Apr 05, 2021 City Commission Regular Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:26]

>> HEAVENLY FATHER. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US ANOTHER DAY IN THE THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, IT IS FROM YOU OUR HELP COMES. WE PRAY FOR MAYOR LINDA HUDSON, HER STAFF, THE THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, MEET EVERY INDIVIDUAL NEED. REMOVE THE STRESS AND DISTRESS FROM THEIR LIVES AND LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE AND REIGN IN THEIR HEARTS. RECANCEL EVERY SENSE OF INFIRMITY IN THEIR LIVES, IN JESUS NAME.

WE PRAY THAT THEIR DREAMS AND VISIONS WILL BECOME A REALITY.

WE PRAY AGAINST THIS CORONAVIRUS, LORD, THAT YOU GOD WILL SEND YOUR BEST TO ERADICATE IT FROM THE EARTH IN JESUS NAME.

FATHER, AS THE CITY COMMISSION GATHER TODAY TO DO THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS, WE PRAY THAT YOU GOD WILL GIVE THEM WISDOM UNDERSTANDING AND INSIGHT TO ASSIST WITH THE ECONOMY OF THE SPHORPTS. SPHORPTS.

SPHORPTS. CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

THAT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WILLIAM RISE SPIRITUAL AND ECONOMICALLY. FOR EVERY PEACE PER ON THE STREETS AND NOW FATHER THROUGHOUT THIS CITY, GIVE US OUR BEST AND BLESSED DAYS AS WE ENDEAVOR TO GO THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS, MAY ALL THAT IS DONE THIS DAY BE FOR YOUR GREATER HONOR AND GLORY. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST YOUR

SON, AMEN. >> AMEN.

>> MAYOR HUDSON, PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER, COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON.

YES. .COMMISSIONER PERONA.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

>> FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 1ST AND MARCH 15TH, 2021, REGULAR MEETINGS.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

[a. Email from Jill Marasa, Vice President Business Retention & Expansion, Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County, expressing gratitude to Jenn Hofmeister, Planning Director and Brandon Creagan, Senior Planner, for their teamwork and expediency, which resulted in the site plan approval for a one million plus square foot facility.]

>> COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON, YES.

COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON, YES.

COMMISSIONER PERONA, YES, MAYOR MUD, YES.

>> LETTERS OF COMMISSION, E-MAIL FROM JILL MARASA-K WE RECEIVED

[b. Email from Charlene Adair in appreciation of the wonderful help by Public Works employees, Henry Duhart, Maintenance Worker and Jose Velez, Facilities Maintenance Technician, that contributed to the success of the Great American Cleanup event.]

[c. Email from Luke A. Croghan thanking Joe Sweat, Marketing Specialist, for his news release with valuble information concerning the long-term COVID- 19 vaccination site at the Fort Pierce Recreation Center.]

[d. Email from Elyse Mermelstein commending Sara Delgado, Administrative Assistant in the City Manager's office, for the care and concern displayed when providing her with information for the vaccinations dispensed at the Fort Pierce Recreation Center.]

[8. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS Any person who wishes to comment on an agenda item which is not under Public Hearings on the Agenda may be heard at this time and must sign up to speak in advance. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less, as directed by the Mayor, as this section of the Agenda is limited to thirty minutes. The City Commission will not be able to take any official actions under Comments from the Public. Speakers will address the Mayor, Commissioners, and the Public with respect. Inappropriate language will not be tolerated.]

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>> WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO SIGNED UP, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AT THE PODIUM.

HOLLY TONES. >> THE ONLY ONE, OH WELL.

MY NAME IS HOLLY TONES, I LIVE AT 419 NORTH SECOND STREET IN FORT PIERCE. REGARDING THE SUNRISE THEATER HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS I DECIDED TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION TO REQUEST AN OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE ON THE ADVISORY BOARD.

AND I WAS JUST REMINDING YOU THE FACE THAT GOES WITH THE NAME AND ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU MAKE THOSE SELECTIONS

TO PICK ME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR. >> THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC

COMMENT. >> NEXT WE HAVE ADDITIONS OR

[9. ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

>> DOES THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY DISHES OR DELETIONS?

>> 12B WAS PULLED? >> AT THE REQUEST OF THE

APPLICANT. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> CALL THE ROLL.

[a. Unveiling of the Highwaymen License Plate.]

THE HIGHWAYMAN LICENSE PLATE. >> MR. MIMMS.

>> YEMEN,YES, MA'AM EXPEL MADAM. WE HAVE FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE MR. LARRY LEE AND ALSO OUR CURRENT TAX COLLECTORS, MR. CHRIS CRAFT. I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO COME

UP AND GIVE US A PRESENTATION. >> WE HAVE ANOTHER FORMER STATE REP. DOLORES JOHNSON.

>> SHE SNUCK IN. WE HAVE DOLORES HOGAN JOHNSON, WE HAVE A TR TRIUMVERATE OF CELEBRITIES.

TAKE WAIT. >> THIS IS AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU, BECAUSE THIS WAS A LONG TIME COMING, DURING THE LATTER PART OF MY SECOND YEAR IN THE LEGISLATURE I HAD THIS IDEA TO CREATE A BLACK HISTORICAL MUSEUM WITH THE HIGHWAYMEN WING A PART OF THAT MUSEUM. AT THE TIME WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY ON 25TH STREET AND AVENUE Q BUT MR. MIMMS HAD SOME OTHER IDEAS ABOUT WHAT HE SHOULD BE.

AND WE CAME TO TERMS AND FELT HIS IDEA WAS THE RIGHT IDEA TO HELP JUMP START THE AREA AND SINCE THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED SOME PROPERTY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.

AND THE PROPERTY IN FRONT OF IT, DID JACKY CANAAN BUILDING.

WHEN THIS BILL WAS ORIGINALLY DRAFTED, IT WAS DRAFTED TO PURCHASE THE LAND AROUND CONSTRUCT THE BUILDING.

HOWEVER SINCE THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN DONATED, IT COULD BE USED TO EXPAND THAT BUILDING AND ITS OPERATIONS.

BECAUSE THE WAY THE BILL WAS DRAFTED IT WOULD BUILD THE BUILDING AND ALSO HELP MAINTAIN THE OPERATIONAL PART OF THE BUILDING. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY, BRIEF HISTORY, REPRESENTATIVE CREDIT DEBBIE MAYFIELD DEBBIE MAYFIELD ASKED ME, IF THIS COULD HAPPEN UP IN THE COUNTY, WE TALKED TO SOME HIGHWAYMEN, THE HIGHWAYMEN WERE BORN HERE, EVEN THOUGH CAME FROM THE COUNTY, SOME PEOPLE UP THERE THOUGHT WE HAD AS MANY UP THERE AS WE HAD HERE.

BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT WOULD TAKE PLACE HERE AND THE LICENSE PLATE WOULD FUND AND TO MAKE SURE THAT I WOULD HAVE NO OPPOSITION IN PLEASURE, THINKING THAT I, I HAVE A FOUNDATION AS YOU KNOW, OR ANY OTHER FOUNDATION WOULD BENEFIT.

I MET WITH MR. MIMMS AND HE AGREED TO LET THE CITY BE THE FISCAL AGENCY, THAT WAY NO ONE COULD SAY THERE WAS SOME FUNNY BUSINESS GOING ON, WE WERE GOING TO BE TRYING TO COMPLETE JOBS WHILE AFTER LEAVING THE LEGISLATURE.

MR. MIMMS I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. AND WHEN I LEFT THE LEGISLATURE, THE LAST YEAR WE GOT THE BILL FILED IT PASSED THE HOUSE AND OF COURSE WE HAD THE PARKLAND TRAGEDY AND EVERYTHING GOT WIPED OUT THAT YEAR. WHEN I LEFT THE LEGISLATURE I HANDED THE BALL OFF TO REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON AND ASKED HER TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY TO REBROREINTRODUCE THE BILL.

YOU'LL HEAR FROM HER. ALSO I MET WITH TAX COLLECTOR CHRIS CRAFT AND TONIGHT HE'S GOING TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHO'S LOOKING AT THIS ON TELEVISION, HOW THEY CAN HELP US.

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AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING IN THE LEGISLATURE, THEY WERE CONSIDERING DOING AWAY WITH A WHOLE LOT OF LICENSE PLATES THAT THEY HAD APPROVED. BECAUSE NO ONE WERE -- THEY WERE NOT BUYING THEM. I DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE A PROBLEM HERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME HAVE ALREADY STARTED RESERVING. SO WE WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WE NEED AS MUCH HELP AS WE CAN TO SELL THESE LICENSE PLATES. AND THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL LICENSE PLATE. IN WERE A NUMBER OF TREES AS YOU KNOW, HIGHWAYMEN WERE NOTED FOR PAINTING THE POINTCIANA TREE.

WE WANT TO HONOR ALBERT HAIR, THIS IS HIS PAINTING, WE HAD TO GET THAT APPROVED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, NOT TRANSPORTATION, IT WAS HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLE.

AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH, WE HAD A COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON SERVES ON THAT COMMITTEE SO I DON'T THINK THAT PRECLUDES HIM FROM NOT VOTING, HE DIDN'T SAY MUCH IN THE COMMITTEE ANYWAY SO --

>> NO PRESSURE. >> SO COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON HELPED US GET THIS PLATE DESIGNED.

FORMER REPRESENTATIVE DOLORES HOGAN JOHNSON AND GERTRUDE WALKER, WE WORKED ON THAT AND THEN WE GOT TAX COLLECTOR, CHRIS CRAFT IN TO HELP US DO IT. THERE IT IS.

I THINK WE DID A NICE JOB. AND AT THIS TIME, REPRESENTATIVE

JOHNSON. >> WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

AS LARRY HAS SAID, THE SECOND TIME AROUND WITH THIS, FIRST SESSION I PRESENTED. IT WAS A VERY POPULAR BILL AND IT GOT PUT ON WHAT THEY CALL A TRAIN OVER IN THE SENATE SIDE.

AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THAT TRAIN THAT THE MAJORITY DIDN'T LIKE IN THE SENATE. SO IT DIED.

SO YOU KNOW, NEW KID ON THE BLOCK CAME BACK SECOND SESSION AND I WORKED BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND THE SENATE TO -- I HAD NEVER BEEN BACK AND FORTH YOU KNOW BUT AGAIN THEY WERE SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. AND IT PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY.

AND AGAIN I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY BECAUSE WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE AGREEMENTS ONCE AGAIN.

AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHOWN THE ENTHUSIASM BECAUSE EVERY TIME I BROUGHT IT UP IN THE COMMITTEES, WE HAD THREE COMAIT COMMITTEES TO GO T, I MEAN SMILES.

PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE FOR OTHER ISSUES, THIS ONE BIG BURLY GUY, HE WAS WITH THE BEE KEEPERS BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING ON IT.

HE CAME BY, HE STOOD UP AND SAID MY GRANDFATHER HAS THREE HIGHWAYMEN'S PICTURES. IT SHOWS THE BACK COUNTRY FLORIDA. I SAID THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. HE SAID GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

SO WE WENT -- THE THIRD TIME WAS INDEED THE CHARM AND WE WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR SUPPORTING US AND WE HOPE THE CITIZENS WILL DO THE SAME. BECAUSE THIS IS A STATEWIDE INITIATIVE AND WE HAVE UNTIL I THINK 2023 TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE INITIAL 3,000 TOGETHER. AND THE FOUNDATION, EDUCATION FOUNDATION WILL BENEFIT ALSO WITH THE HEALTH HEART ISSUES WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. COULD I POSSIBLY TURN THAT AROUND? DID THE AUDIENCE SEE IT?

I'D LIKE -- >> YES, SURE.

>> ONCE MR. CRAFT IS THROUGH. >> SURE.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN. >> I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, TOM JONES WHO IS CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS WITH US. WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED THIS BILL, I SPOKE WITH TOM BECAUSE WE WANT ED TED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING PROJECT IN THIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IN PARTICULAR.

WE APPROPRIATED 20% OF THE FUNDS TO GO TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO TEACH, YOU KNOW, ART TO OUR YOUTH.

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AND TOM, YOU HAD ANY COMMENTS? >> THANK YOU, LARRY.

THANK YOU DOLORES. >> YOU NEED TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK.

I'M SORRY SIR, IT'S FOR THE RECORD.

I APOLOGIZE. AND YOU'RE TOM JONES.

>> I'M WITH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

I WANT TO THANKS THE CITY. I WANT TO THANK LARRY AND DOLORES FOR MAKING THIS PROJECT A REALITY.

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO SELL SELL SELL SO CHRIS CRAFT IS HERE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU LARRY FOR PLACING IN THE BILL THAT A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE FOUNDATION, WHICH WILL HELP OUR PUBLIC STUDENTS WITH THEIR ARTWORK.

THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

IT'S A GREAT DAY. THE SIGN DIDN'T REALLY TRANSLATE THE COLORS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES TO GETTING A NEW TAG SOLD IS HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS.

SO SEEING AS HOW WE'VE HAD SOME OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, MAYBE IN THE COUNTRY COME OUT OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, WE'LL HAVE NOT ONLY PEOPLE OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY BUT ALL OVER THE STATE WANTING TO BUY IT.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO, KEEP TRAININF ALL.

I'VE ONLY DONE THIS TWO TIMES, ONE FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AND ALSO DONATE LIFE FLORIDA. AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAYMEN TAG.

SO THIS IS A GREAT DAY, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GO AHEAD AND PREPURCHASE YOUR TAG PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE, TCSL CRFORT.COM.

SLC.COM. TELL EVERYONE.

IT'S EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE 3,000 GOAL.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IT WILL GO INTO PRODUCTION.

EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU RENEW YOUR TAG, THOSE FUNDS FOR THE RENEWAL PORTION OF IT GO INTO THE FUND TO HELP WITH THE CAUSE.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE ONE-TIME PURCHASE.

IT'S EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU ARE RENEWING THE TAG YOU'RE MAKING A

CONTRIBUTION FOR THE ARTS. >> IF YOU HAVE A TAG RIGHT NOW

HOW DO THEY BUY THIS? >> TCSLC.COM AND LOOK FOR THE LINK FOR HIGHWAYMEN PLATE. THEY'LL PUT IN THE CREDIT CARD INFORMATION, WE WILL RUN THAT AND IF FOR WHATEVER REASON I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE BUT IF IT DOESN'T GO

THROUGH WE WILL REFUND. >> THEN YOU'LL TURN YOUR OLD

PLATE IN. >> YOU COME WHEN YOU COME TO RENEW YOUR PLATE AND NEXT TIME YOU COME TO THE OFFICE YOU PICK UP YOUR HIGHWAYMEN PLATE AND GIVE US YOUR OLD ONE.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> WHAT IS THE COST ON THIS?

>> NORMAL LICENSE PLATE IS ABOUT $38.

THE INCREASE IS WHAT GOES TO THE HIGHWAYMEN.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER. ALL THE PLATES ARE DIFFERENT.

I HATE TO SAY THIS, THERE ARE OVER 200 PLATES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IN MY OPINION, THEY ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE ARTS. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET BEHIND IT. EVERYBODY GETS TO SET THEIR COSTS BUT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS ON IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE, ANY QUESTIONS?

>> WE HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING DORETHA HARE.

>> I'M GLAD YOU WERE GOING TO RECOGNIZE HER.

>> ALFRED HARE WAS HER HUSBAND. ACTUALLY, DOROTHEA WAS A SHE AND THE LATE JAMES GIBSON THEY ARE THE ONES THAT PUSHED ME TO INTRODUCE THE BILL AND TO PUSH FOR THE HIGHWAYMEN MUSEUM.

DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >> WELCOME DOROTHEA.

>> ALWAYS DOUBLE-MASK. >> WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU, DOROTHEA HARE TRUESDALE.

ALFRED AND I BUILT THAT HOUSE IN 1965.

JUST SO YOU KNOW FOR ALL THE YOUNGSTERS HERE.

I AM -- THIS IS A PROUD AND HAPPY DAY FOR ME.

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AND I WANT TO THANK MY MAYOR, MY CITY MANAGER, AND MY TWO

JOHNSONS. >> JOHNSON AND JOHNSON.

>> JEREMY AND CURTIS. JEREMIAH AND CURTIS.

COMMISSIONER PERONA. >> SHE'S POSING FOR THE PICTURE.

COMMISSIONER PERONA. BUT I HAD TO GET HIS NAME CORRECT. MY MIND WAS WORKING.

IT MIGHT HAVE LOOKED I WAS POSING FOR THE PICTURE BUT I WAS NOT. AND I DO THANK ALL OF YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT FOR HIGHWAYMEN. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, AND MY SINCERE THANKS AND THE HIGHWAYMEN THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO TO SUPPORT US.

AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR MUSEUM NOW, BECAUSE

THAT'S ON THE NEXT TRACK FOR US. >> AND YOU'RE AN ARTIST AS WELL.

>> I AM AND I ALWAYS FORGET ABOUT ME.

>> I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW YOU ARE AN ARTIST TOO.

>> I AM. I WORKED WITH ALFRED SO MANY YEARS AGO, HE'S THE ONE WHO FOR THE HIGHWAYMEN AND FOR THE CITY AND THANK YOU ALL SO, FROM MY HEART.

AND FOR THE HIGHWAYMEN AND WE'LL HAVE OUR MEETING TOMORROW SO

WE'LL TELL THEM ABOUT TONIGHT. >> ALL RIGHTY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> WELL, YOU CAN'T TOP THAT!

[11. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> WAS THERE ANY ITEM? >> ONLY 1.

>> THERE'S ONLY ONE. DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL IT? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

[a. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 21-003- Text amendment to Chapter 28, Creation of Special Use Permit. SECOND READING]

>> NEXT WE HAVE ORDINANCE 29-003, AN AMENDED OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. AMENDING SECTION 28-31, 36, PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES, AMENDING SECTION 28-36 TO ADD SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUIRED? APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AMENDING SECTION 28-38, STANDARDS FOR ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AMENDING 28-40, APPEAL OF DENIAL OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AMENDING SECTION 28-41, DUTIES OF PERMITEE, ABOUT AMENDING SECTION 28-42, INTERFERENCE, AMENDING SECTION 28-43, REVOCATION OF PERMIT, AMENDING SECTION 28-44, DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, O ORDINANCES, THIS IS TE SECOND READING.

>> THIS IS THE SECOND READING. ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

>> C JOHNSON. YES.

COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON, YES. COMMISSIONER PERONA, YES, MA'AM,

[c. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 21-005 seeking a Future Land Use Map Amendment for a property located at 2564 South Kings Highway from Mixed Use (MXD) to General Commercial (GC) SECOND READING ]

>> IN WHICH WE HAVE PRLG ORDINANCE 21-004, PARCEL GENERALLY LOCATED AT OR NEAR 2564 SOUTH KINGS HIGHWAY, FROM SPHORPCITYOF FORT PIERCE, PROVIN EFFECTIVE DAIT.

THIS IS THE SECOND READING. S SECOND READING.

ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SEEING NO ONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CALL FOR A MOTION.

>> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> ROLL CALL.]

[d. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 21-006 rezoning a property located at 2564 South Kings Highway from Residential Single Family, 2 du/ac (E-2) to General Commercial (C-3). SECOND READING]

>> NEXT WE HAVE IS ORDINANCE 21-006, FROM CITY OF FORT PIERCE SINGLE OR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TWO UNITS PER ACRE E-2 TO

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THIS IS THE SECOND READING. >> THIS IS THE SECOND READING, ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SEEING NO ONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A

MOTION. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND.

CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON, YES, MA'AM, COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON YES, MA'AM, COMMISSIONER PERONA,

[e. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 21-007 Text Amendment of Chapter 4 and Chapter 125 to amend the minimum distance requirements for the consumption of alcoholic beverages on or off-premises and to make properties with C-6 Zoning eligible to obtain an alcoholic beverage license. SECOND READING]

>> NEXT WE HAVE CHAPTER 4 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SECTION 4-6, SALE FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR OFF PREMISES, TO STABILITY MINIMUM DISTANCES, ELIMINATING DISTANCE RESTRICTIONS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE SUBSEQUENT ESTABLISHMENTS OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OR SCHOOLS WITHIN 500 FEET OF AN EXISTING LICENSED VENDOR OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. AMENDING SECTION 125, SUBSECTION 125 THE-401 AREAS FOR SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, MARINE COMMERCIAL C-6 TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS THE SECOND READING. >> THIS IS THE SECOND READING, ANYONE WISHING TO COMING ON THIS PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SEEING NO ONE -- >> MAYOR I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THIS. FTC.

>> JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON SOMETHING I WAS READING.

>> I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU.

SO I WAS READING OVER THIS AGAIN AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON THIS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCING SOME OF THE FOOTAGE YARDAGE WHATEVER WHEN IT COMES TO ORDINANCES WITH THIS. AND IS THIS THROUGHOUT OUR I CITY OF FORT PIERCE, THAT CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ENTITIES THAT WILL BE ALLOWED TO PURSUE THIS, MEANING THAT AS YOU KNOW SOME OF OUR AREAS ARE KIND OF MIXED USE AND JUMP BLED? IS MAY HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS AN OPTION THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY COMING TO A POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL AREA TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR SUCH ZONING AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ALCOHOL.

>> MR. JOHNSON, ANY COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS SEEKING TO OPEN UP A RESTAURANT, BAR, LOUNGE, NIGHT CLUB ANY OF THESE USES, COLOR OR GROCERY STORE THAT SELLS ALCOHOL DO THAT.

AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE MINIMUM CRITERIA WHICH IS NOW BEING REDUCED IN A LOT OF AREAS. BUT IF THEY EXCEED THAT THEY CAN STILL APPLY FOR WAIVER OF DISTANCE.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC AREAS CALLED OUT, SOME OF THE ZONING AREAS, MARINE AREA, BUT SOMEONE HAD ASPIRATIONS OF OPENING UP ON ANOTHER AREA, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OPTIONS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND THEY COULD COME BEFORE AND ASK FOR THOSE PERSONAL PERMITS OR CONDITIONS TO SELL ALCOHOL AT THE PREMISES BASIS ON THE DISTANCES.

>> ABSOLUTELY. IF THEY ARE IN CLOSER PROXIMITY, ESPECIALLY AVENUE D, THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE THIS

COMMISSION. >> I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC INFORMATION AS WELL.

>> I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I'LL MOVE ON ORDINANCE 2107.

>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

>> COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON, YES, MA'AM, COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON, YES, MA'AM, COMMISSIONER PERONA. YES, MA'AM, MAYOR HUDSON, YES,

[f. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 21-008 Text Amendment of Chapter 125 to facilitate the construction of duplexes on nonconforming lots as well as clarify and correct the maximum density allowed in certain zoning districts. SECOND READING]

MA'AM. >> ORDINANCE 21-008, ZONING SECTION 125-70, ALLOWING FOR DUE PLEVMENT TO BE CONSTRUCTED, SECTION 125, 1 NAY 93 PAREN A TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PURPOSE OF THE ZONE AS WELL AS THE DENSITIES PERMITTED CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDING SUBSECTION 125-243 PAREN E PROVIDE FOR CLARIFICATION OF DENSITIES, CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, THIS IS THE SECOND READING.

>> THIS IS THE SECOND READING. ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON

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>> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND, CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

[g. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 21-009 - Final Budget Amendment of the General Fund 2019-2020 Budget. SECOND READING]

THE SAID SCHEDULE PROVIDES FOR THE INCREASES AND OR DECREASES OF REVENUES, THIS IS THE SECOND READING.

>> SECOND READING, NEW ENGLAND WISHING TO COMMENT PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NONE I'LL CLOSE THE

PUBLIC HEARING. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

[h. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 21-010 - Impact Fee Moratorium within Urban Infill and Redevelopment Area. SECOND READING.]

113-15 INCLUDING 113-19 OF THE CITY CODE, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS HEREOF AND PROVIDING FOR AN 77 DATE.

THIS IS THE SECOND REGENT. >> THIS IS THE SECOND READING.

ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SEEING NO ONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A

MOTION. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

[i. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 21-011 Amending Chapter 103, Article II, Administrative Amendments to the Florida Building Code, 7th Edition (2020). FIRST READING]

CORRECTING CODIFICATION ERRORS OF LOCAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, REPEALING ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE FIRST READING.

>> ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT,% PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SEEING NONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A

MOTION AND SECOND. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> CALL THE ROLL.

[a. Resolution No. 21-R17 determining that the structure located at 515 N 14th Street is unsafe, has been condemned in accordance with the International Property Maintenance Code as adopted by the City Commission and should be demolished. A hearing to determine this matter is scheduled before the City Commission on May 3, 2021.]

PARTIES. >> IS THERE A MOTION?

>> MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

DO WE KNOW IF THERE IS ANY REBUTTAL OR ISSUE WITH THE

APPLICANT ON THAT DATE? >> THIS JUST STARTS THE PROCESS

DOESN'T IT? >> YES, SETTING A TIME.

I JUST WONDERING HAVE WE DONE ANY COORDINATION?

>> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER BUT OUR STAFF IS NOT IN THE CHAMBER TO ANSWER THAT TECHNICAL QUESTION.

BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ADVISED OF THAT, THE ATTORNEY IS RAISING

HIS HAND. >> MR. SWEENEY.

>> MADAM MAYOR, THEY BECOME NOTIFIED, THEY ARE ALREADY NOTIFIED THAT THIS IS IN THE PROCESS.

IT HAS BEEN CITED BY CODE AND HAS BEEN PUT BEFORE THEM.

BUT SETTING IT FOR THE ACTUAL DATE HAS TO BE DONE AT THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMISSION. WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO IT, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IN THE BODY OF THE RESOLUTION YOU SEE THE NAMED PARTY THAT WE HAVE GIVEN NOTICE. THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THE CODE COMPLIANCE MANAGER AND ASK THAT IT BE RESCHEDULED. WE'VE HAD THAT REGULARLY HAPPEN.

BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE A NOTICE FOR COURT IF YOU WILL.

>> MADAM MAYOR MOVE TO APPROVE THE HEARING ON MAY 3RD, 2021.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND, CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

[b. Resolution 21-R19 appointing members to the Sunrise Theatre Advisory Board.]

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>> NEXT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, CERTIFYING, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE PLP MIMMS IS PROVIDING THE BALANCE FOR YOU.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR SEATS FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE SEAT AND ONE SEAT FOR THE CITY OF ST. LUCIE SEAT.

WE RECEIVED APPLICATIONS FROM IAN OSKING AND WE STILL ARE AN EXTRA SEAT. I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN DARRYL BAY'S APPLICATION ON THE AGENDA BUT HE WITHDREW HIS

NAME FROM CONSIDERATION. >> I'M TAKING MY TIME.

>> SHOULD HAVE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK PERONA.

>> I DID, I JUST CAN'T READ MY WRITING.

>> IS THERE A PLACE HERE TO SIGN OUR NAMES OR DO WE SIGN OUR

NAMES ANYPLACE? >> VERY BOTTOM.

>> I'LL SIGN IT TOO. I JUST PRINTED IT.

>> YOU JUST NEED TO PRINT IT. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SIGNED.

>> OH. >> I'M GETTING THERE, OKAY?

>> YOU CAN DO IT. >> SO FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY WE

JUST PICK ONE, RIGHT? >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> THERE YOU GO. I DON'T LIKE PRESSURE BY THE

WAY. >> YOU'RE JUST MY BACKUP.

>> YOU JUST LIKE TALKING ABOUT IT.

>> TRY TO GET SCIENTIFIC ABOUT THE WHOLE THING?

IT DIDN'T WORK. >> OKAY SO COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON VOTED FOR JAMES TAYLOR, HOLLY TONES, STEVE HAYNES, AND DENNIS DE VIVO. COMMISSIONER PERONA VOTED FOR OH BOY YOU CAN'T READ YOUR WRITING? JESSICA CHANG I BELIEVE.

HOLLY TONES. >> LET ME HELP YOU?

>> YES PLEASE. BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE

TWO THAT ARE THE SAME. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID.

CONSUME. >> ARE WE GOING TO TAKE RECESS?

>> HALF MY GRADE WAS MY PENMANSHIP.

>> NEED MY GLASSES? >> YES THEY ARE.

GOOD CATCH. I'M IN THERE TWICE.

>> DOESN'T WORK. >> IS THIS BEING TELEVISED?

>> HE DOESN'T LIKE PRESSURE. HE'S CRACKING OVER HERE.

>> YOU GET CALLED TO THE TEACHER'S DESK A LOT? PERONA PLEASE REPORT TO THE TEACHER'S DESK.

>> THIS IS BEING TELEVISED AND RECORDED.

COMING BACK TO HAUNT YOU. >> SO HIS NEW THIRD CHOICE IS MR. HAYNES. AND MS. GEORGE.

OKAY. DID YOU GET THAT PETE? SORRY. SO COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNS VOTED FOR MELANIE GEORGE, HOLLY TONES, JAMES TAYLOR AND JESS

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>> WHILE SHE'S TABULATING, I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT ANYBODY CAN COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND ANYBODY CAN HAVE INPUT INTO THESE MEETINGS. SO I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED BUT THEY'RE ALL WELCOME TO COME AND

BE PART OF THE SUNRISE THEATER. >> YES.

SO WE HAVE THREE SEATS. SO HOLLY TONES, BASED ON THE NUMBERS, AND PETE JUMP AT ME IF I'M WRONG.

JAMES TAYLOR, TOTAL OF SEVEN, AND MELANIE GEORGE WITH A TOTAL OFF 7, LEAVING HE US WITH A TIE BETWEEN JESSICA CHING AND DENNIS DE VIVO. AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS I HAVE A TIE-BREAKER SHEET. THAT HAS EVERYBODY ON IT.

SO PLEASE LIMIT YOUR CHOICES JUST CIRCLE EITHER JESSICA CHING

OR DENNIS DE VIVO. >> WE CAN SAY THEM.

>> EVEN BETTER. >> YOU WANT TO CALL ON EACH OF US OR START IT OFF LIKE THE NORMAL ROLL CALL OR YOU WANT US

TO JUST CALL IT OUT? >> I'LL JUST CALL NORMAL ROLL,

COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON. >> JESSICA CHING.

>> COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON.

>> DENNIS DE VIVO. >> COMMISSIONER PERONA.

>> JESSICA CHING. >> I KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING.

>> AND MAYOR HUDSON. >> DENNIS DE VIVO.

>> CAN WE PUT THEM BOTH ON THERE?

>> IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA. >> WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT,

RIGHT? >> YES YOU CAN.

>> WE WANT THEM BOTH. >> OKAY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO ADD ANOTHER SEAT. PERFECT, I LOVE IT, OKAY.

SO IN THE MEANTIME, I'M ALSO GOING TO READ THE NAMES OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY. SO WE HAVE JEREMIAH JOHNSON VOTED FOR DEE MILLE. AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER PERONA VOTED FOR FIERIA. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON VOTED FOR DEE MILLE, AND MAYOR HUDSON VOTED FOR DEE MILLE.

SO DEE MILLE WILL BE OUR ST. LUCIE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE.

WE HAVE HOLLY TONES,.JONES, JESSICA, DAVID, AS MEMBERS OF

THE SUNRISE THEATER. >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

[c. Consideration of FPUA's FY2019 Final Budget Amendment]

>> SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ARE WE OKAY? IS THE CONSIDERATION OF FPUA'S FY DWIENT FINAL BUDGET

AMENDMENT. >> WELCOME MR. TOMPECK.

AND DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO LEAD IN?

>> NO. NO PRESSURE BUT YOU'RE BETWEEN US AND THE END OF THE MEETING, MR. TOMPECK.

>> MAYOR HUDSON AND CITY COMMISSIONERS, JOHN TOMPECK AND BARBARA YUOA. COMPREHENSIVE REPORT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT. WE'RE NOT REALLY PREPARED BECAUSE NORMALLY WE DELIVER THIS AT 9:30, 10:00, YOU'LL HAVE TO

BEAR WITH US TONIGHT. >> YOU'RE NOT FREEZING YET?

>> NEW COMMISSION MAYOR. >> THIS IS A NEW DOCUMENT, NEEDS CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL OF THE AUDIT OF THE CAFR WHICH TRIGGERS PAYMENT TO THE CITY WITHIN 60 DAYS.

THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO COVER BOTH IDEAS 13C AND 13D ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT IS

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CAFR. BY THE FPUA BOARD AT THE MARCH 16TH MEETING. BEFORE BARBARA GOES THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE AMENDED BUDGET AND THE CAFR I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT A FEW SECTIONS OF INTEREST IN THE CRAMPLETFR.

THE INDEPENDENT REPORT IS THE FIRST ITEM CONTAINED IN THE SECTION. ANALYSIS IS ALSO CONTAINED IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION AND PROVIDES THE HIGHLIGHTS AND THE OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

THIS IS REALLY AN EXCELLENT SECTION TO READ AS IT SUMMARIZE ESD THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR.

CALCULATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL FUND IS INCLUDED IN NOTE N ON PAGE 50. THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION IS CONTAINED ON PAGES 20 AND 21. DEBT ADMINISTRATION IS DISCUSSED ON PAGE 19 AND NOTE L ON PAGE 47.

OUR BOND RA RATING BY FITCH IS A PLUS AND S&P IS A.

BOTH FIRMS STATED OUR OUTLOOK AS STABLE.

COUPLE OF QUICK FINANCIAL METRICS FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

'06 TO THE CITY WILL BE 6,342,000 WHICH REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 66,000 OVER THAT'S YEAR.

OUR UNRESTRICTED CASH DECREASED FROM $30,506,000 TO $24,808,000.

THIS DECREASE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO DECREASED CITY SPENDING, PRIMARILY FOR YOUR BENEFIT COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON SINCE YOU HAVE ALWAYS MENTIONED THAT. OUR SPENDING ARE DECREASED TO $17,329,000 IN 2021. SO WE DID SOME MORE CAPITAL PROJECTS, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT GOING FORWARD, I SUSPECT THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE EXAT BUDGE CAPITAL BUDGETS G TO SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON, NUMBER ONE A COUPLE OF GRANTS THAT WILL BE SPENT, THAT IS REALLY CAPITAL MONEY ESSENTIALLY AND ALSO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING OUT THE DETAILS FOR REFINANCING WHICH WILL FREE UP SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY. WE'RE HOPING TO FREE UP ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 27 AND $30 MILLION SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME SYSTEM EXPANSION WITH THAT INCREASED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

FPUA'S DAYS OF CASH WHICH REQUIRES BOND PAYMENTS PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST AND THE CITY DISTRIBUTION WAS 94 DAYS WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE GFOA BRACKETS OF 90 DAYS OF WORKINGOT PRACTICES, OUR COVERAGE IS 3.96 AS COMPARED TO 2.48 OF LAST YEAR AND WELL BEFORE THE MINIMUM OF 1.25.

WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF MAINTAINING OUR DEBT SERVICE WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR RATING.

AND WITH THAT BRIEF INTRODUCTION I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO BARBARA WHO IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE DETAILS.

>> MADAM MAYOR JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY ON THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, NORMALLY, THEY CAN BE EXPANSIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUILDING NEW PLANTS, BUT DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE THE RENEWALS AND REPLACEMENTS AND WHAT PART OF THAT CAPITAL PROJECT HAS BEEN RENEWALS AND REPLACEMENTS?

>> I HAVE TO DIG OUT THE EXACT NUMBER BUT YES.

IT DOES INCLUDE REKNEWS AND REPLACEMENT.

AN EXAMPLE, WE PUT IN 500,000 A YEAR JUST RENEWAL OF SEWER LINES. WE GOT A GRANT SNORE O$3.8 MILLION TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT QUITE A BIT. THAT'S ONE OF THEM.

IS THAT IS IN THE CAPITAL BUDGETS.

>> I'M GOING BACK PROBABLY THREE PREDECESSORS, SHOWING THE COMMISSION WHAT'S UNDERGROUND, WHAT DOES OUR SYSTEM LOOK LIKE? THESE PIPES WERE IS SEVERELY TUBURCULATE DERVETION.

TED.THERE WAS A COMMITMENT THATE WOULD TAKE ON REKNEWS AND

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PROVIDE. >> I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND DIG OUT THE EXACT NUMBERS BUT WE HAD HANDY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MILEAGE PER YEAR. CAN I DIG IT OUT AND SEND IT TO

YOU. >> I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TODAY, I DON'T WANT TO STOP ANYTHING BUT THAT'S FORECAST WE NEED TO KNOW. IT'S PART OF OUR DIALOGUE WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO FOLKS HOW RELIABLE OUR SYSTEMS ARE.

THIS IS THE REASON WE HAVE RELIABILITY IS BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY DIGGING UP THE OLD AND PUTTING IN THE NEW AND MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER WE HAVE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN

COUNT ON. >> I THINK IT'S NOT ONLY MILES OF SEWER PIPE BUT POLE REPLACEMENT, WE'VE DONE A LOT WITH POLE REPLACEMENT AND I'M SURE THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE

TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE BARB, MS. MICA.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR HUDSON, COMMISSION MEMBERS.

WE HAVE COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER FISCAL YEAR.

THE INFORMATION BEING PRESENTED IS THE SAME AMENDING THE FINAL BUDGET FOR FPUA AS WELL AS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. IS FINAL REFINAL REVENUES NAME W EXPECTATIONS BY 1.9% WHILE THE RELATED EXPENSES WERE LOWER BY 1.6 PER. LOWER COST OF PURCHASE POWER.

SOME OF THE YEAR TO DATE CHANGES THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR WERE IN OUR YEAR-TO-DATE OPERATING INCOME WAS HIGHER IN 2020 BY $3.1 MILLION WHILE OUR OPERATING REVENUES WERE BASICALLY FLAT THROUGH 2019, LOWER EXPENSES IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

OPERATING EXPENSES ADDED A TOTAL OF $91,259,000, BROUGHT A SAVINGS OF 3.2 MILLION OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

OUR CAPITAL CRRG CONTRIBUTIONS N 2020, JUST OVER 1 MILLION IN CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS. AND CLOSING OUT THE YEAR WITH THIS YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGES IN OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE COMES DOWN TO OUR ADDING THAT $4.9 MILLION TO OUR NET POSITION.

IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, ELECTRIC OPERATING REVENUES LESS THAT COST OF POWER INCREASED 4% FROM 2019.

BOTH CONSUMPTION AND OPERATING REVENUES REMAINED RELATIVELY FLAT FROM FISCAL YEAR 20, BOTH WERE OFF BY LESS THAN 1%.

THE INCREASE IN POWER LOSS, ELECTRIC PURCHASES FOR RESALE WERE 1.4 MILLION LESS THAN THE PRIOR YEAR.

OUTER WATER OPERATING REVENUES WERE UP 7.6% AND OUR CUMTION WAS UP 5 MANY 6 PER FROM FISCAL YEAR 19.

WHILE THERE WAS LITTLE CHANGE FROM THE WATER REVENUES OVER THE AMENDED BUDGET THE INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WAS IN THE WATER SALES FOR RESALE. FROM 2019 TO 2020.

EN WASTE WATER, OPERATING REVENUES WERE DOWN SLIGHTLY, 2.3% FROM 2019, AND THE UNITS BUILD WERE UP 3%.

NATURAL GAS OPERATING REVENUES, LESS THE COST OF GAS PURCHASED WAS LOWER BY 1.6% FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND

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THE COST OF GAS PURCHASES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 WAS 23.6% LOWER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR. THERE WAS A SAVINGS OF ABOUT $400,000. IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, OUR OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES WERE 6.3% LOWER THAN WAS PROJECTED IN THE BUDGET, THAN OUR ACTUAL RESULTS, THIS PRIMARILY WAS DUE TO THE COST OF POWER PURCHASED FROM FMPA, AND THE SAVINGS TURNED OUT TO BE MUCH GREATER.

ELECTRIC PURCHASES FOR RESALE WERE $5.5 MILLION BELOW PROJECTIONS AND 1.4 MILLION LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

IN TEMPS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2020, I THOUGHT I MIGHT OUTLINE FOR YOU SOME OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF COVID-19 AT A THAN THE FISCAL YEAR JUST ENDED.

AS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, CONSUMPTION BASED REVENUES WERE RELATIVELY FLAT. SO WHILE WE WERE NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTED, THE FACT THAT REVENUES DID NOT INCREASE IS -- WAS PARTIALLY A RESULT OF THE COVID-19.

REVENUES DID FALL SHORT OF BUDGET WHICH DID CORRELATE TO THE SLOW DOWN IN AND LIMITATION OF FULL CAPACITY AND RESTAURANTS AND VISITORS NOT COMING INTO THE AREA DUE TO TRAVELING AND QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS. AS YOU KNOW FOPTS UTILITIES LIFTED SERVICE CUTOFFS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS FOR SIX MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR 2020. WITH THAT, CAME THE MONTHS OF SOME OTHER OPERATING REVENUES THAT WERE RELATED TO PENALTY CHARGES, LATE FEES, SO FORTH, REACTIVATION CHARGES.

THEE REVENUES WERE ABOUT $423,000 LESS THAN THEY WERE THE PREVIOUS YEAR. FORT PIERCE UTILITIES ALSO PUT UP $100,000 OF CONSERVATION FUNDS AND $50,000 OF WEATHERIZATION EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAM FUNDS WHICH WERE NOT OTHERWISE BEING SPENT DUE TO COVID AND ALLOWED TWO OUTSIDE AGENCIES, MUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES AND ALFEE TO ISSUE VOUCHES TO CUSTOMERS TO OFFSET THEIR BILLS.

ALSO IN 2020, WE RECORDED $224,000 OF BAD DEBT EXPENSE DUE TO AGED ACCOUNTS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COLLECT ON IN THE FUTURE. HOWEVER SINCE OCTOBER 1ST AND IF PROMOTION OF OFFERING SPECIAL PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS TO OUR CUSTOMERS, WHO WERE DELINQUENT ON THEIR BILLS, THE COLLECTIONS HAVE IMPROVED, SO WE'RE CATCHING BACK UP ON THE BACKLOG.

AND FINALLY, THERE WERE THE BREAK-EVEN COSTS THAT WE INCURRED WHICH WERE COVERED BY THE C.A.R.E.S. ACT FUNDS WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE COUNTY.

WE HAD ABOUT A TOTAL OF $248,000 SOME WORK THAT WE DID TO OUR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND SAFETY AND SANITATION SUPPLIES ADVERTISING TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND KEEPING EVERYBODY APPRISED OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AND PLAY SCREENINGS BECAUSE WE WERE

COMING BACK TO WORK. >> JUST ANOTHER NOTE.

I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, WE WERE INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY FOR FORTUNATE HERE. WE HAVE VIRTUALLY NO IMPACT OTHER THAN SOME OF THE ACTUAL COLLECTIONS LAGGED THE REVENUE.

BUT THAT'S BOOKED IN THE YEAR THE REVENUE IS GENERATED.

SO OTHER THAN THAT WE REALLY, REALLY DID VERY, VERY WELL.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND -- I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT CASUALLY BUT 200,000 PLUS IN UNCOLLECTIBLES THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN WHAT WE SAW BACK IN 2004 WHEN FRANCIS AND JEAN CAME THROUGH HERE.

SO I THINK WE'RE INCREDIBLY LUCKY HERE, WE'RE ALL THANKFUL

FOR THAT. >> THIS SLIDE SHOWS A TREND ON THE CALCULATION OF OUR DEBT SERVICE RATIO.

THE CALCULATION IS 12 MONTH AVERAGE NET AVAILABLE INCOME TO OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH AS MR. TOMPECK HAS MENTIONED, 3.6 TIMES COMPARED TO 2.8 TIMES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. OUR BOND COVENANTS REQUIRE A RATIO OF 1.25 TIMES SO WELL WITHIN THE RANGE FOR COMPLIANCE.

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AND HERE WE'VE PROVIDED WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY SO CAN YOU SEE THE STEADY TREND OVER THE YEARS HOW IT'S -- THE REVENUES HAVE GONE UP AND THE DISTRIBUTION HAS GONE UP AS WELL WITH THAT. SO WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO SEEK APPROVAL OF FUA'SING FISCAL YEAR WHICH 20, WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE AUDIT AS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OF THE AUDITORS ARE FAIRLILY REPRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNTY PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND EXCEPT FOR THE FILING OF SUCH AUDIT WITH THE SPH CITY OF FORT PIERCE, ON FILE WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO THE CITY CHARTER. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER PERONA.

>> ACTUALLY SINCE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF THE UTILITY HERE, I DID SEE MR. JACOB WILLIAM'S NOTE ON FP AND L RAISING RATES 4%, ELECTRIC RATES 4%.

AND I WAS WONDERING, WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO -- THAT GAP WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN F P AND L AND FP UMPLETD AWMPLET OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FMPA. DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CHANCE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO THAT THIS THING COULD TURN INTO A NEGATIVE

GAP? >> YES, I THINK THERE IS A REALISTIC GAP. YOU SAW THE ARTICLE WHERE THEY ARE RAISING THEIR CHARGES FROM 99 TO 103.

I THINK WE'RE AT 109. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION STARTING JANUARY OF A $10

INCREASE. >> 10% INCREASE.

>> SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET WHOLESALE POWER AT FMPA AT ABOUT $70 AND WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT, WE SHOULD BE THERE.

>> I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO FMPA TO BE ABLE TO DO IN.

THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THEIR TARGET THAT'S BEEN SITTING OUT THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE HISTORY THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES WHERE YOU KNOW THE PROVIDERS THROUGH THE FMPA LIKE CITY OF FORT PIERCE HAS BEEN LESS THAN FP AND L. IT SEEMS LIKE WITH SOME OF THEIR INVESTMENTS ESPECIALLY THEIR FIELD COST IS REALLY WHAT HAS MADE THAT GO COMPLETELY OFF THE CHART.

SO HAVING YOU HERE TONIGHT, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IN THE LAST 15 YEARS.

SO I JUST NEEDED TO HEAR THAT FROM YOU, THAT THERE IS HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE LOWER ELECTRIC RATES THAN FP AND L.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CERTAINLY SHOOTING FOR.

I'VE TALKED TO JACOB AND HE'SCT- PROBABLY GOING TO COME DOWN EITHER NEXT MONTH OR THE MONTH AFTER AND GIVE A REPORT.

BUT HE'S REALLY COMMITTED TO THE HE'S GOT A 50, 60, 70 TREND.

50 HAS TO DO WITH REDUCING EAST MISSIONS, 60 HAS TO DO WITH RELIABILITY, AND 70 HAS TO DO WITH WHOLESALE POWER, $70 OR LESS PER MEGAWATT HOUR. AS I EXPLAINED TO OUR BOARD LAST MEETING, DONE SOME VERY SMART THINGS WITH SELECTIVELY HEDGING SOME GAS. WHAT HAPPENED IN TEXAS DID NOT AFFECT FMPA AT ALL. IN FACT THEY WERE ABLE TO RUN SOME OF THEIR NONGAS UNITS, STANTON NONGAS UNIT, KISSIMMEE COMBINED CYCLE, THEY CAN RUN THAT ON OIL AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SELL EXCESS GAS AND THEY MADE A KILLING.

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SO THEY'VE DONE SOME PREPURCHASE AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE WORKED OUT VERY WELL, THEY'RE DOING ATERRIFIC JOB, THEY REALLY ARE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

>> THANK YOU MR. TOMPECK BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION. KIND OF LOOKING IN THE CRYSTAL BALL, WHAT I HEARD CONSTANTLY THROUGHOUT IS WE WERE ABLE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC TO REALIZE SOME THINGS AS A RESULT OF EITHER SMART BUYING OR BEING A PART OF A PAC THAT BOUGHT AT A CERTAIN PRICE. WE WERE ABLE TO REALIZE AND PASS THOSE SAVINGS ALONG TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

THINGS ARE HAPPENING NOW, OUTAGES, GAS PRICES GOING UP, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, JUST WONDERED IF THERE IS ANY MORE YOU CAN SHARE WITH US, PARTICULARLY IN A PUBLIC FORUM AS TO HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO HOLD THE LINE AND ANTICIPATE THAT AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY GO OUP, ESCALATING GAS PRICES THAT SHOULDN'T REALLY IMPACT US GOING FORWARD WITH THAT.

>> I THINK ESCALATING GAS PRICES ARE ALWAYS GOING TO AFFECT YOU.

WE HAVE DONE SOME INTELLIGENT PREPURCHASE AND HEDGING THAT WILL KEEP AT LEAST A PORTION OF OUR GAS AT A VERY COMFORTABLE LEVEL. AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES. WE LIKE TO HEDGE ESPECIALLY AROUND THE WINTER TIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE PRICES CAN ALL OF A SUDDEN GET OUT OF CONTROL AROUND HERE PRETTY QUICKLY.

FMPA IS BETWEEN THEIR PREPURCHASE AND THEIR HEDGING THEY'RE PROBABLY ABOUT THE 40 TO 45% LEVEL.

AND REMEMBER THEY'RE USING MILLIONS OF D DECA-THERMS. YOU'RE SAVING MILLIONS THERE. WE'RE IN A POSITION AND WE'LL BE TALKING TO OUR BOARD TOMORROW ON THIS.

WE'VE BEEN KIND OF BUILDING UP A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPLUS AND WE'RE GOING TO, UNLESS SOMETHING DRASTICALLY CHANGES WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE DID PCA A CUSTOM OF DOLLARS HERE IN ANOTHER -- WE'RE TRYING TO LOWER IT IN THE SUMMERTIME WHERE IT WILL HAVE THE MOST BENEFIT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

BUT WE THINK BARB ARE WE TALKING ABOUT MAY?

>> APRIL NOW, PROBABLY JUNE. UNLESS THEY DECIDE TO DO IT.

>> FIRST PART OF JUNE PROBABLY LOWER THE PCA A COUPLE OF BUCKS.

TRYING TO MANAGE IT TO PROVIDE THE MOST BENEFIT FOR OUR

CUSTOMERS. >> AND ALSO I THOUGHT YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEOP PROGRAM MANY MAYBE THIS WAS YOU, WEOP REFUNDING THAT, WAS THAT A PROCESS TOO YOU LOOK FORWARD IN YOUR CRYSTAL BALL WHEN IT COMES TO FPOA?

>> INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR WEOP EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE'RE STARTING TO GET A LITTLE MORE INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM. WE'VE TALKED SEPARATELY ON THAT ISSUE AND BETWEEN THAT AND SOME OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL GET MORE PEOPLE EXCITED.

IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND IT REALLY PROVIDES SOME NICE BENEFITS. PEOPLE CAN SAVE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY IF THEY WEATHERIZE THEIR HOUSE AND WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT UP TO $5,000 PER HOUSE FOR FREE.

THERE'S BEEN I THINK AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THERE'S BEEN SOME RELUCTANCE, IF YOU COME OUTS THERE THE BUILDING INSPECTORS ARE GOING TO CONDEMN THEIR PROPERTY.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE'LL COME OUT, REPLACE A DOOR, HELP THEM SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR WAITER CONSERVATION THAT DOESN'T COST THEM A DIME.

AND OUR BEST RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM THE CUSTOMER THAT WE HAVE HELPED. THEY ARE ALL VERY PREIVE.

THAT IS THE WAY THE PROGRAM HAS PROCEEDED.

FPOA DID A NICE JOB, SPENT $5,000, DID THIS, DID THAT.

TRYING TO INCREASE THAT WORD OF MOUTH AND OTHER THINGS WE'VE

BEEN TALKING ABOUT. >> THANK YOU FOR NAP I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT IS THE SAVINGS WE CAN PASS ALONG TO THE CUSTOMERS AND THEY CAN HELP THEMSELVES.

IF WE CAN WEATHERIZE THE HOUSES TO INCREASE THE CONSERVATION.

GETTING THROUGH THE HOT CAN DAYS THAT ARE COMING AND THE STORM SYSTEM. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU ANTICIPATE

ANYTHING ON STORMS OR ANYTHING. >> YOU NEED A WEATHERMAN?

>> WHAT'S FORECASTED OUT THERE MR. TOMPECK?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW -- >> WE'RE READ FOR IT WHATEVER IT

IS. >> YOU'RE RIGHT.

I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN AFFECTED BUY HURRICANE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. WE MAY BE RUNNING OUT OF LUCK

HERE, I KNOCK ON WOOD. >> JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ONES AND IT ALWAYS RELATES BACK FOR ME YOU KNOW IT'S CAPITAL.

BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR SURTAX IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND AURAL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE PLANNED OVER THE IF NEXT NINE YEARS, NINE AND A HALF YEARS.

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ARE WE OKAY WITH THE CITY, FPOA COMING TOGETHER PUTTINGS TO THESE PROJECTS AND GETTING THE UTILITIES REPLACED, REHABBED AT

THE SAME TIME? >> WE PUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE BUDGETS EVERY YEAR TO WORK WITH THE CITY ROADWAY PROJECTS INCLUDING THE HALF PERCENT.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY THAT YOU'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO SPEND ON SOME INFRASTRUCTURE WORK HERE AND WE'RE HOPING YOU'LL TAKE PITY ON US AND PUT A LITTLE BIT ASIDE FOR US TO RELOCATE OUR UTILITIES WHEN YOU ARE DOING THE ROADWAYS

BUT WE'RE ALL SET TO HELP THERE. >> AND IS THERE A MAGIC CORRELATION BETWEEN DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE AND THE DOWNWARD TREND OF DEBT SERVICE ITSELF? I KNOW WE'RE COVERING IT BY TWO AND A HALF TIMES NOW, WE'RE AT 1.25 OR SOMETHING, MANDATED AT 1.25 BUT WE'RE AT 3.16. BUT WE'VE DONE AGOOD JOB, FPOA HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN REDUCING REDUCINGDEBT SERVICE.

IS THERE ANY MAGIC FORMULA AT MAINTAINING DEBT SERVICE AT 2 OR 2.5 THAT IS YOUR HAPPY PLACE, VTION CONTINUING THAT DOWNWARD

TREND OF DEBT, REMOVING DEBT? >> BARB, BARBARA, CORRECT ME IFM WRONG, BUT WHAT WE PAY UNTIL 2028 OR 9?

2026. >> IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW DEBT WE'RE OUT OF DEBT IN 2026, ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

>> YES. >> WHAT TRYING TO DID AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GENERATE MORE C REVENUE SO WE CAN SEND ME TO THE CITY, THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO EXPAND.

THE WE LOOKED AT IF WE CHANGED OUR DEBT RIGHT NOW WE WOULD SAVE, OUR CUSHTS DEBT IS ABOUT 4.5%.

IF WE WENT AND REFINANCED IT, WE COULD GET CONSIDERABLY LOWER, WE COULD SAVE $800,000 A YEAR. BUT W RATHER THAN DO THAT WHAT E WOULD LIKE TO DO IS EXTEND OUR DEBT PROBABLY ANOTHER FIVE OR TEN YEARS. WE WOULD BE AT THE SAME DEBT LEVEL, IN OTHER WORDS WE WOULD BE PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT OF DEBT OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, OUR RATIO WOULDN'T CHANGE BUT IT WOULD FREE UP 28 TO 30 MILLION DOLLARS FOR US TO DO SOME CAPITAL. AND IT MAKES SENSE TO DO THAT NOW BECAUSE THE RATES ARE SO LOW.

WE THINK WE CAN GET BOND AT 1.1.6,1.8 IN HAD A BALLPARK.

>> THOSE ARE GOOD NUMBERS. LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WASTE WATER PLANT, RIGHT? IS THERE ANY ROOM AND FLEXIBILITY IN WASTE WATER SYSTEMS SPECIFICALLY? AND NOT JUST THE COMPANY AS A WHOLE BUT WHAT IS THE WASTE WATER SYSTEM LOOK LIKE FOR THAT SAME CONVERSATION?

>> WELL, THE WASTE WATER SYSTEM IS RATE-SUFFICIENT.

WE LOOK AT EACH OPERATING UNIT TO MAKE SURE IT'S RATE SUFFICIENT. IT IS RATE SUFFICIENT.

THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM THERE.

WE'RE LOOKING TO DO MORE PROJECTS LIKE FLEETWOOD ACRES WHERE WE WENT IN AND WE WOULD PICK AN AREA WHERE WE THINK IS CLOSE TO OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AND ALSO CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY, GOING IN AND PUT WATER SO IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANNEX AND ALSO WE GET MORE CUSTOMERS THAT WAY.

WE'VE GOT PROBABLY A HALF A DOZEN OR EIGHT OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THAT WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM AND ALSO HOPEFULLY FUNDED THROUGH SOME EXPANSION PROGRAMS AS WELL. IS RELOCATING THE WASTE WATER PLANT IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT THAT DURING THE PRESENTATION. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE RATE INCREASES FOR WASTE WATER AND WATER WERE ABOUT.

THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO FINANCE THE CAPITAL REQUIRED FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE PLANT. SO THE REST OF IT WE THINK IS RUNNING FAIRLY SMOOTHLY AND THE REST OF IT IS RATE-SUFFICIENT.

>> I BRING UP WASTE WATER BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE HAVE A CHANCE THAT WE ARE STARK AWAY THOSE FUNDS TO HELP THAT CAPITAL PROCT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, JUST HELPS THAT DEBT SERVICE, YOU KNOW, AND WHATEVER BONDS WE TAKE OUT ON MOVING THAT PLANT AND WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO DO DPOM BECAUSE , BECAUSE THEREIS A NUMBER THATS THAT WE HAVE TO COLLECT TO PAY

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THAT OFF, RIGHT? >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> OF COURSE WHEN YOU GUYS PRESENTED, I THINK BEAU EVEN MENTIONED, MR. HUTCHINSON MENTIONED, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE EXPANSION OF THE SYSTEM. CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS, TODAY'S NUMBERS AND FOLKS OARE SARTDING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS WHY I JUST BRING THAT UP TONIGHT. NOTHING OF CONTENTION, JUST TOO TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT, WHAT DOES THE SYSTEM LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE APPLE IS RIGHT TO MOVE THE PLANT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, YOU KNOW AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS AND SCRUTINIZING THAT WASTE WATER SYSTEM TO STAND ALONE WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO LESSEN THE IMPACT OF INCREASES ON WASTE WATER SYSTEMS. AND I HAVE TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU ALSO BECAUSE I HEARD THE OTHER DAY, ACTUALLY I HEARD A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT WE NOW HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO FINANCE GRINDER STATIONS AT RESIDENTIAL HOMES. CAN YOU FINANCE YOUR OWN WASTE WATER GRINDER STATION INSTEAD OF TRYING TO REPLACE A SEPTIC TANK AND DRAIN FIELD SYSTEM AND CONNECT TO THE FPUA'S WASTE

WATER COLLECTION. >> I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THIS.

THIS IS THE BARGAIN OF A LIFETIME BECAUSE WE HAVE A GRANT THAT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH THAT.

ALL WE'LL BE CHARGING OUR CUSTOMERS IS ESSENTIALLY THE CAPITAL CHARGE, A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MAYBE $1500 MORE.

WHICH MEANS THEY'LL BE PAYING $4500, 5,000 TO HOOK UP TO A SYSTEM THAT NORMALLY COST EIGHT OR $9,000.

IT REALLY IS THE BARGAIN OF A LIFETIME.

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT TO HELP US

WITH THAT. >> AND THAT'S GOOD.

THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS SEPTIC TO SEWER. WE DON'T BRING IT UP TOO MUCH, WE DON'T NEED TO CALL ATTENTION TO OURSELVES BUT WE DO WANT TO EXPAND OUR WASTE WATER SYSTEM AND WE WANT FOLKS TO CONNECT TO MUNICIPAL SEWER SERVICES. SO I SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM

FOR COMING FORWARD WITH THAT. >> AND JUST ONE OTHER REFRESHING ITEM. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT RELOCATING WRF REMEMBER THOSE NUMBERS WITH WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE, IT DIDN'T CALCULATE GROWTH BUT IT ALSO DIDN'T CONTAIN ANY GRANT POSSIBILITIES AND WE KNOW THERE'S GRANT POSSIBILITIES OUT THERE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD A -- MAYOR HUDSON WAS PART, WE HAD A ZOOM MEETING WITH BRIAN MAST ABOUT A WEEK AGO TODAY AND TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECT.

HE'S INTERESTED, HE'S A BIG SUPPORTER.

AND HE CAME UP WITH SOME GOOD IDEAS FOR US IN TERMS OF HOW WE MAKE THE PUBLIC MORE AWARE OF THAT AND HOW WE MAKE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS AWARE OF THAT.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TOO. IT WAS GOOD INFORMATION.

>> OKAY. OVERALL THE NUMBERS LOOK GOOD.

I'M JUST ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT MAGIC MOMENT, MAGIC LINE OF PUTTING AWAY INTO OUR RESERVES AND MAKING SURE WE JUST -- I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD EARMARK BUT WE SET IT ASIDE FOR THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT REMOVAL, THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT, IN ADDITION TO JUST MAKING THE SYSTEM THAT MUCH MORE RELIABLE, WHATEVER SYSTEM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SO THANK

YOU. >> EXCELLENT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER PERONA. >> YES, MA'AM, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE FPUA'S FY 2019 FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT AND WAIVE THE

30-DAY. >> YES, IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHTY.

CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON YEX, JERGS J JOHNSON, YES, MA'AM, COMMISSIONER PERONA, YES, MA'AM,

[d. Acceptance of the FPUA Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for FY 2020.]

>> YES, MA'AM. AND THE NEXT ONE --

>> MAYOR, I ABOUT MOVE WE CAN APPROVE THE THE COMPREHENSIVE

ANNUAL FISCAL REPORT OF FY 2020. >> IS THERE A SECOND.

>> YES. >> CALL THE ROLL.

>> WHERE IS OUR CHECK? SORRY, YES.

DIRECT DEPOSIT? DIRECT DEPOSIT PLEASE.

[14. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Any person who wishes to comment on any subject may be heard at this time. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less, as directed by the Mayor, as this section of the Agenda is limited to thirty minutes. The City Commission will not be able to take any official actions under Comments from the Public. Speakers will address the Mayor, Commissioners, and the Public with respect. Inappropriate language will not be tolerated.]

>> NEXT WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

>> ALL RIGHTY, THIS IS A TIME FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE COMMENTS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AT THE PODIUM AND MS. COX WILL GIVE YOU A THREE SECOND WARNING.

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>> YES, MA'AM. >> THREE SECOND WARNING THAT

YOUR TIME IS ALMOST -- >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

I'M HENRY SCHMIDT. I LIVE IN PORT ST. LUCIE AND I HAVE TWO PASSIONS. ONE IN MUSIC, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE THEATER. I'M THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE JESS SOCIETY.

AND THE OTHER PASSION, YOU JUST BROUGHT IT UP.

BECAUSE I'VE DONE THIS FOR 25 YEARS UP NORTH, I WAS ON A BUDGETS COMMITTEE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR 25 YEARS, IMPROVEMENTS AND ALL THAT. BY THE WAY, $6,000 IN PORT ST.

LUCIE TO CONVERT IT TO GRINDER, I'M ABOUT TO DO IT.

OKAY? BECAME OF WH WHAT I AM SIGNATURE HERE, BRINGING BACK MEMORIES, WE'VE LIVED IN A CITY FOR LIKE 45 YEARS AND LIKE I SAID ON THAT CITY I WAS ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR 25 YEARS. AND MY WIFE WAS ON THE COUNCIL FOR TEN. WII BROUGHT UP KIND OF INTERESTING THING. BECAUSE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE STATE LAW AND THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET ACT SAYS THAT BUDGETS PROVIDED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WERE THE BUDGETS THAT THE COUNCIL HAD TO LIVE WITH THEN, BY LAW, OKAY? WHICH BROUGHT UP AN INTERESTING IS SITUATION.

BECAUSE THE COUNCIL USED TO APPOINT MY WIFE AS A LIAISON TO BUDGET COMMITTEE WITH AN IDEA SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO HANDLE THE IDIOT ON THAT COMMITTEE, OKAY? BUT LIKE I SAID, WE MOVED HERE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.

STATE OF FLORIDA IS FANTASTIC, THE WAY MUNICIPALITIES ARE RUN HERE, THE WAY YOU CAN GET STUFF DONE.

25 YEARS OF LAWSUITS AND ALL THIS LIBERAL NONSENSE UP NORTH, TRYING TO GET STUFF DONE. TO SEE GOING UP ON A DAY'S NOTICE IS SO DIFFERENT. BUT ANYWAY, I'M HERE BECAUSE AS A NEW MEMBER OF THE BOARD, I TOOK OVER RECESS RECOLLECTING RESURRECTING THENEWSLETTER FOR . SO I BROUGHT YOU A COPY.

>> YOU CAN GIVE THEM TO THE CLERK, SIR.

>> THANK YOU. >> PROPER WAY OF DOING IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> FOR THE TOWN MANAGER.

AND AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU WHICH ARE SO HELPFUL FOR US TO GET THE MARKET GOING AGAIN.

I WAS HERE WITH DON AT THAT TIME A LONG TIME AGO.

I FINALLY RETIRED COMPLETELY, OKAY, SO I CAN SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE GROUP OF PEOPLE. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE WHAT THEY DO FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, OKAY?

>> I'M SORRY. >> I'M GLAD I'M PART OF IT.

I JUST WANTED TO MEET YOU. >> OKAY THANK YOU.

>> SUBMIT THAT AND SEE IF YOU ENJOY IT AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE COMING IN THREE MONTHS.

>> THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND WAITING NO. UNTIL THE END. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION?

[15. COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER]

MOVE ON. >> COMMENTS FROM THE CITY

MANAGER. >> MONTH MIMMS.

>> MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD OUR DIRECTORS OF PLANNING FOR A BRIEF INTERIM UPDATE AS TO OUR VACATION RENTAL TASK FORCE AND WHERE WE ARE. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A HOT BUTTON ISSUE AND I WANTED YOU TO BE APPRISED AS TO THE PROGRESS THAT

OUR STAFF HAS MADE. >> THANK YOU.

SO WHO GOES FIRST? MS. EU.

>> THERE WAS A PERIOD BETWEEN THAT SENTENCE.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON THE TASK FORCE FOR THE VACATION RENTALS. JUST TO -- EVERYBODY SEE IT?

>> IT'S COMING. >> HERE WE GO.

>> THE TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP IS MADE UP OF, HEADED BY OUR PROJECT LEADER, MICHAEL BRODERICK, MYSELF, SERGEANT SANDRA DAVIS, MIRIAM GARCIA FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, PEGGY ARRAYS, PAT MURPHY, AND CAN CHARLOTTE ADAIR OUR CITIZEN REPRREPRESENTATIVE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE GOING TO

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SO EVERYBODY NOW HAS AN IDEA OF WHAT IS IN PLACE FROM THE STATE AND WHAT IS IN PLACE FROM THE CITY.

WE'VE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES LAST WEEK AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING AND THINGS HAS HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS WEEK IS NOW WE'VE PICKED THE MUNICIPALITIES INDIVIDUALLY THAT WE LIKE AND WE'VE PULLED INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE INCLUDING WITHIN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS COMMISSION. SO WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF WHAT WE DON'T LIKE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT WE DO LIKE, AND WE KILL COME TO A CUMBAYA CAN SESSION, MOVING FORWARD WHAT WITH RECOMMENDATING -- I JUST MADE UP A WORD, TO YOU.

THE ACTUAL VERBIAGE WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU AND WE WILL BE REVISING THE APPROVAL PROCESSES FROM AFTER REGISTRATION.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE ARE GOING TO BE ESSENTIALLY COMING BEFORE YOU, SHOWING YOU WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE PROCESS IF WE KEEP THE CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE THROUGH APPLICATION ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS REGISTRATION PROCESS, NUTS TO BOLTS, EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE TO YOU.

IF WE GET RID OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU NUTS TO BOLTS. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A REAL COMPREHENSIVE IDEA WHAT THESE TWO SCENARIOS ARE AND YOU'RE GOING TO TELL US WHAT YOU LIKE AND DON'T LIKE.

FROM THERE WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THE REGISTRATION PROCESS, WE'VE ALL AGREED WE'LL HAVE THIS REGISTRATION PROCESSING, WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD ONE MORE TIME TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT NICE AND TIGHT AND CLEAN AND THEN ON JUNE 4TH WE'RE GOING TO DO A CONFERENCE AGENDA PRESENTATION TO ALL OF YOU, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT YOU LIKE AND DON'T LIKE.

WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? JUNE 14TH WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW ONE MORE TIME, WHAT THE STATE GUIDELINES ARE, WHAT RAMIFICATIONS THOSE ACTIONS HAVE OR COULD HAVE.

WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO TELL US, WE'RE GOING TO -- THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REGISTRATION OR IF YOU WANT TO DO AWAY WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS, WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESSES FOR EACH.

WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS REGISTRATION PROCESS REGARDLESS WHICH ONE OF THE TWO WE CHOOSE, YOU ALL CHOOSE AND TELL US YOU WANT TOP MOVE FORWARD, ACCOUNTABILITY, THAT IS WHO IS GOING TO PROCESS THESE THINGS MOVING FORWARD, WHO IS GOING TO BE THE ENTITY THAT IS GOING TO BRING THESE REQUESTS FORWARD AND ENFORCEMENT, THIS IS WHAT THIS LOOK LIKES.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

>> COMMISSIONER. >> I'M REALLY EXCITED AND I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE TASK FORCE TO TELL THEM HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THIS COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT POINT. BUT I LOOK AT THE DATES HERE AND I KNOW EVERYTHING TAKES TIME. WE HAVE ABOUT 75 DAYS UNTIL THAT JUNE 14TH POPS UP, GIVE OR TAKE.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW MANY SHORT TERM RENTAL VACATION APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO COME TO US IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO METER OUT THE APPROPRIATE -- DURING THE HEARINGS MAKE SURE WE DO THE RIGHT THING. AND IT'S JUST KNOWING THAT I'VE GOT LOTS OF HOPES GOING INTO THIS TASK FORCE, AND WHAT COMES FORWARD, TO WHERE IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER ON YOU US UP HERE BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALL OVER THE PAGE RIGHT NOW AND THE NEXT 75 DAYS IS GOING TO BE TORSING. TERRORIZING.

>> IF I MAY MADAM MAYOR, BEING COMMISSIONER PERONA.

I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL TODAY, PROBABLY ANOTHER FOUR ARE COMING IN AND PERHAPS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN 80 SUGGESTED WE HOLD OFF A LITTLE BIT, WAIT FOR THIS TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION BUT THAT IS NOT CITY POLICY TO THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUST BEAR YOU KNOW WITH THE CURRENT PROCESS.

UNLESS SOMEONE HAS SOMETHING ELSE TO OFFER.

>> AND I PROMISE YOU, WE ARE GOING AS STEADILY AS WE CAN.

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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE BRING FORWARD THE ABSOLUTE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS. THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS COME FORWARD TO YOU WITH AN ORDINANCE REWRITE AND HAVE YOU SAY TO US, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE THINKING AT ALL.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE DEVICE AS LONG.

IF I GIVE YOU BASED ON OUR RESEARCH, PLOWING YOU TO TELL US IF YOU DISAGREE OR DISAGREE, THEN I'LL TAKE ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT WE'VE ALREADY GARNERED AND YOU'VE TOLD US YOUR THOUGHTS IF YOU AGREE I CAN BRING FORWARD AN ORDINANCE THAT I HAVE PUT TOGETHER WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN NOW YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY LOOK THROUGH IT AND REALLY DO SOMETHING THAT WILL AFFECT THE VACATION RENTAL STR

PROCESS FOR THE CITY. >> WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE BIG NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS GOING ON AS WE SPEAK.

SOMETIMES YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH IT, SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER IF YOU ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH IT. THEY'RE GETTING VERY PASSIONATE RIGHT NOW SO THIS IS NOT -- OUR COMMUNITY'S A LITTLE BIT IN UNREST ON THIS WHOLE ISSUE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH.

IF -- WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH A TASK FORCE, AND IT BECOMES PART OF OUR PROCESS, THOSE FOLKS WHO WE ARE EITHER APPROVING OR DISAPPROVING RIGHT NOW, IS THIER APPLICATTHEIRAPPLICATION RELATER WE COME DOWN WITH THE TASK FORCE? IF WE COME UP WITH THESE AND THESE OTHER TYPE OF THINGS CAN WE GO BACK IN TIME AND MAYBE OUR ATTORNEY CAN WEIGH IN ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. SO WE HAVE A SERIES AND THERE'S GOING TO BE AT LEASE FEN BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 14TH THAT IS REASONABLE. IS THERE A WAY THAT -- DO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO AT INTO OUR MOTION THAT WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS TASK FORCE, I ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION BEFORE AND YOU SAID IT ASSUMES SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN DO THIS THAT DOES PRESERVE THAT INTENT FOR US TO COME UP WITH SOME FORM OF A RULE AND

REGULATION THAT IS IMPENDING? >> MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND ITEM FRANKLY I CAN'T THINK OF A LEGAL WAY UNDER ANY TYPE OF APPLICATION OF FUTURE LAW.

IT'S JUST NOT THE AMERICAN WAY.UNTIL IT'S THE LAW IT'S NOT ILLEGAL. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE TASK FORCE IS AWARE OF NOT ONLY THE IMPENDINGIM NATURE OF SEVERAL OF THESE COMING BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT WHATEVER THE RECOMMENDATION MIGHT BE THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE HOW POSSIBLY IT COULD APPLY RETROACTIVELY, NOT A GUARANTEE IN ITSELF, IT HAS A DELICATE PATH THAT YOU HAVE TO WALK AND I WOULD BE VERY HESITANT TO SAY YOU COULD PROGNOSTICATE ANYTHING.

I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION. THIS SEEMS AS IF THIS IS THE GOLD RUSH RIGHT? AND NOW OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE BALANCING COMPETING INTERESTS AND TRYING TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT FAIR PROCEDURES AND RIGHTS, PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE BALANCED.

SO THAT WAS A LONG WAY TO SAY NO, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN BASICALLY APPLY ANYTHING THAT'S NOT THE LAW YET UNTIL IT IS THE

LAW. >> AND THEN IT'S ALSO A BAD ITEM TOO TO EVEN CONSIDER POSTPONING THIS UNTIL WE DO HAVE A TASK FORCING TO COME FORWARD. BECAUSE WE HAVE DUE PROCESS AND WE WANT TO MAKE -- WE'RE A BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY.

AND HE WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT PROCESS IS THERE.

SO WE'RE KIND OF CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE RIGHT

NOW. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE EXPLORING IF I MAY, THROUGH THIS PROCESS ALL STR VAIKS RENTALS WILL HAVE TO BE REGISTERED. BY THE WAY WE ALSO HAVE OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, TONYA IS ON OUR COMMITTEE, BUT NOT IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY BUT SHE VETS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

SO THIS REGISTRATION PROCESS AS WELL AS EVENTUALLY THROUGH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THAT.

SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE MAKING IT RETROACTIVE.

EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS. AND THAT'S WHERE THAT REAL ARM IS GOING TO COME IN TO HAVE MINIMUM STANDARDS MOVING FORWARD. THAT REGISTRATION PROCESS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HANG OUR HAT ON IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEN ENFORCEABILITY.

>> O AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN WITH IT'S TIME TO REREGISTER YOUR SHORT TERM RENTAL WHATEVER THE RULE IS AT

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>> BE CAREFUL BUT IT IS PART OF THE REGISTRATION PROCESS AND YOU'LL HAVE MINIMUM CRITERIA AS PART OF THE REGISTRATION PROCESS. WE CAN'T CHANGE THE CODE.

SIGNED IT MAKE IT RETROACTIVE AND MAKE EXISTING VACATION THRRENTALS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL. GUIDE NOTEBOOKS POSTING, MAKING SURE THE PROPERTY IS MAINTAINED WITH NO NUISANCES, MAKING SURE PARKING IS TAKING PLACE ONSITE AS OPPOSED TO OFF-SITE.

THROUGH THIS REGISTRATION PROCESS AS I SAID WE'RE GOING TO HANG OUR HEAD ON THAT SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ACCOUNTABILITY PART, THE ENFORCEMENT PART WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE WRITE IT CORRECTLY SO MOVING FORWARD THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T COMPLY THROUGH THE REGISTRATION WILL HAVE -- WE WILL HAVE A MARINES BY WHICH TO COMPLY. THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT A ONE TIME GIG. YOU REREGISTER WITH THE FEE

ASSOCIATED WITH IT. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

>> THANK YOU MA'AM. YOU BRING UP SOME GOOD POINTS.

I RELATE BACK TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE CHANGE.

SO THERE'S A MAD RUSH TO EITHER GET IN OR JUST, LET ME WAIT IN THE HOLDING PATTERN BEFORE I APPLY FOR THAT PERMIT, I WANT TO SEE WHAT YEAR I WANT IT TO APPLY TO MY CONDITIONAL USE OR MY PERMIT. SO IT IS UP TO THE APPLICANT.

RIGHT? UP TO THE APPLICANT.

WHAT PROCESS DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH.

ONE THING WHEN YOU PRESENTED TONIGHT, AND I KNOW, I THINK THIS IS HAPPENING, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR.

YOU ARE ALSO EVALUATING ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT TO US INFORMATION ABOUT FEES, AND FEE STRUCTURE, CORRECT?

>> WE WILL NOT COME TO YOU WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT YET.

SO THAT QUITE FRANKLY THAT'S AT THE VERY END.

THE FEE STRUCTURE. WE NEED TO GET COST OF SERVICE, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT ENTAIL, WHAT ARE THE STEPS.

I WILL EVENTUALLY BRING THAT FORWARD AS PART OF MY ORDINANCE CHANGE. YOU WILL GET THAT BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE FEE SCHEDULE.

QUITE FRANKLY TO THAT MINUTIAE I WON'T BE READY AT THE AGENDA DEVELOPMENT TO GET THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY HASN'T BEEN DONE YET. QUITE FRANKLY I NEED WHICH OF THE TWO STEPS YOU WANTS. BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO HEAVILY AFFECT THE ULTIMATE FEE SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY IF WE GO FROM CONDITIONAL USE TO REGISTRATION OR APPLICATION TO

REGISTRATION. >> IF I MAY MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THE DOLLAR FEE WOULD NOT BE PART OF THE ORDINANCE. IT WOULD BE PART OF THE FEE SCHEDULE WHICH IS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION.

>> OH YES THAT IS DONE BY RESOLUTION BUT I'LL BE BRINGING

THEM CURRENTLY. >> OKAY.

SO IN OUR EXAMPLES OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTY GOVERNMENTS WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT YOU SAID YOU PULLED SOME OUT AND YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT AS AN EXAMPLE.

I THINK WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A FEW OR SEEN A COUPLE.

DO THOSE ACKNOWLEDGE AND RELATE FEE STRUCTURES? THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART FOR ME.

I'M A LITTLE MORE UNKNOWN BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T CREATED YET THE FEE STRUCTURE. SO DO THOSE EXAMPLES

MUNICIPALITIES PROVIDE THAT? >> EVERY SINGLE ONE WE'VE CHOSEN FROM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY TO KEY WEST AND KEY LARGO, THEY HAVE REGISTRATION FEES. I CAN'T COME BEFORE YOU TO SAY THIS IS THE FEE THAT'S GOING TO WORK, I GOT TO ACCOUNT FOR IT, WE HAVEN'T FOUND ONE WHICH DID A PRESENTATION AND SAID, THIS IS HOW WE FIGURED THIS OUT. I'M GOING TO DO THAT SO WHEN I COME FORWARD TO YOU I'M GOING TO HAVE BASIS FOR WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE DONE BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF EXACTLY HOW WE CALCULATED THOSE FEES AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO RELATE IN BOTH INSTANCES TO BOTH PROCESSES.

>> AND IT IS IMPORTANT AND I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING, THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THIS BUT I PRESUME THAT STAFF IS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON SHORT TERM RENTALS RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF TIME AND PROBABLY WHATEVER THE FEE SCHEDULE IS, IT MAKES NO SENSE WITH THE TIME THAT'S BEING SPENT NOW. I WOULD ASSUME THAT.

AND -- >> YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FRUSTRATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE TODAY THAT ONLY COSTS $100.

>> I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

YOU SAY AT THE ENDS PROCESS. DOES THAT MEAN JUNE 14TH OR DOES THAT MEAN SOMETIME AFTER JUNE 14TH?

>> SOMETIME AFTER JUNE 14TH. JUNE 14TH IS FOR ME TO HEAR, FOR OUR TASK FORCE TO HEAR WHAT IT IS OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS YOU LIKE AND DON'T LIKE. ONCE I HAVE THAT INFORMATION I'M

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ONCE I HAVE PART ONE AND PART TWO I CAN TAKE WHAT I'VE ALREADY WRITTEN FROM PART 1, WHAT YOU'VE DILUTED FROM PART 1 AND FEE STRUCTURE AND BRING THAT TOGETHER TO YOU IN ONE FELL

SWOOP. >> YOU KEEP SAYINGS THE ORDINANCE CHANGE. ISN'T THERE A PROBLEM WITH CHANGING OUR ORDINANCE MR. SWEENEY?

>> WELL, THAT'S PART OF THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION THAT THE TASK FORCE IS LOOKING AT. I MEAN, ULTIMATELY, IT IS DONE AS A CONDITIONAL USE RIGHT NOW. SO IF IT WERE TO MOVE TOWARDS A PURE APPLICATION PROCESS, YOU WOULD NO LONGER HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE WHICH WOULD AMEND OUR ORDINANCES.

AND SO YES, THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY ABOUT GRANT, ARGUABLY, THERE IS ALWAYS A POTENTIAL ARGUABLY, THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY THE GRANDFATHERED STATUS OF OUR ABILITY, TO REGULATE.

>> RIGHT. >> BUT AGAIN, FACT OF THE MATTER IS EVEN IF IT WERE TO REMAIN AS A CONDITIONAL USE, AS THE COMMISSION IS AWARE, WE ARE STILL IN LITIGATION RELATED TO THE GRANDFATHERED STATUS. AND, YOU KNOW, ANY CHANGE ARGUABLY COULD INVOKE THAT GRANDFATHERED QUESTION.

>> SO THAT IF WE WENT TO A REGISTRATION PROCESS AND THAT IT WAS STILL A CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE --

THAT CHANGES -- >> I'M REALLY HESITANT TO GET INTO ANY DETAIL ABOUT LITIGATION OR ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS IS WHAT THE TASK FORCE IS LOOKING AT EVALUATING AND I THINK THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE CRYSTAL CLEAR WHEN THE PRESENTATION IS MADE.

>> OKAY. >> MADAM MAYOR.

>> YES, SIR. >> AGAIN THIS IS AN INTERIM UPDATE. WE ARE LOOKING AT JUNE 14TH FOR A DISCUSSION. THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE STEPS AHEAD OF US AND THE JUNE 14TH DATE, THAT IS HOPEFULLY ARE WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ALL CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. YOU WILL BE PROVIDED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND YOU WILL HAVE TO DECIDE.

I THINK WE'RE GETTING WAY TOO SPECIFIC ABOUT THE REGISTRATION PROCESS RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE AND YOU ALL DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR CONDITIONAL USE POSSIBILITIES. SO THIS IS JUST AN INTERIM SCHEDULE WITH A CONFERENCE AGENDA DISCUSSION WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER BEFORE SOMETHING ACTUALLY IS CONCRETE AND OCCURS. SO I SAY, LET'S JUST KEEP PUSHING. LET'S KEEP DOING BUSINESS AND LET'S KEEP DOING WHAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO IMPROVE OUR

COMMUNITY. >> SO I GET YOU.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> WE'RE ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS. ALL WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IS LOOK AT THE DATES AND TRUST, IS THAT RIGHT?

I GOT IT. >> JUST WANTED TO HAVE AN UPDATE

FOR YOU. >> I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU HAVE WHETTED OUR APPETITE THOUGH, YOU BETTER LEAVE RIGHT NOW AND GO BACK THERE AND START WORKING AGAIN, RIGHT?

>> AUGUST PLANNING BOARD END OF SEPTEMBER CITY COMMISSION, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO HIT THAT'S WHY THAT JUNE DATE IS SO IMPORTANT IS I HAVE THAT INTERIM

PERIOD TO WRITE IT. >> WELL IT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH FOR ME. ALL OF US.

>> I'LL COMMENT ON THAT. >> SO ANYTHING ELSE,FULLY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND THAT'S AN AMBITIOUS SCHEDULE AND I APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU MA'AM. >> OKAY AND JUST A

CONTINUATION -- >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?

>> YES, MA'AM, JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS.

DURING THE LAST WEEK YOU WERE PROVIDED THE STRATEGIC UPDATE, ACTION PLAN, FOR 2021, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A LIST OF VERY AMBITIOUS GOALS THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR. SO YOU HAVE THAT AND YOU ALSO RECEIVED OUR FPRA ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH INCLUDED OUR ANNUAL AUDIT, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR BASED ON CURRENT FINANCIAL AUDITING STANDARDS. IN ADDITION WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS COMING UP MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

ON MONDAY WE HAVE OUR CONFERENCE AGENDA AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING ST. LUCIE SCHOOL UPDATE, GRADUATION DATES AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE SEVEN GABLES HOUSE VISITOR CENTER.

WE'LL HAVE THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE HERE TO DISCUSS COACH FINN PARK. AND TO DISCUSS TRAFFIC CALMING

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AN ISSUE THAT CAME TO US, P OFORTW MI.A FLAG DISPLAY, AND KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL ADVISORIES BOARD COMPOSITION WHICH IS A VERY, VERY DETAILED AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO TRY TO NARROW IT DOWN AND MAKE IT VERY SIMPLIFIED MOVING FORWARD.

AND ON THE THREANTS WE HAVE OUR FPRA BOARD MEETING.

WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE STREETSCAPE CONCEPT FOR AVENUE D, AN AREA BEHIND THE PERCY PEAK MUSEUM, AND THE OAKS AT MOORS KAREEM CREEK, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE PARKLETS, THE SMART CITY AGREEMENT, AND ALSO WE'LL GO OVER THE BID FOR 414 AVENUE D WHICH WAS THE PREVIOUS LOCATION OF THE KING'S INN AND THAT WAS

MY UPDATE FOR TONIGHT. >> TERRIFIC, LOTS LOTS GOING ON.

ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. MIMMS? MR. SWEENEY?

>> I HAVE NOTHING M MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU.

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>> ANYTHING ELSE? >> COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.

>> COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON WOULD YOU LIKE TO START?

>> YES, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ACTUALLY I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO

SAY TONIGHT BELIEVE IT OR NOT. >> WHAT?

>> MONEY ON THE CLOCK? >> MONEY ON THE CLOCK.

JUST A COUPLE OF GENERAL COMMENTS.

SO FORMER STATE REP LARRY LEE MENTIONED I WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, I COULDN'T BE PROUDER FOR MS. DOROTHEA AND HER FAMILY. I WAS INVITED TO THAT LATE BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO REALLY GIVE FORT PIERCE, THE CITY SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT TO SEE THOSE LICENSE PLATES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I KIND OF WANT TO PIGGYBACK AND SAY THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR FORT PIERCE.

AND I THINK THAT TO KNOW THAT FUNDING WILL CONTINUE TO FUNNEL INTO THE CULTURAL OP PROGRAMS HERE IN FORT PIERCE, WE MAY INSPIRE ANOTHER GENERATION TO REALLY GET BEHIND SOME OF THE CULTURAL ARCS AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE RECENTLY APPROACHED ME ABOUT CULTURAL CAN ACTIVITIES AND ARTS AS A WAY AND SO CERTAINLY THAT HOPEFULLY WILL FUNNEL THAT AND CONTINUE TO GROW THAT.

SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE ON MY AGENDA TONIGHT AND HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAD A GREAT EASTER. I KNOW I DID.

AND THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR NOW.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING FPRA MEETINGS AND THE UPCOMING AGENDAS. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME HEALTHY AGENDAS, AND AS WE LOOK TO THE VACATION RENTAL THAT'S GOING TO BE HEALTHY. I THINK WE HAVE TO MAYBE DECIDE NOT MUCH SO ON THE ACTUAL ORDINANCES BUT FOR ME IT'S THE ENFORCEMENT. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO COME DOWN WITH ENFORCEMENT OF STUFF? AND I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THING. SO THANK YOU.

>> AND ACCOUNTABILITY. COMMISSIONER PERONA.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR. I ACTUALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK, I BULLIED MY WAY TO SEE DR. TIM MOORE AT THE COLLEGE. AND THEN SAT DOWN AND WENT ON A

WILD RIDE. >> DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY

ANYTHING? >> I LOVED IT.

ACTUALLY I HAD SOMEWHAT OF AN AGENDA, I WANTED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE SUNRISE THEATER. I REALLY THOUGHT THAT -- I REMEMBER ORIGINALLY WHEN THE CITY GOT INVOLVED WITH WHAT IS NOW THE SUNRISE THEATER THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COLLEGE BEING PART OF IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND I WENT AND BROUGHT HIM THE FIVE YEAR TREND THAT WE HAD, THE MEETING BEFORE, AND THE EVENT PROJECTIONS THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. I SAID HEY, WE'RE OUT HERE, LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. YOU'RE NEW, HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY, AN AMAZING TEAM, CAN YOU HELP US OUT? AND IN LIKE FOUR MINUTES HE GAVE ME ALL THE OPTIONS THAT COULD HAPPEN EASILY SO I THINK WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS US TO GET IN TOUCH WITH COLLEGE, FIND OUT WHAT THEY HAVE.

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I SAID TO DR. MOORE I SAID IT'S FUNNY THAT WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO PROSPECTS THAT ARE FINDING AND DISCOVERING FORT PIERCE AND MOVING THEIR BUSINESSES HERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE USE THE COLLEGE AS THE ACE IN OUR HAND AND WE DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

THAT ACE IN OUR HAND IS GETTING LARGER AND LARGER AND LARGER.

WE ALL KNOW THAT, WE HAVE ALL HAD OUR EXPERIENCES THROUGH THERE AND I DID SHARE WITH HIM THAT ED MASSEY WAS MY BIOLOGY INSTRUCTOR, THAT'S HOW LONG I'VE BEEN AROUND.

BUT ANYWAY, THEY ARE VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING US OUT.

AT LEAST TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND REALLY, REALLY NICK I COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO YOU EARLIER BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THAT TOGETHER.

BUT IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COMMISSION I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET STAFF INVOLVED WITH THIS.

AT LEAST FIND OUT IF THERE IS ANYTHING THERE THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER THAT CAN MAYBE HELP THIS MOVE FORWARD.

>> I'M GLAD YOU DID THAT. I APPRECIATE YOUR DOING IT.

>> PART OF IT TOO, I'M ON THE ADVISORY BOARD AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR SUNRISE STAFF RIGHT NOW.

NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, HOW DO YOU MAKE PLANS, 24 MONTHS IN ADVANCE, NOT KNOWING IF TOMORROW IS EVER GOING TO BE THERE. WE'RE MOVING IS AS FAST AS ITS- POSSIBLY CAN. IT IS A FINANCIAL ISSUE, WE ALL HAD OUR WORK SHOP LAST MONTH ON THAT.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KICK OVER EVERY STONE AND TO LOOK AT EVERY POSSIBLE THING WE CAN DO AND TRY TO GET SOME RESOLUTION TO THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN GET BACK TO WORK. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

>> THANK YOU MA'AM, COMMISSIONER I'M GLAD YOU PLANTED THAT SEED BECAUSE I PINNED HIM DOWN DR. MOORE AT THE FARM CITY

BARBECUE. >> PINNED HIM DOWN?

>> NOT REALLY BUT DISCUSSION WAS.

WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS FORT PIERCE IN A BRIEF MOMENT OF TIME BECAUSE HE WAS MOVING AND GROOVING WITH WHAT HE HAD GOING ON BUT MORE TO COME.

SO I'M GOING TO FERTILIZE AND WATER THAT SEED YOU'VE PLANTED.

AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT.

SO I AGREE WITH YOU, THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF IF YOU'RE READY TO GO, I'M -- I RAISE MY HAND AND SAY LET'S DO IT.

SO BRIEFLY, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT TOMORROW, ACTUALLY, WITH THE COMMISSION HAT, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT I PUT IN AN APPLICATION TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, TO NAME THE QUINCY AVENUE SOFTBALL COMPLEX AFTER LANE CHESNEY WHICH IS THE YOUNG LADY THAT PASSED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, NEW YEAR'S EVE THERE WAS A CAMP FIRE ACCIDENT SHE WENT TO POUR GASOLINE ON A FIRE AND IT EXPLODED ENGULFED HER AND OF COURSE SHE SUCCUMBED ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF LATER TO THOSE INJURIES AFTER MANY, MANY MANY SURGERIES, OVER 100.

I TALKED TO SOME MEDIA OUTLETS HERE RECENTLY, HAVE TALKED TO -- THERE IS A PROCESS THE COUNTY HAS FOR NAMING FACILITIES OR INFRASTUCTURE, NOT THE SAME AS OURS BUT A PROCESS.

THAT'S HAPPENING. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S UNIQUE BECAUSE SHE WAS A PHENOMENAL SOFTBALL PLAYER, PHENOMENAL ATHLETE, AT LINCOLN PARK. SHE'S ONE OF THOSE ATHLETES YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO LINCOLN PARK YOU GO IN AS A SIXTH GRADER POTENTIALLY AND YOU GOAT PLAY JUNIOR VARSITY AND VARSITY SPORTS THE ENTIRE TIME. SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT GOT MOVED UP TO THE VARSITY LEVEL IN SIXTH GRADE.

OR SEVENTH GRADE. AND SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD WALK INTO THE ROO AND COMMAND ATTENTION, A SMILE OF ATTENTION, OF COURSE AND IT WAS JUST IGNITING AND YOU COULD FEEL HER ENERGY. SO WHILE IT IS A TRAGEDY, AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S GOING TO BE A CELEBRATION.

SO I'M PETITIONING OR PUTTING THE APPLICATION IN TOMORROW EVENING, TALK TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND IF THAT GETS APPROVED AND THIS YEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN LANE'S AND HER TEAMMATES, A FEW OF THEM, THEIR SENIOR YEAR.

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THE OTHER ACTIVITY THAT YOU'LL SEE AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME AND I APPLAUD THIS COMMISSION BECAUSE IT IS ANOTHER PART OF OUR OUTLET FOR CHILDREN.

TO GET HELP AND WHAT DO I TALK ABOUT IS OUR GUARDIAN ADD LITEM POLICY IN THE GARAGE, THEY HAVE SEALED THEIR BUILDOUT ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE SUNRISE CENTER SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY. I THINK PRETTY SOON YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A RIBBON CUTTING COMING FORWARD AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. BUT WHAT EXCITES ME THE MOST AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE IS THAT WE NOW HAVE 30 OR 40 FOLKS COMING DOWNTOWN IN OUR SUNRISE CENTER COMING TO WORK.

THEY HAVE THREE OR 400 VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK THROUGHOUT THE 19TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT AND THOSE FOLKS TRAIN SOMEWHERE.

GUESS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRAINING NOW.

THEY HAVE A NICE NEW FACILITY AND THEY WILL BE COMING TO THE E CITY OF FORT PIERCE TO DO THAT. JUST AN AWESOME PROGRAM.

I'M EXCITE THEY'D THEY ARE FINALLY HERE, FINALLY HERE.

IT'S PROBABLY BEEN FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING FOR ME.

AS AN INDIVIDUAL OUTSIDE OOF HERE.

>> GREAT NEWS. >> THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU.

>> ON THE COLLEGE I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK CONSTANTLY ON NOT HAVING A TOWN AND GOWN ATTITUDE.

BECAUSE THEY TEND TO BE KIND OF FOCUSED ON THEIR CAMPUS AND WE TEND TO BE FOCUSED ON WHAT WE DO AND SO IF YOU DON'T WORK AT IT ALL THE TIME YOU DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT EACH HAS TO OFFER. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO BRING IT UP AT THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, YOUR NEXT PITCH. ALSO THERE'S A NEW GROCERY STORE AND CAFE MARKET DOWN -- IN THE PEACOCK ARTS DISTRICT, RIGHT?

RIGHT? >> NO MA'AM.

>> OH IT'S OVER AT 111. >> IT'S NOT OPEN YET.

>> NO, OKAY. I WAS THINKING IT WAS OVER WEST OF U.S. 1. NOPE THEN I GOT IT ALL WRONG AND IT'S NOT OPEN YET BUT IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING AND IT'S KIND OF A NEAT IDEA. SEEMS TO BE KIND OF A NEAT IDEA.

BACK ON THE SUNRISE THEATER, I WAS PART OF THE YOUNG FLORIDIANS, PRESENTATION, THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD THEM WAS AT THE SUNRISE THEATER. THE WHOLE THEATER WAS FILLED WITH PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHO WERE NOMINATED OR WHO -- AND ONE OF EACH CATEGORY WON. SO THAT'S A GREAT EVENT AND I'M GLAD THEY CAME BACK TO THE SUNRISE THEATER, ACTUALLY THE PREVIOUS YEARS THAT I DID IT THEY WERE AT THE COLLEGE.

SO THEY CAME BACK TO SUNRISE. AND IF YOU GET A CHANCE AND GET ASKED BY THE CHAMBER TO BE PART OF YOUNG FLORIDIAN THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND IS REALLY WELL WORTH IT.

BECAUSE YOU GET EXPOSED TO SOME REALLY WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THIS COUNTY IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WHO ARE WORKING VERY HARD AND WHO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT AND SOME OF THEM HAVE OVERCOME GREATLY ODDS TO DO THAT.

SO ANYWAY THAT IS A VERY, VERY UPLIFTING EVENT TO BE PART OF THE YOUNG FLORIDIAN AROUND I LIKE TO DO THAT AND I KNOW MR. MIMMS YOU LIKE TO DO THAT, TOO.

YOU USUALLY DO SPORTS RIGHT? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> ATHLETICS. SO GREG WYATT WAS THERE.

SO AT ANY RATE. OKAY WITH THAT I THINK IF WE'RE READY TO ADJOURN, I'M READY TO ADJOURN.

AND SO IF EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER WOULD LEAVE THE CHAMBER AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS AND WE'RE

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