[00:00:01] YEAH, A LOT MORE. A LOT MORE GRAY HAIR. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU SITTING NEXT TO YOU. OKAY, FOLKS, I'D LIKE TO. WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR ATTORNEY. PLEASE. I'D LIKE TO ADMINISTRATIVELY CALL THIS MEETING OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN COUNCIL TO ORDER. SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2025. IT IS 6:32 P.M. MADAM CLERK, CAN I PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL? MAYOR DEPAOLO HERE. VICE MAYOR PERES HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ONZAGA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. PALMER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WATERS. BROWN HERE. WE ALL COULD PLEASE RISE. AND IF I COULD PLEASE ASK OUR VILLAGE CLERK TO OFFER A BRIEF INVOCATION. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AGAIN. YES, MA'AM. DEAR LORD, AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS MEETING AND THOSE THAT WILL CONDUCT BUSINESS INSIDE OF IT. WE ASK AS WE LEAVE, THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE US WITH SAFE TRAVELING. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE 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. THANK. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHY YOU'RE HEARING ME SPEAK AS OPPOSED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'VE ADMINISTRATIVELY CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER BECAUSE ONE OF OUR FIRST ORDERS OF BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE THE SELECTION OF MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR FOR THE NEXT ENSUING YEAR. AT THIS TIME, JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A COUPLE PIECES OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE AGENDA, THERE WILL BE TWO TIMES AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY MATTERS, NOT ON THE AGENDA AND EVERY MATTER THAT IS ON THE AGENDA. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AS I INDICATED, [REORGANIZATION OF VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS] THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE REORGANIZATION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN CONSULTATION WITH THE VILLAGE MANAGER. WE DO HAVE ONE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GOING TO BE GOING ON, AND SO WITH THE COUNCIL'S INDULGENCE, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO INTRODUCE THE ONE PRESENTATION WE HAVE, AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED TO OUR FIRST BUSINESS. YES. THANK YOU. AND THEN THAT WAY THE MEMBERS, THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO TO STAY FOR THE MEETING WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE. SO MANY OF YOU KNOW, MR. JEFF LESLIE AS THE FORMER OWNER OF ITS FIBER, WHICH IS NOW BLUE STREAM AND THE INDIAN TOWN COMPANY. BUT IT'S HIS 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN COACHING YOUTH SPORTS THAT BRINGS HIM BACK TO INDIAN TOWN TONIGHT. HE HAS COACHED BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL AND SOCCER AT BOTH THE RECREATION AND TRAVEL LEVELS, EVEN ONCE BEING NAMED FLORIDA'S COACH OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL YOUTH SOFTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION. TONIGHT, HE WAS. HE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW INDIAN TOWN CAN REPLICATE THE SUCCESS OF THE JUPITER TEQUESTA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS JTR, WHERE MR. LESLIE SERVED 12 YEARS ON THE BOARD, FOUR YEARS OF WHICH WERE AS PRESIDENT. DURING HIS TENURE, THE JTR SERVED 7000 PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS EACH YEAR FROM MARTIN AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES IN 13 SPORTS. JTR NOW OFFERS 15 SPORTS. THEIR BUDGET EXCEEDED $1 MILLION ANNUALLY AND WAS RUN ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. JTR RECEIVED WORLDWIDE ATTENTION WHEN THEY IMPLEMENTED A COURSE FOR PARENTS AS WELL AS COACHES. A REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY PARTICIPANT, AND A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT. THE JTR HOSTED THE NATIONAL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT THREE TIMES, WHICH INCLUDED 600 TEAMS FOR ONE WEEK WITH 7500 ATHLETES AND 30,000 ATTENDEES. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE JUPITER TEQUESTA AREA WAS 20 MILLION, AND JTR NETTED 200,000 FOR ITS KIDS PROGRAMS. THAT WAS, AFTER YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, STARTING SMALL, GETTING WELL ORGANIZED AND GROWING WITH INTENTION. MUCH AS INDIAN TOWN WILL ALSO LIKE INDIAN TOWN. THE JTR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE BENEFITS THAT SPORTS PARTICIPATION OFFERS TO AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE, AND KEEP THE EXPENSE AND COST TO FAMILIES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. NOW, THE NEXT STEPS MR. LESLIE WILL SHARE. THANK YOU KAREN, I'LL GIVE A COUPLE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS HERE FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE A HARD TIME, AND HOPEFULLY I CAN OPERATE THIS THING. OH GOOD. IT'S UP THERE. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF YEARS IN INDIAN TOWN, YOU KNOW, WITH MY BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I JUST, I THINK SO FONDLY OF THE COMMUNITY. AND IT'S JUST SO [00:05:03] EXCITING TO SEE THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE. AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT AND, AND HOPEFULLY HELP IN SOME WAY. SO, AS TARYN HAD INDICATED, AS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN YOUTH SPORTS FOR A LONG TIME, I HAD FOUR CHILDREN. THEY PLAYED EVERYTHING. WE WENT EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY ON THE GO. WE MY WIFE USED TO BRING THE THE PLAYPEN TO THE PARK AND DINNER, AND WE WOULD GO TO PRACTICES AND EAT OUR DINNER AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL OF THAT FOR, FOR MANY YEARS. I HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE JUPITER QUEST ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, AND THE TOWN OF JUPITER ESPECIALLY, HAS JUST DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN WORKING WITH THE YOUTH ORGANIZATION. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS JUST EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THE SUPPORT THAT I KNOW, EVEN ON THIS BOARD EXISTS, AND THE ENTHUSIASM OF MANY OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THOUGH IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE A FORMAL OR OFFICIAL THING, IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE A PARTNERSHIP FOR THIS TO WORK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND IT'S ONE THING NOWADAYS TO SAY, WELL, MAYBE WE HAVE 100 KIDS PLAYING IN A SPORT OR 200 KIDS OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT WITH THE PROSPECTS OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE PROPOSING, THIS COULD BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT THING. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT 7000 KIDS IN THE JUPITER QUEST ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST LOOKED AT ONE PER HOUSEHOLD OF WHERE YOU'RE PLANNING TO GO SOMEDAY, IT COULD BE VERY, A VERY SIGNIFICANT THING. AND SO I JUST TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE THINGS THAT OVER THE YEARS THAT WE DID THAT I FELT LESSONS LEARNED, SO TO SPEAK, AND, AND WAYS OF OPERATING. I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, RUSSELL RUSK, WHO IS HAS WAS THE DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND PARKS FOR TOWN OF JUPITER. AND HE'S BEEN GOING AROUND FIXING GOVERNMENTAL, YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUTH LEAGUES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SO HE WILL BE AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO YOU. AND I KNOW THAT HE ALSO HAS A VERY SOFT SPOT IN HIS HEART TO TRY TO HELP. IF YOU HAVE THE QUESTIONS AND YOU HAVE THE NEEDS, HE'S PRESENTLY REDOING ALL OF THE BOCA RATON PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW, WHICH ARE JUST HUGE. HE DID JUPITER, HE'S DONE NORTH PALM BEACH, HE'S DONE RIVIERA BEACH IN THE PAST YEARS, VERY EXPENSIVE, VERY EXPERIENCED PERSON FROM THE GOVERNMENT SIDE THAT KNOWS HOW TO PUT THESE THINGS TOGETHER. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I'LL MENTION HERE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S YOU NEED HELP AND THINGS THERE'S A LOT OF, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF HELP OUT THERE. BUT MY GUESS MY BIG POINT IS IT NEEDS TO BE A PARTNERSHIP. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S THERE'S GOING TO BE A RELATIONSHIP. AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS. OH, IT GOES THAT WAY. I'M SORRY. A COUPLE KEY CONSIDERATIONS IS THAT OBVIOUSLY THE VILLAGE AND THE I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT THE YA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WILL BE CALLING YOUR ORGANIZATION, BUT THAT'S YOUTH SHORT FOR YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION NEED TO BE SEPARATE ENTITIES. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO LEGAL RELATIONSHIP. THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE TOWN. AND THAT'S THE VILLAGE. AND THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT THING BECAUSE UTILIZING VOLUNTEERS THAT THE THE ORGANIZATION CAN PULL TOGETHER AND A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY CAN BUILD QUITE AN ORGANIZATION. WHEREAS IF THE VILLAGE WANTED TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO FUND OUR OWN YOUTH LEAGUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO THINK ABOUT YOU DEALING WITH PARENTS AND DEALING WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT CAN EXIST IN A YOUTH LEAGUE. AND SO THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO BE SEPARATE ENTITIES. THE JA NEEDS TO BE A 501 C3 TAX EXEMPT SO THEY CAN GET DONATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. LIKEWISE, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN YOU KNOW, OR THE VILLAGE WOULD, WOULD NEEDS TO BE THINKING ABOUT ARE THEIR THEIR GRANTS AVAILABLE BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF POTENTIAL GRANTS. AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THOSE, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN PLUG INTO THAT KNOW ABOUT GRANTS AND AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GETTING FUNDING FROM PLACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU. THE VILLAGE IS PART. SO I KNOW ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WAS WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE A FIRST CLASS YOUTH ORGANIZATION. AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT CAN HAPPEN. OKAY. THE BUT EACH PERSON, EACH GROUP HAS GOT TO KNOW THEIR PART. SO ONE THING THAT'S INHERENT UPON THE VILLAGE IS THAT THEY NEED TO PROVIDE FIELDS AFTER YOU OWN THE REAL ESTATE, RIGHT. LIGHTS AND MAINTENANCE ON THOSE FIELDS, THAT'S KIND OF YOUR JOB. AND THE BENEFIT YOU GET OUT OF THAT IS HALF YOUR COMMUNITY. MAYBE SOMEDAY YOUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL BE INVOLVED IN YOUTH SPORTS. I KNOW LIVING IN THE JUPITER TEQUESTA AREA FOR MANY, [00:10:01] MANY YEARS, THERE WAS NO ONE YOU DIDN'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SPENT THEIR TIME AT THE BALLPARK. EVERY BUSINESS THAT WAS AROUND, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE PLAQUES ON THEIR WALL FROM SUPPORTING ALL THE THE YOUTH PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING IN THERE, YOU KNOW. BUT THERE WAS THERE ISN'T. I CAN ALMOST CHALLENGE YOU TO GO TO ANY BUSINESS IN JUPITER, AND YOU WILL FIND PLAQUES ON THE WALL FROM, YOU KNOW, THE JTR, BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO BE PROVIDED. SO IT'S A COMMUNITY THING, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT BRINGS A COMMUNITY BETTER TO CLOSER, MORE QUICKLY AND BETTER THAN EVERYBODY BEING AT THE BALLPARK ALL THE TIME AND GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED. SO THE JA IS TO PROVIDE THE YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, THE SPORTS PROGRAMS, COACHES AND ALL ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAMS. AND SO THAT'S REALLY A GOOD THING. AND WHAT THAT BRINGS UPON US IS, IS PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY COMMITTED, PEOPLE THAT HAVE TWO THINGS IN MIND. FIRST, ONE, THE KIDS, NOT THEMSELVES. OKAY. WHICH CAN BE A PROBLEM IN YOUTH SPORTS. BUT BUT WE NEED LEADERS WHO HAVE THE KIDS FIRST AND THE COMMUNITY ALSO FIRST. IF WE'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE AT LEADING THIS IN, CERTAINLY WE WANT TO BE GREAT SPORTS PEOPLE THAT KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE SPORT AND EVERYTHING, BUT IF THEY HAVE THOSE TWO THINGS IN MIND, WE CAN BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IT CAN BE A VERY BIG POSITIVE FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, THE VILLAGE, THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE VILLAGE THAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT DON'T NECESSARILY COST MONEY, BUT ARE VERY GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. ONE IS ENTERING INTO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH SCHOOLS, COUNTIES AND OTHER ENTITIES WHO MAY HAVE FIELDS, COURTS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. THOSE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE JUST AN EXAMPLE IN THE JTA RIGHT NOW, THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW UP WITH THE THE TOWN OVER A BUNCH OF YEARS AND DROPPED THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS. AND NOBODY FOLLOWED UP ON THAT. AND THE JTA RIGHT NOW IS PAYING $80,000 A YEAR TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE FACILITIES. WHEREAS IF THE VILLAGE HAD MADE THOSE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS AND KEPT THOSE, KEPT WITH THAT AND EVERYTHING, THOSE FACILITIES WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR FREE. SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR SCHOOLS AND AND MAYBE EVEN LIKE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OR, OR WHATEVER AND, OR AND ALSO THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE A BIG, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE FACILITIES AND GETTING THOSE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS AND AGREEMENT THAT THAT YOU HAVE A PRIORITY TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO PUT YOUR YOUTH LEAGUES ON THOSE ON THOSE FIELDS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALWAYS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF. HOW DO WE KEEP THE COST PER CHILD DOWN TO A LEVEL WHERE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD IT? I MEAN, NOWADAYS YOU COULD SPEND $1,000 FOR YOUR KID TO GET INTO LEAGUE SOMEWHERE. OKAY, BUT ONE THING WE WERE ALWAYS MINDFUL IS HOW CAN WE KEEP THE COST DOWN THAT DOESN'T COST THE VILLAGE MONEY, BUT IT DOES. THAT PARTNERSHIP IS WHERE IT'S SO IMPORTANT DOING THESE TYPE OF THINGS. THEY DON'T NEED TO BE SPENDING $80,000 ON LIGHTS OR FIELDS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. AND SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT IS FOR THE VILLAGE TO RECOGNIZE THE JA AS THEIR PRIMARY PROVIDER, OKAY, OF YOUTH SPORTS FOR THE VILLAGE. SO THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM A A PRIORITY ON THE FIELDS AND THE THE VILLAGE. WORKING WITH THE YOUTH ORGANIZATION. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT NOW I USED TO SAY THE EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER OKAY. BUT THAT CAN BE FRAUGHT WITH ISSUES. OKAY. BUT PRIMARY AND PRIORITIZE PROVIDER OF YOUTH SPORTS. THE VILLAGE SEE IS INVOLVED AGAIN AS A PARTNER TO SOME EXTENT. AND THEY'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUR PRIMARY PROVIDER. WE'RE DELEGATING. YOU GET THESE KIDS ON THE FIELD, YOU TAKE CARE OF THEM. YOU KEEP THEM BUSY AND WORN OUT. SO THEY'RE NOT RUNNING AROUND THE STREETS OR DOING WHATEVER ELSE THEY SHOULD BE DOING, SHOULDN'T BE DOING. AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TWO GROUPS WORK TOGETHER. WHAT FIELDS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE WITH THOSE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH OUR OWN PARKS AND RECS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. LET US ASSIGN SO MANY TO TO YOU GUYS. YOU COME TO US EACH YEAR AND YOU SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, AND AND YOU SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GRANT THAT USAGE TO YOU, AND YOU WILL USE YOUR DIFFERENT MEANS BY WHICH TO DO THAT. VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU, AS YOU GROW, YOU WILL HAVE A PARENT THAT WILL WHOSE KID WILL NOT BE THE STARTING SHORTSTOP ON THE BASEBALL TEAM. I'M STARTING MY OWN LEAGUE. I'M COMING IN HERE TO YOU GUYS, OKAY? YOU CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO SAY, LOOK, I WISH WE HAD FIELDS, BUT THE FACT IS, OUR PRIMARY CONSIDERATION IS THIS. AND AS A RESULT, THEY UTILIZE UP ALL OF OUR FIELDS. IF SOMETHING BECOMES AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU OR THINGS, BUT THAT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN. THE JA TO PROVIDE THE [00:15:05] YOUTH SPORTS. THEY PROVIDE THE YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM AS NEEDED, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE KIDS HERE WANT TO DO? THEY WANT TO PLAY SOCCER. THEY WANT TO PLAY BASEBALL. YOU KNOW, THEIR BASKETBALL. WHAT ARE THE SPORTS THEY WANT TO DO DOWN IN JUPITER? IT WAS IT WAS, YOU KNOW, FIELD HOCKEY, LACROSSE, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL. YOU KNOW IT GETS INTO TO TRAVEL SPORTS AND IT GETS INTO RECREATIONAL SPORTS. AND I MEAN YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF WITH SUPPORTING SIX OR 8 OR 10 DIFFERENT SPORTS HERE. AND THAT'S JUST AND YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE GREAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WITH PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE AND OR HAVE THE RIGHT THINGS IN MIND. WHY? WHY THE JA WOULD PROVIDE THE PROGRAMS AND THE VILLAGE AND THE WOULD KIND OF AGREE ON WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS THEY'RE GOING TO BE WRITING INTO THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE JA SO THAT WE KNOW THAT YOUR THAT YOUR YOUTH ORGANIZATION IS MEETING THE STANDARDS OF THE, OF THE VILLAGE, WHICH IS WHY YOU WANT TO BE THEIR PARTNER. I TALKED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP, HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH IF WE WORK TOGETHER LIKE THAT. TALKED ABOUT FIELD REQUESTS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT IS YOUR YOUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR NAME IS HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT PERSON SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A KEY POSITION FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT PARENTS COMING TO PHYLLIS OR SOMEONE AND SAYING, LOOK, PHYLLIS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M YOUR FRIEND, YOU KNOW? AND YOU KNOW, JOHNNY DIDN'T GET TO PLAY SHORTSTOP, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? AND SO WITH YOUR WITH YOUR SPORTS DIRECTOR, THEY ARE THE INTERFACE. EVERYTHING FROM HERE GOES TO THE SPORTS DIRECTOR, WHICH GOES TO THE YOUTH ORGANIZATION AND GETS GETS HANDLED OKAY. AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS DOWN BELOW GETS HANDLED BY THE YOUTH ORGANIZATION. AND IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES A TOWN, IT GOES TO THE SPORTS DIRECTOR. YOU DO NOT GET INVOLVED. YOU DO NOT EVER GET INVOLVED. WHEN YOU OPEN THAT PANDORA'S BOX, YOU'LL BE DESTROYED. YOU JUST CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN. SO THAT PERSON IS GOING TO BE A KEY PERSON. ON HANDLING A LOT OF THINGS. IF IT'S POSSIBLE, AS YOU'RE WORKING WITH YOUR DEVELOPERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL FACILITIES THAT YOUR DEVELOPERS MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH. ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW IT'S REAL IMPORTANT, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT A SCALE OF 100 KIDS, IT'S ONE THING WHEN YOU LOOK AT A SCALE OF 500 KIDS OR A THOUSAND KIDS, WE'RE PLAYING TACKLE FOOTBALL OR WE'RE PLAYING BASEBALL, WHERE'S THE EQUIPMENT GOING TO BE STORED? THAT'S OWNED BY THE RIAA? YOU KNOW, IS THERE GOING TO BE A CONCESSION STAND BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE MAKING MONEY IF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT TO GET THE MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE. CONCESSION IS GOING TO BE PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, SELLING BANNERS, DOING FUNDRAISERS. OKAY. AND SO AS A PARTNERS, WHATEVER THE VILLAGE CAN DO TO TO HELP WITH HELP WITH IS GREAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN PULL SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT WOULD REALLY BE REALLY FANTASTIC. WHY THE WHY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MAYBE A LITTLE TOUGH START UP AT THE BEGINNING, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY HAVE THE MEANS TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING OF THE YOUTH SPORT PROGRAMS THROUGH REGISTRATION FEES, CONCESSION SALES, SALES, TEAM SPONSORSHIP, BANNERS AND FUNDRAISERS. SO IT ISN'T LIKE THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A BIG CAPITAL EXPENDITURE HERE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. HOWEVER, WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE FOR START UP IS GREAT. ONE OF THE THINGS I DID, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN THE JTA, IS I'VE MADE A CONTACT BACK IN AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ANYMORE, BUT SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING THAT YOU IT'S A VERY WEALTHY ORGANIZATION AND IF YOU'RE GETTING RID OF EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS IN GOOD SHAPE, MAYBE YOU'D CONSIDER DONATING IT TO THE JA OUT HERE. AND I THINK WE WILL FIND THAT THEY WILL BE VERY WILLING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW IN THE PAST THEY'VE HAD THAT DESIRE, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS, IF WE USE OUR HEADS THAT THIS THING CAN GET FUNDED AND GOING, BUT START UP MONEY, I MEAN, THERE IS A LOT OF INITIAL STARTUP AND NOT NOT A LOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, BASKETBALLS AND EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT KIDS NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE MAKE IT HAPPEN. IT WILL PUT A LOT OF WORK ON THOSE WHO ARE IN THE SPORTS BOARDS AND WHATEVER LIKE THAT. AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD IF THERE'S OTHER ALTERNATIVE SOURCES. AGAIN, THE JA FORM. OKAY. SO THEN THEN IT'S LIKE OVERSIGHT. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT REAL QUICKLY. WE ALWAYS DID BUSINESS IN IN 2 IN 2 WAYS. WE ALWAYS HAD A SPORTS BOARD THAT GOVERNED THE SPORT THE BASEBALL BOARD, THE BASKETBALL BOARD, THE SOCCER BOARD THAT WAS GENERALLY COMPOSED OF PARENTS AND PARENT VOLUNTEERS THAT WANTED TO MAKE [00:20:05] SURE THAT SPORT TOOK OFF AND IT RAN OKAY. OR MAYBE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE REALLY INTO SOCCER OR REALLY INTO WHATEVER, SO THAT THAT BOARD WOULD EXIST AND THAT BOARD WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE SPORT THROUGH WHATEVER SANCTIONING ORGANIZATION THERE IS, YOU KNOW, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE SPORT RUNS. HOWEVER, THERE'S ALSO A PLACE FOR WHAT WE ALWAYS USE WAS AN EXECUTIVE BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD WOULD BE COMPOSED OF EACH OF THE SPORT BOARD PRESIDENTS, PLUS MAYBE SOME OTHER KEY PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY ARE INTO THE SPORTS AND WANT IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT SERVES A LOT, A VERY IMPORTANT PART. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY EACH SPORT HAS TO HAVE A BUDGET. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO REVIEW THAT. THAT DOESN'T COME TO THE VILLAGE AND COME TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, OKAY, WHICH IS MORE OF AN INDEPENDENT GROUP THAT THAT OVERSEES THAT BOARD WHEN THEY COME IN. WELL, WE HAVE $1 MILLION WORTH OF BASEBALL BATS. WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT AIN'T GOING TO WORK. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COME UP WITH THAT MONEY? SO YOU NEED THAT SO THAT THAT DOESN'T END UP IN THE VILLAGE'S COURT OKAY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR HAS TO BE AT EVERY MONTHLY MEETING OF THIS EXECUTIVE BOARD BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, CAN I BOUNCE THIS OFF YOU? AND THEY'RE RIGHT THERE. AND SO THEY CAN RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES. WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION. EVERYTHING FLOWS THROUGH THE PARKS DIRECTOR UP AND DOWN. NOTHING GOES DIRECT. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MAKES AN ANNUAL DETAILED REQUEST FOR WHAT FIELDS YOU HAVE, INVENTORY OF WHAT FIELDS ARE AVAILABLE. THEY GIVE THEM TO. THEY SAY, YEP, THESE FIELDS ARE AVAILABLE. THE THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MAKES SURE THAT THE SPORTS BOARD GET THEIR ALLOCATIONS. THEY COME IN A LOT OF TIMES AT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. SO NO, I NEED THAT FIELD. NO, I NEED THAT FIELD. BUT THAT ALL HAPPENS THERE. THAT'S OUT OF YOUR PURVIEW. AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ANY PART OF THAT. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MAKES SURE THAT ALL THE SPORTS ARE SANCTIONED PROPERLY INSURED. OKAY. YOU GOT TO BE I KNOW ROBERT'S TALKING ABOUT LITTLE LEAGUE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE LEAGUES A SANCTIONING BODY, YOU KNOW, OR OR THE SOCCER LEAGUES OR WHATEVER LIKE THAT. GOTTA BE WITH THE SANCTIONING BODY. GOTTA HAVE INSURANCE. OKAY. GENERALLY THOSE SANCTIONING BODIES WILL PROVINERALLY SOMETHG LIKE $10 A YEAR PER KID OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEY'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED. THEY'VE GOT ALL THE GUIDELINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGH THESE OFFICIAL SANCTIONING SPORT ASSOCIATIONS. YOU ALSO THEN THEN THERE'S KIND OF THE ISSUE OF LIABILITY, OKAY, YOU KNOW HOW THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW WHAT IF AN ADULT TOUCHES A KID WRONG OR AND ALL THOSE THINGS ANYBODY WHO COACHES OR IS INVOLVED HAS TO GET COACH CERTIFICATION. SO THERE'S GROUPS LIKE THE NATIONAL YOUTH, NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS COACHES ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION THAT CERTIFIES COACHES. AND THEY'RE LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN HEADQUARTERED RIGHT HERE IN WEST PALM BEACH. SO IT'S A VERY SIMPLE THING. MOST OF IT'S ONLINE, YOU GET CERTIFIED. YOU GO THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH KIDS, WHAT YOU CAN YOU CANNOT DO. IT ALSO CERTIFIES YOU FOR A SPORT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE BASEBALL, THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE COACH KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BASEBALL, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE KNOWN AND THAT, YOU KNOW, RELIEVES A LOT OF LIABILITY FROM THE SITUATION THAT EVERY COACH HAS TO BE TRAINED. AND REALLY, IT SHOULD BE IF A PARENT IS GOING TO BE AN ASSISTANT COACH OR HELP OR SOMETHING, THEY NEED TO HAVE THE CERTIFICATION OR THEY'RE NOT ON THE FIELD, OKAY. AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS TODAY. IT'S KIND OF SAD. IT HAS TO BE THAT WAY, BUT IT HAS TO BE THAT WAY. NOW WE DID SOMETHING THAT GOT NATIONAL ATTENTION, AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING. AND THAT IS WE ONE YEAR CAME OUT AND SAID, IF YOUR KID IS GOING TO PLAY, YOU AS A PARENT HAVE TO TAKE A CLASS AND YOU HAVE TO SIGN A PARENT PLEDGE ABOUT HOW YOU WILL BEHAVE, BECAUSE THERE'S ALL KINDS OF IDEAS AND PARENTS MIND ABOUT HOW THEY BEHAVE. AND WE WERE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO HAVING, YOU KNOW, FIGHTS AT THE BALLPARK AND ALL THESE TYPE OF THINGS. BUT WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. THE PARENTS ALL WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM. OKAY. AND, I MEAN, WE GOT COMPLIMENTS WORLDWIDE ABOUT HOW WELL-BEHAVED THE PARENTS WERE, YOU KNOW, AFTER AT THE FIRST FEW GAMES AFTERWARD, THEY'RE LIKE, CAN WE YELL? I MEAN, CAN WE CAN WE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE CLAP OUR HANDS? YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YEAH, YOU KNOW, JUST BE POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ON THE UMPIRES AND THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. AND SO THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR SPORTS BOARD THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEBODY'S NOT DOING THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING, THEY WILL HAVE A FIRST OF ALL, THE SPORTS WILL HAVE A DISCIPLINE POLICY, AND THOSE PARENTS MAY NEED TO BE DISCIPLINED. BUT DOING A PARENT, A PARENT CLASS A, REQUIRING THAT TO SIGN OFF THE PARENT PLEDGE BEFORE THEY PLAY, I WILL PROMISE YOU WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND AND IN WHAT GOES ON OUT [00:25:02] THERE. TALKED ABOUT EXECUTIVE BOARD WOULD CONSIST OF WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. ABSOLUTELY. CRITICAL HAS TO HAVE DISCIPLINE PROPERTY. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD TO APPROVE ALL FUNDRAISERS, OTHER REVENUE GENERATING ACTIVITIES. THEY OVERSEE ANY MEETING FACILITIES. SO WE NEED THAT EXECUTIVE BOARD. AND AND THE OTHER THING THAT THAT DOES, THERE'S A COMPLAINT IN BASEBALL OKAY. NOW YOU GOT A PERSON. AND SO 90% OF THE COMPLAINTS ARE JUST RIDICULOUS, YOU KNOW, DID YOU SEE MY DAUGHTER WAS SAFE AND THEY CALLED HIM OUT OKAY. AND I WANT THAT COACH REMOVED OKAY. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THEN YOU GOT A FORMAL PROCESS. YOU GO, YOU PUT IT, YOU APPLY TO GO TO YOUR SPORTS BOARD. THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND YOU, THEY WILL HEAR THEM AND THEY'LL HEAR THE PROS AND CONS. THEY WANT TO BRING A WITNESS, WHATEVER THEY CAN, AND THEY'LL MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THEIR DISCIPLINE, POLICY OR ELSE WHATEVER. NOW, IF THE PERSON IS JUST LIKE, MAN, THIS IS UNFAIR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SCOTT'S ON THE BOARD AND HIS KID IS ON MY TEAM AND ON THE OTHER TEAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY CAN APPEAL TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD IS INDEPENDENT, AND SO THEY WILL HEAR IT. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FOOLING AROUND, BUT LET ME ASSURE YOU, YOU AS THE VILLAGE, WANT THOSE PARENTS TO GO THROUGH TWO LEVELS OF COMPLAINING, OKAY? BECAUSE I WILL ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU, IF YOU GET ONE THING THAT COMES TO THE VILLAGE PER YEAR, THAT WOULD BE A LOT. I WOULD SAY ONE EVERY OTHER OR EVERY THIRD YEAR. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS THEY SAY, OH MY GOODNESS, IT'S JUST INDIAN TOWN. WE ONLY GOT 100 KIDS. IT'S GOING TO BE HOW MANY YEARS BEFORE WE HAVE 3000 HOMES HERE OR WHATEVER IT IS AND EVERYTHING. BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT THESE POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND STRUCTURE IN PLACE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF COOL BEING OWNING THE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND THE WATER AND SEWER COMPANY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW IT IS IN INDIAN TOWN, PEOPLE COME FROM MIAMI, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WANT TO DEVELOP OR SOMETHING. AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, HERE'S HOW WE DO IT IN MIAMI, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS USED TO LIKE TO LISTEN TO THEM. AND THEN WHEN THEY GOT TO DONE, I USED TO JUST KIND OF LEAN OVER AND SAY, WELL, YOU'RE IN INDIANTOWN NOW, SON. THIS IS HOW YOU'LL DO IT HERE. THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THAT YOUTH LEAGUE. SO YOU WANT TO ESTABLISH THE FOUNDATIONAL, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATION SO THAT THIS CAN SO THAT IT BUILDS, EVEN IF IT IS 100 PEOPLE. LET'S GET IT IN PLACES. FIND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO VOLUNTEER AND BE THE PEOPLE TO PUT THIS THING TOGETHER. IT'S DOABLE. WE CAN PROBABLY GET POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THINGS FROM OTHER LEAGUES AND STUFF. I'M CONFIDENT WE CAN. AND SO AGAIN, WE GOT REGISTRATION THINGS THAT WHERE THE VILLAGE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP OUT. SOME I DON'T KNOW IS IF THE IF THE JA WANTS TO PUT UP A WEBSITE. THE TOWN OF JUPITER HOSTED THE FIRST ONE TO HELP GIVE THEM THE FACILITY AND THE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT PROPERLY. THEY CAN GET THEIR REGISTRATIONS ON THERE, THEY CAN DO DIFFERENT THINGS. AND AND ULTIMATELY, I MEAN, WHEN THEY HAVE $1 MILLION BUDGET, LIKE, LIKE LIKE WE DID AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS ARE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S GONNA WE NEED TO HELP. AND IF ANYTHING, WE CAN ESTABLISH TO PUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOUNDATION IN PLACE IS CRITICAL. I GOT A LOT OF POINTS. I PROBABLY HAVE GONE LONGER THAN WHAT YOU HAD CARED FOR ME TO GO. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HERE. HERE'S THE SPORTS BOARDS, WHAT THEY DO. AND SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ASK THEM. ALSO GLAD TO HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN. I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO COME OUT AND RUN ANY OF THIS OR ANYTHING, BUT I COULD HELP YOU AS YOU'RE TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO TO PULL IT TOGETHER AND HELP. MAYBE HELP YOU TRY TO FIND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THINGS. AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF HOW CAN WORK, HOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY INVOLVED WITH IT, HOW YOU ISOLATE YOURSELVES, HOW YOU RUN THINGS AND THINGS GO SMOOTHLY AND YOU HAVE PRETTY GOOD ASSURANCE IT WILL HAPPEN. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. SO IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, YOU'RE WILLING TO HELP US, RIGHT? I WILL, I WILL BE GLAD TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO JUST HELP. I MEAN, I'M GOING TO SAY CONSULT, NOT PAY, CONSULT, JUST, YOU KNOW, COME OUT FOR A MEETING HERE AND THERE OR, OR DO WHAT I CAN AND TRY TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER, ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU KNOW, I CAN GET I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO, WHO DO THESE DIFFERENT PARTS. AND ESPECIALLY, LIKE I SAY, RUSSELL RUSK, WHO'S GOT A REAL SOFT SPOT IN HIS HEART FOR THIS, FOR THIS AREA OUT HERE, HE WOULD BE A JUST A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE FOR THE TOWN, TO THE VILLAGE TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH, BECAUSE OUR PARKS DIRECTOR IS SITTING BACK THERE. DEBBIE, NICE TO MEET YOU. AND MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME GUIDANCE AND. YEP. SCOTT. JEFF, [00:30:08] YOU'RE WITH ME. OKAY? I DON'T THINK IF Y'ALL CAN RECORD ME, BUT CAN'T RECORD. NO, WE NEED THE MICROPHONE. OKAY. YEARS AGO OR WHAT? FIVE YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WE FORMED THE VILLAGE WE HAD ANTICIPATED IN CREATING A SPORTS PROGRAM FOR INDIANTOWN. AND THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WAS JTR, BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST SPORTS PROGRAM I'VE SEEN IN MY YEARS COACHING SPORTS FOR THE LAST 15, 20 YEARS. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO JEFF LESLIE, WENT TO HIS OFFICE. WE SAT DOWN AND HAD THIS SAME DISCUSSION, MUCH MORE LONG DRAWN OUT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PLUSES AND MINUSES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. JEFF WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE ME THEIR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN THEIR BYLAWS, BY WHICH WE FORMED INDIANTOWN COMMUNITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, WHICH ANGELINA WAS PART OF, ROBERT WAS PART OF, ROE WAS HERE, AND WE SET UP THE SAME ORGANIZATIONAL HIERARCHY THAT JEFF HAD TALKED ABOUT. THE ONE THING WE DID NOTICE IN INDIANTOWN IS WE DON'T HAVE THE PARENT PARTICIPATION THAT YOU HAVE IN A LOT OF OTHER PLACES, NOR THE MONEY PER CAPITA OR PER HOUSEHOLD, BUT THOSE THINGS CAN BE OVERCOME. BUT IT IS BY FAR AND JEFF VERY LIGHTLY WENT OVER SOME OF THE REASONS WHY YOU WANT TO ISOLATE YOURSELF FROM FROM THE YOUTH ATHLETICS. YOU WANT TO SUPPORT IT, YOU WANT TO FACILITATE IT, BUT YOU WANT TO ISOLATE YOURSELF FROM IT. BECAUSE ONCE, LET'S SAY THE VILLAGE RAN AN ORGANIZATION, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE PEOPLE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT VOLUNTEERS DO, AND IT'S JUST NOT DOABLE. AND I'VE DID IT. I WAS ON THE BOARD OF PALM CITY DOLPHINS FOR EIGHT YEARS, HANDLED THE EQUIPMENT, YOU NAME IT, ON AND ON AND ON. OF THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEERS, TIME THAT TAKES TO PUT THESE THINGS TOGETHER, IT HAS TO BE A COHESIVE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER ORGANIZATION THAN WHAT JTA AND WHAT JEFF HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS. SO THAT'S JUST MY $0.02. I WANT TO THROW IT IN THERE. I CAN ALWAYS GET A HOLD OF JEFF. I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM JEFF, SO I'LL BE A SOURCE FOR IT TOO. BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A STRONG LEADERSHIP TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL SAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THREE YEARS. AND THE TIME, THE TIME HAS COME THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. YEAH, BECAUSE THE HOUSES ARE BEING BUILT. YEAH. AND THE PEOPLE ARE COMING. AND I MEAN, I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE MOVED OUT OF MARTIN COUNTY TO JUPITER JUST FOR THAT PROGRAM. OH, YEAH. IT'S FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE NATION. MOVED THERE FOR THAT PROGRAM. YEAH. IT'S IT'S REALLY SOMETHING. NO. WHEN WE DID THE PARENT PROGRAM, WE, WE TOLD THAT TO OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER. SO TO GET EVERYBODY READY BECAUSE THERE WAS LIKE PROBABLY 2000 KIDS IN BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL WERE THE FIRST THING COMING UP. AND WE TOLD THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER JUST SO THEY'D HAVE AN IDEA. AND THERE WAS SOME GRUMBLING LIKE, OH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ME AS A PARENT, YOU KNOW? WELL, THEN THE AP GOT AHOLD OF IT AND WE WERE IN LIKE EVERY MAJOR NEWSPAPER AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE WERE IN THE IN BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, EVERYWHERE THIS WENT THAT THIS, THIS ORGANIZATION WAS GOING TO MAKE PARENTS TAKE A CLASS OR THEIR KID CAN'T PLAY. OKAY. SO WHEN WE WENT TO HAVE THE FIRST CLASS, I'M THINKING, YEAH, WE CAN DO ABOUT 50 A PIECE, 50 AT A TIME IN OUR LITTLE ROOM. WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WELL, I HAD OVER 200 NEWS AGENCIES THAT WANTED TO COME SEE THE FIRST CLASS, AND I'M TALKING ALL THE MAJOR ABC, NBC, CBS, ESPN, HBO, BBC, EVERYBODY CAME AND BRIAN GUMBEL AGAIN. HELP US DO IT AGAIN. YEAH. SO THERE IS REAL SENTIMENT FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, IS IS IS HELPING THE PARENTS. BUT ANYWAY, I THINK ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES WE HAVE IS WE ARE A SMALL VILLAGE AND WE ARE GROWING. AND AS WE GROW, WE CAN WITH THE INVESTORS THAT ARE COMING IN, WE CAN ADD PARKS. AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, INVESTORS ARE WILLING TO DO A LOT OF THINGS, AT LEAST THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO. YEAH. YOU KNOW AND BUT WE NEED WE NEED THE PROGRAM. YEAH. WITHOUT THE PROGRAM WE GOT NOTHING. SO WE HAVE A PARK. WHY DON'T YOU HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SUPPORT FROM THE VILLAGES THERE AND PEOPLE IN THE TOWN SEE THAT? THAT'S THE CASE. AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND THEY START COMING TO THE BALLPARK AND STUFF. I'M VERY CONFIDENT YOU'LL GET THE VOLUNTEERS. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING. IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING. YOU GOT TO CRAWL, YOU WALK, YOU RUN. OKAY. BUT IF WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE HEADED AND WE'VE GOT TO DESIGN, JUST LIKE THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN AROUND. I'VE BEEN THROUGH NUMEROUS ITERATIONS OF THAT OVER THE YEARS AND EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO HAVE THE PLAN AND THEN YOU GOT TO DECIDE WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THE PLAN IS WHERE WE'RE HEADED. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. AND LET ME JUST SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON OUT HERE. I MEAN, I'M JUST OVERWHELMED WITH HOW GREAT A JOB YOU ALL DO. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. YEAH, ANGELINA AND I BOTH HAVE. THIS MEANS WE HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. OH, I'M SORRY, I GOT YOU. I OH, NOW I UNDERSTAND. OKAY, I GOT THE CODE. WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE? [00:35:01] THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF FIELDS FOR ANY PARTICULAR SPORT IS NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY REALLY MAKE THIS GO AS FAR AS, LET'S SAY, SOCCER IS HUGE HERE. I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST SPORT IN INDIAN TOWN, BUT. SO HOW MANY FIELDS DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO OFFER THERE? I DON'T HAVE THE THERE ARE ACTUAL STATISTICS ON THAT. OKAY. BUT I'LL TELL YOU IT ALSO COMES INTO WHEN YOU'RE CRAWL WALK, YOU RUN. IT COMES INTO WHAT DO YOU HAVE YOU KNOW, CAN THE TOWN MOW A PARTICULAR FIELD OVER THERE THAT'S NICE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND AND SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT YOUNGER KIDS, YOU KNOW, CAN WE STRIPE A FIELD OUT, YOU KNOW, AND GET THEM PLAYING, YOU KNOW. AND SO THERE'S A LOT YOU CAN DO. WHEN WE DID THE NSA WORLD SERIES, WHERE WE HAD THE 30,000 PEOPLE AND 600 TEAMS COME IN AND EVERYTHING, AND YOU CAN'T DO THIS RIGHT NOW. BUT THE TOWN OF JUPITER TOOK THE SOCCER FIELDS AND BUILT EIGHT SOFTBALL FIELDS ON THOSE SOCCER FIELDS, PUT UP THE FENCING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, TOAST THAT EVENT. OKAY. AND SO THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE. I MEAN, EVEN ON A SOCCER FIELD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE. SO IT'S YOU JUST HAVE TO BE RESOURCEFUL, YOU KNOW, AND AND I'M CONFIDENT YOU CAN GET EVERYBODY ON THOSE FIELDS YOU WANT AND WITH WHATEVER YOU HAVE. BUT THAT'S ALSO REALIZE YOU GOT THE HIGH SCHOOL. YOU'VE GOT OTHER SCHOOLS THAT MAY HAVE FIELDS. AND THOSE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS COME IN REALLY IMPORTANT. YOU'VE GOT GYMNASIUMS HERE THAT YOU DON'T OWN, BUT YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO. AND THOSE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS GET THAT ALL TIED UP FOR TIMES WHEN THEY'RE NOT USING, BECAUSE THOSE SCHOOLS DON'T USE THOSE ALL DAY AND NIGHT. THERE WERE SOME CREATIVE THINGS THAT THE TOWN OF JUPITER DID. THEY WENT TO A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FIELDS, AND THEY HAD THE MONEY AT THE TIME, AND THEY HAD A FIELD WHERE THE, THE THEY IT WAS A LIT FIELD. AND THE PARENTS, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED AROUND THERE NOW THEY MOVED IN AFTER THE FIELD WAS ALREADY THERE. OKAY. BUT THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LIGHTS AT NIGHT. OKAY. SO THEY TOOK DOWN THE LIGHTS, BUT THEY TOOK THOSE LIGHTS AND THEY UTILIZED THEM OVER AT ONE OF THE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FIELDS AS PART OF THEIR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND SAID, LOOK, WE'LL PROVIDE THE LIGHTS. YOU KNOW, YOU PROVIDE THE ACCESS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T USE THOSE FIELDS AT NIGHT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN DO. AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT THOSE SCHOOL FIELDS AND THINGS ARE NOT BEING USED, YOU CAN YOU CAN GET THEM. AND SO IF YOU WILL WORK ON DOING THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, YOU'LL HAVE A LOT MORE FACILITY THAN YOU THINK. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED. IS THERE ANY WAY WE HAVE A PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD IS MAYBE THE BOARD? BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS. WE WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL WITH SCOTT TO SEE HOW THEY DO IT FIRSTHAND. SEE, I KNOW JT A. LOT AND SEE HOW THEY HOW THEY FUNCTION, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE BOARD SEE IT FIRSTHAND. OKAY. THIS IS WHAT IT ENTAILS. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YEAH. YOUR PARENT HAS TO ATTEND CLASS. YEAH. THAT THAT HAS ME EXCITED, YOU KNOW. YES. BUT YOU KNOW, HOW HOW CAN THE BOARD SEE IT? YOU KNOW, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE IMPLEMENT THAT HERE IN INDIANTOWN? SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU SAYING IF YOU CAN GET US THE CONNECTION, WE HAVE A BOARD. YEAH. AND IF WE CAN GO TO JTR. YEAH. MAYBE ONE OF THEIR MONTHLY. WHAT THEY DO? YES. AND SEE WHAT THEY DO. YES. FIRST OF ALL, I'D GO ON THEIR WEBSITE BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXHAUSTIVE. OKAY. BUT YEAH, I'M SURE WE COULD ARRANGE SOMETHING WHERE YOU COULD DO THAT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GET THE THE FEEL FOR HOW IT WORKS AND THINGS. AND YEAH, I'M CONFIDENT WE COULD GET THAT DONE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU JEFF. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. AND THAT IS FOR THE SELECTION OF MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR. JUST TO LAY OUT THE GROUND RULES, I WILL BE OPENING UP TO THE COUNCIL FIRST FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR. NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND. AND YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF. SO AFTER WE HAVE NOMINATIONS OPEN, WHEN THERE ARE NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, WE'LL CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL TAKE ACTION AS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR. I NOMINATE ANGELINA PEREZ. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? YES, I'D [00:40:05] LIKE TO NOMINATE CARMINE DIPAOLO. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS HEARING NONE. WE WILL CLOSE NOMINATIONS. WE HAVE TWO NOMINEES. AND SO I WOULD ASK FIRST IF THERE IS ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION PRIOR TO MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN TO A VOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS, PLEASE. I AM ASKING TO KEEP THE MAYOR IN PLACE SIMPLY BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN STARTED YET. IT JUST CAME AROUND VERY QUICKLY. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANGELINA'S, A VERY DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL AND SHE DOES A LOT, BUT I FEEL LIKE MAYOR DIPAOLO HAS MORE TIME THAN. AND I MAY BE WRONG, BUT HE IS REALLY DEDICATED TO BEING A DAILY MAYOR, AND HE'S AVAILABLE FOR SO MUCH. AND I KNOW THAT THE REST OF US WORK AND HAVE JOBS, AND I KNOW THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE THE TIME TO PUT IN THAT. MAYOR DIPAOLO PUTS IN. AND SO I FEEL THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE VILLAGE, WE NEED A FULL TIME MAYOR, SOMEONE WHO IS AVAILABLE LIKE HE IS. SO THAT'S WHY I NOMINATED HIM. AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A FAIRLY GOOD RHYTHM GOING, AND HE'S KIND OF JUST GOTTEN HIS FEET WET BEING MAYOR. I MEAN, IT JUST WENT SO FAST. I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE HE'S JUST REALLY GETTING INTO THE SWING OF THINGS AND I THINK IT'S WORKING. SO NO SLIGHT TO ANGELINA AT ALL. SHE'S AMAZING, BUT SHE'S GOT HER IRONS IN A LOT OF FIRES, AS MOST OF US WOMEN DO. AND NO, NO SLIGHT, NO SLIGHT TO MAYOR DIPAOLO. BUT I FEEL LIKE HE JUST HAS THE THE FOCUS TO CONTINUE TO BE MAYOR. AND IT WOULD KEEP US MOVING FORWARD MORE SMOOTHLY THAN THAN A MAJOR CHANGE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND I AGREE WITH KAREN. CARMINE, IS HAS THE DEDICATION TO BE OUR MAYOR. SO I'M GOING TO PASS. I'M HUMBLED. LISTEN, I'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 30, 33 YEARS. I'VE SERVED IT WITH ALL MY HEART FROM DAY ONE, AND I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE THINGS THROUGH. I'LL ACCEPT IT. I WANT TO SEE THE THINGS THROUGH THAT WE HAVE STARTED. WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING AND WE NEED TO KEEP IT GOING. YEAH, WE NEED TO MANAGE OUR GROWTH. THAT MEANS BRINGING IN QUALITY PEOPLE TO ME, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO EVERY DAY. BRING IN QUALITY PEOPLE, BRINGING QUALITY BUSINESS. AND IT'S HARD. IT'S HARD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE OUR WATER YET. BUT THAT DAY IS COMING. IT'S COMING VERY SOON. AND THIS NEXT YEAR, THIS NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE A CRUCIAL ONE. AND I THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE FAITH IN ME AND THE TRUST IN ME. AND THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE SO WELCOME. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, PROCEDURALLY, THEN, COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ HAS WITHDRAWN HER NAME FROM CONSIDERATION. SO THERE IS ONE NOMINEE. I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BRIEFLY IF THERE IS ANY, PRIOR TO ASKING FOR A VOTE. SO AT THIS TIME, IF THERE IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. SCOTT WATSON, FOR THE RECORD, MISS LINDA NICCUM. OH I'M SORRY LINDA. WE HAVE A COMMENT. I THINK SHE'S REGULAR. SHE'S REGULAR, REGULAR COMMENT. OKAY. MR. WATSON, SCOTT WATSON, FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF THIS BOARD. I MEAN, THE COHESIVENESS, THE RECOGNITION OF WHAT WHERE THIS TOWN IS AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO. I'M JUST I'M JUST SUPER PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. I REALLY, REALLY AM. THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT IS NICE TO HEAR. MADAM CLERK, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO NAME COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO AS MAYOR FOR THE NEXT YEAR. I MOVE TO NAME HIM AS MAYOR. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY, MAYOR. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE. IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN PROCEED TO ADMINISTER THE NAMING OF VICE MAYOR. AND. YES, PLEASE PROCEED. SO THIS TIME I WILL OPEN NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE MAYOR. I NOMINATE PHYLLIS. [00:45:10] WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WATERS BROWN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? WELL, CONSIDERING VICE MAYOR PEREZ JUST NOMINATED SOMEONE ELSE, I THINK I SECOND THAT MOVE MOTION TO NAME PHYLLIS. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING. I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT. SHE JUST SECONDED IT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS HEARING? NONE. I WILL CLOSE NOMINATIONS. I WILL ASK IF THERE IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. NO, SIR. NO CLERK HEARING, NO PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL HEARING? NONE. AT THIS TIME. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO NAME COUNCIL MEMBER WATERS BROWN AS VICE MAYOR FOR THE ENSUING YEAR THAT WE NOMINATE. COUNCILWOMAN WATERS BROWN AS OUR VICE MAYOR. OUR NEWLY INSTALLED VICE MAYOR. SHE AIN'T INSTALLED YET, BUT VICE MAYOR. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY. VICE MAYOR. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND NOW WE WILL TURN THE GAVEL BACK OVER TO YOU, MAYOR, AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. WE ARE NOW ON THE AGENDA AT ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS. OKAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK ANGELINA FOR STEPPING UP AND BEING THE VICE MAYOR. AND YOU'RE AMAZING. SHE'S VERY DEDICATED TO THIS VILLAGE, VERY DEDICATED TO THE KIDS IN THE SPORTS. YEAH. AND THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC TO FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. I THINK WE GOT TO GO BACKWARDS. WE DIDN'T DO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS YET, RIGHT? NO WE DIDN'T. YEAH. WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE ALL THE WAY UP AT THE TOP ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE. NO WE HAVE NO ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS OR ANY MODIFICATIONS. OKAY. THERE WE GO. DO WE HAVE ANY. NO. SHE SAID NO. NO, SIR. OKAY. PROCLAMATIONS, AWARDS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, MISS LINDA NICCUM. OKAY. FINALLY. COME ON UP. OKAY. NOW WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. THERE WE GO. WE'RE BACK ON QUEUE. FOR THE RECORD, LINDA NICCUM. AS WE ARE STEPPING INTO OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL BE SEEING EACH OF YOU IN A NEW POSITION, NOT ONLY AT THE TABLE, BUT ALSO IN YOUR NEW POSITIONS IN COMMITTEES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING FRESH PERSPECTIVES ON ISSUES THAT OUR VILLAGE WILL FACE, AS WELL AS NEW IDEAS ON SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS. I WANT TO PROPOSE THAT THE NEW YEAR INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT WILL BETTER PRESENT TO OUR RESIDENTS EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR VILLAGE GOVERNMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A FIVE MINUTE UPDATE FROM EACH DEPARTMENT ON A MONTHLY BASIS, SPELLING OUT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, WHAT THEY ARE PREPARING TO DO, WHAT THEIR PROBLEMS OR NEEDS ARE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE IN PROGRESS OR BEING HELD UP BY MATERIALS, MANPOWER, OWNER EASEMENTS, OR WHATEVER. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PROGRESS IS ON PREPARING OUR PARK FIELDS FOR OUR YOUTH TO START USING THEM. I WANT TO KNOW IF NEW APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR BUILDING AND WHAT CHANGES MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE LOOKED AT FOR OUR ELDERS. I WANT TO KNOW IF OUR TOP OF THE LINE SOFTWARE PROGRAM IS UP AND RUNNING, AND IF NOT, WHY? WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANT CONSTRUCTION? OUR GRANTS BEING RECEIVED OR HELD UP? AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH. AND I WANT TO HEAR MONTHLY REPORTS ON THE COMMITTEES THAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN CHOSEN TO BE A PART OF. I KNOW A GREAT DEAL GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT I FEEL THAT WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW. TOO MANY THINGS ARE BEING ATTENDED TO [00:50:01] ADMINISTRATIVELY AND NEVER BROUGHT UP AT MEETINGS, EVEN IF THE COUNCIL IS NOT REQUIRED TO VOTE ON AN ISSUE, THE PUBLIC SHOULD AT LEAST KNOW ABOUT IT. THE WAY IT LOOKS FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE RESIDENT IS NOT CONFIDENTIAL, BUT RATHER SECRETIVE, AND I EXPECT OUR GOVERNMENT TO BE IN THE SUNSHINE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. AND WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ROOM CONTINUE TO BE FULL LIKE THIS. THIS IS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? VICE MAYOR, THE COMMENT FOR ME WOULD BE WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CLEANUP ON SATURDAY STARTING AT 7 A.M. I HAVE COFFEE FOR YOU. COME ON OUT. WE WANT TO CLEAN UP OUR TOWN TO SHOW PRIDE. IT'LL START AT SEVEN. WE SHOULD BE DONE BY 11. BRING YOUR ENERGY. BRING A NEIGHBOR, BRING SOME WILLINGNESS. THE OTHER STUFF WE'VE GOT. SO I HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE BY 7:00 SO THAT WE CAN CLEAN UP OUR COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT. WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL BE THERE, GOING DOWN THE STREETS, PICKING UP EVERYTHING THAT THEY SEE. CLAW TRUCKS WILL BE OUT AS WELL. SO FOR OVERSIZE THINGS THEY WILL DO THAT. BUT PLEASE SEPARATE YOUR BULK ITEMS FROM YOUR GRASS AND YARD WASTE. TWO SEPARATE PILES. DO NOT PUT IT UNDER AN ELECTRICAL WIRE BECAUSE THE THE TRUCKS CAN'T GET UNDERNEATH THE ELECTRICAL WIRES TO PICK UP THE TRASH OR BULK. AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT OR ON. YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE CURBSIDE AND WE PICK THAT UP FOR YOU AS WELL. HAZMAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS WELL. IN THE VACANT LOT OFF OF WARFIELD BOULEVARD, NEXT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HITCHCOCK. SO IF YOU HAVE TIRES, NOT BUSINESSES. IF INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS HAVE TIRES THAT THEY WISH TO RID THEMSELVES OF, BRING IT. WE HAVE A DUMPSTER FOR THAT. HAZMAT. YOU HAVE OLD PAINT, ANYTHING THAT IS HAZARDOUS. BRING IT. WE WILL PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT FOR THAT AS WELL. DO NOT PUT IT OUT OVERNIGHT. THE NEXT DAY WE'LL HAVE TRUCKS COMING THROUGH TO HELP YOU PUT IT IN THERE. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT OUT. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? NONE. COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER. YES. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE. I WAS APPROACHED BY THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD, A COMPANY THAT IS APPLYING FOR SOME FUNDING. THAT HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PARTICULARLY TO FOCUS ON AVIATION. AND THEY NEED A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPONSOR. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO I'VE SENT THE DOCUMENTATION TO MR. VOSS EARLIER TODAY THAT HE'LL REVIEW HE HE WILL BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AN MOU THAT WILL ESTABLISH THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AS A LOCAL SPONSOR FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND THEIR INTENT IS TO GO TO THE INDIAN TOWN AIRPORT. AND THAT'S WHY THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO THE VILLAGE. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR. ALSO, THE BDB LUNCHEON IS ON THE 6TH OF OCTOBER. I'VE ONLY HEARD FROM TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. WE DO HAVE A TABLE. IT'S FROM. IT'S AT THE HUTCHINSON SHORES FROM 1130 TO 1. SO IF ANY OF OF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. NEXT FRIDAY IS THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE VILLAGE, THE CITY STEWARD, THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. THE VILLAGE IS THE CHAIR, SO THE MAYOR WILL OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW YOU'RE PLANNING ON ATTENDING, BUT IF ANYONE ELSE IS ATTENDING, WE NEED TO KNOW SO THAT WE CAN LET THEM KNOW. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO NOT ON YOUR LIST, BUT THERE'S A SEAT THAT'S OPEN. SO WHEN YOU GO THROUGH YOUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS, THERE'S A SEAT THAT'S OPEN ON THE MPO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THEIR BPAC, WHICH THEY'RE LOOKING FOR REPRESENTATION FROM THE VILLAGE FOR THAT TOO. SO KIND OF BE THINKING ABOUT IF YOU HAVE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE COUNCIL MEMBER. IT CAN BE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FOR SOMEONE TO FILL THAT SEAT. AND THEN ALSO I JUST WANT TO BEFORE YOU GET GOING ON YOUR COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS, WHEN I HEAR THAT THE VILLAGE HAS BEEN IGNORED OR, YOU KNOW, NO ONE CARES ABOUT US OR NOBODY LISTENS OR HEARS ABOUT THE VILLAGE, THESE COMMITTEES ARE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP THE VILLAGE AT THE FOREFRONT. SO I KNOW IT CAN BE VERY BUSY, BUT THEIR MEETINGS ARE THERE. THEY MEET ALMOST MONTHLY. AND SO IF [00:55:06] IF YOU'RE GOING TO SIGN UP FOR THESE, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'M HAPPY TO ATTEND OR THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, I WOULD REACH OUT TO HIM TO SEE IF HE WANTS TO ATTEND. SO IF I THE COMMITTEES THAT I'M ON, IF I CAN'T MAKE IT, I REACH OUT AND ASK SOMEBODY ELSE TO ATTEND. SO IT'S IT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO KEEP THE VILLAGE AT THE FOREFRONT. AND WHEN WE ASK FOR COMMITTEE UPDATES, YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE COMMITTEES ARE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. SO THAT'S IT. I'LL JUST SAY I'LL GO. IF SOMEBODY IS ON A COMMITTEE AND THEY CAN'T GO, THEY CAN CALL ME AND I WILL GO. I'VE GONE, I'VE BEEN THERE. YOU SHOULD CALL ME, YOU KNOW, AND I WILL CALL YOU. CALL ME. I GOT ONE OTHER THING, [APPROVAL OF AGENDA] PLEASE. OKAY. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. HOLD ON A SECOND. I HAVE ONE OTHER THING. OKAY. GO AHEAD. I HAVE TWO THINGS. MISS CHRISTIE. WE I ASKED AT THE LAST MEETING FOR. I THINK IT WAS OUR PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE PROPERTY IN THE BACK. AND YOU GOT BACK WITH US. CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE? ALSO, CAN WE SCHEDULE A STRATEGIC MEETING, A REAL STRATEGIC MEETING TO SAY, WHERE ARE WE GOING, WHERE WE WHY WE'RE GOING THAT WAY, WHICH DIRECTION WE WANT TO TRAVEL AS A GROUP, AS A COMMUNITY. CAN WE SCHEDULE ONE OF THOSE? THAT WOULD BE THE THIRD ONE, I KNOW. YEAH, WE CAN. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN THERE'S AN EXPENSE TO THE FACILITATOR. THE REASON WE USE THE TREASURE COAST PLANNING COUNCIL LAST TIME AND I HAVEN'T I NEED TO CIRCLE BACK WITH STEPHANIE TO FIND OUT WHY SHE HASN'T GIVEN US. KIND OF A FOLLOW UP WAS BECAUSE WE HAD GRANT FUNDING FOR IT. IT WAS PART OF PUBLIC OUTREACH, SO IT REALLY IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE FACILITATION, I GUESS. AND, AND, AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THESE AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE BEST ROUTE. WELL, LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION. MAYBE IT'S A BETTER QUESTION AND I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT. IS THERE A WAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER WITHOUT BEING IN THIS TYPE OF SETTING? IS THERE IS THERE A WAY WITHOUT AN OFFICIAL FACILITATOR TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO GO? OF COURSE, ABSOLUTELY. CAN WE PLAN THAT? WE THAT IS NO ONE PLAN THAT IF YOU ALL WANT TO. I MEAN, WE'RE BUTTING UP TO THE HOLIDAYS IF YOU ALL WANT TO. OH, THAT'S RIGHT, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS. OR MAYBE I'LL JUST I CAN SEND OUT SOME SUGGESTIONS. AS FAR AS DATES, I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE ANOTHER EVENING MEETING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN YOU CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING AND WE CAN NOTICE IT AND HAVE THAT HAVE THAT DIALOG. WELL, WHEN DOES EVERYBODY WANT TO DO IT? WHEN IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TOMORROW. FOR ME, IT COULD BE NEXT YEAR. THE FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DURING THE HOLIDAY. WE DID THAT AT AT MARTIN COUNTY. WHAT WE DID, WHAT THE COUNT, WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS DID WAS ASK THEIR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO WRITE DOWN LIKE FIVE TOP THINGS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT YEAR. AND THEN WE BROUGHT THAT AND THEY ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD A GOOD IDEA. SO WE WILL REACH OUT AND ASK YOU TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE'LL SCHEDULE THAT MEETING. AND THEN THAT WAY YOU START YOUR DIALOG BECAUSE YOU GET A CHANCE AHEAD OF TIME TO SEE WHAT YOUR WHAT HER FIVE THINGS ARE AND WHAT YOUR FIVE THINGS ARE AND START THINKING ABOUT AND YOU HAVE SOME COMMONALITY, BUT YOU ALSO GET SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS. LOVE IT. THANK YOU. VERY MUCH. THE DUE DILIGENCE. YES, I'M SORRY, I DID DO A. I REACHED OUT TO KIMLEY-HORN, OUR ENGINEER THAT DID THE INITIAL STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS ON THIS BUILDING BEFORE WE ACQUIRED IT, AND HE HE DID A PRETTY THOROUGH INITIAL ANALYSIS, AND HE CAME BACK AND SAID THAT THE THIS BUILDING IT'S IT'S 50 YEARS OLD WAS NEVER BUILT TO ANTICIPATE ANOTHER STRUCTURE ON TOP AND STRUCTURALLY TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO FIRM THIS UP SO THAT YOU COULD MAKE ANOTHER STORY, IT WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE. AND HE SAID IT'D BE MUCH CHEAPER TO BUILD A FACILITY FROM THE GROUND UP IF YOU HAD THE PROPERTY. SO THAT'S THAT WAS THEIR PROFESSIONAL OPINION. THANK YOU. OKAY. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. I'M SORRY FOR THE TRANSCRIPTION. THAT WAS REALLY LOW. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY ONZAGA, SECOND BY WILLIAMS PALMER. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. [CONSENT AGENDA] THANK YOU. OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION MADE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. [Reorganization of Council Committee Appointments] [01:00:12] REORGANIZATION OF COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. WE HAVE. ANYTHING THAT. ARE WE ALL HAPPY WHERE WE'RE AT ON THESE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS? NO. I WOULD LIKE TO BE AN ALTERNATE FOR THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CURRENTLY ARE. COUNCILWOMAN. THAT MAY BE. THAT'S A TYPO. THE TREASURE COAST. YEAH. WHAT WHAT THEY DO IS THERE'S A PRIMARY. IT'S TRULY NOT A PRIMARY. THERE'S THE SEWALL'S POINT. VINNIE BURRELL IS THE PRIMARY APPOINTEE TO REPRESENT MUNICIPALITIES. AND YOU WERE THE ALTERNATE. OKAY. AS I UNDERSTOOD IT BECAUSE I. I SENT THEM AN EMAIL TO CLARIFY. I'M SORRY. THEY ROTATE THE MUNICIPALITIES, ROTATE WHO'S GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY OR THE ALTERNATE. RIGHT. SO THIS YEAR THE PRIMARY IS SEWALL'S POINT. THE ALTERNATE IS INDIAN TOWN. OKAY. THE PRIMARY IS THEN I WAS WRONG WAS WATERS BROWN VICE MAYOR AND THEN YOU AS THE ALTERNATE. SO IF MR. BURRELL COULDN'T MAKE IT, HE WOULD CALL ME. HE WOULD CALL HER. OH, GOOD. THE REASON WHY I ASKED? BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THIS. YES, IT'S IT'S DECEIVING THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN. DECEIVING. YEAH, I'LL FIX IT. OKAY, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE JUST. LET'S JUST START FROM THE TOP. YEAH. YES. INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WE GOT WATERS BROWN FOR PRIMARY AND PALMER FOR ALTERNATE. I'D LIKE TO KEEP MINE. YOU'RE GOING TO STAY THERE. OKAY. SO THAT. THAT'S WHY I'M THE ALTERNATE. ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP IT OKAY. YOU WANT INDIAN TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST FUND? WE GOT PALMER AND PEREZ, AND I'D LIKE TO CHANGE MISS RIZOS TO THE ENTITY CONTACT INSTEAD OF MYSELF. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT THE WAY IT IS, OKAY? BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD ON THE PRIMARY. AND YOU'RE GOING TO STAY AS A OKAY, MARTIN COUNTY EMS. I GOT PALMER AS THE PRIMARY. AND WATERS BROWN IS THE ALTERNATE. YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT ONE. YEAH. OKAY MPO MYSELF AND. WATERS BROWN IS THE IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS IT THEY CAN HAVE THAT ONE. I'M GOING TO KEEP THAT THE WAY IT IS. YOU'RE GOING TO STAY ON FOR THAT I GUESS. SO NOBODY ELSE WANTS IT. I'LL STAY OKAY. TREASURE COAST COUNCIL, LOCAL GOVERNMENT MIGUEL PEREZ IS THE PRIMARY. AND MYSELF AS THE ALTERNATE. YOU'RE GOING TO STAY ON THAT. YES. OKAY. TREASURE COAST, REGIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. WATERS. BROWN IS THE PRIMARY AND PEREZ AS THE COUNCILWOMAN, PEREZ AS THE ALTERNATE AND STAY THERE. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, WE JUST DID. OKAY. NO CHANGES. OKAY. AND THEN THE MPO. THE MPO PACK, THEY WERE THEY THEY ALREADY MET IN SEPTEMBER. THEY MEET QUARTERLY. IT LOOKS LIKE LOOKING AT THEIR CALENDAR IT VARIES. IT'S USUALLY A MONDAY. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE US SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW, AT THIS MOMENT YOU'VE GOT A FEW MONTHS TO THINK ABOUT IT. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY TALK ABOUT VARIOUS FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION OTHER THAN VEHICULAR. AND SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE BIKE PATH. YEAH. THE BACKPACK. YEAH. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WANTS TO DO THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. WANT TO DO THAT OKAY. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. DIANE PARKER SHOULD BE ON THAT COMMITTEE. DIANE PARKER WHAT OTHER. OH, IT'S THE IT'S THE MPO. THEY'RE DOING BICYCLE PATHS AND THEY GOT A BOARD. YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN? YEAH. LET ME I CAN [01:05:05] TELL YOU EXACTLY. THEY THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROVIDES INPUT ON NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND ISSUES. IT IS COMPRISED OF 15 MEMBERS, SOME APPOINTED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND CITY COMMISSIONS, SOME APPOINTED TO REPRESENT GROUPS LIKE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND THREE NON-VOTING MEMBERS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR FDOT. I'M HERE THREE TIMES THREE TIMES A YEAR, EVERY ONCE A QUARTER, AND IT'S LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON. IT FALLS ON THE SECOND MONDAY. ONE OF THEM FELL ON A ON THE. THAT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE OF A HOLIDAY SOMEWHERE IN THERE. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE SECOND MONDAY OF EACH QUARTER. THERE'S ONE. YES. ONE. ONE. JUST ONE COMMENT OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. AFTER THE MEETING I'LL NEED YOUR INFORMATION. OKAY. CAN I I WAS NOMINATED OH, NO, I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. MISS CAROLYN, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE? CAN YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE? I'M. I'M REALLY, LIKE, HAND TRANSCRIBING WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SO COULD YOU. CAROLYN PARKER, EXCUSE ME. WHERE ARE THE MEETINGS? THEY'RE IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN INDIANA. NO, NO, IT'S MARTIN COUNTY. YEAH, BUT I DON'T HAVE IS WHAT TIME THEIR MEETINGS ARE. THEY'RE USUALLY IN THE MORNING, 9:00 IN THE MORNING. WHY? MPO MEETINGS DON'T START TILL TEN, SO. I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD BE BETWEEN 9 AND 10:00 IN THE MORNING. BUT YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO, TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S INTERESTED IN DOING THAT FOR SURE. DO WE NEED A PRIMARY AND AN ALTERNATE. GIVE ME TWO. OR CAN WE DO TWO. YEAH. IF THEY'RE BOTH INTERESTED IN SERVING I'M NOT DOING ALTERNATE I'M AT A PRIMARY I'M NOT. OKAY I'LL DO IT. OKAY OKAY. MISS. MISS MCBRIDE WILL JUST NEED YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION. I HAVE IT, OKAY. PERFECT. YOU. THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT. AWARD [Approval for Contract Award of 2025-02 Parks Landscape Maintenance to Terracon Services, Inc. in the amount not to exceed $72,903.98.] 2020 502. PARKS LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE TO TERRACON SERVICES. THAT MUST BE. YOU. YOU WENT. YEAH. I CAN LET MISS RACES TAKE IT. IT WAS A BID. A PROJECT THAT WAS WAS BID. THE SELECTION COMMITTEE MET AND GOT TOGETHER AND MADE A DETERMINATION FOR AN AWARD. AND SO IT WILL. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED TO DEB, YOU KNOW WHAT, HOW MANY PARKS, HOW MANY CUTTINGS? IT INCLUDES MULCHING IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO DETAIL. HI DEBBIE RIZOS PARKS DIRECTOR SO THIS CONTRACT WENT OUT TO BID FORMALLY, AND WE DID HAVE SIX COMPANIES THAT RESPONDED. THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WENT OVER AND MADE A SELECTION. THE CONTRACT SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES MOWING, LITTER CONTROL, WEED CONTROL, MULCHING. IT ALSO INCLUDES IRRIGATION MAINTENANCE. WE WERE HAVING WE HAD A SEPARATE CONTRACT FOR THAT, BUT WE FOUND A LOT OF OUR MAINTENANCE WE WERE PAYING FOR REPAIRS WAS COMING FROM THE LANDSCAPER, SO WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN CHARGE OF FIXING WHAT THEY BREAK. THEY ALSO EDGING AND TRIMMING. THEY WILL PERFORM THOSE SERVICES 39 TIMES A YEAR AT THE THREE VILLAGE PARKS. AND IT INCLUDES BOB SOUSA. OKAY. SO THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS $72,903.98. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN THAT CONTRACT. YEAH. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. WAS THIS IN THIS WAS IN THE BUDGET? YES. THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE PARKS BUDGET FOR THIS OKAY. SO THE BUDGET WAS ALREADY APPROVED, RIGHT? YES. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING. JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE APPROVING THE CONTRACT. THE CONTRACT. SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT. I NEED A LET ME ASK DEBBIE, HOW MANY PARKS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THREE. THREE PARKS. YEP. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. SO THAT'S IT? LOOKS LIKE 13 TIMES A YEAR FOR FOR EACH PARK, SO. OH, NO. THEY'RE 39 MOWING CYCLES. THEY COME OUT AND ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS IS WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO START. THEY WILL MOW ALL THREE PARKS. OKAY. GREAT. AND BOB SOUSA CENTER, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION. AND A SECOND. YES, SIR. HAVE A MOTION [Acceptance and Approval of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Vulnerability Assessment Grant Agreement in the amount of $100,000.00.] [01:10:03] A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT ACCEPTANCE OF APPROVAL OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MR. MR. NOLAN WILL PROBABLY TAKE THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY WHEN THEY READ THIS AND THEY'RE THINKING, OH MY GOSH, WHY $100,000 FOR A VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT. THIS HAS BECOME A NEW REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE STATE GRANTS. THEY THEY INSIST THAT YOU HAVE THIS STUDY PERFORMED. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT. AND SO PAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND KICK IT TO YOU. PAT NOLAN, FOR THE RECORD, PRETTY MUCH DARREN EXPLAINED IT VERY WELL WHEN VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT ACTUALLY WILL ACCOMPLISH TWO THINGS. ONE IS WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHERE OUR WEAKNESSES ARE. BUT THEN THE OTHER PART OF IT IS WHEN WE ASK FOR A GRANT, THEY'RE GOING TO ASK FOR THAT ASSESSMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE IT. WE DID MISS OUT ON SOME GRANTS IN THE PAST BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THAT. BUT WE'RE ALSO FORTUNATE THAT WE GOT $100,000 GRANT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GRANT AND ALSO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK. AND WE PIGGYBACKED ON A PRIOR AGREEMENT FOR THIS WITH AN ENGINEERING COMPANY. SO WE'RE READY TO GO ONCE THIS GETS SIGNED. WE WERE JUST WAITING TO GET THE FINAL DOCUMENTATION. OKAY. SO JUST JUST FOR CLARITY, WE WE ALREADY HAVE THIS GRANT. WE ALREADY HAVE THIS MONEY. WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY. WE HAVE THE GRANT. WE NEED TO SIGN THIS PAPERWORK SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE THE MONEY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MR. NOLAN, HOW LONG IS THE ASSESSMENT GOOD FOR? IS IT ONE YEAR OR EVERY YEAR OR EVERY THREE YEARS? I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. BUT WITH ANY ASSESSMENT LIKE THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UPDATE IT PROBABLY AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE, YOU KNOW, AS THE SYSTEM AGES, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE HAVE AN OLD SYSTEM. IT'S IT'S AGE. SO IN THAT ASSESSMENT, THERE WILL PROBABLY BE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO IT'LL BE PART OF THE FUTURE. WE'LL BE DOING THIS ASSESSMENT FOR SURE. THANK YOU. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, ALL GOOD PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A SECOND OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE. PASS UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BEHAVE. I'M GOING TO GET Y'ALL. OUT. BUT WE DO. WE DO HAVE THE TRANSCRIPTION COMPANY THAT DOES TRANSCRIBE THESE MINUTES. SO THEY NEED TO HEAR IT OKAY. GOTCHA OKAY. Y'ALL HEARD THAT RIGHT. BEHAVE OKAY OKAY. WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS I DO HAVE [PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)] PUBLIC COMMENT. MISS SHEILA ROSARIO PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, MISS SHEILA ROSARIO. MAYBE A COMPLAINT. SHEILA ROSARIO FOR THE RECORD, FIRST. SORRY. I FELT EYES ON ME AND I WAS LIKE. I FELT LIKE I HAD TO ANSWER. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. SECOND. SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE RUDE. I JUST GO BY A SCHEDULE. SO IT'S EITHER I HAVE A SCHEDULE OR I DON'T. OKAY, SOME SIMPLE STUFF ONE. THE HOUSE WAS FULL, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT WE DO HAVE THE RODEO COMING. SHOW UP, SHOW UP AND MAKE SURE YOU SHOW UP COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I LEARNED MY LESSON. CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC FOR ME? THE INDIAN TOWN RODEO IS COMING NEXT WEEK. THE TRUNK OR TREAT I'M MENTIONING, I KNOW THAT IT'S COMING UP AND WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, BUT WE STILL NEED MORE CANDY SO THE KIDS CAN HAVE A GREAT TIME. SO WE HAVE A BUNCH OF COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING IN HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, HELP OUT A LITTLE. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. MEETINGS AND THE VIDEOS. I KNOW THAT I SPOKE TO RHONDA AND WE WERE LOOKING INTO THE WEBSITE FOR THE LANGUAGES. WHEN YOU GO INTO THE WEBSITE FOR THE LANGUAGES, IT GIVES YOU THE THE LISTING. BUT IF YOU GO TO YOUR PHONE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY CHOOSE. YOU GO TO YOUR TABLET, YOU CAN'T EVEN SLIDE IT OVER. IT STOPS YOU OUT LIKE L. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY SLIDE OVER FOR THE LANGUAGE. SO WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF UPDATING THE WEBSITE TO BE ABLE TO PICK THE LANGUAGE AGAIN, BEING VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO LISTEN AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE, WE ARE GROWING, AND I WANT PEOPLE TO GROW WITH US. AT THE SAME TIME, WITH THE GROWING, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN FROM OUT OF THE AREA. THEY'RE LOOKING ONLINE AND WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ONLINE. I KNOW IT'S A VILLAGE, I KNOW WE'RE ALL GROWING, BUT ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE, LIKE LINDA WAS ASKING, WE ALL WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WHETHER IF IT'S A SIMPLE INFORMATION OF WHAT YOU DID TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT OR [01:15:05] YOU GUYS BEING ELECTED, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU KNOW THESE THINGS. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. AND THAT'S NOWHERE ON THE WEBSITES. SO A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FOR US WOULD BE GREAT. ALSO ONE MINUTE LEFT I CAN DO THAT. THAT'S FINE. I CAN DO A LOT IN ONE MINUTE. TERRA LAGO, WE'RE GROWING. AND I NOTICED FROM ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS YOU GUYS HAVE AND I SAY YOU THE VILLAGE HAVE LIKE ONE PERSON HAS TO BE FROM HERE. ONE PERSON HAS TO BE FROM HERE. ONE PERSON HAS TO BE FROM HERE FOR WHATEVER POSITIONS YOU HAVE. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR WHEN WE ARE DONE? BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE SECTION OVER THERE. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? AND ARE WE OR SOMEONE FROM TERRA LAGO WILL HAVE A SAY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYBODY. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO RUN FOR THE SEATS. OH NO. NO REASON. SO. I THINK, COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK THE REFERENCE THAT SHE'S MAKING IS RELATIVE TO THE INDIAN TOWN TRUST FUND COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS THOSE ESTABLISHED THAT WERE BASED ON 30 SOMETHING YEARS AGO. AND SO WE CAN ASK MR. VOSS TO LOOK AT A AN AMENDMENT TO THAT MOU SINCE IT WAS EXTENDED. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. I KNOW I READ IT SOMEWHERE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. ANY [ANNOUNCEMENTS] ANNOUNCEMENTS? I HAVE TWO. OUR NEXT FAMILY MARKET. IT'S GOING TO BE OCTOBER 1ST, 10 A.M. AT BIG MOUND PARK. OUR NEXT FOOD DRIVE IS OCTOBER 9TH AT 8 A.M. AND BOOKER PARK. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN, PLEASE? FAMILY MARKET UNTIL IT FIRST DO IT OVER THE MIC. DO IT OVER THE MIC, BIG MOUND AND THE REGULAR FOOD DRIVE ON OCTOBER 9TH AT 8 A.M. IN BOOKER PARK. OKAY, I, I REALLY NEED JOINT MEETING ATTENDEES TONIGHT. THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH OUT THE AGENDA TOMORROW. WHAT DATE IS THAT? I'M SORRY. NEXT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3RD. OCTOBER 3RD. NEXT FRIDAY AT THE BLAKE LIBRARY, BEGINNING AT 9:00. AND YOU SAY I'M TRAVELING. OKAY. IT USUALLY LASTS ABOUT MAYBE TWO HOURS. SO WE'LL HAVE ANGELINA AND THE MAYOR. OKAY? OKAY, OKAY. ANY [NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)] MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANYTHING ELSE? NO. OKAY. THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS GOING TO BE OCTOBER 9TH * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.