2MC Podcast Eps 91 - Live Studio Audience! (Sort of)

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MAK
I'm MAK and I’m Courtney.

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Courtney
Welcome back to 2mc

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MAK
You know, it's really amazing to have you back in studio. Courtney. I don't know if you watched the last.

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Courtney
I do think that, George Stokus should just take my place.

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MAK
I feel like I am. I really can't say no. No, I'm in trouble either way.

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Courtney
Yeah.

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MAK
Either way, I think perhaps let's just move forward with the stuff we've got to talk about today.

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Courtney
All right, let's do it. So we had a board meeting this week. A lot of things on the agenda.

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MAK
Yes, it was a big meeting.

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Courtney
It was,

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MAK
What's the first one you put in our show notes?

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Courtney
First one, there was a proclamation for Sophia Opry. Oh my gosh. Achievement of Eagle scout. Yes.

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MAK
I loved that.

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Courtney
Congratulations.

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MAK
She's the one who did the project in sound, right? The walk, the walk. Walkway. Trail. Trail. It's called. Yes, I believe so.

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Courtney
And then Martin County fire rescue.

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MAK
I know they were. They honored someone too.

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Courtney
Yes. Heroic heart award.

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MAK
I think that's a new award for them. And I love how they're recognizing folks in the community. They're just doing some amazing stuff.

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Courtney
Yes. And so with that award, they recognize Madison. I'm going to mess this up, but I think it's Isler.

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MAK
Sure.

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Courtney
Esler I'm sorry if I messed it up, but she rescued a three year old from drowning at their apartment.

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MAK
Yeah.

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Courtney
They were all amazing.

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MAK
They were all the board meeting this past week, and it was really heartwarming to hear.

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Courtney
It was.

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MAK
Yep.

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Courtney
Okay. Up next, there also was a contract that was approved between us, the Martin County Board of County Commissioners and the State of Florida Department of Health for the operation of the Martin County Health Department.

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MAK
Yes, there are wonderful partner of ours. They do a lot of great work in the community, and we're often sharing the the information that they're putting out. That's just for the, you know, knowledge. Yeah, yeah. Health stuff.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
Okay. We the we had a couple consent polls. We have a consent agenda. Right. And the board members can always pull an item for further discussion. And we had one of those was pulled. And then after the discussion.

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Courtney
Approved. Approved.

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MAK
Easy peasy. Just like.

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Courtney
That rate.

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MAK
Then there was information about a Pam, which is a preserve. Area management plan. Yes. And that was off of Cove Road, right. I think they did some updates to it and.

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Courtney
Following the LDR Martin County code.

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MAK
Yeah. What's an LDR.

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Courtney
A land development regulation.

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MAK
Wow. You're on fire today.

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MAK
Yes. What else did we do? Most utilities. No.

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Courtney
Not yet. That happened. Okay. But before utilities, the board also adopted an ordinance for a temporary interim planning period and moratorium on the submission.

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MAK
Say it again.

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Courtney
In acceptance of applications for large scale data centers.

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MAK
Right. And if you didn't get to watch the meeting, there was a lot of public comment. There was a lot of discussion for our board members between legal and the board members and everything. And I thought it was, I don't know. It's a big topic in a lot of communities. It is. And so I think people are happy that there's a planning period for for our staff to really learn more about the data centers and how they fit into communities.

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Courtney
Yeah. And now we can talk about the public hearing for the renewal of the utility water and wastewater rates.

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MAK
Yeah. So there was a good discussion about that. We had our utilities director here and some other folks, and they talked about its water and wastewater, and it's the rates and the fees and the charges and all of the stuff.

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Courtney
All the.

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MAK
Things, all the things that go with utilities. And the board adopted the resolution. Right? They did. And that's what I know about that.

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Courtney
Very well. The board also adopted the resolution approving the final site plan for the Martin County Operations Center.

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MAK
Yes. And this is super exciting.

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Courtney
This is exciting because if you see where they currently work.

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MAK
Yeah.

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Courtney
It's kind of like, hey, let's throw you here and see how it works.

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MAK
Yeah, the facility is going to be amazing. And that's that P3 process. It's a hardened facility. There's going to be space for all of the all of the field ops people. Yes. And I thought at the end it was funny. There was a very long discussion. And then Commissioner Heard says, can I ask you one more thing? And everybody kind of stopped.

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MAK
She goes, talk to me about the chicken coop. And so are public works director Jim Gordon explained the Sentinel Chicken chicken program that we have. Yes. You're familiar with.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
And I thought I just thought it was it was a nice sort of lightweight.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
Way to end that discussion.

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Courtney
And for those of you that don't know, the chickens go out into the field. They work there.

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MAK
They don't just fly out in the field. They're placed out in their place.

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Courtney
Yes. And they're.

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MAK
Because they're chicken coops in different areas.

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Courtney
Yes. And they actually can get bitten by a mosquito and see if it has any sort of disease that it could.

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MAK
Give to. They don't get the disease.

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Courtney
No.

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MAK
That's so cool about.

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Courtney
They have like immediate antibodies against it, which is so cool. I love that. So that's yes.

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MAK
So they're a really important part of our. Mosquito control. Yes.

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Courtney
Yeah, yeah.

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MAK
They're employees.

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Courtney
They are employees. And then this is something that's been going on a lot. Definitely. This week I was made to.

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MAK
Everywhere, like all up and down the eastern sea coast and even California. I saw. And everywhere they're having these record.

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Courtney
King.

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MAK
Tides like records since they've started keeping records.

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Courtney
Wow.

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MAK
Yeah, yeah.

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Courtney
Record breaking.

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MAK
It is. It is record breaking. But right here in our community, I know there's a lot of folks that are dealing with the tidal flooding.

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Courtney
Yeah. And so they do happen every year.

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MAK
This is the.

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Courtney
This is the time for them to happen. We still have two more time periods that they will happen up until December.

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MAK
But this was the highest one. Right. One sided with full moon. The rain.

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Courtney
The wind.

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MAK
Yes. It was.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
So. And I thought it was interesting. I think Jim was talking about people were asking, well, can't you just put a pump there and, and pump out that water? Because that's what we usually do when there's, you know, a flooding issue. Do want to explain that to me.

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Courtney
Yeah. Well if it's a tidal flood right. You can't really put the water anywhere.

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MAK
No.

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Courtney
Because you can't put it.

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MAK
Back into the thing that's flooding is high. Right. So Yeah.

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Courtney
Yeah. Kind of just have to wait it out.

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MAK
Let it recede.

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Courtney
Yes. And just a yeah. For residents to.

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MAK
Had a conversation with him yesterday, and he gave us some, some good insight on what residents can do.

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Courtney
Yeah. So if the roads are flooded and you don't live on the road, try not to go through that roadway.

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MAK
I think what's happening is people are just driving down the roads, making big wakes, and that is actually flooding.

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Courtney
That could flood a home.

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MAK
Yes.

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Courtney
Property. Yeah. Because the water, if it's close to the home and you dress slowly and have a no wake. Yes, then it won't reach the home. But if you drive through fast and create a wake, it could flood someone's home.

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MAK
So no wake zones on our roadways, please.

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Courtney
Yes. During king tides? Yes.

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MAK
Also, you just should be careful and never drive through floodwater.

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Courtney
Because you don't know what's.

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MAK
Under it. It could be a snake.

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Courtney
Yeah, or something that could really mess up your car.

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MAK
Or it could just be deeper than, you know. Yeah.

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Courtney
Right. Yeah.

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MAK
Okay.

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Courtney
All right. I think that's.

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MAK
Is that it?

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Courtney
Yeah. That's it. Okay. I just want to give a shout out to our live audience today. Hi, Stefan.

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MAK
It's so fun to have a live audience in the studio and having you back. It's my dream day.

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Courtney
All right. That is all we have for you guys. Don't forget to like, comment, share, subscribe. Turn on notifications.

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MAK
So much shorter than George. Like, I really had to look up to him like he was, I look up.

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Courtney
Know that you look up.

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MAK
To him. I look up to George, but I didn't realize how tall he was.

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Courtney
I can stand on my tiptoes.

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MAK
No. It's okay. It's all right.

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Courtney
All right. We'll catch you guys next time. Bye bye.