Jul 13, 2023 Regular Meeting

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AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. JULY THE 13TH 2023 VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE THE ROLL CALL. MAYOR GIBBS THOMAS HERE, VICE MAYOR STONE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER. HERNANDEZ IS NOT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO HERE IN COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ HERE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBER HER HERNANDEZ? SO MOVE. MOVE. DO WE HAVE A 2ND 2ND? IT'S BEEN MOVED, AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION. ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION. SAYING NONE ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

MOVING ON TO OUR CALL OF ORDER CELL PHONES. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CELL PHONES ARE SILENCED. WE HAVE A FUND FOR THAT. ALSO YOUR EXITS IN YOUR BATHROOM. YOUR EXITS WILL BE TO YOUR LEFT UNTIL YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE BATHROOMS ARE LOCATED TO YOUR RIGHT THROUGH THE EXIT SIGN DOOR THERE STRAIGHT THROUGH. ALSO CIVILITY. YOU WILL SEE ON THE VERY FRONT PAGE OF YOUR AGENDA. WE HAVE A CIVILITY CLAUSES. THE VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH CIVILITY IS PRACTICED DURING OUR MEETINGS BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC ALIKE. THIS EVENING. UH, OUR INVOCATION. IS GOING TO BE BY THE VILLAGE CLERK WHEN RHONDA MCBRIDE IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS MEETING. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TOWN INDIAN TOWN THAT WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING FOR BEING A PART OF AND GOD. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD HANDLE THIS MEETING, HANDLED THE AFFAIRS OF IT. AND BLESS EVERYONE THAT HAS BLESSED US WITH THEIR PRESENCE. WE THANK YOU IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN. MY PLEASURE TO THE FLOOR. DISPLAY SO. THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION.

JUSTICE FOR ALL. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO

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Business Development Board Presentation

2022 ON THE SLIDE. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE FIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS. THAT HAD A JOB IMPACT OF ALMOST 300 NEW JOBS AND RETAIN JOBS FOR OUR COMMUNITY WE AFFECTED ON 981,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL SPACE AND THOSE PROJECTS BROUGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY MORE THAN $125 MILLION OF NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT. UM, ADDITIONALLY TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS AND LEADS THAT WE WORK WITH, WE HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES EVERY DAY, AND SO WE HAVE THE CHANCE. IT'S OF ASSISTING MORE THAN 700 BUSINESSES DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS. OUR MOMENTUM CONTINUES TOGETHER. WE BASICALLY DO FOUR THINGS FROM A CORE BUSINESS

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ANOTHER PIECE TO OUR CORE BUSINESS PILLAR IS GROWING OUR OWN SO NOT ONLY WITH OUR ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESS OWNERS BUT ALSO TALENT TO PREPARE THEM FOR THOSE, UM, FUTURE JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES. AND LASTLY, WE ARE FOCUSED ON KEY STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS, OF COURSE, WHICH THE VILLAGES ONE SO THOSE STRATEGIC AREAS ARE ON THE SLIDE . THERE'S BASICALLY NINE KEY AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON AS IT RELATES TO THE STORYTELLING NOW'S THE TIME TO MAKE BUSINESS MOVES TO INDIAN TOWN IN MARTIN COUNTY IS THE CAMPAIGN THAT WHERE, UM, INVOLVED IN TOURS AND SITE VISITS PARTICIPATING IN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS TIED TO OUR HUBS OF EXCELLENCE. TESTIMONIALS USING OUR OWN OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS AND EXECUTIVES TO TELL THE STORY OF INDIAN TOWN AND MARTIN COUNTY . AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THIS IS 21ST CENTURY, ALTHOUGH I'M KIND OF OLD SCHOOL, I'M TOLD DIGITAL MARKETING IS REALLY THE BEST WAY TO GET THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING AND MESSAGING. UM REMINDER ON WHAT OUR HUBS OF EXCELLENCE ARE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TOGETHER. AVIATION AEROSPACE, MARINE, CLEAN AND GREEN TECH, AGRIBUSINESS, EQUESTRIAN, HEALTHCARE, MEDICAL AND I T. CURRENTLY THE B D B HAS BEEN FOCUSED IN ON TWO HUBS. AVIATION AEROSPACE AND MARINE WILL BE LAUNCHING OUR THIRD HUB IN THE HEALTHCARE MEDTECH AREA BEGINNING IN OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR. 2024 ARE PROSPECT PIPELINE RIGHT NOW IS 30 PROSPECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IF WE WERE TO LAND ALL OF THEM. THE JOB IMPACT IS 2800 AGAIN ABOUT $2.3 BILLION OF DIRECT BUSINESS. CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, OUT OF THAT, 30 WE'VE GOT EIGHT THAT ARE LOOKING AT INDIAN TOWN AND THAT POTENTIAL JOB IMPACT IS 2300 ABOUT 3.8 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF INDUSTRIAL SPACE THAT COULD POSSIBLY COME FROM THESE PROSPECTS LOOKING AT INDIAN TOWN , AND THEY'RE IN THE AREA OF CLEAN AND GREEN TECH FOOD AND BEVERAGE, MANUFACTURING AND BIOTECH AT THIS POINT WE MADE SOME GREAT STRIDES TOGETHER AGAIN. WE DO ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY TOGETHER WITH YOU. UM A YEAR AGO, WE HAD SOME FAMILIARIZATION TOURS WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS OF ENTERPRISE FLORIDA WE WELCOMED ON THE GERMANY TEAM IN TO THE VILLAGE TO SHOW THEM WHAT WE HAD. WE ALSO HOSTED THE STATE'S DOMESTIC TEAM TO SHOW THEM WHAT WE HAD. AND LASTLY, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS, WAS ALSO REINTRODUCED TO THE VILLAGE AND THIS IS WHERE MUCH OF THE REFERRALS NOW ARE COMING FROM THESE THESE EXPANDING PARTNERSHIPS TOGETHER, BUT MOST RECENTLY, WE WERE OUT HERE WITH YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE 18 MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE ALSO THANK MR PAT NOLAN, WHO WAS REPRESENTED UM FROM MANAGER , CHRISTA, WHO HOSTED A GLOBAL SITE SELECTION. UM, TEAM IN PLACE WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR F, P. L AND, UM, INDIAN TOWN HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED. UH TOP FIVE OUT OF, UH, A BUNCH OF COMMUNITIES HERE IN FLORIDA THAT WE'RE COMPETING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, NOT ONLY MARKETING BUT ALSO TECHNICAL.

KEL UM, RESOURCES THAT CAN COME TO SOME OF THE LANDS HERE IN IN INDIAN TOWN THAT IF WE WERE TO WIN UM, THIS COMPETITIVE PROGRAM. COULD REALLY HELP THE READINESS OF ONE OF THE PIECES OF PART OF THE BYNUM PARCEL. ACTUALLY, HERE IN INDIAN TOWN, IS WHAT WAS PUT FORWARD FOR THIS COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS. SO AGAIN. WE HEARD AT THIS AT THIS SITE HOSTING THAT THEY WERE AGAIN THESE GLOBAL SITE SELECTORS SEE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES NOT NOT ONLY ACROSS THE US BUT GLOBALLY , BUT THEY WERE SO IMPRESSED WITH THE WARM WELCOME THAT THEY RECEIVED MAYOR FROM FROM YOU AND

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INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES OUT HERE IN THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE PIPELINE HAS DEFINITELY GROWN.

SO IF I DO THIS RIGHT, LET'S SEE IF IT WORKS. OH, IT'S MUTED. OH, OF COURSE, THAT WAS ONE QUESTION I DIDN'T ASK WAS FIRST SOUND. WE DIDN'T KNOW IT HAD SOMETHING. I AM SO SORRY. WELL IT HAS SOME COOL MUSIC TO IT, BUT WELL OH, THANK YOU, MR RENE. IT'S ME. OH, NO. MR RENE, I THINK I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THERE WAS A VIDEO EMBEDDED IN THE IN THE SLIDE DECK.

YOU WANT TO PUSH STARTED STARTED AGAIN IN THE POWER POINT. STARTING ON THE POWER 0.0. MAYBE I CAN DO THIS. ALRIGHT ON THE POWER POINT. THIS IS WHY THE BDP TEAM USUALLY DOESN'T HAVE JOAN DO ANYTHING TECHNOLOGY WISE? YES. MAKE SURE THE TV ITSELF IS NOT MUTED. SO I KNOW TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UM WE SEND THE LINK OUT TO EVERYBODY SO YOU COULD SEE IT. AND UM, IF, AFTER YOU SEE IT, IF YOU'D LIKE ANY CHANGES, WE'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. AND THEN WE'LL BE POSTING THAT TO OUR WEBSITE. AND WE ASK YOU TO, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY USE THAT ON, UM THE VILLAGES. UM WHAT WEBSITE. YEAH AND SO AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK TOGETHER. WE ARE BUILDING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY AT THE BDB. WE'VE INVITED THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO COME IN AND GIVE US MORE KIND OF POWER AND RESOURCES. UM SO THEY CAN ALSO CONVEY THAT STORY FORWARD TO YOU . SO UM, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AND LASTLY, UM, WHERE THE BDB IS HEADED. NEXT IS WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JENKINS. TO LOOK AT THE INCENTIVES. TOOLKIT UM, THAT WE CAN USE TO ACCELERATE BUSINESSES WHO ARE MAKING CAPITAL INVESTMENT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT PROJECT IN FOR A LANDING. UM, IN SEPTEMBER, ADDITIONALLY, DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AROUND TALENT, ADVANCEMENT AND WOW, YOU KNOW WHAT AN EXCITING THING FOR INDIAN TOWN HIGH SCHOOL? CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, UM, SUCH A BEAUTIFUL UM PROJECT AND POINT OF PRIDE. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THAT RIBBON CUTTING WITH YOU ALL. WE'RE ALSO HOSTING EXPORT UNIVERSITY 101, SO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT HAVING LOCAL BUSINESSES SELL THEIR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AROUND THE WORLD IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE SEE CONTINUED GROWTH AND JOB CREATION WILL PRODUCE OUR PULSE REPORT, WHICH COMES FROM FEEDBACK FROM THE ONE ON ONE BUSINESS IS THAT WE VISIT, INCLUDING THOSE HERE IN THE VILLAGE WILL WILL ISSUE THAT REPORT IN OCTOBER. AND LASTLY, WE HOPE THAT ALL THAT WILL BE COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE BEST OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AT OUR BUSINESS AWARDS ON DECEMBER 8TH AND OF COURSE, THE VILLAGE

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[PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]

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CAN YOU SAY THAT TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES YES. GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THEN WE COME TO THE PORTION WHERE OUR COMMENTS BY OUR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

OKAY? UM YES. WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY JOINING US HERE THIS EVENING. AND ONLINE. WE HAD A I THINK A SPECTACULAR JULY 4TH EVENT. I THINK THE FEEDBACK THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM THE FIREWORKS AND THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL HAS HAS ALL BEEN POSITIVE, AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAD A HAD A GOOD GOOD EVENING. UM COMMITTEE REPORTS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE COMMITTEE REPORTS? BOY WE'RE

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

[CONSENT AGENDA]

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Discussion and Recommendation of Award for Real Estate Broker Services Proposals

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BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT OTHERS DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. FIRESTONE ANY COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS? I'M KIND OF LIKE COUNCILWOMAN. ANGELINA. I BASICALLY I DID NARROW IT DOWN TO TWO WAS PRETTY TOUGH TO THE SIDE BETWEEN THE TWO BUT I DID LIKE COLOR AND I DID LIKE INDIAN TOWN REALTY. BUT I GUESS WE COULD DISCUSS AND SEE WHICH DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO.

OKAY, SO I'M HEARING INDIAN TOWN REALTY. AND COLLIER, OKAY? MINES WAS INDIAN TOWN REALTY AND IN A I SOUTH COAST COASTAL. AND I SOUTH COAST. OKAY SO WE HAVE HEARD COUNCIL MEMBERS TO POLLOS. UM. RECOMMENDATIONS IN HIS THOUGHTS. WHY. WHY YOU'RE TOO THE PROS. THE CONS. REALITY, YOU KNOW? THERE. WE ARE TO GO. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THERE ARE ALWAYS SUPPORTING. AND I KNOW THAT THEY COULD GET THE JOB DONE. FOR AN EYE FOR THE N A. I SAW THE POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW THAT CAUGHT MY EYE, YOU KNOW THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AS WELL.

COULD WE? AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, COULD WE DECIDE? HEY, LET'S TAKE THE TOP TWO BEST AND THEN SEE WHAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE. WHO COULD GIVE US THE BEST DEAL. AND JUST PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE WASN'T THAT IN THEIR PROPOSALS COULD WE GET A BETTER DEAL THAN WHAT IS IN THE PROPOSAL? ARE WE JUST GOING TO GO FOR WHAT THEY PROPOSED? COULD WE GET A CAN WE GET TO NEGOTIATE BETTER? THAT'S THE TERM. OKAY IT'S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT, AND I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD COME AT US AT THEIR WITH THEIR BEST PROPOSAL. AND YOURS. WHAT ARE YOUR PROS AND YOUR CONS? WELL, I MEAN, OF COURSE, INDIAN TOWN REALTY. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY. WHEN IT COMES TO

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OKAY? MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY ASK, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? AND I'M GATHERING THEM AND I'M TRYING TO, UM. AND LOOKING THROUGH ALL THESE, AS IT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY STATED. YOU KNOW EVERYONE THAT SUBMITTED, UM, IS QUALITY. AND IN LOOKING AT THESE , THE PROS AND THE CONS, UM POTENTIAL. AND THAT'S NOT I. I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO BET THE FARM ON IS THE POTENTIAL. UM PRESENTATION. SOMEBODY CAN PRESENT REAL GOOD, BUT THAT DOESN'T YOU KNOW, PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING AND EACH ONE OF THESE, YOU KNOW THEY THEY'VE GOT PROOF. BUT I THINK WHAT EDGES IT FOR ME THERE. THERE IS A SLIDE EDGE. AND IT IS TO INDIAN TOWN RELATIVE FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THEY KNOW INDIAN TOWN. UM I THINK THAT THEY PRESENTED THEY PRESENTED WELL, THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT GIVES THEM THE EDGE IS THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE THE INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE OF INDIAN TOWN, AND THEY DO THEY ARE ABLE TO THROW THAT NET WIDE. I THINK THAT THEY HAVE THE RESPECT. THEY HAVE THE, UM AH! CLOUT. THEY HAVE THE. THEY HAVE THE PRESENCE OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO COME TO THEM AND HAVE FOR YEARS WITH ANYTHING WITH INDIAN TOWN. I THINK THAT THEY ARE COMPETITIVE. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT IF EACH ONE OF THESE AND RATING EACH ONE ACCORDING TO, YOU KNOW, KNOWLEDGEABLE EXPERIENCE KNOWING INDIAN TOWN AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE EDGE IS. UM HMM. BUT ANTI NARROW , NARROW IT DOWN TO THE TOP, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE. BUT I THINK THAT THE EDGES GIVEN TO INDIAN TOWN REALTY AND I THINK, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT THEY WOULD COME AT US WITH THEIR BEST, UM.

THEIR BEST BID THEIR BEST REQUEST BECAUSE I KNOW I THINK IT WAS PRETTY, YOU KNOW, STANDARD AS FAR AS THE FEES AND THE RATE, UM. SOMEWHERE HIGHER THAN OTHERS. SOME WERE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE CAVEAT IN THERE. BUT THAT IS. AND IT IS, IT'S IT IS. IT'S A HARD THING BECAUSE THEY EACH ONE IS A QUALITY. HOWEVER, I THINK THAT, UM. I THINK THAT THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF INDIAN TOWN. I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S JUST THAT THAT GIVES THE EDGE THAT GIVES THE EDGE. OH THAT'S MY THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S MY THAT'S MY THOUGHTS ON THE PROCESS. FIND ME. YES, SIR. OKAY? ALL OF THESE COMPANIES OR PROFESSIONALS. THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. THEIR SIGNS ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

THEY'RE ALL GREAT. THEY'RE ALL GREAT AT WHAT THEY DO. ANYTIME. REALTY IS RIGHT. IT'S MCDONALD'S. DOLLAR GENERAL TRACTOR SUPPLY. GREEN CARBON GRIND HARD. THE BIOMEDICAL.

CAROL LAGO. THEY'VE BEEN HERE. THERE ARE LOCAL COMPANY. I THINK THAT. THEY'RE THE BEST ONES SUITED TO REPRESENT US. SO I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN. TO AWARD THE CONTRACT. JENNY AND TOWNE REALTY. MM. I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY AND THAT MOTION IS AT THEIR RATES AT THEIR AT THEIR PROPOSED PROPOSAL. OKAY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT VERY CLEAR. I'M SURE THEY'LL

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THERE'S THINGS WE GOTTA DO. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MADAM MAYOR? YES SIR. TAKE A VOTE. YES, SIR. ONE DAY TO MAKE SURE ON THIS, UM WHAT? I WOULD ANTICIPATE YOU VOTE TO APPROVE THIS YEAR. WE'VE GO AND , UH, WORK TO FINALIZE THE CONTRACT WITH THEM, UM, INDIAN TOWN REALTY, AS I RECALL, USED A STANDARD FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS LISTING AGREEMENT, WHICH IS GREAT, VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT. I MAY HAVE SOME TWEAKS TO IT AS REQUIRED FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUT WE CAN WORK THAT OUT. BUT I WANTED TO ASK IS DO YOU WANT THE MOTION TO BE THAT YOU'RE APPROVING IT SUBJECT TO, UH, REVISIONS. I MAY, UM RECOMMEND, AND THEN IT'S APPROVED OR JUST COME COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS, WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER? NO WE'LL WE'LL GO WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY SIGN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE GOOD.

WE DON'T NEED TO COME BACK THE CHANGES. I'M GONNA BE MAKING HER ONLY LEGAL NOT TO SUBSTANCE. SO NOW THE SECOND IS THE SECOND AGREE WITHOUT WE COULD JUST UPDATE THE PUBLIC. WHATEVER CHANGES ARE MADE NEXT MEETING. IT'S OKAY. JUST YEAH, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAD THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. OKAY? UH THAT BEING SAID ALL IN FAVOR. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING FOR YOUR PROPOSALS FOR BEING INTERESTED, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU PLEASE CONTINUE TO, UM, SUPPORT INDIAN TOWN.

BRING BUSINESS OUR WAY. DON'T FORGET ABOUT US. OKAY, MOVING ON . TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION

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Discussion on Frequency of Village of Indiantown Council Meetings

THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. BUT I KNOW COUNCIL OR VICE MAYOR. STONE BROUGHT THIS UP SO I THINK YOU HAVE LATITUDE FOR TO DO. I MEAN, THE ONLY REASON WHY I BROUGHT IT UP. I MEAN, FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS, IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND HIS HONESTLY IT'S LIKE A WASTE OF TIME. REALLY. OKAY I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GOT ANY OTHER THANK COMMENTS ON THIS. I DO. YOU KNOW WE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, WE REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST KEEP OUR MEETINGS AS IS YOU KNOW? WE'RE WERE, YOU KNOW OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO INFORM OUR RESIDENTS I KNOW, EVEN THOUGH, ARE OUR AGENDA IS LIGHT. BUT I THINK WE JUST SHOULD KEEP AS IS BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY ACCUSTOMED TO KNOW. HEY SECOND AND FOUR THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH. I UNDERSTAND. OKAY YEAH, WE ONLY HAVE THREE HOURS AND FIVE ITEMS, WHATEVER. BUT I THINK THAT'S THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO KEEP IT GOING, REGARDLESS OF 35 ITEMS OR 10 17 ITEMS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE WERE ELECTED, YOU KNOW, TO INFORM AND ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW IF WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT AND INFORM THEM. THAT'S WHAT MY TWO CENTS. YEAH I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO DO IT. I ACTUALLY THINK WE OUGHT TO INCREASE THEM. UM WE GOT A LOT TO DO. OKAY WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DO. WE'RE FOUR YEARS BEHIND THE CURVE. WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR L D. R S AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS. WE SOMEBODY I WASN'T HERE. I WAS WEARING A GREEN UNIFORM OUT THERE. BUT SOMEBODY PROMISED AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR OBTAINABLE HOUSING. SO WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT THAT AND GETTING THE RESIDENTS READY. IF JANE DOE WANTS TO BUY AN AFFORDABLE HOUSE , CAN SHE ACTUALLY DO THAT? IF WE PROVIDE IT, SO MAYBE WE NEED TO GET LIKE BANKS AND CREDIT COUNSELORS AND GET GET PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUY. AFFORDABLE HOUSE. ON A LIST AND LET'S GET THEM READY TO BUY THAT HOUSE. I MEAN, YOU DON'T GO TO A CAR DEALERSHIP TO BUY A CAR WITH NO MONEY IN YOUR POCKET. OKAY SO

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TO FULFILL THAT PROMISE, SO WE PROMISED IT WE NEED TO WORK ON IT CAN'T KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD IT'S BEEN DONE FOR FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD FOR FOUR YEARS. IT'S TIME THAT WE DISCUSS ALL THESE THINGS. AND GET IT RIGHT. SO CUTTING OUR MEETINGS. I DON'T THINK SO. AND I AGREE WITH ANGELINA WHOLEHEARTEDLY. WE WERE ELECTED TO DO A JOB AND LET'S JUST GO DO THAT JOB. THANK YOU. OKAY? UM. AND I SEE I SEE BOTH SIDES. AND I AGREE WITH THE COMMENT FROM, UM MS CHRISTA. ON IT'S EASIER TO CANCEL A MEETING, THEN IT JUST TO SCHEDULE. I THINK IN THESE MEETINGS THAT THERE IS NOTHING OF. URGENCY OF URGENCY. YOU KNOW, THEN, OKAY, YOU'VE GOT ONE OR TWO THINGS. OKAY, WELL, THEN, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE CANCEL IT. BUT IF YOU HAVE THOSE MEETINGS, AND IT MAY NOT BE MUCH BUT SOMETHING COMES UP WHAT'S ALREADY SCHEDULED. SO IT I THINK IT'S EASIER TO CANCEL THAN IT IS TO SCHEDULE WAS JUST KEEP OUR SCHEDULE. AND AS THINGS ROLL, YOU KNOW, GET MORE THINGS ON IT. IF WE DON'T HAVE MUCH IF WE CAN'T IF WE DON'T, THEN YOU KNOW WE'RE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND CANCEL IF THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE ON OR PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC AND THOSE MEETINGS. SO ARE WE. KIND OF IN AGREEMENT ON ON THAT ONE. JUST LEAVE IT AS IS FINE, OKAY? OKAY SO WE'RE ONTO. ITEM NUMBER. SIX.

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RESOLUTION NO. XXX-2023: A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE FOR THE LEVY OF AD VALOREM TAXES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024; SPECIFYING THE COMPUTED ROLLED-BACK RATE; PROVIDING FOR THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE AND TENTATIVE BUDGET AND TO ADOPT A FINAL MILLAGE RATE AND FINAL BUDGET; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER; PROVIDING FOR ADVERTISEMENT OF THE FINAL HEARING TO ADOPT A FINAL MILLAGE RATE AND FINAL BUDGET; PROVIDING FOR RECITALS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

JUST FROM THAT. SO I WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY RELUCTANT TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT. SITTING HERE TODAY. SO THAT WAS MY RECOMMENDATION, AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS ON HERE. MR VOTES PREPARED THE RESOLUTION. ACCORDINGLY. OKAY? DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION? MOTION HAS BEEN MADER SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION. NO MATTER MAYOR. SAYING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE NO FIRST READING OR SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES. ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS. ANYBODY

[NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]

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THIS WAS DISCUSSED FOR A YEAR WITH SOME RESIDENTS, UM IN THE HOPE SOUND AREA AND NEVER REALLY GOT OFF THE GROUND. AND THEN FINALLY I SAID, OKAY, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, SO WE'RE DOING IT. A LAND TRUST IS AN ENTITY THAT ACTUALLY OWNS THE DIRT. AND WADE COULD PROBABLY HELP ME. UM SO LET'S I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING. I WANT TO USE BIG ROUND NUMBERS. OKAY OKAY, SO YOU HAVE A RESIDENT AND WANTS A HOUSE THAT WOULD BE NORMALLY VALUED AT $300,000. OKAY. OKAY, SO THE. LAND TRUST ACQUIRES THE DIRT, WHETHER IT'S DONATED OR WHETHER IT'S BOUGHT THROUGH DONATIONS OR FUNDED THROUGH THE COUNTY OR PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY THAT'S TRANSFERRED INTO THE LAND TRUST. CASE OF THE LAND TRUST OWNS THE DIRT. AND THE COUNTY CAN WITH, UM GET SHIP FUNDS OR A LOT OF DIFFERENT GRANT. TWO AND I HATE TO USE THIS WORD. I'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH A NEW WORD. BECAUSE EVERY TIME I EXPLAIN THIS, SAY THE SAME THING SUBSIDIZE THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE HOME, OKAY? REDUCE THE OKAY. ALRIGHT SO BIG ROUND NUMBERS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT BIG IS LET'S SAY IT WAS $100,000 GRANT. SO NOW THIS THIS FAMILY MEMBER OF THAT HAD GROWN UP IN A COMMUNITY NOW CAN AFFORD TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY. NOW HE'S BUYING A HAS TO GET $100,000 MORTGAGE. NOW HE'S GOT TO MEET ALL THE PARAMETERS AND GET A FORMAL MORTGAGE, RIGHT? SO LET'S SAY THAT PERSON STAYS IN THAT HOME FOR 10 YEARS. OKAY AND IN 10 YEARS, HE'S GOT HIS COLLEGE DEGREE. YOU KNOW THEIR YOU KNOW, UH, COMBINED INCOME. THEY CAN NOW MOVE UP IN THE SOCIETAL LADDER CHAIN, RIGHT? SO NOW THEY SELL THAT HOME FOR $400,000, OKAY? SO THEY MADE $100,000 IN EQUITY THAT THEY LEAVE WITH PLUS WHATEVER. EQUITY THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE PAYING DOWN THE MORTGAGE AND LET'S SAY THEY PAID IT DOWN $50,000 IN 10 YEARS. THEY'RE NOW LEAVING WITH THEY'VE NOW GARNERED WEALTH. WHAT YOU CAN'T DO RENTING NO MATTER HOW AFFORDABLE THAT RENTAL IS. THEY NOW LEAVE WITH SOMETHING. WORTH SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN PUT DOWN ON THE NEXT STEP OF THEIR LIFE. SO THIS IS WHAT I'M REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS MY ATTENTION ON THE BANNER LAKE AREA BANNER LAKE CLUB. REALLY TRIED TO START THIS. THEY'VE ACTUALLY ACQUIRED SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY GOING TO BE PUT IN THE LAND TRUST. MARTIN COUNTY OWNS FOUR ACRES IN THE BONER LAKE COMMUNITY, SO THE BANNER LIKE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST STEPPING STONE. OF UM, THE LAND TRUST AND ONCE IT GETS OFF THE GROUND, AND WE ACTUALLY GET SOME EMPLOYEES INVOLVED. UM INDIAN TOWN AND GOLDEN GATE. ARE THE NEXT TWO STEPS THE OBVIOUS NEXT TWO STEPS. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR. IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE TO GET GOING. BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I MEAN, MY OTHER FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ARE GOING IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DIRECTION, WITH SOME MAYBE SOME RENTAL, AFFORDABLE TYPE STUFF. I

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THEY'RE THEY'RE NICE HOMES. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. I'M GONNA GO LOOK AT HIM THIS WEEKEND. AND THEIR RENTALS. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF CONSTRUCTION I WANT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FLOOR PLANES THEY HAVE. AND THEY'RE SMALL. LIKE, YOU KNOW, 5 600 SQUARE FEET. SO THAT'S SOMETHING FOR SOMEBODY TO START OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, AND ONCE THEY GET THAT PAID OFF, THEY CAN MOVE UP, YOU KNOW, AND MOVE INTO A TRADITIONAL HOME. IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. I LIVE IN A BUS. MY BUS IS 540 SQUARE FEET. AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHY I LOVE IT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T NEED A BIG HOUSE AND ALL THAT STUFF. I'LL JUST GO WHEN I WHEN I RETIRE AGAIN FROM HERE, I'LL GO TO NEWELL AND I'LL HAVE THEM BUILD ME A NEW COACH, BUT BUT THAT'S WHERE I SEE MYSELF LIVING. I'M HAPPY. LIVING IN THAT. RELATIVELY SMALL SPACE, BUT IT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR ME, YOU KNOW, SO IF WE CAN PROVIDE SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY. YOU KNOW 56 700 SQUARE FEET. THAT'S SOMETHING FROM FOR THEM TO START. AND IT'S SOMETHING TO GO FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD. YOU'RE IN HERE NOW. I GOT MY OWN HOME. YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF. YOU'RE DOING WELL TOMORROW. IS THAT TRADITIONAL HOUSE? IF YOU WANT IT, SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT IT. THEY MIGHT LIKE LIVING IN A SMALL HOUSE, YOU KNOW? I THINK THE LAND TRUST IS A PERFECT VEHICLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND FOR US OUT HERE, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME BIG COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING FOR LAND USE AND YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME LAND DONATED. YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER JENKINS. I WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET A MEETING WITH YOU TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT SO I CAN UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BETTER, AND THE TINY HOUSE CONCEPT ABSOLUTELY LOVE. IT IS GREAT, AND IT'S NOT A NEW CONCEPT. IF YOU LOOK AT WORLD WAR TWO AND THE SOLDIERS COMING HOME OUR SUPPLY OF TINY HOMES THAT WE HAVE NOW IS FROM THAT ERA. WHEN THE SOLDIERS CAME HOME, THEY HAD THEIR G I BILL AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCESS AND HAVE, UM, AFFORD A HOME. IT WAS A HOME THAT WAS LESS THAN 1000 SQUARE FEET. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT TINY HOUSE MOVEMENT AND THEY GO IN AND THEY'RE LOOKING, THAT IS THE THAT'S THE SUPPLY IS FROM THAT ERA. YOU THINK SURE THAT THOSE OF US THAT GREW UP IN MARTIN COUNTY REMEMBERS THIS PARK A LOT OF THOSE HOMES SINCE HIS PARK WERE FROM CAMP MURPHY FROM THE WAR AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, 1000 SQUARE FEET AT THE MOST, YOU KNOW. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE ALL GONE NOW, BUT WITHIN A FEW, BUT ANYWAY AND NOW YOU'RE LIVING IN A 4000 SQUARE FOOT HOME. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. OKAY IF THERE'S

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.