[CALL TO ORDER]
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          SUPPLIES FOR THE MARKETING. OKAY. AND YOU CAN CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK. 
          ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR DEPAULO HERE. COUNCILWOMAN WATERS BROWN HERE. COUNCILWOMAN HUNZIGER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIAMS. PALMER. PRESENT. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT VICE MAYOR PEREZ IS NOT PRESENT AT THE MOMENT. OH, SHE'S WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR. SHE JUST GOT HERE, RIGHT? I'M READY. SO HERE. ANGELINA. JUST SAY HERE, ANGELINA. LIKE, WHERE'S MY PAPER? THERE YOU GO. 
          ARE YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHO. WHO GETS WHO. SHE WANTED TO GET HERE. OKAY. I GUESS LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ANGELINA IS PRESENT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE MARCH 13TH INDIANTOWN VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING. I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THE BATHROOM IS LOCATED THROUGH THE DOOR TO YOUR LEFT. THE EXIT DOORS ARE LOCATED LOCATED TO YOUR LEFT AND RIGHT, AND CLEARLY MARKED WITH EXIT SIGNS. DURING THIS MEETING, YOU'LL HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK. THE FIRST WILL BE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT. THE SECOND WILL BE DURING THE AGENDA ITEM DISCUSSION. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN EACH SEGMENT TO SPEAK. PLEASE ADHERE TO OUR CIVILITY PRACTICE IN THIS AND ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT THE INFORMATION CARDS THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE TABLE BEHIND YOU AND GIVE IT TO THE CLERK. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO STAND, AND I WILL FOR THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY PASTOR FRED PITTS. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. TARYN INVITED ME JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF SINCE IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE. BUT I'M FRED PITTS AND I'M THE PASTOR OF RESTORATION BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH USED TO BE INDIANTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH. AND THEN LATELY HAS BEEN VILLAGE BAPTIST CHURCH. I WAS A RETIRED PASTOR, MOVED DOWN HERE. THE CHURCH INVITED ME TO BE THEIR INTERIM PASTOR IN JULY, AND THEY ABOUT THAT TIME DECIDED THAT THEY MIGHT NEED SOME HELP TO CONTINUE GOING BECAUSE THEY HAD KIND OF GONE DECLINED OVER TIME. AND SO THEY INVITED COVENANT FELLOWSHIP IN STEWART BAPTIST CHURCH TO COME AND HELP THEM. AND I HAPPENED TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT CHURCH AS WELL. SO LONG STORY SHORT, THE CHURCH OVER THERE ASKED ME TO STAY ON TO JUST BE THE PASTOR. SO I'M I'M HERE AND JUST GLAD TO BE HERE AND ENJOY AND GETTING TO KNOW THE TOWN. BUT THANK YOU, BUT LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR NAME IS HOLY, HALLOWED, WONDERFUL, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'VE INVITED US TO CALL ON YOUR NAME IN PRAYER, AND THAT YOU WILL HEAR US. AND WE'RE REMINDED THAT WE'RE NOT JUST INVITED, BUT WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY OVER US. AND SO WE COME TODAY TO PRAY FOR THIS VILLAGE COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION AS THEY GATHER TO CONSIDER THE ITEMS ON THEIR AGENDA. FATHER, YOU HAVE ORDAINED GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR US SUCH THINGS AS PROTECTION AND JUSTICE AND WISDOM, AND THE FREEDOM TO PURSUE THE PROSPERITY OF OUR FAMILIES SO THAT WE MIGHT LEAD QUIET AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY. LORD IS A RELATIVE NEWCOMER TO THIS VILLAGE LORD. 
          I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AGENDA OF THIS MEETING TODAY, BUT I DO PRAY THAT YOU'LL GIVE WISDOM AND GUIDANCE TO THIS COUNCIL, TO THIS ADMINISTRATION, AS THEY SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE COMMON GOOD. WE KNOW THAT CHANGE CAN COME RAPIDLY, AND THAT CHANGES ON THE HORIZON CAN BRING CHALLENGES. BUT WE PRAY THAT THIS COUNCIL AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF INDIANTOWN WILL COME TOGETHER TO SEEK PEACE AND PROSPERITY TODAY AND IN THE DAYS AHEAD. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          OKAY. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS? NO, SIR. OKAY, 
          [1.  Proclamation for Women's History Month
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OKAY. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PROCLAMATIONS, AWARDS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, A PROCLAMATION FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH FOR MARCH 2025. WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, WOMEN HAVE EXPANDED THE BOUNDARIES OF POSSIBILITY, BREAKING BARRIERS IN EVERY ECONOMIC SECTOR THEY CHOOSE TO BE A PART OF, INCLUDING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. AND WHEREAS, WOMEN'S WOMEN HAVE BROADENED THEIR REACH BY CHALLENGING NORMS, ADVOCATING FOR PROGRESS AND INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS THE WOMEN, THE RISE OF WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES HAVE GENERATED TRILLIONS IN REVENUE, FOSTERING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND STABILITY, WOMEN HAVE STRENGTHENED THE ECONOMY AS ENTREPRENEURS, BUSINESS LEADERS, BREADWINNERS AND POLICY MAKERS. AND WHEREAS 
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THE THEME FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH 2025 MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER, HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN BEING WOMEN AS BEING COURAGEOUS, COMPETENT AND WORTHY IN THEIR STORIES, STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS. 
          CONTINUE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED. NOW, THEREFORE, MAYOR CARMINE DI PAOLO, MAYOR, VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 25TH, 2025, AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE THE WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND REFLECT ON THEIR IMPACT. THANK YOU. AND. YOU KNOW, THERE'S TOO MANY WOMEN TO. WE'D HAVE TO RUN THE PRESS ALL NIGHT LONG TO GET ALL THOSE PROCLAMATIONS OUT FOR EVERYBODY THAT THAT WE WANT TO GIVE AN AWARD TO. BUT I GOT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY ON OUR STAFF DOING A GREAT, GREAT JOB. AND THE WOMEN OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, YOU ALL YOU'RE ALL PART OF THIS VILLAGE AND YOU'RE WHAT MAKES IT HAPPEN AND WORK. SO THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, THEY DIDN'T PRINT ONE FOR OUR MANAGER, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE HER A GOLD ONE MYSELF. OKAY. 
          COME ON. AND TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE WOMEN THAT SIT ON THIS VILLAGE COUNCIL TO RECEIVE PROCLAMATIONS FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S GO TAKE A PICTURE. YOU GOT TO HAVE A PICTURE. YOU GOTTA KNOW. YOU TELL US WHEN YOU'RE HAVING. 
          YOU STILL ON THAT I AM. HERE, OKAY? IT'S JUST A HABIT I HAVE. ON MY. NO THANK YOU. YOU GET THE PICTURE? I'LL FINISH. I'M DEFINITELY A MAN. SO I REALLY WANT TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW? SEE? SEE. YOU. I JUST WANT TO FOCUS AUTOMATICALLY OR. DEBBIE, PLEASE. DEBBIE, COME HELP ME. 
          HELP! A WOMAN NEEDS TO HANDLE. THAT WAS GOOD. I TOLD YOU, I TOLD YOU I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. LADIES ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK SOMEONE. RIGHT. 
          MULTITASKERS. YOU ARE SURROUNDED. YEAH. EVERYONE. OKAY. NEXT UP IS A JOINT MEETING 
          [2.  Joint Meeting Presentation on March 7, 2025 on Development in the Village of Indiantown
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PRESENTATION FROM MARCH 7TH BY OUR VILLAGE MANAGER. RIGHT. NEXT. PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, I'M GONNA COME UP HERE SO I CAN SEE THAT. SCREEN EASIER. SO LAST FRIDAY AT THE JOINT WORKSHOP, WE HAD A PRESENTATION BY OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, DEANNA FREEMAN. DEENA COULDN'T BE WITH US THIS EVENING, SO I DECIDED THAT I WOULD GO AHEAD AND DO THIS FOR HER. AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS PRESENTATION WAS NEVER INTENDED TO CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT HAS EITHER BEEN APPROVED ALREADY BY THE VILLAGE. IT'S MORE OF AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE MEET WITH THE CITY OF STUART AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY TO GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF WHAT'S ON OUR HORIZON. SO THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THAT? WELL, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVEN'T COME IN FOR A SITE PLAN APPROVAL THAT WE ARE KNOW IS MOVING FORWARD, THEN WE DON'T NECESSARILY INCLUDE IT ON THE LIST. AND I KNOW, WADE, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I WAS ASKED IF THERE'S A WAY TO PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN OUR ELDERS OR RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PREVENT INDIVIDUALS FROM GOING FORWARD. 
          GETTING A SITE PLAN APPROVAL, YOU KNOW, ENCUMBERING THEIR CONNECTIONS AND THEIR IRKS, IF YOU WILL, FOR WATER AND SEWER AND THEN THEY SIT ON IT. IS THERE A MECHANISM TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT MOVING? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND IN THE AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IN THE COURSE OF ALL THAT AND MAYBE IN THE COURSE OF IT, GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE THOUGHT OF WHAT MY OFFICE IS 
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WORKING ON ON THE PRE RESERVATIONS. OKAY. FACILITIES TOO. SO I CAN ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. YEAH. YEAH. NO THAT'D BE PERFECT BECAUSE I DIDN'T I DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER. I KNOW THAT'S A LEGAL THING. I WASN'T GOING TO PRACTICE ATTORNEY TODAY. SO THE SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS THING MOVING. RENEE'S UP OR DOWN. SO THERE IT IS. SO THIS WAS JUST TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH OUR GIS TECHNICIAN TO GET AN INTERACTIVE GIS MAP, SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY HAVE AT MARTIN COUNTY, WHERE YOU CAN GO IN TO OUR INTO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND GO INTO THE INTERACTIVE MAP, AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENTS AND WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN PROCESS, WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED. YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND IT WILL TELL YOU WHAT THE PROJECT IS, WHAT THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT IS, AND GIVE YOU SOME INDICATION SO THAT AS WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS WHEN THE SIGNS GO UP, THE BIG YELLOW SIGNS, FOLKS ARE SAYING, WHAT'S THAT? YOU KNOW? AND THEN MOST RECENTLY OVER ON, IS IT FARM? YEAH. WHERE THEY CLEARED AND THAT'S TO ESTATES, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THEY'VE JUST BEEN GOING THROUGH THEIR PERMITTING AND GETTING READY. AND NOW THEY FINALLY CLEAR THE SITE AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? YOU KNOW? SO THIS WILL HELP FOLKS BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND INFORM THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO ASK US. AND THEN THIS IS JUST MORE OF THAT SAME MAP PROCESS. AND THEN WITHIN HERE WE HAVE YOUR NON RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM ALL BECAUSE THERE'S THERE THERE IS. A IT TELLS YOU ON THERE WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. IT TELLS YOU WHAT THEIR SQUARE FOOTAGE IS. ALL OF THESE THAT ARE ON THIS LIST HERE, THEY ARE MINOR APPLICATIONS. THEY FALL 100,000FT■S OR LESS, BUT WE ALWAYS WILL BRING THEM THROUGH THESE LISTS AS WE ARE EDUCATING NOT ONLY THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD, BUT YOU AS A COUNCIL SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT'S COMING AND WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE AWARE OF. AND SO THIS IS A GOOD LIST. IT TELLS YOU WHERE THE PROJECT STATUS IS. AND IT IT'S FOR ME, IT'S BEEN USEFUL BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I'M DOING FOR YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION IS GOING BACK AND DOING THE CALCULATIONS FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOUR TAX BASE. SO THIS HAS BEEN USEFUL FOR ME TO HAVE THAT, PARTICULARLY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. AND WE JUST FOUND OUT YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE THAT THE COUNTY HAS UPDATED THEIR IMPACT FEES. AND SO I GOT THAT LIST FROM THEM. AND SO NOW WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK AND SHORE UP, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH. THANKFULLY THERE'S ONLY BEEN TWO, SO WE'LL GET THAT SQUARED AWAY. SO THIS IS VENTURE PARK, THE KIND OF PURPLE BLUE AREA UP THERE IS. WHAT VENTURE PARK IS VENTURE PARK. AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THERE MAY BE ONE LOT THAT HAS COME AVAILABLE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT IS CURRENTLY BUILT OUT, IF YOU WILL, THAT ALL THE LOTS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN FOR. AND SO THIS IS A MAP WITH WHAT THOSE ARE GREEN CARBON ARC IS, IS A THEY'RE DOING LIKE TILT WALL CONSTRUCTION OF SOME SORT. AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LEASING COMPANIES THAT I'M NOT, I'M NOT THRILLED OVER. ALTHOUGH OUR OUR ZONING ALLOWS FOR IT IF YOU WILL. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SOME LIKE A SEMI TRUCKING NOT STORAGE BUT SOME KIND OF AN OPERATION. AND THEN KENDALL INDUSTRIAL IS A HIGH END ORNATE CONCRETE THAT THEY MANUFACTURE. EAST COAST METALS IS VERY, VERY CLOSE. THEY DO METAL MANUFACTURING. THEY DID THIS HARD ROCK CAFE IN FORT LAUDERDALE, ALL THE STAIR WORKING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND THEN PERFORMANCE BOATS. WE HAVE A MARINE, MARINE COMPONENT OF A MARINE MECHANIC, AND THEN P-3 TECHNOLOGIES IS THE MOST RECENT ONE WHERE THEY NOT ONE ROCKET SHIP GOES OFF THAT DOESN'T HAVE THEIR PUMP ON THAT ROCKET ENGINE. AND SO THEY'RE COMING HERE FROM JUPITER TO PUT A TEST SITE, WHICH AT FIRST YOU'RE GOING, OH MY GOSH. BUT IT'S VERY CONTAINED. VERY YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BLOWING THINGS UP. IT'S JUST IT'S A VERY, VERY HIGH TECH TESTING FACILITY. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING IN THERE. AND THEN THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF GREEN CARBON. GREEN CARBON HAS REACHED OUT TO US. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS THEIR CURRENT PROCESSING FACILITY. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, THOSE TWO BUILDINGS THAT 
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YOU SEE DOWN TOWARD TOWARD THAT OTHER PICTURE OF THEIR PROCESSING HAVE NOT BEEN BUILT YET, BUT THAT'S THEIR PLAN TO EXPAND. SO THEIR PLAN IS TO HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE OF THESE PROCESSING PLANTS THEY'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. THEY PROCESS EUCALYPTUS, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT PROCESSING OTHER TYPES OF LIKE YARD WASTE, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT POSSIBLY THEY COULD PUT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AND RAILROAD TIES, WHICH WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT FOR US AND EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE STATE OF FLORIDA. THEN THIS AGAIN IS P-3 TECHNOLOGY. SO THAT'S JUST A PICTURE OF WHERE THEY'RE LOCATING. AND THEN THIS IS JUST THEIR SCHEMATIC, IF YOU WILL, OF WHAT THEY PLAN ON DOING. IT'S MOSTLY CONCRETE WORK FROM THE FROM THE ROAD. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS. THEY HAVE OPERATIONAL BUILDINGS. BUT IT'LL BE IT'S GOING TO BE FAIRLY UNOBTRUSIVE IN MY OPINION. YELLOW PINE TRUST COMPANY AT THE JUICE, THE EXISTING OLD JUICE PLANT, I CALL IT THAT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ARE REPURPOSING THEIR PROPERTY. SO THEY CARVED OUT AN AREA. IT'S THAT RED AREA ON THE BACK THERE THAT THEY HAVE ARE SELLING TO THIS COMPANY THAT MAKES TRUSSES. AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN IN AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM. AND THAT WILL BE A VERY A GOOD PURPOSE FOR THAT SITE IF YOU WILL. IT'S ALL INDUSTRIAL. IT FITS RIGHT INTO EVERYTHING THEY'VE GOT. THIS IS THE CEDRON PLANT. THIS IS THE BIOSOLID PROCESSING PLANT THAT CURRENTLY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE VILLAGE TO CO-LOCATE ON OUR VILLAGE SITE, WHICH IS AT DARK BLUE AREA. ON THE MAP. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM. THAT SITE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSTRAINED, AND THEY MAY COME BACK TO US AT A LATER TIME WITH A PROPOSAL TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT A DIFFERENT SITE. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. THEY'RE GETTING THEIR PERMITTING RIGHT NOW. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD KIND OF IN A DUAL TRACK, IF YOU WILL. AND THEN THIS IS YOUR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. TERRA LAGO, AS YOU KNOW, IS YOUR LARGEST ONE AT THE 2488 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. THEY ALSO PLAN ON ABOUT 100 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL, WHICH THEY ALSO HAVE A 200 BED ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. SO IN THAT OBVIOUSLY IS IN PHASES. SO, YOU KNOW, AS I'M PUTTING TOGETHER THE IMPACT TO YOUR TAX BASE, I'M STARTING, I THINK YOU'LL START SEEING WALLS OR AT LEAST SOME CONSTRUCTION IN NEXT WEEK. I MEAN, THAT WAS THE PLAN FROM THE TWO BUILDERS THAT WE HAD MET WITH. AND SO AS YOU KNOW, PHASE ONE A AND ONE B IS 825 UNITS ROUGHLY. AND THEN AS OUR GOAL IS WHAT WE'RE MR. VOSS WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE IS ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO COME FORWARD AND BRING THOSE SITE PLANS. SO, FOR INSTANCE, CHAIR LAGER WOULD COME FORWARD WITH PHASE ONE. SEE, IT'S FOR ANOTHER 300 UNITS MULTI-FAMILY. ONCE THEIR SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED, WE COULD THEN RESERVE THEIR CAPACITY AND GET THEM IN THE QUEUE IF YOU WILL. SO ONCE WE GET OUR WATER PLANT CONSTRUCTED, WE WILL HAVE A WATER PLANT GUARANTEED. WE THEN THE SCHOOLS CAN KEEP MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS SO IT DOESN'T STOP EVERYBODY. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE OUR GOAL HAS BEEN. AND THEN RIVER OAK, THEY HAD COME BACK INITIALLY THEY HAD GOTTEN APPROVAL FOR 175 UNITS. THEY WENT DOWN TO 131. SO NOW THEY'VE CIRCLED BACK ON THE 45. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. AND THEY'RE GOING WITH THE SMALLER UNITS SO THAT THEY CAN DOUBLE THEIR 45 TO 90. SO THEY WILL BE STARTING PHASE TWO OR AT LEAST COMING IN FOR PHASE TWO SOMEWHERE HERE DOWN THE ROAD. AND THEN THE OTHER ONES AS YOU KNOW, SAME THING WITH OSCEOLA PINES PUD. THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE 158 UNITS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR THAT. WE'VE MET AND WORKED OUR WORKED TO THE TO REALLY SHARPEN THE PENCIL, AND WE'VE GOTTEN THEM 40 ERCS SO THEY CAN GET STARTED WITH THEIR FIRST PHASE. 
          SO THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS. HERITAGE PARK, THOSE ARE THE OLD FEMA SITE. SO THOSE ALREADY HAVE THEIR CAPACITY AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. JPI IS OVER HERE. THE SEVEN ACRES AT THE END OF THELMA WATERS. HE DOES NOT HAVE CAPACITY. SO THEIR ONLY OPTION WOULD BE IF THEY WANTED TO GO FORWARD, IS TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY PUTTING IN WELLS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ONCE THE WATER BECAME AVAILABLE, THEY 
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WOULD HOOK UP THE WASTEWATER SIDE. WE HAVE CAPACITY. I'VE ASKED OUR ENGINEER TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT COMING IN. AND SO WE'RE FINE TUNING THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE OKAY THERE. BUT THEY'VE IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY THE WASTEWATER SITE, YOU NEED TO GO BY. OUR DEEP INJECTION DRILL IS ON SITE AND IT'S IMPRESSIVE. 
          IT'S HUGE. I WAS GOING TO SAY HUMONGOUS, BUT THAT'S NOT A REAL TERM. SO CHAIR LAGO, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SITE THAT CHAIR LAGO HAS WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR PROJECT AS THEY AS THEY PROCEED. AND WE ALSO HAVE THEIR PLAT PHASES FOR ONE A AND ONE B. THERE ARE TWO BUILDERS, MERITAGE AND RYAN HOMES. MERITAGE HAS ALREADY COME IN WITH THEIR EIGHT MODELS, GETTING THOSE APPROVED BY OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, AND THEN THEY WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION. HOPEFULLY BOTH OF THEM WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT WEEK. AND THEN RIVER OAK. THIS IS THEIR SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THE 131 THAT THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE THEY'RE MOVING PRETTY WELL. 
          RIVER OAK, WE GOT THEIR PLAT RECORDED LAST WEEK THIS WEEK. THAT WAS OUR FIRST ONE. AND THIS WEEK WE GOT TERRA LAGO DONE ACTUALLY TODAY THIS MORNING. AND SO IT HAS BEEN RECORDED. SO NOW THEY CAN START PULLING THEIR PERMITS. THIS IS JP WHERE I WAS TELLING YOU. IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER AT THE END OF THELMA WATERS. IT'S ENCOMPASSED BY OSCEOLA PINES PUD. AND THEN THERE'S INDIAN WOOD LANDING, WHICH IS ONE THAT THEY CAME TO US EARLY ON. THEY WANTED TO DO TOWNHOMES, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'VE THEY'VE NOT GIVEN US ANYTHING CONCRETE. THEY JUST HAD SOME CONVERSATION INITIALLY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT CAN I PUT ON MY SITE BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, OR THEY GET THEIR SITE PLAN AND THEN HERITAGE PARK DOWN THERE IN BOOKER PARK IS THE OLD FEMA SITE. AND THAT'S WE'VE BEEN TOLD, IS D.R. HORTON. BUT LAST I CHECKED, IT HAS NOT THE CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED. SO THIS IS OSCEOLA PINES. WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED THEIR PUD. AND AS I SAID, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR FIRST PHASE, WHICH WILL BE 40 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. INDIAN TOWN, JP, THEIR PRE APP. THEY HAD 39 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE CAPACITY AT THIS MOMENT TO MOVE FORWARD UNLESS THEY DO WELLS AND THEN HERITAGE PARK DOES HAVE CAPACITY AND THAT'S THEIR LAYOUT THAT THEY HAVE FOR THAT PARCEL OVER IN BOOKER PARK ON LINCOLN. IT'S ON LINCOLN STREET. LINCOLN. YEAH. NO NO NO NO NO IT'S MLK AND FARMS. I WAS AT THE END. IT COMES IN THE BACK. THE BACK WAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WE HAVE HAD A REQUEST FOR A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND A POSSIBLE. ANNEXATION INTO THE VILLAGE BY THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE VENTURE PARK. AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TO TURN THAT INTO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. SO THAT'S PENDING RIGHT NOW. WE JUST KNOW THAT IT'S OUT THERE AND LETTING FOLKS KNOW THAT THAT THAT COULD BE COMING FORWARD. AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS LOCATED. THEY DO HAVE SOME WETLANDS IN THE FRONT. YOU CAN SEE THAT DARK AREA. BUT AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THE INTENT WOULD BE TO HAVE THAT SOME KIND OF AN INDUSTRIAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY THERE NEXT TO VENTURE PARK. AND THEN THAT'S THAT'S IT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE HAVE. WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COMING TO THE VILLAGE. OF COURSE, THAT HARD CONVERSATION IS TALKING ABOUT OUR CAPACITY AND OUR WATER CAPACITY AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE BUT WE WILL GET THAT FUNDING. I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD. IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE STARTED THE DEEP INJECTION. WELL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROCEED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO AS WE GET FUNDING, GO TO THE NEXT PHASE AND GET THAT ONLINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW I'M BEING OPTIMISTIC, BUT MY HOPE IS BY THE END OF 2027, WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING UP AND RUNNING TO HELP US. SO THAT'S MY HOPE. I THINK. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. AND OUR OUR DEVELOPMENT I CALL IT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW. BUT IT'S THE COLLEAGUES REVIEW COLLEAGUES MEETING THAT WE HAVE. DRC IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO WE HAVE HAD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTEND. SO WE YOU KNOW, IF 
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ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, WE'RE HAPPY TO INCLUDE THEM AND HAVE THOSE MEETINGS. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S VERY PRELIMINARY. YES, MA'AM. YOU HAD THE JOINT MEETING AND YOU MET WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING ABOUT THE GROWTH OUT HERE? WHAT WERE THEIR GOOD QUESTION? GOOD QUESTION. THE LAST DRC MEETING, WE HAD ACTUALLY TWO PEOPLE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAME, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN THEM THERE. IN THE COUPLE OF YEARS I, YOU KNOW, BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS. SO BECAUSE THEY ARE HEARING ABOUT THE GROWTH AND AT THE JOINT MEETINGS, I KNOW WE'VE HAD VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS BRING UP WHAT ABOUT INDIAN TOWN, WHAT ABOUT INDIAN TOWN. AND EVEN IT CAME UP WITH THIS MEETING BECAUSE THEY HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE DIFFERENT VOCATIONS THAT THEY HAD. AND THE QUESTION WAS, WELL, WHAT ABOUT WHAT ABOUT INDIAN TOWN? AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE, THE NEW THE HIGH SCHOOL LIKE EAST COAST METALS, WE PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND NOW THEY'RE HELPING WITH THE WELDING COMPONENT OF THAT SCHOOL. AND THE MARINA IS EXPECTING ACROSS THE STREET TO DO THE SAME THING TO GET THOSE VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, IS THAT THAT IS NOT A MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. SO THEREFORE, THEY DO NOT FUNNEL THE KIDS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THAT SCHOOL AT ALL. CORRECT. SO I WAS WONDERING, WITH THE INTENSE GROWTH AND WITH THE JOB MARKETS, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE YOUNGER PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO COME LIVE HERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS ON THE ELEMENTARY, THE MIDDLE, AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WELL, WARFIELD WAS THE MOST WARFIELD IS ONE OF THE HIGHER POPULATED SCHOOLS. AND THEY INDICATED PORTABLES. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE EXISTING PROPERTY THAT THEY WOULD LOOK TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS UNTIL THEY CAN GET THE CHANGES MADE. DON'T WE HAVE A PROPERTY THEY CAN BUY? SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO WORK ON DEMOING THE FRONT PART AND MAKING A TWO STORY BUILDING TO ADD ADMIN AND ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT IT SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO AT THE JOINT MEETING. THEY'RE AWARE AND THEY'VE GOT CONTENT THEY GOT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THEY'RE DOING WHEN THE COUNTY'S DOING THEIR POPULATION ESTIMATES, THEY'RE LOOKING AT BEAVER, WHICH ARE NUMBERS THAT DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EVERYTHING THAT I'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT. WHEN I DO 2.57 PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD IN FIVE YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO ADD ABOUT 7500 FOLKS TO YOUR CURRENT POPULATION. IF, IF BUT YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU GET INTO THE ARGUMENT, WELL, WHAT'S 2.57? YOU KNOW WHO WHO PICKED THAT NUMBER? WELL, SOME HAVE FOUR, SOME HAVE TWO, SOME HAVE ONE, YOU KNOW. SO YOU HAVE TO PICK THE NUMBER THAT MOST PEOPLE USE. SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING THAT INFORMATION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE OF THE SITUATION. AND LIKE VICE MAYOR WAS SAYING, THEY DO KNOW AND THEY ARE PLANNING. AND I THINK NOW THAT THEY GOT THEIR CAPITAL FUNDING EXTENDED, THE THERE'S A FUNDING, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE THEY SHOULD HAVE THE FUNDS IF THEY PLAN CORRECTLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE. ANYBODY ELSE. NO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE'LL. YEAH. NO WE'RE WE'LL DO THESE. HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET THIS INFORMATION AS THE COUNCIL. QUARTERLY WORK. I KNOW YOU'VE ASKED FOR IT EVERY MEETING. THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING. NO, I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE EVERY MEETING. BUT ONCE A MONTH WOULD BE GOOD. ESPECIALLY WHILE WE'RE ADDING TO SO QUICKLY. 
          OKAY. AND IT MAY BE THAT WE CAN TAPER IT DOWN SOME, BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT HAPPENS IN A QUARTER. 
          WELL, WE CAN BRING THE NEW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE NEW STUFF AND THEN JUST ADD BEAUTIFUL. YEAH WE'LL DO THAT WORKS. WE'LL DO THAT OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD. MISS LINDA NICCUM. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, LINDA NICCUM, JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME FEEDBACK ON. 
          ONE IS WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE SALE OF THE FIVE ACRE PROPERTY? NUMBER TWO, MORE IMPORTANTLY IS WHAT IS THE RESPONSE TO THE NEWS ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT MONDAY IN THE STEWART NEWS ON THE SALES 
          [00:30:05]
TAX, FINANCIAL REPORT ISSUE OF LATE REPORTS JEOPARDIZING THE HALF CENT SALES TAX REVENUE TO THE VILLAGE. SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING FOR. OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, MR. FURIO CAN RESPOND TO IT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER A PROBLEM. AND IT'S BEEN RESOLVED. ALL THE REPORTS ARE IN, EVERYTHING'S IN IN TIME AND WE ARE IN NO JEOPARDY OF LOSING ANYTHING. AND THEY ACTUALLY WROTE A FOLLOW UP ARTICLE. BUT OF COURSE, IT DIDN'T GET THE SAME HEADLINE AS THE FIRST ARTICLE. SAYING THAT WE WERE FINE. MICHAEL, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD STATUS ON? THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY? FIVE ACRES. I'LL DO THAT. YOU KNOW, JUST MIKE FLORIO, FINANCE DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE ARTICLE WAS, I THINK, ACCURATE AS FAR AS THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE APPROACH A DEADLINE JUNE 30TH AND IF WE THINK WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE AUDITOR GENERAL AND WE MAINTAIN LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH THEM DURING THE PROCESS. AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY, VERY BUSY FOR A YEAR WITH SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY. I'VE HAD SOME STAFF TURNOVER, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, THAT CONTINUE TO PRESENT US AGAIN, THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF DELAY ULTIMATELY WAS I COULDN'T MEET THE WINDOW OF APRIL MAY FOR THE AUDITORS LAST YEAR. AND YOU KNOW, IT TAKES THEM ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO CIRCLE BACK TO US. SO I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION THAT WE COULDN'T REALLY GET THINGS GOING WITH THEM UNTIL LIKE MID-NOVEMBER. AND THEN THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS INTO AND OF ITSELF. I WAS READY FOR THEM UP TO THAT POINT. BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE ONCE THEY GET HERE. SO THAT WAS DONE AGAIN. THE WE DID GET A, YOU KNOW, A LETTER INDICATING THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF FUNDS IF WE DIDN'T MEET THERE. BUT AGAIN, I WAS IN CONTACT WITH DEREK NOONAN AT AUDITOR GENERAL. AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION. AND WE DID MEET THEIR EXPECTATION. 
          AGAIN, I DID NOT BELIEVE AT ALL THAT WE WERE IN ANY SERIOUS THREAT OF MISSING OUT ON THE SALES TAX SITUATION, AND THE AUDITORS WERE FIRST AND FOREMOST, FULLY AWARE AND WORKING AS HARD AS AS I WAS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT DONE. SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE, YOU KNOW, BUT JUST THE REALITY OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THESE ARE SOME OF THE GROWING PAINS THAT YOU GO THROUGH WHEN YOU'RE COMPLETELY DISMANTLING AN ENTIRE SYSTEM AND REBUILDING IT FROM THE GROUND UP. AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING ABOUT THAT. WE'VE COMPLETELY DISMANTLED EVERY, EVERY FINANCIAL IT SYSTEM IN THE VILLAGE AND STARTING OVER, AND IT'S BEEN GOOD AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER. BUT THESE ARE THE BUMPS ALONG THE WAY, UNFORTUNATELY. THANK YOU. BUT WE HAVE MET THE DEADLINE. YES WE HAVE. YEAH. NOT AT ALL. 
          NO THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP. ANY ANY INFORMATION ON THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY? I HAVE THE ONLY THING, THE ONLY I KNOW THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL WE HAD ONE INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST, IF YOU WILL. BUT THEN THE COMMENTS WERE MADE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE WATER AND SEWER TO THAT SITE. AND RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CAPACITY, THEY'RE HESITANT TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT. SO I THINK AS WE CONTINUE, MAYBE POSSIBLY GET CLOSER TO BEING ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE OUR ABILITY AND WHEN THAT WATER PLANT WILL COME ONLINE AND CAPACITY STARTS BEING BEING REALIZED, THEN WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTEREST ON THAT SITE. IT'S THE CATCH 22 SITUATION IS THAT I'VE ALSO HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO INVEST $3.25 MILLION AND HAVE IT SITTING THERE FOR TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, SO AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT BUSINESS IS BUSINESS PEOPLE. THEY'RE MAKE BUSINESS. YOU MAKE MONEY IN BUSINESS. IF YOU DON'T MAKE MONEY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN BUSINESS VERY LONG. SO THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. AND MR. FURIO, I WANT TO THANK YOU. I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORK TO GET THAT STUFF OUT. AND TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. MOVING ON. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? 
          [COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]
NO, SIR. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS? I ALMOST HAVE A COMMENT. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. ON NEXT SUNDAY, WE WILL HAVE MUSIC AT THE MARINA WITH JUAN RAMON OSORIO. THAT IS FROM THREE UNTIL SIX. WE HAVE AN EASTER EGG HUNT PLANNED FOR APRIL 6TH FROM 3 TO 5 P.M. AT BIG MOUNTAIN PARK. THE EGG HUNT IS DIVIDED INTO AGE GROUPS SPONSORED BY THE VILLAGE. THE GIRL SCOUT, TRULY, NOLAN AND I TOWN MY TOWN SO THE FLIERS WILL BE ADVERTISED. BUT IT'S APRIL 6TH AT 3 P.M. TO 5 P.M. ALSO, WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION SATURDAY THE 29TH AT 9 
          [00:35:05]
A.M. IF THE COMMUNITY WISHES TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO GO AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND ASK QUESTIONS. THAT IS IT 
          [COMMITTEE REPORTS]
FOR ME. OKAY, ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS, NO COMMITTEE REPORTS, COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER. I HAVE ONE. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO REPORT I DID ATTEND THE FLORIDA FLORIDA BLACK CAUCUS. LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS CONFERENCE AND IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING. MY TAKEAWAY FROM THAT WAS WE HAD AN ATTORNEY THAT SPOKE, AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER GENTLEMAN. HE WAS A CAUCASIAN YOUNG MAN, AND HE HAD BEEN WITH DEALING WITH THE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY, BEING ON COMMISSIONER, DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          AND THE ONE THING THAT HE SAID, BOTH OF THEM, THE ATTORNEY SAID THIS WHEN YOU CAN NO LONGER SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, IT'S TIME TO BE RECHARGED OR BE REMOVED. AND THEN THE GENTLEMAN, HE WAS A CATHOLIC DEACON. I NEVER HEARD OF A CATHOLIC DEACON. AND HE CAME IN AND WHAT I LIKED, MY TAKEAWAY FROM HIM WAS NEVER THINK MORE HIGHLY OF YOURSELF THAN YOU OUGHT. IT'S EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS. WHEN YOU CAN'T SERVE THE CONSTITUENTS YOUR BASE, IT'S TIME TO RETHINK YOUR EXISTENCE THERE. SO IT WAS VERY MOTIVATING, VERY ENCOURAGING. AND I LEFT RECHARGED LIKE, OKAY, LET'S GO. YOU KNOW SO AND IT JUST IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL. I THANK THE VILLAGE MY PEERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO ATTEND THAT CONFERENCE. AND IT WAS DEFINITELY WELL, WELL RECEIVED. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT. THAT'S GOOD OKAY. ANY 
          [COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]
COMMENTS FROM VILLAGE MANAGER? WELL, I WAS GOING TO HAVE MISS RUSSO'S. YOU GOT A FLIER THAT WAS PUT THERE. AND I THINK WITH NEXT WEEK BEING SPRING BREAK FOLKS, PLEASE BE AWARE KIDS ARE OUT ACCORDINGLY. AND SHE CAN TALK TO THAT. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED HER TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE BOXING RING AT THE OFFICE IN BOOKER PARK. HI. DEBBIE RUSSO'S PARKS DIRECTOR. FOR THE RECORD, SPRING BREAK IS NEXT WEEK. STARTING MONDAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME POP UP EVENTS IN OUR PARKS. WE'RE GOING TO DO MONDAY AT BIG MOUND PARK. WE HAVE WALTER HERSHAM SOCCER ACADEMY COMING OUT. THEY'RE GOING TO TEACH THE KIDS SOME SOCCER SKILLS. WE'LL DO BUBBLES, WE'LL DO SIDEWALK CHALK, WE'LL DO SOME FUN ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE NOT ALL THE KIDS HAVE THE SAME INTEREST. WE DID IT LAST YEAR. WE HAD PROBABLY 20 PLUS KIDS SHOW UP, HAD A FABULOUS TIME. WE GAVE THEM WATER AND SLICES OF PIZZA AND EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME. 
          WEDNESDAY WE'RE GOING TO DO POST-FAMILY PARK. WE HAVE TREASURE COAST WILDLIFE COMING OUT. THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THE ANIMALS AND AGAIN WE'LL BRING THEY BROUGHT GATORS AND TURTLES AND HAWKS AND JUST DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO EXPERIENCE. AND WE'LL DO SIMILAR THINGS AS WELL. THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS. AND THEN ON THREE FRIDAY, 321 AT BOOKER PARK, MARTIN COUNTY PAL IS GOING TO BE OUT AND WE'RE HOPING TO SHOWCASE THE BOXING RING THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY INSTALLING IN OUR GARAGE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU GET A CHANCE, STOP BY AND SEE IT. IT'S AMAZING COMING TOGETHER. AND THEY PLAN TO START THE BOXING PROGRAM END OF THIS MONTH, BEGINNING OF APRIL. THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THE PROGRAM ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS FROM 6 TO 7:00. THEY'VE GOT A QR CODE OUT. I PUT FLIERS OUT ENGLISH, SPANISH AND CREOLE. THEY NEED TO SCAN THE QR CODE TO GET REGISTERED. THEY'RE TAKING KIDS FROM 8 TO 17. I KNOW THEY RUN A SIMILAR PROGRAM IN PALM CITY. THEY SAID THEY HAVE OVER 200 KIDS THAT ARE DOING THAT PROGRAM. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE THE SAME KIND OF TURNOUT. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THEM THERE. 
          EVEN IF I DID GET PUSHED OUT OF MY GARAGE. SORRY. IS THIS FREE TO THE KIDS? I'M NOT SORRY. IT IS FREE TO THE KIDS. YES. SO IT'S A FREE PROGRAM. IT IS A FREE PROGRAM TO THE KIDS? YES. 
          SO THE VILLAGE IS PARTNERING WITH MARTIN COUNTY. PAL AND GARCIA GROUP DONATED THE RING, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THEY. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, GARCIA AND RICKY SHELTER FROM PPC. CONSTRUCTION AND GEORGE LINDEMANN FROM RIVER ROVERS. OKAY, NICE. SO WE'LL NEED TO MAYBE GET THEIR NAMES ADDED TO THE FLIER, BECAUSE MICK PAL DID THE. WELL, TRUST ME, IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG, BIG, GRAND OPENING. I'M SURE JOSH IS PLANNING A BIG GRAND OPENING. 
          YOU SAW HIS. HE WAS HAPPY. HE WAS HAPPY TO SEE IT. AND NOW HE'S SENDING HIS CREW OVER THERE TO PAINT AND CLEAN THE PLACE UP. AND IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY NICE. AND WE'RE GOING TO. YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT THAT, AS YOU KNOW, MR. GARCIA, THE FOUNDER OF GARCIA CORPORATION, WAS HE'S A 
          [00:40:01]
HE'S A BOXING ENTHUSIAST. HE WAS HE WAS A BOXING ENTHUSIAST. SO WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE GARCIA'S, YOU KNOW, SO OTHER FLIERS IN THE SCHOOLS. NOT YET. OKAY. I THINK MC POWELL WAS WORKING ON THAT. WE'LL WORK WITH THEM. WE DO HAVE IT POSTED IN OUR OFFICE. WE'VE BEEN HANDING IT OUT. THE INDIANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS STOP BY FOR ICE POPS AT OUR OFFICE. SO WE'VE BEEN HANDING OUT FLIERS, LETTING THEM TAKE A PEEK AT THE AT THE BOXING RING, AND THEY'RE ALL SUPER EXCITED TO SEE IT COMING. SO WE'LL DEFINITELY GET IT OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AS WELL. NICE. YEAH, WE'LL FIND A PLACE FOR YOUR OTHER STUFF. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. HOW MANY HOW MANY KIDS CAN THAT PLACE HOLD I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER. THE FIRE MARSHAL WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE CAPACITY IS, BUT THEY WILL HAVE THEIR VAN THERE. SO ANYTHING THEY CAN'T, ANYTHING THEY DON'T HAVE GOING ON INSIDE, THEY CAN HAVE GOING ON IN THE PARK AS WELL WITH THEIR MOBILE UNIT. OKAY. AND THEY'LL EXTEND THE HOURS AS THEY HAVE MORE KIDS SIGN UP. RIGHT. RIGHT NOW IT'S RIGHT. IT'S A SHORT WINDOW, BUT IT'LL GROW AS THE PROGRAM GROWS AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL OUTGROW OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR GARAGE THERE AND FIND A PLACE WHERE. BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM. 
          ANYTHING THAT BRINGS THE KIDS SOMETHING TO DO AND KEEP THEM BUSY. SO. WELL THAT IS THE PLAN. 
          THAT IS A FANTASTIC PLAN. I LOVE IT. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THAT. THANKS, GUYS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE ONLY OTHER THING, MAYOR, IS THIS LETTER THAT YOU WANTED AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN FOR THE. WHAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR IS THE MARINE INDUSTRY HAS ASKED FOR A LETTER ON VILLAGE LETTERHEAD TO BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR, ASKING THIS BORING COMPANY TO CONSIDER PUTTING A TUNNEL UNDER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY RATHER THAN THE DRAWBRIDGE THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED OR THAT THEY'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH IN AN EFFORT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT 100 YEAR OLD BRIDGE THAT IS ANTIQUATED AND LIMITED, IT WOULD SOLVE A WHOLE LOT OF PROBLEMS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT THE LAST MEETING, THE POE MEETING, MPO MEETING. I'M SORRY, THEY. YOU KNOW, THEY GOT A PROBLEM AT MONTEREY AND DIXIE, YOU KNOW, SO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A BRIDGE THERE. 
          WELL, BRIDGE IS NOT GOING TO FLY THERE BECAUSE IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT, YOU KNOW. SO I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU START A TUNNEL WAY DOWN BY, BY COVE ROAD AND JUST BRING IT ALL THE WAY INTO JENSEN BEACH? THAT WOULD TAKE THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE EVERYTHING. IT WOULD ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. AND IN DOWNTOWN STUART JENSEN, THE WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW, GO GO NORTH OF JENSEN BEACH WITH IT. AND REALLY, I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF THE TUNNEL COMPARED TO THE COST OF THE BRIDGE, PRETTY COST EFFECTIVE. SO AND WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY COMMITMENT IN REVENUE. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THEM TO CONSIDER IT. NO, NO, NO, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO SAY. OKAY. HEY, LOOK AT THIS. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THIS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL DEPEND ON THE MARINE INDUSTRY. ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, THE MARINE INDUSTRY IS A BIG THING. AND FOR US, IT'S EVEN GOING TO BECOME A BIGGER THING ONCE THAT SCHOOL IS BUILT OUT HERE ON CITRUS BOULEVARD. SO WE GOT TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS WHERE OUR BREAD AND BUTTER IS GOING TO BE. SO WE GOT TO MAKE IT SO PEOPLE CAN GET OUT HERE AND JUST THINK OF THE PEOPLE. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SOMEBODY THAT OWNED A HOUSE, YOU KNOW, ON THE RIVER AND YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PAYING BIG TAXES. YOU KNOW WHAT THE TAXES ARE ON THOSE WATERFRONT PROPERTIES. YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW. YOU KNOW, AND, AND YEAH, THERE YOU GO. OKAY. YOU KNOW, AND NOT TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE YOUR BOAT IS LIKE, OH GREAT. YOU KNOW THIS WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT. SO I MOVE TO APPROVE HIM. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. Y'ALL GOT TO START USING THESE THINGS. OH SORRY ABOUT OKAY. ASK YOU A QUESTION OKAY. I LIKE THE IDEA SIMPLY BECAUSE I WAS VISUALIZING IN FORT LAUDERDALE WHEN I LIVED IN FORT LAUDERDALE, LOST ALL THIS DOWNTOWN LAS OLAS, THERE WAS A BRIDGE. I'M NOT A BRIDGE, BUT THE TUNNEL. AND IT DID ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THINGS THAT TRAFFIC. SO I THINK I REALLY LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD WORK. AND IT WOULD DEFINITELY CAUSE LESS PROBLEMS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS, AND IT WOULD SAVE LIVES. SO WHAT'S A LIFE WORTH? RIGHT. A LOT OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I REMOVE. REMOVE TO I HAVE THE LETTER SIGNED. SECOND. OKAY. SO I GUESS WE NEED A CONSENSUS WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO SEND A LETTER. WHAT'S EVERYBODY THINK. YES. 
          YEAH. YES. YEAH. NEED A SECOND. WE ALREADY GAVE A SECOND, I GAVE A SECOND. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? 
          [00:45:05]
IN A SECOND MOTION. WHO MADE THE MOTION? I MEAN, WE DON'T NEED A COUNCILWOMAN ONSLAUGHT. WE MADE THE MOTION SECOND BY PALMER. PALMER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. 
          [APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]
THAT'S IT. OKAY. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION. MOTION, MOTION. AND SECOND, BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATERS BROWN. SECOND BY ONSLAUGHT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NOPE. 
          I'LL PASS. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY. WE JUST HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR. 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
SO YOU GOT YOUR YOUR WE NEED AN APPROVAL FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS THE MINUTES. OKAY. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. OKAY. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA BY COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS. SECOND, BY COUNCILWOMAN SLAUGHTER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY FIRST READINGS OR SECOND READINGS. ANY DISCUSSIONS YOU'VE 
          [DISCUSSION ITEMS]
GOT. I, I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE IN THE DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION, I'LL JUST MENTION BRIEFLY ABOUT PROJECT MY OFFICE IS WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. RELATED TO ALL THAT CONCERNING PRE RESERVING CAPACITY. OKAY. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW THE VILLAGE HAS HAD A SYSTEM SET UP THAT THAT DATES BACK TO THE INDIAN TOWN COMPANY DAYS WITH THE WAY THEIR UTILITY SYSTEM WAS, WAS SET UP FOR DEVELOPMENT COMING IN WHEN THEY'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE THEY HAVE GOTTEN TO SITE PLAN APPROVALS AND SO ON, CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. THIS IS HOW MANY YEARS WE HAVE APPROVALS OR APPROVALS ARE IMMINENT ON THIS, AND THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN TO HOOK UP TO THE WATER SYSTEM. THEN THEY CAN COME IN AND RESERVE CAPACITY IN THE PLANT. OKAY. BECAUSE ONE IMPORTANT THING TO KEEP IN MIND, IT'S OBVIOUS, BUT IT'S A LEGAL PIECE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. DEVELOPMENT CAN'T COME OUT OF THE GROUND AND GET A CO IN FLORIDA IF IT DOESN'T HAVE WATER AND SEWER. OKAY. AND SO UNDER THE SYSTEM AS IT HAS BEEN WHEN WE'VE HAD CAPACITY, AVAILABLE CAPACITY IN THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS AND SO ON, IT'S PRETTY EASY. CAPACITY IS THERE TO GET TO THAT SUFFICIENT LEVEL. WE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE BRINGING IT TO YOU ALL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO RESERVE THAT CAPACITY, SO THAT IF ANYTHING HAPPENS IN THE INTERIM FROM THAT TIME TO THAT, THEY KNOW AT LEAST THEY'VE GOT THEIR STUFF. WELL, NOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE AT THE SITUATION WHERE WE'RE BUILDING NEW WASTEWATER PLANT AND YES, WE'RE BUILDING A NEW WATER PLANT. I WILL AGREE WITH TARYN. I AGREE IT'S A CERTAINTY. OF COURSE, MY OFFICE ALWAYS HAS TO PLAN FOR THE WORST, SO WE HAVE TO BUILD IN THE STUFF. IT'S A THING THAT ALL MANNER OF THINGS COULD INTERVENE IN THE MIDDLE. THERE COULD BE DELAYS OR WHATEVER. SO RESERVING CAPACITY ALREADY HAVE IS ONE THING AND PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PRE RESERVING CAPACITY IN A PLANT THAT'S NOT BUILT YET IS LEGAL. ALL RIGHT. BUT IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS YOU GOT TO DEAL WITH PARTICULARLY SOMETIMES AS WE HAVE HERE. IF YOU HAVE DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS COMING IN, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS COMING IN, SOME WANTING TO GET IN MUCH EARLIER THAN THE STAGE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE, WHERE THEY'VE GOTTEN THROUGH TO THE POINT WHERE THEY HAVE PLANS AND EVERYTHING, JUST WANTING TO PRE RESERVE CAPACITY BEFORE THEY HAVE ANYTHING PLANNED AT ALL. ON THE ONE HAND, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY FOLKS WOULD WANT TO DO THAT OR AT LEAST HAVE ASSURANCE THERE WOULD BE. ON THE OTHER HAND, AS TARYN WAS ALLUDING TO, YOU CANNOT IN A WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM END UP IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE ALLOWING ANY OLD PERSON TO JUST COME IN AND BUY CAPACITY, RIGHT? CAPACITY IS NOT FOR SPECULATION. THE CAPACITY IS THERE TO SERVE NEW DEVELOPMENT. OKAY, SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS IN KIND OF THE MORE COMPETITIVE SITUATION THAT WE COME TO WHEN FOLKS ARE WORRIED WE DON'T HAVE CAPACITY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE NEW PLANTS COMING ONLINE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. IS WORKING THROUGH A MORE DEFINED PROCESS FOR RESERVING PRE RESERVING CAPACITY AND THEN SOME RULES THAT WOULD ALL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ALL THIS IS JUST STUFF WE WOULD BE FORMULATING TO HELP SORT OUT. IF THERE ARE COMPETING INTERESTS. EVEN WITH THE NEW PLANT, MORE PEOPLE COMING FOR CAPACITY THAN WE EITHER HAVE OR FEEL COMFORTABLE GIVING OUT AT ANY ONE TIME. HOW DO YOU ALL SORT 
          [00:50:04]
OUT THOSE DECISIONS? AND FORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THIS ALL UP IN OUR OWN HEADS. THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT NEARLY AS MANY JURISDICTIONS IN FLORIDA THAT DEAL WITH THE KIND OF PRE RESERVE CAPACITY VERSUS THE EXISTING CAPACITY. BUT THERE ARE SOME AND OUR OFFICES DRAWING ON SOME OF THOSE POLICIES TO PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. AGAIN. 
          THIS IS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S COME FROM BOTH STAFF AND ELECTED OFFICIAL SIDE WANTING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. AND ALSO DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS ARE WANTING LET'S HAVE A FORMAL PROCESS SO WE CAN FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE. SO WE CAN EITHER MOVE FORWARD WITH NEW PROJECTS OR NEXT PHASES OF PROJECTS. ONE OTHER PIECE IS WE'RE SORTING ALL THIS OUT, AS TARYN ALLUDED TO THERE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS WELL, IS I MENTIONED YOU DON'T WANT A SITUATION WHERE ANYBODY IS BUYING CAPACITY JUST FOR SPECULATION, BUT RATHER FOR DEVELOPMENT. SOMETIMES YOU DO END UP IN SITUATIONS WHERE CAPACITY IS RESERVED AND THEN HEAVEN FORBID, THE MARKET GOES A LITTLE BAD. AND SO THINGS DELAY A REALLY LONG TIME. AND THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES, IF FOLKS ARE SITTING ON CAPACITY FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, DO THEY SIT ON THAT OR ARE THERE OTHER WAYS TO DEAL WITH IT AND SO ON. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE. SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, MAYBE HAVING SOME MORE TOOLS BUILT IN GOING FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT, BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE, EVEN IF IT WAS INADVERTENT, IS CAPACITY. GETTING LOCKED UP AND NOT GETTING USED. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO SET THAT UP AS KIND OF THE LEGAL INFRASTRUCTURE GOING ALONG WITH THE NEW WASTEWATER PLANT COMING AND THE WASTEWATER AND THE WATER PLANT THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE FUN. YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. AS TARYN WAS SAYING WHEN SHE WAS SPEAKING, THAT WE IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE A DEADLINE ON WHEN THEY HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD ONCE THEY'VE PURCHASED CAPACITY, OR THAT THE CAPACITY BECOMES AVAILABLE? I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER, IS THERE? I KNOW THAT SUBDIVISIONS CAN SAY IF YOU BUY A LOT IN A SUBDIVISION, YOU HAVE A YEAR TO BUILD, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO IS PUT THOSE LIMITATIONS OR THOSE ENCOURAGEMENTS TO GET DONE IN A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME? ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY TOOLS THAT YOU WILL FIND THAT THAT PUTS A LITTLE BIT MORE TOOLS IN THE TOOL CHEST TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE CAPACITY GETS USED, AS OPPOSED TO SAT ON AND SO ON. WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT POTENTIAL TOOLS ON THAT. ONE OF THEM IS, IS DEADLINES. ONE THING I WOULD OFFER TO YOU IS, AND THIS IS NOT A NEGATIVE ON IT, BECAUSE IT MAY VERY WELL END UP BEING THAT'S WHAT WE COME BACK TO YOU FOR. 
          BUT THE THING YOU GOT TO KEEP IN MIND TWO THINGS. IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN THE IF THE MARKET REALLY DOES TURN BAD, ALL THE DEADLINES IN THE WORLD AND ALL THE DEADLINES. AND THIS IS THIS IS THE MATTER, ALL THE DEADLINES IN THE WORLD FOR A DEVELOPMENT ORDER EXPIRING AND SO ON, WILL NOT MAGICALLY MAKE MONEY APPEAR CORRECT, TO MAKE THINGS COME OUT OF THE GROUND. SO IT'S NOT. 
          DEADLINES ALONE ARE NOT A PERFECT TOOL. IT MAY END UP BEING THE TOOL MAIN TOOL. WE COME BACK TO YOU WITH THAT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I THINK A REALISTIC CASE WOULD BE A DEVELOPER COMING IN, BUILDING HOUSES, HOOKING UP TO OUR SEWER, DOING INDIVIDUAL WELLS. AND BUYING. TREES SO THEY HAVE TO HOOK UP ONCE OUR WATER PLANT IS DONE. AND THAT. AND THAT FOR ME, WAS THE SMART BUSINESS. BECAUSE WHEN OUR WATER PLANT IS DONE ON DAY ONE, WE GOT RATEPAYERS, WE GOT RATEPAYERS PAYING THE BILL. SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S MORE OF A REALISTIC NOW WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PROPERTY HERE THAT ARE WAITING FOR WATER, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY FIRST BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD MANDATE FOR SOMEBODY TO HAVE TO HOOK UP AFTER WE'VE GIVEN THEM. AND THEY BUILT AND THEY GOT THEIR OWN WELLS. IT'S GOT IT'S GOT TO BE IN THERE SOMEWHERE SOMEHOW THAT THEY HAVE TO HOOK UP. THEY CAN'T NOT SAY, OH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO STAY ON OUR. WELL, FORTUNATELY, FORTUNATELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP, MAYOR. FORTUNATELY, FIRST OFF, FLORIDA LAW GENERALLY VERY MUCH SUPPORTS THAT POSITION THAT EVEN IF TEMPORARILY, YOU THERE IS NOT WATER CAPACITY. AND YOU GO THE ROUTE OF HAVING A WELL, FLORIDA LAW COMPLETELY SUPPORTS THE CONCEPT THAT THEY WOULD BE WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE CAPITAL A UNDER PARTICULAR RULES THAT THEY WOULD 
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BE REQUIRED TO HOOK UP. AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN THE MESSAGE THAT STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS HAD WITH ANY DEVELOPER THAT'S CONTEMPLATED. BECAUSE, I MEAN, FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, IT WOULD SEEM TO BE A GOOD OPTION. THEY RUN THE NUMBERS, BE ABLE TO DO IT NOW VERSUS LATER AND SO ON. JUST AS LONG AS THEY KNOW THEY GO INTO IT WITH THEIR EYES WIDE OPEN, KNOWING, HEY, THIS IS A BUSINESS DECISION, THAT WE'D GO THIS AND THEN ONCE IT'S AVAILABLE, IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO SWITCH OVER. AND YOU KNOW, THEY CAN PRE BUILD IN THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO IT CAN BE SWITCHED OVER EASILY OKAY. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT. FROM THE BUILDERS STANDPOINT PUTTING IN THE WELLS. IT'S NOT A CHEAP THING TO DO. IF WE DID THAT TO ENCOURAGE THESE BUILDERS TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD AND NOT WAIT, WOULD THERE BE ANY WAY WE COULD OFFER THEM FUNDS, INCENTIVE ON THE OTHER END, WHEN THEY DID HOOK UP TO HELP THEM OFFSET THE COST OF HAVING HAD TO DO THE WELL? THAT WOULD BE FOR THEM INCENTIVES. I THINK THE INCENTIVE IS BEING ABLE TO COME AND GET THAT APPROVAL, THAT THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT. LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THAT MONEY TO COME FROM ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT. NO, I DON'T MEAN GIVING THEM. I DON'T MEAN GIVING THEM MONEY. I MEAN A DISCOUNT ON THE HOOKUP FEE TO THE SEWER SYSTEM OR THE WATER SYSTEM THAT THAT HELPS THEM TO OFFSET THAT INITIAL COST OF HAVING TO HAVING MOVED FORWARD, GETTING HOUSES ON THE GROUND WITH THE EXPENSE OF THE WELLS THAT THEY KNOW IN A YEAR OR TWO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE USING ANYMORE. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HOOK UP. IS THERE ANY INCENTIVE THAT WE COULD DO TO HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, NOT GIVE THEM MONEY, BUT HAVE THEM NOT PAY AS MUCH OF A HOOKUP FEE IF THEY'VE MADE THAT COMMITMENT? I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THE ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU HAVE AN ENTERPRISE FUND AND IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE FUND THAT HAS PLEDGED ITS NET WATER AND WASTEWATER REVENUES TO A BUNCH OF DEBT, GOOD DEBT, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT'S, YOU KNOW, DEBT FORGIVENESS, BUT DEBT TO THE DEP STATE REVOLVING FUND, WE ARE BOUND BY OUR BOND COVENANTS THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY FREE SERVICE. YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY DISCOUNTS. SO THAT AND THAT'S THAT'S THE MATTER. SO IN THAT CONTEXT, IN OTHER CONTEXTS. YEA, A DISCOUNT CAN CONCEPTUALLY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN GIVING MONEY OR WRITING A CHECK. IN THIS CONTEXT, GIVING A DISCOUNT IS GIVING MONEY BECAUSE YOU GOT TO YOU CAN'T GIVE FREE SERVICE. YOU CAN'T GIVE GOOD DISCOUNTS BECAUSE OF OUR BOND COVENANTS. 
          AND YOU GOT TO LOOK AT IT AS A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, OKAY, IF I CAN BUILD A HOUSE THIS YEAR RATHER THAN NEXT YEAR OR TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, I'M COLLECTING RENT ON THAT HOUSE FOR TWO YEARS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. THAT'S A LITTLE FRACTION OF WHAT A WELL IS GOING TO COST. AND IT JUST IT JUST IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO COME PUT THE WELL IN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE DOING FIVE OR 6 OR 700 WELLS, YOU CAN GET THEM DONE FOR A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS A PIECE. 
          WHEN YOU GOT SOMEBODY YOU GOT IN A CONTRACT, HEY, I'M GOING TO BE WORKING HERE FOR THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS. YOU KNOW, DOING WELLS AND SELLING WATER SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET A PRETTY GOOD DEAL. SO IT'S LIKE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SENSE. I MEAN, WHEN YOU GO GET IT'S LIKE SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAVE COME IN AND GOTTEN THEIR PROPERTY DESIGNATED FOR A, B, C, OR D, AND THEN THEY SIT ON IT, LOOK AT THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE LOSING. JUST HAVING THAT PROPERTY SITTING THERE. YEAH. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU DEVELOP IT NOW YOU'RE COLLECTING A RENT ON THAT PROPERTY. IT'S MAKING YOU MONEY RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST COSTING YOU MONEY TO MAINTAIN IT AND TAXES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. RIGHT. AND PROBABLY INSURANCE. IF I HAD A VACANT PIECE OF LAND, I WOULD WANT TO HAVE INSURANCE ON IT IN CASE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENED. BUT I DON'T. YEAH, I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS COMING, SO BE HAPPY. AND WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANY? NOTHING? WELL. NOTHING ELSE. BOY, THIS WAS A SHORT MEETING, SO I HIT THE GAVEL. TO GAVEL 
          [ANNOUNCEMENTS]
BUSINESS. OH, I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. HE DOES HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I KNEW THAT OUR NEXT MOBILE FOOD DRIVE IS THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH AT TIMER POWERS PARK AT 8 A.M. IT'S SPRING BREAK, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY HIGH SCHOOLERS WHO WOULD LOVE COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS, SEND THEM OUR WAY. ALSO, I WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE APRIL 24TH COUNCIL MEETING THIS YEAR. I JUST FOUND OUT I WAS AWARDED VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR FOR INDIANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO. 
          AND IT HAPPENS TO FALL ON THE SAME NIGHT. SO I WILL BE MISSING THE COUNCIL MEETING. ALL RIGHT. 
          [NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]
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CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, OKAY. OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS MARCH 27TH AT 6 P.M. YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD
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