Jan 27, 2025 Joint CRA/CRB/CCM

[CALL TO ORDER]

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OKAY, I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER THIS LARGE MEETING TO ORDER OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE STUART CITY COMMISSION. THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR 27TH JANUARY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. WE'RE MISSING THE VICE MAYOR. MAYOR RICH HERE.

VICE MAYOR COLLINS. COMMISSIONER. CLARK HERE. COMMISSIONER GIOVE HERE.

COMMISSIONER. READ HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. I HAVE CHAIR RICH. TO SHARE THIS HERE. VICE MAYOR COLLINS HERE. BOARD MEMBER CLARK HERE. BOARD MEMBER. JOBE HERE. BOARD MEMBER.

REED HERE. BOARD MEMBER. BRECHBILL HERE. AND FOR THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD, I HAVE VICE CHAIR BRECHBILL HERE. BOARD MEMBER JAMES HERE. BOARD MEMBER MANERO HERE. BOARD MEMBER MCCRYSTAL. PRESENT. BOARD MEMBER. MOSER. HERE. BOARD MEMBER. SHERER HERE. AND BOARD MEMBER. WHALEN HERE. SO WELCOME TO OUR FOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS. SURE. OKAY. I HOPE YOU FIND YOUR SERVICE ON THIS BOARD INTERESTING AND REWARDING. AND THE HARDER YOU WORK AT IT, THE MORE VALUABLE WILL BE YOUR CONTRIBUTION BOTH TO THIS BOARD AND TO THE CITY AND THE CRA. SO THANK YOU. AND WHO WILL BE ADMINISTERING THE OATH, MR. BAGGETT? THE PLEDGE OF. I MEAN, I'M SORRY. WE HAVE TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FIRST. OKAY. PLEASE STAND. SOMEBODY. 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. AND NOW WE HAVE THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER. OATH OF OFFICE. ALL RIGHT. WILL ALL THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME? NEW ONES ARE JUST THE NEW ONES OR ALL OF THEM. IT'S ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. YOU'RE REINSTATING THEM. NOTICE THAT THERE THE COMMISSION THIS MORNING. SO HE'S GOT A JOKE AND THEY'VE GOT AN ACT. ALL RIGHT, SO I STATE YOUR NAME. FREDERICK JAMES FRANK AND QUALIFIED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. THE CONSTITUTION. LAWS OF FLORIDA. LAWS OF FLORIDA. AND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE LORD. TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD. SERVES AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF AN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF AN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER ON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER, UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. BE SEATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NON-AGENDA RELATED ITEMS? I DO, I HAVE ONE.

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RIGHT. YOU'RE ALL IN FAVOR, MARKS. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. I WAS JUST THINKING IT WAS A COMMISSION. IT WAS BY BOARD MEMBER. YEAH. THANK YOU. MARK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. PARDON ME. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER CLARK, FOR KEEPING ME IN ORDER. NOW, DO WE HAVE

[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Non-Agenda Related) ]

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ROBERT HAMILTON, 311 SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET. JUST COMING HERE. THE BOTTLENECK THAT HAPPENS IN THE CIRCLE. AND I THINK SOMEBODY WILL EVENTUALLY GET HURT THERE. AND A TRAIN GOES BY. CARS CAN'T GO NORTH OR SOUTH AND IT ALL GETS BUCKLED UP. THE OTHER ISSUE WITH THE CIRCLE IS THEY JUST DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS. YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE ON YOUR TOES GOING THROUGH THERE. AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD FALL UNDER CRA. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S MY OPINION. A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WAIT UNTIL CATASTROPHIC EVENT HAPPENS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR PLACE AND NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT SITUATION. I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY. I JUST THINK IT'S AN ISSUE AT THE CIRCLE, AND I THINK THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CRA FOR THAT. JUST A SUGGESTION. JUST A THOUGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. HAMILTON, ARE YOU REFERRING TO CONFUSION CORNER OR RIGHT HERE, JOHN JEFFERSON? ACTUALLY, BOTH, BUT RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE I WALKED THIS ONE MORE. OKAY. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THE TRAIN GOES BY, WHEN THE TRAIN GOES BY, EVERYBODY HUDDLES UP AND THE CARS CAN'T GO. THEN WHEN THE CARS ARE FLOWING, YOU BETTER PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION COMING UP TO THAT CROSSWALK, BECAUSE SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET HIT. AND THEN WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. IT'S GOING TO COST US EVEN MORE MONEY IN LITIGATION. IT'S JUST THE THOUGHT. I THOUGHT IT'D BE SOMETHING THAT THAT YOU GUYS COULD DISCUSS. IT'D BE IMPORTANT AS PUBLIC SAFETY. AND IT'S OUR TAX DOLLARS. THAT SAID, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, SIR. OKAY. COMMENTS BY BOARD MEMBERS. WE'LL

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

YOU CAN TALK IN GENERAL. YOU CAN TALK TO THEM. JUST NOTHING ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP, YOU KNOW, ON THE AGENDA OR COME BEFORE THE CRA. NOW, I WOULD CAUTION YOU, YOU'RE OUTSIDE AFTER A CRA MEETING, SPEAKING TO ONE OF THEM, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ASSUME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CAME UP. BUT BUT JUST AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. I MENTIONED THAT, BUT YEAH. SO THERE'S NON-VOTING MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, HEAR FROM THE CRB THAT ARE NOT ON THE CRA THAT WE HAVE A JOINT MEETING TODAY, BUT YOU'RE NOT ON THE SAME BOARD AS CRB, JUST THE TWO AT WILL OR AT LARGE. I'M SORRY. MEMBERS ON THE CRA. THANKS. IS THAT ALL? DID YOU GET YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED? YOU COULD TALK TO MR. JAMES. YEAH, THAT'S MY APPOINTMENT. YOU COULD TALK TO ANY ONE OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY. NOT JUST ME, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU ANYWAY, SEAN. SO. THANK YOU.

RIGHT. AND WHOEVER YOU HAVE TO APPOINT ONE OTHER AT SOME. YEAH. NO, I THINK ONE OTHER AT LARGE AN APPOINTMENT. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. NOT ON THIS. I THINK IT'S AN AT LARGE APPOINTMENT.

THAT'S THAT'S FOR THE CRB. THE CRB WILL APPOINT I HAVE THE CRB WILL APPOINT I HAVE NOT APPOINTED SOMEBODY TO THE EAST STEWART COMMITTEE BECAUSE THAT'S THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE BECAUSE I HADN'T FOUND SOMEBODY WHO HAD A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND I THOUGHT WOULD WANT TO DO IT. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT THE POINT. I THINK MARY HAS A LIST OF INTERESTED PEOPLE. YEAH. SO WHEN

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WELL SEAN AS ALWAYS COVERED A LOT. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK I'D LIKE TO THANK HIM BACK.

THANK THANK BACK. THE OLDER MEMBERS RENEWING. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE CITY.

THANK YOU TO THE NEW MEMBERS. WE WELCOME YOU ABOARD AND HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY ON THIS BOARD.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER CLARK. YES, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE OFF WHERE MR. HAMILTON STARTED AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT, NUMBER ONE, JUST THANK THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT WHO WANT TO SERVE ON A BOARD LIKE THIS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST. AND THIS YEAR IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE. WE HAVE TWO, FOUR, FIVE NEW PEOPLE STARTING OFF AT THE SAME TIME. SO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, LIKE SEAN SAID, A GREAT DEAL OF KNOWLEDGE TO GAIN FROM LOOKING AT DOCUMENTS AND HISTORY AND LEARNING FROM STAFF AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON. AND OF COURSE, PUTTING YOUR OWN VISION AND YOUR BACKGROUND INTO THE FUTURE OF STEWARD. SO THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO MR. HAMILTON, ONE OF MY THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED WITH, I'M A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER BY TRADE. THAT'S WHAT MY MASTER'S IN URBAN PLANNING IS ABOUT. BUT HAVING COMPLETE STREET NETWORKS, HAVING CONNECTIONS, HAVING WALKABILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND I KNOW THAT I'VE TALKED TO STAFF, AND I THINK THAT COMING UP WITH PLANS TO USE CRA FUNDS TO DO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP US TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO READ CERTAIN AREAS IN OUR WITHIN OUR CRA, AND TO GET ALONG WITH SOME REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF IDEAS AND PROJECTS THAT WE CAN DO, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WANTING TO SERVE AND WANTING TO LEARN AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY STAYS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. THANK YOU. AND SAFE AND SAFE. BOARD MEMBER COLLINS. YES. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO DO THIS AND TAKING TIME AWAY FROM YOUR BUSINESSES AND YOUR FAMILIES, AND JUST ENCOURAGE YOU THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, THAT YOU'RE HELPING GUIDE THE DECISIONS THAT WE WILL MAKE, HOW WE WILL SPEND TAXPAYER MONEY.

AND BASICALLY GUIDE THE TYPE OF CITY THAT 20,000 PLUS HUMAN BEINGS DWELL IN. SO YOU GUYS ARE THE FRONT LINE ON MAKING THE DECISIONS. AND PROBABLY THE HOTTEST AREA IN THE CRB OF WHERE REDEVELOPMENT WILL HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU FOR SERVING. PLEASE SHOW UP TO YOUR MEETINGS. IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST, SO THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER BRIDGEVILLE. YES, I JUST I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON ROBERT'S SITUATION BECAUSE I'VE SAID BEFORE THAT THE WAY THE TRAFFIC FLOW GOES OUT OF THE GOES OUT OF THE CITY, AT THE TRACKS HERE ON SAILFISH CIRCLE IS THAT THOSE CARS HAVE TO STOP ON THE TRACKS AND WAIT FOR THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING THIS WAY, AND WE NEED SOME KIND OF SIGNAGE THERE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND ON THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACKS BEFORE THEY REALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT BECAUSE I, I THINK I KIND OF MENTIONED THAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. THE SECOND THING I WOULD JUST THIS IS A GREAT GROUP. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND I THINK FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SERVE ON THIS. I'VE ENJOYED MY YEAR PLUS ON THIS. AND BUT TWO THINGS I WANT TO MENTION RELATIVE TO THAT ONE, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WE SERVE THE CITY, BUT WE HAVE TO BE WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMISSION AS WELL.

SO THAT'S ONE THING. AND I THINK WE WANT TO STILL CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR FOCUS ON RETURN ON INVESTMENT. THE CRA IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY IN GENERAL. OUR DOLLARS ARE EARNED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE CITY IN GENERAL. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON RETURN ON INVESTMENT. WE STARTED TO DO THIS LAST YEAR IN THE AND PANEL GAVE US NUMBERS ON RETURNS ON INVESTMENT. BUT I THINK IT'S OUR JOB AS STEWARDS OF THE CRA MONEY TO SPEND THAT WISELY. THAT GENERATES FUTURE RETURNS TO THE CITY AND TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER MCCRYSTAL. I HAVE NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. NEW BOARD MEMBER MR. JEFF MANERA, DO YOU

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[4. FDEP APPLICATION TO DESIGNATE STUART AS A FLORIDA "TRAIL TOWN" (RC): RESOLUTION No. 11-2025; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ACTIVELY PURSUE A FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION “TRAIL TOWN” DESIGNATION THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF GREENWAYS AND TRAILS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY OFFICE OF TOURISM AND MARKETING; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

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PROMOTES A TRAIL FRIENDLY TOWN CHARACTER. INTEGRATES THE TRAIL INTO THE TOWN'S CULTURE WITH ANNUAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS, AND CONNECTS RESIDENTS SAFELY TO WORK THROUGH SCHOOLS, PARKS AND SHOPPING. THESE ARE SOME OF THE TRAIL TOWNS THAT EXIST IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA CURRENTLY, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ABOUT 20 AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO STENCIL IN THE CITY OF STUART RIGHT UNDERNEATH SANFORD. WE'RE A NATURAL CHOICE FOR A TRAIL TOWN BECAUSE WE FEATURE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT NEXT TO OUR TRAIL AREAS. WE HAVE QUALITY TRAILS ALREADY IN PLACE. WE HAVE EXISTING RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING AND OUR BENEFITS ARE IT WILL INCREASE ECOTOURISM, ASSIST IN POSITIVE BRANDING AND ALSO ASSIST IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE RECREATION DIVISION IS NOW SPONSORING VARIOUS ECO TOURISM, NATURAL RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS. THAT REALLY KIND OF DOVETAIL THIS WHOLE PROGRAM TOGETHER. WE HAVE DIFFERENT FITNESS PROGRAMS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS LIKE YOGA ON THE RIVER AND ZUMBA ON THE RIVER, AND ALL THESE THINGS. ALL OF THESE AREAS WOULD BE A PART OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AS WELL. AS YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH OUR HANEY CREEK WALKS THAT WE HAVE ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 9:00. WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THAT VERY SUCCESSFULLY AS WELL. SO TRAIL TOWN REALLY COMPLEMENTS THESE EXISTING RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PRODUCING. SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 11 2025 TO APPLY TO BECOME A TRAIL TOWN WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ANY QUESTIONS? JIM? YES, I HAVE, JIM. I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU KNOW, IN LOOKING THROUGH THIS MATERIAL ON TRAIL TOWNS AND GOING THROUGH IT, IT APPEARS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS CREATING A RECREATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SPECIFICALLY ALONG TRAILS. AND ACCORDING TO THE MATERIAL I READ, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN CONNECTION WITH A MAJOR TRAIL OR A TRAIL THAT CONNECTS TO A MAJOR TRAIL. YES. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE COMMITTED TO THAT? I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GREAT IF WE CAN DO THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE JUST GOING TO LET US PUT A NAME ON IT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, GREATEST SMALL TOWN IN AMERICA OR SOMETHING. AND, AND THAT'S IT. I THINK WE HAVE TO DEVOTE RESOURCES NOW. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT MAJOR TRAIL ARE WE CONNECTING TO? AND THE

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YEAH. SO I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DOVETAIL ON, BE AWARE OF THAT, WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO AND ASKING FOR. I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL. I WOULD THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT IS I'D LIKE TO SEE I'D LIKE TO SEE NOT ONLY THE TRAIL AND THE WALKING AND, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN COORDINATING THAT WITH EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF FIVE K'S AND MARATHONS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A PORTION OF THAT GO ON THE TRAIL, BECAUSE THAT'S A MAJOR DRAWING POINT. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IF WE COULD GET SOME KAYAKING TYPE THING, IF WE COULD USE THE RIVER AS PART OF OUR TRAIL SO THAT WE CAN PULL THE RIVER INTO THE TRAIL PROCESS AND, AND MAKE THAT A KEY POINT FOR OUR OUR TRAIL. I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENT, MR. BRECHBILL. AS FAR AS THE EXPENSE SIDE OF THINGS, THE ONLY THING THAT THERE WOULD BE REQUIRED AT THIS POINT WOULD BE SOME SIGNAGE IN WHICH I THINK I'M NOT TALKING FOR ALL THAT. THEY AGREED THAT THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THEIR PROGRAM. AND I SPOKE TO MILTON LEGGETT AS FAR AS ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED FOR THE PROGRAM. AND AT THIS TIME, THE ORIGINAL WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN TO US IS THAT IT'S VERY MINIMAL, IF ANY, BESIDES, THE SIGNAGE WOULD PROBABLY WE WOULD I WOULD HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GO BEFORE THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND GET SOME MONEY FOR COLLATERAL MATERIAL SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY, ONCE IT'S DESIGNATED, ILLUSTRATE THE ACTUAL TRAIL ITSELF, LIKE WE DID WITH OUR CULTURAL HISTORY MAP. WELL, AND PLUS, IF IT'S IN THE CRA, WE CAN USE SOME CRA FUNDS FOR THAT THEN PROBABLY TDC MONEY. BUT LET'S USE TDC MONEY. OH YEAH. NO. YEAH I'M I'M GOOD FOR THAT. BUT BUT WE HAVE TO SPEND SOME OF THAT MONEY. SO I'M BOARD MEMBER COLLINS. SO THE SO TDC NERISSA CAME TO YOU. NURSES. STAFF. YES.

DOES THIS OPEN THE TDC UP TO MORE GRANTS? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD BE OPEN? THAT'S KIND OF MY HOPE WITH THIS WHOLE THING IS LET'S GET SOMETHING STARTED SO THAT WHEN WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE TDC, THAT WE'VE GOT AN OPEN DOOR TO ADDITIONAL. WHY DID SHE COME TO YOU? IS WHAT I'M ASKING. WHAT? WHAT WAS THE. WELL, I THINK IT WAS GRANT POSSIBILITIES IN THE FUTURE. WASN'T. IT WAS REALLY THAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM AS AN OVERALL BENEFIT TO MARTIN COUNTY AND PORT SALERNO, I BELIEVE, IS PARTICIPATING AS WELL. SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE KIND OF READY MADE FOR IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT SORT OF TURNKEY. SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE OUR WILDERNESS KIND OF RUNS RIGHT THROUGH OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO SOME DEGREE. SO IT FITS ALL THE CRITERIA. OKAY. IS THERE ANY EXPECTATION OF FINANCIAL INVOLVEMENT? NO. OKAY. WOW.

BOARD MEMBER GOP PART OF THIS PRESENTATION HAS LIKE A SIX PAGE CHECKOFF OF THINGS THAT WE THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT TO SEE IF WE, YOU KNOW, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WOULD ACTUALLY BE GOOD FOR DOWNTOWN IS IT SAYS THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE A STORE OR SOME SORT OF FACE FRONT THAT HAS HIKING GEAR, THINGS THAT ARE GEARED TOWARD THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS TYPE OF HIKING, BIKING, ALL OF THOSE ALL THE THINGS I DON'T DO VERY ATHLETIC. SO WE DON'T WE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SUCH A STORE IN DOWNTOWN, BUT IT WOULD BE A NICE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO IT WOULD BE A NICE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO THINK OF OPENING THAT BUSINESS ONCE THIS GETS ROLLING. ANOTHER REASON TO BRING THE PEOPLE BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND THE TRAILS. BOARD MEMBER BRECHBILL. JUST A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THAT PANEL CAN PROBABLY PULL OUT SOME

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BOARD MEMBER MOSER. THANK YOU. I'M HEARING SOMETHING OF A THEME FROM YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT SAFETY, IMPROVEMENT AND CONNECTIVITY. AND I JUST WANT TO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK OF THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. EXCUSE ME, I, I ALSO LOOKED AT THE FIVE PAGE CHECKLIST, AND SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE SAFETY CATEGORY. AND I JUST WANT TO PREFACE THIS WITH I WALK AND BIKE THE CITY A LOT WITH MY KIDS IN A BIKE TRAILER BEHIND ME, AND I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE. DOES YOUR TOWN HAVE WIDE SIDEWALKS? WIDES CLASSIFIED AS 10 TO 12FT? NO. DOES YOUR TOWN HAVE PROTECTED BIKE LANES? NO. DOES IS YOUR DOWNTOWN SAFELY NAVIGABLE BY FOOT OR BICYCLE? WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE AUDIENCE, AND I CAN ALSO VERIFY THAT'S A NO. AND DOES YOUR TRAIL TOWN HAVE EMERGENCY CALL BOXES? NO. ALTHOUGH I CAN SAY WORKING IN TRAILS, THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S SUPER COMMON ANYWHERE. I STILL THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR US TO JOIN, BUT I DO WANT TO CHALLENGE US IF WE'RE GOING TO JOIN IT. LET'S ACTUALLY MAKE THE EFFORT, GET, GET WORKING, TRY TO MAKE THESE SAFETY AND IMPROVEMENTS, CONNECTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS, AND ALSO POSSIBLY INCREASING OUR TRAIL NETWORK SO THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO REASON I SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BIKE WITH MY KIDS TO THE BEACH OR TWO MILES AWAY, BUT I WOULD NEVER DO THAT THE WAY THAT OUR ROADS ARE DESIGNED RIGHT NOW, EVEN THROUGH DOWNTOWN, WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO BIKE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY ONE YEAR OLD AND I CAME DOWNTOWN TO MEET MY HUSBAND AND MY SON FOR ICE CREAM ON OUR BIKES ABOUT A WEEK AGO ON OSCEOLA, AND FOUR TIMES I WAS CUT OFF IN THE CROSSWALK BY A CAR. THERE'S NOT THAT MANY INTERSECTIONS. THAT'S ALMOST EVERY INTERSECTION. SO JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. SOME FEEDBACK FOR YOU ALL. I STILL THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM FOR US TO JOIN AND TO USE AS THE MOMENTUM TO START MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT THERE'S MOTIVATION TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS. BOARD MEMBER COLLINS. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE INTERPRETED, THAT I'M AGAINST THIS IN ANY WAY, BUT IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF SUNSET ON THIS OR REVISIT THAT, WE COULD ADD IN. IF FOR SOME REASON WE FIND THAT THIS IS NOT WORKING IN SOME OR NOT WORKING, I'M JUST LIVING FOREVER. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. I IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO A WORK AGENDA ON THIS. WE'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO APPLY TO QUALIFY AT THIS POINT, THE PROGRAM IS RELATIVELY NEW. AS YOU SAW, THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT 20 CITIES. REALLY NOT THAT WELL KNOWN YET. AND YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND BRING US SOME KIND OF UPDATE AS IT EVOLVES. OKAY. OH YEAH. THAT'S. I'M GOOD. SURE. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER.

GRECO. YEAH. I'M I'M GENERALLY I'M REALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS. IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT A REAL THING. IT'S LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IF ALL WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THROW A FEW DOLLARS OUT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THEM AND WASTE THEM, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS A INTEGRAL PART OF COMING TO STUART AND ESPECIALLY THE CRA, THEN I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER DOING IT RIGHT. WE NEED TO CREATE A TRAIL THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME TO FROM OTHER PLACES TO GO ON THAT TRAIL, NOT A NOT A ROAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN SO THAT WE HAVE BETTER TRAFFIC LOCALLY BECAUSE BUT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN PEOPLE MIGHT HAPPEN TO COME IN THAT WAY. I THINK AT LEAST THE WAY I READ THIS THING, THIS IS THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE A GO TO TYPE OF PLACE. IT'S ECHO TOURISM. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST. YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S IT FOSTERS LESS TRAFFIC. IT'S FOOT TRAFFIC BUT IT'S LESS TRAFFIC. AND SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE IF WE DO THIS WE SHOULD COMMIT TO DOING IT AS A PROJECT.

IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, IT'S GOING TO GENERATE GENERATE A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO THE DOWNTOWN, I THINK, BECAUSE IT WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT VALUE. BUT ANYWAY,

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IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS, LET'S DO IT RIGHT. AND I THINK THE SAFETY ISSUES ARE THE FIRST.

THEY ARE. LET'S TAKE CARE OF THOSE FIRST. NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT, NOT ONCE WE PUT EVERYTHING IN PLACE. WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BE A SCIENCE AS WE ARE THIS, BUT WE'RE REALLY NOT.

LET'S DO THE SAFETY FIRST. LET'S SPEND THE MONEY ON THAT. THIS WAY, EVEN IF WE DON'T DO IT, ALL OF THE TRAVELING AROUND TOWN FOR LOCALS AND ANYONE ELSE WOULD STILL BE SAFE. WE NEED THAT.

IT'S IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. WHICH IS ALL A GREAT SEGUE TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IN A MOMENT. SO JIM, ALMOST LIKE IT WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY. YES, SIR.

MAYOR, THIS IS MEANT TO BE PART OF A VERY LARGE NETWORK IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, RIGHT? YES.

HOW MANY MILES OF TRAILS ARE CURRENTLY? I WOULDN'T EVEN WANT TO TELL YOU THAT OR GUESS AT THIS POINT. PART OF THIS IS DOING AN INVENTORY OF OUR ASSETS SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU A REALLY SOLID ANSWER. MY NEXT QUESTION, YES, IS TO BE ABLE TO GET ON THE SYSTEM. ENTER MARTIN COUNTY ON THE NORTH SIDE, MOVE THROUGH MARTIN COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDES A SMALL SEGMENT OF THE CITY, AND THEN EXIT MARTIN COUNTY ON THE SAME NETWORK. SO STEP ONE WOULD BE MY QUESTION WAS HOW MANY MILES OF TRAIL THAT DOES THE CITY CURRENTLY HAVE THAT WOULD QUALIFY? AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH IS. YEAH, THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE A MAPPING EXERCISE OF OUR EXISTING INVENTORY ONCE WE GET THE MAPPING EXERCISE DONE. I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT HANEY CREEK. WE CAN DO SOME ROUGH MATH THERE, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME INTERCONNECTED OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT YET. I THINK IT WOULD BE A FAIRLY MEANDERING ROUTE THROUGH THE CITY. STEP TWO, IN MY MIND, IS TO BEING ABLE TO ILLUSTRATE THAT, LIKE WE DID WITH THAT ART AND HISTORY MAP, SO THAT THERE'S A PIECE OF COLLATERAL THAT WILL EDUCATE PEOPLE. AND THEN THIRDLY, WE CAN GET BEHIND IT AND PROMOTE IT WITH SOME SORT OF VIDEO AND BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND PUBLICIZE THAT VIDEO OUT THERE ON THE ECO TOURISM CHANNELS THAT WE HAVE. DOES THE TRAIL SYSTEM, IS IT FLORIDA ISLAND? YEAH. IS IT FLORIDA? IF YOU GO IF YOU GO TO GOOGLE MAPS AND YOU HIGHLIGHT THE BIKE TRAIL PORTION OF THE GOOGLE MAPS, IT WILL LIGHT UP FOR YOU. OKAY, THE GREEN LINES AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THOSE ON HERE. WELL, THE GREEN LINES FOR EXAMPLE IN THIS SITUATION SHOW GREEN RIVER PARKWAY AS A TRAIL.

AND IT SHOWS COMING OVER THE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE. BUT AS SOON AS IT GETS TO STUART, IT STOPS BECAUSE MARTIN COUNTY HAD IDENTIFIED IT. IT CHOSE SEWELL'S POINT BRIDGE AND OUT ON HUTCHINSON ISLAND AS A TRAIL WHERE THE SIDEWALKS ARE RIGHT. BUT WE HAVE A SIX FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF GREEN RIVER PARKWAY THAT'S 50FT AWAY FROM THE RIGHT ROAD. BUT IF YOU LOOK, FOR EXAMPLE, ON GOOGLE MAPS HERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S IDENTIFIED. NORTH OF THE JENSEN BEACH BOULEVARD, BUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF JENSEN BEACH BOULEVARD, WHERE IT'S IN THE CITY, IT'S NOT RIGHT. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS A COUNTY ROAD AND A COUNTY PROJECT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT JUST HASN'T BEEN UPDATED OR WHATEVER, BUT THE KIND OF THE POINT OF THIS GROUPING OF IT IS TO GET EVERYBODY TO COME TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY THESE TRAILS BECAUSE THEY AREN'T MAPPED. AND IF YOU'RE NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM, NOBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE. AND THE PURPOSE IS TO IDENTIFY THEM SO PEOPLE CAN GET SOME EXERCISE AND UTILIZE THEM. NOW, SOMEONE ALSO MENTIONED WATER, AND IT DOES SAY THAT PADDLING TRAILS ARE PART OF THIS. SO THAT'S CERTAINLY AN OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IN THE CITY. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT. I MEAN, I LOVE TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THE COUNTY OR THE CITY ON BIKE OR FOOT, BUT IF, AS MISS MOSER SUGGESTS, WE REALLY WORK ON THIS AND MISS BOARD MEMBER GOBY, WE REALLY WORK ON DEVELOPING THIS AND PAYING ATTENTION TO SAFETY. THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO LOVE IT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT MORE THAN ANYONE. SO I I'M GLAD THE COUNTY HAS APPROACHED US AND WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU MAYOR. NO OTHER COMMENTS. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMISSIONER CLARK.

YES, COMMISSIONER GOP. YES. VICE MAYOR COLLINS. YES. MAYOR. RICH. YES. AND COMMISSIONER REED. YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. MR. BAGGETT, ITEM FIVE FOR OUR CONSIDERATION, PLEASE. IT'S NOT

[5. DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION OF THE CRA FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN]

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I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH THE CRA PROJECTS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. I JUST DO WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BRIEF BACKGROUND OF WHAT A CRA IS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS. I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT, AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE PAST YEARS. SO WHAT IS A CRA? IT'S A SPECIAL DISTRICT CREATED THROUGH FLORIDA STATUTES REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE CITY, WHERE WE INITIATE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS TO REVITALIZE THE BLIGHTED AREAS. WE USE THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING TO FUND THE PROJECTS, WITH THE GOAL TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF OUR AREA. BOTH MARTIN COUNTY AND CITY OF STUART GENERAL FUNDS CONTRIBUTES TO THE TIF THAT WE REINVEST BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. THE GOAL IS GOAL IS TO CONTINUE REINVESTING OUR TIF REVENUE THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR. WHEN WE DON'T INVEST, THEN WE DON'T GET TO LEVERAGE ANY FUTURE TAX REVENUE THAT WE GET FROM REDEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE IDENTIFY PROJECTS AND CONTINUE TO INVEST INTO OUR CRA. THE CITY OF STUART CRA IS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY NORTHEAST BAKER ROAD, WHICH IS TO THE NORTH, MONTEREY ROAD TO THE SOUTH, PALM BEACH ROAD TO THE EAST, AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY TO THE WEST, WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT 20% OF THE CITY. SO OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE USED TIF REVENUE AND GRANT TO FUND PROJECTS LIKE KIWANIS PARK, PARKING LOT AND CONSTRUCTION, OSCEOLA STREET PARKING LOT, REDESIGN OF MLK BOULEVARD, FRAZIER CREEK IMPROVEMENTS. WE'VE DONE VARIOUS STREET RESURFACING PROJECTS. WE DID THE EASTPORT WELCOME SIGN, RIVERWALK SHADE STRUCTURE. ALL OF THESE ARE LISTED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE, BUT WE'VE DONE NUMEROUS PROJECTS IN THE CRA SINCE IT WAS A REESTABLISHED IN 1998. SOME OTHER PROJECTS, VERY WELL KNOWN PROJECT COLORADO AVENUE, WHICH WAS A COMPLETE STREET PROJECT. WE USED TIF REVENUE AND WE RECEIVED GRANT FOR THAT PROJECT. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF STREETSCAPE PROJECTS, KINDRED AND JOHNSON AVENUE, THAT WAS DONE IN. 2015, 2017. WE DID THAT PROJECT THROUGH CRA AND WE RECEIVED A GRANT FOR THAT PROJECT. ALSO, GREEN BIKE LANES ON COLORADO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ON MEDIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. WE'VE DONE A RESURFACING PROJECTS IN EAST STUART RAIL, RAIL, RIVERWALK HANDRAIL REPLACEMENT AND SHEPHERD SHEPHERD PARK IMPROVEMENTS. SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS ARE DOWNTOWN UNDERGROUNDING AND STREETSCAPE, SEMINOLE STREETSCAPE PROJECT. PROJECT LIFT, WHICH IS A DEMOLITION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE EAST STUART COMMUNITY. GUY DAVIS COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS MLK STREETSCAPE PROJECT WHICH IS IN PROGRESS AND IN DESIGN. DIXIE HIGHWAY STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS FROM JOAN JEFFERSON TO COLORADO. SO WE HOPE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TODAY THROUGH THAT PROJECT. LIPMAN NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT FOR THAT PROJECT IN 2023, SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THE STATE TO REVIEW OUR APPLICATION AND HOPEFULLY WE SHOULD GET AN APPROVAL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR THAT PROJECT. GATEWAY SIGNAGES TRAFFIC CONTROL BOX WRAPS ALL THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND RIVERSIDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF THE OLD BRIDGE THAT'S IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. AND MOST RECENTLY, THE BOARD APPROVED THE MEMORIAL PARK PHASE FOUR IMPROVEMENT. SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD TODAY, AND IT'S COME UP OVER THE YEARS. I WOULD LIKE SOME DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROJECTS YOU WANT TO INITIATE, HOW TO PRIORITIZE THESE PROJECTS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION TO HELP US PRIORITIZE FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS, WE RECEIVED TIF REVENUE OF ABOUT $6.3 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE ABOUT THE SAME BETWEEN 6.5 TO $7 MILLION IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME OPERATING EXPENSES AND SOME ONGOING EXPENSES EVERY YEAR. SO WE'LL HAVE ABOUT $3 MILLION IN FUNDING AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR FOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. AND WE HAVE ABOUT $3 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW. SO STAFF WILL BE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON HOW TO HOW TO APPROPRIATE THOSE FUNDS FOR PROJECTS. STEWART MAIN STREET, OSCEOLA STREET EXTENSION CONCEPT. THIS WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH MAIN STREET FROM SAINT LUCIE AVENUE TO FLAGLER PARK TO

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YES. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T MENTION HOTEL. I SAID STOREFRONTS, SO DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE THERE.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE. ONE OF THE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS IS THE SAILFISH SURFACE LOT, WHICH IS ABOUT 0.7 ACRES. CURRENTLY, THE SURFACE PARKING LOT HAS 67 PARKING SPACES. THE PROPOSED THREE STORY PARKING GARAGE COULD PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 200 PARKING SPACES, SO THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF 100 AND 133 NEW PARKING SPACES. IF WE WERE TO REDEVELOP THIS FROM SURFACE PARKING TO THREE THREE STORY PARKING GARAGE, ANOTHER POTENTIAL LOCATION THAT WE COULD CONSIDER FOR PARKING GARAGE IS JUST EAST OF HAYNIE CIRCLE. WE HAVE A SURFACE PARKING LOT ON OSCEOLA THAT THE CITY OWNS. WE WOULD NEED TO ACQUIRE THE ADJACENT PARCEL WHERE ACQUIRE ACACIA. ACACIA LODGE IS LOCATED TO DEVELOP A NEW PARKING GARAGE. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER OPTION TO CONSIDER, BUT STAFF WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE BOARD. AND IF THEY IF THE BOARD WANTS TO EVEN PURSUE PARKING GARAGE IN DOWNTOWN. THIS IS A MAP THAT I CREATED A FEW YEARS AGO WITH ANTICIPATION THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE THE EXTENSION OF UNDERGROUNDING PROJECT, WHERE WE STILL HAVE WOODEN POLES, BECAUSE ONCE FPL, FPL, HARDENS THESE POLES, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO GO UNDERGROUND. THE BOARD COULD CONSIDER CONTINUING UNDERGROUNDING OF OVERHEAD UTILITIES JUST EAST OF OUR EXISTING PROJECT, OR IN THE TRIANGLE DISTRICT. THESE AREAS ARE AN EXTENSION OF OUR DOWNTOWN, SO HERE ARE LIKE SOME OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE THESE POLES ARE A PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK CONSTRAINING THE WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALK FOR PEDESTRIANS, AND IT MAKES IT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNSAFE. SO IN THE FUTURE, EVEN IF WE DON'T DO STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, IF WE DO THE UNDERGROUNDING PROJECT, THEN IN THE FUTURE PLANNERS CAN REDESIGN THESE STREETS AND PROVIDE WIDER SIDEWALK AND SHADE TREES FOR BETTER PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS ALL THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE MEETING TODAY. THIS IS STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG SOUTHWEST OCEAN BOULEVARD FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND DIXIE HIGHWAY. THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECT THAT IS RECOMMENDED IN THE TRIANGLE DISTRICT MASTER PLAN. WE'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT THAT WERE RECOMMENDED IN THE TRIANGLE DISTRICT DISTRICT MASTER PLAN, INCLUDING THE DIXIE HIGHWAY, IMPROVEMENTS FROM JOAN JEFFERSON TO COLORADO. WE RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THAT. SO THAT'S IN THE DESIGN PHASE. AND THE ALLEYWAY IMPROVEMENTS BEHIND THE AT&T BUILDING. SO THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD PROJECT THAT WE COULD INITIATE IN THE TRIANGLE DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE WIDER SIDEWALK ON STREET PARKING, CROSSWALKS, STREET LIGHTS, POTENTIALLY UNDERGROUNDING THE OVERHEAD UTILITIES, LANDSCAPING, AND ADDRESS ALL THE SAFETY ISSUES.

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IT'S ON MLK AND GEORGIA AVENUE. IF WE WANT TO PURSUE THIS, WE COULD DO AN RFP WITH VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS SO WE CAN CONTROL HOW IT GETS DEVELOPED IN TERMS OF DENSITY AND INTENSITY.

WE CAN BRING MORE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHICS. WHO WANTS TO MOVE BACK HOME? YOU DIDN'T REALLY CAPTURE IT VERY WELL ON THAT PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WITH THE FOUR STORY. YEAH, THIS IS MORE LIKE TOWNHOMES. TOWNHOMES, SINGLE FAMILY ABOVE STARBUCKS. THAT'S NOT QUITE WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE, I'D IMAGINE WITH THAT. WELL THAT'S WHY WE WOULD DO RFP IF THERE'S AN INTEREST AND WE CAN REALLY CONTROL JUST I THINK THAT'S FROM THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING MASTER PLAN.

YES IT IS. OKAY. WIDE ZONES. WE HAVE FOUR LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CRA THAT WE COULD APPLY FOR FEDERAL RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION FOR QUIET ZONES. IT INCLUDES THE CONFUSION CORNER OF FLORIDA AND DIXIE, MLK AND DIXIE AND FERN AND DIXIE. WE'LL NEED TO PREPARE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS DETAILING ALL THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT EXCEED THE LEVEL OF SAFETY FOR ALL THESE CROSSINGS. IF WE ARE TO GET RID OF THE HORNS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T INCREASE THE RISK OF ACCIDENTS.

SO WE WANT TO COMPLY WITH THE FRA SAFETY STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DESIGN AND APPLY. MIKE, CAN WE DO THAT WITHOUT THE COUNTY'S.

NO. WELL THE CITY'S INTERSECTIONS DID NOT MEET THE QUIET ZONES IN THEIR CURRENT STATUS. WE'VE MET MULTIPLE TIMES WITH ENGINEERING AND WITH THE FRA REPRESENTATIVE AS IT RELATES TO INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO COMPLY ON ITS OWN. WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD ON SOME OF THE DESIGN ASPECTS OF IT, BUT VERY MINIMAL.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD THE DIXIE HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND THAT THE CRA KIND OF SAID TO LEAVE IT THE WAY IT WAS. BUT FOLLOWING THAT, I STILL TALK TO CAB TECH ABOUT DESIGNING AN ADDITIONAL GATE AT. CONFUSION CORNER AND ALSO GOING WITH WHAT MR. BRICKMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IS SOME CONVERSATIONS AS IT RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC GOING AROUND SAILFISH CIRCLE. I HAVE JOE CAPRA LOOKING INTO IT, BUT IT SEEMED PRETTY SIMPLE THAT THERE'S TIMERS ON THOSE TRAINS AND THE GATES GO DOWN BASED UPON THE DISTANCE THE TRAIN IS AWAY.

IF YOU HAD A SMALL TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT THAT MADE THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON DIXIE HIGHWAY GET A RED LIGHT SO THAT THEY COULDN'T ENTER OR SAILFISH CIRCLE IF THE TRAIN WAS ONE MINUTE AWAY OR WHATEVER IT IS BEFORE THE GATES GO DOWN, STOPPING THOSE CARS SO THAT THOSE CARS THAT MARK WAS REFERENCING TRYING TO GET OUT OF DOWNTOWN, WOULD THEN HAVE AN OPEN PATH TO CLEAR THE INTERSECTION. AND THEN ONCE THE GATE WENT DOWN, OBVIOUSLY THAT LIGHT COULD TURN GREEN AGAIN BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T MATTER. WHILE THE GATE WAS DOWN, THE

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FAIRLY COMMON IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WITH THE TRAIN. SO WITHOUT TRYING TO SAY IT'S ONE PERSON'S FAULT OR ANOTHER, THE FACT IS, HUMAN NATURE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCIDENTS. AND SO WE GOT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE IT SAFE. YOU KNOW, MIKE, IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT SIGNAL AND YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD. BUT THE OTHER THING IS, THERE'S NO REASON WHY THERE COULDN'T BE A SIGNAL RIGHT AT THE START, AT THE END OF JOHN JEFFERSON BEFORE THE CIRCLE TO JUST STOP THAT TRAFFIC TEMPORARILY. AND THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE CONGESTION IN THE CIRCLE. THAT'S WHEN DO YOU STOP IT? AS SOON AS THAT SIGNAL IS TRIGGERED. I MEAN, IT'S A MINUTE. SO AS SOON AS THAT IS WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT EVERY DAY BETWEEN 4 AND 6 P.M, WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE ARE FUNNELING THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND FUNNELING OUT. AND AS THE PEOPLE GO ACROSS THE TRACKS, THE PEOPLE GOING NORTH ON DIXIE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY INTO THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE, AND THEY NEVER LET UP BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING FROM CONFUSION CORNER. AND AS A RESULT, THREE CARS GET STACKED UP ON THE TRACKS AND IT CAN BE THREE, FOUR, FIVE MINUTES BEFORE ONE GETS OUT. AND THEN ANOTHER CAR STACKS UP. AND THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT THEM FROM GOING IN WOULD BE TO HAVE THEM SITTING ON FLAGLER AVENUE, WAITING TO GO OVER THE TRACKS UNTIL AN OPENING HAPPENED IN THE CIRCLE, WHICH BY THE TIME THEY GOT UP TO THE CIRCLE, THAT OPENING WOULD BE GONE BECAUSE ANOTHER CAR WOULD BE THERE AND THEN THEY'RE STUCK ON THE TRACKS. BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE'VE LOOKED INTO IT AND IT'S A COMPLICATED MANEUVER BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH. I KNOW, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE. BUT IF AT THE OTHER END OF THE CIRCLE, YOU CAN LEAVE THE CIRCLE, BUT YOU CAN'T COME IN FOR A MINUTE, IT WOULD STOP THE TRAFFIC COMING IN FROM JOAN JEFFERSON, AND THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW THE TRAFFIC TO GET OUT.

THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY TRAFFIC IN THE CIRCLE AT THAT POINT, BUT WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT. I KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S IT IS A OKAY. SO THE DESIGN IS THERE, RIGHT? I THINK YOU FAILED TO ANSWER.

BOARD MEMBER COLLINS QUESTION ABOUT THE COUNTY, IN FACT, WHEN YOU APPLY FOR THE QUIET ZONES, AS WE SIT HERE RIGHT NOW, THE COUNTY IS WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR QUIET ZONES, OR WE WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR QUIET ZONES WITH THE COUNTY IN ORDER FOR US TO QUALIFY. ABSENT MAKING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR INTERSECTION OR CROSSING. THANK YOU. OKAY, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE, ONE MORE.

ANOTHER ITEM THAT HAS COME UP IS THE UNDERGROUND REFUSE SYSTEM IN DOWNTOWN. THIS IS SOMETHING OUR PREVIOUS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN. DAVE PETERS AND IMPLEMENTING THIS IN DOWNTOWN, AND IT WAS RECENTLY BROUGHT UP BY BOARD MEMBER MARK BRECHBILL. SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS TO THE ENTIRE BOARD AND GET DIRECTION. THE BENEFIT OF THIS SYSTEM IS IT SAVES A LOT OF ABOVE GROUND SPACE, REDUCES ODOR, PREVENTS ANIMAL ACCESS, AND FREES UP SPACE FOR PARKING IN DOWNTOWN. BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS UNDERGROUND, IT'S CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED IN CITY OF KISSIMMEE AND CLEARWATER. AND A COUPLE OF VIDEOS THAT I CAN SHOW YOU JUST SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS. WHY IT'S UNDERGROUND. THIS IS A FIRST IN THE CITY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THAT MATTER, IN DISPOSING GARBAGE IN THE CITY. THIS IS AN UNDERGROUND WASTE

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IT KEEPS OUT. IT KEEPS THE SMELLS MORE ENCLOSED INTO THE SYSTEM. THERE'S NOT A THERE'S NOT A NEED. KEEPS OUT THE VERMIN AND PESTS. OUR DESIRE RIGHT NOW IS TO COVER THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH IS ABOUT A TEN SQUARE BLOCK AREA. THAT'S OUR MOST DENSE AREA. THE COST IS RELATIVELY COMPARABLE TO A TRADITIONAL DUMPSTER SETUP. THIS TRUCK, $475,000, ABOUT $14,000 EACH FOR THE BELOW GROUND UNIT AND 3000 FOR THIS ABOVE GROUND UNIT. PARTNERING WITH UNDERGROUND REFUGE SYSTEMS. THE FUTURE IS NOW, AND THE SYSTEM HAS A KEY TO CURTAIL ANY ILLEGAL DUMPING IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN, WESH TWO NEWS. WOW. PRETTY COOL. JUST ANOTHER SHORT VIDEO FOR CLEAR WATER. THIS TRASH RECEPTACLES ARE PRETTY UNIQUE. HERE, TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF. THEY LOOK LIKE AVERAGE TRASH CANS, BUT WHILE THEY'RE THE AVERAGE SIZE, UNDERNEATH THEM IS ACTUALLY A 12 FOOT WALL, AND THE WATER IS ONLY THE SECOND PLACE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO HAVE THIS TRASH. SYSTEM. THIS IS PATHETIC, YOU KNOW, ESTHETICALLY PLEASING. IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE. IT'S ENCLOSED. THAT'S THE BIG CLOSED THING WHERE THE WIND DOESN'T BLOW THE TRASH ALL OVER IT. BIRDS OR BOATS DON'T GET INTO IT. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING OUT HERE TO CLEAN UP AND HAVE CONTAINERS. SO EARL GLOUCESTER IS THE DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE AND SAYS TRASH RECEPTACLES ARE REALLY CUTTING EDGE. THERE ARE TWO ONE FOR TRASH, ONE FOR RECYCLING, AND EVERYTHING IS KEPT UNDERGROUND UNTIL CREWS WITH A SPECIAL TRUCK COME EACH DAY TO EMPTY THE VAULT. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE THREE OF THESE UNDERGROUND REFUGE SYSTEMS ALONG CLEARWATER, AND THERE WILL BE SEVEN TOTAL IN THE FIRST PHASE.

TRASH WON'T BE ABLE TO BLOW AWAY ONTO THE SAND, AND SEAGULLS CAN'T GET INTO THESE. BOSTON SAYS WITH MORE AND MORE PEOPLE VISITING EACH YEAR, THESE TRASH CANS WILL BE KEY IN MAKING SURE CLEARWATER BEACH ALWAYS LIVES UP TO ITS REPUTATION OF BEING ONE OF THE BEST. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, TO LESSEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. BUT THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE, OUR NUMBERS ARE INCREASING HERE. THIS IS GOING TO HELP US STAY AT THE FOREFRONT. THESE TRASH. SORRY, IT WASN'T WORKING VERY CLEARLY, BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR NOW IS I PRESENTED ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT THAT STAFF HAS HEARD OVER THE YEARS AND WANTS THE BOARD TO HELP STAFF PRIORITIZE THESE PROJECTS AND MAKE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATION THE STAFF CAN IMPLEMENT IN THE NEXT 2 TO 5 YEARS. SO MAY I HAVE MY CARD OPEN? BOARD MEMBER. CLARK. MISS. NO. AND I. WHAT IS IT? THANK YOU. PARNELL GANDHI SERVED US.

OKAY, SO I'VE ONLY BEEN MAKING THAT MISTAKE FOREVER, I KNOW, AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO PETE ALL MOST OF THE TIMES, SO. YOU HEARD MISS MOSES COMMENT. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD A FORMER COMMISSIONER WHO HAD STARTED THE TREE PLANTING IDEA, AND I THINK THAT WAS CRA FUNDS, AND I JUST WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THAT TREE OR THAT TREE PLANTING IDEA. I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER JOB HAD MENTIONED, WELL, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DO SOMETHING WHEN YOU HAVE AN IDEA? I KNOW THAT THAT ENDED UP WITH PEOPLE, THE CITY GOING IN FOR 90 DAYS AND WATERING THE PLANTS.

AND THEN THERE WAS EVEN THE COMMERCIAL AREA WHEN PEOPLE HAD APPLIED FOR GRANTS, SOME OF THEM HAD TO PUT IN A SYSTEM OR WHATEVER JUST TO KEEP THE PLANTS GOING. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE STILL HAVE THAT. WE HAD LIKE A, AN AREA OF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D CALL IT A TREE DESERT, BUT AN AREA WHERE THE SHADE, THE, THE SHADE FACTOR WAS VERY LOW AND THE HEAT FACTOR WAS VERY HIGH. AND WE WERE TRYING TO GET SOME MORE TREES PLANTED IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. I DIDN'T

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BUT ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE BUSINESSES BEFORE AND THE PAINT UP PROGRAM AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, I HOPE THAT THEY'RE THERE. AND WHILE I'M ON THE FLOOR, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY WHAT I THINK MY FEW IDEAS ARE. I'M GLAD THAT YOU DID HAVE FINISHING UP THE MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GOES UP SOMETIME SOON AFTER 2026 OR SO, THAT AS SOON AS WE GET SOME OTHER THINGS DONE IN THE EAST AREA, WE'LL HAVE THAT COMING ON BOARD, BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO GET THAT. AND IT'S ALSO A PART OF THAT WALKABILITY IDEA. THE OTHER THING IS THAT I DIDN'T SEE, AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP AND ASKED ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT IS AND WE HAVE PROJECT LIFT COMING IN. IF WE COULD DO SOME TYPE OF A BUSINESS HUB, INCUBATOR OR SOMETHING IN THAT AREA. AND LIKE I SAID, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NOW, BUT JUST AN IDEA FOR THE CRA TO LOOK INTO AND MAYBE BRING BACK IN THE FUTURE FOR IDEAS. BUT LIKE I SAID, I TO ADD TO THE PROJECT FOR UPCOMING PLANNING AND BUDGETING. DEFINITELY MLK BOULEVARD THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, I THINK, IS GOING TO BE CRUCIAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CROSS THROUGH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PROPERTY, OR EVEN ADULTS TO CROSS THROUGH THERE. THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A CROSS THROUGH FROM HIGH SCHOOL AVENUE SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA THAT'S SAFE TO CROSS THROUGH ON THE BAY BRIDGE. AND OF COURSE, ANYTHING TO DO WITH WALKABILITY DOWNTOWN ANYWHERE. AND CONNECTIVITY IS ALWAYS GOOD.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING DEVELOPERS TO GO MORE THAN SIX FEET IF THEY CAN HELP WITH SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SIDEWALK. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON ANY CITY SIDEWALKS THAT WE HAVE.

IF I KNOW THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD IS PROBABLY GOING TO CONSTRAIN SOME OF THE SIDEWALK THERE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY CONSTRAINED AND WE CAN'T GET IT ANY WIDER FOR SIDEWALKS.

BUT IF WE CAN GET WIDER SIDEWALKS, WE'VE BEEN ASKING AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THOSE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING, WHICH IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, EVERY TIME WE DECIDE HOW TO SPEND OUR MONEY AND WHAT TO DO WITH WITH THE MONIES THAT WE'RE COLLECTING WITHIN THE CRA AREA, I THINK WE NEED TO BITE THE BULLET AND LOOK SERIOUSLY AT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE CITY GARAGE PROPERTY WHEN THINGS MOVE AND HONESTLY WORK WITH AS A SAMPLE OF TRYING TO LIVE UP TO WHAT OUR IDEALS ARE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT MAY NOT BE AFFORDABLE TO ALL, BUT IT WILL BE SOME TYPE OF AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT CAN WORK DOWNTOWN AND THAT CAN HELP WITH REDEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING IN CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO, AND I LIKE LAURIE'S IDEA OF TRYING TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO, TO LOCATE IN THE DOWNTOWN THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO HELP WITH.

WE'VE ASKED WE'VE BEEN ASKED BEFORE BY PRIVATE COMPANIES TO COME IN AND TO DO THE BIKE RENTAL AND THE SEGWAY RENTAL. AND I THINK WE VOTED AGAINST SOME OF THOSE PLANS, MAYBE 4 OR 5, SIX YEARS AGO. BUT IF SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES COME IN AGAIN, MAYBE WE CAN FIND A WAY TO WORK WITH THEM. BUT I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE AND THEY COME HERE AND MAKE IT EASY TO WALK AROUND, THEN WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE WAYS TO SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES WHEN THEY WANT TO COME INTO OUR CRA AREA. THOSE ARE JUST MY LITTLE COMMENTS FOR RIGHT NOW, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO THEM. JUST TAKE NOTES. WHATEVER. DO WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU A LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND INCLUDE AND BRING BACK THAT PLAN FOR US FOR 2025 TO DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK MIKE, WHAT THE HELL, BECAUSE THEY'LL COME BACK DURING BUDGET, REGULAR BUDGET TIME IN IN THE DIRECTORS OF MY CONVERSATIONS, HE'S LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM THE POLICY MAKERS AS TO WHAT THE CRA WANTS. AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE A SUBJECT MATTER AT EACH ONE OF THESE QUARTERLY JOINT MEETINGS TO UPDATE YOU. IF YOU'VE GIVEN US DIRECTION ON A PROJECT AND SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING.

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AND I'VE SAID THIS TO YOU BEFORE, THE MODE THAT WE'VE BEEN IN, IN TERMS OF INVESTING IN THESE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS THAT REALLY DRAIN OUR OVERALL BUDGET FOR THE CRA, LIKE BRIGHT LINE OR UNDERGROUNDING. TO ME, UNDERGROUNDING REPRESENTS THE ANTITHESIS TO WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING AND NOT TO JUST BE NEGATIVE. I'LL GIVE MORE CONTEXT. INSTEAD OF BURNING UP ALL OF OUR CAPITAL ON UNDERGROUNDING, YOU KNOW, JUST THE DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE MANY MORE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF STUART THAN JUST THE DOWNTOWN, RIGHT? SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THIS THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME AND MAKES IT MORE CONNECTIVE. BUT MOVING AWAY FROM BURNING $10 MILLION ON UNDERGROUNDING ONE PART AND THEN SORT OF EXTENDING THAT OUT TO THE REST OF DOWNTOWN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, IF I HAD TO CHARACTERIZE IT, INSTEAD OF DOING THESE PROJECTS THAT TERRAFORM OR MAKE LARGE SCALE CHANGES. IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE THREE YEARS, TWO AND A HALF YEARS, WHATEVER, I'VE BEEN HERE, WHENEVER WE GO TO AUGMENT A NEIGHBORHOOD, NOBODY'S HAPPY. I'VE SAT THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DO A COMPLETE STREET THERE AND NOBODY'S HAPPY. EVERYBODY'S GOT AN ISSUE. SO MY GENERAL SENSE WOULD BE THAT THE AVERAGE HUMAN BEING HERE WOULD LIKE YOU TO ADDRESS BLIGHT, NOT BY AUGMENTING IT, BUT MAKING IT NICE. SO RESURFACE THE ROADS, PUT IN NEW SIDEWALKS. IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE THEM WIDER WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING SOMEBODY'S FRONT YARD, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME DRAINAGE CHANGES, ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE'S FLOODING, YOU KNOW, THESE KIND OF THINGS. BUT BUT SWAPPING THINGS AROUND, MOVING THINGS, TRYING TO DO COMPLETE STREETS IF IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOMEBODY RIGHT OF WAY, LIKE, I WOULD BE INCREDIBLY UPSET IF YOU TOOK MY FRUIT TREES AWAY, YOU KNOW? SO THIS KIND OF A THING I THINK FRUSTRATES PEOPLE. AND AFTER A LOT OF ENGINEERING AND PLANNING AND MONEY BURNED, YOU GET A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING, JUST LEAVE MY STREET ALONE.

STOP. YOU KNOW, SO IN TERMS OF SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IF THAT COMES ACROSS AS CLEAR, BUT ADD SHADE TREES, YOU KNOW, MAKE SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, WIDER, WHATEVER. MAKE THINGS NICE AND NEW WITHOUT DRAMATICALLY AUGMENTING AND SPREAD IT ACROSS THE CITY. NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, NOT JUST IN ONE AREA, BUT NOT THE CITY, BUT THE CRA SPREAD IT ACROSS THE CRA. RIGHT. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS, CORRECT? CORRECT, CORRECT. SPREAD IT ACROSS THE CRA. OKAY.

NOW THIS ONE. THIS ONE'S SPICY, BUT WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THIS THIS I HAVE I HAVE A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH WHAT I PERCEIVE TO BE THE PLAN FOR EAST STUART OVER THE YEARS. AND IT'S REFERENCED HERE WITH THE EAST STUART MASTER PLAN. RIGHT. THE 2004 TREASURE, TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT HAS THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OF EAST STUART AS TWO THREE MULTI STORY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ON ONE SIDE OF OUR HEAD CRY THAT WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW FROM 2004 UNTIL NOW WHERE WE APPROVED FORM BASED CODE WHICH JUST WENT THROUGH ANOTHER ROUND OF THIS, WE GENTRIFY THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TURN IT INTO CITY PLACE AND THEN WANT TO STUFF EAST STUART INTO APARTMENT

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THEY NEED THE CITY WATER SUPPLY. THE WELLS ARE DYING. THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. AND IT WOULD BE A COST OVER A DECADE, $66.3 MILLION. THERE WERE THREE OTHER, MORE EXPENSIVE OPTIONS THAT WERE $97.1 MILLION. THE CITY HAS TWO WATER SUPPLIES, AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT BEFORE WE START BUILDING AND ADDING AND DOING ALL OF THAT. THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE FIRST. SO WHAT I'M SUGGESTING, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE MONIES FOR THIS WOULD COME FROM THAT COURT CASE THAT THE CITY WON MONEY FROM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK THESE THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TOO, BEFORE WE START PUTTING A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND ALL OVER THE CITY, I THINK IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL FOR US TO USE THE CRA FUNDS ON THE WATER PLANT. CAN'T USE IT FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE CRA AND THEY GO FOR THE WHOLE CITY. WELL, THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU STILL WE CAN ADDRESS IT AS A AS I MEAN, SURE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THE AGENDA ITEM BEING THE CRA. OKAY. SO THEN SPEND MONEY LET'S FIX THIS. IF WE HAVE TO USE OTHER MONIES. BUT LET'S GET THIS DONE BEFORE WE START IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY CAN'T SUPPORT THE WATER. THEY CAN'T SUPPORT THE FLOODING. THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. FIRST, LET'S GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME. LET'S NOT DO THE BUILDING FIRST AND THEN WORRY ABOUT HOW IT ALL FLOODS AND DOESN'T FLOW. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. AND I DO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER COLLINS THAT WE NEED TO DO SMALLER PROJECTS, RATHER THAN THIS WHOLE OVERVIEW OF JUST THE DOWNTOWN. OKAY, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN HERE. THAT'S MR. MARTEL POINTS OUT. THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD ASSIGNMENT FOR THE COMMISSION, YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. BUT THAT'S NOT THE PURVIEW OF THIS. THIS IS A VERY BRIEF ACTION ITEM, BUT THIS IS AN ENORMOUS TOPIC. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT HERE'S THE LIST, YOU KNOW, OSCEOLA STREET, CITY HALL DOWNTOWN. AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE PROJECT THAT SHE HAS IN THERE. AND I WOULD URGE YOU ALL TO GO THROUGH THIS SUBMISSION. IT STARTS ON PAGE 44 AND GOES TO PAGE 110. AND IT'S REALLY A TERRIFIC PRESENTATION. WE WORKED WITH THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL THAT JUST DEALS WITH THE TRIANGLE DISTRICT. YOU GUYS AND WOMEN COULD SPEND EASILY SPENT JUST TWO MEETINGS ON THAT ONE SINGLE ITEM. SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I'D LIKE TO BRING THIS MEETING TO A CONCLUSION AND ASK THE CRB IF THEY COULD MAKE VERY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO US. I SEE A TO Z, BUT DO WE REALLY WANT TO GET INTO THIS IN

[01:25:05]

WILL YOU KEEP CALLING EVERYONE ELSE EXCEPT ME? OH, DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST, COMMISSIONER? LET'S GO AHEAD. GREAT. IT'S NOT YOUR CALL. IT'S HIS TO CALL. BUT I'M JUST NOTING TO HIM THAT I'VE HAD THE CARD UP. OKAY? THAT'S ALL. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE IT. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME DISCUSSION DISCUSSING TO DO. AND HOPEFULLY WITHIN THAT DISCUSSION, WE CAN TALK ABOUT OUR TREES AND CROSSINGS, INTERSECTIONS, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, BEAUTIFICATION IMPROVEMENTS. I DID JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SCARE PEOPLE IN THINKING IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS OR STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, I WOULD NEVER, AS A PROFESSIONAL, RECOMMEND TAKING RIGHT AWAY FROM PEOPLE OR EXPANDING RIGHT OF WAY. AND I DON'T THINK ANY GOOD FIRM THAT YOU HIRE, THEY WOULD IDEALLY BE FROM OUT OF TOWN SO THAT THEY CAN COME AT THIS FROM A NEUTRAL POINT OF VIEW, WOULD WOULD TRY TO PROPOSE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ONE IS EXPENSIVE. TWO IT DOES MAKE PEOPLE VERY ANGRY AND THREE IT JUST DOESN'T END UP BEING PRODUCTIVE. AND I THINK THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THIS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING PEOPLE MA. AND THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT, BY MAKING THE WAYS WE MAKE THEM MAD ARE ONE HAVING POOR OUTREACH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THREE, MAKING PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE, ESPECIALLY ON THEIR STREET. AND SO JUST SOMETHING TO NOTE, YOU GUYS, I THINK, GET TO BE INVOLVED IN HIRING WHOEVER YOU GET TO HIRE. SO IF WE DO DO STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE PICKING THE RIGHT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AND GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT AND NOT WHAT THEY DON'T WANT. BOARD MEMBERS JOB. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL I WANTED TO SAY WAS I THOUGHT THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING WAS FOR, ESPECIALLY THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS VIEWS ARE. WE CAN'T REACH OUT TO THEM. WE CAN'T TALK TO THEM. THIS IS THE VENUE IN WHICH TO DO IT. BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY YOU'RE THE MAYOR. YOU CAN DECIDE TO HAVE THEM MEET, AND THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE EXTRA MEETINGS TO MEET WITH THEM SO THEY CAN HEAR OUR VIEWS.

THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER MCCHRYSTAL. I'M AWAKE NOW. I'VE RECOVERED FROM MY GRUELING KANNER HIGHWAY TRIP FROM INDIAN TOWN. SO HERE I AM, MR. GLASS. GLASS HALF EMPTY AS USUAL. SO I GUESS I JUST RANDOMLY PUT THESE THINGS DOWN AND IT'S ALL GENERAL STUFF. I'LL BE DONE IN A MINUTE.

OKAY. THE GARAGE, THE WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE GARAGE FOR THE CITY MAINTENANCE. IT'S IN THE PERFECT

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I'M JUST SAYING, HAS ANYONE THOUGHT MAYBE HOW MANY PROJECTS AS FAR AS THE VENN DIAGRAM THING, HOW MANY PROJECTS OVERLAP WITH WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH IT, WHEN AND IF THE TRAIN STATION AND WHEN AND IF OUR PARKING GARAGE FOR THE TRAIN STATION. SO HOW MANY OF THESE THINGS KIND OF LIKE ARE SHOULD WE DO THIS UNTIL WE FIND OUT ABOUT THAT? RIGHT. ALRIGHT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LET'S SEE HERE. WALKABILITY IS NOTHING BUT A DREAM, FOLKS. IT'S NOTHING BUT A DREAM. WE LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE IT'S HADES FOR NINE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. NOBODY WANTS TO WALK ANYWHERE. ALRIGHT? WE'RE NOT IN CALIFORNIA. WE'RE NOT IN CARMEL VALLEY, ALRIGHT? WE'RE JUST NOT. AND I'M AGAINST ANYTHING THAT PROMOTES WALKABILITY AT THE EXPENSE OF CUTTING INTO TRAFFIC FLOW, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY GOT TRAFFIC FLOW ISSUES AND THE CARS ARE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY AS MUCH AS THE PROGRESSIVES WOULD LIKE THE CARS TO GO AWAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE MORE POINT AND THEN I SWEAR I'LL STOP. IF UNDERGROUNDING IS SO IMPORTANT, MAYBE DOWNTOWN SHOULD PAY FOR THEIR UNDERGROUNDING. HAS ANYBODY EVER CONSIDERED THIS INSTEAD OF THE CRA AT LARGE? IF OUR PLAN IS TO UNDERGROUND THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN. WELL, THAT'S WHY WHEN I DID THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WHERE I SHOWED HOW MUCH TIF REVENUE DOWNTOWN CONTRIBUTES TO THE CRA, THAT IS THEIR CONTRIBUTION. BUT LETTING THEM ITS CONTRIBUTE AN ADDITIONAL TAX OR SOMETHING FOR DOWNTOWN UNDERGROUNDING VERSUS EATING UP THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR THE CRA. CRA WIDE. WELL, THE FLAGLER AND SEMINOLE STREETS HAVE ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON AND HAS MOVED FORWARD. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL UNDERGROUNDING OVER THIS WAY, RIGHT? 20 MILLION, 30 MILLION, YOU KNOW, DO THESE WE CAN DO IT IN SEGMENT. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL TOGETHER. COULD BE AND THE BOARD CAN VOTE NOT TO WRITE. WE HAVEN'T SEEN A PROPOSAL ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL STOP. I THINK YOU'RE QUITE CLEAR ON THAT. YES. MAYOR. WOULD YOU MAYOR RICH? YES. WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS. I STILL HAVE TWO MEMBERS. YOU STILL HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WAITING TO SPEAK. OKAY, WELL, LET'S HEAR FROM BOARD MEMBER MANERA. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW CRB MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THIS INFORMATION AND FILL IN SOME OF THE HISTORY AND SOME OF THE YOU'RE REFERENCING A LOT OF LONG DOCUMENTS AND THINGS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE ALL HAVE. IT'S ALL AVAILABLE ACCESS TO ANYTHING YOU WANT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO ME OR TO CANAL, AND WE CAN GIVE THEM TO YOU AND PROVIDE YOU DIRECTION, TOO. THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. AND THAT'S ONE REASON I WAS HOPING TO ADJOURN HERE, TO PROVIDE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ACCESS TO THIS MATERIAL, BECAUSE ALL MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE ON CRAS WEBPAGE, ALL THE PLANS. BUT I'D BE HAPPY. I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND PROVIDE THE PLANS. YES. ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE THEIR OWN MEETING AND CHOOSE THEIR OWN NEW PEOPLE? THAT'S BOARD THE CRB MEETINGS.

YEAH, I THINK THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY AND THEY'LL GET ALL THE STUFF FROM LEON PROCEDURES AND THE CLERK AND THE CRA PERSON THEY'RE GOING TO. IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR, JEFF. IT'S COMING.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE THAN YOU WANT. OH, BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC, MR. MAYOR. YEAH.

WALKABILITY. I WAS THINKING, I'VE ASKED WHEN MR. EMERSON WAS THE ENGINEER, AND I HOPE THAT

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WALK GOOD, WALK GOOD. TWO THINGS. THE MARTIN MPO HAS A NEW BIKE PED COORDINATOR, AND I BET SHE WOULD LOVE TO BE INVOLVED IN A PROGRAM LIKE THAT. AND SECONDLY, I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY DO OWN PALM BEACH ROAD JUST FOR THE CROSSWALKS RIGHT BY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THEY DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO ANYTHING. THEN THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT COORDINATING WITH THE CITY. SO IT WOULD BE EASIER IF WE DID OWN THAT ROAD FOR US TO WE WILL TAKE CONTROL AND DO WHAT WE WANT WITH IT. IF YOU THINK NOT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE BIG CHANGES, JUST LITTLE SAFETY CHANGES, IT'S AN ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION. MR. MARTEL. IT'S NOT A POLICE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR 10TH STREET. NO, IT IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL THOSE CHILDREN AND ALL THOSE SCHOOLS. IT'S TRUE. IT'S IT. I THINK IF THERE'S ONE CONSENSUS ITEM IS SAFETY AT OUR INTERSECTIONS, BOTH THE TRAFFIC INTERSECTION. SAFETY FIRST. YEAH. AND THIS NEWLY NAMED PROGRAM WALK, WALK, WALK, WALK FAST. SO UNLESS THERE IS AN OBJECTION, I AM GOING TO COMMENT. OH I'M SORRY, PUBLIC CITY CLERK. LET'S HEAR THOSE. MR. ROBERT HAMILTON.

GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU. I FORGOT TO DO THAT BEFORE. I APOLOGIZE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO INVITE SEPARATELY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO COME BY THE CHURCH ON THIRD STREET AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS GOES WRONG AND YOU'RE VICTIMIZED AND IT'S DESTROYED AND DAMAGED, AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT WORKED OUT. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT. BUT

[01:40:01]

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS AND BOARD MEMBERS. A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE TRAIL TOWN. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. I THINK YOU'RE DOING LOOKING AT A LOT OF NICE THINGS TO DO. AND MY MAIN CONCERN WITH THE TRAIL TOWN IS THE BIKING LANES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH BIKING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING BIKE LANES AND WIDENING SIDEWALKS AND SUCH, AND THERE WAS A RUMBLE STRIPS PUT IN ON HUTCHINSON ISLAND IN THE BIKING LANES.

SEVERAL ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED, AND I THINK THAT THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT MUCH INPUT FROM THE BICYCLE GROUPS. THERE IS THE TREASURE COAST CYCLING ASSOCIATION THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT IF YOU DO ANYTHING WITH THE BIKING LANES OR ANYTHING AT ALL LIKE THAT, THAT YOU WOULD INVOLVE THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY, IF THEY'RE BIKERS, BECAUSE THEY KNOW I WAS AT A CHARRETTE THAT WE HAD HERE, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS REGARDING PALM CITY ROAD, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS FOR POSSIBLY FOR PALM CITY ROAD. AND IN TALKING WITH THE GROUP THAT WE HIRED TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES FOR PALM CITY ROAD, WHEN SHE WAS WHEN I APPROACHED THE WOMAN WHO WAS ON THE COMMITTEE FROM THE, THE COMPANY THAT WE HIRED, I ASKED HER IF SHE WAS A BIKER AND SHE SAID, NO, SHE WAS NOT A BIKER.

SO IT JUST BOGGLES MY MIND THAT YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE ON THESE COMMITTEES THAT DON'T PARTAKE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE THERE TO BE TALKING ABOUT, AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE EULA. CLARKE BROUGHT UP A COMMENT ABOUT THE CONFUSION CORNER, WHICH WE ALL KNOW. CONFUSION CORNER IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I JUST HAVE A SUGGESTION THAT I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT MAYBE WE COULD PUT IN ALL OF THE YIELD SIGNS THAT ARE GOING AROUND CONFUSION CORNER, MAYBE HAVE THEM FLASHING BECAUSE 99% OF THE DRIVERS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YIELD MEANS WHEN YOU ENTER AN INTERSECTION. SO I THINK THAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THE SAFETY. AND THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SUSAN. THAT'S ALL. MAYOR.

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