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CUTOUT OF HIM NOW. OKAY. I'M SORRY. WE'RE READY. OKAY. WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
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MADAM CLERK, GO AHEAD AND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR DEPAOLO HERE. VICE MAYOR WATERS BROWN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIAMS. PALMER. COUNCIL MEMBER. ANSGAR HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME TO OUR JANUARY 22ND VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING. I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU, SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THE BATHROOMS LOCATED THROUGH THE DOOR TO YOUR LEFT. EXIT DOORS ARE LOCATED AT THE LEFT AND RIGHT, CLEARLY MARKED WITH EXIT SIGNS.TONIGHT YOU'LL HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK. THE FIRST WILL BE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT, AT WHICH TIME YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THE SECOND WILL BE DURING THE AGENDA DISCUSSION. AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN LATE THAT DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK IN THE OPENING, THEY'LL GET A CHANCE. IN THE CLOSING, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK IN EACH SEGMENT. PLEASE ADHERE TO OUR CIVILITY PRACTICE IN THIS AND ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, THERE'S CARDS IN THE BACK TABLE. FILL IT OUT AND HAND IT TO THE DEPUTY. HE'LL HAND IT TO THE CLERK. OKAY. AND WITH THAT. I'D LIKE YOU TO STAND FOR INVOCATION GIVEN BY PASTOR TONY ZWIENER. AND THEN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. JOIN ME IN PRAYER IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, FATHER IN HEAVEN AS WE COME TO YOU NOW, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER IN YOUR NAME TO DO YOUR WILL.
FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WOULD BE PRESENT, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE US, THAT OUR WORDS WOULD BE YOUR WORDS. FATHER, GIVE US THE CALM, THE PEACE, THE INTELLECT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND GUIDE THIS COMMUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL OUR PRESENT ALL ARE TAKING TIME OUT OF THEIR LIFE TO BE HERE, FATHER, AND WE JUST ASK THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL INVOLVED. YOUR WILL IS DONE. WE THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. YOUR 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. THANKS. OKAY. WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? NO, SIR. OKAY. WE
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HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.DINA FREEMAN, COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT UPDATE PRESENTATION THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE LAST MEETING, BUT WE WE FORWARDED IT TO THIS ONE. WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE PRESENTATION. THERE WAS IN THE PACKET WITH A SUMMARY OF THE APPROVED UNDER REVIEW, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL. BUT WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR REALM. IT'S MICROSOFT AND ALSO THE ZOOM MEETINGS. SO WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. WE'VE NOT RECEIVED SOME EMAILS THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. I FEEL LIKE MY ARMS AND LEGS HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DON'T GET YOU, YOU'RE LIKE, WAIT, WHAT? WHAT DO WE DO BEFORE EMAILS? YOU'RE GREAT. RIGHT? AND ZOOM JUST EXCITED TO WORK. OH, SO IT'S THERE IT IS, MR. BOSS. THANK YOU. IT'S WORTH THE WAIT FOR NOW. I KNOW, I REMEMBER PRIOR TO PRIOR TO COMPUTERS. I CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD. THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS, SO. I COULD BRING MY LAPTOP TO. EVERYONE. I'M VERY SORRY. I WAS I WAS ON MUTE. I WAS ABLE TO LOG IN, BUT JUST AS A REGULAR USER, IF SOMEONE CAN GET IN AND PROMOTE ME TO PANELISTS, OH, YOU WANT TO BE PROMOTED NOW? YEAH, I'M TURNING MY MICROPHONE OFF. LAUREN IS WORKING ON HE'S PROMOTED. SHE JUST DID IT. BUT THERE'S NO PAY RAISE. NO. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. OH, HE JUST HUNG UP. HE MUST BE IN. SO IN THE THE AGENDA PACKET THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY FOR JANUARY 2026. THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT. IT WAS A PDF. THE POWERPOINT IS A BETTER VISUAL. WHAT WE WERE GOING TO
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TALK ABOUT. AND WHEN IT WHEN IT COMES UP, WE HAVE LITERALLY JUST GONE LIVE WITH THE THE GIS UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE GIS SPECIALIST AND LUCIA MENDOZA FRONTING THIS PROJECT AND MANAGING IT REALLY WELL WITH MICHELLE. YOU CAN NOW GO INTO A MUCH MORE IMPROVED GIS AND YOU CAN IDENTIFY THROUGH COLORS. I THINK IT'S ORANGE AND GREEN. YEAH. SO THERE'S THE UNDER REVIEW AND THEN THE GREEN UNDER REVIEW IS ORDINARILY ORANGE AND THEN GREEN. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE UPDATED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. OBVIOUSLY IT COULD UPDATE IF THERE'S A LOT OF INFLUX. WE'LL DO IT EVEN SOONER THAN THAT. BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND ACTUALLY JUST CLICK ON THIS LAYER THAT WAS GOING TO SHOW YOU AND BASICALLY BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL THE PROJECTS. AND IF YOU CLICK AND GO DOWN ON THE PAGE TO PAGE TWO, IT'LL TELL YOU THE PROJECT NAME AND THE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. AS WE PROGRESS AND WE GET MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN UPLOAD, WE'LL DO THAT. BUT IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD SNAPSHOT AND YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND OUT AND REALLY SEE WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND WHAT'S UNDER REVIEW IN THE VILLAGE. IT'S A REALLY GOOD TOOL. SO AND THERE'S ALSO THE THERE'S A SLIDING BAR THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH. OKAY. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AS AN AERIAL MAP IN 2025. AND WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE PRIOR TO RIVER OAK OR TERRA LAGO OR THE DOLLAR TREE. AND YOU CAN LITERALLY SLIDE THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I THINK WE GO BACK ABOUT 8 OR 10 YEARS JUST PRIOR TO INCORPORATION. BUT WHAT THE AIM IS TO ACTUALLY GO BACK AS FAR AS WHAT THE COUNTY DOES, WHICH WAS THE 60S, BECAUSE IT REALLY HELPS WITH NOT ONLY PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO THINGS THAT ARE GRANDFATHERED IN THAT ARE PRE-DATE AS USES IN INDIAN TOWN PREDATE MARTIN COUNTY CODES. YOU KNOW, IN THE 70S. THESE MAPS GO BACK TO THE 60S.SO RIGHT NOW I ALWAYS GO BACK ABOUT I THINK IT'S TEN YEARS AND IT AND IT CAN SHOW YOU CAN SLIDE ACROSS AND REALLY SHOW THE DIFFERENT AERIALS. AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL AS A TOOL JUST TO EVEN SEE HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING AND, AND HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO IT'S REALLY GOOD. SO WE'VE GOT WHAT I'VE GOT ON MY SLIDES, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE RIGHT NOW IS AN EXISTING GIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND THEN A PROPOSED GIS. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND THE MAPS TO NOT ONLY SHOW THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AS THE BOUNDARY, ALSO THE LAND USE AND ZONING MAPS, BUT ALSO ADDING IN A LAYER. MICHELLE'S DONE WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY LAND USE AND ZONING AROUND, SO YOU CAN REALLY ZOOM OUT AND SEE MORE OF A PICTURE OF, WELL, WHAT ARE THE COLORS ON THE MAPS AND HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THE SURROUNDING AREAS? SO ALL ABOUT EMPHASIS ON INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO I'D LIKE TO DO SOME TRAINING SESSIONS. WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING UP A BIG MONITOR AND A LAPTOP TO TRY AND HELP PEOPLE COMING IN, NOT ONLY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH APPROVAL PROCESSES, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT'S AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW IN THE VILLAGE THAT YOU CAN HAVE JUST IF YOU HAVE A PHONE OR A LAPTOP OR AN IPAD, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE NOW THAN THERE WAS, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE CAN DO. WE'VE GOT THE ZONING MAPS, THE LAND USE MAPS, AND THE GIS IMAGERY, WHICH IS CALLED WAYBACK. AND IT'S IT'S GOOD BECAUSE YOU CAN LITERALLY SLIDE SIDE TO SIDE AND COMPARE WITH ONE WITH THE OTHER IN TERMS OF BEFORE AND AFTER, WHICH IS GOOD FOR LOOKING AT THOSE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, NONRESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN RIGHT NOW. THIS LIST GETS WE PROVIDE A QUARTERLY. WE GO TO MARTIN COUNTY. WE GO TO A JOINT WORKSHOP MEETING THAT THE VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO. IT'S TELEVISED. IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC. AND IT'S IT'S HELD AT BLAKE LIBRARY IN MARTIN COUNTY, NEXT TO THE WITHIN THE LIBRARY NEXT TO MINE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. IT'S CITY OF STUART, IT'S MARTIN COUNTY, IT'S THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND IT'S THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE PROVIDE A DEVELOPMENT UPDATE SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THEM WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND AS GOVERNMENTS. AND SO WHAT WE BASED THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS DEVELOPMENT REPORT IS BASED ON THAT. AND THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING. IS IT ON THE 17TH OF FEBRUARY. AND EVERYBODY'S INVITED TO GO TO THAT. AND THERE WILL BE UPDATES FROM THIS THAT WAS PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET. BUT THE NONRESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, DOLLAR TREE, WHICH WAS APPROVED AND IS ACTUALLY PENDING, IT'S GOT ITS CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION IS ACTUALLY PENDING. BEING OPEN I BELIEVE IN EARLY FEBRUARY. NOW IT SAYS COMING SOON OR OPENING SOON ON THE DOORS NOW. SO WE'RE WE'RE AWAITING THAT. BUT THAT GOT A MINOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL BECAUSE IT WAS 10,000 SQUARE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL STORE AWAY. I BELIEVE THEY HAD THEIR RIBBON CUTTING RECENTLY AND THEY THEY'RE APPROVED. AND SO SOME OF THESE WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE LIST AFTER THIS TIME. PERFORMANCE BOATS IS IN VENTURE PARK. IT'S LOT EIGHT AND THEY'RE A MARINE MANUFACTURING SERVICE AND REPAIR. THEY'RE VERY CLOSE IN THEIR BUILDING PERMIT REVIEWS. THEY'VE ALREADY GOT SITE PLAN APPROVAL AS PART OF THE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND FIGURING OUT THE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICALS AS WE SPEAK AHEAD
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OF GETTING THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION AND OPENING FOR BUSINESS TO ESTATES IS VERY CLOSE AS WELL. THAT'S THE 22,600FT■S OF OF OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS OFF OF SOUTHWEST FARM ROAD. THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED FOR SITE PLAN AND THEY'RE IN THE BUILDING PERMITS AND AGAIN BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COUNTY BUILDING PERMITS. AND OUR BUILDING PERMIT TECHNICIAN HERE WITH SUBMITTING RESUBMITTING AHEAD OF GETTING TO THAT END CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION AND OPENING FOR BUSINESS. SO THERE'LL BE TWO INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS THERE THAT BASICALLY ADD UP TO 22,600FT■S THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR UTILIZE SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND RENT FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS. GRIND HARD ARE VERY CLOSE. AGAIN, I'VE BEEN OUT ON SITE JUST YESTERDAY. THEY THEY ARE REALLY CLOSE TO GETTING THEIR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OR CO 26,116FT■S, AND IT'S A MANUFACTURING BUILDING FACILITY. EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH IT. I BELIEVE IT'S JUST LITERALLY AT THE FINAL STAGE IN BUILDING PERMIT. WE ARE BEING ADVISED THERE IS A PHASE TWO TO THAT THAT WILL BE COMING IN AT SOME POINT WITH AN EXPANSION THAT I THINK IS GOING TO PUT INDIAN TOWN AND FLORIDA ON THE MAP IN TERMS OF THE EXTENSIVE OPERATION THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR FROM THERE, AND THE AMOUNT OF JOBS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO RECRUIT. AND IF ANYONE WANTS A JOB, THEY ARE LOOKING TO RECRUIT LOCALLY, AND THEY'VE BEEN COMING IN AND ASKING US TO PUT IN, TELL US WHERE WE CAN FIND PEOPLE. SO ANYBODY THAT NEEDS A JOB, RCC CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S BEEN RECENTLY APPROVED MANUFACTURING, BUILDING, AND IT'S IN THE BUILDING PERMIT. WE'VE GOT INDIAN TOWN UPCYCLING FACILITY, WHICH IS CEDRON. WE JUST LITERALLY SIGNED, WE HAD THE REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER BY WADE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SIGNED AND RECORDED TOMORROW FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THE 62,990 SQUARE FOOT PROCESSING FACILITY. SO THAT IS AT A POINT WHERE THEY'LL BE STARTING TO BREAK GROUND AND PULL THEIR BUILDING PERMITS AND BREAK GROUND. I'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THEY'RE SUBMITTING A PLAT TOMORROW. THIS IS A LONG TERM LEASE PROJECT FROM THE OVERALL ITOWN COMMERCE PARK. THEY'RE GOING THEY'RE GOING AHEAD AND PLATTING SO THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT COMPLETELY SEPARATED AND DEFINED IN LEGAL TERMS WITH THE METES AND BOUNDS. SO THAT'LL BE COMING IN, ALTHOUGH THAT WON'T COME BEFORE YOU BECAUSE PLATS DON'T GET ANY FINAL ACTION BEYOND STAFF LEVEL AT THIS POINT. BUT WE DO HAVE A SURVEYOR THAT REVIEWS AS A PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR AGAINST THE PLAT THAT COMES IN JUST TO REASSURE PEOPLE, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COLLEAGUES, THE ENGINEER, THE PLANNER, WE YOU KNOW, WE AND OBVIOUSLY WADE LEGALLY BEFORE IT GETS RECORDED. SO THAT'S COMING INTO YELLOW PINE TRUST COMPANY ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THEY GOT THEIR SITE PLAN APPROVAL AT THE FORMER JUICE PLANT. SO THEY CARVED OUT ABOUT A TEN ACRE PARCEL THAT WAS A ONE TIME LOT SPLIT. AND BASICALLY THEY GOT THEIR APPROVAL AND THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND CLOSE AGAIN, PROGRESSING REALLY WELL WITH THE BUILDING PERMITS. P3 TECHNOLOGIES IN VENTURE PARK LOT NINE. AGAIN, THAT'S ONE THAT'S BEEN A SITE PLAN APPROVED AND IS IN THE BUILDING PERMIT STAGE. SO OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS FOR MARTIN COUNTY ARE OUT DAILY AT THIS POINT IN A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS. AND AS THEY SUBMIT AND THEN RESUBMIT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT QUITE GOT WHAT THEY NEED. INFORMATIONALLY.SO THIS WHOLE DANCE THAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THE BUILDINGS, COMPLY WITH THE WHAT WAS APPROVED AS SITE PLAN, BUT ALSO FLORIDA STATE STATUTES, BUILDING FIRE CODES AND PLANNING ANY CONDITIONS. SO INDIAN TOWN GO CART. THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT'S BEEN IN AND THEN IT WE'RE PENDING A RESUBMISSION AND THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE'VE BEEN ENCOURAGING THEM. IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DEVELOP, CAN YOU LOOK AT POTENTIALLY PUTTING THAT BACK ON THE MARKET. BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO DEVELOP THIS PRIVATE GO CART FACILITY. BUT THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO DO THAT THEY HAVE TO SATISFY SOME RESUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE THE NOISE ELEMENTS OF THAT AND CREATING A NOISE ATTENUATING WALL AND BEING REALLY SENSITIVE TO WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. SO I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF SITTING ON IT FOR NOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL KEEP CALLING THEM AND SAYING, HEY, IT'S A IT'S A GOOD INDUSTRIAL SITE. IT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DEVELOP IT. WE COULD LOOK AT SOMEBODY ELSE UTILIZING THAT PROJECT OR THAT PROPERTY. SO IT'S ONE TO WATCH. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. SKY LEASING, THAT'S A TRUCK PARKING AND STORAGE IN VENTURE PARK LOCK 16. WE'RE WAITING FOR A RESUBMITTAL. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ONE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO WE WE TEND TO KEEP CHASING AND SAYING, ARE YOU GOING TO ARE YOU STILL LOOKING TO. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ASKING TO COME IN AND UTILIZE VENTURE PARK AND THE LOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THEY'RE ALMOST AT CAPACITY IN TERMS OF THE ONES THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW FOR SITE PLANNING OR THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, OR THEY'RE
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OWNED BY KENDALL INDUSTRIAL, OR TRYING TO THINK WHO ELSE. EAST COAST METALS BILL KENDALL INDUSTRIALS BUILT, BUT THEY OWN A FEW VACANT LOTS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THEIR ORNATE STONE STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION. BUT THE ONLY TWO THAT THREE THAT ARE VACANT. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S VENTURE PARK LOT 24, WHICH WILL BE A PROPOSED. THAT'S A PROPOSAL FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE AND THAT'S IN THE SITE PLAN REVIEW STAGE, AND THAT'S FOR STORAGE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. SO WE'RE REALLY FILLING UP ON VENTURE PARK. AND THERE'S A DEMAND FOR THAT TYPE OF OF PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT. AND THOSE LOTS WHERE YOU CAN COMBINE LOTS AND DO THREE OR HAVE INDIVIDUAL LOTS. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE KIND OF WATCHING THE INDUSTRIAL SPACE AND TRYING TO WORK, WORK OUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE CALLING UP WHAT'S AVAILABLE WITHIN INDIAN TOWN, WITHIN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING, WE'VE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH TAROT, LAGO AND THE MASTER SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR 2488 HOMES. THAT WAS A DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS THE INDIAN TOWN DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL IMPACT BACK IN THE DAY. IT'S NOW WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME PD AND MASTER SITE PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN ALONG THE WAY. AND THEN PHASE ONE A AND ONE B IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING OUT THERE IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOWNHOMES AND SINGLE FAMILY AND THE CLUBHOUSE AT THIS STAGE, ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT FOR FUTURE PHASES REQUIRES THEM TO SUBMIT THE SITE PLANS TO GET REVIEWED, AND THEY'LL COME BEFORE YOU AS AS THOSE SITE PLANS AS THEY COME THROUGH FOR THEIR MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY. THEY'VE ALSO GOT COMMERCIAL AND ASSISTED LIVING ON THERE. IF THEY PLAN TO CHANGE ANY OF THAT, THEY'LL COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN WITH IF THEY NEED TO AMEND THE PUD AND THE MASTER SITE PLAN FOR ANY CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT IT'S LAID OUT, THEN THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PUD. AND THIS JUST LISTS SOME OF THOSE, THOSE MULTIPLE PHASES. AND I'M SORRY YOU CAN'T SEE IT, BUT YOU DID SEE IT IN YOUR PACKET. BUT I FEEL BAD FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING A SLIDESHOW.THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN APPROVED, EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THE RIVER OAK SITE PLAN APPROVAL OFF OF FEMALE, FEMALE, FEMALE STREET, 131 UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND ARE A RENTAL COMMUNITY THAT'S BEING BUILT AND WITH BUILDING PERMITS, KEEPING THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT BUSY WITH PROCESSING THOSE EVERY WEEK. REALLY. SEMINOLE CROSSING IS A 25 UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING BUILT AND IS IN THE BUILDING PERMIT CONSTRUCTION STAGE AGAIN FOR 25 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WE HAD A PRE-APPLICATION FOR A PROJECT CALLED INDIAN LANDING OFF A WARFIELD SOUTHWEST, WARFIELD BOULEVARD AND INDIAN WOULD DRIVE FOR 57 TOWNHOMES. THAT WAS JUST AT THE PRE-AP. SO A PRE-APPLICATION IS SOMETHING THAT'S REQUIRED IF IT'S GOING TO TRIGGER A PUBLIC HEARING OVER OR IF YOU WANT TO, JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT ARE YOUR DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARIES, ENTITLEMENTS, THRESHOLDS AND ANY ISSUES SUCH AS WATER, YOU KNOW, ANY ACCOMMODATION, ANY ANYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED OF THE VILLAGE FROM THE VILLAGE ENGINEER, THE PLANNER, FIRE, ENVIRONMENTAL, LEGAL AND JUST OVERALL, HOW DO YOU WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUBMIT AND PREPARE AND SUBMIT? IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE A MINOR SITE PLAN APPLICATION. SO THE PRE-APPLICATION GIVES THE APPLICANT OR PROPERTY OWNER OR TEAM THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO WORK THROUGH A PROCESS IN INDIAN TOWN? IS WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT IS A PERMITTED USE? THESE ARE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OR THESE ARE THE THRESHOLDS FOR DENSITY, HEIGHT, SETBACKS AND ALL OF THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT A PRE-AP. WE'VE GOT OSCEOLA PINES, WHICH IS A PUD THAT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR 40 UNITS AT THIS POINT DUE TO THE WATER CAPACITY ISSUES. SO THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CLEARING AND AND PULLING BUILDING PERMITS FOR THAT. AND THAT'S OFF OF SHAWNEE AVENUE AND 150TH STREET AND 158 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN TOTAL, BUT 40 UNTIL A POINT WHERE THEY CAN EITHER IDENTIFY CAPACITY THROUGH INDIVIDUAL WELLS OR AT THE TIME WHEN THE THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY. HERITAGE PARK CAME TO VILLAGE COUNCIL. IT'S ON THE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE BECAUSE IT CAME ON THE 8TH OF JANUARY TO VILLAGE COUNCIL AND WAS APPROVED FOR THE 71 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THE PLAT IS IN UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW FOR HERITAGE PARK, AND THAT WILL BE REVIEWED AT STAFF LEVEL. AND THAT HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SITE PLAN. JPI INDIAN TOWN THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AS A 40 UNIT SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, WITH SOME CONDITIONS REGARDING EITHER BEING INDIVIDUAL WELL AT THIS POINT OR HOOKING UP TO
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WATER WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE WITH THE CAPACITY AND FIRE SPRINKLING THE UNITS. UNLESS CAPACITY AND FIRE SUPPRESSION REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. TRYING TO THINK CITRUS GROVE IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. THIS IS OFF OF SOUTHWEST CITRUS BOULEVARD, AND THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE LAND USE FROM SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL. SORRY, FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL. SO GOING FROM TWO UNITS PER ACRE TO FIVE UNITS PER ACRE. SO THAT'S AN APPLICATION THAT'S IN FOR REVIEW. AND A STAFF REPORT IS GOING TO BE ISSUED REQUIRING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE NOT QUITE SATISFIED THE CRITERIA. AND DEMONSTRATING ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR US TO BE READY TO PRESENT BEFORE PCAB AND THEN VILLAGE COUNCIL. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OBVIOUSLY WE JUST PROJECT PARROT THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION FOR 5,722.30 ACRES BY FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, WITH A LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION TO CHANGE THE LAND USES TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. IT WENT TO PCAB ON THE 7TH OF JANUARY. IT WENT TO VILLAGE COUNCIL FOR FIRST READING. ON THE 8TH OF JANUARY.THE ANNEXATION IS SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE YOU AS VILLAGE COUNCIL. SECOND READING AS PER STATE STATUTES AND ALL THE ADVERTISING AND AND AND CONSULTATION OR PUBLIC NOTICING.
THAT WILL BE FEBRUARY 12TH AND THEN THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE 30 DAY CONSULTATION. SO FOLLOWING THE 8TH OF JANUARY, WE DID HAVE A TEN DAY WINDOW IN WHICH WE HAD TO CONSULT BY TRANSMITTING TO FLORIDA COMMERCE AND A MULTITUDE OF CONSULTATION AGENCIES, INCLUDING DEP, DOT, SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, MARTIN COUNTY. WE ALSO LET PALM BEACH COUNTY KNOW BECAUSE IT'S ADJACENT AND ABUTTING THEM. AND BASICALLY THEY HAVE A 30 DAY WINDOW IN ORDER TO RESPOND. WE LOOK AT THOSE COMMENTS AND WE PROVIDE THOSE AS THE AGENDA PACKET. AND THAT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO YOU IN ADDITION TO ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE RECEIVE. AND THEN YOU'LL BE MAKING A DETERMINATION BASED ON FROM YOUR FIRST READING, PCAB STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, ANY THIRD PARTY CONSULTATIONS. AND THE STATE ALSO INCLUDES TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING. AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO YOU FOR FINAL ACTION AHEAD OF ADOPTION, WHERE WE TRANSMIT IT BACK TO THE STATE AND THERE'S OTHER, OTHER REQUIREMENTS AHEAD OF THEM AGREEING TO THAT AND THEN IT BEING ADOPTED. AND OBVIOUSLY THE LARGE SCALE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT WILL GO AHEAD, HAS TO SEQUENCES AFTER THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION HAS BEEN APPROVED.
SO I'VE TRIED TO DO THAT WITHOUT ANY GRAPHICS. IT'S NOT AS EXCITING AS LOOKING AT PICTURES, BUT THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE PACKET.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT REALLY IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION WISE. A LOT OF APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN IN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEY'RE JUST COMING TO THE END WHERE THEY'RE BEING BUILT. SO YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF THEM STILL ON THERE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT NEW, BUT THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL LIVE PROJECTS. BIG PIPELINE. YES. YEAH, A LOT GOING ON. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK. I DID WANT TO ADD AS WELL. WE JUST RECEIVED SILVER FOX FOR COMPLETENESS REVIEW. THAT'S 2,000,000 SQUARE FOOT DATA CENTER ON THE SILVER FOX. IT'S NOT ALL OF THE THREE PARCELS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE PRE-APPLICATION. IT'S ONE AND I CANNOT REMEMBER THE ACREAGE, BUT WE LITERALLY JUST GOT THAT IN EARLIER THIS WEEK. OR WAS IT LATE LAST WEEK. AND I'VE GOT TO DO A COMPLETENESS REVIEW JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY CHECK THE BOXES. BUT THAT IS FOR THEIR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND WITHIN THE VILLAGE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO A PUD FOR THAT. SO THAT WILL GIVE INSTEAD OF JUST GOING BY THE REGULAR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, MINIMUMS, MAXIMUMS. THIS ALLOWS THEM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDING AND STANDARDS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE REGULAR CODE. SO WE'VE ENCOURAGED THAT SO THAT THAT WILL COME IN AS A SPECIAL CONDITIONS TIMETABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, PHASING AND DETAILS AROUND WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT MINIMUMS MAXIMUMS WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE PUD, RATHER THAN THE REGULAR TOOLBOX THAT WE HAVE IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGS. SO THAT ONE WILL GO THROUGH A WHOLE STAFF REVIEW PROCESS AHEAD OF, YOU KNOW, AND BACK AND FORTH, AND WHEN THEY'RE READY, AND WE'LL PREPARE THE AGENDAS FOR PCAB AND THEN VILLAGE COUNCIL AND ANY CONSULTATIONS. BECAUSE OF THE SCALE OF IT, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A IT'S DEFINITELY A SOMETHING THAT WARRANTS PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND A SILVER FOX. IT'S SILVER FOX. AND IT CAME IN AFTER THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY PREPARED AS AN AGENDA. SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OH THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE ON THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES. MR. ANTHONY ZWEINER. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. COUNCIL, THANK YOU[00:25:10]
FOR HAVING ME HERE. ALLOW ME TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD. IF ANYONE KNOWS ME AT ALL. THEY KNOW I AM A DOG PERSON AND I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR MAYBE EIGHT NINE YEARS NOW FOR A DOG PARK HERE IN INDIANTOWN COMMUNITY, AND IT'S TIME WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THE GROWTH OF INDIANTOWN, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, IT'S COMING AND WE NEED TO MEET THAT NEED, AND WE ARE DOING IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT I FEEL THAT WE'RE OVERLOOKING ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES. WE ARE UPGRADING OUR PARKS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES THAT ARE COMING AND ARE HERE, BUT THESE PEOPLE ALSO HAVE PETS AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO PROVIDE FOR THEM. I DO HAVE A SOLUTION. TEMPORARY IMMEDIATE SOLUTION, NOT TEMPORARY IMMEDIATE SOLUTION WITH VISIONS TO THE FUTURE WHEN WE NEED THE GROWTH. SO I'M HERE TO PROPOSE A DOG PARK TO YOU, AND I WILL JUST SAY THIS UP FRONT. IF ANYONE TAKES INTEREST IN WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER, I WILL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A GROUP AT YOUR CONVENIENCE. I WILL MAKE THE TIME FOR IT. OKAY, SO I THE THE LOCATION I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IS NOT MY IDEA, BUT IT IS VERY GOOD. GOOD IDEA AND I AM GOING TO PROMOTE IT. WE HAVE HERE A PARK WITH AN AREA THAT IS IN MY MIND PERFECT. AND FOR YOUR REVIEW FOR A SMALL DOG PARK AREA THAT WOULD MEET THE NEEDS OF ME AND NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY AS AN UNDERUTILIZED AREA. IT'S IN BIG MOUNTAIN PARK, WHICH IS BASICALLY A SPORTS ARENA IF YOU WISH. THERE'S NOT REALLY A PICNIC PARK THERE, SO THIS WOULD INTERFERE WITH PEOPLE PICNICKING OR DOING FAMILY ACTIVITIES. THE UNDERUTILIZED AREA I'M SPEAKING OF THAT. WE COULD REPURPOSE TO THIS AS AT THE FAR END, NEXT TO THE BASEBALL DIAMOND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE LAST IN BETWEEN THAT AND THE LAST PARKING SPOT THAT PROVIDES SEPARATE PARKING AND HANDICAP PARKING FOR THE PEOPLE UTILIZING A DOG PARK THERE. WE HAVE ACCESS TO WATER AVAILABILITY. THE FENCING IS THERE ON MOST THREE QUARTERS OF THAT. SO BASICALLY THE COST FACTOR WOULD BE VERY LOW. IT'D BE ESSENTIALLY ANOTHER RUN OF FENCING ON ONE SIDE AND SOME GATES, AND WE COULD DO THIS, WE COULD ESTABLISH THIS THAT QUICKLY. IF YOU FEEL THERE'S A NEED. THE COST IS LOW. THE PROS ARE ARE POSITIVE. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A VERY LITTLE NEGATIVE TO IT. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO MEET WITH ME AND GO OVER IT, I'D BE HAPPY TO. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MEET WITH ME, BUT YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS AND RUN WITH IT, IT CAN BE YOUR IDEA. I'M COMPLETELY HAPPY.OKAY, SO BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. THANK YOU, MISS LINDA. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, LONDON ICAM. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS OVER THE PAST YEARS, ONE NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND TO MY RECOLLECTION, THERE'S NEVER BEEN NOTIFICATION OF ANY RESIDENT AND COUNCIL COMMITTEE FORMED TO EVALUATE THOSE IDEAS AND SET FORTH A PLAN OF ACTION TO FORM A STRATEGIC PLAN TO MOVE THOSE IDEAS INTO ACTIONS. GOOD MONEY'S BEEN SPENT, VALUABLE TIME AND EFFORT HAS BEEN EXPENDED. AND I, FOR ONE, WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ACTION TAKEN AND RESULTS SEEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS BARBARA CLOUDS. MY NAME IS BARBARA CLOWDUS. I'M AN INDIAN TOWN RESIDENT. AND I WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AND INDIAN TOWN THAT WE SET ASIDE JANUARY 28TH AS A DAY TO RECOGNIZE THELMA WATERS. THAT IS THE DAY THAT SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE FLORIDA. WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME. SHE IS THE ONLY MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENT WHO'S BEEN INDUCTED, AND ANYBODY WHO HAS LIVED IN INDIAN TOWN KNOWS THE
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CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ONE WOMAN MADE TO THIS PLACE. WE GOT A LIBRARY, WE GOT THE FIRST DENTIST, WE GOT A VOTING PRECINCT. WE GOT INNUMEROUS THINGS. BUT THE THING THAT STRUCK ME THE MOST ABOUT THELMA WATERS, SHE WAS FEARLESS. SHE WAS A PREACHER OF ALL PREACHERS.AND EVERYBODY IN MARTIN COUNTY REMEMBERS THE DAY THAT SHE TOOK A BUSLOAD OF MIGRANTS TO A COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING. ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE MUD ON THEIR BOOTS. IT DIDN'T MATTER, AND TALKED TO THOSE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. YOU COULD NOT IGNORE THELMA WATERS. I DON'T WANT US TO FORGET, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S ON A STREET SIGN RIGHT OUT THERE, I DON'T WANT US TO FORGET THE LESSONS THAT SHE TAUGHT US. AND OVER AND OVER. AND I CAN HEAR HER SITTING ON MY SHOULDER ALL THE TIME, AND I'M NOT EVEN RELATED TO HER. I CAN'T IMAGINE US. BUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG, FIX IT. YOU DON'T WALK PAST IT, YOU FIX IT. YOU DO SOMETHING WELL. THE OTHER THING ABOUT HER IS THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT STATUES OR ANY KIND OF COMMEMORATION. BUT LET ME TELL YOU. THIS CLEANUP IS THELMA WATERS. AND THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO THELMA WATERS. SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU COME OUT FOR THE ANNUAL THELMA WATERS COMMUNITY CLEANUP. NOT THIS WEEKEND. THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. THANK YOU. OH, WOW. MISS GLORIA JENNINGS. WASN'T EXPECTING THAT.
HELLO, EVERYONE. HELLO, HELLO, HELLO. FOR THE RECORD, I'M GLORIA JENNINGS, AND I DIDN'T SAY IT LAST TIME. AND I WANT TO KIND OF REPENT. THE LAST TIME I GOT UP HERE, I JUST START TALKING. I AIN'T SAID NOTHING. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I SAID NOTHING, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR DOING THAT. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A, I THINK A GREAT JOB AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. SO IT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT. I DIDN'T MEAN ANY HARM AT ALL WHEN I GOT HOME.
USUALLY I GO OVER MY DAY TO SEE WHAT I DID WRONG OR WHAT I NEED TO IMPROVE IN, AND THAT JUST STUCK OUT TO ME RIGHT AWAY. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I. I DIDN'T MEAN ANY HARM IN DOING THAT. THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO. TALK ABOUT. THE STREETS AND THE ROADS IN BUENA PARK. DO YOU HAVE A. PLAN OR SOMETHING TO START WORKING ON THE STREETS AND BOOKER PARK? HOW DO I GO ABOUT DOING THAT? WELL, YEAH, IT TAKES MONEY AND HOPEFULLY PRETTY SOON WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. PRETTY SOON, I'D SAY PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, I WOULD THINK, WELL, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE MONEY TO DO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE ROADS AND STREETS, ALONG WITH ADDRESSING THE UTILITIES, TRANSMISSION LINES AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND DRAINAGE. SO YES, THAT CIP SHOULD BE DONE. I'M HOPING BY JUNE. IS THERE ANY ROAD THAT'S PARTICULAR THAT'S WORSE THAN I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'RE ALL BAD, BUT YEAH, THEY ALL ARE BAD. AND THEN THEY'RE SO NARROW AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO. IT'S NOTHING TO DIVIDE THEM, YOU KNOW? IT'S IT'S JUST A RICK I FEEL. AND I KNOW WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S. AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN, MY GREAT CONCERN. WHAT? WE'RE STARTING TO GAIN TRACTION. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE MONEY TO DO MORE THINGS WITH SOON.
YEAH. YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING THOSE? THE NEW HOMES. THAT STREET IS WORSE THAN THAN ANY STREET IN THERE. I THINK IT'S RIGHT. YES. THAT THAT'S THE WORST STREET. IT REALLY IS.
OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. MISS JOYCE BARRETT. WELCOME AGAIN. GOOD
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EVENING EVERYBODY. DON'T MAKE FUN. I JUST WANTED TO MY NAME FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JOYCE BARRETT. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A COMPLIMENT TO THE WATER COMPANY. I HAD A CREDIT CARD THAT WAS AND I COULDN'T PAY MY WATER BILL, SO I PANICKED. AND WE ALL HAD DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT THAT. SO I'M NOT HERE. I CAN'T RUN TO THE OFFICE, SO I'M ON MY PHONE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THAT LATE FEE. SO I WAIT AND SURE ENOUGH, I HAVE ABOUT FIVE OPTIONS. SO I'M PLEASED WITH THAT BECAUSE NOW I CAN TRANSFER IT OVER TO MY CHECKING ACCOUNT, COVER IT, AND THEN WHEN I GET BACK, I CAN GO SEE THE GALS AND THEY'LL HELP ME. BUT IT ALSO, I WAS SURPRISED IT LET ME MOVE UP MY DATE AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? INSTEAD OF THE 20TH, I'M GOING TO MOVE IT UP TO WHEN I GET PAID, I WANT MY WATER. AND I DID THAT AND IT WAS VERY EASY.I KNOW WE HAD CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T GET HERE TO DO THAT, BUT I MOVED MINE UP AND IF I KNOW I GET PAID, I WANT MY WATER, ELECTRIC AND RENT PAID.
AND IT DID IT. SO COMPLIMENTS TO THEM. I KNOW THEY'RE NOT HERE. USUALLY HE'S HERE, BUT YOU ALL SHARE IT WITH THEM. AND THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE, I WAS COMING OUT OF DOLLAR GENERAL AND AT THE CROSSWALK THERE WHERE THE LIGHT IS, I WAS MAKING MY RIGHT TURN. ONLY I'M IN THE GOING TO TURN. SO I'M IN MY TURNING LANE. I LOOK UP AND THERE'S AN F250 STARING ME DOWN.
I THOUGHT, WHAT'S HE DOING? I COULDN'T GO BECAUSE OF HIM AND I THOUGHT, I'M NOT MOVING BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE. HE GOES AROUND ME INTO THE WRONG LANE TO GO INTO DOLLAR GENERAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES. THIS ONE SCARED ME BECAUSE HE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND I THOUGHT, CAN WE PUT SOMETHING UP THERE WHEN THEY DO 710 TO KEEP SOMEBODY? IF THEY MISS THE FIRST ONE AT MCDONALD'S, THEY TRY TO DO THE SECOND ONE INSTEAD OF MAKING A U-TURN AND COMING AROUND. BUT THREE TIMES IS TOO MANY. AND THIS WAS A BIG TRUCK AND I'M IN MY CAR AND HE WASN'T MOVING, NOR WAS I DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO. HE WAS IN MY WAY AND HE'S IN MY LANE. THE OTHER THING I HAVE IS WHERE THE APARTMENTS ARE. I CUT THAT LITTLE CUT THROUGH THERE BEHIND BLAZING NAILS AND THE NEW APARTMENTS ARE THERE. IF SOMEBODY CAN GET SOMEBODY TO MOW THE BUSHES THERE. THERE WAS A CHILD COMING OUT AND I KNOW THE HOMES ARE BACK THERE, BUT HAD I NOT SEEN THE CHILD, HE WOULD HAVE COME OUT OF THOSE BUSHES AND THERE WAS A CAR COMING AT ME. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO TAKES CARE OF THAT, BUT IT WAS JUST A CONCERN I HAD. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THAT IS IT, MAYOR. THAT'S IT? YES.
OKAY. I'M WAITING TO DO MY ITEMS. WHICH ONES ARE THE NEXT TWO? I GOT COMMITTEE REPORTS.
[COMMITTEE REPORTS]
GO AHEAD. WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS I DO, YOU DO, I DO. OKAY, I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. ON THE. ON FRIDAY THE 16TH, I WENT TO THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. AND SO ON JANUARY 29TH. THERE YOU CAN REGISTER IF YOU WOULD LIKE. IT'S CALLED TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL REGIONAL RESILIENCY. AND THEY HAVE SPEAKER SERIES SO WE CAN TAKE LESSONS FROM FOR OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM SAINT LUCIE COUNTY, WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO. BUT YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE AND SIGN UP FOR IT. AND IT IS FROM 3 TO 4:00. AARON DD DD, WHO'S AN ATTORNEY, WILL BE SPEAKING. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX TOOLBOX OR THE TOOLKIT FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES. THERE'S A QR SCAN ON THIS ONE AS WELL. SO IF YOU WANT THE EDUCATION FOR THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THEY ALSO DID A REVIEW FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN 2025 FOR THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL ALL OVER THE TRI COUNTY AREA. SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT UP. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WE'RE ON HERE FOR THAT ONE. AND ON. JANUARY 21ST, I WENT TO THE TREASURE COAST[00:40:06]
REGIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. IT WAS A THE BOARD MEMBER MEETING WE WILL BE HOSTING. WE, MEANING THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, WILL BE HOSTING THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IN OCTOBER. SO THEY WILL COME TO US AT THAT TIME WHERE THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN WHERE WE HAVE, WE GOT TILL OCTOBER TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU SO KINDLY. WE'VE GOT THE BARBECUE AND OKEECHOBEE AS THEY DO EVERY YEAR. THAT DAY IS GOING TO CHANGE. HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE JUNE AND MARCH. IT WILL BE IN FELLSMERE IN MAY. IT'S IN FORT PIERCE, SAINT LUCIE VILLAGE. BUT OUR HOMEWORK WAS TO FIND TWO ISSUES THAT CONCERN US IN OUR CITY AND BRING IT BACK SO WE CAN HACK IT UP AND SEE WHAT WE DO WITH THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT SOVEREIGNTY, IMMUNITY. AND WE TALKED ABOUT FLORIDA MUNICIPAL INSURANCE TRUST. BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY, REALLY GOOD BOARD MEETING. AND SO IT'S OPEN TO ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO.[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]
VERY GOOD. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO. OKAY. THOSE MANAGER. YEAH. YOU HAVE ONE. YES. WELL I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. AND I HOPE EVERYBODY IS STAYING WARM. I JUST I DON'T KNOW IS THIS THE TIME TO REVISIT SOME OF THE THINGS FROM LAST, LAST MEETING LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT? OKAY. SO I'M, I'M, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE WHERE ARE WE WITH. I KNOW DINA, YOU TALKED ABOUT. I THINK YOU SAID THAT THEY'RE GRIND HARD AND DIFFERENT. ONE WAS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO WORK. THEY WANT TO HIRE, BUT WHERE'S THE INFORMATION REINHART IS ON? INDEED. YES. REINHART IS ON. INDEED. BUT WHEN YOU GO ON THERE, YOU'RE UNLESS THEY'VE DONE REVVED UP, THEY'VE DONE BETTER WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THERE. BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO TRY TO FILL OUT A THE APPLICATION SUBMIT OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THEY SEND YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY SEND YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE AND SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO LAST WEEK I HAD TWO PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR REINHART ONLINE ON. INDEED. ALRIGHT, SO TRY IT AND SEE IF THAT WILL WORK FOR YOU. AND THEN WHAT? ARE WE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER SOME TYPE OF JOB FAIR WITH ALL THE THE DIFFERENT ONES THAT ARE LOOKING TO HIRE? I KNOW WE THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS. I MEAN WE CAN'T I DON'T SEE AS THE VILLAGE. I MEAN WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON FOR HR AND SHE'S PART HR AND PART WOULD THAT BE PAYROLL? BUT THEY JUST HAD A JOB FAIR AT THE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND THEY HAVE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. ONE WAS FOR EDUCATION. NO, NO.THEIR CAREER DAYS. THAT'S A CAREER DAY OKAY. AS LIAISON TO THE TO THE CHAMBER. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO GIVE THEM JUST A LITTLE WHILE. I TALKED TO JEN ABOUT THAT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT ON A JOB FOR YOU OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. ONCE THEY GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE EMPLOYERS THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. YEAH. AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM ON THAT OKAY. COOL. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS. OH. AND. WHEN ARE WE DOING A HAVE YOU COME UP WITH A DATE FOR PLANNING THAT DEAL WITH THE ELDERS AND EVERYTHING. WELL THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY. I MEAN, WE CAN CALL IT A STRATEGIC PLANNING DEAL WITH THE ELDERS, BUT GINA'S WORKING ON THEM NOW. BUT THE STATE HAS PREEMPTED US ON SOME OF THIS CHANGES UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT THE DATE IS. YEAH. THE GOVERNOR CAME IN AND SAID MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES CAN'T MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR CODES THROUGH A CERTAIN TIME FRAME. OKAY. OH, WHAT IS IT? I FORGOT HE WAS OCTOBER 2027. OKAY, OKAY. SO. WELL, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO CALL THAT A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. OKAY? IT'S JUST IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET THINGS SAID AT ONE TIME. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET IT IN. SO THAT'S NOT BE SO TECHNICAL ABOUT IT. WE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT PLANNING AT LAST TIME, AND WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE ELDERS. SO WE DEALT WITH THE ELDERS. SO NOW WITH THE PLANNING, WHICH IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE'RE WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE AT, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO GO. WELL I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO BRING BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN MIXED UP. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND AND SOME AREN'T. FEEL LIKE WE JUST HAD ONE. SO I HAVE ANOTHER ONE. DO
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WE HAVE A FACILITATOR, DO WE NOT? HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND ON THAT? WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THIS LAST TIME TO HAVE A GRANT THAT HELPED PAY FOR THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, BUT IN THE PAST, WHEN I'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT POSSIBLY FACILITATING, IT'S, YOU KNOW, 15,000 REALLY. I MEAN, IT'S NOT I MEAN, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S UP TO THE HOW THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD. I GUESS THAT THE QUESTION THAT WAS COMING UP, WHAT WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO DO? WE HAVE A LOT OF BUILDING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF. BUT WHAT IS OUR MAIN GOAL? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO DO? WHERE DO WE COME FROM. YOU KNOW JUST TRYING TO GET SOME GET A HOLD ON THINGS. AND BECAUSE IN THE LAST MEETINGS, I'VE ALSO HEARD COMMENTS THAT THAT WASN'T REALLY JUST PLANNING. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I DO.WELL, EVERYONE HAS THEIR OPINION, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN OPINION ABOUT WHAT A STRATEGIC PLAN IS AND WHAT AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH. WHEN I WAS AT THE COUNTY, WE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THEM. I CHECKED WITH THE COUNTY AND, AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BLESSED IT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S JUST DIFFERENT ENTITIES COME AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER THIS COUNCIL, YOU KNOW HOW THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. IF I MAY I DON'T THINK WE NEED A FACILITATOR. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SPEND ANY MONEY. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MEET, HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING SO THAT WE, FIVE OF US, CAN DISCUSS WHAT OUR PRIORITY IS GOING TO BE FOR 2026 AND HOW AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE CAN GO FOR THE PIE IN THE SKY, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GET THE PIE IN THE SKY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A REALITY. IF WE CAN DO REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT WE CAN GET DONE AND TALK ABOUT THAT, AND WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, IT'LL MAKE LIFE A WHOLE LOT EASIER FOR US. I AGREE WITH THAT. I DON'T THINK WE NEED SOMEBODY FACILITATING BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, IT TAKES AWAY FROM OUR TIME TO ACTUALLY HAVE DISCOURSE ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. IT'S IT'S AN ACTIVITY AND WHAT WE NEED IS DISCUSSION. SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PLAN JUST A DATE WHERE WE MEET IN HERE, OKAY, THAT WE CAN SIT DOWN AND REALLY DISCUSS WHAT OUR TOP FIVE PRIORITIES ARE, AND ACTUALLY MAKE AN ACTION PLAN OF HOW TO GET THERE. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE PREFERENCE OF OF A DAY PARTICULARLY, AND HOW MUCH TIME YOU WOULD. WELL, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY SATURDAYS LIKE WE DID THE LAST TIME SATURDAY MORNING FROM 9 TO 12. SHOULD BE GOOD. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE IN MARCH JANUARY AND FEBRUARY IS HIGHLY IT'S VERY BUSY FOR ME. OKAY. MARCH. SOMETHING IN MARCH? YEAH. I'LL SEND OUT. I'LL LOOK AT CALENDARS. WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE ONLY. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH MARCH IS SPRING BREAK, BUT THAT THERE'S TWO WEEKENDS THERE THAT THE 20 THAT SO MIGHT HAVE TO BE THE END OF MARCH. FIRST PART OF APRIL. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANY
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION A SECOND. SECOND. MOTION SECOND.[APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ]
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION.SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IN A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. OKAY. OFFER
[Offer to Acquire Property Located at 16870 SW Charleston Street in Indiantown from Martin County Board of County Commissioners Community Redevelopment Agency]
TO ACQUIRE A PROPERTY AT 6870 CHARLESTON STREET. YES, SIR. THIS ITEM I HAVE PUT ON HERE, I HAD BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS EARLY ON WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BOB SOUZA CENTER AND ALL THAT AS FAR AS THE COUNTY DONATING OR OR GIVING PROPERTY, IF YOU WILL, TO THE VILLAGE. THIS PARCEL THAT'S ON THE CORNER THERE OF CHARLESTON IS IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR VILLAGE RECREATIONAL OFFICES, AS WELL AS ADJACENT TO THE VILLAGE'S MULTI-USE ATHLETIC FIELD IN BOCA PARK. IT'S A LITTLE OVER AN ACRE. THE BACK. IN 2001, THE COUNTY ESTABLISHED THEIR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WHICH IS A CRA, AND INDIANTOWN HAD A CRA. BUT WHEN THE VILLAGE INCORPORATED THAT[00:50:06]
CRA WITH MARTIN COUNTY WAS DISSOLVED. SO THIS PARCEL WAS PURCHASED INITIALLY WITH THOSE CRA FUNDS AND THOSE SO THE COUNTY IS NOT IN A POSITION TO TURN THE PROPERTY OVER TO US, BECAUSE THE CRA FUND NEEDS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR SOME OF THE EXPENSES THAT WERE INCURRED WHEN THEY PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY. AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THE COUNTY DID AT THAT TIME WITH THE CRA DOLLARS. SO THEY AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY FELT STRONGLY THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE A APPRAISAL DONE AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE ASKING FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE BASED ON THAT APPRAISAL. BUT THE APPRAISAL THAT THEY GOT CAME IN A LITTLE HIGH IN THEIR MINDS. IT WAS AT $310,000. AND SO THEY SAID THEY DID KIND OF THEIR OWN DESK AUDIT OR APPRAISAL ON IT. AND THEY CAME BACK WITH AN OFFER OF $283,234, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE COST OF THEIR APPRAISAL. WE HAD OUR OWN APPRAISAL DONE, AND THE PARCEL CAME IN ON OUR APPRAISAL AT 275,000. SO I WAS RECOMMENDING THAT IF YOU WANT TO PROCEED AND ACQUIRE THIS PARCEL SO THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE IT WITH THE PARK, MAYBE PUT IN A T-BALL FIELD OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE SOME RESTROOMS ON THAT SIDE, WHATEVER. BUT AND I WAS ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT YOU WOULD UTILIZE SOME OF THAT SALES TAX THAT WAS APPROVED FOR MARTIN COUNTY TO BUY ENVIRONMENTALLY ENVIRONMENTAL LANDS, HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING IN THERE TODAY TO ACQUIRE THIS PARCEL AND STILL HAVE ABOUT 370,000 REMAINING IN THAT FUND. SO I JUST NEED I DIDN'T YOU KNOW, WE NEED IF THAT'S THIS IS THE DIRECTION THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE IN, THEN WE WOULD PUT TOGETHER A FORMAL LETTER, SEND IT TO HAVE MAYOR SIGN IT AND SEND IT TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND COMMISSIONER, BLAKE CAPPS. WHERE ARE WE ON THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY BEHIND HERE FOR THIS? THAT'S THAT'S DONE. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE SO THE AMOUNT WOULD BE 275. YES, MA'AM. SO THEY AGREED TO THE 275 INSTEAD OF THE 283. I HAVEN'T GIVEN THEM AN OFFER. I DIDN'T MAKE THEM AN OFFER OF THE 275. YEAH OKAY. I DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CAN MAKE THE OFFER FOR THE 275 SO WE CAN PAY OUR DEBT. OKAY, BEFORE WE DO THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR.OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? NO. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I SHE MADE A MOTION, I SECONDED.
GET A MOTION IN A SECOND. BUT I WILL MAKE A COMMENT ON ON THAT. ONCE WE ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'LL TAKE TO GET IT GOING OR WHAT TIME FRAME ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? HAVING FUNDS TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING WITH THE PROPERTY? WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD PUT IT IN. SO RIGHT NOW PARKS AND REC HAS A RESTRICT. YOU KNOW WE HAVEN'T DONE THEIR BUDGET. WE'VE WE'VE DONE THEIR BUDGET FOR NOW. BUT WE WILL BE WORKING ON OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, NEXT FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. AND YOU KNOW WE DID WE HAD A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THERE. SHE SPENT ALMOST 300,000 ON A NEW PLAYGROUND FOR BOOKER PARK. SO THOSE FUNDS, IF WE KEEP LOADING THEM BACK INTO THE BUDGET, WE'LL HAVE SOME FUNDING TO DO THAT. OKAY. SO IT WON'T BE A WAY DISTANT PROJECT. NO, IT SHOULD BE A NEAR A NEAR. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. WE HAVE A NEED. AND WITH D.R. HORTON GOING IN AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM FOLKS WAS LACK OF AREAS FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY KICKBALL. WHATEVER. OKAY. SO, SO I THINK WE HAVE DIRECTED YOU TO MAKE THAT OFFER. YES, MA'AM. SO IS IT A DONE DEAL? ONCE THE PROPERTY IS ACQUIRED THAT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT INTO PARKS. IS THAT A DONE DEAL? IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL. IT JUST SEEMED TO, YOU KNOW, FROM DEBBIE'S PERSPECTIVE, SHE WAS EXCITED TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAYBE DO A TEE BALL FIELD. WE'VE HEARD RESIDENTS COME FORWARD. THEY TOOK APPARENTLY THERE WAS A BASEBALL FIELD THERE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, BUT THAT WOULD BE A COUNCIL DECISION. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. WE COULD BRING WE BRING IT BACK AND YOU ALL TELL US WHAT YOU. I WAS JUST I WAS I JUST WANT US TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY. ABSOLUTELY. YES. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[Approval to Place on the August Ballot Language Requesting the Voters Consider the Village Adopting a Grant Program for Property Tax Exemptions Pursuant to s. 3, Art VII of the State Constitution for New Businesses and Expansions of Existing Businesses that will Create new Full-Time Jobs in the Village]
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM THAT I HAVE HERE IS THE MAYOR AND I ATTENDED MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING THAT THEY HAD TO DISCUSS THE[00:55:07]
TOOLKIT FOR THE JOB. AT THE TIME, THEY CALLED IT THE JOB CREATION TOOLKIT WITH MARTIN COUNTY. BUT MARTIN COUNTY NOW HAS MODIFIED THE PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT. AND THEY'RE LOOKING THEY'RE CALLING IT THE TOOLKIT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND SO IT GOT APPROVED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE THOSE MODIFICATIONS. AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE TRIED TO GET A REFERENDUM APPROVED BY THE VOTERS TO OFFER THIS TOOLKIT TO THE VILLAGE. AT THE TIME, THE THE THE WAY THE COUNTY PROGRAM WAS WRITTEN, THE VILLAGE COULD NOT PARTICIPATE UNLESS THEY THEY HAD THEIR OWN TOOLKIT APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. MARTIN COUNTY HAS EXPANDED THEIR PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN OFFER THEIR PROGRAM THEIR TOOLKIT, MARTIN COUNTY'S TOOLKIT PROGRAM, TO INCORPORATED AREAS. SO WHAT DOES THAT DO THAT THAT MEANS THAT MARTIN COUNTY HAS A MILLAGE RATE OF 6.516, OR WHATEVER IT IS. I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN. AND SO IF A COMPANY CAME IN THAT MET THE CRITERIA AND IT'S A TARGETED BUSINESS, THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION WITH MARTIN COUNTY, EVEN IF THEY WERE IN THE VILLAGE. BUT IF THE VILLAGE HAS THEIR PROGRAM ALSO, THEN WE CAN SWEETEN THE POT, IF YOU WILL, AND ADDRESS IT THROUGH THE YOUR 1.8250 MILLAGE RATE THAT THEY WOULD PAY PAYING ON TOP OF THE COUNTY. SO EVERYBODY PAYS COUNTYWIDE TAXES REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU LIVE AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE PAY THE VILLAGE MILLAGE. AND SO FOR A BUSINESS LOOKING TO LOCATE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE, THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT LARGER MILLAGE RATE, BECAUSE THE TWO WOULD BE COULD BE COMBINED. THE PROGRAMS ARE SPECIFIC TO EACH EACH COMPANY. THEY'RE TIED TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF JOBS THAT ARE HIGH PAYING JOBS THAT ARE ABOVE YOUR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FORMULA FOR IT. THE PROPERTY APPRAISER IS THE ENTITY THAT THAT MONITORS THE PROGRAM, AND THEY HAVE TO APPLY EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO JUST BECAUSE YOU GET IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE IT EVERY YEAR. YOU HAVE TO REAPPLY AND DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU MEET THE CRITERIA. SO MARTIN COUNTY HAD REACHED OUT AND AND ASKED IF WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THEY'VE GOT THIS TOOLKIT A LITTLE BIT MORE MODIFIED IF WE WOULD RECONSIDER AND POSSIBLY PUT IT ON THE YOUR REGULAR BALLOT IN AUGUST. THERE ARE SOME COMPONENTS OF THE MARTIN. SO ALL I'M ASKING FOR TODAY IS THE OKAY TO DO AN ITEM AND BRING IT BACK, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME ITEMS IN THE MARTIN COUNTY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLKIT THAT THE VILLAGE WON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT IN OUR TOOLKIT. REALLY, THE ONLY THING I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE OF VALUE IN YOUR TOOLKIT WOULD BE THE AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM. BUT THERE WAS LIKE THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BONDS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PARTS OF MARTIN COUNTY IS PUTTING UP A FUND THAT COMPANIES CAN BE REIMBURSED THAT ARE COMMITTING TO LARGE SCALE WITH HIGH IMPACT PROJECTS. A MINIMUM OF $10 MILLION INVESTMENT TO MARTIN COUNTY. BUT THEY'RE CAPPING A REBATE, IF YOU WILL, OF $1 MILLION. THE VILLAGE IS YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO OFFER THE SAME LEVEL OF INCENTIVES THAT MARTIN COUNTY IS. BUT I THINK RE REVISITING THE AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE. AND I'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK. AND THAT'S ALL.THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR. MISS LINDA NIGAM. I TRIED TO STAY RETIRED, BUT FOR THE RECORD, LINDA NIGAM ON THIS GRANT PROGRAM. I SEE SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS PROGRAM. THE BASIC IDEAS ARE GREAT, BUT NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR INDIAN TOWN TO BE LOOKING TO GIVE OUT GRANTS. I HEARD MOANING AND GROANING WHEN THE LOWER TAX RATE WAS APPROVED, AND MORE MOANING AND GROANING WHEN ITEMS NEEDED TO BE CUT FROM THE BUDGET. NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE HALF CENT SALES TAX REVENUE,
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PLUS THE ADDITION OF MORE PROPERTY TAXES DUE TO THE FPL ANNEXATION, HAVE CREATED AN ATMOSPHERE OF WELL-BEING. IF WE ARE SO SUDDENLY WELL OFF, THEN WHY ARE WE WAITING ON GOVERNMENT GRANTS TO COMPLETE THE MUCH NEEDED WATER AND SEWER PLANTS? WHY ARE THE ROAD AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT NEED SERIOUS ADDRESSING? WHY DOES THE VILLAGE STILL CARRY DEBT? WHY ARE OUR PARKS STILL IN NEED OF SO MUCH WORK TO KEEP OUR YOUTH SAFE? THE MAJORITY OF THE GRANT PROGRAMS MENTIONED ARE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENTICING MORE BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT BUSINESSES. WHY? I CAN'T SEE WHERE ANY ENTICEMENT IS NEEDED. THEY'RE COMING ANYWAY. WE DON'T NEED TO OFFER THEM GRANTS ON PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS. THEY ARE COMING ANYWAY. PERHAPS MARTIN COUNTY CAN AFFORD TO PUT THIS TOOLKIT INTO THEIR BUDGET. I DON'T BELIEVE INDIAN TOWN IS READY FOR THIS YET. WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON OUR INDIAN TOWN RESIDENTS AND THEIR NEEDS. NOT PAYING NEW BUSINESSES TO COME IN. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE FIRST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, WE GOT ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? WE DO. WE MISSED WE MISSED A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE DIDN'T DO THIS BEFORE. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. HOWEVER, THEY'RE SHORT SIGHTED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE REVENUE. OUR REVENUE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS A BASKET FULL OF EGGS. WITH ONE EGG DONOR. WE HAVE ONE CHICKEN LAYING THOSE EGGS. IT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO BE. WE DO WANT TO BRING IN THE HIGH PAYING JOBS. WE WANT TO BRING IN THE BUSINESSES THE SIZE OF THESE IN ORDER TO HAVE AMENITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE HAS TO BE REVENUE IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO OTHER AREAS, BECAUSE THOSE AREAS ALREADY OFFER AMENITIES. IF WE CONTINUE TO NOT, AS YOU SAY, ENTICE BUSINESSES HERE, THEN WE WILL END UP WITH THE OTHER BUSINESSES HERE. NOT THE HIGH PAYING JOBS, NOT THE ONES THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND THE COMMUNITY AND OFFER THE INCOME, THE TAX INCOME THAT WE NEED, THE REVENUE THAT WE NEED, AND TAKE ALL OF OUR EGGS OUT OF ONE BASKET AND DIVERSIFY. WE WILL END UP WITH BUSINESSES THAT ARE SHORT TERM, SMALL, THAT COME AND GO, THAT STRUGGLE.QUITE FRANKLY, THE BUSINESSES THAT THIS TAX EXEMPTION. DRAWS IN, OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE ESTABLISHED, THEIR BUSINESSES THAT ARE STRONG, THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT WILL MAKE IT THROUGH ROUGH TIMES. IF ROUGH TIMES ARE TO BE HAD. ANOTHER THING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GIVING BACK MONEY, IT'S KIND OF ABSURD TO SAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT. WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM MONEY, THEY'RE COMING IN WITH MONEY AND WE'RE GIVING THEM A LITTLE OF THEIR MONEY BACK. WE DO IT RIGHT NOW WITH FPNL. IT'S A COMMON PRACTICE FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO OFFER THIS TO ENTICE THE REALLY LARGE, STABLE BUSINESSES THAT THIS WILL ENTICE. MARTIN COUNTY IS THE THIRD LARGEST COUNTY IN FLORIDA. THE THIRD RICHEST, I'M SORRY, NOT LARGEST. THE THIRD RICHEST COUNTY IN FLORIDA. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAY, OH, WE WANT TO STAY SMALL. WE WANT TO DO THIS. WE WANT TO DO THAT. WE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE THE COUNTRYSIDE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN. BUT THAT'S NOT A REALISTIC THOUGHT ANYMORE. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS PRESERVE OUR HERITAGE, BUILD RESPONSIBLY AND ENTICE GROWTH THAT IS POSITIVE. AND WE'RE NOT DOING THAT WHEN WE'RE SHORTSIGHTED AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO CUT OFF OUR NOSES TO SPITE OUR FACE, AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS, MARTIN COUNTY IS DOING IT. PORT SAINT LUCIE IS DOING IT, JUPITER IS DOING IT. PALM BEACH COUNTY IS DOING IT. WE WANT OUR SHARE. WE HAVE ALL THIS PROPERTY HERE THAT YOU CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT ON THE THOROUGHFARE THROUGH FOR FOR THIS. IT'S A CONNECTION FROM EVERYTHING. WE'RE REALLY
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THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING. PEOPLE HAVEN'T REALIZED IT YET, BUT WE REALLY ARE. AND IF WE FAIL TO PLAN FOR THIS, YES. THEY'RE COMING. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. BUT WE WANT THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS WITH THESE TYPE OF STANDARDS TO COME IN. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A TOTAL NET JOB NUMBER. THE WAGES ARE ABOVE AVERAGE. AND IN SOME OF THESE COMPANIES, SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE AVERAGE, THEIR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS HAVE TO MEET CRITERIA. THEY'RE TARGETED INDUSTRIES, NOT JUST LETTING A BUSINESS COME IN. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BUILD AN INDIAN TOWN. THEY'RE TARGETED. THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT HERE. WE GET TO SAY WHICH ONES WE WANT. OFTENTIMES ON THIS COMMITTEE, WE'RE SITTING HERE IN THE PUBLIC SAYING, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT WE DO HERE. WE RATIFY. WE DON'T DECIDE. LAST MEETING, PEOPLE WERE SAYING, OH, YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS, THE DECISIONS ALREADY BEEN MADE. SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE RATIFY, WHICH MEANS WE GIVE THE FINAL APPROVAL TO THINGS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND MET THE REQUIREMENTS. WE DON'T GET TO SAY, GRANDPA'S GOT A BUSINESS HERE, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT DISTURBED BY A NEW BUSINESS THAT'S GOING TO COMPETE. THAT'S NOT IN OUR THAT'S NOT IN OUR PREVIEW. SO.I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE DO NEED THESE THIS TOOLBOX IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THE RIGHT ONCE SHE GETS IT TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN BRING IT BACK UP TO DECIDE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING SAYING THAT WE WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO RELOOK AT THIS. WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME IS IT WAS THROWN ON THE BALLOT VERY QUICKLY AND AT A BAD TIME. QUITE FRANKLY, IT WAS AT A IT WAS A IT WAS A JUMP TRYING TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
WE NEED TO LET THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND BETTER THIS TIME WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS, WHAT THIS REALLY SAYS, WHAT THIS REALLY OFFERS. WE'RE NOT GIVING MONEY TO ANYONE. WE'RE NOT TAKING MONEY OUT OF OUR WALLETS TO PAY SOMEONE TO COME HERE. THAT'S A MISNOMER. THAT'S WHAT YOU HEAR ON FACEBOOK. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. WE'RE GIVING THEM A REBATE. WHO DOESN'T LIKE A REBATE? YOU GO TO, YOU GO TO TJ MAXX ON MONDAYS IF YOU'RE 65 OR OLDER TO GET YOUR 10%, OKAY. WE WANT THEM TO COME HERE OKAY. AND WE WANT THEM TO BRING THE 90% THEY'LL BE BRINGING TO TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR AN APPROVAL ON THIS REQUEST. OKAY.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE GOT WHAT, 2200 ACRES OR MORE OF INDUSTRIAL LAND THAT'S VACANT, THAT IT'S ABOUT IT'S ABOUT 2000 ACRES, RIGHT? CURRENTLY WITHOUT THE FPL. OKAY, SO 2000 ACRES, BUT ALL OF THAT ACREAGE HAS AG EXEMPTION ON IT. SO WE'RE REALLY NOT COLLECTING ANY TAXES FROM THAT. NOW, HOW THESE BIG BUSINESSES WORK, THE ONES THAT WOULD LOOK AT THIS TOOLKIT AND IT'S EVEN LIKE A PUBLIX, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO A PUBLIX.
PUBLIX GOT THE NAME ON THE BUILDING. THEY USUALLY BUY THE LAND, BUILD THE BUILD THE PROJECT, AND THEN THEY SELL IT. THEY SELL IT TO ANOTHER COMPANY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE LIABILITY. AND A LOT OF THESE, THESE. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES IS THE SAME THING. SO WE WOULD YOU COULD HAVE JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE, I A GUY I KNOW THAT THAT HAS A BLOCK PLANT, SYNTHETIC BLOCK PLANT. YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT $35 MILLION IN EQUIPMENT IN THAT PLANT. AND HE BOUGHT THE BUILDING. BUT THE BUILDING WAS BOUGHT UNDER A DIFFERENT ENTITY. SO IT'S NOT THE SAME ENTITY THAT HAS GOT THE BUSINESS IN THERE. SO PALM BEACH COUNTY IS REALIZING ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAXES ON THAT BUILDING. NOW THAT'S A WIN WIN WIN SITUATION, BECAUSE NOW YOU GOT A COMPANY THAT'S EMPLOYING HE'S EMPLOYING ALMOST 40 PEOPLE AT A MINIMUM OF $80,000 A YEAR SALARY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD ADD REALLY TO THE ECONOMY. THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT. WE WANT THOSE 80
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AND $90,000 A YEAR JOB LOOK AT. THE FOOD DISTRIBUTOR, CHENEY BROTHERS, WHAT THEY DID IN PORT SAINT LUCIE. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY EMPLOY, HOW MANY TRUCKS GO OUT OF THERE EVERY DAY? I MEAN, IT'S THEY OWN THE BUILDING. YEAH, THEY OWN THE BUSINESS. IT'S TWO. I KNOW FOR A FACT IT'S TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES. SO PORT SAINT LUCIE IS GETTING ALL THE TAX VALUE OF THAT. THAT BUILDING. THAT'S A BIG BUILDING THAT'S PROBABLY LIKE 200,000FT■S, YOU KNOW. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND, YOU KNOW, I SIT ON THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WHICH IS WE DEVELOPED THIS THIS TOOLKIT. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THE COUNTY DID IT, THEN WE CAN DO IT. AND WE NEED TO DO IT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO IT, WE'RE SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE.SO. AND THIS IS JUST AN ITEM TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. SO WE WILL HAVE A LONG TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND WE WILL DO A LOT OF TALKING ABOUT IT, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE I KIND OF FEEL BAD THAT IT DIDN'T PASS LAST TIME, AND I DON'T THINK I DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF PROMOTING IT. SO I'M GOING TO PROMOTE IT THIS TIME. BUT I APPRECIATE IT. AND I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE NOT NO, I DON'T WANT THIS. I DON'T THINK SO.
YOU GOT TO RETHINK THAT BECAUSE BUSINESSES ARE COMING ANYWAYS. AND IT'S JUST LIKE COUNCILWOMAN ONSLAUGHT SAID, WE DON'T WANT THE LITTLE, LITTLE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO COME IN HERE, FAIL AND LEAVE THAT ARE UNDER UNDERCAPITALIZED. THEY CAN'T GET MONEY. WE WANT BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE AND ARE GOING TO THRIVE. THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30, 34 YEARS, AND I'VE WATCHED THEM COME AND GO FOR 34 YEARS, AND WE ENDED UP WITH NOTHING. NOW WE'VE GOT A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING, AND WE GOT TO TAKE THAT CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO IMPROVE YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE, MY QUALITY OF LIFE AND YOUR KIDS QUALITY OF LIFE AND KEEP TAXES LOW FOR THE RESIDENTS.
YES, YES. LET THE BUSINESS PAY THE BILLS. LET THE BUSINESS PAY THE BILLS, KEEP THE TAXES LOW, IMPROVE YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. LISTEN, THAT'S WHEN I WHEN I DECIDED THAT I WAS GOING TO DO THIS. THAT'S THE REASON WHY I DID IT. THAT'S THE REASON WHY I GOT INTO THIS. I'VE BEEN DOING PUBLIC SERVICE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, FOR A LONG TIME. BUT THE REASON WHY I DID THIS WAS BECAUSE I WAS SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING THIS, THIS INDIAN TOWN BEFORE.
IT WAS A VILLAGE. UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN. AND I HAD THE DISCUSSIONS WITH DELMAR WATERS. YOU KNOW, I'D GO OVER THERE AND TALK TO HER. WE'D TALK ABOUT IT. AND YES, SHE WAS SHE WAS TOUGH. BUT THE REASON WHY WE INCORPORATED WAS TO MAKE THE RESIDENTS THE ONES THAT ARE HERE AND THE ONES THAT ARE COMING TO HAVE A QUALITY OF LIFE AND SECOND TO NONE. AND WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO IT. LOOK WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOK WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE RIGHT, WE'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, SOUTH, NORTH, WEST AND EAST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT. WE'RE IN A WE'RE IN A GREAT PLACE. SO I REALLY WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE NEGATIVE, THAT WANT TO SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS. BECAUSE YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT IT. YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT IT. LISTEN, IF YOU DON'T GET UP AND GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A PAYCHECK, OKAY? YOU GOT TO GET UP AND YOU GOT TO GO TO WORK.
YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DRIVE TO MIAMI TO DO IT, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO. YEAH.
LIKE I'M GOING TO GO GET A STEAK HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. AND I GOT TO DRIVE 25, 30 MINUTES TO GO GET A STEAK. YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND MY MONEY IN INDIANTOWN.
SO WITH THE FIRST AND THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? WE HAD A FIRST AND A SECOND. I MADE A FIRST. THE FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND. IS IT DEAD? NO, IT'S STILL BECAUSE IT'S SO LONG. I MADE A MOTION. OKAY, I KNOW YOU MADE A MOTION. I'M SAYING DOESN'T EVEN THE SECOND. WE HAVE A FIRST AND WE HAVE OUR SECOND. NO. GO AHEAD. I'LL SECOND IT FOR IT TO BE ON THE BALLOT. I THINK THE I'M SORRY IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU AS A FORMAL AGENDA ITEM WITH THE BALLOT LANGUAGE. AND THEN WE I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR THE CITIZENS TO MAKE THE DECISION. OH, IT HAS TO. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M VOTING. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE GOT A FIRST AND SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION
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PROPER KNOWLEDGE. NONSOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION. YES, MA'AM. ON THIS. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A REAL DIRECTION ON GETTING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THIS PROJECT IS, HOW IT WORKS, WHAT IT DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND HOW IT'S COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING WITH OUR BIGGEST TAXPAYER.SO SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T MONEY COMING OUT OF OUR POCKET. IT'S WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB THIS TIME. YES, OF HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL RAMIFICATIONS OF BOTH DOING AND NOT DOING. WE NEED THE PROS AND THE CONS. YES, MA'AM. YES. OKAY. DO WE HAVE
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ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE. OH, WE'RE GOING SOMEWHERE. NO HERITAGE FESTIVALS GOING ON. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT? YEAH. I WAS SETTING UP A BOOTH FOR UNIONTOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS REALLY BLOWN AWAY. KUDOS TO BRIAN AND DEBBIE. AND I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY WITH THE WORK THAT THEY DID TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.AND VILLAGE STAFF, BECAUSE I WAS IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS AT THE SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR ALL OVER AGAIN. I WAS REALLY BLOWN AWAY. I'M EXCITED. HOPEFULLY OUR RESIDENTS GO OUT AND RIDE THE RIDES, BUT I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GETTING THERE. BUT I'VE ALSO HEARD GOOD COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M IN THE GROCERY STORE, HEY, THIS IS HAPPENING AND WE WANT MORE OF THIS TO HAPPEN. YEAH, AND THEY'RE KEEPING THE FREE EVENT. NO, IT'S NOT FREE. YOU CAN BUY WRISTBANDS FOR THE RIDE, THE RIDES, THE RIDES TO GET IN. NO, YOU DON'T PAY TO GET IN. YOU DON'T PAY TO PARK. BUT THE WRISTBANDS WERE $15 TONIGHT, $20 TOMORROW NIGHT, 25 ON SATURDAY, AND THEN 20 AGAIN ON SUNDAY, WHICH IS PRETTY REASONABLE. AND I'M STILL STUCK ON MARTIN COUNTY HERITAGE FESTIVAL. I, I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN'S HERITAGE FESTIVAL. YES MA'AM. I KNOW IT'S IN MARTIN COUNTY, BUT SO WAS INDIAN TOWN.
YES, BUT WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT THAT UP, I WENT BACK AND THE AGREEMENT THAT CAME TO THE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 9TH WITH BETWEEN US AND DAIGLER SAID MARTIN COUNTY HERITAGE FESTIVAL, SO I COULD NOT THE NAME GET CHANGED. PLUS THEY'D ALREADY BEEN DOING SOME BRANDING FOR NEXT YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A THREE YEAR PROGRAM NEXT YEAR. WE WILL WORK ON THAT NAME, PLEASE. THANK YOU. OKAY. OH I'VE GOT COMMENTS. SORRY. IS IT THAT TIME? NO. GO AHEAD. GO.
IT'S YOUR TIME. IT'S MY TIME. IT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, BARBARA, FOR PROMOTING THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP. THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY CLEANUP, WATERSHED COMMUNITY CLEANUP. IT'S TO CLEAN UP OUR ENVIRONMENT. IF WE LIVE IN A FILTHY ENVIRONMENT, WE CAN'T BE HEALTHY. SO FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE HEALTHY, PLEASE COME OUT AND HANG OUT WITH US ON JANUARY 31ST, WHICH IS SATURDAY. NEXT SATURDAY. THERE ARE TWO LOCATIONS, POST PARK AND THE PARKS AND REC BUILDING IN BUENA PARK, WHICH WAS THE OLD FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE 28TH. THE NEXT THURSDAY, NEXT WEDNESDAY, YOU CAN PUT OUT YOUR WASTE YOUR TRASH, BUT NOT YOUR NOT YOUR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL WILL BE TAKEN TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TAG OFFICE, WHERE THE TRUCK SITS ON THE FOURTH FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH. YOU CAN TAKE IT THERE, BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE SEPARATE PILES FOR ALL OF YOUR YARD DEBRIS, YOUR TRASH, YOUR GARBAGE, YOUR WHATEVER. PUT IT OUT. THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE AND THEY WILL PICK IT UP IN THE MORNING.
WHATEVER IT IS, THEY WILL PICK IT UP. HAZMAT DO NOT PUT IT OUT, PLEASE. IF IT RAINS OR THE HUMIDITY IS REALLY HEAVY, ALL OF THAT HAZMAT GOES INTO THE GROUND WHICH GOES INTO OUR WATER. SO HOLD ON TO IT. AND IF YOU CAN'T GET IT OUT ON FRIDAY, BRING IT ON SATURDAY. THEY'LL BE DUMPSTERS FOR TRUCKS AND THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE. THE CLEANUP STARTS AT 6 A.M. YES, I KNOW IT'S EARLY. YES, 6:00 COMES AROUND TWICE ON YOUR CLOCK, ONCE IN THE MORNING AND ONCE IN THE AFTERNOON. SO WE WANT THE MORNING ONE. THAT IS BECAUSE WASTE MANAGEMENT, THEY'VE BEEN SUCH GREAT PARTNERS WITH US. THEY NEED TO HAVE THE TRUCKS BACK AND EMPTIED AND READY TO LEAVE FOR PREPARE FOR MONDAY. SO WE'RE GETTING UP EARLY. WE'LL BUNDLE UP IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, WHICH I HOPE THAT YOU DO, BUT YOU CAN'T WALK AROUND AND DO THAT. I'VE ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING TO DO FOR YOU. ALWAYS. WE'LL EVEN SERVE YOU BREAKFAST AFTER YOU FINISH. AFTER YOU FINISH ON SUNDAY. WE'RE HAVING MUSIC AT THE MARINA, WHICH STARTS AT TWO
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THIS WEEK. IT'S COUNTRY MUSIC. COME OUT, ENJOY THE FOOD, ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT. AND THE MUSIC IS REALLY, REALLY NICE. IF YOU SAY, I DON'T LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC, GIVE IT A CHANCE.YOU CAN SING ANY KIND OF PUT ANY ACCENT YOU WANT ON IT AND IT'LL BE THE MUSIC THAT YOU LIKE, BUT COME OUT AND JOIN US. IT'S A FREE EVENT. IT'S FOR THE FAMILY, IT'S BYOB, SO IF YOU DON'T WANT A BOTTLE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A BOTTLE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO JUST MEET NEW PEOPLE AND DANCE AND ENJOY AND RELAX. THE WEATHER IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE 80S. I KNOW, BUT THERE'S A BREEZE OFF THE WATER. IT'S REALLY, REALLY NICE ENVIRONMENT. SO COME OUT AND JOIN US. THAT IS SUNDAY AT 2 P.M. AND THE CLEANUP IS NEXT SATURDAY AT 6 A.M. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, BRUTAL. OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 12TH AT 6 P.M. RIGHT
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