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Use your creativity and craft to spread kindness around Martin County by knitting or crocheting items to be donated. The current project is making walker-bags for the community. Beginners and advanced  are welcome and we have patterns available for those that cannot make it in person. All materials are provided. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Martin County Library System, Inc.

Tourist Development Council
The Council shall have the following powers and duties:
a.    Conduct public hearings to receive information from the public with respect to the effectiveness of the existing tourist development efforts by both public and private agencies, organizations, and businesses and the need for additional or different tourist development efforts.
b.    Recommend a method of coordination of existing tourist development efforts by both public and private agencies, organizations, and businesses and of new or additional tourist development efforts to obtain maximum economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the tourist development efforts in and for Martin County.
c.    Identify and recommend methods of eliminating unnecessary duplications in existing tourist development efforts by both public and private agencies, organizations, and businesses and preventing or minimizing such duplications of new or proposed tourist development efforts.
d.    Identify and develop new tourist development efforts by both public and private agencies, organizations, and businesses.
e.    Create, prepare, and submit to the Board a Tourist Development Plan in the manner meeting the requirements of F.S. 125.0104, and, from time to time thereafter, make recommendations to the Board for changes to the Tourist Development Plan.
f.    From time to time, to make recommendations to the Board for the effective operation of the special projects or uses provided for in the Tourist Development Plan.
g.    Review the expenditures of revenues authorized in the Tourist Development Plan and report to the Board and to the State Department of Revenue as required by F.S. 125.0104.
h.    Adopt, amend, and repeal rules and to implement the provisions of any ordinance for which it is responsible.
i.    Submit an annual report to the Board of its activities and of the issues and progress of the tourist development efforts in and for the County.

Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
The Committee recommends specific actions or initiatives to encourage or facilitate affordable housing while protecting the ability of the property to appreciate in value. Evaluate the incentives contained in the Martin County local housing incentive plan and make recommendations for its amendment as needed to encourage or facilitate the creation or maintenance of affordable housing. Review the Martin County Local Housing Assistance Plan (SHIP) before its submission for adoption or amendment to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC). Review applications for SHIP funds by community-based organizations or eligible sponsors and provide recommendations for funding of these applications to the BCC. Function as the review committee set forth in the local housing assistance plan to advise and monitor the SHIP program, evaluate requests for exceptions from the regulations in accordance with the procedures set forth in the local housing assistance plan, and to hear appeals from decisions made by the SHIP program administrator.

Each Neighborhood Advisory Committee (NAC) shall assist in the preparation of the required community redevelopment plan for its particular designated community redevelopment area. The Committee shall follow the procedures of the adopted small area planning process. The completed Community Redevelopment Plan shall be presented to the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) for review and approval prior to presentation to the Board. The final Community Redevelopment Plan shall be adopted by the Board. In addition to providing advice and recommendations to the Community Redevelopment Agency on the implementation of an adopted Community Redevelopment Plan, each Committee shall work towards consensus to provide advice and recommendations to the Community Redevelopment Agency, to the extent permitted by the development review process, grant deadlines, or other similar time constraints, regarding the following: Proposed amendments and modifications to a Community Redevelopment Plan, Development applications within its Community Redevelopment Area that are classified as major applications under the provisions of the Martin County Land Development Regulations, the prioritization of community redevelopment capital projects, any other matters as directed by the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) or the Agency.