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WELCOME, EVERYONE. WE'RE GONNA START THIS MEETING. MARY ROCO, THE MAYOR BRUNER YES, VICE MAYOR RICH. YOUR COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE, COMMISSIONER COLLINS COMMISSIONER MCDONALD AND THEN OUR INVOCATION IS BY ED SKIBA, OUR STUART POLICE CHAPLAIN. YOU COULDN'T LEAD US INTO THE P OF ALLEGIANCE RIGHT AFTER THAT, TOO. IF YOU DON'T MIND, MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. MR CITY MANAGER, MR CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PEOPLE OF STEWART, THANK YOU FOR INVITING THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD INTO THESE PROCEEDINGS. IT'S CRITICAL IN TODAY'S SOCIETY WITH THE THINGS WE SEE GOING ON, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ALLOW THE INVOCATION OF HIS SPIRIT INTO THESE PROCEEDINGS. LET'S GO BEFORE THE LORD. OUR GOD AND OUR FATHER. GREAT CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE. WE ONCE AGAIN COME BEFORE YOU TO DISCUSS THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR PEOPLE. IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS. YOUR WORD SAYS THAT ALL AUTHORITY COMES FROM GOD, THE AUTHORITY THAT MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE ON THIS COUNCIL.
HAS COME FROM YOU TO REPRESENT US. FATHER WE THANK YOU THAT THEY CONDUCT THESE PROCEEDINGS WITH INTEGRITY. WITH UNITY WITH RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER, DESPITE MAYBE SOME DIVERSE OPINIONS AND, UH, PERSPECTIVES. BUT, LORD, YOU ALLOW EACH ONE TO SPEAK THEIR OWN MIND AS THEY DO THAT, FATHER , WE ASK FOR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT GUIDANCE ON EACH ISSUE THAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO DISCUSS. THAT YOUR SPIRIT IS FELT THROUGHOUT ALL DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE. THROUGHOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S DISCUSSED, LORD, JUST COME NOW AND SEND YOUR SPIRIT AND BE WITH US IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME AND FOR YOUR GLORY. DO WE PRAY? AMEN PLEASE JOIN ME NOW AS WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE ARTS
[1. ARTS MOMENT - STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL MARKETING & ARTS]
MOMENT STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL MARKETING AND ARTS TEACHERS. HELLO GOOD AFTERNOON.COMMISSIONERS AND GUESTS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR VALUABLE TIME AND WE ARE HONORED TO BE HERE TO SHOWCASE THE EXCEPTIONAL MARKETING AND ARTS PROGRAM AT STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL. LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M STEPHANIE DAVIS CHANG, THE CTE MARKETING TEACHER AND ACCOMPANIED BY MY TALENTED CHERYL OZA, OUR ESTEEMED ART TEACHER. OUR FIRST DESIGN, WHICH I'M GONNA GO TO RIGHT NOW. WAS CREATED BY THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT. IT IS OUR NEW SCHOOL CREST. THIS CREST STANDS FOR STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL'S DEDICATION TO PROVIDING AN EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATION TO EVERY STUDENT, WHICH IS UNPARALLELED OUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING SUCCESS REMAINS STEADFAST, BUT WE HAVE EMBRACED A MORE STRATEGIC APPROACH. OUR GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A BEACON OF EXCELLENCE, NOT ONLY THROUGH OUR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT ALSO BY OFFERING A COMPREHENSIVE AND RIGOROUS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. WE EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS TO HARNESS THE POWER OF CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESS THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER RESOURCES WITH A WIDE RANGE OF CLUBS, ATHLETICS AND A COMPREHENSIVE CORE CURRICULUM THAT ENCOMPASSES THE ARTS, MUSIC, HEALTH, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE AND CTE ARE STUDENTS ARE EQUIPPED TO THRIVE IN ANY PURSUIT. THEY CHOOSE CHOOSE STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR AN EDUCATION THAT SETS THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.
NOW CHERYL WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS REGARDING HER ART STUDENTS. PROGRAM AND I'LL CLICK FOR YOU. THAT'S OK. UM GOOD AFTERNOON. THESE WORKS THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE ARE THERE'S A FEW EXAMPLES UP HERE. OUR STUDENTS, UH, RESEARCHED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF STEWART AND CHOSE THEIR SUBJECT MATTER. THEY UM MANY WORKED IN PAIRS AND THEN, UH, ALSO HAD ABOUT 2.5 WEEKS OF WORKING TIME. IN ADDITION, THEY GOT TO DESIGN AND CHOOSE THEIR MEDIUM. THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN, UM OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN OTHER AREAS. UM, AND IF THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE A ALSO GOING BACK IF THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE A, UM, A PLACE THEN THEY CHOSE. UH, WE HAD A SAILFISH OPTION SO THEY SHOULD DESIGN THEIR SAILFISH. UM OUR STUDENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED IN VARIOUS ART ENDEAVORS SUCH AS MARTIN ARTS CHALK ARTS FESTIVAL, WE WON SECOND PLACE AND ALSO HONORABLE MENTION. AND IN BRIAN, MASS. ART CONTEST. WE WON FIRST PLACE IN 2023. SO UM, THERE'S A FEW
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THINGS AND A COUPLE OF THEM ARE UP HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YES, THANK YOU. I HAVE A CUSTOMER. THANK YOU. GIVE IT TO US. YOU COULD REALLY BUT BEFORE YOU LEAVE OH, YOU. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU, MISS STEPHANIE. WE GO INTO THE PROCLAMATIONS,[2. PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK - APRIL 14-20, 2024]
PUBLIC SAFETY TELE COMMUNICATORS WEEK, APRIL 14. THROUGH 2020. 24 THERE? YES SIR. ALL RIGHT, WHEREAS EMERGENCIES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME THAT REQUIRED POLICE FIRE OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS THE PROMPT RESPONSE OF POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS. CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE. AND PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY. AND WHEREAS THE SAFETY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CITIZENS WHO TELEPHONED THE CITY OF STUART'S EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELE COMMUNICATORS ARE THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT OUR CITIZENS HAVE WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES. PUBLIC SAFETY. TELE COMMUNICATORS ARE THE SINGLE VITAL LINK FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. BY MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES BY RADIO. PROVIDING THEM INFORMATION AND ENSURING THEIR SAFETY. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELE COMMUNICATORS OF THE CITY OF STUART HAVE CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS, SUPPRESSION OF FIRES AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS. AND EACH DISPATCHER HAS EXHIBITED COMPASSION. UNDERSTANDING AND PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR JOB IN THE PAST YEAR. NOW THEREFORE I REBECCA S BRUNNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 14TH THROUGH THE 20TH 2024 IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK. THANK YOU. WE ARE. REPRESENT. MR CITY MANAGER. COULD I ASK YOU A QUESTION? BECAUSE I HOW WAS I WAS AT THE MARTIN COUNTY PRESENTATION. AND THIS FIGURE STRUCK ME. THEY ANSWERED 28,009 11 CALLS LAST YEAR. 27 IS THAT THIS THE CITY DO WE ANSWER OUR DO WE HAVE A NUMBER OURSELVES? I CAN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. THEY THEY PROBABLY KNOW IT. I MEAN, THAT IS A REMARKABLE I CAN TELL YOU WHAT OUR NUMBER UM, WE ANSWER A LOT. TO A NEW GENERATION. THE NEXT GEN. 911 THAT WE DO GET POINT BASED 911 CALLS SO IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY STANDING IN THE CITY, THE MICROPHONE YEAH. TOWER IN THE AREA COMES DIRECTLY TO US AND USE THERE ALL THE MOBILE PHONES. YOU KIND OF GO TO THE COUNTY. THEY HAVE THE TOWERS NOW THEY DON'T SO WE ARE GETTING A LOT MORE 911 CALLS. WE ALSO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE CITY. NON EMERGENCY CALLS AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW THAT AS WELL . WE JUST DON'T ANSWER FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE GET PUBLIC WORKS CALLS. WE GET PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TALK TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT PERMIT. WE GET EVERYBODY, SO WE ANSWER A WHOLE LOT OF PHONE CALLS. WELL, I WELL, I THINK YOU RECOGNITION IS WELL DESERVED. I'M TAMI CHAMPION . I'M THE DISPATCH SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF STUART. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AS SUPERVISOR, I THINK 16 YEARS NOW , AND WE HAVE EIGHT FULL TIME DISPATCHERS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE AT SEVEN. WE'RE TRYING TO GET ONE MORE. UH, WE HAVE THREE PART-TIME DISPATCHERS. THEY'RE KIND OF MY BREAD AND BUTTER THEY FILL IN FOR VACATIONS THEY FILL IN FOR PEOPLE CALLING IN SICK AND WHEN WE ARE SHORT PEOPLE SO MY PEOPLE I HAVE DIANE KIRKLAND. SHE'S BEEN THERE, THE LONGEST FOLLOW ABOUT 24 JONAS. I'VE BEEN[00:10:11]
THERE FOR NINE YEARS. ALICIA IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR NEW HIRES, AND SHE'S JUST LEARNING AND SHE'S IN TRAINING. UH, ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION SORRY. UM WE'D LIKE TO INVITE THE CITY COMMISSION TO COME IN AND SIT IN TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT OUR JOB IS IN DISPATCH. COOL DO IT FOR 8 TO 10 HOURS. THIS PLACE, SO WE HAVE THE SEAL THE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M THERE FOR LIKE THE FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY NIGHT SHIFT. OH, I DO LIKE. ON FRIDAY. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I AM. RIGHT, YOU FIGURE. JUST A BRIEF MOMENT. SHE'S FROM AN L A EXTRA POLICE BRING UP THE MIC CHIEF. THANKS.THE, UH, LADIES. WORK IN DISPATCH, OBVIOUSLY, UH THEY GET THE CALL FIRST. BEFORE THE COPY EVEN GETS IT GOES THERE TO THE PROBLEM, SO THEY ARE THE TRUE. FIRST RESPONDER. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS ACTUALLY HAVE THIS TRANSCRIBED AND PUT A PROPOSAL IN FOR MORE DISPATCHERS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. BUT I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS DONATE
[3. DONATE LIFE MONTH - APRIL 2024]
LIFE MONTH. PEOPLE SPEND 20 BOYS OF COURSE. WHEREAS ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL GIFTS THAT A HUMAN BEING CAN BESTOW UPON. ANOTHER IS THE GIFT OF LIFE. OVER 103,000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY ON THE NATIONAL WAITING LIST FOR ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION. WHICH OVER 50,100 RESIDE IN FLORIDA. AND WHEREAS A NUMBER OF TRANSPLANTS NEARLY 47,000 OCCURRED IN 2023, THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF OVER 23,000 DECEASED AND LIVING DONORS, OF WHICH 3300 TRANSPLANT PATIENTS AND MORE THAN 1300, DECEASED AND LIVING DONORS WERE FROM FLORIDA. AND WHEREAS THE NEED FOR ORGAN EYE AND TISSUE DONATION REMAINS CRITICAL. AS NEW PATIENT IS ADDED AS A NEW PATIENT IS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL WAITING LIST FOR AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT EVERY EIGHT MINUTES AND EACH DAY ROUGHLY 17 PEOPLE DIED DUE TO THE LACK OF AVAILABLE ORGANS. AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 11.3 MILLION FLORIDIANS HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED THEIR DECISION TO GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE THROUGH ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION AT WWW DOT DONATE LIFE FLORIDA.ORG. OR ON THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE. NONPROFIT. UH, LIFE LINK OF FLORIDA IS DEDICATED TO THE RECOVERY OF ORGANS AND TISSUE FOR TRANSPLANTATION THERAPY IN FLORIDA. WITH A MISSION TO HONOR DONORS AND SAVE LIVES. NOW THEREFORE I REBECCA S BRUNNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024 IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AS DONATE LIFE MONTH. THANK YOU. IS TEAR UP, MATZ.ALL RIGHT. HERE. THERE WAS. SO. HI. COMMISSIONERS AND GUESTS . THANK YOU SO MUCH. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW WARMS MY HEART TO HEAR THAT. STEWART MY HOMETOWN HAS PROCLAIMED APRIL IS DONATE LIFE MONTH. THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE UP MUCH OF YOUR TIME. BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING PERSONAL WITH YOU. IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR. I'M A NATIVE AND I REALLY TAKE PRIDE IN THAT I GREW UP IN PALM CITY. I WAS BORN AT THE HOSPITAL DOWN THE STREET, WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE A DONATE FLAG RAISING NEXT WEEK. WHICH IS AMAZING. ANYWAY,
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UM, I GREW UP IN PALM CITY. I MET MY BEST FRIEND WHEN WE WERE 10 YEARS OLD. HER NAME IS DENISE. THREE YEARS AGO, SHE ALMOST DIED. SHE NEEDED A NEW LIVER. AND SHE WAS ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST, WHICH YOU READ. THE NUMBERS IS HUMONGOUS. THANKFULLY THERE'S A PROGRAM CALLED LIVING DONORS WHERE YOU CAN DONATE A KIDNEY OR PART OF YOUR LIVER TO SOMEONE AS YOU'RE ALIVE. I WAS ABLE TO DO SO AND MY BEST FRIEND WILL TURN 50 NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU. SO IT'S BECAUSE OF PROCLAMATIONS. IT'S BECAUSE OF US TALKING WITH ONE ANOTHER. IT'S ABOUT SHARING WITH OUR FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE DECIDED UPON OUR DEATH. PLEASE USE MY ORGANS. I DON'T NEED THEM. YOU CAN SAVE EIGHT LIVES. ONE PERSON. SO THANK YOU. STUART FOR PROCLAIMING. APRIL DONATE LIFE MONTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LEX IS OUR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. PLEASE.[4. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH - APRIL 2024]
PLEASE. YOU FOR ME, ALL RIGHT? SURE. WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AFFECTING EVERY SEGMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND FINDING SOLUTIONS REQUIRES INPUT AND ACTION FROM EVERYONE. AND WHEREAS OUR CHILDREN ARE THE MOST ARE ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES AND WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. CHILD ABUSE CAN HAVE LONG TERM UH PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS THAT HAVE LASTING CONSEQUENCES FOR VICTIMS OF ABUSE. AND WHEREAS EFFECTIVE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTATIVE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES SUCCEED BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS CREATED BETWEEN CHILD WELFARE PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATION HEALTH COMMUNITY AND FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND FAMILIES. COMMUNITIES MUST MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROMOTE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT CREATE STRONG AND THRIVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. WHEREAS HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED IS CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH ITS DIVERSIFIED, EFFECTIVE PROGRAM, SERVICES AND INITIATIVES, HUNDREDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCAL CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND ADULTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION. COUNSELING, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT. WHEREAS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE MUST WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE. AND CONTRIBUTE TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN SAFE. STABLE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT. PREVENTION REMAINS THE BEST DEFENSE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. NOW. THEREFORE I REBECCA S BRUNNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. AND MY FRIENDS AT THE HUTCHINSON IS GOING TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION. WITH TOM, MY FAVORITE BOARD MEMBER. OH, NO, THAT MEANS YOU'RE WRITING A CHECK. PICTURE PICTURES FIRST.THAT THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE. OH, WE HAVE TO HOLD UP FOR A LITTLE THING IS I WOULD LOVE TO DO. I HOPE I WON'T EVER SEE YOU AGAIN LIKE THIS. I RECENTLY HAD BACK SURGERY AND THOUGHT I WELL, IT'S A MONTH THEY DID TELL ME IF I WAS 30 YEARS YOUNGER AND IN THE SAME SHAPE AS MR ZIO, THAT I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN BETTER A LOT QUICKER. BUT WHAT WE ARE HERE TONIGHT IS TO TALK ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION. IT'S A SAD THING WE TALK ABOUT, BUT THERE'S HOPE. AT LEAST THREE POINT MILLION CASES OF CHILD ABUSE ARE REPORTED EVERY YEAR IN THE US.
AT LEAST ONE IN SEVEN CHILDREN HAVE EXPERIENCED CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT IN THE PAST YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO RECENT RESEARCH 93% OF VICTIMS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE KNOW THEIR PERPETRATOR, AND IN FACT, 34.2% WERE FAMILY MEMBERS. ACCORDING TO A STUDY 50% OF FOSTER CHILDREN WERE SO MANY CHILDREN OF ABUSE GO, UH THEY'RE SUBJECT TO DOMESTIC ABUSE AND 85 OF THEM WILL HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS THEY GROW UP. ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN ARE 11 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. AS AN ADULT, SO WE'VE GOT A BIG JOB AHEAD OF US. SO WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT IS HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED DOING WELL, WE START OUT BY PROVIDING WHAT'S CALLED HEALTHY FAMILIES. THAT'S AN ABUSE AND PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT WE WORK IN MARTIN
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COUNTY, AND WE WORK WITH ABOUT 500 FAMILIES A YEAR, WHICH TURNS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CHILDREN, AND EVERYBODY TURNS INTO A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE HAVE 100% NO ABUSE. CLAIMS AFTER WE START WORKING WITH THAT FAMILY. SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR JUST WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE ALSO PROVIDE THERAPY. YOU KNOW THERAPY WITH QUALIFIED THERAPISTS FOR CHILDREN, AND RECENTLY WE STARTED WORKING WITH ADULTS. YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES. IT'S NOT THE CHILD THAT HAS THE PROBLEM. IT'S THE PARENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE THE PROBLEM OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROBLEM. SO WE'RE DOING THAT. WE ALSO PROVIDE SUMMER CAMPS FOR CHILDREN WHOSE BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL HEALTH KEEP THEM FROM ATTENDING REGULAR CAMPS, AND WE ALSO HAVE THERAPISTS STATIONED IN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. WE WORK THROUGHOUT THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THERAPISTS STATIONED AT STEWART, MIDDLE ANDERSON, MIDDLE AND MURRAY MIDDLE, SO WE ARE DOING AN AWFUL LOT TO HELP WITH THIS WITH THIS ISSUE. AND WHAT ARE WE DOING LOCALLY? WILL YOU ALL GOT A PEN WHEEL TONIGHT? PIN WHEELS ARE TO REMIND YOU OF THE WHIMSY AND LIGHTHEARTEDNESS OF CHILDREN. IT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR ALL CHILDREN. WE WANT THEM TO GROW UP HAPPY HAVING FUN. SO THAT AND MR BAGOT, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU SO I DIDN'T BRING YOU ONE. I APOLOGIZE. I COULD HAVE ONE DELIVERED TOMORROW. BUT WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT YOU EITHER TAKE THEM HOME AND PUT THEM IN YOUR YARD OR PUT THEM TOGETHER IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING SHOWING THAT YOU SUPPORT CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. UM IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S THE MANICURE MOVEMENT. IT ASKS EVERYONE TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT ENDING CHILD ABUSE WHEREVER YOU ARE. BRING IT UP AT SOME POINT THAT YOU'RE FOR IT. THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PAINTING ONE FINGERNAIL BLUE.WHICH BRINGS US CLOSER TO POLISHING OFF CHILD ABUSE. SO I HAPPEN TO HAVE BLUE POLISH WITH ME. I WOULD BE GLAD TO PAINT ANY ONE OF YOUR FINGERNAILS THAT WILL IN FACT, SUPPORT YOUR SUPPORT OF POLISHING OFF CHILD ABUSE. UH, MADAM CLARK, WOULD YOU MIND SHOWING THEM WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE? SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I WILL GLADLY DO IT AND AGAIN. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS, SERIOUS ISSUE, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE HOPE AND WE CAN'T JUST GET DOWN ABOUT IT. WE GOTTA FIX IT. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND OF HIS FINGERNAIL PAINTED NO, THAT THAT MANY PEOPLE SO FAR. BUT I'VE GOT IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, BRING IT UP. OUR OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS
[5. STAMP OUT HUNGER DAY - MAY 11, 2024]
STAMP OUT HUNGER DAY. LIKE WHEN YOU READ THE PROCLAMATION. OF COURSE, MADAM MAYOR. WHEREAS EVERY YEAR ON THE SECOND SATURDAY IN MAY, LETTER CARRIERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY COLLECT NON PERISHABLE FOOD. AS PART OF THE NATION'S LARGEST ONE DAY FOOD DRIVE, DISTRIBUTING THE DONATIONS TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS. AND WHEREAS THE LETTER CARRIERS STAMP OUT FOOD HUNGER DRIVE IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW LETTER CARRIERS WORK TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE THEY SERVE. SINCE THE PILOT DRIVE WAS HELD IN 1991, MORE THAN A BILLION POUNDS OF FOOD HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN COLLECTED. AND WHEREAS FOOD COLLECTED DURING THE STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE PROVIDES A CRITICAL SUPPLY FOR HOUSE OF HOPE AND PARTNERING LOCAL AGENCIES WHO STRIVE TO EMPOWER MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS TO OVERCOME HUNGER AND HARDSHIP. COLLECTED FOOD ITEMS. APPLY THE FOUR CLIENT CHOICE PANTRY SERVICES IN MARTIN COUNTY AND EXPANDING NUTRITION INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO COMBAT COMBAT THE RISE, RISING LEVELS OF OBESITY RELATED ILLNESSES. IN LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. AND WHEREAS WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALL LETTER CARRIERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK. AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. ALL FOOD COLLECTED IN OUR COMMUNITIES STAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE SUPPORT CARRIERS EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.NOW. THEREFORE I REBECCA S BRUNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE THAT MAY 11 2024 IN THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AS STAMP OUT HUNGER DAY. AND THE PROCLAMATION THE RECIPIENT IS DEIDRE CAN HOUSE OF HOPES DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.
OH, WE'RE GONNA GET THE LETTER. BOTH OF YOU. UM. THANK YOU. CITY COMMISSIONER STEWART FOR YOUR
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INCREDIBLE SUPPORT FOR CLAIMING THIS DAY IN HONOR OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE. WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO COMBATING HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THE PAST YEAR HOW OF POPE HAS ASSISTED THE COMMUNITY FOR PROVIDING AN ASTONISHING £1.3 MILLION OF FOOD, WHICH INCLUDED £500,000 OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, REACHING OVER 21,000 PEOPLE AND MORE THAN 30 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH VITAL FOOD ASSISTANCE MONTHLY. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 31ST ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIER STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE WHERE THE FOOD IS GENEROUSLY DONATED BY RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. HISTORICALLY THIS DRIVE HAS PROVIDED BETWEEN 60 £70,000 OF FOOD TO OUR ORGANIZATION EACH YEAR. THESE GENEROUS DONATIONS HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE IN OUR EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE IN OUR COMMUNITY GOES HUNGRY. WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE CITY OF STUART FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ANNUAL EVENT AND SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND THE COUNTLESS VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE THIS FOOD DRIVE A RESOUNDING SUCCESS YEAR AFTER YEAR. YOUR PROCLAMATION HIGHLIGHTS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY AND SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS THAT WORK TIRELESSLY TO SERVE THOSE IN NEED. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS RECOGNITION, IT WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR WORK WITH RENEWED VIGOR AND DETERMINATION, ENSURING THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN OUR COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF STUART AND THE GENE. RESIDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND IN NOBLE ENDEAVOR. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OK UM, LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH MAY LEAVE YOU READ THIS BOOK. I[6. LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH - MAY 2024]
PLEASE, OF COURSE, MADAM MAYOR. WHEREAS LUPUS IS AN UNPREDICTABLE AND MISUNDERSTOOD AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE THAT CAN CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE TISSUE. AND ORGANS IN THE BODY.AND IN SOME CASES, DEATH. AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION AMERICANS AND 5 MILLION WORLDWIDE SUFFER FROM THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF THIS CRUEL AND MYSTERIOUS DISEASE.
INCLUDING OVER 100,000 FLORIDIANS. AND WHEREAS LUPUS CAN BE PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE BECAUSE IT IS ITS SYMPTOMS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF MANY OTHER ILLNESSES. AND MAJOR GAPS EXIST IN UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF LUPUS. MORE THAN HALF OF ALL PEOPLE WITH LUPUS, TAKE FOUR OR MORE YEARS AND VISIT THREE OR MORE DOCTORS BEFORE OBTAINING A CORRECT DIAGNOSIS. AND WHILE AND WHEREAS WHILE LUPUS STRIKES MOSTLY WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE, NO ONE IS SAFE FROM LUPUS. AFRICAN AMERICANS. HISPANICS LATINOS, ASIANS NATIVE AND NATIVE AMERICANS ARE 2 TO 3 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP LUPUS. A DISPARITY THAT REMAINS YET UNEXPLAINED. AND WHEREAS LUPUS ORGANIZATIONS CALLS FOR INCREASES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH ON LUPUS. TARGETED EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, PATIENTS AND THE PUBLIC. IN RECOGNITION OF LUPUS AS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. NOW THEREFORE I REBECCA S BRUNNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2024 AS LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH. OUR RECIPIENT FOR THIS PROCLAMATION IS PAMELA KLINGER MILAZZO, AMBASSADOR OF LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA.
MEN AMBASSADOR FOR THE LUCAS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, THE ORGANIZATION WHOSE SOLE MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE AFFECTED BY LUPUS, THROUGH PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH, EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY. 1994 I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF LUPUS
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FOR THREE YEARS. WHEN MY DOCTOR SUGGESTED I BE TESTED FOR LUPUS AS A CAUSE TO MY S. AT THE TIME.THERE WERE VERY FEW DOCTORS WHO WERE AWARE OF LUPUS AND THOSE WHO WERE HAD VERY LITTLE TO OFFER US. WE HAD NO LUPUS IC MEDICATIONS AND WE WERE OFF. WE OFTEN LOST PEOPLE BECAUSE TREATMENT OPTIONS SIMPLY RAN OUT. IN 2011. THE FDA APPROVED OUR FIRST LUPUS SPECIFIC MEDICATION A WEIGHT OF OVER 50 YEARS. A DECADE LATER, OUR SECOND ELIZABETH SPECIFIC MEDICATION WAS APPROVED IN 2021 AND A THIRD SPECIFICALLY FOR LUPUS, KIDNEY DISEASE, WHILE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH HAVE GIVEN US MORE ANSWERS AND TREATMENTS, WE WILL SADLY CONTINUE TO LOSE PEOPLE WHEN OPTIONS RUN OUT. WE KNOW THAT BEING DIAGNOSED WITH LUPUS IN THE EARLY STAGES IS IMPERATIVE SYMPTOMS COULD BE UNCLEAR CAN COME AND GO CAN CHANGE. ON AVERAGE. IT TAKES NEARLY 46 YEARS FOR PEOPLE WITH LUPUS TO BE DIAGNOSED FROM THE TIME THEY FIRST NOTICED THEIR SYMPTOMS. SURPRISINGLY A 2020 SURVEY FOUND THAT LESS THAN HALF OF AMERICANS ASKED HAD NEVER HEARD OF LUPUS KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY IN THE POPULATIONS THAT ARE HIGHER AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING THE DISEASE, MAKING LUPUS, AN INVISIBLE ILLNESS. SO HOW CAN WE MAKE LUPUS VISIBLE? AMBASSADORS LIKE MYSELF ACROSS THE COUNTRY COMMIT TO PARTNERING WITH THE LUPUS FOUNDATION TO RAISE AWARENESS, PROVIDE RESOURCES, EDUCATE THE COMMUNITIES. WE SHARE TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO HELP THEM MANAGE THEIR DISEASE. WE ARE THE VOICE RAISED FOR ALL PEOPLE AFFECTED BY LUPUS. AND THEN WE COME TO PEOPLE LIKE ALL OF YOU. THE LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ASK YOU TO STAND WITH US WHILE WE RAISE OUR VOICES. THIS PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGES LUPUS AND THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. FOR HELPING ME TO MAKE LUPUS MORE VISIBLE IN THE CITY OF ST THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU GONNA MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO
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OUR PRESENTATIONS SERVICE AWARDS FOR APRIL. I HAVE CARSON 10 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. YEAH. HE'S MARRIED 20. I SAID OK AND NEVER ANOTHER WARD. UM JORDAN PINKSTON, FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE CR, A JORDAN THAT YOU HEAR? OH, NO. CUT. MAKE IT MORE OF THE. THE OTHER WAY. J. GO IN, AND SHE STARTED. SHE HAD NO CHILDREN. YEAH YEAH, FIVE YEARS. FIVE YEARS LATER. YEAH SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. AND UM, OF COURSE TO P ALL MY DIRECTOR. SHE'S BEEN WITH ME FOR THE WHOLE FIVE YEARS . I'VE BEEN HERE, SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE GROW AS THE CR A . AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME. THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. AND THEN OUR NEXT RECIPIENT, JERRY THOMAS JR, FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE, UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING. THE CHAIRMAN.I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF STUART FOR GIVING ME OP OPPORTUNITY TO OH, MAKE ST IT A BETTER PLACE AND CONTRIBUTE TO EVERYTHING ELSE FOR SUCCESS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S VISITING THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PRESENTATION. WHICH MAN? WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. YES MAYOR. WE HAVE BEN HOGARTH, WHO
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WILL BE GIVING YOU YOUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR THE SESSION. II, A SORRY, BEN. GOOD[00:35:06]
EVENING COMMISSIONERS BEN HOGARTH FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE RECORD. UM NORMALLY I HAVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS. I FIGURED I'D SPARE EVERYBODY THAT FOR TONIGHT AND JUST QUICKLY BRIEFLY RECAP SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SESSION THIS YEAR, UM, TO START OFF THE SESSION ENDED UP WITH ABOUT 1900 ALMOST 2000 BILLS. SO STAFF SPENT A LOT OF TIME OF COURSE REVIEWING AND AS THESE BILLS GOT AMENDED OVER TIME HAVING TO CONSTANTLY REREVIEW EACH BILL AND, UH, THANKFULLY, OUT OF THE 2000 REALLY LESS THAN A COUPLE OF 100. REALLY OF ANY NOTE KIND OF PAST AND OUT OF THOSE, MAYBE ABOUT 10 TO 20 OF ANY RELEVANT, UM, MATERIAL TO US THAT THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH, SO THANKFULLY, THERE WASN'T A LOT THERE. UM THE HANDOUT THAT I PROVIDED, UH, IN THE AGENDA ITEM . HOPEFULLY WE WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT DID PASS. UM, AND A COUPLE OF THE ONES THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING THAT THAT FAILED BY THE END, BUT MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE END. SO IT'S SOMETHING TO KIND OF KEEP IN MIND WHEN GO THROUGH THIS SO UM AS FAR AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SB 328 DID PASS. UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I COVERED IN THE RECAP KIND OF HALFWAY THROUGH THE SESSION. UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IN IN ANY OF MY LENGTHY EMAILS ABOUT THAT BILL BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN BETWEEN 102 LAST YEAR AND THEN 3 28 3 28 MODIFYING IT THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A LOT SO IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE, I'M SURE STAFF IS GONNA HAVE TO DO A LOT OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE MISSED. IT'S PRETTY HEFTY BILL. EVEN EVEN ONE AND TWO. WE RE EVALUATING. SO UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW FOR THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST THAT THAT HAD, IN FACT DID PASS. SO UM, A COUPLE OF BILLS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED ON THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMIT SIDE IS SOMETHING FOR PLANNING TO KEEP IN MIND. WE'RE SEEING THE STATE LEGISLATURE LIMIT HOW MUCH TIME STAFF HAS TO REVIEW UH, BUILDING PERMITS, SO THAT CREATES MORE CHALLENGE, OF COURSE AMONG STAFF. IT ALSO, UH, CREATES MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE A MISTAKE OR TO NOT SEE SOMETHING NOT REALLY GIVE AN APPLICATION AS MUCH TIME. THANKFULLY THESE CHANGES THAT WE SAW THIS YEAR ONLY APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, BUT THEY DO CREATE MORE CONCISE TIMELINES THAT WE NEED TO ABIDE BY. SO THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOTCHA. AND YOU KNOW, WE MADE A MISTAKE, AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT STAFF IS GONNA HAVE TO JUST BE MINDFUL OF IN THE FUTURE. THE CONCERN, OF COURSE, IS IN THE DISTANT FUTURE. DOES THIS GET MODIFIED AGAIN IN FUTURE ITERATIONS TO FURTHER HAMSTRUNG, UM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SO THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN THERE. BUT THAT WAS, UH, HB 67 AND SB 812 IN THE PACKET. SO IF YOU SEE THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN? FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO INTO DETAIL. UM CYBER SECURITY LIABILITY INCIDENT LIABILITY BILL PASSED. THIS IS GOOD FOR US, UM IT HELPS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE LIABILITY FOR US AS LONG AS WE'RE FOLLOWING KIND OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CYBER SECURITY, UM, ISSUE AND, OF COURSE, UH, THE CITY OF STEWART HAVING BEEN A KIND OF A VICTIM OF A OF A HACK, JUST LIKE MANY CITIES IN FLORIDA NOW HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S UH, NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART TO KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD PRACTICES TO PROTECT, UM, INFORMATION AND TO PROTECT THE CITY'S SO GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE THAT'S SOMETHING TO HELP ON THE LIABILITY EXPOSURE SIDE FOR CITIES AS LONG AS WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE STANDARDS, UM ANOTHER BILL. THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING THAT DID PASS. AND THIS IS ANOTHER POSITIVE BILL WAS PACE REFORM, SO IT MIGHT HAVE GONE UNDER YOUR RADAR DURING THE LEGISLATURE, BUT, UM AND I DIDN'T COVER IT TOO MUCH IN THE IN THE MIDTERM. OF THE SESSION BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO WAIT AND SEE IF IT DID IN FACT PASS. UM IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR PROBABLY A DECADE NOW IS REFORMING PACE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO GO INTO. BUT SUFFICE TO SAY ON THE FINANCING SIDE. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE STATE HAD PROBLEMS OR THERE WAS MISINFORMATION OR JUST CONFUSION ON WHAT PACE IS AND SO I'LL JUST STATE IT FOR THE RECORD. THAT PACE IS A PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT. THAT'S HOW PEOPLE GET, UM, ACCESS TO WHAT WAS BEFORE THIS YEAR. ACCESS TO UH, CLEAN ENERGY SUCH AS, LIKE SOLAR FOR THEIR HOME. UM, THEY COULD USE THIS PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT RATHER THAN PUTTING IT ON CREDIT OR A CREDIT CARD. UM, AND IT MIGHT ONLY BE A PERCENT OR TWO HIGHER THAN THAN A BANK INTEREST RATE. UM BUT IT CERTAINLY LIKE A LINE OF CREDIT WOULD BE CHEAPER ON THE INTEREST SIDE AND DOING IT ON THE TAX SIDE MEANS THAT THERE WAS MORE REGULATION SO PACE HAS BEEN REFORMED TO HELP THIS YEAR ON THAT SIDE. BUT THEY ALSO EXPANDED PACE TO INCLUDE NAILS. THINGS LIKE SUBJECT TO SEWER CONVERSIONS, UM AND OTHER RESILIENCY OR OR LIKE HOME IMPROVEMENT THAT THAT COULD BE MAKE THE PROPERTY MORE RESILIENT FOR THINGS LIKE FLOODS, SO STUFF THAT THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS SAID AS A PRIORITY FOR THEM, UM HAVE BEEN ADDED TO PACE SO THAT PROGRAM CAN HELP FINANCE SOMETHING LIKE SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSIONS, WHICH IS A BIG POSITIVE. UH SO THAT'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.I THINK THAT WAS WORTH NOTING, UM IN AND IF YOU HAVE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PEACE
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PROGRAM STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL IN THE FUTURE. UM I THINK JUST A COUPLE MORE BILLS THAT, UH, THAT DID PASS. UH ONE THAT'S NOT SUPER IMPORTANT TO US, BUT, UH, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE SURF SIDE COLLAPSE, SO THERE WAS A BILL FOR LOCAL REGULATION OF NON CONFORMING AND UNSAFE STRUCTURES SO THAT BILL DID PASS THIS YEAR. IT'S TO MAKE IT SO THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN'T PREVENT A DEMOLITION OF A BUILDING THAT'S UNSAFE OR DEEMED UNSAFE. AND IT DOES HAVE A FEW EXEMPTIONS, BUT IT ONLY IT MOSTLY DEALS WITH PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON THE, UH OR EXCLUSIVELY RIGHT NOW DEALS WITH PROPERTIES THAT THAT ARE ON THE, UH, COASTAL CONTROL LINE. SO NOTHING IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW THAT I'M AWARE OF, UM, HAS THAT ISSUE BUT IN THE FUTURE, THIS COULD BE EXPANDED. SO IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT POINT OF REFERENCE. I KNOW THAT I KNOW OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR HAS SENT OUT THE LETTERS TO THOSE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF STUART THAT HAVE TO HAVE THE ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS DONE. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW IN THE FUTURE. UM LIKE I SAID THIS. THIS HAS BEEN LOOKED AT FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE SURF SIDE ISSUE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE FUTURE COULD BE LOOKED AT AGAIN. AND RIGHT NOW DEMOLITION IS SOMETHING THAT IS A HOT TOPIC IN TALLAHASSEE. SO EXPECT ANOTHER BILL LIKE THAT, PERHAPS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. SO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS. THIS IS ONE OF THE OTHER ONES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. UM SB 170 PASSED LAST YEAR AND IT KIND OF INHIBITED. UH, WHAT WE COULD DO AS A GOVERNMENT AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATING TO, UM, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ME PREVIOUSLY SAYING THAT YOU NEED A BUSINESS IMPACT ESTIMATE. NOW IT'S A IT'S ANOTHER ONEROUS STEP FOR STAFF AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO HAVE TO TAKE BEFORE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UM, COMMISSION CAN CAN ADOPT AN ORDINANCE. UM PREVIOUSLY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WERE EXEMPT FROM THIS NEW RULE FROM NEEDING A BUSINESS IMPACT ESTIMATE. THIS YEAR. THEY TOOK THAT AWAY, AND SO NOW IF WE DO ANY KIND OF ADOPTION OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT RIG ANY KIND OF ADOPTION OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CHANGE. THOSE NOW REQUIRE THIS BUSINESS IMPACT ESTIMATE AND BECAUSE THERE'S NOT REALLY FOR US, UM, A HISTORY OF THIS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF'S GONNA HAVE TO EVALUATE AND LOOK AT WHAT'S NET. WHAT REALLY WILL SUFFICE FOR THAT FOR THAT QUALIFICATION, SO THAT'S SOMETHING FIRST STAFF TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SIDE. UM IN THIS ONE. I REMEMBER COMMISSIONER RICH ESPECIALLY BROUGHT THIS UP EARLIER IN THE YEAR. UM I SENT OUT AN EMAIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. BUT UM, FOR THE WHOLE COMMISSION, UH, TO KNOW THE STORMWATER RULE DID IN FACT PASS THIS YEAR. THAT WAS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT. PREVIOUSLY THAT'S GONNA HELP DEP ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, UM, FOR JUST POLLUTION ISSUES THAT THEY'VE HAD THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ENFORCE FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES NOW, UM ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES, SO IT IS LIMITED, BUT IT IS A GOOD STEP IN THE IN THE IN THIS PROCESS OF ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET SOME REAL ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS. ON PROPERTY OWNERS WHO MIGHT BE JUST POLLUTING THE ENVIRONMENT LOCALLY, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THEY PROBABLY SHOULD BE. UM AND I BEING DIPLOMATIC ABOUT THAT. IT'S JUST THE FIRST STEP FOR DEP. AND I THINK THAT'S UM THAT'S A GOOD STEP THERE AND I THINK THE LAST THREE THINGS ARE ALL FAILED BILLS. AND THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY FAILED BILLS. WE HAD, UM PROBABLY 100 BILLS THAT WE FOLLOWED, 8090 OF WHICH FAILED EARLIER ON IN THE SESSION . THESE THREE JUST HAPPENED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG. UM AND IT'S AND PROBABLY ALL THREE WILL COME BACK IN SOME FORM. UH THE FIRST IS MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER UTILITY RATES. THIS ALSO WAS IN A DIFFERENT FORM. LAST YEAR CAME BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR. UH WHAT IT WOULD DO IS IT WOULD LIMIT HOW MUCH, UM, ADDITIONAL UH, FEE THAT WE CHARGE FOR UTILITY CUSTOMERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR BOUNDARY AND JURISDICTION. RIGHT NOW. I THINK THERE'S LIKE A 25% OR, UM, SURCHARGE TO THAT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COMMON FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO DO FOR THEIR, UM FOR THE FOR THEIR UTILITY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY JUST FURTHER OUT, BUT IT'S THESE ARE CUSTOMERS THAT YOU'RE NOT COLLECTING ON IN OTHER WAYS. UH, THEY WERE GOING TO ELIMINATE THAT COMPLETELY, UM, IN IN THESE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS, SO THAT'S THAT WOULD BE A HIT TO REVENUE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. UM SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY CAME BACK UP AGAIN THIS YEAR THAT THEY WERE GONNA CUT THE TALLASSEE WAS GONNA CUT SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, WHICH WOULD INCREASE POTENTIAL EXPOSURE FOR US THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. THAT COMPLETELY DIED BEFORE, UM, BEFORE I COULD GET TO THE HOUSE. OR UM, BEFORE THE FINAL VOTE, SO WE WERE VERY LUCKY AT THE LAST MINUTE ON THAT ONE. AND UH, LOCAL BUSINESS TAXES YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ME KIND OF SOUNDING THE ALARM. THE LAST TIME I PRESENTED ON THAT, UH, THEY WERE GONNA LOCAL BUSINESS TAXES AT THE CURRENT RATE THAT THEY WERE THIS YEAR AND I SHOULDN'T SAY THE CURRENT RATE AT ALL COLLECTED ALL FUNDS COLLECTED THIS YEAR. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS YOU ANNOUNCED SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND LET'S SAY ALL THE BUSINESSES FOUND OUT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT A HECK OF AN INCENTIVE TO PAY YOUR TAX BILL THIS YEAR WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR TAX BILL NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE BASED ON WHAT WAS PAID. UM ALL LAST YEAR, SO THAT WAS A PROBLEM FOR EVERYBODY. THE WAY IT WAS WORDED. IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH, UH, FREEZING EVERYTHING IN[00:45:04]
PERPETUITY WITH MORE HITS, UM IN THE FUTURE, JUST FREEZING REVENUE, THANKFUL. DIED AT THE END. UM LAST MINUTE, SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT. WE PROBABLY WILL SEE AGAIN . SO THOSE, UH, THAT'S EVERYTHING FOR THE BILLS. I JUST WANTED TO COVER AS A RECAP ON THE POSITIVE SIDE. WE DID GET. UM I CAN'T CONFIRM 100% THAT WE HAVE IT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, BUDGET PROCESS, BUT THE LEGISLATURE DID FUND AT LEAST RIGHT NOW TWO OF THE THREE FUNDING REQUESTS THAT THE COMMISSION MADE. SO UM, THE SUBJECT TO SEWER CONVERSION PROGRAMS. THEY THEY FUNDED HALF OF OUR REQUEST THERE. SO THAT WAS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, AND THEN THEY FUNDED HALF OF OUR REQUEST FOR THE GUY DAVIS PROJECT THE SAME THING. HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT. SO UH, LET'S HOPE BOTH OF THOSE MAKE IT THROUGH THE, UH, THE FUNDING PROCESS. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE SEPTIC SEWER CONVERSIONS IS, YOU KNOW WE CAN LOOK AT CREATING THAT PROGRAMMATICALLY FOR PEOPLE , BUT YOU ADD THAT PLUS WHAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH THE PACE PROGRAM WHERE PACE NOW ASSESSMENTS CAN BE USED FOR QUALIFYING, UM, SUBJECT TO SEWER CONVERSIONS, AND NOW THAT JUST GIVES OUR YOU KNOW THE HOLDOUT PROPERTIES. IN THE CITY OF STUART A COUPLE OF OPTIONS POTENTIALLY TO BE ABLE TO FINALLY MAKE THOSE CONVERSIONS IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. UM AND SO THE LAST THREE THINGS I PROMISED I WOULD TALK ABOUT ARE FOR THIS YEAR'S BALLOT. THIS IS MORE FOR JUST PUBLIC AWARENESS. THERE ARE THREE ISSUES. UH, THAT KIND OF WENT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AND KIND OF BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A WHILE. THE FIRST IS, UM WELL, YOU REMEMBER, MEDICAL MARIJUANA WENT THROUGH TWICE TO BE INITIATIVES THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE, I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS. THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DID APPROVE THE RECREATIONAL ON THE BALLOT, SO THAT WILL BE IN NOVEMBER. THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT PLANNING. WHAT THOSE IMPACTS IN THE CITY COULD BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST BUSINESSES. ALL OF THAT. WHAT? THE WHAT THE DOWNTOWN LOOKS LIKE, UM THE OTHER TWO BALLOT INITIATIVES. MARTIN COUNTY FOR, UH, THE FOREVER. YOU'VE SEEN THE HALF CENT SALES SURTAX THAT WE, UH THE COMMISSION, UM CITY COMMISSION AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAVE, UH, BOTH SUPPORTED THE COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVED TO GO TO THE BALLOT THIS FALL THAT HAVE SENT SALES TAX OR TAX. IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THE WE DON'T HAVE OUR HANDS AS TIED, UM AS MARTIN COUNTY AND WHAT THAT NEEDS TO BE APPLIED FOR, BUT IT JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, UH, IN THE PAST COMMISSIONS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT. WELL, HOW CAN WE SHOW THE YOU KNOW THE GENERAL POPULATION? UM TO SUPPORT SUCH A THING, BUT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS IS TO SHOW THEM MAYBE SOME OF WHAT? NOT NECESSARILY EVERYTHING BUT SOME OF WHAT YOU MIGHT SPEND IT ON. AND SINCE THE COUNTY IS SPENDING IT ON, YOU KNOW, WATER QUALITY, UH, CONSERVATION IN THAT SENSE IMPROVEMENTS. IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE IN THE LAST ISSUE, AND LAST ITEM THAT'S ON THE BALLOT AGAIN. FOR THE FOR THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS IS THE STUART HERITAGE MUSEUM. A K A THE OLD UH, FEED STORE, THE RED BUILDING. THAT'S HERE, UM, THAT JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN. IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEASE IT THAT BUILDING OUT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S CITY OWNED FOR LONGER THAN NINE YEARS. YOU NEED A REFERENDUM. SO THIS YEAR, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ON THE REFERENDUM, UM, TO LEASE THAT OUT TO, UH, I THINK IT'S $1 A YEAR BUT TO LEASE IT OUT TO THE MUSEUM, UM, AND PERPETUITY, SO BUT THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR TONIGHT UNLESS THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE. THEN WHY DID THE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY FAIL? I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE, ALL THE LEGISLATURES THE LEGISLATOR. WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULD SEE AT LEAST THOSE AMENDED LIMITS. YEAH THEY HAD THEY HAD GONE ABOUT TWO OR THREE TIMES ALREADY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I. I THINK EVERYBODY WAS SHOCKED. IT DIDN'T. UM I THERE WERE SOME LATE FILED AMENDMENTS, UH, TOWARDS THE END THAT KIND OF TORPEDOED A COUPLE BILLS AND THAT ONE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEM BECAUSE I THINK I REMEMBER THERE WAS A ONE LINE ITEM THAT THEY ADDED TO ONE OF THOSE AMENDMENTS THAT GOT PASSED THAT THAT EFFECTIVELY MADE IT KIND OF A MOOT ISSUE. WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. BECAUSE BASICALLY A CITY OR COUNTY COULD JUST, UH, SETTLE WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO GO TO THE LEGISLATURE AND, UM AND SOME OF OUR SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST THE WHOLE POTENTIALLY THE REASON WHY THE LEGISLATURE WAS EVEN LOOKING AT SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH LIABILITIES UP IN TALLAHASSEE AND HAVE TO DO THESE CLAIMS BILLS EVERY YEAR. IT'S JUST ANOTHER THING AND WHEN YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW HAVING TO DO YOU KNOW, 100 CLAIMS BILLS OR WHATEVER IT IS EVERY YEAR IS KIND OF ANNOYING. I GET IT FOR A LEGISLATOR, SO I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO DO THIS TO TRY AND TAKE THAT ALL OFF THEIR PLATE. UM AND THEN THEY ADDED THIS ONE LITTLE CLAUSE THAT WAS LIKE A BLANKET CLAUSE AT THE END, AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME I KNOW SOME CONFUSION OR FRICTION AS A RESULT OF THAT CLAUSE, BUT WAS A CATCH ALL THAT'S ALL. DID. DID YOU NOTICE A DIFFERENCE IN TONE OR CHARACTER? BETWEEN LAST YEAR'S LEGISLATURE AND THIS YEAR'S I. I PERSONALLY THE AMOUNT OF BILLS THAT I REVIEWED LAST YEAR. THAT UH, THAT WE'RE CLEARLY FRUSTRATING HOME RULE, AND WE'RE INTENDED TO FRUSTRATE HOME RULE WAS WAS SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE BILLS THIS YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME. WE DIDN'T SEE AS MUCH TRACTION FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT SEEMED A LOT MORE MUTED. OK, WELL, THAT WAS GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.[00:50:04]
COMMISSIONER MCDONALD YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY TO COMMISSIONER RICHES POINT. UH, I DID. I'VE BEEN UP TO TALLAHASSEE NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE TONE WAS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT. UM THAN IT WAS THE PRIOR SESSION. IT WAS, UM IT WAS LESS. WE'RE JUST GONNA RAM IT THROUGH. UH YOU COULD ACTUALLY I THOUGHT YOU COULD HAVE MORE OF A CONVERSATION WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE THIS SESSION, THEN THE COMPARED TO THE PRI PRIOR SESSION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO THE[9. CHILDRENS SERVICES COUNCIL OF MARTIN COUNTY (SCMC) "BOOK SMART WORLD READER" AWARD FOR ESYI]
CHILDREN'S SERVICE COUNCIL OF MARTIN COUNTY AND MAYOR. I'M GOING TO GRAB THIS ONE AND GIVE IT A LITTLE PRELIMINARY PRESENTATION. UM COME ON UP, FOLKS. OUR GROUP RIGHT HERE WITH THE EAST STEWART YOUTH INITIATIVE. COME ON, UP TO THE PODIUM. OUR CHILDREN'S SERVICES.UM MARTIN COUNTY CREATED A LOCAL INITIATIVE BASED ON THE BOOK SMART CHALLENGE PROGRAM. AND UH, IT'S A PLATFORM TO ENHANCE READINGS TO HOUSEHOLDS DIGITAL PLATFORM TO GRADE SCHOOL, UM STUDENTS K THROUGH FIVE, WHICH INCLUDED JD PARKER, UM CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL SPUN OFF A LOCAL PROGRAM AND GOT OUR CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN A LOCAL COMPETITION. OF ALL THE FUNDED PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT, UH MARTIN COUNTY AND OUR CHILDREN OVER AT THE EAST STEWART COMMUNITY CENTER, OUR EASTER INITIATIVE. ONE HM? YEAH. UM AND WE ALSO HAVE IS, UM WE HAVE, UH YEAH. KIANA KELLY HERE TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM. SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND DOING THAT, MISS KELLY. GREETINGS SURE. SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE LAST TIME I WAS HERE IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER I WAS ASKING FOR THE CELEBRATE LITERACY PROCLAMATION THAT WAS BACK IN JANUARY. I AM ALSO THE BOOK SMART AMBASSADOR SO I HAD REACHED OUT AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT IS A GOOD WAY TO SORT OF GET BOOK SMART ONE. THE MAP HERE AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS HAVE MY OS T OR OUT OF SCHOOL. PROGRAMS ALL OF THE PROVIDERS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CHALLENGE, SO I CALL IT THE LET LET'S RACE TO READ CHALLENGE , AND I HAVE THE FLYER FOR BOOKSMART FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, JUST IN CASE THEY'RE INTERESTED OR WANNA DOWNLOAD IT. I KNOW YOU GUYS WANNA READ SOME CHILDREN'S BOOKS. UM AND SO THE ESY. UM FIRST, IF I MAY JUST SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS ONE. THE O. THE OUT OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS HAVE A TREMENDOUS WORK THAT THEY DO THEY ARE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW SO MANY DIFFERENT COMPETING PRIORITIES AND TO EVEN ASK THEM TO DO ANYTHING YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IN ALL THE WAYS THAT THEY'RE NAVIGATING IS A TREMENDOUS ASK. SO I'M I WAS GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO SAID YES, I'LL DO IT. UM BUT I WAS SO EXCITED THAT ESY WAS THE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS CHALLENGE. SO ON BEHALF OF DAVID HEATON, MY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND LAURA HASSE AND THE MARTIN REED STEERING COMMITTEE. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THEM WITH THEIR CERTIFICATE, SO IF I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY HAD TO DO FIRST, MARTIN THE BOOKSMART IS A DIGITAL PLATFORM AND THE KIDS HAD TO DOWNLOAD THE APP AND READ A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BOOKS. 25 WAS THE MAXIMUM FOR THE TIME PERIOD. IT RAN FROM THE END OF JANUARY TO THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. AND THE ESY CENTER WAS THE WINNER, SO I FIRST WANNA PRESENT THEM WITH THEIR AWARD FOR COMPLETING WE'RE COMPETING. MISS JADA. I DON'T HAVE AN AWARD FOR YOU. BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU, RIGHT? I DO HAVE A WORDS AND GIFTS FOR THE TWO HIGHEST READERS WHO WERE JULIAN LOPEZ, COME ON. AND THE GREEN BAG IS YOURS. RIGHT THERE. AND MICHAELA. AND THE GO BAG IS YOURS. AND ARA ARA. SORRY I. AND GENESIS. AND THESE MACHEDA ARE
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THE AWARDS FOR THE REMAINING CHILDREN IN YOUR CLASS THAT WEREN'T HERE TODAY. UM SO THE WINNER OF THE BOOK, SMART CHALLENGE GOT QUITE YOU KNOW, THEY GOT QUITE A HAUL, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE IT. I WANTED TO REALLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO READ.IT'S NOT THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU DO SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET SUCH A GREAT REWARD, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO KIND OF BUST OUT THE GATE WITH SOMETHING BIG AND WE WERE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE MR SOFTIE. KAREN AND MIKE WERE VERY GENEROUS TO, UM, DONATE AN ICE CREAM PARTY, WHICH THE KIDS PARTED IN LAST WEEK. ALL OF THE KIDS GOT CERTIFICATES AND MIA AND JULIAN ALSO GOT DONATED PASSES TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FROM NANCY BENSON BURGER BE VINCENT BEG FROM THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR AND THE REST OF THE KIDS ALSO GOT ICE CREAM PARTY SO WE ARE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING WITH BOOKSMART. IT'S JUST ONE PLATFORM ONE WAY AS WE TALKED ABOUT DURING CELEBRATE LITERACY WEEK. THIS IS GONNA BE A JOURNEY AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF US AND I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD THIS SMALL.
VICTORY SO EARLY ON, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LADIES. AND BEFORE WE CONCLUDE FOR THE PICTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CONGRATULATE DOMINIQUE BUTLER AND HER STAFF ARE WORKING SO WELL WITH OUR CHILDREN OVER THERE, AND THIS IS A GREAT RESULT. SORRY. THIS IS OUR CITY.
GO, JIM, OUR CITY. WAIT FOR THE MAYOR. MAYOR MIDDLE ALL RIGHT? THERE WE GO. MAKE SURE I CAN SEE ALL THE FACES. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. OH, STOP, JIM. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO, UH FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION QUIET ZONE
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ESTABLISHMENT PROCESS. MILTON. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS OF MILTON LEGGETT P WORKS DIRECTOR ALONG WITH MY COUNTERPART HERE. PETER COONAN, UTILITIES ENGINEER DIRECTOR. TONIGHT. WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT A, UH WHAT WE CALL A QUIET ZONE PRESENTATION. AND WITH THAT WE WILL COVER A, UM, WHAT IS CALLED A, UH, OVERVIEW. THAT WILL COVER THE BASICS OF A QUIET ZONE. THE CITY OF STUART CHOIR ZONE OVERVIEW. AND THE QUIET ZONE PROCESS. MR PETER THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR BRUNER. COMMISSIONERS. SO UH, THESIS PRESENTATION. UH, IS REALLY A TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ALL OF YOU WITH RESPECT TO A MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, MR RORY NEWTON LAST MONTH. AND UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED FOR THE APPLICATION AND APPROVAL OF, UH, QUIET ZONES WITHIN THE CITY OF STUART. SO INITIALLY, UM, HE PROVIDED US WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW. UH AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL INVOLVE, UH, THE BASICS OF A QUIET ZONE. THE CITY OF STUART CLYDE ZONE OVERVIEW WITH THE PROPOSED LOCATIONS OF THE RAIL CROSSINGS. AND THE QUIET ZONE PROCESS. FIRST OF ALL A WIDER TRA, UH, TRAIN SOUND HORNS. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. NOW THE RAILROADS ARE REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FR, A AND IT'S A MATTER OF SAFETY TRAIN HORNS, THE REQUIRED BY THE FRA AND CERTAIN DECIMAL. LEVEL REQUIREMENTS FOR SOUND LEVELS. AND ADVANCE NOTICE PRIOR TO, UH UH, THE TRAIN REACHING A RAIL CROSSING. SO A QUIET ZONE IS, UH, IT EXISTS WHERE A TRAIN[01:00:01]
HORN DOES NOT NEED TO SOUND. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THE TRAIN. WE'LL NEED TO SOUND ITS HORN THAT IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. OR SOME KIND OF A SAFETY SITUATION WHERE THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER SEES SOMETHING. WHERE A IT'S FELT A TRAIN HORN IS REQUIRED. SUCH AS A VEHICLE ON THE INTERSECTION OR PEDESTRIANS IN THE INTERSECTION. THE CROSSINGS NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO BE SAFER WITHOUT THE HORNS. THAN THEY ARE IN THEIR CURRENT STATE. WITH THE HORNS.SO TO ACHIEVE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL SAFETY MEASURES. AT EVERY CROSSING. WOULD BE REQUIRED IF THEY'RE NOT THERE ALREADY. AND UH UH, DESIGNED, UH, PERTAINING TO THE QUIET ZONE RISK. INDEX.
WOULD NEED TO BE MET. SO WE'RE AT THE VERY PRELIMINARY STAGE OF ALL OF THIS PHASE ONE. AND AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, WE JUST MET WITH THE FEDERAL RAIL. ROAD ADMINISTRATION LAST MONTH. AND UH, SO THE INITIAL THE INITIAL PART IS GOING TO BE AN AGENCY CO ORDINATION. WHICH WOULD THEN BE FOLLOWED BY CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. SAFETY ANALYSIS OF EACH RAILROAD CROSSING. PUBLIC OUTREACH IS THERE AS A AS A FUTURE COMPONENT OF THIS AS WELL AS THE FINAL REPORT. TO THE COMMISSION. THE PHASE TWO IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. AND THAT INVOLVES PERMITTING THROUGH THE FR A. THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. UM THERE'S ALSO DESIGN A PRELIMINARY DESIGN FINAL DESIGN.
OF COURSE, UH, THAT IS A PROCESS BY ITSELF. FUNDING. HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST? WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED. WHO WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO CONSTRUCTION. OF THESE RAILROAD CROSSINGS. WITH THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF QUIET ZONES ATTITUDE TO EACH ONE. AND ULTIMATELY, THE FRA THE CERTIFICATION AT THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION. SO ALL THIS WILL INVOLVE AGENCY CO ORDINATION. SO UH, WE HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT AND MET WITH THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. WE STILL, UH WILL BE SETTING UP AND SCHEDULING TO MEET WITH THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILROAD IN THE IN THE FUTURE. AS FAR AS THE CITY OF STUART QUIET ZONE AREA. IT WILL CONSIST OF FIVE CROSSINGS. STARTING FROM THE SOUTH AND WORKING TO THE NORTH STARTS AT THE CROSSING AT FLORIDA STREET. FOLLOWED BY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD. CONFUSION CORNER. JOAN JEFFERSON OR SELFISH, SELFISH CIRCLE. AND THAN FERN STREET. SO WITH THAT EACH CROSSING WILL BE REVIEWED TO DETERMINE WHAT MEASURES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET CERTAIN SAFETY CRITERIA. AND THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WOULD CONSIST OF IMPLEMENTATIONS OF QUADRANT GATES OR SUPPLEMENTATION OF EXISTING GATE GATE ARMS IF THEY IF THERE AREN'T ALREADY FOUR QUADRANT GATES. UH, FLEXIBLE LANE DELINEATES. AND REFRESHED OR UPDATED SIGNAGE AND ROADWAY STRIPING. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A FOUR QUADRANT GATE. AND ESSENTIALLY YOU HAVE GATE ARMS AT THE FOUR LOCATIONS TO PREVENT A VEHICLE FROM DRIVING AROUND.
TWO GATE ARMS THAT ARE DOWN AND MAKING A WAY THEIR WAY ACROSS THE CROSSING. FLEXIBLE LANE DE LINES ARE ALSO THE TYPE OF DEVICES THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. ALSO THE INTENT TO PREVENT VEHICLES FROM BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL. AROUND. EITHER A GATE ARM OR SWITCH INTO ANOTHER LANE.
JUST KEEP THE VEHICLES WITHIN THE SAME LANES THAT THEY'RE IN. AND THEN UPDATED, UH, ROADWAY STRIPING AND SIGNAGE. SO UH, WE HAVE, UH, WITH, UH AT THE BEGINNING. THESE THESE THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OR EXISTING PHOTOS OF EACH ONE OF THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING
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JUNIOR BOULEVARD. ONE, A CONFUSION CORNER. ADD JOAN JEFFERSON. ONE AT FERN STREET. A COMPONENT OF ALL OF THIS WILL BE PUBLIC OUTREACH. AND THAT IS WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE AS IT'S A REQUIREMENT. IT'S GETTING THE PUBLIC INVOLVED. IT'S A GOOD THING. AND ULTIMATELY ALL THESE, UH ALL THESE STEPS WILL BE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN THE FORM OF A REPORT. AN ENGINEERING TYPE OF REPORT IN WHICH RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED. TO THE CITY COMMISSION. AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S IT WILL INVOLVE THE DESIGN PROCESS, THE PERMITTING PROCESS. GETTING FUNDING FOR THIS, AND ULTIMATELY, THE CONSTRUCTION.WITH THAT WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PETER MILTON. YES. CAN I ASK MY QUESTION HERE? THIS IS NOT REALLY A QUESTION. IT'S JUST A COMMENT. SO I YOU KNOW, I HAVE A CONCERN WHERE WE ALL DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY AND CROSSING. AND THE BRIGHT LINE. AND I'VE WITNESSED SO MANY THINGS WHICH ARE NEAR MISSES, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. AND UM I MISSED A LITTLE PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION. BUT I, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF, UM AT SOME POINT, IF LIKE A SIGN COULD BE PUT UP.
A SIGN HELPS, BUT I'VE SEEN WHERE ONE SIDE OF THE ARM IS UP. THE OTHER SIDE IS DOWN. THE LIGHT IS STILL FLASHING RED, BUT SOMEBODY WHO IS A PEDESTRIAN MAY TRY TO WALK ACROSS WHICH I'M SURE IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BRIGHT LINE COMES 20 SECONDS LATER AND SOMEBODY GETS HURT. UM IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WARNING NEEDS TO HAPPEN. JUST DON'T CROSS UNLESS ALL THE ARMS ARE UP, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY GREEN.
SAME THING WITH DRIVING, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S FINISHED, BUT IT'S NOT FINISHED. AND THEN SUDDENLY, THE ARM GOES BACK DOWN AGAIN. AND IT'S JUST REALLY AND THEN THAT I THINK PEOPLE MAKE SOME BAD JUDGMENT CALLS, ESPECIALLY PEDESTRIANS. WELL IT'S A IT'S A GOOD IT'S A GOOD POINT. UM IT, UH IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, WHAT COULD BE PART OF THIS AS WELL COULD BE THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE TIMING OF THE GATE ARMS WITH RESPECT TO THE APPROACHING TRAIN OR TRAINS.
DEPENDING ON YOU COULD HAVE TRAINS COMING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS . IT'S WHAT HAPPENED. SO WHAT? UH WHAT WE'LL DO WE HAVE A WE'RE SCHEDULING A MEETING WITH THE GENTLEMAN RORY NEWTON WITH THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION FOR THIS MONTH. AND, UH, BUT I'LL SHOOT HIM AN EMAIL. AFTER AFTER THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, JUST TO MAKE HIM AWARE, AND MAYBE HE COULD, HE COULD LOOK INTO IT. AS FAR AS CHANGING ANY SIGNAGE. WELL WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE REVIEW OF EACH RAIL CROSSING FOR NOT ONLY SIGNAGE, BUT ALSO THE GATE ARMS. UM BUT BE GATE HARMS FOR THE VEHICLES CAME IN BRIEFLY, TOO. I CTE ENGINEERING HAS BEEN MANAGING THE INTERSECTIONS FOR THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS, INCLUDING THE GRAY LINE IMPROVEMENTS, AND I DID SPEAK TO JOE KER BRIEFLY PRIOR TO THIS PRESENTATION. AND, UH, CORY HAD MENTIONED TO, UH PETER AND MILTON AND I IN EVALUATING CONFUSION CORNER. THERE'S AN EXIT GATE ON ONE ROAD THAT'S MISSING. THAT HE SAID THAT HE DID THE MATH FOR US. IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE HE WOULD SHOW US IN THE CALCULATOR. LIKE A SCENARIO AND WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD ACHIEVE QUIET ZONES OR NOT. AND THAT ONE PARTICULAR GATE IS AN ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT FOR US, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO THAT.
AND THEN I TALK TO JOE ABOUT SOME SIGNALIZATION OR SIGNS AND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN ONE OF THOSE CITIES WHERE THEY HAVE, LIKE THE 3 FT TALL TRAFFIC LIGHT AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY ON THE UH, TRAVELING NORTH ON DIXIE HIGHWAY. IF YOU HAD A TRAFFIC LIGHT RIGHT THERE, THAT WHEN THE TRAIN WAS COMING AND THE GATES WERE GOING TO GO DOWN. WHEN THEY GET INTO THEY CALL THE SLOT OR WHATEVER THAT ZONE IS, IF THAT LIGHT COULD AUTOMATICALLY GO RED SO THAT THE CARS COULDN'T GO INTO THE CORNER THAT WOULD LET THE OTHER CARS IN THE INTERSECTION COME OUT SO THAT THE CARS WOULDN'T GET BLOCKED INSIDE THE GATE. AND THEN HE ALSO SAID WE COULD EVALUATE EVEN JUST PUTTING A STOP SIGN THERE INSTEAD OF A
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YIELD BEFORE THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE TO ALLEVIATE THAT CONSISTENT THING, AND THEN I KNOW THAT OUR CIA DIRECTOR HAS HAD HIM. DESIGNING SOME PLANS, AND IT'LL BE COMING FORWARD AS WELL. FOR SOME MODIFICATIONS TO DIXIE HIGHWAY THAT HE BELIEVES WILL ALSO UM, ENHANCE THE, UH INTERSECTION AS WELL OR INTERSECTIONS, BUT OVERALL THE REAL POINT WAS TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ASKING. I KNOW A LOT HAVE BEEN ASKING YOU ABOUT THE CITY'S UM INTENTION. AND QUIET ZONES AND WHAT'S GOING ON? IT REMAINS OUR POSITION AT THIS POINT TO KIND OF FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE COUNTY AND HOPEFULLY INCLUDED IN THE COUNTY'S APPLICATION IF THEY APPLY FOR QUIET ZONES, BUT MILTON AND PETER AND I WERE REALLY LOOKING AT IT. WITHOUT QUIET. SOUNDS LIKE WE DIDN'T CARE. IT WAS MORE OF IT'S SAFE. WHAT'S GONNA MAKE IT SAFE? AND HOW DO WE MAKE IT SAFER? BECAUSE LASTLY, ONE THING IS IF YOU GET QUIET ZONES. IT JUST MEANS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BLOW THE HORN EVERY SINGLE TIME AUTOMATICALLY. BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN REQUIREMENTS THAT IF AS THEY COME UP TO THE INTERSECTION IF THEY SEE AN ANIMAL, A VEHICLE OR A PERSON IN THE CROSSING. THEY HAVE TO BLOW THE HORN ANYWAY, SO IF IT'S A QUIET ZONE, IT'S TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THEY'RE COMING UP ON CONFUSION. CORNER.I'LL NEVER BE A TIME THAT THEY DON'T BLOW THE HORN. HOWEVER. AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT OR FOUR IN THE MORNING WITH A FREIGHT TRAIN. IF, IN FACT THERE'S LITERALLY NO CARS IN THE INTERSECTION. AND WE HAVE A COURT. THE CORRIDOR SEALED PROPERLY. THE RESIDENTS LIVING CLOSE TO THAT COULD BE ALLEVIATED FROM THE SOUND. BUT I, YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING ALL SORTS OF HYPOTHETICALS AND DESIGN CONCEPTS. AND TRAFFIC COUNTS, TOO. YEAH, AND TRAFFIC. THE TRAFFIC COUNTS ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. BUT THE END OF THE WEEK. OH, GOOD. AND THIS COMMISSIONER. SO WHEN THIS GENTLEMAN IT IS INITIAL EVALUATION OF THESE. PROCEEDS. DID HE FEEL LIKE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO ACHIEVE? MUCH SAFER CROSSINGS AND MUCH MORE SENSIBLE DESIGNS OF THE INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THESE INTERSECTIONS. COMMISSIONER WITH THE, UH THE FIRST THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAD, UH, WAS IT WAS, UH WE DID HAVE SOME WE DID HAVE SOME SAFETY FEATURES ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT, UH MORE MORE ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED AS TO WHAT EXTENT WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE YET, BUT WE WILL HAVE SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS WITH, UH, WITH MR NEWTON. AND ALSO GO OUT AND ASSESS EACH EACH OF THOSE CROSSINGS OUT. UM WITH MIS, MR NEW NEWTON AND ALSO A GENTLEMAN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. UM DID THAT. HE DID NOT INDICATE THAT IT'S A YEAH, THAT IT COULDN'T BE DONE, BUT CERTAIN MEASURES WILL HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO MAKE IT DOABLE. YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO DRIVE THROUGH THESE INTERSECTIONS AND THAT CAN BE PERILOUS ENOUGH, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY TOOK SOME TIME AND I WAS WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND SOMEBODY ELSE AND WE WERE STANDING THERE FOR A WHILE. MAN THAT'S CRAZY. I MEAN, THOSE ARE DIFFICULT INTERSECTIONS AND NAVIGATE, AND THAT'S FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE. I. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR VISITORS TO THE CITY. TRYING TO GET INTO AND OUT OF CONFUSION, CORNER AND OVER SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. ON AN ISSUE THAT HAS MASSIVE CONSENSUS, WHICH IS CAN WE PLEASE LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THESE HORNS ARE BEING BLOWN? SO I THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH A GREAT DEAL HERE. MADAM MAYOR THIS ONE AGAIN. THIS IS ANOTHER SAFETY THING, AND IT MAY NOT MEET WITH ALL OF THE ITE REGULATIONS OR THE RAILROAD REGULATIONS. AND I DON'T KNOW, LIKE WE MAY BE THE ONLY CITY IF WE EVER DO THIS, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY IN TERMS OF, UM TRAFFIC WARNING AND LET'S SAY THAT YOU'RE COMING UP EAST OCEAN BULL UP UP COLORADO AND YOU'RE APPROACHING THERE AT CONFUSION CORNER. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY CAN DO? IN TERMS OF SIGNAGE? YOU ARE APPROACHING A RAILROAD? WHATEVER I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING. ANYTHING LIKE MOST MORTEL LIKE YOU SEE, THE MANAGER SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS WITH MR UH, KK AND EVERYTHING. AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS AS WE MOVE CLOSER TOWARD YOU KNOW WHETHER THE CITY DECIDES TO DO AND WE ALSO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ON THE ON ON SIGNAGE BECAUSE THERE'S A
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TIPPING POINT, AND AS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN COLORADO NOW THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF INFORMATION BEING BLURRED OUT. AND IF YOU PUT TOO MANY SIGNS, THEY STOP READING ALL OF THEM, AND THEY SEE NOTHING AT ALL RIGHT. HARD. IT'S HARD. BUT WE'LL BE PRESENTING IT TO YOU FURTHER AND I AND I INTEND TO CONTINUE WITH CAPT. ENGINEERING AND OBVIOUSLY WITH PETER AND MILTON. THEY'RE KEEPING THE DATA AND ONCE WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC COUNTS AND KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CARS ARE. THAT'S A HUGE COMPONENT OF THE FORMULA ON THE UM WHATEVER IT'S CALLED THE CALCULATOR. WITHOUT THAT NUMBER. WE REALLY CAN'T EVEN START DOING THE CALCULATOR, SO THIS WILL REALLY BE HELPFUL. MADAM MAYOR, AS LONG AS WE GET IT DONE WHILE MR UH MILTON IS STILL THAT'S I THINK WE CAN MANAGE THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE'S PLANNING TO STAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN. YES. NOT MHM. DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS? OH, IS IT[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]
COMMENT ON YOU LIKE? GOTTA BE FIRST OR COMMISSIONER CLARK. GONNA BE FIRST OR YOU WANT ME TO BE FIRST. IF YOU OH, AS YOU CAN TELL FROM, UM, TODAY'S AGENDA SINCE FOUR O'CLOCK WE'VE HAD SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING IN APRIL. APRIL IS A BOUNTIFUL MONTH. IN FACT, IT'S SUCH A BOUNTIFUL MONTH THAT IT'S ALSO MY BIRTHDAY MONTH AND I WANNA THANK THE CITY OF STUART FOR THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARD AND FOR THE LITTLE BIRTHDAY GADGET THING, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE, BUT I'LL FIGURE IT OUT. IT IS A LITTLE BIT SEMI PREJUDICIAL, BUT I WILL ACCEPT IT BECAUSE IT HAS TOOL. IT'S A LITTLE CARPENTER. IT'S A CARPENTER'S BOX. WELL, THAT'S OK , I'LL TAKE IT THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE ALL EQUALIZED. CARPENTER'S BOX. THAT'S OK. IT'S A LITTLE BIT ON THE MALE SIDE, BUT THAT'S RIGHT. IT COULD BE ANYBODY. IT COULD BE. ANYBODY COULD BE ANYBODY. WE'RE ALL CARPENTERS.WE WOULD SAY THAT ONE OF THE ORGANIZATION IN OK, SO THAT'S THAT'S I'M GLAD I BROUGHT THAT UP. YEAH SO, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND UM I DON'T THINK THAT, UM I'M NOT SURE I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS, BUT I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SIGN UP TO GO TO THE EVENT, SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN IT IS, BUT MAYBE CITY MANAGER WILL BRING IT UP, BUT, UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT. AND THE PACE PROGRAM THE PACE REFORM THAT BEN BROUGHT UP. I'VE HAD PEOPLE CALLING ME NOW BECAUSE TAXES ARE DUE AND THEY'RE FINDING OUT THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY THIS BECAUSE IT'S A PROPERTY ASSESS CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM, AND IT'S REALLY AFFECTING PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF STUART. PEOPLE OWN THEIR HOMES, AND THEN THEY REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE A HUGE BILL TO PAY BECAUSE THEY HAD GOTTEN THE HOME IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE PACE PROGRAM. SO IT'S UH AND I'M SURE IT WAS ALL EXPLAINED TO THEM, BUT WHEN THEY SEE THEM THEIR TAX BILL IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY. SO I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT IN TALLAHASSEE, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FIGURE THIS OUT. AND UH, WE DON'T ACTUALLY, TECHNICALLY WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED THE CITY OF STUART DOESN'T REALLY UM, PUSH PACE, BUT PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED THROUGH THE COUNTY AND THEY LIVE IN THE CITY, WHICH IS ALL OF MARTIN COUNTY. AND SO THAT'S HOW WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO HAVE THE PACE PROGRAM AND NOW WHO HAVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY TO DEAL WITH THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MAYOR'S REMARKS THE OTHER EVENING. WHAT WAS THAT THURSDAY EVENING WHEN WE GOT TO DEDICATE THE BACKS THE NEW BACKSTOP AT 10TH STREET, AND THAT WAS A TERRIFIC EVENT. AND, UM MANY OF US GOT TO THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A MUCH BETTER WAY TO DO THAT, RATHER THAN ONE PERSON HAVING TO POSSIBLY EMBARRASS THEMSELVES UP THERE, BUT THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS EFFORTS AND THANK HIM FOR THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY IN OUR EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE CLEAN WATER. OUR VICTORIES ARE FEW, BUT LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE THEM WHEN THEY DO OCCUR. AND I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK BEN. OUR OWN BEN HOGARTH. WITH THE CITY OF STUART JOHN MALE. WITH MARTIN COUNTY. ALL OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WHO COME TO THE RIVER COUNCIL MEETING EVERY MONTH. ALL THE CITIZENS WHO SHOW UP AND EXPRESS THEIR STRONG CONCERNS RIVER COALITION MEETING MARK PERRY. AND THIS IS DONE IN FRONT OF DREW BARTLETT, THE HEAD
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OF, UH, SOME SORT OF WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. AND DO OUR CONCERNS CONTROL THEIR DECISIONS? NO. I'M NOT THAT NAIVE. BUT THE DO THEY INFLUENCE OUR THEIR DECISIONS. I REALLY THINK THEY DO. I KNOW BEN AND JOHN. THEY ARE ON THESE CALLS EVERY WEEK. THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION THEY MAKE THEY SHARE A VERY WELL INFORMED, CONCERNED WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS AND THEY KNOW THEY SPEAK FOR THE CITY. AND THEY KNOW THEY SPEAK FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US, TOO, TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO TOBY AND SENATOR HARRELL BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE DO SPEAK FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND IT'S A SMALL VICTORY A VICTORY BUT THEY HAVE STOPPED THE DISCHARGES. AND BEN. CORRECT ME. IF I'M WRONG, THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF RESTARTING THEM AS OF RIGHT NOW. SO THANK GOD FOR THAT. AND WE HOPE OUR WATERWAYS CAN RECOVER TO SOME DEGREE BEFORE. IS VERY PERILOUS STORM SEASON APPROACHES. SO THANKS TO ALL OF US FOR ACCOMPLISHING THAT. BRIAN BASS AND BRIAN, MASS. NO YOU'RE RIGHT . YES WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE CONGRESSMAN RYAN. NO, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING. UH, ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR TO COMMENT ABOUT EXCEPT FOR I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING. UH HOPEFULLY SEEING THE DELTA FOUR ROCKET LAUNCH TOMORROW. I THINK IT'S THE LAST DELTA FOUR.THEY'RE GONNA WATCH, WHICH IS A REALLY BIG ONE SO UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY'LL COME OUT TODAY. WELL, I HAVE ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF MY, UH, COMMISSIONS WOULD AGREE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UM, OUR, UM OUR CHIEF HERE, UH, IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH, UH, WHERE I LIVE ON MY STREET, UM MY NEIGHBORS KEEP COMING TO ME, AND, UH, IT'S A FOUR WAY STOP. IT'S 1/7 STREET AND ALDER WAY AND FIVE YEARS AGO , WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD SOLVE IT. BUT IT HAPPENED SO THE NEIGHBORS ARE VERY UPSET AND I AGREE JUST THE PEOPLE RACE. UM I JUST GO RIGHT THROUGH THE STOP SIGNS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW, UM A LOT. AND SO I WAS HOPING MAYBE WE COULD I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SLOW IT DOWN. WE HAVE A LITTLE BUMP ON, UH DOWN ON ALAMEDA WAY AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE OVER ON KRUGER. I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BUMP ON SEVENTH STREET OR NOT, BUT, UM OR IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS. I LIKE FOR GENERAL PROGRAM WITH THE NEIGHBORS GET A PETITION. YOU CAN GET THE YEAH, THIS IS SEVENTH IN A AMANDA AND, UH, I. I SPOKE TO THE MAYOR ABOUT IT BEFORE THE MEETING. AND ORIGINALLY IT'S A FOUR WAY STOP THERE, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY PUT A SPEED BUMP IN A STOP SIGN. YOU COULD PUT THE SPEED BUMP DOWN THE ROAD. BUT THE STOP SIGN THE CONCERN BY THE NEIGHBORS THAT PEOPLE ARE RUNNING THE STOP SIGN, SO THE SPEED BUMP WON'T IT WOULDN'T BE EFFECTIVE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PUT IT WHERE THERE'S A STOP SIGN. WE CAN PUT A CAR OUT. BUT OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. NOBODY RUNS THE STOP SIGN WHEN THE POLICE CAR IS SITTING THERE, BUT AS SOON AS THEY LEAVE, IT'S BACK TO BUSINESS. BUT UM, A LOT OF NO, THAT'S ALL WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHECK OUT IS PRETTY WIDE OPEN AND IT'S A BIT OF A THOROUGHFARE LIKE YOU. YEAH. YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING COMING, SO YOU? NO MAYBE A COUPLE OF BUMPS. SHE'S NOT WRONG. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN HAPPENING, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT STEVE BUMPS ARE NOT AS EASY AS YOU THINK, BECAUSE, AS I MENTIONED I CAN'T PUT HIM RIGHT ON THE STOP SIGN, BUT WHOEVER GETS THE BE THE LUCKY WINNER OF THE LOTTERY THAT GETS THE SPEED BUMP PUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. GETS TO HEAR THE SLOW DOWN THE BOUNCING OF THE CAR THAT HITS IT FOR GETTING TO SLOW DOWN AND THE ACCELERATION THAT TAKES PLACE AS SOON AS THEY GET PAST THE SPEED BUMP WHEN WE DID THAT ON PALM CITY ROAD, WE GOT A WHOLE NEW LIST OF COMPLAINTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAD TO DEAL WITH THE SPEED BUMP ACTIVITY, SO IT'S A MONITORING THING, BUT WE I'M I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE CHIEF EVALUATE IT AND WE CAN ALSO WHEN WE GET THE HOSES FINISHED COUNTING THE INTERSECTIONS WE CAN ALSO DO SOME TRAFFIC COUNTS OVER THERE TO IDENTIFY IT AND WE CAN GO DOWN THE SPEED BUMP DISCUSSION IF YOU GUYS WANT IF IT'S THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? AS I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING, UH, WITH WITH ALL THE CHILDREN, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A SIGN TWO SIGNS, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN GONNA PLAY. ONE ON EACH SIDE OF, UH SO THERE'S SOMETHING TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES. ONE IS GOING TO BE MELTING. ONE IS GONNA BE MINE. HE'LL BE THE SIGNS. I'LL BE THE ENFORCEMENT. UM AS MR MOORE
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ALLUDED TO IF YOU PUT A PATROL CAR OUT THERE, EVERY EVERYBODY GOING TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN.BUT I DO HAVE A MARK CAR SO WE WILL GET SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE AND, UH, ADDRESS THAT NOT JUST FOR YOU MAYOR GOES FOR ANYBODY IN THE CITY FOR THEM. UM IS IT AC R? I, BY THE WAY. NO OK, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE COULD GET THE , UH THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YES UM, THANK I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK TO, UH, MIKE'S COMMENT. I HAD A SPEED BUMP IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE ON DYRE FOR 20 YEARS. AND WHAT I SAW WAS CARS GETTING AIR GOING OVER THE SPEED BUMP CARS SLOWING DOWN ENOUGH SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES, THE SKID OVER THE SPEED BUMP AND GOING EVEN FAST.
TO MAKE UP THE TIME THAT THEY LOST GOING OVER THE SPEED BUMP. I AND I THINK THOUGH PEOPLE NECESSARILY DON'T LIKE THESE EITHER, BECAUSE THEY CREATE LIGHT, BUT I THINK THAT UM UH THE, UH UH, THE RADAR SIGNS THAT HAVE THIS TELL YOU WHAT YOUR SPEED IS AND START FLASHING. IF YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST. I THINK THEY ACTUALLY WORK BETTER. UM BUT THE SPEED BUMP THING.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS SOMEONE WHO HAD TWO OF THEM ON MY STREET. AND THEN THE NEXT STREET OVER HAD THREE OF THEM. IT JUST SEEMED LIKE, UH, IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE SCRAPES FROM PEOPLE GOING OVER SO FAST THAT THEY SCRAPE THEIR VEHICLE, UM UH, THAT I'M NOT A AGAIN. I I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED THE GOAL OF SLOWING PEOPLE DOWN. I THINK IT SLOWS PEOPLE DOWN AT THAT SPOT, AND THEN THEY GO EVEN FASTER TO MAKE UP FOR THE TIME THAT THEY LOST BECAUSE THE PROCESS WOULD BE HAVING DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON CONSERVATOR AMANDA? SEVEN, SEVENTH SEVENTH. YOU'RE NOT PUTTING ANY SPEED BUMPS IN SA A AND BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE ON ALAN WORKSHOP. PEOPLE WILL COME DOWN. DON'T WORRY. THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION. IT'S A DISCUSSION. YES, YES, AND I APPRECIATE IT. AND MR CITY, MAN WE GOT IT DOES THE SPEED COUNT INDICATE WHETHER PEOPLE ARE STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN. ABSOLUTELY NOT RIGHT? BUT WE WILL CHECK THE NUMBER OF CARS. WE'LL BRING IT BACK AND LET YOU KNOW AND THEN WE'LL TAKE YOUR DIRECTION AND WE CAN PUT SPEED BUMPS IN OR WE COULD PUT WHATEVER OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST. THERE'S ALSO BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF THE MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR NARROWING ROADS TO MAKE PEOPLE UH, SLOW DOWN AS WELL. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SLOW DOWN OR A RUNNING THE STOP SIGN. AND THEY NEED TO SPEAK TO THE NEIGHBORS. STILL A FEW OLD TIME OLD TIMERS AND ME INCLUDED LIVING THERE, BUT AND I THINK WE WORRY ABOUT A LOT ABOUT THE CHILDREN WHEN THEY'RE JUST FLYING BY SO FAST BUT ANYWAY YES. WELL, THANK YOU. WE'LL
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WE'LL MOVE ON. UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR CITY MANAGER? UM SURE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND FOLLOWING UP TO, UM, COMMISSIONER CLARK'S COMMENT ABOUT THE PACE PROGRAM. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED A PACE. UH LOAN AND ESSENTIALLY, WHAT IT PAYS LOAN IS THERE'S NO CREDIT REQUIREMENT. YOU CAN APPLY FOR YOUR LOAN TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS DONE TO YOUR HOUSE AND WHETHER IT'S WINDOWS OR SOLAR PANELS OR EFFICIENCIES. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S NEVER HAD A MORTGAGE ON THEIR HOUSE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SINCE THEY INHERITED OR WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCE MIGHT BE, AND THEN THEY GET A PACE LOAN AND THERE'S NO MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND THEN THEIR TAX BILL HAS BEEN $300 A YEAR FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. AND THEN APRIL 1ST COMES ALONG, AND THEY OWE $3700 BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO JUST OWING 300 ON THEIR TAX BILL ONCE A YEAR, AND YEAH, THAT'S THE AMOUNT I BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S LOTS OF THEM. UM, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY CAN'T PAY THE TAX BILL. AND THE THREE YEARS IN A ROW. THEY THEY LOSE THEIR HOME OVER THE NEW WINDOWS THEY RECEIVED, BUT WE HAVE HAD A FEW PHONE CALLS OF SOME FOLKS, UM, IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED THAT HAD RECEIVED THE FUNDS AND THEY AREN'T BLAMING ANYBODY. THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THE TAX BILL AND THEY ESSENTIALLY IN DEFAULT. UM ANYWAY, WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO . BUT THERE ISN'T MUCH THAT WE CAN DO. THE OTHER THING IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AWARDS ARE COMING UP. AND WE DO HAVE, UM SOME DEPARTMENTS AND EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE WON AWARDS.I KNOW THAT, UM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS, UH, HAS SOME TICKETS AND IS PLANNING TO GO. I
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DON'T KNOW HOW MANY. BUT AS SOON AS IT'S DETERMINED WHICH EMPLOYEES ARE BEING SENT, IF THERE'S ANY EXTRA TICKETS AT ALL , I'LL CONTACT THE COMMISSIONERS TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING. UM THEN, UM THE STUART HERITAGE. UH THE COMMISSION HAS ALREADY PASSED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE STUART HERITAGE TO BE ON THE , UH, REFERENDUM FOR THIS AUGUST . UM, LAST MONTH, THE STEWARD HERITAGE HAD A MEETING AND THEY PROVIDED ME WITH A LETTER LAST WEEK THAT HAS THEIR PROPOSED BALLOT LANGUAGE ON THE LETTER. I WILL BE PRESENTING THAT TO THE COMMISSION ON THE APRIL UM 22ND MEETING SO THAT YOU CAN UM REVIEW THAT AND AUTHORIZE THE LANGUAGE. FOR SAYING IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I SPOKE WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. UH, JODY, UH, AS RECENTLY AS TODAY ABOUT THIS, BUT ON APRIL 22ND AND THEN MOVING ON, UH, AT THE SECOND MEETING OF EACH MONTH THEREAFTER , SHE IS GOING TO START GIVING YOU A, UM SUMMARY PRESENTATION OF WHAT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THE YEAR OR THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR HOWEVER, YOU WANT IT AND ANY ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST SO THAT WE CAN DISSEMINATE SOME ACCURATE INFORMATION. UM BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF INFORMATION THAT SEEMS TO BE OUT THERE. THAT ISN'T EXACTLY ACCURATE. UM AND THEN, UH, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE STUART MAIN STREET IS ACTUALLY HOSTING THE STATEWIDE MAIN STREET CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF STUART TODAY AND TOMORROW AT THE FLAGLER CENTER, AND WHEN I SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR CANDICE, SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD 50 CONFIRMED, UH, REPRESENTATIVES OUT OF THE 60 OR TO I THINK THERE'S 60 TO 70 MAIN STREETS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND ON SATURDAY SHE HAD FOR SURE , AT LEAST 50 OF THEM ATTENDING AND EXPECTED EVEN MORE THAN THAT, WHICH IS A PRETTY HIGH PERCENTAGE, WHICH IS GREAT AND UM, WE ORDERED UP SOME GREAT WEATHER FOR HIM TO ENJOY STUART SO IT WORKED OUT VERY WELL. UM ANOTHER MATTER THAT'LL BE ON THE APRIL 22ND MEETING IS I MET WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE EVALUATION AT THE LANDFILL. AND THEY HAVE COMPLETED UM THEIR PHASE ONE EVALUATION, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE WAS A LANDFILL THERE BEFORE. UM THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND CUR SOME EXPENSES ON THE PHASE TWO. BUT OUR ORIGINAL RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED THEM TO MAKE THE DECISION BY APRIL 30TH, SO THEY WERE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION UNTIL AUGUST, AND IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, I SUGGESTED THAT WE JUST MAKE IT THE CALENDAR YEAR OF SEPTEMBER 31ST SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEM, BUT I WILL BE PUTTING THAT BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON THE 22ND AS WELL. UM AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION TONIGHT. IS THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. RECEIVED. THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD, AND IT'S PUBLISHED FOR THE 2023 CALENDAR. AND UM, THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL, AND IT COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RED OF RECOGNITION FOR BUDGET PREPARATION. THAT THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR BUDGET PREPARATION IS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THEIR GOVERNMENT UNIT, ACHIEVING A DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD. THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST AWARD IN GOVERNMENTAL BUDGETING IS PRESENTED TO THOSE GOVERNMENT UNITS WHOSE BUDGETS ARE JUDGED TO ADHERE TO PROGRAM STANDARDS. SO THEY AGAIN THIS IS , UH, ON MARCH 19TH OF 2024.THEY THE HIGHEST AWARD THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE FOR THE BUDGET THEY PRESENTED, WHICH IS REALLY SOMETHING AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU HAVING SPENT LAST SUMMER GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET WITH, UH, MR BUCKLEY. IT'S UM THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE, AND IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT THEY JUGGLE IT AND PRESENT IT IN A METHOD THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH AND READ IN AND LOOK THINGS UP, AND IT'S CURRENTLY PUBLISHED AND, UM, IT'S IN GREAT SHAPE, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THOSE GUYS FOR WHAT THEY DID. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. IF YOU SEE THEM DESERVE SOME RECOGNITION FOR THAT. UM AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. OK? I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL
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OF THE AGENDA TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND UM ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. YOU CAN AND COMMISSIONERS SEE NONE ALL IN FAVOR. I OK? NOW WE GO TO[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Non-Agenda Related) (3 Minutes Max.)]
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THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. FIRST ONE ELLEN MURPHY. WELCOME MS MURPHY. THANK YOU. NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN . THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THE COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR BRUNNER.AND I AM MODERATOR FOR THE FACEBOOK PAGE. THE BRIGHT LINE TRAIN COMMUNITY, SO I'LL BE POSTING PICTURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATION AS WELL AS DOWNTOWN EVENTS, RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR BEAUTIFUL TOWN. AND UM SO I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, AND I WONDERED IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO FIND INFORMATION ON THE GROUNDBREAKING. ANY TIMELINE, INFORMATION OR MY NAME? MY NAME IS MIKE MORTEL. UM, I WILL ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO YOU. IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR NAME AND NUMBER I THINK YOU PROBABLY DID ON THE CARD. I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU TOMORROW. UM THE GROUND. RAKING PROBABLY ISN'T GOING TO BE THIS WEEK. BUT WE ARE. WE KNOW WE'LL TALK IN GREAT DETAIL TOMORROW, OK? AND THANK YOU FOR THE STATION. BY THE WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND SAYING THAT AND I WANT TO LIKE TO BE THE FIRST PERSON ON YOUR PAGE BOOK YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE. A TRAIN LEFT THE STATION OVER HERE. UM, IS IT CY FRANK? YES YE YES YET. THEN YOUR SECOND JOHN MAL MEN. HOW'S EVERYONE DOING? THANK YOU, SIR. MY NAME IS JOHN MENARD. I GO ONLINE BY THE NAME OF HANDSOME TRUTH. I OWN THE WEBSITE G TV.COM. I ALSO AM THE CO-FOUNDER OF G TV FLYERS.COM. AND I USUALLY GO AROUND AND I SPREAD FLYERS ABOUT JEWISH SUPREMACY. AND SINCE I'VE DONE THIS, I'VE BEEN THROWN IN JAIL. SO NOW I'M BEING FORCED TO COME OUT HERE. AND TELL YOU THE STORY OF WHAT'S GOING ON. I'M A CANARY IN THE COAL MINE. ESSENTIALLY SAY WHAT? I'M A CANARY IN THE COAL MINE HERE TO EDUCATE YOU GUYS. SO WITH THE SHOW OF HANDS ARE YOU GUYS FAMILIAR WITH A GROUP CALLED THE ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE? MORE, OF COURSE. YEAH YOU KNOW, OK, WELL, I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU SOME FUN FACTS, SO, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE AD L, THIS IS A JEWISH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP. AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COINING THE TERM HATE SPEECH AND ARE THE PUNISHERS OF CANCEL CULTURE. WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP MIGHT SURPRISE YOU. SO THIS GROUP WAS FOUNDED. IN 1913, THE ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE. TO PROTECT A JEWISH MURDERING NAMED LEO FRANK, WHO MURDERED MARY FAGAN. THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION IN CHARGE OF DETERMINING HATE SPEECH AND CENSORING AMERICANS ONLINE. ARE YOU GUYS FAMILIAR WITH THIS GROUP? YOU ARE RIGHT. OK SO THIS JEWISH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP, THE AD L OPENLY BOASTS THAT IT TRAINS THE MAJORITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FBI ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND HOW TO COMBAT QUOTE UNQUOTE HATE SPEECH. NOT ONLY DO THEY CANCEL TOP CELEBRITIES WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST JEWISH SUPREMACY, THEY ALSO CANCEL AVERAGE JOES LIKE MYSELF. I HAVE BEEN TO BANKED DEPLATFORMED CAN'T USE AN AIRBNB . I CAN'T RENT A CAR FROM ENTERPRISE WHEN I TRIED TO MOVE ACROSS COUNTRY FROM CALIFORNIA. UM I TRIED TO RUN A PENSKE TRUCK AND THEY SAID THAT I WAS ON A TERRORIST WATCH LIST. SIMPLY DISTRIBUTING FLYERS. UM WHAT HAS THIS COUNTRY COME TO? UH, I'M GOING TO READ YOU. SOME QUOTES FROM THE JEWISH HOLY BOOK CALLED THE TALMUD. UM YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY GONNA SAY THAT MY WORDS ARE HATEFUL EVIL. BIGOTED ETC. BUT THIS COMES SAY ANYTHING, BUT YOU GOT THREE MINUTES. HOW MUCH THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU STARTED. GO AHEAD. OK, SO THIS IS FROM THE TALMUD. OK, THIS IS THEIR BOOK. OK, THIS IS WHAT I'M EXPOSING AND YE A MONTH 98 A. IT SAYS ALL NON JEWS ARE ANIMALS IN SANHEDRIN 57 A, IT SAYS WHEN A JEW MURDERS A NON JEW, THERE WILL BE NO DEATH PENALTY IN 11 B , A MAN WHO ENGAGED IN INTERCOURSE WITH A GIRL LESS THAN THREE OF AGE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG. SHABBA 1 11 6, A JEWS MUST DESTROY BOOKS OF THE CHRISTIANS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEW TESTAMENT BABA MAZIA 11 4 B. THE NON JEWS ARE NOT.
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TIMER RIGHT HERE. YES, SIR. GREETINGS I COME ON BEHALF OF MANY MILLIONS OF WHITE FOUNDING STOCK. AMERICANS WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND BLED BRAVELY TO SECURE OUR LIBERTIES FOUND WITHIN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ORIGINAL BILL OF RIGHTS IN RECENT YEARS, IT HAS BECOME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO EVEN THE MOST DULL THAT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES HAVE BEEN UNDER RELENTLESS ATTACK. MY FRIEND LAST YEAR, MR MANADO. HANDSOME TRUTH WAS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT DUMPING OF LITTER WHERE THE STATE ALLEGED THAT HIS LITTER WAS ACTUALLY A CACHE OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS MATERIALS PACKED, NEATLY BOUND AND WAITED FOR DISTRIBUTION ONTO DRIVEWAYS, ESSENTIALLY NEWSPAPERS. WE COME TO STEWART, NOT AS ENEMIES AS THESE CHARGES ARE FROM THE MOST RIDICULOUS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, BUT TO COME SPEAK ABOUT OUR NATIONAL DECLINE. TO BEGIN. ONE MUST FIRST DEFINE THE WORD NATION. IT CLEARLY HAS TO COME FROM THE WORD NATAL, WHICH IMPLIES GENETICS, MEANING TO BE BORN. SINCE THE 1965 HEART SELLER IMMIGRATION ACT, OUR BORDER HAS BEEN WIDE OPEN. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE GREAT REPLACEMENT IS GOING ON, AND WHITE PEOPLE ARE BEING PUSHED ASIDE. AND IT IS STATE POLICY THAT THAT MUST CONTINUE. THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND LAWS IS THE SOFTWARE FROM WHICH THE GOVERNMENT MUST DO ITS RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES. THE GENETICS ARE THE HARDWARE. IF THESE TWO THINGS DO NOT MATCH, THEN THE GOVERNMENT SIMPLY CANNOT WORK, OR AT LEAST AS IT WAS FOUNDED AND INTENDED. WE ARE NOT VIOLENT. WE ARE NOT INSANE. WE ARE RATHER CONCERNED WHITE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE TO RAISE AN ISSUE OF VERY LEGITIMATE CONCERN. WE CALL FOR A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT OF WORLD JEWRY TO ENGAGE IN SUCH BRUTAL AND INHUMANE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE WHITES. THE WAR IN GAZA. IS ON FULL DISPLAY FOR THE WORLD TO SEE. AND IT IS CLEAR THAT SUCH BARBARIC TERROR IS NOT BEING DONE BY PALESTINIAN CHILDREN ONTO ISRAELIS, BUT RATHER THE REVERSE. THE WHITES HAVE ALSO FELT THE TERROR OF THE JEW, MOST NOTABLY THE HOLODOMOR OF UKRAINE. THE RED TERROR OF BOLSHEVIK, RUSSIA. THE GENOCIDE AND NEAR EXTINCTION OF EVERY GERMANIC PERSON FROM 1939 UNTIL THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BERLIN WALL. PRAISE GOD THAT THE GERMANIC BLOODLINE WAS ABLE TO RELOCATE SOME OF ITS BEST AND BRIGHTEST INTO THE UNITED STATES SO THAT WE COULD DEFEAT THE SOVIET TERROR DURING THE SPACE RACE AND THE COLD WAR. OUR GREATEST CHALLENGE IS YET TO COME TO DEFEAT THE GREATEST CANCER KNOWN TO ALL MANKIND.ISRAEL. REALLY OK. MISS SEAN REED, ARE YOU OUT THERE? IS HE LEFT? OH, OK. AND WE HAVE, UH, KAREN RUDGE, PLEASE COME FORWARD. TONIGHT. ACTUALLY. THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE AFRAID TO, UH, GUNS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. LET'S JUST HONOR THAT. JUST GO RIGHT ON. DISGUSTING. OH, SHE'S NOT HERE EITHER. WAS THAT, YOUR HONOR? I MEAN, NOT ACCEPTABLE. OK MADAM. WHAT DID YOU CALL MRS
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RUDGE WAS ON THE LIST, AND SHE'S NOT HERE. YES UM, SO WE'LL SEE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. DO I GET AN APPROVAL? EXCEPT, UH, 14. YES WE'RE GONNA PULL 14. AND UH OR WHEN WE GET TO. YEAH WE'RE GONNA PULL IT. AND BECAUSE THE UH UH THE YOUNG GENTLEMEN HERE WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. SO CAN I. THE CALENDAR ITEM? 14 2ND. OK, WE HAVE A, UM A MOTION AND A SECOND. UM, LET'S SEE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. OK THERE'S NONE. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FOR COMMISSIONERS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE LAST MEETING AND THIS MEETING. WE'VE SEEN CHANGES IN OUR CRB AND OUR CR A.AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM IT SHOWS THAT OUR CITY IS GROWING AND ADJUSTED AND CHANGING. I APPRECIATE ALL THE NEW MEMBERS WHO ARE COMING AND SERVING ON THESE BOARDS FOR THAT VERY GOOD.
EXCUSE ME, MADAM MAYOR, MAY I ASK WHO MOTIONED AND SECONDED THE CONSENT? THANK YOU. RICH AND CLARK SECOND? YES. AND TAKE THE ROLE, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. YES COMMISSIONER COLLINS COMMISSIONER CLARK YES, VICE MAYOR MAYOR BRUNER. YES. OK? ROAD TO VICTORY. I HAVE A
[14. ROAD TO VICTORY MILITARY MUSEUM (RC): RESOLUTION No. 44-2024; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A LETTER ALLOWING A UNITED STATES ARMY TANK TO BE DISPLAYED ON CITY PROPERTY LEASED BY THE ROAD TO VICTORY MILITARY MUSEUM, INC. LOCATED AT 319 E. STYPMANN BLVD. STUART, FL 34994 AS WELL AS ALLOWING THE ROAD TO VICTORY MILITARY MUSEUM TO RELOCATE THE FRANKLIN MONUMENT IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
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RAY. UH, HILO. YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK. THANKS FOR COMING. GENTLEMEN THAT I GET CLEAR THE AIR AS OF I'M, PRESIDENT OF R, THE VICTORY MILITARY MUSEUM. BOB IS THE VICE PRESIDENT. WE'RE A BOARD OF NINE MEMBERS. THERE'S A LOT OF YOU DO KNOW WE DO THE PARADES. WE DO EVERYTHING EVERY YEAR. I'M NOT COMING UP HERE ASKING YOU GUYS FOR ANYTHING. WHAT? I WOKE UP LAST WEEK AND GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE US ARMY. WE'VE BEEN ON A LIST SINCE I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT OVER FIVE YEARS FOR A TANK FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND THEY CALLED US AND THEY SAID THERE'S A MUSEUM GOING TO FUNK IN TITUSVILLE. IT'S YOURS AND WE ARE JUST SO HAPPY ABOUT IT. BUT IF YOU WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT, YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH RED TAPE, AND ONE OF THEM WAS MRS MAYOR YOUR SIGNATURE STATING THAT WE DO HAVE A LEASE WITH THE CITY. AND YOU GUYS DO ALLOW IT TO BE THERE . IT IS NOT A WORKING TANK. IT'S A STATIC TANK, SO IT DOESN'T WORK. I DON'T HAVE TO GO. I'M NOT GONNA SAY NOTHING. IT'S AN M 60, A THREE, WHICH WAS CALLED THE PIG IN VIETNAM. IT'S A GREAT A TO OUR MUSEUM. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE LATELY. I KNOW I SEE SOME OF YOUR FACES, UM, JUST TO PASS THIS OUT. THIS DOES IT DRIVE? UH, NO, NO. GOTTA PAY SOME BIG MONEY TO GET IT. IT COMES ON A FLAT BED. I WANTED TO DRIVE IT. IT COMES WITH A T HANDLE, LIKE A LITTLE KID'S HEAD IS THE COOLEST THING. I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, THE GUNS ARE ALL DECLA. I MEAN, THEY'RE CUT AND THEY GOT BARS IN THEM. THEY WELD THE BREECHES. SO NO WAY CAN ANY OF ME OR MY BOARD GET MAD AND PUT A SHUTTLE IN IT AND RUN CITY GO CRAZY IN THE CITY LIKE THEY DID IN CALIFORNIA MANY YEARS AGO, BUT, UH, HERE'S A QUICK PICTURE OF IT. AND IF ANYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IT'S PRETTY BIG. PLEASE SAY BIG WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 2043 60 FT. 23 FT WITH THE BARREL 27. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM. YOU KNOW HOW THAT LITTLE ROUNDABOUT IS IN THE FRONT OF THE MUSEUM, AND THERE'S A CANARY PALM THERE. IT WOULD FIT PERFECT THERE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M COMING HERE. THAT'S ANOTHER THING. ME AND MIKE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. UM WE'RE GONNA GO CLOSER TO THE BUILDING RIGHT THERE. ONE OF US TO ONE OF THE THINGS THE CITY OR EXCUSE ME. THE ARMY WANTS US TO DO IS TO PUT GRAVEL DOWN WHICH WE ALREADY GOT THE GRAVEL PART. BUT WE WEREN'T GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR THE GRAVEL TILL WE HAD THE OK TO DO IT. UH, THE ARMY WANTS IT HERE YESTERDAY AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING A WEEK TO COME HERE TO HOPEFULLY GET THE APPROVAL. IT IS GOING TO COST US ALMOST OUR ALL OUR REVENUES TO GET IT HERE.WE DECIDED TO DO WHAT IT WAS IN OUR BUDGET, AND THE COST OF IT IS THE TRANSPORTATION. YOU CAN'T DRIVE IT, SO IT GETS PICKED UP WITH A CRANE GETS PUT ON A 13 AXLE, HUMONGOUS FLATBED. THEY DRIVE IT FROM TITUSVILLE WHEN IT GETS HERE. ANOTHER HUMONGOUS CRANE HAS TO PULL IT OFF. AND WE DID ALL THE LOGISTICS ALREADY. AND I WANNA THANK, WELL, MM. THANK YOU. MILTON WORKS WOULD HAVE REALLY GOOD. MIKE'S BEEN A CHARM SINCE HE SAVED US WHEN HE WAS CITY ATTORNEY. I'D LIKE TO SAY NO TO BETTER MEN COULD HAVE COME AND SPOKE AFTER THOSE TWO MEN. AND YOU SAID YOUNG. I MEAN, YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR LOVE FOR YOUR COUNTRY VETERANS GETTING AN ARMY TANK. OH, MY GOD. I KNOW MY BELL RANG, BUT I THANK YOU. I KNOW MY BELL RANG, BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU I'M PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF MARTIN COUNTY AND MOVING THE MONUMENT. UM THE LAST SURVIVOR IS DUSTY. WHO IS MICHELLE? QUITE WELL, HE'S BEHIND THE MOVING OF THE MONUMENT. WE JUST WANT TO MOVE IT FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER, AND IT'S GETTING PAID FOR BY THE GENTLEMAN THAT DID ALL THE WORK FOR THE CITY THAT THEY GOT TO BE OUT OF THERE SHORTLY. SO WITH ANY DAMAGE HAPPENS, THEY'RE NOT POURING THEIR CONCRETE UNTIL AFTER OUR TANK GETS IN SPOT, AND AFTER NOT WORK. NO LIABILITY TO ANYBODY. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRUE PATRIOTS. I DO HOPE SO. NORMALLY WE READ THE RESOLUTION AND HAVE THE AGENDA ITEM BEFORE THE MAYOR CALLS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SO IF I COULD HAVE THE UM, CITY ATTORNEY READ THE RESOLUTION FIRST. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. UM I. I JUST HAD A QUESTION. IS IT GONNA BE TO THE TANK CAN BE OPENED UP BECAUSE WHAT I'VE HEARD YOU CAN'T THAT IT'S GONNA BE WELDED AND I WAS GONNA THANK YOU GUYS TO MAYBE JUST LOCK IT SO THAT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, I THINK OF MY KIDS, MY MR COLLINS. LET ME SAY THIS TO GO. LOOK I'VE BEEN IN THE ARMY DAILY, AND THEY WANTED IT WELDED, BUT TO BE TRUTHFUL,
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I'LL TELL YOU A QUICK STORY OF THE VFW WHO GOT A TANK. IT WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF A VFW FOR 18 YEARS. THE ARMY GAVE IT TO HIM. JUST LIKE WE'RE GETTING OURS. LO AND BEHOLD, THE ONLY THING THAT WAS MISSING WAS A BATTERY. THEY THE BARREL WAS ACTIVE. I MEAN, I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHEN I HEARD THIS STORY, AND THEY TOOK IT AND PUT IT BACK INTO SERVICE. THEY TOOK IT FROM THE VFW MY CASE. I TALKED TO THE CURATOR OF THIS MUSEUM WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. HE SAYS TO ME, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PUT IN EIGHT BATTERIES, YOU COULD PROBABLY START IT UP AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT BECAUSE $2500 NOT CHEAP FOR THE BATTERIES. THE CRANE ALONE ON ONE SIDE IS COSTING US 2500. THE TRANSPORTATION COST IS CLOSE TO FIVE AND 1000 CHESTER UNLOAD IT, SO I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK INSIDE. SOMEHOW SO THE COMPROMISE I WAS TOLD I COULD ACTUALLY WELD IT HALF OPEN FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK IN. OR I COULD DO SOMETHING WITH A PLEXIGLAS COVER , SO WE HAVE OPTIONS WE COULD DO WITH IT. IT'S GONNA BE MY ONLY ASK IS MAKE IT POSSIBLE THAT THERE IS AN ESCAPE HATCH UNDERNEATH THAT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT SO IF YOU COME BY, WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT. WE ALSO HAVE IF ANYBODY NOTICED THE JET THERE. THE SORT OF LOOKS LIKE THE WHITE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. WE CALL IT THE JET IS IT USED TO BE MILITARY. THEY WERE GOING TO DO A TWO SEATER AND THANKS TO BOB, AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET US THAT FUSELAGE THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE MUSEUM WHERE IT'S GETTING MOUNTED ON THE SIDE WHERE CHILDREN COULD GO INSIDE, AND WE'RE WORKING ON A MOCKUP WHERE, LIKE THEY COULD ACTUALLY THINK THEY'RE FLYING WITH SCREENS ON IT. AND YOU GUYS PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WE TEACH RANGERS. WE HAVE KIDS FROM NEW YORK FROM 12 TO 20 WITH OUR NEW BUILDING IN THE BACK. WELL, FIVE YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE. WHEAT I TEACH CLASSES AND I HAVE ROUGHLY 15 ALTOGETHER ON THE ON THE BOOKS, AND EVERY SATURDAY YOU COME IN. THERE'S USUALLY TWO OR THREE STANDING THERE GIVING TOURS IN A MUSEUM.SO WE JUST LOVE WHERE WE ARE. AND I DON'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE LIKE THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM MAYOR BEFORE HE READS THE RESOLUTION, MR CITY MANAGER AND MR UM LEGGETT OR PUBLIC WORKS. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL VILLAGE REQUIREMENT OR ANYTHING FOR THEM TO BRING THIS MASSIVE THING INTO MEMORIAL PARK. ARE IS DO WE HAVE ? DO WE HAVE A LEASE CONTRACT WITH THEM RIGHT TO ME. IT'S NOT GOING TO. I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS GOING TO BE IN MEMORIAL PARK, BUT RATHER IT WAS GOING TO BE STORED AT THE ROAD TO VICTORY MUSEUM AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH IS ON THE BACK SIDE OF MEMORIAL PARK. BUT JUST THE LAND THAT THEY'VE LEASED ESSENTIALLY SO IT WOULD BE WITHIN THEIR LEASEHOLD, WHICH WOULD BE COVERED BY THEIR INSURANCE AND THEIR POSSESSION. OK? I MOVED TO APPROVE. UH, WE HAVE NOT YET IT'S NOT READ YET. RESOLUTION NUMBER 44-2024 OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A LETTER ALLOWING A UNITED STATES ARMY TANK TO BE DISPLAYED ON CITY PROPERTY LEASED BY THE ROAD TO VICTORY MILITARY MUSEUM INC. LOCATED AT 319, EAST STM BOULEVARD. STUART FLORIDA 34994, AS WELL AS ALLOWING THE ROAD TO VICTORY MILITARY MUSEUM TO RELOCATE THE FRANKLIN MONUMENT IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. OK DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS? NO MORE QUESTIONS. WE'RE ALL THROUGH. WE HAVE A I HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL HAVE A SECOND AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS TO THE LADY WHO SAID SHE WAS DOING THE BRIGHT LINE THING BETWEEN BRIGHT LINE AND THIS LOCATION AND PROBABLY THE SAILFISH BALLPARK ITSELF. THOSE ACTUALLY HAVE A ST BOULEVARD. UM, ADDRESS OR LOCATION. SO JUST A TIDBIT. OH, ALL RIGHT. SECOND.
I GIVE THE REAL CALL COMMISSIONER CLARKE WIFE MAYOR RICH MAYOR BRUNER YES, COMMISSIONER COLLINS, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. OK THAT'S THE
[16. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN PROJECT LIFT AND THE CITY OF STUART (RC): RESOLUTION No. 03-2024; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING TO EXECUTE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PROJECT L.I.F.T., INC. AND THE CITY OF STUART TO CREATE A FACILITY REFERRED TO AS THE "STUART JOB TRAINING AND ENTREPRENEUR CENTER" FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WORKFORCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING AND BUSINESS INCUBATION, WHICH IS TO BE LOCATED AT 720 SE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD, STUART; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
END OF OUR CASSETTE COUNT. WE HAVE A COMMISSION ACTION. YOU'RE ON FIRE. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THEY ARE BETWEEN PROJECT LIFT AND THE CITY OF STUART. READ THAT? OF COURSE, MADAM MAYOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 032 24, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING TO EXECUTE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PROJECT LIFT INC AND THE CITY OF STUART TO CREATE A FACILITY REFERRED TO AS THE STUART JOB TRAINING AND[01:55:01]
ENTREPRENEUR CENTER FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WORKFORCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING AND BUSINESS INCUBATION, WHICH IS TO BE LOCATED AT 720, SOUTHEAST MARTIN. LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD. UH AND STEWART PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. I CAN ANSWER SO GANDHI CR DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UM WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA. FINALLY UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE CLOSED ON THE WILLIE GARY PROPERTY. UM, IN JANUARY, AND BOB YOU FROM PROJECT IS HERE TODAY, AND HE'S BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY AS WE WORK THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS, UH, FOR THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING UM SO THIS, UH, THIS MOU WILL FINALLY ESTABLISH A PARTNERSHIP WITH PROJECT LIFT TO PROVIDE JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN OUR NEW PROPOSED FACILITY THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED AT 720 SOUTHEAST MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD, FORMERLY KNOWN AS WILLIE GARY PROPERTY WITH THE C DB G GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.UH, SO AS PART OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT, THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THIS SITE. WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE PROJECT LIFT, HAS AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO COORDINATE WITH THEIR ARCHITECT, UH, TO USE THESE PROTOTYPE OF BUILDING PLANS AND FLOOR PLANS THAT HE USED FOR HIS OTHER SITES. UM SO THIS IS SOMEWHAT, UH, COST SAVING TO US, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET NEW DESIGN AND FOR OUR PLAN, UM SO THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL AS PART OF THIS, UH, MOU AGREEMENT. UH, WE WILL MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE ORIGINAL BUILDING PLANS TO FIT THIS SITE AND ALSO THE PROGRAMMING. UH, WE PLAN TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH PROJECT LIFT PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION. UH, WHICH COULD BE SOMETIMES LATE 2025. SOME OF THE TERMS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS MOU SUCH AS THE PAYMENT UH, WHICH WOULD BE A DOLLAR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. UH AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO RENEW THE LEASE AT THE END OF THE INITIAL FIVE YEAR TERM. UM THEY WILL ALSO HAVE AN OPTION TO RENEW IT FIVE TIMES, UH, FOR A 10 YEAR TERM EACH TIME. UM SO AS PART OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT, UH, PROJECT LIFT WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 50 NEW JOBS WITH AT LEAST 51 OF THOSE JOBS ARE CREATED FOR TO BENEFIT THE LOW AND MODERN INCOME FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS, UH, WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT. UH, PROJECT LIFT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING THE PROGRESS OF THE PROGRAM IN PROVIDING, UH, CR A WITH THE QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT TO FLORIDA COMMERCE AS TO COMPLY WITH THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS. UH, THEY WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FURNISHING THE BUILDING AND PROVIDING THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE JOB TRAINING CENTER. UH, THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE BUILDING PARKING LOT LANDSCAPING , SIGNAGE, LIGHTING, ETCETERA.
UH, SO THIS THIS MOU WILL STAY INTO EFFECT UNTIL WE CLOSE OUT ON THE GRANT. SO WE EXPECT TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS SITE BY END OF 2025 AND THEN CLOSE OUT ON THIS GRANT. MARCH, 2026. AND TODAY STAFF IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 03 2024 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE MOU TO ESTABLISH A PARTNERSHIP WITH PROJECT PROJECT LIFT. OF APPROVAL SECOND, OK? I HAVE A QUESTION? YES, WE HAVE A, UM, COMMISSIONER. I DON'T HAVE ANY. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. BUT OH, SORRY. GO ON. WE HAD A SECOND. YOU SECONDED? NO NO, MR. COMMISSIONER UM UH, COLLINS AND SECONDS WHEN I, UH COMBINE TO MCDONALD MCDONALD'S.
YOU MAY GO NOW. OH, OK. YES, I KNEW THAT. MR. THANK YOU. SO, MR ZAK GOOD AFTERNOON. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT PER SE. I JUST AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE OTHER PLACES YOUR PALM CITY AND I THINK HOPE SO IS BEING BUILT NOW. UM IT JUST LOOKS SO BUSY. I JUST THINK THAT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU NEED MORE SPACE OR ANOTHER LEVEL OR SOMETHING. AND I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE IT'S ENOUGH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY OUNCE OF THAT PLANT IS THERE AND I'M GLAD THAT I ACTUALLY SAW THIS BECAUSE THESE THINGS WERE SO SMALL ON MY COMPUTER. BUT OF COURSE IT'S NOT GONNA BE AS OVERPOWERING AS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET, BUT, UM YOU KNOW, I SO IS THAT TWO STORY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE? JUST ONE STORY PROTOTYPE. THOSE ARE IT'S HIGH CEILINGS, BUT IT'S
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ONE STORY. SO EVERYTHING THAT SO IT SAYS. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST ONE STORY, OK, THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT THE PLANS. I WHAT? WHAT WHAT SEEMS BUSY INSIDE I WHAT YOU DIP THE PLANS THAT THE THAT THE LAYOUT THE, UM THE FLOOR PLANS AND THE BUILD OUT INSIDE IS JUST SO MANY. I SAW THE LITTLE CIRCLES OF DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE THEY'D HAVE DIFFERENT ROOMS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. SO MAYBE IF YOU JUST TELL US, YOU KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK FOR US IN THE CITY. SURE YOU KNOW IT. TO ME. THIS IS JUST IT. IT'S A IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. UM, THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME PERSONALLY BEING A YOU KNOW, UM, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF MARTIN COUNTY, AND YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME AND I GREW UP PLAYING FOOTBALL AROUND THE GREEN. WE USED TO CALL IT THE GREEN MONSTER AROUND THE WALL AROUND. WE HAVE TO YOU KNOW, UM UH, BE IN THAT AREA, SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY UM, AFFECT THE CHANGE THAT I THINK IS REALLY NEEDED FOR MOST COMMUNITIES. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUSYNESS THAT'S AROUND THERE, THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES BASED UPON THE INTERIOR. AND HOW THAT YOU KNOW HOW THAT LAYS OUT THE INTERIOR. THERE IS OFFICE SPACE SUIT IS THERE RIGHT IF I WALK UP TO THE TO THE I'M SORRY. WE HAVE A FIGHT OR SOMEWHERE. UM OLDER. I CAN'T SEE AS WELL AS I USED TO GO. RIGHT.SO YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW RIGHT. IS THIS CATCHING YOU? SO SHE TURNED THAT . I'D GO BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE AND THANK YOU. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND THE VOCATIONAL TRADES OF BEING A VERY GOOD REPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR FOR THE THINGS THAT OUR TEENS ARE GOING THROUGH THESE DAYS. UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO DO TO AVOID YOU TALK ABOUT BUSINESS, AND I'LL PUT THAT BACK AT YOU IS THAT THERE IS A UM, A COMPONENT OF SWIPE UP ON THE PHONES THAT WE SEE ALL THE TIME WITH THESE YOUNG FOLKS. THEY NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, THEY'VE GOT PHONES. THEY'RE SWIPING. AND THEY'RE MOVING BUSY THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOT SHOWN ON. HERE ARE THE BAYS, SO THE BAYS ARE, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO MORE BAYS THAT GO ON THIS SIDE OF IT. AND THEN TWO MORE BAYS THAT ARE OVER HERE. THAT'S YOUR VOCATIONAL TRAINING IS TO ASSIST YOU IN POINTING AT THE SCREEN.
THE. THANK YOU THERE. ALL RIGHT. SO OVER HERE IS THE ARE THE BAYS . THE ADDITIONAL BAYS AND OVER ON THIS SIDE ARE ADDITIONAL BASE AS WELL. SO FOR US, THAT'S AN THAT'S WHERE ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE. THAT'S WHERE THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING TAKES PLACE. WELDING CARPENTRY BOAT BUILDING, SMALL, SMALL OPERATIONS AND THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TEACHING. BUT HERE THERE ARE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES ON ON THIS AREA, WHICH WE DO NEED TO FILL IN, RIGHT. AND WHEN THE BUS YOU SEE IN THE PALM CITY AREAS LIKE YOU SEE THAT KIND OF THAT, UM, CONGESTION THAT WE HAVE THERE. THIS SOLVES A LOT OF THAT THOSE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE SO THIS BUILDING IS ABOUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT 5000 SQUARE FEET BIGGER THAN WHAT WE HAVE THERE IN THE PALM CITY LOCATION, SO THAT DOES HELP US WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPONENTS THAT'S IN THIS AREA. YOU ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THERAPEUTIC. UH, INTERVENTIONS, ONE ON ONE IN THIS AREA AND THEN GROUP THERAPY SESSIONS IN THIS AREA KITCHEN AREAS AND A BIG GROUP ROOM FOR OUR FAMILY STYLE LUNCHES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE TEENS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEN FAMILY STYLE DINNERS AT THE AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. THIS IS YOUR, UH, RESTROOM. I'M SORRY. RESTROOM AREA HERE AND THEN COMPUTER LAB WHERE WE HAVE OUR PATHWAY. ACADEMY OF INNOVATION. THE PATHWAY ACADEMY IS THE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PROGRAM THAT WE PUT IN PLACE SEVERAL YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE WERE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE FACT THAT WE COULDN'T, UH, THAT WE HAD THESE YOUNG FOLKS ON ON THE STREET THAT DIDN'T HAVE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS AND TO ME, AND I KNOW YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY. THAT'S A SHAME, ESPECIALLY THE WAY THAT WE CAN OPERATE TODAY AND HAVING PLATFORMS ALL OVER THE PLACE. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL ROOMS THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN AS YOU MOVE OFF INTO INTO THE, UH, THE BAY AREAS, THIS IS LIKELY A DEPICTION OF, UM LIKE A MACHINING AREA. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT DEPICTION IS. THIS IS A DEPICTION OF A MANUFACTURING DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS AREA. SO HOW DO WE TEACH THE THINGS THAT THESE YOUNG FOLKS REALLY NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO EXCEL? RIGHT MANUFACTURING, LOGISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION IS GIGANTIC FOR OUR AREA. WE SHOULD BE TEACHING THOSE THINGS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE UP A BIG PORTION OF OUR OF OUR BUILDING AND THEN IN THIS AREA, IT'S NOT SHOWING IT. BUT ON THIS SIDE, THERE'S AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP RIGHT AGAIN. JOBS EVERYWHERE FOR THESE YOUNG FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO GET UM , AGAIN AND THEN A KITCHEN AREA OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT. THIS IS A NICE LITTLE RECEPTION AREA. WE
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REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS PLACE LOOKING LIKE AN AREA THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE GOING TO OUTSIDE OF PROJECT LIFT. THE REASON WHY THIS BUILDING LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES IS SO THAT WE CAN BE IN A POSITION TO SHOW THEM WHAT THE WORKFORCE REALLY LOOKS LIKE OUTSIDE OF THIS. THIS IS NOT A IT LOADED WITH BELLS AND WHISTLES. IT'S NOT AND IT WON'T EVER BE. AND AS LONG AS I'M THE I'M THE CEO OF PROJECT LIFT, WE WILL NOT BE PUTTING, UM, BUILDINGS UP THAT LOOK LIKE YOU KNOW THAT THAT HAVE LIKE BELLS AND WHISTLES EVERYWHERE THEY NEED TO LEARN TO WORK IN SHOPS. THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. IS THE REAL WORKFORCE BEING ABLE TO PUT THEM IN A POSITION WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO A SHOP THAT DOESN'T HAVE EVERYTHING THAT'S NEEDED TO BE COMFORTABLE. THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE, RIGHT? IT'LL BE SAFE. IT'LL BE GOOD. IT'LL BE READY TO GO, BUT THEY WILL KNOW HOW TO WORK IN A REAL SHOP WHEN THEY'RE DONE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE I GET PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TOO A LITTLE BIT, SO I I'LL BACK IT DOWN. UM BUT THERE IS ALSO A BIT OF A ME THERE'S A MEZZANINE THAT ACTUALLY WILL GO OVER THIS AREA AS WELL FOR STORAGE AND SOME DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT IT'S NOT A UH TO, UH, MR MORTAL'S POINT. IT'S NOT A TWO STORY, YOU KNOW, GIGANTIC BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN. DOES THAT? ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. YEAH IT IT DOES. AND MR BEFORE YOU GO, MR MCDONALD, I AGAIN JUST TO MISS MORTEL AND I. I ENVISION SOME TIME BEFORE WE HAD STARTED TALKING TO PROJECT LIFTS.WHATEVER WE ARE GOING TO USE THAT PROPERTY FOR AND HOPEFULLY WE WOULD HAVE HAD ALL THIS WORKSPACE AND ALL THIS STUFF ON A CERTAIN LEVEL, WHETHER IT'S 1.5 STORIES OR TWO STORIES AND TRY TO HAVE SOME HOUSING OR SOME OTHER ACTIVITY THERE ON THAT SITE, BUT I THINK THAT'S NOT WORKING. WE HAVE THIS MOU THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO APPROVE, AND IT IS A LARGE PROPERTY. BUT I THINK THAT WHATEVER, UM WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA DO IS GOING TO BE ON THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. AND UH OR JUST THE BACK JUST THE FRONT SIDE AND NOT THE BACK SIDE, THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND EVERYTHING WILL BE REMOVED. UH, INCLUDING THE CURRENT, UM, BUILDINGS ON THAT SITE. I COULD TAKE REST FOR ONE SECOND AND JUST THROW A LITTLE HISTORY. UM I THINK IT WAS 2.5 YEARS AGO, OR MAYBE EVEN THREE THAT THE COMMISSION ORIGINALLY VOTED AND DIRECTED MS GANDHIS TO START APPLYING FOR THE CDBG GRANT. AND UH, HIRE THE CONSULTANT TO START PREPARING IT . THEY OBTAINED THE GRANT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY BUT AT THE SAME TIME ORIGINALLY HAD ENTERED INTO A PROGRAM WITH INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE TO MOVE SOME ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING TO THE SITE, AND IT WAS GOING TO BE A REHAB OF THE STRUCTURES THAT WERE ON THE SITE, BUT BECAUSE OF HARD WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR CR, A DIRECTOR IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH MR ZAC AND I WENT BACK TO THE WELL AND SOMEHOW CONVINCE THEM TO GIVE HER WELL OVER A MILLION MORE DOLLARS TOWARD THE PROJECT SO THAT WE COULD BUILD A BRAND NEW STATE OF THE ART 12,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. AND SHE SOMEHOW GOT IT. SO IT'S GONNA BE EVERYTHING ON THE SITE IS GOING TO BE BRAND NEW. SO THANK YOU, MR MCDONALD. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, BOB. THANK YOU. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UM THIS IS AN AMAZING PLAN AND I'M I'M REALLY EXCITED, ESPECIALLY WHEN A COUPLE OF THINGS ONE IS I GREW UP. I CAME OUT OF THE VOCATIONAL WORLD UP IN OHIO AND I THINK THAT VOCATIONAL TRAINING IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEVERELY LACKING. UM NOT JUST HERE, BUT EVERYWHERE. UM SO I'M VERY STOKED ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT OF THAT, BUT I WAS BUT SOMETHING UH, WHICH I DID NOT KNOW UNTIL YOU JUST SAID IT RIGHT NOW IS THE, UH IS THE ADVANCED LOGISTICS AND MANUFACTURING PORTION OF IT AND IF ANYBODY BEEN FOLLOWING WHAT'S GOING ON IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MARTIN COUNTY, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF POTENTIALLY VERY LARGE MANUFACTURERS LOOKING AT RELOCATING EITHER IN INDIAN TOWN OR AT THE AIRPORT. IN FACT, I THINK THE AIRPORT IS PRETTY MUCH A DONE DEAL NOW AND THAT IT'S IN A CREATE GREAT JOBS, BLUE COLLAR , A LOT OF BLUE COLLAR JOBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO OR DON'T WANT TO GO OR JUST DON'T THINK THAT COLLEGE IS RIGHT FOR THEM. OR UM, SO AND SO I'M I'M REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE THIS IS IN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. UM FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. UM I ALWAYS I ONE OF THE THINGS I BELIEVE I PEOPLE USE THE TERM. UH, SOCIAL JUSTICE ALL THE TIME. I BELIEVE IN ECONOMIC JUSTICE,
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MONEY LEVELS, THE PLAYING FIELD A JOB LEVELS. THE PLAYING FIELD. WELL THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN COMING HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY OF A HARD WORK AND KNOWING THAT YOU'RE A NICE LIVING, AND YOU CAN SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR LIFESTYLE AND LIVE WITHOUT, UH, FEAR OF WHAT COMES THE NEXT DAY, SO VERY EXCITED. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS DONE. UM SO CONGRATULATIONS THIS LET'S TO EVERYBODY. PINAL CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL YOUR HARD WORK, AND JORDAN. EVERYBODY IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY AT THE CITY OF STEWART, EVERYBODY AT PROJECT WEST. SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE SITE PLAN, AND THE SITE IS PRETTY LARGE ENOUGH SO WE ARE ABLE TO CARVE OUT A PORTION OF THE LAND TO DO FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT. UM IT BUT IT'S AGAIN. THIS IS GRANT RELATED. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE GRANT TERMS ARE COMPLETED AND IN THE FUTURE IF THE CITY WANTS TO REVISIT THAT PORTION THAT'S GONNA REMAIN EMPTY. YOU KNOW THE CITY CAN AT THAT POINT. THE MAYOR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ALLOW MR ZAKY IF YOU COULD TELL US ABOUT YOUR TARGET POPULATION, YOU KNOW THAT 1817 TO 25 AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY GET PAID WHEN THEY'RE TRAINING AND ABOUT HOW LONG A TRAINING OR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM TAKES SURE SO ARE SO WE HAVE THREE DISTINCT PROGRAMS. THAT PROJECT LIFTS THE FIRST ONE STARTS AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND GOES UNTIL 230 IN THE AFTERNOON. THAT EIGHT O'CLOCK GROUP ARE TYPICALLY TEENS THAT HAVE DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL SO THEY'RE TYPICALLY 17 YEARS OLD TO 25 YEARS OLD. I CALL HIM RISING 17 YEAR OLDS, THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF, LIKE, BEEN ON THAT BUBBLE AND REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO. UM BUT WE, UH, START THAT PROGRAM AT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. YOU GO THROUGH JOB READINESS EMPLOYABILITY. THEY DO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING IF THEY'RE IDENTIFIED AS BEING INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT. UH, THEY DO SUBSTANCE USE. UM UH, DISORDER TREATMENT. IF THAT'S IDENTIFIED AS WELL DURING THAT TIME, THEN THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PATHWAY ACADEMY OF INNOVATION, WHICH IS THAT PART THAT I WAS SHOWING YOU DOWN HERE , WHICH IS A CRUCIAL PIECE OF THIS PATHWAY. ACADEMY OF INNOVATION IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PROGRAM AGAIN. I HIGHLIGHT THAT PROGRAMS I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF OUR GRA GRADUATIONS, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THERE'S NOTHING MORE SPECIAL THAN SEEING A KID AT 1718 19 YEARS OLD. SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SITTING IN THAT CLASSROOM WITH A 14 YEAR OLD RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S VERY UNHEALTHY MENTAL HEALTH WISE FOR A 19 YEAR OLD BOY TO BE SITTING IN A CLASSROOM WITH A 14 YEAR OLD TEENAGE GIRL, RIGHT? IT'S UNHEALTHY ON BOTH A AREAS AND SEE THEM BECOME THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THEIR FAMILY . AT ONE OF THOSE GRADUATIONS IS INCREDIBLE IN IT'S LIFE CHANGING. PATHWAY ACADEMY, THEN, UH, SWITCHES OVER A ONE ONCE PATHWAY IS DONE ON THAT DAY, THEY GO TO A FAMILY STYLE LUNCH.WE ALL SIT DOWN AS A STAFF AND A TEAM AND WE EAT LUNCH TOGETHER THAT THAT GIVES US AN EXTRA MEETING TIME AND IT TEACHES THEM THAT THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS ON THE ON THE WORKFORCE. YOU EAT LUNCH AT NOON, AND THEN YOU'RE BACK AT WORK AT 1230 RIGHT. YOU THEN YOU GO RIGHT BACK IN YOUR ROUTINE AND THEN BACK INTO HANDS ON HIGH TOUCH VOCATIONAL TRAINING UNTIL 230 IN THE AFTERNOON. THEN IT SWITCHES OVER TO THE SECOND GROUP OF MEANS, UM , THAT COME TO OUR SECOND GROUP OF KIDS THAT COME TO OUR PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE TEAMS THAT ARE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY'RE TYPICALLY BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND 19 YEARS OLD, RIGHT. THAT'S WHERE THAT THAT HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM THEN COMES IN. THEY DO THE SAME EXACT THING THAT THE THAT THE CAREER RISING PROGRAM DOES IN THE MORNING. UH, WHETHER THEY'RE WORKING ON WELDING OR CARPENTRY. THEY UH, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, THEIR JOB READINESS EMPLOYABILITY AND THEN, UM THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TRAINING. IF THAT'S UM IDENTIFIED FOR THEM AS WELL. THEN THEY HAVE A FAMILY STYLE MEAL. SIT DOWN AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME THAT DAY FOR A FAMILY STYLE MEAL WHERE WE ALL GET TO SIT DOWN AND BREAK BREAD TOGETHER AND REALLY HAVE THAT MOMENT WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A TEAM. THIS IS VERY COMMON, AND A LOT OF OUR TEENS DON'T HAVE THAT FAMILY STYLE OP OPPORTUNITY, SO TO ME, IT'S A VERY, VERY CRUCIAL AND IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF IT. THEN WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED ABOUT, UH, ABOUT A YEAR TWO YEARS AGO, UH, WHICH IS A FULL APPRENTICE STYLE PROGRAM FOR ELECTRICAL APPRENTICES.
WE'RE ALSO JUST ABOUT TO EMBARK INTO A CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICE PROGRAM AND SMALL EQUIPMENT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THAT RUNS FROM 5:30 P.M. UNTIL 1030 AT NIGHT ON MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SO YOU TALK ABOUT UTILIZING WHAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THIS PROGRAM UTILIZES A BUILDING THAT, UM THAT WE'VE BEEN GOOD STEWARDS OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TO REALLY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY IN A VERY, VERY, VERY BIG I AM NOT THE TYPE OF LEADER THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW AN EMPTY BUILDING TO SIT RIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND WHERE IN THE WAY THAT WE CAN, UH, REALLY CHANGE THEIR LIVES IN A IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY, AND I KNOW
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YOU'VE BEEN PART OF IT FOR A LONG TIME. AND I CAN'T THINK THIS COMMISSION ENOUGH FOR THE SUPPORT ON THIS, PAL. UH AND SO IMPRESSIVE TO SEE HOW EFFICIENT THIS HAS BEEN IN SUCH AN EASY PROCESS TO GO THROUGH. I'M SUCH A BIG FAN OF THIS. THE THAT, UM I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO KNOCKING THE COVER OFF THE BALL FOR YOU GUYS. WELL, I WANTED TO SAY WOULD WHEN MIKE FIRST TOLD ME ABOUT THIS AND THAT YOUR NAME CAME UP IN PROJECT LIFT. I KNEW WE WERE IN GOOD HANDS. WE FEEL THE SAME. UM ME. I FEEL THIS EXACT SAME WAY ON THIS SIDE. SO YOU KNOW EVERYONE, UH, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT REPUTATION. YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SO MANY YEARS YEAR AFTER YEAR FUNDRAISING AND EVERYTHING. I MEAN, WHAT IS YOUR STORY? WHAT MADE YOU START THIS HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE? BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD THREE MINUTES AND I THAT'S NOT WHAT MAKES YOU GO? MAYBE I SHOULD SAY THAT. YOU KNOW, UM I. IT THE REALITY IS I DIDN'T GROW UP IN THE GREATEST, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? IT'S I KNOW SOME OF YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS AND MY FAMILY. UM MY PARTICULAR FAMILY DIDN'T HAVE THE GREATEST START, RIGHT? UM, I WE COME HOME AND THE LIGHTS WOULD BE OFF. THERE WAS NO FOOD IN THE FRIDGE, UH, WHERE I CAN GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK DAYS WHEN, UH, CORKY USED TO COME KNOCK ON THE DOOR RIGHT WHEN THINGS WERE WRONG, RIGHT TO SEE AND HELP AND CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF AN AMAZING, UM, TEACHER AND AMAZING FRIEND. HER NAME IS SAMIA FERRARO. WHO SOME OF YOU KNOW, AND I WAS IN. I WAS GOOD FRIENDS WITH RJ HER SON AND I'M SITTING IN HER KITCHEN ONE DAY. UM, AND SHE SAYS TO ME, THIS IS MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, SHE SAYS. SO WHERE ARE YOU GOING? WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO COLLEGE? RIGHT AND I'M LOOKING AT RJ OPENING ACCEPTANCE LETTERS TO SCHOOL, AND I'M LIKE, WELL, I HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT RIGHT? AND SHE GOES COME BACK HERE TOMORROW, AND I'LL HAVE THREE APPLICATIONS FOR YOU. RIGHT NOW. I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.SHE SAID. YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF MARTIN COUNTY. NOW, PLEASE KNOW I LOVE THIS PLACE. RIGHT AND I CLEARLY BOOMERANG BACK, RIGHT? BUT THE BOTTOM LINE WAS I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF HERE TO SEE AND EXPAND MY HORIZONS. FOR WHAT? WHAT I WAS WHAT I WAS WHO I COULD BE RIGHT. UH FOOTBALL COACHES WHO ARE AMAZING. WE HAD GREAT, UM, LEADERSHIP IN THOSE AREAS, BUT WE NEEDED TO GET WE SOME OF US NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE. UM SHE CAME BACK. SHE GOT SHE GAVE ME THREE APPLICATIONS.
I FILLED THEM ALL OUT. AND TO MY SURPRISE, I GOT ACCEPTED TO ALL 31 OF THEM WAS WIDENER UNIVERSITY IN PHILADELPHIA. UM WHERE I WON EVEN ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS. JASON JASON RAZOR WENT, UM, JUST AFTER HE WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME ON IT, AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, IT WAS THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS AND SEE THINGS I HAD NEVER IMAGINED. UM AND THEN I MET A YOUNG MAN. UM UH, WHILE I WAS DOING AN INTERNSHIP UP THERE AT A AT A WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, AND I WAS DOING AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE THAT ARE WILLING TO DEAL WITH AND MY JOB WAS TO DRIVE KIDS BACK AND FORTH FROM THE DETENTION CENTERS IN PHILADELPHIA TO WILMINGTON. SO I TOLD YOU IT MIGHT BE A LONG AND I'LL TRY TO WRAP IT UP. AND I KNOW MR MARTEL IS LIKE, CAN YOU JUST WRAP THIS STORY UP? SO SO I ? I KNOW, RIGHT? I KNEW YOU WOULD. YOU WOULD THINK THAT SO I'M DRIVING THESE IT BACK AND FORTH ON 20 WHATEVER YEARS OLD, VERY SELFISH IN MY OWN, RIGHT, RIGHT. AND, UM THIS KID DEREK, WHERE HE'S I'M DRIVING HIM FROM PHILLY BACK DOWN TO WILMINGTON. AND I USED TO LOVE TALKING TO THESE KIDS IN THE CAR BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST SO LIKE, DISENGAGED, RIGHT? THEY WERE THEY DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHOEVER THESE PEOPLE WERE. THEY WERE DRIVING THEM BACK AND FORTH. AND SO DEREK WAS PROBABLY IN MY EYES WAS 6 FT FOUR AND JUST AN INCREDIBLY, UM UH, JUST HE WAS JUST WELL PUT TO JUST A GOOD MAN, A YOUNG MAN. I COULDN'T IMAGINE WHAT HE HAD DONE WRONG. HE'S PROBABLY ABOUT 14 OR 15. AND SO I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. NOW IF YOU KNOW PHILADELPHIA ON THE I 95 QUARTER CORRIDOR IN THAT AREA, IT'S LITERALLY EIGHT LANES ON EACH EACH SIDE, RIGHT? DRIVING SOUTH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, DEREK JUMPS OVER THE BACK SEAT, GRABS THE STEERING WHEEL AND YANKS US INTO THE INTO THE WALL. RIGHT YANKS AND ALL I THOUGHT WE HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED BECAUSE HE'S IN THE FRONT SEAT AND HE YANKS ME INTO THE WALL. WE COME TO A SCREECHING STOP. HE OPENS THE CAR DOOR ON THE OTHER SIDE JUMPS OUT OF THE CAR AND RUNS. DOWN THE STREET THAT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY ACROSS ALL 16 LANES. HE JUMPS ACROSS THE HIGHWAY NOW WE DIDN'T HAVE CELL PHONES AT THE TIME. DID TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE AND ALL THAT STUFF TO GET THERE, AND I'M SITTING THERE IN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND MY SUPERVISOR SHOWS UP. THAT WAS MY SUPERVISOR FOR THE, UH, INTERNSHIP I WAS DOING AND HE SAYS TO ME WOULD YOU? WOULD YOU LET HIM RUN FOR
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THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? RIGHT NOW? LIKE HOW ABOUT WE ASK THIS QUESTION? WHY DID HE RUN? WHAT'S HE RUNNING FROM? THAT HE THINKS WHEREVER HE'S GOING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY WITH TRACTOR TRAILERS RUNNING AT HIM IS BETTER IS BETTER. THAN SITTING IN THIS CAR. AND THAT TO ME WAS THE CHANGE. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED. I NEEDED TO SEE THAT WE COULD WE AND I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHY I'M SITTING HERE TODAY IS I WENT BACK. I GOT A DEGREE IN, UH, PSYCHOLOGY, WHICH, BY THE WAY, ALL KIDS IF YOU'RE LISTENING, AND NOT TO, LIKE ALL KIDS, LIKE LIKE, IF YOU'RE LISTENING. DON'T THE DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY IS PRETTY MUCH YOU GOTTA GO FURTHER. RIGHT YOU GOTTA GO. YOU GOTTA GO GET MORE, SO I DID. I WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL. I GOT A LICENSE. UH, I, I LICENSED PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND I REALLY IN EARNEST, REALLY TRY TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT IS THAT I'M GOING TO AFFECT CHANGE INSIDE OF A KID'S LIFE, AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS SITTING IN MY CLINICAL OFFICE, AND I WAS FRUSTRATED WITH THE TREATMENT THAT I WAS DOING FOR THESE KIDS AND GETTING NOWHERE AND I SAID WE'RE GONNA GET YOU OUTSIDE OF THAT. WE'RE GONNA PUT TOOLS IN YOUR HAND AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE MAKE THE CHANGE AND THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, STRESS SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE REPLACED RIGHT IF YOU PUT THE RIGHT TOOL IN A KID'S HAND. BUT IF YOU DON'T REPLACE THAT, WITH SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT ORIGINAL NEFARIOUS BEHAVIOR IS GOING TO GET WORSE. IT'S GONNA GET WORSE. IT ALWAYS DOES. BUT IF YOU PUT HOPE AND PROMISE IN A IN IN DIGNITY IN A KID'S HAND FOR THE FUTURE, THEY WILL CHANGE FOREVER. THEY'LL CHANGE FOREVER. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY THESE OUTCOMES ARE SO WHEN SHE STARTS TELLING ME THE OUTCOMES. UM WHEN YOU PUT ON THAT SHE SORRY WHEN CANAL STARTED SHOWING ME THE OUTCOMES THAT WE NEEDED TO REACH, I'M THINKING TO MYSELF THAT WE GOT THIS. WE GOT THIS.NOT ONLY DO WE DO WE HAVE THIS, BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN MY CITY. THAT'S WHAT I WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING. YOU KNOW HOW PASSIONATE I AM. YOU KNOW THIS WILL. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS IS GOING TO BE PARAMOUNT, AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A PROGRAM OR AAA NONPROFIT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC ENTITY THAT SHOULD BE SHOVEL READY AND MOVED TO OTHER COUNTIES AND THEY SHOULD STUDY IT. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS GONNA HAPPEN. SORRY I HAVE. I'LL KEEP GOING. AND I KNOW THAT MR CAMPBELL WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING TO PROJECT LIFT IS MARTIN ST LUCIE COUNTY, OR IS IT NATIONAL OTHER PLACES AND TELL US ABOUT THE CLAMBAKE IF I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT THIS YEAR, OR MAYBE IT'S COMING SATURDAY.
YEAH, I KNOW. I MISSED IT THIS YEAR USUALLY, UH, USUALLY WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WELL REPRESENTED THERE. UM WE ARE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND, UH SAINT LUCIE COUNTY, SO FORT PIERCE IS WHERE WHERE I LIKE. LOCATION IS BELLE GLADE. AND NOW YOU KNOW, CLEARLY YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IN MARTIN COUNTY. BUT WHEN I SAID THAT WE WANTED TO EXPAND, I TOLD OUR BOARD. I SAID THIS IS WE.
WE'RE GONNA GO SOMEWHERE WITH THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA FIND THE HARDEST KIDS THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY FIND. TELL ME A HARDER PLACE THAN BELLE GLADE. TELL ME A HARDER PLACE THAN FORT PIERCE.
RIGHT WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHERE WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO I LOVE THAT OUR ROOTS ARE RIGHT HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY, BUT, UM, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT, UH WE WILL BE. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT BRINGING THIS TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL. AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO POINT RIGHT BACK AT THE CITY OF STUART AND WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THIS BANNER BUILDING AND THIS ABILITY FOR US TO HAVE THAT, UM UH, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT WHEN IT'S LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A GROUND BREAKING NOW, JUST THE, UH, PROGRAM. NO, NO BIGGER THAN THAT. YEAH YOU'RE YOU'RE THE MODEL OF WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THIS BUILDING FOR AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE. IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION. FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO IS VERY POETIC. IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO EFFECT CHANGE. AND IN ONE OF THE CITIES WHERE WHERE I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME IN EAST STEWART PLAYING FOOTBALL.
THAT WAS THAT WAS OUR THING. I CAN NAME OFF ALL THE COACHES IF YOU WANT, BUT I DON'T KNOW. UM UH IF I COULD THANK THEM ALL FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE. DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THIS? HOPE WE DID. I HOPE MOST MEN ARE SO I DID ATTEND YOUR MOST RECENT GRADUATION. AND UH, IT WAS FUN.
IT WAS ENJOYABLE EVENT AND TO THE POINT YOU MADE EARLIER. OBVIOUSLY, I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE PROUD. THE CHILDREN WERE IN THEIR EXCITEMENT AND THEIR HAPPINESS, BUT THE FAMILIES I WAS VERY MUCH IMPRESSED BY THE JOY AND PRIDE THESE FAMILIES HAD IN SEEING THEIR CHILDREN UP THERE AND IT WAS. THAT WAS TERRIFIC. UM I JUST HAVE. SO HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE YOU HIRE FOR
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THIS TO STAFF THIS UP? SO OUR OUR COMPANY RIGHT NOW, SO PROJECT LIFT, UM, AS IT STANDS HAS JUST OVER 60 EMPLOYEES. SO IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST PROGRAM. THIS SITE WILL HAVE RIGHT AROUND 20 TO 21 EMPLOYEES. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. YEAH, BUT YOU'LL TAKE THEM FROM YOUR CURRENT STAFF OR OR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF BE ADDING THEM INTO THE STAFF. SO DEPENDING ON YOU KNOW, KIND OF HOW WE SECTION THE BUILDINGS OFF AND WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING LIKE SOUTH. WE'RE TO YOUR POINT. WE'RE BUILDING A BUILDING IN HOPE SOUND AS WELL THAT THAT BUILDING WILL BE QUITE A BIT SMALLER BECAUSE IT'S SOUTH COUNTY. THIS WILL BE OUR FLAGSHIP. THAT'S THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS WILL BE OUR FLAGSHIP RIGHT HERE IN TOWN, AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY. SO DO YOU ONLY WORK WITH TEENS OR DO YOU I DO YOU WORK WITH CHILDREN IN THEIR TWENTIES, EARLY AND MID 20 S, SO WE CALL IT TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS. RIGHT 14 TO 25 YEARS OLD IS OUR SERVICE. OUR SERVICE AREA WE HAVE WORKED WITH, UM OLDER THAN 25. AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH IT. SO NOT ALL THESE CHILDREN ARE LIVING WITH THEIR FAMILIES. THAT YOU'RE YEAH . I MEAN, SOME OF THEM ARE. I DIDN'T SAY THE MAJORITY OF THEM EVEN UNDER 25 YEARS OLD ARE LIVING WITH THEIR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY WITH CONSIDERING THE CLIMATE FOR LIVING RIGHT NOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE OF THE TEAMS WE WORK WITH THE TEAMS, BUT THE OLDER ONES, SOME OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW I REMEMBER YOUR VALEDICTORIAN GOT HER DEGREE AND ALSO A BABY. SO WAS, UM SO YOU HAVE SOME YOUNG FAMILIES YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH. THEY ALL THIS STRUGGLE. THE STRUGGLE THAT THEY HAVE IS, IS THE REALITY RIGHT? THE REASON WHY PROJECT LIFTS IS SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE WE THINK WE CRACK THIS CODE THAT'S RELATED TO DEALING WITH INTER GENERATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION. IF YOU DON'T DEAL WITH THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH, RIGHT, I SAID EARLIER ABOUT LIGHTS BEING OFF AND NO FOOD IN THE FRIDGE, REALLY THE MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS. IT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO RIGHT OFF THE BAT. WELL, OK, SO LET'S PUT PROGRAMS TOGETHER. PUT KIDS INTO THOSE PROGRAMS AND TELL THEY HAVE TO PAY TO BE THERE. NUMBER ONE, RIGHT? AND OH, BY THE WAY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA EARN ANY MONEY WHILE YOU'RE THERE, EITHER. BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR KID AND YOU STILL HAVE TO DO THIS AND THERE'S NO THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITIES OVER HERE. WHAT PROJECT LIFT DOES IS WE PAY THE TEENS AND THE YOUNG ADULTS FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A REAL SUPERVISED SITUATION THAT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO EARN MONEY ON THEIR OWN. AND OH, BY THE WAY, WE STARTED OFF PAYING AT $15 AN HOUR BACK IN 2019, WHEN WE KNEW THE WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE I ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE MADE, UM MADE. IT MADE EVERYBODY VERY AWARE THAT $15 AN HOUR WAS WHAT WE EXPECT FROM THE INDUSTRY PARTNER BECAUSE STILL STILL, SOME OF THEM ARE STILL TRYING TO CATCH UP AT 11 $12, AND THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. YOU KNOW, WE SAY TO THEM IS OUR KIDS TRAINED AT 15. AT $15 AN HOUR, SO IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT PRICE, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NEXT PERSON. WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NEXT COMPANY AND GET THEM INTO A POSITION WHERE THAT WELL-TRAINED TEEN OR YOUNG ADULT IS READY IS READY TO GO. SO WHAT'S THAT? READY TO GO HOME NOW? YOU GUYS CAN I JUST ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION? I CAN TALK FOREVER. I I PREWARN YOU SO IS A IS A REASON YOU FEED THEM TO TEACH THEM WHAT EATING GOOD FOOD IS BECAUSE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A MEAL, RIGHT? THEY DON'T EAT. HUNGRY ANGRY, LONELY, TIRED AND SICK. THAT'S THE REASONS WHY THOSE THE THAT THAT WE'RE HAVING THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW. SPEAKING WITH THEMA, SHE SAYS THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS SHE ENCOUNTERS AS THESE CHILDREN.ARE NOT GETTING GOOD FOOD. WE'LL PUT. WE PUT BALANCED MEALS IN FRONT OF THEM, BUT I'M I'M NOT SITTING THERE GOING. DID YOU GET YOUR WEIGHT OF THIS ASPARAGUS RIGHT NOW? WE DON'T DO PIZZA IN IN SUBS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN . THIS IS A SIT DOWN. UH YOU KNOW, MEATLOAF AND MASHED POTATOES MEAL. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND THEN THE HEALTHY PART IS THE ENGAGEMENT RIGHT THIS ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S WHERE HEALTHY PARTS COME IN. BUT, UM WELL, ANY OTHER SECTION I CAN TALK ABOUT. I'LL TALK ABOUT ANY SENSE. IT'S JUST IT'S A GREAT YOU KNOW THESE PART.
THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE JUST GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY, SO IT'S A GREAT THIS IS THE IDEAL PARTNERSHIP THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR TO REALLY BRING THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. EXCELLENT WORK, AND I KNOW UM MR MORTEL PROBABLY WANTS TO TAKE SOME CREDIT, BUT WE'LL I DON'T GIVE IT OVER HERE. VERY THANKFUL FOR YOUR TEAM. WELL, WHAT I NEED TO ASK, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND AND WE'VE ALL SPOKEN. HE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ANYONE? WE DON'T HAVE ANY LITTLE SEVERAL ROAD CALLED OK, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD YES, FACE MAYOR RICH YES, MAYOR BRUNER. YES CLARK? YES
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