The proposal for a new professional soccer stadium in Port St. Lucie is moving on to the next step though not without pushback.Port St. Lucie City Council voted unanimously on the proposal at a special meeting Monday morning.Related: Proposed Port St. Lucie soccer stadium sparks debate among residentsTraffic, construction noise and taxpayer money are some of the top concerns for residents who spoke at Monday’s meeting.“Is this going to be another business that is one of those tax incentive businesses that they don’t have to pay the tax for a certain amount of years? I’m just asking,” one resident said.“I’m still concerned about hidden taxes on, things that we might not see right now. We might not understand the full effect of it,” another resident said.Port St. Lucie Community Redevelopment Agency president Jennifer Davis addressed some of those concerns during her presentation.“The developer’s responsible to fully fund the project, upfront. So, any cost associated with building the stadium and the infrastructure will be 100% the cost of the developer. Once the developer has achieved a certificate of occupancy, in about one year after that, they would be eligible for TIF reimbursement from the Community Redevelopment Agency,” Davis said.The project would transform a currently vacant parking lot into a 6,000-seat stadium within the next two years, where teams in the United Soccer League would play.Related: Port St. Lucie awarded United Soccer League franchiseThough some welcome the idea, an online petition opposing the plan has garnered more than 1,500 signatures.“You know, there’s a ton of families that live there and everything else. And the noise and the traffic is already going to be insane. I mean, like with Fourth of July and all this, you know, the other things. It’s very busy,” another resident said. Davis said they are working together with the police department to try to mitigate any traffic concerns.“I think in speaking with the police chief, he stated this is probably the best opportunity that we’ve ever had to control traffic coming in and out of that site, as opposed to dealing with the existing site conditions and existing, you know, ingress and egress to the Mets Stadium, for example,” Davis said.But despite the council voting unanimously, this is not the final say. A second reading and public hearing is set for Nov. 4 at 5 p.m.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. —

The proposal for a new professional soccer stadium in Port St. Lucie is moving on to the next step though not without pushback.

Port St. Lucie City Council voted unanimously on the proposal at a special meeting Monday morning.

Related: Proposed Port St. Lucie soccer stadium sparks debate among residents

Traffic, construction noise and taxpayer money are some of the top concerns for residents who spoke at Monday’s meeting.

“Is this going to be another business that is one of those tax incentive businesses that they don’t have to pay the tax for a certain amount of years? I’m just asking,” one resident said.

“I’m still concerned about hidden taxes on, things that we might not see right now. We might not understand the full effect of it,” another resident said.

Port St. Lucie Community Redevelopment Agency president Jennifer Davis addressed some of those concerns during her presentation.

“The developer’s responsible to fully fund the project, upfront. So, any cost associated with building the stadium and the infrastructure will be 100% the cost of the developer. Once the developer has achieved a certificate of occupancy, in about one year after that, they would be eligible for TIF reimbursement from the Community Redevelopment Agency,” Davis said.

The project would transform a currently vacant parking lot into a 6,000-seat stadium within the next two years, where teams in the United Soccer League would play.

Related: Port St. Lucie awarded United Soccer League franchise

Though some welcome the idea, an online petition opposing the plan has garnered more than 1,500 signatures.

“You know, there’s a ton of families that live there and everything else. And the noise and the traffic is already going to be insane. I mean, like with Fourth of July and all this, you know, the other things. It’s very busy,” another resident said.

Davis said they are working together with the police department to try to mitigate any traffic concerns.

“I think in speaking with the police chief, he stated this is probably the best opportunity that we’ve ever had to control traffic coming in and out of that site, as opposed to dealing with the existing site conditions and existing, you know, ingress and egress to the Mets Stadium, for example,” Davis said.

But despite the council voting unanimously, this is not the final say. A second reading and public hearing is set for Nov. 4 at 5 p.m.

Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.