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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE 25TH OF AUGUST, 2025. WE'RE MISSING MR. JAMES. MR. JAMES. MR. JAMES HERE. NOT HERE. DO WE DO WE? ARE WE ANTICIPATING HE BE PRESENT? I DID NOT HEAR FROM HIM. SO WE WERE ANTICIPATING. WE WILL WE WILL FORGE AHEAD. PASTOR. YEAH, REVEREND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MADAM. CLERK. CHAIR. RICH. YES. HERE. VICE CHAIR. COLLINS. HERE.
BOARD MEMBER. CLARK. HERE. BOARD MEMBER. JOB. HERE. BOARD MEMBER. REED. HERE. BOARD MEMBER. BROOKVILLE. HERE. BOARD MEMBER. JAMES. PLEASE 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. CAN I GET A
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MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, PLEASE? SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE CHAIR, COLLINS, AND A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER CLARK. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THIS SEEING? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? I. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC?[COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Non-Agenda Related) (3 Minutes Max.)]
HOWEVER FEW OF YOU THERE ARE. I HAVE JIMMY SMITH. OH. ALRIGHT. HEY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JIMMY SMITH FROM CHRIST HAVEN. I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. I'VE BEEN BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. I JUST WANT TO SAY, Y'ALL LOOK SO GOOD LOOKING UP. REALLY? SOME HEAVEN. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS FLOWING THROUGH THIS PLACE, BUT I CAN SEE THE LIGHT SHINING ON YOU ALL. IN GOOD TERMS. ON YOUR WAY, SIR. ONE THING I WANT TO SAY THAT COME TO THIS MEETING TODAY, AND I SEE NO NOBODY FUSSING IN AUGUST. THAT WAS GOOD. YEAH. YOU CAME LATE. OH. BUT I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AND THE WHOLE CITY. LATELY TRAVELING ALL ACROSS. JUST PRAYING THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE WHOLE COUNTRY WATCHES STUART, FLORIDA.I WANT YOU TO KNOW ONE OF THE SMALLEST COUNTY CITY IN THE TREASURE COAST. WE ARE. AND THIS PLACE HERE IS THE MOST TALKED ABOUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I GET PHONE CALLS ALL ACROSS AMERICA. ALRIGHT. MAINLY FROM CHICAGO AND CALIFORNIA ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN THE CITY OF STUART. ONE OF THE BIG COMPLAINT THAT THAT HURT ME IS THAT WHEN WE WAS WRESTLING WITH EACH OTHER, WHEN WE ON THE PANEL TRYING TO GET OUR POINTS ACROSS AND EXPRESSING OUR FEELING, A LOT OF PEOPLE TOOK IT THAT WE WAS JUST ANGRY DOWN HERE FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER.
AND I SPENT MOST OF THE TIME TRYING TO EXPLAIN. OH, MAN. BUT OKAY. BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU IS THIS. AND I KNOW YOU GOT A JOB TO DO, AND I KNOW ABOUT THE BUDGET. I KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING HOW WE WILL MAKE THIS WORK. I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT ACROSS AMERICA RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY IS STRUGGLING, FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING. EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE ENDS MEET. I KNOW THAT OUR PRESIDENT WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT. TRYING TO GAIN BACK WEALTH. WHATEVER WE TRYING TO DO TO MAKE AMERICA NUMBER ONE ACROSS THE WORLD. BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S FAMILIES OUT THERE FOR GET TO THE POINT THAT WHERE WE HAS TO GET RID OF SOME EMPLOYEES, SEE WHEREVER WHERE YOU CAN WORK THINGS OUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT. BECAUSE I LOOK AT THAT. CRIME IS SOMETHING SERIOUS. IF A FAMILY OR PERSON CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILY, THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME. MY DAD SAID IF THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK, THEY GOING TO STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY. AND PEOPLE WILL FIND A WAY TO DO ANYTHING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AND YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT GOT MENTAL PROBLEM ALREADY. IF THEY LOSE THEIR JOB, THEIR ESPECIALLY THEIR YOUNG AND TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AND WE'RE SO GLAD SOMEBODY WANT TO WORK AROUND HERE. JUST SEE WHERE YOU CAN COME TOGETHER. PRAY ABOUT IT, PRAY TOGETHER. YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE ON ALL THINGS, BUT WE CAN AGREE THAT WE HAVE A HEART AND A LOVE FOR GOD'S PEOPLE, AND WE ARE ALL GOD'S FAITH BELIEVERS. AND IT'S NOT THE TIME FOR US TO BOW DOWN TOGETHER ON OUR KNEES. SOME OF YOU GOT A DEGREE IN THEOLOGY. SOME OF YOU GOT A DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY. BUT PLEASE HAVE ONE IN THEOLOGY THAT MEAN GET ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MISTER SMITH. SMITH I HAVE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. MAYOR, I BELIEVE MR. TROTSKY IS APPROACHING YOU. ALTHEA. WILEY. GOOD AFTERNOON. AMEN. ON THE. I WAS HEADED BACK TO ALTHEA.
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STUART, FLORIDA. HEADED BACK, BUT I, YOU KNOW, DECIDED TO STAY FOR THIS MEETING. AND ALSO, I DO WANT TO I REALLY WANT TO SAY YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE HOME UNTIL YOU GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND I DO WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THE CITY OF STUART, THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE CITY, HOW YOU TAKEN CARE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY. WE DON'T AGREE ON A LOT AND ALWAYS JOKE WITH MILTON ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, HE JUST STANDS. I JUST SEE HIM STANDS. BUT WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED BEING UP IN THE OTHER STATE. AND YOU DON'T SEE THE BEAUTY THAT A LOT OF THINGS ARE NOT TAKEN CARE OF, AND YOU TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED. AND I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF THIS CITY. I REALLY, I REALLY DO. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT CHANGE IS COMING. CHANGE IS COMING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE PEOPLE. I LIKE TO SAY OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER, OTHER STATES. I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE SMALL COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. AND I TAKE THAT TO HEART BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING HERE. IT'S HAPPENING HERE. AND I KNOW WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ALSO BE READY FOR WHAT THE CHANGE IS COMING, BUT DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR POSITION. DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED YOU IN THOSE SEATS. DON'T FORGET ABOUT DON'T FORGET ABOUT THEM BECAUSE THE CHANGE IS GOING TO COME AND IT'S GOING TO BE DRASTIC IN THE COMMUNITY. MAY NOT BE READY OR KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT, BUT YOU WHO HAVE BEEN RAISED HERE, YOU WHO HAVE NOT, THE ONES, NOT THE PLANTS THAT COME, BUT THE ONES WHO KNOW THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW THE IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THAT COMMUNITY.TAKE IT AT HEART AS IT WAS YOUR OWN, AS IT WAS YOUR OWN. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE CARE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THIS. THIS CITY CONTINUE TO CARE FOR IT, BUT CARE FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MISS WILEY. I HAVE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. COMMENTS. WE'LL START WITH YOU, BOARD
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MEMBER REED. DO YOU HAVE ANY? I DON'T HAVE ANY. I DON'T HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBER. CLARK. I WOULD SAY I DON'T HAVE ANY, BUT I MUST SAY THAT I HAVE A BUNCH OF STUFF TO SAY. WHY? PENILE IS ON THE BENCH. SHE'S NEXT. YEAH, I KNOW, BUT I'LL SAY IT NOW SO THAT IF I HAVE TO RUN OUT AND I NEVER GET TO, I DON'T KNOW. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUDGET TIME AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT AND TO FRET ABOUT. BUT IN SPITE OF ALL OF THIS, DURING THIS YEAR WE HAVE ONE GRANT WRITER, ADMINISTRATOR, WHATEVER TITLE YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE HER CEO, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING HARD IN THE CRA AREA. AND I THINK ALTHEA BROUGHT UP ABOUT LOOKING AT COMMUNITIES AND SEE WHEN YOU CAN SEE CHANGES AND SEE APPEARANCES IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TODAY ABOUT THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO DECIDED THAT NOT JUST ONE PERSON, BUT SHE'S IT'S HER JOB TO WORK ON THESE THINGS AND TO EVEN THOUGH UNDERGROUND IN HAD ITS POPULARITY AS WELL AS ITS UNDERGROUND POPULARITY, WE'RE GOING TO SEE CHANGES, LONG LASTING CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN TIMES COULD BE THAT PEOPLE COULD HIDE AND HOLD HER HEAD DOWN AND SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO SOME OTHER QUOTE UNQUOTE FIGHT AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING SOME RESULTS. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU TRYING TO TO HELP TO GUIDE US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER. BROOKVILLE. THANK YOU. I'VE ONLY GOT A COUPLE REALLY QUICK COMMENTS. ONE, I WANT TO PUT IN A PLUG FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT AGAIN, FOR KEEPING THAT MILLAGE RATE UP BECAUSE AND GIVING A CUT IN SERVICES BECAUSE IN THE CRA, WHICH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE THAT THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS ARE COMING DIRECTLY TO US. AND WHEN WE[00:10:03]
START REDUCING THOSE, WE REDUCE THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE COMING TO US. YEAH. THEY'RE GOING BACK TO THE COUNTY REALLY IS WHERE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO ULTIMATELY END UP. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT A I WANT TO PUT A PLUG IN FOR THAT. AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT I FULLY SUPPORT THE THE CITY JUMPING ON AS PART OF LAWSUITS AGAINST TO THE STATE ON THE ON THE SITUATION WITH THE HOME RULE. YEAH. AND 180 AND HOME RULE AND I I'M 100% FOR THAT. AND I WANTED TO GO ON RECORD ON THAT BECAUSE I WON'T BE AT THE CRB MEETING COMING UP BECAUSE IT'S SEPTEMBER 15TH NOW, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT DAY IN MY LIFE AS A CPA. IT'S ALL IN ALL.MY TAX RETURNS ARE DUE. SO, SO, SO I CAN'T MAKE IT. BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THOUGH, THAT I ALSO WANT TO GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF BREAKING THE LAW. I'M IN FAVOR OF ADDING TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THAT OUR NAME TO IT AND FUNDING IT AND PARTICIPATING AND FIGHTING AS HARD AS WE CAN. BUT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF BREAKING THE LAW UP TO THAT POINT. SO AS THE PROJECTS COME THROUGH, IF, IF I, I WILL WANT TO KNOW FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WHAT ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNDER THE OLD AS WELL AS THE NEW GUIDELINES, SO THAT I CAN GO ON RECORD AS NOT WANTING TO BREAK THE LAW. SO THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. THANK YOU. IS THERE AN ISSUE YOU NEED TO CHANGE OR WHAT'S GOING ON, COMMISSIONER REED? YEAH, I MEAN, I'LL PUT IT ON THE RECORD. I WANTED TO SIT HERE BECAUSE I HAVE AN ALLERGY, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A REACTION SITTING DOWN THERE. OH, OKAY. I HAPPEN TO BE EATING PEANUTS, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE I PUT IT AWAY, AND I WAS ABOUT TO WATCH. IS IT THE PEANUTS OR THE ORCHID PERFUME? EVERYTHING YOU CAN SIT NEXT TO ME SHOW. APPRECIATE IT. MARK. THAT'S ALL. I DON'T WANT TO END UP IN THE HOSPITAL. NO. THAT'S FINE. JUST. JUST WONDERING. USE THE MICROPHONE WHEN YOU DO. ALL RIGHT. VICE CHAIR. I'M NOT PMP AND I HAVE DONE MYSELF, SO. MISS GANDY
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SAATVA'S. OKAY. PARNELL GANDY, CRA DIRECTOR, FOR THE RECORD. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE CRA. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN CONSTRUCTION. THE FIRST PROJECT IS THE RIVERSIDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF THE OLD BRIDGE. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE DOING THE NEW SIDEWALKS ON STREET PARKING, CROSSWALKS, STREET LIGHTS, LANDSCAPING AND MILLING AND RESURFACING. THE PROJECT BUDGET IS $2.5 MILLION. THIS INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION COUNTY ADMINISTRATION FEES BECAUSE THEY ARE ADMINISTERING THE GRANT FOR US THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THIS PROJECT. BUT ULTIMATELY, CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECISIONS FOR DESIGN AND THE SCOPE OF THE WORK. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE CI SERVICES WHERE WE HAVE. WE WORK WITH CAP TECH TO OVERSEE THE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND ANY POST-DESIGN SERVICES, ANY CHANGES TO THE DESIGN WHICH WE WORK WITH. KIMLEY-HORN WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON THIS PROJECT IS C G, INC. CEI SERVICE. LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE OVERSEEING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. IT'S GARY JONES FROM CAP TECH.WE STARTED THIS PROJECT BACK IN AUGUST 2024. WE ARE 91% COMPLETED. SOME OF THE REMAINING ITEMS IS WE HAVE TO FINISH OUT THE PAVER PARKING, SOD, FINAL GRADING, MILLING AND MILLING AND RESURFACING CROSSWALKS AND STRIPING. WE DO EXPECT TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED BY MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH, SEPTEMBER 2025. ANY PUNCH LIST, ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING WILL BE COMPLETED BETWEEN MID-SEPTEMBER TO MID-OCTOBER, AND WE PLAN TO CLOSE OUT THIS GRANT BY NOVEMBER 2025. DID YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT? OR WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. WHERE IS THIS LOCATED EXACTLY? THIS IS WHERE THE TALK HOUSE IS, RIGHT JUST NORTH OF THE OLD BRIDGE. NORTH OF THE OLD BRIDGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE DECK RESTAURANT. OKAY. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PROJECT? OR. WE CAN JUST BEFORE YOU GET THERE. RIGHT? RIGHT WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
YEAH. HOUSE DECK, RESTAURANT. IT'S ALL WITHIN. SCHROTH IS SOMEWHERE UP IN THERE. YEAH.
AND, WELL, THERE'S A PSYCHIATRIST OFFICE THAT'S TAKEN A WHILE. I'M SURPRISED HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN. WE DID HAVE SOME UNEXPECTED DELAYS BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANE.
MILTON. WE DID HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SHUT DOWN THE CONSTRUCTION AND THEN. MILTON.
BUT ALL IS. THAT IS THE THE DEVELOPER. THAT'S THAT'S GOT THAT PROPERTY. ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING TO THIS AS WELL, OR IS SOME OF THAT MONEY GOING TO THIS THE YOU KNOW, NO, THIS
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DESIGN WAS COMPLETED BEFORE THEY CAME. SO THIS IS NOT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPER HAD MIKE MORTEL FOR THE RECORD, THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE CRA AND WE HAD ALL THE ON STREET PARKING. AND WHEN THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY CAME IN, THEY HAD A RIGHT TO DO CURB CUTS IN FRONT OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PARCELS. SO WE CONVINCED THEM NOT TO DO THE CURB CUTS AND TO DO THE RIGHT OF WAY IN BETWEEN AND BACK, ENTER THE HOUSES AND LIKE THERE'S A T AT THE TOP. SO THE DEVELOPER DID ACTUALLY COOPERATE WITH THE CITY AND THEN ALSO HAD TO PAY TO MOVE SOME WATER LINES IN ORDER TO MAKE THE ENTRANCE TO THE ALLEYWAY. I'LL CALL IT ACCESSIBLE SO THAT THEY DIDN'T DO THE CURB CUTS SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT THESE ON STREET PARKING SPACES IN. OTHERWISE, 50% OF THE ON STREET PARKING SPACES WOULD HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS. WHEN YOU GO DOWN THE STREET NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO DRIVEWAYS LEADING INTO ANY OF THE HOUSES. ALL OF THE HOUSES ARE ENTERED BY AN ALLEY IN THE BACK THAT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH UP KIND OF BY DIXIE. YOU'LL COME IN BY THE SIDE AND THEN GO DOWN THE ALLEY, WHICH WILL BE A MUCH CLEANER ESTHETIC LOOK. BUT THE THE DEVELOPER THERE DID COOPERATE WITH US AND MODIFY HIS PLAN IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE COULD FINISH THIS PROJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. OKAY. I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER. PANEL. WAS THIS THE ONE WITH THE PARK OR WAS THAT ANOTHER PROJECT? THERE'S A LITTLE POCKET PARK AT THE END OF ALL THE STREET, AND THAT'S A SEPARATE PROJECT. WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT PARK FOLLOWING THE FINISH OF THIS CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN, MIKE, AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPER AGREEING AND STUFF, WAS THAT LIKE DO A RESOLUTION OR YOU JUST NEGOTIATED WITH THEM, I GUESS. AND THERE WAS HE HIS PROJECT WAS STRAIGHT ZONING. HE DIDN'T HAVE IT. IT DIDN'T HE DIDN'T HAVE A PUD OR DEVELOPMENT ORDER. HE WAS HE JUST HAPPENED TO OWN THE LOTS SO HE COULD BUILD. HE COULD HAVE BUILT HIM A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH DRIVEWAYS. AND WE CONVINCED HIM TO BUILD THEM INSTEAD OF LOADING FROM THE STREET, ENTERING THE HOUSES FROM THE ALLEY IN THE BACK. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THE NEXT PROJECT IS DOWNTOWN UNDERGROUNDING AND SEMINOLE STREETSCAPE PROJECT.THIS IS THE WHERE WE'RE UNDERGROUNDING THE OVERHEAD UTILITIES ON SEMINOLE STREET, OSCEOLA STREET, COLORADO AVENUE, AND SAINT LUCIE AVENUE, ALL WITHIN THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AREA AND STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS. JUST ON SEMINOLE STREET, WHICH INCLUDES CURBLESS STREET, PERVIOUS PAVERS, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ON STREET PARKING, LOADING AREAS AND STREET LIGHTS, BENCHES, AND LANDSCAPING. THIS IS ABOUT $8.7 MILLION PROJECT. WE AWARDED THIS CONTRACT TO BURKHART CONSTRUCTION. KIMLEY-HORN IS OVERSEEING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. WE STARTED THIS PROJECT IN MAY 2025. AFTER THE PEAK SEASON. WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND MERCHANTS EVERY MONTH WHERE WE HAVE THE THE CONTRACTORS THERE AND THE MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION, GET ALL THE UPDATES. WE ALSO IDENTIFIED AND CREATED TEMPORARY DELIVERY ZONE AREAS ON FLAGLER AND OSCEOLA STREET WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON SEMINOLE STREET, BECAUSE WE HAD TO CLOSE THAT. WE HAVE A PROJECT LIAISON DEDICATED JUST FOR THIS PROJECT WHO PROVIDES REGULAR AND PROACTIVE UPDATES TO ALL THE MERCHANTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF ANY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES DURING THIS PROJECT. THEY ARE. THE CONTRACTORS ARE CURRENTLY FINISHING UP THE DIRECTIONAL DRILLING AND INSTALLATION OF CONDUITS ON ALL THE STREETS. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE THAT THEY'RE CLOSING OFF CERTAIN AREAS ONE SECTION AT A TIME. THEY HAVE FLAGMEN DIRECTING TRAFFIC. DURING THAT TIME. WE ALSO STARTED WORKING ON SEMINOLE STREET. THAT THAT PROJECT IS SPLIT INTO THREE SEGMENTS. THEY RECENTLY STARTED THE DEMO AND CONSTRUCTION ON THE EAST SIDE OF SEMINOLE STREET. AND THEN WHAT'S NEXT IS THEY'RE GOING TO FINISH UP THE ROADWAY BASE, CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS AND CURBS ON SEMINOLE STREET LIGHTS AND IRRIGATION. WE WE ANTICIPATE TO COMPLETE SEMINOLE STREETSCAPE BY NOVEMBER 2025. THE LANDSCAPING PORTION IS GOING TO BE GOING TO BE REMAINING UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR FPL TO REMOVE ALL THE POLES IN ORDER TO PUT THE LANDSCAPING, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE WE HAVE CONFLICT. SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER 2026. THOSE ARE BIG POLES, RIGHT? ARE THEY COMING IN ON BUDGET? YES. IT'S ALL PART OF THE BUDGET. OKAY. SO LIKE I SAID, ALL CONDUIT WORK WILL BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER 2025. AFTER THAT, THE STREETSCAPE SHOULD ALSO BE
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COMPLETED EXCEPT THE LANDSCAPING PORTION. AND THEY'RE GOING TO START ENERGIZING THE UNDERGROUNDING SYSTEM AND THEN SWITCHING THE CUSTOMERS TO FROM OVERHEAD TO UNDERGROUNDING FROM NOVEMBER 2025 TO NOVEMBER 2026, WE EXPECT TO REMOVE THE POLES AND ALL THE LINES WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME AND THEN FINISH OUT ALL THE PUNCH LISTS. FINAL RESTORATION OF THE OF THE AREA BY END OF 2026. BOARD MEMBER READ YES FOR PANEL. I KNOW MAYOR RICH ASKED ABOUT THE WHOLE THE THEM COMING UNDER BUDGET. THIS IS WHERE THEY CANNOT EXCEED IT AND THEN AT THE END OF IT IT WOULD BE SPLIT THE SAVINGS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CONTRACTOR. CORRECT. IS THAT WHERE WE JUST WAIT TILL THE END OR YOU'RE SEEING IT AS PROGRESS HAPPENS? HAS ANYTHING COME IN UNDER THAN WHAT THEY BID IT FOR SPECIFICALLY? SOME AREAS WHERE WE ARE SEEING COST SAVINGS. WE DO HAVE CGI HERE FROM BURKHART. HE CAN PROBABLY ANSWER WHERE WE'RE HAVING SOME COST SAVINGS SO FAR. THANK YOU CJ. WE'RE PRETTY EARLY ON IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS OF IT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'D WANT TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THE COST SAVINGS YET. I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE DOING VERY WELL IN THE BUDGET AND I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE OR THERE WON'T BE ANY ISSUE WITH THE SUCCEEDING IT. BUT I THINK AT THIS EARLY ON STAGE, I THINK IT WOULD BE A LITTLE PREMATURE TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WHERE WE'RE UNDER BUDGET. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOT VERY FAR ALONG INTO IT YET. YEAH, I WILL SAY WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC WHERE PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED SINCE CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED WHERE THEY'RE UPSET. I KNOW IN THE BEGINNING SOME SOME HAD MENTIONED IT CAUSED ISSUES, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, BUT YOU GUYS SEEM TO BE DOING A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.THANKS. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT I'M GOING TO HAVE MILTON TAKE OVER. HE'S GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE MEMORIAL PARK AMPHITHEATER. OH, YEAH. JUST. MILTON LEGGETT, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK AMPHITHEATER. AS IT STANDS, THE PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE.
WE'RE PROJECT BUDGET A LITTLE OVER 2.5 MILLION. CONTRACTOR IS MCTIGUE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND THE CEI AND THE ENGINEER RECORD IS CO. PEPIN AND TERPENING. WE ARE AT 44% OF CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S ABOUT 170 OF 370 DAYS. PROJECT CONSIST OF. BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS, PAVER BRICKS INSTALLATION, THE DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION, THE ENTRYWAYS AND THE PAVERS, AND RELOCATING SOME TREES. WE WE HAVE TEND TO START DATE WAS MARCH 25TH AND WE COMPLETE COMPLETION CONSTRUCTION DATE MID MARCH 2026. SO YEAH, JUST SOME PICTURES OF THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A GREAT PROJECT. IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER. BOARD MEMBER CLARK I JUST WANT TO SAY WE ARE IN THE PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION DATE IS JUNE. THE CONTRACT SAYS JUNE. THE CONTRACTOR FEELS CONFIDENT, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO SAY MARCH BECAUSE MARCH IS NOT TRUE. IT'S JUNE. IF WE END IN MARCH, WE CAN ALL JUMP UP AND DOWN AND BE HAPPY. BUT IF WE SAY MARCH AND IT ENDS UP BEING MARCH 3RD, WE'LL SAY WE WERE LATE. SO THE CONTRACT IS, I BELIEVE, MID JUNE AND WE ARE ON SCHEDULE TO COME IN ON UNDERNEATH THE CONTRACT. THANK YOU. CORRECT, MR. CLARK? YES, THANKS. UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN, BUT I'M ONLY USED TO SEEING BUBBLES OF THIS A LONG, LONG TIME AGO. I DON'T KNOW IF I'D ACTUALLY SEEN, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS DETAIL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BUILT INTO NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THE. AND I'M SURE THAT IT'S ALL BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING IT UP. WE'VE HAD THE WHOLE DRAINAGE ISSUE THERE AT MEMORIAL PARK, AND WE KNOW WE HAVE THAT WHOLE LARGE AREA IN FRONT OF WHERE THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE STAGE. I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND HOW HIGH DO YOU YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF OVERALL PLAN OR ELEVATION THAT SHOWS THE OUTLINE OF OF WHAT THAT THING IS. AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT WITH YOU TODAY. I'LL I'LL LOOK. DO YOU HAVE IT? NO. YOU MEAN WITH THE WITH THE SALES AND. YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE I IT'S
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BEEN SO LONG AGO. OKAY. WHAT WHAT ABOUT FROM THERE TO THE FRONT FENCE TO THE BACK TO THE ROAD TO EAST OCEAN. THAT'S SO IN IN BETWEEN THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY DIG UP FOR CHANGING DRAINAGE AND SO ON. I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THAT DETAIL IN THE PLAN IN A LONG TIME. IT'S ALL ON THE GROUND DRAINAGE. WE IT'S OKAY DIGGING UP ANY DRAINAGE. EVERYTHING WAS ALREADY DONE.THERE'S A THERE'S A RETENTION POND KIND OF UNDERNEATH A BIG OAK TREE WAY OVER BY THE COURTHOUSE. YES, YES, BUT THAT CENTER AREA RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE STAGE, ALL THE WAY TO THE ROAD DOESN'T STAYS THE SAME. THAT. YEAH, THERE'S NO MODIFICATION WHATSOEVER IN THAT AREA. BE A LAWN, I WILL. YEAH. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE I MEAN THERE'S SOME PATHS AROUND AND THERE'S SOME, SOME TRELLIS STUFF UP BY THE ROAD. BUT I WILL TAKE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS TOMORROW AND SEND THEM TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE AERIALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETELY DRY. AND JUST LIKE IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, MIKE IS I JUST WANTED THERE WAS A LITTLE SLOPE IN THE LAWN, THAT'S ALL. THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY CHANGE. THERE'S ACTUALLY THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO AREAS WHERE THEY ADDED LAND TO GO BACK TO THAT. OKAY. ONE MORE, ONE BACK. NO, THAT OKAY. SO THIS ONE I DON'T HAVE THE POINTER BUT I CAN SHOW YOU. DO YOU HAVE THE POINTER. SO THESE ARE OLD. YEAH. THIS IS NOT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME BUT THEY'RE USING THESE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. AND THIS IS NOT. MIKE OKAY. THERE IT GOES. SO THIS IS THE STAGE. THE STAGE IS HERE IN THIS LOCATION FACING STRAIGHT OUT. AND THEN THERE'S TRELLIS HERE AND TRELLIS HERE. AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK RIGHT THERE, THE THE DRAINAGE POND THAT I TALKED ABOUT. THE DRY RETENTION AREA IS BIG OAK TREE RIGHT HERE. AND THERE'S SOME DRY RETENTION WITHIN THAT OAK TREE RIGHT THERE. AND OTHER THAN THAT, THIS THIS OAK TREE IS NOT THERE. THIS IS IT'S LIKE RIGHT HERE IS THE STAGE. AND THEN THERE'S TREES ALONG HERE, BUT THERE'S AND THEN THERE'S AN ELEVATED BERM HERE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LITERALLY SEE ABOVE OTHER PEOPLE'S HEADS WHEN THEY'RE WATCHING. LIKE IF SOMEBODY'S ON THE STAGE, YOU'D BE AHEAD OF IT. AND THEN THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF ELEVATION RIGHT HERE AS WELL. SO THE PEOPLE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE STAGE, YOU WOULD BE PROBABLY 2FT OR 3FT ABOVE THEIR HEAD IF YOU WERE TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL GO BACK. I'M SORRY. ONE MORE THERE. THAT'S THAT WAS THE THAT'S NOT THE ONE BEFORE THAT. THAT'S THIS ONE. RIGHT. OH THIS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS NOT HOW IT TURNED OUT. AS YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PLANS FOR THE PARK. THIS THE GAZEBO OR THE BANDSHELL, WHATEVER IT WAS CALLED. EVERYBODY WANTED TO KEEP THE BANDSHELL JUST THE WAY IT WAS. SO THE BANDSHELL HAS NOT CHANGED. IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. AND IT'S STILL THERE NOW.
SO NOW IF YOU GO BACK TO THE NEXT ONE, NEXT, THIS ONE, GO AHEAD. THIS IS NOW YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE STAGE YOU CAN DRIVE. THESE ARE THE TRELLISES I WAS TALKING ABOUT. YOU COULD DRIVE A TRUCK OKAY. ON THIS. ALL OF THESE PAVERS ARE SUPPORTED. THEY'RE TEN FEET WIDE. YOU COULD DRIVE AROUND HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE DASHED LINES WHERE THAT SHOWS THAT IT'S A DRAINAGE.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME DASHED LINES UNDER THOSE OAKS THAT SHOW DRAINAGE. YOU DRIVE THE TRUCK AROUND HERE AGAIN. DRAINAGE. OKAY. DRIVE AROUND HERE A LITTLE BIT OF DRAINAGE THERE. AND THEN YOU CAN LITERALLY PULL THE TRUCK UP AND LOAD THE STAGE HERE, PULL IT OVER AND LOAD THE STAGE HERE. AND THEN ACTUALLY YOU CAN SEE THE OLD PAVERS WHERE IT USED TO BE. THE PATH USED TO BE. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WIDER IT IS NOW. AND THEN WHEN I TOLD YOU THERE WAS SOME ELEVATION ON THIS SIDE OF THE PARK, YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S A AND WHEN I SAY ELEVATION, THIS IS FLORIDA, FOLKS. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A MOUNTAIN TEN FEET. THIS IS ELEVATION. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, 3 OR 4FT OF ELEVATION. SO THAT IF YOU'RE STANDING HERE, YOU WOULD SEE OVER THE HEADS OF EVERYBODY ELSE HERE, AND THEN IT CONNECTS INTO THE OTHER PARK, AND HERE'S THE BATHROOM. AND THEN AGAIN, THESE TRELLISES HAVE LIKE BENCHES UNDERNEATH THEM. AND THEN THAT'S THE MAIN GATE OR ENTRYWAY. YES. THANKS. I BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE THE ACCESS HAVING SOME DEFINITIVE ACCESS TO THE BACK OF THE THE STAGE. SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT THAT'S THERE. I JUST HAVE NOT LOOKED. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THE PLANS BEFORE TODAY'S MEETING, BUT IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE I ACTUALLY SAW THEM, SO YEAH, WE CAN'T CHANGE IT NOW. WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT. I JUST WANT TO
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CONFIRM THAT. THANK YOU, MR. CHERSKI. WHAT WILL BE THE APPROXIMATE CAPACITY OF THAT VENUE? JIM WOLSKI, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. DEPENDS ON THE KIND OF VENUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING CONCERT STYLE. ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1000 1500 PEOPLE WITH NO SEATING. IF YOU PUT SEATING WITHIN THAT AREA, OBVIOUSLY LESS. WE'VE GOT SOME INTEREST FROM THE LYRIC THEATER.OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN ONLY SEAT 500 IN THEIR IN THEIR FACILITY, SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE DOING SOME BIGGER SHOWS THERE. WOULD WE CONSIDER SHUTTING OFF EAST OCEAN AND IN FRONT OF WELLS BETWEEN WELLS FARGO AND MEMORIAL PARK? I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D HAVE TO DO THAT PER SE, JUST TO HAVE A SHOW THERE. MAYBE WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL HAVING THEIR ARTS FEST, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD ENTAIL CUTTING OFF A ROAD. SO, SO 1500 PRETTY EASILY. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S A LOT. SO WE'VE HAD SOME INTEREST ALREADY. SO THAT'S GOOD. THE TREASURE COAST BLUES FESTIVAL INDICATED INTEREST IN WANTING TO COME FROM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ON DOWN. MARK BRECHBILL PRODUCTIONS LLC. EARTH TONES HAS BEEN HAD SOME INTEREST. DEUTERMANN PRODUCTIONS INDICATED SOME INTEREST. OKAY, I THINK IT'S EXCITING THAT THE THAT THE LYRIC THEATER THEY THEY WE GET PASSED BY BY A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE SEATING CAPABILITIES. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO BRING IN SOME LARGER SHOWS THAT ARE KIND OF COMING THROUGH FLORIDA. THERE'S NOWHERE TO GETTING FROM FLORIDA TO ANOTHER STATE. SO THERE'S ROUTING DATES ALL THE WAY THROUGH. RIGHT. AND THE SOUND WILL JUST COME FROM THE STAGE AND THERE WILL BE SPEAKERS. YES. JUST FROM THE STAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO WANT TO SAY THAT FOR FOR US, I THINK IT IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LYRIC AND OTHERS AND FOR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE AT 500 SEATS YOU CAN'T BRING IN, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BRING IN ANY KIND OF NAME ENTERTAINMENT, ADDED A THOUSAND LIKE SUNRISE HAS GOT UP THERE IN FORT PIERCE. YOU REALLY YOU REALLY CAN'T DO THAT EITHER. I MEAN, THAT'S TOO SMALL. BUT WHEN YOU GET UP TO THAT 1500 RANGE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A PRIME POSITION BECAUSE YOU CAN DO WHAT THEY CALL ONE OFFS. AND SO LIKE THOSE GUYS ARE GOING DOWN TO HARD ROCK ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. AND THEY CAN STOP HERE ON A THURSDAY AND YOU GET A BIG DISCOUNT. SO IT'S IT'S PUTS US IN A REAL GOOD POSITION TO, FROM, FROM A CULTURAL STANDPOINT TO, TO BUILD ON ALL KINDS OF THINGS, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, BIG FANCY CONCERTS, BUT JAZZ AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T AFFORD A BRASS BAND BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN NEVER GET CHICAGO, YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER. BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST MENTION THAT I THINK IT'S COOL. OKAY. FOR NOW. NEXT. THOSE ARE ALL THE UPDATES I HAVE. THAT'S IT. THESE ARE JUST PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION. JUST LAST MEETING, THE BOARD APPROVED A CONTRACT FOR PROJECT LIFT. WE HAD A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING FOR THAT ONE, AND THEY EXPECT TO MOVE IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING BY BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER AND START DEMOLITION MID SEPTEMBER. THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES WE HAVE. I WAS JUST AT AN EVENT WITH MR. HUGHES, THE ARCHITECT, SO HE'S VERY EXCITED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. IF I COULD. IT'S BEEN, I THINK A YEAR OR SO SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS, THIS COMMITTEE AND BEEN INVOLVED, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO PARTICIPATE. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT I WAS AN AT LARGE APPOINTMENT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I, I HOPE I WON'T LET YOU DOWN GOING FORWARD. SO THANKS. THANK YOU.
I WAS WORRIED IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS A FAREWELL SPEECH. YEAH. NOT YET. AND THAT BEFORE WE CLOSE, I WILL CHECK WITH MY. I THINK HE'S AT LARGE ALSO. MR. HE'S APPOINTMENT TO THE CRB.
MR. JAMES I'LL CHECK WITH HIM. DID WE I MEAN, DID YOU HEAR FROM HIM OR DID NOT HEAR FROM HIM? OH OKAY. OH IT'S A DRIVING THING. OKAY. SEE NO OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.