE DIDN'T WANT THE FORM, COLD. THANK YOU. BUT YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU WANNA DO. GOD NOT PLEASED WITH THAT. HE'S NOT PLEASED WITH IT. THANK YOU, SIR. HELEN HELEN MCBRIDE. WELCOME.
THIS IS MY BRIDE. THANK YOU. HELEN MCBRIDE FROM FLAMINGO AVENUE AT THE LAST MEETING I WAS TALKING ABOUT UH, PARKING AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR SAID AT THIS MEETING. YOU WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AND YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE THE OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT HERE. MELISSA A ALREADY I CAME DOWN. 31 CONES ARE IN A PARKING SPOT AT THE END OF FLAG. AND THERE ARE FOUR LOADING ZONES AGAIN. THIS IS THE FREEDOM CITY. I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU FIVE SAY CERTAIN BUSINESSES HAVE RIGHTS OVER THE OTHER BUSINESS? I'M FROM A BUSINESS FAMILY. I. I LOVE LUNAS. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONES OUT THERE SO SHE COULD PUT VALET PARKING SOMETHING IS RADICALLY RADICALLY WRONG IN THIS CITY. I AGREE WITH THIS YOUNG LEAD THE FIRST SPEAKER AND I AGREE WITH MR BRINKLEY. BUT WHEN SHE WAS SAYING, GUYS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'VE GOT TO WAKE UP. AND LISTEN TO WE, THE PEOPLE NOW, AS I SAY, AND I THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR. I COME TO ALL THESE MEETINGS. AND WHEN HE SAID, OH, YOU SAID THIS AT MEETINGS THIS WAS APPROVED. OH, I'M SITTING HERE AND I'M THINKING WELL, WHERE IS IT APPROVED? 31 CONES. AND THEN HE DID SAY, MIKE DID SAY, OH, IT'S FREE PARKING. I DON'T WHO KNOWS THAT YOU COME DOWN VALET PARK AND YOU DON'T KNOW IT'S FREE NOW , UH PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKING TO ME SENT ME OVER TO THE TRIANGLE WITH THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. WHEN YOU PULL IN THERE, IT'S COMPLIMENTARY VALET PARKING BIG SIGN. NOT DOWN THERE. YOU GET A LOOK FROM THESE YOUNG MEN. BUT YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. WE, YOUR TAXPAYER. WE CHOSE TO LIVE IN THIS CITY. WE DIDN'T COME IN HERE AND DEMAND. UH AS A BUSINESS. OH, WE WANT FREE PARKING. WE WANNA PUT UP A CONES STOP. WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE CITY OF STUART ALRIGHT IF MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE TO PARK THEM, UH BY WELLS FARGO THAT BUT TO COME DOWN AND SEE ALL THESE EMPTY PARKING SPOTS WITH CONES IT'S NOT A PARADE. IT'S NOT THE PRESIDENT COMING INTO TOWN THAT PLEASE, PLEASE, EACH ONE OF YOU START TO THINK OF WE, THE PEOPLE . THE HARD WORKING PEOPLE ARE. WE'RE NOT RICH. WE'RE NOT DEVELOPERS. WE'RE JUST COMMON, ORDINARY PEOPLE. AND I KNOW WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, AND I'M I KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF YOU. YOU ALL WORK JUST AS HARD AS I DID. WE ALL VOLUNTEERED OUR SERVICES. WE ALL DONATED BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS CITY. PLEASE GIVE US BACK OUR CITY. STOP TAKING IT AWAY. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY 31 CONES IS JUST RIDICULOUS. UM AND WHAT HELEN JUST SAID. I WANT TO SAY TO OUR COMMISSIONERS. AS I'VE BEEN GOING OVER THERE OVER THREE MONTHS, AND IT DOES SAY COMPLIMENTARY, AND I ALWAYS USE IT BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF IS THAT A WHEELCHAIR? UM AND I WISH THAT WE COULD DO THAT. COULD WE SOME WAY? IF THEY'RE GONNA DO THIS.
COMPLIMENTARY. UH, PARKING AND 31 CONES IS JUST, UM CAN WE DO THAT? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE
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ASKING TO DO. WELL I'M JUST CAN IT IS COMPLIMENTARY. SINCE THE LAST MEETING, I CALLED THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. AND I DID. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE SETTING IT ON THIS MEETING. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE AFTER WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT. IT WAS MY INTENTION TO COME BACK WITH THE ISSUE. BUT DOES THE COMMISSION WANT TO CHANGE THE RESOLUTION THAT HAD ORIGINALLY PASSED? BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY TOLD THE PEOPLE AT HUDSON THAT WE NEED TO PUT SIGNS UP AND SAY, COMPLIMENTARY BECAUSE THE REPRESENTATION NEEDS TO BE THAT IT IS IN FACT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T SAY. OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE COMMISSION PASSED A RESOLUTION WHEN DAVID DIAS WAS THE CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZING THEM TO PUT THE VALET PARKING EVERYTHING SOUTH OF WHERE THE THING WIDENS AND DOES THE THING SO THAT RESOLUTION. I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO COME BACK. AND CHANGE WITHOUT THE COMMISSION, ACTUALLY HAVING EMOTION IN A SECOND TO REHEAR IT AND COME BACK AND CHANGE THE UH, PROCESS OF IT BECAUSE THE COMMISSION VOTED ON IT. AND UNDER PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, YOU DON'T EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COMES UP WITH AN ISSUE. I, YOU DON'T BRING BACK AN ISSUE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK.BRING BACK AND TELL YOU THAT THERE'S SIGNS THAT SAY. COMPLIMENTARY. IF THE IF THE BOARD VOTES RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WANT ME TO BRING BACK A EMOTION. OR A RESOLUTION TO REVOKE THE VALET PARKING. I CAN DO SO. UM BUT YOU'RE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE WITH THE TENANT THERE AND THERE'S REPRESENTATIONS. I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE. BUT WHAT I WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE TERMS AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON WHERE WE COULD TALK ABOUT. WHAT IT WHAT'S IN THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE THAT WAS BEFORE ME. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. IS THERE A NUMBER OF SPACES? YOU KNOW WHAT ARE ALL THE IT'S FROM, LIKE WHERE THE FLAGLER CENTER YOU KNOW WHERE THE ROAD GOES DOWN WHERE IT OPENS UP AND GOES WIDE. TO THE END. THAT'S WHERE IT WAS. WAS THERE A NUMBER OF SPACES FROM THAT POINT SOUTH? YEAH, LIKE THE NORTH OF THE FLAGLER CENTER, WHERE IT GOES INTO TWO ROADS LIKE WHERE IT HAS A MEDIAN IN BETWEEN IT AND IT GOES TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT UNDER THE BRIDGE ALL OF THAT AREA UNDER THERE, AND HE ALSO OFFERED TO ACTUALLY BUILD PARKING. UNDER THE BRIDGE AND THAT GRASS AREA AS WELL AT ONE POINT AND REMEMBER IT IS OUR THEY DO HAVE A YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LEASE WITH THEM AS WELL. AND I THINK THAT IT WAS VERY, UH, MY RECOLLECTION OF THE DISCUSSION OF THE VALET PARKING WAS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE LEAST. UH HE INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON CITY PROPERTY AND THERE WAS TRYING TO KIND ALL THIS PARKING AND COMPROMISE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE. WE DON'T WANT HIM TO FAIL. HE DOESN'T WANNA FAIL. LET ME LET ME. UM UM INTERRUPT.
AND UH, I THINK WE ALL UP HERE HAVE A CONCERN. SO IN MIKE IS SUPPOSED TO BRING IT BACK TO US.
I'M NOT. YOU DIDN'T MOTION FOR ME TO BRING IT BACK. I'M JUST PLANNING TO BRING BACK AND REPORT THE SIGNS ARE UP AND SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF THE SIGN THAT SAYS FREE. BECAUSE AT THE TIME DON'T FORGET THE GREEN MARKET USED TO BE IN THE PARKING LOT OUT HERE. SO ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT IN THE TIME THAT THE OWNER OF HUDSON'S BUILT HUDSON'S, THE GREEN MARKET ALSO GOT MOVED INTO THE FLAGLER PARK. AND SO THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IF YOU GUYS WANT TO RESET THE MARKER BACK TO ZERO AND MOVE THE GREEN MARKET BACK TO THIS PARKING LOT AND REMOVE THE CONES AND RESET IT. WE CAN. WE CAN START OVER. BUT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DON'T GENERALLY HERE ITEMS IS EXACTLY THAT THAT ONCE THAT'S BEEN PUBLICLY HEARD AND VOTED ON AND ADDRESSED THERE'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY THAT THAT IN EVERY DECISION THAT ISN'T HAPPY WITH THE DECISION. AND IF THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU CAN MAKE AND EXPRESS THAT YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE DECISION, AND THEREFORE WE HEAR IT AGAIN. THEN YOU NEVER ACTUALLY GET GET FINALITY TO A DECISION, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BRING IT BACK. AM I HEARING AND THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WANTS TO I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT IT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? SO NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT WHAT THE MOTION WOULD BE, EXCEPT TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST HAVE A DISCUSSION ON. YEAH, I THINK I THINK IF I MAY, UM I THINK WE'RE WE WOULD BE USEFUL IS ASK MIKE TO COME BACK WITH SHOWING US PICTURES OF AND, UH EVIDENCE ABOUT WHAT THE SIGNS SAY, UH THE
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SIGNAGE AND ALSO PROVIDING THE COMMISSIONERS WITH THE DETAILS OF THE RESOLUTION. UM, BECAUSE, UM BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT. THERE WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS WHEN WE DID THIS PRIOR AND, UH AND A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH, UH AND AS MIKE POINTED OUT, THE GREEN MARKET BEING MOVED DOWN THERE AND THEN CAUSING, UH, OTHER TRA PARKING ISSUES, IT'S A IT'S A PRETTY CONGESTED PART. YOU KNOW, WE'VE YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE FLAGLER CENTER AND THE GREEN MARKET AND HUDSON'S, AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO PARK CLOSE TO THE RESTAURANT. BUT AS I OFTEN PARK IF I GO TO HUDSON'S I'M UNLESS IT'S AN OFF DAY I'M PARKING DOWN HERE, NOT DOWN THERE, SO IT JUST IT'S JUST THE WAY IT SEEMS TO GO. UH, BUT OH, I THINK THAT BRINGING IT BACK, AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY INVITE MR MANOS BECAUSE IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS HIS INVESTMENT. OF COURSE. SO I AGREE. AND I THINK A DISCUSSION I THINK AGAIN THEN IF WE WANT TO AFTER DISCUSSION MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CHANGE, THEN WE MOTION TO HAVE HIM. BRING IT BACK WITH A NEW RESOLUTION. RUTH MIKE, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE ENOUGH DIRECTION? SURE OK, ALL RIGHT. WE'LL PROCEED AND WE GET TO. I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HE'S CONSISTENTLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT. I THINK MRS MCBRIDE IS IMPLYING THAT PERHAPS HE IS SUCCEEDING. IS ALLOCATED AMOUNT SO WE NEED TO DETERMINE IF THAT IS IN FACT. CORRECT. SO THAT COULD BE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION. YES WE'LL MOVE ON JUST A MINUTE. UM, MR MARTEL. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS IMPORTANT IF IT VIABLE OR NOT, BUT SINCE IT'S CITY PROPERTY, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAYBE PUT A DRONE OR SOMETHING AND KEEP CHECK ON WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE SO WE CAN JUST GET A PICTURE OF HOW PARKING HAPPENS FOR MAIN STREET OR WHATEVER, JUST STAFF TO SOME WAY FOR STAFF TO KNOW HOW THINGS ARE HAPPENING OR JUST WALKING. WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE. THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WHAT MS MCBRIDE IS DESCRIBING IS HAPPENING DOWN THERE. THAT'S NOT I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE. I MEAN, THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO THINK IT IS. WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE OPERATOR OF HUDSON'S IS PUTTING OUT CONES. AND RESERVING THE PARKING SPACES FOR VALET. IN 2021, THE CITY OF STUART TERMINATED THE GREEN MARKET CONTRACT AND REISSUED A NEW CONTRACT WITH UM THE, UH STEWART MAIN STREET TO OPERATE THE GREEN MARKET AND MOVED INTO THE FLAGLER PARK AND THE, UM, PARKING DOWN THERE. AND I THINK IT WAS THE SAME YEAR THAT HUDSON'S OPEN IT. THEY MAY HAVE BEEN 22 THAT THEY OPENED. BUT AS A RESULT HUDSON'S CAME BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION. AND THE COMMISSION HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON IT. THE COMMISSION VOTED TO UM GIVE THE VALET PARKING, BUT JUST LIKE IN SUNSET BAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE ASKING ME TO BRING THAT BACK TOO. WELL, IT'S THE SAME THING YOU CAN'T. I MEAN, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? BECAUSE IT'S PARKING. THAT'S BEING VALETED BY THE OPERATOR AND WE HEAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PARKING ALL THE TIME. SO IT'S I MEAN, WHAT? THE ONLY THING WE'RE HEARING DIFFERENT TODAY IS THAT SOMEONE'S HERE COMPLAINING, BUT WHEN PEOPLE CONTACT US REGARDING SUNSET BAY, IT'S THE SAME THING.THEY SAY THEY CAN'T PARK BECAUSE WHEN THEY GET THERE, THERE'S CONES. AND WHAT WAS DECIDED IN THAT CASE, AND IN THIS CASE WAS THAT THE UM OPERATOR. HAD TO PROVIDE L A PARKING FOR FREE AND WASN'T ALLOWED TO CHARGE FOR ANY OF THE SPACES AND IT WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING. BY ALLOWING MORE CARS TO PARK THAN SPACES BECAUSE THEY WERE MANAGING IT AS A VALET.
WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THEY JUST LIKE WHEN WE HAD THE VALLEY AND STUART DOWNTOWN IN THE CITY OF STUART AND CITY HALL IN 2018, 19 . AND RIGHT BEFORE COVID STARTED IN 20 EVERY DAY AT THREE O'CLOCK , THE VALET GUY WOULD START PUTTING CONES OUT HERE IN THE PARKING LOT OUT FRONT, AND ALL OF THE PARKING LOT OUT FRONT WOULD END UP WITH ORANGE CONES IN IT. SO THAT IT COULD BE USED FOR BALLET. IT WAS. IT'S IT WAS THE SAME. PROCEDURE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT ME TO BRING BACK THE PICTURE OF THE SIGN FIRST NOW OR IF YOU'D RATHER JUST NOT PUT IN THE SIGNS BECAUSE IF IT'S GONNA BE REVOKED, I DON'T WANT TO. IS IT CALLED? SIGNS IN THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, FREE VALET. I MEAN, IT'S NO SENSE IN DOING IT. FOR ME. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE NATURE OF
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THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT SO THAT WE HAVE SOME SENS OF IF THEY'RE HONORING IT OR NOT. IF THERE'S SOME BREACH FROM THE RESOLUTION, 36-20 22 SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IF THAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED SLIGHTLY TO POTENTIALLY INCLUDE LESS SPACES INSTEAD OF MAYBE 31 IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO. MAYBE WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME, UH, CHANGE UP IN THE PARKING FOR THE BRIDGE ATTENDANCE AND ALSO FOR THE FISHERMEN. THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE, TOO. SO JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE. JUST REVISITING IT. AND IF IT MAKES SENSE, IT MAKES SENSE. IF WE NEED TO AMEND IT, THEN LET'S AMEND IT. NOTHING DRASTIC, YOU KNOW IN MY MIND, BUT NOW, THEREFORE, FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, RECEIPT OF WHICH IS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED. THE CITY DOES HEREBY GRANT THIS EXCLUSIVE LICENSE TO HUDSON'S ON THE RIVER TO USE THE CITY'S DESIGNATED PARKING AREAS TO FIND AN ATTACHMENT A IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW. LICENSE HE AGREES TO PROVIDE VALET SERVICE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 5 P.M. TO 10 P.M. THE LICENSEE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO EXTEND VALET BEYOND 10 P.M. AT ITS DISCRETION BUT SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RESERVE SPACES PRIOR TO 4 P.M. HUDSON'S ON THE RIVER. SHE'LL BE ALLOWED TO BEGIN RESERVING SPACES BY PLACING CONES AT 4 P.M. AS EACH CAR VACATES THE LOT. I DIDN'T ON THE RIVER AGREES TO PROVIDE FREE VALET SERVICE TO ANY CITIZEN REGARDLESS OF THEIR PATRONAGE AT HUDSON'S RESTAURANT, THE TERM OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT. UH, SHOULD BE AT THE TIME AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY MANAGER. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL CONTINUE TO RENEW ON THE FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH UNTIL UH, THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES AT THE DISCRETION OF HUDSON'S ON THE RIVER, THE SERVICE MAY BE ELIMINATED DURING ANY MONTH OF THE OFF SEASON, WHICH IS JUNE TO NOVEMBER. CITY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE LICENSE AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME WITH SEVEN DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE WITHOUT DEMONSTRATING CAUSE THE LICENSEE VALET MAY STACK VEHICLES BUT SHALL AT ALL TIMES. LEAVE THE DRIVABILITY ROADWAY OPEN. AND THEN TALKS ABOUT CANCELING ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS, INDEMNIFICATION INSURANCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN IT SHOWS. THE UM, PUBLIC PARKING LOT LIKE I SAID, IT GOES UP TO THAT CURVED AREA AND UNDERNEATH. YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT FROM THIS PICTURE. BECAUSE IT'S IN THE ROW. YOU YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT THAT TO YOU. I THINK IT'S MORE THAN 31 SPACE. ONE SPACE BASED ON THE IDEA THAT YOU WERE GOING TO MENTION COMPLIMENTARY THAT SHOULD REALLY HELP. I WOULD THINK A LOT COMPLIMENTARY. WELL, I'M NOT I I'M NOT GOING TO. I'M NOT GONNA PUT THOSE SIGNS UP. I HAD MOVED FORWARD TO DOING THAT. BUT I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU GUYS WOULD RATHER ADDRESS THE ISSUE FIRST, SO I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE WANTS TO RADICALLY TRANSFORM WHAT'S GOING ON. WE JUST WANT TO LOOK AT IT, SO THE SUN WOULD BE GOOD. HE'S PUTTING THOSE CONES UP BEFORE FOUR O'CLOCK. WEEKEND. A THAT I DON'T I DON'T. THEY'RE OUT THERE. THEY'RE OUT THERE AND SO WE CAN ADDRESS THAT FOR SURE, OK? WE HAVE AN IDEA. SO IT'S WORTH REVISITING. HOW ARE WE GONNA? I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT.I HAVE ASKED 40 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY. NOBODY KNOWS IT'S COMPLIMENTARY. IT'S SIMPLY NOT WORKING. THEY THINK YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE RESTAURANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FILE. IT'S A NATURAL ERROR. I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL I SAT UP HERE. SO WE WE'RE WE'RE NOT BEING EFFECTIVE IN GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT. WE GONNA WORK ON THAT. LET'S GO FORWARD. LET'S UH UM OK TO
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APPROVE THE AGENDA. YES, YES, YES, IT CAN. PERCENT POUNDER. WE GOT A MOTION. UH, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS. DO WE HAVE ANY? UH WE WENT FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I SEE. NO, THIS IS GREAT. ROSEL. COMMISSIONER COLLINS. YES COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES I MAY CAN RICH. YES. MAYOR BRUNER. YES, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. OK? ALL RIGHT. AND UH, COMMISSION ACT NUMBER 10 SUPPORT OF SOUTHWEST PALM CITY ROAD[10. SUPPORT OF SW PALM CITY ROAD/US 1 INTERSECTION (RC): RESOLUTION No. 26-2024: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING SUPPORT OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IN THE CITY’S RIGHT-OF-WAY AT THE SW PALM CITY ROAD/US 1 INTERSECTION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
SLASH US ONE THE INTERSECTION ARAB LEAGUE. IF YOU COULD READ THAT FOR ME THE RESOLUTION THIS.WE'RE WE'RE PAST THAT AT NUMBER 10. RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-2024 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART , FLORIDA AUTHORIZING SUPPORT OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IN THE CITY'S RIGHT AWAY. AT THE SOUTHWEST PALM CITY ROAD, UH SLASH US ONE INTERSECTION, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. MOVE TO APPROVE. A SECOND. I JUST WANTED TO SAY BEFORE WE DO THAT, JUST SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT THIS IS.
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THIS IS THE, UH, PALM CITY ROAD AND US ONE INTERSECTION. BETH BELTRAN FROM THE MARTIN. UM MP O IS PRESENT HERE. UM I DON'T KNOW, BETH, IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO COMMENT FURTHER, BUT IT WAS A FIVE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS FOR MODIFICATIONS TO WHAT'S CALLED THE HOT RIGHT ON THAT INTERSECTION HAVE BEEN PRESENTED . UH TO, I GUESS IT'S AN F DOT PROGRAM AND THEY'VE GOT THE NPO SELECTED ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH INCLUDES SOME GREEN SPACE BEHIND PUBLIX, AND WE'LL ALLEVIATE THE SPEED AT WHICH CARS ARE UM, LEAVING US ONE AND HEADING ON TO PALM CITY ROAD, HOPEFULLY AND IT WILL ALSO DO SOME TRAFFIC CALMING BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE MEDIAN IS CREATED WITH THE GREEN SPACE. BUT WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS BEFORE THEY VOTE? THANK YOU JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS. BETH BELTRAN AND PEW ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MARTIN MP O. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS CORRECT. UM, I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM F DOT WILL BE MANAGING THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS ON US ONE AT THE PALM CITY ROAD INTERSECTION. THE SECOND PART OF THAT MOTION WAS THE TRAFFIC CALMING ALONG PALM CITY ROAD THAT HAS BEEN BROKEN UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT PRIORITIES ON THE NP OS LIST. YOU ALL AS PART OF YOUR MOTION WHEN YOU APPROVE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, ASKED THAT THE PROJECT BE PART OF THE MP A PRIORITY LIST. UM AS PART OF THAT LIST, WE, UM ARE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO SUBMIT A SCOPING FORM TO THE STATE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PETER. UH, THE , UM, CUBAN THE, UH, THE, UM, CITY ENGINEER ON, UM PUTTING TOGETHER THAT SCOPING INFORMATION FOR THE STATE AND PART OF THAT IS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF LOCAL SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS. BEEN WORKING ON THIS A LONG TIME. THIS WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MUCH. UM WE HAVE A FIRST. I MEAN , WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY ANY COMMENTS? UH, I BELIEVE, UH UM COULD I MAKE AN INQUIRY OF THE TWO? AND THIS COMMISSION. DO THEY AGREE WITH THIS CHOICE? YES. THIS WE HAVE A CLEAR ALREADY APPROVED IT AT THE MP O SO APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. I HAVE THAT RIGHT AND, UH, COMMISSIONER MOTION. I MEAN, UM AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RICH. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC? LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS. ALL RIGHT, MARY ROLL CALL MAYOR BRUNER. YES FACE. MAYOR RICH YES , COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. YES, COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES, COMMISSIONER COLLINS? YES, ALL RIGHT. SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE, UH UH, INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR[11. SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CREATION OF THE MARTIN COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (RC): RESOLUTION No. 29-2024; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CREATION OF THE MARTIN COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION ("MPO") ADDING A FIFTH MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO THE MPO BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
CREATION OF THE MARTIN COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. HE READ RE RESOLUTION, OF COURSE. RESOLUTION NUMBER 29 2024, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CREATION OF THE MARTIN COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. ALSO KNOWN AS, UH, MP O, ADDING 1/5 MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO THE NPO BOARD, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION WE APPROVE.SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS. ARE THERE. ANY COMMENTS FROM TO BETH. BETH, COULD YOU COME UP AND JUST TELL US, EVERYBODY? WHAT? WHAT WE'RE DOING. I MEAN, ME AND CHRIS KNOW BECAUSE SURE, SURE. UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE MP O IS THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY IN THIS AREA. UM IT IS WAS FORMED IN 1993 3 THROUGH AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH, UH, WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. IT HAS. THE BOARD HAS FOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON IT. TWO CITY COMMISSIONERS AS YOU MENTIONED DURING THIS TIME, IT'S COMMISSIONER MCDONALD AND CHRIS COMMISSIONER COLLINS. UM WE HAVE A MEMBER, A COMMISSIONER FROM SEWELL'S POINT ON THE BOARD , AS WELL AS A MEMBER FROM THE VILLAGE OF INDIA TOWN, THE FIRST TO THE INTER LOCAL WAS TO MAKE THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN REPRESENTATIVE OF VOTING MEMBER ONCE THE VILLAGE BECAME INCORPORATED AS A CITY AND THIS IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AND IT'S TO ADD THE FIFTH COMMISSIONER ON THE BOARD FROM FROM THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER ON THE BOARD BECAUSE AT THIS TIME, THE DISTRICT FIVE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS NOT ON THE BOARD . AND RIGHT NOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNTY NORTH OF US THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF THE COUNTY LINE, AND THERE'S GONNA BE THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE OF TRAFFIC ON THE ROADWAYS OF ALLAH AND MARTIN HIGHWAY. RIGHT NOW, THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER IS NOT ON THE BOARD SO HE CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF HIS DISTRICT. AND UH, I THINK THIS WILL BE A SUBJECT THAT WILL COME UP IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AT NPO BOARD MEETINGS. UH, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE STATE ON THIS, AND THE CONSENSUS WAS TO ADD THE FIFTH COMMISSIONER WOULD BE THE, UM WOULD BE THE A GOOD SOLUTION TO HAVE YOU KNOW ALL THE PLANNING AREA REPRESENTATIVE ON THE REPRESENTED ON THE NPO BOARD, MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU, BEN. I JUST WANT TO SAY, BETH, WE'RE
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WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMING NP OS IN THE STATE. AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF, UH BETH SO SHE DOES AN AMAZING JOB. SHE MAKES SURE I DON'T GET IN TROUBLE UP ON THE DIOSA OVER AT THE COUNTY BUILDING. SO THANK YOU, BETH. SO SO LET'S MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT. WE HAVE APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MCDONALD SECONDED BY COLLINS. UM YOU KNOW, THAT WAS OUR COMPANY.UH ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS. THIS IS GOING VERY LONG. THANKS, MAYOR RICH. YES COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES COMMISSIONER. MCDONALD COMMISSIONER COLLINS MAYOR BRUNER. YES? THIS IS THE BINDING LETTER OF DETERMINATION FOR 213, SOUTHEAST ALA. MANA WAY. STUART,
[12. BINDING LETTER OF DETERMINATION FOR 213 SE ALAMANDA WAY, STUART, FL (RC): RESOLUTION No. 32-2024; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A BINDING LETTER OF DETERMINATION FOR 213 SE ALAMANDA WAY, STUART, FL DECLARING THAT LOT 3 WILL BE TREATED AS A LEGAL BUILDABLE LOT IN THE R1A ZONING DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
FLORIDA. THANK YOU. RESOLUTION NUMBER 32-2024 OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A BINDING LETTER OF DETERMINATION. FOR 213, SOUTHEAST ALONDA WAY AND STUART, FLORIDA, DECLARING THAT LOT THREE WILL BE TREATED AS A LEGAL BUILDABLE LOT IN THE R ONE, A ZONING DISTRICT. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, MADAM OK SECOND, OK, WE HAVE A, UM APPROVAL. WE HAVE A SECOND, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENED. THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL AS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. UH, ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE AND FURTHER ACTUALLY PROVIDE TOOLS TO THE COMMISSION.TO PRESERVE HISTORIC PROPERTIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, A FAMILY THAT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PRESERVING HISTORIC PROPERTIES. UH, THE FATALITIES HAVE ASKED FOR A BINDING LETTER. THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY STATE THAT A 19 TWENTIES HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT ON LOT THREE AT 223, AMANDA. WOULD BE DEEMED AS A LEGAL LOT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE R ONE, A ZONING DISTRICT WELL IN THE RN, A ZONING DISTRICT, A LEGAL ACT. HAS TO BE 100 FT WIDE AND UP TO 10,000 SQUARE FEET. UH, UH, SPACE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP OR IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE IF YOU LOOK IN THAT AREA THE HOUSE IS DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF IT ARE 50 FT WIDE LOTS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IS 50 FT WIDE LOTS ACROSS THE STREET OR 50 FT WILDLIFE WIDE LINES AND IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE IF THE VACANT PORTION OF THIS IS REQUIRED TO UM PARTICIPATING IN THE SALE, AND YOU CAN'T CARVE THIS LOT THREE OFF, THEN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE POTENTIAL BUILDER IS GOING TO LITERALLY KNOCK DOWN THE HISTORIC HOME TO BUILD ON THE TOTALITY OF THE LOT. IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE , MR VITALE'S SON IS GOING TO BE MOVING INTO IT WITH HIS WIFE, AND THEY WILL PLAN ON UH, MAINTAINING IT AND RESTORING IT AS A HISTORIC HOME. THE RESOLUTION THAT THE COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO VOTE FOR WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT AN AGREEMENT WITH MR RAINES ON THEIR BEHALF THAT WOULD SET FORTH THE PARAMETERS UNDER WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THIS AS A LEGAL LOT. PART OF THAT IS YOU KNOW IF A STORM BLEW DOWN A PORTION OF THE HOUSE IF IT WASN'T LEGAL LOT, THEY COULDN'T GO BACK AND FIX IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND IT THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT ON. AND 20 YEARS FROM NOW, IF IT WERE TO GET DESTROYED BY FIRE OR BY HURRICANE NOT HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE FOR THE AGGRAVATION OF IT, SO THE INTENTION HERE WAS TO USE THE TOOLS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT AUTHORIZE YOU TO DO THIS BINDING LETTER AND I ALSO KNOW THAT WE DID THIS ON HKE WAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE IT WAS A 40 FT WIDE LOT THAT DIDN'T EVEN MEET OUR COTTAGE CODE THAT THE COMMISSION DEEMED WAS A LEGAL LOT BECAUSE THE HOUSE FROM THE 19 TWENTIES WAS ON IT AND HAD BEEN, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE THE HOUSE IS IN EXISTENCE. IT'S ON IT AND HAS BEEN FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. AND UM, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO MEET ALL THE SETBACKS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF OF THE BUILDING CODE IF THEY WERE TO ADD ON OR DO ANYTHING TO IT, IT JUST WOULD MAKE LOT THREE. A STAND ALONE LOT. YEAH, IT IS. 100 YEARS. JUST YEAH. THAT AMAZING ALL I WAS GONNA SAY, IS IF THERE'S EVER A TIME TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IT. I MEAN, THIS IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS FOR WHAT WOULD COME IN FRONT OF US. AND I ALSO APPRECIATE SEEING BOB YOU KNOW, WORKING FOR THE GOOD GUYS. OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT WE HAD THAT I JUST GOT A VOTE, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST LIKE TO THANK UH, MR VITALE FOR TAKING THE TIME YESTERDAY TO MEET WITH ME AT THE LOT AND EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT HIS PLANS WERE, AND ONE OF THE APPEALS OF
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THE JOB IS THIS IS SUCH A SMALL CITY. WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND YOU KNOW WE'LL LOOK AT AND WALK ON THE PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND, UH, I LITERALLY HAVE RUN BY THIS LOT HUNDREDS OF TIMES BECAUSE IT'S ON MY RUNNING ROUTE. AND YET, UH, FOR HIM TO TAKE THE TIME AND EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT HE WANTED TO DO. HE AND HIS FAMILY WANTED TO DO I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS. UH THERE'S NO BETTER STEWARD OF OUR HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT THESE BUILDINGS ARE TO MAINTAINING THE CHARM AND CHARACTER OF OUR CITY THAN MR VITALE. SO I'M HAPPY TO CAST MY VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS AND HIS SON CHRIS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, FOLLOW THE LEAD WITH THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HOLD HIM TO IT AS WELL. AND CITY RIGHT NOW, SO NOW WE THINK AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT THAT'S RIGHT, YOU CAN RIDE HIS BIKE TO NEW NEW CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER YES.UH WELL, WE I BELIEVE WE HAVE A, UH, APPROVAL BY WE HAVE A VOTE. YOU NEED TO CALL A MOTION A MOTION TO VOTE. AND ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THIS I LIVE. YOU HAVE HIM COME UP HERE, MAN. YES MA'AM. UH, WE JUST WANT YOU TO FILL OUT A GREEN CARD. GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND FILL OUT ONE OF THESE BEFORE YOU LEAVE. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE I. I GUESS I DO. YES, I DO.
OK, THANK YOU. YOU CAN FILL IT OUT WHEN YOU'RE DONE. OK YOU MISS ROSE. NO I'M MRS SHANE. UH, LINDA, SHANE AND I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE BEAUTIFUL HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT WHAT 1925, AND I'M JUST SO THRILLED. THEY'RE GONNA BE RESTORING IT BECAUSE WE WERE SO AFRAID THEY WOULD TEAR IT DOWN. AND UH, WE NEED MORE YOUNG COUPLES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I'M SO HAPPY. Y'ALL ARE GETTING IN, SO I SUPPORT YOU 100. SO AND I KNOW THEY'LL DO A WONDERFUL JOB LIKE THEY'VE DONE THE LITTLE HOUSES ON SEMINOLE STREET. OK THANK YOU, OK. WE REALLY DO HAVE A SPECIAL LITTLE CITY. NO PLANNING A COCKTAIL PARTIES. LET'S MOVE ON. OK THAT'S RIGHT ANY ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? HEY, NO, I MARRIED ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD YES, COMMISSIONER COLLINS VICE MAYOR RICH COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES, MAYOR BRUNER. YES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO. E. NOW. UM AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY
[13. AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF STUART'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND CODE OF ORDINANCES (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2525-2024; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER VIII OF THE CITY OF STUART’S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE (ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT); AND AMENDING PART II, CHAPTERS 2 AND 32 OF THE CITY OF STUART’S CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE; SEVERABILITY; EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR 3/11/2024 CCM OTHER PURPOSES.]
OF STEWARTS LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND CODE OF ORDINANCES. LEE KNOWS THIS ONE. WELL, ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ORDINANCE NUMBER 205 25-2024. RIGHT? UH AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE CITY OF STUART'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT AND AMENDING PART TWO CHAPTERS TWO AND 32 OF THE CITY OF STEWART. ITS CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE. SEVERABILITY EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. UM SINCE I WAS THE ONE WHO WORKED ON THIS ONE. I CAN KIND OF DISCUSS IT. I UM, CITY MANAGER.
MORTEL TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER IN TONIGHT'S MEETING. AND I THINK I ALLUDED TO IT LAST MEETING. UM WE HAD SOME CONFUSION ON SOME OF THE ADVISORY BOARDS AS TO WHAT THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WERE, UM AND I. I KIND OF TOOK A LOOK AT THEM. WE HAD SOME DUTIES. IN RESPONSIBILITY. UH IN CODE, UM, IN CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. WE ALSO AND THEY DEALT WITH THE ADVISORY BOARDS AT THAT. IN THAT IN THAT CHAPTER, WE ALSO HAD SIMILAR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE SAME ADVISORY BOARDS. LISTED IN CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD BYLAWS, WHICH WERE ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION AT VARIOUS TIMES, UM VIA RESOLUTION , AND THEY HAD LIKE A DRAFTED BYLAWS. AND IT WAS A TWO OR THREE PAGES OF BYLAWS. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES. THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENCES. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, UM WE CONSOLIDATED ALL OF THOSE ONE OF THE PROBLEMS, TOO, WITH THE ADOPTION BY RESOLUTION OF THE BYLAWS IS THE BYLAWS WEREN'T ANYWHERE ONLINE. SO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC COULDN'T FIND THOSE BYLAWS IN THIS. THEY DID A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FROM THE CITY. UM CLERK. SO BY INCORPORATING ALL THIS, WE TOOK THE SIMILARITIES OF ALL OF THESE AND PUT THEM IN CHAPTER TWO OF THE COURT CODE OF ORDINANCES. SO IN CODE OF ORDINANCES, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THERE ARE, UH, THE FIRST FEW SECTIONS ARE ARE BOILERPLATE FOR ALL THE ADVISORY BOARDS, SO THEY'RE THE COMMON RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ALL OF THEM, AND
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THEN WE BREAK THEM DOWN INTO EACH ADVISORY BOARD. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM HAVE SPECIFIC DETAILS THAT THE OTHERS DON'T LIKE. SOME BOARDS HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS. SOME HAVE FIVE. SO UH, THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES AMONG THE BOARDS. UM AND WHAT? UM, COMMISSIONER COLLINS RIGHT UP.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UH TALKED ABOUT, I GUESS EARLIER WAS IT'S AN AUTOMATIC, UM, RESIGNATION OF ANY OF THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS IF THEY FAIL TO ATTEND THREE SUCCESSIVE BOARDS. MEETINGS, SO IT'S AN AUTOMATIC. BUT WE'VE ADDED SOME LANGUAGE AND KIND OF CLARIFIED IT THAT EACH OF THESE, UH ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS THEY THEY'LL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE UM, UM UM UH, APPOINTING, UH, COMMISSIONER SO IT. ALSO WE PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REMOVE THEM. WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE AT ANY TIME, SO IF THEY DON'T MEET THE THREE ME THREE SUCCESSIVE MEETINGS, LET'S SAY THEY MISSED TWO. IT'S IN WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION. YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, AT LEAST WITH THEM AND, UM, BUT YOU COULD REMOVE THEM. UM, AND IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER. BEFORE IT REQUIRED US TO BRING TO THE BOARD AND THE BOARD HAD TO VOTE ON IT. SO WE'VE KIND OF CLARIFIED IT WHERE YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL POWER ON YOUR APPOINTING, UH, ADVISORY MEMBER. SO, UM YOU KNOW, WE CLEANED UP TYPOS. YOU KNOW, THE CODES CHANGED SO MANY TIMES THAT WHEN THESE ORIGINALLY WERE WRITTEN, IT WOULD CITE TO A CERTAIN SECTION NUMBER THAT THAT SECTION NUMBER MEANT SOMETHING ELSE, SO I CLEANED IT UP. WHERE IT WAS REFERENCING TO THE CORRECT SECTION IN THE CODE ELSEWHERE. WE HAD SOME TYPOS AND CAPITALIZATION, SO WE JUST CLEANED UP SOME CERTAIN THINGS SO HOPEFULLY, IT'LL BE EASIER FOR EVERYBODY TO FIND, TOO. IF YOU GUYS NEED AN OPINION OR ANYTHING, WE ALSO HAVE A CONSULTING FROM A MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD SURE, THESE ARE DONE THAT ALL THESE BYLAWS. EVERYTHING WILL BE AVAILABLE SINCE IN THE CODE AND UNICODE. YEAH IT'LL BE IN CHAPTER TWO. EVERYTHING WILL BE IN CHAPTER TWO NOW AND UNDER ADMINISTRATION , SO I MEAN, THAT JUST WILL MAKE IT SO MUCH EASIER FOR THAT'LL MAKE IT SO MUCH EASIER FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO FIND OUT WHAT PUBLIC CAN SEARCH IT VERY EASILY ONLINE. I GO TO A MUNI CODE ALL THE TIME. SO AND THE BOARD MEMBERS THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING WHAT THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WERE , BUT NOW IT WILL ALL BE IN ONE PLACE. IT WOULD BE. SO DO YOU HAVE TO APPROVE? SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION BACK COMMISSION.
MCDONALD SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. UM ANY ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. HEY, MARY ROCO. MAYOR BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER MCDONALD YES, VICE MAYOR RICH COMMISSIONER COLLINS. COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? JOHN 6 25 2005 IS THAT FIVE OR 65? IT'S A RECORD. SIMPLY OCEAN
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.