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CALL, MADAM CLERK. MAYOR CLARK HERE. LET THE RECORD REFLECT AT THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.

COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ HERE COUNCIL MEMBER STONE HERE.

YOU HAVE THE PRAYER BY. PAST LITTLE ALREADY HEELS, MISS GUILT . SUSAN GIBBS THOMAS. WE JUST HAD A PASS TO WALK IN, SO WE'LL HAVE THE PRAYER BY PASTOR, DR HILL. AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. STAND AROUND THERE. NAME THREE. LORETTA HILL. WHAT WE THINK AND WE PRAISE IT FOR ANOTHER TIME AND ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY ALL GATHER IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME . AND YOU'RE IN THE MIDST. WE GIVE YOU THANKS. WE GIVE YOU GLORY WILL GIVE YOU HONOR. WE ASKING OUR LORD TO JUST LOOK UPON THIS MEETING BLESSED AS ONLY YOU CAN. GOD, WE THANK YOU.

AND WE PRAISE YOU FOR WHAT? YOU'VE ALREADY DONE WHAT YOU'RE GETTING READY TO DO AND THAT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WE GIVE YOU PRAISE TO GIVE YOU GLORY AND WE'LL GIVE YOU HONOR IN JESUS' NAME.

ANY DELETIONS. FOOD ITEMS OR MODIFICATIONS AT THIS TIME. I DO NOT HAVE ANY MADAM MAYOR. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT VICE MAYOR DOWLING IS NOW PRESENT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. OKAY PROCLAMATIONS, AWARDS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATION . INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES

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Introduction of New Employees

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AS MR BROWN DO THAT, OR YOU, SUSAN. IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, OKAY. I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO IT , MADAME. MERE. GO AHEAD, MR. BROWN. I CAN HEAR YOU. YES THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR ACCOUNTS MEMBERS. AS YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE GET NEW EMPLOYEES WORK IN THE VILLAGE. I LIKE TO BRING THEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL IN THE PUBLIC TO SEE HIM. WE'RE JOINED TONIGHT BY MR MIKE MICHAEL FLORIO. HE'S OUR NEW FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR. HE'LL COME UP AND SPEAK FIRST. GOOD EVENING, MADAME. MERE GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MIKE FLORIO. UM MY SECOND WEEK WITH THE VILLAGE.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. AH I HAVE BEEN IN THE MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTY AREA FOR MOST OF THE PAST 35 YEARS, EXCEPT FOR A FEW YEARS OF BEING AWAY AT SCHOOL. UM I HAVE ABOUT 24 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT. I'VE HAD A PRETTY WIDE ARRAY OF EXPERIENCE IN THAT ARENA HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY IN THE WATER AND SEWER BUSINESS CAME UP IN THIS FIELD IN THAT AREA. AND REALLY EXCITED TO LEND MY BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE TO THAT AND HELPING THE VILLAGE GROW AND SUSTAIN. THEY POSITIVE FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GLAD TO BE HERE. WELCOME WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE WELCOME. THANK YOU, MIKE AND MISS DEBBIE RESOURCE. SHE'S HERE THIS EVENING. DEBBIE IF YOU CAN COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOURSELF, BE GREAT. MAYOR CARSON COUNCIL PEOPLE I'M GLAD TO BE HERE IS YOUR NEW PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF MARTIN COUNTY FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND I SPENT 12 YEARS IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH MARTIN COUNTY. AND I'M EXCITED TO BRING THAT EXPERIENCE HERE TO HELP THE VILLAGE. MEET THE RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THESE TWO PEOPLE AND YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THEM AS WE HAVE OTHER MEETINGS. THE. WE LOST YOU, HOWARD. OH I'M NUMBER TWO, MADAM MAYOR. I AM. NUMBER TWO IS PRESENTATION FROM NEW

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Presentation from New Generation Materials Group

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GENERATIONS MATERIALS GROUP. UH JUST SO THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE THE MAYOR AND I MET WITH DR RUBIN AND MR HIGGINSON. I BELIEVE HE'S ON ZOOM THIS EVENING THAT I JUST TALKED TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, AND WHY THIS PARTICULAR INDUSTRY IS SO UNIQUE AND IS NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY IS DR RUBIN, PRESIDENT. YES DR RUBIN. IF YOU COME FORWARD AND SPEAK OR WHO'S GOING TO BE, MR HIGGINSON? GOOD EVENING MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MR HIGGINSON, DID YOU WANT TO SHOW THE VIDEO FIRST BEFORE I SPOKE? DR MUTE. CAN WE

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DO THE VIDEO FIRST, IT WILL HELP. THANK YOU.

OKAY THERE'S NO SOUND COMING THROUGH GENERATION MATERIALS. ONE ENDS ELLEN HIGGINSON, PRIVILEGED TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF NEW GYM MATERIALS GROUP. ON WHOSE BEHALF WE MUST.

THANK YOU ENJOINING YOUR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING THIS EVENING. LEISURE MARAS. BUT IT COUNCIL MEMBERS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS INDEED A GREAT PLEASURE HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR AMBITION TO LOCATE END OF FIRST LIFE MATERIALS REFORMULATION PLANT. HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. MARTIN COUNTY. THIS DECISION, HAVING BEEN TAKEN BY NUGENT, BASED UPON SOUND BUSINESS REASONS. HAS ALREADY BEEN ENHANCED BY THE OPEN RECEPTION FRIENDLY GREETINGS AND EFFICIENT UNDERSTANDING OF OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. WE ALREADY FEEL THAT WELCOME MEANS WELCOME HERE. THE HISTORY OF YOUR TOWN. SPOKEN KINSMAN HAS PROVED IT REPEATEDLY TO ALL WHO HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY TO INDIAN TOWN OVER THE DECADES IN TIME. WHEN MR DAVIS WAR FIELD BROUGHT THE SEABOARD AIRLINE RAILROAD THROUGH FROM COLEMAN. I DOUBT IF HE HAD IT IN HIS MIND THAT 100 YEARS LATER, HIS FORESIGHT WOULD HELP INFLUENCE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS PROCESSING. TO SET UP IN HIS PATH. AND THEN WE MAKING RAIL TIES FROM THE THROWAWAY MATERIALS THAT WERE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE COULD LAST FOREVER. ALSO THAT THE EFFORTS AND ENTERPRISE BETTY MADE TIGER JUMPER WOULD IMPACT ON THE FUTURE INDIAN TOWN BUSINESS THE SPIRIT OF NEIGHBORS TO LIVE AND WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR FAMILIES, COMMUNITY AND THE WELL BEING OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND THEN, OF COURSE , WE NOTE, THE ULTIMATE TACULAR BESTOWED UPON THE FAMOUS SEMINOLE INN. IN THE DUCHESS OF WEDNESDAY GRACED IT WITH HER PRESENCE. YOU WILL UNDERSTAND OUR WISH. AND WE SHOULD THANK YOU ONCE MORE THAT WE MUST DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. AND TRY OUR VERY BEST TO LOCATE OUR BUSINESS HERE. AND SO FOLLOWS THE REASONS WHY. SO WHAT IS TO BE DONE? NEW GENERATION MATERIALS GROUP LTD. IS AN ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL RUBBER POLYMER MATERIALS COMPANY. LEVERAGES COMMERCIALLY PROVEN PROPRIETARY AND PATENTED TECHNOLOGIES. IN A VERTICALLY INTEGRATED PLATFORM TO REUSE WASTE PLASTICS, RUBBER CONSTRUCTION, ANOTHER WAYS TO PRODUCE SUBSTITUTE TO NEW MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS FOR HIGH VALUE. USE APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE ASSEMBLED AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF EXCEPTIONALLY EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFIED INDUSTRY EXPERTS. COMMITTED AND DEVOTED TO THE GLOBAL EXPANSION OF OUR LOW ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE. AND BASED UPON THE PROVEN RECEPTION OF OUR PATENTED PROCESSES. WE ARE INTENT ON SHARING THEIR ADVANTAGES. HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PROBLEMS FACING THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY. HERE'S THE NEWS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS NOT ALL GOOD. I BARELY NEED TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEMS THAT ISSUES ARISING AS A RESULT OF THESE ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE A POLICY. WITHIN NEW, GENTLE MATERIALS. BUT THERE IS NO WASTE. AND THEY NEED BE NO CROSS BORDER MOVEMENT OF WASTE. EVERY ONE OF THESE PICTURES ILLUSTRATES A PROBLEM THAT CAN BE RESOLVED. BY USING OUR PROCESSES. TO REFORMULATE NEW AND SUBSTITUTE MATERIALS.

CURRENT SOLUTIONS ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. ILLUSTRATED HERE. THE BURNING FOR FUEL. THE REP AMOUNT. PARALYSIS. BURIAL OF MATERIAL. SINGLE USE RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND LEGAL DUMPING. BUT FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, LET'S JUST PICK UP ON A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. FOR INSTANCE

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, THE USE OF TIRES AND PLASTICS. TO PRODUCE CHEAP, DIRTY FUEL IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CURRENT SOLUTION. THAT REALLY IS NO SOLUTION AT ALL. IT CREATES MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE POLLUTION OF THE PLANET AND CLIMATE. ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT STRICTLY REGULATED. IN ADDITION, ONCE YOU HAVE BURNED THESE MATERIALS THEY CANNOT BE USED AGAIN. MANY OF TODAY'S ROUTE CYCLE PRODUCTS ARE SINGLE USE ONLY. ONE REDUNDANT. THESE CURRENT SINGLE USE SOLUTIONS WILL REMAIN IN THE ENVIRONMENT CAN TERMINATE IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. OUR PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLE, SAFE AND SECURE. DON'T ABUSE IT. DON'T LOSE IT. USE IT. IT APPLIES TO SO MANY MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN WASTED AND THROWN AWAY. WHERE WE ARE IN LOOKING FORWARD. NEW JEN'S IN DEPTH RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF WASTE APPLICATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER PROCESSES. HAS PROVED THE BENEFITS THAT ARE DERIVED FROM THE SAFE SCIENCE DEVELOPED TO MERGE WASTES. THE PROPERTIES AND QUALITIES OF MATERIALS PRODUCED, PROVIDING FIT FOR PURPOSE PRODUCTS FOR SEEMINGLY ENDLESS USE APPLICATIONS. ABOVE ALL, ALL NUGENT PRODUCTS ARE 100% REPEATEDLY RECYCLE. A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. REGIONS REFORMULATION MAKES USE OF HARDER TO RECYCLE PLASTICS CURRENTLY HAVE NO SAFE DESTINATION. REVEREND POLYMERS FROM WAIST TIES. ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL SOURCES, WHICH CURRENTLY ARE DISPOSED OF INDISCRIMINATELY. ARE USED IN OUR PROCESSES THROUGHOUT. CONSTRUCTION WASTES FORMER MAJOR COMPONENT OF OUR FEEDSTOCK MATERIALS. AND SO ON. THE SIMPLE DRAWING. THAT IS AN ATTEMPT TO ILLUSTRATE THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES OF NEW GENERATIONS MATERIALS REFORMULATION PROCESS.

TAKING WASTE AS OUR FEET STUFF. WE MERGE AND JUST WITH ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. THE COMPOUNDS AND MATERIALS. TO REPLACE AND RENEWG NATURAL RESOURCES. IT IS SUMMARIZED IN THIS DIAGRAM. NEW GEN USES MATERIALS AND ITS PROCESSES THAT WILL OTHERWISE BE DUMPED, BURNED OR EVEN EXPORTED.

SO CALLED IN FURTHER PRESSURE ON THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE AND OF COURSE, EMISSIONS AND POLLUTION. PROCESSES CAN UTILIZE MATERIALS FROM HISTORICAL WASTE LANDFILL SITES.

ALL THE PROCESSES ARE ENERGY EFFICIENT, REDUCING CO TWO EMISSIONS. THERE ARE NO ENVIRONMENTAL DISADVANTAGES. MATERIALS CAN REPLACE A HUGE RANGE OF PRODUCTS TRADITIONALLY MADE FROM CEMENT CONCRETE. THAT IS A HIGH ENERGY USED PRODUCT. OFTEN PRODUCED FROM THE BURNING OF TIRE DERIVED FUEL. THE WORLD IS FACING THE GLOBAL SHORTAGE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.

PARTICULARLY CONSTRUCTION CENTER. THE MOST CONSUMED NATURAL RESOURCE ON THE PLANET AFTER WATER. THING YOU'RE CERTAINLY JEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMPOSITES REDUCE THE NEED FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. THE DAMAGING FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS. IN THE COURSE OF OUR DAILY BUSINESS WE COMMITTED TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. ITS OWN, GOING CONTINUOUS AND WORTHWHILE. EMPLOYMENT AND JOB CREATION, OF COURSE, PROVIDING SAFE AND SECURE JOBS FOR ALL AGES AND ALL SKILLS. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT. ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR WASTE. AN APPRENTICESHIP SCHEMES. IN

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CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS. CLIMATE CHANGE CONTRIBUTIONS, OF COURSE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT IS ESSENTIAL. TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

IN THE COURSE OF THE BUSINESS TAX CREDITS AND ASSET FINANCE ARE AVAILABLE. MATERIAL CONVERSIONS. INVENTION PAYMENTS ARE OFFERED. FOR OUR SERVICES. AND WASTE MATERIAL LEVELS ARE AVOIDED. TO MOVE ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS. EXAMPLES CAN BE REPLACED USING NEW JEN'S REFORMULATING MATERIALS. THESE ARE JUST A FEW SAMPLES. THERE ARE MANY MORE. A FEW BUT SIGNIFICANT ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS. PRODUCED WITH NEW GENERAL MATERIALS. BETTER LIFE.

MORE STABLE. TOTALLY RECYCLABLE. AND HAVING QUALITIES, AT LEAST EQUIVALENT TO THE PRODUCTS OF TODAY. BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IMPROVED WITH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. A FEW MORE EXAMPLES OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE WITH NEW, GENTLE MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS ILLUSTRATING STRENGTH, ENDURANCE AND LONGEVITY. THE LIST IS INDEED ENDLESS. CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT.

AND WITH MANY MORE PRODUCTS TO COME. IN CONCLUSION, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND OF ATTENTION. PLEASE LET US HAVE YOUR COMMENTS AND ANY QUESTIONS WHICH WILL BE DELIGHTED TO ANSWER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR HIGGINSON. IN ESSENCE, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A COMPANY THAT'S ABLE TO TAKE WASTE PRODUCTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. WE TALK ABOUT OLD RUBBER TIRES THAT ARE THROWN AWAY ASPHALT ROADS THAT ARE TILED UP. ALL OVER TRASH ACROSS THE WORLD CANNOT BE BURNED BECAUSE THEY'RE TOXIC. NO ONE COULD DO ANYTHING WITH THEM. THEY USED TO TAKE TIRES AND THROW THEM OUT INTO THE OCEAN UNTIL THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE CORAL REEFS WERE DYING OFF BECAUSE OF THAT, NOW THEY'RE GETTING THEM BACK. WE USED TO TAKE THE RUBBERS AND BOIL IT DOWN AND CRUSH IT UP AND PUT HIM ON PLAYGROUNDS UNTIL THEY FOUND THE LOCAL PLANTS WERE DYING FROM THAT TOXIC. SO THAT DOESN'T WORK, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROCESS THAT'S A WORLDWIDE PATENTS SOLELY FOR NEW GEN. THAT WOULD TAKE TOXIC WASTE OF RUBBER AND ASPHALT TRANSPOSE THEM IN A NON TOXIC ENVIRONMENT IN A PLANT THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HERE. AND OUTCOME OF THE POURING IS NONTOXIC BUILDING MATERIALS IN A WORLD THAT HAS A LACK OF BUILDING MATERIALS RIGHT NOW, AND IT HAS TOO MUCH A WASTE AROUND THE WORLD THAT'S TOXIC. WE COULD TAKE THE TOXICITY OUT.

GIVE BUILDING MATERIALS THAT COULD BE A SOFT AS SOFT PLASTIC OR AS HARD AS PONTOONS FOR SHIPS OR CITING FOR SHIPS. DEPENDENT ON WHAT WE NEED, AND WE'RE ANXIOUS. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK LOOKING AROUND THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. CHERIAN THAT YOUR CITY HERE GIVES US EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THERE'S A LOT OF NICE PEOPLE HERE. THE ENVIRONMENT HERE. IT HAS A RAILROAD. IT'S NEAR REPORT. WE KNOW THAT WE CAN COME HERE WITH YOUR HELP AND BUILD A PLANT THAT IS NON TOXIC. THAT THE WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO HIRE AT LEAST 60 PEOPLE . THE SECOND YEAR UP 220 EVENTUALLY ABOUT 180 PEOPLE BEING EMPLOYED HERE. AND WE WANT THE AREA OF INDIAN TOWN BECAUSE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE. PLANT OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR INDIAN TOWN TO BE SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD DO WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH TOXIC WASTE. GET RID OF IT AND COME OUT CLEAN, STERILE BUILDING MATERIALS. YEAH. CANDACE IS MY ASSISTANT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOUR TOWN WOULD BE BENEFITING FROM THIS ORGANIZATION. THROUGH THE JOB CREATION. AND THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS. THANK YOU. YES, ACTUALLY. SO YOU GUYS BEEN DOING THIS OVER EUROPE? THERE'S AN ACTIVE PLAYER RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDDLE EAST PORTION

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OF ENGLAND. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD ADDITIONAL PLANS. JUST WORKING QUITE WELL. WE ARE BACK AND MANY PEOPLE HERE. I'M SURE NO LLOYD'S OF LONDON. HOW STRINGENT THEY ARE WITH THEIR INSURANCE. THEY HAVE. WE HAVE SPENT HOURS MONTHS ACTUALLY GIVING THEM INFORMATION TO SATISFY THEM TO GIVE US INSURANCE FOR THIS PLANT. BECAUSE THEY SEE US AS BEING STEPPING SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE THAT THE LAWS OF LONDON'S BACKING US UP SO YOU GUYS HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY STARTED YET? WE HAVE YES. IN ENGLAND. OKAY I HAVE YOU MADE ANYTHING OVER THERE AS FAR AS YOU'RE USING RIGHT NOW. THE PROCESS IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW TO HAVE THE BUILDING MATERIALS. YES. OKAY, SO WHAT IS IT THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY USING IT OVER? OLD TIRES, OLD ASPHALT ROADS. ANYTHING THAT'S RUBBERIZED LIKE THAT. THAT HAS THE TOXICITY AND THERE BECAUSE THE SOFTWARE WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS THE NEW PRODUCT THAT YOU'RE BUILDING.

ARE THEY CURRENTLY USING IT TO DO ANYTHING, AND HE ALREADY BUILDING AND STRUCTURES WITH LET ME ASK MR HIGGINSON, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? EITHER ON ME. MR COME TO YOUR YEAH. OH, THEY PUT THE PILOT PLANT IS PRODUCING. THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS PRODUCTS AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MAKING PRODUCTS THAT PROVED TO BE ITS STREAM. LEE POPULAR AS THE SOIL EROSION MAX WHERE. THE PROTECTION FOR THE SOIL. ON ON FOOT BATHS, SIDEWALK TRAPS, AND WHAT OTHER IS WHERE THERE ARE WATERCOURSES PROTECTS THE SOIL AND. AND THE GRASS GROWS THROUGH ITS MADE FROM 100% WASTE PLASTIC AND. EXCUSE ME, PLASTIC AND RUBBER MATERIALS. TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE CREATED THE NEIGHBORS , PLASTICS AND RUBBER THAT IS SOLID AND THE RISKS THIS MATERIAL TO COME TOGETHER AND THE SPECTRUM TO PRODUCE A RANGE OF PLASTIC ELASTOMERS MATERIAL. THAT'S. BECOMING VERY POPULAR, VERY USEFUL AND REPLACES A LOT OF LOT OF PRODUCTS THAT DEGREE MADE FROM NATURAL RESOURCES. IN THE VIDEO. WE TOUCHED BRIEFLY ON THE QUESTION OF BURNING TIRES. A LOT OF COUNTRIES ARE LOOKING AT THE BURNING OF TIRES BEING A DANGEROUS PROCESS, WHICH, INDEED IT IS. YOU CANNOT THEN TIRES WITH THAT TOXICITY. BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT TIRE APPROACH THE TIRE PRODUCT. AND USE IT TO JOIN WITH PLASTICS TO PRODUCE THEM AND PASSED THE LAST TO MOVE. ENABLES YOU TO PRODUCE AN ENDLESS RANGE OF PRODUCTS WITH WITH ARRANGER AND USE IT. AVENGE USES SORRY. IN ADDITION, WE'VE MANAGED TO RECYCLE THE TEST PRODUCTS OVER THE YEARS. NO FINE TIMES. WELL, IF YOU CAN SET YOU BURNING TIRE FROM SUSAN, YOU BURNING ONCE THE PRODUCTS GONE. WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THE MATERIALS GONE WITH IT. AND. RUBBER PRODUCTION AROUND THE WORLD IS REDUCING BECAUSE THE FARMERS HAVEN'T MADE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE PRESENT ENVIRONMENT TO CONTINUE PRODUCING RUBBER.

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD COLLECT ALL THE OLD TIRES. THE TIRES THAT ARE IN THE OCEAN.

JUST NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY. CAN ALL BE TAKEN AND NEW HANDMADE PRODUCTS AND RECYCLED REPEATEDLY SO FAR UP TO FIVE TIMES IT WILL BE ABLE BEYOND THAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT FIVE PROFITS AND IN TRUE CIRCULATED ECONOMY IN A RANGE OF PRODUCTS THAT IS ENDLESS. SO I MIGHT ADD. THANK YOU WANT TO STAY HERE? ALSO, WE CAN TAKE DEPRIVED THE BUILDING PRODUCTS THAT COME FROM THE RUBBERIZED MATERIALS CAN BE USED FOR BUILDING MATERIALS, WHICH MEANS RIGHT AWAY, THERE'S LESS TREES AROUND THE WORLD THAT NEED CHOPPED DOWN FOR LUMBER.

THAT WILL HELP REPLACE THAT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE ANOTHER

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COMPANY THAT YOU WOULD SAY YOU'RE YOU WERE. IT WOULD BE A COMPETITION OR NO. SO YOU GUYS WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPANY THAT WE COULD COMPARE YOU GUYS STAND COMPARISON MIGHT LOOK OKAY ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHAT WAS DONE TOTAL PURE LANCE. STERILE TOTAL PERIOD.

NONTOXIC MATERIALS. ARE COMING OUT THE SIDE. COMPLETELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCOUNT? I HAVE ONE QUESTION DR RUBIN. SOME MORE. COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT QUESTIONS.

WHO WAS OUR FIRST YEAR OF GIBBS? GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD, COUNCILWOMAN AND THEN SO MY QUESTION IS. YOU SAID YOU USE LIKE RUBBER TIRES. THAT IS CURRENTLY TOXIC. HOW DO YOU WHEN YOU WHEN IT'S IN THE PROCESS, HOW DOES THAT TOXIC BECOME? UNTIL TOXIC AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS IF WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE IN INDIAN TIME WILL THAT AFFECT LIKE THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE EVERYONE. IT WE JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE OUR RESIDENTS WILL WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, SO I KNOW THAT YOU IN THE PROCESS.

YOU TAKE SOMETHING TOXIC AND MAKE IT AND TOXIC BUT HOW DOES THAT BECOME TOXIC? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND WHAT WERE YOU SAYING IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE PAST. I'LL ANSWER FIRST. AND I HAVE MR HIGGINSON ANSWER NEXT. BASICALLY THE PROCESS ITS PROPRIETARY, BUT BASICALLY IN THE PROCESS THE RUBBERIZED TIRE, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF ASPHALT. AND OTHER ELEMENTS. I'VE EXPERIENCED SOFT FOR AND OTHER ELEMENTS. THE SOFTWARE CHAIN IS CLEAVED. OFF OF THAT. AND THIS SOFTWARE IS THE TOXICITY THAT'S ACTUALLY DONE IN A NON TOXIC ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S ELIMINATED. MR DICKINSON, IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? THE COMMUNITY. YOU'RE MUTED. THERE GO. IT'S A CHEMICAL. IT'S A CHEMICAL THE CHEMICAL TOLD MECHANICAL PROCESS, SO THERE'S NO HEAT. THERE'S NO FREEZING HIERARCHY, ASUS. THE PRODUCT IS ALL. THE PROCESS IS ALL CONDUCTED AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE. SOME OF THE CELL PHONES. SOME OF THE SELF SOME ALL OF THE SULFA AND SOME OF THE CARBON BONDS ARE BROKEN IN THE PROCESS, BUT THE CHEMISTRY HERE'S IS TOTALLY ORGANIC. FULLY REACH APPROVED AND WE PASSED ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS AND CONDITIONS WHEREVER WE ARE CREATING THE PLANT. YOU NEED HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CONCERN ABOUT THE MISSIONS. OR THE SAFETY OF THE WORK FORCE ALL THE COMMUNITY. DOES THAT HELP? AND ANOTHER QUESTION. THE SULFUR, HE SAID. IT GETS BREAKING DOWN SO DURING THAT PROCESS OF BREAKING IT DOWN. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SULFUR DOES IT? DISAPPEAR CAREEA NEUTRALIZES THE PRODUCT. OKAY CHEMICAL REACTION NEUTRALIZE THE PRODUCT THAT'S OFFERED TO ATTACH IT TO OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE NON TOXIC. AND THEN IT'S DONE. SO I WOULD NEVER GOES INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. THINK OF. I THINK THAT IS, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION, IT IS MORE OF A COMMENT. IT SOUNDS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT GREAT PERSPECTIVE. PROCESS AND ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT THEN THE CONCERN IS YOUR TAKES TAKING TOXIC OUT OF IT. WHAT HAPPENS TO IT? SO I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE THE QUESTION MOVING FORWARD. THAT I'M SURE THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE. MAKE ASSURING US THAT THOSE THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, AND NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAULING HIGHLY TOXIC THINGS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY TO GET RID OF THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND IT'S THAT THAT I THINK IS THE CONCERN. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. GO AHEAD. ALAN. THE COUNTRY. THE COMMENT IN OUR PRESENTATION HIGHER IN NO WAY AND NO CROSS BORDER MOVEMENT OF WASTE. WE PROVED IT ENDLESSLY.

THAT CASE, WHICH IS WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG. IT TOOK 3.5 YEARS TO GET THE FIRST PATTON BECAUSE THROUGH YOUR TOLD IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. WE'RE HEARING THIS INFORMATION. IT'S VERY

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EXCITING. THAT'S VERY EXCITING, APPRECIATE AND APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND REACHING OUT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT LAST QUESTION. THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE PREMISE OF THE COMPANY RIGHT THERE. TO GET RID OF THE TOXICITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUT INTO A SITUATION THAT'S NONTOXIC. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERY ONE MORE QUESTION, COUNSELOR. JUST SORRY. DOES THIS HAVE LIKE WHEN YOU GO SEE THE CORNER, BUT BURNING HAVE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS? WILL WE SEE BURNING NO PARALYSIS WITH THESE BURNING. THERE'S NO BURNING. NO, SO IT'S LIKE INSIDE A BUILDING DIDN'T KNOW. NO BURNING AND NO FREEZING WHATSOEVER INSIDE OF CONSIDERING NO RELEASE TO THE ENVIRONMENT, CORRECT. THAT WAS INITIAL PREMISE. WE HAD TO GET DONE BEFORE HE STARTED. IS THERE ANY ANY FULLY UNDERSTAND? WOMAN IS THERE ANY INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SORRY? LIKE SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW BEFORE. ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY WE WERE SATISFIED. WE WILL SATISFY ALL ONLY REGULATED DEPARTMENTS IN MARKING COUNTRIES OF THE OF THE VERACITY OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING. AND WITH THE WITH THE. FULL DETAILS OF THE PROCESS AS WE'VE HAD TO DO EVERYWHERE ELSE WHERE WE PRESENTED OURSELVES. THE PURPOSE IS TO SATISFY THE COMMUNITY AND TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY. IN WHAT WE WHAT WE DO. IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT SUPPORT, AND WE'RE NOT DOING OUR JOB PROPERLY, WHICH IS WHY WE THOUGHT IT NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS SIMPLE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE TECHNIQUE. THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT COMPLICATED. BUT IT NEEDS TO BE PORTRAYED CLEARLY TO THE AUTHORITIES. YOU CONTROL IT, AND WE RESPECT THOSE CONTROLS WHEREVER WE GO. THANK YOU. YEP.

MADAM MAYOR. YES, SIR. YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT? YEAH WE WOULD. YES YES, I DO. AND IT'S A REAL QUICK QUESTION. AND I THINE INFORMATION AND ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS. BUT I GUESS FOR DR RUBIN, MR HIGGINSON, YOU KNOW I THINK WHAT I'M HERE FROM THE COUNCIL IS ABOUT WASTE DREAMS. WILL THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT GENERATE ANY WAY STREAMS OR, UM, WASTE WATER ISSUES? WHERE YOU HAVE NOT SUPPORT THE FLUID SOME KIND OF WAYS. ABSOLUTELY NOT. ABSOLUTELY NOT. IF THERE ISN'T IF THERE ISN'T A STANDARD FOR WHAT WE DO, WE WOULD WRITE ONE. AND IT HASN'T ARISEN SO FAR.

OKAY WELL, MAYOR, WE'RE DOWN THE ROAD A WAYS WITH NEW GENERATIONS MATERIAL. THEY JUST WANTED TO COME PRESENT. YOU KNOW, TO THE COUNCIL SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF THIS INDUSTRY AND BUT WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AT A LATER DATE WITH ALL THE INFORMATION ALL THE PARTICULARS ABOUT ALL OF THIS. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT COUNCIL COMMENTS. COUNCILMAN STONE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS PRESENTATION? JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, GENERAL. I'M

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SORRY. YES I'M JUMPING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU GAVE IT YOUR BEST. HE PLAYED OVER THERE. AS A RESIDENT. WHAT I HEARD CERTAINLY CONCERNED ME FRIGHTENED ME EVENE HAULED HERE. I DON'T WANT WASTE TIRES FROM AROUND THE WORLD TRANSPORTED TO INDIAN TOWN. NO, THANKS. I WATCHED A PRESENTATION. THAT WAS SO DISAPPOINTING. YOU SPENT OVER HALF THE PRESENTATION TELLING US STUFF WE ALREADY KNOW. BUT WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH THIS STUFF IS STILL A MYSTERY, SO I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE PRESENTATION WAS INFORMATIVE AT ALL. IT WAS UNINFORMATIVE. UM YOU HAVEN'T TOLD US ANYTHING. NEW. WHAT IS THE PROCESSES FOR ALL THESE MATERIALS? YOU HAVE SO MANY MATERIALS EACH ONE OF THEM IS A NIGHTMARE FOR THE WORLD. BUT YOU HAVEN'T TOLD US ANYTHING SPECIFIC. THE WHOLE FRONT HALF OF THE PRESENTATION WHILE IT WAS TERRIBLE, BUT IT DIDN'T GIVE US ANY NEW INFORMATION. UM, SO ANYWAY. THIS THING I WOULD

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PROCEED WITH CAUTION. EXTREME CAUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR ANITA. ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS COLOR? YES, MADAM MAYOR LORETTA HILL. NO, NO, NO, NO, BUT YOUR ISSUE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. IN THE ISSUE. THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. IT'S NOT OKAY. HI. I'M LORETTA HILL AGAIN. I HAVE AN ISSUE THAT I NEED TO BRING BEFORE THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY FOR ME AS WELL AS FOR SOME OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. UM ON. ACTUALLY, IT WAS SLATED FOR ON SATURDAY. MY GRANDSON HAD HAD PUT TOGETHER A BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION. IT WAS DONE WEEKS IN ADVANCE. HOWEVER WHEN THEY PICKED UP THE APPLICATION FOR THE PERMIT, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT WE HAD TO GET A PERMIT. SO IT'S PICKED UP THE APPLICATION. SHE NEVER SAID TO HER THAT IT HAD A CERTAIN TIME. JUST HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT BEFORE THE EVENT, SO SHE TOOK THE PERMIT BACK THEN THEY SAID, OH, IT HAD TO BE DONE. 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE. BUT WE JUST FOUND THIS OUT YESTERDAY.

WHEN THE WHOLE EVENT IS PLAYING FOR SATURDAY, SO WE NEED TO TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT IS IT THAT WE COULD DO? AND CAN THIS INFORMATION BE DISSEMINATED? UPON YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GET TO THE 12 HOUR FOR AN EVENT. AND IT'S NOT A PARTY. IT'S A BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION. SO WHEN DID YOU PICK UP THE PREMIER? I DIDN'T PICK IT UP. YOU YOU JUST PICK IT UP. SHE PICKED IT UP PRIOR TO SHE JUST RETURNED IT. OH YES, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IT'S I THINK WE CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, GOT KIDS OR NOT. IT AIN'T JUST NOT HAPPEN. SO IT'S ON THE WEBSITE THAT THERE IS THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE, MR BROWN. LT IS AVAILABLE. BUT MAYOR I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS UNDER MY COMMENTS IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE COUNCIL. OKAY, OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT WAY THAT MISS HILL. SHE CAN USE HER THREE MINUTES TALKING TO THE COUNCIL. WITHOUT THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERN IS SO THAT WE CAN FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO DO, GOING FORWARD, AND IF ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT THE EVENT CAN TAKE PLACE IT'S THE LAST SATURDAY IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY SATURDAY THAT WE HAD ALL SLATED FOR BLACK HISTORY. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE DONE AND CELEBRATION, BUT NOW WE'RE HAVING COMPLICATIONS AND CERTAINLY WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING AGAINST THE COUNCIL OR AGAINST THE VILLAGE. BUT YET WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT COMES TO THE EVENTS. AND I THINK I'M GOING TO ASK, AND THIS IS ONLY FOR ME. WHEN AN EVENT IS DONE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE PERMITS FROM THE COUNCIL? FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THAT'S JUST THE QUESTION.

I'VE ASKED. MR BROWNER ANSWER, OKAY. AND ITS COMMENTS. YEAH, IT'S ALL IT'S ALL IT'S ALL COMMENTARY, LET LET HER SPEAK. MAYOR AND I WILL COMMENT DURING MY BILLS MADE YOUR COMMENTS AND THAT'S IT. MY ONE MINUTE IS OVER . OKAY, YOU. YES. OR WHAT YOU CAN DO. JUST COME UP, SAY YOUR COMMENTS AND THEN FILL IT OUT AND GIVE IT TO HER. UM ONCE YOU'RE FINISHED, BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE NEXT. STICK YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY NAME IS, UH, JOSEPH ALEXIS ON THE BENEFICIAL AND TRUSTEE. AND. I'M NOT. I'M KIND OF POSITIVE LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I'M ALL ABOUT MY COMMUNITY, RIGHT? BUT. YOU GOT CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT'S TRYING TO REPRESENT HIMSELF AS THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT FOR THAT HAPPEN. THAT'S NOT FOR THE HAPPEN AND ALL FOR THIS. I WANT THIS ON RECORD. I MEAN, I NEEDED TO BE ON RECORD TO ONE STORE OR ALAN OR WHOEVER SHE WANT TO CALL HERSELF. IS THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS EVERY TIME WE HAVE IN THE EVENT OR SOMETHING THAT GOES ON IT DON'T NECESSARILY BE YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, AND I WANT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VILLAGE. YOU HAVE THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND YOU HAVE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? ANOTHER SET OF RULES. YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL DO NOT SPEAK FOR NOBODY DOWN THERE BECAUSE ONE I CAN PROVE ACTUALLY PROVED THAT SHE'D BEEN SABOTAGING EVERY EVENT THAT CAME DOWN THERE. EVERY EVENT.

MAJORITY OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE. SHE'S ALWAYS THE NUMBER ONE EITHER, CALLING THE POLICE ON THE SITUATION LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID HAVE, AND ALSO CHRISTMAS. SHE HAD THE POLICE

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COME OUT THERE AND SHE KNEW SHE HAD ALL DAY. TO CONVINCE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING FOOTBALL? HER SON. SHE HAD ALL DAY. SHE WAITED ALL THE WAY TONIGHT TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW A POLICY REPORT SAYING THAT HER SON NEED TO BE ADMITTED INTO THE, UM UH, TO THE TO AGAIN AND AGAIN. I COULD I CAN PROVE THIS. BECAUSE IF I MAY I CAN ASK FOR POLICE RECORDS ON THAT DAY. I CAN ASK FOR ON PHONE CALLS BECAUSE SHE. THAT IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR HER TO ACTUALLY COME UP WITH THESE EVENTS AND THINKING THAT SHE'S GONNA SHE'S GONNA BE REPRESENTING MOST OF THESE PLACES AND CAN'T AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS AGAIN. I AM NOT GOVERNED UNDER NO NO AUTHORITY AT ALL. THE ONLY ONE THAT'S I'M I'M UNDER IS GOD. GOD IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THE SAY SO OVER ME. AND EVEN THE MATTER OF FACT, THE PROPERTY AT ALL. IT'S STILL IT'S MY PROPERTY, SOG ON WHEN THEY COME DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT'S ALL POSITIVE. THE SAME WAY YOU DO NOT WANT US TO PARTICIPATE IN EVERYTHING THAT CHARLES YOU HAVE GOING ON. Y'ALL GOT TO UNDERSTAND. LIKE I GOT TO WORK WITH US. IF NOT, THEN WE'RE GONNA START DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND IT'S LIKE AGAIN. I KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL. I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. BECAUSE WE GO TO A MINISTER PROCESS BECAUSE AGAIN. SOME OF THIS STUFF IS WRONG. CAUSE YOU SCRIPTING. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IS RESTRICTING CERTAIN PEOPLE FROM ACTUALLY HAVING ACTIVITY. THANK YOU, MR JOSEPH.

IN A MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. COMMENTS BY THE VILLAGE COUNCILOR COUNCILOR STONES YES,

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THAT'S IT. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS. I WILL ECHO THAT. WELCOME TO EVERYBODY HERE THAT IS IN PHYSICAL ATTENDANCE AND THOSE ONLINE. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MR JENKINS AND HIS AIDE CALLING PASKOWITZ FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. LAST THURSDAY, THE INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER HAD THEIR BREAKFAST. THERE WAS A PRESENTATION DONNA AT THAT TIME BY THE MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, JENNY FIELDS. IT WAS. IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. UM IF YOU HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ON YOUR HOME, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT. MM LOW INCOME ELDERLY, SO IT'S A GOOD THING TO TUNE IN. THEY HAVE A GREAT WEBSITE. THEY PAY ATTENTION TO IT. THEY ARE VERY ATTUNED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. SO UM AND.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TAKEAWAYS FOR ME THAT I THINK WOULD BENEFIT. US IS A VILLAGE AND.

THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO INSTRUCT STAFF TO GET WITH JENNY FIELDS OFFICE AT THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS AND EXPLORE HOW WE AS A VILLAGE IS ABLE TO OFFER OUR RESIDENT OUR RESIDENTS. TAX EXEMPTIONS ON OUR TAXES. THAT FOR THE ELDERLY OR LOW INCOME OR THAT THAT TYPE OF A THING BECAUSE I THINK IT MAY BE WHO OF US TO BE SENSITIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS IN THAT IN THAT AREA.

UM AND THEN THAT NO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNTIL COMMITTEE REPORTS. COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. YES GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE. THAT'S HERE. THAT'S TONING IN, UM, JUST LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS STILL GOING. I THINK THEY HAVE TWO MORE WEEKS. UM THE COUNCIL COUNCILMAN. VICE MIRROR DOWLING AND VILLAGE MANAGER BROWN. WE WENT TO TALLAHASSEE LAST WEEK AND SPOKE TO SENATOR HAROLD. UM. REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER. YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER THE NEXT TIME. UM WE NEED TO COME WITH THE GAME PLAN FOR NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. UM YOU KNOW THE ONLY REASONS WHY I AM REALLY INTO THE BILLS IS BECAUSE THANKS TO FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES BECAUSE I SIT ON THEIR ADVOCACY FOR THE WHOLE STATE AND I SENT FOR THE TREASURE COAST ADVOCACY. I GET TO, UM, SEE ABOUT ALL THESE BILLS HERE ABOUT THEM SEE WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. WHAT'S NOT, AND SOMETIMES THESE BUILDERS ARE PROPOSED IN THE

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STATE. THEY RESTRICT US AS A COMMUNITY AS UM TAXPAYER DOLLARS , SO I DO WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW. PLEASE JUST YOU KNOW, LEGISLATIVE IS WHAT STICKS. IS IT 11 WEEKS. WAIT. HOW MANY WEEKS HAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. IT'S 60 DAYS, SO 60 60 DAYS. SO DURING THOSE 60 DAYS, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY LOCALLY OR STATE. AND SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS TIME OUR HANDS DOWN. ADDITIONALLY TO, UM, YOU KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFF, UH, TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM. WITH THE WHOLE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THESE PERMITS, BECAUSE MR BROWN KNOWS I HAD I HAD ALSO CONFLICTS AND DECEMBER FOR OUR LADY GUADALUPE. THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU KNOW. I THINK STAFF COMING OCCASSION WITH STAFF OR THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY IN THE PERMITS DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE BETTER WITH OUR RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU KNOW.

WE'RE NOT AWARE OF WHEN WE'RE FILLING OUT THE PAPERWORK, AND THEN WE GET BOMBARDED WITH THINGS. AT THE VERY END. SO, UM , I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFF WORK BETTER WITH THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNICATING DEADLINES BECAUSE YOU KNOW THIS IS ALL NEW TO US. SO DEADLINES ARE IMPORTANT AND UM JUST AWARE OF THAT. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, DARLING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND STAFF. YOU APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

UM AH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR GOING UP TO TALLAHASSEE. IT APPEARS THAT WILL BE GETTING A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE LINCOLN STREET.

IN BOCA PARK, AND SO THAT IS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EFFORTS THAT THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. I THINK IT'S 550,000. FOR LINCOLN STREET . UM YOU'LL NOTICE THAT TODAY THAT THEIR DRIVEWAYS BEING PAVED SO AS THE NEW DRAINAGE FROM THE $2.5 MILLION THAT WE GOT LAST YEAR. FOR ADVOCATING FOR INDIAN TOWN. UM UH, THE NEXT STEP OF THAT IS THE DRIVEWAYS BEING PAID. SO BE LOOKING OUT FOR THAT , UM, WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN THE VILLAGE THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHAT SPECIAL EVENTS. I KNOW HOW IT IS GOING TO ADDRESS THAT. SO I WON'T BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD MEETING. THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE IN PERSON. THIS DOES LARGEST MEETING SENSE. POST COVID, MR. JENKINS GOOD TO SEE YOU, DOCTOR. HE'LL THANK YOU FOR THAT PRAYER AND ALL. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, DR RUBIN AND YOUR, UM MR DANIEL THERE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR GOING TO TALLAHASSEE STANDING IN THE GAP FOR ALL OF US. HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THAT MONEY BECAUSE I WAS OVER AT THE COLLEGE OF THE LEGISLATIVE LAST SEPTEMBER. FOR THAT ASK, AND IT'S JUST GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE ARE BEING HEARD. AND YOU KNOW , OUR CONSTITUENTS ON THIS LOCAL LEVEL IS HELPING US AS MUCH AS THEY CAN REMEMBER. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS IMPORTANT GUYS.

[COMMITTEE REPORTS]

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. COMMITTEE REPORTS. YES THERE WAS. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD A EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING LAST THURSDAY. THEY SET THEIR CALENDAR AMONGST OTHER THINGS, AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REPORT MARCH. THE 26TH IS THEIR NEXT EVENT FOR INDIAN TOWN WILL BE HELD AT TIMER POWER PARK. IT IS A THE BARBECUE, BUGGY AND BREW FEST. ALSO THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THE KIDS. THERE IS GOING TO BE A MULLET CONTEST. THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM A MISS INDIAN TOWN. PAGEANT WE USED TO HAVE THEM YEARS AGO. THAT'S THAT'S COMING BACK. AND I THINK A POWER WHEELS. MUD BOG FOR THE LITTLE KIDS. SO, UM, SAYING, SEEMS LIKE IT'S, UM, GOING TO BE A GOOD FUN DAY. ALSO IN ON MAYBE SEVENTH. SATURDAY MAY THE SEVENTH IS THE SECOND ANNUAL KIDS FISHING ATTORNEY. AND I THINK THEY LIMIT THAT TO 100 KIDS, SO MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR CHILDREN SIGNED UP FOR THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU ANYMORE COMMITTEE BEFORE THIS COUNCIL MAN STONE. YES. UM SO WE HAD A. COUNCIL MEETING, NOT A COUNCIL MEETING MPO MEETING ON

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MONDAY. AND AH, SO ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT IS THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS ACTUALLY PLANNING A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR 7 10 FROM CANTOR HIGHWAY TO THE OKEECHOBEE LINE. AND THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING. I BELIEVE NEXT YEAR. I'M GOOD. I EMAILED MR BROWN SOME INFORMATION. I'M GOING TO TRY TO SET UP A SCHEDULE WHERE I COULD GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THAT. AND HOW WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT VISIT, LITTLE STUDY AS WELL.

THAT'S IT FOR COMMITTEE REPORT. COUNCILWOMAN STONE. I MEANT COUNCILWOMAN AND I JUST WANTED TO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I UNFORTUNATELY I COULD NOT MEET WITH TRAGIC COAST, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS EARTH. LEGAL CITIES BECAUSE I WAS ON MY WAY BACK FROM TALLAHASSEE. THANK YOU.

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]

ALRIGHT. UM MR VILLAGE MANAGER. YES MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING PRESIDENT. I'M SURE YOU DON'T KNOW WHY, UM JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS I HEARD COUNCILWOMAN GIVES. THOMAS TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY PRICES OFFICE AND COMMUNICATING WITH THOSE EXEMPTIONS ARE WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT, AND WE'LL GET ON THAT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. UM UH.

COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. SHE'S TALKED ABOUT THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING PROCESS. AS YOU KNOW , WE'RE WORKING ON A NUMBER OF THINGS RELATED SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITS WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR ORDNANCE BACK IN 2020, WHICH CAME OUT WITH YOU KNOW WHO NEEDED PERMITS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, AND WE ARE STILL WORKING ON WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE PARTICULARS. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN REQUIRED ABOUT 30 DAYS NOTICE PRIOR TO THE EVENT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING. YOU KNOW, AT OUR LAST MAJOR THE I THINK IT WAS IN BOOKER PARK. IT WAS THAT IN THE PARK, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW , WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET POLICE.

THERE WERE NO POLICE AVAILABLE. FOR THE EVENT. WE MADE THE REQUEST AND WE COULD NOT GET ANY POLICE INSTEAD OF IT. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THERE'S A LEAD TIME NOW. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TODAY. AND I SPOKE WITH DR HILL, LORETTA HILL EARLIER BY PHONE, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT A CONCERN IS. UNDERSTAND WHAT DO YOU MEAN IS AND DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE EVENT WILL DO WHAT WE CAN YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO SERIES EVENT, BUT I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES. BUT I WILL WORK WITH HER. I DEFINITELY WILL. AND MR JOSEPH, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH HIM ONE ON ONE IF I COULD KIND OF JUST BETTER UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW THAT ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON AND SO THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH AS A VILLAGE OR BUT ITS BOUNTY WILL DEAL WITH WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED FEEDBACK FROM HIM. AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH THEM. UH IF I COULD GET IT, I'M SURE ONE OF YOU HAVE HIS NAME AND NUMBER I'LL REACH OUT TO HIM. UM IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING ELSE. THERE IS A YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A MINUTE. YOU KNOW, DANIEL, LIKE HE'S BEEN OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS SINCE THE BEGINNING, HE'S ALSO SERVED AS OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. HE IS HE'S LEAVING US. AND UM, I THINK HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE. AND I'D LIKE FOR HIM TO COME UP AND BE PRESENTED WITH THE PLAQUE OF APPRECIATION OF FROM THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND. AND SUSAN OWENS IF SHE COULD HELP ME OUT HERE BECAUSE I'M NOT THERE. I WANT TO THANK THIS YOUNG MAN FOR HIS WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE VILLAGE. HE'S BEEN WITH US SINCE THE BEGINNING, AND HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB FOR US A SOLID GOOD JOB FOR US, AND I HATE THAT HE'S LEAVING, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO BE RECOGNIZED PUBLICLY FOR HIS HARD WORK AND SERVING IN TWO POSITIONS, WHICH ARE TOUGH, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HE KNOWS THAT AND I'M GOING TO MISS HIM. SURE. REJECTED. FIRST. AND YOU'RE.

DANIEL EVERYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. YES SIR. UM WELL, THIS IS A SURPRISE

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. I DID NOT SEE IT COMING. I DID NOT EXPECT IT. NORMALLY, I WOULD BE TAKING THE PICTURE. IT'S A LITTLE ODD TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE. UM I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. THIS MEANS A LOT. UM I AM GOING BACK TO NEW YORK TO TAKE CARE OF MY MOTHER. SHE IS SICK. THAT'S KIND OF THE REASON WHY I HAD TO LEAVE. IT CAME TO A POINT WHERE YOU KNOW, LEAST WAS COMING UP AND IT WAS LIKE WELL CAN'T REALLY PUT IT OFF ANYMORE. BUT THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT. I WILL KEEP THIS ON MY WALL, PROBABLY IN MY OFFICE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. THIS WAS NOT ONLY YOUR FIRST, BUT MINE AS WELL. UM SO I HAD WORKED IN OTHER FIELDS BEFORE HERE, BUT I FINISHED MY DEGREE A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE I CAME DOWN HERE AND THIS WAS MY FIRST MUNICIPAL JOB. AND I REALLY WANTED TO DO THIS AND I HOPE I'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN ME AND EVERYTHING. THE MANAGERS AFFORDED ME AND THE CLERK AND EVERYBODY ELSE AND YEAH, IT'S BEEN GOOD, SO I'LL STAY IN TOUCH , AND I HOPE TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE AGAIN. AND IF I'M EVER DOWN IN FLORIDA ALL COME BY AND BOTHER EVERYBODY, ALL RIGHT? MADAM MAYOR. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I WILL REACH OUT WITH REACH OUT TO DR HILL AND MR JOSEPH TOMORROW MORNING IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE, OR YOU THIS EVENING, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THIS MEETING LAST NIGHT, SO OKAY

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF AGENDA? POLICE SO MOVED SECOND AND SECOND OKAY.

ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS. ALRIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ? YES COUNCIL MEMBER STONE? YES DALLAS MAYOR CLARK? YES. AND I GOT APPROVED FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA,

[CONSENT AGENDA]

PLEASE. SOME OF THE SECOND. AND MOOD AND SECOND ROLL CALL, MADAM CLERK. COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE SMILE DARLING MARY CLARK. ITEM NUMBER

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FOUR. MR BROWN. YES I AM. NUMBER FOUR. MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL BACK ON JANUARY.

13TH AS YOU RECALL, MR BUILT ARCHIE VILLA BOWMAN. ENGINEERING CAME BEFORE YOU AND WE'VE DISCUSSED TRAFFIC CALMING. AND WE DIDN'T. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT PARTICULAR DETAILS, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO TONIGHT IS HAVE JOE CAPRA. WOULD CAPTAIN ENGINEERING COME FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC CALMING AND THEN FROM THAT DISCUSSION WE COULD PUT TOGETHER A SKULL AND AN AGREEMENT WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH TRAFFIC COMIN IN AND AROUND THE VILLAGE , MR CAPPER. I'M SURE HE'S THERE IN THE AUDIENCE. HE HAS A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. HE'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE. THANK YOU, HOWARD AND THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US. BUT TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT SEVERAL OF OUR PROJECTS. I'M JOE CAPRA WITH SKEPTIC ENGINEERING. AND TONIGHT I'M GONNA TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S JUST REALLY MORE OF AN EDUCATION TO YOU RELATIVE TO TRAFFIC COMING. I'M NOT HERE TO SELL IT BECAUSE YOU EITHER LOVE IT OR YOU HATE TRAFFIC COMING. AND HERE THAT, UM AND IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING IT HOPE YOU HAVE THE BACKBONE TO TAKE THE CRITICISM. BUT WE DO A LOT OF IT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU NOW, AND I DO IT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT WELL, TODAY I WAS LIKE TO DO IS JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A THE DEFINITION. THERE'S PROBABLY TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. MUNICIPALITIES HANDLE TRAFFIC COMING. AND CERTAINLY I JUST THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU THE APPROACHES THAT SEVERAL HAVE DONE. MY EXPERIENCE HAS COME WELL. I'VE DONE TRAFFIC COMIN IN THE CITY, STEWART, PROBABLY SINCE 1999. I TELL PEOPLE I HAVE 10 TRAFFIC COMING ITEMS BETWEEN MY HOUSE AND MY OFFICE WHICH IS ONLY 10 MINUTES AWAY, SO I'M USED TO IT AND ONES RIGHT HERE BY MY BEDROOM WINDOW, SO I KNOW ABOUT TRAFFIC COMING A LITTLE BIT. BUT ALSO THE CITY OF PORT ST LUCIE. THEY HANDLE TRAFFIC COMMUNIST A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN SOME COMMUNITIES AND THEN INDIAN TRAILS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS A VERY RURAL COMMUNITY IN THE ACREAGE. AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. THEY DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY THAN ACTUALLY PORTS AND LUCY. SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU TWO INSTANCES OF HOW IT HAPPENS. SO TRAP, UH, ITEM OR SLIDE NUMBER TWO AND WE HAVE 10 SLIDES, FOLKS, I'LL MAKE IT FAST . OKAY THAT'S SO THIS IS JUST A REALLY AN EXAMPLE OF TRAFFIC COMING FEATURES VARIETY JUST SO YOU KNOW YOU CAN NARROW LANES. YOU CAN DO IT WITH STRIPING. YOU CAN DO IT ACTUALLY CHANGING CURBS AND ROADS AND SO FORTH. OF COURSE, YOU CAN IMAGINE THESE HAVE VARIOUS LEVELS OF COSTS, WHICH I WILL TELL YOU TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. AND SOME OF THEM YOU DRESS UP WITH NICE LANDSCAPING. OKAY THE MORE OFFSET YOU PUT IN THE ROAD OR YOU PUT IN WITH THESE LANE LINES AND SO FORTH. USUALLY THE SLOWER TRAFFIC GOES, SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE VERY SIMPLE PRINCIPLE, OKAY? COURSE YOU GOT PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OKAY AND STAY WITHIN THE LINES. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S USUALLY THE HARD PART ABOUT THIS. OKAY SO SLIDE NUMBER THREE. YOU CAN GO TO THAT ONE. BASICALLY. UM THERE'S VARIOUS DEFINITIONS USED HERE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S NOT VERY

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CLEAR. BUT REALLY, THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO. NUMBER ONE, REDUCE SPEED AND CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC. THAT'S USUALLY WHAT PEOPLE WANT DONE MAINLY BECAUSE WERE PUT IN PLACE IN THESE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS IS TYPICALLY WHERE YOU WANT TO PLACE THESE NOW WE DO AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES, TOO, BUT MAINLY WHEN WE ADD THEM TO PROJECTS. PROP ROADS. IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY TRAFFIC CUTTING THROUGH OR SPEEDERS. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHY THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THAT'S FIRST ITEM THAT YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. UM NOW HOW PEOPLE HOW COMMUNITIES HANDLE THESE? I'VE DONE THEM BEFORE WHERE YOU IMPLEMENT THEM STREET BY STREET. OR YOU DO AN OVERALL COMMUNITY REVIEW OF TRAFFIC CALMING, SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW IN IN PORT ST LUCIE. THEY DO STREET BY STREET THAT THEY GET A PETITION FROM THE PRESIDENT'S ON THE STREET. THEY FOLLOW THROUGH AND DO A PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND THEY GO BACK AND GET VOTES FROM ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET, AND THEN THEY DECIDED TO GO FORWARD WITH IF THEY GET A MAJORITY OF VOTE, THEY BASICALLY GO FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AND FINALLY CONSTRUCTION. AND USUALLY THE COMMUNITY. IN THIS CASE, INDIAN TOWN HERE WOULD BE PAYING FOR IT, AND FORTUNATELY, THEY PAY FOR IT. AND THEY SET ASIDE SO MUCH BUDGET A YEAR FOR THAT, OKAY? UM WE DID ONE PROCESS IN IN THE SECOND PART OF THIS AS YOU CAN EITHER DO IT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE WORKED WITH THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IN INDIAN TRAILS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. OKAY THE ONE DOWN IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND WE DID WHAT WE CALL THE MOBILITY PLAN, AND WE LOOKED AT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS OF ENHANCING THE STREETS WITH COMPLETE STREETS WHERE YOU PUT YOUR PROVIDE. THAT'S A VERY QUESTION RELATED COMMUNITY, SO THEY WANTED TO PUT CERTAIN FENCING IN THERE. THEY WANTED TO PUT BIOS WELLS IN THERE. THEY WANTED TO BASICALLY CONSIDER HORSE TRAILS. THEY WANTED TO CONSIDER PEDESTRIAN TRAILS. SO BASICALLY THEY DID A WHOLE COMPLETE STREET PROGRAM. WHAT WE CALL A MOBILITY PROGRAM. AND THAT ONE THERE. WE BASICALLY THEN WHAT WE DID IN THAT CASE AS WE BASICALLY WE HAD THAT THEY ADOPTED THE PLANE AND THEN SLOWLY WE ARE GETTING GRAND FUNDS TO PAY FOR CERTAIN. TRAFFIC COMING FEATURES ON DIFFERENT ROADS, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN A SECOND. AND THEN THE LAST THING THE IDEA OF TRAFFIC COMING AS YOU WANT TO BASICALLY HAVE IT SELF ENFORCING . YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COME OUT THERE AND ENFORCE THESE THINGS. BASICALLY, YOU WANT PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE ROAD RULES AND EVERYTHING. AND SLOW DOWN, OR MAYBE THEY CAN FIND A DIFFERENT WAY AROUND AROUND A NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE YOU KIND OF PUT SOME. YOU CAN'T PUT SOME ITEMS IN THE WAY SO THAT THEY WANT TO GO. GO AROUND IT INSTEAD OF GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

OKAY SO THOSE ARE THE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT ABOUT THE DEFINITIONS THE NEXT ONE AND AGAIN IF THE NEXT SLIDE ISN'T VERY CLEAR, IT'S THE SAME STUFF. BUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THINGS. THERE'S ABOUT SIX PRINCIPLES THERE. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM THERE IS SOMETIMES WE DO THINGS WHERE THEY CHANGE VERTICALLY. AND YOU PROBABLY SEE SPEED TABLES. FOR EXAMPLE IN BASICALLY THERE'S A HUMP. OKAY SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT. OKAY UM, I CAN TELL YOU PROS AND CONS OF THAT ESSENTIALLY ONE OF THE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE TYPICALLY RUN INTO HIS WORKING WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THEY HAVE SOMEBODY IN AN AMBULANCE, THEY DON'T LIKE TO GO OVER THAT BUMP. OKAY SO SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT THE RIGHT RIGHT TYPE OF TRAFFIC COMING FEATURE. SO A FEATURE THAT THEY LIKE TO TEND TO BE IN AND JUST SAY THE MOST TRAFFIC COMING FEATURES TAKE FIVE SECONDS OFF THE RESPONSE TIME AND FIRST RESPONDERS DON'T LIKE ANY TIME TAKEN OFF THE RESPONSE TIME, SO YOU KNOW SO ANOTHER OPTION IS TO GO AND SO YOU SEE, ITEM THREE IS VERTICAL. AND THEN THEN YOU HAVE HORIZONTAL, UH, SPEED WHEN YOU MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE, OR MAYBE YOU GO TO A CIRCLE, OKAY? YOU SHIFT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR TRAFFIC. COMING NARROWING LANES IS ALSO WHAT YOU TRY TO ACCOMPLISH WITH TRAFFIC COMING, AND SO YOU TRY TO BRING IN THE LINES AND TRY TO MAKE IT WHERE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO GO SLOWER. SOMETIMES YOU KIND OF AD LOW VEGETATION ON THE SIDES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS SAFE ALSO. SO THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER THING. AND THEN THEN THERE'S BEEN THERE'S FULL CLOSURES AND HALF CLOSURES OF ROADS AND PUTTING DIVIDERS AND THINGS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM GOING IN AREAS SO THOSE ARE PRETTY. THOSE ARE PRETTY STRINGENT, RESTRICTIVE MEASURES . OKAY SO WE'VE DONE PROBABLY MOST OF THEM AND SO FORTH. THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT AND THEN THE IN TOWN IS TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STREETS RIGHT, BECAUSE , UM, YOU AS A VILLAGE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE MAYBE NOT CONVINCED THE COUNTY TO PUT ONE OF THESE FEATURES ON THE ROADS AND QUITE FRANKLY, MOST OF THEIR ROADS ARE ARTERIAL AND COLLECTORS AND I'M NOT TAKING ON HAROLD. HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T PUT THEM ON THEIR ROADS. I WON'T EVEN ASK THEM, BUT WE MAY MAY SAY ON OUR ROADS THAT APPROACH THOSE ROADS THAT WE WOULD PUT SOMETHING SO

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PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE COMING TO AN INTERSECTION. AND SO SOMETIMES, SO, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES TWO DIVIDERS BEFORE YOU GO FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET TO A TO A COUNTY STREET OR DUT STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 7 10, FOR EXAMPLE, AS ANOTHER ROAD AND SO I'VE USED STATE OF FLORIDA MARTIN COUNTY VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, AND, OF COURSE, PRIVATE STREET. SO YOU YOU HAVE TO KIND OF KNOW THAT THE IRAQI HIERARCHY OF ROADWAYS OKAY AND WHO OWNS THEM BEFORE YOU START THINKING ABOUT TRAFFIC ON THE NEXT SLIDE. WE DID A. WE DID A LITTLE MATH FOR YOU. AND WE CAN WE? WE HAVE STARTED TRAFFIC COMING QUITE HONESTLY BY DEEP BY LOOKING AT CRASH DATA ACCIDENT DATA. THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT. IF THERE'S A LOT OF ACCIDENTS AND CRASHES, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN. SO WHAT? THIS MAP IN FRONT OF YOU HAS AND AGAIN. I APOLOGIZE KIND OF SMALL UP THERE ON THAT SCREEN FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT BASICALLY THERE ARE HOTSPOTS WITH IT. YOU'RE HAVING A LOT OF ACCIDENTS. AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW THAT ACCIDENT AREA WHERE YOU SEE ALL THE RED. THAT'S 7 10 . SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT TRAFFIC COMING ON 7 10, BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO CONVINCE THE D O T THAT THEY NEED TO PUT TRAFFIC COMING OF SOME SORT THERE OR WAYS TO SLOW SO THAT DOWN YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE BACKUP OF ENFORCEMENT. THAT'S THAT'S ONE THING. BUT THE FACT THAT THE MARRIAGE YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF 7 10 HAS SOME MAJOR ACCIDENT AREAS THAT AREN'T RED. BUT THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE STEPS OUT THERE IN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AREA WHERE YOU SEE SOME ACCIDENTS IN THOSE IN THOSE AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE SOME HEAVY RED AREAS AND THOSE ARE YOUR ROADS SO YOU COULD PUT SOME TRAFFIC COMING OVER THERE AGAIN. YOU CAN PUT SOME OVER BY SEMINOLES DRIVE AND SO FORTH. SO THERE ARE AREAS THAT YOU COULD OSCEOLA STREET YOU COULD BE PUTTING TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES. IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS SO WE JUST START WITH ACCIDENTS . OKAY I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT'S JUST THE START. USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN WE WILL GO LOOK AT THE INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE THERE MAY BE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE GEOMETRICS OF THE INTERSECTION IS JUST POOR. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED. YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO TRAFFIC CALMING. SO THAT'S 11 THING WE DO, SO WE LOOK AT THE FIELD CONDITIONS. ANOTHER THING THAT WE MIGHT DO IS WE MIGHT TAKE. WE MAY TAKE SPEED VOLUMES. CHECK THE SPEED VOLUMES OF THE CARS GOING THROUGH THAT WE'LL DO A LITTLE STUDY. IT'S NOT A LONG STUDY, BUT MAYBE IT'S THREE DAYS, ONE WEEK AND THREE DAYS NEXT WEEK JUST TO SEE HOW VEHICLES ARE GOING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. WHAT TYPE OF VOLUMES THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION IN SPEED AND SO FORTH. SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, AND FROM THAT WE THEN DETERMINE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC COMING, WE MIGHT ADD TO THE TO THE INTERSECTION. THE NEXT SLIDE. I WILL GO THROUGH. SHOOT THAT I GET TO SO I THINK I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU THE FIRST PART OF THIS SLIDE. OKAY FORT ST.

LUCY DOESN'T NEIGHBORHOOD UPON REQUEST POLICY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN INDIAN TRAILS.

DOES DISTRICT WIDE POLICY. I THINK, REALLY, WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS I DID MENTION TO YOU IS IN A VILLAGE WIDE IMPLEMENTATION. UM WHAT BENEFIT IS AND BASICALLY GUIDING TOP POINTED OUT TO YOU THAT YOU REMEMBER THE MPO. YOU CAN GET MPO FUNDING. THEY HAVE LOCAL INITIATIVE. FUNDING UP TO $5 MILLION, BUT YOU HAVE THE ONLY USE THAT UNCERTAIN. F H W A ROADS AND THEN AND THEN THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION. UM FUNDING . ALSO, THAT IS UP TO ONE MILLION THAT YOU CAN PUT ON ANY ROAD SO YOU COULD APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS THROUGH THE THROUGH THE MPO, AND THEY COULD PUT SOME TRAFFIC COMING. YOU CAN HAVE THEM. YOU CAN PUT THOSE TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES OUT HERE. NOW WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, SO I PUT IN THE IN THE BOTTOM THERE.

GRANT ELIGIBLE, OKAY, WHEN YOU DO IT ON A POLICY OVERALL, IT'S MORE GRANT ELIGIBLE. THE SECOND THING YOU HAVE TO NOTE THAT YOU DO. YEAH YOU DO NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO HAVE THEM DO TO HAVE THIS MARTIN COUNTY IS A ELIGIBLE. MARTIN CARNEY PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO HANDLE THESE TYPES OF GRANT FUNDING. OKAY, SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT YOU MAY BE RELYING ON THEM FOR IT. BOT DOESN'T LIKE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH WORK FOR THEM TO DO BUT WHAT WE DID AN INDIAN TRIBE INDIAN IN INDIAN TRAILS. WHAT WE DID IS WE ACTUALLY GOT THEM CERTIFIED. TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE GRANT PROGRAMS THEMSELVES, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT. I'M JUST POINTING OUT THE THINGS THAT FALL INTO GET IN YOUR WAY WHEN YOU TRY TO DO TRAFFIC COMING.

AND SOME OF THEIR ALL NOT BAD. THEY'RE GOOD. THEY JUST JUST PROCESSES LIKE EVERYTHING. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST ADD FOUR WAY STOPS AND STOP EVERYBODY? UM I WON'T TELL YOU THAT. WE HAVEN'T TRIED THAT WE TRIED, BUT THAT'S NOT THAT'S THAT'S TRAFFIC CONTROL STOP SIGNS. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DO A WARRANT TO DETERMINE IF A FOUR WAY STOPS ARE REQUIRED OR ALLOWED AT AN INTERSECTION, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COMMON QUESTION

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WE GET FROM EVERYBODY. JUST PUT THE FOUR WAY STOP. AND SO WE TRIED THE WARRANTS AND QUITE HONESTLY AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. WE WENT TO THEM AND INDIAN TRAILS IN THE COUNTY SAID NO, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T MEET THE WARRANTS. IT'S LIKE GETTING THE SIGNAL PUT IN SO MANY WANTS TO DO. MY NEXT SLIDE. IS REALLY WHAT'S NEXT. YOU KNOW AGAIN, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO DO A VILLAGE WIDE STUDY DETERMINING WHO'S COMPLAINING AND LOOK AT THESE THINGS AGAIN. I'M NOT TRYING TO SELL YOU ON A STUDY TONIGHT. I'M JUST TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT'S USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CRASH DATA. MORE SPECIFICALLY, LOOK AT I SHOWED YOU THE RED AND SO FORTH. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST TELLING YOU THAT THERE'S SOME PROBLEMS IN THOSE AREAS, BUT YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT AND DECIDE WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING TO FIX. AND, IN FACT, FIGURE OUT WHY THEY'RE CRASHING THERE. AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. WHAT WE DID DO AND INDIAN TRAILS WE ACTUALLY DID A PILOT PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO BY THESE RUBBER IZED TRAFFIC COMING DEVICES OUT THERE THAT YOU PUT DOWN THEIR FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE YOU CAN TRY IT AND SEE IF THEY WORK AND WE DID THE PART. WE DID A PLAN. AND BASICALLY WE DID THREE THINGS IN A ROW AND LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WE DID . THIS IS THE PILOT PROGRAM WE DID DO WE DID WE DID SPEAK TABLES THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE. OKAY WITH RUBBER. UM AND THEN WE DID RADAR SIGNS OF BASICALLY TELL YOU YOUR SPEED.

HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL SLOW DOWN FOR THAT. AND THEN WE DID WHAT WAS A SMALL TRAFFIC CIRCLE. DID ALL OF THAT AND EXISTING INTERSECTION. WE PUT THEM IN, AND WE PUT THEM IN ONE AFTER THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR TREATMENT TRAINS. AS WITH THE TREATMENT TRAIN, BASICALLY ONE AFTER THE OTHER AND WE MEASURED THE SPEED AND WE MEASURED. HOW LONG THROUGH THE THROUGH THIS TREATMENT TRAIN OF SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS. HOW LONG DID PEOPLE KEEP THEIR SPEED DOWN? AND WE FOUND QUITE FRANKLY THAT THE SPEED CUSHIONS WORK THE BEST TO BE HONEST WITH SO FROM THAT CONCLUSION, WE THEN DETERMINE WELL, THEN SPEED TABLES ARE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON THOSE FREAKS. AND IN THAT CASE, SO THEY MAY NOT BE THE CASE HERE. I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT WORKED IN THAT COMMUNITY WAS A WAY OF STARTING THE PROGRAM. FAIRLY REASONABLE. I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE NEXT SLIDES JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS ACROSS. THAT THERE IS A SPEED TABLE OKAY, AND THEIR DIFFERENCE. THERE WE CALL THAT A SEMINAL SPEED TABLE THAT'S ACCEPTABLE BY MOST MOST FIRE, FIRE AND RESCUE PEOPLE. OKAY, IT DOES. TAKE SOME TIME TO GET ACROSS AND THERE'S A BUMP, BUT IT'S A GRADUAL OKAY AND IT GETS DOWN TO 25 MPH. THAT'S ABOUT A $15,000 ITEM CURRENTLY NOW JUST SO YOU KNOW IF YOU PUT ONE OF THOSE 15 GRAND AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS IS CHANGING AND JUST TELLING HIM THE RECENT TIMES I BID THEM ABOUT 15 GRAND. UM, SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE THING TO LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE. THAT ONE. THERE HAS SOME PUSH BUTTON.

LIGHTS THAT KIND OF TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CROSSWALK THERE. THAT'S ANOTHER MECHANISM FOR PUSH PUSH BUTTON ACTIVATED BEACON LIGHT AND SO FORTH. THAT'S A RAISED CROSSWALK, CERTAINLY SAFETY DEVICE. THAT'S ABOUT $23,000 ITEM BETWEEN THE SPEED TABLE THAT WE PUT IN THERE AS WELL AS THE LIGHTING. OKAY FOR THOSE SIGNS THAT YOU SEE THERE, AND SO THOSE ARE PRETTY COMMON NOW. SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A LIGHT THAT'S SPLASH, FLASHES AND SO FORTH. AND THOSE THOSE HELPING SOMETIMES YOU PUSH YOU PUSH BUTTON THEM. SOMETIMES YOU CAN DO THEM WITH ACTIVATION. BY JUST PRESENTS ACTIVATION. OF COURSE, THEY GET MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THEY GET MORE EXPENSIVE. SO THAT GIVES YOU JUST AN IDEA THAT NEXT SLIDE. THAT ONE THERE. THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE AND THAT ONE COST US 55 GRAND. CAUSE WE NOT ONLY WENT WIDE, BUT WE PUT A MEETING OUT THERE, BUT WE ALSO WANT HIGHER AND WE PUT SOME LANDSCAPING IN IT. SO YOU KNOW MORE THINGS YOU HAD TO. THESE ARE MORE EXPENSIVE. THEY GET SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS PROBABLY CHICANES. YOU KNOW THERE ARE ABOUT $8000 THOSE THERE AND. ROBOTS THOSE ARE SOMETHING THE NEXT SLIDE KIND OF SHOWS YOU BOWL BOX THAT KIND OF NARROW PEOPLE DOWN NARROW AREAS THOSE CAN BE ABOUT 8000 BUCKS.

UM JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PILOT STUDY, ONE WITH ALL THREE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW THE SPEED QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT 3000 THE RADAR SIGN BECAUSE WE PUT IT ON A TRAILER WAS ABOUT 15. AND THE CIRCLE COSTS ABOUT 40,000. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A LOT CHEAPER THAN TO DESIGN IT AROUND ABOUT. WE'VE DONE THEM BEFORE, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE COST OF THAT FOR ANYWAYS, ANY QUESTIONS ? I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ? YES THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING US. UM PULL OUTS. IS IT JUST PAPERS? THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED BOBO BELT. ACTUALLY IT'S RELIGIOUS UNDERSTAND IT'S KIND OF LIKE A

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LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE COME INTO AN INTERSECTION, THAT'S WHY'D OPEN THEY TEND TO SOMETIMES SPEED UP. GO GO A LITTLE FASTER. IF YOU WANT TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN, YOU KIND OF BRING THE ROAD IN. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE BOW BALL DOES, AND I'M RECOMMEND THEM AND A LOT OF PLACES. IN THIS CASE, THERE'S CROSSWALKS THERE. WE KIND OF GET THE WAS A SMALL DISTANCE FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET. SOMETIMES THAT HELPS SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN. IF YOU HAVE IF YOU CAN SEE THAT'S MORE OF A CROSSWALK TREATMENT THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THERE IN THE BALLPARK. AND YOU SAID THAT CITY OF FORCING LUCY DOES AH, THEY SURVEY EACH STREET AND SEE THEY PULLED THE RESIDENTS. YES. SO THE PROCESS IS, IT'S A IT'S A TRACK TRAFFIC COMING. PROGRAM THEY HAVE OKAY AND THEY SET UP ASIDE SO MUCH PER YEAR FOR IT, AND BASICALLY WHAT THE PEOPLE DO IS YOU CAN PETITION YOU MIGHT YOU MAY HAVE ONE OR FEW PEOPLE THAT PETITION THE. IN THAT CASE, THE CITY OF PORT ST LUCIE, AND THEN BASICALLY, THEY SAY, OKAY, WE CAN SEE THERE. IS THEY NORMALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS PUBLIC WORKS GOES OUT THERE AND IT LOOKS AT THE SPEEDS OKAY. THEY JUST MEASURE THE SPEEDS AND THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC AND SAY YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS PEOPLE ARE GOING FASTER THAN THEY SHOULD. HERE OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT STEP. AND THEN NEXT STEP IS BASICALLY THEY DO A PRELIMINARY LAYOUT OF THE DESIGN AND THEN YOU KNOW THAT MADE IT. SOME OF THEM THE RECOMMENDATION, MAYBE SPEED TABLES, RECOMMENDATIONS COULD BE ANY OTHER FEATURE THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. OKAY AND SO, BASICALLY YOU PRESENT THAT TO THE TO THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING. AND YOU BASICALLY GIVE EVERYBODY THE INFORMATION YOU THEN ASK THEM TO FIGHT TO SEND IN A PETITION IF THEY'RE FORWARD OR AGAINST IT, AND THE MORE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT SAY THEY WANT IT IF IT MEETS THE MAJORITY THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN THE CITY GOES THROUGH THE FINAL DESIGN, AND THEN THEY BUILD IT. AND THEN WHAT IF THEY DO AFTER THAT ALSO IS AFTER IT'S BUILT IN FIRST OF ALL THEY MEASURE. IF THE IF THE TRAFFIC IS SLOWED DOWN, AND THE SECOND THING THEY DO, AND ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, IS A MEASURED AGAIN TO SEE IF IT'S EFFECTIVE. AND SO AND THEN IF IT'S EFFECTIVE, OBVIOUSLY THEY KEEP IT IN PLACE. SO THAT'S THAT'S A PROCESS THEY FOLLOW. YOU KNOW YOU'RE AT THAT STAGE YOU FROM DOING ALL THE OTHER ROADS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE ISSUES WE RUN INTO WITH PUTTING TRAFFIC COMING ON ONE ROAD THAT MAY BE PARALLELED TO ANOTHER ROAD. THEY JUST GO TO THE NEXT ROUND. SO YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT AND SO THAT'S WHAT PORTRAY LUCY DOES.

IS THEY DO LOOK AT THE ADJACENT ROADS. IN THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FORCE TRAFFIC OVER TO THAT TO THAT ROAD SYSTEM, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE ALSO IS I'VE I USUALLY SEE TRAFFIC CALMING AND LIKE STRAIGHT ROADS, BUT NOT WHERE THE ROAD IS LIKE, BENDING LIKE IT'S LIKE. SPENDING SO LIKE TWO AREAS IN THE UPTOWN THAT I KNOW OF THAT I SEE RED IS WHERE THERE'S LIKE A CURVE. UM. SO LIKE, LET'S JUST SAY, BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE EXACTLY I LIVE.

THERE'S LIKE A BEND THERE. IT'S NOT STRAIGHT, SO I DON'T SEE TRAFFIC CALMING. DEVICES AT BEN'S. IS THAT SOMETHING THEY AND HOW WILL YOU? SUGGEST TO MAKING THAT WORK. USUALLY WE PUT TRAFFIC COMING. BEFORE YOU COME INTO THE BENT ON EITHER SIDE. WE DO THAT. WE PUT THAT IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES, OKAY? SO YOU KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. YOU DON'T PUT IT IN THE YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO PUT IN THE MIDDLE, BASICALLY, BUT USUALLY AS THEY APPROACH FROM ONE SIDE OR PUSH OR ANOTHER, BUT THE TRAFFIC COMING IN. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. MR CAPTAIN, OKAY. THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. IS DOWN. VILLAGE MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER FIVE. YES MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE

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COUNCIL. I HAVE NUMBER FIVE. IS I'D LIKE FOR MR DANIEL BANKROLL TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW RELATED TO THIS AND THEY WILL PROBABLY BRING MR CAPPER BACK UP TO TALK ABOUT THE WASTEWATER MASTER PLANS. DANIEL GOOD EVENING. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? OKAY. YES, YES. GREAT. WELL YES, THANK YOU, HOWARD. I AM OR WHAT I CAN DO IS JUST DO A QUICK RECAP OF THE CURRENT SRF LOANS. UH SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND THEN AND THEN CAPTAIN CAN PRESENT THE MASTER PLANS THAT CAME OUT OF A COUPLE OF THESE LOANS. SO AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, THE VILLAGE HAS THREE LOANS WITH THE SRF. OUT

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ONE FOR A COUPLE OF THEM FOR WATER SYSTEM AND THEN ONE FOR THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM. ON THE WATERSIDE. YOU HAVE THAT FAIRLY LARGE DESIGN LOAN. THE $1.1 MILLION LOAN, WHICH IS BEING USED TO DESIGN THE WATER PLANT IMPROVEMENTS WAS A COUPLE OF WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS. WITHIN THE VILLAGE, AND THAT ONE IS A 50% PRINCIPAL FORGIVENESS LUNG, SO THAT EFFORT IS ONGOING AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO APPLYING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION LOAN. OF THOSE PROJECTS LATER ON THIS YEAR. THE SECOND WATER LOAN. WAS A 100% LOAN LOAN. I MEAN, THERE'S NO GRANT IN THAT ONE. UM AND THAT ONE IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $186,000 AND IT'S FOR PRIMARILY FOR PREPARING THE WATER SYSTEM MASTER PLAN WHICH IS ONE OF THE ITEMS BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT. THE THIRD LOAN IS THE CLEAN WATER FOR YOU KNOW FOR WASTEWATER. THAT ONE IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $314,000 THAT ONE DOES HAVE 50% PRINCIPAL FORGIVENESS. AND IT'S A PLANNING LONG, WHICH IS WHICH WAS USED TO PREPARE A COUPLE OF REPORTS ONE OF THEM A PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF THE WASTEWATER PLANT IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE SECOND TASK IS THE WASTEWATER, MASSIVE PLANT, WHICH IS ALSO, UM IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA. UM SO WITH THAT SAID, UH, BOTH OF THESE MASTER PLANS AGAIN. THE WATER AND THE WASTEWATER THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED. TONIGHT IS THE FINAL DELIVERY BUBBLE FOR TWO OF THESE LOANS. AND ONCE THE VILLAGE ADOPTS BOTH OF THESE PLANTS, THEN ALL THESE PROJECTS LET'S SAY ARE READY TO GO TO THE NEXT ROUND. WHENEVER THE VILLAGES READY INTO THE FUTURE AS FAR AS. APPLYING FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS AND YOU KNOW, PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND SO ON. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, BE GLAD TO ANSWER IT OR CAPTAIN LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. DANIEL. APPRECIATE IT. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THAT I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE MASTER PLANS FOR YOU TODAY. TONIGHT I HAVE STEPHEN MY OFFICE. THIS IS STEVE MARKER. HE'S OUR PROJECT MANAGER FROM CAPTAIN HE IS PASSING OUT THE EXHIBITS THAT I THINK ARE PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING A TOUGH TIME GETTING THEM TO READ A LOT WHERE EVERYBODY CAN READ THEM. I MEAN, THAT'S GETTING OLD, BUT I CAN BARELY SEE THE NUMBERS ON IT . SO I ASKED HIM TO PRINT IT OUT. BOLDER AND BIGGER FOR YOU SO MAYBE YOU SEE A BETTER ON YOUR COMPUTERS, BUT I THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE CLEAR ON THESE AND YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE EXTRA COPIES IF ANYBODY WANTS THEM, UM I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT I DID ASK THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON THE PROJECT WITH ME. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE DOING THE WORK ON THIS. BUT THE FIRST UP THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU IS MR FILLED OVER FROM DOVER ENGINEERING. HE'S IN THE BACK HERE. PHIL IS WAS ON THE GROUND , LOOKING AT ALL YOUR LIPS STATIONS AND HAD SOME REALLY GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS ON AND IMPROVEMENTS AND ITEMS FOR THAT, OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T TIME. OVER IMPROVE THEM. JUST BASICALLY, MAKE SURE THEY GET THEM USABLE AND FEASIBLE AND SO FORTH. AND THEN NEXT TO HIM IS ED TALTON WITH CH, A CONSULTING ENGINEER. ADDS GROUP DID ALL THE MODELING FOR US. THIS WHOLE PROJECT NOW BOTH YOUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM EXISTING AND WELL AS OUR PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN A MODEL SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AND AGAIN. JUST LET'S REMEMBER SOMETHING WE ARE DOING WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE VILLAGE, WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE MODELED AND SO FORTH. AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE DOCUMENT WE ARE WORKING WITH IS DYNAMIC. IT MEANS IT WILL PROBABLY CHANGE AND EVOLVED. EXPECT EXPANSION EXPANSIONS WILL HAPPEN. WHO KNOWS WHAT WHAT WOULD YOU DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT? BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT IS MEANT TO BE IN A DYNAMIC MODEL THAT YOU CAN EXPAND. IN AN I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT POINT OUT THAT WE DID GET HELP FOR THE WATER PLANT ITEMS FROM KIM LEE HORN. THEY DID A GREAT JOB FOR YOU AND AGAIN. WE APPRECIATE THEIR HELP ON INFORMATION FOR THE WATER PLANT INFORMATION. IN A HOLD.

CONSULTING ENGINEERS DID THE WASTEWATER PLANT INFORMATION. AND SO I NEED TO POINT OUT THEIR INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT. OF COURSE. THANK DANIEL MAGRO. HE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL. BILL ARCHIE BELL, UM JIM HEWITT, PAT NOLAN. THE AND, OF COURSE, HOWARD. ALL OF THEM HELPED US GET INFORMATION TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAD TO GO LOOK AT ALL SORTS OF AREAS TO FIND INFORMATION. AND I THINK WE HAVEN'T NOW ALL IN THIS DOCUMENT. WHICH IS GOOD, BECAUSE THE HARDEST THING THAT MUNICIPALITIES HAVE IS WHEN THERE ARE KNOWLEDGE GOES AWAY, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THINGS

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ARE. SO I THINK YOU HAVE IT NOW AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL FIND THIS VERY BENEFICIAL. UM. REAL QUICK ON THE SLIDES, AND I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THEM AGAIN. ONLY 10 SLIDE. WE CAN GO QUICKLY THROUGH THEM. AND THEN YOU CAN ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU WANT, BECAUSE I HAVE THE EXPERTS STANDING RIGHT BEHIND HIM. SO OKAY. WE DID ONE REPORT ONE ON THE LEFT OF THE POSSIBLE AND I JUST DID THE FRONT COVER PORTABLE WATER UTILITY MASTER PLAN. THAT IS WATER ONLY OKAY? AGAIN THAT'S THE BEST BEST ONE REPORT THERE. THE SECOND ONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE WASTEWATER AND RECLAIMED WATER. UTILITY REPORT AGAIN. BOTH OF THEM ARE MASTER PLANS, WATER, WASTEWATER AND WASTE WATER, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE PROCESSES OF WASTEWATER AS YOU CLEAN THE WASTE WATER UP AND YOU CAN USE RECLAIMED WATER, WHICH TYPICALLY IS USED FOR YOUR GATIEN. OKAY? SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE TWO REPORTS THAT WE HAVE. UM, THAT SLIDE NUMBER THREE. OKAY? UM BASICALLY, THIS SLIDE HERE DEPICTS YOUR EXISTING WATER SYSTEM. OKAY THAT'S WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY, OKAY? AND OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW , UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, NOT ONLY THE CURRENT POSSIBLE WATER LINES, WHICH ARE LABELED 6 TO 12. ANY NUMBER AND SO FORTH, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THEIR SIZE BECAUSE THEIR SIZE DETERMINES THE CAPACITY, RIGHT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO AND YEP. OKAY. UM AND THEN THE POINT IN THE WATER SYSTEM IS YOU HAVE A WATER TREATMENT PLANT. OKAY YOU ALL KNOW WHERE THAT IS RIGHT ? THAT'S THE PLANT IS GOING TO BE IMPROVED UPON OKAY SO ANYWAYS , OFF FARM ROAD, AND ESSENTIALLY , YOU CAN SEE THE WATER PLANT NOW WHAT WE DON'T HAVE ON HERE, BUT BUT KIM LEE DOES HAVE IN THE REPORT ARE THEIR WELLS THAT SUPPLY WATER TO THAT WATER.

PLANT RAW WATER, OKAY, THEY GO TO THAT WATER PLANT. AND SO THERE'S ANOTHER. THEIR DOCUMENT ILLUSTRATES. THE RAW WATER, SO THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE OUT THE COMPONENTS OF THE WATER SYSTEM LINES. PLANT. WHAT WE DID DO AS I SAY. YOU KNOW, WE INVESTIGATED THE CURRENT FACILITIES. WE DID A FIELD RECONNAISSANCE. OKAY WE DETERMINED DEFICIENCIES. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME NEW REGULATIONS OUT THERE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAY CURRENT WITH ALL YOUR REGULATIONS. AND SO THAT THAT WERE SOME OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT AND AGAIN, BASICALLY, THAT'S THE EXISTING WATER SYSTEM. UM THE NEXT COMPONENT IS AND I THINK YOU KNOW. GENERALLY THIS COVERS MOST OF THE ACTIVE AREAS OF PEOPLE WORKING AND HOMES IN THE TOWN, OKAY? IN THE VILLAGE. I'M SORRY, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE'S SOME OUTLYING AREAS THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE WATER TO, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN THE NEXT AND THE SLIDE WHEN WE GET INTO THE FUTURE WATER SYSTEMS. THE NEXT THE NEXT SLIDE. THAT'S THE CURRENT WASTEWATER SYSTEM LAYOUT. OKAY AND SO I JUST TELL YOU WHAT'S ON THIS MAP. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE THE BIGGER MAP. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BETTER. BUT WHAT'S IN BROWN R GRAVITY MEANS OKAY? BASICALLY SEWAGE. YOU BASICALLY FLOW AND USUALLY IN GRAVITY AND FROM A HIGHER POINT TO LOWER POINT AND WHEN IT GETS TO A LOWER POINT, UM, NORMALLY WOULD HAVE A LIFT STATION THAT BASICALLY LISTS THAT SEWAGE UP. AND THEN YOU PUT IT IN A PRESSURIZED SEWAGE MANAGEMENT, WHICH WE CALL FOUR SPAIN THAT ULTIMATELY BRINGS IT. TO THE TREATMENT PLANT, SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE MAP YOU'LL SEE . NOT ONLY THE GRAVITY MEANS YOU'LL SEE THE GREEN LINES THAT ARE FORCED MAINS PRESSURIZED MEANS YOU'LL SEE, UH D E. C. N. BE A THOSE OUR LIFT STATIONS.

THOSE ARE THE LIST STATIONS AND PUMP THE SEWAGE. OKAY AND THOSE YOU'LL SEE LISTED AND THE TABLE THOSE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE THOSE DO NEED IMPROVEMENTS. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I TOLD YOU FILL, WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT ALL OF THEM. AND WE WORKED. WE WORKED WITH HOLDS ENGINEERING QUITE EXTENSIVELY ON THOSE STATIONS AND SO FORTH, AS WELL AS BILL ARE DEVELOPED THE TIME SO ESSENTIALLY WHICH YOU SEE, THERE IS LIFT STATIONS. YOU SEE GRAVITY C FOUR SPAIN'S. AND YOU SEE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN AND I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THOSE ARE THE COMPONENTS OF WASTEWATER SYSTEM, OKAY? SO THOSE ARE CURRENT. OKAY, SO THEN WE WENT TO OKAY. WE KNOW WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE. OKAY SO THEN WHAT WE HAD TO DETERMINE AS WELL, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? AND I'M NOW ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT BASICALLY WHAT? WHAT? WHAT IS PROJECTED TO HAPPEN HERE? THIS IS WHERE THE HELP DECIDE QUITE A BIT. AS WELL , YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS JUST LISTENING TO SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT, UM, YOU ALSO PROBABLY YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT MORE OF THEM. BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE HEARD ABOUT, AND SO WE HAD TO DEVELOP. DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE VILLAGE. WE'VE GOT AN UPTOWN AREA. BOOKER PARKER INDIAN WOULD AREA DOWNTOWN AREA NORTHWEST, STOP, PLEASE, AND EAST INDIAN TOWN AREA. BASICALLY

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ALL THOSE AREAS WE. ACCUMULATED WHAT WE HEARD WERE THE AMOUNT OF UM, UNITS THEY WERE GOING TO PUT OUT THERE. YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER REPRESENTED AS AN E R C EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTION. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE. OKAY ESSENTIALLY, YOU MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL, BUT YOU RELATE EVERYTHING INTO EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTION. SO WHAT YOU ALSO SEE ON THOSE IN THAT TABLE IS WE HAD TO PROJECT WHAT THE CURRENT NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS ARE. AND THEN WE DID A FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS. OKAY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND BUILD EVERYTHING FOR THE BUILD OUT. YOU WANT TO BUILD IT IN FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS. GET YOUR TIME TO GET SOME MONEY TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, ACCUMULATE MONEY FROM DEVELOPERS AND ALL SORTS OF SOURCES, GRANTS AND SO FORTH. SO WE BROKE THIS DOWN INTO A CURRENT, WHICH IS OUT THERE TODAY. FIVE YEAR GREAT GRCS 10 YEAR 20 YEARS AND THEN BUILD UP.

OKAY SO THAT THAT'S THAT'S ESSENTIALLY DEPICTS WHAT WE SEE AS THE AMOUNT OF CONNECTIONS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THE SYSTEM. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOWER LEFT CORNER, OKAY, LOWER LEFT CORNER, YOU WILL SEE WE DID IT AND EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS. YOU SEE THOSE CURRENT 21 98 5 YEARS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 36 56. THESE ARE TOTAL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VILLAGE. OKAY AND BUILD THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 21,191 CONNECT. BASED ON THIS CURRENT PLAN AGAIN, IT'S A DYNAMIC PLAN. YOU MAY GROW THAT, BUT THE FACT AROUND, THAT'S WHAT'S WHAT WE PREDICT IN THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, OKAY? AND SO WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THAT IS WE RELATED TO THAT TO THE AMOUNT OF GALLONS PER DAY THAT EACH OF THOSE CONNECTIONS IS GOING TO PRODUCE, AND WE USED A NUMBER. IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME NUMBER THAT MARTIN COUNTY USES AND VARIOUS OTHER LOCAL MUNICIPAL IS USED. WE ALSO DID SOME TESTS ON IT. IT'S 250 GALLONS PER DAY PER CONNECTIONS. SO BASICALLY THE E . R. C S ON THE TOP ROW IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES, 2 50 YOU GET WITH SOME THE CURRENT AND THAT'S THE FLOW AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS THAT'S THE FLOW THAT YOU NEED TO PUT BE ABLE TO PUT IN. THE TREATMENT, PLANT, WATER AND WASTEWATER AS WELL. AS WHAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU MAKE SURE YOU PROVIDE YOUR SIZE OF YOUR PIPES PROPERLY . SO THAT JUST TELLS YOU THAT'S THE THAT'S THE MASTER SYSTEM. SO BASICALLY BOTH. KIM LEE HORN USED THIS NUMBER FOR THEM TO PREDICT THEY'RE THEY'RE USING THESE NUMBERS ON THEIR BUILD OUT. SO THEY DETERMINED THE INCREMENTAL EXPANSION OF YOUR PLANTS, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL, WHICH YOU'RE EXPECTING THE NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS AND SO FORTH. SO, UM. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY I THINK, RON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE. NOW BASICALLY, FROM THIS INFORMATION, WE NOW LOOK AT THE PLANTS. WE LOOK AT THE LINES AND TO DO THAT WE CREATED WE CREATED MODELS OKAY FOR BOTH ONE MODEL FOR THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM ON MODEL FOR THE WATER SYSTEM, AND ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT ED DID IN THE BACK HERE ON THE RIGHT AND ON MY RIGHT SIDE OVER HERE, BASICALLY IN LOOKED AT, OKAY. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WHAT? WHAT? WHAT CAN THE EXISTING SYSTEM HANDLE? AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO IMPROVE UPON TO MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK FOR THESE FUTURE? THIS FUTURE EXPANSION OF ITEMS AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS TO WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE OUT THERE. UM WE LOOKED AT. I PROBABLY SHOULD GO BACK. JUST A MINUTE. HERE WE NOT ONLY LOOKED AT WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT FROM DEVELOPMENT.

BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT BIEBER, WHICH IS A GROUP THAT LOOKS AT EXPANSIONS AND WHAT WHAT PEOPLE SEE AS GROWTH IN A COMMUNITY. WE LOOKED AT THEIR NUMBERS, TOO, SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR.

AND TO SAY ALL THESE PROPERTIES COULD DEVELOP AT THEIR MAXIMUM LEVEL BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE TOO AMBITIOUS. WE BASICALLY LOOKED AT WHAT WE FELT WAS WHAT IT WAS A REASONABLE RATE OF EXPANSION, BUT I WANTED, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT JUST OUR GUESTS AT THIS. WE LOOKED AT. WE TALKED TO THE WE TALKED TO OLD PLANNING DOCUMENTS AT THE COUNTY HAD FOR THE AREA. WE LOOKED AT BIEBER. WE LOOKED AT ALL THIS STUFF TO TRY TO GET TO THE REASONABLE LEVELS HERE THAT YOU SEE. OKAY SO THAT THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST BEGINNING OF A MASTER PLAN RIGHT THERE. UM, SO THEN WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE NEXT DOCUMENT, WHICH IS SIX OR SLIDE. SIX. AGAIN I APOLOGIZE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. THE LIGHT BLUE ITEMS ARE WHAT WAS ON THE EXISTING WATER SYSTEM. OKAY AND YOU WILL SEE THIS. THIS MAP. YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT COLORS WHEN WE GET INTO THE WE HAVE A MAP, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE UP THERE. NOW THE NEXT PAGE IS ACTUALLY A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE PART OF THE WATER. IN THAT PAGE IS COLOR CODED, SO THE LINES THAT ARE IN RED AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY ON THE LINES RED, WHICH IS THE 10 YEAR. PERIOD OF TIME, SO YOU CAN KIND OF KIND OF LOOKING AT THE MAP AND THE NUMBERS AND SEE SEE WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING

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WHAT PERIOD OF TIME. SO ANYWAYS, I MEAN, WE COULD GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THESE REALLY MINUTE DETAIL. I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH. WHAT SLIDE 6 TO 10 SHOW YOU IS NOT ONLY A MAP OF THE FUTURE PORTABLE WATER SYSTEM. THE FUTURE WASTEWATER SYSTEM, FUTURE RECLAIM SYSTEM, BUT THEN WHAT? THEY ALSO SHOW YOU IS WHAT WE CALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT CORRELATES TO THAT MAP, OKAY? AGAIN THE MAPS THAT THE MAPS AND THE CHARTS ALL REFLECT IMPROVEMENTS , BOTH WHAT KEPT IT DETERMINED WHAT KINLEY DETERMINED AND WHAT HOLDS DETERMINED, SO THEY'RE ALL IN ONE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN HERE. OKAY SO SLIDE NUMBER SIX IS WHAT IS THIS ONE IS THE WATER IS THE WATER MAP LIGHT BLUES EXISTING ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE COLOR CODES. JUST SO YOU KNOW, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MAP. IT SHOWS YOU LIKE BLUES 2021 FROM 2021 TO 26. YOU'LL SEE DARK BLUE IMPROVEMENTS. THOSE ARE WHAT ARE PLAYING FOR TO HAPPEN IN 2021 TO 2026 AGAIN.

THE RED I SAID EARLIER, IS 26 TO 31. AND THEN THE ORANGES 31 TO 41. THE LAST ITEM IS BUILD OUT, SO THAT COULD HAPPEN AND 20 YEARS AFTER AFTER THE. 2041 OKAY . BUT ANYWAY, THOSE DEPICT IMPROVEMENTS. I THINK THINGS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO NOTE UM WE PUT WHAT WE CAN'T DONE WITH THE WATER SYSTEM. AS YOU TRY TO DO LOOPS. OKAY SO THERE'S REDUNDANCY. SO WHEN THERE'S A BREAK IN ONE AREA, YOU HAVE ANOTHER WAY FOR WATER TO GET TO IT. PLUS, IT ALSO PROVIDES MORE CAPACITY AND SO FORTH, SO ESSENTIALLY TRY TO AVOID LONG DEAD ENDS SO YOU WILL SEE IN THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE LOOPS THROUGH THE TO THE TO THE WEST, AND I KNOW THE BRAKES A LITTLE BIT ON THE WEST SIDE. WHERE WE'RE GOING ON FOX BROWN ROAD IN THAT AREA. THOSE THOSE YOU CAN. IT'S CUT UP INTO PARTS THERE. YOU SEE LOOPS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE SYSTEM. YOU SEE LOOPS IN THE D, R E AND RED YOU SEE LOOPS TO THE TO THE SOUTH, OKAY TO THE TO THE TO THE MARINA AREA AND THEN TO THE TO THE EAST TO GO TO THE BASICALLY THE NEW FAIRGROUNDS AREA, SO BASICALLY. THAT AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD SOME GOOD NEWS ON THAT. I KNOW. COMMISSIONERS HERE. I THINK WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR IN THE UNIVERSE . STATE COLLEGE CHARTER SCHOOL OUT THERE, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET ALL THIS PUT TOGETHER AND I THINK THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO CONSIDER SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS FOR US. TO HELP US GET THOSE EXTENSIONS OUT THERE SO THAT'S WE'VE GOT OUR FINGERS CROSSED RIGHT NOW. BUT IT'S LOOKING GOOD SO FAR. WHAT I HEAR SO ANYWAYS, I THINK WE'VE ACCOMMODATED WHERE WE BELIEVE THE EXPANSIONS ARE NEEDED. AND WE PROVIDED THE RIGHT SIZE OF WATER MEANS AND WE'VE TRIED TO PUT SOME REDUNDANCY IN A FEW AREAS. BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S THE WHOLE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM. UM AGAIN. GO TO THE NEXT PAGE. SLIDE.

REALLY TOUGH TO SEE. THAT'S WHY I HAD TO GIVE IT A BIGGER THING. BUT YOU CAN SEE BASICALLY, THE FIRST COLUMN IS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND TREATMENT PLANTS THAT DISTRIBUTION TREATMENT PLANTS.

YOU SEE THE FUNDS HERE. BASICALLY, THERE'S SOME FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE PROPOSING THAT GETS DONE BY THE DEVELOPER. THOSE COUNTLESS ITEMS THERE. THERE'S SOME FUNDING THAT DANIEL'S ALREADY TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT TONIGHT. AND THEN THERE'S OTHER GRANT FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE EXPECT THAT YOU WILL BE PURSUING FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER ITEMS, OKAY? THERE'S THE PROJECT NAME OF THE ITEMS NEEDS AND THE JUSTIFICATION SOME OF THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST RESTORATION OF EXISTING SYSTEMS. OKAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO BASICALLY UPGRADED TO WHAT CURRENT STANDARDS ARE AND SO FORTH. SOME OF THEM ARE TIRED. THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. AND THEN THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT BASICALLY ADDRESS FIRE FLOW. AND THEN THERE'S SOME THAT ARE BEING EXPANSIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. SO THERE'S A WHOLE GAMUT OF EVERYTHING HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE IN. BASICALLY THAT'S THE NEED AND THE JUSTIFICATION. SOME OF THESE CAME FROM REPORTS AND SO FORTH THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE. THANKS FOR EXAMPLE, THE DEEP D W THAT'S A DRINKING WATER IMPROVEMENT FACILITIES PLAN. I THINK, DANIEL HOW PUT THAT TOGETHER. SOME OF THESE WHERE YOU SEE MASTER PLAN IS WHAT WE'VE ATTITUDE IN THE TOWN UTILITIES HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON SOME OF THESE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE DEVELOPERS. AND THEN, OF COURSE PROJECT KIM LEE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND EXPANSIONS OF THAT. SO THERE'S DESCRIPTIONS HERE. YOU SEE IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN THERE'S ABOUT 29. MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK GOING ON IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. BUT ESSENTIALLY, YOU CAN SEE 23 24 25 26. IT'S PROJECTED TO BE DONE AND MANY OF THESE THINGS IN THE 23 COLUMNS YOU ALREADY HAVE. YOU ALREADY WORKING ON, OKAY? THEN THE 10 YEARS 17 20 YEARS 18. AND THEN BUILD OUT AND SO FORTH. SO

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ESSENTIALLY, THAT SHOWS YOU WHEN WE'RE PROJECTING THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE AS WELL AS THE COST THAT WILL BE INCURRED SO YOU CAN GET CAN START WORK LINING UP THE MONEY.

SO THAT THAT'S THE POSSIBLE WATER SYSTEM, OKAY? MASTER PLAN , AND SO DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT POTABLE WATER? NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION MORE OF A COMMENT.

EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE. NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS BEEN DONE ON SUCH A COLLECTIVE BASIS. SO UM, I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER HISTORY MAKING MOMENT FOR THE VILLAGE AS WE ARE DISCOVERING.

ALL OF THE WASTE WATER AND WATER IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE. SO I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION AND YOU KNOW WHEN WE CAN GET WITH STAFF TO MAYBE PUT SOME OF THIS PRESENTATION INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND VERY TECHNICAL, BUT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU.

YES. YES IT'S CERTAINLY THE MORE OF THE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT AND BASICALLY HEAR ABOUT IT THEN THEN THERE'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT, TOO. AND SO I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IN THAT CATEGORY. SO ANYWAYS. I'LL GO TO THE WASTEWATER. THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. WAIT A MINUTE. SO THE POSSIBLE WATER. THE WHITE IS VILLAGE IDENTIFIED PROJECTS, SO THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING CURRENTLY. SO BASICALLY. BASICALLY LOOK ON THE WE LOOKED AT THE FIRST COLUMN.

PTOLEMY LOOKING. I'M LOOKING AT THE COLORS. YES. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? AND THEN I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT'S D W I F P WHITE. FACILITIES PLAN, OKAY. IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW. LOOKING ALL THIS. A LOT OF STUFF. SO BASICALLY THE VILLAGE IDENTIFIED THOSE PRIDE. NEEDING TO BE DONE.

BASICALLY MOST OF THEM ARE AND OUR REHABILITATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES. WHEN YOU IDENTIFIED THEM IN THE MASTER PLAN. WHEN DID THE MODEL WE DETERMINED THOSE HAD TO BE DONE? AND GET THE SERVICE TO THESE. UM WELL, SOME WHITE ONES. THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT LOOK TO THE DEVELOP. THE ONES THAT THE ARI THERE. OKAY THAT'S 12. THAT'S ON THAT LIST BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT I THINK BETWEEN MARTIN COUNTED AND THE GRANT MONEY THAT WE'RE PURSUING WITH THE STATE, THEY WILL. ONE POINT OF CLARITY. THE MODELS BASED ON WHAT WE WERE IN AROUND AND WE HAD MARTIN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT COME OUT AND GIVING GIVE US A HAND. PRESSURE FLOAT FLOAT TESTS. EXCUSE ME, THE FIRE FLOW TEST. SO WE GOT FIRE FLOWS FROM ALL THE HYDRANTS. MANY OF THEM MOST. AND THEN WE PUT THAT INFORMATION INTO THE BOTTLE. ADDITION TO ALL YOUR EXISTING. DIDN'T HAVE THAT LUXURY WITH THE WASTEWATER, WHICH IS WHY WE AMENDMENT TO GO FOR A TEST ALL LIFT STATIONS GROUND. BASICALLY PUTS THAT EXTRA LEVEL OF. SECURITY TO YOUR MODEL TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ACTUALLY DESCRIBING DO YOU THINK? CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ALSO SPEAK INTO THE MIKE? EXCUSE ME, STEVE.

MARK WORD SKEPTIC ENGINEER. THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST TO WHATEVER IS LABELED FUND DEVELOPER. THE DE PAY FOR THOSE WE'RE HOPING, OKAY? THANK YOU. IN AND JUST SOMETHING YOU PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT, BUT YOU ARE ALSO DOING RATE STUDY. TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RATES OF CONNECTIONS IS ACCURATE TO REFLECT WHAT WE HAVE TOLD YOU HERE SO THAT YOU HAVE FUN AND COME FROM GRANTS WILL HAVE FUNDING COMES FROM RATES OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY TIE YOU INTO THE SYSTEM. AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING. OKAY THAT WE STILL THAT YOU STILL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GET PUT IN PLACE, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS AND DOES THAT RACE STUDIES STILL

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GOING ON RIGHT NOW? YES. DIDN'T START YET. OKAY HE'S QUITE FRANKLY WAITING FOR HE WANTS THEM. HE'S BEEN USING THIS MATERIAL. TO GET THAT TO WORK AND ALSO. I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T GET INTO A LOT OF DETAIL HERE, BUT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PLANT THAT CAN HANDLE IT AND SERVE THE CUSTOMERS. YOU HAVE, OF COURSE, AND THEN SOME EXPANSION IS SOME ADDITIONAL PEOPLE, OKAY AND THEN, BUT THAT'S UPGRADE THE SYSTEM. YOU HAVE. OKAY, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO START EXPANDING THAT SYSTEM, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE . YOU MAY SEE IF YOU LOOK DOWN UNDER THE BLUE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, THERE'S WHITE AS THE ONE THAT'S BEING IS THE ONE QUITE FRANKLY, KEENLY. HORN IS WORKING ON MOUTH. ABOUT SIX YEARS UNDER 2023. THINK THAT SHOWS YOU ABOUT $6 MILLION THERE. I'M JUST NOT GIVING. THE ONE THAT YOU WILL REHABILITATING. NOW THE EXISTING PLANTS, MAYBE DOING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THERE. THEN YOU CAN START EXPLAINING GO FROM ONE POINT. THAT AND THEN ADDING ANOTHER HAPPY SORRY, JOE, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK A LITTLE MORE INTO THE MIC? YES OKAY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD POINT OUT TO YOU, TOO, IS THAT MAY NOT BE TOTALLY OBVIOUS, BUT IT'S IN THE MAP. WE LOOK AT EXPANDING THE EXISTING WATER TREATMENT PLANT. IT IS LOCATION. BUT THEN WE PROPOSED ANOTHER TREATMENT PLANT OUT BY THE AIRPORT, SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT'S THAT'S IN THE COST TO HERE. SO I MEAN, SO THAT'S A POTENTIAL PLANT OUT THERE. BUT ALL THOSE NUMBERS ARE IN THERE AND THAT ONE. I DON'T SEE THAT. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE 10 YEAR PROGRAM, SO THAT'S A LITTLE WAYS OUT THERE.

GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO PULL SOME MONEY TOGETHER FOR THAT. ANYWAYS, THAT'S THAT'S. I THINK THAT COVERS THE WATER SYSTEM. ANY OTHER. ANTHONY DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING I WAS GONNA ASK, ACTUALLY, FOR HOWARD, UM, WITH THIS PRESENTATION. DO WE JUST NEED TO FILE? UM WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION OR IS IT JUST YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ACCEPT IT. OR WAS TO ACCEPT IT. I WOULD SAY TO RECEIVE AND FILE IT RECEIVING MAYOR. I THINK. I THINK, ACTUALLY, I'M TRYING TO BRING IT UP. I APOLOGIZE. WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL OF THESE MASTER PLANS. SO YES. YEAH I THINK WE ACTUALLY WOULD WHEN YOU'RE ALL DONE WITH EVERYTHING NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE PLANS. YEAH. OKAY I'M GONNA GO TO WASTE WATER. YEAH YEAH. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I MISSPOKE. BUT MR KEIPER WHILE YOU'RE THERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW IN IN LESS THAN MAYBE. TWO SENTENCES. THREE SENTENCES. WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THIS? WATER AND WASTE WATER MASTER PLAN? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR THE VILLAGE? WELL, FIRST OF ALL. IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON, UM, SERVING YOUR PUBLIC, RIGHT WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING AND MAKING SURE YOUR QUALITY OF WATER GETS TO WHERE EVERYBODY'S ASKED FOR IT TO BE. THAT'S NUMBER ONE NUMBER TWO IF YOU WANT TO EXPAND AND PROVIDE MORE CONNECTIONS OUT THERE, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THE FACILITIES CAN HANDLE THAT. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU NEED THESE MASTER PLAN SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AFTER GRANT FUNDING BECAUSE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO THE LEGISLATURE. YOU'RE GOING TO GET LOANS OR GRANTS. THEY WANT TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE. AND SO THAT'S TO ME, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE I WOULD HAVE NOT EXPECTED. YOU WANT TO PAY FOR ALL THESE THINGS YOURSELF.

YOU WANT TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE HELP YOU WITH THEM, SO I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ALL THIS IS TO GET PROGRAM IN PLACE. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT, OKAY? OKAY, SO I'LL GO TO THE WASTEWATER. PROGRAM REAL QUICK AND I'LL TRY TO BE QUICKER ON THIS ONE. BUT ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS NOW THE FUTURE WASTEWATER SYSTEM. OKAY AND AGAIN. THERE'S NOTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS OTHER THAN THE TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT WE'RE TRANSPORTING AND WHERE WE TAKE IT TO ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS AGAIN THE MAP AND THE NEXT I'M GOING TO HAVE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO LET'S JUST STICK WITH THE MAP FIRST, OKAY? ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU SEE. THERE IS, UM, WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAPPEN IS, UH, WHAT'S ON YOUR LEFT IS EXISTING GRABBING, WHICH WHICH YOU SEE THERE AND BROWN IS GRAVITY CURRENT AND YOU SEE GREEN ENFORCEMENTS. YOU SEE IN BLUE? WHAT WE EXPECT IT WILL BE BUILT IN IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. AND YOU CAN SEE FOR SPAIN'S AND YOU CAN SEE THE LINE GOING OUT TO THE AGRA PLEX. OKAY THAT'S THAT'S BEING PLANNED. RIGHT RIGHT NOW AND SO FORTH. YOU CAN SEE IMPROVEMENTS AND FORMAL FOR SPAIN. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO WHAT WE'VE ALSO TRIED TO DO IS TAKE SOME OF THE LIFT STATIONS THAT WE HAD WHERE WE SAW. WE HAD EXTRA CAPACITY AND MOVED MOVES SEWAGE IN ONE DIRECTION, ANOTHER

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KIND OF UTILIZE SYSTEMS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. YOU CAN SEE THE D R E WATER MAIN. THE EIGHT AND THE 12. OKAY IN BLUE, OKAY? UM, SO THOSE ARE THESE? THESE ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT? WE THOUGHT WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT THEY WANTED TO DEVELOP FIRST, THE FIRST PHASE IN THE D R E. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE, AND MOST OF THIS, AND IT'S IN BLUE. READ AGAIN. YOU SEE SOME, UM SOME LINES. THAT'S A 10 YEAR. THAT'S FOUR. SPAIN'S GOING OUT TO YOU KNOW, THE BASE BASED EIGHT MILLION, YOU KNOW, COME MAIN FOOD COMPANY, BASICALLY WESTERN INDUSTRIAL FORCE MAIN EXPANSIONS. YOU SEE ALSO STUFF GOING INTO THE NEXT PHASES OF THE D R E. ESSENTIALLY THAT GETS INTO THE RED THAT'S 10 YEARS AND THEN FORCE PLANES THAT GO OUT INTO OTHER AREAS AND IMPROVING CERTAIN AREAS. AND THOSE ARE THE 20 YEAR PLAN. THERE IS SOME CONSIDERATION. FOR SEPTIC TO SEWER. SOME OF THAT YOU MAY GO FORWARD WITH SOONER THAN LATER, OKAY, BECAUSE THERE'S CURRENTLY NOT GRANT FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THAT TYPE OF STUFF. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE SO AS MUCH AS WE TRY TO PUT EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN THE PLAN. YOU COULD MOVE THINGS FROM FACE TO FACE IF YOU NEEDED TO. SO SO THAT'S REALLY THAT THE SEWER, SEWAGE WASTEWATER AND THEN RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT, WHICH ISN'T PURPLE.

ON THIS MAP, BASICALLY, TO GET TO THE BASICALLY TO THE D R E INTO THE GOLF COURSE THAT'S A THAT'S A METHOD OF DISPOSAL, ALSO FOR AFFLUENT. SO THAT WILL ALSO KEEP YOUR COSTS DOWN ON SOME OF THE TREATMENT PLANT REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFLUENT DISPOSAL. OKAY YOU TREAT IT IT'S NOT. IT'S TREATED WATER I DON'T WANT YOU THINK IT'S NOT TREATED WATER, BUT IT'S BASICALLY RECLAIMED WATER THAT YOU USE FOR IRRIGATION. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAPS AND THEN THESE TWO MAPS RELATE. TO WHAT IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR WASTEWATER AND WE CLAIM THE WATER AND AGAIN THEY'RE SET UP THE SAME WAY COLOR CODED CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ARE RESTORATION. WE ALSO HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE WE'RE DOING SOME STUDIES IN THIS GROUP OF IMPROVEMENTS. A LOT OF LIST STATION IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN GREEN THAT YOU SEE HERE. MANY OF THE LIFT STATIONS NEED SOME IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE THE AGRA PLEX. WHAT JERMAINE GOING OUT THERE? THAT'S THAT'S IN THE PROGRAM. UM AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS, YOU SEE SOME SOME DIARIO EXTENSIONS AGAIN. YOU SEE THE WORD DEVELOPER BY THOSE THOSE WERE EXPECTING THE DEVELOPER TO CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE AND THEN YOU SEE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND THE EXPANSIONS AND RESTORATION WORK DONE AT THAT ONE. ALSO SO THOSE THOSE WILL BE THE ONES THAT HOLDS HIS DESIGNING FOR YOU 23 24 25. AND THEN THERE'S SOME EXPANSIONS TO THE TREATMENT PLANT. AS YOU START EXPANDING AS A AS A SYSTEM STARTS EXPANDING AND PEOPLE START ADDING SUBDIVISIONS OR WHATEVER INDUSTRIAL SITES AND SO FORTH TO THE PROGRAM. THAT WE'VE ANTICIPATED AND THEN THE LAST GROUP OF ITEMS AND I'LL CALL THAT PINK IS BASICALLY THAT GETTING OUT TO THE TO THE GOLF COURSE AND THE D R E. SO PRETTY MUCH. IT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS I STATED EARLIER FOR THE WATER, BUT THIS IS WASTEWATER AND RECLAIM LINES. UM DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? DOWN. ACTUALLY I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING INFLATION. I MEAN, OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THAT INFLATION IS HAPPENING BY THE DAY NOW. DID YOU GUYS TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS INFLATION? AND HOW THE PRICE IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED IN 10 YEARS FROM NOW OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW. WE HAVE. THESE ARE 2021 NUMBERS. 2020 2021 NUMBERS . THIS WAS FINISHED AT THE END OF DECEMBER. I WILL SAY THAT NUMBERS ARE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO PUTTING IN HERE, AND THESE ARE PLANNING NUMBERS, SO WE DID TRY TO GO HIGHER. AND WE PUT WE DID PUT CONTINGENCY ON THESE NUMBERS. OKAY SO THOSE ARE NUMBERS. I FORGET WHAT THE NORTH OF 25. I BELIEVE WE HAVEN'T CONTINUE. TREATMENT PLANTS WE PUT 25 SO T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION . WE PROBABLY DIDN'T CONSIDER INFLATION IN THE WAY YOU'RE ASKING THE QUESTION, BUT WE PROVIDED CONTINUOUS EASE INTO IT. AND KICK. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE RIGHT CONSULTANT REMEMBERS THAT BUT BASICALLY THEY THEY'LL DO THAT FOR US. THANK YOU. AND MORE QUESTIONS. I'LL COUNT COUNCILWOMAN OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY CLUE ABOUT HOW MANY ACCEPTED TANKS WE HAVE? CAUSE I KNOW I SEE SOMETHING HERE, IT SAYS, UM. YOU HAVE. PS 2-10. P 2-11 SEPTIC TO SEWER. AND YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 46 SEPTIC

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LOCATION. I JUST KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE FOR SOMETHING TO SEWER.

MUCH TO SEE. YOU KNOW WHERE WE'VE THAT AGAIN. WHICH WE HAVE MADE IT DOWN HERE UNDER. WHAT'S THE QUESTION THAT YOU OR ANSWER? YOU CAN GIVE ME LATER ON, BUT I'M JUST INTERESTED IN HOW MUCH SEPTIC TO SUBJECT TANKS WE HAVE IN THE VILLAGE OF ANY TIME BECAUSE THAT'S QUESTION THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED. ACTUALLY, WE WERE ASKED IN TALLAHASSEE ABOUT THAT. AND YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT NUMBER IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. I'LL GET YOU THAT NUMBER, BUT I THINK WE DID COUNT. WE DID CALCULATE THAT NUMBER. I KNOW WE HAVE IT SOMEWHERE. BUT I'LL GET YOU THAT NUMBER OUT THERE. NO NO, WE HAVE IT IN HERE AND ON THE MAP. I THINK JUST SO YOU KNOW WHERE WE NOTED THAT NORTH OF THE D R E SO FORTH. AND PRETTY MUCH. SOUTH OF NO FORMAL AROUND THAT AREA OR FERNWOOD. I THINK IT IS. COME DOWN HERE. SIT YOURSELF. PULL OVER. OUT. THERE WERE. ENERO, PROBABLY SOME OUT THERE. SO JUST EVALUATE KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ WAS SAYING. THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO MOVE UP TO A SOONER PHASE. BECAUSE THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE OF NEXT YEAR. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MONEY AVAILABLE TO DO STUFF LIKE THIS. YEAH, SO IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD HAVE IT. SO NEXT YEAR, I WOULD GO TO TALLAHASSEE. WE COULD BRING SOMETHING LIKE THIS THERE, OKAY? WHAT WOULD BE EASY TO CALCULATE TO DETERMINE THE NUMBERS TO HAVE HERE. WE CAN DO THAT, AND THEN BASICALLY, WE CAN THEN WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CAPACITY FOR DOLLARS. THERE WASN'T A LOT, BUT I THOUGHT WE SAW REALLY YEAH. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT. BUT IF WE COULD GET IT PAID FOR YES, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. IT'S THERE TO USE AND HAVE A NUMBER. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? SUSAN GIVES THOMAS.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT ALL THESE AND I NOTICED MYRTLE DRIVE IS LEFT OFF OF EVERYTHING. THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THIS IS IT'S RUNNING OUT THROUGH THERE. I DON'T WELL. PROBABLY ON THE BACK WORLD. NO IS I MEAN YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT SONORA TERRORIST . YOU'VE HAD THESE LITTLE THINGS. BUT MYRTLE, THAT'S I JUST FIND THAT INTERESTING. I BELIEVE WE HEARD THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE PART OF THIS, BUT I COULD BE WRONG AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SO IT'S AN OPTION. WELL I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN OPTION OR NOT. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED SO DRUGS. SO THE ONE ON THE ONES ON SONOROUS SONORA TERRORISTS OVER HERE IN CANAL I THINK WE NEED TO ADD EVERYBODY IN THERE. WHY YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM DO IT. NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE HIM DO IT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO PLAN FOR IT. WHAT IF LATER ON THEY HAVE NEW RESIDENTS, AND THEY WANT TO ANNEX THEM. I DON'T HAVE TO PLAN FOR IT OR TO DRIVE IS IN THE VILLAGE. I THINK WHAT WE SAY ARE INJURED, FIGURE IT OUT, AND IT SHOULD BE. IT SHOULD BE IN THESE DOCUMENTS. OKAY SO WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS AGAIN AND COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. AND DO YOU HAVE TO DRIVE? IT'S A. ONE REASON THIS LONG, RED RIGHT HERE. THAT'S MYRTLE YOU HAVE NOW IF YOU LOOK. LOOKING HERE. THIS IS CANAL HERE. THIS IS SOME MORE. HIS MYRTLE MYRTLE IS BIGGER THAN. WE'LL GET THAT FIGURED OUT, BUT IT'S GOOD CAMERA. AND WHAT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COUNCIL DON'T MEAN TO THROW MYRTLE UNDER THE BUS THERE, BUT ANYHOO. ALL RIGHT, THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS PUBLIC MESSAGE. OH, ARE YOU FINISHED? THANK YOU SO MUCH . THIS IS VERY GOOD. GOOD STUDY . THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO THANK YOU FOR COMING. I APPRECIATE IT. YES. AND YOU PROBABLY COMMENT. THINK OF.

BENITA PRESSLER. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE POSSIBLE WATER PIPES. I THINK OUR EARLIEST OLDEST PIPE STATE FROM THE 19 FIFTIES IF I'M RIGHT AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THOSE. DO WE HAVE ANY LEAD PIPES OR, YOU KNOW WELDING CONNECTIONS

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. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WHAT IS THE CONDITION? DO THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED? OR UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST BEEN CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY OLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT. THERE IS SOME PIPES, OLDER PIPES THAT ARE BEING REPLACED IN THE PROGRAM.

OKAY, AND WE DO HAVE ONE WATER MAIN THAT DOES HAVE LED THAT JOINT'S YOU'VE BEEN TESTING IT.

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THEM. BUT THAT PIPE WOULD ALSO BE ONE OF THOSE. IT'LL BE IMPROVED UPON. BUT THANKS YOUR QUESTION? YES WE DID. CONSIDER SOME OF THE OLDER PIPES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED IN THE STUDY. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS I'M. NOW ISN'T THERE ALSO AN ASBESTOS? PIPE. YEAH, THERE'S STILL YEAH. YEAH. IF YOU LOOK ON THE MAP, IT'S ACTUALLY MARKED IN BLACK. JUST SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE 51ST STREET RAILROAD AVENUE. THE PIPE REPLACEMENT. ALL THOSE ARE ONES THAT ARE WHERE WE ARE. WE HAVE BEEN HERE TO BREATHE FIXED. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, MR CAPTAIN. RIGHT, MR. BROWN ITEM NUMBER SIX. MAYOR YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. JOE WERE COMING IN AND TALKING ABOUT. I THINK YOU'RE ON THIS ITEM AS WELL. UM HOWARD, HOLD ON ONE SEC. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE, UH, THESE TWO PLANS . YOU CAN APPROVE BOTH PLANS IN ONE MOTION. GOOD SO CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND? BEEN SECOND. WORLD COLLAPSES.

COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE YES, VICE MAYOR DARLING MAYOR CLARK. YES. HEART, MR BROWN. YES ITEM NUMBER STICKS. MADAM MAYOR IS AN

[6.  

Approval of Contract with Captec Engineering to Perform Wastewater Lift Station Data Collection Services in the Amount of $25,000

]

APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH CAP TECH ENGINEER TO PERFORM. WASTEWATER LIFT STATION DATA COLLECTION SERVICES IN A MOUNTAIN OF DIXIE $25,000. DANIEL, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS. THIS IS THE GO AHEAD. YES YES, CERTAINLY. HOWARD SO, UM, THE LOANS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM THE WASTEWATER. UM ALONE. UM, WHEN WE APPLY FOR FUNDING YOU KNOW WE HAD WE HAD THE AMOUNT, WHICH WAS THE YOU KNOW THE COSTS TO DO THE STUDIES THAT I MENTIONED, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME CONTINGENCIES THAT ARE ADDED ON JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS. SO UM, BOTTOM LINE IS ALONE, WHICH HAS 50% PRINCIPAL FORGIVENESS. UM IS HIGHER THAN THE MONEY THAT WAS SPENT FOR THESE STUDIES SO THAT THERE IS REMAINING FUNDS IN THAT LOAN THAT GIVEN THAT THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL FIELD DATA THAT IF COLLECTED, WOULD ENHANCE THE WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN AND GIVEN THAT THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S REMAINING MONEY'S THERE WITH 50% PRINCIPAL FORGIVENESS. YOU KNOW THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE TO UTILIZE THAT FOR CAPTAIN TO GO OUT AND COLLECT THIS FIELD DATA AND FURTHER IMPROVE THE THAT WASTE WATER MASTER PLAN, SO I BELIEVE THIS PROPOSAL IS TO PERFORM THOSE IMPROVEMENTS OR I MEAN, YOU KNOW TO CONTINUE ON WITH THAT WORK. AND THE SRF HAS SAID IT'S OKAY TO USE THOSE REMAINING FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE. ALRIGHT. COULD I GET A MOTION? 2ND 2ND ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. ROLL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS. RIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ YES, COUNCIL MEMBER STONE MAYOR DARLING MAYOR CLARKE. YES, NUMBER SEVEN. MR BROWN. YES THE

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Approval of Contract Renewal with Quest Corporation of America for Communications Consulting Services in the Amount of $43,536

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NUMBER SEVEN IS THE APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH QUEST AMERICA. AS YOU KNOW, THEY THEY DO OUR POPULATIONS FORCE. WE'RE ASKING THAT THEIR CONTRACT BE RENEWED. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR IF THE COUNCIL BRUISES CONTRACT THIS WILL BE THEIR LAST YEAR WITH US. UH THE AMOUNT OF THE RENEWAL WOULD BE $43,536 TO HAVE RECOMMENDS RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH QUEST AMERICA AND WE MIGHT HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM QUEST AMERICA PRESENT THIS EVENING. UHH! THAT MIGHT BE IN THE AUDIENCE. HI. YES ALYSSA DEGRASSI FROM QUEST. THANK YOU. SO, YES. UM WE WOULD LIKE TO QUEST, UM, THAT OUR CURRENT CONTRACT THAT WE'VE BEEN SERVING THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN BE APPROVED FOR THE SECOND ONE YEAR RENEWABLE OPTION FOR CONTINUED COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING

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SERVICES. OKAY. I GOTTA MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVED 2ND 2ND AND IT COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

PUBLIC COMMENT. NO MATTER MAYORS SO FOR THE YEAR. WHEN DOES THIS END RIGHT IN IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR. NEXT YEAR. OKAY? YES. MARCH OF 2023. MOMENT. BROKE OFF. AND, UM CLARK COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS I. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES COUNCIL MEMBERS STONE. YES DARLING. HI.

THANK YOU GUYS. MAYOR CLARKE. YES. WAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, MR GRAY CEO ACROSS SYRIA.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY ONLINE. IF YOU DON'T YOU DON'T WANT TO. ALRIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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Recruitment and Retention Tools Update

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EVERYBODY HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU. I DON'T SWEAT DISCUSSION BROWN. YES ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. MADAM MAYOR. YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE WE WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TOOLS. WE'VE BEEN UNLIKE TO HAVE SUSAN . NO ONE'S REALLY JUST WALK US THROUGH IT BECAUSE SHE'S DONE A LOT OF THE EMPLOYEES SURVEYING THAT WAS DONE THAT THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDED. SO SUSAN, IF YOU COULD SPEAK DIRECTLY ABOUT THIS ABSOLUTELY. I CONDUCTED ANONYMOUS SURVEYS OF THE VILLAGE EMPLOYEES IN REGARDS TO FACTORS THAT WOULD. IT CONTINUE THEIR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE VILLAGE AND ALSO SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. AND WITH RECRUITMENT. I ALSO SURVEYED SOME SIMILAR CITIES AND MARTIN COUNTY TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING. SO IN REGARDS TO RECRUITMENT. SOME OF THE FIRE RATED RESPONSES WERE HIGHER COMPETITIVE PAY. ASSIGNING BONUS AND MORE SICK AND ANNUAL LEAVE. AND COMPARABLE COMPETITIVE BENEFITS. MARTIN COUNTY IS CURRENTLY OFFERING INCENTIVE OF A DISCRETIONARY HIRING BONUS OF $1000. CITY OF STEWART IS ALSO OFFERING A SIGN ON BONUS OF TWO WEEKS. BASE PAY AND I SURVEYED TOWN OF PALM BEACH. THEY JUST HAVE AN EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM. VILLAGE OF REQUEST. I HAD NO NEW INCENTIVES AND CITY OF PORT ST LUCIE HAD NO NEW INCENTIVES. FOR RETENTION TOOLS.

THE TOP RESPONSES WERE HIGHER PAY COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES AND REEVALUATION OF PAY BASED ON ADDITIONAL OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED AND THEN ADDITIONAL BENEFITS COMPARABLE TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, INCLUDING LIFE INSURANCE, HIGHER CONTRIBUTION TO RETIREMENT, FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE. AND THE THIRD WAS HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES AS WE ARE UNDERSTAFFED AND OVERLOADED. AND THE PREFERENCE THERE WAS TO HIRE DIRECT EMPLOYEES, NOT CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES. AND IT'S THE FULL RESULTS. FULL RESULTS OF BOTH SURVEYS ARE IN THE AGENDA. BACKUP THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE RESULTS? OKAY TO LOOK AT. THANK YOU.

SUSAN. YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. YEAH IT'S A LOT TO LOOK AT, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT IT REALLY PREVIOUS MEETINGS WHERE WE SURVEY THE EMPLOYEES AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT, WHAT THEY COME UP WITH, UH, I PLAN ON COMING BACK AT A LATER DATE. I THINK ON APRIL 2ND AT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING.

WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THIS AT THAT TIME. RIGHT? CONVERSION TO PART TIME AND PLOY TO FULL TIME,

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Conversion of Part-Time Employees to Full-Time Status

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MR BROWN. YES MA'AM MET THE MAYOR OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO WE HAVE THREE. PART TIME EMPLOYEES AND RIGHT NOW, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH RECRUITING, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO UPGRADE THOSE POSITIONS. PROVIDE THAT WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE IN THE BUDGET, WHICH I THINK WE MIGHT AND I'D LIKE TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH THE PLAN. HOW MANY PART TIME EMPLOYEES JUST THAT WE HAVE. THERE ARE THREE PART TIME EMPLOYEES, ONE IN, UM COMMUNITY ELEMENT DEPARTMENT, ONE IN PARKS RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND ONE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. AND THE NUMBER IS IN THE AGENDA. BACKUP ONLY CONSIDER THE PART TIMER IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND IN PARKS

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AND REC, SO FOR JUST BUDGETARY PURPOSES. JUST THOSE TWO WERE INCLUDED. NOT THE THIRD ONE CORRECT BECAUSE WE WERE STILL EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT THAT POSITION NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED OR NOT. BUT AFTER YOUR SURVEY YOU FOUND OUT THANK YOU. I CAN'T HEAR YOU, MAYOR. NO I WAS ASKING SUSAN. SHE SAID SHE ONLY INCLUDED TWO IN THE PACKAGE. YOU SAID IT WAS THREE AND SHE SAID AFTER THE SURVEY, IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE THREE. I THINK I THINK IT'S WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING. THERE 33 POSITIONS TO WORK. NOW WE'RE. REQUESTING ACTION ON AND THEN THERE'S ONE WE'RE EVALUATING. SO WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE SAME THING CORRECT. YES SUSAN GIBBS. THOMAS? YES, THANK YOU. UM I'M SORRY AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE ARE. UM MHM. I WOULD ANTICIPATE WORKLOAD AS FAR AS BETWEEN THE PARKS AND REC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. IT SEEMS COMMUNITY OF ELEMENTS COULD DEFINITELY GOING TO BE BUSIER. THEN PARKS AND REC IN THE IN THE FUTURE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BE CONSIDERED OVER PARKS AND REC. IN A FULL TIME POSITION BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO BE BUSIER AT THE MOMENT. SO IT'S JUST MY THOUGHT. COUNSEL, MS STONE. THAT I JUST HAD A QUESTION AS FAR AS THE POSITIONS ARE THESE POSITIONS THAT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET THAT WE NEED TO FILL, OR ARE THESE JUST CHANGING FROM PART TIME BEFORE THAT? PROPOSITION POSITIONS ARE IN THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR PART TIME EMPLOYEES. SO WHAT? WE'RE WHAT WE WERE.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO FIND YOU KNOW ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE CAN REDIRECT THOSE FUNDS FROM TO PAY FOR THE INCREASE? BECAUSE THESE EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW WORKING ABOUT 30 HOURS A WEEK NOW. THEY ALREADY KIND OF WORKING FOR ALMOST NOW. YEAH 30. I THINK I THINK IT'S IN ONE POSITION. THE LADY IS WORKING ALMOST 35 35 HOURS A WEEK. UM, COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. AND. THE SAME. MY SPECIALTY. MHM. I REALLY THINK THAT. WE WITH THE SHORTER STUFF THAT WE HAVE IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. WE NEED A FLOATER AND HAVING A PURSE A PERSON THAT CAN WORK WITH LIKE YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, YOUR PARKS AND RAG.

UM YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE MANAGERS DEPARTMENT. UM WE'LL HELP AND THE VILLAGE UM.

TRY TO SUCCEED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF A PERSON IS SICK. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PERSON. THAT JOB DOESN'T GET DONE UNTIL PROBABLY PERSON COMES ON BOARD AGAIN. OR IF THEY'RE ON MATERNITY. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO THERE AND THEN, LIKE WE HAVE TO PLAN IN ADVANCE, NOT WHEN THEY'VE ALREADY GONE AT THE DOOR FROM MATERNITY LEAVE, UM, THAT WE'RE GIVING ALL THE ITEMS TO LET'S JUST SAY THE VILLAGE CLERK AND I SHARE ALREADY HAS A LAUNDRY LIST OF ITEMS AND SO LIKE WE'RE THINKING AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE AND I WOULD LIKE FIRST HALF TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A FLOATER BECAUSE THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE ALL DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, DON'T KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY'LL KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT, UM THE, UH, WATER, THE WATER TAX. THEY WILL HAVE SOMETHING ON THE CLERK SIDE DON'T DON'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. AND THAT WILL HELP.

UM US FILL THE GAPS. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. YEAH I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AN ITEM EIGHT. WE TALKED ABOUT RECRUITMENT AND INTENTION AND NINE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING PART TIME POSITIONS TO FULL TIME. UM WE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH FILLING POSITIONS HERE. AND SO I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH MOVING THOSE TWO OR THREE PART TIME EMPLOYEES TO A FULL TIME STATUS THAT WAY.

I MEAN, HOWARD JUST SAID IT. UM THEY ALREADY WORKING FULL TIME, SO I THINK YOU KNOW THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OR WHATEVER IT COMES WITH THAT FULL TIME STATUS, AND I THINK IT WOULD ALSO HELP US WITH GETTING OUR WORK DONE, SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I WILL SUPPORT THE COUNCIL ILLNESSES AND GIVE TIME THANK YOU. I'M JUST CURIOUS TALKING ABOUT A FLOATER THAT IS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO EVERYTHING DO WE CROSS TRAIN POSITIONS? WE WE? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY WE DO WHEN WE CAN. BUT WHEN I FIRST STARTED

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HERE, THERE WERE NO CROSS TRAINING. I THINK IT WAS JUST SUSAN AND MYSELF AND DANIEL AND LEWIS AND, UM, I THINK LEWIS I THINK LOUIS PEREZ. HE WAS OUR TEMP. AND SO, UM SO WE COULDN'T ASSIGN HIM, YOU KNOW? CERTAIN THINGS EVEN THOUGH HE'S. IT IS DOING DOUBLE DUTY IN TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO I'M SAYING THAT I THINK EVERY EVERY EMPLOYEE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE CROSS TRAINED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR UTILITY BILLING CLERKS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO SPECIALIZED, BUT THE GOAL WOULD BE WITH WITH THESE, UH, THESE THREE PART TIMES BEING CONVERTED. YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, BRING IT BACK UP PLAN THAT THAT ALL OF YOU COULD APPROVE. ONE EXAMPLE IS THAT FLOATER, UH, HAVING SOMEONE THAT'S SPECIALISTS IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, WHICH THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO US? BECAUSE AT LEAST WE'D HAVE A BACKUP. OKAY SO IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY WE ARE CROSS TRAINING PEOPLE ARE CROSS TRAINING. YES WE CROSSED. WE CROSS TRAINING WHEN WE CAN, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, MYLENE. SHE IS INVOLVED WITH PAYROLL AND THOSE KIND OF FUNCTIONS. THEY WAS HURT BACK UP. BUT LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW DANIEL'S LEAVING AND, UM NILAND IS ON MATERNITY LEAVE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO REDIRECT SOME OF THAT TO TRACY BRYANT, WHO'S OUR GRANTS MANAGER TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THAT, AND I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH TRACY ABOUT IT. THAT'S THAT IS THE PLAN BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M ACTUALLY DOING PAYROLL. COUNCILMAN STONE . SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME THING EVERYBODY BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS CROSS TRAINING. UM SO BASICALLY WHAT IT SOUNDS TO ME AS WE NEED A BACKUP OF THE BACKUP. REALLY? SO. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. WHERE IF THE BACKUP HAVE TO LEAVE FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER? WE HAVE SOMEBODY FOR THAT BACKUP. AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A PRO AT IT. THEY JUST NEEDED AT LEAST UNDERSTAND THE BASICS. CORRECT.

RIGHT WE COULD PUT ACROSS GETTING PLAN TOGETHER. I DON'T I THINK IT'S ALL PART OF RUNNING THE VILLAGE, PUTTING A CROSS TRAINING PLAN TOGETHER AND GETTING THE EMPLOYEES TO BUY IN IT. AND, UM AND GETTING THEM TO WORK AT IT. I THINK IT'S A COINCIDENCE. PEOPLE NEEDS TO BE CROSS CHAIN OUTWORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT. LISTEN I CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS I DON'T WORK IN. BUT GUESS WHAT. YOU HAVE TO FIT IN AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I BELIEVE THE GIRLS UP FRONT.

THAT'S JUST MY TAKE ON IT. AND THE PERMITTING PEOPLE PROBABLY SHOULD LIKE, UM, COUNCILMAN'S DON'T SAY IT WON'T KNOW THE JOBS TO THE T. BUT THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN CLERICAL POSITIONS. YEAH YEAH, BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW. I MEAN, IT DID HAPPEN. I CAME IN HERE. I MEAN, SHE WAS STANDING IN FOR HIM, BUT I COULDN'T PAY THE BILL BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TALK TO FUNCTION. SHE JUST WAS THERE, BUT THE CLERK PEOPLE AT THE FRONT AND SOME OF THOSE PERMIT PEOPLE THEY COULD BE CROSS TRAINED TO HELP FILL IN FOR EACH OTHER. I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT. I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT. AH BUT AH, YES , WE DO NEED TO MAKE THOSE PEOPLE FULL TIME BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ALREADY WORKING A LOT OF HOURS, BUT THERE'LL BE SOME OF THEM SAYING PEOPLE THAT CROSS TRAIN AS WELL. AND THE FINANCE GUYS HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL US VICE COUNCIL WOMAN HER NAME IS YES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS LIKE YOU DON'T WANT YOUR OFFICE TO DEPEND ON THIS ONE PERSON AND YOU KNOW WE'RE GOVERNMENT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT COVID IMPACTED.

YOU KNOW EVERYONE'S LOOKING FOR EMPLOYEES, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LET ME COME IN AND PAY MY BILL.

AND THE PERSON UPFRONT CAN'T BECAUSE SHE'S SHE'S THE BACKUP, BUT SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO FUNCTION. THE WE CAN'T WE CAN'T FUNCTION LIKE THAT WAS AROUND, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES. EVEN IF THEIR MAIN CLERK, WE DON'T NEED TO TEXT THERE ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, WE NEED. WE NEED CODE ENFORCEMENT CODE ENFORCEMENT. I THINK ONLY ROBERT IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT JUST CODE ENFORCEMENT WHO HELPS HIM. NO AS WE'RE BUILDING THIS PLANE, WE'RE GETTING BETTER, AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE RESPONSIBILITY THAT US AS A COUNCIL WE DON'T SEE. BUT YOU KNOW THE PAPERWORK. I IMAGINE THE PAPERWORK ROBERT HAS AND ONLY HIM AS CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WHEN BERNARD COMES ON, BUT THAT'S THAT'S CONTRACTION. ALS. AND YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON THOSE BECAUSE THEY COME ONCE A ONCE A WEEK OR HOWEVER, TO CONTRACT IS BUT WE, UM WE NEED A FUNCTION.

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UH THE VILLAGE SO THAT WE'RE NOT STOPPING. OH THEY'RE OUT. CAN YOU COME FROM TOMORROW? THAT'S NOT HOW WE SHOULD FUNCTION. WE SHOULDN'T MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS COVERED AND WE HAVE BACKUPS FOR EVERYTHING EVERY IMPORTANT, ESSENTIAL THING THAT IF A RESIDENT COMES IN TODAY AND ASKED FOR A PUBLIC RECORD IS THERE SOMEONE THAT CAN TAKE THAT PUBLIC RECORD IF SOMEONE COMES IN FOR A CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT, AND ROBERT'S NOT IN WHO CAN TAKE THAT ROAD, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE BACKUP FOR EVERYONE. BECAUSE THIS VILLAGE IS SMALL, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK. AND AS WE KEEP ON BUILDING THIS PLANE, I SEE THE WORK JUST BUILDING BUILDING UP AND WE DON'T WANT TO OVER STAFFER STAFF . THEY'RE GREAT. THEY'RE AWESOME . THEY DO THEY TRY TO DO WHAT THEY CAN. BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYTHING COVER. VICE MAYOR.

YEAH I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THIS. I THINK WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING.

UM AS WE'RE GROWING, YOU KNOW, UH, ALL YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE CROSS TRAINING, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS AT OUR NEXT MEETING OR AT THE APRIL UM, THIRD. SAY AGAIN. APRIL I THINK, MR BROWN SAID APRIL PERFECT. 2ND 2ND.

ALRIGHT ITEM NUMBER, ANYTHING. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE JUST DISCUSSING JUST DISCUSSION. ALL

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Voting Conflicts of Interest and Meeting Participation

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RIGHT NUMBER 10, MR BROWN. YES ITEM NUMBER. 10, MADAM MAYOR. IT'S A REQUEST BY COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ, UH, SPOKE WITH HER MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO ABOUT PUTTING ITEM ON THE AGENDA RELATED TO BOATING, CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION. COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. YES SO, UH, I WENT FOR MY ETHICS CLASS. AND THIS WAS A HUGE TOPIC AND ETHICS CLASS. UM, VOTING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND I THINK THAT WE STILL DON'T HAVE A POLICY HERE IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, NAVIGATE THE WATERS AND HOW WE WANT OUR CHAMBERS. OUR MEETINGS TO GO. I REALLY THINK THAT ME PERSONALLY HAVING, UH, IF A MEMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBER OR A SOMEONE ON THE PC ABOARD IS HAS A VOTING CONFLICT, THEY SHOULD NOT BE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE. THEY SHOULD BE. OUT. REMOVED FROM THE SITUATION. WHY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT. GIVE NOD. YOU KNOW, IT JUST AFFECTS IT. I KNOW MR VILLAGE ATTORNEY MIGHT SAY OTHERWISE. EVERY ATTORNEY IS DIFFERENT AND THE ETHICS ATTORNEY THAT WAS, UM AH, GIVING THE CLASS SAID THAT HE HE RECOMMENDS TO HIS COUNSEL. JUST YOU KNOW, SO ANY. FUTURE LAWSUITS. THERE'S NO AND HE TOLD THEM TO WALK UP. BUT THAT'S THE POLICY IN CERTAIN AND MOST OF HIS JURISDICTIONS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY NOW HERE AN INDIAN TOWN AND I THINK THAT, UM AS WE CONTINUE, AND THIS COUNCIL CHANGES WE'LL GET SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS OR PIZZA BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE VOTING COMPLEX AND JUST TO PROHIBIT, YOU KNOW ANY ANY BAD DOINGS OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS. UM I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MAKE A POLICY FOR IT. THOSE THANK YOU, MARY. FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE NO PROBLEM AT ALL WITH YOU ALL SETTING A POLICY MAKING A RULE THAT IF YOU HAVE A VOTING CONFLICT THAT YOU STEP OUT OF THE ROOM, NOT PARTICIPATE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM I'D ONLY WHEN WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY SHARED WHAT MY EXPERIENCES TENDED TO BE IN THE OTHER NINE JURISDICTIONS WE REPRESENT, BUT IT IS ENTIRELY WITHIN YOUR POWER . IN FACT, THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE ETHICS CODE IN THE STATE ETHICS CODE SECTION 1123 TO 6.

THAT YOU CAN BUY ORDINANCE SETS STRICTER STANDARDS. OKAY, SO THIS DISCUSSION HERE YOU WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I WAS ACTUALLY JUST TOOLING AROUND TRYING TO FIND SOME EXAMPLES BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY EXAMPLES. IN MY OTHER NINE JURISDICTIONS OF WHERE THEY DRILLED DOWN ON THIS. BUT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CODE SEEMS TO DRILL DOWN PRECISELY ON THIS.

YEAH UM AND IT DOES NOT. IT DOESN'T PRECISELY SAY YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE ROOM, BUT IT DOES ADD A PROHIBITION. THAT IS NOT IN THE STATE LAW AND THAT IS THAT YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE AT ALL. EVEN WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE DISCLOSED YOUR CONFLICT. OKAY SO YOU ALL KNOW THE STATE LAW MINIMUM IS YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSURE CONFLICT, BUT NEVERTHELESS YOU CAN STILL PARTICIPATE. YOU JUST CAN'T VOTE . YOU CAN ADD STRICTER STANDARDS . PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS THAT AND

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THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY ONE BECAUSE IT'S A CHARTER COUNTY. IT ACTUALLY APPLIES BOTH TO THE COUNTY AND TO ALL THE CITIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. SO IT'S ENTIRELY WITHIN YOUR POWER TO DECIDE YOU WANT TO MAKE IT CAN'T PARTICIPATE. YOU WANT TO MAKE IT? YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE AND YOU'VE GOT TO LEAVE THE ROOM. WHATEVER YOU ALL WANT. I'LL WRITE IT DOWN AND MAKE IT LIKE.

I'M SO WASN'T IN BETWEEN PARTICIPATING IN LEAVING THE ROOM. PARTICIPATING STANDING PLACE. YEAH OKAY, JUST BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE IT KNOWN IN LOOK AND LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, WHICH COUNTIES NEARBY AND IT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES IT. IT HAS A DEFINITION OF PARTICIPATE. AND IT'S A PRETTY. IT'S A PRETTY STRONG DEFINITION, BUT IT DOES NOT. BY THE WORDING OF IT ENTAILS PHYSICALLY LEAVING THE ROOM. I HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE. YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY LEAVING THE ROOM, SO THERE'S NOTHING OUT OF THE NORM ABOUT YOURSELF. SO I WOULD THINK PARTICIPATE WOULD BE BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION. SO YEAH, SO WHEN SO WHEN, SO IF IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, YOU GET UP AND LEAVE THE ROOM. YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO. YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MUDDY THE WATERS WITH YOUR OPINION, BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU HAVE A CONFLICT BECAUSE IF YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO HAVE DIALOGUE. YEAH, YEAH, DIALOGUE AND SPEAK ON IT. I CAN I CAN SHARE. UM PALM BEACH COUNTY'S DEFINITION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THERE'S A DEFINITION OF PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE VOTING CONFLICT STATUTES KIND OF. INCREDIBLY NARROW, BUT IT'S YET IT'S NOT AS BROAD AS THIS PALM BEACH COUNTY'S IS PARTICIPATE IS TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR TO INFLUENCE OTHERS TO TAKE ANY ACTION. OKAY SO THAT'S THAT'S SAYING TO SOMEBODY ELSE. EVEN HEY, GO. GO DO THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, TAKE ANY ACTION TO INFLUENCE OTHERS TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR TO ATTEMPT TO DO ANY OF THESE THINGS. IN ORDER TO AFFECT THE PASSENGER TO DEFEAT OF THE SPECIFIC MATTER BEFORE THE VOTING BODY, WHICH THE OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING. THAT'S A THAT'S A BROAD ONE. UM SO IT. THAT'S VERY BROAD. IT DOESN'T ENCOMPASS THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT PHYSICALLY STAND UP AND LEAVE THE ROOM, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW AND SOME OF THE JURISDICTIONS DOWN THERE THAT MAY BE THE WAY THEY DO IT IN PRACTICE. YOU CAN IF IT WERE YOUR DESIRE, YOU COULD PUT IT RIGHT INTO YOUR RULE THAT YOU IN ADDITION TO THIS, STAND UP AND LEAVE THE ROOM. SO THIS WILL GO. I MEAN, IF THIS WOULD HAPPEN WITH THIS BE FOR ALL OF OUR ADVISORY BOARDS THAT ARE HELD BY THE SUNSHINE THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE MY RECOMMENDATION FOR CONSISTENCY. YOU CAN YOU CAN SET THAT RULE FOR YOURSELF AND YOU CAN SET THAT RULE FOR ANY OF THEM ANY OF YOUR VILLAGE BOARDS. IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A SINGLE RULE. RIGHT, COUNCILMAN STONE. YEAH. SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M WONDERING IS SO WHAT IF THE PERSON SUPPORTS THE ITEM. AND. I MEAN, AND THEY WOULD LIKE FOR THEIR COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THAT ITEM. ARE THEY ALLOWED TO SAY HEY, I CAN'T VOTE ON THIS ITEM. BUT IF I COULD, I WOULD VOTE ON IT. SO AGAIN, TURNING JUST TO WHAT THE STATE LAW MINIMUM IS RIGHT. OKAY AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, YOU ALL CAN SET STRICTER RULES BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE STATE LAW MINIMUM UM, UNDER THE STATE LAW. YES, YOU CAN. OKAY SO YOU'RE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION. I ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A DIFFERENCE IN THE RULE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION AT ANY TIME. AND THEN YOU JUST GOT TO DECLARE YOUR CONFLICT BEFORE YOU VOTE AND REFUSES TO VOTE. EXACTLY OKAY, THE RULES ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WROTE IT THIS WAY. BUT THE RULES SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR APPOINTED BOARDS THAT THAT THEY ARE ANYONE WITH VOTING CONFLICT ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE UNTIL THEY DISCLOSED THE CONFLICT. AND THEN THEY CAN JUMP IN. WHY THEY MAKE THAT DISTINCTION. I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD REGARDLESS, IOWA'S RECOMMEND DISCLOSE IT, AND THEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE, WHATEVER, BUT IT IS ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW AGAIN AS A MINIMUM. THAT YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE THE CONFLICT AND NOT VOTE, BUT YOU CAN OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE. BUT YOU CAN SET YOUR OWN RULE AND TAKE THAT ABILITY WAY. SO MY WHOLE THING IS. I FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, I SUPPORT THIS ITEM. BUT YOU KNOW, LEAVE IT TO THE COUNCIL TO VOTE FOR IT. UHH HOPING THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT IT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN GET THE POINT OF BEING IN THE ROOM. AND YOU KNOW, LOOKS CAN DEFINITELY SWAY SOMEBODY. SO I CAN GET THAT POINT. SO MY WHOLE THING AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, I WOULD SAY YOU DISCLOSE IT. YOU

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SAY IF YOU SUPPORTED OR NOT, OR IF YOU WOULD VOTE FOR IT OR NOT, AND LEAVE THE ROOM AND HOPING THAT YOUR COLLEAGUES WOULD VOTE FOR IT. VICE MAYOR. SO I THINK WE'LL BE WHAT WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL THIS CONVERSATION SINCE I THINK WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES, IF MAYBE, IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE VOTING CONFLICT THAT YOU CAN WRITE THOSE DOWN, SUBMIT THOSE AND THEN ONCE WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THEM BECAUSE I THINK, UH , YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE SAYING, BASICALLY, YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.

OKAY SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THERE'S A FEW OF YOU ALL THAT ARE SAYING THE SAME THING. SO WHY DON'T WE JUST PUT IT RIGHT IT DOWN, SUBMITTED AND THEN WHEN THIS IS WHEN THIS HAPPENS ON THE AGENDA, THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SAY, HEY, THESE ARE THE OPTIONS BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S DISCUSSION TONIGHT. THESE ARE THE OPTIONS LESS LESS VOTE FOR ONE OR EDIT ONE OF THOSE, UM, THOSE OPTIONS.

I THINK FIRST WE HAVE TO AGREE IF WE WON'T EVEN PUT IT ON THEIR AGENDA COUNCILWOMAN TO ME. IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. COUNCILS COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. AUTOMATICALLY IT WAS, YOU KNOW, FOR AN ITEM.

RIGHT. IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S GOT AGAINST TONIGHT, SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP. AND AGAINST AN IDEA. UM. EITHER WHAT? AND I AUTOMATICALLY YOU KNOW YOU YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR IT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT COULD BE AGAINST IT. IT'S INTERESTING. COUNCILWOMAN. HER IN THERE AND OTHER STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS AND THE REASON WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING CLARITY IN THIS ETHICS CLASS WHERE YOU HAVE A LAWYER THAT.

YOU KNOW, I WAS TEACHING THE CLASS, BUT ADDITIONALLY TO THAT , WHICH HE SAID YOU CAN COME BACK TO YOUR IT DEPENDS ON YOUR LAWYER. UM I LOVE YOU WAIT, BUTW IT DID SAY, GET OFF DAYS AND DON'T PARTICIPATE, AND IT HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND HOW THEY DO IT AND HOW YOU KNOW, JUST TWO. UM MAKE THINGS EASIER, NOT CONFLICTIVE. IT'S JUST. ABSTAIN WALK OUT OR DON'T PARTICIPATE. JUST SIT THERE AND JUST NOT PARTICIPATE. IT'S THAT SIMPLE, BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN DIFFERENT ONES WHERE THERE'S A VOTING CONFLICT, AND IT'S HAPPENED HERE WHERE SOMEONE HAS A VOTING CONFLICT THERE EITHER. TALKING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING, OR THEY'RE MAKING MOTIONS AND, YOU KNOW. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE A VOTING CONFLICT AND YOU CAN'T VOTE BUT YOU'RE STILL MHM. MAKING YOUR CASE. SO UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S ETHICAL, UM DUE TO EVEN WITH THIS ETHICS COURSE I TOOK. I DON'T THINK IT'S ETHICAL, BUT YOU KNOW, THE STATE DOESN'T MAKE IT SO VAGUE THAT THE STATE JUST SAYS YOU HAVE TO ANNOUNCE IT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO. IT DOESN'T SAY WHERE YOU YOU DON'T, UM HAVE TO PERSONALLY PARTICIPATE OR YOU CAN PARTICIPATE. SO WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY, UM DOES HAVE LIKE A STRICTER AND US AS A COUNCIL CAN MAKE A STRICTER TO WHERE WE CAN JUST SAY. THEY OF STAIN AND PARTICIPATE, ABSTAIN AND NOT PARTICIPATE, ABSTAIN AND WALK OUT AND COMPLETELY OUT OF IT, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND I THINK THAT WE CAN IF WE DO DECIDE SOMETHING COULD HAVE ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS, BUT SOMETHING THAT I YOU KNOW, IT'S THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE A CONVERSATION AFTER THIS. I WON'T BRING IT UP BECAUSE IT'S DEAD. IT'S DEAD. THANK YOU. WAS THAT STRATEGIC SESSION? YOU ALL THINK? TO ELABORATE SOME MORE. WELL, WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HASH IT OUT. NOW I WOULD SAY, LET'S JUST HASH IT OUT. THIS IS JUST FOR THE SCHOOL, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IT'S A DISCUSSION. BUT WE CAN COME TO SOMEWHAT OF AN AGREEMENT AT THIS POINT. UM LIKE I WAS SAYING SO. MR POSE. THE QUESTION IS WITH THAT SEEMS UNETHICAL. IF SOMEONE SAY HEY, IF I CAN VOTE ON THIS ITEM, I WOULD VOTE ON IT. OR I HATE THIS ITEM. I WOULD

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RECOMMEND YOU GUYS DON'T VOTE ON IT AND THEN STEP OUT THE ROOM AND LEAVE IT TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO HASH IT OUT. I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT THE LAW IS. AND I'M SERIOUS BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S. BECAUSE IT'S YOUR POWER TO DECIDE WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT AND WRONG. YOU GET TO MAKE THE RULES ON THIS. I MY PERSONAL OPINIONS ON THIS. FIRST OFF HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY DECISIONS YOU WOULD MAKE, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE FORMULATED PRIMARILY FROM THE WORK I DO UP IN OTHER PARTS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SO ON. WE DON'T TEND TO HAVE THOSE RULES LIKE THAT.

BUT PALM BEACH COUNTY ONE OF THE DIRECTIONS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. HAS HE'S MUCH STRICTER RULES. SO I MEAN, I SAY THE NORM DOWN THIS WAY SEEMS TO DRIFT MORE IN IN THE STRICTER DIRECTION. SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU ETHICAL OR UNETHICAL VERSUS WHAT THE STATE LAW IS. UM SO YOU COULD. YOU CAN FORMULATE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHICH IS A BRIEF DISCLOSURE AND WHICH WAY YOU WOULD VOTE. IF YOU COULD, AND THEN LEAVE. THAT'S CERTAINLY AN OPTION. I DON'T THINK THAT'S SUSAN GIVE THOMAS AND WILL COME TO PUBLIC, SUSAN UM, I WAS ACTUALLY DOING SOME.

SORRY. GO AHEAD. THIS QUESTION IS ACTUALLY FOR COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. UM NOW AS FAR AS YOUR THOUGHT, WHAT I JUST SAID. WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT ON THAT? IF YOU'RE ABSTAINING. AND YOU'RE ALREADY GIVING YOUR THERE'S NO POINT OF WALKING OUT. THAT YOU'VE GIVEN INFLUENCES. YOU'RE ALREADY INFLUENCING BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING. YEAH, YOU'RE SAYING THE WALKING OUT THE INTENTION OF WALKING OUT IS YOU NOT TO INFLUENCE YOUR DECISION MAKER. RIGHT? SO IF YOU SAY WHAT YOU THINK AND YOU HAVE A VOTING CONFLICT AND YOU WALK OUT. THERE'S NO POINT OF WALKING OUT. BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN DO. HOW WE GET IT IN THE PRACTICE COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS AT ALL TIME. UM A CONFLICT. YOU MAY HAVE A PERSONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BUT YOU ARE STILL YOU STILL REPRESENT A SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. AND YOU HAVE A VOICE TO REPRESENT THEIR POINT OF VIEW AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE. UM. IT MADE YOU MAY HAVE YOU PERSONALLY MAY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. BUT YOU MAY HAVE. THE ABILITY TO CORRECT SOME MISINFORMATION. THEY'RE ME MAYBE SOME MISINFORMATION ABOUT THAT. SO IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO SAY SOMETHING , THEN YOUR VOICE IS SILENCED AND YOU CAN'T CORRECT WHAT MISINFORMATION IS OUT THERE. SO, UM TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST IT'S LIKE BEING SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES TO VOICE. WHAT YOU THINK , AND THEN YOU SIT DOWN. YOU JUST DON'T VOTE. WELL IF I HAVE HOPE WE ALL TALKING ABOUT CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS IF IT'S ONE OF US HAVE SOMETHING PERSONAL THAT'S COMING UP TO THE AGENDA. OTHER THAN THAT, WE WOULD HAVE NO REASON TO RECUSE OURSELVES AND MOVE CORRECT WEIGHT. WELL, KEEP IN MIND. IT'S NOT JUST WHAT I'M SAYING. IT'S NOT JUST PERSONAL GAME. WELL IT'S NOT JUST IT COULD BE PERSONAL, PRIVATE GAIN OR LOSS.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST YOURSELF. GET YOURSELF. THE LIST OF RELATIVES CORRECT IN THE STATUTE. CORRECT YOUR EMPLOYER BENEFIT BUSINESS ASSOCIATED RIGHT BENEFIT SO IT COULD BE, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHEN YOU'RE BENEFITING. IT'S ONE OF THOSE OTHER LISTS OF FOLKS BENEFIT.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RELATIVELY BENEFIT. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT POLICIES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY. THAT'S. SUSAN COUNCILWOMAN. OKAY, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY A RELATIVE IS BENEFITING. TELL ME TELL ME TELL ME THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY EVERY FAMILY ABSOLUTELY GETS ALONG WITH ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY IN IT. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY THAT BENEFIT THAT DON'T MEAN YOU GET ALONG WITH THEM. YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY YOU MIGHT NOT CARE ABOUT WHETHER THEY BENEFIT OR NOT. YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT THE LONGER IT THAT HAS MADE THAT DECISION FOR YOU. YEAH, GRACIE, THERE'S JUST SO MANY. GRANITE GRILLS. SURE YEAH, AND JUST SEE AS A REMINDER THAT THE LIST OF RELATIVES FOR A VOTING CONFLICTS REALLY NARROW. IT'S

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FATHER. MOTHER, SON, DAUGHTER, HUSBAND, WIFE, BROTHER, SISTER FATHER IN LAW MOTHER IN LAW, SON IN LAW OR DAUGHTER IN LAW. SO WHAT'S MISSING FROM THAT FIRST COUSIN, UNCLE NEPHEW? NIECE? OKAY THAT'S NOT ON THE LIST. WHAT'S THAT? YOUR STEPBROTHER STEPBROTHERS NOT ON THE LIST STEP CHILDREN. STEP CHILDREN, NOT ON THE LIST, BUT YOUR CHILDREN, OTHER LISTS. YOUR CHILDREN ARE ON THEIR RIGHT THERE. IT'S UNDER THE NEPOTISM STATUE, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT THING. THERE'S MUCH BROADER LIST BUT FOR YOUR VOTING COMPLEX, VERY NARROW LIST OF RELATIVES.

ALRIGHT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON THIS. WE'RE GONNA DO THIS IN THE STRATEGIC. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT MORE IN THE STRATEGIC WORKSHOPS. YES, MR NADER PUBLIC COME OUT. WOW WELL, CAN I ASK STAFF TO BRING IT TO THE STRATEGIC YEAH. SUSIE I DON'T THINK THERE'S A POINT ANYMORE, RENE TO PRESSLER, UM THIS IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE. AND BELIEVE ME, IT'S NOT YOU. OKAY BUT I WOULD HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS ON THE PC ABOARD. I'VE HAD A PERSON WHO SAT ON THAT SIDE OF THE DIOCESE AND THEN MOVED OVER HERE AND COULD NOT STAY OUT OF THE CONVERSATION HAD PLENTY TO SAY.

UM DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTE, BUT DID ALL THE TALKING UM , IF YOU WANT LESS CONTROVERSY AND LESS TURMOIL ON YOUR BOARDS , GO FOR THE STRICTEST AND BELIEVE ME, IT'S NOT YOU. IT'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING GOING TO BE COMING ALONG. PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE. THEY DON'T REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE NOT RESIDENTS. OKAY IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. UNTIL THAT IS STOPPED. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TERM WELL AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CONTROVERSY. UM. THAT'S THE PEOPLE. YOU NEED TO THINK OF YOUR MAKING A RULE FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, REALLY, THAT IS WHAT I SEE AS THE BIGGEST TROUBLES ON THE BOARD. ANYWAY SO I HOPE YOU GO FOR THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF ETHICS. THANK YOU. ANYMORE. COUNCIL DISCUSSION. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ I CAN FOR THE APRIL WAS APRIL 2ND FOR THAT APRIL 2ND MEETING. I'LL PUT TOGETHER SOME DRAFTS OF LANGUAGE IN DIFFERENT VARIATIONS KIND OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE DISCUSSED.

THANK YOU. WAIT. THANK YOU. OKAY WELL, BUT IT GOT SOME OF SOME OF IT OUT ALL ON THE TABLE. YEAH.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOR DARLING. ALL RIGHT, UM FINANCIAL UPDATE. MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL,

[11.  Financial Update]

FLOREAL, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR. TONIGHT THEY HAVE A, UH RELATIVELY BRIEF FINANCIAL UPDATE ON THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE VILLAGE. AS OF JANUARY 31ST. THIS UPDATE IS IN REFERENCE TO THE VILLAGES TO PRIMARY OPERATING FUNDS, THE GENERAL FUND AND THE WATER UTILITIES FUND. AS OF JANUARY, 31ST OUR TOTAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS HAVE AMOUNTED TO 3.9 MILLION OF 5.3 MILLION, BUT FIVE POINT FOUR MILLION BUDGETED. AH ALL REVENUES ARE ROUGHLY TRACKING EQUAL OR GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED, WITH A FEW THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE, WITH REVENUE SHARING THAT ARE SLIGHTLY BEHIND DUE TO TIMING DIFFERENCES, BUT OVERALL IN GOOD CONDITION. TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE APPROXIMATELY 23. WHILE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY BELOW BUDGET. THE WATER UTILITY FUND IS TRACKING AS ANTICIPATED THE MAJOR REVENUES THERE OF WATER AND WASTEWATER SALES FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL ARE RIGHT AT TARGET OF 34% YEAR TO DATE. TOTAL COLLECTIONS ARE AT 967,000 OF 2.1 MILLION ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE WERE SLIGHTLY ABOVE WHERE WE TYPICALLY WOULD BE AT 59% 1.2 MILLION OF 2.2 MILLION BUDGETED. HOWEVER THAT IS LARGELY DUE TO SOME EXPENDITURES INCURRED RELATED TO THE STATE REVOLVING FUND PROJECTS. THAT HAD NOT YET BEEN RECEIVED BACK IN REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE EP. SO THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $280,000 AND RECEIVABLES FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. MOST OF THAT, WHICH ENTAILS STATE REVOLVING FUND. SO THAT'S REALLI DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS. MR BROWN. SHE WAS ANYTHING ELSE I CAN ADD. IF YOU LIKE THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. YES, MR. TO YOU

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GOOD. ALRIGHT, QUALITY DIDN'T DO ANY PUBLIC. OUR NEXT MEETING IS MARCH. THE 10TH. THIS MEETING IS NOW

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.