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MAYOR CLARKE DARLING. HERE COUNSELOR NUMBER GIVES THOMAS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ HERE COUNCIL MEMBER STONE HERE.

NOW. MY. YOU. PERSONAL PRAYER. WORK. YOU DON'T WANT TO CAUSE THE MIST. WORDS MOUTH. BE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT. LORD OF STRENGTH. POVERTY. BODIES. NAME OF JESUS. LIKABILITY CLYDE SORT OF AMERICA. STRANGE OR THE NATION UNDER GOD CHANCE. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS

[ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS]

PULLED ITEMS. OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA. STAFF HAS NONE. MADAM MAYOR YES. IF WE COULD POUR CONSENT ITEM. NUMBER EIGHT AND PUT IT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, PLEASE. MR BROWN. THE BLUE OKAY? AS WE AGREED. FLORIDA MUNICIPALITY INSURANCE TRADE. OKAY? PUT IT ON THE RECORD THE AGENDA. RIGHT? OKAY. OKAY. WE ALL IN AGREEMENT. PUT IT IN THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, OKAY IN

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Home Rule Heroes Presentations by Scott Dudley, Florida League of Cities,  Director of Field Advocacy & Federal Affairs.

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AGREEMENT. THING. PROCLAMATIONS AND AWARDS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, MR BROWN. YES MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MR. SCOTT DUDLEY IS HERE FROM THE FLOOR.

LEGAL CITIES, MR. DELI IF YOU CAN COME UP AND UPDATE US ON WHY YOU'RE HERE. I THINK WE KNOW WHY, BUT PLEASE LET US KNOW. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WE'RE GETTING TO BE OLD BUDDIES HERE EVERY WEEK. WE SEEM TO BE HANGING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO I WAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO HOW WAS LAST WEEK, RIGHT? YEAH THEY GO TO MIDDLE INDIAN TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PRESENT AN AWARD FOR ONE OF THE STUDENTS THAT HAD WRITTEN SEVERAL 120 STUDENTS HAD WRITTEN ESSAYS ON IF I WERE MAYOR, AND, UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LEGAL MAYORS TO COME AND VISIT HIM AND TALK TO SOME ABOUT THAT. SO THAT WAS A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE. IT'S A GREAT LITTLE TOWN HERE. THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO. UM THIS IS I LOVE COMING TO MEETINGS LIKE THIS. IT'S AWESOME FROM THE STANDPOINT OF JUST LIKE THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. AND UH, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE ROOM HERE FILLED WITH CITIZENS AND THEY'RE HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY THINK. AND YOU ALL GET TO LISTEN TO THEM AND GET TO REACT TO IT, AND IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT IS IN TALLAHASSEE. WHERE WHEN THEY COME AND TESTIFY, AND THEY TRY TO TELL YOU YOU KNOW, THEY DO THIS TO YOU, OR THEY LIKE IF THEY EVEN HAVE TIME FOR YOU TO DO THAT, SO THIS IS AWESOME. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. SO ONE OF THE REALLY COOL PARTS OF MY JOB IS THAT AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN AWARD THAT WE CALL HOME RULE HEROES. AND HOME RULE. HEROES ARE WHAT WE GIVE TO MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS BOTH ELECTED AND STAFF THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND DURING THE COURSE OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, REACHING OUT TO LEGISLATORS. MAKING PHONE CALLS , SENDING E MAILS BASICALLY DOING DOING THE HARD WORK OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT LEGISLATORS LISTEN TO WHAT CITIES HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU'RE TELLING. A REAL STORY MAKING A REAL LOCAL SO THAT THAT'S WHAT LEGISLATORS LISTEN TO. INSTEAD OF ME GOING IN TALKING AS A LOBBYIST TO THOSE LEGISLATORS THEY HEAR FROM YOU ALL. AND SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO, UM, GRANT TO AWARD HOMEGROWN HERO AWARDS

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TO PRETTY MUCH DURING THE WHOLE COUNCIL. I THINK, UH, SO THAT'S REALLY COOL, TOO. AND AS WELL AS OUR ESTEEMED VILLAGE MANAGER, TOO. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED TO MAYOR IF YOU WANT TO DO ONE AT A TIME OR JUST EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

PICTURE YEAH. OKAY COOL. I'VE GOT SOME REALLY COOL PINS THAT YOU ALL GET TO WEAR, TOO, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE SHOWING UP AT THE AUGUST ANNUAL CONFERENCE DOWN IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND SPORTING YOUR PENS AND COME TO THE HOME RULE HERO. WE'RE DOING A LITTLE SPECIAL GATHERING FOR THE HOME RULE EUROS. SO UM, TAKE THE PINS OUT HERE. I THINK THEY'RE SECRETLY SECURED HERE. I NEEDED TO GET CODE. WELL, UM SO, UM HOWARD BROWN, THE VILLAGE MANAGER. MAYOR JACKIE GILL, VERY CLARK VICE MARY ANTHONY DOWLING , COUNCIL MEMBER JANET HERNANDEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUIDANCE STONE WHO WHICH, BY THE WAY WE'RE TRYING TO GET A FACE OF HEADSHOT OF USE OF YOUR OFFICE COULD PLEASE HEAD SHOT SO WE CAN PUT IT IN OUR LITTLE BOOK AND HAVE EVERYBODY SAY YEAH, WE KNOW THAT GUY, SO ALSO GIVE YOU MY CARD. AND UH, LET ME AWARD THESE HERE TO YOU. YOU. WHAT'S THAT? ALWAYS TAKING PICTURES.

BE GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS YEAR TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN TO GIVE YOU ALL HOMEGROWN HERO AWARDS AGAIN, AND, UH, IT WAS A TOUGH SESSION, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL HELP MAKE IT A LOT BETTER.

THANKS. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TWO MATTHEW CLARK. PROCLAMATION FROM MEMORIAL DAY MAY 30TH 2000

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Proclaiming May 30, 2022, as Memorial Day in the Village of Indiantown

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AND 22. WHEREAS ON MONDAY MAY 30TH 2000 AND 22 IN CITIES AND TOWNS THROUGHOUT OUR NATION, AMERICANS WILL JOIN TOGETHER TO HONOR THE FALLEN HEROES OF OUR ARMED FORCES ON 154TH ANNIVERSARY OF MEMORIAL DAY. AND WHEREAS BY HONORING THESE PROUD SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES AND COAST GUARDSMEN LOST THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY . WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE DEMOCRATIC IDEALS THEY FOUGHT AND DIED TO PRESERVE. AND WHEREAS WE MUST PLEDGE TO NEVER FORGET THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES, WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN DEFENDING OUR FREEDOMS, WE SHOULD EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE FAMILIES OF OUR FALLEN WARRIORS. WE MUST KEEP FAITH WITH ALL THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN OUR COUNTRY AND THE FIGHT FOR PERMANENT PEACE AND WE MUST HONOR OUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. AND WHEREAS THE CITIZENS OF INDIAN TOWN MUST NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED OUR PRIVILEGES AND FREEDOM OR FORGET TO GIVE THANKS AND HONOR TO THOSE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES SO THAT WE MAY ENJOY OUR MANY BLESSINGS AND FREEDOMS. NOW. THEREFORE JACQUELINE GARY CLARK, MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 30TH 2022 AS MEMORIAL DAY IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA. AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN HER IN THE VILLAGE COUNCIL IN THIS CELEBRATION AND REMEMBRANCE AND WITNESS THEREOF. SHE HAS HAIR AND TO SET HER HAND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA TO BE AFFIXED THIS 26TH DAY OF MAY.

2022 AND. WE HAVE ANY TOWN VETERANS ASSOCIATION HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF VETERANS.

THE PROCLAMATION THAT YOU ALL HAVE DRAFTED AND CEREMONIOUSLY PRESENTED TO ME. I. HEARTFELT WE ACCEPT ON BEHALF OF THOSE THAT CAN'T BE HERE TO ACCEPT IT. FOR THOSE THAT AGREED. TO DO WHAT

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WAS NECESSARY. TO KEEP THE WOLVES AT BASE SO THAT WE CAN COME TO CHAMBERS LIKE THIS. AND DISAGREE. SO THAT WE CAN HOLD ELECTIONS. TO ELECT PEOPLE. SO THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE OUR OWN FREE WILL AND DESTINY. MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM. AND SO THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED IN A NATION. THAT IS LIKE NO OTHER ON EARTH. SOME MEMORIAL DAY IS A DAY THAT WE WON CELEBRATE, BUT TO WE COME TOGETHER IN SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE AND PRAYER AS A COMMUNITY AND A NATION, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE VETERANS COMMUNITY. AND THE I V A WILL BE HOLDING A CEREMONY AT NINE A.M.

MEMORIAL DAY MORNING AT THE OLD V F W 16 23 POST MEMORIAL ON MORGAN STREET. 16 701 WE INVITE THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, EVERYONE IN THE ROOM AND EVERYONE THAT CAN HEAR THIS. PLEASE JOIN US AT NINE A.M. FOR A LEATH ELITE OF REEF WREATH LIKE I USED TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT A WREATH CEREMONY AND WILL BE ALSO BLOWING TAPS AND BRINGING THE FLAG TO HALF MAST. THEN AT NOON PLEASE COME BACK AND JOIN US AFTER SOME SOLEMN REFLECTION, AND WE'LL BE RAISING THE FLAG BACK TO FULL STAFF, AND WE WILL THEN BE HAVING SOME HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK INTO THE NEWLY RENOVATED AND ONGOING POST THAT IS FINALLY STANDING AFTER THE TORNADO TOOK IT DOWN, SO I INVITE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. I DON'T NEVER THREE MADAM CLERK. MADAM MAYOR JUST ONE MOMENT. REMEMBER

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Proclaiming May 30, 2022 – June 4, 2022, as Indiantown Schools Meritorious Staff Week in the Village of Indiantown

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THREE IS INDIAN TOWN SCHOOLS MERITORIOUS STAFF WEEK MAY 30TH 2000 AND 22, JUNE 4TH, 2000 AND 22. WHEREAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS IS A TIME HONORED AND VITAL PART OF EVERY COMMUNITY AND EXIST THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN HAS SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND ITS BOUNDARIES AND THESE SCHOOLS DEDICATED STAFFS ARE EXEMPLARY IN EVERY WAY, AND CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT AND RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS, CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS. AND WHEREAS IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THESE PROFESSIONALS ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY DESIGNATING MAY 30TH 2000 AND 22, JUNE 4TH, 2000 AND 22. AS INDIAN TOWN SCHOOLS, MERITORIOUS STAFF WEEK AND FURTHERMORE, DESIGNATE EACH RECOGNIZED INDIVIDUALS WITH THEIR OWN DAY AS FOLLOWS. MAY 30TH 2022 ALL STAFF DAY FOR PERKINS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER. JUNE 1ST 2022 NATALIE, WHO PER DAY. WAR FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SECRETARY SLASH BOOKKEEPER. JUNE 2ND 2000 AND 22 ELLIOTT HARRIS DAY WERE FILLED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHER. JUNE 3RD 2022 ANTONIA LOPEZ DAY INDIAN TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL HOME SLASH SCHOOL LIAISON. IN JUNE. 4TH 2000 AND 22 KIMBERLY, SKIRTING DAY INDIAN TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER. NOW THEREFORE, JACQUELINE GARY CLARK , MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, SUSAN GIVES THOMAS DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 30TH 2000 AND 22 THROUGH JUNE 4TH. 2000 AND 22 AS INDIAN TOWN SCHOOLS MERITORIOUS STAFF WEEK IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN HER IN THE VILLAGE COUNCIL IN THIS CELEBRATION. WITNESS WHEREOF SHE HAS HEROIN TO SET HER HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA TO BE AFFIXED THIS 26TH DAY OF MAY, 2000 AND 22. ON THE LAST.

YES. I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU, OKAY? OKAY? ITEM NUMBER FOUR, MADAM CLERK. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS CODE

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Proclaiming June 4-8, 2022 as Code Enforcement Officer’s Appreciation Week in the Village of Indiantown

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ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS APPRECIATION WEEK, JUNE 4TH THROUGH THE 8TH, 2000 AND 22.

WHEREAS COULD ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY , HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS AND THIS COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT OF BUILDING ZONING, HOUSING, ANIMAL CONTROL, FIRE SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER CODES AND ORDINANCES. AND WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE OFTEN NOT CREDITED FOR THE JOBS THAT THEY DO IN SAVING LIVES AND IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHEREAS EVERYDAY, ASSISTED BY SUPPORT AND PROGRAM STAFF THE ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS TOO MANY TIMES THEIR EFFORTS GO UNNOTICED EVEN AFTER CODE COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED DUE TO THEIR EFFORTS AND EXPERTISE. AND WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE DEDICATED, WELL TRAINED AND HIGHLY RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHO TAKE THEIR JOBS SERIOUSLY AND ARE PROUD OF THEIR DEPARTMENT AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITHIN WHICH THEY SERVE. AND WHEREAS THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT F A. C E HAS DECLARED THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE TO BE SET ASIDE BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THEIR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. AND WHERE IS THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN WISHES TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF ITS CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION? NOW THEREFORE, JACQUELINE GARY CLARK , MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 4TH THROUGH THE 8TH, 2000 AND 22 AS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS APPRECIATION WEEK. IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN HER IN THE VILLAGE COUNCIL IN THIS CELEBRATION. AND WITNESS THEREOF. SHE HAS HAIR ON TO SET HER HAND AND CAUSES SEAL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA TO BE A FIXED THIS 26TH DAY OF MAY, 2000 AND 22. WOW.

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Parks & Recreation Department Quarterly Update & Parks Master Plans Updates

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ITEM NUMBER FIVE. MR BROWN? YES ITEM NUMBER FIVE. MADAM MAYOR, UM, IS AN ITEM OF CHORLEY UPDATE THAT WE PROMISED TO COUNSEL THAT WE WOULD GIVE EVERY, UM EVERY QUARTER. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? BACHELOR STAFF? I'M SORRY FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. NO, GO RIGHT AHEAD. GO RIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OUT THE A JEFFERSON COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. I WANT TO IF I CAN GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR VERY OWN ROBERT, US CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. HE'S BEEN WORKING ON SOME REALLY SPECIAL PROJECTS THIS PAST YEAR. AND WE'LL BE REPORTING ON THOSE NEXT MONTH IN OUR QUARTERLY REPORT, INCLUDING AT ADDRESSING IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR E 911 FIRE EMERGENCY CAN GET TO THE RIGHT LOCATION WHEN THEY NEED TO. SO WE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS EVEN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, WHERE THE NUMBERS WEREN'T VISIBLE, AND THE HONOR HAS ABOUT SIX PROPERTIES IN THE VILLAGE. AND CHANGE THEM ALL EVERY SINGLE BUILDING HE OWNS. WOW THANKS TO ROBERT'S WORK GOOD. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE HAD A GOOD TIME WITH THE E THELMA WATERS CLEAN UP. WHERE HE ALSO PARTICIPATED, AND HE CONTINUES TO MEET WITH BUSINESS OWNERS. AND OUR RESIDENTS WHILE HE'S OUT IN THE FIELD. AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM A VERY, VERY BIG SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT HE DOES AND HOW HE REPRESENTS VILLAGE. THANK YOU.

YES MA'AM. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE. IT'S GOING TO BE PERFORMED. IT'S GOING TO BE DONE BY MISS DEBBIE RE. SO SHE'S OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. SHE'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ALSO TALK ABOUT OUR MASTER PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WILL SOON YOU SHOULD SEE SOON. SO, DEBBIE, TAKE IT FROM HERE. MADAM MAYOR, VILLAGE COUNCIL. DEBBIE RESOURCE PARKS DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. THOSE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN UP.

THERE ARE MY GRANDCHILDREN. SORRY GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT WITH THE VILLAGE FOR 90 DAYS AND THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN AND SO MUCH POSSIBILITY HERE THAT I'M SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT.

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SO FOR OUR PART QUARTERLY UPDATE . I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING.

I MET WITH COUNCILWOMAN SUSAN GIBBS THOMAS WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT TO BRING FREE MULCH TO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE WILL BE ABLE TO COME OUT. GET FREE MULCH WILL REACH OUT TO FP AND L. WHEN THEY'RE CONTRACTORS IN THE AREA, THEY WILL COME AND DUMP IT ON A SITE AND PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME AND HAUL IT. FOR RESIDENTS, NOT COMMERCIAL USE. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH MARTIN COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. QUICK QUESTION. HOW LONG DOES THAT, UM, THE MULCH PROGRAM. AT LAST. IT WAS. IS IT A ONE TIME THING OR SEASON? YOU HAVE ANYTHING AS LONG AS WE'RE TELLING THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE WANTED MY CONCERN IS, IF YOU KNOW SOME MONTHS, PEOPLE WANTED SOME. THEY WON'T BRING IT UNLESS WE CALL THEM AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED IT. WE HAVE FOREVER PROGRAM , SO TO SPEAK, ALRIGHT? CONTRACTOR HAS A NEED TO DUMP IT. RATHER THAN TAKING IT. YEAH. GOT YOU. PERFECT THANK YOU.

THAT'S OKAY. WE PARTNERED WITH MARTIN COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL. THEY TOOK OVER £4000 OF TIRES OUT OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, WHICH IS AN AMAZING AMAZING THAT THEY HAD SO MANY TIRES. I'M LIKE, WHY ARE THEIR TIRES STILL IN MY PARK? AND THEY'RE LIKE WE COULDN'T FIT THEM ALL IN THE TRAILER. WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TURN OUT THAT THEY HAD TO COME BACK AND GET A SECOND TRAILER. WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM AND THE HEALTHY START PROGRAM TO GET 1000 BOOKS, TOO. FOR PRESCHOOLERS TO BE READING BEFORE KINDERGARTEN PARK STAFF WILL BE DOING SOME HAND HANDOUTS AT THE I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT BUILDING IS CALLED THE DIAPER BANK RIGHT NEXT TO BOOKER PARK TO GET THOSE BOOKS INTO THE HANDS OF NEW MOMS AND WITH YOUNG BABIES. UM AND I WAS ON A PHONE CALL WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY HEALTH EQUITY TASK FORCE, LOOKING AT ISSUES WITH OBESITY IN OUR CHILDREN, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TIME WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE SUCH GREAT IDEAS. AND WE WANT TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WHAT. THEY DO IT ONCE A YEAR. I CAN. YEP IF YOU'LL REACH OUT TO MY DEPARTMENT, I'LL GET YOU MY CARD. I'LL FIND OUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE BACK IN THE AREA ANYTIME SOON, OKAY? AND WE DID PUT FLYERS OUT IN A IN THE PARKS AND WE PUT WE CAN LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING IT AGAIN. YOU'RE WELL. UM IF YOU'VE BEEN IN OUR PARKS RECENTLY, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKS . WE'VE BEEN CHANGING OUT SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT WE BROUGHT IN 100 AND 50 YARDS OF ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER, WHICH IS A FANCY NAME FOR MULCH. BUT ITS SPECIAL MULCH SO THAT IF KIDS FALL ON PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THERE, THEY CAN STILL GET INJURED, BUT THEY WON'T BE INJURED AS SERIOUSLY. IT'S TO PROTECT THEM. KIDS PLAY AND THEY EXPLORE AND THEY DO THINGS. MAYBE THEY'RE NOT QUITE READY FOR. WE WANT THEM TO PLAY SAFE AND LEARNED. AND GREW UP.

YOU'LL BE SEEING SOME NEW SWINGS THAT ARE COMING IN. ALSO WE'VE WE'RE CHANGING OUT SOME OF THE BUCKET SEATS. IT BIG MAN PARK AND SWINGS AT POST FAMILY AS WELL. I'VE ALSO MET WITH CONTRACTORS RECENTLY ON FIELD RENOVATIONS. I KNOW WE PLAY A LOT OF SOCCER IN THE VILLAGE.

I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN PUT A MASTER PLAN TOGETHER. I KNOW THERE'S SOME REFUND MONEY THAT'S BEEN SET ASIDE. I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A CONTRACTOR THAT'S WORKING WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT. THAT'S MASTER PLANNING FOR TIMER POWERS. I'VE ASKED HIM TO GIVE ME A QUOTE FOR MASTER PLANNING FOR OUR ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD BE ALL THREE PARKS AND THE PRICE IS GOING TO BE IN THE RANGE OF 30 TO $50,000, WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE ART OF MONEY WE SET ASIDE SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE. BUT THAT WILL COME UP FOR DISCUSSION WITH YOU GUYS LATER ON. UM BUT I'VE MET WITH. FOR FIELD. RENOVATION BECAUSE THOSE SAFER KIDS TO PLAY ON. RIGHT NOW.

THERE IS SO MUCH PLAY ON THOSE FIELDS, THEY'RE BECOMING COMPACTED GRASS IS NO LONGER GROWING. WE NEED TO GET AERATION . WE NEED TO GET TOP DRESSING. WE NEED TO GET SOME NEW SOD AND A LOT OF THE FIELDS TO REST. I KNOW THAT NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR YOU HAVE TO SHUT A FIELD DOWN, BUT GRASS HAS TO HAVE A RESTING PERIOD SO THAT THE ROOTS CAN GROW AND KIDS CAN MHM IT'LL BE UP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION LATER ON, AND SO OUR GOALS RIGHT NOW ARE TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS, INCREASE ACCESS TO FITNESS, RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES AND IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS. UM THERE'S ALSO A PROGRAM COMING UP, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL COLLEAGUES THUNDER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE MASTER PLAN IT TIME OR POWERS THEY'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ON JUNE 24TH. THEY'RE ALSO DOING A MOVIE NOW. UM PLAYING HIS HARD WORK. KIDS DESERVE TO PLAY. SO HOW DO WE GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE? ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. WOMAN IS WELL, THANK YOU, MISS DEBBIE. I LOVE THIS BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS THIS IS A MUST IN THE VILLAGE. UM SO I HAVE TWO THINGS . THE FIRST THING IS, I KNOW I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE APPROACH ME IN REGARDS OF POST

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FAMILY PARK AND WHERE THE NEXT TO THE SKATING, UM THE SKATING PARK. UM THERE IS LIKE TENNIS COURTS THERE, AND THERE'S ONE PORTION OF IT THAT THEY USE AS LIKE A IT'S A FOOT TALL CORD.

YEAH THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY THEY HAVE REQUESTED TO, YOU KNOW, FORMALLY MAKE IT A MAKE IT FORMALLY FOOTBALL OR SOCCER. WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. I ALSO WANTED TO SEE IF I CAN DIRECT YOUR STAFF, UM, TO COME UP WITH A PLAN OF ACTION TO DEVELOP LIKE A FLEA MARKET CONCEPT AT POST FAMILY PARK. UM SORT OF KIND OF , UM, I HAVE BEEN SEEING IN THE VILLAGE. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF POP UPS EVERYWHERE IN TOWN, AND PROBABLY TO CONTROL THAT, UM IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE GREENMARKET THEY DO IN STUART? YES. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LOOK AT THAT. ANY QUESTIONS ANYMORE COUNCIL. I CONCUR WITH COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THAT AND ALSO OUR CO AMERICA TODAY, YOU KNOW, WANT US TO, UM, IMPROVED THE SKATE PARK THERE SO AND HIS MASTER PLAN. I THINK ALL OF US, YOU KNOW THE PARKS TO BE IMPROVED FOR THE CHILDREN. CALL MAYOR XAVIER. YES YES, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE AGE OF THE SKATE PARK AND THE IMPROVEMENTS HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATIVE REPORT, DEBBIE. MADAM CLERK. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MADAM

[PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]

MAYOR. I HAVE TWO SO FAR. DO YOU HAVE ANY OKAY. THE FIRST ONE IS FROM MS LINDA NIKON. I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED THE PROGRESS OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING PLANS AS CLOSELY AS I SHOULD. NORTHERN REPORTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE WATER PLANT. BUT AS OF NOW, 1200 MILES AWAY FROM INDIAN TOWN, I MUST SPEAK UP. SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE VILLAGE THERE HAVE BEEN FORCES PUSHING OUR GOVERNMENT LIGHT DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO A MORASS THAT I AM DOUBTFUL WE CAN EVER DIG OUR WAY OUT OF HUGE COMMITMENTS ARE BEING PUSHED THROUGH AND I DON'T SEE OR DUE DILIGENCE NOR COMMON SENSE ARE BEING PRACTICED. OBVIOUSLY THE INITIAL ESTIMATES ON THE WORK NEEDED ON THE WATER PLANT WHERE LOWBALLED TO FACILITATE THE PURCHASE AND THE PACIFICATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. HOW MUCH WAS PAID TO THESE EXPERT CONSULTANTS TO COME UP WITH FIGURES THAT WOULD PASS THE CONCERNS OF THE PUBLIC. NOW THAT WE KNOW THE MORE REALISTIC NUMBERS ARE WE STILL GOING TO BE PLACATED INTO THINKING THERE ARE GRANTS OUT THERE THAT WILL PAY FOR EVERYTHING. AND IT SEEMS THAT SOME OF THE GRANTS ENDED UP AS LOANS INSTEAD. THE IDEA OF NOW DIGGING OURSELVES DEEPER HOLE BY RUSHING INTO CONSTRUCTION COMMITMENTS FOR A MULTI CENTER ONE THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T REPRESENT OUR SMALL TOWN COUNTRY WAYS LEAVES ME SCRATCHING MY HEAD. AND POTENTIALLY 45 VILLAGE EMPLOYEES FOR A VOTING POPULATION OF 5 TO 6000. I'M SORRY, I'M JUST CONFUSED ABOUT JUST WHEN WE LOST OUR COMMON SENSE. I'M NOT SEEING IT AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. OR HIRED ONES. JUST MY TWO CENTS. NEXT SPEAKER IS CALLING PASKOWITZ.

COLLEEN. ONE STEP. THANK YOU. LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. COLLEEN PAKAL. IT'S HERE ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER JENKINS FROM MARTIN COUNTY FOR THE RECORD, AND I WAS HERE AT YOUR LAST MEETING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE OPEN HOUSE FOR THE TIMER POWERS PARK MASTER PLAN HAD BEEN POSTPONED. TODAY I'M HERE WITH BETTER NEWS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A DATE SO THAT NEW DATE IS GOING TO BE FRIDAY, JUNE 24TH BETWEEN THE HOURS OF FOUR AND EIGHT P.M. AND THIS IS A MASTER PLAN AND WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN TO COME AND PARTICIPATE AND GIVE YOUR IDEAS OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE. TIMER POWER TIMER POWERS PARK TO LOOK LIKE TO WHAT ACTIVITIES AND THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUT THERE SO THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT AND GIVE THE YOUR OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS. UM IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT OPEN HOUSE AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, AS DEBBIE HAD ALREADY STATED, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MOVIE AT EIGHT PM, AND THAT MOVIE IS ENCANTO AND I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY, I HOPE SO. IT'S A DISNEY MOVIE. AND SO THAT WILL BE HELD. EVERYTHING WILL BE HELD UNDER THE COVERED ARENA AT TIMER POWERS PARK AGAIN FRIDAY, JUNE 24TH FROM 4 TO 8. THERE ARE FLYERS ON THE TABLE, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COLLEEN.

MADAM MAYOR, ALRIGHT. ANY MORE COMMENTS. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT, MADAM MAN COMMENTS BY COUNCIL

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

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MEMBERS COUNCILWOMAN SUSAN GIBBS, THOMAS THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US IN PERSON. GOT A GOOD CROWD. AND ONLINE. THANK YOU, COLLEEN. FOR JOINING US AND REPRESENTING COMMISSIONER HAROLD JENKINS OFFICE. UM, I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC. THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD TO HEAR. WHAT THE PUBLIC IS THINKING AND MAKING US AWARE OF THEIR DESIRES. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH TEXAS. ALSO I APPRECIATE THE INDIAN TOWN VETERANS ASSOCIATION COMING AND BEING HERE AND ACCEPTING THE MEMORIAL DAY PROCLAMATION. I ECHO HIS SENTIMENTS AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE AT THE AT THE VETERANS ASSOCIATION SIDE OUT THERE. UNFORTUNATELY I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE THERE FIRST TIME AND A FEW YEARS I WILL BE IT WILL NOT BE ATTENDING EITHER THE JOINT MEETING ON THURSDAY.

THAT WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND CITY OF STEWART. AND LASTLY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MARTIN COUNTY FIRE RESCUE BOARD. THAT'S ON THE SAME DAY AS THE JOINT MEETING, AND I DID NOTIFY OUR CLERK MISS OWENS OF THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO, SO ALTERNATE SHOULD BE ATTENDING OUR ROADS THE LAST DAY. I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZING THE INDIAN TOWNS, SCHOOLS STAFFS UM, I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS THEIR PROCLAMATION TOMORROW ON SO EVERYBODY IF YOU COULD JUST BE AWARE OF THE KIDS ARE OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL THE EIGHTH GRADERS. TWO. CONSIDER THE OPPORTUNITY OF SIGNING UP FOR THE NEW INDIAN TOWN HIGH SCHOOL THAT WILL BE STARTING IN THE FALL. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. UM AND LASTLY, THIS PAST SATURDAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT POST PARK FOR THE KIDS TO PARKS DAY. AND I GOT TO SAY ALL THE VILLAGES DEPARTMENTS WERE WELL REPRESENTED. AND WE HAVE GREAT STAFF. WE REALLY DO. AND EXCUSE ME ATTENDING THAT, UM I GOT INTO A QUICK DISCUSSION WITH MR BROWN ON SITE. UM AND SEEING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS SO WELL REPRESENTED . I ASKED OF THE VILLAGE SPONSORED THIS EVENT. AND I WAS TOLD NO WHICH, NATURALLY JUST KIND OF LED ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION. AS I WAS LOOKING AT A BOUNCE HOUSE THAT IF PERMITS WERE ISSUED, AND THE REASON I AM ASKING THESE QUESTIONS NOW IS. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A PERTINENT ISSUES SINCE WE DISCUSSED IT AT OUR LAST MEETING, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IT AND DEALING WITH IT FOR ANOTHER EVENT IN OUR NEXT NEXT MEETING, SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR THE SAME THINGS TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AT ALL THESE EVENTS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE EVENTS ARE BEING DEALT WITH THE. IN THAT, AS WE HAD DISCUSSED, WE'RE REWRITING AND WE'RE IN THAT TRANSITIONING PHASE, I GUESS. OF THOSE PROCESSES. SO UM, MR BROWN, WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY PERMITS ARE REQUIRED OR ISSUED ON THAT EVENT. MORE THAN HAPPY TO WALK US THROUGH IT. MAYBE DURING MY REPORT CAN HAVE DEBBIE COME UP AND JUST TALK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEN STONE. SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE HERE IN THE ATTENDANTS ALSO VIRTUALLY, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTIFY THE BOARD THAT I WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE JUNE 23RD 2022 COUNCIL MEETING. CAUSE I WILL BE AT THE NATIONAL LATINO ELECTED OFFICIAL CONFERENCE, WHICH IS KNOWN AS NALEO. TODAY I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS THAT GRADUATED LAST WEEK FROM SOUTHWARK HIGH SCHOOL. DURING LAST WEEK'S GRADUATION CEREMONY. A YOUNG GENTLEMAN FROM INDIAN TOWN CARD. JOSE FRANCISCO THOMAS MADE THE EVERY MAN'S SPEECH. I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE DETAILS. HE GREW UP IN GUATEMALA AND MADE A SACRIFICE TO COME TO UNITED STATES FOR A BETTER OPPORTUNITY. HE ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES THREE YEARS

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AGO. HE WAS A YOUNG DETERMINED MAN THAT NEED THAT HAD TO LEARN ENGLISH AND GOT HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA LAST WEEK. MR FRANCISCO . TOMAS WANTS TO BECOME A NURSE , AND HE IS DETERMINED TO GO THROUGH THE HOOP SO HE CAN CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION. HE HAS A TRILINGUAL SPEAKS ENGLISH, SPANISH. AND THE GUATEMALAN DIALECT, AKA TECHO. SO JUST KNOWING THAT HE CAME TO UNITED STATES AND SUCCEEDED AND, UM, IS AN INDIAN TOWN RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, MAKES ME SO PROUD. BECAUSE ONE DAY I WAS AND GRADUATING TOO, AND I KNOW HOW IT WAS NICE TO HAVE MY FAMILY THERE AND HIM NOT TO EVEN HAVE HIS FAMILY. THEY'RE PHYSICALLY UM, JUST GIVES ME YOU KNOW. THE FOLLOW UP OF TRYING TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN. UM BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY GO THROUGH. UM WE DON'T KNOW, ESPECIALLY HIS CASE . HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FAMILY MEMBER HERE. HIS DAD, MOM OR NOT HERE AND SO HE IS A ONE MAN PERSON. AND SO HE WHAT HE DID. IS AMAZING, BECAUSE HE LEARNED ENGLISH. SO FAST. HE SPEAKS IT REALLY GREAT, AND HE GRADUATED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND NOW HE ACTUALLY IS A DUAL ENROLLMENT AND I R S C AND I'M TRYING TO GET HIM TO DO GET THE PROMISE PROGRAM. UM BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFLICTS BECAUSE OF IMMIGRATION STATUS, BUT KNOWING THAT YOU KNOW THERE ARE SUCCESS STORIES HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. IT'S AWESOME, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN TELL YOU. I'M A PROUD DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS. UM, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT MAKES UNITED STATES SO, UM GREAT. WE'RE A MELTING POT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR VICE MAYOR. DOWN GOOD EVENING. EVERYONE WANTED TO FIRST WELCOME YOU TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING. I'M GLAD TO SEE ALL THESE FACES IN HERE TODAY AND ONLINE. UM UH, HUGE. THANK YOU TO MISS PASKOWITZ FOR ALWAYS COMING AND SHOWING UP AND BEING HERE AND HELPING AND MANEUVERING. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A PURPLE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE MOMENT. TO ON SATURDAY . MY OFFICE HOSTED THE MEAT, THE VILLAGE EVENT AT POST PARK, SO THAT'S WHAT THE THAT'S WHAT THE EVENT ACTUALLY WAS. MEET THE VILLAGE, AND THEN WE DECIDED WITH DIRECTOR RESOURCE TO ADD KIDS TO PARKS, UM, WHICH, DESIGNED TO, UM OPEN OUR PARTS AND EXPOSE OUR PARTS TO THE PUBLIC. SO, SO THAT WAS THE EVENT. THANK YOU ALL WHO CAME? UM UM I, UH I AM HUMBLED. THAT SO MANY CHILDREN AND ADULTS CAME OUT TO SUPPORT WHAT I WAS DOING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. AND I EVEN GOT A TAN. NEVER MIND. UM Y'ALL CATCH IT TOMORROW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE PUT OUT, UH, THEY HAD THESE GOODY BAGS THAT EVERYONE WOULD COME. COME AND, UM, UM, TAKE THESE GIFTS WITH HOME WITH THEM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT SOME OF THEM ON DISPLAY SO YOU CAN SEE THEM. THEY'LL BE HERE AFTER THE MEETING. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THEM.

UM BUT IT WAS SO AMAZING TO SEE THE IDEAS THAT THE ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS CAME UP TO IN ORDER TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC. UM, WHAT THEY DO? AND SO I WANTED TO AGAIN. THANK ALL OF THEM. WANTED TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO THE VOLUNTEERS. CHINA'S SCALES, SASHA'S SCALES AND CHRISTIAN BRADSHAW. THEY DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB WITH SERVING. UM THEY SERVED ALMOST 200 HOT DOGS AND BIG BEANS AND SUPPLIED WATER TO EVERYONE THAT WAS OUT THERE, SO THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB, SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU PUBLICLY TO THEM. COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, MARTIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY. AH THE MARTIN COUNTY. UM HE HUMAN SERVICES, PARKS AND RECREATION. MARTY TRANSPORTATION. THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND THE VILLAGE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. MARTIN COUNTY LIBRARY. CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH F AU CARD, WATER, WASTEWATER AND OFFICE STAFF. UM THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF. THE CLERK'S OFFICE. UM THOSE ARE ALL THE BOOST THAT WAS REPRESENTED. SO AGAIN. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. THAT CAME AND OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED ON SATURDAY THAT WE ARE. WE DID HAVE A WINNER. UM AND I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THE

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WINNER TONIGHT. SO WILL MEET THE VILLAGE. THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF WINNER. THIS CERTIFICATE SATISFIES THAT THE WATER AND WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT TEAM HAS WON THAN MEAT. MEET THE VILLAGE AND PARTNERS BOOTH COMPETITION MAY 21ST 2022 AT POST PARK. SO THEY'LL BE GETTING THIS CERTIFICATE THEY HAD. THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB, AND SO WE THANK ALL OF OUR BOOTH DEPARTMENTS AND I JUST SAY TO YOUR NEXT YEAR GET READY. SO UM, I WANTED TO THANK OUR JUDGES. THEY WANTED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE THE JUDGES NEXT YEAR . UH YEAH. UM. I WAS BEFORE THIS MEETING STARTED. I WAS TALKING TO DIRECTOR RESOURCE AND WE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE EVENT, AND SHE SAID SOMETHING THAT REALLY STUCK STRUCK WITH ME THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH US TONIGHT, SHE SAID.

WE ARE A TEAM. AND CONTRARY TO WHAT MADE PEOPLE MAY THINK WE REALLY ARE A TEAM BECAUSE I NEED ALL OF Y'ALL AND Y'ALL NEED ME. WE NEED EACH OTHER AND WE NEED THE PUBLIC AND SO WE'RE IN THIS THING TOGETHER. AND I KNOW THAT WE DON'T AGREE ALL THE TIME. AND WE HAVE OUR OWN PERSONAL IDEOLOGIES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS I CONTINUE TO MENTION IF WE KEEP INDIAN TOWN AT THE FOREFRONT WILL BE OKAY. SO WE ARE A TEAM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUES, UH, GUY IN STONE. UH HERNANDEZ, OUR MAYOR AND OUR CITY MANAGER. FOR THE HOME RULE HEROES HOME RULE HEROES IS AWARDED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO TRAVELED TO TALLAHASSEE OR DIFFERENT PLACES. UH, FIGHTING FOR THEIR COMMUNITY FIGHTING FOR, UM, ISSUES THAT AFFECTS US AND SO TO RECEIVE. THIS AWARD REALLY DOES MEAN THAT THE FOLKS WHO RECEIVED THEM ARE REALLY FIGHTING FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, SO I'M HONORED TO HAVE THIS AWARD AND HUMBLED BY IT. I'M TWO MORE THINGS, AND THEN I'LL GET OUT OF YOUR WAY. UM MEMORIAL DAY IS MONDAY AND AS A VET, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY DO TAKE A MOMENT. AH TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE SACRIFICE, UH, TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY. DID YOU KNOW THAT ONLY 1. OF THE COUNTRY HAS EVER SERVED. AND SO WE SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM, AND WE REMEMBER THEM. AN INTERESTING FACT, MEMORIAL DAY WAS FIRST STARTED. BY FORMER ENSLAVED PEOPLE. IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, AROUND 18 65. AND YOU CAN GOOGLE THIS INFORMATION IS OUT THERE, BUT IT BECAME OFFICIAL AND 1971. AND SO, UM, SO THIS WAS AGAIN STARTED BY ENSLAVED PEOPLE AND CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. AND SO NOW AS WE , WE REMEMBER THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE PASSED AND WHO HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. WE PRAY FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN TEXAS.

THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN REALLY SAY IS WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THE POWER AND SO AND SO LET'S CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THEM. BUT THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS CAN ONLY GO SO FAR. SO WE HAVE THE POWER YOU HAVE THE POWER TO VOTE REGISTER. GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE. LET IT GET SOMEBODY TO RUN. IF YOU WANT THEM TO RUN, AND THIS IS HOW WE CHANGE OUR NATION. AND SO WITH THAT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AND, UM MADAM MAYOR. WOW. I KUDOS. EVERYTHING EVERYBODY SAID WHEN IT GETS TO ME. IT JUST MAKES THE JOB EASIER. THANK YOU, COLLEEN AND EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING IN PERSON AND ONLINE. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO GIVE SOME ENCOURAGING WORDS. TO OUR EIGHTH GRADE CLASS THAT IS MOVING ON TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO THEY'RE LEAVING AS THUNDERBIRDS AND I TOLD THEM AS THEY ENTER THE NEW CHAPTER IN THEIR LIVES. NO, I NEED THEM TO BECOME EAGLES. BECAUSE THE EAGLE HAS A KING. I AND HE CAN SOAR HIGH AND THEY JUST HAVE TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE PRIZE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE VILLAGE. IT'S NOT EASY, BUT WE'RE MOVING THIS TR. SOMEBODY HAS TO DO THE JOB, SO WE WERE CHOSEN. GOOD BAD OR INDIFFERENT. UH WERE WE ALL HAVE A LOVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY? SO I FEEL THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO SAW ME AT THE POST OFFICE AT THE GROCERY STORE. YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT REALLY DOES HELP AND YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR OPINION. BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU, MR BROWN.

[COMMITTEE REPORTS]

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OKAY UM, MAD AMERICA WANTED TO THE REPORTS OR COUNCIL REPORT REPORT. COMMITTEE REPORTS.

COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. YES LAST WEDNESDAY, I HAD THE, UM I ATTENDED THE TREASURE COAST LEAGUE OF CITIES, UM, MEETING IT WAS, UM DONE AT THE ST LUCIE COUNTY CHAMBER. WE WILL BE MOVING LOCATION BECAUSE, UH, THE CHAMBER HAS, UH, BOTTOM PLACE AND THEY'RE MOVING SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AT IRIS. SEE UM , THE SPEAKER FOR THE MEETING WAS THE ST LUCIE CHAMBER, AND THEY JUST HAD A CONVERSATION IN REGARDS OF WHAT THEY DO. UM AND WHAT? UM HOW THEY WORK WITH DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. UM AND WITH THE COUNTY. UM SO THAT WAS AND OH, AND THEN JUNE WE HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING. I THINK YOU GUYS ALREADY RECEIVED AN INVITE ON FOR JUNE. 15TH WE HAVE A LUNCHEON AND, UM, HOME RULE HEROES WILL BE HONORED AGAIN, BUT THAT WOULD BE LIKE TREASURE COASTS. WISE UM THAT ALL MY RIP. VILLAGE MANAGER. YES MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]

NUMBER OF THINGS GOING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF ON THE AGENDA NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS . UM HOWEVER, I'LL BE I'LL BE APPEARING AT OUR NEXT COUPLE ACCOUNTS METERS MEETINGS VIA ZOOM. ATTENDING THE SENIOR EXECUTIVES, HARVARD LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. SO DURING MY ABSENCE, MISS SUSAN OWENS, SHE'LL BE IN CHARGE. WHICH, UM I'M SURE SHE'LL DO. WELL, THE AS YOU KNOW , WE GOT THE BOOKER PARK DRINKING THE ROADWAY PRO PROJECT GOING ON. IT'S BEEN GOING ON HERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT'S ABOUT A $2.8 MILLION PROJECT. AND WE'VE BEEN GIVING UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THAT PROJECT WILL BE GOING ON UNTIL NEXT YEAR. WE DID GET A CHANGE. ORDER. ASKED F DOT IF THEY WOULD COUNCIL DIRECTION AND ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS. WE'RE GOING TO PUT DRIVEWAY APPROACH APPROACHES IN FOR EACH ONE OF THE LODGE THAT DIDN'T HAVE IT. AND UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WHILE WHILE WE MADE THE REQUEST , THEY DID NOT. FUNDING. TO PAY FOR THAT WILL COME FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE PLAN ON DOING BRINGING THAT UP SO THAT WILL BE COMING TO A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING. AT SOME POINT I KNOW THAT BOWMAN COLLEGE PRISTINE VILLAGES NEAR HE'S WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. AH TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. ARE YOU FINISHING? THEN I'LL ASK MY QUESTION. I GOT SOME OTHER STUFF TO TALK ABOUT, BUT GO AHEAD. I'M FINISHED WITH THE BOOK, SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR IN THE FUTURE. THE LOTS OR THE PEOPLE WHO HOUSES NEXT TO THEIR LOT. NOT ALL EMPTY LOTS THAT WE MADE. WE MADE THAT CLEAR, RIGHT? OKAY GO AHEAD. MR BROWN WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. WE'LL GIVE UP AN UPDATE, CARL'S JUSTINE WILL COME BACK AND GIVE A PROPER UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL. AT THAT POINT, THAT WAY, WE CAN REALLY ADDRESS TALK TURKEY AND MAKE SURE BUT AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW, SUSAN, YOU CAN. I MEAN I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TO MY COMMENTS. GO AHEAD. NO, I WAS JUST ASKING. I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T. I WAS JUST ASKING A QUESTION.

THAT'S ALL. WHEN WE WERE TALKING EMPTY LOTS. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THERE WAS THE PERCEPTION THAT AN EMPTY LOT HAD TO BE NEXT TO THE OWNER. OF THE LOT NEXT DOOR THAT THE HOUSE SITS ON IT AND MY UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY. I GUESS WE'LL HAVE A CLARITY. I'M AT THE LOT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TO WHOEVER THE PERSON YEAH, IF SOMEBODY HAD A VACANT LOT, AND THEY NEEDED THE EXTRA PARKING, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING TO GO AROUND AND FEEL ALL LOTS. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT HE'LL GIVE US A CLARITY FOR THE REPORT. YEAH WELL, WE GOT THE DETAILS FROM WHAT THE COUNCIL DIRECT AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH THAT AND WE'LL TALK. YOU KNOW SPECIFICALLY ABOUT IT. UM SO OBVIOUSLY ON JUNE 2ND, WE'LL HAVE, UM, JOINT MEETING WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CITY OF STEWART.

AND ON JUNE 2ND AT NINE O'CLOCK AT THE BLAKE LIBRARY. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OUT OF OFFICE THAT WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE, BUT I THINK WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST THREE FROM OUR COUNCIL. I'LL DEFINITELY BE THERE AS WELL. UM IN RESPONSE TO, UH COUNCILWOMAN SUSAN GIBBS, THOMAS, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THE MEET THE VILLAGE. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, OUR STAFF WAS HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IN THE PROGRAM. AND SINCE THAT TIME, UM YOU KNOW WELL WE'VE GONE THROUGH

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TO PLANT PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND SO DAVID RESOURCE WAS A GREAT AD, BECAUSE DOES SHE UNDERSTAND? PARKS UNDERSTAND SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS, AND SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT WHAT MARTIN COUNTY DOES BECAUSE SHE WAS A SENIOR EMPLOYEE OF MARTIN COUNTY. AND SO WE'RE LEARNING A LOT AND I CAN HAVE DEBBIE COME UP AND TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT PERMIT FEES OR AND ALL THAT, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO ADDRESS IT RIGHT NOW. ALRIGHT, SO WE DON'T HAVE A FEE FOR THE USE OF THE PARK. OKAY WE HAVE A WE HAVE A FEE FOR THE USE OF THE PAVILION. AND SO I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL WOMAN SHE HAD PAID FOR A THE USE OF APART PAVILION. I GUESS A YEAR AGO OR SO WHEN SHE HAD HER EVENT THERE AND WHAT I SAID ABOUT PAVILIONS. IF THE PAVILION IS NOT BEING USED. IF YOU IF THERE'S NO RESERVATION FOR THE BILLION. THEN YOU KNOW, MARTIN COUNTY ALLOWS YOU TO USE THAT PAVILION. UM AND SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LEARNING HERE ANY IN TOWN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE IN OUR BUSINESS PRACTICE? AND SO, UM I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THAT WAS PART OF IT. AND THE BOUNCE HOUSE . THE BOUNCE HOUSES THING WE HAVE NOT FINISHED COMPLETE THE RESEARCH ABOUT WHO DOES WHAT? I KNOW. WE'VE BEEN CALLING AROUND TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND TO OTHER CITIES. I'VE ONLY SPOKEN TO, UH, WELL THROUGH TO DR MALAY ABOUT IF THEY'RE SELF INSURED IN THAT TYPE OF THING, AND SO EVERY CITY HAS DIFFERENT THINGS SO MYSELF INSURANCE SOMEWHERE, NOT REALLY DEPENDS ON IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU'RE SELF INSURED OR NOT, WHAT POLICIES YOU IMPLEMENT IN YOUR MUNICIPALITY SO WERE INSURED BY THE FLORIDA MASON INSURANCE TRUST, AS YOU KNOW, AND WADE HAS TALKED TO US AT OUR LAST BEING ABOUT HOW INSURANCES WORK. AND SO AND I'M SURE HE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT IT IF YOU'D LIKE. ON HOW THAT WORKS, BUT I THINK THAT ADDRESS THIS. SOME OF IT. COUNCILWOMAN WAS WAS THERE AN ACTUAL PERMIT FOR THE EVENT? THERE IS NO SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT REQUIRED FOR THAT EVENT. IN OUR L. DRS THERE ARE SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN EVENTS HERE, SO IT'S ENUMERATED IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND IT STATES EXACTLY WHAT'S SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. WHEN YOU WOULD NEED TO ISSUE ESPECIALLY IN PERMIT. NOW I KNOW IN THE PAST, WE PROBABLY ISSUED SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. TO A EVENT THAT WE MAY HAVE. WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE SHOULDN'T HAVE BASED ON R L D R S BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LEARNING. THERE'S A IF YOU LOOK AT OUR LAND WITHOUT REGULATIONS VERY CLEAR. ABOUT WHAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. HOME. WELCOME AND, UM SO , UH, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, DITTO AND PIGGYBACK ON WHAT OUT THERE, JEFFERSON SAID ABOUT MR PEREZ. MR. PEREZ IS CURRENTLY OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. AND HE DOES A GOOD JOB FOR US. AND SO WE ARE . WE ARE ADJUSTING HIS SCHEDULE TO ADDRESS CODE VIOLATIONS ON THE WEEKENDS, SPECIFICALLY A CRACKDOWN ON FOOD VENDORS THAT ARE SELLING FOOD IN THEIR FRONT YARDS AND ON CORNERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN LICENSED PROPERLY BY EITHER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR DEPARTMENT. AGRICULTURE AND SO MR PEREZ WILL BE, UM LOOKING OUT AT THESE ISSUES ON THE WEEKENDS AND, UM AND IT KIND OF DOES TELLING THEM WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN WAS SAYING EARLIER , COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ UM SO. BUT WE WILL. WE WILL HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION IN PLACE. SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THESE FOLKS FROM THEIR HOUSE TO A PARK WHERE THEY CAN SELL THEIR GOODS AND WARES.

AND MAYBE CHARGE A SMALL FEE JUST FOR STEPS TIME TO MAKE SURE THE PLACE IS CLEANED UP PROPERLY AFTER EVENT. THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON TOGETHER AS A GROUP. AND BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER EMULATOR MEETING SO THAT KIND OF DOVETAILS AND I JUST WANT TO BRING ALL THAT OUT. AND, UM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME TO BE A GOOD TIME. ASK HIM OR TELL ME OR DIRECT ME. I GUESS THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO I GUESS THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO BRING UP THE FOOD TRUCK. SITUATION TWO WHERE WE CAN HAVE THAT. OF SPECIFIC LOCATION FOR ALL THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE, I THINK DEBBIE . DEBBIE WASN'T HERE FOR THE FOOD TRUCK DISCUSSION WE HAD, BUT BUT REALLY QUICK, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT INSTEAD OF HAVING FOOD TRUCKS AT SITES ALL AROUND TOWN. WE WOULD HAVE AT A VERY SPECIFIC SITE, SOME SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DO IT IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. I BELIEVE, AND SO, UM SO DEBBIE'S HERE LISTENING TO ALL THIS AND I'M SURE SHE'S TAKING IT ALL IN AND TAKING NOTES AND

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WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO BRING A PLAN OF ACTION TOGETHER. SO THAT WAY,

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALL WORK ON. TOGETHER. SO MOVE WITH THE NECESSARY CHANGES. SECOND.

YOUR SECOND BY SORRY. THERE WE GO. MOTION BY ADVICE MERE SECOND BY, UM COUNCILMAN STONE ALL IN

[CONSENT AGENDA]

FAVOR. I CARRY UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO MOVED AS AMENDED. AS A MAN AS AMENDED. SORRY. SO I GET. CURSED BY VICE AMERICA'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN STONE ALL IN FAVOR.

HI. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBERS. SIX, PLEASE. SEE. EIGHT JUMP ATTACK ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. MR

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BROWN. YES, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IS A NOMINATION FORM FOR THE FLORIDA MUNICIPAL INSURANCE TRUST. AS YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR IS CURRENTLY ARE APPOINTEE TO THAT BOARD THAT BOARD APPOINTMENT EXPIRES. AH! THINK IT'S EXPIRING. AND THE MAYOR HAS REQUESTED THAT SHE BE RENOMINATED BASED ON INFORMATION SHE'S RECEIVED FROM THE FLOOR TO MR MUNICIPAL INSURANCE TRUST THAT SHE COULD BE APPOINTED IF NOMINATED BY THIS COUNCIL. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ITEM IS ABOUT. HAVE EMOTION. I MAKE A MOTION AND I SECOND INTO DISCUSSIONS, AND IT'S THE MOTION TO NOMINATE MAYOR YES TO NOMINATE MAYOR CLARKE FOR THE M F M I T BOARD. THANK YOU. AND DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL. YES. HAVE YOU BEEN ON THAT BOARD? YEAR AND A HALF FULL YEAR YEAR HAS IT ALMOST ALMOST A YEAR, BUT IT WAS EXPIRING TERM. RIGHT FOR RENEWAL, OKAY? WHEN DOES IT EXPIRE? DO YOU KNOW? ONE MOMENT. GO GET A SHEET. AND FILL OUT THE SHEETS SO THAT YOU THAT YOU CAN SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT TIME. GO GET A SHEET ABLE TO SPEAK ON HIS HER, PLEASE. WHAT? I JUST SOMETHING IN THE EMAIL. OH, WOW. OKAY? I BELIEVE THE EMAIL IS IN THE BACK UP OF THE LOOK INTO GENDER PACKAGE. THANK YOU. TWO EXPIRED. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EXPIRED MARCH AND THEY HAD TO HAVE THE NOMINATIONS IN BY THIS MONTH. 1ST JUNE. YEAH I THINK MARCH INDENTED. I HAD TO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION INFORMATION AND BY TOMORROW, WHICH THEY SEND THE EMAIL. I JUST WOULD BE JUST FOUND OUT TODAY THAT THEY EXTENDED IT TO JUNE. 8TH. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME TIME. BUT I'LL STILL SEND IT TO YOU TOMORROW. JUST TONIGHT JUST TO GET IT OFF MY THANK YOU. THAT'S A THAT'S SOMETHING. I DON'T HAVE THE WORD. YEAH, UH, SO IT WAS A MOTION BY HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ, SECOND BY MIRROR STUFF I SMELL, DARLING. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE ONE HERE.

THANK YOU. OKAY I WAS ASKING STATE YOUR NAME IS CLOSE. MY NAME IS GLORIA AVERAGE.

JENNINGS. AND I WAS ASKING. WHAT IS THAT COMMITTEE? IT'S THE FLORIDA MUNICIPALITY INSURANCE TRUST FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH IS PART OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUES OF CITIES. SO A LOT OF THE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES NOT ONLY US, BUT OTHER PEOPLE GET THEIR INSURANCE THROUGH THEM. IT'S LIKE A POOL FOR INSURANCE. OKAY. SO WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE ON THE BOARD LEARNING ABOUT THE RATES AND WHAT BENEFITS US LIKE I JUST WENT TO A CONFERENCE. SO IN OUR NEXT DISCUSSION, I'LL BE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CYBERSECURITY BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY BIG NOW. COMPUTERS GETTING, UH, SPAMMED AND RIGHT UP THE WHOLE SYSTEM. OKAY, OKAY. ALRIGHT THAT THAT ANSWERS MY

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QUESTION. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR. AH I MOVED. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER NINE. MR BROWN

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, NUMBER NINE. MADAM MAYOR IS THE NEW VILLAGE HALL. UPDATING ARCHITECTS PRESENTATION. MR RICK GONZALEZ IS HERE WITH OUR E G ARCHITECTS. UH BEFORE YOU COME UP, RICK, LET ME JUST DO SOME SAY SOME THINGS HERE. SO UH, SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS STARTED ABOUT. I THINK WE STARTED BACK IN 2019 DURING OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING WORK RETREAT ABOUT FINDING A HOME AND WE EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY BACK IN 2019 TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, LEASING. YOU KNOW IT, YOU NAME IT IN 2019. WE WERE ACTUALLY HOUSED IN THE MARTIN COUNTY'S BUILDING, AS YOU KNOW, THEY TERMINATE OUR LEASE IN 2020. AND SO WE WERE GOING TO RENT. SOME PORTABLES AND PUT THEM ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE BOUGHT OVERALL , UH, TRAIL AND WAR FIELD BOULEVARD. WELL AT THAT TIME, THE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT WE WERE RENT FROM ANY TOWN NONPROFIT, WHICH THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. AND SO WE ENTERED TO A FOUR YEAR LEASE WITH ANY TOWN NONPROFIT. WE ARE IN THE WE WILL BE IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THAT LEASE, SO IT'S A FOUR YEAR LEASE . UM I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR UH, ANY TIME NONPROFIT ON YESTERDAY BUT DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS, WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T MEET, BUT WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK. SO I PLANNED ON MEETING WITH MR POWERS NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS RENEGOTIATING OUR OUR LEASE A LONGER TERM LEASE HERE IN THIS BUILDING AS WELL. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MOVING PIECES. SO YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A COMMUNITY CENTER. THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AN ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING HAS BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A SWIMMING POOL. AND SO WE WERE RETAINED THE SERVICES OF R E G ARCHITECTS TO HELP US THINK THROUGH THE PLANNING PART OF THIS PROJECT. AND SO THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. THE CONTRACT WE ENTERED INTO WHAT R E G ONLY PROVIDES FOR PLANNING AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN PROGRAM PLANNING AND WORKERS TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT WE LOOK LIKE IN A DECADE AND GIVE US SOME THE POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE GROWTH INSIDE OF THAT BUILDING, AND SO WITH WITH WITH THAT AND I'LL HELP RICK GONZALEZ COME UP, AND I'M SURE HIM AND HIS PARTNER MANNY AYALA. THEY WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL SO, RICK, IF YOU CAN COME UP AND JUST TALK TO THE COUNCIL AND WALK THEM THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. AND IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN SWITCH TO THE FULL SCREEN SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE TV MORE? CLEARLY, IF IT'S THE WHOLE SCREEN VERSUS IN THIS. IS THAT POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT LARGER. PDF IS NOT NOT THE POWER POINT.

YEAH. MM HMM. SEE WHAT I FEEL. OR HAVE SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S RELATED TO THIS POWERPOINT SLASH PDF VIEWER THAT LOOKS LIKE A PDF FILE THERE. YEAH. YEAH. I GOT THE. YES YEAH, SO THERE IT IS. YEAH. NO, IT'S NOT. TO CITE.

YEAH TO VIEW THERE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO A FULL SCREEN MODE. THAT'S IT, OKAY? ALRIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S IT. YES. ARE WE READY? OKAY WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, PUBLIC OF INDIAN TOWN, THE VILLAGE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED BEING HERE TODAY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH HOWARD AND I'LL SEE YOU IN YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROGRAM, MY PARTNER MANUEL AYALA , AND MYSELF RECONCILE IS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AND VERY PLEASED TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION TODAY OF OUR WORK, OUR FINDINGS AND POTENTIAL FOR YOUR PROJECT HERE AT THE VILLAGE AND MANY OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES. TO DEVELOP THIS IN SEQUENCE OR IN PHASES AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO

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PURSUE. UH IT'S UH, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 34 YEARS AND MANY FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN A TOWN OR A VILLAGE THAT HAS SUCH GROWTH POTENTIAL. AND I REMEMBER 15 YEARS AGO, 10 YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID THE CHURCH OVER HERE AT HOLY CROSS AND ALL THE EXCITEMENT FOR THE LAND BEHIND THERE, AND NOTHING HAPPENED, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. NOW. THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH THAT'S COMING. THE INDIAN TOWN AND IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO BE READY FOR THAT GROWTH. IN FACT, 20 YEARS AGO, WE DID THE VILLAGE OF SEBASTIAN.

VERY SIMILAR CONDITION. THEY WERE VERY SMALL TOWN THEY WERE GETTING READY TO GROW. THEY FOUND THE FUNDS THE PUBLIC FUNDS TO DO THE PROJECT AND WE ENDED UP DOING SOMETHING VERY, VERY SIMILAR. WE DID A CITY HALL. WE DID RENOVATIONS OF OTHER BUILDINGS. WE DID A POLICE STATION. WE DID A PARK AND TODAY IT'S FULFILLING THEIR NEEDS. 20 YEARS LATER WITH EXPANSION WITHIN THE BUILDING, TOO, SO THAT WAS A VERY GOOD VERY GOOD CASE STUDY. ALSO VERY RECENTLY.

WE JUST FINISHED JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER . I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE COME AND SEE THAT COMMUNITY CENTER. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. IT'S SUCH A GREAT POSSIBILITY FOR ALL THE CITIZENS. IT WAS DESIGNED FOR 0 TO 80, YOU KNOW, FROM LITTLE KIDS. ALL THE WAY TO SENIORS SO THEY CAN EXERCISE IN THE BUILDING, AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR OF WHAT COULD OCCUR HERE AT A LATER DATE WITH MORE IMPROVEMENTS, AND RIGHT NOW, MANY IS UNDER CONTRACT, COMPLETING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACH VILLAGE HALL. THAT'S GOING VERY WELL WITH THE VILLAGE. AND UM, IT SHOULD BE, UM, UH, COMPLETION IN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF. SO THAT WILL BE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A TOWN. THAT'S GROWING A LITTLE BIT LARGER BUT AGAIN WITH NEW FACILITIES TO TAKE CARE OF HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS. UH, GOOD FACILITY. ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE IN ONE BUILDING. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE DOING A VILLAGE. VILLAGE HOP. SO UH, OUR TASK ONE IS NOW COMPLETE. WE'VE DONE UH, TWO STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE FLOOR PLAN. CONCEPTS OF SITE PLAN CONCEPTS.

SOME BUDGET NUMBERS TO GIVE YOU AN OVERALL LOOK AS TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE PROJECT.

STARTING FIRST WITH THE WITH THE VILLAGE HALL. UH, IT'S A TWO STORY BUILDING. ON THE FIRST FLOOR WOULD BE YOUR COMMON, UM, YOUR COMMUNITY FACILITIES, UH FOR, UM PARKS AND REC. YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE CAFE WHICH WAS IN YOUR WORKSHOP, LOBBY AREAS ENTRY AREAS, AND, UH AND FINANCE.

THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 13,000 SQUARE FEET ON THE FIRST FLOOR. AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU HANDOUTS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION TO WHICH HAS ALL OF THIS IN DETAIL. THE UPPER FLOOR WOULD HAVE THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND THE VILLAGE MANAGER, STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO, I'M SORRY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE. AND PARKS AND REC. SORRY. EXCUSE ME. I GOT THE WRONG SHEET. THE SECOND FLOOR VILLAGE MANAGER. VILLAGE COUNCIL VILLAGE CLERK. HUMAN RESOURCES AND PUBLIC WORKS AND I T THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 8500 SQUARE FEET . SO THE TOTAL THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE BUILDING WOULD BE ALMOST 22,000 SQUARE FEET 21,864. THE SECOND BUILDING VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE PARKS AND REC PROGRAM TODAY, AND WE DO A LOT OF PARK WORK SO VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BUILDING, TOO. AND THE WATER PARK FEATURE THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, WHICH THE VILLAGE OF THE CUESTA HAS A GYM. THEY DON'T HAVE AN EVENT CENTER AND THE REASON THEY DON'T HAVE AN EVENT CENTER BECAUSE ALONG THE COAST, THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE YOU CAN RENT. THERE ARE MANY HOTELS. THERE ARE MANY CONFERENCE CENTERS. YOU KNOW YOU CAN HAVE A PARTY GRADUATION A WEDDING CEREMONY IN MANY, MANY PLACES, SO THERE WAS NOT A NEED FOR THAT. BUT THERE WAS A NEED FOR A GYMNASIUM. SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS AS A FACILITY THAT HAS A COMBO THAT HAS A GYMNASIUM AND ALSO HAS AN EVENT CENTER SO YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. AND UM, AND IT WOULD ALSO HAVE ACCESSORY SPACES, AND THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE RELOCATED TO THIS LOCATION. THIS BUILDING IS SMALLER THAN THE OTHER BUILDING A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. IT'S 17,000 SQUARE FEET. YES. YES HERE IT IS 17,000 AGAIN WITH THE GYMNASIUM AND THE EVENTS CENTER BEING THE LARGER SPACES, ACTIVITY ROOMS, RESTROOMS, A FULL SIZE KITCHEN FOR FOOD PREP. AND THEN THE FUTURE OF THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT CAN RELOCATE WITHIN THE BUILDING ONCE IT'S BUILT. I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME CONCEPTUAL DESIGN IDEAS NEXT. UM WE STARTED LOOKING, OF COURSE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND AT THE VILLAGE HALL. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A WATER PARK IDEA IN BETWEEN BOTH BUILDINGS. THAT'S A GREAT SITE. BY THE WAY, EVERY TIME I COME INTO TOWN, IT'S THE FIRST THING YOU SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL, EMPTY PIECE OF

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LAND THERE AS YOU COME INTO TOWN, AND IT'S STRIKING. YOU HAVE THE ENTRY SIGNED TO, UH INDIAN TOWN AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS LOT OVER HERE. SO ON ONE SIDE ON THE ENTRY SIDE, THE MORE PROMINENT BUILDING THE VILLAGE HALL WOULD BE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE THE COMMUNITY CENTER. WITH A DROP OFF LANE FOR PICKUP WE HAD SPOKEN OR WE HAD HEARD THE REQUEST OR IDENTIFICATION OF MAYBE, UH, BUS SERVICE EVENTUALLY COULD PICK UP UNDERCOVER THERE. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION OR TWO DROPPING, DROPPING OFF CHILDREN AND SO FORTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SUMMER WHICH THE WEATHER IS VERY WARM. WE ALSO JUST SKETCH VERY ROUGHLY THE IDEAS OF A COMPLETE VILLAGE CENTER, A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD EVENTUALLY HAVE AN AQUATIC CENTER, A PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT NOWADAYS, THERE'S SO MANY DROWNINGS IN FLORIDA. RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.

IT'S VERY WARM. THE WEATHER IS ONLY GETTING WARMER, HAVING A PLACE FOR RECREATION HERE TWO MINUTES FIVE MINUTES FROM YOUR HOME VERSUS HAVING TO DRIVE TO THE BEACH ON THE COAST, WHICH IS A GOOD 30 TO 45 MINUTES. AND IF SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE, THE VILLAGE DESIRES TO DO A POLICE AND FIRE STATION, WE SIMPLY LAID OUT CORNER PIECE THERE BASED ON OTHER BUILDINGS, OTHER FIRE STATIONS AND POLICE STATIONS THAT WE DID JUST TO SEE HOWARD ASKED US AS HE WOULDN'T FIT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S JUST WHAT WE CALL A FIT DRAWING THAT SHOWS YOU A POTENTIAL FIRE STATION AND THE POLICE, UM, BUILDING AT THE FAR BUT AGAIN THEY'RE GREAT OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE PROJECT. THEY'RE JUST THERE FOR REFERENCE FOR FUTURE FOR FUTURE PROJECT USE. A CLOSE UP OF THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF WORK, STARTING WITH THE VILLAGE HALL. ON THE FIRST FLOOR. YOU WOULD HAVE THIS . DOES THIS HAVE A POINT OVER HERE? YES. DOES IT WORK OVER HERE? YES AND NO, IT DOESN'T.

OKAY SO THE VILLAGE HALL THE L SHAPE V C STANDS FOR THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. A NICE COUNCIL SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE SUFFICIENT PEOPLE FOR A MEETING. A COMMON AREA ENTRY SPACE, WHICH WOULD HAVE THE CAFE OVERLOOKING SYMBOLIC PEDESTRIAN ENTRY AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER WITH A FOUNTAIN AND A DAY TO DAY ENTRANCE ON THE NORTH EAST NORTH WEST SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE FROM THE PARKING LOT. SECURITY ENTRANCE RIGHT TODAY. MORE THAN EVER. WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS HOW WE HAVE TO SECURE ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, AND THAT'S ONE WAY OF DOING IT. THE REST OF THE FIRST FLOOR WOULD HAVE THE PARKS AND REC AT THIS TIME. THE FINANCE. AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

THESE ARE SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN, UH, FIRST FLOOR AND THE SECOND FLOOR BEING MORE SECURE, KEEPING THEM ON THE FIRST FLOOR FOR DAILY ACCESS WITH A KIOSK OR A CHECK IN COUNTER. IN THE COMMON AREA IN THE CAFE SPACE SUPPORT AREA. ON THE SECOND FLOOR, SHOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLAN ON THE UPPER FLOOR WOULD BE HR. HUMAN RESOURCES. UM PW, WHICH. PUBLIC WORKS. I T OBVIOUSLY I T AND THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND THE VILLAGE STAFF WOULD BE LOCATED AT THAT UPPER LEVEL AND THE VILLAGE CLERK TO ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS WORKED VERY CLOSELY HAND IN HAND. AND THEY NEED TO BE IN A MORE SECURE LOCATION ON THE SECOND FLOOR. ON THE LEFT SIDE. WE CALL JUST FOR PURPOSES. PHASE ONE B WOULD BE THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THE COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD HAVE E V. AN EVENT VILLAGE, AN EVENT HALL FACING THE STREET. UM, A GYMNASIUM ON THE BACKSIDE. NEXT TO THE ENTRY DROP OFF AREA SUPPORT AREAS AND THEN AGAIN, A SERVICE KITCHEN THAT COULD BE USED FOR ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL EVENT AND IN BETWEEN PHASE ONE A AND ONE B WOULD BE THE SPLASH PARK A NICE FLASH PARK WITH COVERED PAVILIONS FOR SHADE. RESTROOMS THE REQUIRED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, A COUPLE OF BATHROOMS AND SOME PICNIC AREAS. TO BE LOCATED. THERE WILL BE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE A SMALL BRIDGE TO CONNECT TO THE SIDEWALK SYSTEM. THE WHOLE SITE WOULD HAVE A SIDEWALK SYSTEM WALKWAY SYSTEM FOR EXERCISING GETTING AROUND. BE GREAT. YOU CAN RIDE YOUR BIKE OVER HERE. PARK YOUR BIKE OR DRIVE, PARK YOUR BIKE AND DO, UH, SEVERAL LAPS AROUND AROUND THE SITE. MY BROTHER IS A DOCTOR AND I'LL ASK, AND HE SAYS IF I DID 6000 STEPS A DAY, I'D BE IN A LOT BETTER SHAPE AND I TRY TO DO THAT EVERY DAY SO I CAN IMAGINE DOING THREE LOOPS OF THE SITE AND I'D BE MEET MY GOAL. ON A DAILY BASIS. IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURE. WE LOOKED AT THE PREVAILING ARCHITECTURAL STYLES OF THE VILLAGE. THE VILLAGE HAS A VERY NICE CHARACTER. IT'S VERY PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED TOWN. THERE'S A LOT OF LOT OF BEAUTIFUL, VISUALLY INTERESTING BUILDINGS. UM YOU HAVE SOME WONDERFUL HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. UM AND YOU ALSO HAVE SOME NEW ARCHITECTURE, WHICH IS MORE OF THE FLORIDA CARIBBEAN OR KEY WEST STYLE, SO WE PRESENT YOU TWO STYLES, TRADITIONAL MEDITERRANEAN. ALL FLORIDA, SPANISH AND THEN A MORE METAL ROOF. FLORIDA CARIBBEAN,

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WHICH IS THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM, SHOWING YOU BOTH THE LONG SIDE ELEVATION, AND THEN THE FRONT SIDE ELEVATION ON THE SMALLER ELEVATION THERE. WE DID A PERSPECTIVE VIEW, TOO. AND THESE ARE THE TWO VIEWS. THIS IS THE CORNER VIEW OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE TOP OPTION A AND THE FLORIDA CARIBBEAN ON THE BOTTOM OPTION B. VERY HANDSOME, VERY TEST OF TIME, CLASSIC BUILDINGS THAT ARE HERE TO LAST FOR A VERY LONG, LONG TIME. AND SINCE YOU'RE ONLY BUILDING ONE TIME IT WAS OUR DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AT THE SITE AND SAY, WELL, WHAT IF WE WENT THREE STORIES? WHAT IF WE IF WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, SEE THAT GROWTH IS GOING TO BE OF SUCH A LEVEL. AND BY THE WAY, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WE DID A SHERIFF'S SUBSTATION IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, U SHAPED BUILDING WHERE WE ONLY USE AN L AND THE OTHER WING WAS EMPTY. AND THEN 10. YEARS LATER, THEY CAME IN. AND THEY BUILD THAT OUT. YOU COULD, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD BUILD THE CITY STAFF ON THE 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR AND MAKE THE FIRST FLOOR A RENTABLE SPACE FOR NON PROFITS OR FOR OTHER BUSINESSES. AND AS YOU GROW AS YOU GET BIGGER AND 10 15 YEARS, THE NONPROFITS YOU SAY IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO TO YOUR OWN BUILDING SOMEWHERE IN TOWN BECAUSE WE NEED THE SPACE. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME THOUGHTS, AND THIS IS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE A THREE STORY BUILDING. IN BOTH STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE AS AN OPTION TO THE PROJECT. SO AGAIN , IT'S VERY FLEXIBLE. THIS IS A MASTER PLANNING CONCEPTUAL PHASE, AND THEN THIS IS HOW WE USUALLY DO THESE STUDIES. EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW THE COSTS RIGHT? IT'S A VERY CRAZY MARKET THESE DAYS. UM WE ACTUALLY WENT AND SPOKE TO FIVE GENERAL CONTRACTORS IN THE AREA.

WE SHOW THEM OUR CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS. WE'VE GOT NUMBERS FROM $300 A SQUARE FEET TO $450 A SQUARE FEET. WE THINK IT'S CLOSER TO 3 50 SQUARE FEET. THAT'S WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE END OF THE DAY. I THINK BY THE TIME WE BUILD UP THIS PROJECT IN A YEAR, ALL OF THESE THE RUN FOR ALL THE EXPENSE THAT'S BEEN EXPENSIVE. YOU KNOW, MR STONE, YOU'RE IN THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET. WE BELIEVE PRICING WILL WILL SETTLE DOWN. OR MAYBE EVEN COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO GO BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF $250 A SQUARE FEET, BUT WE THINK THAT IT'S REASONABLE THAT 3 303 $150 RANGE. INSTEAD OF THE VERY, VERY HIGH COST THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW TODAY, SO IT'S VERY GOOD THAT YOU'RE NOT BUILDING THIS BUILDING, YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE COSTS ARE VERY HIGH, BUT WE THINK LOOKING AT THE VILLAGE HALL 21,900 SQUARE FEET ANYWHERE IN THE MID $300 RANGE WOULD BE 7 TO $8 MILLION.

THE COMMUNITY CENTER 17,300 SQUARE FEET A LITTLE BIT LOWER TO 75 TO 3 25. ABOUT 5 5.5 MILLION. TOTAL BOTH OF THEM ANYWHERE BETWEEN 12 AND $14 MILLION TO DO BOTH BUILDINGS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO ADD ALL THE OTHER EXPENSES TO THE PROJECT, STARTING WITH THE F F N E, WHICH STANDS FOR FURNISHINGS , FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT, RIGHT EVERYTHING TO OCCUPY A SPACE AND FINISH UP THE CABINETRY AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS AT $15, A SQUARE FOOT THAT'S ANOTHER $600,000. AND THEN IN TERMS OF SITE COSTS FOR THE FIRST PHASE AROUND A MILLION TO A MILLION AND A HALF THE SOUTHERN PIECE OF THAT PROPERTY. I THINK IT'S VERY ACHIEVABLE. WE SPOKE TO OUR ENGINEER ABOUT THAT, AND HE FEELS THAT THAT'S A THAT'S A DOABLE NUMBER. SO THAT BRINGS US TO A SUB TOTAL OF 13.5 TO $16 MILLION TO BUILD BOTH BUILDINGS AT THE SAME TIME. EVERY PROJECT SHOULD HAVE CONTINGENCY. UH THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANGE OR OR AN OVERSIGHT OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN ALONG THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. SO USUALLY 5. THAT'S SHOWN THERE IN THE 6 TO 700,000 FOR A TOTAL BUILDING COSTS OF 14 TO $16 MILLION. THE LAST PIECE OF THE COST TO GIVE YOU A COMPLETE BUDGET WOULD BE THE HIGHER THE ARCHITECTS, THE ENGINEERS, THE IMPACT FEES. THE PERMIT FEES, UH, SOIL TESTING SURVEY. THE OWNER'S REP. ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS WOULD BE IN THE RANGE OF 8% TO 12% WHICH WOULD ADD ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS TO TWO MILLION. FOR A GRAND TOTAL BETWEEN 15 TO $18 MILLION. ONE THING WE DO WANT TO NOTE TWO THINGS WE WANT TO KNOW.

THE FIRST ONE IS IF YOU DO BOTH, AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS A SAVINGS AND COSTS RIGHT. THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR DOESN'T HAVE TO HIRE A TEAM. AND THEN THE MOBILIZED AND THEN COME BACK AGAIN. HE CAN DO YOU KNOW HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF MANAGEMENT COSTS SUPERVISING TWO TEAMS, BUT THEY'RE WORKING AT THE SAME TIME OVERHEAD OVERHEAD AND PROFIT. UH SITE RIGHT SITE. UM OVERSIGHT IS LESS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY MOBILIZED. ONE TIME VERSUS MOBILIZING TWO TIMES AND YOU KNOW, AND YOU GET THROUGH THE PAIN IN ONE SHOT INSTEAD OF YOU KNOW, BUILDING IT AND THEN ENJOYING IT, AND THEN STARTING THE OTHER WHETHER WHICHEVER WAY WHETHER YOU DO THE COMMUNITY CENTER FIRST, THE VILLAGE HALL SECOND OR WHETHER YOU DO THE VILLAGE HALL FIRST AND THEN THE COMMUNITY CENTER SECOND AND THEN LOOKING AT THAT EXERCISE IF WE WANT TO ADD THAT THIRD FLOOR, ANOTHER 10,000 SQUARE FEET, ANOTHER $33.8 MILLION TO ADD TO ADD TO THE PROJECT. UM THE TIME

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THE TIME TO DO THIS PROJECT IS NOW IT'S A VERY GOOD TIME TO BE DOING THE DESIGN WORK THE NEXT YEAR. AS PRICING IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD STABILIZERS. UH WE HAVE ENORMOUS SUPPLY PRESSURE IN THE MARKETPLACE RIGHT NOW TO GET TRUSTED THE EXAMPLE THE VILLAGE OF THE CUESTA THE WE HAD TO PUT A TEMPORARY ROOF. MAYOR CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT WASTE OF MONEY AND THEN THREE MONTHS LATER? YOU KNOW THE MATERIALS CAME THROUGH AND WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THE FINISH THE FINAL. UH ROOFING DELAYED THE PROJECT A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT WE JUST OPENED IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, RIGHT BEFORE SUMMER, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, BUT SO IF WE DO THE DRAWINGS, WHICH AND PERMITTING PLANNING AND ZONING IN THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT THE SCHEDULE SHOWS TWO MONTHS FOR THE DESIGN WORK CONCURRENTLY, FOUR MONTHS FOR PLANNING AND ZONING WORKING WITHOUT THEATER AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. FOUR MONTHS CONCURRENTLY AND THEN OUR FINAL FOUR MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR BOTH BUILDINGS. ESTIMATING TWO MONTHS FOR PERMITTING AND THEN APPROXIMATELY, WE THINK IF WE AGAIN IF WE DO IT ALL TOGETHER ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO DO BOTH PROJECTS, SO A TOTAL OF ABOUT 33 MONTHS IT COULD BE 30 MONTHS. IT COULD BE 36 MONTHS. IT COULD BE FAST TRACKED A LITTLE BIT. DEPENDING ON HOW HOW EVERYTHING GOES, UH UM OTHER PROJECTS WE'VE DONE. WE'VE GOTTEN A PERMIT FOR THE FOUNDATION AS A FAST TRACK METHODOLOGY RIGHT WHERE YOU CAN BEFORE THE REST OF THE PLANS ARE DONE. SO, UH, SO THERE'S A NEED TO COMPLETE IT SOONER. IT'S DOABLE BY ABOUT 10. 30 MONTHS IF IT STRETCHES A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW ACTS OF GOD.

HURRICANES YOU KNOW, TORNADOES. WHATEVER YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU PLAN FOR 33 OR 36 MONTHS FOR THE FOR THE TOTAL OF PROJECT. WE ASKED OUR CONSULTANTS. WE HAVE CUTLER HERRING DOING OUR PLANNING AND ZONING WORK WITH US. THEY CHECKED THE CODE. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL CODE THAT TALKS ABOUT GREAT THINGS THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED. CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY CORRIDOR AND A WALKABLE CENTER. I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OUR SITE PLAN. WE'RE TRYING TO SET A STANDARD. IT'S AMAZING HOW SIMILAR IT IS TO WHAT HAPPENED IN SEBASTIAN 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID THAT PROJECT FOR THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR SAID. I WANT A PROJECT WHERE PEOPLE COME IN HERE FOR A BUILDING PERMIT. THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR TOWN CENTER, AND THEY HAVE TO MATCH THAT QUALITY. RIGHT YOU SET THE STANDARDS YOUR TOWN. YOUR VILLAGE SETS THE STANDARDS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HUNDREDS OF NOT THOUSANDS OF NEW HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL SPACES AND OTHER SPACES. YOU SET THE STANDARD WITH YOUR VILLAGE. THIS IS NOW PUBLIC RECORD. SOMEONE WANTS TO COME IN HERE TO BUILD SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE STANDARD THAT YOU'RE SETTING. WE DID THE SAME THING FOR THE TOWN OF JUNO BEACH, WHERE I USED TO LIVE MANY YEARS AGO. WE SET THE STANDARDS WITH THE DESIGN CONCEPTS. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ZONING IS ASKING FOR THE VILLAGE. MIXED USE WITH THE MIX OF USES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. ALL OF THESE USERS ARE PERMITTED THE POLICE THE FIRE STATION, THE CITY HALL CHANT COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IN THE GYM. THERE'S NO OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT BY RIGHT WE CAN. WE CAN WORK WITHOUT THE AND THE CONSULTANTS . WE MEET ALL THE LOT SIZES. THE FLOOR AREA IS VERY GENEROUS. THE FUTURE LAND USE AGAIN THE SCALE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY, VERY COMPATIBLE . I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BY THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA. VILLAGE OF THE QUEST IS A SMALL COMMUNITY. IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE CITY , ALMOST THE SAME DISTANCE FROM DOWNTOWN WEST PALM TO REQUEST AS IT IS FROM DOWNTOWN TO INDIAN TOWN, SO IT'S MOSTLY ONE STORY TWO STORY. AND THAT VILLAGE HALL FITS VERY, VERY NICELY IN THE SCALE OF THE VILLAGE OF THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, SO AND AT NIGHT, I DROVE BY IT THE OTHER DAY AT NIGHT, WHICH IS YOU KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, TOO BRIGHT OR TOO DARK. IT JUST KIND OF FITS. REALLY, REALLY NICE. IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE THAT I HOPE YOU CAN GO AND SEE. OKAY AND THEN JUST TO FINISH UP . WE HAVE ALSO KIMBERLY HORN, WHO'S IDENTIFIED THE LOT. THE LOTS PRETTY CLEAR. IT'S VERY LEVEL. UM IT HAS GREAT OPPORTUNITIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE FOR HIGH VISIBILITY ON THE EAST SIDE, THE BOULEVARD GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. GOING INTO THE TO THE PARKS AND ALL THE OTHER FACILITIES AND THEN ON THE WEST SIDE HAVING COMMERCIAL USES NEXT DOOR THAT'S ALWAYS A WIN WIN FOR OVERFLOW PARKING IF THERE'S EVER A BIG SPECIAL EVENT OR IF YOU WANT TO CLOSE DOWN THE MIDDLE AND HAVE A HAVE A MARKETPLACE AS SOMEONE MENTIONED A GREEN MARKET . THOSE ARE VERY POPULAR. YOU COME OUT HERE ON A SATURDAY, ENJOY THE VILLAGE AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF SHOPPING. AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU GET SOME GOOD FRUIT AND PRODUCE AND OTHER THINGS LIKE GOOD FOOD, TOO, RIGHT? SO IT'S A GREAT PIECE OF LAND. UM UH, THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, UM EVENTUALLY AS AN OPTION. IF YOU HAD TO BRING IN PORTABLES, YOU KNOW THEY COULD BE REARRANGED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY SO THAT YOU KEEP YOUR FLEXIBILITY OPEN, SO WHEN YOU'RE READY TO BUILD ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHETHER IT'S IN TWO YEARS OR FIVE YEARS. HOPEFULLY IT'S IN TWO YEARS. YOU'RE READY

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TO BUILD YOUR NOT ENCUMBERED BY THAT SITUATION, YOU KNOW? AND YOU HAVE THESE DRAWINGS TO HELP YOU GET THE PICTURE ACROSS. LET'S USE THIS WONDERFUL OPEN SPACE AT THE ENTRY OF THE VILLAGE FOR THE NEW INDIAN TOWN, VILLAGE HALL AND COMMUNITY CENTER, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORKING HERE IN INDIAN TOWN WE REALLY ENJOYED THE PROCESS SO FORTH SO FAR, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING AT WHATEVER SPEED YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THIS PROCESS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MAYOR MANY HAS SOME. THE REPORT THE ACTUAL REPORT, NOT THE POWER POINT, BUT THE REPORTS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. WE HAVE A COPY FOR EACH ONE OF YOU SO YOU CAN HAVE A HARD COPY. WELL RICK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M I'M CERTAIN THAT THE COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS. UM JUST JUST AS A REMINDER. IF YOU RECALL WE HAD AND NUMEROUS PUBLIC INPUT STARTING BACK TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROCESS, SO A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT RICK IS TALKING ABOUT CAME FROM VISUAL PRESS PREFERENCE SURVEYS THAT WERE DONE. I THINK MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO. WE HAD WE HAD MEETINGS AT THE ANY TOWN CIVIC CENTER. WE HAD MEETINGS AT EVERGREEN BAPTIST CHURCH IN BOOKER PARK. AND. WE HAD MEETINGS HERE IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE. SO SO THIS IS THE COMBINATION THE DESIRES THAT YOU SEE THEY ARE THE CULMINATION OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE EARLY ON THE WORKSHOPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO WE'RE IN THE PLANNING STAGES, AND NOW WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH BUT WE'RE IN A WE'RE IN A FINANCIAL CLIMATE RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME UNKNOWNS AND SO UM. YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT THE SWIMMING POOL WAS A BIG ISSUE. I REMEMBER AT AT ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS. YOU KNOW, THE SWIMMING POOL WAS JUST CENTER FRONT OF CONTROVERSY. UM SO MAYBE WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO AT THIS POINT IS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR RICK MANY DEFINITELY CAN ASK THEM NOW, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO POP UP FUNNEL ALL OF YOUR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, SUSAN OWENS OFFICE SO SHE CAN PROVIDE THAT TOO. R E G AND R E G CAN COME BACK AT THE NECK AT OUR NEXT MEETING. OR WHENEVER WE CAN MEET NEXT AND JUST INCORPORATE THAT AND SAY HERE'S WHAT IT IS. OKAY? SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN HERE. YOUR MIKE HERE, MIKE. DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS REPORT THIS PRESENTATION OR NOT? I WOULD SAY I WOULD SAY NO. OKAY I WOULD SAY NO. I WOULD SAY, LET'S ASK QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS VICE MARRIED THEN COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ OR WHO WAS UP FIRST.

WAS YOU UP GIFTS? OKAY VICE MAYOR, EITHER ONE. WELL NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION FOR RICK , BUT, UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY , UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I NEED TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION. AND SO I NEED TIME . SO YOU KNOW WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR US TO TAKE THAT MOMENT, HOWEVER LONG BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND IT'S A LOT OF TIME. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON RECORD, UM THAT THAT I NEED SOME TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS, AND I THINK WE ALL SHOULD REALLY TAKE TAKE SOME TIME. COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. YES THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, MR RICK FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, BUT I HAD A QUESTION THE ENTRY ON THE RIGHT SIDE IF YOU DARREN , YOU CAN GO TO THE SLIDE WHERE HE NAMES LIKE THE FIRST LEVEL OF SECOND LEVEL. WITH A SIDEWALK RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. YOU HAVE THE ENTRY. IS THAT OUR OWN ENTRY OR IS THAT THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE'S A ROAD ON SEMINAL, SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT JUST ENTRY IS THAT ANOTHER? AND THREE SECONDARY ENTRANCE PARK ON THE STREET, OR HAVE YOU COME BY BICYCLE? THERE'S A SMALL PLAZA THERE. IT'S MORE OF A CEREMONIAL ENTRY WAY. IT'S A VERY HIGHLY VISIBLE SPOT WHEN YOU COME INTO TOWN. THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE. IF YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A WORD ENTRY ON THE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND I WISH THIS POINTER WOULD WORK, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK. IT WORKS. RICK, JUST GO. YEAH. THERE WE GO. YES RIGHT WHERE THE MAYOR POINTED OUT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE WILL BE LIKE A COVERED PORCH. THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU RIGHT OFF THE SIDEWALK FROM THE PARKING LOT. THE BIGGER PARKING LOT. THAT'S YOUR MAIN DAY TO DAY ENTRANCE AND AGAIN, THERE WILL BE A CLERK. THERE WILL BE A KIOSK LIKE IN FACT, WE DID THE SAME THING AT THE QUEST . SO THERE'S A LARGE, UH ONE OR TWO PEOPLE'S SPOT THERE WHERE THEY CAN CHECK PEOPLE COMING IN FROM EITHER ENTRANCE. BUT THE MAIN ENTRANCE WILL BE FROM THE

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PARKING LOT, BUT THAT ENTRY RIGHT THERE. IS JUST CEREMONIAL . IT WON'T BE USED BY ANYONE DEPENDS ON THE VILLAGE. IT DEPENDS IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT OR IF THERE IS A, FOR EXAMPLE, THE VETERANS EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A DAY TO DAY IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. OKAY SO IF WE HAVE, LIKE ANY QUESTIONS, OR, UE CONCERNS IN CERTAIN. THINGS ON THIS MAP. OKAY ENTRIES LIKE YOU HAVE AN ENTRY ON TRAIL DRIVE. FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. MAYBE MAYBE. DO I DO THAT WITH SUSAN? OR CAN I MEET WITH GONZALEZ? LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE RICK'S UNDER A SMALL CONTRACT, OKAY, AND SO WE HAVE TO MANAGE ALL THAT? BECAUSE UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU HAVE AN ENTRY FROM TRAIL DRIVE, NOT PEOPLE ARRIVING THROUGH OUR THROUGH OUR PARKING LOT INTO THE OKAY. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. THE ANSWER TO THAT IS WORTH TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH TWO THINGS. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL PLANNING AND ZONING LAYOUT FOR YOUR VILLAGE TALKS ABOUT BEING PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY . OKAY SO WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN ENTRIES, OKAY? BUT OUR MAIN ENTRANCES ARE FROM THE PARKING LOT. YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS. PHASE ONE. THERE'S A SIDEWALK RIGHT NEXT TO THE SPLASH BOWL AREA THAT GOES TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT. SO THERE'S AN ENTRANCE INTO THE EVENTS OF BUILDING COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE LEFT, AND THERE'S ANOTHER ENTRANCE ON THE RIGHT SIDE INTO THE VILLAGE HALL. THOSE WILL BE PROBABLY 75% 80% OF THE DAY TO DAY TRAFFIC WILL BE THERE. EXCEPT FOR IF A BUS PULLS UP WITH KIDS, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW.

SUMMER A SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM, RIGHT? AND THERE'S ONE OR TWO BUSSES. IT'S RAINING. YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT COVERED AREA THAT CAN COME IN THROUGH THERE AND THEN THEY CAN BE MONITORED. THE NICE THING IS THAT IT'S OPEN AND VISIBLE. SO AGAIN THE MONITORING SYSTEM IN BOTH BUILDINGS CAN CHECK BOTH ENTRANCES AT THE SAME TIME. ALL OF THE TIME, THE ENTRY ON IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE RIGHT SIDE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A COVERED YES, IT DOES. NOW THAT'S A VERY DETAILED QUESTION. BY THE WAY, WE'RE NOT THAT FAR ALONG. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO DO THAT. WHEN WE DO THE FLOOR PLANS. I'M USED TO BUILDING STUFF AND ALL THAT, UM AND THEN MY OTHER CONCERN WAS MAINTENANCE . YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT HIGH CEILINGS OR OR BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY TO MAINTAIN STUFF YOU HAVE TO DO LIKE YOU HAVE TO RENT BOOMER LIFTS AND ALL THAT, AND THAT'S ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE SO EASY. MAINTENANCE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW PROBABLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR JUST. TRYING TO SEE VERY GOOD COMMENTS. UM I LOVE THE YOU KNOW AGAIN, SHOW YOU MAYBE WE CAN DO A LITTLE BUS TOUR TO CUESTA TO SHOW YOU HOW WE DID.

THE FINISH IS EXPOSED. LIGHTING EXPOSED AIR CONDITIONING THE RAFTERS FOR EASE OF MAINTENANCE , THE FLOORING THE CONCRETE FLOORING. THE BECAUSE THE THING IS, IS THAT WHEN LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER OR WE HAVE A VILLAGE COUNCIL CHAMBER, AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE 35 FT ABOVE. HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THAT WITH THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE GUY, RIGHT? WANT TO USE THE LADDER BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN ACTUALLY FALL AND THEN YOU HAVE WORKERS COMP. SO HOW DO YOU DO THAT? OKAY WELL, MOST. UH OKAY. SO THE GYM IS USUALLY 22 TO 24 FT FOR REGULATION TO PLAY BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BASKETBALL. AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE VILLAGE COUNCIL MIGHT BE 2022 FT. IN THAT RANGE , NOTHING IN THE 30 TO 35 FT RANGE. THAT'S TOO AND EVERYTHING ELSE. ALL THE OTHER SPACES WILL PROBABLY BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 TO 12. FT. PROBABLY WAS EXAGGERATING 35 INCHES. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW. YOU COULD GO CRAZY. ALL THE THINGS IS THAT WE THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE AESTHETICALLY IT LOOKS NICE. BUT THEN WHEN YOU'RE MAINTAINING IT, YOU'RE LIKE, WHOA! HOW DO I GET UP THERE? WITHOUT A REGULAR LADDER, SO. JUST TO ADD TO THIS CONVERSATION . SO WHEN THE COUNCIL ADOPTED LAND OF GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS BACK IN 2020 WE HAVE A PROVISION THERE ABOUT GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS. SO IF WE GET TO DESIGN R E G WILL HAVE TO DESIGN THE BUILDING USING FLORIDA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS SO IT WILL MAKE THE BUILDING MORE INJURY EFFICIENT. THE TYPES OF FURNITURES AND FIXTURES THAT WILL BE PUT IN THE SYSTEM THE BUILDING WILL SUSTAIN ITSELF, MEANING THAT YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE LOW FLOW TOILETS AND, YOU KNOW THOSE KIND OF FEATURES THAT WILL HELP US WITH EXPENSE OR COST OF ONGOING DAY TO DAY TYPE OF WEARING TEAR ITEMS. AND SO THAT'S A FEATURE OF ALL OF THIS AS WELL. THE IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE. THAT IS SOMETHING

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THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT. AND UM LIKE WHICH WHICH WHICH WHICH ONE IS LOW, WHICH MAYBE THIS IS THE RIG. WHICH WHICH DESIGN WOULD BE LOWER IN MAINTENANCE. WILL IT BE THE FLORIDA CRACKER? OR WOULD IT BE THE OLD MEDITERRANEAN WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT LESS BECAUSE IT HAS LESS. UH, INS AND OUTS AND NOOKS AND OVERHANGS. IT'S A CLEANER. LOOK UM, LIKE THE CIVIC CENTER LIKE THE CHURCH . A LOT OF OTHER BUILDINGS HERE IN TOWN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SIMPLER MISSION STYLE ARCHITECTURE. WOULD BE, I THINK WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE, BUT BOTH THE SIGNS WOULD BE DONE LIKE YOU MENTIONED FOLLOWING THE FLORIDA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS. THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO ON ALL OUR BUILDINGS, SO DEPENDING ON YOU KNOW WHICH. ELEVATION YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION YOU GO. IT'S LOWER COST IN TERMS OF LOWER MAINTENANCE, SO. OKAY AND ALL THAT CAN FACTOR INTO YOUR DECISION, YOU KNOW? WELL, I KNOW DEFINITELY BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU HAVE A BUILDING AND 30 BUILT, YOU COULD GO IN AND LOOK AT IT. AND YOU'RE LIKE, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND IT'S TOO LATE, RIGHT? I CAN TELL YOU BECAUSE I MAINTAIN WE'RE MAINTAINING A AS YOU SAID, LIKE A 10 11 YEAR OLD. BUILDING THAT, YOU KNOW. GREAT CONCEPT, BUT WE'VE GONE TO THE POINT WHERE WE EVEN HAVE OVERCROWDING DURING OUR MAJOR SERVICES. BEEN THERE LIKE MAJOR ISSUES. SO LIKE YOU WANT TO GET IT DONE, BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT FUTURE WISE BECAUSE THE THING IS, YOU DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND ADD ANOTHER ROOM AND THEN YOUR COSTS WILL BE INCREASE BECAUSE THAT'S YEARS DOWN LATER DOWN THE ROAD. AND THEN YOUR MAINTENANCE YOU HAVE YOU HAVE MAINTENANCE ISSUES BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T THINK ABOUT HOW HIGH THE CEILING WAS OR HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THE LIGHTS DOWN FOR THE MAINTENANCE GUY TO FIGURE IT OUT. SO NOW YOU HAVE TO GO OUT TO RENT THE EQUIPMENT, GET A PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICIAN AND SO YOU GET STUCK WITH ALL THESE AND IT'S MUCH MORE MONEY FOR MAINTENANCE WISE THAT YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE. SO THIS IS WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE I DO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF A NEW BUILDING. AND I'M I'M GOING THROUGH THE HURDLES OF A C UNITS , CEILINGS, MAINTENANCE, AND IT WAS YOU KNOW, IT WAS NEVER SAID AFTER THE FACT. UM THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT. IT WAS GREAT. I LOVE IT, BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER, UM THE PRIEST WAS BEFORE FATHER FRANCISCO CAME ON A THEY NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE AFTER THE FACT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS DONE LIKE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OH, WE OUTGREW THIS. AND THEN FIVE YEARS WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT ANOTHER BUILDING BECAUSE IT DOES HAPPEN. UM, SO IT'S A ONE TIME DEAL THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM OUR PUBLIC HAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT TODAY. TOMORROW UM, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN LIKE I'M I'M NOT EVEN MARRIED. I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN. BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT MY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. AND BY THEN, WITH ALL THESE HOUSES THAT ARE COMING COMING IN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW RESIDENTS. AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE EVERYONE HAS TO GO OUT OF TOWN TO RENT AN EVENT HALL. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY CONSTITUENT HAS EXPRESSED . I'M TIRED OF GOING OUT TO, UM TO STEWART, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, RENT HALLS ARE FAR AWAY. YOU CAN'T HOLD A PARTY. WE HAVE PEOPLE. UM DAY IN AND DAY OUT. CIVIC CENTER IS ALWAYS BOOKED LIKE ALL WEEKEND, THE WHOLE MONTH LIKE YOU COULD CALL RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE BOOKED FOR THE NEXT 234 MONTHS BECAUSE THERE'S NO EVENT CALLED DOWN HERE. GYMNASIUM SAME THING. THE KIDS WANT INDOOR, UM, GEMS BASKETBALL , BUT THERE'S NOTHING AROUND HERE. SO HOW DO YOU, UM, MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE FOR A COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE? UM AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO ALL THE FUTURE WORK. ABSOLUTELY VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. JENNY. AND IT'S A BALANCE MAYOR. YOU KNOW IT IS BETWEEN BUDGET AND SIZE. IT'S REALLY SO DIFFICULT. I REMEMBER WORKING WITH FATHER AND MASTER AND RAISING THE MONEY AND YOU KNOW HOW FAR HE COULD GO. IMPACT THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING RIGHT? BECAUSE DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE BUILDING SMALLER OR LARGER. YET THIS YEAR WHEN WE WENT TO THE FESTIVAL, I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE FESTIVAL. THE GUADALUPE, WHICH WAS SPECTACULAR ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF AND A LOT OF FOOD AND WENT TO THE CHURCH TO MASS, AND I WAS STUNNED BY HOW MANY PEOPLE OUTSIDE IN THE LOBBY, YOU KNOW. THE BATHROOMS. I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING THE GROWTH THAT YOU'VE HAD IN JUST 10 YEARS.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE BUILT A CATHEDRAL. IF WE COULD HAVE AFFORDED IT BACK BACK, 10

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YEARS, YOU KNOW, SO I CAN FEEL YOUR PAIN ON THE SIZE OF A BUILDING. UM I KNOW THAT BASED ON OUR WORK, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH STAFF THAT I THINK WE'VE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT GETS THE BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. YOU KNOW AT THIS CURRENT TIME, AND THERE IS THE THOUGHT OF DO YOU ADD THE THIRD FLOOR OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION , AND, UH, AND A BUDGET QUESTION . IT'S ALMOST LIKE SAYING ARE WE GOING TO HAVE 2 TO 3000 NEW HOMES OR NOT? RIGHT I MEAN, IF WE ARE THAT, MAYBE WE NEED TO BALANCE IT WITH A LARGER BUILDING. BUT IF WE THINK IT'S A SMALLER GROWTH THEN THEN WE SHOULD DO. WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING A LITTLE SMALLER. SEBASTIAN THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GROW THROUGH THE ROOF 20 YEARS AGO THEY GREW BUT THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE ROOF. YOU KNOW THEIR STUDY THERE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET BUSIER NOW BECAUSE THE FARTHER NORTH OR WEST, YOU GO. THAT'S THE AFFORDABILITY, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE PEOPLE. I THINK LOOKING. IT'S A PLEASANT DRIVE. YOU KNOW, IT'S FOUR LANES ALREADY INTO INDIAN TOWN. IT'S A VERY PLEASANT DRIVE. IT'S GOING TO BECOME VERY ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE FROM THE COAST THAT CANNOT AFFORD MY CHILDREN AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE , YOU KNOW, OR SENIORS THAT CANNOT AFFORD LIVING IN THE COAST WHEN THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A HOUSE I THINK IS NOW UP TO $600,000. IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS CRAZY. YOU KNOW? SO WHEN YOU SAY YOU CAN GET A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH HOUSE FOR 2, 50 OR 3 50, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO WANT TO LIVE OUT. IT'S A PLEASANT COMMUNITY. VICE MAYOR. I HAD A QUESTION, BUT, UM, UH, IT'S OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS. COUNCILWOMAN SUSAN GOOD. I WAS JUST WONDERING IN THESE FIGURES DOES IT INCLUDE SECURITY LIKE THE PROPER DOORS, THE CAMERAS, THE ALL THE WIRING INCLUDES ALL THAT. YES, AND, UH, VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM HAS THE CADILLAC SO YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU CAN GO VOTES BY IT. WE'RE IN BETWEEN. I MEAN THEY WENT CRAZY, YOU KNOW, THEY ASKED MANY, MANY VILLAGE OR WHAT? ROYAL PALM BEACH. OKAY, THEY'RE BUILDING THE BUNKER OF THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW, UM OKAY NOT TO CRITICIZE, BUT JUST THEY JUST FELT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY OPERATING CENTER. WE HAVE EVERYTHING COVERED HERE. WE HAVE AUDIO VISUAL. UH SECURITY. UH INTERNET TELECOMMUNICATIONS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO OPERATE THE BUILDING PROPERLY AND SPEAKING ABOUT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. I TAKE IT THAT IT IS HURRICANE? YES, BOTH BOTH BUILDINGS AND YOU CAN IT MIGHT NOT BE FOR PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW TO SLEEP THERE, BUT IT'S BUT IT DOES MEET THE HURRICANE STANDARDS. FOR BOTH BUILDINGS, OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION, BUT I DEFINITELY NEED TO GO. I'M SORRY TO CUT PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT IF I COULD PLEASE JUST ASK THE COUNCIL. THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY DO HAVE THEY CAN PLEASE PUT THEM IN A WORD DOCUMENT THAT I CAN COMPILE AND CENTER RECALL AT ONCE. THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. MHM. ALRIGHT, MADAME CLARK. WE'RE A DOCUMENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. SHADED. YEAH, AND FOR EASE. JUST GET WHEN EILEEN.

SHOULD EMAIL HER. SHE'LL GET IN THE FORMAT. THE COURT NEEDS IT. SO OKAY. SO FOR CLARITY, WE'RE NOW SENDING OUR QUESTIONS. OUR EMAILS TUNE, EILEEN? NO. OKAY I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M SORRY TO CREATE CONFUSION. YES. CINEMA TO THE CLERK IN MICROSOFT WORD. THANK YOU, OKAY, MR BROWN. ITEM NUMBER 10. THANK YOU VERY MUCH BACK, ALRIGHT. THANKS. THANKS, RICK. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT SO

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Consideration of Switching the August 11, 2022, Village Council Meeting and the August 4, 2022, Planning, Zoning, & Appeal Board Meetings 

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ITEM NUMBER 10 IS, UH, CONSIDERATION OF SWITCHING OUR AUGUST 11TH 2022 VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING AND THE AUGUST 4TH PLANNING IS ONLY AN APPEALS BOARD MEETING ON AUGUST 4TH. AH SPOKE WITH MAYOR CLARKE LAST WEEK AND SHE REQUESTED THAT DESIGN PLACED ON THE AGENDA SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, ATTEND THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES. BUSINESS MEETING ANNUAL MEETING FOR LEGAL MAYORS. THEY SEEM LIKE THEY HAVE A PACKED SCHEDULE ALSO FORTUNATE A COPY OF THEIR SCHEDULE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. I KNOW THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS FOR FROM AT LEAST TWO OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SO IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL IF YOU WANTED IF YOU CHOOSE TO, UM, MOVE THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING TO THE OR. COUNCIL WOMAN, HERNANDEZ. MAY I GET A MOTION COMMOTION SECOND? OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS IN DISCUSSION. NO DISCUSSION. YEAH, WE GOT DISCUSSION, OKAY? I'M LOOKING AT

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THE SCHEDULE AND THURSDAY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT'S A MM HMM. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT'S.

CONTAINS ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE URGENT FOR WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE ATTENDING THAT CONFERENCE TO ATTEND. UM AND WE SET OUR SCHEDULES A YEAR IN ADVANCE. AND WE ALL KNOW HOW THERE IS NO GOLDEN TICKET ON GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THIS COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WE DO NEWSPAPER. WE DO FACEBOOK. WE DO WORD OF MOUTH. WE DO NEWSLETTER AND WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT SAYS, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING. I DIDN'T YOU KNOW, AND IF WE CHANGE IT. WE'RE BREAKING THAT, UM. THAT THAT RHYTHM PEOPLE EXPECT THE SECOND AND THE FOURTH, THE SECOND AND THE FOURTH. AND I DON'T SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF PUTTING THAT CHANGING THAT MEETING BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY. I'M NOT GOING. I CAN'T ATTEND. THURSDAY OR FRIDAY . THE CONFERENCE, SO IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME AND I WAS LOOKING AT THURSDAY IN IT. LIKE I SAID, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING ON HERE. THAT'S UM, ARE SHAKING THAT. THAT NEEDS URGENT ATTENDANCE BY EVERYBODY ALSO WERE AFFECTING ANOTHER BOARD WERE CHANGING THEIR ROUTINE AND SCHEDULE. TWO AND THEIR BOARD MEMBER, SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS. AND I JUST I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY. CAN'T ADVICE, MAN.

WELL, I KNOW FOR ME, WE USUALLY HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AROUND THIS TIME EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THOSE DATES DO COMPLETE CONFLICT. AND UM, WHEN WE SET DATES, UM THIS IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT. UM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UM YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THIS MAY NOT BE IMPORTANT TO YOU TO BE AT THAT CONFERENCE UM YOU KNOW, WE GOT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE TRAVELING. AND UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER MEMBER HAVE DONE. THIS IS TO LEAVE THIS MEETING, UM AND THEN TRAVEL TO ORLANDO AND MIAMI TO ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE, WHICH NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND ALL THAT TYPE OF THING. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A BIG DEAL TO CHANGE THE DATE. SO I'LL BE IN SUPPORT OF, UH, OF THIS OF THIS AGENDA. ITEM UM, I THINK WE NEED TO AT OUR NEXT, UM, STRATEGIC MEETING. UM DISCUSS THIS, UM AND FIX IT THEN, UM, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ISSUE NOW, SO, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE WITH CHANGING THE DATES. SO THAT OUR MEMBERS CAN ATTEND. UM THIS VERY INFORMATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE. THANK YOU, MADAM. UM PARK. SO EVERY OTHER YEAR.

LEGISLATIVE SESSION CHANGES SO, UH THIS YEAR BECAUSE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS A LITTLE LATER I THINK THEY ARE STARTING POLICY COMMITTEE FOR LEGISLATIVE POLICY. UM. ON THE THURSDAY I WAS ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO GO UNTIL LIKE LATER IN THE EVENING. BUT I DID SEE THAT I HAVE TO BE THERE AT ONE TIME ACTUALLY TRAVELING AWAY BEFORE ONE PM BECAUSE I DO FOR TREASURE COASTS . UM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UM. TREASURE COAST COUNCIL. UM OUR LEAGUE OF CITIES DO INFORM THEM ABOUT MY UM, LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION. UM AND SO I DO HAVE TO BE AT THAT POLICY COMPANY. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS. I THINK IT'S. MORE IMPORTANT TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. TO ME. IT'S JUST LIKE SOMETIMES IT'S INCONVENIENT TO SERVE AND I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE TIMES THAT IT'S INCONVENIENT, AND IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, SUCK IT UP. AND WHAT'S DO WHAT WILL YOU, YOU KNOW? HAVE ON SCHEDULE AND HAVE OUR HAT ON

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SCHEDULED ALL YEAR TO DO I MEAN , WE'VE GONE UP TO ORLANDO. THIS IS DOWN IN MIAMI THERE ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE SAME TAKES UNDER TWO HOURS TO GET THERE AND COME BACK . SAME DAY. YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE DOING LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING THAT DAY IS DONE IT TOO. SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT. FROM THE MAYOR . SO MY EVENTS STARTED ON THAT WEDNESDAY AT TWO O'CLOCK. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE AGENDA. YEAH IT'S EDUCATIONAL FORM. I NEED TO BE INFORMED. CORRECT. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. YOU KNOW, TO NETWORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE TO BRING STUFF BACK, BUT ALSO TO LEARN AS LEADERS. I MEAN , SOMEBODY WOULD TAKE THE HAM NEXT TIME. UM YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WAS INVOLVED WHEN YOU WAS THE MAYOR, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE NETWORKING WITH PEOPLE TO BRING STUFF BACK WHERE WE'RE FOREVER LEARNING, BUT WE KNEW AND TRUST ME. IT WILL GET OLD WERE NEW. MHM SO I JUST LIKE MEETING THE PEOPLE AND GETTING IDEAS FROM OTHER CITIES. SOMEBODY WHO'S ALREADY SEASONED . WE'RE NOT SEASONED YET. BUT WE'RE ON OUR WAY THERE. WE'RE GETTING THERE. SO WHAT YOU KNOW FOR US TO GO SOMEWHERE AND LEARN SOMETHING. GET SOME INPUT. UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. MAY I GET A MOTION FOR US TO SWITCH OUR MEETING WITH WHICH WE HAVE EMOTION, RIGHT ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED. FOR FOUR YESES AND ONE. ANNOUNCEMENTS SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I WOULD LIKE TO

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ASK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ARE WE THROUGH IT? THE AGENDA ITEMS. SOUTH SINCE, UH YOU REPRESENT US FOR THE CHAMBER. I JUST WANT THIS TO BE ON THE PUBLIC RECORD BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET INFORMATION AND I CAN'T, UH, WHEN THE CHAMBER HAD THEIR INSTALLATION SERVICE WHEN WE WAS OUT THERE AT CHI CHI FARMS. REMEMBER THAT? YEAH AND THE Y M C. A. WAS THERE AND PEOPLE WAS, YOU KNOW, DONUT BIDDING, DONATING, YOU KNOW, PAYING MONEY . SO HAVE YOU PAID YOUR $100 YET ? THEY HAVE NEVER SENT ME AN INVOICE. AND I'VE ASKED ABOUT THAT. OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE JUST PUT THIS ON THE PUBLIC RECORD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T EITHER. I MADE A $500 DONATION. I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU KNOW, EVER YOU KNOW, ASK FOR MONEY, AND YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT. SO YOU HAVEN'T PAID GEORGE. AS OF TODAY. I'VE ASKED ABOUT IT AND THEN VOICE AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMING. SO WHEN I GET ONE, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THANK YOU. SO WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T FLOATING OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT IS ELECTION YEAR, SOMETHING COULD COME UP. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE RECORD THAT I'M NOT TRYING TO PAY MY COMMITMENT TO MAYOR. I ASKED CHRISTINE AUTO, TOO, AS WELL AND I'VE NOT HEARD BACK. YOU HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM. OKAY SO THE CLERK HAS REACHED OUT. MR BROWN DID REACH OUT TO HER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DONALD COMMON AT THE CHAMBER. I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP TRACK. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT NOBODY TO SAY I'M NOT TRYING TO PAY NO, I WAS GONNA SAY, UM MAYBE WE CAN CHECK WITH THE, UM THE STAFF BUT THEY HAD THEY HAVE ALREADY DID IT SO WE'RE GOOD. FLORIDA SHE'S ALREAD. MM HMM. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR ME FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. I'M JUST YOU KNOW, I JUST I GUESS THEY GOT MONEY. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO. OH, NO, MAN, NOTHING. JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM PAID MONEY. THAT'S ALL ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS. MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.