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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THIS VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. REGULAR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 23RD 2023 ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAY GIBBS THOMAS HERE. VICE MINISTER MOON COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE APOLLO HERE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR US HERE. FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. WHEN SPEAKING, PLEASE MAKE SURE IF YOU STEP UP OR WHEN YOU STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS GREEN THAT THAT IS ON . MAKE SURE THAT YOU SPEAK CLOSELY TO THE MICROPHONE AND PROJECT YOUR VOICE. I KNOW I'VE HAD PEOPLE CONTACT ME SAYING AND , UH AND PEOPLE ZOOMING IN AND LISTENING OR IN GOING BACK AND WATCHING. THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THE MICROPHONES ARE NOT BEING, UM USED CORRECTLY, SO IF EVERYBODY WOULD JUST BE VERY AWARE OF THAT, AND STEP UP MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK INTO THE. SPEAK INTO THE MIKE TURNED OFF WHEN YOU'RE DONE SAVES THE BATTERY SAVES US. AND IF YOU SEE, UM IF YOU SEE A THUMBS UP FROM ANYBODY THAT MEANS SPEAK LOUDER. SO ALSO SILENCE YOUR CELLPHONES. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE. ALSO YOU HAVE AN EXIT ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR RIGHT.
THERE'S ALSO AN EXIT TO YOUR LEFT OF THE BATHROOMS ARE ALSO LOCATED. TO THE LEFT OF YOU IN THE STRAIGHT BACK ARE THE FACILITIES. ALSO UM, YOU WILL FIND A CIVILITY STATEMENT ON THE FRONT OF OUR AGENDA. CIVILITY IS PRACTICED BY THE PUBLIC AND COUNCIL ALIKE AT OUR MEETINGS.
OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM PASTOR PEDRO. KAMAL WITH THE FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER SPANISH CHURCH. PASTOR IF EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOUR PRESENCE, LORD, AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER LOWER IN THIS MEETING. AND FATHER. WE WANT TO . ASK YOU TO BE PART OF THIS MEETING TONIGHT. LORD WE INVITE YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS PLACE.
FATHER GOD. WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF THIS FATHER AND WE ASK YOU TO GIVE US THE WISDOM, LORD GOD GIVE THE WISDOM TO THE LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. BLESS OUR MAYOR, OUR VICE MAYOR AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER FATHER BLESSED THE ADMINISTRATION AND JUST GIVE US THE GUIDANCE FATHER THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE DECISIONS TONIGHT, LORD AND FATHER. PLEASE BLESS OUR COMMUNITY. WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON. JESUS. AMEN. MY PLEASURE TO FLY OUT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS . ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR US. THANK YOU, PASTOR. OKAY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS PULLED
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ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS. UM YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM. YES MAYOR. WE ASKED THAT ITEM 10 BE MOVED UP. AH! IN FRONT OF ITEM SIX SO WE CAN KEEP ALL THE TERRA LAGO ITEMS TOGETHER. AND ALSO THAT ITEM 12 BE MOVED UP PRIOR TO ITEM 11. OKAY? SO THOSE ARE THE MODIFICATIONS IS THERE? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IS THAT IT? OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE'S ANY, WILL YOU EVERYBODY'S AGREEABLE TO THAT. WE'RE GOOD WITHOUT DO WE NEED THAT EMOTION? NO, THAT'LL BE DONE IN THE OKAY?[PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]
OKAY WE'RE ONTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR EVENING. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THE PUBLIC HAS THREE MINUTES TO STEP UP. WELL FIRST YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT A CARD. UM AND GIVE IT TO OUR CLERK AND A STEP UP. MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONE IS ON SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. IF THERE IS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO WHEN THAT ITEM COMES UP IS WHEN YOU STEP UP TO SPEAK TO IT. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? YES, MADAM MAYOR, FIRST PERSON, DOUG CALDWELL. YOUR FIRST FOUR OCLOCK. MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL PEOPLE. DISTINGUISHED GUESTS STAFF. I GOT I COME HERE SPECIAL TONIGHT.[00:05:09]
I WAS DOING SOMETHING ELSE. I GOTTA LEAVE EARLY, SO AND TUESDAY PAPER OF JULY. OR FEBRUARY 14TH JULY 14TH. I'M NOT I'M OLD, BUT I'M NOT THAT OLD. FEBRUARY, 14TH ON THE FIRST PAGE INDIAN TOWN CALLED MOST AFFORDABLE PLACE IN FLORIDA. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO PUT IN THE RECORD. AH! BECAUSE THAT'S AN OUTSTANDING THING. IT SAYS ANY TIME WAS RANKED FIRST AMONG THE MOST AFFORDABLE PLACES IN FLORIDA IN 2022, MOVING UP MOVING UP FROM EIGHTH PLACE IN 2020, ACCORDING TO THE SOME STUDY BY SOME ART ASSETS SMART ASSET ALMOST ALMOST. I WAS ALMOST I WAS ALMOST UNCIVIL WITH THAT ONE. YEAH FOR SURE. ANYWAY LET ME LET ME START AGAIN. SMART ASSET, A NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY RANKED RANKED , BELIEVE IT OR NOT RANKED 107TH IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE STAFF AND TO YOU GUYS IN THE FIRST THE FIRST TOUR AS AN INCORPORATION, AND I THINK THAT'S AN OUTSTANDING THING THAT SHOULD BE MEMORIZED MEMORABLE IZED IN THE MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS GAIL STEWART. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS K. L STEWART HAVE NOT DONE THIS BEFORE. SO GET CLOSE. TELL ME WHERE I'M OUT OF LINE. THIS IS CONCERNING THE 55 ACRE.DEVELOPMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADD PARKS A D, A COMPLIANT FOR THOSE FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHO MAY NEED THOSE MODALITIES TO GET AROUND. FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. UM, FOR THE AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. PERHAPS PLACE UH SIX FT WHILE AROUND AND INCLUDE PATHS. FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE AND PLAYGROUND. WAS SWINGS , TRAILS HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
LARGE ENOUGH FOR WHEELCHAIRS, STROLLERS, PARENTS, BICYCLES AND ADULTS TO A COMPANY. THERE WOULDN'T BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC IF YOU DECIDED TO MAKE IT A. A NURSING HOME IF THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING CONSIDERED. WE WOULD HAVE A LARGER CAPACITY JUST MORE . IT WOULD BE EMPLOYEES WHO WOULD HAVE. A MASSIVE STRUCTURE , BUT IT WOULDN'T BE SO MUCH TORN APART. UM WE COULD PRESERVE OUR WETLANDS WOULD LIKE TO SEE SIGNAGE FOR THE BRIDGE WALKERS AND LOCATIONS FOR PARKING. ALSO FOR INDIAN TOWN. MARINA IS THERE IS NONE. PEOPLE COME DOWN OUR STREET AND WONDER WHERE THE MARINA IS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BUFFER ZONE CHANGE FROM 15 FT OF FIVE OH 50 FT. I WROTE HER RECENTLY RESURFACED, THERE'S NO NEED TO BRING IN HEAVY CONSTRUCTION. VEHICLES DOWN OUR EXISTING ROAD, PERHAPS CREATE A ROAD ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS AS AN ALTERNATIVE. FOR THE RAILROAD CROSSING ON OUR EXISTING STREET CANNOT EVEN HANDLE TWO VEHICLES AT A TIME IN A LOT OF NEAR COLLISIONS, THE CURRENTS A CURVE. FERNWOOD FOREST AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF WAR FIELD. IT'S ON A CURVE, SO IT'S A BLIND SPOT. SO ALTHOUGH THERE ARE GATES AND IT IS MONITORED, AND JACKSONVILLE IS IN INVOLVED WITH WITH THE TRAFFIC FOR THE RAILROAD, UM, FORWARD THINKING I WOULD. EVEN SUGGEST SOMETHING LIKE THIS. DO SOMETHING LIKE THEY DID NEAR FORT MYERS MAKE IT LIKE BABCOCK RANCH. IT WAS COMPLETELY SOLAR POWERED. PEOPLE WITH TESLA AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN HOMES. THEY COULD HAVE THEIR OWN CHARGING STATIONS. IT COULD BE IN A COMPLETELY NEW DEVELOPMENT AND F P L COULD GET BEHIND IT BECAUSE THIS IS A SOLAR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. I THINK I'M DONE. PERFECT TIMING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. JOHN J. PEOPLE SWALLOWING HELLO, EVERYBODY. HELLO. GOOD EVENING, JP. JOHN
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PASCUAL, OPEN MY PHONE. OKAY, SO . PARK TREES AND WETLANDS. THOSE ARE THE THREE ISSUES WHEN SOMEONE DRIVES TO INDIAN TOWN. THE FIRST THING THEY THINK IS WHAT A NICE SMALL COUNTRY TOWN LOOK AT ALL THE TREES, PINES AND PALMS. HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING. FROM WHAT HAS HAPPENED DOWN SOUTH, THE EVERGLADES, BIG CYPRUS. OR FROM DR SEUSS, THE LORAX. REALLY THANK GOD. PEOPLE HAVE SPOKE UP TO TRY AND FIX THE DAMAGES TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND WHAT'S DONE SOUTH DOWN SOUTH FROM US. BUT IT DOES. IT SEEMS IT COMES DOWN TO A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. BUT ONLY A FEW PEOPLE WERE INCLUDED IN THE DECISION THAT HELD THE FATE OF INDIAN TOWN. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE ENEMIES AROUND HERE ABOUT ANYTHING OVER THIS. LET'S LISTEN TO EACH OTHER AND FIGURE THIS OUT. A FEW WANT LESS. AND IF YOU ACTUALLY IF YOU WANT NO MORE TREES, THEY DON'T WANT TREES PROTECTED. THEY DON'T WANT HABITAT PROTECTION, BUT MANY OTHERS WANT A LOT OF IT PROTECTED. SO SINCE THE PROPOSED RIVER OAKS 177 UNIT RENTAL COMMUNITY. HAS BEEN PROPOSED IN OUR 55 ACRE ANCIENT COMIC IT HAS NO PARKS, SO I URGE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE. THAT A PARK WOULD BE BUILT ON SOUTH WEST PALM DRIVE. I'M REQUESTING THAT ALL OF THE VISUAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE A PEDESTRIAN PARK ON SOUTH WEST PALM DRIVE THAT WILL JOIN THE TWO COMMUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO SIT AND GATHER AND THEN WALK IN ARE ALREADY SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE AND OUR KIDS AND OUR PETS PLAY IN THE STREET. THIS PARK ALSO CAN KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF OUR U SHAPED NEIGHBORHOOD BY KEEPING TRAFFIC OFF SOUTHWEST PINEVIEW AVENUE AND SOUTH WEST MAPLE AVENUE. LASTLY I ASKED THE VILLAGE COUNCIL TO ALL WORK TOGETHER AND OPEN THE L. D. R S FROM CHAPTER FOUR. AND HAVE US THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND VOTE HERE, PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAKE CHANGES TO IT. SPECIFIC WETLAND SETBACK.DISTANCES ARE NEEDED. I RECOMMEND LOOKING AT WHAT MARTIN COUNTY HAS IN PLACE TO SAVE THESE HABITATS. WE ALSO NEED DETAILED WORDING TO SAVE TYPES OF TREES SUCH AS GUMBO, LIMBO, OAKS PINES, CYPRUS, ETCETERA TO PRESERVE THE BEAUTY OF INDIAN TOWN FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO WE GOT THREE THINGS WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE. THAT YOU GUYS THE VILLAGE COUNCIL STAFF WOULD WORK ON. NO ROAD. THROUGH SOUTH WEST PALM DRIVE, RATHER HAVE A WALK TO PARK JOINING US TO THE PROPOSED RIVER OAKS DEVELOPMENT. ED MARTIN COUNTY WETLAND SETBACKS TO THE L. D R S AND ADD SPECIFIC DETAILS FOR TREE PROTECTION. WHAT TREES? HOW BIG ? HOW MANY, ETCETERA. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS LEAH PASQUALE? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.
HOPEFULLY I WON'T GET TOO I HAVE A TEACHER VOICE, SO BE WORTH OF IT. ALRIGHT SO GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LEAH. FISCAL AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS IN ANY TOWN. I AM A NATIVE FLORIDIAN. I'VE LIVED ALL OVER THE STATE. I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT TO REQUEST ON CHANGES TO THE CHAPTER FOUR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. FIRST AND SECTION 4-3 SEE IT STATES THAT ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT , REDEVELOPMENT OR SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SHALL RETAIN EXISTING NATIVE AS RECOGNIZED BY THE U. F. INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SCIENCES. YES, SCIENCES AND MATURE VEGETATION TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT. I REQUEST THAT THIS REGULATION IS URGENTLY ADDRESSED TO REQUIRE SPECIFIC MEASURABLE REQUIREMENTS ON HOW EXISTING NATIVE IMMATURE VEGETATION IS TO PRESERVED IN ADDITION TO ANY MITIGATION MEASURES. SECOND. IN SECTION 4-7 A. THE WETLAND PRODUCTIONS ARE BASED ON STATE GUIDELINES. THESE GUIDELINES ARE NOT ENOUGH. I REQUESTED THESE REGULATIONS IS REGULATIONS URGENTLY ADDRESSED, REQUIRING A 50 FT SETBACK FOR WETLAND PRESERVATION IN ADDITION TO ANY MITIGATION MEASURES.
LASTLY I HAVE THREE OTHER ITEMS THAT DO NOT INVOLVE CHAPTER FOUR. FIRST I URGENTLY REQUEST THAT YOU MAKE PROVISION. TO REQUIRE ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO EXISTING PROPERTIES TO HAVE A MANDATORY MEETING TO DISCUSS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED. THIS IS COURTEOUS AND MAKES A NEW AND EXISTING COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, GOOD NEIGHBORS, AND RIGHT NOW, I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE RIVER OAKS COMMUNITY. SECOND I URGE YOU REQUEST THAT ANY PROPOSED OR DRAFTED ORDINANCE SHOULD BE POSTED ON THE VILLAGE WEBSITE FOR COMMUNITY COMMENT BEFORE GOING TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING APPEALS BOARD. THIRD IN REGARD TO APPLICATION NUMBER SP DASH 21-6 25 THE RIVER OAKS PROJECT URGENTLY REQUEST THAT THE ENTRANCE FROM RIVER OAKS PROJECT ON THE SOUTH WEST PALM DRIVE BE REMOVED AND INSTEAD OF COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE BE ADDED TO ADJOIN BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ON THE PROPERTIES
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ON SOUTHWEST TRIED SOUTH WEST PALM DRIVE, SOUTHWEST MAPLE AVENUE AND SOUTHWEST PINEVIEW AVENUE AND PROVIDE A GREAT OUTDOOR SPACE FOR ALL RESIDENTS . I WILL BE GLAD TO SEND EACH OF YOU A COPY OF MY COMMENTS FOR YOU TO RESPOND TO MY QUESTION CONCERNS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. WE NEED A PRESSLER. MY NAME IS RONNY TO PRESSLER. I'VE LIVED IN INDIAN TOWN FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. ON FEBRUARY 2ND. THERE WAS A MEETING OF THE PLANNING ZONING BOARD. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE VIDEO. I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. MANY RESIDENTS FROM INDIAN TOWN ATTENDED BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A 55 ACRE DEVELOPMENT CALLED RIVER OAK PROJECT. THAT BACKS UP TO LONG TIME EXISTING HOMES. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEETING. UPSET QUITE A FEW. AND I WOULD CERTAINLY SAY IT OPENED RESIDENTS EYES. IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS ABOUT TREE PRESERVATION. RESIDENTS HEARD THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPERS, REPRESENTATIVES SAY QUOTE AND I WROTE THIS DOWN. THE DEVELOPER IS NOT REQUIRED TO PRESERVE ONE TREE. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.THE CODE DON'T JUST DOESN'T REQUIRE IT. WHEN ASKED ABOUT WETLAND PRESERVATION AND THE SIZE OF THE BUFFER ZONE. RESIDENTS HEARD THE DEVELOPER IS PLANNING THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEVELOPER MUST HAVE GROWN TIRED OF OUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEIR ATTORNEY TOOK OVER THE QUESTIONING, THEIR ATTORNEY STEPPED TO THE MICROPHONE, WHICH STRUCK ME AS VERY INAPPROPRIATE. AND THEN A. IT AMOUNTED TO LIKE A NAME, RANK AND SERIAL NUMBER QUESTIONING OF THE WITNESS. IN OTHER WORDS, THEIR ATTORNEY, NOT THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. WORD. TOOK OVER THE QUESTIONING. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? WHAT IS YOUR POSITION? WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE? IT WAS AROUND THAT TIME THAT THEY TOLD US THAT WE HAVE TO APPROVE THEIR APPLICATION. THE EXACT WORDS WERE YOU MUST APPROVE. THE PLANNING BOARD WAS TOLD THAT THE SITE AS A WHOLE NEEDS TO BE ELEVATED. THE SITE IS SO WET THAT A MAP INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION PACKAGE SHOWED MANY AREAS MARKED AS INACCESSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY VEGETATION. THE DEVELOPER TOLD US THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO BRING IN 3 TO 4 FT. OF PHIL. RESIDENTS OF EXISTING HOMES ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING.
THE QUESTION OF FLOODING WAS ASKED, BUT NOT ANSWERED. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THIS PLAN BECAUSE WE QUOTE, QUOTE AGAIN, WE ARE ALLOWED TO BUILD 640 UNITS ON THIS SITE.
THIS THIS EXPERIENCE SHOWS US THE WEAKNESS OF CHAPTER FOUR. CHAPTER FOUR HAS SOME NICE WORDS , BUT THERE ARE NO TEETH IN IT. RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH EACH OF YOU. AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN AND MAKE CHANGES TO CHAPTER FOUR AND OTHER AREAS OF OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. FRIDAYS AT FOUR O'CLOCK AT THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN MENTIONED AS A GOOD TIME FOR A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. PHYLLIS BROWN. GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS FELLOWS BROWN. UM WE HAD TO CLEAN UP ON JANUARY 28TH. IT WAS OUR SECOND ANNUAL CLEANUP FOR I TELL MY TOWN. THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED WHO CAME OUT AND PARTICIPATED. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO WANTED TO PARTICIPATE WAS BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. OUR NEXT COMMUNITY CLEANUP IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY.
2023 WE'LL GIVE YOU THE EXACT DATE OF THAT SOONER TO THE TIME OF IT. WE'RE DIVIDING THE VILLAGE IN HALF SO THAT WE CAN DO ONE HALF ON ONE DAY AND THEN FOUR MONTHS LATER, WE'LL DO THE OTHER HALF, SO THE FIRST HALF IS MAY IT WILL BE BROKEN APART, BUT WE'LL GET CLEANED FIRST. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT. THE COUNCIL CAME OUT. THE BOARD SUPPORTED US, AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. LORETTA HILL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HAVE
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A COMPLAINT. I'M GONNA BRINGING SOMETHING. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. YEAH I'M BRINGING THE SWAMP FEST TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD AND THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO WORK ON IT. IT'S NOT TILL JUNE, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY STONES THAT HAS TO BE CORRECTED AND TURNED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT UP TONIGHT SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE UNEVENTFUL DAY ON TOP OF ANYTHING ELSE. IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH. IN THE YEARS PAST, WE HAD NO PROBLEMS, NO ISSUES. BUT WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. SO WE WANT TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING, IF ANY CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE FOR THE SWAMP FESTIVAL FOR THIS YEAR. UM, ON LAST YEAR. NOW YOU LEFT. LAST YEAR. UM. IT JUST GREW LIKE CRAZY. HOWEVER WE ENDED UP WE HAD TWO SEPARATE GROUPS THAT WAS WORKING SWAMP FAST AND THEN THE HOMECOMING. WHICH IS ACTUALLY ON THE SAME DAY. IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE SAME LOCATION OF TOWN, SO I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL IF IT'S ANY WAY THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY MEET AND GROUP TOGETHER SO THAT IT'S ONE GROUP , BUT BOTH EVENTS CAN STILL HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A COMMUNITY THERE. EVERYBODY ENJOYED BOTH SECTIONS.THE SECTION OVER BY THE PARK IS WHERE THE YOUNGER PEOPLE HANG OUT THE YOUNGER ACTIVITIES AND THEN THE SECTION THAT WAS HELD ON THE NONPROFIT HOUSING PROJECT WAS WHERE THE OLDER PEOPLE HUNG OUT. IT WAS THEIR MUSIC THINGS THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AND IT WAS VERY ENJOYABLE, BUT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO INTERMINGLE. UM LAST YEAR THE COUNCIL DID PAY FOR I THINK THE BATHROOMS AND THEY WERE SET IN A CENTRAL LOCATION, SO EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO USE BOTH THE BATHROOMS. AND THE TRASH CONTAINERS, AND I'M ASKING IF IT'S POSSIBLE AND EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH. IF WE COULD DO THE SAME THING THIS YEAR, KEEP IT IN A CENTRAL LOCATION AND JUST HAVE BOTH GROUPS WORK TOGETHER IN OPPOSED TO TRYING TO DO ONE THIS DAY ONE THIS DAY, JUST EVERYBODY COME TOGETHER AND STILL HAVE IT ON THE SAME DAY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ONE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANKS. PUBLIC COMMENT. JOSHUA KELLUM. MAYOR VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF JOSH KELLUM WITH GARCIA COMPANIES. I WANTED TO STAND UP HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL ON AN ITEM THAT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AND REALLY SUPPORTING COMMUNITY RIGHT OUT TO OUR RIGHT HERE IN SANDY OAKS, AND I'VE MET WITH SANDY OAKS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WITH OUR PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. THAT'S THAT'S SURROUNDING SANDY OAKS AND I WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE'S SOME FLOODING THAT HAPPENS ON SOME OF THE FEEDER ROADS THAT RUN INTO SANDY OAKS, AND SO I WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOU ALL AS ATTENTION THAT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR ENGINEERING TEAM. WE HAVE SENT A LETTER TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND SUPPORT OF HELPING TO FIND A SOLUTION. WITH SOME OF THE FLOODING PROBLEMS WE'VE TALKED WITH WITH YOUR DIRECTOR PAT ABOUT IT, AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME GOOD IDEAS OR SOME SIMPLE THINGS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO BE DONE, SO I JUST WANTED TO STAND UP HERE TO SUPPORT AN EFFORT AND HELPING AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO RESOURCE WISE OR OUR TEAM WIVES. TO HELP IN THAT PROCESS. WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE HAS A GOOD NEIGHBOR. WE ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND DO THAT . SO I JUST WANTED TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TONIGHT AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, UH AND IF YOU SEE A LETTER THAT I SENT THE MANAGER, IT'S VERY SIMPLE, BUT DIRECT TO THE POINT THAT WE WANT TO STAND HERE AND HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT, MADAM MAN, OKAY. SO WE GET TO OUR COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCIL
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MEMBER PEREZ, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THIS EVENING? CUT EVENING ALL WELCOME TO OUR MEETING. I DO. I HAVE TWO THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS IF WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE SELLING SELLING OF THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO RINDS. UM I FEEL THAT WE NEED TO GET OUR FINANCE COMFORTABLE. AND MAYBE WITH THE MONEY FROM THE CELL WE CAN USE IS TO PLEDGE TOWARDS OUR STATE FUNDING FOR[00:25:01]
PROJECTS. AND THE SECOND ONE IS TO HAVE MISSED TARYN BE VILLAGE MANAGER FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. I FEEL THAT YOU KNOW, SHE NEGOTIATED WITH F PIANO WHEN WE HAD HIM THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT THEM HERE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE INDIAN TOWN HAS A STEADY TAX BASE. AND OVERSEE THE INSTALLATION AND LAUNCH OF THE NEW SOFTWARE. WE JUST BROUGHT. AND MY I WILL BE ZOOMING IN NEXT MEETING. OKAY? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULA. YEAH I'LL LET GO OF THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT SELLING THAT LOT. GETTING IT BACK ON THE TAX ROLL AND HOPEFULLY HAVING SOMEBODY BUILD ON IT. UM. SO I AGREE WITH YOU 100. AND. I THINK WE OUGHT TO POSTPONE OUR.WORKSHOP THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE I THINK WE'RE WASTING TIME . THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. I THINK WE HAVE LEADER IN VILLAGE HALL IS VERY CAPABLE. UM I CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE. I'M SURE THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE. AND THERE'S NO NEED. RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIND ANYBODY, BUT YOU CAN SAY, HEY, THIS PERSON DID A GREAT JOB FOR NORTH PALM BEACH. THIS PERSON DID A GREAT JOB FOR CITY X. OKAY THE THING IS NORTH PALM BEACH.
THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE. THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA TEAR ONE DOWN. THAT THAT IS AN EASY VILLAGE MANAGER. JOB VERY EASY. THIS IS NOT AN EASY JOB. WE NEED SOMEBODY HERE THAT HAS THE RELATIONSHIPS. WITH THE F B NL TO NEGOTIATE WITH THAT PIANO. THAT IS A BIG DEAL THAT FBN L WE DON'T HAVE A VILLAGE. SO SHE'S GOT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. AND I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST DRIVER OF THE BOAT. RIGHT NOW. SHE'S STARING IT IN THE DIRECTION NEEDS TO BE STARED AT HIM. AND SO I THINK THAT. WASTING OUR TIME LOOKING TO REPLACE VILLAGE MANAGER AT THIS POINT IS A WASTE OF TIME. SO I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE HER SOME TIME A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE SHE CAN GET THE THINGS DONE THAT NEED TO BE DONE. AND THEN WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, THEN WE NEED TO START LOOKING FOR A VILLAGE MANAGER. BUT AS LONG AS SHE'S WILLING TO STAY HERE SHE'S GOT MY SUPPORT.
100% I HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN HER. SO. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST CANCEL OUR. MARCH FOUR WORKSHOP THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED. AND WE WENT TO GRIND HARD TODAY. I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. UM IT TAKES A LOT TO IMPRESS ME. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH CRYING HEART. THE OPERATION THAT THEY HAVE OVER THERE AND THE SAFETY INVOLVED IN IT. IS PARAMOUNT. IT'S PARAMOUNT. THERE'S THEY'RE GOING TO EMPLOY PEOPLE. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING. SO I'M SURE THAT IF ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO GO OVER AND TAKE A LOOK , THEY'LL THEY'LL PROBABLY ACCOMMODATE YOU. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER.
HERNANDEZ YES, HAPPY THURSDAY. I WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF ON GETTING ON TOP OF THE CONTRACTOR OF 7 10. THEY FINALLY DID SOME TLC ON THAT BRIDGE AND EAT IT. IT UM THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE CURRENTLY IF STAFF CAN LOOK AT AND TAKE CARE WITH THE CONTRACTORS, THE 7 10 DRAINAGES ON ALLAH PATA. THEY LOOK REALLY BAD. THEY HAVE OVERGROWTH. THEY HAVE WEED. IT'S DRY SEASON. WE DON'T WANT RAINY SEASON COMING IN AND THEN, UH, HAVE ANOTHER POOPSIE ON ALLAH. PATA SO PLEASE , IF, UM WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT, UM, ALSO, RESIDENTS IN, UH , INDIAN MOUND AND IN THE UPTOWN AREA HAVE BEEN REALLY ASKING ME IN REGARDS OF LIGHTS. IT'S PITCH DARK. UM, I'VE EXPRESSED THIS TO THE CURRENT MANAGER, PREVIOUS MANAGER AND TO MR PATRICK, UM, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE'RE HEARING THEM. WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT JUST PUTTING THEM ON THE SIDE. UM IT'S PITCH DARK LIKE YOU CAN PUT YOUR HAND IN. YOU PROBABLY NOT SEE IT. SO UM, IF WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, AND IMPROVING THAT LIGHT ON THE WHOLE LIKE FROM INDIAN MOUND DRIVE, WHICH IS FROM OKEECHOBEE , DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO OSCEOLA. IT'S PITCH DARK. UM ALSO SO RESIDENTS UM, HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO ME. UM FROM NEAR THE RIVER. UM THE FERNWOOD FOREST
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RESIDENTS AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS. TRUST ME. I'VE BEEN IN THEIR SHOES. I'VE AH, I'VE SEEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A DEVELOPMENT HAVING WHAT DID AREA IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND HAVING A DEVELOPMENT COME IN, AND LITERALLY. I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT. UM SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST STAFF TO BRING BACK GARDEN GUARDS OF L D R S. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PART OF THE L D R. THIS IS AWAKE QUESTION IN REGARDS OF TRYING TO MAKE DEVELOPERS MEET WITH AFFECTED RESIDENTS ADJACENT OR AFFECTED. UM I THINK THAT WILL BE PERSONALLY IMPACTED ME AS A RESIDENT. I UNDERSTAND THESE RESIDENTS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS COME IN. THEY DO THE JOB. THEY BRING THE BUILDING AND THEN GUESS WHO GETS STUCK WITH THE CONSEQUENCES. RESIDENTS WHO GETS IMPACTED WITH WATER WITH STREETS WITH WITH, UM STREETS BEING OVERUSED, SO I REALLY THINK THAT, UM, PUTTING MY SHOES AND THEY'RE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH NOW. I WOULD LIKE FIRST STAFF TO DO THAT, UM, ADDITIONALLY TO THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM THAT WE CAN BRING CHAPTER FOUR. UM I HAVE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT TREE PRESERVATION. SOME YOU KNOW, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE TO HEAR DEVELOPERS AND BEING THEIR SHOES BUT ALSO RESIDENTS. SO HOW CAN WE COME AND COMMON GROUNDS? SO IF WE CAN, UM, COME TO SOME MEANS IN REGARDS OF CHAPTER FOUR. I THINK WE OWE IT TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE LIVED HERE THAT HAVE MOVED HERE FOR A REASON, AND THEIR REASONING IS THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER. JENSEN BEACH, ANOTHER STEWART BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU MY DRIVE, AND I HATE IT NOW. SO BAD. MY DRAWING. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DON'T GO TO JENSEN BEACH BECAUSE MY DRIVE TO L. A FITNESS EARLY IN THE MORNING WOULD BE 30 MINUTES AND NOW IT'S LIKE LITERALLY I IT'S AN HOUR, SO I THINK THAT, UM WE OWE IT TO OUR RESIDENTS TO LOOK ON THIS. UM AND, UH, I ADDITIONALLY TO WHAT? UM. COUNCIL MEMBERS.APOLLO I DO WANT TO THANK MR POWERS AND GRIND HARD, UM, IN REGARDS OF SHOWING ME THEIR, UM , FACILITY. YOU KNOW, I HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS IN REGARDS OF YOU KNOW THEIR THEIR FACILITY AND COMING TO INDIAN TOWN, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, I ASKED SO MANY QUESTIONS. UM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE ME FEEL SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE, OR, UM , THEM COMING INTO A NEW TOWN.
AND I THINK, UM, MR AUSTIN FOR THINKING ABOUT IN YOUR TALENT, BECAUSE I KNOW CITY OF PORT ST LUCIE IN ST LUCIE COUNTY ARE TRYING TO PULL PEOPLE IN JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE LEAVING THAT THAT AREA, SO I THINK, MR AUSTIN FOR THINKING ABOUT ANY OF TALENT THINKING ABOUT INDIAN TOWN RESIDENTS UM AND I RSC UNIONTOWN HIGH SCHOOL . IT'S STILL ON OR IN THE WORKS.
THEY UM THEY WILL BE MOVING FROM BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB TO THE FACILITY HERE NEXT TO THE CIVIC CENTER BY MARCH, UM, AND THEY ARE HOPING TO START THEIR NEW CLASSES IN AUGUST. SO IF ANYONE KNOWS ANY INCOMING NINTH GRADER INCOMING 10TH GRADER THAT WANTS TO GO INTO ANY TOWN OF HIGH SCHOOL, PLEASE, PLEASE. IT'S SOMETHING AMAZING BEING PART OF HISTORY. UM ALSO, IF ANYONE KNOWS ANY ANY TOWN RESIDENT THAT THE CURRENT NINTH GRADER I WAS A TECH STOCK AND, UM, SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT, THIS TAKE STOCK SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT, UM OR SCHOLARSHIP ACTUALLY HELPS YOU GO TO COLLEGE. UM IT'S A FOUR YEAR FULL RIDE. THERE ARE SOME UM SOME LIMITATIONS OR CRITERIAS . YOU GOTTA MEET, BUT THEY HAVE OPEN APPLICATIONS UNTIL MARCH, 10TH. SO IF YOU KNOW ANY ANY IN TOWN RESIDENT OR ANYONE IN MARTIN COUNTY AND WANTS TO HAVE A FULL RIDE, UM TO SCHOOL, THE ONLY LIMITATIONS AS YOU GO TWO YEARS TO IRIS, SEE HERE AND THEN THE NEXT TWO YEARS YOU CAN GO TO ANY UNIVERSITY AND THE WHOLE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THAT'S THAT'S MONEY THAT I THINK, IRIS E. I THINK, TAKE STOCK AND CHILDREN BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE IN THE POSITION. I AM IF IT WEREN'T FOR THEM, BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO GO AND GET MY EDUCATION AND GET MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE WITH THAT, SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE BREAK. THANK YOU. MAYOR STOCK. I GUESS
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THERE'S NOT MUCH TO SAY AFTER THAT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING. APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S IT SHORT AND SWEET. THANK YOU, UM, WELCOME, EVERYONE. UM APPRECIATE EVERYONE JOINING US THIS EVENING IN PERSON OR BY ZONE. APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO STAY INFORMED AND BE INVOLVED. JUST KIND OF BUILD ON SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THIS EVENING. A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS UM, MENTIONED THE FBL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT TPP AGREEMENT. AND IT IS UP THIS UP THIS YEAR. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO INTO GUESS NEGOTIATIONS. WITH IT. I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE SEEING HOW SLOWLY THE YEARS OF GOVERNMENT TURN THAT WE START THAT PROCESS. NOW IT TAKES TIME AND DEALING WITH THREE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS. THREE FINANCE DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE EACH ONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO REVIEW EVEN AFTER AN ALL NIGHT NEGOTIATIONS. WHAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE IT? SO UM, I THINK IT UH WOULD BE WHO OF US TO GET MOVING ON THAT NOW INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT TO THE LAST MINUTE, BUT IT IT WOULD GIVE IT THE TIME AND THE ATTENTION THAT IT DESERVES. AND, UH, THE NEGOTIATING. TEAM LAST TIME, I THINK IS APPROPRIATE AND I'M SURE ON EACH, UM PURSE OR EACH ENTITY INVOLVED. IT'LL BE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA HAVE THERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT LEGAL, I'M SURE. UM, THE MANAGER. AND THE MAYOR WAS THERE THE LAST TIME SO I THINK IF WE'RE REPRESENTED THAT WAY, ONCE AGAIN, ABSOLUTELY KEEP EVERYBODY INVOLVED. UM I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD THING. THE HARD GRIND WAS MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM TAKE A TOUR OF THE PLANT. AND WE ALL? APPARENTLY SOME OF US TOOK A TOUR. NONE OF US TOOK A TOUR TOGETHER. WE WERE ALL SEPARATE.SO UH, JUST MAKE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THAT. IT WASN'T A GROUP. UH, FUNCTION.
UH, ALSO. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I HAVE IS AND ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE THIS EVENING, THEY ARE STAFF DRIVEN. EXCEPT ONE. AH COUNCILMAN DEPAULO ASKED TWO COUNTS CANCEL THE MEETING. THE FIRST OF MARCH THAT WAS COUNCIL DRIVEN TO CREATE THAT THING, AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY COUNCIL DRIVEN. TO RESPOND TO HIS REQUEST. IS THAT IS THAT APPROPRIATE? YEAH THE COUNCIL HAD HAD SET THAT WORKSHOP MEETING SO IT WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ACTION THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE ANY ACTION TO CANCEL THAT MEETING. OKAY, SO THAT MAJORITY VOTE OKAY? SO. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT JUST WE. WE NEED TO TAKE AN OFFICIAL VOTE ON IT. WE DIDN'T WITH THE OTHER, BUT WE NEED TO THIS INSTANCE. LEGAL ADVICE IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU DID, SO WE NEED TO CLEAR ON THE RECORD. OKAY, SO WE NEED A MOTION. THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND MOTION AND A SECOND IN ORDER TO GET IT INTO OUR OKAY. OKAY? SO DO WE HAVE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION TO CANCEL THE MEETING? ON MARCH 4TH. ON MARCH 4TH ON MARCH 4TH.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT SECOND? OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS ON THAT? COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. SO WHEN ARE WE THINKING OF HAVING THIS DISCUSSION? I'M OKAY WITH, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND. UM THERE ARE CERTAIN IMPORTANT ISSUES WE NEED TO TARGET BY. DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE FORGOTTEN. SO DO WE WANT TO PUT IN THE MOTION A CERTAIN DATE WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE THIS IN THE FUTURE. JUST SO THAT IT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. BECAUSE WHATEVER YOU DON'T PUT IN WRITING BREAK IT BE FORGOTTEN. THANK YOU. YES SIR.
VICE MAYOR. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO STILL HAVE THE MEETING. AT LEAST WE CAN KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE. WE ALREADY SET THE DATE WE PRETTY MUCH WENT BACK AND
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FORTH JUST TO SET THAT DATE. SO I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT MEETING AND WORK OUT WHATEVER KINGS WE'VE GOT TO WORK OUT, AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE FUTURE. OKAY? THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENT ON THAT IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT? I THINK THEY PROBABLY GOT YOUR INFORMATION THERE, JOSH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR VICE MAYOR JOSH KELLUM AGAIN. GARCIA COMPANIES, UM LISTENING TO COMMENTS TONIGHT AND SITTING OVER HERE AND LISTENING TO SOME OF THE POINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. ABOUT SOME OF THE CRITICAL PATH ITEMS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE VILLAGE AND IN THE NEXT IN THE NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN 2023 1 OF THE ITEMS THAT WASN'T BROUGHT UP. UM WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF UTILITY FUNDS THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM FROM TALLAHASSEE FOR THE EXPANSION OF YOUR WASTEWATER FACILITIES. KUDOS TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP TO PAINT A PICTURE THAT SHOWS THAT THERE'S A REAL NEED FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. UM AND OVER THE PAST FOUR WEEKS, REALLY FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS AS WE HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER A PACKAGE WHICH WILL WILL HEAR ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT ON OUR TERRA LAGO COMMUNITY . WE HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH YOUR STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. UM AND I STAND HERE TODAY AND SUPPORT STRONG SUPPORT . I SHOULD SAY OF THE VILLAGE MANAGER THAT YOU HAVE SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY AND LISTENING TO THE DIALOGUE OVER THE PAST, UH, MONTH OR SO AS THE PROCESS OF ONBOARDING, A VILLAGE MANAGER AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF YOUR LAST VILLAGE MANAGER, WHO I THOUGHT WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON AS WELL. UM BUT LISTENING TO THE DIALOGUE OVER THE PAST, THERE'S BEEN DIVISION AND THAT AND YEAH, I THINK ONE THING ABOUT A COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ TALKS ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME, UH, COMMUNITY THAT IS UNIFIED AS MUCH STRONGER AND YOU ALL ARE THE FACE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. AS MUCH AS SOMETIMES YOU MAY NOT WANT TO, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD YOU ARE YOU ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. YOU ARE THE FACE WHEN YOU WALK OUT OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AND THE OTHER PERSON THAT IS A STRONG FACE IS THE MERIT PERSON THAT'S SITTING IN YOUR MANAGER POSITION. UM AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO ARE INVESTING. LOTS OF RESOURCES AND TIME AND TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AND TO SIT HERE ON THE SIDELINES TO SEE THE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPE FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN THAT THERE IS STABILITY IN THE SHORT TERM IN THAT MANAGER POSITION, AND I THINK THAT THE NEXT STABILITY IS IN THE LONG TERM AND THE MANAGER POSITION AND MAKING SURE THAT THE TIME HAS TAKEN TO SELECT THE RIGHT PERSON. UM TO SUCCEED THE VILLAGE MANAGER THAT YOU HAVE SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW. AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UM , THAT THERE IS STABILITY THAT IS SENT OUT TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN AND BEYOND ABOUT THAT, AND, UH, I THINK YOU KNOW, HAVING MANAGER CHRISTA THERE IN THE TIME THAT YOU MENTIONED IS VERY CRITICAL. AND SO AS A MEMBER OF, UH, BUSINESS OWNER OF SOMEBODY IN YOUR COMMUNITY, I WOULD STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT, UM , FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD OF TIME . UM AS YOU TRANSITION INTO SOMEBODY THAT CAN BE THERE FOR A VERY SUSTAINABLE AMOUNT OF TIME . HOPEFULLY OUR NEXT MANAGER THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.IF I CAN. LYNDON LYNDON ICOM. SURPRISE. LOOK FOR THE RECORD LONDON ICON. UM THIS SUBJECT CAME UP VERY QUICKLY, AND I FOR ONE AM FOR YOU. RETAINING THE WORKSHOP. SETTING YOUR PLANS UP FOR THE FUTURE. UH KAREN IS GOING TO BE HERE FOR AS LONG AS SHE CAN, AND SHE IS GOING TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB, BUT WE CAN'T PLAN ON SETTING A MEETING FOUR MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD AND HAVING A NEW MANAGER THE FOLLOWING MONTHS. THERE'S GOING TO BE A GAP BETWEEN THIS WORKSHOP. AND THICK, FIGURING OUT THE SELECTION PROCESS. ACCEPTING INTERVIEWS DOING INTERVIEWS.
THERE IS A LONG PROCESS AHEAD OF US AND I WHAT TO SEE THAT DONE DILIGENTLY AM WITH ENOUGH TIME NOBODY'S GOING TO FEEL PRESSURED THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE ON THIS STATE AND BY THIS TIME
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BECAUSE TARYN WANTS TO RESUME HER RETIREMENT. SO I'M ALL FOR YOU GUYS STICKING WITH THE PLANS THAT YOU SET IN PLACE AND PLAN ON, UH, MAKING SOME LONG TERM PLANS. THANKS. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT, MAN. THANK YOU. OKAY WE HAVE A WE HAVE EMOTION, AND IT HAS BEEN SECONDED. WE'VE HEARD COMMENTS. WOULD YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE IT WAS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. ONE IS TO CANCEL THE WORKSHOP AND POSTPONE IT. WHICH MOTION ARE WE? NO THERE THERE WAS A THE I'M SORRY. ORIGINAL MOTION. WAS TO CANCEL THE MOTION THAT I HEARD ME EMOTIONALLY. OKAY THAT'S FINE. YES, ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ. NO. VICE MAYOR STONE NO. MARY GIVES THOMAS. I'M THE LAST ONE. YES.YEAH, THE OTHER TWO BECAUSE IT'S THE 1ST AND 2ND. THEY LIKELY. OKAY THANK YOU. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THAT INTERESTING. UM, I THOUGHT THEY WERE BEING LEFT OUT. UM. I'M GONNA VOTE. I MOST IN PASSES THROUGH TWO. OKAY? ALSO AND THANK YOU, MR KELLUM, FOR, UM TO WRAP UP MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING. THE MONEY THAT THAT JUST CAME IN FROM THE GOVERNOR. I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK THE GOVERNOR FOR INCLUDING US IN AND THAT 20 MILLION. THAT WAS IN THAT BILL THAT HE SIGNED. WILL DEFINITELY BE PUT TO GOOD USE HERE IN ORDER TO GET THINGS STRAIGHTENED OUT AND GOING CORRECTLY, SO WE THANK HIM FOR THAT. AND WITH THAT. UM
[COMMITTEE REPORTS]
MOVE ON. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? NO COMMITTEE REPORTS. I HAVE A COMMITTEE REPORT THE CHAMBER BOARD MET. AH THERE NEXT EVENT, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME TO THE CHAMBER BREAKFAST. THEY'RE THEY'RE AN AWESOME THING. UM THE NEXT EVENT IS GOING TO BE THE KIDS FISHING ATTORNEY HERE IN TOWN. ON APRIL THE 22ND MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET REGISTERED KIDS FROM FIVE. I BELIEVE 2 15. AH ARE THE ONES PARTICIPATING IN THAT GET REGISTERED, AND IT'S AN AWESOME, AWESOME TIME AND I WILL GET THAT AGENDA THAT CHAMBER AGENDA. TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR INCLUSION. IN OUR MINUTES. OKAY MOVING ON COMMENTS BY OUR VILLAGE MANAGER. THANK YOU. I[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]
JUST HAVE A FEW ONE IS FIRST. I'D LIKE TO LET YOU ALL KNOW AND CONGRATULATE MR PATRICK NOLAN, WHO IS NOW YOUR PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITY DIRECTOR. UM SO I, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE A SHORT TIME I'VE WATCHED HIS INTERACTION WITH THESE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR THIS GENTLEMAN, AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO DO US PROUD. I KNOW HE'S GOING TO DO IS PROUD.THAT'S HIS CHALLENGE FOR ME. AND THEN I WENT TO THE D O T MEETING ON THE TURN LANE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ON TOMMY CLEMMONS. OFFICE SEVEN. CHEN. THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP OF RESIDENTS THAT WERE VERY VOCAL ABOUT GETTING 7 10 4 LANE. SO THEREFORE I WOULD LIKE TO GO THE MPO MEETING. I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE REPRESENTATION THERE, TOO, BUT I LIKE TO GO AND ALSO ASK THAT THEY PLEASE CONSIDER MOVING THAT WIDENING OF 7 10 UP. AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO START ASKING THE STATE HOW WE CAN GET THE WHOLE THING DONE. NOT JUST A SECTION. SO THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY DO I
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]
HEAR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS AMENDED OR AS MODIFIED, MAKE THE MOTION.SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL? DISCUSSION, PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HEAR A MOTION? SOME OF IS
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THERE A 2ND 2ND? IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? PUBLIC DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.[00:50:05]
PROVED AGAIN OBVIOUSLY. MOVING RIGHT ON BECAUSE I JUDICIAL HEARINGS. MR BOSE. THANK YOU,[4.
APPLICATION NO. SP-23-001: RESOLUTION NO. XX-2023 - A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA APPROVING THE “TERRA LAGO PHASE 1 B MAJOR SITE PLAN” FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 130 ACRE +/- PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF SR 710 AND FRONTING THE PROPOSED GARCIA DRIVE, AS LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “B”; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
]MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS AN APPLICATION NUMBER SP DASH 23-1 A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL, THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE TERRA LAGO. PHASE ONE B MAJOR SITE PLAN FOR APPROXIMATELY 130 ACRES MORE OR LESS PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF STATE ROAD, 7 10 AND FRONTING THE PROPOSED GARCIA DRIVE AS LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT B. AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS AND INEFFECTIVE DAY AND MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER AND MORE BECAUSE IT'S A VERY SUBSTANTIAL , QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW THE FULL, QUASI JUDICIAL TREATMENT THAT WE USE AT OUR MEETINGS FOR THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL . WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING THOSE TWO APPLICATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN. BUT WITH THAT, UM, START OFF FOR ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, IF ANY INDIVIDUAL INCLUDING THE APPLICANT AND THE INTERVENERS, STAFF, WITNESSES OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR OFFER TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN BY THE VILLAGE CLERK. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. THANK YOU DO. YEAH THERE AGAIN. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS APPLICATION IS QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE, WHICH REQUIRES THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO COMPLY WITH PROCEDURE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN FLORIDA LAW, QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARE LESS FORMAL THAN PROCEEDINGS IN A CIRCUIT COURT BUT ARE MORE FORMAL THAN A NORMAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING MUST FOLLOW BASIC STANDARDS OF NOTICE AND DUE PROCESS. THE COUNCIL'S DECISION MUST BE MADE ON COMPETENCE, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY CABINETS SUBSTANTIAL FACT BASED TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL IN ITS DELIBERATION AND VOTING ON THIS ITEM. PURE SPECULATION OR MERE OPINION, NOT BASED ON COMPETENT FACTS CAN'T CANNOT BE LEGALLY CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL AND WEIGHING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE APPLICATION TESTIMONY WITH FACT BASED SUPPORT, SUCH AS MINUTES SURVEYS, ENGINEERING REPORTS AND THE LIKE MAYBE CONSIDERED COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. IF YOU INTEND TO SPEAK , PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME CLEARLY FOR THE RECORD, WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE BEEN SWORN YOUR QUALIFICATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN THE MATTER IN PLEASE SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, LET ME CONFIRM. CLERK AND YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THE ITEM HAS BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED. YES, THIS ITEM WAS PROPERLY ADVERTISED, AND THE RECORD INCLUDES DOCUMENTATION TO THAT EFFECT. THANK YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.UH DOES ANYONE HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THEY NEED TO DISCLOSE CONCERNING THIS ITEM.
SEEING NONE. UH DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS THEY NEED TO DISCLOSE AND JUST AS REMINDER THAT WOULD BE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE PROJECT, OR YOU'D HAVE TO DO IS DISCLOSE THE, UM THE. A PERSON WITH WHOM YOU HAD A X PARTY COMMUNICATION AND THE GENERAL SUBSTANCE OF WHAT IT WAS. FOR EXAMPLE. YOU DISCUSS THE PROJECT OR WHAT HAVE YOU SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY EX PARTY COMMUNICATIONS TO DISCLOSE CONCERNING THIS PARTICULAR ONE? NOT NOT TERRA LAGO GENERALLY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WITH ONE BEING SEEING NONE WILL MOVE ON. AT THIS TIME MAYOR WITH YOUR LEAVE, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HEALTHY A JEFFERSON COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION FOR THE RECORD. NEXT SIDE REPRESENTING TONIGHT APPLICATION SP 23 001, WHICH IS SPACE AND ONE B OF THE TERRA LAGO. P U D IT INCLUDES A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WILL COVER ABOUT 12 ACRES, ROUGHLY ALONG WITH 174 TOWN HOMES AND ALMOST 415 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. NEXT SLIDE. YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS MAP. PERHAPS IT LOOKS A LITTLE FUNNY SHAPED BECAUSE PHASE ONE B ACTUALLY WRAPS AROUND DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE PD IN ITS ENTIRETY, COMPRISING, I BELIEVE WITHOUT 5000 SOME ODD ACRES. 800 SORRY. SORRY AMID SQUARE FEET. I'M SORRY. CALLING THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. NEXT SLIDE. THE ACTUALLY
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IT'S MISSING A SLIDE, BUT THE P C A B RECOMMENDED THAT YOU APPROVED PHASE ONE B OF TERRA LAGO TO INCLUDE THE ELEMENTS THAT WERE LISTED IN THE SECOND SLIDE. AND STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO THE COUNCIL. WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE UM UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS OUR CONSULTANT PLANNER.AVAILABLE I BELIEVE NOW, THOUGH , AFTER QUESTIONS FOR ME, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST ANYBODY. COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ. YES I JUST HAD A QUESTION IN REGARDS OF INDIAN MAN DRIVE BECAUSE THERE IS A THERE WILL BE AN EXIT ON AMERICAN STREAM. WHAT AN EXIT. YES THERE WAS DOUBLE WILL BE AN EXTENSION OF THAT CORRECT . ALSO ON THE AGENDA IS, IS THERE ANY HAVE STAFF LOOKED INTO INDIAN MAN DRIVE JUST BECAUSE IT'S CRUMBLY AND WITH INCREASED TRAFFIC HOW ARE YOU GUYS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT? NO. AND THE VILLAGE ENGINEER. HOW DO HOW DO WE KNOW? LIKE THE TRAFFIC? HOW MUCH TRAFFIC INDIAN MOUNT DRIVE WILL HOLD. THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERNING PART I HAVE, BECAUSE I KNOW CURRENTLY WE FIXED IT, BUT IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE A BAND AID. YEAH YOU NEED IT AND WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND REBUILD BECAUSE IT'S CRUMBLING, AND I FEAR THAT WITH INCREASED TRAFFIC UM, THAT THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE AREA. AND WE DON'T WANT, UH WE DON'T WANT THAT STREET TO GO. OUT. WE CAN CERTAINLY REVISIT THAT I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR AS THAT IS RIGHT OF WAYS AND THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT ROAD AND ITS CURRENT STATE. UM, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. BUT OKAY, THIS ISSUE TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU, AMERICAN. I CAN OFFER A LITTLE BIT. I'M ACTUALLY GONNA BE ADDRESSING AN ITEM RELATING TO THE CONNECTION TO, UH SOUTHWEST AMERICAN STREET THERE IMMEDIATELY. NEXT ITEM ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND ABOUT THAT CONNECTION FROM FROM TERRA LAGO IS, UH, THAT CONNECTION THERE THROUGH THE EXTENSION OF SOUTHWEST AMERICAN STREET. WAS ALREADY IN IS IN THE MASTER PLAN THAT YOU ALL APPROVED WAY BACK WHEN MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND IT WAS ALSO IN PHASE ONE. A IT'S REFLECTED IN PHASE ONE B AS WELL. SO WHEN AND AGAIN YOU ALL KNOW I'M JUST LETTING ATTORNEY I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. BUT WHEN THE TRAFFIC WHEN THE BILL JUST TRAFFIC ENGINEERS LOOKED AT ALL THAT THIS THIS IS NOT A CHANGE, THIS WAS PART OF THE ENTIRE TRAFFIC PLAN AS IT HAD BEEN FROM THE BEGINNING. SO I COULDN'T SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF THAT OF THAT. THE INTEGRITY OF THAT ROAD, BUT THAT WAS IN THEIR EVALUATION. THANK YOU. MR ATTORNEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT STAFF HAD IN THE RADAR JUST BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SOMETHING WHERE WE WHEN WE DID, UH, ARE ALLOWING POINTS. INDIAN MOUND DRIVE WAS ONE AND LITERALLY, YOU CAN SEE IT. YEAH YOU JUST GOTTA DRIVE ON IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW BAD IT IS. SO THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS CONCERNS. I'M SORRY, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK UM MR, UH MR JOSH, UM, IN REGARDS OF THIS IS I DID HAVE YOU KNOW SOME CONCERNS, TOO, BECAUSE I LIVE ON SOUTHWEST LITTLE INDIAN AVENUE AND THE INCREASE OF TRAFFIC IN MY AREA. I WILL BE GRAVELY AFFECTED. AND IN SEPTEMBER, I HAD ISSUE WHERE A DRUNK DRIVER CAME AROUND THE BAND AND LITERALLY LIKE I TOLD WHEN MY DAD'S TRUCK SO. INCREASED TRAFFIC IS EVERYONE'S DILEMMA IN THE VILLAGE BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T RESPECT THE 25 LITERALLY GO DOWN LIKE IF IT WAS DAYTONA SPEEDWAY . SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING MY CONCERNS. SURE. YOU WANNA MHM? YEAH. WHITE.
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MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. STAFF THANK YOU ALL. JOSH KELLUM AGAIN WITH GARCIA COMPANIES REPRESENTING TERRA LAGO TONIGHT AGAIN. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL, UM GREATLY AND CONSIDERING THIS, UH, THIS PROPOSAL TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL OF ONE B AND ONE B ALLOWS US TO UM , A COUPLE ONE A AND ONE B TOGETHER AND FROM A MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, IT ALLOWS US THE FLEXIBILITY TO CAPITALIZE ON ECONOMIES OF SCALE . I HEARD OF A WONDERFUL ARTICLE READ EARLIER ABOUT THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN BEING VOTED NUMBER ONE IN IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I STOOD HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL YEAR AND A HALF AGO. AND GAVE YOU A COMMITMENT TO BRING ATTAINABLE HOUSING TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN SO THAT THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT, UM AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK DILIGENTLY AS A VILLAGE, AND THIS GOES BACK TO SOME OF MY EARLIER COMMENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STABILITY IN YOUR IN YOUR VILLAGE MANAGER LEADERSHIP POSITION. BECAUSE ALL OF THAT HELPS BRING COSTS DOWN IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, UM SO IN IN, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY OF TERRA LAGO, UH, WE HAVE, UM, COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STUDIES DONE A LOT OF WORK. UH, AND LOOKED AT YOU KNOW WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE EXISTING ROADS LEADING INTO OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE GOING TO NEED HELP AND ADDRESS AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK DILIGENTLY AS I SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT FLOODING PROBLEMS GOING INTO SANDY OAKS, WE'RE GOING TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH THE OTHER ROADS GOING INTO GOING INTO TERRA LAGO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PUT AS A PRIORITY. UM AND IN THE LIST OF PRIORITIES AS THE VILLAGE IMPROVES AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ITS ROADS AND AS THE VILLAGE CONTINUES TO GROW IN THE RIGHT WAY. IT ALLOWS IT ALSO FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO INVEST BACK IN ITS INFRASTRUCTURE. AND YOU'VE HEARD ME ALL TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IMPACT FEES AND WHERE THE IMPACT FEES GO, UM WHEN THEY'RE PAID BY BY A PERSON THAT'S COMING IN AND BUILDING A HOUSE. WITHIN THE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF INDIAN TOWN, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT AS MUCH IMPACT FEES THAT CAN BE CAPTURED IN INDIAN TOWN STAYING INDIAN TOWN , WHICH IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT REASON FOR YOU ALSO LEADERSHIP IN ANALYZING IMPACT PEACE FEES. WE AT THE VILLAGE HAVE INHERITED IMPACT FEES THAT MARTIN COUNTY HAD SET, UM UNDER DIRECTION OF THEIR COUNCIL MANY YEARS AGO, AND I THINK NOW, UM, IT'S TIME TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT FEES OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. AND HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE KEEPING AS MUCH OF THOSE IMPACT FEES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BECAUSE THERE ARE GREAT PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO FUND AS A VILLAGE AND NOT JUST RELY UPON OUTSIDE FUNDING. TO COME IN. UM SO OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU ALL IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK DILIGENTLY, NOT JUST ON OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND I HOPE OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF WE HAVE WE HAVE PROVED THAT, UM, WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE HAD INTERACTING WITH MEMBERS OF THE VILLAGE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED IN THE VILLAGE FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND INPUT. ON OUR PROJECT, UM, AND IN AL THEA'S EXPLANATION, SHE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE INTERESTING SHAPE THAT YOU SAW ON THAT MAP BEFORE AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THAT THAT INTERESTING SHAPE ACTUALLY SURROUNDS THE LARGEST WETLAND THAT WE HAVE ON ON THE PROPERTY HERE AT TERRA LAGO, AND IT IS A 50 ACRE WETLAND. WE'RE NOT IMPACTING ANY OF THIS WETLAND. UM AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UM, IS TO HELP NOT IMPACT ANY OF THIS WETLAND WITH THE WITH THE AMERICAN, UM AVENUE. STAR ITEM THAT THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT, BUT THAT'S WHAT BRINGS THAT INTERESTING SHAPE OF THAT MAP WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, AND IT'S BLUE AND WHITE. YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THAT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ON A MAP THAT WE HAVE HERE, IT SHOWS YOU THE BEAUTY OF THOSE WETLANDS AND WE TAKE THE WETLANDS ON THIS PROJECT AS A PRIZED POSSESSION BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PUBLIC THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO MEANDER DOWN THROUGH OUR WALKING TRAILS AND THROUGH OUR SIDEWALKS, THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO GO HAVE A SANDWICH AT THE PARK. THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO THE FIELD , WHICH I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE. THAT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED AT OUR CLUBHOUSE AND THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE NATURE TRAILS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT[01:05:03]
WITHIN OUR WETLANDS SYSTEMS, AND THAT'S THAT'S FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. UM, SO WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF PRIDE AND POSSESSION AND I CAN'T TAKE ALL THE CREDIT BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE TEAM THAT DILIGENTLY WORKED ON THIS, BUT INPUT FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IS WHAT GOT US WHERE WE ARE AND THE VARIOUS MEETINGS. WE HELD BOOKER PARK OR IN INDIAN WOOD OR ON, UM AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE WE INVITED PEOPLE TO COME AND REALLY SPEAK. UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAK THEIR MIND. UM SOME POSITIVE SOME NEGATIVE BUT A LOT OF GOOD INPUT THAT HELPED CRAFT THE LINE WORK THAT HAS DESIGNED THIS THIS COMMUNITY. SO UM, I DO WANT TO SHOW THAT I DON'T THINK I HAVEN'T EVEN SENT THIS TO STAFF. UM NOW LET'S GO TO THIS LAST ONE. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT ALETHEA TALKED ABOUT. ALMOST 12 ACRES WILL LOOK LIKE IT WILL HAVE A FULL SIZE SOCCER FIELD. IT WILL HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS DON'T HAVE SAND VOLLEYBALL. SAND IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO US. WE PROVIDE BEACH SAND TO THE BEACH IS AND THE COASTLINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA ON BOTH EAST AND WEST COAST. WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BRING SOME OF THAT BEACH SAND HERE TO INDIAN TOWN AND PUT THAT WITHIN OUR VOLLEYBALL COURTS. THE CLUBHOUSE THAT YOU SEE ON THERE WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC JUST BECAUSE IT WILL BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AMENITY. CENTER AND IF WE WERE GOING TO OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC, IT WOULD WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD IT A LOT LARGER AND THAT WOULD PUT A COST BACK ON THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO TERRA LAGO. BUT THE AMENITIES THAT YOU SEE OUTSIDE THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT AND I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL ABOUT THIS SOCCER FIELD AND THAT THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO FIT THAT ON THERE. UM I KNOW THAT SOCCER IS A IS AN UP AND COMING SPORT AND THEN MEETING WITH WITH SOME OF THE PARISHIONERS OF THE CHURCH THAT SIT AT OUR FRONT. THEY LOVE THE GAME OF SOCCER. THEY HAVE A SOCCER FIELD FOR THEIR KIDS FOR THEIR SCHOOL. BUT THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW CHURCHES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HOLD COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITHIN WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF TERRA LAGO, AND SO WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS , AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LONG WINDED, BUT I'M VERY PASSIONATE . WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN EXTREME PASSION FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WE'VE MADE WITH PEOPLE HERE IN INDIAN TOWN AND BUSINESSES HERE IN INDIAN TOWN, SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL SUPPORT ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT AGAIN ON THIS ONE B. UM AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO NOW TAKE THAT BIG LEAP AND INVEST TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW BEAUTIFUL HOMES TO BE BUILT IN A BEAUTIFUL GROWTH WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. SO THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE ANY CROSS QUESTIONS. REAL QUICKLY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND IN THE COMMUNITY VILLAGE AS A WHOLE IS GOING TO BE PICKLEBALL, THE VOLLEYBALL AND THE SOCCER FIELD. YES MA'AM, AND, UH, YEAH. PICKLEBALL VOLLEYBALL SOCCER FIELD. OF COURSE. THE GREEN AREA, YOU KNOW, PARK AREA, UM AROUND. AND THERE'LL BE A NUMBER OF POCKET PARKS AND ACTUALLY GOT TO GOT TO TALK WITH YOUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE MEETING TONIGHT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SITTING DOWN WITH HER AND CREATIVELY WORKING THROUGH HOW TO A MINUTE TIES THE PARKS WITHIN THE WITHIN THE FOOTPRINTS OF TERRA LAGO. THERE'S A NUMBER OF PARKS THROUGHOUT TERRA LAGO. THERE'S BEAUTIFUL NATURE TRAILS . UM AND THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER THAT YOU ALL PASSED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ALLOWS FOR GREAT FLEXIBILITY FOR US TO GET CREATIVE. UM ON THE PARK'S SELFISHLY, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, NAME ONE OF THE PARK'S AFTER OUR FOUNDER, EDDIE GARCIA, WHO HAS BEEN A STRONG PERSON IN MY LIFE AND THEN OUR COMPANY'S LIVES AND STARTED OUR COMPANY IN 1952. AFTER COMING BACK FROM FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR TWO AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEDICATION FOR HIM IN ONE OF THOSE PARKS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT. WE WANT TO MAKE IT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE TO COME IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN HOLD EVENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE FROM ALL THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. UM CAN COME TOGETHER. AND OF COURSE , THE NEXT PHASE THAT WILL BRING TO YOU AS PHASE ONE C, AND THAT WILL HAVE AN APARTMENT PIECE THAT WILL HAVE A COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER PIECE. AND THEN I GOT TO HEAR ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE EARLIER MENTIONED IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. YOU ALL APPROVED US AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY FOR US AS ONE OF THE KEY. PARTS TO THIS PROJECT, AND, UM, I WAS SHARING WITH SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY. THAT'S PROBABLY WE GET THE MOST CALLS ABOUT WEDNESDAY ASSISTED[01:10:03]
LIVING FACILITY COMING WHILE I SAY THE SECOND MOST HOUSING WE GET THE MOST CALLS FROM PEOPLE NEED PLACES TO LIVE. UM BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE A PLACE FOR AS PEOPLE GET OLDER. THEY HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GO WHERE THEY CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF, AND SO WE'RE DEDICATED TO MAKING THAT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WORK. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. APPRECIATE YOU QUICK QUESTION ON THOSE BIKE PATHS OR WALK PAST HIKING, BUT THOSE ARE OPEN TO ALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEY WILL ALL BE NATIVE. WE'RE NOT PAVING WHAT WE WILL PAY. THE SIDEWALKS WILL BE CONCRETE, OF COURSE THAT RUN ALONGSIDE THE ROAD. BUT THE TRAILS THAT RUN AROUND THE COMMUNITY WILL ALL BE IN BEAUTIFUL MULCH AND NATIVE SO THAT IT'S STILL HOLDS THAT FEEL OF FLORIDA. WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF UPLAND PRESERVE AREAS AS YOU GET TO THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF OUR PROPERTY. WE HAVE BIG, BEAUTIFUL HAMMOCKS AND THOSE WALLS STAINED. WE'LL HAVE TRAILS. UM ALL THROUGH THEIR, UM , AVAILABLE TO USE THAT AVAILABLE TO USE THANK YOU. AND WE HOPE THEY GET USED BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEY ALL GET OVERGROWN. YEAH SO THANK YOU.ALL. THANK YOU. YEAH I DON'T SEE ANY IS THERE DO WE NEED? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THIS? JUST GOT ONE RECOMMENDATION. UH AS FAR AS WHERE THE SOCCER FIELD AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF AT, UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE, LIKE A SMALL CHILD SUPPORT CHILDREN PARK.
JUST BECAUSE IF PARENTS ARE THERE AND WATCHING THE GAME, YOU KNOW IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE KIDS OCCUPIED AND JUST KIND OF STANDING AROUND. I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE GOING TO GET BORED.
THANK YOU. IN RESTAURANTS. YES MA'AM. DOWN TO REST ROOMS WHEN I WAS A BOY, MY MOM TAUGHT ME TO PEE ON A TREE. SO I HOPE THAT THAT CARRIES I HOPE THAT THAT CARRIES THROUGH THIS THIS COMMUNITY ON A TREE, NOT ON SOMEBODY'S CAR OR THE SIDE OF THEIR HOUSE. BUT YES, WE WILL TAKE RESTROOMS INTO CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THE PLANNING OF THOSE. THANK YOU.
THANK GREAT SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. OKAY MR. VOS WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US EMOTION WITH A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION WAS MADE BY STONE SECONDED BY HERNANDEZ. WELL DONE WITH COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL IN FAVOR HIGH. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MR BOZ, WHAT'S NEXT ? THANK YOU. MAYOR THIS IS ITEM FIVE. APPLICATION NUMBER S P A
[5.
APPLICATION NO. SPA-23-004: RESOLUTION NO. XX-2023 -- A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PRESERVE AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN (PAMP) FOR THE SANDY OAKS PUD, ACCEPTING A DEED OF DEDICATION OF RIGHT OF WAY FROM SANDY OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. FOR AN EXTENSION OF SW AMERICAN STREET, AND APPROVING A ROAD CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH TERRA LAGO, LLC FOR TERRA LAGO’S CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE TERRA LAGO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
]DASH 23-4 RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL, THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA, APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PRESERVE. VERY MANAGEMENT PLAN CHAMP FOR THE SANDY OAKS. P U D ACCEPTING A DEED OF DEDICATION OF RIGHT AWAY FROM SANDY OAKS HOMEWORKS ASSOCIATION INC FOR AN EXTENSION OF SOUTHWEST AMERICAN STREET. AND APPROVING A ROAD CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH TERRA LAGO LLC FOR TERROR LAGOS CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD AND RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE TERRA LAGO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS CONFLICTS , SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M GONNA BE HANDLING THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT'S PRIMARILY A PAPERWORK CLEANUP ITEM AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THE APPROVED MASTER PLAN FOR TERRA LAGO AND PHASE ONE, A APPROVED MASTER PLAN, AND NOW THE APPROVED PHASE ONE B MASTER PLAN ALL CONTEMPLATE ROAD NETWORK ACCESS VIA AN EXTENSION OF SOUTHWEST AMERICAN STREET ACROSS A RELATIVELY SMALL PORTION OF REAL PROPERTY THAT'S PRESENTLY OWNED BY SANDY OAKS. HOMERS SOC ATION OKAY, SO THIS HAS BEEN IN THE PLANS FOR ALL THIS, BUT WHAT WAS BEING WORKED OUT AMONGST, UH, TERRA LAGO AND SANDY OAKS, AND EVERYTHING IS THE PAPERWORK TO MAKE THAT ALL HAPPEN. AND THEN THAT PAPERWORK COMING TO ME AND US WORKING THROUGH IT, AND SO ON, IT'S ALL WORKED OUT. AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. THE THREE DOCUMENTS. YOU HAVE OUR FIRST, UM AN AMENDMENT TO THE WHAT'S CALLED THE PAMPER, PRESERVE VERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SANDY OAKS P U D THAT REMOVES A LITTLE , UH, STRETCH WHERE THE ROAD IS GOING TO BE LITTLE STRETCH FROM THE VERY NORTHERN PIECE OF THEIR PRESERVE AREA THERE, OKAY? AND THEN THE OTHER TWO DOCUMENTS ARE YOUR ACCEPTING THE DEED FROM THE VILLAGE ACCEPTING THE DEED OF DEDICATION FROM SANDY OAKS AND THEN THIRD AGREEMENT, LAGO AGREEING TO BUILD THAT ROAD PURSUANT TO THE EXACT SAME STANDARDS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE TERRA LAGO P U. D. AND UM, THIS ITEM. THAT PORTION OF THIS IS[01:15:03]
THE CHAMP AMENDMENTS, SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO GO THROUGH P C. A B WENT THROUGH P. C A. B E AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THE RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD APPROVE ALL THREE OF THE INSTRUMENTS THAT I JUST DESCRIBED TO BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HEAR A MOTION? PUBLIC COMMENT ME? THAT'S JUST WELL, I'M GONNA GET EMOTION FIRST, THEN WE'LL GET TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY MOTION MADE.IS THERE A 2ND 2ND? OKAY JUST COUNSEL HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. PUBLIC DISCUSSION. YES, MADAM MAYOR. WE NEED TO PRESS THEM. GOOD EVENING. YES. HELLO? GRENADA. PRESSLER UM, I GUESS I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS. UM WITH THE ATTORNEY STATE, THE WIDTH AND THE DEPTH OF THIS PROPERTY.
MARY MATURE. ALL Y'ALL DISPOSAL. I WOULD BE GLAD TO. IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO OKAY? OR AS PRESIDENT . WOULD YOU LIKE TO LAY OUT ALL THREE OF THE QUESTIONS? I'D BE GLAD TO QUESTION COUNSEL WOULD TELL ME TO THIS PROPERTY AS STATED BELONGED TO THE SANDY OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, RIGHT AND IT WAS SET ASIDE AS PRESERVE AREA IT WAS SET ASIDE AS OPEN SPACE. IS THAT CORRECT? IT WAS SO IT NO LONGER WILL BE PRESERVED AREA OR OPEN SPACE OR WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO. IN OTHER WORDS, THE PRESERVE AREA IS NO LONGER BEING, UH, BEING PRESERVED. THE OPEN SPACE IS POOF GONE. MR PRESSLER. AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE BEEN TO MANY OF THESE MEETINGS BACK AND FORTH ISN'T ISN'T THE WAY PUBLIC COMMENTS WORK? I'D BE GLAD TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS. THE THIRD QUESTION IS, WAS THERE? UM WHAT WAS GIVEN AN EXCHANGE TO THE SANDY OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR THIS PRESERVE OPEN SPACE PROPERTY. WAS THERE ANYTHING GIVEN CONSIDERATION ANY CONSIDERATION. THOSE ARE MY THREE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MARIBEL GLAD TO SHARE WHAT I HAVE IF OKAY? YOU WANT TO NEXT? OKAY THERE. DO WE WANT TO DO NEXT? PUBLIC COMMENT OR DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS OR YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LET PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY LET'S ROLL THROUGH. WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE ON PUBLIC COLUMN? UM MADAM MAYOR. NICE MAYOR COUNCIL IS GREAT MY FOURTH TIME. I WOULD BE HONORED TO ADDRESS MISS PRESSLER'S COMMENTS. SO THE. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE ALL LEAVE IT TO WAIT TO GIVE YOU THE WIDTH. WHAT WAS THE SECOND QUESTION YOU HAD THE WIDTH AND DEPTH OF THE PROPERTY BELIEVE THAT TWO WAY IT WAS SET ASIDE BY THE COMMONERS OR THAT ONE. IT WAS SET ASIDE AS RESERVE AREA VERY GOOD. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW. THE PRESERVE AREA UM , OF THAT 60 FT IS FULL OF TRASH CANS. TIRES REFRIGERATORS. AND PROBABLY A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TOUCHING. SO THE AREA THAT, UM IS 60 FT WIDE. IS OVER TOP OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT. IT'S NOT BEING MAINTAINED UNDER THE PRESERVE AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH WILL NOW BE MAINTAINED OUT OF THE PARK AS A PART OF THE EXPANSION OF THIS ROAD AND AS PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANTED TO BRING UP AN ADDRESS KIND OF IN THE SAME VEIN, SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ BROUGHT UP. ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WETLANDS. UM AND, UH, THERE WAS TWO ALTERNATIVES HERE FOR THIS FOR THIS ROAD EXTENSION. ONE OF THEM WAS IMPACTING A BEAUTIFUL WETLAND. WHICH I SHOWED YOU ALL ON THE MAP EARLIER, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS HELPING A COMMUNITY TO THE SOUTH AND SANDY OAKS TO MAINTAIN THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT THEY HAD THAT HAS BEEN UNDER MAINTAINED. UM SO WE CHOSE THE PATH OF HELPING TO MAINTAIN A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT HAS BEEN UNDER MAINTAINED AS PART OF THIS EXPANSION OF SOUTHWEST AMERICAN AVENUE. AND THE THIRD QUESTION WHAT WAS SANDY OAKS GIVEN AND I WILL ASK YOU, MR ANITA TO TALK TO SANDY OAKS ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE
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? YEAH I WAS ABLE TO LOOK UP THE DIMENSIONS AND ACTUALLY THERE IN IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE ON ZOOM NOW TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU ALL SOMETHING, UH, REAL QUICK. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. GO AHEAD. YEAH. WE GOT DO THIS. OKAY? SO, UH, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED. SO WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS AREA. RIGHT UP HERE IS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF TERRA LAGO.YOU CAN SEE THE WETLANDS AREA THERE THAT YOU SAW ON THE MAPS FOR, UM UH, THAT THAT MR KELLUM WAS SHOWING US BEFORE. THE UH, PRESERVE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS, UM THE ENTIRE PRESERVE AREA IS THIS ENTIRE RECTANGLE HERE. OKAY? THE PIECE THAT IS BEING ABANDONED, INDEED IT OVER TO THE VILLAGE TO HAVE A ROAD EXTENSION. IS VERY NORTHERN 62 FT WIDE SLIVER WHERE THERE IS ALREADY AN EXISTING DIRT ROAD, AND IT'S SEPARATED BY A DRAINAGE DITCH. SO WE'RE IN AN AREA THAT IS ALREADY PHYSICALLY NOT CONTIGUOUS TO THE REST OF THE PRESERVE AREA AS IT IS, UM JOSHUA KNOW BETTER AS TO THE CONDITION OTHERWISE ON THE PROPERTY AS HE'S LAID OUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE. IT'S 62 FT WIDE THIS ENTIRE STRETCH HERE. IS ROUGHLY . I THINK IT'S I DON'T HAVE IT, BUT I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 500 FT. NORTH TO SOUTH. UM AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NORTHERN 62 FT THE WIDTH. IF YOU GIVE ME ONE SECOND , THE WIDTH THAT RUNS THAT'S ABOUT A 600 LITTLE OVER 650 FT STRETCH. THERE THAT PIECE AND AGAIN AS YOU CAN SEE ON THERE. IT'S ALREADY MADE NONCONTIGUOUS BY AN EXISTING DITCH AND DIRT ROADS. AND TO THE QUESTION OF ANY CONSIDERATION HAVING BEEN GIVEN. I'M NOT AWARE OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. APPRECIATE CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU EVERYONE ANYMORE COMMENTS NO MATTER, MAN. OKAY? OKAY SO EMOTIONS BEEN MADE WE HAVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. EVERYONE MOVING ON NOW. DO WE NEED TO CLOSE THIS CAUSE I JUDICIAL CLOSED IT BY VOTING ON IT. OKAY THERE WE GO. COMMENT. YOU'RE GOOD. THERE YOU GO MOVING, MOVING ALONG. MOVING
[10. Approval of Village of Indiantown Water and Wastewater Developer's Agreement with Warfield Investments, LLC for Phase 1B of the Terra Lago PUD]
ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ITEM 10. AND MAYOR. I'LL BE HANDLING THAT ONE AS WELL. PLEASE. THANK YOU. AMERICA COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF A WATER AND WASTEWATER DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT WITH WAR FIELD AND THEM INVESTMENTS. A GAY TERRA LAGO FOR PHASE ONE B OF THE TERRA LAGO P U D. UM. THIS AGENDA ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO MANY MONTHS AGO. BACK AROUND JUNE, I BELIEVE WHEN YOU APPROVED A WATER WASTEWATER DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT FOR PHASE ONE A. WHAT THIS DOES. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR THIS PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE ABLE TO RESERVE A SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY, OKAY? THEY RESERVE THAT BY THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE PRE PAYMENT FOR THE PRE PAYMENT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES AND PRE PAYMENT OF THE FIRST YEAR OF GUARANTEED REVENUES, FEES THAT ARE SPECIFIED IN OUR RIGHT RESOLUTIONS. OKAY UM, AND THE AGREEMENT ALSO GETS INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE DEDICATION OF CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND EASEMENT TO THE VILLAGE FOR UTILITY OPERATIONS IS BASICALLY JUST THE INSTRUMENT BY WHICH IT'S IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THEIR APPROVED ENGINEERING PLANS. UH ULTIMATELY, UM, WHAT IS GOING TO BE PAID BY TERRA LAGO TO RESERVE THE CAPACITY FOR
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PHASE ONE B IS $368,900 IN WATER IMPACT FEES $346,260 IN WASTEWATER IMPACT THESE $87,000 111 AND 24 CENTS AND GUARANTEED REVENUE FEES FOR YOUR ONE OF THE AGREEMENT. TOTALS TO A LITTLE OVER $800,000 TO BE PAID UPON EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT FOR PHASE ONE B WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MOMENT. DO I HEAR? EMOTION. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A SECOND MOTION? SECOND? WE HAVE NO DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT UH, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT I CAN TALK TO MR NOLAN AFTER IN REGARDS OF LIKE EASEMENTS AND YOU KNOW? OKAY I'LL TALK TO HIM OFFLINE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? NO MATTER, MA'AM. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING ON TO OUR ORIGINAL ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE AMERICAN
[6.
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding Update.
]RESCUE PLAN ACT. OUR FUNDING UPDATE. MR FLOREA. I CAN SEE THIS UP FOR MR FLORIO. THANK YOU. WE JUST WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE OF HOW MUCH WE'VE GOT LEFT . UH AND THEN ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS. SO THAT MR FLOREA, THEN CAN START MOVING FORWARD. SO WITH THAT MICHAEL. MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MIKE FLORIO FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, UM JUST. TO POINT OUT OR CLARIFY, GUESS WHERE WE ARE. ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AS OF TODAY. OUR TOTAL. ALLOCATION AS PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WAS 3.593 MILLION. OF WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED. I GAVE YOU PART OF THE MEETING OF SCHEDULE THAT SHOWS THE COMMITMENTS AND EXPENDITURES. OF ALL FUNDS. RECEIVED TO DATE. UM. WE HAVE SPENT. WE HAVE COMMITTED A TOTAL OF, UM 694,000 AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND SPENT ONLY 48,000 TO DATE. WE HAD SEVERAL AGENDA ITEMS LAST YEAR. RELATED TO TRAIL ROAD REPAIRS. VACANT LOT DRIVEWAYS. UM AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME UPCOMING COMMITMENTS. THE NEXT TWO AGENDA ITEMS AFTER THIS ONE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER WHICH WOULD BE PART OF THE APPROPRIATION OF THE, UM BALANCE REMAINING IN AMERICAN RESCUE. UH AGAIN, WE HAVE A PARKS MASTER PLAN ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER. BELIEVE NINE AND THEN THE COST MATCH FOR UPTOWN DRAINAGE DESIGN OF $350,000. AH FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES. WE HAVE ACQUIRED SEVERAL OF THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT THE COUNCIL THAT APPROVED PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE JUST A FEW ITEMS LEFT REMAINING TO BE RECEIVED INTO PURCHASE. UH COUPLE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO CHANGE ORDERS IN THE, UM WELL, THAT WERE NOT FUNDED BY D. O T FOR THE BOOK OF PARK PROJECT AND SOME ROLLING STOCK THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN RECEIVED. UH, GRAND TOTAL OF, UH, AGAIN EXPENDITURES FOR ALL FOR ALL PROJECTS TOTAL IS $649,000. WE COMMITTED A MILLION. INCLUDING THE ITEMS TONIGHT WE HAVE 1.9 MILLION. THAT REMAINS TO BE COMMITTED.UH, THE LARGEST ITEM THAT HAS LEFT AND THAT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WILL MOTION TO COMMIT IT TONIGHT OR WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A CONTRACT BEFORE YOU, BUT WE ARE NEARING COMPLETION OF THE DESIGN OF THE 12 INCH WATER MAIN LOOP. UH WE'VE SPENT MOST OF THE DESIGN FEES FOR THAT. WE'RE NEARING COMPLETION TO MOVE TO BID PHASE AND THEN EVENTUALLY CONSTRUCTION. THE 12 INCH WATER LOOP IS ESTIMATED ABOUT $3.2 MILLION TOTAL OF WHICH WE HAVE, UM PROPOSED 1.5 MILLION OF IT WOULD BE PAID FOR BY AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS. WE HAVE ANOTHER 1.5 MILLION THAT WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM MARTIN COUNTY RELATED TO A GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE FIRE RESCUE MST YOU, WHICH WAS SIGNED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO . SO WE HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION. CURRENTLY THREE MILLION OF THE
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TOTAL 3.2 MILLION ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT PROJECT, BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OFFICIALLY COMMITTED UNTIL COUNCIL MAKES ACTION ON THAT. SO THAT'S REALLY THE TOTAL. AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IN FUNDING IN THIS PROGRAM. UM AGAIN ONCE THAT FIRE LOOP CONSTRUCTION IS COMMITTED FOR AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS. THAT PRETTY MUCH IS THE TOTALITY OF WHAT WE HAVE LEFT. AND THEN THE REST FROM THEIR SPEND DOWN. UM AGAIN, WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER OF 2024 TO SPEND IT. UM AND I THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UM PRETTY EASILY. SO MAKE SURE THAT ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THAT. YOU CAN ANSWER ANYTHING. I'M GOOD. UM OKAY, WE HAVE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M GETTING THIS RIGHT. SO WE HAVE REMAINING 1.93. YES OKAY. AND THEN SO IF WE USE 1.5 FOR THAT 12 INCH MAIN, THAT'LL TAKE IT DOWN TO 400,000 LEFT. YEAH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT ARE, UM AGAIN. YOU HAVE TWO MORE GEN ITEMS COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS . UM THE NEXT IS THE UPTOWN DRAINAGE, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE A COST MANAGEMENT 350,000. WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED BY AMERICAN RESCUE. SO IF YOU APPROVE THAT, AND WHICH THE FUNNY ALONG WITH IT, THEN THAT'S 350,000 AGAINST IT. AND THEN WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN FOR PARKS, WHICH IS 49 5. ANOTHER SO THERE'S YOUR BASICALLY THERE'S YOUR FOUR. THERE'S YOUR 400,000 SO THAT THAT LEAVES THE WATER MAIN, UM THE ONLY THING THAT IS OFFICIALLY UNCOMMITTED AT THIS POINT IN TIME AGAIN? UH I DON'T KNOW IF TONIGHT. YOU CAN, UH, COMMIT THAT TOWARD THAT PROJECT . WE'RE NOT AGAIN. WE'RE NOT A BID PHASE YET. WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACTOR IDENTIFIED. WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED THAT. BUT THAT'S OUR PLAN. AS FAR AS HOW WE PLAN ON USING THE REMAINDER OF THAT 1.5 MILLION, OKAY? HANG ON YOUR FINGER. UM, AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION PROCEDURAL QUESTION. WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE NOW OR BRING IT BACK SEPARATELY AS ITS OWN ITEM. YOU ALL CAN GIVE DIRECTION NOW THAT THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT IT TO GO. ABSOLUTELY OKAY. THAT WAS A STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, SO I THINK, OKAY. YEAH AND IT'S BEEN . IT'S THIS ITEMS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS AS IN AS AN ACTION ITEM SO YOU CAN TAKE ACTION BASED ON THE INFORMATION YOU RECEIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU.COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ. YES THANK YOU. SO, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE WITH THESE THREE ACTION, THESE THREE ITEMS LISTED THE PARKS. THE F D, O T AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 12 INCH. WE WILL WIPE OUT HARPER CORRECT. IT WOULD THEN BE ALL COMMITTED. OKAY? YES. ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS THE REPAIR. PROGRAM. THAT WOULD BE OUT OF. THE SUBJECT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S NO MONEY, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR A HOUSING REPAIR AT DARPA. BASED ON THESE PROJECT PRIORITIES AGAIN, WE COULD CONSIDER A PROJECT THAT THAT WOULD BE AT THIS POINT COMING OUT OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND SOME AMOUNT OTHER THAN PERHAPS WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN INITIALLY PLANNED. OKAY AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A GRANT. THAT DOES THAT REPAIR PROGRAM THAT WE THINK STAFF SHOULD LOOK INTO. UM THAT IS A STATEMENT WAS? YEAH YEAH, THEY WERE HERE. YEAH THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIAL. AND I THINK THAT THIS COUNCIL OR PERSONALLY ME, I THINK IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE WE KEEP ON OUR WE KEEP ON HAMMERING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR.
REPAIR SO I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR STAFF TO PUT THAT IN THE RADAR. I KNOW THAT THERE IS MONEY OUT THERE IN REGARDS OF FEDERALLY STATE. UM BECAUSE WE LITERALLY HIT ALL THE CHECK MARKS ROLE, MINORITY BASED LOW INCOME YOU CAN. YOU CAN NAME IT NEWLY INCORPORATED. WE HAVE A STORY LIKE MR KILL HIM TOLD US EARLIER WHEN I LITERALLY THAT'S ALL I DO. EVERY TIME I FIND SOMEONE THAT I, YOU KNOW, WORKS IN THE STATE WORKS FEDERALLY. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNTS VICE MAYOR STONE WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I MEAN, ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE PRETTY IMPORTANT SO IF IT'S OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. PERFECT. HMM. OKAY?
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OKAY ANY ANYBODY ANYBODY ELSE? UM AND USING USING THE 1.5 OF THE ARBA. IS MATCHING. SO TO MARTIN COUNTY, SO I THINK THAT'S YOU SAY IT'S AN IMPORTANT AND WE GOT TO DO IT. SO I AGREE. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS MATTER, MAN. OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND IT HAS BEEN SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, MOVING ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. YES THAT[7.
Professional Engineering Design Services for the Uptown Drainage and Roadway Repair Improvements - RFQ No. 2022-001.
]IS FOR AS YOU HEARD, MR FLORIO SAY THAT IS FOR THE TO GET THE PROFESSIONAL DESIGN GOING ON THE UPTOWN DRAINAGE AND ROADWAY. REPAIR IMPROVEMENTS. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF THIS COUNCIL. SO IT'S A I THINK. MR NOLAN HERE IS ANXIOUS TO GET GOING. SO GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR COUNSEL PAT NOLAN, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DIRECTOR. UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES ARE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT ENGINEERING DESIGN PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT. AND PERMITTING OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. PROJECT WITHIN THE UPTOWN COMMUNITY. THE UPTOWN COMMUNITY IS APPROXIMATELY 160 ACRES LOCATED IN THE PORTION OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN BOUND BY SOUTHWEST INDIAN MOUND. DRIVE ON THE EAST SOUTH WEST ADAMS AVENUE IN THE WEST, SOUTHWEST OSCEOLA STREET ON THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AMERICAN STREET ON THE NORTH. THE UPTOWN COMMUNITY CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 6.25 MILES OVER RURAL SECTION TWO LANE ROADWAY. PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ADDRESS THIS SUBSTANDARD DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE. INSUFFICIENT RANGE FACILITIES AND PERIODIC FLOODING THAT OCCURS WITHIN THE PROJECT LIMITS. DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THIS PROJECT, SO MEET THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT TO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. MARTIN COUNTY AND FLORIDA GREEN BOOK DESIGN STANDARDS. AS MIKE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FISCAL IMPACT WOULD BE 350,000 FROM THE ARPA. PLAN 46,000 AND CHANGE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET AND THEN 350,000 FROM A GRANT THAT WE HAD SECURED FROM D O T. AND. UH THE PROPOSAL IS TO HAVE KIM LEE HORN DO THIS WORK, AND THERE IS A GENTLEMAN FROM KIM LEE HORN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT THE DESIGN. HIS NAME IS MR MIKE FOREMAN. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF OR MR FOREMAN WE'RE HERE. AND WE HAVE A QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ? YES THANK YOU, MR NOLAN. I WHEN WE DID THIS, AND TWO YEARS AGO OR A YEAR AGO. OF TOWN AND THE YOU KNOW, REPAVING EVERYTHING. ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW. WE PINPOINT THE DRIVEWAYS AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WHAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY SO THAT WE LEAVE THEM EXACTLY LIKE THAT. UM BECAUSE I HAD RESIDENTS COMPLAINING THAT AND THEN IT WAS MR BILL THAT HE HAD TO GO BACK AND HE ACTUALLY TOOK MR SCHELL TRA OUT THERE. BECAUSE. WE FOUND THAT THAT THE CONTRACTOR HADN'T DONE THE JOB CORRECTLY, AND WE WHEN I TELL YOU, CONTRACTOR LITERALLY WHAT, LIKE MY DRIVEWAY CRACKED. LEFT THE BRIE. EVERYWHERE. IT WAS NICE, BUT THEY LEFT THE RATE EVERYWHERE. UM SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN YOUR RADAR SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS.RESIDENTS, CALLING US SAYING. YOU KNOW, WASN'T LEFT HOW IT WAS BEFORE YOU KNOW DEBRIS. UM. AND YOU AND WE NEED TO ADVISE RESIDENTS. WHEN THE WORK IS GOING TO BE DONE, SO I JUST WANT TO PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR MIGHT BE LIKE A BROKEN RECORD. YOU'LL YOU'LL HEAR ME CONSTANTLY SAY THAT, BUT IT'S ESSENTIAL TO HAVE IT IN YOUR RADAR. THANK YOU. UM, PRESENTLY, THIS IS JUST THAT IT IS DESIGNED STAGE. ONCE WE GET DONE WITH DESIGN, AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION. BUT AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP THE BOOK OF PARK PROJECT I WAS INVOLVED. THAT'S BEEN A YEAR LONG PROJECT. I TOOK THAT OVER. ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I'VE BEEN ON SITE EVERY WEEK AND AT THE MINIMUM AND HAVE ADDRESSED PRETTY MUCH ALL THE CUSTOMERS. YOU KNOW, THE
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RESIDENTS HAD COMPLAINTS OVER THERE. SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA APPROACH IT WHEN WE DO START CONSTRUCTION, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT DESIGN. AND WE DO PLAN ON HAVING PUBLIC MEETINGS. WITH THE RESIDENTS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THEM AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE SHORTCOMINGS IN THE LAST PROJECT. SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOOD DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT DRAINAGE WORK ENCOMPASSED. AND ALSO WHAT KIND OF, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN YOU'RE REBUILDING STRANGE AND ROADS, THERE WILL BE DESTRUCTION FIRST. BEFORE YOU PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.WE WILL BE VERY WELL WELL AWARE OF THAT, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY ADDRESS IT AS IT COMES UP. CAN I REQUEST THE SPANISH TRANSLATOR FOR THAT MEETING IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AREA AREA HAS A LOT OF SPANISH SPEAKING ABSOLUTELY MOST OF MY SPENT MOST OF MY STAFF SPEAKS SPANISH. WE DO THAT TYPE OF WORK. MY STAFF WILL BE WITH ME, OKAY? WHICH MOST OF MY STAFF LIVE HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. YES, I KNOW. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEIGHBOR WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LETTERS ISSUED AND SPANISH. PRETTY MUCH STANDARD PROCEDURE NOW, THANK YOU. ANYTHING THAT WE DO IN BLACK AND WHITE IS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? THE GIRLS. KIND OF OFF TOPIC. CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MISS NEEDED? NO MATTER , MA'AM, OKAY, AND SO WE NEED EMOTION. DO WE HAVE EMOTION? SOME OF THE SECOND. AND SAYING HOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE COMMENTS ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, MOVING ON TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.
[8.
Approval of an Agreement with WSP USA Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. for the Development of a Parks and Recreation Master Plan for the Village of Indiantown
]MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. YES MA'AM, THIS IS, UH, FOLLOW UP. SIMILAR TO MR NOLAN WHERE THESE ARE OPERA FUNDS FOR PARK MASTER PLAN. I'LL LET MS REZO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE RECOMMENDING USING THE SAME PEOPLE THAT DID TIME OR POWER PARK. DEB. MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL DEBBIE RESOURCE FOR THE RECORD. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING TODAY MARKS A YEAR I'VE BEEN WITH THE VILLAGE. I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A PARKS MASTER PLAN SINCE I GOT HERE AND HERE WE ARE TODAY. THANKS. CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE REQUESTING THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH W SP USA ENVIRONMENTAL AND, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEVELOP A PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN FOR THE VILLAGE SO WE CAN GET COMMUNITY INPUT TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH OUR PARKS. WHAT DO THEY WANT TO DO WITH NEW PARKS COMING IN? WE HAVE A THROUGH CHAPTER FOUR. A REQUIREMENT FOR LONG TERM, UM, LONG RANGE PLANNING TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY PARK SYSTEM TO MEET THE COMMUNITY NEEDS WITH THINGS LIKE TERRA LAGO COMING IN. WE'RE GOING TO NEED STAFF TO MAINTAIN THOSE FACILITIES. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING THIS AND WE HAVE LONG RANGE PLANS TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS. ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION. MOTIONS AND SECONDED. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO MATTER, MA'AM. OKAY SO ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. YES. THAT ITEM. ACTUALLY MR VOS[9.
Lot Lease for Hildebrand Amusement Rides Inc.
]WAS GONNA TALK TO HE'S INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD, UM. CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT DOES THIS. ESSENTIALLY, THEY DONE IT BEFORE. AND THEY ARE COMING BACK ASKING FOR THAT AGREEMENT, AND I WILL LET MR BOSE DISCUSS IT WITH YOU, SINCE IT IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT. I'M SO SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. I STEPPED OUT JUST FOR A SECOND WAS THERE AND IT WAS THERE A QUESTION ABOUT THE AGREEMENT? NO OKAY. ALRIGHT, GREAT. WHO'S SO? YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT NUMBER NINE? SORRY WE'RE ON THE NUMBER NINE. I APOLOGIZE PASTURE THEN STILL DOING A MASTER PLAN FOR THIS IS LIKE CARDS WHEN EVERYBODY'S STARING AT YOU, YOUR TURN. EXACTLY ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR. YEAH, THIS ITEM. AWAY FROM THE ITEM TO LOAD HERE. THIS ITEM IS ANOTHER REQUEST. IF YOU'LL RECALL HILDEBRAND AMUSEMENTS HAS PUT ON A NUMBER OF CARNIVALS IN THE PAST ON THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE VILLAGE UP ON WAR FIELD THEY'VE REQUESTED TO DO ANOTHER SHORT TERM LOT LACE TO PUT ON A CARNIVAL AGAIN THE DATES THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE THE PROPERTY OR FOR OUR UM THEY WOULD HAVE A LEASE FROM APRIL 3RD THROUGH APRIL 16TH THAT[01:45:04]
WOULD INCLUDE THE TIME FOR SETUP AND BREAKDOWN. THEY WERE PLANNING TO HAVE THE UM, ACTUAL EVENT BEGAN ON FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH AND RUNNING THROUGH THURSDAY, APRIL 13TH UM THIS ITEM IS ASKING FOR YOUR DIRECTION TO BE ABLE TO FOR THE VILLAGE MANAGER SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT. THE, UM AMOUNT THAT THE VILLAGE HAS PREVIOUSLY CHARGED WITH THE USE OF THE LAND FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME WAS $5000. THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE ITEM HERE. WE WOULD TAKE ANY DIRECTION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.OKAY? UM AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT I'M CLEAR THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE BEFORE. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH WE'RE USING THE WE'RE USING THE SAME AGREEMENT WE'VE USED BEFORE.
IT'S WITH THE SAME VENDOR. THERE HAD BEEN AN INSTANCE JUST AS AN UPDATE. IF YOU RECALL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, A DIFFERENT VENDOR OR DIFFERENT OPERATOR, A CIRCUS VISUAL WITH THE CIRCUS HAD COME AND INQUIRED, AND YOU ALL HAD GENERALLY SAID. SURE GO AHEAD AND LOOK INTO IT. THAT KIND OF FELL APART. OKAY DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WEEDS OF IT, BUT IT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. OKAY THIS IS THE SAME VENDOR WHO'S BEEN THERE BEFORE. OKAY. DO I HEAR A MOTION? I HEAR EMOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? THEY PROVIDE INSURANCE AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, RIGHT? YEAH THAT WE REQUIRE THAT PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE FOR IT. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? NO MATTER, MA'AM. OKAY ALL
[12.
ORDINANCE NO. XX-2023 -- AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 1.4, ADMINISTRATION, OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN PERSONNEL REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, NON-CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
]IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON NOW TO NUMBER 12. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 1.4 ADMINISTRATION OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN PERSONNEL REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS SEVERAL BUILDINGS, CONFLICTS, NON CODIFICATION AND INEFFECTIVE DAY. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU, AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS, IS AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR PERSONNEL REGULATIONS ATTACHED TO OR AS PART OF THAT ITEM THERE. UM YOU WILL SEE IT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE. BEST. YEAH. IT MIGHT BE BEST TO PUT IT UP. IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, UM. IF YOU ALL WOULD GIVE ME ONE SECOND, I DO APOLOGIZE. BE BEST TO JUST GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS UP ON THE SCREEN. BACK. IT'S NOT WHAT. HERE WE GO. SO THIS ITEM WAS ACTUALLY REQUESTED INDEPENDENTLY BY TWO DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE REVISIT SECTION 1.4 ADMINISTRATION OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN PERSONNEL REGULATIONS, FIRST REQUEST THAT WAS SUBMITTED WAS TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADDED. THAT PROVIDED THE VILLAGE MANAGER WITH DISCRETION TO, UM PROVIDE BENEFITS TO AN EMPLOYEE AND ACCESS OF THOSE GENERALLY PROVIDED IN THE PERSONNEL REGULATIONS WHEN THE VILLAGE MANAGER DEEMED IT NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF HIRING OR RETAINING AN EMPLOYEE WITH MISSION CRITICAL EXPERTISE, UM, THAT. PARAGRAPH THE SECOND PARAGRAPH THERE HAS BEEN AMENDED AND TWEAKED A COUPLE OF TIMES AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSIONS BY THE COUNCIL, BUT THAT IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THERE. THEY REQUESTED THAT BEEN THE PREPARATION OF AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REMOVE THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH. IN ADDITION, UH THE MAYOR REQUESTED THAT THE ORDINANCE ALSO INCLUDE FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF FURTHER REVISION TO THAT SECTION . THAT'S IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH . THE REMOVAL OF THE CLAUSE. THAT READS, UH, I'LL READ THE ENTIRE SENTENCE, SO THEY FIRST SENTENCE OF THAT SECTION READS THE VILLAGE MANAGER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL ADMINISTRATION OF THESE REGULATIONS AND MAY MAKE MINOR EXCEPTIONS AND AMENDMENTS WITHIN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE VILLAGE. THE MAYOR IS SUGGESTED THAT THAT CLAUSE, UH BE REMOVED AS WELL. SO BEFORE HE DENIED IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD MAKE BOTH OF THOSE REVISIONS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER TWEAKS TO ANY OF THIS[01:50:03]
WITHIN SECTION 1.4 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL REVIEW THE ITEM AND TAKE WHAT ACTION THEY WOULD SEE FIT ON FIRST READING. GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND MAYOR. IF I MAY, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, THE REASON YOU DID THAT WAS TO MAKE THIS MIRROR THE CHARTER. YES. I JUST WANTED INDIVIDUALS UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT SMEARING THE CHARTER. YEAH, UM. MR VOS PRETTY WELL COVERED AT ALL. DOES. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? I JUST THINK I THINK WE'RE RETURNING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND I ASKED, I TRULY WAS KIND OF EMBARRASSING. I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THAT FIRST IN THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH THAT THAT WORDING WAS IN THERE TO MAKE BECAUSE THAT, UM DOES NOT. MIRROR WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE CHARTER SAYS, IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MANAGER, SO UM, I APPRECIATE THAT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION IS THERE, UH, PUBLIC DISCUSSION? YES, MADAM MAYOR, WE NEED OPPRESSOR. WELCOME AGAIN. YES I KNOW. I GOT A LOT OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. MY NAME IS RENEE TO PRESSLER. THIS ORDINANCE STRENGTHENS THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND IT WEAKENS THE VILLAGE MANAGER. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT? YOU ARE REMOVING THE AUTHORITY OF THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO PROVIDE A BENEFIT DURING A TIME WHEN IT'S VERY HARD TO GET EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES TO DRIVE THE DRIVE TO INDIAN TOWN. YOU ARE ALSO DELETING THE VILLAGE, THE ABILITY OF THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EVEN MAKE ANY MINOR EXCEPT EXEMPTIONS AND AMENDMENTS WHEN EVEN WHEN IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE VILLAGE. WHY DO YOU WANT A WEEK VILLAGE MANAGER? YOU'RE ALSO WEAKENING THE ABILITY OF THE VILLAGE TO ATTRACT EXPERIENCED PEOPLE. PLEASE VOTE. NO, THIS IS NOT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU.THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. NO MATTER, MA'AM. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED. NO FURTHER COMMENT SEEMS TO BE NEEDED, UM ALL IN FAVOR. BYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON. TO OUR ITEM 11, WHICH IS NOW 12. YES AND MR VOTES IS GOING TO TAKE THAT ONLY THANK
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Request for Reimbursement of Legal Fees Incurred by Scott Watson Relating to Revisions to LDR Permitted Uses in the Canal Mixed-Use Zoning District.
]YOU, MAYOR AND I REALIZED WHY I WAS HAVING TROUBLE READING. I WAS HAVING TROUBLE READING, SO I HAD TO PUT ON MY READING GLASSES HERE. SO MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS RELATING TO REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL FEES INCURRED BY SCOTT WATSON RELATING TO REVISIONS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS PERMITTED USES PRIMARILY IN THE CANAL. MAKE SURE YOU ZONING DISTRICT AS YOU ALL WILL RECALL. MR WATSON HAS MADE REPEATED WRITTEN REQUESTS BACK ON JULY 14TH 2022 AGAIN JANUARY 15TH OF THIS YEAR WRITTEN REQUEST THAT THE VILLAGE COUNCIL PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE ATTORNEY'S FEES HE INCURRED WITH THE GUN STIR LAW FIRM FOR LEGAL SERVICES RELATING TO THE CONCERNS HE HAD HAD THAT THE INDIAN TOWN LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS SAYS THEY WERE ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER, 2020 EITHER IMPAIRED AND OR ADMITTED USES ON PROPERTIES OWNED CANAL MAKES USE, INCLUDING , OF COURSE, MR WATSON'S INDIAN TOWN, MARINA. UM, THAT, UH HIS MARINA PROPERTY AND OTHER SIMILAR SITUATION SITUATED. UH SIMILARLY ZONED PROPERTY HAD PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED UNDER THE MARTIN COUNTY LD. R S. AH, THERE HAD BEEN THERE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY OR PARDON ME. THERE HAD BEEN OVER A PERIOD OF MANY MONTHS SINCE THOSE CONCERNS AROSE NUMBER OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS GREAT DEAL OF CONFERENCE CALLS AND SO ON OVER A NUMBER OF MONTHS, UH, DURING AND WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT RESULTED IN AN[01:55:01]
ORDINANCE REVISING THE INDIAN TOWN L. DRS BY ADDING A NUMBER OF PERMITTED CONDITIONAL SPECIAL EXCEPTION. MIXED USE ONLY AND EXISTING ONLY USES TO THE PERMITTED USE TABLE IN THE CANAL MIXED USE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF QUALIFYING FOOTNOTES FOR A NUMBER OF THE USES IN CANAL MAKES USE TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ACTUALLY CARRIED OVER FROM SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS IN THE MARTIN COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YOU ALL ADOPTED THAT ORDINANCE ON APRIL 14TH 2022 COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO REQUESTED THAT I PREPARE AN AGENDA. THIS ACTION ITEM FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER GRANTING MR WATSON'S REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THAT $35,858. IN LEGAL FEES THAT HE INCURRED. ONE ADDITIONAL PIECE OF INFORMATION I WOULD ADD SINCE THE PREPARATION OF THIS ITEM CLARIFICATION. REALLY UM, I HAVE HAD CONFIRMATION FROM MR WATSON THAT HE WOULD BE GIVING A RELEASE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE, UH , REIMBURSEMENT OF THESE LEGAL PHASE. SO WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE VILLAGE COUNCIL DISCUSS THE REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND TAKE WHAT ACTION THE COUNCIL WOULD FIND APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS. OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE RESTORED. AND THERE'S NO RHYME OR REASON TO WHY IT WAS DONE. AND YOU ENCOURAGED COSTS AND HAVING TO FIGHT FOR IT. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM ANYBODY IN THIS VILLAGE ANYBODY IN THIS TOWN ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTY WOULD WANT TO HAVE TO GO FIGHT TO RETAIN THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS. UM. IF WE DON'T DO THIS THEN WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET SUED. ASK MR BOSS. DOES HE HAVE GROUNDS TO SUE US? SO I CAN TELL YOU THIS LET ME GIVE YOU THE MOST. INTERESTING AND SALIENT LEGAL FACT IN THE HOLE. MASSIVE THIS I'LL BE QUITE PLAIN. UM THERE WAS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH AND FOR MANY MONTHS, RESULTING IN A VERY GOOD PRODUCT. BY THE END, I WILL TELL YOU, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND BACK AND FORTH WITH MR WATSON'S ATTORNEYS AND SO ON TO GET THERE. UM A COMPLICATING FACTOR AND JUST FOR OUR NEWER MEMBERS ARE LONGER TIME COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW I NEVER LIKED GOING TOO DEEP INTO HANDICAPPING WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE LIABILITY BECAUSE THEY'RE TAPING ME RIGHT NOW. BUT I WILL. I WILL SHARE THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. UM AN INTERESTING THING HAPPENED DURING THE COURSE OF THIS WHOLE SET OF INTERACTIONS. THE LEGISLATURE CHANGED THE LAW. CONCERNING THE BIRD HARRIS ACT, OKAY, HARRIS ACT AND FOR THE PUBLIC AND ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW THE LAW IN FLORIDA. THAT, UM PUTTING VERY SIMPLE LAYMAN'S TERMS BASICALLY PROVIDES, IT PROVIDES A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR FOLKS WHOSE PROPERTY WHO ARE DEPRIVED OF THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS. BY AN ACTION OF GOVERNMENT SOMETHING LESS THAN AN ACTUAL TAKING. OKAY THE U. S CONSTITUTION PROTECTS AGAINST ACTUAL TAKINGS OF LAND. THIS IS FOR THINGS WHERE YOUR TAKE AWAY RIGHTS AS OPPOSED TO TAKING AWAY THE WHOLE PROPERTY. OKAY UM, THE LEGISLATURE. CHANGE THAT STATUTE , LITERALLY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS ENTIRE THING HERE. IT HAS BEEN THE POSITION OF MY OFFICE, ALL RIGHT, AND NOT JUST HERE AND FOR JURISDICTIONS ALL OVER THE STATE THAT THAT, UH, LEGISLATION IS NOT RETROACTIVE. APPLICATION DOESN'T APPLY TO THINGS THAT THAT DEPRIVATIONS THAT OCCURRED IN THE PAST THE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS AND THEY ADDED A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS AND TOOK AWAY A LOT OF THE ABILITIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DEFEND AGAINST THOSE OUR POSITION HAS BEEN THAT IT'S NOT RETROACTIVE. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THAT WOULD BE MY POSITION. MY OFFICE'S POSITION. WE ONLY REPRESENT GOVERNMENTS, OKAY. UM OTHER ATTORNEYS TAKE A DIFFERENT LEGAL POSITION THAT IT IS, IN FACT RETROACTIVE AND IT CAN BE APPLIED. AH! IF MR WATSON WERE TO BRING US TO COURT TO SEEK RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES. THAT MIGHT BE THE TEST CASE. AND UM, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU JUST A HANDICAP IT AS YOU[02:00:07]
ALL KNOW. MY FIRM IS ON A FIXED FEE RETAINER. IT WILL NOT COST YOU ANYMORE IN ATTORNEY SEAL JUST COST ME A LOT MORE WORK, AND THAT'S FINE. UM, BUT WHAT IT WOULD IF WE WENT TO COURT.REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE END OUTCOME WOULD BE. AH IT WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME AND EFFORT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A LOT. IT WOULD BE VERY FACT INTENSIVE ANALYSIS. LOT OF DEPOSITIONS A LOT OF DISTRACTING STAFF FROM EVERYTHING ELSE. A LOT OF WORKING ON PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND GUESS WHAT? YOU DON'T GET REIMBURSED FOR ANY OF THAT. WHEN YOU'RE RESPONDING TO DISCOVERY AND LITIGATION, AS OPPOSED TO SAY A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. UM AND THEN AS I MENTIONED TO YOU BECAUSE THAT STATUTE THE WAY THAT STATUTE CAME IN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. IT COULD CUT BOTH WAYS AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU GET IN FRONT OF A JUDGE. SO, UM IF YOU ASK ME TO ANALYZE IT WHERE I THOUGHT LEGALLY WHERE IT WOULD END UP I STILL THINK MY LEGAL POSITION IS THE CORRECT ONE. WHERE IT WOULD GO. I HAVE NO IDEA AND THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL. RISK TO EVALUATE AGAINST THANK YOU. OKAY? SO. AND STAFF TIME. AND PREPARING FOR A CASE. IT WOULD PROBABLY COST US MORE. THEN WHAT IT WOULD COST TO JUST PAY HIM. GIVING BACK HIS MONEY REIMBURSE HIM FOR HIS LEGAL EXPENSES. OH, IT WOULD IT WOULD EASILY. DWARF THIS NUMBER AND THAT'S SPEAKING JUSTICE STAFF TIME NOT NOT EVEN THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE WOULD WIN AND IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE THAN THAT, BECAUSE YOU GET THE FEES FOR FIGHTING FOR IT. ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO ANYWAYS, BUT OKAY. THANK YOU. BY SMEAR VICE MAYOR STONE. YES SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS IF WE JUST START REIMBURSING WHOEVER HIGHER ATTORNEY AND COME AT US. IS THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR EVERYBODY? I MEAN, WHAT IF IT WAS A BIGGER SUM OF MONEY? ARE WE STILL GOING TO CONSIDER DOING THAT? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS IS HAPPENING. AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE DO. BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT? AND WHO'S GONNA COME AFTER US AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE GONNA WANT. IF WE SET THIS IN PLACE. WE'RE JUST TELLING EVERYBODY OH, IT'S OKAY. JUST HIRE A LAWYER WILL PAY FOR YOUR LAWYER. SO WE NEED TO REALLY CONSIDER THIS. WE CAN'T JUST HAND SOMEBODY A CHECK JUST BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY WANT TO BE RUN, REIMBURSE. AND BESIDES THAT, MR BOSE HOW MANY. EXTRA THINGS THAT HE GET IN HIS PROPERTY RIGHTS. WELL, WE MADE ALL THESE CHANGES. WOULD YOU TRY TRYING TO THINK OF THE MOST ACCURATE WAY TO ANSWER THAT, UM . HE DID NOT COME OUT. WITH.
GETTING IN THE WAY THAT THIS WOULD TAKE HOURS. SO I SAID, I'M GONNA TRY TO DRILL IT DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. HE DID NOT COME OUT WITH USES. IN THE REVISIONS THAT WERE NOT ON THE FACE OF THE LIST OF PERMITTED USES THAT WERE IN THE INDIAN TOWN OVERLAY ZONING. OKAY? UM.
THAT'S PRIMARILY WERE A LOT OF THAT CAME OVER, OKAY. HE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING THAT WASN'T ON THAT ADDITIONAL LIST. THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM THAT MADE FOR A LOT OF LEGAL COMPLICATIONS, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS IT WAS A LOT OF WORK BACK AND FORTH. HE ACTUALLY DIDN'T GET ALL OF THEM THAT WERE IN THAT LIST. ALL RIGHT, AND THERE'S A REASON WHY THERE WERE SOME FUNDAMENTAL INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN. WHAT THE INDIAN TOWN OVERLAY ZONING PROVIDED AND WHAT THE MARTIN COUNTY COMP PLAN ALLOWED. ALRIGHT AND WHAT ENDED UP WHAT HAD ENDED UP HAPPENING. IS WHEN. THIS. THIS IS WHERE THE COMPLICATION AROSE. WHEN THE INDIAN TOWN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS BEING PREPARED, ALL RIGHT.
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THE MODEL FOR WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS. THE MODEL FOR THAT WAS, IN FACT, THE CORRESPONDING DESIGNATIONS IN THE MARTIN COUNTY COMPLAINT. ALRIGHT. SO WHEN. WHEN THOSE DESCRIPTIONS THOSE GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TYPES OF USES AND THE RESTRICTIONS ON USES, AND SO ON. THOSE CAME OVER, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE CANAL DISTRICT WAS NOW THE CANAL MAKES USE DISTRICT AND WHAT WAS THE ANALOGOUS WATERFRONT? I CAN'T REMEMBER PRECISELY WHAT IT IS WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL. I BELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE MARTIN COUNTY COM PLAN. THAT CAME OVER THERE. THE ISSUE IS THE INDIAN TOWN OVERLAY ZONING.ALLOWED FOR OR PARDON ME LISTED A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL USES. THAT WERE IN FACT INCONSISTENT WITH OR AT LEAST ON THEIR FACE INCONSISTENT WITH THE UNDERLYING FUTURE LAND USE OF THE MARTIN COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ALRIGHT, SO. THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGIN. HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.
WE TOOK ALL THOSE RIGHTS THAT WERE GENERALLY IN THE MARTIN COUNTY COMPLAIN AND MAKE SURE THEY GOT OVER. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU GO TO IMPLEMENT THE INDIAN TOWN L D. R S THEY WENT IN AND AGAIN. WE HAD ALL THESE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND THEY WERE ALL THESE DIFFERENT USES LOOKING AT AND WHEN THOSE WENT IN, THEY WERE EVALUATING EVERY USE AGAINST WHAT WAS IN OUR COM PLANT. OKAY? AND SO SOME OF THEM FROM THAT USELESS IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT DID NOT GET TRANSLATED OVER BECAUSE THEY WERE INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT'S WHERE IT GOT. MESSI AND WHERE IT GOT COMPLICATED, BUT WE WORKED IT OUT. WAS GETTING A LOT MORE.
DETAILED INTO. THERE ARE SOME CAVEATS AND RESTRICTIONS ON SOME OF THOSE USES. TO CONFINE THEM TO MAKE THEM CONSISTENT WITH OUR COM PLAN. ALL RIGHT, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE IT LEGAL. I WAS NEVER GONNA PUT AN L. D. R AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU THAT WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WANTED TO GET THAT SORTED OUT, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TO GET NUANCED AND A LITTLE COMPLEX. BUT THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING. I WILL TELL YOU THERE'S A REALLY LONG WAY OF SAYING HE DID NOT END UP WITH ANYTHING. MHM MORE THEN HE HAD BEFORE IT WAS JUST MHM MESSY. BEFORE. AND I WISH I COULD MAKE IT SIMPLER, BUT THAT'S ABOUT WITH CLEANUP. MARTIN COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THE SENSE . I DON'T WANT TO GET HIGH. I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT TANGENT TO TOO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL LIKE I WAS SAYING THE FACT IS WE REALLY NEED TO CONSIDER THIS AS FAR AS WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? ARE WE GONNA SET SOMETHING IN PLACE? WHERE WHOEVER DECIDE THEY WANT TO SUE US. WE'RE JUST GONNA REIMBURSE THEM. THAT'S THE BIGGEST QUESTION. I WANT YOU GUYS TO ANSWER TO YOURSELF. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. SO I CONCUR WITH VICE PREMIER STONE IN REGARDS OF THAT. UM. WE KNEW THIS WAS ALL GOING TO AH, BE DIFFICULT. STAFF WORKED WITH HIM. UM. AND THE WAY IT WENT.
THROUGH. MM IS, UH, YOU KNOW. IT'S HARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PLANS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO COMBINED. AND MAKE SURE THE NEW. AH, ALLOTTED ONES. WE'RE IN TAKING ANYONE'S RIGHTS.
BUT. DO WE WANT TO BE KNOWN ON SETTING THIS PRECEDENT? SO LET'S JUST SAY. DEVELOPER COMES IN HERE BECAUSE DEVELOPERS OF COURSE THEY HAVE THE MONEY. THEY HAVE THE ATTORNEYS. LANDOWNERS HAVE THE ATTORNEYS. TO AND JUST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT OR THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR PLAN. THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT. GO GET A LAWYER. AND HANDLES THE BILL. LIKE ARE WE TELLING THEM? YEAH, COME TO INDIA TOWN WHILE PAY HER ATTORNEY FEES. WE WORKED WITH THEM. AH WE DID ALL THESE ALL THESE WORKSHOPS. AND HMM. NEVER DID HE MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT
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CERTAIN STUFF. SO. AND I HEAR A HECKLE DOWN THERE. I'M NOT I'M NOT IN. NO DEVELOPERS CAN SLEEP GOOD, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYONE. 11 CENT, HONEY. SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT. DO WE WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR SENDING THIS PRESIDENT? ABOUT THE ONLY HIS LEGAL FEES BECAUSE NEXT DEVELOPER IS GOING TO COME. AND HE'S GONNA SAY YOU GAVE IT TO THIS PERSON. WHAT ABOUT THE FERNWOOD FORCED RESIDENTS? THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. WE'RE GOING TO PAY THEIR ATTORNEY FEES, TOO. AND WE AND MR SCOTT WATSON. SAYS HE'S FOR THE COMMUNITY. WHEN DID HE WANNA TRADE OFF SOMETHING. LIKE, YOU KNOW. IN REGARDS OF THAT. 30 SOMETHING 1000 WE HAVE WE HAVE LIGHTS TO FIXED. WE HAVE STREETS TO FIXED. WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO FIX AND YET. HIS COUNSEL IS GOING TO GIVE IT TO HIM ALREADY KNOW. I JUST LAUGH ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A 32 VOTE. BUT IN REALITY DO WE WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR THIS? BECAUSE, YES. IT SAYS PROPERTY RIGHTS. I UNDERSTAND. BUT HE HAD A WHOLE IT WAS A LONG PROCESS. HE HAD THAT WHOLE TIME TO COME IN, AND WE COULD HAVE GIVEN THEM AN EXEMPTION. WHERE, HEY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. AND PUT YOUR LAND IN QUESTION AND FIGURE IT OUT. BUT IT'S A REGULAR THING. DEVELOPERS COME IN HERE AND THEY CAN WALK IN WITH WITH WITH THEIR ATTORNEYS. THEY GOT THE MONEY. SO. YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST HAND OUT EVERYONE OUR MONEY AND MAKE US GO BANKRUPT. BECAUSE YOUR FURTHER COMMUNITY. I GUESS YOU'RE NOT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GIVE THIS MONEY TO THAT WE REALLY NEED OUR COMMUNITY IS SCREAMING. THEY WANT THIS MONEY THEY WANT US WHEN YOU SEE THE REPAIR PROGRAM. MISS PARKER IS ONE THAT REALLY WANTED IT. SHE WAS ONE OF MANY. I CAN'T DO THIS 30,000. WE COULD ACTUALLY DO FOR A MINOR HAIR REPAIR PROGRAM. BUT YET YOU GUYS WANT TO GIVE IT TO HIM BECAUSE WHAT IF HE REALLY LOVED INDIAN TOWN? HE'D BE SATISFIED WITH, YOU KNOW. THUS GIVING HIM A PORTION OF IT.THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM. AND LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS. I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DEALT WITH THE SITUATION LIKE THIS BEFORE. BUT THIS COUNCIL IS THE ONE THAT FIXED IT. BECAUSE WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THE PROCESS. THAT FENCING. WAS NOT ALLOWED ON A VACANT LOT. AND PREVIOUSLY IT HAD BEEN SO THIS COUNCIL SOFFIT. CONTRARY TO WHAT THE PC, A BOARD RECOMMENDED AND WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAD THERE. LAND USE. BACK. THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY. HAD BEFORE WE IMPLEMENTED OUR NEW L. D. R S SO WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH THAT. UM THIS SITUATION, I THINK IS, UM. IS IT? IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION. IT'S UNIQUE. BECAUSE IT IS A SITUATION THAT BEGAN BEFORE WE EVER EVEN. ADOPTED RL DRS. AND SO ANY DEVELOPER COMING IN NOW WOULD NOT BE THE SAME.
IT'S NOT THE SAME SITUATION THAT'S APPLES AND ORANGES. UM DO WE WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR THIS? WELL, THERE'S TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT THAT. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH IT ONCE WITH
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FENCING. DO WE WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR? IN AND THAT'S A KIND OF A DIFFICULT TAKING. YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR NOT LIVING UP TO OUR WORD BECAUSE WHAT THIS COUNCIL SAID PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTING RLD RSR COMP PLAN THAT IT WOULD BE THE SAME IF NOT BETTER. NOTHING WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN. AND AS WE FIND OUT AS WE GO THROUGH IT. IT WASN'T SO IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION, AND IT IS A UNIQUE SITUATION FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. MR WATSON WAS WORKING WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WERE IN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING. BUT IN THE PROCESS, APPARENTLY THEY WERE LEFT OUT. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. FOR ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE HE EVER GOT ATTORNEYS INVOLVED. THAT IT WAS CONTINUED TO TRY TO BE WORKED OUT TO NO AVAIL. AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT THERE WAS ATTORNEY FEES IN ORDER TO. RETAIN WHAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY. AND WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD HERE THIS EVENING. THAT WHAT IT IS GOING TO COST US WOULD BE MORE. THEN WHAT THESE LEGAL FEES. THAT ARE BEING ASKED FOR IT'S GOING TO COST US MORE.THAN THAT. TO SAY NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO AND WIND UP IN COURT. SO I THINK IT'S UM. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE. AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THIS IS NOT OPENING THE DOOR TO EVERYBODY WALKING THAT WALKS IN. IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME THE SAME STORY BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. NOT THIS. NOT THIS WAY IS NOT. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES MADAM MAYOR FIRST WE NEED A PRESSLER. I'M SORRY TO HAVE TO GET UP SO MUCH TONIGHT. BELIEVE ME. MY NAME IS RENEE TO PRESSLER. IN RECENT DAYS. A RESIDENT SAID TO ME, I WISH I HAD SOLD MY HOME TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. MY ANSWER TO THEM IS THAT WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE ARE BULLIES. SO EVEN IF YOU MOVE, YOU WILL RUN INTO THE SAME. MR WATSON WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN CREATING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT RULES BEFORE THEY WERE ADOPTED.
HE TOOK A SEAT AT THE TABLE AT WHEN MANY RESIDENTS WHO WANTED TO SEAT DID NOT GET ONE. HE GOT A SEAT. HE WAS THERE. HE HELPED CREATE THESE HE HAD HE ATTENDED . I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE MEETING HE MISSED. WHY DIDN'T MR WATSON JUST MAKE A REQUEST? LIKE THE RESIDENTS EARLIER THIS EVENING. THE REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL FEES. APPARENTLY INCURRED BY MR WATSON FOR THESE REVISIONS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS SOUND VERY IMPROPER TO ME. A BILL FOR $35,858. INDICATES THAT THE CLIENT IS A TOWN LLC AND THREE LITTLE INDIANS LLC. IS THE ONLY THING ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. I DON'T SEE SCOTT WATSON'S NAME ANYWHERE. NUMBER ONE. WHERE IS THE PROOF THAT THIS BILL ADDRESSED TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES WAS EVEN PAID? HOW CAN YOU REIMBURSE SOMEONE WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THEY PAID THE BILL THAT THEY ARE SHOWING TO YOU? THIS IS A BILL APPARENTLY INCURRED BY MR WATSON. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T SEE HIS NAME. ON IT. FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES. THE ACTION TAKEN BY HIS ATTORNEY MUST HAVE PROVIDED SOME FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO HIM. OTHERWISE WHY WOULD HE HIRE AN ATTORNEY FOR ALMOST $40,000 AND FORCE THESE CHANGES? DOES THIS MEAN IF AN INDIAN TOWN RESIDENT IF ANY INDIAN TOWN RESIDENTS ARE UNHAPPY WITH THEIR ZONING, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE THAT THEY CAN HIRE THE SAME LAW FIRM AND APPLY FOR THE SAME REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE VILLAGE.
NUMBER. TWO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY A DEVELOPER HE HAS REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS A DEVELOPER AND NOT A RESIDENT OF INDIAN TOWN WAS APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD WHILE IN THE
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BACKGROUND UNKNOWN TO RESIDENTS. THAT PERSON IS HIRING ATTORNEYS TO FORCE CHANGES TO THE VERY REGULATIONS THAT THE BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO EVALUATE APPLICATIONS ON WELL. THIS IS OUR MONEY. THIS BELONGS TO RESIDENTS. PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE. LINDA UNIKOM. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET PEST MY BEDTIME HERE. UM I THINK FROM EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD THE ONLY PRECEDENT I CAN SEE THAT THIS BOARD. THIS COUNCIL WILL BE SETTING IS THAT. IT WILL OWN UP TO MISTAKES IT HAS MADE INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AN OPEN DOOR FOR ANYBODY ELSE TO COME IN AND SHOOT JUST BECAUSE THEY THINK WE HAVE OPEN POCKETS, BUT IT DOES MAKE US UM . OWN UP TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND STAND BEHIND WHAT WE HAVE DONE. UM MY TWO CENTS THANK YOU. YES, SIR DAVID POWERS. DAVID POWERS FOR THE RECORD, UM YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER STUDENT BETTER SUPPORTER OF INDIAN TOWN THAN SCOTT WATSON. WHAT HE'S DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY EVER SINCE HE'S BEEN THERE. HE'S A TREMENDOUS BUSINESS OWNER. HE HAS SUPPORTED EVERY NONPROFIT THAT THIS ORGAN THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS, AND HE'S DONE IT FOREVER SINCE DAY ONE THAT HE'S COME HERE. AND THAT'S OVER 25 YEARS THAT HE'S BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER OF THE INDIAN TOWN MARINA. UM, YOU TALK ABOUT SCOTT STEPPED UP ON THE ON THE L D R COMMITTEE AND WANTED TO BE A PART OF WHAT WAS PUT TOGETHER AND DO IT RIGHT. BUT THIS BOARD DISBANDED THAT COMMITTEE AND DID NOT WANT TO HEAR THE RESIDENT OR THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WAS DONE.FROM FROM THE BOARD. YOU GUYS HAD THE RIGHT AND YOU GUYS SHUT IT DOWN. YOU SHUT THE VOICES OFF, NOT ONLY FROM SCOTT, NOT ONLY FROM SOME OF YOUR LARGEST TAXPAYERS, BUT THEN ALSO SOME OF YOUR RESIDENTS THAT WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN. YOU SHUT THAT DOWN. SCOTT WAS ABSOLUTE, TREMENDOUS PLAYER IN THAT HE SAT ON THE MARTIN COUNTY UM PLANNING AND ZONING SEVERAL YEARS AND HE WAS SOUGHT OUT AFTER A AS AN EXPERT BECAUSE HE'S A BUILDER AND DEVELOPER. HE'S BUILT SCHOOLS.
HE'S BUILT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. UM THERE'S A REASON PROBABLY WHY THE LEGISLATION CHANGED THE RULES. UM AND IT WAS PROBABLY GOING FOR BETTER PROTECTION OF THE PROPERTY RIGHTS. YOU HAVE TO OWN PROPERTY TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOUR RIGHTS ARE TAKEN AWAY. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. BUT IF YOU DON'T OWN PROPERTY, YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. UM. AND AGAIN THE COMMITTEE WAS COMMITTEE HAD ALL THE RIGHT IN THE WORLD, UM, TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY, BUT IT WAS NOT. IT WAS DISBANDED, AND SCOTT HAS EVERY RIGHT TO CONTINUE TO GO AFTER THIS. THANK YOU. NOTHING ELSE MATTER, MAN. THANK YOU. SO WE DID GET EMOTION ON THIS IN A SECOND. NOT YET. I THOUGHT WE HAD. DO I HEAR A MOTION MOTION. OKAY. DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND . OKAY? LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ NO. VICE MAYOR STONE. MARY GIBBS. THOMAS YES. BEST IS THREE OR TWO. OKAY IS THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT MR
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JOE FLANAGAN IS, UM, NEEDING A SYSTEMS PROJECT GRADUATION. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONTRIBUTE. MAYBE TIME DONATION . WHATEVER YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY NEED HELP. AND LET ME JUST KIND OF BUILD ON THAT. UM, HE DID A PRESENTATION AT THE CHAMBER BREAKFAST, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT CAN BE SPONSORED. I'M SPONSORING THE NACHO BAR, SO EVERYBODY ABSOLUTELY STEP UP AND CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT.IT'S AN AWESOME AWESOME ABOUT THAT. IT UM I DON'T KNOW WHEN SEVERAL GRADUATION IT'LL BE
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SOMETIME IN MAY. THEY USUALLY DO IT AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE CAN START TRYING TO RAFFLE OFF A CAR. I KNOW THEY DID IT WHEN I GRADUATED IN 2004. SO YOU KNOW THE EARLIER THE BETTER, YOU KNOW, LET'S GIVE. LET'S GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO PROJECT GRADUATION. YOU KNOW, LOT OF KIDS DON'T GO BECAUSE THERE'S NO MOTIVATION, BUT HEY, LIKE I'M LIKE LET'S START NOW. LET'S SEE WHERE WE CAN. WE CAN FUNDRAISE FOR TO GIVE AWAY A CAR THAT'S REALLY TO AN INDIAN TOWN RESIDENT. THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. IT WOULD ALSO, YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE GIFT CARDS LIKE GAS GIFT CARDS. THERE'S MANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP THAT THAT PROJECT SO YES, CALL MR FLYNN AGAIN OR THE SCHOOL AND GET INVOLVED ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY I WANT TO THANK JOSH. UM I KNOW THAT $20 MILLION. YOU AND I, KEVIN HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. AND, UH , I APPRECIATE IT. WE KNOW I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT INDIAN TOWN CLOSE TO YOUR HEART. SO THANK YOU. OUR NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MARCH[NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]
THE 9TH 2023 6 30. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE STATE OF THE VILLAGE ADDRESS WILL BE AT 6 15. ON MARCH, THE NINTH SO COME A FEW MINUTES EARLY HERE THAT AND STICK AROUND FOR THE REGULAR COUNCI* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.