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RECORDING. RIGHT HELLO? GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN
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TOWN REGULAR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING THIS MARCH. 23RD 2023. IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE THE ROLL. CALL MAYOR GIBBS THOMAS HERE. ADVICE MY AIR STONE HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO HERE. REMEMBER PEREZ HERE? A FEW QUICK HOUSEKEEPING. UH CELLPHONES, PLEASE TURN THEM OFF. IF YOU WOULD WE DO HAVE A JAR STARTED SO YOU MAY BE CHARGED BATHROOMS . SHE DIDN'T SAY PHONES. YOU'RE COVERED BY A TEACHING. UM THE BATHROOMS ARE ON YOUR LEFT. ALSO YOU WILL NOTICE THE EXIT SIGNS IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ALSO ON THE FRONT OF THE AGENDA. WE DO HAVE OUR CIVILITY STATEMENT. PLEASE READ THAT REVIEW THAT WE HOLD OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND OUR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THAT CIVILITY STATEMENT WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE OUR COMMISSIONER HAROLD JENKINS HERE, ALONG WITH HIS WONDERFUL AID. COLLEEN PASKOWITZ. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE ARE IN VACATION . UM, THIS EVENING WILL BE BY SISTER STACY LAVELLE. SHE IS COVERING FOR HER BROTHER MINISTER KING SO HE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MRS LEVEL FOR DOING THAT. AND IF EVERYBODY WOULD STAND FOR THAT, AND ALSO REMAIN REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. LET'S BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY. AND FOR GUIDANCE, WISDOM AND SUPPORT. AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING. HELP US TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION. ALLOW US TO GROW CLOSER AS A GROUP. AND NURTURED THE BOND OF COMMUNITY PRESENT MANY MORE IN JESUS' NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. RELATIONS TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION, GOD INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS.[PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]
OKAY. THANK YOU. THEN WE COME TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE EVENING. PUBLIC COMMENT.YOU'RE INVITED TO COMMENT UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SPEAK TO THAT IS ON THE AGENDA WEIGHT FOR THAT ITEM TO COME UP WHEN YOU STAND TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONE IS ON SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN RECORD IT ALSO, MAKE SURE YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. DO WE HAVE ANYONE? YES, MAYOR LINDA UNIKOM. THANK YOU. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, LINDEN. I COME FOR THE RECORD. UM OVER THE YEARS. I THINK YOU ALL HAVE REALIZED THAT ONE OF MY MAIN. AH COURSES IN LIFE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF OUR VILLAGE OR NEIGHBORS ARE SAFE. NOTIFIED. UM ARE AWARE OF WHATEVER IS GOING ON AROUND HIM? UM THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS. OH AND IT'S WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. UM ON THE NEWS TONIGHT, I WAS MADE AWARE OF A BIG BRUSHFIRE OVER, UH, OFF OF OUR SIDE OF HOME SOUND. AH SMOKE BLOWING IN OUR DIRECTION. WHICH MEANS THAT PEOPLE WITH BREATHING ISSUES ARE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS IF THEY'RE NOT AWARE. THAT THIS IS COMING. UM I'VE BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME KIND OF A WARNING SYSTEM FOR, UH, TORNADO WARNING. TORNADO WATCH WHATEVER. UM I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WILL COULD ALL BE IMPLEMENTED, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. UM EVEN IN MY OLD HOMETOWN, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'RE YOUNGER ONES. HATE TO SEE US OLD ONES, ALWAYS SAYING BACK WHEN, UM, OUR LITTLE TOWN HELD A SIREN BECAUSE WE HAD A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO WE KNEW THAT IF IT RANG ONCE AND THAT WAS IT.
EVERYBODY TUNED TO ONE OR TWO OF THE RADIO STATIONS LOCALLY TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. YOU
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DIDN'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON A CELL PHONE, WHICH PEOPLE LIKE ME. DON'T EVEN USE. UM YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A BIO COMPUTER OR TV , BUT YOU COULD TUNE INTO A RADIO. FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS. NOW THAT MAYBE OVER SIMPLIFICATION, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US. START SOMETHING I WILL START SOME RESEARCH OF WHERE WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY STAYS SAFE. AND IS WHERE OF WHATEVER IS GOING ON AROUND US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE COME TO[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]
COMMENTS BY OUR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. DAD EVENING, EVERYONE, UM, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. I JUST WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR, UH, GETTING BACK TO RESIDENTS THAT HAD SOME CONCERNS FROM THE LAST, UM FROM RIVER OAK AND MR NOLAN WENT OUT THERE AND TALK TO THEM. SO I THINK HIM FOR THAT, UM, ALSO, I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS. AND, UM IN MY COMMITTEE REPORT, BUT JUST REMINDING EVERYONE WE'RE IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THERE ARE SOME BILLS THAT WILL IMPACT THE VILLAGE. AND I REALLY THINK THAT , UM WE SHOULD KEEP CLOSE TO THEM. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TALKING TO STAFF TODAY BECAUSE I FINALLY HAD TIME TO LOOK INTO THESE BILLS. THERE ARE BILLS THAT WOULD IMPACT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL IS CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES. EVERYTHING YOU CAN NAME IT FROM INSURANCE PROPERTIES. UH WE CAN TALK ABOUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ELECTIONS. UM SO JUST REMINDING EVERYONE WE ARE IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND, UH, THEY ARE BILLS OUT THERE AND, UH, ONE OF THOSE BILLS THAT I TALKED TO, UM, THE CURRENT MANAGER ABOUT HIS PRESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS. UM ACTUALLY, THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES IS OPPOSING THIS BILL AND THE REASONING WHY IS SO FOR EXAMPLE , IF WE GET A BILL? UM AH, A DEVELOPMENT OR PLANNING REVIEW? UH, PERMIT AH, SUBMITTED ON FRIDAY. YOU HAVE THREE CALENDAR DAYS THAT INCLUDE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SO YOU'D HAVE TO ISSUE THAT PERMIT BY MONDAY, AND WE ONLY HAVE A BUILDING OFFICIAL HERE TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY, UH YOU KNOW , INCREMENTS COSTS BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE LIKE FULL TIME PLANNER FULL TIME BUILDING. OFFICIAL. SO YOU KNOW, JUST PUTTING THIS ON THE RADAR OF THE STAFF BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT IMMUNITY, SOVEREIGNTY , SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNEW WE ARE IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION NOW. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN DEPAULO. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM I THINK IN MOVING THIS VILLAGE FORWARD, WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT THINGS THAT HAVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT RL DRS AND START DIGGING INTO THEM, UM ONE OF THEM THAT THAT I WAS SURPRISED THAT WE DON'T ALLOW GATED COMMUNITIES. UH GATED COMMUNITIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT PART OF A COMMUNITY PEOPLE LIKE GATED COMMUNITIES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS TO HAVING A GATED COMMUNITY. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. AND I HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE AND I GOT A FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S PRETTY HIGH UP IN COLDER HOMES AND I WANT TO INVITE HIM. MAYBE UH, OUR NEXT MEETING TO COME AND DO A PRESENTATION. SO WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT? GATED COMMUNITIES BRINGS TO A COMMUNITY. UM. I THINK WE NEED TO UNSHACKLE OURSELVES FROM SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT THAT ARE HOLDING US BACK. ALSO, I THINK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I THINK. WE NEED TO GET IT WITH THE GET TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY AND START LOOKING AT THAT FAIRGROUNDS. I THINK THAT WOULD BRING A BIG ECONOMIC IMPACT TO INDIAN TOWN. AND, UM. I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER GOING TO GET DONE. THE WAY IT'S GOING RIGHT NOW, SO I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT THE RODEO AND WHAT IT BRINGS TO INDIAN TOWN IN TWO DAYS, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT EVEN THE RODEO.IT'S GOTTEN SO BIG THAT THE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE CANNOT HANDLE IT. YOU KNOW, WE COULD
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DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THAT RODEO. SO MAYBE WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT THE FAIRGROUNDS THAT HAS A BIGGER STADIUM IN IT HAS A VENUE WHERE WHERE WE CAN BRING YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND SINGER IS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND BRING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF INDIAN TOWN INTO INDIAN TOWN RATHER THAN YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT PEOPLE NEED TO LEAVE INDIAN TOWN TO GO DO THINGS I WANT TO START BRINGING THEM BACK TO INDIAN TOWN TO GO DO THINGS. AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH GROWTH AND PROSPERITY FOR EVERYBODY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT. THE NEXT MEETING. THE GATED COMMUNITY PART NOT THE GATED COMMUNITY PARK CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. I JUST WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US, UM I WANT TO LET MY FELLOW COUNCILORS KNOW THAT I WILL NOT BE AT THE APRIL 13TH COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 12TH. I WILL BE RINGING THE BELL AND THAT WOULD BE MY LAST DAY OF RADIATION. YAY! AND SO I WANNA I WANNA I WANT TO CELEBRATE IT WITH MY 12 YEAR OLD. SO YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD DAY, SO I WILL NOT BE HERE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND CONGRATULATIONS. THAT IS GOOD NEWS. VICE MAYOR STONE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. OKAY? A MAN OF FEW WORDS. UNUSUAL AND GOVERNMENT. UM. UM I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN APOLLO ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, AND I THINK I'VE HAD A DISCUSSION. UM AND IT MAY . BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE IF WE ARE ABLE TO LET THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KNOW THAT WE ARE IN FAVOR THAT IT DOES MOVE FORWARD. OUT HERE TOWARD TOWARD INDIAN TOWN. I THINK MAYBE IF THEY ARE AWARE. THAT WE SUPPORT THAT HE'S JUST DYING TO SAY SOMETHING I WILL GIVE UP PORTION OF MY TIME. IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT THAT IS APPROPRIATE. YEAH IT'S NOT THE COMMISSION YOU HAVE. OKAY AND I REALIZED THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE WOULD DRAG IT OUT HERE WITH CHAINS IF THEY COULD. OKAY WELL , AND I'M JUST THINKING, IF IN THE FUTURE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER UM, PROPOSITION. WELL, LET'S DO IT OVER HERE RATHER THAN OUT IN INDIAN TOWN THAT THAT THE COMMISSION IS WELL AWARE THAT WE ARE IN SUPPORT. WE WILL DO ANYTHING TO HELP. YOU KNOW OTHER WHERE? OKAY, THANK YOU KNOW OTHER WAY WE OWN THE PROPERTY. THE CURRENT FAIR ASSOCIATION, OKAY? SET THIS AGREEMENT UP WITH WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO ACHIEVE TO GO FROM A LETTER OF INTENT TO AN ACTUAL, FULL BLOWN LEASE. STRUGGLING VERY HARD, UM, WITH ACHIEVING THEIR OWN WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD ACHIEVE. SO BELIEVE ME, MY BOARD IS AS FRUSTRATED AS YOUR BOARD AND WE'LL DO ANYTHING IN OUR POWER TO DO IT SO WELL. I HEARD RUMBLINGS THERE MAY THERE MAY BE ANOTHER. THERE MAY BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AT ANOTHER LOCATION . I JUST WANT YOU AND I'M SURE YOU'RE WELL AWARE. YEAH WE ARE. WE JUST NEED TO START MAYBE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX BOX.OKAY COOL AND GET IT OUT HERE. WELL WHATEVER WE CAN DO KNOW THAT QUESTION. IS IT? IS IT PAPERWORK WISE OR IS IT MONEY WISE OR MONEY? IT'S UM MOSTLY MONEY PROVE THAT THEY CAN THEY CAN PROBABLY SAY MORE THAN I SHOULD MAKE SURE IT WAS PAPERWORK OR SOMETHING TO SIGN WAS TO BRING OUR CURRENT SQUARE FOOTAGE OF FACILITY AND FILL THE SAME ROLE THAT IT'S DOING IN TOWN KIND OF WENT WAY BEYOND THAT, AND SO OKAY, WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SCALE THE SCALE IT BACK TO DO SOMETHING SIMPLE TO START WITH AND EXPAND. EXPAND ON . IT IS WHAT HOWEVER, HOWEVER IT MOVES FORWARD. I'M SURE THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AWARE THAT THIS THIS COUNCIL AS FAR AS THAT I AM AWARE IS IN FULL SUPPORT. ABSOLUTELY OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT UM. AND
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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UH I WILL DO A REPORT ON A TALLAHASSEE VISIT ON COMMITTEE REPORTS, WHICH WE ARE MOVING INTO. COMMITTEE REPORTS WHO HAS A COMMITTEE REPORT. YES I DO. I[00:15:01]
HAVE A COMMUNITY REPORT OOPS. I ATTENDED THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UM AND, UH BECAUSE I'M THE BACKUP FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. UH THAT WAS YESTERDAY YESTERDAY AND FAILS MERE. UM, IT WAS GREAT TO YOU KNOW, SEE, UM, THE DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICIALS OUT THERE, UM , FLORIDA LIGA CITIES HAD THEIR INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES PRESENT. AND UM, I KNOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR HEALTH INSURANCE WITH THEM. AND OUR INSURANCE WITH THEM. UM AND SO THERE'S A PAMPHLET THEY GAVE US AND THEN, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, UPDATE ON DIFFERENT BILLS, WHICH I TALKED ABOUT, UM, AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO RECEIVE EMAILS, FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY MONDAY, THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES DOES THESE COLLINS FOR THE LOCAL LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS? UM, AND THEY JUST TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF CERTAIN BILLS IF THEY'VE MOVED THAT THEY EXPECTED TO GO ON TO THE NEXT COMMITTEE IF THEY STAND STILL, SO, UM, UM, THAT WAS IF SOMEONE WANTS TO RECEIVE THOSE EMAILS YOU CAN AH, EMAIL PATRICIA JUST SO THAT SHE CAN PUT YOU IN THAT EMAIL BLAST THAT GOES OUT AND THEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON, CASEY COOK GOES OVER WHAT HAPPENED DURING LEGISLATIVE WEEK. UM AND JUST WHAT DIED. WHAT CONTINUED WITH GOING TO THE NEXT PROGRESS, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AH, IT'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THEY ARE GOING HARD AT IT SO THANK YOU.THANK YOU, MR EARNING MORE REPORT. AND I'M GONNA TAKE A STEP BACK REAL QUICK. I HAVE A NOTE HERE THAT I MISSED TOTALLY ON COMMENTS. UM THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT AT OUR LAST MEETING OR THE MEETING BEFORE ABOUT SIGNAGE ON PROJECTS. AND I WOULD LIKE. STAFF TO BRING US BACK SOME INFORMATION ON THAT. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO IMPLEMENT? I THINK THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE THING, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY IMPACTFUL. AND UM , AND IT'S NOT REALLY A COMMUNITY REPORT. UM, BUT IT'S SORT OF THE MPO. I SIT ON THE N P O, UH AND IT WAS AT THE LAST MPO MEETING THAT, UM, OUR COMMISSIONER, COUNTY COMMISSIONER DOUG SMITH EXPRESSED THAT IT MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE IF WE GO TO TALLAHASSEE AND MAKE A CASE AND THAT WAS HIS OFFICE QUICKLY PUT THAT TOGETHER. I WAS ABLE TO, UM ATTEND IN WITH STUART CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LAST WEEK WAS THE WEEK FOR SEVERAL GROUPS. I KNOW THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD THEIR CONFERENCE UP THERE AND THEIR MEETINGS ALSO. I KNOW THE FLORIDA LEGA CITIES, I NOTICED THAT THEY WERE UP THERE. AND SO YEAH, WE ARE IN SESSION AND IT IS WIDE OPEN. SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS SOME THANK YOU'S TOO. COUNTY COMMISSIONER DOUG SMITH AND HIS OFFICE FOR PUTTING PUTTING TOGETHER THE, UM APPOINTMENTS TO MEET WITH WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND THEY HIS NAME WAS CHRIS AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. AND ALSO, UM . WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE F DOT. STAFF I GUESS REGIONAL DISTRICT WHATEVER IT IS STAFF AND WE WERE EVEN ABLE TO GET IN ON AGES UNEXPECTED AT ABOUT NOON WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WE GOT AN IMPROMPTU MEETING IN FRONT OF HIM. SO UM, THE PEOPLE THAT WENT WITH US, UM SHANNON SHANNON REYNOLDS. SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE CLEMENTS. VAL COMMUNITY VERY IMPACTFUL. HER STATEMENTS AND HER TESTIMONY AND PERSPECTIVE OF LIVING OUT THERE AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY DAY. IT WAS. IT WAS VERY POWERFUL. AH ALSO ANGELA HOFFMAN WITH THE STUART CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SHE WAS AWESOME GETTING US AROUND AND SCHEDULED ON THINGS AND INCLUDING ME AT THE LAST MINUTE AS MUCH APPRECIATED AND SARAH POWERS. SHE WAS TRULY A GODSEND IN ORDER TO ESCORT US AROUND. MAKE SURE WE GOT WHERE WE'RE GOING, BECAUSE IT IS TRULY AMAZED WHEN YOU GET UP THERE YOU GO DOWN THIS HALLWAY AND TURN LIKE, YOU KNOW, TURN RIGHT NOW AND YOU TURN RIGHT AND YOU GET BACK AND TRYING TO FIND THE ELEVATORS AGAIN. IT'S JUST IT'S A TASK AND SO IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO JUST FOLLOW IN THE END. THEY KNEW, AND SO WE GOT EVERYWHERE THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON TIME. AND WE WERE ABLE TO MEET AND I BELIEVE IT WAS VERY IMPACTFUL. LIKE I SAID, WE WERE IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT. PEOPLE GOT THE INFORMATION OUT, SO I THINK IT WAS. IT WAS A GOOD THING. SO UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
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BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT. HAND THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT FOR COMMITTEE REPORTS. I BELIEVE IN COMMENTS COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER MRS CHRISTA OKAY, WE'RE GOOD TO GO THERE. DO WE HAVE A[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]
MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SO I MOVED SECOND. MOVED AND SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR. OH, DO WE NEED COMMENTS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THAT? MAKE SURE WE'VE APPLY THE PROPER FORM HERE. OKAY ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A[CONSENT AGENDA]
MOTION? SOME OF MOVED BY VICE MAYOR STONE. IS THERE A SECOND? APOLLO IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT OR ANY COMMENT FROM COUNCIL ON THIS. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING[4.
Discussion to Sell Property Located at 15225 SW Warfield Blvd. Indiantown, Florida.
]ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. AH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR. DISCUSSION TO SELL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15, 2 TO 5, SOUTHWEST WAR FIELD BOULEVARD AND INDIAN TOWN. THIS IS CHRISTA. YES, MA'AM. UM SO AT THE LAST MEETING OF AN ITEM WAS ASKED TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION TO, UM CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SELLING THE PROPERTY LOCATED, WHICH IS THE PARCEL 4.91 ACRES THAT WERE PURCHASED OR ACQUIRED. FOR A FUTURE VILLAGE HALL. UM THE VILLAGE BACK. IN THE 2019 2020 TIMEFRAME GOT APPRAISALS ON THAT PARCEL. ONE WAS A LITTLE OVER $1100 IN ONE WOULD MEAN $1,100,000 AND THE OTHER ONE WAS ALMOST 900,000. THE VILLAGE PURCHASE THAT PARCEL IN AUGUST OF 2024 1.4 $50 MILLION AND SO, UM. WE WILL BE LOOKING TO WHAT I'M I ASK IN THIS ITEM WAS TO HAVE THOSE APPRAISALS. UPDATED.UM ONE OF THE APPRAISAL COMPANIES GAVE ME A ESTIMATE OF 1600. THE OTHER ONE WAS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THAT AS WELL. UM THE TWO THE 21 WAS CALLOWAY AND PRICE AND THE OTHER ONE WAS CUSHMAN AND WAKEFIELD. SO FOR THEM TO UPDATE THOSE NUMBERS WOULD NOT BE, UM THAT EXPENSIVE , BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE NECESSARY, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THREE YEARS STALE IN THE MARKET HAS CHANGED AS WE KNOW. SO UM, ANYWAYS, I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR THAT AUTHORIZATION AND HOW THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED ONCE WE GET THOSE APPRAISALS UPDATED, MY PLAN WOULD BE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND MR VOTES AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THERE ARE VARIOUS OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AS A COUNCIL WHEN YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH SELLING PROPERTY LIKE THAT, AND SO WE WILL GO OVER THOSE OPTIONS AT THAT TIME WITH YOU. AND THEN GET DIRECTION THEN. OKAY? THANK YOU, OKAY. OKAY DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING A CURRENT APPRAISAL. MOTION WITH DOING WHAT NOW? A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COST OF GETTING A CURRENT APPRAISAL. I DON'T THINK WE NEED AN APPRAISAL. I THINK WE JUST PUT A PRICE TAG ON IT. OKAY? ANY OTHER COMMENTS. I MEAN, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. OKAY MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. IS THERE A SECOND? I MEAN, WHAT WHAT? THE PROPERTY , YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW ME BEING NEW TO THE COUNCIL. WHAT WAS WHEN THE LAND WASN'T INQUIRED BACK IN 20. 20 YOU KNOW? WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT WAS. THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW. WHAT WAS IT? WAS IT GOING TO BE A VILLAGE HEART? WHAT WAS WHAT WAS IT GOING TO BE USED FOR? OKAY, IF I MAY. WELL BUT WE'RE JUST INTO DISCUSSION, AND WE REALLY DON'T EVEN HAVE EMOTION. THE MOTION GOING TO DIE FOR LACK OF A SECOND. OKAY, I'LL DO THE SECOND. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT, APOLLO I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO SPEND ANY MORE MONEY. ON THAT LOT, I THINK I THINK WE PAID. WE PAID AN
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ABSORBING THE AMOUNT FOR IT BACK AT THE TIME. AND I THINK THAT I MEAN MYSELF PERSONALLY, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT. I THINK WE SHOULD PUT UP FOR 3.15 MILLION. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO PRAISE FOR THAT. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD ASK FOR IT AND MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL PAY FOR IT. ITS PRIME PROPERTY. IT'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S HIGH, DRY AND CLEAR. UM AND I JUST THINK THAT IF I THINK WE'LL EVENTUALLY HAVE A BIDDING WAR ON IT MYSELF PERSONALLY. BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO ASK HIGH I DON'T KNOW IF WAGE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAN DO THE DEAL. CAN YOU DO THE DEAL OF SALE OF PROPERTY? SO A COUPLE THINGS I CAN DO THE CLOSING. ABSOLUTELY UM WHAT I WHAT AN ATTORNEY CAN'T DO JUST SO YOU KNOW, AND THIS KIND OF SKIPPING A COUPLE STEPS AHEAD TO DISCUSSING THE VARIOUS WAYS TO GET IT SOLD, AND SO ON. WHAT AN ATTORNEY CAN'T DO IS LISTED ON EITHER THE MLS OR ON THE COMMERCIAL LISTING SERVICES LIKE LOOP NET COSTAR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE RESOURCES THAT ARE REAL ESTATE BROKERS ARE ABLE TO BRING TO BE ABLE TO LIST IT ON THAT. SO FOLKS EVERYWHERE. NOT JUST FOLKS DRIVING BY IT CAN SEE IT. ATTORNEYS CAN'T DO THAT.ONLY FOLKS WHO SUBSCRIBED ONLY BROKERS WHO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SERVICES CAN DO THAT. MY OFFICE CAN DO THE CLOSING. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY WELL, MAYBE WE ARE. WE ARE TO FIND A COMMERCIAL BROKER AND NEGOTIATE A YEAH, PERCENTAGE. YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO SELL IT. OKAY I THINK WE OUGHT TO ASK VERY HIGH FOR IT TO KEEP HIGH. OKAY, WHAT IT BRINGS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
MY PERSPECTIVE ON THIS. I THINK IT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THE SEATS THAT WE SET IN. TO DEAL WITH ISSUES KNOWLEDGEABLY. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE CURRENT INFORMATION TO DO THAT. I THINK IT'S UM IT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST. TO JUST AND QUITE HONESTLY, JUST PICK A NUMBER AND SAY, YEAH, THAT LET'S GO WITH THAT, BECAUSE IF THE MARKET IS NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THAT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET IT. SO IT'S A IT'S A, UM IT'S AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY. AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE. TO SPEND. $1600 IN ORDER TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE DEALING WITH . AND THEN THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS. YES WE COULD DO IT. YOU COULD DO IT SEALED BID WITH A FLOOR BID OF WHATEVER. BUT IT HAS TO BE REALISTIC. EVEN IF YOU DO IT HIGH, IT HAS TO BE REALISTIC AND SOMETHING THAT THE MARKET WOULD HOLD HOLD, AND I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO GET A CURRENT UM. GET GET A CURRENT APPRAISAL. THANK YOU. APPRAISAL. CAN YOU THINK OF THE WORD? SO. THAT IS, THAT'S MY COMMENTS ON THE ISSUE. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THIS. OKAY? SO WE HAVE A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED. AND THIS IS SOLELY ON MOVING FORWARD WITH AN APPRAISAL. THAT'S THE ONLY THING GETTING BOTH OF THE APPRAISALS. UPDATED, OKAY? OKAY, COMPARISON. AND MAYOR JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, SOMETHING WAS BROUGHT UP. TO STAFF BETWEEN THIS MEETING LAST MEETING FOR CALLING FOR CALLING THE ROLL. CALL THE VOTE. COULD YOU CALL ALL FIVE FOR THIS ONE AND GOING FORWARD? THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION FROM THE PUBLIC ON THAT STUFF, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE RECORD. OKAY SO IF WE COULD GET A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. APOLLO? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES COUNCIL. I'M SORRY. VICE MAYER STONE. NO. MAYOR GIBBS. THOMAS. YES. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ON TO ITEM
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Change Order - 12" Watermain Looping of West Farm Road and SR 710.
]NUMBER FIVE CHANGE ORDER. SO ARE WE LOOKING AT MR NOLAN? WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL PATENT ON FOR THE RECORD. AH! FIRST ITEM IS A CHANGE ORDER WITH BOWMAN ENGINEERING. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE 12 INCH MAIN WATER LOOP ON SOUTHWEST FARM ROAD THAT'S GOING TO GO OVER 7 10. AND WE HAVE A NEED FOR A FORCE MAIN UP IN THAT AREA AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ENQUIRIES ABOUT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SILVER FOX ROAD. SO IT WOULD BE[00:30:06]
MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR US TO HAVE BOWMAN DO THE ENGINEERING FOR THAT NOW, AS OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR THE FUTURES. THAT'S WHAT THIS CHANGE ORDERS FOR. IT'S AH $27,500. AND THAT WOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE 20 MILLION GRANT APPROPRIATION THAT WE GOT RECENTLY. OKAY SO IT IS COVERED BY THAT? YES. AWESOME. OKAY? STRAIGHTFORWARD. MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ 2ND 2ND. DO I HEAR TWO OF THEM? I'M GOING TO GO WITH STONE ON THAT ONE. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THIS? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO MATTER OKAY . ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE HERE FOR THE NEXT ONE. I AM. OKAY ITEM NUMBER[6.
Approval of Contract with Holtz Consulting Engineers in the amount of $38,073 for WWTP Nanofiltration Concentrate Disposal Analysis and Application for WWTP Permit Modification.
]SIX. GO RIGHT AHEAD. NUMBER SIX IS A ENGINEERING CONTRACT WITH HOLT'S CONSULTING ENGINEERS.THERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DESIGNING THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE HAVE AS PART OF THE DESIGN OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH OUR CONCENTRATE DISPOSAL, WHICH IS THE WASTE FROM THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
ONCE WE TREAT THE WATER IN THE NEW PLANT. TO SATISFY OUR PERMIT . WE HAVE TO STUDY THAT AND THEN COME BACK TO THE D P WITH WHATEVER KIND OF NUMBERS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FROM THE WATER. TO CONCENTRATE DISPOSAL AND THAT IS INVOLVED IN THE WASTEWATER PLANT. SO HOLTZ. THAT CONTRACT IS FOR $38,073 THAT ALSO WILL BE ABLE TO PULL OUT OF THAT $20 MILLION BECAUSE IT'S WAY SORT OF RELATED, BUT IT AFFECTS THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO THIS STUDY SO THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED WHEN WE BUILD THE WATER PLANT. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. SO DO WE HAVE EMOTION? MOTION MOTION MADE BY HERNANDEZ SECONDED BY APOLLO. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THIS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. MAYOR OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, SIR.
[7. Palmera Enterprises outstanding invoices for Parks trash pick up and removal for 2022.]
THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN PALMYRA ENTERPRISES. WHO'S TAKEN THAT ONE. DEBBIE THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS FOR PALMERA ENTERPRISES . OUTSTANDING INVOICES FOR, UM, COLLECTION OF PARKS TRASH THAT WAS PICKED UP AND REMOVED IN THE YEAR 2022. UM THE CONTRACTOR HAD AN ISSUE WITH BILLING AND THE VILLAGE WAS NOT BUILT FOR 14 MONTHS. I GOT AN EMAIL ON JANUARY 13TH EXPLAINING WHAT HAD HAPPENED. AND SO I'M PRESENTING THESE TO YOU TO GET PERMISSION TO PAY THEM. WE DO. THE VILLAGE DOES NOT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH PALMERA ENTERPRISES FOR THE SERVICES. HOWEVER THE VILLAGE RECORDS INDICATE THAT WE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR THESE SERVICES SINCE OCTOBER OF 2019. OKAY SO WE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR THEM IN THE PAST. BUT THEN THERE WAS A BREAK. THEY STOPPED BUILDING US IN OCTOBER, BUT THEY'RE NOT CONTRACTED CORRECT FOR THOSE OKAY, SO THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CONTRACT FOR THIS SERVICE. OKAY? AND HOW MUCH ARE THESE $21,800? TOTAL. TOTAL. AND WE DON'T WE DON'T. WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE FOR THIS. THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING. UM. THAT MR PALMERI HAD BEEN AND HE IS HERE. WE HAVE QUESTIONS. OKAY YEAH, YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS OF HIM.BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE'S A LOCAL GENTLEMAN, AND THAT HE WAS WILLING TO DO THE WORK.
AND SO THE VILLAGE ENGAGED HIM TO DO THOSE SERVICES AND HE'D BEEN DOING THEM AND, AS MISS RUSSO SAID HE HAD A HICCUP IN HIS BUILDING. DIDN'T BUILD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AND WHEN HE REALIZED WHAT HAPPENED, HE CAME TO HER AND SAID, YOU KNOW, CAN WE GET THESE PAID AND IT EXCEEDS THE THRESHOLD? UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT TO THE COUNCIL. OKAY? THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION. UM. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ONE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MOTION SPADE. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, APOLLO, SECONDED IT. I SEE LITTLE CARDS UP. I THINK I SAW VICE MAYOR STONE FIRST, WOULD YOU? OH, I'M SO SORRY. I WAS JUST GONNA IF YOU DON'T MIND. I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF YOU WANT THE SERVICE HAS BEEN PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE PERIOD OF TIME. THAT IS CORRECT. STOPPED THE SERVICE SINCE THEN, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
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I JUST HADN'T HEARD IT. SETTLE OUT SO THAT THE AND THIS AND THE SERVICE IS PICKING UP TRASH TRASH IN THE PARKS TWO DAYS A WEEK. OKAY? AND WE HAVE OVER 40 TRASH CANS IN OUR PARKS, OKAY? OKAY? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT BREAKS DOWN TO. BUT OKAY, SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. YEAH WE SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THAT, AND THE SECOND ONE WAS AS FAR AS THE PAYMENTS GOES, IT ADDS UP AS FAR AS WHAT WAS DONE. ABSOLUTELY YEAH, IT FOLLOWS THE SAME BUILDING THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR. SINCE 2019 WHEN HE STARTED THIS SERVICE. OKAY. THANK YOU.SOMETHING ELSE. MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED. OKAY. ANY OTHER. I JUST WANTED TO THANK MR PALMYRA . HE'S HERE FOR THE SERVICE BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, THERE WAS NO ONE TO ACTUALLY COME AND DO STUFF. AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT YOU KNOW, EVEN YOU , EVEN IF YOU KNOW IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT, AND THERE WAS THINGS NOT ON HIS CLOCK, HE WOULD DO IT, SO I THINK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. UM. YEAH MUCH APPRECIATED. I'M. I'M A LITTLE FLUMMOXED AND UNDERSTANDING. HOW THAT COULD SLIP THROUGH THE TRACK CRACKS FOR SO LONG. AND HOW WILL YOU ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT FOR IT? SO AND I'M AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS PAST HISTORY, BUT MOVING FORWARD. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THAT. SO THAT'S ENCOURAGING. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? OKAY WE HAVE EMOTION. IT'S BEEN SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND. YOU HAVE THE NEXT ONE? YES, I DO. OKAY, GO RIGHT
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Approval of services by Sheehan Turf Care to improve athletic field conditions at Big Mound Park.
]AHEAD. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IS SHE HAD TURF CARE. UM I'VE BEEN ASKED SINCE I GOT HERE TO START IMPROVING ATHLETIC FIELDS IN THE PARKS AND, UM, I HAVE A GENTLEMAN WHO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WHO HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE VILLAGE OF CUESTA, WHO WE ACTUALLY HAD HIM DO ONE OF THE FIELDS AT BIG MOUNTAIN PARK, AND HE MADE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN IT. SO NOW HE HAS GIVEN US A QUOTE TO DO THE SAME THING TO FIELDS E. D. B AND A, WHICH ARE THE BIGGER FIELDS AT THE PARK.HE'S GOING TO BE DOING SOME VERDICT, CUTTING SOME PESTICIDES , SOME HERBICIDES TO TRY TO BRING THAT TURF BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. UM AND I'VE TALKED TO LOCAL VENDORS, INCLUDING MR PALMER OR FREDDIE AND THEY DON'T OFFER THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES. THEY DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT OR THE PROPER LICENSING FOR THAT TYPE OF WORK. SO THE CONTRACT TO HAVE THIS WORK DONE IS $30,238, AND WE DO HAVE MONEY IN THE PARKS BUDGET TO COVER THIS, AND I WOULD LIKE PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD AND START IMPROVING THESE FIELDS FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY ON QUICK QUESTION THAT 30,000 THAT COVERS ALL OF THE WORK FOR ALL OF THOSE FIELDS, OKAY? THANK YOU. DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION SECOND VERSION IS MADE BEEN SECONDED. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THIS? SO SORRY DURING THIS TIME WHEN WE HAVE, BECAUSE WHILE THEY'RE WORKING, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO USE THAT THE GROUPS THAT CURRENTLY USED THOSE FIELDS. THEY WON'T. HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THEM WORKING WITH THOSE GROUPS RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW I HAVE TROPICAL SOCCER MOVED OFF THE FIELD D TO CONTAIN AND I WERE ACTUALLY OUT THERE LAYING TOPSOIL TO FILL IN THE HOLES THAT ARE IN THAT FIELD. UM SO THAT THEY CAN LET THE FIELD REST. I'VE WORKED WITH THEM. I SEE A WARRIORS TO NOT USE THAT FIELD FOR APRIL AND MAY FIELD E AND WILL OPEN A AND WE'RE GOING TO ROTATE IT AROUND.
BUT I'M WORKING WITH THE GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THEY ALL GET THEIR PRACTICES IN AND EVERYBODY STILL HAS ACCESS TO A FIELD. SO WHAT WE ADVERTISE, UH, WHEN THE WORKS WELL WHEN THE WORK STARTS, SO THAT TYPICALLY WHAT I DO IS PUT A SIGN ON THE FIELD AND LOCK IT UP, SAYING FIELD IS CLOSED, BUT WE WILL MAKE A SIGN SAYING YOU CAN'T USE THE A IS AVAILABLE OR VICE VERSA. WHATEVER FIELDS WE'RE USING. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT FOR YOU AND LATINAS HARD WORK BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE ALONE RIGHT NOW. HAVE YOU THINK 18 OUT THERE PULLING TRASH? THAT GIRL IS WORKING HER TAIL OFF. THE COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. I'M EXCITED, YOU KNOW, BEING OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE. SORRY, DEBBIE. I'M CALLING YOU AGAIN IF THERE'S BEEN AN EMERGENCY AT ALL, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS WHAT I FEEL NEEDS, YOU KNOW FOR SO WE CAN COME BACK IN THE FALL AND LIKE SHOW OFF OUR FIELDS TO PALM GARDENS, PORT SAINT LUCIE. HEY, WE GOT THE SAME FIELDS YOU GUYS DO. ABSOLUTELY LET'S GET THEM READY PLAN. AND, UM JUST TO KIND OF BUILD ON EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID. I HAD TO HAVE HAD SOMEBODY COME TO ME AND SAY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THE FIELD.
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WHY ARE THEY DOING THAT? AND YOU HAVE TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO LET THEM REST. BUT MY QUESTION IS THAT SIGNAGE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT UP DOES IT INCLUDE A WARNING ABOUT CHEMICALS ARE ON THAT AND PLEASE DO NOT RATHER THAN IT'S JUST CLOSED BECAUSE THEY'LL JUMP A FENCE FIELD IS CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE. WE CAN ADD ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE. CAN WE PLEASE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THERE ARE CHEMICALS ON THERE? SO YEAH , SOMETHING THAT GIVES THEM SO THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS CHEMICALS OUT THERE BECAUSE MAYBE THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY OFF OF IT. BECAUSE THEY'LL JUMP THE FENCE, AND THEY'LL THEY'LL PLAY ON IT ANYWAY. SO AND WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY GETTING SICK SO IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? OKAY ALL IN FAVOR. I HAVE A QUESTION ARE THE SIGN IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH? HAVE ONE ON ORDER FOR SPANISH? IT'S JUST IN ENGLISH. THAT'S WHAT WE HAD. BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE MEN OUT THERE THEY'LL THEY'LL JUMP THE FENCE. AND NOW THAT YOU SAID ABOUT CHEMICALS, THERE ARE SOME KIDS THEY WERE JUMPING ON TO FEEL THE I'LL LET THEM KNOW. NEXT TIME I SEE THEM NOT TO BE JUMPING THE FENCE. SO IT PASSED.UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10, MR BOSE 999. I MISSED NINE. I'M
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Interlocal Agreement between Village and Terra Lago CDD relating to Construction of Certain Village Wastewater Infrastructure Projects.
]WRITING ALL OVER IT OK, INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT. I'LL BE HANDLING THAT ONE, TOO. OKAY THANK YOU. BEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS . GOOD EVENING. THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS FOR AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE AND THE TERRA LAGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN VILLAGE WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. SO AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE CREATION OF THE TERRA LAGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT IS ITS OWN SEPARATE, SPECIAL PURPOSE. LOCAL GOVERNMENT OKAY, AND ONE OF ITS MAIN PURPOSES IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
ITS ITS MAIN FOCUS IN THAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO THE TERRA LAGO PROJECT. OKAY BUT IN THE COURSE OF DISCUSSIONS AND LOOKING FOR GREATER EFFICIENCIES AS WE'VE HAD THOSE VARIOUS MONIES COME IN FROM THE LEGISLATURE AND OTHERWISE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S GRANT APPROVAL FOR THE $18 MILLION.20 MILLION DOLLARS FOR WASTEWATER PROJECTS . THERE'S DISCUSSION BETWEEN VILLAGE STAFF AND FOLKS WITH THE C D D ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE ECONOMIES OF SCALE THE C D. D IS GOING TO BE DOING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BIDDING THAT THE SAME AS ANY GOVERNMENT HAS TO BECAUSE IT'S YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING THROUGH THAT PIECE. THEY'RE THEY'RE ACTING AS A GOVERNMENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BID IT AND PUT IT OUT AND SO ON. AND SO THE THOUGHT AND OPPORTUNITY WAS ON CERTAIN PROJECTS WHERE OF THE VILLAGE WHERE THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT GO IN TOGETHER AND BE BID TOGETHER. UM THAT THROUGH THIS IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT, THEY COULD BE BID AND CONSTRUCTED. ALTOGETHER IT WOULD TAKE THE BURDEN OFF THE VILLAGE OF DAY TO DAY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS STILL PROVIDES FOR VILLAGES. UH VERY DEEP INVOLVEMENT IN MAKING SURE IT'S BEING BUILT ACCORDING TO SPECS AND SO ON, BUT THE DAY TO DAY STUFF WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE CDD. UH ANOTHER AND AS I MENTIONED IT WOULD HAVE THE GREAT BENEFIT OF ECONOMIES OF SCALE. WE'VE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING INTO THE GROUND FOR THIS, BUT THE CDD IS GOING TO HAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PROJECTS GOING IN AS WELL. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER PER LINEAR FOOT OR HOWEVER, IT'S GOING TO BE BID PRICE. VERY IMPORTANT THING TO KEEP IN MIND. THIS IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE. ONLY ALL RIGHT. THIS IS NOT FOR THE PLANNING OR ENGINEERING OF ANY OF THIS STUFF. ALL OF THE DECISIONS OF WHAT PROJECTS THE 18 AND $20 MILLION ARE GOING TO BE SPENT ON R 100% IN THE HANDS OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND VILLAGE STAFF ADVISING THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AS TO HOW TO SPEND THAT UM IN FACT, WHEN WE WERE ORIGINALLY BOUNCING THIS AROUND THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THIS, WE'RE ONLY CONTEMPLATING THE 18 MILLION BECAUSE IN THE COURSE OF US SORTING THIS OUT, THE 20 MILLION HADN'T BEEN AWARDED YET AND SO PROJECTS THAT VILLAGE STAFF IS GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL TO PUT IN TO BE DONE THROUGH THIS INTER LOCAL THEY WERE KIND OF FIRMING UP. AND THEN THE EXTRA 20 MILLION CAME IN. AND SO NOW THOSE ARE BEING AS I UNDERSTAND FROM PAT AND TALKING TO EVERYBODY. THOSE ARE BEING REWORKED RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE
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HAVE AN EMBARRASSMENT OF BLESSINGS. WE HAVE EVEN MORE MONEY TO PUT TO ALL THE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. AS A RESULT, THE INTER LOCAL ACTUALLY CONTEMPLATES THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXACT WASTEWATER PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE C D D FOR VILLAGE PROJECTS WOULD BE ACTUALLY ADDED ON SPECIFIED BY A SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT TO THIS.THIS IS BASICALLY PUTTING THE LEGAL STRUCTURE IN PLACE FOR US TO THEN COME BACK LATER AFTER STAFF AND TERRA LAGO C D. D UH FOLKS HAVE ALL GOTTEN TOGETHER FIGURED OUT WHICH PROJECTS WOULD WORK FOR THEM TO CONSTRUCT WHICH ONES WOULD WOULD GEL TOGETHER WELL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE. THAT'S ANOTHER BENEFIT, BY THE WAY, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE VILLAGE HAS TO PUT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CDD HAVE TO PUT IN. THEY'RE GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY SOMETIMES GOING RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER OR WHAT HAVE YOU AND THEY HAVE TO INTEGRATE. SO AS A RESULT, IT CAN BE A SINGLE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO MAKE THAT WORK MUCH MORE QUICKLY. SO UM, THAT IS WHAT THIS IN THIS INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATES FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE OUT THERE MAKING ALL THESE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN THE WHEN STAFF SORTS OUT WHICH ONES WOULD WORK WELL TO DO IT AND COMES TO THE COUNCIL AND GETS THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. TO UH, ATTACK ON AN AMENDMENT THE CENTER LOCAL TO SAY, OKAY, THESE PROJECTS FOR THESE X MILLIONS OF DOLLARS UNDER THE 18 AND 20 AND SO ON, THEN THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. IT ALSO CONTEMPLATES. UH, IF THERE BY SOME UM. GREAT BENEFIT MONEY COULD EITHER BE MOVED AROUND OR THERE'S OTHER MONEY THAT COMES ABOUT FOR WATER PROJECTS THAT THERE COULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO DO THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE GREAT EFFICIENCIES AND IN DOING THAT, AT THE SAME TIME , ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND AND THIS WAS BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM OUR GRANT, MANAGER WITH F D E P UH, WHO HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN THIS IN MAKING SURE THIS IS GOING TO WORK FROM THEIR STANDPOINT? BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY THAT THEY'RE OVERSEEING? IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT. WITH REGARD TO THIS IN THE LOCAL AGREEMENT AND HAVING THE CDD INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTING IT. DON'T MIX AND MATCH OUR 18 AND 20 MILLION AND OUR SRF MONEY'S ALL RIGHT, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE GOTTEN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF MONEY THROUGH THE D P STATE REVOLVING FUND. OKAY AS UH AS LOANS BUT WITH LOAN FORGIVENESS SO EFFECTIVELY GRANTS BUT THAT MONEY COMES WITH A LOT MORE STRENGTHS. THERE ARE THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS OF HAVING TO PAY CERTAIN TYPES OF BASICALLY A WHOLE BUNCH OF ADDITIONAL RED TAPE THAT GOES WITH THAT MONEY.
AND UM, A LOT LESS TAPE THAT GOES WITH THE 18 AND 20 MILLION. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM FTP IS DON'T MIX UP THOSE PROJECTS AT ALL, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT MIGHT INFECT THIS THIS OTHER MONEY HERE, SO WE WERE VERY CAREFUL. WORKING WITH OUR GRANT MANAGER. AND ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE C D. D S, UM WATER AND WASTEWATER ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE WE SPECIFY THAT IN THIS INTER LOCAL, SO WITH THAT THAT IS THE INTER LOCAL THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT , AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE INTER LOCAL AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DO WE WANT TO GET A MOTION FIRST? I'LL MAKE A MOTION SECOND. PROMOTION SPADE BEEN SECONDARY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO UM, WAIT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THIS THIS ALSO IN VIBE INVOLVED THE GRANT MANAGER JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO MIX, SO IT'S SOMEONE LIKE CONTROLLING THIS IN THE EXCEL OR IN A SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU KNOW THIS MONEY IS FOR THIS AND THIS PROJECTS FOR FROM THIS, THAT THAT'S ALL. YEAH THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE HANDLED IN IN THE COURSE OF EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN FROM OUR END THE GRANT MANAGEMENT PIECE THAT'S GOING TO BE FINANCED. THAT'S GOING TO BE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND EVERYBODY IN PUBLIC WORKS AND SO ON AND THAT THAT'S THE CASE. ANYTIME YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTS, KEEP TRACK OF MAKING SURE THIS MONEY IS GOING THIS WAY. AND THAT MONEY IS GOING THAT WAY. SO EVERYBODY EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE MINDING THE STORE ON THAT, AS IT GOES.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER COMMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PEARLS. WAS THAT LEFT OVER? OKAY IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MAYOR OKAY? WELL WE HAVE EMOTION. IT'S BEEN SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MR BOZ. NOW WE'RE ON TO NUMBER 10. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. ORDINANCE
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ORDINANCE NO. 01-2023 -- AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 40, “UTILITIES”, OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES; ADOPTING ADJUSTED WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES AND RELATED ADJUSTMENTS TO CAPACITY PER EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTION; RETITLING ARTICLE VII OF CHAPTER 40 FROM “WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEES” TO “WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES”; REVISING REFERENCES TO “IMPACT FEES” TO READ “CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES”; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
]NUMBER 1-2023 ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 40 UTILITIES OF[00:50:07]
THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES, ADOPTING ADJUSTED WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES AND RELATED TO ADJUSTMENTS TO CAPACITY FOR EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTION. TITLING ARTICLE SEVEN OF CHAPTER 40 FROM WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEES TO WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES, REVISING REFERENCES TO IMPACT FEES TO READ CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS. QUANTIFICATION CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND INEFFECTIVE DATE. AND THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. ON SECOND READING.COUNCIL MEMBERS. AS YOU WILL RECALL, YOU'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING THESE WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES AT YOUR, UM AT FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE, UH, YOU RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THAT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY UM. BOILED DOWN INTO A LETTER FROM RAFT ELLIS, YOUR, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEE CONSULTANT ON THIS ORDINANCE, AND ON THIS, THIS PROJECT THAT THEY HAD DONE SOME CALCULATIONS BASED ON THE, UH, RECEIPT OF THE ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION IN WASTEWATER GRANT FUNDING. AND AS A RESULT OF THOSE CALCULATIONS, WHEN THEY DID A RECALCULATION OF THAT THEY ACTUALLY RE CALCULATED OUT TO NUMBERS THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WERE IN FACT LOWER THAN THAN THE REDUCED AMOUNT. YOU ALL HAD DECIDED IN YOUR DISCRETION TO REDUCE IT FROM THERE. NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT THERE RECOMMENDED NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. INITIALLY, AS A RESULT, WE SEE IF I CAN THROW THIS UP REAL QUICK. AM I ABLE TO, UH, GET ON THERE? LET ME SEE. GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND HERE, PEOPLE.
HERE WE GO. WE'LL TRY TO ZOOM IN ON THESE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT. DOING THIS RIGHT? AS A RESULT, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT ON SECOND READING AND ADOPTION IS A PROPOSED RECALCULATED WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEE OF, UH, SOME TOGETHER $4290 THE PREVIOUS AMOUNT YOU ALL HAD LOOKED AT WAS $5031. THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THEM OUT FROM MATH. TELLIS WAS $8200. SO WITH THAT THE ORDINANCE IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING AND ADOPTION AND I BELIEVE WE MAY HAVE FOLKS FROM REPTILE, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM OR OTHERWISE, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NOBODY'S ON REPTILES. THIS I'M OK. OKAY THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION . THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THIS IS FOR THE 42 90, RIGHT? YES, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ ALSO DO WE KNOW WHEN WE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT THIS AFTER WE IMPLEMENT THIS? I THINK THE DISCUSSION WE THERE'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO REVISIT IT VERSUS WHERE YOU ALL HAD PREVIOUSLY GIVEN DIRECTION. YOU ALL HAD GIVEN SOME DIRECTION EARLIER THAT YOU'D LIKE TO REVISIT IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. CORRECT AND SO DIDN'T WE DISCUSS 18 MONTHS, I THINK, OKAY, MAYBE LOOKING AT THAT. THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND CHANGES WITH THIS.
THERE, YOU KNOW, MONEY, MAYBE RE ALLOCATED THAT. MAYBE MAYBE MORE MONEY. WHO KNOWS, AND WE'RE GOING TO KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO INTO DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND SO ON. AND SO I THINK THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH TO REEVALUATE. OKAY SO STAFF WILL KEEP TRACK OF THIS OR VISIT IN 18 MONTHS. YES MA'AM, AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND THAT CAB IMPROVEMENT PLAN WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE THESE FEES OR THESE EXPENSES THAT WE ANTICIPATE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SO 18 MONTHS IS PROBABLY A GOOD GOOD TIME TO DO IT. OKAY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD SOMETHING IN CONCRETE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO MAYOR, OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. AND THAT TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING ON
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THE AGENT ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. I JUST WANT I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT CONAN ICE WILL BE AT ANY TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS WEDNESDAY. UM, FROM 4, 30 TO 7 COME OUT AND SUPPORT. THIS IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE SIXTH GRADE END OF THE YEAR TRIP TO[00:55:06]
SEAWORLD. SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEND SOME KIDDOS FREE OF CHARGE. SO COME OUT AND SUPPORT. AWESOME.[NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]
THANK YOU. AND OUR NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IS ON THURSDAY, APRIL THE 13TH AT 6 30 PM BE THERE OR BE SQUARE AND THEIR NEXT NEXT WEEK ON THE 30TH IS A JOINT MEETING. AH YES, THE FIRST MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK AT BLAKE LIBRARY JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WHO WAS GOING TO BE THERE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET YOUR NAME PLACE. YEAH I'LL BE THERE ANYBODY ELSE GONNA BE THERE? I'M GOING TO BE THERE, OKAY? YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE? NO. OKAY OKAY. OKAY SO I THINK THAT'S IT. WE STAND ADJOURNED.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.