May 09, 2024 Regular Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THIS VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. REGULAR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING MAY THE NINTH 2024 IF WE COULD HAVE REAL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR GIBBS THOMAS HERE. VICE MAYOR PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER, DEPALO COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ. AND JUST A FEW QUICK HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. IF YOU HAVE CELL PHONES IF YOU COULD PLAY SILENCE THEM ALSO YOUR EXITS A RE TO YOUR LEFT. AND YOUR RIGHT YOUR ON YOUR LEFT YOU IS A ARE THE RESTROOMS. ALSO IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, YOU'LL HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES THIS EVENING. ONE IS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. UH, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THREE MINUTES FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET A SPEAKER'S FORM, FILL IT OUT AND HAND IT TO OUR WONDERFUL CLERK OVER HERE ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE. THIS EVENING. OUR INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR PEDRO. HE CARCAMO. SO I ALWAYS GET THAT WRONG. PEDRO CARCAMO! THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. AND IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE, UM, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. GOOD AFTERNOON. LET'S GO TO THE LORD AND PRAYER. DEAR FATHER. GOD WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST THANKFUL THIS AFTERNOON LORE.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY WE THANK YOU FOR OUR NATION. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. AND LOWER. GOD WE THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR LEADERS. AND FATHER. GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU AND WE JUST INVITE YOU INTO THIS MEETING, LORD GOD, AND WE PRAY, FATHER THAT YOU WOULD GIVE OUR LEADERS OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE WISDOM THAT THEY NEED TO LEAD US IN OUR COMMUNITY. FATHER WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR COMMUNITY LORD, AND WE PRAY FOR PROTECTION AS WELL. FATHER GUIDE US IN THIS MEETING. IN THE NAME OF JESUS. WE PRAY ALL THESE THINGS AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN. I THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. INFORMATION ON UH INDIVISIBLE. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND I FORGOT TO MENTION WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SO DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO

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Proclamation for Teachers Appreciation Week

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WE ALSO HAVE FROM EAST COAST MIGRANT, BARBARA DOWLING. COME ON. NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE PICTURES SO Y'ALL DON'T GO AWAY. YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST START LINING UP OVER THERE IN THE CORNER. FROM PERKINS. WE HAVE MELISSA FLETCHER. FROM HOPE RURAL SCHOOL. WE HAVE COACH SUSIE LOPEZ. FROM INDIAN TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAVE JUNE PIRELLI. FROM INDIAN TOWN HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT ONE J TATE. AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST.

I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THIS WOMAN, A T WARFIELD ELEMENTARY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. LONG TIME. THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT DIFFERENT. UM POSITIONS. AND I AM PROUD. OF, UH CALL HER WARFIELD ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MISS GLORIA QUINTERO.

[PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]

STARTS CRITICIZING MY CHICKS, THEN I NEED TO PUT IN MY TWO CENTS WORTH ALSO. THE THIS ARTICLE. UM THAT WAS PUT OUT. UM, COMMENTING ON THE, UH, LACK OF, UM I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT

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[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I JUST WANNA SAY HAPPY TEACHER AND STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK. UM I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME AMAZING TEACHERS OUT HERE IN INDIAN TOWN , AND I KNOW SOME DO MAKE THE DRIVE AND YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SHOW OUR APPRECIATION. THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, CHOOSING INDIAN TOWN TO TEACH TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE MISS DRAYTON. SHE WAS JAMES'S KINDERGARTEN TEACHER. YOU KNOW, SHE WAS SHE'S AMAZING, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. AND, UM WELCOME EVERYBODY. GLAD. GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE THIS EVENING AND ONLINE. UH, TO SPEAK. TO SPEAK TO STAFF AND WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES. AND UH, I THINK SPECIFICALLY MAKING MOTIONS TO SPEAK TO THAT. UM I BELIEVE STAFF DOES A VERY GOOD JOB WHEN THINGS ARE UNCLEAR. THAT THEY MAKE SURE I KNOW THAT OUR CLERK SHE'LL SAY OK, NOW WAIT A MINUTE. STOP! WHAT? WHAT WAS THAT? AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING CLEAR AND ALSO, MR VOS AND WHEN WE WERE WE WERE TALKING IN THE BACK

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ROBERTS'S BORDER IS A THICK SET OF RULES HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT ALL THE TIME WHEN YOU GET INTO VERY COMPLEX PROCEDURAL MANEUVERS. MOST OF THE TIME. IT'S REALLY SIMPLE WHEN EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON.

RIGHT IN THE RULES FOR SMALL BOARDS AND FOR SMALL MEETINGS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY MUCH MORE LAX IN ROBERT EARL'S BORDER THAN WHAT THE VILLAGE COUNCIL DOES HERE. YOU ACTUALLY WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND WHAT YOU'LL BE ACTING ON UNDER THE RULES FOR SMALL MEETINGS. YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION. I DON'T RECOMMEND THAT. OK BUT UNDER THOSE SET OF RULES IN THE BIG BOOK OF ROBERT JEWS BORDER IF EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND VOTING ON, YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A MOTION. SO THERE IS RECOGNIZED IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER A UM SMALLER NECESSITY FOR FORMALITY. ALL RIGHT NOW AT THE SAME TIME.

CLARITY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. ALL RIGHT, WHEN IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR WHAT THE MOTION IS WHAT THE ACTION IS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE MAYOR HAS A ASKED FOR A MOTION OF A PARTICULAR TYPE. AND THEN SOMEONE SAYS EITHER MOTION OR SO MOVED. THIS IS DONE IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND COUNTY COMMISSION MEETINGS ALL OVER THE STATE. AND IF YOU GO WATCH COMMITTEE MEETINGS UP AT THE STATE HOUSE OR STATE SENATE, THEY WILL USE EVERY MANNER OF JARGON AND QUICK, YOU KNOW, WAYS OF DEALING WITH THINGS. THEY WILL NOT USE. COMPLETE SENTENCES. BOOM BOOM BOOM RIGHT THROUGH. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT'S NOT INFORMALITY. THAT IS JUST THE WAY THAT BODY ACTS NOW. WHEN WE ARE IN SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S NOT JUST YOU KNOW? UH MOVE TO APPROVE OR MOTION OR WHAT HAVE YOU WHEN IT'S JUST EXCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OR WHAT THE MAYOR HAS STATED OR SOMETIMES, WHEN SOMETHING IS A LITTLE COMPLEX. I MAY STATE SOMETHING AND SOMEONE WILL SAY SOME, ALL RIGHT WHEN WE GET BEYOND THAT. AND WE GET IN SITUATIONS WHERE UH, YET. WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, THEN WE WILL GET STAFF MYSELF AND THE CLERK AND THE MANAGER WILL BE VERY INSISTENT AS AS WAS SUGGESTED TO KEEP THE COUNCIL ON TRACK TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING. MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ACTING ON TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE YOU'RE GONNA BE GIVING CLEAR DIRECTION TO THE PUBLIC TO STAFF AND SO ON. SO ROBERTS'S BORDER IN ANY SET OF PROCEDURES. OR A TOOL. TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE HAVING FAIR. AND UNDERSTANDABLE MEETINGS I WOULD OFFER IN SMALL SETTINGS LIKE THIS. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE. A ROPE TO WRAP YOURSELF UP IN SO I HOPE THAT HELPS. IT DOES THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. OKAY? AND UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. IS THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]

UM IT WAS A $2.5 MILLION REQUEST, BUT THEY APPROVED 1.875. FOR US, AND SO I'VE ASKED THE MAYOR TO, UH SIGN A LETTER THANKING, UM ACTUALLY SENDING IT TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO NOW PROVE IT. SO WE'RE SENDING A LETTER OF SUPPORT. AND THEN COPYING THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND THAT WILL BE FOR OUR TEST. WELL. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

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[CONSENT AGENDA]

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Appointments to the Indiantown Community Trust Fund Advisory Committee

SO THIS CAME TO YOU ALL AT YOUR LAST MEETING, AND, UH, THE COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT WE READ AVERTS FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE DID THAT, UH, INCLUDED IN THIS AGENDA PACKET ARE THE TWO APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE AGENDA BEING RELEASED. ONE IS MISS LINDA NYUM. AND THE OTHER ONE IS MISS KIMBERLY JACKSON. AND THEN THE OTHER DAY WE RECEIVED, UH APPLICATION FROM A FAN FRANCIS DELGADO. SO WE HAVE THREE. TODAY. SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR DIRECTIONS. UM THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE AGENDA ITEM IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE UM APPOINT INDIVIDUALS TO THE INDIAN TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ASSIGN A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE. AND GIVE US FURTHER DIRECTION. IF SO, BE SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION AND REFRESH MY MEMORY. HOW MANY SEATS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM THE PUBLIC TO SIT ON THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WHEN THEY ESTABLISHED THAT THEY HAD FOUR MEMBERS FROM THE FROM THE COMMUNITY. ONE FROM BOOKER PARK, ONE FROM AN WOOD PLUS A COUNCIL MEMBER, PLUS TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE, UH COGEN. FOR FPL. BUT THE LAST TIME. YOU ARE MAD. I THINK THERE WAS JUST FOUR. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS FOUR THERE WERE TWO AT LARGE. AND THEN THE ONE FROM BOOKER PARK AND ONE FROM THE NAMELESS OKAY, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT ONE, A T LARGE AND ONE FROM BOOKER PARK AND ONE FROM INDIAN WOODS. SO THOSE SPECIFICS ARE MET, OK? OK? ANY. ANYBODY WANNA COMMENT ON IT? WE DO NEED A COUNCIL MEMBER. THAT WOULD BE THEN YOU'D HAVE FOUR. YEAH. AND THEN CLOSE TO $70,000 TO BE ALLOCATED. WHICH IS THE SAME. YEAH, IT SEEMS TO BE GROWING. IS THERE? UM COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE THE MAYOR TO SIT ON THAT AND DIRECT IT. IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO. MM. THANK YOU. OKAY? I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M I'M WILLING TO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MAKE UP OF THE DID WE REACH OUT TO FP NELIA? DO WE KNOW THEY HAVE I'VE HAD SOME DIALOGUE WITH THEM, BUT THEY HAVE NOT THEIR INDIVIDUAL THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO WAS NOT FIND IT VERY INTERESTED. I HATE TO SAY THAT THIS CAME ABOUT WITH THE COGEN PLANTS, AND THAT'S NO LONGER SO. MISTER VILLAGE ATTORNEY DO WE NEED A PIANO REPRESENTATIVE. SO I IT CALLS FOR THERE BEING TWO OF THEM. WE CAN'T FORCE THEM TO GIVE ANYBODY , UH, TO PUT ON IT. IT WAS THERE. IT WAS A TRUST, YOU KNOW, FORMED BY THEM OR FORMED BY COGEN. UM THAT I. I DO UNDERSTAND. SPEAKING WITH THE MANAGER, THERE HAD BEEN COMMUNICATIONS WITH FPL CONCERNING IT, AND THEY HAD NOT EXPRESSED A KEEN INTEREST TO IT. SO IF SO IF THEY AREN'T JUMPING AT THE CHANCE. I DON'T THINK IT HOLDS YOU ALL UP FROM PROCEEDING FORWARD. SO IT'S LIKE, LET'S JUST SAY THE VILLAGE MANAGER GETS A CONFIRMATION EMAIL FROM FPNL, SAYING THEY'RE NOT VERY INTERESTED. IT WOULD BE OKAY TO JUST CONTINUE WITHOUT THEM. I I THINK YOU CAN CONTINUE EVEN WITHOUT THAT. BUT IT IT WOULDN'T WOULDN'T BE THE WORST THING TO SEND AN EMAIL, BUT, UH, I, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED THAT. I THINK THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN HAD AND I THINK THE VILLAGE CAN

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Due to performance issues on Well #8, The Village has contacted Florida Design Drilling to evaluate the well and its equipment. Recommendations from FDD is that Well #8 needs aggressive rehabilitation. The galvanized piping will need to be replaced and due to the moister along the well casing and unknown nature of the screened interval FDD is recommending an over drilling of Well #8. 

MOVING ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. THIS ONE. I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MISTER NOLAN. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, PAT NOLAN. MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS IN RELATION TO WELL NUMBER EIGHT. WE HAVE EIGHT WELLS IN THE SYSTEM. WE JUST REPAIRED WELL, NUMBER SIX WHEN THE CONTRACTOR WAS HERE. I HAD ASKED THEM TO CHECK OUT WELL BECAUSE IT WAS GIVING US TROUBLE. SO ONCE THEY EVALUATED IT, WE FOUND OUT WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE WELL. I KNEW WE HAD PROBLEMS, NOT TO THE DEGREE THAT WE HAVE SO TO REPAIR THAT. WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CALL OVER DRILL, SO WE'RE REALLY GONNA DRILL A NEW WELL. AND THE COST OF THAT IS $299,000. BUT THAT'LL HAVE A WELL THAT IS MUCH AS RIGHT NOW. THIS WELL HAS BEEN GIVING US TROUBLE SINCE I GOT HERE THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO IT WASN'T A SURPRISE THAT HAD ISSUES BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT TO THE DEGREE OF THE PROBLEM. BUT ONCE WE CORRECT IT.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO. LS THAT I KNOW A RELIABLE WE HAVE SIX OTHER WELLS. WE HAVE PLANTS TO LOOK AT THOSE ONCE WE TAKE CARE OF THE SRS FUNDING THAT WE'RE SEEKING. SO THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS, BUT, UH THAT'S THE RESOLUTION OR THE BEFORE YOU SO JUST A QUICK QUESTION. UM, THE 299,000. THAT IS, UM YOU HAVE MONEY. IN. YOUR BUDGET FOR THAT. I SPOKE TO MR FLORIO. WE DO HAVE THE MONEY. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW. IT IS, IS THERE UM COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST HAD A QUESTION WHERE AS WELL WELL, EIGHT IS ON FELL. OK, THE, UH WE'VE GOT PRETTY WELLS ON THE PROPERTY OF THE OF THE PLANT ITSELF. AND THEN RUNNING WEST FROM THE PLANT. THERE'S FOUR OR 56 AND SEVEN AND WELL, AID IS OVERRUN FROM L. THAT'S THE NEWEST WELL, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THEY PUT IT IN THEY DID A FEW THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE, SO WE'RE PAYING FOR IT NOW. AND THERE'S NO WAY TO LIKE. GO BACK TO A FEW THINGS THEY DIDN'T DO WELL. UH, THEY PUT THAT WELL IN BACK IN THE EIGHTIES. THAT'S WHY I WAS. MY QUESTION MEANS WHEN IT WAS PUT IN THE EIGHTIES. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. DO WE SURE IS. GONNA START. UH, THEY ACTUALLY ALREADY DID SOME PREP WORK. THE DRILLING RIG THAT THEY NEED FOR THIS PROJECT IS ON ANOTHER JOB, BUT IT SHOULD BE HERE MIDDLE OF JUNE. BE HONEST WITH YOU. I'VE ALREADY SAID IT IN MOTION. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AS LONG AS YOU APPROVE IT. WE? I KNEW I HAD TO SCHEDULE THE DRILLING RIG. BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOUR AVERAGE R AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT IS ON ANOTHER JOB, BUT IT WILL BE HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE. PENDING YOUR APPROVAL. DOES THIS INTERRUPT ANY SERVICES FOR THE VILLAGE? UH, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT WELL RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE OPERATING AGAIN WHEN I GOT HERE THAT WE DID NOT WORK, SO, UH, I'VE REPAIRED IT. A COUPLE OF TIMES AND, UH BUT THIS WE WILL FIX IT. CORRECT CORRECT,

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THANK YOU, SIR. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. PLEASE. I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE WE'RE WORKING ON THE METER PROJECT. UH, WE HAVE 1900 M IN THE SYSTEM. WE'VE CHANGED OUT A LITTLE OVER 1000 OF THEM ALREADY. SO WE ARE PROGRESSING ON THAT IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING A LITTLE FASTER THAN WE HAD PLANNED. UH, ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY HAD AN UNFORTUNATE YOU GOT THE WRONG METERS, SO THERE WAS A CREW OF SIX PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING SOMEWHERE ELSE AND ENDED UP HERE. INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO PEOPLE INSTALLING METERS. WE NOW HAVE SEVEN SO THEY'RE DOING CLOSE TO 100 M A DAY. A STAR ADVANTAGE. THAT'S A GOOD THING. GREATLY TO OUR ADVANTAGE, SO PROBABLY WHEN PEOPLE GET THE NEW METERS, THEY'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE A JUMP IN USAGE BECAUSE THEY HAVE OLDER METERS IN THEIR HOMES AND THESE NEW METERS ARE GONNA WORK MUCH BETTER THAN THE OLD METERS. BUT YOU HAVE PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT IS MEASURING CORRECTLY WHAT THEY'RE USING. I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. QUESTION THOSE OLD METERS. HOW OLD ARE THOSE OLD METERS? SOME OF THEM HAD A RESIDENTIAL METER YOU YOU LIKE TO SWAP THEM OUT AFTER ABOUT 1.5 MILLION GALLONS GO THROUGH THEM OR 15 TO 20 YEARS. WE'VE GOT SOME METERS THAT HAD 3 MILLION GALLONS GO THROUGH THEM. AND THEY'VE BEEN IN THE GROUND FOR 20 TO 40 YEARS. WOW. SO THEY WERE WAY WAY PAST THE TIME. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT ADVANCE NOTICE. APPRECIATE IT. ONE MORE ITEM.

YES, SIR. IF I MAY. WE'RE WORKING AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE'VE CLEARED THE PROPERTY. NEXT STEP WILL BE TO BURN THE BRUSH THAT THEY'VE THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING NEXT WEEK IF THE WEATHER IS RIGHT. UH, THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO THE FORESTRY SERVICE. THEY'RE GONNA GET A PERMIT. THEY'RE GONNA DO IT PROPERLY. WE WILL BE PUTTING A NOTIFICATION OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND UH, THE ONLY THING IS KEEPING THAT FROM GOING OUT TODAY IS WE'RE HAVING A TRANSLATED WHICH THE CLERK IS DOING. BUT ONCE IT'S TRANSLATED, WE'LL BE PUTTING BOTH VERSIONS OF THE NOTIFICATION UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS.

SO LET ME ASK YOU YOU SAY WEATHER IS RIGHT. I KNOW. RAIN HAMPERS THINGS. WHAT ABOUT WIND? THAT'S PART OF IT. THE WIND HAS TO BE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BEFORE THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY CAN DO. OK, SO AND WE MEAN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IS AWAY FROM PEOPLE. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PREVAILING WIND. YES SO THEY'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS PROPER BEFORE THEY DO IT, OK, GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. OKAY? OH, I SEE. WE HAVE NO FIRST

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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.

YOU. 02-40 DASH 39-000 DASH 000-00050 DASH NINE AND 35-39 DASH 39-000 DASH 000-00040 FOUR 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. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC I, UH IM GOING TO BE BRIEFLY ADDRESSING YOU ALL AS WE DO IN LAND USE MATTERS BECAUSE TECHNICALLY, THIS FIRST ITEM IS NOT A QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER BUT A LEGISLATIVE ONE. AND BECAUSE THESE HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU BEFORE, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH SOME PIECES OF WHAT I HAVE. BUT THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS I DO WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD, UH, CONCERNING THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A PAIRED, UH, REZONING CONCERNING THE SAME PROPERTY. SO, UM WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM. FIRST OFF. UH, MADAM CLERK. UH, FOR THIS ITEM WAS THIS ITEM, UH, PROPERLY ADVERTISED, AND, UH, UH, I'M

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AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM VOTING ON THIS ITEM? OR THE NEXT ITEM RELATED TO IT. NO SIR, SEEING NONE. GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. UH HAS ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS AS I RECALL AT THE PRIOR MEETING CONCERNING THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCLOSE THAT THEY HAD SPOKEN WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER CONCERNING IT. UH, AND SO WE CAN DISCLOSE THAT FOR THE RECORD, UM OR OR HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OTHER EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THIS APPLICATION OR THE RELATED RES? SEEING NONE. I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL I NEED TO INQUIRE ABOUT AND MAYOR. I BELIEVE STAFF IS READY FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. OKAY. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. I SKIPPED THAT PART. YEAH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, UH, IF, UH THERE IS ONE OTHER THING FOR ANY, UH, INDIVIDUAL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, ANY INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING THE APPLICANT STAFF, WITNESSES OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PLAN TO SPEAK OR OFFER TESTIMONY DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, AND THE NEXT ITEM, I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE RISE AND BE SWORN BY A CLERK. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DENA FREEMAN WITH THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. UM UM BRIEF PRESENTATION. UH, SECOND OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. UM WE HAVE THE SLIDE POINTER. SO THIS IS THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY FROM MARTIN COUNTY INTO THE VILLAGE, SO THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS AND THIS IS THE SECOND READING IS TO, UM, REVIEW AND APPROVE THE RURAL DENSITY. FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION CHANGE TO COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT WITHIN THE VILLAGE.

SO THE PROPERTY LOCATION IS DEPICTED IN RED IN BETWEEN CITRUS AND SOUTHWEST CANADA.

116.16 ACRES. THIS IS THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY AND OBVIOUSLY NOW WE'VE CONFIRMED IT'S BEEN ANNEXED IN UH, THE EXISTING LAND USE ON THE AND, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE BLUE DEPICTING THAT IT'S WITHIN MARTIN COUNTY. UM SO, UM, THE PROPOSAL IS FOR THE WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT LAND USE, AND THERE'S THE EXISTING LAND USE, WHICH IS THE RURAL DENSITY DEPICTED IN RED WITH THE YELLOW. AND THE PROPOSAL A LAND USE, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT. THE EXISTING ZONING IS A TWO AGRICULTURAL AND THERE'S A CONCURRENT PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST AS A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING TO THE CANAL MIX JUICE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED LAND USE. THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES IN THE NORTHEAST, SOUTH AND WEST DIRECTIONS AND THE EXISTING SITE. THERE WAS A VACANT PROPERTY. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW OF THE PROCESS. THE IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO NOTE IS STAFF HAVE WORKED WITH THE PC A B AND THEN WE'VE HAD A CONSULTATION BECAUSE IT'S LARGE SCALE. IT WAS ACTUALLY SENT OUT FOR A 30 DAY CONSULTATION, INCLUDING MARTIN COUNTY. IT INCLUDED MULTIPLE CONSULTATION BODIES. WE'VE HAD RECOMMENDATIONS OF SUPPORT. UM NO OBJECTIONS FROM ALL THE BODIES THAT WERE RESPONDED, AND SO WE'RE NOW IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN, AND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE MARIE AND ALSO THE COMMENTS WERE PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. SO WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE BRING IT BACK FOR FINAL DECISION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL BEFORE WE THEN DO A WITHIN 10 DAYS, REC CONSOLE ALL OF THOSE BODIES JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S YOU KNOW THE FINAL DECISION FROM THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. AND SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE, UH LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM THE RURAL RURAL DENSITY.

THE VILLAGE OH, SORRY, WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL, AND IT'S IN IN SUPPORT OF SECTION 12-4 OF THE LDRS AND THE STATE STATUTES. AND THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTATION THAT WAS AND THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WERE MADE AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'RE NOW A REQUEST WHERE WE NEED A FINAL DECISION FROM VILLAGE COUNCIL AND THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS BUT YES, MAYOR STAFF IS, UH DONE IF THE APPLICANT HAS, UH ANYTHING TO ADD. DAN ROMANCE, PRESIDENT OF INDIAN TOWN MARINE CENTER, AND WE AGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? AND ANSWER THEM. WELL, NOW I HAVE TO ASK WHAT WAS THAT SQUARE THAT WAS CUT OUT KIND OF WENT AROUND. WHAT WAS THE SQUARE? THAT WAS THAT WAS A

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PUBLIC. PUBLIC HEARING. SO IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? NO, MADAM MAYOR. SPEAK TO IT. OKAY. THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, HAVE A DISCUSSION AND TAKE ACTION. OKAY? SO WE WILL. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE REQUEST DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM. OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE? SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE IS THERE AND THERE IS A SECOND. THE MOTION TO BE WAS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TO PAO, THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ . IS THERE ANY FURTHER COUNSEL COMMENT? DISCUSSION YES, MADAME.

YES MA'AM. UM I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF. SO ONCE THIS HAPPENS WHEN SHOULD THE TAX ROLLS THE DIFFERENCE OF TAPS WILL HAPPEN. I I HAVE THAT ANSWER. UM, I TALKED TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM WHEN THEY HAVE THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FULL YEAR. AND THEY'VE ASKED US FOR THE INFORMATION. UH IF WE CAN GET IT TO THEM BY JUNE, 3RD THEN IT GETS ON THE TAX ROLL. SO FOR EXAMPLE, BY DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WHEN BOOKS CLOSE OR NO WHEN, WHEN IS DAVE? WHEN GO AHEAD, DINA. LENA FREEMAN. UM LUCIA, UM, ACTUALLY TRANSMITTED IT TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS EARLIER TODAY IN TERMS OF INFORMATION ON THE ANNEXATION THAT'S REQUESTED, AND THEN THERE'LL BE FOLLOW UP AFTER THIS , AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP AND SENDING THE LAND NUISANCE ONLY MAPS TO THEM AS WELL. OK MAKE IT FOR THIS YEAR'S TAX ROLL. NEXT YEAR'S TAX ROLL. WELL THAT'S WHAT HE SAID IT WOULD BE THIS YEAR, BUT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR, I THINK THEY MEAN IN 2024. SO IT WOULD BE NEXT YEAR, OK? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE HAVE MOTION SECONDED NO FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE PUBLIC. NO. NO, MA'AM, OK. ALL IN FAVOUR.

CAST UNANIMOUSLY. SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ITEM SIX

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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.

FROM COUNTY A TWO AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICTS TO VILLAGE CANAL MIX, USE CMU. ZONING DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS SEVERABILITY CONFLICTS, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DAY. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WOULD JUST NOTE FOR THIS ITEM AS A TECHNICAL MATTER. UM IT IS A QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER. UH, AND THEREFORE YOUR DECISION ON THE REZONING OF THIS SHOULD BE BASED ON CONFIDENCE, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IF THEY WISH TO SPEAK TO IT, THIS MATTER SHOULD BEAR THAT IN MIND. YOU'VE ALREADY, UH ADDRESSED THE MATTERS CONCERNING CONFLICTS AND EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS AND FOLKS INTERESTED IN SPEAKING HAVE BEEN SWORN, SO I BELIEVE YOU'RE READY TO PROCEED TO STAFF'S PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. HELLO AGAIN, DINA FREEMAN WITH THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND WE'VE GOT A SUMMARY. PRESENTATION WITH THIS BEING THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. DO THE NEXT SLIDE. IT WORKED LAST TIME. YEAH. WE GETTING TOO CONFIDENT? SO THIS IS 100 AND 16.16 ACRES. UH, IN SUMMARY. WE'VE HAD THE ANNEXATION THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.

YOU'VE JUST APPROVED THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AFTER A VERY DETAILED

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WE'VE GOT THE PROPERTY LOCATION DEPICTED IN RED 116.16 ACRES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THIS IS THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY. UH, SUMMARY OF OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN ANNEXED INTO THE VILLAGE, AND IT NOW WILL BE READ. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THERE'S THE SUMMER A T. THE UM ZOOMED IN VERSION OF THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE PROPERTY IN RELATION TO ITS SURROUNDINGS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE EXISTING LAND USE, WHICH HAS JUST BEEN APPROVED FROM THE ROYAL DOWN DENSITY TO WATERFRONT COMMERCIAL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN WE SHOW THE EXISTING LAND USE WITHIN THE VILLAGE.

THAT'S JUST BEEN APPROVED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THE PROPOSED LAND USE COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT HAS BEEN APPROVED. NEXT SLIDE. EXISTING ZONING DEPICTED IN RED, A TWO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM AND THE ZONING CHANGE. THIS IS SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS. UM, IN THIS CASE, WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING ZONING APPEALS BOARD. WE HAD THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL DECISION, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY PENDING THE IT HAD TO WAIT FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT BEFORE WE COULD SCHEDULE THIS TO BE CONSIDERED AS FINAL ACTION. SO THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND THE REVIEW PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO WE'RE HERE, AND THIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUB SUBSECTION OF THE LDR 12-65, WHICH OUTLINES THE APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT, WITH STAFF ANALYSIS AND APPLICANT DETAILS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WE ALSO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, PC A B PLANNING ZONE AND APPEAL BOARD, RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, VILLAGE COUNCIL RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND THEN WE DID CONSULTATION PROCESS FOR THE LARGE SCALE, AND NOW WE'RE HERE FOR THE FINAL DECISION ON THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY. AND THAT'S THE END OF STAFF PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF THE APPLICANT HAS ANYTHING TO SAY THE APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE TO DAN ROMANCE PRESIDENT EMIT TO MARINE CENTER. WE AGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. LOOKING A T THAT LITTLE CUT OUT A THE SPILLWAY. IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE CONTIGUOUS. IT STILL HAS A LITTLE STRIP OF LAND THERE. I KNOW PEOPLE FISH THAT SPILLWAY. A RE PEOPLE STILL GONNA BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT SPILLWAY IN ORDER TO FISH. WELL THAT ACCENT. THERE IS NO ACCESS TO THAT SPILLWAY RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NOT. THAT'S NOT ONE WHERE PEOPLE NO. THE SPILLWAY IS EAST AND WEST OF THAT PROPERTY. THOSE ARE THE THERE'S THE C 44 INTAKE, WHICH IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY. AND THEN THE C 44 MIDDLE KIND OF OUTFALL, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY, SO THEY ORDER EITHER SIDE OF IT. IT'S LIKELY THAT THAT PIECE THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT IT'S INACTIVE. RIGHT NOW.

IT'S STILL. UM PROPERTY OF EITHER SOUTH WATER. F, UH, SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT OR CORPS OF ENGINEERS OR SOME ENTITY. IT'S NOT AN ACT OF SPILLS LIKELY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DONATE THAT PROPERTY TO THE SCHOOL. OH, OK. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO ASK. RIGHT? YEAH. THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY'S ABILITY TO THE FISH IMPEDED SO. BEAR. I BELIEVE NOW, UH, WOULD BE THE TIME TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE IS ANY IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MADAME MAYOR. SO THAT OFFICIALLY CLOSES THE PUBLIC. HEARING.

THANK YOU. PORTION OF OUR EVENING. SO IN CLOSING THAT IF WE HAVE NO MORE DISCUSSION. DO I HEAR A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE? A MOTION TO APPROVE HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DEPOLO.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO PUBLIC DISCUSSION . ALL IN FAVOUR. UH, I PASS UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. MOVING ON TO THE REST OF OUR AGENDA. OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. SPECIAL

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Special Event Application for Swampfest to be held on June 29 - 30, 2024.

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ROYAL FAN. I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT BEFORE I TALK. OK, VERY GOOD. THEY MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. YES, THEY HAVE TURNED IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY REQUESTED TO TURN IN. AND IN A TIMELY MANNER, OK? IT'S THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION WAS TURNED IN 74 DAYS BEFORE THEIR EVENT, AND THEN THE CHANGE ORDERS WAS TURNED IN WITHIN 60 DAYS, SO THEY'VE REALLY WORKED HARD TO GET THINGS TO ME. SO THANK YOU. SO THE ONLY QUESTION BEFORE US IS WHAT TIME IS IT GONNA END? BUT NO, YOU STILL HAVE THE YOU STILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY AS COUNSEL TO DECIDE NOT TO ALLOW THE EVENT. THAT'S DECISION. OK, I DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHOR YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. AND I'M SO SORRY, I. I DID SEND YOU GUYS AN EMAIL AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT IT BECAUSE I WENT ON THE WEBSITE AND IT SAID, SEND THE EMAIL SO I CAN PAY. YOU KNOW IT WAS A LITTLE BOX, BUT I PUT A LOT OF STUFF IN THE BOX. BUT I DO HAVE WHAT I DID EMAIL TO YOU HERE IF I'M ALLOWED TO READ THIS MY GLASSES.

WHEN I START SAY YOU WANNA SUMMARISE THAT'S RIGHT HERE. UM I THINK I MAY HAVE IT. DEAR INDIAN TOWN VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. OH, RIGHT. OH, MY UM DEAR INDIAN TOWN VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EMAIL IS TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION IN APPROVING A PERMIT FOR A SWAMP FEST 2024. SOME UNEXPECTED AND I BELIEVE UNWARRANTED ACCESS TO PREVENT SWAMP FEST 2024 FROM HAPPENING HAVE UNNECESSARILY DELAYED THE PROCESS THROUGH NO FAULT OF THE CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR BOOK OF PARK, WHO ORGANIZED THE EVENT. PLEASE DO NOT CONFUSE SWAMP FEST WITH ANOTHER EVENT WITH A SIMILAR NAME, THE SWAMP HOMECOMING HOSTED BY INDIVIDUALS IN BOOK OF PARK. THE EVENTS ARE UNRELATED, AND THEIR MEMBERS HAVE NO AFFILIATION WITH OUR GROUP. OR ARE EVEN WE SUBMITTED OUR SPECIAL EVENTS APPLICATION IN A TIMELY MANNER TO PARKS UM, DIRECTOR DEBORAH RESO ON APRIL 15TH ALONG WITH THE APPLICATION FEE SITE MAP. PAID INSURANCE AND SIGNED LETTERS GIVING PERMISSION TO THE ORGANIZATION TO USE PRIVATE PROPERTIES FOR OUR EVENT AND PARKING. MISS RESO REQUIRED THAT THE LETTERS BE NOTARIZED AND WE COMPLY WITH HER REQUEST.

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OUT OF FEAR OUR VENUE SPONSOR ARE RESCINDED HIS OFFER OF SUPPORT AND YOU AND ERECTED THE NO TRESPASSING SIGNS ON CHURCH PROPERTY. ALTHOUGH WE WERE TOLD LATER THAT THIS IS NOT EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED, WE NONETHELESS FEEL THAT THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY VILLAGE STAFF WERE AT THE VERY LEAST. UNWARRANTED COERCION TO PREVENT SWAMP FESTS FROM TAKING PLACE AT ALL. THAT SUSPICION WAS SOON VERIFIED WHEN A PARKS EMPLOYEE AND I DON'T WANNA LIE ON ANYBODY. BUT I THINK HIS NAME WAS BRIAN. TOLD US THAT UM OR TOLD A MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE THAT WE COULD NOT CHANGE OUR VENUE TO ANY PARK IN INDIAN TOWN , EVEN BOOKER PARK AND BIG MOUNTAIN PARK WERE BOOKED EVERY WEEKEND FOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER. REALLY? THE ENTIRE SUMMER. OK? BUT IT'S BOOKED EVERY WEEKEND.

OH, MISS JACKSON. IF I MAY I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. I WANNA HEAR ALL OF IT. WHAT'S BEFORE US RIGHT NOW ARE ARE WE ABLE IS, IS THERE AN UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED? WERE ABLE TO DO THE EVENT. WE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT. AND SO NOW, BUT WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT AN AREA THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO USE. YOU UTILIZE.

RIGHT? WE'RE DISAGREEING WITH THE TIMING, AND I EVEN DID THE ONLY THING UH, WE DISAGREE WITH, UM, THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT STATING THAT WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY STATED TO YOU GUYS, BUT THEY DIDN'T STATE THAT TO US. AND IT WASN'T STATED THE NIGHT THAT, UM, SERGEANT, UM JOE WAS IN HERE. THAT WASN'T WHAT WAS STATED. AND I SPOKE TO, UM UH, SERGEANT, UH, LIEUTENANT DOLAN TODAY. UM I ALSO SPOKE WITH, UM CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME SERGEANT. LAST WEEK. I HAVE IT IN MY NOTES, BUT, UM THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT EVEN WHEN I SPOKE WITH, UM LIEUTENANT DOLAN, AND THE DAY HE WAS LIKE, OK, EVERYTHING IS LIKE THEY'RE JUST WAITING ON US TO GET AND NOBODY'S IN. WE HAVE WE HAVE TENT MEETINGS THAT LAST LONGER WITH NOISE, SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE ISSUE FOR THAT'S THE ONLY THING BECAUSE I KNOW WE KIND OF DISCUSSED THE TIME THING AT THE LAST MEETING, SO WE'RE PULLING BACK FROM THE 11 O'CLOCK AND WE'RE SAYING OK, 10 O'CLOCK FINE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE NORTH NOISE ORDINANCE CALLS FOR. SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE IT OFF. AND WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE YOU KNOW, CASH IT. AS I SAID. WE DID EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, RIGHT. AND THEN YOU EVEN I KNOW AT THE LAST MEETING EVEN DISCUSSED KNOWING THAT YOU WERE OUTGROWING THE VENUE THERE AND THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE LAST YEAR AND THEN THAT ALSO GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A TICKETED EVENT. RIGHT SO OK, WE DON'T WANNA FIGHT WITH ANYBODY. ABSOLUTELY SO THAT SO THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT THAT WE'RE EITHER. UH, HOW WE APPROVE THE, UM THE EVENT. AS FAR AS TIMING. I KNOW THAT SEEMS TO BE THE WITH US RIGHT NOW, THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT AND HAVING THAT TIME FRAME OF, UM 10 O'CLOCK IS NOT A LATE REHAB. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE CARNIVALS. WE HAVE TENT MEETINGS THAT LAST LONGER AND THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN, AND THEY HAVE NOISE AND THEY HAVE AND ALL OF THE AND I'M SURE WE'LL GET TO

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O'CLOCK IS NOT TOO LATE TO ASK. UM I'M FOR LETTING IT RUN TILL 10 O'CLOCK BECAUSE ALSO, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THERE'S ANOTHER EVENT GONNA BE GOING ON OVER AT TIMER POWER PARK. SO THE FIREWORKS A RE GONNA BE GOING OFF, YOU KNOW, UH, AT NINE, AND SO I KINDA I. I KIND OF THINK THAT MAYBE PEOPLE WILL BE LEAVING ONE EVENT TO GO WATCH THE FIREWORKS, SO IT WON'T BE AS YOU WON'T HAVE THE HEAVY TRAFFIC OR THE AND IT'LL I THINK IT'LL END. UM, IT'LL END NICELY. SO I'M I'M IN FAVOUR. UH, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. I'M IN FAVOR FOR, UH, TO APPROVE WITH IT TILL 10 O'CLOCK. ANY OTHER COUNCIL. WISH TO WEIGH IN ON THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT YOU KNOW, LET THEM HAVE THE EVENT AT THE TIME THING. SAY 10 P.M. UM BECAUSE THEY REUNITE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE LEFT AND COME BACK. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO THAT. SO I SAY 10 O'CLOCK? BECAUSE SEVEN O'CLOCK LIKE IT'S SO LIGHT OUT THERE. AND THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN BY THIS TIME, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN STILL SEE EVERYONE AROUND AT THIS TIME . SO I THINK 10 WOULD GIVE, YOU KNOW A FAIR, UM OF PICKING UP AND ALL THAT. UM AND THEN WE KNOW THAT AT MIDNIGHT, THAT'S WHEN THE TROUBLE HAPPENS. SO 10 IS FAIR. UM, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY YOUR TIME BECAUSE AS ORGANIZERS I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL BE THE LAST ONES EVEN ENJOYING UM SO I DEFINITELY THINK 10 P.M. WOULD BE MY VOTE. UM, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A LIGHTED AREA. CORRECT IT'S IN. IT'S BEING HELD IN A LIGHTED AREA. OK, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. UH, VICE MAYOR PEREZ. YES I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ AND THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, LET THEM HAVE THE EVENT. LET THEM HAVE THEIR LAST CELEBRATION, YOU KNOW, IN BCA PARK. YOU KNOW, LET'S DO 10 O'CLOCK. OKAY? COUNCIL MEMBER DEPOLO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WATER. WE APPROVING. THE TIME THAT THEY WANT. 10 O'CLOCK. 10. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EVENT. OKAY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO MADAME MAYOR. OKAY ALL IN FAVOUR, I. I WE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO THE EVENT AGAIN THIS

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