[CALL TO ORDER]
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          MEETING TO ORDER. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER SAWYER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WATERS. 
          BROWN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIAMS. PALMER HERE. VICE MAYOR PEREZ HERE. MAYOR. DEPAULO HERE. OKAY. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE ALL STAND. I DID HAVE JUST A BRIEF SPIRITUAL THOUGHT TO ADD TO THIS. I'M A WRITER. I LOVE WORDS. LOVE VERBS. AND I THOUGHT, WHAT VERBS ARE MOST IMPORTANT? SO I THOUGHT ONE THING I'D DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT MATTHEW FIVE AND THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. ALL THE THINGS THE SAVIOR TAUGHT. HE GAVE US A LOT OF VERBS, AND THERE'S TOO MANY TO SHARE. I JUST WANT TO SHARE MY SOME OF MY FAVORITES. PHIL. TO BLESS, TO OBTAIN, TO MAKE PEACE. REJOICE. SHINE. TEACH. AGREE. LOVE. PRAY. GIVE. SERVE. CONSIDER, JUDGE NOT AND LOTS OF TO BE'S. BE MERCIFUL, RIGHTEOUS, BLESSED, JOYFUL, THE SALT OF THE EARTH, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 
          NOT ANGRY. BE RECONCILED. AND I THINK I LISTENED TO PEOPLE'S VERBS. YOU CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT WHAT WHAT THEY THINK, WHAT THEY BELIEVE. AND A LOT ABOUT THEM. YOU KNOW, SAY A PRAYER. OUR KIND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE BLESSINGS THOU HAS GIVEN US, THAT WE CAN MEET TOGETHER AND HAVE THE FREEDOM, AND TO DISCUSS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD WORKING WORKERS WE HAVE HERE, FOR TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND THOSE THAT SUPPORT THE STAFF, SUPPORT THAT FOR THE VILLAGE. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR DILIGENCE. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN THAT WE LIVE IN AND ASK THAT THY SPIRIT WILL BE HERE TONIGHT, THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND DO THE BEST THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN, AND THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING UNTO THEE, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND STRENGTHEN IN ALL WAYS. AND WE ASK THAT THY SPIRIT CONTINUE THROUGH ALL, ALL OUR DISCUSSIONS AND EVEN OUR DIFFERENCES, THAT WE CAN DO THEM PEACEFULLY AND JOYFULLY. AND THIS WE PRAY IN JESUS NAME, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU. 
          THE PUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR AUGUST 14TH INDIANTOWN VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING. I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU TO SILENCE YOUR PHONES. 
          BATHROOMS LOCATED THROUGH THE DOOR TO YOUR LEFT. EXIT DOORS ARE LOCATED TO YOUR LEFT AND RIGHT, CLEARLY MARKED BY EXIT SIGN. TONIGHT YOU'LL HAVE THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK. YOUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY WILL BE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT, AT WHICH TIME YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY WILL BE DURING THE COMMENTS DURING THE TOPIC DISCUSSION. THE THIRD WILL BE BEFORE THE CLOSE OF MEETING. YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A COMMENT. PLEASE ADHERE TO OUR OUR CIVILITY PRACTICE AND THIS AND ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT AN INFORMATION CARD LOCATED ON THE BACK TABLE AND BEHIND YOU, AND YOU HAND IT TO THE DEPUTY WHO WILL PASS IT ON TO THE CLERK. OKAY, HAVING SAID THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS, OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS? 
          [Proclamation for Senior Citizen Day]
NO, MAYOR. NO. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT PROCLAMATION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS DAY. WHO'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING THAT? WHEREAS WHEREAS SENIOR CITIZENS ARE TREASURED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, PRESERVING AND PASSING DOWN TRADITIONS, CULTURAL VALUES AND LIFE LESSONS THAT ENRICH THE FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS, THE CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES UPHELD BY SENIOR CITIZENS REFLECT A WEALTH OF HERITAGE, FOSTERING A SENSE OF CONTINUITY AND IDENTITY ACROSS GENERATIONS AND THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION STRENGTHENS. STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY BONDS THROUGH STORYTELLING, MENTORSHIP AND VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEERISM. AND WHEREAS, SENIOR CITIZENS DAY SERVES AS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE HEALTH, WELL-BEING, AND DIGNITY 
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OF SENIOR CITIZENS WHILE FOSTERING A SOCIETY THAT VALUES, RESPECTS, AND LEARNS FROM THEIR DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCES. AND WHEREAS SENIOR CITIZENS CONTINUE TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS BY SHARING THEIR WISDOM, OFFERING GUIDANCE, AND DEMONSTRATING THE VIRTUES OF RESILIENCE, SERVICE AND LIFELONG LEARNING, THEREBY ACTING AS LIVING LINKS TO OUR SHARED HISTORY AND CULTURAL LEGACY. NOW, THEREFORE, THIS COUNCIL FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 21ST, 2025 AS SENIOR CITIZEN DAY IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO SHOW GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR INVALUABLE ROLE IN PRESERVING TRADITIONS, FOSTERING INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTIONS, AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE BETTERMENT OF SOCIETY FOR ALL. OKAY. DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE THAT'S GOING TO BE ACCEPTING THAT? I'M GOING TO. OKAY. IF YOU LIKE TO GET UP AND. GOOD EVENING. I'M KAREN RIPPER, I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE COUNCIL ON AGING, MARTIN COUNTY. 
          CURRENTLY IN INDIANTOWN, THE LAST CENSUS IN 2024, 23. I'M SORRY. THERE'S ABOUT 1100 PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF SENIORS, OVER THE AGE OF 65 LIVING IN INDIANTOWN. SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE ACTIVITY HERE IN INDIANTOWN TO SUPPORT SENIORS. I'D LIKE TO ASK JEANETTE WILLIAMS TO COME UP AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION FOR INDIANTOWN. JEANETTE WORKED FOR THE COUNCIL ON AGING FOR MANY YEARS. LIFELONG RESIDENT OF INDIANTOWN. AND SHE DOES AMAZING HAS REALLY THE CONTRIBUTIONS SHE'S MADE TO SENIOR CARE IN MARTIN COUNTY. BUT MOSTLY INDIANTOWN IS JUST OVERWHELMING. SO, JEANETTE, I APPLAUD YOU. AND IF YOU'LL ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS TO THE MAYOR, OKAY? OKAY, GREAT. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? JEANETTE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS? SOUNDS GOOD. I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE SENIORS OF MARTIN COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN INDIANTOWN. IT HAS BEEN A JOY, AND I'M. AND IT WAS A BLESSING TO ME TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I DID. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE? JEANETTE. AND THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. MAKING. ARE YOU SOMEONE I KNOW? YOU'RE UP FRONT, AND WE'RE HERE JUST TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR. NO. YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THE BATHROOM. OKAY? OKAY, LET'S JUST GO WITH THAT. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. DEBBIE. THANK YOU. MISTER. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO BE 65 FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN? WELL, 60. YOU ALREADY QUALIFIED. BUT I LOOK AT 65 AND OVER. 60 IS AN IMPORTANT. AARP. IS IT 5050? YEAH. I KNOW, SO. SEE? THERE YOU GO. ONE, TWO. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OH. IS IT STILL GOING? YES. 
          [Public Works & Utilities Update Presentation ]
THANK YOU. GARY. OKAY. NEXT WE GOT A PRESENTATION BY PUBLIC WORKS AND PAT. O'BRIEN. YEAH, JOSH CAN DRIVE. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL. PAT. PAT NOLAN, FOR THE RECORD. HAVE A PRESENTATION OF KIND OF. WHERE WE'RE AT PRESENTLY IN THE VILLAGE AS FAR AS UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS. THIS IS A PRESENTATION THAT WE DID AT THE JOINT MEETING. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO DO IT HERE AS WELL, SO THAT ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WEREN'T AT THAT MEETING OR THE PUBLIC CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. TO BEGIN WITH, ON THE PUBLIC WORKS SIDE, WE'VE GOT A FEW PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. THE FIRST 
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ONE IS THE UPTOWN ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE REPAIR PROJECT. IT'S NOT REALLY REPAIR. IT'S DESIGNED. WE GOT SOME GRANT FUNDING FROM THE FDOT TO DESIGN A DRAINAGE PROJECT HERE IN THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING TO ACTUALLY DO THE PROJECT, SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO PUT THAT ON THE SHELF. BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE REVENUE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL HAVE THE DESIGN IN HAND. NEXT ONE IS THE SOUTHWEST LINCOLN STREET ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE PROJECT, THAT ALSO IS A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT THAT'S ALSO DOT TRYING TO WORK OUT THE PARTICULARS WITH THE DOT, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE STARTING THAT SOON. SEMINOLE DRIVE PROJECT. WE ACTUALLY GOT GOOD NEWS ON THAT TODAY, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ON SOME OF THE PARTICULARS OF THE GRANT. WE HAD TO WE HAD A HEARING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BUT WE REMOVED PART OF THE PROJECT, A GENERATOR, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET. BUT WE FINALLY HAVE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM DEO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT PROJECT. SO HOPEFULLY SOON WE'LL BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON SEMINOLE DRIVE PROJECT. LAST IS ROADWAY REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. 
          WE PUT MONEY INTO THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, $270,000 TO START REPAIRING THE POTHOLES THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE. SO WHAT WE DID WAS GOT A CONTRACT WITH A CONTRACTOR WHICH ENABLED US TO DO THE WORK. AND THEN WE WENT OUT AND FOUND THE WORST POTHOLES IN THE VILLAGE, GROUND THEM DOWN AND THEN PUT NEW PAVEMENT IN AS OPPOSED TO JUST FILLING POTHOLES. PART OF THAT PROJECT ALSO IS STRIPING. WE'RE TRYING TO STRIPE THE VILLAGE TO MAKE IT SAFER. WE HAVE STARTED STRIPING OVER HERE IN THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE PREVIOUSLY HAD STRIPED IN THE BOOKER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AS PART OF THE DRAINAGE PROJECT OVER THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO STRIPE THE OTHER SIDE OF 710 OSCEOLA AND THE NEXT BLOCK OVER AND ALL THE SIDE STREETS. WITH THIS PROJECT, THE GOAL IS TO DO MORE NEXT YEAR, AND THEN YEAR THREE HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE REVENUE IN THE BUDGET THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO A PROJECT, WHICH WE DO EVERYTHING, DO IT, DO ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THE STREET AND THEN REPAIR THE STREET AT THE END. THAT'S THE LONG TERM GOAL. NEXT. WATER PROJECTS. FIRST ONE IS THE WATER PLANT PROJECT THAT IS THE EXISTING WATER PLANT. WE RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE STATE REVOLVING FUND TO REHAB THE EXISTING WATER PLANT. 
          LAST MEETING, YOU APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY-HORN SO THAT WE COULD DO THE DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT AND GET GOING. WE MET WITH THE ENGINEER ACTUALLY YESTERDAY, AND WE SHOULD BE GOING OUT TO BID FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT PROJECT, WHICH WOULD BE TO REHAB ALL OF THE WELLS IN THE VILLAGE SYSTEM. NEXT ONE IS RAILROAD AVENUE, WATER MAIN. THAT'S KIND OF A WISH. WE HAVE A 100 YEAR OLD WATER MAIN IN THE VILLAGE THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS, HENCE THE NAME RAILROAD AVENUE WATER MAIN. BUT THAT WATER MAIN IS 100 YEARS OLD, AND IT'S THE BACKBONE OF THE SYSTEM SYSTEM, SO THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE THAT. SO WE ARE SEEKING FUNDING AS WE SPEAK. 12 INCH WATER MAIN LOOPING PROJECT. THAT IS A WATER MAIN THAT WE'RE EXTENDING FROM FARM ROAD AROUND FARM ROAD TO SILVERFOX TO 710, AND THEN WE'RE COMING DOWN 710 TO THE COMMERCE PARK. WE ALSO, AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, ADDED A FORCE MAIN THAT GOES FROM THE COMMERCE PARK TO THE JUICE PLANT AT SILVERFOX THAT WILL ENABLE THE CUSTOMERS UP THERE TO BENEFIT FROM OUR WASTEWATER SERVICES. THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE DONE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          LAST IS 101ST AND OSCEOLA STREET. WE HAVE REALIZED FUNDING FROM CONGRESSMAN MATT'S OFFICE, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A PROJECT YET. SO THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NEXT. SPECIAL WATER PROJECT. THIS IS OUR DEEP INJECTION. WELL, IF YOU GO DOWN ON THE PROPERTY AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT, YOU'LL SEE THIS BIG TOWER. WHAT THIS IS, IS ANOTHER GRANT FUNDED PROJECT. THIS WILL ENABLE US TO BUILD THE RO PLANT AND HAVE SOME PLACE TO PUT THE CONCENTRATE, WHICH IS THE WASTE FROM THE TREATMENT PROCESS. SO THE DRINKING WATER. 
          WHAT MAKES THIS IMPORTANT IS THE TIMING IS WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE IT AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT. THAT'S WHY WE CO-LOCATED IT AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT. IT MADE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE WHEN WE ASKED FOR FUNDING. BUT IT'LL SERVE TWO PURPOSES, SO THERE WILL BE MORE, WE'LL SAY ECONOMICAL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND IT THE WAY THAT WE DID. IF YOU LOOK AT THE HANDOUTS THAT I GAVE YOU, WHICH THERE'S ALSO SOME ON THE BACK TABLE, THOSE ARE PICTURES THAT WERE TAKEN TODAY AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT. I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AFTER THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          NEXT. WASTEWATER PROJECTS. HAVE I TALKED ABOUT WE'RE BUILDING A WASTEWATER PLANT. THAT'S SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE THESE THOSE WERE TAKEN TODAY. WE'VE STARTED THE FIRST TWO TANKS FOR 
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THE WASTEWATER PLANT IN THE PICTURE. THAT'S IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE THE GREEN COLORED PIPING ON THE LEFT. THAT'S THE EXISTING LIFT STATION THAT WAS AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT. IT HAD OUTLOOKS. IT HAD OUTLIVED ITS USEFUL LIFE LONG BEFORE I GOT HERE. WE'VE BEEN KEEPING IT GOING SINCE I GOT HERE. BUT IN COMPARISON, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE, THAT IS THE NEW LIFT STATION REPLACING THE EXISTING LIFT STATION THAT WAS ALSO FUNDED BY GRANT MONEY, THAT WAS ABOUT A $2 MILLION PROJECT. IT'S NOT COMPLETELY DONE, BUT IT'S OPERATIONAL. SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT OTHER LIFT STATION OUT OF SERVICE NEXT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MANY THANKS. WE ALL, NOT ALL OF US, BUT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM HERE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING IN THE SAME ROOM WITH THE GOVERNOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO OR A FEW WEEKS AGO NOW, WHEN THEY PRESENTED US WITH THAT CHECK FOR $22.5 MILLION, THAT CHECK BRINGS A TOTAL THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO $76 MILLION THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED, MOST OF THEM ARE PAID OUT OF THAT FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. SO, AS THE SLIDE STATES, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. SENATOR HARRELL, REPRESENTATIVE OVERDORF, REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER, OF COURSE, THE COUNCIL, OUR VILLAGE MANAGER AND THE STAFF, BECAUSE WITHOUT EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER, WE WOULDN'T GET TO WHERE WE'RE GOING. AND OF COURSE, A SPECIAL THANKS. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT JOSH CHALEM AND KEVIN POWERS HAVE PUT A LOT OF WORK IN UP AT TALLAHASSEE TO ENABLE US TO RECEIVE THIS FUNDING. SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO THANK THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN AS WELL. AS FAR AS THE PICTURES ON YOUR DESK, LIKE I SAID, THOSE WERE TAKEN TODAY. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THE WASTEWATER PLANT. 
          WE POURED CONCRETE A COUPLE DAYS AGO FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FIRST TWO TANKS. WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING SIX TANKS UP EVENTUALLY. THEY'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO PUT THE WALLS OR SET THE BOTTOM PIECE OF THE WALLS TODAY. AND WHAT YOU SEE IS JUST A FEW DIFFERENT PICTURES OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. BUT THEY WERE TAKEN TODAY. AND AGAIN, I CAN'T STATE ENOUGH, BUT THE THEME OF THIS IS WITHOUT THIS GRANT FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, WE WOULD NOT BE DOING ANY OF THIS WORK. WE WOULD BE PUTTING BAND-AIDS ON WHAT WE HAVE. SO QUESTIONS. THREE. 
          WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S YOUR TIME FRAME? TIME FRAME? THE WASTEWATER PLANT. WE HOPE TO HAVE IT IN OPERATION BY JUNE 20TH OF 26. THE DEEP INJECTION. WELL, THAT SHOULD BE DONE. 
          THEY'VE GONE 1800 FEET THERE. THE PLAN IS TO GO AROUND 3000FT, OR ABOUT 1800. NOW WE HOPE TO GET IT ONLINE JANUARY, FEBRUARY. BUT WE HAVE TO TEST IT. WHICH LEADS TO ANOTHER A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE SLIDE BECAUSE WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS OR ACTUALLY PUT IT IN MOTION. WE ARE GOING TO BE DRILLING WITH THAT $22.5 MILLION. WE HAVE A PLAN. WE ARE GOING TO BE DRILLING THREE FLORIDAN WELLS THAT WILL SERVICE THE RO PLANT, BUT WE WILL ALSO USE THEM TO TEST THE DEEP INJECTION. WELL, BECAUSE WE NEED A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER TO TEST THAT DEEP INJECTION WELL. SO AGAIN, WE'RE ABLE TO WORK THESE TWO PROJECTS TOGETHER, SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE STARTED TESTING THE GEOLOGY WHILE WE WERE DOING THE DEEP INJECTION WELL. SO WE'RE PREPARED TO DRILL THE FLORIDAN WELLS NOW, WHICH ACTUALLY GAVE US THE SAVINGS ABOUT $200,000 PER. WELL, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO TESTING. SO I'LL BE TALKING TO THE CONTRACTOR SHORTLY, AND WE'RE GOING TO START DOING THAT AS WELL VERY SOON, AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT. AND WE ALSO ARE PREPARED TO GO OUT WITH AN RFQ WITH THE CTD TO GET A TEAM TOGETHER TO DO A DESIGN, BUILD THE WATER PLANT AS WELL, WHICH WILL ALSO SPEED UP THE PROCESS. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS IN MOTION PRESENTLY, AND WE HOPE TO JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. YOU DO WAY MORE THAN THE TYPICAL UTILITIES MANAGER AT IN ANY AREA IN FLORIDA DOES. YOU'RE STARTING FROM THE GROUND UP. I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. HIS JOB TYPICALLY WOULD INVOLVE WALKING INTO A WORKING PLANT AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S RUNNING. IT WOULD NOT INVOLVE THE LITERAL CREATION OF A WHOLE NEW SYSTEM. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR EXPERTISE, AND YOUR DEDICATION TO INDIAN TOWN. I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I ALSO HAVE SAID BEFORE, I'M PART OF A TEAM. I HAVE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH ME THAT ARE ENGINEERING FIRM, WORK WITH A LOT ON THIS STUFF, WORK WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          AGAIN, THERE'S ANOTHER PART THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING WE'RE BUILDING. MIKE AND HIS 
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DEPARTMENT PAY ALL THE BILLS FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE BUILDING. ONE OF THE ONE OF OUR RECENT PAY REQUESTS WAS ALMOST 200 PAGES THICK. IT WAS A $7 MILLION BILL ISH, BUT CONTAINER HAD TO BRING IT OVER PHYSICALLY BECAUSE WE COULDN'T EMAIL IT AND WE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T SCAN IT. SO IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. EVERYBODY THAT WORKS IN THIS VILLAGE HAS A PART IN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE FOR SURE. WELL, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. YEAH. AND ALSO, IF I MAY ADD, THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE STATE ARE EXTREMELY RESTRICTIVE TO THESE PROJECTS. YES. AND THE TIME THAT THEY CONSUME FOR MR. FLORIO TO REVIEW THEM, FOR PAT'S STAFF TO REVIEW THEM. THEN THEY GO TO THE STATE, THEY GET AUDITED, THEY GET REVIEWED BEFORE THEY CUT THOSE, THOSE CHECKS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS IN THESE. AND IT'S JUST GOING TO GET MORE LABOR INTENSIVE. AND SO MR. FLORIO IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN CONSULTANTS BECAUSE WE CAN'T HE CAN'T HIRE THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE THAT HE NEEDS. BUT WE WILL BE BRINGING IN HELP WHERE WE NEED IT SO THAT WE DON'T GET BOGGED DOWN. BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE A TIME FRAME THAT WE HAVE TO MEET IN ORDER TO ADHERE TO THE PROMPT PAYMENT ACT. SO IT'S A LOT. IT'S A LOT. AND WE APPRECIATE MIKE'S EFFORTS AND EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS. IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. LIKE LIKE PAT SAID. AND WE GOT A VERY SMALL TEAM DOING A VERY BIG PROJECT. SMALL BUT MIGHTY. SMALL, SMALL BUT MIGHTY. BUT BUT IT'S A BIG PROJECT. IT IS. I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS OF ANY OTHER COUNTY OR TOWN MUNICIPALITY THAT'S BUILDING A WASTEWATER PLANT AND A FRESHWATER PLANT AT THE SAME TIME. DOES THAT HAPPEN OFTEN? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF THAT IF THERE'S ANYBODY OUT THERE DOING THAT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE IT'S TAKING TO MANAGE THAT PROJECT. SO I APPRECIATE MIKE AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYBODY HERE. I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE A TEAM. WE'RE PART OF THAT TEAM. WE MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. AND WITHOUT YOU IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE QUESTIONS. NO. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANY SPEAKERS? YES. 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]
MISS LINDA NICCUM OKAY. GREAT. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, LINDA NICCUM. ONE OF THE PROMISES THAT YOU ALL MADE WHEN YOU WERE ELECTED TO OFFICE AND SWORE AN OATH TO WAS TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF ALL THE MONIES COMING INTO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. ANOTHER WAS TO REPRESENT EACH CITIZEN TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. IN JANUARY OF 22, A CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THEN MAYOR JACKIE CLARK WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES. THEY WERE TO PROVIDE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND TRAINING TO BRING ALL ASSETS, FACETS OF THE VILLAGE, ACCOUNTING INTO ONE SAFE PLACE. 
          THE COST OF THIS SUPER SOFTWARE WAS $130,750, WITH ADDITIONAL REOCCURRING FEES OF 43,337. 
          CENSUS IS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. I'M ASSUMING THE RECURRING FEES WERE ANNUAL. IF SO, THE TOTAL WAS TO BE. $347,435. I MAY BE WRONG ON THE FREQUENCY OF THE RECURRING FEES. I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING IN THE CONTRACT TO TELL ME SPECIFICALLY WHEN THEY WERE DUE. I'VE ASKED FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR A LONG TIME, AND EACH TIME THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN AS SOON AS THE TYLER SYSTEM IS PUT IN PLACE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUNCH THE BUTTONS AND HAVE THOSE REPORTS. IT'S BEEN 44 MONTHS SINCE THAT CONTRACT WAS SIGNED. MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO INSTALL AND TRAIN, AND NOW ONLY 16 MONTHS ARE LEFT ON THAT CONTRACT BEFORE IT EXPIRES. I DON'T CALL THAT GOOD STEWARDSHIP. I STILL HAVE NOT SEEN A TRUE FINANCIAL REPORT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, PROVIDING YEAR TO DATE TOTALS FOR INCOME AND EXPENSES, OR COMPARISON FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET. THERE ARE TABS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THERE'S NO DATA PROVIDED ON THOSE TABS. I DO NOT, I REPEAT, I DO NOT DOUBT 
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THE ABILITY OF MIKE TO HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. HE'S A TRUE BLESSING TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT HOW CAN I BE ASSURED THAT THOSE OF YOU THAT WE HAVE ELECTED TO BE OUR WATCHDOGS, ARE ON TOP OF OUR FINANCIAL STATUS? IF THERE'S NO REPORT FOR YOU TO REVIEW, SEEING IS BELIEVING. SEEING A REPORT IS WHAT GIVES YOU AND ME THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION, THE ABILITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. AGAIN, I WANT TO REASSURE YOU THAT I AM NOT SUSPICIOUS OF, NOR ACCUSING ANYONE OF ANYTHING WRONG. BUT EVEN IF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE FORBIDDEN TO TALK BUSINESS BEYOND THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, SHOULDN'T OUR FINANCES ALSO BE IN THE SUNSHINE? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? YES. SHEILA. ROSARIO. HI. NEWBIE. HERE. OKAY. SUPER QUICK. 
          I DON'T KNOW A LOT THAT'S GOING ON. I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU GUYS FOR LIKE, THE PAST MONTH, SO I'VE BEEN TRYING. I WISH I COULD ANSWER YOU GUYS THROUGH THE VIDEO, BUT I CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS. SO I'M HERE. THE POPULATION IN INDIAN TOWN, OVER 50% OF INDIAN TOWN RESIDENTS ARE SPANISH SPEAKING. I TRIED EVERY POSSIBLE WAY WHILE I WAS IN THAT CAMERA TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN IT INTO SPANISH, OR AT LEAST LISTEN TO IT IN SPANISH. SUPER EASY. IT WOULDN'T COST YOU ANYTHING IF WE COULD JUST SWITCH THIS OR DUPLICATE IT INTO A YOUTUBE CHANNEL. AND I'M ONLY SAYING THAT BECAUSE YOUTUBE GIVES US THE OPTION TO TURN IT INTO A SPANISH AND WE COULD WATCH IT AGAIN, NOT ASKING FOR ANY FUNDS. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY COMPLAINTS. I JUST WANT THE SPANISH RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THIS SO THAT THEY CAN BE A PART OF THIS, BECAUSE THEY CAN STILL COME HERE AND THEY CAN PUT ON THEIR HEADPHONES AND THEY CAN JUST LISTEN TO IT WHILE THEY'RE HERE WITH US, SO THAT THEY CAN BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE THAN 50% OF THIS COMMUNITY. NO COMPLAINTS. IF I EVER SAY ANYTHING WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT ME. I'M HERE TO LEARN FROM ALL OF YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? MISS NEWCOMB, ARE YOU? IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT. OKAY, OKAY. COMMENTS BY VILLAGE 
          [COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]
COUNCIL MEMBERS. ANYBODY? NO, I DO OKAY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I JUST WANT TO WISH THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION WELCOME BACK AND HAPPY FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. OKAY. I HAVE ASKED THE STAFF TO WRITE A LETTER TO GOVERNOR DESANTIS OFFICE THANKING HIM FOR HIS SUPPORT AND HIS DONATION OF FUNDS TO THE VILLAGE. AND WE ARE HAVING. A CELEBRATION FOR THE CONTRACTORS AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT, AND I WANTED TO INVITE HIM TO COME AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHERE THE MONEY'S BEING SPENT. AND SO THEY WROTE THIS LETTER, AND IT'S ON AUGUST 27TH AT 9:00 AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO I WROTE THIS LETTER AND I WANT TO SEND IT. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SIGN IT SO WE CAN SEND IT OFF TO HIS OFFICE AND LET HIM KNOW THAT WE'RE UNIFIED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND. YOU KNOW, SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO PASS THIS AND YOU CAN ALL READ IT AND SIGN IT DURING THIS MEETING, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEND IT OFF IN THE MORNING. OKAY. OTHER THAN THAT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. COMMITTEE REPORTS. YOU CAN'T SEND IT OUT WITHOUT MY SIGNATURE. I NEED TO SIGN, TOO. I WAS JUST THINKING I CAN SEND IT UP WITH ONE OF YOUR COUNTERPARTS HERE, SINCE THEY'RE GOING TO SEE YOU IN ORLANDO AND THEN GET IT BACK. WE'LL GET IT TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WHEN ARE YOU ALSO MAYOR? BEFORE I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T I COULDN'T RAISE MY HAND ON THIS THING SO I BUT I WHEN YOU ASK FOR COMMENT, I DON'T WANT TO BE OUT OF ORDER. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMUNITY THAT IS THERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE MEETING. IT'S SUCH A BLESSING TO HAVE YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. OKAY. COMMITTEE REPORTS WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS, NO COMMENTS BY VILLAGE 
          [COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]
MANAGER. YES, I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT. SO SOME OF YOU WERE HERE AND PROBABLY REMEMBER A FEW 
          [00:30:06]
YEARS AGO THE VILLAGE HAD APPLIED FOR CDBG HAZARD HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT AND IT WAS FOR HARDENING OF THE CIVIC CENTER. WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY COMING UP WITH THE ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR THAT PLANT AND OR FOR THAT FACILITY, AND IT WAS ABOUT $40,000. WE HAVE RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAD MADE AND REMINDING THE COUNCIL, WHEN WE WERE WORKING TO DO THIS, WE DID NOT HAVE THE BOB SOUSA CENTER. AND SO I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE TIME AND ENERGY, IT WAS A $500,000 GRANT FROM STAFF, THAT WE WOULD BE BETTER SERVED TO GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THE ONE FOR THE EXISTING CIVIC CENTER AND REAPPLY FOR A HARDENING OF THE BOB SOUSA CENTER. AND THEN THAT WAY WE COULD. THIS WAS FOR THE OLD CIVIC CENTER. IT WAS MORE FOR THE ROOF, BUT THIS IF WE HARDEN THIS BUILDING, THEN WE COULD UTILIZE IT AS A SHELTER OR EMERGENCY OPERATION AREA. SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST WHAT IT IS NOW. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AND JUST SEE IF THERE'S HEAD NODS OR OKAY, OR, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. YEAH. MAKES SENSE. 
          BIGGER SPACE. YEP. AND IT'S OURS. YEAH I AGREE OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK. OKAY. I 
          [APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
GET APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MOVE TO APPROVE. MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN ONSLOW. SECOND BY SECOND COUNCILWOMAN WATERS BROWN. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL. OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA. I, I AGREE. IT'S NOT THE SAME WHEN YOU'RE NOT SITTING HERE. I KNOW. OKAY. 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN WATERS BROWN, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN SAGER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IS 
          [Approval of Option Contract for Purchase of Property Located Immediately Behind Village Hall]
THE APPROVAL OF THE OPTION ON THE CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY BEHIND US, BEHIND VILLAGE HALL. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND KICK THIS OFF, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED. COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN OPTION CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IMMEDIATELY BEHIND VILLAGE HALL HERE. AS YOU ALL WILL RECALL, AT YOUR JUNE 12TH MEETING, THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED VILLAGE STAFF TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY BEHIND VILLAGE HALL THAT'S OWNED BY INDIAN TOWN PARKVIEW LLC. AFTER, AS WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED WITH AND AMONG THE COUNCIL. AFTER A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TEAM OVER A GREAT DEAL OF MONTHS, WHICH, AS WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, INVOLVED. CONTEMPLATED SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER PRICES THAN WHERE IT ENDED UP, PROPERTY OWNER HAS EVENTUALLY AGREED TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO THE VILLAGE FOR A PURCHASE PRICE OF $375,000, PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RELEVANT STATE STATUTE. 
          STAFFS SECURED AN OPTION CONTRACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR THAT AMOUNT, AND THIS AGENDA ITEM BRINGS THAT OPTION CONTRACT BEFORE YOU FOR VILLAGE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. ONE THING I WOULD NOTE. THE THIS OPTION CONTRACT IS EXACTLY THAT. IT'S A PURCHASE CONTRACT. IT IS. IT INITIATES A 90 DAY INSPECTION PERIOD. DURING THAT 90 DAY INSPECTION PERIOD, THE VILLAGE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE FURTHER THE PROPERTY. THIS OFTENTIMES INCLUDES TECHNICAL EVALUATION FOR DUE DILIGENCE, GETTING A SURVEY, MAKING SURE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROPERTY ENVIRONMENTALLY, AND SO ON. BUT THE OPTION CONTRACT RESERVES THE ABSOLUTE DISCRETION TO THE VILLAGE COUNCIL WITHIN THAT 90 DAY PERIOD FOR ANY REASON AT ALL TO DECIDE TO NOT PROCEED. SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE THE OPTION CONTRACT, AND THAT WILL START THE PROCESS GOING TOWARDS PURCHASING THE PROPERTY, PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY. IF IN THE END THOUGH, THE VILLAGE COUNCIL THINKS THAT IS NOT WISE TO PROCEED ON AFTER THE 90 DAYS, 
          [00:35:06]
THEN IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE VILLAGE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION TO GIVE THAT DIRECTION. JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT THOUGHT OUT THERE FOR ANYONE WHO HAD ANY CONCERNS. THEY WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING AND SO ON. AFTER THAT 90 DAY OPTION PERIOD LAPSES OR CONCLUDES, WE WOULD BE PROCEEDING TO CLOSING WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THAT INSPECTION PERIOD FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, JUST TO REMIND THE COUNCIL, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE PROPERTY BEHIND VILLAGE HALL AND OVER IN THIS DIRECTION FROM VILLAGE HALL IS CURRENTLY APPROVED WITH A SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR A PROJECT CALLED PARKVIEW VILLAGE. THAT PROJECT WAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH, AS YOU ALL WILL RECALL, YEARS OF WORK PUT INTO BRINGING THAT PROJECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND EXTENSIVE DUE DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WENT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROJECT. AND I THINK A KEY POINT TO KEEP IN MIND IS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AGREEING TO SELL JUST A PORTION OF THAT WHOLE PROJECT PROPERTY, THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY HAVING TO SET ASIDE THAT SITE PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT WORK, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WENT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PLAN AND THE APPROVAL OF THAT PLAN IN ORDER TO PROCEED TO SALE THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AS YOU ALL WILL RECALL FROM PRIOR DISCUSSIONS, DO STILL INTEND TO DEVELOP A REDESIGNED PROJECT, WHICH WILL INVOLVE, AGAIN, PROFESSIONAL FEES AND SO ON. ON THE REMAINDER PORTION OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS OVER HERE ALONG THELMA WATERS AVENUE. JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, INCLUDED IN THE OPTION CONTRACT IS A PROVISION IN THERE. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BUILDING ACCESS OR ROADWAY ACCESS COMING IN OVER HERE. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CONTEMPLATED ON THE APPROVED PROJECT, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, AND IN ANY OTHER PROJECT ON THERE, THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF ACCESS IN THAT SAME PLACE. SO THAT'S THE MOST RATIONAL WAY YOU WOULD HAVE ACCESS IN THERE. SO WE DO HAVE A PROVISION BUILT IN TO THE AGREEMENT JUST BASICALLY SAYING WHEN IT COMES TIME THAT THEY COME THROUGH WITH A NEW SITE PLAN, AND THAT COMES THROUGH THE VILLAGE APPROVAL PROCESS, THEN WITHIN VERY NARROW CONSTRAINTS THAT I KIND OF BEAT THEM UP ON AND HELD THEM TO THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A MUTUAL CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT THAT'S ACTUALLY MORE BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH PARTIES. IT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM ACCESS AT A BETTER LEVEL. IT'S GOING TO GIVE THE VILLAGE ACCESS AT A BETTER LEVEL THAN JUST THE VERY NARROW PIECE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD REQUIRE, QUITE FRANKLY, OF ANY TWO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS GOING IN IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS. SO IT'S JUST GOT A PIECE IN THERE JUST TO NAIL THAT PIECE DOWN. TURNING TO THE FINANCIAL SIDE REAL QUICK, JUST AGAIN, AS A REMINDER FOR THE COUNCIL, AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR, THE VOTERS OF MARTIN COUNTY APPROVED A ONE HALF CENT INFRASTRUCTURE SALES TAX. THAT RELATES TO A NUMBER OF MATTERS. IT RELATES TO THE COUNTY'S ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION LANDS. BUT BUILT INTO THAT STATUTE IS ALSO THE FACT THAT THOSE MONIES ARE SHARED WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN MARTIN COUNTY. AND THOSE MONIES CAN BE USED NOT JUST FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION LAND, BUT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED PROJECTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING RELATED LAND ACQUISITION. SO THAT'S A VERY LONG WAY OF SAYING EFFECTIVELY, AT THE ACQUISITION OF THIS PROPERTY BEHIND VILLAGE HALL CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THAT VERY NARROW BUCKET OF FUNDS, SO THAT THOSE FUNDS, JUST AS A REMINDER, CANNOT BE THROWN INTO THE GENERAL FUND, CANNOT BE USED TO PAVE POTHOLES OR DO ALL MANNER OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE VILLAGE. IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND LAND ACQUISITION RELATED TO THAT. SO THIS IS AN EXPENDITURE THAT CAN COME OUT OF THAT VERY NARROW FUND TO DATE. AND THIS MAY ACTUALLY MAY HAVE ACCRUED HIGHER SINCE THE TIME WE PUT THIS IN HERE. IT'S ACCRUED FROM JANUARY THROUGH MAY UP TO AN AMOUNT OF $325,000. IT'S ESTIMATED IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 900,000 ANNUALLY. AS AS THINGS COME ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER. SHE HAS SOME ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THE PROPERTY, BUT STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE VILLAGE COUNCIL, AFTER THE CONSIDERATION OF THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S 
          [00:40:02]
COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION, THAT YOU HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT YOU APPROVE THE OPTION CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY BEHIND VILLAGE HALL. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. VOSS. AND I THINK TO MR. VOSS'S POINT, A VERY IMPORTANT PART HERE IS THAT THESE COLLECTIONS FROM THE SALES TAX HAVE A TWO MONTH LAG TIME. SO IF WE'RE COLLECTING THE SIX, 65, 60, 65,000 A MONTH, WE'VE GOTTEN ANOTHER WE GOT SHOULD BE RECEIVING ANOTHER $130,000. IF WE WERE TO GO THROUGH JULY. SO WE KNOW THOSE FUNDS ARE COMING. AND IT'S A TEN YEAR SALES TAX, HALF CENT SALES TAX. SO AS WE PUT TOGETHER OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, OUR CIP, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS FURTHER FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS HERE WITHIN THE VILLAGE, WHETHER IT'S PARK INFRASTRUCTURE OR PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE OR, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T SAY WE'RE LIMITED, BUT WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY UNLESS IT'S A IT'S A PROJECT THAT COULD BENEFIT BOTH THE UTILITY SIDE AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC WORKS SIDE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO UTILIZE, BECAUSE REALLY, THE ENTERPRISE FUND FROM THE UTILITY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THOSE MAJOR UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. SO AT THE LAST MEETING, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS. AT THE LAST MEETING, I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH SOME IDEA OF WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THE PROPERTY. AND SO I MET WITH OUR ENGINEER, MR. TOM JENSEN, AND MR. NOLAN. GO AHEAD. AND I'VE GOT SOME EXTRAS HERE TOO. AND I'VE GOT A BIG ONE FOR. SO WHAT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE, THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE CLERK OF COURT'S OFFICE, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS A COPY OF THESE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT MOVING FROM THE ANNEX DOWN THE STREET ON 710. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME TO SEE WHAT I COULD DO TO HELP THEM WITH THE TAX COLLECTOR, BECAUSE HER SHE'S CREATING A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S NO PARKING. THE TAX COLLECTOR, MARTIN COUNTY IS DIFFERENT THAN THE TAX COLLECTOR IN IN THE OTHER COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, IN THAT SHE DOESN'T LIMIT HERSELF TO JUST MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS. SO SHE'S ALWAYS PACKED. THERE'S CARS PARKED THERE BY 630, 7:00 IN THE MORNING, LINES OUT THE DOOR. 
          SHE'S LOOKING TO POSSIBLY RELOCATE HER OPERATION IN SOMEWHERE IN THIS GENERAL AREA. 
          SHE'S LOOKING AT VACANT RETAIL STORES OR DIFFERENT THINGS HERE. AND SO IF WE WERE TO BUILD A SISTER BUILDING, WE'RE 8000 WROTE THIS DOWN. WE'RE 87, 60FT■S, AND WE HAVE ROUGHLY 11 OFFICES WITH ONE THAT IS BEING CURRENTLY UTILIZED FOR OUR UTILITY BILLING SYSTEM. AND WHEN WE RENOVATE THIS BUILDING. OH, COUNCILWOMAN PALMER, I SENT THIS TO YOU IN EMAIL. ARE YOU ABLE TO PICK UP YOUR EMAIL? SO YOU CAN SO YOU CAN SEE. YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. BUT IT'S IN YOUR EMAIL IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE RENDERING. OKAY. SO I WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT IF WE DUPLICATED THIS BUILDING, WE COULD EVEN HAVE A SECOND STORY THAT'S JUST NOT BUILT OUT. SO THAT WOULD ALLOW US PLENTY OF EXPANSION. WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE AN UPTICK IN OUR ACTIVITY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM TERRA LAGO. AND SO WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE. SO IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING IF WE COULD DUPLICATE THIS BUILDING, MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT, WE COULD OFFER TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOCATE HERE. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE NEEDS TO EXPAND. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH TERRA LAGO TO MOVE AND HAVE A MUCH LARGER FIRE STATION OVER ON ALLAPATTAH. WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT ADDING A HAZMAT COMPONENT TO THAT. IT WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGEST FIRE STATIONS IN MARTIN COUNTY TO SERVE OUR NEEDS. SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE MOVING OUT. THE SHERIFF THEN CAN TAKE OVER THAT WHOLE ANNEX BUILDING, AND THEN WE CAN CREATE WHAT I'M CALLING A COMMUNITY HUB, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, THE CLERK'S OFFICE. YOU'LL HAVE THE TAX COLLECTOR NOT TOO FAR AWAY. WE 
          [00:45:03]
COULD MOVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THERE. THEY HAVE SYNERGY THERE. THEY'RE FILING DOCUMENTS, RECORDING DOCUMENTS. MOST OF THE FOOT TRAFFIC THAT WE GET IN THIS BUILDING, OTHER THAN TO PAY THEIR UTILITY BILL, IS QUESTIONS ABOUT LAND, QUESTIONS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, QUESTIONS ABOUT PERMITS. WHAT CAN I DO? WHAT CAN I DO ON MY PROPERTY? SO I THINK I'VE TALKED TO THE LIBRARY ABOUT EXPANDING. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO EXPAND. AND WE'RE COLLECTING LIBRARY IMPACT FEES. SO THEY THE COUNTY'S GOT THE FUNDS AND IF THEY WANT ME TO, I CAN FIND THEM. AND SO I'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT EXPANDING THE LIBRARY. AND THEN WE COULD EXPAND THAT PARKING AREA OUT TO THE STREET. 
          THAT WOULD ALLOW US SOME OVERFLOW FOR THE BOB SOUSA COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE WOULD HAVE MORE PARKING FOR POST-FAMILY PARK. I'D LIKE TO KEEP THIS AREA AS KIND OF A CENTRAL LOCATION, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO DRAW WHAT WE CAN TO THIS AREA AND MAKE IT EFFECTIVE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. AND I MEAN, WE GET A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC, A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO IF WE IF YOU ALL AGREE, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST A VERY GENERAL RENDERING. HE'S PUT ON THE ONE CORNER SOME OF THE VARIOUS THINGS. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LARGE ROOM SIMILAR TO THIS THAT WE COULD USE AS A COMMUNITY CENTER. YESTERDAY WE HAD 15 PEOPLE HERE FOR A MEETING. I HAD TO COMPLETELY RECONFIGURE, THANK GOSH, FOR JOSH BECAUSE HE HELPED ME GET ALL THE MICROPHONES REMOVED, GET ALL THE TAPE UP OFF THE FLOOR, AND TURN THIS ROOM INTO WHAT COULD BE A MEETING ROOM SO THAT WE COULD ALL LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND HAVE THAT MEETING. AND SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR US, AND IT WOULD JUST MAKE ANOTHER AMENITY, IF YOU WILL, FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S KIND OF MY VISION TODAY. YOU CAN SEE THESE RED CROSSWALKS. THOSE ARE RAISED CROSSWALKS TO TRY AND SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN, PARTICULARLY AT THIS INTERSECTION. I SAW IT THIS TODAY. SOMEBODY JUST WENT BLOWING THROUGH THERE AND DIDN'T STOP. AND WE'VE HAD OUR OWN EMPLOYEES IN THEIR VEHICLES GET HIT THERE. JUST SOMEBODY LEAVING HERE AND JUST BLOWING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. SO I THINK IF WE CAN SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN AND WE CAN CREATE MORE OF, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE POST-FAMILY PARK IS A GREAT PARK. AND WHEN WE DID OUR FAMILY FUN DAY, WE HAD IT. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, AND THE SHADE FROM THE TREES WAS TO DIE FOR. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IN TALKING TO OUR COMMUNITY, THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT A SPLASH PAD OR VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS. I THINK WE COULD WE COULD LOOK TO THOSE, SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE WANTING TO COME HERE OR THAT HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT LAND HERE, THAT OR THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH WE ALWAYS TALK TO THEM ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR PARKS, TO, TO COUNCIL VICE MAYOR COMMENT THE OTHER DAY ABOUT YOUTH SPORTS AND HAVING SPORTS. WE GOT TO GET OUR FACILITIES UP TO UP TO A LEVEL THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE THOSE ACTIVITIES AND HAVE THOSE KIND OF SPORTS EVENTS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING PEOPLE IN FROM OTHER PLACES, IF YOU WILL. SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHTS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NONE OF THIS IS CAST IN STONE, BUT I CAN'T REITERATE ENOUGH ON WHAT MR. VOSS SAID. THESE FUNDS FROM THIS HALF CENT SALES TAX ARE EXTREMELY RESTRICTED. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HELP US FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT. THEY CAN HELP US FROM A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT STANDPOINT. YOU CAN USE THEM TO BUY LAND. YOU CAN EVEN USE THEM TO BUY LAND AND TO REMOVE EXOTICS ON YOUR PIECE OF PROPERTY IF YOU WANTED TO. BUT THIS THIS IS NOT THE SITUATION HERE, BUT IT IS A PIECE OF LAND. I THINK IT'LL MAKE OUR BUILDING HERE MORE VALUABLE. I KNOW IT WILL, AND I THINK IF WE DON'T SECURE THE REAL ESTATE NOW, WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, I DON'T I DON'T THINK I KNOW AFTER MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SOME OF THE PRINCIPALS OF THAT, OF THESE OWNERS, THEY'RE NOT THERE. THEY DON'T DO THIS. AND THEY'VE MADE A GESTURE FOR US RECOGNIZING THE BENEFITS FOR THE VILLAGE. AND THEY HAVE PUT A LOT OF MONEY ALREADY IN THAT SIGN AT THE END OF THE STREET THAT'S ANNOUNCING THE PROJECT THAT WAS GOING TO BE HERE BACK WHEN THERE WAS A CRA HERE THAT COST MONEY. I, I WENT AND RESEARCHED IT. THEY WENT THROUGH AT LEAST TEN REVIEWS WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF AT THAT TIME, GOING BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH. THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. IT WAS TERRIBLE. NONE OF US WERE HERE 
          [00:50:01]
BACK THEN. NONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE HERE. IT WAS THE LAST ADMINISTRATION AND. THEY ARE AFRAID OF HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE PAIN. THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SELL IT AND WHY IT TOOK SO LONG FOR THEM TO SAY, YEAH, OKAY, WE'LL DO THIS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR ONE OPPORTUNITY AND I, I CAN PROBABLY GUARANTEE YOU THAT IF WE DON'T BUY IT, THEY'LL BE BUILDING BY THE END OF THE YEAR. YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. I TALKED TO MR. I HAD HAD SOME RESERVATIONS IN THE BEGINNING. I TALKED TO MR. HAYEK AND HE REALLY GAVE ME A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT IN ANY REAL ESTATE PURCHASE, LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION IS THE KEY. AND THAT'S THE ONLY LOCATION THAT WORKS FOR THIS. AND IT'S KIND OF A NO BRAINER AT THIS POINT, EVEN THOUGH THE APPRAISAL, THE APPRAISAL PROCESS IS WHAT SOMEONE IS WILLING TO SELL FOR AND WHAT SOMEONE IS WILLING TO BUY FOR ON ANY GIVEN DAY. SO THE APPRAISER APPRAISED A BLANK PIECE OF PROPERTY, A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY BASED ON OTHER COMPS THAT HE HAD NOT REALLY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE VALUE THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO OUR BUILDING BY OWNING THIS AND TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN THE HALF CENT SALES TAX PAYING FOR IT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT MONEY'S JUST GOING TO SIT THERE OTHERWISE. SO I LOVE THE RENDERING. I THINK THIS IS GREAT. I THINK THIS REALLY LOOKS PRETTY. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD START FOR US GETTING OUR COMMUNITY LOOKING LIKE IT SHOULD. AND SO I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND TOO, I FORGOT THE PARKING, THE ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY ON THE SIDE OVER HERE BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND MR. SAHAKIAN AND HIS TEAM'S, THEIR PARK VIEW PROJECT THAT CAN BE SHARED PARKING. IT CAN WILL HAVE SHARED DRAINAGE. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGY BETWEEN US AND THAT AS WELL. AND PARKING YESTERDAY WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE. WE WERE FULL I MEAN FOR THE MOST PART WITH WITH THE MEETING THAT WE HAD. SO I THINK AS THE VILLAGE GROWS AND AS MORE THINGS HAPPEN, YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION AT THESE MEETINGS. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE. I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO NEED THE ABILITY TO EXPAND. I KNOW WE ARE. SO ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES. MISS LINDA NICCUM. OH NO. I WANTED TO SEE ARE WE ABLE TO HOST THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE AND HEAR WHAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE TO SAY? AND I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY NICE, BUT NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO IS WATCHING THIS OR IS HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAME I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS. LIKE, OH, BUT YOU KNOW WHY, WHY CAN'T WHY CAN'T WE SHARE THIS AND HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING? HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN TO DO. GET THEIR FEEDBACK, THEIR THOUGHTS, JUST. OKAY. BACK AGAIN. FOR THE RECORD, LINDA NICCUM. I DEAL WITH NUMBERS. SO THIS IS WHAT WHAT I GOT HIT WITH WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS. THE FACTS INDIAN TOWN PARK VIEW PURCHASED LOTS THREE THROUGH 1412 LOTS IN 2019, 1.046 ACRES FOR $172,500, $14,000, PLUS A LOT. GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AS TO HOW MUCH INVESTMENT THEY PUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE SITE PLANS. PERHAPS ANOTHER 200,000, MAKING THIS HIS INVESTMENT ROUGHLY $372,000 FOR THE 1.046 ACRES. NOW YOU WANT TO PAY INDIAN TOWN PARK VIEW 375,000 FOR ONLY 0.45 ACRES. 
          LOTS THREE, FOUR AND FIVE. THE APPRAISED VALUE ON THOSE THREE LOTS IS 160,000, BUT YOU WANT TO PAY 375,000. THE SELLER NOW HAS ZERO INVESTED IN ITS PROPERTY. HIS COST OF HIS LAND, COST OF HIS DEVELOPMENT HAS ALL BEEN PAID BACK TO HIM. AND HE STILL HAS 0.56 ACRES TO BUILD ON. MY 
          [00:55:03]
CONCLUSIONS. I SEE NO IMMEDIATE CRISIS FOR EXPANDING OUR VILLAGE OFFICES. THERE ARE 1 OR 2 SUITES ON THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT ARE STILL VACANT, AND WE CAN ALWAYS BUILD UP IF NECESSARY. 
          WITH ALL OF THE MOANING AND GROANING THAT WAS DONE OVER THE LOSS OF $190,000 IN AD VALOREM TAXES, WHY ARE WE IN A SPENDING MODE? SHOULDN'T WE BE TIGHTENING OUR BELTS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE? LAND PURCHASES FOR SOME DAY WE MAY NEED IT ARE NOT A LOGICAL OPTION AT THIS TIME. WE STILL HAVE A FIVE ACRE REMINDER OF THAT MENTALITY, AND I FIND THIS AS IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF VILLAGE FUNDS. IN ADDITION, WE BY PURCHASING THOSE THREE LOTS, WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE FULL SIDE. THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL PRIVATELY OWNED LOTS AT THE FAR END THAT NO MENTION HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT HOW MUCH WE MIGHT HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE TO ACQUIRE THEM. ALSO, THANK YOU. OH, ONLINE. MR. POST, HOW LONG IS THE HOW LONG IS THE OPTION? BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE ENTERING INTO AN OPTION IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING FOR TONIGHT CORRECT TO VOTE ON THAT. THIS IS THIS IS APPROVING THE CONTRACT WHICH STARTS THE 90 DAY DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD. SO WE HAVE 90 DAYS. YES. SO WE CAN DO. THANK YOU. THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION. WE HAVE TO ENTER INTO IT FIRST. 
          YES OKAY. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE I'VE GOT A COMMENT TO. I LOVE YOUR HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY I REALLY DO. YOU'RE AMAZING. BUT WE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAD PUBLIC HEARING IN JUNE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO COME IN AND SAY WHAT THEY THOUGHT AT EVERY MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. AND WE WERE PUT HERE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, BECAUSE IF WE HOLD, WE HAVE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH, BY THE WAY, WE DO TO EVERY WHAT, EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. THESE ARE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE DON'T NEED TO BE SPENDING MONEY. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RIDICULOUS SPENDING, SPENDING MONEY TO HOLD ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND HOPE THAT, I MEAN, COME ON, PEOPLE CAN COME HERE. WE WERE HIRED TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS. THAT'S WHY THEY ELECTED US. WE CAN'T KEEP PUTTING THINGS OFF. AND THE COMMENT THAT MISS NICCUM MADE COMPLETELY LEFT OUT ANY APPRECIATION ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. I'M IN. REAL ESTATE PROPERTY APPRECIATES. IT'S APPRECIATED. INCREDIBLY, AS SHE STATED, IT APPRAISED FOR $150,000 AS THAT LITTLE PORTION, WHICH MEANS THAT IT APPRECIATED, FROM WHAT HER NUMBERS SAID WERE $14,000 UP TO 160,000. THAT'S A GOOD DEAL OF APPRECIATION. YOU'RE LEAVING OUT OF THE OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS. SO THEY ALSO ARE HAVING OPPORTUNITY COST LOSS. YOU'RE YOU'RE AN ACCOUNTANT. YOU UNDERSTAND OPPORTUNITY COST. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY COST LOSS AS WELL BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY PIECE OF PROPERTY IN INDIAN TOWN THAT ADJOINS THE BUILDING THAT WE HAVE. WHEN YOU WHEN WE MADE THAT FIVE ACRE PURCHASE. I'M TOTALLY WITH YOU ON THAT. IT WAS A HUGE MISTAKE. I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THAT. BUT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WOULD ALLOW US TO IMPROVE THE AREA AT PROBABLY THE LEAST EXPENSE. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE OTHER SCENARIO FOR IF WE DON'T PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, WE DON'T PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, AND WE HAVE ALL THESE NEW COMMUNITIES COMING IN AND WE HAVE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COMING IN. SHE JUST STATED THAT OTHER OFFICIAL OFFICES NEEDED SPACE, THAT WE COULD HAVE THEM USING. THAT WOULD MAKE EVERYTHING MORE CONVENIENT TO THE CITIZENS. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO OVER TO THAT PLACE OVER THERE WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY STANDING AROUND THE CORNER. IF WE DON'T PURCHASE IT AND THE PROPERTY IS GONE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO BUILD THE NEW BUILDING, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HOPE THAT THAT PROPERTY IS NOT $1 MILLION. I BUY AND SELL PROPERTY, HAVE FOR 23 YEARS. I WAS THE ONE THAT SAT HERE AND ASKED THE QUESTIONS. LAST TIME. I WAS THE ONE THAT 
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HAD MY CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW. EXPENSES BEING INVOLVED. BUT WHEN I LOOK AT IT FROM A STANDPOINT OF LOGIC, WE HAVE TWO CHOICES. WE PURCHASE THE PROPERTY SO THAT WE HAVE THE ROOM TO EXPAND, OR WE TAKE THE RISK OF HAVING TO SPEND ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS TO FIND A PLACE TO EXPAND. AND THAT'S THE REALITY OF REAL ESTATE. ANY OF YOU THAT LIVE HERE KNOW WHAT THE PRICES HAVE DONE IN JUST IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO YEAH, TODAY IS THE DAY TO MAKE TO MAKE THIS MOVE. PUTTING SOMETHING OFF AND SPECULATING THAT YOU WON'T NEED IT IS NOT A PROGRESSIVE WAY OF THINKING. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SECURE THE CHEAPEST OPTION FOR EXPANSION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE OPTION. OKAY. COUNCIL, I BEG TO DIFFER WITH COUNCILWOMAN ANSON. WHEN WE WENT KNOCKING ON DOORS, DOING FISH FRY, GOING TO COMMUNITIES, ASKING FOR THEIR VOTES FOR THEM TO TRUST US, WE CANNOT LEAVE THE COMMUNITY OUT. THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOU SAID WE'RE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SOME PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE THE MEETINGS. SOME PEOPLE ARE WORKING. SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE MEETINGS. BUT IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN FOR THEM TO COME AND HAVE A VOICE. FOR ME, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. YES, AND I AGREE WITH PHYLLIS. WHEN WE WHEN WE WERE KNOCKING ON THE DOORS AND NOT 100 DEGREE WEATHER. THE RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, ENTRUSTED US, THEY VOTED US IN TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. AND JUST LIKE OUR RESIDENT CAME TODAY IN SPANISH, I LOVE THAT IDEA. WE ARE LIVING LEAVING OUT THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. WE DO. WE HAVE 60%. THAT'S WHAT I DO AT THE FOOD DRIVES PTA SCHOOL WHERE I'M I'M IN AND OUT OF THE COMMUNITY, I EDUCATE, I'M LIKE, HEY GUYS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON. OR HI, MISS, WHAT'S THE LATEST AND GREATEST? BUT WE OWE IT TO THE RESIDENTS, AND WE OWE THEM TO TRUST US WITH DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SAY. WE WERE ELECTED TO DO A JOB. AND WE NEED TO DO THAT JOB. OKAY? IT'S. YOU KNOW, THIS LOT HAS MADE SENSE TO ME FROM DAY ONE. THAT'S MY WITNESS. OKAY. BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE. WE'RE HERE. OUR VILLAGE IS GROWING. OUR ROSTER IS GOING TO GROW AS WE GET OUR PARKS FIXED UP, AS PEOPLE MOVE IN AND WE START HAVING DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND RUNNING A VILLAGE THE WAY IT SHOULD BE RUN AND IT NEEDS TO BE RUN, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE SPACE. SO, YOU KNOW, I HEAR I HEAR THESE COMMENTS. OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, APPRAISED VALUE OR WHAT THE VALUE OF IT IS, I WILL CHALLENGE ANY ONE OF YOU TO GO OUT THERE IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN AND FIND ME A LOT AT APPRAISED VALUE. I'LL BUY IT ALL DAY LONG. IT'S NOT THERE. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY HAVE ONCE THIS VILLAGE. THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ONCE THIS VILLAGE INCORPORATED, THE PRICES WENT UP AND THEY KEEP GOING UP. AND AS TIME GOES ON, THAT $300,000 HOUSE THAT'S BEING SOLD RIGHT NOW IN TERRA LAGO, I GUARANTEE YOU, A YEAR AND A HALF FROM NOW, IT'LL BE FOUR AND $500,000, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW COMPANIES MAKE MONEY. THAT'S HOW THEY SURVIVE. THEY CAN'T SELL A $300,000 HOUSE TO FILL THAT WHOLE COMPLEX WITH. I'D BE VERY, VERY SURPRISED TO SEE THAT HAPPEN, BUT IT'S NOT. YOU ALL KNOW THAT AS AS PROPERTY STARTS EXPANDING, PRICES ARE GOING TO START EXPANDING. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY HAVE IN THIS VILLAGE. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY HAVE FROM THAT BRIDGE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING AND BEYOND. SO WHEN I HEAR APPRAISED VALUE, WHAT'S APPRAISED VALUE? WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BUY ME? PROPERTY. APPRAISED VALUE. I'LL BUY PROPERTY ALL DAY LONG AT 
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APPRAISED VALUE. IT DOESN'T EXIST. IT DOES NOT EXIST. AND IF YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND FIND IT, I'LL EVEN GIVE YOU A FINDER'S FEE. BUT THIS PROJECT BACK HERE IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S GOING TO SAVE MONEY. AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE TAKING THE MONEY OUT OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET OR TAKING MONEY FROM AWAY FROM THE WATER OR PARKS AND REC. 
          OKAY? THIS IS MONEY THAT'S COMING FOR THE SPECIFIC REASON THAT'S EARMARKED FOR BUYING PROPERTY AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. WHAT DON'T WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT? IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. SO IT'S NOT BEING TAKEN OUT OF YOUR TAXES. THE PEOPLE ELECTED US TO DO A JOB TO REPRESENT THEM. OKAY. AND IF I'M NOT DOING A GOOD JOB, I'M UP FOR REELECTION NEXT YEAR. VOTE ME OUT WHEN I GO HOME AT NIGHT AND I PUT MY HEAD ON THE PILLOW, I KNOW THAT I DID THE BEST POSSIBLE THING THAT I CAN DO FOR THIS VILLAGE. WITH THE VILLAGE IN MIND, WITH THE RESIDENTS IN MIND, WITH OUR STAFF IN MIND. SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO MAKE A DECISION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEING PAID TO DO. IF WE'RE GOING TO COMMITTEE EVERYTHING OUT, THEN WE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE COMMITTEES FOR EVERYTHING. WE DON'T NEED A VILLAGE COUNCIL. THIS IS WHAT OUR JOBS ARE. IT'S HARD. YOU GOT TO MAKE HARD CHOICES. NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT EVERYTHING. 
          THAT'S A PIE IN THE SKY. BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S NOT GOING TO STAY AROUND FOREVER BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE INVESTMENTS AND THEY GOT TO RECAPTURE THEIR INVESTMENTS. SOMEBODY BUYS A PIECE OF PROPERTY, IS GOING TO DEVELOP. IT DOES JUMPS THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS AND SPENDS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET IT TO THE PROJECT PROGRAM. AND THEN SOMEBODY COMES ALONG AND GOOD ENOUGH THAT THOSE PEOPLE MR.SEYYED, OMAR, THE WHOLE GROUP, THEY LOVE THIS VILLAGE, THEY LOVE THIS VILLAGE, AND THEY LOVE THE PEOPLE. THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER LISTENED TO MY ARGUMENTS. THEY WOULD HAVE SAID, CARMINE, WE'RE BUILDING OUR PROJECT. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THEY PUT THE SIGN OUT THERE. IT'S THEIR. THEY'VE BEEN PAYING TAXES ON THIS LOT FOR THE LAST FIVE, FIVE YEARS THAT THEY'VE HAD IT THAT THIS, THAT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN APPROVED. SO NATURALLY WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE IN THE LONG RUN, IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S GOING TO SAVE US MONEY. IT'S GOING TO SAVE US MONEY. AND IF YOU DON'T SEE THAT, THEN. I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAYS, WE HAVE A MOTION, RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN PALMER WANTS TO SPEAK. OH. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. BERNSTEIN? YES? I WAS JUST WONDERING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT'S COMING BEFORE US, DIDN'T WE? I WANT TO, I HELP ME REMEMBER. DID WE ALREADY HAVE THE RESIDENTS COME IN CONCERNING THIS MATTER? YEAH. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER. GOOD EVENING. WE'VE WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF INSTANCES OVER THE LAST MANY MONTHS WHERE THIS MATTER WAS DISCUSSED. IT WAS ON IT WAS ON AT BARE MINIMUM AS AN AGENDA ITEM. BACK AT YOUR 1ST JUNE MEETING, I BELIEVE WE HAD AN AGENDA ITEM PRIOR TO THAT AS WELL, WHERE THE ACQUISITION OF THIS PROPERTY AND ONE OTHER WAS ALSO DISCUSSED. AND IN EACH OF THOSE INSTANCES, THE VILLAGE COUNCIL HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN GAVE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO PROCEED FORWARD, TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH GETTING APPRAISALS, TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH DIFFERENT STEPS. SO IT IT HAS BEEN ON AGENDAS AND BEFORE THE PUBLIC IN MEETINGS A NUMBER OF TIMES, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE HAVE ALLUDED TO, DURING THE PERIOD OF THE 90 DAYS, OF COURSE, THE COUNCIL CAN ABSOLUTELY HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, INCLUDING AT YOUR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, FROM INDIVIDUALS AND SO ON. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. 
          IT'S NOT TIME YET. GO AHEAD. I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE A DEADLINE TO SPEND THESE FUNDS? NOT NECESSARILY. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY LIMITATION IN STATUTE AS FAR AS NO THERE'S NO THERE'S NO DEADLINE FOR SPENDING IT. LET ME LET ME HEDGE THAT THEY MAY NEED TO GET SPENT 
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SOMETIME WITHIN THE WINDOW OF TIME THAT THE ENTIRE TAX AUTHORIZATION IS SPENT. BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NOT LIKE IT HAS TO BE SPENT IN THAT YEAR YOU COLLECTED AND THEN IT OR IT GOES AWAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THIS. AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS HOW MUCH TAX REVENUE WILL WE LOSE IF WE INQUIRE THAT PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THAT VACANT LOT THAT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR. YEAH, I'M WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I WOULD, I WOULD OFFER TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S A, BECAUSE IT'S A VACANT LOT. IT WOULD NOT BE VERY MUCH IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. I MEAN FROM, FROM ANY NUMBERS, IT WOULD BE A ROUNDING ERROR FOR, FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING, FOR INCOME FOR THE VILLAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT. MISS SHEILA ROSARIO. RECORD. SHEILA ROSARIO. LINDA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE NUMBERS BECAUSE IT WAS DRIVING ME CRAZY INSIDE OF MY HEAD. KAREN, THANK YOU FOR ADDING IN THE PART OF REAL ESTATE AND YOU TO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE I HAVE WATCHED YOU GUYS CONTINUOUSLY FIGHT IN HERE AND IT'S A FIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT PART. IN TERMS OF THIS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUDGET COMES FROM A DIFFERENT SIDE. I WAS PULLING MY HAIR WHEN YOU GUYS HAD THE MEETING IN TERMS OF EXPANDING THE HOURS AND, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THIS KIND OF GOES WITH THAT BECAUSE AS WE ARE GROWING, WHICH WE DO NEED TO GROW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GROW, I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT'S ENOUGH PARKING. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT ONCE, LET'S SAY, FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING, YOU SIGN FOR THE 90 DAYS, HOW HARD IS IT GOING TO BE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK? CAN WE MODIFY IT? CAN WE LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS, AND CAN WE MAKE MODIFICATIONS IF NECESSARY? AND CAN WE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ONCE YOU SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE, WE'RE HOLDING ON THAT PRICE, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE HOLDING ON THE PRICE AND THEY CAN'T MOVE IT ON US. FABULOUS. BUT MY CONCERN IS, IS HOW HARD IS IT GOING TO BE? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE SAYING WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WE DO ABSOLUTELY IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. BUT MY CONCERN IS HOW CAN WE GO BACK? HOW CAN WE GO BACK? AND ARE YOU GOING TO GO BACK? AND HOW HARD IS IT GOING TO BE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK? BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO HOLD THE NUMBERS AND IT'S COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE STILL NEED OUR HOURS. WE NEED OUR HOURS BECAUSE I'M SEEING PEOPLE, YOU GUYS KNOW I LIVE THERE. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I'M A REALTOR. WELL, THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T, I'M A REALTOR. 
          BUT I'M THERE AND PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AT SIX, 7:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. THOSE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING TILL SIX, 7:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, GUESS WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE HERE TO BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR TAXES, TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR REGISTRY, TO BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO. AND I KNOW THAT'S A DIFFERENT BUDGET. I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. I UNDERSTAND THAT PART, BUT THIS IS STILL A CONCERN. NOT ENOUGH PARKING. AND IN TERMS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION YOU GUYS WANT TO MOVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER WHICH WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A LADDER COMPANY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SENIOR CENTER OVER HERE. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND FROM ONE SIDE OF THAT COMMUNITY ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OVER HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ALIVE. ALSO RETIRED FIREFIGHTER AND DISPATCHER. SO SORRY, I'M THINKING RESPONSE TIME ALSO. SO IN TERMS OF MOVING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO KEEP BOTH FIRE STATIONS HONESTLY AT MY SIDE, BUT I'M NOT THE EXPERT. YOU NEED A FIRE MARSHAL HERE. THAT'S A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M JUST RESPONSE TIME IS CONCERNING ME. BUT MONEY WISE, CAN WE GO BACKWARDS IF POSSIBLE? AND CAN WE FIGURE OUT? BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY STILL NEEDS TO LISTEN. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HOLD ON THE NUMBER BEFORE THEY CHANGE IT ON US. CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? WELL, WHAT I'D LIKE TO OFFER, THOUGH, THIS IS NOT THIS IS JUST A CONCEPTUAL. IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT DOING THIS TONIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST ACCEPTING AN OPTION. SO IT'S JUST TO GET THAT. NO, NO, I GET THAT PART. BUT JUST LIKE ME, THERE'S STILL OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KNOW THESE ANSWERS. YOU KNOW OTHER PEOPLE, YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND THAT PART. BUT THE SAME WAY THAT I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS, THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY ELSE WATCHING THAT WANTS TO KNOW, CAN WE MODIFY IT? CAN WE CHANGE IT? CAN WE STILL LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY? CAN WE GO BACKWARDS? YOU KNOW, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING OR THE CONTRACT BLUEPRINT. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WITHOUT THE PROPERTY, THE BUILDING DOESN'T COME. OKAY, BUT IT'S JUST A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THIS IS JUST A RENDERING OF. I HAD ASKED TO SEE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS WERE ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED TO DEVELOP. IF WE DID PURCHASE THE PROPERTY TONIGHT, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE OPTION TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. WHICH MEANS IN 90 DAYS, IN 45 DAYS, IN TEN DAYS, WE CAN GO. NEVER MIND, I GOT IT. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS JUST QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO ASK. 
          RIGHT? WHEN WE GET TO THIS POINT, WE WILL THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE DONE ABOUT IT. THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH, THAT'D BE SUPER PRETTY. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE IF WE WANT TO SIGN THE OPTION TO HOLD THAT PROPERTY AT THAT PRICE. AND THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST 
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QUESTIONS THAT I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE. SO IT MIGHT BE SEMI SIMPLE AND KIND OF LIKE IT'S RIGHT THERE. BUT NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE LINGO WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. WELL I MEAN ONCE ONCE WE'RE DEALING WITH THE PROPERTY ISSUE RIGHT NOW ONCE THE PROPERTY IS PURCHASED, OKAY. IF IT'S PURCHASED THEN WE'LL DESIGN. THIS IS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD BE WE'LL DESIGN A BUILDING. AND I'M SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF INPUT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THAT COMES TO BEAR. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER, HAVE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN GO THREE STORIES, YOU KNOW, AND NOT FINISH IT. WE CAN JUST BUILD A STRUCTURE, GO THREE STORIES AND LEAVE THE THIRD FLOOR OR THE SECOND FLOOR, LEAVE IT UNDONE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE BECAUSE AS THE VILLAGE GROWS 15 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE OFFICES IN THERE ALL THE WAY TO THE THIRD FLOOR. IF WE HAVE A THREE FLOOR BUILDING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LOOK AT PORT SAINT LUCIE HOSPITAL AND TRADITION. WHEN THEY BUILT THAT BUILDING, THEY BUILT IT SPECIFICALLY SO THEY CAN ADD ON TO IT. THE BOTTOM CAN HOLD THE TOP. OKAY. THIS BUILDING, WHEN IT WAS BUILT, THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO ADD ON, WE CAN ADD ON, WE CAN GO UP THE FLOOR. THE BOTTOM OF THIS BUILDING WAS NOT DESIGNED TO HOLD A SECOND FLOOR, SO IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO BUILD A THREE STORY BUILDING THAN TO TRY AND REINFORCE THIS BUILDING, TO PUT ANOTHER STORY ON IT. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I JUST AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SIMPLIFY IT ALSO SO WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND AND WE CAN ALL BE IN THE SAME BOAT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE I'M GOING TO GET THESE QUESTIONS. WELL, WHEN, WHEN AND IF THAT DAY COMES, WE'LL I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE A TON OF INPUT. AND WE MIGHT EVEN FORM A COMMITTEE TO SAY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU ALL WANT IN VILLAGE HALL? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE PROPERTY UNDER OPTION, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BACK OUT AT ANY POINT IN TIME THAT WE DECIDE IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. THAT IS ALL THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. I GET IT, AND THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GO BACK HOME. RIGHT? OH, YEAH. IT'S YOUR HOME, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. WELL, THIS IS VILLAGE HALL. THIS IS OUR HOME. I WON'T BE HERE TEN YEARS FROM NOW. I'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS FROM NOW. BUT SOMEBODY WILL BE HERE. SOMEBODY WILL BE HERE, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THEIR HOME. THE SAME THING IS THE VILLAGE IS STILL MY HOME. THIS IS A HALL. 
          THIS IS THE COMMUNITY. BUT WE STILL HAVE A WHOLE COMMUNITY, SO I JUST THAT'S WHY I'M SPEAKING, AND I'M SORRY. NO, NO, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND. SO WHEN THEY DO ASK, WE HAVE THOSE AND THEY CAN WATCH THIS AND HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT GO ON YOUTUBE SO THEY CAN MAYBE YOU CAN JOIN ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES. YES. MR. VOSS, AT SOME POINT, MR. ROSE. YES, MA'AM. IN REFERENCE TO MISS ROSARIO, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE, FOR THE RECORD? OH, SHE SHE DID, I DID, DID SHE, SHEILA ROSARIO, FOR THE RECORD. 
          THANK YOU. IT'S OKAY. MR. VOTES, IN REFERENCE TO MRS. ROSARIO'S QUESTION. YES, BECAUSE WHEN SHE FIRST ASKED THE QUESTION, I TOOK IT AS THE CONTRACT. HOW DIFFICULT? AFTER AT 90 DAYS PRIOR TO WOULD IT BE TO UNDO THE CONTRACT? THAT'S WHAT I TOOK HER QUESTION TO BE. NOT THE RENDERINGS, BUT THE CONTRACT ITSELF. SO LET ME I WANT TO BREAK THIS DOWN INTO TWO PARTS, JUST SO I JUST WANT TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS WITH EVERYBODY, OKAY? BECAUSE EVERYTHING I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IS, IS NOT GOING TO BE A GREAT SURPRISE WHEN YOU THINK THROUGH IT AND PUT YOURSELF IN A, YOU KNOW, A SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE. YOU START THE YOU EXERCISE THE OR YOU APPROVE THE CONTRACT. TONIGHT STARTS THE 90 DAY DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD. IN THAT TIME, YOU ALL LOOK AT IT AND SAY, NO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED THAT PROPERTY OR WHAT HAVE YOU. THEN THE VILLAGE COUNCIL CAN DIRECT STAFF TO MAKE IT BE TERMINATED AND THAT CONTRACT IS DONE. ALL RIGHT. JUST TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS, THE, THE MATTER OF WELL, GO BACK TO THEM FOR A LOWER PRICE. I WANT TO OFFER TO YOU IT'S SIMPLY NOT GOING TO WORK. THIS THIS IS A PRACTICAL THING. I COULD GO SAY WHATEVER I WANT TO SAY AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY NO, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATING TO GET TO THE DEAL POINTS OF THIS. THIS IS AT THE END OF A LOT OF WORKING ON THEM TO GET THEM TO A NUMBER, NOT THE BEGINNING. SO I JUST WANT TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS OF THAT. I CAN DO WHATEVER YOU TELL ME TO DO. I CAN GO TELL THEM THE THINGS I'M JUST TELLING YOU FROM MY COUPLE DECADES OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE. THAT'S JUST NOT A THING THAT'S GOING TO WORK. SO I JUST WANT TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS ON THAT. BUT YOU YOU ALL ARE STILL IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT DURING THAT 90 DAY PERIOD. IF YOU HEAR FROM FOLKS AND DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED THAT PROPERTY. OKAY. MISS ROSARIO, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. OKAY. SO WE CAN HAVE IT IN OUR RECORD. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE DID THE NO INCREASE IN TAX THING TO HAVE A 
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TIME PERIOD TO LOOK AT THAT QUESTION AND HAVE A BUDGET IN FRONT OF US BY NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS SAID 3 OR 4 TIMES IN THAT MEETING, THAT WE COULD GO DOWN, BUT NOT UP. WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING IN THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE GONE WAY DOWN A RABBIT HOLE. THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO PUT AN OPTION TO GIVE US 90 DAYS TO DECIDE ON THAT PROPERTY, WHICH LOCKS IT IN UNDER THE TERMS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT? IT ISN'T. ARE WE PURCHASING IT? THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION TONIGHT. IT ISN'T. WHAT ARE WE PUTTING ON IT? THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION. TONIGHT WE'RE GETTING OFF TRACK. I MADE A MOTION TO DO THE OPTION SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO CONSIDER, TALK ABOUT IT AND LOOK AT IT. I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMEBODY EITHER SECONDING IT OR NOBODY SECONDING IT, WHATEVER. BUT THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, AND WE'VE SPENT 20 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MY MOTION. OKAY. SO CAN WE PLEASE MOVE FORWARD? BERNSTEIN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO RESTATE THE MOTION BECAUSE IT DIED WITH ALL THE CONVERSATION. OKAY. THE MOTION IS TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT 90 DAYS TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. NO, NO, THE MOTION IS TO ENTER INTO AN OPTION AGREEMENT FOR 90 DAYS. FOR 90 DAYS TO GIVE US TIME TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY. 
          THAT IS MY MOTION. OKAY. MOTION'S BEEN MADE. ALL. COUNCILWOMAN ON SECOND BY. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OKAY. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THAT WAS PAINFUL. THAT WAS PAINFUL. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND. MAYOR. MAYOR. YES, MA'AM. I HAVE A QUESTION. THE YOUNG LADY CAME UP EARLIER AND SHE SPOKE ABOUT. THE MEETING BEING IN SPANISH. I WANT TO IF WE CAN DO THAT, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE IN CREOLE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE HAITIAN SPEAKING PEOPLE. CREOLE SPEAKING RESIDENTS. CAN YOU. OKAY, WELL, WE CAN HAVE STAFF LOOK INTO THAT. YEAH. ITALIAN IN THERE TOO. I GOT MY PAISANOS. THEY WASH ALL THE TIME. AND COUNCIL MEMBER, I BELIEVE THE FUNCTIONALITY THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WAS SPEAKING TO WAS GOOGLE HAS A INSTANTANEOUS AUTO TRANSLATE, WHICH I'M NOT SURE ABOUT. CREOLE. I WOULD SPECULATE THEY WOULD HAVE CREOLE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A NUMBER OF LANGUAGES. BUT I THINK STAFF CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE ARE CAPABLE OF GETTING THE SAME PRIVILEGES. OKAY, WELL, THE STAFF COULD LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE IF IT CAN BE DONE. YEAH, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA BECAUSE IT COSTS US NOTHING TO HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL TO POST IT TO. 
          THAT'S AN X. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT TO US. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY PUBLIC 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT]
COMMENTS IN CLOSING? LINDA NICCUM. HERE I AM AGAIN. LINDA NICCUM. 
          FOR THE RECORD, I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET. JUST TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING ON THE ON THE IDEA OF HAVING PUBLIC HEARINGS. YOUR JOBS ARE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND DO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT OR NEED FOR YOU TO DO. IF THE PEOPLE WON'T COME TO YOU IN THE MEETING, THEN YOU NEED TO BE GOING TO THEM. WHETHER YOU'RE HOLDING A PUBLIC MEETING AT AT TERRA LAGO OR AT AT, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE, SOMEPLACE, SOMEBODY'S FRONT YARD OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU GET TO KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT OR AND EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HERE AND, AND THAT'S IT. ON THAT ONE, I, I WATCHED THE BUDGET MEETING FOR THE, FOR MARTIN COUNTY. AND WHEN THE DIRECTOR FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT GOT UP, HE STATED THAT THERE IS A STATE MANDATE THAT SAYS THAT AFTER TEN YEARS, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DESTROY THE BUILDING FILES FOR RESIDENTIAL 
          [01:25:09]
PROPERTIES. NOW, I'VE REACHED OUT TO BLAKE CAPPS TO FIND OUT IF HOMEOWNERS CAN GET A COPY OF THEIR FILE, BECAUSE SOMETHING MAY HAVE HAPPENED PRIOR TO TEN YEARS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE DOCUMENTED A ROOF, A PERMIT, OR WHATEVER. I DID NOT BRING THAT REPLY BACK WITH ME AS FAR AS WHO THEY SHOULD CONTACT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE AWARE OF JUST SO YOU DON'T LOSE ACCESS TO THAT IMPORTANT INFORMATION. THAT'S IT. YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. DID THEY SAY WHY IS IT THERE? WHY? IT'S A IT'S A STATE MANDATE. NO, THE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING THEIR, THEIR CURRENT SERVERS AND PDF FILES NOW TO CLOUD FILES IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE NEW SERVERS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE HAVING TO GO BACK ACCORDING TO STATE MANDATES, SO THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPTION ON IT THAT ANYTHING OVER TEN YEARS ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WOULD BE DESTROYED. IS THAT INCLUDE PERMITTING AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. ANYTHING THAT IS IN THAT BUILDING FILE. YEAH, IT'S IT CAME AS A SHOCKER TO ME TO CAN YOU BRING THAT INFORMATION WHEN YOU GET THE RESPONSE? I GOT THE RESPONSE. I JUST DIDN'T BRING IT WITH ME. 
          BRING IT TO YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE. 
          [ANNOUNCEMENTS]
THAT'S IT. YOU GOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT? OF COURSE. MY FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE NEXT MOBILE FOOD DRIVE IS NEXT THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST AT 8:08 A.M. AT THOMAS POWERS PARK. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS, AND THE YMCA IS HOSTING A BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 1. IF YOU WANT TO STOP BY. AND THEN OUR FIRST PTA MEETING AT THE AT WHITEFIELD ELEMENTARY IS GOING TO BE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 630 IN THE MEDIA CENTER. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT BECOME A MEMBER OF THE PTA, JOIN US. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE I WILL IS INDIAN TOWN HIGH HAVING ITS ITS PTA MEETING. MORE INFO COMING SOON. OKAY, I WILL NOT BE HERE IN PERSON. I'LL 
          [NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]
BE IN ZOOM ON THE AUGUST THE NEXT AUGUST MEETING. AUGUST 28TH, 6 P.M. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE THEN
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.