Apr 23, 2026 Regular Meeting

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LIKE IT AT FIRST. HE HE CALLS THEM. THEY. MADAM. CLERK ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. SOMEONE'S IN.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S IN HERE.

OH, I HAVE TO COME THIS WAY, GUYS. SORRY. EVERYBODY DOING OKAY? Y'ALL MAD BECAUSE Y'ALL DIDN'T SAY. YEAH. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING LOVE. MAYOR DEPAULO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIAMS. PALMER PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER ONSAGER HERE. I WANT TO REMIND YOU, COULD YOU IF YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE OR IF YOU GET UP TO SPEAK AT THE MICROPHONE AT AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. AT THE TIME, NO. OKAY. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR APRIL 23RD INDIAN TOWN VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING. I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THE BATHROOM IS LOCATED THROUGH THE REAR DOOR TO YOUR RIGHT AT THE END OF THE CORRIDOR. IT'S ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE. YOUR EXIT SIGNS ARE CLEARLY MARKED. BOTH ENDS OF THE BUILDING. YOU'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK TONIGHT. FIRST WILL BE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT, WHERE YOU CAN SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. YOUR SECOND OPPORTUNITY WILL BE DURING THE AGENDA DISCUSSION ITEM, AND YOU CAN SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. AND I WOULD ASK YOU, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, AND I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. JUST ASK YOUR QUESTIONS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO RESPOND TO IT. IF, IF THEY WANT TO RESPOND, WHEN THEY WHEN THEY COME UP TO DO THEIR PRESENTATION, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RESPOND. PLEASE ADHERE TO OUR CIVILITY PRACTICES AND LISTEN ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER INFORMATION CARD AT THE BACK AND HAND IT TO THE CLERK. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL ASK YOU TO STAND FOR THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY REVEREND WILLIAMS. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. OUR KIND FATHER IN HEAVEN. WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR MANY BLESSINGS.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO MEET. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS, THIS VILLAGE THAT WE ALL LOVE. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD WORKING PEOPLE THAT HELP US OPERATE AND RUN THIS, THIS VILLAGE. WE ASK THAT THY SPIRIT BE WITH US, THAT WE MAY WORK TOGETHER AND RESOLVE ISSUES, THAT WE MAY BE THE PEACEMAKERS. AND BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS, FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD. AND WE PRAY THAT WE'LL SEEK TO UNDERSTAND AND TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, AND THAT WE'LL HAVE CIVIL CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING INDIAN TOWN A BETTER PLACE, WHERE GOOD THINGS COME TO GROW. AND WE ASK THAT THAT THY SPIRIT WILL LINGER HERE AND THINGS WILL MOVE FORWARD. AND WE WE PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. 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. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS,

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[Florida Emancipation Day-May 20th Proclamation]

SLAVERY PERMANENTLY THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF THE 13TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WAS PASSED BY CONGRESS ON JANUARY 31ST, 1865, ADOPTED IN DECEMBER AND OFFICIALLY ABOLISHED SLAVERY AND INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, LORI. YEAH. YOU CAN WHEREVER YOU WANT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. YES, PLEASE. YOU CAN YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE, YOU TAKE A PICTURE. CAN YOU TAKE A PICTURE? YEAH. WHERE DO YOU WANT? OH, DONNA'S GOT IT. SORRY, I CAN'T DO IT. ALL RIGHT, I GUESS SO, THANK YOU. I'M JUST NOT GOOD AT IT. I'M GOING TO DO. DONNA IS. LAUREN IS TRYING TO GET SOUND ACROSS THE HALL, BUT I CAN'T GET. THANK YOU. DONNA, CAN YOU EMAIL OR SEND THAT TO LAWANDA? CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. OH I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LLOYD. THANK YOU. SO NEXT ON

[Presentation for Village of Indiantown Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment.]

I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT TODAY THE VILLAGE'S COMPREHENSIVE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. I'LL BE GOING OVER WHAT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IS AND WHAT A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT REALLY IS. THE TASKS THAT GO INTO THIS VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT ARE CURRENT TAKEAWAYS NOW. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ROOM FOR DISCUSSION, THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT. SO QUICK CONTEXT, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN KIND OF MENTIONED ALREADY, BUT THIS THIS ASSESSMENT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE RESILIENT FLORIDA PROGRAM. SO THIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2021, AND IT'S BASICALLY A REALLY GREAT GRANT PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS COMMUNITIES TO PREPARE FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE FLOODING. AND THIS COULD BE WITH SEA LEVEL RISE OR RAINFALL INDUCED FLOODING, STORM SURGE. AND AS MENTIONED, THIS IS KIND OF A PROVIDES TWO PATHWAYS FOR, FOR PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS. SO THIS VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FALLS THROUGH FALLS UNDER THE PLANNING SIDE OF IT. SO ONCE THIS IS COMPLETED THE VILLAGE CAN NOW GO FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANT FUNDING FOR ACTUAL PROJECTS. SO WHAT IS A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT. OR I'LL SAY A VA JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WORDS. BUT A VA BASICALLY HELPS THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHICH PHYSICAL, CULTURAL AND NATURAL ASSETS ARE BEING IMPACTED IN CURRENT AND IN FUTURE FLOODING. SO, AND I'LL GO INTO KIND OF WHAT THESE ASSETS ARE DEFINED BY AND BY LOOKING AT HOW, HOW AT RISK THESE ASSETS ARE, WE CAN MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS AND SEE WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THE VILLAGE AND WHAT KIND OF IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING WE CAN WE COULD GO AFTER. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? SO AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING AT CURRENT AND FUTURE FLOODING. SO WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHICH ASSETS ARE AT

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SO THIS COULD BE DRINKING WATER FACILITIES. THEN THERE IS COMMUNITY FACILITIES LIKE LIKE FIRE STATIONS, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, FACILITIES, POLICE STATIONS, AND THEN FINALLY NATURAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL ASSETS. SO ALL THE PARKS, WETLANDS, CONSERVATION LANDS. SO WE PUT ALL THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER, LAY IT OUT ON A MAP LIKE THIS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN WE START ACQUIRING THE ACTUAL FLOOD SCENARIO RELATED DATA. SO THIS VILLAGE IS IMPACTED MAINLY BY RAINFALL INDUCED FLOODING. SO WE ACQUIRED THE 100 YEAR AND 500 YEAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN CURRENT CURRENT PROJECTIONS. NOW AND THEN WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THE 2050 AND 2080 PROJECTIONS. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE'S A TREND SLIGHTLY UPHILL. SO RAINFALL INTENSIFICATION WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT INTO INTO THIS VA. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT IF IF THE VILLAGE WAS IMPACTED BY STORM SURGE OR SEA LEVEL RISE. SO WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT EVACUATION ZONES AND THE MARTIN COUNTY VA AS WELL. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF DATA COLLECTION IN THIS PHASE, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS COVERED. SO CURRENTLY THE VILLAGE IS IS NOT IMPACTED BY STORM SURGE OR SEA LEVEL RISE. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT LAKE OKEECHOBEE IS TO THE WEST. SO WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN OUR MODELING. NEXT SLIDE. SO ONCE WE HAD ALL THIS DATA, WE DID LOOK AT TEN SCENARIOS IN TOTAL. SO CURRENT AND THEN 2050 2080 AND IN DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS. SO WE HAVE A SERIES OF MAPS. AND THIS IS STILL IN ITS DRAFT FORM. SO THE VILLAGE BOUNDARY WILL BE UPDATED. AND THESE MAPS WILL WILL AGAIN BE UPDATED. SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS AN OVERLAY OF THE ASSETS THAT WE FOUND WERE IMPACTED IN THE 100 YEAR 2050 SCENARIO. SO IT'S MAINLY ROADWAYS. THERE ARE A COUPLE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT, BUT THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE EXPOSURE ANALYSIS. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A ZOOMED IN VIEW. BUT WE IT WAS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS OF WITH ALL THESE FLOODING SCENARIOS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO NOW FOR THE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, WE TOOK THIS A STEP FURTHER. SO WE ACTUALLY ASSIGNED A CRITICAL ELEVATION TO EACH CRITICAL ASSET. SO THIS COULD BE THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION. THIS COULD BE THE ELEVATION OF A CONTROL PANEL OF OF A OF A LIFT STATION OR OF A WASTEWATER STATION. AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT LIKE THE MINIMUM CROWN OF ROAD.

SO ALL OF THAT WAS, WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR EACH CRITICAL ASSET. AND WE THEN COMPARED THIS TO THE FLOOD DEPTH FOR EACH SCENARIO. SO AT WHAT AMOUNT OF FLOODING WILL THE ASSET BE IMPACTED. AND WE ASSIGNED IT A SCORE FROM NO RISK TO LOW MEDIUM HIGH. SO WE DID THIS AGAIN FOR ALL THE TEN SCENARIOS. AND THIS IS HOW IT'S LAID OUT. NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS

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AND IF THERE'S ROOM FOR DISCUSSION OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S TIME, BUT ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE YOU FOUND ANYTHING MAJOR. SO YEAH, FOR THE MOST PART, THE ROADS WERE WERE ALL AT LOW RISK AND EVERYTHING WAS HIGH ENOUGH. THE VILLAGE IS BUILT REALLY HIGH, SO THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF IMPACT TO THE CRITICAL ASSETS. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU DO SEE FLOODING THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT CAPTURING, JUST JUST LET US KNOW. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE VILLAGE IS RESILIENT AND WE MARKED ANY LOW MEDIUM AREAS. AND IF YOU DO WANT TO GO FOR FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS, THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. WE'RE AT

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THE BIGGEST BLESSING, I THINK I COULD SAY IS TO HAVE MY HUSBAND HERE WITH US TONIGHT. YOU SEE, IF YOU LOOKED AT HIM, YOU WOULDN'T REALIZE THAT HE HAS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. SO HE'S NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME WITH ME TO A LOT OF THESE THINGS OR TO GO TO A LOT OF PLACES, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAYS HIDDEN WITHIN YOUR BODY. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, HE ALSO HAS BRONCHIECTASIS. HE'S IN REMISSION. THAT'S A LUNG DISEASE. HE'S IN REMISSION RIGHT NOW. WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO GOD FOR THAT. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I'M VERY MUCH AGAINST THE HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS IS BECAUSE OF THE EMISSIONS THAT THEY THAT WILL COME OUT OF THEM. BECAUSE I KIND OF ENJOY HAVING MY HUSBAND OF 35 YEARS AROUND, AND I WANT TO HAVE HIM AROUND ANOTHER AT LEAST 35 YEARS. SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT ALSO, SOMETHING WAS MENTIONED LAST WEEK IN THE MEETING ABOUT TITLE ONE SCHOOLS AND HOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM PROUD OF THAT. YOU SEE, I'VE BEEN A TEACHER IN THIS DISTRICT FOR 37 YEARS, AS HAS MY SISTER, AND WE DO RECEIVE TITLE ONE FUNDS FROM THE STATE BECAUSE OF OUR SOCIO ECONOMIC BACKGROUND IN OUR SCHOOL. AND I AM PROUD OF THAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD TO SAY THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF THAT. I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BE BLESSED TO TEACH OVER THESE CHILDREN AND THESE FAMILIES. ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED LAST WEEK IS, OH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT WE WANT THIS DATA CENTER TO THE HYPERSCALE BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL AMENITIES HERE IN OUR TOWN. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE BLESSINGS OF LIVING IN INDIANTOWN. I'M 30 MINUTES FROM OKEECHOBEE. I'M 30 MINUTES FROM PORT SAINT LUCIE. I'M 30 MINUTES FROM FORT PIERCE, FROM STUART, FROM WEST PALM BEACH, FROM JUPITER. I LOVE THAT I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 59.5 YEARS, AND I LOVE BEING 30 MINUTES AWAY. I CAN GO WHEREVER I WANT TO GO AND DO WHATEVER I WANT TO DO AND THEN COME BACK TO MY HOME. THAT'S 30 MINUTES AWAY IN A RURAL LITTLE TOWN. SO I JUST WANT, AND I, I LIVE ON THE SAME PROPERTY THAT MY GRANDMA AND GRANDPA ACQUIRED IN 1918. SO WHAT A BLESSING THAT IS FOR US AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. THE NEW RESIDENTS THAT HAVE JUST MOVED IN, I'VE SEEN A LOT AND HEARD A LOT OF

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THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. MY NAME IS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CAROL MCALLISTER. I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF INDIANTOWN, PART OF A FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN HERE A VERY LONG TIME. I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED LAND USE CHANGES, PARTICULARLY THE SHIFT TOWARD LIGHT AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR FIELDS AND DATA CENTERS. THESE CHANGES APPEAR TO ME TO BENEFIT LARGE CORPORATIONS AND THEIR PARTNERS, WHILE PUTTING AT RISK THE VERY LIFESTYLE THIS VILLAGE WAS BUILT UPON AND PROTECTED AND PROTECTED IN ITS CHARTER. I FEEL CLEAR. I FEEL CLEAR THAT THE DRIVING FORCE IS TAX REVENUE. I ASK YOU AT WHAT COST? THESE PLANS SHOW LITTLE CONCERN FOR THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE HERE AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO COME TO THE RURAL VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN. ITS SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE LAND, THE PEOPLE MAKING THESE DECISIONS DO NOT LIVE HERE. THE DAILY, THEIR DAILY LIVES WILL NOT BE AFFECTED. BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO CALL THIS PLACE HOME, THE CONSEQUENCES ARE REAL IMPACTS TO OUR WATER, AIR, QUALITY OF LIFE. ALL ARE OF GREAT CONCERN. HISTORY HAS SHOWN US WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DEVELOPMENT MOVES FORWARD. WITHOUT CARE. WE NEED ONLY TO LOOK AT THE KISSIMMEE RIVER AND THE EVERGLADES WHERE LASTING DAMAGE WAS DONE IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS. LEADERS LIKE MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HELPED SAVE WHAT COULD BE SAVED. BUT NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE RESTORED ONCE IT IS LOST. WHEN WE TAKE AWAY FARM AND AGRICULTURAL LAND AND REPLACE IT WITH INDUSTRIAL USE, DATA CENTERS, SOLAR FIELDS, WE MUST ASK OURSELVES WHAT ARE WE GIVING UP? THESE USES DO NOT FEED PEOPLE. THEY DO NOT SUSTAIN THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE HERE. OUR ONCE NATURAL LIFE IS IS ONCE NATURAL LIFE IS DESTROYED. IT SIMPLY CANNOT BE FIXED. WHAT IS DAMAGED CANNOT ALWAYS BE UNDONE. I WANT TO ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR I AM NOT AGAINST GROWTH IN INDIAN TOWN.

I LOVE INDIAN TOWN, BUT ONLY AS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CAN SUPPORT IT. RIGHT NOW, ROADS LIKE WARFIELD BOULEVARD HIGHWAY 710 ARE HEAVILY TRAVELED ACROSS STATE ROADS. WAS THAT MY BILL? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. KELSEY LEE. GONNA MOVE THIS UP.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KELSEY LEE. I'M HERE TODAY AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, AS A MOTHER OF MY TWO DAUGHTERS WHO ARE FIFTH GENERATION INDIAN TOWN RESIDENTS, I STAND FIRMLY AGAINST THE PROPOSED HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER IN INDIANTOWN BECAUSE I AM THINKING ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT,

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THAT IS WHY I AM FIGHTING THIS, BECAUSE ONCE DECISIONS LIKE THIS ARE MADE, WE CANNOT EASILY UNDO THEM. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK NOW, NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES, BUT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE LIFE, THE LONG TERM IMPACT, AND STAND WITH FAMILIES LIKE MINE AND PROTECTING INDIAN TOWN'S FUTURE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

LINDA NIGAM. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, LINDA NIGAM, ONLY TWO THINGS HAVE CROSSED MY RADAR AS I WAS READING THROUGH THE AGENDA, AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT HOPEFULLY CAN BE ANSWERED AT ANOTHER TIME. THE FIRST ONE IS ON THE THE NEW CONTRACT OR THE EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT FOR OUR LOBBYIST. AND MY QUESTION IS FOR $5,000 A MONTH, IS SHE WORKING SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY FOR INDIAN TOWN, OR DOES SHE HAVE OTHER CLIENTS AS WELL? SECOND THING ON MY RADAR IS THE THE TRUST FUND COMMITTEE. WE ARE ROUGHLY 4 TO 5 MONTHS BEHIND SCHEDULE ON GETTING THAT DONE, WAITING ON NEW MEMBERS FROM THE FPL COMMUNITY TO JOIN THAT SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED ON THAT BEFORE OUR NEXT YEAR ROLLS AROUND. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL AGAIN. SO I JUST LIKE THOSE TWO THINGS TO BE IN THE CONSIDERATION AND MAYBE ANSWERS AT A LATER TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ERIC MILLER. ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT GOING TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE. I'M GOING TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND LISTENING TO US, WHICH IS WHAT IT SHOULD GO. I'VE SAID A LOT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING IN THREE MINUTES. IT'S GOING TO CHANGE ANYBODY'S MIND ABOUT WHAT I'VE SAID UP TO THIS POINT. BUT THESE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE ARE NOT READING REHEARSED SCRIPTS. THEY'RE BRINGING REAL LIFE WORLD ISSUES TO YOU ABOUT CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE SHOWN YOU HAVE REAL WORLD POTENTIAL TO CAUSE THESE PEOPLE HARM. I SWEAR TO UPHOLD THE OATH OF OFFICE TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. OKAY, THESE PEOPLE NEED DEFENSE. THEY NEED DEFENSE. WELL, SORRY TO SEE THAT THE OKEECHOBEE DATA CENTER FELL TODAY. ONE OF THE ECONOMIC INDIAN TOWN COUNCILS PARTNERS.

INDIAN TOWN. I'M SORRY. INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE KIND OF TRIED TO TELL THE GOVERNOR SOMETHING THAT WASN'T QUITE TRUE. AND THE GOVERNOR SAID, SHAME ON YOU. OKIE CENTER GONE.

I DO BELIEVE THEY ARE A MEMBER LIKE F, P AND L OF THE ECONOMIC INDIAN TOWN COUNCIL. WE'VE DEMONSTRATED WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. I GOT TO TELL YOU GUYS, TONIGHT'S A BIG VOTE. AND IF ALL WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT ARE BALL FIELDS AND TAXES, THEN WE'RE ALL LIVING IN THE WRONG PLACE. YOU KNOW THIS. THIS IS FIT THE INSTITUTION TO THIS POINT. AND I GOTTA ASK, WHY THE HURRY? WHY THE RUSH? YOU HAVE A COUNSELOR THAT YOU'RE HAVING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS TO EVEN CONNECT WITH THAT WON'T HAVE A VOTE TONIGHT ON THIS. YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THE OTHER ROOM THAT HAVEN'T HEARD HALF OF THIS MEETING AND MAY STILL NOT BE HEARING IT. THIS THIS VOTE SHOULD BE POSTPONED. YOU'VE MOVED MEETINGS BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK SPECIAL MEETINGS.

WHY? WHO DID THAT? WHICH ONE OF YOU DID THAT? WAS IT AT YOUR BEHEST OR REQUEST? WHY IS THIS MOVING SO FAST WITHOUT PROPER PUBLIC HEARING? WHY WILL THE TOWN HALL HAPPEN AFTER IT'S APPROVED? WHY DOES EVERYONE SAY THERE'S NO DATA CENTERS? THE ONLY PERSON THAT SAYS THERE WILL BE A DATA CENTER IS SCOTT WATSON. SO YOUR VILLAGE IS ON THE RECORD. THERE WILL BE DATA CENTERS. WHY CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT IT? WHY ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO ADDRESS YOU IN A WAY THAT PROVES THINGS? AND WHY DO THEY HAVE TO BE REJECTED ALL THE TIME? WHY CAN'T WE BE TAKEN SERIOUS? WHY CAN'T YOU GIVE US A SEAT AT THE TABLE? WHY, WHY, WHY ARE THESE THINGS HAPPENING? FOR WHOSE BENEFIT AND FOR WHOSE COST? WHY? WHY? THANK YOU. BRANDON TUCKER. GOOD EVENING.

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I ALSO SERVED AS THE FORMER PAST CHAIR OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. DURING THE TIME THAT U.S. SENATOR RICK SCOTT WAS OUR GOVERNOR, THE FOCUS OF THE FLORIDA LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS QUITE SIMPLE. IT'S TO PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ENSURE LANDOWNERS CAN USE THEIR PROPERTY THROUGH A FAIR AND CONSISTENT PROCESS, AND WHILE DOING THIS WILL PROVIDE COMMUNITY BENEFIT. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS GENEROUS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING OFFERED BY FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT CHECKS ALL THOSE BOXES. JUST THE FACT THAT SUCH AN OVERWHELMING SMALL PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY WILL BE USED IS QUITE REMARKABLE. THIS PUD REINFORCES THE VILLAGE'S POSITION. IT ADDS A DEFINED FRAMEWORK, CONDITIONS AND OVERSIGHT, ALLOWING INDIAN TOWN TO GUIDE GROWTH RATHER THAN LOSE CONTROL OF IT. SUPPORTING THIS REQUEST SIMPLY ALLOWS THE PROPERTY TO CONTINUE THROUGH A TRANSPARENT PROCESS, WHERE DETAILS WILL BE REVEALED AT EACH STAGE OF THE SITE. PLANNING FLA STRONGLY ENCOURAGES YOU TO SUPPORT A YES VOTE TONIGHT, SO THIS CAN MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE CORRECT PROCESS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

BONNIE. SHELDON. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. I THINK MANY OF THE THINGS I WOULD HAVE TO SAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID. I HAVE ONE MAJOR ISSUE TO ADDRESS WITH YOU, AND THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE OBVIOUS OBSOLESCENCE OF ANY DATA CENTER YOU PROPOSE TO PUT HERE ON OUR LAND. TO DATE, WE HAVE PLANS TO PUT DATA CENTERS IN SPACE. TO DATE, WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT MICROCHIPS CAN NOW BE MADE WHERE DATA CENTERS WILL BECOME TINY SMALL BUILDINGS OR EDIFICES OR EVEN PRODUCTS. AND SO WHAT WILL WE BE LEFT WITH? MASSIVE, UNUSABLE, NON REPURPOSED BUILDINGS? IT'S NOT LIKE A 1980S SHOPPING CENTER WHERE WE CAN TURN IT INTO CONDOMINIUMS. WE'LL HAVE ONE, TWO, 3 OR 4. WE DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER, BUT WE'LL HAVE MANY DATA CENTERS HERE THAT WILL SERVE NO PURPOSE AND WILL BE POTENTIALLY POISONOUS, DANGEROUS TO THE CHILDREN AND UNACCEPTABLE TO THE NATURE OF THIS COMMUNITY. NOW, I SAID I ONLY HAD ONE ISSUE, BUT I DO HAVE A SECOND SMALL QUESTION, WHICH IS THAT PEOPLE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE TAX REVENUE. AND I HAVE A NOT, NOT NOT CONTRIBUTING, CONTROLLING UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TAX REVENUE WHEN THE DOLLARS AND THE MONIES FOR YOU PEOPLE DON'T END UP. IS THERE A RETIREMENT RESOURCE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT WHO ARE BEING PROMISED RETIREMENTS? I'VE BEEN INFORMED THERE ARE NO RETIREMENT PLANS.

THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR IT. THERE'S NOTHING TO DO FOR IT. SO MEANWHILE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE NEED REVENUE TO BUILD THE ECONOMY, TO BUILD THE THE VILLAGE. BUT WE AREN'T EVEN ABLE TO PAY, I GUESS, AND TELL ME IF I'M WRONG OR, YOU KNOW, I MAY BE WRONG, BUT WE CAN'T EVEN PAY THE RETIREMENT FOR THE EMPLOYEES WE HAVE. I THINK THAT THE NUMBER MANAGEMENT HERE NEEDS A LITTLE ATTENTION, AS DOES THE CONCERN FOR OUR SAFETY HERE IN THE VILLAGE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JACQUELINE ROSS. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JACQUELINE ROSE AND I'VE GROWN UP HERE IN INDIANTOWN. I'M CURRENTLY A STUDENT AT RSK PLANNING TO BECOME A NURSE. GROWING UP HERE, I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT HOW STRONG THIS COMMUNITY USED TO BE, HOW CONNECTED EVERYONE WAS, AND HOW MUCH THERE WAS TO DO. BUT OVER TIME, I'VE ALSO SEEN THINGS CHANGE AND OPPORTUNITIES BECOME LIMITED. AND EVERY DAY A LOT OF US HAVE TO LEAVE INDIANTOWN TO DO BASIC THINGS. AND I PERSONALLY DRIVE ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO PORT SAINT LUCIE TO USE THINGS LIKE A GYM, OR TAKE MY SISTER TO THE BOWLING ALLEY.

AND I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. AS SOMEONE GOING TO NURSING SCHOOL, I THINK ABOUT MY FUTURE,

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RIGHT. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOSEPH ALEXIS. I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO DENY, DEFER AND OR CONTINUE ANY ACTIONS IN ADVANCE IN INDUSTRIAL DATA CENTER LAND USE FRAMEWORK IN ANY TOWN UNTIL THE PUBLIC HAS A FULL PROJECT LEVEL DISCLOSURE. SO WHAT IS BEING FRAMED AS A PLANNING STEP IS NOT HARMLESS. IT IS LEVERAGED. IT'S A. ONCE THIS COUNCIL GRANTS LAND USE MOMENTUM OVER THOUSANDS OF ACRES, THE BURDEN SHIFTS TO THE PEOPLE OF ANY TOWN TO CHASE DETAILS. LATER, WHILE THE ADVOCATE MOVES FORWARD WITH ENTITLEMENT ADVANTAGE. THAT IS BACKWARDS. IF THE TRUE IMPACT COMES LATER, THEN THE APPROVAL SHOULD COME, SHOULD ALSO COME LATER. PUBLIC REPORTING ALREADY REFLECTS MAJOR UNRESOLVED CONCERNS INVOLVING WETLANDS PROTECTED SPECIES, ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, COOLING DEMANDS AND THE OVERALL SCALES OF THE THE THE SCALES OF INDUSTRIAL CONVERSION. THIS IS NOT A MINOR CHANGE. IT IS A SCULPTURAL CHANGE TO THE FUTURE OF THIS VILLAGE. ANY TOWN IS A SMALL RURAL COMMUNITY, NOT IN INDUSTRIAL SACRIFICE ZONE. THE PEOPLE OF INDIANTOWN SHOULD NOT BE ASKED TO TRUST BROAD PROMISES WHILE THE MATERIAL BURDEN REMAINS DEFERRED, FRAGMENTED OR UNCLEAR. BEFORE ANY FURTHER APPROVAL, THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE COMPLETE DISCLOSURE. OF WHAT IT DEMANDS. SOURCES, CAPACITY, WILDLIFE AND WETLANDS IMPACT, GRID BURDEN, BACKUP GENERATION, GENERATION, GENERATORS, NOISE. TRAFFIC, EMERGENCY RESPONSE DEMANDS, TAX INCENTIVES AND LONG TERM FINANCIAL RISKS. IF OWNERS USE OR SCALE CHANGE. LATER. I ASKED THIS COMMENT TO BE ENTERED FULLY INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD, AND I ASK THIS COUNCIL NOT TO MOVE FASTER THAN THE FACTS. I THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MISS SUSAN THOMAS.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS SUSAN GIBBS THOMAS. I'M A RESIDENT OF INDIANTOWN. I USED TO SIT ON THE COUNCIL. I WAS THE FIRST MAYOR AND I CURRENTLY SIT ON THE PCB BOARD. AND I'VE WRITTEN EVERYTHING DOWN SO I CAN GET IT IN IN TWO MINUTES, 45 SECONDS. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH PEOPLE COUNTY WIDE THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT I NEEDED TO LOOK AT LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA FOR AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESS. LOUDOUN COUNTY HAS BEEN A HUB FOR 20 YEARS OF DATA CENTERS. FROM

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PARAGRAPH FOUR GIVES YOU A DEFINITION OF A LARGE SCALE DATA CENTER. SO THAT'S THE DEFINITIONS I WAS LOOKING FOR IN THE PG, A, B, THE PG, A MEETING THAT THAT WAS JUST HELD.

IT'S IN SENATE BILL 484. AND SENATE BILL 44 GIVES TOOLS AND AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH THE LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS. AND THAT WHAT THAT'S WHY IT WAS WRITTEN FOR. IF WE DO NOT CREATE A LARGE SCALE DATA CENTER DESIGNATION AND CATEGORY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PUD THAT IS PASSED WITH REQUIREMENTS THAT ADDRESS THE CONCERNS, NOT JUST SETBACKS, BUT AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND REPORTING THAT MAY EXCEED THE MINIMUM REQUIRED. THAT HAS TO BE DONE NOW, NOT LATER. AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE SOUTH OF US PALM BEACH COUNTY, THE LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS ARE BEING PAUSED. TO THE NORTH OF US IN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY IS THE SAME THING. WHY DO WE FEEL WE HAVE A HANDLE ON THIS WHEN OUR ELDERS ARE INADEQUATE AND NOT A GOOD FOUNDATION? WHEN MORE EXPERIENCED GOVERNMENTS ARE BEING MORE CAUTIOUS? I HAVE SIX GENERATIONS IN INDIANTOWN AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE FOR THIS DON'T LIVE IN INDIANTOWN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANNA PEREZ. HELLO. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ANNA FARIAS. I AM HERE TO SPEAK NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE DATA CENTER, BUT FIRST TO RECOGNIZE THE VOLUNTEERS WHO RECENTLY CAME TOGETHER TO CLEAN UP INDIANTOWN. THOSE EFFORTS MATTER. AND I THANK YOU BECAUSE I SAW SOME OF THE POSTS THAT YOU WERE ACTUALLY WITH THE GROUP. THOSE EFFORTS MATTER, AND THEY SHOW THAT PEOPLE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, CLEANING UP ALONE ARE NOT THE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS. WE ARE TREATING THE SYMPTOM, NOT THE ROOT CAUSE, FOR MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DEAL WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE LACK OF PROPER GARBAGE RECEPTACLES AND CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT OF BASIC STANDARDS. RIGHT NOW, IT IS COMMON TO SEE HOUSEHOLDS WITH MULTIPLE GARBAGE CANS, SOMETIMES TWO, THREE, AND EVEN SEVEN WITHOUT THE PROPER SECUREMENT. WE KNOW WHAT WORKS. AND THIS I BROUGHT UP TO THE COUNCIL WHEN IT WAS FRESHLY ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, I KNOW WHAT WORKS IS BECAUSE HOW COME WE HAVE A CONTRACT AND WE PAY TAXES FOR THESE, FOR OUR GARBAGE TO BE TAKEN OUT OF INDIANTOWN, AND WE ONLY GET RECYCLABLE RECYCLING BINS. WE DON'T PHYSICALLY GET WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING. THAT ONLY BRINGS STRAINS TO THE WORKERS FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT.

AND I BROUGHT THIS TO TO THEIR ATTENTION AS WELL. AND ALL THEY WERE ABLE TO SAY TO ME BACK IN 2021 WAS THAT THE ACTUAL VEHICLE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE GARBAGE WAS NOT THE ONE THAT WAS GOING TO BE SENT OUT TO INDIANTOWN. NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT TRUCK COME TO OUR TOWN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT OR CORRECT RECEPTACLE. SO WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT TAX DOLLARS. WE NEED THIS, WE NEED THAT. BUT WHERE IS OUR ENFORCEMENT? YOU KNOW, THE DEBRIS FLIES FROM PEOPLE TRYING TO PUT THEIR GARBAGE OUT IN FRONT. BUT THERE'S NO SOLUTION

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YOU GUYS. THERE? THERE WERE TWO OPTIONS TO SPEAK. THERE'S AN OPTION UNDER GENERIC PUBLIC COMMENT WHERE THERE ARE NO ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND THEN UNDER THE ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

IF YOU'VE CHECKED PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU JUST HAD YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. IF YOU CHECKED UNDER THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THAT WILL COME DURING ONCE THE ITEM IS INTRODUCED.

PUBLIC COMMENT MA'AM. PUBLIC COMMENT. MY HUSBAND IS YOUR NAME MELISSA HAGAN BRANDON TRUSSELL. OKAY. MELISSA HAGAN HEY, HEY. OKAY, MA'AM. MELISSA HAGAN. BRANDON. CHASSIS. WE'LL HAVE BRANDON GO AFTER. SO YOU GET YOUR THREE MINUTES IF IT'S OKAY AND I ASK YOUR PERMISSION, PLEASE. UNDER YOUR REGULATIONS, WE'RE BOTH SEPARATE FOR THREE MINUTES. I ASK THAT WE CAN SPEAK TOGETHER SO THAT I CAN SPEAK MINE. HE CAN CARRY ON FROM THERE. NO, MA'AM. WE DON'T ALLOW THAT. THAT'S FINE. HE'LL CARRY ON AFTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO LEGAL STATUTORY REGULATIONS. NOT ONLY STATE, NOT ONLY LOCAL, NOT ONLY COUNTY, BUT ENVIRONMENTAL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIAN TOWN AND A SITE THAT REPRESENTS 230 ACRES OF WETLANDS. WITH THIS DATA CENTER, THOSE WETLANDS OF MARTIN COUNTY SERVE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WATER FILTRATION, AQUIFER RECHARGE, FLOOD MITIGATION, MITIGATION AND HABITAT SUPPORT.

NOW I'M GOING TO PUT THIS HOPEFULLY SUBMITTED TO RECORD, IF YOU WILL ALLOW IT, WITH FLORIDA BASED RESEARCH THAT IS PEER REVIEWED ALONG WITH THE STATUTES AND REGULATIONS, THE WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEMS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS FACILITY ARE DIRECTLY THREATENED BY THE HYDROLOGICAL STABILITY FROM A DATA CENTER, WOOD STORKS, GOPHER TORTOISES, SANDHILL CRANES, BALD EAGLES, HABITAT FRAGMENTATION, DISRUPTION TO BREEDING CYCLES, AND BIOACCUMULATION OF TOXINS AND FOOD CHAINS, A WETLAND LOSS OF 230 ACRES REDUCES BIODIVERSITY AND DISRUPTS MIGRATORY SPECIES PATTERNS. NOT ONLY THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NOISE AND VIBRATION IMPACTS. AND IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN INDIAN TOWN, MAYBE THIS ISN'T RELEVANT TO YOU, BUT TO THE REST OF US. THERE IT IS. IT'S AUDIBLE NOISE FROM 1 TO 2 MILES FROM THE FACILITY. LOW FREQUENCY NOISE IS DETECTABLE UP TO THREE MILES, 500 TO 1500FT. YOU'RE GOING TO GET VIBRATION, PHYSICAL IMPACT WITHIN 500FT. WITHIN THAT 500FT, YOU'VE GOT 300 PLUS RESIDENTS LIVING THERE. OUTSIDE THAT, YOU'VE GOT TERRA LAGO AND EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S ALL WITHIN INDIAN TOWN. IT REDUCES YOUR SLEEP, CHRONIC STRESS, IT CREATES WILDLIFE BEHAVIOR CHANGES AND REDUCE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING YOUR NEW DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES THAT YOU RELY ON FOR TAXES. INTERESTING. UNDER MARTIN COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, YOU HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STANDARD THAT REQUIRES PRESERVATION OF WETLAND AND AND AND YOUR HABITATS WITH NOISE STANDARDS THAT LIMIT LIMITS ON CONTINUOUS INDUSTRIAL DISTURBANCE AND HAVE COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS THAT REQUIRE THOSE PROJECTS NOT TO HARM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE OR WILDLIFE. WHERE IS THAT? THIS IS BEING RUSHED THROUGH. WE ARE NOT BEING GIVEN THAT INFORMATION. AGAIN, THOSE STATUTES ARE OPEN TO LEGAL LIABILITY AND WILL BE PURSUED AS SUCH. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT. HB IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT DESIGNATION, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT, WELL, THAT LEAVES YOU OPEN TO APPEALS AND LEGAL LIABILITY. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THAT'S NOT BEING CONSIDERED, BECAUSE THEAYG FOR THAT. AND FPL BILLS. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ONLINE AND

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IT INCREASES EVERYONE'S ELECTRICITY BILL AS A RESULT OF THE DATA CENTER BEING THERE. I HAVE SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOTIVATIONS ABOUT THIS BEING PUSHED THROUGH AND WILL PURSUE ACCORDINGLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BRANDON CHESSELL. HELLO. MY NAME IS BRANDON CHESSELL. SO TO KIND OF BUILD OFF OF WHAT MELISSA HAAG JUST STATED, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHEMICALS THAT ARE IN USE IN DATA CENTERS, AND ONE OF THOSE ARE PFAS CHEMICALS THAT ARE USED FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION. I CAN SPEAK ON THE FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS OF PFAS CHEMICALS. I AM A MULTI TIMES OVER WAR VETERAN FOR THE WAR ON TERROR AND HAVE WITNESSED THE EFFECTS OF HALON, WHICH IS PFAS CHEMICAL, FIRSTHAND. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS INCREDIBLY TOXIC AND HORRIBLE TO WITNESS SOMEBODY GOING THROUGH THEIR OXYGEN BEING SUCKED DIRECTLY OUT OF THEIR LUNGS. ANOTHER THING THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE WOULD BE THE, THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CONDUCTED. IF THE TAXPAYERS FUNDED THAT, ARE THEY GOING TO THEN FIT THE BILL FOR THE NEXT ONE? THAT HAS TO BE DONE AFTER THIS DATA CENTER IS CONSTRUCTED. ANOTHER THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ARE THE JOBS. I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT. THEY WANT THIS BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IT'S GOING TO BRING. AS FAR AS GROWTH, NOT ALL GROWTH IS GOOD BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN INITIALLY IS THERE WILL BE AN UPTICK IN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. HOWEVER, ROUTINE AND ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS ARE GOING TO BE REPLACED UP TO 10 TO 15%. AND THE AI THAT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SUPPORTING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DATA CENTER IS SUPPORTING. I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. BUT THE AI THAT MANY, MANY DATA CENTERS USES IS ALSO GOING TO REPLACE UP TO 50% OF THOSE JOBS IN THREE YEARS. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THESE JOBS INITIALLY, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET BOOTED. WHERE DO THEY GO? WHAT EMPLOYMENT DO THEY SEEK AFTER THAT? A BUNCH OF ISSUES. IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE CRIME RATE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THE NOISE, THE NOISE POLLUTION, ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL CHEMICAL POLLUTION AND THE AILMENTS THAT ARE AFFECTED. DOES INDIAN TOWN HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE MEDICAL FACILITIES TO TREAT ALL OF THESE AILMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BROUGHT INTO INDIAN TOWN? BECAUSE OF THE DATA CENTER? I HAVE MANY MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME, SO I WILL YIELD AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SALLY KAMINSKY.

I GUESS I'M COMING FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE TONIGHT. I APPLAUD. FPL AND THE PEOPLE HERE THAT CAME TO INDIANTOWN TO WANT TO IMPLEMENT THIS. AND WHAT I I GIVE KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU. WHY NOT COME HERE? WE'RE ONLY 23% POVERTY. WE HAVE 60% LATINO SPANISH. WE HAVE 15% BLACK, AND WE HAVE 27.8 WHITE. NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE A MINORITY, BUT ACTUALLY LIKE IT. I COME FROM A PLACE WHERE I NEVER GOT INVOLVED IN ANYTHING, EVER. BACK IN NEW JERSEY, NOTHING.

DIDN'T CARE. I HAD FOUR KIDS. OH, THEY WANT THIS AND I, OH WELL, I GOT TOO MUCH TO DO. BUT I CAME HERE TO RETIRE 12 YEARS AGO. FOR EXACTLY WHAT INDIAN TOWN IS RURAL. PLEASANT. THE

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MY NAME IS LINDY KNAPP, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF INDIANTOWN FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. I'M THE MOTHER OF TWO SPECIAL NEEDS DAUGHTERS, ONE OF WHOM IS MORE SEVERE THAN THE OTHER. CARLY IS MY YOUNGEST AND I HAD HIGH HOPES FOR HER FUTURE. BUT CARLY IS NON-VERBAL WITH SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER AND ELOPEMENT ISSUES. SHE ALSO HAS SELF-HARM BEHAVIOR BECAUSE SHE CAN'T TELL ME WHEN SHE'S SICK, WHEN SHE HAS A HEADACHE, OR WHEN SHE'S BEING BOTHERED BY A FREQUENCY NOISE THAT MIGHT JUST BE NOTHING TO YOU AND ME. A NORMAL EVERYDAY NOISE. SHE CAN BE HAPPY ONE MINUTE AND WITHOUT WARNING, SHE'LL SUDDENLY, SUDDENLY START CHINNING, WHICH IS PUSHING ON THE CHIN WITH REAL PRESSURE HITTING HERSELF. OR THE WORST I'VE SEEN, WHICH WAS SLAMMING HER HEAD AND BODY INTO THE WALL AND CAUSING A HOLE IN THE HOUSE. THIS WAS CARLY'S SCHOOL PICTURE AND THIS PICTURE BROKE MY HEART. THIS PICTURE. MOST PARENTS ARE EXCITED TO GET THEIR KIDS SCHOOL PICTURES, AND I'M GOING TO PUT IT UP RIGHT THERE. MOST MOST PARENTS ARE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THEIR KIDS SCHOOL PICTURES. THE DAMAGE TO HER CHIN WAS THE RESULT OF THE CHINNING SHE WAS DOING AFTER WE HAD INSTALLED SOLAR PANELS, NOT KNOWING THAT THEY WERE RELEASING HIGH FREQUENCIES, THE TEARY EYES IN THE PHOTO WERE BECAUSE THE NOISE AND LIGHTS WERE BOTHERING HER IN THE GYM WHERE THEY WERE DOING SCHOOL PHOTOS, AND I'M GOING TO KEEP THAT UP THERE. AUTISM IS ON THE RISE. WHAT WAS ONCE 1 IN 500 KIDS IS NOW 1 IN 31 CHILDREN. IT'S GROWING FASTER THAN WE CAN KEEP UP WITH, AND DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICIANS ARE BOOKED OUT 6 TO 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR OUT. I'M FROM VIRGINIA. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE LOUDOUN COUNTY, WITH LOUDOUN COUNTY, AND I STILL HAVE FAMILY THERE. AND I TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS, AND THEY SAY THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE A 24 HOUR, SEVEN DAY A WEEK CICADA INVASION IN THEIR HOUSE. THEY CAN'T GET AWAY WITH IT AND GET AWAY FROM IT. EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS CLOSED, THEY CAN HEAR IT. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT ON ANY NBC FOUR, WASHINGTON DC. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT ALL UP THERE. IT PUTS OUT 90DB. THESE DATA CENTERS THAT THEY HAVE UP THERE. IF THESE DATA CENTERS GO INTO INDIAN TOWN, MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS STILL LIVING IN VIRGINIA RIGHT NOW WITH HER DAD, WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COME VISIT ME DOWN HERE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE TOO MUCH EMF FOR HER, TOO MUCH FREQUENCY NOISE STUFF THAT I DON'T SEE OR SEE OR HEAR. BUT SHE DOES. SHE FEELS IT. AND THIS PICTURE, THAT'S PROOF THAT SHE FEELS IT DESPERATELY. SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU'LL TAKE AT LEAST A PAUSE CONSIDERATION FOR THE CHILDREN THAT ARE COMING UP WITH AUTISM, AND GOING TO HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND OURSELVES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GEORGE PALMER. GOOD EVENING TO ALL. MY NAME IS GEORGE PALMER. I'M A LOCAL PASTOR HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE INDIAN TOWN. I DIDN'T WRITE IN ANY SPEECH OUT. I JUST WANT TO BE

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SHOULDN'T WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR WETLANDS, OUR OUR CHILDREN? I MEAN, THIS IS REAL DEAL. THIS IS REAL LIFE ISSUES. AND WE GOTTA BE CONCERNED ABOUT INDIAN TOWN. THIS IS MY HOMETOWN. AND I TAKE THAT VERY, VERY SERIOUS. AND I TAKE IT AS AN INSULT WHEN PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE ARE TRYING TO REGULATE WHAT HAPPENS HERE. ALRIGHT, I GOT IT OFF MY CHEST. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT SIR. GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? NO. ALL

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

SO BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. YOU ALL WORKED HARD AND OUR STAFF. DINA, I KNOW YOU HAD WORK LONG, LONG, HARD HOURS TO GET IT TO THIS POINT. SO THANK YOU AND IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE. I WISH WE HAD THIS ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE EVERY WEEK. SO WITH THAT, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY. YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT, VOICING YOUR OPINIONS. AND AGAIN, AS I ALWAYS SAY, KEEP THIS COUNCIL IN PRAYER. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO JUST DO THE RIGHT THING FOR EVERYBODY. NOW, WE DO KNOW SOME THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A 5050, SO I'M GOING TO BE HAPPY. SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY. BUT WE JUST WANT YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE

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AND THAT'S WE'LL WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AS WELL. I WANT THAT CLARIFIED AS WELL TONIGHT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT ARE VALID, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE TAKING THEM SERIOUSLY. AND WE WE ARE JUST WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THINGS SEPARATELY, BUT WE ARE DISCUSSING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH PROFESSIONALS AND WITH PEOPLE THAT WE CAN GET INFORMATION FROM. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYBODY TALKING AND EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTING IN A WAY THAT SHOWS RESPECT, AND TO BE ATTACKING PCRB MEMBERS, TO

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WE'RE YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE'RE NOT THE BAD GUYS. WE'RE SITTING UP HERE WITH A VERY HARD DECISION TO MAKE BASED ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE IN FRONT OF US YET. WE'VE SAID THIS OVER AND OVER, AND WE'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF NOT KNOWING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IT'S NOT IN A WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO RECEIVE THE FULL INFORMATION.

SO UNTIL WE ARE, A DATA CENTER IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA RIGHT NOW. WHAT'S ON OUR AGENDA IS WHETHER OR NOT WE DO A PUD. AND I'VE GOT SOME VERY HARD QUESTIONS TONIGHT FOR FPNL, AND YOU'LL HEAR ME ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. YOU'LL HEAR THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT YOU GUYS DO. I LIVE ON OUR CANAL, PROBABLY ONE OF THE CLOSEST TO THE F PALS. NEW, NEW SITE OF ANYBODY IN HERE. SO I OF COURSE WANT THE BEST FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND I JUST ASK THAT ALL THE NAME CALLING AND THE ACCUSATIONS AND THE HATEFULNESS STOP AND LET'S HAVE SOME REAL DISCUSSIONS. DIRTY POLITICS HAS NO PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'VE I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, IT FALLS ON DEAF EARS. BRING BRING US YOUR CONCERNS, BUT BRING THEM WITH RESPECT AND BRING THEM WITH WITH. I MEAN, WE WE WANT TO HEAR IT. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. AND THEN I GO RESEARCH IT AND FIND OUT WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT THE COMMUNITY INPUT, BUT TO BE ATTACKING US LIKE WE'RE NOT YOUR NEIGHBORS, NOT YOUR FRIENDS. DON'T SIT IN CHURCHES WITH YOU. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. AND WE NEED WE NEED TO END THAT, GUYS, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY COME TO A, A POSITIVE, SOME KIND OF EXAMPLE OF HOW WE DO IT DIFFERENTLY. HERE WE TALK ABOUT INDIANTOWN BEING DIFFERENT. WE TALK ABOUT IT BEING OUR HOME. WE TALK ABOUT EVERYBODY BEING OUR NEIGHBORS AND HOW CONNECTED WE ARE. AND THEN WE ATTACK THE VERY PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING UP HERE AND IN ON OUR OTHER BOARDS. THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS, FOR GOODNESS SAKE. THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME. THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST AS WELL. THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID UNDER THE TABLE. THERE'S NOTHING NEFARIOUS GOING ON.

SHOW SOME RESPECT. AND ALL THE TIES IN INDIANTOWN, I, I SEE ALL THOSE TIES IN INDIANTOWN.

YOU CAN AND YOU CAN MAKE THEM LOOK NEFARIOUS IF YOU WORD IT THE RIGHT WAY. BUT IT'S JUST LIKE A CHURCH. THERE'S ALWAYS FIVE PEOPLE THAT DO EVERYTHING. THERE'S FIVE VOLUNTEERS. AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE'S US AND THE PCB AND A FEW OTHER BOARDS. WE OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL INTERCONNECTED. WE LIVE IN A LITTLE TOWN. HOW CAN WE NOT BE? I'M PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON IN HERE THAT HAS NO TIES TO ANYBODY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING, BUT I'M STILL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. I STILL CHOSE TO LIVE HERE TO INVEST MY ENTIRE LIFE HERE. WE'RE NOT YOUR ENEMIES, AND THAT NEEDS TO STOP. BECAUSE ONCE YOU START ACCUSING AND TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S CHARACTER AND CHALLENGING PEOPLE'S INTEGRITY, YOU'RE LOSING. YOU'RE LOSING THE THE BATTLE. AND YOU GUYS HAVE VERY REAL CONCERNS. BUT IF YOU APPROACH IT THAT WAY, IT'S JUST GOING TO FALL ON DEAF EARS. SO LET'S ALL BE NICER AND LET'S COME AT THIS FROM EVERYBODY ASSUMING WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING. AND THAT'S THE BEST FRIEND IN TOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU GUYS, TEACHER STAFF APPRECIATION IS MAY 4TH. SO DROP OFF YOUR CARDS AND SHOW OUR APPRECIATION TO OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT. AS MOST OF OUR TEACHERS DO. TRAVEL OUT, TRAVEL INTO INDIANTOWN TO TEACH OUR KIDDOS, AND WE'RE ALSO STILL NEED SOME HELP FOR FIELD DAY FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME TO GIVE, COME SEE ME AFTER THE MEETING. WE WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP. OKAY.

IS OUR VICE MAYOR WITH US? YES. SHE WOULD LIKE TO TO SPEAK. OKAY, VICE MAYOR, IT'S ALL YOURS. FLOOR IS YOURS. GREAT.

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[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? PASSION. ANIMAL. APPROVAL OF CONSENT. AGENDA.

[APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA]

[ORDINANCE NO. 03-2026 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE VILLAGE ZONING MAP TO REZONE CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TOTALING 5,722.30 +/- ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF SW KANNER HIGHWAY AND WEST OF SW WARFIELD BLVD, TO THE VILLAGE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION; APPROVING THE “TESORO GROVES PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING AGREEMENT” AND INCORPORATED MASTER SITE PLAN; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. APPLICATION NO: SP-26-005 AND RZ-26-002]

COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 03-2026, AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE VILLAGE ZONING MAP TO REZONE CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TOTALING 5,722.30 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST CANTOR HIGHWAY AND WEST OF SOUTHWEST WARFIELD BOULEVARD TO THE VILLAGE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION APPROVING THE TESORO GROVES PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING AGREEMENT AND INCORPORATED MASTER SITE PLAN AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. BECAUSE THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND USE THE QUASI JUDICIAL SCRIPT THAT WE USE ON SUCH MATTERS. SO I WOULD ASK THE PUBLIC'S INDULGENCE. SO FIRST, WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM, THAT IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY, IF ANY INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING THE APPLICANT OR ANY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE APPLICANT, STAFF OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PLAN TO SPEAK OR OFFER TESTIMONY DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE ON THIS MATTER. I WOULD ASK YOU NOW TO PLEASE RISE AND BE SWORN BY THE VILLAGE CLERK. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE? IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU ON THIS ITEM IS QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE, WHICH REQUIRES THIS PUBLIC HEARING COMPLY WITH PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN FLORIDA LAW. QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARE LESS FORMAL THAN PROCEEDINGS BEFORE A CIRCUIT COURT, BUT ARE MORE FORMAL THAN OUR NORMAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING ITEMS AND MUST FOLLOW BASIC STANDARDS OF NOTICE AND DUE PROCESS. THE COUNCIL'S DECISION MUST BE BASED ON COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL, FACT BASED TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL IN ITS DELIBERATION AND VOTING ON THIS ITEM. PURE SPECULATION OR MERE OPINION, NOT BASED ON COMPETENT FACTS, CANNOT BE LEGALLY CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL IN WEIGHING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE APPLICATION THAT'S BEFORE THEM. TESTIMONY WITH FACT BASED SUPPORT SUCH AS MINUTES, SURVEYS, ENGINEERING REPORTS AND THE LIKE, MAY BE CONSIDERED COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. IF YOU INTEND TO SPEAK, PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME CLEARLY FOR THE RECORD, WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU SUBMIT THE SPEAKER CARD TO INCLUDE FOR THE RECORD, MADAM CLERK, HAS THIS ITEM BEEN

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I HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AND. JOSH KELLUM AND THE POWERS. KEVIN POWERS, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AT THIS TIME, I AM DONE WITH ALL MY INQUIRIES FOR THE TIME BEING, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO STAFF FOR STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

AFTER STAFF'S PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE AND THEY WILL COME UP AND GIVE YOU THEIR PRESENTATION. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DINA. THANK YOU.

WADE. DINA FREEMAN, I'M THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. WITH THE VILLAGE COMING UP TO ALMOST THREE YEARS. I'M ALSO THE PLANNER ON THE PROJECT PROJECT COORDINATOR WITH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COLLEAGUES THAT REVIEWED THIS PROJECT BEFORE IT CAME, BEFORE PLANNING ZONING APPEALS BOARD AS THE LPA AND NOW BEFORE YOU AS YOUR FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, I WANTED TO PUT UP THE MAP AND ZOOM OUT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. SO SORRY, ZOOM. SO IT'S FURTHER OUT. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY AHEAD OF THE PRESENTATION, I JUST. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE STAFF REPORT AND IN THE AGENDA PACKET, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO BASICS. THERE'S THE AREA DEPICTED IN RED, WHICH IS THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN FLORIDA.

POWER AND LIGHT. AS PROJECT PARROT WAS APPROVED FOR AN ANNEXATION EARLIER ON THIS YEAR, AND ALSO FOR A LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE FROM MARTIN COUNTY BECAUSE IT BECAME WITHIN THE VILLAGE. SO IT'S REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTES, BY OUR COMP PLAN, BY OUR ELDERS TO HAVE A LAND USE ON THAT PROPERTY. IT'S ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE A ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'VE GOT IS THE RED LINE THAT DEPICTS THE BOUNDARY OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, WHICH INCLUDES THE PROJECT, WHICH IS TESORO GROVES, WHICH

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SO THERE WAS SOME ASSURANCES IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH DEVELOPMENT AND SITE PLANS, YOU KNOW, AND WITH THE FIRST PHASE, INCLUDING THE TRANSFORMERS, THE TWO TRANSFORMERS AS PART OF THE FIRST PHASE AND REFLECTING THAT THERE ARE EXISTING SOLAR FIELDS AND EXISTING LARGE SCALE UTILITY OPERATIONS ALREADY EXISTING ON THIS SITE TODAY.

THIS DID NOT COME IN AS A BLANK SLATE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, BEFORE I GET INTO MY PRESENTATION, WHEN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN INCORPORATED, THEY THERE WAS THE REQUIREMENT TO PRODUCE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH A LAND USE MAP THAT DESIGNATED AND RESPECTED A LOT OF WHAT CAME FORWARD FROM MARTIN COUNTY, BUT ALSO ESTABLISHED THE OVERALL UMBRELLA APPROACH TO POLICY AND PLANNING IN INDIAN TOWN. WHAT

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AND THEY WERE DONE SOON AFTER INCORPORATION AND APPROVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AT THE TIME, AND WENT THROUGH ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ALL THE OUTREACH, AND IT IDENTIFIED THE STANDARDS, THE LIST OF ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATIONS ON THE MAP, AND THE LIST OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND LIST OF PERMITTED USES BASED ON ANY OF THOSE ZONING DESIGNATIONS WITHIN THE VILLAGE. EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE IS SPENT USING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO CONFIRM WHAT IS YOUR ZONING? WHAT ARE YOUR SETBACKS, AND WHAT ARE YOUR LIST OF PERMITTED USES? WHEN FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT CAME IN TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ZONING, WHAT WE GOT WERE ANNEXED, WE GOT A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS AND WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING BASED ON THE LAND USE? THEY HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING OR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT STAFF ENCOURAGED THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN DO THINGS BY RIGHT.

WITH THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING, WE WANTED THEM TO COME IN AND DO A PUD. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO TRY AND ESTABLISH. IN FACT, WE DIDN'T TRY. WE'VE ACHIEVED A SET OF PARAMETERS THAT ARE WAY BEYOND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND ALSO MIRROR A LOT OF WHAT FOR 84, THE SENATE BILL 484. AND BEFORE THAT, THE BILL THAT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.

WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT INCREASED SETBACKS WHERE IF YOU IF THERE IS A DATA CENTER OR ANY USE THAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A CONCERN, THEY'VE COMMITTED TO A PED THAT CAME IN AS PRETTY BASIC WITH A FRAMEWORK FOR US TO WORK WITH. AND WE'VE WORKED MANY, MANY HOURS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PUD ZONING AGREEMENT THAT DETAILS ALL OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT AROUND LIGHT NOISE POLLUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE'S ALREADY STATE STATUTES ALREADY COMP PLAN POLICIES AND LDR PROVISIONS, BUT THEY'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THAT PUD BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED THEM TO AND THEY'VE ACCOMMODATED. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE CONFIDENT BRINGING THIS FORWARD THAT AS AN APPLICATION FOR A REZONE TO A PUD, IT WAS GOING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS FOR VILLAGE COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD AND ALSO CONTINUE INTO THE NEXT STAGE, WHICH WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE FINAL SITE PLANS. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION AND CONTEXT, BECAUSE THE TOOLS THAT ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE USE EVERY DAY, BUT THE PUD GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AND AS A PLANNER FOR OVER 36 YEARS, THAT'S MY JOB. MY JOB IS TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP SAFEGUARD AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ASSURANCES WITHIN A LEGAL DOCUMENT SUCH AS PUD TO A PLANNER? IT'S THE BEST WAY FORWARD TO TO BASICALLY SPELL IT OUT AND THEN SOME. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT CONTEXT, BECAUSE I DON'T NORMALLY SPEAK TO THAT. I JUST NORMALLY GIVE YOU THE PACKET AND I PROVIDE THE THE PRESENTATION. BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE YOU THAT MY JOB IS USING THE TOOLKITS THAT WE'VE GOT. AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS ADDED TO THAT TOOLKIT WITH THIS REZONING TO PUD. SO THIS IS THE TESORO GROVES, PUD AND REZONING.

THEY HAVE TO REZONE AND THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE COLOR ON THE MAP. AND THAT'S A FLORIDA STATE STATUTE. AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO AND THEY'VE OPTED FOR PUD WHEN WE COMBINE THE PRESENTATION, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'D BE DUPLICATING THE SAME KIND OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

SO THIS IS THE SP 26-005 WHICH IS THE PUD. AND THEN THE Z26-002 WHICH IS THE REZONING.

AND THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE BEFORE VILLAGE COUNCIL. SO THE APPLICANT COMBINED REQUEST THE REZONING TO PUD, WHICH IS WITHIN THE VILLAGE AND THE ZONING AGREEMENT WITH THE MASTER SITE PLAN APPROVAL. THIS IS A 5,722.30 ACRE SITE. AND EMPHASIS BEING PUD IS WHERE YOU PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK FOR APPROVAL, NOT SITE DETAILED SITE DEVELOPMENT AT THIS STAGE. NEXT SLIDE. SO ZONING DISTRICT IS BEING PROPOSED. IT ESTABLISHES THE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK. YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN THE PACKET. IT'S ON THE MASTER PLAN. IT'S IN THE ZONING AGREEMENT. A VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THIS IS THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED TO AS FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, WHICH IS A 2,000,000FT■S OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE WITH THE GENERAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TRIP CAP EMPHASIZING EMPHASIS ON THE GENERAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TRIP CAP, WHICH IS WHERE THEY'RE COMMITTING TO. IF THEY GET TO THAT CAP, THEN THAT'S IT. IN TERMS OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR TRANSPORTATION AND AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE PROVIDING TRAFFIC STUDIES FOR EVERY ELEMENT OF WHAT'S DEVELOPED AND PROVIDE DEMONSTRATION THAT THEY'RE WITHIN THAT CAP. AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT EMPHASIS. IF THEY WEREN'T OUTSIDE OF PUD AND GOING STRAIGHT ZONING AND THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK TO THIS, I BELIEVE IT'S OVER 500,000,000FT■S COULD BE DEVELOPED ON THIS SITE OF THIS SCALE. PHASING AND STANDARDS ARE ALSO INCLUDED. THE PHASING PLAN I SHOWED YOU EARLIER, THAT SHOWS THE THREE PHASES AND THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE INCLUDED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT, AND ALSO SOME OF IT IS SUMMARIZED IN THE MASTER PLAN AS PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR CODE. WHAT IS NOT PROPOSED TODAY AND IN THIS APPLICATION

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AND THE FINAL SITE PLAN IS WHERE YOU GET INTO CONCURRENCY. THE IMPACTS ARE EVALUATED AT THAT STAGE. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP. IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET TO THE LOCATION, BUT THIS IS A LOCATION MAP DEPICTED IN RED, WITH THE AREA BEING THE 5,722.30. IT'S EITHER SIDE OF SOUTHWEST CORNER. IT'S CLOSE TO SOUTHWEST FARM AND SOUTHWEST WARFIELD, AND THERE ARE ESTABLISHED HEAVY AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USE AND ZONING DISTRICTS AND USES TO LITERALLY TO THE NORTH, THE NORTHEAST, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY TO THE WEST IS THE ESTABLISHED FPL EXTENSIVE OPERATION THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS. I DO SUMMARIZE WE'RE ADJACENT TO HEAVY AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES, MAJOR UTILITY AND POWER GENERATION FACILITIES. THERE ARE NO NEARBY RESIDENTIAL CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN PROXIMITY TO THIS SITE, AND IT IS A LOGICAL EXTENSION OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS THE ESTABLISHED INDUSTRIAL AND ENERGY CORRIDOR. IT DOES SHOW THE. THE PURPLE IS THE INDUSTRIAL LAND USE. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USES TO THE NORTH AND TO THE NORTHEAST. AND WE'VE GOT FPL UTILITY. IF I WAS TO PUT THE MAP ON FOR MARTIN COUNTY, IT WOULD ALL SHOW UP ON THE WEST. A LOT OF THAT WOULD SHOW UP IN THE NORTHWEST AREA UP TO THE GIANT FPL UTILITY PONDS WOULD ALL BE THE EXTENSIVE UTILITY LAND USE WITHIN MARTIN COUNTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS JUST A FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THE GRAY IS THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USE WITH FPL. AS YOU KNOW, THE LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. AND TO REMIND EVERYBODY ON THAT THAT WAS NOT ONLY REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF, IT WENT THROUGH PCAB AS THE LPA. IT WENT THROUGH THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AS TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS. IT ALSO WENT TO ALL OF THE REVIEWERS THAT ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES. AND WITH REGARDS TO THE I WANT TO CALL IT THE D DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FLORIDA COMMERCE. SORRY, I'M GOING BACK TO MY. IN MY AGE, BUT IT IS NOW CALLED FLORIDA COMMERCE, WHICH REVIEWED AND ACCEPTED THAT THE LAND USE WAS ACCEPTABLE AS A LARGE SCALE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. SO WE HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES BEYOND STAFF, BEYOND YOU GUYS, AND IT HAS TO THEN COME BACK WITH ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ENTITIES HAVING REVIEWED, INCLUDING DOT SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT, DEP, ETC. ETC. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT, THAT'S WHY THE MAPS GRAY THE LAND USE IS ESTABLISHED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED ZONING. AND AS I SAID EARLIER, IT WOULD BE IT WE SHOWED AS A BLUE HATCH, JUST TO SHOW YOU THE CONTEXT OF WHERE IT IS AND WHERE WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN THE ZONING MAP, IF IT BECOMES A PUD TONIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE ECONOMIC AND PLANNING CONTEXT THE VILLAGE AS INDUSTRIAL LAND SUPPLY. BUT THE LARGE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT READY SITES ARE LIMITED. THE SITE SIZE AND LOCATION SUPPORT MAJOR EMPLOYERS. IT BUILDS ON THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR ALONG STATE ROAD 710. IT DOES SUPPORT LONG TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES, AND THIS DOES NOT BYPASS REVIEW OF ANY FUTURE PROJECT. IT MUST MEET ALL THE APPLICABLE STANDARDS AND APPROVALS AS REQUIRED BY ANY PROJECT WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. COMPATIBILITY WAS AND THE APPLICANT TEAM WILL WILL GET INTO THIS AS WELL. BUT IT'S A PLANNING TOOL. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COMPATIBILITY. IT'S INDUSTRIAL AND AND UTILITY USES ARE NEARBY. THERE'S AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVATION BUFFERS THERE ALONG THE SOUTH AND THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. SO THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEVELOPMENT BEYOND THE EXTENT OF THIS BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST, BASED ON WHAT'S ALREADY THERE AND ESTABLISHED CONSERVATION, LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS, THERE ARE NO NEARBY RESIDENTIAL CONCENTRATIONS, AND IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AREA PATTERN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. WE TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER, BUT THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHICH IS WITHIN THE IT'S ON THE

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IF YOU ARE ZONED AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. SO RATHER THAN THE STRAIGHT ZONING, THEY'VE COMMITTED TO A MAXIMUM OF 2,000,000FT■S. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION FROM THE ALLOWABLE INTENSITY. IT IS A PHASED DEVELOPMENT APPROACH, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ALL GOING TO HAPPEN AT ONCE. IT LIMITS THE TRAFFIC AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS, AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CAP REPRESENTS A VOLUNTARY LIMITATION BELOW THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY OTHERWISE PERMITTED. AND THAT WAS KEY IN SHAPING AND FORMING THIS PUD ZONING AGREEMENT FOR THAT CERTAINTY THAT'S PROVIDED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I REPEAT AGAIN, THE 2,000,000FT■S PHASE DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING IS STILL REQUIRED, AN IMPORTANT ONE THAT I JUST SKIPPED AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS WE HAVE WITHIN ANY DEVELOPMENT FOR INDUSTRIAL. WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, THERE ARE STANDARDS THAT ARE FOR SPECIFIC USES WHICH ARE INDUSTRIAL. IT'S CALLED THE INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT APPLIES TO EVERY EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S INDUSTRIAL WITHIN THE VILLAGE AS IT COMES IN, IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED AND THEN ACTUALLY MONITORED AND ENFORCED AND ACCOUNTABILITY. WHAT THE PUD ZONING AGREEMENT DOES IS IT GOES BEYOND THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND PROVIDES SOME ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS SPECIFICALLY TO NOISE, WHICH HAS BEEN A CONCERN. AND WE'VE HEARD THAT WITHIN THE VILLAGE AND THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO IN TERMS OF LIGHTING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. AND WE'LL GET INTO IN A MOMENT, BUT EVEN DOWN TO THEY'VE COMMITTED TO A 100 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY, WHERE A 20 FOOT SETBACK IS REQUIRED. AND I THINK IT'S FIVE FEET ON THE SIDES AND TEN FEET ON THE REAR. SO IF IT'S A NON UTILITY RELATED, THERE'S A 100 FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE MASTER SITE PLAN. AND ALSO IN THE ZONING AGREEMENT AS AN EXHIBIT. SO THEY'RE COMMITTING TO THAT. THEY'RE NOT CIRCUMNAVIGATING BYPASSING ANY ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING. EVERY EVERYBODY THAT ORDINARILY LOOKS AT THIS WILL STILL BE LOOKING AT THIS. IT WILL STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH, IF ANY, WETLANDS ON THIS SITE, THEY WOULD NEED TO BE OR ANYTHING OF ANY ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN OR ANY NATURE ISSUE. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

THEY WOULD IF IT WAS TO DO WITH WATER, IT WOULD BE ARMY CORPS. THERE'S ALSO SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO LATER WITH THE WATER SIDE OF IT. BUT THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS IN TERMS OF REVIEW, NOT ONLY AT THE STAFF LEVEL WITHIN THE VILLAGE, BUT EXTERNAL THAT ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NATURE. DEVELOPMENT IS CONTINGENT UPON DEMONSTRATED INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY. THAT'S IMPORTANT. AT THE MASTER SITE PLAN, YOU DO NOT RESERVE CAPACITY. YOU DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF EXACTLY WHAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO OCCUR. YOU HAVE TO DESIGN IT, AND YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR IT AND PROVIDE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS THAT DEMONSTRATE WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO HOOK UP TO? WHERE IS THE WATER? WHERE IS THE SEWER? OR IS IT WELL AND SEPTIC OR WHATEVER IT IS? IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A VERY DETAILED REVIEW PROCESS, AND THAT IS REQUIRED AT THIS FINAL SITE PLAN STAGE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE WEEDS OF WHAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO WHAT IS THE DEMAND BASED ON THE USE AND WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE LOCATED? AND WHERE IS IT GOING TO HOOK UP TO THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE? YOU DON'T DO THAT AT THIS STAGE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE END USE IS. IT'S A PUD ZONING AGREEMENT THAT ESTABLISHES THESE ARE ALL THE USES THAT COULD BE PERMITTED, AND THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, BUT IT DOESN'T GET INTO, WELL WHAT IS THE END USE BECAUSE THAT COMES NEXT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS. I TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER. A WETLAND DELINEATION WILL BE REQUIRED. IT WILL BE DONE BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT AND IT WILL BE VERIFIED BY SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND THEY HAVE TO VERIFY THAT THAT IS CORRECT. AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANY. LET ME REMOVE ALL ANY ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS ON THE SITE. IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THOSE THOSE CHECKS AND BALANCES.

BEYOND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT THAT HAS BEEN WORKING IN MARTIN COUNTY AND WITH THE VILLAGE FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW AND IS A PROFESSIONAL, IT WILL ACTUALLY GO TO THOSE OTHER ELEMENTS TO SENSE, CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN PLACE. THERE WILL BE HABITAT PROTECTION. ANY IMPACTS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED WILL BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE. BEFORE THEY CAN PULL A BUILDING PERMIT, THEIR SITE PLAN APPROVAL WILL BE CONDITIONED, AND THERE WILL BE ALL THOSE CHECKS AND BALANCES AS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS THE PUD ZONING MASTER SITE PLAN THAT WAS INCLUDED EARLIER ON. SO OBVIOUSLY IT GIVES YOU THE OVERALL PICTURE, BUT YOU CAN'T READ IT FROM THERE, WHICH IS WHY I GAVE YOU THE SLIDE EARLIER. IT SHOWS YOU THE FPL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE EXISTING SOLAR

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THERE'S ALREADY SOME IN THE PUD IN TERMS OF COMMITMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, BUT THAT WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO THEN FOLLOW THROUGH IN TERMS OF FINAL SITE PLAN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. PPD KEY FINDINGS THE PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT PROVIDES A UNIFIED AND COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK. IT ENSURES THE IMPACTS ARE EVALUATED AT THE APPROPRIATE STAGE. IT REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH CONCURRENCY, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS. NO DEVELOPMENT MAY PROCEED WITHOUT DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL. NEXT SLIDE. WHY THIS PROVIDES GREATER CONTROL. I THINK I'VE COVERED IT IN SOME RESPECTS, BUT I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT ALLOWS SITE SPECIFIC STANDARDS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. WE'VE ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT THE 5720 ACRES. AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT, OKAY, THIS IS ALL THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE GOING TO APPLY TO THIS. AND THEN THESE ARE THE ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. SO IT ALLOWS ALLOWED US TO OPEN UP BEYOND THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. DO YOU NEED A QUESTION? YEAH. BEFORE I FORGET, THE 2 MILLION. YES. I'M SORRY. THE 2,000,000FT■S IS NOT PER. IT'S THE ENTIRETY. THAT'S THE CAP ON THE ENTIRETY. NOT PER SECTION.

IS THAT CORRECT? THE 2,000,000FT■S IS BASED ON THE ENTIRE SITE, BUT IT IS BASED ON THE TRIPS IN TERMS OF THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TRIPS. AND SO IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 2,000,000FT■S, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S BASED ON THE TRIPS THAT ARE GENERATED AND THAT AND THERE'S A TRAFFIC CONSULTANT THAT CAN EXPLAIN THIS WAY BETTER THAN I CAN, BECAUSE I'M NOT A TRAFFIC CONSULTANT OR EXPERT. BUT WHAT THEY'VE COMMITTED TO AND THEY DID GET THIS WAS REVIEWED AS PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS. IT'S BASICALLY THE TRIPS THAT ARE GENERATED BY THE SPECIFIC USE. SOME USES MAY GENERATE A LOT OF TRIPS, OTHERS MAY NOT. SO THEY CAN HAVE A CUMULATIVE CALCULATION BASED ON. THIS IS THE USE. THIS IS THE TRIPS BASED ON THE TRIPS TRAFFIC ANALYSIS. AND SO IT CAN GO A LITTLE BIT EITHER WAY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE USE IS. IF IT WAS A GIANT AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTER, IT MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS, MORE TRIPS THAN SOMETHING LIKE A WAREHOUSE. JUST A JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT 2 MILLION TRIPS FOR LOT ONE, 2 MILLION TRIP CAP FOR LOT TWO, 2 MILLION TRIPS FOR LOT THREE.

IT'S 2 MILLION TRIP CAP ACROSS THE ENTIRE LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO THANK YOU. SOMETIMES I DON'T GET THE QUESTION. GOT IT. CONDITION.

KEY CONDITIONS BUILT INTO APPROVAL. NO, NO. VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT IS APPROVED AT THIS STAGE. THAT MEANS THERE'S NOTHING GOING TO BE BUILT. THERE'S NO SITE CLEARING, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO NOTHING. THIS IS JUST THE PAPER EXERCISE AHEAD OF THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS WHERE YOU LOOK AT SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND THEN CLEARING AND, AND BUILDING WITH BUILDING PERMITS AND GOING VERTICAL. THERE'S NO DEMONSTRATED CAPACITY REQUIRED BECAUSE THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT AT THIS STAGE. THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING IS REQUIRED PRIOR, PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT. SO WE DON'T JUST, OH, LET'S DEVELOP AND LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENT LATER. IT HAS TO BE DONE CONCURRENTLY WITH AND SATISFIED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN RECOMMEND ANY, ANY KIND OF FAVORABLE APPROVAL. TRAFFIC IMPACTS ARE AVAILABLE EVALUATED AT SITE PLAN STAGE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, CONTROLLING NOISE, LIGHTING AND OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN FACTORED INTO THAT AND EMBEDDED INTO THAT ZONING AGREEMENT. PHASE DEVELOPMENT ENSURES THE CONTROLLED GROWTH. SO OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE GOT TO ACCOUNT FOR EACH OF THOSE PHASES AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MANAGE THAT AS THEY COME. IN PART, THE SITE PLAN IS THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO CLEAR, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO CONTROL, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MANAGE THE CONSTRUCTION, THE TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT I HAVE TO PUT ALL OF THIS ON RECORD. IT'S QUITE LENGTHY, BUT THE PED APPROVAL CRITERIA IS WITHIN SECTION 12 DASH TEN. IT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT IN THE AGENDA ITEM. SO TO SUMMARIZE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THERE'S UNIFIED AND COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN BECAUSE THERE'S SINGLE OWNERSHIP. AND MASTER PLANNING PROVIDES THE COHESIVE DEVELOPMENT COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES. IT'S LOCATED WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED INDUSTRIAL AND UTILITY CORRIDOR, AND IT HAS A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USE PUBLIC FACILITY AND CONCURRENCY. AS I CANNOZE ENOUGH,

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OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS IS JAMIE GENTILE WITH F, P AND L ISRAEL MORALES, WHO IS AN ACOUSTICAL ENGINEER WITH KIMLEY-HORN BRIAN J. NOLAN, WHO IS A PLANNER WITH LUCIDO AND ASSOCIATES.

STEPHANIE GUERRERA, WHO IS A CIVIL ENGINEER WITH KIMLEY-HORN, AND NATALIE CRAFT, WHO IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE MANAGER, AND WATER RESOURCES FOR F, P AND L. AND I'D LIKE TO, IF I COULD, MAYOR, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, SUBMIT INTO THE RECORD RESUMES OF THEIR APPLICATIONS OR THEIR RESUMES QUALIFYING THEM AS EXPERTS. IF I COULD TURN TO THE CLERK.

CLERK. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I CAN GIVE TO THE DEPUTY. I HAVE COPIES OF THEIR RESUMES. IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE COPIES. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO STATE FOR THE RECORD, TOO, THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AND REVIEWED THE STAFF REPORT, AND WE'RE PLEASED TO STATE THAT WE AGREE WITH THE STAFF CONCLUSIONS, THEIR COMMENTS AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT STAFF REPORT. AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUBMIT THAT AS PART OF OUR RECORD, AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, IT'S BEEN STATED, I THINK, A NUMBER OF TIMES WE AREN'T HERE TONIGHT FOR A DATA CENTER. WE ARE HERE JUST FOR THE REZONING AND WE WILL TRY TO FOCUS ON THAT. I WOULD LIKE, IF I COULD, MR. MAYOR, JUST TO ASK MISS FREEMAN A FEW QUESTIONS.

WITH YOUR PERMISSION, SIR, IF THAT'S ABSOLUTELY. GO AHEAD. SO, MISS FREEMAN, GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT PRESENTATION. COULD YOU JUST FOR THE RECORD, STATE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS FOR US, PLEASE? YEAH. I'M DEENA FREEMAN, COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND I'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER IN IT'S MANY YEARS NOW. I'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER IN ENGLAND. BUT IN THE LAST 22 YEARS, I'VE DEDICATED MY CAREER TO BEING IN FLORIDA AND WORKING IN MARTIN COUNTY AND MORE RECENTLY IN INDIAN TOWN. BUT I'VE BEEN A PLANNER FOR MANY YEARS. SINCE I WAS 16. I STARTED TRAINING IN PLANNING. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, AND I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO COVER A LITTLE BIT OF GROUND THAT YOU COVERED IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EMPHASIZE. SO THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY IS ALREADY IN PLACE PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND THE LAND USE FOR THE PROPERTY, PER THE VILLAGE'S LAND USE MAP IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL? YES. CORRECT. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS REQUESTING AN ASSIGNMENT OF A ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE PROPERTY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION ON THE PROPERTY.

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OKAY. VERY WELL. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. I'LL TRY TO KEEP MY MY COMMENTS BRIEF, AS I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE GETTING INTO THE LATE HOURS. BUT FOR THE RECORD, JAMIE GENTILE WITH F P AND L. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR HEARING US THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS THE TESORO GROSS PUD, AS MISS FREEMAN SAID AND STATED IN HER PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS NOT A REQUEST TO APPROVE SPECIFIC BUILDINGS, TENANTS OR SITE PLANS. IT'S A REQUEST TO APPROVE A PLAN FRAMEWORK, ONE THAT ESTABLISHES HOW THIS PROPERTY COULD DEVELOP OVER TIME AND CLEARLY DEFINES THE VILLAGE ROLE IN OVERSEEING THE DEVELOPMENT. AS INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS ARE PROPOSED, THE PUD BUILDS ON THE COUNCIL'S PRIOR ACTIONS RELATED TO ANNEXATION, FUTURE LAND USE AND PROVIDE STRUCTURE AND PREDICTABILITY SO FUTURE PROPOSALS ARE REVIEWED COHESIVELY RATHER THAN THROUGH PIECEMEAL BY RIGHT APPROVALS. THE FRAMEWORK ALLOWS A LIMITED SET OF LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL AND UTILITY RELATED USES ALREADY CONTEMPLATED BY THE VILLAGE CODE, INCLUDING ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH FACILITIES, DATA PROCESSING CENTERS, UTILITY USES ASSOCIATED WITH FPL OPERATIONS SUCH AS SUBSTATIONS, TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES, SOLAR ENERGY AND BATTERY STORAGE. EQUALLY IMPORTANT ARE THE RESTRICTIVE MEASURES BUILT INTO THE PUD. THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES CLEAR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, CAPS, OVERALL CAPS OVERALL INTENSITY AND REQUIRES EACH FUTURE PROJECT TO RETURN TO THE VILLAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL REVIEW, SUPPORTED BY DETAILED TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, THESE PROVISIONS ARE INTENDED TO MANAGE IMPACTS, PROTECT SURROUNDING AREAS AND ENSURE DEVELOPMENT PROCEEDS IN A DELIBERATE AND CONTROLLED MANNER. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF. THIS. THIS AGREEMENT REFLECTS A SIGNIFICANT COLLABORATION AND CAREFUL REVIEW, WITH SUBSTANTIAL BACK AND FORTH TO ENSURE THAT THE FRAMEWORK IS CLEAR, IT'S APPROPRIATELY RESTRICTIVE AND ALIGN WITH THE COUNCIL'S EXPECTATIONS. WE APPRECIATE THE PROFESSIONALISM, EFFORT AND FROM THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF BROUGHT INTO THIS PROCESS. TO BE CLEAR, AGAIN, APPROVAL TONIGHT IS LIMITED TO THE FRAMEWORK ONLY. ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WOULD OCCUR INCREMENTALLY AND BE SUBJECT TO DETAILED TECHNICAL REVIEW. WITH THAT, I'D ASK BRIAN NOLAN WITH LUCIDO ASSOCIATES TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE SPECIFICS OF THE REQUEST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. BRIAN NOLAN, CONOR LUCIDO AND ASSOCIATES HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT TONIGHT. I, TOO, WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR OUR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF OVER THE MANY MONTHS OF BACK AND FORTH AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS BEING REFINED AND, AND READY FOR YOU TO, TO REVIEW TONIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL GET INTO MY PRESENTATION AGAIN. SOME OF IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE REPETITIVE.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WE KNOW, I THINK WE ALL KNOW GENERALLY WHERE THE SITE IS LOCATED AND HOW LARGE IT IS. IT IS ABOUT 5700 ACRES LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE OKEECHOBEE WATERWAY, SOUTH AND WEST OF THE VILLAGE. URBAN CORE SUBJECT PARCELS ARE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FUTURE LAND USE THAT WAS RECENTLY ASSIGNED. AND WE'RE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT REQUESTING THE PUD ZONING AND PUD ZONING AGREEMENT AND ACCOMPANYING MASTER SITE PLAN. NEXT SLIDE.

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AND ADJACENT TO THE EAST IS FPL OWNED AGRICULTURAL LAND. NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN, THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE VILLAGE ILLUSTRATING THE FUTURE LAND USE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH IS LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL AND THE SOME OF THE ADJACENT FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, THAT ARE CONTIGUOUS TO THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YOU CAN SEE HERE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BLUE HATCHED PATTERN. AGAIN, SIMILAR TO DENA, WE HAD TO RECREATE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO IT MIGHT NOT LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THAT. IF IF THE MAP IS IN FACT CHANGED. BUT YOU CAN SEE AGAIN TO THE NORTH, THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONED LAND AND THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND. SPEAKING TO COMPATIBILITY AND CONSISTENCY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GO THROUGH THESE THINGS AND WE, WE LAY OUT WHERE WE ARE COMPATIBLE AND WHERE WE'RE CONSISTENT. THE PROPOSED REZONING TO THE PUD IS CONSISTENT WITH AND IMPLEMENTS THE FUTURE LAND USE. THE USE IS ALLOWED IN A. CONTROLLED BY THE PUD ZONING AGREEMENT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE FUTURE LAND USE. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RESIDENTIAL. WE'RE NOT ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL. BUT I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A MINUTE. THE PROPOSED REZONING IS ALSO CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES. AS YOU SAW BY THE BY THE AERIAL AND THE MAPPING IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES. IT'S SITUATED WITHIN AN AREA OF EXISTING EXPANDING INDUSTRIAL UTILITY USES, AND THE PROPOSED USES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES AND CONSERVATION LANDS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST SERVE AS A AS A DEVELOPMENT BUFFER, IF YOU WILL, AND THE SITE IS PHYSICALLY SUITABLE TO SUPPORT THE LI USES. LOCATED AGAIN IN AN ESTABLISHED AND EXPANDING INDUSTRIAL UTILITY AREA AND LOCATION AND CONFIGURATION OF THE SITE, NOT ONLY THE GEOMETRY BUT ITS LOCATION. YOU KNOW, WITH THE ROADWAY NETWORK LENDS ITSELF TO EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE PROPOSED ZONING AGREEMENT MASTER SITE PLAN ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE VILLAGE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THEY PROVIDE THE VILLAGE WITH A CLEAR AND CONCISE FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME. AS YOU'VE HEARD AND ALSO AS YOU'VE HEARD, THEY REQUIRE THAT TECHNICAL SITE SPECIFIC REVIEW OCCURS AT THE TIME OF FINAL SITE PLAN BASED ON THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PROPOSED AT THAT TIME. IT ALSO LIMITS THE INTENSITY OF THE ENTIRE PUD TO THE CUMULATIVE VEHICLE TRIPS GENERATED BY 2,000,000FT■S OF GENERAL LIGHT. INDUSTRIAL USES.

YOUR FUTURE LAND USE ALLOWS AN F, A R, OR A FLOOR AREA RATIO OF 2.0. SO ESSENTIALLY YOU MULTIPLY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE SITE BY TWO, AND THAT'S HOW MANY SQUARE FEET YOU CAN CONCEIVABLY PUT, WHICH IS ABOUT 500 MILLION OR HALF 1,000,000,000FT■S. THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF SQUARE FEET. THE 2,000,000 SQUARE FOOT LIMITATION THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON IT IS, I THINK, LESS THAN 1% OF THAT. IT ALSO ALLOWS IT ALSO REMOVES THE ALLOWANCE FOR RESIDENTIAL USES. INTERESTINGLY, YOUR. ALI FUTURE LAND USE IS A MIXED USE. IT ALSO ALLOWS RESIDENTIAL AT UP TO 20 UNITS AN ACRE TIMES 5700 ACRES IS APPROXIMATELY 114,000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT. BUT. BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IN TERMS OF LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE PUD APPROVAL CRITERIA. AGAIN, SOME OF THIS IS REPETITIVE, BUT

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JUST TO ASK HIM A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS, COUNSELOR. AND THEN MR. NOLAN, JUST I KNOW I TURNED IN YOUR RESUME FOR THE RECORD, BUT COULD YOU JUST STATE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? SURE. I HAVE A BACHELOR IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. I AM A FLORIDA CERTIFIED ACP PLANNER, AND I'VE BEEN WITH LUCIDO AND ASSOCIATES FOR ALMOST 21 YEARS. AND I'VE BEEN A CO-OWNER, I THINK, FOR FIVE, FIVE YEARS, I THINK NOW. AND AS PART OF YOUR. WORK ON THIS PROJECT, HAVE YOU REVIEWED THE VILLAGE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS? YES, I HAVE, AND IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, SIR, DOES THIS PROJECT, THIS REZONING TONIGHT, DOES IT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE VILLAGE'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES? YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES THAT. WE'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND AGAIN, I HAVE OTHER THE OTHER EXPERTS HERE TOO, IF YOU'D LIKE. SO I HAVE A QUESTION, BRIAN. I THINK SHE WANTS TO I JUST HAVE A REALLY QUICK QUESTION. I WAS WATCHING THAT IT SAID IF WE DID NOT HAVE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH WATER, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES FOR YOUR OWN DEVELOPMENT. HOW WOULD THAT BE ACHIEVED? THAT COULD BE VIA A PACKAGE PLANT, YOU KNOW, A PRIVATE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY THAT BUILT ON THE SITE OR CONCEIVABLY WELL IN SEPTIC OR, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT

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BEFORE I CONTINUE, MY NAME IS NATALIE CRAFT. I MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND EARLIER, BUT I WILL SAY MY OATH. I WILL SPEAK THE TRUTH. IS THAT AN ISSUE? YEAH. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE? IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. SO IN ORDER TO GET THE WATER THAT YOUR THAT ANY PROJECT THAT WE WOULD HAVE HERE, THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD REQUIRE A PERMIT OF THEIR OWN FOR THAT KIND OF PROJECT.

IF YOUR FACILITIES WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE CAPACITY, IF WE WERE TO HAVE CAPACITY WITH YOUR EXISTING SYSTEM, THERE WOULD BE STILL CONSULTATION WITH THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IN TERMS OF NEW USAGE ON YOUR SYSTEM. AND WHAT ABOUT THE WASTEWATER? THE WASTEWATER WILL ALSO GO THROUGH DEP, DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF WASTEWATER SYSTEM YOU WANT TO USE. SO IF IT'S, AGAIN, POTENTIAL TO HOOK UP TO CITY FACILITIES, IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE. IF NOT, IT WILL BE SEPTIC. THAT IS DONE THROUGH DEP, WHICH IS OFTEN DELEGATED TO THE COUNTY. OKAY.

WOULD THAT BE THE CASE IF THEY'RE ALREADY ANNEXED IN DOES THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THEIR WASTE WATER AND WASTEWATER? YEAH. ACTUALLY WHEN IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT, GO AHEAD. WHEN WHEN SHE SAYS THE COUNTY, I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERENCING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WITH REGARD TO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. OKAY. AND THERE'S OFTEN A CONFUSION BECAUSE FOLKS DO REFERENCE THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS ACTUALLY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN EACH OF THE 67 COUNTIES. SO, YES, WE COMMONLY SAY THE COUNTY, BUT IN FACT, IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. CORRECT. WOULD THERE BE ANY WHO CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION AS TO WHY YOU ARE RESTRICTING YOURSELVES? TO THE PUD? I WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY'RE CHOOSING A PUD WHEN THEY HAVE A LESS RESTRICTIVE OPTION. WHAT? WHAT? WHY DID YOU WANT TO RESTRICT YOURSELF? LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT THE LOOKING AT THE STRAIGHT ZONING. WE WOULD NEVER NEED TO EVER NEED TO BUILD TO THAT INTENSITY. AND WE FELT LIKE THE PUD WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND PARTNER WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR LONG TIME PARTNERS IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. AND WE DID ENCOURAGE IT FROM A STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE WE FELT THAT IT PROVIDED A MUCH BETTER OPTION AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO PUT, LIKE MISS FREEMAN STATED, A BETTER ASSURANCES IN AND PROTECTIONS AND WOULD ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS THAT INDIVIDUALS MAY HAVE. AND SO A LOT OF DEVELOPERS ARE, ARE ANTI PUD BECAUSE THEY CAN BE RESTRICTIVE, RESTRICTIVE AND LABOR SOME. BUT HERE WE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED IT. OKAY, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. I WOULD JUST ADD. I WOULD JUST ADD AND JAMIE GENTILE FOR THE RECORD, EXCUSE ME, YOU KNOW, OUR FPL IS OBVIOUSLY WE BUILD ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO PRIMARILY BUILD EITHER GENERATION OR SUBSTATIONS OR POLES AND LINES. SO BUT HAVING SOME AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY ON THE PROPERTY WAS. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE RESERVED SOMETHING. OKAY. YEAH, MY NEXT QUESTION, AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION IS. JUST SORRY, FOLKS. IT'S LET'S SEE, I AND I'M I'M SORRY, I MISTAKENLY SAID ZONING A LITTLE WHILE AGO WHEN I MEANT LAND USE. SO WITH YOU DOING THE PUD, YOU ARE RESTRICTING THE ABILITY FOR YOU TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO A DEVELOPER THAT WOULD DEVELOP A LARGE HOUSING COMMUNITY WITHOUT HAVING THEM HAVE TO RE REDO THE ZONING. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN BEING USED BY SUGAR. HAS IT NOT? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. SO THEY'VE BEEN BURNING THAT PROPERTY REGULARLY. I BELIEVE THAT'S THEIR HARVESTING PRACTICES. YES, MA'AM. YES. WE LIVE WITH THAT SMOKE ALL THE TIME. SO THAT PROPERTY IS HAS

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NUMBER ONE, THE LITTLE. IS THERE SOMETHING ALREADY ON THAT. NO, NO, MA'AM, I. IN FACT, AS MISS, I THINK, MISS FREEMAN, YOU ALLUDED TO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME SUBSTATIONS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PROPOSING. SO THOSE ACTUALLY KIND OF I WONDERED WHY THE LITTLE CUTOUTS. SO THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR A SIZE OF SOMETHING YOU NEED FOR THOSE.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO THAT WAS A, I GUESS I WONDERED WHY IT WAS LAID OUT THAT LIKE, YOU NORMALLY DON'T SEE THOSE LAID OUT LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK YOU HAVE ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. WILL YOU HAVE SOME MORE PRESENTATIONS? OH, I THOUGHT SOMEBODY ELSE WAS GETTING UP. NO. COME COME, COME.

OKAY, I, I. I THINK YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING. WHAT THE, THE REZONING. I THINK YOU ANSWERED, YOU GUYS ANSWERED A LOT OF THAT. THE ONE A MAJOR THING IS WHAT I LIKE INCLUSION, HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS. YES. SO AND THEN AT EACH IS IT DID YOU SAY ONE OF Y'ALL SAID AT EACH PHASE AND EACH PHASE OR EACH SITE, EACH ACTUAL SITE PLAN SUBMITTAL, YOU WOULD HAVE A, YOU WOULD HAVE A FOR WHAT WE PUT THAT PROTECTION IN THERE FOR THE OPEN HOUSE, WE PUT IT FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS NON UTILITY USE. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TOPIC DU JOUR IS, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY A DATA CENTER DEVELOPER DID COME IN AND WANT TO DEVELOP. THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU FILE. YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO YOUR STAFF, SUBMIT A SITE PLAN, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE IN A COMMUNITY MEETING. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO PUT IN THERE AS AN, AS AN ADDED PROTECTION SO THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY. YEAH. I DO WANT TO JUST CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, I BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC MEETING IS JUST IN THE EVENT THAT WE WERE TO DO A DATA CENTER THERE, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE THE THING THAT THE PEOPLE ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT. OKAY. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO MISREPRESENT THAT THERE'LL BE ONE FOR SOME. THERE MAY BE SOME USES THAT WON'T REQUIRE THE PUBLIC NON-UTILITY ITEMS, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME. SO. SO YOU SAY IN THE EVENT. YES THERE IS. YEAH. RIGHT NOW. AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE HERE. YEAH.

BUT YOU BROUGHT IT UP. YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO. BUT YEAH, I JUST WANT TO DEAL WITH IT. NOW LET ME ASK YOU THIS. AND WITH YOUR WITH THE BUILDING, I TRIED TO GET A I WENT BY, YOU KNOW, AND I WANTED TO SEE HOW, HOW THAT WILL LOOK BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE ARE RESIDENTS THAT'S, THAT'S NOT FAR. THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILES OR FEET OR WHATEVER. I THINK TO THE TO THE MOST EASTERN EDGE OF THE PUD BOUNDARY, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 500FT TO THE FIRST HOUSE.

OKAY. SO. AND I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T START BUILDING, BUT WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO BLOCK THAT OFF SO PEOPLE CAN'T SEE IT. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY WE'VE.

SO IN THE PUD IN THE PUD ORDINANCE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OF BUFFERS OR SETBACKS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THERE, I BELIEVE. YES, WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO, WE WOULD BE BUFFERING PROBABLY ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 100 FOOT BUFFER ALONG CANNER. IF THERE WAS SOME DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT WAS GOING TO COME, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THAT, THE ROADWAY.

OKAY. NOW. I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE SURE I STAY ON TOPIC NOW. TALKED ABOUT WATER. YOU YOU ALL PROVIDE YOUR OWN ELECTRICITY, CORRECT? ARE Y'ALL GOING TO HAVE TO USE THE VILLAGE? HOW DOES ALL THAT WORK? THE WATER I KNOW IS YOUR ELECTRICITY. I JUST I OH Y'ALL LAUGHING. Y'ALL LAUGHING. REALLY DON'T LET THEM OUT. NO IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. A GOOD QUESTION. IF SOMEBODY WERE TO COME IN AND DEVELOP THAT WAS NOT WAS NOT FPL OKAY WOULD HAVE TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE AND AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE WE WOULD HAVE TO SUPPLY THEM POWER. WE WE ARE OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE POWER TO ANYBODY THAT THAT REQUESTS. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. ALL OF Y'ALL IN TROUBLE FOR LAUGHING JUST SO FOR THE RECORD. OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VILLAGE THAT WE DON'T ABSORB ANY COST. YEAH. NO,

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OKAY. I THINK A LOT OF THINGS. IS EVERY EVERYBODY, FOR ALL THE REASONS, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. AND BASED ON WHAT MISS FREEMAN WAS SAYING, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE COVERING STUFF THAT HAD QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ASKED AND ANSWERED. SO, SO, AND WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS OVER A YEAR AGO, THIS, THIS APPLICATION PROCESS TO KIND OF BRING US INTO THE VILLAGE. AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE MONTHS OR SO, WE'VE BEEN COMING TO THE HEARINGS AND WE'VE BEEN HEARING THOSE COMMENTS. AND SO AS THE STAFF ASKED US TO COME IN AND LOOK AT THE PUD VERSUS STRAIGHT ZONING, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE APPLYING THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE THOSE WERE CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO TWO MORE QUESTIONS. YES, MA'AM. AND YOU BROUGHT IT UP. I'M GETTING BLAMED FOR A LOT TONIGHT. NO, NO, IT'S NOT A BLAME. IT'S A THANK YOU FOR OPENING THE DOOR.

YOU'RE WELCOME. SO IN THE EVENT THAT THIS IS NOT YOU, IT'S NOT A FAVORABLE THING IN THE EVENT THAT IT'S NOT, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT FOR STRAIGHT ZONING. IS THAT CORRECT? NOW, BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, YOU BROUGHT IT UP. OKAY. BASED ON WHAT YOU. I'M GONNA STOP SAYING I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY. BASED ON YOU COULD PUT IN ALL OF THOSE HOUSES. CORRECT? I UNDER STRAIGHT ZONING. YES. UNDER STRAIGHT ZONING. AND YOU SAID THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. CORRECT.

RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. I HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU. I JUST LOST THE TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

THAT'S OKAY. I'LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT. IT'S CALLED AGE. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, TOO, PLEASE. YES. THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, I LIKE THAT. SO. THE EVENTUALITY OF OF THE PROPERTY BEING DEVELOPED AND THERE BEING A MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT CAN GO ON THERE, THOSE ARE ALL ALREADY COVERED IN EITHER OF THE ZONINGS, AM I CORRECT? OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT ALLOWING SOMETHING THAT ISN'T ALREADY STRUCTURED. OKAY. AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR, OBVIOUSLY WITH 484. YES, MA'AM. SB 484 AND YOU WILL BE SUBJECT DURING YOUR PROCESS. THIS DOES NOT ELIMINATE US. VOTING TONIGHT DOES NOT ELIMINATE YOUR SUBJECT TO A STATE. I KNOW BETTER THAN TO ARGUE WITH COUNCIL. SO I'M GOING TO FOLLOW. SO I WANT CLARIFICATION FROM COUNCIL. SURE. SO US DOING THIS ORDER, I MEAN EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT WHY ARE WE RUSHING? WHY ARE WE RUSHING? I KIND OF WONDER WHY I RUSH WHERE WE'RE RUSHING TO. YEAH. BUT HERE'S HERE'S MY REAL QUESTION. AND IF WE VOTE TO GRANT THE PUD, DOES THAT RELIEVE THEM OF ANY OBLIGATION UNDER A STATE STATUTE? NO. WE YOU HAVE YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO RELIEVE THEM OF OBLIGATIONS. THEY HAVE UNDER STATE LAW. AND SB 484 WOULD THEN APPLY TO ANYTHING, EVEN IF WE DO IT TODAY AND IT DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL JULY, IT WILL STILL APPLY TO ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY DO. IS THAT CORRECT? IT WILL. YEAH. AND IN PARTICULAR, AS WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT, THAT THAT IT'S NOT A LAW YET. IT HASN'T BEEN SENT TO THE GOVERNOR OR SIGNED. BUT AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, IT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE SIGNED UP WITH REGARD TO STATE LAWS AND RESTRICTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LAW DOES IS PRECISELY WHAT WAS REFERENCED CONCERNING THEIR TARIFF OR THEIR RATE STRUCTURE. ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS

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ALL RIGHT. LOOK AT. THE HIGHER INTENSITY DATA CENTERS VERY STRICTLY AND HAVE PUBLIC HEARING WITH REGARD TO THE CONSUMPTIVE USE PERMITS OR OTHER PERMITS THAT THEY WOULD BE ISSUING TO ALLOW THEM TO PULL WATER OUT OF THE GROUND. SO I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT THAT THIS IS THIS IS THE VERY BILL THAT WE HAVE BEEN BEING TOLD WE NEED TO APPLY TO THESE DECISIONS, AND I'M HOPING THAT IT MAKES YOU HAPPY THAT THEY ARE APPLICABLE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A LAW YET, THAT THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE APPLICABLE. THE THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN BEING USED APPARENTLY FOR A LONG TIME, SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAVEN, BUT THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO BE THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES REGARDLESS OF WHICH ZONING THEY HAVE TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? DEENA FREEMAN THEY'LL HAVE TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PER EACH PHASE OR EACH SITE PLAN. THEY'VE ALREADY THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AS WELL. AND THEY BASICALLY, ANYTHING THAT'S GOVERNED, WHATEVER'S FOUND WITHIN THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT HAS TO BE PROTECTED, RESPONDED TO. AND THEY HAVE TO GET THE NECESSARY PERMITS, WHETHER THAT'S SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT OR THE DEP OR THE ARMY CORPS, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. SO THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED AT EVERY STAGE, AND IT'S REQUIRED AND REVIEWED BY OUR PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT OR FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. OH, YEAH. SORRY, I FORGOT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND I'M SORRY. I WANT TO ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING PEOPLE ASK. DOES THE APPROVAL OF THIS PUD IN ANY WAY OBLIGATE US TO APPROVE ANY FUTURE? APPLICANT? BECAUSE DOES IT SET A STANDARD? DOES IT SET A PRECEDENT THAT WE WILL BE HELD BY IF MAYBE THIS APPLICATION WORKS? AND ONE OTHER ONE WE DON'T FEEL IS IS GOOD, DOES THIS GRANTING OF THIS PUD IN ANY WAY SET A PRECEDENT THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FROM HERE ON OUT, OR IS EACH OF THE APPLICATIONS COMPLETELY INDIVIDUAL? SURE. SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND HANDLE THAT ONE. SO WITH REGARD IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADOPTING THIS ORDINANCE, APPROVING THIS PUD, DOES THAT TIE YOUR HANDS IN THE FUTURE FOR ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY IN ANOTHER PART OF THE VILLAGE WITH DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, DIFFERENT SURROUNDING USES, DIFFERENT EVERYTHING AROUND IT? ABSOLUTELY. IT DOES NOT. OKAY. THAT IS THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE OF LAND USE.

YOU HEAR IT A LOT THAT, OH, IT SETS A PRECEDENT, THIS AND THAT. THAT HAS SOME MEANING. BUT EVERY SINGLE APPLICATION THAT COMES BEFORE YOU, AND IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, EVERY APPLICATION FOR A PUD IS EVALUATED BASED ON THE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT PROPERTY, OF THAT PROJECT, OF THAT SET OF USES OF THE SURROUNDING USES AND ALL OF THAT. SO IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IF YOU CHANGE ALL THE OTHER FACTORS, ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEONE WALKS IN AND GETS THE EXACT SAME THING, RIGHT? LIKE,

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AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE MAY CALENDAR, WE ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER APPLICATION COMING.

COULD BE IN MAY. WE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TWO APPLICATIONS AT ONCE, SO WE WENT AHEAD AND MR. VOSS SAID, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE. LET'S SCHEDULE THE 30TH FOR ANOTHER MEETING. AND THEN THAT WAY IT CAN GO ON THE 23RD, AND THE SECOND READING CAN BE ON THE 30TH. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. THAT WAS MY. SO THIS IS A PROCESSING PROCESSING CALENDAR ISSUE, NOT SOMEBODY PUSHING FOR A. YES, MA'AM. QUICKER BASED ON THE ON THE, OUR INITIAL TIMELINE THAT WE DEVELOPED, WE WERE TRYING TO ADHERE TO OUR TIMELINE SO THAT WE'RE NOT KEEPING THE APPLICANT AND HIS TEAM HAVING TO PAY MORE MONEY. RIDDU. RIDDU. RIDDU. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD THESE DATES. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU GOT PHYLLIS. OKAY. I'LL HOLD. OKAY. VICE MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. YEAH, YEAH. YES, YES. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION THAT ANSWERED THE MAJORITY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. I DO HAVE A COUPLE, AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR VILLAGE STAFF, THE UTILITIES, THEY'RE INITIALLY GOING TO BE ON SEPTIC AND WELL OR THEIR OWN RESOURCES. BUT ONCE WE HAVE THE CAPACITY WITHIN THE VILLAGE, THEY WILL THEN COME ON WITHIN THE VILLAGE. THAT IS DEENA FREEMAN RESPONDING. THEY ORDINARILY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HOOK UP IF THERE'S AVAILABILITY OF CAPACITY WITHIN THE VILLAGE.

YES. MY SECOND QUESTION IS A VILLAGE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE FINANCIAL COSTS FOR THE BUILD OUT? NO. AND THAT'S BEEN FACTORED INTO PROPERTY. THAT'S BEEN NO. DEENA FREEMAN AGAIN, IT'S BEEN FACTORED INTO THE PUD. SO YEAH, WE'VE GOT THAT COVERED IN THE ZONING AGREEMENT. THE THIRD ONE. IS THERE ANY SPECIAL PROTECTION BEING TAKEN FOR THE RESERVE THAT'S NEXT DOOR, OR IS THAT COVERED WITHIN THE PUD THAT I DID NOT REALLY SEE? SO DEENA FREEMAN, AGAIN, THERE ARE REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE WITH THE FWC, THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DEP, BUT THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AS LANGUAGE WITHIN THE PUD. THAT INCLUDES THAT, YOU KNOW, INCREASED BUFFERS FROM THE PERIPHERY OF THE SITE AND THAT SITE PLAN STAGE. THAT'S WHEN WE GET INTO LANDSCAPING, POTENTIAL BERMS AND ANY OTHER UNIQUENESS OF LOOKING AT THE, YOU KNOW, MORE IN DETAIL OF THE SITE. THAT'S WHEN WE GET INTO LANDSCAPING BUFFERS, BERMS, AND, AND THOSE REQUIRED SETBACKS BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S PROPOSED. OKAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT 2 MILLION TRAFFIC TRIPS MEAN? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS THAT A DAY? IS THAT A WEEK? IS THAT A MONTH? IS THAT A YEAR? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE TRAFFIC CONSULTANT FOR THE APPLICANT.

GOOD EVENING. I WAS IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM FOR THE SWEARING IN. DO I NEED TO BE SWORN IN AGAIN? LET'S DO IT. YES, SURE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH I DO. COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? STEPHANIE GUERRA. I'M A TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, LICENSED ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

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THE MOST RECENT COUNTS ARE. SO WE PERFORMED THE. THE ANALYSIS WITH COUNTS FROM FDOT AND WITH HISTORICAL WITH HISTORICAL GROWTH RATES AND ALSO WITH COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT DATA THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE VILLAGE SO THAT WE COULD ACCOUNT FOR THE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO. BUT EVERY ADDITIONAL, EVERY ADDITIONAL SITE PLAN THAT WOULD GO IN WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE ITS OWN TRAFFIC STUDY DONE WITH WHATEVER THE THE CURRENT COUNTS ARE, SO THAT WE'RE STAYING CURRENT. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. HOW ABOUT. PUBLIC COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON. AND PLEASE JUST KEEP IT TO THE TO WHAT'S AT HAND RIGHT HERE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT THAT SENTENCE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT. ALBERT VAN DEN BERG. HELLO, MY NAME IS ALBERT VANDENBERG. I AM A RESIDENT OF MARTIN COUNTY, A NEW RESIDENT OF MARTIN COUNTY. THE COMPANY I WORK FOR IS A MEMBER OF THE INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS. FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS DON'T COME AROUND VERY OFTEN, AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE A REAL IMPACT. THE KIND OF INVESTMENT CREATES A RIPPLE EFFECT. IT SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESSES, INCREASES ACTIVITY IN THE AREA, AND HELPS BUILD A STRONGER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE LOCAL ECONOMY. IT PROVIDES MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE. A FEW YEARS AGO, NO ONE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED INDIAN TOWN TO BE IN A POSITION TO ATTRACT SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC INVESTMENT LIKE THIS. THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVES HOW FAR OUR COMMUNITY HAS COME, AND THAT IT IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF A COMMUNITY ISN'T GROWING, IT RISKS FALLING BEHIND. RESPONSIBLE GROWTH IS WHAT ALLOWS A PLACE LIKE INDIAN TOWN TO MOVE FORWARD AND CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES. IN CONCLUSION, I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS MOVING FORWARD AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL SO IT CAN CONTINUE THROUGH THE PROCESS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE. I HAVE THE FURTHEST TO GO AND TAKE THE LONGEST. FOR THE RECORD. LINDA NICCUM AT THE THE THE PCAB MEETING LAST WEEK. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD THAT I DID NOT HEAR IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS THAT FUTURE SITE PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY. THEY WOULD NOT COME BEFORE THE PCAB OR COUNCIL. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS IF I MISUNDERSTOOD IT. OR IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO PROVIDE THE BEST EXPOSURE TO THESE DEVELOPMENTS, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. CHLOE SEEBURGER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CHLOE SUE PARKER AND I'M THE CHIEF ECONOMIC OFFICER OF THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF INDIAN TOWN. THE MISSION OF THIS COUNCIL IS TO HELP CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EMPOWER OUR CITIZENS, SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES, AND PRESERVE THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, TO EXPRESS THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT OF THIS PUD ZONING AGREEMENT. THIS DECISION IS ABOUT ESTABLISHING CLEAR PARAMETERS FOR WHAT'S CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE, AND CREATES A THOUGHTFUL FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE DEVELOPMENT AS THE OPPORTUNITIES ARISE. A PUD PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY. AS WE'VE

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I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE. STILL HAVEN'T GOT BACK. WE KEEP HAVING THESE WEEKLY MEETINGS.

IT'LL NEVER COME BACK. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JENNIFER LONGSHAW. AS A FOURTH GENERATION RESIDENT OF INDIAN TOWN, BORN AND RAISED HERE, AND IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THIS ISN'T JUST WHERE I WORK. THIS IS MY HOME. MY FAMILY IS HERE AND I'M RAISING MY CHILDREN HERE. I WANT MY CHILDREN TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, STAY HERE AND BUILD A LIFE OF THEIR OWN IN THIS COMMUNITY THE SAME WAY GENERATIONS BEFORE US HAVE. BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT STRATEGIC SMART GROWTH AND INVESTMENT. IF WE DON'T CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND BRING IN RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT, WE RISK STANDING STILL AND STANDING STILL, DOESN'T MOVE A COMMUNITY FORWARD. THAT'S WHY THIS PUD AND REZONING MATTER. IT PUTS SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS THE VILLAGE TO STAY INVOLVED, SET EXPECTATIONS, AND HAVE A REAL SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. WE CAN WELCOME GROWTH WHILE STILL PROTECTING WHAT MAKES INDIAN TOWN SPECIAL. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER. WE CAN DO BOTH AND WE SHOULD STRIVE TO DO BOTH. THIS IS ABOUT CREATING THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WHERE FAMILIES WANT TO STAY, WHERE BUSINESSES CAN SUCCEED, AND WHERE WE CONTINUE TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROUD OF. I SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS INDIAN TOWN TO MOVE FORWARD IN A SMART AND DELIBERATE WAY, WHILE KEEPING THE VILLAGE INVOLVED EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS. I ASK FOR THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT ON THIS MATTER SO THIS CAN ADVANCE, CONTINUE TO BE REVIEWED AND RECEIVE FULL CONSIDERATION AT A SECOND HEARING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A VERY HARD JOB IN FRONT OF YOU, AND I APPRECIATE YOU STICKING OUT AND DEALING WITH EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ERIC MILLER. THANK YOU.

FOR THE RECORD, I DIDN'T BRING MY RESUME, BUT I HAVE A DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. I HAVE 35 YEARS IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTING. I MADE MY MONEY IN CLOUD COMPUTING. I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN COLO SERVER CENTERS, AND I CONSIDER MYSELF AN EXPERT FOR THE RECORD. THAT BEING SAID, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL A QUESTION, IF I MAY. YOU AFFORDED THE APPLICANT. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? THESE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY, HERE'S MY PUBLIC COMMENT. MAYBE ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS QUESTION. WHY HASN'T IT BEEN TOLD TO YOU THAT SB 484 IN THE FIRST PAGE ALONE ALLOWS YOU TO TO CREATE A ZONING OVERLAY THAT WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS? WHY HAVEN'T YOU BEEN TOLD THAT YOUR CODE ONLY HANDLES BUILDINGS UP TO 500,000FT■S? WHY HAVEN'T YOU BEEN TOLD THAT THERE'S A DELINEATION BETWEEN LARGE LOAD DATA CENTERS AND A REGULAR DATA CENTER? IF YOUR CODE GOES THROUGH IN THIS, PUD GOES THROUGH WITH A DATA CENTER IN IT, AND AT A LARGE SCALE DATA CENTER, YOUR 2,000,000FT■S DOESN'T QUALIFY UNDER SB 484. I'LL REMIND YOU OF THAT. AND I ASK AGAIN, WHY CAN'T WE SIT DOWN AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE DISCREPANCIES? IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY BAD, ESPECIALLY WHEN STAFF IS NOT TELLING YOU THE WHOLE STORY. YOU'RE BEING MISLED. AND I

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TONIGHT YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE PUD. AND THE PUD IS MUCH BETTER THAN JUST STRAIGHT ZONING. YOU KNOW THAT THEY COULD DO ANYTHING THEY WANT. PRETTY MUCH. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE LAW ON THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN WHAT THEY MAY BE PROPOSING. SO THE VOTE TONIGHT IS ABOUT ALLOWING THEM TO MOVE AHEAD WHILE KEEPING THE VILLAGE AND THE COMMUNITY. PART OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT ON THIS LAND. WHAT MATTERS TO ME IS THAT WE'RE OPENING OUR DOORS TO NEW FOLKS THAT KEEP MOVING HERE, OUR FAMILIES, FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUILD A FUTURE HERE. I WANT MY GRANDCHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO STAY HERE AND BUILD A LIFE FOR THEMSELVES. MY DAUGHTER, WHEN SHE WENT TO FSU, DECIDED NOT TO COME BACK. BUT FINALLY, WHEN SHE WAS READY FOR HER FAMILY, SHE DID COME BACK. I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE THINGS HAPPEN. I APPRECIATE IT AND I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DAVID POWERS. GOTTA PULL THIS UP A LITTLE BIT. DONNA. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND APPRECIATE THE TIME. AND I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GETTING TIRED. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. IT STARTED OUT WITH A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING CEDRON, YOU KNOW, TURN DIRT. WE MISSED. WE MISSED YOUR COUNCIL, BUT WE'LL GET YOU FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING AND EVERYTHING.

FP AND L HAS BEEN A VERY LONG PARTNER OF INDIAN TOWN, PROBABLY THE LONGEST PARTNER THAT'S STILL HERE IN EXISTENCE. YOU KNOW, PART OF THEM ARE THE JOBS, PART OF THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS OF ALL OF OURS THAT HAVE WORKED THERE FOR A LONG TIME. THE THE OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT WE'VE HAD HAVE BEEN VERY STRONG BECAUSE INDIAN TOWN HAS AN INDUSTRIAL SPACE THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND OUR HISTORY OF IT. WE USED TO HAVE THE STEEL MILL. WE HAD PRATT WHITNEY WORKERS THAT LIVED HERE. WE HAD TAMPA FARMS AND COGEN. ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE LEFT OR HAD MAJOR LAYOFFS. YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR HISTORY, INDIAN TOWN HAS CONTINUED TO THRIVE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THOSE UPS AND DOWNS AND EVERYTHING AND HAVE BEEN RESILIENT ON THAT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IS COMING IN THAT WILL GIVE US MORE STABILITY AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND URGE YOU GUYS TO ACCEPT THE PUD. YOUR STAFF

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GREAT TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES HAVE COME IN THE P3 TECHNOLOGY, THE ARTEMIS ROCKET THAT WENT OFF, THAT COMPANY HAD 12 PUMPS ON IT. YOU KNOW, THAT WENT UP TO THE MOON. SO, I MEAN, THOSE THINGS ARE COMING TO INDIAN TOWN, AND THIS IS SOME OF THE EXCITING STUFF. AND WITH WHAT FP HAS TO BRING, GREATLY APPRECIATED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHRISTA MILEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CHRISTA MILEY AND I'M A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE PZAB. MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE BASED SOLELY ON THE MATERIALS PRESENTED IN THE DISCUSSION THAT OCCURRED DURING THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD HEARING. I WANT TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN MY VOTE ON THE PROJECT PARROT PUD. FIRST, I RECOGNIZE THAT THE. I RECOGNIZE THE EFFORT BY BOTH THE APPLICANT AND THE STAFF IN BRINGING FORWARD A COMPLEX LONG TERM PROPOSAL. I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. ACKNOWLEDGED THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT. MY VOTE WAS NOT OPPOSITION TO DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS BASED ON CONCERNS THAT, IN MY VIEW, WERE NOT FULLY RESOLVED IN THE RECORD. AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING. SPECIFICALLY, I HAD CONCERNS REGARDING THE LACK OF COMPREHENSIVE FULL BUILD OUT ANALYSIS FOR UTILITY CAPACITY, INCLUDING WATER, WASTEWATER AND ELECTRICAL DEMAND, THE TIMING AND SEQUENCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE RELATIVE TO EACH PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT, AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH FUTURE PHASES AND MODIFICATIONS MAY BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY, RATHER THAN THROUGH A PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS. GIVEN THE SCALE AND DURATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT KEY IMPACTS ARE CLEARLY DEFINED AND SUPPORTED BY ENFORCEABLE STANDARDS AT THE TIME OF APPROVAL, RATHER THAN RELYING ON FUTURE DETERMINATIONS. I RESPECT THE BOARD'S MAJORITY RECOMMENDATION, AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S ROLE IN CONDUCTING ITS INDEPENDENT REVIEW. MY INTENT IN PLACING THESE CONCERNS ON THE RECORD IS TO SUPPORT IS TO SUPPORT THOUGHTFUL, TRANSPARENT DECISION MAKING AND ENSURE THAT LONG TERM IMPACTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, RESIDENTS AND FUTURE GROWTH CAPACITY ARE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, LINDA BISCO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND FELLOW RESIDENTS. MY CONCERN IS THE. THE LEVEL OF GROWTH, THE CHANGE IN THE. THE WHOLE 5700 ACRES TO. LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THE REZONING, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN VILLAGE HISTORY, CONVERTING PRIMARILY AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVATIVE. CONSERVATIVE. CONSERVATIVE. CONSERVATION.

GOSH, I'M TIRED. PRIMARILY AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION ADJACENT LAND INTO INDUSTRIAL USE. THAT SCALE ALONE RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS TRULY ORDERLY.

INCREMENTAL GROWTH, WHICH IS THE CORE PRINCIPLE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PUD ALLOWS UP TO 80% IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE ACROSS THE SITE, WHICH MEANS THOUSANDS OF ACRES COULD BE COVERED WITH BUILDINGS, PAVEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS LEVEL OF INTENSITY CREATES CLEAR RISKS. INCREASED STORMWATER RUNOFF STRAIN ON DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING CONSERVATION LANDS. YET THESE IMPACTS ARE NOT FULLY ANALYZED.

NOW THEY'RE DEFERRED TO FUTURE SITE PLANS. THAT LEADS TO DEFERRAL OF CRITICAL CRITICAL ANALYSIS. THE STAFF REPORT EXPLICITLY STATES THAT INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, PUBLIC FACILITY IMPACTS WILL BE EVALUATED AT A LATER SITE PLAN STAGE. THE VILLAGE IS ASKED TO APPROVE THE FRAMEWORK BEFORE KNOWING THE FULL IMPACTS. THAT IS BACKWARDS FROM THE INTENT AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING. AND IT CREATES A LOSS OF REGULATORY CONTROL. THE PLAN ALLOWS FLEXIBLE LOCK CONFIGURATIONS. ADJUSTMENTS AT SITE PLAN WITHOUT A PUD AMENDMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OF BUILDINGS EXCEEDING HEIGHT LIMITS. IT REDUCES TRANSPARENCY AND LIMITS PUBLIC OVERSIGHT, WHICH CONFLICTS WITH

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BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH INCORPORATION HAPPENED IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN LONG BEFORE THAT, THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN WAS SUCCESSFUL AND HAS BEEN PLANTING SEEDS AND REAPING HARVESTS FOR A VERY, VERY, VERY LONG TIME. LONG BEFORE ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM GOING BACK GENERATIONS, HONESTLY, BACK TO THE SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA AND THEIR BELIEF IN INDIANTOWN AS A TRADING POST AND A PLACE FOR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH. TARA LAGO, THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE HONORED AND BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO STEWARD IS SOMETHING THAT HAS ADDED VALUE TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, AND WE DID THAT BASED UPON THE DESIRE AND THE NEED FOR HOUSING THAT WE HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN AND TO WATCH TODAY TO DRIVE THROUGH THE STREETS OF TODAY. WHILE I'VE BEEN OUT HERE SINCE, AN AMAZING GROUNDBREAKING OF CEDRON FACILITY, TO BE ABLE TO WATCH FAMILIES LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY, WORK IN THAT COMMUNITY, PLAY IN THAT COMMUNITY, CHECKS A BOX IN WHAT I THINK IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT IN WHAT WE HAD HEARD. AND SO I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SUPPORTING A TRUSTED PARTNER OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, SOMEONE THAT HAS PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS AND CREATED JOBS, CREATED ECONOMIC GROWTH, ADDED VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY. SOMEBODY THAT HAS GONE OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEIR CORE BUSINESS IS AND BUYING AN OLD, ANTIQUATED COAL PLANT AND TEARING THAT COAL PLANT DOWN AND LOOKING AT HOW TO BRING MODERNIZATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. SOMEBODY THAT HAS STEPPED UP IN OUR COMMUNITY TO ADD VALUE AND KNOWING IN THAT TRUSTED PARTNER AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS AND THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, MY CONFIDENCE IS CONTINUES TO REMAIN IN THEM, IN WHAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN. AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE FUTURE USE OF THAT PROPERTY IS, IT'S GOING TO BE DONE AT A HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE DONE WITH AN AMAZING TEAM, AND IT'S GOING TO BE DONE WITH SOME AMAZING COLLABORATION, BOTH FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM STAFF AND YOU ALL, AND COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND SO I'M HERE TODAY STANDING IN SUPPORT OF THAT AND ADVANCING THAT PUD AMENDMENT FORWARD AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. KEVIN POWERS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, KEVIN POWERS. COUNCILWOMAN, I WANT TO START

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THEY DO GOOD THINGS. THEY GO ABOUT IT QUIETLY. AND YOU'RE CORRECT. IT IS UNNECESSARY. AND MORE SO IT IT DOES NOT PROMOTE DISCUSSION. IT REALLY CURTAILS DISCUSSION. THE FACT IS, AND IT'S BEEN STATED THAT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIANTOWN HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR OVER 100 YEARS, GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE RAILROAD. I'M NOT GOING TO WALK THROUGH ALL OF THE CHAPTERS, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS I GOT TO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS HAVING DISCUSSIONS AT EACH STEP ALONG THAT WAY, AS WE ARE NOW. AND SO ALONG THAT PATH CAME OUR PARTNER, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT. AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN IMPECCABLE. THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL PARTNERS. AND SO WITH THAT, I STRONGLY URGE APPROVAL OF THE PUD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. I WOULD LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK. OH, I WOULD LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING PUBLIC CONCERNS. MR. MILLER MADE THE STATEMENT THAT FOR 84 ALLOWS US AN OVERLAY THAT SUPERSEDES 1080 AND 1080 IS THE BILL THAT WENT INTO EFFECT IN OCTOBER, THAT DOES NOT ALLOW MORATORIUMS AND DOES NOT ALLOW CHANGES TO OUR ELDERS AT THIS TIME, NOT MORE RESTRICTIVE CHANGES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF, IN FACT, FOR 84, WHICH IS NOT A LAW YET, BUT IS PROPOSED. GIVES US THAT LATITUDE AT THIS TIME. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I KNOW IT'S LATE, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE, BUT I WANT TO BE THOROUGH AS POSSIBLE. I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE BRIEF, BUT I AM GOING TO BE THOROUGH. OKAY. THE VERY SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS NO. THAT LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THE VILLAGE TO IMPOSE A MORATORIUM OR AN OVERLAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH VERY BRIEFLY WHY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE SB 44 THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. AS WE'VE SAID, IT'S BEEN PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE, NOT SENT TO THE GOVERNOR OR SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR YET. BUT LET'S ASSUME IT IS AND BECOMES A LAW. THERE IS ANOTHER LAW, AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE HERE. AND I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH EVERYBODY. THERE IS ANOTHER LAW THAT WAS PASSED BACK IN 2025. IT'S CALLED SB 180. ALL RIGHT. AND IT WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE, SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. AND WHAT IT DID, IT DID A LOT OF THINGS. IT WAS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BILL IN ITS NAME. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT DID WAS PROHIBIT CITIES AND COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE MADE IT SO THEY COULD NOT DO THREE BIG THINGS FROM THAT TIME WHEN IT WAS PASSED. AND ACTUALLY, THEY MADE IT RETROACTIVE BACK TO AUGUST OF 2024 FOR THE WINDOW OF TIME FROM AUGUST 2024, ALL THE WAY TO OCTOBER 2027. CITIES AND COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE CAN'T PROPOSE OR ADOPT ANY MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION. THEY CAN'T PROPOSE OR ADOPT MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME AMENDMENTS TO THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND THEY CANNOT PROPOSE OR ADOPT MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME PROCEDURES CONCERNING REVIEW, APPROVAL OR ISSUANCE OF A SITE PLAN, DEVELOPMENT PERMIT OR DEVELOPMENT ORDER. ALL RIGHT. AND NOT JUST IS IT THE CASE THAT THEY SAY YOU CAN'T DO IT, AND THEN SOMEBODY DOES IT ANYWAY AND THEY GET PUNISHED, THEY GET THEIR HAND SLAPPED OR SO ON. THE LAW MAKES IT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION WOULD BE WHAT LAWYERS CALL VOID AB INITIO. IT'S AS IF IT'S NOT THERE. IT'S JUST HAS NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER. ALL RIGHT. A VERY IMPORTANT POINT TO KEEP IN MIND, AND I APOLOGIZE, I CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR WHAT ANYONE READS ONLINE OR CHATGPT TELLS THEM OR WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT IT IS A SIMPLE LEGAL FACT THAT SB 484, WHEN IT BECOMES LAW, IS NOT GOING TO AND WILL NOT ABROGATE

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UNDER FLORIDA LAW, THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THE RULES THAT ARE IN EFFECT WHEN THEY START THEIR PROCESS. OKAY. SO AND WE'VE RUN INTO THIS BEFORE IN THE VILLAGE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, OH, WE GET INTO MORATORIUM ON THIS, MORATORIUM ON THAT EVEN BEFORE THIS. AND I WOULD HAVE TO GIVE THE ADVICE WE COULD DO THAT, AND THAT WOULD STOP FOR ANYBODY ELSE WHO HASN'T COME IN THE DOOR YET. BUT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS. SO AND YOU CANNOT IMPOSE NEW RULES, NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS OR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT WOULD PURPORT TO APPLY TO AN APPLICANT THAT'S ALREADY IN PROCESS. THEY'RE VERY STRONG DUE PROCESS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS CONCERNS IN FLORIDA LAW, AGAIN, GOING BACK DECADES AND DECADES AND DECADES. SO EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE UNFORTUNATE, UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE OF SB 180, WE ARE STILL NOT AT A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD IMPOSE MORE RESTRICTIVE RULES THAT WOULD APPLY TO SOMETHING THAT COMES IN THE DOOR. NOW FOR THE FUTURE, WHEN SB 180 IS IN PLACE, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED THIS, THE LAW DOES HAVE SOME STRUCTURE. THEY'VE DEFINITIONS OF DATA CENTER AND LARGE SCALE DATA CENTER. I WILL NOTE, BY THE WAY, THOSE AREN'T TWO DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE DEFINITIONS. ONE IS A SUBSET OF THE OTHER. ALL RIGHT. AND SO I WOULD SPECULATE THAT IT WILL BE THE CASE WHEN SB 180 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT, THAT YOU WILL START TO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND CITIES AND COUNTIES AROUND THE STATE LOOKING TO THAT. BUT THIS LAW DID NOT GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. NOW, I HOPE THAT WAS HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. YES, IT'S VERY HELPFUL. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. STAFF, I NEED YOU TO ANSWER THIS JUST SO WE CAN BE CLEAR. A STATEMENT WAS MADE. FUTURE SITE PLANS WOULD BE WE WOULDN'T HEAR THEM. IF I'M IF I'M CORRECT THAT IT WOULD BE DETERMINED BY STAFF.

YEAH. DEENA FREEMAN, FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS WITHIN THE CURRENT LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, IF IT'S A PLATTED INDUSTRIAL SUBDIVISION, IT CAN BE DEALT WITH ADMINISTRATIVELY.

AND THAT'S MIRRORED IN THE ZONING LANGUAGE. SO FOR THE LAY PEOPLE, OKAY, MAKE IT SIMPLE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD DETERMINE AND COUNCIL WOULD NOT. AM I WRONG OR RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT THE STAFF REVIEW IS THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COLLEAGUES WITH ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS AND ALL OF THOSE THIRD PARTY REVIEWS FOR ANY REQUIRED PERMITS WOULD ALL COME INTO EFFECT. SO IT DOESN'T REMOVE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES. IT'S IT'S AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, THOUGH, IF IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL, PLATTED SUBDIVISION. AND I'M SO SORRY. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TO BE VERY CLEAR,

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AND BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD AND Y'ALL CAN CORRECT ME BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD, THE THE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN MET. THE OVERABUNDANCE. OKAY. FROM WHAT I HEAR, IT'S BEEN MET.

AND THEN THEN IT ALSO WILL BE MONITORED AND MANAGED. NOW, I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DATA CENTERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY FRIEND BROUGHT IT OUT SO THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY WILL HAPPEN. BUT ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT, WE STILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. RIGHT? SO FROM WHAT I SEE, I SEE THAT A LOT OF THINGS IN THE OVER, LIKE I SAID, THE OVER ABUNDANCE, THE OVER INDULGENCE TO MAKE SURE ALL THE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED AND THE PEOPLE

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COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. PALMER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SAWYER. YES.

VICE. MAYOR. WATERS. BROWN. YES. MAYOR. DEPAULO. YES. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. WE WILL WE WILL EARN ALL OF THAT TRUST FROM YOU. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE CALL ME YOUR FRIEND ANY TIME. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO, BILL, COULD YOU GUYS GIVE US JUST A SECOND TO PROPERLY ADJOURN? THANK YOU. WE'RE PROPERLY ADJOURNING. MAYOR, MAYOR, MAYOR, MAYOR, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I WAS WAITING FOR EVERYBODY TO LEAVE.

TO LEAVE? YOU GOTTA HAVE AN VICE MAYOR. YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. YES, WE. VICE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR. OKAY. HELLO? TAKE THAT BACK. YES. ON

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