Mar 14, 2024 Regular Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WELCOME TO THIS VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. REGULAR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING MARCH THE 14TH 2024. WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR GIBBS THOMAS HERE. VICE MAYOR PEREZ. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DIALLO COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. HERE. UH JUST A FEW QUICK REMINDERS. YOUR EXITS ARE TO YOUR LEFT. AND YOUR RIGHT. ALSO TO YOUR LEFT WILL BE RESTROOMS THROUGH THAT DOOR. YOUR CELL PHONES IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, SILENCE THEM OR TURN THEM OFF. ALSO, UM WHEN YOU WE HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE EVENING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT UP FRONT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AN AGENDA ITEM. YOU'RE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES WHEN YOU GET UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE. MAKE SURE YOU STATE YOUR NAME. FOR THE RECORD. YOUR OTHER OPPORTUNITY WILL BE FOR A ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM NUMBER. UH, SAME RULES APPLY. AND IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AT EITHER OF THOSE TIMES, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM AND TURN IT INTO OUR CLERK THAT WILL BE ON YOUR LEFT BACK THERE. AND MOVING ALONG TO OUR INVOCATION.

OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE GIVEN BY BROTHER RICK WILLIAMS. IF EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. HM? A KIND. FATHER IN HEAVEN. WE GIVE GREAT THANKS FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WAS GIVEN TO US. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS BUILDING THAT WE MEET IN. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AND WE'RE ESPECIALLY GREATFUL FOR OTHER VILLAGE LEADERS WHO SPEND TIME UH SELFLESSLY. HELPING IMPROVE INDIAN TOWN. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT'S HERE AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THE FUTURE HOLDS. WE ASK THAT THOSE SPIRIT BE WITH US THAT WE MAY HAVE OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH NO CONTENTION AND THAT WE MAY KEEP OUR EYES FOCUSED ON ON THE GLORY TO THEE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE VILLAGE CAN MOVE FORWARD. UH THAT IN A WAY PLEASING UNTO THEE, AND WE ASK THAT SPIRIT BE IN THIS VERY ROOM. AND THIS WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. WHY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WHICH IS ONE NATION. UH, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MADAME CLARK, A RE

[ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS]

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Proclamation National Agriculture Day

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AND THIS EVENING. WE HAVE TWO ACCEPT THIS. I BELIEVE PAULA WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. IS SHE HERE? IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. DO YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? SURPRISED NOT THAT WE'RE PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT AT ALL. YES. WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, UM THE INDIAN TOWN COMMUNITY GARDEN. THAT'S UM AT THE END OF 100 AND 73. DRIVE DOWN NEARBY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND IN CARTER PARK AREA.

SINCE, UM OCTOBER, 2017. WHEN THEY WERE WANTING TO, UM, DEVELOP A, UH, COMMUNITY GARDEN.

FOR, UM, THIS COMMUNITY. AND SINCE THEN WE NOW HAVE 43 FAMILIES OUT THERE AND, UM, AN ARRAY OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE ALL MASTER GARDENERS AS I AM. AND UM , WE DO IT TOGETHER WE RAISE WE GROW A LOT OF FOOD AND WE ARE BUILDING THAT COMMUNITY. AND WE ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF KINDNESS AND GOODWILL. THERE AT THE GARDEN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT IS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH AGRICULTURE BECAUSE I MADE THE COMMENT THE OTHER DAY THAT INDIAN TOWN WAS FOUNDED ON AGRICULTURE. AND THAT IS THAT IS OUR HERITAGE. SO IF YOU WOULD JOIN US OVER HERE, AND WE'LL DO IT, TAKE SOME PICTURES AND PRESENT YOU WITH WITH THE PROCLAMATION.

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Proclamation on Martin Reads

AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR YOUNG LEARNERS TO USE THEIR VOICE TO WRITE THEIRS. AND WHEREAS CHILDREN WHO ARE UNABLE TO READ BY THE THIRD GRADE ARE MORE LIKELY TO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND EXPERIENCE POVERTY AS ADULTS. AND WHEREAS MARTIN READS IS DEDICATED TO INCREASING THE LITERACY RATE OF OUR CHILDREN TO 95% BY THE YEAR, 2030 WITH ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY. NOW. THEREFORE I SUSAN GIBBS THOMAS, MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH THE 14TH 2024 AS WRITE YOUR STORY DAY IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN THE EFFORT TO INCREASE LITERACY AND SUPPORT THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ADVOCACY. AND THIS EVENING. WE HAVE FIONA KELLY. WITH THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL. OK? WELL. WE HAVE THIS FOR THEM TO PICK UP AND I MUST, UM I MUST SAY, HAVING WORKED AT WARFIELD ELEMENTARY FOR THE PAST, UM, 20 YEARS. THIS IS IT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO HAVE ADVOCACY ON AND SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN AND BECAUSE IT IS A VITAL VITAL SKILL IN LIFE. SO WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

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Brownfield Presentation

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HERE WE GO OLD FASHIONED. DO IT MANUAL. SO AS I ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROJECT IS ALSO BEING FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES EPA AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE FULL REPORT THAT WAS GONE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND PROCESS DATA AND NEXT STEPS INCLUDED IN IT. AND WHILE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT FULL RANGE AND SORT OF RECAP WITHIN THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, I'M GONNA GO VERY QUICKLY THROUGH MUCH OF THIS AND FOCUS OUR, UH, CONVERSATION ON THE PRIMARY AND FINAL PLAN NEXT SLIDE. AS I MENTIONED THIS PROJECT WAS IN ITS CORE PURPOSE TO CONDUCT A BROWNFIELDS INVENTORY WITHIN THE BOOKER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THIS IS WHO I, UH, ULTIMATELY IDENTIFY ANY PROPERTIES THAT MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR, UH, PHASE ONE BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT AND SUBSEQUENTLY PHASE TWO IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE A NUMBER OF FEDERAL DATABASES WERE SOURCED IN IDENTIFYING ANY POTENTIAL SITES FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. NEXT. AND THERE WERE A VARIETY OF, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THAT DID COME UP THROUGH THESE SEARCHES. UH, THEY DID WARRANT PHASE ONE. BROWNFIELD EPA, UM BROWNFIELD WINE, BROWNFIELD PHASE ONE ASSESSMENTS NEXT. AND TWO PROPERTIES IN PARTICULAR THAT AT A TIME SHOULD THEY REDEVELOP WOOD WARRANT PHASE TWO ASSESSMENTS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FUNDED WITH THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL THROUGH THIS EXISTING GRANT. NEXT JUST TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU SEE WITH THE RED BOUNDARY, THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, THE WHITE BOUNDARY INSET, WHICH IS ENLARGED ON THE LEFT, UH, IS THE AREA THAT WE WERE REVIEWING THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. AND ULTIMATELY, THE SITES THAT HAD, UH, POPULATED FOR ASSESSMENT NEXT. A HIGH LEVEL ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED, AND THERE'S REALLY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE ALSO SOME WEAKNESSES OR POTENTIAL THREATS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND LOOK AT INCORPORATING POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR, UH, IN UPCOMING YEARS. NEXT IN. OVERALL EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED NEXT IS A PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE DID INCLUDE TWO PUBLIC WORKSHOPS AND THEN NUMEROUS STAKEHOLDER AND ORGANIZATION. UM CONVERSATIONS, INTERVIEWS, ROUND TABLES FOCUSED DISCUSSIONS TO REALLY IDENTIFY SPECIFIC ELEMENTS THAT COULD BE SHOULD BE WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY FUTURE REVITALIZATION PLAN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT SO WHAT WE WANNA REALLY START TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON IS THAT WE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND IT WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK BOTH IN THE PUBLIC EVENTS THAT WE HAD DONE AS WELL AS JUST THE CANDID DIALOGUES THAT WE HAD WITH FOLKS AND THESE ROY REALLY BOILED DOWN INTO A COUPLE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. UH, CONVENIENCE GOODS AND SERVICES ENHANCEMENTS TO PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE SAFETY, HOUSING, A DIVERSIFICATION AND STILL MAINTAINING AFFORDABILITY WITH IT, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY AMENITIES, ENTERTAINMENT SKILLS AND RESID. AND THEN ALSO AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE OVERALL AESTHETICS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, THAT DO HAVE PLANS FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT WITHIN THE BOOKER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT INCLUDES LARGELY THE INDIAN TOWN NONPROFIT, AS WELL AS PLANS THAT THE VILLAGE ITSELF HAS FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT AND THEN TINY HANDS, ALSO ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH ON FUTURE PLANS NEXT THESE THEN REALLY INTO SEVEN PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WANTED TO BE SURE WE WERE INCORPORATING IN THIS PLAN TO REFLECT WHAT WE WERE HEARING. SO THIS INCLUDES CONVENIENCE GOODS AND SERVICES, PEDESTRIAN BICYCLISTS AND DRIVER SAFETY, HOUSING, COMMUNITY AMENITIES, ENTERTAINMENT SKILLS AND RESIDENCE SUPPORT. AND THEN THE AESTHETICS NEXT. IN DOING THIS. WE NEEDED TO FOCUS THE STRATEGY ON A CONCENTRATED AREA

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WE HAVE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS, SOME OF WHOM, INCLUDING TINY HANDS THAT ARE INVESTED IN THIS OVERALL PROCESS, AND THEN WE HAD INCLUDED THE CHURCH PROPERTY AS WELL. AS WE FOCUSED INTO A NEXT INTO THE DETAILED MASTER PLAN. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF KEY COMPONENTS AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT IN HERE, BUT I'M GONNA HOPEFULLY TOUCH ON THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE GET INTO ONE FUTURE SLIDE. UH, REALLY FOCUSING ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE CONVENIENCE SERVICES THAT WERE REALLY EMPHASIZED. IT IS NOT AS DESIRED. UM AND THEN ENHANCEMENTS TO THE RECREATIONAL FACILITY AMENITIES, THINGS TO DO ENTERTAINMENT AND THEN OVERALL STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS. SO WITH THAT IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND LET ME SEE IF THIS OK ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO. I'M GONNA START ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW WHERE THERE'S ROOFTOPS. THIS IS WHERE WE KNOW THERE IS LIKELY FUTURE HOUSING COMING THROUGH. SO WE'VE INCORPORATED ALL OF THIS IN WHAT YOU SEE AS THE YELLOW SINGLE FAMILY. IF WE WERE TO MOVE CLOCKWISE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM FOLKS WAS REALLY TO HAVE THAT DESIRE FOR IF IT'S SOME TYPE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD GROCER CONVENIENCES, SOME TYPE OF COMMERCIAL USES, PERHAPS A RESTAURANT ACTIVITY PLACES JUST TO GET THINGS THAT WE NEED WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME TYPE OF COMMERCIAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. UM, WITHIN THIS OVERALL, UH, FUTURE REVITALIZATION STRATEGY. WE KNOW THERE'S ALSO SOME ANTICIPATED PLANS FOR SOME POTENTIAL LOW RISE MULTI FAMILY HOUSING. AND THEN IF WE CONTINUE CLOCKWISE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AT SOME POINT , THE CHURCH MAY, UH, BE RECONSTRUCTED OR REBUILT, SO WE'VE JUST SIMPLY TRIED TO LOOK AT IT IN ORIENTATION THAT MIGHT HELP CREATE MORE OF A STREET FRONTAGE ON CHARLESTON AND THEN UTILIZATION OF PARKING WITHIN THE REAR. CONTINUING CLOCKWISE. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT WAS REALLY A DESIRE TO HAVE MORE ACTIVITIES . YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AND KIDS WANT TO BE OUT DOING THINGS, UH, AND WOULD LIKE TO BE DOING IT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED OP OPPORTUNITY ON WHAT IS PROPERTY OWNED BY THE MARTIN COUNTY CR. A UH, FOR A FUTURE MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER THAT COULD BE PROGRAMMED WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, EVENTS ATTRACTIONS, THEY COULD BE THINGS LIKE THE WI FI POTENTIAL LIBRARY SERVICES. UH, ENTERTAINMENT. IS FOR CHILDREN AND OTHER, UH ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES. WE KNOW THERE IS AN INTENT TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE OVERALL WOODED PARK AS WELL AS LONGER TERM PLANS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE EXISTING KIND OF RECREATION AREA , INCLUDING NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT COVER BASKETBALL COURTS. WE'VE IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY GARDENS OR OTHER USES AND THEN CONTINUING TO MOVE CLOCKWISE DOWN AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UH THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY ON SOME OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR FUTURE AGAIN. LOW TO MID RISE MULTIFAMILY AS WELL AS COMMUNITY SERVICES. ONE OF THE THINGS WE CERTAINLY HEARD A GOOD AMOUNT ABOUT WAS THE DESIRE TO HAVE A FACILITY WHERE THERE COULD BE THINGS UH, SUCH AS AS THE FOOD EVENTS, FOOD DRIVES BEING HELD FOR FOOD SERVICES BEING HELD KITCHEN SERVICES AND BANQUET FACILITY, GATHERING PLACES. ANY NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS, UH, PUBLIC LAUNDRIES AND WHATNOT. AND THEN ALSO A LARGE FOCUS ON POTENTIAL RECONFIGURATION AND EXPANSION OF THE MULTI USE FIELDS. UH, AND TRYING TO MAKE THAT JUST MORE UM DIVERSE IN ITS ABILITY FOR KIDS TO GO AND PLAY IN AS WELL AS INCLUDING THINGS LIKE RESTROOMS AND CONCESSIONS.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE HEARD QUITE A LOT ABOUT WAS REALLY A CONCERN ON 100 AND 69TH, AND THAT BEING JUST A FAST THROUGH WAY, SO WE'VE LOOKED AT A COMPLETE RECONFIGURATION OF THAT ROADWAY. SO WHEN YOU COME IN, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE NARROWED AND SPUN OFF TO CREATE ALMOST A AN EXPERIENCE OF COMING INTO A PARK FACILITY RATHER THAN BEING A THROUGH STREET. WELL WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING WITH THE NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING. AND WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WE CAN ALSO CONSIDER SOME POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS ON CHARLESTON, UH, AS WELL AS THE INTERNAL STREETS, AND THEN WE'VE TRIED TO ADD IN OTHER THINGS, IT JUST YOU KNOW, MAKE A NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIAL. SO A LINEAR PARK AND FRUIT TREES AND COMMUNITY GARDENS AND GATHERING AREAS AND WALKING TRAILS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO SEE IMPROVED LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING AND OTHER FEATURES. SO THERE'S A LOT ON THIS PLAN, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO AND IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS START TO GIVE YOU A PEAK OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE THEN GOING FORWARD, SO THIS WOULD BE LOOKING NORTH ON DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING. WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS WE UNDERSTAND MAY BE DEVELOPED. THIS IS WORKING WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY, BUT A POTENTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF IT OR RECONFIGURATION WOULD LOOK LIKE

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WE'VE TRIED TO ADD IN FEATURES THAT HELP MAKE IT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. UH, SAFER FOR BICYCLISTS AS WELL AS ADD IN SOME AESTHETIC ENHANCEMENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN ALSO, AS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHERE, UH, ANTICIPATING INCORPORATING SOME TYPE OF COMMERCIAL USES, AND AGAIN, THAT COULD BE THE CONVENIENCE BROCHURE RESTAURANT, OTHER TYPE OF, UH, SERVICES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE THAT WE HAVE , UH, IN TERMS OF AN OVERALL VISUAL. THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE FROM THE OTHER ANGLE, SELFLESS CHARLESTON KIND OF LOOKING ON TO THE EXISTING FIELD AS IT AS IT EXISTS TODAY, WITH SOME OF THE POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE WITHIN THE PARK, NEW COMMUNITY CENTER COVERED BASKETBALL COURTS AND OTHER, UH, IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE AREA. YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THIS IMAGE, THEN HOW 169TH IS REALLY RECONFIGURED AND NO LONGER THAT THAT PRIMARY THROUGH STREET AND THEN WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES. IT'S A PUBLIC REALM INVESTMENTS FAIRLY QUICKLY. UH, WE'VE ALSO GONE AHEAD AND JUST FOR THE CITY'S OWN USE OR THE VILLAGE'S OWN USE. WE'VE BROKEN OUT A SERIES OF PUBLIC INVESTMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE PRIORITIZE THEM IN TERMS OF HIGH MEDIUM LOW PRIORITY AS WELL AS COST MAGNITUDE, AND THEN TO REALLY DIAL DOWN INTO A MORE WORKABLE PLAN FOR THE VILLAGE TO USE. WE'VE GONE THROUGH ON BOTH THIS SLIDE AS WELL AS THE NEXT, UM THREE SLIDES BREAKING DOWN INTO TYPES OF ACTIVITIES VERY SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT COULD BE DONE THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW AND IDENTIFY WHAT ONES MIGHT WANT TO BE, UH, FIRST IMPLEMENTED IN THE PROCESS , SO THAT'S A LOT THAT I PUT AT YOU ALL I HOPE. UM, THOUGH, IT IT REALLY COVERS WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO CONVEY AND HAVE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. SO I'M CERTAINLY OPEN FOR QUESTIONS OR HOWEVER, YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED. OK, THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. I WANTED TO ASK WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS? I KNOW THAT THIS IS A PLAN THAT WE GOT FUNDS THROUGH, UH, FEDERAL GRANT OR A STATE GRANT. BUT WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? BECAUSE I KNOW IN BIGGER PARK. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND SEEING THESE IMAGES ARE LIKE VERY NICE BECAUSE I SAT IN THE ROOM AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE UM WHAT RESIDENTS OF BOOKER PARK WANTED AND SEEING THAT SEEING HOW IT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE AS YOU CAN TELL HERE IN INDIAN TOWN, WE ARE WE ARE ALWAYS HAVING BABIES. SO THE YOUTH WE HAVE A VERY YOUNG POPULATION, AND SO THEY USE OUR PARKS AND, UM, HAVING THINGS LIKE S STUART HAS SOMETHING COVERED. UM SO THAT'S ESSENTIAL. UM SO I WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS THE NEXT STEP IN REGARDS OF TRYING TO FIND FUNDS FOR THIS. TO HAPPEN. I KNOW THAT MARTIN COUNTY DOES OWN THE CORNER, WHICH IS THE CR A BECAUSE THAT BOOGER PARK AREA DOESN'T HAVE GREAT PARKING LIKE IT'S VERY IT'S VERY USED, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE GREAT PARKING, AND THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL FOR POLE PARK HAVING THAT ONE AREA SO I'LL ADD IN A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND CERTAINLY INVITE THE VILLAGE MANAGER SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN AS WELL AS STEPHANIE FOR ANY FUTURE STEPS, I WOULD SAY ON THE FIRST PART OF MY RESPONSE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THIS PLAN IS TALKING WITH THE VILLAGE AS WELL AS REALLY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE INTENTS IN THE FUTURE FOR VILLAGE INVESTMENT ALREADY IN SOME OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION, SO THAT'S A GREAT THING, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE GONNA BE PROJECTS MOST LIKELY. THE HOUSING THAT IS GOING TO COME FORWARD THAT IS GOING TO CREATE IMPACT, SO THERE'S SOME MOMENTUM ALREADY OCCURRING ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT INCLUDE IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT YOU HAVE IN YOUR REPORT IS A FUNDING ROAD MAP AND THAT FUNDING ROAD MAP INCLUDES MANY, MANY DIFFERENT GRANT SOURCES THAT CAN FUND DIRECT PROJECTS LIKE THIS AND YOU CAN LEVERAGE ON YOUR EXISTING VILLAGE FUNDING. WHAT WE PUT IN THERE IS NOT JUST A RANDOM LIST THAT WE PULLED OUT OF SOME DATABASE THAT SAYS HERE YOU GO. THESE ARE ONES THAT WE'VE GONE INTO AND IDENTIFIED THAT WE THINK REALLY ARE APPROPRIATE AND APP. FOR INDIAN TOWN THAT YOU'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AND YOU COULD REASONABLY SECURE, SO I'M SURE ONE OF THE THINGS YOUR VILLAGE MANAGER AND YOUR STAFF WILL BE DOING WILL BE LOOKING AT THOSE AND IDENTIFYING HOW WE CAN PURSUE THOSE AND

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THEY ARE. IT'S VERY DETAILED ON HOW YOU GO ABOUT DOING THEM WHEN THERE'S GRANT CYCLES OPEN UP, SO IT'S A CHANCE FOR YOUR STAFF TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE BUILD ON THAT? WHERE CAN WE START? FIRST? MAYBE GET SOME OF THAT LOW HANGING FRUIT KIND OF STUFF FIRST, SO IT'S NOT ALL GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THOSE ARE RENDERING SO IT MAY LOOK DIFFERENT WHEN IT DOES COME TO PASS. BUT, UM YEAH, THAT ROAD MAP, I THINK IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IN THE PLAN. AND ANOTHER QUESTION. SO DO YOU GUYS HELP THE VILLAGE WITH TRYING TO GET THOSE FUNDS OR IS THERE LIKE A PARTNERSHIP AT THE VILLAGE CAN HAVE BETWEEN YOU AND YOU? BECAUSE IT'S LIKE I KNOW WE HAVE A PERSON THAT IS THE GRANTS, BUT YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMEONE THAT HAS THAT HAS THE STRATEGY AND ALL THAT THAT'S BEEN THROUGH IT AND TALKED TO OUR RESIDENTS AS A ESSENTIAL WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CONVEY THE MESSAGE THAT LOOK, THE VILLAGE OF INDIA TOWN NEEDS IT. IT'S BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, AND WE WHO WILL STILL BE WAITING BECAUSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN MAGICALLY LIKE YOU SAID OVERNIGHT, BUT WE DO, UM, WANNA SEE HOW HOW WE CAN GET THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE I KNOW AS BEING A VILLAGE OF INDIA TOWN. WE MARK ALL THOSE CHECK MARKS BECAUSE WE'RE RURAL. WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A DIVERSITY. WE HAVE A YOUNG, UM, POPULATION. YOU YOU CAN NAME IT. SO UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER WITH YOU GUYS? ABSOLUTELY THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS HERE WE HELP YOU WITH THIS TYPE OF PLANNING THINGS AND ALL THAT, BUT WE ALSO SERVE AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. AS SUCH, WE ARE FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COME IN AND JUST PROVIDE YOU THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. IF YOU NEED HELP WRITING GRANTS.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU WRITE GRANTS. UM A LOT OF TIMES. YOU KNOW BETTER. YOUR STAFF WILL KNOW BETTER WHAT THEY WANT TO PUT IN THERE, BUT WE CAN HELP TO HELP FORM THE STORIES. WE CAN HELP DO RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW EVERYBODY'S SHORT STAFFED RIGHT NOW, AND EVERYBODY'S RUNNING REAL HARD TO DO THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO SO CAN SERVE AS AN EXTENSION OF YOUR STAFF TO HELP WITH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO AS A REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY? DON'T DON'T GO AWAY. OKAY, QUICK QUESTION. HOW LONG THIS PLAN? I KNOW THAT WE'VE THOSE MEETINGS WERE HELD.

SOME TIME AGO. HE STARTED IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. MAY MAY WE STARTED WITH OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING.

WE DID A MEETING IN AUGUST AND THEN YOU KNOW, THEY WENT BACK AND PUT THIS TOGETHER. SO HOW LONG? HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN WORKING ON THIS? JUST A YEAR. TWO YEARS JUST ABOUT BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE GRANT APPLICATION TO GET THE FUNDING TO DO THAT. WE PROBABLY WERE WORKING A COUPLE OF YEARS ON THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING TOGETHER. AND LIKE YOU SAID, WHEN YOU WRITE AN APPLICATION. YOU GUYS DO CHECK ALL THE BOXES, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THAT FUNDING DOWN. SO IN THE FUNDING THAT WE BROUGHT DOWN TO DO THIS, THIS IS THROUGH THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, SO IT'S THROUGH. BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM THAT ALSO YOU KNOW, ALLOWS US TO DO THE ASSESSMENTS. AND IT BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO DO THIS TYPE OF PLANNING AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO THE GRANT WAS TO CREATE THIS CONCEPT OR THIS POSSIBILITY. OK CAN WE GO BACK TO THE ONE THE VERY FIRST? MAP THAT SHOWED WHO OWNED WHAT NO, THAT'S NOT IT. THAT ONE? YEAH.

THIS ONE. HM? OKAY SO INDIAN TOWN NON PROFIT HOUSING DOES INDIAN TOWN NONPROFIT HOUSING STILL OWN THAT PIECE OF LAND? CURRENTLY IT'S CALLED, UM RURAL NEIGHBOURHOOD. OH, OKAY, AND THEY STILL HAVE IT THAT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. I HAVE HEARD THAT THEY HAVE HAD SOME UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO SELL, SO I'M NOT SURE OK, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE VERY BRIGHT PINK. ALL ALONG THE BOTTOM THERE THAT'S PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S PRIVATELY HELD. THAT'S CORRECT, SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE CONTROL OF IS THOSE ORANGE AREAS. AND NOT ALL OF THEM. SOME OF THEM ARE OWNED BY MARTIN COUNTY THAT WAS TO THE TO THE EAST OR THE MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTIES IN THE SQUARE UP TO THE TO THE NORTH. PART OF THAT IS THE MARTIN COUNTY CR. A THAT MEANS THAT PROPERTY SO I WOULD JUST I AND I KNOW IN IN ATTENDING THOSE WORKSHOPS, I THINK I WOULD, UM ININ AN EFFORT TO ENLIGHTEN THE PUBLIC THAT I WOULD, UM I WOULD ADVISE CAUTION IN IN BEING VERY, UM JUST BE BE VERY, UM PATIENT. BECAUSE IN THE PLAN THAT WE JUST SAW WE, THE

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CAN YOU USE THAT GRANT MONEY TO REVITALIZE AN AREA? THAT PARTICULAR GRANT IS FOR BROWNFIELDS. SO THAT'S LOOKING AT IN A BROWN FIELDS IS PROPERTY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE CONTAMINATION OR DOES HAVE CONTAMINATION, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PERCEIVED, SO BROWNFIELD COULD BE A GOLF COURSE IT COULD BE A, UM YOU KNOW THE IT'S PERCEIVED BECAUSE OF THE USE.

THAT'S BEEN THERE. IS IT A GAS STATION? THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT THE BROWN FIELDS IS.

THERE ARE SOME, THERE WERE SOME AREAS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE BROWN FIELDS, AND BUT IT'S PART OF, UM THE REDEVELOPMENT. PART OF IT. IS THAT REVITALIZATIO&-PD REVITALIZE THOSE AREAS. SO THAT WAS THE PLANNING PART OF IT. BUT BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE GRANT IS TO DO THE ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES. SO WE DID 18. I BELIEVE PHASE ONE ASSESSMENT, SO THAT'S KIND OF A TABLETOP EXERCISE. LOOKING AT THE PROPERTIES. WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT'S THE HISTORY THERE? THEN YOU WOULD GO INTO A PHASE TWO WHERE YOU'D ACTUALLY MAYBE GET A TEST IF YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE WAS SOME AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE BEING DONE A GAS STATION, A DRY CLEANER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN WITH THAT GRANT FUNDING AND, UM, TEST THAT PROPERTY TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY CONTAMINATION, SO I WANT TO CLARIFY YOU SAID POTENTIALLY SO THAT THAT AREA HAS NOT BEEN DESIGNATED AS A BROWNFIELD, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DESIGNATE A BROWNFIELD SO FOR THAT TO BE DESIGNATED BROWNFIELD TO THEN BE ABLE TO TAP INTO OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. STATE FUNDING TAX CREDITS ALL THAT YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO DESIGNATE IT AS ONE AND THAT'S THAT'S A PROCESS THAT WE CAN HELP WITH AS WELL. BUT UM, BUT ALL THE FUNDING WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN HERE ISN'T TIED TO THE BROWNFIELDS. OKAY. GOOD.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYBODY ANY ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE COME TO OUR PUBLIC

[PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]

YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JUAN CARLOS LASSO AND I AM A CITIZEN OF INDIAN TOWN. I'M

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING MUST BE IMPLEMENTED. ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES OR RENTAL IN INDIAN TOWN ARE STRANGULATING, THE PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY THE FULL RENTAL. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IS THE RENTAL FOR ALL OF THESE NEW ONES? THEY HAD TO SURRENDER. WHO CAN NOW AFFORD TO PAY THE FULL RENTAL AND PEOPLE ARE OBLIGATED TO SOVEREIGN, CAUSING AN ENORMOUS PROBLEM FOR ALL FAMILIES. EXTRA PARKING MUST BE AVAILABLE ON ALL OF THESE RENTAL AND ESPECIALLY FOR BIG TRUCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ARE YOU AWARE OF THE STRUGGLES OF THE PEOPLE WITH MANY CHILDREN LIVING IN ONE ROOM? PERHAPS THE WHOLE FAMILY LIVING IN ONE ROOM. OR PERHAPS PEOPLE CHARGING FOR A SINGLE ROOM. I PLACING TWO INDIVIDUALS IN CHARGING 500 TO EACH OF THEM. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER SO MANY THINGS RIGHT HERE THAT IS HAPPENING IN THAT YOU ARE NOT AWARE THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT IS IT, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY MOVING ON TO COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

GOTTA BEAR SOME RESPONSIBILITY. BUT I THINK THIS VILLAGE IS GROWING. IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND, UH PAY ATTENTION AND COME TO OUR MEETING AND YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE, UH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. WE ARE TRYING TO FULFILL THE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE WHEN THIS VILLAGE WAS CREATED. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT EVERY DAY AND TO YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION. YOU KNOW IN YOUR YOUR PARADE. YOU KNOW? WE DID WHAT I FELT WAS RIGHT AS A COUNSEL, EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT FEEL RIGHT. AND I STARTED WORKING ON THAT THE VERY NEXT DAY. SO I LOOKED AT THE LDRS. AND ACTUALLY REWROTE THEM. FORWARDED THEM TO OUR VILLAGE ATTORNEY. AND HE'S GOING THROUGH THEM AND THERE WILL BE A DAY WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT UP AND VOTE ON IT AND MAYBE MAKE THINGS EASIER. FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET THEIR PERMITS AND NOT HAVE TO PUT THE COUNCIL HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. BECAUSE IF WE HAVE ALL OUR DUCKS IN A ROW, THERE'S NO NEED FOR YOU TO COME TO THE COUNCIL. IF EVERYBODY DOES WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. STAFF CAN HANDLE

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AND REGARDS OF WHAT HAPPENED. OUR LAST MEETING. UM AND ESPECIALLY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MLK? UM EVENT IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO AN MLK EVENT, AND I HAVE BEEN TO A FEW OF THEM AND THEY DON'T ONLY DO IT HERE IN ANYTOWN . THEY DO IT AROUND OTHER AREAS. STEWART IS A LITTLE BIT MORE BIGGER. BUT THE EVENT HERE IN INDIA TOWN IS VERY SMALL. UM SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT EVENT COULD HAVE BEEN. YOU KNOW, NOT. UM GIVEN THE PERMISSION TO GO AHEAD WHEN IT'S NOT AN EVENT THAT HAS MANY PEOPLE COME OUT. UM SO I THINK THAT OUR RESIDENTS PUT US HERE TO DO THEIR JOB. UM AND I THINK THAT NOT MAKING THE PROCESS. HARDER. BUT MAKING IT EASIER AND MAKING IT FAIR AND NOT MAKING IT POLITICAL. YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN LEARNING IN SCHOOL BECAUSE I AM GOING TO SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. I'VE BEEN STUDYING THEORY. AND ONE OF THE THEORIES TALKS ABOUT WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT OF HAVING IT HAVING DECISIONS DONE THROUGH STAFF, THEN THROUGH COUNSEL BECAUSE WHEN IT'S A COUNCIL SOMETIMES IT GETS VERY POLITICAL. AND WHEN IT'S A STAFF MEMBER, THEY HAVE YEARS AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. THEY'VE GONE TO SCHOOL AND HAVE DEGREES TO, UM TO REPRESENT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING ALL THOSE YEARS, SO I THINK THAT IF WE CAN BUT SOME STUFF ON THE STAFF LEVEL SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AND EXPERIENCE THAT AGAIN. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. ANOTHER THING IS, I WANNA, UM, AN UPDATE IN REGARDS OF LIKE WATER AND SEWER. WE USED TO HAVE QUARTERLY UPDATES ABOUT WATER AND SEWER. WE USED TO BE HAVE QUARTERLY UPDATES ON EVERYTHING FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. UM YES, WE HAVE THE MANAGER'S REPORT BUT THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE READING A PAPER AND HAVING SOMEONE HERE PRES PRESENT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, SO I WANTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE DELIVER PARTS BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, WE USED TO AND I KNOW THE ONE THAT REALLY HAS STAYED ON IS THE FIRE RESCUE. HE CONSTANTLY COMES QUARTERLY OR HE TRIES TO COME QUARTERLY, UM, THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO INFORM OUR OUR CONSTITUENTS. YOU KNOW, I GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DOESN'T THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO PULL PERMITS FOR A GARAGE SALE.

AND WHEN I TELL THEM THEY'RE LIKE REALLY SINCE WHEN, AND I'M LIKE, WELL SINCE THE LDRS WERE IMPLEMENTED, SO I THINK COMMUNICATION IS KEY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT. I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THAT COMMUNICATION. UM I KNOW WE A RE LIMITED WITH STAFF, BUT COMMUNICATION IS KEY.

SO IF WE CAN WE USED TO DO, UH, QUARTERLY, UM. RESIDENTS BUT THAT JUST CONTINUED, UM WHICH IS FINE, BUT I'VE ENCOURAGED A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GO ONLINE AND TRY TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE ONLINE NEWSLETTER BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S VERY ESSENTIAL. IT GIVES A LOT OF INFORMATION. UM, BUT IF WE CAN JUST REMEMBER THAT WE REPRESENT THE PEOPLE. AND I'M ONE SOLE COUNCIL MEMBER. I ONLY REPRESENT 20% OF THE VOTES. UM AND WE HAVE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO THEY ALL HAVE WE ALL HAVE THE SAME VICE MAYOR AND MAYOR HAVE OUR TITLES. WE DON'T HAVE A STRONG FORM OF GOVERNMENT

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IT'S SUMMER WEATHER, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, WE ARE HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS. UM IN THE HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE HELPING HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS. MY SECOND THING IS THAT WE HAD A FINALIST FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB MARIN COUNTY YOUTH OF THE YEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO A PRESENTATION. LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR. YES YES, MA'AM. IT'S IN THE WORKS. WE WERE CONTACTED ABOUT THAT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND GOOD EVENING. UM JUST TO KIND OF BUILD ON EVERYTHING THAT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID. AND SPEAKING OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB I USE OF THE YEAR. YES, THAT IS IN THE WORKS THAT WAS AWARDED SO THERE WILL BE A PROCLAMATION GOING OUT FOR THAT. ALSO, UM MOVING FORWARD. AND TALKING ABOUT CHANGE. THIS COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE RULES AND APPLYING THEM SO IT IS. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

AND SITUATIONS THAT THAT COME UP BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL NEW AT THIS SORT OF THERE'S STILL THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED. THOSE LD. R S ARE BEING USED SOMETIMES. FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. VERY FIRST. ANNEXATION VERY, VERY FIRST ARE STILL HAPPENING. SO MOVING FORWARD. THINGS THAT HAPPENED LIKE HAPPENED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING DIDN'T NECESSARILY LIKE IT PERSONALLY, HOWEVER, IT IS THE WAY THAT THE COUNCIL VOTED THAT THINGS BE HANDLED. IT MAKES A CATALYST. IT'S CATALYST FOR CHANGE. AND I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM EVERYBODY THAT SITS ON THIS COUNCIL AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH STAFF ALREADY ABOUT CHANGES. UM PERMITS AND COMPLETELY GETTING THE COUNCIL OUT OF IT. UM AND HAVING THOSE POLICIES THAT IT BE 30 DAYS OR 45 DAYS RATHER THAN 60 DAYS, AND IF THEY ARE TURNED IN FIVE DAYS LATE. STAFF HAS THE AUTHORITY. IT'S NOT GOING TO COME TO COUNCIL. THERE'S NO DO OVER ITS STAFF HAS THE AUTHORITY OF THIS IS THE POLICY. THIS IS THE RULES. THIS IS THE WAY THAT IT IS. AND I THINK STAFF APPRECIATES THAT, TOO. THEY HAVE A VERY CLEAR CUT. PATH AND WHAT THEIR JOB IS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO THINK. WELL THIS NEEDS TO GO. WHAT'S COUNSELING TO DO? WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO COUNSEL. THERE. THEY HAVE THE FINAL. IT'S JUST VERY CLEAR CUT, AND IT MAKES THEIR JOB EASIER. UM, TO HAVE THAT SO. YEAH, I THINK IN THE COMING DAYS, THIS COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSED THAT LIKE THE GARAGE SALE ALSO, YOU KNOW, TEMP POLICY, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR OWN PRIVATE LAND. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO CHANGE. YOU WILL BE SEEING THAT AND IT IS BECAUSE UM, BEING RESPONSIVE. AND IT HAVING SITUATIONS IT BECOMES A CATALYST FOR CHANGE AND WE ARE LISTENING AND WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND WE'LL DO IT. SO UM AND I HAVE TO STAY, SAY STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB. UM, CONSIDERING EVERYTHING. AND DEALING WITH, AND I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE WE HAD QUARTERLY REPORTS STILL FROM FINANCE AND PARKS AND REC AND YOU TELL UTILITIES. I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS AN ONGOING THING. MY POINT. SO THAT'S DONE MANAGERS REPORT. BUT COMING UP TO A COUNCIL MEETING, I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD WE STILL HAD THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS BEING DONE. AND THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT. I'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR. UM SO I KNOW. I KNOW THEY GET UP EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND KIND OF UPDATE US ON WHAT'S GOING ON, SO MAYBE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE JUST EACH QUARTER. DO DO ONE. I MEAN, WE CAN MAKE IT A STANDING ITEM ON THE AGENDA. THAT'S YOU KNOW, YEAH. PERCENT FLEXIBILITY. YEAH. OKAY? UM. I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THERE

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DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? VICE MAYOR ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS. NO. OKAY.

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]

AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE, YEAH, THIS COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THOSE RULES THAT IT'S GOT TO COME BACK TO US FOLLOWING. YEAH. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[5.  

Post Family Park Skatepark Replacement and Improvements

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THIS MONEY IS REPLACING WHAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW? NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WILL BE ADDING ADDITIONAL AMENITIES TO THAT PART, OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE MOTION? SECOND OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO FOLLOW. UM A SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY A COUNCIL MEMBER. HERNANDEZ, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENT? ANY PUBLIC, MA'AM MISS BARBARA CLOUDLESS.

WELCOME. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MARVIN BARBARA CLADDAGH SUMMER RESIDENT OF INDIAN TOWN. AND I GET VERY DISTRESSED WHEN I SEE THE KIDS HOPPING AT FENCE. BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY NOT SAFE. TICKLED THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY. OF THE COUNCIL. AND OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. AND I'M ALSO DELIGHTED THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW WHAT MARTIN COUNTY HAS DONE BECAUSE THEY LEARNED PRIVATE, CREATING A SKATE PARK AND THEN FOUND OUT EVERYTHING THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE. AND DID IT AGAIN. SO THEY HAVE DONE US A FAVOR. BY DOING IT TWICE AND WE'RE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM IT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. I'M JUST TICKLED. THANK YOU DID HAVE SORRY I DID HAVE A QUESTION. YES MA'AM. YES, MRS DEBBIE, UM WHAT'S THE LIFETIME ON THIS NEW PRODUCT? THE IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHERE AT LEAST 20 YEARS. THE EXPECTANCY. OKAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. THEY CAN SEE ON VILLAGE COUNCIL.

CAN YOU VOTE? SORRY WE HAD OUR I'M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING STRAIGHT. SO WE HAD A MOTION. WE HAD A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. I PAST YOU NOW, UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THIS ITEM WE PUT ON AS AN ADDENDUM. ON MONDAY, MARCH THE 11TH IN THE AFTERNOON, I WAS HANDED A RESIGNATION LETTER FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUIDANCE STONE. AND THE LETTER INDICATED THAT COUNCILMAN STONE WAS RELATED LOCATING TO ANOTHER CITY AND WAS RESIGNING.

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. UM HE ALSO TURNED IN HIS VILLAGE. LAPTOP AND CELL PHONE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VILLAGE CHARTER, UM IT'S CLEAR AND MR VOS MAY WANT TO PIPE IN ON ON WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE. I'LL LET HIM THAT SURE. LET ME GO AHEAD AND USUALLY BEST TO JUST READ THESE THINGS. THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER ADDRESSES FILLING VACANCIES. IT READS VACANCIES VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL MAYOR, VICE MAYOR SCHELL CUR UPON THE INCUMBENTS DEATH INABILITY TO FULFILL THE DUTIES OF OFFICE RELOCATION OF RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE RESIGNATION. THE RELEVANT ONE HERE. APPOINTMENT TO ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICE.

TRADITIONALLY TERMINE INCOMPETENCE OR REMOVAL FORFEITURE OF OFFICE AS DESCRIBING THE SUBSECTION FILLING OF VACANCIES. VACANCY ON THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE FILLED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION WHEN IT COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL BE ELECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM VACATED.

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HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL. ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL IS ONE OF THE FIRST GROUPS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THAT'S WHAT STAFF LOOKING FOR THANK YOU. AND I THINK IT YOU KNOW, WE THANK HIM FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE. UM TO THIS COMMUNITY. THAT HE THAT HE DID LIVE IN AND WORKED IN. AND I THINK IT APPROPRIATE. IF AGREEMENT WITH THIS COUNCIL, I THINK WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IN RECOGNITION IS A PRESENTATION OF A PLAQUE. OKAY STATING SUCH I THINK THAT IS APPROPRIATE. WE'LL DO THAT. WE'LL GET THAT TOGETHER AND GET IT ON YOUR AGENDA. OKAY SEEMS SEEMS TO BE APPROPRIATE IN THIS SITUATION. UM AND MOVING FORWARD. THE CHARTER SAYS. IF IT'S MORE THAN SIX MONTHS WELL, WE'RE AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH OUR VILLAGE ATTORNEY MR VOS ABOUT THIS, AND THIS IS WHERE WITHIN FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS OF THE OF THAT ELECTION DATE. AND THINKING OF THIS AND SPEAKING WITH, UH, SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THAT SEAT. I HSAN SPEAKING WITH THEM. I THINK IT APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN TO CHOOSE BECAUSE IF WE'RE WITHIN THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD, WE'RE ONLY FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS. I FEEL LIKE THAT. THAT SEAT CAN SIT. VACANT UNTIL THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN CHOOSE TO FILL IT. BECAUSE IF WE STEP FORWARD AND SAY OKAY, WELL, WE WANT THIS ONE OR I WANT THAT ONE. I THINK IT BECOMES A VERY POLITICAL THING. AND I THINK, UM IT. YOU'RE GONNA I DON'T HURT FEELINGS. IS THERE GOING TO FEEL THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEELING OF, UM AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY IMPROPRIETY PRIORITIES, BUT, UM, JUST IT'S UM SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT FEELINGS. THAT'S THAT'S THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN PUT IT.

AND THE ONLY WAY THAT I WOULD CONSIDER FILLING IT IS IF SOMEONE WHO IS NOT GOING TO RUN FOR COUNCIL WOULD SIT IN THAT SEAT FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS. WHATEVER IT IS BUT THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST MY OPINION ON IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO, I THINK WE SHOULD LEAVE IT VACANT. I THINK WE SHOULD LET THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN DECIDED WHO'S GOING TO SIT IN THAT SEAT? AND ANY OTHER SEAT. THAT'S UP FOR RE ELECTION.

STOP TO THEM. AND HMM. I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE AND CALL WINNERS AND LOSERS. I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM I DO AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE VOTERS ARE THE ONES THAT DECIDE WHO SITS IN THE STATES FOR FOUR YEARS. UM AND IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO THEM FOR APPOINTING SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR FRIENDS, UM OR WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM POLITICALLY. UM IT WOULD NOT BE, UH, FAIR TO ANY OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES. AND I DO FEEL THAT LET THE PEOPLE CHOOSE AUGUST 20TH FOR THAT'S THE AND LET AND IF WE HAVE BUSINESS TO DO THAT BUSINESS AND YOU NEED A MAJORITY , WHICH MOST LIKELY YOU ONLY NEED IT FOR LIKE BUDGET SEASON, WHICH BY THAT TIME BUDGET SEASONS IN SEPTEMBER, SO BY THAT TIME WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE NEW MEMBERS INSTALLED. SO I IF THERE'S LIKE, DIE HARD. UM DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE

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PERFECT OKAY, ONE THING JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN CASE ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. I DIDN'T WANT TO MENTION THIS POINT TO YOU ALL DISCUSS. I DIDN'T WANT TO. PUT A FINGER ON THE SCALE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC WHO MAY GO BACK AND READ THAT LANGUAGE. AND THEY SAY, HEY, IT SAYS, SHALL WELL SHELLS A SLIPPERY WORK.

VERY SLIPPERY WORD. UM THE PHRASEOLOGY YOU HAVE IN THE INDIAN TOWN CHARTER. IT'S THE SAME. YOU SEE IN MOST MUNICIPAL CHARTERS. IT'S ALSO THE SAME LANGUAGE PRETTY MUCH THAT YOU SEE IN THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION WITH REGARD TO THE GOVERNOR'S POWER TO FILL VACANCIES, FOR EXAMPLE ON COUNTY COMMISSIONS. I DON'T RECALL IN MARTIN COUNTY RECENTLY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU STORIES AROUND THE STATE IN OTHER COUNTIES, WHERE WHILE THE WORD SHALL IS THERE IN THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION, THE GOVERNOR WILL LET COUNTY COMMISSION SEATS SIT BACON FOR YEARS, OKAY, AND IT HAS BEEN INTERPRETED THAT THE MEANING OF THAT WORD SHALL THAT CONTEXT IS BASICALLY MEANS HAS THE POWER TO AS OPPOSED TO YOU'RE COMPELLED TO IN SOME PARTICULAR TIME. YES, THERE ARE SOME CHARTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT SAY, UH, THAT A COUNCIL HAS TO DO IT WITH AN X PERIOD OF TIME. WHICH MANGER LED TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE SITTING HERE FOR VERY LONG MEETINGS UNTIL YOU GET IT DONE. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE INDIAN TOWN CHARTER SAYS SO IT IS COMPLETELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL TO DO PRECISELY WHAT YOU ALL DISCUSSED. THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. UM SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A WE'RE IN UNISON AND, UM I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN EFFICIENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN EMOTION. TO KEEP THAT CHEAP VACANT. DO WE NEED TO MAKE DO WE NEED TO HAVE IT IN A MOTION? YOU CAN. OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO KEEP THAT SEAT VACANT MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO, DO WE HAVE A 2ND 2ND 2ND BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION. LINDA NIC, UM THANK YOU. WELCOME FOR THE RECORD.

LINDA AND I COME AND HERE'S MY THREE MINUTES OF MY TWO SONS WORTH. I DISAGREE WITH ALL OF YOU. UM I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THE NAME OF DOUG CALDWELL TO FILL YOUR EMPTY SEAT. FOR THE NEXT 4 TO 5 MONTHS. AH YOU'VE GOT A PERSON THERE THAT HAS ADMINISTRATIVE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE. HE HAS BEEN TO MORE OF THESE MEETINGS THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE VILLAGE. HE HAS SPOKEN WITH EVERY INDIVIDUAL FROM THE ATTORNEY AND THE MANAGERS AND PARKS, RECREATION.

HE KNOWS AS MUCH ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS VILLAGE AS ANYBODY DOES. TO PUT HIM IN A VACANCY WOULD OFFER US UH, ACCOUNT ANNUITY. WE ARE TOO BUSY WITH TOO MANY THINGS TO PUT IT OFF. UNTIL WE HAVE AN ELECTION AND SOMEBODY ELSE SITTING IN THAT SEAT. UM I JUST FEEL THAT THAT HIS EXPERIENCE IS BENEFICIAL. HIS NOT LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF A POLITICAL CAREER.

HE HAS A SHORT ARM FROM ME, BENDING IT TO GET THIS FAR. I DO FEEL LIKE HE WOULD BE A POSITIVE ADDITION. TWO. UH, TO OUR COUNCIL. FOR THAT DURATION. UM I'M AFRAID THAT, UH APPOINTING ANYBODY THAT DOES HAVE POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS. COULD SHOW. OR INSINUATE SOME TYPE OF POLITICAL FAVORITISM AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WE WANT OUR ELECTIONS CLEAN AND CUT CLEAR. UM AND LIKE I SAID, UH, DOUG HAS NO NO INTENTIONS OF GOING ANY FURTHER THAN THIS BEYOND FISHING ON HIS LAST DAY OF DOING THIS SO TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION. PLEASE. I AM I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE FIVE PEOPLE UP HERE. DOING THE JOB OF KEEPING OUR VILLAGE RUNNING SMOOTHLY, NOT TAKING A VACATION

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GOOD. OKAY TO APPOINT SOMEONE AND THEY WERE APPOINTED. YOU COULDN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND. BUT HAVING APPOINTED NO ONE. YOU CAN CHANGE AND WE CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND. OKAY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION. AND WE HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. ITEM IS, UH, APPROVAL TO PIGGYBACK THE CITY OF COCOS

[6.  

Approval to Piggyback City of Cocoa's Contract with Empire Computing and Consulting Inc. for Security Cameras and Software Licensing for Village Facilities

UM YOU HAVE THE QUOTES ATTACHED. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, BUT THE QUOTES FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TOTAL $15,642 THAT WILL BE PAID FROM THE WATER AND SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND AND THE BALANCE WHICH IS $70,545 WOULD BE PAID FROM THE GENERAL FUND. THE ANNUAL LICENSING FOR THE ABOVE QUOTES MR ROUGHLY $5300 A YEAR. UM, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING 4000. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE, BUT IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE WHAT WE HAVE. SO GREATLY GREATLY IMPROVED IMPROVEMENT. WE HAD, ESPECIALLY WITH SPRING BREAK. WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH VANDALISM. MY STAFF IS CLEANING UP GRAFFITI ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND THOSE CAMERAS WILL JUST HELP US SIGNIFICANTLY. SO WE LOVE YOU GUYS TO APPROVE THAT WE PIGGYBACK OFF THE COCOA BEACH CONTRACT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT, SO TO CLARIFY, UM WE ARE CURRENTLY PAYING FOR OUR LIMITED USAGE OF WHAT WE HAVE, SO WE WILL BE EXPANDING IT. AND THE THERE IS A NOT A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, BUT A DIFFERENCE. CORRECT CORRECT. OKAY, THAT WILL BE PICKED UP. WHERE WOULD THAT COME INTO THE BUDGET? WELL WE FEEL THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW WE'VE HAD SOME VACANCIES IS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. UM AND SO WITHIN CONSULTATION WITH MR FLORIO. HE IS CONFIDENT THAT WILL BE FINE. OKAY REMEMBERING THAT WE'RE ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL CAMERAS AS WELL AND HAVING THE SHERIFF SHERIFF HAS 24 HOUR, UM, REAL CRIME SURVEILLANCE SURVEILLANCE, SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP US TREMENDOUSLY. SO THE INCREASE THE IMPACT ON THE BUDGET IS HOW MUCH OVER OVER A YEAR'S TIME. UM NOT INCLUDING THE INITIAL COST FOR ALL OF THE CAMERAS. IT'S INCREASE OF ABOUT $1300. OKAY SO THAT THAT'S IT FOR THE YEAR IN ORDER TO GET THIS ENHANCED AND MUCH APPROVED IMPROVED SYSTEM OK ANY FURTHER. QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES THANK YOU, MISS REFILLS. I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF STAFF AS TO GO AND USE RESOURCES AND, YOU KNOW, UM, LABOR TO CLEAN UP THE MESS OF WHEN VANDALS. UM BUT MY QUESTION IS, WOULD UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE. WITH WELL, THE LAWS THAT ARE BEING BROKEN THEY WOULD FIND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ON CAMERA. THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO.

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VICE MAYOR PEREZ, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS ITEM? UM I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S A GREAT IDEA HAVEN'T SEEN FIRSTHAND I TAKE PICTURES AND I'M LIKE, LOOK, THEY GOT US AGAIN. YOU KNOW THE BENCHES, THE WALLS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO IS THERE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION. NO MATTER MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. YES

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Authorization to purchase a John  Deer Quarter Cab Backhoe Loader for the Public Works Department.

HOWEVER, HOWEVER, PERFECT EXAMPLE. HE'S ON VACATION THIS WEEK. BECAUSE I CALLED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. HE'S NOT EVEN IN THE STATE. SO THAT'S THE REAL WORLD.

OKAY AWESOME. UM DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. APOLLO IS THERE A 2ND 2ND 2ND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. IS THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? FROM THE PUBLIC KNOW MADAM MAYOR ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. YES THIS ITEM

[8.  

Appointment of Planning, Zoning, & Appeals Board (PZAB) Member 

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ORDINANCE NO. 02-2024 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, ANNEXING BY VOLUNTARY PETITION CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TOTALING 116.16  ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED AT SOUTH OF SW CITRUS BOULEVARD, NORTH OF SW KANNER HIGHWAY, AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN,  PARCEL ID 03-40-39-000-000-00030-2, 02-40-39-000-000-00050-9, AND 35-39-39-000-000-00040-4, WHICH PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PROVISIONS OF SECTION 171.044, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND OTHER CONTROLLING LAW; REDEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN TO INCLUDE SAID PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND A MAP; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND NOTICE TO APPROPRIATE AGENCIES; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, CONFLICTS, NON-CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ACTUALLY I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT PART AND DO THE TITLE AND RUN WITH ALL THE BETS HERE. SO, UM FIRST OFF BEFORE I READ THE TITLE FOR THIS AND THE TOTAL OF NEXT FIVE ORDINANCES. I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, THE PUBLIC IF ANY INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING THE APPLICANT AND THE STAFF, WITNESSES OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PLAN TO SPEAK OR OFFER TESTIMONY DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD ON THE NEXT FIVE ITEMS. I'D ASK YOU NOW TO PLEASE RISE AND BE SWORN BY THE VILLAGE CLERK. AND THESE NEXT FIVE ITEMS ARE CONCERNING THE 116 ACRE ANNEXATION, FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT AND REZONING AS WELL AS THE 4.14 ACRE FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT AND RE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE VILLAGE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR IN A FIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. THANK YOU. SO THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY LET ME READ THE TITLE ON THE FIRST ONE HERE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 02-20 20 FOR THE NORTHERN OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA, ANNEXING BY VOLUNTARY PETITION CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TOTALING 116.16 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST CITRUSY BOULEVARD, NORTH OF SOUTHWEST CANTOR HIGHWAY AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. PERSONAL I D 03-40 DASH 39-000 DASH 000-00030 DASH TWO 02-40 DASH 39-000 DASH 000-00050 DASH NINE AND 35. DASH 39-39 DASH 000-000 DASH 00040-4, WHICH PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1 71.044 FLORIDA STATUTES AND OTHER CONTROLLING LAW.

REDEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN TO INCLUDE SAID PROPERTY PROVIDING FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP, PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND NOTICE TO APPROPRIATE AGENCIES AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS. CONFLICTS NON CODIFICATION SEVERAL BUILDING AND INEFFECTIVE DAY. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT ADDITIONAL THIS ITEM IN THE FURTHER FOUR ITEMS OR QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE, WHICH REQUIRES THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING COMPLY WITH PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN FLORIDA LAW. WHAT SIDE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARE LESS FORMAL THAN PROCEEDINGS BEFORE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CIRCUIT COURT BUT ARE MORE

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AND THE EXISTING MARINA. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF AND YOU'LL SEE THIS . IN ALL THREE OF THE PRESENTATIONS. IT'S A SUMMARY OF THE EXISTING SITE, LAND USE ZONING AND EXISTING USE. I CAN READ ALL OF THOSE, OR YOU COULD JUST LOOK AT THEM ON ON THE SLIDE IN TERMS OF DEPICTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LANDS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AS PART OF THIS ANALYSIS. AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF ANNEXATION REVIEW PROCESS. WE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR COMPLETENESS. IT WAS DEEMED COMPLETE. IT WAS TRANSMITTED TO THE DRC WE REVIEWED AGAINST THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES, THE COMP, PLAN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE ATTACHED STAFF REPORT INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA ITEM. WE THEN SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PIZZA BABY PLANNING ZONING APPEALS BOARD. WHICH IS ALSO THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY. RECOMMENDATION WAS REQUIRED BY THEM TO THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. UM AND THEN THERE WAS NOTICES THAT WERE POSTED IN SIGNS ON SITE AND WE HAD THAT PUBLIC HEARING LAST WEEK. I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT AND THEN THIS IS THE REVIEW OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. UM AND THEN THERE WILL BE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING A SUBSEQUENT DATE . WILL YOU BE ABLE TO MAKE A FINAL RECOMMENDATION AS THE VILLAGE COUNCIL? UM THIS IS THE ANNEXATION REVIEW POLICY AND ANALYSIS, WHICH AGAIN IS DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT IN RELATION TO POLICY. I SEE 1.1 0.26. AND ALSO IN RELATION TO THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES. STAFF IS DETERMINED THAT THE APPLICATION THE APPLICANT IS SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LD, R AND THE PROVISION OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE CHAPTER 171.044. UM THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION APPLICATION NUMBER A AND X DASH. 24 008 THE P C. A B MET LAST WEEK ON MARCH 7TH 2024 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND THE VILLAGE COUNCIL IS NOW REQUESTED TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST AS ONE OF TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS. UM ON THIS MATTER. AND SO IF THAT WITH THAT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HAND IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? NOT YET. OKAY. THANK YOU. TO HOLD IT. ARE WE MOVING? MOVING ALONG? MR

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THESE ARE GOING TO TAKE A FEW YEARS TO DEVELOP. WE'VE STILL GOT TO DO ALL OF OUR PLANNING.

BUT AT THIS POINT, EVEN WHAT WE SEE BEING DEVELOPED IS GOING TO HAVE MINIMAL DEPENDENCE ON THE VILLAGE IN COUNTY SERVICES, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BRING OUT A HUGE AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE WITH VERY LITTLE, UH, TO ASK IN RETURN. SO THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY IF THIS IS THE POINT WHERE THAT HAPPENS, BUT IS THIS THE POINT WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO? ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU SO MUCH? OKAY SO YOU HAD MENTIONED ONE OF THE AGENCIES F D E P THAT HAS REGULATIONS THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW? IS THAT THE ONLY AGENCY UH, THIS ENVIRONMENTALLY THEY'RE THE PRIMARY ONE. YEAH. OKAY? AND, UM I DID NOT REALIZE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HIGHLIGHTING. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE MARINE UM, EDUCATION CENTER WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND NOT JUST TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT IS ENCOURAGING.

AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, BECAUSE THAT JUST OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR AREA, NOT JUST INDIAN TOWN. ALSO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. AND I WAS, UM SURPRISED WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THAT WAS WHEN I WAS LEARNING ABOUT IT, AND THAT TALKED ABOUT THAT. IT'S IN THE BILLIONS. AND IT'S WITH A B, NOT AN M. IT'S IN THE BILLIONS THAT THE IMPACT IS SO, UM I'M COVERED ALL MY BASES AS ANYBODY ELSE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MY QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE LIKE AN ESTIMATE IN REGARDS OF TAX? REVENUE THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING FROM THIS ANNEXATION. NO THAT'S THAT'S UM, HARD TO DO UNTIL WE GET THE PROPERTY OF THAT THE PROPERTY PAYS HER WILL BE THE ONE THAT WILL ASSESS WHAT OPERATIONS ARE BEING ON THAT PROPERTY AND THEN THEY ONCE THEY ASSESS IT, THEN WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA. UM YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER THERE WAS A PARCEL. THAT WAS REZONED. AH THIS LAST YEAR THAT WAS PART OF THE INCREASE IN THE VILLAGES TAX BASE AND THAT WENT FROM AG, WHICH THIS IS CURRENTLY TO THE SAME. FROM UM NOT WRONG NEXT JUICE. THE MARINE MIXED JUICE AND THEIR VALUES WENT FROM 7000 TO OVER 3 MILLION ALMOST $4 MILLION. AND SO THE TAXES THE VILLAGE WAS GETTING ON. THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT, SO IT'S JUST GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW IT'S VALUED ONCE IT'S REZONED. OKAY? AND THEN YOU DID TOUCH BASED ON THE WAIST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW SOME

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BE SUCCESSFUL. OKAY I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOU KNOW THE DONATION THAT YOU DID, TOO.

INDIAN TOWN HIGH SCHOOL TO I R. S C FOR THE SPECIFIC OF THE MARINE INDUSTRY AND CREATING JOBS AND TEACHING THE TRADES BECAUSE IN IN THE IN TOWN, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS TELL, UM THE CHILDREN. UM, THE HIGH SCHOOLERS WHEN I'M I'M TALKING TO THEM THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT EVEN IF YOU DON'T GO TO COLLEGE TO LEARN A TRADE, AND SO I THINK THIS IS SO BENEFICIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND MR WALSH FOR THAT. YEAH I AGREE. IT'S UH IT'S A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE THE MAIN PRIORITY FOR US TO GET GOING AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. COUNCILMAN DIPAULA ANYTHING I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S YOU KNOW VALUE IN TAXES, BUT THE REAL VALUE IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING. ASIDE FROM THE MONEY AND THE TAXES AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO BRING TO THE VILLAGE AS FAR AS REVENUES. IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THE INDUSTRY THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO INDIAN TOWN AND I KNOW PEOPLE REALIZE I MEAN IT'S A BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR. BUSINESS, MULTI BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS. AND WE'RE IN FLORIDA AND THIS IS THE BOAT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. AND INDIAN TOWN.

YOU'RE PUTTING IT ON THE MAP. TO BE RIGHT UP THERE. FOR THE CAPITAL OF BOAT WORKS, AND I

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PEREZ, YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I DO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, YOU KNOW? UM WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW THE THANK YOU FOR DONATING TOOL TOWARDS YOU KNOW, ANY TOWN HIGH SCHOOL? YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE THE STUDENTS ARE SO EXCITED. THEY'RE THEY'RE LISTENING, AND THEY'RE SEEING AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT IMPACT YOU'RE DOING TO OUR KIDDOS OF INDIAN TOWN. THANK YOU. AS YOU KNOW, MR. WALSH HAS BEEN A PROPONENT OF INDIAN TOWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND HE'S VERY PLEASED TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO ANNEX IN YOU'RE DEAD BE APPROVED. PROUD TO HAVE HIM. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S IT FROM EVERYBODY. NOW, MR BOSE. UM WE HAVE DONE. WE'VE HAD THE APPLICANT PRESENTATION. WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.

IS THAT? UM DID THEY DID THEY HAVE TO BE SWORN IN? OKAY, SO THE ONES THE ONES THAT THE CARDS THAT I HAVE, UM, HAVE ALL BEEN SWORN IN. OKAY OKAY. WELL, LET'S LET'S MOVE ON TO THAT DOWN. THE FIRST IS MR MICHAEL HAD ALOT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I AM A DOCTOR, MICHAEL HAGEL. OH I AM THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE. I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN AND ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT. AND THE DIRECT THE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I'M HERE TO SAY THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. UM I WAS TASKED WITH BUILDING INDIAN TOWN. HIGH SCHOOL. AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE PUT $35 MILLION INTO THAT. IT IS AN AMAZING FACILITY. STATE OF THE ART. WE JUST TURNED ON 19 WELDING STATIONS AND FILL THAT PROGRAM AND NO TIME. WE ARE HERE TO DELIVER WORKFORCE FOR AN INTEL. FRANKLY I'VE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS BACK IN FLORIDA NEVER HEARD OF INDIAN TOWN. I KNOW IT WELL. IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE. WITH AMAZING PEOPLE. AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL OUT OF THE GROUND. WITH THE GENEROUS DONATION, WHICH THE COLLEGE TOOK. OVERMATCHED IT WITH THE FOUNDATION, WHICH I OPERATE. WENT TO TALLAHASSEE TO GET ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. IT ALL CAME TOGETHER. IN WHAT IS AN EXQUISITE LOOKING FACILITY. THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO MARINE EDUCATION. IS NOT DONE IN FLORIDA. LET ME REPEAT, IT IS NOT DONE IN FLORIDA. THE COLLEGES IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH AN EXQUISITE ORGANIZATION TO PARTNER TO OFFER DEGREES. TO OFFER CERTIFICATES. TO OFFER LIFE CHANGING EDUCATION. TO CITIZENS OF INDIAN TOWN AND OTHERS. I CAN SPEAK FOR MY PRESIDENT, DR TIM MOORE. WHO IS 100% BEHIND THIS PROJECT. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BECAUSE I DON'T BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION THIS IS A MAJOR PROJECT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PARTNERS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE YOUR MEETING AT INDIAN TOWN HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE ERKAN VISIONING, UM, HAPPY TO HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH YOU ON THAT. AH I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THESE WORDS. PRESIDENT SAYS IT ALL THE TIME.

WE ARE HERE FOR MISSION. OUR MISSION IS TO DELIVER. THE BEST EDUCATION AT THE LOWEST COST.

FOR OUR STUDENTS. IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE A PARTNER IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE ARE HERE. WE ARE YOUR COLLEGE. WE WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED INVOLVE US. WE SUPPORT THIS ANNEXATION. IT IS GOOD FOR US. IT'S GOOD FOR THE COLLEGE. IT'S UP TO YOU TO DECIDE IF IT'S GOOD FOR THE VILLAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT IS MR PIERRE TASHIRO. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING,

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WHAT WORK OPPORTUNITIES. THROUGHOUT THE TREASURE COAST. UM, THE MARINA. LOCATION ON THE ST LUCIE CANAL. GIVES ACCESS. TO VOTERS. COMING FROM THE WEST COAST. AND VISITORS FROM OTHER STATES. THAT REPRESENTS AN INJECTION OF NEW DOLLARS AND THIS ECONOMY, SO WE'RE NOT TURNING THE SAME DOLLARS. WE'RE BRINGING DOLLARS FROM OUTSIDE. THAT WILL BUILD THIS ECONOMY EVEN BETTER. UM AND FINALLY, IN OUR OPINION, UM THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE VILLAGE, BUT MUCH BEYOND THAT OVER THE WHOLE REGION, SO WE'RE WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONER HAROLD JENKINS.

WELCOME. THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO MAKE A POINT THAT MY COMMENTS ARE AS A DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER, NOT AS THE COUNTY. SO I'VE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH AN ANNEXATION IN MY 7.5 YEAR CAREER, BUT I SUSPECT THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE A COUNTY OFFICIAL STANDING UP IN FAVOR OF IT RIGHT SO, BUT BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE I AM ENTHUSIASTICALLY IN FAVOR OF IT.

OVER A YEAR AGO, MR WALSH CAME TO ME AND COLLEEN AND OUR STAFF. AND PRESENTED HIS VISION. AND WAS ASKING BASICALLY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS IN UNINCORPORATED MARTIN COUNTY? AND I SAID, WELL, GUESS WHAT? WE'LL GO FIND OUT. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICAL HURDLES. I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T INTERESTED IN EXPANDING URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY AND DOING SOME HOT BUTTON ISSUES THAT LIKE PEOPLE'S HAIR ON FIRE. AND CHANGING ZONING DOING SPOTS ON IT, SO IT BECAME VERY CLEAR VERY QUICKLY. THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS VISION WHICH YOU KNOW EVERYBODY'S TOUTED AND JOE GAVE ME A FIRSTHAND VERSION OF IT YESTERDAY. BUT, UM, WAS GOING TO COME TO FRUITION IS THROUGH ANNEXATION, SO I TEAM THREE ANYWAY, UM AND FULLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT, UM, THE ANNEXATION, WHICH IS PROBABLY ASSUME VERY WEIRD, RIGHT? YEAH SO AND BUT I DO SUSPECT THAT MY OTHER, UM MY OTHER COMPADRES ARE ALSO ON BOARD WITH IT SO ANYWAY, AND YOU ARE HAROLD JENKINS, YOUR DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT IS IT, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO MOVING ON. ARE THERE MEMBERS? I DO APOLOGIZE? WE HAVE MISS BARBARA CLOUDS. MY NAME IS BARBARA KLAUS. I HAVE A FAMILY FULL OF COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. I WAS RAISED IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

HOWEVER. THEIR LIVES. HAVE BEEN IN THE PORT SALERNO. PALM BEACH AREA. UP THE COAST. AND LET ME

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COME I MARINE CENTER FOR NOT JUST THIS AREA, NOT JUST FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IT'S GOING TO BECOME A MARINE CENTER FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, AND MAYBE EVEN FURTHER. WE ARE ON THE MAP. FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT THIS ONE TAKES IT EVEN A NOTCH HIGHER. AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. AND YOU WERE SWORN IN, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

WELL, THERE'S EVERYBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE STATING THEIR NAME AND IF THEY WERE SWORN IN, SO I'M JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE DOTTING THE I'S AND CROSSING THE T S HERE. THAT IS IT, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO COMMENT NOW THE MEMBERS OF THE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE SWORN IN AT THIS POINT. THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW THAT. THEY JUST THAT IS THAT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPLYING WITH ALL THE RIGHTS CHECK BOXES. WE HAVE A LITTLE SCRIPT THAT WE USE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. SO YEAH, THAT WAS THE PART. WE JUST DID PUBLIC. SO NOW IT'S TOO CLOSE. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AND REQUEST DISCUSSION. ON THE ITEM. OR MOTION MOTION. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DE POLLO.

SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? VICE MAYOR PEREZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY FOR ANYTHING FURTHER? NO, MA'AM. NO, IT IS THERE ANY FURTHER. PUBLIC DISCUSSION. DO WE ASK FOR THAT? NO AT THAT TIME HAS PASSED. OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE IN A SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MR ROMANCE FOR ALL YOUR WORK. AND MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO READINGS FOR THE ANNEXATION. IT WILL BE BACK BEFORE YOU AGAIN AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. I'M GOING TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT TO ITEMS THAT ALSO RELATES TO THE PROPERTY AS WELL. OKAY NOW ARE THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE THEY PUBLIC HEARING? ALSO, THEY ARE SO WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT. WE ARE, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH ABBREVIATED. OKAY. IMAGINE FOLKS MAY NOT FEEL THE NEED TO GET UP AND SAY THE

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ORDINANCE NO. 03-2024 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A LARGE-SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY TOTALING 116.16 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED SOUTH OF SW CITRUS BOULEVARD, NORTH OF SW KANNER HIGHWAY, AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN,  PARCEL ID, 03-40-39-000-000-00030-2, 02-40-39-000-000-00050-9, AND 35-39-39-000-000-00040-4 FROM COUNTY RURAL DENSITY LAND USE DESIGNATION TO VILLAGE COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT LAND USE DESIGNATION; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY TOTALING 116.16 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST CITRUSY BOULEVARD, NORTH OF SOUTHWEST CANTOR HIGHWAY AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. PERSONAL I D 03-40 DASH 39-000 DASH 000-00030 DASH TWO 02-40 DASH 39-000 DASH 000-00050 DASH NINE AND 35-39 DASH 39-000 DASH 00040-4 FROM COUNTY RURAL DID DENSITY LAND USE DESIGNATION TO VILLAGE COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT LAND USE DESIGNATION AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS. SEVERAL BUILDING CONFLICTS, QUANTIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DEBT. AND MARY BELIEVE STAFF IS READY FOR THE PRESENTATION. OKAY, NOW I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR. I CLOSED THE OTHER HEARING. WE DON'T NEED TO OPEN A NEW ONE. ARE. WE'RE DOING THAT BY THIS RIGHT NOW. YOU WILL TECHNICALLY OPEN ANOTHER HEARING AFTER THEY MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS IN THE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I WOULD SPECULATE THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY BUT THANK YOU. YES. GOOD EVENING , DINA FREEMAN WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. UM THIS IS THE LAND USE AMENDMENT. LARGE DALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR WALSH AND INDIAN TOWN PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC. IN IN BRIEF FOR THIS, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO BECAUSE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ANNEX THE LAND USE HAS TO CHANGE IF IT COMES INTO THE VILLAGE FROM MARTIN COUNTY. IT REQUIRES A LAND USE AMENDMENT

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THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? MR BUSH. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THEY ASK IF THE APPLICANT HAS ANYTHING FURTHER. IT'S PERFECTLY FINE IF HE DOES NOT. MR ROMANCE, ANYTHING NEW DAN ROMANCE, PRESIDENT OF ANY TOWN MARINE CENTER. I'VE BEEN SWORN IN. WE AGREE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OCEAN I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO VERY QUICKLY, JUST FOR THE

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AYE. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE EFFECT THE EFFECT OF THAT MOTION PASSING THERE IS AUTHORIZING THE TRANSMITTAL OF THIS LARGE SCALE COMPLAINT AMENDMENT UP TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. SO UM, SO THAT'LL BE THE NEXT STEP. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 12. ORDINANCE

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ORDINANCE NO. 04-2024 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF REAL PROPERTY 116.16 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED SOUTH OF SW CITRUS BOULEVARD, NORTH OF SW KANNER HIGHWAY, AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN,  PARCEL ID, 03-40-39-000-000-00030-2, 02-40-39-000-000-00050-9, AND 35-39-39-000-000-00040-4, FROM COUNTY A-2, AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICTS TO VILLAGE CANAL MIXED USE (CMU) ZONING DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THE EXISTING ZONING, WHICH IS WITHIN MARTIN COUNTY, SO IT'S SHOWN AS VACANT AERIAL IN THAT RESPECT AND SHOWN AS A TO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT IN THE MARTIN COUNTY AREA, WHICH IS A CATEGORY C ZONING DISTRICT, UM, INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE OF ROYAL DENSITY, IF IT WAS TO REMAIN IN THE MARTIN COUNTY AREA WOULD NEED OF MANDATORY REZONING FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION JUST TO BE NOTED. AND THERE'S A PROPOSED OWNING, WHICH IS CANAL MIXED JUICE. AND THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES, WHICH ALSO SHOWS THOSE EXISTING USES THAT WERE DESCRIBED INCLUDING THE MARTIN COUNTY. SORRY THE INDIAN TOWN HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS MARTIN COUNTY OWNED AND THERE'S THE ZONING REVIEW PROCESS. UM, IT ACTUALLY INTAKE APPLICATION REVIEW STAFF REPORT, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION PACKET. UM, P C A B, UM, ACTING AS THE L P A CONSIDERED THIS AT THE MARCH 7TH AS A PUBLIC HEARING WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THIS IS ONE OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. UM FOR A ZONING CHANGE. IT REQUIRES IT TO CONSIDERATION OF THE BABY LP A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THERE WILL BE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OBVIOUSLY CONTINGENT ON THE ANNEXATION AND THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE UNTIL YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE ANNEXATION AND THEN THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, AND THEN YOU CHANGED HIS ONLY MAP. SO APPROVAL CRITERIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE L D R SECTION, 12-6 AND SUBSECTION FIVE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT, INCLUDING THE AGENDA ITEM WITH ALL OF THE DETAILED ANALYSIS.

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THAT CODE. VILLAGE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS OF APPROVAL TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM THE A TWO AGRICULTURAL IN MARTIN COUNTY ZONING DISTRICT TO CANAL MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS A VILLAGE DESIGNATION. THE BABY DID CONSIDER THIS LAST WEEK AT MARCH 7TH AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. AND SO VILLAGE COUNCIL IS NOW REQUESTED TO CONSIDER.

THIS IS ONE OF TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THAT'S THE END OF STAFF PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? SO ARE DO WE HAVE ANY ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? APPLICANT PRESENTATION. DO WE MR

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ORDINANCE NO. 05-2024 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY TOTALING 4.14 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED EAST OF SW 168TH AVENUE, INDIANTOWN, PARCEL ID 06-40-39-001-013-00010-1, FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO UTILITY LAND USE DESIGNATION; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SEVERABILITY CONFLICTS, COMPLICATION AND INEFFECTIVE DATE. AND AMERICA COUNCIL MEMBERS VERY QUICKLY BEFORE STAFF PROCEEDS WITH THEIR PRESENTATION WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM, AND THE NEXT ITEM. WANT TO ASK TWO QUESTIONS? FIRST DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE A VOTING CONFLICT THEY NEED TO DISCLOSE WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM. I DO NOT HEARING NONE. I WILL GO AND PROCEED. THE OTHER QUESTION IS WHETHER YOU'VE HAD ANY EXPERTISE , COMMUNICATION WITH ANYONE, INCLUDING THE APPLICANT, AND NOW I WILL NOTE HERE. THE APPLICANT IS THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN.

UH SO, UM YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DISCLOSE THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH VILLAGE STAFF CONCERNING IT. AND IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE, I WOULD I WOULD WELCOME ANY DISCLOSURE ON THAT. OKAY THAT EVERYONE'S DISCUSSED IT WITH VILLAGE STAFF. YES AND WITH MYSELF SO YES, OF COURSE. VERY GOOD AND MAYOR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I BELIEVE, UH, STAFF IS READY FOR THE PRESENTATION. YES GOOD EVENING AGAIN. DEENA FREEMAN WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HAVE BEEN SWORN IN PREVIOUSLY. UM SO THIS IS A SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. UM IT'S A SMALLER SITES, SO THEREFORE A SMALL SCALE. IN THRESHOLD TERMS IN FLORIDA STATE STATUTES C P A 24-0 18. A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR 4.14 ACRES SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION TO UTILITY LAND USE DESIGNATION AND AS AS WAS JUST CONFIRMED. THE VILLAGES, THE APPLICANT AND THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WITH THE WATER, SO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATING ON A LARGER 24.96 ACRE PARCEL. THERE'S A LITTLE PROPERTY LOCATION OF THE 4.14 ACRE SITE LOCATED, UM IN RELATION TO THE RAILROAD CROSSING, SOUTHWEST RAILROAD AVENUE AND SOUTHWEST 168 AVENUE. IT'S DEPICTED IN RED AND THERE. THE AREA IN BLUE IS THE REMAINING 24 POINT. UM 24 POINT 96 ACRE PARCEL FOR THE UTILITY PLANT, SO THERE'S THE EXISTING LAND USE ON THE PROPERTY THAT SHOWS IN GRAY AND DEPICTED IN RED BOUNDARY. THAT'S THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USES EXISTING AND THEN THE BLUE IS THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY, SO THERE'S A SPLIT LAND USE WITH IT BEING UTILITY IN BLUE. AND THERE'S A PROPOSAL AND USED TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE PARCEL. UM, WITH THE UTILITY. AND THERE'S THE EXISTING ZONING, WHICH IS LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL AND PURPLE AND UTILITY IS DEPICTED AND THE REST OF THE SITE IN GRAY. AND THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING UTILITY. IT WOULD BE UTILITY. THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF THE SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING. THAT'S NEXT. AND

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OBVIOUSLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTH IS THE UTILITY DEPICTED IN BLUE AND THEN ACROSS THE ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING STREET. THERE ARE URBAN RESIDENTIAL OFFICE DESIGNATIONS. UM AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE SURROUNDING AREA. THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT COLORS INTO INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL. AND VILLAGE CALLED MIXED USE AND ALSO INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATIONAL. SO IT'S BACK TO THE SUMMARY. THAT'S THE SUMMARY THAT ALSO SHOWS IT TO THE WEST IS SOUTHWEST 168TH AVENUE AND THEN ADJACENT TO THAT IS SOME EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND VACANT LOTS. SO THE SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WE HAD THE INTAKE. WHICH WE WERE THE APPLICANTS, SO WE, BUT WE DID REVIEW A STAFF AGAINST THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES, THE LDS AND THE COMP PLAN. WE DID HAVE IT CONSIDERED AS A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE P C. A. B AS THE L P A. AND THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. APPROVAL CRITERIA IS AS PER SECTION 12-43. AND ALSO FLORIDA STATE STATUTES. UM AND ALSO 12 DASH FOR PARENTHESES FOR PROCEDURES FOR A SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. THE SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.

VILLAGE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. UM IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE BLUE THAT'S ALREADY ON THE REMAINDER OF THE UTILITY SITE. AND IT'S ACTUALLY CONSIDERED MORE OF A DOWNGRADE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO UTILITY AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THOSE COLORS ON THE MAP. PCB DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON MARCH 7TH 2024 AS A PUBLIC HEARING AND NOW THE VILLAGES. VILLAGE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE FIRST TWO RECOMMENDATIONS. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY PUBLIC QUESTIONS OR NO, MA'AM. OKAY? SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH EMOTION. YOU ALREADY HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT AND OKAY, OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS APOLLO SECOND, AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HERDING HERNANDEZ. AND WE'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY. SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 14 ORDINANCE NUMBER 06-20 24 NORTHERN OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA,

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ORDINANCE NO. 06-2024 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF REAL PROPERTY TOTALING 4.14 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED EAST OF SW 168TH AVENUE, INDIANTOWN, PARCEL ID 06-40-39-001-013-00010-1, FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (LI) ZONING DISTRICT TO UTILITY (U) ZONING DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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ORDINANCE NO. 07-2024 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, CREATING ARTICLE VIII, “WATER CONSERVATION – LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION”, OF CHAPTER 40, “UTILITIES”, OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MANDATORY YEAR-ROUND LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION CONSERVATION MEASURES RULE OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (CHAPTER 40E-24, F.A.C.); PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE APPLICABILITY OF THE ARTICLE; PROVIDING THE LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION SCHEDULE; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS TO THE LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION SCHEDULE; PROVIDING FOR A REQUIREMENT TO OPERATE TECHNOLOGY THAT INHIBITS OR INTERRUPTS AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM DURING PERIODS OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE; PROVIDING FOR VARIANCES FROM THE SPECIFIC DAY OF THE WEEK LIMITATIONS; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS. CODIFICATION CONFLICTS, SEVERAL ABILITY AND INEFFECTIVE DAY. AND MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'LL BE EXPLAINING THIS ITEM AND, UH PAT OR THE MANAGER CAN ADD ON ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THIS ORDINANCE, AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS , ADOPTS THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS. LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION CONSERVATION MEASURES AS ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE VILLAGE. UM UNDER THE DISTRICTS ADOPTED RULE OF THE DISTRICT'S LANDSCAPE. IRRIGATION CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS ARE ALREADY MANDATORY WITHIN THE VILLAGE WITHIN THE COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. AH! HOWEVER THE DISTRICT LACK SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO EFFECTIVELY ENFORCE IT THROUGHOUT THE LARGE JURISDICTION THAT THEY HAVE SO THE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SPECIFIC FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE PROVISION ENCOURAGES COUNTIES AND CITIES TO ADOPT THEIR MODEL ORDINANCE TO INCORPORATE THEIR RULES ARE RULES TO INCREASE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT. RECENTLY THE DISTRICT HAS, UH UH, MADE SOME CHANGES TO FURTHER INCENTIVIZE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO ADOPT THESE ORDINANCE ORDINANCES THEY'VE RECENTLY BEGUN TO REQUIRE THE ADOPTION OF THESE ORDINANCES AS A PREREQUISITE FOR APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING FROM THE DISTRICT. UH UH, VILLAGE STAFF, AS I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL IS AWARE IS PRESENTLY PLANNING TO APPLY TO THE DISTRICT FOR AH, WHOLE BUNCH OF GRANT FUNDING FOR THE VILLAGES, NEW WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS. SO UM, THE ORDINANCES BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR FIRST READING ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM WAS A HANDOUT THAT, UM I WOULD SUGGEST THE VILLAGE CAN YOU KNOW SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AND DESIGNED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE PUBLIC TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT THE RULES ARE. THE BASICS OF THE RULES ARE UM, LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION IS PROHIBITED IN THE DAYTIME BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 A.M. AND 4 P.M. EXCEPT SOME EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE SET OUT IN THEIR RULE.

AND THEN THE ORDINANCE. AND FOR WATERING. IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY EVEN NUMBERED IN ODD NUMBERS, STREET ADDRESSES, EVEN NUMBER. STREET ADDRESSES CAN WATER ON WEDNESDAYS AND SUNDAYS AND ODD NUMBERS CAN WATER ON THURSDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS AND SUNDAYS, SATURDAYS FOR EVEN NUMBERED AND BROAD NUMBERS. IT'S THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS. AH! AGAIN TO REITERATE THESE RULES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. THEY'RE ALREADY MANDATORY. UM PURSUANT TO THE DISTRICT AND UNDER STATE LAW. THIS IS JUST INCORPORATING IT INTO THE VILLAGES CODE AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE PRIMARY DRIVERS FOR THIS. IT IS NOW A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT TO ADOPT SUCH AN ORDINANCE TO APPLY FOR DISTRICT FUNDING. OKAY THANK YOU . GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, DO I HAVE EMOTION? THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. APOLLO IS THERE A 2ND 2ND 2ND HUSBAND MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION. NO MATTER MAYOR IN FAVOR. AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, MOVING ON. NO

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Discussion of Draft Charter Amendment Providing for Term Limits for Village Council Members

SO ANYBODY ELSE? I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT. I THINK THE VOTERS SPEAK EVERY FOUR YEARS THEY COME OUT AND THEY VOTE. AND WE CAN'T SAY THAT IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE IT DOES WORK, OKAY? MYSELF. AND COUNCILWOMAN PEREZ. B. INCUMBENTS. OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE I DIDN'T WANT THEM BACK IN OFFICE. AND THEY ELECTED. HER AND MYSELF. I THINK THAT ESPECIALLY WITH THIS VILLAGE IS SO NEW IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S DONE. DOWN THERE TWO TERMS. AND AS IS PROPELLING FORWARD. NOW YOU'RE STOPPING THEM, NOT YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE GONNA HURT THE VILLAGE. YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY HURTING THE PERSON. YOU'RE HURTING THE VILLAGE. ME I'M A TWO TERM GUY.

SO FOR ME, IT DOESN'T MATTER. I'M NOT. I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE UNTIL I'M 80 YEARS OLD. OKAY. I GOT OTHER THINGS I WANT TO DO. BUT IF YOU GET SOME YOUNG GUY THAT GETS ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL. AND IS DOING THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE POSITIVE. AND NOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE

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OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ. THIS IS A HOT TOPIC. YES, EVEN IN THE STATE. FEDERALLY I SEE BOTH PARTS. I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TERM LIMITS. BUT EIGHT IS TOO LITTLE BECAUSE, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO STATED THE FIRST TERM IS LIKE YOU'RE LEARNING EVERYTHING. IT'S LIKE YOU'RE WALKING YOUR YOU WERE JUST BORN. YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE LEARNING HOW TO E WALK. UM PEOPLE HAVE TO LITERALLY. SHOW YOU GO THROUGH THE HOOPS. IT'S UNTIL YOUR SECOND TERM THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY FINALLY PROBABLY DOING SOMETHING. AND IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS YOUR PASSION. AND YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE THAT. LIKE YOUR PURPOSE. YOU CAN'T FOLLOW IT THROUGH BECAUSE YOU KNOW? CHANGE. IS THE COUNCIL WOULD BE CONSISTENTLY CHANGING SO YOU'D BE RESETTING THE RESET BUTTON WOULD, UM, MAKE THINGS HARDER ON THE VILLAGE BECAUSE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. YOU'RE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. YES I DO AGREE WITH MIRROR. UM GIVES THOMAS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TERM LIMITS. I THINK EIGHT IS TOO LITTLE. AND I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO THAT YOU KNOW IT'S UP TO PEOPLE'S VOTE. SO I GO EITHER WAY, I'M THE MIDDLE PERSON HERE AND THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO YOU WOULD DO FOR THREE TERMS NOT TO I WOULD IF YOU WOULD HAVE ME VOTE ON SOMETHING. IT WOULD BE ON THREE TERMS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR PEREZ, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YES I THINK YOU KNOW. WE DON'T NEED IT AT THE MOMENT.

I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LEARNING THE PROCESS THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW THE FIRST TIME AND THEN YOU'RE TOO YOU KNOW YOUR SECOND TURN YOUR YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON? SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT AT THE MOMENT. OKAY THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST MAKE ONE FINAL COMMENT, UM, MOVING FORWARD. HAVING BEEN HAVING HAVING BEEN HERE FROM THE FROM THE GET GO FROM THE BEGINNING. THE REASON THAT AND YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE SELF TERMED OUT. YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO DO TWO TERMS. UM I FIND MYSELF AND I AGREE WITH WHEN YOU FIRST COME IN. THAT YOU'VE GOT A FIRE LIT UNDERNEATH YOU. YOU HAVE GOT NEW IDEAS. YOU'RE QUESTIONING EVERYTHING. WHY ARE WE DOING IT THIS WAY? WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY? WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS? UM AND IT DOES. IT IS LEARNING CURVE AND YOU DO HAVE A LEARNING PROCESS. SO AT THE END OF THAT FOR YEARS, YOU'RE KIND OF CATCHING ON HOW THINGS ARE DONE. SO IF YOU WEREN'T DECIDED TO RUN AGAIN, AND YOU HAPPEN TO GET BACK IN UM, THEN THAT SECOND TERM YOU'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE THINGS THAT ARE YOUR PASSION. BUT I AM FINDING THAT YOU GET COMFORTABLE IN THAT SECOND TERM. YOU GUYS ARE STILL JUST IN TWO YEARS UNTIL YOUR FIRST TERM I FIND DURING THAT SECOND TERM. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU BECOME A PART OF THE PROBLEM. BUT YOU DO BECAUSE YOU COME UP WITH INSTEAD EVERYTHINGS WELL, THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE DO IT AND THAT IS THE REASON THAT PEOPLE WANT TERMS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE GET THAT ATTITUDE, SO THAT'S THE REASON I BROUGHT IT UP. SO I GUESS THERE'S NO ACTION ON THAT. IS THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? OKAY JUST OKAY. MORE DISCUSSION. FIRST IS MISS BARBARA CLOUDINESS.

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AND IT WAS VERY SIMPLE. THE POOL IS SMALL. IN RURAL AREAS. WE HAVE A SMALL POOL OF POTENTIAL CANDIDATES. NOW. WHEN WE TALKED TO PEOPLE WE THINK, OH, THEY COULD BE IT COULD CANDIDATE THEY COULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE A GOOD CANDIDATE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. SO WHEN YOU FIND SOMEBODY GOOD, YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM? AND DEMANDING THAT YOU HAVE A TERM LIMIT. THEN AUTOMATICALLY PULLS THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER THEM. I BELIEVE THAT THE SIZE OF INDIAN TOWN RIGHT NOW. VOTERS KNOW WHO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE. THEY RUN INTO THEM IN CRACKERS. THEY RUN INTO THEM IN I G A OR THE OUTPOST OR ON THE GOLF COURSE. THEY KNOW WHO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE. THAT IS IDEAL. SO LET THE VOTERS VOTE EVERY. WHETL PERSON HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OR NOT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE VOTERS VOICE SHOULD COUNT. THE MOST. SO DON'T DON'T MAKE DON'T FORCE THEM OUT. WE HAVE GOOD CANDIDATES. LET'S KEEP THEM, OKAY. MY TWO CENTS. OKAY. NOW DO WE HAVE MORE? TWO CENTS, MISS LINDEN, ICOM. I DON'T HAVE TO RAISE THE ANTE 23 CENTS. THIS IS LONDON. I COME FOR THE RECORD. UM I DO BELIEVE IN THE TERM LIMITS. I LOVE THE IDEA OF A TWO YEAR BREAK. BETWEEN RUNNING AGAIN. MY GOAL IS TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SERVING.

AND IF THEY SEE A BELOVED MAYOR WHO IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO RUN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RUN AGAINST HER. THEY DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF HER. SO THEY'RE GOING TO STEP BACK AND THEY'RE GOING TO LET THINGS CONTINUE THE WAY THEY ARE. I WANT TO SEE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED. THE TWO YEARS OF IS A RESET BUTTON FOR ANYBODY THAT HAS BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FOR EIGHT YEARS. IT GIVES THEM TIME TO RESET, REEVALUATE. WHAT THEY'VE DONE WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO WHAT THEY THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE. UM I LIKE THE IDEA OF THERE BEING MORE CHOICES. I DON'T WANT TO SEE INCUMBENTS EVERY TIME. I WANT. I WANT NEW PEOPLE. NEW BLOOD NEW IDEAS. TO BE TO BE ACTIVE IN HERE. UM OUR FIRST STEP IS TO GET THEM IN THE DOOR. MAKE HIM SIT IN THESE CHAIRS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE WHERE I'M AT ALL THREE CENTS WORTH. THANK YOU. THAT IS IT THAT IS IT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, SEEING NONE. OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING

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