[00:00:06] HAVE AN INVOCATION FROM CHAPLAIN EDWARDS SKIBA FROM THE CITY OF STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CITIZENS OF CITIZENS, CITIZENS OF. STUART, I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND AND INVITE THE PRESENCE OF GOD INTO THIS THIS MEETING. I GOT TO THINKING ON MY WAY HERE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE DONE AS A CHAPLAIN. AND I WAS UP IN CHARLESTON RIDING WITH AN OFFICER, AND A LADY WENT WHIPPING AROUND US, AND ANOTHER GUY PULLED IN FRONT OF HER, AND SHE REACHED OUT THE WINDOW AND GAVE HIM A ONE FINGER SALUTE. AND THE OFFICER I WAS RIDING WITH SAID, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. AND HE PULLED HER OVER. I SAID, WHAT'S HE PULLING HER OVER FOR? HE JUMPED OUT, WENT UP TO HER. HE SAID, ALL RIGHT, OUT OF THE CAR, HANDS AGAINST THE CAR. AND I SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON? HE SAID, LOOK AT THE BACK BUMPER. IT SAYS, I LOVE JESUS. THERE'S A BIG SILVER CROSS. FOLLOW ME TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY CHURCH. HE SAID. AFTER SHE DID THAT, I FIGURED SHE STOLE THE CAR. LET'S GO BEFORE THE LORD. OUR GOD AND OUR FATHER, GREAT CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE. YOU GIVE US HUMOR TO KEEP US CHEERFUL. YOUR WORD SAYS A MERRY HEART. DO WITH GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE AND WE TRY TO LAUGH WHENEVER WE CAN. SOMETIMES LIFE OVERCOMES US. THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU GIVE US LEADERSHIP THAT CAN HELP GUIDE US THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. I THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT YOU RAISE UP. PUT THEIR HEADS ABOVE THE CROWD AND SOMETIMES TAKE THE TOMATOES THAT ARE THROWN AT THEM, AND MANY TIMES TAKE THE ACCOLADES. THEY REPRESENT EACH ONE OF US, LORD. AND I ASK YOU TO TO BE HERE IN THIS PRESENCE, TO GIVE THEM YOUR WISDOM, YOUR, YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR UNDERSTANDING, SO THAT ALL THE ISSUES THAT THEY COME, THAT COME BEFORE THEM CAN BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WILL. I THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL TOWN OF STUART AND FOR MARTIN COUNTY, AND FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US HERE. YOU YOU MAKE THIS SMALL PLACE, THIS GEM, A SHINING LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS. AND WE THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE PART OF IT. BLESS US NOW AND WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO AND BE WITH US. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. PLEASE JOIN ME NOW IN 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. PLEASE BE SEATED. NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE ARTS MOMENT. BRETT MCCARRON WITH THE ART PRESENTATION. YOU CAN PROBABLY HAVE A MIC. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? AM I OKAY? OKAY. MY NAME IS BRANT MCCARRON. I'M A 38 YEAR. LIVING HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY FROM INDIANAPOLIS. AND ORIGINALLY I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE. I GOT MY DEGREE IN PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN VISUAL DESIGN, AND I CAME DOWN HERE TO BECOME A AN ARTIST BECAUSE I WAS I FELT I WAS PRETTY GOOD AT IT. ANYWAY, I WAS ASKED HERE BY EULA AND EULA CLARK AND MARY TO TALK ABOUT THE ARTS IN MARTIN COUNTY AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'VE HAD BEING PART OF IT. FORGIVE ME. I'VE BEEN. I THOUGHT I BROUGHT EXAMPLES OF MY WORK, MY ARTWORK AND MURALS THAT I'VE CREATED TOGETHER WITH MY SON AND. TOMMY IS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED JAZZ SINGER. AND SHE AND I, I PLAY DRUMS AND SHE AND I WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE RIVERWALK IN SEPTEMBER 6TH BECAUSE THIS YEAR. BUT THE MUSICAL PART OF THE ARTS ARTISTICALLY. I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE ELLIOTT MUSEUM, THANKS TO DEBORAH DUVAL AND ROB STEELE, WHERE I HAVE PAINTED MURALS, RESTORED ARTWORK, RESTORED SCULPTURES, CREATED A FOUR FOOT FABERGE EGG FOR THEIR DISPLAY. I'M ALSO ON MY 13TH YEAR AS A SCENIC ARTIST AT WHERE I BUILD SETS, PROPS AND COSTUMES FOR JENNIFER YERMAK AND PETER JONES AT STARSTRUCK CHILDREN'S THEATER RIGHT DOWN [00:05:06] THE ROAD WHERE WE'LL. WE WILL BE PERFORMING THE LION KING. YOU MUST HAVE TO COME SEE IT. THIS IS PART OF IT, THOUGH. OH, ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST A SAMPLE I WANTED TO STEP INTO OUR. MY. HERE'S A LARGER. IMAGE OF MY AWARD WINNING ARTS FEST PIECE THAT I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE MARTIN ARTS. I ACTUALLY WON IN 2019. I. ARMY AND I JUST PAINTED THIS ONE AT CEDAR POINT OF THE DOLPHINS. WE HAVE TURTLE DRIVEWAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN OPPORTUNITY. PEOPLE JUST TALK TO PEOPLE AND THEY FIND US. AND I GET TO PAINT ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF PEOPLE'S HOMES AND IN BUSINESSES. A BABY MURAL IN SAINT LUCIE WEST. THIS IS TO SHOW YOU THE SCALE OF THE RECENT HOUSE OF REFUGE AT THE ELLIOTT MUSEUM. AND THIS IS MY GRANDSON WITH THE SHOW SCALE OF MY MY ART THAT I'VE DONE. THE LAST PIECE. I'VE BEEN ASKED, I WAS ASKED TO PAINT A 27 FOOT LIMOUSINE TO LOOK LIKE AN ALLIGATOR FOR A CUSTOMER IN IN OKEECHOBEE TO TAKE HIS CLIENTS OUT TO AIRBOAT RIDES. AND OUT THERE. I WAS NOMINATED FOR A MARTY AWARD THROUGH THE MARTIN COUNTY FOR MY SET FOR INTO THE WOODS AT STARSTRUCK. SOME OF MY MURALS GLOW IN THE DARK, SO I WAS TRYING TO GIVE YOU A REPRESENTATION OF THAT CIRCA 69, RIGHT OVER IN JENSEN BEACH I DID WITH FRIENDS FROM ALCHEMY AND ART. THEY. I HIRE THEM, THEY HIRE ME. SO IT'S A, IT'S A BIG FAMILY OF ART. AND THIS ONE LAST ONE IS THE SHARK SHACK SUITES IN PALM CITY. I JUST SHOWED YOU A SAMPLE, BUT THERE'S IT'S BIG AND IT'S GOT SHARKS FISHING FOR HUMANS WITH ICE CREAM CONES. ANYWAY, I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE PUBLISHED IN STUART MAGAZINE FOR MY MURALS AGAIN, FOR MY. THE. WHEN I DID THIS HOUSE OF REFUGE IN 2023 AND MARTIN ARTS WERE WINNING THE ARTS FEST, I WAS ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER FOR WINNING $10,000 IN FIRST PRIZE FOR MY HALLOWEEN COSTUMES. SO IN, IN DOING THE COSTUMES, THAT'S HOW I GOT TO DO STARSTRUCK. FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO MENTION ANTHONY OLIVIERI AND HIS. WAS IT RIVER CREEK CREEK WALK ART DISTRICT IN FIRST FRIDAYS OF THE MONTH? AND HE AND I WERE PLANNING ON TRYING TO GET A MURAL ON THE JOHNSON AVENUE 150 FOOT WALL ACROSS FROM 901 HUB AND WAWA. I WANT TO DO THAT ONE. AND FINALLY, AS A. IF I EVER GET THE OPPORTUNITY, MY VISION FOR THE CITY OF STUART WOULD BE TO BUILD A GIANT SCULPTURE FROM US ONE DOWN COLORADO TO DOWNTOWN STUART OF LEAPING SAILFISH WITH SCATTERED KINETIC FISH JUMPING OFF THE SIDES THAT YOU CAN DRIVE YOUR CARS UNDER TO PUT US AS THE DESTINATION, AS THE WORLD SAILFISH CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU ULA, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. B MCCARRON ART.COM OR AND THERE'S A COUPLE CARDS OUTSIDE IF YOU WANT. BRANT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIX YOUR CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION THOUGH, BECAUSE I WROTE BRANT ON IT. BUT WE'LL GET YOU. WE'LL GET YOU A NEW ONE THEN. BRANT, TAKE A PICTURE. I'LL GET A PICTURE THOUGH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BRANT, KEEP IT UP. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS, JIM. THANKS. NEXT WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS AND WE HAVE [PROCLAMATIONS ] [00:10:02] GARDEN WEEK. AND THE RECIPIENT WOULD BE MARY NEAL, PRESIDENT OF GARDEN CLUB OF STEWART LEE. IF YOU COULD READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR US. ABSOLUTELY. WHEREAS GARDENERS HAVE A PASSION FOR NURTURING THE BEAUTY AND RESOURCES OF THE EARTH THROUGH THE PLANTING OF SEEDS, THE CARE OF ALL PLANTS, AND THE RICHES OF THEIR EFFORTS, GARDENERS SEEK TO ADD BEAUTY, SPLENDOR, FRAGRANCE AND NUTRITION TO OUR LIVES THROUGH THE GROWING OF FOLIAGE, FLOWERS, HERBS AND VEGETABLES. AND WHEREAS, GARDENERS ADVOCATE THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL CREATURES, LARGE AND SMALL, THAT SHARE OUR WORLD AND THEIR ROLES IN A BALANCED AND PRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY, ECOLOGY GARDENERS WORK TO PRESERVE OUR COUNTRY'S TRADITIONAL SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE AND INITIATIVE THROUGH INNOVATION AND HARD WORK. AND WHEREAS GARDENING FURNISHES A CHALLENGING AND PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY FOR OUR CITIZENS, FOR THOSE JUST LEARNING AS WELL AS THOSE HAVING YEARS OF EXPERIENCE GARDENING, GARDENING PROMOTES A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE THAT LASTS A LIFETIME, HELPS REDUCE STRESS FROM OTHER AREAS OF OUR LIFE. TEACHES THE REWARDS THAT CAN COME FROM DILIGENT EFFORTS AND. WHEREAS GARDENING ENABLES MEMBERS OF GARDEN CLUBS ACROSS THE NATION IN THE WORLD TO MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY RESIDE AND WORK NOW, THEREFORE, I, SHAWN REED, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 7TH THROUGH THE 13TH 2026 AS GARDEN WEEK. MARY NEAL, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR US OR DID YOU WANT TO. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MARY NEAL, PRESIDENT OF STEWART GARDEN CLUB, AND THESE FINE LADIES IN PINK ARE MEMBERS OF OUR CLUB. AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO INTRODUCE LINDA SARUBBI, WHO IS OUR CHAIRMAN FOR NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR REED AND THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HONORING THE GARDEN CLUB OF STUART WITH THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK. GARDENERS AND GARDEN CLUBS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. TAKE THIS TIME TO CELEBRATE THE ART OF NURTURING AND BEAUTIFYING OUR ENVIRONMENT THROUGH SEVERAL SELECT ACTIVITIES TO BRING ABOUT AWARENESS OF THIS GREAT GIFT. HERE IN STUART, WE HAVE PLACED A CREATIVE ARRANGEMENT IN EACH OF OUR LIBRARIES AND INCLUDE EDUCATION AS TO WHAT PLANT MATERIAL IS USED, WHAT NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK ENTAILS, INFORMATION ON GARDENING AND HOW AND WHY TO PARTICIPATE IN GARDEN CLUBS. BOTH OF THESE ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON FACEBOOK UNDER THE GARDEN CLUB OF STEWART, WITH LINKS TO WHAT OTHER CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY HAVE DONE FOR THIS EVENT. THE MISSION OF THE GARDEN CLUB OF STEWART HAS BEEN, AND ALWAYS WILL BE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS AND REWARDS OF GARDENING, INCLUDING CONSERVATION, COMMUNITY PRIDE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION. WE BELIEVE GARDENING ENVELOPS OUR WHOLE BEING. THEREFORE, OUR THEME IS MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH GARDENING. THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH EVERYONE THAT'S IN ATTENDANCE? YES. YOU'RE ALL IN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU CHRIS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PROCLAMATION WE HAVE IS FOR JUNETEENTH FREEDOM DAY, JUNE 19TH, 2026. THE RECIPIENT WOULD BE NINA DOOLEY, PRESIDENT OF AFRO-AMERICAN CITIZENS OF EAST STEWART LEE. IF YOU COULD READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS JUNETEENTH IS THE OLDEST KNOWN CELEBRATION COMMEMORATING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EMANCIPATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVES, AND CELEBRATES THE SUCCESSES GAINED THROUGH EDUCATION AND GREATER OPPORTUNITY. AND WHEREAS UNION SOLDIERS LANDED AT GALVESTON, GALVESTON, TEXAS, ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, WITH NEWS THAT THE WAR HAD ENDED AND THE ENSLAVED WERE NOW FREE. ON THAT FIRST JUNETEENTH, THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS WERE READ GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE, WHICH STATED, THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS ARE INFORMED THAT IN ACCORDANCE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH [00:15:03] A PROCLAMATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE OF THE UNITED STATES, ALL SLAVES ARE FREE. AND. WHEREAS THE FIRST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WAS A TIME FOR REASSURANCE, PRAYER, AND THE GATHERING OF FAMILY MEMBERS, TODAY, JUNETEENTH CONTINUES TO GROW WITH COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. NUMEROUS LOCAL AND NATIONAL JUNETEENTH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ARISEN ALONGSIDE OLDER ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE COMMON MISSION OF PROMOTING AND CULTIVATING KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, WHILE ENCOURAGING CONTINUOUS SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND RESPECT FOR ALL PEOPLE AND CULTURES. WHEREAS, ON A LARGER SCALE, A CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH REMINDS EACH OF US OF THE PRECIOUS PROMISES OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY, AND OPPORTUNITY, WHICH ARE THE CORE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. NOW THEREFORE, I, SEAN REED, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH, 2026 AS JUNETEENTH FREEDOM DAY. NINA, DID YOU HAVE ANY WORDS? THANK YOU TO MAYOR REED AND THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. MY NAME IS NINA DOOLEY. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF ACES HERE IN EAST STUART, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR PARTNERING WITH US ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS WONDERFUL EVENT. WE ARE HOSTING OUR THIRD ANNUAL MISS JUNE JUNIOR TEEN PAGEANT. IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ON JUNE 20TH FROM 7 TO 9. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THESE WONDERFUL KIDS, YOUNG WOMEN AND THEIR TALENTS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP ONCE AGAIN. AND I'LL BE A JUDGE AND YOU AS A JUDGE. YES, SHE IS, ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS. SHE WILL BE A JUDGE AT THE EVENT. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF STUART. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. JUDGE LAST YEAR THE JUDGE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I GAVE IT UP TO. MAYBE ONE YEAR OR SOROPTIMIST. I WASN'T HERE. NEXT UP WE HAVE SERVICE AWARDS [PRESENTATIONS ] FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE CHIEF ZEE INTRODUCE HIS PERSONNEL FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK. GOOD AFTERNOON. COMMISSIONERS. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CALL UP THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS. I'LL MAKE A NOTE THAT LIEUTENANT BRIAN BOSSIO WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HERE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS 15 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT HE WAS APPROVED FOR TRAINING LATE LAST WEEK, AND IT WAS THERE WAS AN OPENING IN THE TRAINING CLASS. SO HE'S HE'S HAD TO ATTEND THAT AND CAN'T BE HERE TODAY. SO I'D LIKE TO CALL UP TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM HERE, DETECTIVE KENNETH LETHAM BACK HERE IN THE CORNER. KENNETH, YOU JUST COME UP TO THE FRONT HERE. DETECTIVE DAVID JACOBSON. K-9 OFFICER CHRIS HEIDFELD. AND OFFICER DANIELLE MATTEUCCI. SO IF I COULD JUST SHARE BRIEFLY THAT KEN HAS BEEN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 15 YEARS, AND HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS OUR EVIDENCE AND CRIME SCENE DETECTIVE ASSIGNED TO THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT. KEN IS HAS PRIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE SAINT LOUIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PRIOR TO JOINING STEWART PD 15 YEARS AGO, AND HE ALSO SERVES WITH THE FLORIDA STATE GUARD, WHERE HE IS A. CAN I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GIVING YOU THE PROPER CREDIT, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WITH THE FLORIDA STATE GUARD, AND WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FLORIDA STATE GUARD. THEY HELP SUPPLY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR OUR 4TH OF JULY EVENT AND THE CHRISTMAS PARADE EVERY DECEMBER. FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, I THINK THEY'VE SENT AS MANY AS 50 FLORIDA GUARDSMEN TO STEWART TO HELP US WITH SECURITY AND ENSURING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. EVENT DETECTIVE DAVID JACOBSON IS ALSO A 15 YEAR VETERAN OF THE STEWART POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE'S CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE DETECTIVE BUREAU, AND HE NORMALLY WORKS ANY TYPE OF CASE THAT'S GIVEN TO HIM, FROM A THEFT TO A CREDIT CARD FRAUD, TO AN ELDER FRAUD OR AN OCCASIONAL VIOLENT CRIME LIKE A SHOOTING OR SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS. HE DOES JAKE STUFF WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING, AND HIS NICKNAME IS JAKE. HE DOES JAKE STUFF WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING INTO THE WEIRD AND UNIQUE CASES, AND HAS AN ABILITY TO FIND THOSE SILVER LININGS AND THE EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION. SO HE DOES A GOOD JOB WITH HIS SERVICE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE WAS HE'S BEEN WITH THE STEWART POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 17.5 YEARS TOTAL, 15 OF IT AS A FULL TIME POLICE OFFICER. BEFORE THAT, HE WAS [00:20:02] PART TIME K-9 OFFICER CHRIS HEIDFELD. AS YOU SEE HIM HERE, HE'S ASSIGNED TO PATROL WITH HIS K-9 PARTNER, JERRY, FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, ROUGHLY. THEY WORKED THE NIGHT SHIFT FROM 6 P.M. TO 6 A.M. SO HE'S HE'S ONE OF THE CREW THAT ARE OUT THERE ENSURING OUR SAFETY FOR THE OVERNIGHT PATROL HOURS. CHRIS HAS BEEN WITH US, WITH US 15 YEARS. AND PRIOR TO THAT, HE WAS WITH THE PORT SAINT LUCIE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE COMING TO STEWART. AND THEN WE HAVE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE DANIELLE MATTUCCI. SHE IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO OUR TRAFFIC UNIT WITH JUST OVER A YEAR AND A HALF IN SERVICE AS A POLICE OFFICER. PRIOR TO THAT, SHE SERVED AS A DISPATCHER IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. SO DANIELLE'S BEEN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE YEARS TOTAL, OR WITH THE CITY, AND SERVES A GREAT ROLE NOW IN OUR OUR NEW TRAFFIC UNIT. SO IF YOU WOULD JUST HELP ME CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR SERVICE. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO RECOGNIZE THEM IN THAT FASHION. CHIEF PICTURE. WHERE'S JERRY? RECOGNIZE A DOG? YOUR DOGS NEVER GET RECOGNITION. JERRY HAS TO PUT UP WITH HIM. AND I'M CLOSER. MR. NEEDHAM. THANKS. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANKS. NEXT, FOR SERVICE AWARDS, WE HAVE DEBORAH SMITH WITH 15 YEARS OF SERVICES WITH HUMAN RESOURCES. GOOD EVENING. I'M ACCEPTING ON DEBBIE'S BEHALF SHE HAD A SCHEDULING CONFLICT AND REGRETS NOT BEING HERE. DEBBIE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WITH US FOR 20 YEARS. SHE SPENT FIVE YEARS PART TIME STATUS AS WELL IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN PART. SO WE CELEBRATE THE 15 FULL AND THE FIVE. AND AND SHE'S SORRY SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR ON HER BEHALF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RAJ. NEXT WE HAVE BOBBY HOLLIDAY WITH 15 YEARS OF SERVICES FROM UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING. BOBBY WILL NOT BE ATTENDING, BUT WE'LL STILL GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. NEXT WE HAVE JOSE NIETO WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE FROM UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING. HOLD ON JOE, JOE, JOE, GO AHEAD AND YOU CAN GET IN IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ONE HERE AND THEN WE'LL. CAN YOU COME INTO THE PICTURE? YOU COME INTO THE PICTURE. THERE YOU GO. ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MICHAEL REDSTONE WITH FIVE YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. MADE IT THROUGH MICHAEL. THANK YOU MIKE. NEXT FOR SERVICE AWARD WE HAVE SUSIE MALECKI WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK. SUSIE. HOW MANY YEARS? THERE WE GO. OH, WE GOT KIDS. HOW MANY YEARS? FIVE. THAT'S AWESOME. WOW. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SISTER. MOTHER. NO SPEECH. NO. OKAY. SPEECH. FOR THE NEXT SERVICE AWARD, WE [00:25:18] HAVE BRIAN CHING WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICES FOR UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING. GOOD JOB. THERE YOU GO. YES. COME ON. FAMILY. COME ON. OH, WOW. WHOA! AND THE BABY? WHAT IS ON THIS SIDE? GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE. BRIAN. BRIAN. HE'S JERRY. OH MY GOD. JERRY. OH! THERE HE. JERRY. GOOD BOY, GOOD BOY. COME TO SIT NOW, MAYOR. YOU WANT THAT PICTURE? YES. YEAH. SIT. SIT. HE'S GOOD. HE'S GOOD. IS HE AT THE AIRPORT? HE'S ALL EXCITED NOW. GOOD BOY. JERRY. GOT IT. FINALLY SOMEBODY GAVE A SPEECH. JERRY. YEAH. THANK YOU. CHRIS. THAT'S. THAT'S HIS K-9 PARTNER, JERRY. HE PATROLS WITH CHRIS WHEN CHRIS IS OUT IN THE PATROL CAR. HIS PARTNER IS RIGHT WITH HIM. SO VERY SUCCESSFUL THESE LAST FEW WEEKS, WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT, SNIFFING OUT DRUGS, NARCOTICS, SPECIFICALLY SOME COCAINE AND OTHER HARD DRUGS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND UP IN THE JENSEN BEACH AREA HELPING OUT THE THE COUNTY WITH A SNIFF HERE AND THERE. SO WE HAVE ONE OTHER K-9 THAT'S ARA WITH OFFICER CHASE DORMAN. HE WORKS ON THE OTHER NIGHT SHIFT. BUT THESE DOGS ARE A VITAL TOOL FOR US. SO THANK YOU CHRIS. THANK YOU CHRIS. THANK YOU. JERRY. JERRY. THANK YOU. THE DOG. NEXT [COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS ] UP, WE HAVE COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER RICH. SO ON FRIDAY EVENING, LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, I SIT ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, ON THE BIG BOARD, ON THE CORPORATE BOARD. SO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES REPRESENTS 411 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND. JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE. SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE THERE, THE LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED SOME AMENDMENTS WHICH POSE AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES. IT WAS THE MOST TENSE ATMOSPHERE I'VE BEEN IN IN A LONG, LONG TIME. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS IN THE FUTURE, BETWEEN NOW AND THE ELECTION. I ASKED OUR CITY MANAGER FOR SOME PRELIMINARY FIGURES WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO SENATOR HARRELL AND REPRESENTATIVE OBRADOR AND REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER. NOBODY'S QUITE SURE OF THE NUMBERS BUT THE CITY, MAYBE BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND $3.5 MILLION REDUCTION IN REVENUES, WHICH IS NOT EXISTENTIAL BUT IS SERIOUS. THE JOKE GOING AROUND WAS THAT FLORIDA WILL BE STOPPED BEING THE FREE STATE, AND WE WILL BECOME THE FREE STATE, BECAUSE ALL THESE PARKS AND BEACH PARKING AREAS AND ALL THESE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO PAY FOR THEM SOMEHOW, AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THROUGH FEES. SO I DON'T NEED TO BE ALARMIST, BUT WE'RE WE'RE VERY CONCERNED THE LEAGUE IS GOING TO FIGHT THIS VERY HARD. AND [00:30:04] HOPEFULLY WE OBTAIN THE RESULT THAT WE NEED TO KEEP STUART FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND AT THE HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE ALL USED TO AND THAT WE CAN RETAIN OUR STAFF, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE STAFF WORKS FOR YOU. THEY DON'T WORK FOR US, THEY WORK FOR THE CITIZENS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU'RE WELCOME. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WAS IT TWO AND A HALF OR THREE AND A HALF ON THE HIGH END OF THE RANGE? THREE AND A HALF. THREE AND A HALF. OKAY. BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS TWO AND A HALF. THAT'S AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I WAS EMAILED. THAT'S WHAT I READ TOO. WELL, WELL, UNLESS YEAH, MAYBE YOU GUYS WERE SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT REGARDLESS. MOVING ON. COMMISSIONER JOB. YES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AS ALWAYS, IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE HERE. AND ON A POSITIVE NOTE FOR OUR CITY, IT REALLY IS IN THE HANDS OF THE VOTERS. SO IT'S REALLY YOUR DECISION TO DECIDE WHETHER TO GO WITH THIS. YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE TALLAHASSEE PUT IT OUT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT. AND WE WILL CERTAINLY, AT THE CITY LEVEL, BE WORKING TO WORK ALL THOSE NUMBERS AND WORK TO THE BEST OF THE CITY WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SENT ME EMAILS, AND ONE SENT A LETTER. AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TODAY SUPPORTING ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, WHICH WOULD BE CHICKENS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CLARK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE. THIS WAS ONE OF THE DAYS WHEN I SAW THE ARTS MOVEMENT COME TOGETHER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE READINGS OR DANCE OR POETRY OR SINGING, AND TO SEE THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF MR. MCCARRON'S COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, ART INVOLVEMENT, HIS FAMILY'S INVOLVEMENT, IT REALLY SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT THE ARTS IS TO HIS LIFE AND HIS WELL-BEING, AS WELL AS TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM, AND I'M GLAD THAT HE MENTIONED THE CREEK DISTRICT. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEDICATING THEIR WHOLE LIVES, THEIR WHOLE BUSINESSES, TO IMPROVING THAT AREA AND MAKING IT A DESTINATION. AND I'M HOPING THAT I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT ABOUT A DESTINATION PLAN, SO WE CAN DO SOME ART PLANNING FOR STEWART'S. SO IT'S LONG TERM AND IT'S A GOOD IDEA, AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND TO WORK WITH YOU AND TO WORK WITH OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY. STEWART IS A R T IN STEWART, AND WE REALLY MEAN IT. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATING IN THE ARTS MOVEMENT TODAY. AND FOR ALL THE OTHERS IN STEWART WHO REALLY WORK ON THAT, I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. KIDS ARE OUT FOR THE SUMMER, IN SCHOOL, OUT OF SCHOOL, AND THEY NEED SO MANY THINGS TO KEEP THEM OCCUPIED. AND I THINK THE ARTS IS A BIG THING, AND I HOPE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT CHILDREN DURING THE SUMMER WILL SUPPORT THEM WITH ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE OR SOME TYPE OF ART OR MUSIC PROGRAM. [COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER ] THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CLARK. MOVING ON TO COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU MAYOR. THE I WAS CONTACTED BY OUR AUDIT TEAM WHO THEN SHARED SOME INFORMATION. THEY'VE ADJUSTED THE AUDIT SCHEDULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 TO BE DONE NO LATER THAN AUGUST 31ST, ACCORDING TO THEIR LETTER. WHEN I FOUND OUT THIS INFORMATION, I MET WITH THE MANAGING PARTNER AND I MET WITH THE FIELD AUDITOR. AND JUST TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY KNEW HOW TO GET A HOLD OF ME AND TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. THEY ATTRIBUTED THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE CALENDAR DUE TO THE TURNOVER, AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, AND I ACCEPTED THAT EXPLANATION, AND I WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE AN AUDIT SHOULD BE DONE ON TIME, AND IT WILL BE DONE ON TIME IN THE FUTURE. SO JUST ESTABLISH THAT RELATIONSHIP AND MADE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO CONCLUDE THE AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. AND THEY THEY ASSURED ME THEY DO. SO THAT'LL BEGIN NEXT WEEK. ON A POSITIVE NOTE. NOT THAT THAT WASN'T POSITIVE BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD. I HAVE HAD IN MY QUEUE SOME OF WHAT ARE CALLED WHAT'S GOOD AND WHAT'S GOOD, TURNED OVER BY THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER SOMETIME AGO. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY. BUT JIM MINER, A BATTALION CHIEF WITH OUR FIRE [00:35:01] DEPARTMENT, HE ACCOMPLISHED GETTING A MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT WAS DONE SOME TIME AGO, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE POINTING THINGS OUT AND AND REPORTING TO YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC THAT OUR STAFF IS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, ON DUTY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO OFF DUTY, GETTING MASTER'S DEGREES AND OTHER FURTHERING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS FABULOUS. AND THIS PARTICULAR MASTER'S DEGREE HAD AN EMPHASIS IN GOVERNMENT AND POLICY. SO AND AS YOU GET FURTHER UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, ALTHOUGH A FIREFIGHTER NEVER STOPS BEING A FIREFIGHTER, THERE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AND GOVERNMENT DUTIES THAT I'M SURE THIS EDUCATION WILL BENEFIT OUR BATTALION CHIEF. SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE JAMES DENNIS MINOR ALSO WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR FOLKS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. CRIME ANALYST KAITLYN BROWN AND EILEEN FINLEY GRADUATED FROM THE FLORIDA LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST ACADEMY, CLASS 40. THIS IS ADMINISTERED FROM BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROVIDES TRAINING TO ANALYSTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. EILEEN AND CAITLYN ATTENDED TRAINING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR ONE WEEK A MONTH FOR SIX STRAIGHT MONTHS, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM ACHIEVING THIS AND BECOMING CERTIFIED CRIME ANALYSTS. SO THOSE ARE THAT'S WHAT'S GOOD ON THE STAFF. NEXT, WE BEGIN BUDGET MEETINGS WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS STARTING ON MONDAY. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET. WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET, BUT WE'RE GETTING DOWN INTO WHERE I WILL SIT WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEY WILL DEFEND THEIR BUDGETS TO THE CITY MANAGER, AND WE'LL GO OVER THAT PROCESS THAT BEGINS NEXT MONDAY. AND A STORY FROM THE NEW GUY WHO MOVED HERE, HOPEFULLY ON HIS LAST MOVE. AND MY WIFE REMINDS ME OF IT'S BEEN 16 MOVES AND THIS WILL BE 17 AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THE LAST GENTLEMAN HELPED ME TODAY AT AT THE HOUSE WHILE DOING SOME THINGS. AND THE GENTLEMAN SAID TO ME THAT HE MOVED TO STEWART SOME TIME AGO. RELUCTANTLY, RELUCTANTLY TOLD THE REAL ESTATE AGENT, KEEP MY CAR OR, YOU KNOW, KEEP KEEP US ON HOLD BECAUSE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SELL THIS HOUSE IN TWO YEARS. THAT GENTLEMAN TOLD ME TODAY THAT ALTHOUGH HE AND HIS WIFE PARTED WAYS AND SHE MOVED AWAY, THAT HE STAYED AND HE STAYED FOR GOOD. AND HE IS A PROUD CITY RESIDENT OF STEWART AND THINKS IT'S A FABULOUS PLACE. AND I THINK THAT TOO. AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU WHAT A WHAT A GREAT CITY WE HAVE, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MIKE, AND THANK YOU FOR UPHOLDING THE TRANSPARENCY IN THE CITY OF STEWART BY LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THE FINANCIAL AUDIT TO FURTHER TOUCH BASE ON TRANSPARENCY, WE HAVE A MAYOR SIGNATURES LOG ON THE CITY WEBSITE. SO THINGS THAT I SIGN ADMINISTRATIVELY, ADMINISTRATIVELY, THEY NEVER USED TO COME IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD UNTIL THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I PUSHED FOR. SO THINGS THAT I SIGN ADMINISTRATIVELY, THE PUBLIC WILL BECOME AWARE OF THOSE THINGS. IF YOU GO ON THE CITY WEBSITE UNDER CITY COMMISSIONERS AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S A MAYOR'S SIGNATURE LOG TO KEEP TRACK OF THINGS. I ALSO WANTED TO STATE THERE'S BEEN TWO CONTROVERSIAL AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THIS BOARD THROUGH THE LAST TWO MEETINGS THAT HAVE GONE NOWHERE FOR THE PUBLIC. WHAT I ASK FOR FROM FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE ONE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT REGARDING THE CHICKEN ORDINANCE. INSTEAD OF LETTING THINGS POTENTIALLY DIE HERE TONIGHT AND MAYBE NOT MOVE IT TO A SECOND READING, IF WE COULD AT LEAST HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE, TO A DATE CERTAIN TO WHERE WE HAVE THAT FIFTH BOARD MEMBER SO THEY COULD DECIDE THE FUTURE FOR THE PUBLIC INSTEAD OF JUST LETTING THINGS DIE HERE TONIGHT. [APPROVAL OF AGENDA ] THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR MY COMMENTS. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FROM COMMISSIONER CLERK AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JOB. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS MOTION? SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? [COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ] [00:40:03] AYE. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUSLY. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. PLEASE REMEMBER IT'S LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. JEFF KRAUSKOPF WELCOME JEFF. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS JEFF KRAUSKOPF STEWART. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER WHERE THERE WAS A TWO TWO ISSUE, IF YOU WILL, AND IT WAS REGARDING THE TWO ACRE PARCEL NORTH ON US, ONE ON THE BRIDGE AND ITS ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE AS AN OFFSET TO THE COSTS OF MAINTAINING THE HANEY CREEK WATERSHED PROJECT. REST ASSURED, THE PUBLIC HAS ALREADY APPROVED THIS. IT REALLY DOESN'T NEED TO GO OUT AGAIN. THAT WAS A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER AND TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT. AS ARCHITECT OF THE PROJECT. I KNOW YOUR CONTROL RESTS IN SITE PLAN APPROVAL, SO THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THING. ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY WAS ALWAYS FIRST AND FOREMOST CONSIDERED IN THAT WE PUT IN THERE THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO GAS STATIONS THAT CLOSE TO WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO PROTECT. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FILE ON THIS, WITH ALL THE ITERATIONS IN IT, IS IT HAS QUITE A FEW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT IT OR TAKEN THE TIME, BUT IT. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THEM IN THERE TO GENERATE REVENUE, AND THAT WAS NOT WRAPPED UP. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS UNABLE TO WRAP UP BEFORE I RETIRED. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOU MENTIONED, UPCOMING RESTRAINTS THAT VERY WELL MAY PASS IN FLORIDA, LIMITING REVENUE. AND I KNOW MILTON HAS BOARDWALKS IN THE AREA AND AND MAINTENANCE TO DO SO. YOU SHOULD NEVER PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEASE PROPERTY, NOT NECESSARILY SELL IT. AND I THINK THERE'S A PROHIBITION BECAUSE THE COUNTY WAS ORIGINALLY INVOLVED IN THIS. THAT'S WHERE WE COBBLED HALF OF THE FUNDS. AND I'M I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH EACH ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO GIVE YOU HISTORICAL CONTEXT OR SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS THAT WE HAD IN ORDER TO GAIN REVENUE, NOT ONLY THERE, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU WITH THAT HISTORICAL CONTEXT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. JEFF. I'LL BE REACHING OUT AS WELL. THANK YOU. ROBERT MAYOR. WELCOME, ROBERT. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. ROBERT MAYON 4461 SOUTHEAST FEDERAL HIGHWAY. I'M HERE TODAY. RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A PAUSE OF THE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST MY PROPERTY. I'VE DONE BUSINESS IN STUART FOR 26 YEARS AND CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY ATTORNEYS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS ARE SAYING THE CITY'S CURRENT GOVERNMENT PROCESSES ARE IN DISARRAY. MY PROPERTY HAS BECOME A CLEAR EXAMPLE. STAFF OBTAINED A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ORDER WITH DEADLINES AND FINES BASED ON INCOMPLETE AND MISLEADING INFORMATION. AT THE HEARING, KEY QUESTIONS WERE REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY BUT LEFT UNANSWERED. THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE STILL ISSUED THE DECISION AND ORDER WITHOUT THOSE ANSWERS AND RELIED ON MISINFORMATION FROM STAFF. WEEKS LATER, THE CITY'S OWN EMAILS CONFIRMED SERIOUS AMBIGUITIES IN WHAT RULES ACTUALLY APPLY TO MY PROPERTY. THE CITY CANNOT LAWFULLY ENFORCE REGULATIONS, WHILE ITS OWN LEGAL COUNSEL ADMITS THE REGULATORY GROUNDWORK IS UNCLEAR, THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. IN 2007, I HELPED THE CITY ANNEX A 25 OVERGROWN ACRES TO THE SOUTH. THAT HISTORY CANNOT NOW BE IGNORED, INCLUDING THE CONCESSIONS ZONING HISTORY PRIOR ALLOWED, USES DECADES OF PARKING AND STORAGE, GRANDFATHERING, VESTED RIGHTS, EQUITABLE ESTOPPEL, AND THE CITY'S OWN CONDUCT OVER MANY YEARS. THESE ARE NOT MINOR ISSUES. THEY GO TO THE HEART OF WHETHER THESE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ARE EVEN VALID. THE SAME UNCERTAINTY AFFECTS THE SIGN AND SANITATION DEMANDS. I'M NOW BEING TOLD I NEED A PERMIT AND A SIGN COMPANY JUST TO CHANGE THE COPY ON AN EXISTING, ACCEPTED AND GRANDFATHERED SIGN FACES CHANGES THAT I'VE MADE FOR TWO TWO DECADES AND THAT SEVERAL LOCAL SIGN COMPANIES CONFIRM HAVE NEVER BEEN REQUIRED FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES. SIMILARLY, STAFF PUSHED FOR AGGRESSIVELY FOR UNNECESSARY RECYCLING DUMPSTER BEFORE BACKING OFF AS IF THEY WERE DOING ME A FAVOR WHEN IN REALITY, IT WAS A FABRICATED REQUIREMENT. THE CITY HAS NO HISTORY OF MY GARBAGE COLLECTION NEEDS, SO I OFFERED A COMMON SENSE INITIAL APPROACH TO ESTABLISH SERVICE THAT DOES NOT WASTE THE CITY'S RESOURCES, MY SPACE OR MONEY. [00:45:03] THESE EXAMPLES SHOW WHY STAFF'S DEMANDS NEED INDEPENDENT REVIEW BEFORE MORE COSTS AND FINES ARE IMPOSED. I'M NOT IGNORING THE CITY. MY CURRENT APPROVED COMPLIANCE WORK PROVES MY GOOD FAITH. I'VE SPENT SIGNIFICANT MONEY, ABSORBED BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS AND WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY. I SHOULD NOT FACE DAILY FINES, COSTLY CHANGES OR FURTHER BUSINESS INTERRUPTION. WHILE THE CITY IS STILL SORTING OUT WHAT LAWFULLY APPLIES AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS IN ITS OWN ANNEXATION PROCESS. EVEN NOW, STAFF HAS REFUSED TO ANSWER LEGITIMATE WRITTEN QUESTIONS THAT WOULD EITHER CLARIFY THE CITY'S POSITION OR EXPOSE THE OVERLY AGGRESSIVE AND MISINFORMED ASSERTIONS BEHIND THESE VIOLATIONS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE CURRENT ORDER DEADLINES AND FINES BE PLACED ON HOLD UNTIL THE CITY ISSUES A CLEAR, WRITTEN DETERMINATION OF WHAT LAWFULLY APPLIES TO MY PROPERTY. THAT DETERMINATION MUST ADDRESS THE ANNEXATION HISTORY. ZONING STATUS ALLOWED USES BETA SIGN AUTHORITY, SANITATION REQUIREMENTS, GRANDFATHERED RIGHTS, LAWFUL LIMITS OF INSPECTION, AND THE PROPER SCOPE OF ENFORCEMENT. THIS IS THE FAIR AND RESPONSIBLE PATH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ROBERT. I'M GOING TO SHOOT YOU AN EMAIL AS WELL. JUST TO FOLLOW UP TO GET MORE INFORMATION WITH YOU. AND IF MIKE AND LEE CAN LOOK INTO THIS, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE THE MAGISTRATE BOARD IS THE ONE THAT WOULD BE HANDLING ANY CODE ENFORCEMENT STUFF AS WELL. NOT NECESSARILY THIS BOARD MAJORITY. AND LEE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT. YEAH, CORRECT. IT'S IN THE MAGISTRATE'S HANDS AND YOU GUYS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INTERJECT INTO THAT PROCESS. SO THE PETITION HE'S MAKING, HE NEEDS TO MAKE IT BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE. AND AND HE'S NOT BEEN FINED YET. HE'S BEEN GIVEN TIME TO GET IN COMPLIANCE. AND MY UNDERSTANDING, HE'S HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB AT DOING WHAT ALL HE CAN. IF YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO MORE DETAILS, I CAN. I, I THINK THE THE POINT, IF I MAY, I THINK THE POINT IS THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ACTED UPON MISINFORMATION AND LACK OF PROPER INFORMATION WHEN MR. BAGGETT WAS ADDRESSED BY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE AMBIGUITY THAT WAS ACTUALLY OCCURRING SURROUNDING MY PROPERTY. SO HE REFERRED TO MISS KUGLER, WHO FURTHER LED TO MISS MORE MISINFORMATION TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, AND HE MADE HIS DECISION BASED ON THAT MISINFORMATION. SO I THINK THAT'S MY MAIN BEEF, IS I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK, AND HOPEFULLY THE CITY CAN RESOLVE THIS WITH YOU. LIKE I SAID, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL JUST SO I CAN FOLLOW ALONG THE PROCESS WITH YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANYONE THAT IN INDIVIDUALLY OR SEPARATELY IF IF SO DESIRED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ROBERT. THANK YOU. ALAN. MARCUS. HELLO. I'M ABOUT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT EFFECTS OF THE SIGN IN THIS TOWN. I'VE BEEN A SIGN CONTRACTOR HERE FOR ALMOST 36 YEARS. I DO WORK FOR THE CITY, WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR. I DO A LOT OF WORK FOR THE CITY. I HELP WRITE THE CODES FOR THE CITY. MARTIN COUNTY AND PORT SAINT LUCIE AS A SIGN CONTRACTOR. MANY THINGS IN THE CURRENT SIGN CODE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. THINGS THAT ARE IN THE SIGN CODE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THERE FROM THE START, AND THEY WERE ACKNOWLEDGED AT THE TIME SAYING THAT. WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT. WELL, I THINK THIS IS THE TIME TO GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT. BUT FOR THE MOST PRESSING THING RIGHT NOW IS FACE AND COPY CHANGES. FOR OVER 34 YEARS, NO SIGN PERMIT WAS NEEDED. LAST YEAR, OUT OF NOWHERE, WE WERE TOLD THAT YOU NEED A PERMIT TO CHANGE COPY ON A SIGN FACE AT PIRANHA PADS. WE REMOVED THE SIGN FACE, STRIPPED THE OLD SIGN FACE FROM FRANKENSTEINS. WE SPRAYED THE BACK, PUT NEW COPY ON IT, PUT IT BACK IN, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY SAID, YOU NEED A PERMIT. THAT CAME AFTER OVER 34 YEARS OF NOT NEEDING A PERMIT. OUT OF NOWHERE, THE CODE DID NOT CHANGE THE INTERPRETATION BY ONE PERSON DID. IN MARTIN, SAINT LUCIE AND PORT SAINT LUCIE. SEWELL'S POINT ALL DO NOT REQUIRE PERMIT. ALL THE SIGN COMPANIES IN TOWN ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS CHANGE. THIS IS NOT A STRUCTURAL CHANGE WHATSOEVER. I HAVE PROBABLY INSTALLED OVER 500 SIGNS IN THIS TOWN OVER 34 YEARS. ARE YOU GOING TO GO BACK TO 500 PLACES AND START FINDING THEM? THEY STARTED FINDING SOMEBODY. I HAD TO PULL A PERMIT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO JUST TO HELP HIM OUT, BECAUSE HE WAS FRANTIC. IT COST HIM $600 FOR ACTUALLY OVER $1,000 FOR THE PERMIT, $600 IN BACK FINES. [00:50:09] LIKE I SAID IN THE PAST, WE NEVER NEEDED A PERMIT. MANY ISSUES COME WITH THIS. IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT. NO SIGN COMPANIES ARE AWARE OF THIS. THE PERMIT COSTS SOMETIMES COST MORE THAN THE ACTUAL COPY CHANGE. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT ONLY IS ONLY FOR A WALL SIGN ON MONUMENTS OR REPLACING OLD VINYL. ONLY A CONTRACTOR LIKE MYSELF, WHICH I'M STATE LICENSED. ONLINE CAN GET A PERMIT. IF YOU'RE CHANGING A COPY, CAN I PROCEED? THREE MINUTES SIR. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, BUT I. I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. IT WON'T BE A BACK AND FORTH EXCHANGE NECESSARILY, ALAN, BUT MY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS WOULD BE. I MET WITH CITY STAFF. I MET WITH MIKE AND AND JODY. MY COMMENTS WOULD BE FOR THIS TO COME BACK AS A DISCUSSION ITEM BASED OFF THE CONSENSUS FROM THIS BOARD TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES OPERATE AND WHY IT CHANGED, AND JUST HAVE THE DISCUSSION PUBLICLY. EXCUSE ME. HANG ON ONE SECOND, ALAN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHERE THE COMMISSIONERS WERE IF THEY WANTED THIS BACK AS A DISCUSSION, A D AND D ITEM FOR US TO GIVE A CONSENSUS TO THE CITY MANAGER TO BRING IT BACK. IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, HANG ON, ALAN, JUST GETTING CONSENT. I, I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY IMPORTANT, COMMISSIONER RICH. SURE. I WOULD LIKE THE CITY MANAGER, HOWEVER, TO LOOK INTO THIS INITIALLY. OKAY. YEAH. PERHAPS HE CAN RESOLVE IT. CORRECT. SO I, I BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION AND MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY. THERE'S A REAL EASY SOLUTION. HANG ON, ALAN, AS LONG AS WE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE MANAGER CAN TALK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS. AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO USE THEIR WHATEVER POWER ADMINISTRATIVE RULE THEY HAVE TO DO THAT. AND THEN IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ADDING SOME THINGS. AND I DID TALK TO MR. MARCUS, SO I JUST LET CITY MANAGER WORK WITH IT. AND IF WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION DELIBERATION, THEY COME BACK TO US. OKAY. SO DO YOU YOU GUYS WANT TO WAIT, THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE TWO OF US SUPPORT IT AND TWO MIGHT NOT. THEY WANT STAFF TO FIGURE IT OUT IF THEY NEED US. YEAH. IF THERE MIGHT BE ANY REGULATION CHANGE. SO. YES, COMMISSIONER. YES I AGREE THAT STAFF SHOULD LOOK AT IT, BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DELIBERATE ONCE WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO KNOWS, BUT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY MAY NOT KNOW HOW THAT CODE AFFECTS THEM. IF WE NEED TO CHANGE OR DO SOMETHING FOR THE CODE, WELL, REAL SIMPLE SOLUTION. OKAY, SO ALAN, I, I, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE COMMENT BACK AND FORTH, BUT YOUR THREE MINUTES WERE UP AND I WAS TRYING TO GET A CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD. YOU CAN SEE TWO OF US SUPPORT IT COMING BACK AS A D AND D ITEM. THE OTHER TWO DO NOT. I NEED BOARD MAJORITY. I BELIEVE FOR CONSENSUS. THEY WANT STAFF TO TALK ABOUT IT IF THEY NEED US. I'M IN THE SOLUTIONS SO I LIKE SOLUTIONS. I UNDERSTAND YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THREE MINUTES THOUGH. ALAN. I'M SORRY. I'M JUST SAYING I'M JUST SAY COMMISSIONER, I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT HE CAN SEND HIS SOLUTION VIA EMAIL. YEAH. THANKS, ALAN. I'M SORRY. DID THIS DID DID HE FILL OUT A CARD? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE BOB ZACCHEO. WELCOME, BOB. I'M JUST ABOUT TO GO SIT BACK DOWN AGAIN. SORRY. I HOPE EVERYTHING'S OKAY. JUMPING UP AND DOWN, I JUST I'LL I'LL KEEP IT, KEEP IT BRIEF AND AND AND DEFINITELY IN THE, IN THE POSITIVE FOR SURE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TO THE COMMISSIONERS MAYOR, ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE COME OUT SEEN PROJECT LIFT BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMING AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING. YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, BOB ZACCHEO, CEO OF PROJECT LIFT AND, AND CERTAINLY A VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE THE CITY STAFF, CERTAINLY, I KNOW SOME OF US ARE IN THE CROWD THAT ARE THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT OVER IN EAST STUART, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TO THE COMMISSION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO IT AND, AND THE SUPPORT THEY'VE GIVEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKING A SHOUT OUT TO PANEL FOR HER STEADFAST WORK THAT SHE'S PUT IN OVER THIS PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND LEE AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR, FOR ALL THE WORK OF GOING BACK AND FORTH AND MAKING MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS A GOOD [00:55:05] PROJECT. ALSO EXTENDING A WARM WELCOME TO TO MICHAEL GRDINA. NO, RIGHT, I GET IT. NO NO NO. NICE TO AND WELCOME TO STUART. I HOPE YOU STAY LONGER THAN AND NO DIVORCES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT END UP IN IT. SO BUT WE'RE WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. WELCOME. I, I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME SEE YOU OR COME MEET YOU WHEN THE WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT AND CERTAINLY THE REST OF THE THE COMMISSION. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THE PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD REALLY, REALLY WELL. AND AGAIN, HATS OFF TO THE TO THE CITY STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE PUT INTO THIS AND THE CHANGES THAT THEY'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH OVER THE PAST YEAR OR TWO TO BE ABLE TO STILL MOVE PROJECTS FORWARD. IT'S AWESOME. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU BOB. I HOPE ALL IS WELL. GRAND OPENING BOB GRANT, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. THE SAME THING WE'RE HOPING FOR IN THE NOVEMBER TIME. NOVEMBER. WE'RE LOOKING FOR PROGRAM LAUNCHES. FIRST QUARTER OF 2027. PROCTOR CONSTRUCTION IS DOING A GREAT JOB, BY THE WAY. THANK YOU. AND ALSO THE CDBG GRANT MANAGER. I THINK IT'S GUARDIAN DOING THAT. DOING A GREAT JOB TOO. STAYING AND STAYING IN TOUCH WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME PIECES TO THAT IN THE PAST THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE GOT. WE GOT A GOOD ONE IN THERE. SO WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS, BOB. NEXT, I HAVE REGINALD FLOYD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS. I HAVE A PARTNER WHO'S ALSO BEEN MAKING THIS PRESENTATION. I'M REGINALD FLOYD WITH THE GENESIS GROUP 1906. AND MR. DAVID MYERS, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THIS GROUP. ALSO. HE'S GOING TO ALSO BE ASSISTING IN THE PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE COMMISSIONERS. WE APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU. WE'VE HUMBLY SUBMITTED OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK REPRESENT ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED WITH THE OLDEST EXISTING GREEK LETTER FRATERNITY FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. WE PLAN ON BRINGING A CHAPTER OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED TO MARTIN COUNTY. OUR FRATERNITY BELIEVES IN MANLY DEEDS, SCHOLARSHIP AND LOVE OF ALL MANKIND. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAPPEN TO SUPPORT AS A FRATERNITY OR MARCH OF DIMES, BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS, GO TO HIGH SCHOOL, GO TO COLLEGE, AND A VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE. PART OF THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO ASK IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM, FROM CITY WELCOMING US TO, TO COME IN AND CONTINUE OUR MENTORING PROGRAM. OUR MENTORING PROGRAM IS CALLED EGO. EGO STANDS FOR THE EDUCATED GENTLEMEN ORGANIZATION. HISTORICALLY, WE'VE SERVED SOME 270 YOUNG MEN. THOSE YOUNG MEN THAT ONCE THEY'RE IN OUR PROGRAM, WE HAVE A 84% COMPLETION RATE OF OUR PROGRAM. WE HAVE A 100% PARTICIPANT GRADUATION RATE. IF THEY STAY THROUGHOUT THE 12TH GRADE, WE HAVE A 100%. ALL PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS. WE HAVE A 77%. THOSE THAT ARE IN OUR PROGRAM ARE ACCEPTED TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND WE HAVE A 82% RATE OF THOSE THAT WERE IN OUR PROGRAM THAT WENT ON TO COLLEGE, GO ON TO RECEIVE COLLEGE DEGREES, EITHER A BACHELOR'S, OR ARE GOING DOWN THE LINE. WE'VE HAD PARTICIPANTS FROM GO ON TO FLORIDA A&M, BETHUNE-COOKMAN, ALABAMA STATE, TUSKEGEE, CLAFLIN, VALDOSTA, FLORIDA, ATLANTIC, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, FULL SAIL, EMBRY-RIDDLE, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE, SAINT AUGUSTINE, CLIFTON, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS. WE COME IN HUMBLY WANTING TO HELP. WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM YOU, FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, WELCOMING US TO COME IN AND LENAHAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. SO TO THE BOARD, I WAS THE ONE THAT INSTRUCTED THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO SEND MR. LLOYD AN EMAIL BACK TO INSTRUCT THEM TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, ASKING FOR A LETTER ARE OF SUPPORT TO GET A BROAD CONSENSUS. NO PROBLEM. NO PROBLEM. DID WE? I MEAN, WHAT AGE GROUP DO THEY WORK? CAN WE JUST GET A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC? [01:00:07] YOU CAN. SO YOU CAN ASK THEM FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. OR IT COULD COME BACK AS A D AND D ITEM. YEAH. JUST LIKE A LITTLE MORE. I WOULD FULLY ANTICIPATING SUPPORTING THEIR EFFORTS. I JUST LIKE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICITY AS TO WHAT AGE GROUPS AND CAN ASK THEM WHILE THEY'RE HERE. OR I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DO BACK AND FORTH DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION. SO YES, I WILL ALLOW THAT. OKAY. YES, SIR. SO WHAT AGE GROUP OF YOUNG MEN DO YOU WORK WITH? THE YOUNG MEN IN OUR PROGRAM. WE ACCEPT THEM AS EARLY AS THE EIGHTH GRADE, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 12TH GRADE, BASICALLY 13 TO 18. OKAY. IT'S JUST I WAS JUST, I WAS I WAS JUST APPROACHED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION THAT WE WEREN'T REACHING OUT TO THIS SPECIFIC AGE GROUP AND HOW DIRE THE NEED IS AND HOW, HOW MUCH IMPACT YOU CAN HAVE. SO I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE YOUR CONSENSUS FOR A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER. PERFECT. THANK YOU. NEXT IS MARK BRISTOW. WELCOME, MARK. THANK YOU. WELCOME, MARK. ROCKVILLE, 406 SOUTHEAST FINNEY DRIVE, STUART, FLORIDA, 34996. AND I'M GLAD I ENDED UP COMING TODAY BECAUSE IT TURNED OUT WHAT I WANTED TO MENTION. I WAS GLAD JEFF KRAUSKOPF CAME IN, BECAUSE WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST IS THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE FACING BUDGET. I THINK SOME BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COMING UP. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S IN THE CRA AND NOT ANY MONEY, HARDLY. THAT'S IN THE GENERAL FUND. AND WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT WE TAKE A LOOK, WHETHER THAT WHETHER WE BRING SOMEBODY IN TO HELP US WITH IT, BUT WE TAKE A LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REDIRECT SERVICES TO THE CRA, THAT THEY COULD BE FUNDED BY CRA MONEY INSTEAD OF DIRECTING THAT, HAVING THAT MONEY COME OUT OF CITY POCKETS, FOR EXAMPLE. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IF WE HAD A PARK THAT WAS IN THE CRA AND THAT PARK WAS SUPPORTED FOR THE CRA, NOW OTHER RESIDENTS CAN USE THAT PARK, RIGHT? BUT THAT WOULD I WOULD THINK. AND THAT'S WHY I SAY WE MAY NEED TO BRING SOMEBODY IN WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL TO FUND THAT OUT OF CRA. AND WE HEAR THESE BIG PROJECTS AND THOSE BIG PROJECTS, THE TAXES THEY'RE PAYING, WELL, LET'S GET SOME OF THEIR MONEY IN HELPING OUT CITY RESIDENTS. SO SO THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I THINK THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, A FUND IN FUND ACCOUNTING, YOU CAN HAVE PERSONNEL AND THAT PERSONNEL CAN BE FUNDED OUT OF THAT FUND. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK LOOKING AT WHO'S DOING WHAT AND HOW MUCH OF THAT MAY BE AS CONCENTRATED FOR, FOR CRA INSTEAD OF JUST THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WE MAY BE DOING AN ALLOCATION, WE MAY NEED TO DO ACTUAL PEOPLE. BUT JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE JEFF WAS HERE, MAYBE HE'D BE WILLING TO HE'S AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, HE WAS ALWAYS KIND OF OUR GO TO GUY ON BUDGET AND FOR YEARS. BUT I, I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT AS A WAY TO POTENTIALLY. AND I'LL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD QUALIFY OR NOT, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ONE OTHER EXAMPLE. THE FIRE STATION THAT'S OVER ON THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OVER ON MLK, RIGHT. THAT STATION HAS TO HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF EQUIPMENT. IT HAS TO BE IN A CERTAIN LOCATION BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT COLLIER ONCE TOLD ME CALLED FLAG OR SOMETHING. SO CONFLAGRATION MEANS THAT THE DOWNTOWN WILL BURN INSTANTANEOUSLY. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS THAT ANYTHING THAT'S MUCH FURTHER OUT THAN THAT, YOU WON'T. THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS VULNERABLE TO THAT TYPE OF THING BECAUSE OF HOW THEY'RE BUILT, HOW IT'S CONSTRUCTED, WHAT'S THERE. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S A CRA ACTIVITY, YOU KNOW, SO IF WE HAVE TO HAVE EQUIPMENT AND ITEMS THERE BECAUSE OF THIS, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO MOVE THE FUNDING WITH IT ANYWAY. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME SUGGESTIONS I WANTED TO, TO MAKE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, SINCE BOB WAS HERE, HIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT THEY DO IS GREAT AND THERE'S A SERIOUS SUICIDE PROBLEM GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. WE MAY NEED TO DO SOMETHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS, MARK SHERRY WHITE. WELCOME, SHERRY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS SPEAKING FROM THE SIGN COMPANY. BEING A FORMER PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF PORT SAINT LUCIE, WE I WAS ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT WENT [01:05:03] THROUGH THE WHOLE SIGN CODE, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN IN LOOKING AT THAT CODE. SO IF THAT HELPS ANY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I HAVE NO [APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR ] FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR FROM COMMISSIONER RICH. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLERK. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS MOTION? SEEING NONE. MARY. ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES, COMMISSIONER. RICH. YES. COMMISSIONER. YES. MAYOR [COMMISSION ACTION ] REED. YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO COMMISSION ACTION, AGENDA ITEM EIGHT. IF YOU COULD READ THAT FOR US. RESOLUTION NUMBER 41-2026, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR TEACHING THE PHOENIX CURRICULUM AT SPECTRUM ACADEMY, JD PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ANY OTHER MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL WITHIN THE CITY REQUESTING THE CURRICULUM AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND THE CITY OF STUART FOR THE STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT YOUTH CRIME PREVENTION INTERVENTION PROGRAM, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. CHIEF, YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS ON IT. YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. THIS WAS PLACED ON THE COMMISSION FOR COMMISSION ACTION. IT WAS PROBABLY BETTER SUITED FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS A ILA THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS PRIOR TO THIS RENEWAL. AND THE PHOENIX CURRICULUM IS A CURRICULUM THAT OUR CRIME PREVENTION INTERVENTION SPECIALIST, OUR YOUTH. SHE'S A YOUTH COUNCILOR, KATHLEEN LANNON, WHO'S BEEN WITH THE CITY OF STUART FOR 26 YEARS. SHE TEACHES THIS PROGRAM. SHE'S CERTIFIED TO TEACH IT AND HAS BEEN COOPERATIVELY TEACHING IT AT AT THE SCHOOL, AT JD PARKER AND AT SPECTRUM THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR. PRIOR TO THAT, SHE WAS TEACHING IT AT THE E STUART YOUTH INITIATIVE, THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. BUT THAT WAS LATER ROLLED INTO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. HOWEVER, WE'RE. THE SCHOOL BOARD AND KATHLEEN ARE JUST LOOKING TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW HER TO TEACH THIS AND OTHER SCHOOLS TO FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS AND UP AS A DETERRENT TO GANG AND DRUG ACTIVITY IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A VERY PAST PROVEN, EFFECTIVE PROGRAM. SHE TEACHES IT ONE HOUR ONCE A WEEK FOR SIX WEEKS. AND WHEN THE SCHOOLS AND SHE CAN DO DIFFERENT GRADES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, SHE TAUGHT IT TO ABOUT 170, APPROXIMATELY 170 CHILDREN, AND IS CONTINUING TO EXPAND TO OTHER SCHOOLS OR LOOKING TO EXPAND. SO THIS WOULD JUST ALLOW US TO CLEAN UP SOME LANGUAGE IN THE PRIOR ILA AND ALLOW HER TO TEACH. IF OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY THE ONES IN THE CITY, WOULD LIKE HER TO COME TEACH THAT TO, TO THE YOUTH FOR A, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BETTER EDUCATE THEM ON THESE AREAS. QUESTION CHIEF WITH THIS ILA THIS IS JUST A US AUTHORIZING US. STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION, I GUESS. YES, MAYOR. AND IF THEY WERE IF THE SCHOOLS REQUEST THROUGH MR. MAIN, THROUGH THE THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE KATHLEEN TO KATHLEEN TO COME TEACH THIS CURRICULUM, SHE'LL EXPAND IT TO OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT SHE IS CURRENTLY TEACHING IT AT JD PARKER AND SPECTRUM. OKAY. DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PAY FOR THE CURRICULUM OR IS IT POLICE DEPARTMENT OR IS IT COLLABORATION? YES. SO THERE'S NO MONEY THAT EXCHANGES HANDS. IT'S A VERY YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHE LEARNED AND HAS THE CURRICULUM. THERE ISN'T MUCH COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT OTHER THAN PROVIDING HER AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT TO BE ABLE TO TEACH IT FOR THE ONE HOUR INCREMENTS OVER THE SIX WEEK PERIOD OF TIME. OKAY, COMMISSIONER GIOVI, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION 41, 2026, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR TEACHING THE PHOENIX CURRICULUM AT SPECTRUM ACADEMY. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 41, 2026 BY COMMISSIONER JOB AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLERK. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS MOTION? SEEING NONE. MARY. ROLL CALL. MAYOR REED. YES. COMMISSIONER. CLARK. YES. COMMISSIONER. YES. COMMISSIONER. JOB. YES. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO LEE, [9. (CONTINUED TO A DATE CERTAIN OF JUNE 22, 2026 CCM) 1560 BOONE LLC., MAJOR AMENDMENT TO WINDEMERE POINT CPUD (QUASI-JUDICIAL) (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2546-2025; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, APPROVING A MAJOR AMENDMENT TO PHASE 3B OF THE “WINDEMERE POINT” COMMERCIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER SITE PLAN TO AUTHORIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 1,995 SQUARE FOOT POPEYE'S RESTAURANT WITH DUAL DRIVE-THROUGH LANES LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF N.W. WINDEMERE DRIVE AND NW FEDERAL HIGHWAY; PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ] DO I HAVE TO READ THE SECOND READING IF IT HAS A DATE? CERTAIN? NO. SO WE WE WE PUT IT IN PLACE JUST FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES. SO WE DON'T INCUR MORE ADVERTISING COSTS. SINCE [01:10:06] IT WAS CONTINUED TO A DATE CERTAIN AND ANNOUNCED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THIS ITEM CAME UP AND IT WAS DATE TO A DATE CERTAIN, THE NEXT AGENDA, THE NEXT REGULAR COMMISSION, WE [10. BACKYARD CHICKENS IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS (RC): ORDINANCE No. 2552-2026; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER II – ZONING DISTRICTS USES ALLOWED, DENSITY, INTENSITY, SECTION 2.06.00. – SUPPLEMENTAL USE STANDARDS TO ADD A NEW SECTION 2.06.24. BACKYARD CHICKENS IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND TO AMEND THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 8 – ANIMALS, ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL, SECTION 8.2. – LIVESTOCK PROHIBITED IN THE STUART’S CODE OF ORDINANCES, BY REMOVING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATED TO ALLOW BACKYARD CHICKENS IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.] DON'T HAVE TO READ IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE FIRST READING REGARDING BACKYARD CHICKENS AND RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. LEE, IF YOU COULD READ THAT. SURE. ORDINANCE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2552 DASH 2026. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. CHAPTER TWO. ZONING DISTRICTS USES ALLOWED DENSITY, INTENSITY. SECTION 2.06.00 SUPPLEMENTAL USE STANDARDS TO ADD A NEW. SECTION 2.06.2 FOR BACKYARD CHICKENS IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, AND TO AMEND THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES. CHAPTER EIGHT DASH ANIMALS ARTICLE ONE IN GENERAL, SECTION 8.2. LIVESTOCK ARE PROHIBITED IN THE STUART IN IN THE STUART'S CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REMOVING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING RELATED TO ALLOW BACKYARD CHICKENS IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS AND CONFLICT. PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANKS, LEE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JODI KUGLER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026, THE CITY COMMISSION DIRECTED STAFF TO PREPARE THE NECESSARY ORDINANCE TO ALLOW BACKYARD CHICKENS WITHIN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. THE CITY COMMISSION RECOGNIZES A GROWING TREND TOWARD SUSTAINABLE LIVING PRACTICES, INCLUDING THE DESIRE TO INCORPORATE FRESHER, LOCAL, LOCALLY SOURCED PROJECT PRODUCTS INTO DAILY DIETS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS AN INCREASING INTEREST IN PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN A SMALL SCALE BACKYARD FOOD PRODUCTION, ALLOWING A LIMITED NUMBER OF CHICKENS ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES SUPPORTS THESE OBJECTIVES BY ENABLING PROPERTY OWNERS TO PRODUCE EGGS FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD PERMIT THE KEEPING OF UP TO FOUR CHICKENS AS AN ACCESSORY USE ON AN OCCUPIED, DETACHED, SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX PROPERTIES WITHIN THE R1, A R1, R2 URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE EAST STEWART NEIGHBORHOOD. THE USE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN THE ATTACHED DRAFT ORDINANCE. THIS ITEM WAS HEARD AT THE CRB ON MARCH ON MAY 5TH, 2025. THE. THE CRB HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT RECOMMENDATIONS. CONSIDER A HEDGE. IN LIEU OF A FENCE, INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF A CHICKEN COOP TO SEVEN FEET AND CONSIDER A FIVE FOOT FENCE IN LIEU OF A SIX FOOT FENCE. THIS ITEM WAS ALSO TAKEN TO THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY ON MAY 14TH, 2025, WHERE THE LPA HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THE CITY COMMISSION, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THE CITY COMMISSION CONSIDERED AN ANNUAL FEE IN LIEU OF A PERMIT OF $65, AND ADDITIONALLY, THE LPA RECOMMENDED A YEARLY LICENSE RENEWAL FEE OF $10. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JOB. YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ORDINANCE 2552 2026 TO THE SECOND READING. SECONDED. FOR DISCUSSION. WAS IT SECONDED BY. OKAY, SO WE HAVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2552 2026. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER JOB TO MOVE IT TO SECOND READING AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLERK. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS MOTION? YES, I HAVE A COMMENT. SAMANTHA SMITH WELCOME, SAMANTHA. THANK YOU. WELCOME. I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE LETTER IN YOUR EMAIL. I AM ONE OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT'S REACHED OUT TO YOU. I'M SURE THERE WERE PROBABLY A FEW MORE. YES, I TOOK SOME PERSONAL TIME TODAY TO BE HERE. I UNFORTUNATELY, THE TIMING IS A LITTLE TOUGH, SO YOU DON'T. YOU MIGHT NOT SEE TOO MANY MORE SUPPORTERS IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS WAS A CONCERTED AND ORGANIZED GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO GET SOMETHING PUT IN FRONT OF YOU THAT BALANCES BOTH PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS. IT ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH THEIR FOOD, TO HAVE A SENSE OF SUSTENANCE AND ALSO ACHIEVEMENT, AND RAISING THESE ANIMALS. AND THE CONCERNS THAT MOST FOLKS HAVE ARE NOT MUCH [01:15:02] DIFFERENT THAN CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE WITH MANAGING YOUR OWN PETS OR CAGE, YOU KNOW, KEPT PETS. I DO THINK THAT THE CITY OF STUART HAS WONDERFUL CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS, AND I DO HAVE FULL FAITH IN FOLKS TO RESPONSIBLY MANAGE THEIR HOUSEHOLDS, AS WELL AS THE THINGS THAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO IN THEIR BACKYARDS. AND THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THERE IS GOOD BALANCE. WE HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME. WE'RE ASKING FOR A REGISTRATION FEE OF $65 AND THEN AN ANNUAL RENEWAL FEE OF TEN. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COST CUTTING, THIS IS ACTUALLY A WAY TO GENERATE REVENUE. IN SOME CASES, IF THERE ARE 8060 RESIDENCES IN THE CITY OF STUART THAT QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM, WITH AN INITIAL REGISTRATION FEE OF $65, THAT IS 5000 OR $523,900 AT INITIAL REGISTRATION, WITH AN ANNUAL ROLLOVER OF $10,000 A HOUSEHOLD, THAT'S ANOTHER 80,000. EVEN IF YOU CUT THAT IN HALF, THOSE ARE STILL ATTRACTIVE NUMBERS. THAT'S A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 40KA YEAR. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS BALANCED. IT ADDRESSES EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS. IT PROVIDES FOR RECOURSE, IT PROVIDES FOR RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT. AND I WOULD JUST APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER ALL INFORMATION WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION. IF THIS DOES MAKE IT TO SECOND READING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SAMANTHA. SO THAT WAS ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR STAFF? COMMISSIONER RICH? YEAH, IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO GO OFF THE RAILS HERE WITH THE LANGUAGE SO ATTACHED AT THE VERY END OF THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS ON PAGE ONE. 87 WAS A UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ARTICLE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES OF BACKYARD CHICKENS LOCALLY. IF YOU GO TO THE LAST THREE PAGES OF THAT, 2 OR 3 PAGES, THERE'S LOTS OF LINKS. AND I STARTED GOING CLICKING ON THOSE LINKS AND READING THOSE ARTICLES. AND I CAME UPON ONE THAT AT THE END, NEAR THE END RATHER, AND IT'S TITLED RAISING BACKYARD CHICKENS FOR EGGS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IFAS EXTENSION. AND IT TALKS ABOUT IT SAYS, GIVE A HOOT, DON'T POLLUTE, DO NOT STORE WASTE OR COMPOST IN PROXIMITY TO WATER BODIES AND CONSIDER THE EFFECT OF RUNOFF FROM YOUR COOP. CHICKEN MANURE IS RICH IN NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS, NUTRIENTS THAT CAN LEAD TO EXCESSIVE PLANT AND ALGAE GROWTH IN WATER. AS MICROBES DECOMPOSE THE INCREASED ORGANIC MATTER, THEY CAN DEPLETE THE AVAILABLE OXYGEN IN THE WATER, LEADING TO FISH KILLS. FLORIDA HAS MANY WATER BODIES CONSIDERED IMPAIRED DUE TO EXCESSIVE NUTRIENTS. RUNOFF CONTAINING WASTE FROM YOUR CHICKENS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO POLLUTION. IT SAYS. IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS CITED IN THE VERY FIRST ITEM IN THE ORDINANCE POLICY. 5.82.5 NO ACTIVITY SHALL BE PERMITTED, WHICH WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE QUANTITY OR QUALITY OF RECHARGE ENTERING THE CITY'S AQUIFERS OR WITHIN THE CITY'S WATERSHED BASINS. WE SIMPLY CANNOT DO THIS ACCORDING TO THE COMP PLAN, THERE IS NO SURVEY OF WATER BODIES, AND THERE'S IN THIS ORDINANCE, THERE'S NO SURVEY OF HOMES THAT MAY POTENTIALLY BE TOO CLOSE TO THOSE WATER BODIES AND SHOULD BE EXCLUDED. IF YOU LOOK AT FRAZIER CREEK AND POPPLETON CREEK, THERE ARE HOMES ALL ALONG THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY RECEIVE A SUBSTANTIAL GRANT AND SPEND, SPEND QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TO CLEAN UP POPPLETON CREEK. IF WE HAVE COUPES POLLUTING IT RIGHT ABOVE IT. WHAT'S THE POINT? THIS ORDINANCE IS PREMATURE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME UNLESS WE PAY MUCH CLOSER ATTENTION TO OUR RESPONSIBILITY UNDER NOT POLLUTING OUR OWN WATERS. FOR THE MUNICIPALITY. THAT IS THE ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY DEDICATED SOLELY TO HOLDING ALL OTHERS TO. RUNOFF REQUIREMENTS. WE SHOULD HOLD OURSELVES TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS. AND THIS IS JUST I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE'VE OVERLOOKED THIS OBLIGATION UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. FOR CLARIFICATION FOR STAFF. IS STAFF COMFORTABLE ADDRESSING COMMISSIONER RICH'S COMMENTS, OR WOULD THAT BE ADDRESSED AT THE SECOND READING? MAYOR REED, [01:20:06] IF STAFF CAN ADDRESS THIS AT THE SECOND READING, THERE IS WAYS TO MANAGE THE WASTE. SO THERE IS THINGS THAT YOU CAN BUY ON AMAZON THAT DOES HAVE A WASTE CONTRACT THAT ARE MADE FOR CHICKENS. SO THERE IS WAYS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT IT TO WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO, TO MANAGE THAT WASTE. ALSO, THEY CAN COMPOST IT AS WELL, WHICH IS MOST PEOPLE DO COMPOST A LOT OF THE CHICKEN WASTE AND USE IT FOR THEIR PLANTS. IT IS A VERY GOOD NUTRIENTS FOR THE PLANTS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THAT. AND THOSE ARE THE PART OF THE PROCESS THAT IF THIS WAS TO GO FORWARD, THAT THE CITY STAFF WOULD EDUCATE ANYBODY WHO COMES IN FOR PERMITTING, SHOW THEM WHAT THEY CAN DO AS FAR AS KEEPING THE WASTE WITHIN THEIR THE RUNOFFS WITHIN THEIR CONFINED AREA. WE CAN CERTAINLY DRAFT SOME SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE AS WELL. SO THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES IF YOU'RE CLOSE TO AN INLET OR NEXT TO A STORM DRAINAGE, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM SOME INFORMATION OR SOME THINGS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO OBTAIN. AND, AND ALSO FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES, THIS, THIS ORDINANCE PASSED BACK IN 2017. IS THIS THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FROM THAT ORDINANCE AS WELL? AND IT HASN'T BEEN AMENDED. MAYOR READ THAT THAT ORDINANCE WAS NOT PART THIS WAS DRAFTED THROUGH STRICTLY THROUGH THE ATTORNEY BAGUETTE. AND THIS. WE DID NOT GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT WHEN YOU'RE WRITING THESE CHICKEN ORDINANCES OF WHAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CAPTURED IN THERE. AGAIN, I'M NOT I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH WRITING CHICKEN ORDINANCES. I'M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT I DID WORK FOR SAINT LUCIE COUNTY AT THE TIME, AND WE DID ADOPT A CHICKEN, BACKYARD CHICKEN, AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE OBTAINING PERMITS, AND THEIR STAFF IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN OURS. BUT IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL BE KNOWLEDGEABLE. AND ALSO OUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WOULD BE ANYTHING THAT'S PROACTIVE OR REACTIVE. AWESOME. THANK YOU. JODY. COMMISSIONER CLARK, YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON. OH, YOU HAD HER FIRST. YEAH. OKAY. GOOD. THANKS. YEP. SO I GREW UP WITH CHICKENS, SO I KNOW THEM, BUT I WAS IN A RURAL AREA AND I, I LOVE CHICKENS AND I AGREE WITH THEM, BUT MY MAIN CONCERNS WERE, OF COURSE, THE ANY TYPE OF POLLUTION OR ANY LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM A HOMEOWNER. SO I DID TALK TO OUR. ENVIRONMENTAL HOMES OR WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR HOMES ARE ARE ATTORNEY. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY TYPE OF LANGUAGE WITH REGARD TO DISTANCE FROM WATERWAYS. I KNOW WHEN WE HAD THE URBAN FLOOR, URBAN GROUND FLOOR FARMS, WHICH WAS A URBAN DISTRICT OF AGRICULTURE OR WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL USE IS. YEAH. AND IT WAS RIGHT BY FRAZIER CREEK, RIGHT. OR BRUNO POND AND FRAZIER CREEK, ALL THE SAME DIFFERENCE. ONE FLOWS INTO THE OTHER, BUT THEY. SO THEY WERE RIGHT THERE. BUT THEY HAD VERY STRICT GUIDELINES HOW THEY WERE GOING TO CONTROL ANY TYPE OF WASTE THAT CAME DOWN OR IF IT EVEN CAME TO THE ACTUAL EARTH, IT WAS A WAY TO COLLECT IT BEFORE IT. IT GOT TO THE EARTH SO THAT NOTHING SEEPED INTO THE EARTH AND GOT WASHED AWAY DURING RAINS AND SO ON. SO THERE WAS GUIDELINES FOR THAT. AND THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT IT WAS THERE BESIDE A WATER BODY OR A COUPLE OF WATER BODIES THAT CONVERGE INTO EACH OTHER. BUT WHEN WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO WE'RE NOT WATCHING, AND THAT WAS A VERY SPECIAL LAND USE. AND THAT WAS A VERY SPECIAL PROJECT AND BUSINESS THAT THEY HAD IN THAT LOCATION. AND SO THEY WERE WATCHED CAREFULLY. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THAT THE FEE THAT THE 50 OR $60 FEE AND THE $10, ANY WHATEVER THE NUMBER OF THE FEE IS AND DOING IT EVERY YEAR, BUT WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CONTROL IT. AND I HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CAME TO THE LAST MEETING, BUT WE DIDN'T DISCUSS IT. I DON'T SEE THEM HERE TODAY, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN STUART WHO HAVE CHICKENS NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ALLOWED. BUT I WANTED OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER TO SEE IF ANYBODY IN THE TREASURE COAST, WHICH ARE MUNICIPALITIES, NOT RURAL AREAS OR IN WITHIN THE COUNTY, BUT ANYTHING THAT'S WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY AND ESPECIALLY A MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS CREEK RIVERS OR ANY TYPE OF WATER BODIES. THERE, IF THERE WERE ANY DESCRIPTIONS, AND I'M GLAD [01:25:02] THAT COMMISSIONER RICH BROUGHT UP THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GUIDELINES, BUT IT'S IT'S A NO BRAINER THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAREFUL AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE BURDENSOME ON US, AND IF WE'RE NOT SETTING THE RIGHT EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE NOT GETTING THE THE BAR HIGH ENOUGH, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT BY ANOTHER READING THAT THERE IS ENOUGH OUTREACH AND INFORMATION FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY THAT GIVES US SOME CLEAR GUIDELINES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IF WE DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BE THE EXAMPLE THAT A LOT OF PROBABLY OTHER SMALL CITIES ALONG THE COAST LOOK AT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT HAS IT. I, I COULDN'T FIND ANYBODY. I FOUND OKEECHOBEE AND SAINT LUCIE, THEY'RE ALL COUNTIES. I DIDN'T FIND ANY OF OUR CITIES ALONG THE, THE EAST COAST THAT HAD CHICKENS, BUT MAYBE I DIDN'T LOOK HARD ENOUGH. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY. AND IF WE NEED TO ADD THOSE GUIDELINES AND DISTANCES AND DETAILS AS TO DISPOSAL AND ADDITIONAL FINES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THERE. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS FOR RIGHT NOW, COMMISSIONER? WEIGHT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSIDY MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO THE FIRST READING TO AUGUST 18TH AND SECOND READING IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. I'M NOT GOING TO BE AUGUST 18TH. ARE WE GOING TO MEET ON AUGUST 18TH? WE WOULD HAVE A FULL. OH, YOU MADE THE MOTION. IS IT A MOTION OR IS IT THE 17TH? OH NO, WHAT? FOR THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST. YEAH. IT'S MAKE IT THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST. BUT WHY ARE WE RUSHING THOUGH. WHY? WHY DON'T WE JUST WAIT UNTIL. IF WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE HERE, THEY CAN ALWAYS. AUGUST 13TH. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE DATE. AUGUST 18TH IS ELECTION DAY. IT'S A TUESDAY. OKAY. IT'S AN ELECTION DAY. I'M SORRY. THEN WHAT IS THE 17TH? SO IT WOULD BE THE SECOND WEEK MEETING IN AUGUST, I GUESS WOULD BE THE FIRST MEETING AFTER ELECTION. YES. IT'LL BE THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST. COMMISSIONER RICH, YOU HAD COMMENTS. YEAH. I STILL THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AMEND THE COMP PLAN, WHICH IS NOT A BIG DEAL, FOLKS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO AMEND THE COMP PLAN. WE STILL HAVEN'T AMENDED THE COMP PLAN SINCE TOND ZIP, AND WE CHANGED THOSE ORDINANCES, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO EXPIRE BECAUSE WE'VE WAITED SO LONG. SO, SO TO INCLUDE THIS. I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER JOB MAKING THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE I'M I'M VERY DISCOURAGED THAT THE STAFF MADE NO RECOGNITION OF THE OBLIGATION OF THIS CITY TO PROTECT ITS WATER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT HAPPENED. SO TO ME, YOU SHOULD HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH, YOU KNOW, GETTING A SURVEY. YOU KNOW, IT MAY TURN OUT LIKE THE POND THAT'S OVER ON OVER BY THE AUDUBON PARK THERE THAT'S SURROUNDED BY HOMES. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT, YOU KNOW, TEN CHICKEN COOPS MAY CREATE TOO MUCH OF A LOAD. WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY OF THAT ASSESSMENT. WE'VE SHOWN. NO, I, I JUST I'M, I'M VERY UPSET THAT WE IGNORED OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ADHERE TO ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT COMP PLAN POLICIES. SO I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO START ALL OVER AGAIN, DO MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS. THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE ABOUT RATS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THERE'S RAT PROBLEMS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THERE'S NOTHING TALKING. AND THESE DO ATTRACT RATS. AND WE NEED A WHOLE DIFFERENT TYPE OF FENCING. YOU NEED A WHOLE DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMPOST PROTECTION. YOU NEED A WHOLE DIFFERENT TYPE OF BAGGING OF THE WASTE. IT'S NOT TO SAY IT CAN'T BE DONE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT. AND THERE'S THERE IS NO HURRY AT ALL HERE. THAT'S THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RICH. MY COMMENTS ARE I. I HAVE FULL FAITH IN THE HOMEOWNERS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY. I DON'T SITTING UP HERE, I MY JOB IS NOT TO POLICE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS THAT CAN FOLLOW COMMON SENSE RULES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S TAUGHT FROM YOUR PARENTS. JODI, ARE YOU ABLE TO SHOW US ON THE GIS MAP WHERE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO EVEN HAVE CHICKENS BASED OFF OF HOW THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN NOW, BECAUSE I, I BELIEVE IT'S NOT UP FOR YOU. YEAH. NO WORRIES. AND AS FAR AS THE COMP PLAN, WAS THAT [01:30:03] LANGUAGE IN THERE THE FIRST TIME THE ORDINANCE PASSED FOR A WEEK IN THE CITY BACK IN 2017. AND I, I KNOW IT'S A LOT. MAYOR READ. I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU TODAY, BUT I CAN I CAN GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. OKAY. MY OTHER COMMENTS WOULD BE AS FAR AS IN THE THE ORDINANCE, I THINK THE COOP HEIGHT SHOULD BE HIGHER THAN SIX FOOT. SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE TALLER THAN SIX, I'M SIX FOOT MYSELF. SO YOU'RE GOING TO DUCK GOING INTO A CHICKEN COOP. I THINK IT SHOULD BE SEVEN FOOT IN MY OPINION. AND THERE'S PEOPLE EVEN TALLER THAN MYSELF THAT MIGHT WANT CHICKENS. AS FAR AS PROPERTY VALUE, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE NEGATED. YOU CAN LOOK AT KEY WEST AND THE KEYS. I DON'T THINK IT AFFECTS THEIR PROPERTY VALUES ONE BIT. I CAN'T AFFORD A HOUSE DOWN THERE, BUT I CAN AFFORD ONE IN THE CITY OF STUART. AS FAR AS A RODENT ISSUE, WOULD THIS POTENTIALLY ATTRIBUTE TO MORE? I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S RATS IN DOWNTOWN STUART CURRENTLY AND THERE'S NO CHICKENS. CHICKENS. YOU YOU SEE YOU SEE SOME HOMEOWNERS AND MULTIFAMILY. THEY HAVE DOGS. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY WALK THEIR DOGS. SO I THINK FOR HOMEOWNERS, THEY HAVE A BACKYARD. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE IT HOW THEY FEEL NECESSARY. AND HOPEFULLY STAFF CAN ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE AS BOARD MEMBERS. AS FAR AS RUSHING SOMETHING I'VE I'VE SEEN THINGS DONE MUCH FASTER IN THE CITY, EVEN PRIOR TO MYSELF GETTING HERE. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING FROM THIS ORDINANCE IS BEING RUSHED. IT WAS VOTED ON AND APPROVED BACK IN 2017 AND RESCINDED AFTER A WEEK. THERE'S STILL PROPERTY OWNERS THAT PROBABLY STILL CURRENTLY HAVE CHICKENS IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, AND THEY MIGHT BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T GET CALLS ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT STAFF IF THEY CAN ATTEST TO THAT FOR HOMEOWNERS, UNLESS YOUR NEIGHBORS CALLING ON YOU. BUT THIS IS PROPERTY RIGHTS AND I THINK THE CITY DESERVES IT. SO IF YOU SEE THE THE GOLD COLORS, THAT IS YOUR ARE ONE, YOUR ARE, ARE ONE, A IS YOUR YELLOW PROPERTIES, YOUR. AND DID YOU FILTER OUT THE GIS FOR WHERE YOU'RE ALLOWED, WHERE BASED OFF OF HOW THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN NOW WHERE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE. JODY. I WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE IF I COULD DO THAT AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, JUST TO SHOW THOSE LOCATIONS OF WHERE THOSE THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE. SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS TOO, WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK, YOU COULD EVEN LOOK AT A PILOT PROGRAM. I KNOW A LOT OF PLACES STARTED OUT WITH PILOT PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU MAY WANT TO, IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TEST BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH A TYPE OF THIS TYPE OF ORDINANCE, YOU CAN ALSO DO A PILOT PROGRAM FOR A YEAR. A LOT OF PLACES HAVE DONE THAT IN THE BEGINNING, SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING I CAN BRING BACK BOTH OPTIONS JUST SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU SAY LIKE THE PILOT PROGRAM, JODY, IT WOULD BE AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD SUNSHINE OUT AFTER A YEAR OR IT WOULD BE RENEWED, IT WOULD BE SUNSHINE OUT AND YOU CAN BE, IT COULD BE A YEAR OR TWO YEARS, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO. THEN WE CAN COLLECT THE DATA THAT COMMISSIONER RICH IS REFERRING TO. BUT THERE IS OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE COULD DO, BUT I CAN BRING BACK BOTH. SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE AS WELL. OKAY. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD WOULD BE INCLINED BE. YEAH. WANTING TO HEAR AND MY STATEMENT TO THE BOARD WOULD BE, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT WE DO UP HERE. WE SET POLICY. SO THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE RESOLVED IN FIRST READING. SECOND READING, YOU CAN ASK FOR A THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH READING. SO NOTHING IS QUOTE UNQUOTE RUSHED. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU HAVE? I WOULD ASK THEM NOW FOR STAFF. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES BACK AT SECOND READING, I KNOW THERE IS A MOTION AND COMMISSIONER JOB, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY AMENDING YOUR MOTION TO A DATE. CERTAIN. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO GO FROM FIRST READING TO SECOND READING AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THESE CONCERNS ADDRESSED THAT THE BOARD HAS CURRENTLY BROUGHT UP FOR STAFF. AND IF THEY GET ADDRESSED, THEN WE DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO. IF THERE'S MORE NEW CONCERNS THAT ARE BROUGHT UP AT SECOND READING, YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK FOR A THIRD READING. SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT RUSHED, AS SOME LIKE TO SAY. COMMISSIONER CLARK, YOU HAVE A COMMENT. WHATEVER WE DIDN'T WE GO TO, WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, MR. KOWALSKI OR SOMEBODY OR CITY MANAGER PUT A LITTLE BLURB SOMEWHERE IN ONE OF OUR NEWSLETTERS SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS BEING CONSIDERED. IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CHICKENS, BUT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME TO GET COMMENTS AND INVITE PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK, JUST TO COME UP JUST TO SAY, EVEN IF IT'S JUST HELLO. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE EARS [01:35:04] OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY, RUTH HOLMES. SO I DID TALK TO HER EARLIER. YEAH. HEY, RUTH. RUTH. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER CLARK AND I DID SPEAK THIS AFTERNOON A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ORDINANCE AND IN WAYS THAT IT COULD BE IMPROVED UPON. AND, YOU KNOW, TO COMMISSIONER RICH'S COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THOSE ARE VALID COMMENTS HE'S MAKING. BUT, YOU KNOW, ALSO, THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS DEVELOPED VERY SOPHISTICATED STORMWATER RULES OVER THE YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, REAL INDUSTRIAL POLLUTERS OR COMMERCIAL POLLUTERS ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP THEIR THEIR STORMWATER ON SITE. AND THERE COULD BE SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD APPLY THOSE TYPES OF PRINCIPLES TO THIS TYPE OF ORDINANCE. BUT I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE, SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE TO CREATE THE WHEEL OURSELVES. OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT MAY HAVE SOUGHT OUT OR HAVE IN-HOUSE EXPERTISE IN RAISING CHICKENS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S TRUE, BUT IT COULD BE TRUE. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD APPLY, BUT WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT IT TO AFFECT THE WATERWAYS OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND THE LANGUAGE THAT WE THE EXISTING LANGUAGE THAT'S MEANT FOR, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP IT FROM BEING A NUISANCE TO YOUR NEIGHBORS. SAME THING COULD BE SAID FOR REQUIRED SETBACKS FOR DITCHES AND WATERWAYS, THINGS DIFFERENT FOR WHAT IF YOU'RE NEXT TO A WATER BODY, RIGHT? THEY SHOULD BE. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THEY SHOULD BE. AND SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF STUART IS ALSO A STAKEHOLDER IN THE BASIN MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN. RIGHT. AND WE DON'T WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO, TO AFFECT OUR OUR VERY GOOD SCORE RIGHT NOW. SO WE AND MAYBE IF WE DO SOME, IF WE DO A BANG UP JOB AND HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD REQUIREMENTS THAT REALLY AREN'T INTENDED TO BURDEN THE HOMEOWNER, BUT THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT WHAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER'S ACTIONS DON'T HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ON THE CITY, ON THE WATERS, ON THE NEIGHBORS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE COULD DO, AND MAYBE WE COULD GET MORE CREDIT IN OUR BASIN MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN GOING FORWARD IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING. JUST A THOUGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RUTH. AND THIS MIGHT BE FOR STAFF AS RIVERS COALITION, HAS IT EVER BEEN PRESENTED AT THEIR BODY BEFORE? THEY MIGHT BE A GOOD RESOURCE TO REACH OUT TO AS WELL, AND MAYBE EVEN FIND OUT IF CHICKEN POOP VERSUS DOG OR CAT POOP IS MORE NUTRIENT RICH, BECAUSE THERE'S HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE DOGS THAT DON'T CLEAN UP THEIR DOG POOP. SO DOES THAT ATTRIBUTE TO THE NUTRIENT RICH RIVER AS WELL? I GUESS IT'S LIKE, WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE ON WHAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY AS FAR AS ANIMALS OR, OR WHATNOT? LIKE I SAID, IT GOES BACK TO COMMON SENSE AND HAVING FULL FAITH IN HOMEOWNERS. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU ALREADY ASKED FOR? PUBLIC COMMENT? SURE. BUT YEP, YOU GOTTA COME TO THE MIC. THE WAY THAT IS BEING PRESENTED SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY AND THEIR GRANDMOTHERS GOING TO HAVE CHICKENS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A POOPY STATE. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE JUST SAYING, OKAY TO SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO FOR PRODUCE THEIR OWN FOOD AND TAKE CARE OF AND LIMITED THE NUMBERS, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FOR CHICKENS CONSUME. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING TOO. I, I SAW A COMMENT IN MY RESEARCH, I KNOW IN THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY AS IT'S WRITTEN, THEY WANTED A NUMBER OF. FOR MAXIMUM I READ WHERE SIX MAXIMUM WAS BETTER, I GUESS, FOR THE CHICKENS. OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. SO THAT'D BE A NICE NUMBER TO HIT THEN TO SOMEHOW HAVE FIVE I THINK IN OKEECHOBEE OR SOMEWHERE THEY HAVE FIVE OR SO. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JOB TO MOVE IT WANTED ONE MORE PERSON WANTS. OH HANG ON. YES MISSY YOU HAVE A COMMENT? SORRY, IT'S A SLOW NIGHT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WORK FOR YOU. I DON'T EITHER, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE. THANK YOU. I AM A GARDENER. I HAVE A VEGETABLE GARDEN. I HAVE TO PAY $25 FOR CHICKEN MANURE THAT YOU DILUTE TO FERTILIZE YOUR PLANTS. I HAVE TOMATOES THIS BIG. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S GOLD. THE MANURE IS GOLD. IT IS [01:40:05] NOT TRASH. IT'S NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE SYSTEM, TRUST ME. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I WAS HERE. WHAT YEAR WAS THE FIRST VOTED ON? 20 17, 17, 2017. IT WAS APPROVED. THE FIRST WAS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S A WIN WIN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER JOB, YOU HAD A COMMENT. YES. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO AMEND MY MOTION. OKAY. BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAD INPUT FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY, MISS HOLMES, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE SECOND READING. BUT AT THE SECOND READING, AS THE MAYOR STATED, WE CAN DO A THIRD AND FOURTH READING, HAVE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE, AND THAT WE CAN THEN MAKE A DECISION THEN. AUGUST SAID, WELL, NO, I'M I'M SAYING I, I'D LIKE TO AMEND IT TO SAY I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT NOW TO THE SECOND READING. OKAY. THAT WAS YOUR ORIGINAL. THAT'S THE ORIGINAL MOTION, BUT I, BUT I WANTED TO SAY, COULD CAN YOU HAVE A THIRD AND FOURTH READING, MR. BAGGOTT? YEAH. WELL, TECHNICALLY IT COULD BE A THIRD AND FOURTH, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE THE SECOND READING. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THE SECOND READING, YOU CAN CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION TO THE NEXT MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE. SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION. YOU WOULD JUST AGREE TO CONTINUE. YEAH, YOU'RE NOT DONE. AND SORT OF LIKE WHAT WE DID ON THE PRIOR MOTION, YOU JUST SAY WE'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, LET'S SAY WE'RE HAVING AN EXHAUSTIVE DISCUSSION. YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF STILL QUESTIONS OUT THERE. THE STAFF CAN'T ANSWER. AND WE'VE GONE FOR 3 OR 4 HOURS. YOU CAN SAY, LET'S JUST CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT AGENDA MEETING. AND THEN IT'S THE SECOND READING. IT'S JUST CONTINUED. SO YOU DON'T CALL IT THIRD, FOURTH, BECAUSE THE STATUTE, THE STATUTE JUST REQUIRES CONTINUOUSLY CALLED THE SECOND READING. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION. SO THE MOTION IS TO MOVE THIS TO SECOND READING. SO IT WOULDN'T NEED AMENDED UNLESS YOU WERE DOING A DATE. CERTAIN. BUT THIS WOULD COME WITH THE THE NEXT CITY MEETING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OR WOULD IT BE NEXT CITY MEETING, SECOND READING? NO. WHAT, YOU'RE WANTING TO HAVE SECOND READING? I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AUGUST IS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO MAKE A SUB MENU SINCE WE HADN'T VOTED, BUT I THINK THAT WITH ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS INPUT AND WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY, I THINK FOR THE SECOND READING, WE CERTAINLY COULD HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT COMMISSIONER RICH, COMMISSIONER, CLERK, AND THE MAYOR AND MYSELF WOULD LIKE. SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS ON TO THE SECOND READING, WHICH WOULD BE THE THE NEXT END OF THIS MONTH. YES. I MEAN, THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S THAT THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I INTERPRET THE MOTION TO MOVE IT TO SECOND READING. AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF OUR CONCERNS CAN GET ANSWERED. SO WAS THAT YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION, COMMISSIONER? YES, IT WAS. OKAY. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO AMEND IT IN THE SENSE OF SAYING WE'D NEED ALL THAT INFORMATION AT THE SECOND READING, BUT I'M SURE THAT THE STAFF WILL HAVE THAT. OKAY. YEAH. SO TO RESTATE THE MOTION, SURE. IT'S ORDINANCE NUMBER 2552, 2026. THERE WAS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JOB TO MOVE IT TO SECOND READING, AND IT WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CLERK. SO HOPEFULLY ALL OF OUR CONCERNS WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THE SECOND READING. AND LIKE I STATED, IF THERE'S ANY MORE CONCERNS, WE CAN ALWAYS MOVE IT TO ANOTHER READING AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET EVERYTHING ADDRESSED. BUT THAT'S THE CURRENT MOTION. BUT SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MARY. ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER. JOB. YES. ONE SECOND. OH, SORRY. WAS IT SECONDED? IT WAS. YES. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, COMMISSIONER. CLERK. SECONDED. SO. COMMISSIONER GEOBEE. YES. COMMISSIONER. CLERK. YES. COMMISSIONER. RICH. NO. MAYOR. READ. ABSOLUTELY. YES. MOTION PASSES WITH COMMISSIONER RICH. DESCENDING SENTENCE. DESCEND OFF OF THE. NO. SEEING. NO. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DELIBERATION FROM THIS BOARD? * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.