1 01:00:02,990 --> 01:00:06,530 we also have the affordable housing components, the military 2 01:00:07,030 --> 01:00:10,750 components, and the Hero Housing components. So it's the overlap of these two systems 3 01:00:11,250 --> 01:00:13,570 that is really coming out with an amazing product for the community. 4 01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:22,120 The other thing with, um, this here provides 5 01:00:22,620 --> 01:00:26,360 a comparison of the 3 projects as it 6 01:00:26,860 --> 01:00:29,700 evolved through time, and each time it got better and better, 7 01:00:30,200 --> 01:00:33,220 and we are very proud of the product that is here before you with regards 8 01:00:33,720 --> 01:00:37,100 to the development, the enhancements, the community engagement. 9 01:00:37,600 --> 01:00:41,704 They've been working on this for a very long time. And I think the critical 10 01:00:42,297 --> 01:00:45,824 component to their project success is truly the 11 01:00:45,904 --> 01:00:48,709 intergenerational design of the community. 12 01:00:48,886 --> 01:00:52,845 Excuse me one second. When designing 13 01:00:53,422 --> 01:00:56,692 communities for the elderly, one of the things that the studies and many of 14 01:00:56,708 --> 01:01:00,539 these organizations has come up that even 15 01:01:00,572 --> 01:01:04,339 though all the elderly have housing near each other, 16 01:01:04,739 --> 01:01:07,993 they still are suffering from many different things. Improved health 17 01:01:08,026 --> 01:01:13,140 and wellbeing, reduced isolation, Having intergenerational 18 01:01:13,640 --> 01:01:17,139 communities helps support both, helps support that an elderly person 19 01:01:17,639 --> 01:01:20,720 could help take care of a young person's family or child. To me, I think 20 01:01:21,220 --> 01:01:24,280 the elderly are the best security system any community could ever have, because they know 21 01:01:24,780 --> 01:01:28,880 who's coming in, who's going out, who's happening with what. So that's 22 01:01:29,380 --> 01:01:33,300 been my experience with them. And it also provides for wellness 23 01:01:33,800 --> 01:01:38,255 and open. And these communities that have both the young and the old all interchanging 24 01:01:38,287 --> 01:01:42,028 with each other actually supports for a much better wellbeing 25 01:01:42,076 --> 01:01:44,886 of both communities, the young and the elderly. 26 01:01:45,769 --> 01:01:49,125 In addition to that, oops, sorry, the AARP also 27 01:01:49,625 --> 01:01:52,626 came out with a study with regards to reducing isolation, 28 01:01:52,818 --> 01:01:57,137 improving the mental health and economic opportunities, and reduction 29 01:01:57,637 --> 01:02:00,911 in ageism, which is contact between the different groups and the stereotypes. 30 01:02:03,630 --> 01:02:07,260 Our community is proposing to have senior 31 01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:12,399 living for 55+ age restriction for 120 units. 32 01:02:12,899 --> 01:02:16,300 We're also proposing family and hero housing, young professionals, 33 01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:20,740 health and fitness wellness programs, a fitness center, a 3.5-acre 34 01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:25,150 walking trail within the linear park. So there's a walking wellness trail. 35 01:02:25,220 --> 01:02:28,620 In addition to that, we have also committed to 12 exercise stations. 36 01:02:28,810 --> 01:02:32,160 Along that. To me, it's gonna be an amazing space with 37 01:02:32,660 --> 01:02:36,390 the lake to have the openness, to have the exercise. It's very zen. 38 01:02:36,439 --> 01:02:39,820 It's gonna be, uh, a wonderful opportunity for 39 01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:43,410 the public to enjoy. We also are gonna have medical uses on site, 40 01:02:43,759 --> 01:02:47,220 um, preventative healthcare and on-site medic. And then we also have 41 01:02:47,720 --> 01:02:51,800 along the front, along 216th Street, we have a real retail component, 42 01:02:52,300 --> 01:02:55,420 which we're proposing approximately 10,000 square feet of restaurant, 43 01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:59,429 4,500 on one end and 4,000 on the other, um, 44 01:02:59,929 --> 01:03:03,510 to anchor the community. And one of the things that I think that, um, 45 01:03:04,010 --> 01:03:07,470 this project really brings to the table is proximity. Proximity between age 46 01:03:07,970 --> 01:03:11,510 groups, proximity between uses, proximity between open spaces. 47 01:03:12,010 --> 01:03:14,490 If you look at this new linear park and you look at your Blue Heron 48 01:03:14,990 --> 01:03:18,210 Park and the new park that you all are improving in Legacy, it's right in 49 01:03:18,710 --> 01:03:22,510 the middle. So somebody could essentially you know, 50 01:03:22,580 --> 01:03:25,910 exercise or walk through your Blue Heron, connect around us, 51 01:03:26,410 --> 01:03:29,850 and end up at Legacy. So this is like a connector piece of your public 52 01:03:30,350 --> 01:03:33,550 open spaces. In addition to that, in April 53 01:03:34,050 --> 01:03:37,550 of 2026, our team appeared before the Age-Friendly Committee 54 01:03:38,050 --> 01:03:41,630 of the Cutler Bay, and we went over the 8 pillars 55 01:03:42,130 --> 01:03:45,550 of the design of the project, and it was 56 01:03:46,050 --> 01:03:49,550 positively received by the board. We received good feedback and good engagement. 57 01:03:49,580 --> 01:03:53,190 So we appreciated the opportunity to appear before them. 58 01:03:57,219 --> 01:03:59,980 So again, I wanted to just break down a little bit of the numbers so 59 01:04:00,480 --> 01:04:04,900 that we're all clear on, on what's being proposed. We have 147 60 01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:09,280 Hero Workforce Housing units. We have 120 elderly and 27 61 01:04:09,780 --> 01:04:13,880 units that are workforce that are non-age-restricted, and we also have 20 62 01:04:14,380 --> 01:04:18,300 units that are military service members. That is a total of 167 63 01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:21,959 units that will have rental restrictions on them. In addition to 64 01:04:22,459 --> 01:04:27,120 that, Live Local typically requires 40%. This project has 52% 65 01:04:27,620 --> 01:04:31,140 of an age— of a rental restriction with regards to the 66 01:04:31,640 --> 01:04:35,240 units. So as rents go up, we're in South Florida. If I've never 67 01:04:35,740 --> 01:04:38,060 seen them go down, it'd be nice because my kids are looking for apartments. 68 01:04:38,920 --> 01:04:43,090 They're in college. Um, but rents go up. So what happens is 69 01:04:43,590 --> 01:04:47,010 that these rental restrictions will, as time goes 70 01:04:47,510 --> 01:04:50,650 on, will be more and more favorable for the community because rents will continue to 71 01:04:51,150 --> 01:04:54,590 go up. But these are continually capped. And these numbers are established by HUD. 72 01:04:55,090 --> 01:04:59,030 These numbers are established by Miami-Dade County. And these are numbers that we actually have 73 01:04:59,530 --> 01:05:02,510 to file an annual report in the covenant, uh, requires every year that we file 74 01:05:03,010 --> 01:05:07,090 an annual report in January to the manager of our status and our 75 01:05:07,590 --> 01:05:08,250 compliance with these numbers. 76 01:05:10,550 --> 01:05:14,770 This is the latest of the AMI tables, 77 01:05:15,270 --> 01:05:19,049 the average median income that's issued by HUD and Miami-Dade County with regards 78 01:05:19,549 --> 01:05:23,230 to income limits and rental. The Hero 79 01:05:23,730 --> 01:05:27,130 Housing program is one that our team is extremely proud of. They've been 80 01:05:27,630 --> 01:05:30,470 working with— it attracts law enforcement, 81 01:05:30,970 --> 01:05:34,410 firefighters, healthcare professionals, Town of Cutler Bay employees, 82 01:05:34,610 --> 01:05:39,020 and educational employees in the neighborhood. 83 01:05:39,520 --> 01:05:42,979 We have received, uh, positive feedback from Matter Bay, 84 01:05:43,479 --> 01:05:45,620 um, that they're very supportive of this because they would love to be able to 85 01:05:46,120 --> 01:05:49,980 have teachers housing near them. We also spoke with Billy McAllister 86 01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:53,440 of the fire union. He said it would be great if his folks can have 87 01:05:53,940 --> 01:05:57,820 places close by to their stations. So this is something that we think would be 88 01:05:58,320 --> 01:06:00,200 very successful and probably rent out right away. 89 01:06:02,169 --> 01:06:05,972 The military rental program. This is Homestead Air Force Base, is our 90 01:06:06,472 --> 01:06:09,822 neighbor, is our, um, our security, our so many things 91 01:06:09,871 --> 01:06:13,144 from a, from a big picture perspective. So the opportunity 92 01:06:13,176 --> 01:06:16,979 to have 20 units dedicated to them for that, they could have the, 93 01:06:19,177 --> 01:06:22,563 um, residences near, um, the base, I think would 94 01:06:23,063 --> 01:06:26,237 be amazing for them. So that is part of the program. This gives you a 95 01:06:26,737 --> 01:06:30,184 preview of the linear walkway around the park that around 96 01:06:30,684 --> 01:06:32,671 the, the project that I was mentioning, the Wellness Loop. 97 01:06:35,900 --> 01:06:39,140 So the community benefits. This is one that 98 01:06:39,640 --> 01:06:43,320 I wanted to go over in detail, because some of the community benefits were 99 01:06:43,820 --> 01:06:46,840 from the original project, and some of the community benefits are what I'm calling the 100 01:06:47,340 --> 01:06:51,080 enhanced community benefits. So again, the 3.4-acre 101 01:06:51,580 --> 01:06:55,310 linear park and walking trails and space for town center program remains, 102 01:06:55,580 --> 01:06:58,560 and it's being enhanced with 12 pieces of exercise Equipment equipment. 103 01:06:59,379 --> 01:07:02,976 at those exercise stations. We are continuing with the 51 104 01:07:03,089 --> 01:07:06,478 golf cart and charging stations, um, for the project. 105 01:07:06,879 --> 01:07:10,445 Neighborhood retail shops and medical uses within close proximity— those 106 01:07:10,477 --> 01:07:15,038 uses will remain. We are undergrounding the utilities. The environmental 107 01:07:15,538 --> 01:07:18,587 cleanup via the brownfield— as many of you know, the site is a brownfield. 108 01:07:18,651 --> 01:07:22,249 Our team is working with Michael Goldstein and Brett Beaumont, who are 109 01:07:22,281 --> 01:07:25,420 here this evening, in case you have any questions with regards to the cleanup. 110 01:07:25,920 --> 01:07:30,039 We anticipate that if the brownfield designation is successful, 111 01:07:30,539 --> 01:07:33,680 we'll be probably spending the next 6 to 8 months on just cleanup items. 112 01:07:35,140 --> 01:07:38,420 So the community, um, access to the 113 01:07:38,920 --> 01:07:41,900 pickleball courts and the children. So in the town center, when you come in, 114 01:07:42,400 --> 01:07:44,420 you have the linear park that goes around it, but in the center there are 115 01:07:44,920 --> 01:07:48,100 pickleball courts that we have opened it up for the Lakes of the, 116 01:07:48,320 --> 01:07:51,880 of the Bay Master Association, and I think the underlying 12 117 01:07:52,380 --> 01:07:56,400 or so associations under them to be able to come and use the pickleball courts. 118 01:07:56,900 --> 01:08:00,719 Pickleball is a very popular sport. We've also enhanced the project by 119 01:08:01,219 --> 01:08:03,860 complying with the town's Art in Public Places program. 120 01:08:06,180 --> 01:08:10,260 We have also worked on the shared maintenance costs of future signalization 121 01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:14,860 and improvements of up to $450,000 along 216th 122 01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:19,570 Street, and we maintain the town's circular stop at our site. 123 01:08:20,040 --> 01:08:23,200 This provides you, um, a depiction by our 124 01:08:23,700 --> 01:08:26,934 architect Ivo Fernandez from Modus Architects, who is here this evening. That shows you 125 01:08:27,014 --> 01:08:30,642 where the linear park is, the access right from the sidewalk 126 01:08:30,850 --> 01:08:32,664 all around the site. Um, 127 01:08:36,147 --> 01:08:39,582 here is a depiction of what the park would look like along the 128 01:08:39,679 --> 01:08:40,626 edge of the property. 129 01:08:43,547 --> 01:08:47,351 With regards to the covenant modification, um, I believe Mr. 130 01:08:47,399 --> 01:08:50,754 Perez did an amazing job to go over the covenant 131 01:08:51,254 --> 01:08:54,790 modification requests and the restrictions and the securities that are being provided provided to 132 01:08:55,290 --> 01:08:58,770 you all within the covenant and the importance of the covenant with 133 01:08:59,270 --> 01:09:03,610 regards to the future restrictions and compliance. 134 01:09:04,110 --> 01:09:07,770 I did want to point out that there's 2, uh, changes that 135 01:09:08,270 --> 01:09:11,530 we worked with the City Attorney on between yesterday and today, 136 01:09:12,030 --> 01:09:15,950 and it was a clarification of 2 things: that the commercial use come online 137 01:09:16,450 --> 01:09:19,990 at the same time as the residential, and the second, that the linear park 138 01:09:20,490 --> 01:09:23,840 include 12 pieces of outdoor exercise equipment. So these two changes 139 01:09:24,340 --> 01:09:27,579 were added between the published version and today's version. So I just 140 01:09:28,079 --> 01:09:31,900 wanted to note it as amended as to these two additional changes for 141 01:09:32,400 --> 01:09:32,679 the record. 142 01:09:33,179 --> 01:09:38,259 In addition, 143 01:09:38,759 --> 01:09:42,720 I'd like to introduce into the record the Lakes by the Bay letter of support 144 01:09:43,220 --> 01:09:46,660 for, for the project. We've met with them, our team has met with them, 145 01:09:47,160 --> 01:09:50,540 and we're very excited of such an opportunity, and we are very 146 01:09:53,620 --> 01:09:57,410 ¡Gracias! Very grateful for their support in writing, and we'd like 147 01:09:57,910 --> 01:10:00,850 to introduce it to the clerk. And my colleague just told me that we also 148 01:10:01,350 --> 01:10:04,890 got Miami-Dade firefighters' support in writing, and we will be delivering 149 01:10:05,390 --> 01:10:07,770 it to the clerk for the record as well. 150 01:10:09,350 --> 01:10:12,830 With that said, I'm open for any questions. Our team 151 01:10:13,330 --> 01:10:15,830 is here should you have any questions that you'd like us to respond to. 152 01:10:16,170 --> 01:10:19,460 Thank you very much. I'm going to open up the floor now for public comments. 153 01:10:20,759 --> 01:10:23,650 Anybody would like to come forward, speak on this item, please come forward now. 154 01:10:25,439 --> 01:10:27,779 If you're going to go ahead and get in line if you could, and if 155 01:10:28,279 --> 01:10:33,540 you're going to be naturally— Good 156 01:10:34,040 --> 01:10:37,180 evening, my name is Avis Ross. I live at Lakes by 157 01:10:37,680 --> 01:10:41,200 the Bay Laguna Point at 21940 Southwest 158 01:10:41,700 --> 01:10:45,360 98th Avenue. And I have a few questions about the project. 159 01:10:45,560 --> 01:10:48,959 While it looks very nice and it looks like we're making progress 160 01:10:49,459 --> 01:10:53,019 in the community, I was wondering if there had been any impact 161 01:10:53,519 --> 01:10:57,599 studies on, first of all, property values for the homeowners that live 162 01:10:58,099 --> 01:11:01,920 in that area. Uh, it's going to impact us in some way, and we 163 01:11:02,420 --> 01:11:06,020 have no clue as to what that impact might be. But there have been other 164 01:11:06,520 --> 01:11:10,630 developments like this in residential areas, 165 01:11:11,130 --> 01:11:15,670 and I'm sure there's some history there, and I'm sure we— 166 01:11:16,170 --> 01:11:19,410 well, me and my husband and other homeowners would like to 167 01:11:19,910 --> 01:11:23,410 know what the impact might be on property values. And the other 168 01:11:23,910 --> 01:11:27,710 question is around trash. Mount Trashmore is probably filled to 169 01:11:28,210 --> 01:11:32,110 the brink as it is, and what kind of accommodations are 170 01:11:32,610 --> 01:11:36,900 going to be made you know, for the extra trash. 171 01:11:37,559 --> 01:11:40,920 Crime impact study— have you done one 172 01:11:41,420 --> 01:11:45,659 when there has been a community like this impacted by 173 01:11:46,159 --> 01:11:49,740 a development such as this? The traffic 174 01:11:50,240 --> 01:11:54,020 mitigation— traffic's definitely going to be an issue. But the first 175 01:11:54,520 --> 01:11:58,800 thing that I'm sure most homeowners are concerned with is property values. 176 01:12:02,027 --> 01:12:04,599 Thank you. Um, this is not a question and answer session. This is for public 177 01:12:05,099 --> 01:12:09,162 comments. The applicant or our staff can maybe address some 178 01:12:09,662 --> 01:12:12,428 of those things after the public comments. So, okay, thank you. 179 01:12:18,353 --> 01:12:22,901 Good evening, Mayor, council members. My name is Christine Taylor. I live at 9846 180 01:12:23,401 --> 01:12:26,970 Southwest 222nd Terrace. I am a 181 01:12:27,470 --> 01:12:30,590 member of the Lakes by the Bay Master Board, and I'm here to say that 182 01:12:31,090 --> 01:12:34,070 we support this. I'm also that elderly 65-year-old, 183 01:12:34,429 --> 01:12:37,770 and I'm also a teacher, so I check off a bunch of boxes. 184 01:12:38,470 --> 01:12:41,870 The Contemporary has been a really good neighbor. They have been to at least 185 01:12:42,370 --> 01:12:46,010 3 meetings. They have taken their time to go through all of this with 186 01:12:46,510 --> 01:12:50,090 us on the Master Board. They presented everything. They've gone through all the 187 01:12:50,590 --> 01:12:54,080 different questions that we've had. They've come back with answers. And we now have 188 01:12:54,580 --> 01:12:57,959 an agreement with them, which I'm not going to speak on. That's an attorney thing 189 01:12:58,459 --> 01:13:01,040 where they're going to be a good neighbor and help us maintain all of the 190 01:13:01,540 --> 01:13:05,440 public areas. So I'm here to support it. I'm here to, on behalf of 191 01:13:05,940 --> 01:13:08,580 Lakes by the Bay Master Board, to support it and say this is the first 192 01:13:09,080 --> 01:13:12,460 meeting I've ever been to in my life. So it's very interesting what you guys 193 01:13:12,960 --> 01:13:16,240 do. Thank you for your service. I'm sure you guys don't get paid enough to 194 01:13:16,740 --> 01:13:19,780 do this. So thank you. Goodly noted. Thank you. 195 01:13:19,830 --> 01:13:23,910 Okay, any questions of me? Because I'm actually here representing— not a— 196 01:13:24,410 --> 01:13:26,820 just for you to make comments. So if you can bring the lineup forward, 197 01:13:26,889 --> 01:13:29,260 that way you don't have to have that silence of 20-minute recessions. 198 01:13:34,140 --> 01:13:36,860 Bring the rest of the lineup all the way to the front. There you go. 199 01:13:36,970 --> 01:13:41,050 Okay, good. Good evening, my name is Barbara Libby Brown. My address is 200 01:13:41,550 --> 01:13:44,740 8757 Southwest 213 Terrace, 33189. 201 01:13:45,420 --> 01:13:48,700 I want to thank you for what you're doing 202 01:13:49,200 --> 01:13:52,750 for our community, but I would like to make a comment. 203 01:13:53,660 --> 01:13:58,340 As we are identifying, 204 01:13:58,840 --> 01:14:02,240 or there was a— by the lawyer, I believe that, 205 01:14:02,740 --> 01:14:05,990 um, please do not forget Miami-Dade County Public Schools. 206 01:14:07,180 --> 01:14:11,060 Miami-Dade County Public Schools have a handful of 207 01:14:11,560 --> 01:14:15,970 schools down here at the south, and I would implore that they meet 208 01:14:16,470 --> 01:14:20,750 with, um, the, um, the powers that be, because there are teachers— 209 01:14:21,250 --> 01:14:24,470 I'm an educator, I'm a principal— and there are teachers who are 210 01:14:24,970 --> 01:14:28,790 in desperate need of housing. So please do not forget Miami-Dade 211 01:14:29,290 --> 01:14:34,570 County Public Schools. Thank you. 212 01:14:35,070 --> 01:14:39,050 Hi, my name is Lauren Rodriguez. I'm a resident in Isles of 213 01:14:39,550 --> 01:14:43,590 Bayshore. I live in the 122560 Southwest 89th 214 01:14:44,090 --> 01:14:46,670 Place. Um, I think this is going to be a great addition, 215 01:14:47,170 --> 01:14:50,629 uh, this project. Um, I just had my, uh, 216 01:14:51,129 --> 01:14:53,910 son a month ago with my husband, and we've been in this community for 2 217 01:14:54,410 --> 01:14:56,810 years now, and we love Cutler Bay. So I think this is going to be 218 01:14:57,310 --> 01:15:00,610 a great addition to our community, especially with young families. 219 01:15:01,110 --> 01:15:05,290 And I love the addition with healthcare profession, as I am a healthcare professional myself. 220 01:15:05,790 --> 01:15:07,870 So I think this is going to be a great addition to our community. 221 01:15:13,019 --> 01:15:16,380 Hi, my name is Gabriella Fernandez. Um, I'm a resident of Color Bay. 222 01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:20,880 I've been a resident for about 4 years. Um, my home address is 8800 223 01:15:21,380 --> 01:15:24,540 Southwest 191st Street. Um, and I'm very 224 01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:28,600 excited for this project. Um, that was my twin sister, so, um, we live 225 01:15:29,100 --> 01:15:32,640 nearby one another, but it's nice to have this project to have 226 01:15:33,140 --> 01:15:36,719 families, growing families, as one for myself. My husband and 227 01:15:37,219 --> 01:15:40,900 I, we've lived here again for 4 years, and I think also as a healthcare 228 01:15:41,400 --> 01:15:44,699 professional as well, I love the emphasis of, 229 01:15:45,199 --> 01:15:49,660 you know, as an older community having that accessibility for healthcare. 230 01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:52,320 So I approve this project. Thank you. 231 01:16:01,580 --> 01:16:03,630 Good evening, Mayor, 232 01:16:04,130 --> 01:16:07,990 Council. My name is John Sperling. I live at 9553 233 01:16:08,490 --> 01:16:11,729 Southwest 189 Terrace. I live on a cul-de-sac. 234 01:16:12,250 --> 01:16:15,810 In our cul-de-sac, there's 4— there's 12 235 01:16:16,310 --> 01:16:20,190 homes with 4— 4 of the homes are either police 236 01:16:20,690 --> 01:16:24,610 or fire. Most of these people bring their vehicles home 237 01:16:25,250 --> 01:16:28,809 home. So there's always representation in the neighborhood. 238 01:16:29,309 --> 01:16:30,649 So I feel it makes it much safer. 239 01:16:32,749 --> 01:16:36,650 Um, there is very little— there are, there are very little places to go 240 01:16:37,150 --> 01:16:40,850 in Cutler Bay with, with golf carts, first of all, with golf carts, 241 01:16:41,470 --> 01:16:44,690 with— for restaurants and activities. So I would, 242 01:16:45,190 --> 01:16:47,490 I would welcome this, this community 100%. 243 01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:53,710 There needs to be more restaurants, obviously, 244 01:16:54,210 --> 01:16:57,390 because there, there literally is none. I know, um, I know 245 01:16:57,890 --> 01:17:01,250 that Flanagan's is supposedly moving in by Publix, but you 246 01:17:01,750 --> 01:17:05,570 know, that's a long time out. Um, so there's nothing about this that I have 247 01:17:06,070 --> 01:17:09,630 any opposition to. So I appreciate your time. Thank you very 248 01:17:10,130 --> 01:17:13,730 much. Thank you. Oh, by the way, my wife's a teacher in this— in the 249 01:17:14,230 --> 01:17:17,920 school board as well. So thank you. Thank you. 250 01:17:18,420 --> 01:17:21,809 All right, anybody else? Anybody in the queue? No one in the queue. 251 01:17:22,240 --> 01:17:25,600 Okay, public comments is now closed. You know, as far as with 252 01:17:26,100 --> 01:17:28,560 property values, it's kind of hard to answer that question because there's so many different 253 01:17:29,060 --> 01:17:32,240 variables going into it. But just as a general, 254 01:17:32,740 --> 01:17:35,680 you know, you have Legacy Park going in, you have Blue Heron Park being— I 255 01:17:36,180 --> 01:17:38,940 think the property values in that area are going to do pretty good. Um, 256 01:17:38,980 --> 01:17:42,900 so all of Cutler Bay has been doing very, very well, but that area 257 01:17:43,400 --> 01:17:46,800 is going to do really, really well, especially after It goes in, 258 01:17:47,300 --> 01:17:50,580 and Julian, we do require traffic studies on everything that we have again. So that's 259 01:17:51,080 --> 01:17:55,200 required. Yes, there's a 260 01:17:55,700 --> 01:17:59,460 traffic study that is on its way. It should be done mid-July as 261 01:17:59,960 --> 01:18:03,600 part of the site plan approval. There's also a trip generation study that 262 01:18:04,100 --> 01:18:07,780 was done when they started this process that is available. 263 01:18:08,040 --> 01:18:11,420 And the number of trips, the AM as well as 264 01:18:11,920 --> 01:18:14,620 the PM, are very small. The increase, I can give you the numbers if you 265 01:18:15,120 --> 01:18:18,600 want to. To. Okay, but that's, 266 01:18:19,100 --> 01:18:22,000 that's correct. And the trash, of course, we require everybody keep their trash taken care 267 01:18:22,500 --> 01:18:25,140 of, so it's not an issue. Yeah, Mitch, do you have a comment, sir? 268 01:18:25,640 --> 01:18:29,380 I was just going to speak to the solid waste issue with respect to 269 01:18:29,880 --> 01:18:33,480 the current landfill, South Dade Landfill. It is, 270 01:18:33,980 --> 01:18:37,360 it is, it is running up against capacity, and Miami-Dade County 271 01:18:37,860 --> 01:18:41,380 has now contracted with several haulers to move 272 01:18:41,400 --> 01:18:44,540 the waste upstate to upstate landfills by 273 01:18:45,040 --> 01:18:48,659 rail, and that's the current solution. However, 274 01:18:49,159 --> 01:18:52,960 the county continues to discuss the replacement 275 01:18:53,460 --> 01:18:57,420 of the old waste-to-energy facility, which was 276 01:18:57,920 --> 01:19:00,460 destroyed in a fire. Yeah. 277 01:19:00,960 --> 01:19:04,600 And that, that could be part of a long-term— of their 278 01:19:05,100 --> 01:19:08,920 long-term solution. But right now they're, they're able to adequately 279 01:19:09,420 --> 01:19:12,670 landfill the waste upstate. And I don't know if 280 01:19:13,170 --> 01:19:16,510 you all remember a couple years ago when a similar project— I remember a little 281 01:19:17,010 --> 01:19:19,290 boy saying, I'd love to go and get ice cream. Because, you know, one of 282 01:19:19,790 --> 01:19:22,030 the things that we do need in Cutler Bay we've all been working on is 283 01:19:22,530 --> 01:19:25,809 more restaurants, more types of places like that. And I think one of 284 01:19:26,309 --> 01:19:30,010 the things that I like about this project is the cornerstones on each 285 01:19:30,510 --> 01:19:33,830 side is specifically for restaurant space, 286 01:19:34,330 --> 01:19:37,810 which is great. There's nothing better than having a good restaurant 287 01:19:38,310 --> 01:19:40,510 within the neighborhood. There's so many, you know, you see ones like Elaine's down the 288 01:19:41,010 --> 01:19:44,470 street. Struggles for, for places to go. 289 01:19:44,970 --> 01:19:47,989 Well, we could, we could have something much better right there. So, um, but with 290 01:19:48,489 --> 01:19:51,190 that, I'll open it up to the council for comments or questions. 291 01:19:51,990 --> 01:19:56,110 So, okay, well, Councilor Ramirez, you're recognized. 292 01:19:56,610 --> 01:19:58,270 Well, no, whenever you raise your hand, I'm going to call on you, so you're 293 01:19:58,770 --> 01:20:02,490 going. Good evening. All right, 294 01:20:02,990 --> 01:20:05,650 thanks for the presentation. You know, pretty good presentation. I, 295 01:20:06,150 --> 01:20:10,150 um, have been on the fence a little bit because I'm 296 01:20:10,650 --> 01:20:14,130 not a huge fan of developers getting something approved and then coming back and trying 297 01:20:14,630 --> 01:20:17,910 to ask for more and more and more. But Live Local actually 298 01:20:18,410 --> 01:20:20,789 kind of created that. So we kind of have to live within those confines. 299 01:20:22,410 --> 01:20:25,650 You know, basically it kind of boils down to do we have 300 01:20:26,150 --> 01:20:29,830 322 units that are actually split in threes 301 01:20:30,330 --> 01:20:34,030 to accommodate, you know, different generations and also 302 01:20:34,530 --> 01:20:38,040 for, you know, people that are first responders, teachers, and such, 303 01:20:38,370 --> 01:20:42,900 or do we say no and we have 644 304 01:20:43,400 --> 01:20:47,160 units with no commercial, no restaurants, no nothing, just, you know, 305 01:20:47,660 --> 01:20:50,410 here's a bunch of home, here's a bunch, a bunch of apartments sitting there. 306 01:20:50,660 --> 01:20:53,220 So I think you kind of have to look at the lesser two evils when 307 01:20:53,720 --> 01:20:56,580 it comes to that. But I can tell you that I was very impressed with 308 01:20:57,080 --> 01:21:01,080 the developer when you presented the 192 units. So I'm 309 01:21:01,580 --> 01:21:04,830 pretty sure that you guys are going to do pretty good job, 310 01:21:05,330 --> 01:21:08,969 you know, making sure this looks beautiful and is well maintained. And I 311 01:21:09,469 --> 01:21:13,369 appreciate the fact that you have met with the town and 312 01:21:13,869 --> 01:21:17,390 really kind of wanted to give a lot of things to this town to make 313 01:21:17,890 --> 01:21:21,570 it something that's very, you know, 314 01:21:22,070 --> 01:21:25,080 kind of open, kind of open pretty much for our residents. 315 01:21:25,790 --> 01:21:30,010 So I kind of know which way I'm going to go on this. And I 316 01:21:30,510 --> 01:21:32,889 just wanted to kind of, you know, put my thoughts out there on that, 317 01:21:32,990 --> 01:21:36,469 you know. So we'll see what everybody else has to say and 318 01:21:36,969 --> 01:21:40,390 see what happens at the end. Thank you. Councilman Duncan, you're recognized. Thank you, 319 01:21:40,890 --> 01:21:42,360 Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Councilmember Ramirez. 320 01:21:42,690 --> 01:21:46,190 Yeah, I know I'll echo 321 01:21:46,690 --> 01:21:49,810 some of the sentiments that he had said. I do have a few, I guess, 322 01:21:50,310 --> 01:21:54,330 questions or points for clarification. Could you 323 01:21:54,830 --> 01:21:58,410 put the slide back on that demonstrates what the rents will 324 01:21:58,910 --> 01:22:02,380 be just so our residents will have an understanding as to 325 01:22:02,880 --> 01:22:05,260 what that is, because I mean, we can, you know, till we're blue in the 326 01:22:05,760 --> 01:22:09,340 face say 120% of the AMI, but for most people, you know, you tell 327 01:22:09,840 --> 01:22:13,000 them what the monthly rents will be, and that's a little bit easier to kind 328 01:22:13,500 --> 01:22:17,120 of grasp and understand. Correct. And I will— here it is. 329 01:22:17,840 --> 01:22:20,440 What this is, is that this is the— oops, sorry. 330 01:22:26,090 --> 01:22:29,809 There. Thank you very much, Mr. Clerk. What this provides is 331 01:22:30,309 --> 01:22:33,630 that this is the maximum rents. If you go to the right columns, the, 332 01:22:34,130 --> 01:22:38,510 the last 6 columns provide what the rental income maximums will be. 333 01:22:39,010 --> 01:22:42,490 So for at 120%, a studio is $2,862, 334 01:22:44,130 --> 01:22:46,960 a 1-bedroom would be $3,000, a 2-bedroom would be $3,670. 335 01:22:48,050 --> 01:22:52,140 Now these are maximums that are established by Miami-Dade 336 01:22:52,640 --> 01:22:55,940 County with regards to— it's a correlation between the income limits of 337 01:22:56,440 --> 01:22:59,720 the resident as well as the rent that could be 338 01:23:00,220 --> 01:23:04,699 charged at a maximum. And these include any additional fees as well. You can't 339 01:23:05,199 --> 01:23:08,460 like charge the rent and then you have like a pool fee or a 340 01:23:08,960 --> 01:23:13,040 gym fee. This is maximum of what can be charged to each tenant. 341 01:23:13,200 --> 01:23:16,900 Okay, thank you so very much for sharing that. Moving on. 342 01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:21,360 So I'm very pleased of the development of where 343 01:23:21,860 --> 01:23:25,439 essentially the certificate of occupancy for the retail 344 01:23:25,939 --> 01:23:28,959 would also come online the same time as the residential. That was one of the 345 01:23:29,459 --> 01:23:32,260 things that I was hoping to at least discuss tonight, but I'm glad you all 346 01:23:32,760 --> 01:23:36,220 worked that out ahead of time. Similarly to how the Vice Mayor was able to 347 01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:40,560 work with the Publix property to get those out parcels ensured 348 01:23:41,060 --> 01:23:43,960 that they were built and not just, you know, get the residential part built and 349 01:23:44,460 --> 01:23:47,020 then, oops, you know, we're not going to build these. So I think that is 350 01:23:47,520 --> 01:23:51,200 the biggest public outside of the parks and the the green spaces. 351 01:23:51,700 --> 01:23:55,359 I think that's gonna be the biggest public benefit is additional retail, additional restaurants, 352 01:23:55,859 --> 01:23:59,959 medical space. So I'm glad that that was taken care of. A point of clarification, 353 01:24:00,459 --> 01:24:03,959 I guess, for Julian. So if I'm not mistaken, this is 354 01:24:04,459 --> 01:24:08,320 live local. So any sort of site plan approval, or that's not coming before this 355 01:24:08,820 --> 01:24:11,930 council, that's administratively correct? No, Councilman, no. So all of it, it's administrative. 356 01:24:12,380 --> 01:24:15,740 And again, what we're going to do is we're going to get those 357 01:24:16,240 --> 01:24:19,380 conditions and we're going to put them as part of a covenant. Okay. 358 01:24:20,140 --> 01:24:23,720 So the traffic study that, that's currently underway, or that's pending, 359 01:24:24,290 --> 01:24:28,720 if the traffic study comes back saying that improvements need to be made beyond 360 01:24:29,220 --> 01:24:32,720 the $450,000, what is the enforcement mechanism for that? Well, 361 01:24:33,220 --> 01:24:37,240 that's those improvements. Those are mitigation improvements. They're going to go into 362 01:24:37,740 --> 01:24:40,820 the conditions, and those are going to go into that covenant, and they're going 363 01:24:41,320 --> 01:24:45,000 to have to do that as part of the approval. That was not accepted by 364 01:24:45,500 --> 01:24:48,140 Live Local. I want to make that very clear. Okay, that was one of the 365 01:24:48,640 --> 01:24:50,560 things that were not accepted. Them. I do want to emphasize that the traffic study 366 01:24:51,060 --> 01:24:55,079 is performed by us internally. Absolutely, sir, that's according to code. 367 01:24:55,579 --> 01:24:58,200 Absolutely looking out for what's in the best interest of the residents, especially along that, 368 01:24:58,700 --> 01:25:02,099 you know, 216th corridor. So any sort of negative impacts of traffic 369 01:25:02,599 --> 01:25:06,580 with this development, if anything needs to be added, whether lighting or traffic 370 01:25:07,080 --> 01:25:10,840 signaling, curb, what have you, it would have to be handled at 371 01:25:11,340 --> 01:25:14,520 that— yes, it's going to be handled through the conditions again. Okay, 372 01:25:15,020 --> 01:25:18,000 okay, perfect. Perfect. And then the only other point that I'll make, and just to 373 01:25:18,500 --> 01:25:21,900 reemphasize in the same way that Council Member Ramirez did, 374 01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:25,840 is, you know, with the Live Local, just for the residents to understand, 375 01:25:26,440 --> 01:25:30,820 they can, as of right, go to 714— 376 01:25:31,320 --> 01:25:35,240 I believe was the number that we did— 714 units without 377 01:25:35,740 --> 01:25:38,400 this council ever saying yay or nay. 378 01:25:38,900 --> 01:25:42,400 Correcto. So I'm glad that our town staff and the team has 379 01:25:42,900 --> 01:25:46,193 been able to negotiate a lot of very positive community benefits that 380 01:25:46,693 --> 01:25:49,287 are going to benefit all of the community, not just, you know, the Lakes by 381 01:25:49,787 --> 01:25:51,869 the Bay and Isles Bayshore community, but all of Cutler Bay. 382 01:25:53,312 --> 01:25:55,877 So thank you for that. Thank you for all of your work. Sure. And I 383 01:25:56,377 --> 01:26:00,206 just want to add something to it. We also added a number of conditions that 384 01:26:00,706 --> 01:26:04,215 have to do with security, and that is under crime prevention 385 01:26:04,715 --> 01:26:09,185 through environmental design. Those are going directly into the 386 01:26:09,685 --> 01:26:13,200 conditions on the site plan. And again, I keep making emphasis this and a 387 01:26:13,700 --> 01:26:17,040 covenant. All right, so added protection. And then one other, if I may. 388 01:26:17,540 --> 01:26:21,079 I'm sorry, uh, the linear park, so the hours being extended publicly to 9:30, 389 01:26:21,579 --> 01:26:26,220 then that will require lighting be installed, correct? Absolutely. Perfect. Thank you, 390 01:26:26,720 --> 01:26:29,540 Councilman. Thank you, 391 01:26:30,040 --> 01:26:33,820 Mr. Mayor. Um, I'm gonna piggyback on what he just asked 392 01:26:34,320 --> 01:26:38,240 about the lighting. I have concerns that the lighting might spill into 393 01:26:38,740 --> 01:26:42,600 the residence the residents sees. Do we have, like, assurances that that 394 01:26:43,100 --> 01:26:46,980 won't happen? Yeah, and that'll be part of the site plan when we submit the 395 01:26:47,480 --> 01:26:50,740 site plan. We are anticipating to have low lighting actually around the linear park. 396 01:26:51,240 --> 01:26:55,160 There's actually low lighting and highlighting because it's both have different coverages of the 397 01:26:55,660 --> 01:26:58,740 lighting, but we have the different types already included in our site plan. 398 01:26:59,240 --> 01:27:02,620 Thank you. I do have some comments. A lot of that my 399 01:27:03,120 --> 01:27:06,870 colleagues have already covered. I want to 400 01:27:07,370 --> 01:27:11,270 show people what this could have looked like 401 01:27:11,770 --> 01:27:15,810 if you guys didn't live local. And, and I really appreciate this. 402 01:27:16,310 --> 01:27:18,830 So these— we— I have two of these. These are from— it looks like a 403 01:27:19,330 --> 01:27:22,430 prison to me, and I'm just not comfortable with that. And I'm glad we're not 404 01:27:22,930 --> 01:27:26,330 doing that. I had a great deal of phone calls, 405 01:27:26,830 --> 01:27:29,430 one of which was from our former mayor, Peggy Bell, 406 01:27:29,930 --> 01:27:33,980 with many, many, many concerns. About this project. 407 01:27:34,480 --> 01:27:37,860 Now, like I said in the beginning of this, we were presented at 408 01:27:38,360 --> 01:27:42,120 the Age-Friendly Community Committee twice on this project. It was well received 409 01:27:42,620 --> 01:27:45,860 both times. It was better received the second time that 410 01:27:46,360 --> 01:27:49,960 we're doing intergenerational because that committee has been working for at 411 01:27:50,460 --> 01:27:53,310 least a year on trying to do intergenerational activities. 412 01:27:53,320 --> 01:27:57,360 We know the benefits of the young and the older people being 413 01:27:57,860 --> 01:28:00,958 together. They're vast. I talked about them when we had our workshop. Shop. 414 01:28:01,359 --> 01:28:04,922 So, um, for that part, I can tell you that the committee is 415 01:28:05,275 --> 01:28:08,613 very excited about, uh, that development coming in. 416 01:28:09,207 --> 01:28:12,866 Because I had so many phone calls and I had a very long discussion with 417 01:28:12,882 --> 01:28:16,830 Mayor Bell, um, I ended up having the town manager 418 01:28:17,330 --> 01:28:20,329 send to me the Zoom from the HOA meeting, 419 01:28:21,067 --> 01:28:24,164 and I listened to that, and there was a lot of chatter about 420 01:28:24,357 --> 01:28:29,059 the property values, a lot of chatter about 421 01:28:29,559 --> 01:28:33,129 about the traffic. I would suggest that— and I'm by no 422 01:28:33,629 --> 01:28:36,510 means a traffic specialist— I would think that at some point we're going to end 423 01:28:37,010 --> 01:28:40,470 up getting signals put in, which for residents 424 01:28:40,970 --> 01:28:44,690 to understand, that's not to impede your traveling, it is traffic calming. 425 01:28:45,190 --> 01:28:47,800 So it would actually help that situation. 426 01:28:49,310 --> 01:28:52,810 The linear park has me— so I also went through the covenant like 427 01:28:53,310 --> 01:28:56,920 crazy. Again, I'm a paralegal, so I start reading this stuff with my 428 01:28:57,420 --> 01:29:01,019 legal hat on. I'm really excited about the 429 01:29:01,519 --> 01:29:04,960 linear park. I was going to ask if we could have more 430 01:29:05,460 --> 01:29:08,760 equipment than Blue Heron Park has, and you guys beat me to that punch because 431 01:29:09,260 --> 01:29:13,340 Blue Heron only has 9 pieces of equipment. Oh, I like beating— I'm so competitive. 432 01:29:13,840 --> 01:29:17,600 That's awesome. That's awesome. That this linear 433 01:29:18,100 --> 01:29:21,520 park is at the sole cost of you guys. You're giving— this is a 434 01:29:22,020 --> 01:29:25,660 gift. I, I look at, at it as— and the maintenance. Yeah, and the maintenance 435 01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:30,219 and the security, cost of the lighting, right? All of that, the landscaping, 436 01:29:30,719 --> 01:29:33,840 the park furniture, it's all here in the covenant. I, I personally 437 01:29:34,340 --> 01:29:37,639 feel like that's a gift. This is, um, a win in the situation, 438 01:29:38,139 --> 01:29:41,220 and it's not just for Lakes by the Bay, it's for all the residents of 439 01:29:41,720 --> 01:29:45,480 Cutler Bay. So, um, you know, if we can add more parks, I'm all 440 01:29:45,980 --> 01:29:48,520 for that, right? As a former member of our Parks and Rec Committee, I'm like 441 01:29:48,550 --> 01:29:51,910 let's, you know, let's do that. I also wanted to point out, 442 01:29:52,410 --> 01:29:56,569 which I loved in the covenant, that the workforce unit housing, 443 01:29:57,069 --> 01:30:00,409 senior housing, military housing, and the other housing, that has to 444 01:30:00,909 --> 01:30:04,329 be complied with by annual reports every year 445 01:30:04,829 --> 01:30:08,010 to the town. And I think that's important because I know that the naysayers out 446 01:30:08,510 --> 01:30:11,550 there, and there are a few, may say, oh yeah, well, that's what they say, 447 01:30:12,050 --> 01:30:13,790 but they're not going to do it, they're not going to comply. Well, you're required 448 01:30:14,290 --> 01:30:17,730 to comply apply with that and I think that that is an important thing that 449 01:30:18,230 --> 01:30:21,630 we should point out to the residents. But I 450 01:30:22,130 --> 01:30:25,210 wanted to ask about the priority leasing, 451 01:30:25,710 --> 01:30:30,089 if I may. We have, it's not just firefighters 452 01:30:30,589 --> 01:30:33,790 and law enforcement or healthcare, it's not doctors, 453 01:30:33,950 --> 01:30:36,760 it's actually the staff, if I'm not mistaken, 454 01:30:36,870 --> 01:30:40,050 right, that are also on these priority leasing 455 01:30:40,550 --> 01:30:44,090 lists that they can go. So the lunch lady, from Cutler Bay 456 01:30:44,590 --> 01:30:47,969 Senior can get priority leasing here, and I think that's significant 457 01:30:48,469 --> 01:30:51,090 for everyone to understand. 458 01:30:52,819 --> 01:30:56,409 I like that very much because a lot of times the 459 01:30:56,909 --> 01:31:00,570 officers, the firefighters, they're all taken care of, but maybe not their support 460 01:31:01,070 --> 01:31:04,190 staff. That is so critical. And by the way, while we do have a lot 461 01:31:04,690 --> 01:31:07,710 of police officers and firefighters that live in town, we also have a great deal 462 01:31:08,210 --> 01:31:12,140 of the supporting employees for the healthcare providers 463 01:31:12,640 --> 01:31:15,959 and those entities. And to speak to that public 464 01:31:16,459 --> 01:31:20,200 comment, public educational institutions are 465 01:31:20,700 --> 01:31:24,400 included in the priority leasing, which does include teachers and, like I 466 01:31:24,900 --> 01:31:28,740 said, other school personnel. The only thing I'm really left 467 01:31:29,240 --> 01:31:33,200 to touch on, I was honestly a little on the fence about this as 468 01:31:33,700 --> 01:31:36,720 well, although, you know, my committee loved it and I love the intergenerational. It just 469 01:31:37,220 --> 01:31:41,360 seemed like a big hit But like Council Member Ramirez was saying, 470 01:31:41,860 --> 01:31:45,419 this is getting developed, right? And I love the fact that you guys 471 01:31:45,919 --> 01:31:49,540 have worked so well with our HOAs. That's not 472 01:31:50,040 --> 01:31:53,600 always done here. And having come to my age-friendly community 473 01:31:54,100 --> 01:31:58,060 committee, that speaks volumes. Not doing the 474 01:31:58,560 --> 01:32:01,420 full monty with the Live Local— thank you for that as a community. 475 01:32:03,330 --> 01:32:06,830 The history of Cutler Ridge and Cutler Bay is that we are 476 01:32:07,330 --> 01:32:11,130 a military town, right? That's why I'm here. My father retired after 477 01:32:11,630 --> 01:32:15,210 a career in the Army, over 22 years, and we ended up here so 478 01:32:15,710 --> 01:32:19,290 we could be near Homestead Air Force Base. Both of our mayor 479 01:32:19,790 --> 01:32:23,610 and vice mayor had family members who were in the military. Cutler Ridge, 480 01:32:24,110 --> 01:32:26,430 which is now Cutler Bay, started as military housing. 481 01:32:26,620 --> 01:32:30,230 So my whole heart goes to these 20 units that you guys 482 01:32:30,730 --> 01:32:34,370 have for the active duty and also support support personnel 483 01:32:34,870 --> 01:32:38,399 out at Homestead Air Force Base. We don't see a lot of that. 484 01:32:38,710 --> 01:32:42,250 And I, I loved Mr. Perez's comment 485 01:32:42,750 --> 01:32:46,289 about the 18-year-old enlisted who may be coming to Homestead 486 01:32:46,789 --> 01:32:50,010 Air Force Base with a young bride and maybe expecting a child. 487 01:32:50,230 --> 01:32:53,810 What, what a gift we are offering to 488 01:32:54,310 --> 01:32:57,730 them to potentially live off base in a 489 01:32:58,230 --> 01:33:02,460 beautiful development using the military rental program and all those 490 01:33:02,960 --> 01:33:07,009 schools, we have amazing schools in that area that they would then be afforded to. 491 01:33:07,549 --> 01:33:11,390 That's, I can't say enough about that. I grew up in military housing. 492 01:33:11,960 --> 01:33:15,380 Every opportunity my parents could take to have 493 01:33:15,880 --> 01:33:20,940 us live off base in a more normal environment, they took. 494 01:33:21,440 --> 01:33:24,900 And so I really appreciate that we're gonna be able to offer that. And the 495 01:33:25,400 --> 01:33:28,630 last thing I'm gonna say about the military is that in the next couple of 496 01:33:29,130 --> 01:33:32,909 years, we're going to have F-35s coming to Homestead Air Force Base. 497 01:33:33,409 --> 01:33:36,190 It's a reserve base, so the housing is not as plentiful as it was when 498 01:33:36,690 --> 01:33:40,240 it wasn't a reserve base. And once these F-35s come there, 499 01:33:40,850 --> 01:33:44,510 I would expect that more and more of these enlisted 500 01:33:45,010 --> 01:33:48,290 are going to need to live off base. So I— that part 501 01:33:48,790 --> 01:33:52,070 of this, I really appreciate and I commend you guys for that. 502 01:33:52,300 --> 01:33:56,519 Thank you, Vice Mayor Kellyanne. 503 01:33:57,019 --> 01:34:00,579 Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, for those who know me and 504 01:34:01,079 --> 01:34:05,659 have followed me since my very first meeting, I hate 505 01:34:06,159 --> 01:34:09,700 when applicants come back before us requesting changes 506 01:34:10,200 --> 01:34:13,800 to something that we've already approved. It, for me, 507 01:34:14,300 --> 01:34:17,480 over the years, it's really been a bait and switch type of thing. 508 01:34:17,870 --> 01:34:21,170 You know, hey, this is a great idea and we 509 01:34:21,670 --> 01:34:25,750 approve it. And then 6 months later, the applicant comes back 510 01:34:26,250 --> 01:34:29,850 and, just kidding, you know, we want to do this. And usually at 511 01:34:30,350 --> 01:34:34,070 these meetings, I have a legal pad filled with comments and 512 01:34:34,570 --> 01:34:37,650 notes, but I must say, 513 01:34:38,150 --> 01:34:43,050 this is the first time in 6 and a half years that 514 01:34:43,550 --> 01:34:47,330 I've had an applicant applicant come back for a modification 515 01:34:47,830 --> 01:34:51,570 that's actually better than what the original plan was. 516 01:34:52,070 --> 01:34:55,250 And we loved the original plan. I remember, I, I tell you, I got word 517 01:34:55,750 --> 01:34:59,390 that from the town manager that the applicant was coming back before us 518 01:34:59,890 --> 01:35:03,030 for a modification, and I went, oh God, here we go again, right? 519 01:35:03,530 --> 01:35:06,690 What, what, what is it going to end up looking like? And after I sat 520 01:35:07,190 --> 01:35:11,110 down with him and we went through the, uh, the covenant modifications 521 01:35:11,610 --> 01:35:15,350 that that, that you guys were— had come up 522 01:35:15,850 --> 01:35:20,010 with, it was just so much of a, much of a better plan. I mean, 523 01:35:20,510 --> 01:35:23,970 Julian, fantastic job. I mean, just really working 524 01:35:24,470 --> 01:35:28,050 with the applicant. This is, this is really what 525 01:35:28,550 --> 01:35:32,470 our process is about, and a lot of 526 01:35:32,970 --> 01:35:36,450 municipalities don't have this type of relationship between 527 01:35:36,950 --> 01:35:40,267 the council and town staff staff that have the 528 01:35:40,767 --> 01:35:43,285 best interest of our residents. Normally, 529 01:35:43,702 --> 01:35:47,298 for modifications like this, this place is 530 01:35:47,411 --> 01:35:51,071 filled and the comments go on forever. 531 01:35:51,810 --> 01:35:54,892 And today we had, you know, our residents who stepped up and really 532 01:35:55,392 --> 01:35:59,275 supported this, and it really, it really shows, you know, how this council 533 01:35:59,775 --> 01:36:03,610 and how this town works for the betterment of our 534 01:36:04,110 --> 01:36:07,900 residents. And, and thank you so much for, for doing 535 01:36:08,400 --> 01:36:11,540 what you've done to modify the covenant to make this a better place and working 536 01:36:12,040 --> 01:36:15,470 with our town staff. I mean, this is, uh, this is a first, 537 01:36:15,780 --> 01:36:18,850 so I'll remember this for the rest of my term. 538 01:36:19,220 --> 01:36:23,260 You make them just change their pants after that. You start off— 539 01:36:23,760 --> 01:36:27,800 so, uh, so again, you know, 540 01:36:28,300 --> 01:36:31,500 um, that, that property's been sitting vacant for a long, long time. 541 01:36:32,000 --> 01:36:35,190 It's quite honestly, it's an eyesore because waste just kind of rooftop and overgrown. 542 01:36:35,690 --> 01:36:38,489 I like the component of, you know, cleaning it up with the arsenic as a 543 01:36:38,989 --> 01:36:42,530 brownfield. When I first became mayor, I sat down with the base 544 01:36:43,030 --> 01:36:46,610 commander, Colonel Piferero, who's now General Piferero, and said, 545 01:36:47,110 --> 01:36:50,050 you know, I know we're not right next to you, but how can we support 546 01:36:50,550 --> 01:36:53,590 you? And he said, he goes, I'm a colonel. I can afford— when I 547 01:36:54,090 --> 01:36:57,470 move, I can afford first, last, and security. He goes, but my enlisted men 548 01:36:57,970 --> 01:37:00,690 can't. And they can— they find it very, very hard to find a place to 549 01:37:01,190 --> 01:37:05,310 live. So So when I was discussing this with the town manager about, you know, 550 01:37:05,810 --> 01:37:09,809 when these projects come forward, the component 551 01:37:10,309 --> 01:37:13,850 of having housing for our enlisted is very, very important. And thank you for 552 01:37:14,350 --> 01:37:18,150 coming forward with that. Also for all the other housing for 553 01:37:18,650 --> 01:37:21,970 the heroes and teachers. My son just got hired as a teacher this week. 554 01:37:22,470 --> 01:37:24,830 I'm like, woohoo! So tell me you've got a place to live now. 555 01:37:25,950 --> 01:37:30,000 Anyway, but it's overall, I think it's a, it's a great project because the 556 01:37:30,500 --> 01:37:33,980 retail component is something that's real, real important. Um, and that's what we 557 01:37:34,480 --> 01:37:38,460 need is, is more retail. We need more restaurants and places to go for entertainment 558 01:37:38,960 --> 01:37:42,240 in our town. So with that, I'm going to wrap up our discussion and ask 559 01:37:42,740 --> 01:37:47,140 for a motion on this item. Members of council, 560 01:37:47,640 --> 01:37:50,880 um, there were a couple minor changes that were in the covenant that, 561 01:37:51,380 --> 01:37:54,500 that was proffered by the developer. We negotiated in the wee hours, and if I 562 01:37:55,000 --> 01:37:58,720 can have our town Attorney Roger Poe come up because he was instrumental 563 01:37:59,220 --> 01:38:02,500 in finalizing negotiations last night. Thank you, Mr. Manager, Mayor, 564 01:38:03,000 --> 01:38:05,279 members of the council. It's a pleasure to see you. I almost hate to say 565 01:38:05,779 --> 01:38:09,380 this, but there's more, right? In terms of the good news, we were 566 01:38:09,880 --> 01:38:13,340 able to negotiate as of almost 3 hours ago, 2 hours ago, a further 567 01:38:13,840 --> 01:38:17,880 clarification as to the essential workers and military housing components. 568 01:38:18,380 --> 01:38:22,420 That's 6D and 6E3. Just to clarify that 569 01:38:22,920 --> 01:38:26,250 in the event that one of those individuals that's given priority in the lease leasing 570 01:38:26,750 --> 01:38:30,390 as a priority unit for essential workers or for military housing, and then 571 01:38:30,890 --> 01:38:34,620 they lose that qualification, those leases aren't going to be renewed and, 572 01:38:35,129 --> 01:38:38,490 you know, create a loophole. So just additional protection. 573 01:38:38,990 --> 01:38:42,370 So, okay, great. Thank you. Thank you. And again, it was 574 01:38:42,870 --> 01:38:46,750 Section— it was Section 6D and 575 01:38:47,250 --> 01:38:47,930 Section 6E3.