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[CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING. I'M ADMINISTRATIVELY CALLING. INTO ORDER. THE REGULAR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 14TH 2023 THIS 6 32 PM AND WE ARE IN THE VILLAGE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE DO THE ROLL CALL FOR THE COUNCIL? MAYOR GIBBS THOMAS HERE BY SMEAR STONE COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ HERE. IF YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE INDICATION, FATHER WILLIAMS WILL BE PROVIDING THE INDICATION TONIGHT IF YOU COULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM, FATHER IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, HIM AND HEAVENLY FATHER. WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR YOUR BLESSINGS. WE GIVE YOU THANKS ALSO FOR THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE ENCOUNTERED A TODAY WHICH MAKE US TURN TO YOU. WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE. WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING THIS EVENING ON ALL HERE PRESENT. BUT THEY MIGHT BE OPEN TO YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO SEE HOW BEST TO SERVE. EACH OTHER AND THE COMMUNITY. WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME AND THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. MY PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. AMERICA. FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION.

WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING AS I MENTIONED AT THE TAIL END OF

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Selection of Mayor and Vice Mayor for 2023-2024, Pursuant to Section 4(3)

(a) & (b) of the Village Charter

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THE BUDGET, UH, HEARING OUR FIRST SUBSTANTIVE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THIS MEETING PURSUANT TO THE VILLAGE CHARTER IS GOING TO BE THE SELECTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE VICE MAYOR.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND LAY OUT HOW THAT WOULD WORK PROCEDURALLY FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. UM I WILL BE OPENING NOMINATIONS MOMENT MOMENTARILY FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR. AH! ANYONE ANY OF THE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN MAKE A NOMINATION. YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF IF YOU WANT TO. NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE SECONDS. IT IS A NOMINATION, NOT EMOTION IF WE HAVE ONLY ONE NOMINATION FOR MAYOR, UH, IF I SEE NO OTHERS WILL CLOSE NOMINATIONS, AND THEN I WILL ASK FOR A VOTE TO APPROVE THAT INDIVIDUALS. MAYOR IF THERE ARE TWO OR MORE NOMINEES FOR MAYOR, THEN AT THAT TIME AFTER NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED, WE WILL HAVE A VOTE. IT WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR NORMAL VOTES. WE WILL HAVE A ROLL CALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOU WOULD NAME ONE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT IS IN CONSIDERATION, WHICHEVER, UM CANDIDATE EITHER IN THE FIRST OR SUBSEQUENT BALANCE, IF IT GETS TO THAT RECEIVES AT LEAST THREE VOTES WOULD BE THE MAYOR. UH UM. AT THAT TIME AFTER AMARA SELECTED I WILL HAND OVER THE GAVEL TO WHOEVER SELECTED AS MAYOR AND I WOULD ASK THAT THE SAME PROCESS PROCEED FOR THE SELECTION OF VICE MAYOR AND THEN THE REGULAR ORDER. THE MEETING CAN PROCEED.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. SEEING NONE. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR. I'LL NOMINATE BRIGHTON STONE. I NOMINATE SUSAN GIVE THOMAS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SEEING NO OTHER NOMINATIONS. NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED. AND, UM. DOES ANYONE CARE TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNING THIS MATTER? IF THERE IS NOT ANY DISCUSSION WILL PROCEED TO THE ROLL CALL VOTE. I DESCRIBED ANY DISCUSSION. YES REMEMBER HERNANDEZ? IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK THAT JUST ROTATING THE MAYORSHIP IS A GOOD WAY. UM, IN REGARDS OF YOU KNOW, THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND JUST ROTATING IT EVERY YEAR. UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS. IS A GREAT WAY TO DO IT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. AND AS I MENTIONED, PLEASE STATE, UM WHICH OF THE TWO NOMINEES YOU VOTE FOR? COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS. SUSAN GIBBS, THOMAS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, STONE. GUIDANCE STONE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. DON'T IN STONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO. SUSAN GIBBS, THOMAS. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ SEASON GIVES THOMAS. WITH

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THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER, THOMAS HAS SUSAN GIBBS THOMAS HAS BEEN NAMED MAYOR AND MAYOR. I WON'T HAND THIS BACK OVER TO YOU. GET UP IN. HE DID HE TOUCH YOU JUST DIDN'T HEAR IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, AND IT'S DEFINITELY A HEAVYWEIGHT OF AUTHORITY. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S CONTINUED INDULGENCE AND HELP IN THIS PROCESS AS WE GO ALONG. ALSO FOR THE NEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE JOINED US SINCE THE BUDGET MEETING.

POLICE SILENCE YOUR PHONES IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ALSO HERE. EXITS ARE LOCATED TO YOUR LEFT AND TO YOUR RIGHT. YOU'RE BATHROOMS ARE ON YOUR LEFT. UM PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE MEETING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FIRST ONE IS OH, DO I NEED TO DO THAT FOR I GO THROUGH THE REST OF IT. SELECTION VICE MAYOR DONE NOW. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY I WOULD REQUEST THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. I'M A LITTLE FLUMMOXED. LET'S GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY SO, UH, AS IT WAS STATED BEFORE NOMINATIONS, DO I HEAR NOMINATIONS FOR VICE MAYOR? ANGELINA PEREZ. CARMINE DE POLLO. IS THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? SAYING NONE. NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED IF WE COULD HAVE REAL CALL VOTES MAYOR GIVES THOMAS. IN THE PROCESS, AND THE MAYOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE LAST ONE TO VOTE. NOT THE FIRST. I'VE ALWAYS HAD SUCH OKAY. UM ANGELINA PEREZ, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. CARMINE. HOUSE REMEMBERED APOLLO ANGELINA. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. ANGELINA PEREZ. AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE, UM FOR THE COMING YEAR. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER NOW VICE MAYOR ANGELINA PEREZ. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUTGOING VICE MAYOR STONE FOR HIS DEDICATION IN HIS SERVICE THIS PAST YEAR. DO WE WANT TO SWITCH SEATS? SURE WE CAN. ABSOLUTELY. MY NEIGHBOR.

AND THERE. HAVING DISPOSED OF THOSE ITEMS SUGGEST WE CAN RETURN TO REGULAR PROGRAMMING.

THANK YOU. I WAS HEADED. SO TO PICK UP WHERE I WAS, UM IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE MEEK AND MEETING TO SPEAK. THE FIRST IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THE 2ND 2ND TIME WILL BE ON A SPECIFIC ITEM. PLEASE GET A , UH, REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM OVER AT THE TABLE WHEN YOU COME IN, FILL IT OUT AND GIVE IT TO OUR VILLAGE CLERK ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE. UM ALSO WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIKE. MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. FOR THE RECORD. AND ALSO HAS THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF OUR AGENDA. STATES CIVILITY, CIVILITY IS PRACTICED HERE IN OUR MEETINGS BY THE PUBLIC AND BY THE COUNCIL ALIKE. HAVING SAID THAT, MADAM CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS TO DELETIONS PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS? NO, MADAM MAYOR. SAYING NONE. WE ARE MOVING ON TO

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Proclamation for Hunger Action Month

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OUR PROCLAMATIONS, AWARDS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION. THIS EVENING. IT IS. BEAR WITH ME. IS. FOR HUNGER ACTION MONTH SEPTEMBER 2023 2023. WHEREAS THE NATIONS OF THE

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WORLD, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, HAVE PLEDGED THEMSELVES TO UPHOLD THE UNITED NATIONS 2030 AGENDA PERCENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND TO END POVERTY AND HUNGER AND ENTIRELY BY 2030.

WHEREAS NUTRITION RELATED CONDITIONS SUCH AS HEART DISEASE , DIABETES AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE AMERICA'S AMERICANS, LIFESPANS AND QUALITY OF LIFE LEADING TO MILLIONS OF DEATHS PER YEAR AND MILLION. SICKER MORE DISABLED PARALYZED IN COGNITIVE COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN DESIRES TO BUILD A FUTURE WHERE NO CHILD SHOULD GO HUNGRY AND WHERE ALL AMERICANS HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY, AFFORDABLE, FRESH, LOCALLY MADE AND SUSTAINABLY PRODUCED FOOD. AND WHEREAS THE HOUSE OF HOPE OF MARTIN COUNTY HAS COMMITTED TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT NO COST TO THE RESIDENT. BYE. TO EMPOWERING THEM TO OVERCOME HUNGER AND HARDSHIP THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS SEASONAL SEASONAL PROGRAMS, YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMS. FARM GARDEN. IN THE END, NUTRITION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND MANY OTHERS NOW THEREFORE, I SUSAN GIVES THOMAS MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2023 AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME IN THE VILLAGE COUNCIL IN THIS CELEBRATION, AND THIS EVENING. WE HAVE FROM HOUSE OF HOPE. IN MARTIN COUNTY. ROB RANIERI. MR RANIERI, PLEASE COME AND JOIN US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING SURE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RECORD. ROBERT AREA. I'M THE CEO FOR HOUSE OF HOPE. I WANT TO THANK THE VILLAGE FOR RECOGNIZING HUNGER ACTION MONTH. UM, UNFORTUNATELY , FOOD INSECURITY IS 12 MONTHS A YEAR CHALLENGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY . UH AT THIS TIME, WE'RE SEEING INCREDIBLY HIGH NUMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTY. UH PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY AND PEOPLE LIVING IN WHAT THE MARTIN COUNTY UNITED WAY CALLS THE ALICE POPULATION, WHICH IS ASSET LIMITED AND COME CONSTRAINT BUT EMPLOYED RESIDENTS SO, UH, HUNGER IS A REAL CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE SO, UH AND IT'S CONNECTED TO SO MANY OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE CREATED BY FOOD INSECURITY. MAYOR MENTIONED QUITE A FEW, UH AND HISTORICALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM STATS FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ALL OF THOSE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, OBESITY. AREL SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER AMONG THE LOWER INCOME POPULATION, SO ACCESS TO QUALITY FOOD IMPACTS HEALTH HEALTH IMPACTS CAPACITY TO FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN AND ADULTS TO EARN, SO IT'S DEFINITELY ALL CONNECTED AND ALL CYCLICAL, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT THE VILLAGE RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE AND THE URGENCY OF THIS SITUATION. AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WOULD JOIN US, WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION FOR YOU. WE COULD GET UP.

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Proclamation for Constitution Week

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OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING IS FOR CONSTITUTION WEEK. SEPTEMBER THE 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD OF 2023. WHEREAS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE GUARDIAN OF OUR LIBERTIES AND BODIES, THE PRINCIPLE OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT IN A REPUBLIC DEDICATED TO THE RULE BY LAW. AND WHEREAS SEPTEMBER THE 17TH 2023 MARCH, THE 236TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

AND WHEREAS OUR CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHED SIX BASIC GOVERNING PRINCIPLES FOR SOCIETY THESE

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INCLUDE POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY, THE RULE OF LAW. FEDERALISM JUDICIAL REVIEW INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND SEPARATION OF POWERS THROUGH A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES. AND WHEREAS THE CONSTITUTION ENSURES THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG THREE SEPARATE BRANCHES AND A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES TO CALIBRATE THOSE POWERS, ULTIMATELY ENSURING THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. AND LIBERTIES. AND WHEREAS THIS CELEBRATION WAS STARTED BY THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN 1955, WHY PETITION SENT TO CONGRESS REQUESTING TO SET ASIDE SEPTEMBER THE 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD ANNUALLY FOR THE DEDICATION AND OBSERVANCE OF CONSTITUTION WEEK? NOW, THEREFORE, I SUSAN GIVES THOMAS MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER THE 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD 2023 IS CONSTITUTION WEEK IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME IN THE VILLAGE COUNCIL IN THIS CELEBRATION, AND THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE COMMANDER OF OUR LOCAL INDIAN TOWN VETERANS ASSOCIATION. ERIC MILLER HERE TO ACCEPT THIS, MR MILLER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS. YOU'RE WELCOME. TODAY. YOU KNOW THE CONSTITUTION? IT SEEMS LIKE A DUSTY OLD DOCUMENT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVEN'T EVEN READ IT. BUT YOU CAN'T USE THE SAME EXCUSE THAT YOU USE FOR THE BIBLE AND SAY IT'S TOO LONG. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DIVINELY INSPIRED HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENTS THAT MAN HAS EVER CREATED IS THE LONGEST LIVING CONSTITUTION IN MAN'S HISTORY. NO OTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE HAVE EVER BEEN ABLE TO GOVERN THEMSELVES WITH THE POWER , FEROCITY AND THE ABILITY TO CREATE SUCH A WONDERFUL NATION AS WE HAVE IN AMERICA, AND IT'S DUE TO THIS DOCUMENT. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS. LITTLE ANECDOTAL STORY IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S PROVIDENTIALLY. GENERATED. GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AFTER WINNING HAD THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN SESSION, AND IT WAS CONTENTIOUS. THEY COULDN'T AGREE ON ON A VERY, VERY HOT TOPIC AT THAT TIME. VERY HOT TOPIC. AND IT WAS FALLING APART. IN WASHINGTON WAS WATCHING THE WHOLE THING CRUMBLE. THE WAR THAT WE HAD JUST FOUGHT VALLEY FORGE THE SACRIFICES THE WANT FOR PERSONAL SOVEREIGNTY. HE ADJOURNED. THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND WALKED THEM THROUGH THE TOWN SQUARE AND PUT THEM SQUARELY. IN A CHURCH. AND THERE, THEY STAYED, AND THEY PRAYED FOR HOURS, HOURS LITERALLY HOURS. AND THEY RECONVENED. AND PUT TOGETHER THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THE LAST TIME YOU EVER SAW THAT HAPPEN.

GOING TO GOD FOR ANSWERS AND NOT THE GOVERNMENT. IT'S A GREAT DOCUMENT. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ACCEPT IT TONIGHT. I'M HONORED. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN US.

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Proclamation for Hispanic Heritage Month

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OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING. IS HIS SPIRIC. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. SEPTEMBER, THE 15TH 2023 THROUGH OCTOBER THE 15TH 2023 WHEREAS THE OBSERVANCE OF HISPANIC HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH RECOGNIZES A DIVERSE GROUP OF SPANIARDS AND LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO CAME TO AMERICA FROM SPAIN, MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. AND WHEREAS 17% OF THE US POPULATION IDENTIFIED EITHER AS HISPANIC OR LATINO, IN WHICH 40 MILLION FOR 3/5, MEXICAN 9% PUERTO RICANS, 1% SPANIARD AND NOW THE NINTH LARGEST HISPANIC RUTH IN THE UNITED STATES. AND 6 TO 7% CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S THEME WILL BE DIFFERENT.

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WILL BE A DIFFERENT ONE EACH WEEK WITH A FOCUS ON CELEBRATING HISPANIC PARTICIPATION IN THE LABOR FORCE EDUCATION, INVESTING AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS AS WELL AS THEIR HISTORY, CULTURE AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS. AND WHEREAS SEPTEMBER THE 15 THROUGH 18 COMMEMORATES THE MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE WAR FOUGHT TO END SPANISH RULE AND DEMAND RACIAL EQUALITY AND THE REDISTRIBUTION OF LAND KNOWN AS THE CRY OF DOLORES. OR GRITO DE DOLORES. IT WAS THE EVENT THAT BROUGHT EMANCIPATION FROM SPAIN TO MEXICO, GUATEMALA, EL SALVADOR, COSTA RICA, HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA. AND WHEREAS THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE HERE, AN INDIAN TOWN AND WORLDWIDE HAS HAD A FAR REACHING INFLUENCE ON OUR NATION BECAUSE OF THEIR STRONG COMMITMENT TO FAMILY, FAITH AND HARD WORK IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN WAS JUST TO RECOGNIZE ITS LATINO CITIZENS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS. NOW. THEREFORE I SUSAN GIBBS THOMAS, MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER THE 15TH. THROUGH OCTOBER. THE 15TH 2023 AS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME IN THE VILLAGE COUNCIL IN THIS CELEBRATION. AND WE HAVE FATHER WILLIAMS. WHO IS HERE THIS EVENING? WHO WILL ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YEAH. THANK YOU. I'M VERY HAPPY TO RECEIVE THIS ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AND THE PEOPLE AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY AT HOLY CROSS INDIAN TOWN. WE SEE WHAT CONTRIBUTION THAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS TOWN MAKE TO MAKE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE SEE WHAT A HARD WORKING HARD WORKING POPULATION THEY ARE, AND MOST OF ALL THE FAITHFUL POPULATION. FOCUSING ON FAMILY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GOD. SO IT IS A PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE THAT I ACCEPT THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING IF YOU WOULD JOIN US. MADAM MAYOR IF I MAY DON'T YOU JUST DO THE OTHER ONE AND WE JUST TAKE ONE PICTURE STAND ONE TIME INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO THE OTHER ONE. WHAT DIDN'T THERE'S.

ONE KEEP ME STRAIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

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Presentation by Karen Ripper, President & CEO of the Kane Center

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NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY KAREN RIPPER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CANE CENTER. WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. GOOD EVENING , UH, MAYOR GIVES THOMAS AND VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MANAGEMENT UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. UH, WE HAVE BEEN OUT IN INDIAN TOWN FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND IN A VERY SMALL WAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 2022 STATISTICS OF THE NUMBER OF SENIORS LIVING IN INDIAN TOWN, THERE'S OVER 1000 SENIORS THAT ARE OVER THE AGE OF 65 LIVING HERE. SENIORS EVERYWHERE, WHETHER THEY LIVE IN A GATED COMMUNITY OR IF THEY LIVE IN POVERTY. THEY NEED TWO OR THREE THINGS IN THEIR LIFE THAT KEEPS THEM GOING AND NUMBER ONE IS NUTRITION NUMBER TWO WAS SOCIALIZATION AND WHAT OUR JOB IS THAT THE CANE CENTER OR THE COUNCIL ON AGING IN MARTIN COUNTY IS TO MAKE SURE WE OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH OF THOSE BENEFITS TO HAPPEN WITH OUR SENIORS IN MARTIN COUNTY AS THE LEAD AGENCY, WE RECEIVED GRANTS THROUGH THE STATE AND THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. TO HELP SENIORS WITH A SAFETY NET. AND RIGHT NOW, AS ROB SPOKE ABOUT FOOD, IT'S INCREDIBLE THE NEEDS WHEN PEOPLE ARE LIVING ON LESS THAN $2000 A MONTH. AND THEIR RENTS ARE GOING UP FROM $1,200,000 TO $2000 A MONTH. SO THE MORE WE CAN PROVIDE IN THE WAY OF BENEFITS AND COUNSELING HOW TO MAXIMIZE THEIR INCOME.

AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE USING EVERY BENEFIT THAT COULD BE AFFORDED TO THEM, THE BETTER WE

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ARE, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A PRESENCE IN ALL AREAS OF THE COUNTY, SO WE MOVED TO THE CIVIC CENTER HERE IN INDIAN TOWN IN NOVEMBER. AND, UM, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY THERE AT OUR CONGREGATE MEAL SITE TO HAVE TO HAVE OVER 30 TO 40 SENIORS. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TO RECEIVE OR IF YOU'RE OVER THE AGE OF 60 HOT MEAL AND ALSO PROGRAMMING THAT HELPS WITH EVERY ONE OF YOUR ASPECTS OF SOCIALIZATION. WE HAVE SPEAKERS . WE'VE GOT ART CLASSES WE'VE GOT. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE HAVING A CASE MANAGER OUT HERE PRETTY SOON TO HELP COUNSEL PEOPLE IN INDIAN TOWN INSTEAD OF THEM HAVING TO COME INTO STEWART UM AND WE WANT TO PURSUE MANY MORE. PROGRAMS FOR THE SENIORS HERE AND FOR CAREGIVERS BECAUSE IF ANYONE HAS EVER TAKEN CARE OF HIS SENIOR YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE LIKE HAVING A FULL TIME JOB. IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER IS PARTICULARLY WITH MEMORY LOSS.

IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND PATIENCE YOU HAVE TO HAVE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK ALL OF YOU FOR THE SUPPORT WHEN WE WERE GOING FOR OUR STATE APPROPRIATION, WHICH DID SURVIVE THE VETO PEN AND SENATOR HAROLD AND REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US. AND YOU ALL AN INDIAN TOWN WHERE GREAT AT GETTING LETTERS IN LOW AND BEHOLD, WE DID NOT KNOW AND IT WAS NEVER PROJECTED TO US THAT IT WOULD NOT COVER ANY FIXED COSTS OR STARTUP COSTS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE SLOW GETTING TRANSPORTATION HERE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A BUS, BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME DAYS WHERE WE HAVE A BUS OUT HERE TO TAKE SENIORS BACK AND FORTH TO THE CENTER. UM IT'S THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS HAS KIND OF PUT A KIBOSH ON THE APPROPRIATION AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH SENATOR HEROIN REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER TO TRY AND RESOLVE THIS, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE GETTING EXTRA MONEY FOR SERVICES. UNIT BILLABLE SERVICES. THAT'S PART OF THE APPROPRIATION, SO WE'RE GOING TO MAXIMIZE WHAT WE CAN AND REALLY TRY AND PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE OUT HERE. I THINK WE ALREADY ARE. BUT WE WANT TO EXPAND EVEN MORE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE OPEN TO TRY AND HELP PEOPLE THAT NEED OUR HELP. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU SAY YOU HAVE CAPACITY FOR 30 OR 40 30 TO 40 35. AND THAT THE INDIAN TOWN CIVIC CENTER? YES. HOW MANY USUALLY WHAT'S THE USUAL ATTENDANCE VERY FROM VARY SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE IS INTEGRATED MEMORY ENHANCEMENT, AND IT'S A PROGRAM TO HELP.

SENIORS WITH RETAINING THE MEMORY THAT THEY DO HAVE. IT'S A PROGRAM WE PURCHASED, AND IT'S PRETTY RIGID AS FAR AS THE CURRICULUM AND THE AND THE SENIORS LOVE IT. WHEN I SAY RIGID. I MEAN, IT'S MORE IT'S ROUTINE, AND IT'S GOT A LOT OF STIMULATION. AND WHEN PHYLLIS WHO WORKS AT THE KING CENTER, SHE'S MY RIGHT HAND WHEN SHE'S DOING THE I M E P. WE CALL IT WE HAVE 20 TO 25 PEOPLE. SO WE WANT TO GROW THE PROGRAM AND, UM, WE ARE HIRING A FULL TIME, UH, OUTREACH PERSON, UM AND COORDINATOR FOR THE CENTER TO GET INTO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND GET MORE PEOPLE THERE TO, UM TO PARTICIPATE. UM IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED. THANK YOU DEFINITELY NEEDED. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND IF IT IF THERE'S ANY IF YOU NEED ANY ANYTHING FROM US IN THE FUTURE, JUST LET US KNOW. OKAY WE COME TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS

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AND PORTION OF THIS EVENING. DO WE HAVE ANY. PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, MA'AM. THE FIRST IS MISS PHYLLIS BROWN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING. I'M SORRY. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. FOR THE RECORD . MY NAME IS PHYLLIS WATER'S BROWN. I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING I TOWN. MY TOWN. I TELL MY TOWN WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL THE RESIDENTS OF INDIAN TOWN. ALL THE FRIENDS OF RESIDENTS OF INDIAN TOWN OVER THE BUSINESS OWNERS OF INDIAN TOWN ALL THE HOPEFUL RESIDENTS OF INDIAN TOWN ALL THE EMPLOYEES OR FAMILY MEMBERS OF INDIAN TOWN. ALL THE RENTERS, THE HOMEOWNERS. OF INDIAN TOWN ALL WHO WANT TO COME OUT MEET NEIGHBORS WHILE VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME. ALL WHO WANT TO EXERCISE BY GETTING A CLOSE UP VIEW OF OUR TOWN. WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR LAST CLEANUP OF THE YEAR. WHICH WILL BE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH THIS SATURDAY. WE WILL MEET AT POST FAMILY PARK, WHICH IS BEHIND THE LIBRARY AT 7:30 A.M. UM IT STARTS AT 7 30. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AT SEVEN AND SIGN UP, THAT'S GREAT 7 30. YOU SHOULD BE MOVING ALONG GOING INTO YOUR ZONE. UM, THERE WILL

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BE A SIGN UP SO YOU WILL PICK UP YOUR SUPPLIES AND YOU GET YOUR ASSIGNED ZONE. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS PLEASE SEE US AT THE SIGNING TABLE. WE'LL HAVE THE FORMS FOR YOU TO COMPLETE THOSE WHO YOU'LL GET COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AS WELL. HAS MATT MATERIAL, WE ASK THAT YOU PUT THEM BY CURBSIDE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. SO THAT THEY CAN PICK THEM UP ON SATURDAY MORNING. IF YOU PUT THEM OUT SATURDAY MORNING, THE TRUCK MIGHT HAVE COME BY. BEFORE YOU PUT YOUR ITEMS OUT, SO PUT THEM OUT FRIDAY NIGHT ON CURBSIDE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THERE WILL BE A PICKUP TRUCK ASSIGNED TO ALL ZONES. THEY'LL HAVE CLEANING SUPPLIES, COLD WATER AND A FEW ENCOURAGING WORDS. THEY'RE WORKING TOO. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT. PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR TO MAKE A VISIBLE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. ON THE SECOND NOTE. I'D LIKE TO THANK PAT NOLAN, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITY DEPARTMENT FOR ACQUIRING OR DO NOT LITTER SIGNS . AND DON'T BE A LITTLE BUG SIGN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. UM VERY NOT A LITTER DO NOT LITTLE SIGN IN THE VILLAGE NOWHERE. SO WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THE SAME THING OF PICKING UP EVERY QUARTER. THERE HAS TO BE A CONSEQUENCE FOR SOMEBODY OTHER THAN THE ONES WHO ARE PICKING IT UP. SO PAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I THINK YOU AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT 7 30 ON SATURDAY MORNING AND LET ME ASK YOU, YOU SAY IT'S ZONES. WHERE ARE THOSE ZONES LOCATED? YOU WILL KNOW THOSE SOUNDS WHEN YOU COME SIGNING I HAVE ONE JUST FOR YOU. OKAY WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT OUT CURBSIDE, SO WHAT IS IT UPTOWN? IS IT BECAUSE I LIVE ONLY DOING UM, THIS SIDE OF THE TRACK SO UPTOWN DOWNTOWN? WE'RE ONLY DOING THAT PORTION OF PARK WAS DONE THREE MONTHS AGO. SO WE'RE DOING INDIAN TOWN. UPTOWN DOWNTOWN ROBBERY. OKAY SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. OKAY I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU COME OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME. PUT IT OUT HOME IS OTHER. WE GOT YOUR STREET AND MOUND. I KNOW. I KNOW. BUT ARE WE JUST GOING TO INDIAN MOUND? NO. WOW. OKAY. OKAY IN THE VILLAGE. YES MA'AM. WE'RE GOING. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? YES, MA'AM, ROSENDO PACHECO. WELCOME HI, PACHECO.

FOR THE RECORD. UM I JUST HAVE TO CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN HEARING AROUND TOWN. THE FIRST ONE. MR NOLAN ALREADY CLEARED UP. IT WAS ABOUT THAT. WE'RE RUNNING ON ONE PUMP OF WATER, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. NO MORE ISSUING FOR A NEW BUILDINGS AND HOUSES, BUT HE MAY WE CLEARED THAT UP THE OTHER CONCERN AND HAVE BEEN HEARING THIS THAT THE NEW GAS STATION IS ACTS. WARS SIX WAIVERS. I DON'T KNOW THE WAIVERS THAT I ASKED FOR, AND WHO ISSUED THE WAIVERS TO BE BUILT. THE GAS STATION FROM INDIAN WOULD SO I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK. UM WHAT ARE THE SIX WAIVERS THAT THEY ASKED, AND OUR REGULAR PUBLIC? JUST CORPORATIONS COULD ASK FOR THEM OR CAN REGULAR PUBLIC EXPORT WAIVERS? WELL, I THINK THOSE YOU'LL PROBABLY GET ANSWERS WHENEVER WE DEAL WITH THAT. ISSUE THAT WAIVERS. WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. I'LL BET YOU'LL GET REFERENCED IN PASSING WITH THAT. OTHERWISE I'D BE GLAD TO TALK WITH YOU AND THE PLANNING DIRECTOR DINA FREEDOM WOULD BE GLAD TO TALK WITH YOU AS WELL TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT.

ALRIGHT THANKS A LOT APPRECIATE YOU. THAT IS IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING ON TO COMMENTS BY

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. MR STONE. YES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. AND I, ACTUALLY, UM . I KNOW THE LAST MEETING WE HAD WE I HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA FOR CHRISTMAS LIGHT IN AROUND TOWN. AND SO I WASN'T SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT. BUT . SO I DIDN'T PUT IT ON FOR THIS MEETING I WAS GONNA PUT ON FOR THE NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT AGAIN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK, UM AFTER A MONTH. UM SO, UH, I WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT YOU KNOW THE FLORA LEGAL CITIES. HAD A GREAT CONFERENCE. UM LEARNED A LOT. I DID GET TO TALK TO AND BEING A SESSION WITH DP. AND THERE WAS ONE THING THAT I HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF. DO WE HAVE?

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YOU KNOW? HOW DO WE HAVE, LIKE A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT? HAS THAT BEEN DONE FOR THE VILLAGE MILLION TOWN? BY THE EP BECAUSE THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS D E P ACTUALLY HAS LIKE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY ACTUALLY YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET MONEY FOR A GRANT MANAGER THROUGH THEM, TOO. SO YOU KNOW THAT WOULD SAVE MONEY FOR THE VILLAGE. AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE HAD HAVE HAD THAT ASSESSMENT. SO I HAVE THE CONTACT FROM THE GUY FROM D P BUT JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ALWAYS ABOUT WATER ISSUES ARE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT A GREAT WAY TO HAVE D P GIVE US MONEY TO MANAGE THE GRANT THAT THEY GIVE US. UM SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE DON'T HAVE STAFF IN REGARDS OF THAT. SO THAT WOULD HELP US.

UM SO BEING IN THAT SESSION, THERE WAS SO MANY GREAT QUESTIONS. AND I LOVE THAT SESSION. UM ANOTHER THING WAS, I DID SPEAK TO VILLAGE MANAGER IN REGARDS OF BRINGING FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES BECAUSE LORD ILLEGAL CITIES DOES A LOT OF THINGS. I HAVE BEEN IN ELECTED OFFICE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND I HAVE LEARNED A LOT IN MY LAST FIVE YEARS IN REGARDS OF HOW MUCH ADVOCATE UH, ADVOCACY WORKS. UM AND YOU KNOW, HAVING THE LEGISLATORS HAVING SENATOR HAROLD? UH, REPRESENTATIVES. SNYDER UM AND HAVING THEIR THEIR PHONE NUMBERS AND CONTACTING THEM WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES OR WHEN WE HAVE TO GO, UH , PUT A BILL UP AND LEGISLATIVE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY, MONEY, MONEY FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO, UM HOW ARE WE GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT AND NOT TRY TO PUT IT ON THE RIGHT PAIRS ON OUR TAXPAYERS. AND SO GRANT THE WAY . UM, I'VE LEARNED AND SO I THINK FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES GIVES US SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE SO MUCH, UM , INFORMATION I CAN GO ON AND ON ALL DAY ABOUT IT. UM, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK. AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY AND HAVE THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SERVICES THAT WILL FLOOR LEGAL CITIES DOES. DOES SOMETIMES FOR FREE AND COME OUT AND THEY DO STUFF WITH THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, ADVOCACY IS A HUGE THING. I CAN TELL YOU.

I'M AN ADVOCATE FRIEND. FOR EDUCATION FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. I'VE LEARNED HOW TO LIKE. DO ALL THAT AND THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND THAT'S WHY I SIT ON DIFFERENT COUNCILS. UH BECAUSE INDIAN TELL HIM FOR ME. I GREW UP HERE. THIS IS MY HOME AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS BE . MOTIVATED AND ACTIVE AND TRYING TO GET THE BEST FOR INDIAN TONGUE BECAUSE INDIAN TOWN DESERVES THAT. AND MR CARMINE HAD STATED IN ONE OF THE LAST, UM YOU KNOW, MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT BEING, YOU KNOW, INDIAN TOWN GOT SO MUCH.

WE GOT THE LEFTOVERS AND YOU KNOW WE'RE IN THIS DESTINATION TO MAKE ANY IN TOWN A BETTER PLACE. SO ADVOCACY IS ONE OF THE CENTRAL THINGS THAT HELP AND THAT PROCESS. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET THE STAFF KNOW THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES HAS IMPACTED MY LIFE VERY, UM, AND A POSITIVE MANNER. UM AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS. ANOTHER THING IS HAPPY HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. IT'S GREAT TO YOU KNOW, BE PART OF THIS COUNCIL AS A GUATEMALAN AMERICAN. I AM PROUD OF MY ROOTS. SO TO EVERYONE THAT'S CELEBRATING THIS. COMING DAYS TOMORROW AND THE NEXT FEW WHAT MONTH? UM HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR THE MIC, GUATEMALANS.

MEXICANS MEXICAN AMERICAN, GUATEMALAN AMERICANS AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PEREZ. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UM AND I JUST ECHO THAT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TAKING YOUR TIME. TO JOIN US. AS WE CONTINUE ON MOVING FORWARD IN

[COMMITTEE REPORTS]

THE VILLAGE. IS THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? MANY REPORTS. COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULA DID I HEAR YOU SAY THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD. WE

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HAD A BOARD MEETING YESTERDAY MORNING. AND WE VOTED. TO CUT 10% FROM OUR BUDGET AND GIVE BACK TO THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY HAS GOT AN $8 MILLION SHORTFALL. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS TO CUT. IN ORDER TO GET BACK IN THE BLACK. UM. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A DECLINE IN SERVICES. I $8 MILLION A LOT OF MONEY. AND, UM YOU KNOW? TAXPAYERS OVER THERE WANT TO KEEP THE PROPERTY TAXES WHERE THEY'RE AT? SO THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDING GOING ON. BUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THE TRUE. VALUE OF IT. DOLLAR TAX DOLLARS TILL TILL NEXT YEAR. SO I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. MAKE SURE ALL WATCH THE. COMMISSION MEETING. AT ITS ONLINE. AND, UH, SO. OKAY I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE GETTING MUCH FROM THE COUNTY.

COMMENTS BY OUR VILLAGE MANAGER. I AM NOT GOOD. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

AGENDA. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND? SECOND ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION SOME OF SECOND.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND BEEN SECONDED IN A COMMENTS. I DO. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES, IT WAS ON THE REQUEST. TO THIRD PLACE AND DISPOSE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE VEHICLES BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE I DIDN'T SEE LIKE DO YOU PUT IT UP ON A WEBSITE? IS IT FOR PUBLIC? PUBLIC INFORMATION IF SOMEONE IN THE PUBLIC WANTS TO THANK YOU. AND DO WE HAVE THAT? PATENT ON FOR THE RECORD. EVENING GOOD EVENING. SURPLUS EQUIPMENT IS OLD EQUIPMENT THAT WE ACQUIRED FROM INDIAN TOWN COMPANY. THE OLD PICKUP TRUCKS WERE TWO OF THEM THAT DIDN'T RUN. AND WHAT WE DID WAS TO THAT WE'VE SURPLUS ALREADY. WE PUT ON GOV DEALS. IT'S THE GOVERNMENT THAT'S A WEBSITE SUPPORTING GOVERNMENT TRYING TO GET RID OF SURPLUS EQUIPMENT. AND ANYBODY CAN BID ON IT. SO ONCE THIS STUFF IS SURPLUS THROUGH THE BOARD. WILL BE PUTTING ON GOV DEALS AND PROBABLY WEEK OR SO IN ANYBODY. THERE ONCE THE EQUIPMENT CAN BID ON IT. THAT WAY. THE. DEALS HANDLES EVERYTHING, AND THEN WE JUST COLLECT A CHECK. THANK YOU ON OUR WEBSITE. IS THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE TO GO TO I'M SURE LAURENT AND I COULD GET TOGETHER AND GET IT ON THEIR ON THEIR SO SOMEBODY'S LOOKING BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT MORE ON THAT WEBSITE THAN JUST OUR STUFF. SO THAT THERE IS THERE IS THERE IS A LOT OF EQUIPMENT ON THERE, BUT IT'S A SCROLL THROUGH CLEANEST. THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF THE STUFF AND IT'S ALL OLD EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE NOT USING ANYMORE. NOMINALLY TRUCKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

WE'VE HAD A MOTION. WE'VE HAD A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM, 12. WE HAVE ALREADY DEALT WITH ITEM 13 REORGANIZATION OF COUNCIL

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Reorganization of Council Committee Appointments

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COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. I THINK IF EVERYBODY IS GOOD WHERE THEY'RE AT YES, COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT EVER MY TEARS LIKE MEMBERSHIP BOARD, SO I APPLIED, BUT THEY HAD SO MANY APPLICANTS , AND THEY WANTED TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANOTHER CITY AND I WAS NOT SELECTED THAT LAST TIME SO THANK YOU, UM. ALSO VICE MAYOR PEREZ. YOU'RE CURRENTLY ARE. DESIGNATED FOR THE TREASURE COAST, FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES. AND I BELIEVE, WOULD YOU YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE OVER. BUT DON THINGS? YES AT THE MOMENT I AM AND I STARTED NEW JOBS, SO OKAY , I'M GONNA BE LIMITED. YEAH, THAT'S IMPACTFUL. SO COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO STEP IN? BECAUSE I THINK YOU ARE THE ALTERNATE FOR THAT. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO STEP UP INTO THAT PR REP ON THAT? THAT ONE. THAT'S FINE. OKAY? THANK YOU. WE NEED AN

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ALTERNATE, WHERE SHE SERVED AS ALTERNATE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SERVE AS ALTERNATE? JUST KIND OF FLIP THEM, OKAY? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ALSO, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO RESURRECT THE, UM, THAT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND IT HAS BEEN. IT HAS BEEN DORMANT. I KNOW THAT, UM COUNCIL MEMBER STONE, I BELIEVE HAS IS DESIGNATED AS THAT CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE. THAT THAT AT THE TIME I WAS PLANNING ON DOING THE AGENDA ITEM ONCE WE HAD CLOSED OUR BOOKS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY WAS IN THERE FOR US TO DEAL WITH? I WAS GOING TO BRING AN ITEM BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT AND HAVE YOU ASSIGN BECAUSE THERE'S QUITE A FEW POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN. YEAH THAT'S WHAT I WAS. I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT WHOLE COMMITTEE. UM AND REDO IT. WE NEED TO FIND OUT THE GUIDELINES AND THE MEMBERS WHAT THE MEMBERS ARE WHO ARE SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SO AGREE SO WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD BE USEFUL BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MONTH, YOU KNOW, TO TALK TO YOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE INTERESTED . WELL, I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE GUIDELINES.

MAYBE YOU COULD GET US THOSE GUIDELINES BECAUSE WHEN THAT WAS WHEN THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, I THINK THEY SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE CERTAIN REPRESENTATIVES OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEN THE TRUCK. YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT THERE IN THE IN THE TRUST CREATION DOCUMENT, WHICH DATES BACK MANY DECADES, UM BUT IT UH IT HAD CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS CRITERIA. WHAT HAVE YOU AND WE CAN PULL THAT OUT AND SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL DO THAT. THEN WE CAN BE PREPARED. THANK YOU. DO WE KNOW THE MOTIONS TO YEAH. CAN I RECOMMEND THAT THAT SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS AS MODIFYING YOUR DISCUSSION? DO I HEAR A MOTION? EMOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A SECOND? 2ND 2ND . IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? PUBLIC DISCUSSION, SAYING NONE. I'M ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. NUMBER 14.

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A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, APPROVING APPLICATION NO. SP-22-026 FOR THE MAJOR SITE PLAN TITLED, “VILLAGE MARKET & DELICATESSEN” FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 2.34 ACRE +/- COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING A CONVENIENCE STORE, RESTAURANT AND GAS STATION LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SW WARFIELD BOULEVARD AT ITS JUNCTION WITH INDIANWOOD DRIVE; AND PROVIDING FOR REMEDIES, FINDINGS, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL, THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA, IMPROVING APPLICATION NUMBER SP DASH 22-0 . OF THE MAJOR SITE PLAN TITLED VILLAGE MARKET AND DELICATESSEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.34 ACRE PLUS OR MINUS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT , COMPRISING A CONVENIENCE STORE , RESTAURANT AND GAS STATION LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE SOUTHWEST WAR FIELD BOULEVARD AT ITS JUNCTION WITH INDIAN WOULD DRIVE AND PROVIDING FOR REMEDIES , FINDINGS AND INEFFECTIVE DAY AND MAYOR. I'D BE GLAD TO TAKE OUR TYPICAL QUASI JUDICIAL PROCESS AND PUSH IT THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE STEPS IF YOU LIKE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY DIRECTED TO THE PUBLIC AND I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE TO THE PUBLIC. I'M GOING TO BE, UM, GIVING SOME EXPLANATION AND SOME RECITATION OF THE RULES THAT ARE GOING TO APPLY TO THIS HEARING. WE DO THIS FOR THE PURPOSES OF BUILDING A GOOD RECORD WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE WHAT WE CALL QUASI TRADITIONAL IN NATURE. SO FIRST OFF, UM, WOULD ASK IF ANY INDIVIDUAL INCLUDING THE APPLICANT OR STAFF, OR WITNESSES OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO PLANNED TO SPEAK OR OFFER TESTIMONY DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AND ASK YOU TO PLEASE RISE AND BE SWORN IN BY THE VILLAGE CLERK. IT'S OKAY. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF PUBLIC THIS APPLICATION. THAT IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING IS QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE.

WHICH REQUIRES THIS PUBLIC HEARING COMPLY WITH PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN FLORIDA LAW. QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARE LESS FORMAL THAN PROCEEDINGS BEFORE A CIRCUIT COURT, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT ARE MORE FORMAL THAN OUR NORMAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND MUST FOLLOW BASIC STANDARDS OF NOTICE AND DUE PROCESS. THE BOARDS. THE COUNCIL'S DECISION CONCERNING THIS MATTER MUST BE BASED ON COMPETENCE, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY COMPETENT, 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 CANNOT BE LEGALLY CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL IN WEIGHING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE APPLICATION THAT'S BEFORE THEM TONIGHT. TESTIMONY WITH FACT

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BASED SUPPORT, SUCH AS MINUTES SURVEYS, ENGINEERING REPORTS AND THE LIKE MAYBE CONSIDERED COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. IF YOU INTEND TO SPEAK, PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND. AND WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME CLEARLY FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD AT THAT TIME AS WELL. MADAM CLERK. HAS THIS ITEM BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED? YES THIS ITEM WAS PROPERTY APPETITE ADVERTISED IN THE RECORD HAS TO DOCUMENTATION TO THAT EFFECT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD ASK IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM VOTING ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU DO ASK YOU TO PLEASE DISCLOSE IT FOR THE RECORD COMPLETE THE REQUIRED FOR MAYBE VOTING CONFLICT FORM AND PROVIDE TO THE VILLAGE CLERK. IS ANY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS BELIEVE THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON THIS MATTER. SEE, NONE WILL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL HAS HAD ANY EX PARTY COMMUNICATIONS AND AGAIN FOR OUR COUNCIL AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF PUBLIC X PARTY, COMMUNICATIONS OR COMMUNICATIONS WITH, UM ANYONE, INCLUDING THE APPLICANT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC , UM AND SO ON, OR SITE VISITS TO THE PARTICULAR SITE AT ISSUE UM, OUTSIDE OF THIS NOTICED HEARING THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE.

X PARTY COMMUNICATIONS ARE PERFECTLY LEGAL UNDER FLORIDA LAW, BUT THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THOSE BE DISCLOSED SO I WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU'VE HAD ANY EXPERT , A COMMUNICATIONS, I'D ASK YOU TO. PLEASE DISCLOSE THAT BY IDENTIFYING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE COMMUNICATION. AND THE PERSON OR GROUP OR ENTITY WITHIN THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ANY EXPORT E COMMUNICATIONS TO DISCLOSE CONCERNING THIS ITEM? I HAVE SPOKEN. I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANY EMAIL, BUT I HAVE SPOKEN TO TWO OF THE PARTIES. OMAR. AND DANIEL. AND THE SUBJECT MATTER WAS CONCERNING THE PROJECT.

CLARIFICATION ON ITEMS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER? UH DISCLOSURES. I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE FROM INDIAN WOULD AND I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO THEY ARE UNDERSTOOD. ANY OTHERS. ALRIGHT TALKING TO RESIDENTS IN REGARDS OF THEIR CONCERNS FROM ANYWAY, SO UNDERSTOOD. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER, UM EXPERTISE, COMMUNICATION DISCLOSURES WILL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED AS WE TYPICALLY PROCEED WITH QUASI JUDICIAL MATTERS. FIRST STAFF WILL BE PROVIDING AN INITIAL PRESENTATION. I BELIEVE IT MAY BE BRIEF IN THIS INSTANCE, BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD AH, OPEN TO THE COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS OF STAFF. BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO BE PUTTING ON THEIR PRESENTATION AND IN THIS INSTANCE THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE MEAT OF EVERYTHING, UH, CONCERNING THIS APPLICATION.

AFTER THAT, THEN PROCEED TO, UH , COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND OPENING IT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. TOMORROW. I'LL TURN BACK OVER TO YOU TO TURN IT OVER TO STAFF. OKAY, STAFF. UM I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MISS DEENA FREEMAN. SHE HAS COME TO RECENTLY COME TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AS YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS A CONTRACT AT THIS MOMENT POSITION . UM AND WE WELCOME DINA TO OUR TEAM, AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE HER HERE. SO WITH THAT, DINA, TAKE TAKE IT AWAY. GOOD TURNOUT DOWN THERE. LIGHT IT UP. HELLO DINA FREEMAN. UM MADAM CHAIR VILLAGE COUNCIL. I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE WORKING IN THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

OBVIOUSLY WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT I CAME IN AT TOWARDS THE END OF THE REVIEW AND SCHEDULING FOR THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD. SO I'M HERE REALLY? TO INTRODUCE STEVE GRAHAM, WHO DID THE COMPLETE REVIEW AND PROJECT MANAGED THE APPLICATION, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS ASSURE THAT THE COUNCIL THAT I HAVE LOOKED THROUGH ALL OF THE APPLICATION MATERIALS RIGHT AWAY FROM THE PRE APPLICATION THROUGH INTAKE. THE FOUR ROUNDS OF REVIEW PREPARATION OF THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD FOR THE VARIANTS AND FOR CONSIDERATION OR VARIANCES AND CONSIDERATION OF THE MAJOR SITE PLAN. UM, LOOKING AT CONFIRMING IT'S PERMITTED USE . IT'S ACCEPTABLE WITHIN THE LAND USE THAT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN ANY ISSUES THAT BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT. THE REVIEW WERE ADDRESSED BY THE APPLICANT THROUGH THOSE RESUBMISSION RESUBMIT ALS. I ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS THE GENTLEMAN'S COMMENT VERY BRIEFLY . THERE IS, UM, DETAILS IN THE ACTUAL AGENDA TO DO WITH THE

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VARIANCES THAT WERE REQUESTED THE WORST EXPERIENCES UM, THE VARIANCES WERE REGARDING FRONT SETBACKS, PARKING IN TERMS OF BEING REQUIRED TO BE LOCATED, OKAY IT TO THE REAR AND SIDES OF THE BUILDING, CANOPY ISSUES BUILDING FRONTAGE, THE MAXIMUM WIDTH, THE DRIVEWAY AND SOMETHING TO DO WITH LIGHTING. NOW THEY WERE CONSIDERED THAT PLANNING ZONING APPEALS BOARD THAT IS THE ACTUAL DECIDING ENTITY. SO STAFF DO A DETAILED REVIEW. THEY CREATE THE AGENDA.

THE P C. A B BOARD AS THEY REVIEW AND MAKE A DECISION ON THE VARIANCES. SO SIX VARIANCES WERE APPROVED ON AUGUST 3RD SO AND THEY ALSO PROVIDED AND STEVE WILL GET INTO THIS AND HIS PRESENTATION. THEY PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION UNANIMOUSLY OF APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED GAS STATION, CONVENIENCE STORE AND RESTAURANT ON THE PROPERTY. WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE SUGGESTED BY STAFF, SO WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND FINAL ACTION BEFORE THE VILLAGE COUNTS COUNCIL ON THE MAJOR SITE PLAN APPLICATION AND ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO APPLY FOR A VARIANCE THAT WHERE THEY CAN'T QUITE MEET THE CODE WHERE THE CODE REALLY ISN'T HASN'T BEEN DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE OR IS IT PERMITTED USES A GAS STATION. THEY CAN.

ANYBODY IN ANY SITUATION IN INDIAN TOWN IS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR VARIANCES ON ANY PROPERTY, AND IT'S WHERE AND JUSTIFY BASED JUSTIFICATION ON WHY THEY SHOULD GRANT THOSE VARIANCES. SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO STEVE GRAHAM, WHO IS THE PLANNER AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MR GRAHAM IS JOINING US BY ZOOM. HEY, STEVE. ARE YOU ABLE TO TURN UP? TURN YOUR MICROPHONE UP.

WHERE YOU'RE BETTER.

STEVE, ARE YOU SEEING? ARE YOU SEEING A SLIDE THAT SAYS SITE LOCATION? YEAH, YEAH. SO I ONLY SAYING THAT.

STEVE, CAN YOU SHARE YOUR SCREEN? NOT QUITE YET.

HEY STEVE. DINA FREEMAN. HERE I CAN TAKE OVER THE PRESENTATION AND YOU CAN PROVIDE COMMENT AS

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WELL. IF THAT HELPS GIVEN THAT WE'VE GOT TECHNICAL ISSUES. WE HAVE A SITE LOCATION MAP THAT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. ADJACENT TO SOUTHWEST WAR FIELD BOULEVARD. IT'S A VACANT SITE 2.34 ACRES. THE PARCEL CONTROL NUMBER IS IDENTIFIED ON THEIR NEXT SIDE SLIGHTLY. IS IT STUCK? WE WERE WORKING ALL DAY ON OUR SYSTEM BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ISSUES SO WE DIDN'T TOUCH WITH THE VENDOR.

BEFORE.

STEVE, ARE YOU THERE? CAN YOU SEE? COULD YOU SEE WHAT. STEVE, CAN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT SAYS ZONING AND LAND USE? LIKE IF I CAN WORK WITH THAT, IF YOU DEACON BLOCKS REALLY? I.

STEVE, GIVE IT A GO. YES.

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MAYOR OF THE. BACK DOWN. YEAH. MAYOR OF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. INITIALLY, YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF LATER AS WELL AFTER THE APPLICANT GIVES THEIR PRESENTATION IF YOU PREFER TO JUST PROCEED TO RECEIVE THE APPLICANTS, PRESIDENT LET'S GO AHEAD AND PROCEED AND THEN WE CAN DO QUESTIONS. I AM. YOU WANT ME TO READ THAT? I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE APPLICANT BEFORE YOUR APPLICANTS REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, VILLAGE COUNCIL. VERY NICE TO SEE YOU ALL FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS GEORGE MISNOMER. I'M WITH COLLAR AND HEARING. I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN AH! BEGINNING. CAN I JUST YEAH. SO YEP. IF YOU WANT TO START THE SLIDE SHOW BOTTOM, RIGHT?

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PERFECT. THANK YOU. AS I SAID, GEORGE, MR WITH COLLAR AND HEARING HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT VILLAGE SQUARE THREE LLC. YES, SIR. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SPEAK UP? SORRY.

ALRIGHT SO HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF VILLAGE SQUARE THREE L C. THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE APPLICANT. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM HERE TONIGHT TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVE FROM KIM LEE HORN, OUR CIVIL ENGINEER. J. J. CHAI INC. MYSELF FROM COLOR AND HEARING AND THEN SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE OWNERSHIP. SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT AGAIN TO DISCUSS A MAJOR SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR A GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORE AND RESTAURANT WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE STAFF. THEY DID A GREAT JOB REVIEWING APPLICATION . THEY PUT US THROUGH A WRINGER REALLY MADE SURE THAT WE CROSSED OUR T STARTED OUR EYES AND THAT WE CAME OUT WITH A REALLY GOOD QUALITY PROJECT FOR THE VILLAGE.

UM AND AS DINA FREEMAN SAID, FOUR ROUNDS OF REVIEW, SO, UM THEY WERE THOROUGH. UH BRIEFLY ON THE LOCATION. WE ARE LOCATED OFF OF WAR FIELD BOULEVARD. UH HUH. AND JUST AS REFERENCE TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT, JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF HERE, UM AND DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE INDIAN WOULD DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE A FUTURE LAND USE OF VILLAGE CORE MIXED USE AND A CONCURRENT ZONING OF VILLAGE MIXED USE. UNDER THOSE, UH, DESIGNATIONS. WE ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE, FUEL PUMPS AND RESTAURANT. FURTHERMORE THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY BEING LOCATED DIRECTLY ON WAR FIELD BOULEVARD ORFIELD BOULEVARD IS A MAJOR REGIONAL FREIGHT ROADWAY.

THERE ARE HIGH FREQUENCY OF VEHICLES AND TRACTOR TRAILERS UP AND DOWN REPEATEDLY EVERY DAY.

SO EMPHASIS ON ACCESS AND CIRCULATION AND SAFETY WAS UP BIG PRIORITY FOR THE PROJECT FROM BEFORE WE EVEN STARTED THE LAYOUT OF CYCLONE. SO UH, TO THAT EFFECT, UM WE MET WITH F.

BOT IS OUR FIRST STEP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD OUR ACCESS REQUIREMENTS. WAR FIELD BOULEVARD IS AN FTT ROADWAY. THEY DO CONTROL IT, THEY IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT ROADWAY.

AND SO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SATISFIED ALL OF THEIR SAFETY CRITERIA. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR ACCESS LOCATIONS. AH! BRIEFLY LOCATION AGAIN. THERE ARE THREE EXISTING GAS STATIONS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. UH, BOTH ALL THREE OF THESE ARE FAIRLY OLD. I BELIEVE THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS DEVELOPED IN THE EIGHTIES. THESE GAS STATIONS ARE RATHER SMALL.

CRAMPED CIRCULATION. UH, COULD BE A LOT BETTER AND AS A RESULT THERE ARE ACCESS ISSUES. THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A LARGE TRACTOR TRAILER TRYING TO EXIT ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES HAVING ACROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF TRAFFIC ON MORE FIELD BOULEVARD. UM THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF SITUATION THAT WE AIM TO AVOID WITH THE DESIGN OF OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. LOOKING CLOSER AT THE DEVELOPMENT. AS I SAID THE FIRST, UH, STEP THAT WE TOOK IS CONTACTING FDA T SETTING UP THIS MEETING SO THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THEIR DESIGN CRITERIA FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT. AND UM. I'LL GET INTO THOSE DESIGN CRITERIA SHORTLY, THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY AGAIN WORK CONSISTENT WITH OUR ZONING AND LAND USE FOR THE PROPOSED USE AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. IT'S JUST MORE BACKUP THERE. THIS BEING A REALLY GOOD LOCATION FOR A GAS STATION BEING ON MORE FIELD BOULEVARD IN TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST, BORDERED BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS. LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY IS A WATER TREATMENT FACILITY TO THE NORTH IS UNDEVELOPED VILLAGE MIXED USE CONCURRENT ZONING THERE TO THE SOUTH, A DRAINAGE CANAL AND ADDITIONAL UNDEVELOPED VILLAGE MIXED USE PROPERTIES, AND OBVIOUSLY WE FRONT ON WORKOUT BOULEVARD. TWO AS I SPOKE THE ACCESS, SO WE HAVE TO ACCESS POINTS TO THE PROPERTY FOR OFF WORK. BOULEVARD FIRST IS A RIGHT HAND ONLY FOR SOUTH BEND VEHICLES. AND THIS HAS A DEDICATED DECELERATION LANE. TO BRING VEHICLES OFF OF WAR FIELD INTO THE SITE AND START CIRCULATING AROUND THE PROPERTY . AND THIS IS KEY FOR LARGE TRACTOR TRAILERS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AS A DEDICATED

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DECELERATION LANE TO GET THEM OFF THE ROADWAY SAFELY AND INTO THE DEVELOPED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT. SECONDLY WE HAVE OUR ACCESS POINT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM INDIAN WOULD DRIVE. NOW THIS WAS A PARTICULAR STICKING POINT FOR FDA T BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE OF APPROACH FROM INDIAN WOULD SO THERE'S NO OTHER LOCATION THAT WE COULD PUT THIS ACCESS POINT AT BOT WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT, AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DUE TO THAT ANGLE OF APPROACH FOR VEHICLES FACING EACH OTHER, EXITING EITHER EXITING THE GAS STATION OR EXITING INDIAN WOULD UH, WHERE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN PROPER SIGHTLINES. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ARE TRAFFIC ENGINEER WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER. ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE A RIGHT OUT THROUGH LANE AND A LEFT TURN LANE AT THIS LOCATION. AND BRIEFLY, AND WE MENTIONED A NUMBER OF VARIANCES THAT WERE APPROVED FOR THIS SITE . AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES AT THIS MAIN ENTRANCE.

THE WIDTH REQUIREMENT IS WIDER THAN WHAT'S PERMITTED BY CODE AND VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN CODE , BUT IT'S MANDATED BY BOT THAT IT BE THIS WITH YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT ANY NARROWER. WE TRIED WITH F D O T. BUT SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ALMOST ULTIMATELY, WE ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT WHERE FOR THIS WITH SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE VARIANTS REQUESTS. WE BEGAN TO SOME OF THE NUMBERS OF THE SITE AGAIN. WE ARE AT 2.34 ACRE PROPERTY. WE ARE CONSISTENT ARE USES CONSISTENT WITH OUR ZONING AND LAND USE. WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF OUR GREEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND BUILDING BLOCK COVERAGE. WE ARE MEETING OUR HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. UM. AND CONSISTENT WITH ALL OTHER CODE SECTIONS, BUT FOR VARIANCES THAT WERE APPROVED. SO LOOKING AT LANDSCAPING AGAIN. BIG FOLKS FOCUS ON NATIVE LANDSCAPING FOR THE PROPERTY, AND THAT'S FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, PRIMARILY FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROJECT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT NATIVE LANDSCAPING THRIVES LONG TERM TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT LOOKS FANTASTIC, LONG TERM. THAT LANDSCAPE WAS SPECIFICALLY SELECTED BASED ON THE LOCATION GEOGRAPHICALLY WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL FREE ZONES FOR LANDSCAPING, SO CERTAIN SPECIES DO WELL. COASTAL NOT SO WELL INLAND. AND SO AGAIN, A FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT THE LANDSCAPING THAT WE SELECT FOR THIS PROPERTY SURVIVES AND THRIVES LONG TERM. AND ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WE DID PERFORM SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE NO WETLANDS FOUND THERE WERE NO GOPHER TORTOISES OR ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES OR PLANTS LOCATED ON THE SITE. WE WILL BE REQUIRED. TO PERFORM ANOTHER GOPHER TORTOISE SURVEY BEFORE ANY WORK IS DONE. IT'S REQUIRED TO BE DONE WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE WORK, STARTING JUST IN CASE THERE'S TRAVEL OF ANIMALS ONTO THE SITE, SO THAT WILL BE DONE PRIOR TO SITE CONSTRUCTION. LOOKING AT THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING. WE ARE MEETING ALL OF THE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DESIGN OF THAT ARCHITECTURE, A FLORIDA VERNACULAR STYLE COMPLEMENTING THE VILLAGE OF ANY IN TOWN. MONOCHROME PAINT STYLE , AND THAT IS REFLECTED AGAIN INTO THOSE CANOPIES TO AN ENHANCED OUR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, MATCHING MATERIALS MATCHING COLOR. AND EVEN PROVIDING SLOPES ON THE ROOFS OF THOSE CANOPIES TO REALLY CREATE A AH, CONSISTENT DESIGN IN THE SITE. NOW I CAN GO OVER EACH OF THE VARIANCE REQUESTS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE, UM FOR YOU. TO FULLY GRAPH THAT HIS THE GAS STATION. AS IT'S DESIGNED. MAJOR FOCUS ON SAFETY AND CIRCULATION. THE VILLAGE CODE FOR VILLAGE CORE MIXED USE PROMOTES A FORM BASED STYLE OF DEVELOPMENT WERE PUSHES THE BUILDINGS UP TO THE ROADWAY. WHICH REALLY INHIBITS VEHICLE VISIBILITY INTERNALLY TO THE SITE. SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT VEHICLES TRAVELING POTENTIALLY PRIOR TO THE STORM, TRYING TO SEE WHERE THEY CAN GET GAS IF THE GAS IS EVEN AVAILABLE, IF THEY'RE APPROACHING THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY CAN'T VISUALLY SEE THE PROPERTY AGAIN. THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN NOTICE THAT IT IS A GAS STATION AND PASS RIGHT BY IT. SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THAT AND BEING A NEW CODE. THERE AREN'T A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH A SPECIFIC USE, SUCH AS A GAS STATION. SO THAT'S JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT GO INTO THE REASON. ULTIMATELY WE CHOSE TO PURSUE THOSE VARIANCES. BUT AGAIN, I'M HERE TO ASK HER TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE THAT ONE OF THE VARIANCES WAS FOR A WIDER WHAT WE REQUIRE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE NARROW, SO THE VARIANCE WAS FOR WIDER. ENTRANCE. FOR SAFETY AND. FOR CONVENIENCE OF GETTING

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IN AND OUT. CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. ALSO IS THERE PLANS FOR AN ELECTRIC CHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THERE IS IT'S LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE BUILDING. OKAY? COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SO YOU KNOW, TALKING TO RESIDENTS IN THE CONCERNS IN REGARDS OF, UM THIS GAS STATION. I DO. THANK YOU GUYS. IN REGARDS OF BOT IN REGARDS OF THE SAFETY JUST BECAUSE THE TRACTOR TRAILERS 7 10, AND WE SEE THINGS PICK UP AROUND LIKE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER WHEN SNOWBIRD SEASON COMES UP AND I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT MOST OF THE TIME I GO THROUGH ONE THAT ONE NIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE GOING ON 17. BECAUSE IT'S JUST CRAZY TRAFFIC. SO UM, MAKING THAT WIDER FOR TRACTOR TRAILERS COME IN AND GO OUT.

WHAT IT'S HELPFUL. SO I THANK YOU ON THAT, UM AND THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY REITERATE, IS THAT YOU? YOU GUYS DO HAVE A DECELERATION LANE COMING IN FROM THE WHAT THE SOUTH FOUND. YES SOUTH DONT TRAFFIC HAS A DIESEL LANE AND THE RIGHT TURN LANE. UM NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ALSO HAS A DEDICATED DETAIL LEFT TURN REALLY OKAY BECAUSE IT CAN'T I WAS LOOKING AT IT, AND I COULDN'T REALLY IT SEEMED LIKE. LIKE THERE WAS ALREADY A, UH, DECELERATION LANE. FROM INDIA WOULD INTO THERE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE LIKE I COULDN'T SEE IT GOING TO THE GAS STATION. UM SO YOU KNOW, IT'S HELPFUL AND THAT THAT'S A ENTRY ONLY CORRECT. FOR WHICH ONE ENTRY WHERE THE DECELERATION LEE THAT THE NORTHERN ENTRY IS AN ENTRY ONLY . OKAY SO THAT HELPS. UM AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, IN INDIAN TOWN. WE DO NEED ANOTHER GAS STATION, ESPECIALLY DURING HURRICANE SEASON LIKE EVERYONE IS RUSHING TO GO TO THREE OTHER THREE GAS STATIONS AROUND TOWN. UM BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WAS.

HURRICANE IMPACT THOSE CANOPIES. HOW. WITH WEDNESDAY STAND. I'M ONLY THINKING ABOUT HURRICANES HERE. THEY'RE ALL WIND RATED AGAIN. MODERN BUILDING CODES REQUIRE US TO BUILD THOSE A LOT MORE STURDY THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, ESPECIALLY BACK IN THE EIGHTIES. UM SO THEY ARE. WIND RATED. I'M NOT SURE WHAT CATEGORY THEY GO UP TO, UM, EXACTLY, BUT THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY ENGINEERED TO HANDLE. UM HURRICANES. OKAY? AND . MY MAJOR CONCERN WITH TRAFFIC AND YOU KNOW BUT AFTER OT HAS THE RIGHT AWAY SO THAT'S OUT OF MY HANDS. JUST JUST TO CLARIFY.

MY ENGINEER CAME UP BEHIND ME TO LET ME KNOW THAT THEY'RE RATED TO OVER 100 AND 70 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. SO THAT DEFINITELY ESCAPE X EXCEEDS CATEGORY FIVE. CATEGORY FIVE IS WHAT 1 50.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALSO, UM, SEEING THIS. AND SITTING ON THE MPO BOARD BECAUSE WE ARE BY THE MPO IS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT GETTING 7 10 THAT WAR FIELD BOULEVARD. CONTINUED FOR LANE FROM INDIAN TOWN IN TOKYO, CHOBE SO THIS. OF DESIGN ACCOMMODATES FOR THAT FUTURE. THAT FUTURE GROWTH AT FUTURE WIDENING. YES MA'AM. WE WERE LEFT. UH THE RIGHT AWAY THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION FOR THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF SEVEN TIMES. AND IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY IT'S WHAT 35 MILES AN HOUR AT THAT POINT THROUGH TOWN, CORRECT, AND THAT IS THE LEAST THROUGH TOWN.

IT GETS HIS 35 SO YOU SHOULD BE DOING 35 AT THAT POINT. OKAY? SHOULD BE. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE OPTIMUM WORDS THERE. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. QUESTIONS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STONE.

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ABSOLUTELY IT WAS A MATTER OF DISCUSSION WITH F D O T. THEY WERE STILL AT THE POSITION THAT ONE WAS NOT REQUIRED AT THAT LOCATION DUE TO THE VEHICLE TRIPS AND THE INTERSECTION THERE IS ONE BEING PUT IN JUST TO THE SOUTH OF US AT THE TERRA LAGO ENTRANCE. SO THAT THAT IS WHERE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IS GOING TO BE LOCATED. AND PART OF MY CONVERSATIONS INCLUDED A ACCESS ROAD GOING TO THE LIGHT. SO MAYBE IN THE FUTURE THAT MIGHT BE COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES WHEN ONE LAST THING. UM WHEN SHOULD WE EXPECT CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG BIG QUESTIONS OUT THERE. IS IT GONNA IS GONNA TAKE A WHILE? IS IT GOING TO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WE CAN PROBABLY GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND SOMETIMES, LIKE TERRA LAGO HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS ABOUT PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF TWO YEARS AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN BUILT. SO I WAS WONDERING WHAT'S THE PROCESS ? HOW LONG YOU GUYS EXPECT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPEN AND ALL THOSE DETAILS SO THAT YOU KNOW THE RESIDENTS OF ANYONE WOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF LIKE WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT, YOU KNOW. MORE TRAFFIC AND FRONT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY, ANYBODY REAL QUICK. DO YOU SWEAR FOR HIM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. UM YOUR NAME? DANIELSON HAYEK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. UM THE CONSTRUCTION TIME WOULDN'T TAKE ANYTHING MORE OUT OF THE ORDINARY THAN NORMAL CONSTRUCTION TIME WOULD. IT'S NORMALLY ABOUT 12 MONTHS. WE DON'T HAVE A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE YET. HE WILL BE IN COMMUNICATION AND HAPPY TO TELL YOU AS WE GO FORWARD, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY AND BE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER THAN A NORMAL CONSTRUCTION. NO I JUST WANT TO KNOW LIKE ONCE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETES WHEN YOU KNOW THE ENGLEWOOD RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW. BE AWARE THAT MORE TRAFFIC IS GONNA BE. IT'S GONNA BE HARDER BECAUSE I'VE HAD INDIAN WOULD'VE RESIDENTS TOLD ME THAT, THEY SAID. IN ANYONE AND I ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY HAVE SIGNED AND YOU WERE TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE CHURCH BECAUSE I HAD TO GO. DO UH, AARON DONE IT ANYWAY, LIKE 15 20 MINUTES. UM WHICH I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE FEAR THERE THAT HAVING TRACTOR TRAILERS COME ON, AND MORE TRAFFIC. COME ON AT THE SAME TIME WHERE THEY'RE THE THEY'RE GOING TO EXPECT MORE TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW JUST SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF IT. MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER. GOOD EVENING, THE CIVIL ENGINEER. GAS STATION ON GENERAL. THEY DON'T GENERATE TRIPS ATTRACT TRIPS ABOUT 60 70% OF THE TRIPS THAT GOES TO THE GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORE IS ALREADY ON THE ROAD. WE ALSO HAVE OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER CAN EXPLAIN THAT FURTHER, SO THE INCREASE IN THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD IS MINIMUM. GENERALLY PEOPLE DON'T TAKE A TRIP TO THE GAS STATION ALREADY ON THE ROAD, AND THEN THEY PULL OVER AND GET A GOOD GUESS. IN TERMS OF YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, SPECIFICALLY. WILL BE YOU KNOW, COGNIZANT OF THE ROADWAY WILL BE COGNIZANT OF THE ROADWAY AND MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, MINIMIZES TRAFFIC IMPACT. IT'S NOT GONNA ADD ANYTHING AND FORTUNATELY, THERE'S ENOUGH LANES THERE TO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO DO IT IN A GOOD MANNER THAT IS CONSCIENTIOUS OF EVERYBODY ELSE COMING NORTH AND SOUTH. YEAH AND I THINK IT'S NOT GENERATING TRAFFIC. IT'S MORE LIKE. THE INTERSECTION WILL BE RIGHT DIRECTLY IN ANY WAY SO THEY'RE GONNA INTERACT NO MATTER WHAT, YOU YOU STAY. IT'S NOT GOING. I KNOW WE'RE I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT I WILL MAKE A TRIP TO A GAS STATION, SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE OF INDIAN TOWN AND THE WAY IN THE ANTON FITS. IN THE MAP. MOST PEOPLE TRAVEL FROM PALM BEACH, TOBY TOBY OKEECHOBEE TO PALM BEACH, HOWEVER, THE WAY IT IS, BUT THEY'LL THEY'LL STOP AND GET GAS. BUT STILL THAT EXCHANGE OF TURNING AND THE FLOW OF THE CARS. SO I. I JUST WONDER SO THAT WE CAN LET THE ANYONE WOULD RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT HEY, GRAND OPENING IS GOING TO BE THIS EXPECT. WHERE A LENGTHY WAIT TIME. LET LET ME JUST STATE IT LIKE THAT. TO THAT EFFECT. WE CAN DEFINITELY COORDINATE WITH THE VILLAGE TO

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MAKE SURE THAT ANY MILESTONES OF CONSTRUCTION IF THEY NEED TO BE NOTICED TO THE VILLAGE THAT CAN BE DONE PROBLEM. WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD UM, WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE LIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TO TERRA LAGO. IT'S JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THIS. CURRENTLY THERE'S NO STOPPING ON 7 10 WITHIN A REASONABLE PROXIMITY TO THIS, SO YOU DO HAVE THOSE LONGER WAIT TIMES BECAUSE VEHICLES ARE JUST MOVING THROUGH WITH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT JUST TO THE SOUTH. IT DOES OFFER THAT BREAKPOINT. WHERE IT SLOWS TRAFFIC AND STOPS IT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE IT ROSE AGAIN. UM TO JUST I WANTED TO ADD YES, AND I JUST LIKE MATTER , MAYOR SAID, UM ONCE TERRA LAGO COMES IN AND LIKE PRAYING FOR THEM TO LIKE, HURRY UP. UM YOU KNOW THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE THE CONCERNS OF THE ANY WOULD RESIDENTS, BUT UNTIL THEN, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THAT ONE ROAD IS GOING TO TAKE IN THE ACCESS ROAD FROM ANYONE. YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT HER, AND YOU WOULD RESIDENTS. SO MY QUESTION IS AND TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION TIME HAS THIS PROJECT BEEN SOLD? IS THERE SOMEONE THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE SHOOT. TO MOVE AHEAD WITH US. IT HASN'T BEEN SOLD. IT'S INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE CURRENT OWNERS, AND THEN A OPERATOR WOULD GREAT FACILITY. ANYTHING. NOTHING ELSE. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS FOR STAFF. HAS THIS APPLICANT MET. ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. HI DINA FREEMAN. FOR THE RECORD, YES, IN WITH REGARDS TO THIS POINT WHERE WE'VE REQUIRED FINAL ACTION. IS THERE ANY LEGAL REASON? TO DENY THEM. NO IT'S A PERMITTED USE, AND THEY'VE MET ALL THE CRITERIA AND IN ADDITION TO THE VARIANCES THAT WERE GRANTED, IT'S READY FOR FINAL ACTION BEFORE THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. YES AND THAT WAS THAT IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD, THAT WAS WAS MY CONCERN. UM, GETTING IN AND OUT. OF THAT. IT'S A IT'S A CHALLENGE AS AS YOU'VE HEARD, AND THAT THAT I THAT IS THAT IS THE CONCERN, AND I KNOW THAT ALL THE CRITERIA HAS MET HAS BEEN MET. UM, HOWEVER, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. YOU KNOW, I'M SURE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE THAT CAN BE DONE EXCEEDING. YOU KNOW WHAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE AND HELP THE SITUATION , BUT I THINK IT WILL STILL BE A CHALLENGE, AND I THINK THAT'S THE CONCERN UNDERSTOOD. AND ONE OTHER NOTE ON THAT. I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT, UM TRAFFIC GENERATION AND F D O T AGAIN.

THE ACCESS POINTS FOR THIS PROPERTY WERE DICTATED TO US BY FDN TEA WITH THEIR DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, SO NO MATTER WHAT IF FOR SOME REASON, THIS DIDN'T GET DEVELOPED IN SOMETHING ELSE CAME FORWARD. UM NO MATTER WHAT IS DEVELOPED ON THIS PROPERTY WILL BE THESE ACCESS POINTS. AND OTHER USES COULD BE MORE TRIP GENERATING MORE THAN A CAST STATION. SO THERE COULD BE EVEN MORE IMPACTFUL. SO I'M JUST USED REALLY IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE LOCATION. AND REALLY UTILIZES THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE SITE. TO MAKE IT THE BEST IT POSSIBLY CAN BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR EVERYTHING ELSE. MAYOR AT THIS TIME MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK. YES NUMBER ONE, MR GREG SHELDON. YES. BONNIE SHELDON.

IF WE COULD HAVE A COPY FOR THE CLOAK AS WELL, IF WE GET A COPY FOR THE CLERK AS WELL, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SO IT'S THE MICROPHONE IS NOW ON. YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I'M BANISH ELDEN. FORMALLY THERE, REVEREND DR BONNIE SHOT AND NOW RETIRED. I

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LIVE IN INDIAN TOWN BELIEVED HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS. AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO RETURN THIS PROPOSAL TO THE ZONING AND PLANNING BOARD COMMITTEE BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OVER THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, POSING A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT REPRESENTED BY THE DEVELOPER SHOWED INDIVIDUAL TRAFFIC MAPS FOR THE TRAFFIC FLOW. BUT WHEN I LAID THEM AND MY HUSBAND AND I LAID AND ONE AND CHAPTER, THE OTHER. IN FACT, WE HAVE A PERFECT STORY. AND WHEN I PURSUE THIS AND CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE I SPOKE TO MANY PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WHO ADVISED ME THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE ROADS AND NOT FOR ADJUDICATING DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WILL TAKE A PROPOSAL AND MAKE COMMENTS ON IT, BUT THAT THAT PROPERLY GOES TO A DEPARTMENT CALLED THE DEPARTMENT OF GROWTH DEVELOPMENT. AND THEY REFERRED ME TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT GROWTH DEVELOPMENT WHO REFERRED ME TO THE MARTIN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF GROWTH DEVELOPMENT AND THE MARTIN COUNTY PARK. PROGRESS DEVELOPMENT SAID THAT NO INDIAN TOWN IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT OF GROWTH DEVELOPMENT, WHICH SHOULD BE IN COMPANION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ONLY MAIN CHANGE THE ROADWAYS. THEY WILL TAKE A PROPOSAL AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY WILL NOT ADJUDICATE THAT SORT OF THING. SO WHEN WE CHARGE TO THE MARTIN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF GROWTH DEVELOPMENT. WE DISCUSSED THIS ABOUT A TWO LANE HIGHWAY.

MAJOR ISSUE THAT CAME UP DURING CONSTRUCTION AND POST CONSTRUCTION WAS THE AVAILABILITY ACCESS E M T. EMERGENCY TRANSPORT VEHICLES TO THE RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA. NOW WE ALL KNOW THAT SECONDS MEAN LIFE OR DEATH. AND THERE IS NO EASILY READILY AVAILABLE ACCESS TO THIS AREA. SHOULD THERE BE A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, POST CONSTRUCTION OR AT THE GAS STATION ITSELF? AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE FURTHER CONSIDERED SINCE WHAT WAS PROPOSED IS COMING TO A STREET THAT HAS A READY CHILEAN HIGHWAY . AN INCREASE IN 30% OF TRAFFIC. 30% INCREASE ON A HIGHWAY THAT IS DEEMED SO SERIOUSLY CONGESTED . THEY'RE PLANNING TO WIDEN IT BAICHU LANES, BUT NOT FOR 10 YEARS. SO HE ASKED YOU TO TURN THIS TO ZONING AND PLANNING BOARD FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION DUE TO DANGERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS GREG. SHELDON JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THIS DRAWING WITH VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE THIS IS IF YOU'VE GOT THE PAGE TWO, YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS A BLOW UP OF PATRIOTS IN 84 OF YOUR DOCUMENTS. NOW THEY DID FABULOUS STUDIES AND IT'S FABULOUS. THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THE TRAFFIC MOVING SOUTH ON THE NORTH SIDE. BUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS BETWEEN 2 84, 25, 26 AND 27. THEY DO THESE TRAFFIC STUDIES, BUT NONE OF THEM OVERLAP. SO ON THIS DOCUMENT YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU HAVE COMING OUT OF INDIA WOULD TURNING ONTO THE SAME PROPERTY.

COMING OUT OF, UH, UH, TRAFFIC AT THE GAS STATION AND COMING ACROSS. THEN THE BIGGER ISSUE.

BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT YOU HAVE THIS VERY NARROW THIRD LANE HERE. THAT'S THAT REALLY HASN'T BEEN USED IN A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING 18 WHEELER TRUCKS ON HERE. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THIS IS GOING TO BLOCK THE VISION. THIS EXIT OUT OF THE GAS STATION DOES THREE THINGS PEOPLE COME OUT OF HERE AND GO THIS WAY? PEOPLE COME FROM HERE AND GO INTO HERE. PEOPLE COME FROM HERE AND GO THAT WAY, AND PEOPLE COME FROM HERE AND GO STRAIGHT ACROSS. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU GET TO 18 WHEELERS STACKED UP. NOBODY CAN SEE ANYTHING.

SOMEBODY COMES OUT OF HERE AND TURNS YOU GOTTA LARGE CHOICE OF LARGE POTENTIAL OF ACCENTS. YOU ALSO HAVE A SITUATION HERE LIKE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. I MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT 5678 MINUTES TO CROSS ONTO WAR FIELD BOULEVARD. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS WHO IF YOU HAVE THIS GUY HERE AND THIS GUY HERE AND A TRUCK HERE WHO MAKES THEIR DECISION WHO TURNS? YOU SORT OF

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KNOW THAT IF THIS GUY TURNS IT'S JUST A MESS. WHAT YOU LOOK AT THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU'VE GOT 123456. DIFFERENT CIRCLES OF CONFUSION, ALL IN THIS ONE SMALL SPACE, SO I THINK THAT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSIT AND YOU GUYS COULD HELP THE CITY. I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE FOR US.

WE CAN GET SOME MONEY, BUT I THINK THAT THEY REALLY HAVEN'T THOUGHT OUT THIS ONE CONGESTED AREA. GET UP, IN MY OPINION, ONLY BE SOLVED TRAFFIC LIKE. GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT. LET ME FINISH EVERYBODY. MISS BARBARA CLOUDLESS.

MY NAME IS BARBARA CLOUDLESS. WELCOME. I'M AN INDIAN TOWN RESIDENT. CERTAINLY NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. BUT I MHM. THERE'S ONE THING THAT IS CONSTANTLY BEING OVERLOOKED. AND I'M NOT SURE WHY. BUT IF YOU'LL RECALL THE LAST JOINT MEETING OF THIS COUNCIL WITH THE CITY OF STEWART AND THE AND MARTIN COUNTY. GEORGE THOMAS. CAME UP AND INFORMED EVERYBODY THAT D O.

T HAD APPROVED AND. THE FUNDING WAS IN PLACE TO PUT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. AT 609 AND MORE FIELD. SO THE TRAFFIC WILL BE STOPPED. AND HE SAID THAT THAT LIGHT IS GOING TO BE FINISHED COMPLETED, INSTALLED IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. AND I SUSPECT THAT THAT'S ABOUT PAYMENT AMOUNT OF TIME, EVEN THOUGH MR SACHS SAID ONE YEAR ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE GAS STATION WILL BE BUILT. THAT WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE SPEED. OF THE TRUCKS COMING IN TO INDIAN TOWN.

AND IT ALSO WILL PROVIDE BREAKS IN THE TRAFFIC WHICH ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THERE'S NOT A LOT THE VILLAGE CAN DO IF D O T SAYS . THAT DOES NOT WARRANT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT INDIAN WOULD ENTRANCE. YOU INDIAN WOULD RESIDENTS WILL HAVE OTHER OPTIONS. THEY CAN GO OUT BY THE BACK WAY TO 609 AND USE THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT. AND. MAYBE WE CAN TWIST TERRA LA GOES ARM. FOREIGN . A WAY TO GET OVER TO THEIR TRAFFIC LIGHT FROM INDIAN WOULD BUT NONETHELESS, WE HAVE GOT UM , VERY GOOD SITUATION AND WE HAVEN'T EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME OF THOSE BIG TRACTOR TRAILERS OFF 7 10 AND OUT OF DOWNTOWN INDIAN TOWN. WHERE HAZARDS ARE CREATED ALMOST EVERY DAY WITH TRUCKS. THAT CAN'T GET INTO THOSE GAS STATIONS. THIS IS I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF GAS STATIONS, BUT I AM A DEATH ONE AND WHERE IT IS. THANK YOU. NEXT COMMENT BY ROSENDO PACHECO.

SINGAPORE CHECCO. UM I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT. BUT THANKS TO MISS SHELDON AND HER HUSBAND. I LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EMERGENCY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW THE AMBULANCES AND EVERYTHING. SO THE WAY SHE'S SAYING IS I HAVE A SICK MOTHER AND THEY ALREADY TAKE 15 MINUTES TO GET THERE. SO IF THERE ARE CONGESTED THERE HOW DID YOU GET TO US OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE? AND IF THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO TAKE TWO YEARS START BUILDING THAT FOR TWO YEARS AFTER THEY PUT THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S MY OPINION. I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT MY MOTHER. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO MORE. DID YOU HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP THERE? YES I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT. UM SO AND STEPHANIE CAN CHIME IN IF SHE NEEDS TO, BUT, UM, FDA T DOES REVIEW DESIGN OF ENTRANCES AND TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS. THEY ARE VERY INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THAT, ESPECIALLY ON THIS ROADWAY. UM, AND OUR TRAFFIC STUDIES LOOKED AT ALL THOSE TURNING MOVEMENTS AND MADE SURE THAT THEIR WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE LEVELS AS DETERMINED BY F. D O T, UH AND STANDARDS THERE, TOO. UM. I THINK THAT WAS THE MAIN ONE THAT

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I WANTED TO GET TO. SO IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON THE REST OF THAT, THEN THANK YOU. OKAY WELL, AND I AM SO GLAD THAT, UM MR CLAUDIUS, UM, COMMENTED ON 609. I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON THAT THAT THAT IS A PROJECT. THAT IS ON THE RECORD THAT THAT IS THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT'S PART OF IT, AND I FIND IT INTERESTING LOOKING AT THAT. THIS. THIS WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATION. AND I'M THINKING GOING THROUGH INDIAN TOWN. WE HAVE SEVERAL PERFECT STORMS. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BANK AND BURGER KING THAT ROAD, THEY'RE COMING OUT. AND RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD. YOU HAVE THE FOOD TRUCK AND THE COMMERCIAL LITTLE STRIP MALL. I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME EXACT SITUATION. TRYING TO GET OUT AND ONTO UM, IN TURN , AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THEM TURNING HERE AND SO WE'VE GOT THAT THEN ALSO DOWN NEXT TO MCDONALDS. AND DOLLAR GENERAL TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE STREET THERE AND YOU'VE GOT THE SHELL STATION, SO IT'S NOT JUST THE ONE THING. THERE ARE SEVERAL IN TOWN. AND YEAH, IT CAN BE TRYING. AND YES, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT. UM AND YES, YOU YOU, YOU SOMETIMES THE MORE TIMID DRIVERS REALLY WAIT A LONG TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE REALLY GOT IT TOGETHER, BUT IT CAN BE DONE. AND WITH EVERYTHING BEING FULFILLED. YOU KNOW, WITH DEEP D O T. UM AND THAT UM. IT SEEMS IT SEEMS TO MEET. EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE. WE REQUIRE OF IT, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A. A GOOD GOOD PROJECT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO FULFILL? I WOULD RECOMMEND SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE EMOTION? EMOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. DO YOU HAVE EMOTION? IT'S BEEN SECONDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD THAT THAT MOTION THAT MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS. OKAY? THAT'S CLARIFIED CLARIFIED. THANK YOU. AND SECONDED ACCORDINGLY. OKAY? DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? NO MATTER MAYOR AND NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED. SAYING NONE IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. DO WE NEED TO CLOSE THIS HEARING OUT? IT'S CLOSED OUT. WE ALL HAVE. IT IS CLOSED.

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Special Event Application for Sunday Jazz in the Park

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THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION FOR SUNDAY JAZZ IN THE PARK. WHO WAS WOW. WELCOME. THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE HIM A MINUTE. WAITING. WAIT FOR IT TO SETTLE. MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL DEBBIE RESOURCE FOR THE RECORD WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. WE HAD AN APPLICATION THAT WAS TURNED IN ON AUGUST 15TH FOR A JAZZ IN THE PARK EVENT. THE APPLICATION WAS TURNED IN AHEAD OF THE REQUIRED 60 DAY NOTICE FOR A SPECIAL EVENT. UM, THE APPLICATION EXPECTS THE EVENT TO BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF BIG MOUNTAIN PARK. THE DATE PLANNED FOR THE EVENT IS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH FROM 2 TO 5 P.M. THE EVENT WILL HAVE AMPLIFIED MUSIC AND FOOD VENDORS FOR THE DURATION OF THE BENT. WHICH IS WHY IT'S BEFORE YOU GUYS TODAY.

THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT IS TURNED. TO UNITE AND REVITALIZE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE APPLICANT INDICATES THAT THEY EXPECT 75 TO 100 ATTENDEES WITH FOUR VENDORS. BIG MOUNTAIN PARK IS THE LARGEST PARK THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE VILLAGE. IT HAS OVER 20 ACRES AND ADEQUATE PARKING AND AN OPEN FIELD SPACE TO SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF EVENT. AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME ELECTRICAL USE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AT THE PAVILION AND SOUND AMPLIFICATION. BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION OUTLINED THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT YOU APPROVED THE EVENT. ANY QUESTIONS? UM. THIS IS THE 26TH IS SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. SUNDAY IT IS A SUNDAY NOW THIS IS THIS? THIS IS A SPECIAL EVENTS APPLICATION. IT'S NOT A PARK. SHE PARKS SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION AS IT WAS SUBMITTED, BUT BECAUSE IT HAS AMPLIFIED MUSIC THAT FALLS UNDER THE L. D.

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R S THAT IT HAS TO HAVE COUNCIL APPROVAL. SO I KNOW THE SPECIAL EVENTS. APPLICATION HAS THINGS LIKE GETTING IS IT POLICE YOU GOT WE HAVE AS SOON AS WE GET APPROVAL FROM YOU GUYS WILL RUN IT BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. BUT AS I STATED, IT WILL BE CONFINED WITHIN THE AREA OF BIG MOUNTAIN PARK. OKAY, COOL. AND WE DO HAVE INSURANCE TURNED IN AND WE'VE GONE OVER A MAP AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO LAY IT OUT SO THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PICKED UP ON IT OR NOT, BUT THE VILLAGE IS PARTNERING WITH THIS EVENT. UM MR BEZOS HAS BEEN WANTING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS FOR A WHILE. AND WHEN THIS CAME TO HER WE DECIDED SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER TO HAVE THIS EVENT. AWESOME TO BRING IN ACTIVITIES TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S GREAT. DO WE HAVE, UM, EMOTION PROOF? IMMERSION HAS BEEN SECONDED. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? ANY PUBLIC THIS COMING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26 NOVEMBER WHEN I GOT TO WAIT THAT LONG. FOLLOWING THANKSGIVING. YEAH THE WEEKEND AFTER THANKSGIVING. ANY ANY COMMENT.

OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR HIGH. UNOPPOSED PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY ITEM NUMBER 13 WHO'S TAKING THAT ONE? THAT ONE MR BURST THIS ONE

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Right-of-Way Easement to Martin County for County's Construction of Dedicated Bus Pull Off and Bus Shelter at SW Warfield Blvd. and SW Trail Drive

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MAYOR. AMERICA COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. THIS ITEM IF YOU WILL RECALL, UH, WILD BACK, UM I BELIEVE, AND I DON'T HAVE THE FULL HISTORY ON IT. BUT MY RECOLLECTION IS, UH COUNTY COMMISSIONER JENKINS HAD BROUGHT UP THIS ISSUE AND THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS RELATING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE VILLAGE, PROVIDING MARTIN COUNTY WITH A RIGHT OF WAY. EASEMENTS ON LITTLE PORTION OF THE VILLAGE IS FIVE ACRE PROPERTY THERE ALONG SOUTHWEST TRAIL DRIVE TO ALLOW FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE MARDI BUS STOP. SO THAT, UM SO WE CAN TAKE THAT OFF OF 7 10 PUT IT THERE AND ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF CRASHES AS VEHICLES TURN OFF AND SO ON. SO THAT GOT WORKED THROUGH THE COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER. WHAT THEY WOULD NEED FOR THAT RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENTS AND IT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL. AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL. OKAY, DO WE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MOTION IS FADING. BEEN SECONDED COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES.

UM MR BOTH. DOES THIS HAVE ANY IMPACT WITH THE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT TAKES SOME PART OF THE LAND OF IS THAT R RIGHT AWAY TECHNICALLY, OR IS THAT THE. YEAH CUTS IN, UH, FOR A LITTLE BIT AND DO YOU KNOW IF THAT WOULD IMPACT THE CELL. NO OR CAN NO, I'M JUST WONDERING. I JUST DON'T WANT TO KNOW LITIGATION LATER ON, WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE NO MONEY FOR ANY LITIGATION.

EXACTLY KNOW IT WILL. IT WILL BE A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT WILL BE OF RECORD AND WE ALL DO IT. IT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO OUR BROKER, OBVIOUSLY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE DISCLOSED IN A POTENTIAL BUYERS. OKAY YEAH, IT IS. UM IT IS A 20 FT BY 80 FT RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENTS PLACED AT THE PLACE THAT THE COUNTY ENGINEERS DETERMINE IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THIS, UH MARTY BUS STOP, AND IT'S IN PARTICULAR TO PULL OFF. UH STOP WHICH IS WAY SAFER THAN HAVING A STOP ON THE STREET AND SO ON. DOES IT SLIGHTLY CUT INTO THE TOTAL ACREAGE OF THE FIVE PLUS ACRE PARCEL? VERY SLIGHTLY? YES UM, I'D BE SPECULATING. BUT DOES IT DOES IT? DIMINISHED THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. UH ANYTHING OTHER THAN AMENDMENTS VALUE? I WOULDN'T IMAGINE IT WOULD. THIS IS AMENITY THAT'S GOING TO SERVICE THE THAT PARCEL. UH UM SO. SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WHO WOULD BE SERVICING THAT RIGHT AWAY? THE VILLAGE. PROPERTY OWNER. SO OH, VERY GOOD QUESTION. SO THE TECHNICALLY AND WHAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING SET IN STONE WHEN YOU DO THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE AWARE THAT THIS SLIGHT AREA IS YEAH, WELL AWARE, OKAY, JUST MAKING SURE IT WILL BE OF RECORDS. YOU KNOW, TITLE SEARCH IS A LOT GOING ON IN THE VILLAGE AND ABSOLUTELY, AND YOU KNOW THIS LITTLE THIS LITTLE BIT WILL

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BE IN THE DUE DILIGENCE FACTORY. THE MATERIALS THAT, UM THAT OUR BROKER THAT INDIAN TEMPLE REALTY WOULD PROVIDE TO INTERESTED PERSPECTIVE. BUYERS IS I CAN'T REMEMBER FROM THE BIG LIST IS SOUTHWEST TRAIL DRIVE. ONE OF OURS ARE ONE OF THE COUNTY'S OURS. ONE OF OURS, OKAY, SO TO BE REPAID. SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT THE 50 FT RIGHT OF WAY. THERE THAT SOUTHWEST TRAIL DRIVE. IS THE VILLAGES RIGHT AWAY. ALL RIGHT, THEN THIS 20 BY 80 PIECE. IT'S ADJACENT TO IT.

THIS IS THIS IS A RIGHT OF WAY. EASEMENTS TO THE COUNTY. SO THIS 20 BY 80 PIECE IS GOING TO BE THE COUNTIES FOR KAREN FEEDING TO BUILD IT OUT, PAVE IT. MAINTAIN IT ALL OF THIS FOR THAT. PULL OFF FOR THE PARTY BUS STOP! MAINTAIN THOSE SHELTERS FOR THE MARTY SYSTEM. THE COUNTY. AND. AND TO CLARIFY I'M I'VE SAT THERE AND THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED IT IS. I GOT AHOLD OF UM. THE COMMISSIONER JENKINS BECAUSE YEAH, YEAH, THAT WAS ME, SAYING IT NEEDED TO BE MOVED BECAUSE IT IS SO DANGEROUS, AND I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD ENHANCE THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY BEING SOLD BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUS STOP RIGHT THERE TO BRING PEOPLE INTO YOU. SO I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE AN ENHANCEMENT AND SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WOULD WOULD APPRECIATE AND WANT. CORRECT. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IS THE PROJECT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BUS STOP IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TRAIL DRIVE. IT'S NOT SAFE. THE BUS STOPS CARDS GO AROUND THE BUS HEADING FOR 7 10, SO IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. IT STARTED WITH THE MAYOR REQUESTING YOU KNOW SOMETHING TO BE DONE OVER THERE. COMMISSIONER JENKINS TOOK IT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO THIS. IF YOU RECALL, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT REPAVING TRAIL DRIVE. WE PUT THAT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THIS, BUT ONCE THIS IS FINISHED, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO AND DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND IT WILL ENHANCE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. BECAUSE IT WILL ACTUALLY LESSEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAVE BECAUSE OF THAT, PULL OFF, SO COUNTY IS DOING US TO FAVORS WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT ROAD SAFER BY MOVING THE BUS STOP TO THE OTHER SIDE. AND THEN IT WILL ASK, ACTUALLY HELP US WHEN WE GO TO WORK ON THAT ROAD BECAUSE SOME OF IT WILL ALREADY BE DONE BY THE COUNTY. 80 FT MALE CURB IT AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOTTA DO IS CURB IT. YES, MA'AM, MAKE IT PROPER. NOW, I WOULD I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT. A DEDICATED CROSS. WALKED SOMEWHERE IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET ACROSS THAT ROAD. NO SAFELY IN ORDER TO HIT THAT.

THAT FIRST STOP SO, YEAH. SO THIS BUS STOP ONLY ENHANCE TRAIL DRIVE OVER THERE FOR TRAIL ROAD.

OKAY SO WE HAVE EMOTIONAL SECOND ANY MORE COMMENTS. ANY ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. NO, MADAM DOWN HERE. UM OKAY ALL IN FAVOR. BYE. NOT OPPOSING PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 14. YES THIS ITEM IS

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ReSource Government Services specializes in recruitment with county and city governments to build workforce solutions that are as unique as the communities they serve. 

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A AGREEMENT WITH A COMPANY CALLED RESOURCE GOVERNMENT SERVICES. UM THEY SPECIALIZE IN RECRUITMENT WITH COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENTS TO HELP US BUILD UP OUR WORKFORCE. WE HAVE HEAD.

SOME CHALLENGES, UH RECRUITING INDIVIDUALS AND HIRING INDIVIDUALS HERE AT THE VILLAGE AND WE ARE PIGGYBACKING ON A CONTRACT THAT THE COUNTY HAD WITH A DIFFERENCE IN THAT THE COUNTY PAYS THIS COMPANY OF PERCENTAGE OF THE SALARY OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S BEING UM PROVIDED OR PUT INTO THAT POSITION, WHEREAS WE HAVE NEGOTIATED JUST A FLAT FEE OF $1500 WHICH WILL SAVE US. IN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF UM, MONEY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND THEN AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO HIRE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO IT ALLOWS US WHEN THEY GIVE US UH, QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM COME IN ON A CONTRACT BASIS. UTILIZE THE VILLAGE WORK WITH THE VILLAGE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A GOOD FIT FOR US, AND THEN WE CAN BRING THEM IN AS A PERMANENT HIGHER.

SO WE'VE USED A DIFFERENT ENTITY FOR THIS IN THE PAST. YES, MA'AM . AND THIS WILL BE A MONEY SAVING. YES MA'AM. STEP ALSO MY CONCERN. I KNOW IF I'VE EXPRESSED IT THAT THAT, UM THESE SERVICE. WORKS WITH INDIAN TOWN RESIDENTS. YES WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UTILIZE OUR LABOR POOL. CLOSE AT HOME. FOR THOSE THOSE JOBS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE SOME GREAT STAFF THAT DO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY , SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AND WE DO TRY TO FOCUS. I MEAN, AS YOU KNOW THE LOGISTICS OF INDIAN TOWN ITSELF. WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE LOCAL RESIDENTS WORKING HERE BECAUSE IT DOES HELP ALL AROUND. OKAY DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION MOTION HAS BEEN

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MADE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND HAS BEEN MADE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. DISCUSSION. NO MATTER MAYOR ALL IN FAVOR. I. I'M NOT OPPOSED PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ONE IS MINE.

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Permission to Obtain Two Appraisals for the Building Village Hall is Currently Occupying

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ALSO, UM THIS IS PERMISSION FROM THE COUNCIL TO OBTAIN TWO APPRAISALS FOR THIS CURRENT THIS BUILDING THAT WE CURRENTLY REFER TO AS VILLAGE HALL. WE HAVE MET WITH THE OWNER, AND HE IS AMENABLE TO US PURSUING THE PURCHASE OF THIS AND ACQUIRING THIS FACILITY. THEY'RE HOPING BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO VACATE THE VERY LAST SWEET IN HERE. UM SO WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TO HAVE UTILIZATION OF THAT. AND BUT IT DOES REQUIRE US TO GET TO APPRAISALS. AND SO, UM , I'M JUST ASKING FOR PERMISSION . I DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE MORE THAN $8000. IF THAT BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO START PROCEEDING AND THEN ONCE WE GET THOSE APPRAISALS, I'LL BE BACK TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND EMOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION. NO, MA'AM . OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. NOT

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Approval for the Mayor to Sign Grant Agreements for Water Plant and Other Related Projects

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OPPOSING PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY AND I GET TO CLOSE THIS OUT TONIGHT. HMM. UM WHEN WE'RE APPLYING FOR THESE GRANTS, AND ONE OF THE GRANTS CRITERIA THAT CAME OUT WAS HOW QUICKLY THE VILLAGE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THESE GRANT AGREEMENTS APPROVED AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR IN ORDER TO SECURE THE GRANT. AND SO THEY ASKED IF THERE WAS THE ABILITY TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE COUNCIL THAT THE MAYOR WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THESE GRANT AGREEMENTS WHEN THEY WHEN THEY GET AWARDED. THEY COME IN. AND IF THERE'S ANY MONETARY RESPONSIBILITY ON THE SIDE OF THE VILLAGE OR MATCH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, BUT THAT THIS IS A STRAIGHT HERE'S THE GRANT. THERE'S NO MATCH. WE CAN GET IT GOING AND GET THESE DOLLARS IN OUR BUDGET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND GET THESE BIDS ON THE STREET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WE WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY. AND THAT'S ALL THIS IS GIVING THE MAYOR THAT THAT PERMISSION TO DO THAT. MOTION MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND? WHO DID YOU HEAR? OKAY? OKAY, WE HAVE A FIRST OR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION. PUBLIC DISCUSSION.

NO, MA'AM. ALL IN FAVOR. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THAT'S IT FOR ME. DISCUSSION ITEMS ANNOUNCEMENT I

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

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

WOULD SAY, SATURDAY MORNING, SEVEN O'CLOCK POST PARK BE READY TO ROLL BY 7 30. OUR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER. THE 28 DO WE HAVE A SIX O'CLOCK? YES, MA'AM. YOU HAVE YOUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AT SIX O'CLOCK FOR THE BUDGET. OKAY SIX O'CLOCK AND THEN STAY TUNED AT 6 30. WITH THAT BEING SAID WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK

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