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CSLB 1047108 © 2024 Empire Today, LLC GET FLOORS NOW PAY OVER TIME 772-783-2979 TR-39726149 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE MAP CHANGE AND REZONING CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA The City Council of the City of Sebastian, Indian River County, Florida, has received requests to amend the land use and zoning for site specific properties, and therefore proposes to adopt the following ordinances: ORDINANCE NO. O-24-13 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO DESIGNATE A LAND USE CLASSIFICATION OF INST (INSTITUTIONAL) FOR LAND WITH A CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION OF CG (COMMERCIAL GENERAL) FOR PROPERTY CONSISTING OF 0.06 ACRES, MORE OR LESS; LOCATED EAST OF SEBASTIAN HISTORICAL PARK, NORTH OF SCHUMANN DRIVE, AND WEST OF LOTS 1, 2, & 3, BLOCK 406, S/H UNIT 7; AUTHORIZING FINDINGS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING AN ADOPTION SCHEDULE. ORDINANCE NO. O-24-14 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING A ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF PS (PUBLIC SERVICE) TO LAND WITH A CURRENT ZONING DESIGNATION OF CG (COMMERCIAL GENERAL) FOR PROPERTY CONSISTING OF 0.06 ACRES, MORE OR LESS; LOCATED EAST OF SEBASTIAN HISTORICAL PARK, NORTH OF SCHUMANN DRIVE, AND WEST OF LOTS 1, 2, & 3, BLOCK 406, S/H UNIT 7; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NO. O-24-15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO DESIGNATE A LAND USE CLASSIFICATION OF CG (COMMERCIAL GENERAL) FOR LAND WITH A CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION OF INST (INSTITUTIONAL) FOR PROPERTY CONSISTING OF 0.07 ACRES, MORE OR LESS; LOCATED EAST OF SEBASTIAN HISTORICAL PARK, NORTH OF SCHUMANN DRIVE, AND WEST OF LOTS 1, 2, & 3, BLOCK 406, S/H UNIT 7;AUTHORIZING FINDINGS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING AN ADOPTION SCHEDULE. ORDINANCE NO. O-24-16 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING A ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF CG (COMMERCIAL GENERAL) TO LAND WITH A CURRENT ZONING DESIGNATION OF PS (PUBLIC SERVICE) FOR PROPERTY CONSISTING OF 0.07 ACRES, MORE OR LESS; LOCATED EAST OF SEBASTIAN HISTORICAL PARK, NORTH OF SCHUMANN DRIVE, AND WEST OF LOTS 1, 2, & 3, BLOCK 406, S/H UNIT 7; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Public hearings on the ordinances will be held on Wednesday, July 10th, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 1225 Main Street, Sebastian. Second readings and legislative and quasi-judicial public hearings (respectively) on the ordinances will be held on Wednesday, July 24th, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 1225 Main Street, Sebastian. Following the public hearings, the City Council may adopt these ordinances regarding the property as shown in the map below and generally described in the ordinance titles above: Interested parties may inspect the proposed ordinances and complete legal description of the property by metes and bounds, in the Community Development Department at City Hall, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and may appear at the hearings and be heard with respect to the proposed ordinances. Any person who may wish to appeal any decision which may be made by the City Council at this hearing will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal will be based. (286.0105 F.S.) In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), anyone who needs a special accommodation for this meeting should contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 772-589-5330 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. By: City of Sebastian Publish: Wednesday, June 26, 2024, Tuesday, July 9, 2024 law — HB 1365, that be- came effective in March — which prohibits home- less people from camping on streets, sidewalks and in parks. The Supreme Court ruling, according to ob- servers, could create a vi- cious cycle for many homeless people of jail, costly fines and a return to the street. Prohibiting homeless people from sleeping in public places when they have nowhere else to go is “cruel and unusual pun- ishment,” said Gail Har- vey, president of Tent City Helpers, which pro- vides food and supplies to homeless people in Martin County. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 2018 that arresting and fining people for camping in public places when ade- quate shelter is unavail- able constituted “cruel and unusual punish- ment” under the Eighth Amendment to the Con- stitution. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned that ruling. Anthony Zorbaugh, CEO of The Source, which provides the only emer- gency shelter for home- less people on the Trea- sure Coast, agreed with Harvey. “We kind of saw this coming down the road several years ago,” said Zorbaugh, who is operat- ing only in Indian River County and trying to es- tablish services in St. Lu- cie and Martin counties. “The city of Stuart does not have any plan to draft or adopt any new regulations or change any procedures currently fol- lowed because of the rul- ing,” City Manager Mi- chael Mortell said by email. The same goes for Port St. Lucie, spokesperson Melissa Yunas wrote. Spokespersons for the city of Fort Pierce and its Police Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday. In unincorporated St. Lucie County, “We priori- tize offering support and resources to those found occupying public spaces, working collaboratively with a network of com- munity partners to ad- dress their needs and im- prove their circum- stances,” county spokes- person Erick Gill said in an email. “County staff will con- tinue to work with local nonprofits and other agencies to find solu- tions,” he added. Vero Beach has no plans to clear current homeless camps, Mayor John Cotugno said. “The Supreme Court ruling provides addition- al security to preserve community safety and protect property and business owners,” Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers said in an email. Martin County has a problem with homeless people camping on pri- vate property, Sheriff William Snyder said, but not on public property. “We’ve just never al- lowed it to start,” he said. “Since HB 1365 does not criminalize sleeping in public places, the Port St. Lucie Police Depart- ment has no plans to be- gin arresting people who simply sleep in public,” responded Interim Chief Richard Del Toro. If an officer cites a per- son for trespassing, that person could be arrested, Del Toro said. Such inci- dents would be handled on a case-by-case basis. Keith Burbank is TCPalm’s watchdog re- porter covering Martin County. He can be reached at keith.bur- bank@tcpalm.com or at 720-288-6882. USA TO- DAY’s Claire Thornton, Maureen Groppe and Bart Jansen contributed to this story. Ruling Continued from Page 1A “Unfortunately, this ruling did nothing to address the primary cause of homelessness: a severe nationwide shortage of affordable housing.” Rayme Nuckles Leader of the Treasure Coast Homeless Services Council “Who is James K. Polk?” And they didn’t even have the internet. Beshear, like Polk, is an unknown on the national stage and hasn’t gone through the type of national media vetting that felled would- be political stars of old (see: John Edwards, Gary Hart). Of course, Beshear might know that Polk got the last laugh on those Whigs, winning the pre- sidency. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Why it might work: Buttigieg, 42, is young, charismatic and a top- notch public speaker who has been on the national stage. Why it might not work:Buttigieg is gay, and homophobia is, alas, still a thing. Plus, Butti- gieg, like Beshear, might not win his home state of Indiana, which is ruby red. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Why it might work: Cooper has won state- wide in red-ish North Carolina, showing he could appeal to those coveted moderate and independent voters. Why it might not work:Cooper, 67, isn’t Biden-old, but he is up there. If the party is go- ing to turn away from one old guy, why turn to another? Vice President Kamala Harris Why it might work: Harris has been through the crucible that is a presidential campaign and has survived nation- al media vetting. A for- mer prosecutor, Harris should be able to “prose- cute” the case against former president Donald Trump and appeal to vot- ers who blame him for appointing the U.S. Su- preme Court justices who struck down Roe v. Wade. Black voters, the most consistent in the Democratic electorate, would likely rally behind the Howard University alum. Why it might not work:Republicans have caricatured Harris as a shrill liberal who would be even more liberal than Biden. Harris would be saddled with all of the perceived ills of the Bi- den administration — high inflation, illegal im- migration, the messy withdrawal from Af- ghanistan and the horri- ble war between Israel and Hamas. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Why it might work: Moore, 45, is young and dynamic, a former Rhodes Scholar who has served in the U.S Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. The collapse of the Fran- cis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore area put Moore in the national spotlight, and he acquit- ted himself well, show- ing empathy for those who died and pledging to have the bridge rebuilt quickly. Why it might not work: As a young-ish Black, male politician, voters might well seek to compare him to Barack Obama. That’s not a bar most candidates would be able to clear. Plus, Moore is only in his first term as governor. California Gov. Gavin Newsom Why it might work: Newsom, 56, is politics- young, charismatic and speaks with pith and elo- quence. He backs all of the positions progres- sive Dems back and op- poses all of the ones they oppose. Why it might not work: Newsom’s first wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle, is now Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend. Might she have some stories to tell? At 38, Newsom briefly dated a 19-year-old. Not illegal, but icky. And then there was the matter of sleeping with the wife of his close friend and cam- paign manager, who was also his appointment secretary as mayor of San Francisco. If New- som’s personal life didn’t set GOP hearts aflutter, they’d salivate at the prospect of tying him to California’s problems with homelessness and lack of affordability. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Why it might work: Shapiro is a popular Democratic governor in a crucial swing state. At 51, he’s not old but has plen- ty of experience, having served as his state’s at- torney general and in its House of Representa- tives. Why it might not work:Shapiro would be the nation’s first Jewish president, and he has been forceful in backing Israel’s right to defend it- self against Hamas. Some delegates might fear he’d be swallowed up by the intractable and vicious conflict between Israel and Hamas, which has pitted important Democratic constituen- cies against each other. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Why it might work: Whitmer has twice won statewide in a crucial swing state. She has ag- gressively hammered home her and her party’s support of abortion rights and ripped Trump and Republicans for op- posing them. “Big Gretch,” a nickname be- stowed on her by a De- troit rapper, has signed gun control legislation into law, cut taxes for small businesses and re- sisted GOP efforts to lim- it voting rights. She re- fused to abandon COVID restrictions in the face of a kidnapping plot cooked up by infuriated Trump supporters and anti-gov- ernment types. Why it might not work: Whitmer has not had national media vet- ting. There is also the question of whether she has the charisma to ap- peal to a broad swath of voters, including many who don’t follow politics and have never heard of her. Others Be certain that this list isn’t exhaustive. There would be — you guessed it — speculation about other candidates. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sand- ers of Vermont, even at 82, will make some dele- gates teary-eyed. So will U.S. Sen. Elizabeth War- ren of Massachusetts and U.S. Rep. Alexan- dria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, whose 35th birthday in October would come just in time to make her old enough to serve as president. If Biden quits the race, the Democratic National Convention will be the hottest ticket this side of a Caitlin Clark game. Wayne Washington covers West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach and race relations for The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at wwashington@ pbpost.com. Dems Continued from Page 1A