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          THIS MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR DEPAOLO HERE. VICE MAYOR WATERS BROWN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIAMS. PALMER, PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. ANSGAR. HERE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO OUR FEBRUARY 26TH VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THE BATHROOMS ARE LOCATED TO THE DOOR, YOUR LEFT AND THE EXIT DOORS ARE TO YOUR LEFT AND RIGHT, CLEARLY MARKED BY EXIT SIGNS. TONIGHT YOU WILL HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK. 
          THE FIRST WILL BE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT WHERE YOU CAN SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM. THE SECOND WILL BE DURING THE AGENDA ITEM DISCUSSION. AT THIS TIME YOU CAN COMMENT ON THAT ITEM. THERE WILL BE A SEGMENT PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING. FOR LATECOMERS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK IN PRIOR SEGMENTS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL WITH THEIR COMMENTS, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN EACH SEGMENT. PLEASE ADHERE TO OUR CIVILITY PRACTICE IN THIS AND ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT THE INFORMATION CARDS LOCATED ON THE TABLE BEHIND YOU AND HAND IT TO THE CLERK. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAND FOR THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY PASTOR WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. OUR KIND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE BOW OUR HEADS AND THANK THEE FOR OUR MANY BLESSINGS FOR THIS FINE VILLAGE, AND WE'RE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE THAT WORK HARD TO MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE. WE ASK THY SPIRIT BE WITH US. WE MAY MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE PLEASING UNTO THE PEOPLE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY PLEASING UNTO THEE. 
          AND WE ASK THAT THY WILL BE HERE, THAT WE'LL HAVE NO NO CONTENTION THAT WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT FACE US, AND HAVE OPEN AND PROPER DISCUSSIONS ON THE THINGS THAT NEED, NEED TO BE, NEED TO BE WORKED THROUGH. WE ASK THAT WE WILL BE HUMBLE IN OUR APPROACH AND TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO LEARN AND LISTEN FROM ONE ANOTHER. AND THIS WE PRAY IN JESUS NAME, AMEN, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO USE THEIR LITTLE BUTTONS TO CALL. SO WHEN THEY WANT TO SPEAK LIKE THAT, YES. JUST TO SLOW THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR STAFF. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS? NO, SIR. OKAY. PROCLAMATIONS. WE GOT A 
          [Financial Update]
FINANCIAL UPDATE FROM OUR. FOR MIKE. OKAY. MAYOR, COUNCIL RESIDENTS. MIKE FLORIO FINANCE DIRECTOR. I GET THE CLICKER FOR THE WORD WILL WORK. YES. YES. OKAY. OKAY. I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. SO TONIGHT'S BASICALLY REVIEW OF FIRST QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 26 CURRENT YEAR WE'RE IN OPERATIONS ENDING JANUARY 31ST. JUST WANTED TO RECAP SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING. THIS IS WHERE WE LANDED WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. A TOTAL GENERAL FUND OF ACTUALLY A TOTAL BUDGET OF 41,000,902. 85 THE GENERAL FUND THAT WAS KEPT EXTREMELY TIGHT WITH A 1% INCREASE DUE TO THE MILLAGE, I SHOULD SAY THE VALUATION DECREASE. AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526, UTILITY FUND 5.7% INCREASE AND THEN GENERAL GOVERNMENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THERE FOR LINCOLN STREET, OSCEOLA AVENUE. AND THEN WE HAD SOME MAJOR WATER CIP RELATED TO THE THE SRF GRANT WITH DEP. AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER DEP GRANTS WITH REVERSE OSMOSIS DEEP 
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INJECTION. WELL, FOR 10 MILLION AND THEN 15 MILLION WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS TOTAL FIVE YEAR CIP. AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT SCHEDULE A LITTLE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION OF $181 MILLION. 
          ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE AWARDED A LITTLE OVER $17 MILLION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO BY THE GOVERNOR THROUGH CDBG FUNDS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS NOT FUNDED AT THE TIME THAT NOW IS, IS THE RAILROAD AVENUE WATER MAIN OF $7.9 MILLION. SO WHEN THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED, THAT WAS AN UNFUNDED PROJECT. IT IS NOW FUNDED. SO THANKS FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. I'M GOING TO START OUT A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME INTEREST INCOME HERE AND JUST WHERE WE ARE TO DATE, OUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR INTEREST WAS 375,000. WE'RE DOING WAS VERY CONSERVATIVE WHEN I ESTIMATED THAT OUR TOTAL ALLOCATION OF THAT IS SHOWN IN THE PIE CHART ABOVE, WE'RE ABOUT 218,000 SO FAR YEAR TO DATE, AND I THINK WE WILL CERTAINLY BEAT THE BUDGET WITH THIS. AND AS WE GET LATER INTO THE YEAR, THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT. I THINK INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S PLANS FOR THAT LATER THIS SPRING AND SUMMER. WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE. AND, CHAIRMAN, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE TO CONTINUE TO LOWER RATES, AND WE WILL LIKELY DO THAT. THAT WILL THEN CAUSE US TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES WITH HOW OUR CURRENT CASH INVESTMENT HOLDINGS ARE TODAY, TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE BEST YIELD THAT WE CAN. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE RIGHT NOW, FEBRUARY, SITTING FISCALLY AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. SO WE HAVE COLLECTED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING FROM A TAXATION GENERAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE STANDPOINT EXCEPT FOR GRANTS. AS OF FEBRUARY, OUR TOTAL CASH IN HAND IN INVESTMENTS IS 21 MILLION. WE HAVE FUNDS AT THE FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION AND IN OUR MONEY MARKET, WELLS FARGO SWEEP ACCOUNT OF 13 MILLION. OUR RATES RIGHT NOW ARE RANGING BETWEEN BETWEEN 3.7 AND 3.83%, WHICH IS NOT BAD. BUT I THINK, AGAIN, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT THAT AS RATES ARE PROJECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. OKAY. AS MENTIONED, WE ARE NOW AT 99% COLLECTION RATE FOR AD VALOREM REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. WE WILL COLLECT MORE. BY STATE LAW, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BUDGET MORE THAN 95% OF THE TOTAL LEVY. SO IT'S NORMAL THAT WE WOULD COLLECT MORE THAN 95%. WE TYPICALLY RECEIVE ABOUT 102 TO 103%, IN PART BECAUSE THERE ARE ASSESSMENTS OUT THERE THAT GO INTO EXTRA INNINGS WITH VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD AND SOME DELINQUENCIES THAT THAT THE APPRAISER'S OFFICE AND TAX, I SHOULD SAY, THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE TAKES IN OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. SO WE USUALLY ALWAYS COLLECT 100 PLUS PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET REVENUES EACH YEAR. AND WE'RE WE'RE ON TARGET FOR THAT. AGAIN. THESE ARE JUST AGAIN BREAKING OUT OUR GENERAL REVENUES HERE IN GOVERNMENT LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX. 
          SO FAR WE'RE TRENDING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD. THE BENCHMARK AT THIS POINT IS ABOUT 32% COLLECTION AND OR 32% SPEND. WE DON'T ALWAYS OF COURSE, COLLECT, YOU KNOW, IN A UNIFORM, LINEAR MANNER. AND WE DON'T ALWAYS SPEND, OF COURSE, IN A LINEAR MANNER, BUT AS JUST A GENERAL GUIDELINE OR A BENCHMARK, THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE THOSE PERCENTAGES THERE TO JUST SHOW WHERE WE ARE IN TOTAL COLLECTION RATE. WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BETTER ON THE GAS TAX THAN I HAD HOPED. BUT AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GAS TAX IN THE PAST. WE'VE LOST A LOT OF MONEY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH THAT. THAT WAS WELL OVER 350,000 A YEAR, AND WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 95 BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN THE FORMULATION ON HOW THAT WORKS, WHERE IT'S MUCH MORE HEAVILY WEIGHTED FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON A FIVE YEAR VERSUS TEN YEAR BASIS. AND THOSE PROCEEDS HAVE BEEN REDISTRIBUTED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY. 
          SOME OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANT REVENUES HERE AND OTHER SHARE THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AGAIN, WE WILL PROBABLY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR IF THE PROJECT IS DONE. 
          THE SEMINOLE AVENUE PROJECT OVER HERE WILL BE STARTING IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. WE HAVE ABOUT 620,000 IN GRANT REVENUE. FROM THAT. WE HAD A LITTLE SPILL OVER AGAIN. PROJECT HASN'T STARTED YET, BUT WE WILL. WE WILL COLLECT UP TO THAT AMOUNT THAT'S AVAILABLE LEFT ON THE GRANT, SOME UPTOWN DRAINAGE REVENUE THAT WAS COLLECTED IN CURRENT YEAR BASED ON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT IN FISCAL YEAR 26 INSTEAD OF 25. SO WE HAVE SOME LITTLE EXTRA WITH THAT. IT'S REALLY JUST A TIMING DIFFERENCE MORE THAN ANYTHING. AND SOME STATE REVENUE SHARE AND HALF CENT SALES TAX, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND IN THE SALES TAX RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK WE WILL PROBABLY CATCH UP AGAIN. WE MONITOR THIS ALL THE TIME, SO WE'LL SEE WHERE WHERE WE END UP WITH THAT DISCRETIONARY SALES TAX. OUR HALF CENT SALES TAX ALSO A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE 32% MARK. BUT AGAIN I THINK THAT FLUCTUATES. AND WE'RE GETTING WE'RE GETTING DISTRIBUTIONS ON THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS. AND THERE'S ALSO A QUARTERLY TROOP DISTRIBUTION THAT WE GET. THE NEXT QUARTERLY TROOP DISTRIBUTION I THINK WILL COME IN THE END OF MARCH. SO THAT WILL THAT WILL PROBABLY BOOST US BACK UP. PLUS TO THE 
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WHERE THE BENCHMARK WHERE WE NEED TO BE. BUILDING PERMITS ARE DOING WELL. AGAIN, THIS HAS BECOME A BRIGHT SPOT WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERRA LAGO AND ELSEWHERE. FOR A LONG TIME, BUILDING PERMIT FEES WERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE 300,000 YEAR RANGE WERE 400,000 A YEAR RANGE. WE'RE NOW ABOUT 800,000. VERY GOOD. DOING WELL WITH THAT. 
          AGAIN, WE DO TAKE THAT MONEY DOES WE DON'T KEEP IT ALL IN HOUSE. WE SPEND THAT MONEY ON INSPECTIONS AND OTHER COSTS RELATED TO THE OVERALL REVIEW AND PLANNING OF SITE PLANS AND CONSTRUCTION THAT IS GOING TAKING PLACE IN THE VILLAGE. BUT THIS AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDING ACTIVITY, OF COURSE, COMING IN THE LARGO COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND THERE WILL BE MORE OF THIS TO COME. AND I'M SURE, THE YEARS AHEAD, GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH TRENDING AS WE SHOULD SO FAR AT THIS POINT IN YEAR, GENERAL GOVERNMENT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WOULD SEE JUST BECAUSE I MADE THE TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY REBATE TO FPL FOR $762,000 BACK IN, I THINK IT WAS JANUARY BEFORE THE END OF JANUARY. SO THAT NUMBER IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN IT WOULD BE. BUT OVERALL BUDGET FOR THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION OF FINANCE IS ABOUT ON TARGET. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARKS, STORMWATER, ROAD AND STREET ABOUT THE SAME. 
          WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING IN STORMWATER YET, BUT AGAIN, WE ALWAYS BUDGET THAT IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING IS NEEDED SPECIFIC IN APART FROM TRANSPORTATION RELATED COSTS. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT HIGHLIGHTS AND FINAL POINTS ON THIS HERE. THE TANGIBLE REBATE THAT WE PAY PAL, HAS BEEN COMPLETED. ACTUALLY AS OF TODAY. WE HAVE NOW PAID OFF THE LOAN ON THIS BUILDING. THE LOAN ON THIS BUILDING WAS AT 4.71% PER YEAR, AND IT JUST WASN'T ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO TO CONTINUE TO HOLD ON TO THAT. SO BASED ON, YOU KNOW, OUR AVAILABILITY OF FUND BALANCE AND CASH RESERVES, WE PAID THAT OFF. SO THAT SO WE NOW OWN THE BUILDING FREE AND CLEAR. I'M SURE AT SOME POINT WE'LL GET THE TITLE AND ALL THAT OR HOWEVER THAT WORKS. BUT WE CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT THAN ME. BUT THE WIRE LANDED IN THEIR INBOX TODAY. SO OKAY, SEMINOLE AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS WILL. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU'VE HEARD MR. NOLAN SPEAK ABOUT THE PROJECTS RELATED TO THAT THAT'S IMMINENT WILL BE COMING. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN HOW THAT PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. HE DOES HAVE SOME ROAD STRIPING PUBLIC SAFETY WORK THAT HE'S DOING. AND WE DO HAVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT IS BEING INSTALLED IN BOOKER PARK FOR 250,000. ALL THAT IS STILL PENDING. OKAY. UTILITY FUND UTILITY FUNDS SO FAR LOOKING OKAY. ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THE WATER SIDE WASTEWATER REVENUES ARE ABOUT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, THE COMBINED WATER WASTEWATER. MOST OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH CERTAIN FEES AND CHARGES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GUARANTEED REVENUES, WHICH IS RESERVATION OF CAPACITY. MOST OF OUR DEVELOPERS TERRA, LAGO, RIVER OAK, OTHERS, THEY DO PAY GUARANTEED REVENUE. THOSE INVOICES HAVE NOT YET COME DUE IN FISCAL YEAR 26. WE WILL CATCH RIGHT UP TO THE BUDGET NUMBER ONCE THOSE INVOICES ARE BILLED. BUT SO FAR, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WE'RE OKAY. 
          UTILITY FUND. I'LL SHOW YOU THE NEXT CHART HERE. WITH THAT EXPENDITURES A LITTLE BIT HIGHER WITH SEWER. AGAIN. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE JUST PAID OFF THE BEAVER WORKS WASTEWATER MACHINE. WE GOT GRANT MONEY FOR THAT. THAT WAS A $450,000 CAPITAL OUTLAY. BUT WE DID GET THE PROCEEDS FOR IT. SO THAT'S REALLY JUST A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT NUMBER THAT I NEED TO MAKE THERE. BUT WE NOW OWN THAT MACHINE ALSO FREE AND CLEAR, WHICH IS A GREAT THING. AGAIN, FINAL HIGHLIGHTS HERE WITH UTILITY FUND YEAR TO DATE. AGAIN WE DID WE DO OWN THE THE WE ACTUALLY OWN TWO NOW TWO BEAVER ECO WORKS ONE AT THE WATER PLANT, ONE AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT 470,000 CAPITAL OUTLAY CURRENT YEAR. WE DO HAVE SOME UNBUDGETED THINGS IN UTILITY FUND THAT ARE POPPING UP A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE SOME MASTER PLANNING WE NEED TO DO, BUT IT'S NECESSARY TO 168,000. WE HAVE WE DO HAVE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FOR 300,000. WE KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS GOOD FOR ONE MAJOR EQUIPMENT FAILURE PER YEAR. AND UTILITY FUND HASN'T HAPPENED YET. BUT WE'LL WE'LL HOLD OUR BREATH. BUT TRANSFERS TO THE GENERAL FUND PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES 150,000. AGAIN WE HAVE TO WATCH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GROWING FUND. THERE'S A LOT OF OPERATIONAL CHANGE OVER THERE, A LOT MORE TO COME. WE HAVE TO MONITOR THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OVER THERE PRETTY CLOSELY. OKAY. THIS IS A GRAPH. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR. SO I THINK THE MAIN POINT OF FOCUS OF ATTENTION IS THE RED LINE IN BOTH GRAPHS. THE 
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TOP LINE IS 2025 AND BOTTOM LINE IS 2026. SO WE WERE JUST AT OR SKATING JUST BELOW BUDGET ON OPERATING REVENUE DEPARTMENT FOR CONSUMPTION REVENUES FOR THE UTILITY FUND LAST YEAR. 
          THIS YEAR I THINK WITH NEW CUSTOMERS CONNECTIONS. AND WE DID HAVE ANOTHER RATE INCREASE IN OCTOBER, 4.7%. THAT'S HELPING KEEP THINGS, I THINK, IN THE BLACK ON THE REVENUE SIDE. SO THINGS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION REVENUE REVENUE WISE WITH UTILITY FUND. 
          OKAY. THESE ARE THE JUST SHOWING YOU SOME UTILITY CUSTOMER STATISTICS, JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU WHERE WE ARE. SO FAR SINCE LAST YEAR WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 200. AND I WROTE IT DOWN HERE, 276 TOTAL NEW CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE THREE BUILDERS HERE IN TOWN. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BREAKOUT THERE. 98 IS 77 IS RYAN HOMES AND 101 IS RIVER OAK. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE HERE TOTAL. THESE ARE ACTUAL NEW RESIDENTS WHO HAVE MOVED INTO THE VILLAGE. 95 TOTAL RESIDENTS. OF THOSE 276 UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED. SO WELCOME TO THEM. 
          GLAD YOU'RE HERE. ALRIGHT, THIS IS A GREAT GRAPH. SO YOU ALL REMEMBER WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS IN PRIOR MEETINGS ABOUT LATE FEES AND DELINQUENCIES AND HOW THAT WAS GOING. SO THIS IS A THIS IS JUST A FABULOUS GRAPH THAT SHOWS JUST HOW BAD THE DELINQUENCY RATES WERE GOING BACK TO 2024 AND 25. AND NOW INTO 26. WE WERE BETWEEN 4 AND 500 CUSTOMERS PER MONTH PAYING LATE. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE $5 LATE FEE. AND YOU KNOW, WE CAME TO THE COUNCIL. WE EVEN HAD A SATURDAY WORKSHOP. WE KIND OF, I THINK COMMUNICATED OUR BEST TO SEE, HEY, WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS. AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS. AND WE DID CHANGE IT. AND NOW YOU CAN SEE THE PROOF ON HOW THAT RATE GOING FROM $5 TO $35, HAS DEFINITELY CREATED SOME INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO PAY ON TIME TO SIGN UP FOR AUTO PAYMENT, AND TO MAKE USE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS. WE HAVE A LOT MORE WAYS TO PAY NOW THAN WE EVER DID BEFORE. AND THE NUMBER AGAIN, GOING FROM 4 TO 500 DELINQUENCIES A MONTH DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, THE 100, TWO HUNDREDS, THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE CHANGE. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. AND REALLY THE SAME THING HERE WITH DISCONNECTIONS. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCONNECTS IN PRIOR MONTHS AND YEARS, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 50 AND 70 PLUS, SOMETIMES UP TO 90 DISCONNECTS PEOPLE FOR NONPAYMENT. WHO ESCAPED, WHO WENT PAST THE TEN DAYS, YOU KNOW, PAST DELINQUENCY. THOSE CHARGES HAVE ALSO GONE UP. IT'S MORE PROHIBITIVE. AND ALSO WE DID INSTITUTE, AS YOU MAY RECALL, CUSTOMERS WHO ARE HABITUALLY DELINQUENT THREE OR MORE TIMES. WE ARE STARTING TO COLLECT MORE DEPOSITS FROM THEM. SO THEY ARE HIGHER RISK, HIGHER RISK OF NONPAYMENT. AND SO WE WILL IN SOME CASES, WE WILL UPDATE IF THE THIRD, THIRD DELINQUENCY, WE COLLECT A 50% ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT, THE FIFTH DELINQUENCY, WE COLLECT A 100% ADDITIONAL DELINQUENCY. THAT HAS HELPED TREMENDOUSLY IN KEEPING OUR ARREARS DOWN AND MAKING SURE THAT CUSTOMERS ARE PAYING PROMPTLY, BECAUSE IT'S CLEARLY AN INCENTIVE TO TO TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS. THE NUMBERS SHOW IT. THIS IS JUST A QUICK TABLE OF OUR TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND WHERE WE ARE IN TOTAL SPEND AS OF THE 31ST. SO OUR BIGGEST PROJECT, THE WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS WITH TERRA LAGO, $43 MILLION, WE'VE ALREADY SPENT 34 OF IT, SO WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 8 MILLION LEFT. THE DEEP INJECTION WILL OUR OLD PLANT. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WE'RE REALLY JUST GETTING STARTED OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ADDED $25 MILLION LAST YEAR. WE'RE CERTAINLY HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL GRANT PROCEEDS COMING OUR WAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE'RE UP TO 33 ONE ON TOTAL BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE SPENT 13.3 MILLION OF THAT. THE 12 INCH WATER, MAIN AND FOREST MAIN PROJECTS ARE BASICALLY DONE THAT MOST OF THAT MONEY THAT IS LEFT IS ACTUALLY RETAINAGE. WE JUST NEED TO GET FINAL ENGINEERING APPROVAL AND SIGN OFF FROM THE VILLAGE ENGINEER BEFORE WE CAN RELEASE THOSE FUNDS. BUT THAT PROJECT IS EFFECTIVELY COMPLETE, AND OUR LONG STANDING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS ARE ALSO ABOUT IN THE BOOKS. WE HAVE SOME SOFTWARE FEES RELATED TO TYLER TECHNOLOGY. THAT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT. BUT OUR AMERICAN RESCUE FUND IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE AS WELL. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM HERE THE SRF FUND. WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH THAT. THAT'S 672,000 IS OUR BEAVER ECO WORKS MACHINE ON THE WATER PLANT SIDE. AND THEN WE HAD THE SEMINOLE AVENUE PROJECT, WHICH THE 80,000. WE SPENT THAT A LONG TIME AGO, BUT THAT'S JUST TOTAL PROJECT TO DATE. AND THEN NOW THE RAILROAD AVENUE AND THE ADDITIONAL CDBG FUNDS FOR THE REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER PLANT, OKAY. PROPERTY TAX UPDATES. SO THIS HAS BEEN A BIG TOPIC WE 
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KNOW GOING ON IN CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I JUST WANTED TO RECAPTURE AND GO BACK TO SOME THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN AT LEAST THE LAST TWO BUDGET WORKSHOPS, AND TO HAVE SOME THINGS FRESH IN YOUR MIND AND JUST BE AWARE OF WHERE WE STAND. SO VILLAGE HAS TOTAL AS OF THE 31ST AND MAYBE BEFORE THIS, BUT 2791 TOTAL PARCELS, ABOUT 60, ABOUT 1898 OF THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL. ABOUT 70% OF THE VILLAGE'S TOTAL PARCELS ARE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND THE REST BREAKS OUT. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE CHART. OKAY, THIS IS FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, JUST KIND OF SHOWING HOW THE TOTAL VALUATION AND THE EXEMPTIONS I BREAK DOWN TO FROM JUST VALUE TO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST AND TAXABLE VALUE. SO 2.8 MILLION IN TOTAL MARKET VALUE WITH 460 MILLION IN EXEMPTIONS AND DEDUCTIONS, WITH A TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE TO THE VILLAGE OF 2,369,000,006 TEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2019 THAT SHOWS WHAT OUR TOTAL TAXABLE VALUES HAVE BEEN. WE DO UNFORTUNATELY HAVE THE THE THE DISPLEASURE OF BEING, I THINK THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT'S HAD THREE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS WITH AD VALOREM VALUATION DECREASES. SO THERE'S NOBODY LIKE US. AND THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WILL GET INTO MORE DETAILS WITH THAT. AND THE JUST SHOW YOU THE DETAILS OF HOW SIGNIFICANT THIS IS. SO I WISH I COULD MAKE THIS CHART BIGGER, BUT I WILL EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU. SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE HERE IN THE TOP LINE, FISCAL YEAR 2526, WHICH WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, THE TOTAL TAX LEVY, WHICH WAS A REDUCTION FROM PRIOR YEAR, IT WAS 4,364,666. OKAY. THAT'S THE TOTAL TAX LEVY OF THAT. AS I EXPLAINED EARLIER, WE HAVE TO SEND 762,000 OF THAT BACK TO FPL AS PART OF THEIR REBATE PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT. THE TOTAL TPP GROSS BEFORE REBATE IS $3,653,000. IT'S 83.7% OF THE TOTAL TAX LEVY. OKAY. THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT OF OUR LEVY, HOMESTEAD AND NON-HOMESTEAD IS 5.3%. OKAY. 
          HOMESTEAD RESIDENTS, WE COLLECT $69,000 A YEAR ALL YEAR. THAT'S WHAT WE COLLECT 161,000 FROM NON-HOMESTEAD. AND THEN COMMERCIAL AND OTHER BUSINESS TYPES, 480,000. SO WE HAVE A VERY, VERY, VERY UPSIDE DOWN BACKWARDS TAX MODEL HERE. THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED. AND I WAS JUST LOOKING AT A TABLE FROM THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. THEY HAVE EVERY ALL 413 PLUS CITIES IN THE STATE. THERE'S NOBODY LIKE US. WE'RE ONE OF A KIND. IT'S GREAT TO BE UNIQUE BUT NOT IN THIS WAY. AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT PRIOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, OUR MILLAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY LOW. TPP BEING THE DOMINANT FACTOR OF OUR LEVY, YOU KNOW, AND THE LAST TWO YEARS, I DID NOTE THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE DIDN'T HAVE SPECIFIC DISTRIBUTION TABLES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2122 AND 2223. SO I APPLIED THE PRIOR DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES TO THAT TO JUST KIND OF SHOW WHAT IT IS. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS REALLY NOT A MODEL THAT WORKS. 
          AND SO I GUESS WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO LET YOU MAKE YOU AWARE IS WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE DOES HAVE PROPOSALS OUT THERE FOR ELIMINATION OF HOMESTEAD, OKAY. WHICH IS BAD. 
          BUT THEY ALSO HAVE PROPOSALS OUT THERE FOR TOTAL ELIMINATION OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. 
          OKAY. SO IF THAT COMES TO PASS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE LEFT. WE HAVE OUR PROBLEMS ARE JUST BEGINNING. THAT'S QUITE HONESTLY THE TRUTH. THE VILLAGE HAS VERY SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS. 
          IF THAT LEGISLATION COMES TO PASS THE TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY MORE THAN ANYTHING, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS. LAST TIME I CHECKED, THAT WAS STILL IN COMMITTEE. IT HASN'T EMERGED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL MAKE IT OUT BEFORE THE END OF SESSION OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO SPECIAL SESSION, BUT JUST BE AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, 83 OR 84% OF OUR TOTAL TAX BASE IS IS ON THE BLOCK, AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO TURN TO AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH AN ACTION PLAN IF THAT HAPPENS. BUT THE MUCH IS IN QUESTION IF THAT COMES TO PASS AND THE VOTERS DO PASS IT AT A REFERENDUM. THIS IS 
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ANOTHER TABLE HERE THAT I'VE HAD IN PRIOR BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT REALLY AND TRULY, YES, WE HAVE HAD TO ADJUST THE MILLAGE RATE HERE AND IN 2024, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT WE DID, BECAUSE IT DID HELP US KIND OF RECAPTURE THE LOSSES FROM PRIOR YEARS AND TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, TRY TO AT LEAST GET MUCH CLOSER TO ADJUSTED COST BASED ON INFLATION, WHICH WE REALLY HADN'T BEEN ADDRESSING IN PRIOR BUDGETS. BUT THIS TABLE HERE REALLY JUST SHOWS YOU THAT IF HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES ARE OFF THE TABLE AND THEY DON'T EXIST ANYMORE, THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT IN OUR VILLAGE IS, IS OTHER INTANGIBLE, ESSENTIALLY TANGIBLE PROPERTY. AND, YOU KNOW, RAISING THE MILLAGE RATE ONE MIL TO MIL AND TO THE CURRENT MAXIMUM LEGALLY ALLOWED OF 5.6884 MILLS. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE DISBURSEMENT THERE IS OVERWHELMINGLY TO ESSENTIALLY TO TPP. AND WE'RE STILL NOT REALLY GAINING A LOT OF GROUND WITH THE NON HOMESTEADED PROPERTY. SO IT'S NOT REALLY AN ANSWER PER SE ON THE LONG TERM. 
          AND YOU KNOW WE ALREADY KNOW OUR FRIENDS AT FPL ARE OUR FRIENDS. AND THEY'RE SMART PEOPLE SMARTER THAN ME. AND THEIR INVENTORY IS MOBILE. SO THEY WON'T SIT THERE AND WATCH THAT STUFF GET TAXED AT THOSE TYPES OF RATES. THEY'RE SMART PEOPLE. THEY'RE BUSINESS PEOPLE. 
          THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO WE DON'T THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ANSWER LONG TERM. IF THESE OTHER PROPERTIES COME OFF THE MARKET, ARE NOT NOT AVAILABLE TO THE VILLAGE. SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PUT THOSE PICTURES BACK IN YOUR MIND AND BE AND BE AWARE OF THIS. AS THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION CONTINUES TO WIND DOWN AND ANYTHING THAT EMERGES FROM IT'S VERY IT'S VERY REAL. IT'S VERY SERIOUS, VERY SERIOUS. ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE OUR PROJECTS. 
          TOTAL FIVE YEAR CIP. THAT WAS IN THE IN THE IN THE BOOK, THE MAIN PROJECTS THAT I'M JUST REALLY GOING TO REFERENCE HERE IN GENERAL ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN BLUE WHICH HAVE SOME THE ONE IN GREEN, BUT MOST OF THEM IN BLUE ARE COMPONENTS OF UNFUNDED. SO WE DID MOVE. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE RAILROAD AVENUE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT HAS MOVED FROM THE UNFUNDED TO THE UNFUNDED COLUMN. SO WE'RE NOW ABOUT $98 MILLION OF UNFUNDED. BUT THE VILLAGE HAS, AS YOU KNOW, TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED. 
          WE HAVEN'T. AGAIN, I THINK THE LAST TIME I WAS UP THERE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE WATER AND SEWER MAINS IN THIS VILLAGE, AND THE VILLAGE ENGINEER HAS TOLD ME THAT'S AT LEAST A $60 MILLION PROJECT. WE HAVE IN UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF DECAY, THAT IS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AND REALLY, IF WE HAD THE FUNDS, WE SHOULD BE DOING IT IMMEDIATELY. IT AFFECTS WATER QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE. WE CAN PUT A WATER PLANT OVER THERE ON FARM FARM, FARM STREET THAT PRODUCES HOLY WATER, BUT IT WON'T COME OUT PURE AND CLEAN ON THE OTHER END, BASED ON THE PIPES THAT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO PEOPLE'S HOMES. WE HAVE INCREDIBLE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS HERE, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN ADDRESSING ROADS AND STREETS AND DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THE TOTAL PROJECTS PROBABLY COULD BE EVEN MORE ON HERE. THIS IS JUST WHAT I CAME UP WITH. AND IN DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF IN DEPARTMENT MEETINGS, WE HAVE VERY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES HERE THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO DO IT. AND WE'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY LUCKY AND INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE AMAZING PARTNERS WHO ARE DOING DEVELOPER PROJECTS IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY OUR SAVING GRACE WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR FRIENDS IN TALLAHASSEE AND ELSEWHERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING HARD TO DO OUR BEST, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED. AND THERE'S SO MUCH STILL THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN TOUCHED. THE THE WATER AND SEWER MAIN PROJECT TO ME IS, IS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD MR. NOLAN TALK MANY TIMES ABOUT FIRE FLOW. FIRE FLOW IS A BIG ISSUE THIS YEAR IS PROBABLY I THINK WE ALL SEEN IT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE SOUTH FLORIDA IS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, A BURNT LANDSCAPE BECAUSE OF THE FREEZE. THERE'S MORE KINDLING AND TINDER OUT THERE THAN THAN YEARS. AND WE'RE REALLY JUST GETTING STARTED WITH DRY SEASON. I'M WORRIED ABOUT IT. I THINK WE'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT IT. AND A LOT OF THIS VILLAGE DOESN'T HAVE APPROPRIATE FIRE, FIRE FLOW. WE KNOW THAT. IT'S A IT'S A SERIOUS CONCERN. AND THAT TYPE OF SITUATION WILL NOT GET ADDRESSED UNTIL THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE GETS ADDRESSED. AND WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING OR THE PLAN TO DO IT AT THIS TIME, BUT IT'S A BIG DEAL. SO BUT THE POINT IS, BASED ON OUR TAX STRUCTURE, OUR TAX BASE, WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, WHAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, BUT ULTIMATELY I CAN GIVE YOU IDEAS, GIVE YOU OPINIONS WON'T NECESSARILY DO ALL THAT TONIGHT. BUT I JUST YOU KNOW, THESE ARE VERY SERIOUS. THE SERIOUS AS IT GETS 
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CONSEQUENCES FACING THE VILLAGE THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. OKAY. AND MOST OF WHAT I SAID IS KIND OF IN THIS LAST SLIDE TALKING ABOUT IT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WE DID OURSELVES A FAVOR WITH AN INCREMENTAL MILLAGE INCREASE IN 24. IT HAS BEEN HELPFUL, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HOLD OFF FOREVER. WE THEN WE HAD ANOTHER DECREASE LAST YEAR, I SHOULD SAY FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE KIND OF FEELING THE BITE ON THAT. IT'S NOT BEEN EASY. WE WILL HAVE BUDGETARY CHALLENGES. WE DO HAVE CASH RESERVES AND FUNDING SOURCES TO PULL OUT FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES AND FOR ONE TIME EXPENSES, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE MEANS FOR ONGOING SUSTAINED OPERATIONS AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE. WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT. AND AGAIN, THE PROPERTY TAX REFORM, THERE'S NOBODY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT WILL BE AT A BIGGER RISK OF CONSEQUENCE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF TPP THAN US. OTHERS WILL CERTAINLY SUFFER. NOBODY MORE THAN US. IT'S A IT'S A NUMBER ONE ISSUE. AGAIN, HOMESTEAD IS A BIG DEAL. IT'S NOT AS BIG OF A DEAL TODAY, BUT HOMESTEADING WILL AFFECT US ALSO BECAUSE AS WE GET NEW RESIDENTS IN THESE DEVELOPER COMMUNITIES, THAT HOMESTEADING REVENUE THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY COLLECT WILL BE OFF THE TABLE AS WELL. SO WE WILL INHERIT COSTS AND MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE AREAS OF THE VILLAGE THAT WE WON'T. THAT WILL NOT BE A FUNDING SOURCE TO US ANYMORE EITHER. SO WE HAVE SOME VERY, VERY BIG PROBLEMS. I KNOW I'VE PROBABLY SAID THAT 20 TIMES ALREADY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DO HAVE VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS GOING FORWARD. UTILITY FUND AGAIN, THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST OVER THERE. AGAIN, I THINK THE REVENUE PICTURE FOR THE FIRST TIME A COUPLE YEARS LOOKING BETTER THAN IT HAS. BUT AGAIN EXPENSES ARE ARE BIG OR BIG THING. AND YOU KNOW, THEY STRUGGLE ON A DAILY BASIS WITH TRYING TO MAINTAIN A SYSTEM THAT IS REALLY HELD TOGETHER WITH, YOU KNOW, CHEWING GUM AND BALING WIRE. DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THEY DO A GREAT JOB WHEN THINGS BREAK AND FALL, BUT THEY BUT BREAK DOWN, BUT THEY COST MONEY. 
          AND LAST YEAR THEY DID SPEND MORE MONEY THAN THEY TOOK IN. AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE THAT SITUATION THIS YEAR. BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE EVENTUALLY YOU RUN OUT OF MONEY. SO I THINK NEW CONNECTIONS ARE HELPING THEM. NEW CONNECTIONS FROM TEROLDEGO AND THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ARE HELPING THEM. I SEE THAT CLEARLY, AND THAT'S REALLY HOW I THINK THEY WILL EVENTUALLY TURN THE CORNER IS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, NEW UTILITY CONNECTIONS AND CUSTOMER GROWTH. BUT THE REST OF THE VILLAGE IS, YOU KNOW, AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION HERE. AGAIN, WE WE LOVE THIS PLACE AND WE WANT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO PROSPER. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US IN THE FORM OF PROPERTY TAX REFORM. AND IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S VERY REAL AND VERY PRESENT. RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. ANY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. VICE MAYOR, CAN I CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN WITH ONE LITTLE THING TO WHAT MIKE HAD MENTIONED. I'LL PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THERE'S AN OLD SAYING NO MAN'S LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROPERTY IS SAFE WHILE THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION. I CAN'T PREDICT WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO DO THROUGH THE END HERE AND SO ON. I TOOK A PEEK BECAUSE WHEN IT FIRST WHEN THAT WHEN THOSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS FIRST CAME OUT FOR ELIMINATING TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES, BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM MIKE, THAT CERTAINLY SCARED VILLAGE STAFF. AND I TALKED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT IS 80 SOME ODD PERCENT OF YOUR OF YOUR TAX REVENUES. AND TARON REACHED OUT TO THE VILLAGE'S LOBBYIST AT THAT POINT TO, YOU KNOW, GET THEM ON AND SAY THIS IS UNIQUELY A PROBLEM FOR US. I TOOK A LOOK AT THOSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE STILL THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THEIR FIRST OF THREE COMMITTEE HEARINGS. THAT'S USUALLY A TALE THIS LATE IN THE SESSION. 
          USUALLY NOT ALWAYS, BUT USUALLY A TELL THAT THOSE AREN'T MOVING ALONG. SO HOPEFULLY THIS SESSION AT LEAST IT HASN'T MOVED ALONG. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. THE ISSUE, OF COURSE, BECOMES ONCE FOLKS START INTRODUCING BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS LIKE THAT, EVEN IF THEY DON'T GO ANYWHERE IN THE FIRST YEAR, THEY MIGHT GET A LITTLE THEY MIGHT GET A LITTLE MOMENTUM IN FUTURE YEARS. SO IT'S SOMETHING THE VILLAGE IS GOING TO NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON ABOUT. YEAH. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR TAX BASE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR TAX BASE, DIVERSIFY OUR TAX BASE WITH REVENUE SOURCES THAT ARE REALLY PERMANENT. AND WE RECOGNIZE WHEN FPL HAS THESE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE TO MOVE THAT MATERIAL OFF OF THE INVENTORY SITE, IT'S IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THERE'S ANOTHER NEED SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND WE'RE GREAT. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM HERE. BUT WE HAVE IT'S JUST AN EBB AND 
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FLOW THAT IT'S AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC. THANK YOU FOR SUCH A THOROUGH PRESENTATION. OKAY. 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]
THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON. PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES. MISS LINDA BISCOE. OKAY. AND TURN THE MIC ON PLEASE. TURN YOUR MIC ON DOWN AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT DOWN TO THE. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VILLAGE COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS. I'VE NEVER. I'M SORRY. I'VE NEVER SPOKEN AT A VILLAGE MEETING BEFORE, BUT I HAVE DEEP CONCERNS AND OPPOSITION TO THE DATA CENTER THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. THE. THE NEGATIVES THAT COME ABOUT IN THE DATA CENTER IS GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF US, NOT JUST IN THIS TOWN, BUT SURROUNDING TOWNS. THE AQUIFER IS GOING TO BE VERY IT'S ALREADY VERY FRAGILE. TAKING THAT MUCH WATER OUT OF THE AQUIFER IS GOING TO AFFECT ALL THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE WISCONSIN MICROSOFT DATA CENTER IS A ONE POINT 2,000,000 SQUARE FOOT DATA CENTER. IT'S A CLOSED SYSTEM LIKE THEY ARE PROPOSING HERE, BUT IT'S STILL ON A HOT DAY, USES 350,000 GALLONS OF WATER. THAT'S ALMOST AS MUCH AS THIS TOWN USES ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          AND THIS TOWN'S STRUCTURE FOR WATER IS ALREADY A MESS. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF INDIAN TOWN COMPANY STARTS TO DRAW SO MUCH WATER OUT. AND ALSO, ANOTHER SUBSTATION IS GOING TO DRAW A LOT OF WATER. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU GUYS IN TOWN HERE ARE GOING TO HAVE A REVERSE OSMOSIS, WHICH WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT EXCEPT FOR YOUR PIPES, WHICH HE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. BUT OUT IN THE IN THE RURAL AREAS WE HAVE WELLS. WHAT ARE THE FARMERS GOING TO DO WHEN SALT WATER SEEPS INTO THE AQUIFER? FURTHER CROPS FOR THEIR RANCHES? IT'S JUST I FEEL NOT A RISK THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN. IT'S IT'S JUST TOO MUCH. 606 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND FOR SO FEW JOBS JUST DOESN'T SEEM IT DOESN'T SEEM EFFECTIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY, MAYBE FOR THE TAX REVENUE BASE THAT THE TOWN NEEDS. BUT I THINK MORE PLANNING IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA TO BETTER USE THAT 606 ACRES FOR MORE MANUFACTURING TO BRING IN MORE JOBS TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WOULD BE A BETTER USE OF THE PROPERTY. I, I JUST FEEL THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN IS JUST IT'S GOING TO BE DAMPENED. THEY'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH NOISE POLLUTION, LIGHT POLLUTION. I MEAN, THE LIGHT POLLUTION, THEY SAY COULD GO ON FOR 50 MILES. I MEAN, I LIKE THE STARS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THAT. SO AND PLUS PROPERTY VALUES, THE DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES, HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN OUR TOWN, I JUST DON'T THINK IS WORTH IT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. ERIC MILLER. 606 ACRES. GOOD EVENING FOLKS, THREE MINUTES REALLY ISN'T ENOUGH TO DISCUSS THIS TOPIC OF DATA CENTERS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE FOREFRONT RIGHT NOW. I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE OF THAT, THAT IT IS A CONSTANT TOPIC. THERE'S TIME TO SAY THIS THOUGH, WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN, THE CARROT HAS BEEN CHASED TO TO FULFILL MONEY FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND NOT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE. AND THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INSTITUTION AND THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE INSTITUTION. THE. THE WHOLE IDEA HERE THAT I WANT TO GET ACROSS DIRECTLY IS THAT THIS IS NOT THE HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND BY THE WAY, THERE ARE TWO MORE PENDING PROPOSALS WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH 606. AND TONIGHT WE'LL ALLOW FPNL TO ALSO HAVE A DATA CENTER ON THEIR PROPERTY. IF VOTED YES FOR THIS PUD, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT YOUR YOUR POLICY MANDATES ARE NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE RURAL CHARACTER AND SMALL TOWN DIRECTIVE THAT'S PUT FORWARD IN 
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YOUR CHARTER. AND IT IS ALSO PUT FORWARD IN ALL OF YOUR OTHER DEVELOPMENT ORDERS, ESPECIALLY YOUR CPI, A 2,000,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING DOES NOT. A RURAL HERITAGE OR LIFESTYLE FIT. I'M SORRY IT DOESN'T. AND SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO PROCEED WITH IT, WE ARE ALREADY ORGANIZING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND WE WILL BE BRINGING LAWSUITS AGAINST THE VILLAGE AND THE DEVELOPERS FOR BRINGING THIS PROJECT INTO THIS AREA AND DISRUPTING WHAT WE ALL MOVED HERE FOR. THE HERITAGE. THE HERITAGE IS IN THE GENERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM, THE HARD WORKING PEOPLE THAT DID SOMETHING. YAY FOR THE TRUST PLANT. THAT'S AN INDIAN TOWN TYPE BUSINESS. HARD WORKING MUSCLES USING USING THEIR BRAINS IN THE OFFICE. THE DATA CENTER BRINGS PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE. YOUR INDUSTRIAL LANDS ARE GOING TO GO UP IN VALUE. THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS GOING TO BE SOLD TO SPECIALIZED COMPANIES THAT SPECIALIZE IN DATA CENTERS. AND THE AND THE STATISTICS SHOW NATIONALLY THAT WHERE THERE'S ONE, YOU END UP WITH FOUR OR MORE. THEY CLUSTER. I UNDERSTAND YOUR TAX PROBLEM, BUT LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A BETTER WAY THAT SUITS THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT THE NEEDS OF THE GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, LINDA NIGAM. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, LINDA NIGAM, I'VE BEEN REMINDED TO LET YOU DO WHAT WE ELECTED YOU TO DO, AND I FEEL THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO REMIND YOU TO DO WHAT THOSE OF US WHO ELECTED YOU WANT YOU TO DO. RESIDENTS ARE ASKING. SOME ARE DEMANDING THAT YOU BE MORE TRANSPARENT IN THE BUSINESS OF THE VILLAGE. 
          THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE IN THE SHADOWS, AND BY THE TIME THEY COME TO LIGHT, THE PROJECT IS MUCH TOO FAR DOWN THE PIPELINE TO STOP OR EVEN QUESTION. SOME OF YOU DON'T APPROVE OF THE PUBLICITY YOU'RE GETTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND TO BE SURE, THE ONES WHO ARE MOST VOCAL ARE USUALLY THE ONES WHO ARE SPOUTING NEGATIVE COMMENTS ON WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS. BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT EVEN THE ONES THAT DON'T PARTICIPATE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WANT AND NEED INFORMATION. THE ATTENDANCE AT LAST NIGHT'S TOWN HALL MEETING IN ROYAL PALM BEACH IS A POINT THAT YOU ALL CAN'T IGNORE. THEY ARE QUESTIONING THE SAME ISSUES THAT THE PEOPLE IN INDIAN TOWN ARE. MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SOLID INFORMATION TO FORM AN EDUCATED OPINION. THE ONES YOU DO HERE ARE BASING THEIR INFORMATION ON ANY AND ALL MISINFORMATION THAT IS BEING SPREAD. DISTRUST OF BIG BUSINESS IS TO BE EXPECTED BY OUR COUNTRY FOLK. DON'T YOU THINK THAT 2 OR 3 TOWN HALL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO CURB BAD INFORMATION AND GET ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT EVERYONE HAS, AND THESE MEETINGS CANNOT BE DELAYED UNTIL THE PLANS ARE SUBMITTED TO PZA BOARD. BY THEN, IT COULD BE TOO FAR INTO THE PROJECT TO MAKE BENEFICIAL CHANGES. IF YOU WANT VOTERS TO STAND UP BEHIND OUR VILLAGE GOVERNMENT, THEN YOU ALL NEED TO BE WILLING TO STAND UP FOR OUR VOTERS. WE NEED TO REMIND YOU THAT IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR, AND THAT NOT ALL OF YOU WERE ELECTED. AND JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME INFORMATION ON THE CANCELLATION OF THE CIVIC CENTER GRANT THAT I BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SUSIE MENDEZ. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SUSIE MENDEZ, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF INDIAN TOWN. AN INDIAN WOULD MISS SUSIE. AND YOU HAVE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO RESPONSIBLE GROWTH. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO GROW. A LOT OF US DON'T WANT IT TO GROW FOR SURE. I MEAN, TO A POINT, HOWEVER, GIVEN OUR COMMUNITY'S EXISTING CONCERNS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES AND RURAL CHARACTER, I AM ASKING FOR CLEAR, ENFORCEABLE PROTECTIONS BEFORE ANY APPROVAL IS GRANTED. NOW, I'M LIKE 
          [00:45:05]
EVERYBODY ELSE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELECTRICITY, THE GRID IMPACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, THE WATER IMPACT, THE USAGE, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF CONTAMINATION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. MY MAIN THING BECAUSE I LIVE ON THE CANAL IS MY WILDLIFE. WE KNOW TERRA LAGO IS ALREADY BUILT A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF OUT THERE AND IT'S COMING, YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE. AND I'M LIKE, MY DEER ARE NO LONGER THERE, WHICH I HATE. I LOVE MY ANIMALS. I LOVE MY GATORS. I LIKE MY PARENTS RIGHT NOW. I GOT NESTING AREAS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LIKE, WHERE ARE THEY GOING? THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. AND IT'S SADNESS. IT REALLY IS. HEY, I'M GLAD THAT MY PAINTED MONKEYS ARE HERE AND THEY ONLY LAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF CONTAMINATION TOO, WHEN THEY SPRAY EVERYWHERE ON THE GOLF COURSE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THEM ARE OTHER ISSUES. BUT AND THE OTHER THING, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE NOISE IMPACT, THE HEAT, THE QUALITY OF LIFE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE WITH ALL THIS THAT'S COMING IN? AND I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ALL THE AI STUFF. I'M JUST BEEN READING ABOUT IT. I'M NOT THAT EDUCATED. I'M SURE NOT ALL YOU GUYS ARE EITHER. YOU GUYS ARE LEARNING ABOUT IT, AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT QUESTIONS. WE WANT ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW? DEFINITELY I SAID THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. I'M NOT SURE ALL ABOUT THEM. TAXES, INCENTIVES AND COMMUNITY COSTS. I THINK WE SHOULD START WITH LET'S TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN VILLAGE. LIKE SOMEBODY SAID ABOUT THE WATER, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE OUR WATER BUILT. OUR YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY. I'M LIKE, TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I DRINK MY BOTTLED WATER BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S COMING OUT OF MY FAUCET. I MEAN, I EVEN HAVE A. A SYSTEM, BUT SOMETIMES I'M LIKE, SO LET'S TAKE CARE OF OUR PLACE RIGHT NOW HERE IN INDIANTOWN, AND LET'S TAKE CARE OF THOSE PROBLEMS BEFORE WE DECIDE, OH, WE'RE GOING TO GOING TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY ON OUR TAXPAYER MONEY AND BUILD THESE BIG, HUGE ACRES AND ACRES OF, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF. GET RID OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WILDLIFE BECAUSE SOMEBODY IN HERE IS GOING TO COME IN WITH MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. GRANTED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GET JOBS, BUT THEN HOW MANY MORE ARE WE GOING TO LOSE? I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. OKAY. MOVING ON. WE HAVE ANY 
          [COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]
COMMITTEE REPORTS. COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I ATTENDED THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL ON THE 20TH. AND FOR US, THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE AMENDMENT FOR FPL, THE ANNEXATION OF THAT. WE SPOKE ABOUT THE WATER ISSUE OR THE THE NO WATER ISSUE, NO WATER AND DROUGHT AND MOSTLY ABOUT FIRE. AND WE WENT AROUND THE ROOM SO EVERYONE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT ISSUES THEY HAD. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND BRINGING ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND WE ARE A DILIGENT GROUP. WE WANT TO YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. WE HAVE TO. MAKE SURE I'M SAYING THE RIGHT WORDS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY, BUT I BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THIS. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. 
          KEEP YOUR CONCERNS COMING. AND THOSE THAT ARE SPIRITUALLY MINDED, PRAY FOR THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE HAVE HARD DECISIONS. WE HAVE WE HAVE A SCRIPT THAT WE MUST ATTEND TO. WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY, AND EVERYBODY'S NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH THAT. BUT IF YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO COME CONTINUE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT TOGETHER WE CAN GET IT DONE. WE CAN BE CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYTHING TOO, THAT YOU ARE AND WE ARE. JUST KNOW THAT JUST THE FIVE OF US HAVE A HARD JOB TO DO. BUT I BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR CONCERN. THANK YOU. I GOT A YEAH, I'VE GOT A COMMENT TO MAKE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE DON'T MEET OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING HALL, SO WE DON'T DISCUSS ANYTHING AMONGST OURSELVES. THAT'S BEEN ALLUDED TO. LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS ON OUR AGENDA. IT'S GIVEN TO US THE WEEK BEFORE WE DEAL WITH IT, AND WE COME IN AND WE LISTEN AS CAREFULLY AND CLOSELY TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AS WE CAN. WE ALL MAY AGREE WITH YOU. THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE CAN VOTE WITH 
          [00:50:04]
OUR EMOTIONS. WE HAVE REGULATIONS AND LAWS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, AND THEY'VE BEEN IN PLACE AND WE DON'T. WE DON'T MAKE BACKROOM DEALS. THERE IS NO LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. EVERYTHING IS ON THE WEBSITE. YOU GUYS CAN CALL ANY ONE OF US AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE KNOW. BUT KEEP IN MIND, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT COMES TO US. SO ALL THIS TALK ABOUT THE DATA CENTER, WE'VE SEEN NOTHING. EVERYBODY'S ALL TALKING ABOUT THE DATA CENTER. 
          WE HAVE NO INFORMATION WHATSOEVER ABOUT THE DATA CENTER OR A DATA CENTER. 
          THERE'S BEEN NOTHING BEFORE US. WE HAVE SEEN NOTHING YET. SO BECAUSE IT'S I'M NOT GOING TO ENGAGE WITH YOU. IT'S A PROCESS THAT THAT WE DON'T SEE UNTIL THE PROCESS IS COMPLETE. WE HAVE GOOD STAFF, PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEST STAFF ANYWHERE THAT PROCESSES THESE APPLICATIONS ACCORDING TO OUR LAWS THAT ARE IN PLACE. WE DON'T WILLY NILLY DECIDE WHO WE WANT AND WHO WE DON'T WANT, WHAT WE LIKE AND WHAT WE DON'T LIKE. WE HAVE ZONING IN OUR COUNTY AND IN OUR VILLAGE. THAT IS WHAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE IF HE KEEPS UP. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO GO BY. WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS, AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT HOW WE AND WE ARE CONSCIENTIOUS. WE DON'T WANT OUR COMMUNITY RUINED. NONE OF US WANT THAT. WE ALL WE ALL LIVE HERE. YOU GUYS ACT LIKE WE'RE PEOPLE THAT ARE FROM OUT OF OUT OF STATE, COMING UP HERE EVERY TWO WEEKS. AND AS FAR AS HAVING MEETINGS, WE HAVE THEM EVERY TWO WEEKS. PLEASE JOIN US. I MEAN, HOW MANY MORE MEETINGS DO WE NEED TO HAVE? WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME HERE TONIGHT. EXCEPT FOR THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO READ THIS AGENDA BEFOREHAND SO THAT WE CAN LOOK THINGS UP AND STUDY THINGS. ALL OF THIS TALK ABOUT THE DATA CENTER ONLINE IS JUST PANIC AT THIS POINT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCRETE INFORMATION, AND UNTIL WE DO, IT CAN'T BE ADDRESSED RATIONALLY. SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE GET HOW YOU FEEL. ALL OF US HAVE RESERVATIONS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING, AND UNTIL WE DO, WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT IT OR MAKE ANY DECISIONS. IT HAS TO BE IN FRONT OF US. SO CAN WE PLEASE JUST STICK EACH WEEK TO THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF US, SO THAT WE CAN GET THE THINGS THAT WE NEED DONE DESPERATELY? AS MISTER FIERRO HAD SAID, WITHOUT ALL THIS PANIC OVER SOMETHING 
          [COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]
THAT'S NOT EVEN BEFORE US YET. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ONE QUICK ONE I LEFT WITH YOU AT EACH OF YOUR SPOTS. THIS PRESS RELEASE THAT WAS RELEASED ON SYNAGRO, WHICH IS A BIOSOLID HAULER WHO HAS PARTNERED WITH CEDRON, WHICH IS THE BIOSOLID PROCESSING FACILITY THAT WILL BE LOCATED ON THE JUICE PLANT. THEY'VE CARVED OUT 11 ACRES, WHICH IS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE THIS PROJECT FINALLY MOVING FORWARD. YOU'LL GET AN INVITE TO A GROUNDBREAKING AND SOMETIME IN APRIL. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. WE DO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS AND WE DO LIKE BERNSTEIN SAID, PLEASE PRAY FOR US. WE HAVE DECISIONS THAT WE DO HAVE TO MAKE THAT WILL IMPACT NOT ONLY OURSELVES BUT OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVE ON TO THE 
          [APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. PASS UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. WE'LL 
          [1) ORDINANCE NO. 02-2026 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY TOTALING 5,722.30 +/- ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF SW KANNER HIGHWAY AND WEST OF WARFIELD BLVD,  PARCEL IDS  32-39-38-001-006-00000-7, 32-39-38-001-012-00000-5, 32-39-38-001-018-00001-1, 32-39-38-001-024-00010-8, 32-39-38-001-029-00010-7, 32-39-38-001-034-00011-6, 32-39-38-001-039-00001-7, 09-40-38-000-000-00030-1, 03-40-38-000-000-00050-9, 10-40-38-000-000-00020-1, 15-40-38-000-000-00010-2, 22-40-38-000-000-00010-8, 27-40-38-000-000-00010-7, 11-40-38-000-000-00020-9, 14-40-38-000-000-00010-5, 23-40-38-000-000-00010-6, 26-40-38-000-000-00010-9, 03-40-38-000-000-00011-0; FROM MARTIN COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES - MAJOR POWER GENERATION FACILITIES, AGRICULTURAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT - PUBLIC CONSERVATION FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
MOVE ON TO THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE, AND I WILL PASS THAT ON TO OUR VILLAGE ATTORNEY, WADE BOGGS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ONE LAST TIME. I MUST ASK YOUR INDULGENCE AND APOLOGIZE TO YOU. I HAVE TO READ A VERY LONG TITLE, STATE LAW MAKES ME. BUT WE WILL GET THROUGH IT, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DINA. 
          SO THIS IS AN ORDINANCE NUMBER ZERO TWO DASH 2026, AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY TOTALING 5,722.30 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST CORNER HIGHWAY AND WEST OF WARFIELD BOULEVARD. PARCEL IDS. 323938001006. DASH 
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00000732393800101200000. DASH 5323938001018. DASH. 0000113239380010240001083239380, 029000107323938001, 0340 0011632 3938 001039 00001 7094030000000000300. DASH 103403800000000050. DASH 910. DASH 403800000000020. DASH 11540380000000001, 02224038. 
          DASH 00000000010. DASH 827403800000000010711. DASH. 4038000000000209144038000000000, 052340380000000001, 0626403800000000010-9 AND 034038000000000110 FROM MARTIN COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES. MAJOR POWER GENERATION FACILITIES, AGRICULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC CONSERVATION. FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DINA FOR THE STAFF PRESENTATION. YES. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. DINA FREEMAN WITH THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE ADOPTION HEARING. SECOND PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE VILLAGE COUNCIL FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDMENT 25 002. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS PRESENTATION IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN FOR THE FIRST HEARING WITH THE. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE STEP BACK AND JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS HERE. WE THE FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT ANNEXED IN THE 5000 5,722.30 ACRES AS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION THAT WAS APPROVED ON JANUARY JANUARY 22ND OF THIS YEAR. A REQUIREMENT OF STATE STATUTE IS THAT WITH AN ANNEXATION THAT THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOW PART OF THE VILLAGE. AND SO THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CATALOG OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND PICK A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOW IN THE VILLAGE PHYSICALLY, AND THEY CAN NO LONGER HAVE THOSE THREE DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE QUITE LONG AND COMPLICATED FOR MARTIN COUNTIES. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT THEM. THEY'LL BE IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE CONTEXT THAT THIS IS A LARGE SCALE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, AND IT'S THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF LARGE SCALE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT. AND AS THE THE APPLICANT REQUEST AND WADE HAS ALREADY SAID, THIS IS 5,722.30 ACRES THAT IS LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST KANNER HIGHWAY AND WEST OF SOUTHWEST WARFIELD BOULEVARD AND IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES. ALTHOUGH NOW IT'S NOT BECAUSE I WROTE THIS BEFORE THE ANNEXATION WAS SO. THIS IS NOW WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AS A PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THERE'S A PROPERTY LOCATION. IT'S DEPICTED IN BLUE. IT WILL BE UPDATED IN THE GIS TO READ. AND AS THE BOUNDARY IS EXPANDED TO ENCOMPASS THAT PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AND THIS IS JUST A ZOOMED IN. AND THIS SHOWS YOU IN CONTEXT TO THE EXISTING THE BOUNDARIES 
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THAT WERE EXISTING PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF ANNEXATION IN RED AND THEN BLUE WITH THE SITE. 
          AND THEN IN RELATION TO FPL POWER GENERATION FACILITY EXISTING TO THE WEST, SOME VACANT INDUSTRIAL TO THE EAST. TO THE NORTH THERE IS A SILVER FOX APPLICATION THAT YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT'S IN RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A COGEN FPL FACILITY TO THE SOUTH AND THE THE WEST. 
          FURTHER DOWN ACROSS FROM THE CANAL AND SOUTH WHERE THERE IS EXISTING PARK AND CONSERVATION LANDS, BOTH WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WITHIN MARTIN COUNTY, THAT WILL REMAIN IN CONSERVATION AND PARK AND WITHIN THE MARTIN COUNTY AND THE PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND THEN TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF CANA IS PROPERTY OWNED PREDOMINANTLY BY FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT. SO THAT'S A SLIDE. AND THEN I ALSO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE CONTEXT IN RELATION TO OTHER EXISTING INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, WHICH WERE CONSIDERED IN WHEN OBVIOUSLY THE REQUEST FOR WHAT COLOR ON THE MAP SHOULD BE PROPOSED FOR THE LAND USE DESIGNATION, WHICH WE'RE HERE FOR TONIGHT. NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS JUST THE PROPERTY LOCATION FOR LEGAL PURPOSES TO SHOW YOU THIS WAS PROVIDED BY THE SURVEYOR. A DETAILED PROFESSIONAL SURVEY WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE APPLICANT SURVEYOR AND THE VILLAGE HAS A PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR THAT HAS REVIEWED THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND ALL OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY INFORMATION. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY. THAT WAS AN APOLOGIES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT WAS UPDATED FROM THE RECENT APPROVAL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SORRY. THANK YOU. AND THIS SHOWS THE ANNEXATION AS AS IS NOW IS LITERALLY THIS IS THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN BOUNDARY AS IT IS NOW. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS A LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE FROM THE MARTIN COUNTY FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS. WE HAVE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES, MAJOR POWER GENERATION FACILITIES, AND THE LAND USE AMENDMENT IS A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS SHOWS THE EXISTING LAND USES. THERE'S THE THREE COLORS WITH THE THE VERY BRIGHT GREEN IS THE CONSERVATION. AND THEN THE OTHER GREEN IS AGRICULTURAL. AND THEN THESE THE FPL POWER GENERATION LAND USE DESIGNATION AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS JUST SHOWS IT ZOOMED IN JUST TO SHOW YOU. SO FOR THE PURPOSES JUST TO REWIND AGAIN THERE IS A STAFF REPORT AND A DETAILED ANALYSIS WITH ALL OF THE MAPS THAT ARE IN THERE. THIS IS JUST A ZOOMED IN VERSION OF THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING MARTIN COUNTY LAND USES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS A PROPOSED LAND USE DEPICTED IN GRAY THE LIGHTER GRAY. OUR GIS SPECIALIST WILL DO A GOOD JOB OF MAKING IT LOOK LIKE THE COLORS THAT ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITHIN THE BOUNDARY THERE, AND THEN THE TO THE NORTH. THE DARKER GRAY IS ALL HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION. SO ALL OF THAT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN REVIEWING THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE CHANGE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS THE EXISTING ZONING MAP FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN WITH THE THE AERIAL MAP TO THE NORTH AND ALL THE DIFFERENT COLORS SHOW THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATIONS WITHIN THE VILLAGE. AT A LATER DATE, THERE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN APPLICATION FOR A REZONING AS WELL, BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME IN TO THE VILLAGE AND YOU AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, YOU THEN HAVE TO AMEND THE ZONING FROM THE EXISTING MARTIN COUNTY ZONING, WHICH AT THE MOMENT IS A2 AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT. SO THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE APPLICATION IN THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS, WHICH WILL COME BEFORE YOU. THERE WILL BE AN INTAKE, A REVIEW, PCAB IS LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY AND THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AS TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR REZONING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS THE EXISTING ZONING AS JUST DESCRIBED IS A2 AGRICULTURAL IN MARTIN COUNTY. NEXT SLIDE. SORRY. AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DESCRIBE EARLIER. THE APPLICANT. THERE IS A PROCESS THAT FOLLOWS THE THE ARTICLE 12 OF OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS INCLUDES PROCESSES. ARTICLE 11 ALSO TALKS ABOUT WHO APPROVES AND REVIEWS. AND THE WHOLE PROCESS IS SUMMARIZED IN ONE SLIDE. APPLICANT SUBMITS COMPLETENESS REVIEW STAFF REVIEWS IS DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COLLEAGUES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATE STATUTES, THERE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE'VE HELD BEFORE. LPA RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. VILLAGE COUNCIL FIRST READING RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. THEN THE NEXT PART. THAT WAS AFTER THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'S A 30 DAY CONSULTATION PROCESS WHERE STAFF HAVE TO TRANSMIT TO FLORIDA COMMERCE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE 
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HISTORIC TRUST WHICH IS CALLED THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING, AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SO WHAT? SO THAT'S WHY THERE WAS A 30 DAY BREAK PERIOD IN BETWEEN FROM THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL NOW. WE RECEIVED ALL OF THE CONSULTATIONS WITHIN THE 30 DAY TIMELINE. EVERYBODY RESPONDED. THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. THERE WERE COMMENTS AND THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICANT, SORRY, IN THE AGENDA PACKET AND WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ULTIMATELY THAT AT THIS POINT, YOU CONSIDER THOSE YOU CONSIDER STAFF PRESENTATION. AND THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO FOR ADOPTION. FOLLOWING THIS, IF IT IS APPROVED TODAY, THEN IT WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE. THERE'S ANOTHER FLORIDA STATE REQUIREMENT THAT WITHIN A TEN DAY PERIOD, WE HAVE TO TRANSMIT TO THE STATE THE FLORIDA COMMERCE AGAIN, AND ALL OF THE CONSULTEES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT 30 DAY PERIOD. SO THAT'S A VERY BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE ENTIRE WORKING OF THIS PROCESS. IT'S QUITE COMPLICATED. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THE APPROVAL EVALUATION CRITERIA WAS INCLUDED IN THE THE STAFF REPORT AND HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN ALL OF THE STAFF REPORTS AND AGENDA ITEMS. AND IT'S PURSUANT TO SECTION 1243 REGARDING THE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, AND THEN ALSO THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES THAT ARE APPLICABLE AS A LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE WERE FOLLOWED AND THE REVIEWS WERE UNDERTAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTES. AND THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO VILLAGE STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION OF CONSISTENTLY DONE THAT FOR THE CPA. 25 002 LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. THE PCAB PLANNING ZONING APPEALS BOARD MET AS THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY ON THE 7TH OF JANUARY AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. 
          VILLAGE COUNCIL HAD THEIR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 8TH OF JANUARY 2026, AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND AS A THIRD STAGE FIRST STAGE, AHEAD OF TRANSMITTING TO FLORIDA COMMERCE AND ALL THE CONSULTATION PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE. SO CONSULTATION WITH THE THIRD PARTIES WAS SENT ON THE 15TH OF JANUARY. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THIS BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTE AND THE CODE. CONSULTATION RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED BY THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY AHEAD OF SCHEDULING THE SECOND VILLAGE COUNCIL, PUBLIC HEARING AND VILLAGE COUNCIL. THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO DETERMINE THE FINAL ACTION OF ADOPTION OF THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, AND THAT'S THE END OF STAFF PRESENTATION AND WELCOME QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO, THE APPLICANT AND AGENT AND TEAM ARE HERE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR REPRESENTING FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT. SO THEY'RE HERE TO AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. YES KEVIN POWERS. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL KEVIN POWERS REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE. THE LAST TIME I CAME BEFORE YOU IN SUPPORT OF THE FIRST READING, I WAS ABLE TO SHARE A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE. AND IT DAWNED ON ME AFTER THAT THAT THERE'S A PERSPECTIVE THAT I GOT TO SEE WITH REGARD TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT I THINK WARRANTS SHARING. AND MOST I SEE A LOT OF FOLKS WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW RESIDENTS THAT, THAT, THAT DON'T. EVERYBODY'S COME TO INDIANTOWN FOR THEIR FIRST TIME, WHETHER YOU WERE NEWBORN OR IN HIGH SCHOOL OR LATER IN LIFE, IN RETIREMENT. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF THE NEW, NEW FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND. THE PERSPECTIVE IS OUR COMPANY OF THE LOCAL REAL ESTATE FIRM, AND WE'RE THE ONLY ONE LOCATED IN IN TOWN. AND WHEN THE LARGEST EMPLOYER, LOUIS DREYFUS, CLOSED DOWN, THEY CAME TO OUR FIRM AND HIRED US TO GO SELL THAT CAMPUS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE'RE A SALES COMPANY, AND ON PAPER IT LOOKED LIKE A TRANSACTION. WE GO OUT TO THE BUILDINGS AND IT LOOKS LIKE AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY, WHICH IT IS. WHAT I WASN'T READY FOR WAS THE WALK THROUGH. AND WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH AND MY BROTHER DAVID IS A PARTNER OF OURS, YOU GO OFFICE BY OFFICE, YOU GO DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT. BUT WHAT YOU SEE ARE OUR NAME TAGS ON DESKS AND YOU SEE PAPERS ON DESK AND YOU SEE CALENDARS WHERE IT WAS THEIR LAST DAY OF WORK. THEY CLOSED DOWN. THEY DIDN'T GET ACQUIRED BY SOMEBODY ELSE. THEY SHUT THE FACILITY DOWN. THERE WASN'T THEY DIDN'T MOVE. THEY DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE. THEY SHUT DOWN. IT WENT TO ZERO. AND IT REALLY DAWNED ON ME WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT 
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THOSE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THESE ARE FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH, WE PLAY WITH, WE, WE, WE WORSHIP WITH, AND THEY'RE OUT OF A JOB NOW. WE KNOW SOME WITH OUR SAME REAL ESTATE FIRM. THEY WOULD COME TO US, ASK US, HEY, WE NEED TO SELL OUR HOUSE. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE SELL HATE IT UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO. BUT ALSO MANY OF THEM WILL COME TO US SAYING, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB IF YOU CAN. GOT SOMETHING? WE'RE LOOKING SOME FOLKS THAT WE KNOW FOUND OTHER JOBS IN IN TOWN. SOME HAD TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA WE KNEW, SOME THAT HAD TO MOVE OUT OF THE STATE. WE KNOW SOME THAT RETIRED. MY POINT IS VERY SIMPLE WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND YOUR LARGEST ECONOMIC PARTNER WANTS TO EXPAND AN INDIAN TOWN, I THINK YOU OWE IT TO THE THE WORKING FOLKS THAT SAY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. THAT'S A JOB. I'D CALLED A HANDFUL OF FOLKS THAT I'D WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK AND SHARE THEIR STORIES THAT RELATE EXACTLY TO WHAT I WAS SAYING. AND GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE WORKING. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT. AND THEY'RE OUT THERE. AND AND FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT WAKE UP EVERY DAY AND ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND GO TO WORK, QUALITY OF LIFE STARTS WITH A JOB. SO APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU. 
          DONNA CARMEN. SORRY ABOUT THAT, GUYS. DONNA, CARMEN. AND I'M HERE IN REPRESENTATION OF THE INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. A FEW OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BEEN HERE TONIGHT, BUT IT'S ALSO OUR BOARD MEETING NIGHT, SO. AND JENNIFER APOLOGIZES BECAUSE SHE NEEDED TO HANDLE THAT BUSINESS. THIS EVENING, I MET A PART OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR MANY YEARS, GOING BACK TO THE EARLY 80S. BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY SINCE THE EARLY 70S AND PRIOR TO THAT, QUITE A VISITOR AT, YOU KNOW, STARTING AT FIVE YEARS OLD. SO ABSOLUTELY LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU I KNOW DO. AND THE MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. BUT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, FPL HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR LONGEST STANDING PARTNERS AND ONE OF OUR TRUSTED PARTNERS. THEY'RE THERE FOR EVERYONE. THEY'RE NOT JUST THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND THE SOCCER OR THE CHAMBER, OR THE 4TH OF JULY, THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, OR ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. THEY'RE HERE WITH THE JOBS AND AND THE QUALITY OF EMPLOYEES THAT FPL HAS ON BOARD ARE AMAZING. THEY'RE NOT ONLY WORKING HERE IN INDIANTOWN, THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING, AS WE SAW WITH THE EDUCATION COALITION LUNCH, THE INDIANTOWN EDUCATION COALITION LUNCHEON, FPL IS OFF THE CHART. AND THAT IS, FROM MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, NOT JUST A CHAMBER MEMBER. I CAN GO INTO MUCH MORE DETAIL FROM A CHAMBER PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. BUT THEY DON'T JUST SHOW UP WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT, THEY STAY INVOLVED. THEY SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THIS COMMUNITY, NOT JUST IN OUR TAX BASE, BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THEM. THIS ITEM BRINGS MORE LAND INTO THE VILLAGE, OBVIOUSLY. AND AS MR. FERRER WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CONCERN, AND IT'S A HUGE CONCERN NOT ONLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT MANY COMMUNITIES, IF THEY CUT OFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE TPP, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY COMMUNITY IS GOING TO DO REALLY TO FIX THE ROADS OR ANYTHING ELSE IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT RESOURCE, BUT THEY BRING MUCH MORE THAN THAT. BUT ADDING THIS PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY WILL, GOD WILLING, AND TPP STAYS THAT WE HAVE THAT ASSET TO INCREASE THE TAX BASE IN INDIANTOWN, AND SO THAT FUNDING CAN BE UTILIZED TO FIX THE ROADS, TO FIX THE WATER, TO FIX ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ADDRESS AS WELL AS OUR PARKS. 
          AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU'RE DOING A NEW PLAYGROUND IN BOOKER PARK. I LOVE THAT IDEA. I FULLY SUPPORT FPNL AND THE ROLE THAT THEY'VE PLAYED IN INDIANTOWN OVER THE YEARS, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ANOTHER POSITIVE STEP FORWARD, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER GIVING THEM THE LAND USE DESIGNATION THAT THEY WOULD DESIRE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. IT THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. OKAY. I'LL MOVE TO A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN PALMER. I SECOND SECOND BY VICE MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ASK UNANIMOUS. OKAY. MOVING ON. DISCUSSION ITEMS. 
          [DISCUSSION ITEMS]
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DISCUSS? I WAS I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK. THE VILLAGE COUNCIL WANTED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP AND I WAS LOOKING AT THEY WERE I KNOW MARCH WAS BUSY FOR COUNCILWOMAN PALMER, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT EITHER. SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH. EASTER IS ON APRIL 5TH. SPRING BREAK IS ON MARCH 14TH THROUGH THE 22ND OR SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH, WHICH WOULD BE THE THE SATURDAY FOLLOWING EASTER. SO EITHER THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER, THE SATURDAY AFTER. AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY PREFERENCE BEFORE WE AND THIS 
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IS TO TALK ABOUT GENERAL VILLAGE. YOUR PRIORITIES, YOUR THE THINGS THAT YOU THAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. WHAT WERE YOUR DATES IN MARCH 28TH? MARCH 28TH? WHEN'S THE FISHING TOURNAMENT? FISHING TOURNAMENT. WHEN IS THAT THE 28TH. OH, OKAY. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. NO. APRIL 11TH. 11TH. YEAH, 11TH APRIL 11TH. 15TH BIRTHDAY. WHAT? SHE'S OUT OF TOWN. HE'S TURNING 15 ON THE 11TH. EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE IN THE MORNING. 
          YEAH. MARCH 11TH IN THE MORNING, LIKE WE NORMALLY DO. YEAH. APRIL 11TH OR APRIL. YOU GOOD. 
          APRIL ISLANDS. OKAY. JUST ON A SIDE NOTE, TOO, I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN YOUR ACTION, BUT BECAUSE YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THESE THIS ANNEXATION COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF FEBRUARY, IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN OUR TAX BASE FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WHEN THEY DO THAT. SO THE SOLAR FIELD ALONE WAS OVER A $2 MILLION VALUE ON THAT PROPERTY. VERY GOOD. THAT WILL HELP US GREATLY, WON'T IT? IT WILL HELP US DIVERSIFY OUR TAX BASE. YES, SIR. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS? ANYBODY WANT TO DISCUSS ANYTHING? NO. VARIOUS MUSIC AT THE MARINA ON SUNDAY, 2:00. IT IS CARIBBEAN STEEL DRUMS. SO COME OUT AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. THIS IS YOUR NICE WEATHER TO. YEAH. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK? 
          [ANNOUNCEMENTS]
NO, SIR. OKAY. ANNOUNCEMENTS. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. I HAVE ONE. 
          EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. SURE. I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING. YOU SHOULD. OKAY, OKAY, SO I HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THAT LIKES TO FEEL GOOD AND GOT GOT HIGHER HEIGHTS AND JUST WANT TO DO GREAT THINGS AND JUST HAVE ALL THE GREAT VIBES, RIGHT? I KNOW, I JUST WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY AND THIS IS ENOUGH TIME. OKAY? MARCH 28TH AT 4 P.M. MOUNT ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WILL BE HOSTING SEASON OF PRAISE. IT'S NON-DENOMINATIONAL. WE COME IN TO JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME AND JUST HAVE SOME. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FOOD THERE TOO. JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE COOK REALLY GOOD. SO IT'S WE'RE IN BOOKER PARK RIGHT ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK AND I'M SO SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE ADDRESS. I'M REALLY BAD AT THAT I KNOW I THINK IT'S IT'S AT FOUR. I THINK IT'S 14789. IS THAT RIGHT? LAWANDA, YOU SHOULD KNOW. YOUR UNCLE GOES THERE. YOU GOT TWO OF THEM. THREE OF THEM. TWO OF THEM ARE THERE. SO. BUT I'LL GIVE Y'ALL MORE INFORMATION. 
          AND AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING PREPARED WITH THAT INFORMATION. BUT IF YOU LOOK US UP, IT'S THE MOUNT ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN BOOKER PARK. AND WE'RE THE BIG WHITE CHURCH ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. MARCH 28TH, 4 P.M. JUST COME READY TO HAVE A GREAT TIME. 
          [NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]
OKAY. THANK Y'ALL. OKAY. OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS GOING TO BE MARCH 12TH AT 6 P.M. 
          RIGHT HERE AT
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