Public comment on dredging and ordinance

3:03Here. Now's the time for public comment. Citizens were given the opportunity to comment on any item coming before the board during this session. The board Also takes uh public comment on items to come before the board agenda other business under their preview. Due to COVID nineteen operations and safeguard and to safeguard the well-being and safety of our citizens and staff. Today's public comment will be handled as follows. First. We

3:33will take public comment from those. Who are Here in person. This includes the public comment kiosks. Next. We will take public comment from those to Who have previous on a WebEx link and are currently on queue. Finally, we will read into the record public comments, documents, PowerPoints, or videos. that have been identified by the members of the public to be read out loud. Played in the meet

4:03in the meeting or received and filed.

4:08This new format does not waive the uh request for when you address the board. Comments are not directed personally against any commissioner or team member. But rather Directed at the issues. This provides mutual respect between the board members and the public. For WebEx. in in person, uh, kiosks participants. After saying Your name and address for the clerk. The timer will

4:38be activated, we'll start a countdown. After two minutes, one beep will sound. Telling you you have one minute remaining. After the time is up, two mi two beeps will sound. And you're indicated three minutes are up and you should close your comments. WebEx participants will be Disconnected when their time is up and kiosks participants will be asked to leave the kiosk. The following people are assigned to speak in person. You got the move.

5:07I have um Mr. Chair, I have one individual who signed up. I don't know if there's uh other individuals who missed the sign-up, but um the first person, the only person I have on the signup sheet is Mr. William, is it Zeitem?

5:19And Mr. um closed.

5:21Uh tried.

5:24You can tell us better, probably.

5:26Hi. My name is William Stamm. And I live at [address removed] and I'm here representing the Westport uh boat club and we are have a petition signed that we're turning in today and pictures. of different things and how low the water is in our area for dredging. Um we have approximately 75% of the people from just in this weekend. signed of all the homes that live back

5:56by us. The rest of 'em were out of town or don't live here all year round. Um we only had one person that actually said no, that they wouldn't sign and it was for the reason of He thought it would bring too much boat traffic. into our area. We're in the back of a dead end, so it was kinda funny. But that's what I wanted to turn in this morning. And we had a meeting about a month ago and Mr. Mariano showed up for our meeting. which was very nice. He gave us a couple of hours of his time and he went out in one of the boats with

6:26one of the gentlemen that lived there. and showed him around the area on how on a low tide how it is to maneuver if you can get out or you can't get out depending on the size of your boat. Um I guess in their way back in you guys got stuck. So that was kind of uh Little a little hint of how our area is. I actually live in a a like a drainage area that comes down on my canal. And that's what some of the pictures are. I'm literally fifty percent of my property

6:57at times has no water in it. So I'm a business owner and then I'd love to go out and buy a nice boat, but I can't because I can't use it. So we're trying to petition about getting our area dredged in all the different spots that need to be done, including some of our markers, which we've been doing some work on ourselves and taking it upon ourselves to fix it. So I just want to turn all this stuff into you guys and

7:23we see it, but Second. Got a motion to second. All those in favor say aye. Aye.

7:27I really appreciate it.

7:28Yeah,

7:29sir. And how

7:30how's Mr. Wilder doing how's Mr. Wilder doing? Uh

7:33I don't know. He wasn't doing too well. Yeah. Uh he just went in for that hernia operation and had a heart attack on the table. So that was all we knew. But I

7:43appreciate all of your time. Thank you. Um clerk, I'd like to uh Commissioner Fitzpatrick's present at the dais now.

7:54So Thank you, sir.

7:55Okay. All right. Does anyone else sign up by WebEx or

8:00no one's signed I have no one signed up in the audience. I don't know if there's if there's anyone else that missed the sign up.

8:05You wish to speak today?

8:07Uh I checked at the thing that said I was on the list. Yes, but you wish to speak.

8:11Come forward.

8:13I appreciate it.

8:16Name and address for the clerk.

8:18Uh my name's Gary Hart. My address is [address removed]. I live in the [address removed]. Um on May 5th, uh I was cited for having a trailer in my front yard, ordinance uh 533.11. Uh not a particularly big thing, it's kind of a regular cycle that happens in our neighborhood. Went across the street, talked to my neighbor, he had a boat and trailer too, he got sighted. and we got to talking amongst

8:48ourselves and we're trying to think, when was the last time anybody asked us? if it was all right to have a boat and trailer, or if we thought it was okay. So Talking to some neighbors, they all felt pretty much the same way. We called up So we decided to do something about it. We talked to the County Commissioner Office. The ladies were great. told us to get a petition up and uh so that's what we did. We got a petition up. I gotta say. А ницо I talked to want to keep their boat in their yard. And uh

9:18and so they really want this. There is a lot of support from the people. Um I arbitrarily draw lines 'cause we're not an organization, we're just neighbors. and we didn't know how to set the boundaries or what the limits were on that. They just know we know we want our boats there. We pay thousands of dollars every month to stay there. And uh It was equal. Also the owners and the renters both wanted it. And uh so here we are. Uh I'd like to put this petition on

9:48the agenda. The people are very excited about it. and uh if there's anything else we can do. They want you to be our heroes.

9:56Most received file. Second.

9:58I had a motion and second. Uh all those in favor say aye. Aye. Okay. Please hand that to the clerk. Should I turn the seasons on?

10:11All right, thank you. Is anyone else in the audience wish to speak at this time?

10:19I guess the kiosk is open, but we're not

10:21So uh um the WebEx, uh we had two people pre-register. Mr. Hart was one of them, so since he's in person, um I've checked him off. The other individual is not on WebEx as of yet.

10:35Okay. So that's everyone we have this

10:38everyone on the WebEx. Um do you want to check the kiosks?

10:42Is anyone at the kiosks to speak this morning?

10:46I would think they would be in here today.

10:48They shouldn't be at this point.

10:51Yeah. I'm not

10:52gonna take this this

10:54no one there.

10:56Okay.

10:59All right. So then

11:02we are

11:03so

11:04public comment one email to read. Oh

11:07okay.

11:07Public comment.

11:08That's the last last time we're doing that,

11:10right?

11:10Yep.

11:11Today's the last

11:11day.

11:12Well after we go through after we go through consent.

11:16If you amend your rules.

11:21If we

11:24All right, so I'm a chair if I can. Okay. Um the emails from uh Rob Park. Address is [address removed]. Agenda item number ten, commissioners. The public health emergency brought about many changes. One change was the ability for citizens to be able vo to be able voice com comments and concerns using modern technology. This change allowed access for many citizens who normally health emergency or

11:54not would not be able to have their comments and concerns heard. Please keep the option for citizens' comments and concerns to be read aloud in future meetings. Mindy says citizens cannot appear in person and may not be comfortable speaking in front of an audience. Reading the comments and concerns aloud gives citizens an insight into the into other citizens' views, which can help open dialogues for resolution. Sending the comments and concerns to commissioners via email is not open. Citizens appearing in person or via the WebEx should be given an opportunity for additional comments if an applicant has

12:24a rebuttal. Thank you, Rob Park.

12:28Okay. And that's all we have?

12:29That's all we have from