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MADAM CLERK. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR DEPALO HERE. VICE MAYOR WATERS BROWN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIAMS. PALMER. COUNCIL MEMBER. SAWYER. HERE.
OKAY. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO OUR OCTOBER 9TH INDIANTOWN VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING. I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THE BATHROOM IS LOCATED THROUGH THE DOOR TO YOUR LEFT. EXIT DOORS ARE CLEARLY MARKED TEXAS SIGNS THE LEFT AND RIGHT. YOU'LL HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK TONIGHT. THE FIRST WILL BE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT, WHERE YOU CAN SPEAK TO ANY SUBJECT NOT ON THE AGENDA. THE SECOND WILL BE DURING THE AGENDA DISCUSSION ITEM ITEM DISCUSSION. IF YOU DID NOT COMMENT IN THE FIRST SEGMENT OR FOR THOSE WHO CAME IN LATE, THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES IN EACH SEGMENT. PLEASE ADHERE TO OUR CIVILITY PRACTICE AND THIS AND ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD LOCATED IN THE BACK TABLE AND HAND IT TO THE DEPUTY. THIS TIME I'LL ASK YOU TO STAND FOR THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY OUR OWN RHONDA MCBRIDE, AND REMAIN STANDING AS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU THIS AFTERNOON FOR SAFE PASSAGE TO THIS MEETING. WE ASK GOD THAT AS WE ARE HERE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS FOR THIS COMMUNITY, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THESE PEOPLE, BLESS THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING AND BLESS OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE THANK YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE PRIDE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE TO GET ON THE VIDEO? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS? NO, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
[Presentation Supervisor of Elections Vicki Davis]
PROCLAMATIONS, PRESENTATION. WE HAVE VICKI DAVIS, SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. SHE'S GOING TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION. WELCOME, VICKI. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. DAVIS. MISS DAVIS, MISS DAVIS. YES. GO RIGHT ON THE RIGHT ON THE SIDE ON THIS. OUT THERE. THERE ON THE VERY END. OKAY, I'LL START OVER. I'M VICKI DAVIS, MARTIN COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU AGAIN. AND I, KIRI AND I LET ME INTRODUCE WHO'S HERE. KIRI ANDERSON, CHIEF DEPUTY AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. AND VERA HOW VERA IS OUR INTERN FROM CLARK ADVANCED LEARNING CENTER. SO THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT AS WELL. BUT KIRI AND I ARE GOING TO THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND SHARING INFORMATION IN THE PACKET THAT YOU WERE PRESENTED. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S MARTIN COUNTY'S 100TH YEAR. SO WE'RE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY AND ACTION IN THIS FISCAL REPORT THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET. IT'S TOWARDS THE BACK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PACKET ITSELF, AND JUST WANTED TO COVER SOME POINTS WITH YOU FROM OVER THE YEARS. IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU TURN IN THE PACKET TO PAGES FOUR AND FIVE, YOU'LL SEE THE SEVEN GATEKEEPERS OF DEMOCRACY, THE SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS OR REGISTRARS AS THEY WERE CALLED WHEN THE COUNTY WAS FORMED. AND I THINK MOST OF US REMEMBER MY PREDECESSOR, PEGGY ROBINS, WHO SERVED FOR 27, ALMOST 28 YEARS.AND THEN I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE IN THE OFFICE FOR THIS IS MY 21ST YEAR. KERRY'S BEEN WITH ME FOR 20 YEARS, AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THAT 20 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, THAT'S FOR SURE. IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT SET OF PAGES, I CAN OPEN IT. I LIKE THIS PAGES SIX AND SEVEN. IT'S A VOTER REGISTRATION SUMMARY. WE ONLY HAVE STATISTICS THAT GO BACK TO 1938 AS FAR AS REGISTRATIONS ARE CONCERNED. BUT YOU CAN SEE IN 1938 WE HAD 1800 REGISTERED VOTERS IN ALL OF MARTIN COUNTY. A THOUSAND OF THEM WERE REGISTERED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC
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PARTY AND 80 WERE REGISTERED WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. SO AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES AND THE TRENDS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. FLIPPING ON OVER TO PAGES EIGHT AND NINE, JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LAST ELECTION CYCLE. IN THE PRIMARY, WE DID HAVE 31,000, ALMOST 32,000 VOTES CAST. WE HAVE AT IN 2024, WE HAD 116,000 REGISTERED VOTERS.THE NUMBERS DROPPED DOWN AFTER THE ELECTIONS BECAUSE OF LIST MAINTENANCE, BUT 32,000 VOTES CAST IN A PRIMARY ELECTION. I REALLY ENCOURAGE VOTERS TO GET OUT DURING A PRIMARY BECAUSE MANY OF OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE DECIDED IN A PRIMARY. WE HAD AN 85% TURNOUT FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION, WHICH MADE MARTIN COUNTY THE 10TH HIGHEST TURNOUT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN BY PARTY. SO, AS I SAID, WE HAD 116, 117,000 REGISTERED VOTERS AT THAT POINT IN TIME AND ALMOST 100,000 TURNED OUT TO VOTE. SO WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM WHO TURNED OUT TO VOTE. AND THEN IF YOU TURN THE PAGE TO TEN, YOU'LL SEE OUR BUDGET FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. BUT YOU'LL SEE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AT THE BOTTOM, AND IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE DS 200 VOTING EQUIPMENT. THE SCANNERS THAT WE USE HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY, WE THIS EQUIPMENT WAS PURCHASED IN 2008, AND IT'S TIME THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS IS COMING TO A CLOSE. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE REPLACING THE EQUIPMENT WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU SEE HERE, WHICH IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR. A SCANTRON BALLOT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA IS A PAPER BALLOT STATE. AS OF 2008. GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST MADE THE MANDATE THAT EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WOULD HAVE A PAPER BALLOT. WE DO HAVE THANKS TO TARYN. WHEN TARYN WAS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR MARTIN COUNTY AND I CAME INTO OFFICE, I WENT TO TARYN AND ASKED IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE THAT WHATEVER RESERVE, WHATEVER MONIES I HAVE LEFT OVER IN MY BUDGET AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, IF IT COULD GO INTO A VOTE VOTING EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT ACCOUNT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IN THE ACCOUNT, I WILL NOT HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU, TARYN. THANK YOU. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. SO WE WILL BE REPLACING THE EQUIPMENT. AND WHEN YOU WHEN YOU PURCHASE THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, IT'S ALSO AND YOU UPGRADE, THEN YOU'RE ALSO HAVING TO PURCHASE NEW SERVERS. THE WHOLE SYSTEM HAS TO BE REPLACED. SO WE'LL HAVE A WHOLE NEW SYSTEM FOR 2026. I'M GOING TO ASK KIRI TO COME UP FOR JUST A MINUTE AND SHARE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
GOOD EVENING, KIRI ANDERSON. IF YOU TURN TO PAGE 12 AND 13, IN YOUR BOOK, I'LL JUST BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU KNOW, OUR SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS IS COMMITTED TO OUR VOTERS, AND WE LOVE BEING IN THE COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS EDUCATED AND ELECTION READY. SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS WE FEATURE HERE ARE PROGRAMS WE'RE DOING IN OUR SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ELECTION READY. WE DO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CHICK FIL A CONTEST WHERE ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE.
THEY LOVE IT BECAUSE THE WINNING STUDENTS NONPARTIZAN ARTWORK IS DISPLAYED IN CHICK FIL A WITH THE ELECTION DATES, EVERYONE IN THEIR CLASS GETS CHICK FIL A COUPONS, THEY GET A CHICK FIL A COW, AND THE CHICK FIL A COW COMES OUT WITH BALLOONS AND EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT VOTING. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT TO START YOUNG AND GETTING THOSE STUDENTS ENGAGED. SO ONCE THEY'RE 18, THEY WILL BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE VOTING PROCESS. OUR I VOTED AND FUTURE VOTED STICKER CONTEST. YOU ALL LOVE THOSE I VOTED STICKERS THAT YOU GET ON ELECTION DAY. WHETHER EARLY OR VOTING ON ELECTION DAY, THEY'RE NOW DONE BY OUR STUDENTS. SO OUR STUDENTS CREATE THE I VOTED STICKER. WE HAVE NOW SUBMITTED THAT INFORMATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THEY WILL START THOSE CONTESTS MOMENTARILY IN
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OUR SCHOOLS. AND WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE WINNING I VOTED AND FUTURE VOTERS STICKER. WE CAME UP WITH FUTURE VOTER BECAUSE THOSE KIDS COME TO THE POLLS WITH THEIR MOM AND DAD, AND WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE WITH SOMETHING, TOO, IF WE CAN LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE A FUTURE VOTER, ONE DAY AND ONE DAY YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME STICKER AS YOUR MOM AND DAD. IF YOU CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED, REGISTER TO VOTE. EDUCATE YOURSELVES ON THE ISSUES AND CANDIDATES, AND ACTIVELY GET OUT THERE AND CAST A VOTE. WE ALSO DO AN ART CONTEST WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT'S SPONSORED BY LESSER, LESSER, LANDY AND SMITH, WHERE THE WINNING STUDENT RECEIVES A MONETARY PRIZE OF $200. THE WINNING ARTWORK BECOMES OUR PROPERTY AND IS ON DISPLAY IN THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. SO IF YOU'RE VOTING EARLY OR JUST COMING IN FOR TOURS AND TOURS OR SOMETHING, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 13, WHICH WE'RE REALLY PROMOTING NOW BECAUSE WE ARE YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR ELECTION INFORMATION, SO WE WANT OUR PUBLIC TO COME IN, COME SEE YOUR ELECTIONS OFFICE, SEE THE STAFF AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO SECURE YOUR VOTE SO YOU KNOW YOUR VOICE IS HEARD. SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORHOODS, COME IN FOR A TOUR. NOW SEE WHAT WE DO WHEN YOU'RE MARTIN COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE, IF YOU FLIP YOUR PAGE TO PAGE 14 WE HIGHLIGHT OUR ELECTION WORKERS. THEY ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF THE PROCESS. ON ELECTION DAY, OUR SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS TURNS OVER TO HER JOB, TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND THEY'RE THE FRONTLINE. ON ELECTION DAY, WE HAVE TWO PRECINCTS HERE IN INDIANTOWN, OUR BOOKER PARK PRECINCT AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AND THE LIBRARY, WHICH WE LOVE AND OUR VOTERS LOVE COMING OUT, SEEING THOSE COMMUNITY INDIVIDUALS. SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE FOR 2026. IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ELECTION WORKER, PLEASE CONTACT US. WE'RE ALWAYS IN NEED OF MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CIVIC MINDED, WHO WANT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE. IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 15, IT'S JUST OUR NOTICE OF ELECTION. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE ELECTION READY IN 2026. WE WANT VOTERS TO ASK THEMSELVES THESE QUESTIONS. HAS YOUR NAME CHANGED? HAS YOUR ADDRESS CHANGED? WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR PARTY OR DO YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR SIGNATURE? HERE WE LIST FOR YOU THE OFFICES UP FOR ELECTION AT THE FEDERAL, LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION. AND IF YOU FLIP TO THE BACK PAGE AND ALSO IN YOUR FOLDER, YOU SEE THAT YOU HAVE A FAN. BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYONE IN MARTIN COUNTY TO BE A FAN OF VOTING IN 2026. AND THE WAY YOU CAN BE A FAN OF VOTING IS TO ENSURE YOU ARE ELECTION READY. AND WE'RE YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE AND HERE TO HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CAN CLAP. YES. YEAH. SHE'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. JUST YES SHE IS. YES I HAVE IN THE PACKET ALSO SOME INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR ELECTION YOUR MAIL BALLOT ELECTION. THE TURNOUT WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL FOLLOWED, PLUS HOW MUCH IT ACTUALLY COST FOR THE ELECTION. WHAT WE WHAT WE BUILD THE TOWN FOR, WHICH WAS BASICALLY POSTAGE. OKAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ELECTION ITSELF. I DO WANT TO I DID WANT TO LET YOU ALSO KNOW IN YOUR PACKET, WE DO HAVE CANDIDATE TRAINING COMING UP FOR THOSE WHO ARE UP FOR REELECTION. IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US, OUR FIRST TRAINING SESSION IS OCTOBER THE 14TH, WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE FROM 10 A.M. TO NOON. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, JUST LET KIRI KNOW SHE CAN ADD YOU TO THE LIST. WE JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY ARE COMING SO WE CAN BE PREPARED. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK, WELL, ONE MORE, ONE MORE REALLY IMPORTANT THING IS THIS FLIER REGARDING DRIVER'S LICENSE. WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO THAT STARTED TODAY AT THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. FLORIDA LAW CHANGED IN JULY OF 2024. AND WHEN YOU GO IN TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, YOU RECEIVE A NEW DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER. SO IF WE HAVE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE IN OUR DATABASE, WHAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING VOTERS TO DO IS TO LET US KNOW WHAT THAT NEW NUMBER IS. IT WILL NOT AFFECT INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY GO VOTE IN PERSON, BECAUSE WHAT THOSE POLL WORKERS THAT KYRIE REFERENCED ARE LOOKING FOR IS YOUR PHOTOGRAPH AND YOUR SIGNATURE. BUT IT COULD AFFECT VOTERS WHEN THEY'RE REQUESTING A VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO VERIFY THAT INFORMATION. SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO GET THE WORD OUT. IF YOU'VE RENEWED YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, YOU DO HAVE A NEW NUMBER. PLEASE CALL US. LET US UPDATE THAT INFORMATION. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK A BOROUGH TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE VERA IS WORKING ON A SPECIAL PROJECT OR CAPSTONE FOR CLARK ADVANCED LEARNING CENTER AT THE OFFICE, AND HE'S ALREADY[00:15:07]
INTRODUCED YOU TO THAT. SO. VERA. OKAY. HI EVERYONE. I'M VERA, HOW I ACTUALLY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN INDIANTOWN, LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE UNTIL LAST YEAR. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE IS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE TOUR PROGRAM THAT MISS CARRIE JUST MENTIONED. AND WHAT WILL HAVE WITH THIS TOUR PROGRAM IS WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING OFF OF THE WEBSITE SCHEDULING FORM, WHERE YOU CAN PICK DATES THAT WE WILL HAVE SPECIFICALLY FOR TIMES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE, THAT YOU CAN COME IN AND HAVE AN HOUR, AN HOUR AND A HALF TOUR OF THE ELECTIONS OFFICE AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. AND WITH THAT, ON THE WEBSITE, THERE WILL ALSO BE A FORM TO TELL YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU'LL BE COMING TO SEE AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE, AND A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY BEHIND THE BUILDING ITSELF. AND WITH HAVING THIS TOUR PROGRAM, WE'RE ALLOWING OURSELVES TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND GET THE TRUE INFORMATION THAT'S NOT COMING FROM JUST SOCIAL MEDIA OR TIKTOK OR FACEBOOK, SO THAT WE CAN TRULY HAVE OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATED ABOUT WHAT ELECTIONS ARE AND THE TRUTH BEHIND EVERYTHING. AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE TO INDIAN TOWN. SO IMPORTANT. SO IF I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO. YES. KIRA, I DID NOTICE THAT THE TRAIN. OH. MICROPHONE. MICROPHONE. I DID NOTICE THAT THE TRAINING FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS IS ALWAYS DURING THE DAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR WORKING PEOPLE? WE CAN DO ONE ON ONE. OKAY, SURE. WE'RE EASY TO ACCOMMODATE, SO JUST GIVE US A CALL. KAREN? YES. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? YES. DO YOU HAVE A LOT IN SPANISH? WELL, I SAW SOMETHING IN SPANISH, I THINK I DID. DO YOU HAVE CREOLE? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. NO. NO. CREOLE. SO IF YOU HAVE A CREOLE SPEAKING INDIVIDUAL, DO YOU HAVE AN INTERPRETER? WE HAVE INTERPRETERS HERE IN INDIANTOWN, BUT I NOT FOR CREOLE, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE MANDATED TO HAVE THE INFORMATION IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND NOT IN ANY OTHER LANGUAGE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. OKAY, OKAY. BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY. PLEASE CALL COME BY AT ANY TIME. IF I'M NOT AVAILABLE. KIRI SHOULD BE THERE. AND WE'RE ALWAYS, ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO YOU. IF YOU LEAVE ME A MESSAGE, I PROMISE I WILL CALL YOU BACK. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?[COMMITTEE REPORTS]
NO, SIR. WOW. COMMITTEE REPORTS. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? NO. WE HAD THE BETTER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD AWARDS LUNCHEON ON MONDAY AND EAST COAST MEDALS RECEIVED THE NEWCOMER AWARD FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING. SO I WAS PROUD TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND. HAND THAT AWARD. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I WANT TO MENTION THAT PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THE MEETING THAT I KNOW PERSONALLY WERE COMMENTING ON HOW WELL OUR MAYOR REPRESENTED INDIAN TOWN. AWESOME. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HE WENT OFF I HAD WRITTEN I'D WRITTEN WE I HAD A WHOLE THING WRITTEN OUT AND I'M JUST NOT THAT GUY. I DON'T KNOW. BUT[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]
ANYWAYS. COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU KNOW THOSE MANAGER CAN I HAVE MY COMMENT? ARE WE ARE WE DOING THIS? YOU GOT THE BUTTON THERE. WHAT'S YOUR. THANK YOU. SOMEBODY GET THE DOOR RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE A CLEANUP AT A VERY SUCCESSFUL CLEANUP ON LAST SATURDAY, THE 27TH. IT WAS ATTENDED BY SO MANY AND WE CLEANED UP SO MANY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME, EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO COME, AND EVERYONE WHO'S GOING TO COME IN JANUARY FOR THAT CLEANUP. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING, AND THANKS FOR THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAD IN[00:20:03]
BEAUTIFYING OUR VILLAGE. OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN. WAIT A MINUTE. THIS IS MESSED UP. IT'S THIS ONE. IT STOPS. COUNCILWOMAN PALMER. YES. YOU SEE IT? OKAY, OKAY, I GOT YOU. OKAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE, THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING YOU ARE VERY INTRICATE PART OF OUR MEETINGS AND JUST ALWAYS WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO COME OUT.THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. MOVE TO APPROVE. WAIT WAIT WAIT. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION A SECOND. YOU. YOU, MISTER MANAGER. COMMENTS I WAS
[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]
JUST GOING TO MENTION THIS. OH. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. YOUR LETTER, VILLAGE MANAGER. I'M SORRY. YEAH. THAT'S OKAY. I RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE MARTIN COUNTY FOR A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE MARTIN COUNTY'S PROPOSED RAIL STATION CONSTRUCTION. SO I'VE LEFT YOU A COPY OF WHAT THEY HAD SENT ME. AND IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT, I'D LIKE TO PUT IT ON LETTERHEAD AND HAVE THE MAYOR SIGN ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE. THE COUNTY IS SEEKING SOME GRANT FUNDING FOR THIS STATION THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP. SO IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH IT, THEN WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR LETTERHEAD AND HAVE THE MAYOR SIGN IT. DO WE NEED DISCUSSION ABOUT IT? IF YOU WANTED TO? YEAH, YEAH, I GUESS I JUST. WHERE'S THE IS IT HERE? NO. THE BRIGHT LINE STATION IN MARTIN COUNTY AT THE COURTHOUSE. THEY HAVE THE OVERFLOW PARKING, WHICH IS OVER BY THE LUMBER COMPANY BETWEEN ERNESTINE'S AND THE LUMBER COMPANY. AND SO THE PLAN IS TO UTILIZE THAT SITE FOR THIS STATION. I DID FROM HERE TO THERE. IT'S 23 MILES.SO IT'S NOT I MEAN, IT'S NOT A STRETCH TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHY? HOW WOULD THIS BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE? I THINK ANYBODY I'VE NOT PERSONALLY DONE THIS, BUT I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE FLYING OUT OF FORT LAUDERDALE WILL TAKE THE TRAIN. NOW YOU HAVE TO DRIVE. TODAY YOU WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE TO WEST PALM DOWN BY ON CLEMATIS TO GET ON THE TRAIN TO GET TO FORT LAUDERDALE. BUT IF THEY HAVE A STATION IN STUART, YOU QUITE EASILY CAN GET ON THE STATION AND STUART TO GO TO FORT LAUDERDALE AND THEN TO THE AIRPORT. SO I THINK IT IS A BENEFIT AND GIVEN OUR PROXIMITY, IT'S NOT THAT FAR REALLY NECESSARILY. I MEAN, IT'S I THINK IT'S MARTIN COUNTY HAS REACHED OUT AND ASKED US TO TO JUST WRITE A LETTER OF SUPPORT.
AND I THINK IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MARTIN COUNTY, YOU KNOW. WELL, THE REASON WHY I ASKED, BECAUSE I KNOW IT FROM THE NEWS. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF CONTROVERSY WITH THIS, THIS THE RESIDENTS OVER THERE, THE NOISE, THE THIS, THE THAT. THERE HAS BEEN. BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN A LOT OF SUPPORT IF YOU IF EVEN JUST THE OTHER LAST WEEKEND WHEN WE WERE IN DOWNTOWN STUART AT A RESTAURANT, THERE ARE SIGNS IN THERE WERE SIGNS IN EVERY SINGLE STORE IN DOWNTOWN STUART TO PLEASE SAVE THE STATION. OH, OKAY. BECAUSE THE STORES, THE RETAIL RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS OF HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT DEPENDS ON OBVIOUSLY WHICH CAMP YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BEHIND. THE RAIL WAS HERE. I MEAN, WE HAD A HUGE CONTENTION AGAINST EVEN HAVING THE RAIL HERE. IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE. AND SO WHEN I ACTUALLY SAT IN ON THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE STATION TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE TREASURE COAST, WITH THE HOPES THAT IT WOULD BE IN STUART, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT FOLKS AREN'T EMBRACING THAT, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO DOWNTOWN, NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN STUART, BUT TO MARTIN COUNTY AS A WHOLE. DOES THAT MEAN MY THREE MINUTES ARE UP? RIGHT. OKAY. YOU'RE DONE. YEAH. I'M GOOD. COUNCILWOMAN.
MY, MY, I HAVE A COMMENT AND A QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL, WILL OUR BUSSES THAT WE PROVIDE GO TO THE STATION? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK IF THERE WAS ENOUGH, IF IF THE RIDERSHIP, IF THERE WAS THAT KIND OF RIDERSHIP, I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A ROUTE LIKE THAT. AND THE SECOND MY COMMENT IS THE TRAIN GOES THROUGH THERE ANYWAY, THE NOISE IS GOING TO BE THERE REGARDLESS. WE MAY AS WELL HAVE SOME FINANCIAL BENEFIT FROM THE TRAIN GOING THROUGH, AND I HAVE PERSONALLY USED BRIGHTLINE SEVERAL TIMES AND IT'S WONDERFUL. IT'S A IT'S A LITTLE EXPENSIVE, BUT I THINK AS RIDERSHIP PICKS UP THAT WILL COME DOWN. SO I THINK IT GIVES INDIAN TOWN IF WE CAN GET THE BUSSES TO GO THERE, AN
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OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO WEST PALM OR WHEREVER, EVEN SHOPPING OR JUST GETTING OUT AND ABOUT WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE VEHICLES. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE US IN ANY WAY. IT JUST SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A PARTNER OF MARTIN COUNTY, A VILLAGE WITHIN THE MARTIN COUNTY, WE WE WOULD WE SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS, MARTIN COUNTY'S EFFORTS. WHAT THE LAST TIME WE HAD A CONVERSATION, WE TALKED. HOW MANY DO YOU ALL REMEMBER? WHERE IS HE? THE THE RIDERSHIP FROM THAT SATURDAY, 1900 TO 1900. OKAY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.OKAY. I THINK THAT WAS INTERESTING. THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION TO SEE HOW OUR RESIDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE BRIGHT LINE. OKAY. WELL, NOT ONLY WILL IT BENEFIT, BUT OUR PARTNERS OVER ON THE EAST ASKED FOR THE LETTER. AND EVERY TIME WE'VE ASKED FOR SOMETHING, THEY'VE THEY'VE COME THROUGH. SO IT'S WE ALL HAVE THE MUTUAL SAME. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO BE ON RECORD THAT WE DID ASK BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL SAY WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING YES TO EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE THOSE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ASKED. JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY GOT THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ASK THEM. YEAH. WELL I MEAN IT'S IT'S A, IT'S A DEFINITELY A POSITIVE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO HAVING THAT BUS STOP THERE. OKAY. JUST LIKE HAVING THE AIRPORT THERE. YEAH. IT'S A LITTLE BIT NOISY AT TIMES, BUT IT BRINGS A COUPLE BILLION DOLLARS TO THE AREA. SO I'M FOR IT. I VOTED MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT IT. YEAH. THANK YOU
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
MARK. ALL RIGHT. AND I HAD MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A YEAH WE HAVE A MOTION.WE HAVE A SECOND. NO, WE NEED A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YES, SECOND BY
[APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]
ONZAGA. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. APPROVAL OF CONSENT. AGENDA. MOTION. WAIT. HOLD ON. RHONDA.VILLAGE CLERK. WHERE WE AT? GIVE ME ONE SECOND. WE HAVE FOR THE THE RAIL STATION. LETTER OF SUPPORT. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND AND THEN. ALL IN FAVOR? CONSENSUS MOTION. OKAY, OKAY.
THEY'RE LOOKING CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY'RE WANTING ME TO MENTION THIS OTHER LETTER, WHICH I DIDN'T THINK I NEEDED TO MENTION BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A IT'S NOT. I KNEW THE RIGHT LINE LETTER WAS GOING TO BE CONTROVERSIAL. THAT'S WHY I PUT IT ON SO THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT. BUT THE OTHER ONE WAS A SUPPORT LETTER TO THE IMPACT 100 COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE POST FAMILY PARK TO TO HOST THE WEEKLY FARMERS MARKET, AND ALSO ENSURING THAT THE MARKET OFFERS A WELCOMING AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. AND THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO THE IT'S THROUGH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION'S INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH AND SUSTAIN A FARMER'S MARKET IN INDIANTOWN. SO THEY HAVE DRAFTED UP A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN AS WELL. OKAY, OKAY, ANY A CONSENSUS OR DO WE NEED A MOTION? CONSENSUS WOULD BE FINE. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. OKAY. YEAH. I THINK THE CONSENSUS IS IS APPROVED. YEAH OKAY. OKAY. DID WE APPROVE THE AGENDA YET? OKAY. CAN WE GET TO THAT? NO, WE CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. I DID, YOU DID SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. CONSENT AGENDA. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. VILLAGE CLERK. MOTION WAS MADE BY ONZAGA. SECOND BY. VICE MAYOR. RIGHT. I DIDN'T SAY A WORD, BUT I WILL SECOND IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR I I OKAY, OKAY. THERE IT IS. THANK YOU, VILLAGE CLERK, FOR KEEPING US TOGETHER. OKAY, WELL, SHE IS SHE SHE IS TRAINING HER NEW EMPLOYEE, CHRISTINA MENDEZ, TO TO AS THE DEPUTY CLERK AND OUR RECORDS PERSON. SO THIS IS A GOOD TRAINING SESSION. OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS FARMER. SECOND BY SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WATERS BROWN. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OKAY. APPOINTMENT TO
[Appointments to the Indiantown Community Trust Fund Advisory Committee]
THE INDIAN TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. YES. THAT'S. MISS REYNOLDS IS GOING[00:30:02]
TO DO THAT. TAKE THIS ITEM. HI. DEBBIE RIZZO, PARKS DIRECTOR. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL, THIS ITEM IS TO SELECT A COUNCIL MEMBER TO REPRESENT THE VILLAGE FOR THE INDIAN TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AS YOU KNOW, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT SET ASIDE $1 MILLION AS PART OF THE INDIAN TOWN CODE GENERATION. AND AS A RESULT, WE AWARD MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO AWARD FUNDING AGAIN THIS YEAR. WE'VE HAD THREE APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. MISS LINDA NEWCOMB. ANTHONY ZWEINER AND SHEILA ROSARIO. AND SO I NEED COUNCIL TO MAKE A DIRECTION AS TO WHETHER. YES, MA'AM. OH, NO. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I NEED COUNCIL TO PROVIDE DIRECTION AS TO WHETHER THEY WOULD LIKE TO SELECT PEOPLE FROM THAT COMMITTEE, WHETHER YOU'D LIKE US TO GO BACK OUT AND INQUIRE FOR MORE PEOPLE TO ATTEND, AND HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM COUNCIL TO SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE. WHEN DOES THE COMMITTEE MEET? WE HAVEN'T MADE THAT DETERMINATION. ONCE WE HAVE A COMMITTEE TOGETHER, WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR EVERYONE. BUT WE'LL THEN ONCE WE GET THAT COMMITTEE TOGETHER, WE WILL PUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS OUT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS AND THE COMMITTEE WILL GO FROM THERE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE THREE. WE HAVE THREE. THE AND THE REQUIREMENT IS TWO MEMBERS FROM THE INDIAN TOWN COGEN, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD, AND FOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ONE FROM BOOKER PARK, ONE FROM INDIAN WOOD AND THEN A COUNCIL MEMBER. WAS IT WAS OKAY, MISS PALMER. THANK YOU. OH OKAY. SO I BELIEVE LAST MEETING THAT WAS DECIDED, BUT I WASN'T 100%. SO ARE YOU GUYS IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE THREE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED? SURE. YES. YES.OKAY. YES. GREAT. GOOD. DO WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? SURE. YEAH. WHY NOT? I MEAN, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? NO. YOU GIVE THEM DIRECTION, THEY'LL TAKE IT DOWN
[Approval of the Carnival Agreement between the Village of Indiantown and Deggeller Attractions, Inc.]
TO THE. WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE ON A ROLL. LET'S GO. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE CARNIVAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AND DEGLA ATTRACTIONS. THE CONTRACT IS FOR THE OPERATION OF AMUSEMENT RIDES AND CONCESSIONS BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AND DEGLA. ATTRACTIONS FOR THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL. THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE AT TIMER POWERS PARK FROM JANUARY 22ND TO THE 25TH, 2026. THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN WITH A 25% OF ALL GROSS MIDWAY RIDE CREDITS AND ARMBAND SALES, AND 15% GROSS REVENUE ON FOOD. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE EVENT, AND THE CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO OFFSET THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE VILLAGE TO HOLD THE EVENT. WE'LL HAVE BETTER FIGURES FOR YOU NEXT YEAR ONCE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE EXPERIENCE UNDER OUR BELT. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE CARNIVAL AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE. YES, I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT. I'M GOOD FOR THAT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YES.WE NEED A MOTION. MOTION? MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE. SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE. COUNCILWOMAN.
SECOND BY PALMER. PALMER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANKS, FOLKS. AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NOBODY HERE. I'M SORRY. THESE PEOPLE HERE. OH, SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE? OKAY. APPROVAL. NEXT ONE. APPROVAL TO INITIATE DOCUMENTATION TO MARTIN COUNTY,
[Approval to Initiate Documentation to Martin County (County) and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to Consider Including a Project for Planning and Funding Purposes for the Alignment of SW Allapattah Road and SW Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Indiantown.]
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. FOR THE PURPOSE OF REALIGNING ALLAPATTAH ROAD WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DRIVE. YES. I PUT THIS ITEM TOGETHER. SO THE MAYOR IS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE MARTIN METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, THE MPO BOARD, AND BETH BELTRAN, WHO'S WHO RUNS THAT ORGANIZATION, REACHED OUT TO ME BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT IN HIS PASSIONATE WAY, EVERY MPO MEETING THEY HAVE, THE MAYOR BRINGS UP THE ALIGNMENT OF ALLAPATTAH WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD, AND SHE WANTED ONE FOR ME TO KNOW THAT IT WAS A COUNTY ROAD AND IN ORDER. AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH GETTING IT ON THE MPO. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD GET THE COUNTY TO WORK WITH US AND EXPEDITE THE PROJECT. AND SINCE IT IS A COUNTY PROJECT AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO GO FOR GRANT FUNDING, IT NEEDS THE THE GRANTS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT ARE LAP CERTIFIED, WHICH THE[00:35:01]
VILLAGE IS NOT, BUT THE COUNTY IS. AND SO THE COUNTY AND THE PAST HAS WORKED WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO TAKE ON THAT LAP ASSIGNMENT. SO THIS IS JUST STARTING THE BALL ROLLING, IF YOU WILL. THERE'S SOME DOCUMENTS THAT OUR VILLAGE ENGINEER NEEDS TO PROVIDE WITH SOME COST ESTIMATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THIS COUNCIL TO EMBRACE OR APPROVE OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT. US MOVING FORWARD, WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, TRYING TO GET THIS ALIGNMENT TO HAPPEN. WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON OUR SIDE IS WE'VE HAD A FEW APPLICANTS. WE'VE HAD A FEW INQUIRIES FROM INDIVIDUALS ON THAT PARCEL THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF ALLAPATTAH IN 710. AND DURING OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE INQUIRIES, WE'VE BEEN MAKING IT CLEAR TO THEM THAT THERE'S THIS DESIRE TO ALIGN ALLAPATTAH. SO AS THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD, WHETHER THEY'RE ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY OR DESIGNING A PROJECT FOR THE PROPERTY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM INCLUDE THAT ALIGNMENT, AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN AMENABLE TO THAT. SO THIS IS JUST, LIKE I SAID, ONE, MAKING YOU AWARE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE MPO AND THE COUNTY TO TRY AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THE MPO HAS INDICATED THAT THERE'S BEEN REQUESTS FOR A LIGHT AT ALLAPATTAH IN 710 AND 710 HAS FULLY FUNDED FOR THE WIDENING ALL THE WAY FROM VAN BUREN TO THE OKEECHOBEE COUNTY LINE, WHICH IS GREAT. AND SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD. SO I THINK HAVING THIS PROJECT IN THE MIX, IF YOU WILL, ALSO MAKES SENSE AND WILL MAKE MARTIN LUTHER KING INTERSECTION SAFER, RIGHT? WHICH IS A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF FDOT. NO CASUALTIES. AND THEN IT ALSO WILL PROVIDE BETTER CONNECTIVITY. IT ALSO THERE'S GOING TO BE LIGHT AND TEROLDEGO. SO THE LIGHT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO BE THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR ALLAPATTAH IN 710 WILL WARRANT A LIGHT TODAY, BUT IF WE ALIGN IT WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, ABSOLUTELY. YOU WANT A LIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE GIST OF IT. OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OH NO. I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE BALL IS WHEN ALLAPATTAH AND MARTIN LUTHER KING ARE ALIGNED.WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OLD ALLAPATTAH SO OR WILL THAT BE ALLAPATTAH ANY MORE? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WOULD THEY WOULD IT WOULD NOT BE THERE ANYMORE. THEY WOULD CHANGE SIMILAR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OR NOT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO STRAIGHTENING OUT THE GRADE ONE GRADE, WHICH IS A HUGE PROJECT BECAUSE IT REQUIRES COORDINATION BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT COUNTIES. YEAH. AND SO THEY'RE SO THEY'RE SO THEY WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO HAVE ALLAPATTAH THERE AS FAR AS I KNOW IT WOULD. I DON'T KNOW, UNLESS YOU WERE TRYING TO DEVIATE LEFT TURN. YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS GO HERE AND THESE GUYS GO HERE. BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THAT. THAT WOULD BECOME JUST PART OF THE PARCEL. THE EXISTING PARCEL. YES. OH, OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? CAN I MAKE A MOTION? THANK YOU.
MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR. SECOND A SECOND. OH, SORRY. CHAIRMAN. SECOND BY KAREN HOMER.
ON FIRE. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. DISCUSSION ITEMS. YES, MAYOR. I PUT THIS ON HERE
[DISCUSSION ITEMS]
JUST AS A FOLLOW UP TO PUT TO PUT SOME CLOSURE ON YOUR LAST SESSION THAT YOU HAD YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WITH THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL ON AUGUST 9TH.THIS DOCUMENT THAT I ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM IS WHAT THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL PROVIDED TO. IF YOU. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL THROUGH A GRANT THAT WE HAD APPLIED FOR THAT REQUIRED SOME LEVELS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. AND PART OF THAT ADDRESSING THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, WAS HAVING THAT SESSION WITH THE COUNCIL SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THAT DIALOG AS WELL. AND SO THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED BY. MISS HEIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE IT SINCE IT SINCE IT WAS AVAILABLE AND BRING SOME CLOSURE, LIKE I SAID TO AND THEN MY PLAN AND
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BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD AT A PRIOR MEETING ABOUT THE NEXT PLANNING IS PROBABLY OUR SOMEWHERE IN DECEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER, YOU'LL GET A REQUEST FROM ME TO PLEASE SUBMIT TO ME YOUR TOP FIVE PRIORITIES, IF YOU WILL, OR THINGS YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.AND THEN I WILL COMPILE THAT AND WE'LL BRING THEM TO YOU YOUR FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. WE CAN DECIDE HOW WE PROCEED FROM THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? NO. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO. TALK ABOUT THE LOT DOWN THE STREET OR CLOSE TO FIVE ACRES. I KNOW EVERYBODY'S ITCHING TO SELL IT.
I'VE GONE TO MY GUY THAT'S INTERESTED IN IT, AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE'S WILLING TO PAY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. HOWEVER, HE DOESN'T WANT TO TIE UP $3.2 MILLION AND NOT KNOW WHEN HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WATER TO IT. SO HE WAS HAPPY THAT WE GOT OUR $22.5 MILLION AND. HE ASKED ME A QUESTION AND I CALLED WADE, AND THE QUESTION WAS. CAN THE VILLAGE FINANCE THE LOT FOR HIM? AND THE ANSWER WAS YES. NOW, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS PUTTING $1 MILLION DOWN. AND ONCE HE BUILDS HIS BUILDING, ONCE WE GET WATER TO IT AND HE CAN START BUILDING HIS BUILDING, THEN A BALLOON PAYMENT WILL COME. DUE OF THE BALANCE. HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT. HE'S WILLING TO COME IN AND SIT DOWN AND SHOW HIS FACE. BUT I WANT TO KNOW FROM THIS COUNCIL, IS IT SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER? ABSOLUTELY. FOR ME? NO. NO QUESTION. INTEREST RATE DURING THE PERIOD OR NONE? NO INTEREST RATE OKAY. SO WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE BASICALLY GIVING HIM $1 MILLION OPTION. AND BECAUSE THERE'S NO INTEREST BEING BEING NO. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CHARGING THEM $3.25 MILLION FOR THE LOT. RIGHT. IS THERE A TOWN $1 MILLION. AND WHEN HE BUILDS HIS BUILDING AND HE GETS HIS BUILDING PERMIT, HE'LL PAY THE 2.25 MILLION. IS THERE ANY TIME CONSTRAINT ON THAT? IT'S BASED OBVIOUSLY ON US GETTING IN THE WATER. HOW LONG AFTER WE PROVIDE THE WATER IS HE WILLING TO STEP UP AND MAKE THAT WITHIN A YEAR? I THINK IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL IDEA. FINANCIALLY. IT ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I'D LOVE TO PUT $1 MILLION BACK IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT, OTHER THAN SELLING THE PROPERTY FOR THE FOR THE ASKING PRICE AT THIS POINT, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT TO THE VILLAGE? WE'RE HOLDING THE PROPERTY AND THE LOAN. CORRECT. THE LOAN BELONGS TO HIM. SO WE'RE HOLDING THE BAG FOR HIM. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? NO, NO, HE'S GIVING YOU $1 MILLION TO TO BUY A PIECE OF LAND THAT HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH TILL WE GET WATER TO IT, I UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT'S THE BENEFIT TO THE VILLAGE FOR DOING THAT? WELL, YOU WANT TO RESTATE BENEFIT? NO, I WANT WAGE BENEFIT. WAIT. WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO THE VILLAGE TO HOLD THAT LOAN? HE YOU KNOW, HE PROPOSES TO PAY WHAT? WE ASK FOR IT IN THE FUTURE. SO WE'RE TALKING TWO YEARS. ONE YEAR WHEN WE GET THE WATER. SO, SO DOWN IN THE PARTICULARS, OBVIOUSLY DOWN IN THE PARTICULARS OF EXACTLY WHAT THAT WINDOW OF TIME WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND ALL THIS, THIS WOULD ALL BE NAILED DOWN BEFORE ANY FINAL FORMAL APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL AND SO ON. BUT LET LET'S LET'S SPITBALL SOME HYPOTHETICAL POTENTIAL. SO LET'S SAY WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS OR FOUR YEARS. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU GOT A WINDOW OF TIME HERE. WE HAVEN'T CONTEMPLATED ANYTHING OR I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING LIKE TEN YEARS OR 30 YEARS. WE'RE LOOKING AT A SHORT WINDOW OF TIME THERE. SO WHAT I'D CONTEMPLATED IN TALKING WITH THE MAYOR IN, IN HEARING ABOUT THIS IS WHAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT IS SELLING THE PROPERTY RIGHT AT THE ASKING PRICE. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT WOULD COME IN TWO COMPONENTS. IT WOULD COME IN MILLION DOLLARS, CASH PAID OVER IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN A
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MORTGAGE. AND NOTE THAT WOULD ENCUMBER THE PROPERTY UNTIL UNTIL THE BALLOON COMES AND THEN IT'S PAID OFF. ALL RIGHT. IT'S EFFECTIVELY A MEANS IT'S SELLER FINANCING. AND JUST TO ALLEVIATE, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY'S CONCERNS ON THE THE PURE LEGAL SIDE OF ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S A VERY COMMON RESPONSE. BECAUSE YOU'LL HEAR IT FROM ME. YOU'LL HEAR IT FROM OTHER FOLKS WHO DO LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW. THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, YOU CAN'T MORTGAGE CITY HALL. ALL RIGHT.WHAT THAT MEANS IS GOVERNMENTS AREN'T ALLOWED TO TAKE OUT OR TECHNICALLY GIVE. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE MORTGAGES ON THEIR STUFF, LIKE ON CITY HALL. THE OPPOSITE IS NOT THE CASE.
IT IS IT IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER FLORIDA LAW FOR A GOVERNMENT TO DO A TRANSACTION LIKE THIS. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN ONES WHERE IT WAS A VERY REASONABLE DEAL. THERE WERE OTHER ONES WHERE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, COMES AND THERE'S NO REASONABLENESS TO THE BUSINESS TRANSACTION. AND IN THOSE INSTANCES, I WOULD BE MY OFFICE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT WORTH THE FOOLING AROUND WITH IT. BUT WHEN IT IS A REASONABLE BUSINESS TRANSACTION, IT'S PERFECTLY IT'S PERFECTLY FINE. AND IT IS LEGAL TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT YOU GET IN THIS INSTANCE HERE IS THE PROPERTY GETS SOLD AT THE ASKING PRICE.
YOU GET $1 MILLION IN HAND AND THEN THE NOTE AND MORTGAGE FOR THE REST. A DISCRETE WINDOW OF TIME IN WHICH THAT'S GOING TO COME TO FRUITION, WHERE IT'S GOING TO BALLOON. AND THEN YOU EITHER GET THE REST OR AND AGAIN, REMEMBER, IT'S MY JOB TO THINK OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS ON THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, WHICH I DON'T ANTICIPATE IN THIS INSTANCE HERE. BUT ON THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, THEN WE JUST HAVE TO GO THROUGH WOULD BE IN FIRST POSITION. WE HAVE TO FORECLOSE, WE TAKE IT BACK. WE'RE WE ALREADY HAD $1 MILLION IN OUR POCKET AND WE TAKE IT BACK AND WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE. THAT'S EFFECTIVELY IT'S JUST FOR THE TROUBLE, YOU KNOW, OF ME HAVING TO DO THAT, WHICH IS NOT A GREAT BIG DEAL IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. IT'S IT'S A BIT OF CREATIVITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IT AT THE ASKING PRICE AND THE TIME LIMIT. WE DIDN'T SET THAT RIGHT FOR THE NONE OF, NONE OF THE DEAL TERMS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ARE VERY HARD AT THIS POINT. I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR IS LOOKING FOR IS, YOU KNOW, CONSENSUS OR DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL THAT YOU'D BE OPEN AND AMENABLE TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IF THE TERMS WERE ALL WORKED DOWN TO SOMETHING ROCK SOLID AND CAME BACK TO YOU ALL, IF IT ALL LOOKED GOOD. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE CONCEPT? BECAUSE FROM A LEGAL SIDE AND MAKING SURE IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AND SO ON, I'M GOING TO BE BEATING THIS THING UP. SO IT'LL BE VERY CLEAR PRECISELY HOW IT'LL ALL BE. I MEAN, TO BEAT IT UP, TO MAKE IT A FAIR DEAL, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALL VERY CLEAR, THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, HE WANTS TO COME FORWARD, BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO MAKE THAT KIND OF INVESTMENT AND HAVE TO WAIT FOR WATER. HE WANTS TO BUILD HIS BUILDING AND BE ABLE TO HAVE WATER AND DO HIS BUSINESS. AND YOU CAN'T EXPECT ANYBODY TO SPEND 300, THREE PLUS MILLION DOLLARS AND JUST HAVE IT SITTING THERE AND NOT DOING ANYTHING. I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO HE'S WILLING TO SPEND TO PUT OUT A MILLION, SAY, OKAY, WE GET WATER IN TWO YEARS AND THREE YEARS. YOU KNOW, IT'LL COME TO GIVE ME A YEAR FROM THE TIME THAT WE GET THE WATER DONE TO BUILD MY BUILDING AND PUT WATER TO IT AND BE ABLE TO LEASE IT OUT AND RENT IT AND DO THE THINGS THAT HE HAS TO DO WITH IT. SO IT'S JUST IT'S A REASONABLE THING TO ME. IT'S NOT AN UNREASONABLE ASK, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, FOR ACTUALLY DOING PRETTY GOOD ON THAT LOT.
I WISH WE COULD DO MORE PROPERTIES LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW. AND WHAT IS IT? HE CANNOT BUILD ON THAT PROPERTY. ANOTHER STORE. OH WE JUST LOOKED AT THAT TODAY. IT'S A GAS STATION, A GROCERY STORE AND A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT. QUICK SERVICE, QUICK SERVICE, QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANT. THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY BECAUSE HITCHCOCK'S, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AWARE, IS HAS BEEN SOLD. AND SO I WAS THINKING THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO GET THOSE DEALERSHIPS, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS WERE TIED TO THE OTHER PARCEL, WHICH IS WHERE THE GAS STATION AND SUBWAY IS GAS STATION, WHICH IS NOT REALLY A BIG PROBLEM FOR THIS GENTLEMAN BECAUSE. WHAT THE RESTRICTION IS, IS YOU CAN'T HAVE LIKE YOU CAN'T PUT A SUBWAY IN THERE BECAUSE
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OBVIOUSLY THE SUBWAY AND CHAMP'S PLACE ARE COMPARED TO JERSEY MIKE'S. AND BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE'S LOOKING TO DO. HE'S LOOKING TO PUT RESTAURANTS IN. HE WANTS TO DO A THREE STORY BUILDINGS. SEVERAL OF THEM WITH OUTSIDE SEATING AROUND THE. INDIAN MOUND. THE.YEAH, YEAH, THE THE AND WARFIELD BOULEVARD WANTS TO DO OUTSIDE SEATING. REALLY WANTS TO DO A REALLY NICE JOB. IF YOU WENT TO WHAT IF YOU WENT TO PALM BEACH GARDENS AND YOU LOOKED AT THE SHOPPES AT PALM BEACH GARDENS, WHERE THOSE IS, AND ROCCO'S TACOS AND ALL THAT, THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE DESIGNED, LIKE, BEAUTIFUL. AND YOU WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SECOND FLOOR, SOME MIXED OFFICES AND APARTMENTS IN THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE ALL APARTMENTS. AND THERE'LL BE. LUXURY MORE LUXURY APARTMENTS. SO AND THEN HE'S GOT OTHER PLANS TOO. BUT BUT IT'S A STARTING POINT. SO WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE PUT ON BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A GAS STATION ON IT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT'S GOING TO HAVE NICE PLACES WHERE WE CAN GO AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CIGAR, OR HAVE A GOOD DINNER AND HAVE A COUPLE OF DRINKS AND HAVE A, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT HERE. YEAH. SO HE'S HE'S. HE'S GOT A DESIGN IN MIND AND HE'S DONE IT BEFORE. SO IT'S WORKED FROM OTHER PLACES.
SO HE'S WILLING TO COME HERE AND, BUT IF WE, IF WE ARE UNDER THE INCLINATION THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR HIM, THEN I THINK YOU CAN GET IT SOLD. WELL, I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT MR. VOSS SAYS, THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU, JUST, YOU KNOW, IF WE IF IF SO, IF WE GET MOTION OR WE JUST SAY, YEAH, WE KNOW IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM, I'D JUST LIKE TO GET GET A QUERY ON THE, ON THE COUNCIL TO SAY, YEAH, THE COUNCIL'S FOR THIS. BECAUSE IF THE COUNCIL IS NOT FOR US THEN I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND ANY MORE TIME TALKING TO HIM. HE'LL JUST WAIT TILL THE WATER IS THERE AND THEN HE'LL COME AND GIVE YOU AN OFFER. THAT WAS MINE. SO I PRESSED MY BUTTON. PUSH YOUR BUTTON. OKAY? YES. SO? SO THIS IS. IT'S A BLESSING BECAUSE IT PUTS THIS MILLION DOLLARS BACK IN OUR POCKET. WE STILL MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY UNTIL IT IS PAID FOR, AND INCENTIVIZES US TO GO AHEAD AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THE WATER THROUGH. IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT MAY STOP PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVELING THROUGH WHERE THEY'LL SPEND THEIR MONEY IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE NOW. AND. TO BE HONEST, IT IT IF HE'S WILLING TO BUY THE PROPERTY AT THIS PRICE, I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY GRAB ON TO THAT. I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND REAL ESTATE, THESE PEOPLE, $1 MILLION HERE, $1 MILLION THERE. EITHER WAY, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. IT'S ONLY $1 MILLION. YOU KNOW, DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND IF HE'S WILLING TO PUT UP THAT KIND, THAT'S BASICALLY A THIRD OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S TYPICAL OWNER FINANCING. THEY GET 30%. AND I SAY, LOOK WHAT IT'S COSTING US TO BUILD THE WATER PLANT. IT'S ONLY A WATER PLANT. BUT HOW MUCH HAVE WE GOT? 50 MILLION. WATER IS LIFE. THIS LAND IS NOT LIFE. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I I'M THINKING IT THROUGH THE. IT WOULD PUT A HOLD ON THE PROPERTY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S GIVEN $1 MILLION FOR US TO HOLD IT FOR HIM UNTIL THE WATER COMES UP, UNTIL THE WATER COMES THROUGH. AND WE HOPE THE BALLOON, HE'S THERE.
WE ALSO HOPE AND PRAY THAT IT'S NOT THREE FOUR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. SO WHEN THERE'S WATER THERE, THE PROPERTY VALUE WILL INCREASE ANYWAY. YEAH.OW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE WE WOULD BE SELLING HIM THE LAND, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. FOR, FOR 3.25, FOR $3.25 MILLION, HE'D BE GIVING US $1 MILLION UP FRONT AND WE'D BE HOLDING THE $2.25 MILLION UNTIL A YEAR AFTER THE WATER IS AVAILABLE TO HIM. IT'S I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M. IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU $1 MILLION, YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD THAT LAND FOR HIM BECAUSE THAT'S HIS LAND NOW, CORRECT? IF WORST CASE SCENARIO, HE SAYS, I CHANGED MY MIND. I DON'T WANT TO. THEN WE TAKE THE MILLION DOLLARS AND HE GOES AWAY. CORRECT. REPOSSESS IT. WELL, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE IF YOU SOLD THE LAND, YOU'D HAVE TO. AND IF YOU DIDN'T WANT IT, YOU WOULD LOSE $1 MILLION. AND YOU'D HAVE TO. YOU'D HAVE TO FORECLOSE ON FORECLOSE, AND WE'D TAKE IT BACK. SO WE'D HAVE $1 MILLION PLUS THE LAND BACK.
THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID. THANK YOU. BUT THAT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. ANYWAYS. IF I CAN GET A
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CONSENSUS AND I'LL MOVE ON. IF NOT, I'LL JUST FORGET ABOUT. NO, ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M ALL FOR IT. I'M AMENABLE TO THE I'M AMENABLE TO THE IDEA. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO CAME IN LATE? DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK? NO, SIR. SO THAT'S ME. OKAY. SO BEFORE. I'M SORRY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON.OKAY. SO WE WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, RIGHT? YES. WE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I KNOW WHAT VICE MAYOR SAYING. SHE'S SHE'S AMENABLE TO IT. RIGHT. BUT THE REST OF US ARE FULL FORCE. OKAY, OKAY. SO YOU CAN PROCEED. RIGHT. OKAY. UNTIL THIS GENTLEMAN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. HE COULD HAVE PROCEEDED ANYWAY. I KNOW, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR. OKAY, SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. WE. OH, OKAY. WELL, ALL RIGHT, SO CONSENSUS IS WE'RE GOOD. WE'LL CONSIDER THAT. OKAY. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE STUFF PLAIN TO THE MAYOR BECAUSE HE'LL BE TOLD.
NOW THEY SAID SO WE JUST WANT. WELL NO, I DON'T KNOW. HE MIGHT EVEN BE WATCHING THIS. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF WE HAVE A CONSENSUS THAT, YEAH, WE'RE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN HE'S WILLING TO DO SOMETHING FOR US. HE'S WILLING TO BUY THAT LOT AT AT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. AND TO ME, THAT'S A BIG DEAL. IT'S HUGE.
YEAH. SO AND PLUS I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR LIKE TWO YEARS ON THIS THING. PLEASE. I WANT TO GET RID OF IT. YEAH. WELL WE HAVE A QUESTION. SO ANYWAYS ANYBODY ELSE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
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MAY I HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT. MISS GLORIA ALDRIDGE JENNINGS NOT YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. COMING IN. I'M SORRY. THE CLEANUP. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO LET THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART BE ACCEPTED. AND IN YOUR SIGHT, O LORD, MY STRENGTH AND MY REDEEMER. I DON'T WANT TO SAY NOTHING TO OFFEND ANYONE BUT THAT CLEANUP. LAST TIME WE HAD IT. THE FOLKS UP HERE ARE MOSTLY, I THINK, OWN THEIR OWN PROPERTY, AND IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS LAST TIME UP HERE. IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS LAST TIME.LAST TIME IT WAS MORE TRASH. THIS TIME THOSE FOLKS PICKED UP. WE HAD VERY LITTLE TRASH, YOU HEAR ME? BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT BOOKER PARK, AND I GOT REAL UPSET. I GOT REALLY GOT ANGRY BECAUSE MOST OF THE FOLKS DOWN THERE, THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY. THEY ARE RENTERS, SO THEY DON'T GIVE A WHOOP ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY, YOU UNDERSTAND? SO YOU CLEAN UP THE DAY AND YOU GO BACK TOMORROW AND IT'S IN THE SAME SHAPE. SO I WAS THINKING, WHAT IS THE CODE ENFORCER DOING? WHAT IS HE DOING TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN, TO ALLOW ALL THAT TRASH, ALL THAT DEBRIS, TIRES, WHATEVER TO BE THROWN ON THIS PROPERTY AND NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT IT. AND THAT GOT TO STOP. THAT MUST STOP. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOING TO DO IT, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT OR HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? BUT I SAID, LORD, IF MY DADDY WAS LIVING.
IT WOULDN'T BE THIS WAY, BECAUSE MY DAD WAS THE MAYOR. HE WAS THE PREACHER. HE WAS THE ENFORCER, AND THEY RESPECTED HIM. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY OUT THERE NOW TO HELP US, AND WE NEED SOME HELP, BECAUSE WHEN WE GO CLEAN IT UP ONE DAY AND THE NEXT DAY IS WORSE, IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY. MY TIME IS UP, I KNOW, AND I SHUT UP. THAT WASN'T YOUR TIME. THAT WAS ME. OH, OKAY. SO WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN THE CODE ENFORCER. WHAT WHAT CAN WHAT WHAT CAN THEY WHAT CAN THEY DO TO HELP US OUT? BECAUSE WE NEED SOME HELP OUT THERE. AMEN. CODE COMPLIANCE DOES THE SAME JOB ALL OVER THE VILLAGE. THEY DO THEIR JOB, BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR OWN. AND AS YOU SAID, MOST OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE RENTALS. SO WE HAVE TO GET THE OWNERS INVOLVED IN THAT. BUT CODE COMPLIANCE DOES THEIR JOB OKAY. THEY DO THE SAME. NO, NO, NO. THEY DO THE SAME JOB IN BOCA PARK THAT THEY DO IN INDIANTOWN. SAME JOB IN INDIANTOWN THAT THEY DO IN BOCA PARK. IT IS ONE VILLAGE, OKAY. BOOKER PARK HAD MORE TRASH TO
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CLEAN UP ON AND WE PICKED UP EVERY STREET WE WENT AND CLEANED UP WHERE THERE WERE EXTRA STUFF THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO RIGHT. BUT TO HELP OUT THE VILLAGE MANAGER, THE DEVELOPMENT SPONSOR, THE STAFF WENT IN YARDS PULLING STUFF OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO. OKAY. THEY CLEANED UP, WE GOT MORE STUFF OUT SATURDAY. THAT WAS SATURDAY. SUNDAY WE WENT BACK SUNDAY EVENING. IT LOOKED BEFORE AS WELL AS IT DID SATURDAY BEFORE WE STARTED THE CLEANUP. OKAY, SO THAT'S NOT CODE COMPLIANCE OKAY. THAT'S FOR THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.WE AS A VILLAGE, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT THE OWNERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THOSE PROPERTIES UP. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL COME UP IN A DISCUSSION. OKAY. I WANT TO BE IN THAT DISCUSSION. I KNOW WE'LL KEEP WE'LL KEEP YOU.
WE'LL KEEP YOU. OKAY. YEAH. AND WE ALSO JUST SO YOU KNOW AND AND LOPEZ HERE CLARENCE I WANT TO CALL HIM CLARENCE. WE'VE ENGAGED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WHO WAS CLARENCE WAS ALSO HERE HELPING US ON SATURDAY THAT WE NEED FOR THESE VACANT PROPERTIES, PARTICULARLY IN BOOKER PARK, THESE PRIVATE PROPERTIES TO PUT UP NO TRESPASSING SIGNS. AND ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEN WE CAN GO OUT AND ENFORCE. WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE DUMPING IF WE CATCH THEM. OKAY. MOST RECENTLY, DID YOU GO OUT TODAY TO THAT SITE THAT JONATHAN TALKED TO YOU ABOUT? YES. OKAY. WE HAD A PROPERTY OVER IN BOOKER PARK WHERE THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY WHERE DINA AND I PULLED OUT PROBABLY 40 TIRES, I KNOW, AND NOW THEY'VE GOT A TRAILER ON THERE WITH SCRAP AND THEY'VE GOT. AND IT'S A RENTAL. SO WHEN YOU VIOLATE, WHEN YOU SEND SOMEBODY A CODE VIOLATION, IT GOES TO THE OWNER. OKAY. AND IF THE OWNER DOESN'T FOLLOW UP ON IT, WE'LL TAKE HIM TO MAGISTRATE. THEY'LL HAVE TO APPEAR. IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE CAN PUT FINES ON THEM. AND WE CAN RUN THOSE FINES WITH THE PROPERTY. OKAY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE THIS CITATION PROGRAM THAT WE DEVELOPED THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE IT, WHERE IF I, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMEBODY SELLING FOOD ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. YOU CITE THEM RIGHT THERE AND IT'S LIKE A TRAFFIC TICKET. OKAY. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. BUT WE'RE DOWN TO ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AT THE MOMENT. OKAY. WE HAD TWO. WELL THAT'S MY MAYBE YOU CAN GET SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THESE LOTS AND NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THEM. MAYBE YOU CAN GET THEM TO START SELLING THEM I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THAT. YEAH. HE CAN GO CONVINCE HIM TO SELL THEM SO WE CAN BUILD HIM A WOMAN. I'M A LADY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. OKAY. I KNOW WE GOTTA HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, A QUESTION, MAYOR. YES, MA'AM. I BELIEVE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ONE TIME. IT'S BEEN A WHILE AGO ABOUT THE. WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE INTO INDIAN TOWN, ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE ON THE SIDES OF THE ROAD THERE, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD TRUCKS. DID WE EVER COME TO A CONSENSUS ABOUT THAT? DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? WELL, WHAT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AND WHAT WE STARTED DOING, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AT THE TIME IS, IS WE'RE MODIFYING HIS SCHEDULE. SO IT'S IT'S NOT THE SAME EVERY WEEK. BUT HE, HE HE DOES. ON SATURDAY HE WAS VOLUNTEERING, BUT HE HAS COME OUT ON SATURDAYS AND SITE PEOPLE DURING THE WEEKEND, FOR INSTANCE, THIS VACANT LOT OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS GROCERY STORE OVER HERE, WE STARTED TO PICK UP GARBAGE ON THERE, BUT ALONG THE FENCE AREA IT WAS SO BAD THAT IT WAS A FIRE ANT INFESTED AND COCKROACH INFESTED. AND I TOLD JONATHAN, WE'RE NOT PICKING THAT UP. WE'RE GOING TO SITE THE OWNER AND FORCE HIM TO HELP US PICK THAT UP. AND SO WE TAUGHT IT. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S THREE PROPERTY OWNERS THERE. THERE'S THREE VACANT LOTS, BUT PEOPLE ARE BUYING A 12 PACK AT THE STORE, PARKING UNDER A TREE AND LEAVING ALL THEIR EMPTIES THERE. I PICKED UP PROBABLY A DOZEN OF THOSE. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER IN THAT CASE, AND HE ACTUALLY WAS OUT THERE EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH HIS SON PICKING UP THE GARBAGE THAT WAS ALONG THAT FENCE. SO WE'RE GOING TO START DOING THINGS LIKE THAT. I MEAN, THE CLEANUPS ARE EFFECTIVE, BUT NOT FOR THE REPEAT OFFENDERS. AND THOSE FOLKS CAME FROM WHERE DO WE MOVE THEM OUT FROM? THEY WERE
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THEY WERE THEY WERE DRINKING AND HAVING THEIR THEIR STUFF SOMEWHERE. AND WE WERE ABLE TO POST AND BUT WE JUST MOVED THEM ALONG. SO THESE INDIVIDUALS AREN'T GOING TO CHANGE THEIR HABITS. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHERE THEY CAN GO DO IT. IF THEY DON'T GET IN TROUBLE.RIGHT? RIGHT. GOTCHA. UNFORTUNATELY, NO LONGER ART. YEAH. THEY'RE NO LONGER IN OUR PARKS. MY QUESTION IS, WE HAD TALKED AT THE SAME TIME ABOUT THE MORATORIUM ON ANY MORE FOOD TRUCKS. WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THAT? RIGHT, RIGHT. WE HAD TALKED THAT WE WANTED TO AFTER THIS LAST ONE. YEAH. AND IN PARTICULAR, MY RECOLLECTION WAS AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MY RECOLLECTION WAS NO MORE ON WARFIELD AT AT BARE MINIMUM, NO MORE, I UNDERSTAND.
OKAY. WE WANT A MORATORIUM ON FOOD TRUCKS. WELL, WE WERE GOING TO CHANGE THE ELDERS, REMEMBER? I MEAN, THIS COUNCIL WASN'T HERE. IT WAS BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. YEAH IT WAS. WE WERE GOING WE WERE GOING TO WORK ON THE ELDERS. AND WE STARTED TO. AND THEN WE GOT SIDETRACKED. WE GOT OTHER THINGS. WELL, WE HAD THE EAR COMING. AND SO OUR INTENT WAS TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS EAR PROCESS, WHICH IS YOUR EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT. THAT'S RIGHT. WHERE YOU COMPARE YOUR COMP PLAN TO ANY STATUTORY CHANGES THAT POSSIBLY MAY HAVE COME THAT WOULD AFFECT THAT.
AND THEN ON THE HEELS OF THAT WOULD BE YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S WHAT WE'D BE DOING. THE THE YOU DO A LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION UPDATE AFTER YOU DO YOUR EAR AMENDMENT. SO WE'D BE INCORPORATING THAT WITH THAT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT DINA AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH INQUIRY ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS AT ALL IN THE LAST WHILE. THAT I'VE HEARD IN SPEAKING WITH DINA ON MATTERS, BUT THERE THE GENERAL DIRECTION HAS BEEN GIVEN IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING IN THAT DIRECTION ANYMORE. SO THERE HAS BEEN THAT DIRECTION COMING OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT TO ANYONE WHO DOES ASK. AND I DON'T THINK IT HAS BEEN MANY. SO WE'LL BE WE'LL KEEP THAT ON THE RADAR AS WE GET THE EAR DONE TO IMPLEMENT THAT PIECE IN THE ELDERS AS WELL, TO TO MAKE THAT FORMAL, TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET ANY MORE OF THAT COMING. I THINK THAT'S I HAVE ONE QUESTION. WE MISS CHRISTIE. WE SPOKE ABOUT WHEN THE CITIZENS STAND UP TO MAKE A COMMENT AND ASK QUESTIONS, WHAT DID WE SAY WE WERE GOING TO? HOW WERE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS? I HAD A CITIZEN TO ASK ME, I STOOD UP, I HAD MY THREE MINUTES, I HAD QUESTIONS, WHEN DO I GET MY ANSWERS? DID WE DECIDE SOMETHING ON THAT BEFORE? NO, THERE'S NOT REALLY BEEN. I MEAN, SOMETIMES SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS ARE I MEAN, I DON'T KEEP TRACK OF THE QUESTIONS. LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY. I MEAN, USUALLY WHAT I'M ACCUSTOMED TO IS IF A COUNCIL MEMBER FEELS THAT THE QUESTION, A QUESTION OR QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED DESERVES A RESPONSE, THEN THEY WILL DIRECT ME TO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A RESPONSE THROUGH EMAIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN USUALLY ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL WANT TO BE COPIED AS WELL, SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS. IF IT'S OF THAT NATURE, IF IT'S JUST IN GENERAL, LIKE, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? OR WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU WOULD WANT US TO ANSWER. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM ANSWERING THEM. IT'S JUST THAT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS SOMETIMES ARE MORE OF A STATEMENT THAN A QUESTION. RIGHT. SO IT'S JUST THAT FINE, FINE LINE. SO IF THEY ASK A QUESTION I THINK THEY WOULD WANT AN ANSWER. SO BUT THEY'RE ASKING YOU THE QUESTION ARE THEY ARE THEY WANTING ME TO RESPOND? I'M HAPPY TO KNOW. I'M JUST I WAS I THOUGHT WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION. ARE YOU TALKING DURING A COUNCIL MEETING? IF SOMEBODY GETS UP THERE AND STARTS ASKING QUESTIONS, WELL, THEY THEY ASK A QUESTION. AND SO IF THEY'RE JUST ASKING A QUESTION, JUST ASK A QUESTION. THEY WOULDN'T STAND UP THERE TO ASK IT. THEY OBVIOUSLY WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, BUT HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED WHEN THEY DESERVE AN ANSWER OR THEY'RE NOT RHETORICAL QUESTIONS? NO. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT WE DIDN'T. WE DIDN'T. WHEN THE WHEN THE COMMUNITY. I'M SORRY. OH, THAT WHEN SOMEONE STANDS AT THE PODIUM THAT WE DON'T RESPOND BACK RIGHT THEN. RIGHT. THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST DID THAT WHEN I DID THAT, IT WAS LIKE, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. NO. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GIVE THE RIGHT ANSWER. IF SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION THAT I'VE ANSWERED MANY, MANY QUESTIONS, THEY'VE SENT IT TO ME ON MY EMAIL. AND I'LL CALL PAT IF I
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HAVE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE I WANT TO ANSWER CORRECTLY. I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER A QUESTION AND THEN BE WRONG. I'D RATHER NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. LET ME GET THE ANSWER. I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW. SO SO I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION, I SUGGEST THAT THEY PICK A COUNCIL MEMBER OR SOMEBODY THAT THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT THEY WANT TO ASK A QUESTION TO AND SEND THEM AN EMAIL. I AGREE, THE QUESTION ON EMAIL. JUST CALL THEM BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS ARE PUBLIC. YEAH. YEAH. WELL, I MEAN EITHER AN EMAIL BECAUSE A CONVERSATION, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO DOCUMENT IT, YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT THEY THEY'RE YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE REALLY ASKING YOU. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE THEM EMAIL US. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EMAIL.THAT WAY WE CAN IT'S PUBLIC. LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, MAKE SURE WE'RE ANSWERING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER TO IT, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND AND AND BANTER BACK AND FORTH. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. ABSOLUTELY NOT. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCIL, NOT AS LONG AS I RUN THIS MEETING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. IF I MAYOR IF I, IF I COULD JUST OFFER JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE ALONG THESE LINES. SO AS HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED, THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME IS IS THEIR TIME TO MAKE THEIR STATEMENT. THEY CAN INCLUDE IN THAT QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THE GENERAL PIECE OF ADVICE OR TWO PIECES OF ADVICE I WOULD GIVE YOU IS MAKING A SINGLE BLANKET RULE TO DEAL WITH ALL CIRCUMSTANCES OF QUESTIONS. IT'S NEVER GOING TO WORK PERFECTLY. I SIT IN THESE MEETINGS ALL OVER THE STATE ALL THE TIME. THE GENERAL RULE IS THIS IS THE TIME FOR THEM TO SAY SOMETHING, NOT TO ASK QUESTIONS, THEN HAVE A BACK AND FORTH, JUST AS THE MAYOR SAID THAT THAT IS. THAT IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO A PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND MOVING FORWARD AND SO ON. THE THE MOST COMMON EXCEPTION I WILL SEE TO THAT IS SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION GOING INTO A BACK AND FORTH, YOU KNOW, CAN BE DISTRACTING. BUT IF SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EASILY ADDRESSED AFTER THEY'RE ALL DONE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, ALL DONE BY THE MANAGER OR BY A DEPARTMENT HEAD WHO HAPPENS TO BE HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD BE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS ALL DONE, SAY, YOU KNOW, SIR. YOU KNOW, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.
I'D BE GLAD TO CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT IT. OR YOU CAN TALK WITH THE MANAGER OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
THAT'S USUALLY A USEFUL RESPONSE. JUST DIRECT THEM TO THE RIGHT PERSON. SOMETIMES YOU'RE GOING TO GET QUESTIONS THAT ARE REALLY RHETORICAL QUESTIONS. THEY'RE STATEMENTS.
THEY'RE WELCOME TO SAY IT. AND THEY THEY SAY WHAT THEY HAD. SO IF THERE IS A GENERAL RULE, IT'S THE BACK AND FORTH THING IS GOING TO GET YOU OFF TRACK. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE QUESTIONS AS THEY COME AND WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, OR MAYBE THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY, OKAY. WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES, MISS SHEILA ROSARIO. OKAY. HIGH HEELS ARE FOR THE RECORD, IS THE MIC ON? TURN YOUR MIC ON. IS IT RIGHT? PUSH THE BUTTON.
PUSH THE BUTTON RIGHT HERE ON THIS. RIGHT HERE. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, SHEILA ROSARIO, FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. YES, YES, I GET IT TOTALLY. IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS, I UNDERSTAND, BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE HERE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT HERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE TIME. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIDETRACK. IS THERE ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN HAVE I DON'T KNOW, LIKE ONCE A MONTH, YOU KNOW, ONE OR EVERY OTHER MONTH OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY JOT DOWN OUR QUESTIONS AND KIND OF SUMMARIZE THEM, HOPEFULLY EVEN EVERY OTHER MONTH, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS. A LOT OF THINGS ARE CHANGING, AND ALL OF US ARE JUST GOING TO BE HERE AND NOT HAVING AN ANSWER. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO RIGHT BACK TO IT AND ASK IT AGAIN, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE ASKED JUST FOR THE SIMPLE LANGUAGE THING, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BEEN DONE OR NOT. NOBODY'S REALLY UPDATED US. SO IT'S JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION, A SIMPLE ANSWER IF WE CAN ANYWHERE, EVEN IF WE HAVE A FORMAT, EVEN IF WE HAVE A PLATFORM, EVEN IF WE HAVE A BLOG PAGE, I DON'T CARE.
LET US GO SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS PLEASE. WHETHER IF IT'S SPANISH, ENGLISH, I DON'T CARE WHAT LANGUAGE. ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK, I KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES, AND IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT OVER THIS QUESTION, IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT I'M SURE SOMEBODY ELSE HAS THE SAME QUESTION JUST TO MAKE SURE WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY SALES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOBODY WITHIN OUR FACILITY THAT WILL HAVE ANY TYPE OF BENEFITS FROM IT. BESIDES, YOU KNOW, INDIAN TOWN ITSELF, WHEN IT COMES TO A SALE TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY IS GETTING ANY TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE, BUT I'M PUTTING IT OUT THERE. AND AGAIN, I, I'M
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SURE SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO FEEL SOME TYPE OF WAY, BUT I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME QUESTION. SO THAT IS A QUESTION. AND I HOPE AT SOME POINT SOMEBODY CAN HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT ONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY, I HAVE THREE. OUR NEXT MOBILE[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
FOOD DRIVE IS GOING TO BE OCTOBER 29TH, 8 A.M. AT THOMAS POWER PARK, INDIAN TOWN HIGH SCHOOL IS HOSTING OUR FALL FESTIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OUR INDIAN TOWN SCHOOLS. ON OCTOBER 25TH FROM 530 TO 730. AND IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO SATURDAY, WE ARE HOSTING OUR FIRST HOME GAMES AT BIG MOUND PARK FOR INDIAN TOWN WARRIORS FROM 9 A.M. TO 430. OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE? NEXT SUNDAY COMING BEGINS OUR MUSIC AT THE MARINA SEASON AGAIN. SO MUSIC AT THE MARINA FROM TWO UNTIL FIVE. COME OUT. BRING YOUR BASKET, BRING YOUR BOTTLES, BRING YOUR WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO ENJOY AND ENJOY SOME MUSIC I HAVE. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED TO. IT'S ANYTHING DEALING WITH. CAN YOU MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A CHURCH? ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO THAT? SURE. I DON'T MAKE THE RULES, OKAY? I'M JUST. I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW. SO I AM HOSTING. IT'S IT'S FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AT OUR CHURCH, HOSTING A PROGRAM THERE THE THIRD SUNDAY, WHICH IS THE 19TH, OCTOBER 19TH AT 3 P.M. THE COLORS ARE PINK AND WHITE IS AT MOUNT ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, AND THE THEME IS GOLDEN NUGGETS. THE COLORS ARE PINK AND WHITE. I SAY YES, AND WE HAVE SALLY HUGGINS. SHE IS AN AUTHOR AND SHE WILL BE THERE AS OUR SPEAKER. I HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE. OKAY. FRIDAY.SORRY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH IS THE SECOND ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT AT POST FAMILY PARK. OKAY, OKAY. WHAT TIME? 5 TO 730. AND DEBBIE TOLD ME TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY BE THERE. THANK YOU.
[NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]
OKAY. THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS GOING TO BE OCTOBER 23RD AT 6:00, RIGHT HERE AT VILLAGE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.