Jan 13, 2021 FPRA Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>>> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13TH. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE NATION WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION, UNDERGOD, INDIVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> CALL THE ROLE PLEASE.

>> MAYOR HUDSON. >> PRESENT.

>> DMITION -- COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER.

COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON. >> PRESENT.

>> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER CORONA. >> YES.

>> THANK YOU. >> FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

MEETING. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.

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

>> C JOHNSON. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER CORONA. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> COMMISSIONER? >> YES, MA'AM.

[5. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Any person who wishes to comment on any subject on this agenda may be heard at this time. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less, as directed by the Chairperson, as this section of the Agenda is limited to fifteen minutes. The FPRA Board will not be able to take any official actions under Comments from the Public. Speakers will address the Chairperson, Commissioners, and the Public with respect. Inappropriate language will not be tolerated. Sign-up sheet is located in the lobby. ]

>> COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. >> THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK. HAVE YOU TWO MINUTES.

GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AND YOU WILL GET A WARNING -- A THREE-SECOND WARNING AND I AM GOING TO CALL FOR DANIEL SEDENO FIRST.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

>> MY NAME IS DANIEL. HAVE I A BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE, 100 SOUTH SECOND STREET, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA.

I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE PARKLET PROGRAM UPDATE.

I WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW IT IS GOING FOR DELICIOUS AND GLASS CULTURE THAT HAS A PARKLET IN FORT PIERCE.

SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN HELPING OUT A LOT.

I THINK IT CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO.

ESPECIALLY WITH PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT A SECOND RISE IN CASES AND WHATEVER IS GOING ON WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF STRAIN.

MY OPINION IS WE KEEP TRYING IT OUT FOR A BIT LONGER AND THEN SEE THE OPTIONS IF IT IS TAKEN AWAY LATER OR SOME SORT OF A FEE CAN BE ADDRESSED. I THINK WE SHOULD SEE WHERE IT

GOES. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT. MS. COX, WE HAVE A SECOND ONE

YOU WANT TO READ? >> IN THE MEANTIME COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER IS THAT YOU THAT JOINED OUR CALL?

>> MUST NOT BE. >> THE NEXT IS TIM GUNTHER OF 203 NORTH SECOND STREET IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA.

FPRA CHAIR AND COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU TAKE TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY SUPPORT FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FPRA COMMITTEE TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO AND TO REEVALUATION ON APRIL 27TH, 2021 DURING FPRA BOARD MEMBER. BOARD MEETING.

WE REALIZE THE PROGRAM IS NOT PERMANENT, BUT AN ASSET TO OUR STORE AND MANY OF THE SEASON RESIDENTS COMMENTED HOW IT MADE DOWNTOWN MORE INVITING AND LIKED WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH OUR PARKLET. WE ALSO KNOW HOW IT HELPED OUR FELLOW BUSINESS OWNERS WITH THEIR OPERATIONS.

WE REALIZE THERE ARE SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU WERE CONSIDERING, BUT I WOULD AGAIN ASK THAT YOU VOTE IN THE AFFIRM -- AFFIRMATIVE. I WILL COMMIT TO WORKING WITH THE CITY AND BUSINESSES TO SEE WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE OVER THE COMING MONTHS AND HAVE INFORMATION FOR THE APRIL 27TH MEETING. THANK YOU AGAIN.

>> THAT'S ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[6. FINANCIAL REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2020]

>> NEXT T THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDING

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO

SAY? >> NO, MA'AM.

WE JUST HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE THAT IS GOING TO GIVE US A BRIEF REPORT ON THE FPRA FINANCE.

>> MS. MORRIS, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

>> SAME TO YOU ALL. >> I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT THIS IS GOOD. IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING AND WE WILL SEE AT OUR MEETING IN -- THE 19TH MEETING WE WILL GET THE OVERVIEW OF ALL OF OUR FUNDS. I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE FARED MUCH BETTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

YOU WILL SEE OUR REVENUE FOR FPRA RECEIVED 7.492 IN

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OUR EXPENDITURES WERE 6.5 MILLION LEAVING A BALANCE OF 1.7 MILLION AT THE END OF THE FUND.

THAT WAS OUR BALANCE AND LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING BALANCE. AND THE NET REVENUE FOR THE YEAR. WE ENDED UP WITH $910,000, ALMOST A MILLION IN REVENUE. UH IMUF -- ABOVE WHAT WE STARTED. THAT WAS PHENOMENAL.

WE HAVE EXPENSES HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENSES MADE.

THE FUND WAS 1.4 HERE. THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE FOR THE OFFICERS' SALARIES.

THAT HAD NOT BEEN ADJUSTED AND STAFF IS RECONCILING THAT.

WE WILL MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THAT.

AFTER THAT ADJUSTMENT IS MADE IT WILL BE 1.2 MILLION.

ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE -- >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> YOU WERE GETTING EXCITED OVER THERE.

AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS OF IT GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION.

>> YES. RIGHT.

EXACTLY. >> THAT SEGUES TO OUR NEXT SLIDE. HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT IS -- OWED TO GENERAL BASED ON THE TRANSFERS. WE STARTED OUT WITH 9.7 AND WE ARE AT 8 MILLION NOW. AND ONCE WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 500,000 THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR WE WILL BE DOWN TO 7.5. IT IS DWINDLING DOWN.

>> GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB.

I WASN'T SURE THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN SO --

>> YOU AND ME BOTH. >> WELL, AND THAT IS THE REPORT. THE FUND IN -- IS IN AN

EXCELLENT POSITION RIGHT NOW. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MORRIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ONLY GOOD REPORTS FROM NOW ON.

>> I CAN'T PROMISE. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA

[a. CRA Advisory Committee Recommendations]

>> MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE PROVIDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME. I WOULD ASK MR. CHARLIE MATTHEWS AND CHRIS SEE GIBBONS TO COME UP AND GIVE US THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS MONTH'S MEETING.

>> WELCOME. WHO IS GOING TO START?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> YOU ARE WELCOME TO SIT DOWN

AND RELAX. >> THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE FPRA BOARD, I AM SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND I HAVE MS. CHRISTINE GIBBONS WHO SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL SECRETARY.

WE HAVE VISITING BOARD MEMBERS AND WE ARE HERE TO MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU ALL. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING TIRELESSLY FOR AWHILE. THESE SUBJECTS KEEP COMING UP. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE TONIGHT IS NARROWED IT DOWN TO THREE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TO HAVE CONSIDERATION. BOTH MYSELF WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST AND THEN MS. GIBBONS WILL TAKE OVER AND WE WILL JOIN HANDS AND DO THE THIRD ONE.

WE THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.

WE HAVE A 9-MEMBER BOARD AND ONE OF MY OTHER PRESENTATIONS IS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE BOARDS.

THEY PARTICIPATE AND NOBODY GOES TO SLEEP IN THE MEETINGS. THEY TRY TO GET OUT ON TIME.

WITH ALL THAT WE HAVE A PRINTOUT WE WILL LEAVE WITH THE CITY CLERK SO IT WILL BE WHAT IT IS.

THE FIRST ONE IS IF THE BOARD HAS LOOKED AT IT WE MADE THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROBLEMS AT 29TH AND AVENUE D BEHIND THE GYM -- GYMNASIUM.

WE THINK IT SHOULD BE PUT OUT FOR A PROPOSAL OF BIDS.

WE HAVE BOTH COMMUNITIES INTERESTED IN IT.

LAST WEEK WE HAD A GROUP OF -- REPRESENTED FROM THE HATIAN COMMUNITY WANTING TO LOOK AT IT TOO.

WE ARE PLEASED TO MAKE THAT ONE OF OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT PROPERTY OF 29TH AND AVENUE D.

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>> NUMBER TWO WE ASK MS. GIBBONS TO MAKE THE

REPRESENTATION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

AS CHARLIE MENTIONED THESE ARE COMMON THREADS THAT HAVE COME UP IN OUR CONVERSATION. THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS IT HAS COME UP CONTINUOUSLY AND TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO BRING MORE FAMILIES INTO OUR DOWNTOWN AREA AND KEEP THEM HERE. ONE THING THAT WE HAD RECENTLY DISCUSSED WAS HAVING SOME SIMPLE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT PUT IN SPOR RAD LICK -- SPORADICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA. SOMETHING GOOD IS WE CAN BUILD ON IT AND IT IS NOT GOING TO COST A LOT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE PICTURES IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE HAVE FIVE SMALL LOCATIONS FOR THE SINGLE, INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. IT IS NOT A HUGE PLAYGROUND.

SOMETHING I AM ENVISIONING OR MOST OF US ARE ENVISIONING IS THE WORKOUT AREA IN THE CORNER THAT YOU HAVE MADE WHICH IS AMAZING. THAT WILL TIE ALL OF THAT IN.

THE POINT BEHIND THAT IS WE CAN COME DOWN AND ENJOY IT AND LEAVE, BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO KEEP THE FAMILIES DOWN HERE WHEN THE CHILDREN GET ITCHY AND NEED SOMETHING TO DO.

THIS WILL HELP KEEP THE PARENTS IN DOWNTOWN SO THEY CAN GO AND HAVE LUNCH AND THEN GO AND GET SOME EXERCISE WITH THEIR KID AND COME BACK AND FEEL LIKE THEY CAN WALK AROUND DOWNTOWN AND SHOP AND ENJOY. THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION WE CAME UP WITH AND MAYBE DO SOMETHING EASY.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF PAMPHLETS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I ONLY HAVE ONE, I WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE THEM.

IF YOU NEED SOME I'M SURE I CAN HUNT SOME DOWN.

>> AND WE DID CONSIDER SAFETY A PRIORITY OF INTEREST.

WE DID DO THAT. NUMBER THREE RECOMMENDATION AND I WANT CHRISTINE TO HELP ME WITH IT, WE RECOMMEND WE LOOK AT THE CORRIDORS OF AVENUE D AND 1 AND HAVE SPECIFICS OF SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.

>> I THINK YOU HAVE DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT.

I FEEL LIKE THAT, NUMBER ONE, IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST THING TO HELP PROMOTE AND -- OH LET'S SAY CHANGE THE WAY ALL OF THESE CURRENTLY ARE VIEWED UPON.

THE THREE MAIN, I THINK WE TOLD YOU WE WOULD BE BRINGING IDEAS TO YOU, THE THREE MAIN CORRIDORS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT INITIALING -- INITIALLY ARE ORANGE AVENUE, U.S. 1 AND AVENUE D. COMING UP WITH GATEWAYS TO THOSE AREAS. WE TALKED ABOUT SOME SIGNAGE AND PUTTING SIMPLE SIGNS, "KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL." JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT TO INSTILL SOME PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO HAVING, LIKE I SAID THE SIGNAGE AND THE CODEN -- CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THOSE WERE THE THREE MAIN THINGS.

STREET STRIPING SIGNAGE AND THE LIGHTING WERE DISCUSSED.

IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE ON THE UP AND UP, BUT GATEWAYS AND KEEPING THOSE AREAS CLEAN AND MAKING SURE WE COME UP WITH A CONSISTENT APPROACH FOR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE THE THREE BIG ONES.

>> AND WE ALSO HOPE THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL LOOK AT A SCHEDULE TO TAKE SOME OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES AND SWEEP THOSE ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE CAN PROBABLY ASK VOLUNTEERS OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT.

SOME OF THOSE ON EARLY RELEASE AT THE JAILS CAN MAYBE HELP OUT. THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION.

>> COMMISSIONER? >> IT IS AS IF YOU WERE AT OUR

STRATEGIC PLAN YESTERDAY. >> YOU ARE SINGING HIS SONG.

>> ALL OF YOUR POINTS WERE KIND OF LIKE CHAMPIONED THROUGHOUT OUR DISCUSSION, OUR SEVEN AND A HALF HOUR DISCUSSION BY THE WAY. IT TELLS US ALL THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING GOING ON.

WE KNOW WE HAVE A LARGE INFLUX OF PEOPLE HEADING TO FORT PIERCE IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, EITHER A VISIT OR MOVING HERE. WE WANT TO CAPTURE THEM.

WE WANT EXPERIENCES TO BE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

IT IS NOT HARD TO DO WHEN YOU ARE STARTING WITH A PALLET OF FORT PIERCE. WE HAVE ALL OF THE ACCESS TO

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IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO SHOW OFF FORT PIERCE AND THAT'S THE BEST PART OF IT.

WE WANT THE EXPERIENCE TO BE WONDERFUL NOT ONLY FOR TOURISTS, BUT 4 OWN -- OUR OWN RESIDENTS.

THEY CAN SPEND TIME ON THE BEACH OR IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. I THINK YOU HAVE COME UP WITH A LOT OF GOOD SUGGESTIONS. IT SUPPORTS A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> I WAS LOOKING, MADAM CHAIR, AT A SIGN THAT SAID OUR LAND KEEPS THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. I THOUGHT FORT PIERCE CAN PUT UP SIGNS SAYING LET'S KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL.

IT IS JUST THE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN MIND.

>> SHOWING WE HAVE PRIDE IN OUR CITY.

THERE IS A KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE.

I AM INTERESTED IN THAT TOO. AND SO I AM SURE THEY WILL BE INTERESTED IN THESE SUGGESTIONS.

THAT COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT YOU ARE. KIND OF EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE. I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE MARINA SQUARE PLAY EQUIPMENT. WILL THAT INTERFERE WITH THE

FARMER'S MARKET. >> NO, IT SHOULDN'T.

IF YOU REMEMBER ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO THERE ACTUALLY USED

TO BE LIKE A BIG WAVE THERE. >> I REMEMBER THAT.

THE KIDS LOVE TO PLAY ON THAT.

>> SOMETHING LITTLE LIKE THAT WE ARE TALKING.

IT IS A SIMPLE LITTLE THING. EVEN IF IT IS JUST -- IT WILL OCCUPY THEM WHILE THEY ARE LOOKING AT BUYING SOME MOZZARELLA CHEESE. LITTLE PIECES.

SMATTERINGS. >> IS YOUR VISION IN THE

TREES? >> THAT'S FOR ONE PART OF IT.

THERE IS A PART THERE AND THERE IS A PART NEAR WHERE THE BAND PLAYS AND FOR THE OTHER MARKET AND THERE IS ONE NEAR THE GAZEBO AND A SMALL ONE ACROSS FROM THAT PARKING LOT ENTRANCE. THERE IS ONE IN FRONT OF THE

MANATEE. >> NUMBER ONE.

>> YES. IS THAT ON THE GRASS -- IS

THAT A GRASSY AREA? >> IT IS A GENERIC AREA.

I THINK THE PICTURE I TOOK WE WOULD SUPERIMPOSE EQUIPMENT ON WAS JUST A GRASSY AREA. YES.

>> YES, COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON.

>> YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE THAT MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AFTER YESTERDAY'S STRATEGIC PLANNING A LOT OF THIS ALIGNED.

THIS IS FANTASTIC AND IT TELLS ME THAT THERE IS A CONSISTENCY IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE WANTED. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO THE EXPENDITURE OF THE FOREGROUND EQUIPMENT? ANY ESTIMATES IN THAT AREA FOR THIS SIMPLE EQUIPMENT OR RECOMMENDATIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT?

>> I DID. I CALLED THE VENDOR AND THEY HAVE SOME SPECIALS. THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME THE PRICE IN THE BOOK WAS DOUBLE WHAT YOU WOULD END UP PAYING BY THE TIME YOU INSTALL IT WITH ALL OF THE HARDWARE AND THE UPKEEP YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO TO INSTALL IT THERE.

WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME PARCELLS THAT WERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15,000 APIECE. THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE REALLY INEXPENSIVE. IT IS JUST A SMALL HOP ON KINDS OF PIECES. IT IS JUST LITTLE TABLES.

THE KIDS CAN JUMP ON IT AND JUMP OFF OF IT.

YOU PUT THREE OR FOUR IN A ROW AND THEY PLAY FOR HOURS.

WE ARE THINKING SIMPLE THINGS AT FIRST FOR SURE.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION.

YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A LONGTIME SINCE I HAVE DONE A PLAYGROUND AREA WITH KIDS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SIMPLE IS.

TO ME IT COULD BE A SWING SET AND IT COULD BE ONE OF THE SEA HORSE THINGS THEY GET ON AND ROCK BACK AND FORTH.

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CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME? >> THEN -- THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THEY HAVE A BUILDING SITUATED IN THE PROPERTY.

>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON I ALSO WONDERED ABOUT THE FACT THAT A COLLEGE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT. I DON'T KNOW.

I'M SURE THAT WHILE WE MIGHT LIKE TO HELP THE COLLEGE IF THEY HAVE A GOOD IDEA FOR IT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT ON

THE TAX ROLLS TOO. >> AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR THE IDEAS.

YOU KNOW ME. I LIKE ANYTHING NEW AND EXCITING AND CREATIVE. THE PARCEL THERE, DO WE KNOW

APPROXIMATELY HOW BIG IT IS? >> WE DON'T.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF SHYANN IS HERE, BUT SHE GAVE US A SCHEMATIC ON IT. THEY HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH IN THE AREA FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS TO GIVE FEEDBACK OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE.

TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT APPROACHED US ABOUT PUTTING SOMETHING THERE AS WELL. IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE FALLEN IN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT THE FPRA PLAN WAS.

I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. >> SOME OTHER QUESTIONS AND THESE ARE PROBABLY TOO MUCH IN THE WEEDS ON DETAILS.

THE PARKING LOT IS PROBABLY DESIGNED AND THE COLLEGE ITSELF TO THE NORTH AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO ATTACH SOME PARKING AMENITIES AND SUPPLY ADDITIONAL PARKING.

DO WE KNOW HOW WE DESIGNED THE ORIGINAL PARKING LOTS HERE?

DO WE HAVE EXTRA? >> I'M SURE THE INTENSITY AND THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES WAS BASED UPON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE INSTITUTION AND THE UTILIZATION OF THE GYMNASIUM. IF THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL USE THERE MAY BE AN ADDITIONAL NEED FOR THE PROPERTY.

>> A LOT OF OPPORTUITY THERE.

I THINK THE PIECE IS A NICE SIZE.

PLAYGROUND LOCATION. YOU HAVE GIVEN US FIVE.

IS THERE A RANKING WITH THE NUMBERS THAT ARE THERE, OR IS

IT JUST FIVE DIFFERENT ONES ? >> MY HOPE IS IT WOULD BLEED INTO THE SECOND STREET AND ORANGE AREA.

IF WE CAN BRING SOME THINGS IN DID --

>> YOU MEAN EVENTUALLY? >> YEAH, EVENTUALLY.

THIS WOULD BE A FIRST STEP. WE DID NOT PRIORITIZE THEM.

I THINK WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE ANYTHING.

IF YOU WANTED US TO PRIORITIZE THEM THAT WOULD BE OKAY.

>> I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO SOME OF THE OTHER EXPERTS.

I HAVE A LITTLE RESERVATION AND IT IS SMALL BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE PARK FENCING UP IN AREAS TWO AND THREE AND HOW CLOSE IT IS TO INDIAN RIVER DRIVE.

WE -- IF WE CAN STRATEGICALLY LOCATE THEM FARTHER AWAY FROM THE ROADWAY. AT THE SAME TIME I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE TOO CLOSE TO ONE AND TWO A CHILD FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE TO CROSS THE PARKING LOT TO GO FROM SWING SWEAT TO TEETER-TOTTER. IF FIVE AND I AM OUT.

YOU HAVE THOSE GUYS. HE HAS YOUNG BOYS.

THEY ARE FAST. I LOVE IT.

GREAT IDEAS. GATEWAYS.

DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS. DID YOU WANT TO GO TO THE BOUNDARIES OR INCORPORATE IT WITHIN THE CRA DISTRICT ALL

OVER. >> WE WERE HOPING IT WOULD

START IN THE CRA DISTRICT. >> SO IN THE CRA BOUNDARY, THE NORTH U.S. 1 IS ABOUT WHERE TAYLOR CREEK IS.

THAT WAS ACROSS THE BRIDGE? THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION.

WE WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH D.O.T.

>> AND GEORGIA AVENUE TO THE SOUTH.

>> THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE RIGHT OF WAY?

>> I APPRECIATE IT. THOSE ARE STRATEGIC POINTS IN OUR CITY AND WITHOUT A DOUBT IT IS A GREAT IDEA.

THANK YOU. >> WE TRY TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CRA BOUNDARIES BECAUSE WE KNOW BASED ON THE CRITERIA OF WHAT OUR GOALS ARE AND OUR COMMITMENTS AND WE TRY TO STAY WITHIN WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

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>> I KNOW IN THE FPRA PLAN TOO SOME OF THE INTER LOCAL TRAVEL IS GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT AS WELL.

THAT WAS ONE THING WE SPOKE ABOUT TOO IS CONNECTING SOME OF THESE AREAS A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

I KNOW GETTING OVER TO PEACOCK ARTS, FOR EXAMPLE, I TALKED TO A COULE OF BUSINESSES OVER THERE THAT SAID THEY JUST

WON'T CROSS U.S. 1. >> THEY WON'T CROSS U.S. 1 AND WE -- OLD FORT PIERCE WILL NOT CROSS -- MAYBE NEW WON'T CROSS EITHER. BUT IT IS NO MAN'S LAND.

>> WE DISCUSSED WAYS TO MAYBE TRY TO MAKE IT SO THAT IT FELT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE. YOU KNOW, PAINTING THE CROSSWALK THERE IF WE CAN GET AN ARTIST OUT THERE.

SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THEY PAY A LITTLE CLOSER ATTENTION LIKE OH I'M HERE.

SAME WITH THE GATEWAY TO DOWNTOWN AND THE GATEWAY TO PEACOCK ARTS OFF U.S. 1 MIGHT HELP.

THAT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED. >> SO THE APPROACH FROM THE NORTH, IF IT IS TAYLOR CREEK STHAT WHERE WE THINK IT IS? THAT'S RIGHT KIND OF HEADING INTO THE PORT AREA.

AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, SOME OF THAT IS KIND OF UNATTRACTIVE. BECAUSE IT IS A WORKING -- IT IS THE BACKS OF BUSINESSES WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUFF

PILED UP. >> FOR SURE.

>> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAID CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? AS YOU COME TO U.S. 1 YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT AND IT LOOKS -- YES.

INDUSTRIAL AND SORT OF LIKE WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? IF A RAILROAD IS THERE, THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

>> NOT PRETTY. >> NOT PURDY.

>> SO ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO TO GAIN SOME FURTHER IDEAS WITH THAT, OR --

>> WELL, WHAT I THINK PROBABLY WILL HAPPEN IS OUR PARKS PEOPLE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

WOULD YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE IT IN TERMS OF STAFFING LOOKING AT WHAT MIGHT FIT IN THERE AND HELP BETTER WITH -- HELP BETTER WITH HER RESEARCH?

>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT?

>> YES. >> THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

WE DO HAVE CERTIFIED PLAYGROUND INSPECTION PERSONNEL WITHIN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO REVIEW THIS POTENTIAL

INSTALLATION. >> AND MR. REELS LOOKED INTO GATEWAY SIGNAGE. WE LOOKED AT THAT IN THE

PLANNING LAST YEAR. >> WE GLANCED OVER THE TOPIC, BUT NEED TO INVESTIGATE IT IN A MUCH MORE DETAILED CAPACITY. WE ONLY TALKED ABOUT MINOR GATEWAY IMPROVEMENTS. WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING THAT BRINGS A WOW FACTOR, SOMETHING IMPRESSIVE.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WORTHY OF FORT PIERCE.

>> AND I WAS REMEMBERING OUR SIGNS.

THEY ARE ALL KIND OF UNIFORM NOW.

>> THEY ARE. YES, MA'AM.

>> AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE LOOKED AT THE SIGNS FOR ORANGE AVENUE AND U.S. 1. WE ARE KIND OF ALL THINKING THE SAME THING. I DON'T KNOW.

ARE THERE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO LOOK FURTHER? THESE ARE CONCRETE SUGGESTIONS. DO WE HAVE TO DECLARE THIS

PROPERTY CIRCLE S PROPERTY? >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I BELIEVE WE ARE UTILIZING PROBABLY HALF OF THE PROPERTY, BUT IF WE WANT TO RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY AND HAVE ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROPERTY, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH A PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP.

I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD NEED TO DECLARE A SURPLUS.

>> AND DON'T WE USE IT FOR PARKING?

>> YES. >> WHEN WE HAVE REALLY BIG EVENTS. ALL RIGHT.

WELL I THINK YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB ON YOUR OWN.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. AND YOUR GREAT IDEAS.

AND SABRINA TOO. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

[b. Micro-Transit Service Presentation by Freebee]

>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE MICRO-TRANSIT SERVICE

PRESENTATION BY FREEBEE. >> YES, MA'AM.

WE HAVE AN EXCITING PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME.

DR. -- MR. JASON SPIEGEL IS HERE AND THERE IS A GREAT PRESENTATION. I HOPE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN LAUNCH FORT PIERCE INTO A GREAT ERA AND WE ARE GETTING

STARTED. >> WELCOME.

>> HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY. >> THANK YOU.

SAME TO YOU. MR. MIMMS LIKES THE MICROSTUFF, MICR MICROTRANSIT.

>> IT SYNDS COOL WHEN YOU PUT -- IT SOUNDS COOL WHEN YOU

PUT MICROIN FRONT OF IT. >> YOU CAN GET ANYTHING THROUGH FORT PIERCE WITH MICRO IN FRONT OF IT.

>> THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE RED ON THE FINANCE SHEET.

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>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE QUITE A PITCH FOR A MICROBREWERY.

>> WE COULD GO TO TOWN. >> OUR ATTORNEY WOULD THINK

ABOUT THAT. >> ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN.

MY NAME IS JASON SPIEGEL AND I AM ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS AND MANAGING PARTNERS AT FREEBEE. I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU AND INTRODUCE TO YOU THIS INNOVATIVE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY PROVEN FIRST AND LAST MILE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. JUST A QUICK INTEREST -- INTRODUCTION TO FREEBEE. IT IS THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC MOBILITY. WE PROVIDE FREE ON DEMAND DOOR-TO-DOOR ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION.

SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. FREE, ON DEMAND, DOOR-TO-DOOR ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION. OUR GOAL IS IN PROVIDING FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIVE TEE TO GET CARS OFF THE ROAD AND REALLY MAKE COMMUNITIES A PLACE YOU CAN LIVE, WORK AND PLAY WITHOUT THE NEED OF A PERSONAL VEHICLE.

ON TOP OF BEING A TRANSIT SOLUTION, FREEBEE IS A POWERFUL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL BECAUSE WE CAN DRIVE DOOR-TO-DOOR TRAFFIC TO THE LOCAL BUSINESS AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY. IT IS FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE AND AIMED AT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT OUR PARTNERS ARE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE. EVERY AREA WE OPERATE TO DATE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE NEXT.

OUR SYSTEM IS ADAPTABLE IN ORDER TO MEET EACH CITY'S UNIQUE NEEDS. ONE OF THE BEST PARTS ABOUT THE SERVICE IS IT IS 100% ELECTRIC.

FREEBEE IS A LOCAL SOUTH FLORIDA COMPANY ESTABLISHED IN 2012. RIGHT NOW WE OPERATE A FLEET OF 90 VEHICLES AND SERVICING 20 COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH FLORIA. ALL TYPES OF COMMUNITIES FROM THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES TO THE SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES AND DOWNTOWNS, ISLANDS, METROPOLITAN CITIES AND MANY COMMUNITIES LIKE FORT PIERCE. WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AND AWARDED MANY THINGS AND KEY TO CITY OF MIAMI AND KEY TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. THE WORK AND CONTRIBUTION WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES. HOW DOES FREEBEE WORK? IF YOU EVER USED UBER OR YELP, FREEBEE IS A COMBINATION WHERE UBER MEETS YELP. YOU CAN REQUEST A RIDE ON DEMAND WITH A PUSH OF A BUTTON, BUT EXPLORE EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING GOING ON IN FORT PIERCE.

AND AGAIN THIS IS WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THIS TYPE OF PLATFORM FROM ANY OTHER TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.

WE INSPIRE YOUR DESTINATION. THAT'S OUR GOAL TO INSPIRE YOUR DESTINATION TO CONNECT WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WE WILL TAKE YOU THERE FOR FREE.

ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN THERE, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT THE APP INTERFACE LOOKS LIKE.

WHEN IT IS OPENED UP IN FORT PIERCE YOU WILL BE IMMERSED IN ONLY THE FORT PIERCE BUSINESSES AND THE FORT PIERCE MESSAGING AND ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PUT ON HERE ON THE APP. THE BUTTON IN THE MIDDLE REQUESTS A PICK UP. A PLACES TO BE SECTION ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A DIRECTORY OF EVERY LOCAL BUSINESS IN FORT PIERCE. WE HAVE A TEAM THAT MEETS WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ASSIGNS THEM A PROFILE AND OFFERS THE EXCLUSIVE DEALS AND DISCOUNTS THAT YOU CAN SEE AS THE BUTTON ON THE LEFT TO INCENTIVIZE THE VISITORS AND RESIDENTS TO VISIT THEM. THESE BUSINESSES LOVE TAKING PART IN THIS BECAUSE IT IS FREE FOR THEM AND IT DRIVES TRAFFIC TO THEM. ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, THESE ARE CUSTOMIZABLE BUTTONS.

ONE SAYS TAKE ME TO DOWNTOWN ON SATURDAY I CAN SAY TAKE ME TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, EVENTS GOING ON OR CERTAIN LOCATIONS YOU WANT TO DRIVE TO, WE CAN CHANGE THAT DAILY, WEEKLY OR MONTHLY OR HOWEVER OFTEN YOU WANT.

IT IS VERY CUSTOMIZABLE. IT CAN PROMOTE EVENTS OR THE FARMER'S MARKET, DO SURVEYING, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

IT IS A PLATFORM FOR YOU TO CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE APP IS AVAILABLE IN THE APPLE STORE, GOOGLE PLAY STORE FOR IPHONES AND ANDROID DEVICES.

A BIG PART OF OUR RIDERSHIP IS SENIORS.

WE HAVE A TOLL-FREE NUMBER FOR THEM TO CALL INTO AND THEY HAVE THE SAME SERVICE TO BE PICKED UP AT HOME AND TAKEN WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. YOU CAN FLAG A VEHICLE DOWN IF YOU SEE IT DRIVING BY. WE WORK TOGETHER WITH EACH MUNICIPALITY TO CREATE A GEO FENCE.

THE GEO FENCE IS THE AREA WHERE YOU CAN REQUEST RIDES TO AND FROM ANYWHERE IN THE GEO FENCE.

TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE GEO FENCES LOOK LIKE, SOME MUNICIPALITIES GEO FENCE THE ENTIRE MUNICIPAL BORDER.

SOME DO IT IN THE DOWNTOWN SECTIONS AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES BASED ON THEIR GOALS AND WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, IT IS DESIGNED FOR THEM REALLY CUSTOMIZED.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN GO BACK.

THIS IS HOW YOU USE THE APP. YOU REQUEST A PICK UP BUTTON AND DROP YOUR PIN AND NOW YOU ARE ABLE TO EXPLORE ALL OF THE LOCATIONS WITHIN FORT PIERCE OR YOU CAN ENTER THE ADDRESS TO WHERE YOU ARE GOING. LET US KNOW HOW MANY PASSENGERS YOU ARE WITH AND YOU ARE CONNECTED WITH A DRIVER.% YOU CAN SEE ON THE PHONE WHERE THE DRIVER IS AND YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE DRIVER.

IT IS A RELIABLE SERVICE AND IT WILL PICK YOU UP AND TAKE

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YOU CAN WAIT IN YOUR HOME AND WHEN THE CAR COMES UP, THE DRIVER GETS OUT AND OPENS THE DOOR FOR YOU AND WELCOMES YOU

TO FREEBEE. >> QUICKLY ON THE WHERE TO, NUMBER 3, CAN YOU TYPE IN A DESTINATION NAME AND/OR

ADDRESS? >> YEP, EITHER/OR.

SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL BENEFITS OF FREEBEE IT HELPS TRANSFORM THE COMMUNITY TO A PLACE YOU DON'T NEED TO OWN A PERSONAL VEHICLE. YOU CAN LIVE HERE, WORK HERE, HANG OUT HERE AND YOU HAVE EASY CONNECTIVE TEE TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. IT CAN MINIMIZE SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES AND TAKES CARS OFF THE ROAD AND REDUCES TRAFFIC AND HELPS FREE UP LIMITED PARKING AVAILABILITY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE BIG EVENTS GOING ON HERE.

IT IS A FEEDER SYSTEM TO MASS TRAN -- MASS TRANSIT.

SO PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE CONNECTOR, YOU NEVER KNOW OF A FUTURE BRIGHT LINE STATION.

THIS IS HOW PEOPLE GET TO AND FROM THESE TYPES OF MASS TRANSIT. IT IS CONNECTIVE TEE TO THE ISLAND. A BIG PART OF THIS SERVICE IS OUR DRIVERS. THEY ARE NOT YOUR TYPICAL DRIVERS. THEY ARE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS AND HIRED LOCALLY FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. THEY CAN RECOMMEND THINGS AND REALLY, REALLY TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

ANOTHER BIG VALUE POINT IS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE PROVIDE. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRIVE THE DOOR-TO-DOOR TRAFFIC AND THEY BENEFIT TREMENDOUSLY FROM THIS TYPE OF SERVICE. AND SUSTAINABILITY.

EVERY VEHICLE IS 100% ELECTRIC AND WE ARE ABOUT REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOT -- FOOTPRINT IN EVERY COMMUNITY WE OPERATE.

AGAIN, JUST TO TOUCH ON THE DRIVERS, THESE ARE LOCAL EMPLOYEES AND THEY ARE THE FACE OF FORT PIERCE.

ALMOST LIKE A MOBILE CONCIERGE, A ROLLING DESK ON WHEELS. IT IS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU COME HERE TO FORT PIERCE. AND THEY DOUBLE AS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. THEY ARE A SECOND SET OF EYES AND EARS ON THE STREET. AMBASSADORS ARE HELD TO HIGH STANDARDS AND THEY HELP STRENGTHEN THE BOND BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AGAIN, I KEEP MENTIONING THIS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE A SUCCESSFUL MOBILITY PLATFORM UNLESS IT PROVIDES ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO EVERY STAKEHOLDER IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S YOUR RESIDENTS.

THAT'S YOUR VISITORS AND YOUR WORKERS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BENEFIT FROM THE PLATFORM FOR IT TO BE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE. FOR RESIDENTS, WORKERS AND VISITORS AS I MENTIONED BEFORE EASY CONNECTIVE TEE AND EASY MANURE BUILT AND NO COST SO THEY HAVE EXTRA COST IF THEIR POCKETS AND THEY ARE NOW SPENDING AT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESSES WE HAVE A PLATFORM FOR THEM TO ADVERTISE THEMSELVES AND HELP DRIVE TRAFFIC TO THEM. FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THEY DO HELP STRENGTHEN THE BOND BETWEEN THE CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT BY PROVIDING SAFE, CONVENIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE MOBILITY, NOT ONLY DOES IT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT WE HAVE SEEN IT HELP INCREASE PROPERTY VALUE AND MAKES FREEBEE ATTRACTIVE TO RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW A BUSINESS WOULD HAVE I WOULD SAY A LOCATION WITHIN OUR PLACES TO BE SECTION HERE. YOU WOULD CLICK THE PLACES TO BE. CLICK ON ANY OF THE CATEGORIES.

IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT HARRY'S PIZZERIA YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE PROFILE. YOU CAN SEE THE EXCLUSIVE DEAL IF YOU VISIT THEM. IF YOU GO YOU CAN GET 10% OFF. DOWNLOAD THE APP AND SEE THE DEALS WE HAVE. IT IS THE TOP RESTAURANTS AND THE TOP PLACES TO GO, AND THEY ARE USED CONSISTENTLY ON A DAILY BASE -- BASIS. SO HOW WOULD FREEBEE WORK HERE IN FORT PIERCE? AGAIN, WHAT WE ALWAYS SAY IS YOU ALWAYS WANT TO START WITH A PILOT PROGRAM.

OUT OF THE 20 PILOT PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEGUN WITH FREEBEE, ALL 20 CONTINUED BECAUSE THEY WERE SO SUCCESSFUL.

HOW IT WOULD WORK HERE, AGAIN, WE WOULD WORK WITH STAFF TO REALLY DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC GEO FENCE AREAS.

I HAVE HERE THE CRA BOUNDARIES.

YOU WOULD HAVE VEHICLES IN THE DOWNTOWN THAT WOULD STAY WITHIN DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE ELECTRIC VANS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CONNECT TO AND FROM OVER THE BRIDGE.

AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A SET OF VEHICLES ON THE BEACH.

TO ROLL SOMETHING OUT LIKE THIS, YOU MAY ROLL IT OUT TO DOWNTOWN ONLY AND THEN BASED ON THE DATA AND FEEDBACK COLLECTED, YOU CONTINUOUSLY EXPAND IT.

YOU ALWAYS START WITH A PILOT PROGRAM.

ONE THING ABOUT OUR SERVICE IS EVERYTHING IS DATA DRIVEN.

WE HAVE -- WE ARE COLLECTING EVERY PIECE OF DATA POSSIBLE.

HAVE YOU A LIVE DASHBOARD AND CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE DATA AND SEEING HOW SUCCESSFUL AND THE RIDERSHIP IS GOING UP.

WE COLLECT FEEDBACK AFTER EACH RIDE SMED DASH.

THE USER CAN RATE THE RIDE 1 TO 5 AND WE COLLECT COMMENTS AND USE IT TO MAKE LONG-TERM DECISION MAKING.

USERS CAN REQUEST DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE.

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HOW IS FREEBEE FUNDED? IT IS LIKE ANY OTHER FORM OF TRANSIT. WE WERE VERY CREATIVE ON HOW WE HELPED OUR MUNICIPALITIES FUNNEL THE PROGRAM.

WE HAD SIX OR EIGHT MUNICIPALITIES APPLY FOR D.O.T.S AND THEY WERE ALL APPROVED. IT IS TO PILOT AND COLLECT THE DATA AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT LONG-TERM DECISION MAKING LOOKS LIKE. OTHER AREAS OF FUNDING ARE TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER GREEN GRANTS OUT THERE IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, LIKE DELRAY BEACH.

THE CRA IS THE FUND FOR THAT. AND COCONUT GROVE THE PARKING AUTHORITY AND TYPICAL MUNICIPALITIES IN OTHER AREAS. ANOTHER FORM OF SUBSIDEE WE BRING IS THROUGH ADVERTISING. I WOULD SAY 95% OF THE COMMUNITIES ALLOW US TO ADVERTISE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE.

AND THEN THERE IS A SHARE THAT HELPS WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. I WILL END TO TALK ABOUT HOW FREEBEE IS OPERATING DURING COVID.

WE ARE OBVIOUSLY STILL IN THE MIX HERE.

BUT DURING THE PEAK WHEN RIDERSHIP PLUMMETED TO NOTHING, WE WORKED WITH OUR MUNICIPALITIES TO REPURPOSE THE RESOURCE. INSTEAD OF MOVING PEOPLE WE HELPED THE LOCAL BUSINESSES MOVE THEIR GROCERIES MOVE THEIR DELIVERIES. THEY WERE GETTING CRUSHED THROUGH THE DELIVERY APPS AND PAYING 30 AND 40%.

WE WENT IN AS A COURTESY AND DID IT FOR FREE TO THEM AND TO THE CONSUMER AND IT WORKED VERY WELL.

FAST-FORWARD TODAY AND WE ARE BACK TO PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO THE MAJORITY OF OUR AREAS.

IN SOME AREAS WE ARE DOING A COMBINATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND HELPING THE LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH THE DELIVERIES. AND THEN IF SOME AREAS LIKE MIAMI BEACH WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING AN EXCLUSIVE SERVICE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS ONLY. IT TAKES THEM TO AND FROM THE GROCERY STORE, TO AND FROM PHARMACIES AND NOW WE ARE TAKING THEM TO THE VACCINE. THAT'S WHAT IS GOING ON DURING COVID. RIDERSHIP IS CLIMBING MONTH AFTER MONTH AND WEEK AFTER WEEK, AND WE HOPE WE CAN GET BACK TO SOME TYPE OF NORMALCY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

THAT'S FREEBEE IN A NUTSHELL AND HOW IT CAN WORK IN FORT PIERCE. I THINK IT IS A GREAT SERVICE FOR THE CITY AND IT ACCOMPLISHES A LOT OF THE GOALS YOU GUYS SET FORTH FOR THE CITY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY OF YOUR GUYS' QUESTIONS.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD HELP US CROSS U.S. 1, RIGHT? I WAS WONDERING, THE MODEL IS IT COST NOTHING FOR THE

RIDER? >> THAT'S RIGHT.

IT IS A FREE SERVICE. >> IT IS PAID FOR BY THE CITY AND WITH GRANTS? IS THAT RIGHT?

>> IT IS A PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE.

IT IS LIKE A BUS IS FUNDED OR A TROLLEY IS FUNDED.

SAME WAY. >> IT IS MEANT TO DEAL WITH COMMERCIAL. FOR INSTANCE WOULD IT TAKE A SENIOR TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT?

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> LIKE TO THE HOSPITAL?

>> ONE OF THE GREAT PARTS ABOUT THE SERVICE AND WE HAVE SEEN IT IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES IS EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC OF PEOPLE USE THE SERVICE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. IN THE MORNINGS WE HAVE COMMUTERS AND STUDENTS WHO TAKE IT TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

DURING THE DAY IT IS SENIORS GETTING TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND GROCERY STORES.

THE COMMUTERS ARE COMING HOME FROM WORK AND THEN FAMILIES AT NIGHT. EVERY AREA IS DIFFERENT.

THE SERVICE IS CUSTOMIZED FOR THAT SPECIFIC AREA.

IT WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE THEM WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GO.

>> I THINK OUR AREA AS SOME OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGED. SOME PEOPLE WOULD NEED TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO WORK.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE

RESPONSE TIME? >> I WOULD SAY THAT EVERY AREA IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE DESINGED THE PROGRAM BASED ON THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THEY WANT TO PROVIDE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE SOME AREAS LIKE DOWNTOWN CORAL -- CORAL GABLES AND YOU CAN REQUEST A RIDE AND YOU ARE PICKED UP IN EIGHT MINUTES AT YOUR DOOR.

OTHER AREAS IN A SUBURBAN SETTING IT CAN BE 15 MINUTES, 20 MINUTES. COMPARING THAT TO A FIXED ROUTE SHUTTLE AND THAT WAS ON 50-MINUTE HEADWAYS, THIS WAS THE MOST CONVENIENT FOR THEM. THEY CAN REQUEST A RIDE AT THEIR HOME AND BE PICKED UP IN 15 MINUTES AND TAKEN TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE GEO FENCE, WE WILL COME BACK AND RECOMMEND THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES TO GET THAT SERVICE. 10 MINUTES OR LESS OR 15 MINUTES OR LESS. IT IS BASED ON WHAT YOUR GOALS

ARE AS WELL. >> YOU WON'T WAIT AN HOUR FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN? I KNOW YOU HAVE PEAK TIMES AND EVERYTHING IS GOING ON AND EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO HIT THEIR APPS AND IT IS GOING NUTS.

THE THING ABOUT IT IS, AND I'M SURE THE SAME FOR MOST

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IT. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT IN THE MIX, AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE ALL FIGURED IT OUT.

I AM TRYING TO THINK MYSELF IS I WANT TO BE THERE NOW.

I WANT TO BLIPPING -- BLINK MY EYES AND GET THERE NOW.

THE WAY THINGS ARE BUILDING UP, ESPECIALLY WITH PARKING ISSUES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, IT COULD BE A MAJOR SOLUTION FOR A LOT OF YOU ARE ON -- A LOT OF OUR ISSUES

HERE. >> ABSOLUTELY.

I BELIEVE A COMMUNITY THIS SIZE, YOU ARE LOOKING AT WAIT TIMES OF 10 OR LESS MOST LIKELY.

>> DO YOU NEED LIKE -- WHERE DO YOU HOUSE ALL OF THESE

VEHICLES AND EVERYTHING? >> IN THE MUNICIPALITY.

WE PROVIDE A TURN KEY SERVICE.

THERE IS NO UP FRONT COST. THERE IS NO COST FOR THE VEHICLE AND NO COST FOR THE CHARNLING EQUIPMENT.

WE BRING EVERYTHING ON OUR OWN.

WE JUST ASK FOR PARKING SPACES.

>> IT COULD BE IN A PARKING GARAGE?

>> IT COULD BE IN A PARKING GARAGE AND WE COME IN AND PUT

IN THE CHARGING STATIONS. >> MADAM MAYOR?

>> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF AREAS YOU SERVICE SIMILAR TO FORT PIERCE? WE HAVE A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF COASTAL WATERFRONT AND CROSSING A HUGE BRIDGE AND MOVING FROM OUR DENSE POPULATIONS WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE MAY LIVE PER SAY AND WANT TO MOVE FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER.

DO YOU HAVE ANY CURRENT AREAS THAT REALLY MODEL SIMILAR TO

FORT PIERCE GEOGRAPHICALLY? >> I WOULD SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR CASH -- NOT EXACTLY SIMILAR, BUT SIMILAR IS DELRAY BEACH. THEY HAVE THEIR DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR. THEY HAVE THE BEACH RIGHT THERE, BUT THERE IS A TON OF RESIDENTIAL OUTSIDE OF THERE.

THE WHOLE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO BRING EVERYBODY OUTSIDE THE BUSINESS DISTRICT INTO THE BUSINESS DISTRICT.

WE DESIGNED THAT TECHNOLOGY WHERE IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE AN ELIGIBLE RIDE, YOU HAD TO EITHER START OR END WITHIN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. IF YOU ARE IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS YOU CAN REQUEST TO COME NBUT YOU CAN'T -- IN, BUT YOU CAN'T REQUEST TO GO FROM RESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.

THE WHOLE IDEA IS BRINGING TRAFFIC TO THE DOWNTOWN WHICH

IS SIMILAR TO FORT PIERCE. >> AND SO THAT GEO FENCING COULD EXTEND OUT IF IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW, TWO MILES, THREE MILES FROM DOWNTOWN AND BRING THAT INTO DOWNTOWN THEN THAT'S WHAT WE CAN CUT THE MODULE TO DO.

>> EXACTLY. >> THE OTHER THING IS I AM NOTICING A DIFFERENCE IN VEHICLES.

OBVIOUSLY YOU MENTIONED IF YOU WANTED TO CONNECT THE BEACH AREA TO MAYBE DOWNTOWN YOU MAY USE A VAN TYPE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT I CALL A SMALL LITTLE GO-KART, I GUESS.

MY CONCERNING QUESTION IS THE ELECTRIC SCOOPER-TYPE CARTS, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE COMPATIBLE AND NO ISSUES DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS, U.S. 1, ET CETERA TO MOVE PEOPLE

AROUND? >> YEAH, SO THE VEHICLES WE OPERATE, THE SMALLER ONES, THEY ARE LOW SPEED VEHICLES AND FEDERALLY REGULATED. THEY CANNOT DRIVE ON ROADS 40 MILES AND ABOVE, BUT THEY CAN CROSS OVER THOSE TYPES OF ROADS. THEY WOULDN'T BE DRIVING UP AND DOWN U.S. 1 IF THAT IS 40, BUT THEY CAN CROSS OVER TO DROP PEOPLE OFF AND GET BACK AND FORTH.

TO GET ACROSS THE BRIDGE, THE SMALLER VEHICLES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE SPEED LIMIT.

BUT WE OPERATE LARGER ELECTRIC VAN THAT'S COULD ACCOMPLISH

THAT. >> SO IT IS 40 MILES PER HOUR WHICH IS THE LIMIT. THANK YOU.

>> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. >> MR. J JOHNSON?

>> GOOD INFORMATION. THIS IS AN AWESOME COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME ANSWERS TO OUR PARKING DOWNTOWN.

OPERATING HOURS. DO WE ESTABLISH THAT AS A CITY? DO YOU HELP US ESTABLISH

THAT? >> WE HELP YOU.

WE WOULD WORK WITH YOU GUYS. YOU SAY A LOT OF COMMUTERS ARE IN THE MORNING OR A LOT OF PEOPLE DURING THESE TIMES AND WE DESIGN THE HOURS SPECIFIC TO FORT PIERCE.

WE HAVE SERVICE THAT'S RUN FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND SERVICES THAT RUN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. SOME SERVICES RUN 6 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT, 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M. IT IS VERY, VERY CUSTOM TO WHEN THEY WILL USE THE SERVICE TO MAXIMIZE THE RESOURCES.

>> SO HERE IS SOME IDEAS I WAS THINKING ABOUT.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY.

COMMISSIONER PRONO WAS IN A COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY,

RIGHT? >> YES.

>> HE HAS BEEN IN THEM BACK TO BACK TO BACK.

BUSY GUY. WE HAVE A COURT -- COURTHOUSE

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FOLKS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME WHERE TO PARK NOW THAT THE COURTS ARE STARTING TO RAMP UP WITH JURY DUTY.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IF WE PARTNER WITH YOU DURING MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE VEHICLE THAT'S HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO COME INTO DOWNTOWN AT 7 A.M. TO 8:15 TO MOVE FOLKS FROM OUR PARKING GARAGE TO OUR COURT COMPLEX. IS THAT AN OPTION?

>> ABSOLUTELY. IF THAT IS A CONSISTENT SCHEDULE OR ONCE A MONTH WE CAN DESIGN THAT.

>> WE HAVE AN ENTIRE COUNTY THAT COMES TO OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, AND THEIR BIGGEST COMPLAINT IS WHERE DO I PARK? I HAVE TO WALK TOO FAR. THEY ARE ALREADY COMING SOMEWHERE THEY DON'T WANT TO COME.

EVEN THOUGH IT IS A CIVIC DUTY THEY SAY I DON'T WANT TO BE CALLED FOR JURY DUTY. I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY IN HERE THAT WOULD RAISE THEIR HAND FOR JURY DUTY.

MAYBE A COUPLE. I THINK I WOULD MAYBE.

YES, OF COURSE, PETE. DO YOU CARRY YOUR LAW BOOKS WITH YOU TOO? THE CITY ATTORNEY.

WE HAVE TO GIVE HIM A HARD TIME.

THIS IS WONDERFUL AND I CAN SEE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE. THE OTHER BIG THING, SITTING UP HERE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, HOW DO YOU CONNECT YOUR RESIDENTIAL TO YOUR DOWNTOWN? I HEARD YOU SAY IT A MINUTE AGO.

WE ARE TRYING TO DRIVE OUR FOLKS FROM MOVING THEM FROM OUR HOUSE TO DOWNTOWN. TO COME IN AND SHOP AND ENJOY RESTAURANTS OR ENJOY THE PLAYGROUNDS YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT. YEAH, I'M INTERESTED IN IT.

I WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT. I THINK OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE READY TO ADVERTISE. THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF

THIS. >> WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE

RAISING THEIR HANDS. >> ALL GET FREE ADVERTISING THROUGH THE APP, RIGHT? YOU CAN PROMOTE IT AND GET THEM TRAFFICKED FROM DOOR-TO-DOOR.

THE BRANDING ON THE VEHICLES IS A POWERFUL TYPE OF MARKETING. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY GOING AROUND TO DOWNTOWN AND THIS IS YOUR TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE VISITING YOU.

IT IS A VERY POWERFUL MARKETING TOOL FOR THEM AS

WELL. >> AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE AMBASSADORS. I THINK THAT'S A NICE TOUCH.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS RIDE SHARING, RIGHT?

THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. >> YES.

MEANING THAT WE WILL PICK YOU UP AND WE WILL PICK UP ANOTHER GROUP ON THE WAY. BUT RIGHT NOW DURING COVID WE ARE NOT DOING THE POOLING OF RIDES.

HOPEFULLY COMING INTO THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHEN THINGS GET BETTER HOPEFULLY WE WILL GO BACK TO POOLING.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST -- >> NO, I CAN UNDERSTAND.

>> IN NORMAL SERKS, YES. -- CIRCUMSTANCES, YES.

>> IF WE EVER GET BACK TO NORMAL.

>> WE DON'T WANT TO PICK SOMEBODY UP IN THE CORNER AND

TAKE THEM ACROSS TOWN. >> IT IS NOT A TAXI.

>> AS A FAMILY OR SAY IT IS MY WIFE AND I AND ANOTHER COUPLE, AND WE CALL FOR A RIDE AND YOU WILL PICK UP ALL FOUR OF US?

>> WE ARE PICKING UP YOU AND YOUR GROUP.

IN BETWEEN RIDES THE DRIVER IS SANITIZING THE VEHICLE BEFORE THEY GET TO THE NEXT RIDE. WE WILL PICK UP YOUR GROUP AND TAKE THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

>> MADAM MAYOR, BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION.

>> SURE. GO AHEAD.

>> YOU MENTIONED DELRAY BEACH.

HOW MANY OF THESE DO YOU HAVE SERVICING THE DELRAY BEACH

AREA? >> GREAT QUESTION.

WE HAVE FIVE VEHICLES SERVICING DELRAY BEACH.

IT LAUNCHED LAST SEPTEMBER. SO IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, BUT IT HAS TAKEN OFF LIKE NO OTHER PROGRAM.

DELRAY BEACH, THE RIDERSHIP WAS SKY ROCKETING.

EVEN TODAY, AND IT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RIDERSHIP AREAS

EVEN DURING COVID. >> AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, FIVE OF THE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL THEM, MOTOR SCOOTERS,

RIGHT? >> FIVE OF THE LOW SPEED

VEHICLES. >> OKAY.

IF YOU WERE TO MAX OUT CAPACITY IT SEATS A TOTAL OF

HOW MANY? >> FIVE PLUS A DRIVER.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> WHAT IS THE LONGEST PROGRAM

YOU HAVE HAD IN EXISTENCE? >> THE FIRST LAUNCHED IN 2016 WITH THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE WHICH IS A BARRIER ISLAND OFF MIAMI. ALL THE PROGRAM HAS DONE IS EXPAND. IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE NOT HAD A PROGRAM STOP. EVERY SINGLE PILOT PROGRAM IN 20 PLUS HAVE ALL BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

>> AND THAT'S NOT A HUGE POPULATION.

>> THEY HAVE ABOUT 13,000 ON THE ISLAND THERE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PILOT PROGRAM.

IT IS A ONE-YEAR TRIAL TYPE THING.

YOU TRY US AND WE TRY YOU AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS.

AT THE END OF THAT PERIOD OF TIME THAT'S EITHER WHEN WE NEGOTIATE OR WE ENTER INTO A LONGER TERM CONTRACT WITH

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YOU? >> WE WILL CONTINUOUSLY LOOK AT THE DATA ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

THREE MONTHS AFTER SIX MONTHS AND I THINK BY THAT TIME YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH DATA COLLECTED TO SAY THIS IS WORKING OR NOT WORKING. MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL WORK

HERE. >> GET YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR AND THEN WE CAN'T GET RID OF YOU, RIGHT?

>> IT IS THAT GREAT OF A SERVICE THAT YOU WON'T WANT TO

GET RID OF ME. >> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

>> I THINK WE ARE ALL ENCOURAGED IS WHAT I HEAR.

WE WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE THIS. >> HAVE I ONE MORE QUESTION.

I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. >> YES, SIR.

>> WHAT IF THE RIDER -- THEY HAVE TO PUT IN A LOCATION.

WE HAVE A COLLEGE IN TOWN, BUT NOT IN THE CRA DISTRICT.

>> THE TECHNOLOGY WOULDN'T EVEN ALLOW YOU TO REQUEST THE

RIDE. >> THE GEO FENCE KICKS IT AND SAYS IT IS UNAVAILABLE? WE MIGHT NEED TO EXPAND IT THROUGH, BUT WE HAVE TO PUT ON OUR OTHER HATS.

WE ARE SITTING AS THE CRA BOARD TODAY, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO PUT ON OUR CITY OF FORT PIERCE COMMISSION HAT TO

EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES. >> I THINK WE ARE INTERESTED.

I THINK I HERE A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM.

COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON, ARE YOU ENTHUSIASTIC?

>> I AM VERY ENTHUSIASTIC. LOOKING AT THIS AS A VIABLE OPTION FOR MOVING PEOPLE AROUND AND EVEN CREATING COMMERCE IN SOME OF OUR AREAS.

THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER RESTAURANT AND DISTRICT AREAS THAT MAY SEE THIS AS A GREAT WAY TO ADVERTISE THEIR BUSINESS AND ALLOWS FOR SOME OF OUR SENIORS TO ACCESS EITHER FOOD OPTIONS OR RIDES TO GROCERY STORES IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. I AM THINKING OF COURSE IN LINKIN PARK WE HAVE -- LINCOLN PARK WE HAVE A FEW THINGS OVER THERE AND SO WE CAN TRY IT TO SUE IT GOES.

I AM ENCOURAGED TO SEE HOW IT WORKS IN FORT PIERCE.

>> I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT TOO. BEFORE WE MOVE TOO FAR DOWN THE LINE, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT IS ANTICIPATED AND THE WHAT THE ANTICIPATED COSTS WILL BE

BEFORE WE GET TOO INTO IT. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> CRA HASN'T HAD ANY MONEY BEFORE.

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. >> WE HAVE A SMALL PIGGY BANK SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING THE BANG FOR OUR

BUCK. >> AND I CAN WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO DEFINE WHAT THE SERVICE AREA WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES AND THE NUMBERS BEHIND IT ALL.

>> MR. MIMMS, DO YOU NEED A MOTION OR DO YOU WANT -- I KNOW THIS IS TO ENTER NEGOTIATIONS AND TO GET THE INFORMATION THEY ARE LOOKING FOR?

>> YES. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME DIRECTION FROM THE FPRA BOARD.

I THINK THIS IS A TERRIFIC VENTURE THAT WILL ASSIST EVERY FACET OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOVE THE COMMUNITY TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH FREEBEE TO HAVE A ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM AND THEN FROM THERE WE CAN EVALUATE AND DETERMINE THE

FUTURE. >> THIS WOULD BE IN PLACE OF

THE SCOOTERS, RIGHT? >> NO.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE SCOOTERS.

WE HAVE A FUN COMMUNITY, MAYOR.

>> I KNOW. WE ARE A COMMUNITY FOR ALL

AGES. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS FOR A ONE-YEAR

PILOT PROGRAM. >> SECOND.

>> ANY DISCUSSION? >> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

FOR ALL OF THE ANIMAL LOVERS, I SAW A PICTURE OF A DOG FACING THE WINDOW. DO YOU ALLOW ANIMALS?

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> OH MY GOSH.

>> DOESN'T HAVE T BE A SERVICE ANIMAL, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT. >> I HAD TO ASK.

>> I THINK IT IS SOUNDING GOOD.

>> CALL THE ROLE PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER CORONA.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER, HAVE YOU JOINED US? COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON.

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

>> YES, MA'AM. >> CHAIRWOMAN HUDSON.

>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LOOK FORWARD TO IT. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING

TOGETHER. >> ABSOLUTELY.

[c. Approval of the draft Development Proposal for Oaks at Moore's Creek Phase II.]

>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. >> PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. YOU HAVE TO SAY YOUR NAME.

>> HARRY GAUNTLY WITH FREEBEE.

>> I WANT TO THANK THE MANAGER FOR SUPPORT AND NEWS.

YEAH. I GAVE SHYANN BROCHURES ON THE DELRAY BEACH PROJECT SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

>> I HAVE BEEN TO DELRAY SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND HOW DIFFICULT THE PARKING WAS.

THAT WAS BEFORE FREEBEE WAS THERE.

I'M SURE YOU ARE HELPING. >> IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF IT AND YOU HAVE THE BROCHURE.

ANY QUESTIONS YOU, THE MANAGER CAN ASK US AND WE WILL RESPOND

AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> BY THE WAY, I COME UP HERE -- WELL BEFORE COVID I WOULD STAY WITH FRIENDS IN STUART OR PORT SALERNO AND RIDE MY BIKE ON SATURDAY FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET.

>> WAY TO GO. >> LOVE THE FARMER'S MARKET.

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>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR OAKS

AT MOORE'S CREEK PHASE 2. >> MR. MIMMS.

>> CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM S AND S. I BELIEVE WE HAVE CHUCK -- I WANT TO SAY CHUCK AND CORY. WE HAVE CHUCK AND CORY HERE AND THEY WILL GIVE AS YOU PRESENTATION ON THEIR CONCEPT FOR A PARTNERSHIP TYPE OF EVENT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF

OAK AT MOORE'S CREEK PHASE 2. >> ALL RIGHTY.

>> WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. >> SAME TO YOU.

>> THANK Y'ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DISCUSS THE OAKS AT MOORE'S PHASE 2. AND WE WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BE BACK IN FORT PIERCE.

WE ACTUALLY PROPOSED ON THIS PROJECT IN 2015.

WE ARE VERIEN NEWS -- ENTHUSIASTIC.

BEFORE WE START TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT WE WANT TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE WE HAVEN'T MET PERSONALLY.

OUR TEAM CONSISTS OF STEWART SHELBY DEVELOPMENT AND EAST AND WEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

DANA ROSEMAN WHO IS WITH US THIS EVENING VIRTUALLY IS A FORMER CITY MANAGER AND CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE FOUNDER OF EAST WEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WHICH IS A 501C3 NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

MR. ROSEMAN HAS EXPERTISE AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT HAVING WORKED FOR THE CITY OF HALL -- HALLANDALE BEACH AND MIAMI GARDENS AND THE CITY OF MIAMI. NEXT TO ME IS THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF SHELBY DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2006. HE IS A LICENSED GENERAL CONTRACTOR SINCE 1986 AND HAS BEEN IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FOR 45 YEARS, BUT HE DOESN'T LOOK IT.

HE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH INFIELD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HAVING BUILT HUNDREDS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS WITH CLIENTS IN HALLANDALE BEACH, CRA DELRAY BEACH AND CRA LAKEWORTH AND CRA DELRAY BEACH AND COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND PALM BEACH COUNTY LAND TRUST AND ADOPT A FAMILY TO PALM BEACHES AND NEIGHBORHOOD RENAISSANCE AS WELL AS OTHERS. SEVERAL PROJECTS HAVE RF -- RECEIVED REDEVELOPMENT AWARDS FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION. I AM CORY OWE GOR BAN AND FOUNDER OF PLACE, PLANNING AND DESIGN A PLACE MANAGEMENT FIRM. I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR EAST WEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WITH DANIEL ROSEMAN. I HAVE BEEN IN PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT SINCE 1984.

I AM A CERTIFIED PLANNER SINCE 1991 AND FORMER CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN GAINESVILLE AND LAKEWORTH.

A MEMBER OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AS A CONSULTANT AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR INFILL REDEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH CLIENTS SUCH AS ADOPT A FAMILY TO PALM BEACHES AND GULF STREAM INDUSTRIES AND RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND SEVERAL OTHERS.

THE THREE OF US HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR PROJECT REDEVELOPMENT IN HALLANDALE BEACH, AND CRA WHERE WE CONSTRUCTED AND SOLD 13 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO INCOME QUALIFIED HOME BUYERERS ON SCATTERED SITES IN THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD. REGARDING THE PROJECT ITSELF SINCE THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS, WE MET WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR TO DISCUSS INITIAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND MAJOR POINTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND DRAFTED A TEMPLATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHICH WAS REVIEWED BY YOUR CITY ATTORNEY. DURING THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WE WORKED WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTER AND SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR ON SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECT POINTS THAT WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON. FOR OUR PRESENTATION WE WANT TO COVER WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE RELEVANT INFORMATION INCLUDING UPDATES ASSEMBLED SINCE THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS.

IT WILL INCLUDE AN OVER ALL PRODUCT DESCRIPTION, DEVELOP COST ESTIMATES AND REVIEWING HOUSING STOCK, HOME SALES AND REVENUE PROTECTION -- PROJECTIONS AND REVIEW OF ANTICIPATED FINANCE AND GAP BETWEEN COSTS AND REVENUES AND THE PROJECT VISION. THE PROPERTY FOR MOORE'S CREEK

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THE PROJECT IS SET APART FROM THE OTHER INFILL PROJECTS BECAUSE ALL OF THE I'M -- IMPROVEMENTS MUST BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTS. THIS INCLUDES POTABLE WATER AND FIRE LINES AND SANITARY SEWER AND STORM DRAINAGE AND ELECTRIC AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS AND STREETLIGHTING.

ALL OF THE WORK MUST BE COMPLETED ON THE FIRST SINGLE FAMILY HOME. CONSEQUENTLY THE NEED TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO DELIVER THE FIRST HOME AS WELL AS THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT.

SINCE MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION IN THIS PART OF THE COMMUNITY IS OAKS PHASE 1 THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE UH PRAISED VALUE FOR PURPOSES OF SALES AND OBTAINING FIRST MORTGAGES FOR FINANCING OF THE HOME BUYERS.

OUR PROPOSALS HAVE THREE MODEL HOMES WITH FOUR ROOMS AND -- I'M SORRY. I JUMPED AHEAD.

THE AVERAGE HARD COST IS JUST UNDER $90 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THE HOMES THEMSELVES. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE THIS EQUATES TO A RELATIVELY LOW HARD CONSTRUCTION COST.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COSTS TO CONSTRUCT THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS PROJECT SOFT COSTS.

LAND DEVELOPMENT COSTS TO CONSTRUCT THE WATER, THE SEWER AND DRAINAGE ET CETERA IS APPROXIMATELY $43,000 PER LOT. THE SOFT COSTS INCLUDING PERMITTING AND IMPACT FEES AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL FEES AND OVERHEAD AND PROFIT IS AN ADDITIONAL $53 PER SQUARE FOOT. ALTHOUGH THE ESTIMATES ARE PRELIMINARY THEY ARE BASED ON COSTS FROM OTHER CURRENT PROJECTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE AND INCLUDE FEE SCHEDULES FROM EITHER THE CITY OR THE COUNTY FOR PERMITTING AND I'M PABLGHT FEES -- IMPACT FEES. WE HAVE A MIX OF MODELS PROPOSED SO THERE IS SOME VISUAL INTEREST AND THEY HAVE MODELS THAT HAVE AN APPEAL TO A VARIETY OF BUYERS.

WE HAVE FOUR FLOOR PLANS WITH TWO ONE-STORY MODELS AND TWO TWO-STORY MODELS THAT ARE SIMILAR, BUT WE MODIFIED THE FACADE SO THEY ARE DIFFERENT AND HAVE VISUAL DIFFERENCES AND GIVES OPTIONS TO HOME BUYERS.

MOST OF THE FLOOR PLANS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED DYE STEWART AND SHELBY DEVELOPMENT IN HALLANDALE BEACH AND DELRAY BEACH AND UN -- AND UNINCORPORATED FORT WORTH AND WE HAVE EXPERIENCE DESIGNING AND BUILDING THESE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND CAN BRING THE SAME SUCCESS TO THE FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AREA. THIS IS A RATHER BUSY SLIDE, BUT IT IS A SLIDE OF OUR BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS.

THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT THE STANDARD FEATURES FOR THESE HOMES EITHER MEET OR EXCEED THE STANDARD FEATURES FOR HOME BUILDERS SUCH AS DR HORTON AND LENAR. THE SPECS ARE THE BASIS OF AWARD OF A BRONZE BUILDER CERTIFICATION AND IT INCLUDES FOAM INSULATION AND GRANITE COUNTER TOPS, IMPACT WINDOWS AND DOORS AND SOFT CLOSE CABINET TREE.

IF TYPICAL COMMERCIAL HOME BUILDING SOME OF THESE SPECIFICATIONS WOK CONSIDERED -- WOULD BE CONSIDERED UPGRADE THAT'S WOULD COST THE BUYER MORE, BUT WE ARE INCLUDING THEM AS STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS TO ENHANCE THE HOME. OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS SINCE YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE WITH US, WE HAVE ATTAINED SOME RECENT SALES INFORMATION IN

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CURRENT CLOSINGS SHOW SALES NEAR THE OAKS WITH A HIGH OF ABOUT 203,000 FOR ONE OF THE HOMES IN THE OAKS PHASE 1.

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ONLY A FEW CURRENT LISTINGS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, HOMES IN A BROADER RADIUS OF THIS SITE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF PRICING THAT IS ENCOURAGING TO OUR -- AT LEAST OUR INITIAL LOOK AT THE MARKET.

OUR ORIGINAL SALES PROJECTIONS IN OUR PROPOSAL TO THIS SOLICITATION WAS BASED ON ABOUT $150,000 PER UNIT, INFORMATION WE OBTAINED AT THE TIME THROUGH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER ON AREA SALES. WE HAVE -- WE HAD A PROJECTED REVENUE OF $2.25 MILLION. SINCE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE THE SALES AND LISTING INFORMATION AND CONSIDERING THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS SUPERIOR SET OF SPECIFICATIONS WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THE REVENUES WILL BE HIGHER THAN ORIGINALLY PROJECTED AND ESTIMATED TO GROW SALES AT 3.75 MILLION. BASED ON THE UPDATED REVENUE OF COST PROJECTIONS, AT THE TIME WE ARE PROJECTING A GAP BETWEEN TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND REVENUES RANGING FROM BETWEEN 1.2 TO $2.4 MILLION THUS REQUIRING SOME CORRESPONDING SUBSIDEE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE HOMES. HOWEVER IF WE FIND THE APPRAISALS AND THE SALES ARE CLOSER TO THE HIGHER END OF THE RANGE OF EXISTING HOMES IN THE AREA, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN REDUCE THAT GAP AND HOPEFULLY OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO ELIMINATE THE GAP ENTIRELY.

TO OFFSET COST AND REVENUE LIKE OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WE WANT TO CONSIDER A LAYER OF SUBSIDEES INCLUDING LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS WHERE AVAILABLE AND APPLICABLE. THESE SUBSIDEES COULD INCLUDE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LIMITED TO THINGS LIKE REDUCTION OF FEES F EITHER THE CITY OR COUNTY WHERE POSSIBLE AND OBTAINING GRANTS FROM LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL SERVICES WHERE AVAILABLE IN THIS REGARD WE ARE PROPOSING AN APPROACH TO THE PROJECT THAT IS INTENDED TO BE A TRUE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM WITH THE NEXT STEPS INCLUDING US WORKING TOGETHER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WAYS TO OFFSET THE UTILITY FEES AND IMPACT FEES AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR IN -- INFRASTRUCTURE COST AND DOWN PAYMENT OF HOMES FOR QUALIFIED BUYERS AND CREATE A FINANCE STRATEGY. THIS EFFORT WOULD BE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY WITH FINALIZING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD BRING BACK TO THIS BOARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID WE REALLY ENVISION THIS PROJECT TO BE A TRUE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO UTILIZE EACH OTHER'S SKILLS AND TALENTS AND FOCUSING ON THE THINGS THAT WE EACH RESPECTIVELY DO BEST TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT RESULTING IN AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE TAX BASE FOR THE CITY. WE DO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF TO FORMULATE A FINANCE STRATEGY AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH A FINALIZED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> SO I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THERE A STANDARD DEFINITION

FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? >> AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS HOUSING AFFORDABLE TO FOLKS THAT ARE OF A PARTICULAR INCOME RANGE. AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE BETWEEN 80% AND 120% OR 140% OF MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU ARE IN. IT IS RELATIVE TO THE MEDIAN INCOME. AFFORDABILITY IS A METRIC OF NOT SPENDING MORE THAN 30% OF YOUR INCOME ON YOUR MORTGAGE

OR YOUR RENT. >> AND WHEN CASH -- IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR STAFF HAVE YOU TALKED TO ANYBODY

FROM THE UTILITY AUTHORITY? >> WE TALKED TO THEM, BUT AS

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WE HAVEN'T EXPANDED FURTHER THAN THAT.

>> YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE -- THEY WOULD BE ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO? YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION?

>> NO, MA'AM. NOT YET.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID OAKS PHASE 1 IS I BELIEVE THE CITY OR FPRA DONATED THE LAND.

THE FPRA DONATED THE IN -- THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR DID THE HOOKUP. THERE WERE NO FEES.

I THINK THEY DID THAT. AND WE HELD THE MORTGAGE WHICH WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

NO, NO, NO. SO THAT IS SORT OF -- I AM TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW WE DID THAT BEFORE.

SO BY THE TIME PEOPLE ARE READY TO MOVE IN THE HOUSE AND THEY HAVE VERY, VERY LOW INTEREST RATES AND MORTGAGE RATES, IT WAS A VERY, VERY GOOD DEAL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MOVED IN THAT HOUSE. MR. MIMMS, CORRECT ME.

>> NO, I DON'T WANT TO CORRECT YOU.

I WANT TO ADD TO YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS.

A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS THE PIONEER PARK SUBDIVISION WHEREBY THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, WE CONSTRUCTED THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE INTERIOR ROADS AND THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. THEY BUILT THE HOMES AND WORKED WITH QUALIFY -- QUALIFIED HOME BUYERS TO GET FOLKS INTO THE HOME. AND THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE HELPED BY CONTRIBUTING SOME DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FUNDING FOR THOSE RESIDENTS. THAT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT CORY AND CHUCK ARE PRESENT -- PRESENTING.

>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

ANY DISCUSSION? >> COMMISSIONER?

>> I LIKE YOUR PLAN AND I LIKE THE LAYOUT OF WHAT YOU PROPOSED HERE. IT IS A GOOD FLOOR PLAN, YOU KNOW, OFFERING THAT MANY BEDROOMS AND AMENITIES.

OF COURSE THE DIFFERENT STYLES AND ARCHITECTURE.

VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD JUST KNOWING THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS MYSELF AND THE HURRICANE IMPACT RATINGS AND THE ARCHITECTURAL SHINGLES, THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT PARTS AND PIECES. LOW MAINTENANCE.

WHAT I SAW WAS LOW MAINTENANCE.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THE AGENDA ITEM BEFORE COMING IN I I KNEW THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR AND YOU BROUGHT THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT FOR THE PROPOSAL AND THE PRESENTATION.

>> WHAT I WILL BE LOOKING FOR IS WHAT IS THE EXPOSURE TO THE CITY. I KNOW YOU HAVE GIVEN US A RANGE AND IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT THE MARKETS ARE ALL RIGHT. IN MY WORLD THE MARKETS HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT. IT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GRASP ON AS FAR AS WHAT IS THE BEST AND WORST SCENARIO. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO ME. IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN USE LOCAL VENDORS FOR ANY OF THIS CONSTRUCTION? THIS IS A BIG THING FOR ME. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING TO TELL ME ABOUT IT. IT IS A BIG HOT BUTTON FOR

US. >> WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY AND I THINK MAYBE THE CHAMBER LIST OF LOCAL VENDORS, THAT'S ALWAYS OUR INITIATIVE. I'M A DELRAY BEACH GUY.

THE PRESENTATION EARLIER I WAS GOING, YEAH, THAT'S REALLY GREAT. WE DO THAT OBVIOUSLY IN DELRAY. HALLANDALE IT WAS A REQUIREMENT. IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE HALLANDALE DIDN'T HAVE MANY VENDORS.

IT IS NOT A JOB LIKE A PARKS JOB WHERE YOU CAN HIRE SOMEBODY OFF THE STREET. YOU ARE HIRING SUBCONTRACTORS. WE ARE LOOKING TO OPEN A SATELLITE OFFICE UP HERE. I AM NOT LOOKING FOR ONE PROJECT. YOU HAVE A LOT OF LOTS AND IT IS A PASSION OF MINE. I I WAS AN EXECUTIVE WITH A COUPLE OF NATIONAL BUILDERS AND STARTED MY COMPANY IN 06 WHEN THE MARKET TANKED. WE STARTED OFF WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BUILDING HOUSING FOR HOMELESS FAMILY AND ADOPT A FAMILY AND WORKING ON A PRIVATE INITIATIVE IN DELRAY ACTUALLY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A NICE MILLION DOLLAR GIFT I WAS GIVEN BY A LOCAL RESIDENT TO BUILD HOUSING FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE IN DELRAY.

IT IS A PASSION OF MINE. YEAH, I LIKE BUILDING BIG HOMES TOO TO MAKE SOME MONEY. ABSOLUTELY LOCAL VENDOR PARTICIPATION. MY GUYS DOWN SOUTH AREN'T GOING TO COME UP HERE. MY PROJECT MANAGER IS GOING TO BE FROM HERE. HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE SOME SATELLITE OFFICE IS THE PLAN. ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS BASED IN THIS AREA, THE GOAL WOULD BE -- WHAT I DID IN HALL DEN DALE -- HALLANDALE IS ANY TRADE WITHIN 5% OF A GOOD BID WE GOT FROM SOMEBODY OUTSIDE

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IT IS HARD TO GET MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT, BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS IN THIS TOWN. I I DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T DO 100%. IT IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN COMMIT TO, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL IS ALL LOCAL FORT

PIERCE VENDORS. >> FORTUNATELY WE ARE IN A TIME RIGHT NOW IF YOU TRY TO GET A ROOF ON A HOUSE YOU ARE PUT ON A LIST. IF YOU ARE A FRIEND OF THEIRS THEY WILL BE BACK IN SIX MONTHS.

BELIEVE ME, I JUST WENT THROUGH THAT.

THERE HAS BEEN TIMES WHERE NOT.

WE WOULD HAVE A WORKFORCE OUT THERE THAT IS CON CONSTANT -- CONSTANTLY NEEDY. WE ARE NEXT TO A COMMUNITY THAT IS THE THIRD LARGE -- LARGEST CITY IN FLORIDA.

THEY ARE TRYING TO BE THE LARGEST CITY IN FLORIDA AND THEY MAY ACCOMPLISH THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THERE IS A LOT OF BUILDING GOING ON.

IT IS GOOD TO KNOW WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL PEOPLE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE GOT THE JOB.

SO I TALKED ABOUT THE FINANCE AND TALKED ABOUT THAT.

JUST OUT OF CURE -- CURIOSITY, THERE IS NOT AN HOA OR ANY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION? IT IS A SINGLE STAND ALONE HOME, OR IS THERE A LIKE SOME TYPE OF A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION FOR THAT GROUPING OF HOUSES RIGHT THERE?

>> THE WAY WE ENVISIONED IT SO FAR IS IT WOULD BE A STANDARD SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION. THE STREETS ARE DEDICATED TO THE CITY AND EVERYTHING IS DONE TO CITY STANDARD.

THERE WOULDN'T BE A NEED FOR AN HOA.

IT WOULDN'T BE A GATED COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE ENVISIONED SO FAR IS AN ACCESS ROAD COMING FROM B STREET WITH A CUL-DE-SAC AT THE END AND A CONNECTION TO THE MOORE'S CREEK LYNN -- LINEAR PARK AND THE 15 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS PLATTED AND SOLD TO INDIVIDUAL OWNERS.

MAYBE THE EXCEPTION -- >> WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT MAYBE THE EXCEPTION OF THE STORM WATER MANAGE -- MANAGEMENT THERE WOULDN'T BE A COMMON AREA.

THERE IS PROBABLY A NEED FOR SOME -- MAYBE THERE IS A NEED FOR SOME HOA TO MAINTAIN THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AREA.

>> WE ARE LOOKING FOR, WE LIKE TO ESTABLISH NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE LIKE TO GIVE THEM THEIR NAME IS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT BUILDS THE PRIDE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

MAYBE AN HOA IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT I WAS GOING FOR, BUT SOME TYPE OF IDENTIFICATION, SOME BRANDING THAT YOU BELONG -- YOU KNOW, YOU ARE PART OF THE OWNINGS,

OKAY -- THE OAKS, OKAY. >> DRIVING THROUGH AGAIN TODAY WE REALIZE THERE IS PROBABLY A NEED TO MEANDER THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT. YOU HAVE SOME REALLY NICE OAK TREES THERE. THAT'S ALT DIFFICULT -- A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT IT MAY WORK AROUND A COUPLE BIG ONES

IN PARTICULAR. >> IT IS A PRETTY PIECE OF

PROPERTY. >> IT REALLY IS.

>> IN ADDITION TO THAT, LOOK AT -- WELL, YOU WILL TALK TO THE CITY STAFF ABOUT DRAINAGE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL NEED A STORM WATER AREA.

WE HAVE CITY DRAINAGE. YOU ARE GOING TO DO CURB GUTTER PIPING TO CONNECT TO OUR SYSTEM WE ALREADY HAVE.

WE ARE TREATING OUR WATER IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

IF YOU ARE JUST ADDING TO IT -- NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR THE

ENGINEER, BUT -- >> HE IS AN ENGINEER SO HE

WILL TRY. >> WE HAVE DONE SOME PRELIMINARY PLANS FROM LOCAL ENGINEERS DOWN THERE.

OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD LIKE TO FIND SOMEBODY UP HERE AND PUT

SOME NUMBERS TOGETHER. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CONNECTING TO MOORE'S CREEK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

PEDESTRIANS? >> YES.

>> JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC.

>> IT IS ON THE SITE PLAN WE PROVIDED.

>> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON. >> YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT IS EXCITING TO SEE.

A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT WERE MENTIONED THAT ARE IMPORTANT. AS MUCH AS WE CAN THE LOCAL HIRING OF THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND THE SKILLED LABOR AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WOULD INSTILL A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY AND KNOWING THAT THE LOCAL LABOR AND FORCE HELPED PUT THAT TOGETHER.

YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING A MINUTE AGO AND I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT SETTING STANDARDS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, NAMING AND BRANDING, AND MAYBE THERE IS NOT A STRINGENT HOA, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS EXPLORATION OF MAYBE A LOOSER-TYPE HOA ASSOCIATION SO THERE IS SOME TYPE OF A STANDARD THAT WOULD BE MAINTAINED FOR THIS.

THESE WILL BE SHINY NEW OBJECTS AND LOOKING GOOD, AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO SET SOME STANDARDS OF WHAT THAT CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE SO THE VALUE CAN BE MAINTAINED.

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WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCE MECHANISM FOR THAT AND THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING SAFE AND CONSERVATIVE AND MODERATE, BUT YET AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO HOLD THE VALUE.

THE LONGER THEY STAY THERE IN THOSE PROPERTIES AND MAINTAIN THOSE PROPERTIES THE MORE WE WILL GET A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT AND THE INVESTMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE INVESTMENT AND INCREASE OF PROPERTY VALUES AROUND THAT.

THOSE ARE KEY THINGS IMPORTANT TO ME.

I HAVE ONE SMALL QUESTION. ON THE FIRST SLIDE YOU TALK ABOUT REPLATING. I AM NOT ANEN -- I AM NOT AN ENGINEER LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES.

HEAP ME WITH THAT. HELP ME WITH THAT.

WHAT IS THAT? WOULD THAT INCREASE IN THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT A GAP THAT IS THERE BETWEEN THE COST AND THE FINANCING.

WILL THIS REPLATING CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AND WHAT IS THAT?

>> YES, SIR. THIS IS CORY OWE GORMAN.

THE PLATTING IS THE SUBDIVIDING OF THE PROPERTY.

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE LOTS THAT EXIST AND AN OLD RIGHT OF WAY THAT SHOWS UP AS MEEM'S COURT THE RIGHT OF WAY IS SUB STANDARD TO THE CITY'S CURRENT REQUIREMENT OF I BELIEVE 50 OR 60-FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY FOR A LOCAL STREET.

WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS FILE A SUBDIVISION PLAT WITH THE CITY TO SHOW THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD ESTABLISH THOSE HOPEFULLY ALL 15 LOTS AND THE STREET AND ANY COMMON AREAS LIKE THE DRAINAGE IF WE DO NEED DRAINAGE.

THAT IS A PROCESS WITH THE CITY.

IT DOES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COSTS OF PROFESSIONAL FEES AND FILING FEES AND IT IS REPORTED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS.

>> THOSE FEES ARE IN OUR PROJECTED FEES FOR THAT AND IN

THE LAND COST FEES. >> SO THOSE COSTS HAVE ALL BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PROJECTIONS WE PRESENTED.

>> AND SO -- >> THANK YOU.

>> AND WOULD YOU BE GIVING OUT MEEM'S COURT, IS THAT WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING? HE SAID IT IS THERE ALREADY.

IS IT GOING TO BE USED BY -- DO YOU FOLLOW ME?

>> I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION. MOOME'S COURT IS A NARROW ROADWAY, MORE LIKE AN ALLEYWAY.

IT IS MEEM'S WAY. >> IT STOPS AT THE CREEK?

>> WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF MANEUVER BUILT FOR SERVICE VEHICLES TO GET UP AND DOWN THE WAY.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW IT CROSSED THE CREEK THERE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GASH -- >> QUICK QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR

WITH THAT. >> GO AHEAD.

>> MR. MIMMS, JUST TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR BECAUSE THAT IS A HISTORIC PART THAT CONNECT HAD MEME'S COURT, BUT MAYBE WE ARE MAKING IT LARGER AND KEEPING THE ROADWAY THERE AND IT WILL STEEL BE MEAN'S COURT?

>> YES, SIR. WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF DOING AWAY WITH THE ROAD.

WE NEED THE ROAD FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

WE ARE JUST GOING TO ENHANCE THE TRAVEL AREA AND MAKE SURE IT HAS PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVE TEE AS WELL.

>> I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. MEAN'S COURT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR THE HISTORY AND THE TIES TO THE COMMUNITY.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PERMITS AND IT IS NOT LEGAL TO FORGIVE THE PERMITS, RIGHT? DON'T WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS? THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WAIVING FEES.

>> WE DO NOT TYPICALLY WAIVE PERMIT FEES.

WE HAVE REDUCED AND WE HAVE WAIVED SITE DEVELOPMENT FEES, BUT NOT BUILDING PERMIT FEES. THE BUILDING OF FUNDING IS AN ENTERPRISE. WE CAN WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO WHO HAS WHAT RESPONSIBILITY.

WE WILL DIVEE THAT UP AS BEST AS WE CAN.

>> I WAS INFORMED THIS MORNING WORKING ON A PROJECT THAT WAS A PRO-BONO THING AND FEES WAS MY QUESTION ON THAT.

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BUT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IMPACTING THE SEWED LEGISLATION COMING OUT THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THAT IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS. THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME THIS MORNING WHICH WAS INTERESTING.

>> IMPACT FEES WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY AND THIS COMMISSION IS IN THE MIDST OF A MORATORIUM OF IMPACT FEES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE THE FPRA.

>> FORGOT ABOUT THAT. >> IT IS 29,000 A LOT?

>> COUNTY FEES ARE MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN THE CITY.

>> WE KNOW. WHEN PEOPLE COMPLAIN WE SAY GO TO SAINT SAINT LIEU -- ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND COMPLAIN.

>> I WANT TO REITERATE TOO WE TALKED ABOUT THE STREET MEAN'S COURT AND THE GENTLEMAN PROPOSING THE SITE AND I AM LOOKING AT THE AERIAL AND THERE ARE A LOT OF OAK TREE THERE'S AND SO IT IS GING -- GOING TO MEANDER.

IF YOU CAN DO THAT I WOULD BE A PROPONENT.

>> WE WANT TO SAVE THE TREE. >> I OWN A 1924 HOURS -- HOUSE IN DELRAY AND IT IS ALL ABOUT HISTORY.

>> I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT TOO.

OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WOULD YOU LIKE A MOTION ON THIS, MR. MIMMS?

>> YES. TODAY WAS ABOUT YOU ALL RECEIVING AND DIGESTING THE VISION AND THE CONCEPT AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD FROM HERE.

IF YOU ARE ALL ACCEPTABLE OF THIS CONCEPT WE SHALL CONTINUE OUR NEGOTIATION AND HOPE. LY ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT -- HOPEFULLY ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL BRING BACK TO THIS BOARD BEFORE MOVING FORWARD.

>> ALL RIGHT. ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

MOTION? >> I MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP WITH TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS HERE TODAY AND THE ITEMS THAT ARE

IMPORTANT TO US. >> RIGHT.

IS THERE A SECOND? >> I SECOND.

>> IS THAT ALSO TO START THE AGREEMENT PROCESS?

>> YES, IT IS. >> JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHTY.

CALL THE ROLE PLEASE. >> MR. J JOHNSON.

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

>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER PERONA.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> CHAIRWOMAN HUDSON.

>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU ALL VEF -- VERY MUCH.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO. IT.

[d. Sunrise Theatre Update]

>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE SUNRISE THEATER UPDATE.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> MR. MIMMS.

>> MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF THE SUNRISE THEATER, MS. SHARON ENGEL AND SHE WILL TELL US ABOUT OUR VERY CHALLENGING 2020 AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN 2021 WITH THE THEATER OPERATIONS. AND WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE SUNRISE THEATER ADVISORY BOARD HERE, I BELIEVE.

>> WE DO. REBECCA SHEAR.

IRSC IS HERE. MY STAFF IS ALSO HERE.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

WELCOME. WELCOME MS. ENGEL.

>> THANK YOU. PLEASE START THE

PRESENTATION. >> DID YOU UP LOAD IT?

>> I DID. >> I HAVE IT ON MY COMPUTER.

>> WHERE DID YOU UP LOAD IT? >> I I SAW IT ON THE AGENDA.

>> I PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, BUT DON'T DOWNLOAD IT TO THE

COMPUTER. >> CAN YOU PUT IN A THUMB

DRIVE? >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> DON'T BREAK ANYTHING, SHARON.

>> HERE? >> WE SHOULD HAVE A PC.

>> THAT TINY BOX THERE. >> BOBBIE IS COMING.

>> THE CALVARY IS COMING INTO -- TO THE RESCUE.

>> I WORK IN LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.

I GOT IT. I'M BETTER THAN I THOUGHT I

WAS. >> EVEN THE SOFTWARE IS

OPERATING. >> THERE WE GO.

I WANTED TO COME TODAY AND I WAS ASKED TO GIVE YOU AN OVER VIEW OF WHERE WE ARE SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED.

I AM HAPPY TO DO THAT. SINCE OPENING IN 2006, THE SUNRISE THEATER HAS SERVED AS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE AND BEEN THE CAT TAU -- CATALYST OF VEE -- REVITALIZATION.

AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER OF FORT PIERCE A FREQUENT SCHEDULE OF

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ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE ASSOCIATION FOR EVERY $1 SPENT ON A TICKET AT SMALL VENUES A TOTAL OF $12 IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IS GENERATED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO BRING AN ATTRACTIVE ASSET TO BUSINESSES MOVING INTO THE AREA THE SUNRISE THEATER BRINGS ADDITIONAL REVENUE BY ATTRACTING NEW, SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESSES TO LOCATE HERE. WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF KINGS LANDING DOWNTOWN WILL NOW HAVE A DESTINATION HOTEL FOR THEATER GOERS. THE DEVELOPER FOR THE RENAISSANCE ON THE RIVER BUILT THE UPSCALE CONDOMINIUM MIXED USE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY IN FORT PIERCE BECAUSE THE SUNRISE THEATER WAS ONE BLOCK AWAY.

WE CAN'T AFFORD TO OVER LOOK THE CRITICAL ROLE THE SUNRISE THEATER PLAYS IN THE GREATER ECONOMY OF OUR CITY, OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND FOR VISITORS AND SNOWBIRDS WHO COME TO STAY IN FORT PIERCE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

COVID-19, MARCH 2020. LIKE ALL PERFORMANCE VENUES, THE SUNRISE THEATER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO CLOSE AND WILL BE ONE OF THE LAST TO REOPEN DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

MARCH 12TH, 2020 THE DOORS WERE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AND OPERATIONS WHAT WAS PROVING TO BE A FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL SEASON CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT. WITH NO REAL FOREWARNING AND LIMITED INFORMATION ON WHAT TO EXPECT OR HOW LONG WE WOULD REMAIN CLOSED, THE INITIAL SHUTDOWN WAS ONLY SCHEDULED FOR TWO WEEKS. SHOWS WERE POSTPONED AND RESCHEDULED AND CANCELED. PATRONS STARTED TO LINEUP AT THE BOX OFFICE WINDOWS, CALLING, E-MAILING, INQUIRING ABOUT THE STATUS OF THEIR TICKETS.

THE BOX OFFICE BECAME OVERWHELMED WITH REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES OVERNIGHT. AS THE DAYS AND WEEKS PASSED, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE SHUTDOWN WOULD CONTINUE AND SHOWS NOT YET POSTPONED, MANY OF WHICH WERE RENTALS HAD TO BE ADDRESSED AND THE VICIOUS CYCLE CONTINUED OVER THE LAST 9 MONTHS. IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGED WE OFFERED DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, VIRTUAL STREAMING CONCERTS, COLORING CONTESTS FOR KIDS, PRE-RECORDED ACCUSE STICK MINI PERFORMANCES, GUITAR RAFFLES AND ONLINE FULL LENGTH PRE-RECORDED CONCERTS ALL TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS, A FULL SEASON OF -- A FULL SEASON SCHEDULE OF SHOWS HAD ALREADY BEEN PLANNED FOR WINTER 2020 AND SPRING OF 21. NOT ANTICIPATING THE PANDEMIC TO IMPACT US AS LONG AS IT HAS RNTION -- THOSE SHOWS WERE ANNOUNCED AND MEMBERSHIPS AND TICKETS WERE SOLD.

AS TIME WENT ON CALLS BEGAN TO COME IN FROM ARTIST REPRESENTATIVES AND THE RESCHEDULING PROCESS STARTED OVER AGAIN. ARTISTS WERE RE -- RESCHEDULE SCG MOST SHOWS HAVE MOVED TO 2022.

VENUE PROCEDURES, POLICIES CODES OF CONDUCT HAVE ALL BEEN REVISITED TO INCLUDE NEW HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR SAFE AND LEGAL OPERATIONS.

THIS HAS BEEN IN ADDITION TO NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF BOOKING AND CONTRACTING, BOX OFFICE AND TICKETING AND MARKETING AND FACILITIES AND MATH MAINTENANCE AND BOOK KEEPING. OUR COT SAVING MEASURES OVER THE PAST 9 MONTHS STARTED IN PAY WITH ONE FULL TIME POSITION AND OTHER TEMPORARY PART-TIME STAFF LAID OFF IN-- INDEFINITELY. REMAINING STAFF WORK MINIMAL HOURS AND MAINTAIN FURLOUGH DAYS THROUGH THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. ALL STAFF IS NOW UPSTAIRS IN THE OFFICES TO CLOSE THE MAIN PART OF THE BUILDING.

SERVICES TO THE BUILDING WERE EITHER TURNED OFF OR SET TO A MINIMUM, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT WAS POWERED OFF.

SERVICE CONTRACTS WERE EVALUATED AND EITHER REDUCED, PUT ON HOLD OR CANCELED, AND STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK MINIMAL HOURS. DURING THAT TIME IN JUNE WE ALSO OPENED UP THE BLACK BOX FOR 50% CAPACITY FOR COMEDY CORNER REQUIRING MASKS AND SIX FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING.

WE PURCHASED TABLES AND HAVE TABLE SEATING ONLY.

OUR BAR STAFF DOES TABLE SIDE SERVICE.

OUR 2021 SEASON CAMPAIGN AS MENTIONED STARTED IN JUNE AND SEASON TICKETS WENT ON SALE. WE ALSO DID VOLUNTEER AND PATRON SURVEYS TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS FEELING.

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INSURANCE AND UTILITIES COMBINED ARE 46% OF OUR FIXED EXPENSES. LIKE MOST BUSINESSES AT THIS TIME, SUNRISE THEATER IS GENERATING MINUTE -- MINIMAL REVENUE. FINANCIAL RELIEF IS EXPECTED BYWAY OF THE CARES ACT AND THE NEW STAFF OUR STAGES ACT.

AS WE HAVE TURNED INTO -- AS WEEKS HAVE TURNED INTO MONTHS WE ARE NOW IN THE NEW YEAR, 2021.

WE UTILIZED THIS TIME TO ALSO PREPARE FOR OUR REOPENING.

WE WILL OPEN DOORS FOR PERFORMANCES STARTING JANUARY 21 TS -- JANUARY 21ST.

THE PERFORMANCES WILL BE LIMITED 50% CAPACITY WITH THE NEW SAFETY PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.

WE WAIT TO SEE WHAT WILL BE RECEIVED FOR CARES ACT REIMBURSEMENT FOR HAND SANITIZERS AND MASKS AND GLOVES AND CLEANING PRODUCTS AND DISINFECTANTS AND ELECTROSTATIC SPRAYERS AND SIGNAGE AND PRINT AT HOME TICKETS AND TICKET SCANNING AND SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE, BIPOLAR IONIZATION AND TABLES FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING AND STANDS AND ROPES AND MORE. ALL NECESSARY ITEMS TO REOPEN SAFELY. UTILIZING THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER, THE SUNRISE THEATER DIRECTOR, I, ALONG WITH THE SUNRISE THEATER ADVISORY BOARD, STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL WORK TO DEVELOP A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE SAVE OUR STAGES ACT IS THE LIFELINE FOR ALL SMALL VENUES IN THE COUNTRY. THE SAVE OUR STAGES ACT WAS PASSED AS THE LATEST COVID-19 RELIEF PASSAGE.

IT PROVIDES $15 BILLION IN RELIEF TO THE LIVE EVENTS INDUSTRY. THE GRANT PROGRAM WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND THE FUNDS DO NOT HAVE TO BE REPAID.

THE GRANT APPLICATION PERIOD IS SET TO START IN THE BEGINNING OF APRIL IN THREE STAGES.

EACH IS 14 DAYS. THE SUNRISE THEATER IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY IN THE FIRST STAGE.

WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF THE SOS GRANT? THE INITIAL GRANT AMOUNT IS EQUAL TO 45% OF 2019'S GROSS EARNED REVENUE. FOR THE SUNRISE THEATER THAT AMOUNT IS OVER $1 MILLION. THE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT IS FUNDS REMAIN ARE DISTRIBUTED AND AN EQUAL TO THE ADDITIONAL GRANT MONEY MAY BE AWARDED IN -- TO ENTITIES STILL EXPERIENCING 70% EARNED REVENUE LOSS WHEN COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2021 WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2019.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE INITIAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS AWARDED MAY NOT EX-- EXCEED $10 MILLION.

I WANTED TO PUT UP ALSO A SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE CURRENT. WE CONTINUALLY GET PHONE CALLS FOR RENTAL SPACE FOR THE SUNRISE THEATER AND ARE CONTINUALLY ADDING TO OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE.

THIS IS OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE AS OF UP TO JUNE.

WE HAVE SOME SHOWS SCHEDULE THROUGH JUNE THAT ARE WREN -- RENTALS AND DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PUT THEM IN.

THE MAJORITY ARE RENTALS SO IT IS NO RISK TO SUNRISE THEATER, NO FINANCIAL RISK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE SUNRISE THEATER. THE GEM AND THE CULTURAL CROWN OF FORT PIERCE AND ENTIRE TREASURE COAST.

MUSIC AND THE ARTS MAKE A BRIDGE ACROSS THE WORLD THE WAYS NOTHING ELSE CAN. THANK YOU.

>> SO IT IS NICE TO SEE THE SUNRISE THEATER WHICH I

HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONGTIME. >> I DO HAVE A SHORT VIDEO WHICH IS PART OF COMMUNICATION EFFORTS BETWEEN THE SUNRISE THEATER AND OUR COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT WHEN THEY COME TO SUNRISE AND

I WOULD LOVE TO SHOW THAT. >> SURE.

>> HERE I GO AGAIN. >> I AM SHARON ENGEL, THE

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OUR TEAM IS USING THE LATEST CDC RECOMMEND -- RECOMMENDED PROTOCOLS TO SANITIZE THE FACILITY BEFORE YOU ARRIVE.

WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE THE THEATER ENJOYING YOUR FAVORITE SHOW WE WILL STILL BE OUTSIDE DISINFECTING SURFACES THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. BEFORE AND AFTER EACH EVENT WE DISINFECT ALL COMMON SPACES, SEATED AREAS AND CONCESSION SPACES THOROUGHLY AND MAIN STAGING AREAS, LOBBIES, BATHROOMS AND THE THEATER. WE USE THE SAME PROFESSIONAL INDUSTRIAL SPRAYER USED IN HOSPITALS, LARGE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES, LARGE OFFICE SPACES, SHOPPING MALLS, FOOD COURTS AND ARENAS WORLDWIDE. THIS MACHINE IS A COMMERCIAL AND HOSPITAL GRADE DISINFECTANT KILLING 99.9% OF HARMFUL BACTERIA. IT IS AN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE, 100% BIODEGRADABLE. HOLD ON TO YOUR DEVICE FOR SCAN. FACE COVERINGS ARE REQUIRED INSIDE. IF YOU FORGET TO BRING YOURS, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ONE.

YOU WILL FIND HAND SANITIZER STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE LOBBY AND FOR YOUR COMFORT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS THE LOBBY OPENS. WE ARE LIMITING CAPACITY TO 50% SO YOU WILL HAVE EXTRA SPACE TO ENJOY THE SHOW.

SOON YOU WILL NOTICE ON YOU FRESH THE AIR IS AS WE HAVE A COMPLETE IONIZATION PROGRAM. IT GOES BEYOND AIR PURIFICATION AND IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM AVAILABLE FOR OUR SPACE.

BEVERAGE SERVICE IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE LOBBY.

THERE WILL BE ROPES AND GENTLE REMINDERS TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. IN THE NEAR FUTURE, MOBILE ORDERING WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.

THE SUNRISE THEATER IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A HEALTHY AND COMFORTABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF OUR PATRONS AND VOLUNTEERS. WE NEED YOU TO DO YOUR PART TOO. WE WILL BE REMINDING YOU VIA E BLAST OF THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING HOME IF YOU HAVE FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS OR IF YOU HAVE BEEN RECENTLY EXPOSED TO COVID-19. WHEN YOU ARE UP AND ABOUT AT THE THEATER, BE MINDFUL TO GIVE OTHERS PLENTY OF SPACE TO AVOID CROWDING AND CONTINUE TO WEAR YOUR MASK.

STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WILL BE HERE TO ASSIST YOU IF YOU NEED ANYTHING DURING THE VISIT. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STAFF, THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE SUNRISE THEATER FAMILY.

WE -- WELCOME BACK. >> KIND OF CHEESY.

THOSE ARE THE SORT OF EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON GOING SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED TO TRY AND NOT JUST -- YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. IN OUR BUSINESS IN THE INDUSTRY YOU WORK A YEAR AHEAD. SO WHILE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE YEAR YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN. WHILE PREPARING FOR WHAT WAS COMING UP THE NEXT WEEK AND THE NEXT MONTH AND ENVISIONING WHAT WAS GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT YEAR WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT. AND IT THREW EVERYTHING INTO A FRENZY. WITH HUNDREDS OF THAT -- HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF REFUNDS AND WHAT IT TOOK FOR OUR STAFF AND A VERY SMALL STAFF AND VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME TO HANDLE I THINK ALONG WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT WE DID A GREAT JOB. WE OFFERED GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND OUR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PATRONS WAS

OUTSTANDING. >> YES, I THINK IT WAS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT HAVE I BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE SUNRISE THEATER ALL YEAR LONG BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE. SOMETIMES YOU DON'T NOTICE

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>> SUNRISE THEATER, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS PAID ITS DUES, OUT THERE TRYING TO GET FOLKS TO HAVE PEOPLE DISCOVER THE THEATER. YOUR MOMENTUM WAS BUILDING TO A CRAW SHEEN DOUGH UNTIL THIS HAPPENED.

IT WAS HEARTBREAKING FOR THAT.

IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING AND I AM YOUR NEW BOARD MEMBER AND I CAN'T WAIT.

WHAT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING IS WE ARE REDEFINING EVERYTHING. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HUDDLING IN THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE -- OR A THOUSAND PEOPLE INTO A SMALL AREA LIKE THAT WHERE IT MAKES IT COZY AND YOUR FAVORITE MUSICIAN OR THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IS HAPPENING, THAT'S PART OF OUR CULTURE.

I MEAN, EVER SINCE I WAS A KID THAT WAS THE THING TO DO.

WE JUST HAVE TO OPEN OUR MINDS UP THAT IT WILL CHANGE IN SOME FORM OR INFORMATION -- FASHION.

IT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE A YEAR OR TWO YEARS, BUT IT WILL TAKE AWHILE TO GET BACK TO WHAT THE NEW NORMAL IS.

ON YOUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED THESE THINGS AND THEY ARE THERE, BUT WAS THAT A MASSIVE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE?

>> THE MAJORITY OF IT I BELIEVE HAS ALREADY BEEN FUNDED BY THE CARES ACT. I GOT WORD TODAY THEY REIMBURSED -- I THINK THE TOTAL COST FOR MOST EVERYTHING WAS $12,000. WE DO HAVE A EXPENDITURE ON THE BIPOLAR IONIZATION THAT HASN'T BEEN COVERED YET WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL $20,000. WHEN WE LOOKED AT BIPOLAR IONIZATION AND THOSE TYPES OF SYSTEMS, THEY WERE $60,000 AND $70,000. AS THE MONTHS WENT ON THOSE PRICES GOT LESS AND LESS. WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT AT A THIRD OF WHAT WE ORIGINALLY LOOKED AT IT FOR.

WE ARE LOOKING TO GET REIMBURSED WITH THE SAVE OUR STAGES ACT WHICH I BELONG TO THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUES ASSOCIATION. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO TRY TO GET THIS ACT BEFORE CONGRESS TO GET VOTED ON SINCE THE SUMMER. FINALLY IT GOT PUT INTO THE RELIEF PACKAGE OF THE LATEST COVID RELIEF PACKAGE.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, IT IS THE LIFELINE.

WHEN I TELL YOU IT IS THE LIFELINE, IT IS REALLY THE LIFELINE FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT VENUES IN THE COUNTRY. WE ARE POSITIONED WELL ESPECIALLY GOING IN IN THE FIRST STAGE TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING WE NEED. IT IS SPECIFICALLY TO HELP US WITH WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PAST 9 AND 10 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, FOR PAYROLL, FOR COVID-19 EXPENSES, FOR UTILITIES, FOR VENUES THAT HAVE RENT AND MORTGAGES.

IT IS A PRETTY BROAD BASE YOU CAN USE THAT MONEY FOR.

WHILE THERE ARE CRITERIA I THINK IT IS GOING TO HELP US GET TO WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN BREATHE AGAIN.

QUITE FRANKLY WE HAVE REALLY ALL OF US TIGHTENED -- WE WORKED SO WELL TOGETHER AS A SMALL STAFF AND HAVE BEEN REALLY BUDGET CONSCIOUS KNOWING THAT WE ARE NOT BRINGING IN A LOT OF REVENUE. WE HAVE HAD SOME REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENTS. SOME OF OUR COMEDY CORNER.

THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WAS ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.

WE HAD TWO OF THOSE AND THEY WERE SOLDOUT.

IF I HAD MORE DATES AROUND HALLOWEEN I WOULD HAVE DONE MORE. THIS IS GOING TO PULL US OUT OF THE HOLE AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREATHE AND BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON A STRATEGIC PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

>> SO YOUR INDUSTRY BASICALLY IS REALLY TRYING TO PAVE A WAY, BLAZE A TRAIL, TO GET BACK INTO THE BUSINESS.

>> RIGHT. >> FOLKS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THEY CAN ATTEND THESE THINGS AND BE SAFE. WE ARE WRITING THE PROTOCOLS RIGHT NOW SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING.

>> THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE FOR THE VIDEO.

IT IS TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING TO KEEP YOU SAFE.

>> REASSURANCE. SO THE ADVOCACY MUST HAVE BEEN

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NEXT ROUND I THINK. >> SEND YOURS TO ME AND I WILL

FORWARD IT. >> YEAH, FEED IT THROUGH.

>> MADAM MAYOR? >> YES, SIR.

>> HOW MANY REQUESTS HAVE YOU HAD FOR THE RENTAL? I AM LOOKING AT THE LIST, AND THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, HAVE THERE BEEN A LOT? IT SEEMS LIKE FOLKS WOULD BE REACHING OUT BECAUSE THEY WANT A VENUE AND SPREAD OUT AND WE

HAVE 1200 SEATS TO DO THAT. >> WELL, WE HAVE HAD A LOT.

HOWEVER, THE ARTIST HAS TO BE WILLING TO TRAVEL.

MAINLY WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS TRIBUTE ACTS.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND A WHOLE LOT OF NATIONAL ARTISTS THAT ARE TRAVELING AND TOURING.

PART OF THAT IS THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PUT A FULL TOUR TOGETHER TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

OTHERWISE THE PROMOTERS ARE FLYING THEM IN FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO DO A ONE OFF AND IT DOESN'T MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE FOR A PROMOTER TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT COSTS TOO MUCH. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF INQUIRIES ABOUT RENTALS. SOMETIMES THE DATES DON'T WORK. SOMETIMES WE TRY AND WORK ON THE FUNDING PART AS FAR AS RENT AND OUR COSTS, BUT THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF INQUIRIES AND SOMETIMS IT DOESN'T WORK OUT.

>> FROM EVEN THE LOCAL VENUES? LET'S SAY THERE WAS A -- I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT KIND OF EVENT WOULD WANT TO RENT THE FACILITY. BUT A RENTAL FACILITY --

>> LIKE GRADUATIONS AND THINGS.

>> PRIVATE SCHOOL OR SOMETHING.

>> WE HAVE JOHN CAROL'S GRADUATION OF COURSE IS GOING TO BE HERE. WE ARE GETTING READY TO HAVE THE OCEAN VILLAGE IS DOING THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN MARCH. WE HAVE THE SAINT LUCY CHAMBER WILL BE DOING AN AWARD SHOW AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER ONE I AM FORGETTING. WE GET CONSTANT INQUIRIES, BUT WE ARE ALSO IN COMPETITION WITH OTHER VENUES THAT ARE SMALLER AND LESS EXPENSIVE AS WELL.

>> WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR STAFF SNG IF YOU HAD 500 SEATS THAT WERE GOING TO BE RENTED OUT FOR A VENUE, WHAT DOES IT TAKE

WITH YOUR STAFF? >> DEPENDS ON THE EVENT ITSELF, IF THERE ARE PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS.

DO WE NEED TO CALL IN -- I MEAN WE HAVE A BASE CREW OF THREE PEOPLE. ONE HAS TO RUN LIGHTS AND ONE HAS TO RUN SOUND AND ONE HAS TO HELP WITH WHATEVER NEEDS ARE BACK STAGE AND ON STAGE. IN FRONT OF HOUSE WE HAVE OUR BOX OFFICE AND A HOUSE MANAGER. WE REALLY RELY HEAVILY ON OUR VOLUNTEER USHERS. RIGHT NOW OUT OF 250 USHERS VOLUNTEERS WE ARE DOWN TO PROBABLY 20 THAT FEEL SAFE ENOUGH AND COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO COME INTO THE VENUE.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HAVING TO DO ALL OF OUR EVENTS COMING UP. SO IT DEPENDS, COMMISSIONER, ON WHAT TYPE OF EVENT IT IS FOR THE OCEAN VILLAGE -- FOR THEIR MEETING WE WILL HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, ONE ON LIGHTS AND SOUND AND MAYBE A STAFF OF FIVE.

THAT'S JUST OUR REGULAR STAFF.

WE WILL PROBABLY JUST CALL IN A COUPLE OTHERS.

>> MAKES SENSE. >> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON, DO

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS AND MAYBE ONE SMALL QUESTION. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND UPDATE.

FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING IN THE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES TO MAINTAIN AND THINK WE 8 TIFFLY.

CREATIVELY. IF I UNDERSTAND YOU RIGHT, THE SOS GRANT IS LOOKING TO COME ONLINE IN APRIL, CORRECT?

>> THE GRANT APPLICATION PERIOD BEGINS IN APRIL.

>> RIGHT. WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO LOOK AT THAT AND LOBBY BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE WILL BE OTHER LIVE STAGES THEN.

IF ALL GOES WELL, WE ARE ANTICIPATING MAYBE BRINGING IN OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE PERHAPS WOULD QUALIFY FOR.

RIGHT? JUST TO BE CLEAR?

>> RIGHT. PRELIMINARY -- PRELIMINARILY WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED AND I AM WORKING WITH FINANCE AND GETTING INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH AND

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THAT WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR.

>> RIGHT. OKAY.

SO I GUESS WITH ALL OF THE CREATIVITY THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT AND THE RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES HAS THERE BEEN A LOOK AT ANY TYPE OF VIRTUAL-TYPE PROGRAMMING? I HAVE SEEN VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT MAYBE HAVE GOTTEN CREATIVE AND THEY FOUND WAYS TO ENGAGE THEIR AUDIENCES OR PATRONS THROUGH VIRTUAL TYPE ENGAGEMENTS.

HAS THAT COME UP IN ANY STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE SUNRISE? AND HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT TO MAYBE BRING IN OPPORTUNITY OR REVENUE?

>> WE HAVE DONE SOME VIRTUAL TYPES OF PROGRAMMING.

WE DID OFFER 12 WEEKS OF VIRTUAL SHOWS.

THERE IS A NEW SHOW EVERY SUNDAY.

IT WAS PROVIDED FREE TO US SO WE PROVIDED IT FREE TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. WE DID DO THE FIRST WEAN OF JANUARY AND END OF -- FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY AND END OF DECEMBER IT WAS A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

IT WAS GEARED TOWARD THE ASSISTED LIVING, A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY -- HOLIDAYS WAS THE NAME.

IT WAS A PAY PER VIEW EVENT. I HAVEN'T GOT THE NUMBERS BACK ON THAT YET TO SEE WHAT WE ACTUALLY DID MAKE, BUT IN TERMS OF US PRODUCING ANY KINDS OF VIRTUAL STREAMING OR CONTENT, IT OPENS A WHOLE NEW SOURCE OF FINANCIAL EXPENSE AS WELL. WE FELT WITH THE ENDEAVORS WE ALREADY MADE INTO PROVIDING TWO VIRTUAL CONCERTS AND SOME PRE-RECORDED MINI CONCERTS THAT WE DID DO OURSELVES, THAT IT IS NOT COST EFFECTIVE FOR US TO DO THAT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. THOSE ARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS. THE EXPIR RATION OF THE -- THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXERCISE IS ONE THAT -- SOUNDS LIKE HAVE YOU GONE THROUGH AND CURRENTLY ARE DOING OR HAVE DONE OR MAYBE CONTINUE TO DO. JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION, WHEN YOU OFFER THE FREE VIRTUAL PLATFORMS, WAS THERE A GENTLE ASK FOR PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE IF THEY WOULD LIKE, IF THEY FELT GENEROUS OR WANTED TO SUSTAIN THE EFFORTS? I HAVE A FLASH FLASHBACK TO PBS.

IT WAS SOMETHING I SIGNED UP FOR A LONGTIME AGO.

I STILL GET E-MAILS ASKING ME TO DONATE.

I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS A SOFT ASK FOR THOSE THAT CAN

CONTRIBUTE? >> ABSOLUTELY A SOFT AND A HARD ASK. COMMISSIONER, IF YOU ARE ON OUR E-BLAST LIST WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU SEE THOSE ASKS AS THEY COME THROUGH. WE DO CONSTANTLY -- WE DON'T WANT TO BOMBARD OUR PATRONS AND OUR CONSTITUENTS WITH ALWAYS JUST ASKING, SO WE FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT AND I THINK THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE FEELS IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE A COMMUNITY THEATER AS WELL AS PROVIDE WORLD CLASS ENTERTAINMENT. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO BE LOOKED AT AS A COMMUNITY THEATER FOR ALL OF FORT PIERCE.

>> OKAY. YEAH.

MAYBE I MISSED THAT. ABSOLUTELY.

PLEASE INCLUDE ME ON THAT, AND MAKE SURE WE GET THE THE -- THE CORRECT COMMISSIONER. IT IS THE J JOHNSON.

>> THE HARD ASK TO JAY JOHNSON.

>> I JUST RECEIVED AN E-MAIL AT 6:00 ON THE DOT WHILE WE ARE SITTING HERE SO THAT WAS FOUR MINUTES AGO.

I JUST RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM SUNRISE THEATER ON OUR CITY.

>> THAT WASN'T PLANNED. >> AT LEAST THEY SENT IT TO

THE RIGHT JOHNSON. >> MARKETING IS MARKETING.

THAT'S RIGHT IT WAS TO THE CORRECT JOHNSON, MR. JOHNSON.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE -- IS IT THE ADVISORY BOARD THAT COMMISSIONER PERONA IS NOW ASSIGNED TO?

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>> WE HAVEN'T. WE ARE KIND OF IN A SPOT WHERE WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS.

WE ARE WAITING FOR THOSE SEATS TO BE FILLED THAT THE

COMMISSION IS TO APPOINT. >> RIGHT.

MR. SWEENEY, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THERE.

IS THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE IN A MEETING FOR A COMMITTEE MEETING AND IN ORDER FOR A

SCORE RUM? >> FOR A SUBCOMMITTEE?

>> TYPICALLY, YES. EVEN THOUGH A SUBCOMMITTEE IS BOUND BY SUNSHINE LAW. IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS FIVE IT

IS A CORUM OF THREE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THREE. >> FIVE MEMBERS APPOINTED

CURRENTLY OUT OF SAY EIGHT -- >> THERE ARE 12 VACANT -- THERE IS PROBABLY LIKE FIVE OR SIX VACANCIES RIGHT NOW.

>> THERE'S A LOT. >> I THINK THERE IS EIGHT.

>> I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT KNOWING THE FULL MAKE UP.

BUT YOU NEED A MAJORITY TO HAVE A QUOROM AND IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE ITSELF WOULD COME TO THAT.

>> IF THERE ARE VACANCIES IT IS HOW MANY PEOPLE --

>> IT GOES BACK TO THE WORDING OF HOW THE ACTUAL BOARD WAS CREATED. THE DEFAULT RULE IS OF THE ACTUAL COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OR THE COMMITTEE AND NOT TYPICALLY OF WHO SHOWS UP. YOU COULD DEFEAT SCORE -- QUORUM BY SAYING IF THREE PEOPLE SHOW UP IT IS TWO.

>> I THINK IT IS WHICH COMMISSIONER'S FAULT AND MAYBE EVEN MY FAULT YOU DON'T HAVE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

I WANTED TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION AND WANTED TO KNOW -- I WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU AND FROM THE COMMISSION WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE -- ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SERVING ON IT AND ARE THEY WANTING TO SERVE AGAIN? IS IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST?

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR. >> THAT BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FOLKS, AND OBVIOUSLY JUST NOT ANYBOD. MAYBE YOU SHOULD TELL US WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD BOARD MEMBER FOR THE SUNRISE THEATER KNOWING THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT OUR TASKS ARE COMING UP. MAYBE YOU CAN HELP US.

WE KNOW ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT THIS PERSON WILL FIT OR THIS OR THAT. ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M ON IT I WOULD LIKE THOSE FOLKS TO BE TALENTED AND EXPERIENCED IN SOME FORM OR FASHION THAT IS GOING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO MOVE US FORWARD. TELL US WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING

FOR. >> WELL, I THINK THAT WHAT WE NEED MOVING FORWARD ARE PEOPLE WITH VISION.

THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT A BOARD MEMBER THAT IS -- I'M SORRY.

YOU CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD. >> I DO THAT A LOT.

>> THIS IS YOUR WARM UP SESSION.

>> I GUESS. >> WELL, MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT -- SO YOU HAVE A CURRENT BOARD AND SOME OF THEM PROBABLY WANT TO COME BACK.

THEY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED AND I KNOW AT LEAST ONE WHO THOUGHT HE WAS DROPPED OFF AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT, AND -- HE WASN'T. IT IS JUST THAT -- SO I JUST WANT TO -- I'M WITH COMMISSIONER PERONA AND WE WANT -- WE THINK -- AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR OUR BOARDS NOW. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK WHAT YOU DO AS AN ADVISORY BOARD IS YOU GETT TO SAY I WANT TO HEAR THE BEATLES TRIBUTE BAND AND I WANT IT ON THIS DAY. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU -- WHAT YOUR ADVISORY BOARD DOES.

MAYBE YOU CAN JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND

WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. >> WELL, OUR ADVISORY BOARD ARE OUR EYES AND EARS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY ARE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT -- HOW THE COMMUNITY SEES US AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS FROM US.

I THINK A GOOD ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER IS ONE THAT HAS A WHOLE COMMUNITY IN MIND AND NOT JUST WHO THEY WANT TO SEE.

IT IS NOT ABOUT WHO IS COMING TO THE SUNRISE THEATER OR HOW WE GET -- HOW WE PROGRAM. WE ARE A YEAR-ROUND VENUE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE FOCUS ON THE SEASON.

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WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR US AS A VENUE AND FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AS A COMMUNITY. I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PARTNER WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVEN'T TAPPED INTO IN THE PAST. I WANT THE BROAD THINKING MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT AND IDEAS ON THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES ON HOW TO WORK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

>> COMMISSIONER PERONA. >> AND I IMAGINE DIVERSITY IN AGE AND MARKET AND TASTE AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS.

>> ABSOLUTELY. IT NEEDS TO BE A WELL-ROUNDED

-- >> THE MAYOR AND I MAY WANT TO SEE A BEATLES THING OR SOMEBODY FROM THE 70S, BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO -- THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO HIT ALL MARKETS. WE WANT SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. I TELL YOU, IN THE PAST YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

IT IS GOING TO BE INCOME -- INCOUPLE BENT UPON US TO HELP YOU MAN THOSE POSTS AND HELP YOU WITH THAT SO WE HAVE A

BEST PRODUCT. >> AND YOU ALSO HAVE SLOTS --

DON'T HAVE YOU CERTAIN SLOTS? >> WE HAVE CERTAIN SLOTS THAT ARE RESTRICTED TO SAINT LUCY COUNTY AND CITY OF FORT PIERCE RESIDENTS AND THEN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.

>> MAYOR, IF I MAY? >> YES.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS WAITING FOR APPOINTMENTS AND BASED ON YOUR PRIOR DISCUSSION THIS IS SCHEDULED TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE FEBRUARY 8TH CONFERENCE AGENDA. I WILL HAVE THOSE APPLICATIONS AND IF ANY NEW APPLICATIONS ARE OUT THERE --

>> WE WILL KNOW THE ONES WHO WANT TO COME BACK.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE -- THERE'S TO THE TOO MANY COMING BACK. I THINK THE REASON THERE ARE SO MANY VACANCIES IS THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT COULD NO LONGER SERVE WHICH IS WHY SHE IS HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE SCORE RUM. THEY ARE JUST NOT IN THE SLOTS

ANY LONGER. >> SO IN FEBRUARY WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN WE WILL TRY TO GET ON -- MOVE THAT

QUICKLY. >> MADAM MAYOR, IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS WITH I GUESS THE CITY COMMISSION TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MEET? IS IT GOING TO BE IN PERSON VIRTUALLY OR WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU NEED FROM THE CITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT? IT MIGHT BE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF A SUBCOMMITTEE, LIKE A MARKETING GROUP THAT CAN TAKE ON A ZOOM-TYPE MEETING IF YOU HAVE OOM LICENSES AVAILABLE OR WHAT IS THAT, WHATEVER

RESOURCES. >> I THINK YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE THREE -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PHYSICAL SCORE RUM --

PHYSICAL QUORUM. >> A MARKETING GROUP.

>> AS YOU KNOW, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, THE LEGISLATURE WILL BE MEETING BY THEN AND MAYBE THEY CAN CHANGE THE

LAW. >> THAT WOULD BE NICE.

>> THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM.

>> SUNSHINE DOES NOT APPLY TO THEM.

>> I IMAGINE YOU WILL BE WITH US IN FEBRUARY.

WAS THAT YOUR PLAN TO BE BACK IN FEBRUARY?

>> NO, IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT OUR PLAN.

WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU AN UPDATE AND JUST TELL YOU WHAT WAS GOING ON. YOU EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO KNOW HOW THE SUNRISE WAS GOING, HOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK WE HAVE A PLAN OF ATTACK TO MOVE FORWARD IN 2021 AS FAR AS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SUNRISE ADVISORY BOARD, THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU BASED ON YOUR APPLICATIONS.

I THINK YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO A CITY COMMISSION MEETING

INSTEAD OF CONFERENCE AGENDA. >> SINCE WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION TODAY, THIS KIND OF , I THINK, TAKES THE PLACE OF IT. DO YOU AGREE?

>> I DO. >> WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO OURSELVES, THE CITY COMMISSIONER THAT WE ADDRESSED -- WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN FEBRUARY.

>> WE WILL DO THE APPLICATIONS ON THE THE FIRST CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND 10 APPOINTMENTS ON THE -- AND

THEN APPOINTMENTS IN A MONTH. >> SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

>> A RECOMMENDATION BY THIS BOARD.

>> MADAM CHAIR? >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR TOO, ARE WE STILL ALLOWING FOR THAT BOARD MEMBER TO CONSTITUTE AND CAN WE GET IN WRITING SO THAT AS I AM REVIEWING THESE THINGS OR LOOKING AT THESE THINGS WHO IS SUGGESTING AND WE CAN VET

THAT? >> YOU CAN SHARE WHAT ALL OF US -- THE DOCUMENT YOU SHARED WITH ME THAT WAS THE DESCRIPTION -- THE FORMATION OF THE ADVISORY BOARD AND THEN

I DON'T KNOW. >> WOULD YOU WANT MORE THAN

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THAT? >> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

>> AND FOR ALL OF US THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

>> MADAM MAYOR, MAYBE MS. COX HAS IN SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS SOMETIMES THERE IS BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

I AM NOT SURE. YOU TALK ABOUT IF YOU ARE A CONTRACTOR FOR BOARD OF LICENSING, BUT MAYBE YOU CANDICE SEEM NATE THAT AND THEN GET A SENSE.

>> GOOD. >> ALL OF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THAT'S WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR.

>> GREAT. >> ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD

LIKE TO ADD? >> NO.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR CONSTANT EFFORTS TO JUST SUPPORT ME AND MY STAFF AT THE SUNRISE. WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> WELL, SOMETIMES IT IS TOUGH BEING OFF CAMPUS.

YOU ARE OVER THERE BY YOURSELF , SO MAYBE YOU DON'T FEEL YOU ARE PART OF THIS FAMILY, BUT YOU ARE PART OF THIS FAMILY.

>> I WILL SAY SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED WE FEEL MORE AND MORE LIKE PART OF THE FAMILY WHICH IS A PRETTY AWESOME FEELING. IF IT IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND IT CAN PULL US ALTOGETHER.

>> WE JUST WENT THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLANNING AND I VENTURE TO SAY SUNRISE THEATER WAS MENTIONED AT LEAST A

HUNDRED TIMES. >> GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

>> ALL READS GO THROUGH -- I MEAN WE START TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN AND THE ECONOMIC VISION AND SUNRISE IS ONE OF THE BIG ENGINES THAT MAKES IT ALL HAPPEN.

>> COMMISSIONER IF I CAN JUST SAY THERE ARE LOTS OF CHALLENGES, BUT EVEN MORE SO THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SUNRISE THEATER TO REALLY PROVE WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE.

>> YOU CERTAINLY HAVE PROVED IT BY THE ABSENCE IN A WAY.

PEOPLE HAVE FELT THE ABSENCE. RIGHT? YOU NEVER ARE VALUED UNTIL YOU ARE NOT THERE ANY LONGER.

ALSO WHAT WE SAID IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING WAS THAT WE FELT THE WHOLE STAFF HAD COME TOGETHER AND IT IS A VERY, VERY COOPERATIVE, SUPPORTIVE WAY DURING THE PANDEMIC.

ALL OF THE EPT PRIZE -- ENTERPRISE FUNDS WERE INCLUDED IN THAT. GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION OF CODE

[e. Discussion of Code Enforcement Programs to address slum and blight in the community.]

COMMUNITY. >> MR. MIMMS.

>> YES, MA'AM. MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WE HAVE OUR CODE COMPLIANCE MANAGER THAT WILL GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF HER ACTIVITIES IN THE FPRA BOUNDARIES AND HOW WE WILL PRO ACTIVELY INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION AND ACTIVITIES TO RENEW AND RE-- RELIGHT -- REVITALIZE. I WILL ALLOW PEGGY TO GET

GOING. >> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT YOU YESTERDAY AND TODAY.

WELCOME. >> ACTUALLY I SAW HER ON THE

NEWS THIS MORNING. >> I SAW THAT TOO.

>> IT WAS ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD.

THIS IS JUST A BRIEF, BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE DOING. YOU HAVE SEEN HOW IT IS MOVING ALONG WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. A QUICK UPDATE ON THE CLEAN AND SAFE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE.

THE NEW PROGRAM STARTED OCTOBER 1ST.

IN THAT TIME WE HAD THREE NEW CASES AND SECURED TWO STRUCTURES AND WE HAVE ADDRESSED 24 NONOPERATIVE VEHICLES. TWO AND -- AND THAT'S HOW MANY OPTIONS WE HAVE TAKEN FOR CSI-RELATED EVENTS.

AND THEN JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

IT IS ALL LAID OUT IN OUR CITY ORDINANCES.

BASICALLY IT IT SAYS IF YOU STICK TO THE BOLDED PARTS IF A NUISANCE HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED, THE CITY HAS IT ABATED. WHEN IT IS ABATED IT BECOMES A LIEN. THE LIEN IS ENFORCEABLE AS A TAX LIEN. WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT DOES NOT EXPIRE. CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS EXPIRE AFTER 20 YEARS WHERE NUISANCE ABATEMENT LIENS DO NOT EXPIRE. THEY ARE CONSIDERED A TAX LIEN. AND THEN OUR ORDINANCE SAYS IT CAN BE FORECLOSED ON AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO. SO WHAT AM I DOING? RIGHT NOW I AM TRYING TO IDENTIFY PARCELLS OF LAND THAT EXIST WITH THE LIENS AND IDENTIFY PARCELLS WITH FUTURE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOP -- DEVELOPMENT AND ADJOIN WITH

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WE HAVE MANY, MANY LOTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE FPRA AREA THAT ARE NON-CON FORMERRING.

NONCONFORMING. THEY ARE NOT BUILDABLE EVEN SOME OF THE LOTS. THEY HAVE THE LEEPS -- LIENS AND THERE IS FUTURE USE. I AM NOT LOOKING FOR THE SINGLE LOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOCK BY ITSELF UNLESS THERE IS INTEREST FROM A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.

ONCE WE DO THAT WE DO A LIEN SEARCH AND THAT'S THE PROCESS. WE ARE TARGETING SPECIFIC AREAS WITH THE HIGH NUMBER OF VACANT LOTS.

I AM NOT LOOKING FOR THE SINGLE LOT.

AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT WITH THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS IS ONCE WE FORECLOSE ON IT AND IT BECOMES IN THE NAME OF THE CITY WE CAN FORGIVE THE LIENS. WE CAN ERASE THE LIENS.

THAT IS THE DETERRENT TO A LOT OF THE LOTS SITTING THERE.

AND THERE ARE 15 TO 20 LIENS ON THEM.

WITH THE FORECLOSURE WE CAN TAKE POSSESSION AND GET RID OF THE LIENS. IF POSSIBLE WE CAN REPLOT THEM AND COMBINE THEM AND THEY CAN BE PUT IN THE LAND TRUST OR PUT OUT AS SURPLUS LAND AND PUT IN THE LANDS OF THE DEVELOPER WHO CAN DEVELOP IT SIMILAR TO MOORE'S CREEK.

>> THAT'S WHY A LOT OF THESE ARE IDLE.

WHO WANTS TO BUY IT AND THEN PAY ALL THE LIENS.

WE ARE DOING THEM A FAVOR IF WE FORECLOSE.

>> WE ARE. THAT'S WHY I UNDER LINED THE NEXT SENTENCE. THE GOAL IS TO TAKE THE UNUSED FINANCIALLY BURDENED PROPERTIES AND FIND WAYS FOR THEM TO BE TURNED INTO USABLE TAX GENERATING PARCELLS.

AS LONG AS THEY SIT THERE NOTHING IS GOING ON.

>> MADAM MAYOR TO INTERJECT, OTHERWISE IT IS A PROCESS WHERE THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS AND IT EVOLVES INTO A CONVERSATION OF 15 YEARS AGO WE GAVE THESE MONIES AND DO WE WANT TO FORGIVE IT.

IT IS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD. >> IT IS ALTERNATIVE.

THE PURPOSE IS LET'S GET THESE LOTS INTO A USABLE FASHION.

LET'S GET THEM USABLE AND LET THEM BE PRODUCTIVE.

>> AND NOT BE VACANT. >> CORRECT.

I HAVE THREE EXAMPLES OF PARCELLS WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. PARCEL NUMBER 10 IS THE LOT THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO FORECLOSE ON.

IT IS A SINGLE LOT AND NEXT TO A LOT OWNED BY FPRA.

THE PARCELS HAD 47 FEET OF FRONTAGE ON NORTH 25TH STREET. IF WE ARE TO FORECLOSE ON LOT 10 AND COMBINE IT WITH LOT 11 NOW YOU ARE CLOSE TO 100 FEET OF FRONTAGE ON FRORT 25TH FOR THE 25TH STREET.

LOOK AT LOT 14 OR LOT 7 AND THEY ARE BOTH PRIVATELY OWNED WITHOUT LIENS. THEY MAY BE INTERESTED IN OBTAINING THESE LOTS AND INCREASING THE FRONTAGE EVEN MORE. AND NOW YOU HAVE A LOT THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED. AND THAT CAN BE REDID -- RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, RIGHT?

>> YES. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SINGLE LOT AND AN ADJOINING LOT BETTER SOMETHING CAN BE DONE WITH IT. THIS LOT IS LITERALLY THE NEXT BLOCK OVER. IT IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE LOTS WE ARE LOOKING AT. THIS IS FIVE OR SIX PARCELLS DEPENDING ON HOW WE COUNT THE NUMBERS.

15 AND 14 ARE ADJOINED. THEY ARE ALL OWNED BY THE SAME COMPANY AND COMBINED HAVE 11,000 IN LIENS ON THEM.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOW THESE LOTS.

THIS OWNER HAS NO INTEREST AND THEY HAVE NEVER MOWED THE LOT AND NEVER RESPONDED TO A SINGLE INQUIRY.

OUR BEST OPTION HERE IS AGAIN ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL COMBINED AND ALL OWNED BY ONE COMPANY I HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE TITLE SEARCH AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH

FORECLOSURE. >> A LOT OF THESE SLOTS AND I RECOGNIZE A NAME IN THERE TOO, THESE ARE TAX DEEDS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT THAT FOUND OUT LATER ON THAT IT WAS GNARLY AND THEY JUST FORGOT ABOUT IT AND LET IT GO.

IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, NOTHING WILL GET DONE FOR SURE. I SUSPECT THAT ZOG UNLIMITED IS THE SAME TYPE OF GROUP. BOUGHT A BIG BLOCK OF TAX LEANS AND THEN THEY TAKE THE GOOD WITH THE BAD AND THE BAD ENDS UP BECOMING A PROBLEM WITH THE MUNICIPALITY.

>> THIS COMPANY OWNS LOTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FROM THE

BEACH TO THE WEST SIDE. >> HOW FAR NORTH IS THIS?

>> IT IS RIGHT ABOVE AVENUE E.

>> MADAM MAYOR, ALL OF THESE COME THROUGH MY OFFICE AND

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THEY ARE EXACTLY AS COMMISSIONER PERNA SAID.

THEY ARE TAX DEEDS AND THEY WERE PICKED UP AND ARE NOT

DOING -- GOING TO CHANGE. >> THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. ONE I AM DOING THE TITLE SEARCH FOR. I CAN ZOOM IN IF SOMEBODY WANTS ME TO ZOOM IN. THIS IS AVENUE F BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SOUTH HALF OF THE BLOCK. THE GREEN BOXES ARE THE ONLY THREE LOTS THAT DO NOT HAVE LIENS.

THE REST HAVE LIENS OF SOME FORM OR FASHION.

HALF HAVE NO STREET ACCESS. THEY ARE NO INTERIOR LOTS WITH ACCESS TO THE STREET. A 40 BY 40 LOT IS NOT BUILDABLE. THR -- THERE IS A 50 BY 50 IN THERE. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS ONE WITH COLETA. SHE SKATED THERE IS FUNDING AND SHE CAN REACH OUT AND TRY TO PURCHASE THE LOTS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE LIENS ON THEM SO WE CAN TAKE POSSESSION OF THAT ENCLOSURE AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE ENTIRE SECTION.

OBVIOUSLY IT NEEDS TO BE REPLOTTED AND PUT INTO BUILDABLE SECTIONS. THIS CAN BE AN AREA.

>> IT IS NOT A REAL WORD. >> CHOOSE ANOTHER WORD.

IT STOPPED WORKING AT 6:00. SO IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR

REDEVELOPMENT. >> SO THEY ARE GETTING THESE TITLES SOON TO BE SENT TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THIS IS A LOT MORE WORK. >> SO WE DECLARE A NUISANCE AND I AM WEARING MY CRA HAT TONIGHT.

>> IF WE FORECLOSE, THE LIENS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE NAME OF THE CITY. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WILL TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THESE PARCELLS -- PARCELS IF THE FORECLOSURE IS SUCCESSFUL. IT WILL BE A TRANSFER AND THERE ARE SEVERAL PROPERTIES AND WE CAN SIMPLY UTILIZE OUR SURPLUS PROPERTY AND DECLARATION OF SURPLUS TOOLS FOR DISPOSITION THROUGH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

EITHER WAY WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP THESE PROPERTIES THAT

COME INTO OUR OFFICE. >> WE HAVE HAD MORE OFFICES THROUGH THE CRA AND THE FPRA. JUST LIKE TODAY.

>> ESPECIALLY A GROUPING. >> AND THE CRA WE USED TO OWN.

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE.

THAT'S OFF AVENUE F. >> OH IT IS THE OTHER ONE.

THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO HE BRANCHED OUT.

GOT IT. THERE ARE SEVERAL PARCELS THAT ARE UNDER HIS NAME. FROM WHAT -- WHEN HE PURCHASED THIS PARTICULAR LOT HE PAID OFF LIENS.

THERE WERE LIENS THERE AND HE PAID THEM OFF.

THAT'S WHY HE IS IN GREEN. OTHER THAN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE THAT HAS A RED BOX AND GREEN BOX THERE ARE ONLY TWO GREEN BOXES REALLY ON THIS SECTION.

THIS IS AN UGLIER VERSION OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, BUT IT CAN BE A PRETTY THING IN THE FUTURE IF WE WERE TO TAKE

THESE AND CLEAN IT UP. >> I CAN SEE ONE BOX IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WITH LEANS ON IT.

DID WE NOT FORGIVE OURSELVES YET?

>> WHEN PROPERTIES ARE TAKEN BY TAX DEED AND THEY GO TO THE COUNTY AND THEN THE COUNTY DEEDS THEM OVER TO THE CITY AND THE CITY FINDS OUT WE HAVE THEM AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. THIS IS ONE WHERE WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE END GAME IS TO PUT THIS BACK ON THE TAX CIRCUIT, RIGHT? I CAN SEE THIS WITH NICE, PRETTY, STRAIGHT LINES AND DECENT-SIZED LOTS WHERE YOU CAN DO A DECENT SINGLE FAMILY HOME. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BLOCK WHICH I UNFORTUNATELY COVERED WITH HERE, YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE DECENT SIZED LOTS AND THEY HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THERE. THEY CAN MAKE A NICE SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOCATION. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS I AM CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY OTHER AREAS.

I AM NOT SURE IF I HAVE ANY IN THE FPRA OR NOT.

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>> ALL THE WAY UP NORTH? >> AVENUE J, THE 1500 BLOCK OF AVENUE J I AM LOOKING AT. IT IS A LONG SECTION OF CONTIGUOUS LOTS LIKE THAT. I AM CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR THE LOTS THAT MEET THE CRITERIA I IDENTIFIED.

THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ON SEVERAL PROPERTIES AND THEY ARE AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND I AM CONTINUING TO DO MORE TITLE SEARCHES. THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH TASH TASH IT STARTS -- IT STARTS AT THE CSI AND CONTINUES TO HOPEFULLY REDEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S IT. >> MR. MIMMS?

>> I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE PEGGY'S PRESENTATION BEFORE SHE PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.

AND WITH THIS I BELIEVE WE HAVE COVERED SEVERAL INITIATIVES THAT OUR MANAGER IS IMPLEMENTING.

WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION SCHEDULED FOR AN UPCOMING CONFERENCE AGENDA, BUT I I DON'T THINK THAT MAY BE NECESSARY MOVING FORWARD. I THINK THAT PEGGY COVERED QUITE A BIT AND I THINK YOU ALL CAN ASK QUESTIONS.

>> TELL THOSE OTHER GUYS, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

>> EXACTLY. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE CSI.

PEGGY GAVE US SOME GOOD STATISTICS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION. I THINK THIS COVERS QUITE A

BIT. >> I AGREE WITH YOU.

I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS. I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS PROGRESS. I KNOW A LOT OF YOUR TIME WAS SPENT WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

YOU NEVER HAD A REAL FEEL FOR WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE OTHER AREA. I APPRECIATE THIS

PRESENTATION. >> ONE STATISTIC THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT IN, THE COMPLIANCE RATE IS STILL CONTINUING TO ASTOUND ME IT IS NOT AS GOOD, BUT WE ARE STILL RUNNING AT 40 % WHICH IS PRETTY DARN GOOD FOR OUR LOT CLAIMS RIGHT NOW.

40% FOR COMPLIANCE. >> IT IS NOT MY 75%.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY WHERE WAS THE 75%?

>> I'M HAPPY WITH ITS PROGRESS , BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE LOT CLEARINGS AND THE OTHER NUISANCE ABATEMENT

EFFORTS WE CAN MAKE. >> A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

SINCE YOU ARE SITTING HERE AND WE HAVE OUR CRA HATS ON AND WE HAD AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE COME TO US, DID YOU HEAR THEIR

PRESENTATION EARLIER TONIGHT? >> THE FIRST ONE?

>> YEAH. >> I ONLY CAUGHT PART OF IT.

>> THEIR LAST RECOMMENDATION IS TARGETED TAR DOORS ALONG ORANGE AVENUE AND U.S. AVENUE 1D.

HERE WE ARE SITTING AS A CRA BOARD SO FROM A CODE COMPLIANCE STANDARD OR DIRECTION, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US AS A BOARD AND ARE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND NOW IT HAS COME TO THIS BOARD? WE WILL START A SWEEP OF THE CORRIDORS.

>> WE ARE PREPARING FOR A CORRIDOR SWEEP IN THE FUTURE.

>> AND YOU AND I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT ORANGE AVENUE IN AWHILE, BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST MULTIPLE TIMES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CRA FROM 33RD STREET EAST. WHAT KIND OF ISSUES HAVE YOU RUN INTO OR WHAT KIND OF ISSUES HAS YOUR STAFF RUN INTO? WHERE CAN THE CRA HELP? AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT'S WHY WE ARE SITTING HERE.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

>> THE ISSUES WE HAVE -- WE DO HAVE SOME -- WE HAVE HAD SOME FEEDBACK BECAUSE OF COVID. IT IS NOT AS MUCH AS WE ANTICIPATED, BUT WE DO GET AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE

ACCOMMODATES WHERE WE CAN. >> YOU MEAN BECAUSE OF

FINANCES? >> BECAUSE OF FINANCES.

>> IN ONE SENSE IF YOU ARE NOT WORKING, YOU CAN -- YOU ARE AT

HOME. >> RIGHT.

>> I UNDERSTAND. >> I I CAN'T MOVE MY TRUCK OFF THE DRIVEWAY, BUT WHEN IT IS A NEW ROOF AND A PAINTING AND WHATNOT, WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOME GIVE AND TAKE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. PRESSURE WASHING YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE AND PAINTING, I UNDERSTAND MAYBE

[02:35:02]

THOUGHT. >> I WANT TO SEE WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT WANTS AND SEE IF IT GELS WITH WHAT YOU ARE

LOOKING AT. >> THE TRASH IN MY YARD IS STILL RUNNING. THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER MENTALITY THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REACH KNEW OR THE LACK OF -- TO DO WITH REVENUE OR THE LACK OF REVENUE.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR BALANCE. IT IS A DELICATE ISSUE.

I UNDERSTAND. >> MADAM MAYOR --

>> THOSE ARE KEY CORRIDORS TO THE CITY AND THAT'S WHAT THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS TALKING ABOUT.

TO ME AS A BOARD MEMBER THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK

ABOUT. >> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU PEGGY FOR THE UPDATE. I LIKED YOUR PRESENTATION.

IT IS A VERY NICE POWER POINT.

I MAY HAVE TO BORROW IT. YOU HAVE 142 CASES.

>> 40%? >> 40 PERCENT.

>> SO HOW DO WE -- HOW DOES IT HELP WITH THAT OR WHAT IS GOING ON THERE? IS THAT MAN POWER THAT CAN'T GET MORE COVER? WHAT ARE WE EXPERIENCING THERE ON THAT ONE BEING BELOW THE 6% MARK?

JUST CURIOUS? >> THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THE NUMBER OF LOTS THAT ARE AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER SOLD THROUGH TAX SALES. AND THEN YOU HAVE OUT OF TOWN COMPANIES CORPORATIONS THAT PURCHASED THESE IN BULK AND HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF MAINTAINING THEM.

WE HAVE SOMEONE LOCAL OR WHEN I AM SAYING LOCAL I SAY EVEN WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. YOU CAN GET A MUCH BETTER RESPONSE. WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH CORPORATIONS FROM NEW JERSEY, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST VIOLATORS IS FROM NEW JERSEY. SO THAT'S OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM.

>> THANK YOU. >> WELL, THERE IS THE SAVE A LOT LOT ON OKEECHOBEE THAT NEEDS MOWING BADLY.

YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT. IT IS REALLY.

ANYWAY, WE TALKED ABOUT IT. ANYTHING ELSE? NICELY DONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

[f. Parklet Program Update]

THE PARKLET PROGRAM UPDATE. >> YES.

WE WILL HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER GIVE US A VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PARKLET PROGRAM. SHE IS HERE SOMEWHERE.

SHE WILL COME IN SHORTLY I HOPE.

THERE SHE IS. >> RACING TO THE FRONT.

>> SHE HAS A BUNCH OF FRIEND HERE TO SUPPORT HER.

>> I SEE. A CHEERING SECTION.

>> MS. HARNEGE. >> HELLO.

I WILL BE VERY BRIEF, BUT I HAVE ONE GRAPHIC I WANT TO SHOW YOU. WHERE IS MY FULL SCREEN? I WAS BEFORE YOU IN OCTOBER AND WE TALKED ABOUT PARKLETS AND THE OPTIONS OF MOVING FORWARD WHETHER WE WOULD DISCONTINUE THE PROGRAM AND LOOK AT A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION. WE DECIDED WE WOULD COME BACK IN JANUARY AND REGROUP AND SEE WHERE WE WERE WITH COVID AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE ARE HERE. MAYBE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION IN THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE ARE NOT. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TODAY IS WE HAVE 12 BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN THE PARK LET PROGRAM. AND THEY ARE OCCUPYING 15 PARKING SPACES. VERY SIMILAR TO OCTOBER WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE BUSINESS -- ACTUALLY TWO THAT ARE ENJOYING THE PARK LETS. AND IT IS HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY

[02:40:08]

SO TONIGHT WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM STATUS QUO. AND KIND OF REEVALUATE IN APRIL AT THE NEXT MEETING. WELL, THE NEXT ITEM IS YOUR NEW SCHEDULE. WE ARE LOOKING AT KEEPING THEM UNTIL THE SEASON IS OVER AND LOOKING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD

AT ANY POINT. >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I DO. >> ARE YOU SURE THE ONE AT

SHELLFISH IS BEING UTILIZED? >> THEY JUST REQUESTED IT LAST WEEK. IT WAS LAST WEEK.

>> SORRY, TAYLOR. >> HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME

THERE. >> WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT ON THE PATIO WHERE THE WEATHER IS SO BEAUTIFUL THAT THEY ARE

ASKING FOR IT. >> IF YOU ARE GOING TO TALK -- I'M SORRY YOU HAVE TO COME POT -- COME TO THE

MICROPHONE. >> I AM THERE QUITE FREQUENTLY AND JUST TO CHECK ON THE PARK LIFT AND THE PARKING SITUATION. I'M TELLING YOU FOR THE RECORD

-- >> YOU ARE A GREAT PARKING

BOARD MEMBER. >> THE LAST TIME WE WERE THERE YOU KIND OF MOVED ALL OF THE FACILITIES BACK UP ON TO THE PLATFORM AND THAT IS UTILIZED.

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE YOUR OWN LARGE PARKLET IN FRONT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. IF IT CAN ADD TO THE FUNCTION OF IT THAT'S FINE. I WAS QUESTIONING IT BECAUSE I AM PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. I DRIVE BY THERE A LOT.

MY FRIENDS AT THE PUBLIC HOUSE.

LOVE THEM TO DEATH. DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR TRUE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE. WE HAVE A NEW RESTAURANT THAT OPENED UP AT THE CORNER. I DON'T KNOW -- THERE ARE PLANTINGS AT THE END OF THE PARKLET.

SOMETIMES THERE IS A TENT AND OTHER TIMES THERE IS NOT A TENT. I DROVE BY THERE TODAY TO COME INTO THE GARAGE. THAT ONE WORRIES ME THE MOST OUT OF ALL OF THEM. I LIKE THE PARKLET PROGRAM.

ONE DAY DOWNTOWN WILL LOOK DIFFERENT.

WE DO EVERYTHING IN CIRCLES. I KNOW IN THE 50S AND THE 60S IT WAS AN OUTDOOR MALL OR WHATEVER IT WAS.

WE WILL BE BACK THERE ONE DAY, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

THAT CONCERNS ME THE MOST. BECAUSE OF ITS USE OR LACK OF USE OR WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LACK OF USE.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON.

BASICALLY I THINK THEY ARE OPEN THREE DAYS A WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND THREE HOURS -- IT IS WEIRD. I GO BY AND IT IS VACANT MORE THAN USED. BECAUSE OF THAT WE GET A LOT OF CRITICISM. ALL OF THE CRITICISM I HAVE GOTTEN WAS THAT USAGE RIGHT THERE.

ALL OF THE REST OF THEM SEEM, YEAH, THERE IS SOMEBODY THERE OR NOT SOMEBODY THERE. AND SOMETIMES THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. AND SO THAT'S THE FUNCTION OF A PARK LET. A PARKLET.

IT WILL VARY ON THE TIDES OF FOLKS COMING THROUGH THERE.

IF THERE IS ONE NOT BEING USED IT IS IN THREE SPACES AND A KEY AREA AND A BRAND-NEW RESTAURANT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM. SO, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I AGREE WITH YOU, JEREMIAH, THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST

CONCERNING AREA. >> OKAY.

I WILL REACH OUT TO THE OWNER.

WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP, AND THEY WERE UNFORTUNATELY ONES THAT HAD TO BE CLOSED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

>> THEY WERE. >> AND I THINK NOW LIKE YOU SAID WITH THE NEW RESTAURANT IT IS KIND OF BRINGING A LITTLE MORE OF THE PARKING ISSUE TO LIGHT ON THAT CORRIDOR. I WILL REACH OUT TO HIM AND SEE IF NOW THAT THE TENT IS NOT THERE, THERE MIGHT BE MORE OPPORTUNITY OF JUST MOVING IT OUT ON THE WEEKENDS OR WHENEVER THEY ARE OPEN. I WILL REACH OUT TO HIM.

IF WE DRIVE BY AND SEE THAT SOMETHING IS NOT BEING UTILIZED WE WILL REACH OUT AND SAY WHAT IS REALLY THE PLAN HERE? WE DON'T WANT TO RUIN IT FOR EVERYONE. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

>> IT COULD BE A TIMING THING.

IT IS MORE WORK. TRUST ME.

IT IS MORE WORK. KNOWING WHAT I SEE EVERY DAY, IT IS NOT A TON OF WORK BECAUSE ON A FRIDAY AT NOONTIME IF I KNOW I WILL BE THERE FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OR WHATEVER, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THEN I CAN EXPERIENCE THE PARKLET AT THAT TIME.

AND YEAH IT WILL BE TRICKY AND FOLKS WILL COME AND GO BECAUSE THEY ARE USING THE PARKING SPACES, BUT WHEN ONE OPENS UP, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MOVE STUFF OUT THERE.

>> IF YOU CAN DRAW A CIRCLE AROUND THE CORNER RIGHT THERE, JUST DRAW A CIRCLE. THERE ARE 13 SPACES BEING UTILIZED IN THAT VERY SMALL SPACE.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF COMPETING ACTIVITIES WE HAVE -- WE HAVE

[02:45:03]

PARKING IS A VERY PREMIUM THING RIGHT THERE.

IF IT IS NOT BEING UTILIZED -- AND IF IT IS, FINE.

I'M ALL FOR IT. I DON'T WANT TO IDENTIFY

THEM. >> I DON'T EITHER.

THAT'S THE ONE I GOT A PHONE CALL ABOUT AND OF COURSE THE

NEW RESTAURANT BEING OPEN. >> THAT'S THE KEY.

WE GET THAT FIXED AND WE ARE GOOD TO GO FOR AWHILE.

>> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> NO, MA'AM. I'M GOOD.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SOUNDS GOOD.

>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE FPRA BOARD MEETING

[g. FPRA Board Meeting Schedule]

SCHEDULE. >> MR. MIMMS.

>> YES, MA'AM. MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE FPRA BOARD. WE ARE CURRENTLY ON A QUARTERLY SCHEDULE WITH MEETINGS FOR THE FPRA.

HOWEVER, THE FPRA HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE I GUESS

ACTIVE. >> WE HAVE SOME MONEY.

A LITTLE BIT. >> A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

>> A LITTLE BIT, COMMISSIONER, PERO -- COMMISSIONER PERONA.

>> A MICRO. >> THAT'S RIGHT.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, BUT WE HAVE ALSO -- WE HAVE A LOT MORE INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I BELIEVE WHETHER IT IS INFIELD REDEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT IN THE HIGHLY VISIBLE AREAS, I BELIEVE THE PRIVATE COMMUNITY IS NOW FOCUSED ON THE DESTINATION FORT PIERCE. WITH THAT BEING SAID I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WAIT TO HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND SIT IN HERE UNTIL 9 ON -- 9:00, 10:00 AT NIGHT FOR A FIVE-HOUR MEETING. I THINK IT WOULD BE -- BEHOOVE US TO SCHEDULE MONTHLY MEETINGS.

WHERE BY IF WE DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA WE FEEL IS PRODUCTIVE, WE CAN CANCEL THE MEETING. A MOLLY MEETING AND HOPE -- A MONTHLY MEETING HOPEFUL LEANNE HOUR OR TWO AND WE DO THE BUSINESS OF THE FPRA AND GET IN AND GET OUT.

THIS IS WHAT I AM PROPOSING AND THESE ARE THE DATES AND I BELIEVE THE CITY CLERK PLACED THEM ON YOUR CALENDAR.

IF YOU ARE UH MEANABLE TO THAT LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN MAKE IT

HAPPEN. >> JUST LIKE TONIGHT WE HAD SEVERAL KEY ISSUE THAT'S REQUIRED A LOT OF DELIBERATION AND RESEARCH. IT IS HARD -- I WILL SAY FOR ME, IT IS HARD TO KEEP THEM SEPARATED AND GIVE EACH ONE OF THEM THE TYPE OF ATTENTION THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO

HAVE. >> YES.

>> SO, I MEAN, YOU WANT A BETTER PRODUCT, LET'S GO AHEAD -- I'M ALL FOR THE 12 MEETINGS IN A YEAR RATHER THAN QUARTERLY. WE WERE DOING THEM EVERY MONTH FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND THEN WE RAN OUT OF MONEY.

IT WAS NO SENSE DOING IT. >> THEN WE DID THEM QUARTERLY AN HOUR BEFORE THE COMMISSION MEETING.

>> SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE FUNCTION IS BACK.

WE DON'T WANT TO WEAR STAFF DOWN.

WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE TRAVELING FROM FAR AWAY AND SITTING HERE FOR THREE HOURS WAITING FOR THEIR ITEM TO BE HEARD AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME TO GO TO THE ONCE A MONTH SCHEDULE.

>> MAYOR, MAY I? >> YES.

>> I AGREE. 100% AGREE.

LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH IS MY QUESTION AND MY CHALLENGE.

IS IT BETTER FOR STAFF TO HAVE IT ON THE THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH? ARE BACK TO BACK NIGHTS WORSE

OR BETTER? >> FOR ME?

>> NO. STAFF.

YOUR STAFF, NOT YOU. >> I WILL ANSWER THAT.

>> HERE IS WHY. IT IS NICE TO HAVE THE ONE WEEK BECAUSE THAT IS OUR RESERVED WEEK ALSO, RIGHT FOR EXTRA COMMISSION? IT IS RESERVED.

BUT IT IS RESERVED FOR SANITY, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

THERE IS A LITTLE SANITY IN THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH SAYING I CAN BREATHE FOR ONE WEEK, AND NOW I HAVE TO --

>> I KNOW. I KNOW.

I HAVE THE SAME THING. I SAY THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH I HAVE A LITTLE OPEN TIME.

A LITTLE OPEN TIME. >> IF WE WANT TO GO ON VACATION, WE GO IN THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH.

IT IS A NEW STANDARD IN MY FAMILY NOW.

>> SO THESE ARE ALL OF THE FOURTH WEEKS, RIGHT? THE FOURTH TUESDAY. YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BUMPING

IT TO THE THIRD TUESDAY? >> THAT WOULD BE BACK TO BACK MEETINGS. SO HE IS ASKING YOU HOW IS

THAT ON THE STAFF? >> WE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> IT COULD BE 4:00 -- WE WERE ALSO THERE AT 4:00.

>> IF YOU ARE TIRED OF TWO-HOUR MEETINGS WE CAN DO

THAT BETTER. >> A 4:00 MEETING.

>> THAN A FOUR-HOUR MEETING. >> I AM MORE CONCERNED WITH YOU ALL VERSUS STAFF. STAFF WILL GET IT DONE.

>> WHAT ABOUT FPUA. >> IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE ON

A TUESDAY. >> OH THIS IS A WEDNESDAY?

>> WHAT ABOUT A THURSDAY? THE ONLY REASON I ASK THAT

MADAM MAYOR -- >> I THINK IT IS WEDNESDAY

[02:50:01]

TODAY. >> WEDNESDAY I AM --

>> HERE IS THE REASON I ASK ABOUT THURSDAY.

CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW AS YOU KNOW, MAYOR, YOU BRIEF WITH MYSELF, MR. MIMMS AND OUR CLERK EVERY THURSDAY.

COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON, YOU AND MYSELF BRIEF AT 4:00 ON THURSDAY. THAT'S WITH MR. MIMMS AND COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON NOW HAS BRIEFINGS ON THURSDAY WITH MR. MIMMS AND MYSELF. COMMISSIONER PERONA, HOW IS

THURSDAY FOR YOU? >> I AM A TEAM PLAYER.

>> I HONESTLY -- HERE IS WHAT I SAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH OPEN.

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO WITH IT.

IN TERMS OF THE FIRST THREE WEEKS.

I DON'T CARE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK.

>> THEY WILL HAVE A ROTATION AND I TRY NOT TO BUMP INTO THEM. I KNOW YOU FEEL THAT WAY.

YOU ARE NOT THE ONE HAD -- THE ONES GETTING THE CALLS.

>> THEY ARE EVERY FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY.

>> SO THE TUESDAY WOULD NOT WORK.

>> YEAH. >> POTENTIALLY WEDNESDAY.

>> CAN WE CHARGE THEM RENT? THAT'S A TEASE.

WHAT WE WILL DO -- >> OUT OF ALL OF THOSE WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY I HAVE AN OPEN DOOR IN THE EVENING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. WE WILL TAKE THAT INTO

ACCOUNT. >> THANK YOU.

>> SO IT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND WEDNESDAY IS NOW THE PREFERRED

DAY. >> SECOND OR THIRD.

>> OH YOU CAN'T DO WEDNESDAYS.

>> I AM MISSING STUFF RIGHT NOW.

>> SO MAYBE WE LOOK AT -- IS THIS --

>> WHY DON'T YOU LOOK AT THE PUZZLE AND SEE WHAT YOU COME

UP WITH. >> ALL OUR SCHEDULES.

>> I HAVE ALL OF THE SCHEDULES.

TUESDAYS MIGHT -- MAYBE THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.

>> MAYBE. >> YEAH.

BECAUSE THEN THERE IS NOTHING. >> WHAT IS TODAY?

>> TODAY IS WEDNESDAY. >> IS THIS THE SECOND?

>> MAYBE PLANNING BOARD ON THE SECOND.

>> THEY MEET AT 2:00. >> I THINK THAT'S AS FAR AS I

WANT TO GO. >> I FEEL LIKE I AM HAVING AN

AUCTION. >> NOT THE LAST WEEK.

NOT THE FOURTH WEEK. >> YOU FILL IN THE BLANK.

OUR CLERK CAN DO THAT. >> THIS IS NOT AN AUCTION.

JUST FIGURE IT OUT. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. >> VACATION SCHEDULE IS

IMPOSSIBLE. >> DO YOU WANT ANY KIND OF FORMAL ACTION ON THIS OR JUST CONSENSUS, RIGHT?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> CAN WE MOVE ON?

IS THAT ALL RIGHT? >> MR. MIMMS.

[h. FPRA Programs and Activities Update - First Quarter FY 2021]

>> YES. I AM HERE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER TO UPDATE YOU ON ANY AND ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE ATTACHED FOR YOU SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT RUNS OVERALL OF OUR CURRENT PROJECTS.

AND AGAIN WE ARE BUSY. ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND, WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO YOU IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER THEM. >> I READ IT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MR. KINGS LANDING IN THE AUDIENCE TOO.

>> ARE WE ALLOWED TO INVITE HIM FORWARD?

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> HE IS OUR PARTNER.

>> HE IS OUR PARTNER, ABSOLUTELY.

>> I LEARNED A LOT AND I AM GLAD YOU ARE TUCK ERRED OUT BY

NOW. >> WE ARE TUCK ERRED OUT.

JUST SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> THEO MADISON WITH AUTO BOND DEVELOPMENT.

>> THANK YOU FOR STAYING HERE ALL THIS TIME.

>> IT HAS BEEN FASCINATING TO SEE HOW EVERYONE HAS HANDLED COVID AND THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON AND IT IS VERY INSIGHTFUL AND I AM GLAD YOU ARE GOING TO MEET ONCE A

MONTH. >> AND HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH US AND THE CITY? I MEAN, WE HAVE MR. MIMMS' VERSION. WHAT IS YOUR VERSION?

>> I THINK EVERYBODY IS SHOULDERING ENOUGH.

IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR. I THINK WE HAVE ALL BEEN BANGED AROUND A LOT. I THINK THERE IS TWO SIDES TO COVID FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. THERE'S BEEN THE SIDE THAT IS JUST DECIMATED THE TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.

THE RESTAURANTS AND THE RETAIL HAVE HAD A TOUGH ROW.

THE OTHER SIDE IS THE RESIDENTIAL RESPONSE.

I MEAN, THE HOME DEMAND HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOM.

HAVE I ONE CHARLESTON HOME LEFT AND OUT OF 60 CONDO THERE'S ARE ONLY 23 LEFT THAT HAVEN'T BEEN RESERVED.

DEPENDS ON WHO IS ON THE PHONE WITH YOU OR WHO YOU ARE

[02:55:01]

IT IS A MIXED BAG. GOING BACK TO MEMORY LANE WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS WE HAD A HOTEL DEVELOPER WITH A LETTER OF INTENT. AND IT IS NOT DUE TO COVID.

HE HAD TO BACK OUT FOR OTHER REASONS.

WE WERE IN A PICKLE TRYING TO REPLACE THE PERSON COMMITTED TO US. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE FLURRY OF ACTIVITY WHEN YOU SELECTED US AS YOUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AND WE POLITELY PASSED ON THE HOTEL GUYS SAYING WE ALREADY GOT OUR GUY.

AND THEN WE WERE IN A PICKLE BECAUSE WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THOSE FOLKS AND SAY OUR HOTEL DEVELOPER WENT AWAY AND THEY MOVED ON TO OTHER PROJECTS. AND ALMOST ABOUT THAT TIME WE WERE HIT WITH COVID. WE WERE PHYSICIANED WITH WHAT EVERYONE ELSE WAS FACED WITH WHICH IS HOW DO YOU WRESTLE WITH THIS SITUATION. WE ENGAGED A NATIONAL HOTEL SEARCH COMPANY AND OUR THOUGHT WAS ANYBODY LOOKING FOR A HOTEL OPPORTUNITY NOW IS SERIOUS.

THERE ARE NO TIRE KICKERS OUT THERE THINKING ABOUT, WELL MAYBE WE'LL DO SOMETHING HERE.

WE REALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE JUST THE SERIOUS ONES AND WE DID. WE HAD INTEREST FROM HIGH YET -- HYATT AND WIND -- WYNDHAM AND MARRIOTT.

THEY WERE ALL STRUGGLING AND TRYING TO GET HOTEL FINANCING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

AND SO WE FOUND WHAT WE THINK IS OUR GUY.

IT IS A COMPANY THAT IS MAID AND SAIL IN TAMPA.

WE HAD TO BE CREATIVE. WE HAD TO GIVE HIM THE LAND.

WE DIDN'T SELL ANYTHING THEIR TIMETABLE IS CHALLENGING AS ANYONE ELSE'S. WE ARE GONNA -- AS YOUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER YOU WILL SEE THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF ALL OF THIS STUFF. THE THING THAT'S GOOD IS THAT WITH MAINE SAIL -- MAIN SAIL AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE THEM ONLINE IT IS MAINSAILS HOTEL.COM.

THEY ARE IN SCRUB ISLAND AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.

THEY DID THE EPICURION IN TAMPA AND THE LUMIARIAN IN FORT MYERS AND THE CAROLINE IN CLEAR WATER AND THE CASH DASH -- DASH I FORGET THE NAME OF IT IN FLORIDA.

IT WILL COME TO ME. THEIR HOTELS ARE PART OF THE MARRIOTT PORTFOLIO COLLECTION.

THERE'S TWO VERSIONS IN THE PORTFOLIO COLLECTION.

ONE IS CALLED AUTOGRAPH AND ONE IS CALLED TRIBUTE.

THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM IS AUTOGRAPHS ARE 200 ROOMS AND HIGHER AND TRIBUTES ARE 200 ROOMS AND LESS. SO THEY ARE GOING TO -- LONG STORY LONGER, THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A TRIBUTE HERE, A MARRIOTT PORTFOLIO TRIBUTE. IT IS GOING TO BE 140 ROOMS. AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, THE PREVIOUS HOTEL PROPOSER WOULD SPEND ABOUT $120 MILLION ON A HOTEL AND THESE GUYS ARE IN FOR 45 MILLION. IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE AND A SUBSTANTIAL UPGRADE WITH THE HOTEL.

140 ROOMS AND 45 MILLION BUCKS.

WE HAVE A LETTER OF INTENT THAT I SENT.

THEY ARE GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT OF HELP.

WE ASKED FOR SOME HELP AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WITH PETE KESH IS ON THE CASE.

WE ARE GOING TO USE PETE'S GROUP TO HELP MARRIOTT AND TO HELP AUTOBON LAND THIS PLANE. I TOURED THREE OF THEIR HOTELS AND PERSONALLY STAYED IN ONE OF THEM.

IT FEELS LIKE HOTELS OFESTER -- OF YESTER YEAR WHEN THE BANK AND THE SHOE SHINE STAND WAS IN THE LOBBY AND THERE WAS RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND ACTIVITIES.

IT IS NOT JUST A PLACE TO STAY. IT IS A PLACE TO CONGREGATE.

THEY HAVE MEETING ROOMS. THEY HAVE FOOD AND BEVERAGE, AND SO I REALLY THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT IT BECAUSE PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS TO SELL THE LAND TO THE HOTEL AND USE THOSE PROCEEDS TO HELP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.

IN MY HEART OF HEARTS IT IS LIKE THESE ARE THE RIGHT GUYS

[03:00:03]

WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY ON THIS DEAL, BUT TO HAVE THAT AS INFRASTRUCTURE TO HELP US CREATE THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU WANT, THAT I THINK WE ALL WANT AND TO HELP SELL THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES, I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT CALL AND I HOPE YOU AGREE WITH ME. I AM PLEASED WE DRAGGED THIS ONE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE OR AT LEAST AROUND A BEND TOWARD THE FINISH LINE. SO THAT'S DONE.

WE'RE NOW -- THAT'S BEEN A REAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE TO GET THAT TO LAND SO THAT WE CAN THEN CREATE THE SITE PLAN AROUND IT. AND THROUGH ALL OF THE GYRATIONS, I MEAN I FELT LIKE I WAS RUNNING AROUND WITH ONE FOOT HAMMERED TO THE FLOOR FOR THE PAST 90 DAYS OR THE PAST 9 MONTHS I WOULD GUESS, BUT NOW THAT THAT IS DONE RNTION -- DONE, THE SITE PLAN THAT HAS DONE FOR -- I DON'T KNOW.

HOW LONG WOULD YOU SAY? >> IT IS AWHILE.

>> WE HAD THE SITE PLAN KIND OF DONE.

AND IT HASN'T CHANGED MUCH FROM WHERE WE ORIGINALLY WERE AT. I DON'T KNOW.

HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN AT THIS? 18 YEARS? TWO MONTHS? IT FEELS LIKE A LOT.

WHEN I LOOKED AT IT LAST NIGHT IT HADN'T CHANGED.

IT IS JUST PIECES OF THE PUZZLE ARE TOGETHER AND THE HOTEL IS RESTED WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO REST.

I TALKED TO NICK AND SHYANN EARLIER AND THE SITE PLAN IS ESSENTIALLY DONE. WE CAN SUBMIT IT.

IT IS IN THE HANDS OF THE ENGINEERS AND THEY ARE DOING SOME FINAL TWEAKING. WE HAD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH MY TEAM WHICH WE HAVE EVERY TUESDAY AT 2:00 AND WE HAD A COMPANY COME IN AND DO SOME SPECIALG -- SPECIAL STUFF IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, AVENUE B AND SECOND STREET, WHERE THEY ARE COMING IN FROM JACKSONVILLE AND IT IS LIKE A GOURMET COFFEE GRINDING THING AND ARTISAN PIZZAS AND SPECIAL STUFF. OUR ARCTIC -- ARCHITECT WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT FIT ON THE CORNER PROPERLY, AND IT DOES. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH ANOTHER LOCAL COMPANY WANTED THE FOR THE EAST CORNER AND WE HAD TO TWEAK THE PLAN A LITTLE BIT THERE.

LONG STORY LONGER, IT IS DONE AND WE WILL GET IT SUBMITTED TO YOU. AND, HOO --

>> WE ARE STAYING ALIVE. >> YES.

YES. WE HAVE COME THROUGH THIS STUFF AND I AM PLEASED TO BE STANDING BEFORE YOU.

I HAVEN'T LOST MY SENSE OF HUMOR.

HOPEFUL -- HOPEFULLY YOU HAVEN'T.

WE ARE PULLING HARD AND I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU GET PRETTY MUCH --

>> THE ONE IN DONEATON IS THE FEN WAY.

>> YES. >> I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT

ONE. >> YES.

>> ARE YOU STYLING THE SITE AROUND THEIR ARCHITECTURE, OR ARE YOU PULLING THEM TOGETHER, OR --

>> GOOD QUESTION. NO, IT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU SEE. IN OUR RENDERINGS, THOSE ARE DRIVING -- YOU KNOW, WE WE -- WE ARE COMMITTED TO YOU.

THAT'S PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

IT WILL BE THE OLD MOORISH FLORIDA STYLE.

NO. THEY ARE NOT DRIVING THE ARCHITECTURE. WE ARE.

IT WILL FIT. IT WILL FIT THE KINGS LANDING LOOK THAT YOU VOTED ON AND ACCEPTED.

YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING THAT IS HELPFUL IS ESSENTIALLY -- ESSENTIALLY THE BUSINESS -- CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OVER LAY IF WE HAVE TO TWEAK IT UP OR DOWN TO GET 140 RULES -- ROOMS OUT OF IT, NOW WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY.

WE JUST DON'T WANT THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT TO LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BUILT AT ONE TIME, LIKE IT IS ALL FLATTOP.

I WANT UPS AND DOWNS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

SURPRISINGLY THROUGH ALL OF THE GENERATION ITSELF LOOKS A LOT LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS -- WHAT WE FELL IN LOVE WITH 18 MONTHS AGO. I AM TICKLED PINK THAT MAIN SAIL IS OUR PARTNER. WE HAVE A LOT OF WOOD TO CHOP,

I TELL YOU WHAT. >> AND DID WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE AVENUE B -- YOU SAID AVENUE B AND IS SPURRED A LOT OF THOUGHTS. DID WE PLOT THAT?

IT WAS PART OF THE PROPERTY? >> ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE AVENUE B BETWEEN END -- INDIAN RIVER DRIVE AND SOUTH SECOND STREET -- OR NORTH SECOND STREET?

>> IS THAT CITY ROAD OR PART OF THE PARCEL?

>> THAT IS A CITY RIGHT OF WAY.

>> WE OFFICIALLY DEDICATED IT, RIGHT?

>> BEFORE IT WAS JUST A PART OF THE PARCEL, BUT THEN WE

[03:05:04]

>> SO AVENUE B IS AKA SUNRISE WAY?

>> YOU WILL ALL GET A CHANCE AND DALE WILL THROW SOME

THINGS AT YOU. >> I SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING.

I SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. >> SUNRISE BOULEVARD.

>> MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, I BELIEVE THAT RIGHT OF WAY ALSO HAS BEEN RESERVED NOW SINCE IT WAS DEDICATED TO BE WIDER AND ALLOW FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC IF I

REMEMBER FROM THE SITE PLAN. >> IT MET CITY STANDARD.

I REMEMBER. >> IT IS JUST A RIGHT OF WAY.

I BELIEVE IT IS 50 FEET. THERE IS NO DETERMINATION AS

TO THE TRAFFIC CONFIGURATION. >> RIGHT.

AT 50 FEET IT COULD ACCOMMODATE.

>> IT CAN. >> THAT WAS MY POINT.

>> MAYBE YOU HAVE SEEN SOME DRAFTS OF IT, BUT IT IS VERY AVENUE B OR WHATEVER WE WILL CALL IT.

>> PROBABLY NOT THAT. >> IT IS STILL THERE AND WE HAVE ANGLE -- ANGLED PARKING FOR CALMINGY ECT -- CALMING EFFECTS. IT WILL FEEL LIKE A VILLAGE.

IT IS GOT GOING TO FEEL LIKE WE PLOPPED DOWN A BOUGH HE -- BOHEMOUTH. YOU WILL SAY THAT'S WHAT I WAS AFTER WHEN WE STARTED THIS WHOLE JOURNEY.

>> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON? >> HI, C JOHNSON.

WE HAVEN'T MET. I AM DALE MADISON.

>> WE'VE MET. IT WAS EARLY ON, AND I WAS VYING FOR THE OFFICE AND WE HAD A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.

>> I REMEMBER SHAKING YOUR HAND.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CAMPAIGN.

>> THANK YOU. I AM TOO LOOKING ONLINE HERE AND I AM LOOKING AT THE FENWAY HOTEL.

FROM AN AESTHETIC SITE PLAN, 144 ROOMS, HOW MANY STORIES ARE WE TALKING? IS IT TWO? THREE STORIES? I HAD A VISION OF MAYBE FOUR WITH THE MARRIOTT. I DON'T KNOW.

>> YOU KNOW, THE SITE PLAN, THEY ARE GOING TO OCCUPY ABOUT -- I MAY FUMBLE IT, BUT 1.2-ACRES IS WHAT THEY WILL SIT ON. IT WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT FIVE STORIES. THERE MAY BE SIX.

>> AND IT IS STRUCTURED LIKE YOU SAY THE FENWAY HOTEL WHAT

I AM LOOKING AT ONLINE? >> THE FENWAY IS ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS. THE FENWAY IS ACTUALLY AN OLDER HOTEL THEY TRIED TO -- WELL THEY DIDN'T TRY TO, BUT THEY RETROFITTED. I WALKED THROUGH THE FENWAY.

THE FENWAY LOOKS REMINISCENT OF THE OLD FLORIDA

ARCHITECTURE -- >> LIKE FLAGLER?

>> A LITTLE BIT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FENWAY IT LOOKS LIKE KINGS LANDING A LITTLE BIT.

IT HAS THAT OLD MOORISH LOOK. IT IS AN INTERESTING HOTEL.

IT IS PRONGED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

YOU CAN SEE THE HOTELS IN LAS VEGAS HAVE DEVELOPED THE SPOKE TECHNIQUE WHERE THE ELEVATORS GO UP THE CENTER.

THE FENWAY DID ITY YAWNS -- DID IT IONS AGO.

IT IS A QUAINT LITTLE HOTEL. >> ALL RIGHT.

THAT HELPS TO GIVE ME AN IDEA AS I LOOK TO GET A VISION OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO I'M ASSUMING WITH MAIN SAIL THEY ARE PART OF A MARRIOTT FAMILY.

WHEN YOU FIRST MENTIONED THAT I HAD A PRICE POINT.

WHEN YOU MENTION THE AUTOGRAPH SERIES AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER HOTELS I STAYED AT THOSE AND SOMETIMES THE PRICE POINT GETS UP. ARE WE LOOKING AT A HIGHER END

OF A HOTEL HERE? >> OH, YEAH.

WELL, FROM A QUALITY SUBSTANTIALLY.

IT IS MORE THAN DOUBLE. I THINK IT IS -- YOU KNOW, $45 MILLION WORKS OUT TO LIKE $350 A ROOM WHICH IN HOTEL SPEAK IT IS A KEY. SO $350,000 A KEY IS WHAT THEY WILL SPEND. IN TERMS OF ROOM NIGHTS, IT IS GOING TO FLUCTUATE, BUT I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE $140 A NIGHT GENERATED OUT OF THIS HOTEL.

>> I OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> YOU BET. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THEM IS THE GUY JOE COLLIER WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF MAIN SAIL, HE HAS BEEN WITH ME HERE SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE BEEN IN HIS BUSINESSES SEVERAL TIMES. HE WORKED FOR MARRIOTT I THINK FOR 12 OR 14 YEARS. HE KNEW THE INS AND OUTS OF MARRIOTT AND THEN STARTED MAIN SAIL.

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HE HAS TAKEN THIS AUTOGRAPH AND TRIBUTE PORTFOLIO THAT THEY WANTED TO DO, AND HE HAS REALLY SHOWED THEM TOGETHER WITH MARRIOTT'S GUIDING PRINCIPALS HOW TO MAKE THESE WHAT THEY CALL SOFT BRANDS THAT REALLY DON'T LOOK LIKE A MARRIOTT. THEY LOOK LIKE SOME CRAZY RICH DUDE IN FORT PIERCE THAT DECIDED HE WANTED TO BUILD HIMSELF A HOTEL. AND JOE, BOY, HIS TEAM JUST IMMERSES THEMSELVES IN THE MARKET AND HOW TO MAKE IT FIT.

I DON'T WANT TO OVERSELL HIM, BUT I'M REALLY PROUD THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO DO THIS DEAL WITH US.

>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT, AND THANK YOU.

I THINK THE REAL QUESTION I WANT TO KNOW AND PROBABLY MR. MIMS AND PROBABLY TOM PEROMAN IS CAN WE USE OUR

MARRIOTT POINTS? >> WELL, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT. IT IS PART OF THE MARRIOTT RESERVATION SYSTEM WHICH IS JUST --

>> OH GOOD. >> IT IS POWERFUL.

WHILE THEY ARE PART OF THE TRIBUTE COLLECTION OR THE PORTFOLIO SERIES WHICH IS TRIBUTE, YOU WON'T SEE A SIGN THAT SAYS TRIBUTE. THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE --

>> INSIDE BASEBALL. >> YES.

>> BUT IT IS PART OF THE MARRIOTT RESERVATION SYSTEM AND ALL -- ALL THAT COMES WITH IT.

THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF IT WITHOUT BEING LABELED A BIG

MARRIOTT. >> THANK YOU.

>> HOW HAS THIS COVID THING CHANGINGED THE WAY WE DESIGN AND -- CHANGED THE WAY WE DESIGN AND BUILD OUR HOTELS,

DO YOU THINK? >> GOOD QUESTION, TOM.

I THINK IN TERMS OF THE HIGH TOUCH SURFACES AND THE CHECKING IN SEEMS TO BE DIFFERENT NOW.

THERE IS A LOT MORE CLEANING THE HIGH TOUCH SURFACES.

NO I -- I KNOW PERMANENTLY I TRIED TO -- I KNOW DURING THE HOLIDAYS I TRIED TO CHECK INTO THE HOTEL AND INSTEAD OF THE WHOLE FAMILY GOING TO THE COUNTER YOU GO DIRECTLY TO YOUR ROOM AND SOMEBODY BRINGS YOUR BAG.

IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. >> NOT THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDINGS SO MUCH IS THAT WHAT YOUMENT? YOU MEANT? I --

>> I KNOW THE PROTOCOLS HAVE CHANGED.

BUT THAT'S HOW WE BUILT THINGS THE LAST 200 YEARS.

THERE MAY BE DESIGNS INTERNATIONALLY AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE FUNCTIONS RESTRICTING THE HERDS OF PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE LOBBY.

THAT'S SOME OF THE STUFF I THINK OF AS PART OF THE CULTURE AND THE CHARM OF A HOTEL.

I WAS JUST WONDER FIGURE THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

>> IT IS INTERESTING. THESE GUYS ARE PRETTY SMART AT MARRIOTT. IT IS INTERESTING WHAT THEY LEARNED. I THINK THE BENEFIT FOR US IS

WHATEVER THEY LEARN -- >> WE WILL BE THE FIRST ONES

TO CATCH IT. >> YEAH.

I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT -- MAYBE I AM SWIMMING IN YESTERYEAR, BUT THAT WARM LOBBY AND ACTIVITY, AND I WAS KIDDING WITH SOMEONE ABOUT I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE A DRINK IN THE LOBBY OF THE BAR AND CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WHEN WE THREAD THIS NEEDLE. SO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT I REALLY DO BELIEVE AREN'T GOING AWAY.

THE SOCIAL STUFF OF TRAVEL, SO TO SPEAK.

GOOD QUESTION. WHATEVER THEY LEARN, WE ARE GONNA GET IT AND WE ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM IT.

>> SO WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING SOUNDS LIKE WHAT -- NOT THAT I WAS OLD ENOUGH THEN, BUT HEARING ABOUT THE OLD FORT PIERCE HOTEL, WHEN IT WAS A FUNCTIONING HOTEL AND HAD THIS GREAT BIG LOBBY AND PLACES WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A DRINK AT THIS BAR OR SIT IN THE LOBBY HERE AND VISIT WITH SOMEBODY OR GO IN THE RESTAURANT OR WHATEVER, IT WAS A GATHERING

PLACE. >> YES.

IT CAN. YOU WERE MENTIONING THAT AND I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHEN I WAS TOURING MAIN SAIL HOTELS.

THEY OWN A HOTEL IN TAMPA CALLED THE EPICURIAN.

THE EPICURIAN IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STEAK HOUSE THAT I ALWAYS FORGET THE NAME. IT STARTS WITH A B.

>> BURNS. >> YES.

BURNS IS ACROSS THE STREET FRM THE EPICURIAN.

SO THEY DID THIS DEAL WITH THE GUYS THAT OWN BURNS.

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PROBABLY NOT AS MUCH AS NORMAL, BUT IT STILL FELT LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF ENERGY IN THIS PLACE, AND IT WAS A GOOD PLACE TO BE. BUT IT WAS INTERESTING HOW THEY MADE THAT CONNECTION TO BURNS AND THE WINE --

>> AND THE DESSERT ROOM. >> AND THE EPICURIAN, THAT'S

THE NAME OF IT. >> THE EPICURIAN BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE FOOD. IN FORT MYERS IT IS THE LUMINARIE, BUT EDISON AND FORWARD AND THESE LUMINARIES HUNG OUT IN FORT MYERS. SO IT IS CALLED THE LUMINARY.

>> AN ELECTRIC LIGHT. >> IT WILL BE A HOOT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WOULD CALL IT HERE.

WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING. >> IT WILL BE MICROSOMETHING.

>> TO NOT LET THE ENGINEERS NAME ANYTHING.

>> HALF LIMITS >> 100% DO NOT.

>> IT SHOULD BE CALLED THE HIGHWAY.

>> I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT FORT PIERCE OVER TWO YEARS AND THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING CHARACTERS UP HERE.

>> YES, AND YOU FIT IN NICELY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR

BRINGING US UP-TO-DATE. >> OKAY.

>> MUCH MORE ENTERTAINING THAN MR. MIMMS' MEMO.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> APPRECIATE IT. >> ALL RIGHTY.

>> IS THAT IT? ARE WE READY TO ADJOURN?

>> WE HAVE STAFF COMMENTS AND BOARD COMMENTS.

>> STAFF, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS?

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>> BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS SPH.

>> THE ONLY THING IS THE PARKING KY DID MEET TODAY AND WE HAVE DELIBERATED ON THE WALKER STUDY AND I AM NOT GOING TO SHOW YOU MY HAND, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO GET RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEM AT I THINK THE NEXT MEETING.

>> WHEN IS THAT? >> FEBRUARY 1ST.

>> IT IS FEBRUARY 1ST. AND I TELL YOU.

IT WAS SPIRITED. EVERY MEMBER OF THE PARKING

COMMITTEE WAS IN ATTENDANCE. >> I HEARD THAT.

>> THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT.

I READ THE REPORT AND IT IS VERY INTERESTING.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT ARE WE READY TO ADJOURN?

>> I

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