[ROLL CALL]
          [00:00:04]
          GOING TO START THE MEETING. WELCOME, EVERYONE. ROLL CALL. MAYOR BRUNER. HERE VICE MAYOR RICH, HERE. COMMISSIONER CLARK. HERE. COMMISSIONER COLLINS. HERE. COMMISSIONER MCDONNELL. 
          HERE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE INVOCATION BY OUR POLICE CHAPLAIN, MR. SKIBA. THANK YOU. 
          SIR. WILL YOU GO RIGHT INTO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AFTER. I CERTAINLY WILL, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOST IMPORTANTLY CITIZENS OF STUART. IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE DO. INVOKING THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD INTO THESE MEETINGS. LET'S GO BEFORE HIM, OUR GOD AND OUR FATHER. GREAT CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE. YOU RAISE UP LEADERS AMONGST US TO GUIDE US AND DIRECT US. WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE AND DIRECT THEM, TO GIVE THEM THE UNDERSTANDING, THE INTELLIGENCE, THE KNOWLEDGE, THE PERCEPTION, TO BE ABLE TO LEAD US IN A RIGHTEOUS DIRECTION. 
          LORD, WITH THE WORLD GOING THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW, RIGHTEOUSNESS HAS BECOME A THING OF THE PAST. BUT WE KNOW THAT THROUGH YOUR DIVINE INTERVENTION AND THROUGH THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, THE LEADERS THAT YOU RAISE UP, RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL COME BACK TO THIS GREAT NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD. AND WE CLAIM THAT LORD, WE CLAIM IT THROUGH THE GRACE AND THE MERCY THAT YOU GIVE US. FATHER, WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN RESTORE THIS NATION. YOUR WORD SAYS, IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN WILL YOU HEAR FROM HEAVEN, LORD, AND YOU'LL HEAL OUR LAND. WE ASK YOU FOR THAT HEALING RIGHT NOW, AND WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ALLOW US TO BE AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE AND INSTRUMENTS OF YOUR HEALING. BLESS THIS MEETING AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR PEOPLE. WE INVITE YOUR PRESENCE AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT AND YOUR PRECIOUS NAME. WE DO PRAY. AMEN PLEASE JOIN ME NOW IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE 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. OKAY 
          [COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF OUR COMMISSIONERS? WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? OKAY. MR. CLARK, MR. MARTIN WANTS ME TO GO FIRST. YES I'M JUST KIDDING. I DIDN'T SEE HIS. I DIDN'T SEE HIM LOOKING, SO I SAID, LET ME GET HIS ATTENTION. NO SO I WAS AWAY THIS WEEKEND DOING A FAMILY EVENT, AND I RAN INTO, DENNIS ARMSTRONG, WHO USED TO BE ONE OF OUR CITY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND HE SAYS TO TELL EVERYBODY, HELLO. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW HIM, BUT, HE LIVED RIGHT THERE BEHIND ME, ONE OF THE FIRST HOMES. WELL, PROBABLY BEFORE THE HOMES WERE TAKEN FOR THE AIRPORT AIRWAY, RUNWAY SPACE THERE. BUT DENNIS IS ALWAYS ACTIVE IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS A JOY JUST SEEING HIM AND CATCHING UP WITH HIM AGAIN. 
          AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAD A TOWN HALL ON JUNE THE 3RD, 18TH, AND OTHER THAN LOTS OF OTHER THINGS THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED, IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST TOWN HALLS. NOT BECAUSE IT WAS A TOWN HALL THAT I WAS TRYING TO WORK WITH. THE STAFF WAS JUST EXEMPT ME IN THEIR PREPARATION FOR THIS . EVERYBODY WAS WELCOME. MR. REDSTONE AND HIS STAFF AT THE 10TH STREET, THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT. IT WAS VERY GOOD. AND THEN THE CRA STAFF AND, THE, THE, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF, LIKE I SAID, BUT EVERYBODY WAS JUST AT, REALLY WELL PREPARED. AND I WAS VERY, APPRECIATIVE AND PROUD OF WHAT WE DID. THE MAIN REASON FOR THE TOWN HALL, THEY HAD SENT OUT CARDS AND FLIERS, AND I THINK IT WAS ON OUR BOARD HERE, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, INTRODUCING THE EAST STUART HISTORIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UPDATING THEM ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER PLACES AND THE CONSULTANT WAS THERE, AND THEY LOOKED AT THE WEBSITE SITE. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER PROGRAMS , ESPECIALLY FOR ADULTS. AND ALSO THE TRANSITION. WE HAD SOMEBODY FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A 
          [00:05:01]
YOUTH PROGRAM, AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT THAT WILL GO OVER TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AND THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF INTEREST FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THAT MR. MARTEL HAS BEEN FIELDING QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY, ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AT THE 10TH STREET REC CENTER. BUT, I THINK IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE GAVE TO PEOPLE AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE FOR WITH REGARD TO, ESPECIALLY THE HISTORY OF EAST STUART AND THE PROGRESS ON THE HISTORIC REGISTER APPLICATION. 
          SO IT WAS IT REALLY, A GREAT MILESTONE. I THINK, IN OUR CITY, WITH ALL THE INFORMATION AND THE WAY THAT IT WAS PRESENTED AND FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND WHAT THE FUTURE OF OUR 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER, WILL LOOK LIKE WITH, ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING AND OTHER THINGS. AND I JUST THINK THAT IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT TOWN HALL, AT LEAST FOR ME. LIKE I SAID, WE HAD SOME CITIZENS WHO WERE NOT HAPPY WITH CERTAIN THINGS, AND THEY HAD QUESTIONS AND WE THOUGHT THAT WE ALLAYED MOST OF THEIR QUESTIONS. AND THOSE WHO HAD QUESTIONS OF THE CITY OR OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THEY HAD A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND A CHANCE TO GO TO, SOME, OPEN HOUSES AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HAS HAD. AND I THINK MR. MARTEL HAS HELPED PROVIDE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS AND, I THINK THAT THAT WAS PARTICULARLY WELL RECEIVED. 
          MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBERS FOUR AND FIVE UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. MAYOR. YES OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO, AT THE LAST MPO MEETING, THE MPO APPROVED THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS THE CALLED THE TIP, WHICH IS THE NEXT FIVE YEAR FUNDING CYCLE. AND SO GOING THROUGH THIS, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY $40 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS SPENT ON TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN THE CITY, INCLUDING, IMPROVEMENTS TO US ONE AND JOAN JEFFERSON REPAVING, MULTIMODAL PATHWAYS, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT AT BAKER ROAD, US ONE REPAVING, INNER REDO OF THE INTERSECTION AT KANNER HIGHWAY. THOSE ARE JUST TO NAME A FEW, SO, ME AND COMMISSIONER COLLINS ARE THE MPO REPRESENTATIVES, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET THE, TO GET AS MUCH FUNDING AS WE CAN FOR TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE CITY. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, I HAVE NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU. OUR MANAGER HAVE ANY COMMENTS, AS A FOLLOW UP TO, COMMISSIONER 
          [COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER]
CLARK'S, TOWN HALL MEETING, THERE WAS, A LOT OF MISINFORMATION AND A LOT OF, I THINK, FEAR FOR LACK OF THE FUTURE, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME PARENTS THAT WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT, THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WAS TERMINATING AND THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WHEN IN FACT, IT'S BEEN A LONG STANDING POSITION OF THE CITY THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS PROVIDED. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THAT WHEN THEY STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION, IT WAS THE INTENTION TO MERGE IT BACK TOGETHER FOLLOWING THE, OPEN HOUSE THAT COMMISSIONER CLARK POINTED WITH REFERENCED, MR. FLETCHER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, HAD OPEN HOUSES LAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ANY OF THE PARENTS OR ANYBODY THAT WANTED A TOUR OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND ONE OF THE, PARENTS THAT WAS THE PROBABLY THE MOST OUTSPOKEN OR CONCERNED, ACTUALLY WITHDREW HER, HER KIDS FROM THE PROGRAM THE DAY AFTER, DOING THE TOUR OF BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT SHE ENROLLED THEM IN THE PALM CITY AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THE NEXT DAY, RATHER THAN EVEN WAITING UNTIL OCTOBER, BECAUSE THE FACILITIES HAD SO MUCH AND SO NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT AND LETTING PEOPLE SEE WHAT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB LOOKS LIKE INSIDE, IT'S, REALLY BEEN PRETTY, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMPLAINTS AT ALL LAST WEEK. AND THIS WEEK, AS THEY'VE PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN IT AND THE COMPLAINTS WEREN'T REAL COMPLAINTS. THERE WERE MORE LIKE, WHO'S GOING TO PAY AND WHO'S GOING TO? HOW DO I KNOW MY CHILD IS GOING TO BE ACCEPTED AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF IT, YOU KNOW, MY CHILD DOESN'T GET IN AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO, PROVIDING THE INFORMATION THAT MADE IT SO THAT 
          [00:10:02]
THEY KNOW THAT ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE ACCEPTED AND THAT THEY ALL ARE GOING TO GO IN AND IT'S GOING TO BE THERE. AND THE FACILITY ITSELF, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO, TO SEE IT, IT'S WORTH THE TOUR. THEY'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM, THE VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING THEY HAVE IS BEYOND DESCRIPTION AND THEY HAVE TWO COMMERCIAL KITCHENS THAT ARE AS NICE AS ANY RESTAURANT IN MARTIN COUNTY, PLUS THE NEW GYMNASIUM THAT'S, BUILT AND FINISHED IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ALSO, THIS IS THE LAST MEETING BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY, SO EVERYBODY IS INVITED TO COME DOWN TO, FLAGLER PARK. MR. TRASK, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, WE'LL BE PUTTING ON A FIRE AND ICE 4TH OF JULY, WHICH IS EXACTLY AS IT DESCRIBES. THERE'S GOING TO BE FIRE IN THE SKY AND SNOW AND ICE ON THE GROUND, IT SHOULD BE FUN FOR THE KIDS. I THINK IT WAS 20 TONS OF ICE. IS THAT THE RIGHT? 16 TONS OF SNOW WILL BE IN FLAGLER PARK, JIM. STRIVING TO HAVE IT ON THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE HOTTEST YEAR, HOPEFULLY IT'LL WORK OUT. IF NOT, IT'S GOING TO BE FIRE AND WATER. BUT ANYWAY, IT SHOULD BE VERY EXCITING. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HUGE TURNOUT FOR THE 4TH OF JULY EVERY YEAR. IT ENDS UP BEING A, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TO THE RIVERFRONT, WHICH IS GREAT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT THIS AGAIN 
          [APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
THIS YEAR. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. CAN I GET APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? MOVE TO APPROVE PULLING ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE. SECOND, THIS IS THE, APPROVAL FOR THE AGENDA OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE'RE GOING TO PULL IT NOW RIGHT? THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA WITH. I GOT IT MIXED UP. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE. OKAY, NOW THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. ELLEN 
          [COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Non-Agenda Related) (3 Minutes Max.)]
MURPHY, MISS MURPHY. REMEMBER ME? THIS BRIGHT LINE AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY UPDATES ON EITHER THE NEW BRIDGE, THE STATION, ANY ANYTHING BRIGHT LINE, NEW WE CAN. I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU. WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REMEMBER TO DO THAT WITH CARTWRIGHT. WELCOME THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. THIS IS A GENTLE REMINDER TO EVERYONE HERE AND AT HOME TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION IS CURRENT AND UPDATED, AND THAT MEANS MAKING SURE THAT YOUR ADDRESS IS CORRECT AND THAT YOUR SIGNATURE ON FILE IS CORRECT. SO IF YOU VOTE BY MAIL, YOUR SIGNATURE DOESN'T NEED TO BE CURED LATER. I KNOW MY PENMANSHIP HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE INTERESTING AS I'VE GOTTEN OLDER. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADVISE EVERYONE THAT IF YOU ARE A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT, NPA, INDEPENDENT, LIBERTARIAN, BASICALLY ANYBODY WHO'S NOT A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, YOU ARE BEING EXCLUDED FROM VOTING IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. DISTRICT ONE RACE DUE TO A LEGAL, ALBEIT SHADY, LOOPHOLE ALLOWING A DECLARED WRITE IN CANDIDATE IN ADVANCE OF THE PRIMARY. AND BECAUSE OF THIS, THAT PRIMARY IS CLOSED. THIS IS BY DESIGN, SO THAT A NUMBER OF US VOTERS WHO COULD CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE RACE OR DISENFRANCHIZE BY EXCLUDING US FROM THE PROCESS. SO THE ONLY RACE THAT WILL CARRY FORWARD FROM THE COUNTY WILL BE THE PRIMARY DISTRICT, ONE SEAT, WITH THE WINNER OF THE PRIMARY GOING AGAINST THE SEEMINGLY UBIQUITOUS DISTRICT ONE WRITE IN CANDIDATE. 
          AND THEN ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION, CAN VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THAT DISTRICT ONE SEAT. THE LAST THREE ELECTIONS HAVE HAD THIS EXACT SITUATION WHERE THE SITTING COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM DISTRICT ONE, BARACK LEE, HAS A WRITE IN CANDIDATE, JOIN THE RACE. AND INTERESTING THAT NONE OF THE OTHER FOUR COMMISSION SEATS EVER SEEM TO HAVE A WRITE IN CANDIDATE OR SCENARIO. SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT MARTIN VOTES GOV GO TO VOTER INFORMATION AND THEN UPDATE YOUR REGISTRATION. OR YOU CAN PHYSICALLY VISIT THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE AND YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR PARTY AFFILIATION. AND YOU HAVE UNTIL JULY 22ND TO DO SO. I DID THIS LAST WEEK ONLINE AND CHANGED MY PARTY AFFILIATION TO REPUBLICAN. SO I WILL NOT BE EXCLUDED FROM THE PROCESS AND I CAN HAVE A SAY IN THE IMPORTANT DISTRICT ONE RACE AFTER THE AUGUST 20TH PRIMARY. I, AS ANYBODY ELSE WHO DOES THIS, CAN CHANGE THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL PARTY. NO KNOW WHO'S RUNNING? KNOW WHO SUPPORTS THE CANDIDATES, ESPECIALLY FINANCIALLY. WE VOTE TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN CHANGE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS WHO SITS ON THE DAIS. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY SO DO I GET APPROVAL FOR THE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR MINUS ITEMS 
          [CONSENT CALENDAR]
          [00:15:03]
FOUR AND FIVE, SECOND, SECOND, I HAVE APPROVAL AND I HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY ROLL CALL. BUT LET ME ASK IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SEEING NONE. OKAY. ROLL CALL. 
          OKAY. VICE MAYOR RICH. YES MAYOR. BURNER. YES COMMISSIONER MCDONNELL. YES COMMISSIONER. 
          CLARK. YES. COMMISSIONER. COLLINS YES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. CLARK YES. SO, 
          [4. AWARD OF WO#1 TO RFQL#2023-400, ROOFING CONTRACT (RC):    RESOLUTION No. 58-2024; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE  CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF WORK ORDER NO. 1  TO RFQL# 2023-400, ROOF REPLACEMENT TO REPLACE ROOF OF EXISTING  METAL BUILDING LOCATED AT THE PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX TO THE LOWEST,  MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, NOT TO EXCEED $126,160.00  TO ADVANCED ROOFING, INC. OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA; PROVIDING AN  EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE ARE RELATED WITH REGARD TO THIS ROOFING FOR THE, METAL BUILDING AT THE PUBLIC WORKS GARAGE. AND MY ONLY QUESTION WAS, IF WE'RE PLANNING TO MOVE THE B THAT IT ROOFS LASS OR WHATEVER, AND WE KNOW WHEN THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT AND WHETHER THE ROOF IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SAFE THERE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED TO US AND TO THE PUBLIC WHY WE ARE DOING THIS AT THIS POINT, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE MAY SAY THAT, IF THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE, WHY ARE THEY PUTTING MONEY INTO IT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE AGENDA ITEM CALLED AND LET THE ATTORNEY, READ THE, RESOLUTION. YES. THANK YOU. LEE. ALL RIGHT. RESOLUTION NUMBER 58-2 THOUSAND 24, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF WORK ORDER NUMBER ONE TO RFQ, XL, NUMBER 2023. DASH 400, ROOF REPLACEMENT TO REPLACE ROOF OF EXISTING METAL BUILDING LOCATED AT THE PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX TO THE LOWEST, MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER NOT TO EXCEED $126,160 TO ADVANCE ROOFING, INC. OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, SO JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, THIS RESOLUTION IS AWARD OF WORK ORDER NUMBER ONE TO RFQ, L 2020 3-4 HUNDRED, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS RESOLUTION 58 2024. WELL, THE RFQ L IS WHERE THE OUR, THE CITY GOES OUT TO CONTRACT AND GETS, PRE-APPROVAL FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, WHETHER IT'S ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND IN THIS CASE ROOFERS THAT WERE PRE-APPROVED TO BE QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE ROOFING SERVICES FOR THE CITY, IN THIS INSTANCE, THEY WERE PRE-APPROVED. AND THEN NOW THIS IS THE WORK ORDER NUMBER ONE. AND WE DO IT SO THAT IN THE EVENT WE RUN INTO A PROBLEM, IF A TREE FALLS ON A ROOF, OR IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCE, YOU HAVE TO DO A WORK ORDER AND YOU GO OUT, YOU NEED TO GET A BID. IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THE REASON THAT WE HAD TO GO OUT AND GET A ROOF IS BECAUSE THE BIG BUILDING, AS THEY CALL IT, AT THE CITY GARAGE SITE, THE ROOF IS, HAS DRAMATICALLY LEAKING AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, AS COMMISSIONER CLARK SAID, ARE WE MOVING THE BUILDING? WE ARE NOT PHYSICALLY MOVING THE GARAGE ITSELF. WE ARE MOVING THE PEOPLE TO A NEW LOCATION, A NEW LOCATION WHERE A NEW BUILDING WOULD BE BUILT. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE EVEN GOT INTO THE DISCUSSION OF MOVING THE GARAGE WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE FACILITY ON THE SITE, AND THE FACT THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE TORN DOWN. AND IF WE WERE GOING TO TEAR THEM DOWN AND START RECONSTRUCTING THEM, WAS IT MORE EFFICIENT TO DO IT ON SITE OR ON ANOTHER LOCATION? WE WERE DELAYED BY ABOUT A YEAR IN, FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS COVID DELAYS. BUT THEN WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING WHETHER OR NOT TO RELOCATE THEM AND WHAT THE BIDS CAME IN, WE REVISITED IT THE FOLLOWING FALL AND DECIDED TO RELOCATE THEM TO THE, WATER TREATMENT PLANT. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE GET HEAVY RAINS, AS THE EMPLOYEES ARE ACTUALLY SUBJECTED TO A DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF WATER LEAKING IN THE ROOF COULD CAUSE THEM TO BE ELECTROCUTED. CAUSES WATER ON THE FLOOR CAN CAUSE, EQUIPMENT TO BE DAMAGED. AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE BUILDING IS DETERIORATING. THE MORE YOU, THE LONGER YOU CAUSE THE DELAYS, THE WORSE IT GETS. AND IT COULD BE SUBJECT TO BE TORN TO SHREDS IN A HURRICANE, KIND OF LIKE THE WAY THE ROOF WAS RIPPED OFF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING IN 2004. 
          SO WHEN THE HURRICANES CAME THROUGH. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. LEGGETT AND ORIGINALLY WE WERE HOPING TO GET IT PATCHED FOR ABOUT HALF THE COST OF WHAT THIS ROOF IS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, EVERYBODY THAT'S LOOKED AT IT AND EVERYBODY THAT'S, EXAMINED 
          [00:20:05]
IT HAS SAID THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS TO REPLACE THE ROOF. NOW, THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS THE NEW ROOF WAS PROBABLY GOING TO LAST 15 OR 20 YEARS, BUT IT ONLY NEEDS TO LAST 3 TO 5, BECAUSE IF WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION TODAY OF THE NEW BUILDING AT THE, WATER TREATMENT PLANT, IT'D BE ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF TO THREE YEARS FROM NOW THAT WE WOULD BE TAKING OCCUPANCY. WE'RE NOT STARTING TODAY. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO IT WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS AND START CONSTRUCTION AND MOVE FORWARD. BUT ONCE IT'S FINISHED, WE'LL BE RELOCATING EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONLY REMEDY WE HAVE IS TO EITHER ABANDON THE FACILITY ALTOGETHER, WHICH WE THEN WOULDN'T HAVE A PLACE FOR THE GUYS TO WORK OR FOR THE EQUIPMENT, OR TO PUT A NEW ROOF IN IT. AND SO WE'RE LEFT WITH NO ALTERNATIVE, WE HAVE PURSUED THE NEW ROOF, WHICH IS WHY, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND BOTH FOUR AND FIVE WERE, PULLED THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING A NEW ROOF ON. THIS BUILDING WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FORESEE HAVING TO PUT A NEW ROOF ON THE BUILDING WHEN WE DID THE BUDGET LAST SUMMER. AND AS A RESULT, WE NEED TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO FIND THE MONEY AND PUT IT ON THE BUILDING. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, AND I'M SURE MR. LEGGETT IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM AS WELL. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MCDONNELL. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BEFORE THE VOTE. I HAVE, MR. REID WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. IT WAS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S NOT PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. WELCOME SEAN REID. SO THIS IS MORE WITH YOU AS WELL, SO I DID. I LOOKED OVER THE BID, AND TYPICALLY FOR A ROOF LIKE THIS, IT'S 52 SQUARES. IT'S ABOUT 78,000 TOTAL TO DO IT. AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE BID, IT TALKED ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL PURLINS TO MEET THE UPLIFT REQUIREMENTS. 
          BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT MENTIONED IN THE BID OR THE SCOPE OF WORK ON HOW MUCH THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE. SO THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY OF LIKE 40, $46,000 OR SO. AND I KNOW THEY DID SEND THE LAST BUILDING OUT FOR BIDDING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT A PRICE BACK ON THE NEW BUILDING TO SEE IF IT WAS WORTH SPENDING 126,000 ON A ROOF OR NOT. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? A VOTE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MIKE DID YOU HAVE ANY, FURTHER, I DIDN'T INSIGHT ON THAT. I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 52 SQUARES OR 72 SQUARES. I MEAN, I HAVE NO IDEA, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE ARE IN PROCUREMENT THAT WE HAVE A DESIGN AND WE PUT IT OUT TO PUBLIC BID, AND THAT THE LAW PROHIBITS US FROM GOING BACK AFTER THE FACT AND NEGOTIATING UNDER THE RATES, AND THAT BY LAW, WE HAVE TO TAKE THE LOWEST BID RESPONSIVE. AND AS A RESULT, THAT'S WHAT WE DID. AND IF WE WERE TO GO BACK AND TRY TO NEGOTIATE WITH SOMEBODY AFTER THE OPENING OF THE SEALED BIDS, WE WOULD BE VIOLATING FLORIDA STATUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YES. SO, MR. MAYOR, JUST ADDRESS MR. LEGGETT FOR A MINUTE . SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS IN FRONT OF US. SO WOULD AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD. YOUR RECOMMEND THAT WE GO AHEAD WITH THIS PROPOSED, AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD LEAD US TO HAVE THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT AND HOW IS HOW MUCH IS IN THE BUDGET NOW, MR. MARTEL, THE ROOF ZERO ZERO. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE 126. THAT'S RIGHT. SO I WAS WONDERING, THERE WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. I THOUGHT THERE WAS NOT $1 FOR A NEW. SO IF WE DO THAT SO YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH IT'S YOUR FULL RECOMMENDATION, MR. LEGGETT? YES. MR. LEGGETT, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, YES. THIS BUILDING, UNLESS MR. MARTEL SAID, IS BEYOND, THIS EQUIPMENT. EVERYTHING IS GETTING WET RIGHT NOW. WE'RE TRYING TO GET REPAIRS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. YES, I AGREE, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER COLLINS? YES, COMMISSIONER. CLARK. YES, VICE MAYOR RICH. YES COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. YES, MAYOR. BRUNER YES, COMMISSIONER. CLARK, YOU 
          [5. BUDGET AMENDMENT #12; ROOF REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING METAL BUILDING  (RC):    RESOLUTION No. 59-2024; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE  CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING BUDGET AMENDMENT NO. 12 TO THE  2023-2024 BUDGET; APPROPRIATING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF  FUNDS FOR ROOF REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING METAL BUILDING LOCATED AT  THE PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
WANT TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT OR. THIS IS. I PULLED THEIR TOGETHER, SO I'LL MAKE A 
          [00:25:03]
MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 59 2024. IF MR. BHAGAT WOULD READ IT. YES I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. RESOLUTION NUMBER FIVE NINE DASH 2024, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER 12 TO THE 2023 2024 BUDGET APPROPRIATE AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR ROOF REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING METAL BUILDING LOCATED AT THE PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? WOULD YOU HAVE A VOTE ROLL CALL, COMMISSIONER COLLINS? YES COMMISSIONER MCDONNELL. YES, COMMISSIONER. CLARK. YES. AND I JUST WANTED FOR THE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD IS GOOD. MR. BHAGAT WE DIDN'T ASK FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IS THAT OKAY, WELL, AGAIN, WHY DON'T WE ASK THAT NOW, I'LL BACK UP. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON AMENDMENT FIVE? BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER 12 FIVE, ITEM FIVE. NO. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT. YES OH, I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST LISTENING AND I HEARD FOR OTHER PURPOSES, BUT AND I DIDN'T GET THE CONTEXT OF THAT. IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHER PURPOSES ARE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU. I WILL GET WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU AND EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. AND FILL OUT A GREEN CUP, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S JUST A BOILERPLATE. 
          RIGHT. ROLL CALL PLEASE. SHOULD I START OVER OR FINISH WHAT WE HAVE A ROLL CALL. OKAY. VICE MAYOR RICH. YES. MAYOR BRUNER? YES THAT COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING 
          [6. AMENDMENT 3 TO THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION - LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL  MARIJUANA]
TO DO A DISCUSSION DELIBERATION WITH SIX AMENDMENT THREE TO THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION LEGALIZING RECREATION. MARIJUANA. MADAM MAYOR, I PUT PLACE THIS ON THE AGENDA, THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING FLORIDA AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. AND, IT'S CALLED THE MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION INITIATIVE, IT NEEDS A 60% SUPERMAJORITY VOTE TO PASS, I'M NOT TRYING TO PREDICT THAT IT WILL PASS, BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF IT DOES PASS, THIS THIS INITIATIVE WILL LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA FOR ADULTS 21 YEARS AND OLDER, AND THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO POSSESS UP TO THREE OUNCES OF MARIJUANA, WITH UP TO FIVE GRAMS IN THE FORM OF CONCENTRATE EXISTING MEDICAL TREATMENT CENTERS WOULD BE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE INITIATIVE TO SELL MARIJUANA TO ADULTS FOR PERSONAL USE AND, IT IT DOES SAY THAT THE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATURE COULD PROVIDE STATE LAW FOR THE LICENSE LICENSURE OF ENTITIES. OTHER THAN THE EXISTING MEDICAL MARIJUANA TREATMENT CENTERS TO CULTIVATE AND SELL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS. I THOUGHT IT PROBABLY WOULD BE BEST TO START DISCUSSING THIS NOW VERSUS LATER, AS AS A RESULT OF THIS, I KIND OF DID MY OWN, RESEARCH, AND I LOOKED AT SOME OTHER STATES THAT HAVE ALREADY LEGALIZED, RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. SO I KIND OF LOOKED AT OREGON AND COLORADO, AND I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE CITIES, SOME OF THE CITIES AND COUNTIES, THEIR ORDINANCES THAT AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES THAT DEAL WITH IT. AND I SAW A LOT OF ZONING, ORDINANCES, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD REGULATE THE SIZE OF PARCELS, WHICH YOU COULD SELL OR, CULTIVATE MARIJUANA. I SAW, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T THINK OF THESE THINGS, BUT I GUESS THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MARIJUANA GROWING, BUT CAN IT BE A CONSUMPTION? I SAW I SAW LIKE, EVEN JUST EVEN REGULATIONS ON ODORS, SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT, BUT ODORS, LIGHTING, BECAUSE THEY, THEY REQUIRE SO MUCH LIGHTING, NOISE. 
          I WOULDN'T GUESS THAT, BUT I SAW EVEN NOISE ORDINANCES ON IT, I ALSO SAW SOME REGULATIONS ON, YOU KNOW, DISTANCES FROM SCHOOLS, FROM PARKS AND OTHER RETAILS THAT DO THE OTHER RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS, WE HAVE SIMILAR LAWS LIKE THAT ON ALCOHOL. EVEN IN DOWNTOWN. WE, WE LIMIT, YOU KNOW, IN DOWNTOWN, HOW MANY STORES, HOW MANY STORES OR RESTAURANTS CAN SERVE LIQUOR. SO I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE WE OUGHT TO START THINKING ABOUT THIS SO THAT IF SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO THAT WE COULD BRING SOMETHING BACK MORE FORMAL TO BE VOTED ON. BUT WE WOULD LOOK FOR SOME DISCUSSION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO RESEARCH IT YOURSELF. AND I DON'T KNOW IF MIKE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD. JUST SAY THE OTHER. IT'S THE IT'S AN ALL 
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ENCOMPASSING LAW. AND SO THE BIGGER PROBLEM IS THE FINANCIAL, IMPACT THAT WE STUDY, THAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW BASED UPON THE STATE STATUTES. IF WE REGULATE THIS ISSUE PRIOR TO NOVEMBER, THERE IS NOBODY THAT HAS THE RIGHT TO SELL RETAIL MARIJUANA NOW. BUT IF WE ENTER ZONING AFTER NOVEMBER, WE WILL HAVE TO DO A FINANCIAL IMPACT EVALUATION AND STUDY AS IT RELATES TO WHO MAY OR MAY NOT IMPACT, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COMMISSION'S, DIRECTIONS WOULD BE. SO IT'D BE BETTER FOR THE CITY IF WE'RE GOING TO REGULATE IT, TO REGULATE IT IN ADVANCE. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IS THAT, LIKE IN THE STATES LIKE OREGON AND OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY LEGALIZED IT AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A YEAR ROUND GROWING SEASON AND EVEN WHERE THEY DID, THEY FOUND THAT MOST PEOPLE DO THIS HYDROPONIC LEE AND A LOT OF THE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE SPACE WAS CONSUMED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. THAT THEN JUST CAUSED TWO PEOPLE, ONE TO TURN ON AND OFF THE LIGHTS AND ONE TO TURN ON AND OFF THE SPRINKLER, BASICALLY. AND AS A RESULT, YOU LOSE A LOT OF THAT VALUABLE SPACE FOR ENTERPRISE AND OTHER TYPES OF EMPLOYERS. SO THE REGULATION, CAN COME INTO PLAY ON THAT END OF IT AS WELL. AND IN ADDITION TO MR. BHAGAT'S COMMENTS, THERE'S ALSO, IN STATES THAT HAD NO REGULATIONS, THEY FOUND THAT THE ECONOMY FOR IT HAS FLUCTUATED WILDLY BECAUSE SOME STATES HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE OPEN UP RETAIL STORES THAT THEN THEY START FAILING BECAUSE THEY THERE'S SO MANY, SO MUCH COMPETITION. AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, IN A SMALL DOWNTOWN AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAD THREE STORES OPEN UP AS A DISPENSARY AND THEN THEY ALL THREE DROVE EACH OTHER OUT OF BUSINESS AND WE HAD THE VACANT SPACE, IT REALLY IMPACTS US MORE IN THOSE, IN THOSE MINOR SPACES. 
          SO AGAIN, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO GIVE US DIRECTION, IF YOU ARE INCLINED, MAN. YEAH. SO I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS UP A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND, ONE OF THE THINGS IS I DO THINK WE SHOULD ENTER IN THE INTO THE ORDINANCES AND LEGISLATE THIS IN ADVANCE, BECAUSE FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. 
          ONE IS FOR THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT MAY CREATE A GRANDFATHERING, BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS. IF IT PASSES. I WOULD SAY AT THE LAST YEAR AT THE STATE CAPITOL ON THE THIRD FLOOR, OR, BECAUSE OF THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LOBBY WAS THERE AND THE WHOLE CAPITAL SPELLED LIKE MARIJUANA BECAUSE THEY HAD PLANTS EVERYWHERE ON THE THIRD FLOOR. AND, AND IT WAS LIKE, WHAT'S THAT SMELL? AND FINALLY SOMEONE TOLD ME IT WAS, IT WAS IT WAS, CANNABIS. SO, SO THERE'S THAT, THE OTHER THING IS, I DON'T THINK THAT, IN THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN COLORADO AVENUE AREA, THE CREEK, POTSDAM IS WHERE THESE, THESE, DISPENSARIES BELONG. I THINK THAT, WE SHOULD WE SHOULD LOOK AT OUR ZONING OVERLAYS AND WHERE WE SHOULD BE, LOOK AT THEM AND REALLY, QUITE HONESTLY, FORCE THEM OUT ONTO LIKE US ONE AND THOSE, THOSE AREAS, RATHER THAN GETTING THEM INTO THE DOWNTOWN BECAUSE, NOT THAT I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE CRIME OR ANYTHING, BUT I THINK THERE'S LIKE MIKE SAID, THERE'S A POTENTIAL OF SEEING MULTIPLE COMPETITION. AND WE HAVE A WE CURRENTLY WE HAVE RULES THAT RESTRICT THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL CAN BE IN DOWNTOWN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ALCOHOL BARS TO TAKE OVER THE DOWNTOWN. THE SAME. I WOULD BE AFRAID THAT, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD SEE MULTIPLE CANNABIS DISPENSARIES OPENING UP IN DOWNTOWN. SO MY WISH IS THAT WE THAT WE, ONE IS THAT WE LEGISLATE THIS WITH ORDINANCES THAT IN ADVANCE THAT WE RESTRICT IT FROM THE, DOWNTOWN AREA, AND I WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN COLORADO, POTSDAM, PROBABLY EAST STUART. THE CREEK DISTRICT, AND WHETHER IT'S THE EXACT ALL ENCOMPASSING OR IT'S ADJUSTED, BUT, BUT KEEPING IT FROM THE CORE CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY KIND OF PUSHED US OUT ONTO US. 
          ONE AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO TAX IT OURSELVES, THAT'D BE GOOD. THAT'LL BE IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PREEMPTION. BUT YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. BUT BECAUSE, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO AND IF WE CAN, AND I THINK THAT THE WAY WE'VE DONE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THIS BEFORE, BUT MAYBE IF WE DO BEFORE PREEMPTION, JUST LIKE THE , PAIN MILLS PAIN, THE PAIN PILL 
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MILLS, PAIN CENTERS OR WHATEVER, CLINICS. UMMELS. YEAH, WHATEVER WE CALL THEM NOWADAYS. WHERE WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THEM TO GET APPROVED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE CONTROLLING THE SIZE AND WE CAN PROBABLY LIMIT THE, THE SIZE AND THAT THROUGH ZONING UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE PREEMPTS US. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET AHEAD OF THIS SO THAT WE'RE NOT, FALLING BEHIND LATER AND UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING. SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS, OTHER COMMENTS. YES WE'LL DIRECT STAFF TO WORK ON THIS AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO US. YES. DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT? SO, TO ECHO YOUR POINTS EXACTLY. AND, FOR ME, SO I HAVE FAMILY THAT MOVED OUT TO COLORADO BECAUSE OF CANNABIS. AND ONE OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WHERE, OR THAT MR. MARTEL SAID, WHERE YOUR INDUSTRIAL SPACE VERY QUICKLY CAN BE CONSUMED BY, THIS BY GROWING CANNABIS, SO LIMITING THE SIZE OF THE FACILITIES THAT CAN BOTH DISPENSE AND, YOU KNOW, GROW PUSHING IT OUT TO US ONE EVEN AND THIS MAY BE A BIT OF AN OVERREACH. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT, BUT THE SIGNAGE TO WHERE YOUR CITY IS NOT FULL OF LIKE POT LEAF SIGNS. AND THAT'S WHY THE CONDITIONAL USE, I THINK I JUST THINK TO ME, I THINK IT'S TRASHY AND WHEN IT GETS AT THAT POINT, BUT YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WE CAN DO ON THE FRONT END, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP AND YOU GUYS DOING THE RESEARCH TO GET IN FRONT OF IT. SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          WE'LL HAVE STAFF BRING I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR NO OKAY. YEAH I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. YOU CAN FILL OUT, MISS ROACH, FILL OUT A. YES. YOU SAID 1701 SOUTHWEST PALM CITY ROAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I JUST, I AGREE WITH THIS, BUT I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HYPOCRITICAL, BUT WHY WEREN'T WE MORE LIKE WITH THE HOTEL? WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE, HILTON HOTEL BASICALLY DOWNTOWN. BUT YOU'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT HAVING SOME WEED STORES, SO I DON'T KNOW. I JUST THINK WE SHOULD. I THINK WE WOULD BE MORE EVEN, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT HAVE A HOTEL, A HILTON HOTEL DOWNTOWN. SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO PICK AND CHOOSE, RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY, WE'LL HAVE STAFF BRING THIS BACK TO US. OKAY. MISS HELEN, I APOLOGIZE. I'M GETTING THERE. WELCOME THANK YOU, I WAS OUT IN COLORADO VISITING ROBIN WHEN? AND LET ME TELL YOU, WE DON'T WANT THAT IN OUR LITTLE DOWNTOWN TOWN, BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE SMELL. I MEAN, YOU COULD WALK DOWN ANY STREET. THE RESTAURANT, I MEAN. YEAH, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN NIP THIS IN THE BUD WITH. AND I MEAN, FREEDOM OF SPEECH. DON'T YOU GET THAT FOR SURE. BUT I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT WANT IT. BUT IF THE LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO HAVE IT, LET'S HAVE OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS. THANK YOU. I HAVE TO ADMIT, I KIND OF THOUGHT THAT POTSDAM MIGHT BE. BUT BUT I'VE SINCE BACKED OFF OF THAT. THAT'S FINE. I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD. I JUST LEADING THIS. THANK YOU. YES. SO, MR. MCDONNELL, COMMISSIONER MCDONNELL, YOU DON'T WANT IT ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. BASICALLY EXCEPT ON US ONE. I MEAN, I'M SURPRISED YOU'RE SAYING EASTWARD. I MEAN, MLK IS QUITE A, I THINK, COMMERCIAL AVENUE. WELL, YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE A SCHOOL THERE AND THE SCHOOLS AND I THINK THAT US ONE MONTEREY ROAD, KANNER HIGHWAY IS MORE APPROPRIATE THAN IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN THE CORE DOWNTOWN, THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY THOUGHT. HOW ABOUT WHERE PETERS HARDWARE IS? THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THERE. YEAH, IT'S ON US. ONE. YEAH SO AND THERE'S ALREADY MULTIPLE MEDICAL DISPENSARIES ON US ONE NOW AND ON EAST AND FAR AS THAT GOES ON EAST OCEAN AS YOU PUSH OUT TOWARDS, MONTEREY ROAD. RIGHT. SO ARE THERE CURRENT AND CURRENTLY ANY DISPENSARIES LOCATED WHERE YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE? A NOT THAT I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT THEY PROBABLY THEY WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS, THE OLD BANK BUILDINGS HAVE BECOME CANNABIS DISPENSARIES, RIGHT NOW, AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE CASH. WHEN WE BRING IT BACK, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY HAVE A MAP AND ZONING MAPS WITH IT, AND WE CAN IDENTIFY THE CURRENT DISPENSARIES, OR AT LEAST THOSE THAT HAVE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS IN THE CITY. CURRENTLY, DISPENSARIES ARE AUTHORIZED 
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WHERE PHARMACIES ARE ALLOWED BECAUSE THE COMMISSION DESCRIBED IT AS SUCH, BECAUSE YOU HAD TO HAVE A MEDICAL CARD IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE MARIJUANA WHEN IT GOES RETAIL. SO IN THEORY AT LEAST, YOU WON'T HAVE TO. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATE'S GOING TO DO OR NOT DO IF IT IF IT PASSES, I KNOW THAT WHEN THE MEDICAL ISSUE WAS UP FOR ELECTION ACROSS THE STATE, THAT THE CITY OF STUART'S RESIDENTS VOTED 86% IN FAVOR OF IT. SO IT WAS NOT A GROUP OF HATERS. LET'S JUST SAY THAT THERE'S SMOKE. SO MAN, IF I COULD. YES. SO, COMMISSIONER MCDOWELL, WOULD YOU WANT A HARD CAP? A HARD, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE A HARD CAP IN DOWNTOWN FOR ALCOHOL. YEAH. YOU KNOW, SO, AND I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK AND SEE, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK I'M MORE INTERESTED IN THE LOCATION AND HOW WE. AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE PEOPLE WITH SIGNAGE AND SO FORTH. BUT I THINK ALSO, IF WE CAN PUT IT UNDER THE CONDITIONAL USE, SO THAT WE CAN BETTER VET THE OPERATORS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE IS, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, BE HONEST. IT'S BIG BUSINESS NOW. 
          SO I THINK THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATORS ARE GOING TO BE BIG CORPORATIONS. YEAH, I GRABBED MY 40 FRIENDS, RIGHT? UNDERCOVER. RIGHT. AND AGAIN, THEY HAD THEY HAD CANNABIS PLANTS ALL THROUGH THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE CAPITOL WHEN I WAS UP IN TALLAHASSEE THIS YEAR OR SO. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE TALLAHASSEE IS PREPARING FOR IT. THE CANNABIS, DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES ARE HIRING. THEY HAVE THEIR LOBBYISTS AND THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS DEVELOPING WHEN THIS PASSES. AND I BELIEVE IT PROBABLY WILL PASS. I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT BASED ON JUST BASED ON WHAT I CAN TELL, THERE SEEMS TO BE UNIVERSAL SUPPORT FOR THIS, THIS, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. AND IF YOU LOOK THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IT'S PASSING PRETTY HISTORICALLY. SO I THINK THAT IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION, DO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD DO? NO, BUT SOMETIME THIS CAN EVOLVE, RIGHT? YEAH. NO RUSH RIGHT NOW. WE CAN KEEP WORKING ON IT, OR IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN NOVEMBER, BEFORE NOVEMBER. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS IS THIS IS REALLY A BIG DEAL IN EVERY COUNTY AND STATE ACROSS FLORIDA IS GOING TO BE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THEIR CITY AND COUNTIES WITH ALL THIS. SO YES, THIS IS GOOD TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND CONTINUE TO HAVE A FEW MORE CONVERSATIONS. CURRENTLY, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE INDUSTRY IS IN A BUST BECAUSE PRICES HAVE PLUNGED. AND I KNOW COLORADO AND DENVER ARE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH JUST WHAT MR. MARTEL SAID. IS YOU HAVING THESE BUSINESSES GO OUT OF BUSINESSES WHEN YOU THINK ALL THE MONEY. YEAH, IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE BACK. IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE CAR BUSINESS, BACK IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS 200 CAR MANUFACTURERS AND THERE END UP WITH THREE. SO THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN, I THINK, WITH THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO SEE A CONSOLIDATION AND SO THEY CAN CONSOLIDATE PRICES AND MAINTAIN THEIR PRICE STRUCTURE, BECAUSE THE CUSTOMERS AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. THEY NOW THEY HAVE THE CUSTOMERS. THEY JUST HAVE A GLUT OF RETAILERS AND SO AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT, BUT I JUST DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET AHEAD OF IT, BEFORE BEFORE WE, BEFORE IT PASSES. RIGHT. ONE MORE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY, AND THEN WE'LL ADJOURN. IS THAT THERE IS. THIS IS BIG DEAL. I SAID IT ONCE AND AGAIN, AND IT'S ALL THE MONEY THAT'S INVOLVED WITH ALL THIS. IT'S THE LOBBYISTS, LIKE YOU SAID. YEAH. 
          ANYWAY BUT. THANKS, EVERYONE. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.