PROCLAMATIONS, AWARDS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Home Rule Hero Awards presented by Councilwoman Jolien Caraballo, 2^nd VP of Florida League of Cities and Treasure Coast Regional League of Cities President.

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AWARDS PRESENTED BY THE VERY FAMOUS. PORT ST LUCIE. COUNCILWOMAN JOLENE CARVALLO, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES AND TREASURE COAST REGIONAL LEO CITIES, PRESIDENT. IT WAS GREEN GREEN GREEN HERE NOW THE GREEN BUTTONS ON GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JULIAN CARVEL. I'M COUNSELING FOR THE CITY OF PORT ST LUCIE. I AM PRESIDENT THE TRAGIC COAST REGIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND I COME TO YOU BEFORE A SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES. USUALLY SCOTT DUDLEY DOES THIS WHICH IS OUR GRASSROOTS COORDINATOR, UM, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE. I DO NOT HAVE THE DEEP, SULTRY VOICE OF TONY ORTIZ AND I WILL NOT TRY TO DO THAT THIS EVENING. BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TWO VERY SPECIAL AWARDS TO THE MEMBERS OF YOUR BOARD WHEN SHE DID ARE CALLED THE HOME RULE. HE'LL AWARDS BEFORE I GO INTO THAT, IF YOU WOULD JUST ALLOW ME. FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES. THIS IS FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLOOR LEAGUE OF CITIES IS TO ACTUALLY PROTECT WHAT WE CALL HOME RULE, AND I'M SURE YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE HEARD ABOUT HOME RULE BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING TWO AWARDS TO YOUR TEAM. BUT JUST FOR A WAY OF REMINDING FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE AWARE. HOME RULE IN THE PROTECTION OF ALLOWS YOU TO BE ABLE TO DEAL

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WITH YOUR LOCAL CHOICES RIGHT HERE AT HOME. AND SO WHAT WE DO AT THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES IS WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ADVOCATE TO THE STATE AND FEDERAL HOUSES TO ENSURE THAT YOUR PROTECTION OF PREEMPTION HAPPENS RIGHT HERE. AND SO WHEN YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND YOU WRITE LETTERS AND EMAILS AND GO TO TALLAHASSEE, WHICH, BECAUSE OF COVID, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. UM WE RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND. OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND IN THIS SITUATION WE HAVE MAYOR JANET HERNANDEZ AND VICE MARRIAGE JACKIE CLARKE. AND I DID SAY IT WAS THE PRESIDENT OF REGIONAL LEAGUES, SO I'VE GOT TO KIND OF GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY GIRL, JACKIE. SHE WAS NUMBER ONE. VICE MAYOR CLARKE WAS NUMBER ONE IN OUR ENTIRE REGIONAL LEAGUE FOR THE EMAILS, AND SHE. TOOK IT FROM THE MAYOR OF FORT PEERS BECAUSE LINDA MAYOR HUDSON WAS NUMBER ONE FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, SO SHE WENT ALL OUT, AND WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THOSE EMAILS. TAKE SO THIS EVENING. I HAVE FOR YOU CHOOSE CERTIFICATE FROM THE FLOOR LEAD TO RECOGNIZE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AS WELL AS LETTERS DIRECTLY FROM THE LEAGUE, AND HE'S REALLY COOL HOME WHERE HE OPENS THAT YOU GET TO WEAR AT THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE WILL BE IN AUGUST. AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU CONTACT THE FLOOR LEAGUE OF CITIES ON WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOME RULE. AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND PRESENT THE CERTIFICATES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WHAT? IT'S NOT THAT YEAH. THEY'RE TALKING. MHM. THEN. WEARING THEM.

THANKS YOU TOO. THE HERO OF THE HOUR. YOUR RULES. NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

THANK YOU. Y'ALL DRIVE SAFE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, PATRICIA, YOU GOT MY EMAIL, RIGHT? RIGHT.

SEE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2021 AS

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Proclaiming the Month of June 2021 as National Vaccine Month of Action in the Village of Indiantown.

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NATIONAL VACCINE MONTH OF ACTION AND THE VILLAGE OPINION TOWN. WHEREAS COVID 19 STILL PRESENTS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO AMERICAN LIVES. AND WHEREAS AMERICANS NOW HAVE UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO FREE COVID 19 VACCINES. AND WHEREAS THROUGH JULY 4TH THE WE CAN DO THIS CAMPAIGN IS MOBILIZING NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY BASED PARTNERS INFLUENCERS CELEBRITIES, ATHLETES AND THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE NATION.

TO EMPOWER THEIR COMMUNITIES TO GET MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED. AND WHEREAS THEIR GOAL IS TO GET AMERICANS TO GET AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINATION BY JULY, 4TH 2021. AND WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS CAN HELP BY TALKING TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY HOSTING IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL EVENTS, ATTENDING STORYTELLING TRAINING ABOUT COVID 19 VACCINES. JOINING THE OUTREACH, PHONE BANK OR JOINING THE OUTREACH TAX PINK. AND WHEREAS INTERESTED PARTIES CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THIS CAMPAIGN AT W W DOT MOBILIZED THAT U S MADE TO SAVE AND IT HAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER. I WON'T BE ABLE TO SAY THAT IT'S IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE. YES AND NOW THEREFORE I JANET HERNANDEZ MAYOR, THE VILLAGE OF IN YOUR TOWN, FLORIDA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 2021. AS NATIONAL VACCINE MONTH OF ACTION IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA. AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME AND THE VILLAGE COUNCIL IN THIS CAMPAIGN. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE LIKE A FLYER. GET YOURSELF VACCINATED RELIGION, MANY IN TOWN OR SOMETHING. TO HELP WITH THIS MOVEMENT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I'VE GOTTEN VACCINATED. UH THINK MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AND IT'S IMPORTANT. LET'S JUST GET VACCINATED AND WE'LL GET BACK TO OUR NORMAL DAILY LIVES. ITEM

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Proclaiming July 4th as Independence Day in the Village of Indiantown.

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NUMBER FIVE. PROCLAIMING JULY 4TH AS INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. WHEREAS

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ON JULY 4TH 1970 17 76, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS RATIFIED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, IT HISTORIC DOCUMENT. AND WHEREAS THIS DOCUMENT LADY FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE PROSPERITY AND HELPED ESTABLISHED A GOVERNMENT BASED ON INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES AND THE RULE OF LAW WHICH IS SOCIETY, SACRED BOND. AND WHEREAS JULY 4TH SERVES AS AN EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE HISTORY, FREEDOM, CULTURAL STRENGTH. PERSEVERANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES SUCH AS OUR HOME VILLAGE OF ANY IN TOWN, FLORIDA SUPPORT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JULY 4TH AND ALL THAT IT SYMBOLIZES IN THE HISTORY.

MEMORY AND CULTURE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN PASSED RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO TWO 5-2020 ON JUNE 25TH 2020, ESTABLISHING THE LIE FORTH AS INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE VILLAGE EACH YEAR. NOW, THEREFORE, I JANET HERNANDEZ MAYOR, THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 4 2021 AS INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA. ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME IN THE VILLAGE COUNCIL IN THE CELEBRATION. NOW, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK. DO WE

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HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, I HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. EMAIL THAT WAS EMAILED IN FROM JOHN J. P. PASS QUALI. SAVE OUR OAKS. I LIVE NEXT TO THE AWESOME 55 ACRE HOC OAK HAMMOCK BETWEEN SOUTHWEST FAMILY ROAD AND FERNWOOD FOREST ROAD. WE ALL CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT ONE THIRD AN ACRE TO AROUND THREE ACRE HOME SITES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAD DEED RESTRICTIONS AND SUBURBAN RURAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OWNING UNTIL THE VILLAGE COUNCIL WENT WITH A GENDER FOR GENTRIFICATION PLAN AND CHANGE THE RULES AND REZONED IT.

WITHOUT CONSULTING US WHO LIVE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS BEAUTIFUL OAK FOREST. IT'S AWESOME. 55 ACRE OAK HAMMOCK IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS VILLAGE AND MUST BE DEVELOPED CAREFULLY WITH NO MORE THAN 50 HOMES ALLOWED, AND WITH BOTH VILLAGE PARK AND WILDLIFE PRESERVE AREAS BUILT IN. I URGE YOU TO PROTECT THIS WONDERFUL TOWNS, WOODS AND WILDLIFE BECAUSE IT IS WHAT MAKES INDIAN TOWN UNIQUE. UM, ANYBODY ON SOON? AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM MAYOR THANK YOU. COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. MR ANTHONY, D DARLING.

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GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO BE VERY, VERY QUICK BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF THINGS TO DISCUSS. THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR VICE MAYOR FOR BEING THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE SECOND ANNUAL JUNETEENTH. CELEBRATION THAT WAS HELD THIS PAST WEEKEND. I WANTED TO ALSO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO, UM, GET GIBBS THOMAS FOR ATTENDING THE VENDORS, THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND, OF COURSE, THE PUBLIC. UM FOR ATTENDING AS WE LEARN ABOUT JUNETEENTH, UM AND ALL THAT IT ENCOMPASSES. UM IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE CELEBRATE JULY. 4TH UM UM, WHEN THAT DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED, UM FOLKS THAT LOOK LIKE ME WERE STILL ENSLAVED. AND SO AS WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH HERE IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AND CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE IT, UM, WHEN WE ARE ALL FREE. THAT IS WHEN IN MY HUMBLE OPINION THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THE FREEDOM FOR ALL AMERICANS, NOT JUST A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, MADAM VICE FOR SPEAKING AND ALL THAT PARTICIPATED. THEY'RE NOT HERE BUT WANTED TO GIVE YOU WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE JOLENE AND PARTITION. UH JOLENE SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA EXCUSE ME OF THE TREASURE COAST LEAGUE OF CITIES. SHE'S ALSO SERVED AS SECOND VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES, AND SHE'S ALSO A PORT SAINT LUCIE COMMISSIONER SO GOOD TO SEE HER AND PATRICIA SHE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OF THE TREASURE COAST LEAGUE OF CITIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO JIM ON YOUR DAY IS WELL DESERVED.

UM I WON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE SPILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. UM WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS DURING THIS COVID EXPERIENCE. UM, BUT LESS LESS. UM, OH, REMIND OURSELVES THAT COVID IS STILL HERE AND SO PLEASE FOLLOW THE CDC GUIDELINES. UM, AND AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WITH THAT I YIELD THANK YOU. COMMENTS BY COUNCILMAN STONE. YES, I JUST

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WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THE SIBLING FOR OUR COUNCIL MEETING AND GOOD TO BE BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS THANK YOU. UM THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. GLAD TO SEE EVERY ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE IN PERSON. IT'S GOOD TO GET BACK TO, UM, THAT ASPECT OF NORMALCY. ALSO TO JUST TO COMMENT ON TODAY. WE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH. THREE OTHER ELECTED BODIES, THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD THE MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF STEWART, AND OURSELVES AND I, UM. IT WAS REALLY GOOD. I ENJOYED THAT BECAUSE GOT SOME INFORMATION DID LEARN THAT MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE HAVING A WORKSHOP ON JULY THE 13TH AT THREE P.M. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THAT AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC INDIAN TOWN COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTEND. THEY WILL BE DEALING WITH TRANSPORTATION BUSES. I KNOW THAT CHAIRPERSON. UM. MARCIA POWERS THAT HAS BEEN A ISSUE FOR HER THAT SHE HAS DOGGEDLY KEPT AFTER THAT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY TO BRING THE FOCUS BACK TO INDIAN TOWN AND THE NEED. FOR THE BUSES OUT HERE IN CASES OF EMERGENCY, SO THAT WILL BE A WORKSHOP ON JULY THE 13TH AT THREE P.M. IF YOU CAN GO, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ATTEND IN ORDER TO REPRESENT INDIAN TOWN AND WHAT IS NEEDED. IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO AT THAT MEETING. WAS ABLE TO GET OF, UM. SNAPSHOT OF WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING. LEARNED THAT MARTIN COUNTY IS IN A PROJECT THAT THEY'VE GOT THIS. THEY'VE GOT A 10 FT WIDE. MULTI MODAL PATH THEY DIDN'T CALL SIDEWALKS. IT WAS A 10 FT WIDE, MULTI MODAL PATH. AND UM, I FOUND THAT INTERESTING. I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW IF THAT. WOULD HANDLE THAT BEING THAT WIDE IF THAT ACTUALLY HANDLES GOLF CARTS. BUT I KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE OUT HERE. MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD. ALSO THEY TALKED OF A DEVELOPMENT OUT ON BRIDGE ROAD THAT'S EAST OF 95. THEY DID AN AERIAL OF THAT. AND I WAS SURPRISED THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING PUTTING RESIDENTS OUT THERE AND I WAS SURPRISED BRIDGE WROTE HIS WAY DOWN HERE AND YOU HAVE 95 OVER HERE AND THEN YOU HAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. YOU SEE A GOLF COURSE. THAT I DID NOT EVEN KNOW WAS OUT THERE. AND IT WAS. IT WAS SURROUNDED BY IT LOOKED LIKE OLD CITRUS GROVE. AND. I THINK THAT THAT MAY HAVE, I THINK, STUART CITY COMMISSIONER MIKE MYERS, HE NOTICED THAT TOO. BECAUSE HE ASKED PERTINENT QUESTIONS. AND AT THE CLOSE OF THAT MEETING, HE TASKED US ALL TO BE VERY AWARE. AND TO PROTECT THE GREEN SPACES BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING OUR AGRICULTURE. AND IT'S GOING INTO GOLF COURSES AND HOMES. AND. HE JUST TASKED US TO BE VERY AWARE HE NOTATED MARTIN COUNTY'S COMMITMENT. TO CREATING GREEN SPACES AND HAVING THAT AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC. AND INDIAN TOWN. HE STARTED AS AS CATTLE AND CITRUS AND. IN OUR EVOLUTION. OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN. CATTLE AND CITRUS IS WHAT DOES IT STARTED AT, AND THEN IT MOVED INTO KIND OF A BEDROOM COMMUNITY FOR THE WORKERS AT PRATT AND WHITNEY. AND IT STILL RETAINED THE CITRUS AND THE CITRUS WAS HUGE AROUND HERE. AND SO THAT LED TO THE EVOLUTION OF UM. AS MAYOR HERNANDEZ NOTED TODAY, OUR COMMUNITY IS LARGELY HISPANIC, AND THAT AGRICULTURE ASPECT NO MATTER IT. CITRUS HAS GONE AWAY. BUT IT HAS EVOLVED INTO YOU KNOW DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE. TO KIND OF RECOGNIZE THAT AS WE MOVE INTO OUR NEXT PHASE OF EVOLUTION. WHICH WE ARE. BECAUSE IT WAS NOTATED TODAY, YOU KNOW, 2500 HOMES AND. YOU KNOW, 175 HOMES AND THESE THINGS ARE ARE IN OUR FUTURE. AND WHEN THAT COMES ABOUT WHETHER IT TAKES 10 YEARS 20 YEARS, THAT'S OUR NEXT EVOLUTION BECAUSE THE FACE OF INDIAN TOWN WILL CHANGE. WE'RE SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW. AND AS THAT WE MOVE INTO THAT I JUST

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WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM. WE TASK OURSELVES TO KEEP THAT BALANCE TO RECOGNIZE. WE STILL NEED GREEN SPACES. WE WERE TALKING YESTERDAY IN THE BUDGET, MEETING ABOUT PARKS AND REC AND WHAT OUR PARKS ARE, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE. WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE THREE DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO STOP WITH THOSE WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH WITH GREEN SPACES. AND AS WE. SEEK AFTER I KNOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A BIG, UH, IS A DESIRE OF THIS COUNCIL. WE'VE SEEN THAT. BUT ALSO, UM AND WE'VE SEEN IT IN TONIGHT AGENDA. WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM ABOUT, UH, PROGRAM FOR DISADVANTAGED, GIVING PREFERENCE FOR DISADVANTAGE, AND I FIND IT INTERESTING. IF YOU LOOK BY THOSE STANDARDS IF YOU LOOK AT INDIAN TOWNS MM. BUSINESS THE DYNAMICS OF INDIAN TOWNS, BUSINESS BUSINESSES BY THOSE STANDARDS, THE MAJORITY OF INDIAN TOWNS, BUSINESSES WOULD FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND WE GIVE PREFERENCES TO THOSE THINGS COMING IN, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HERE. SO WE DON'T LOSE THAT THAT WE GET SOMETHING FOR RETAINING BUSINESS AS WELL AS BUILDING BUSINESS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO WIND UP WITH BLIGHTED AREAS. AND BUSINESSES LEAVING AND HAVING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE. SO I THINK TODAY WAS A REAL EYE OPENER. FOR ME.

IT WAS I ENJOYED IT. AND WITH THAT, I YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR CLARKE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AND FOR THOSE WHO WERE PARTICIPATING ONLINE OR BY PHONE, IT WAS A GOOD MEETING TODAY. UM I WOULD, UM, ASKED THE STAFF, MR BROWN. THERE WAS A MAP MENTIONED IN THAT MEETING. ABOUT, UM. DON'T KNOW AS WETLANDS OR GREEN LANCE ANYWAY, SPACES I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT MAP. IF YOU COULD REQUEST THAT I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. I THINK IT WOULD HELP US HERE AS WELL. AND WHO KNOWS WE PROBABLY COULD BE COLLABORATING WITH SOME OF THEM TO HELP, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE SOME OF THE WETLANDS AND THE GREEN AREAS. I MEANT, UM I THINK IT WAS A GOOD MEETING. AS WELL. UM I HAVE NOTHING. ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT, JIM. YEAH THANK YOU, VICE MARY CLARK. AND I'M SORRY. OH AND THANK I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN TO ALEX.

YOU KNOW, I GOT TO REALLY WAKE UP. I THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AS YOUR GUEST SPEAKER, UH, AT THE JUNETEENTH EVENT, AND AS I STATED THERE, UH SO WHOEVER IS WATCHING. THE PURPOSE OF THAT, LIKE, HE SAID, UNTIL WE ALL FREE, BUT PLEASE, WHENEVER YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY CAST YOUR VOTE BECAUSE YOUR VOTE DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IF YOU WANT TO BE HURT, YOU GOTTA CASH YOUR VOTE. EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU GET. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR CLARKE AND JUST TO ECHO EVERYONE, I AGREE WITH EVERYONE, UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I GRABBED FROM THAT MEETING IS UH WE NEED TO PRESERVE AND I'VE ALL ALWAYS TOLD OUR VILLAGE MANAGER FOR ME, I THINK. PRESERVING THE UNION TOWN CEMETERY. UM AND TRYING TO SEE WHAT. GREEN SPACES WE CAN GET. NOW. IS THAT THE TIME BEFORE? IT'S TOO LATE, AND SO I THINK THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO HAVE IT IN THEIR RADAR. NOW, THEN, LATER BECAUSE LATER IT BE TOO LATE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF. WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT MR VILLAGE MANAGER IN REGARDS OF I KNOW THERE'S GRANTS OUT THERE, UM, THAT THE STATE HAS WHERE YOU CAN GO AND. UH THEY HELP YOU ACQUIRE THESE? UM I'M NOT SURE IF IT IT'S LIKE THERE'S A MATCH OR ANYTHING, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS A GRANT OUT THERE TO ACQUIRE, UM. RECREATIONALLY SLASH PRESERVE AREAS IN YOUR MUNICIPALITY IN YOUR COUNTY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT AND TRY TO ACTUALLY AND AT THE SAME TIME, SEE IF WE CAN INVOLVE OTHER, UM, STAKEHOLDERS HELP US. WE CAN'T DO IT ALL OURSELVES. I THINK THAT IF WE GET STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE PASSIONATE OF OUR VISIONS. UM AND WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST US WITH THAT. I KNOW. I'VE TALKED TO, UM. MR HUTCH CRAFT AND TOLD HIM ABOUT MY DESIRE IN REGARDS OF THE INDIAN TOWN CEMETERY. UM, EITHER DONATING IT OR

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WHATEVER THE FACT IS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT. YOU KNOW, HISTORICAL, UH, CEMETERY THAT THAT'S OUR VISION FOR THE, UM FOR THE VILLAGE, SO I THINK WE NEED TO START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS PUBLICLY. AND. WITH THEM ALSO, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE DIDN'T NEED A SET UP LIKE A MEETING. I HAVE LIKE A. WHAT? WHAT WOULD BE THE SUGGESTION FOR WELL, MAYOR IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE PRESERVATION. OF PROPERTIES AND CONSERVATION. PROPERTIES. WE DO HAVE GUIDANCE IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL GIVES A COPY OF TO SEE WHAT IT ACTUALLY SAYS. AND, UM AND THEN WE STARTED DISCUSSIONS. MS JEFFERSON WILL BE HERE THIS EVENING TO WALK US THROUGH THE ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS, BUT I CAN SIT DOWN WITH HER. TOMORROW MORNING AND JUST GO THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAY AND SEE WHAT OUR GUIDANCE POLICIES ARE. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS. IF THE POLICIES WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, AREN'T ART. WANTS THAT. YOU THINK WE NEED TO HAVE IF WE NEED TO CHANGE AND WE WILL, BUT LET ME JUST DO SOME WORK ON MY END. LET'S SEE WHAT'S IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BUT SEE WHAT'S IN THOSE POLICIES AND THEN COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. WITH A RECOMMENDATION ON HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING ALL THIS BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE EARLY STAGES. WE CAN CATCH IT IN TIME BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, AND THAT'S AND I KNOW THIS COUNCIL. HEAVILY FEELS THE SAME WAY THAT WE NEED TO PRESERVE AREAS BECAUSE INDIAN TOWN IS GREAT, AND A LOT OF US, LOVE. YOU KNOW THE WALKING OUT LIKE, UM, SOME OF. MY COLLEAGUES SAID YESTERDAY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOWHERE TO ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE A HIKE. LIKE HOW PATIO KEY WHERE YOU GO WITHIN THE WOODS AND YOU AND YOU HAVE THOSE TRAILS. SO YOU KNOW SOMETHING, SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN. UM SHOW THAT THERE'S BECAUSE EVERYONE'S DOING OUR NEWER GENERATIONS. IT'S ALL ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. AND SO IF WE CAN PRESERVE AREAS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE. SOMETHING TO YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY TAKE IN WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU, MR VILLAGE MANAGER. UM AND ALSO I JUST WANNA THANK. THE STAFF FOR ALWAYS WORKING AS HARD BECAUSE I KNOW THIS COUNCIL'S DEMANDING. I'M ONE OF THEM, UM, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR 110% WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO. I KNOW SOMETIMES IN YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION. IT'S NOT. PICK UP THE TRASH OUTSIDE OR THE DEBRIS OR OR MANAGER PARADE IT AND HAUL BACK PAIGE'S OR WHATEVER THE CASE CAN BE. BUT YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT WE HAVE A GREAT UM.

GREAT STUFF THAT THEY THEY THEY LIKE TO JUST GET THE JOB DONE, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES. IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS WE SOMETIMES FORGET ABOUT. THANKING YOU GUYS, BUT I THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. GOOD THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT'S VERY THOSE ARE VERY THOUGHTFUL WORDS. YES AND THEN ALSO, UM, WITH THE WHOLE, UM AH! IT WAS GREAT. SITTING WITH ALL OUR OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE COLLEAGUES FROM THE CITY OF STEWART OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND, UM, THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THEY DO, AND NOW I CAN FINALLY SAY I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY GO THROUGH BECAUSE WE GO THROUGH IT, TOO. SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY SPEAK TO ALMOST ALL OF THEM. UM. AND THANK THEM FOR EXTENDING THAT THAT HAND THROUGH THE WHOLE FIRE. RESCUE. UM SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY. THANK YOU COUNTY COMMISSION. AND NOW DO WE HAVE ANY

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COMMITTEE REPORTS BY THE COUNCIL? YEAH. I JUST HAVE ONE MADAM MAYOR HAD MPO MEETING AND, UM, THE AGENDA HAS BEEN SITTING SAID SENT. TO THE CLERK. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SHE CAN AFFORD YOU THE AGENDA AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. COMMENTS BY MR VILLAGE MANAGER. UH MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THIS EVENING.

I'LL BE DOING A LOT OF TALKING AT THE END THE MEETING SO THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. MAY I

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HAVE A MOTION FOR AN APPROVAL AGENDA? SO MOVED. DO I HAVE A 2ND 2ND? ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. NO MATTER AMERICA ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER, DOWLING, HIGH COUNCIL MEMBER, GIBBS THOMAS I COUNCIL MEMBER STONE VICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES, MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. CONSENT AGENDA MAY HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA.

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SOME MOVE FOR APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. NO MATTER THEIR ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER DOWLING BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. YES VICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES MAYOR HERNANDEZ.

YES, REGULAR AGENDA. MR VILLAGE MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE. YES, I'M NUMBER SEVEN.

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Approval of Amended Pay Plan as Required by Personnel Regulations

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MADAM MAYOR IS THE APPROVAL OF AMENDED PAY PLAN. AS YOU RECALL BACK IN JANUARY OF 2021, THE VILLAGE ADOPTED ITS FIRST PAY PLAN CONSISTENT WITH THE PERSONNEL ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY YOU, UH, THE PAY PLANNED ESTABLISHES SALARY RANGES FOR ALL POSITIONS THAT YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. IN THE VILLAGE. UH IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR SALARY RANGES FOR NEWLY CREATED POSITION, SUCH AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS AND THE PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DIRECTOR POSITION. STAFF IS ASKING THAT. YOU ATTACH TO THE ITEM IS A SPREADSHEET OF ALL THOSE POSITIONS AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE PAY PLAN AS PRESENTED. YOU HAVE A MOTION? SOME MOVE FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILMAN DOWLING DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. YES. COUNCILMAN STONE SO. I GUESS THE TWO WITH HASTE TRICK THAT'S SET BY THE INDIAN TOWN COMPANY. YES YES, SIR. IF YOU RECALL WHEN WE ABSORB THE. ANY TOWN COMPANY OF THOSE POSITIONS CAME OVER AND RIGHT NOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IS EVALUATING EVERY POSITION UNDER A NEW PAY PLAN. SO THOSE POSITIONS. CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY HERE. SO OKAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UM WHEN THE EMPLOYEES THAT LEFT SO MONTHS AGO. I MEAN, JUST KIND OF THINKING AHEAD HERE. IS THIS ALL THE POSITION THAT'S GOING TO BE ON HERE? LET'S SAY IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR. IS THIS PRETTY MUCH SAID MAYBE NOT IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. SO IF THE COUNCIL PROVES ANY POSITIONS MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL. BUT THE WAY OUR SYSTEM IS SET UP IS.

ANY FULL TIME POSITION HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL FIRST. AND THEN IT GETS INSERTED TO THIS PAY PLAN AT SOME POINT, SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE HERE THIS EVENING HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE WATER AND SEWER POSITIONS FROM ANY TAIL COMPANY. OKAY, SO THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE NUMBERS. THERE'S NO CHANGE.

THANK YOU. REFLECTION OF CURRENT STAFF AND CURRENT CONTRACT. THAT'S CORRECT. WELL JUST STEP JUST STEP CURRENT CURRENT EMPLOYEES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. NO MATTER AMERICA ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER DARLING HIGH COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS RIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER STONE VICE MAYOR CLARKE MAYOR HERNANDEZ YES. MR VILLAGE MANAGER. I DON'T NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE. I AM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, AS YOU

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Approval of Strategic Plan and Consideration of Council Member Dowling's Recommended Additions.

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RECALL ON APRIL 10TH THE WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING IN THIS ROOM. THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD, AND ORIGINALLY WE HAD PLACED THIS ON THE, UH VILLAGE COUNCILS CONSENT AGENDA. AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, AND AT THAT MEETING ACCOUNTS MAN DOWN AND PULL THE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. AND HE IS RECOMMENDING A NUMBER OF EDITIONS. THE COUNCIL DIRECTED US TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT INFORMATION WE DID. AND IT'S BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION NOW. TURN IT BACK OVER TO, UM. THE COUNCIL, SEE WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH IT.

THINK WE THINK I THINK A COUPLE YOU HAVE TOLD ME YOU HAD SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD IT OR AND THE PLAN SO. OKAY WELL, DO WE WANT TO START WITH COUNCILMAN DARLING? BECAUSE HE HAS HIS. PROPOSAL THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I, UM. JUST HAVE, UM SO, UM, ALL THE COUNCIL

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MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE SEVEN UM UM. EXCUSE ME, NOT SEVEN, I THINK IS 99. THE NINE AGENDA DENYING, UM. STRATEGIC PLAN ITEMS THAT I'VE CONSIDERED SO IF YOU IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, BUT BUT I WANTED TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU ALL.

MHM. OKAY? COUNCILMAN STONE. SO, MR BROWN. HOW MANY OF THESE THINGS WE ARE ALREADY DOING OR ALREADY PLANNED ON DOING. BECAUSE THIS LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR AS FAR AS WHAT WE ALREADY DISCUSSED. WELL YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS IS IN PROCESS. AS YOU KNOW, UM, WE'VE THE RETAIL CONSULTANT CAME IN BEFORE YOU AND PROVIDED A PRESENTATION. UM. AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE COUNCILMAN, BUT I THINK HIS ATTEMPT WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THESE THINGS IN THE PLANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT THE, UH, WATER PLANT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ONGOING. UH WE PROVIDED THE COUNCIL WITH A UPDATE. ON THE PROGRESS, SO WE KNOW WE'RE DOING DESIGN. WE'RE DOING PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING NOW. SIX MONTHS FROM NOW WE'LL BE DOING DESIGN NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE DOING, UH, WILL BE APPLIED FOR CONSTRUCTION MONEY TO DO THE $15 MILLION OR SO IMPROVEMENTS. AND VILLAGES. ALL WE PLAN TO PUT OUT AN RFP FOR ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING SERVICES THIS WEEK. PARKS AND RECREATION. WE JUST HAD AN UPDATE WITH THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT AT THE FIRST BUDGET MEETING, IT APPEARS THAT THERE THERE IS SOME INTEREST WITH THE COUNCIL TO DO SOMETHING THERE. AND, UH, AND NUMBER EIGHT. IT'S KIND OF AN ONGOING ONE, WHICH IS THE ARE LOBBYISTS. YOU KNOW, UM. RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE AT OUR CURRENT LOBBYISTS, AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE MAKE AN APPLICATION OR MAKE A FUNDING REQUEST TO THE STATE. WE'VE BEEN GOOD ABOUT IT. WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND WE SHOULD WE SHOULD HAVE THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THAT CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN BECAUSE IT WILL ENSURE THAT WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR. ANNEXATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCEDURES ON HOW TO DO IT. UM.

BUT I THINK WHAT? WHAT THE COUNCILMAN IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THERE IS, YOU KNOW. DO WE HAVE A PLAN ON MOVING FORWARD WITH AN X IN AREAS OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE BOUNDARIES? AND THAT TYPE OF THING, AND SO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE COULD PUT IN THE PLAN.

UH, YOU KNOW? LEAST THAT'S WHAT I SEE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY I ASK BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THESE ARE ALREADY THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, SO I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT WE ARE IMPROVING HERE. WELL. I WOULD JUST SAY THIS. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. SUSAN I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, FINISH YOUR THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SAY WHATEVER. WHATEVER ITEM YOU FEEL WE NEED TO WORK ON. WHAT WE WHAT OUR PLAN IS A STAFFS PLAN WOULD BE TO, UH, GET WITH JIM CARES AND KIND OF WORK AT THE STAFF LEVEL ON THIS AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THE COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WHAT? WHAT I'M THINKING. COUNT. A WOMAN MUST COUNCILMAN STONE, ARE YOU? YEAH, THANKS. TELL THE WOMAN GIVES THOMAS YEAH, AND JUST KIND OF I GUESS, TOO TO BUILD ON THAT OR OR KIND OF, UM. NEEDLE THAT OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. THESE NINE ITEMS. THEY SEEM TO BE IN THE CURRENT AND WHAT WAS IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN ARE WE TRYING TO ARE WE TRYING TO NARROW THEM DOWN FURTHER? GET RID OF SOME OF THIS OTHER STUFF IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BECAUSE THESE SEEM TO BE AND. AND HERE, ARE WE ARE WE NARROWING IT DOWN? I THINK IT'S JUST FOCUSING FOCUSING PRIORITIES BECAUSE IN THE LAST STRATEGIC PLAN IF WE ARE CLINTON MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT FIRE RESCUE THAT SIDE OF OUR PLAY. WE TALKED ABOUT WATER PLANT, BUT WE NEVER GOT ANYWHERE WITH THAT. UM WE WERE GOING TO START WITH THE PARKS AND REC AND THE, UM PRESERVATIONS AND WE NEVER. WE? THE TOPIC STARTED AND IT JUST, UH, STOPPED BECAUSE IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE. SO I THINK THIS IS JUST MORE TO CONCENTRATE. GIVE GUIDANCE TO THE. TO THE STAFF, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW. SESSION COMES WE ALREADY KNOWN NUMBER EIGHT SESSION COMES EVERY YEAR AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE LAST MINUTE PUTTING IN ARE WE NEED TO START TALKING WITH OUR, UM, REPRESENTATIVE REVEREND. THE CENTER WAS SNYDER, SENATOR HAROLD IN REGARDS OF ANY PROPOSAL THAT THE COUNCIL HAS, UM AND AGREES ON AND. THEY

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START COMMITTEE WEEKS IN SEPTEMBER AND IN JANUARY TO START SESSIONS, SO WE NEED TO AT LEAST HAVE, UH, STAFF START WORKING WITH AT LEAST UH UM. WHAT WE AT THE WHOLE AS THE COUNCIL WE NEED TO DO AS PRIORITIES FOR THAT, AND THEN ANNEXATION. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANNEXATION. RETAIL ANALYSIS. I KNOW WE RECEIVED IT. BUT WHERE ARE WE GOING AFTER WITH THAT? CAUSE THERE'S WE RECEIVE THE RETAIL ANALYSIS REPORT. BUT THERE'S NOT AND AFTER THERE'S NOT WHAT STAFF THERE'S NOT A DIRECTION FROM US TO THE STAFF, TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO WITH THAT. WATER PLANT. I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT BRIEFLY, AND WE SAID THAT WE WANTED. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY IN IT AND SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES, UM CAN CAN SAY IT BETTER, BUT I THINK WE SAID THAT WE WANTED TO, UH, WE WANTED TO SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK IF WE WOULD HAVE LIKE SOMEONE COME IN. AND DO IT OR KEEP. WELL, WE SAID WE WANT TO KEEP THE EMPLOYEES BUT WE WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY DIFFERENCE WITH MONEY. WE WANTED TO SEE IT IN PAPER. FROM WHAT I RECALL FROM THAT MEETING, SO STAFF I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT COME BACK, SO STAFF NEEDS TO WORK ON THAT.

VILLAGE HALL. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM VILLAGE HAUNT. EVERYONE KEEPS ON ASKING ME ABOUT THAT.

UM WHERE ARE WE? IN VILLAGE HAR. I THINK AS A COUNCIL WE NEED A. WE NEED TO UPDATE FROM THE STAFF IN REGARDS OF WHERE WE'RE AT. AND, UH WHAT ARE WE ON TIME? DO YOU NEED ANY DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL IN REGARDS OF. WHAT'S NEXT? IS THERE SOMETHING HOLDING UP? UM I KNOW WITH COVID EVERYTHING. CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE OVER THE ROOF AND DELAYS FOR EVERYTHING. PARKS AND REC. I THINK THEY GOT OUR OUR GUIDANCE YESTERDAY. THE REDESIGN OF WAR FIELD BOULEVARD IN 7 10. WELL THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS TALKED, NOT IT HAS BEEN TALKED BRIEFLY WITH THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE. VILLAGE OF ANY IN TOWN COUNCIL. I KNOW IT WAS TALKED WITH THE C R A AM I CORRECT? AND SEE IF THAT'S A VISION THAT THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING TO, UH, TO KEEP ON DOING THAT. DO WE WANT TO NOT DO THAT? I KNOW WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT A TOWN CENTRE. I'M NOT SURE IF WE WANT TO DO A TOWN CENTRE. WE NEED TO START GIVING GUIDANCE TO STAFF BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT ITEMS, BUT WE DON'T ACTUALLY CONCRETE THEM AND. IF WE WANT THINGS TO GET DONE, WE NEED TO START GIVING GUIDANCE TO OUR OUR STAFF TO START HEADING THESE. I KNOW WE HAVE A REDESIGN OF DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DRIVE, AND I KNOW THAT. THAT SHOULD BE STARTING AT THE END OF. THIS. UH UHH. WELL THEY'RE YES, MA'AM.

THIS REDESIGNED IT. I THINK HE'S REFERRING TO IS IT'S LIKE THE CORRIDOR LIKE THE RIGHT AWAY. YOU KNOW THE LANDSCAPE, THE LIGHTING ALL THAT. IF YEAH, MY OPINION, BUT I'LL WAIT TILL I GET READY TO SPEAK AND I THINK FACELIFT GUIDANCE TO SEE IF WE WANT TO. WE WANT TO SIGN A COMMITTEE FOR THAT. I'M NOT. IT'S MORE OF A GUIDANCE TO OUR STUFF IN REGARDS OF WHAT WE WANNA DO. THE APPLICATION IS SOMETHING NEW THAT I SEE. I THINK THAT'S YOUR PROPOSAL IN REGARDS OF SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HERO ABOUT AN APPLICATION FOR THE VILLAGE, BUT I DO REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET MORE TECHY. UH NEWER GENERATIONS. EVERYONE HAS THEIR PHONE THEY USE. UM I FINALLY DOWNLOADED THE AMAZON APP. SO LIKE EVERYONE HAS THE AMAZON A FACEBOOK AB. IF YOU LOOK AT MY PHONE TO HAVE A MILLION THINGS, SO I THINK WE NEED A. I LIKE THAT PROPOSAL. THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT I, UM BUT I THINK THAT AS THIS AS A COUNCIL, THE STAFF IS LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE. UM. I THINK IT'S JUST WE NEED TO START FOCUSING ON CERTAIN ITEMS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GIVEN GUIDANCE TO OUR OUR STUFF. SO NOW YOU HAVE, BUT REMEMBER, WE FINISHED EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD AN ADVERSE PLAN. CORRECT AND WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SAID WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO IN OUR SECOND PLAN. RIGHT SO DOES THE I'M GONNA STOP TALKING BECAUSE I THINK I GAVE EVERYONE A REFRESHER OF WHAT WE'VE DONE, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE DOES ANYONE ON A COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO TALK? IT IS A PRIORITY FOR THEM. BECAUSE. WE NEED TO PUT PRIORITIES READY TO WRITE SO PARKS AND REC SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE SCRATCHED OFF AS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES. WE DISCUSSED THAT LAST NIGHT. WELL I THINK I THINK THAT WE WOULD PUT THAT IN THE PLAN AND BRING BACK SOME SOME SUGGESTION.

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YEAH, AND SO THE READERS NOT OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO TALK, ANTHONY? AND YEAH, I THINK IT WILL CLEAR IT UP. SO THESE NINE I SPEAK AFTER YOU. YES MA'AM. THESE NINE ITEMS ARE. OUR ITEMS IN WHICH ARE BIG FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AND THE AND WE DID NOT LAY OUT AT OUR APRIL 10TH MEETING. WHAT WHAT WAS NEXT? AND SO THESE NINE THESE NINE ITEMS, IN MY OPINION, JUST FOR ME ARE THE ITEMS THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE TACKLING AS A VILLAGE. STONE UM, DID A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH GETTING THE RETAIL ANALYSIS, UM TO INDIAN TOWN, SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NEXT. AS THE MAYOR HAS SAID, SO I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE. BUT.

THESE NINE ITEMS. UM, ARE, UM THE IDEA AND THE PLAN IS TO HAVE JIM CAREY'S COMEBACK AND FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT OR WE START OR WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THESE NINE ITEMS? SO THESE ARE THESE ARE. ITEMS THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. UM I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO ADD TO THIS OR TAKE AWAY. UM, WHATEVER THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL. THINK THEY NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OF US. I THINK THAT CAME OUT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PRIORITIZING THEM. I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T GET ALL NOW. AN ACCOMPLISHED UH TO ME. I AGREE WITH THE REDESIGNING THE MLK, BUT I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD WAIT. UNTIL THEY GET THAT DRAINAGE WORK DONE A LESSON THAT WON'T BE AN EFFECT I DID HAVE. SOME RESIDENTS ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE PLANT SOME PALM TREES OR WHAT? SO I'M ASSUMING WE PROMISE YOU WAIT TILL THEY GET THROUGH WITH THE DRAINAGE WORK. TO ME, SO WE DON'T FEEL GOOD MONEY AFTER. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BAD MONEY. THAT'S MY TAKE, BUT I WOULD THINK FOR US TO PRIORITIZE THEM. I THINK THE WATER PLANT IS GOING TO BE ONGOING AND LIKE YOU SAID AFTER UM AND WAR FIELD. LOBBYIST THE LOBBYISTS AND THE WATER PLANT AS I'M GOING, AND I GUESS WE JUST NEED THE HARNESS IN ON WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT WE WANTED TO DO FIRST. OR PUT UP. I MEAN, TECHNICALLY, WE'RE DOING ALL THIS ALREADY. I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING REALLY ON THE LIST THAT WE'RE NOT DOING. WELL, HERE'S HERE'S HERE'S WHAT I WOULD SAY IF ANYONE HAS. SOMETHING IN THEIR HEAD RIGHT NOW. THAT'S NOT ON THIS LIST. WHY DON'T WE JUST TALK ABOUT IT NOW? UM AND THAT WAY WE CAN EDIT THIS AND WHAT I'LL DO IF IT'S OKAY WITH ACCOUNTS MAY BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S HIS WORK PRODUCT. I'LL JUST SAID I'LL TAKE AWAY THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT DOES NOT FIT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAY. I CAN CALL THIS DOWN BECAUSE. YOU KNOW, I CAN, THE RETAIL ANNOUNCED THE RETAIL ANALYSIS. THE. AND I BELIEVE, AND I'M JUST SAYING THE APP BEFORE THE VILLAGE WHERE IT RIGHT NOW, UH WE MIGHT. IF WE GET THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAYING MONEY. WE PLAN TO BUY A COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM, OR E R P WHICH WILL HAVE AN APP. PART OF IT. IT WILL BE PART OF THAT, SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT. THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE E R P AN APP WILL BE BRIGHT PRODUCT OF THAT, AND SO NOW RESIDENTS CAN GO ONLINE AND MAKE SERVICE REQUEST POTHOLE COMPLAINTS CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINTS THEY CAN. FIVE BUILDING PERMITS ONLINE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME IN THE VILLAGE HALL AND THAT KIND OF THING. IT CAN ALL BE DONE ON THE APP. SO. THAT'S THAT'S IT.

THE LOBBYIST. AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO EVERY YEAR. MAYBE WE JUST HAVE, LIKE, UH, DECLARATIVE STATEMENT THAT SAYS EVERY YEAR BY, YOU KNOW, UH, NOVEMBER WILL HAVE THREE PROJECTS OR TWO PROJECTS THAT THE COUNCIL SELECTS FROM OR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN BY. JANUARY 1ST. YOU KNOW, WE JUST PUT IT IN WRITING WHAT WE'RE. BUT OUR PRACTICE IN WRITING AND CODIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, SO THAT WAY SOMETHING LIKE THIS EVERY YEAR.

WE KNOW THAT WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. TOM FOREMAN GIVES THOMAS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT ADDING. I KNOW THAT WE SPOKE THIS EVENING ABOUT A DESIRE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE GREEN SPACE. SO IS THAT A PART WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED A PART OF PARKS AND REC THAT WE HAVE HERE? WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED UNDER PARKS? THAT GREEN SPACE ITEM? I THINK IT COULD BE. I THINK IT I THINK. IT COULD BE SEPARATE, BUT THAT'S ALL SOMETHING THAT WE COULD COME BACK WITH. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IF WE LOOK AT OUR OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT'S GOING TO TELL US WHAT WE'VE ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT. AND THEN IF IT CONFLICTS WITH THAT, THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO. IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WE CAN CREATE. CREATE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UM. AND THEN HAVE A GOAL WHERE WE

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HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND SAY, I KNOW MISS JEFFERSON WAS IN HERE EARLIER WHEN WE DISCUSS COUNCIL DISCUSSED EARLIER. UH THE POSSIBILITY OF PROTECTING.

GREEN SPACES AND MIKE GOT TOGETHER, RIGHT? YEAH. RESERVATION THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PRESERVATION. AND SO I DON'T. I DON'T HAVE DETAILS ON. ON THE ON THE CONFERENCE OF PLAYING AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT TONIGHT, BUT WELL, WE WILL. WE WILL, UM. DEFINITELY BRING SOMETHING BACK. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? OTHER THAN THE PRESERVATION OF, UM GREEN SPACES AND PRESERVE AREAS AND. I MEAN, I MEAN, IF IT'S NOT, I MEAN WHAT WHAT I'LL DO. I WILL, UM. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE, LIKE A TIMELINE WHERE WE JUST THE COUNCIL CAN EXPECT LIKE. MAKE STAFF RESPONSE UNCERTAIN BECAUSE, LIKE THE RETAIL NOW IS LIKE I PREVIOUSLY SAID WE RECEIVED IT. IT WAS GREAT INFORMATION KNOWING THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT GETS SPENT FROM OUR RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF ANY TIME INSTEAD OF RETAINING IT. THE LEAKAGE IS LIKE WHAT IS A 80 MILLION OR EIGHT MILLION? I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT LEAKS OUT OF INDIAN TOWN BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE TO GO. OUT TO GET OUR ITEMS. SO, UM.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW. WE PARTNERED WITH THE BD BEING AND, UM. DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO. IF THERE'S ANOTHER STEP THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS TO TAKE IN REGARDS OF RETAIL, UM, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T WANT THIS ANALYSIS TO SIT IN. IN THE BOOKSHELF RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DESIRE. WE DESIRE TO HAVE THAT ANALYSIS AND HAVE PROVEN BE ABLE TO GO AND SHOW POTENTIAL. UM. RETAILERS THAT YOU KNOW, THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN HAS POTENTIAL. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT STAFF HAS THOUGHT ABOUT THE RETURN ANALYSIS. UM. YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL GOOD POINTS, SO. AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF ON THIS. THE RETAIL CONSULTANT DID PART OF THEIR TASK, WHICH WAS TO PROVIDE THE ANALYSIS THEY'VE DONE THAT THEY PRESENTED THE COUNCIL. OKAY, SO THEY ARE. WE ALSO HAVE RETAINED THEM TO WORK WITH OUR. CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS TO PUT TOGETHER DEALS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS WHEN THE LOCAL DEVELOPERS ARE MAKING DECISIONS THEY CAN. THEY CAN USE THAT INFORMATION AND OUR CONSULTANT TO PUT TOGETHER A DEAL THAT WOULD BRING ADDITIONAL RETAIL HERE. SO, UH, LET US WORK ON SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT IN THE PLAN WHERE WE HAVE A CHECK IN SO LIKE EVERY QUARTER OR EVERY SIX MONTHS, BECAUSE WHAT THEY THEY WILL PUT A REPORT TOGETHER WE CAN BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT. HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY'VE TALKED TO ABOUT HOW MANY RETAILERS THEY'VE TALKED TO HOW MANY DEALS THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON? THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO TELL US WHO, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN GET A REPORT DONE ROUTINELY AND BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL SO THAT COULD BE IN THE PLAN. SO ON THE PLAN, THE PLAN WOULD BE UPDATE THE COUNCIL QUARTERLY ON THE RETAIL CONSULTANTS PRODUCTIVITY. AND SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT IN THE PLAN THAT THAT. EVERY QUARTER OR EVERY SIX MONTHS. THE RETAIL CONSULTANT WILL COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL UPDATE UPDATE. YOU GUYS ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE WORKED ON. UM BUT YOU KNOW AGAIN, YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORK THEY DO IS VERY SPECIALIZED. AND SO IT'S REALLY BASED ON YOU KNOW THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE RETAILERS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING SO YEAH, WE CAN DO. THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AROUND AROUND ALL OF THESE THESE GOALS WELL, THESE ITEMS. COUNCILMAN STONE. YEAH ACTUALLY, MR BROWN MENTIONED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GONNA SAY, BECAUSE I KNOW THE BDB IS ALSO WORKING WITH ALTEA AS WELL AS TRYING TO GET. RECRUIT RETAIL AS WELL AS DEVELOPERS HERE, SO I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON AND NOT ONLY DAD IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. OUR.

JOB IS TO ALSO USE THAT PLAN TO BRING PEOPLE IN AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL. SO. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST SITTING ON IT, AND I KNOW FOR SURE THAT I'M WORKING ON IT AS WELL. AND OBVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN PROVING THAT SO YOU KNOW? WELL, IT'S BEING WORKED ON. IN OTHER

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WORDS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. STONE I THINK LIKE AN UPDATE EVERY WHAT SIX MONTHS EVERY YEAR. PROBABLY OVER THREE MONTHS. EVERY CORNER IN REGARD TO THAT. YEAH NO, I WAS THE REASON WHY THREE'S WHY I THREW OUT UM. SIX MONTHS IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW? THERE MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH ACTIVITY BETWEEN THREE MONTHS BAN ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BUT IN SIX MONTHS, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD HAVE A ROBUST REPORT OF WHAT HAS OCCURRED WITH THE RETAIL CONSULTANT. WE RETAINED. AND WHAT BITES OR IF THERE'S ANY MOVEMENT. UM BUT YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE TO LOOK AT HIS CONTRACT BECAUSE HIS CONTRACT REQUIRES HIM TO DO A PRESENTATION FOR THE COUNCIL. I JUST DON'T REMEMBER HOW FREQUENT IT IS, AND HE MIGHT BE WILLING TO JUST. APPEAR BY ZOOM IF IT'S EVERY THREE MONTHS, BUT WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS BURN YOU OUT ON ROUTINE STUFF.

YOU KNOW IF HE COMES BACK EVERY THREE MONTHS, AND IT'S HE TALKED TO THE SAME RETAILERS, YOU KNOW THE SAME. THE SAME. THAT POINT WE DON'T NEED TO BE. YOU KNOW, THEN, RIGHT, THEN IT IT MAY IF YOU MAKE IT BURNT OUT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING YOU KNOW. BUT THAT'S WHY I WAS RECOMMEND SIX MONTHS BUT LET ME TALK WITH HIM. AND SEE WHAT'S WHAT IS HE DOING? OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WHAT'S WHAT, AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU. SO, UM, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO. OKAY, SO WE SHOULD EXPECT. AN UPDATE IN REGARDS TO RETAIL ANALYSIS AND WHEN WE CAN EXPECT THE REPORT YES. SO. I WOULD, I WOULD. I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO THIS. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS WE WANT TO ADD. WE WILL WE WILL WORK WITH SHE CARES. AND TRY TO GET ALL OF THIS BECAUSE WE GOT WE HAVE TO MOVE PRETTY QUICK ON SOME OF THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE BUDGET GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SO WE'VE ALREADY CONTACTED JIM CARES AND HE'S INFORMED IS THAT HE COULD WORK WITH THIS QUICKLY TO GET A GAME PLAN TOGETHER WITH DELIVERABLES AND THAT TYPE OF THING WITH TIMELINES. AND I THINK THAT SOME OF THIS IS. IT'S GOING TO. IT'S REALLY EASIER. EASY FOR US TO PUT IN THE PLAN BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS REPORTING WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THE REDESIGN OF WAR FIELD BOULEVARD 7 10. IS THAT THE SAME THING AS A TOWN CENTRE? IT COULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THIS CONTEXT WHERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE HEARD. I KNOW THE COUNT'S BEEN DOWN. HE'S TALKING ABOUT IT. BUT WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED HERE COUNCILMAN ZONE USED TO ALWAYS SAY THAT. WE NEED TO CLEAN UP OUR FRONT PAGE AND WHICH MEANS THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF UM, BUSINESSES THAT. THAT NEED FACELIFTS IF YOU WILL. I MEAN, NOT THAT NOT THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THEIR BUSINESS. BUT YOU KNOW IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN LOOK OR A CERTAIN COUNTRY FIELD, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CONTINUITY CONSISTENCY. AND THINGS LOOK A CERTAIN WAY. BUT YOU KNOW I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO. LABOUR TO POINT, BUT THAT'S THAT COULD BE PART OF THAT AND DEVELOPING A TOWN CENTER. LIKE WHERE HE IS OUR TOWN CENTER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY OUR TOWN CENTRE IS EAT THERMAL WATERS WAY. OR EAT THEM, A WATER STREET AVENUE AND, UM WAR FIELD, RIGHT? IF YOU ASK ME, AND I KNOW THAT I COULD BE DEAD WRONG RIGHT NOW, TALKING, SAYING THIS. I'M SURE YOU'LL CORRECT ME. WE DON'T HAVE A TOWN CENTER, YOU KNOW, BUT IF SOMEONE SAID, WHERE IS THE TOWN CENTER OF. OF ANY TOWN THAT MAINSTREAM EVERYONE GOES TO THE POST OFFICE. I WOULD SAY THAT I SAW AN OLD PICTURE THAT JIM HEWITT GAVE ME THE OTHER DAY AT A STAFF MEETING, AND IT'S LIKE DATED 1958. AND IT SHOWED, UM I THINK I SHARED WITH ALL YOU GUYS. IT WAS DATED. JIMMY WAS 1958, RIGHT? OKAY, AND IT ONLY HAD SEMINOLE IN ON IT AND. AND RYAN'S GROCERY STORE. I THINK THINK RYAN'S GROCERY STORE RYAN'S GROCERY STORE, SO IT'S LIKE.

WHERE IS THE TOWN CENTER, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S ALL PART OF DON'T THINK THE POST OFFICE WAS THERE. THERE WAS NO POST OFFICE. HERE AND, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY IN A TOWN, YOU KNOW.

THE POST OFFICE HAS BEEN AROUND. YOU KNOW? THAT'S WHAT LATE 17 HUNDREDS SO YOU KNOW, IT'S.

MHM. SO THEY HAVE A TERM ONE OF THE TERMS THAT OFFER ME WITH ITS A PLANNING TERM. IT'S

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CALLED PLACE MAKING. AND SO THIS IS REALLY BIG PICTURE. UM. THIS IS A BIG PICTURE CONCEPT AND WHAT IT DOES, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAKING. DESTINATION PLACE, YOU KNOW? HOW DO YOU DO THAT? WELL, YOU DO IT BY COMING UP WITH THIS THESE DESIGNS AND TRYING TO ENVISION YOU KNOW WHERE YOU THINK THE TALENTS AND IT WOULD BE. YOU KNOW, AND SO MAYBE WE COULD. YOU KNOW THAT COULD BE A LARGER GOAL. AND THEN UNDER THAT GOAL, THERE ARE SOME. SUB AREAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OR FOCUS SPECIAL FOCUS AREAS. COURT THE MLK, UH, CORRIDOR, THE WAR FIELD CORRIDOR. AND THEN WE START LOOKING AT. YOU KNOW OUR SIGNAGE COMING INTO THE VILLAGE WHERE OUR TALENT CENTER SHOULD BE IT AND I REMEMBER SEEING SOMETHING AN OLD CR A PLAN, OR I GUESS WHEN THEY HAD THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I SAW AN OCR A PLAN AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE THIS WHOLE. ADAMS AVENUE THERMAL WATERS WAR FIELD IDEA CONCEPT. I SAW IT, AND IT KIND OF STUCK THAT. THAT'S WHERE DOWNTOWN IS OR THAT'S WHAT THE TOWN CENTER HERE, SO. SO NOW, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO. I THINK WE SHOULD WE SHOULD. GET SOME AGREEMENT MAP. WE HAVE THE MAP? NO I MEAN LIKE, CAN WE HAVE THE C R A MOUTH? YEAH THAT'S A REALLY GOOD GUIDANCE, RIGHT? I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD WAY TO START. I AGREE. AGREE. A LOT OF THE WORK HAS ALREADY ALREADY BEEN DONE. WE JUST NEED TO GET SOME CONSENSUS WITH THIS COUNCIL. THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S STILL RELEVANT. AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU STILL WANT TO DO. OH COUNCIL AND GUEST, THOMAS. JUST KIND OF A SIDEBAR TALKING ABOUT THE FILM. WATERS AVENUE. WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE? OFFICIALLY RENAMED AS AS IT ONCE. WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE? WHEN ARE WE HAVING A CEREMONY? WELL I MEAN, THAT'S UP. THAT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL, BUT I CAN JUST TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW THAT WE'VE ORDERED THE, UM WE DID ORDER THE SIGNS. AND THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE ONES THAT GO ACROSS WAR FIELD BOULEVARD. IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS, AND SO WE WANT TO PUT THEM UP ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH BILL ARCHER BILL TO SEE EXACTLY WHEN, WHEN THAT DATE IS AND I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF. THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION DATE IN ADVANCE, SO WE CAN PLAN AROUND THAT. I KNOW. I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT. I CAN TELL YOU. IT'S ALREADY CHANGED ON THE PROPERTY PRICES WEBSITE AND I JUST LOOKED. SOME. WELL I HAD A PHONE CALL.

THAT'S GOOD, AND I HAD TO GIVE ADAMS AVENUE AND THEY TOLD ME OH, IT'S NOT CALLED THAT ANYWHERE, RIGHT? I'M LIKE I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. OKAY, SO, UM, DO YOU NEED ANY OTHER? DIRECTION I KNOW VILLAGE HALL IS SOMETHING THAT. IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND, UM UM. WILL DEFINITELY PUT BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET GIVE TIMETABLES. YOU KNOW ON ALL OF IT, AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE YOU NO TIME TO DO. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO IN A YEAR, I WOULD SAY, JUST ADD ALL THE STUFF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE THIS IS ALL. ONGOING EITHER WAY, YEAH, MOST OF IT ALL. I MEAN, ALWAYS ALWAYS ARE GOING THE ONGOING THING. NO, BUT WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AFTER WE GET SOME. SOME STAFF PUTS TOGETHER LIKE SOME DELIVERABLES AND SOME TIMETABLES, WHO AT THE BILL IS GOING TO CARRY IT OUT, AND WE'LL COME BACK AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT PUBLICLY AND THEN.

AND IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. WHEN WOULD THAT BEING BECAUSE I KNOW THE SO I KNOW THE APPROPRIATION STUFF NEEDS TO BE DONE. YES, BEFORE WHEN, WHEN DOES THE MARTIN COUNTY LET? UM DELEGATION MEET. IT'S NORMALLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR. UM. I WANT TO SAY SUCCESSION CHANGE, SO. SESSION WAS IN MARCH THIS YEAR. WELL WE GO. WHAT WAS IN JANUARY? REMEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO MARTIN COUNTY. WE DO THE MARTIN KYUNG DELEGATION THING FIRST. OKAY, AND THAT'S LIKE IN THE END OF THE YEAR, IT COULD BE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER. BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE WEEK IS IN SEPTEMBER, THEIR FIRST COMMITTEE RIGHT BEFORE THEIR SESSION, THEY START COMMITTEES AND WRITE MEMBER SO IN ART, SO IN OUR IN OUR PLAN. WE WOULD PUT IN OUR PLAN THAT WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH

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THE COUNCIL STAFFS GOT TO PROVIDE PRIORITIES AND ARE AND THEN WE DISCUSSED THOSE PRIORITIES AND THEN THE COUNCIL SELECTS. AND THEN WE GO TO THE MARTIN SOMETHING. IT'LL ALL WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THERE IS CODIFYING OUR CURRENT PRACTICE. JUST LIKE WE DID.

LAST YEAR. WE PUT TOGETHER PRIORITIES. WE TALKED TO COUNCIL WE SELECTED ONE THAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT. AND THEN WE PRESENTED TO THE MARTIN COUNTY DELEGATION. SO WHY DON'T WE JUST DO IT? THE SECOND MEETING IN NEXT MONTH? SO THAT WAY. OH, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WE GOT IT. WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HAVE JIM CARREY'S BACK HERE IN THE NEXT MEETING OR SO, SO WE CAN GET ALL THIS. TOGETHER. DURING OUR WORKSHOP. WHENEVER WE CAN FIT IT IN. BUT I MEAN THE MONEY ITEMS ALL THE MONEY ITEMS. WE'RE GONNA WORK ON FIRST. BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'LL HAVE IMPACT. BUDGETARY IMPACT. OKAY, LET'S WORK ON THAT. SO DO YOU NEED. YEAH. SO WHAT DO YOU NEED EMOTIONS? WHY DON'T YOU GUYS DIRECT ME TO COME BACK IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS WITH WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE. UH, YOU KNOW ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THESE THINGS HERE. DO I HAVE EMOTION? YEAH. SO MOVE. UM. FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT, UM HOWARD JUST SAID, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE, UM THE PRESERVATION. EVALUATION AS WELL. DEATH OR IT. DOES IT? YEAH EVERYTHING THAT HOWARD JUST SAID. SO, YES. DO I HAVE A SECOND EVERYTHING. SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. I SEE NONE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. NO MATTER MAYOR. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER DOWLING HIGH COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS. BY COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. YES, VICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES, MR VILLAGE MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER

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Authorizing Council Discretionary Funds.

]

NINE. YES, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER NINE WEEP. WE DISCUSSED THIS AT OUR PLANNING, COMMIT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING. I THINK AS LATE AS LAST YEAR AS EARLY AS APRIL, 10TH AND, UH, AT A HAD A PREVIOUS VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING. HOUSEMAN DAHLING APPROACH THIS SUBJECT ABOUT THE DON'T ABOUT THE COUNCIL DISCRETIONARY FUNDS. AND COUNTS MODELING. I THINK AT THE LAST AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE WERE DIRECTED TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE COUNCIL. AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND THAT'S THIS MEETING. SO, WITH ALL THAT BEING, SAID COUNCIL AND ALEX.

FIRST I JUST WANTED TO THINK, WADE FOR, UM, GRABBING SOME INFORMATION FROM THE CITY OF ORLANDO GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. UM I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ. UM, THAT EMAIL THAT WAS SENT? UM BUT, UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR A COMPLIMENT? CALLING IN REGARDS OF. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, JUST WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S WHAT THOSE THINGS COULD BE SPENT ON. SO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF. GIVING SOME SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF MONEY TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER. SO THE PURPOSE FOR THE FOR EACH, UM.

COUNCIL MEMBER IS TO DO WHAT THEY WANT WITHIN GUIDELINES. UM. IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE. SO WE WERE CHOOSING SOME OF THESE THINGS WILL BE FINISHED. CHOOSE TONIGHT. WHAT WE WANT THE CRITERIA TO BE. MR VILLAGE ATTORNEY WAS A SAMPLE RIGHT WAY. YES SO THIS LOOK AT YEAH. WHAT WHAT? THIS WAS THAT I SENT ON HERE. HE AZAZ, UM FROM THE CITY OF ORLANDO WHEN THEY IMPLEMENTED, UH, THERE, UH, THEIR POLICIES CONCERNING THIS. AS I MENTIONED THE EMAIL CITY OF ORLANDO'S OBVIOUSLY A MUCH LARGER CITY. THEY ACTUALLY ALLOCATE 150,000 PER COUNCIL MEMBER. AND ALL OF THESE USES MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE. UH A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE APPLICABLE IN LIGHT

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OF KIND OF THE LEVEL AND SCOPE OF WORKING EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESS. BUT.

PRIMARILY, I JUST WANT TO GIVE THIS TO YOU DID TOO. BUT THE THOUGHT IN YOUR HEAD THAT I THINK THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS IS TO DISCUSS CATEGORIES OF USE THAT IT THAT IT MAY BE PUT TO BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP YOU. KEEP IT WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE THAT I MENTIONED IN THE EMAIL, AND THAT IS ANY OF THE EXPENDITURE OF VILLAGE FUNDS HAS TO BE FOR WHAT WE CALL PUBLIC PURPOSE. OKAY? AND, UM. REALLY THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS THAT IS IF THERE IS AN INTEREST AMONG THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS SOME CATEGORIES OF USE, AND THEN THAT THOSE CAN END UP BECOMING YOUR GENERAL PARAMETERS. YEAH.

WELL, I KNOW FOR ONE OF THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UH. COUNCILWOMAN GIBBS, THOMAS AND MYSELF, AND I BELIEVE THE VICE MAYOR HAS HAD TO PAY. UM FOR PARK RENTALS. AND ONE. I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY, BUT BUT THIS FUN IF WE ALL HAD THAT FUN THIS WOULD COVER THE RENTAL OF THE PARK. YOU KNOW SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IN IN THE EMAIL THAT WEIGHT SENT, I KNOW IT'S 150,000. UM PER EACH, UM, COMMISSIONER. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE DEALING WITH TWO DIFFERENT CITIES. SO YES, SO THIS WOULD BE JUST LIKE A DISCRETIONARY FUND FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO USE IT. TO PROMOTE EVENTS. GET THE WORD OUT, YOU KNOW, UM, SO ON AND SO FORTH. COUNCILWOMAN. GIVE SOME THANK YOU. UM. I FEEL THERE'S A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN. CITY OF ORLANDO. I KNOW MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION DOES THIS MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION IS IN DISTRICTS. THAT IS HOW THEY GET THEIR MONEY. THEIR MONEY SPECIFICALLY, LIKE DISTRICT ONE IT HAS GATHERED FROM THEIR DISTRICT. THEIR DISTRICT. ONE REPRESENTATIVE IS THEN ABLE TO FOCUS ON THEIR DISTRICT AND HAVE THAT MONEY. SPENT. IN THAT DISTRICT. WE ARE AT LARGE. ALL OF US REPRESENT ALL OF INDIAN TOWN. UM TALK ABOUT PARK REYNOLDS. YEAH WHEN I HAD AN EVENT, AND IT WAS NOT A COUNCIL FUNCTION DIDN'T BOTHER ME. IN THE LEAST. I'M A RESIDENT OF ANY TOWN. ANY OTHER RESIDENT WOULD HAVE TO DO IT. IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME. I THINK IT IS. IT LENDS ITSELF TO BE SELF SERVING. I JUST DON'T THINK IT APPROPRIATE BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO DO WE COME TOGETHER WE DO IT FOR ALL OF INDIAN TOWN BECAUSE WE REPRESENT ALL OF INDIAN TOWN. I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR IT. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE I MEAN, I'M IN AGREEMENT. IF I MEAN LIKE IT HAS TO BE FOR DOING IT FOR THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT HAS TO BE. WE ALREADY IF I THINK I'M ASSUMING IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE VILLAGE, WE SHOULDN'T BE CHARGED. NO FEE FOR THE PARK. IF IT'S FOR THE VILLAGE. YES I DO. PAY FOR EVERYTHING, UH, THAT I DO. PHOTO VILLAGE EVEN GOT ESTABLISHED. I HAD TO PAY MARTIN COUNTY, BUT I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME LANGUAGE BECAUSE IF A COUNCIL MEMBER WANT TO DO SOMETHING, I MEAN, IT WILL BE FOR THE WHOLE FOR THE WHOLE INDIAN TOWN. WE'RE NOT IN DISTRICTS. JUST WE JUST NEED TO COME UP WITH WITH SOME LANGUAGE SO YOU COULD CLEARLY YOU KNOW, SAY WHAT? WHAT? YOU WHAT THE CRITERIA IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR WITHIN THE VILLAGE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY I MEAN WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH IT. BUT THAT'S WHY I CALLED WAIT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN STONE. SO JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS COMPARED TO IF WE WANT TO PUT ON AN EVENT RIGHT NOW, AND WE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M GOING TO USE THE HIGH SCHOOL PARADE AS AN EXAMPLE HERE. IF WE WANT TO DO THE HIGH SCHOOL PARADE. WE GET STOP INVOLVED. WE GET BASICALLY VILLAGE INVOLVED. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT COMPARED TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED RIGHT NOW? SO THESE ARE EACH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM. I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD JUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UM USE THOSE FUNDS SO I DON'T YEAH. CULTURAL GOES, THOMAS. THANK YOU. UM TALKING ABOUT? THE PERMITS THAT

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IT COSTS. IF WE'RE HAVING SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS ALL OF INDIAN TOWN. WEEKEND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL AND SAY THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. THIS IS WHAT I AM PLANNING. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING ME DO. WOULD THE COUNCIL WAVE THE PERMIT FEE? AND ASKED THE COUNCIL TO WAIVE THE PERMIT FEE. IF IT'S A VILLAGE EVENT. IF IT'S IF IT WELL, SAYING THAT THAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER, DOWLING STATED. HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS APPROPRIATE. IF WE'RE HAVING AN EVENT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR A PERMIT. DOESN'T BOTHER ME. BUT IF WE WANT TO, BECAUSE IF IT BENEFITS ALL OF INDIAN TOWN, WE CAN COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M DOING THIS FOR ALL OF INDIAN TOWN. MAYBE MY EVENT. FOR ALL OF INDIAN TOWN. WOULD THE COUNCIL CONSIDER WAIVING THAT FEE? YOU KNOW THAT'S APPROPRIATE. AND THEN THE WHOLE COUNCIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO. JUST I THINK IT LENDS ITSELF TO GO TO A PLACE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO GO. AND I DON'T DISAGREE. I AM FOUR BE FUN, BUT I. PROBABLY THE MOST EASIER WAY IS HAVE A BUDGET AROUND $10,000. WHERE IT'S NOT DESIGNATED TO ANY COUNCIL MEMBER. AND IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LIMIT. OF. 11 EVENT. A YEAR WHERE WE CAN DRAW FROM THIS. MONEY THIS FUND AND WE CAN. BECAUSE THERE'S EXPENSIVE WITH MS DOES NOT PERMANENT.

IT'S MUSIC. IT'S. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE OUT TO YOUR EVENT, DRINKS AND FOOD? IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY AND NOT CHARGE THEM. SO I THINK THAT IF THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS IS THIS FUND? UM. BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND THEY? THEY JUST DON'T WANT YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT IN DISTRICTS. WE ALL REPRESENT ANY IN TOWN AS A WHOLE. UM THE CONCERN IS THAT. IT'S GOING TO JUST GO TO ONE AREA OR TWO. TARGET ONE SPECIFIC. UH, AREA OR I DON'T KNOW IF. IT'S JUST GOING TO GET REALLY SLOPPY. SO I WOULD SUGGEST HAVE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER CAN HAVE ONE EVENT WHERE WE CAN DRAW UP FROM THIS FUND.

UM AND. IT WOULD BE A VILLAGE COUNCIL SPONSORED SO. BECAUSE THE HASSLE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL YOU HAVE TO I PERSONALLY, I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT. THINK ABOUT IT LAST MINUTE AND TO THINK ABOUT FIRST YOU GOT TO PUT IT IN AN AGENDA. IT TAKES TIME. YOU HAVE TO BRING IN YOUR WHEN DO WE HAVE TO SUBMIT IT? AND NOW THAT WE'RE DOING WORKSHOPS WERE ONLY DOING ONE OFFICIAL MEETINGS. SO IMAGINE YOU HAVE TO WAIT. 111 MONTH TO PUT THAT. AND WHAT ABOUT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT A DAY BEFORE. FOR THE DAY OF THAT THE AGENDA HAD ALREADY GONE OUT. YOU GOTTA WAIT ANOTHER MONTH AND. SO I THINK THAT THIS FUN WOULD UM WOULD HELP WITH NOT THE. WAITING THEM. I DON'T LIKE TO I'M ONE OF THOSE PROCRASTINATORS MEANT. DOES ANY A COUNCILMAN STONE? YES I ACTUALLY HAVE A SUGGESTION BASED ON WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.

INSTEAD OF PUTTING A LIMIT ON IT, OR. GIVEN $2000 EACH OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS, WHY DON'T WE ALL JUST PICK? ONE PROGRAM OR ONE EVENT PER YEAR THAT WE LIKE TO DO OR WE WANT TO DO.

AND WE JUST DO IT. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FOCUS ON WHO GETS WHAT? RIGHT NOW. I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING, BECAUSE IF I WANT TO DO SOMETHING, I FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO COME TO COUNCIL AND SAY, HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS. DO I HAVE COUNSEL SUPPORT? AND I DON'T SEE WHY EVERYBODY ELSE CAN'T DO THE SAME THING. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE WE. HAVE ENOUGH WHERE MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME

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PAGE. SO THAT THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH THAT. COUNCIL ONE GUEST, THOMAS. UM. EVEN THOUGH YOU ONE PERSON MAY BRING YOU TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GIVEAWAY OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE HAMBURGERS OR HOT DOGS AND. AND THAT KIND OF THING TO BRING PEOPLE INTO AN EVENT, YOU KNOW, WOULD THAT BE COVERED? I MEAN, IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW? WE HAD FIREWORKS IN THE BUDGET. AND WE COULDN'T AGREE ON THAT. AND THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET, AND THAT WAS FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WANTS TO PUT ON SOMETHING AND IT'S BUDGETED. DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE COUNCIL'S BEHIND IT. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT LENDS ITSELF TO BE SELF SERVING FOR WHO YOU'RE TRYING TO. DON'T GET IN GOOD WITH OR MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET POINTS WITH OR I THINK WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING. WE ALL DO OUR THING. WE COME TO THE COUNCIL WHEN WE NEED SOMETHING, AND WE'RE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT FOR EVERYBODY.

DIDN'T AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW FIREWORKS. OKAY WELL, THEN, YOU KNOW, GO ON TO THE NEXT THING.

EVERYBODY HAS THEIR THING THAT THEY DO LIKE I SAID, I'M A RESIDENT, MD INDIAN TOWN JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT. AND IT DOES NOT BOTHER ME TO SPEND. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS FOR A PERMIT FOR WHATEVER. AND IF I IF I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, THEN I CAN, YOU KNOW, BRING IT AND SAY OKAY, GUYS, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU MIND FOR THIS EVENT THAT'S DOING WHATEVER WAVING THE PERMIT C SELF SO. MAYBE MAYBE IN OUR NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN WE ALL HAVE. ONE EVENT. THAT WE SPONSOR AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. AND REGARDLESS OF BOATING OR NOT. THAT ONE EVENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AS LONG AS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOING TO BE WILLING TO DO IT. SO THAT WAY, FOR EXAMPLE FIREWORKS THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE. ONE OF FIVE EVENT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND REGARDLESS, WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FIVE THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE SITUATION IS. SO THAT WAY, IT JUST KEEPS IT SIMPLE. YOU HAVE YOUR SPONSORSHIP EVENT. MAYBE I WANT TO DO A. DON'T KNOW, BITE GIVEAWAY OR SOMETHING, AND THAT WOULD BE MY EVENT, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE IS, I JUST FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW. IT'S GOING TO BECOME POLITICS.

AND WE DON'T NEED TO BE HAVE IN POLITICS. IF WE ALL HAVE AN EVENT THAT WE SPONSOR AND IT'S APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL FROM THE GET GO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENED. WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. EITHER WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SUPPORT IT OR NOT. WELL, I'M USING THE FIREWORKS AS TO MAKE SOUND. SO IT'S A PROOF OR IT'S NOT APPROVED. FROM THE GET GO, SO FIREWORKS COULD BE ONE OF THOSE. STATIONARY. PROGRAM WHERE WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR. THANKS, MARY CLARK. LET'S NOT MAKE IT A POLICY, BUT. I THINK WE SHOULD FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO IT. I SOMETHING IN PLACE IF A COUNCIL MEMBER DECIDES TO DO AN EVENT, AND THEY WANT TO USE THE WHATEVER PART IN THE VILLAGE. THAT THEY CAN COME TO THE VILLAGE AND ACT FOR THAT. FEET TO BE WILLIAM DREADFUL. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS FOR I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MOST REASONABLE THING IF THEY CHOOSE TO, WITHOUT US HAVING TO COME BACK AND FORTH. TO APPROVE. OF COURSE IT WILL BE. YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA BE UP. YOU HAVE A PERMIT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO SEE YOU BEFORE, I THINK THE OTHER BE THE MOST SIMPLEST. AN EASY WAY. AND IF UM. VILLAGE GONNA CO SPONSOR AND THEN. I'LL BE PUTTING SOME MONEY BUT LIMITS BUT I THINK FOR THE PARKS OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO, ESPECIALLY WITH USING THE PARK. THAT THOSE FEES SHOULD BE WAIT. I'M NOT JUST SAYING IS THAT A CONFLICT GOING. IT'S NOT A CONFLICT SO LONG AS THE EVENT IS FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE, AS THEY HAVE TO DO, EXCEPT DOES IT HAVE TO BE FREE TO THE PUBLIC? THAT THAT THAT TENDS TO BE A COMMON REQUIREMENT ON, UH ON ONES THAT WOULD HAVE ANY SORT OF MUNICIPAL FUNDING. EVEN IF IT'S A FEE WAIVER. SO THE ONLY THE ONLY UH, CONCERN OR ISSUE THAT I THINK THAT WOULD ARISE EVEN WITH THAT IS WHAT IF WE HAVE VENDORS OUT THERE? NOW,

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NOW IS IT'S A DOUBLE, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN WE CAN YOU KNOW, WE CAN. UM, WE CAN TABLE THIS. AND LET'S JUST CONTINUE TO MOVE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO IT OR NOT, SO TABLE IT LIKE FOUR TIMES, RIGHT? THIS WOULD BE PERMANENT. THIS WOULD BE PERMANENT. SO WITH THAT I MOVE THAT WE TABLE IT. WE TABLE THIS ITEM. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED. DO I HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL? HAS THIS BEEN TABLED INDEFINITELY? OR IS THIS BEING TAKEN BEING TABLED INDEFINITELY OR UNTIL, UM, ANOTHER COUNSELOR IS ON. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU, I WISH WE WEREN'T. IS DIVIDED ON THIS SUBJECT, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW. I THINK IT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL BECAUSE YOU KNOW. I'VE SEEN HOW THE COUNTY COMMISSION. THEY DO IT ON DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE. IT'S NOT JUST TO HOLD AN EVENT IT'S TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW. OR ORGANIZATION WHERE, UM THEY NEED LIKE UH, CIVIC CLUB THEY NEEDED GIRLS. WHO KNOWS? AND THAT THAT'S A PUBLIC PURPOSE. UM. SOMEONE NEEDS A SPONSOR AS A SHIP. IT HAS A HOLDER EVENT. IT'S A USUAL THING, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT. I KNOW THAT COUNTY COMMISSION HAS HAS CERTAIN ITEMS THAT AND I REMEMBER WHEN MR JENKINS, UM, WOULD PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETINGS. HE WOULD HE WOULD TELL US WHAT? LET ME CHECK THE GUIDELINES TO SEE UM, I AM. THINK WITH JUST GUIDELINES AND HAVING THE POT OF MONEY NOT DESIGNATED TO EVERYONE AND HAVING IT THERE. AND. NOT TO OVERSPEND THAT, BUT YOU KNOW WE CAN DO GREATER GOOD WITH IT. UM, BUT. BASED ON YOUR CAR? NO. SO WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT THAT? BECAUSE THE WAY HE JUST SENT THIS WAS IT LAST NIGHT WAIT TUESDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY THURSDAY, TWO DAYS IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK. THEY KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY ON ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT I WORKED. SO I'M JUST SAYING NOT KNOW NOBODY ELSE DOES. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS. THIS IS MY T. YEAH WHY DON'T WE DIE? I THINK WE SHOULD SEND AWAY. WE COULD SEND AWAY WHAT WE THINK THE MONEY SHOULD BE SENT. NOW HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME LANGUAGE. I MEAN, THEY'RE DONE. HE'S JUST GONNA HE GOT HE GOT TO WRITE IT AND BRING HIM BACK TO SEE IF WE AGREE WITH IT, AND WE GIVE HIM BASED UPON THIS. OF, UH, CRITERIA OF, UH YOU KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE USED FOR. LIKE THIS, LIKE HE GAVE IT TO RIGHT IN MY CAREER. RIGHT OR NOT. IF THAT WORD, THE DIRECTION YOU ALL WENT. UM AS I SAID, BEFORE, I THINK THE MOST PRODUCTIVE WAY WOULD BE THAT GIVE EXAMPLES OF THE CATEGORIES OF USE AND YOU GET THAT EVEN JUST PLAIN LANGUAGE. I CAN WORK IT UP. AGAIN, WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DIRECTS. MADAM MAYOR.

DID WE HAVE A SECOND? YEAH, WE DID. WE DID OKAY. WE'RE IN DISCUSSION. ARE WE ARE WE FINISHED? ARE WE? I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DISCUSSION FOR TABLED ITEMS, RIGHT? YEAH. AND MAYOR.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LET FORM DR SUBSTANCE HERE. BUT TYPICALLY OH, OKAY. WE DO HAVE PUBLIC. WE STILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT BRING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. DOUG CALDWELL. HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. IT HASN'T BEEN VOTED ON, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN GOING AROUND, BUT WE STILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. FIRST OF ALL, MADAM MARY COUNCIL, PEOPLE, UH. YOUR MIKE. YOUR MIKE. MR CALLED A SHAUNA SHAUNA GREEN GREEN, NO GREEN LIGHTS UP. OKAY, LET ME START AGAIN NOW. COULD I RECLAIM MY TIME? NO, IT'S RUNNING. UH, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCILLOR. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE. UH MR VOTES. MR BROWN ARE DISTINGUISHED STAFF AND I'M AS YOU'LL RECOGNIZE ALL MISS IVORY MR HEWITT AND ARE DISTINGUISHED, UH, DEPUTY SHERIFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I GOT. I GOT ANSWERS TO ALL OF THEM. WHAT IF, UH, FROM MY EXPERIENCE IF YOU WANT TO, BUT I PUT A COUPLE THINGS TOGETHER HERE. I USUALLY DON'T LIKE TO COME HERE. I'D LIKE TO DO IT ONE ON ONE. ALL OF YOU KNOW ME. GET A PHONE CALL FROM ME IF I'M OPPOSED OR SOMETHING, UH, JUST COME UP ON ON. TO

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QUICKLY. OKAY? LET ME. I MEAN, DIG THROUGH MY NOTES HERE AND GET WHAT I THINK MIGHT BE THERE. PERTINENT PART OF IT INSTEAD OF ALL OF THEM. DISCRETIONARY FUNDS ALREADY FIND IS NON ESSENTIAL. IN OTHER WORDS WANTS RATHER THAN NEEDS. IN THE SUMMARY THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IT STATES QUOTE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR VILLAGE RELATED PROJECT EVENTS, ETCETERA.

ETCETERA LEAVES A LOT OF ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION. BUT IT IT'S A DUTY. THE ENTIRE COUNCIL MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE VILLAGE. UH HUH. I THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE ITEM FOR COUNCIL. BUT THAT'S MY THOUGHT, BEING A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE $10,000. OR $40,000 FOR A TERM. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR WANTS RATHER THAN NEEDS. I TRUST HER. THE COUNSEL FOR THE SCRIPT. DECISIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURES OF ALL MONETARY FUNDS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. INDIVIDUALISM ON THIS LEVEL. IT'S GOOD IF YOU WERE REPRESENTING SOME OF THIS STUFF ALREADY BEEN SAID, UH, IF YOU REPRESENT A PARTICULAR ZONE OR SECTION OF THE VILLAGE. THAN INDIVIDUALISM IS PRETTY GOOD. THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A PROJECT EVENT OR ETCETERA. IT'S GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE VILLAGE COUNCIL SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT WITH NO PROBLEM. TIMING IS ONE ISSUE. BUT IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT, YOU PLAN IT. YOU DON'T COME UP TOMORROW, BUT, UH.

MADAM MAYOR SAID SHE'S PROCRASTINATES SIMILAR TO WHAT I DO. WOW. NO DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AREN'T PLAYING THE NEXT LEVEL OF POLITICS, UH, COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL HAVE BEEN.

AND HAVE BEEN A ROOT OF SOME BAD HAPPENINGS. ESPECIALLY DURING ELECTION SEASON. I'D BE I'D BE WILLING TO SIT OR OR MEET WITH EACH ONE OF YOU REGARDING SOME ISSUES THERE. UH I DON'T THINK INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS. ARE ARE GOOD. UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO HIM RIGHT NOW. CLERICAL IS ONE OF THEM. SO, WITH THAT ALL CLOSED. THANK YOU ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, MS LINDA IVORY. IVORY. CAME UP, BECAUSE, UM. I'M VERY DISGUSTED WITH THIS WHOLE WITH THIS WHOLE SET UP HERE BECAUSE EVERY TIME. ONE PARTICULAR COUNCIL MEMBERS COME UP WITH THE IDEA THAT ANYTHING. YOU GOT ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER NOT OWNED JUST ONE OCCASION, BUT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THAT GOES AGAINST SITTING HAVE HAVE COMMENTS, OKAY? WHAT WHAT? WHAT OUR PROBLEM IS HERE AND HERE. IS THE SAME THING THAT'S GOING ON ALL AROUND THE WORLD. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT TO FACE IT. BUT I AM FACING IT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF HATE AND DISLIKE. THERE'S A LOT OF PREJUDICE IT GOES ON IN HERE.

AND I KNOW IF I HEAR. PEOPLE JUST LISTEN IN HEAR IT, TOO. AND I WISH THAT Y'ALL WOULD WORK TOGETHER. AND NOT JUST SIT UP HERE AND BICKER WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE I'VE BEEN COMING HERE A LONG TIME AND I'VE BEEN SEEING THIS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING BEING GOING ON AND OUR TOWN. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE 60 ALMOST 67 YEARS ALL MY LIFE. AND ALL THIS. PREJUDICE ALL THIS BIGGER IN ITSELF BEING HERE. AND IT'S STILL GOING ON UNTIL Y'ALL COME TOGETHER LIKE REAL HUMAN BEINGS. THIS THE SAME THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME Y'ALL COME HERE EVERY TIME ANY PARTICULAR PERSON COME UP. WITH THE IDEA ITSELF. Y'ALL FIGHT AGAINST IT, AND LIKE I SAID IT. I CAN UNDERSTAND. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP UP. MY I CANNOT SAYING Y'ALL PUTTING ON EVENTS. BUT EVERYBODY PUT ON AN EVENT HERE. EVERYBODY OUT THERE AND BOOK APART. IT'S NOT GONNA COME AND THEN THE PEOPLE FROM UP HERE NOT GONNA COME DOWN AND BROKE APART. YOU GOT A FEW PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S NECESSARY THAT EAST COUNCIL MEMBER PUT ON AN EVENT. YES, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE WHOLE VILLAGE, BUT IT'S NOT WHEN THEY HAD SOMEBODY VF. W WHATEVER IDEA I'M NOT GOING OUT THERE. THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT TIME. A POWER PARK. I'M NOT GOING OUT THERE. AND JUST LIKE I'M NOT GOING HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT AT THE END BOOK OF PARK, IT'S NOT GOING EITHER. SO Y'ALL NEED TO RETHINK. THIS

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IS NOT EVERYTHING IS FOR EVERYBODY IN UNION TOWN BECAUSE IT'S NOT AND IT NEVER BEEN.

THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU, MR BRAY. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. NO MATTER, MAN. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER, DOWLING. COUNCILOR AND RICK GIBBS. THOMAS I COUNCIL MEMBER STONE BY SMALLER CLARK I, MAYOR HERNANDEZ. I. SECOND READING ORDINANCES. REMEMBER 10, MR

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Staff will be requesting this item be deferred to a day and time certain.

ORDINANCE NO. XX-2021: AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, REQUESTING AND CONSENTING TO THE INCLUSION OF ALL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN WITHIN A MARTIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT AND MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT TO PROVIDE FIRE RESCUE SERVICES FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS; PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES FOR ANNUAL RENEWAL AND WITHDRAWAL OF SUCH CONSENT AFTER THE FIVE-YEAR TERM; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, NON-CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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VILLAGE ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH COUNCIL MEMBERS? JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO READ THE TITLE, BUT THEN I'M GOING TO BE ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE THE HEARING ON THIS ITEM TO A DATE CERTAIN I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE EXPLANATION OF THE TIMELINE. WE ANTICIPATE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA REQUESTING AND CONCERNING TO THE INCLUSION OF ALL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN WITHIN A MARTIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL SERVICE, TAXING UNIT AND MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT TO PROVIDE FIRE RESCUE SERVICES FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES FOR ANNUAL RENEWAL. IAN WITHDRAW OF SUCH CONSENT AFTER THE FIVE YEAR TERM AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS SEVERABILITY COMPLEX, NON CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM. WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY SORTING OUT THE OTHER PIECE TO THIS PUZZLE. AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY. UM AND I JUST HAD ANOTHER ONE OF MY. NUMBER OF, UM, TELEPHONE CALLS WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. JUST THIS AFTERNOON. WE ARE BRINGING IT IN FOR A LANDING NOW, AND, UH, WE'RE NOT DONE YET. UM BUT WE'RE WORK. GENERALLY GETTING THEIR, UH, MOST OF THE WAY OF WHERE WE'RE AT, UH. LEARN SOME INFORMATION JUST TODAY THAT ULTIMATELY SHOULD NOT CONCERN ANY OF YOU. IT DOESN'T GO TO ANY OF THE. THE BROAD DEAL POINTS. BUT THERE IS SOME, UH.

THERE'S SOME THREADING THE NEEDLE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO, AND IT'S PRIMARILY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS COMPLYING WITH THE SOURCES OF ALL THEIR FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR ALL THIS, SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE LAWYER WORK TO DO TO SORT OUT ALL THAT STUFF AGAIN. IN THE END, NOTHING FOR YOU ALL TO, UH TO WORRY ABOUT. FROM A TIMELINE PERSPECTIVE, ASSUMING WE CAN GET ALL THAT SORTED OUT. WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WOULD BE COMING BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. WHICH IS. JULY 8TH. I BELIEVE, YEAH, IT WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU ON JULY. 8TH UM, IT WILL THEN GO TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION. FOR THEIR APPROVAL. A COUPLE DAYS LATER, THEY HAVE THEIR MEETINGS ON TUESDAYS. RIGHT SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE JULY 13TH. YOU'LL NOTE. I HAVEN'T MENTIONED THE ORDINANCE YET. WE'RE WAITING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE. I JUST READ THE TITLE OF APPROVAL ON SECOND READING UNTIL BOTH PARTIES HAVE APPROVED THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT. THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT. AS I DRAFTED, IT IS SET UP SUCH THAT. IT DOESN'T REALLY GO INTO EFFECT OR DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE ALSO PASS THIS ORDINANCE SO WE WOULD APPROVE THE INTER LOCAL. THE COUNTY WOULD APPROVE THE INNER LOCAL AND THE LAST STEP TO MAKE IT ALL WORK WOULD BE. YOUR APPROVAL ON SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE, SO WITH THAT I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL CONTINUED THE SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE. TWO JULY 22ND 2021 AT 6:30 P.M. TO BE HELD IN THIS ROOM. DO YOU NEED EMOTION? YES, PLEASE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SOME MOVE FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILMAN DAHLING. SURE, I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. YEAH. NO MATTER MAYOR AND BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH THE ROLL CALL, CAN YOU JUST REITERATE BEFORE? SURE, YEAH, OF GOOD. THE ITEM IS BEING CONTINUED TO JULY 22ND AT 6:30 P.M. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MADAME CLARK COUNCIL MEMBER DOWLING HIGH. COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER STONE VICE MAYOR CLARKE YES, MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES, DISCUSSION ITEMS, MR. VILLAGE MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER 11,

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Proposed Amendment to the Procurement Policy - Staff will provide the Village Council with an overview of the City of Tampa's Disadvantaged Business Program.

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PLEASE. YES THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'M NUMBER 11 WAS BROUGHT BY COUNCILMAN STONE.

SEVERAL, UM. SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO, AND IT'S BEEN DELAYED, SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT HEALTHY EGYPTIAN, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. UH COME AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM IS. UH JUST FOR PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION SO.

GOOD EVENING OUT THE A JEFFERSON CED DEPARTMENT. FIRST I WANT TO EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM

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THAT I WAS REFERENCED TO RESEARCH. IS THE CITY OF TAMPA. THEY'RE DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS PROGRAM. AND THE DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES. NEXT SLIDE. THEY HAVE SEVERAL CATEGORIES.

CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL. SERVICES. COMMODITIES OR GOODS AND NON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

NEXT SLIDE. THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THEIR ORDINANCE. WHO THE DISADVANTAGED ARE AND IT WOULD EITHER BE A WOMAN OWNED FIRM OR A MINORITY OWNED FIRM. MINORITIES FROM. AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC, ASIAN AMERICAN OR NATIVE AMERICAN. AND THE CRITERIA NEXT LIFE.

BASICALLY THE BUSINESS HAS TO BE PRIMARILY OWNED BY THE DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS. THAT MEANS 51% OWNERSHIP. THEY ALSO NEED TO BE THE PRIMARY LICENSE HOLDER. THEY HAVE TO HAVE LESS THAN 50 EMPLOYEES. AND THEIR NETWORK CANNOT EXCEED $2 MILLION OVER TO YOUR AVERAGE PERIOD. EXCITED. THE BENEFITS THAT THEY'RE RECOGNIZING IS THAT, UM, THEY HAVE A POINT SYSTEM THAT'S USED FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS. AS WELL AS THE COMMODITIES AND NON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. SO DURING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WHAT YOU ESSENTIALLY GET. IS EXTRA POINTS. IF YOU'RE A, UH. LET'S SAY YOU'RE PLANNING FIRM.

AND YOU DECIDE TO USE A WOMAN OWNED FIRM WHO IS REGISTERED CERTIFIED BY THIS PROGRAM. TO DO YOUR MAPPING AND YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES. IF AT LEAST. 14% OF THAT WORK. IS GOING TO THE MINORITY FOR THAT CONTRACT OR THE PROPOSAL. YOU GET EXTRA POINTS IN THE PROCUREMENT, UM, SCORING PROCESS. THEY ARE REQUIRED THE CERTIFIED BUSINESSES TO DO EIGHT HOURS. UH CONTINUING BUSINESS EDUCATION. COURSES IF THEY'RE YOUNGER THAN 10 YEARS IF THEIR BUSINESSES 10 YEARS OR LESS. NEXT LINE. SO I MENTIONED THE 14% GOAL AND WANT TO I FORGOT TO MENTION CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WAS ON THE LAST SLIDE. SO FOR ANY BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION.

THE BID HAS TO BE AT LEAST $200,000. IN ORDER FOR THE MINORITY OR DISADVANTAGE OF.

BUSINESS TO BE CONSIDERED. FOR EXTRA POINTS AND 25. YES. CAMPUS GOAL. SO IF THE CONTRACT IS FOR $100,000, OR MORE FOR CONSTRUCTION. ANY, UM, ANYONE WHO SUBMITS A BED MUST HAVE 25.