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Home My WebLink AboutO-25-04 FLUMMC TCPALM.COM |TUESDAY ,SEPTEMBER 9,2025 |9A TR-42525530 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT CITY OF SEBASTIAN,FLORIDA The City Council of the City of Sebastian,Indian River County,Florida, has received a request to amend the future land use designations for site specific properties,and therefore proposes to adopt the following ordinance: ORDINANCE NO.O-25-04 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN,FLORIDA,APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO DESIGNATE A LAND USE CLASSIFICAT ION OF LDR (LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL,5 UNITS/ACRE)TO PROPERTY CONTAINING 148.5 ACRES,MORE OR LESS,FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE VICKERS SANDMINE,LOCATED EAST OF LANCE STREET,WEST OF THE F.E.C. RAILROAD,SOUTH OF GILSON &CONCORD AVENUES,AND NORTH OF BEACH COVE MOBILE HOME PA RK,WITH CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OF MU (MIXED USE,10 UNITS/ACRE),IN (INDUSTRIAL), AND C/I (INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL); AUTHORIZING FINDINGS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS;PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS,SEVERABILITY,AND SCRIVENER’S ERRORS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING AN ADOPTION SCHEDULE. A public hearing on the ordinance will be held on Wednesday,September 24,2025,at 6:00 p.m.in the City Council Chambers,City Hall,1225 Main Street,Sebastian. Following the public hearing,the City Council may transmit the ordinance to the Department of Economic Opportunity for review,and schedule a second reading and adoption hearing. Interested parties may inspect the proposed ordinance and the complete legal description of the properties 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 hearing and be heard with respect to the proposed ordinance. 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:Ve ro Beach Press Journal Tu esday,September 9,2025 JERUSALEM –Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Sept 8,killing six people in what police described as “a terrorist attack,”one of the deadliest in the city in the past few years. Footage from a dashboard camera at the scene in Ramot Junction showed people fleeing from around a bus at the side of a road as shots rang out.Israeli police said the attackers were shot dead at the scene by a sol- dier and an armed civilian. “Suddenly I hear the shots starting …I felt like I was running fo r an eternity,”Ester Lugasi,who was injured in the attack,told Israeli TV from the hospital.“I thought I was going to die.” The ambulance service identified the five of the vic- tims as a 50-year-old man,a woman in her 50s and three men in their 30s.It said six others were in serious condition with gunshot wounds.Police said more than 20 people were injured. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said later a sixth person had died and that the gunmen were Pal- estinians from the Israeli-occupied We st Bank. Spain’s foreign ministry said a Spanish citizen was among those killed and condemned the attack.France, the EU and the United Arab Emirates also issued state- ments of condemnation. The shooting took place against the backdrop of nearly two years of war in Gaza,where Israel’s cam- paign against militant group Hamas has left the terri- tory in deva station.In the We st Bank,Palestinians have faced tightened military restrictions and a surge in attacks by Jewish settlers. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a statement which condemned “any targeting of Pales- tinian and Israeli civilians.” But Hamas praised two Palestinian “resistance fighters”who it said had carried out the attack.Islamic Jihad,another Palestinian militant group,also praised the shooting.Neither group claimed responsibility. Speaking at the scene of the att ack,Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya hu said Israeli fo rces were pursuing suspects who aided them. Israeli police said the two attackers had arrived by car and opened fire at a bus stop at Ramot Junction,an area straddling a part of Jerusalem that Israel cap- tured in the 19 67 war and later annexed in a move un- recognized by the United Nations and most countries. Several guns,ammunition and a knife used by the attackers were recovered at the scene and a suspect from East Jerusalem whose alleged involvement in the shooting was being investigated had been arrested, police said. Reuters footage showed a heavy police presence in the Ramot area following the shooting.The ambulance service said a paramedic arriving at the scene reported that several victims were lying on the road and the sidewalk,some unconscious. The Israeli military said it deployed soldiers to the area who were aiding police in the search for suspects. Soldiers were also operating in areas of Ramallah in the We st Bank to conduct interrogations and “thwart terrorism,”it said. Israel vows ‘hurricane’of strikes to force Hamas’surrender Israel said it would step up air strikes on Gaza on Sept 8 in a “mighty hurricane”to serve as a last warn- ing to Hamas that it will destroy the enclave unless fighters accept a demand to free all hostages and sur- render. Residents said Israeli forces had bombed Gaza City from the air and blown up old armored vehicles in its streets. Hamas said it was studying the latest U.S.ceasefire proposal,delivered on Sept.7 with a warning from President Donald Trump that it was the militant group’s “last chance.” “A mighty hurricane will hit the skies of Gaza City today,and the roofs of the terror towers will shake,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote on X. “This is a final warning to the murderers and rapists of Hamas in Gaza and in the luxury hotels abroad:Re- lease the hostages and lay down your weapons –or Gaza will be destroyed,and you will be annihilated.” Katz’s post was made before the bus stop shooting in Jerusalem. The Israel Defense Fo rces bombed a 12 -floor build- ing in the middle of Gaza City where dozens of dis- placed families had been housed,three hours after urging those inside and in hundreds of tents in the sur- rounding area to leave . In a statement,the IDF said Hamas militants who had “planted intelligence gathering means”and explo- sive devices had been operating near the building and “have used it throughout the war to plan and adva nce terror attacks against IDF forces.” According to a senior Israeli official,the latest U.S. proposal calls for Hamas to return all 48 remaining liv- ing and dead hostages on the first day of a ceasefire, during which negotiations would be held to end the war. Hamas has long said it intends to hold onto at least some hostages until negotiations are complete.It said in a statement it was committed to releasing them all with a “clear announcement of an end to the war”and the withdrawal of Israeli forces. Israel launched a major assault last month on Gaza City,where hundreds of thousands of residents are liv- ing in the ruins,having returned after the city experi- enced the most intense fighting of the war’s early weeks nearly two years ago. Residents said Israeli fo rces pounded several dis- tricts from the air and ground,and detonated decom- missioned armored vehicles laden with explosives, destroying clusters of homes in the Sheikh Radwan, Zeitoun and Tuffah neighborhoods. Among at least 25 Palestinians reported killed in Gaza on Sept 8 was Osama Balousha,a journalist for Palestinian media,medics said.Fifteen other people were killed in separate Israeli strikes and gunfire across the enclave,medics said,taking the death toll on Sept 8 to at least 40. Six more Palestinians,including two children,died of malnutrition and starvation in the space of 24 hours,the territory’s health ministry said on Sept 8, raising deaths from such causes to at least 393 people, most in the past two months. Israel,which controls all supplies into Gaza,says the extent of hunger there has been exaggerated and the reported deaths are due to other causes. Rami Amichay and Nidal al-Mughrabi REUTERS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,center, looks on at the scene where a shooting took place at the outskirts of Jerusalem on Sept.8. AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS Pa lestinian gunmen kill 6 in Je rusalem WA SHINGTON –President Donald Trump told reporters that European leaders would be visiting the White House as he repeated expectations that he will talk “soon”with Russian President Vladimir Putin,aiming to end the war in Ukraine. Trump’s optimism extended to Gaza,where he said he expects a ceasefire and a deal for hostages “very soon.”Trump made the comments Sept.7 af- ter returning from watching the U.S.Open men’s fi- nal in New Yo rk. ‘Russia-Ukraine situation’ Trump said individual European leaders,whom he didn’t name,would visit to discuss how to re- solve the Russia-Ukraine war.Trump added that he wasn’t happy after a massive Russian air assault on the main gove rnment building in Ky iv. “The Russia-Ukraine situation,we’re going to get it done,”Trump said.He repeated that he expects to talk to Putin “soon,”which is what he said after meeting with Ukrainian President Vo lodymyr Ze- lenskyy and other European leaders at the White House in mid-Au gust. ‘Last warning’to Hamas Trump also voiced optimism on achieving a cea- sefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza “very soon.” He said fewer than 20 living hostages remain, and the goal is fo r their return before more die. Trump had warned Hamas earlier on social media to accept his terms for an agreement without detailing them publicly,in what he called his “last warning.”Trump said Israel had already accepted the proposal. Denies raid hurt relations South Ko rean officials expressed regret about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at a Hyundai plant on Sept.4 that resulted in the arrest of 475 workers.More than 300 South Koreans are heading home. Trump said the incident at the Georgia facility hadn’t hurt relations between the countries. He had welcomed fo reign investment in the United States,which he said would increase with tariffs he imposed on imports from other countries worldwide.But he said the goal is for foreign inves- tors to hire U.S.workers. Trump planning to meet with European leaders Bart Jansen USA TO DAY PA RIS –France’s parliament brought down the gov- ernment on Sept.8 over its plans to tame the balloon- ing national debt,deepening a political crisis that is weakening the euro zone’s second-largest economy. Lawmakers voted to oust Prime Minister Francois Bayrou and his minority government with 364 votes against the veteran cen- trist politician and 19 4 in his favo r. President Emmanuel Macron,who is facing calls from the opposition to dis- solve parliament and resign,will in- stead hunt for his fifth prime minister in less than two years.His office said he would appoint one in the next few days. The next gove rnment’s most pressing task will be to pass a budget,the same challenge Bayrou faced when he took office nine months ago.Securing the backing of a very divided parliament will be equally hard. “You have the power to bring down the government, but you do not have the power to erase reality,”Bayrou told lawmakers before losing the confidence vote. “Reality will remain relentless:expenses will con- tinue to rise,and the burden of debt,already unbear- able,will grow heavier and more costly,”he said. Bayrou will tender his resignation on Sept.9,his of- fice said. He had called the confidence vo te to try to win par- liamentary support for his strategy to lower a deficit that stands at nearly double the European Union’s 3% ceiling,and to start tackling a debt pile equivalent to 114%of GDP. But opposition parties were in little mood to rally behind his planned savings of $51.51 billion in next year’s budget,with an election fo r Macron’s successor looming in 2027. “This moment marks the end of the agony of a phantom government,”far-right leader Marine Le Pen said,pushing for a snap parliamentary election, which Macron has so far ruled out. “Macron is now on the front line facing the people. He too must go,”Jean-Luc Melenchon,leader of the hard-left France Unbowed,said on X. A lengthy period of political and fiscal uncertainty risks undermining Macron’s influence in Europe at a time when the United States is talking tough on trade and security,and war is raging in Ukraine on Europe’s eastern flank. The French president could now nominate a poli- tician from his own centrist minority ruling group or from the ranks of conservatives as the next premier, but that would mean doubling down on a strategy that has failed to yield a stable alliance. He also could tack to the left and nominate a mod- erate socialist,or choose a technocrat. No scenario would be likely to hand the next gov- ernment a parliamentary majority.It was inevitable that the need to form a new government would result in a dilution of the deficit reduction plan,Finance Minister Eric Lombard said before the vo te. Macron may eventually decide the only path out of the crisis lies in calling a snap election,but he has so far resisted calls from Le Pen’s National Rally and from France Unbowed to dissolve parliament a sec- ond time. French parliament ousts PM Elizabeth Pineau,Ingrid Melander and Charlotte Va n Campenhout REUTERS Bayrou