6. ACCEPTING A STATE APPROPRIATION FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR GUY DAVIS PARK IMPROVEMENTS (RC): RESOLUTION No. 62-2024; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA ACCEPTING A STATE APPROPRIATION OF $500,000.00 FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT GUY DAVIS PARK; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AS A CONDITION OF AWARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

[6. ACCEPTING A STATE APPROPRIATION FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR GUY DAVIS PARK IMPROVEMENTS (RC): RESOLUTION No. 62-2024; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA ACCEPTING A STATE APPROPRIATION OF $500,000.00 FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT GUY DAVIS PARK; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AS A CONDITION OF AWARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

YOU READ THE RESOLUTION. IT'S, ACCEPTING STATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR GUY DAVIS PARK IMPROVEMENTS. ALL RIGHT? YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. RESOLUTION NUMBER 62, DASH 2024, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING A STATE APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT GUY DAVIS PARK, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AS A CONDITION OF AWARD PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS BEN HOGARTH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, SO I WAS GOING TO JUST BRIEFLY INTRODUCE THE ITEM, PENAL HAS A VERY BRIEF TIMELINE PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL JUST TO GO OVER WHERE THIS PROJECT MAY HAVE COME FROM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ON COMMISSION FOR AS LONG AS THIS, YOU KNOW, PROJECT HAS BEEN KIND OF IN CONCEPTION, SO THE LONG STORY SHORT FOR THE LAST YEAR IS THAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, YOU ALL ADOPTED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE BROUGHT FORWARD, THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS FOR POTENTIAL APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE, THE STATE DID END UP APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR ONE OF THEM, IT WAS A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS GUY DAVIS, SO WE WERE EXCITED TO GET THAT MONEY, FOR THIS PROJECT. PROJECT, CAN. WELL, WE CAN SPEND MONEY ON CONSTRUCTION, ON ENGINEERING DESIGN AS WELL, RIGHT NOW, STAFF IS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WHICH IS NOW WHERE IT RESTS AND RESIDE, KIND OF AS A GRANT PROGRAM, SO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IS SORT OF ACTING AS A GRANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE STATE FOR THIS PROGRAM. THEY'VE REQUESTED PERMISSION FROM US TO BASICALLY SIGN AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF DELIVERABLES. AND IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE THAT, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, IN REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PROJECT, SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE TONIGHT, NOT TALK TOO MUCH. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THE QUICK TIMELINE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE STUFF. I'M HERE. AND THEN PAUL IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE CRA IS RIGHT NOW WITH THAT PROJECT. WELL, BEN, THANKS FOR EXPLAINING ALL THAT TO US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. BEN. PAUL GHANIZADA, DIRECTOR, FOR THE RECORD, SO WE DO HAVE OUR CONSULTANT HERE ALSO, JANA FOLEY, FROM CALVIN GIORDANO AND ASSOCIATES, I'LL BRING HIM UP AND SHORTLY TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON THE PROJECT, BUT WE, LIKE BEN, MENTIONED WE'VE HAD CHANGED LEADERSHIP AND COMMISSION SINCE WE INITIATED THE PROJECT. SO I DO WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT, SO THE IDEA OF THE COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH A CHARRETTE, THE EASTER CHARRETTE THAT WAS DONE BACK IN 2002, THAT MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2004. AND WE OFTEN USE THAT AS A GUIDE TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS IN THE EASTWARD NEIGHBORHOOD, IN 2014, IT WAS COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT INITIALLY INITIATED THE PROJECT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS AND DEVELOPED THE MASTER PLAN, THE MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED CONTINGENT UPON FINDING THIRD PARTY FUNDING, AT THAT TIME, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT DID APPLY FOR $4 MILLION APPROPRIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE STATE, BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT EVEN AT THAT TIME, IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE RECREATION CENTER. IT WAS ALWAYS THE PARK ITSELF. RIGHT, WE DID NOT GET FUNDING AT THAT TIME, SO THERE WERE NO ACTION TAKEN UNTIL ACTUALLY 2019, WHEN DAVID DIAS BECAME THE CITY MANAGER, WE LOOKED, REVISITED THE MASTER PLAN AND AMENDED THE MASTER PLAN BASED ON THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAD OCCURRED OVER THE YEARS, AND THEN THE PROJECT WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PHASES, PHASE ONE AND TWO INCLUDED NEW BASEBALL FIELDS, CONCESSION STAND, RESTROOMS, UPGRADED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WITH SOME WATER FEATURES, NEW STAGE PAVILIONS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING AREAS, AND THE PHASE THREE AND FOUR, WOULD BE, WOULD COME INTO PLAY IF FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE. PHASE THREE WAS RECREATION CENTER IMPROVEMENTS AND PHASE FOUR WAS, OVERFLOW, OVERFLOW GRASS PARKING AREA, AND SO WE REVISED THE MASTER PLAN WE PRESENTED TO THE EAST STEWART COMMUNITY, BACK IN 2019. AND WE WENT OUT FOR RFP JUST FOR PHASE ONE AND TWO. AND THIS IS BACK IN 2019. AND THEN THE MASTER PLAN WAS FURTHER AMENDED IN 2020. WE CHANGED THE DESIGN TO INCLUDE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD AND REMOVE THE BASEBALL FIELD. SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE THE BASEBALL FIELDS AT THE SAILFISH PARK, SO WE REJECTED THE PROPOSAL THAT CAME FORWARD, AS PART OF THE FIRST RFP. AND WE WENT OUT FOR RFP AGAIN, SECOND RFP IN 2020. AND

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WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE MASTER PLAN AT THAT TIME, WE RECEIVED TEN PROPOSALS FOR THE PROJECT. WE CONTRACTED THE DESIGN WITH CALVIN GIORDANO AND ASSOCIATES IN 2021. AND THEN LATER THAT YEAR, WE ALSO CONDUCTED A PRE-DESIGN SURVEY TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE EASTER COMMUNITY AND STEWART RESIDENTS, AT THAT TIME, WE SURVEYED 327 PARTICIPANTS, AND SOME OF THE TOP ACTIVITIES THAT CAME FROM THAT SURVEY WAS, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR EXERCISE AND WALKING TRAILS, PICNIC AREAS, EVENT SPACE, CHILDREN'S PLAY EQUIPMEN, LIGHTING, SITE AMENITIES AND FURNISHINGS, BATHROOM FACILITIES, AND, SPORTS PROGRAMING, SO THEN WE STARTED WORKING BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED AND, AND THE MASTER PLAN, WE STARTED WORKING ON THE SCHEMATIC PLAN, AND THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN JANUARY 2022, WE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC THAT SHOWED UP AT THAT MEETING. AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE HEARD AT THAT MEETING WAS THEY WANTED TO SEE, SKATE PARK IN THE PLAN, THE EASTER COMMUNITY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY, THROUGHOUT THE PARK, ADDITIONAL RESTROOMS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK, IMPROVE THE EXISTING RUNNING TRACK, IMPROVE LIGHTING, ENSURE THAT THE STAGE HAS THE PROPOSED STAGE, HAS THE ADA COMPLIANCE.

REQUIREMENT, AND PROVIDE ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGE GROUPS. AND SO BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED AT THAT TIME, WE FURTHER ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER HISTORY OF EAST STEWART, WE ACTUALLY FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE AND, DEVELOPED SOME IDEAS AND CONCEPTS THAT WE COULD INCORPORATE, IN THE FORM OF ART INTO THE PARK. AND, YOU KNOW, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN CELEBRATE THEIR HISTORY, LEADERS, PIONEERS, AND CULTURES OF EAST STEWART AND INCORPORATE THOSE INTO AS ART ELEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PARK, NOT JUST THE PARK, BUT THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, WE MET ON SATURDAYS AND QUARTERLY BASIS FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER 2022. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK, AND GIANNO IS HERE. HE IS GOING TO, PRESENT THE EAST STEWART PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN, THAT WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH THOSE THOSE MEETINGS.

GREAT, GREAT, WE HAVE SORRY. WE UPDATED THE MASTER PLAN, BASED ON COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK, AND THEN THAT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND BOARD MEETING IN 2023, SO WE, THE ORIGINAL SCOPE DID NOT CHANGE. WE KEPT THE ORIGINAL SCOPE, BUT WE DID INCORPORATE, AN AREA FOR SKATE PARK, ABOUT 12,400FT■!S AREA FOR SKATE PARK, PENDING THAT, THE PRIVATE GROUP PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT, WE ALSO PROVIDED, OUR PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SECOND BATHROOM ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK, COMMUNITY DOG PARK, LAWN AREA FOR ACTIVITIES, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK WITH YARD GAMES AND LINEAR PARK, FOR THAT COULD BE ENJOYED BY ALL AGES.

AND ADDITIONAL ARE ELEMENTS THAT WOULD BE THROUGHOUT THE PARK. SO THE, THE ADDITIONAL SCOPE WOULD BE COMPLETED AS PART OF THE SECOND PHASE. SO WE'RE STILL KEEPING THE, THE ORIGINAL SCOPE, AND WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE THESE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS, ADDITIONAL REQUESTS THAT CAME THROUGH MEETINGS, BUT THOSE WOULD BE INCORPORATED AS, AS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, AT THAT MEETING, BACK IN JANUARY 2023, THE BOARD DID DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THE PROJECT. SO WE DID COMPLETE 30% DESIGN BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2023.

AND, THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DID REVIEW THE THOSE PLANS AND PROVIDED COMMENTS, TO, THEIR, THEIR WORK, THE CONSULTANT IS WORKING ON, FINALIZING THE 60% DESIGN AND I AND I AM BUDGETING FOR, $7 MILLION IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 CRA BUDGET THAT YOU'LL SEE IN SEPTEMBER FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK, GIANNO TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE DESIGN AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE IN THE PROCESS. GOOD EVENING, GIANNA WITH CALVIN DONALD ASSOCIATES. IT'S A PLEASURE. AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY TO PUT TOGETHER A MASTER PLAN FOR THIS OVERALL PARK. AND IT'S REALLY WE HAVE REALLY WORKED OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR SCOPE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK ALL THE EXTRA WORK TO ENSURE THAT THE LONG TERM, ADDITIONAL PHASES THAT COULD COME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARK

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WOULD ALL WORK VERY SEAMLESSLY WITH WHAT THE FIRST PHASE WOULD BE. AND, YOU KNOW, MUCH, MUCH TO COMMEND TO THE CITY FOR. WE ACTUALLY TOOK THE TIME TO PAUSE TO REALLY BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PARK REALLY ARE HERE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE OVERALL COMMUNITY. AS A WHOLE. I'M SO EXCITED OVER THIS. YEAH, SO, SO A LOT OF THOSE FEEDBACKS THAT THAT WE GOT OVER THE SORT OF PROLONGED PARTICIPATION OF A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN FACT, A LOT OF THEM OPENED UP THEIR PRIVATE RESOURCES OF DATA, PHOTOGRAPHS, AS MUCH INFORMATION AS THEY COULD TO SORT OF GIVE US, TOWARDS THAT EFFORT, SO I'LL SAY NEXT, A LOT OF PANEL. SO WE MET IN THIS ROOM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH WITH THAT SUBCOMMITTEE NEXT AND OUT OF THAT COMMITTEE, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE VALUE THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD. NEXT. AND THE TAKEAWAY WAS THAT THERE WERE SIX MAIN THEMES THAT WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE THROUGH THAT. THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, ONE WAS CELEBRATING THE WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP, PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZING THE WOMEN AT THE SPECTRUM SCHOOL WERE REALLY THE SORT OF TORCHBEARERS OF SORT OF TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN. HOW TO, BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY WANTED TO CELEBRATE, THE MIGRATION OF THE MANY DIFFERENT, PIONEER FAMILIES THAT CAME HERE OF COURSE, SOME ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO MR. GUY DAVIS AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS. THEY WANTED TO CELEBRATE EDUCATORS CELEBRATING THE IMPACT OF SPORTS AND CELEBRATING THE BLACK HISTORIC BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY WITH THE FOCUS ON THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP THAT SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES HAD NEXT. SO WE'VE COMPILED ALL OF THAT TOGETHER INTO AN EAST STEWART PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE SEE IT IS THE FIRST STEP TO A TO A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO PERIODICALLY SO THAT THIS HISTORY NEVER GETS LOST. WE ARE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO US THROUGH THE RESIDENTS. HOPEFULLY, ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME MORE DATA SO THAT THAT DATA CAN KIND OF THAT, THAT MASTER PLAN CAN BE, AUGMENTED NEXT. SO PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN INCLUDES SORT OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE VALUE OF PUBLIC ART IS. AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE HISTORICAL IMAGES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET FROM THE EAST. STEWART COMMUNITY. NEXT. SO IN THERE, WE TALK ABOUT SORT OF AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT AS TO WHAT THE VALUE OF PUBLIC ART IS. NEXT IN IN THE PLAN ITSELF. NEXT, WE PROVIDE A LOT OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES, PARTICULARLY FOR THE ARTISTS, SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW THEY NEED TO FRAME THEIR WORK AND HOW THEY NEED TO APPROACH THEIR WORK SO THAT IT IS SENSITIVE TO THE TO THE TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT. SO THOSE WERE, EXPRESSING ISSUES OF DIVERSITY, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE ART IS UNIQUE, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT TOWARDS THOSE EFFORTS, WE PROVIDE A LOT OF GUIDELINES FOR THE ARTIST. NEXT. AND THOSE ARE LAID OUT IN VERY IN, IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, SUCH AS HOW DO YOU SUPPORT THE LOCAL CULTURE AND THE LOCAL BUSINESSES? HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT? HOW DO YOU PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF CAPACITY BUILDING, AND HOW ARE YOU TRUE TO THE OVERALL HISTORY? THAT'S THERE? WE ALSO INCLUDED CRITERIA THAT THE CITY SHOULD USE IN TERMS OF EVALUAT GO IN, O DETERMINE IF OUR ART IS, BETTER THAN ANOTHER SORT OF, CANDIDATE.

THOSE INCLUDES THE ARTISTIC MERIT OF THE OVERALL PIECE, THE SENSE OF PLACE, THE SUITABILITY TO AN OVERALL COLLECTION, AND OF COURSE, THE MATERIAL AND DURABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ART COMPONENTS, ONCE THEY GO IN, THAT THEY'RE NOT FADING INTO 2 OR 3 YEAR TIME PERIOD OR THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO, TO DECAY OR GETTING BRITTLE WITH THE SUN. RIGHT? WE ALSO CREATED SOME CURATORIAL THEMES TO BE ABLE TO GUIDE HOW THE ARTIST WILL BE PROVIDING THE ARTWORK. SO THERE'S THREE MAIN THEMES THAT WE WANTED TO DERIVE FROM THOSE BIGGER IDEAS THAT WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE REALLY CELEBRATING THE HERITAGE OF THE EAST STUART NEIGHBORHOOD. NEXT, CELEBRATING THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN WHICH, A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SORT OF LIVE, AND THE CHARACTER AND LOOK OF THE STUART AREA. AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS IDEA OF IDENTITY CELEBRATING THE, EQUITY AND THE PIONEER AND DIVERSITY WITHIN THE OVERALL COMMUNITY, THEN THE

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MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THAT WOULD WERE THE MAJOR COMPONENTS THAT, MADE UP THE SORT OF ART PIECES THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT PHASE ONE NEXT. SO THOSE FIRST STEPS INCLUDED FIVE DIFFERENT ART COMPONENTS THAT WERE PARLAYED INTO THE PARK PROGRAM. PART OF THE PARK PROGRAM INCLUDES PARKING ON THE SOUTH WITH A SORT OF FLEXIBLE EVENT SPACE THAT WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FARMERS MARKETS, MOVIES IN THE LAWN, ANY KIND OF PICKUP, SORT OF FACILITY, AS WELL AS OVERFLOW PARKING, IN THAT PERVIOUS AREA, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK, YOU HAVE SORT OF A MULTI-USE PLAY FIELD AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHICH WILL BE THE BACK OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU'VE GOT STAGE LAWN SPLASHPAD, RESTROOM AND CONCESSION AND, A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, REHAB. SO WITHIN THERE WE WANTED TO SORT OF EMBED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ART IN PUBLIC PLACES. OF COURSE, THESE WERE NOT BUILT INTO THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF THE WORK AND INTO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT AS WE GET, ALL THE COMPONENTS PARLAYED FROM A PRICING STANDPOINT, WE'RE ABLE TO ROLL OUT SORT OF PRIORITIZATIONS AS TO WHICH ART COMPONENT GETS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE OVERALL PARK ELEMENT. SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICKLY. NEXT, THE FIRST ONE IS, THE NAMESAKE OF THE PARK, WHICH IS MR. GUY DAVIS. WE WANT TO HAVE SORT OF AN ENTRY FEATURE THAT CELEBRATES HIM. AND THE ONE THING THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WAS THAT HE WAS MOST RECOGNIZABLE BY HIS HAT. THE FACT THAT HE WORE A HA. SO, WE HAVE SORT OF A HAT SELF CARE WITH A WITH A, MADE UP OF A RIBBON. AND THE IDEA IS THAT THE RIBBON IS SORT OF TYING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. THE OUTSIDE OF THE RIBBON IS THE ROYAL BLUE, AND THE INSIDER IS, IS A GOLD COLOR. SO THOSE WERE THE COLORS OF THE SCHOOL OF SPECTRUM. SO WE WANTED TO SORT OF BRING THAT HISTORY INTO THE OVERALL, COMPONENT NEXT. WE ALSO WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE PIONEERING QUALITY OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR ARCHITECTS SO THAT PART OF THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ARE PANELS THAT ARE OUT THAT THAT, ESSENTIALLY BECOMES THE FACADE OF THE RESTROOM AND CONCESSION BUILDING. EACH ONE OF THOSE PANELS THEN BECOMES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ART DISPLAY. SO A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT ARTISTS COULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME ART COMPONENTS THERE. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY MOSAICS COULD GO ON THAT ONE NEXT. WE ALSO WANTED TO CREATE A SPORTS WALK OF FAME, THESE WILL BE COMPONENTS THAT ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE CONCRETE, WITH PLAQUES. AND THEY CELEBRATE THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE GONE ON AND DONE GREAT THINGS, IN THE WORLD OF SPORT, NEXT. ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK, IF YOU SEE THE IMAGE ON THE TOP RIGHT WHERE THOSE OVERHEAD UTILITIES ARE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES TO TRY TO GET THOSE THINGS. UNDERGROUNDED. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH FPL TO SERVICE THAT, THAT BUILDING FROM THE SOUTH AND THE MAJORITY OF THE WIRES THAT ARE COMING ACROSS OUR AT&T ARE WORKING WITH AT&T TO GET THOSE THINGS UNDERGROUNDED SO THAT THEN WE CAN HAVE CLEARANCE. WHAT THAT WILL DO IS THAT THAT'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO START TO LOOK AT THAT FACADE, THAT BLANK WALL THAT CURRENTLY IS MOLDED AND MILDEW AND KIND OF IS AN EYESORE WORKING WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER SO THAT THAT WALL CAN BECOME SORT OF A WOMAN'S MURAL WALL, THE PLACE WHERE WE, SORT OF CELEBRATE THE VALUE AND ROLE THAT WOMEN PLAYED IN THE OVERALL COMMUNITY. NEXT WE CREATED A PLAZA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK, WHICH WOULD BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE AREA THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED FOR A POTENTIAL SKATE PARK, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE REALLY TOOK AWAY FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY WAS THIS NOTION THAT INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL AND EDUCATION WAS SUCH A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO, TO ENSURING SOME LEVEL OF ADVANCEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO THE NOTION THAT WHENEVER YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, YOU RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE CALLED IN CLASS. SO WE USE THAT AS A SYMBOL. AND THE IDEA IS THAT, WITH THESE ART SCULPTURES, YOU'LL HAVE HANDS SORT OF BEING RAISED AND COME OUT OF THE SCULPTURE GARDEN. BUT THEN THE WING OF THEM, WHICH WE'RE TAKING FROM SORT OF AN INSPIRATION OF THE BACK FIN OF A FISH, THEN BECOMES A PLACE WHERE WE PROVIDE THE HISTORY AND THE

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IMAGES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING TO CELEBRATE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THE IDEA IS THAT THIS THEN BECOMES SORT OF A PLAZA PIECE THAT BECOMES A DESTINATION, FOR ART. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE MORE AND THIS ONE REALLY ISN'T A, AN INCORPORATION IN THE PARK PROJECT AS MUCH AS, SO MUCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY IS LOST WHEN THE BUILDINGS GET LOST. SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO CREATE THIS MEMORIAL MARKERS THAT COULD BE, SORT OF OVERLAID THROUGHOUT THE EAST. STEWART COMMUNITY THAT COULD IDENTIFY CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THAT COMMUNITY THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE NO LONGER THERE SORT OF MARKERS THAT MARK WHAT USED TO BE THERE. IF IT WAS A CORNER STORE THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, OR A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY OR SOMETHING THAT MERITED SOME LEVEL OF DISTINCTION, AND THEN SORT OF A PLAQUE WITH, WITH SOME IMAGES, IS THAT COPPER? THAT WOULD BE A MATERIAL THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING CALLED FOLIA. IT'S THE MATERIAL THAT DISNEY USES IN ALL OF THEIR SIGNAGE. YOU CAN TAKE A SLEDGE HAMMER TO IT AND NOTHING HAPPENS TO IT. IT DOESN'T FADE. I INSTALLED A SIGN MADE OUT OF IT ON A BEACHFRONT PROPERTY IN 2002, ABOUT A MARATHON, AND I WENT DOWN THERE LAST YEAR AND IT WAS LIKE IT WAS INSTALLED YESTERDAY. SO IT'S A GREAT MATERIAL. I LIKE THAT, I LIKE THAT IDEA. YEAH, NEXT. YEAH. SO THROUGH OUR RESEARCH, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THAT WERE EITHER OF SIGNIFICANT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OR OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE SORT OF MERITORIOUS TO BE LOOKED AT AS PART OF THE OVERALL MASTER PLAN. NEXT SO, AS PENNY MENTIONED, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE PHASE OF FINALIZING THE 60% PLANS, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLD UP WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE NEGOTIATIONS DONE BECAUSE OF THE PAUSE THAT WE DID TO SORT OF COME UP WITH THE MASTER PLAN COMPONENTS. THERE WERE PERSONNEL CHANGES IN THE UTILITY COMPANIES, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE DEALING WITH THEM ALL OVER AGAIN FROM, FROM, FROM SCRATCH. SO THAT HAS TAKEN US A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT THAN WE REALLY WANTED TO. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THOSE 60% PLANS DONE BY LATE AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER. WE'RE THEN GOING TO DO WE'RE GOING TO, BRING ON OUR THIRD PARTY, COST ESTIMATOR FOR THEM TO GIVE US A FULL EVALUATION OF ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE PARK. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE'RE GOING TO DETERMINE WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT IS ALLOCATED, WHAT CAN BE PART OF THE BASE BID. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BID OUT ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE PARK, EVEN EVEN IF THEY'RE OVER BUDGET AS ADD ALTERNATES, SO THAT THEN YOU CAN GET PRICING DIRECTLY FROM THE CONTRACTORS SO THAT THEY SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE US GUESSING WHAT THE MARKET PRICE IS, BUT YOU HAVE THE CONTRACTORS ACTUALLY TELLING YOU WHAT THE COST TO BUILD THESE THINGS ARE, SO THAT THEN YOU CAN PRORATE AND HAVE REAL GOOD NUMBERS TO PLAN FOR FUTURE PHASES, IN THE FUTURE AT THAT TIME IN NOVEMBER, WE WANT TO COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE OUR LAST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO LET THEM KNOW OUT OF ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN, WHAT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THAT THRESHOLD WITH THE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, WITH THE GOAL OF FINALIZING THE PLANS AND GETTING READY FOR BID AT THE END OF THE YEAR, SO THAT BY THE MIDDLE OF 2020, THE MIDDLE OF 2026, WE'LL BE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE PARK. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THAT. THANK YOU. SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. PANEL DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THAT WRAPS UP OUR PRESENTATION? WE'RE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS TO ACCEPT THE APPROPRIATION. APPROPRIATION RIGHT. ALSO MOVE TO ACCEPT APPROPRIATION. SECOND OKAY. I HAVE A YOUR PRESENTATION WAS NOT IN OUR PACKET. CORRECT NO. THAT WASN'T THIS WAS JUST AN UPDATE. AS PART OF THE APPROPRIATION, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AGAIN TO GIVE A FULL PRESENTATION. WE JUST WANTED TO PRESENT SOMETHING, PLEASE. YES, FOR SURE. I'D LIKE A COPY OF IT AS WELL, MADAM MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND. I THINK WE SHOULD, IF IT'S OKAY, IF THE REST OF THE COMMISSION WE SEND A LETTER TO LETTERS TO, REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER AND SENATOR HARRELL, THANKING HIM FOR GETTING THIS APPROPRIATION COMPLETED AND GETTING IT TO US. IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY WITH THE COMMISSION. WE DO IT BY CONSENSUS. SURE OKAY.

SO AND HAVE THE MAYOR SIGN A LETTER. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND, ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.

YES, WE DO, MR. COOPER, I BELIEVE. YES. JOSEPH IS HE HERE? MY MAN JOE? STEVIE? STEVIE, IS

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IT STEVE OR IS IT JOE? GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. JOSEPH COOPER, 906 SOUTHEAST NINTH STREET, TO, I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. THANK YOU, MISS PARNELL AND, OF COURSE, CALVIN AND GIORDANO FOR THEIR GREAT PRESENTATION TO SPEAK ON ITEM SIX. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO START WITH IS THAT I FOUND THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK, CONSIDERED TO BE A PUBLIC GOOD. AND SO IT'S DEFINED AS A PUBLIC GOOD, AS A TYPE OF GOOD THAT, THAT SUCCEED IN MEETING THE CRITERIA FOR NON-RIVALRY OR NON-EXCLUSIVE ITALY LIKE STREETLIGHTS. NO ONE CAN EXCLUDE ANYONE FROM USING I, OR SOMEONE USING IT WILL NOT REDUCE THE AVAILABILITY. SO IT'S A PUBLIC PARK BY DEFINITION, PUBLIC GOOD? YES IT IS, BUT BECAUSE THE PUBLIC PARK CAN BE REGARDED AS A PUBLIC GOOD BECAUSE IT'S FULFILLING THE CRITERIA OF NON-EXCLUDABILITY AND NON-RIVALRY, BECAUSE ANYONE CAN USE THE PUBLIC PARK, THE GUY DAVIS PARK IN ITS IN ITS CONCEPT WHEN IT WAS FORMED, WAS LOCATED IN EAST STUART, BUT IT'S STILL A PUBLIC PARK. THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OUR PARKS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THIS IS CENTRALLY LOCATED, IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST BY LAND MASS PARKS IN THE CITY. IT BECOMES A GATHERING, NOT JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, BUT THE WAY THIS PLAN WHO I HAVE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN, IS DESIGNED THE CONCEPT SPEAKING TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY WANT THIS, THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WHEN YOU CREATE THIS WHILE WE ARE CELEBRATING THE PIONEERS OF EAST STUART AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE INCORPORATED, IT STILL IS GOING TO CREATE. I CALL IT A WORLD CLASS PARK THAT WILL BE UTILIZED BY ALL THE CITY RESIDENTS, BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION AND PROXIMITY. SO I IMPLORE THE COMMISSION TO KIND OF MAKE IT A PART AS IT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF THE BUDGET, COMING UP. BUT WE WANT TO ALSO FUND IT, BECAUSE WITHOUT FUNDING IT, IT CAN'T GO FORWARD. AND I THINK IT'S THE TIME WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THEY WALKING THE STREETS MEETING EVERYBODY. AND I GREW UP THERE. I RAN TO THE PARKS AND PLAYED. AND SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT, GREAT, THING FOR THE CITY. AND IT'S GOING TO PUT OUR BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COUNTY, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS TO THEIR PARKS.

BUT WE HAVE KIWANIS PARK, WHICH IS GREAT, MEMORIAL PARK, BUT WITH THE MULTI USE, THE MULTI MULTI FACETS OF THIS PARK, IT BECOMES RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT LACROSSE BEING PLAYED, SOCCER BEING PLAYED, BASEBALL BEING PLAYED. NOW WE BRING IT ALL TOGETHER. WE IMPROVE THE FACILITIES BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC GOOD. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD GET BEHIND AS A CITY, AND WE SHOULD FUND IT POSTHASTE AND GET IT DONE, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WANTS IT. THANK YOU. I AGREE, MR. COOPER. I AGREE. THANK YOU, JOE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? I SEE NONE. WE'LL TAKE A ROLL. CAN I JUST MAKE IT? YES SO THE ORIGINAL CONCEPTION FOR THIS, DID YOU SAY 2004? NO. THAT WAS BEFORE. RIGHT. SO 20 YEARS? YES DOES IT? THE CITY HAS BEEN. I APPRECIATE THE PERSEVERANCE OF.

I THINK THAT PRECEDES EVEN YOU, TROY, DOESN'T IT? 2000. OH, YEAH. BY MANY YEARS. SO I DON'T KNOW. MIKE IS THE ONE THAT, HE DID IT BACK THEN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IMPEDIMENTS I COULD IMAGINE THEM IS. ONE. THERE'S ONE IMPEDIMENT. I THINK I THINK, MR. COOPER, WERE YOU INVOLVED BACK THEN? 2000? I WISH. YEAH. HOW ABOUT I FOLLOWED THIS PROCESS OVER THE YEARS? YES. THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE. YEAH. SO IN 2004, THE CRA WAS GENERATING ABOUT 100,000 A YEAR. YEAH. SO I THINK IT'S TAKING SOME TIME NOW. WE DO HAVE THE MONEY IN THE COFFERS. WE GOT TO KIND OF WE KIND OF HAVE TO MOVE THAT MONEY TO, TO KIND OF GET IT STARTED.

NOW I THINK IT'S TIME, I THINK IT'S NEEDED AND I THINK IT'S WARRANTED. AND I BELIEVE ONCE AGAIN, EVERYBODY IN THE CITY CAN BENEFIT FROM IT, NOT JUST THE IMMEDIATE RESIDENTS. SO I EMPHASIZE WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A BIG PLOT OF LAND. I CAN'T REMEMBER 33 OR 35 ACRES.

WHAT IS IT EXACTLY? THAT WAS 16. OH, WELL, I'M REALLY EXAGGERATING. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S IT. AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S WE'VE GOTTA HAVE IT. WE CAN DO IT. I THINK, WHEN WE, WHEN WE, WHEN IT'S FINISHED, I THINK EVERYBODY WE CAN APPLAUD THIS BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS PUBLIC GOOD. YEAH. IT'S BIG. THANK YOU. I JUST I JUST HOPE WE CAN PRIORITIZE IT TO A GREATER DEGREE AND MOVE. IT WAS, I MEAN, THAT'S A TERRIFIC LOOKING PLAN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING IT IN DETAIL. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DECISIONS WITH REGARD TO THE

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BUDGET ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. NOW WE'LL HAVE A ROLL. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD. YES, COMMISSIONER. COLLINS. YES, MAYOR. BRUNER. YES. VICE MAYOR RICH. YES OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS RELEASE OF UNITY OF TITLE FOR LOTS ONE AND TWO OF THE NORTONS

[7. RELEASE OF UNITY OF TITLE FOR LOTS 1 AND 2 OF THE NORTON'S LANDING PLAT (RC): RESOLUTION No. 69-2024; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA RELEASING A UNITY OF TITLE FOR LOTS 1 AND 2 OF THE JANUARY 1988 NORTON’S LANDING PLAT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]