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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO THIS VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN REGULAR VIGIL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING. THIS JANUARY. THE 25TH. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR GIBBS, THOMAS. HERE VICE MAYOR PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO HERE . COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. AND ARE CALLED ORDER. UM, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TURN OFF A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS HERE. TURN OFF YOUR FOOT CELL PHONES. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE. ALSO THE EXITS OR TO YOUR LEFT AND YOUR RIGHT. YOUR BATHROOMS ARE TWO YEARS LEFT THROUGH THE EXIT THERE.
EXIT SIGN THERE. ALSO CIVILITY IS PRACTICED IN ALL OF OUR MEETINGS BY THE PUBLICAN COUNCIL. A LIGHT LIKE ALSO, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING THIS EVENING, YOU HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES.
FIRST IS DEAR. THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, WHICH IS ON ANYTHING THAT IS OTHER THAN WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE AGENDA ITEMS IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, FILL OUT A FORM BACK THERE AT THE DOOR AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU FILL IT OUT AND TURN IT INTO OUR CLERKS TABLE TO YOUR LEFT. ALL THAT BEING SAID THIS EVENING. OUR INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY MR BROWN AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. TESTING TESTING. ALRIGHT? IF YOU WILL, PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD. I THANK YOU. TONIGHT. GOD FOR THESE, YOUR SERVANTS, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, CITY STAFF AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I GIVE THANKS FOR THE WAY OF SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO TAKE UP. ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US HERE. SO WE GIVE YOU THANKS. GOD IN YOUR WORD, YOU MADE CLEAR YOU EXPECTATION. THOSE WHO SIT IN PLACES OF AUTHORITY. AND WE ACTUALLY GIVE THEM GUIDANCE AND WISDOM AS THEY GO FORWARD. AND SO WE PRAY, LORD THAT YOU WOULD BE GLORIFIED TONIGHT. DO THE DECISIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US IN THIS GRATEFUL TOWN THAT WE LIVE IN. WE THANK YOU. WE PRAISE YOU AND YOUR PRECIOUS HOLY NAME. AMEN.
AMEN. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ONE NATION. MADAM CLARK. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS? NO, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY WE'RE
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Proclamation for E. Thelma Waters Day
]MOVING ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS, AWARDS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. THIS EVENING. OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION. IT'S FOR E. THELMA WATERS DAY, JANUARY THE 28 2024. WHEREAS E. THELMA WATERS WAS RESOLUTE ADVOCATE WHO FOUGHT FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL THOSE IN INDIAN TOWN WHO WERE OPPRESSED ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY. AND WHEREAS HER INDOMITABLE SPIRIT NOT ONLY MADE HER A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY HER TACTICAL AND UNWAVERING PERSONALITY DROVE HER TO TARGET CAUSES THAT REQUIRED A DIVERGENT THINKER LIKE HERSELF TO SOLVE PROBLEMS FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN AND INDIAN TOWNS, MIGRANT WORKERS AND WHEREAS E. THELMA WATERS WAS A LEADING FORCE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS PERMISSION WASN'T JUST TO EXIST IN INDIAN TOWN. SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BRING POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING CHANGES TO HER SURROUNDINGS BY EDUCATING FARM WORKERS ON THEIR HEALTH.PROVIDING CHILD CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. FIGHTING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SITTING ON NUMEROUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, WORKING TO ESTABLISH A VOTING PRECINCT AND POLITICAL REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCATING FOR A MUCH NEEDED HEALTH CLINIC. AND WHEREAS SHE WANTED TO SEE OTHERS THRIVE AND ALWAYS SAW THOSE WHO WERE MOST IN NEED OF BEING SEEN. SHE ENJOYED MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES. IT'S NO WONDER MISS WATERS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE FLORIDA WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME IN 2020. SHE EXEMPLIFIED WHAT A TRUE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DOES HELP MAKE LIFE BETTER AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. NOW THEREFORE, I SUSAN GIBBS, THOMAS. MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY THE 28TH 2024 AS E THERMAL WATER STAY IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN FLOORED FLORIDA AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME IN THE
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VILLAGE COUNCIL AND RECOGNITION RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF HER. HER WORK AND HER POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS EVENING WE HAVE HER FAMILY WITH US JOINING US IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY. A COUPLE OF WORDS. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR GIBBS. VICE MAYOR PEREZ DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS. PEERS COLLEAGUES. VILLAGE CLERK I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR. AND THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL WORDS. BUT MY MOM ALWAYS TOLD US I AM MY BROTHER'S KEEPER. I AM MY SISTER'S KEEPER. I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT MY MOTHER'S SISTER'S HERE. MY AUNT AND MY SISTER PHYLLIS IS HERE. I'M SORRY THAT MY FAMILY COULDN'T JOIN US, UM, WHEREVER WE ARE MY MOM, SAID BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED. I'M THE SECOND DAUGHTER OF LEROY AND THELMA WATERS. I AM THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF ISAAC AND SELL ALL RIDGE. THEY WERE FROM THIS TOWN. MOVED HERE ALMOST 100 YEARS AGO, MY GRANDPARENTS BUT I ALSO, UM STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS. AND ALTHOUGH MY PARENTS ALWAYS TOLD US TO DO WELL, WHEREVER YOU ARE. DO THINGS OUT OF LOVE. DO YOUR BEST NEVER TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. THEY ALWAYS, UM TAUGHT US THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT ONLY COMMUNITY AND LEGACY. BUT THE WONDER AND TO BE INQUISITIVE, AND THAT INQUISITIVENESS TOOK ME FAR AWAY. UM I NOW WORK PRINCIPALLY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. BUT I ALWAYS COME BACK HOME. AND EVERY TIME I COME HOME, IT'S LIKE I NEVER LEFT. I JUST STEPPED BACK INTO THINGS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF FAMILY AND BECAUSE OF THE LEGACY THAT MY PARENTS CREATED.IT IS MY HONOR, PROFOUND HONOR TODAY. AND EVERY YEAR WHEN I HEAR THIS PROCLAMATION AND DRIVE BY THE AVENUE THAT'S NAMED AFTER MY MOM. TO KNOW THAT SHE'S STILL HERE. SHE'S STILL RUBBING EVERYONE ON THEIR BACK AND SHOWING LOVE AND TELLING US TO GO FURTHER. DO MORE. DO YOUR BEST. AND THAT'S WHAT WE MUST DO FOR NOT ONLY HER LEGACY BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SO I THANK YOU THIS EVENING FOR THE HONOR. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE MY MOM WHO WAS JUST AN ORDINARY PERSON WHO DID EXTRAORDINARY THINGS IN HER LIFE. AND I'M SO PROUD THAT I'M HER DAUGHTER, AND I'M PROUD THAT YOU RECOGNIZE HER IN THIS WAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. WELL, THANK YOU AND YOU AND INTRODUCED EVERYBODY ELSE AND YOU ARE INTRODUCE YOURSELF JUST SAID I'M THE THIRD DAUGHTER BECAUSE EVERYONE CALLS ME EVERYTHING ELSE. UM, AND I EVEN ANSWER TO JACKIE. I AND THEY ALWAYS SAY WHICH ONE ARE YOU AND I PEOPLE WAVED TO ME AND SAY HI, JACKIE AND I RESPOND. I'M ROSLYN WATERS. JENSEN. I'M THE THIRD DAUGHTER. YES WE WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER. LOOK AT THAT, LIKE YOU. WE HAVE THESE PROCLAMATIONS IF WE COULD GET EVERYBODY AND LET'S GET A PICTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
VERY NICE. MISS THELMA WAS DEFINITELY THE ORIGINAL MAYOR VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. THERE'S
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Proclamation House of Hope 40th Anniversary
]NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING IS FOR THE HOUSE OF HOPES 40TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2024. WHEREAS HOUSE OF HOPE IS A COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY FOUNDED IN 1984 THAT EMPOWERS MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS TO OVERCOME HUNGER AND HARDSHIP. AND WHEREAS HOUSE OF HOPE PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR BASIC NEEDS, INCLUDING FOOD, CLOTHING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS LIFE SKILLS THROUGH PROGRAMS AND CLASSES AND EDUCATION, HEALTH, NUTRITION JOB[00:10:02]
READINESS, THE ARTS AND MORE ALL OF OUR SERVICES AND SUPPORT FROM THEIR FOUR LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT MORNING, MARTIN COUNTY AND STEWART OOPS, SOUND INDIAN TOWN ENGINES AND BEACH ARE ALWAYS AT NO COST TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM. AND WHEREAS IN THE PAST 40 YEARS HOUSE A POPE HAS GROWN FROM A SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS AND A SINGLE SHELTER TO SERVING MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS THROUGH ITS FOUR PANTRIES. THREE ENRICHMENT CENTERS, THREE THRIFT STORES, FIVE GARDENS, A PRODUCE FARM AND A PACKING HOUSE. THROUGH ALL OF ITS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY HOUSE OF HOPE NOW REACHES OVER 8000 PEOPLE EACH MONTH DIRECTLY AS WELL AS ANOTHER 13,000 PEOPLE BY WAY OF ITS FOOD BANK PARTNERS. HOUSE OF POPE ALSO PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE , WORK AND CAREER SUPPORT, AS WELL AS HOUSING SUPPORT. AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF 2024 HOUSE OF HOPE, IS CELEBRATING ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITY, MARTIN COUNTY NOW, THEREFORE, I. SUSAN GIVES THOMAS MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN DO HEREBY CONGRATULATE THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS OF HOUSE OF HOPE UPON THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY. FURTHER THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA COMMENDS HOUSE OF HOPE FOR THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO THOSE MOST IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THIS EVENING, I SEE ROBERT MARY FROM THE HOUSE OF HOPE HERE, SIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS, THIS IS, UM THIS IS ALMIGHTY IMPACT THAT YOU ARE MAKING IN MY END IN MARTIN COUNTY. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION FOR THIS GREAT MILESTONE FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR US TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. THE GROWTH HAS BEEN GREAT, BUT THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN EVEN GREATER. SO MUCH VOLUNTEER SUPPORT AND DONOR SUPPORT ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY FEELS US TO BE ABLE TO DO TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE DO. WE'RE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF OUR GROWTH HERE. AN INDIAN TOWN IN SEPTEMBER WE REOPENED, THE KINDU CENTER KEPT THE NAME TO HONOR THE GREAT WORK OF THE SISTERS BEFORE US THERE, SO IF ANYONE HASN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THERE, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME AND JOIN US FOR A TOUR. WE'VE UPGRADED ALL THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE COMPUTER CLASSES WERE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING LEARNING GARDEN OUTSIDE FOR OUR LITTLE ONES, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING THERE IN THE CENTER, AND I'D ALSO LOVE TO INVITE YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN OUR PRODUCTION FARM RIGHT OUT ON, UH, CITRUSY ON THE CORNER, CITRIX AND 714. THAT'S TRULY A SIGHT TO BEHOLD. WE HAVE OVER 65,000 CUBIC FEET OF GREENHOUSE GROWING SPACE NOW. AND LATER THIS MONTH WILL BREAK GROUND ON ANOTHER GREENHOUSE THAT SHOULD ADD ABOUT ALMOST ANOTHER 30,000 CUBIC FEET. SO THAT'S HIM REALLY HELPING US TO NOT JUST FEED PEOPLE BUT FEED THEM REALLY WELL AND USE FOOD AS AN INSTRUMENT TO IMPACT HEALTH TO HELP PEOPLE OVERCOME THEIR CHALLENGES. ALL OF THAT HAPPENED. REALLY WITH THE SUPPORT AND THE CONFIDENCE, UH, AND THE GOODWILL OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. SO WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR RECOGNIZING US ON THIS GREAT MILESTONE. UM ON A PERSONAL NOTE. I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UM IT'S ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL FOR ME TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON THE SAME NIGHT THAT YOU'RE HONORING THELMA WATERS, UM, TRULY A PERSONAL HERO FOR ME AND SOMEBODY WHO, UM , I WAS SO GRATEFUL FOR HER FRIENDSHIP AND LOVED HER DEARLY, SO I'M PROUD TO BE HERE AND ACCEPTED ON THE SAME EVENING AS THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU WOULD.OKAY? OUR NEXT ITEM. IS PUBLIC COMMENT. AND IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'RE LIMITED
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TO THREE MINUTES EACH WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME CLEARLY. AND SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. FIRST DISMISS LINDEN ECOM. THIS WONDER . WELCOME. GOOD EVENING FOR THE RECORD, LYNDON ICOM. UM. I HAD TO REALLY TOSS MY MIND AROUND AS TO WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, BECAUSE I COULDN'T LET A MEETING GO PAST WITHOUT SAYING SOMETHING. UM. I HAVE. I AM CHALLENGED YOU GUYS TO DO A PUBLIC REPORT CARD. AND A PERSONAL REPORT CARD. AND I'VE GOTTEN NO RESPONSE IS BACK ON THAT. SO I GUESS I'VE GOT A GRADE YOU ALL IT'S NOT GOING TO BE. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE NEEDING IMPROVEMENT, I THINK WAS THE THEY THE TEACHERS PHRASE. UM . WE'VE RECENTLY THIS MONTH, UM, SPENT VILLAGE MONEY GOING. TO INVESTIGATE THE SAID RIN TECHNOLOGY PLANT IN WASHINGTON.OUR AND I, FOR ONE WOULD LIKE SOME COMMENTS BACK ON WHAT YOU SAW WHAT YOU THOUGHT. AH! IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING WRITTEN IN STONE, BUT I LIKE TO KNOW WHERE MY TEXT DOLLARS ARE GOING. AH AND I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE WOULD TO, UH, ALSO JUST TO BE ON THE NOSY SIDE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS DO. IN THE TIME BETWEEN MEETINGS. UM YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S INVESTIGATING A CERTAIN COMMITTEE. UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING LUNCH WITH SOMEBODY I'D LIKE TO KNOW. WHAT WE ARE PAYING YOU FOR ASIDE FROM. SITTING HERE AND GIVING US A QUICK SYNOPSIS AND A VOTE. AND OFF WE GO. UM I'M INTERESTED. UH AND I THINK THE REST OF THE VILLAGE ALSO IS INTERESTED IN KNOWING UM WHAT WE HAVE VOTED FOR WHO WE'VE GOT, UH , APPEARING WHAT'S GETTING DONE? SO THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THE SECOND IS MISS PHYLLIS BROWN.
GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS PHYLLIS WATER'S BROWN. UM, THIS WEEKEND.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT AND MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS. GREAT. YOUR NEIGHBORS FIND NEW NEIGHBORS. UM WHY ALSO DOING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY? WE'RE HAVING OUR FOURTH ANNUAL FILM AWARDS COMMUNITY CLEANUP. THAT WILL BE ON SATURDAY. JANUARY 27TH FROM 730 TO 1130. YOU CAN MEET IT POST PARK. OR OUR THE PARKS AND REC BUILDING IN BROOKLYN PARK, WHICH USED TO BE THE OLD FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO IF YOU CAN MEET THEIR WE'LL GET STARTED AT ABOUT 730. GETTING STARTED MEANS WALKING DOWN THE ROAD PICKING UP PAPER. UM ON SUNDAY SINCE YOU'VE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB ON SATURDAY, COME HANG OUT WITH US AT JAZZ IN THE PARK. WHICH IS A BIG MOUNTAIN PARK. IT WILL BE FROM TWO PM TO FIVE PM IT IS LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. SO BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS, YOUR BLANKETS, WHATEVER YOU LIKE. IF YOU GET A LITTLE MUNCHIE, WE HAVE SOME FOOD VENDORS FOR YOU OR YOU CAN BRING YOUR FOOD WITH YOU. BUT THE VENDORS ARE REALLY, REALLY NICE TO COME OUT AND TRY THEM. AGAIN THAT'S A FAMILY EVENT ON JAZZ IN THE PARK ON SUNDAY. UM 2 TO 5. UM THAT'S THIS SUNDAY AND FAMILY EVENT ALSO FOR CLEANING UP, WE ALL DIRTY IT UP, SO WE'LL CLEAN IT UP. THAT STARTS AT 730 UNTIL 1130 AFTER OUR CLEANUP ON SATURDAY, WE WILL HAVE A BREAKFAST FOR YOU AS WELL. SO AS SOON AS YOU FINISH, YOU WILL RECEIVE A TICKET. WHEN YOU SIGN IN, TAKE THAT TICKET AND GRAB YOU A BREAKFAST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT IS IT FOR NOW. OKAY? TO SEE. OKAY MOVING ALONG. WE HAVE OUR COMMENTS BY OUR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS
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COUNCIL MEMBER TO PAULA. YEAH. UM THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I DID GO TO, SAID RON. I DID PAY MY OWN WAY AND I WILL BE HAVING MEETINGS IN THE COMMUNITIES IN THE DAYS TO COME FOR THE WEEKS TO COME. I HAVE ONE MORE SCHEDULED TRIP TO GO UP NORTH. I GOTTA GO SEE MY GRANDDAUGHTER ONE MORE TIME BEFORE SUMMER GETS HERE. AND AFTER THAT I WILL BE COMING TO INDIAN WOULD WILL BE[00:20:06]
GOING TO BOOKER PARK AND DO AN EVENT WILL BE AT THE CIVIC CENTER DURING THAT, NOT I WILL.BUT THAT BE KNOWN WHEN THOSE DAYS ARE GONNA BE SO WE'LL PROVIDE FOOD AND BEVERAGE FOR US, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST YEAR BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT DONE, AND I THINK A LOT OF US ALL OF US HAVE WORKED HARD GETTING STUFF DONE SO I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT. OTHER THAN THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, EVERYONE THAT HAS SHOWED UP ANYONE THAT'S TUNING IN, UM, AND TO COMMENT IN REGARDS OF THE SAN DRONE. UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT GET AN INVITE. UH MY NEW STAFF WAS GOING I DON'T KNOW. COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD GO. UM AND YOU KNOW, I'M FROM THE GET GO HAVE BEEN VERY CONCENTRATED IN REGARD TO THE WATER. MY IMPORTANCE HAS BEEN WATER AND I ALREADY EVERYONE KNOWS MY ISSUE FROM THE BEGINNING. UM AND I YOU KNOW, I MEET WITH ANYONE THAT WANTS TO ME IF YOU EMAIL ME CALL ME COMMA. YOU KNOW YOU COME AND VISIT ME. I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO SCHOOL ALSO. SO I AM EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE, BUT EVERYONE TRIES TO GET A PIECE OF ME FROM PHONE CALLS. I RESPOND, SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE LUNCH OR GO TO BREAKFAST , I AM WELCOME TO MISS LINDA. SO UM AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK STAFF. I RECEIVED THE MEMO. I APPRECIATE THE MEMO BECAUSE THEY WERE IN REALITY, IT IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD TO SEE INFORMATION COMING IN IN REGARDS OF WHAT IS TO COME INTO INDIAN TOWN. UM, AND FOR ME. IT'S SO IMPORTANT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR WATER. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR. OUR WHOLE CITY COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS. SO, UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR PEREZ. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I WANT TO THANK OUR VILLAGE EMPLOYEES AND OUR VILLAGE MANAGER FOR COMING TO HELP OUT AT THE PARKING MARKET.
WHICH IS EVERY FRIDAY. WE GIVE OUT. THEY BRING US FRESH VEGGIES LAST WEEK, THEY BROUGHT US YOGURT, MILK, LOTS OF CUCUMBERS AND CABBAGE. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND FOR THE TEAM WORK DAY, AND IT GETS WE GET IT DONE. AND ALSO WANNA, UM, TERRY, AND I WANT TO KNOW IF WE CAN HAVE A PRESENTATION YOU KNOW WITH WE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE HAD THE SEVERE WEATHER. YOU KNOW, BAD WEATHER ON THE COAST AND SOME OF THE SOME OF THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE CELL PHONES LIKE MY DAD. YOU KNOW WHAT? HOW CAN WE INVEST INTO AN EMERGENCY ALARM SYSTEM? WE'RE GOOD. OKAY.
THANK YOU. WELCOME EVERYONE. APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE. UM. I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO.
MAKE THE PUBLIC IN THIS COUNCIL AWARE THAT THIS MORNING I FILED WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS TO RUN FOR THE DISTRICT THREE MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION SEAT THE CURRENT HOLDER OF THAT SEAT IS COMMISSIONER HAROLD JENKINS, WHO HAS BEEN A GOOD FRIEND OF INDIAN TOWN. HE AND I HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION AND ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, WE ARE GOOD AND AN AGREEMENT THAT WHEN EITHER OF US RUN WE DO SO BECAUSE OF OUR COMMITMENT AND DESIRE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF MARTIN COUNTY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE FRIENDS AND MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES. THAT SAME GRADUATING CLASS, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT YEAR THAT THAT WAS. MY CURRENT SEAT ON THIS VILLAGE COUNCIL WILL NOT BE AFFECTED UNTIL NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
ALSO YOU KNOW TALKING ABOUT, UM WHY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? PEOPLE CALL THEMSELVES TIMES, DAY AND NIGHT AND I HAD A VERY CONCERNED CITIZEN. CONTACT ME. CALL ME. AND BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. AH! THAT THERE IS, UM PARVOVIRUS. WHICH IS VERY SERIOUS THAT AFFECTS DOGS, AND IT IS APPARENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY. UM AND IT'S IN MANY CASES, IT'S FATAL. AND SHE LOST HER PUPPY.
THIS WEEK. TWO PARVO. AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO URGE ALL THE PANTS, PET OWNERS TO MAKE SURE
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THAT YOUR PETS ARE VACCINATED. ARE KEPT UP TO DATE. KEEP YOUR PETS AND YOUR OWN YARD AND TRY AVOID, UM I GUESS INTERACTION WITH DOGS THAT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW OR AREN'T VACCINATED. TO AVOID CONTRACTING THIS THIS VIRUS. AND IN THE HISTORY OF MY HAVING DOGS. I'VE LOST A COUPLE TO PARVO. SO IT IS A VERY SERIOUS THING. AND LASTLY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO MAKE A TRIP TO TALLAHASSEE ALONG WITH THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO MEET WITH OUR SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVES AND ADVOCATE FOR INDIAN TOWN. AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS BEEN VERY IMPACTFUL IN INDIAN TOWN IN FUNDING INDIAN TOWNS NEEDS IN OUR SHORT TIME AND EXISTENCE AND WE NEED TO KEEP INDIAN TOWNS NEED NOW TO THOSE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO ADVOCATING FOR THAT IS A NECESSITY. ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? JUST SAYING NONE COMMENTS BY OUR VILLAGE MANAGER. OKAY DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? MOTION MOTION HAS BEEN[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]
MADE. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND? SECOND. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY[CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. A SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. HAVE TO REMEMBER TO DO THAT. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS NO, MA'AM. ALL IN FAVOR. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ONTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER[4.
RESOLUTION NO. XXX-2023: A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING FOR CREATION AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD, TERMS OF BOARD MEMBERS, MEETINGS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD, ABSENCES AND VACANCIES, AND STAFF TO THE BOARD; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
]FOUR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THIS ITEM IS A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL, THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDING FOR CREATION AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD TERMS OF BOARD MEMBERS, MEETINGS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD ABSENCES AND VACANCIES AND STAFF TO THE BOARD AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND INEFFECTIVE DATE. AND I APPLES. LEAVE. DEBBIE IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THIS ITEM. YES AND THIS COUNCIL AS YOU REMEMBER , HAD BROUGHT THIS UP PREVIOUSLY. UM WE HAD PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. WE HAD TAKEN IT OFF WAITING FOR THE MASTER PLAN. UM THE PARK AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED. AND THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN GIVEN A PRESENTATION ON THAT PLAN BY THAT CONSULTANT. AND SO PART OF THE FOLLOW UP ON THAT WAS THAT THE COUNCIL WANTED TO DISCUSS HAVING APART FROM RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. ONCE THAT PLAN HAD BEEN ADOPTED AND ALL THAT, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS RUSSO SO THAT SHE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNCIL ON THAT AND HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED? GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL.DEBBIE RESOURCE PARKS DIRECTOR. SO BACK IN JUNE, WE TALKED ABOUT STARTING A PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO HAVE THIS BOARD IN PLACE. WE PUT IT OFF UNTIL WE HAD THE MASTER PLAN. UM SO WE HAD SOMETHING FOR THEM TO WORK WITH, WHICH IS WHERE WE COME TO. NOW. YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE PRESENTATION. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE MANY PROJECTS THAT NEED TO GO ON IN OUR PARKS. AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR THEM. UM SO WE NEED A PLAN IN PLACE TO PUT THOSE PROJECTS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET FUNDING GRANTS. WE CAN APPLY FOR ANOTHER WAYS TO BRING THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD. UM, THE MASTER PLAN TELLS US WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. IT SHOWS US WHERE THEIR NEEDS ARE, WHERE WE EXPECT TO GROW WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE COMING IN THE FUTURE. AND NOW IT'S THAT YOU KNOW THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD. IF YOU GUYS WANT AN ADVISORY BOARD TO COME TOGETHER TO HELP DETERMINE WHERE WE GO FROM HERE, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY.
COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. YES SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AS FAR AS THE ADVISOR AND BOARD.
BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. AND NOT ONLY THAT YOU GET FREE HELP, SO WHY NOT? SO DEFINITELY I'M ALL FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES THANK YOU.
I CONCUR WITH, UH COUNCIL MEMBER STONE, BUT I HAD A QUESTION IT SAYS THE TERM OF OFFICE WHEN THE OFFICER SHALL BE ONE YEAR. WOULD THAT BE ALSO RENEWABLE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T STATE THAT I BELIEVE WE HAD IT. SO IT WAS RUNNING CONCURRENT WITH YOUR. GOT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SECTION
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FIVE ON PAGE THREE OF FOUR. IT SAYS. P R A B SHALL BE BY MAJORITY VOTE ELECT FROM ITS MEMBERSHIP, A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AT FIRST REGULAR MEDIA CALENDAR YEAR, DETERMINED OFFICE FOR ANY OFFICER SHALL BE ONE YEAR. COUNCIL MEMBER. I CAN ADDRESS THAT THE THAT'S IN REFERENCE TO OFFICERS OF THE COMMITTEE. SO IN THAT THIS INSTANCE HERE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WOULD BE WOULD BE OFFICES ON THAT COMMITTEE. THE ACTUAL TERM OF THE MEMBERS THEMSELVES.SO YOU'D HAVE FIVE FOLKS WHO WOULD BE ON THERE AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. YOU'D HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S CHAIR SOMEONE WHO'S VICE CHAIR. THAT'S THE OFFICERS IT'S REFERRING TO UP IN SECTION THREE. IT REFERENCES IN THIS TRACKS WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE. CONCERNING THE FIVE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE P C. A. B AND THAT IS THE TERM OF EACH MEMBER RUNS COINCIDENT THAT IT COINCIDES WITH THE TERM OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT APPOINTED THAT INDIVIDUAL, OKAY? AND I REALLY THINK I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN BECAUSE WE FINALLY GOT THIS DONE AND WE CAN GO OUT FOR THAT GRANT MONEY. I WAS READING THE PLAN AND IT WAS SAYING ABOUT ALL THESE GRANTS WE CAN GO LOOK FOR AND I KNOW THAT IN THE IN TOWN HAS A VERY GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE FIT ALL THE CRITERIA. AND THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR. THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN BEGGING US FROM DAY ONE. SO I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT'S TO COME. THANK YOU. VERY ELSE. COUNCIL MEMBERS, APOLLO. WELL I AGREE. WE NEED WE NEED SOME KIND OF ADVISORY BOARD. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY. THAT WE CAN GO DOWN THIS ROAD. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE OUT AND RESEARCHED AND GONE TO DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU DO IS DOING. LOOK AT REPORT. ST LUCY'S DOING LOOK AT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND I WOULD I WOULD RECOMMEND TO HAVE A GROUP OF THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING THIS RESOURCE. TO TRAVEL AND GO TO THESE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SEE WHAT THEIR COSTS ARE SEE WHAT THEIR LOGISTICS ARE. YOU KNOW, AND THEIR PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY CAN COME BACK AND GIVE US THE FACTS. JUST FACTS. PLAIN FACTS. OKAY, THIS IS WHAT THIS PROGRAM THIS IS REPORT ST LUCIE IS DOING THIS IS WHAT IT COSTS TO SEE WHAT IT COST THE FAMILY OF THE KIDS. THIS IS HOW THEY WORK THEIR PROGRAM AND THEN GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE AND BY THE END OF THE DAY OR THE END OF THE MONTH. IF WE GAVE YOU A MONTH TO DO THAT, OKAY, WE'RE FIVE YEARS IN NOW, AND NOTHING'S BEEN DONE.
OKAY IF WE GO DOWN THE SAME ROAD AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE BACK HERE A YEAR OR TWO FROM NOW, AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN. OKAY, SO LET'S GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT BOUND BY SUNSHINE LAW AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS, OKAY? AND LET THEM GO OUT AND SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING AND COME BACK. AND REPORT THE FACTS TO THE GROUP THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. AS A BOARD, OKAY? SO THEN, THAT WAY THEY KNOW AND WE KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SPORTS PROGRAMS. DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT HELICOPTER AVIATION. I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING ABOUT A SPORTS PROGRAM AND IF YOU CAN FIND SOMEBODY IN THIS TOWN THAT KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN TO PUT TOGETHER. A VIABLE. SPORTS PROGRAM. I'LL BUY YOU A STEAK DINNER. BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 33 YEARS WORKING IN THIS TOWN YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IS PUT TOGETHER REPORTS. I'VE BEEN HERE 33 YEARS IN THIS TOWN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER JAMES WHITE. JAMES WHITE WAS MY SERGEANT. HE WAS THE SPORTS PROGRAM. HE WAS THE SHERIFF'S ATHLETIC LEAGUE. HE WAS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH AND FOOTBALL COACH AND BASEBALL COACH, AND I REMEMBER HIM COMING TO WORK AND SAYING, CARMINE, YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL BEING I WOULDN'T.
I KNOW WHERE HE WAS, YOU KNOW, BALLPARK IN THE GYM. YOU KNOW, BUT I KNOW THE CHALLENGES THAT HE WENT THROUGH. AND I REMEMBER I LOVE JAMES WHITE. JAMES WHITE WAS MY MENTOR. OKAY AND I GOT PROMOTED OFF OF HIS SHIFT. AND, UM. IF WE DON'T HAVE A STRUCTURED PROGRAM IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT. BUT HOW DO WE GET THERE? SO IF WE CAN TAKE A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO GO OUT. AND GET THE FACTS AND REPORT THE FACTS. OKAY? THEN I
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THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE OF PUTTING TOGETHER A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM. AND I BELIEVE THAT AN ATHLETIC PROGRAM IS AS IMPORTANT AS CLEAN WATER. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A BIG PART OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT. SO INSTEAD OF MESSING AROUND, LET'S LET'S LET'S GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE. TO GO OUT AND YOU TAKE THEM IN THAT BAND AND YOU TAKE THEM TO DIFFERENT PLACES AND YOU'LL LEARN A LOT AND THEY'LL LEARN WHAT AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND GIVE THE FACTS. AND THEN WE CAN SAY OKAY, LET'S PUT LET'S LET'S PUT A ADVISORY BOARD OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT. BUT AND THEY'RE GOVERNED BY SUNSHINE LAW. OKAY? AND THAT'S GOING TO PROHIBIT THEM FROM? I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE FIVE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO INDIVIDUALLY TO PORT SAINT LUCIE PORT SAINT LUCIE IS GOING TO DO FIVE PRESENTATIONS FOR FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE. NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT. NO. SO THAT'S MY FEELING ON IT. AND HOPEFULLY I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED DISCUSSIONS MONTHS AGO. EVERYBODY WAS IN AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND THEN WE DISCUSSED IT AGAIN. AND IT'S LIKE IT WAS NEVER DISCUSSED. SO I DON'T KNOW. SO VICE MAYOR ARREST. IT'S SOMEONE WHO RUNS SOCCER PROGRAM OUT HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. I AGREE WITH CARMINE. WE NEED A TASK FORCE THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND IT'S GOING TO DO THE HOMEWORK. YOU KNOW, COMPARE, YOU KNOW THE PREDATORS. J. T A. WHAT PORTRAY LUCY HAS TO OFFER. YOU KNOW, IT'S WE GOT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT IF WE'RE BOUND BY SUNSHINE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES AND I WANTED TO THANK UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE BEEN IN THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE, AND IT'S JUST YOU KNOW? I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO DO PROTOCOL, BUT I THINK HIS IDEA WITH GOING OUT THERE AND DOING THE HOMEWORK BEFORE THIS GETS SET UP. UM IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA.UM BUT WE GOT TO THE DISCUSSION. WE BROUGHT IT TO THE TABLE AND THEN WE HAD SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO POINT ANYONE SO WE GO BACK TO GROUND ZERO. SO I FEEL THAT IT'S JUST LIKE A BROKEN RECORD. WE KEEP ON STATING THE SAME THINGS. UM IN REGARDS OF THAT. I DO THINK THAT IF WE I UNDERSTAND CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AN IDEA. YOU KNOW WHAT PROGRAMS ARE , BUT I THINK THAT IT'S TIME TO GET YOU KNOW OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS DECISION.
BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU HAVE YOU TALKED TO ME ABOUT SPORTS? I SOMEWHAT KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. MANAGING PROBABLY, I DO BECAUSE I CAN MANAGE. IF I MANAGE OFFICE, I THINK IF YOU CAN MANAGE AH, UH, PROGRAM, BUT, UM, I FEEL THAT HAVING PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD THE EXPERTISE AND FINDING THOSE PEOPLE IF EACH COUNCIL MEMBER DOES THAT UM, WHICH I ALREADY HAD MY PERSON THAT WAS GOING TO A POINT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO THAT POINT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POINT WHEN THERE'S NO NO, UM YEAH, THERE WAS NO POINT OF APPOINTING SOMEONE WHEN THERE WAS ONLY TWO PEOPLE TO SIT ON THAT BOARD HARD THREE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. YEAH. SO. I GUESS I OPPOSE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS REALLY UNDERSTAND THE SUNSHINE LAW. UM WELL, YOU GUYS DON'T REALIZE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING INTO THE WHOLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THAT CRAZY STUFF, RIGHT? WE AS A COUNCIL WENT WITH THE VILLAGE MANAGER. AND IT WAS AN ADVERTISE. SITUATION. AND WE COULD DO THE SAME THING WE APPOINT THEM. ADVISORY BOARD. AND THEN WE HAVE ADVERTISED IT WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN JOIN US. THEY COULD JUMP ON THE BUS AND THEY COULD GO AND YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. WHY WOULD WE PUT IT OFF AGAIN? WE JUST WE ARE SAYING YOU DON'T WANT TO DELAY BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. LET'S PUT THIS BOARD TOGETHER. PUT THEM TO WORK. LET THEM GO AND OBSERVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THEN COME BACK TO US AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT JUPITER DOES. THIS IS WHAT FORTUNATE LUCY DOES. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF PUTTING AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TOGETHER. WHY WOULD WE GET THREE PEOPLE AND THROW THEM IN THERE WHEN WE ALREADY COULD JUST PUT THAT BOARD TOGETHER AND PUT THEM TO WORK. WORKING BACKWARDS.
COUNCIL MEMBER DIPAULA. WELL I THINK YOUR ANSWER TO THAT AND WAIT CAN CORRECT ME. IF I'M
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WRONG IS ONCE YOU PUT ABOARD TOGETHER, THEY'RE GOVERNED BY SUNSHINE SO THEY CAN'T GO JUST LIKE WE CAN ALL GO. YOU KNOW WHEN WE WENT AND TOURED, UM GRIND HARD. WE ALL INDIVIDUALLY WENT AT DIFFERENT TIMES. BECAUSE WE COULDN'T BE TOGETHER IN THE SAME ROOM COULDN'T BE TOGETHER IN THE SAME FACILITY. OKAY SO IF WE PUT ABOARD TOGETHER, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOVERNED BY SUNSHINE. IF WE PUT A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS OKAY TO GO OUT AND DO THE RESEARCH TO COME BACK AND EDUCATE. ARE BOARD OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE. IT CAN BE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE. YOU KNOW TO GO GET THE FACTS AND REPORT THE FACTS TO US. THIS IS WHAT 14 LUCY'S DOING. THIS IS WHAT WHAT JUPITER IS DOING. THIS IS WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE DOING. THIS IS WHAT GARDENS IS DOING AND YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU HAVE A COMBINATION OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY. WELL OKAY, THIS IS NOT JUPITER, JUPITER AND PALM BEACH GARDENS. IT'S NOT JUPITER. IT'S INDIAN TOWN. MAYBE WE CAN TAKE A PIECE OF THIS WILL WORK AND A PIECE OF THIS WILL WORK AND A PIECE OF THAT WILL WORK. YOU KNOW TO START THIS PROGRAM OFF, SO WE HAVE SOMETHING, BUT IF YOU TAKE A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND WE SAY WE ALL PICK SOMEBODY, AND WE GOT FIVE PEOPLE OKAY. THEY CAN'T GO TOGETHER. THEY CAN'T GET IN THE VAN TOGETHER AND GO LOOK AT WHAT JUPITER'S DOING. AM I WRONG? SORRY FOR THE PAUSE. I'M TRYING TO. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER BACK. TO COUNCIL MEMBER STONES. WE DID TWO OF RINSING. YEAH. I KNOW I'M I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE CHARACTER OF THOSE. LET ME GIVE YOU THE BEST. THE BEST ADVICE. I CAN GIVE YOU GOING FORWARD BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW I DON'T LIKE EVALUATING THINGS IN THE PAST, OR WHAT HAVE YOU UM. THE OPTION IS AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE. WE ALL ARE CONTEMPLATING SETTING UP THIS BOARD WITH ALL THESE RECOMMENDING DUTIES AND POWERS AND SO ON. I TOLD YOU BEFORE, AND I'LL MENTION AGAIN THAT I THINK IT IS. AH, A VIABLE ROUTE. FOR THE FIVE OF YOU AS THE FIVE WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY BE APPOINTING TO THAT FORD WHEN IT'S CREATED. YOU COULD CHOOSE FIVE INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE FIVE INDIVIDUALS. THIS THIS COUNCIL COULD SAY YOU'RE A FACT FINDING COMMITTEE FOR RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE THE PARKS AND RECREATION FACT FINDING COMMITTEE. DON'T COME BACK AND GIVE US ANY RECOMMENDATIONS. JUST GO TO THESE PLACES MIGHT GIVE THEM SOME SUGGESTIONS OR SAY WHEREVER DEBBIE RECOMMENDS GO LEARN HOW EVERYTHING WORKS THERE, COLLECT ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. COME BACK AND REPORT TO US. AND THEN THEN THE COUNCIL CAN CREATE A BOARD. AND APPOINT THOSE PEOPLE TO IT. AND AGAIN. I'M. TRYING TO BE IN THE ADVICE GOING FORWARD AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE. WITH ALL THIS. IT'S AN ADVISORY BOARD. BUT STILL SUBJECT TO THE SUNSHINE LAW. ONCE IT'S ALL CREATED AND HAS DUTIES TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, OKAY? BUT. IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO SEND ALL OF THEM OUT TO MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, FAR FLUNG AND SO ON.AH, UM SAFE ROUTE WOULD BE DO IT. AS A FACT FINDING COMMITTEE PRIOR TO DOING IT. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS IN THE DISCUSSION IN HERE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A DISCUSSION DO ONE AND NOT THE OTHER. IT'S BASICALLY DO ONE, THEN THE OTHER IT IS ALL IT IS. UM. AND AGAIN I MAY BE BEING OVERLY CAUTIOUS ON THE SUNSHINE LAW. THERE'S SOME THINGS I'M LESS CAUTIOUS ABOUT.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP ANY DECISIONS. THEY AND THEN EVENTUALLY YOU ALL ARE GOING TO MAKE, OW ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR SO IT IS. WE PASSED THIS TODAY. SUNSHINE STARTS AS OF TODAY. DON'T HAVE A BOARD. YEAH. BECAUSE WE'RE ESTABLISHING YOUR IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE WHEN IT WOULD BE WHEN PEOPLE ARE APPOINTED TO IT SO WE CAN ESTABLISHED THIS TODAY AND CONTINUE SO THAT STAFF CAN START DOING THE WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE AND THEN MEANWHILE, WE CAN FIND OUR FIVE PEOPLE AND THEY CAN DO THE FACT FINDING AND THEN COME BACK SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DELAY THIS BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT AND WE TALKED ABOUT
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THIS A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND WE'RE BACK AT SQUARE ONE WHERE WE COULD HAVE DONE IT AGES AGO, BUT WE DIDN'T DO IT. AND NOW THE MASTER PLAN IS ALREADY DONE, AND THERE'S NO POINT OF DELAYING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS ADVISORY BOARD. I CAN MAKE A SEAT ON A MINUTE. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. SO HERE'S A SUGGESTION TO THE BOARD. LET'S GO AHEAD VOTE ON THIS. THAT WE START FINDING WHOEVER WE WANT TO POINT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND EACH OF US PICKED ONE CITY. AND WHOEVER WE APPOINT THAT APPOINTEE WOULD GO TO THAT CITY AND DO THAT RESEARCH ON THAT CITY AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. SO THAT WAY NOW YOU HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES FROM FIVE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS. AND WE PICK AND WHATEVER PIECES WE WANT TO PUT TOGETHER AND GO FROM THERE. TO PUT THIS OFF. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. OKAY, UM. AND I'M LISTENING TO EVERYBODY, AND I THINK EVERYBODY IS IN THE SAME ROOM. IT'S JUST TRYING TO FIND THAT THAT LIFT THE FOG AND FIND THAT MEETING POINT. AND I THINK WHAT. MR VOSER, OUR ATTORNEY LAID OUT MAYBE A STEP ONE AND MOVING ON TO A STEP TO THE STEP ONE IS A FACT FINDING COMMITTEE. THAT IS NOT UNDER UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS IS NOT UNDER SUNSHINE, SUNSHINE ABLE TO GO OUT AND ABLE TO GET THE FACTS. OF THAT WHAT WAS SUGGESTED THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW? AND I'M SURE EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL IS VERY WELL AWARE. THAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY VIGOROUS SCHEDULE. OF LOOKING. AND IN INDIAN TOWN, THERE'S JUST A CERTAIN POOL OF VOLUNTEERS. YOU HAVE CERTAIN, UM AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT SEEM TO VOLUNTEER FOR EVERYTHING. SO. IT IS FOR ME ANYWAY. IT IS HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT HAS OPEN TIME, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE KIDS. YOU KNOW THAT THAT YOU KNOW YOU WANT THEM TO BE INVOLVED? BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW FOR THE KIDS AND KIDS PROGRAMS, AND IT'S HARD TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO FREE UP THE TIME IN ORDER TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK THE FACT FINDING COMMITTEE A STEP ONE GET PEOPLE ON THAT. THEY DO THE FACT FINDING GET YOUR FACTS BEFORE US AND THEN, AS MR VOS SAID, ROLL THAT INTO. CREATING YOUR ADVISORY BOARD AT THAT TIME WITH THOSE SAME PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOUND OUT THOSE FACTS, SO YOU'RE NOT EXACTLY DID LAY IN IT. YOU'RE YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD. WITH IT, BUT JUST IN A DIFFERENT STEP IN ORDER TO MAKE IT MORE, UM LEGAL WAS TO GET YOU IN TROUBLE. LET'S GET YOU IN TROUBLE. YEAH KIND OF KIND OF A THING, AND I WOULD FOR ME AND TRYING TO FIND, UM PEOPLE WILLING, I WOULD LIKE TO IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WHICH I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FOR MY APPOINTEE. I AM GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE. A VOLUNTEER BECAUSE I GO AND ASK AND ASK, AND THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY THAT'S LISTENING OR SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW TO VOLUNTEER TO CONTACT. LET'S HAVE A CONTACT OF BECAUSE THEY DO THAT WITH DIFFERENT BOARDS. IN DIFFERENT CITIES THAT YOU OKAY, THIS TOURISM BOARD IS SO OPEN. THESE ARE THE PARAMETERS, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER AND THIS IS YOUR YOU KNOW THAT TYPE OF A THING. SO I WOULD UM, LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING THAT HAVE A PASSION BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE OUT HERE IN INDIAN TOWN THAT HAVE A PASSION FOR OUR YOUTH. FOR THE SPORTS. THAT THEY'RE HERE. IT'S JUST GETTING THEM. MAYBE EXPAND THAT POOL OF VOLUNTEERS THAT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND SEEMED TO ALWAYS PULL FROM. SO YES, COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MR ATTORNEY. SO WE CAN DELAY THE APPOINTMENT OF THE AH MEMBERS. BUT WE CAN ESTABLISH SET UP OUR AND WE CAN STILL HAVE THE FACT FINDING GROUP.ESTABLISHING IT. AH, I THINK YOU COULD SO LONG AS YOU'RE CLEAR WHEN IT COMES TIME. RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING IS POINTING FOLKS TO A FACT FINDING COMMITTEE. NOT TO THAT BOARD YOU'VE SET UP YEAH. LOOK AT THAT LATER. OKAY? BUT IT CAN BE IT CAN BE ESTABLISHED AND JUST
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NOBODY APPOINTED TO IT. COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO AND SO. IF WE APPOINT SOMEBODY TO THE FACT FINDING MISSION, RIGHT? ONE SETBACK. FINDING MISSION IS OVER , AND WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON IT AND WE DECIDE. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ROLL ON THIS RESOLUTION, OKAY? AND CREATE CREATE A COMMITTEE. OUR ADVISORY BOARD OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT. UH CAN THOSE PEOPLE BE PART OF THAT BOARD? THEY CAN. AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING I THINK I HEARD IN IN AH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS THERE. I THINK SHE WAS SUGGESTING APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT. I DON'T THINK APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT THROWS A WRENCH IN THE WORKS OF THE IDEA OF POINTING FIVE PEOPLE TO A FACT FINDING COMMITTEE TO GO OUT AND DO THIS STUFF. FIRST YOU CAN DO BOTH WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL THAT THERE BE A DECISION. AND THE CLEAR DECISION WE CAN PUT DOWN THE MINUTES AND THEN REMIND EVERYBODY LATER THAT, UM, THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO COME BACK WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL FOR THIS FACT FINDING COMMITTEE. AND THAT WILL GET YOU ALL IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY TO GET TO THE NEXT STEP. IN WHAT I'M HEARING. OKAY SO WE'RE VOTING ON THIS NOW AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO AGREE TO HAVE A FACT FINDING MISSION. AH! DELEGATION. SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION. TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A FACT FINDING COMMITTEE.AS THIS STEP ONE. MOTION. EMOTION. HAS BEEN MADE. AND THIS FACT FINDING COMMITTEE WOULD BE FIVE PEOPLE. CORRECT. WELL I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE FIVE PEOPLE. I THINK IT COULD BE FOUR PEOPLE AND MRS RICCIO'S THERE, OKAY? OKAY SO ARE WE GOING TO DO A DATE? CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE THE NAMES IN OF PEOPLE. THAT ARE WILLING IF WE IF WE WANT TO VOLUNTEER, OLD SOMEBODY, OR, UM YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY VOLUNTEER OR YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKE WITH SOMEONE THAT IS WILLING TO ACT IN THAT CAPACITY ON A FACT FINDING COMMITTEE SO BY NEXT MEETING OKAY, OKAY.
OKAY, SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YES, MA'AM. ARE WE DOING THE FACT FINDING FIRST, AND WE'RE NOT ESTABLISHING TODAY OR WE ARE ESTABLISHING AND DOING THE FACT FINDING ALSO. BECAUSE WE CAN DO BOTH AS MR VILLAGE ATTORNEY AT THAT. WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST, MR BOSE? I THINK THAT I THINK THAT ACTUALLY JUST MAY HAVE BEEN A QUESTION TO YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TOPOLOGY TO SEE. ARE YOU OKAY WITH DOING BOTH? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ONE INTERFERES. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. IF YOU DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, I'M JUST JUST I'M JUST WANT TO STAY AS FAR AWAY AS SUNSHINE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. SO I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO COME BACK AND SAY WELL. YEAH. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, APOLLO YOUR MOTION. NOW STATES. THAT WE ARE ESTABLISHING. A ADVICE COMMITTEE . FACT FINDING COMMITTEE HANDLE IT IN TWO MOTIONS. OKAY DO THE FACT FINDING COMMITTEE FIRST APPROVED THE RESOLUTION. SECOND, IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY, OKAY? OKAY SO WE HAVE EMOTION ON A FACT FINDING COMMITTEE. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND? OKAY, THERE'S EMOTION. BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO PAULO, A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? YES, SIR. THE FIRST IS MR ROSENDO PACHECO.
HI PACHECO GOT THREW A CURVEBALL AT ME BECAUSE YOU ALL VOTED. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO COME HERE AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE HER CONVINCE YOU HOW TO VOTE, BUT YOU'LL WANT TO HEAR WHICH IS MAKING MY JOB A LITTLE BIT EASIER. WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET, BUT YOU'RE ABOUT TO VOTE USE GUYS. THERE'S NO, WE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND THAT'S LONG ENOUGH. WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING ESTABLISHED NOW. WE'RE NOT GONNA WAIT. WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IF THEY DON'T WORK.
THEY DON'T WORK, BUT AT LEAST WE GET A HEAD START ON IT. UM AT FIRST THIS WHEN WE WAS VOTING FOR THIS AND EVERYTHING, LET ME GIVE YOU A REFRESHER. IT WAS, LET'S LET'S DO IT FOR THE CASES.
MARIN COUNTY'S ABANDONED BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL OF THIS. THEN WE WANTED TO GET THE WATER WHICH IS GREAT. WE DID A LOT OF STUFF IN THE TOWN NOW LIFT. THE ORIGINAL STUFF. DO
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SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS. EVERYBODY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A LOT OF STUFF, UM, FOR THE TOWN. NOW, LET'S ESTABLISH SOMETHING. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. WE HAD BAD WEATHER. DOING CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS AFTER SCHOOL. THE OTHER SCHOOLS. THEY WERE ABLE TO PRACTICE BASKETBALL BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEIR PRINCIPLES COACHES USED THE GYM.OUR PRINCIPAL, NOT BLAMING NO ONE. WHATEVER THEIR PROTOCOL, WHATEVER IT IS, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO USE THE GENOME, SO THE COACHES WEREN'T ABLE TO TAKE THE KIDS OUTSIDE PRACTICE. WE COME BACK. THE GIRLS CAN'T BE 43 TO 143 TO 139 TO 9. BECAUSE EVERYBODY WE STAYED THE SAME.
AND EVERYBODY ELSE GOT BETTER. AND I FEEL WE HAVE SOMEWHERE WHERE PARENTS OR ANYBODY COULD GO SPORTS COMMITTEE THEY COULD FIND OUT THINGS LIKE US AS PARENTS OR UNCLES WERE JUST ONE PERSON, BUT WE HAVE THE TOWN BEHIND US AND THE TOWN IS DOING SOMETHING RESEARCH FOR US. MAYBE WE COULD GET THE GYM AND HAVE OUR KIDS NOT BE AT A DISADVANTAGE. AND THAT'S THE REPORT THAT I'M SAYING IT'S BEEN FOREVER. AND I DON'T KNOW. CARMINE STEEL IS GOING TO GIVE ME MY STATE DINNER. BECAUSE, UM WE ESTABLISHED A COMMITTEE. UH INDIAN TOWN. I FORGOT THE NAME OF IT WHEN THIS WAS GOING FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE TOWN WANTED TO GO THEIR WAY AND THEY LET US GO OUR WAY AND WE NEVER GOT TOGETHER. SO THE PERSON I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH SCOTT WATSON.
HE HELPED US OUT COMBINED. WHO HAS SOCCER HEAD BASKETBALL HEAD, DIFFERENT SPORTS. BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON THERE WAS THIS. WE COULD LET POLITICS GET INVOLVED. SO NOW SO AND SO IS NOT GOOD SO AND SO IT'S NOT GREAT. SO AND SO ONCE THIS THAT'S OVER WITH BUT I DO KNOW THE PERSON HE MIGHT NOT WANT TO COME BACK AND HELP US. I DON'T KNOW I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HIM, BUT WE DID START COMMISSION HERE FOR WHATEVER REASON. THE COUNCIL HAD THEIR OWN THE OTHER THINGS TO GO. SO THAT WAS PUSHED ASIDE. NOW LET'S PUSH IT BACK IN. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS BARBARA CLOUD IS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. AND BARBARA CLAD ISSE.
AND THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO. FOR YOUR ARM TO RADIATION THAT IT'S PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. ALL OF US WHO ARE PART OF THE INCORPORATION. REMEMBER HOW IMPORTANT USE SPORTS WAS I MEAN IT. WE HAD JOBS WE HAD HOUSING AND WE HAD USE PORTS, ALL NECK AND NECK AS FAR AS PRIORITIES HARD TO BELIEVE THAT OUR INC WAS SO FAR OFF. UH LONG AGO, BUT WE'RE AND WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT USE SPORTS. SO I APPRECIATE YEAR ANALOGY THAT IT'S PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE HEART. IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOU DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF TO THE SAME VOLUNTEERS WHO VOLUNTEER FOR EVERYTHING. YOUR TASK. FINDING SHOULD BE PEOPLE WITH SOME EXPERTISE. SOMEBODY WHO HAS SOME EXPERIENCE SOMEWHERE. MAYBE SOMEONE I MEAN, I THINK OF, UM ALBIE SCOGGINS THEN OKAY. TOBY AND I WE HAVE A TERRIFIC WE'RE LUCKY WE HAVE A TERRIFIC PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR HERE. BUT SOMETIMES. THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, THEN YOU WOULD NORMALLY HAVE THAT'S A COMMUNICATION LEVEL THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY. HAVE ACCESS TO PUTTING THEM ON A COMMITTEE IS GREAT. HAVING SOMEBODY LIKE GROW, WHO HAS FACED THE INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS OF BEING A COACH AND HIS PARTICULAR SPORT, TRYING TO GET IT GOING TRYING TO GET IT GOING. IT'S ALSO THAT'S EXPERTISE BECAUSE IT'S A POINT OF VIEW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SO DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF, I WOULD SUGGEST TO VILLAGE BOUNDARIES. VILLAGE RESIDENT JUST PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
TYPICAL VOLUNTEERS LOOK FOR EXPERTISE IN SOME KIND OF CATEGORY SOMEWHERE SO THAT YOU CAN GET A WELL ROUNDED TASK FORCE TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T KNOW IS OUT THERE.
TO CREATE THE ABSOLUTELY BEST YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM NOT ONLY IN SOUTH FLORIDA BUT MAKE IT THE BEST IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THAT'S INDIAN TOWN. INDIAN TOWN HAS PUT ITSELF UP THERE WITH SO MANY FIRST WELL, LET'S DO IT WITH OUR USE FORT TOO. THANKS. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT.
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OKAY, SO. THEY MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO SECONDED BY COUNCILOR HERNANDEZ ON EFFECT FINDING COMMITTEE. ALL IN FAVOR. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. NOW MOVING ON TO THAT PART, TWO OF CREATING A. ESTABLISHING A PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. AND MAYOR JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, I WOULD SUGGEST IT WOULD BE ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION . THAT'S BEFORE YOU CREATING THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. OKAY. WE ALREADY HAVE, UM A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. OKAY, SO. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? CONCERNS, COMMENTS ABOUT ADOPTING THE ADVISORY BOARD. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? NO, MA'AM. ALL IN FAVOR. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. WHO? OKAY? OKAY. SO FROM THESE TWO VOTES THAT WE JUST TOOK OUR NEXT MEETING. WE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A FACT FINDING COMMITTEE. AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, OKAY? OK, DOKEY. MOVING ON. AH ITEM NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION HAVING A WORKSHOP ON[5.
Discuss Having a Workshop on Affordable Housing
]AFFORDABLE HOUSING? YES, THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILMAN APOLLO. UM HE'S MENTIONED IT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I DID PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE FROM YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. RELATING TO THE VILLAGE AND WHAT WAS ADOPTED RELATIVE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT'S JUST INFORMATIONAL. BUT I THINK THAT I'LL TURN I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER TO COUNCILMAN APOLLO. SINCE THIS WAS THE ITEM THAT YOU WOULD ASK TO HAVE COME FORWARD.OKAY? WELL. SINCE DAY ONE. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ALL THE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE. THAT HAVEN'T BEEN FULFILLED. AND I REALLY WISH THIS ONE HAD BEEN FULFILLED BECAUSE AS TIME GOES ON, AND EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY THAT WINDOW IS SHUTTING. A LITTLE BIT MORE. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE.
FORTUNATELY I HAVE A GROUP OUT OF PALM BEACH THAT IS ACTUALLY MET WITH THE KAREN AND. WE HAVE DESIGNED THE HOUSE. TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATHROOMS. METAL ROOF IMPACT LASHING DOORS. THAT WE'RE COMING AROUND 100 AND $40,000. NOTHING FANCY. NOTHING BIG. 758 100 SQUARE FEET. WE HAD SOME PROPERTY. WE HAD THE MONEY READY TO BUY IT. AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED. IT WAS BOUGHT OUT FROM UNDER US. AND I AM HAVING A PROBLEM FINDING LAND. TO PUT THESE HOUSES ON. TO KEEP IT AFFORDABLE. SO. I WISH WE WERE FOUR YEARS IN THE REAR BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROMISE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN KEPT. SO NOW WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT WAYS. UM.
YEAH, I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH PRIVATE SECTOR. EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN DOING IS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR. AND I'M DEALING WITH THE PRETTY BIG COMPANY. AND IF I CAN GET THEM TO COMMIT TO COMMENT TO INDIAN TOWN I THINK WE CAN GET SOME LAND FROM THEM. AND THAT WOULD FACILITATE THIS. AFFORDABLE, OBTAINABLE HOUSING. I ALSO HAD CREDIT COUNSELORS. MORTGAGE COMPANY. HAD THE WHOLE I HAVE THE WHOLE THING IN THE PACKAGE. I WAS SO CLOSE. I EVEN STARTED TYPING OUT. A PRESS RELEASE. OKAY, THAT'S HOW CLOSE I WAS. SO I NEED HELP FROM THIS COUNCIL.
WE NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET LAND. WHAT AVENUES. WE HAVE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US. BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN INDIAN TOWN BELIEVE IT OR NOT. IT'S GETTING VERY EXPENSIVE. UM, IF I COULD I KNOW THAT. THIS PAST YEAR. THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IN JUNE. HELD A, UM AFFORDABLE HOUSING SYMPOSIUM. AND I WENT TO THAT. AND IN SPEAKING WITH SO THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE.
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THESE THIS IS A UNIVERSAL CONCERN. IT IS. I THINK I HEARD ON THE RADIO TODAY THAT, UM 50% THERE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDING IT A RENTAL HOME. THAT 50% OF THE WORKFORCE CANNOT AFFORD. RENT.AS CRAZY AS IT'S GETTING TO BE. SO I KNOW IN SPEAKING WITH, UM MISS KRYSTA, OUR VILLAGE MANAGER. I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A GROUP COME IN, BECAUSE I THINK I THINK THIS IS FOR ME LOOKING AT THIS AND THINKING ABOUT THIS SINCE THIS CAME UP LIKE A TWO PRONGED APPROACH. BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE IN INDIAN TOWN THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THAT PATH, BUT THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA. SO I THINK THIS WITH, UM THE YOUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS COMING IN US DOING IS THAT IF IT'S QUARTERLY, GET SOMETHING THAT IS ROUTINE, SO EVERYBODY, SO WHEN THEY SEE IT, OH, I MISSED IT. I'LL CATCH IT THE NEXT QUARTER. ON ON, UM YOUR CREDIT SCORE. HOW TO, YOU KNOW, APPLY FOR A LOAN. YOU KNOW WHAT DO YOU NEED ALL THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF, AND LEARN IN ORDER TO FIND UM, WHEN THEY FIND SOMEBODY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. AND THEN TO SPEAK TO, UM FINDING LAND. AND HAVING THESE MODELS AVAILABLE. THE WAY THAT I'VE SEEN IT AND HEARD IT AND SOMETHING JUST THE OTHER DAY WATCHING. WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO IMPACT THAT I THINK IS WITH. RL DRS HOW WE HAVE THINGS BECAUSE WE CAN OFFER INCENTIVES. AND HOW ARE LD? R AND R COM PLAN IS WRITTEN TO OKAY IF A CERTAIN IF I'M TELL ME IF I'M GETTING THIS WRONG, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THAT IF WE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SECTION OFF, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. WE ARE FOR A MORE, UM ATTAINABLE BECAUSE AFFORDABILITY IS JUST RELATIVE TO WHO YOU KNOW TO WHATEVER YOU'RE MAKING. YOU KNOW IT'S ATTAINABLE FOR THE MEDIAN INCOME IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF WE ARE ABLE TO CHANGE OUR LD, RSR, LOOK AT RL DRS AND SEE IF IT ENCOURAGES THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN IF WE ARE ABLE TO INCENTIVIZE THEM. OKAY IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO 1% 5% WHATEVER IT IS, THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO GET A PERK ON THIS END, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE, IF THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT AND DENSITY . IF BUT BUT THAT IS THE WAY I THINK WE CAN IMPACT THAT. SO FOR ME, IT'S WE NEED SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE TO KNOW THE PATH FORWARD TO EDUCATE SO PEOPLE CAN LEARN AND KNOW AND THEN, ON THE OTHER END, GIVE THEM A PRODUCT THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO USE THAT KNOWLEDGE ON COUNCILMAN STONE. YEAH. SO. I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. AND I DEAL WITH A LOT OF DEVELOPERS AND PRIVATE SECTOR PEOPLE. AND YOU GUYS. OUR WAY OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE AND NOT REALIZING IT. THE BEST THING TO DO WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS TO GET SOMEONE INVOLVED LIKE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. WHICH IS A NON FOR PROFIT. HAVE THEM GET SOME LAND DEVELOPED DONATE TO THEM, AND THEN YOU TRY TO HELP WITH THAT SITUATION, TRYING TO GET A PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO SELL A HOUSE FOR $140,000. THAT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. THOSE DAYS ARE LONG GONE. SO YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE? IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN . YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A DEVELOPER TO SELL A HOUSE FOR 140,000. LIKE I SAY, THE BEST THING TO DO IS PARTNER WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. DONATE SOME LAND. AND HAVE THEM BUILD THOSE HOUSES WHERE DON'T WITH VOLUNTEERS. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL A HOUSE FOR THAT MONEY, AND YOU PROBABLY STILL WON'T BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR THAT. THE CHEAPEST HOUSE THAT'S BUILDING RIGHT NOW IN PROBABLY 99% OF FLORIDA IS $300,000. SO YOU GUYS REALLY HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO OKAY? MY DAD WAS A CONTRACTOR USED TO BUILD HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
ACTUALLY, HE WANTED ME TO GO INTO THAT BUSINESS, AND I DON'T LIKE CLIMBING UP THE LADDER. BUT I HAD A HOUSE. THAT'S A FACT. DESIGNED AND READY TO GO FOR $140,000. WHETHER YOU WANT TO
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT. WE HAD PLANS THAT WE WERE GOING TO PUT LETTERS IN THE WATER BILLS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT I AM INTERESTED IN HIS FIRST TIME. HOMEOWNER FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS FROM INDIAN TOWN THAT'S WHO THE PROMISE WAS MADE TO THE SECOND ROUND IS GOING TO BE FOR PEOPLE LIVING INDIAN TOWN. THE THIRD ROUND WAS GOING TO BE OPENED UP TO EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE WAS NOT GOING TO BE $140,000. HOUSES CAN BE QUITE A BIT MORE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT. OKAY? SO THE WAY THE MATHEMATICS FIGURED OUT. AND THE WAY THE LAND WAS LAID OUT AND THE DENSITY ON THAT LAND THAT'S THERE TODAY ON THIS PROCESS SPECIFIC PIECE OF PROPERTY. THE CONTRACTOR WOULD HAVE MADE A LOT OF MONEY. BECAUSE I WAS THERE IN THAT ROOM WITH THOSE NUMBERS.OKAY? AND. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. WE HAD THAT MEETING AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT PROPERTY ON ON MARTIN LUTHER KING. BUT THAT'S WE'RE GONNA BE WHITE 20 HOMES 22 HOUSES. WE NEED MORE THAN THAT. SO WHERE'S THE LAND? THAT'S THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THAT'S THE PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS PROMISE WHEN IT WAS MADE. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN. THEY WHICH I'LL BLAME YOUR LAST LEADER. SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT SINCE DAY ONE. BECAUSE THE PROMISE WAS MADE AND THE PROMISE SHOULD BE KEPT. IF I MAKE YOU PROMISE, I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO KEEP IT AND THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD ON THIS. AND BELIEVE ME, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S. I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING. MAYBE A LITTLE CONTROVERSIAL. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BUILD INDIAN TOWN FROM WITHIN THE INDIAN TOWN. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK OUTSIDE TO COME IN PEOPLE WITH MONEY TO COME IN TO BUILD INDIAN TOWN. IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. AND IF WE SIT AND WAIT FOR THEM TO COME TO US? THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CONTROL WHAT YOU WANT IN THIS VILLAGE. IT'S JUST GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE IF YOU GO OUT AND FIND THE PEOPLE AND YOU BUILD YOU BUILD THE CITY THAT YOU WANT THE VILLAGE THAT YOU WANT AND YOU HAVE CONTROL OF IT. IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE CONTROL OF IT. SO WE NEED TO LOOK OUT. WE NEED TO SEE WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED TO SIT DOWN. AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN BRING PEOPLE IN. AND LIKE, LIKE WE DID WITH OUR WORKSHOP THAT WE DID LAST YEAR. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I SEE IT AS A PROBLEM THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO FULFILL THIS PROMISE. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE AS EVERY DAY GOES BY THE LISTEN. I WANTED TO BUY THE LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SHELL STATION THE DAY THAT WE INCORPORATED CHAMPION OF $300,000. IT'S JUST. THE BEAST. EVERYBODY'S GONNA WANT TO COME HERE AND EVERYBODY THAT OWNS LAND KNOWS THAT. SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY. WHETHER IT'S TO ENTICE A BIG DEVELOPER TO COME IN HERE AND GIVE US YOU KNOW, A COUPLE 100 ACRES. AND THEY DO THAT. YOU KNOW, BOB BEGIN BUILT TESORO. HE GAVE HIM THE FIRE STATION. HE GAVE HIM THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIRE STATION. HE GAVE HIM THE TURNPIKE. ENTRANCE. BECCA ROAD.
HE GAVE HIM ALL THAT AND HE GAVE HIM PARKS. AND GAVE HIM RECREATION THAT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BUILD THIS VILLAGE. UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. IF WE'RE GONNA IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IT AND PROVIDE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE FOR OUR CITIZENS. SO LET'S HAVE A WORKSHOP. THAT WAY. WE CAN DISCUSS THIS. AND MAYBE WE CAN FIND SOME HELP OUT THERE TO GET SOME LAND. THAT'S ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, SO THIS WORKSHOP WILL BE WITH WHO? WITH.
COUNCIL INVESTORS. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AH! WHAT WHAT WOULD THIS CONSISTS OF. COULD THIS BE? YES YES, BECAUSE I'M I'M INTERESTED BECAUSE AS, UH MAYOR THOMAS GIBBS. TOMAS'S STATED YES. UM, YOU KNOW.
INCENTIVES IS ONE WAY THE OTHER WAY IS PARTNERING UP WITH ANY COMMUNITY. UM COMMUNITY PARTNER THAT USUALLY DOES THIS AS. THEIR BEST THEIR BUSINESS, SO BASICALLY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CITIES, UM A LOT OF CITIES PARTNER UP WITH THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT THE
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CITY IS GIVING THE PROPERTY UNFORTUNATELY. WE DIDN'T INHERIT ANY PROPERTY. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO GO GET PROPERTY. THAT WOULD BE AH, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY WE COULD PROBABLY DISCUSS. ADDITIONALLY TO THAT. YES I AGREE WITH YOU. WE CAN TALK TO DEVELOPERS AND TELL THEM HEY, CAN YOU PUT A PORTION OF YOUR OF YOUR HOUSING THAT YOU HAVE.THERE AND WE AND WE GIVE YOU JUST IN THAT ONE SECTION. LET'S JUST SAY THAT ONE LAW OF FIVE ACRES, AND YOU HAVE LET'S JUST SAY THE PERSON HAS 100 ACRES AND 10% OF THAT HE WILL AH! A LOT OF TWO ATTAINABLE HOUSING AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE HIM A SPECIAL INCENTIVE FOR THAT EXTRA SECTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN CAN ATTAIN THOSE, UM HOME, SO IT'S THERE'S VARIOUS THINGS, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR IDEA. I KNOW. UH I HAVE AN IDEA. BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO BUT THIS WORKSHOP B WOULD BE . WOULD IT BE OPEN? WOULD IT BE AN INVITATION? ONLY WHATEVER SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WE WOULD ADVERTISE IN THE BUILDING COMMUNITY AND THE INVESTOR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A WORKSHOP AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT. IT WASN'T A CIVIC CENTER, AND THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAD, UM THAT HAD INTEREST IN ANY IN TOWN, AND I THINK MAYOR GIVES THOMAS WAS THERE. UM BUT I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING HAPPENED AFTER THAT, SO OKAY? THE ANSWER? YEAH. SO. ONE THING I DO KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE. PEOPLE WANT TO HELP. OKAY PEOPLE HAVE THE MEANS THEY WANT TO HELP. THEY ALL WANT TO HELP. I THINK IF WE HAD A WORKSHOP OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THAT'S THAT'S ALL GOOD. BUT IF WE INVITED LIKE IF WE HAD ASKED JOSH FROM THE GARCIA GROUP. ASK GEORGE LINDERMAN. ASKED. ANY OTHER BUILDERS IN ANY OTHER CONTRACTORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING FOR THEM. IF WE GOT TOGETHER WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AROUND US RIGHT NOW AND EXPANDED ON THAT, OKAY, I THINK WE COULD FIND AN ANSWER TO THE PROPERTY. THE ANSWER TO THE HOUSE. I ALREADY HAVE. OKAY, I HAVE THAT. I NEED THE ANSWER TO THE PROPERTY. IF WE CAN FIND THE ANSWER TO THE PROPERTY, THEN I HAVE A COMPANY THAT'S GOING TO COME THAT WILL COME IN AND BUILD THE HOUSES. HE'LL DO IT FOR WHAT THEY WHAT I'M TELLING YOU, THEY'LL DO IT FOR AND, UH HAD WE NOT LOST THAT PROPERTY. WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW WE WOULD BE ISSUING PERMITS. OKAY, BUT, UM. UNFORTUNATELY EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE VALUE OF INDIAN TOWN AND IT'S WORTH A LOT. I MEAN, SHE LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PORT ST LUCIE THERE RIGHT UP TO 609. LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED DOWN SOUTH. IT'S INEVITABLE.
EVERYBODY WANTS IS GONNA WANT TO COME. I WAS IN I WAS IN A CIGAR BAR. AND. I'M SITTING NEXT TO A GUY AND HE HAPPENS TO BE ACCOUNTS COUNCILMAN OR A CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. AND HE KNEW ABOUT INDIAN TOWN. EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT INDIAN TOWN. EVERYBODY'S GONNA WANT TO COME HERE. AND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT COME AND THE MORE PEOPLE LOOK, THE PRICES ARE GOING TO GO UP. I KNOW I WOULD DO THAT. IF I HAD A PIECE OF LAND. YOU WOULD, TOO. GET AS MUCH MONEY AS YOU CAN OUT OF IT. BUT WE MADE A PROMISE. TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN. THAT WE WERE GOING TO PROVIDE THEM. UNAFFORDABLE OBTAINABLE. I DON'T CARE WHAT SEMANTICS YOU USE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO. WE WERE GOING TO PROVIDE THEM HOUSING. AND THE REASONABLE PRICE. I THINK $140,000 A VERY REASONABLE PRICE. SO. I WOULD JUST I WOULD JUST SAY, LET'S JUST FORM A GROUP. LET'S INVITE JOSH. LET'S GET IDEAS FROM THEM. LET'S GET OUR GRANT WRITER IN HERE. MAYBE THERE'S MONEY OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE. SO FOR A WAY. TO FOR US TO EDUCATE OURSELVES ON THIS. I THINK WE NEED TO DEDICATE A DAY LIKE ON A SATURDAY LIKE WE DID LAST TIME. AND JUST GET IN HERE AND FIGURE IT OUT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
YOU KNOW? PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, AND IF THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING, AND THEY SEE THAT WE'RE TRYING, AND WE REALLY WANT TO DO IT, WHETHER WE'RE SUCCESSFUL OR WE'RE NOT AT LEAST WE TRIED TO FILL THAT THAT THAT. UM PROMISE THAT WE MADE BUT I REALLY BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT WE CAN WE JUST GOTTA WORK AT IT. YOU KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN GOING IT ALONE THUS FAR AND I NEED SOME
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HELP. SO WELL, I DON'T. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. WE MAY NEED TO REFINE WHAT'S OUT THERE BECAUSE I LIKE I SAID THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SYMPOSIUM THAT WAS IN JUNE. IT WAS A VERY LARGE EVENT THAT ACTUALLY PULLED, UM A LOT OF SECTORS AND IT COVERED QUITE A FEW TOPICS. I DON'T KNOW. MISS KRISTA IF YOU WERE THERE, MR RANIERI, WERE YOU THERE? THERE WAS. WAS THERE A FOLLOW UP WITH THAT? I MEAN, WERE THEY PLANNING ON IT WAS AT I R S C THERE AT CHEST AIN'T AND IT WAS YOU THERE. OH YEAH. OKAY BUT WERE THEY PLANNING ON A FOLLOW UP TO THAT SYMPOSIUM LIKE DO IT ON EVERY SIX MONTHS OR NOT? CAN REACH OUT TO THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. YEAH IT MIGHT JUST GET THE INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT OF THAT. SUPPOSEDLY UM, ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A QUARTERLY, UM, WORKSHOP. HELD FOR RESIDENTS THAT GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION THEY NEED AND THE EDUCATION THEY NEED TO LEARN. HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AND PURCHASING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S NOT NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT IT'S. IT'S A PRECURSOR. TO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHATEVER ELSE HAS PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, UM HELP. PEOPLE GET A HOME. THEY'VE GOT TO KNOW THESE THINGS BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO STEP THROUGH THAT DOOR. AND THEN ALSO, UM I THINK A REVIEW OF RL DRS TO SEE IF THERE WE HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR LD R. S THAT INCENTIVIZES OR MAKES IT MORE ATTRACTIVE. FOR A DEVELOPER COMING IN. THAT HAS SOME SIZE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE VERY WEAK. I FOUND ONE REFERENCE AND THAT WAS IT SO OKAY, THERE'S RIGHT NOW FOR AFFIRMATIVE, DISCREET INCENTIVES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ONLY IN ONE OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS, OKAY, IT'S IN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LEAST DENSE, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS THAT YOU HAVE. MOST OF THE ZONING IN IN DOWNTOWN INDIAN TOWN HERE IS VERY DENSE, ALLOWABLE IN ANY EVENT, SO THE IDEA WAS IN THAT ONE, WHICH IS LESS DENSE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO MAKE IT MORE DENSE BUT ONLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF THINGS YOU CAN DO, BUT IT'S ONLY ONE AND ONLY IN ONE ZONING CATEGORY, OKAY? SO I THINK I THINK LOOKING AT THAT TOO. YES, SIR. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE DENSITY? AND THERE WAS ROOM FOR MORE. HOLMES. SO IF WE WERE IF THEY WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY YOU KNOW THEY WILL BE COMING IN TO TRY AND INCREASE THE DENSITY. THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THEIR MONEY, RIGHT? OKAY BUT I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS A COUNCIL. BUT I THINK THAT THAT.I JUST THINK THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A WORKSHOP AND YOU KNOW, INVITE GARCIA GROUP JOSH AND.
AND BY GEORGE AND I'M SURE THEY WILL BE WILLING TO HELP US. WITH WHATEVER WE NEED. AH YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE GOT OTHER PEOPLE TO THAT THAT YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT INDIAN TOWN AND I'M SURE WE CAN GET SOME LAND FROM THEM. BYE. OKAY? NO BUT WE NEED TO BE. WE ALL NEED ONTO. WE ALL NEED TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE ON ITSELF COULD HAVE A WORKSHOP. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT AS I'M SURE THE PUBLIC WOULD I KNOW THAT. THIS IS YOUR PSA DISCUSSION ITEM AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY KIND OF MOTION, BUT I KNOW THERE IS ALSO A COMMENT CARD THAT HAS BEEN, UM SUBMITTED. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS? COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FIRST STORE. DO WE HAVE? COUNCILMAN STONE. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY LET'S PUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE TOGETHER FIRST, BEFORE WE DECIDE TO DO THIS WORKSHOP. AND THEN WE KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND TO THE WORKSHOP.
AND THEN WE COULD PUT A FIRE TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FINANCIAL INSTITUTE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DEVELOPER WHOEVER OR WHATEVER TYPE OF GROUPS WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER. LET'S LET'S GET THE PEOPLE TOGETHER. FIRST AGREEING THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THIS WORKSHOP. THEN WE PUT A WORKSHOP TOGETHER. I THINK THAT'S A PART OF THE PROCESS. UM MR RANIERI. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD, ROBERT AREA WOULD SEEK
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CEO FOR HOUSE OF HOPE. SO UM, HOW'S THE TWO THINGS I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT? HOPEFULLY CAN DO IT FAST. UM ONE IS HOUSE OF HOPE HAS A HOUSING COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN MEETING FOR ABOUT THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS OR SO, WORKING ON A COUPLE OF FRONTS. UM WE DELIBERATELY CREATED A COMMITTEE THROUGH HOUSE OF HOPE, RATHER THAN BECOME A PART OF THE COUNTY'S, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY SO WE COULD WORK OUTSIDE OF THE SUNSHINE. IT'S A DIVERSE GROUP OF BUILDERS PLANNERS. OTHER NONPROFITS BESIDES HOUSE OF HOPE OF SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS. SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OBSTACLES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. USE OF TINY HOMES, CONTAINER HOMES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL OUTSIDE OF THIS, UM, THAT I THINK MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL, INCLUDING WAYS TO SORT OF EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND POTENTIALLY INCENTIVIZED THE PUBLIC TO CREATE LIKE GARAGE APARTMENTS OR USE A TINY HOME OR THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT WOULD CREATE TRULY AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM MOST. UM THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS SEPARATE FROM HOUSE OF HOPE. I'M PART OF A NEWLY FARMED GROUP. WE ARE INCORPORATED IN FLORIDA. NOW IT'S THE MARTIN COUNTY COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. WE ARE WAITING FOR ON OUR 501 C THREE STATUS FROM THE FEDS IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LAND TRUST MODEL, BASICALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO THE 501 C THREE HAS THE LAND TRUST WOULD OWN LAND. UM INDIVIDUALS COULD BUILD HOUSES ON THAT LAND WITH A 99 YEAR, VIRTUALLY FREE LEASE FOR THE LAND, SO IT TAKES A HUGE COST OUT OF THE EQUATION. SO IT MAKES A HOMEOWNERSHIP. UM MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE THAT IT WOULD NORMALLY BE OUT OF REACH FOR. THIS MODEL IS RUNNING SUCCESSFULLY ALL OVER FLORIDA.UM AND SO WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO DUPLICATE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE WORKED WELL IN OTHER AREAS AS A 501 C THREE. WE COULD'VE KEPT CASH DONATIONS, LAND DONATIONS. WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY WHO OWNED PARCELS OF LAND ALL OVER THE COUNTY THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR SMALL THINGS LIKE THIS, UM, INCLUDING. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOME PARCELS IN INDIAN TOWN. UM SO THAT'S A GREAT AVENUE TO CREATE A PROCESS THAT NORMALLY AGAIN, PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE THAT ACCESS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP. UM SO WE'RE LOOKING. WE'RE DEEP INTO THAT AGAIN. JUST WAITING ON OUR 501 C THREE STATUS, SO BE HAPPY TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE ABOUT THAT AS WELL. IF YOU'RE GONNA CREATE ANYTHING, UM, KIND OF A TASK FORCE OR WHATEVER, UH, CERTAINLY WOULD OFFER MY EXPERTISE AND SERVICES IF YOU'D LIKE IT ON BOTH OF THOSE FRONTS, PLUS HOUSE OF HOPE. I THINK, PROBABLY MAYBE OUTSIDE OF MARTIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT HOUSE. THE HOPE, UM, DOES THE MOST FOR, UM TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED. SO OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM LAST YEAR WAS OVER 100,000 INVESTED. TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED AND HEALTHY AND SAFE SO WE CAN DO IT. WE CAN ASSIST YOU. I THINK ON A LOT OF FRONTS AND CERTAINLY WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE VILLAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION.
NEXT. WE HAVE MISS COLLEEN PASKOWITZ. GOOD EVENING. HELLO SO I'M ACTUALLY PICKING BACKING OFF WHAT MR RANIERI HAD JUST SAID, BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY LAND TRUST WAS COMMISSIONER JENKINS, BABY. HE IS A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR THIS, AND HE HELPED CREATE IT AND I KNOW THAT IF EACH OF YOU REACHED OUT TO HIM, HE COULD GIVE YOU ALL THE BACKGROUND OF IT AND WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. AND BASICALLY WHAT IT IS THE COUNTY OWNS THE LAND AND THE, UM THE POTENTIAL OWNERS OWN THE HOME AND THEN, AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, THEY CAN BUILD UP WEALTH AND THEN SELL THAT HOME AND BASICALLY BRING THE COST DOWN. TO A NEW OWNER AS WELL.
AND THAT UM, ALSO INCLUDES SHIP GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGH THE HUMAN SERVICES, AND, UM, COMMISSIONER JENKINS WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS GET OFF THE GROUND, AND I KNOW HE'D BE WILLING TO HELP INDIAN TOWN AS WELL. AND, UM, WITH THE LAND THAT THE COUNTY DOES OWN. WE ARE YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO USE A LOT OF THAT LAND AND OUT HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. I KNOW THAT THE C R A HAD LAND AND COMMISSIONER HAD JUST SAID THAT. YES, ABSOLUTELY APPROACH THEM. IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO DO, AND MAYBE USE THAT LAND FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO GIVE HIM A CALL. THANK YOU. MHM. MY NAME IS BARBARA CLOUDS CLOUDS AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT ARE COMPLAINING CALLS FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE TO BE FORMED BY 2021. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE ALREADY INVESTED IN THAT TOPIC WITH LOTS OF EXPERTISE. AND THIS
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MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO ACTUALLY FOR MAC COMMITTEE. THANKS. THANK YOU. WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM THIS COUNCIL IS. WANTING TO BE VERY PROACTIVE. UM AND MOVING FORWARD. IN. DOING SOMETHING NOT JUST RESEARCHING, NOT JUST BLIPS SERVICE, BUT DO SOMETHING SO ONCE AGAIN, I REALLY THINK THAT IT, UM WOULD HELP. TO GET AN EDUCATED UM PUBLIC OUT THERE ON WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE AND THEN IF RL DRS NEED WORK, I THINK IN CONJUNCTION WITH TALKING ABOUT, UM, DOING A WORKSHOP AND HAVING DEVELOPERS THERE, YOU CAN GET THAT PERSPECTIVE. OF HOW HOW THEY WORK WHAT THEY WOULD HOW IT WOULD WORK WITH THEM. AND THEN, UM, IT IS GOOD INFORMATION THAT WE NEED. SO ARE WE LOOKING AT ASKING STAFF TO. PUT TOGETHER A WORKSHOP. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY YES. OKAY, THAT BRINGS TOGETHER. DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS THINK YOU WOULD REACH OUT TO MR RANIERI IN HISTORY, EVERYBODY BE LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER JENKINS HERE TO EXPLAIN TO US WHAT WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO. AND, UM LET'S ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING. YEAH YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF MOMENTUM GOING RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO KEEP THAT TRAIN ROLLING DOWN THAT TRACK. AND WE DO NOT NEED TO ASK ANYBODY TO GIVE UP THEIR SATURDAY AND IT BE JUST REALLY USELESS, SO WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE IT IMPACTFUL. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON THAT. AND WHAT TIME FRAME ARE WE THINKING ON THIS? WHAT I'D LIKE TO GET WITH MR RANIERI AND SEE YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE THEY'RE ALREADY MEETING ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND WE COULD JUST HAVE A MEAT HERE AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW? SEE IF WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN, SO I'LL REACH OUT TO ROB TOMORROW AND WILL FANTASTIC OKAY, AND WE'LL GET A REPORT BACK NEXT MEETING. SURE. AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT NEXT MEETING.UM THERE WAS A STAFF REPORT. CREATED AND SENT TO THE VILLAGE COUNCIL ON THE SAID RON VISIT.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN PRESENT THAT IN AN OPEN MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC, SO THE PUBLIC ACTUALLY WHATEVER THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL IS ABSOLUTELY THAT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, A FOLLOW UP. I TOLD YOU I WAS GOING TO DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY AND IT WAS A GOOD FOLLOW UP AND APPRECIATE IT. BUT HOWEVER THEY THE PUBLIC I WANT TO KNOW. SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE THAT WE DO A PRESENTATION. TO THE PUBLIC FOR THAT, OKAY? EVERYBODY SOUND GOOD. OKAY MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ONE, OKAY? GOT THOSE, TOO. AND SO ARE WE ARE WE ARE WE DO. WE HAVE CLEAR GUIDANCE ON THAT ITEM NUMBER FIVE. I DO, OKAY? OKAY, NUMBER SIX. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I
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Approval of Amendment 2 to FDEP SRF Loan Agreement WW430310, to Authorize Leasing of Land Purchased with SRF Loan
]WILL. BEHAN BLING. THIS ITEM, SPEAKING OF, SAID RON, THIS AGENDA ITEM RELATES TO THE SAID RON PROJECT. THIS ITEM NUMBER SIX BEFORE HE HAS APPROVAL OF A SECOND AMENDMENT TO OUR FDP SRF LOAN AGREEMENT. WASTEWATER LOAN AGREEMENT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROCURED TO ACQUIRE THE WASTEWATER, UH, PORTION OF THE UTILITY. THIS AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES THE LEASING OF LAND THAT WAS PURCHASED WITH THE SRF LOAN COUNCIL MEMBERS. ORDINARILY AMENDMENT LIKE THIS, AT BEST MIGHT BE ON THE CONSENT OF DEBT AGENDA GENERALLY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HAVE IT ON HERE ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. TO LET YOU ALL KNOW KIND OF GOOD NEWS WITH REGARD TO THIS IF YOU RECALL, UM THE WHEN THE VILLAGE ACQUIRED THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM, IT WAS A GRANT LOANS SITUATION WITH A GREAT DEAL OF LOVE LOAN FORGIVENESS AND THEN A MUCH SMALLER AMOUNT OF LOANS. THAT, UH, KEEP GOING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE . IT WAS THE VILLAGE QUOTE[01:35:07]
UNQUOTE BORROWED A TOTAL OF ABOUT 5.6 MILLION, BUT ABOUT 4.5 MILLION OF THAT WAS LOAN FORGIVENESS. OTHERWISE A GRANT. UH UM, NEVERTHELESS, THE LANDS THAT WE PURCHASED WITH THE WITH THOSE SRF LOANS ARE SUBJECT TO THOSE LOAN AGREEMENTS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE LOAN AGREEMENTS IS THAT NONE OF THE ASSETS THAT WERE ACQUIRED WITH THOSE LOANS CAN BE EITHER SOLD OR LEASED OR OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM ENCUMBERED WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF FDP. SO UM, WHEN THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, SAID RON, ENGAGING IN A LONG TERM LEASE ON A PORTION OF THE WASTEWATER PROPERTY THAT WAS ACQUIRED WITH THESE FUNDS, WE HAD TO GO TO FDP AND GET THEIR CONSENT TO THIS. FRANKLY THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN ABOUT THIS, UM BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL A WHILE BACK WHEN THE VILLAGE HAD PREVIOUSLY ASKED FDP FOR AUTHORIZATION TO SELL RELATIVELY SMALL PORTION OF LAND ALONG THE EDGE. UH TO A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER. THE WASTEWATER FACILITY. DP CAME BACK AND SAID, YEAH, YOU WILL GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO SELL IT. BUT 80% OF WHAT YOU GET FOR SELLING. IT HAS TO GO AGAINST THAT LOAN FORGIVENESS. THE PRACTICAL EFFECT OF THAT IS THAT MONEY GOES UP IN SMOKE IT'S GIVEN TO AFTER BP, BUT IT WAS MONEY THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN. FORGIVEN. FORTUNATELY IN THIS INSTANCE WHEN THE VILLAGE APPROACHED FDP WITH IT BEING A LEASE, AND WITH THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR FDP TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND APPROVED, GAVE THEIR CONSENT TO DOING THE LONG TERM LACE SUBJECT TO JUST A COUPLE CONDITIONS. NO FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OTHER THAN THAT THE LEAST PROCEEDS FROM THE LEASE OF THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE USED TO PAY DOWN THE PAY DOWN. ACTUALLY, ANY OUTSTANDING SRF LOANS AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THEM. AH WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH DEBT TO PAY OFF WITH SRF TO OFFSET AGAINST THOSE, UH THOSE LEAST PROCEEDS AND SO ULTIMATELY THIS IS QUITE ADVANTAGEOUS COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE DEALT WITH WITH FTP BEFORE . SO WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS , UH, AMENDS THE LOAN AGREEMENT TO, UH HAVE AT DPS CONSENT TO ALLOW THE LEASING OF THE WASTE WATER LAND. AH WITH THE INTENTION THAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE CEDRONE PROJECT. THIS IS NOT REQUIRE YOU TO DO THE SAID RON PROJECT OR ANYTHING LIKE THIS.THAT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU LATER, WHEN WE HAVE A FULL LEASE AGREEMENT AND SO ON. THIS IS JUST PAVING THE WAY FOR THAT. SO WITH THAT STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL. OKAY THANK YOU. AND JUST TO CLARIFY TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT, SO IF WE ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WAS, SAID RON, ANY MONIES WILL GO TO PAY DOWN. THAT LOAN IN MY HEARING THAT CORRECTLY AT LEAST PAYMENTS UNDER THE LEASE WILL WILL HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO, UM TO PAYING DOWN THE LOAN PORTION OF THE ASSEMBLY. SRF LOANS. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY? IS THERE. MOTION TO APPROVE EMOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CONCERNS.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO MATTER MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR BY PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO
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Annual Evaluation of the Village Manager
]ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE VILLAGE MANAGER. YES UM, MAYOR. I HAD PUT THIS ON AS YOU AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, I GUESS. UM IN THE PAST, IT WAS STANDARD PROCEDURE TO DO THAT, UM AND YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME. I PROBABLY HAVEN'T HAD A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR MORE THAN 10 TO 12 YEARS. WE DIDN'T DO THEM AT THE COUNTY SO UM, BUT AS I HAD INDICATED IN MY ITEM, I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW, WE GO. I AS THE VILLAGE MANAGER IN THIS CASE. GO THROUGH A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION EVERY TWO WEEKS, ROUGHLY UM AT EACH OF YOUR MEETINGS, AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT IF THERE WAS SOME DEFICIENCY OR SOME AREA OF CONCERN OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. EITHER PRIVATELY, WHICH SO FAR, I HAVEN'T. BEEN PRIVY TO ANY OF THAT OR HEAR PUBLICLY. IT'S A MEETING, SO I DID PUT THIS ON. UM, I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED A FORM AT SOME POINT. UM I DIDN'T.I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH IT, SO I THINK IT'S JUST UP TO Y'ALL HOW YOU WANT TO
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PROCEED. MR BOSE. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE HAD HAD AN ANNUAL EVALUATION. IS THAT POLICY? WAS IT A PART OF THE CONTRACT? THANK YOU, MARY. YEAH, THAT WAS THAT WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE FORMER VILLAGE MANAGER'S CONTRACT. OKAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER POLICY. THERE IS NOTHING IN LAW AND THE CHARTER REQUIRING AN ANNUAL REVIEW. UH THAT WAS A PROVISION IN THE FORMER VILLAGE MANAGER'S CONTRACT THAT GAVE RISE TO THAT. AND IT WAS ON AN ANNUAL CYCLE COMING AROUND IN JANUARY, RIGHT? OKAY GOOD. NOW MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THAT. UM IN THE VILLAGE ITSELF, VILLAGE STAFF AND VILLAGE DIRECTORS. IS THERE ANYTHING IN OUR POLICY THAT THEY GET AN ANNUAL REVIEW TWO STAFF GET ANY KIND OF AN ANNUAL REASON WE DO WE DO. WE HAVE A FORM AND THEN BECAUSE IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM NORMALLY RECEIVING IF THEY HAVE A FAVORABLE REVIEW, THERE'S A MERIT INCREASE. UP TO 2% THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO, OF COURSE, THE EMPLOYEES THE ANXIOUS TO HAVE THAT IN OR REVIEW AS MUCH AS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THOSE MANAGERS TO PROVIDE THOSE ANALYSIS. WE DO HAVE A SELF EVALUATION THAT WE'RE KIND OF WAVERING AWAY FROM BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SAME EVALUATION. IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT OR MORE GOAL ORIENTED, UM, FOR THE EMPLOYEES, SO YES, WE DO. WE DO HAVE A AN ANNUAL UM I MEAN, I IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR ALREADY. UM THE STAFF WAS, UM SURPRISE ME. ON MY ANNIVERSARY BY HAVING QUITE THE SOIREE. UM WHICH I WAS TOTALLY NOT ANTICIPATING WHEN I WALKED IN HERE ON FRIDAY. TO MY OFFICE. BUT, UM. IT'S LIKE I SAID, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN A YEAR, BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT IN A YEAR AND WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE TO DO TO DO HERE, AND I THINK WE'RE ON THE VERGE. I THINK IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME CHANGES. AND POSITIVE CHANGES HERE OPPORTUNITIES SO WE HAVE THAT FOR STAFF DOES THAT PERTAIN TO THE DIRECTORS TO THAT ANNUAL YES, I DO. THE DIRECTORS, UM INDIVIDUALLY MYSELF, AND THEN THE DIRECTORS DO THEIR SUBORDINATES AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT REPORT THEM DIRECTLY BEFORE I GET TOO FAR OFF. I WANT TO INTRODUCE BRIAN GREENE FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. I MEANT TO DO THAT EARLIER WHEN YOU WERE HAVING YOUR CONVERSATIONS. BRIAN'S NEW TO US. AND HANDLING. NOT ONLY OUR PARKS, BUT OUR FACILITIES ARE THE FACILITIES SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD, SO I WANTED WELCOME TO BRIAN. THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, APOLLO WELL, YES, IT'S BEEN A YEAR. AND I'VE WATCHED YOU BUILD A STAFF. AND I'VE WATCHED STAFF INTERACTIONS. AND WE TRULY HAVE A FAMILY HERE. IT REALLY IS. EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT EACH OTHER. EVERYBODY IS HERE TO HELP EACH OTHER. UM YOU KNOW, ALL STARTS WITH LEADERSHIP. YOU'RE THEIR LEADER. YOU'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR YOU CAME HERE AN INTERIM POSITION. I'VE HAD THE NAYSAYERS. AND WHY IS SHE STILL THERE? WELL. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CONTRACT. I WANT TO MAKE YOU OUR VILLAGE MANAGER, AND THERE'S NO INTERIM IN THAT. UM STAY HERE AS LONG AS YOU WANT. WE COULD HAVE NEVER DONE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THIS VILLAGE WITHOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP. I THINK OUT OF ALL THE GREAT CANDIDATES THAT THAT APPLIED NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO. WHAT YOU DID FOR US THUS FAR AND WHAT IS COMING I KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE LINE. AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN ALL OF THAT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I REALLY DO YOU KNOW? TO ME. LISTEN I WAS IN A TEAM SPORT, OKAY? I WAS A COP, 30 YEARS. YOU. STAYED ALIVE. BY HAVING THE TEAM BEHIND YOU. THAT IS COMPETENT. AND THAT IS AND IF THEY'RE ONLY AS COMPETENT AS THE LEADER. OKAY SO YOU LEAD THEM AND YOU MAKE THEM AND YOU KEEP EVERYBODY ALIVE. THAT WAS OUT THERE IN THE STREETS, AND WE HAVE WELL, WE HAVE AN OFFICER IN HERE, BUT BUT THE SAME PRINCIPLES APPLY HERE. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM. YOU'RE THE LEADER OF OUR TEAM. AND I THINK THAT YOUR EVALUATION SHOULD BRING YOU INTO A CONTRACT FOR FULL TIME VILLAGE MANAGER. I WANT TO GET RID OF THAT INTERIM SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION. IF I CAN DO SO. THAT WE,[01:45:02]
UM. GET MR ROSE HERE. TO TYPE UP A CONTRACT FOR FULL TIME VILLAGE MANAGER AND. GIVE HER WHAT WE GAVE MY LAST VILLAGE MANAGER. AND. WE CAN ALL HOPE THAT SHE STAYS HERE FOR A LONG TIME.BECAUSE I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE HERE. ANOTHER 78 YEARS RIGHT NOW. SEVEN. SIX. BUT ANYWAYS.
AND HOPEFULLY SHE'LL BE HERE WITH ME, AND WE CAN WALK OUT THE DOOR TOGETHER. WELL I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I COULDN'T DO IT. I DO WITHOUT THE STAFF. AND WE'RE REALLY LUCKY. WE'VE GOT THE STEP THAT WE'VE GOTTEN. WE'RE LUCKY THAT THEY HAVE THE TALENTS THAT THEY HAVE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK REALLY? FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S JUST ALLOWING THEM TO DO WHAT THEY DO BEST.
AND I'M. I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT HIM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT I WAS HERE THAT DAY THAT FRIDAY. I WAS INVITED BACK, BUT I COULDN'T MAKE IT. BUT BUT I WAS HERE THAT MORNING WHEN YOU WALKED INTO YOUR OFFICE. THAT'S BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE BELIEVE IN YOU. THAT'S WHAT MAKES A GREAT LEADER. AND YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE VILLAGE. AND LISTEN. I'VE EMPLOYED PEOPLE. I'VE BEEN A BOSS. FOR MANY, MANY COMPANIES. FROM VERY YOUNG IN MY 28TH. I BOUGHT MY FIRST GAS STATION. I WAS 20 YEARS OLD. AND I ALWAYS KNEW THAT IF I WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, I HAD TO SURROUND MYSELF WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE. SHE'S THE RIGHT PERSON. SHE'S THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THESE PEOPLE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES ARE EMPLOYEES OF PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE THAT THE STAFF AND I APPRECIATE THAT I REALLY DO. I REALLY BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT IF WE HADN'T HAD YOU, WE WOULD NOT BE SITTING HERE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, SAID RON AND THIS AND THAT AND THE OTHER THING AND I REALLY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THANKS. FP AND L. YOU TOOK CARE OF IT. RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE PEOPLE? AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES . IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP TRUST. TRUST IS SOMETHING THAT TAKES A LONG TIME. TO BUILD SO WE'RE NOT STARTING OVER AGAIN. YOU'RE STAYING AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A CONTRACT. OKAY WITH ME. OKAY WELL, WE DID. WE KIND OF GOT OFF TOPIC HERE AND WE HAVE EMOTION.
ON SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT. SO WE HAVE EMOTION. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? OKAY? AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT DOES THAT MOTION.
THE MOTION IS TO MAKE KAREN CHRIS. THERE ARE FULL TIME VILLAGE MANAGER AND TO GIVE HER CONTRACT. IS THAT AN ANNUAL CONTRACT? AS A CONTRACT FOR AS LONG AS SHE WANTS TO BE HERE, OR WE DECIDE WE DON'T WANT HER ANYMORE. SO IT WILL BE CRAFTED LANGUAGE. MR. VOS WILL TAKE CARE OF. AND WHERE I THINK I CAN FLUSH. I THINK WHAT I HEARD AT LEAST, UH, I THINK THAT THE MOTION WAS TO DIRECT ME TO PREPARE A CONTRACT ALONG THE FORM AS WAS GIVEN TO THE PRIOR VILLAGE MANAGER. UM TWO. PROVIDE . MISS KRYSTAL WITH A CONTRACT WITH LIKE TERMS. WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS I CAN PREPARE THAT IT CAN COME BACK BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. AND THE SECOND STILL STANDS. AND AS FOR HER CONSIDERATION IF THAT'S WHAT SHE CHOOSES. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. BY COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO . WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR PEREZ. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? IS THERE ANY NO, MA'AM. OKAY? OH I'M FAVOR ALRIGHT. I ALL OPPOSED. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. NOW LET'S GO BACK TO THE ITEM AT HAND. THE ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE VILLAGE MANAGER. UM. I PERSONALLY, I THINK A ANNUAL EVALUATION IS A GOOD THING, EVERYONE ELSE IN THE VILLAGE, DOES IT. UM I DON'T THINK THAT, UM IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO HAVE ONE FOR THE VILLAGE MANAGER. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MEETING. WE HAVE LONDON ICOM STAND UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE STAY ON THE STAY ON THE RIGHT PATH AND GIVE US OUR OUR
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EVALUATION AND OUR REPORT CARDS SO I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE. UM TO HAVE THAT AND. TALKING ABOUT THE SAME CONTRACT OF THE PREVIOUS IT WAS IN THAT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE AN ANNUAL REVIEW.SO. TO SPEAK TO THIS. ARE WE MOVING FORWARD TO HAVE AN ANNUAL EVALUATION? WELL IF IT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, BECAUSE IF HE'S GOING TO HAVE IT IN THE CONTRACT, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE CONTRACT. SO THERE'S NO SENSE OF YEAH, BUT THAT'S FOR NEXT YEAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS YEAR. WE DON'T HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT YET. AND THAT'S THAT CONTRACT.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM I FEEL THAT BECAUSE SHE WAS ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASES AND SHE'S DONE, YOU KNOW SHE'S GOTTEN THINGS DONE. F P N L, UM SO DRAWN AND YOU CAN NAME EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON, UM, IN THE BACKGROUND. I FEEL THAT BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS. BASICALLY, WE'VE BEEN LITERALLY YEAH, IT WOULD BE. OUR EVALUATION WOULD BE LIKE PER PER MEETING AND AS A THE DAY THAT AGREEMENT GETS EXECUTED, THAT'S WHEN WAR HOW TO EVALUATE HER NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IT'S ENFORCED IN THE AGREEMENT, SO I FEEL THAT NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW WE CAN LOOK INTO THE EVALUATION. YEAH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S A PROPER THING TO DO TO DO A EVALUATION. IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND I THINK IT'S ONLY PROPER TO EVALUATE. TO STAND. IF THERE'S ROOM FOR GROWTH, OR IMPROVEMENTS. I THINK SHE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT AND NOT ONLY THAT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE EVEN WANT TO COME ON BOARD FULL TIME BECAUSE I KNOW SHE WAS PLANNING ON RETIRING. SO WE CAN'T JUST VOTE FOR HER TO BE THE PERMANENT MANAGER. WHAT IF SHE'S INTO DISAGREEMENTS? THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE HAVE TO HAVE FIRST. WE CAN'T JUST JUMP AND VOTE ON SOMETHING. AND NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTS. I THINK WE'RE WORKING A LITTLE BIT BACKWARDS HERE. WELL I THINK THAT THAT VOTE WAS TO OFFER HER THE PREVIOUS, UM, CONTRACT AND IT'S FOR HER. HER, UM REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION. SHE YOU KNOW IT, RIGHT? RIGHT SO, UM, VICE MAYOR PEREZ. YES WE ALL SEEN THE WORK THAT KAREN HAS DONE. YOU KNOW TO STAY ONE SHE HAS. EVERY EVERY FRIDAY, OR EVERY TIME I SEE HER. SHE'S ALWAYS ALL HANDS ON DECK. YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD? YES WHICH WE HAVE THAT CONTRACT SIGNED. LET'S GIVE HER EVALUATION. ANYBODY ELSE? DOES ANYONE I. I AGREE. I MEAN, SHE'S GOT SHE'S GOT A MONTH A MONTH. IT'S BEEN A MONTH A MONTH. AND.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO EVALUATE. NOW SHE'S GOING TO HAVE IT ON HER CONTRACT. SO NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO WE'LL DO AN EVALUATION. BUT OKAY? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS. I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THE MAYOR'S IN HERE A LOT. I'M IN HERE A LOT. I'VE WORKED WITH HER. I TALKED TO HER. SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING. OKAY AND I'M EVALUATING HER EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY. SHE'S GREAT, OKAY? OKAY SO DO I HEAR THE POINT? OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE SAT HERE AND WE HAVE GIVEN HER AN EVALUATION. OKAY? AND I THINK YOU KNOW, GREAT AND WONDERFUL AND BUT TO THINK THE THING IS WHEN YOU PUT IT IN WRITING. I THINK IT, UM, IT'S APPROPRIATE.
I MEAN, WHAT WE JUST DID, WE COULD JUST PUT IN WRITING, AND THAT'S A REEVALUATION. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. SO IF YOU IF I'M HEARING THE COUNCIL UM, IS. TO DO A CONTRACT FOR HER CONSIDERATION TO SEE IF SHE WOULD EVEN CONSIDER THAT'S TOTALLY ON HER, AND IF SO, THEN WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD AND DO AN ANNUAL WRITTEN EVALUATION. I GUESS AT THAT TIME AND MY HEARING THAT CORRECT EVERYBODY. SHE HAS BEEN A MONTH TO MONTH EMPLOYEE. IF YOU WANT TO DO AN ANNUAL. OKAY EVALUATION. I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP IT. WELL WHAT I SAID WHAT I SAID. DO I
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HEAR A MOTION? I AM NOT HEARING EMOTION. EMOTION FOR A WRITTEN ANNUAL JUST US TO DO. PUT IN WRITING WHAT EVERYBODY JUST SAID. WE JUST STARTED TABLE AND GET GET RID OF IT. WELL, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TABLE IT BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T EVEN MADE A MOTION. JUST MAKE A MOTION TO GET IN THE VALUATION WHEN WE GET A CONTRACT. ANYBODY WANT A SECOND THAT WHAT WAS THE MOTION? DO AN EVALUATION ONCE WE GET A CONTRACT. THAT WOULD BE AFTER THE CONTRACT. SHE SIGNS IF SHE CONSIDERS IT SO. SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS WE'RE GONNA HIRE SOMEBODY, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION ON NO. THE EVALUATION WOULD BE LIKE MIKE, MY BUDDY JANUARY. SO IT'S JUST A PART OF THE CONTRACT SO WE WOULDN'T SO IT'S THERE'S NO IT'S JUST A PART OF THE CONTRACT PART OF THE CONTRACT CONTRACT. SO NEXT YEAR WE TALKED THIS TO DEATH. I THINK WE'VE THINK THERE'S A CONSENSUS. MAYORS PEREZ, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING SO OUR MOTION IS I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY WILL HAPPEN. THE NEXT IN JANUARY WHEN IT IS ANNUALLY WHEN THE CONTRACT ISN'T HER CONTRACT. GOT IT? DO WE REALLY NEED EMOTION LIKE THAT? IF IT'S A PART OF OUR CONTRACT, I WAS I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND BECAUSE THE IDEAS BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED. AND OF COURSE, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN ANY CONTRACT, IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO. IT WOULD YOU KNOW THAT, UM OKAY. CHRIS WOULD NEED TO AGREE TO A CONTRACT AND SO ON. SO I WOULD SUGGEST SUCH TERMS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DRAFT. I'M GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A THERE WOULD BE NO MOTION FOR EMOTIONS THROUGH THE MOTION. YOU WERE THROWING THE 2ND 30 MINUTES SO YEAH, OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE COMMENTS. ACTUALLY I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTIONS FOR MS CHRISTA. IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD EVEN CONSIDERING STAYING FULL TIME OR I MEAN, RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. WELL, I'VE BEEN HERE FULL TIME. UM ALREADY, YOU KNOW, SO FAR AS YEAH. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LONG TERM LOOKS LIKE. I MEAN, NORMALLY, WHEN YOU DO THESE CONTRACTS ARE MORE OF A ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. I'M NOT LOOKING TO TIE THE VILLAGE DOWN FOR WHERE MR COUNCIL APOLLO WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO GO OR MR NOLAN HAS TRIED TO GET ME TO COMMIT TO SO UM I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY, BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO LOOK AT ANOTHER ANNUAL AND GO FROM THERE AND SEE WHERE WE LAND. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WERE GETTING IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT IT WOULD BE HARD FOR ME JUST TO WALK AWAY WITHOUT SEEING SOME OF THESE THINGS COME TO FRUITION.OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY? YES SIR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS IF IT'S ALRIGHT, JUST IN THE IN THE IN THE COURSE OF PUTTING IT TOGETHER. I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH WITH TARYN CONCERNING IT, AND THERE MAY BE AN INSTANCE OR TWO. BASED ON ON WHAT I JUST HEARD WHERE THERE MIGHT BE. SOMETHING A TWEAK FROM THE PRIOR VILLAGE MANAGER CONTRACT AND I'LL BE SURE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE ARE IN THAT SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, MR BOSE. OKAY? SO WE'VE GOT SO WE HAVE WE HAVE NO. FIRST RENO SECOND I THINK WE'VE I DON'T
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HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS. ANNOUNCEMENT. CLEAN UP SATURDAY. 730 BE THERE BE SQUARE SUNDAY.YOUR JAZZ IN THE PARK AT BIG MOUND FROM 2 TO 5. WE ALSO HAVE TOMORROW. THE PARK IT MARKET. 10 O'CLOCK OUT BACK. CLOCK OUT BACK. HERE OUT BACK HERE. IT WAS LAST TIME. AND MAYOR ALSO EXCUSE ME. WE WANTED TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU HAD SIGNED THAT LETTER TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RELATIVE TO THE BRIDGE HEIGHT. AND AS WE GET THESE LETTERS THAT COME TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN IF THERE'S ANOTHER ENTITY THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS OR SEND THAT LETTER TO AS LONG AS THE BODY OF THE MEMO, AND MR VOTES LOOKED AT, IT IS THE SAME.
THERE SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE WITH THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE
[NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]
DON'T DOING. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, THE EIGHT JOINT MEETING. MEETING NEXT FRIDAY NEXT FRIDAY. FEBRUARY, 2ND.JOINT MEETING FRIDAY, FEBRUARY THIS SECOND STARTS AT NINE. THE LIBRARY, BLAKE LIBRARY OVER AND
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STEWART AND THAT IS BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. THE STEWART. MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH AT 630. UNTIL THEN WE STAND ADJOURNED. NO, IT'S* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.