Jul 08, 2024 Regular City Commission Meeting

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SORRY, WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE LATE. WE'RE GOING TO START THIS

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COMMISSIONER COLLINS HERE. AND COMMISSIONER MCDONALD HERE. OKAY. AND OUR INVOCATION IS GOING TO BE BY PASTOR JAMES HARPER. AND RIGHT AFTER THAT SHOULD STAY STANDING. WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MR. HARPER. THANK YOU. SIR LET'S PRAY. OUR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS, THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US. WE THANK YOU, GOD, FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY. LORD, I JUST REMINDED, TODAY WHERE IT SAYS IN YOUR IN YOUR WORD THAT YOU SHOW MERCY TO THOSE WHO HAVE NO ONE ELSE TO TURN TO. AND LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THAT. SOMETIMES WE HAVE NO OTHER DIRECTION. WE HAVE NO OTHER PLACE TO TURN. AND LORD, YOU SHOW YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GRACE TO US. AND LORD, I WOULD ASK THAT ON THESE FOLKS THAT YOU PLACED IN LEADERSHIP OVER THE CITY OF STUART. GOD, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE MERCY AND GRACE AND WISDOM, ESPECIALLY AS DECISIONS ARE MAD, LORD, THAT AFFECT ALL OF US HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE A GOD OF WISDOM AND YOU GIVE FREELY AND LIBERALLY WITHOUT REPROACH TO THOSE WHO ASK IN FAITH. AND SO, LORD, WE DO THAT TODAY. WE INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WE JUST PRAY GOD FOR YOU TO JUST OVERSEE AND BE VERY PRESENT IN OUR MEETING TODAY. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. 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. WE HAVE, OUR ARTS MOMENT. IN AND IS GOING TO

[1. ARTS MOMENT - "ART AROUND STUART ON SANITATION VEHICLES" BY DON MACINTOSH ]

GOOD AFTERNOON. ANN HAWKINS, PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. ART AND STEWART IS EVERYWHERE FROM MURALS AND SCULPTURES TO SIDEWALK MOSAICS.

IT WEAVES INTO THE CITY'S FABRIC, HONORING ITS HISTORY AND FUTURE. RECENTLY, STEWART SANITATION FLEET UNDERWENT A TRANSFORMATION INTO MOBILE ART GALLERIES ADORNING TRUCKS WITH BEAUTIFUL MURALS THAT TRAVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS. THIS INITIATIVE, NOT ONLY SHOWCASES STEWART'S VIBRANCY, BUT ALSO CELEBRATES THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR SANITATION TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY. IN 2022, ARTIST DONALD MCINTOSH BEGAN TO CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF STEWART WITH HIS DESIGNS. HIS WORK HAS BEEN PIVOTAL IN BRINGING THE VEHICLE ART PROJECT TO LIFE, WITH EACH TRUCK NOW FEATURING AN ICONIC STEWART LANDMARK OR HISTORICAL FIGURE ON ONE SIDE AND THE STEWART RIVERWALK DESIGN ON THE OTHER, INSPIRING ALL TO PITCH IN, KEEP STEWART BEAUTIFUL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. SO THIS IS THE RIVERWALK, AND YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. AS WE LOOK BEHIND CITY HALL, IT HAS OUR MESSAGE PITCH IN TO KEEP STEWART BEAUTIFUL. THE NEXT TRUCK THAT WAS ADORNED ON THE SECOND SIDE WAS THE STEWART FEED STORE. THE MUSEUM AND THEN THE WATER TOWER. MEMORIAL PARK ARE STRIKING DUO GUY DAVIS FIELD AND THE STEWART DODGERS AT THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER. WE'VE GOT HANEY CIRCLE IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT, SHEPARD PARK FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF THE BOAT LAUNCH, KIWANIS PARK. CAPTAIN ADAMS PARK AT CONFUSION CORNER. ORIGINALLY FROM JAMAICA, DON'S ARTISTRY SPANS OVER FIVE DECADES, INFLUENCED BY HIS TRAVELS ACROSS EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. HE HONED HIS SKILLS AT THE RENOWNED RINGLING SCHOOL OF ART IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, WHERE HIS EXCEPTIONAL PORTRAIT WORK EARNED HIM THE PRESTIGIOUS GOLD SEAL AWARD. HIS DEDICATION TO STEWART'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY. TONIGHT, I AM VERY PLEASED TO INTRODUCE MR. DONALD MCINTOSH AND HAVE HIM, HAVE A LITTLE MEET AND GREET WITH YOU ALL. SO DON. THANK YOU. DON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION. I'VE NEVER ADDRESSED THE CITY HALL BEFORE, BUT, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I WAS BORN IN JAMAICA, AND I MOVED TO FLORIDA

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THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED, NOT TO FIGHT AND ARGUE, BUT TO GET THINGS DONE. SO WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF, I WAS ALREADY PAINTING DURING THE COVID SHUTDOWN, SOME OF THE LANDMARKS IN MARTIN COUNTY. AND IT DAWNED ON ME THAT THERE IS SO MUCH HISTORY HERE THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. SO I STARTED READING. I LEARNED ABOUT THE STUART WATER TOWER. THERE'S HISTORY THERE. I LEARNED ABOUT LADY ABUNDANCE DOWNTOWN STUART. THAT'S THE SAME MATERIAL THAT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IS MADE FROM. HONEY CIRCLE. THAT WAS A GIFT. GOING FORWARD, WHEN ANNE ASKED ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, I THOUGHT, MY LORD, I'M GOING TO HAVE ALL MY PAINTINGS ON GARBAGE TRUCKS AND SHE SAID, JUST THINK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE YOUR ARTWORK.

AND THE LIGHTS WENT OFF AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO DO THIS. AND I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MYSELF FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. AND, I HOPE THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR A LOT OF THE ARTISTS AND THE FOLKS IN MARTIN COUNTY THAT WANT TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, ANNE, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WELL, STAY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS APPRECIATION.

A WONDERFUL THING WAS. AMAZING THE WORK YOU DO. I SUPPOSE GOD BLESS MARY. THERE'S ANOTHER THING. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MAYOR? CAN I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, MAYOR? SO ARE THERE SOMETHING FOR EACH OF YOU BEFORE? IF YOU DON'T MIND. OH, OKAY. PORTRAITS CARICATURES OR PORTRAITS? YEAH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, MY GOSH, THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TO THE OVER $25.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SLAP HER. WE WERE LUCKY. IT'S PRICELESS. THAT'S PRICE RIGHT? YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. TWO QUESTIONS. I FORGOT ONE, BUT SO AS A SERIES OVER OR WE HAVE MORE. MORE TRUCKS TO COMPLETE OR MORE HISTORIC PLACES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PAINTED ON THE TRUCKS YET, YES, COMMISSIONER. THE TRUCKS ARE ONGOING. HAS NEW TRUCKS ARE ADDED TO THE FLEET. THEY WILL GO AND GET A GRAPHIC AND WRAP HAS. THEY'RE ADDED. SO WE HAVE TWO MORE TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING ABOARD. WE PREFER TO DO THE NEWER TRUCKS AS THEY COME ON, RATHER THAN REMOVE THE OLDER MURALS. SO THE TRUCK IS THE FLEET FLEET IS CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED WITH THE NEW DESIGNS. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE SIX MORE TO GO. OKAY, MADAM MAYOR, CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? YES, YES. SO DO WE STILL HAVE THE LITTLE TOURIST OFFICE OUT HERE IN UTILITIES OR. WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE. WE

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[2. 17TH ANNUAL TREASURE COAST WATERWAY CLEAN UP WEEK, JULY 20 - 28, 2024 ]

AND WHEREAS SINCE ITS START, OVER 102.72 TONS OF TRASH HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM APPROXIMATELY 125 MILES OF WATERWAYS IN MARTIN, SAINT LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES AND WHEREAS THE 17TH ANNUAL TREASURE COAST WATERWAY CLEANUP WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JULY 27TH, 2024 FROM 8 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. AND WHEREAS THIS EVENT WILL ATTRACT OVER 1200 VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN CLEANING THE WATERWAYS, THERE WILL BE 25 DESIGNATED SITES THROUGHOUT THE THREE COUNTIES THAT WILL SERVE AS REGISTRATION AND DISPOSAL SITES FOR THE VOLUNTEERS TO WORK OUT OF. THERE WILL ALSO BE A VIRTUAL CLEANUP THAT ALLOWS VOLUNTEERS TO CLEAN UP ON THEIR OWN AND REPORT THEIR PROGRESS ONLINE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, REBECCA S BRUNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF JULY 20TH THROUGH 28TH, 2024 AS THE 17TH ANNUAL TREASURE COAST WATERWAY CLEANUP WEEK. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THREE RECIPIENTS.

IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD, DAN ROMANCE, PRESIDENT OF THE MIATKE AND CARLITA SCOTT WITH THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON COUNCIL, MIMI ATKINS, THE SITE LEADER AT INDIAN RIVER BOAT RAMP. WE'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. YES, PLEASE. MY NAME IS DAN ROMANCE, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MARINE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF THE TREASURE COAST AND MYSELF AND CARLITA AND MIMI, WE'RE REPRESENTING THE TREASURE COAST WATERWAY CLEANUP. AND THANK YOU FOR PROCLAIMING JULY 20 TO 27 WATERWAY CLEANUP WEEK. THE MARINE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF THE TREASURE COAST AND THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT ARE HAPPY TO BRING THE TREASURE COAST WATERWAY CLEANUP TO THE CITY OF STUART FOR THE 17TH YEAR. SINCE 2008, WE HAVE REMOVED 102 TONS OF TRASH FROM OUR WATERWAYS. OUR GROUP TARGETS 125 MILES OF WATERWAY FROM HOBE SOUND TO SEBASTIAN, IN ADDITION TO APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES OF BEACHFRONT AND A DIVE CLEANUP AT PECK LAKE REEF IN MARTIN COUNTY IN 2023, 146 VOLUNTEERS COLLABORATIVELY REMOVED 3.47 TONS OF TRASH FROM THE WATERWAY.

OUR WEEK LONG SELF-REPORTING EVENT WILL BE JULY 20TH TO 28TH, AND CLEAN UP SITES WILL BE OPEN ON SATURDAY, JULY 27TH. WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR DATA COLLECTION INFORMATION, YOU'LL BE AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED INTO A RAFFLE WITH ALL KINDS OF PRIZES FROM GIFT CERTIFICATES, TICKETS FOR LOCAL ATTRACTIONS, AND MORE. DATA MUST BE ENTERED BY JULY 31ST AND THE DRAWING RESULTS WILL BE POSTED ON FACEBOOK AND OUR WEBSITE ON AUGUST 4TH. DO PLEASE GO TO WW.TC WATERWAY CLEANUP DOT COM TC WATERWAY CLEANUP.COM. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER AND FOR THE DIGITAL DATA COLLECTION FORM LINK. SOME RECENT STATS ARE. IN MARTIN COUNTY. WE HAD 1.05 TONS OF TRASH THROUGH 479 VOLUNTEERS, AND THE CITY OF STUART WAS 0.17 TONS OF TRASH WITH 73 VOLUNTEERS. PECK LAKE DIVE REEF WAS 0.13 TONS OF TRASH WITH 64 VOLUNTEERS. SINCE 2008, THERE HAVE BEEN 5670 TOTAL VOLUNTEERS, REMOVING A TOTAL OF 36.55 TONS. AWESOME, AWESOME, THE SITES IN STUART IN IN. SORRY, THE SITES IN THE CITY OF STUART INCLUDE, OCEAN BOULEVARD,

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THEY CAN COME FROM ANY WHICH WAY. YOU KNOW, I USED TO LIVE, BEACHSIDE ELSEWHERE. AND, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU WALK THE BEACH, YOU SEE OCEAN GENERATED DEBRIS AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES THE DIVE SITE A LOT BETTER. SO LADIES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY GOOD JOB? REMEMBER, FOR EVERYBODY TO SIGN UP ONLINE. YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. OH, YEAH. HEY, WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION. THE PARKS AND

[3. PARKS & RECREATION MONTH - JULY 2024 ]

YES, WE ALSO HAVE OUR, PARKS AND RECREATION CREW, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST. YEAH, WE ARE. COME ON UP. YEAH COME ON UP. I ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL REALIZE THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE THIS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, RIGHT? FOLLOWING FIREWORKS, I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE IF IT'S A GOOD SHOW, PARKS AND RECREATION REFLECTS THAT. BUT IF IT'S A BAD SHOW, WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO FORTUNATELY, WE HAD A GREAT SHOW, SO WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION, AND I THINK ALSO TOO, I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF SYSTEMS WHERE PARKS AND RECREATION IS TOGETHER. WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I WAS KIND OF WONDERING ABOUT IT. BUT I GOT TO SAY THE TRUTH. THE WAY WE HAVE THINGS SET UP HERE IN THE CITY OF STUART, MILTON'S CREW IS JUST RIGHT ON EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. WE PROGRAM AND THEY MAINTAIN EVERYTHING. AND, WE REALLY DO HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP. AND FOR THAT, I THANK MILTON AND HIS CREW AS WELL. AND, I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT THE STUART NEWS THAT THAT PARADE, JULY 4TH, THOSE GOLF CARTS ALL DECORATED RED, WHITE AND BLUE, WE WERE GOING DOWN, THEY WERE FOLLOWING US. WE GOT TO RIDE IN THE IN THE CITY, GOLF CART. AND JESSICA. AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE THE SECOND. OUR SECOND ANNUAL ONE. SO IT WAS FABULOUS SEEING ALL THOSE PICTURES AND THE STUART NEWS FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. AND I'M GOING TO BRING THIS TO YOU. YOU HAD A COMMENT? NOTHING RIGHT HERE. OKAY JESSICA, COME. RECREATION. KEEP YOUR SPEECH DOWN. MILTON.

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[4. MARTIN READS - JULY 2024 ]

LEE, COULD YOU READ THIS PROCLAMATION? OF COURSE. WHEREAS THE FIRST YEARS OF A CHILD'S LIFE, WHEN THE MOST RAPID BRAIN DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL FUTURE LEARNING, WHICH IS DEPENDENT ON LITERACY, AS CHILDREN MUST FIRST LEARN TO READ BEFORE THEY CAN READ, TO LEARN. AND WHEREAS STATISTICS SHOW THAT CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT READING ON GRADE LEVEL BY THE END OF THE THIRD GRADE HAVE GREATLY DIMINISHED CHANCE OF SUCCESS, IMPACTING NOT ONLY INDIVIDUAL WELL-BEING BUT ALSO THE PROSPERITY OF THE BROADER COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS WE UNDERSTAND THE TREMENDOUS BENEFITS OF BEING A MOONSHOT COMMUNITY WHERE WE ALL TAKE A STAND FOR EARLY LITERACY, TO WORK TOWARD A MOONSHOT GOAL OF 90% LITERACY. BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE. AND WHEREAS THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF MARTIN COUNTY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS LISTED HEREBY DO PROCLAIM TO WORK TOGETHER IN A CHANGEMAKER NETWORK RECOGNIZED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY TO BECOME A MOONSHOT COMMUNITY. BY FOCUSING ON THIS IMPORTANT GOAL IN THE VITAL EFFORTS OF OUR MARTIN READS CAMPAIGN. NOW, THEREFORE, I, REBECCA BRUNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM RECOGNITION OF MARTIN READS, READ, RISE AND REALIZE AGAIN KENNY KELLY. MAYOR, CAN I ASK MISS KELLY WHAT A MOONSHOT COMMUNITY IS? OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO TALK. OKAY. YEA. PFIZER? YES THANK YOU. GREETINGS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS PROCLAMATION. I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. I'M GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. IF I DON'T ANSWER IT AND WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. OKAY. SO ON MAY 16TH, WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE THE LEADERS, THE FOUNDER, THE FOUNDERS OF THE LEARNING ALLIANCE IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COME DOWN AND CO-FACILITATE A REVERSE VISIONING EVENT. AND WHAT THAT EVENT WAS WAS US ENVISIONING THE YEAR 2028, WHERE WE HAVE 90% OF OUR THIRD GRADERS ON GRADE LEVEL. RIGHT NOW, THE PERCENTAGES MOVED AROUND SINCE SCHOOL HAS LET OUT. WE'RE ROUGHLY AT ABOUT 54% OVERALL, BUT AS WE KNOW, 54% IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. WE WOULDN'T EAT 54% OF SOMETHING THAT WAS FOOD OR DRIN, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T WANT 54. THE TOP COUNTY IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW IS AT 72. WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO BETTER. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER. SO WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE REVERSE VISIONING IS THAT 118 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY, ALL OVER THE COUNTY, WERE INVITED TO PARTAKE IN THAT CONVERSATION. AND WE FOUND OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE CONNECTED AND TRYING TO ERADICATE ILLITERACY IN THIS COUNTY. AND SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN COMING UP WITH A STRATEGY FOR CREATING A LAB SCHOOL, SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY HAVE IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, TO PUT SOME SUPPORTS IN PLACE IN ONE SCHOOL AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE RESULTS OUT OF THAT SCHOOL. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HAPPENING GOING FORWARD. AND WE WANTED TO SORT OF DOCUMENT THAT. WE HAD THAT MOMENT AND THAT THAT WE'RE ALL COMMITTED. RIGHT. SO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN HAS COME ON BOARD AND THEY'VE ALSO DID THIS PROCLAMATION. THE COUNTY, THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. IT'S GOING

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RIGHT. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED. I HAVE MY TEAM HERE. SO MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SUPPORT US TODAY. AND WE'RE REALLY WE REALLY JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS MOMENTUM THAT THIS IS THIS HAS TO BE A PRIORITY IN THIS COUNTY. THIS HAS TO BE WE CAN'T BE A COUNTY OF EXCELLENCE.

WE CAN'T BE A CITY OF EXCELLENCE WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT ABLE TO READ. AND IF THEY'RE NOT READING BY THE THIRD GRADE, THEY'RE A PROBABILITY OF THEM CATCHING UP AND BEING ABLE TO READ GOES DOWN MORE AND MORE EVERY YEAR UNTIL IT THEY'RE ADULTS THAT ARE ILLITERATE, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS GOING TO THE MOON MOONSHOT MOMENT IS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY'S COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK. AND BASICALLY WHAT IT MEANS IS LIKE, WE'LL SHOOT FOR THE STARS. AND IF WE LAND ON THE MOON. SO THEY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE MODELING OURSELVES AFTER THEM IS THAT THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR TO US IN A LOT OF WAYS.

AND IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THEY'VE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE AT GETTING THEIR NUMBERS FROM 38TH IN THE STATE TO SEVENTH IN THE STATE TO MOST RECENTLY FIFTH IN THE STATE. AND THEY HAVE A VERY, VERY CONCISE WAY OF DOING THAT, WHICH INCLUDES DATA, INSTRUCTION AND HAVING THE SUPPORTS ON THE GROUND IN THOSE PLACES. SO WE'RE TRYING TO RECREATE AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THOSE SAME SUPPORTS IN PLACE THAT WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE RESULTS FROM. SO THAT AND SO WE'RE JUST CALLING OURSELVES PART OF THE MOONSHOT COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE WANT THE WHOLE TREASURE COAST TO BE A LITERATE CAPITAL OF FLORIDA. THAT'S THE WAY WE LOOK AT WE'RE ALL WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WE'RE ALL ALL OF THE COUNTIES ARE CONNECTED. SO THAT'S HOW WE'D LIKE FOR IT TO BE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS PRIC. OKAY. I AM HAPPY TO GIVE OUT ALL

[5. SERVICE AWARDS - JULY 2024 ]

THANK YOU. NEXT IN THE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE TEAM IS EDWARD TANNER. WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. WAS THERE A HIRING SPREE FIVE YEARS AGO? LIKE YES. NEXT. WITH

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THANK YOU GUYS. NEXT, WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH FIRE RESCUE, LEVI AUSTIN. OKAY. WHAT IS THIS? AUSTIN. LEVI. WHAT ARE THE AMBASSADORS? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALL THE NEXT. THE NEXT DAY MIGHT NOT BE. IT MIGHT BE THE NEXT DAY. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE NOW DOING CERTIFICATES. IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IT'S DIFFERENT OKAY. COME BACK UP HERE. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. YEAH THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. I LOOK, ROZ, TAKE US INTO THIS FAST WHILE I GET MY PAPERWORK TOGETHER. ARE YOU READY? YES YES. ALL

[6. CITY'S EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM AND RECENT AWARDS ]

JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE EMPLOYEES. WE HAD 100 SUBMISSIONS FROM EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEES VOTED AND VOTED ON STUART STRONG WITH THE TAG NAME HEALTHY, VIBRANT AND THRIVING.

THE WELLNESS PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH CIGNA. THIS DOES NOT COME FROM GENERAL FUNDS, BACK IN 2012, WE HAD $20,000 AND WE WERE QUITE PLEASED WITH THAT. ROSE TO 41,000. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 60,000. THIS IS NEGOTIATED EVERY YEAR THROUGH OUR BENEFITS BROKER, THE GEARING GROUP, AND CIGNA. SO WE ALWAYS HOPE FOR MORE EVERY YEAR. AND WE ARE QUITE SATISFIED WITH HOW THIS HAS GROWN THROUGH THE YEARS. WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTED THE WELLNESS PROGRAM, IT WAS ALL CITY WIDE PROGRAMING AND WHAT WE CAME TO DISCOVER WAS THAT EMPLOYEES IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WANT AND DESIRE DIFFERENT THINGS. WHEN IT COMES TO WELLNESS PROGRAMING, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS MAY WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL WHO MIGHT WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN FIELD PERSONNEL. SO WHILE WE STILL HAVE CITY WIDE PROGRAMING, WE TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC PROGRAMING. AND TO DO THAT, WE BROUGHT ON A LOT OF WELLNESS AMBASSADORS. THEY ARE THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE WELLNESS PROGRAM. THEY ARE THE ENGINE. WITHOUT THEM, THIS PROGRAM WOULD NOT WORK, WE HAVE ABOUT 13 AMBASSADORS. THEY ARE EMPLOYEES IN ALL DIFFERENT POSITIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT BRING THIS PROGRAM TO LIFE. WE PARTNER WITH THE GEARING GROUP. SO WE HAVE TWO WELLNESS EXPERTS WITHIN THE GEARING GROUP AND ONE OF THEIR DIVISIONS, AND THEY PARTNER WITH US TO KEEP THIS FLOWING AND HELP INFUSE NEW IDEAS THAT THEY GET FROM OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND WE ARE AN AWARD WINNING PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, SO OUR WELLNESS PROGRAMING REALLY IS A THREE LEGGED STOOL. SO ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE CIGNA INSURANCE PLAN. SO OF COURSE WE'RE INSURED AND WE HOPE EMPLOYEES WILL USE INSURANCE WHEN THEY NEED IT. BUT WE REALLY HOPE THAT THEY WILL GO TO THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH CENTER BEFORE USING THE INSURANCE, THE HEALTH CENTER IS FOCUSED ON PREVENTIVE CARE PARTNERING. IT'S A

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AS FOR THE CITYWIDE LUNCH AND LEARNS AND OTHER CITYWIDE EVENTS, WE'VE HAD SOME WITH THAT HAVE TO DO WITH, FINANCIAL TOPICS BUDGETING, REPAIRING ONE'S CREDIT, HOME BUYING TIPS, WE PARTNERED WITH SEACOAST BANK FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PRESENTATIONS, AND THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL AND WELL RECEIVED BY EMPLOYEES. WE'VE ALSO DONE SLEEP IMPROVEMENT, MEMORY IMPROVEMENT.

WE'VE HAD MENTAL HEALTH TOPICS LIKE STRESS REDUCTION, MEDITATION, MOVING OUR BODIES AND LETTING STRESS OUT, THOSE TEND TO COME FROM JUPITER MEDICAL. THEY'VE BEEN A PARTNER WITH US FOR MANY YEARS. HEALTHY COOKING AND MEAL PREP COME FROM SOME LOCAL VENDORS AS WELL, WHO ARE HAPPY TO COME IN AND HELP SHOW OUR EMPLOYEES HOW TO MAKE SOME HEALTHY MEALS. AND WE HAVE SOME GROUP EVENTS, FIVE K'S, TEN K'S, TRIATHLONS. AGAIN, WHEN IT'S A LITTLE COOLER, IT'S NOT QUITE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. WE JUST HAD A FABULOUS BOWLING EVENT. STEWART LANES HAS A VIP ROOM AND WE HAD 25 EMPLOYEES FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, ALL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS CAME OUT ON A SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND BOWLED AND HAD FUN. AND WE HAD FOOD, AND WE'RE STILL HEARING ABOUT HOW MUCH FUN THEY HAD. AND THEY'VE ALL ASKED, WHEN ARE YOU DOING IT AGAIN, WE'VE HAD BALLROOM DANCING. WE HAD AN 80S NIGHT OF DANCING. WE GO TO THE SALT ROOM IN STUART, AND ALL

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YOU GO PICK OUT YOUR INSURANCE, YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT, YOU SIGN UP AND YOU LEAVE. THE WELLNESS FAIR USED TO BE HELD IN MAY AND THE EMPLOYEES LOVED IT. SO I THOUGHT, GOSH, WHY DON'T WE COMBINE THESE TWO? SO WE DID. AND THE EMPLOYEES, EVERYONE LOVES THEM. THEY COME IN AND THEY GET A BAG LUNCH. WE PARTNER WITH ELLIE'S DELI AROUND THE CORNER. SO ELLIE'S DOES OUR LUNCHES. WE BRING IN ANGIO SCREEN, WHICH IS A MOBILE, SERVICE THAT DOES A KARATE CUT.

KARATE? I CAN SAY IT. CAROTID ARTERY ULTRASOUND. AND THEY DO ABDOMINAL AORTIC SCANNING AND EKGS. THAT'S A VERY POPULAR ONE, LAST YEAR WE BROUGHT IN SAFE POINT TO DO HEARING TESTS ON SITE ON SPOT DERMATOLOGY. SO WE HAD A LOT OF DERMATOLOGICAL VISITS, WE'VE HAD THE MAMMO VAN BEFORE, WE'VE HAD THE BIG RED BUS. WE'RE HOPING TO GET THEM BACK AGAIN FOR OUR EVENT, WHICH IS COMING UP IN AUGUST, BY THE WAY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THESE REALLY FUN COMPONENTS. SO WE DO A BENEFITS TREASURE HUNT WHERE WE PUT BENEFITS QUESTIONS ALL OVER THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.

AND EMPLOYEES HAVE TO FIND THEM. AND THEN WHEN THEY FIND THEM, THEY ANSWER THE QUESTION AND THEY PUT THE THEIR RESPONSES INTO A BOX. AND IF THEY GET THEM ALL RIGHT, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR A DRAWING AND THEY LOVE IT. THEY'RE LIKE, WHERE'S THE TREASURE HUNT? THIS YEAR WE ALSO ADDED A PHOTO BOOTH LAST YEAR. SO CITY MANAGERS UP THERE, WE'VE GOT SUSIE JORDAN, KAREN AND MARY. THAT'S US. THE PHOTO BOOTH WAS A HUGE HIT, LAST YEAR OUR THEME WAS A TROPICAL VIBE, SO EVERYONE WAS IN THIS TROPICAL SPIRIT AND JUST GOT INTO SOME OF THE FUN IS IN THERE, I REMEMBER NO, WE COULDN'T GET MILTON UP THERE, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK WE GOT YOU GOT THEM THERE FOR THE PICTURE. JUST STANDING NEAR US. WE HAVE OUR MECHANICS AT THE BOTTOM THERE. WE'VE GOT, THE CHIEF OF POLICE RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER GOT OUR TRAM DRIVERS. EVERYONE GOT IN ON THE FUN. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PHOTO BOOTH AGAIN. THIS YEAR. SO THE LAST YEAR'S THEME WAS TROPICS. AND THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE OLYMPICS. ANOTHER BIG HIT IS OUR

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AND WHAT WE RECOGNIZED IS THAT THE EMPLOYEES DECIDED TO FORM THEIR OWN TEAMS AND GET MORE LEGO PIECES TOGETHER TO BUILD SOMETHING TOGETHER. SO THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MADE IT A TEAM EVENT. OKAY WELL, THAT'S CHEATING. HEY, YOU'RE IN HERE. DARREN THERE'S DARREN'S. DARREN, PUT IN THE SNOWPLOW THERE ON THE BOTTOM. RIGHT. THAT'S AWESOME. AND THAT WAS NICOLE JOHNSON WHO USED TO BE HERE. HE USED TO WORK HERE. SHE MADE A PALM TREE, BUT SHE FOUND THIS LITTLE MINIATURE COCONUT TO PUT UNDERNEATH THE TREE. THEY HAVE SO MUCH FUN WITH THIS. SO WE REALLY MAKE THE EVENT A LOT OF FUN. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A IF I COULD SPEND HOURS TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT THE WILDEST PROGRAMING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR ALL THAT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE WON SOME TERRIFIC AWARDS. REMEMBER WE STARTED IN 2012. SO AFTER JUST A FEW YEARS, FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WE WON THE HEALTHY WEIGHT COMMUNITY CHAMPION FOR OUR OBESITY PROGRAMING, CIGNA AWARDED US RUNNER UP FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE NATURE OF OUR WELLNESS PROGRAMING. AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE NOW THAN IT WAS BACK IN 2017. THE HUMAN RESOURCES FLORIDA STATE COUNCIL IN 2020, FIRST PLACE, SILVER FOR THE TOBACCO AND VAPING CESSATION PROGRAMING THAT WE DO, IT'S BEEN REPORTED WE'VE HAD AT LEAST 12 EMPLOYEES QUIT SO FAR. 12. GOOD.

WHICH IS TERRIFIC. AND THEN IT GOT REALLY GREAT. SO WE APPLIED FOR A FEW MORE AWARDS IN 2024.

ACTUALLY, IN 2023, WE APPLIED FOR THE CIGNA HEALTHY WORKFORCE GOLD LEVEL AWARD. WE REALLY DIDN'T THINK WE'D GET IT. WE JUST WE WEREN'T SURE WE'D HIT THE MARK, BUT WE GOT GOLD AND IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL DESIGNATION THAT CIGNA AWARDS AND IT'S FOR THE COMMITMENT TO ENSURING EMPLOYEE HEALTH REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY. AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF OUR DRIVING FORCES, WE YEAH. THANK YOU. IT'S AWESOME. OH, IT WAS A TEAM. IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT, I ASSURE YOU.

BUT WE GOT REALLY HIGH MARKS FROM CIGNA FOR A FEW THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT. LEADERSHIP, BUY IN AND PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS. THEY GAVE US HIGH MARKS FOR THAT EMPHASIS ON PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES. OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH CENTER, THEY ALSO GAVE US CREDIT. WE REACHED OUT TO MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. WE BOTH WANTED A DIETITIAN. SO THE HEALTH CENTER HIRED THE DIETITIAN RECENTLY, AND THE COUNTY AND CITY ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT, IN THAT COST. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP.

PARTNERSHIP THE CITY'S ONGOING WELLNESS, COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION EFFORTS, THE WELLNESS WHEEL, WE GOT BIG POINTS FOR THE WELLNESS WHEEL. OUR COMMITMENT TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EDUCATION AWARENESS AND SUPPORT, WHICH IS A BIG PART OF THE NEXT AWARD, COMMITMENT TO ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL, THE TOBACCO, TOBACCO AND VAPING. AGAIN, THE COMMITMENT TO WORK LIFE BALANCE, THE CITY OFFERS FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES WHEREVER IT CAN, BUT IT ALSO REALLY PUSHES AN OPEN DOOR POLICY FOR ANYONE TO DROP WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND TEND TO THE NEEDS OF THE PERSON THERE. AND ENCOURAGING TWO WAY DIALOG. WE GOT BIG POINTS FOR THAT. THE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, ACCESS TO HEALTHIER SNACKS, FRUITS, PRODUCE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO THAT'S JUST A SAMPLING OF SOME OF, WHAT THEY WHAT THEY GAVE US HIGH SCORES O.

AND ORGANIZATIONS RECOGNIZE WITH THIS ARE CONSIDERED SETTING THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. SO YOU'LL SEE THIS LOGO AROUND. WE'RE PUTTING IT IN OUR SIGNATURES AND IT'S GOING INTO OUR RECRUITMENT, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS. AND THIS WAS IN FEBRUARY THAT WE WERE AWARDED THIS. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, HERE COMES MARCH MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA, THIS IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST AWARDS TO GET. THEY AWARDED US THE BELL SEAL FOR WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH AT THE GOLD LEVEL. AND THAT IS THE SECOND HIGHEST LEVEL DESIGNATION THAT ANY EMPLOYER CAN GET.

AMAZING. YEAH, IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE WHAT THIS TEAM HAS DONE, THIS IS A STRONG COMMITMENT TO AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO CREATING A MENTALLY HEALTHY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY SAFE WORKPLACE WHERE EMPLOYEES CAN COME FORWARD. THEY CAN SPEAK, THEY CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITHOUT FEAR OF REPRISAL OR ADVERSE ACTION. VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND WE GOT HIGH MARKS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA, FOR WHAT I JUST MENTIONED FOR CIGNA. BUT WE ALSO GOT IT FOR THE

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IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE IN A CRISIS OR THINKING THEY NEED ASSISTANCE, OUR INTRANET PAGES ARE ROBUST WITH INFORMATION TO HELP THEM, THE HR DIRECTOR MAINTAINS A COMMITMENT 24 OVER SEVEN 365 AVAILABILITY TO ALL EMPLOYEES. INCLUDING KEEPING THAT OPEN DOOR POLICY AND MAINTAINING CERTIFICATION IN CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT AT THE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LEVEL. SO WE DID GET POINTS FOR THAT AS WELL. THE CITY RECEIVED HIGH MARKS FOR ITS EAP, WHICH IS A PREPAID BENEFIT FOR EMPLOYEES. AND PART TIME EMPLOYEES AS WELL. AND COMMISSIONERS, EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THAT, PEER SUPPORT, WHICH IS AVAILABLE IN POLICE AND FIRE, WHICH IS A HUGE PROGRAM. IT'S VERY WELL RECEIVED, AND WE ALSO HAVE WORKED WITH SOME PROVIDERS IN THE AREA FOR IMMEDIATE REFERRALS. SHOULD AN EMPLOYEE NEED ASSISTANCE. SO MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA ACKNOWLEDGED ALL THAT, AND ONLY 1 IN 4 EMPLOYERS IN THE COUNTRY MEET THE STANDARDS FOR THE SEAL AT ALL. AND THE CITY GOT THE SECOND HIGHEST RATING. SO A HUGE TEAM EFFORT THERE BY EVERYBODY. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP REACHING FOR AWARDS. BUT OUR AMBASSADORS REALLY ARE THE DRIVING FORCE. MANY OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM SO THEY CAN COME UP TO THE DAIS, FOR 10TH STREET RECREATION CENTER, WE HAVE JESSICA THARP AND SCARLETT SHARE. IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD TAKE A GROUP PHOTO. FOR CITYWIDE PROGRAMING, KAREN CHAMBERS, CUFFEE. AND FIRE RESCUE JAN FACELLI. AND UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING, CHAD HERZOG AND JAMIE HUTCHINSON. I DON'T THINK THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT. CATHY MARTIN IS ON VACATION, BUT SHE HELPS US WITH PROGRAM SUPPORT AND INVENTORY. PART OF OUR BACKBONE.

SUSIE MALARKEY FROM CITY HALL. DARCY PAWLOWSKI, WHO COVERS THE ANNEX FOR US. MAGGIE RILEY DALTON IS ALSO ON VACATION WITH FAMILY, BUT SHE IS, AS I MENTIONED, CIGNA PAYS FOR ALL OF THIS PROGRAMING. SO WE PUT UP THE FUNDS AND MAGGIE IS THE ONE WHO MAKES SURE WE GET THAT MONEY BACK FROM CIGNA. THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR BACKBONE. PAULA SESTA FROM PUBLIC WORKS.

CHRISTINA WEINMAN FROM POLICE. AND MYSELF. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK IT WAS IN THERE.

MY EXPERIENCE. SATISFIED YOU ALL. YOU LAY EVERYONE. IT IS IT IS. EVERY YEAR YOU GET BETTER AND BETTER AND WE REALLY CARE. WE HAVE THE BEST AND WE HAVE THE BEST EMPLOYEES EVER. GRATEFUL.

VERY GRATEFUL AND BLESSED. MADAM MAYOR, CAN I ASK HER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND MAY I. MAY I JUST ACKNOWLEDGE TWO MORE PEOPLE? ACTUALLY THREE OR REALLY QUICKLY. THANK YOU. JOEL CANTOR, WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR OF WELLNESS AND WELL-BEING SOLUTIONS AT GEHRING, IS HERE WITH US. SO THIS IS JOEL HERE. JORDAN WINTERS IS ALSO ONE OF OUR PARTNERS. SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND STEPHANIE MORRIS, WHO WAS OUR SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER WITH GEARING TO THE PUBLIC, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE SUPPORT THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU LADIES. SO HOW FUN IS IT TO WORK IN THE CITY OF STUART? THE BEST. SO DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION BOX OR DO YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES, BY PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVITY. DO YOU KEEP TRACK OF WHO'S PARTICIPATING IN THE ZUMBA AND HOW THEY'RE DOING IN TERMS OF NUMBERS? NUMBERS? YES. NOT BY NAME, BUT NUMBERS. YES, WE DO TRACK ALL THAT BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT THE PICNICS AND SO ON, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING MORE. YES. NUMBER ONE. AND THEN THE USE OF THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE CLINIC ON EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD VERSUS WHEN WE HAD IT OVER THE BRIDGE, I THINK PEOPLE WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SAYING THAT THEY COULD GO TO THEIR ANOTHER PRIVATE DOCTOR OR SOMETHING. ARE WE SEEING THAT PEOPLE ARE OPTING OUT OR MORE PEOPLE ARE USING, OR IS THERE AN OPTION FOR THEM TO

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SO IF THEY'RE ON THE INSURANCE, THEY CAN USE THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH CENTER, WHICH OF COURSE IS TO DEFER COSTS. BUT IF EMPLOYEES DON'T WANT TO TAKE OUR INSURANCE AT ALL, THEY CAN OPT OUT AND RECEIVE A SMALL STIPEND EVERY MONTH FOR OPTING OUT. BUT IF THEY OPT OUT, THEY CAN'T USE THE HEALTH CENTER. THEY CAN'T USE THE HEALTH NO, MA'AM. SO WE HAVE THE PERCENTAGE IS VERY SMALL AS TO WHO'S NOT USING THE HEALTH CENTER. MOST PEOPLE ARE ON THE ON THE INSURANCE PROGRAM. YES. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 15 OR SO WHO OPT OUT AND THEY EMPLOY HEALTH CENTER ALSO HAS GENERIC PRESCRIPTIONS. I THINK WE HAVE 70 OR MORE ON HAND. SO IT'S ALL FREE TO THE EMPLOYEES. SO THOSE WHO USE IT, USE IT, USE IT WELL AND STAY. THEY KEEP OFF THE INSURANCE. THEY STAY AWAY FROM THE INSURANCE. AND ON THE ON THIS CHART YOU HAD THE SEVEN. IS IT BECAUSE NUTRITIONAL IS ALL OVER? WHY YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT ON HERE? BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY EIGHT. IT KIND OF. YEAH.

EMBODIES EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH SO WITH REGARD TO THE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS CENTER, I MUST SAY THAT THAT PREVENTATIVE THING, ALTHOUGH WE ALL HAVE TO DO THE PREVENTION WITH WHATEVER IT IS, NUTRITION AND DIET, EXERCISE, ALL THESE THINGS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE GEARING GROUP AND DOCTOR LIPPMANN THERE AND DOCTOR PARSONS AND ALL THE STAFF, STAFF THERE, MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A TIME WHEN WE TRULY RECOGNIZE THEM AND SHOW THEM APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE SAVING US SOME DOLLARS ON INSURANCE COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I KNOW MYSELF I'VE PERSONALLY HAD TO USE THEM LIKE THREE TIMES RECENTLY. AND, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY DECIDED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, DO THIS, DO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING ELSE DOESN'T HAPPEN. AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT. I ALWAYS THANK THEM. AND I'VE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE HAD, SERIOUS ISSUES. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR INTERVENTION. SO IT'S, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE VALUE OF THE, YOU CALL IT. I CALL IT THE CITY CLINIC, YOU CALL IT THE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS CENTER. HEALTH CENTER? YES. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S NOTED. AND THEY THAT CONCIERGE PERSONAL ATTENTION THAT THEY GIVE, THEY KNOW WHEN TO REFER SOMEONE OUT TO A SPECIALIST. AND THEY WILL DO THAT WITHOUT HESITATION. BUT WHATEVER THEY CAN DO FOR PREVENTIVE AND MAINTENANCE, THEY'RE, THEY THEY'RE WONDERFUL. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEES ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ROSS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. PRESENTATION WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION. THIS ONE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE THE

[7. POPPLETON CREEK LAKE RESTORATION ]

JILL. JILL YES. JULIO. JOSEPH. JULIO THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ON THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE, JOE, REAL QUICK INTO THE MIC, I CAN'T. OKAY, I'LL TALK LOUDER, JOE. REAL QUICK. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS MILTON LEGGETT, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, JUST COME TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED. IN REFERENCE TO OUR POPPLETON CREEK LAKE. RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. BEFORE YOU. AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE JOE GIGLIO, WHICH WAS HIRED TO ASSIST US WITH THIS PROGRAM. JOE, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE. I CAME HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY IN 1973 AFTER SPENDING THREE YEARS AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FOR MY DOCTORATE. DIDN'T GET IT. I GOT THROUGH THE CANDIDATE STAGE AND DID MY DISSERTATION. NOW, THE REASON THAT THIS ALL STARTED WAS BECAUSE FORMER MAYOR MATHESON CAME TO ME AND SAID, CAN YOU DO ANYTHING WITH OUR LAKES? I HAVE DONE WHEN I WAS IN DIFFERENT BUSINESS CALLED WETLANDS MANAGEMENT, INC. I DID THE RETENTION SYSTEM NEXT TO THE, THE JEWISH TEMPLE. IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE IN THE EVERGLADES, BUT I'VE DONE NOTHING ELSE IN THE CITY. WHAT I DID DO WAS SAINT LUCIE WEST TRADITION. HARBOR RIDGE, A WHOLE MESS OF THINGS. WHAT I'VE DONE IS BASICALLY TOOK NEWLY DUG STORMWATER RETENTION PONDS AND PLANTED NATIVE VEGETATION ALONG THE SHORELINE AND ESPECIALLY UNDERWATER. SO IF WE CAN GO FROM, THE FIRST. THERE WE GO. IF

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NO THANKS. WE DIDN'T GET TO GET IT FIXED YET, DID WE? OKAY, HE'S GOING TO FIX IT. HE'S GOING TO ZOOM IN OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW, I'LL TRY IT. OH, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

I'LL GO WITHOUT IT, AS YOU NOTICE THAT THIS IS, POPPLETON CREEK LAKE. YEAH. THIS IS ONE OF ABOUT 22 LAKES THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, THEY'RE ALL STORM RETENTION SYSTEMS, WHICH MEANS THEY TAKE STORM WATER FROM ROOFS, ROADS, LAWNS, AND THEY PUT IT INTO DITCHES, ETC, AND THEY END UP IN THESE, STORM RETENTION LAKES. THE PURPOSE OF THESE LAKES WORLDWIDE IS TO ALLOW PARTICULATE MATTER, WHICH CONTAINS POLLUTANTS LIKE EXTRA NITROGEN AND EXTRA PHOSPHORUS, TO SETTLE INTO THE MUD, INTO THE BOTTOM. THAT'S HOW IT'S GENERALLY DONE. WHAT I DID FOR 45 YEARS IS TO SAY, BEFORE YOU EVEN START A DEVELOPMENT, I ADDED UNDERWATER PLANTS CALLED TAPE GRASS. THIS TAPE GRASS IS A NATIVE PLANT THAT IT JUST LOOKS JUST LIKE LAWN GRASS. EXCEPT THAT IT HAS ROOTS AND LEAVES AND WHAT IT DOES, IT CEMENTS THE BOTTOM THAT IS, IT KEEPS THE BOTTOM A LITTLE BIT CLEANER AND IT ALLOWS HABITAT FOR LITTLE BABY FISH, FOR CRAYFISH, FOR WHATEVER YOU NAME IT. THIS IS NOT THE SAME GRASS THAT IS IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON. THAT GRASS IS TURTLE GRASS TURTLE GRASS CANNOT LIVE IN FRESH WATER TAPE GRASS CANNOT LIVE IN SALT WATER. SO JUST I UNDERSTAND THEY LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. THEY FUNCTION THE SAME, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE SAME BIOLOGICALLY. SO WHAT WE DID HERE ON THIS LAKE IS WE HAD THREE SECTIONS. AND THE QUESTION THAT WAS THAT WAS ASKED TO ME IS CAN WE REDUCE OR CAN THE CITY OF STEWART REDUCE THEIR USE OF, BASICALLY BIOCIDES CHEMICALS TO KILL WEEDS? MY ANSWER WAS, I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK WE CAN REDUCE THE USE OF CHEMICALS ON YOUR AQUATIC SYSTEMS BY USING BY USING NATIVE PLANTS TO OUTCOMPETE THE AREA, BECAUSE AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALL HEARD, NATURE ABHORS A VACUUM. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A BARE SHORELINE, SOMETHING IS GOING TO POPULATE IT. SOME PLANTS IS GOING TO POPULATE. SO WE TOOK THREE SECTIONS JOE QUICK QUESTION JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID THE QUESTION THAT CAME TO YOU WAS CAN WE REDUCE THE USE. DID YOU MEAN CAN WE ELIMINATE THE USE? MY OPINION AND THE RESULT OF THIS LITTLE EXPERIMENT, THIS WAS AN EXPERIMENT IS NO, YOU CANNOT ELIMINATE. BUT I THINK YOU CAN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE. YEAH. AND THE REASON I CAN SAY THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE 25 YEARS THAT I SPENT AS FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF WETLANDS MANAGEMENT, INC, WHICH I SOLD IN 2006, WAS THAT WE ACTUALLY DID USE LESS CHEMICALS. WHEN YOU HAVE NATIVE PLANTS GROWING THERE, YOU DON'T WANT TO KILL THEM. YOU WANT THEM TO FUNCTION. SO WE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF CHEMICAL COMPLETELY.

NO SIGNIFICANTLY. YES. SO ON THESE THREE AREAS, WHAT WE DID IS, AREA A AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT THERE BECAUSE MY POINTER DOESN'T WORK, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GREEN AREA AROUND A AND B THAT IS THOSE ARE WEEDS. THOSE ARE EXOTIC BAD WEEDS. SO ON A WE HAD THE YOUR A YOUR AQUATIC VEGETATIVE CONTROL PEOPLE KILL IT CHEMICALLY LIKE THEY TYPICALLY DO ON AREA B, MILTON'S PEOPLE PULLED THE WEEDS OUT. WELL, ON AREA C, WE JUST SIMPLY PLANTED IN THE WEEDS. NOW, THE PLANTS THAT WE PUT IN WERE, CALLED SPIKERUSH. THEY'RE PRESENT IN THE LAKE RIGHT NOW, AND WE PUT THEM IN EQUAL AMOUNT, SPACED APART, ETC. ETC. NOW WE THEN I WALKED OUT ABOUT 20, 30FT OUT INTO THE LAKE. IT WASN'T DEEP. IT WAS A FOOT AND A HALF DEEP. AND WE TOOK CLUMPS OF TAPE, GRASS AND PUT IT IN THE GROUND. THE RESULT WAS THAT I THINK WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WHAT? NO, THE NEXT ONE? NO, THE NEXT ONE. OKAY. THERE WE GO. NOW ON THE BOTTOM LEFT YOU CAN SEE A TREMENDOUS NOTHING GROWING ON THIS. I'M GOING TO GO

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THE OTHER THING. THEN IF WE GO BACK TO THE SECOND PAGE. HERE WE GO. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF VERBIAGE AND I WILL SIMPLY TRY TO EXPLAIN IT ON THE TOP NUMBER TWO, IT SAYS BY SELECTIVE APPLICATION LIMITED TO NUISANCE NUISANCE PLANTS AND SPARING THE EXPANDED NATIVE VEGETATION, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF HERBICIDE CHEMICALS THAT YOU APPLY TO THIS. NOW HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THAT INFORMATION? THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE INFORMATION IS AOC, VERY COMPETENT COMPANY WHO DOES ALL OF YOUR LAKE MAINTENANCE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU BECAUSE THEY REQUIRED BY THEIR BY THEIR PERMIT TO LIST EVERY TIME THEY DO AN APPLICATION, THE AMOUNT OF CHEMICAL THAT THEY USE AND THE TYPE OF CHEMICAL THAT THEY USE AND THEY HAVE THAT DATA FROM LONG TERM BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO RETAIN IT. AND IN THE FUTURE, AS THESE PLANTS GROW, THEN YOU CAN START TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WAS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE AMOUNT OF CHEMICAL THAT IS USED. WHAT, LET ME THEN GO TO LAKE WATER QUALITY, WHICH IS THE SECOND PARAGRAPH. THERE THE TOTAL NITROGEN IN POPPLETON CREEK IS 400 AND SOME ODD PARTS PER MILLION. LAKE OKEECHOBEE IS AROUND 1500 PARTS PER MILLION.

THAT'S GOOD. YOU WANT TO BE LOW TOTAL PHOSPHORUS, WHICH IS THE MAJOR PRODUCER OF HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS. AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY YET. THANK GOD IS 160. THIS IS THE PARTS PER BILLION. THIS IS THE SAME CONCENTRATION AS OF LAKE SHELBY THAT SURPRISED ME, QUITE A BIT. THE THE CHLOROPHYL LEVEL, WHICH IS THE MEASURE OF THE LITTLE PLANTS THAT ARE THE BASIS OF THE FOOD WEB FOR YOUR LAKES IS 16 PART PER TRILLION. THAT'S NORMAL. NOW THE TOTAL PHOSPHATE WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE TROPHIC INDEX. THE TROPHIC INDEX IS A MEASURE OF THE OF THE POLLUTANT NITROGEN OR THE POLLUTANT NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION. LOW VALUE FOR NITROGEN. EXTREMELY HIGH VALUE FOR PHOSPHORUS. AND THE CHLOROPHYL IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS LEVEL. THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WHATEVER I'VE EVER LOOKED AT IT. IF THE NITROGEN IS HERE, THE PHOSPHORUS IS HERE AND THE CHLOROPHYL IS THERE, YOU'RE HERE, HERE AND HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHY. SO I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU DO SOME MORE MEASUREMENTS AT THREE DIFFERENT

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TODAY IT'S AT FIVE. AND ONCE IT REACHED TEN, LAKE OKEECHOBEE HAS BEEN HAVING AN ANNUAL HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOM EVERY YEAR. EVERY SUMMER. SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED. THAT'S WHY I STRONGLY SUGGEST A LITTLE MORE MEASUREMENTS OF YOUR CHEMICALS, IN THAT AREA. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE FECAL COLIFORM. THEY'RE NOT TOO BAD. THE FECAL COLIFORM IS A MEASURE OF CAN I SWIM, CAN I DRINK? YOU HAVE TO HAVE ZERO TO DRINK. YOU HAVE TO HAVE 80 IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BE SAFE, TO SWIM. THIS LAKE STARTED AT 60 WHEN WE STARTED THIS EXPERIMENT. AND TO LIST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, IT WAS 12. CAN I TAKE CLAIM FOR THE FACT THAT THE PLANTS DID THIS? NO BECAUSE THE PLANTS AREN'T COVERING ENOUGH OF THE LAKE TO COUNT, SO I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. BUT I STILL THINK THAT THAT'S 12 IS VERY, VERY GOOD.

YOU'RE A HOSPITAL POND, WHICH WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU WANTED ME TO LOOK AT WAS 190 BAD. THIS IS GOOD. OKAY, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SUGGEST ON MY RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH ARE, I THINK THE THIRD PAGE. IF WE CAN GET TO THE THIRD PAGE AND I THINK YOU HAVE THEM, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE. THERE YOU GO, DON'T. YOU DID ENOUGH EXPERIMENTAL PLANTINGS. WE KNOW THAT THEY DO NOT WORK, UNLESS YOU CLEAN UP THE LAKE BEFORE YOU PUT THESE PLANTS IN, YOU CAN ADD ADDITIONAL PLANTS. THERE ARE THE HANDOUTS THAT THEY HAVE THEM. THOSE ARE THE NATIVE PLANTS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN. YOU CAN PUT IN SOME WATER LILIES. YOU CAN PUT IN WATER LILIES LIKE THIS. GREAT FAST HABITAT. YOU CAN PUT IN PICKERELWEED, WHICH IS BY THE WAY, JUST STARTED AGAIN, A NICE HABITAT. IT LOOKS PRETTY AND ALSO FUNCTION. THESE ARE SOME OF THE WORKS THAT I DID AT SAINT LUCIE WEST, THE TO BE QUITE SIMPLE. YOU CAN SEE MY, YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNTS. I THINK YOU HAVE PAPER COPIES ON THIS. OKAY. SO WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT, IF WE CAN GO TO THE PICTURE OF THE TILAPIA. AND WHAT NEXT PAGE? OKAY, RIGHT THERE ON THE TOP. RIGHT. THAT'S TILAPIA. SOMEBODY WAS FISHING THERE. I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE FISHING, AND HE'S TAKEN THAT TO EAT AT HOME.

TILAPIA AND THIS, THIS, I CALL IT THE PLECO CATFISH. THEY CAN GET ABOUT THIS BIG. THEY'RE EXOTIC. THEY'RE IN TROPICAL STORES, AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEM. AND THEY PUT THEM IN THE LAKE. THE LAKE IS DOMINATED BY EXOTIC TROPICAL FISH. MY SUGGESTION AND MERIT, WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM LAST, SAID HE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IS TAKE FISH THESE THESE EXOTICS OUT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO FISH THERE WANT TO SEE THE FISH THAT I SHOWED BEFORE THE NATIVE FISH WITH THE BASS, THE BREAM AND THE CRAPPIE. THAT IS WHAT THEY SHOULD BE HAVING THERE. AND NOW IF I IF YOU'RE ESTABLISHING A NATIVE PLANTS COMMUNITY IN THERE, THEN YOU'RE SET UP FOR A BASS AND BREAM AND CRAPPIE FISH. NATIVE FISH. IF THE IF THE CITY OF STUART IS TOP A SMALL CITY WITH REGARD TO SHELLFISH, WATER QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER, WHY NOT MAKE IT THE BASS FISHING CAPITAL OF A SMALL CITY? ALSO, IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO IT AND IMPROVE YOUR WATER QUALITY THAT FROM YOUR STORMWATER RETENTION LAKES. BECAUSE THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS THE RIVER. ARE ANY OF THE DISCHARGES FROM YOUR LAKES CAUSING THE CONDITION OF THE RIVER? THE ANSWER, I THINK, IS NO. YOU'RE DISCHARGING A LITTLE BIT OF POLLUTANT, BUT NOT THE MAJOR PART, BUT IT DOES. NOT A BAD IDEA TO FIND OUT. ARE YOU OR ARE YOU NOT POLLUTING THE RIVER A LITTLE BIT? I THINK SO, WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S NO NUMBERS ON IT, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT CAN BE DONE AND IF

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YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO CATCH THEM. AND, I THINK YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE TOURNAMENT AND YOU CAN HAVE A WEEK TOURNAMENT, LONG END. BUT NOW THE REAL PROBLEM IS, ONCE YOU DO GET THESE FISH, YOU'VE GOT TO GET RID OF THEM. YOU CAN'T PUT THEM. JUST DUMP THEM ON THE SIDE, AND IT WOULD TAKE A WHILE AND I ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS I DO SUGGEST IS THAT YOU PUT UNDERWATER, CONTINUE TO ADD UNDERWATER GRASS. I CAN DO IT IF YOU WANT AND MAYBE SOME MORE PLANTS ALONG THE SHORE, BUT THE ANYWAY, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. IF WE FISH OUT THE START FISHING OUT AND REDUCE DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE EXOTIC POPULATION, WILL THE NATIVE POPULATION, THE BASS EAT ANY BABY TARPONS THAT ARE LINGERING OR NOT? TARPON TILAPIA THAT ARE LINGERING TO MY BEST KNOWLEDGE, YES, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BATS YOU HAVE. YEAH, SO WHAT IF WE COULD WE PUT ADD BASS AFTER A WHILE. AFTER YOU GET MORE GROWTH IN THIS, THAT PARTICULAR POND, THEN I SAY YES. THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO FWC AND SAY, OKAY, ESPECIALLY WITH A MUNICIPALITY AS YOU ARE, THEY'LL DO IT FOR NOTHING. BUT YEAH, I JUST, I JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF HOW YOU WOULD ERADICATE IT, YOU CAN USE POISON. YOU CAN USE ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY, MAYBE A POISON I DON'T LIKE TO USE. I REALLY DON'T I'M VERY NEGATIVE TOWARD USING POISONOUS MAN MADE CHEMICALS IN ANY NATURAL SYSTEM. OH, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONERS WE'RE WORKING WITH A SECONDARY COMPANY. DON'T EVEN MENTION IT. I'LL WORK WITH THE SECONDARY COMPANY CALLED SOLAR TO LAKE MANAGEMENT, AND WE'LL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEM. ALSO AS FAR AS CONTINUING, THE PROCESS OF MANAGING THIS LAKE VERSUS ALSO PUT EVERYTHING IN PERSPECTIVE, THE IF YOU RECALL, WE WEREN'T TRYING TO CREATE AN AQUARIUM, THIS WAS DRY LAND IN 2007. IT WAS AN OPEN FIELD.

THERE WAS NO LAKE THERE AT ALL. THE CITY OF STUART AND THE DEP, THROUGH SOME GRANTS BUILT A MAJOR STORMWATER RETENTION AREA THAT WAS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE THE ROAD RUNOFF AND FERTILIZERS AND OTHER MATTERS BEFORE THEY WENT TO THE RIVER. THE ISSUE WAS THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE WEEDS AROUND THE BANK OF THE LAKE, AS WELL AS WHERE THE SPILLWAY LEADS OVER INTO POPPLETON CREEK, THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT THAT SPRAYING TAKE PLACE, AND AS A RESULT, THERE WAS A DEBATE AS TO WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO BE MANUALLY REMOVING THE WEEDS OR SPRAYING THE WEEDS. KNOWING THAT CENTRAL PARKWAY WAS ZONED FOR AND DESIGNED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THE COMMISSION ANTICIPATED THAT

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HOW MUCH WAS IT. I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THEIR DATA. SO I MEAN YOU HAVE TO ASK THEM FOR AN ARBITRARY JUST SO WHAT HE WAS SAYING IS AOC WOULD COME UP WITH THAT OVER TIME AS WE'RE RESTORING THIS GRASS. WHAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY NEED IN TERMS OF, CHEMICALS TO ACHIEVE THEIR JOB, VERY NATURE. THE COMMISSION ALREADY VOTED FOR THAT. SO WE DID THAT AND WE LIMITED IT TO JUST WHEN NECESSARY. AND WE'VE ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION. THE QUESTION WAS, SHOULD WE COMPLETELY REMOVE IT ALL TOGETHER? AND I THINK THAT THE SOLUTION WAS OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT YOU END UP WITH THE NATURAL GROWTH AND IT'S HARDER TO MAINTAIN AND THAT THERE'S A BALANCE SOMEWHERE IN THAT. BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT IF THE FECAL COLIFORM WENT FROM 60 TO 12, THAT ALSO SHOWS A REDUCTION IN SOMETHING, THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN PLACE BY A MATTER OF FIVE TIMES, SO I THINK THAT WE'D PROBABLY FIND THAT THE BASELINE FOR THE NITROGENS AND THE OTHER CHEMICALS IS PROBABLY ALSO REDUCED IF IN FACT, A BASELINE WAS MEASURED WHEN IT STARTED. SO PART PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM IS CONSUMING THESE KINDS OF CHEMICALS. RIGHT. SO WE'RE JUST LIKE STARS, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A HEALTH. THIS IS ECOSYSTEM. YES. WE'RE CREATING A HEALTHIER ECOSYSTEM TO HELP, MODULATE AND SOFTEN THE IMPACT FROM THESE KINDS OF THINGS. IF WE ARE PLANTING MORE OF THESE GRASSES, WHICH THAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR NEXT STEP. YEAH. LET ME JUST DIFFERENTIATE GOOD GRASS VERSUS BAD GRASS TAPE GRASS, NO TAPE GRASS IS GOOD. YES. TORPEDO GRASS IS BAD. BAD GRASS. AND THAT'S WHAT'S GROWING IN YOUR LAKE WHEN IT'S NOT LEFT, WHEN IT'S LEFT ALONE IS TORPEDO GRASS. AND FOR THAT GENERALLY IT USED TO BE USED RODEO AND RODEO IS GLYPHOSATE. AND GLYPHOSATE HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION BECAUSE OF ITS CANCER FORMING POTENTIAL. YOUR A AOC USED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THEY USE ALCOHOL AGAIN. IT'S A MAN MADE CHEMICAL. IT KILLS PLANTS. IT'S A RATHER SELECTIVE.

WHEREAS DIQUAT DIBROMIDE WAS ONE OF THOSE DIQUAT DIBROMIDE WAS. I KNOW IT'S ACQUITTAL. THERE WAS A LIST OF POTASSIUM ACQUITTAL. I THOUGHT, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT. ANYWAY, THE POINT IS, IT'S A MAN MADE CHEMICAL, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING TO MAKE LITTLE AQUARIUMS. I'M SUGGESTING MAKING YOUR SYSTEMS CLEANER, BECAUSE THE MORE PLANTS, MORE NATIVE

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AND THERE'S ALSO, TURTLES TO MAKE IT AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE PEOPLE OF STEWART CAN ENJOY THEIR FISHING RATHER THAN GETTING JUNK FISH. THAT'S THAT THEY GET NUMBER ONE. IT'S ALL POSSIBLE. BUT WHAT I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT I DID ALL OF SAINT LUCIE WEST 30 YEARS AGO, THEY HAVE A BASS FISHING CLUB AT LAKE CHARLES. THEY STARTED THREE YEARS AFTER I GOT THERE IN TERMS OF PLANTING THEIR LAKE AND THE BASS COMES OUT PRETTY GOOD SIZE, YOU KNOW, THREE, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, 10 POUNDS. THEY'RE STILL GOING STRONG ON A BASS FISHING, CLUB.

TAKE A LOOK AT SAINT LUCIE. WEST LAKE CHARLES IS EASY TO GET TO TAKE A LOOK AT. POPPLETON.

POPPLETON CREEK, THAT'S YOURS. TAKE A LOOK AT, CINNAMON TREE ON US ONE. TAKE A LOOK AT SAINT ANDREW'S POND. SAINT ANDREW'S IS 23 YEARS OLD. CINNAMON TREE IS 45 YEARS OLD. AND ALL OF SAINT LUCIE WEST IS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 YEARS OLD. AND THEY'RE STILL ESTABLISHING AND WORKING. AND TRADITION, BY THE WAY, ALSO DID TRADITION, WITH THIS GRASS AND SOME OF THE STUFF IS ON THE SIDE. I MY BIAS IS A BIAS IS TO CREATE AS MUCH NATURALIZED STORMWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. AND NOW I CANNOT MEASURE YOUR, YOUR YOUR FERTILIZER REDUCTION. I CANNOT MEASURE IT BECAUSE AOC HAS THE DATA. I DON'T HAVE THE DATA. AND IT WASN'T MY PART OF MY JOB TO GET THE DATA. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT JUST JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, JUST TO FINISH, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT THE STATUS QUO THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING CONTINUING. WE'RE RECOMMENDING REMOVING, JUNK GRASS AND ALSO PLANTING SOME ADDITIONAL THE ADDITIONAL. RIGHT. GOOD STUFF.

GETTING RID OF THE BAD STUFF. KEEP THE GOOD STUFF. AND THIS COULD BE A MODEL FOR YOUR OTHER 21 LAKES IN STUART CITY OF STUART. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU THANK YOU MAYOR, COMMISSIONER. CLERK. SURE. GO AHEAD. OKAY. CLERK. SO YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT POSSIBLY WHEN THE CLEANUP DEALS WITH, USE AND CONSUMPTION. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY OTHER QUESTION WAS TO COMPARE WHAT HAPPENED AT HOSPITAL POND AND HOW WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THAT PROCESS, WELL, COMMISSIONER, WE'RE GOING TO FINISH UP WITH, POPLAR CREEK FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL ADDRESS THE OTHER PONDS AS WE GO. SO ALL WE DID WAS BIG TAKE OFF ERADICATION. WE DID THAT SPRAY THING AT HOSPITAL POND SOME TIME AGO. RIGHT. THAT WAS THAT WAS A TEST AREA FIRST.

OKAY SO WE SHIFTED EVERYTHING TO, POPLAR CREEK BECAUSE OF THE SLOPES AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITH, ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FINE. SO I HAVE TWO MORE, THE LAKE AT THE DOG PARK IS DO WE HAVE THAT IN IN THE PROCESS TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT? THAT IS PROPERTY. OH, THAT'S THE ONE. OKAY. YES. OKAY. SO THEN LET ME CHANGE THEN ON ON OFF OF PALM CITY ROAD WHERE WE HAVE THAT LITTLE AREA BECAUSE YOU HAD YOU MENTIONED FECAL AND SOME OTHER THINGS AND I HEAR THAT THERE ARE ISSUES BESIDE THE PUP BEHIND THE POPLAR CREEK DEVELOPMENT, WHICH KIND OF ALL RUNS INTO THAT, THAT THERE WERE SOME ISSUES ALONG THAT PALM CITY ROAD, PART OF THAT PORTION OF HAMILTON CREEK IS TIDAL. THE LAKE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THE TOP OF THE WALTON CREEK WATERSHED IS ABOVE A WEIR. CORRECT. A STORMWATER RETENTION AREA THAT WAS MAN MADE BY THE CITY OF STORM, THE DEP. RIGHT, RIGHT. THE TITLE. SO I'M I BRING THAT UP ANOTHER TIME. OKAY. WORK ON THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT THAT. THE OTHER THING, THESE 12 RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO ADD TO OUR BUDGET TO HELP CONTINUE THIS PROCESS WITH THE I KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM MAY NOT NEED ANY FINANCIAL, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING. AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING YOU NEED TO ANSWER, BUT I JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHEN YOU DEAL WITH MIKE. IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A VITAL PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO KEEP BEING FUNDED SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MEET WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WE'LL DISCUSS IF ANYTHING ELSE NEED TO BE. YEAH. NO THANK YOU, MR. GIGLIO. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. AND. OKAY. BY THE WAY, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON TASK FORCE COMMITTEE FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES, AND THEY'VE PICKED OUT SOME

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AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WE SHOULD PROBABLY PRIORITIZE THESE 22 PONDS IN THE CITY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH, VICE MAYOR, KEEP IN MIND, WE DO NOT OWN THAT POND THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. NOW OKAY? JUST JUST WE SPRAY IT, YOU SPRAY IT, WE CALL FOR THE COMMISSION TO SPRAY IT AT, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP IT DOWN BECAUSE THEY THINK WE OWN IT, BUT WE DO NOT OWN IT. SO THAT'S WHY WE JUST KIND OF. SO THAT'S NOT 22. CORRECT. AND THEN THE THIRD TO THE POINT, THE CITY MANAGER MAKE IS DO WE WANT TO CREATE AQUARIUMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY? AND I MEAN, THAT IS A VERY DIFFERENT QUESTION THAN PUTTING MORE NATIVE VEGETATION IN THE WATER AND AROUND THE SHORELINES OF THESE AREAS OF THESE PONDS. SO THANK YOU, JOE, FOR THIS EFFORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. AND YOUR PHOTOS. MY PHOTOS. YES THANK. WE YES, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLANT.

IT'S A PLANT THAT YOU DON'T WANT. IT'S A WEED. THIS CAN BE EXCELLENT FOR. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GIGLIO. THANK YOU. I LOVE THE LILY PADS. OKAY, LET'S MOVE RIGHT ON. HERE

[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS ]

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE NONE. WELL, SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT POPPLETON CREEK AND CENTRAL PARKWAY AND ALSO TRAFFIC WAS MENTIONED FROM THE DAIS EARLIER, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE COMMISSION FOR THE REQUIREMENTS. THEY MADE OF THE FERAL CREEK DEVELOPMENT. I WAS NOT ON THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME, AND, I DID NOT SEE IT ON THE LPA, BUT I WOULD, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON CENTRAL PARKWAY, THE SPEED OF CARS, I'VE BEEN OUT AND TALKED TO ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS AND MET A COUPLE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND SPOKE WITH SPOKEN WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. THEY PUT IN, THEY PUT IN, THEY PUT SOME BUMP OUTS THERE AND THEY NARROWED THE ROAD. THEY CHANGED THE TEXTURE AND COLOR OF IT, THEY PUT IN PARALLEL PARKING ON THE ROADWAY AND THEY PUT IN SPEED BUMPS. AND IT HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED THE SPEED. YEAH I GO THERE ALL THE TIME. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHEN WE APPROVE. WELL DESIGNED DEVELOPMENTS IS IMPRESSIVE. AND THEY MAY SEEM SMALL OR SLIGHT, BUT WHEN YOU SEE THEM IMPLEMENTED, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. AND AGAIN I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE COMMISSION THAT APPROVED THAT PROJECT. AND MADE THOSE REQUIREMENTS ON IT. AND IT'S DEFINITELY IMPROVED THE TRAFFIC. THANK YOU. CENTRAL PARKWAY, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER YEAH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR THAT WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL 4TH OF JULY, EVENT, AS WE ALWAYS DO. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. KUROWSKI AND EVERYBODY ON HIS TEAM, THEY'VE DONE GREAT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I WANTED TO MENTION OUR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE, AND FIRE. WE'VE HAD, WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION, SEVERAL HORRIFIC, CAR ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE LEFT TO COUPLE FATALITIES, COUPLE NEAR FATALITIES. HE'S, AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE, INVOLVED, INTOXICATED DRIVERS, WHICH IS VERY UNFORTUNATE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR TRACKING THOSE FOLKS DOWN, WHERE YOU GUYS WERE THE ONE AGENCY DOING THAT, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE FIREFIGHTERS FOR, HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE CRASHES, FAR AS THE RESCUE.

AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THE VICTIMS, BUT ALSO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE, LIKE, THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY AND THE HOLIDAY IS DONE FOR THIS NOW, BUT THERE WILL BE OTHERS. AND BUT ALCOHOL AND CARS DON'T MIX. SO AND WE'RE WE'VE SEEN TWO HORRIFIC ACCIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, ONE THAT THAT INVOLVED ALCOHOL AND ONE THAT LEFT A WONDERFUL MAN DECEASED. AND ANOTHER ONE WHERE THEY'RE IT'S SURPRISING THAT NOBODY DIED, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND JUST REMIND EVERYBODY TO, YOU KNOW, BE SAFE. AND REMEMBER, IT'S NOT JUST YOU OUT THERE. IT'S PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. AND ALL THE LIVES THAT GET AFFECTED BY, YOUR ACTIONS. SO THANK YOU. I WANTED TO SAY, I RODE WITH, IT WAS IN ONE OF THE K9 VEHICLES. LET ME SEE. I WROTE CHRIS'S NAME DOWN. I DON'T WANT TO FORGET IT, IT WAS JULY 4TH, AND, I WAS DOWNTOWN, AND I WANTED TO RIDE WITH HIM, AND, SO HE SAID I COULD. AND I TALKED TO THE CHIEF, AND TO OUR MANAGER, MR. MARTELL. AND THE DOG WAS JUST AMAZING. HIS NAME IS JERRY LEE, SO I DIDN'T I WROTE FOR A COUPLE HOURS, AND, BECAUSE IT WAS A NIGHT OF DRINKING AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND CHRIS AND I JUST GOT TO TALKING AND TALKING AND TALKING. AND HE WAS TELLING ME THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST HORRIBLEST NIGHTS THAT IT

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THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL I'M GETTING OUT OF THE CAR, WHEN IT'S WHEN IT'S CRAZY. PEOPLE. I MEAN, HECK, BUT, IT'S IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. AND THESE LAST FEW WEEKS, I HAVE, I HAVE TALKED TO, THE OFFICERS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF. WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST WONDERFUL STAFF TO, THEY EVERYONE HAS TO BE INCLUDED IN WHAT'S GOING TO GO FORWARD. BUT BUDGETS AND THINGS, AND, AND I DON'T WISH, WISH IT ON ANYBODY TO WANT TO KEEP OUR TAXES AT A, AT A CERTAIN PLACE AND TO KEEP OUR BUDGET, THE WAY WE HAVE RUN IT AND CONTINUE TO RUN IT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND ALSO TO GIVE ANOTHER, HURRAH! I KNOW IT'S, GOING ON 630 AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN ANYWHERE YET, BUT, THE, THE GOLF CARTS IN THE WAY THAT THEY, DECORATED THOSE UP RED, WHITE AND BLUE. AND THERE WAS LIKE 21 OF THEM. AND WE'RE GOING DOWN EAST OCEAN AND PALM BEACH ROAD. AND IT WAS ALL THE PEOPLE WERE THERE. AND I SAID, HOW DID ALL THESE PEOPLE GET OUT HERE ON THE SIDEWALKS? THEY REALLY PLUGGED THAT. THEY REALLY PUSHED IT AND PUSHED IT.

AND IT WAS AMAZING. ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'LL BE LIKE, CHRISTMAS PARADE. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S WE HAVE A LOT OF BRIGHT, INTELLIGENT EMPLOYEES IN, IN, IN OUR COUNTY, IN OUR CITY, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A PLUG AND, AND THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. AND SO

[COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER ]

AS A RESULT, A MOONSHOT MOMENT REPRESENTS A BOLD VISION THAT, IF ACHIEVED, CAN LEAD TO TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGES AND SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENTS IN A PARTICULAR FIELD OR ENDEAVOR.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I THINK THAT, DOCTOR MARTEL, MR. MARTEL, IS IN CHARGE. HE'S ON TOP OF IT.

I SHOULD ALSO, SPEAKING OF MOONSHOT MOMENTS, THE CITY OF STUART HAD ONE LAST NIGHT, MY WIFE POINTED IT OUT TO ME, AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, TO SOME EXTENT, IT DOES MAKE ME NERVOUS THAT SHE LIKES TO WATCH THESE MURDER SHOWS. AND IT, LIKE, SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S PRACTICE, BUT SHE WATCHES THEM A LOT, AND THEY'RE ALL ABOUT A HUSBAND GETTING KILLED SOMEHOW. IN ANY EVENT, LAST NIGHT, SHE ACTUALLY SAVED IT FOR ME TO WATCH THIS MORNING. AND IT WAS A CALLED A SHOW CALLED SNAPPED AND THAT'S WHERE A PERSON ACTUALLY SNAPS AND MURDERS THEIR HUSBAND, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IT FEATURED A MICHAEL GERWIN FROM THE CITY OF STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IT WAS THE SEASON PREMIERE OF SNAPPED. AND MICHAEL, ACTUALLY, I SENT HIM AN EMAIL TODAY AND POINTED OUT THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD MORE AIRTIME THAN THE MURDERER DID, BUT IT WAS A BIT OF A CLAIM TO FAME, AND THE STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT LOOKED VERY GOOD IN THE SEASON PREMIERE OF SNAP. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, YOU SHOULD WATCH THAT. IT JUST IT PREMIERED. NO, IT WAS IN 2008, AND IT CONSISTED OF SOME PEOPLE THAT KILLED A GUY WITH A SAMURAI SWORD. AND I HOPE MY WIFE'S NOT LISTENING TO THAT, BECAUSE I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SAMURAI LAWYER. OH, YOU WERE DEFEND THE INDEPENDENCE OF COURT FOR THE CHILD. AND, MOVING ON, I DID WANT TO COMMENT, TOO.

WE DID HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL 4TH OF JULY, AND I HAVE TO THANK THE POLICE AND FIRE FOR THAT

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ALONG THE LINES OF THE POLICE AND FIRE, THERE WAS 117 YEAR OLD HISTORIC HOME THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE BECAUSE OF A BLOW TORCH DOING ROOF WORK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND, IT IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TOTAL LOSS. AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID IT, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THAT FIRE UNDER CONTROL. AND ACTUALLY SAVED TWO FULL ROOMS OF THAT HOUSE THAT THAT WILL WILL BE ABLE TO BE RESTORED AND COME BACK, AND YOU IMAGINE THIS 100 YEAR OLD HOUSE THAT HAD A TIN ROOF ON IT, THE FIRE WAS BURNING UNDER THE TIN ROOF, AND THEY WERE TRYING TO SPRAY THE WATER INSIDE THE HOUSE, AND IT WAS JUST LIKE IT WAS BURNING IN AN OVEN. SO THEY REALLY WORKED HARD THERE, AND, AS WELL, OF COURSE, WE MENTIONED ALREADY MULTIPLE TIMES THE POLICE ON THE 4TH OF JULY WERE, UP ALL NIGHT BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT ON THE, BRIDGE. BUT WE DID ALSO HAVE REPORTS THAT, MOST OF STUART, IN FACT, ALL OF STUART WAS RELATIVELY QUIET. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ISOLATED EVENTS, BUT NOTHING OF ANY SERIOUS HARM. OUR POLICE WERE VERY PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY, AND EVERYTHING RAN VERY SMOOTHLY AS FAR AS THE 4TH OF JULY IS CONCERNED, THE EVENT THAT HAPPENED AT ABOUT 130 IN THE MORNING ON THE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE WAS REALLY UNRELATED TO OUR 4TH OF JULY FESTIVITIES AND WAS JUST AN UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCE. BUT OUR POLICE OF COURSE, HANDLED THAT AND APPREHENDED THE PERSON THAT LEFT THE SCENE WITHIN AN HOUR OF THE ACTUAL ACCIDENT. SO

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ]

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AS FAR AS PRIVATE PROPERTY IS CONCERNED, I'M VERY SPECIFIC ANE HERE, THEY'D TELL YOU THEY ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, EVEN IF IT'S CLOSE TO SOMEBODY'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE THE ROAD ENDS AND SOMEBODY'S GRASS MIGHT BE IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. IT'S NOT.

THEY NEVER TAKE THE SIGNS FROM THERE. IT'S THEY TAKE THEM FROM PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. AND IF YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND AND YOU NOTICE SOMEBODY THAT'S PUT THEIR POLITICAL SIGN IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, YOU SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED BY THAT BEHAVIOR. AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE HAPPY WITH THAT CANDIDATE, BECAUSE THAT'S A PERSON THAT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE COST TO THE CITY OF STUART, OF MAINTAINING STUART. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE STAFF OUT EVERY DAY CLEANING UP SOMEBODY'S GARBAGE. IS IT TRUE, THOUGH, THAT WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THEY SHOULD NOT BE DESTROYED OR NO, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THEY'LL BE THAT THEY WOULD BE STORED AND

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[CONSENT CALENDAR ]

WE'LL HAVE A ROLL. COMMISSIONER, CLERK. YES, MAYOR. BRUNER? YES, VICE MAYOR. RICH. YES.

COMMISSIONER. COLLINS. YES AND COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. YES. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. WE'LL NOW GO

[13. AWARD OF ITB #2024-105: RIVERSIDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD-OLEANDER PARK IMPROVEMENTS (RC): RESOLUTION No. 61-2024; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE AWARD OF ITB #2024-105, RIVERSIDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD-OLEANDER PARK IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LOWEST, MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WITH A TOTAL UNIT PRICE OF $83,127.16 TO BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE SERVICES, INC. OF VERO BEACH, FLORIDA; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]

IT'S LOCATED IN A MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST NORTH OF THE OLD BRIDGE AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN. CURRENTLY, THE PARK IS UNDERUTILIZED WITH NARROW SIDEWALK THAT LEADS TO THE SAINT LUCIE RIVER, DURING THE OUTREACH MEETING, IT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT REQUESTED IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS PARK, AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THE RIVERSIDE PARK STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, HERE'S A SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THE PARK THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2023, THIS PROJECT IS IN THE CRA PLAN, THE PARK WILL THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCLUDE IRRIGATION, WIDER PAVED SIDEWALK, SHADE TREES, BENCHES, DECORATIVE FENCE AND NEW PARK SIGNAGE. THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE COMPLETED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RIVERSIDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO GO IN CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS WILL ALSO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER SERVICE LINE UNDER THE ROADWAY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE IRRIGATION TO THE PARK, SO THIS IS, PART OF THE STREETSCAPE PROJECT THAT WILL HELP IRRIGATE THE PARK, AND THE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCLUDE SIDEWALKS ON STREET PARKING, STREETLIGHTS, LANDSCAPING, PERVIOUS PAVER AND MILLING AND RESURFACING OF THE ROADWAYS, IN ADDITION TO THE STREETSCAPE AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS WE RECEIVED, WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A PRE-APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE VACANT PARCEL WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS PARCEL IS ABOUT 2.26 ACRES, THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE TOWNHOMES AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH ALLEYWAY ACCESS FOR GARAGES, TO AVOID NUMEROUS DRIVEWAY CURB CUTS ALONG THE STREETS. THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CRA VISION AND NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 23 TOWNHOMES AND FIVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, IT CURRENTLY IS JUST IN THE PRE-APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT JUST WANTED TO YOU KNOW, BRING THIS UP TO THE BOARD AS SINCE WE'RE DOING THE, THE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, AND THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS WERE ALSO STARTING TO SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT TODAY,

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