Jun 22, 2026 Community Redevelopment Agency

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

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GIRL. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? MOVE. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA IS PUBLISHED. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA BY BOARD MEMBER. CLERK. SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER. JOB. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS MOTION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. THE

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

[1. AWARD OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM FOR FY 2026 (RC): RESOLUTION No. 03-2026 CRA; A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AWARD TO APPLICANTS FROM THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

LEE. RESOLUTION NUMBER 03-2026. CRAA RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AWARD TO APPLICANTS FROM THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. IS THERE A PRESENTATION JORDAN FOLLOWED? YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. CRA CRA BOARD MEMBERS JORDAN PINKSTON, CRA PROGRAM MANAGER. FOR THE RECORD, THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM IS AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE VISIBLE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND ENCOURAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT WITHIN THE CRA. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENT GRANT OF UP TO $10,000 IN PUBLIC FUNDS PER PROPERTY, TO MATCH PRIVATE FUNDS TO PAY FOR DESIGN AND COMPLETION OF PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS. FUNDS ARE APPROPRIATED ANNUALLY BY THE CRA, AND THE PROJECTS ARE EVALUATED BASED ON SOME CRITERIA, INCLUDING OVERALL VISUAL IMPACT OF THE PROPERTY. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS PART OF A LARGER EXTERIOR OR INTERIOR IMPROVEMENT. THE PROJECT RELATES TO URBAN AND STREET AND PROVIDES PEDESTRIAN WALKABILITY IN A LOCATION WITH HIGH TRAFFIC OR HIGH VISIBILITY. PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO GRANT REQUEST RATIO AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT HELP PRESERVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT WAS LAUNCHED IN 2009 TO ENCOURAGE VISIBLE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE CRA. THE GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDED A MATCHING GRANT OF ONLY UP TO 4000 PER PROPERTY AT THAT TIME.

SINCE THEN, THE PROGRAM WAS REVISED IN 2016 2017 AND RENAMED THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT REIMBURSEMENT GRANT PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS BURP, WHICH OFFERS BUSINESS OWNERS MATCHING GRANTS OF UP TO $10,000 FOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS. AND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS HAVE CHANGED. AIM AND AIM TO ASSIST PROPERTY OWNERS TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND IMPROVE OVERALL PROPERTY APPEARANCES. THE PROGRAM HAS OFFERED FINANCIAL RELIEF TO LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING CURB STOPS, RESURFACING SIGNAGE, PAINT WINDOWS, FENCES, BENCHES, ROOFS, LANDSCAPING AND MORE. TO DATE, THE PROGRAM HAS AWARDED 61 BUSINESSES AND THE CRA'S INVESTMENT OF 444,000 LEVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT, GENERATING

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INSTALLATION OF NEW ASPHALT, RESTRIPING OF PARKING SPACES AND THE REPLACEMENT OF BUMPERS.

IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT HAVE A VERSION OF VISUAL, URBAN, STREET, ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. THE PROPERTY FRONTS OCEAN BOULEVARD, SO IT WILL SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR REDEVELOPMENT IN THAT IN THAT STRETCH OF ROAD AND THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IMPROVEMENT COSTS WILL BE ABOUT 24,500 WITH A GRANT MATCH OF 10,000. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION AS WELL. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SURE, THE TOTAL PROJECT COST THERE, I BELIEVE WAS 24,500. CORRECT. HE IS NOT SPENDING 24,500. IN ADDITION TO THE TEN WE'RE PROVIDING, HE SPENDS 245. WE'RE WE'RE THAT'S WE'RE PROVIDING HIM WITH TEN OF THAT. WE WILL REIMBURSE HIM TEN OF THAT. RIGHT. SO HE DOES SPEND THAT UP FRONT. YES. YES. OKAY. THE NEXT APPLICATION IS GEIGER DOWNTOWN LLC, WHICH INCLUDES MULTIPLE BUSINESSES IN OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN CENTER, INCLUDING RIVERWALK CAFE SPRITZ, BLACK MARLIN, GYPSY COTTAGE GIRLS DOWNTOWN, THE GAFFORD TOOTSIES, AND RARE EARTH GALLERY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING GRANT ASSISTANCE FOR EXTERIOR PAINTING TO ALL THE BUSINESSES AND AWNING REPLACEMENTS TO SPRITZ. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED IMPROVEMENT COST WILL BE ABOUT $44,000. THE BUSINESSES TARGETED FOR THIS

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AND SO THOSE PLANNED ENHANCEMENTS ENCOMPASS MILLING, TACKING FOR RESTORATION, DAMAGED SECTIONS, AND INSTALLATION OF NEW ASPHALT. ALSO, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BUMPERS. SO THE APPLICANTS PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WILL AFFECT THE AREA'S APPEARANCE.

URBAN DEVELOPMENT I'M SORRY, URBAN ENVIRONMENT. AND THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT ALONG COLORADO AVENUE, WHICH IS PART OF THE SERIES ONGOING UNDERGROUND AND STREETSCAPE PROJECT, AND THE TOTAL ESTIMATED IMPROVEMENT COST WILL BE ABOUT $51,925, WITH A GRANT MATCH OF $10,000, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOTAL GETTING 21 WINDOWS STORM WINDOWS FOR ONLY $51,000. WOW, THAT'S A GOOD DEAL. IT SEEMS. THAT VENDOR WITH US. I'M SURE HE WILL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOTAL GRANT MATCH AMOUNT THAT QUALIFIES FOR FUNDING IS $42,830. BETWEEN ALL THE APPLICATIONS, STAFF IS SEEKING A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 03-2026 CRA, AUTHORIZING THE AWARD AMOUNT FOR EACH APPLICATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 GRANT CYCLE. DO ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR APPLICANTS OR STAFF? YES, BOARD MEMBER, I HAVE A QUESTION AND IT'S NOT IN REGARDS TO THIS, BUT DID YOU SAY THAT THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION? THAT PROJECT IS THAT IN THE BEGINNING? SO, NO, THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OR BUSINESS COMMERCE OF AVONLEA, THEY APPLIED FOR THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANT IN 2025 AS WELL. AND THEY'VE HELD OFF ON INSTALLING THE AWNINGS, WHICH WERE APPROVED FOR LAST GRANT CYCLE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO APPLY FOR THIS ONE FOR THE PAINT, BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT THAT IT COST. AND THEY WANTED TO USE THE SAME SCAFFOLDING. SO YEAH, TO SAVE ON TO NOT HAVE TO PAY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE COST, LIKE $5,000 EACH TIME FOR THE SCAFFOLDING. SO NO, THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETED FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION YET. OKAY, I JUST MISUNDERSTOOD BECAUSE THE QUESTION NOW IS FOR PHENOL BECAUSE WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE MAYBE FIVE, SIX MONTHS AGO, WHICH WAS AT 400 SOUTHEAST OSCEOLA, THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING. PROJECTS AND THEY WEREN'T ELIGIBLE FOR THE BUSINESS REIMBURSEMENT. SO I

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BUT I KNOW THAT MAYBE THEY DID IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMBINED WITH WITH WITH WITH WITH SOMETHING ELSE. BUT MY ISSUE IS IF THESE WORK OUT AND IF WE DO APPROVE ANY OF THESE THAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING THESE APPLICATIONS THAT THEY. THEY WISH THAT THE PROGRAM HAD MORE FUNDS? I MEAN, OF COURSE, EACH APPLICATION WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING. I MEAN, WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT THAT. THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WHERE WE'VE ANALYZED THE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PROCESS OF THE PROGRAM AND, AND WHAT IT ENTAILS. BUT THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. I EVEN THINK THAT THE COUNTY DOES LIKE AN 80/20 MATCH INSTEAD. AND THAT MIGHT INCENTIVIZE SOME OF THE SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO REACH THE 50/50 MATCH TO APPLY. YEAH. SO.

THAT'S WHAT AND I THINK THAT AGAIN, THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY. BUT I ACTUALLY LIKE THE NATURE OF ALL THESE APPLICATIONS. AND THEY'RE MOSTLY RIGHT IN THE HEART OF OUR DOWNTOWN. THE AVONLEA IS OVER THE BRIDGE. AND THEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH WITH WHAT I'M SAYING, THE FACT THAT SOMETHING LIKE AVONLEA, THIS IS THEIR THIRD TIME NOW. AND SO WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING USE OF IT AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT STAGES OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. AND I THINK I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. SO THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE NEED FOR HAVING THIS RELATIONSHIP.

AND THEN I WANTED TO SAY THIS, EVEN WHEN YOU WERE VERY FIRST SPEAKING, AND IT'S NOT IN THIS PAPERWORK, BUT WHEN YOU SAID THE WORDS ON THE RECORD, YOU SAID PRIVATE, PRIVATE INVESTMENT. AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT THE, THE OWNERS, THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE'RE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND WE WORK HARD TO GET THESE THINGS AND TO GET THIS AS A PART OF OUR WAY OF LIFE, KNOWING THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS.

AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU DID USE THE WORD PRIVATE. AND IT'S IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. AND WE HAVE GOOD PARTNERS WHO'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK THE OWL HOUSE ITSELF HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE, BUT I KNOW THAT THEIR PROPERTIES, PROBABLY SAME OWNERSHIP THAT HAVE. AND IT HAS JUST TRANSFORMED. IT'S TRANSFORMATIVE. THE LITTLE BIT THAT THE CRA DOES IS THE THE TEN ZERO ZERO $0 OR WHETHER IT'S $3,000 FOR MURAL, THOSE THINGS ARE TRANSFORMATIVE, AND THEY ADD TO OUR SENSE OF PLACE IN THE CITY. AND I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD USE. AND IT'S THIS IS A VERY WELL COORDINATED PROGRAM. AND I JUST THINK AS WE GO THROUGH AND VOTE ON, ON EACH ONE OF THESE APPLICATIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANTS, IF ANY OF THEM WANT TO SAY ANYTHING. BUT I, I THINK THAT I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST GREAT TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THIS, THIS MONEY WILL BE VERY TRANSFORMATIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBER. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY NOTHING TO DO. WELL, IT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH THIS PROGRAM. AND I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CRA DO NOT SO MUCH A MATCH, BUT FOR SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT DON'T HAVE 20 AND $30,000 TO LAY OUT, BUT THEY DO NEED TO IMPROVE A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR PROPERTY.

SO MAYBE WE HAVE A SMALL GIFT PROGRAM, WHATEVER. IT WOULDN'T BE A REIMBURSEMENT. IT WOULD BE A GRANT OF $5,000 GRANT HELPING SMALL, REALLY SMALL BUSINESSES TO DO, YOU KNOW, MINOR THINGS

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YEAH. WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, SEE IF THEY HAVE SOME SIMILAR PROGRAM TO THAT AND I'D APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE MENTIONED WE'LL JUST NEED TO DO SOME RESEARCH. AND WHAT IS SMALL BUSINESS CONSIST OF NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF CRITERIA, RIGHT, FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. SO WE'LL DO SOME RESEARCH AND COME BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, MY SUGGESTION FOR THAT MAYBE BOARD MEMBER IS CURRENTLY WE HAVE IT AS A MATCHING FOR 50. IT'S 5000 PER FISCAL YEAR. CORRECT. WE HAVE TWO TWO APPLICANTS THAT ARE NOT FIRST TIME APPLICANTS. SO YOU COULD ALWAYS SPLIT IT MAYBE AND HAVE 25,000 TOWARDS MATCHING AND 25,000 TOWARDS NON MATCHING OR EVEN HAVING IT WHERE YOU CAN ONLY APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM ONCE. WELL YEAH, WE COULD HAVE SOME CRITERIA THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I MEAN, I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING INTO IS WHAT, WHAT DO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DO OF OUR SIZE? AND TO HELP THIS SMALL MOM AND POP, YOU KNOW, WHERE THIS MAY BE. THE ONLY PEOPLE WORKING THERE ARE MOM AND POP. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT EMPLOYING A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A BUSINESS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO KEEP GOING. I HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH, JORDAN. I KNOW YOU SAID AVONLEA. THEY'VE THEY'VE APPLIED ALREADY.

IS THIS THE SECOND TIME, THEN THIRD, THIRD TIME. AND DID THEY COMPLETE THE FIRST ONE? AND JUST THE SECOND ONE? THEY'RE TRYING TO LIKE CATEGORIZE IT FROM TWO FISCAL YEARS INTO ONE, BUT THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN REIMBURSED FROM THE LAST ONE. YEAH. CORRECT. SO WE CREATED A PURCHASE LIKE THIS BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT WE THE FUNDS FROM 2025 ARE STILL ALLOCATED FROM 2025 FOR THEM. SO THEY HAVE ROLLED OVER. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE PULLING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THIS 2026 BUDGET. BUT YES, CORRECT. THEY COMPLETED THE FIRST ONE. OKAY.

AND THIS AND THIS MIGHT GO INTO BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE AN APPLICANT KIND OF STACK IT UP FOR 1 OR 2 YEARS. AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO, QUOTE UNQUOTE, PAY TO PLAY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE IT TO WHERE IT'S SMALLER AND IT'S NOT MATCHING.

BUT I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS LEGALLY, LEE, BUT WHEN WE GIVE APPLICANTS MONEY TOWARDS PARKING LOTS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR TRUCK MIGHT KNOW, CAN THEY HAVE LIKE NO PARKING SIGNS IF TAXPAYERS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO FIXING THEIR PARKING LOT? BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED AT A PARKING LOT THAT WE PAID FOR AND THERE WAS SOMEONE'S CAR THAT WAS TOWED OFF THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY HAD NO PARKING SIGNS. AFTER THE CITY PAID TO IMPROVE THEIR PARKING LOT, WELL, AT LEAST PARKING LOT IS STILL PRIVATE PROPERTY, SO THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO ENFORCE PARKING. I MEAN, THEY'RE TRYING TO RUN BUSINESSES. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO PARK TO VISIT THEIR BUSINESSES OR WHATNOT. OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE BUSINESSES ARE EXEMPT FROM PARKING. AND IN DOWNTOWN, THIS IS A GRANT PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTIES. I DON'T THINK IT'S EQUIVALENT TO US PAYING FOR AN ENTIRE NEW PARKING LOT.

SO I DON'T THINK LEGALLY YOU CAN MANDATE THAT THEY NOW KEEP THEIR PROPERTY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. I MEAN, THEY ALSO HAVE INSURANCE AND LIABILITY MATTERS BY HAVING ANYBODY COME ON. SO I AND I ALSO CAN RECOGNIZE THAT EVEN MR. GARY'S PLACE, THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST WALK THROUGH THIS PROPERTY ALL THE TIME. I MIGHT HAVE DONE IT MYSELF, SORRY, AT SOME TIME, BUT SO I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER ISSUES TO IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GRANT.

I MEAN, THIS IS A GRANT PROGRAM TO GIVE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AN INCENTIVE TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY. WE WANT THEM, THEIR PROPERTIES TO LOOK BETTER IN DOWNTOWN BECAUSE BETTER DOWNTOWN LOOKS MORE DESIRABLE. PEOPLE WANT TO COME DOWN HERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN MANDATE. I WOULD BE MY OPINION. YOU CAN'T MANDATE BY GIVING A GRANT THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR PARKING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SURE, SURE. I ASSUME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MY LOT. YEAH. JUST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE TOWED ONE. I'VE BEEN HERE OVER 40 YEARS. I CAN REMEMBER ONLY ONE PERSON I EVER TOWED. IT WAS A BIG YOU KNOW, THEY NEEDED TO BE DONE. I'VE I DON'T I HAVE NO INTENTION OF TELLING ANYBODY, BUT LIKE, LIKE YOUR ATTORNEY SAID, THAT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND WE DO HAVE TO PUT THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES. AND IF YOU DO HAVE TO TOW SOMEBODY FOR A LEGITIMATE REASON, THERE'S STATUTES THAT YOU THE STATUTE SAYS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO BEFORE YOU TOW. AND

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NO, I, I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR STAFF THOUGH. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE COUNTY WITH A CRA PROPERTY WHERE THEY'RE NOW SELLING IT AFTER THEY IMPROVED IT. HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH OUR CRA FUNDS? IF AND I'M NOT SAYING THESE APPLICANTS ARE GOING TO DO IT, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD MAYBE BE IN THE CRA PROGRAM FOR FUTURE, NOT FOR THESE PARTICULAR APPLICANTS BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY APPLIED, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT GETS ADDRESSED. SO SOMETHING WITHIN THE AGREEMENT THAT ALL THESE APPLICATIONS, ONCE THEY MOVE FORWARD, WILL SIGN WITHIN THE COMING WEEKS IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS, IS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE FUNDED FOR UP TO THREE YEARS. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY LEGAL, LEGAL TERMS THAT, SAY NECESSARILY SALE OF PROPERTY, BUT I DO KNOW IT'S A REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE HAVE FUNDED FOR THREE YEARS. WOULD THAT FOLLOW THE APPLICANT, THAT OR THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT PURCHASED IT THEN? WOULD THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT FOR THREE YEARS? I WOULD THINK, BUT I WOULD ASSUME I THINK THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT LEGALLY. I MEAN, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING IT'S RECORDED ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY. YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBER DE BERARD. THANK YOU. THIS THIS IS PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED. BUT TO STRETCH AN ANALOGY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO SIT IN ONE OF THE OWL HOUSE WINDOWS AFTER IT'S BEEN REPLACED. I MEAN, THE BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC IS THE ESTHETIC ASPECT. AND AS FAR AS TRANSFER OWNERSHIP, IF IT'S IMPROVED, IT'S IMPROVED FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT UNLESS THEY BULLDOZE IT AFTERWARDS. SO REGARDLESS OF WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY, THE THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO ENJOY THE BENEFIT. THANKS. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WELL, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION THEN. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE ACTION ITEM THEN UNLESS YOU WANT TO DO IT SEPARATELY. BUT WE AGREED ON ONE ACTION ITEM. SO I DON'T THINK WE'VE HEARD ANY COMMENTARY TO THE NEGATIVE.

THOUGHT I'D MOVE FOR ALL OF THEM TO BE PASSED. AND IN GROUP. MOTION. YES. OKAY. I'M SORRY.

CAN WE DO THAT? MARY? WE STILL HAVE TO DO ONE AT A TIME. ALL FIVE? NO, NO, ONE AT ONE AT A TIME. HE SAID ALL FIVE. THIS WOULD BE ALL. THAT WAS WHAT? YOUR MOTION? HIS. WE HAVE A PENDING MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED. IS THERE FIVE TOTAL TO RECEIVE THE GRANT AWARDS UNDER THE BERT PROGRAM RESOLUTION NUMBER 03-2026 CRA. DOES ANYONE WANT TO SECOND IT? SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO THREE 2026 BY BOARD MEMBER DE BERARD AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER JOB. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC OR BOARD MEMBER? CLARK.

SORRY, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS MOTION? SEEING NONE. MARY. ROLL CALL BOARD MEMBER. CLARK. YES. BOARD MEMBER. RICH. YES. BOARD MEMBER. DEBORAH. YES. BOARD MEMBER.

JOVIE. YES. CHAIR. REED. YES. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUSLY. ACTION. ITEM NUMBER TWO. YOU JUST FAILED TO RECOGNIZE ME AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. OH, WHY DID I SAY THAT? ALTHOUGH MODEST IN SCALE, THIS IS JUST A TERRIFIC PROGRAM. THIS IS GOVERNMENT WORKING AN EXPENDITURE ON OUR PART OF 40,000, 40,000, LEVERAGING THE EXPENDITURE OF $115,000 FROM THESE PRIVATE BUSINESSES. AND THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK, AND WE ALL BENEFIT FROM IT. SO THANK YOU, PANEL AND STAFF. LEE, IF YOU COULD READ ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR THE

[2. MURAL MATCHING GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CRA AND APPLICANT OF 221 SW FLAGLER AVENUE (RC): RESOLUTION No. 01-2026 CRA; A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE BOARD CHAIR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STUART COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND STUART MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION, LLC., WHO IS THE APPLICANT, FOR A MURAL MATCHING GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000 TO INSTALL A MURAL ON THE EXTERIOR SOUTHERN, WESTERN AND EASTERN WALL OF A BUILDING LOCATED AT 221 SW FLAGLER AVENUE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]

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THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MATCHING GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 3000 FOR THE PROPOSED MURAL. AT THIS TIME, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE CRA APPROVED RESOLUTION 01-2026 CRA TO AWARD THE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000 FOR THE MURAL. THAT ENDS STAFF'S PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? BOARD MEMBER CLARK. I DON'T THINK I SAW I DIDN'T LOOK FOR THE CRB MINUTES, BUT I'D HEARD BEFORE THAT THERE WAS SOME ISSUE WHERE MAYBE THE CRB HAD ASKED ABOUT COLORS OR SOMETHING. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THIS PARTICULAR THING, BUT I SAW THE COLORS ON THE BATHROOM FOR THE. AT THE PARK DOWN THERE AT FLAGLER PARK. VERY INTERESTING TONE. AND I DON'T SEEK TO CHANGE. THE ARTIST PROPOSED RENDITION OR ANYTHING. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S EYE CATCHING. I JUST WONDERING ABOUT. I'D WANTED TO HAVE THE PINEAPPLE TO BE A BRIGHTER GOLD AS A REAL PINEAPPLE, BUT I CAN SEE THE, THE SCHEME THAT THEY HAVE HERE AND IT'S, IT'S FINE.

I'M NOT GOING I, I, BUT I'D HEARD SOMETHING AND I DIDN'T GO BACK TO LOOK AT THAT MINUTES I MUST ADMIT, BUT I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS THIS PROJECT THAT, THAT THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT. BUT I, I REALLY LIKE, I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE VERY GOOD TO HAVE IN THE PARK. AND WHEN WE HAVE THE, THE MARKET THERE AND THE STUDENTS USING WELL, PEOPLE, ANYBODY WHO USES THE PARK FOR BASKETBALL OR FOR ANYTHING ELSE FOR STROLL OR WEDDING OR SOMETHING, IT, IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE, NICE, REAL THING. NOW, IS THIS 3D LIKE THE WAY. BRENDA LEE WHAT, LIKE THE ONE ON THE BEACH OR SOME OTHER PLACES? OR IS IT JUST A FLAT MURAL? IT'S JUST THE PAINT. IT'S JUST IT'S NOT JUST PAINT. YEAH. OKAY. IT'S JUST PAINT. AND TO REFERENCE THE TOPIC OF THE PINEAPPLE, THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOME DISCUSSION OF THE COLOR CHOICES BACK AND FORTH. I THINK

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BOARD MEMBER RICH. SO THAT IS NOT AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE COLORS. IT IS. OH IT IS.

YES. THIS WAS WHAT WAS APPROVED. THEY MADE THE RECOMMENDATION CORRECT. RECOMMENDED CHANGES.

CORRECT. THERE WAS NO CHANGES TO THE PINEAPPLE WITHIN THE MOTION OF THE CRB. THE ONLY CHANGES THAT WERE REQUESTED WAS OF THE SAILFISH AND THAT STRIP, MAIN STREET. COME BACK TO DISCUSS THEIR RFP PROCESS. OKAY. AND TO REITERATE, WE WE'RE JUST VOTING ON THE MONETARY AMOUNT TO AWARD THIS. CORRECT? CORRECT. CORRECT. YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE GRANT PROGRAM, WHEREAS THE CRB WAS AUTHORIZING THE ART ITSELF, THE ARTWORK BOARD MEMBER JOB. RIGHT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR FUTURE, I'D LIKE TO REALLY TRY AND UTILIZE LOCAL ARTISTS, NOT SO MUCH JUST HERE, BUT IN MARTIN COUNTY JUST FOR THE FUTURE, THAT'S ALL. ANY OTHER THIS WAS A UNIQUE PROGRAM. SO IT'S A PUBLIC BUILDING. NORMALLY THE PUBLIC. THE CITY WOULD GO OUT AND PICK THE ARTIST ITSELF. AND THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, HOWEVER, MAIN STREET CAME TO US AND SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING ON OUR BUILDING, SO THEY WENT OUT FOR RFP, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO NORMALLY THIS WAS DONE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, NOT, YOU KNOW, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN BUSINESS OWNERS DON'T COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, I'D LIKE TO PAINT YOUR BUILDING. YOU KNOW, SO THIS WAS A UNIQUE SITUATION THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S HAPPENED, BUT THEY HAVE RAISED MONEY TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE SO, SO THE CITY IS NOT PAYING THE DIFFERENCE. WE'RE ONLY DOING THE MATCH UP TO THREE GRAND. BUT I THINK IT'S AN $18,000 PROJECT. CORRECT. AND SO THE CRA, I MEAN I'M SORRY, THE STUART MAIN STREET HAS, IS IS COVERING THE DIFFERENCE. AND THEY CAME TO US FOR AUTHORIZATION TO DO THAT ON OUR BATHROOM. SO. MAIN STREET, CAN I HEAR FROM MAIN STREET IF IT'S EVEN IF IT'S TO SAY HELLO.

I CAN'T, HE SAID. FOR THE RECORD, CANDICE CALLAHAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR STUART MAIN STREET. I HEAR YOU. HOWEVER, THAT WAS NOT A GUIDELINE THAT WAS COMMUNICATED TO US. IF THAT'S LANGUAGE, THAT'S THAT'S A STAFF AND CITY DECISION. WE DID SEND IT TO RFP.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT AND HOPE TO HAVE LOCAL ARTISTS, AND THERE WERE SOME THAT DID APPLY. BUT LET ME JUST GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE SCORED THEM ON, BECAUSE I HAD A COMMITTEE AND IT WE DIDN'T JUST SCORE THEM ON THE ART BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN PROVIDE A CONCEPT. OH, YEAH. SO THAT KIND OF MAKES IT DIFFICULT. SO WE SCORED THEM ON FORGIVE ME. I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES. SO UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, TECHNICAL APPROACH, EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE, BUDGET AND COST EFFICIENCY, TIMELINE AND REFERENCE. SO THEN WE SCORED THEM ON A WEIGHTED SCALE AND THEN TALLIED THE TOTAL AND THEN CAME UP WITH THE WINNER WHO WAS GOING TO GET AWARDED FOR IT. SO THE ARTIST HAS IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA. SHE TRAVELS UP HERE QUITE A BIT WITH HER FAMILY BECAUSE SHE LOVES IT SO MUCH, BUT SHE'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR A VERY LARGE SCALE MURAL. I THINK IT WAS A TWO STORY BUILDING THAT SHE DID IN FORT PIERCE, AND SHE GOT LOTS OF RECOGNITION FOR THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PULL UP? I WAS JUST PULLING UP SOME SLIDES

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SO THAT'S QUITE A BROAD NET. BUT HAD AGAIN, IF GIVEN CERTAIN DIRECTIVES, WE WOULD HAVE SCALED THAT NET BACK A LITTLE BIT TO NOT HAVE SUCH A REACH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. WELL, I MEAN, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MURAL THAT SHE'S DOING. IT'S DIFFERENT. I MEAN, PART OF THE REASON I THINK SHE SCORED HIGH IN THAT AREA WAS BECAUSE OF HOW DIFFERENT IT STOOD OUT TO THE OTHER MURALS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE PREEXISTING. AND I KNEW MATILDA'S WAS DOING SOMETHING STUART THEMED, SO IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND HOW TO GIVE OUR ARTISTS DIRECTION. SO YEAH, I THINK IT'LL BE NICE. I MEAN, ANY IMPROVEMENT, AND I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I WON'T HARP ON IT AGAIN, BUT ANY IMPROVEMENT TO THAT PARK IS, IS A GOOD THING. YES, THAT PARK GETS A LOT OF USE. AND I THINK YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. IT WAS JUST FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO KNOW ONE LITTLE POINT TOWARDS SOMEONE WHO'S LOCAL OR WITHIN MARTIN COUNTY. OH YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS GREAT. AND IT'S A GREAT THING. AND I, I THINK THAT THE PINEAPPLE SHOULD BLEND IN. YOU WOULDN'T WANT IT TO BE THE FOCAL POINT, RIGHT? YEAH. I MEAN I GET IT, I GET IT. AND THE SELFISH NOT BEING THE HISTORIC, YOU KNOW, THE BLUE, BUT IT'S AN ARTIST PERSPECTIVES. AND I'M NOT AN ARTIST. SO I TRY NOT TO. BUT I THINK WE DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. SO TO IMPROVE THE DOWNTOWN. THANK YOU. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR STAFF OR CANDACE? ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE SEEKING A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF THIS RESOLUTION THEN WITH REGARD TO RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO ONE, 2026, CRA RESOLUTION, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT AS SUBMITTED AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CRA STAFF.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO ONE, 2026 BY BOARD MEMBER CLARK AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER JOB. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS MOTION? SEEING NONE. MARY. ROLL CALL. CHAIR. REED. YES. BOARD MEMBER. JOB. YES.

BOARD MEMBER. RICH. YES. BOARD MEMBER. DEBORAH. YES. BOARD MEMBER. CLARK. YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ARE THERE ANY STAFF UPDATES? NOT AT THIS TIME. BOARD MEMBER CLARK. SORRY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I FORGOT TO ASK MISS CALLAHAN. AND ACTUALLY, MISS MISS PINKSTON CAN ANSWER THIS. THESE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AT LEAST BY OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. THE TIME FRAME. SO CANDACE AND I SPOKE AND SHE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. SHE'S HOPING TO DO THIS WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WILL BE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, APPLICATIONS AND DEADLINES THAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO MEET. BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DELAYED WITH THIS. SO OUR ARTIST NOW HAS OTHER PROJECTS. SO IT'S KIND OF NOW I'M GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO HER TOMORROW TO KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR WHAT HER SCHEDULE ALLOWS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE IN THE WARMER PART OF THE YEAR RIGHT NOW. BUT SHE'S PRETTY OPTIMISTIC THAT WHAT SHE, I THINK SHE SAID THREE WEEKS FROM START TO FINISH, IF THAT WOW, IF THERE'S NO STORMS OR ANYTHING THAT'S IMPENDING THAT. BUT OR FOR OTHER CONSTRUCTION.

WHO KNOWS. BUT BUT THAT'S YEAH, SHE WORKS PRETTY FAST AND WE'RE CORRELATING WITH CITY STAFF AND MILTON'S TEAM AS WELL TO GET THAT PRESSURE WASHED AND PREPPED FOR HER AND PREPPED. SO EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT BECAUSE IT IS ONLY A THREE SIDED MURAL. SO THAT RESTROOM WHERE THE DOORS ARE, OUR TEAM IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT LOOKS FRESH AND NEW AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? THIS IS THIS IS A QUESTION MAYBE FOR MR. LEGGETT. I'M NOT I THINK HE'S IT'S HIS AREA. OR IT COULD BE MR. CROSBY. NO. WELL KIND OF. SO THE BATHROOM IS THERE AND I KNOW WE FIXED UP THE AREA AND IT'S NOT AS LOW LYING ANYMORE, BUT IS THERE A CONCRETE LIP AROUND THAT BUILDING ALONG THE WALL? WHEN SHE SAID PREP, I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT. DO WE HAVE A CONCRETE LIP AROUND THAT BUILDING? SIDEWALK? YEAH, JUST SOME BUILDINGS NOW HAVE. HOLD ON. PULL IT UP. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. THERE IT IS. THE BATHROOM. NO,

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JUST YEAH, IT'S JUST LIKE ABOUT TWO FEET OF CONCRETE AWAY. YEAH. AND THAT MATCHES UP TO THE WALLS OF THE GRASS. DOESN'T GO RIGHT UP TO THE WALL. THAT'S A LOT OF TWO FEET. YEAH. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE. ARE YOU LOOKING TO STOP BUILDING? I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S FLOODING SOMETIMES BUT NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF NOW. YES. FLOODING HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IN THAT SECTION. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MILTON. AND YOUR TEAM. GRASS DOES BUMP UP AGAINST THE BUILDING, BUT WE HAVE PLANS TO WORK WITH MILTON AND HIS TEAM TO GET THAT GRASS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, OBVIOUSLY, SO SHE CAN PAINT APPROPRIATELY AND FILL THOSE GAPS, BUT. YEAH. YEAH, WELL HOPEFULLY NOT. DON'T SAY THAT HE'LL BE MAD AT ME. BUT WE ALSO HAVE APPLIED FOR A FEW GRANTS THAT ARE PRETTY LARGE GRANTS TO HELP FURTHER SOME IMPROVEMENTS. NOT JUST THE MURAL, BUT OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

SO MAYBE IF IT DOESN'T MEET WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AFTER THE PROJECT'S DONE, HOPEFULLY, MAYBE WE CAN INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE VISION IDEAS INTO THE APPLICATION ITSELF, BECAUSE WE CAN INCLUDE LANDSCAPING INCLUDED A SUNSHADE FOR THE THE PLAYGROUND, UPGRADED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I CAN ALWAYS CIRCLE BACK ON THAT.

OKAY. HE'S EXCITED. YES. AND ANOTHER QUESTION, MR. MAYOR. YEAH. SO IN LIGHT OF THE BRIGHTNESS OF THAT PROPOSED MURAL THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THAT SITE AND THE ACTUAL DIMENSIONS OF THAT ENTIRE FLAGLER PARK, WE HAD MR. MCCARREN, WHO DID THE ARTS MOMENT THE LAST TIME, AND HE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE LETTERS STEWART SOMEWHERE IN THE PARK. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO, TO SAY THAT MAYBE IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE THROUGH THE CITY OR CITY BUDGET, OR IF IT COULD GO THROUGH, SEE IF THE CITY EVER AGREED TO HAVE THE LARGE LETTERING THAT SAYS STEWART. YEAH. SO I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE HAD A LOCAL SIGN COMPANY THAT WANTED TO DONATE THE I LOVE STEWART, YOU KNOW, SIGNAGE THAT YOU STAND IN FRONT OF FOR LIKE PHOTO OPS AND EVERYTHING THAT DIDN'T END UP GOING THROUGH AND WORKING OUT. OF COURSE, THERE IS ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY IF WE WANT TO REVISIT THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DISCUSS FOR THE CRA. OR WE COULD DO LIKE A CALL TO ARTIST OR STEWART MAIN STREET. WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. BUT I DO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND THAT IS NO LONGER ON THE TABLE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ONE MORE THING. WHILE MISS CALLAHAN IS UP, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THE RESULTS OF YOUR SURVEY? I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD ASK THAT.

I WAS GOING TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, BUT I CAN GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY NOW. SO THE CITY HALL SURVEY IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. WE'VE COMPILED THE DATA, BUT I WAS GOING TO ASK STAFF IF I SHOULD PUT THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM TO COME BACK AND GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. HERE'S ALL THIS INFORMATION. NOW WHAT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHAT WE THINK THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT CONVERSATION SHOULD BE. SO THANK YOU. SORRY IF THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU CANDACE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, MISS PINKSTON. ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS TONIGHT? SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.