City of Stuart

COMMISSION MEETING APRIL 8, 2024

A presentation was given by the Public Works Director and Public Utilities Director regarding quiet zones.

In the presentation, they explained why trains sound their horn when travelling through crossings. It all comes down to safety. In a quiet zone, horns aren’t required to sound because of enhanced safety measures.

That doesn’t mean the engineer won’t sound their horns. It means that they are not required to sound their horns.

Implementation of quiet zones happens in two phases. Stuart is in Phase 1 of the process which is designing for safety and public outreach. The actual work to have quiet zones is completed in Phase 2.

The City of Stuart wants to work with Martin County to have the zones countywide. But if not, then Stuart will attempt to implement the process alone. There are five crossings in Stuart: Florda Street, MLK Jr. Blvd, Confusion Corner, Sailfish Circle, and Fern Street.

Each of those crossings must be reviewed to see what safety measures will be required. The main feature is four quadrant gates. The preliminary reviews are in process now. At some point, there will be public meetings and outreach. If those go well, the project may move to implementation if the FRA (Florida Rail Administration) gives it the go ahead.

You can see the presentation here

During public comment, two Neo-Nazis spoke. They behaved like gentlemen if the content of their comments was ignored. Of course, it is a government meeting and public comment is open to all. Those guys provided their point of view about not wanting to be replaced by Jews or non-white people.

It must be hard to live inside their heads. How do they look at any kid, white or not, and feel such hatred? And to having Commissioner Clarke up there must make them ill as she is many times elected Black woman in a position of authority. How twisted are their minds to proselytize those doctrines. The hatred must eat their souls.

To see what happened to the Nazis, read the story below next.

The final agenda item was the signing of a long-term agreement with Project Lift for the old Gary property on Martin Luther King Blvd. The city received a CDBG grant to buy and build a facility known as the “Stuart Job Training And Entrepreneur Center.” It will be used by Project Lift to train people for employment in industries on the Treasure Coast and in support of entrepreneurship opportunities.

Bob Zacheo, CEO of the organization, said that the facility would create about 50 new jobs for Project Lift. That doesn’t count the kids and young adults ages 14-25 that it will help and train. Project Lift has multiple sites in several counties. Stuart will be well-served by this partnership.

A few blocks from this location, the Boys & Girls Club will be opening its new facility. East Stuart is beginning to be a place to go for training and sports as 10th Street Recreation Center is getting ready for its face lift.

You can see a presentation of the project with grants here