Sep 01, 2026 Special Meeting

[1) CALL TO ORDER]

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CALLED TO ORDER. I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM AND YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHAIR. I NEED YOU TO GO OVER TO THE OVERFLOW ROOM. IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM AND YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHAIR. I NEED YOU TO GO TO THE OVERFLOW ROOM. IT IS A REQUIREMENT BY THE FIRE MARSHAL.

AGAIN, IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM AND YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHAIR, PLEASE GO TO THE OVERFLOW ROOM.

FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE HALLWAY. YOU NEED TO AS WELL GO INTO THE OVERFLOW ROOM. YOU CANNOT BLOCK THE HALLWAY. IT'S OKAY. IT'S ONLY ONE ITEM.

CAN WE CLOSE THE DOOR SO WE CAN GET STARTED, PLEASE? AGAIN, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHAIR, PLEASE GO INTO THE OVERFLOW ROOM. JUST LAST MINUTE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. SPECIAL EMERGENCY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS DAY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 1ST. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THE EMERGENCY EXIT. ONCE YOU EXIT THE DOOR HERE, IT'S TO YOUR LEFT AND TO YOUR RIGHT. ON BOTH END IS A QUARTER AND THE BATHROOM WILL BE DOWN THE CORRIDOR TO YOUR RIGHT. TONIGHT YOU WILL HAVE ONE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. WE WILL ONLY SPEAK ON THE TOPIC THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT THE INFORMATION CARDS IN ITS ENTIRETY. THAT'S LOCATED IN THE REAR OF THE ROOM. ONCE YOU HAVE THE CARDS COMPLETED, PLEASE HAND IT TO THE CLERK.

WHEN YOU'RE STANDING AT THE PODIUM TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FIRST STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN FACE THE COUNCIL. MAKE YOUR COMMENTS OR ASK YOUR QUESTIONS. IF WE CAN HAVE THE INVOCATION AND THEN STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. I DID CALL TO ORDER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR PEACE AND PROVISION OVER THESE STREETS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND EVERYONE ELSE. WE ASK YOU TO POUR OUT WISDOM OVER OUR LEADERS AS THEY GO FORTH TO WORK IN UNITY AMONGST EACH OTHER, SO THAT WE CAN GO FORWARD AND THRIVE. WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE TO SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THIS PLACE. WE'RE GOING TO HONOR YOU AND GIVE YOU PRAISE, AND WE SPEAK PEACE IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT, IN THE MARVELOUS, MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY, 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. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, ACTUALLY, IF WE HAD. LAUREN, HAVE WE HAD A ROLL CALL, MISS LAUREN? NO, SIR. MAYOR WATERS BROWN HERE, VICE MAYOR MILEY PRESENT.

COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS PALMER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DARLING HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HERNANDEZ.

SHE IS. SHE IS ONLINE. OKAY, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD TRY TO MESSAGE HER TO ASK HER JUST TO CONFIRM SHE'S ON. BECAUSE I DO WANT HER TO TO HEAR THIS VERY QUICKLY. JUST SOMETHING

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COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN YOU HEAR US? AMERICAN. I RECOMMEND THAT WE RECESS FOR TWO MINUTES TO TRY TO GET THIS SORTED, AND PROBABLY BEST IF EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF HANGS WHERE THEY ARE. BUT. WE'LL TAKE A RECESS FOR CAN APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT? I'M SO SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, VERY QUICKLY. JUST A VERY QUICK MINISTERIAL MATTER JUST FOR THE THE CLARIFICATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE RECORD. JUST WANT TO ASK THE COUNCIL IF THE COUNCIL COULD PLEASE MAKE A FINDING THAT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ BEING OUT OF TOWN ON PRE-ARRANGED TRAVEL AS AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. THE COUNCIL HAS FOUND THAT AS AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE VILLAGE. SO IF ANYONE AGREES, I WOULD ASK THEM TO SAY SO. MOVED, SO MOVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE. AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. YOU CAN PROCEED. MAYOR,

[4) APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

BUT THESE TWO ITEMS, ACCORDING TO OUR CHARTER, THESE TWO ITEMS ARE SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TO THIS RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE TO PUT THESE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. WHAT ARE THE TWO ITEMS? DRAINAGE AND STAFFING. COUNCIL MEMBERS? I'M I'M VERY SORRY TO TO JUMP INTO THIS. YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE I HAVE PROVIDED SINCE 2018, 2019 THAT WITH REGARD TO SPECIAL MEETINGS, THAT THE ITEMS THAT WOULD BE TAKEN UP AT SPECIAL MEETINGS ARE THE MATTERS NOTICE FOR IT AND MATTERS DIRECTLY RELATED

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AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY, JUST MY SENSE CAPACITY PURPOSES AS IT RELATES TO DRAINING AND THEN STAFFING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE. HAVE THE RIGHT STAFF, IN MY OPINION, IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION. SO THAT WOULD BE THAT'S MY REASONING. COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ME TO TO BRING THIS BEFORE YOU PURSUANT TO YOUR RULES. SO I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE COUNCIL. SO, MADAM MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. I'LL SECOND IT. NOBODY SECOND, NOBODY SECOND. THANK YOU. JANET. WELL, YEAH, I MOVED TO PUT THESE ON THE ON THE AGENDA. AND I BELIEVE JANET JUST SECOND. SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? EXCUSE ME. I'M ASKING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE COMMENTS COME FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THESE MEETINGS DO HAVE MINUTES. AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT TRY TO CREATE THOSE MINUTES WHEN THEY HEAR OTHER VOICES INTERJECTING THEMSELVES, IT CAN MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU GIVING THIS COUNCIL THE COURTESY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MY COMMENT IS I DON'T THINK THAT IT FITS HERE. IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING FOR ONE ITEM, AND THAT ONE ITEM IS WHAT WE NEED TO COVER. I DON'T THINK STAFFING HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT WE ACCEPT OR DECLINE OR DO A MORATORIUM, AND I DON'T THINK THE DRAINAGE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT AT THIS POINT.

AND THAT'S WHY. AND AND RESPECTFULLY, MADAM MAYOR, THAT'S JUST ONE OPINION AND IT'S YOURS. AND I RESPECT THAT. BUT I FEEL DIFFERENT. AND HERE, HENCE WHY I BROUGHT THOSE TWO ITEMS. I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. I WOULD SAY THAT I FEEL DIFFERENT AS WELL, BECAUSE IF WE'RE HERE FOR THE RESOLUTION, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE STAFF THAT WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN WHEN THAT WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND I BELIEVE THAT MY HINTS WHY YOU'RE ADDING STAFF TO THAT, I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT THAT WOULD. I WOULD ONLY ASSUME SO.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DOWNING. WHEN YOU SAY ADEQUATE STAFF FOR THE DRAINAGE. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? SO UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET IT ON THE AGENDA. AND THAT'S AND THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO PUT IT ON THERE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS A, AS A, AS A COUNCIL. WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK'S MEETING. WE HAVE NOW WE WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. SO IF WE CAN VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, I, I, I, I, I OPPOSE NAY, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MR. VOSS YEAH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE AGENDA, IF THESE TWO ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED, WOULD THEY BE ADDED AS FIVE B FOR DRAINAGE AND FIVE C FOR STAFFING. YES. FIVE YES, FIVE B FOR DRAINAGE AND THEN FIVE C FOR STAFFING. ALL RIGHT,

[5A) RESOLUTION NO. 005-2026 - A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, PROVIDING NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A PENDING ORDINANCE AND DIRECTING STAFF TO DEVELOP AND PROCESS FOR ADOPTION AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTER AND LARGE LOAD CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; PROHIBITING THE VILLAGE FROM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS OR ENGAGING IN PRE-SUBMITTAL ACTIVITIES FOR LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTERS AND LARGE LOAD CUSTOMERS FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, IMPLEMENTING ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 005-2026. RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, PROVIDING NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A PENDING ORDINANCE AND DIRECTING STAFF TO DEVELOP AND PROCESS FOR ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR LARGE SCALE DATA CENTER AND LARGE OR LARGE LOAD CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS. ANOTHER LAND

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THAT RESOLUTION PROVIDES NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A PENDING ORDINANCE AND DIRECT STAFF TO DEVELOP AND PROCESS FOR ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE CREATING LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS CONTAINING SPECIFIC REGULATIONS, STANDARDS AND DEFINITIONS. ADDRESSING THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS AND IMPACTS OF. IN THAT INSTANCE, DATA CENTER FACILITIES AND LARGE LOAD CUSTOMERS THAT. WEST MELBOURNE RESOLUTION ALSO PROHIBITS THAT CITY FROM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS OR ENGAGING IN RESUBMITTAL ACTIVITIES FOR DATA CENTER FACILITIES AND LARGE LOAD CUSTOMERS FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS, THE WEST MELBOURNE RESOLUTION I WOULD OFFER TO YOU DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ADOPTING A SUBSEQUENT MORATORIUM ORDINANCE ENACTING THE SIX MONTH PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTING SUCH APPLICATIONS OR ENGAGING IN SUCH PRE SUBMITTAL ACTIVITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HEIGHTENED ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 166.041, PARTICULARLY SUBSECTION THREE C OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES. RATHER, IT ONLY RELIES ON THE RESOLUTION IN THAT INSTANCE TO PROHIBIT THE ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS AND THEN THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE WITH NEW RULES FOR DATA CENTERS DOWN THE LINE. PURSUANT TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTION OF RESOLUTION IN VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN FORM HAS BEEN PREPARED USING THE WEST MELBOURNE RESOLUTION AS A MODEL WITH SOME ADDITIONAL CUSTOMIZATIONS, AND THAT RESOLUTION IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM AND IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, PER FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ AND THE VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME FROM YOUR LAST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO THE TIME LATE AT NIGHT ON FRIDAY NIGHT, I WAS ABLE TO GET THIS ON ONLINE ONTO THE AGENDA. THE FOCUS OF THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN REVISED FROM THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE WEST MELBOURNE RESOLUTION. THAT WAS DATA CENTER FACILITIES AND LARGE LOAD CUSTOMERS TO LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS AND LARGE LOAD CUSTOMERS. AND PER COUNCIL DIRECTION, THE APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD HAS BEEN REVISED FROM SIX MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS JUST FOR THE SAKE OF ANYONE INTERESTED. ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM AS WELL WAS A MICROSOFT WORD GENERATED RED LINE SHOWING THE CHANGES BETWEEN THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS. IF ANYBODY WANTED TO SEE ANY. AS PART OF MY STAFF REPORT CONCERNING THIS, I WOULD OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF LEGAL BACKGROUND CONCERNING THIS PARTICULAR APPROACH I HAVE SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL, WITH PRIOR COUNSEL AND AND WITH THIS COUNCIL AND WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER INDIVIDUALLY. THE GREAT DETAIL OF MY CONCERNS RELATING TO ANY APPROACH ALONG THESE OR SIMILAR LINES UNDER. UNFORTUNATELY, SENATE BILL 180, AS I'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, SEPARATE AND APART FROM THOSE CONCERNS, WHICH I WILL NOT BELABOR AT THIS POINT, I HAVE OTHER, MORE GENERAL CONCERNS ABOUT USING A RESOLUTION IN THIS INSTANCE AS A VEHICLE TO ACCOMPLISH PORTIONS OF WHAT IS ADDRESSED IN THIS RESOLUTION. AGAIN, SB 180, ASIDE FROM A GENERAL, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LAND USE STANDPOINT, WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE PARTICULAR CONCERNS OF SB 180, SOME PORTIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION DO NOT POSE A CONCERN. FROM MY LEGAL STANDPOINT, USING A RESOLUTION AS A FORMAL WAY TO PLACE PROPERTY OWNERS AND PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS AND DEVELOPERS ON NOTICE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORDINANCE REGULATING A USE IS ONE OF MANY EFFECTIVE WAYS UNDER FLORIDA LAND USE LAW TO DOCUMENT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WHAT'S CALLED THE PENDING LEGISLATION OR PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE, AND THAT DOCTRINE CAN DETERMINE UNDER APPLICABLE FLORIDA CASE LAW WHICH SUBSTANTIVE LAND USE

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REVIEWED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY, WHICH IN THE VILLAGE IS OF COURSE THE PCAB AND SUCH AN ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THE PREPARATION AND TIMELY POSTING OF A BUSINESS IMPACT ESTIMATE UNDER 166041, SUBSECTION FOUR. SO WITH THAT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AGAIN, IT WAS. IT IS INCUMBENT UPON ME TO SHARE THE CONCERNS THAT I DO HAVE FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT RELATING TO THE INSTRUMENT THAT I WAS DIRECTED TO PREPARE. BUT THAT RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROACH THAT WAS REFERENCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ AT YOUR AUGUST 27TH MEETING, AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. ALTERNATIVELY, AND I WOULD OFFER TO YOU THAT THIS WAS THE.

IT APPEARED TO BE THE DIRECTION. AT LEAST SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE GOING DOWN AT YOUR MEETING ON AUGUST 27TH, ALTHOUGH THIS CANNOT, FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, BE MY LEGAL RECOMMENDATION DUE TO THE SB 180 CONCERNS I HAVE SHARED PREVIOUSLY. JUST UNDER GENERAL FLORIDA LAND USE LAW CONCERNING HOW MORATORIUMS ARE, HOWEVER STYLED ARE INSTITUTED AND SO ON. BASED ON THAT COUNCIL DISCUSSION YOU HAD BACK AT THAT LAST MEETING, APART FROM THE SB 180 CONCERNS, THE COUNCIL MIGHT CONSIDER A MOTION FORMALLY DIRECTING THE VILLAGE TO PREPARE AND PROCESS AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A 12 MONTH MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS FOR LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS AND LARGE LOAD CUSTOMERS. WHILE PERMANENT REGULATIONS ARE STUDIED AND PREPARED. SO, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT IS MY STAFF REPORT CONCERNING THIS MATTER. AS ALWAYS, I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OR YOU CAN HAVE DISCUSSION, OR YOU CAN OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS THE COUNCIL WOULD SEE FIT. WE HAVE SPEAKERS. I'M SORRY, WE HAVE SPEAKERS TO WITH THE ZONING THAT WISHES TO TALK. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MAYOR. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THE APPLICANT IN THE BUT YEAH, THE, THE, THE PROPERTIES THAT MAY BE MOST DISCREETLY AFFECTED BY THIS, CORRECT? YEAH. AND MAYOR, I BELIEVE THEY, THEY ARE HERE AND ARE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU OR SOME OF THEM ARE AT THE VERY LEAST. AND MAYOR, IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE JUST TO THE THE PUBLIC, THE THE

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THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS ETHAN LOEB AND I REPRESENT SILVER FOX FROM THE FIRM OF BARTLETT, LOEB, HINES, THOMPSON AND ANGELOS WITH OFFICES IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS WELL AS STEWART. YOU KNOW, I'M I'M I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PERHAPS START WITH A BIT OF A STORY AND THEN TELL YOU WHY I THINK THAT THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE A COOL OFF PERIOD. NO ACTION AT ALL, JUST A TIME TO PERHAPS RESET AND LET COOLER HEADS PREVAIL. BECAUSE THIS IS MY SECOND DATA CENTER HEARING I'VE BEEN TO RECENTLY, AND I UNDERSTAND THESE CAN GET VERY EMOTIONAL. I GET THAT THIS IS THESE PEOPLE'S COMMUNITIES, AND I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE HEARD. YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING HOW I WOULD START OFF AND AND LET ME TAKE YOU BACK TO OCTOBER OF 2024. EVERYTHING'S GOING GREAT. AND MY WIFE AND I GET SOME TERRIBLE NEWS. SHE'S DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR METASTATIC TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER. AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A CRUSHING FEELING TO HEAR THAT YOUR WIFE IS, IS GOT A DISEASE THAT'S VERY HARD, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO CURE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. AND THE PROSPECTS FOR THAT TYPE OF DISEASE IS NOT REALLY GOOD. AND IT'S A VERY RARE DISEASE. AND THE DOCTORS CAN'T FIND WAYS TO CURE IT. THEY'RE RACING TO FIND WAYS TO CURE IT. I STARTED TO HEAR ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT THAT TIME. IT HAD ALREADY BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON AND MOVING QUITE WELL, AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND I BECAME A VERY QUICK EXPERT, SO TO SPEAK, IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LEARNING HOW TO USE THOSE TOOLS TO HELP SAVE MY WIFE'S LIFE. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM OCTOBER OF 2024, UNTIL THIS VERY DAY, I HAVE BEEN A HUGE PROPONENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE DATA CENTERS THAT RUN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, SHE'D PROBABLY BE DEAD BY NOW. ACCORDING TO STATISTICS, SHE'S ABOUT RUN OUT OF TREATMENT LINES, STANDARD CHEMOTHERAPY, AND THE LIKE. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING CONCEIVABLY POSSIBLE TO KEEP HER DISEASE DOWN, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S VERY PERSONAL. WE'RE LOOKING FOR TRIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT BEFORE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE DATA CENTERS THAT THAT FUEL THE AI. WAS SO EFFECTIVE, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I TOOK A SNIPPET OF WHAT I USED THE OTHER DAY TO HELP FIND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE TRIALS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR HER.

AND I PUT IN A PROMPT AND TO CLAUDE AND I SAID, PLEASE HELP ME FIND THE TRIALS THAT SHE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR AND RANK THEM. ACCORDING TO HER, HER MOLECULAR PROFILE, BECAUSE THE AI'S GOT ALL THAT INFORMATION THERE. IT'S BEING STORED IN A DATA CENTER. AND WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES, THIS REPORT COMES PRINTED OUT INDICATING THE TYPES OF MEDICINES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HER. AND IT RANKS THEM AND TELLS ME WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR HER IN ORDER TO STAY ALIVE. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THIS IS MORE PERSONAL THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

AND WHY, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF DATA CENTERS, NOT BECAUSE OF THE MONEY PART. I REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. OKAY? WHAT I CARE MOST ABOUT IS USING THESE TOOLS TO HELP KEEP MY WIFE ALIVE. SO THAT WAY, MY 15 YEAR OLD SON AND MY NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CAN COME HOME FOR THE NEXT FORESEEABLE FUTURE AND KNOW THEY GOT MOM THERE AS WELL AS DAD IN THIS TOWN AND IN THIS VILLAGE. AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WAS AROUND WHEN THE

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AND SO THE VILLAGE HAS TAKEN A POSITION PREVIOUSLY AND ENCOURAGED THE DEVELOPMENT OF DATA CENTERS, NOT SMALL DATA CENTERS, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESENT DAY DATA CENTERS AND DATA CENTERS THAT EXISTED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. I KNOW FOR A FACT BASED UPON THE INFORMATION. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE IN THE DECK, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT AND THIS DOCUMENT IS ACTUALLY SUPPORTED, YOU KNOW, ATTACHED AS A TAB IN THE BACK. THIS WAS FOR WHAT PEOPLE CALL A HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER. THIS WAS FOR A LOT OF POWER. EVEN BACK IN 2021, THE MARKETING BROCHURES WERE IDENTIFYING THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT FOR WHAT IS A HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER.

MEGAWATTS, IF NOT GIGAWATTS, WERE BEING ADVERTISED AS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO IN INDIANTOWN TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE ME, MY WIFE, AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT NEED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO HELP UNDERSTAND COMPLEX PROBLEMS, READ COMPLEX REPORTS, UNDERSTAND INFORMATION THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWED IN YOUR TOWN RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF.

MISS JEFFERSON AND THE THE THE VILLAGE WORKED VERY HARD TO CRAFT REGULATIONS. THOSE ARE IN PLACE. THERE IS NO NEED TO TAKE A TIME OUT THROUGH A MORATORIUM TO DO ANY FURTHER LABOR OR WORK WITH THE REGULATIONS. I'M SORRY. IT'S JUST NOT THERE. MY CLIENT PURCHASED ITS PROPERTY IN 2025 AND THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE VILLAGE. AND YOU WILL SEE IN SLIDE DECK NUMBER SIX ASKS A QUESTION ARE DATA CENTERS AUTHORIZED? OF COURSE THEY ARE. MR. BRADY ASKED MISS FREEMAN, ARE THESE AUTHORIZED USES AND THE HIGH ZONING DISTRICT. IT WAS NOT A COMPLICATED ANSWER IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE. IN 2026, APRIL OF NINTH OF 2026, THE VILLAGE RESPONDS AND SAYS, YES, THAT IS CONSISTENT NOT ONLY WITH THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THE CODE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH MISS JEFFERSON'S PRIOR UP TO TALLAHASSEE. THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW IS IN THIS VERY VILLAGE. IT IS VERY CLEAR, BASED UPON WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, THAT WHAT IS AUTHORIZED IN THIS VILLAGE IS A DATA CENTER. PEOPLE WILL DESCRIBE IT AS HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS. SO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THOSE ARE ALL NAMES IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO TRY TO CONFUSE THE ISSUES. THIS IS AN AUTHORIZED USE. THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOU TO TAKE TIME BY PASSING A RESOLUTION OR MORATORIUM. SENATE BILL 180, AS YOU WILL SEE HERE, AND YOU'VE SEEN IN THE LETTER SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS ACTION BY THIS BOARD

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CLIENTS WILLING TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE HAVE EVERYBODY GET TOGETHER AND TALK, SEE IF THERE'S IDEAS AND UNDERSTANDINGS THAT COULD BE DONE. ITS END USER IS WILLING TO COME IN AND HELP PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION FOR EVERYBODY HERE, AS WELL AS YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS OUR CHOSEN PATHWAY THAT WE WOULD ASK FOR YOU NOT TO VOTE TONIGHT.

THE ALTERNATIVE, AND IT'S ONE THAT I'M NOT HAPPY TO DELIVER. I'VE DELIVERED A LETTER TO ALL OF YOU YESTERDAY, IS THERE'S GOING TO BE A LAWSUIT THATS FILED. I GOT A JOB TO DO.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. IF Y'ALL PASS IT TONIGHT, TOMORROW MORNING, I'VE GOT TO GO TO COURT. AND IF THAT HAPPENS, THERE'S LOTS OF MONEY AND LOTS OF EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE TO BE MADE THAT ARE COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY AND ARE COMPLETELY HARMFUL, NOT ONLY TO THE VILLAGE, BUT TO SILVER FOX TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I'M NOT SURE I WHY I LET HIM GO FIRST TO TEE UP THE TO TEE UP THE BALL AFTER TIGER WOODS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE. LET'S GO. YOU GOT IT.

DON'T WORRY. I'M ALSO NOT ONE THAT LOVES PREPARED SPEECHES. BUT IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, I KIND OF HAD TO. I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE A DATA CENTER. I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT TO ARGUE THAT DATA CENTER SHOULD BE BUILT ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE, AT ANY SCALE, WITH ANY TYPE OF COOLING SYSTEM, ANY PLAN AROUND POWER, WITHOUT THE SCRUTINY OF THE EFFECTS THAT WILL HAVE ON ITS NEIGHBORS. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TRY TO BE THE VOICE OF REASON. AS ALWAYS, I ALWAYS FIND A PATH FORWARD TO BE COLLABORATIVE, TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING THAT'S A WIN WIN FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. SORRY, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO MY FACE. MY GOAL HERE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT ETHAN HAD SUGGESTED. I SUGGEST WE TAKE A PAUSE. I THINK WE SHOULD PAUSE THE PAUSE AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN LOOKING TO HAVE FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, LIFE IS ABOUT TIMING AND MY TIMING WAS NOT PERFECT HERE. I JUST CLOSED ON THE LAND IN THE PAST MONTH, AND AS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, I WOULD HAVE LOOKED FORWARD TO ENGAGING EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU NEED FACTS TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE PEOPLE. I DIDN'T OWN THE LAND YET. I DIDN'T HAVE MY END USER IN TOW AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INAPPROPRIATE TO TALK. HERE WE ARE TODAY. I OWN THE LAND. I HAVE MY END USER AND WE'RE IN THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK AT THIS POINT WE SHOULD TAKE A STEP BACK, HAPPY TO COME BACK UP TOMORROW AND SIT DOWN AND ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATION EVERYBODY'S BEEN LOOKING TO HAVE. TAKING A STEP BACK, MY NAME IS RORY GREENBERG. I'M THE OWNER OF 18300 SOUTHWEST WARFIELD BOULEVARD, THE FORMER STEEL MILL AND SUPERFUND SITE.

MANY OF YOU HAVE MET ME OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WHILE I WAS UNDER CONTRACT ON THE PROPERTY, AND I FORMALLY INTRODUCED MYSELF TO ALL OF YOU LAST THURSDAY. THOSE TWO YEARS WERE SPENT WORKING WITH WORKING THROUGH AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX TRANSACTION, INCLUDING EPA MANDATED DILIGENCE PERIOD REQUIRED TO REQUIRE, DUE TO THIS PROPERTY SUPERFUND STATUS BY ALSO GETTING TO KNOW INDIAN TOWN, THE VILLAGE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE. MY HISTORY IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES IN MIAMI BEACH. PRESERVATION TEACHES YOU A LOT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN BEING PART OF PROJECTS THAT MEET THE DEMANDS OF GROWTH, WHILE PRESERVING THE CHARACTER AND NATURE OF THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. I ACTUALLY GOT INVOLVED IN THIS SECTOR BY ACCIDENT. I HAD AN ISSUE WITH POWER DELIVERY ON A HISTORIC REHABILITATION IN MIAMI BEACH, AND THROUGH THAT, ATTEMPTING TO GET FPL TO ACTUALLY DELIVER POWER. I MET MY WIFE AT THE TIME. MY WIFE WAS AN ENGINEER AT FPL. WHEN I STARTED DATING HER, I HAD TO PRETEND I WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN POWER DELIVERY AND IT HAPPENED TO WORK OUT. OUR LITTLE GIRL TURNS TWO THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE DUE IN DECEMBER AND SHE HAS SINCE LEFT FPL. SO WHY INDIAN TOWN? WHY THIS SITE? INDIAN TOWN HAS HOSTED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL BEFORE AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE A GOOD REASON TO SCRUTINIZE WHAT COME NEXT. BEFORE MOVING FORWARD, I SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME LEARNING ABOUT THE BROADER COMMUNITY, THE PROPERTY, ITS HISTORY, THE ZONING, THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AT THE SAME TIME, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. I WANTED A PROJECT THAT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE JOBS AND TAX REVENUE, BUT ALSO RESPECT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT. IMPORTANT, I FOUND A PROJECT CAPABLE OF BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO A SITE THAT'S LAY DORMANT AND BEEN CONTAMINATED FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY, A SITE THAT OTHERWISE WOULD LAY DORMANT FOR MANY DECADES TO COME. ALTHOUGH THE SITE HAS EXPERIENCED A BIT OF CLEANUP, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO BRING IT BACK ONLINE. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY TO THE POINT IT CAN BE DELISTED FROM THE EPA'S NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST. THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITY MATTER. ANYONE WHO HAS SAT THROUGH A VILLAGE BUDGET HEARING IN THIS TOWN UNDERSTANDS THE BOTTOM LINE REALITY OF WHAT THIS VILLAGE IS FACING. BUT FINANCIAL BENEFITS ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH. THIS PROJECT ONLY MAKES SENSE IF IT PROTECTS THE CHARACTER OF INDIAN TOWN AND DOES NOT BURDEN THE PEOPLE THAT CALL IT HOME. I CHOSE THIS SITE DELIBERATELY. DELIBERATELY. THE SITE HOUSED A STEEL MILL FOR A DECADE IN THE 70S, IS ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL WAS ADJACENT TO A COAL FIRED. A COAL FIRED

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THE INDUSTRY IS DEVELOPING QUICKLY. THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING TO ENGAGE THE PROJECT AND HAVE THEIR SEAT AT THE TABLE. I'M HERE TO OFFER THAT PROCESS, BUT I KNOW THIS RESOLUTION WILL GET IN THE WAY OF THAT. WE ARE PREPARED TO BEGIN THIS PROCESS NOW. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL CONTINUE MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE WILL HOLD OPEN HOUSES, INCLUDING SITE WALKS WITH OUR ENGINEERS, SHARING THE STUDIES. WE PRODUCE ACOUSTICAL THERMAL, THERMAL WATER, TRAFFIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, WHILE NAVIGATING THE EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS APPROVALS ASSOCIATED WITH A SUPERFUND SITE, THIS PROPERTY PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS A CONTAMINATED INDUSTRIAL SITE WHILE CREATING LONG TERM BENEFITS FOR THE VILLAGE. MY INVENTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM WANTED ME TO MENTION THAT IN ORDER TO RELOCATE THE GOPHER TORTOISES THAT EXIST ON THE PROPERTY, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR HAZMAT SUITS. IS THAT REALLY WHERE WE WANT TO LEAVE THESE GOPHER TORTOISES? IT'S THE APPROPRIATE THING TO RELOCATE THEM, CONSIDERING THEY WANT HUMAN BEINGS WEARING A HAZMAT SUIT TO ENTER THE PROPERTY AND TOUCH THE DIRT. HAVING SAID THAT, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH THE VILLAGE ON THIS PROJECT AND ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS THROUGHOUT THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, AS IS DICTATED IN THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY. WE'RE HERE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH ANYONE AND EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US. AND WE KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. DATA CENTERS HAVE POPPED UP RECENTLY AND THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS, BUT THEY'VE POPPED UP RECENTLY IN A LOT MORE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED. WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THOSE CONCERNS. WE KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THEM. AS I MENTIONED ON THURSDAY NIGHT, THERE'S A DATA CENTER 1.0 VERSION, AND NOW THERE'S A DATA CENTER 2.0 VERSION. THE ORIGINAL DATA CENTERS WERE NOT NECESSARILY BUILT RESPECTFULLY TO NEIGHBORS. THEY WERE NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND PEOPLE WERE ADDRESSING IT AS THEY WENT THROUGH. NOW, WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THE ABILITY TO USE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS AND OTHER THINGS THAT DO NOT OFFEND THE NEIGHBORS, WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN, BE COLLABORATIVE, BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, AND BE A PART OF THE FABRIC OF INDIAN TOWN GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY. YES, MA'AM. OH, RICHARD.

GOOD. RIGHT NOW I WOULD SPEAK. I WOULD RATHER SPEAK. YEAH. AFTER ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM. MISS JEAN. RIGHT IS THE FIRST FOLLOWING.

WE HAVE JAMES MARTIN. MAYOR MAY MAY I, BECAUSE WE HAVE OVERFLOW. I'LL CALL UP THE PERSON WHO NEEDS TO COME UP, AND THEN I WILL CALL UP THE NEXT PERSON WHO NEEDS TO BE ON ON STANDBY FOR TIME'S SAKE. OKAY. SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. HE OKAY, SO AFTER JEAN RAY I HAVE KAMARA MORETTO. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE. AND THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS JEAN GASKINS, LIFELONG RESIDENT AND CITIZEN OF INDIANTOWN. I THINK CONSIDERING THAT I TOO AM A LANDOWNER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE FOR ME TO HAVE TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK. BUT I'LL DO MY BEST TO GET EVERYTHING I CAN IN IN THREE MINUTES. FOR MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN LABELED AS NEGATIVE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE CONTINUED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SEEK ANSWERS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. FOR MONTHS WE WERE TOLD THERE'S NO HYPERSCALE OR LARGE LOAD DATA CENTERS COMING, AND WE WERE ENCOURAGED NOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE WERE SEEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YET, AS THE MONTHS HAVE PASSED, THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE COMMUNICATION OR TRANSPARENCY WITH THE RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED. NOW WE'RE HEARING THE WORD LAWSUIT. SURELY YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR CONCERNS ARE COMING FROM. WE'RE ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY, MEANINGFUL COMMUNICATION, APPROPRIATE STUDIES AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR 2% TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE THAT COULD AFFECT OUR FAMILIES, OUR HEALTH, OUR PROPERTY, AND THE FUTURE OF OUR TOWN. SIR, I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT YOUR WIFE. I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE MY HUSBAND HAS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND BRONCHIAL ECSTASY. SO YOU SEE WHAT I'M FIGHTING AND WHERE I'M COMING FROM. IF THESE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD, I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR MY FAMILY AND MY COMMUNITY THROUGH EVERY LAWFUL AVENUE. TO ME, IF EVIDENCE OF HARM OR ADVERSE IMPACTS EMERGES, I WILL NOT HESITATE TO SEEK APPROPRIATE LEGAL ADVICE AND PURSUE WHATEVER LEGAL REMEDIES MAY BE AVAILABLE. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT.

WE ARE ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR

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HELLO. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? MY NAME IS CAMERON MILITO. AS OF YESTERDAY, I'M NOW A RESIDENT OF INDIANTOWN. WELCOME. THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

I OWN A NATIVE LANDSCAPING COMPANY. I SPECIALIZE IN NATIVE PLANTS AND BASICALLY BRINGING LIFE BACK TO THE LAND. I DO EVERYTHING ORGANICALLY. I ALSO GROW FOOD AND I'M TRYING TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO GROW FOOD AT THEIR OWN HOMES. AND THE COMBINATION OF NATIVE PLANTS AND GROWING FOOD PLAYS A BIG PART INTO THE TOPIC TONIGHT, TOO. YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FOOD CRISIS IN AMERICA AS A WHOLE, AND I BELIEVE IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO GROW OUR OWN FOOD. AND SO TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF GOING ON AND TO HAVE AGRICULTURAL LAND KIND OF DESTROYED AND DEDICATED TO THINGS THAT DON'T SUPPORT US. GROWING FOOD AND SUPPORTING OUR ENVIRONMENT IS PRETTY DISAPPOINTING, TO SAY THE LEAST. I'M GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GROW MY BUSINESS AND TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THIS AND TO KEEP SPREADING THE WORD ON THIS. AND GOD HAS GIVEN ME THE POWER TO DO SO. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT MY WORD IN AND SAY, I DO NOT SUPPORT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE DATA CENTERS. I DON'T SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, TAKING AGRICULTURAL LAND AWAY. AND I DON'T SUPPORT PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT ARE AGAINST US AS SMALL HOMEOWNERS TO GROW OUR OWN FOOD AND TO CONSERVE FLORIDA, TAKE AWAY THE DATA CENTER PART. YOU LOOK AROUND THE STATE, IT'S ALREADY A CONCRETE JUNGLE FULL OF PLANTS THAT ARE JUST SHAVED IN THE SQUARES AND SHAPES AND SPRAYED WITH PESTICIDES, AND THAT'S JUST NOT EVEN BRINGING UP THE GOLF CLUB COMMUNITIES.

BUT IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM IN OUR STATE. IT AFFECTS OUR WATERWAYS. IT AFFECTS OUR DRINKING WATER, OUR ANIMALS, OUR WILDLIFE. AND THIS IS ONLY GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEATH OF OUR STATE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. AND SO I JUST I'M JUST PRAYING FOR REVIVAL IN OUR STATE FOR, FOR GOODNESS THAT WE COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.

AND YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ELENA ALFANO. AND NEXT UP, KELSEY LEE HING. GOOD EVENING. MAY I BEGIN? HI I'M ELENA THAT IS THAT IS MY HUSBAND. WE HAVE HAD OUR BUSINESS NOW FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS AND I JUST WANTED TO COME HERE AS WELL AND PUT MY WORD IN AND SAY THAT WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT AGREE WITH WHAT IS GOING ON.

AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY CONTINUE TO USE OUR PLATFORM TO ADVOCATE AGAINST THIS, AS THAT IS OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHT AND PROTECTED SPEECH. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP LOUD AND PROUDLY. THIS IS GOD'S LAND. AND AS YOU MOST LIKELY KNOW, A THOUSAND PEOPLE AND GROWING HAVE MOVED TO FLORIDA SINCE, I BELIEVE 1990. IF THAT'S CORRECT. AND TO TO BE JUST FRANK AND MY PERSONAL BELIEFS, THE DEVIL'S HAND IS ON THAT AND OUR LAND IS BEING DESTROYED IN THE NAME OF MONEY AND POWER AND JUST MONEY HUNGRY POLITICIANS. AND IT'S JUST HAS THE DEVIL'S, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE MY WORD. I WATCHED MY HUSBAND, WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN, BY THE WAY, A FOUR YEAR OLD, A TWO YEAR OLD AND A TEN MONTH OLD. AND WE DON'T PLAN ON STOPPING. AND ALSO SO AND JUST RAISING THEM UP IN THE LORD AND ON THIS LAND AND, YOU KNOW, TO USE OUR VOICES AS WELL. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I WATCH MY HUSBAND WORK SO, SO HARD. WE, WE CAME HERE AND WE STARTED THIS BUSINESS WITH LITERALLY $0 IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT AND PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE. I PRAYED THAT WE WOULD JUST MAKE $3,000 JUST, JUST TO BE ABLE TO PAY OUR RENT AND EVERYTHING JUST, JUST TO KEEP OUR BUSINESS GOING. FOUR YEARS LATER, MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE KILLING THE GAME, RESTORING NATIVE FLORIDA, HELPING PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT FOOD, CHEMICALS, PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES, HOW HORRIBLE THEY ARE. AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT THIS DATA CENTER CAN BE GOOD FOR RADIATION, FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR THE SCHOOLS. THERE'S NOT ONE SINGLE POSSIBLE

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AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP LOUDLY AND VOTE AS AS WE NEED TO VOTE FOR POLITICIANS THAT ARE AGAINST THIS. AND YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE IN A PRAYER SINCE I HAVE 40S, SO MIGHT AS WELL JUST CLOSE IN THE LORD'S NAME HERE. SO HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US USE OUR OUR MOUTHS TO SPEAK AND TO GLORIFY YOU.

LORD, I PRAY THAT YOUR HAND JUST BE ON THIS DECISION AND THAT I JUST PRAY THAT YOUR HAND AND THAT YOU ARE SOVEREIGN OVER THIS, AND THAT YOUR HAND BE ALL OVER THIS AND THAT AND THAT EVIL NOT PREVAIL HERE. AND I DO BELIEVE IN MY, MY GOD GIVEN RIGHT AND MY GOD GIVEN INTUITION THAT THIS IS EVIL. AND I JUST PRAY THAT THIS BE ABOLISHED IN YOUR NAME. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE SOVEREIGN. AND NO MATTER WHAT, NO MATTER WHAT JESUS, YOU WILL BE COMING AND YOU WILL COME TO SAVE US. AND IT HAS TO COME TO THAT. THAT'S WHAT IT WILL COME TO.

BUT THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KELSEY LEE. AND THEN MISS LINDA NICCUM.

KELSEY LEE, FOR THE RECORD, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I AM A FOURTH GENERATION INDIAN TOWN RESIDENT. I AM THE PROUD DAUGHTER AND NIECE OF TEACHERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR CAREERS TO EDUCATING THE CHILDREN OF THIS VERY COMMUNITY. I AM A REGISTERED NURSE BY TRADE, BUT MY MOST IMPORTANT JOB, AND THE ONE I AM MOST PROUD OF, IS BEING A MOTHER. MY CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP HERE JUST AS I DID. MY FAMILY HAS SPENT GENERATIONS LIVING, WORKING, RAISING CHILDREN AND BUILDING A LIFE IN INDIAN TOWN. AND TONIGHT I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH SOMETHING I HAVEN'T FELT IN A LONG TIME. HOPE THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN DAUNTING, EXHAUSTING AND AT TIMES DISCOURAGING. THERE WERE MOMENTS WHEN IT FELT LIKE OUR VOICES DIDN'T MATTER, AND THE FUTURE OF OUR TOWN WAS BEING DECIDED WITHOUT US. BUT TONIGHT FEELS DIFFERENT. WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL THAT HAS SHOWN A WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND WORK WITH RESIDENTS, HEAR OUR CONCERNS AND BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY. FOR TOO LONG, MANY RESIDENTS HAVE FELT SHUT OUT. BUT TONIGHT I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THAT. INDIAN TOWN IS ASKING YOU TO PAUSE THE PROPOSED HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS, NOT BECAUSE WE ARE AGAINST GROWTH, BUT BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY ENOUGH TO SLOW DOWN AND MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT. GIVE US TIME TO RESEARCH WHAT THESE PROJECTS COULD MEAN FOR OUR WATER POWER, INFRASTRUCTURE, ENVIRONMENT, ROADS, TAXES, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND OUR HEALTH WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEALTH OF OUR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN'S AND OUR CHILDREN, WE DON'T KNOW SHOULD BE A REASON TO PAUSE AND ASK MORE QUESTIONS BECAUSE ONCE THESE HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS ARE HERE, THERE'S NO UNDO BUTTON. AND COUNCIL, I'M ASKING YOU TO HOLD THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE. KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING, KNOW WHAT IS BEING PREPARED, WHAT DOCUMENTS ARE BEING WORKED ON, WHAT CONVERSATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE.

THERE SHOULD BE NO WORK HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES, NO DECISIONS BEING ADVANCED AND NO CONVERSATIONS. MOVING THESE PROJECTS FORWARD WITHOUT THE COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS KNOWING ABOUT IT. THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN DESERVE TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY. WE DESERVE A GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR US. AND NOW I WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS AND ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO LEAVE THE RESIDENCE. YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL, PLEASE. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. I'M STILL SPEAKING THIS TO THEM WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO LEAVE THE RESIDENTS OF INDIAN TOWN OUT OF THESE DECISIONS. HEAR ME CLEARLY. WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF YOU. WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF YOUR ATTORNEYS. AND THREATS OF LAWSUITS DO NOT SCARE US. YOU MAY HAVE MONEY, YOU MAY HAVE LAWYERS. BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING MONEY CANNOT BUY.

WE HAVE A COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY IS STANDING TOGETHER AND ASKING TO BE HEARD. AND THE REALITY IS, ONLY ONE OF THESE DEVELOPERS HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO ACTUALLY SPEAK WITH US AND HEAR OUR CONCERNS. THE OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THESE DECISIONS, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND TOGETHER BECAUSE WE LOVE INDIAN TOWN. WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO GROW, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GROWTH DOES NOT COME AT THE EXPENSES, AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR HEALTH, OUR RESOURCES, OR THE PLACE WE CALL HOME. PLEASE VOTE TO PAUSE THE PROPOSED HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS. I BELIEVE IN INDIAN TOWN. I BELIEVE IN OUR PEOPLE, AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A BETTER FUTURE AHEAD OF US. I'M ASKING YOU TO STAND STRONG AGAINST THE THREATS AND PROTECT YOUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. LINDA NICCUM, FOLLOWED BY DAVID POWERS. GOOD EVENING.

FOR THE RECORD, LINDA NICCUM TO SAY THAT I'M UPSET ABOUT HOW FEW PEOPLE, FEW PEOPLE MANAGED TO TURN OUR QUIET VILLAGE INTO SUCH AN UPROAR IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT, AND THE FACT THAT A FEW HAVE MANAGED TO PLAY ON AND FEED OFF OF FEARS OF UNKNOWN IS UNCONSCIONABLE. WE ARE A VILLAGE OF NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN AT EACH OTHER'S SIDES FOR GENERATIONS.

WE WORK WITH EACH OTHER, NOT AGAINST. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE BEING LED BY THE NOSE DOWN A PATH OF

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AND A DOLLAR GENERAL. THIS WAS DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT THE TIME. AND AGAIN, THE ZONING WAS THERE. THE ELDERS WERE WRITTEN. YOU GUYS WERE PART OF IT. IT'S HEAVY, HEAVY ZONED INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. SO THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE IT GOES. THIS IS NOT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. IT'S EXACTLY WHERE A 375 MEGAWATT COAL FIRED PLANT WAS JUST TAKEN DOWN BY FPL. BUT THAT'S THE INDUSTRY THAT WE'VE HAD HERE. I JUST ASK YOU GUYS TO GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO COME SPEAK TO YOU GUYS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING. AS FAR AS THESE DATA CENTER GOES, ASK THEM THE QUESTION THAT KELSEY IS ASKING FOR. ANSWER ALL OF THOSE. GET ALL THE ANSWERS TO IT, BUT DON'T SHUT IT OUT AS IT SITS TODAY. AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION, SEEK ANOTHER, ANOTHER OPTION. ASK THEM. BUT DON'T DO IT TONIGHT. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. CHLOE C PARKER FOLLOWED BY KIMBERLY JACKSON BROWN. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHLOE SEEBURGER. I WORK WITH THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF INDIANTOWN. THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT THE ECONOMICS OF THE VILLAGE, AND WE HAVE DONE OUR OWN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH. WE'VE SAT DOWN WITH SEVERAL ENGINEERS. WE HAVE TOURED DIFFERENT FACILITIES, AND THE STORY OF WHAT WE FOUND OUT OF THE POTENTIAL OF DATA CENTER PROJECTS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE STORY OF ALL OF THE NEGATIVE. I MYSELF WAS SHOCKED

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BECAUSE OF THE ENERGY THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS ELECTION. THE VILLAGE IS IN ONE OF THE STRONGEST POSITIONS FOR NEGOTIATION. NEGOTIATION WHERE I'M SAYING BRING A LIST OF WANTS AND NEEDS. DO WE WANT A NEW SCHOOL? DO WE WANT TEACHER BONUSES? DO WE WANT CONSERVATION PROJECTS, NEW PARKS? WHAT DO WE WANT? AND LET'S BRING THESE PROPOSALS SPECIFICALLY THAT WANT TO COME INTO INDIANTOWN TO THE TABLE. AND LET'S NEGOTIATE. I THINK THAT INDIANTOWN COULD BE A LEADER FOR THE STATE IN TURNING THIS INTO ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SEEN. LAST WEEK AT THE MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE ISSUES WITH UTILITY FUNDING. WE'RE HAVING RESIDENTS STRUGGLE PAYING LATE FEES. WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, A TAX BASE THAT COULD BRING IN 87 MILLION POTENTIALLY, AND THAT'S ON THE LOWER END OF PROJECTS THAT COULD BE PROPOSED. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT THE VILLAGE COULD DO SO MUCH GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE TAKING A PAUSE. A MORATORIUM LEADS TO A VERY HIGH RISK OF LEGAL IMPLICATIONS. AND LEGAL LEGAL IMPLICATIONS ARE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS. AND SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S OUR JOB TO ADVISE ON ECONOMIC DECISIONS IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, AS THE EC AND IN OUR BEST ADVICE, A PAUSE TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE, TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IS WHAT IS ADVISED. BUT A MORATORIUM IS NOT A GOOD ECONOMIC DECISION FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH, KIMBERLY. JASON BROWN, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL GARRETT. GOOD EVENING, KIMBERLY JACKSON BROWN. ONE MOMENT HERE FIRST, SIR, I HAVE COMPASSION FOR ANYONE FIGHTING CANCER. MY FAMILY HAS AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF CANCER, SO I, BUT I AND I ALSO BELIEVE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. I BELIEVE IN TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS DOCTORS, PATIENTS, FAMILIES, AND ALL OF US UNDERSTAND COMPLICATED INFORMATION. BUT THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE BEFORE US TONIGHT. THE ISSUE IS WHETHER A HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER BELONGS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I NEED TO MAKE SOMETHING VERY CLEAR. WE ASK TO HEAR ALL THE SIDES. WE ASK FOR INFORMATION. WE ASK QUESTIONS. WE ASK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED. AND WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO DATA CENTER YET. HERE WE ARE TONIGHT. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OUR VOICES WERE NOT HEARD. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OUR QUESTIONS WERE NOT ANSWERED. AND NOW WE ARE BEING TOLD THERE IS NO REASON TO TAKE THE TIME TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. PLEASE DO NOT SUGGEST THAT BECAUSE RESIDENTS OPPOSE THIS PROJECT, WE OPPOSE AI TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS OR SAVING LIVES. WE DO NOT. AND PLEASE DON'T TELL US THAT HYPERSCALE IS JUST A JUST A WORD BEING USED TO CONFUSE THE ISSUE. SCALE MATTERS. THE AMOUNT OF LAND MATTERS, THE ELECTRICITY MATTERS, THE SUBSTATIONS AND TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE MATTERS. THE GENERATOR GENERATORS MATTER, THE NOISE MATTERS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS MATTER, AND THE EFFECT ON THE FAMILIES WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE ABSOLUTELY MATTER. MAYBE OUR REGULATIONS ALLOW SOMETHING CALLED A DATA CENTER YEARS AGO.

BUT TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED. THE SCALE HAS CHANGED. AND IF THERE IS ANY QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OUR REGULATIONS ADEQUATELY ADDRESS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TODAY, THEN OUR VILLAGE HAS EVERY REASON TO STOP, REVIEW THEM AND PROTECT THIS RESIDENTS. YOUR CLIENT PROPOSED PROPERTY.

YOUR CLIENT PURCHASED PROPERTY HERE IN 2025 BASED ON A BUSINESS BUSINESS DECISION. WE INVESTED SOMETHING MUCH GREATER. WE INVESTED OUR LIVES HERE. THIS IS WHERE WE RAISE OUR CHILDREN. THIS IS WHERE OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS BUILT THEIR LIVES. THIS IS WHERE WE WORK, WORSHIP, BUILD BUSINESSES, AND CALL HOME. AND NOW WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT IF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TAKE TIME TO PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY, THEY MAY BE SUED. YOUR JOB IS TO REPRESENT YOUR CLIENT, BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOUR JOB IS TO REPRESENT US. THAT'S WHAT YOU

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TELL US ABOUT SUBSTATION GENERATORS, NOISE, WATER, INFRASTRUCTURE. DO YOUR JOB, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. MAYOR MICHAEL GARRETT, FOLLOWED BY ALBERT VANDENBERG.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MIKE GARRETT, AND I'VE LIVED HERE IN INDIAN TOWN FOR 49 YEARS, ESSENTIALLY MY ENTIRE LIFE. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.

I'VE WATCHED INDIAN TOWN GROW, CHANGE, STRUGGLE, AND SUCCEED. AND I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST WHERE I LIVE. THIS IS MY HOME. AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU TONIGHT TO THINK, PLEASE, VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE SUPPORTING THE MORATORIUM.

PAUSE. HOLD ON. DATA CENTERS, WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE ANSWER. WE HAVE A COMP PLAN, LDR REGULATIONS AND ZONING REQUIREMENTS. THOSE RULES EXIST FOR A REASON. IF A PROPERTY OWNER PROPOSES A PROJECT THAT COMPLIES WITH THESE RULES, WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL. I THINK TAKE EXTRAORDINARY CARE ACTION SIMPLY BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE WE BECAUSE ONCE WE START DOWN THIS ROAD, WHERE IS IT GOING TO END? WHAT PRECEDENT ARE WE SETTING FOR EVERY OTHER PROPERTY OWNER IN EVERY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN TOWN? I LOOK BACK IN THE MEETING NOTES OF JULY 9TH MEETING. I. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, OUR OWN VILLAGE ATTORNEY EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS. SO WHY WOULD WE KNOWINGLY PUT THE VILLAGE IN A POSITION WHERE WE COULD BE SUED? WHO PAYS FOR THAT LAWSUIT? WE DO. THE RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND TAXPAYERS. THERE IS A BETTER WAY, I THINK. BRING THE DEVELOPERS TO THE TABLE. WE SHOULDN'T SHUT THEM OUT, MAKE THEM ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS LIKE MISS JACKSON. JUST VERY GOOD QUESTION. SHE JUST BROUGHT UP ABOUT WATER, POWER, NOISE, TRAFFIC, INFRASTRUCTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, ALL THAT STUFF IMPACTS HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTALLY EVERY WHICH WAY. JOBS ASK THEM WHAT THEY WILL. THEY'RE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COMMUNITY. SO IF IT DOES COME, WE DO BENEFIT, MAKE THEM EARN OUR SUPPORT, NOT JUST BLINDLY GIVE IT TO THEM. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD APPROVE EVERY DATA CENTER. I'M SAYING LET'S PLEASE DON'T MAKE THE DECISION BEFORE WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. LET THE DEVELOPERS COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL AND OUR RESIDENTS. PUT THEM UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS. MAKE THEM ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS. THEN, BASED ON FACTS, THE LAW AND WHAT'S BEST FOR INDIAN TOWN, WE MAKE THE DECISION. IF AMENDMENT THREE PASSES, MARTIN COUNTY COULD FACE A SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN ANNUAL TAX REVENUE. IF THE COUNTY NEEDS TO MAKE UP THAT MONEY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BECOME MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM. WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE THAT CAN BE CHANGED. IF THAT HAPPENS AND THE DATA CENTER COMES, IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL. WE DON'T HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. ALL OUR CONCERNS THAT WE ALL HAVE IS RESIDENTS ABOUT A DATA CENTER. WE DON'T GET A SEAT AT THE TABLE, OKAY. AND THEN WE CAN END UP WITH THE SAME CONCERNS, LESS CONTROL, NONE OF THE TAX REVENUE AND NO SEAT AT THAT TABLE. PLEASE. WE INCORPORATED FOR A REASON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR ALBERT VANDENBERG AND THEN DARLENE VAN RIPER. NOPE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, ALBERT VANDENBERG. INDIAN TOWN HAS COME A LONG WAY. MY COMPANY IS A MEMBER OF THE INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS. A FEW YEARS AGO, MANY PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED INDIAN TOWN ATTRACTING THIS LEVEL OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT. THE FACT THAT MAJOR COMPANIES ARE LOOKING AT INDIAN TOWN SHOWS HOW FAR WE'VE COME. WE SHOULD MANAGE THAT OPPORTUNITY RESPONSIBLY, NOT TURN IT AWAY. WE SHOULD ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND GET ANSWERS. SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT DOESN'T MEAN AUTOMATIC APPROVAL. WE SHOULD THOROUGHLY EVALUATE ANY PROPOSAL, ASK ABOUT WATER USE AND SUPPLY ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, NOISE PROTECTIONS FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS, UTILITY COSTS, ETC.

BRING THE APPLICANT TO THE TABLE, REQUIRE ANSWERS, AND THEN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

A MORATORIUM DOESN'T SOLVE THOSE CONCERNS. A MORATORIUM DOESN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WATER, NOISE OR INFRASTRUCTURE. IT SIMPLY STOPS THE PROCESS BEFORE THE VILLAGE CAN GET THOSE ANSWERS. LET THE COUNCIL REVIEW THE FACTS, HEAR FROM EXPERTS, AND DETERMINE WHETHER

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IT'S LIKE IT'S GOING TO GET ME OR SOMETHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M DARLENE VAN RIPER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MARTIN COUNTY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION. THE MCC IS THE COUNTY'S 75 YEAR OLD TAXPAYER WATCHDOG ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE WATCHED INDIAN TOWN STRUGGLE OVER THE YEARS. I REMEMBER A PROMINENT INDIAN TOWN RESIDENT TELLING ME PRIOR TO YOUR INCORPORATION THAT EVERY TIME YOU ASK THE COUNTY FOR ANYTHING, YOU'D GET ANOTHER PARK. SO YOU INCORPORATED AND OUR ORGANIZATION SUPPORTED THAT.

THIS TAX WINDFALL THAT YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING IN THE FORM OF A DATA CENTER IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO LEAD YOUR OWN WAY, BUT TO LEAD THE COUNTY. YOU ARE LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATED $87 MILLION ANNUALLY. YOU ARE PROTECTED BY STATE LAW FROM ANY ILL EFFECTS OF THIS FACILITY.

THIS CAN AND WILL CHANGE YOUR LIVES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN'S LIVES FOR THE BETTER. THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR A SIGNIFICANT, LIFE CHANGING TAX REVENUE CAN BUILD PARKS AND ATHLETIC TEAMS AND MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE. IT CAN OFFER SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EDUCATION OF YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO STAY NEAR YOU AND HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED.

THE DOOR IS WIDE OPEN. IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, AND WHAT INDIAN TOWN COULD OFFER VERSUS THE SAME OLD STRUGGLE. YOU WERE ELECTED TO LEAD. THAT REQUIRES COURAGE AND VISION. LEAD INDIAN TOWN INTO A BRIGHTER FUTURE. LEAD THE COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU MA'AM. SALLY KAMINSKY, FOLLOWED BY TERI GIBSON. HELLO, COUNCIL. FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN. I WAS WORKING LAST THURSDAY, SO I'D LIKE TO FOR YOUR FOR YOUR WIN.

THE LAST TIME I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH WITH THIS PROJECT SINCE FEBRUARY, SINCE IT STARTED. AND I CAME UP HERE ONCE TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL. AND THIS IS WHAT I SAID BACK THEN. FIVE TO NOTHING YOU. COUNCIL. THIS IS THE OLD COUNCIL. OBVIOUSLY NOT ONE OF

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WE ASKED FOR THAT IN FEBRUARY. AND NOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT DOWN AND FEED US. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT ISN'T HOW INDIANTOWN WORKS. DO YOU KNOW WHY WE HAVE RED SHIRTS ON? LOOK AROUND. WE HAVE THE RED SHIRTS ON BECAUSE WE ARE THE CITIZENS, NOT RESIDENTS.

CITIZENS OF THIS TOWN THAT CARE A LOT. AND THIS MEANS STOP AND NO. SO TAKE A LOOK AROUND AT EVERYBODY WHO IS WEARING THIS. YOU. YOU'RE TOO LATE. THEY'RE TOO LATE. IT'S TOO LATE TO SIT DOWN. YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO US. BUT NOW, EVERYBODY, WE'RE GOING TO SUIT YOU. GO AHEAD, FREAKING SUE. THEN WE GO BACK TO THE COUNTY. BIG DEAL. BUT YOU SEE, YOU HAVE MONEY ON THIS SIDE AND YOU HAVE US ON THIS SIDE. BUT WE HAVE DIVERSITY. THEY COME IN BLACK, WHITE AND LATINO, AND WE ALL LIVE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TOGETHER. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT. THIS IS BEEN BS FROM THE BEGINNING. AND NOW, OH, LET'S ALL SIT DOWN AND LET ME TELL YOU ANOTHER THING.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU CAN TELL ME THAT DOESN'T HURT THE CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY. THEY'RE THE ONES. AND YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT BACK WITH THAT HUMMING AND ALL THE OTHER CRAP. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. TERRY GIBSON, FOLLOWED BY JP PASQUALE. GOOD EVENING FOLKS. MY NAME IS TERRY GIBSON. BACK IN APRIL, I SUBMITTED A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE PUD FOR THE TESORO PROJECT. I DID SO AS A LONG TIME MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENT. I GREW UP FISHING AND HUNTING ON MANY OF THE RANCHES OUT HERE, AND I STILL AM A HUNTING GUIDE ON THE WEEKENDS, JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY LINE IN PALM BAY. I'M SORRY, IN PALM CITY, MY HOPE IS THAT THAT YOU ALL WILL WILL MAKE FOR INDIAN TOWN'S FUTURE, THAT YOU'LL MAINTAIN THE PASTORAL NATURE WHILE YOU FIND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE SO BADLY NEEDED. I'VE BEEN HERE. I WAS BORN IN 1973 IN WEST PALM BEACH. I'VE SEEN THE JUICE PLANT GO. THEY GET THE COAL POWER PLANT, GO ALL THE STEEL PLANT GO. I CAME HERE TONIGHT TO ADVISE YOU AGAINST ANY KIND OF PAUSE ON DATA CENTERS. IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. THERE'S NO BENEFIT IN TYING YOUR OWN VERY CAPABLE HANDS. AND IT WILL JUST GIVE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF WELL-MEANING PEOPLE HERE OPPOSING THIS OR FRIGHTENED. THERE'S ALSO SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE INCENTIVIZED TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION ABOUT THESE THINGS. AND A PAUSE WILL ONLY GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO MAKE A CIVILIZED, HONEST, COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION POSSIBLE. I SPENT ALMOST 30 YEARS WORKING IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, 30 YEARS ACROSS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, LAND USE, CLEAN ENERGY AND WATER. I'M. RIGHT NOW I'M THE FLORIDA PROGRAMS LEAD FOR AN ORGANIZATION CALLED DEPLOY US FOR. I'VE BEEN FOR ABOUT ABOUT SIX YEARS. WE WORKED WITH ABOUT 50 GROUPS NATIONWIDE AND ABOUT A DOZEN IN FLORIDA ACROSS ALL OF THOSE POLICY LANES. DATA CENTERS ARE CENTRAL, A CENTRAL PART OF EVERY CONVERSATION. JUST ABOUT WE'RE HAVING ALL THIS COUNTRY. I DON'T MEAN TO SAY YOU'RE NOT UNIQUE BECAUSE INDIANTOWN IS ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE, BUT THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING ON IN A LOT OF SMALL COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY. YOU KNOW, DATA CENTERS JUST IN GENERAL. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY PROTECTED MOSTLY BY FLORIDA LAW. THEY'VE GOT TO BRING THEIR OWN POWER. WE DON'T HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE THEM. THEY'RE NOT. THEY CAN'T USE A LOT OF WATER. AND WHATEVER WATER THEY USE, IF IT DOES LEAVE THE PROPERTY, IT HAS TO BE CLEANER. THAT'S BEEN A STATUTE FOREVER. FOREVER. I MEAN, I WROTE SOME OF THE WATER POLICY STATUTES. YOU KNOW, A DATA CENTER SHOULD BE APPROPRIATELY SITED. AND DAVID, YOU SHOULD BRING LARGE REVENUE STREAMS TO A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS. IF FOLKS ARE GOING TO LIKE THAT, ARE GOING TO CALL THIS PLACE A NEW HOME, THEY NEED TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AGAIN. YOU KNOW, THANKS TO FLORIDA LAWS AND RESOURCES, WE'RE INSULATED TO A GREAT DEGREE FROM WHAT CAN GO WRONG. AND TRUST ME, THERE ARE A LOT OF HAPPY ENDINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE IN OTHER PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY AROUND THESE TYPES

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BUT YOU HAD A LOT OF MISINFORMATION. YOU HAD A LOT OF STUFF DONE TO YOU. WRONG. A LOT OF MANIPULATION. AND I KNOW YOU'VE LEARNED YOUR LESSONS, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO PROTECT THIS TOWN, SO I DON'T EVEN NEED THE REST. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, DEAR GOD, THANK YOU JESUS. PROTECT THIS TOWN FROM THE DEVELOPERS, FROM THE INDUSTRIALIZATION AND PROTECT THE WILDLIFE AND SAVE FOR RURAL MARTIN COUNTY. FROM INDIANTOWN. THANK YOU JESUS. AMEN. THANK YOU, SIR NICOLE KIRCHHOFF, FOLLOWED BY DONNA CARMEN. HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME IS DOCTOR NICOLE KIRCHHOFF. THIS IS MY SON. I LIVE IN NEARBY PALM CITY FARMS, RIGHT OFF CITRUS, RIGHT ON YOUR BORDER. I COME HERE WEARING MANY HATS. TONIGHT I'M A LOCAL RESIDENT, A FARMER, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, A MOTHER, A SCIENTIST. I HAVE A PHD IN AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH. I'M ALSO SOMEONE WHO SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE ADVOCATING FOR CLEAN WATER AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.

I'M AN OUTDOORSWOMAN. I'M A CAMPER. I RAISE MY CHILDREN HERE, AND I DEEPLY CARE THAT WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY LOOKS LIKE THIS. LIKE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN 20, 30, 50 YEARS FROM NOW. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE DOWN ON THIS ONE YEAR PAUSE AND TO KEEP THIS DOOR OPEN. KEEPING THE DOOR OPEN DOES NOT APPROVE DATA CENTERS, BUT IT MEANS GIVING US TIME TO LEARN. IT MEANS REQUIRING ANY APPLICANT TO PROVE, TO PROVE ITSELF ITS COMMITMENTS. IT'S ALLOWING A NEW INDUSTRY, ONE THAT MIGHT SEEM SCARY BECAUSE WE DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT YET. THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US WHAT IT CAN BRING TO US. IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY THE REAL POTENTIAL THREATS, ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS, REQUIRE THOSE THREATS TO BE ADDRESSED. WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL BENEFITS, TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE, HUNDREDS OF SKILLED PERMANENT JOBS, THOUSANDS OF CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES, MAJOR PRIVATELY FUNDED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVEMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE TOWN. LET'S MAKE THEM PROVE THAT THEY'LL DO THAT. LET'S ALSO MAKE THEM PROVE THEY CAN PROTECT OUR WATER, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR FARMERS, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. KEEPING THE DOOR OPEN GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY. IT GIVES US THAT POWER. CLOSING IT FOR A YEAR DOESN'T TEACH US ANYTHING. I WORRY WHAT HAPPENS IF WE KEEP CLOSING DOORS TO NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY, BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT KNOCKING ON OUR DOORS. THAT'S RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE AND FARM HERE HAVE WATCHED THIS DEVELOPMENT MARCH ITSELF MORE AND MORE WEST. I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP ONE DAY AND SEE A ROOFTOP STRETCHING FROM OCEAN TO LAKE. I DON'T THINK ANYONE WHO LIVES IN WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY WANTS TO SEE THAT WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY COMES ALONG THAT COULD PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT THOUSANDS OF ROOFTOPS, I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO AT LEAST KEEP THE DOOR OPEN

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CARMEN. AND THEN WE HAVE GLORIA CLARK. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, ANTHONY. COUNCIL MEMBER DOWLING. CONGRATULATIONS. VICE MAYOR MILEY, CONGRATULATIONS. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TELL YOU THAT LAST WEEK. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. CONGRATULATIONS.

WELCOME BACK. BY THE WAY. MY NAME IS DONNA CARMEN. I LIVED AND WORKED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE. SO WHEN SOMEONE SAYS WE NEED TO PUT THE PEOPLE OF INDIANTOWN FIRST, Y'ALL KNOW I AGREE AND 100% AGREE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'M SPEAKING OF TONIGHT. THE COMMUNITY IS RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING. WE SHOULD BE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WATER, POWER, NOISE, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WHAT A PROJECT MEANS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE AND THOSE WHO MAY COME HERE. BUT ASKING QUESTIONS AND DECLARING A MORATORIUM ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. YES, YOU NEED A SEAT AT THE TABLE. YOU NEED TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP EVERYTHING TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK. LET THE APPLICANT COME BEFORE THE VILLAGE. LET THEM PUT THE FACTS ON THE TABLE. ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS, REQUIRE STUDIES, HEAR FROM THE EXPERTS, AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT IS GOOD FOR INDIANTOWN.

AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE, AS ALL OF US ALWAYS HAVE. EVEN WHEN WE WENT TO THE COUNTY TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH PROJECTS THAT WERE COMING TO THE COMMUNITY, IF WE DIDN'T SUPPORT IT, WE TOLD THEM WE DON'T SUPPORT IT. BUT IF WE DO, WE DO. IF THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE WATER, MAKE THE APPLICANT SHOW US EXACTLY HOW MUCH WATER THEY NEED AND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

IF THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT ELECTRICITY, MAKE THEM EXPLAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHO'S PAYING FOR IT. IF THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE, REQUIRE THE STUDIES. KEEP THAT NOISE FROM IMPACTING NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS. AND IF THE ANSWERS AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH, THEN SAY NO TO THE PROJECT. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD SAY NO BEFORE WE'VE EVEN HEARD THE ANSWERS. YES, I, I HEAR EVERYONE SAYING THAT. EVERYBODY SAID NO DATA CENTERS, NO DATA CENTERS. WHAT I RECALL HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL WAS THAT NO PROJECT HAD BEEN PRESENTED AT THAT TIME. CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN GOING ALONG AGAIN, BACK TO 190, EXCUSE ME, 2021. BOY, I'M GETTING OLD. I DON'T ALSO, I ALSO DON'T AGREE WITH THE IDEA THAT TALKING ABOUT JOBS AND TAX REVENUE MEANS SOMEBODY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE. BOTTOM LINE, Y'ALL HAVE A BUDGET, Y'ALL HAVE COSTS, AND YOU HAVE EMERGENCIES THAT POP UP SIX INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. COME ON GUYS, LOOK WHAT IT DID TO THE TOWN. A STRONGER TAX BASE CAN HELP A COMMUNITY AFFORD BETTER ROADS, PARK, PUBLIC SAFETY, RECREATION AND OTHER SERVICES WITHOUT PUTTING THE BURDEN ON THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE HERE. SORRY, I HAD TO PUT IT IN LARGE.

INDIAN TOWN HAS SPENT YEARS ASKING FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. Y'ALL KNOW I'VE BEEN BEGGING. WE CAN'T SAY WE WANT INVESTMENT AND GOOD JOBS AND THEN PUT A STOP SIGN UP.

PLEASE RECONSIDER OR CONSIDER NOT DOING THE MORATORIUM. THANK YOU, GLORIA CLARK, FOLLOWED BY ERIC MILLER. HI. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS GLORIA. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. I HAVE LIVED IN MARTIN COUNTY FOR CLOSE TO 40 YEARS WITH THE LAST FIVE YEARS RIGHT HERE IN INDIANTOWN. I AM A LANDOWNER AND A FULL TIME RESIDENT RIGHT HERE. I LOVE THE RURAL CHARM, THE PASTURES, THE FARMLAND. THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I MOVED OUT HERE. I'M A WOMAN OF FAITH. I BELIEVE GOD CREATED THIS WORLD AND ALL LIVING CREATURES IN IT. I WANT TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF WHAT GOD HAS ALLOWED ME TO BE AS A CAREGIVER OF IT. WITH THAT SAID, I AM VERY SERIOUSLY CONCERNED.

I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS REGARDING THE THE POSSIBLE HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. MANY OF THE CONCERNS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION WITH GRID DISRUPTIONS, WATER QUALITY, USAGE ISSUES, POSSIBLE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION FROM CLOSED LOOP COOLING SYSTEMS, TEMPERATURE INCREASES, HUMMING

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THREE MINUTES. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU LET THE ATTORNEY THAT SAYS HE'S GOING TO SUE YOU, GIVE YOU TEN MINUTES TO TRY TO SCARE YOU INTO NOT SUING YOU. IT IS VERY INTERESTING, THE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING TONIGHT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL THAT'S UP HERE THIS EVENING. WE'RE MINUS ONE PERSON THAT'S WITH US. BUT, JANET, IF YOU'RE HEARING US, THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU GUYS ARE SHOWING IS THE SAME LEADERSHIP THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS. WHEN WE FOUND OUT THIS WAS GOING ON, THE GASLIGHTING THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE. AND IN MY OPINION, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT FDLE IS GOING TO HAVE TO SAY ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, BUT THAT'S FOR DISCUSSION FOR A LATER TIME. WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TONIGHT IS NOT TELLING DATA CENTERS THAT THEY CAN'T COME HERE. WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS SOMETHING LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT A DEVELOPMENT IN IN THE ROADS FLOOD. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT ANOTHER ONE IN AND THERE'S DRAINAGE ISSUES? NO ONE HAS DONE A CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS THAT'S COMPREHENSIVE ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET 12,000,000FT■S OF DATA CENTERS THAT ARE APPROVED BECAUSE IT'S BY RIGHTS AND GOES INTO FRONT OF DINA FREEDMAN TO APPROVE ON OUR OWN. AND YOU DON'T GET TO SEE TELL ME HOW. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE RULES ARE WRITTEN. SO THAT'S THE WAY THE ATTORNEYS GET TO PLAY IT. IT'S BY RIGHTS. THEY GET THEIR RIGHTS. WELL, WE GET OUR RIGHTS TOO, BECAUSE WHEN THEIR RIGHTS START TO INFRINGE UPON OUR RIGHTS, YOUR LEADERSHIP IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE TAKEN CARE OF. AND THOSE THAT HAVE THEIR BUSINESSES GET THEIR EQUAL USE TO THEIR RIGHTS. BUT WHEN THEIR IMPACT IS MORE THAN THIS VILLAGE CAN HANDLE BECAUSE THINGS HAVE BEEN RUSHED THROUGH BACK TO BACK TO BACK, BECAUSE STAFF HAS ACCOMMODATED DEVELOPERS AND NOT ACCOMMODATED THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE SWEATING AND CAN'T STAND IN AN AIR CONDITIONED HALLWAY. IT'S RIDICULOUS. TEN MINUTES. BY THE WAY, I'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR LOSS, ERIC. PLEASE ADDRESS ME. EXCUSE ME, PLEASE ADDRESS ME. YOU'RE NOT AROUND. WELL, IT'S PATHETIC THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO STAND OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT, AND THE SHERIFF'S WON'T LET THEM. WOMEN AND CHILDREN SIT INSIDE IN THE HALLWAY BECAUSE STAFF HAS SAID. FOLKS, I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, AND YOU KNOW IT. THERE ARE WAYS AROUND DOING WHAT'S COMING IN FRONT OF YOU. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT. WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF DOING THINGS. AND I THINK WITH THE RIGHT ATTORNEY, YOU MIGHT FIND THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. I ACTUALLY HAVE A FEELING YOU WILL. I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN YOU GUYS. I HOPE YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT. BY INDIAN TOWN. WE CAN HELP THE DEVELOPERS AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WHEN MY HEALTH, MY SAFETY AND MY FAMILY'S WELFARE COMES INTO ACCOUNT, YOU'RE MESSING WITH THE WRONG GUY.

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GOOD EVENING. BEFORE YOU MAKE AN IMPORTANT DECISION, YOU GOT TO ASK YOURSELF WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE PERMANENT. BOTH SIDES OF THIS DEBATE AGREE THAT THE EFFECTS ARE PERMANENT PERMANENT TAX BASE, PERMANENT BENEFITS, PERMANENT JOB GROWTH. ALL THOSE THINGS ARE DEBATABLE.

AND THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST THE DATA CENTER AGREE THAT THE EFFECTS ARE PERMANENT. IMPACT ON WATER, ELECTRICITY DEVELOPMENT, THE VALUES, THE HOW THIS COMMUNITY LOOKS. IF YOU MAKE A PERMANENT DECISION, YOU BETTER KNOW YOU'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION. THEY WANT YOU TO MAKE A PERMANENT DECISION. THEY ARE OFFERING YOU THE INK TO GO INTO YOUR ARM FOR A PERMANENT TATTOO. AND JUST AS MOM SAYS, WAIT, HOLD ON A SECOND. WAIT, WAIT, HOLD ON A SECOND. DON'T DO THAT. LET LET'S JUST TAKE A SECOND HERE TO TO PAUSE. THEY'RE SAYING, NO, DON'T PAUSE. WE GOTTA PAUSE THE PAUSE. LET'S TAKE A BREATHER. LET'S TAKE IT ALL IN AND LET'S MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT HOW A DATA CENTER IS GOING TO PROFIT.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST PROFITABLE PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. MADAM MAYOR, IF THEY HAD PEOPLE UP IN VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA AND PENNSYLVANIA AND TEXAS, WHERE THEY BUILT THESE DATA CENTERS, AND THEY WERE IN LOVE WITH THE DATA CENTERS, YOU BET THEY WOULD HAVE FLOWN THEM OUT HERE FIRST CLASS, AND THEY'D BE IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW EXTOLLING THE BENEFITS OF THE DATA CENTER. THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY WHO NOW LIVES NEAR A DATA CENTER WHO DOES NOT REGRET THAT DECISION. YOU DON'T FIND A SINGLE PERSON. YOU KNOW WHY YOU DON'T KNOW? BECAUSE THEY'D BE IN THIS ROOM. THEY WOULD HAVE FLOWN HIM OUT FIRST CLASS, AND THEY'D BE IN HERE RIGHT NOW SAYING, YOU SHOULD DO WHAT WE DID IN LOUDOUN COUNTY. IN FACT, AS A WOMAN FROM LOUDOUN COUNTY OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, AND SHE SWEARS DO NOT DO TO INDIAN TOWN WHAT THEY DID TO LOUDOUN COUNTY. THEY DANGLE MONEY. THEY DANGLE PROFIT. BUT OUR WE HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. IT'S NOT A NEW ANSWER. IT'S AN OLD ANSWER. IT'S CALLED MATTHEW CHAPTER 16.

WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD, BUT TO LOSE HIS SOUL? SIR, PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THE SOUL. THE SOUL OF INDIAN TOWN IS ON THE BALLOT. THE SOUL OF INDIAN TOWN IS UP FOR DEBATE RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR HERE. YOU'RE ENTITLED TO A LEGAL OPINION. I'M ENTITLED TO SHARE MINE AS WELL. SB 180 WAS THE LAW. SB 464, WHICH GOVERNOR DESANTIS SIGNED INTO LAW DIRECTLY, OVERRIDES ASPECTS OF THAT INVESTS POWER IN THIS COUNCIL TO SEE FIT. YOU KNOW HOW YOU KNOW THAT 1919 JURISDICTIONS, 19 MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALREADY PASSED MORATORIUMS? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN? ZERO. IT'S A BLUFF. CALL THEIR BLUFF. CALL THEIR BLUFF. THANK YOU. SIR. BRANDON. YEAH.

BRANDON TUCKER, FOLLOWED BY WYATT HENDRIE. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF. MY NAME IS BRANDON TUCKER. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION. THIRD GENERATION RESIDENT FROM THIS AREA. I WON'T GET INTO THE REST OF MY RESUME. I THINK Y'ALL ALL KNOW IT BY NOW. BUT WE ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM ON HEAVY LOAD USERS RAISES A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE THAT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND ANY ONE PROJECT, AND THAT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. I HAVE HEARD RESIDENTS EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT PROTECTING THEIR HOMES, THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS. THOSE CONCERNS DESERVE TO BE HEARD, BUT PROPERTY RIGHTS CANNOT WORK IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION. THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO A HOMEOWNER ALSO PROTECT A FARMER, A RANCHER, A SMALL BUSINESS, A DEVELOPER, AND YES, EVEN A LARGE CORPORATION THAT OWNS PROPERTY. EVERYONE. EVERYONE HAS EQUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS UNDER WHEN SOMEONE PURCHASES PROPERTY BASED UPON EXISTING ZONING AND LAND USE REGULATIONS, AND PARTICULARLY WHEN DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN LEGALLY ESTABLISHED OR VESTED, GOVERNMENT SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION BEFORE CHANGING THE RULES AFTER THE INVESTMENT HAS BEEN MADE. THAT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TODAY BECAUSE THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE HAS MADE THE PROTECTION OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS INCREASINGLY CLEAR. SENATE BILL 180 IMPOSES SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ADOPTING CERTAIN MORATORIUMS AND MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. FOLLOWING THE 2024 HURRICANES. SO BEFORE THE VILLAGE IMPOSES A MORATORIUM, I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL TO ASK ITS ATTORNEYS A VERY SIMPLE

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BECAUSE ONCE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES THE RULES, ALLOWS PEOPLE TO INVEST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN RELIANCE UPON THOSE RULES, AND THEN CHANGES THE RULES AFTER THE FACT, WE ARE NO LONGER SIMPLY TALKING ABOUT PLANNING POLICY. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT VESTED RIGHTS, DUE PROCESS, POTENTIAL REGULATORY TAKINGS, AND THE FUNDAMENTAL OBLIGATION OF GOVERNMENT TO TREAT PROPERTY OWNERS FAIRLY AND EQUALLY. THE FLORIDA LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION WILL DEFEND THAT PRINCIPLE. WHETHER THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS FIVE ACRES OR 5000 ACRES, WHETHER IT IS A FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS OR A MAJOR CORPORATION INVESTING IN THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. WYATT HENDRY, FOLLOWED BY LINDA BISCOE. HI. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS WYATT HENDRY. I RUN A SMALL METAL SHOP HERE IN TOWN AND I'M HERE. MY FAMILY'S HERE.

MY BUSINESS IS HERE, SO IT MATTERS TO ME. IT REALLY DOES MATTER TO ME IN A REAL WAY.

EVERYONE IS DEMANDING MORE TRANSPARENCY. THEY. THEN THEY GIVE THE COMMUNITY, THEN GIVE THE COMMUNITY MORE TRANSPARENCY. BY ALLOWING THESE DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS EVERYONE HAS ON THEIR MIND. EVERYONE. EXCUSE ME. EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW HOW THIS COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE BY DOING SOME SIMPLE GOOGLING. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES POWER, WATER, NOISE ARE NO LONGER AN ISSUE BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED SO MUCH OVER THE LAST DECADE, AND THE STATE HAS REQUIRED DATA CENTERS TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN POWER AND NOT PASS COSTS. THE REST OF US. SO IF WE CAN GET THIS BUILT AWAY FROM HOMES, WHEN WE KNOW WHAT THE WATER POWER AND NOISE CONCERNS ARE NO LONGER VALID, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? I THINK SMART DEVELOPMENT CAN REALLY HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE, AND THESE DATA CENTERS, IF ZONED APPROPRIATELY, CAN BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THE VILLAGE. BUT YOU MUST GIVE THE CHANCE TO MAKE THEIR CASE. ALSO, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATS TO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. INDIAN TOWN NEEDS TO DIVERSIFY TAX BASE. ALSO, WE WE NEED THE MONEY. I LIVE HERE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS OR SO AND IN EXPLORING NEW INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TAX BASE REMOVES BURDEN ON ALL OF US RESIDENTS, WHICH I PAY AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY EVERY YEAR TO LIVE HERE ANYWAY. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS COMMON SENSE APPROACH. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD ONE. THANK YOU SIR. LINDA BISCOE, FOLLOWED BY JESUS, GASPAR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LINDA BISCOE. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT. LET ME THINK FOR A MINUTE. I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE TONIGHT HERE THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN AT COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT ARE SAYING, DON'T DO THE THE PAUSE, BUT THEY'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS PROCESS IS WORKING AND HOW YOU GUYS NO LONGER HAVE A VOICE AT THE TABLE TO ADDRESS THESE DEVELOPERS, THAT IT IS ALL IN THE HANDS OF THE STAFF. SO TO TALK ABOUT NOT DOING A PAUSE SO THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOW PUT IN THE SAFEGUARDS THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT. FOR MONTHS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE WATER.

SOMEHOW THESE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO COME TO THE TABLE AND TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT HOW THE HOW, WHAT KIND OF WATER WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT KIND OF ENERGY THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE UP, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MONITOR IT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THESE DATA CENTERS ARE OBSOLETE AND THEY ABANDON THEM? WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE? WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THOSE ANSWERS. I THINK YOU GUYS DESERVE THOSE ANSWERS, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU ANYMORE, BECAUSE DEENA IS GOING TO BE HANDLING IT ALL WITH HER NEW ASSISTANT. AND THEY, THEY WANT US TO HAVE A SHORT PAUSE SO THAT THEY CAN GET ALL THEIR STUFF THROUGH. IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED THAT 12 MONTH PAUSE SO THAT YOU COULD WRITE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THESE LARGE LOAD CUSTOMERS.

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POINT BLANK PERIOD. FOR THE ATTORNEY FOR SILVER FOX. I AM SORRY ABOUT YOUR WIFE, BUT THIS IS SINGULAR. WHAT ABOUT OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THESE SCHOOLS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED? HAVE YOU PUT THAT INTO CONSIDERATION? I DON'T THINK SO. THE SCHOOL BOARD IS NOW TALKING ABOUT MOVING KIDS AWAY FROM THE DATA CENTER ZONE. THAT IS VERY CONCERNING. SO PLEASE PUT THIS ON ADMINISTRATIVE PAUSE. IN INDIAN TOWN, OUR WEALTH IS OUR HEALTH. THESE DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS WEALTH ARE IN THEIR POCKETS. I AM HERE FOR THE CHILDREN THAT CANNOT SPEAK. MY CHILDREN. YOUR CHILDREN. I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE POLITICAL. I WAS FORCED DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH NOW. THIS IS THE BIGGEST DECISION INDIAN TOWN WILL EVER FACE. WE WILL DEFEAT GOLIATH. YOU HEAR JAMES FITZPATRICK RUNNING UP FOR GOVERNOR. BRING ON THE LAWSUITS. AS FOR THE DEVELOPERS, FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. I'M SORRY. SERGEY KELLY. ONE SECOND. THANK YOU. AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS IF YOU LOOK AT THE SEAL OF INDIAN TOWN, OBVIOUSLY IT EMPHASIZES ITS CULTURAL HISTORY WITH AGRICULTURAL, RURAL AND WILD AREAS. IT DOES NOT HAVE AN AI DATA CENTER ON IT, NOR SHOULD IT. AND I THINK TAKING PRIDE IN THE IDENTITY OF THE AREA, AS WE KNOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IMAGINE HAVING AI DATA CENTERS OR MASSIVE SPRAWL OF DEVELOPMENTS RIGHT NEXT TO DUPUY OR J.W. CORBETT, OR BEHIND YOUR OWN HOUSES, SOMETHING THAT CANNOT HAPPEN. FURTHERMORE, PEOPLE DON'T SUPPORT THIS IDEA. THE MAJORITY DOES IT. THE MAJORITY THAT'S CONSISTENTLY HERE AND LIVES HERE DO NOT SUPPORT IT. AND I THINK THE THREAT OF A LAWSUIT SHOWS THAT THE PEOPLE DON'T SUPPORT IT, AND THEY HAVE TO THREATEN WITH A LAWSUIT, WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS LANGUAGE. FURTHERMORE, WE'VE SEEN NOT JUST A COUPLE COUNTIES, BUT SEVERAL COUNTIES PASSED A LAW THAT BANS MOST IN THE PANHANDLE, WHERE IT'S STILL VERY WILD, AS YOU ALL OUGHT TO BE. FURTHERMORE, THERE'S MORE THAN A COUPLE DOZEN THAT HAVE PASSED MORATORIUMS, SO THE LEGAL RAMIFICATION ISN'T THERE.

YOU'LL BE PROTECTED. THAT'S THE VOICE OF THE COUNTY TO STAND STRONG. AND THAT. FURTHERMORE, EVEN THE CLOSED LOOP COOLING SYSTEMS HAS BEEN FOUND TO STILL DELIVER POLLUTANTS AND PROBLEMS TO THE WATER. YOU CAN LOOK AT RESEARCH BY SCOTT SMITH. FURTHERMORE, WE KNOW THAT OVER TWO DOZEN COUNTIES HAVE SUED AGAINST SB 180, AND NOW WE HAVE SB 484. SO THE LEGAL THREATS DO NOT STAND AND SHOULD NOT STAND. FURTHERMORE, WE KNOW IT'S NOT A CONTINGENT USE. YOU LOOK AT INDIAN INDIAN TOWN NOW AND 20 YEARS AGO, YOU CANNOT LOOK AT AND SAY, THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE FOR MASSIVE AI DATA CENTERS WHICH ARE BRAND NEW. THESE ARE NOT THE

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BUT AT LEAST FOR THE SAKE OF RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING, PLACE A MORATORIUM FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. SUSIE MENDEZ, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL GIARDINO. IT'S RIGHT HERE. IT'LL COME DOWN SOME MORE. THERE YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PRIORITIES OF OUR TOWN BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT BRINGING LARGE AI CENTERS AND OTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS INTO OUR VILLAGES AND COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT ALREADY EXIST HERE. WE HAVE WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH POTHOLES AND ROADS THAT NEED ATTENTION. WE HAVE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND INTERSECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT FOR SAFETY.

WE HAVE BUILDINGS IN AREAS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN THAT NEED MAINTENANCE, PAINTING, CLEANUP AND INVESTMENT. THESE THINGS AFFECT THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE. EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE SHOULD BE ASKING OURSELVES, ARE WE TAKING CARE OF THE TOWN WE ALREADY HAVE? BEFORE WE START PLANNING FOR A DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT FUTURE? I'M NOT AGAINST PROGRESS. I'M NOT AGAINST RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE. THERE ARE MANY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT AI CENTERS COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY. THOSE CONCERNS INCLUDE TRAFFIC, WATER USE, ELECTRICITY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, NOISE, INFRASTRUCTURE, TAXES AND WHAT THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT COULD ULTIMATELY MEAN FOR THE CHARACTER OF OUR TOWN. THOSE CONCERNS DESERVE TO BE HEARD BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE, NOT AFTER THE FACT. AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, RESIDENTS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY. WE NEED CLEAR, TRUTHFUL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED, WHO'S INVOLVED, WHAT AGREEMENTS ARE, AND DISCUSSIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE, WHAT THE POTENTIAL COST WILL BE TO TAXPAYERS AND RESIDENTS, AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL BENEFIT AND RISK ACTUALLY ARE. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO RELY ON RUMORS, CONFLICTING STATEMENTS OR INFORMATION THAT CHANGED DEPENDING ON WHO THEY ASK. AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING DIRECTLY TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD NEVER BE MORE AFRAID OF AN ATTORNEY THAN YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. ATTORNEYS ADVICE ADVISE DEVELOPERS ADVOCATE FOR THEIR INTERESTS. BUSINESSES ADVOCATE FOR THEIR INTERESTS.

BUT THE RESIDENTS ARE THE CONSTITUENTS WHO ELECT YOU. YOUR RESPONSIBLE IS TO THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT. DON'T LET THE FEAR OF A LAWSUIT, A DEVELOPER, A CORPORATION, OR SOMEONE'S ATTORNEY PREVENT YOU FROM ASKING. DEVELOP DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING DECISIONS BECAUSE AN ATTORNEY TELLS YOU THAT YOU COULD FACE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES, THEN ASK THE QUESTIONS, GET THE FACTS, GET THE INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE IF NECESSARY, BUT DON'T ALLOW TO FEAR TO REPLACE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC. BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING THE TRUST OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAN UPSETTING SOMEONE WITH MONEY, INFLUENCE OR AN ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR MICHAEL GIARDINO, FOLLOWED BY CASEY MULLIN. GOOD EVENING, MICHAEL GIARDINO 3642 SOUTHEAST FOR CASTLE COURT, MARTIN COUNTY. AFTER A 26 YEAR MILITARY CAREER AND MULTIPLE MOVES, WHICH INCLUDE OVERSEAS AND BOTH COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES, MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY ESTABLISHED RESIDENCY IN OUR FOREVER HOME IN MARTIN COUNTY. WE'VE BEEN COMING TO MARTIN COUNTY ALMOST YEARLY SINCE 2005. WE PURCHASED THE HOME IN EARLY 2025 WITH THE

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GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU GUYS UP HERE. I'M HERE FOR MY DAUGHTER AND SHE CAN'T BE WITH US TODAY. MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW AND HAVE HEARD THE PERSONAL STORY OF MY DAUGHTER, CARLY, AND HER STRUGGLES AS A NON-VERBAL AUTISTIC CHILD WITH SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SELF-HARM BEHAVIOR, AND WANDERING AND ELOPEMENT ISSUES. FOR THE NEW COUNCIL THAT MAY NOT KNOW THIS WAS HER SCHOOL PICTURE. THE CHIPPING AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON HER FACE AND HEAD BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT TELL US SHE WAS IN PAIN. WHAT CAUSED IT? WE LIVED IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD IN RURAL TOWN IN VIRGINIA, SPECIFICALLY LIVING THERE TO GET AWAY FROM THE INCREASED BUILDING PROGRESS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, WE PUT 23 SOLAR PANELS ON TOP OF OUR HOUSE AND ATTACHED THE INVERTER TO OUR GARAGE, WHICH WAS BELOW HER BEDROOM. I WISH I HAD KNOWN THEN ABOUT FREQUENCY WAVES AND INFRASOUND. NOW I CAN ONLY EDUCATE. THIS IS HER SCHOOL PICTURE THAT CAME HOME. THE CHIN ABRASIONS FOR CHAINING HERSELF, THE TEARS FROM THE ECHOING OF THE ROOM SHE WAS IN. I NEVER WANTED ANYONE TO SEE THIS PHOTO, LET ALONE MAKE HER A POSTER CHILD OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO OUR CHILDREN. OUR

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TWO OF YOU DID THAT ALONG WITH YOUR STAFF. AND IT WASN'T JUST ONE BECAUSE THAT ONE OPENED THE DOOR. SO IT'D BE OKAY. WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, LET'S GET SOME OF THOSE TAX BENEFITS, LET'S DO SOME OF THESE GREAT THINGS THAT A DATA CENTER CAN DO FOR INDIAN TOWN. PROBLEM IS, WE DON'T HAVE ONE NOW. NOW WE HAVE CUMULATIVE MULTIPLES MORE. AND YOU HAVE NO STUDIES, NOT ONE THAT CAN GUARANTEE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF YOUR PEOPLE, THAT CAN GUARANTEE THAT THERE'S NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS WHATSOEVER TO OUR WILDLIFE, TO OUR ECOSYSTEMS, TO OUR WATER, TO OUR HOME VALUES, OR TO OUR HEALTH, OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH. AND UNTIL YOU CAN GIVE THOSE GUARANTEES, WE DON'T TRUST BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE STAFF WHO HAVE HIDDEN INFORMATION FROM US AND SIGNED NDAS WITH YOUR DATA SENSOR DEVELOPERS. AND I'M GLAD THEY'RE HERE, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALL BUILT THE SAME. SOME DO GET IT RIGHT, BUT SOME GET IT HORRIBLY WRONG. BUT INDIAN TOWN IS UNIQUE. YOU CAN'T COMPARE US TO LOUDON OR SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE WE AREN'T THEM. THIS IS INDIAN TOWN. AN INDIAN TOWN HAS CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR RIGHT NOW THAT AREN'T THE SAME AS OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. ANOTHER THING I'M GOING TO ADD TO THAT IS 606FT■S ACRES. WHAT'S THAT? EQUAL TO ANOTHER 459 FOOTBALL FIELDS TO GO WITH YOUR 4335. THERE'S YOUR CUMULATIVE EFFECT. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BEG YOU TO LOOK AT. WE DIDN'T SAY NO DATA CENTERS. WE DIDN'T. WE SAID, LET'S SIT DOWN AND PROTECT THE VILLAGE, SAFEGUARD THE PEOPLE, SAFEGUARD OUR RESOURCES, SAFEGUARD OUR ENVIRONMENT, PUT SOME GUARDRAILS ON. SO IF THE BUSINESS IS GOOD, IT BENEFITS US ALL. BUT THERE WERE NOBODY WILLING TO PLAY THE GAME, HONESTLY, EXCEPT YOUR PEOPLE. OUR COUNCIL DIDN'T. OUR STAFF DIDN'T. NDAS WERE SIGNED AND WE WERE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. IT'S A BIT OF A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT TO SHOW UP NOW, AND A BIT IRONIC TO SAY, LET'S HAVE A CHAT. LET'S GO OVER THOSE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS. LET'S SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE BECAUSE INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, YOU CAN'T DO THAT UNDER YOUR CURRENT STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT WITHOUT A PUD. AND EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE A PUD, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN, AS EXEMPLIFIED BY FPL RIGHT NOW, WHO'S JUST BEEN PUTTING THINGS THROUGH TO GET 3,000,000FT■S. SEE, YOU ONLY SIGNED FOR 2 MILLION, BUT DEENA'S GIVING THEM A GO OF 3 MILLION. NOW, HOW MANY FOOTBALL FIELDS ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH? UNDER 80% IMPERVIOUS LAND. THAT HYDROLOGY STUDY AND FLOODING NEEDS TO BE DONE CUMULATIVELY. PLEASE DO YOUR JOB, BRANDON. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. BRANDON. I'M NOT A LAWYER OR AN ATTORNEY, BUT I DID STAY AT A HOLIDAY INN LAST NIGHT. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. I AM USED TO A FIGHT. I'M VERY MUCH FAMILIAR WITH A FIGHT.

I'VE FOUGHT MY WHOLE LIFE. I FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY OVERSEAS. I FOUGHT PEOPLE WHO

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YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BE ANGRY AFTER YOU'VE BEEN LIED TO. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BE UPSET AFTER YOU'VE BROUGHT CONCERNS AND STUDIES UP HERE AND THEY'RE DISMISSED OR NOT RECOGNIZED, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT CHILDREN'S HEALTH, WHETHER OR NOT THEIR SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN RADIUSES OF THESE DATA CENTERS ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THEIR LEARNING ABILITY OR THEIR HEALTH. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BE UPSET THAT YOUR WATER IS GOING TO GET AWAY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF INDIAN TOWNS IS LOOKING AT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT THE DOCUMENTS THAT I'VE SEEN THAT ARE FROM THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, THAT TAX REVENUE IS GROSSLY OVEREXAGGERATED, AS IS UNDER EXAGGERATED IS THE WATER USAGE NOT ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'VE ALL PRODUCED, WHICH, BY THE WAY, WE'VE HAD TO FILL OUT REQUESTS FOR. SO MAYBE THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF INDIAN TOWN CAN FILL OUT SOME OF THOSE SAME REQUESTS TO GET THOSE DOCUMENTS. I'M MAD. I'M VERY MAD. THEY WANT TO COME TO HAVE US COME TO THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS, WHICH IS, AGAIN, EVERYBODY'S BASICALLY SAID THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME NOW. I SAY GIVE THEM 12 MONTHS TO THINK ABOUT IT. IN FAVOR OF THE MORATORIUM. JOE FLANAGAN. GOOD EVENING. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY TALKING A LOT OF STATISTICAL DATA, A LOT OF INFORMATION COMING OUT. YOU GUYS HAVE A DIFFICULT CHOICE. THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING SPOT IN HERE. MY WIFE, WHEN I WAS LEAVING TONIGHT, SHE SAYS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO INDIAN TOWN? YOU DON'T LIVE THERE. AND THAT'S RIGHT. BUT I AM VERY INVOLVED IN INDIAN TOWN SINCE MY DAYS AS A TEACHER AT SOUTH FORK IN 1988. AND THEN AGAIN. BUT THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. PONCE DE LEON DISCOVERED FLORIDA. NOW, EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD DISCOVERED IT, TOO. AND THEY'RE COMING IN. CHANGE IS COMING. ONLY WET BABIES REALLY LIKE CHANGE. SO BUT THERE'S BUT THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN HERE, THE AI DATA CENTERS.

PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF AI. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF TECHNOLOGY. MY WIFE, GOD BLESS HER, STILL HAS A FLIP PHONE. SO GO AHEAD AND MAKE FUN OF HER. BUT BUT IT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.

THE BAD NEWS IS FROM THIS ASPECT IS IT'S TARGETING THE INDIAN TOWN AREA. UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THEY ARE IN OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. SOME MUNICIPALITIES ARE SAYING, STOP, DO THIS, GO BACK AND FORTH. IT WILL COME. AND SO WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE HERE TONIGHT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE, IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO SUE YOU. I WAS ON THE COUNTY LPA, AND I REMEMBER SO MANY TIMES THAT WE WERE TOLD, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS OR WE'RE GOING TO SUE, AND YOU GOT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. YOU HAVE TO DO WHATEVER IN YOUR HEART AND SOUL. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I LIVE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT THAT WE HAVE TO DO THE DRILLS. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN THAT WAS BEING BUILT. OH MY GOD, WE'RE ALL GOING TO GLOW IN THE DARK, TURN THE LIGHTS OUT. I PROMISE I DON'T GLOW IN THE DARK. BUT IT'S IT WAS THERE. AND SO IT EXISTS AND IT HELPS US ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD. SO DATA CENTERS ARE COMING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S HERE OR NOT. I CAN'T PROMISE THAT ONE. BUT DON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY LAWSUITS. I'VE BEEN SUED FIVE TIMES AND THEY SPELL MY NAME WRONG HALF THE TIME. SO THAT'S NOT A PART OF THE PROBLEM. BUT IT'S IT'S THERE. SO MAKE DECISION BASED ON WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT YOU HAVE AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S THERE FOR YOU. THANK YOU GUYS AND GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE MARIA ALLEN.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARIE ALLEN. I AM A RESIDENT HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE WITH OUR CHILDREN TWO AND A HALF YEARS

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WE WILL DEFEND OUR COUNCIL AS WE WERE THE ONES WHO VOTED THEM IN. YOUR MONEY WON'T WIN VOTES IN THIS TOWN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR KEVIN POWERS, FOLLOWED BY TIM ROBERTS. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, I'M KEVIN POWERS. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. MY BRAIN IS ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO BEAR WITH ME. FIRST OF ALL, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN INDIAN TOWN, THANKS TO INCORPORATION AND NOT OVER ON THE COAST. ANTHONY DOWLING AND MYSELF AND OTHERS WHO ARE A PART OF A GREATER TEAM THAT BELIEVED THE SAME WAY. AND WHILE WE DON'T ALWAYS LAND ON THE SAME SPOTS, WE BELIEVE IN THE SAME THING. AND THIS CONVERSATION IS BETTER HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. ALSO, THE THE, THE MOM THAT CAME AND SHE HAD HER SON AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST FOR HER, BUT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. AND THAT REALLY HIT HOME TO ME. I'M SORRY, I'LL STAY UP HERE. THAT REALLY HIT HOME TO ME BECAUSE BACK IN MY DAY, HAVING GROWN UP HERE, THIS WAS SECOND STREET AND THAT'S WASHINGTON STREET. AND I GREW UP ON THE CORNER OF FOURTH AND WASHINGTON AND THE HOME OF A MARTIN COUNTY POLITICIAN WHEN I WAS THAT AGE.

AND THAT MARTIN COUNTY POLITICIAN BELIEVED IN THE BALANCE OF AN ECONOMY. SO YOU HAVE JOBS, BUT ALSO QUALITY OF LIFE. AND CERTAINLY HE DID REMARKABLE THINGS FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, JUST A. AND SO WITH THAT, IT HITS REALLY HOME FOR ME PERSONALLY. BUT AS I'M SITTING HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WITH MY TWO ADULT DAUGHTERS WHO VERY SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND CHOSE IN THEIR CAREERS TO COME BACK TO INDIAN TOWN AND LIVE. SO NOW I GET TO SEE THAT NEXT GENERATION AND IT REALLY HITS HOME. BUT THEIR, THEIR, THEIR MOTHER. WHEN WE LOOK AT MARSHA, WHEN WE LOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. WHEN FLORIDA STEEL CLOSED, HER FATHER WAS THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AT FLORIDA STEEL, AND MARSHA WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT CLOSED AND THEY HAD TO LEAVE. THERE WERE NO OTHER JOBS. SO WE HAVE A FEELING OF WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN THERE ARE NO JOBS. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT WITH THE STEEL MILL, THE JUICE PLANT. YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF THAT. THE CO-GEN PLANT, WHILE THIS PROCESS GETTING HERE TONIGHT HAS NOT BEEN PERFECT, FAR, FAR FROM IT. BUT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THE OPPORTUNITY. MISS JACKSON ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED HERE. NOW, QUICKLY, AS A COMMUNITY, YOU'RE NOT GIVING AWAY YOUR RIGHT TO COME BACK AND SAY, AT THE END OF A MONTH OR END OF 60 DAYS, DOGGONE IT, WE FEEL THE SAME. BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THIS COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER.

AND IF THERE'S GOOD DATA CENTERS OUT THERE, INDIAN TOWNS ARE GOING TO HAVE GREAT DATA CENTERS. I JUST HAVE THAT MUCH CONFIDENCE. AND FINALLY, I'LL CLOSE REAL QUICKLY. MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW I SERVED EIGHT YEARS IN PUBLIC OFFICE UNDER THE APPOINTMENT OF THE LAST TWO GOVERNORS, THAT 31 STAFF ATTORNEYS. AS A POLICY PERSON, I REMEMBER WHEN SOMETHING WENT TO LITIGATION, IT CUT OFF ALL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE POLICY FOLKS AND IT WAS TURNED OVER TO THE LAWYERS. THANK YOU ALL. TIM ROBERTS. I'M TIM ROBERTS. A LOT OF YOU KNOW ME. I THINK I'M ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING RESIDENTS ON SOUTHWEST FARMS ROAD. I TAKE CARE OF THREE FAMILY RESIDENCES. I BUST MY BUTT OUT THERE. Y'ALL KNOW SIMPLE GUY. SIMPLE GUY GOT A DONKEY NAMED WILLIE. Y'ALL DRIVEN BY. YOU'VE SEEN WILLIE OUT THERE, GOT CHICKENS, GOT A COW OR TWO TO. GETS LOOSE. ONE GOT LOOSE IN LIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD WE GOT INVITED TO THE TABLE TONIGHT. AND YOU ALL IT'S UP TO YOU ALL TO DECIDE WHERE EVERYTHING WENT WRONG. ALL THE UNDERHANDED. IF THERE'S ANY UNDERHANDED DEALINGS, THE SECRECY AND THE PUBLIC GETTING LEFT OUT, AND THE FEW PEOPLE THAT RUN THE GOVERNMENT BEFORE YOU ALL CAME, THAT IF THERE'S ANY DISCREPANCIES AND ANY SNEAKY STUFF THAT JUST SMELLS LIKE AN AMISH BARN, THAT YOU ALL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT HERE, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT WE GOT INVITED TO THE TABLE, BUT WE'RE FINDING OUT TONIGHT THAT THE FORMER THREE THAT WERE HERE AND SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL

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SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. PENNIES AREN'T WORTH MUCH. THAT'S MY $0.02. THANKS FOR INVITING US TO THE DINNER, BUT I THINK WE MISSED OUT. AND THE DINNER IS OVER. AND NOW IT'S LIKE, HERE, LICK THE PLATES AND HAVE AT IT. BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SIR.

THAT'S IT, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS COMMENTS. I'LL GO AFTER YOU. FIRST. I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY THANK. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HAS STAYED SO FAR TO HEAR ALL OF THE COMMENTS I KNOW. THIS COULD BE TEDIOUS, BUT THE COMMUNITY, AS TIM ALLUDED TO EARLIER, HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND WE CAN DO THAT WHEN WE TALK. THERE'S. I TOOK QUITE A BIT OF NOTES FROM THE RESIDENTS, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS A COUPLE JUST A COUPLE THINGS. ONE SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL START HERE. THE FIRST THING THAT I NOTICED IS THAT AS, AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, IS TIM SAID THAT WE FINALLY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. AND I THINK IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THE RESIDENTS FEEL THAT WAY IN THIS TIME. SINCE THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AND SO I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR ALL THE VOICES, ALL THE CONCERNS. I SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS AS, AS MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH OUR COUNCIL TONIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH. WELL GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT. AND I'M I WANT TO SAY THIS. MANY OF YOU ARE HIT HOME FOR A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID AND ENDING WITH TIM. WE'VE WE'VE ALWAYS SAID YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS SAID ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. AND WE DEFINITELY NEED TRANSPARENCY IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. I, I DO SAY WE GOT HERE BECAUSE LACK OF A LOT OF THINGS YOU GUYS BROUGHT OUT TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE SCENES, WE WERE SAYING THOSE THINGS. OKAY. AND SO I, I WANT YOU ALL TO REALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR CONCERNS. THEY WEREN'T, THEY DIDN'T FALL ON DEAF EAR. THEY REALLY DIDN'T. I THINK THOSE THINGS HAD TO HAPPEN FOR US TO GET HERE. SO WE'RE HERE. AND AS COUNCILMAN DOWLING SAID, WE MUST HAVE THIS ROBUST CONVERSATION. THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE. SOME THINGS WE LIKE, SOME THINGS WE DON'T. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT THE PEOPLE. WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE Y'ALL FEATHERS AT THE BANQUET TABLE. TIM. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO WANT TO EAT AT THE TABLE. BUT I THINK IN ORDER TO EAT AND HAVE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED, ALL THE CONDIMENTS, EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE PUT ON THE TABLE. EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING. JUST LIKE MISS BROWN, MISS JACKSON, SAID KIM. KIMBERLY JACKSON. THE HARD QUESTIONS HAS TO BE ASKED. AND THANK YOU, RORY, FOR ALWAYS SAYING, YOU KNOW, COMING FORTH AND SAYING X, Y, Z. YOU ALL WANT TO SEE PICTURES, Y'ALL WANT TO SEE Y'ALL. AND AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS, THIS OUR TOWN AND MAYOR, I'M I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN DOWLING DOWN WAS TEASING WITH ME EARLIER BECAUSE THAT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS I WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, BUT I WAS RAISED UP IN BROWARD COUNTY. I SAW A LOT OF STUFF. AND WE WE HAD A LITTLE PRIVATE JOKE OVER HERE. BUT YOU SHOULDN'T TELL PEOPLE YOU WANT. YOU'RE NOT FROM INDIANTOWN. SO.

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YES. ALL KIND OF EMOTIONS ARE GOING TO BE GENERATED. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHATEVER IT IS, WE WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE HEAR YOU AND WE WANT YOUR WE WANT YOUR TRUST. WE WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT Y'ALL CAN TRUST US BY MAKING SURE THAT TRANSPARENCY IS FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND SECONDLY, THAT YOUR VOICES ARE HEARD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. I CAN GO NEXT. I THINK. SHE JUST. COUNCILMAN HERNANDEZ. YES, MA'AM. I CAN GO NEXT. YOU READY? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE HAVE. YOU OKAY? YES. GOOD EVENING, INDIAN TOWN.

THANK YOU FOR TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED TONIGHT. PARTICIPATED IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS. ALTHOUGH I CURRENTLY AM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY, I REMAIN ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH MY RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER AND REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I AM PARTICIPATING REMOTELY FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY, THERE MAY BE A DELAY OR LAG BETWEEN WHAT IS SAID IN THE MEETING AND WHEN I'M ABLE TO HEAR OR RESPOND ANY DELAY, MY RESPONSE SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS A LACK OF ATTENTION, UNWILLINGNESS TO RESPOND OR DISREGARD FOR ANY SPEAKER OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. IT IS SIMPLY A LIMITATION OF REMOTE PARTICIPATION AND INTERNET CONNECTIVITY. THIS WEEK, I RECEIVED TWO SEPARATE COMMUNICATIONS CONTAINING LETTERS INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE VILLAGE. AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, BECAUSE THESE MATTERS MAY INVOLVE LEGAL ISSUES, WILL NOT PUBLICLY DISCUSS THE SUBSTANCE OF THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AT THIS TIME. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS THE POSSIBILITY OF LITIGATION WILL NOT PREVENT ME FROM CARRYING OUT MY LAWFUL DUTIES AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, ASKING APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS, REQUESTING INFORMATION OR ADVOCATING FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE AND INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS I REPRESENT.

INDIAN TOWN HAS BEEN MY HOME MY ENTIRE LIFE. I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND TAKE SERIOUSLY THE RESPONSIBILITY ENTRUSTED TO ME BY ITS RESIDENTS. WHEN A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OR BUSINESS ACTIVITY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OUR WATER RESOURCES, UTILITY CAPACITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY, OR QUALITY OF LIFE, I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC DESERVES MEANINGFUL NOTICE, ACCURATE INFORMATION, TRANSPARENCY AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD BEFORE CONSEQUENTIAL DECISIONS ARE MADE. NO INDIVIDUAL OR COMPANY SEEKING TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN THE VILLAGE SHOULD UNDERESTIMATE THE RESIDENTS OF INDIAN TOWN, OR THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES BE FOR THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. OUR RESIDENTS HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS, REQUEST INFORMATION, PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS THROUGH THE LAWFUL PUBLIC PROCESS. MY ROLE IS NOT TO PREJUDGE ANY APPLICANT, PROJECT, PROPERTY OWNER OR BUSINESS. MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO CONSIDER MATTERS BASED ON THE FACTS APPLICABLE LAW, ADOPTED VILLAGE REGULATIONS AND COMPETENT EVIDENCE WHERE REQUIRED, WHILE REQUESTING THE DUE PROCESS. RIGHTS OF ALL PARTIES. THE RESIDENTS OF INDIAN TOWN ELECTED ME TO REPRESENT THEM. I INTEND TO FULFILL THAT RESPONSIBILITY INDEPENDENTLY, TRANSPARENTLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. I WILL CONTINUE ASKING QUESTIONS. I WILL CONTINUE SEEKING THE FACTS. I WILL CONTINUE ASKING FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN. WE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE, ■AND WITH THAT I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO. TO DO THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. VICE MAYOR.

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IT WAS ACTUALLY JANET. I'M SORRY, DID I DID I SAY IT'S OKAY? WE GOT YOU. I APOLOGIZE VERY LATE. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ, MOTION. YEAH. SO. OKAY, SO IF WE WANT TO TAKE THAT AS BEING ON THE FLOOR, WE DO NEED A SECOND. I'LL SECOND FOR CONVERSATION. WHERE'S THE SECOND ALREADY? I JUST SECOND IT. OH, THERE HADN'T BEEN A SECOND. SO IT WASN'T ON THE FLOOR. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS PROCEDURALLY PROPER BEFORE YOU. SO YEAH THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU DO ROLL CALL? YES, MA'AM. MAYOR WATERS BROWN, HOLD ON ONE SECOND FOR ME. GO AHEAD. BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I DO YOU WANT TO? I DID TALK TO MR. VILLAGE ATTORNEY IN REGARDS OF SECTION FOUR, AND I WANTED TO STRENGTHEN THAT LANGUAGE.

COUNCIL MEMBER I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S. COUNCIL MEMBER THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE COPIES OF THE REVISED LANGUAGE YOU PROPOSED, AND I'D BE GLAD TO READ IT OUT FOR FOLKS. THIS.

AND SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, PLEASE, JUST AFTER I. I SHARE THIS, LET US KNOW IF YOUR MOTION ENCOMPASSES. THE REVISED LANGUAGE I'M MENTIONING HERE HAS TO DO WITH SECTION FOUR OF

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EXCUSE ME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK TO THIS TABLE. AND Y'ALL SAID Y'ALL WAS Y'ALL BEEN DISMISSED, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY I WANT THIS VERBIAGE TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE WHEN I'M READING IT IS THAT THE VILLAGE MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO TAKE SUCH ACTION AS THE VILLAGE MANAGER MAY DEEM NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION. SO DOES. SO I'M I'M, I'M, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T COME BACK HERE AGAIN. AND Y'ALL SAY YOUR VOICES ARE NOT HEARD. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING, YAY OR NAY THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER, THE LANGUAGE YOU JUST READ, IF YOU IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT WAS THE PRIOR LANGUAGE. OH, THIS, THIS AND THIS READ THIS IS THIS IS READ. I'M SO SORRY. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SO SHE, SHE HAS THE, THE MARKUP COPY. WHERE THE WHERE. OH NO, I'M, I'M SO VERY SORRY THAT THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THERE'S A SINGLE PIECE OF PAPER THAT THAT SHOWS. OH, OKAY. THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS LANGUAGE AT THE TOP THAT'S BEEN IN MOST VILLAGE RESOLUTIONS THE LAST MANY, MANY YEARS. OKAY.

AND THEN THE MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD, VERY SIMPLE AND DIRECT THAT IS NOW IN THE MOTION. THAT VERY SIMPLY JUST SAYS THE VILLAGE MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION, AND THE VILLAGE MANAGER SHALL DIRECT VILLAGE EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION. SO IT'S MEANT TO SIMPLIFY, MAKE VERY CLEAR. IT DON'T SOUND SIMPLIFIED TO ME. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME THING. HONESTLY, IT'S JUST SOME WORDS TAKEN OUT. SO. BUT YOU KNOW, BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING, I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE WE ALLOWED TO HEAR WHAT THE PEOPLE GOT TO SAY OR SOMEBODY? WELL, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M AND I'M, I'M SORRY TO BE LIKE THIS, BUT I'M I, I JUST WANT US TO BE TRANSPARENT AND

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THEN WE LET'S MOVE. YOU GOOD WITH THIS? YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS YOUR VOICE? NOT NOT THE STAFF, BUT STAFF DOESN'T NEED TO WAIT BEFORE WE LET YOU GUYS TO DO THE JOB. AND IF YOU HAVE THE VOICE AND YOU HEAR MISS MISS JACKSON, MISS BROWN. OKAY. I'M SORRY. NO, THAT'S MY FAULT, BECAUSE I, I DID THAT, I APOLOGIZE IT IF I COULD, MADAM MAYOR. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION AND I THINK JANET HAS GIVEN US SOME UPDATED LANGUAGE, BUT IT IS IS BASICALLY JUST IN MY HOW I READ IT IS JUST MAKING IT MORE DEFINED, MORE DEFINED. OKAY. IT'S MORE DEFINED, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE RESOLUTION AS A WHOLE, I'M SORRY. YES. NO, IT'S MORE DEFINED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VILLAGE MANAGER, BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE THAT AFTER THIS RESOLUTION HAPPENS, SHE HAS TO GO AND TALK TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES CONTRACTORS. SO THAT IS HER ROLE AND SHE HAS TO IMPLEMENT THAT. SO MAY THIS LANGUAGE, VERY SPECIFIC SO THAT THERE'S NO NOTHING THAT IS NOT CLEAR. OKAY. SO OKAY, I'M GOOD WITH I JUST AND I'M SO SORRY Y'ALL. I, I JUST HAD TO DO THAT BECAUSE I JUST WANT US ALL BECAUSE THAT WAS THE THING THAT YOU ALL WERE SAYING. AND I WANT WHEN WE LEAVE HERE TONIGHT, I WANT YOU ALL TO SAY Y'ALL MAKE THAT DECISION. THE COUNCIL DIDN'T DIDN'T DIDN'T OVERLOOK YOU. THE COUNTING DIDN'T THE COUNCIL DIDN'T TAKE YOUR VOTE. DIDN'T TAKE YOUR VOICE. THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. THAT'S THAT'S THE PURPOSE. OKAY. SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I INDULGE TOO LONG. VICE MAYOR. YES, MADAM MAYOR, ME PERSONALLY, WHEN LOOKING AT THIS RESOLUTION, EVEN WITH THE NECESSARY CHANGES, I STILL HAVE A HEARTBURN ABOUT IT. AND THE REASON I THINK WADE EXPLAINED EARLIER IT WAS CONCERNING HIS LEGAL OPINION. AND SO FOR ME, I WOULD LOVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE IF WE COULD. ANOTHER RESOLUTION THAT. MAY BE FROM A DIFFERENT A DIFFERENT LEGAL RECOMMENDATION. I MAY BE OUTVOTED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. I DON'T THINK I UNDERSTOOD HIM. SO YOU DON'T WISH TO HOLD ONTO THE RESOLUTION IN WHICH WE HAVE. SO FOR ME, I WOULD LOVE TO MAYBE HAVE ANOTHER LEGAL OPINION, BRING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD.

BUT WE HAVE THAT. BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. SO. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. WELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY, GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SB 180 AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF EITHER EXCEEDING OUR AUTHORITY OR UNNECESSARILY SURRENDERING AUTHORITY THAT THE LEGISLATIVE DID NOT TAKE AWAY, I BELIEVE THIS COUNCIL NEEDS INDEPENDENT, SPECIALIZED LAND USE COUNCIL WITH DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH SB 180. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO UNDERSTAND BOTH WHAT THE LAW PREVENTS US FROM DOING AND WHAT AUTHORITY REMAINS AVAILABLE TO THIS VILLAGE. THERE. WELL, I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION BEFORE JANET MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT THAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY. PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, SINCE WE LEFT OUR MEETING ON THURSDAY, I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH BECAUSE AS I STATED, I'M I'M MY MY POSITION ON THIS IS, HOWEVER, MY CONSTITUENTS, WHATEVER THEIR POSITION, THAT'S MY POSITION. AND SO I, I'VE BEEN DOING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH IN REGARDS TO. INDEPENDENT COUNSEL THAT SPECIALIZES IN THESE SPECIFIC MATTERS, AND I CAME ACROSS. MY TOP PICK OR PERSON OR FIRM THAT I CAME ACROSS WAS WEISS, SIROTA, HELFMAN, COLE AND BIERMAN. AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOMEONE IN. SO IF YOU CAN COME UP. HELLO. NICE TO MEET YOU ALL. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JAMIE COLE,

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SO THIS IS THE KIND OF AREA THAT THAT WE DO. WE WE REPRESENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN COMPLEX, HIGH PROFILE LAWSUITS DEALING WITH THESE TYPES OF ISSUES. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT MAY BE IT FOR THE TIME. CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. YEAH.

ANY COMMENTS ANY COUNSEL. HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS? READY FOR ROLL CALL VOTE I DO OKAY.

PLEASE. I DO WANT TO HAVE A COMMENT. I THINK THIS IS IN REGARDS OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK AFTER COUNCIL MEETING. I DID SPEAK TO CURRENT VILLAGE ATTORNEY AND BECAUSE WE HAVE HIS RESIGNATION ALREADY ON BOARD AND ME PERSONALLY, NOT FEELING THAT HE. HE WAS GIVING US THE YOU KNOW, HE CAN HE CAN HELP US WITH THIS. I, YEAH, I I. REACHED OUT TO MR. JAMIE ALSO AND WE WANT TO OR I PERSONALLY WANT TO HAVE HIM COME IN AS AN INTERIM VILLAGE ATTORNEY SO HE CAN HELP US WITH THIS RESOLUTION AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WADE, CAN YOU PLEASE ASSIST? WELL, JANET, I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO THAT. RIGHT. SO. IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE SEEKING, WOULDN'T IT? WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER TO NOT GO AHEAD WITH WHAT YOU'RE

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I, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. IF WE'RE GOING TO ENTERTAIN THE THOUGHT OF. SEEKING OUT. THE INTERIM ATTORNEY, THEN WE SHOULD GIVE HIM ENOUGH OR WHAT? WHOEVER WE CHOOSE, WE SHOULD GIVE THEM ENOUGH RESPECT TO LISTEN TO THEIR LEGAL ADVICE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. SAY THAT AGAIN. YOUR MOTION. NO, WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION. MOTION, A MOTION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION, WHICH IS TO DO THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY WITH THE REVISED SECTION FOUR, AND IT'S SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOWLING.

READY FOR ROLL CALL. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS PALMER. I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH THAT.

UNTIL WE GET OUR INTERIM PERSON ON. COUNCIL MEMBER DOWLING, NAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES.

VICE MAYOR MILEY. NO. MAYOR. WATERS. BROWN. NO. MAYOR. YES. PLEASE. SIR, CAN I. AFTER THE VOTE YOU'VE TAKEN HERE AND AND WHAT I'VE HEARD AS TO SOME OF THE INTENDED DIRECTION, I WANTED TO ADDRESS A RECOMMENDATION THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE FOR YOU WITH REGARD TO ANY DIRECTION YOU HAD COMING OUT OF THE ACTION YOU HAD TONIGHT, WHETHER IT WAS. ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION TO GIVE DIRECTION, TO PREPARE MORATORIUM ORDINANCE OR ADMINISTRATIVE PAUSE ORDINANCE OR OTHERWISE. IN ANY EVENT. AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVISE EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY THAT DUE TO THE FACT THE VERY CONCRETE LEGAL ADVICE THAT I'VE GIVEN ON THESE MATTERS IN VERY PUBLIC VENUES IN THE PAST, INCLUDING TONIGHT, I WOULD HAVE SOME ETHICAL CONSTRAINTS FROM BEING ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY DEFEND THE VILLAGE WITH THE FULL GAMUT OF LEGAL ARGUMENTS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO BRING TO BEAR IF CHALLENGES AROSE. IF YOU DID TAKE THAT ROUTE DOWN THE LINE DUE TO THAT SAME LEGAL ADVICE, WHICH WAS AND IS, I WILL OFFER TO YOU THE BEST PRODUCT OF MY BEST LEGAL JUDGMENT. IF YOU DO END UP GOING DOWN A ROUTE THAT WOULD LEAD TO CHALLENGES, I DO AGREE. IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY DIRECTION YOU WOULD GIVE ON THAT WILL UNFORTUNATELY END UP HAVING TO BE CAVEATED WITH THE LEGAL CONCERNS THAT I HAVE SHARED BEFORE. IN THE ALTERNATIVE, IF YOU EVALUATE ALL THE ALTERNATIVES AND THEY DON'T LEAD DOWN THE PATH TO, FOR EXAMPLE, LITIGATION OR WHATEVER YOU NEED TO ACCESS TO COUNSEL IMMEDIATELY THAT EACH OF YOU CAN TELL YOUR SUPPORTERS IS IMPARTIAL ADVICE. AND AS I'VE SHARED WITH EACH OF YOU, IT HAS BEEN MY VERY GREATEST EFFORT AT EVERY SINGLE POINT

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AND AS I'VE SHARED WITH EACH OF YOU, IT DOES FEEL A LITTLE WILD FOR ME TO MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, THEY'RE ONE OF MY FIRM'S BIGGEST COMPETITORS. AS YOU'VE HEARD, THEY'RE VERY LARGE. OUR FIRM IS MUCH SMALLER, BUT AND I DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR BUDDIES THERE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IS VAST AND DEEP. AS YOU'VE HEARD, THEY SERVE AS CITY ATTORNEY FOR INNUMERABLE CITIES THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA. YOU'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF THEIR ACCOLADES. THEIR DEDICATION TO FIGHTING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS WITHOUT QUESTION, INCLUDING THE FIGHTS ABOUT SB 180 AND THE FIGHTS ABOUT THE AMENDMENT THREE BALLOT LANGUAGE. JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT, OF COURSE, AGAIN, IS A LITTLE WILD FOR ME TO BE SHARING ALL THIS WITH YOU, BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. AND ULTIMATELY, MY JOB IS TO GIVE YOU THE BEST RECOMMENDATION I CAN FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE CHALLENGES. AND THIS IS THE BEST RECOMMENDATION I HAVE FOR YOU IN NAMING AN INTERIM VILLAGE ATTORNEY. THE COUNCIL, BY THE WAY, WILL ALSO BE FREED UP TO FOLLOW A MORE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS IN CHOOSING THEIR NEW, QUOTE, PERMANENT OR NON INTERIM VILLAGE ATTORNEY RATHER THAN THE MORE COMPRESSED SCHEDULE AND TIMETABLE THAT I GAVE YOU AT YOUR LAST MEETING. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM COMMITTED TO TRANSFERRING ALL OF THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE IN MY HEAD FROM MY EIGHT YEARS AS YOUR VILLAGE ATTORNEY. EIGHT YEARS TONIGHT, BY THE WAY. EXACTLY EIGHT YEARS TONIGHT. TRANSFERRING THAT FIRST TO YOUR INTERIM VILLAGE ATTORNEY. AND THEN IF YOU END UP CHOOSING AN ATTORNEY OR FIRM OTHER THAN MY SEROTA THROUGHOUT YOUR PROCESS FOR THE PERMANENT OR NON INTERIM VILLAGE ATTORNEY, I WILL COMMIT TO YOU AGAIN FOR THE LOVE I BEAR, THE VILLAGE THAT I WILL WORK AGAIN WITH THAT OTHER ATTORNEY OR FIRM TO ONCE AGAIN TRANSITION THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE I HAVE, TO THE EXTENT IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THAT ATTORNEY AS WELL. ALL I WANT TO DO IS BE SURE THAT THE VILLAGE IS SET UP FOR SUCCESS. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IN ORDER TO TRY TO BEST SET YOU UP FOR THOSE NEXT STEPS, I DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU ENGAGE THE LAW FIRM OF WEISS SIROTA TO TAKE OVER IMMEDIATELY AFTER TONIGHT AS YOUR VILLAGE ATTORNEY ON AN INTERIM BASIS, I'D ALSO SUGGEST THAT YOU DIRECT THAT THE RFP THAT'S BEEN ISSUED JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO BE TAKEN DOWN. PARDON ME. TAKEN DOWN FOR THE TIME BEING. SO YOU CAN COME UP WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SELECTION. CALENDAR CAN BE LAID OUT. AND I WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TRANSFERRING MY INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO YOUR INTERIM VILLAGE ATTORNEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YES. AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING ABOUT THE RFP, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION SINCE WE DID ONE. YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO IF THAT IS IF IF THAT IS EVERYTHING, MADAM MAYOR, LET'S GO FOR THE NEXT TOPIC. WELL, DON'T WE NEED WE NEED CAN I MAKE A MOTION? YES, WE NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND. OH I'M SORRY. YES, I LIKE TO. I WOULD MOVE THAT VILLAGE COUNCIL, AUTHORIZE THE RETENTION OF WEISS, SIROTA. HOFFMAN. COLE. BIERMANN. PEEL WITH JAMIE ARCO AS LEAD SPECIAL COUNSEL, SUBJECT TO CONFLICT CLEARANCE AND MUTUAL MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE TERMS FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF PROVIDING INDEPENDENT, SPECIALIZED, LEGAL, SPECIALIZED LEGAL ADVICE TO THE VILLAGE COUNCIL REGARDING SENATE BILL 180 CHAPTER. WELL, SENATE BILL 184 LAWS OF FLORIDA AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE DATA CENTER AND RELATED LAND USE MATTERS CURRENTLY FACING THE VILLAGE. THE SCOPE SHALL INCLUDE DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF THE VILLAGE'S REMAINING LAND USE AND HOME RULE AUTHORITY UNDER SB 180, IDENTIFYING WHAT ACTIONS ARE PROHIBITED, RESTRICTED OR PERMITTED. EVALUATING LAWFUL ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE UNDER EXISTING VILLAGE ORDINANCES. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, PUD APPROVALS, DEVELOPMENT ORDERS, CONCURRENCY INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITY AND UTILITY CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICABLE FLORIDA LAW AND ADVISING COUNSEL CONCERNING THE LEGAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AVAILABLE COURSES OF ACTION. I

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WE'RE READY TO GO. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JEANETTE SMITH. JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF, I WAS LITERALLY RAISED IN GOVERNMENT.

MY FATHER WAS IN GOVERNMENT BEFORE ME. BEFORE COMING TO WEISS SIROTA AND GOING INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE. I WAS INSIDE COUNSEL FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. SO I HAVE BEEN A CITY ATTORNEY.

I'VE BEEN A COUNTY ATTORNEY, SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY. I'VE REPRESENTED MULTIPLE AGENCIES.

I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY OPPORTUNITY I HAVE TO WORK AND GIVE YOU COUNSEL, AND I WOULD BE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS AND BE ABLE TO HELP DIRECT. YOU JUST KNOW BY BRINGING IN WEISS SIROTA, I WILL BE THE FACE THAT YOU WILL GET TO SEE. I WILL BE THE VOICE THAT YOU GET TO SPEAK TO, BUT YOU GET AN ENTIRE TEAM AND YOU GET A TEAM OF SOME REALLY EXCELLENT ATTORNEYS TO ASSIST US AS WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE MATTERS THAT YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS EVENING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO. I AM ALSO IN TECHNOLOGY, SO BEFORE I BECAME A LAWYER, I WAS AN I.T. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND I DO UNDERSTAND THIS TECHNOLOGY. IT'S NOT FOREIGN TO ME. SO I'M NOT JUST AN ATTORNEY. I'M ALSO A PRIOR TECHNOLOGIST.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND COUNSEL, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU. I'VE REVIEWED THEIR ENGAGEMENT LETTER. IT IS VERY MUCH IN STANDARD FORM. AND AS I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH EACH OF YOU, THEIR RATES ARE EMINENTLY REASONABLE FOR 2026 AND FOR THIS AREA OF THE STATE. SO THANK YOU SIR. I WOULD RECOMMEND, AS PART OF THE MOTION, BE APPROVAL OF THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER AS WELL. SO AS PART OF THE MOTION, I'LL ADD THE APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT LETTER. OKAY. I WAS ALSO GOING TO SAY SHOULD WE PUT THIS PUT THE PAUSE FOR THE RFP IN THIS MOTION AS WELL. YOU CAN OR YOU CAN DO BY SEPARATE MOTION IF YOU WANT TO, OR YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH IT. DO YOU? LET'S DO A ROLL CALL FOR THE ATTORNEYS, PLEASE. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. YES. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS PALMER. YES, COUNCILMEMBER, DARLING, I.

COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR. MILEY. YES. MAYOR. WATERS BROWN. YES. THANK YOU.

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WE ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE TRANSITION. SO IF YOU WANT IT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, HOW DOES THAT TRANSITION WORK? HOW DOES THE BUSINESS I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WELL, SO WHAT I ENVISION IS AS SOON AS WE SIGN THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW ATTORNEY, WE'LL HAVE THE VILLAGE MANAGER GATHER HER THINGS. AND AND THAT'LL BE THAT. AND SO WHO'S GOING TO DO THE DAY TO DAY OF THE VILLAGE MANAGERS? WELL, THAT IS THE SECOND THING THAT I WANTED TO PUT ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS STAFFING. AND I CREATED A SHORT LIST. AND AGAIN, GIARDINO IS HERE TONIGHT. I ACTUALLY ASKED HIM TO COME. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAVE CREATED A SHORT LIST OR, OR ANY OF THAT. BUT. MY, MY FEAR IS THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO MOVE

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BUT THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL, I WOULD BELIEVE, WANTS TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT WE NEED TO SLOW THIS DOWN. I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH THAT UNTIL WE GET THAT PERSON IN PLACE AND THE TRANSITION TAKES OVER. BUT WE HAVE MORE THAN JUST US TO THINK ABOUT. ABSOLUTELY. WE DEFINITELY HAVE MORE THAN JUST US TO THINK ABOUT. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THEM. AND YEAH, AND, AND WE HAVE THE PEOPLE GAVE US A MANDATE. SO. I DIDN'T HEAR, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT DID YOU SAY? I SAID, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. YEAH, BUT WE STILL HAVE DISCUSSION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN BECAUSE I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES TO GET DIRECTION IN REGARDS TO GETTING AN INTERN VILLAGE MANAGER AS WELL. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO MR. PARKER TODAY, AND FROM SPEAKING WITH MR. PARKER, HE HAD ADVISED ME THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO SEEK THEIR SERVICES, THAT THE VILLAGE MANAGER SPOT HAS TO BE VACANT BEFORE WE CAN EVEN START THE THE. THE SEARCH FOR AN INTERIM VILLAGE MANAGER.

SO. THAT'S THE POINT. THERE'S A FIRST AND A SECOND AND WE'RE READY TO VOTE. DISCUSSION OVER.

ROLL CALL. MADAM CLERK, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS PALMER, WHAT ARE WE VOTING FOR? I'M SORRY TO TERMINATE THE VILLAGE MANAGER, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. NO. COUNCILMEMBER. DARLING. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. HERNANDEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR. MILEY. YES. MAYOR. WATERS. BROWN. NO. ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR DRAINAGE OR DID YOU DO THAT DRAINAGE? YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE AND STAFFING? YES. IF YOU'LL GIVE US ONE SECOND. YES. NO, SHE'S JUST GOING TO WALK OUT. YES. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET PASSWORDS AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION? THANK YOU. TWO. TO THAT END. TO THAT END, COULD WE HAVE A RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES TO LET ME GO SEE TO THEM? I KNOW YOU ARE RIGHT. CALLING THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. CAN WE CLOSE THE DOOR, PLEASE? WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT. ONE ITEM REMAINING. REMAINING. PLEASE, SIR. MAYOR, I WOULD ADVISE YOU, NOW THAT YOU ARE WITHOUT A VILLAGE MANAGER. IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE COUNCIL TO NAME, AT BARE MINIMUM, AN INTERIM VILLAGE MANAGER OR WHATEVER THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE.

BUT YOU CANNOT BE WITHOUT A VILLAGE MANAGER. IN SOME DESCRIPTION. I DO NOT SURE. IF IT. OKAY. IF IT. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND MR. GIARDINO AS OUR INTERIM VILLAGE MANAGER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. I'LL SECOND THAT. MR. GIARDINO, I HOPE I DIDN'T MESS YOUR NAME UP THAT BADLY. YEAH. HOW BADLY DID I SLAUGHTER THAT JARDINE GO? NOT BAD. GOOD JOB. TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT YOU. MAYOR. I'M A 26 YEAR NAVY VETERAN. I HAVE BEEN WANTING SINCE MY RETIREMENT IN 2011. I'VE BEEN WANTING TO BE A CITY MANAGER IN

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OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO THROW THIS OUT THERE.

YOU DON'T NEED TO ADDRESS IT IN THIS MOTION, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST, SINCE I IMAGINE HE IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR FREE, YOU WILL NEED TO SET. WE NEED TO COVER HIS COMPENSATION AT LEAST ON THE INTERIM BASIS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A REQUEST OR OR WHAT HAVE YOU. OKAY. WELL, WHAT WE CAN DO IS RETAIN YOU TONIGHT AND GO INTO NEGOTIATIONS. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT, SIR? I'M FINE. OKAY, OKAY. READY FOR A VOTE? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. PALMER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DARBY. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. YES.

VICE MAYOR. MILEY. YES. MAYOR. WATERS. BROWN. YES. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO BE HERE AND WELCOME.

LET'S COVER OUR LAST ITEM, PLEASE, WHICH IS DRAINAGE. YES. SO AS WE ALL KNOW, OVER THE PAST WEEKEND WE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF RAIN. I'LL WAIT TILL EVERYBODY CLEARS THE ROOM.

THANK YOU. OVER THE PAST WEEKEND WE WE NOTICED THAT WE GOT QUITE A BIT OF SUBSTANTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING, AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY RESIDENTS HERE OR IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM THAT WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK. AND SO I KNOW THIS THIS WASN'T ON THE AGENDA AS I HAD PLANNED. BUT IF IF WE COULD GIVE THE RESIDENTS TWO MINUTES OR A MINUTE TO JUST SHARE THEIR CONCERNS, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE WATER GOING INTO FOLKS HOMES, AT LEAST WE CAN DO IS HEAR THEM OUT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE FILL OUT ONE OF THE CARDS. GIVE IT TO THE CLERK. YES, PLEASE. EVERYBODY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE OVERFLOW ROOM.

EVERYBODY'S AT IT. OKAY. I WAS JUST SAYING IT SHOULD BE. OH, OKAY. IS THERE ANY WAY TO CHECK

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THANK YOU SIR. MELODY MCINTYRE BOMB. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MELODY MCINTYRE. BOMB. I'VE BEEN DRIVING SCHOOL BUS FOR 15 YEARS NOW. TODAY I EXPERIENCED WHEN DROPPING OFF MY STUDENTS TODAY. I COULDN'T LET THEM OUT BECAUSE THE WATER WAS UP TO THEIR KNEES. AND THAT DRAINAGE WAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THAT WAS UNSAFE FOR ME TO DROP THEM OFF. BUT NO MATTER WHERE I WENT TO TRY TO DROP THEM OFF TODAY, IT JUST IT JUST DID NOT WORK. AND ALSO, I LIVE ON CHARLESTON WITH THE FLOODING. I'VE EXPERIENCED THE BACKUPS IN MY BATHROOM AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT. MISS PAM, WHEN YOU WERE LETTING THEM OFF THE BUS, WHERE WERE YOU? WHAT? WHAT AREA WAS THAT? I WAS ON LINCOLN. I HAVE LIKE 15 STOPS. OKAY, OKAY. I'M SORRY. 12 OF THEM TODAY. OKAY. 12 OF THE 15. YES. OKAY. THANKS. ERIC MILLER. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD WE DIDN'T HEAR ANY GAS LIGHTING COMING OUT ABOUT PEOPLE SAYING THAT HISTORIC RAINS OR WERE GETTING WAY TOO MUCH RAIN. THE PROBLEM IS I WENT BACK AND I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE SCIENCE. I WENT BACK 80 YEARS TO SEE WHAT OUR AVERAGE RAINFALL IS PER ANNUM, AND TO DO A VERY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS TO SEE, ARE WE IN A PERIOD WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN COMING INTO THIS AREA COMPARED TO WHERE WE HAVE FOR 80 YEARS? AND THE ANSWER IS NO, WE ARE WE DO NOT HAVE MORE RAIN THAN WE NORMALLY HAVE. SO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE HYDROLOGY IN LITTLE RANCH HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED TO WHERE MY POND NOW IS HIGHER THAN IT WAS DURING THE HURRICANES THAT RECENTLY CAME THROUGH HERE. AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A TROPICAL STORM. WE HAD 4.6IN OFFICIALLY BY T.C.

PALM YESTERDAY. NOW MY MINDSET, IT WAS SOMEWHERE CLOSER TO SIX. I'LL GIVE YOU FIVE, FIVE INCHES, GUYS. WE'RE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THAT'S AN AFTERNOON RAINSTORM. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED OVER HERE.

BY OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT, RIVERWALK, JP PASQUALI AND HIS FRIENDS PUT OUT SOME EXCELLENT REPORTING. THEY ACTUALLY SHOWED THE DEVELOPER STAND IN THE MEETING IN FRONT OF THE THEN COUNCIL AND ASSURE THEM THAT ALL OF THE WATER HYDROLOGY AND HEARD FROM STAFF ABOUT HOW SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WAS THE GOLD STANDARD 50 PLUS YEARS. THEY'VE NEVER HAD WATER LIKE THAT FROM A RAINSTORM. YOU LOOK AT AT MISS IRIS WALLS PROPERTY, WHOSE FENCE POSTS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS HAVE BEEN UNDERWATER BECAUSE THE HYDROLOGY HAS BEEN CHANGED, AND THE CANAL THAT THE TROOP BROTHERS USED TO HAVE BACK THERE IS MOVING NOWHERE NEAR AS FAST. YOU SEE, PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE KNOW WHERE THOSE LITTLE CREEKS ARE WHEN IT RAINS, BECAUSE YOU'VE WALKED THROUGH THE WOODS AND YOU'VE WALKED THROUGH THE PASTURES, AND YOU KNOW HOW THE WATER FLOWS. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PUT A DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT IN WHAT THAT MEANS, IT MAKES REGIONAL IMPACT ON THE OKAY, LOOK, THIS IS THE WHOLE REASON YOU NEED THIS COMPREHENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PAUSE THAT I HOPE YOU STRENGTHEN UP WITH YOUR NEW COUNCIL. WELCOME ON BOARD. AND YOU BRING BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN PASS THIS THING UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT IMPACT IS EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. 4500 HOMES HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN. ONLY 2 OR 300 HAVE BEEN BUILT. AND THIS IS THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE SEEING. AND YOU WANT TO ALLOW 12,000,000FT■S OF HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS TO TAKE UP MORE OF THE LAND AND MAKE IT IMPERVIOUS WITH THE FLOODING AND EVERYTHING. KNOW YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR A PAUSE. MAKES PERFECT SENSE. YOU GOT ISSUES. THE CART IS BEFORE THE HORSE, SO PUT THE HORSE IN THE BARN AND LET IT SIT THERE UNTIL WE GET THE PASTURE CLEANED UP A LITTLE BIT. YOU GOT SOME WORK TO DO. I LOVE YOU ALL. THANK

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AND THEN TO COME HOME FROM WORK TODAY AND IT'S RIGHT BACK, YOU KNOW, I HEARD LET THE WAR GET THE WATER. TIME TO RECEDE WHERE IT'S GOING BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT BACK. AIN'T NO RECEDING THIS.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I'VE SEEN HURRICANE DAVID. I'VE SEEN STORMS COME THROUGH HERE.

AND I LIVE IN A OLD HOUSE. MY HOUSE AIN'T NEW. BUT I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN THIS MUCH WATER IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN THIS MUCH STANDING WATER NOT GO ANYWHERE.

NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN DONE, BUT AIN'T MUCH BEEN DONE. THAT IT'S THE OPPOSITE. BECAUSE WE NEVER EVER HAD WATER FALL LIKE THIS AND LEAVE THIS MUCH ON THE GROUND WHERE PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY WATER IS UP TO THEIR ALMOST THEIR WAIST. I WATCH LITTLE KIDS PLAYING THIS WATER ON SATURDAY. KNOWING WHAT MY MAMA USED TO TELL ME. YOU CAN GET RINGWORMS. YOU CAN GET SICK FROM THAT WATER, BUT THE KIDS THINK IT'S SOMETHING FUN TO DO. BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING THIS IN 2026 IN OUR COMMUNITY. BOOKER PARK. WE'RE A FAMILY. NO MATTER WHAT DIVISION MAY COME. WE ARE A FAMILY, AND I'M LOOKING OUT FAMT FLOODED. BUT A LOT OF MY FRIENDS GOT FLOODED IN, BUT THEY COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE ON SATURDAY. AND ALL I'M SAYING IS, DO THE JOB THAT'S BEEN PUT BEFORE YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, CHRISTINA. CONGRATULATIONS, JANET. CONGRATULATIONS, ANTHONY. Y'ALL BACK WITH Y'ALL SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE KNOW Y'ALL ARE LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE KNOW YOU CARE ENOUGH TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S THE PROBLEM. I MEAN, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? AND IT'S NOT ONLY IN BOOKER PARK. IT FLOODED UPTOWN, TOO. IT FLOODED. THIS MAN JUST SHOWED ME HIS CAR IS UNDERWATER. AND BEFORE TERRA LAGO CAME, WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS. I'M JUST SAYING, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOMES Y'ALL PLAN ON BUILDING, BUT THINK ABOUT THE HOMES ALREADY HERE. THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT'S ALREADY HERE. I DON'T RENT, I PAY MY TAXES. SO MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE YOU SEE HERE, THEY'RE HOMEOWNERS. THEY'RE NOT RENTING, AND THEY'RE NOT HERE FOR A SHORT TIME. WE'RE HERE FOR A LIFETIME. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, PLEASE CONSIDER BRINGING RICK, WHOEVER Y'ALL NEED TO BRING BACK OUT AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. IF WE NEED TO GET SOME SHOVELS, LET US KNOW. I GOT PLENTY OF THEM AT MY HOUSE, MY HUSBAND, A LANDSCAPER. WE GOT PLENTY OF SHOVELS. THANK YOU. JENNIFER CESTA. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THIS UP AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON MYSELF. MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED OUT INTO INDIANTOWN IN 2017. WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE IN FERNWOOD FOREST. PRIOR TO US BUYING THE HOUSE, WE CHECKED OUT THE AREA, DROVE AROUND. THERE WAS NOTHING BUT WOODS BEHIND US. IN 2023, WE STARTED TO 2022. 2023 IS WHEN WE STARTED TO LEARN ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT RIVER OAKS THAT WAS GOING TO BE PUT BEHIND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE CAME TO THESE MEETINGS. WE EXPRESSED OUR CONCERN ABOUT FLOODING ISSUES FROM, YOU KNOW, INCREASING THE ELEVATION BEHIND US. WE WERE GUARANTEED THAT WAS THE WORD USED THAT WE WOULD NOT FLOOD ON SATURDAY. WHILE THE REST OF THE TOWN WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING MAJOR FLOODING. WE WERE UP AT ON HIGHWAY 60 WITH SOME FRIENDS TRYING TO ENJOY LIFE AND GETTING NUMEROUS TEXT MESSAGES AND VIDEOS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS SHOWING US THE FLOODING THAT WAS IN FRONT OF OUR HOME. MY HUSBAND'S BRAND NEW SHOP HAD WATER ALL THE WAY INSIDE. THE CONCRETE IS NOW CRACKED. WE JUST SPENT A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY TRYING TO GET THIS BUILT FOR HIM, AND NOW WE'RE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH WORSE IT'S GOING TO GET. THERE'S VIDEOS OF THE WATER JUST FLOWING OUT OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. I'M CERTAIN THAT IF IT HAPPENED IN RIVER OAKS, TERRA LAGO IS NO DIFFERENT. ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE NO DIFFERENT. IT SHOULD BE ALMOST COMMON SENSE TO ANYBODY THAT WHEN YOU BUILD SOMETHING UP, THE WATER HAS NOWHERE ELSE TO GO BUT DEEP BE DISPLACED EVERYWHERE ELSE AROUND YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS GET AFFECTED. THE REST OF THE TOWN GETS AFFECTED. IT IS NOT FAIR TO ANYBODY. THE GUARANTEE THAT THE GENTLEMAN GAVE US, AND I'M

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WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MOVING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN AVOID IT, AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO US. WE MOVED OUT HERE WITH THE INTENTION OF LIVING THE REST OF OUR LIFE OUT HERE. WE MOVED FROM A BIG CITY, WEST PALM, TO COME OUT TO A VERY QUIET TOWN, TWO LIGHT TOWN. I LOVE SAYING IT, BUT IT'S GROWING WAY FAST. YOU GUYS HAVE A CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF YOU. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO. I, I MET WITH ANTHONY PERSONALLY. WE RAN INTO EACH OTHER OVER THE WEEKEND. PHYLLIS AND I HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE. I HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN YOU GUYS.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I CAN BE REACHED. HOWEVER, YOU GUYS NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN HELP FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HERNANDEZ.

INGLÉS ESPANOL. MUY BUENAS NOCHES. CADA UNO DE USTEDES. A REPORTER. EL SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR. YO YO EN ESTA DE LA OSCEOLA E EL NUEVO EN E DIJERON. OKAY. I SEE MUY BUENAS NOCHES.

CADA UNO DE USTEDES. GRACIAS POR GRACIAS SABRINA TAMBIÉN. VENGO EL SENOR DE LA CONSTRUCCION. EL GARCIA LO TAPA NO DEJO UN ES UNA SALIDA DEL AGUA. LA MANO DERECHA. HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HERMAN HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. MY NIECE JANET HERNANDEZ INVITED ME TO COME TONIGHT AS WELL. BUT I CAME TO REPORT THIS EVENING THAT I LIVE ON NEARBY THE GARCIA DEVELOPMENT, AND HE IS SHOWING SOME VIDEOS AND PHOTOS OF THE FLOODING THAT HE HAS. SO MR. HERNANDEZ IS SHOWING THAT THE GARCIA COMPANY HAS CLOSED OFF A SECTION OF DRAINAGE THAT HAS AFFECTED HIS PROPERTY THIS WEEKEND ON SATURDAY. BUENO EL LADO IZQUIERDO DE LA APARTAMENTO. PERO EL PROBLEMA ES EL SENOR LO DEJO TAPADO COMO CON UN COASTAL COMO INGLÉS. ES COMO UN FILTRO. SEGUN EL SEGUNDO ESTABA DICIENDO ESTABAN DICIENDO TRABAJAR EN LA COMPANIA DE AGUA DE LOS MUCHACHOS EN LA CONSTRUCCION.

ENTONCES ESTABA ESTABA ESTA AQUI. LA CUENTA DE LA IGLESIA DE LA POLICIA. NO ERA NORMAL.

HE CALLED 911 SERVICES TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF FLOODING THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED ON OSCEOLA, 150TH AND 151ST FROM WHAT HE GATHERED. SPEAKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS WORKERS FROM THE VILLAGE, THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF MESH OR FABRIC THAT WAS ON TOP OF SOME SOME OF THE DRAINAGE, BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED IN THAT AREA. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS EXPLAINED BY VILLAGE STAFF. AND AGAIN, WHEN HE CALLED 911 SERVICES, THEY EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THAT WAS NOT AN IMMEDIATE DANGER FOR THEM. AQUI DEL CONDADO DE INDIANTOWN, EL PUEBLO DE INDIANTOWN GAP, YO VIVA, VIVA LA ULTIMA CASA. ES UN. CINCO ES OSCEOLA. PORQUE COMO DIJO ACOMPANAR LA OTRA Q DIJO Q NUNCA HABIA VISTO ESO Y QUÉ PASARIA SI. AHI POR LA CASA AQUI LA ULTIMA CASA. SI NO ES EL AGUA ADENTRO SACANDO SACANDO SACANDO SENORA. YOU GUYS, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, I ASK FOR YOU GUYS TO PLEASE COME OUT AND DO A SITE VISIT. VISIT MY HOME. 15955 SOUTHWEST OSCEOLA. IT'S 915955 SOUTHWEST OSCEOLA. HE WAS EXPLAINING THAT HIS NEIGHBOR ALSO WAS AFFECTED WITH ALL OF THE FLOODING, AND IT WAS INCHES AWAY FROM ENTERING THEIR HOME AS WELL. DE VACACIONES POR UNA SEMANA. YO NECESITO PORQUE

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THANK YOU, RANDY. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU GUYS. RANDY BERGEN, MY WIFE GOT UP HERE AND TOLD A REALLY GOOD STORY. I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. BUT I MEAN, RIVER OAKS, LIKE THEY, THEY FLOODED US SO BAD. IT'S UNREAL. I MEAN, THEY PROMISED US AND PROMISED US AND PROMISED US THIS WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S HAPPENING. BAD PROMISES MAKE THEM COME TRUE. PLEASE. BECAUSE IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, FIX THIS. YOU KNOW, I I'M LOSING OUT ON A LOT OF MONEY RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS OUR HOME, YOU KNOW, AND THE FLOODING IS BAD. IT'S THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NEVER FLOODED LIKE THIS EVER BEFORE IN ITS LIFE. YOU KNOW, OTHER PLACES I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, BUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEVER DID. I'VE BEEN HERE TEN YEARS. AND WHEN THEY BUILD DEVELOPMENTS NINE FEET HIGHER THAN WHAT OUR HOUSES ARE, WE OWN OUR HOUSES. THESE AREN'T RENTALS. WE OWN THEM. YOU KNOW, MAKE IT RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. PEREZ. GOOD AFTERNOON. I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS HAPPENED ON SATURDAY, IT IS CURRENTLY TUESDAY. KIDS HAVE ALWAYS WALK ON THE SIDEWALK FROM FARMS ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND NOW THE CAMP, IT'S COMPLETELY BLOCKED OFF, SO THEY HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND. BUT EVEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, IF YOU LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE MIDDLE, IT'S ALWAYS FLOODED. THEY CAN'T EVEN WALK AROUND. THEY HAVE TO GO. SORRY, I'M NOT GOOD AT ORIENTATING, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO A WHOLE CIRCLE JUST TO GO AROUND. AND THEN AT THE WHEN YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE PARK, IT'S STILL FLOODED AT THAT CORNER STILL. SO THEY, THE KIDS ARE WALKING TO SCHOOL WITH WET SHOES. THROUGH THE WHOLE DAY. SCHOOL BUSSES CAME AND PASSED BY. WHEN THEY'RE DROPPING OFF FOR THE SCHOOL, I KNOW THE. THE BUS STOPS THIS BUS STOP COMPLETELY ONTO 171ST AND THE STREET THERE FOR FLOODED. PARENTS KNOW WHERE TO STOP. THEY. HOW ARE THEY GOING TO PICK UP THE KIDS? AND. MOST OF THEM WORK. THEY RELY ON THE BUS TRANSPORT OR. THE KIDS RELY ON WALKING AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET BASIC LEARNING SKILLS BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD. THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. SO AND WE KNOW THAT BACK THEN THEY DID TRY TO HELP WITH THE FLOODING, BUT FOR SOME REASON, JUST SATURDAY, THIS COUPLE OF RAIN JUST COMPLETELY DESTROYED THAT.

THE WHOLE SWELLS THAT WAS CREATED BACK THEN WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP WITH THE FLOOD. AND IT DIDN'T EVEN IT DIDN'T HELP AT ALL. SO THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING SO MANY OTHER COMPANIES, MORE HOUSES, DATA CENTERS, WHEN YOU GUYS AREN'T EVEN FOCUSING ON US, THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU GUYS, WE NEED HELP, WE NEED

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LINDA IVORY. LINDA IVORY, I'M A RESIDENT OF THIS TOWN FOR OVER 72 YEARS. OKAY. WHEN I GOT HOME SATURDAY AND THE WATER RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE WAS RIGHT UP HERE TO MY KNEES. I COULDN'T TAKE MY VEHICLE OUT MY YARD. AND THIS IS THE SECOND. AND WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE TODAY, IT WAS THE SAME THING. SOMEBODY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AND LOOK INTO IT, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THEY GOT AN ALLIGATOR OF FROM UPTOWN SOMEWHERE. THIS IS DANGEROUS. AND I JUST PRAY THAT Y'ALL LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE CHILDREN ARE GETTING SICK, PEOPLE GETTING SICK. I COULDN'T, I CAN'T BRING MY HUSBAND HOME BECAUSE I CAN'T. I CAN'T TAKE MY VEHICLE OUT. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL THE COMMENTS. ALL THE COMMENTS. YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YES, I, I WANTED TO DEFINITELY SAY WE HEAR YOU OVER THE WEEKEND. I'M GOING TO BE CLEANING OUT THE CHURCH WHERE I GO BECAUSE WE GOT FLOODED AS WELL. SO I, I SHARE YOUR SAME SENTIMENTS, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE LAST COUNCIL BECAUSE I WASN'T ON IT. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO, TO HELP, I THINK IN THE MEANTIME, ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE, WHICH YOU CAN SEARCH ANTHONY D DOWLING, I MADE A POST TO WHERE YOU CAN POST YOUR PICTURES AND YOUR VIDEOS AND THE STREET ADDRESS TO WHERE THERE IS FLOODING HAPPENING. NOW I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE GO ON THAT AND POST YOUR PICTURE. AND THIS WAY WE CAN GET WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND WE CAN START TACKLING THOSE AREAS FIRST. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO DO THIS AS A COUNCIL, BUT IF WE HAVE THESE AREAS ALREADY DOCUMENTED, THEN WE CAN HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO GO. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE GOT TO LOOK AT FIXING THE DRAINAGE.

YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN IT RAINS, DIRT AND MUD RUNS INTO THE RAVINE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OVERFLOWING. AND, AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE JOB OF THE COUNCIL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE BEING MAINTAINED. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL ALL BE GETTING ON TOP OF THIS. A A P ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN HERNANDEZ. I JUST I CONCUR WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN DOWLING SAID. I WANT TO ASK THE INTERIM VILLAGE MANAGER IF HE COULD PUT THAT ON HIS LIST OF ITEMS TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE YEAH, THERE THE THE THERE THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO, TO GET SOME MAINTENANCE IN PLACE TO HELP ALLEVIATE THOSE PROBLEMS. VICE MAYOR. I LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT I ALSO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS. AND I LIVED THROUGH THE SAME CONCERNS. THE YOUNG LADY WHO WAS JUST UP HERE, WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING BECAUSE SHE'S MY NEIGHBOR. SO. AND I AIN'T GOING TO LIE, WHEN I SEEN HER ON SATURDAY GO THROUGH THROUGH THE WATER, I WAS LIKE, OH LORD, BECAUSE HER CAR IS LIKE A SMALLER CAR. I JUST KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO GET STUCK BECAUSE I WAS RIDING ON

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SO I I'M GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING THAT YOU WERE GOING THROUGH, AND I WILL DO WHAT I CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THE MATTER. ANY OTHER CONCERNS AND COMMENTS FROM STAFF AND CLIENT CLIENTS? I'M AT WORK COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'RE ALL HUNGRY AND SLEEPY. WELL, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING. I KNOW THESE MEETINGS ARE LONG AND THEY CAN BE TEDIOUS, BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT WHETHER YOU'RE FOR OR AGAINST WHATEVER WE'RE DOING. JUST THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. VICE MAYOR. OKAY, SO THIS NEXT COMMENT IS NOT RELATED TO THE DRAINAGE. I WASN'T ABLE TO GET THIS IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO GIVE OUR COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. BUT MISS LARONDA.

I DOING SOME RESEARCH. I HAD NOTICED THAT THERE'S AN UPCOMING TRAINING FOR THE EMU TRAINING. IF YOU COULD REGISTER ME FOR THAT TRAINING. YES, MA'AM. SEPTEMBER 18TH THROUGH THE 19TH. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. YES. I'M SORRY. OUR OUR COMPUTER JUST DID A FORCED SHUTDOWN FROM THE IT TEAM. SO. MR. VOSS, IF THE COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. I JUST HAVE ONE VERY MINOR CLEANUP MATTER REAL QUICK. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE RECORD WAS CLEAR. IS IT THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL, THE RFP FOR, QUOTE, PERMANENT VILLAGE ATTORNEY SERVICES THAT'S JUST GONE OUT? WOULD YOU ALL LIKE THAT TAKEN DOWN FOR RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN YOU ALL CAN PUT IT BACK OUT LATER ON SCHEDULE. YOU ALL LIKE OR WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO STAY OUT ON THE COMPRESSED SCHEDULE THAT YOU'VE GOT THERE? RETRACT IT. I'M SEEING A LOT OF NOT RETRACT. YES. YEAH. AND YOU, YOU ALL CAN PUT IT RIGHT BACK OUT AND PUT IT ON WHATEVER.

WHENEVER WE GET READY FOR IT. I JUST WANT TO HAVE CLARITY ON THAT. SO STAFF HAS CLARITY. AND YOUR INTERIM VILLAGE MANAGER HAS CLARITY TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN ON DEMAND STAR.

SO YEAH, VERY GOOD. PLEASE RETRACT. AND ONE LAST THING, MAYOR, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, IN EIGHT YEARS, I'VE NEVER ASKED TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT I JUST VERY QUICKLY WANTED TO THANK THE VILLAGE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS YOUR VILLAGE ATTORNEY FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, FOR ABOUT OVER 95 OR 6% OF THE VILLAGE VILLAGE GOVERNMENTS EXISTENCE. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT

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