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[00:00:02]

I CALL TO ORDER.

[CALL TO ORDER]

WELCOME ALL TO OUR OCTOBER 1ST MEETING AND OUR LAST MEETING FOR 2020.

FOR ROLL CALL.

CHAIR. JAMES.

YES. HERE.

BOARD MEMBER ALBERT BRINKLEY.

HERE. BOARD MEMBER BETTY BRINKLEY HERE.

BOARD MEMBER JOSEPH COOPER.

BOARD MEMBER MCCARTY. GRANT.

AND BOARD MEMBER HARVEY.

HERE. LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF AGENDA.

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

AGENDA. I SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. BOARD MEMBER BRINKLEY AND MR. HARVEY. SECOND THE MOTION.

AND THAT WAS FOR JULY.

JULY 2ND.

OKAY. 2024 FOR THE EAST STUART HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR.

THAT WAS THAT WAS FOR THE AGENDA.

OH. I'M SORRY. OKAY.

WE JUST HAVE AN ALL IN FAVOR FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

OH, I HEAR I AM ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. AYE.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTIONED AND APPROVED.

SO THE AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

I NOW NEED A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

OKAY. OKAY.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

OKAY. I SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. APPROVAL FOR MINUTES HAVE BEEN MADE BY BOARD MEMBER MR. BRINKLEY. AND SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER MR. HARVEY FOR JULY 2ND, 2024.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE COMMENTS.

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

I HAVE NONE, CHAIR.

OKAY. NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ARE SUBMITTED.

SO LET'S HAVE ANY COMMENTS BY BOARD MEMBERS FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS?

[COMMENTS BY BOARD MEMBERS (Non-Agenda Items)]

MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS THAT NEED SOME ANSWERS TO.

AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, ON TOP OF THE LIST IS A VEHICLE ON MONARCH KING BOULEVARD, WHICH IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS HARVEST PLAZA.

I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER IN THE PAST ABOUT THIS VEHICLE THAT HAS A CONFEDERATE FLAG, AND THE ONLY THING HAS BEEN CHANGED IS THE VEHICLE.

AND THIS VEHICLE IS RIGHT THERE ON CITY PROPERTY EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH THE CONFEDERATE FLAG ON HIS VEHICLE. AND I REITERATE AGAIN.

I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER IN THE PAST ABOUT THIS AND THE ONE THAT OWNED THE VEHICLE.

THE ONLY THING HAS CHANGED IS THE VEHICLE ITSELF, RIGHT THERE ON MARTIN BOULEVARD, WHICH IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS HARVEST PLAZA. AND IF SOMEONE IS THAT BOLD TO HAVE A VEHICLE PARKED THERE WITH A CONFEDERATE FLAG, WHAT ELSE WOULD THEY DO? AND THAT IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE AT ALL.

AND I'VE SEEN LIKE THERE'S NO RESPONSE.

IT'S BEING DONE ABOUT THIS.

AND LIKE I SAY, IF SOMEONE TO DO THAT RIGHT THERE WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU DO.

THAT'S THAT'S A ROUGH SITUATION THAT'S OCCURRING.

AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON OVER A YEAR.

AND LIKE I SAY, I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER ABOUT THIS AND THIS IS A CONTINUED THING THERE.

ANOTHER THING WITH THE COMMUNITY IS STILL HAVING ISSUE WITH IS WITH THE KIDS BEING MOVED FROM THE 10TH STREET

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RECREATION CENTER TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

THAT STILL IS NOT SITTING WELL WITH THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PARENTS.

AND I'M ONE OF THOSE PARENTS.

IT'S BEING CONSIDERED AS A COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND WHEN I DROPPED MY GRANDDAUGHTER OFF FROM SCHOOL LAST WEEK, LAST WEDNESDAY, TO BE SPECIFIC, I'M STANDING THERE AND I'M SEEING ALL THESE CARS PULLING UP THERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING WASN'T EVEN 8:00, AND IT WAS ASKED, WHAT ARE THESE VEHICLES FOR? AND THE WORD WAS STATED, OH, WE'RE HAVING A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING.

AND THAT REALLY UPSET ME.

YOU MOVE OUR KIDS FROM THERE, BUT THEN YOU COULD BRING IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND HAVE A MEETING AT THE RECREATION CENTER WITHOUT OUR KIDS BEING.

TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

MOVE WITHOUT THE PARENTS CONSENT.

PARENTS HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THESE KIDS BEING MOVED TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

BUT YET YOU COULD BRING IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND HAVE A MEETING THERE.

I NOT ONLY ME HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT THE COMMUNITY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE KIDS BEING MOVED WITHOUT ANY CONSENT, ANY CONSENT OF THE PARENTS, ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PARENTS.

THE ONLY WAY THE PARENTS FIND OUT WAS THE NIGHT THAT NIGHT AT THE MEETING.

AND THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO MOVE OUR KIDS OUT OF THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE PARENTS CONSENT, AND THEN BRING IN A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO HAVE A MEETING AT THE RECREATION CENTER.

THAT JUST TO MEAN IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR CRA DIRECTOR, MR. BRUNO. I KNOW THE LAST MEETING MADE MENTION ABOUT THE THE AIRPORT PROPERTY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND I WAS WONDERING, IS THAT IS IN INVITATION IS IS IN PROGRESS NOW WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET THAT FUND BECAUSE I JUST TALKED TO SOMEONE AND THEY WAS LIKE MAKING A PAYMENT NOW ON A $4,000.

YEAH. HARRIS THING TO GET THEIR TRUSTEE STRAIGHTENED OUT.

AND I WANTED THAT ALREADY IS IN PLACE.

RIGHT. SO THE BUDGET WAS JUST APPROVED LAST LAST WEEK.

SO. AND OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS TODAY.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY START IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM.

AND WE JUST SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH AN ATTORNEY THAT WILL HELP US ASSIST WITH THE PROGRAM.

SO YEAH IT'S IT'S IN MOVE.

IT'S MOVING FORWARD.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED PLEASE SEND THEM MY WAY.

BUT WE WILL BE DOING NOTICES TO ALL THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE ON OUR LIST AND PROMOTING THE PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD.

YEAH, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE MAKING PAYMENT ON OUR $4,000 AND THEY'RE MAKING PAYMENT ON THAT.

AND IT AND IT HIT ME.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED WAS IT ALREADY IN.

SO YOU JUST ANSWERED IT.

YEAH. SO IF THEY CAN IF YOU CAN SEND THEM MY WAY, WE'LL HAVE THEM WORK WITH THE ATTORNEY THAT THAT'S GOING TO ASSIST US.

EVEN IF THEY ALREADY.

YEAH. IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY THAT'S IN OUR PROGRAM.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ATTORNEY THAT WILL HELP US WITH THE PROBATE CASES.

SO IT CAN'T BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED.

IT HAS TO BE A NEW CASE.

YEAH. YEAH. IT'S ALREADY DONE.

THEY ALREADY STARTED. THAT'S WHY I ASKED.

OKAY. BUT JUST IN CASE I RUN INTO ANYBODY ELSE IN THAT SITUATION, WOULD THAT BE TRANSFERRED? IF IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, I'LL NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM DIRECTLY.

THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN COULD BE BACK AT CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE RECORD.

TYPICALLY, THE PROBATE LAWYERS WILL DO IT ON A FLAT RATE, LIKE A COUPLE GRAND, A FEW GRAND OR WHATNOT.

I THINK YOU MENTIONED FOUR GRAND, SO THEY PROBABLY GOT PAID A FLAT RATE, BUT IF THEY JUST STARTED, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, WE CAN GET IT FREE OVER HERE. SO WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TERMINATE THE SERVICES.

BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY DEPEND ON THE CONTRACT AND WHAT ALL THAT ATTORNEY HAS ALREADY DONE.

YEAH, FOR MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK THEY ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE IN THE PROGRESS.

YEAH. TOO LATE AT THIS POINT.

BUT YEAH, LIKE PINELLAS SAID, TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR FISCAL YEAR FOR THE CITY.

SO NOW WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH IT.

SO AND WE DO HAVE A LOCAL ATTORNEY HERE IN STUART THAT ON THE I GUESS ACCEPTED.

AND WE ACCEPTED THE THE WORK ON THE PROGRAM AND FOR A SET RATE FOR EACH PROJECT OR EACH HOME.

SO I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE.

YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE GUTTER COMPANY ON THE CORNER ON THE CORNER WHERE I LIVE AT.

THAT'S IN A HISTORIC BUILDING THAT'S IN THE MORNING TIME.

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YOU'RE HEARING ALL THIS RACKET, AND AND MY THING IS, THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN IN NO OTHER COMMUNITY.

BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE EAST COMMUNITY ON THE CORNER.

AND WE HAVE TO HEAR THIS RACKET IN THE MORNING TIME WITH THE GUTTER COMPANY IN A HISTORIC BUILDING.

WE'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHAT THAT BUILDING WAS.

CLUB 19, VERY HISTORIC PLACE, BUT A GUTTER COMPANY.

WHERE ELSE WOULD WE WHERE WOULD THAT BE IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY? IT JUST WOULDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.

AND THAT HURTS.

AND IT'S IRRITATING TO SEE THAT AND TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.

TRAFFIC SPEEDING TRUCKS UP AND DOWN MY STREET.

THAT JUST WOULDN'T HAPPEN.

NO WAY ELSE. AND THAT'S REALLY UPSETTING TO ME AND OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND BASICALLY IT'S ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT'S RIGHT THERE BASICALLY IN HER BACK YARD, BASICALLY.

YOU REALLY LOOK AT IS RIGHT IN HER BACK YARD.

AND THAT'S IRRITATING TO HEAR AND JUST DEAL WITH THIS TRAFFIC AND THIS NOISE IN THE MORNING TIME.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO RCA DIRECTOR CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT THAT WAS DID IN THE PAST.

WAS THERE ANY OTHER WAY BESIDES PUTTING A LIEN ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTY? WAS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD HAVE A CONTRACT SIGNED THAT THEY WOULD NOT SELL OR MOVE OUT THE HOUSE INSTEAD? BECAUSE TO ME, EILEEN JUST DOESN'T LOOK PROPER BEING PUT ON A PROPERTY.

I JUST WONDERED, WAS IT, IN A WAY, ANOTHER WAY TO TO HANDLE THAT SITUATION? BECAUSE ME PERSONALLY, IT DOESN'T.

LOOK, I KNOW NOBODY ELSE SITTING OUT HERE, BUT LEAN JUST DOESN'T LOOK TOO GOOD ON IT.

THESE ARE FEDERAL REGULATIONS, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ADOPTED.

OKAY. WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THEIR RULES AND REGULATIONS.

OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY MORE MONEY ANYWHERE FOR THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE I'M RUNNING INTO THIS EVERY TIME I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT PEOPLE NEEDING WORK DONE ON THEIR HOUSE.

AND IT'S AND IT HURTS TO SEE THIS BECAUSE ALL I CAN TELL THEM IS, I DON'T KNOW.

AND I'M RUNNING INTO THAT ISSUE ALL THE TIME, PEOPLE ASKING WHERE THEY COULD GET MONEY FROM THE THE FACE OF THE HOUSE, AND THAT IS REALLY NEEDED IN THAT COMMUNITY IS TO A COMMUNITY. IT'S REALLY NEEDED FOR HOMES TO BE REPAIRED.

AND PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME THAT QUESTION ALL THE TIME WHEN I'M OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY FUNDS FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO FIX UP THEIR, THEIR HOMES, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY ASKING PEOPLE IS REALLY IT'S REALLY NEEDED IN THAT COMMUNITY.

IT REALLY IS. WELL, WE HAVE THE BRUSH WITH THE KINDNESS PROGRAM THAT THAT WE DO WORK WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WITH, SO THEY COULD GET ASSISTANCE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.

WE ALSO HAVE A SELF PROGRAM.

THERE IS A LOW INTEREST FEE WITH THAT, BUT THEY COULD GET QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE SOME FUNDING, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.

AND THE CRA DOES MATCH UP TO $3,000 FOR THAT.

SO THERE'S A MATCH FOR THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE JUST A VERY SMALL AMOUNT WHERE WE PAY UP TO $500 FOR ANY EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.

I KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON SOME PROGRAM THAT THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT, SO I CAN HAVE JODI OUR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REACH OUT TO YOU TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE YOU STEWART IS LOOKING FOR.

AND AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTS TO IMPLEMENT THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT SHE HAD MENTIONED TO ME.

SO I CAN I CAN BRING IT UP TO HER.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S REALLY NEAT.

AND LIKE I SAY, I'M RUNNING INTO THAT ISSUE ALL THE TIME IN THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE ASKING FOR FUNDS TO UPKEEP THEIR HOUSE AND BRING IT UP TO A DECENT STANDARD.

AND LIKE I SAY, THAT'S REALLY NEEDED IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY.

IS IT LIKE CODE VIOLATIONS? ARE THEY LIKE, NOT UP TO CODE? IF THAT HAS TO BE SOME PROBABLY WOULD BE.

BUT PEOPLE JUST WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR HOMES, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

I KNOW NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE JUST BEING ANY KIND OF CONDITION, YOU KNOW, AND SOME HOUSES THAT I SEE AS REALLY NEEDED.

I KNOW AN ELDERLY WOMAN, SOMEONE CAME UP TO ME AND SHE NEEDS A ROOF FOR ELDERLY WOMAN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WINDOWS, STUFF REPAIRED LIKE THAT DAY.

AND PEOPLE ALWAYS TELL ME, YOU KNOW, I COULD PAINT MY OWN HOUSE.

I DON'T WANT NOBODY TO BUY ME NO PAINT.

I JUST WANT MY HOUSE FIXED UP TO BRING IT UP TO, YOU KNOW, GOOD STANDARDS.

SO IF THAT CAN BE ANYTHING COULD BE DONE WITH THAT.

YEAH, THAT DEFINITELY WOULD BE APPRECIATED FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS IT IS THE COMMUNITY READY? I'M SORRY I'M HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

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IS THE COMMUNITY READY FOR ANOTHER PAINT UP PROGRAM? I KNOW IN THE PAST WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SELECTED SOME HOMES AND VOLUNTEERS TO COME OUT AND PAINT.

YOU KNOW, SO MANY HOMES AT ONE TIME.

IS A COMMUNITY READY? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GETTING AS MANY REQUESTS FOR PAINT UP PROGRAM FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE WE ALREADY PAINTED A LOT OF THE HOMES THERE.

BUT IF THERE'S A NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO COME OUT AND PAINT SOME OF THE HOMES THERE, WE CAN TRY TO HELP ORGANIZE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CRA HAS DONE IN THE PAST. YEAH, RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND BUT WHAT I'M HEARING NOW IS PEOPLE ARE SAYING I COULD BUY MY OWN PAINT.

I WOULD LIKE FOR MY HOUSE TO GET FIXED, BUT IT WAS A GOOD PROGRAM WHEN IT WAS BEING DONE.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, WHAT I'M HEARING NOW IS THEY PREFER TO GET SOME WORK DONE IN THE HOUSE, AND THEY ALWAYS TELL ME I CAN AFFORD TO BUY MY OWN PAINT.

I JUST WANT MY HOUSE FIXED UP, COULD I? IS THERE IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE CRA TO PUT TOGETHER A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO IMPROVE MY MY HOUSE TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE? JUST IDEAS OF WHAT THEY COULD DO TO IMPROVE THEIR HOUSE.

COULD A WORKSHOP COME ABOUT? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM? IT COULD ONLY BE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.

SO WE COULD EVEN COORDINATE WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND HAVE THEM COME OUT AND EVALUATE THE HOMES AND WHAT IT NEEDS, AND, AND, AND KIND OF PROVIDE US WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED ON A ON CERTAIN HOMES.

AND YEAH, IT'S POSSIBLE IF YOU CAN PROVIDE ME CONTACT INFORMATION WHO'S LOOKING FOR THIS ASSISTANCE.

I CAN WORK WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND I CAN COORDINATE WITH HABITAT IF THERE'S.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE CHANCE OF AN IDEA OF DOING THAT, PUTTING TOGETHER SOME TYPE OF WORKSHOP SO THEY CAN COME AND ASK ME IF I HAVE A LIST OF PROPERTIES AND I CAN HAVE HABITAT GO OUT AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT THOSE PROPERTIES, EVALUATE THEM AND SEE WHAT KIND OF WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE AND PUT TOGETHER A SCOPE.

BUT BECAUSE EVEN THE WORKSHOP, I DON'T KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO TELL THEM WHAT'S TELL US WHAT'S WRONG.

BUT WE CAN'T REALLY EVALUATE THESE HOMES.

WE REALLY NEED A LIST FROM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED, PROVIDE IT TO ME AND I'LL WORK WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

YEAH. BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO REHABBING A HOME YOU COULD TURN INTO, YOU COULD RUN INTO SOMETHING UNFORESEEN THINGS.

RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S AND THEN AND THEN ON THE OTHER THING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OWNING A PROPERTY DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE MONEY.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT CAN AFFORD LIKE, HABITAT CHARGES.

YOU, YOU KNOW.

SO EVERYBODY MIGHT NOT AFFORD TO PAY, YOU KNOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMEWHERE GRANT MONEY CAN BE GOTTEN TO HELP THESE PEOPLE IN NEED LIKE THAT, THAT CAN BE A BIG HELP ALSO.

HOW WOULD THAT CREATE MONEY? IS THAT STRICTLY FOR BUSINESS? BECAUSE I WAS AT A MEETING YEARS AGO IN HERE, WHEN I FORGET HIS NAME GOT UP AND ASKED, COULD HE USE SO MUCH OF THAT MONEY TO REVITALIZE OVER HERE? SO HE GOT IT DONE.

A MILLION OF DOLLARS. THEY GOT IT.

I CAME UP HERE YEARS AGO AND I ASKED, MY YARD IS RIDICULOUS AND NOTHING BUT ROCKS.

THEY CAME IN AND PUT ROCKS, BIG BOULDERS IN THERE.

AND I CAME UP TO ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME MONEY.

AND I WAS TOLD THEY CAN GIVE ME 200, 200, $250.

I'M SAYING, WHAT IS $250? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WHAT DO THAT DO? YOU KNOW? THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD ABOUT THAT.

CIARA. SO IT'S JUST SPECIAL PEOPLE GET THAT CRA MONEY.

WE HAVE A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANT THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED SINCE 2014, WHERE WE PAY UP TO $10,000 FOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO BUSINESSES. RESIDENTIAL, WE HAVE UP TO $1,000 THAT WE PAY FOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.

SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT LESS, BUT WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTIAL.

IT'S $1,000, UP TO $1,000, UP TO A THOUSAND.

ALSO. GO AHEAD, MISS BETTY.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING ABOUT THAT IS THE CIVIC CENTER REC.

THE PARENTS. A LOT OF PARENTS TOLD ME REALLY WHAT HE WAS SAYING WASN'T THEY WASN'T THEY WASN'T NOTIFIED.

THEY TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ANOTHER THING IS LIKE, OKAY, THESE KIDS GO TO SCHOOL FROM 730, SOMETHING LIKE THAT UNTIL THEY ARE TWO. SO IF THEY WANTED TO USE THAT FOR THAT KIND OF MEETING, THAT WAS FINE.

BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO KEEP THE KIDS OUT THERE FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT MEETING AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING, STUFF LIKE THAT.

THEY COULD HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IF I'M WRONG OR WHATEVER, THEY THEY GOT A GRANT FROM THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

OR IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT, THAT THE CITY DIDN'T COME OUT THE CITY BUDGET OR WHATEVER.

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NO, THAT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE CITY BUDGET.

SO WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM, I WONDER? YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THESE MATTERS SHOULD BE PROBABLY BE BROUGHT UP AT CITY COMMISSION MEETING IF THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTS, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THE RECREATION CENTER, I THINK THOSE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

AND SO I ALSO BRING UP A POEM ABOUT ALL THAT TRAFFIC ON 10TH STREET.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE KIDS GOT TO CROSS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

THE CROSSING FROM THE SOUTH ON 10TH STREET TO GET TO THE ELEMENTARY.

AND YOU GOT ALL THIS TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH TRUCKS AND ALL THIS.

SO THE CITY COMMISSION OR SOMETHING MEETING LIKE THAT, AND I BRING THAT UP ABOUT THAT.

TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ON 10TH STREET AND WE GOT THE KIDS CROSSING.

I STAND OUT EVERY MORNING WITH MY GREAT GRANDSON, YOU KNOW, WATCHING HIM TO MAKE SURE THE CARS, YOU KNOW, CROSS.

HE'S EIGHT YEARS OLD AND HE LOVED TO WALK TO SCHOOL.

HE DON'T WANT TO RIDE.

SO I'M WATCHING HIM AND I'M LOOKING AT ALL THIS TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, COMING THROUGH.

WHY NOT MARTIN LUTHER KING, YOU KNOW, AND THAT MAKE THAT NOT A TRUE FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU GOT THE BIG OLD TRUCK WITH THE BIG OLD TRAILER COMING THROUGH THERE.

IT'S TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ON THERE.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING I HAD ABOUT THE BRIGHT LINE, I'M SITTING UP IN THE MEETING AND HERE COME THE BRIGHT LINE.

I THINK THE FIRST ONE I DIDN'T GET THE SECOND ONE, THE LAST ONE, AND I THINK HIS NAME, HE SAID IT ONLY GOING TO DO TWO STOPS IN HERE.

IF YOU CATCH THE TRAIN IN THE EVENING, YOU GOTTA STAY DOWN THERE AND WAIT TILL THE NEXT MORNING.

NOT SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT TO ME.

SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE.

YOU CAN'T GO DOWN AND COME BACK IN THE SAME DAY OR SOMETHING.

I'M MISSING SOMETHING AND I NEED TO GET CLARIFICATION, MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

SO TO ME THAT JUST DON'T COMPUTE.

A WASTE OF TIME.

BOARD MEMBER BRINKLEY THE CITY COMMISSION HAD VOTED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO TO CANCEL THE BRIGHT LINE AGREEMENT.

SO AS IT SITS TODAY, IT'S STILL WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A STATION.

YOU'RE NOT? WELL, WE AREN'T THE CITY.

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY IN 2018.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER BACK THEN THERE WAS A BIG CAMPAIGN.

SAY NO TO CHOO CHOO. A LOT OF SIGNS AT ALL.

SO THE COUNTY.

MARTIN COUNTY SUED BRIGHT LINE TO PREVENT THEM FROM COMING THROUGH THE COUNTY.

IN A LITIGATION.

ALSO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AS WELL.

THEY SUED BRIGHT LINE BECAUSE THEY WERE COMING THROUGH THE TREASURE COAST.

THE COUNTY DID NOT GO ALL THE WAY TO THE TRIAL, BUT THEY SETTLED WITH BRIGHT LINE BEFORE TRIAL.

AND PART OF THE SETTLEMENT WAS THAT WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF COMING THROUGH OUR COUNTY, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A TRAIN STATION EITHER IN MARTIN COUNTY OR SAINT LUCIE COUNTY. AND IT SAID IN THERE THAT THERE'LL BE TWO STOPS EACH DIRECTION EACH DAY.

THIS WAS JUST A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND BRIGHT LINE.

AND IT WAS A 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

I KNOW THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP MULTIPLE TIMES, THE CITY.

BUT THE CITY WAS NEVER PART OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

WE NEVER JOINED THE LAWSUIT.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY THE TRAIN STARTED GOING THROUGH THE COUNTY AND SO THAT FIVE YEAR WINDOW STARTED TICKING.

SO BRIGHT LINE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION TO BUILD A STATION IN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY OR MARTIN COUNTY.

THEY THEY WENT OUT FOR PUBLIC REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

AND SO THE CITY JOINED UP WITH THE COUNTY LAST DECEMBER AND MADE A PROPOSAL WITH THE COUNTY FOR A BRIGHT LINE TRAIN STATION IN DOWNTOWN STUART.

AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY DOES THIS CITY DOES THAT.

WE SHARE IN OUR PROPOSAL TO BRIGHT LINE.

FORT PIERCE ALSO SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO BRIGHT LINE.

AND THERE WAS A BUNCH OF PRIVATE ENTITIES, I THINK, AROUND JENSEN BEACH.

THERE WAS ANOTHER PRIVATE ENTITY THAT PROPOSED, AND I HEARD A COUPLE OF OTHERS IN FORT PIERCE THAT PROPOSED THAT ARE NOT GOVERNMENTAL, JUST PRIVATE ENTITIES THAT OWN LAND ON THE TRACKS. BUT BRIGHT LINE ULTIMATELY SELECTED TO MARTIN COUNTY AND CITY OF STUART.

AND WE WE WE HAD TENTATIVELY ENTERED INTO SOME AGREEMENTS.

LIKE I SAID, THE CITY HAD AGREEMENTS WITH THE COUNTY.

COUNTY AND THE CITY HAD AGREEMENTS WITH BRIGHTLINE.

AND WE YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN ELECTION AND THE NEW BOARD VOTED TO CANCEL THE RECENTLY ENTERED INTO AGREEMENTS THAT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY HAD WITH BRIGHTLINE.

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THAT IS, THERE IS NO STATION COMING.

THE THE CONTRACTS WERE CANCELED BY THE CURRENT BOARD.

WE DID GET SOME INPUT FROM THE BOARD.

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AT THE LAST MEETING TO OPEN UP NEGOTIATIONS WITH BRIGHTLINE AND THE COUNTY AGAIN.

SO WE'RE IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF THAT.

IT'S POSSIBLE WE MIGHT STILL NEGOTIATE SOMETHING WITH BRIGHTLINE, BUT NOTHING CONCRETE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BUT THAT TWO STOPS THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING, THAT WAS PART OF A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THE COUNTY HAD FROM 2018.

AND THAT WAS ALL IT WAS REALLY.

I REMEMBER BEING IN MEETINGS IN BRIGHT LINE INTENDED ON HAVING MORE THAN FOUR STOPS A DAY.

YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON RIDERSHIP AND SO FORTH.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

YOU COULD HAVE MAYBE 8 OR 9, TEN STOPS.

I KNOW BOCA RATON IS PROBABLY A COMPARABLE STATION.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY BUILT ONE AND THEY HAVE A STATION OPEN NOW AND THEY HAVE A LOT MORE THAN FOUR.

THEY HAVE A HIGHER POPULATION THAN WE DO.

SO. BUT THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE THAN FOUR, DEFINITELY MORE THAN TWO STOPS.

BUT THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.

THE CONFUSION IS, WAS JUST A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT SAID, THIS IS THE MINIMUM THAT THAT THE COUNTY AGREED WITH.

BRIGHT LINE, YOU KNOW, SEVEN YEARS AGO OR SIX YEARS AGO.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY.

BUT WE'RE NEGOTIATING.

AND THAT IS A TERM THAT WE INTEND ON NEGOTIATING WITH BRIGHTLINE TO UP THE MINIMUM.

SO WE MAY YOU MAY, I GUESS, STAY TUNED.

WE MAY HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE.

AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE ABOUT THE TAX IN EAST STUART.

PEOPLE TAX IS GOING UP.

AND THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OVER THERE AIN'T MAKING NO $20,000 OVER THERE AT EAST STUART OVER THERE MAKING THAT KIND OF MONEY.

AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ON A FIXED INCOME.

AND AN ALLEGED SOMEBODY SAY, SO WHAT IF THE TAX GO UP, THEY GO UP.

SO, I MEAN, YOU'RE ON A FIXED BUDGET AND STUFF AND YOUR TAXES STEADY GOING UP, AND YOU GOT TO KEEP UP WITH THE ECONOMY.

AND THE GOVERNMENT WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME RAISE SO MANY YEARS AND STUFF.

SO THEY GO THEY GO TO CITY WITH SOME MORE HOUSES OVER THERE IN EAST STUART.

THAT'S HOW I SEE IT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WAS INCREASING VALUES AROUND WHERE THE PROPOSED TRAIN STATION WAS GOING TO BE BY THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE OF BRIGHT LINE. I HAD HEARD THAT RUMOR GOING AROUND.

BUT IF YOUR PROPERTY IS HOMESTEADED, IF YOU LIVE IN YOUR HOME AND YOU HAVE IT HOMESTEADED, YOU'RE CAPPED AT THREE 4% A YEAR OF GOING UP ANYWAY.

SO PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THEIR HOME AND IT'S HOMESTEADED, THEY SHOULDN'T.

IT WOULDN'T MATTER.

OUR PROPERTIES HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST DECADE ANYWAY.

BUT IF YOU'RE HOMESTEADED, YOU'RE IT CAN ONLY GO UP, I THINK 4% A YEAR.

YEAH. AND ANOTHER THING, WHAT GETS ME IN AMERICA, YOU CAN PAY FOR THAT HOUSE, BUT YOU NEVER OWN IT.

YOU NEVER OWN THAT HOUSE.

AND THAT TO ME, LIKE THAT'S A YOU DON'T PAY THAT TAX, YOU LOSE IT.

AND THAT'S BEYOND ME, THOUGH IN THIS GREAT NATION, YOU NEVER OWN IT.

AND THAT'S YOU DON'T OWN IT.

YOU PAY FOR IT. YOU DON'T OWN IT.

WELL, IF YOU AND THE BANK LOAN ME SOME OTHER KIND OF WAY, DON'T TAX MY HOUSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBER MISS BRINKLEY AND BOARD MEMBER MR. HARVEY. AND BOARD MEMBER, MR. BRINKLEY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? AT THIS TIME, I'LL BE BRIEF.

JUST I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS WITH, AS PART OF THIS COMMITTEE TO AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS AS TO THE PROJECT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE MENTIONED.

I GUESS THE UPDATE OF THE GUY DAVIS PARK IS A PART OF THE AGENDA, CORRECT? SO SO HOPEFULLY THE WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THAT.

PLUS, WE ALSO HAVE THE MLK IMPROVEMENT AS A PART OF OUR HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES IS ENSURING THAT WHEN THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMING ABOUT, THIS IS OUR KIND OF ROLE TO KIND OF ENSURE THAT THIS STUFF IS MEMORIALIZED TO RESTORE THE HISTORIC ASPECTS OF, OF THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S ONE WAY WE CAN KIND OF CONTINUE TO CHAMPION THAT EFFORT.

BUT THE CITY, OF COURSE, HAS TO APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN FROM THE COMMISSION.

SO THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER, MR. COOPER. TO BE BRIEF AND JUST REALLY TOP OFF SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE NOT THESE THINGS JUST BE TABLED, BUT TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE THEY CAN BE PLACED SOMEWHERE IN AGENDA, IF IT'S WITH CITY COMMISSIONERS OR IF IT'S BACK WITH OUR BOARD, THAT THESE ITEMS JUST DON'T FALL BY THE WAYSIDE.

AND I JUST WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS JUST GOING UNNOTICED.

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AND JUST WE'RE SPEAKING, BUT WHERE'S THE PROCESS FOR ACTION? AND THEN AS THE PAINT UP PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.

MISS PARNELL PROBABLY HAS THE ANSWER.

THANK YOU. OUR ATTORNEY AS WELL FOR SPEAKING ON THESE.

TO REROUTE OR TRANSFER THAT THOSE FUNDS MAY BE A COUPLE OF YEARS.

TO HELP THOSE FAMILIES AND HOMEOWNERS OUT THERE THAT NEED A ROOF TO GIVE THEM PARTIAL PAYMENT OR SOME TYPE OF GRANT INSTEAD OF THE PAINT PROGRAM. I THINK THEY GET, WHAT, 500 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR BUDGET IS IN THERE THAT YOU'VE ALLOCATED, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE CAN JUST SAY, LET'S TRANSFER THAT THIS YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THAT AND GIVE IT ANOTHER NAME.

BUT THE FUNDS ARE THERE TO HELP HELP OUR PEOPLE.

THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

ACTION ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.

OH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, PLEASE, MISS JORDAN.

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ASKED FOR US TO DO SOME HOMEWORK FOR OUR EAST SEWARD HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO BRING IN ANY INFORMATION OR THINGS THAT WE CAN HELP TO ADD TO WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO IN THE FIRST PHASES.

AND I DO HAVE INFORMATION, BUT I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW OR WHEN CAN I MEET WITH YOU OR MISS JORDAN TO REALLY KIND OF GO THROUGH WHAT WE WANT, OR MAYBE EVEN THIS BOARD HAVE A MEETING LIKE WE'RE HAVING NOW, BUT IT'S ON THE AGENDA AND WE CAN LAY THINGS OUT AND PINPOINT OR HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH AND PULL IT, PULL IT FROM THAT AND PUT IT INTO THE RIGHT CATEGORY FOR THE FUTURE PARK.

SURE. LET ME GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THAT, AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT ELEMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN, IF THAT HELPS.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS PARNELL.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE GUY.

DAVIS PARK AND THE EAST STEWART PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN.

YOU AS A SUBCOMMITTEE PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THAT, IN DEVELOPING THIS MASTER PLAN.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS, TO THIS MASTER PLAN.

SO HERE YOU WILL SEE THAT WE WORKED VERY HARD TO DEVELOP THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK.

WE ACTUALLY WORKED OUTSIDE THE SCOPE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED WERE ALSO PHASED IN AS A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARK, AND HOW WE CAN WORK VERY SEAMLESSLY AND WITH WHAT WE ORIGINALLY SET OUT TO DO FOR THE PARK.

AS YOU KNOW, WE TOOK TIME TO PAUSE AND TO REALLY BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS IS ACTUALLY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE OVERALL COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

WE ARE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM FROM YOU AND THE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS PART OF THE PROCESS.

A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHARED DATA, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER INFORMATION TOWARDS THIS EFFORT.

WE MET IN THIS ROOM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE, AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION, AS YOU KNOW, ON HOW WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE VALUE THAT THE THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD.

SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT WE SAW, WE HEARD WERE THERE WERE SIX MAIN THEMES THAT WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE THROUGH THAT.

ONE WAS CELEBRATING WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP, PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZING THE WOMEN AT THE STEWART TRAINING SCHOOL WHO WERE THE LEADERS OF TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE AND HOW TO BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE PARTICIPANTS ALSO WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE MIGRATION OF DIFFERENT PIONEER FAMILIES THAT CAME HERE.

AND OF COURSE, ACKNOWLEDGING MR. GUY DAVIS AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE GROUP WANTED TO CELEBRATE EDUCATORS CELEBRATE THE IMPACT OF SPORT AND CELEBRATING THE BLACK HISTORIC BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY WITH THE FOCUS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

THAT'S SOME OF THE BUSINESSES HAD IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAVE COMPILED ALL OF THAT TOGETHER IN THE EAST STEWART PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN, WHICH WE SEE AS A FIRST STEP AS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ADD PERIODIC FROM TIME TO TIME SO THAT THIS HISTORY DOESN'T GET LOST.

WE ARE LIMITED TO SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR, AND THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO SHARE THAT DATA WITH US, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADD TO THIS MASTER PLAN AND HAVE A MORE COMPLETE DOCUMENT OVER LONG RUN, OVER, OVER TIME.

PART OF THE MASTER PLAN INCLUDES UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE VALUES OF THE PUBLIC ART IS.

YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF HISTORICAL IMAGES THAT WERE ABLE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET FROM THE EAST TO THE COMMUNITY.

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IN THE MASTER PLAN, WE TALKED ABOUT EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS AS TO WHAT PUBLIC ART IS NEXT IN THE PLAN.

WE HAVE A LOT OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES, PARTICULARLY FOR THE ARTISTS, SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW THE HOW TO FRAME THEIR WORK AND THE APPROACH THAT THEY NEED TO USE THAT IS SENSITIVE TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR.

WE WANT SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE AND APPROPRIATE, THAT REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITY.

WE PROVIDED A LOT OF GUIDELINES FOR THE ARTISTS, AND THOSE ARE ALL LAID OUT IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, SUCH AS HOW DO YOU SUPPORT THE LOCAL CULTURE AND LOCAL BUSINESSES? HOW DO YOU PROVIDE ECONOMIC BENEFIT? JUST HOW ARE YOU TRUE TO THE OVERALL HISTORY? SO BEGINNING OF THE DOCUMENT REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE ARTISTS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF ARTWORK THAT WE WANT TO SEE.

THE PLAN INCLUDES CRITERIA THAT THE CITY COULD USE TO EVALUATE THE ARTWORK.

THOSE INCLUDE ARTISTIC MERIT OF THE OVERALL ART PIECE.

SENSE OF PLACE AND HOW IT FITS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

DURABILITY OF THESE ARTWORK.

WE WANT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO LAST.

NOT FADE AWAY IN 2 TO 3 YEAR PERIOD.

SO THAT SO THAT THOSE CRITERIAS HAVE TO BE EVALUATED WHEN SELECTING ARTWORK.

WE PROVIDE CONCEPT OR IDEAS TO BE ABLE TO GUIDE THE ARTISTS IN PROVIDING THE ARTWORK.

SO THERE'S THREE, THREE MAIN THEMES THAT WE WANTED TO DERIVE FROM BIGGER IDEAS.

THOSE ARE CELEBRATING THE HERITAGE OF THE EASTERN NEIGHBORHOOD.

NEXT, CELEBRATE THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THESE INDIVIDUALS LIVE AND THE CHARACTER OF THE STUART AREA AS A WHOLE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE IDENTITY AND CELEBRATING THE PIONEERS AND DIVERSITY WITHIN THE OVERALL COMMUNITY.

MAJOR COMPONENTS THAT MADE UP THE ART PIECES THAT WOULD BE PART OF PHASE ONE.

AS THE OVERALL THE THE FIRST STEP WAS TO INCLUDE FIVE DIFFERENT ART COMPONENTS THAT WE WANT TO LAY OUT THROUGHOUT THE PARK.

PART OF THE PARK PROGRAM INCLUDES PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WITH FLEXIBLE EVENT SPACE THAT WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FARMERS MARKET MOVIES IN THE LAWN.

OVERFLOW PARKING IN THE.

IN THAT PERVIOUS AREA IN THE MIDDLE PARK YOU'LL SEE MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE YOU'LL HAVE EXISTING BEHIND THE EXISTING RECREATION CENTER.

WE HAVE THE NEW STAGE, LAWN AREA, RESTROOM, CONCESSION BUILDING AND CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND THAT WILL BE REHABBED WITH WATER MISTERS.

SO WITHIN THERE WE WANT TO EMBED OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE ARTWORK.

SO THOSE WERE ORIGINALLY NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE AND THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE BUDGET.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THESE GETS INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE OVERALL PARK DESIGN.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE COMPONENTS.

SO THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT THE PRICING OF THESE ARTWORK WILL BE AND PRIORITIZE THEM INTO THE PARK PROJECT.

FIRST IS A GUY DAVIS ENTRANCE SCULPTURE.

SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT.

ARTWORK THAT WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE IS THE GUY DAVIS.

ENTRANCE SCULPTURE.

AND FOR THE NAMESAKE OF THE PARK, WHICH IS MR. GUY DAVIS.

WE WANT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF ENTRY FEATURE THAT CELEBRATES HIM.

AND ONE THING THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THAT HE WAS MOST RECOGNIZED BY HIS HAT AND THE FACT THAT HE WORE A HAT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SCULPTURE.

WE HAVE A HAT SCULPTURE MADE UP OF A RIBBON.

THE IDEA IS THAT THIS TYPE OF RIBBON IS TYING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

THE OUTSIDE OF THE RIBBON IS ROYAL BLUE AND THE INSIDE IS GOLD, WHICH REPRESENTS THE COLOR OF SPECTRUM SCHOOL.

SO WE WANTED TO BRING THE WHOLE HISTORY TOGETHER WITH THIS OVERALL COMPONENT.

NEXT IS THE PIONEER MOSAIC.

WE ALSO WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE PIONEERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE WORKING WITH ARCHITECT SO THAT THE PART OF THE SKULL, THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM, HAS PANELS SO THAT WE COULD PUT SOME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOME MOSAIC ARTWORK ON THESE PANELS ON THE CONCESSION BUILDING.

SO DIFFERENT ARTISTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOME ART COMPONENTS THERE.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT MOSAICS THAT CELEBRATES THE PIONEERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

NEXT IS THE SPORTS HALL OF FAME WALK OF FAME.

WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE SPORTS WALK OF FAME.

THESE WILL BE THE COMPONENTS THAT WE EMBED WITHIN THE CONCRETE WITH PLAQUES.

AND THEY CELEBRATE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE GONE ON AND DONE GREAT THINGS IN SPORTS WORLD.

NEXT IS THE WOMEN'S MURAL, WHICH WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S AN IMAGE ON TOP RIGHT WHERE WE HAVE THE OVERHEAD UTILITIES.

THOSE WILL BE UNDERGROUNDED.

IT SO. SO WE CAN HAVE A SIGHT LINE CLEARANCE.

AND THAT'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT FACADE.

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AND CURRENTLY AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A BLANK WALL.

IT HAS MOLD MILDEW AND KIND OF LIKE AN EYESORE.

AND SO WE WANT TO WORK WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER AND AND CREATE A MURAL, WOMEN'S MURAL TO CELEBRATE THE VALIANT ROLE WOMEN PLAYED IN THE OVERALL COMMUNITY FOR EAST STEWART.

NEXT IS EDUCATORS HAND.

WE CREATED A PLAZA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK, WHICH WOULD BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE AREA THAT WE ALLOCATED FOR SKATE PARK.

ONE OTHER THING WE LOOK WE TOOK AWAY FROM THOSE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS WAS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL AND EDUCATORS.

IT WAS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT, SOME SORT OF ADVANCEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO THE NOTION HERE IS WHENEVER SOMEONE WANTS WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY RAISE THEIR HAND IN CLASS TO BE CALLED, TO BE CALLED.

SO WE USE THAT AS A SYMBOL.

AND THE IDEA IS THAT THESE ART SCULPTURES WILL BE HANDS RAISED AND THEY'LL LOOK LIKE A SCULPTURE GARDEN, BUT THEN THE WING OF IT WILL HAVE INFORMATION ON THE THE HISTORICAL FIGURE WITH IMAGES AND NARRATIVE OF, OF WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE CAN CELEBRATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS PLAZA AREA RESILIENCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

THIS IS ONE OF ONE THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY INCORPORATED INTO THE PARK PROJECT AND CAN BE PROGRAMED SEPARATELY.

SO SO MUCH OF OUR, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF OUR COMMUNITY GETS LOST WHEN WE LOSE BUILDINGS.

AND I'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER FROM THE STEWART COMMUNITY WHEN A BUILDING IS DEMOLISHED THAT WE ARE LOSING HISTORY.

BUT THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP US, WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE NO LONGER THERE SUCH AS A CORNER STORE OR SOMETHING THAT HAD A REAL DISTINCTION IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO. SO THAT THE HISTORY DOESN'T GET LOST.

AND THEN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD START WORKING ON IMMEDIATELY.

THE PARK PROJECT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE PROGRAMED WITHIN THE PARK.

SO THE NEXT STEPS ARE WE ARE FINALIZING OUR 60% PLANS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

WE PLAN TO HAVE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING EARLY 2025 TO GET YOUR FINAL FEEDBACK ON ON THE PROJECT.

WE PLAN TO GO OUT FOR PERMITTING IN IN SUMMER 2025, ADVERTISED FOR BID BY FALL 2025, AND WE EXPECT TO START CONSTRUCTION LATE 2025 AND END IN 2026.

SO THAT IS A TIMELINE FOR THE THE PARK PROJECT.

AS FAR AS THE ART COMPONENTS IN THE PARK, WE WILL HAVE THE CONTRACTORS CONSTRUCT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ARTWORK, BUT THE ACTUAL ARTWORK WILL HAVE TO DO A CALL FOR ARTISTS.

AND THEN THE MASTER PLAN WILL BE AMENDED AND WE WILL INCLUDE SOME OF THE CALL FOR ARTISTS.

SO IT INCLUDES DETAILS AND SPECS THAT WE COULD USE WHEN WE DO THE CALL FOR ARTISTS.

WE'LL ADVERTISE IN THE NEWSPAPER ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS THE ART COMPONENTS FOR THE PARK.

WE'RE ALSO, AS YOU NOTICED, WE DON'T HAVE THE THE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED FOR MLK STREETSCAPE.

AGAIN, THIS IS A WORKING DOCUMENT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE AMENDING THIS DOCUMENT TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE ART COMPONENT THAT WE DISCUSSED FOR MLK STREETSCAPE PROJECT.

SO WHILE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE STRATEGY FOR ARTWORK IN THE PARK AND MLK STREETSCAPE PROJECT WE REALLY WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO START THINKING ABOUT THE THE HISTORY OR BUILDINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IN EAST STUART.

WHERE WE COULD DO THE MEMORIAL MARKER.

FOR INSTANCE, IF IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO RECOGNIZE A SPECIFIC BUILDING THAT HAD A HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND IS NO LONGER THERE.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THE IMAGE TO STAFF AND SOME NARRATIVE.

AND WE CAN WE CAN CREATE THIS MONUMENT MARKER.

AND STAFF RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE TO FABRICATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE THE CRB, CRA BOARD APPROVES BUDGET TO GET THAT IMPLEMENTED.

BUT REALLY, WE REALLY NEED THE BOARD TO DISCUSS AS A WHOLE WHAT SITE YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE, WHAT BUILDING YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND AND PROVIDE THOSE IMAGES AND NARRATIVE AND STAFF WILL PUT TOGETHER THE DRAFT THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU AT ANOTHER MEETING, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WHILE WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE ART COMPONENTS FOR FOR THE PARK.

AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO DISCUSS HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THE HISTORIC MARKER.

BOARD MEMBERS. YEAH.

THE ASPECT ABOUT THE HISTORICAL MARKERS, A LOT OF THE BUILDING HAS BEEN TORN DOWN IS A VERY IMPORTANT, VERY

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IMPORTANT IDEA, ESPECIALLY IN MY AREA.

SO BEING BEING WITH ME, BEING GROWN UP IN THAT AREA AS A KID IS A LOT OF HISTORICAL BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN LOST ON MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THAT GENERAL AREA, BECAUSE I'M VERY AWARE OF THAT BEING RAISED UP IN THAT AREA.

THEN IT'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED ON THAT STREET AND AROUND THAT AREA, EVEN ON MY STREET.

AS A LITTLE KID, I USED TO WALK UP TO THE DRY CLEANER AS A LITTLE KID AND WATCH THE MAN DRY CLEANING CLOTHES THERE, AND THEN ROUND THE CORNER BY ME.

MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA.

AND THEY CATERED.

THEY USED TO CATER.

HE DID THE DRY CLEANING.

MR. WHITE DID THE TAILORING FOR THE WHITES.

THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR TRANSPORT, THEIR STUFF IN.

SO THERE'S ALL THIS STUFF HAS BEEN TORN DOWN AND IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR THAT TYPE OF STUFF TO BE RECOGNIZED.

AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA WITH THAT.

MR. PARNELL? YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK IF WE CAN JUST START WITH ONE BUILDING, IF THE BOARD CAN AGREE ON, HEY, THIS IS THE SITE WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE, PROVIDE AN IMAGE TO ME AND SOME WHAT USED TO BE THERE, WHY IT'S SIGNIFICANT AND I CAN CREATE YOU KNOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE SIGN COMPANY TO COME UP WITH THE THE DESIGN AND THE CONCEPT, WHICH I CAN SHARE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

BUT I DON'T HAVE THE IMAGES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXISTED.

SO IF THE BOARD CAN DISCUSS TODAY WHAT SITE YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND SEE IF YOU CAN COME SOMEHOW GET THE PICTURE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE HARD PART.

WE DON'T HAVE A HISTORIC PICTURE.

YEAH. SO THAT WAY PEOPLE DON'T FORGET WHAT USED TO BE THERE AND WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE. TAKE, FOR INSTANCE THE THOMPSON TAXI STAND RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF ME.

YOU STILL GOT THE ASPHALT SLAB THAT IS STILL LAID THERE FOR ALL THOSE YEARS.

IT'S STILL THERE.

YOU KNOW, AND THEN FURTHER DOWN BY WHAT USED TO BE THE DIXIE BAR.

I TRIED TO GET THEM TO CONSERVE THIS.

THIS? IT WAS A SLAB, THE FLOOR, THE ACTUAL FLOOR THERE.

AND I WAS TRYING TO GET THEM WHEN THEY WAS DOING THE WORK ON THE BUILDING.

I WAS TRYING TO GET THEM TO PRESERVE THAT LITTLE SLAB THERE, WHICH THEY USED TO CALL IT, THE DEW DROP INN.

AND I TRIED TO GET THEM TO NOT COVER THAT UP OR TEAR THAT UP, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THE, THE ASPHALT SLAB WHERE THE TAXI STAND IS STILL THERE TODAY EVEN.

EVERY DAY I WALK BY THERE, I'M LOOKING AT THAT ASPHALT THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS PICTURES OF ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT WAS IN THAT AREA THERE, BECAUSE BASICALLY THE ONLY THING LEFT IS THE OLD DIXIE DIXIE BAR.

THANK YOU. MR..

BOARD MEMBER. BRINKLEY.

BOARD MEMBER. ALL THAT THERE, THE ORDINANCE STUFF.

THAT'S FINE.

BUT MY CONCERN, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THERE EVERY DAY LOOKING AT THAT EVERY DAY.

THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO GET OLD.

BUT IT'S THERE AND IT'S FINE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO RUN IT.

MY CONCERN IS THE YOUNG PEOPLE, WHAT HAVE YOU IN THAT PARK.

BUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO GO OUT THERE NOT TO JUST TO LOOK AT THEIR GLANCE AT THAT AND THEN DO SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR THEM TO DO.

3040. 1810.

SO WHAT'S OUT THERE FOR THEM? RIGHT. SO THE OVERALL PARK DESIGN WE'VE PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT HAS THE PLAYGROUND UPGRADES, IT HAS THE TRACK EXERCISE EQUIPMENT.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE, LIKE OPEN SPACE WHERE THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, FARMERS MARKET, DIFFERENT EVENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW STAGE AREA WHERE THERE COULD BE EVENTS THAT CAN BE HELD RIGHT THERE IN THE PARK, SMALL AND LARGE.

WE'RE HAVING TWO DIFFERENT SIZED PARK STAGE AREA.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SKATE PARK.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

THERE'S GOING TO BE THE MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD, WHICH IS GOING TO ALLOW TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF SPORTS.

SO THE OVERALL MASTER PLAN HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.

THIS PART IS, IS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE FOR THE PARK, THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT REALLY TOLD THE STORY OF EAST STUART.

SO THIS IS KIND OF BEING INCORPORATED BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED WHEN WE PRESENTED THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK.

OKAY. CAN I HAVE SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE? IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BOXING THING.

THEY GO OUT THERE AND BOXING STUFF FOR THE FOR THE BASEBALL, A BASEBALL AND SUNDAY FOOTBALL.

SOME ACTIVITY.

YES. THIS IS THIS IS JUST THE SECOND PHASE OF THE MAJOR MASTER PLAN STUFF OUT THERE LIKE THAT.

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SOMETHING TO ENTERTAIN THEM, TO GET THEM OUT THERE AND KEEP THEM BUSY DOING SOMETHING.

WE GOT TO GET THE YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED AND STUFF.

AND LIKE I SAY, THAT'S FINE, BUT LOOK OUT FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE I'M GOING, I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THAT EVERY DAY.

I'M LIKE, THIS IS IT.

AND I WANT TO GO ON THE EXERCISE MACHINE AND EXERCISE OR SOMETHING, OR WALK, SEE SOMETHING ELSE, OR WATCH THE KIDS DOING THIS AND DOING THAT, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. THIS IS NOT A STANDALONE PROJECT.

THIS IS INCORPORATED WITHIN THE PARK.

SO WHOEVER IS VISITING THE PARK WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE ARTWORK AND ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION.

THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR.

CORRECT. SO WE'RE GOING TO.

MADAM CHAIRMAN, ARE WE GOING TO MEET BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR TO START THE PUTTING TOGETHER THE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, THE LOCATION OF HISTORICAL SITES AND THE COMMUNITY HOUSES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A POSSIBLE WORKSHOP OR A MEETING TO START COLLECTING THESE PICTURES AND AND DOCUMENT AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION. WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THAT CAN BECOME OVERLOADED WITH JUST A LOT BECAUSE I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF INFORMATION AT THIS POINT.

I WANT THE BOARD TO DISCUSS ONE SITE.

LET'S LET'S PICK ONE AND LET'S SEE WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT.

AND AND IT'LL BE WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO WHAT? AT OUR NEXT MEETING IN JANUARY OR BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR? WELL, THE GOAL WAS TO DISCUSS IT TODAY AND SELECT A BILL.

SELECT A SITE OR A BUILDING THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, AND THE NEXT MEETING.

THE BOARD CAN BRING IMAGES NARRATIVE, SOMETHING FOR THAT SITE.

THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER MR. HARVEY. AND I JUST WANT TO COMMENT AND ADD MAYBE TO THAT OR UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

I DID AT OUR LAST MEETING IN JULY, I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE CITY MANAGER AND MISS PINNELL ASKING FOR US TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

I THINK IT MUST HAVE GOT SOME WAY MISTRANSLATED.

THEY THOUGHT I WAS TRYING TO CREATE A NEW BUILDING OR A NEW CONCEPT, AND I WAS ASKING FOR THAT PURPOSE BECAUSE WE ONLY MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR, AND THAT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME AS WE'RE MOVING NOW ACTIVELY INTO THE DIFFERENT PHASES.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M UNDERSTANDING MR. BOARD MEMBER HARVEY CORRECTLY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY UNDERSTOOD ME CORRECTLY, BECAUSE ALL I WAS SAYING IS, CAN WE HAVE THIS COMMITTEE MEET IN BETWEEN THOSE INTERVALS OF FOUR MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR? THIS IS A WORKING TOOL THAT WE'RE GOING TO START IMPLEMENTING IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY STARTING NEXT YEAR, AND I THINK I HAVE PICTURES, I HAVE THINGS.

BUT FOR US TO SIT HERE AND DO THIS IN TEN MINUTES AND PICK A BUILDING, PICK A SITE, YOU'RE YOU'RE RUSHING US AND YOU'RE CRAMMING THIS DOWN OUR THROATS TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE QUICK ON YOUR TIMELINE.

AND I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR.

WE'RE ONLY MEETING FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

WE NEED MORE TIME.

YEAH. OH, I'M SORRY, BUT THANK YOU, ATTORNEY.

SURE. AGAIN, LEE BAGGETT, FOR THE RECORD I'M LOOKING AT THE BYLAWS AND REGULAR MEETINGS ARE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, BUT THE BYLAWS DO ALLOW.

SPECIAL MEETINGS MAY BE HELD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD AS NECESSARY.

SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED.

YOU CAN REQUEST THAT THEY SAID NO, I'M SORRY TO SPEAK.

ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF HAVING SPECIAL MEETINGS IN BETWEEN THE QUARTERLY MEETING.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.

AND THE REGULAR MEETINGS ARE AUTOMATIC.

SPECIAL MEETINGS ARE ONLY AT DISCRETION OF THE BOARD, SO.

WELL, HOW CAN THE QUESTION OF THE BOARD? THIS BOARD. CORRECT? YEP.

SPECIAL MEETINGS MAY BE HELD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE THIS BOARD AS NECESSARY.

YOU GUYS ARE OBVIOUSLY GIVING OPINIONS THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING, SO.

OKAY. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION.

OKAY. SECOND.

AND THEN YOU VOTE. ALL RIGHT.

YOU WANT TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

AND I WOULD IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC MONTH OR A DATE THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT MEETING.

THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU.

ATTORNEY. THAT. THAT MAKES SENSE.

MY HEART FEELS BETTER. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS BEFORE THAT, WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS.

I SECOND THAT MOTION HAS BEEN MADE FOR A MEETING.

SPECIAL MEETING IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

I SECOND THAT. AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MR. BRINKLEY AND AND WE NEED THEM.

I THINK YOU COULD DO AN ALL IN FAVOR.

IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSES.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE IT APPROVED THAT WE CAN SET THAT UP.

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CAN I GET MR. COOPER AND MRS. BRINKLEY TO SAY A ON THE MIC, PLEASE? YES. YES.

MRS. BRINKLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE? YAY FOR THE MOTION? YES. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU, MR. BOARD MEMBER. MR. HARVEY.

AND I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED THE THANK YOU, ATTORNEY, BECAUSE YOU REALLY MADE THAT CLEAR.

WE WOULD HAVE HAD MEETINGS PRIOR, BUT I THINK IT GOT MISUNDERSTOOD WHEN I PRESENTED IT TO MISS PARNELL AND THE CITY MANAGER.

BUT THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP VERY MUCH.

SO THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT'S CLEAR YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS WHAT BUILDINGS.

YES. FEEL PREPARED TODAY.

YES. WE NEED TIME IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

WE CAN'T DO IT NOW.

RIGHT. SO WE'LL.

WE'LL SET ONE UP.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO DO COMPLY WITH THE STATUTE AND PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE AND ALL.

OKAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I HAD A FEW THINGS ON THE.

ONE MAIN THING I WANT TO SAY, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT TIMELINE THAT YOU HAD UP THERE WITH THE DATES ON THERE.

I DON'T SEE THAT IN THIS PACKAGE WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD AT THE.

I KEPT LOOKING.

DO YOU HAVE THAT PAGE WITH THE YEAR AND THE DATES AND THE TIMELINE? THAT WAS THE LAST PAGE UP THERE.

YEAH. THAT ONE.

DO YOU HAVE THAT FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT? IT'S NOT IN OUR PACKET. THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS THIS PRESENTATION INCLUDED.

IT IS INCLUDED, RIGHT? I UPDATED IT I UPDATED THAT THE TIMELINE SINCE THE PACKAGE WAS PREPARED.

YES. CAN WE GET COPIES OF IT? I HAVE A COPY OF EACH BOARD MEMBER.

AND AS THOSE SIX OBJECTIVES.

RIGHT. AND THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THESE DATES CHANGE BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE CONSULTANT AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN.

SO YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NOT CONCRETE DATES.

JUST KNOW THAT IT COULD FLUCTUATE A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S OKAY. I'D JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT.

AND ARE WE STARTING PHASE ONE IN JULY I MEAN IN 2025.

WELL, IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NOW? IS THAT TIME TO START PHASE ONE.

RIGHT. SO THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK, WHICH INCLUDED ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT I MENTIONED, THE PLAYGROUND MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD, THE OPEN SPACE AREA, THE TRACK, ALL THAT IS PART OF PHASE, ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK AND AND THAT WILL.

THAT'S WHAT THE 60% DESIGN IS.

AND WE EXPECT TO COMPLETE THAT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SO THE PERMITTING FOR THAT DESIGN WOULD BE IN SUMMER.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH RFP PROCESS TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT, SO THAT THAT IS EXPECTED SOMETIME IN 2025. AND IT'S IN THE BUDGET.

IT'S IN THE BUDGET. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.

I KNOW I HAVE A FEW MORE, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO TABLE THOSE THOUGHTS.

AND THEN SINCE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SPECIAL MEETING, IF ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE OKAY WITH THAT, WE WILL STAND TO HAVE THE MEETING ADJOURNED.

IF THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

NO MORE. NO MORE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

LET ME FOLLOW PROCEDURES HERE.

OKAY. SO THAT WAS THE ACTION ITEMS STAFF UPDATE AND WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.