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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN REGULAR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING THIS JANUARY. THE 11TH 2024. IF WE COULD HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLACE. MAYOR GIBBS THOMAS HERE, VICE MAYOR PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES ALSO NOTICE THAT THE EXITS ARE TO YOUR LEFT UNTIL YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE BUILDING. YOUR BATHROOMS ARE TO THE LEFT. ALSO. UM IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT, THE COMMENT CARDS ARE LOCATED IN THE BACK. FILL ONE OUT. YOU HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES. ONE WILL BE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION ON GENERAL, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO, AND THEN THE OTHER TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR A SPECIFIC AGENDA. ITEM PLEASE, WHEN YOU FILL THOSE OUT, HAND THEM TO YOUR CLERK. OUR CLERK ON YOUR LEFT, PLEASE. ALSO YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH ON OUR AGENDA IS ABOUT CIVILITY THAT IS PRACTICED BY THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL ALIKE. THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE GIVEN BY PHYLLIS BROWN. UM OF A TOWN. MY TOWN. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE WEEK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE MEETING, MEETING OF POSITIVENESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO. WE ASK THAT YOU GO WITH US AND STAY WITH US AS WE TRAVEL FOR THE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO OUR MEETING AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WILL LEAVE THE MEETING, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US TRAVELING MERCY. THESE THINGS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. ORIGINAL TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GROUND. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. MADAM CLERK. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS
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Presentation by the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) of Martin County on Village of Indiantown Projects
]PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS. NO MATTER MAYOR. PROCLAMATIONS AWARDS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING BY THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION OF MARTIN COUNTY. ON VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN PROJECTS. BETH BELTRAN WELCOME THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M BETH BELTRAN AND THE MPO, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MARTIN METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. MARTIN METROPOLITAN. THAT'S WHAT MPO STANDS FOR. WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF ACRONYMS, SO HOPEFULLY I'LL DEFINE ALL THE ACRONYMS AND THE PRESENTATION. SO YOU ALL WILL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT BECOMES A OUR OWN LANGUAGE. IF YOU WILL. UM I'M HERE TO TALK. TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT THE MPO IS WHAT? WHY WERE IMPORTANT WHAT WE DO, AND THEN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS OUT HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. AND MY PRESENTATION IS NOT ADVANCING. IS IT THE DOWN BUTTON? THERE THERE WE GO. OKAY AS FAR AS WHO IS ON THE N P O BOARD WERE MULTIJURISDICTIONAL. WE RIGHT NOW HAVE FOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONERS, ALTHOUGH PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE'LL HAVE ALL FIVE OF THEM. WE HAVE THE MAYOR FROM INDIAN TOWN MAYOR SUSAN GIBBS THOMAS AS WELL AS TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF STEWART. AND ONE FROM THE TOWN OF SOULS POINT. WE WERE FORMED IN 1993 AND THE MPO IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL AND STATE LAW IF AN AREA HAS A POPULATION OF 50,000, OR OLDER, THEY HAVE TO BE GOVERNED BY AN MPO IN SOME FORM IN ORDER TO GET FEDERAL AND STATE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS. UM LIKE I SAID, WE WERE CREATED IN 1993 AND WERE CREATED IN POS.THEY'RE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, SO IF THERE'S AN URBAN AREA OVER 50,000, THEY'RE GOVERNED BY AN MPO. THERE'S LIKE OVER, I THINK OVER 450. WE LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, AND WE HELPED THE STATE IN THE COMMUNICATION OF HOW TO SPEND THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING OUR TRANSPORTATION FUNDS. AND HOW TO COORDINATE BETWEEN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE STATE. UM THIS I PUT THIS UP HERE. THIS IS THE BUDGET OF OUR SHORT RANGE PLAN TO TRY TO GIVE YOU AN INDICATION OF HOW IMPORTANT AND HOW MUCH MONEY GOES INTO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. THIS IS OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN OVER $200 MILLION AS PROGRAMMED RIGHT NOW, WITH STATE , FEDERAL AND LOCAL FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS JUST IN MARTIN COUNTY, OVER $200 MILLION OF THAT $209 MILLION. ONLY 10 MILLION COMES FROM LOCAL SOURCES . THE REST COME FROM STATE AND
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FEDERAL SOURCES. SO THE MPO BOARD HAS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEY REVIEW AND PRIORITIZE ALL THESE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. UM OF COURSE WHEN YOU GET A LOT OF, OR ANY FEDERAL AND STATE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS, THERE ARE A LOT OF EYES TO DOT AND TEASED ACROSS AND OUR BIGGEST OF THOSE. LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE SEVERAL REQUIRED PROJECTS. UM AND WE DO DO OTHER PLANNING STUDIES, BUT THE REQUIRED PROJECTS LIKE THE L R T P IS WHAT WE CALL IT. THIS IS THE 2045 L R T P, UM, THAT IS, UM WELL, I'LL JUST READ IT TO YOU. I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M NOT GONNA. UM BUT THAT IS OUR LONG RANGE PLAN. IT HAS A PLANNING TO RISE. DID YOU SEE HOW THICK IT WAS? THEY LOOKED WORRIED, UM, HAS A 20 YEAR TO 25 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON. IT'S UPDATED. IT'S REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED EVERY 25 YEARS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IN ORDER FOR MARTIN TO COUNTY TO GET $1 OF FEDERAL FUNDS. WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT APPROVED BY OUR MPO BOARD AS WELL AS THE STATE. AND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED IN THIS, UM, DOCUMENT ARE ACTUALLY, UM, BASED NOT ONLY ON PUBLIC INPUT, WHICH WE DO A LOT OF THAT, AND WE'LL BE BACK OUT HERE IN THE NEXT LIKE 8 TO 12 MONTHS TO GET YOUR INPUT ON OUR 2050 LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, BUT IT'S ALSO BASED ON A SCIENTIFIC MODEL. UM THAT LOOKS AT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND ALSO TRAVEL PATTERNS AND EMPLOYMENT DATA IN THE AREA. SO AS FAR AS THE PROJECTS OUT IN INDIAN TOWN THAT IMPACT THIS AREA. UM THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. IT'S BEEN THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW, AND IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE STATE IS STATE ROAD 710, OR SOUTHWEST WAR FIELD BOULEVARD . THE PROJECT IS TO WIDEN IT FROM TWO LANES TO FOUR LANES FROM JUST EAST OF, UM OF THEM BUREN TO THE OPEN CHOBE MARTIN COUNTY LINE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE DESIGNED FUNDING. UM PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR. 24 IT'S GOING TO START THIS FISCAL YEAR. UM, THE STATE HAS REALLY BEEN GOOD ABOUT WORKING WITH US, EXPLAINING THE SAFETY ISSUES ALONG 710 IS TO LOOK AT SHORT RANGE PROJECTS. UM THERE ARE SOME SHORT RANGE PROJECTS IN THE WORKS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HELP THE HELP. UM THE SAFETY OF THAT QUARTER RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE DESIGNED FUNDS PROGRAM THIS FISCAL YEAR ON TOMMY MAKING ON 17 MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO TOMMY CLEMENS AS WELL AS A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE.UM GOING RIGHT GOING WHEN YOU'RE GOING SOUTH EAST, TAKING A RIGHT INTO TOMMY CLEMENS THAT ACTUALLY THE CONSTRUCTION IS PROBABLY STARTING THIS MONTH IF IT HASN'T ALREADY STARTED YET. UM THIS IS I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF SLIDES. THAT IS FROM OUR SHORT RANGE PLAN, WHICH IS THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM LIKE I MENTIONED THAT WE CALL IT THE TIP. THAT'S AN ACRONYM WENT BACKWARD NAMES WE USE. THAT'S A FEDERALLY REQUIRED DOCUMENTS THAT MIRRORS THE STATE'S WORK PROGRAM. YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR ABOUT THE STATES. WHAT THAT THE STATE'S WORK PROGRAM. IT'S A FIVE YEAR UM, DOCUMENT THAT IS CONSTRAINED THAT, UM, THAT HAS ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WITH THE FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING. THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN OCTOBER , AND IT'S THE 710 PROJECT GOING FROM BAM BUREN NORTHWEST UP TO THE COUNTY LINE. THE STATE LIKE I SAID, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US. THEY PROGRAMMED DESIGN AND RIGHT AWAY FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FROM FISCAL YEAR 25 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 29. UM AND ALSO THEY HAVE DESIGN FUNDS PROGRAMS AS WELL AS RIGHT AWAY FUNDS PROGRAMMED AND THEY ACTUALLY SPLIT THIS, UM, THE BIG 710 PROJECT INTO TWO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS AND THE REASON WHY, BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT THAT IF THEY GET HALF THE MONEY OR SOME OF THE MONEY, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO START WORK ON IT BEFORE THEY GET THE WHOLE IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT $140 MILLION PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT. SO IF THEY GET SOME MONEY, THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START WORK ON IT. SO BECAUSE THAT WILL THE CONSTRUCTION WILL GO FASTER THAT WAY. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS IN THIS AREA IS THE REALIGNMENT OF COUNTY ROAD 714 OR MARTIN HIGHWAY. UM THIS HAS BEEN ON THE PRIORITY LIST FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S ACTUALLY OUR NUMBER THREE PROJECT. UM AND WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE COORDINATING WITH OUR COUNTERPART IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, THE HEARTLAND REGIONAL T P O, AS WELL AS THE TWO F DOT DISTRICTS ARE COORDINATING, WHICH IS WHICH IS HUGE. UM WE ARE IN MARTIN COUNTY. WE ARE IN DISTRICT FOUR. OPEN COBY COUNTY IS IN DISTRICT ONE, AND THEY'RE BOTH WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE TWO COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, MARTIN COUNTY AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTY.
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THIS IS AH, THE ALIGNMENT OF THE , UM THE PROS ALIGNMENT FOR COUNTY ROAD, 714. IT IMPROVES THE SAFETY PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT GETS RID OF ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS. IF YOU SEE WHERE MARTIN HIGHWAY OCCURS TO THE LEFT NOW, UM, GOING INTERSECTING 710. THAT IS A VERY DANGEROUS AREA. IT HAS A VERY HIGH CRASH RATE. UM THIS ALIGNMENT WILL DO AWAY WITH THAT INTERSECTION AND, UM, EXTEND 714 SO IT CONNECTS TO 1 26TH AVENUE IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. AND THIS WAS AN ALIGNMENT. THAT WAS A RESULT OF A STUDY THAT DISTRICT ONE IN OKEECHOBEE DID TO WIDEN 710 AND THEIR COUNTY YEARS AGO. BACK IN 2011. IT WAS ACTUALLY THE COUNT OKEECHOBEE COUNTY COMMISSION THAT SAID, WE REALLY WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS CURVE BECAUSE A LOT OF EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN MARTIN COUNTY, A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HURT AND HAVE HAD ACCIDENTS. IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS CURVE, SO IT WAS ACTUALLY DISTRICT ONE ANOTHER F DOT DISTRICT BESIDES THE ONE THAT WE'RE IN THAT INITIATED IT, YOU KNOW THIS IS THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WAS APPROVED. UM VERY BIG HURDLE THAT WE HAVE CROSSED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR IS F DOT AGREED THAT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS WARRANTED FOR THIS NEW INTERSECTION FOR A LONG TIME. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE WARRANTED. AND OKEECHOBEE REALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW PEOPLE NEED TO SLOW DOWN ON THIS ROAD. AND FORTUNATELY WITH THE NEW TRAFFIC COUNTS AS A RESULT OF REALIGNING THIS ROAD AND THIS NEW INTERSECTION, IT IS GOING TO WARN A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UM OKEECHOBEE A SAID THAT THEY WOULD MAINTAIN THE NEW ROAD, THEY SAID, IF WE GET A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ROLE, MAINTAIN THE NEW ROAD, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T THEIR PRIORITY AT THE ORIGINAL MARTIN HIGHWAY IS IT WASN'T IN THEIR COUNTY. THEY UNDERSTAND HOW DANGEROUS THAT AREA IS. WE DO HAVE RESOLUTIONS OR APPROVED BY BOTH MORTON COUNTY AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, AND THE JUST THE DISTRICTS ARE REEVALUATING THE PG AND E STUDY, WHICH STANDS FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY TO, UM TO UPDATE THAT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS PROJECT. UM THIS IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT PRIORITY THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS AREA AND IT'S RESURFACING. ALLAH PATA ROAD. NOW THIS IS KALAPANA ROAD IS ACTUALLY SEPARATED INTO THREE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES ON THE MPO LIST. THIS IS ONE PRIORITY, AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE SO FAR. THERE HAS FUNDING. THIS IS GOING TO BE WHAT'S CALLED A LAP PROJECT, A LOCAL AREA PROGRAM PROJECT BECAUSE THIS ROAD IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY AND F DOT DOES SOME PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY WORK BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AND THAT'S THE $5000 PROGRAMMED IN FISCAL YEAR 20. I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON 20 FISCAL YEAR, 26 UM , SO THIS THIS SEGMENT OF ALLAH PATA ROAD IS FROM NORTH MINUTE MAID ROAD TO STATE ROAD, 17. ANOTHER SEGMENT OF RESURFACING IS FROM THE 2800 FT. NORTH OF MINUTE MAID ROAD TO THE OKEECHOBEE MARTIN COUNTY LINE.AND THEN THE THIRD PROJECT IS ACTUALLY A SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF 710. AFTER THAT HAS SAID THAT THEY CAN. THAT IS A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THE RESURFACING PROJECTS. THEY UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY ISSUES ALONG 710, AND WE HAVE MOVED THAT UP. UM I THINK THAT'S IN THAT. I KNOW IT'S IN THE TOP 10 OF OUR PRIORITIES TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT QUICKER.
SURE IF I COULD MAKE NOTE THAT LIGHT AT 609 AND 710. IT IS ON TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS. SO WHICHEVER PROJECT HAPPENS FIRST, THAT'S WHEN THAT LIGHT WILL HAPPEN. YES, ABSOLUTELY. ANOTHER RESURFACING PROJECT. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT THE RESURFACING OF ALLAH PATIO THAT DOES INCLUDE WIDENING THE ROAD WHERE ONE OF THE FEW NOT NOT TO FOUR LANES, BUT JUST TO HAVE SHOULDERS ALONG THE ROAD WERE ONE OF THE FEW MPS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE AFRAID ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE FREIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS A GREAT COMMITTEE INCLUDES A LOT OF PUBLIC SECTOR AS WELL AS PRIVATE SECTOR. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY DRIVE TRUCKS THAT ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL AS HEAD OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE TRUCKS AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH US WITH WORKING WITH THE O T ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE SHOULDERS ON RURAL ROADWAYS.
USUALLY THE SHOULDERS ARE 12 OF THE PROPOSED GOING FORWARD. SHORT SHOULDERS WILL BE 12 FT.
ON EITHER SIDE, WITH 7 FT. PAVED SO THAT IS HUGE BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THAT WITH THIS PROJECT, THE US 98 AND WITH THE RESURFACING PROJECT ON CANTOR HIGHWAY, UM WEST, WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH 17 AT THAT INTERCHANGE. AND THIS SLIDE IS ACTUALLY ABOUT ASPECT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT IMPACTS IN THE TOWN. AND IT WAS WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE TABLES UP HERE EARLIER TODAY IS THE COUNTY HAS HAD ASKED THE MPO TO DO THEIR PLANNING DOCUMENT FOR TRANSIT,
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THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IS PLANNED IT IS REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS IN ORDER FOR TRANSIT AGENCY TO GET STATE TRANSIT FUNDS. IT DOES HAVE A 10 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON.AND THE GOAL IS TO HELP REPRESENT THE COUNTY'S VISION TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE TRANSIT RIDERSHIP. UM AS THEY MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE NEXT, UM UM, DECADE. I DO HAVE, UM, INDEX CARDS WITH A QR CODE. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TRANSIT SURVEY I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE TAKE IT. I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM OUT AFTERWARDS AND SAID THE MOUNTAIN THAT I HAVE A STACK OF THEM AT THE TABLE. AND OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT MY STAFF WAS HERE.
SO UM, THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PAYMENT PLAN IS LOOSEN MARTIN'S. SHE HAS BEEN A ROCK STAR WITH GETTING PUBLIC INPUT FOR THE TDP BECAUSE THE TDP LIKE THE LONG RANGE PLAN IS NOT ONLY BASED ON A SCIENTIFIC MODEL AND TRANSIT. IT'S CALLED T BEST. IT'S ONE OF F DOT F DOT MODEL, BUT ALSO PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IS A BIG COMPONENT. BUT LUCY SEEN THROUGH HER EFFORTS WITH WHO? I DON'T THINK IT'S HERE. HE'S OUTSIDE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY, RIGHT? UM AS OF TODAY, AS OF OUR OUTREACH TODAY, UM OUT FRONT OR WE HAVE 415 COMPLETED SURVEYS AND WE'VE ONLY BEEN DOING THIS LIKE A MONTH. YEAH SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S FOR A SMALL , SMALL COUNTY LIKE MARTIN COUNTY. THAT'S HUGE. THAT'S HUGE . SO UM, UM SO I'M GOING TO PASS THESE OUT AFTER I FINISH AFTER I TAKE QUESTIONS. UM AND SO THIS I WANTED TO JUST SHOW YOU THIS.
THIS IS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUTREACH AND WE DO HAVE A MARTIN NPR WEBSITE MARTIN MPO DOT COM AS WELL AS OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND INSTAGRAM. SO PLEASE CHECK US OUT. GIVE US A CALL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE. AND UM WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECTS OR ABOUT THE MPO. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS CONCERNS AH! YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. THIS IS GREAT THAT WE LEAVE. I HAVE SOME IDEAS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LIGHT ON 609. IT'S GOING TO MEAN A LOT TO ESPECIALLY DEFRAY OVER. I APPRECIATE THAT. TRUE. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
WELL I WANTED TO THANK THE MPO STUFF FOR BEING HERE. UM SINCE THREE O'CLOCK. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T INTRODUCE RICARDO. I'M SORRY, REALIZE THAT HE'S OUR SENIOR PLANNER. THAT'S THAT'S HE'S ALSO A ROCK STAR. HE ALSO DOES GREAT WORK FOR THE PROJECT MANAGER OVER THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, SO YOU'LL SEE HIM AGAIN WHEN I COME OUT HERE WHEN WE COME OUT HERE LATER THIS YEAR. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD PROBLEM. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAFF. THANK YOU TO YOU, UM, AS WE KNOW THAT IN THE IN TOWN WILL BE GROWING. AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THE MPO IS AH, WORKING IN REGARDS OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT TALK ABOUT.
TRUCKS FLYING THROUGHOUT TOWN. UM SO THE LIGHT WOULD BE VERY GOOD FOR THE BUDDHA PARK AREA BECAUSE THEN IT STOPS TRAFFIC AND ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO GET ONTO. UM THE 710 CAN SO I THINK THAT THAT HELPS ALLEVIATE. YOU KNOW WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC, AND YOU HAVE A LONG LINE OF RESIDENTS OR VISITORS TRYING TO GET ONTO THAT ONE MAIN LANE. THEY CAN GET ON IT. SO I APPRECIATE THE MPO IN REGARDS OF WORKING FOR THE FUTURE OF ANY IN TOWN. SO, UM, I'M EXCITED FOR YES, THANK YOU. OKAY YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. AND THIS CAN BE SCANNED MORE THAN ONCE. SO WHEN I PASS IT OUT WHEN YOU FINISH WITH IT, PLEASE PASS IT ON TO SOMEONE ELSE AND HAVE THEM TAKE THE SURVEY BECAUSE ALL THE INPUT HELPS BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN IMPROVED TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. AND IF I COULD SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO ON THE N P O I KNOW THE PAST YEAR. I HAD. IT'S BEEN AN EYE OPENER BEING ON THAT BOARD. UM AND I AM THANKFUL THAT THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS ON THAT BOARD THAT FEEL AS STRONGLY AS I DO ABOUT PUTTING FORWARD 710. IT WENT TO THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT. AND PUTTING. I KNOW STACY HEATHERINGTON. UM COMMENTS ON 609 AND 710. ALMOST EVERY MEETING. ALSO AT EVERY MEETING.
NOW ON THE AGENDA IS A 710 UPDATE. AND THE CLEMENTS FIELD COMMUNITY HAS BEEN STEADY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR VOICES HEARD AND THEY ATTEND EVERY N P O MEETING IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO STAND AND SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT GETTING FOUR LANES, SO I THINK EVERYBODY IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS MOVED FORWARD AND FOR THAT
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WE'RE GRATEFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR STAFF'S TIME AND BEING HERE WE APPRECIATE IT.THANK YOU. NOW YOU SAID WE COULD DO THIS MORE THAN ONCE I CAN. I CAN TAKE IT AGAIN. HOW MANY TIMES CAN WAIT? MM HMM. AND THE Q R CODE MORE THAN OKAY. SO THAT MEANS IF YOU'VE TAKEN IT IF YOU COULD PASS IT ON TO SOMEONE ELSE, IT HASN'T TAKEN IT AND THEN THEY CAN SCAN IT WITH THEIR THEIR CELL PHONE. OKAY? MOVING RIGHT ALONG THAT IS ALL THAT WE HAVE ON OUR SPREAD PRESENTATIONS
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. PUBLIC COMMENTS. MADAME CLARK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES MA'AM. MISS LINDEN ECOM.WELCOME, MISS KNIGHT. COME HAPPY NEW YEAR. SAME TO YOU, WHERE THE RECORD LONDON ICON. UM MONTH OR SO AGO, I ASKED EACH ONE OF YOU TWO DO A SELF EVALUATION. TO GO BACK TO YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISES.
AND EVALUATE YOURSELVES AS TO HOW WELL YOU DID OR HOW POOR YOU DID OR WHERE YOU STILL NEED TO BE MAKING SOME EFFORT. AND TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO MEET WITH JOHN Q PUBLIC. GET YOUR FACE OUT THERE AND TALK TO YOUR RESIDENCE IN YOUR NEIGHBORS. UH, AND FIND OUT HOW THEY GRADE YOU AND WHAT? WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR. OH, MY GRAL. IN THE NEXT YEAR IS TO GET MORE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US. OUTGROW THIS ROOM AND HAVE TO HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND ORDER TO GET THE PUBLIC INVOLVED. UM TO GIVE YOU THEIR INPUT. YEAH, GOOD, BAD, UGLY. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT TAKES. TO MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER. TO KNOW WHO YOU'RE WORKING FOR. AND WHAT YOU'RE WORKING FOR. SO I ENCOURAGE THAT, UM, THAT'S YOUR HOMEWORK FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND I'LL COME BACK AND SEE HOW YOU'VE ALL BEEN GREATER.
HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. THE NEXT IS MISS PHYLLIS BROWN. MRS BROWN. WELCOME. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
HAPPY MIRROR HERE. GOOD EVENING. IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN FOR US TO DO OUR, UM ANNUAL COMMUNITY CLEANUP. THAT WILL HAPPEN ON SATURDAY, JANUARY THE 27TH BEGINNING AT 730 IN THE MORNING.
AND WE SHOULD BE FINISHED BY 1130 IN THE MORNING. UM, YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE. IT IS ON FACEBOOK ITSELF. IT IS ON ALL THE COMMUNITY PAGES. UM BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS GO ONTO A TOWN IS MY TOWN AT GMAIL. MY TOWN IS MY TOWN AT GMAIL .COM AND VOLUNTEERED THERE AS WELL. UM YOU CAN WE STARTED OFF AT POST PARK. OR YOU CAN GO TO THE PARKS AND REC BUILDING, WHICH USED TO BE THE OLD BOOK OF PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT BY 730. BECAUSE WE'LL BE PULLING OUT AT 730 TO PICK UP ALL THE TRASH DEBRIS. UM, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. ANYTHING ELSE YOU MIGHT THINK OF THAT.
YOU WANT TO GET RID OF OR THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR HAS BEEN HOVERING OVER BUT YOU WANT TO GET RID OF IT. SEE IF YOU CAN TALK THEM INTO IT. OR STILL AT ONE NIGHT WHILE THEY'RE ASLEEP. WHATEVER YOU LIKE TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKS UP ALL THE HAZMAT AND HEAVY FURNITURE AND STUFF A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE CLEANUP, SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THE CLEANUP. WE CAN USE ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE CAN GET. ONE ARM, TWO ARMS, EXTRA ARMS. WE CAN USE THEM ALL. WE CAN ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO. UM ON THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING THE CLEANUP. WE'RE HAVING JAZZ IN THE PARK. SO IT IS A LIVE JAZZ BAND THAT WILL BE THERE. IT IS SUNDAY, JANUARY 28TH BEGINNING AT TWO O'CLOCK AND WILL END AT FIVE. WE HAVE FOOD TRUCKS THAT WILL BE THERE, SO WE HAVE THAI FOOD BARBECUE ICE CREAM. UM HAMBURGERS, HOT DOGS. SOMETHING ELSE. I'M MISSING SNOW CONES. AND WHATEVER ELSE MAY SHOW UP, BUT THAT'S WHAT SCHEDULED TO BE THERE AT THIS TIME. SO IF YOU CAN JOIN US, IT IS FREE. BRING YOUR BLANKET OR YOUR LAWN CHAIR.
COME OUT. HAVE A GOOD TIME. IT'S A GOOD FAMILY EVENT, AND IT IS TOTALLY FREE EXCEPT FOR THE FOOD. UM UNLESS YOU WANT TO BRING YOUR OWN, WHICH IS HELPFUL TO AND AFTER THE CLEANUP, WE WILL HAVE A NICE HOT BREAKFAST. THAT WAS A DONATION TO US. UM, FROM THE GARCIA GROUP. SO WE'LL
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HAVE A BREAKFAST AFTER WE FINISHED CLEANING UP AND SWEATING FOR A LITTLE BIT IF THE WEATHER PROVIDES SOME SUN ANY QUESTIONS FORMING NO, MA'AM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. I'M LOOKING FOR EVERYONE TO BE OUT IF YOU'RE NOT OUT. CAN'T COME OUT. GIVE US A HAND. SHOW US PUT YOUR TRASH OUT. PUT YOUR NEIGHBOR'S TRASH OUT. TRY TO HELP EACH OTHER, GET THE TRASH OUT. NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, PUT IT OUTSIDE AND CURBSIDE WILL PICK IT UP. THANK YOU MUCH. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THAT IS IT. I DIDN'T SAD. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, AND[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]
TO START IT OFF. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK MINUTES. AND I SAY QUICK MINUTES I'VE TRIED TO KIND OF PUT IT DOWN HERE, SO I DON'T RAMBLE AND WANDER OFF TOPIC HERE. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN. UM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME CONFUSION AND QUESTIONS EXPLAIN THE REASON FOR CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING AFTER OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING ON DECEMBER THE 14TH AND THEN CALLING IT OFF. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. UM OUR LAST MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THE IDEA OF POINTING A COUNCIL LIAISON TO THE YIELD UTILITIES PROJECT EXCEDRIN AT THAT MEETING FOR ME. THE ONE ISSUE WE WERE DEALING WITH WAS APPOINTED A COUNCIL MEMBER AS A LIAISON TO UTILITIES PROJECT, WHICH MEANT SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS AND BUILD OUT PROCESS OF THE PROJECT. I STATED THEN, AS I BELIEVE NOW THAT FOR UTILITIES PROJECT THAT NO COUNCIL MEMBER HAS HAD A HAND IN BRINGING TO THE VILLAGE THAT THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS USUALLY HANDLED BY VILLAGE ATTORNEY WADE BOWS AND PROJECT OVERSIGHT BY VILLAGE MANAGER MRS CHRISTA AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. MR UM PAT NO. ONE. IT'S APPROPRIATE AND HAS SERVED US WELL IN THE PAST. EACH COUNCIL MEMBER PRESENT, EXPRESSED THE VALUE OF VISITING PROJECTS AND DOING ON SITE INFORMATION GATHERING. THE NEXT DAY, I CONTACTED STAFF TO DISCUSS THE SEATTLE SITE VISIT AND DISCOVERED THE STAFF'S UNDERSTANDING WAS NO COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD GO FOR THE SITE VISIT WITH THE MANAGER AND PUBLIC HORSE DIRECTOR. THAT FOR ME WAS A TOTAL DIFFERENT QUESTION THAN THE ONE WE HAD HANDLED AT THE MEETING ABOUT A PROJECT LIAISON. I BELIEVE COUNCIL REPRESENTATION WAS APPROPRIATE IN THAT SINGULAR SITUATION, HENCE A SPECIAL MEETING. I THOUGHT I MAY NOT BE THE ONLY ONE THINKING IN THIS DIRECTION AND TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE BECAUSE OF THE DATA, THE SITE VISIT AND TO MEET SPECIAL MEETING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. WITH SUNSHINE LAW. SOMETIMES WE ARE IN A VACUUM IN MAKING DECISIONS. SO WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER THE 20TH MEETING AT 8 A.M. WAS CALLED MY INTENTION WAS A QUICK 1015 MINUTE MEETING TO DEAL WITH SIMPLE ISSUE OF CLARIFICATION ON THE SITE VISIT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME UNDERSTANDING AND WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. AND IF A REPRESENTATIVE, NOT LIAISON WOULD GO DURING MY CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF I MENTIONED I'D BE WILLING TO PAY MY OWN WAY. AFTER DISCOVERING AFTER DISCUSSING OPTIONS AND PLAYING OUT THAT MOVIE TO THE END IN MY MIND, I MADE THE DECISION NOT TO EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY NOTHING PREVENTED ME FROM DOING THAT ARE LEGALLY AND THAT IS THE MAYOR DESIGNATED BY THE CHARTER AS A FORMAL HEAD OF THE VILLAGE, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. NOTHING LEGALLY PREVENTED IT, HOWEVER, FOR ME IT WAS, IF I HAD IT WOULD HAVE BROKEN TRUST WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. WE ALL WANT TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES AND BEING WELL INFORMED AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. WE ALL SPOKE TO THAT. ABOUT THAT IS WHAT WE DO, AND ALSO, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS MADE. CONSIDER TORREY COMMENTS ABOUT HOW THE COUNCIL WAS COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING MORE LIKE A TEAM MOVING INDIAN TOWN FORD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I DID NOT WANT TO BREAK THAT TRUST NAN NOR JEOPARDIZE THAT. IN MY OPINION IN THIS SITUATION, THE BEST SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN WAS TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER AN ATMOSPHERE OF CIVILITY AND CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER. THAT WILL GET US FURTHER AND BETTER SERVICE THAN ACTING ALONE. UM AND DOING A PERSON AND SERVING MY OWN PERSONAL AGENDA AGENDA OF A SITE VISIT THAT THE STAFF HAD COVERED THE SITE VISIT COUNCIL MEMBER ISSUE COULD BE RESOLVED LATER. SO THE REASON THE SPECIAL MEETING WAS CANCELED WAS BECAUSE I HAD THE UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WEREN'T HAPPY AND THEN DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS BEING CALLED SUNSHINE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR CLARIFYING CONVERSATIONS AMONGST OURSELVES UNLESS IT'S IN PUBLIC AND A GO BETWEEN PASSING INFO IS NOT ALLOWED EITHER, SO NOT KNOWING THE PROBLEM AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE HOLIDAY SEASON[00:30:01]
WOULD HAVE PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TO MEN. I CANCELED IT. HOLDING IT WOULD HAVE CREATED MORE ISSUES THAN IT WOULD HAVE RESOLVED. I WAS CONFIDENT THAT STAFF WOULD DO A GOOD JOB IN GETTING THE INFORMATION AND THERE WASN'T A RUSH. THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE SITE VISIT REPORT CAME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT A COUNCIL SITE VISIT. HOPEFULLY THAT CLARIFIES MY THOUGHT PROCESS. IF NOT SEE ME AFTERWARDS. I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO THIS COUNCIL, THE STAFF AND TO THE PUBLIC FOR ANY CONFUSION OR AGGRAVATION AND MAY HAVE CAUSED IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT MY INTENT. SO I THOUGHT, I SAID IF ANYBODY HAS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE JUST GET WITH ME AND LET ME KNOW. MOVING ON TO OTHER COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER STONE HAPPY NEW YEAR. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ EVENING, EVERYONE HAPPY NEW YEAR. I'M EXCITED. THIS IS 2024. WE HAVE GREAT THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR.UM SO JUST QUICK UPDATE. I WASN'T TALLAHASSEE YESTERDAY. ADVOCATING FOR CITIES, UM. ONE THING THAT I DID, UM WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WE DO HAVE AN APPROPRIATION AND APPROPRIATION IS, UM HB 2595. THAT'S THE INDIAN TOWN REVERSE WAS MOSES WATER TREATMENT PLAN, WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY R. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN SNYDER, WHICH I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO HIM AND THANK HIM FOR SPONSORING THE BILL. IF HE NEEDED ANY ASSISTANCE OR ANYTHING. JUST LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR ONCE THEY GET TO THE FINAL 60 DAYS, IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE OF, UM THAT'S WHEN THE CUTS HAPPEN. SO, UM AN INDIAN TOWN. WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON WATER, WATER WATER, AND WHY IS BECAUSE IN THE LAST. 32 YEARS I'VE BEEN LIVING THE WATER QUALITY HAS NOT BEEN VERY GREAT AN INDIAN TOWN AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE, YOU KNOW. ONE OF THE MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FROM THE GET GO SEEING THIS HAPPENED SEEING THIS BEING PURCHASING HOW MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE PUTTING IT HOW MUCH EFFORT WE'RE PUTTING INTO IT, AND SO, UM IT'S AN AWESOME THING TO SEE HOW WE'RE INVESTING INTO OUR WATER SYSTEM.
UM I KNOW THE STAFF IS WORKING HARD, MR NOLAN. UM MISS CHRISTNER ARE ATTORNEY UM AND EVERYONE THAT YOU KNOW IS IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. EVERYONE HAS A HAND IN THIS, SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN REGARDS OF THAT BECAUSE UM, WITHOUT THIS, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING BETTER WATER AS YOU CAN TELL IN THE IN THE NEXT PRESENTATIONS, YOU'LL SEE WHY I'M POINTING AT THAT GLASS OF WATER, BUT I WANTED TO, UM, ALSO LET THE COUNCIL NO AND STUFF TO SEE IF I CAN GET LIKE AN UPDATE IN REGARDS OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD AFFECT US. UM THERE IS, UH, AN H B. WELL THERE'S THREE BILLS H B 7015 H B 7017 AND H B 7019 THEY ACTUALLY WERE ASSIGNING BUILD. YESTERDAY UM AND IT'S PROPOSING AND HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, AND I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW MUCH THIS WOULD AFFECT THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT CITIES CITY OF SEBASTIAN SAYS THAT IF THIS HAPPENS 9% OF THEIR ADVIL OR ON TAXES WOULD BE CUT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CITY OF PORT ST LUCIE HAS GIVEN THEIR NUMBERS AND IT'S JUST ASTONISHING OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW IT IS A TAX CUT TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT THAT TAX CUT IS A TAX BURDEN TO SOMEONE ELSE. EXAMPLE. FOR EXAMPLE, RENTERS UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUSINESSES THEY WILL BE CONFRONTED WITH THAT TAX CUT BECAUSE THEN THEIR TAXES WILL BE GOING UP. SO UM, I JUST WANTED TO. I KNOW THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES WILL BE, UM, NEEDING NUMBERS IN REGARDS OF CITIES AND HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT US. UM I DID TALK TO MR NOLAN ABOUT ANOTHER BILL. THAT, UM. IS MUNICIPAL SERVICE CHARGE, BUT WE'RE BRAND NEW WE DON'T HAVE. WE DON'T SERVICE ANYONE OUTSIDE OF OUR BOUNDARIES CURRENTLY, SO IT WON'T VARY LIKE VERY MUCH AFFECT US. BUT THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT LIKE CITY OF PORT PEERS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT $600,000 CUT THERE. AND SO THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO SEE WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO UM, GET THE MONEY THAT'S BEING CUT. THE ONLY WAY IS TO INCREASE UM, TAXES TO THE RESIDENTS. SO UM,
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WE WANT TO LET THE LEGISLATOR KNOW THAT IF THEY DO THAT THE TAX BURDEN IS GOING TO GO ON SOMEONE ELSE. IT'S NOT JUST CUTTING ON ONE AREA. IT'S GONNA JUST SHIFT UM, THE BERRY INTO SOMEONE ELSE. ANOTHER THING IS HB 267 IS ABOUT BUILDING PERMITS. UM AND TALKING WITH REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT HOW CURRENTLY THE STAND. THE BILL STANDS AS IN THREE DAY. UM ONCE THE APPLICATION IS IN THE CITY WOULD HAVE THREE DAYS TO ISSUE THAT PERMIT. UM SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO LEGISLATORS IN REGARDS OF THAT AND ONE OF OUR MY CONCERNS FOR THE VILLAGE OF THE TOWN. WE'RE ON CONTRACTOR TIME AND TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO THE SAME TABLE IS VERY HARD WHEN YOU HAVE CONTRACTORS HAVE DIFFERENT CITIES AND DIFFERENT PLACES. THEY HAVE CONTRACTS AT AND SO TRYING TO GET ALL THAT STUFF TOGETHER TO REVIEW AND GET THINGS OUT OF THE DOOR. AND ESPECIALLY WHERE ANY IN TOWN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S GONNA BOOM AND WE KNOW THAT, UM AND WHEN APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO COME THE BURDEN IS GOING TO BE ON THE STAFF. AND SO WE'RE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT. ANOTHER, UM. AH ANOTHER ISSUE THAT IS CONCERNED AS VACATION RENTAL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT AN IMPACT ON INDIAN TOWN, BUT IMPACT FOR THE WHOLE STATE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. JUST IN THE WHOLE STATE. WE HAVE HAD 290% OF AN INCREASE OF VACATION RENTALS. UM AND IT ONLY THE DEPARTMENT THAT CONTROLS OF VACATION RENTALS ONLY HAS 17% OF THE BUDGET. SO IMAGINE, UM, WITH THE PROPOSAL FOR VACATION RENTAL, THERE'S AN IMPACT THERE SO IT WAS A VERY EXCITING TIME. UM, WE I GOT AN UPDATE WITH THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES. UM I ALSO WAS ABLE TO SEE SENATOR HAROLD ALL OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES THAT, UM, THAT SERVICE OUR TREASURE COAST AREA AND, UM, ALSO OTHER LEGISLATORS I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOWN THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR YOUR HARD WORK BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS APPROPRIATION UP. UM AND OUR MAYOR FOR GOING TO THAT TO THE MARTIN COUNTY DELEGATION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, APOLLO NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PEREZ. GET EVENING. HAPPY NEW YEAR. UM I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF. UM LAST FRIDAY, WE HAD PARK AT MARKET THROUGH THE TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE. I THINK 60 FAMILIES THAT WOULD PARK AND PICK UP PRODUCE. THEY'LL BE OUT HERE AGAIN NEXT TOMORROW. SO IF YOU WANT, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO STOP BY COME ON OUT AT NINE IN THE MORNING IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, YOU'LL SEE THE TRUCK. AND I ALSO WANT TO KNOW, UM SAY SO TWO WEEKS AGO, I WROTE BY POST FAMILY PARK. AND IT'S PITCH BLACK. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN INSTALL LIKE SOLAR LIGHTS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.ALSO TO ADD ISN'T NEXT THURSDAY AT 8 A.M. ISN'T THAT I'M SORRY. OKAY? ESPECIALLY NEXT TO OKAY.
SORRY ITEM AT THE END, OKAY, SO WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT ONE LATER. UM AND TO KIND OF BUILD ON WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS HAS SAID. BUT THIS COMING COMING. AH WEEK ON TUESDAY. THE VILLAGE MANAGER MYSELF WILL BE IN TALLAHASSEE, MAKING THOSE ROUNDS IN ORDER TO SEE PEOPLE. AND ADVOCATE ONCE AGAIN FOR INDIAN TOWN. INDIAN TOWN HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF, UM. A LOT OF WORK THAT THAT'S GONE ON AND ON OUR BEHALF AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR IT. UM ALSO SPEAKING OF THE WATER, I'VE GOT MINE ALMOST DRUNK. UM IT IS. IT IS GOOD TO SEE A GLASSFUL OF CLEAR WATER. THAT IS TASTES REALLY GOOD. INSTEAD OF A BOTTLED WATER. WE THIS IS THIS IS OUR THIS IS OUR PRODUCT. AND I HAVE TO THANK TERRACE TOPIC. THIS IS A GREAT CUP OF THE CUP. AND WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND IN A FEW MINUTES ALSO, AND WE'RE MOVING INTO 2024. I THINK POSITION VERY WELL. MOVING FORWARD WITH GREAT THINGS AND THE WORLD IS GOING TO SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE. AND SO WE WILL MOVE
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RIGHT ALONG. IS THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? NO COMMITTEE REPORTS COMMENTS BY OUR VILLAGE[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]
MANAGER. YES, MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE WE HAD A REQUEST FROM CASEY INGRAM WITH THE FAIR ASSOCIATION ABOUT PUTTING UP SOME BANNERS TO PROMOTE THE UPCOMING FAIR AND FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. SHE'D LIKE TO PUT THEM AT BOOKER PARK, POST FAMILY PARK AND BIG MOUND PARK. BUT SHE'S ASKED THAT WE WAIVE THE FEE. NORMALLY WE WOULD CHARGE $89.50, PER, UH, BANNER. IF YOU WILL, SO THE TOTAL WOULD BE $268.50. SO SHE WAS HOPING THE VILLAGE COUNCIL WOULD WAIVE THAT FOR HEARST IN IN AND BE KIND OF AN IN KIND SERVICE FOR THE FAIR ASSOCIATION. UM WHAT TYPE OF A BANNER ARE WE TALKING TO FOOT BY FOUR. ARE WE TALKING A LITTLE FLAG THINGS? WHAT THEY'RE ONES, I THAT THEY CAN ATTACH TO THE AS I UNDERSTAND IT TO THE FENCE. OKAY YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE OF A, YOU KNOW. OKAY HERE'S THE FAIR. WHAT THE DATES ARE COMES COMES TO MARTIN COUNTY FAIR, OKAY? THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. EVERYBODY IS EVERYBODY AGREEABLE TO THAT 123. YES, OKAY. SOUNDS SOUNDS LIKE A LIKE A GOOD THING. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING IS, UM YOU DID MENTION MR KNOWLAND? I'D WE DID TAKE A TRIP TO TWO LOVELY, WET, COLD. SEATTLE. UM. WENT UP ON SUNDAY EVENING GOT THEIR SUNDAY EVENING TOWARD MONDAY AND RETURNED ON TUESDAY. UH COUNCILMAN APOLLO DID GO ON HIS OWN WAS THEIR DAY HEAD. AND ALSO PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THE BACK FINDING THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND I'M GOING TO DO KIND OF INFO MEMO TO THE COUNCIL SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE SAW. WHAT WHAT WE INTERACTED WITH THE PRINCIPLES FROM JANICKI INDUSTRIES, WHICH IS THE NAME PARENT COMPANY OF THIS, UM SAID RON AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD. OKAY.GOOD. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? BY MOTION IS MADE BY A COUNCIL
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]
MEMBER STONE. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY[CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA IS THERE A MOTION MOTION MADE BY A COUNCIL MEMBER? APOLLO IS THERE A 2ND 2ND 2ND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. ANY COMMENT. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT COMMENT. ANYBODY KIND OF COMMENT. MADAM MAYOR LATER THAT'S SITTING THERE FOR THE TO BE SIGNED IS TO BE SIGNED BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO IF YOU WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU HANG LONG ENOUGH TO STEP AFTER THE MEETING TO GET THAT SIGNED OKAY, AND THE OUR ATTORNEY, MR BOSE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK IT OVER AND MAKE SURE IT'S ACCEPTABLE AND APPROPRIATE. I HAVE AND IT LOOKS GREAT. OKAY FANTASTIC.THANK YOU. OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND IS ALL IN FAVOR PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
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Village of Indiantown Lease with Beaver Ecoworks LLC
]MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER FIVE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN LEASE WITH BEEF BIEBER ECHO WORKS LLC. YES ALSO KICK THIS OFF AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM THE VOTE. BEAVER ECHO WORKS SO WE WERE APPROACHED THE VILLAGE WAS APPROACHED BY THE BEAVER EGO WORKS INDIVIDUALS TO DO A PILOT. UM, TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE COULD IMPROVE OUR WATER QUALITY FOR OUR DRINKING WATER, PARTICULARLY AT THE WATER PLANT. SO WORKING WITH MR NOLAN HIS TEAM? UH THEY THEY BUILT THIS TRAILER. IF YOU WILL, I DON'T KNOW OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT. BUT IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT'S JUST IT LOOKS LIKE YOU KNOW, JUST A REGULAR TRAILER THAT YOU WOULD PULL BEHIND THE VEHICLE. BUT INSIDE THE INTERNAL INSIGHT IS JUST OH, MY GOODNESS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF PIPES AND CONTAINERS AND CYLINDERS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF AND IT'S VERY TECHNICAL. SO WE WORKED WITH THEM. THERE IS A TECHNICAL REPORT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THE NUMBERS SHIFTED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IT WASN'T THAT OUR WATER WAS EVER NOT SAFE TO DRINK. YOU COULD DRINK IT, BUT IT WASN'T AS CLEAR AS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY. AND SO THIS HELPS US THEIR PROCESS. I'M NOT GONNA GET TECHNICALS. THAT'S NOT ME, BUT, UM, THE THEIR PROCESS ESSENTIALLY REMOVES THE CONTAMINANTS. OUT OF THE WATER IN A SAFE MANNER AND IT IN THAT WAY, THE VILLAGE HAS TO USE LESS CHEMICALS AND OUR FILTERS ARE OTHER FILTRATION AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE UTILIZE TO[00:45:04]
PUT PRODUCED WATER TO OUR RESIDENTS. ARE NOT AS BEING USED AS HARD AS THEY WERE BEFORE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BETTER PRODUCT IF YOU WILL GOING INTO THEM, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU KNOW YOUR AIR FILTER AT HOME. IF YOU'RE BLOWING A LOT OF BAD AIR INTO IT HAS TO WORK A LOT HARDER TO PRODUCE THAT CLEANER AIR AND SO THIS BY TREATING IT UPFRONT, IT'S LESS COST TO THE VILLAGE, PLUS A BETTER PRODUCT BEING SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO WHOEVER IS GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD HERE. WE HAVE MR SANJEEV AND JAMIL FROM BEAVER EAGLE WORKS AND THIS IS TED A STALL FEE. MY NAME IS TERRACED ALFIE IN THE SALES MANAGER FOR THE VERTICAL WORKS FOR A START SMALL START UP COMPANY. SANJEEV IS OUR PRESIDENT, OUR INVENTOR OR SCIENTIST? EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS COMPANY HAS SANJEEV. OUR CFO. JAMEEL MCCARTY IS HERE WITH US. UM I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. I WON'T GET MUCH MORE TECHNICAL THAN THAN SHE DID, BECAUSE I CAN'T EITHER. BUT IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS I HAVE SANJEEV HERE. AH! BUT THE ISSUE WE KEPT HEARING ABOUT WAS THE HARDNESS OF THE WATER, THE COLOR THE TASTE THE ODOR, THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES THAT YOU'RE HAVING, AND IT'S JUST INHERENT WITH HAVING SUCH AN OLD WATER TREATMENT PLANT RIGHT AND FORTUNATELY, YOUR STAFF BULL TERRIER AND MR NOLAN ARE ARE EXTREMELY INNOVATIVE AND LOOKING FOR GREAT NEW SOLUTIONS. WE HAPPEN TO HAVE A NEW INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO HELP WITH THAT WE'VE ELIMINATED THE HARDNESS. UH WE FIXED THE COLOR OF THE ODOR, THE TASTE. WE'VE ELIMINATED THE NEED FOR AMMONIA IN THE WATER. WE'VE REDUCED THE NEED FOR CHLORINE IN THE WATER BECAUSE ONE OF OUR BYPRODUCTS IS CHLORINE. THERE'S A MICRO BUBBLE SYSTEM THAT HELPS CARRY THAT CHLORINE TO THE END OF THE LINE. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO ADD EXTRA CHLORINE TO GET IT HIGH ENOUGH AT THE BEGINNING WHERE IT'S STILL HIGH ENOUGH AT THE END, IT NOW CARRIES ITSELF ODDLY END. IT HELPED THIS PROCESS HELPS TO CLEAN THE PIPES THEMSELVES. IF YOU DO GET A CHANCE TO GO THE WATER PLANT, YOU'LL SEE AREAS WHERE THE WATER RUNS OFF THE OLD UH METAL TROUGHS INTO THE FILTRATION SYSTEM AND WHERE THE WATER IS RUNNING OFF. IT'S CLEANED THAT METAL AND WHERE IT ISN'T YOU CAN STILL SEE THE CALCIUM BUILD UP SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE RESULTS. AH THE RESULT IS REALLY IN FRONT OF YOU. THE CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER. THIS IN THAT GLASS IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE RESULT THAT'S RIGHT OUT OF THE TAP IN YOUR KITCHEN HERE. NOT THE FILTER THAT TIARA WATER ON THE SIDE, BUT THE REGULAR TAP, UM SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL AND EVERYBODY IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN TO REALLY GO BACK AND TRY THE WATER AGAIN. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED DRINKING THE WATER BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED. THIS IS DIRECTLY OUT OF YOUR WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. AH, IT'S A PRE TREATMENT BEFORE IT GETS INTO THE PLANT. THAT USES NO CHEMICALS. JUST SO THERE'S NO CHEMICALS INVOLVED IN THIS TREATMENT PROCESS, AND WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE PARTNERED WITH YOUR TEAM AND YOUR STAFF. THEY'VE BEEN FANTASTIC. THE ENTIRE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, UH, PATRICK, AND EVERYBODY IN HIS OFFICE HAD BEEN FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU. AND WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE WELL AND ALSO TED, UM ESSENTIALLY, THE REASON FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM IS WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A LEASE, WHICH IS A TEMPORARY LEASE FOR THE EQUIPMENT ARE INTENT IN TALKING TO THE, UH, STATE REVOLVING FUND FOLKS AT DP IS TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE SRF FUNDING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR THE VILLAGE FOR WATER TREATMENT.PROCESSES TO BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED TO BUY THIS TRAILER. UM BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TIME TO GET THOSE AMENDMENTS IN PLACE . SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE GOT THIS SHORT TERM LEASE AND ANY OF THE MONEY THAT WE PAY ON A MONTHLY BASIS TOWARD THAT LEASE. THEY WILL BE DEDUCTING FROM THE COST OF THE TRAILER WHEN WE GET READY TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE THAT TRAILER WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO THIS IS KIND OF A STOPGAP FOR SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THIS PROCESS AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS EVENING IS APPROVAL OF THAT THIS LEASE FOR THE EQUIPMENT. BUT 100% OF THOSE LEAST PAYMENTS WILL BE CREDITED TOWARDS THE PURCHASE PRICE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. UM AND WE'RE TALKING. IT'S KIND OF A COST EQUALIZER AND PURCHASING THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE WE'RE USING LESS CHEMICALS WERE SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING MONEY IN ORDER TO IT WOULD COVER YES, MADAM HERE UNTIL WE CAN ACTUALLY GET HIM A PROBABLY GOOD 678 MONTHS OF OPERATIONAL OUR ARMS AROUND THAT INTUITIVELY WE KNOW IT'S BUT IT'S THE END OF THE DAY. WE COULDN'T PUT ENOUGH. CHEMICALS AND TREATMENT INTO THIS WATER TO PRODUCE THIS. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ONE MORE THING. JUST ON THAT POINT, YOU KNOW? I THINK. MISS CHRISTIE ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY GREAT ANALOGY WITH THE AIR FILTER AND PUTTING BAD THINGS INTO THE INTO IT AND SO BY PUTTING AS A PRE TREATMENT OF THE WATER BEFORE IT GETS TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT OR ENHANCING THE CAPABILITY OF THE WATER
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TREATMENT PLANT AND INCREASING SOME OF THE CAPACITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORKING SO HARD AND I KNOW CAPACITY WATER CAPACITY IN THE SYSTEM IS ALSO AN ISSUE FOR THE VILLAGE, AND WE'RE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THAT BENEFIT, WHICH WILL HELP YOU GROW AS WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER. HERNANDEZ DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK IN REGARDS OF THE AMOUNT. UM SECOND, SEE IT IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT, BUT I DO SEE IT ONLINE IN REGARDS OF IT'S GOING TO BE 18,159, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE RETROACTIVE TO DECEMBER. CORRECT BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAD THE TRAILER FOR OVER ALMOST SIX WEEKS BEFORE DECEMBER, KICKED IN, WHICH WAS THE BEGINNING OF THIS IT'S JUST TAKEN US THAT LONG TO GET THE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER WITH THE HOLIDAYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, UM , AND COUNCIL MEMBER GOING THEM ONE MONTH. CORRECT? YES, OKAY. ALL THE NUMBERS ARE AT THE END OF THE GREEN AND THEN THE SCHEDULE. UH THE LAST FEW PAGES, PAGE 11 AND 12. AFTER THE SIGNATURE PAGE. BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE THE SAME NUMBERS THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE AGENDA ITEM.OKAY? MEMO ITSELF. AND MAYOR. VERY QUICKLY. I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION, UH, ON THAT LEGAL TECHNICAL LEVELS MENTIONED IN THE AGENDA ITEM THAT MY OFFICE WAS STILL WORKING WITH BEAVER RICO WORKS TO GET TO THE FINAL VERSION OF THE LEAST YOU HAVE THE FINAL VERSION IN FRONT OF YOU. THE BASIC DIFFERENCES FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE AGENDA AND WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS IT REMOVED. THEY WERE. THEY WERE VERY ACCOMMODATING, WERE REMOVED A NUMBER OF PARAGRAPHS THAT WERE NOT TO THE GREAT BENEFIT OF THE VILLAGE. UM REMOVE THEIR WAIVER OF WARRANTIES AND SO ON, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THEM HAVING THAT AS A GENERAL THING, BUT YOU KNOW WE WERE THEY WERE. THEY WERE VERY GOOD TO WORK WITH ON THAT, SO WE TOOK OUT ALL THOSE THINGS AND WE ADDED, UH, THE STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT OUR OFFICE PUTS IN CONTRACTS FOR THE VILLAGE SO THAT THE REVISED VERSION IS THE VERSION I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU FOR IT. ABSOLUTELY, INCLUDING A WARRANTY ON THE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE TERMINAL LEASE . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, AND THAT THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL PIECE THAT WAS PUT IN ON THAT. THE WARRANTY WOULD BE INCLUDED AS IN LIKE, IF THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENS, SOMEONE THAT KEEPS THE EQUIPMENT FAILS WILL COME IN AND REPLACE IT. OKAY, SO OKAY? SO AS AS I CAN SEE IT IN THE, UM IN THE LEASE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 54,000 FOR THE NEXT SWEAT UNTIL MARCH, 2024 AND GOING RETROACTIVE. WE'RE ONLY GOING RETROACTIVE INTO DECEMBER FOR THAT FIRST PAYMENT, OKAY? SO WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE SRF. GRANT BY THEN I HOPE TO HAVE THE MODIFIED ITS REALLY AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING EFFORTS AGREEMENT . I HOPE TO HAVE THAT DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. 45 TOPS BY THE WAY, THIS ISN'T UP TO LEASE AGREEMENT. AND, OF COURSE, THE PAYMENTS ARE BEING APPLIED TO THE PURCHASE PRICE. SO IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT A MANDATORY THREE MONTH LEASE. IT'S UP TO SO IF WE GET THE MONEY IN 30 DAYS, AND WE CAN CONVERT THIS TO A PURCHASE. WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH AS FAR AS THE WARRANTY GOES, HOW LONG AGO ARE SO BECAUSE IT'S THE TEMP, A SHORT TERM LEASE THE WARRANTY RUNS WITH THE LEASE. WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU WHEN THE MONEY COMES THROUGH TO DO THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE A WARRANTY ON PARTS AND EQUIPMENT THERE AS WELL. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE? WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THAT WITH MR WADE, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IT'S AT LEAST THE 4TH 1ST FULL YEAR 100. SO AND I CAN ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE DISCUSSING. WE'RE WORKING OUT THIS WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVELY NEGOTIATING, WORKING OUT THAT PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THIS PIECE HERE. THE PRIMARY THING IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON WARRANTY AND THEN EVEN BEYOND WARRANTY, AND I THINK PAUL WITH MY OFFICE COMMUNICATED THIS TO YOU BEYOND A WARRANTY PERIOD BECAUSE THIS IS A UNIQUE DEVICE. WHAT'S THE PLAN ON KEEPING IT UP AND GOING IF IT DOES HAVE A PROBLEM IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS? CORRECT AND BY THE WAY, WE ARE LOCATED IN PUMP CITY, SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE DURING OUR TRIAL PERIOD. WE WERE GETTING THIS UP AND RUNNING. SANJEEV CAME OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY. HE WAS HERE FOR ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 6 HOURS A DAY. TWEETING THE SYSTEM, SO WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN RUNNING THE SAME PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AT THE EPA FACILITY FOR OVER A YEAR WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. SYSTEM IS RUNNING SINCE WAS NO AMERICAN 24 7 BASIS , AND THAT'S I CAN SEE ON REMOTELY MONITORED ALL THE PARAMETERS CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING THOSE SYSTEMS. IN FACT IN HIS TEAM IS ALSO INVOLVING OPERATION AND TESTING THE POWER WATER, SO THEY ARE ALSO EQUALLY BEEN
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TRAINED ON THE MACHINE. AND WE'RE MONITORING ALL THE PERFORMANCE ONE OF DAILY BASIS, SO IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE WILL BE POURED IN TECHNICAL AND SUPERVISED SUPERVISION. THE MAINTENANCE. UM I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR FROM PAT JUST FOR YES. FOR THE. LOCATIONS JUST TO SEE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE WHOLE PATENT OWNED FOR THE RECORDS. WE'VE BEEN OPERATING THIS TOGETHER WITH SANJEEV AND HIS TEAM DIPLOMATIC AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROOF IN THE GLASS. WHEN WE STARTED. IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD COLOR IN THE WATER. NOW IT'S FROM THE AMOUNT OF AMMONIA WE WERE USING. WE ALSO HAD A PROBLEM, INSTEAD ALLUDED TO EARLIER MAINTAINED CHLORINE IN THE SYSTEM. THAT CAME TO LIGHT WHEN THE CHARTER SCHOOL OPENED. BECAUSE IT'S SO FAR AWAY FROM THE WATER PLANT. SINCE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN CARTER RESIDUAL MUCH BETTER THAN WE WERE BEFORE BECAUSE OF NOT USING SO MUCH AMMONIA. SO WHEN WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CHLORINE IT HASN'T HAPPENED FOR VERY LONG BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE WATER. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REBOUND QUICKLY AND GET THE CORNER RESIDUAL WHERE IT BELONGS. SO THE WATER IS SAFER THAN IT WAS. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SAFE. BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN DILIGENT ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE WATER. BUT WITH HIS EQUIPMENT RUNNING, IT'S BEEN EASIER TO MAKE CHANGES. BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD SUCH A WHITE SWING. AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CORONARIES ACTUAL THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM MUCH BETTER. IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD A MAJOR WATER BREAK ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WE WERE ABLE TO REBOUND FROM THAT RATHER QUICKLY BECAUSE OF HIS EQUIPMENT RUNNING. BECAUSE OF THE CORONARY RESIDUAL , SO IT HAS MADE IT EASIER. TO MAINTAIN CORONARY RESIDUAL THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, WHICH MAKES THE WATER SAFER. SO AND AGAIN IF YOU LOOK AT THE GLASS OF WATER, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE. SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THIS WOULD BE A GOOD INVESTMENT. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. UM WELL, I THINK AND I'M DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO IS HIS TOURED, HAS TAKEN THAT TOUR AND BEING ABLE TO SEE BUT IT IS DEFINITELY AN IMPACTFUL THING TO GO AND SEE AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE WATER AS IT COMES ACROSS AND HOW CLEAR IT IS, IF YOU EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE PLANTS BEFORE AND SEE WHAT WAS THERE AND THEN AFTER IT IS. IT IS DEFINITELY IMPACTFUL. YOU CAN SEE IT BEFORE AND AFTER AGAIN, AS THE MARRIAGES ALLUDED TO AND TED EARLIER WE HAD GROWTH OF ALGAE AND BIOFILM IN THE PLANT BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE UPSTAIRS. AFTER RUNNING THE PEOPLE BE RECORD WORKS FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. THAT IS ALL GONE. CLEANED UP OUR TANKS JUST FROM THE WATER RUNNING THROUGH THE TANK. WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT, BECAUSE YOU ALSO YOU DEAL WITH BIOFILM OUT IN THE SYSTEM WITH THE AMMONIA. AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT HARD TO KEEP THE CORONARY SUCH WILD HAIR. WITH HIS SYSTEM RUNNING, WE HAD MUCH LESS TROUBLE WITH THE BIOFILM, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A BETTER CORNER RESIDUAL. SO YOU CAN SEE IT WITH THE NAKED EYE IF YOU GO TO THE PLAN.DEFINITELY OBVIOUS. DEFINITELY CAN. CAN I SAY SOMETHING ELSE? OH, SURE. UH WHEN I TOURED THE WATER PLANT BECAUSE I HAD TOURED IT BEFORE. AND I SAW LIKE THE CHANGE. UM BUT ONE THING TO LET YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THIS IS THE FIRST WERE THE FIRST TO TRY THIS EQUIPMENT NOW, SO WE ARE BASICALLY THERE. YEAH. SO IT'S EXCITING TO KNOW THAT THIS EQUIPMENT HAS LITERALLY CHANGED OUR WATER. WITHIN THE FEW MONTHS THAT IT'S BEEN IN PILOT, SO IT'S EXCITING TIMES FOR ANY IN TOWN AND FOR MR SANJI BECAUSE HE'S SEEING HIS HIS INNOVATION DO WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO. SO THANK YOU. SO LET ME ASK. ALSO THIS IS HOUSED IN A TRAILER. IT IS OKAY? HAVE WE TAKEN THE WHEELS OFF THAT THING TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GET HOOKED UP AND HOLD OFF SOMEWHERE? IT'S LOCKED UP. IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. OKAY THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SINCE. ACTUALLY IT WAS PART OF MY CAMPAIGN THAT DO BEST WE CAN TO GET THE WATER CLEANED UP AND GET IT. OR LESS AND CLEAR AND BRING BETTER WATER TO THE VILLAGE.
SHORT OF A BRAND NEW PLANT, WHICH WE WILL HAVE HERE, HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN LATER. I THINK THIS IS DELIVERED. THE GOODS TO US. THIS IS WE WERE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE GOOD,
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CLEAR, DRINKABLE WATER, AND EVERYBODY SHOULD SEE THAT DIFFERENCE. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SEE. FEEL YOU CAN TASTE SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TECHNOLOGY AND YOUR GENIUS AND YEAH, YEAH. I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER MUNICIPALITIES LOOKING TO PUT IT ON THEIR SYSTEMS SO THEY CAN SAVE IN THE COST OF THE FILTER EXCHANGES. YOU KNOW, SO I SEE WITH THAT. COMES IN, EVEN WITH THE NEW WATER PLANT. YOU KNOW, SO IT'S A GOOD WAY TO SAVE YOUR FILTERS BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPENSIVE, RIGHT? THAT'S A GOOD POINT. WE ANTICIPATE THAT AS WE DO, BUILD OUR NEW WATER PLANT THAT THIS WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THAT AND BE JUST ANOTHER ENHANCEMENT OF THAT PLAN. YES. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE ALREADY FINISHED MINE SO I HAVE TO GO BACK FOR SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND? SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENT? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. NO MATTER MAYOR OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR US. THANKS FOR THE HELP. BUILDING UP YOUR YEP. IT'LL BE A FIXTURE UP HERE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES. WE HAVE A SECOND[6.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 40, “UTILITIES”, ARTICLE VII, “WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES”, OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES; ADOPTING EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS FACTORS FOR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
]READING. ITEM NUMBER SIX, MR BOSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 40 UTILITIES ARTICLE SEVEN WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES ADOPTING EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS. FACTORS FOR MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS CODIFICATION CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND INEFFECTIVE DAY. COUNCIL MEMBERS AS YOU'LL RECALL AT YOUR LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER. THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST READING. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES THAT YOU HAD ADOPTED BACK IN MARCH OF 2023. IT'S APPLYING A MULTI RESIDENTIAL UH, E R C, UH UH, FACTOR FOR CERTAIN MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, NEWLY DEVELOPED MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS AS A REMINDER OF WHAT IT DOES IS BASICALLY SETS AT 50% OF WHAT THE CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES OTHERWISE WOULD BE PER EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTION. MULTI FAMILY UNITS THAT ARE NEW, NEWLY DEVELOPED MULTI FAMILY UNITS THAT ARE FEWER THAN THREE BEDROOMS AND LESS THAN 1201 SQUARE FEET.MULTI FAMILY UNITS THAT ARE THREE OR MORE BEDROOMS OR GREATER THAN 1200 SQUARE FEET WOULD STILL BE AT THE STANDARD ONE. EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTION PER UNIT. UM THIS IS BASED ON, UH, A TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY RAFT ELLIS THAT SUPPLEMENTED THE PREVIOUS STUDY THAT YOU'RE AH PRIOR WATER WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES WERE BASED ON WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE VILLAGE COUNCIL ADOPT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADAPTING EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTING FACTORS. FACTORS FOR MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS TO BEGIN WITH. EMOTION IN MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND? SECOND HUSBAND MADE IS THERE. IS THERE ANY, UM QUESTION CONCERNS OF COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. NO, MA'AM. OKAY? AH ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION ITEMS. THE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN DISCUSSION ON
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Discussion on Indiantown Community Trust Fund
]INDIAN TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST FUND. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER. I HAD PUT THIS TOGETHER BASED ON A REQUEST THAT WAS MADE PREVIOUSLY BY THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE INDIAN CHANNEL COMMUNITY TRUST FUND. UM. IT GETS INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY HERE. UH, STAFF HELPED ME PUT TOGETHER KIND OF A TIMELINE OF WHEN THINGS CAME FORWARD AND ALL THAT, BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS, UH, COMMUNITY TRUST FUND WAS CREATED. MANY YEARS AGO WHEN THE COGEN PLANT WAS COMING OUT TO INDIAN TOWN. UM THEY FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT OR THE COGENT COMPANY AT THE TIME, PUT IT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS INTO AN ACCOUNT. WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY INTEREST EARNED ON THAT WOULD GO TOWARD GRANT PROGRAMS RELATIVE TO, UH, THOSE IN THE VILLAGE. IT WOULD BE A DIRECT[01:05:01]
IMPACT OR BENEFIT TO THE VILLAGE AND THE VILLAGE RESIDENTS. OVER TIME THIS COMMITTEE WAS FORMED.I KNOW. THE AGREEMENT HAS SPECIFICS OF WHO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE. OVER TIME. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS OR REQUIREMENTS HAVE NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS BEEN ADHERED TO. BUT THERE WAS A GROUP THAT WAS HERE OUT OF THE VILLAGE THAT WAS ASSIGNED. TO LOOK AT IT, AND YOU WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND THEY AWARDED SEVEN DIFFERENT GRANTS. BACK IN AUGUST OF 2020 WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DID ANY GRANT AWARDS, SO STAFF IS JUST WANTING TO KNOW HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED IF YOU WANT TO. PUT OUT COUNT MEMBERS FOR THE FOR THE COMMITTEE. MR VOTES CAN TALK MORE TO THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE THERE. THERE'S A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT AS WELL AS OTHER INDIVIDUALS, SO IT'S JUST REALLY FOR STAFF TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. THERE WAS 40. ABOUT $52,000 CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. THAT THAT WAS AS OF THE CLOSE OF LAST FISCAL YEAR. AND SO WE COULD TAKE IN THE APPLICATIONS. THERE'S AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO GO THROUGH TO EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. FOR AWARD OF THOSE GRANTS. AND KAREN, CAN I ADD ON YOUR AD ON SOMETHING REAL QUICK, AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW UP FURTHER WITH TERRENCE SINCE THE CONVERSATION WE HAD JUST BEFORE THE MEETING. I HAD GOTTEN AN INQUIRY FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT THE REFERENCE IN THE AGENDA ITEM TO THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM P L. FROM INDIAN TOWN, KOJIN. UM AND I HADN'T. I HADN'T RECALLED THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BEING THE CASE, EITHER, BUT I ACTUALLY WENT BACK THROUGH. OLD AGENDA ITEMS ALL THE WAY BACK TO ANCIENT TIMES, 2019 AND FOUND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN IN THE VILLAGE COUNCILS APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO IT. THERE WERE IN FACT, TWO MEMBERS APPOINTED AS REPRESENTATIVE FROM INDIAN TOWN COGENT, SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT ASKED ME THE QUESTION, SO, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE PAST. I THINK IT WAS JUST SO LONG AGO. IT DID DRIFTED FROM OUR MEMORIES, BUT THAT IS WHAT WAS SET UP IN THE INITIAL TRUST AGREEMENT ALL THE WAY BACK FROM 1991, AS WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE VILLAGE WHEN THE VILLAGE INCORPORATED SO AS IT'S LAID OUT IN THE AGENDA ITEM. THOSE ARE THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE FOLKS, UH OR CATEGORIES OF FOLKS THAT WOULD BE APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE JUST AS A AS A BIT OF HISTORY. Y'ALL WILL CALLING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL. UM THE VILLAGE HAD BEEN GOING ON HAVING THAT COMMITTEE AND THEN AWARDING MONIES AND SO ON. AND THEN WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS HAPPEN IN SERIES . WE HAD COVID AND THEN INTEREST RATES WENT FROM NORMAL INTEREST RATES THAT YOU HAD FOR DECADES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO QUARTER PERCENT OR NEGATIVE, SO THAT WE WEREN'T MAKING ANY MONEY ON THAT MONEY FOR A WHILE, SO THERE WAS NO MONEY TO GIVE OUT. AND SO, UM , IT WAS DECIDED THERE'S NOTHING TO BE DONE IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE MUCH INTEREST TO WORK WITH. AND SO IT'S GOING ON, OF COURSE, THAT CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE THE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS BUILD UP NOW TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN ITS NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. SO IF YOU COULD, FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT COMMITTEE WOULD BE WHAT 22 F B NL REPRESENTATIVES, A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO ELSE YES, MA'AM. TRACKING IT DOWN. WHERE DID IT GO? HERE IT IS. YES. TWO YEAH, TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF INDIAN TOWN CO. JANUARY P L, A MEMBER OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND FOR RESIDENTS, UH, ONE OF WHICH IS TO BE FROM BOOKER PARK, AND ANOTHER ONE'S TO BE FROM INDIAN WOULD AND THIS IS WHAT'S LAID OUT IN THE 1991 ORIGINAL AGREEMENT. OKAY SO THEN THAT LEAVES TO KIND OF LARGE. 77 MEMBER COMMITTEE. SO ESSENTIALLY , THAT COMMITTEE IS DEFUNCT. AT THIS POINT. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT, UM FUNCTIONAL. SO. MY QUESTION THE LAST TIME THAT THIS WAS UTILIZED AND GIVEN OUT WAS AUGUST 20TH 2020. DO WE HAVE? I NOTICED ON HERE THAT THE RECIPIENTS ARE SUBMITTED OUR SHALL SUBMIT A BI ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR THE GRANT PERIOD. UM FOR AND GIVES A COUPLE OF DATES HERE. HAS ANY CAN WE FIND ANY RECORD OF ANY OF THESE REPORTS BEING COMING BACK TO US. FROM THE RECIPIENTS. RENE RENE DID THE RESEARCH. DO YOU FIND ANYTHING RENE WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO KNOW SO WE SO WHEN WE
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GIVE THIS OUT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM. VEHICLE IN PLACE THAT WILL REQUIRE THOSE REPORTS BECAUSE IF NOT, THEN THEY NEED TO BE GIVING THAT MONEY BACK WHAT THIS STATES WERE SUBMITTED. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE. THEY WERE SUBMITTED. ALL OF THEM. I KNOW THAT THAT AT LEAST CROSS I RECALL THERE FROM A LOT OF THE APPLICANTS SUBMITTED. AT LEAST SOME OF WHAT I KNOW IS IT WAS NOT ZERO THAT WERE SUBMITTED THERE. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THEM. I KNOW THIS ONLY IN PASSING FROM CONVERSATIONS FROM WAY BACK WHEN WHERE THEY ARE IN THE RECORDS. I'M NOT SURE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR RECORD KEEPING AND ACTUALLY LOCATING, BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD CHANGE IN PERSONNEL AND DIFFERENT PLACES BEING DIFFERENT PLACES, SO OKAY. FIRE.COME UP TO THE MIKE. YOU GOT IT. WE GOT TO HEAR YOU PEOPLE AT HOME. GOT TO HEAR YOU. FOR THE RECORD. LONDON I COME. UM I WAS ON THIS. THIS BOARD THIS COMMITTEE PROBABLY BACK ABOUT.
2017 2018, MAYBE. I DO HAVE A FILE AT HOME WITH COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THAT WEIGHED SO GRACIOUSLY DUGOUT FROM WHO KNOWS WHERE, UH, COPIES OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PUT IN BY UM RESIDENT NONPROFITS. WHAT? OUR DELIBERATIONS WERE AT THE MEETING. UM AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET IT OUT OF MY FILE CABINET AND TURN IT OVER TO SOMEBODY ELSE. UM, BUT IT WAS.
UM THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT IT THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED AS FAR AS THE PROCESS. UM AS FAR AS WHO COULD APPLY. WHO COULDN'T APPLY? UM, WHETHER THE MONEY WAS DISTRIBUTED AFTER. THEIR PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED AND TURNED IN RECEIPTS OR WHETHER THIS WAS YOU KNOW, UM, WE GAVE OUT THE MONEY FIRST AND THEN EXPECTED RESULTS. THESE WERE ALL THINGS THAT WERE JUST KIND OF TOSSED UP IN THE AIR. UM AND SO THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE SOME, UH, SOME SOLID RULES SET DOWN AS SO EVERYBODY IS WORKING OFF OF THE SAME PAGE. FROM THE GET GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT INSIGHT. UM. I KNOW, MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS A I THINK I HAD FOUR H. LATER. UM ASK ME, YOU KNOW IS THAT IS THAT STILL AVAILABLE, SO I KNOW IT IS A IT'S A BOON FOR SOME OF THESE NONPROFITS AND, UM. FOR THE VILLAGE ITSELF AND FOR THE PEOPLE IN IT, SO I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT RESURRECTED IN US KIND OF START FROM SCRATCH. SO THAT, UM. WHATEVER IT TAKES YOUR STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER. AND MAYBE PUT OUT FOR. YOU KNOW FOR PEOPLE IF THE COUNCIL IS SO INCLINED SINCE THERE IS IT'S NOT AN INCIDENT IN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THERE'S $52,000 THERE THAT COULD MAKE AN IMPACT. IN SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. SO IF I THINK THE COUNCIL IF WE'RE FOR EVERYBODY'S AGREEABLE, RESURRECT THAT AND LET'S GET IT BACK ON TRACK. OKAY THEN WE'LL GET WITH STAFF AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS FAR AS STARTING THE ADVERTISED PART PROCESS AND COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHERE WE ARE AWESOME. AWESOME.
OKAY? I DIDN'T HEAR ANY MONEY. OKAY THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, LIKE TIMELINES AND EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE WE DID SOME IN 2020, WHICH WASN'T GIRLS CLUB. WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR, UM AWARDEES FOR THAT, UM, TIME, BUT I WAS JUST LOOKING THROUGH. ONLINE AND YOU CAN SEE LIKE THE APPLICATIONS AND THERE WAS LIKE A CHECKLIST. AND THERE WAS ALL THAT SO PROBABLY, AND THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME THEY ESTABLISH A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME TO RECEIVE THOSE APPLICATIONS. BUT FIRST WE GOTTA GET THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER. YEAH. OKAY? GOOD LIVING ROOM ON OKAY? AH
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS? JUST REMINDING THE JUDGE GOES FOOD BANK WILL BE[01:15:02]
HERE NEXT THURSDAY, EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. BUT GET THERE EARLY. WE ARE LIMITED ON 200 CARS. AND LAST TIME HOW MANY CARS DID DID WE SERVE? ALL I THINK WE DID SERVING 205. WAS THAT FINAL COUNT? IT'S AN AWESOME THING. AND IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP HAND OUT GET THERE, EARLY 730 ISH, IF NOT EARLIER. THEY CAN USE THE HELP. ABSOLUTELY AND ALSO, UM MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION. STEWART IS BEING HOSTED BY SYRIA, STEWART AND A ACES UM.STEPHEN DOVE RESIDENT FROM INDIAN TOWN WILL BE THE HONORARY THIS YEAR. SO JUST, UH IF YOU CAN GO OUT AND GO TO THEIR PARADE STARTS AT 1030. I THINK THE EVENT STARTS AT NOON AND STEWART SO, UM JUST IF YOU CAN GO OUT. AND. ENJOY WITH, UH, THE RESIDENTS OF CITY HISTORIAN WITH ANYONE THAT CELEBRATES, UM MLK, JR. UM PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO JOIN, BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.
YEAH AND WE GOT ANOTHER ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT. INDIAN TOWN HIGH SCHOOL HAS OPENED REGISTRATION FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR. IF YOU LIKE INFORMATION, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE. AWESOME. AND WITH THAT
[NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]
WE STAND ADJOURNED FOR THE NEXT MEETING. THE NEXT MEETING IS THE 24TH. WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY THEN.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.