City Council - Regular Meeting

Hold on one second. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to our City of Port St. Lucie City Council meeting this Monday, August 24th, 2026 at 6.02 p.m. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Councilwoman Morgan. Mayor Martin. Here, ma'am. Councilman Bonham. Vice Mayor Caraballo. Here, ma'am. Please stand for the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance.

We have two proclamations this evening. The first one is for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Whereas September is recognized nationally as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and whereas childhood cancer affects thousands of children and families each year, bringing emotional, physical, and financial challenges, and whereas children diagnosed with cancer demonstrate remarkable courage, strength, and resilience throughout their treatment and recovery journeys, And whereas Child Cancer Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is an opportunity to honor the children who are bravely fighting cancer every

Thank you very much. Thank you for all you do. Our next proclamation is for Hunger Action Month. Whereas hunger and food insecurity remain serious challenges across the United States, the state of Florida, and the Treasure Coast, affecting one in four adults and children in our region, and whereas access to nutritious food is essential to the health, well-being, and success of individuals and families, and no one in our community should have to wonder where their next meal will come from. And whereas the city of Port St. Lucie is committed to raising awareness of food insecurity and supporting

Okay, before we move on to public to be heard, I'd like to share our standards of decorum that we follow here in our chambers as outlined in section 11 of the council rules. Our meetings are to conduct business of the city, and we ask that all participants please uphold the principles of civility, honor, and dignity. When addressing the dais, please use proper language, direct all comments to the chair, and refrain from personal attacks, disruptive behavior, or the use of profanity. In addition, outbursts or applause are not permitted. Each speaker will have three minutes, and time may not be

Thank you. Thank you. Good luck with your business. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Casey Honeycutt? Casey Honeycutt? There we go. Good evening.

DOTY SPENCE? YOU KNOW I MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY.

Thank you, sir. You can give them to the clerk. Mr. Deani. Good evening.

Those are all the cards that I have signed up to speak. Would anyone else like to address public to be heard? Come forward, ma'am.

Would anyone else like to address the council? Come forward. Please state your name for the record.

Sir, your time's up. Please conclude your comments. Thank you. Thank you. Would anyone else like to address the council? So no one will close public to be heard. Oh, sorry. Good evening.

Thank you so much. Mr. Jackson, you do amazing things in our community for our veterans and you are to be commended. So thank you very much. Anyone else like to address the public to be heard? Come forward. Please state your name. Jennifer Patnaud.

Would anyone else like to address public to be heard? Seeing no one, I'm going to close public to be heard. Council, comments?

So I'd I'd like to make some comments to address the flock cameras and there's going to be a lot of you know, there's going to be a lot of comments here. So please please stay with me because I want to be very I want to be very balanced and very thorough. So I have always said that I will stand 100% with law enforcement and I will stand with keeping our community safe. I also took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution when I assume this office. I don't believe the two are incompatible. I also want to say that I was the sole vote on this council against our red light camera systems. So

Thank you, Madam Mayor. I don't know if anybody else. Did you have something? No, no, go ahead. I'll wait. I'll wait.

I just want to talk about Jimmy Jackson and the great things that he does for our community. I would like to see the city communications department, maybe special events, reach out to his organization. And we support him in the same way that we've done other nonprofits here locally. If there's a consensus, I'd like for that to happen.

So we have an item on consent, which is 7G, when we get to it. You good?

Councilman Morgan, did you have something?

I just wanted to... echo what Councilman Bono Bono just said about the cameras and there's a lot more information out there. And I appreciate what he said and I'll just leave it at that there's a lot more information that we need thank you.

FIRST I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE YOUNG LADY THAT CAME FORWARD ABOUT THE BUSINESS PROGRAM AND THEN THE CONVERSATION MUCH AROUND FLOCK AND I AGREE WITH MANY OF THE COMMENTS SAID BY MY COLLEAGUE. I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER EDUCATION LOCALLY WITH OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS Q&A. I know Mr. City Manager previously we used to have sessions where we would actually do Q&A. We would have experts in the field come in as well as staff members do it even from the dais and welcome Q&A and do open like essentially town halls for the public. I think it's important. I have spoken to Chi

It's usually within the, and I know we have our one-on-ones on that, but I just, I know it's a complex issue. It's not as straightforward. In addition, I don't necessarily know what year those numbers were, so I think that it'd be interesting just to see if that's current year numbers. And then to Mr. Jackson, I saw something with, do I give a rock? I saw something recently. I'm glad to see that there's events taking place. for me the biggest piece of advocacy that i see him do which is just so humbling is when we see them actually walking madam mayor with the rucksacks in honor of their broth

Thank you. So when it comes to the license plate readers, I agree with all the comments that my colleagues have made. As a matter of fact, when this started coming up, I did have a conversation with the chief about what are we doing and the city manager, what are we doing to educate and to have these conversations. So, Mr. Morejo, can you please elaborate and let us know what the police department is planning to do? Because what happened was when it came up for the first time, the chief came down and spoke at the podium. But the reality is, and what I was frustrated about is, and he gave infor

All right. Thank you very much. Any other comments or questions?

Madam Mayor, I am in agreement with what you said. I think we should have a policy brought forward because this policy is already happening. And I think if the council, by resolution, adopts the policy, that will also provide better education. So I don't know if there's a third person, but I would like to see that come forward.

All right. We are moving on to additions and deletions to the agenda and approval of the agenda. Is there a motion? Move to approve. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Approval of consent agenda. Is there a motion?

Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. We're going to skip ahead because we have an item with regard to our youth council, and I believe we might have some youth council members here. And they've got school tomorrow. And they have school tomorrow, so we want to make sure that they can get out and go home. It is a recommendation. 13 a recommendation for appointment to serve on the city of Port St. Lucie Youth Council. Happy to report that we do have 15 returning members this year and 41 new students to serve and that will be a

I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Congratulations. All those in favor. Yes, congratulations to all of you and we are so excited to see what you're going to do over the next year. Thank you very much. give them a minute. Yeah, we're gonna take a five minute break.

Okay, we're back from the break. We're gonna move on to item 10, first reading of ordinances, 10A, ordinance 26-73. This is a quasi-judicial proceeding. Actually, we have three items tonight that are quasi-judicial. So if you're here, before we move on with this item, if you're here to speak, ON ITEM 10A, 10C, OR 10H, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. YOU MUST BE SWORN IN BY THE CLERK. DO WE HAVE SOMEONE ON ZOOM? TERESA, SOMEONE'S ON ZOOM.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. OUR NEW EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS TO DISCLOSE. I SPOKE WITH THE APPLICANT. I ALSO MET WITH THE HOA PRESIDENT Dan Gerskowitz and Bruce Perod.

I spoke with the applicant and I also did a tour.

Spoke with the applicant prior to the last date.

I spoke with the applicant, but I did not do the tour or speak to, and that was prior to, that was not before this item, it was prior to the other item. Okay, thank you. All right, go ahead.

Council, would you like to go over the revised information?

Thank you. Any questions? No? Thank you. Good evening.

Any questions? I actually have a question in relation to the event you just said. You did say Tunnel for Towers is the one that's actually doing your pickleball event coming up?

OK. I just wanted to verify that. I don't know if staff can answer this. Because to me, clear is good. Clear is always good for the public. I APPRECIATE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BECAUSE AS MR. RADERY STATED ON RECORD, MANY OF THESE CHANGES COUNCIL CAN'T FORCE THE DEVELOPER TO DO BECAUSE BY LAW WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO FORCE WHAT IS ACTUALLY WITHIN OUR CODE. SO THEY ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S BEING REQUIRED. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE STAFF TO DISCUSS WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF ABILITY FOR THE COUNCIL or any municipal body in the state of Florida to get into the intricaci

It does, but I just want to further clarify. So for example, when someone applies for a land use change and we have in our most situation, we have a comprehensive plan, we have a DRI, there are certain parameters that they have to meet in order for council to agree or disagree. So for example, in this situation, being that we're being, we're a body, a judicial body, without getting into how we're going to move forward. If the conditions are met, is it almost in a sense of a legal requirement where we have to verify the conditions have been met and then we approve the conditions and then furthe

And then to be fair to the public, would it be also fair that Mr. Rattery provided a sketch or a conceptual plan, but that conceptual plan of a conceptual site plan essentially is what I saw that he just provided. Technically, should it be considered for evidence either because that's not part of the actual rezoning, correct?

And I just want to say there's certain things that we're able to consider as evidence in this portion, and there's certain things that there's not. And I just want to make sure that as we move forward in the process, we're clear. I appreciate the applicant's willingness to actually address many of your concerns within this actual item. Because I don't think that they legally needed to do that. That being said, as we move forward for site plan, you know, I do take your comments into consideration in regards to what you've shared with the public and how you're going to move forward. So I just wa

Any other questions? And again, the site plan comes after the rezoning, and the reason why that we do the rezoning is because the rezoning has to match the land use. That's the key, and I want everyone to understand. We could talk about all these different things all day long, but why we're here is because you have the land use, and in order to rezone, it has to match. They have to fit together. And we have to make the judgments based on the criteria that show and demonstrate that they fit together. So any other questions or comments before we go on to the public hearing? Okay. Thank you. Okay

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. IF YOU COULD BRING THE MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

Okay. Thank you, ma'am. Bill Sternberg. Good evening.

Thank you, sir. Carl Watkins. Good evening.

Thank you, sir. Maya Guider. Sorry, did I mispronounce your name?

Thank you, ma'am. Bradley Miller. Good evening.

Thank you, sir. Can I respectfully ask that when someone is at the podium speaking that everyone stay quiet because it's really hard to hear from up here when everyone's speaking out. Thank you so much. Abby Daniels. Good evening.

Thank you, ma'am. James Reardon. Good evening.

Sir, your time is up, but thank you very much. James Homan. Good evening. Good evening.

Thank you, sir. Dan Belfer. Good evening.

Thank you, sir. Daniel Gershkowitz. Good evening, sir. Good evening.

Thank you, sir. Okay, those are all the cards that I have signed up to speak. Would anyone else like to speak in this public hearing? Seeing no one, I'm going to close the public hearing. Mr. Roderick, do you want to address some of the concerns that were brought up with regard to noise and buffering?

Thank you. Mr. Rotary, hold on. That's okay. I was going to say, if council has any further questions for you.

Sure. Thank you for your comments, and I want to thank the public for showing up tonight. COMMENTS. YOU MENTIONED A SOUND STUDY. SHOULD THIS MOVE FORWARD AND YOU DO A SOUND STUDY, WILL YOU PROVIDE US WITH A COPY OF THAT SOUND STUDY PRIOR TO ANY APPLICATION SO WE CAN REVIEW IT? AND ALSO, HOW DO YOU CONVEY THAT TO THE RESIDENTS ONCE THE SOUND STUDY HAS BEEN COMPLETED? AND ALSO, IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, WILL YOU ADDRESS THE EAST-SOUTH BUFFER IN THE SITE PLAN?

I understand that, sir, and I appreciate it. I appreciate what you did. So to answer your questions. To my question, once the sound study comes up and it's determined, we're going to address the east-south buffer.

That's correct. Thank you. That's all the questions I have. Thank you.

Okay. Anyone else have any questions or comments for us? I mean, for Mr. All right, we're good. It's all part of the process. Go ahead, Vice Mayor.

So first of all, I really want to thank everyone for their comments this evening. As many of you watch national TV and national news, I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to be in a room with individuals who can agree to disagree. and do it respectfully amongst each other. And I'm not necessarily talking about us and you. I'm talking about each other in your community. I think that that's the hope of America right now is that we can get back to agreeing to disagree sometimes and still be able to play pickleball or enjoy music together or take a walk in your paseo and enjoy each other's compa

Sure. Thank you, Madam Mayor. You know, When my daughter, she's 12 now, a few years ago, she first drove by Riverland. She had moved here from Palm Beach County, and she sees this sign that says Riverland. And Tara and I are in the car, and she says, Mom, Dad, I want to go. I want to go. And I told her, I said, well, no, it's a 55-plus active adult community. You really can't go. And she just looked at me with this blank stare, and she said, why would they do that to kids? But Riverland is a place that people expect amenities. It's an active adult community, and it has been said is a very spec

Any other comments? Just really quick, because you just now in my memory, too, is as far as the exchange, because I did see some comments in the audience about that. Keep in mind, too, that the land that we carry as a city is only as worth if I can actually produce a park on it. And so many times because of limited funds that we have, when we discuss and I remember this now that he, Mr. Rothery, brought it forward and the city manager and Madam Mayor, you're part of it. You know, if I can't, if I don't have the financial wherewithal as your representative to be able to build the amenities, the

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO? OKAY. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, I AGREE, FOR COMING TONIGHT. I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, EVERYTHING THAT WAS STATED HERE. AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS, MR. ROUTERY HAS STATED THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE NOISE, THE RESULTS OF THE NOISE STUDY. AND IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT I GUESS THE TREES ARE NO LONGER THERE FOR THE GROVE. However, I would love to see some encouragement with regard to getting those taken care of that needs still to be taken care of. I think that is proper and appropriate in this instance. And again, g

I MOVE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 26-73 WITH THE PROPOSED SETBACK AND BUFFERING LANGUAGE IN THE NPUD THAT WAS STATED IN THE STAFF PRESENTATION. SECOND.

ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? YOU JOGGED MY MEMBER ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. TOO MANY NOTES, TOO MANY COMMENTS. JUST REAL QUICK. MARY, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T LEAVE WITH AN EXPECTATION. TYPICALLY BY ORDINANCE WE HAVE TO SEND OUT FOR THESE CHANGES FOR THE ACTUAL LAND USE CHANGE. WE HAVE TO SEND THOSE OUT. DOES SITE PLAN GET NOTIFIED IN THE SAME WAY AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC WHY OR WHY NOT?

Right, and I appreciate that because I think for the question of transparency, Sarah, I know our website's changed over time. There is a location for, and if we can, we can share it with you. There is a location where people can sign up for emails, sign up for site plan, planning and zoning meetings, council meetings so they can get notified, and then you just look at the agenda and it's going to be able, you're going to see the site plan change language that is being proposed so you can follow it. So I just want to set expectations, Mayor. Sorry. It's okay. Great.

Okay. There being no further comments. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.

We're going to take five minutes. Okay, we're back from the break. We're moving on to item 10B, ordinance 26-74.

Any questions? No, I almost want to say, madam mayor, you've been such an advocate to this particular, um, discussion with the conservation lands. I was like, do you want to pass the gavel so you can make the motion? Cause I just think, you know, like this is, this has been, um, one of the things you've championed. No, thank you.

I'm good though. I'm just, I'm just going to say, cause you've been, yes. Thank you. I appreciate that. Uh, this item is a public hearing. Would anyone like to address the council? Seeing no one close the public hearing council.

Second. I have a motion and a second. Any final discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. 10C, Ordinance 26-75.

Council, any ex parte communications to disclose?

No, ma'am. Okay. Thank you. Good evening.

Any questions? No, ma'am. Okay. Thank you very much. This item is a public hearing. Would anyone like to address the council? Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing. Council. Motion to approve ordinance 26-75. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. 10D, Ordinance 26-79.

Any other questions? Just one. You had mentioned pools. I had a question from a resident. recently in regards to an unsecured pool. Do we still treat those as emergency situations?

Request for time for abatement is 24 hours on those So they have 24 hours to secure that pool or the city's coming in there with their vendor and securing it because of the life safety Yeah, I was gonna say I was like, I don't know how the rest of the council feels But I really think that when it comes to polls, especially with the drowning issues that unfortunately we've had You know, I think we Could we literally hand it to them and and change immediately, as quickly as possible. So once this process, if this passes, once this process is available, I want it as quickly as possible. I mean, I

May I ask what council's temperature is on that particular nuisance? Because I would be OK with the city manager making that immediate determination on a pool, on an unsecured pool.

Yeah, I don't have an issue with it. Back in the day, it was because we had so many foreclosures. It was after the Great Recession, and we had pools on the agenda, emergency pools on the agenda, every meeting for probably a year, at least a year. But, I mean, they are a problem when they come up, and we should treat them that way, in my opinion.

Totally agree. We have almost monthly, we get a report of a child drowning in a pool.

Thank you. This item is a public hearing. Would anyone like to address the council? Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing. Council?

Motion to approve ordinance 2679. Second.

We have a motion and a second. Any final discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.

Can you go back? No, no, no. Go forward with one. Okay. All enclosed utility trailers and open utility trailers shall be maintained in accordance with requirements of Section 41.08. You're specifically talking about algae. We're not talking about dirt or black streaks or anything like that. This is specific, so we're not talking about... What I don't want to see is I don't want to see somebody come here and say that they got ticketed or cited for... having a utility trailer parked in the driveway, and a code enforcement guy come by, and he was a little overzealous, and they got cited for having black streaks on their trailer, or the trailer was muddy, it hadn't been cleaned.

I just want some clarification on that because I own utility trailers, I own RVs, and... The general cleanliness is really not up for debate. I keep my stuff clean, but I don't want to get cited for having a black street coming down the side of my RV.

So what you mean is when you go mudding, you don't want anybody giving you crap, right?

No, what I'm trying to get at is some things are interpreted differently by different people. And I just... most of us three of us up here have rvs and and we spent a lot of money for those rvs so we're going to maintain them but like right now i have black streaks on mine because of the rain and i need to get out and clean it but i don't i just want to make sure that i don't get ticketed or anybody else get ticketed or cited for having black streaks on their trailer

All right. I'm going to open this up to a public hearing. Who would like to address the council? Seeing no one, we'll close the public hearing. Council? Motion to approve Ordinance 26-80. I'll second. I have a motion and a second. Any final discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. 10F, Ordinance 26-81.

Okay. Any questions for Wes? Okay. This item is a public hearing. Would anyone like to address the council? Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing. Is there a motion?

Second. A motion and a second. Any final discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. 10G, Ordinance 26-82.

Is there a presentation on this? No? Okay. This is a public hearing. Would anyone like to address the council? Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing. Council?

I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.

Ex parte, this is our item, correct? Yes. And this is the rezoning to go along with the prior item, correct? Do we need to go through a presentation for it? I'm good. Mr. City Attorney? Can we bypass?

Okay. Is everyone okay with that? Yeah. I met with staff on it. We're good. Okay. Thank you. This is a public hearing. Would anyone like to address the council? Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing. Council?

Second. I have a motion and a second. Any final discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Moving on to 11A, Resolution 26R65.

Motion to approve Resolution 26-R65. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Aye.

Yay. Intersection improvement at Gatlin and Savona. Yes, ma'am. That's a celebration right there.

Thank you. This is a public hearing. I do have one person signed up, Anthony Rubino. Good evening, sir.

Is that what- You can, we'll respond afterwards, sir.

So I don't recall receiving anything to contact you. So I apologize for that. The second thing is you kept mentioning culvert cleanings. To my recollection, we don't clean culverts. We do the swale cleaning. Okay, so, and I'm sure Colt will address that.

So just to be clear, last year, Colt, you can come up. Last year, the increase was $6, not $10. This year, the increase is proposed to be $6 again. I just want to be very clear in that our stormwater system is a lot more than swales. The swales system is a very small part of the overall overarching stormwater system that we have here, but I'm going to let Colt go into that a little bit more.

Thank you. Would anyone else like to address the council? Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing. Council?

Motion to approve Resolution 26-R66. Second.

Yeah, Madam Mayor. Yeah, I just wanted to clarify. I made similar comments at the workshop that in the past I have not voted for the increase. However, because we had had one of the highest ones, but now looking around the state as we're looking at these fees, Other communities throughout the state are really increasing the cost, and the cost for this has gone up. And so I think $6 puts us right around the middle of where other communities are, and preventing flooding and addressing our stormwater system is very important, and so I will be supportive of the fee this year.

Okay, Madam Mayor. Yes. So I know that we're getting close to the witching hour, but an end of this item is going to be a resolution and we're done this evening with it. That being said, last year during a budget retreat, we had decided as council to make sure that we would have a company videos of education as part of the presentation. that would have helped this gentleman immediately before we even made his comments of where his money goes. So as we prepare for the budget hearings, I really would like to make sure that Mr. City Manager, we see those videos come back as part of the discussion

I AGREE. WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT EXPLAINING THIS TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IN MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING THAT, ESPECIALLY AS IT COMES UP TO BUDGET TIME. ANYTHING ELSE? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11C, Resolution 26-R67.

Thank you. This item is a public hearing. Would anyone like to address the council? Seeing no one, we'll close the public hearing. Council?

Motion to approve Resolution 26R-67. Second.

A motion and a second. And it should be noted that the street lighting CHARGE WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED THIS YEAR, CORRECT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 11D, RESOLUTION 26-R68.

Nope, no public hearing on this. Is there a motion?

For a motion and a second, any discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11E, Resolution 26-R69.

Thank you. This item is a public hearing. Would anyone like to address the council? Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing. Council? Is there a motion?

I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Madam Mayor, just a discussion quickly. I cannot find the email now, but there was an email. I don't know if the council received it in regards to the concern from a resident and the covert replacement program. Any update on that particular issue specifically? And I think that there is some legitimacy if, for example, the inspections, it sounded like something that we inspected. The inspection, when they actually completed the work, it wasn't really needed. So I wanted to provide some context for the record.

no i'm not in conflict with the item i'm just this is i just want to understand i guess in the future is who's truly inspecting and how are they i don't know there's a certification for it but i just think that whoever is inspecting there needs to be some form of process i mean and I don't know the situation either, but especially if we're asking someone to make such a major investment of that nature. So that was just my concern is the proper person inspecting it.

Thank you. So that was my concern as well in reading what the resident wrote. And obviously, like Vice Mayor said, we don't know what happened because we're not part of that process. But we do need to make sure that if a culvert is failed, it's truly failed. And again, I'm not going to judge the comments that were made, but I didn't like the way it was written. It sounded like the responses were a little bit blase. And so we just need to make sure, 100% certainty, that if we're going to go forward with this process and commit people, that we know for a fact that their culvert was absolutely fa

Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. Okay. I'm sorry. Do we have a motion and a second?

We did. We have a motion and a second. That's what I thought. Okay. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11F, Resolution 26R70.

Thank you. This item is a public hearing. Would anyone like to address the council? Seeing no one, we'll close the public hearing. Council? Motion to approve Resolution 26-R70. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any final discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11G, Resolution 26-R71.

Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11H, Resolution 26-R72.

This item is a public hearing. Would anyone like to address the council? Seeing no one, I'll close the public hearing. Council.

Motion to approve resolution 26-R72. Second.

I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. 11-I, Resolution 26-R73.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. 13B, APPROVAL OF PUBLIC ART CONCEPT AND TO PROCEED WITH A COMMISSION AGREEMENT FOR ARTWORK AT THE SOUTHWEST PAR DRIVE AND SOUTHWEST DARWIN BOULEVARD ROUNDABOUT. OKAY. DO WE NEED A PRESENTATION, COUNCIL? EVERYONE? I REVIEWED IT. I think we're good with the presentation. It'll be back before you two more times. Okay. Is there a motion? Motion approved. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. City Manager's Report.

I won't elaborate, but I did attend this past month Florida League of Cities annual conference. Coffee with the council. We held it at the Botanical Gardens and the San Jose County Fire District board meeting. My announcement is we invite residents to celebrate the season with a new lineup of free family-friendly fall events. That's a mouthful. Say that 10 times really fast. No, don't. Mark your calendars and join the city for a variety of activities designed for the whole community to enjoy, including Oktoberfest, Fall Fun Fest, River Nights, and more. For a complete schedule of fall events a

Thank you, Mayor. On 19 August, I attended the Treasure Coast Regional League of Cities board meeting. And my announcement is, join us for a morning of reflection during our annual 9-11 remembrance ceremony at 8.30 a.m. Friday, September 11th at the Mid-Florida Event Center. We will honor the lives lost on that fateful day and in recognition of the 25th anniversary, offer our community a meaningful space for reflection, unity, and tribute to our nation's enduring resilience. Thank you.

Thank you. Vice Mayor. On August 13th to the 15th, I attended the annual FFLC conference. On the 19th, the Treasure Coast Regional League of Cities. Mr. Manager and Communications, I would love to make sure that we're working with the Treasure Coast Regional League to ensure that any discussion with Amendment 3, our education, is consistent. I think that was the biggest thing that was discussed at the Florida League of Cities conference is As we educate the public, try to speak with one voice, because there's a lot of information out there. So we want to make sure it's accurate for the public.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Well, the first thing I want to do is I want to congratulate Councilman-elect Jim Norton, who is here for all of the meeting except Council comments. But I know he's going to be a very great addition to the City Council, and I'm very excited to know that he's going to be sitting in this chair. Oh, yeah, I mean, if anything, I'm going to suggest to see if he can sit on, you know, the chair next to Jesus.

But that's not the order. That's not how it works.

But other than that, you know, it'll be good to have him here. I attended the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council. They just celebrated 50 years and they had a great celebration with some panels. that kind of talked about the history of the whole region. And, um, so it was, it was a nice celebration, um, attended the treasure coast commerce park groundbreaking, uh, serve on the homeless advisory committee for St. Lucie County, uh, Ted did the PSL police department second quarter awards. And I attended the school board meeting as immediate past chair of the education foundation, um, where

Thank you. I also attended and spoke at the Tradition Commerce Park groundbreaking. And for my announcement, on August 22nd, the Port St. Lucie Youth Council and our Love Your Block team came together with residents and volunteers to restore and enhance the Naturally PSL green space. in the Whispering Pines neighborhood. They installed bird houses, bird feeders, and a new bench. The project, funded through the Love Your Block mini grant program, powered by the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University, shows how small actions can make a lasting impact in the place we c