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welcome to our MAY 9th 2023 Board of county commissioners meeting. I d like to call the meeting to order and start with an invocation by Air Force Chaplain Jonathan Dobbs, who then will also be leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance. For the first time we have the invocation and the pledge from the same person. We re very appreciative of that, sir, if you would come forward if you would all please rise. Good morning and welcome. Good morning, sir. Good morning commissioners. Thanks for letting me be here. Let s pray together. Almighty GOD, Lord Jesus. Thank you for this day? Thank you. For the gift of life. Thank you for all the families that are represented here? Thank you for the heartbeats last night as we were sleeping and for the breath in our lungs. For the food on the table, the clothes on our shoulders and for our homes and our families, our spouses, our marriages and the gift of life. I. Thank you for? Um, our city commissioners and county commissioners in our state representatives. Thank you. For Martin County. What a great place to live. I pray that it would continue to be for years to come. Lord, I just want to pray right now for each commissioner, I just want to pray for Mr Doug Smith. I pray for MISS. Stacey Heatherington pray for Mr Harold Jenkins. Mr Smith, Sarah heard Mr Edward campy. Just pray your blessing on their lives their families. Their marriage is if they re married. I just pray you give them wisdom. I pray you give them help from every side. I pray for resources, Pray for protection. And their personal lives. I pray you help them in any way because we all go through things. Just. Pray you lead them. You d guide them. You direct them. I pray also, for our first responders, I pray for chief to Minelli over the Stuart Police Department. I. Pray for chief, Vince Felician over at Stuart Fire. I pray for chief. Chairs and Chili pray for Sheriff Snyder. I pray you d lead GOD and direct them and their efforts. Please help them to keep us safe for your blessing on all the families involved. I pray for our PRESIDENT Joe Biden. I, pray for our Congress and our Senate. And. I just pray You lied, GOD and direct us in this season in America. There s a lot of Brokenness, Please heal it, Lord and please use our leaders to make wise and good decisions. I pray your blessing on all that is going on today. All of the plans everything that we are going to see before this commission. I. Just pray your favor your help. Mercy and Grace and I prayed in Jesus name. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic, which stands one nation under GOD, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. If you would stay what we normally would like to do is if you could share with us a little bit of your military background and your history, so we get a little better understanding of who you are. And. I d like to thank you. That was a beautiful invocation. Thank you My. Pleasure. Um, good morning. I. Hope you re doing well, Um I m gonna have to stick to the microphone, but that s all right. So. I m a Georgia boy. I grew up in Augusta, Georgia went to the University of Georgia will apologize for those who are Gators and Seminoles and all that other stuff. Um. I ve been married to my wife, Lauren for 22 years for our four kids in the house. Six kids Total got to who have launched Um. I joined the military in 97 didn t know what I wanted to do with my life, so I joined the International guard became a weekend warrior. Became, an aircraft mechanic worked on f 16 fighter airplanes in the Carolina International Guard loved it had a great experience got an opportunity to become an aircraft maintenance officer through rotc. So in 2002 graduated from Georgia after marrying my wife, which was a wiser choice and we went off into the active duty Air force served in Air Combat command for about 6.5 years. I thought I was going to do that for my the rest of my career. And GOD has a sense of humor. He, um, He gave me an opportunity to go into seminary. I surrendered my career, which I was going to be a commander, probably the next three years to missionary service and went overseas to Asia served in Asia. For about three years I was emissions pastor for two and then I got an opportunity to come down here to Stuart, Florida of all places. To get trained and to engage a lot of people in the streets and homes and bars and tattoo parlors and just bring hope to a lot of people and in that season They recruited me to be a chaplain at Patrick Air Force Base, and so I became a reserve chaplain. I did that for about 2.5 3 years We had a helicopter go down in Iraq while I was the chaplain up there, and we were able to, um I had to pull out of work here and Martin County serve a lot of the families lay them to rest do the memorial services. And. Then I got pulled back on active duty. Normally. You don t get to do that, and 2019 started back on regular air force served for the last 2.5. Almost three years. I was my last job. I was installation Chaplain a bit, Um Pope Army Airfield up at Fort Bragg. And, uh, I thought I was going to finish my career again. But, the vaccine mandates Stop me from being able to finish my career. But. Even though that happened. We wanted to serve warriors had a chance to come alongside warriors as served with a group called Walking with warriors with first responders and military We love the military and we love Martin County, and we re thankful. And so I just want you to know we re grateful for this opportunity. And I love serving in the military. Thank you, sir. I ll take you okay? That s quite a story. Thank you very much for sharing. Okay, the agenda. It s always anticlimactic when we go from that, and now let me tell you about the agenda. Ah, we have an additional item it consent number 16 Parks and Recreation Advisory board appointment. We have one consent agenda. Poll consent number 10 requests for approval of an inter local agreement between Martin County and the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council pulled by commissioner heard We have, um Two items that we have a request to withdraw public hearing number three in public hearing number four. They are withdrawn and will return on JUNE 6th. And. I believe that is everything at this time to again, please. The last few sorry, one in public hearing three and four. Right? Emotion. Yes, please, uh, move approval of the agenda. The consent agenda of the additional item of consent. Um number 16 and the pole of number 10 and the withdrawal. Of item public hearing Item three and four. Thank you very much thank you have a motion to accept the agenda as presented by Commissioner Smith seconded by Commissioner Heatherington all those in favor. Aye all those opposed that motion carries unanimously Thank you. We have some proclamations this morning. A lot of things to be happy and thankful for in our community. The First Proclamation, Actually Before we we have one that we need to have a motion for proclamation number to adopt and present a proclamation Declaring travel and tourism weekend Martin County entertain a motion for that. Thank you. We have a motion by Commissioner Jenkins for Proclamation Number two, seconded by Commissioner Heatherington all those in favor of those opposed that motion carries unanimously. Now we can present that one. Misbah prey is here. She does an excellent job every time and presenting these, um and then takes the photographs, so she still doing double duty. Our first one is stamp out Hunger Day in Martin County. Good morning commissioners. Every year on the second Saturday in MAY letter carriers across the country collect non perishable food as part of the night nation s largest one day food drive, distributing the donations to local food banks. It is important to note that all food collected and our community stays in our community and we support carriers efforts to help those in need further. The board recognizes all letter carriers and local pantry services. For their hard work and commitment to their communities and here to accept we have Jenny Carson with House of Hope. I don t see. No. You did an excellent job. So I am the outreach and development coordinator at House of Hope, Martin County. We on the same age as House of Hope, which is I won t tell you, but we ll call it almost 30 years. No. Just kidding. Almost 40 years old. I am Ah, Um. We celebrate 40 years next year and we are specialists in empowering and equipping. Martin County residents about 44% of our county of our neighbors of our community. Are food insecure. Um, So someone you know, might not know where their next meal comes from, and house of Hope works with our residents to equipment and power them to overcome those hungry that hunger and those hardships. Stamp out hunger everything received. It s one of the rare places in the country. It s a national movement with the national letter carriers, but we receive all of the food and items collected. We have 30 plus partners of food pantries and services that actually extend even outside of Martin County. That we provide to different pantries. We ourselves provide client choice Pantries client services. Workforce development. We have thrift stores. We have enrichment centers. We have gardens. We have a produce farm that we also I believe it s 6000 packages of produce some even better than we could get in Publix goes to the health and the benefit of our community. Um, and the summer is a time that a lot of our incoming donations tend to drop a little so stamp out hunger comes at the perfect time for us to be able to provide for our community over the summer, So. We are so appreciative. And. We are so excited So, please. You ll see yellow bags if you haven t already Um, I carried in touched almost everyone, So. Thank you, um so fill him We have Tried to bless and tried to equip our national security because they do this out of service. Um so we got him some ibuprofen and some muscle cream and some coffee and some propel, because we know this is going to be a lot of work on the day of so just in time for Mother s day, we want to care for our county. So thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. Our. Next proclamation is recognizing human trafficking awareness in Martin Cou. Human trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world behind drug dealing and as a form of modern day slavery in which human beings are controlled, abused and exploited for profit through labor and sects in recognition of MAY is human trafficking awareness month the board calls upon our residents to help local organizations eliminate human trafficking through empowering people to see something and say something. Together, We can stop this travesty through awareness, education, restoration and legislation and here to accept we have Sarah Henry, who s which, with catch the wave of hope in the Florida Faith Alliance and Lynn Barletta with visionary School of the arts Visionary Centers international and founder of Catch, the Wave of Hope. Hello. Good morning. My name is Sarah Henry and I m, the executive director at Catch, the wave of Hope I first heard about human trafficking as a freshman in college, and it was honestly beyond my comprehension. In fact. Today. It is still something that is hard to comprehend that a human being can do such a heinous crime to an adult or child. I worked in a safe house for domestic minor girls who had verified cases of human trafficking. And working there changed my life. It is why I m here today to be a voice for them? They each have stories, names faces and are not just a number. The issue of human trafficking, sextortion and child exploitation has continued to rise, and it is not a new problem. It is our responsibility as a community to take action because we have an important role to play. There has been a massive increase to the number of cases occurring online with our Children. Children no longer have to leave their home to be exploited, trafficked or taken advantage of. According to the data from the National Center for missing and exploited Children. The number of reports involving Sextortion more than doubled between 2019 and 2021. Catch the wave of hope exists to be a part of the solution In eradicating this issue, the mission and vision of our organization is to be an advocate in our community. We focus on prevention by offering awareness trainings to the community we equip our audience is with the tools and resources not only to identify what trafficking looks like But how to safeguard themselves and their Children. According to Polaris, who operates the national human Trafficking Hotline. The. Internet is the top recruiting location for all forms of human trafficking. We also offer therapy for survivors who have been exploited or trafficked. Our organization believes in walking with survivors side by side and supporting them every step of their journey. As, an individual who has worked directly with survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation for several y. The trauma survivor goes through has a lasting lifelong impact. Survivors are incredibly resilient but are often stigmatized. Their voices are the most important voice to listen to, and this fight against trafficking. Today. This proclamation unites our community in a way that has us link arms, saying Not here on our watch and Martin County. Thank you. Thank you so much commissioners for helping our community to become aware of the fastest growing crime in the world Child trafficking Florida Faith Alliance in Florida, educators alliances bringing awareness in the treasure and Gold Coast, also central Florida with a goal to cover the state. We offer restorative art programs for child and adult survivors that has been shown to help with ptsd and healing. We ve also been working with legislation and Bill sb 16 90 just passed in the Florida State house to make hotels and safehouses accountable, and there s more to come as that they has established liaisons with our sheriff s department. Also Homeland Security, who has an office right here in Stuart, as we re bringing awareness to principals, teachers, churches and synagogues. We recently turned in a tip that contributed to the arrest of one of the men who were trying to pick up Children at bus stops Right here in Martin County that was one of three child predator arrest since DECEMBER of 2022. Martin County is a wonderful community, but traffickers don t honor county lines and they transport their victims from county to county as part of their slave trade. My team turned in a tip before the pandemic that led to a bust in Golden gate that was connected to Lake worth that was connected to Indian town. Women and Children were rescued right here in our community. It was a large ring servicing hundreds of men, but awareness is a powerful force, and it s for us to unite and fight with as we collaborate with organizations with law enforcement. With educators and with leaders government leaders like yourselves, So that is the call to action. We will be back for more. And we thank you so much, and I want to thank my presenter team. I want to thank Sarah and catch the wave of hope, because collaboration is the key. Thank you. Two second Reformation. Thank you. I m good. I have a second proclamation for you. Yeah? Yeah, you have dollars. Thank you. Our. Next proclamation is declaring Memorial Day in Martin County, Florida. Since our nation s earliest days, America has been blessed with an unbroken chain of patriots who have served our country with honor and distinction. From Concord to Kandahar. Generations of brave warriors had fought have fought for freedom across the standards no over mud and mountains into lonely deserts and through crowded streets. The board recognizes MAY 29th 2023 as Memorial Day and calls upon all citizens to take the time to remember those who served and sacrificed to be sure, this nation remains the bastion of freedom. We all have been privileged to enjoy. And here to accept we have Dan McGrain McHenry, who is our veterans Service Officer? Yes. Thank you very much. I. Don t have anything prepared? I never want to MISS An opportunity to thank the board of our 67 counties. We have the best board of county commissioners. The best administrator, of course, Michelle Miller or Boss. You guys provide such great support for our 14,000 veterans and families. Uh here in Martin County, and and we re just so proud and thankful for for your support. Indeed, Memorial Day on the 29th. We will be hosting yet another parade and ceremony that kicks off at 10 o clock at Memorial Park. Hope you can be there in anyone tuned in Can be there. Um, it is a a celebration and honor for those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you once again for your wonderful support. Everybody s goodness. One. Okay? Yeah. Yeah. Ready for another one, Laura. I am Our next proclamations declaring historic Preservation month and Martin County, Florida in honor of Alice Lockhart. Historic preservation is an effective tool for revitalizing neighborhoods, fostering local pride and maintaining community character. The Martin County Historic Preservation Board has planned events throughout Martin County during the month of MAY to increase awareness and the need for public participation in historic preservation in order to save our local treasures. This year s historic PRESIDENT. Preservation month honors. Alice Lockhart, a local historian and author, who is remembered for her lifelong historic preservation work, and here to accept we have Sherry Lee, who is the chair of our Martin County Historic Preservation b. Hi. Good morning, everyone. My name is Sherry Lee. I m, the chair of the historic Preservation board. Martin County Thank you for declaring MAY Preservation month this month. We have a lot of events scheduled would like to invite everyone to attend. We have tours and events scheduled at all Saints Episcopal Church The Captain Sewell House Historic mansion at Tuckahoe. Um the historic log cabin. We have an 80th anniversary celebration at the historic Flagler Center. We have the archaeological society is doing an event on shipwrecks at the Hobe Sound Library. We have events at the Apollo school, and we also have a very important reception of the Elliott Museum honoring our preservationists of the year. Who is Lloyd Jones, founding chair of Martin County Black Heritage initiatives that is on Thursday. MAY 18th. We hope everyone will be able to be there at the Elliott Museum to celebrate from 5 to 6 30. Thank you very much. In our last one this morning is the one we just voted on earlier declaring travel and tourism week in Martin County, Florida. Hmm, travel and tourism play a vital role in Martin County is economic prosperity and quality of life of all Martin County residents. National Travel and Tourism Week provides an opportunity to recognize the important contributions of the tourism industry to our community and to encourage residents and visitors alike to explore and enjoy all that Martin County has to offer. The board recognizes MAY 7th through 13th as traveling tourism weekend Martin County and urges all residents and visitors to to celebrate this occasion by patronizing our local businesses and attractions and by experiencing the many wonderful sights and sounds of our community and here to accept along with a lot of other folks, we have Marissa Okay, who is our tourism director, got a posse? Morning commissioners. I couldn t do it without the a b. C d s of tourism. So we have Anna Grace Fagnini Sally Bine in in Centro own and Emily dark with us to accept this proclamation. Normally. We don t do a proclamation for National tourism Week, But, This is the 40th anniversary. This is us recognized holiday and as the 40th anniversary really, really wanted to make sure we were going above and beyond So As being here with part of national travel and Tourism Week. We have several programs that are taking place throughout the week. The first is a digital marketing acceleration program that the Martin County Office of Tourism in conjunction with the Tourism Development Council are rolling out this week. This is a free training program to any tourist business, tourism business, Local business Here. Um. This will give you a score on your website and lead you through everything you need to make sure that you are doing the best to put your your best foot forward as you market your Own business here in Martin County. So that kicks off today and again, That s the Martin County digital Acceleration program. And we re also kicking out the start of our eco tourism program and we re extremely extremely excited about this so events will take place you can go to explore natural martin dot com and the Eco tourism program is very unique, and we need to thank public works and John mail because it s a split between ecosystems and tourism and its programming available on all of our public lands. For visitors and residents to make sure that we re doing this properly. We have partnered with leave No trace, which is a national organization again. We re making sure we re have stewardship and sustainability as we move through this program, So thank you so much for recognizing us this week, and we re very excited to be here. A b. C. D s Thank you. Misery. Okay. Thank you very much for that. Now. Take our public comments if you are interested in making a public comment Couple of points for you if you speak this morning during general public comment On a specific agenda item and then later the agenda item comes back. You don t get to speak twice on the same topic, so if you can t speak at the item you can speak this morning. Or you could speak to us on any other topic. You ll have three minutes at the two minute and 45 2nd point. You ll hear a tone that doesn t mean to stop. It just means you have 15 seconds to wrap up your comments. Um And that s how we do it. I will if you would like to, and you have yet to fill out one of these forms. You can speak first. Just state your name for the record, and then our bailiff can give you one of these forms to fill out afterwards for our Clark, our first request to speak for him this morning as Mr Tom Pine Mr Pin Good morning and welcome. Good morning. My name is Tom Pine. I m, a resident of Jensen Beach. I ve been believed in Martin County for 50 years on FEBRUARY 13th 2023. I did a public record requests regarding our newly renovated golf course I asked for the original cost estimate of the county golf Course Master design plan and the original cost estimate of construction. Now that some time has passed. I would like the final cost of the county golf course. Master design plan and the final cost of construction. I would also like the building that houses the Bar, restaurant and high end hitting bays separated out For. This request I was charged $40, and it took Two months. The answer I got was reminiscent of the days during the illegal expansion of Runway 12 30 at the Stuart Airport, a first class dog and pony show I got about 60 pages of information, but nothing relative to my question. In the real world, these people that came up with a scheme would have been fired, but not Martin County government. They are patted on the back for keeping the public in the dark as to where our tax dollars are going. As I wait with bated breath for our The best two. Here are counties definition of the consent agenda. I have read the definition on Google and on Robert s rules in order and it clearly states routine expenditures is what belongs in the consent agenda. That means like that means things like the cost overruns at the county golf course don t belong hidden in the consent agenda. Special rental deals of county buildings with your buddies and the Chamber of commerce don belong hidden in the consent agenda. In the consent to today that don t belong there $2.3 million in contracts for drainage infrastructure renovation $750,000 to help the county obtained grants $667,430 for restoration restroom and launch the room replacement. These are not routine expenditures and therefore they do not belong in the consent agenda. The County changes the use of the consent agenda to suit them. They will also have to change the meaning. Of morals and integrity. Because the consent that gender Morals integrity are all closely intertwined. What. You permit you promote. What you allow you encourage what you condone you own. We want our sidewalks back and downtown Jensen Beach. We don t care how much the Chamber of commerce helped the four of you get elected. We want our sidewalks back? Thank you for your time. Thank you, sir. Our next request to speak for MISS Andrew Webber. Good morning. Good to see you. Good morning. My name is Andrew Webber, my husband and I own 7505 Kanner highway and it s up for a proposed for final site plan for the golf course. Next door. Um, we just want to make sure we were told that a residential property would be going next to this. We own 20 acres of agricultural land, the golf course. And next to it would be a residential property. We want to make sure that there is a buffer between that residential property that does not seem to have an entrance to it, as there are only two entrances granted on this site plan, and we just want to make sure that there is something between what would be our agricultural land and this proposed site plan for the golf course. Thank you. Thank you. Our next request to speak for MISS J. Orford. Ah! On one subject. What is his name? Bill Flynn is our next request to speak for him. Yeah. Good morning to everybody on the council. I m here to talk to a recent talk about a recent beef that I have with the selfish sense golf course I have a proper cup in front of my in front of me. A proposal right policy that s been in effect. Well that just started and as of now, in order to play the courts and to obtain the residential rate, I think the idea by the way, I d like to make it clear residential rate and nonresidential rate. I personally think for a lot of reasons I won t take up your time. They should take a second look at the non residential rate have one rate only. But in any event. Uh. Now, the county is requiring that anybody who plays with the course in order to obtain a favorable residential rate, which is about par with every punch intended on the word part, but is about the same as every other golf course, and the area that I ve seen, Uh In order to obtain that to play at Martin County. You have to have a Martin County driver s license. Florida driver s license. This is new. I think it s horrible. We have many people in our group. We live in conquistador, But there are many other groups around no doubt. That play there where the people own property they ve owned it for years. They MAY live in Chicago, but they can t play at the residential rate. As a result they won t play, especially for the husband, wife and that kind of thing. They won t play at the course will go someplace else. The courses advertising constantly for business. Nothing wrong with that, But the driving away a lot of business at the same time. I think we should be in line with what I have seen from the are adjacent counties, Uh up in Fort Pierce. There s no resident requirement. And, uh, down in, uh Pompano Beach copy of the least of your lease agreement and a few other things is all that s required. I, uh, in the library here, for example, to get a library card. All you need is a copy of release. Um and in adjacent Palm County upon Beach County. I think they have the same policy in effect to to play? Uh as they do in, uh Uh, as they do in the pump it out, basically copied the lease agreement and you can play. I haven t verified this. I don have a research border anything less, But. I m saying this and in good faith. Uh. I think the that you should I have I have a copy of the lease of the current policy if anybody would like it is a property handed out here or not. You can hand it to our attorney or bailiff. She s the attorney. Oh, yeah. The bailiff is the one that would tase you. Okay, Listen, I think you get you get the point. I thank you very much for your time, and I hope you ll review the situation and I would hope that there ll be a change forthcoming in the in the county policy and in the those who can play on the courts as residents. Thanks very much. Have a good thank you. Bye bye. Don t leave. No. I mean you can sit down, but don t leave the room. That s not an order. That s just a recommendation that I plan on discussing what you mentioned soon. Mr Worf erred. Would you like to go now? Basically Of the green. I live in the same company. My name Is Jay been here about four or five years full time now and I have a home right next door to the golf course so very vested interest in its success, and I also want to say it s marvelous what you guys have done out there at the course is an absolutely great shape. People are doing a really good job of maintaining it. In. The services is great. The only thing that I would really would like to add to what he said is, it would be nice to have a a way to have some sort of feedback. Uh suggestion program so that those of us that play out there Can have a little bit of input. Suggestions, and we think that it might also add in the profitability. And the efficiency of it as well. So that s really all I have to say Thanks for your time. Thank you very much, sir. Appreciate that. Our. Next request to speak for MISS Mr Richard McDonald. And those of you that are waiting for the cares graduation and fire prevention. They re coming up next. Sir. Good Morning and welcome back. Welcome back Donald. Most people here know who I am or met me before. So this was somebody that I met, probably around 2007. His name is Leon Charlie Green and he was working, not working, but he was going to the jail for like 18 years and he wasn t getting paid to do it. And when I did the public defender private detective thing we became friends. And he would tell me how he taught people how to read how he advocated for them in the jail and he got them jobs and everything. In. One Day his car had smoke coming out. And you know, I ve been pretty lucky I was sell something or do something, so I had money on me. I gave him 500 bucks. And then the next time I see him Um, he was wearing this chaplain shirt. And I said. What s up, you know the car and smoke and he said, Well Richard. I always wanted to own, you know, get this chaplain shirt and the rest. He bought Bibles for the people at the jail Now. I always said in the past, I really couldn t come up here and talk and stuff. So I m getting better, and I wanted to make sure because GOD doesn t promise you tomorrow that he had a plaque or something at the jail. Um, that you know if the sheriff and you guys would allow that, um, that he would be in there because people don t you know, don people pass away or your dog passed away or something? And you know people like him are not remembered. So I thought that would be a good idea that you know, he s remembered people do. I had gone to the jail one time not I was in jail that you know, everybody sees it. It s like visiting Richard. What, You know. Where were you for a few days at the gym? Don t tell us you were at the jail. I m like no, I m, not at the jail. I might go to the jail or Do the private detective thing at the jail again, but no, I m not going to jail. Okay, um So? Yes. So if that could be done, and you know I would pay for it, and you know so people could see that and then you know, you know, you know, I don t know what to say. You know I m not as good as speaker as mostly other people that come up here, but I, give him my best shot. Thank you? You did an excellent job speaking. I appreciate your compassion for this gentleman. If, you email Any, one of the five of us, you can keep the photos. But if you email any one of the five of us with that information, I m sure if we can take care of it. Thank you. Thank you very much our last request to speak for him. And if anyone else would like to do that, please let me know is Mr j. Spicer. Mr Spicer. I hope you re having a fair day. Always a good day before you guys commissioner. Welcome back from what looked like a great trip. Um. Happy day. Just wanna take a minute to report on how the fare went this year for everybody? The Fair five Oh one c three nonprofit continues its 88 years of service to our community. Um providing entertainment, agricultural education as well as facility used to 40 local nonprofits and support and an extension of their program space. We started this year with a Christmas event called the Carnival of Lights, where we had about 15,000 people to attend featured a winner of the Great American Christmas Light Fight t v show, which is a fabulous Christmas display and we had welcomed over 70 non profits to put Christmas displays at the event and we paid for signs that had qr codes. Where people could find more awareness of what those groups did and make donations. So we love our nonprofit partners. The Fair was in FEBRUARY and we had about 53,000 paid visitors. 132 child for aged livestock exhibitors, 69 market animals, which were down due to rising costs for food and other production expenses. 119 livestock buyers and auction sales that grossed almost 400,000 with the add ons. The kids benefited and split a pot of $430,000 for their education. We had 60 sponsoring companies, Arts and Crafts. Premiums 500 individual art exhibits on display with six elementary schools also participating in group activit. We continue to do add education. Quick sample We had a we had given a free chocolate chip cookies and we had bought an oven and give a cookout cookies and But. We had a poster there that showed how many cookies does it take? How? Many Farms does it take to make a chocolate chip cookie? 10. 10 different farms need to exist for you to have the ingredients to make cookies. Um. We had an award winning science activity zone again this year. We put in working with our partners from Hope Center for autism, a autism, sensory safe room with quiet activities for kids to decompress out of the all the lights and noise. We did provide two centuries safe nights running our carnival for two hours or two different nights with no lights or music in the midway. So. They could have an experience for themselves. We deliver the finest and entertainment we included a America s Got talent, Golden Buzzer winter this year, the fearless floors, which was welcomed and received very well this year, We had moved our Miss Martin County fair pageant out of the dust and the dirt and the wind of the fair opening night to the Lyric Theater. We appreciate their support in helping us pull that off. We doubled the entries from recent years and participants give out over $6000 in prize money. We. Give out $20,000 in general scholarships. The policy spent parking revenues and bought hogs from the kids and gave it to six food banks market animals from shelters. Uh, us sugar went to for nutrition programs, and we included camaraderie Club Qantas club daughters, American revolution, police, explorers, explorers, philanthropic education, the orchid society and more. So it was a good year. Um, our revenues. We stayed on budget and will sustain us and support our community for the rest of the year. Thank you, sir? Very much very active and successful year. Thanks. Good morning. Morning, Sir Flanagan. I m here as an unofficial and un appointed champion of the Marty system. Um, for those of you that I have on Facebook is friends. You see that I post every chance I get. It s a great system. It is so underutilized and I hear so many people in the public saying, Oh My gosh, It s a waste of taxpayers money because nobody ever rides it. So when I was the director of transportation for the school district. It took me about 10 days to change the route and the changes stop. It s a lot more complicated because you re talking about county and federal and state dollars and it s it s It s very difficult. I have had several meetings with Ash love him. He s doing a very good job as well as with Beth at the mpo, but my challenge to you is commissioners and everyone else on your staff. Write it. Write it at least one time and see. It s a very pleasant experience. All all the drivers that I had the opportunity to meet are now on my Christmas card list. There are very good people, but it is a great system and we need to put a little bit more effort into making sure it works better. The one mission that I m working on right now is bus lanes to be able to pull off. The worst one is on us one and, um Indian Street right there by the Wells Fargo And if you ve ever been North Bong on that and the bus, it doesn have the ability to pull completely over. There s like 60 ft. Between there and the Wells Fargo property. We ve got to figure out some way to get that bus off of that road and a couple other things and the stops the routes again. We gotta tweak them a little bit. The one that I picked on the most is when it gets down to Bridge Road and Hobe Sound. It turns east and goes through Zeus Park area. Why not turn right and go through banner like an underserved community. So anyway, I m going to be that guy that medals and everybody s business, but I m going to be working on that and support anything you guys can give us. Correct, sir. Thank you so I think you just volunteered for a new job? I a in my retirement? No, I m but I like to say I have a skill set. I have a knowledge of that one. And. I will do whatever I need to do to help them to do it. It s just a hard boulder to push up that hill awesome job with the school system and in a whole bunch of different areas in schools. Some of the busting out. That was one of the more interesting tasks that he took on. So. I. Appreciate all your insight. Thank you thank you. Yes, sir. Commissioner heard. Let me Add to that the need for bus shelters. There are only a couple of them. It breaks my heart to see people standing out on us one in the heat and in the rain and in the sun, and there s an absolutely no shelter. It s It disgraceful. We need to make sure that every stop Has said as a shelter agreed. That was one of my questions to the group when I met with him was how do we determine which stops get a bench? And. How many of them get a shelter, love to have him there. But if you also some of the ones I want the data that shows how many people get on it. Whatever Stop and if I could have one more little part to it when I rode the bus, my first thought is a logistics person was how many people get on the stop if only one person a week gets on that stop. Why do we even have that stop when we made a stop? There was a disabled veteran, and the guy says he gets on here one day a week. He goes and has breakfast and he comes back. Well. My logic says, Well, we ve got to do away with that stop, and the answer is no way. That would change that person s life. He gave a lot for his country, We can leave a stop there so he can go have breakfast once a week, So yeah, we ll look at it. Thank you, Sir Commissioner Smith. Joe. You can t just passed my friend and throw out that I did the shelter thing from what I recall. We got a grant early on to do the shelters that we got or that we have Um so the ones that you see today I think that are out there were a prescribed amount. Um, and those federal dollars and state dollars are Um at best, not consistent in terms of what you can get. But I would agree. And Sarah agree. I also if we are to pay attention to something like that out front of the library here In terms of that stop with what goes on with Monterey is another spot that you know we had some challenges with relative to where we could and where we couldn t put stops, But. That whole pullout idea, I think is an excellent idea that we should work on. One of the things I was told that I was not aware of is where that s happened is a d a requires it to be within 50 ft of a major intersection and I m like boy who came up with that idea well, and and we could go on for everyone. This I m sorry. My. My three minutes is like, Well. I ll chat with you later. Okay, Thank you. Thank you very much anyone else? I was wondering I didn t see your There. It is our next anyone after Mr Gaza that would like to address us, please request request, Mr, Gaza Good Morning and welcome morning. Thanks to see everybody. My name is Zak, Gaza and today I m going to use my three minute public common opportunity to talk about Palamar. Your Board of County commissioners has not spoke much about Palmer at public meetings. I realize and respect the enormous workloads. Each of e I appreciate what you all do for this county staff included. But somehow meeting after meeting Palmar just keeps missing these agendas. So. I here to talk about it. Martin County taxpayer business owner and property owner of over 2500 Acres and Palmer. For five years Now. I ve been trying to work with the county in order to preserve parts of Harlem are I pitched many different ideas to both staff and individual commission members. However. There s been no initiative by the county to work with private landowners to make any large scale preservation efforts. Propositions I ve made have included preserving two thirds of the property and creating a private ranch out of the remaining one third or trading out unused and unmanaged Martin County owned Palmer Properties for more environmentally sensitive private properties within Palmer that abut the hungry Land Wildlife Management area. Other propositions have included programs where the county would be able to purchase thousands of remaining privately owned acres within palm are over the next 20 years. However, this board is not showing the initiative to work with me. 2500 acres of pristine Martin County property just keeps missing these agendas. Due to your unwillingness to work with me and preservation. Over. The years I ve sold close to 300 acres. The local recreational users. Many of whom are also Martin County residents. If. You re bored, continues to avoid working with me. I ll be selling off over 2000 more acres to individuals and families looking to own a piece of Martin County. Today for the first time. I m announcing to my buyers from the east side of palm are The opportunity to trade their land out for properties on the West side, closer to pace and park. Due to unlawful access obstacles. Government is attempting tut I think you ll see more and more than infringing on private property rates. It s not the answer to your palamar woes, but instead will compound them. Although I won t have time to finish my presentation today of return for as many meetings as they have to speak for three minutes at a time. So let s get started. What is Palmar? Mars, or water control district. Florida Statutes chapter 2 98 designates water controlled districts around the state of Florida for purposes of managing water and drainage. Within a certain area or district. Lamar is one of 66 designated chapter 2 98 districts across the state shown on this map. Would anyone like to copy? Brought extras. Thank you. Compressing. There we go. Exactly. Time s up. Thank you, sir. W. We ll see you. Thank you. Anyone else like to address this this morning before we continue. Seeing none. I d like to take up a proclamation presentation presentation of the preservation of Martin County. Excuse me. Presentation of Martin County Fire Rescue s fire prevention with a special recognition Award for Safety Council from Safety Council of Palm Beach County will be presented by Not the names that are on my sheet. But, these three fine looking gentleman, the one on the crutches has stood in the back of the room the entire time. Gentlemen good morning and thank you for what you do. Good morning. For the record. My name is division chief of Admin Cristian Montoya. Martin County Fire Rescue. I m joined alongside Deputy Fire Marshal Chris Hansen as well as Josh Jenkins community risk production specialist recently, the fine gentleman of Fire prevention were recognized for some awards. As, you MAY know Martin County fire rescue. Not only do we provide life safety to the residents of Martin County be on one of the most. Under looked things that we do is fire prevention. So with these wards. We were, um through the Safety Council of the palm beaches. They were recognized for a couple of programs and I speak a little bit about those. Community connected the first one community connectors a program that we have through first do that was recently brought through the first couple two years ago. Um, I have someone here to hopefully, community connect. You look in the front. There. There is that flyer there? It s got a q r code, you can sign up for it. What community connect. Essentially Does. It allows everybody the ability to Um, provide essential information as the first responders and emergency personnel is responding to the incident where Petra located. Special needs people on oxygen in that type of those things were able to secure those locations and we know where they re a. One of the other things that they were recognized for was the residential readiness. Residents of Readiness is a program that we offer to the residents of Martin County to keep them safe to the underserved communities as well as people who need other assistance. Some of that does include a fire alarms accusing me smoke detectors. So that smoke detector program that we offer, um on 2 2022 we offered over 110 smoke detectors thought were installed. To, the residents of Martin County. And then finally, the last one I ll speak about is the Martin cares program, which you re going to be recognized and graduates of that recently. So the Martin cares program is one of the integral parts that we do with that is through fire prevention is to show the side by side smoked. Um Burn simulator as it has some stuff inside of it as well. And. We also do fire extinguishers that we do a program that Josh Jenkins does. That s a very well with that, So. That s it. We ll just wanted to talk to a little bit about fire prevention and what we do on a day to day basis. Thank you so much appreciate that. Sure. Mhm. You mean? Mhm. Okay, Since it is the season of graduations, not just in college and high schools. We are having our own graduation ceremony this morning. I look forward to seeing your parents post pictures on Facebook of you. Ah spraying champagne or standing in a fountain or standing in a football field, like waving your diploma in the air or throwing your cap in the air. Mr Stokus will be making the presentation. He s sort of the principle of cares High school and so cares program. If you re not familiar with. It is a program that The county runs free of charge for residents. We do How many how many a year to a year this season is over. But in this they pick back up in the fall of next year. Right JANUARY the winter of next year. There s two different seasons. They are six Thursday mornings. And. You go to different locations in the county. You speak to and are presented by nearly all of the departments. Fire rescue As you heard Sheriff s office all of our departments and then I have never run into a graduate that said it was a waste of time. I think the program is enlightening. It s interesting. It s entertaining I d like to thank our staff. And that works very hard behind the scenes to make it look easy because it s not And. And with that, Mr Stokus, Would you please announce our most recent graduates. Good morning commissioners members of the public today. I m Pleased to welcome some representatives of our 62nd cares class. Through our cares class. Martin County provides our residents and opportunity to meet people who plan and build projects carefully managed tax dollars and are stewards of our land They learn about our county s history to our county facilities and gaining strong understanding of how our local government works. Additionally. We are always excited to have a few employees in the class. It provides perspective, strengthens connections and gives them the opportunity to see some of the projects in places as well as people they work with, but have never had the opportunity to meet face to face or see the project. Through completion. These folks have spent six days with us learning more about how we use taxpayer funds to manage programs and projects benefiting the residents. Visitors and the environment. Upon completion of the program. They have now joined nearly 3000 other residents who have firsthand knowledge of the structure and function of county government. I like to read the names of the entire class in alphabetical order, and I invite those representatives to present PRESIDENT To come up as their name is called and join us for a photo here Entering the well on my left and commissioners. If you could please come down for the photo opportunity. Also want to take an opportunity to thank Martha and Canada s and Dana stone breaker, especially for their assistance in this program. Morning. And I am for sure. And without a doubt going to mess up at least one or two of these names, but Anna Grace agony. Start out. Probably mess that one up, Actually. So, Lee Baggett, Shelby Baker. Jodi Baraki, Katie Carol carry Casper Emily Dark Sandra Ellingson Stephanie Eno s Mark Fecteau. Barbara fade or cheek. Samuel Grim Patty Higginbotham, Karen He Gara. Tracy hurt. The Risha and Jerry. Yeah. Camino, Dana Carol, John Ling Kelly Lehman in all and David, Magee Carol and John McDonnell. We ll go with that. Nick. I apologize Carol and John. Lisa Medina, Diane Meier, Jackie ng Sandra and don Page Sarah and Dan Page Misha Parker Martha Pyramid Melissa p. Tony Puerta. Valerie Rudder, Susan and Frank shallow Maria Sims, John and Louis Louis Slim Laurie, slow Nima Trip and Lynn, Strauss, Tim and Tracy swords. Martha v. Horn. Shania Warren and candy, right? Thank you for purchasing By George Picture, guys, You can go on both sides opposite. He walks and then I ll lead you out, and I ll give you this morning. Okay? Everybody screwed in. Like. You like each other for everybody in this way. Beautiful right here. Alright every smile. Don t close your eyes. Take, a few 123. It s like trying to find everybody s faces. Thank you very much. Thank you Catch Guys come this way. This Way your stuff grandma stuff out in the lobby Get tickets in the lobby. Yeah. You. Want some music Next, slow it down a little match. But yeah, Okay, okay. How many George George. How many people were in that class. Which is why they would be a no. Ah 43 43 8th when I was gonna say Okay. We thank you for hanging in there. They re all of the workings of the meeting. Time s up. We have to we have used up all our time for the day, so the rest of the gentility know it. If only it were that easy. We have now commissioner comments and we will start with you. Commissioner heard. Thank you, Commissioner Jenkins. How about that Commissioner Heatherington. Well, Speaking of graduates I because our meeting is our next meeting is JUNE 6th. So are high school graduates will have graduated, including Um, he s graduating from Martin County High school next week. Today is their very last day of school, actually the seniors, so congratulations to all the graduates in Martin County, and we re very proud of you and wishing all the fabulous mothers out there. I m very happy Mother s Day this weekend. Fantastic. Boom boom. Commissioner Smith! All set and ditto Wow! In 16 years for that is just 16 short years for you, Commissioner Smith and will be up here saying congratulations to my daughter, Um couple of things one Since. We are congratulating. I ll take a moment of personal privilege this coming week I will be going to Annapolis where my son will be graduating from the u. S. Naval Academy. And thank you. Thank you? I will share that. That s his. I don t mean to sound Draghi. He did all the work and then he ll be going on to Pensacola to become a naval aviator pilot. So very exciting after spending a month in Indonesia, which that s what everyone does when you graduate, right? Of course I did not pay for that. The other point that I wanted to make for parks and rec is the comment that we heard this morning about the golf course. I appreciate all of the fine accolades of the course. But I agree with our two speakers. That residency issue versus a nonresident issue. I get that I think they have that everywhere in the country and all sorts of different things. We ve had issues with boat ramps where our residents have asked that there be a residency benefit from Martin County residents from Martin County boat ramps, but we can t do that because we have taken grant money from the state and federal government to do those so we couldn t However, I do believe that the concept of having a residency versus non residency benefit for residents at the course, makes sense. However being in Florida. With so many snowbirds and so many folks that live in two different locations if you live in Ohio or Michigan or New Jersey or California. It doesn t mean that you also don t officially live here. Now. I know that there s homestead issues and those kind of taxation issues but getting onto your local golf course. Shouldn t require a driver s license because many people don t want to switch their driver s license from their state. There. They spend some of their time better looking, I would make a suggestion to my colleagues that hopefully will resonate in parks and rec that a lease of for a rental property or a title for a property that you own. Should be enough of an id for proving that you have some, You know you re paying taxes here. You re living here. You didn t just stop by to pay to play golf, so I would ask that that be taken care of. The second suggestion, which is that there be a suggestion box or some type of feedback most, and I think we do it in plenty of other departments, and maybe they do it here, and you haven t seen it. I m not aware, but I agree with you that Taking feedback, especially during a brand new unveiling of a process. Is the perfect thing to do because the folks that are using our systems are Parks and rec, and this particular case are the perfect ones to offer that feedback. They come from a multitude of different perspectives and experiences in history. And. Why wouldn t we want to hear? Their feedback, good or bad, So I think that that s an important if it their, they need to promote it and let the folks that are there understand what it is. And. If. It s not there. It needs to be So I appreciate that very much in terms of the woman that had a question about the residential property and buffering ag land. Ah, we can bring that up during the agenda Item and commissioner heard you had a consent all before we do that, Mr Donaldson. Do you have anything this morning? MISS Woods. Thank you. Um, Commissioner heard you had a consent poll. It was consent Agenda number 10 requests for approval of an inter local agreement between Martin County and the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council. Why. Don t We take that. Now. I see some members of the Planning Council are here and Since you pulled it? Why. Don t You. Tell us Your feedback. Please have a number of questions and concerns about this. This regards the, uh Evaluation and appraisal report which is my understood to my understanding is in order to reconcile Florida statutes with our comprehensive plan, but it looks like it s morphed into something much, much, much more than that, including changing the amending the shoreline protection zones shared infrastructure by different future land use designations. Reconsider density transition provisions for infill development and the methodology changed the methodology for calculating population and future development capacity. Um. Why. Are those things being added, Why. Are, those things being targeted. What s wrong with those things. Where are you are you talking about? Uh, Uh, decreasing shoreline protections Are, you talking about decreasing density transitions, increasing t. For the record. Clyde Doolan Comprehensive Planning admi. Commissioner. This is part of the evaluation and appraisal report process. Um. Part of that involves you re absolutely correct, making sure our plan is consistent with Florida statutes. But in the process. What also happens are is there is a need for public comment and public input. For and for the for local issues, they rise to the surface. Those are just possible examples. Um that could be considered. And. There MAY be others. In fact, it MAY be that the community MAY wish to consider the primary purpose of this inter local agreement is for the Charger Coast Regional Planning Council to hold a series of Public meetings, public hearing, not hearings, but public meetings so the public can provide input on the evaluation and appraisal that we re doing and on changes that they would like to see in the in the plan if they have any I will. I will continue, Um. Part of the outreach is going to The team will not the county, the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council. Will conduct up to up to 30 stakeholder interviews either at the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council offices or virtually and county staff will recommend those 30 people. Based upon what Uh commissioner. People are learning to get to participate in this Paul Shelling Growth management director that provision, as I understand it would involve folks that have reached out to the department. That are in those could be homeowners. Those could be developers. Those could be Ah people in the environmental arena. That are requesting changes, potentially For as a result of the evaluation and appraisal report. So it s not necessarily limited to those folks. Uh, the the way that this will work as we understand it, and our wishes is that it would involve public participation. And in fact, collaboration and getting all that information in one place so that we can digest it and make representations and recommendations to this board. It s not what the language says. The Language says that staff will identify up to 30 stakeholders. To interview I don t have any idea what those interviews are going to be about. I don t have any idea who those stakeholders are going to be, But. It seems like way too little to contemplate changing the comprehensive plan by talking to 30 targeted people that county staff is going to recommend. Furthermore there are going to be to public workshops. None here. To public workshops before Pretty Coast Regional Planning Council makes recommendations about big, big big changes to the comprehensive plan. And. The public is going to have to talk to opportunities to, uh Care. What. Those proposed changes are before recommendations are made by the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council on December Ah First of 2023. And The Public outreach is going to occur according to the calendar in the packet in JULY, AUGUST and SEPTEMBER. When. Half of our residents are gone. This is this is There is no. There s. There s so little public involvement in this extremely important, uh Proposal to amend to completely change our comprehensive plan. When the purpose of the ear is to make it Compliant with Florida statutes to make it compliant with all the changes that have occurred in the state government that have happened since the last time that we did this year. Mm. I remember the last time we did it? We had Pardon me dozens of public meetings. And. Now we re contemplating, too, and none of them are here. Mr Donaldson. I was just going to state that you know, we ve had a number of presentations over the last year, one in particular on resiliency, and and there are some suggestions at that time that you consider how we woul
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FINAL MINUTES 5/9/2023 9:00 AM MINUTES COMMISSION CHAMBERS 2401 SE MONTEREY ROAD, STUART, FLORIDA 34996 Don G. Donaldson, P.E., County Administrator Sarah W. Woods, County Attorney Carolyn Timmann, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Edward V. Ciampi, Chairman Harold E. Jenkins II, Vice Chairman Doug Smith Stacey Hetherington Sarah Heard CALL TO ORDER 5 - Commissioner Stacey Hetherington Commissioner Doug Smith Vice Chairman Harold E. Jenkins II Commissioner Sarah Heard Chairman Edward V. Ciampi Present: 1. INVOCATION ~ Jonathan Dobbs, Air Force Chaplain 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ~ Jonathan Dobbs, Air Force Veteran 3. ADDITIONAL ITEMS 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Hetherington, to approve the agenda with the consent agenda; and additional item CNST-16, pull of CNST-10 and the withdrawal of PH-3 and PH-4. The motion carried by the following vote: 5 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, Commissioner Heard, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: Page 1 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
5. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS PROC-1 PRESENT PROCLAMATIONS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED VIA THE CONSENT AGENDA Agenda Item: 23-0695 Communications Manager Laura Beaupre presented the proclamations to the Board. Jenni Carson with the House of Hope accepted the Stamp Out Hunger Day proclamation. Lynne Barletta and Sarah Henry with Catch the Wave of Hope accepted the proclamation for Human Trafficking Awareness. Jonathan Dobbs and Dan McHenry accepted the Memorial Day proclamation. Sherry Lee accepted the proclamation for Historic Preservation Month in Honor of Alice Luckhardt. PROC-2 ADOPT AND PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK IN MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA Agenda Item: 23-0745 Tourism Director Nerissa Okiye accepted the proclamation declaring Travel and Tourism Week in Martin County. MOTION: A motion was made by Vice Chairman Jenkins II, seconded by Commissioner Hetherington, to adopt this item. The motion carried by the following vote: 5 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, Commissioner Heard, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: PROC-3 PRESENTATION OF MARTIN COUNTY FIRE RESCUE’S FIRE PREVENTION WITH A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FROM THE SAFETY COUNCIL OF PALM BEACH COUNTY Agenda Item: 23-0752 Martin County Fire Rescue Division Chief of Operations Christian Montoya provided the presentation to the Board. PROC-4 ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE CITIZENS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN CLASS 62 OF THE MARTIN CARES PROGRAM Agenda Item: 23-0509 Assistant County Administrator George Stokus presented the item to the Board and recognized Class 62 of the Martin County Cares Program. Page 2 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
COMMENTS 1. PUBLIC - PLEASE LIMIT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES Tom Pine addressed a recent records request he made regarding the cost of the newly renovated County golf course and routine expenditures in the consent agenda. Andra Weber requested the County ensure a buffer be placed between her 20 acres of agricultural land and the proposed golf course on Kanner Highway. Bill Flynn addressed the residential rate policy at the Sailfish Sands Golf Course. Jay Warford also spoke about the residential rate policy at Sailfish Sands Golf Course, he suggested the implementation of a customer feedback program. Richard McDonald requested a plaque to memorialize the commitment of Chaplain Leroy Green at the county jail. Jay Spicer provided updates on the Martin County Fair. Joe Flanagan spoke in support of the Marty Bus System, he challenged the Commissioners and staff to ride the public transportation system. He also provided suggestions such as bus lanes and routes to improve the system. Zach Gazza expressed concerns regarding the preservation of PalMar. 2. COMMISSIONERS AM Commissioner Hetherington announced that her son graduates next week and congratulated all 2023 graduates. She also wished the mothers a Happy Mother's Day. Commissioner Ciampi announced his son graduates the US Navy Academy in June. He also addressed the Sailfish Sands Golf Course residency issue; he suggested the use of a lease or property title to prove residency at the golf course and the inclusion of a suggestion box to allow for feedback. PM Commissioner Ciampi addressed earlier public comments regarding the residency policy at the County golf courses; he explained the various options that are available to prove residency. Commissioner Ciampi wished everyone a Happy Mother's Day and a safe graduation to all graduates. 3. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AM None at this time. Page 3 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
PM County Administrator Don Donaldson recognized the Public Works Department in light of National Public Works Professionals Week May 21st through May 27th. County Attorney Sarah Woods requested the Board's approval to execute and file a proposed proxy allowing Commissioner Heard to vote on behalf of the Commission at the PalMar Water Control District Landowner's meeting. MOTION: A motion was made by Vice Chairman Jenkins II, seconded by Commissioner Smith, to approve the request made by County Attorney Sarah Woods. The motion carried by the following vote: 5 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, Commissioner Heard, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: CONSENT ADMINISTRATION CNST-1 CONTRACTS THAT MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR BOARD APPROVAL Agenda Item: 23-0510 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. CNST-2 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ APPROVAL OF WARRANT LIST FOR DISBURSEMENT VIA CHECKS AND ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS Agenda Item: 23-0514 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. CNST-3 TREASURE COAST HEALTH COUNCIL APPOINTMENT Agenda Item: 23-0608 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. CNST-4 ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK IN MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA Agenda Item: 23-0575 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. CNST-5 ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK IN MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA Agenda Item: 23-0746 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. Page 4 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
CNST-6 APPROVAL OF LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN (LHAP) FY 2023-2026 Agenda Item: 23-0750 RESOLUTION NO. 23-5.1 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. BUILDING CNST-7 REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF FINE REDUCTION STIPULATION AND AGREED RECOMMENDED ORDER REGARDING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE OF LISA COPELAND CASE NUMBER ENF2021040453-01 Agenda Item: 23-0748 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. CNST-8 REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF FINE REDUCTION STIPULATION AND AGREED RECOMMENDED ORDER REGARDING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE OF DOUGLAS REES CASE NUMBER ENF2020110648-01 Agenda Item: 23-0749 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. COUNTY ATTORNEY CNST-9 APPROVAL OF TERMINATION OF DECEMBER 15, 2006 HOUSING ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT Agenda Item: 23-0766 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. GROWTH MANAGEMENT CNST-10 REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MARTIN COUNTY AND TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL Agenda Item: 23-0731 At the request of Commissioner Heard, Comprehensive Planning Administrator Clyde Dulin presented the item to the Board. Growth Management Director Paul Schilling, Deputy County Attorney Elysse Elder and County Administrator Don Donaldson assisted with Board questions. Commissioner Heard addressed her concerns regarding this item. The commissioners engaged in discussion. Commissioner Ciampi requested that staff provide the Board with regular updates throughout the process. Chairman Ciampi solicited public comment; none heard. Page 5 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Smith, seconded by Vice Chairman Jenkins II, to approve staff's recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: 4 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: 1 - Commissioner HeardNay: PARKS AND RECREATION CNST-11 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SCHOOL BOARD OF MARTIN COUNTY Agenda Item: 23-0736 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. PUBLIC WORKS CNST-12 ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ACCEPTING A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR ACQUISITION AND DEDICATION AS RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A 10-FOOT STRIP OF LAND LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SE COVE ROAD Agenda Item: 23-0670 RESOLUTION NO. 23-5.2 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. CNST-13 ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ACCEPTING TWO UTILITY EASEMENTS FROM SUN RIVERSIDE LLC, A MICHIGAN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, FOR WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION SERVICES IN JENSEN BEACH Agenda Item: 23-0692 RESOLUTION NO. 23-5.3 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. CNST-14 ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ACCEPTING A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR ACQUISITION AND DEDICATION OF A 6.5-FOOT STRIP OF LAND LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SE COVE ROAD AS RIGHT-OF-WAY Agenda Item: 23-0710 RESOLUTION NO. 23-5.4 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. UTILITIES AND SOLID WASTE CNST-15 INITIAL ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION FOR THE PORT SALERNO NEW MONROVIA WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT Page 6 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
Agenda Item: 23-0721 RESOLUTION NO. 23-5.5 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. ADMINISTRATION CNST-16 PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT Agenda Item: 23-0769 RESOLUTION NO. 23-5.6 This item was approved by the first motion of the meeting. BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS B&C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS Agenda Item: 23-0666 RESOLUTION NO. 23-5.7 Administrative Services Program Coordinator Donna Gordon announced the appointment of Brad Tanzer (Golden Gate NAC), Mitchell Miller (Hobe Sound NAC), Chris Pinkston (Old Palm City NAC), and Wendy Clayton (Port Salerno NAC). MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Hetherington, seconded by Commissioner Heard, to appoint Brad Tanzer (Golden Gate NAC), Mitchell Miller (Hobe Sound NAC), Chris Pinkston (Old Palm City NAC), and Wendy Clayton (Port Salerno NAC).. The motion carried by the following vote: 5 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, Commissioner Heard, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: PUBLIC HEARINGS PH-1 PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION (FTA) FY20 SECTION 5307 URBANIZED FORMULA FUNDING Agenda Item: 23-0654 Transit Administrator Ashman Beecher presented the item to the Board. Public Works Director Jim Gorton assisted with Board questions. The following member of the public addressed the Board in support of this item: Rick Creech. MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Hetherington seconded by Commissioner Smith, to approve staff's recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Page 7 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
PH-2 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PORTIONS OF ARTICLE 12, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT CODE, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, MARTIN COUNTY CODE, RELATED TO THE SPECIAL PARKING ALTERNATIVES FOR REDEVELOPMENT CENTERS PROGRAM Agenda Item: 23-0714 ORDINANCE NO. 1196 AND RESOLUTION NO. 23-5.8 Office of Community Development Manager Susan Kores introduced the item to the Board. Dana Little and Jessica Seymour with the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council provided the presentation to the Board. Assistant County Attorney Sebastian Fox assisted with Board questions. The following member of the pubic addressed the Board in opposition to this item: Corey Prowley. MOTION:A motion was made by Vice Chairman Jenkins II, seconded by Commissioner Hetherington, to approve staff's recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: 3 - Commissioner Hetherington, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: 2 - Commissioner Smith, and Commissioner HeardNay: PH-3 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT CPA 22-07, COUNTY OPERATIONS Agenda Item: 23-0634 This item was withdrawn from the agenda. PH-4 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE MARTIN COUNTY ZONING ATLAS TO CHANGE THE ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FOR C173-001, COUNTY OPERATIONS Agenda Item: 23-0633 This item was withdrawn from the agenda. PUBLIC HEARINGS QUASI-JUDICIAL PHQJ-1 REQUEST BY FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY FOR MAJOR FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THE MONARCH SOLAR FACILITY PROJECT (F117-002) Agenda Item: 23-0703 Ex parte communication disclosures were provided by the commissioners. There were no interveners. The notices were provided at the LPA. The participants were sworn in by the deputy clerk. Page 8 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
COUNTY: Principal Planner Brian Elam provided staff's presentation to the Board. Growth Management Deputy Director Peter Walden and Deputy County Attorney Elysse Elder assisted with Board questions. The following county exhibits were filed for the record: (1) agenda item/staff report and (2) Brian Elam's resume. APPLICANT: Marshall Critchfield with FPL addressed the Board on behalf of the applicant. FPL Project Director Scott Scovill provided the applicant's presentation to the Board. Chairman Ciampi solicited public comment; none was heard. MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Hetherington, seconded by Commissioner Smith, to approve staff's recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: 5 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, Commissioner Heard, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: PHQJ-2 REQUEST FOR FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR ROLLING SANDS GOLF COURSE (B076-003) Agenda Item: 23-0762 Ex parte communication disclosures were provided by the commissioners. There were no interveners. Notices were not required. The participants were sworn in by the deputy clerk. COUNTY: Principal Planner Brian Elam provided staff's presentation to the Board. Growth Management Deputy Director Peter Walden and Deputy County Attorney Elysse Elder assisted with Board questions. The following county exhibits were filed for the record: (1) agenda item/staff report and (2) Brian Elam's resume. APPLICANT: Michael Houston with HJA Design Studios provided the applicant's presentation to the Board. Engineer Jonathan Rickets provided a project overview. Chairman Ciampi solicited public comment; none was heard. MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Hetherington, to approve this item. The motion carried by the following vote: 4 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: 1 - Commissioner HeardNay: Page 9 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
DEPARTMENTAL QUASI-JUDICIAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT DPQJ-1 REQUEST PLAT APPROVAL FOR THE WEST JENSEN PUD PHASE IB PARCELS 6.0, 6.4-6.8 (W038-099) Agenda Item: 23-0671 RESOLUTION NO. 23-5.11 Ex parte communication disclosures were provided by the commissioners. There were no interveners. Notices were not required. The participants were sworn in by the deputy clerk. COUNTY: Principal Planner Elizabeth Nagel provided staff's presentation to the Board. Growth Management Deputy Director Peter Walden and Deputy County Attorney Elysse Elder assisted with Board questions. The following county exhibits were filed for the record: (1) agenda item/staff report and (2) Elizabeth Nagel's resume. APPLICANT: Lucido & Associates Senior Vice President Morris Crady addressed the Board on behalf of the applicant in support of staff's recommendation. Chairman Ciampi solicited public comment; none was heard. MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Hetherington, seconded by Commissioner Smith, to approve staff's recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: 5 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, Commissioner Heard, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: DPQJ-2 REQUEST REVISED FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THE THREE LAKES PROJECT (B115-007) Agenda Item: 23-0529 At the request of the applicant this item was continued until June 6, 2023. MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Hetherington, seconded by Commissioner Smith, to continue the DPQJ-2 until June 6th. The motion carried by the following vote: 5 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, Commissioner Heard, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: DPQJ-3 REQUEST APPROVAL OF A REPLAT FOR A PORTION OF THE RECORDED SOUTH FLORIDA GATEWAY PLAT (C LOTS) PROJECT NO. S265-013 Agenda Item: 23-0713 Ex parte communication disclosures were provided by the commissioners. There were no interveners. Notices were not required. The participants were sworn in by the Page 10 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
deputy clerk. COUNTY: Principal Planner Allison Rozek provided staff's presentation to the Board. Growth Management Deputy Director Peter Walden and Deputy County Attorney Elysse Elder assisted with Board questions. The following county exhibits were filed for the record: (1) agenda item/staff report and (2) Allison Rozek's resume. APPLICANT: Lucido & Associates Senior Vice President Morris Crady addressed the Board on behalf of the applicant in support of staff's recommendation. Chairman Ciampi solicited public comment MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Smith, seconded by Vice Chairman Jenkins II, to approve staff's recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: 5 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, Commissioner Heard, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION DEPT-1 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET ITEMS WHICH REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL Agenda Item: 23-0521 OMB Director Jennifer Manning presented the items to the Board. Coastal Program Manager Jessica Garland and County Administrator Don Donaldson assisted with Board questions. The following items were approved: (1) FY 2023-2024 FIND Waterway Assistance Program Grant (for 96th Street Artificial Reef Bulkhead), (2) FY 2022-2023 Florida E911 State Grant (Logging Recorder upgrade), (3) FY 2022-2023 Florida E911 Grant (for Regional GIS Repository), (4) FWC 2023-2024 Artificial Reef Construction grant, (5) Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Agreement (through FDOT for CR-714 from SR-710 to Fox Brown Road), (6) Department of State Historical Resources Special Category Grant (House of Refuge), (7) Urban Search and Rescue Grant and (8) FY 2023 Salary adjustments. MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Hetherington, to approve all items. The motion carried by the following vote: 5 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, Commissioner Heard, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: DEPT-2 CONTRACTS THAT MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR BOARD APPROVAL $1 MILLION OR GREATER Page 11 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
Agenda Item: 23-0525 Chief Procurement Officer Krysti Brotherton presented the items to the Board. General Services Director Sean Donahue and County Administrator Don Donaldson assisted with Board questions. The following items were approved: (1) Old Bootcamp Gym and Sheriff's Grounds Maintenance Building Remodel and Sheriff's K9 Operations Building Construction and (2) Rehabilitation of Single Family Homes for the State Housing Initiative Partnership Program (re-bid). MOTION: A motion was made by Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Hetherington, to approve staff's recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: 5 - Commissioner Hetherington, Commissioner Smith, Vice Chairman Jenkins II, Commissioner Heard, and Chairman Ciampi Aye: DEPT-3 2023 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM UPDATE Agenda Item: 23-0640 Legislative Coordinator Sarah Powers presented the 2023 Legislative Program update to the Board. DEPT-4 MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOARD) REVIEW OF THE CONSENT AGENDA EXPENDITURE PROCESS Agenda Item: 23-0761 County Administrator Don Donaldson provided a review of the consent agenda expenditure process. PUBLIC - PLEASE LIMIT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES None at this time. ADJOURN The Board of County Commissioners May 9, 2023 meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m. _________________________ _________________________ Carolyn Timmann, Clerk of the Edward Ciampi, Chair Circuit Court and Comptroller Board of County Commissioners /lp Minutes approved: _________________________ Page 12 of 135/9/23 FINAL MINUTES
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FINAL AGENDA 5/9/23 9:00 AM BOCC MEETING AGENDA COMMISSION CHAMBERS 2401 SE MONTEREY ROAD, STUART, FLORIDA 34996 Don G. Donaldson, P.E., County Administrator Sarah W. Woods, County Attorney Carolyn Timmann, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Edward V. Ciampi, Chairman Harold E. Jenkins II, Vice Chairman Doug Smith Stacey Hetherington Sarah Heard PRESETS 9:05 AM - Public Comment 5:05 PM - Public Comment CALL TO ORDER 1. INVOCATION ~ Jonathan Dobbs, Air Force Chaplain 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ~ Jonathan Dobbs, Air Force Veteran 3. ADDITIONAL ITEMS 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 5. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA Consent Agenda items are considered routine and are enacted by one motion and will have no action noted, but the "Recommendation" as it appears on the Board item is the approved action. PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS PROC-1 PRESENT PROCLAMATIONS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED VIA THE CONSENT AGENDA The Chairman will present proclamations declaring Stamp Out Hunger Day, Human Trafficking Awareness, Memorial Day, and Historic Preservation Month in Martin County, Florida. Agenda Item: 23-0695 Printed on 5/4/20235/9/23 BOCC FINAL AGENDA Page 1 of 8
PROC-2 ADOPT AND PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK IN MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA The Board is asked to adopt and present a proclamation declaring Travel and Tourism Week in Martin County, Florida Agenda Item: 23-0745 PROC-3 PRESENTATION OF MARTIN COUNTY FIRE RESCUE’S FIRE PREVENTION WITH A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FROM THE SAFETY COUNCIL OF PALM BEACH COUNTY Martin County Fire Rescue's Fire Prevention received the Special Recognition Award from the Safety Council of Palm Beach County for their Community Connect Program. The platform is a secure and free emergency preparedness tool that allows residents and business owners in Martin County to share critical information about their households with first responders and emergency response personnel. By providing important household information during emergencies, the program helps ensure the safety and protection of individuals and their property. Agenda Item: 23-0752 PROC-4 ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE CITIZENS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN CLASS 62 OF THE MARTIN CARES PROGRAM Class 62 brings the number of residents who have experienced the Citizens Academy and Resource Education Series (Martin CARES) to over 2,500. The Martin CARES program is offered two times per fiscal year. This is the second class for FY23. Agenda Item: 23-0509 COMMENTS 1. PUBLIC - PLEASE LIMIT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES 2. COMMISSIONERS 3. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CONSENT ADMINISTRATION CNST-1 CONTRACTS THAT MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR BOARD APPROVAL This item is a placeholder on all Board meeting agendas to streamline the process for items that meet the Board approval threshold. Specific items requiring approval, if any, will be provided by Supplemental Memorandum. If there are no items, a Supplemental Memorandum will not be attached. Agenda Item: 23-0510 Supplemental Memorandum (4 items) CNST-2 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ APPROVAL OF WARRANT LIST FOR DISBURSEMENT VIA CHECKS AND ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS Pursuant to Chapter 136.06, Florida Statutes, checks and electronic payments issued by the Board of County Commissioners are to be recorded in the Board meeting minutes. In compliance with statutory requirements, the Warrant List is added to the Consent Agenda for approval by the Board of County Commissioners. This Warrant List is for disbursements made between April 4, 2023 and April 24, 2023. Additional details related Printed on 5/4/20235/9/23 BOCC FINAL AGENDA Page 2 of 8
to these disbursements may be viewed in the office of the Martin County Clerk of Court and Comptroller or on the Clerk’s website. Agenda Item: 23-0514 CNST-3 TREASURE COAST HEALTH COUNCIL APPOINTMENT After solicitation of applicants, the Board is asked to make the necessary appointment to the Treasure Coast Health Council. Agenda Item: 23-0608 CNST-4 ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK IN MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA The Board is asked to adopt a proclamation declaring National Garden Week in Martin County, Florida. Agenda Item: 23-0575 CNST-5 ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK IN MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA The Board is asked to adopt a proclamation declaring National Safe Boating Week in Martin County, Florida. Agenda Item: 23-0746 CNST-6 APPROVAL OF LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN (LHAP) FY 2023-2026 Florida Administrative Code 67-37.005 requires the County to submit a new Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP) every three years to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC). The LHAP governs Martin County’s State Housing Initiative Partnership Program (SHIP) programming and expenditures. The 2023-2026 LHAP was prepared by staff and reviewed and approved by the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC). The AHAC recommended that the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approve the 2023-2026 LHAP for submission to the FHFC. Agenda Item: 23-0750 BUILDING CNST-7 REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF FINE REDUCTION STIPULATION AND AGREED RECOMMENDED ORDER REGARDING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE OF LISA COPELAND CASE NUMBER ENF2021040453-01 Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.98B, General Ordinances, Martin County Code, the Board of County Commissioners is asked to consider approval of a Fine Reduction Stipulation and Agreed Recommended Order regarding the Code Enforcement case of Lisa Copeland. Agenda Item: 23-0748 CNST-8 REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF FINE REDUCTION STIPULATION AND AGREED RECOMMENDED ORDER REGARDING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE OF DOUGLAS REES CASE NUMBER ENF2020110648-01 Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.98B, General Ordinances, Martin County Code, the Board of County Commissioners is asked to consider approval of a Fine Reduction Stipulation and Agreed Recommended Order regarding the Code Enforcement case of Printed on 5/4/20235/9/23 BOCC FINAL AGENDA Page 3 of 8
Douglas Rees. Agenda Item: 23-0749 COUNTY ATTORNEY CNST-9 APPROVAL OF TERMINATION OF DECEMBER 15, 2006 HOUSING ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT The Village of Indiantown forwarded a request to terminate a 2006 Housing Assistance Agreement for property within the proposed Quillen Development of Regional Impact. Agenda Item: 23-0766 Supplemental Memorandum GROWTH MANAGEMENT CNST-10 REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MARTIN COUNTY AND TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL The Board is requested to approve an Interlocal Agreement with the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) to assist with public outreach as part of the Evaluation and Appraisal Review (EAR) of the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan. Agenda Item: 23-0731 Supplemental Memorandum PARKS AND RECREATION CNST-11 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SCHOOL BOARD OF MARTIN COUNTY The Transportation Services Agreement with the School Board of Martin County is for the use of school buses to transport after-school and summer camp participants for field trips, special events, and activities. Agenda Item: 23-0736 PUBLIC WORKS CNST-12 ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ACCEPTING A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR ACQUISITION AND DEDICATION AS RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A 10-FOOT STRIP OF LAND LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SE COVE ROAD This is a request for the adoption of a resolution approving and accepting a Special Warranty Deed from Anna T. Gallea and Joseph A. Gallea, Jr., as co-trustees of the Anna T. Gallea Revocable Living Trust U/A dated March 5, 2019, for the acquisition and dedication as right-of-way of a 10-foot strip of land along the north side of SE Cove Road as part of the Port Salerno CRA Sidewalk Connection Project. Agenda Item: 23-0670 CNST-13 ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ACCEPTING TWO UTILITY EASEMENTS FROM SUN RIVERSIDE LLC, A MICHIGAN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, FOR WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION SERVICES IN JENSEN BEACH This is a request for the adoption of a Resolution approving and accepting two Utility Easements from Sun Riverside LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, to allow for water and sewer connection services along the western property line and easterly right-of-way of NE Indian River Drive in Jensen Beach. Printed on 5/4/20235/9/23 BOCC FINAL AGENDA Page 4 of 8
Agenda Item: 23-0692 CNST-14 ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ACCEPTING A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR ACQUISITION AND DEDICATION OF A 6.5-FOOT STRIP OF LAND LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SE COVE ROAD AS RIGHT-OF-WAY This is a request for the adoption of a resolution approving and accepting a Special Warranty Deed from TGIR Properties, LLC, a limited liability company, for the acquisition and dedication of a 6.5-foot strip of land along both parcels on the north side of SE Cove Road as right-of-way. Agenda Item: 23-0710 UTILITIES AND SOLID WASTE CNST-15 INITIAL ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION FOR THE PORT SALERNO NEW MONROVIA WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT Board action is requested to adopt the initial assessment resolution for the Port Salerno/New Monrovia Wastewater Municipal Service Benefit Unit to allow installation of a vacuum assisted gravity wastewater collection system and associated vacuum pump station. Agenda Item: 23-0721 ADMINISTRATION CNST-16 PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT The Board of County Commissioners is asked to confirm Commissioner Ciampi’s appointment, David Bradford, Jr., to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Agenda Item: 23-0769 Additional Item (23-0769) BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS B&C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS After solicitation of applicants, the Board is asked to make the necessary appointments to the Golden Gate, Hobe Sound, Old Palm City, and Port Salerno Neighborhood Advisory Committees. Agenda Item: 23-0666 PUBLIC HEARINGS PH-1 PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION (FTA) FY20 SECTION 5307 URBANIZED FORMULA FUNDING Martin County’s Public Transit system is partially funded by a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant that must be applied for each year. The grant application requires Martin County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to conduct a public hearing that encourages public participation and opportunities for the community to comment on the Program of Projects for the filing of the FY2020 Section 5307 Grant Application. Agenda Item: 23-0654 Printed on 5/4/20235/9/23 BOCC FINAL AGENDA Page 5 of 8
PH-2 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PORTIONS OF ARTICLE 12, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT CODE, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, MARTIN COUNTY CODE, RELATED TO THE SPECIAL PARKING ALTERNATIVES FOR REDEVELOPMENT CENTERS PROGRAM Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) staff has been retained to assist the Martin County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to update the Special Parking Alternatives for Redevelopment Centers (SPARC) program. This process included presentations to all six Neighborhood Advisory Committees (NAC). Each NAC has recommended, with input, that the SPARC program be approved by the CRA Board, and that it moves forward to the Local Planning Agency (LPA) and the Martin County Board of County Commissioners (Board). The CRA Board approved the program in a unanimous vote on March 27, 2023. Agenda Item: 23-0714 PH-3 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT CPA 22-07, COUNTY OPERATIONS This is a request for an amendment to Policy 4.1B.2.(2), Chapter 4, Future Land Use Element, Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, Martin County Code. Agenda Item: 23-0634 Supplemental Memorandum PH-4 PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE MARTIN COUNTY ZONING ATLAS TO CHANGE THE ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FOR C173-001, COUNTY OPERATIONS This application is a request for a zoning district change on a 29.8-acre parcel from LI, Limited Industrial District to GI, General Industrial District, located on the west side SW Kanner Highway, south of SW 96th Street, and north of SW Bridge Road. This request is made concurrent with a proposed Comprehensive Growth Management Plan Site-Specific Text amendment, CPA 22-07, County Operations. Included is a request for a Certificate of Public Facilities Exemption. Agenda Item: 23-0633 QUASI-JUDICIAL - Supplemental Memorandum PUBLIC HEARINGS QUASI-JUDICIAL PHQJ-1 REQUEST BY FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY FOR MAJOR FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THE MONARCH SOLAR FACILITY PROJECT (F117-002) This is a request for approval of a major final site plan for the development of a solar energy facility on approximately 507 acres. The proposed development is located approximately 6 miles east of Lake Okeechobee, on the north side of SW Kanner Highway, and accessed from SW Farm Road. Included with this application is a request for a Certificate of Public Facilities Reservation. Agenda Item: 23-0703 Printed on 5/4/20235/9/23 BOCC FINAL AGENDA Page 6 of 8
PHQJ-2 REQUEST FOR FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR ROLLING SANDS GOLF COURSE (B076-003) This is a request by SS Ranch, LLC for approval of a major development final site plan for an 18-hole, private golf course with driving range, clubhouse, maintenance facilities, associated infrastructure and other ancillary buildings on approximately 240 acres. The proposed development is referred to as Rolling Sands Golf Course (B076-003). The subject property is located between Okeechobee Waterway (aka St. Lucie Canal) and SW Kanner Highway approximately 6.5 miles west of Interstate 95. Included with this application is a request for a Certificate of Public Facilities Reservation. Agenda Item: 23-0762 Supplemental Memorandum DEPARTMENTAL QUASI-JUDICIAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT DPQJ-1 REQUEST PLAT APPROVAL FOR THE WEST JENSEN PUD PHASE IB PARCELS 6.0, 6.4-6.8 (W038-099) Jensen Beach Land Company, Ltd. requests plat approval for Parcels 6.0, 6.4-6.8 of the West Jensen Planned Unit Development (PUD) Phase IB and minor technical changes to the Parcel 6.4 residential site plan. The proposed plat is consistent with the Revised Phase IB Master Plan and Revised Infrastructure Final Site Plan that were approved with the 14th PUD Amendment. The combined parcels are approximately 40.47-acres and are generally located at the northeast corner of NW Goldenrod Road and US Highway One in Jensen Beach. Included is a request for a Certificate of Public Facilities Exemption. Agenda Item: 23-0671 DPQJ-2 REQUEST REVISED FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THE THREE LAKES PROJECT (B115-007) This is a request for a Revised Major Final Site Plan approval for the Three Lakes Project. Revisions include the addition of a golf clubhouse, 14 golf cottages and associated infrastructure to the approximately 1,216-acre site located on SW Kanner Highway, approximately 2.5 miles west of I-95 in Stuart. Included is a request for a waiver consistent with Policy 10.2A.8.9, Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, Martin County Code (CGMP) allowing an increase in the maximum cumulative flow of on-site wastewater treatment and disposal systems from 2,000 to 5,000 gallons per day (GPD). Included is a request for a Certificate of Public Facilities Reservation. Agenda Item: 23-0529 Supplemental Memorandum DPQJ-3 REQUEST APPROVAL OF A REPLAT FOR A PORTION OF THE RECORDED SOUTH FLORIDA GATEWAY PLAT (C LOTS) PROJECT NO. S265-013 This is a request by Lucido & Associates, on behalf of KL Waterside LLC, for approval of a replat for a portion of the recorded South Florida Gateway Plat, consistent with the Revised Final Infrastructure Site Plan which added 7.9 acres of vacant industrial land to the South Florida Gateway PUD and split Lot C into 2 lots, creating 7 rather than 6 development sites. The subject property is located on the west side of Kanner Highway, south of SW 96th Street, in Stuart. Included is a request for a Certificate of Public Facilities Exemption. Printed on 5/4/20235/9/23 BOCC FINAL AGENDA Page 7 of 8
Agenda Item: 23-0713 Supplemental Memorandum DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION DEPT-1 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET ITEMS WHICH REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL This is a placeholder on all Board meeting agendas to streamline the process for grant applications, awards, budget resolutions, budget transfers from reserves, and CIP amendments. Specific items requiring approval, if any, will be provided by Supplemental Memorandum. Agenda Item: 23-0521 Supplemental Memorandum (8 items) DEPT-2 CONTRACTS THAT MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR BOARD APPROVAL $1 MILLION OR GREATER This item is a placeholder on all Board meeting agendas to streamline the process for items that meet the Board approval threshold. Specific items requiring approval, if any, will be provided by Supplemental Memorandum. If there are no items, a Supplemental Memorandum will not be attached. Agenda Item: 23-0525 Supplemental Memorandum (2 items) DEPT-3 2023 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM UPDATE Each year, the Martin County Board of County Commissioners adopts a state legislative program that sets the appropriations and policy priorities for the county. An update on the success of the legislative program will be provided and an overview of the strategy the county will take during this upcoming session will be discussed. Agenda Item: 23-0640 DEPT-4 MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOARD) REVIEW OF THE CONSENT AGENDA EXPENDITURE PROCESS The Board has requested a presentation that illustrates the process for which items are placed on the Consent Agenda and the review of the expenditures. Staff has focused on two budget categories that are routinely approved in the Consent Agenda and show up in the Clerk of Court Warrant List of Disbursements. Agenda Item: 23-0761 PUBLIC - PLEASE LIMIT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES ADJOURN This document may be reproduced upon request in an alternative format by contacting the County ADA Coordinator (772) 320-3131, the County Administration Office (772) 288-5400, Florida Relay 711, or by completing our accessibility feedback form at www.martin.fl.us/accessibility-feedback. Printed on 5/4/20235/9/23 BOCC FINAL AGENDA Page 8 of 8
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welcome to our MAY 9th 2023 Board of county commissioners meeting. I d like to call the meeting to order and start with an invocation by Air Force Chaplain Jonathan Dobbs, who then will also be leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance. For the first time we have the invocation and the pledge from the same person. We re very appreciative of that, sir, if you would come forward if you would all please rise. Good morning and welcome. Good morning, sir. Good morning commissioners. Thanks for letting me be here. Let s pray together. Almighty GOD, Lord Jesus. Thank you for this day? Thank you. For the gift of life. Thank you for all the families that are represented here? Thank you for the heartbeats last night as we were sleeping and for the breath in our lungs. For the food on the table, the clothes on our shoulders and for our homes and our families, our spouses, our marriages and the gift of life. I. Thank you for? Um, our city commissioners and county commissioners in our state representatives. Thank you. For Martin County. What a great place to live. I pray that it would continue to be for years to come. Lord, I just want to pray right now for each commissioner, I just want to pray for Mr Doug Smith. I pray for MISS. Stacey Heatherington pray for Mr Harold Jenkins. Mr Smith, Sarah heard Mr Edward campy. Just pray your blessing on their lives their families. Their marriage is if they re married. I just pray you give them wisdom. I pray you give them help from every side. I pray for resources, Pray for protection. And their personal lives. I pray you help them in any way because we all go through things. Just. Pray you lead them. You d guide them. You direct them. I pray also, for our first responders, I pray for chief to Minelli over the Stuart Police Department. I. Pray for chief, Vince Felician over at Stuart Fire. I pray for chief. Chairs and Chili pray for Sheriff Snyder. I pray you d lead GOD and direct them and their efforts. Please help them to keep us safe for your blessing on all the families involved. I pray for our PRESIDENT Joe Biden. I, pray for our Congress and our Senate. And. I just pray You lied, GOD and direct us in this season in America. There s a lot of Brokenness, Please heal it, Lord and please use our leaders to make wise and good decisions. I pray your blessing on all that is going on today. All of the plans everything that we are going to see before this commission. I. Just pray your favor your help. Mercy and Grace and I prayed in Jesus name. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic, which stands one nation under GOD, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. If you would stay what we normally would like to do is if you could share with us a little bit of your military background and your history, so we get a little better understanding of who you are. And. I d like to thank you. That was a beautiful invocation. Thank you My. Pleasure. Um, good morning. I. Hope you re doing well, Um I m gonna have to stick to the microphone, but that s all right. So. I m a Georgia boy. I grew up in Augusta, Georgia went to the University of Georgia will apologize for those who are Gators and Seminoles and all that other stuff. Um. I ve been married to my wife, Lauren for 22 years for our four kids in the house. Six kids Total got to who have launched Um. I joined the military in 97 didn t know what I wanted to do with my life, so I joined the International guard became a weekend warrior. Became, an aircraft mechanic worked on f 16 fighter airplanes in the Carolina International Guard loved it had a great experience got an opportunity to become an aircraft maintenance officer through rotc. So in 2002 graduated from Georgia after marrying my wife, which was a wiser choice and we went off into the active duty Air force served in Air Combat command for about 6.5 years. I thought I was going to do that for my the rest of my career. And GOD has a sense of humor. He, um, He gave me an opportunity to go into seminary. I surrendered my career, which I was going to be a commander, probably the next three years to missionary service and went overseas to Asia served in Asia. For about three years I was emissions pastor for two and then I got an opportunity to come down here to Stuart, Florida of all places. To get trained and to engage a lot of people in the streets and homes and bars and tattoo parlors and just bring hope to a lot of people and in that season They recruited me to be a chaplain at Patrick Air Force Base, and so I became a reserve chaplain. I did that for about 2.5 3 years We had a helicopter go down in Iraq while I was the chaplain up there, and we were able to, um I had to pull out of work here and Martin County serve a lot of the families lay them to rest do the memorial services. And. Then I got pulled back on active duty. Normally. You don t get to do that, and 2019 started back on regular air force served for the last 2.5. Almost three years. I was my last job. I was installation Chaplain a bit, Um Pope Army Airfield up at Fort Bragg. And, uh, I thought I was going to finish my career again. But, the vaccine mandates Stop me from being able to finish my career. But. Even though that happened. We wanted to serve warriors had a chance to come alongside warriors as served with a group called Walking with warriors with first responders and military We love the military and we love Martin County, and we re thankful. And so I just want you to know we re grateful for this opportunity. And I love serving in the military. Thank you, sir. I ll take you okay? That s quite a story. Thank you very much for sharing. Okay, the agenda. It s always anticlimactic when we go from that, and now let me tell you about the agenda. Ah, we have an additional item it consent number 16 Parks and Recreation Advisory board appointment. We have one consent agenda. Poll consent number 10 requests for approval of an inter local agreement between Martin County and the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council pulled by commissioner heard We have, um Two items that we have a request to withdraw public hearing number three in public hearing number four. They are withdrawn and will return on JUNE 6th. And. I believe that is everything at this time to again, please. The last few sorry, one in public hearing three and four. Right? Emotion. Yes, please, uh, move approval of the agenda. The consent agenda of the additional item of consent. Um number 16 and the pole of number 10 and the withdrawal. Of item public hearing Item three and four. Thank you very much thank you have a motion to accept the agenda as presented by Commissioner Smith seconded by Commissioner Heatherington all those in favor. Aye all those opposed that motion carries unanimously Thank you. We have some proclamations this morning. A lot of things to be happy and thankful for in our community. The First Proclamation, Actually Before we we have one that we need to have a motion for proclamation number to adopt and present a proclamation Declaring travel and tourism weekend Martin County entertain a motion for that. Thank you. We have a motion by Commissioner Jenkins for Proclamation Number two, seconded by Commissioner Heatherington all those in favor of those opposed that motion carries unanimously. Now we can present that one. Misbah prey is here. She does an excellent job every time and presenting these, um and then takes the photographs, so she still doing double duty. Our first one is stamp out Hunger Day in Martin County. Good morning commissioners. Every year on the second Saturday in MAY letter carriers across the country collect non perishable food as part of the night nation s largest one day food drive, distributing the donations to local food banks. It is important to note that all food collected and our community stays in our community and we support carriers efforts to help those in need further. The board recognizes all letter carriers and local pantry services. For their hard work and commitment to their communities and here to accept we have Jenny Carson with House of Hope. I don t see. No. You did an excellent job. So I am the outreach and development coordinator at House of Hope, Martin County. We on the same age as House of Hope, which is I won t tell you, but we ll call it almost 30 years. No. Just kidding. Almost 40 years old. I am Ah, Um. We celebrate 40 years next year and we are specialists in empowering and equipping. Martin County residents about 44% of our county of our neighbors of our community. Are food insecure. Um, So someone you know, might not know where their next meal comes from, and house of Hope works with our residents to equipment and power them to overcome those hungry that hunger and those hardships. Stamp out hunger everything received. It s one of the rare places in the country. It s a national movement with the national letter carriers, but we receive all of the food and items collected. We have 30 plus partners of food pantries and services that actually extend even outside of Martin County. That we provide to different pantries. We ourselves provide client choice Pantries client services. Workforce development. We have thrift stores. We have enrichment centers. We have gardens. We have a produce farm that we also I believe it s 6000 packages of produce some even better than we could get in Publix goes to the health and the benefit of our community. Um, and the summer is a time that a lot of our incoming donations tend to drop a little so stamp out hunger comes at the perfect time for us to be able to provide for our community over the summer, So. We are so appreciative. And. We are so excited So, please. You ll see yellow bags if you haven t already Um, I carried in touched almost everyone, So. Thank you, um so fill him We have Tried to bless and tried to equip our national security because they do this out of service. Um so we got him some ibuprofen and some muscle cream and some coffee and some propel, because we know this is going to be a lot of work on the day of so just in time for Mother s day, we want to care for our county. So thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. Our. Next proclamation is recognizing human trafficking awareness in Martin Cou. Human trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world behind drug dealing and as a form of modern day slavery in which human beings are controlled, abused and exploited for profit through labor and sects in recognition of MAY is human trafficking awareness month the board calls upon our residents to help local organizations eliminate human trafficking through empowering people to see something and say something. Together, We can stop this travesty through awareness, education, restoration and legislation and here to accept we have Sarah Henry, who s which, with catch the wave of hope in the Florida Faith Alliance and Lynn Barletta with visionary School of the arts Visionary Centers international and founder of Catch, the Wave of Hope. Hello. Good morning. My name is Sarah Henry and I m, the executive director at Catch, the wave of Hope I first heard about human trafficking as a freshman in college, and it was honestly beyond my comprehension. In fact. Today. It is still something that is hard to comprehend that a human being can do such a heinous crime to an adult or child. I worked in a safe house for domestic minor girls who had verified cases of human trafficking. And working there changed my life. It is why I m here today to be a voice for them? They each have stories, names faces and are not just a number. The issue of human trafficking, sextortion and child exploitation has continued to rise, and it is not a new problem. It is our responsibility as a community to take action because we have an important role to play. There has been a massive increase to the number of cases occurring online with our Children. Children no longer have to leave their home to be exploited, trafficked or taken advantage of. According to the data from the National Center for missing and exploited Children. The number of reports involving Sextortion more than doubled between 2019 and 2021. Catch the wave of hope exists to be a part of the solution In eradicating this issue, the mission and vision of our organization is to be an advocate in our community. We focus on prevention by offering awareness trainings to the community we equip our audience is with the tools and resources not only to identify what trafficking looks like But how to safeguard themselves and their Children. According to Polaris, who operates the national human Trafficking Hotline. The. Internet is the top recruiting location for all forms of human trafficking. We also offer therapy for survivors who have been exploited or trafficked. Our organization believes in walking with survivors side by side and supporting them every step of their journey. As, an individual who has worked directly with survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation for several y. The trauma survivor goes through has a lasting lifelong impact. Survivors are incredibly resilient but are often stigmatized. Their voices are the most important voice to listen to, and this fight against trafficking. Today. This proclamation unites our community in a way that has us link arms, saying Not here on our watch and Martin County. Thank you. Thank you so much commissioners for helping our community to become aware of the fastest growing crime in the world Child trafficking Florida Faith Alliance in Florida, educators alliances bringing awareness in the treasure and Gold Coast, also central Florida with a goal to cover the state. We offer restorative art programs for child and adult survivors that has been shown to help with ptsd and healing. We ve also been working with legislation and Bill sb 16 90 just passed in the Florida State house to make hotels and safehouses accountable, and there s more to come as that they has established liaisons with our sheriff s department. Also Homeland Security, who has an office right here in Stuart, as we re bringing awareness to principals, teachers, churches and synagogues. We recently turned in a tip that contributed to the arrest of one of the men who were trying to pick up Children at bus stops Right here in Martin County that was one of three child predator arrest since DECEMBER of 2022. Martin County is a wonderful community, but traffickers don t honor county lines and they transport their victims from county to county as part of their slave trade. My team turned in a tip before the pandemic that led to a bust in Golden gate that was connected to Lake worth that was connected to Indian town. Women and Children were rescued right here in our community. It was a large ring servicing hundreds of men, but awareness is a powerful force, and it s for us to unite and fight with as we collaborate with organizations with law enforcement. With educators and with leaders government leaders like yourselves, So that is the call to action. We will be back for more. And we thank you so much, and I want to thank my presenter team. I want to thank Sarah and catch the wave of hope, because collaboration is the key. Thank you. Two second Reformation. Thank you. I m good. I have a second proclamation for you. Yeah? Yeah, you have dollars. Thank you. Our. Next proclamation is declaring Memorial Day in Martin County, Florida. Since our nation s earliest days, America has been blessed with an unbroken chain of patriots who have served our country with honor and distinction. From Concord to Kandahar. Generations of brave warriors had fought have fought for freedom across the standards no over mud and mountains into lonely deserts and through crowded streets. The board recognizes MAY 29th 2023 as Memorial Day and calls upon all citizens to take the time to remember those who served and sacrificed to be sure, this nation remains the bastion of freedom. We all have been privileged to enjoy. And here to accept we have Dan McGrain McHenry, who is our veterans Service Officer? Yes. Thank you very much. I. Don t have anything prepared? I never want to MISS An opportunity to thank the board of our 67 counties. We have the best board of county commissioners. The best administrator, of course, Michelle Miller or Boss. You guys provide such great support for our 14,000 veterans and families. Uh here in Martin County, and and we re just so proud and thankful for for your support. Indeed, Memorial Day on the 29th. We will be hosting yet another parade and ceremony that kicks off at 10 o clock at Memorial Park. Hope you can be there in anyone tuned in Can be there. Um, it is a a celebration and honor for those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you once again for your wonderful support. Everybody s goodness. One. Okay? Yeah. Yeah. Ready for another one, Laura. I am Our next proclamations declaring historic Preservation month and Martin County, Florida in honor of Alice Lockhart. Historic preservation is an effective tool for revitalizing neighborhoods, fostering local pride and maintaining community character. The Martin County Historic Preservation Board has planned events throughout Martin County during the month of MAY to increase awareness and the need for public participation in historic preservation in order to save our local treasures. This year s historic PRESIDENT. Preservation month honors. Alice Lockhart, a local historian and author, who is remembered for her lifelong historic preservation work, and here to accept we have Sherry Lee, who is the chair of our Martin County Historic Preservation b. Hi. Good morning, everyone. My name is Sherry Lee. I m, the chair of the historic Preservation board. Martin County Thank you for declaring MAY Preservation month this month. We have a lot of events scheduled would like to invite everyone to attend. We have tours and events scheduled at all Saints Episcopal Church The Captain Sewell House Historic mansion at Tuckahoe. Um the historic log cabin. We have an 80th anniversary celebration at the historic Flagler Center. We have the archaeological society is doing an event on shipwrecks at the Hobe Sound Library. We have events at the Apollo school, and we also have a very important reception of the Elliott Museum honoring our preservationists of the year. Who is Lloyd Jones, founding chair of Martin County Black Heritage initiatives that is on Thursday. MAY 18th. We hope everyone will be able to be there at the Elliott Museum to celebrate from 5 to 6 30. Thank you very much. In our last one this morning is the one we just voted on earlier declaring travel and tourism week in Martin County, Florida. Hmm, travel and tourism play a vital role in Martin County is economic prosperity and quality of life of all Martin County residents. National Travel and Tourism Week provides an opportunity to recognize the important contributions of the tourism industry to our community and to encourage residents and visitors alike to explore and enjoy all that Martin County has to offer. The board recognizes MAY 7th through 13th as traveling tourism weekend Martin County and urges all residents and visitors to to celebrate this occasion by patronizing our local businesses and attractions and by experiencing the many wonderful sights and sounds of our community and here to accept along with a lot of other folks, we have Marissa Okay, who is our tourism director, got a posse? Morning commissioners. I couldn t do it without the a b. C d s of tourism. So we have Anna Grace Fagnini Sally Bine in in Centro own and Emily dark with us to accept this proclamation. Normally. We don t do a proclamation for National tourism Week, But, This is the 40th anniversary. This is us recognized holiday and as the 40th anniversary really, really wanted to make sure we were going above and beyond So As being here with part of national travel and Tourism Week. We have several programs that are taking place throughout the week. The first is a digital marketing acceleration program that the Martin County Office of Tourism in conjunction with the Tourism Development Council are rolling out this week. This is a free training program to any tourist business, tourism business, Local business Here. Um. This will give you a score on your website and lead you through everything you need to make sure that you are doing the best to put your your best foot forward as you market your Own business here in Martin County. So that kicks off today and again, That s the Martin County digital Acceleration program. And we re also kicking out the start of our eco tourism program and we re extremely extremely excited about this so events will take place you can go to explore natural martin dot com and the Eco tourism program is very unique, and we need to thank public works and John mail because it s a split between ecosystems and tourism and its programming available on all of our public lands. For visitors and residents to make sure that we re doing this properly. We have partnered with leave No trace, which is a national organization again. We re making sure we re have stewardship and sustainability as we move through this program, So thank you so much for recognizing us this week, and we re very excited to be here. A b. C. D s Thank you. Misery. Okay. Thank you very much for that. Now. Take our public comments if you are interested in making a public comment Couple of points for you if you speak this morning during general public comment On a specific agenda item and then later the agenda item comes back. You don t get to speak twice on the same topic, so if you can t speak at the item you can speak this morning. Or you could speak to us on any other topic. You ll have three minutes at the two minute and 45 2nd point. You ll hear a tone that doesn t mean to stop. It just means you have 15 seconds to wrap up your comments. Um And that s how we do it. I will if you would like to, and you have yet to fill out one of these forms. You can speak first. Just state your name for the record, and then our bailiff can give you one of these forms to fill out afterwards for our Clark, our first request to speak for him this morning as Mr Tom Pine Mr Pin Good morning and welcome. Good morning. My name is Tom Pine. I m, a resident of Jensen Beach. I ve been believed in Martin County for 50 years on FEBRUARY 13th 2023. I did a public record requests regarding our newly renovated golf course I asked for the original cost estimate of the county golf Course Master design plan and the original cost estimate of construction. Now that some time has passed. I would like the final cost of the county golf course. Master design plan and the final cost of construction. I would also like the building that houses the Bar, restaurant and high end hitting bays separated out For. This request I was charged $40, and it took Two months. The answer I got was reminiscent of the days during the illegal expansion of Runway 12 30 at the Stuart Airport, a first class dog and pony show I got about 60 pages of information, but nothing relative to my question. In the real world, these people that came up with a scheme would have been fired, but not Martin County government. They are patted on the back for keeping the public in the dark as to where our tax dollars are going. As I wait with bated breath for our The best two. Here are counties definition of the consent agenda. I have read the definition on Google and on Robert s rules in order and it clearly states routine expenditures is what belongs in the consent agenda. That means like that means things like the cost overruns at the county golf course don t belong hidden in the consent agenda. Special rental deals of county buildings with your buddies and the Chamber of commerce don belong hidden in the consent agenda. In the consent to today that don t belong there $2.3 million in contracts for drainage infrastruc
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