Jan 19, 2021 City Commission Regular Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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IT IS TUESDAY JANUARY 19, 2021. THIS IS THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PRAYER AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE

OF ALLEGIANCE. >>> WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE OF PRAYER THAT WAS BOUGHT AND PURCHASED FOR US BY THE PRECIOUS LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN COME BOLDLY BEFORE YOU AND LORD, I THANK YOU THAT THIS CITY HAS A DESIRE TO BEGIN THESE MEETINGS WITH A HUMBLE RECOGNITION OF YOU. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD HONOR THIS TIME OF RECOGNIZING OUR CREATOR BY GIVING US YOUR DIVINE WISDOM FOR THESE MEETINGS. WE PRAY FOR THOSE WITH VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS HERE AT CITY HALL THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM AS THEY DO THEIR DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES. WE ASK YOU ESPECIALLY FOR WISDOM DURING THESE MEETINGS. LORD, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR WORLD IS FACING GREAT AND GRAVE DESPERATE TIMES. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD HELP LEADERS AND SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS AND HOSPITALS TO HAVE WISDOM AND BALANCING FREEDOM AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS.

THESE ARE VERY DELICATE MATTERS. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN COME TO SOMEONE HIGHER THAN US. SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THAN WE DO WHO SEES THE BEGINNING FROM THE END AND SEEK YOUR MIND ABOUT THESE THINGS. WE PRAY FOR THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES AND FACING THE GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS AND THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM STRENGTH AS THEY ENDEAVOR TO PROTECT US AND TO HELP US. THEN, LORD, WE ASK THAT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT YOUR HAND WOULD BE MADE EVIDENT TO US AS YOU CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND PROTECT AND EXTEND THE TIDE OF THE VIRUS AND LORD THAT ULTIMATELY YOU WOULD BE GLORIFIED AND THAT YOUR NAME WOULD BE LIFTED UP AND MAGNIFIED FOR YOUR WORTHY. WE ASK THIS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

>>> AMEN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE WITH

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >>> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

>>> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. >>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER PERONA?

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

>> HERE. >> APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 4TH, 2021, REGULAR MEETING.

>>> APPROVAL. >>> SECOND.

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

>>> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON >> COMMISSIONER PERONA

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

>> YES. >>> WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS NOT REQUIRING A PUBLIC HEARING.

>>> WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TONIGHT. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PODIUM AND YOU'LL BE GIVEN A THREE SECOND WARNING, SO THE FIRST PERSON IS PASTOR

GRACEY MILLER. >>> I'M PASTOR GRACE MILLER, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY GODDAUGHTER DIANE HUNT AND ANITA WILLINGHAM. THEY HAD THEIR HOUSE GOT BURNT UP ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF THE PRICE THEY CHARGED THEM JUST FOR A ONE TIME CLEANUP AND NOW THAT SHE'S WANTING TO SELL HER PROPERTY SHE PAID HER TAXES, YOU ALL ARE CHARGING HER. YOU CHARGED HER $14,000, JUST TO CLEAN UP ONE LOT AND A YEAR LATER, THEY CAME UP AND ASKED THE CITY WHAT DID THEY OWE THEM?

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DON'T HAVE IT. >>> THEY CAME TWICE, SOMEONE TOLD THEM THAT YOU DON'T OWE THEM ANYTHING. THEY WASN'T ABLE TO PAY THAT. NOW THAT SHE WANTS TO SELL IT AND PAY HER TAXES, IT IS $15,000, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT

TO KATY NOW. >>> WHAT WAS THE ADDRESS

AGAIN >> IT WAS 11B.

>>> 11B. >>> 305 NORTH 17TH STREET.

>>> YEAH. DIANE HUNT, IS SHE HERE? IT IS DIANE HUNT FIRST

AND THEN ARE YOU MS. WILLINGHAM >> NO.

>>> ARE YOU BOTH DIANE HUNT? >> SHE CAME AND SPOKE TO ME ON

MY BEHALF. >> MY NAME IS DIANE HUNT AND AND LIVING THERE FOR 37 YEARS AND MY HOUSE GOT BURNT DOWN IN OCTOBER THE 30TH, I BELIEVE. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND I WANT TO TRY TO SELL THE LAND, YOU KNOW, BUT $15,000 IS WHAT THEY CALLED ME TO CLEAN IT UP AND I DON'T HAVE $15,000, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DID, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF

MONEY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE YOU DONE? THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANITA

WILLINGHAM >> WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS, MA'AM?

>> 2808 AND THAT'S THE PROPERTY WE OWN. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THAT. $15,000 THEY CHARGED US.

>> IS THAT YOU >> NORMALLY WE DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY COME AT ONCE SO I'M TRYING TO SORT THIS OUT. NOW

I'M CALLING ON YOU. >> I'M JUST -- YOU KNOW, PASTOR GRACE CALLED ME, I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT.

>> STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FOR US, PLEASE.

>> MY NAME IS CATHLEEN NALLI. 2222 SOUTHEAST ANISA STREET IN PORT ST. LUCIE. I LIVED MANY YEARS HERE IN FORT PIERCE AND I HAD DONE BUSINESS WITH PASTOR GRACE SEVERAL TIMES AND SO SHE CALLED ME TO TRY TO LIST THE LOT OF LAND FOR THESE LADIES AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE LAND AND EVERYTHING AND WHEN WE LEFT MY HUSBAND SAID TO ME, I THINK WE SHOULD BUY IT OURSELVES. SO WE STARTED A CONTRACT WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, FOR $14,000, THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD OFFER. AND IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THAT, THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE CITY WAS CHARGING THEM 15,000 FOR THE CLEAN-UP OF THE -- WHEN THE HOUSE HAD BURNT DOWN. SO BECAUSE OF THAT REASON, I FILED THE REQUEST TO EITHER WIPE THE FINES AWAY OR AT LEAST REDUCE

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>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, ALL. CLAUDE FASSEY.

>> CLAUDE, 2828 PORT ST. LUCIE. 21-R11 505.

>> ITEM 13B. >> 13B. THAT'S CORRECT. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN YEARS WE HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH. I KNOW IT IS A VOTE THIS EVENING FROM THE BOARD AND IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS AND THE OWNER, SHE'S NOT HERE YET, BUT THEY ARE WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CITE PLANS AND NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING AS OF YET, BECAUSE THE PARKING LOT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE GET A POSITIVE VOTE THIS EVENING FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE BOARD ON THIS MATTER, SO WE CAN GET THIS PROPERTY OPENED UP AS A DAYCARE PRETTY SOON.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THAT CONCLUDES

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

PUBLIC COMMENT. >>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA OR APPROVAL OF THE

AGENDA. >> IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONER THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR DELETE ANYTHING FROM THE AGENDA

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD RES SOLUTION 2101 FROM THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL REGARDING SENATE BILL 62. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO REVIEW THAT AND ACT ACCORDINGLY BASED ON WHAT I LEARNED FROM THAT MEETING.

>> ALL RIGHTY. >> DISCUSSION ON THAT ONE, I AGREE WITH YOU, WE SHOULD ADD THIS. ARE YOU OKAY IF WE ADDED IT AND TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE. BECAUSE OUR LIAISON IS HERE WITH US SO SHE CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE AND TRY TO HELP US, EDUCATE US

ABOUT THIS. >> THAT'S FINE AS LONG AS MAYOR AG AGREES.

>> WE CAN TAKE IT UP NEXT IF THE COMMISSION SO MOVES.

>> APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.

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

>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. YES, MA'AM.

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

>>> WE'LL DO AN ADD-ON OF 9A DISCUSSION OF 21-01 OF THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING. COUNCIL, IN REFERENCE

TO SENATE BILL 62. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, DO YOU WANT TO DO ANY LEAD INTO THIS OR DO YOU WANT TO --

>> SURE. MADAME MAYOR AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, I ATTENDED A MEETING AT THE TOP OF THEIR AGENDA WAS THIS NEW SENATE BILL, BY ALL ACCOUNTS IT SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT THIS PARTICULAR AGENCY KIND OF FLAT-FOOTED AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT WHEN THIS CAME UP. AND SO IT WAS QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH, THEY SHARED THEIR RESPECTIVE RESOLUTION, WHICH WE VOTED ON AND ACCEPTED AS THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL AND THEY ENCOURAGED US TO BRING THAT BACK TO OUR LOCAL MUN MUNICIPALITIES AND PERHAPS UTILIZE WHATEVER AVENUES WE MIGHT HAVE THROUGH LEGISLATIVE MEANS AND PEOPLE ON THIS PARTICULAR SENATE COMMITTEE TO MAKE OUR EXPRESSIONS KNOWN. I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING IT TO YOU FOR CONSENSUS.

>>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. >> I'M KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH THIS, TOO. COMMISSIONER, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THEY ARE HEARING THIS IN THE HOUSE. I WANT TO ASK WHEN THIS IS COMING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE, I THINK WE HAVE DO CERTAIN THINGS IF WE DON'T JUST WRITE A LETTER.

>>> WELCOME, MS. FOGGERTY, YOUR NAME AND YOUR TITLE.

>>> NICOLE FOGGERTY. AS COMMISSIONER JOHNSON HAD

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MAYBE TALKING WITH HER ON JUST CATERING TO THAT REGIONAL

PLANNING COUNCIL. >>> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION, WHAT'S HER OBJECTION AND IF SHE HAS A PROBLEM WITH ONE REGIONAL PLANNING PLAN. WE'VE ENCOUNTERED THIS BEFORE.

>> THAT PARTICULAR REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, OURS REPRESENTS A FOUR COUNTY AREA, SORRY THREE COUNTY AREA, FOUR

TOTAL. >>> IT DOESN'T MATTER.

>> THE ONE THAT SHE'S REFERENCING REPRESENTS 10 COUNTIES, SO THERE'S SOME ISSUES BACK AND FORTH ON, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNTY NECESSARILY DOESN'T IDENTIFY WITH THIS COUNTY.

UNDER THAT REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IS ALSO OSCEOLA AND SEMINOLE, WHICH DOESN'T NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LOT IN COMMON WITH DIXIE OR YOUR GASTON COUNTY AREA, SO THAT'S

WHERE -- >> THE BIG COUNTY BEATS UP ON THE LITTLE COUNTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YEP, WE'VE SEEN THAT

BEFORE. YES, SIR. >> IN THE MEETING, I'M SURE THE DISCUSSION, WAS IT A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION?

>> YEAH, IT WAS. >>> OUR REGIONAL COUNCIL DOES

GRAT A LOT OF THINGS. >>> I FEEL LIKE WE NEED OUR REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, WE NEED IT, IT PROVIDES A VALUABLE

SERVICE. >>> WE CAN PROBABLY JUST WRITE A LETTER OF SUPPORT WITH THIS SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION BUT WE CAN'T PASS A RESOLUTION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ADVERTISE IT,

IS THAT IT? >> I WOULD FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTSABLE WITH THE FIRST ROUTE.

>>> I FIGURED YOU WOULD. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING UP WITH THAT. GOOD JOB. YOU WERE GETTING THE EYE?

>> IT WAS COMING. >>> I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION

OR MORE DISCUSSION. >>> GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER.

>> I MOVE THAT WE WRITE A LETTER OF SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 21-01 AND I SUPPORT THE RESPECTIVE RESOLUTION.

>> SECOND THAT. >> SECOND. GOOD ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

>>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. >>> COMMISSIONER JAY JOHNSON.

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

[a. Presentation by Eric Goldman, CEO Lawnwood Regional Medical Center]

>> YES. >>> WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF ERIC ERIC GOLDMAN, CEO.

>>> WELCOME MR. GOLDMAN. >>> I'M FRIENDS WITH ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, I KEEP HEARING OVER BEERS JUST HOW GREAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL OF THE TIME. YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE OF

HIM, I WON'T MENTION HIS NAME. >> I KNOW WHO YOU ARE TALKING

ABOUT, TOO. >>> I THINK EVERYBODY DOES. .

>> CHAMBERS, LOWERCASE. >>> IF YOU WALK INTO THE HOSPITAL, THERE'S PICTURES ON THE WALL.

>>> IF YOU WALK IN, THERE'S PICTURES ON THE WALL, TOO.

>> I FEEL LEFT OUT, I'M MISSING SOMETHING.

>> WE'LL FILL YOU IN. >> ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. NO, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU TAKING THE TIME, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT COMING FORWARD AND TALKING TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT THE HOSPITAL. I KNOW IT CAME UP SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WITH THE PLANNING OF OUR CONSTRUCTION AND ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MOVING THAT FORWARD, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT

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THAT THE TIME AT LAWNWOOD HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE, AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS COMMUNITY HAS REALLY DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF WELCOMING ME AND MY FAMILY, BUT ALSO, ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET. I THINK WHAT WE AIM TO DO AND WHAT ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS REALLY IMPORTANT. I HAVE UP NEXT OUR MISSION STATEMENT APPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

CERTAINLY WE DON'T COME INTO WORK EVERY DAY TRYING TO DO ANYTHING BUT OFFER THE ABSOLUTE BEST HEALTHCARE THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND OFTENTIMES THAT CAN BE CHALLENGING. MANY TIMES WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LAWN WOOD, I ALWAYS SAY THAT THERE'S MANY LAWNWOODS, THERE'S A SIDE WHERE WE ARE A REGIONAL REFERRAL CENTER. SO WHETHER IT IS INDIAN RIVER, ST. LUCIE, MARTIN, OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES, WE RECEIVED ABOUT 2800 PATIENTS THAT ARE TRANSFERRED IN AND ADMITTED EVERY YEAR JUST FROM WHAT OTHER HOSPITALS IN THE AREA CAN'T TAKE CARE OF. SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF ONE ASPECT OF THE HOSPITAL, AND AS WE START TO GET THROUGH THE SERVICES, YOU'LL REALLY SEE THERE'S A LOT OF BREADTH AND DEPTH ABOUT WHO WE ARE. WE WERE THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN FORT PIERCE AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY. WE'RE NOW A 392-BED HOSPITAL.

WHEN OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS DONE, THAT WILL BE ANOTHER 32 BEDS TO THAT. UNIQUE SERVICES LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTER. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL ONE IS REALLY PRIMARILY TWO THINGS. IT IS HAVING A PEDIATRIC SURGEON AVAILABLE 24/7. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE 27 PEOPLE WHO FINISH RESIDENCY EACH YEAR FOR PEDIATRIC SURGERY, THAT CAN BE QUITE DAUNTING FROM TIME TO TIME AND THERE'S A SMALL RESEARCH COMPONENT THAT WE'RE ALREADY MEETING. REALLY, WE'RE ALMOST THERE. AS YOU START SEEING, AS WE START TALKING ABOUT THE SERVICES, WE HAVE THE ONLY PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM DEPARTMENT, WE'RE THE ONLY LEVEL THREE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. WE'VE GOT THE ONLY PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. SO WE REALLY HAVE THE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT COMMUNITY AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. COMPREHENSIVE STROKE IS ANOTHER AREA. IT USED TO BE THE OTHER HOSPITAL USED TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE WITH STROKES. THERE'S 2 DIFFERENT AVENUES. ONE WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN. YOU EITHER HAVE A BLOCKAGE OF BLOOD FLOW TO YOUR BRAIN OR THERE'S A BLEED.

THERE'S NOT TONS THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE BLEED. MORE FOR BLOCKAGE. TYPICALLY THE CLOT BUSTING BLOOD WHICH WE HAVE AVAILABLE. OUR DOOR TO MEDIAN TIME TO RECEIVING THE MEDICATION IS 27 MINUTES. SO SOMEBODY IS EXPERIENCING STROKE SYMPTOMS, THEY MEET THE GUIDELINES WITHIN 27 MINUTES OF HITTING THE DOOR THEY ARE RECEIVING THE DRUG. NATIONALLY THERE'S A GOAL TO GET THAT UNDER 60 MINUTES. IT IS CERTAINLY A GREAT PLACE TO BE.

THE OTHER PART THAT MAKES THIS COMPREHENSIVE STROKE. MUCH LIKE THE HEART CATH, HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE A PHYSICIAN BE ABLE TO PUT A CATHETER IN YOUR LEG TO FEED THAT CATHETER UP TO YOUR BRAIN AND BE ABLE TO PULL THE CLOT DIRECTLY OUT OF YOUR BRAIN SHOULD THE MEDICATION NOT WORK. SO IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE TO THINK THAT WE COULD DO WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY BRAIN SURGERY WITHOUT HAVING TO OPEN ANYBODY UP AND THE SAME THING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WITH A HEART CATH. IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. AND SO THAT'S A REAL SPECIALIZED SERVICE THAT'S AVAILABLE 24/7, 365. ONE THING WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IS THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMPONENT. LAST YEAR, WE OPENED UP 12 ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC BEDS, IN ADD ADDITION TO THE 24 ADULT BEDS WE ALREADY HAVE. THAT'S A MASSIVE SHORTAGE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE'RE HAPPY TO EXPAND THAT WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE CONTRACTING THAT. AS WE HAVE SEEN, THE NEED FOR SERVICES IS ONLY GROWING AND GROWING. WE

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OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO, CERTAINLY THE EMERGENCY ROOM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS GET PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. THE SHORT WAITING TIMES IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE SUPPORT GROUPS, EDUCATION, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TEACH PEOPLE AND TRAIN PEOPLE AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO ON. BUT WE FIND THAT AS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE PART OF A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BEING PART OF HCA. WE HAVE LAWNWOOD ST. LUCIE MEDICAL CENTER. OKEECHOBEE AND HIGHLANDS REGIONAL OUT IN HIGHLANDS COUNTIES. OUR PART OF THE NETWORK, FREESTANDING FACILITIES, CARE NOW CENTERS, ET CETERA, ARE ALL PART OF OUR NETWORK, AS WELL AS THE OFF-SITE EMERGENCY ROOMS THAT WE HAVE IN DARWIN SQUARE AND VERO BEACH, WHICH WAS OUR NEWEST ADDITION.

SERVICES ALL OF IT HAS BEEN IN FLORIDA. THE ONE THING THAT HAS AMAZED ME IN FLORIDA ABOUT HOSPITAL SERVICES, EVERY SERVICE SEEMS TO BE A BOUTIQUE HOSPITAL. THEY MIGHT PROVIDE HEART SERVICES BUT THEY DON'T HAVE PSYCH. THEY MIGHT DO NEUROSURGERY BUT CAN'T TAKE CARE OF PEEDS. WHEN YOU THINK OF LAWNWOOD, THE ONLY THING WE OUTPATIENT PEOPLE FOR IS BURNS AND TRANSPLANTS. YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE SOUTH BEFORE YOU FIND A HOSPITAL LIKE OURS. A LOT OF IT IS IN-HOUSE. INFORMER, INFORM, MEANT TO KEEP FAMILY MEMBERS INVOLVED. SOMEBODY CAN RECEIVE

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SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF A TRAUMA, I'M INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH THE CARE THAT'S PROVIDED ON A DAILY BASIS. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, OUR STOP THE BLEED PROGRAM, WE HAVE TRAINED 100% OF THE TEACHERS IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY. A LOT OF COURT CLERKS AND COURT OFFICERS IN WHAT WE CALL OUR "STOP THE BLEED" PROGRAM. A LOT OF TIMES TRAUMA CAN BE AVERTED IF THEY CAN JUST BE TRAINED APPROPRIATELY AND STOPPING THE PLEADING UNTIL 911 CAN GET THERE. WHAT WE'RE ABLE DO FOR PEOPLE'S LIFE AND LIMBS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND SO WE HAVE A TRAUMA EDUCATOR WHOSE ENTIRE ROLE IS TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO PROMOTE APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING. THERE'S A GUN PROGRAM, TOO, THAT OUR LEAD PERSON CAN GO OUT AND TRAIN. I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE KIDS' SERVICES, PRETTY MUCH SOUP TO NUTS. WE HAVE OUR PEDIATRIC CARE SERVICES. OUR NICU UNIT IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY HELP BABIES WHO WERE BORN AS LITTLE AS 32 WEEKS GESTATION PERIOD. A BABY IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DISCHARGE FROM THE

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AND THEN TO START GETTING WORKING ON THE OPERATING ROOMS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT WILL BE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CAMPUS IS WHERE THE EXPANSION WILL BE. RIGHT IN FRONT OF IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, THE SURGICAL ENTRANCE. RIGHT IN FRONT OF THERE. THE BUILDING WILL ALSO HAVE A SHELL UNIT THAT I BELIEVE I'M HOPEFUL BEFORE WE'RE EVEN DONE, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER 24 ICU BEDS THERE AND THEN THE BUILDING IS STRESSED TO ADD MULTIPLE FLOORS ON TOP OF THAT, SO EXPANSION CAN BE EASIER AND CLEANER. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I BELIEVE THERE'S 240 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES THAT WILL BE GOING ALONG WITH THAT, WHICH IS SORELY NEEDED AT THE HOSPITAL. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. A LOT THAT WE'RE DOING, COVID HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A DISTRACTION THIS YEAR. WE'RE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF SOME OF THE VACCINATION EFFORTS, AS OF LATE IT HAS BEEN TOUGHER TO GET PEOPLE -- TO GET ADDITIONAL VACCINES INTO THE HOSPITAL. WE'VE GOT MOST OF OUR STAFF RECEIVING THEIR SECOND DOSE BEGINNING TOMORROW. IT IS KIND OF HOW IT WORKED OUT WITH THE FOUR-YEAR TIME PERIOD BETWEEN DOSES AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THAT MEANS AND VERY HOPEFUL THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY AVAILS THEMSELVES OF THIS INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGY AND HOPEFULLY ALLOWS EVERYBODY TO GET RID OF THESE

MASKS AND RETURN BACK TO NORMAL. >>> YOU DID GREAT. YOU GAVE US A LOT OF INFORMATION. I MET JEANETTEA HENRY, SHE'S THE STOP

THE BLEED, ISN'T SHE? >> YEAH. SHE IS.

>>> WONDERFUL. LEARNED A LOT FROM HER.

>> IT IS A LONG WAYS FROM FORT PIERCE MEMORIAL?

>> YES, IT IS. >>> I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. I REMEMBER A YOUNG KID IN COLLEGE, GETTING HERE IN '76 AND WORKING THROUGH THAT CHANGEOVER TO THE LOCATION THAT YOU'RE AT NOW AND BUILDING THE REPUTATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND IT IS JUST AMAZING. WE ALL USE YOU WHEN WE'RE OUT SELLING FORT PIERCE. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IT IS AN ACE IN OUR HAND EVERY TIME WE CAN FLOP THAT DOWN. IT IS

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DO TO SUPPORT. >> IT IS THE SUPPORT. I THINK OFTENTIMES, HEALTHCARE IS VERY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT, AND THIS CAN BE A TOUGH COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN. AS I OFTEN TELL A LOT OF COUNTY FOLKS OR SOME OF OUR STATE LEGISLATURES, ET CETERA. YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT YOU FIND THAT THE FOR-PROFIT HOSPITAL IN THE AREA IS YOUR SAFETY NET HOSPITAL. AND OFTENTIMES WE'RE ASKING OUR FELLOW BRETHREN AROUND HERE TO STEP UP. WE WOULD PUT OUR CHARITY CARE, PROBABLY TENFOLD AHEAD OF JUST ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE. BUT IT IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR US. CERTAINLY WE NEED TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN AND SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT I WOULD EVER ASK IS FOR YOU TO -- WHEN WE DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED OR IS URGENT, AND THAT WE CAN COME TO YOU, YOU ALWAYS TAKE IT FOR CONSIDERATION AND ONE THING I WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER UP IS IF WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS OR ENCOURAGING BUSINESS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME AND I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND BE A PART OF IT. I'M INCREDIBLY BULLISH ON THIS COMMUNITY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY, UP AND DOWN, MY CAREER, AS I MENTIONED THE 26 YEARS, IT HAS BEEN IN CLEARWATER, PALM BEACH, HERE, JACKSONVILLE AREA, AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK THIS AREA IS HAS THE MOST PROMISE AND THE MOST GOING FOR IT. I'VE HEARD YEAR AFTER YEAR, FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF SHOVEL-READY LAND THERE ISN'T MUCH. PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS THREE PARCELS, DECENT SIZE OF SHOVEL-READY LAND. WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE HERE. IF WE CAN BE A PART OF HELPING SELL THAT, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT, TOO.

>>> ANYTHING ELSE? IT IS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THE REPORT TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT LAWNWOOD HAS, YOU TEND TO FORGET. I'M

VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU CAME. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND HOPEFULLY WON'T WRITE ABOUT IT. ONE ISSUE, IS THAT WE HAVE MANY PIECES THAT ARE PART OF OUR PUZZLE AND MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IT. THE OTHER HOSPITALS THAT ARE PART OF OUR NETWORK, ET CETERA. MANY PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF THAT OR SOME OF THE CLINICS OR THE CARE NOW.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF A BRANDING CAMPAIGN, SO WE ALL KIND OF COME UNDER A ONE UMBRELLA. THAT WILL BE VERY POWERFUL TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND SAY, I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE AFFILIATED. I THINK IT IS GOING TO EVEN SHOW A GREATER FORCE OF WHAT WE WANT FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

>>> YOU'LL BE A BIGGER PRESENCE. EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A BIG PRESENCE ALREADY, IT WILL BE ALL TIED TOGETHER.

>> YES. >> SO THAT MAY MEAN WE'LL SEE SOME EXPANSION IN SOME OF THE PERIPHERIES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY AND SOME OF THOSE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET ACCESS. MAYBE NOT ER ACCESS, BUT JUST --

>> WE'VE GOT AN URGENT CARE THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO BREAK GROUND ON, YOU KNOW, OUT BY 95 AND THE TURNPIKE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO KEEP EXPANDING THOSE SERVICES. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE PHYSICIAN OFFICES THAT WE'LL START EXPANDING OUT FROM THE HOSPITAL. PARTICULARLY ON THE NORTH END OF TOWN. THE SERVICES ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSERVED AS YOU GET INTO THE LAKEWOOD PARKS, WE SEE THAT WHOLE AREA AS OUR FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITY COMING TO THE HOSPITAL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS PRIMARY CARE SERVICES OR SPECIAL SERVICE, WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A BELIEF THAT PEOPLE

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>> RIGHT. >> WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT AN

APPROPRIATE MIX BETWEEN THE TWO. >>> THAT'S VERY EXCITING.

UNLIKE COMMISSIONER PERONA, I DIDN'T COME IN '72, I CAME IN '02. THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING TO OUR COMMUNITY IS PLUS OF ANY MAJOR CITY THAT I HAVE LIVED IN AND WORKED IN THESE ARENAS. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STROKE TIMES LESS THAN 60 MINUTES. PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT AND GETTING ANALYTICS ON BOARD AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. YOU GUYS ARE TO BE COMMENDED AND ALWAYS CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE YOURSELVES TO GET IT DOWN TO 25, 24, AND 23 MINUTES.

THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THEY HAVE TO COME MEET IN MY OFFICE THE NEXT MORNING, SO WE

GET IT DONE QUICK. >> THANK YOU. OUR COMMUNITY

WILL BE BLESSED FROM THAT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE

[b. South Beach Western Peninsula Community Vision presentation]

APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. >> APPRECIATE IT.

>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS SOUTH BEACH WESTERN PENINSULA

COMMUNITY PRESENTATION. >> AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AND EVALUATING THE SOUTH BEACH AREA ARE FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO. WE'VE HAD SOME PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COME BEFORE US. AND WE HAVE HAD SOME CHALLENGES, BUT RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THAT OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING HAS AN OUTLINE AND A PLAN ALONG WITH A VISION THAT COULD RESOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING IN THE DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY. SO EYE TURN IT OVER TO JANET AT THIS TIME.

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION. WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO DO, OUR APPROACH WITH LOOKING BACK AT OUR 2012 PLAN THAT WAS DONE ON HUTCHINSON ISLAND AND TAKING ALSO A LOOK AT THE OVERALL SOUTH BEACH OVERLAY. WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO START OFF. I DID PROVIDE COPIES OF THAT PLAN FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME. BUT THE OVERALL VISION OF THAT WAS ENVISIONED BY THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS WORKING TOGETHER. THE WESTERN PENINSULA MASTER PLAN, WHICH IT IS REFERRED TO AS. A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE FORT PIERCE WATERFRONT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. IT IS A GUIDE FOR FUTURE GROWTH OF THE ISLAND AND A STRATEGY TO FURTHER ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IN THE CITY. THAT IS TAKEN VERBATIM FROM THAT PLAN. JUST TO BEGIN WITH, I TOOK A LOOK AT THIS PLAN. SO THIS IS JUST A SKETCH OF WHAT WAS ENVISIONED BASED ON INPUT, A DAY-LONG INPUT WITH RESIDENTS OF THE AREA. RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. AND SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH. THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONE OF THEIR OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS DID LEAD THE CHARGE. IT IS WORTH NOTING AND AS I GO OVER THE SCHEDULE THAT WHAT HAS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IS COORDINATING A TEAM APPROACH TO UPDATING THIS MASTER PLAN, AND WE HAVE KIM DELANEY ASSIST IN THAT EFFORT AND SHE RIGHT NOW IS PUT AGO PROPOSAL TOGETHER. SHE'S BEEN MEETING WITH HER ECONOMISTS AND SHE WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH A PROPOSAL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN FEBRUARY. SO THERE WERE SIX DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WERE DECIDED, AND I JUST SORT OF TYPED IT UP TO BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT. AND THIS -- PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS AREA ENCOMPASSES BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND.

IT IS BOTH WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE CAUSEWAY COVE AREA IS ALSO PART OF THIS MASTER PLAN. SO THERE WERE SIX DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WANTED TO SEE. A HOTEL, WATERFRONT AND ACTUALLY UP TO THREE HOTELS, THEY HAD IDENTIFIED IN THAT PLAN. WATERFRONT MARKET, A MIXED USE BUILDING. RESIDENTIAL, PARKING, BOTH SURFACE AND/OR STRUCTURED AND A PUBLIC BEACH ALONG THE WATERFRONT. THE GOAL WAS TO DEVELOP A BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SURROUNDING AREAS. CONSISTENT OF A NUMBER OF ITEMS WITHIN THAT GOAL, WE COULD SAY THERE WERE EIGHT DIFFERENT GOALS BUT I HAVE WRAPPED IT UP INTO ONE. I'LL TOUCH UPON THEM. FIRST IS ANNOUNCING THE ARRIVAL AND SETTING A DIGNIFIED STAGE FOR

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THE NEED FOR MORE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH IS THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL HAS GUIDEBOOKS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT AND CONSIDERING AND BRINGING FORWARD TO THIS COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC.

OKAY. SO NOW, WHAT I HAVE DONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES IS TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER PLANS THAT NEED TO BE CONSISTENT AND I'LL FURTHER GO OVER THAT, WHEN I LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE WITH YOU ALL. WHICH IS JUST A DRAFT SCHEDULE, AND IT JUST GIVES YOU A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET TO A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND THEN AFTER THAT, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE IN TIME. SO I TOOK A LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT AND IT SPEAKS TO NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING. THE CITY SHALL UNDERTAKE THE SPECIALTY PLANS WITH NO PARTICULAR ORDER.

THE CITY WILL START TO COMPLETE ONE PLAN ANNUALLY, WHICH WE ARE STRIVING TO DO RIGHT NOW. IN LOOKING AT THIS, I UNDERLINED SOUTH BEACH DISTRICT. IT IS NOT UNDERLINED IN THE COMP PLAN BUT IT SHOWS THE RELEVANCE OF LOOKING AT OUR COMP PLAN WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT THIS PLAN. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT. THE OBJECTIVE THAT SPEAKS TO DESIGNATING FUTURE LAND USES AND THE INTENSITIES IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS TO STIMULATE TOURISM AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR SMALL TOWN CHARACTER. IN DOING SO, TAKE A LOOK AT 1.1.12. IT SPEAKS TO THE ZONING, DENSITY INTENSITY FOR THE SOUTH BEACH AREA. BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL, HUTCHINSON ISLAND RESIDENTIAL. YOU SEE OUR DENSITY IS LIMITED TO EIGHT UNITS TO THE ACRE AND WITH THE MIXED USE. NONRESIDENTIAL USES, NO MORE THAN 20% OF THE TOTAL AREA. GIVEN THAT IT HAS BEEN NINE YEARS, A LOT OF CITIES

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AND AS OUR ZONING CODE IMPLEMENTS OUR FUTURE LAND USE AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE DESIGNATION OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, WE HAVE A SOUTH BEACH OVERLAY DISTRICT. THESE DISTRICTS, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

STIPULATE SPECIAL PROVISIONS, THAT ALONG WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC ZONING DISTRICT GOVERN THE USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN A SPECIFIC TARGETED AREA. FOR THE SOUTH BEACH, THIS AREA, IF WE EVEN BEGIN TO ANNEX PROPERTIES THAT COULD PERHAPS BE IN THE COUNTY, WE WOULD THEN -- THIS OVERLAY JUST IT IS STATED.

IT JUST ENCOMPASSES THAT, AND THOSE BOUNDARIES ARE THEN REDEFINED. THE PURPOSE OF THE SOUTH BEACH OVERLAY DISTRICT IS TO PROMOTE GOOD PLANNING AND SITE DESIGN THAT PRODUCES QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AND AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AND KEEPING WITH A GENERAL CHARACTER OF SOUTH HUTCHINSON ISLAND.

PROCEED SERVE, PROTECT AND ENHANCE BARRIER ISLAND ENVIRONMENT THROUGH REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF LOTS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT. SO THIS AREA IS VERY UNIQUE TO THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS -- IT IS A BARRIER ISLAND, SO IT HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS, BUT ALSO WITHIN OUR RE DEVELOPMENT AREA, SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SPUR REDEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTE TOURISM. AND THIS LEADS TO OUR RE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

SO THIS WAS THE UPDATE THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED BY OUR CONSULTANT, AND IT SPEAKS TO THE OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND ONE OF OUR GOALS THAT'S ALSO PROVIDED IN THE APPENDIX OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SHALL COORDINATE WITH THE CITY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO EVALUATE REGULATIONS TO APPLICABLE REGULATORY DOCUMENTS DEEMED NECESSARY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. ONE OF THE POLICIES SPEAKS TO THE COORDINATION WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL REGULATORY VISIONS TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TO ENABLE AND ENCOURAGE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THESE TARGETED AREAS, THOSE BEING THE PARK, PEACOCK ARTS DISTRICT, THE DOWNTOWN, THE SOUTH BEACH, COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, AVENUE D AND CURRENT AND FORMER INDUSTRIAL AREAS. THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, I JUST PROVIDE THIS, AGAIN, WAS TAKEN FROM OUR -- THE UPDATE, THE PLAN. AND IT JUST SPEAKS TO THE FUTURE LAND USES THAT ARE WITHIN THAT TARGETEDED AREA, THE MAJORITY SPEAKS TO HUTCHINSON ISLAND, MIXED USE. RESIDENTIAL, AND AREAS ALSO SOME RESIDENTIAL LOW. COMMERCIAL ALONG THIS PORTION ALONG THE WATER IN THE INLET AND THE GREEN ARE THE PRESERVE AND PARK AREAS. AND THESE ARE THE CORRESPONDING ZONING DISTRICTS.

SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT A YEAR PERIOD JUST TO GET TO THE APPROVAL PROCESS, TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION, THAT WE WOULD BE CHANGING OUR COMP PLAN.

THEREFORE, IT WOULD REQUIRE STATE REVIEW, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT AND POSSIBLY CHANGES. REALLY WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS MORE IN LINES WITH THE TEXT AMENDMENTS. JUST REVIEWING IN THIS 2012 WASTEWATER. THE COMP PLAN AND THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES. I'VE JUST TOUCHED UPON THE MAIN THINGS, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WHOLE CODE AND WHERE IT COULD HAVE SOME INCONSISTENCIES AND REEVALUATION. ENGAGED PARTICIPATION OF TREASURE COAST, REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, WHICH THAT WILL HAPPEN, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, I'M ALREADY BEGIN TO COORDINATE WITH KIM. IN THAT INITIAL MEETING, THAT I HAD WITH MS. DELANEY AND MR. MIMS, WE HAVE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE WATERS ALONG THE COVE. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY THAT THEY HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE TIDES AND ITS EFFECT ON THEIR ARENA. I YOU -- I UNDERSTAND THAT IS SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE CORRECTIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE ALONG OUR WATERFRONT.

MS. DELANEY IS GOING TO HELP PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH ME. A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THAT AREA AND THE STUDY TO RELOCATE THE WATERWATER TREATMENT PLANT. I CAN'T GIVE YOU MUCH OF AN UPDATE

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ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAD SAID WHY WASN'T THIS ADOPTED. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD JUST ADOPT. IT WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT, A PUBLIC PLAN, YOU HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE POLICIES. BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN NINE YEARS, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED BUT THE ONE THING IS INTEREST.

WE GET CALLS ALL OF THE TIME, SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON THE ISLAND. SO I FORESEE IN THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET PEOPLE NOT FROM FORT PIERCE BUT INTERESTED IN RELOCATING TO FORT PIERCE THAT WILL BE AT THESE MEETINGS. SO IT IS GOING TO BE AN EXCITING TIME. AND THEN FOLLOWING THOSE GOALS OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES, OR GOPS THAT WE REFER TO THEM AS. WE WOULD THEN DEVELOP AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD IMPLEMENT THOSE AND THOSE WOULD BE CHANGES TO OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. WE ANTICIPATE PRESENTING THAT IN A VERY INFORMAL CONFERENCE AGENDA WITH YOU ALL, SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND GET SOME FEEDBACK AND FROM THAT, MAKE AMENDMENTS SO WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING AND TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING CODE AND THEN WITH THAT, WE WOULD BRING IT TO OUR TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AGENCIES. WE WOULD GET FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE FDOT IS ON THAT BOARD AND ACROSS THE BOARD, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN WE WOULD BRING THE ITEMS, OUR PROPOSALS, TO THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING FOR PRESENTATION AND FURTHER DISCUSSION AND VETTING FROM THE PLANNING BOARD. AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO YOU ALL FOR A TRANSMITTAL HEARING UP TO THE STATE AND THEN FINALLY TO THE ADOPTION HEARING. SO IF TODAY IS AT THE END OF JANUARY, IT WOULD BE -- YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE FINALIZING WHAT OUR STAFF AND INTERNAL CHANGES WOULD BE WITHIN A YEAR, AND THEN GO TO FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING AND -- OR MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. AND THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE

FOR RIGHT NOW. >> MADAME MAYOR.

>> YES, SIR. >> I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS ROLLING AGAIN AND I APPRECIATE IT AND YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS. IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART, I WAS ON THE PLANNING BOARD YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, SERVING WHEN IT WAS TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND THEN I WAS OFF THE PLANNING BOARD IN 2012. I REMEMBER WATCHING IT AND I REMEMBER ALL OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE CITY OBVIOUSLY. NOT A LOT HAS CHANGED BUT WE LOOK AT CHARACTERISTICS LIKE THE BRIDGE ITSELF CONNECTING THE MAINLAND TO THE ISLAND AND WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WITH TRAFFIC JUST IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS ON THIS COMMISSION. MICRO MOBILITY, GREEN WAYS OR BLUE WAYS AND TRYING TO FEEL OUT WHERE WE WANT TO BE AS A COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW IN THE FEKS FIVE YEARS. TALKING ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP WITH ST. LUCIE COUNTY OR AN OUTSIDE PRIVATE ENTITY COMING IN AND RUNNING A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OR PARTNERING WITH A UTILITY. AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE, RIGHT, MR. MIMS, OUR JOINT MEETING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED. A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE. I'M VERY -- WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THIS, I HAD FORGOTTEN WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP LOOKED LIKE SPECIFIC TO THE WESTERN PENINSULA. AND I RECALL HAVING MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT AND THERE IS A VISION. THERE IS A

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THANK YOU FOR KICKING IT OFF TONIGHT AND JUST LAYING A ROAD MAP, IF I COULD CALL IT THAT. BECAUSE IT -- I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE -- WELL, I DID KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE 2022. I JUST WAS WISHING FOR FASTER, RIGHT? I WAS JUST HOPING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE QUICKER, WHICH I KNOW IT IS NOT GOING TO BE. BUT THIS IS A WELL-LAID PLAN AND WELL THOUGHT OUT, SO

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ANYTHING ELSE? MR. PERONA.

>> THE FOLKS THAT SHOWED UP, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY HISTORY THAT SHOWED MORE PASSION THAN WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH THE ISLAND. I WAS A YOUNG PART OF THE COMMISSION BACK THEN. WE WENT THROUGH IT VERY FORMALLY.

WE GOT INTO THE WEEDS ON EVERYTHING. AND THEN IT GOT PUT ON A SHELF. AND YOU BLEW TWO INCHES OF DUST OFF OF IT AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN. IT IS STILL ALIVE AND THE PEOPLE ARE STILL PASSIONATE ABOUT MOVING IT FORWARD IN THAT FORMAT. WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES BECAUSE THE WORLD HAS CHANGED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THE ECONOMY AFFECTED IT FOR A WHILE AND WE HAD THIS GOING ON AND THAT GOING ON. IT IS NOT LOST.

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS HAS NOW GET NEW LIFE AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BOTH FROM A

STAFF AND A COMMISSION LEVEL. >>> SO I WAS PART OF THAT.

AND I REMEMBER ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO WAS THE CONSULTANT SAID, PRETEND THAT THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ISN'T HERE AND PRETEND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONSTRICTIONS ON HEIGHT OR ANY CONSTRICTIONS ON WHAT -- JUST GO FOR IT AND SAY WHAT YOU WANT DO WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHAT WOULD BE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE. THE BEST USE OF IT, AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY CAME TO KIND OF THAT VISION OF WHAT THEY PUT ON THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS RECOGNIZED THAT YOU CAN NOT DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT A PLANT AND PROBABLY THOSE TWO PROPERTIES HAVE TO BE COMBINED. PROBABLY. SO ALL OF THOSE ARE BIG WISHES IN A WORLD BACK THEN THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE FANTASY, RIGHT? JUST PRETEND YOU DON'T HAVE THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND YOU'VE GOT $80 MILLION AND YOU CAN MOVE THE PLANT WITH WHAT YOU WANT WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS MAYBE WHY IT DIDN'T -- IT WAS SUCH A BIG BITE OF THE APPLE TO REALLY GET A LOT OF THE CHANGES MADE FOR ACCOMMODATING THAT VISION, BECAUSE YOU HAD TO FIND THE MONEY TO MOVE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE HAD TO HAVE A WILL AND WE ALL EXPRESSED THE WILL, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE POCKETBOOK AND THEN THERE'S STILL -- THERE'S STILL CONCERN ON THE -- PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE ISLAND WHO DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION OR THE DENSITY RESTRICTION, I MEAN, THERE'S STILL VERY MUCH PEOPLE WHO ARE -- WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

AND CONCERNED ABOUT A LOT OF OVER DEVELOPMENT. SO IT IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY TO ACHIEVE THE VISION THAT THESE PEOPLE THAT

THIS SHERETTE IS SET UP. >>> THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO

HIRE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL. >> THANK YOU.

>>> PROBABLY THE PERSON WHO HAS KEPT THIS ALIVE THE MOST IS MR. PEISTER, WHO IS OUR PARTNER IN THIS. THE COMMISSIONER PASSED TO WORK IN CONCERT WITH THEM FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS FORTUNATE. IF YOU HAVE A PRIVATE OWNER THAT DOESN'T CARE MUCH, IT MAKES A WHOLE LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO PERCEIVE.

>> I HAVE HAD MANY MEETINGS WITH HIM.

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>> HE'LL BE AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

>> THAT'S GREAT AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY AND ECONOMICALLY THE STIMULUS THAT THIS WOULD PROVIDE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THIS, FOR THIS CITY, FOR THIS COUNTY, TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT ALSO ENVISIONS NOT ONLY TOURISM, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT SPINS OFF FROM IT FOR JOBS AND THAT WOULD REALLY SPUR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. I THINK THAT'S THE REALLY EXCITING PART. WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND THE VISION BEING UNDERSTOOD BY ALL FACETS OF FORT PIERCE. I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT WILL BE EXCITING AND I'M HAPPY THAT FORT PIERCE IS DREAMING BIG. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO FINANCE IT ALL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND WE'LL

FIGURE THAT OUT, SO THANK YOU. >> IF THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A

WAY. A MAN ON THE MOON. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I DO APPRECIATE IT, WE NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT'S INVOLVED. YOU GOT A LOT OF WORK BEFORE IT GETS BACK TO US, RIGHT?

>> VERY EXCITING. >> I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT. I'M TRYING TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO REPLACE SOUTH BRIDGE AND TALK ABOUT IT, MAKE SURE IT GETS NOT ONLY ON OUR PLAN AND THEIR TPO PLAN, THAT BRIDGE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, IT IS CRITICAL.

>> IT IS. >> TO DOWNTOWN AND THE REST OF THE CITY. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HOTEL THAT YOU'RE STAYING AT, IF YOU'RE A VISITOR TO OUR CITY, WE WANT YOU TO STATE WEST AND COME TO THE CITY AND A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO GO. I'M GOING TO KEEP WATERING THAT SEED.

>> BRIDGE AND SEAWAY DRIVE. >> YES.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF

YEARS. >> NOT REALLY.

[c. Preliminary Fourth Quarter Financial Report]

>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE PRELIMINARY FOURTH QUARTER

FINANCIAL REPORT. >> MR. MIMS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE FINANCIAL REPORT?

>> NO, MA'AM, I LET OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE HANDLE THIS REPORT.

>> HE GETS TO HANDLE THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS.

>> LET'S SEE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

>> YOU'RE WEARING YELLOW AND THAT'S A BAD SIGNAL FOR US.

>> I WAS THINKING OF THAT. >> MATCHING THE REPORT.

>> WELL, THIS IS OUR FOURTH QUARTER PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL REPORT AND THERE IS SOMEWHAT OF A DELAY IN REPORTING IT, AND THAT WAS PURPOSEFULLY DONE. WE HAD A LOT OF LAG IN RECEIVING REVENUE BECAUSE OF COVID, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO REPORT RECEIVABLES AND THEN THE RECEIVABLE NOT BE THE ACTUAL.

SO WE WAITED UNTIL WE HAD THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN TO BRING THIS REPORT TO YOU AND THOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF YELLOW, I WILL SAY WE FARED OUT MUCH BETTER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THAT. BUT AS YOU'LL SEE HERE WITH ALL OF OUR FUNDS, OUR GENERAL FUND FARED OUT WELL. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MARINA FUND, THE REVENUE PROJECTION AND THE EXPENSE PROJECTIONS WERE NOT ON TARGET, WHICH MEANS -- WHICH LEFT THE FUND NOT IN A POSITIVE NATURE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, HOWEVER, THE CASH BALANCE WAS POSITIVE AND THE FUND IS STABLE. WE DID KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THE RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW --

>> CONSTRUCTION. >> RIGHT CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESTAURANT AND THE FUEL DOCK AND COVID. EVEN THOUGH WE WERE UP AND RUNNING AND WE FARED MUCH BETTER THAN SOME OF OUR COUNTER PARTS, WE DID HAVE SOME ISSUES. SOLID WASTE DID WELL AS WELL.

WE STILL HAVE, WHICH WE KNEW WE WOULD HAVE, GOLF COURSE AND SUNRISE ARE TWO FUNDS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE ISSUES WITH AS WELL AND BUILDING AS WELL WAS GREAT.

AS WE LOOK AT OUR PROJECTED OVERAGE AND SHORTAGE FOR OUR GENERAL FUND, I DID OUTLINE SOME HERE OF SOME OF THE FUNDS OR SOME OF THOSE LINE ITEMS WHERE WE DID SEE SOME INCREASES AND SOME DECREASES. THE NET RESULT WAS WE HAD ABOUT 1.6 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND THOUGH THAT WAS A RESULT OF SOME ONE TIME REVENUE INFUSIONS. WE HAD ABOUT 569,000 FROM FEMA, THAT WAS A REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA AND THEN WE HAD CARES ACT MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY, MONIES THAT WE RECEIVED. AS WELL AS OUR ADD VALORUM TAXES. MAINLY OUR DELINQUENT TAXES, WE ONLY

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WE ONLY NEEDED ABOUT 64,000 IN EXPENDITURES OVER WHAT WE HAD.

>>> THAT'S THE 64,000 AFTER THE 1.1 --

>> CORRECT. OUR CAPITOL AN INCREASE OF $1.3 MILLION, AND THAT'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE SPENT MONEY ON TRYING TO GET US UP TO SPEED SO WE COULD DEAL WITH THE COVID. WE HAD PUSHED ALL OF OUR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURES. TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC VISUALLY AND NOT HANDS-ON AND BUY A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMPUTER AND THINGS, AND SO THAT PEOPLE COULD WORK FROM HOME, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

>> TECHNOLOGY. >> THERE'S A LINE ITEM OF THAT AS WELL. A NET OF ABOUT $3,000 AND NONOPERATING TRANSFERS OF 257,000. THAT'S MAINLY RESULTING FROM WE DELAYED THE LEASING OF OUR VEHICLES, WE DID DELAY THAT SOME. WE KNEW WE HAD TO CUT BACK AND SO WE DELAYED THAT, MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

AS A RESULT, WE HAD $1.8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL -- THAT WAS AN INCREASE ON OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE, WHICH NETS WE WERE ABOUT $182,000 OVER IN EXPENDITURES OR SHORT IN OUR REVENUE, WHICH IS GREAT, BECAUSE OUR PROJECTION WAS MUCH, MUCH GREATER THAN THAT. AND THEN WE PROJECTED TO TRANSFER -- OR WHEN WE BUILT THE BUDGETED OF ABOUT 462,000, I THINK, IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, FROM OUR APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE. WE WON'T HAVE TO DO THE 400, WE'RE ONLY GOING HAVE TO DO 182,000. TAKING ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, I THINK WE FARED OUT VERY, VERY WELL. ESPECIALLY TALKING TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORING COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, WE HAVE FARED OUT GREAT. THEY ARE DOING MUCH, MUCH WORSE THAN WHERE WE HAVE.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ENDED UP. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SEND ANYBODY HOME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE KEPT WORKING, GOT TO THIS POINT AND WE FARED OUT MUCH GREATER THAN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD.

>> WHEN WE HEADED INTO THIS WE WERE IN A STRONG FINANCIAL

POSITION. >> WE WERE IN A GREAT FINANCIAL

POSITION. >> RIGHT. OKAY.

>> AS WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL POSITION FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDS, YOU SEE WHERE THE 2020 NET RESOURCES WERE AT THOSE ENDING RESOURCES AND THEN THE TOTAL AVAILABLE RESOURCES, OUR GENERAL FUND WE HAVE ABOUT 4.2 MILLION IN AVAILABLE RESOURCES THAT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OF THE RESERVE BUDGET OR ANY OF THE REVENUES OR BROW -- PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO THAT.

ABOUT 4.2 MILLION. THE MARINA HAS 962,000. AND SOLID WASTE 2.1. GOLF COURSE, RIGHT NOW, NEGATIVE. AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR IT IS 231,000 SHORT. BASED ON WHAT WAS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BUDGETED. AND SUNRISE 313,000 SHORT AND THE FUND IS AT

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SUNRISE AND THIS IS AN ISSUE I NEED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF, SUNRISE AND GOLF COURSE THERE ARE -- I WILL BE COMING AT THE NEXT MEETING ASKING FOR A TRANSFER AND I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY FROM, WHAT FUND, SOLID WASTE, OR GENERAL, BUT WE HAVE TO -- I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TRANSFER SOME CASH, BECAUSE IN THE PAST, WE HAVE USED THE BEGINNING REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED IN THE FIRST PARTS OF THE MONTH TO HELP COMPENSATE FOR ANY OF THE

DEPOSITS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS. >> SUNRISE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

THE SUNRISE, RIGHT? >> YES AND NOW BECAUSE THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH SHUTDOWN, THERE'S NO REVENUE TO OFFSET THAT.

TECHNICALLY WHEN OUR ACCOUNTING BOOKS ARE BEING AUDITED. WE HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO OFFSET THE DEPOSITS, SO I WILL BE ASKING FOR TRANSFER FOR THAT AMOUNT.

>>> MADAME MAYOR. >> YES, SIR.

>> SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY GETTING A GRANT OR A REPAYMENT OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE THEATER, HOW WOULD THAT

AFFECT -- >> IF WE GET IT, I WOULD BE SHOUTING TO THE MOON AND IT WOULD HELP HER GREATLY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHOWS SHE HAS, HOW MUCH REVENUE IT IS GOING TO GENERATE. BUT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, AND SHE DESPERATELY NEEDS

IT. >> SHE SHOWED THE FRUSTRATION BECAUSE IN THAT BUSINESS, YOU'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON NEXT YEAR, YOU'RE NOT WORKING ON THIS YEAR AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. BUT HOPEFULLY THERE'S FEDERAL HELP OUT THERE FOR THESE TYPE OF DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN HELP THE CITY OUT THAT WE'RE NOT CARRYING ALL OF THE BURDEN ALL BY OURSELF.

>> CORRECT, CORRECT. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL? LASTLY WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, WHICH ALL ARE IN POSITIVE NATURE RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE DOING GREAT, SO -- AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. WE ARE MONITORING, I'LL BE AT THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY COMING WITH THE FIRST QUARTER REPORT. WE ARE TRUDGING ALONG, HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU'RE MIND OF THAT WE ARE STILL IN COVID, AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN SOME EVER THE LONG-TERM POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON, THERE ARE SOME SLIGHT -- YOU SEE SOME SLIGHT VARIATIONS IN SOME OF THE LINE ITEMS AND LIKE I SAID, OUR MAIN REVENUE SOURCES ARE AD VALOREM MONEY. WE PROBABLY WON'T SEE THAT UNTIL THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED A GREAT PORTION OF IT BEFORE COVID HIT. NOW THAT PEOPLE MAY BE OUT OF WORK, SALES ARE GREAT, HOWEVER WE WON'T SEE THAT TAX REVENUE FROM THAT ON THE ONSET. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND WE ARE MINDFUL TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE AND TRY TO

PLAN FOR ANY SHORTFALLS. >> SO ARE YOU SAYING THE

SHORTFALLS, THERE MAY BE A LAG? >> RIGHT, THERE VERY WELL COULD

BE. >> DO WE HAVE AUDITORS YET

WORKING? >> THERE ARE AUDITORS WORKING, MOSTLY REMOTE AND ZOOMING AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF. IT IS NOT ALL OF THE ON-SITE, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF SCANNING AND SENDING DOCUMENTS OVER. SO THEY ARE NOT PHYSICALLY IN BUT THE

AUDIT PROCESS. >> WE'LL PROBABLY IN THE SAME TIME FRAME THAT THE AUDITORS USUALLY END THEIR REPORT. MARCH

OR MAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? >> MARCH, BECAUSE WE CAN'T PRESENT OURS UNTIL UA PRESENTS. WE WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF

FEBRUARY, FIRST PART OF MARCH. >> THESE FIGURES WILL BE CLOSE -- THESE ARE NOT AUDITED FIGURES, BUT YEAR-END FIGURES.

>> RIGHT. I DID NOTICE SOME THINGS AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE CONTINUE TO RECONCILE. IT WILL BE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO WHAT THE AUDITORS HAVE BUT THERE WILL BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. >> IN THE LAST QUARTER OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, DID WE NOTICE A CHANGE OF WHAT THE STATE DID IN

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YEAR. >> WE NOTICED IT IN THE JUNE, JULY, AUGUST. BY OCTOBER, THEY ACTUALLY -- THEY TOLD US IT WOULD BE A LAG, WE RECEIVED IT. WHICH IS WHY I WAITED TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS ACTUALLY MORE THAN THEY HAD TOLD US WE WERE GOING TO GET. THAT'S WHY WE WERE SO SURPRISED AND GRATEFUL THAT WHAT WE ANTICIPATED, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED MORE. BECAUSE THE STATE BUDGETS SO HIGH AND HAVE TO RELY ON A LOT OF TAX REVENUE AND TOURISM, WE AREN'T SO AFFECTED BY THAT IN OUR AREA, SO WE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, SO DRASTICALLY AFFECTED BY THAT IN OUR REVENUE.

>> I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I JUST KNEW THEY WERE MAKING A LOT OF

CHANGES. >> YEAH.

>>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS WERE GOING TO BE. THAT THEY WERE KIND OF STABLE OR INCREASED A LITTLE BIT.

>> WE WERE STABLE, THAT'S THE GREAT PART ABOUT CONSERVATIVELY BUDGETING AND NOT, YOU KNOW, MAKING THESE ABSORBENT PROJECTIONS AND TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, SO WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, YOU'RE AT A GOOD POINT TO WHERE IT

DOESN'T HIT US SO HARD. >> GREAT. KEEP UP THE GREAT

WORK GIVING US GOOD REPORTS. >> WE'LL TRY.

[11. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT ANY COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO PULL?

>> ITEM C. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>>> MOVE FOR CONSENT AGENDA ON ITEMS 11A AND B.

>>> COMMISSION JOHNSON. >> YES, MA'AM.

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

>>> COMMISSIONER PERONA. >>> REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST HIM ON ETHICS

WHICH WAS DISMISSED. >> PROFESSOR: COMMISSIONER

PERONA. >> IF I CAN HEAR FROM STAFF, WAS THIS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SESSIONS

>> YES, SIR. >> I REALLY FIND THIS QUITE COMAL ALMOST. THIS WAS A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2015. WE HAD TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT HAD ETHICAL ISSUES FILED AGAINST US AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AT THE TIME, $15,000 WORTH OF LEGAL EXPENSE WAS PAID OW BY BY US SPECIFICALLY. THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS ALL WE WANT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOSE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE CITY'S COFFERS CAN NOT DENY THIS EXPENSE YET. I WILL SAY COMMISSIONER SEXES AT THE TIME SPOKE VA HA MEANTLY AGAINST PAYING OUT ANYTHING FOR ETHICAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR THESE FRIVOLOUS ALLEGATIONS, NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, WE WERE PLAYING PASS THE GAVEL ALL DAY LONG, BECAUSE COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING AND IT WENT ON AND ON AND ON. I PLAYED THIS OVER AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. I HAVE IT CUED UP RIGHT NOW. AND IF YOU WANT TO HEAR HIS RESPONSE, I'LL PLAY IT. BUT IF YOU DON'T, HE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPROPER FOR ANY OF US TO ASK FOR THESE EXPENSES BACK AND THAT REGGIE SESSIONS WOULD FOOT THE BILL HIMSELF, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE

PROPER THING TO DO. >> IF IT EVER HAPPENED TO HIM.

>> COMMISSIONER BECK SAID TO HIM, ONE DAY THAT TARGET IS GOING TO BE ON YOUR BACK AND YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY REGRET SAYING THIS. EVEN AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, HE STILL HELD TO IT.

I FIND IT VERY DISINGENUOUS NOW TO HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF ME. IT IS NOT SO MUCH THE LEGAL COST, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO. BUT I'M LOOKING RIGHT NOW, A 1500 -- 1,530 DOLLARS IN LEGAL COSTS TO THE SAME ATTORNEY THAT WE HAVE ALL USED IN TALLAHASSEE. BUT NOW THERE'S ALSO A TRAVEL FEE, A GAS LANE EXPENSE. MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE AND MEALS AND THE CHARGE OF 13 HOURS FOR BILLABLE HOURS. I'M TELLING YOU, THAT IS A COMPLETE 180-DEGREE TURN FROM COMMISSIONER SESSIONS UP HERE POUNDING ON THE TABLE SAYING IT WAS WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. WELL,

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YOU ARE PAID 24 HOURS, 7 DAYS A WEEK. IT IS PART. JOB AND PART OF THE JOB IS HAVING TO DEFEND THESE TYPE OF FRIVOLOUS SUITS.

AND I'M ALL SUPPORTIVE OF PAYING BACK THE LEGAL FEES, BUT THE REST OF THAT IS -- I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT SUBMISSION, AND I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS COMMISSION ALSO

FEEL THE THE SAME WAY. >> MADAME MAYOR.

>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, JAY JOHNSON, SORRY.

>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. COMMISSIONER YOU BRING UP SOME GOOD POINTS, LET ME ASK YOU THE HISTORY OF HOW THIS HAS GONE DOWN FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE THIS YET.

IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER, I TYPICALLY ASK FOR COPIES OF PAYMENTS, CREDIT CARDS, CANCELLED CHECKS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND CANCELLED BY THE BANK AND INVOICE FROM THE ATTORNEY, NOT JUST A BILLABLE HOUR PIECE OF PAPER, AS AN ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY TIME INPUT USED TO BE BILLABLE HOURS, RIGHT? I DIDN'T SEE AN INVOICE IN THE PACKET. IT WAS A CONSISTENT BY RECEIVING THESE DOCUMENTS BY THE HOURS SPENT BY THE ATTORNEY OR WAS THERE ALWAYS AN INVOICE SUBMITTED SAYING THAT THIS ATTORNEY SAID COMMISSIONER, I'M

BILLING YOU FOR $1,530? >> IN RESPONSE, I BELIEVE MR. NEAL WEIGHED IN ON THAT PART OF IT AND IDENTIFIED THE FACT THAT MR. MARK HERON, WHO IS THE ATTORNEY OF RECORD, DID CHARGE THAT AND THAT INVOICE IS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE. WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO PAY THIS BACK UPON SUBMISSION OF THE INVOICE, THAT WOULD BE FINE. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION

>> IT DOES. THEY DID RULE ON THAT, REMEMBER, HE'S AN ATTORNEY LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ATTORNEY, RULING THEM AND EVALUATING WHAT WAS SUBMITTED BY AN ATTORNEY. THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S CONSISTENT IN THEIR INDUSTRY, FROM THE TAXPAYERS' PERSPECTIVE, FROM THE RESIDENTS' PERSPECTIVE, WHAT IS THIS PIECE OF PAPER? I CAN MAKE THIS UP ON MY EXCEL SPREAD SHEET AT HOME.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE CASE, I'M JUST SAYING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF REVIEWING AND EVALUATING A SUBMITTAL OR A REQUEST, TYPICALLY YOU RECEIVE AN INVOICE THAT SAYS PAID BY, OR PAID CHECK NUMBER BLAH BLAH. SO THAT'S MY POINT. TYPICALLY YOU GET SOME KIND OF ADDITIONAL -- IF WE WERE TO SUBMIT A GAS RECIPT, WHAT WOULD WE SUBMIT? WE WOULD SUBMIT THE RECEIPT FROM

THE GAS PUMP. >> FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS, WE DID SUBMIT EVERY SINGLE BILL THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE ATTORNEY AND IT WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND THAT WAS WHAT DECIDED FROM THE REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT.

I WOULD HOOK IT TO THE MOTION, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE LEGITIMATE RECEIPTS WE WOULD PLAY IT OUT. ALL OF THE ANCILLARY THINGS, THE BILLABLE HOURS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE GENTLEMAN EVEN HAD TO DRIVE UP THERE. WE ALL HAD TO DO THINGS. FORTUNATELY -- YOU HAVE HAD ONE ETHICS ISSUE AT ONE TIME. OR SOME TYPE OF ISSUE AT

ONE TIME. >> A LAWSUIT, YES.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO UNFORTUNATELY WHEN WE'RE UP HERE. I MADE A COMMENT ESPECIALLY SAYING THAT IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT BEING SUED ON SOMETHING, IT MAY AFFECT YOUR JUDGMENT. YOU REALLY CAN'T HAVE THAT, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, MAKING GOOD DECISIONS BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE, IF IT DOES UPSET SOMEBODY, AND I EVEN SAID IN THAT DISCUSSION, THAT IT TAKES -- AT THE TIME IT WAS A 49 CENT STAMP AND A FEW WORDS ON PAGE AND YOU'RE IN COURT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S EASILY PUT THROUGH THE PROCESS. WHEN YOU ADD IN THE ANCILLARY CHARGES AND EXPENSE, TO ME, THEY ARE BOGUS AND I WOULD NOT EVEN CONSIDER THEM. I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK

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WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW THAT THAT BILL HAS BEEN PAID. YOU USUALLY GET ONE OR THE OTHER IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY. YOU ALSO HAVE RECEIPTS, YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF PROOF OF WHAT YOU -- TO BACK UP THE EXPENSES THAT YOU'RE SUBMITTING.

>> THERE'S AN OBLIGATION BY THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PAY AND THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT DO WE HAVE TO PAY THOSE OTHER ANCILLARY EXPENSES THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.

>> MADAME MAYOR. >> YES.

>>> COMMISSIONER PER RONA I WILL DEFER BACK TO MR. NEIL'S LETTER. HE REFERENCES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION AS WELL AS CASE LAW DIRECTLY SUPPORTING THIS REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL FEES AND DEFENSE -- SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE OF AN ETHICS COMPLAINT AND I BELIEVE HISTORICALLY THAT'S HAD INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL, THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS FOR. THE OTHER EXPENSES IN THE LETTER, YOU'LL SEE FROM MR. NEIL, HE'S NOT AWARE OF ANY LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR THAT AS WELL AND I AGREE WITH MR. NEIL THAT TYPICALLY AN ATTORNEY IS NOT ENTITLED TO LEGAL FEES OR EXPENSES EVEN IF THEY ARE ATTORNEY, SUCH AS MR. SCRARE, WHO WAS AN ATTORNEY, HE DIDN'T CLAIM HIS TIME THEN.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THAT ITEM TO MAXIMUM OF $1,530 UPON SUBMISSION OF PROPER INVOICING SHOWING THAT AMOUNT HAS BEEN PAID TO MR. MARK HERON, OR HIS FIRM.

>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

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

>>> COMMISSION JAY JOHNSON >> YES, MA'AM.

[a. Quasi-Judicial Hearing - Review and approval of an application for Conditional Use with No New Construction submitted by property owner, Wynne Building Corporation, and applicant, Danay Navarro, for Conditional Use to operate a Before and After School Childcare Program. The property is located at and is zoned General Commercial (C-3). Parcel ID 3403-502-0031-010-6.]

>>> COMMISSIONER PERONA. >>> MAYOR.

>> YES, MA'AM. >>> APPROVAL AND APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL USE COMMITTED BY PROPERTY OWNER WHEN APPLICANT NAVARRO TO OPERATE A BEFORE AND AFTER CHILDCARE PROGRAM. IT IS ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEDURE,

MR. SWEENEY, PLEASE >> PASSING LAWS AND ESTABLISHING POLICIES, WHEN ACTING AS A QUASI JUDICIAL BODY. IS HELD TO STRICTER PROCEDURE REQUIREMENTS, THEY ARE LESS FORMAL THAN PROCEEDINGS BEFORE A CIRCUIT COURT BUT MORE FORMAL THAN THE NORMAL MEETING. DECISIONS MUST BE BASED ON COMPETENT EVIDENCE.

THEY HAVE A DUTY TO CONDUCT THE QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS MORE LIKE JUDGES THAN LEGISLATOR, THAT'S WHY THE UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIS EVENING.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WILL THE CITY PLEASE COMPLY NOTICE

FOR ADVERTISING AND NOTICE. >>> THE ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET FOR THIS ITEM.

>> WOULD YOU PLEASE ASK THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT EX PARTE

COMMUNICATIONS. >> YES.

>>> COMMISSION C JOHNSON >> YOU NO, MA'AM.

>>> COMMISSIONER JAY JOHNSON >> NO, MA'AM.

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>>> COMMISSIONER PERONA >> NO, MA'AM.

>>> MAYOR HUDSON >> NO, MA'AM.

>>> WE MAY HAVE A CALM CALLER ON THE LINE, IF YOU COULD

IDENTIFY FOR THIS ITEM. HELLO. >> MY NAME IS KENNEDY DEJONG AND I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF NAVARRO.

>>> I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'RE GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?

>> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. CITY STAFF WILL NOW MAKE ITS PRESENTATION ON THIS MATTER.

>> HIS IS A CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION WITH NO NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4812 SKYLINE CHILDCARE FACILITY. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO OFFER A BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CHILDCARE FACILITY. SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 3.21 ACRES AND IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY ONE AND EAST MIDWAY ROAD. SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS A FUTURE LAND USE OF GC GENERAL COMMERCIAL WITH THE ZONING OF C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE. THE FLOOR PLAN WILL CONSIST OF AN OFFICE COMPUTER ASSISTANCE AREA, ARTS AND CRAFT, ENTERTAINMENT AREA AND TWO RESTROOMS. THE HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE 6:30 TO 8:30 IN MORNING AND 3:00 P.M. TO 6:30 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CHILDREN WILL BE AGES 5 TO 12. THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 20 CHILDREN ON AVERAGE AND TWO TEACHER AIDE EMPLOYEES IN ATTENDANCE.

APPROVAL OF THIS CONDITIONAL USE. PLANNING BOARD AT THEIR DECEMBER 8TH, 2020, MEETING RECOMMENDED A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE. CITY COMMISSION HAS THE FOLLOWING POSSIBLE ACTIONS, APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE WITH NO CHANGES. APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE WITH CHANGES AND -- OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE.

>>> ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF >> MADAME MAYOR

>> YES. >>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE AREAL UNIT OR PROPERTY. RIGHT. NOT THE FLOOR PLAN. I THINK YOU HAD A BREAK DOWN OF THE BUILDING ITSELF. HERE, YEP.

WHAT IS ADJACENT TO THIS PROPOSED USE?

>> I DID, I THINK, INCLUDE A LIST IN THE -- I CAN PULL IT UP.

>> I THINK YOU GOT A LIST OF YOUR STAFF REPORT.

>>> THAT'S ALL. >> SO THERE'S AB ANIMAL CLINIC UNITED WAY, BIG DOG COMICS, THUNDER DOME CLAIMING. ALL QUALITY LIQUIDATOLIQUIDATORS. THERE'S JW ENTERPRISE. JOEL KILMER, WAREHOUSE UNIT IN THE BACK AND ALL QUALITY LIQUIDATORS

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THE OWNER. >> I THINK THERE WAS A

RESTAURANT OR BAR. >> THERE'S NO RESTAURANT.

>> I HAVEN'T VISITED THE SITE, BUT THERE'S NO RESTAURANT.

>> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY. NOW I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE PERSON ON THE PHONE IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT OR YOU

YOU ARE THE APPLICANT. >> I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. MY NAME IS KENNEDY DEJONG.

>>> SPELL THAT PLEASE. >> DEYONG.

>> THANK YOU. >> PLEASE PROCEED. MA'AM.

>> HELLO, YES. >> YES. CAN YOU PROCEED WITH WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT THIS PROJECT?

>> YES. WE ARE ACTUALLY, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MS. DIANE NAVARRO, AND SHE'S SEEKING APPROVAL FROM THE CITY TO ALLOW A SKYLINE CHILDCARE AND AFTER WE ARE ABLE TO GET BACK, WITH THE CITY. WE WILL BE ABLE TO PURSUE TO OBTAIN

APPROVAL FOR OUR CURRICULUM. >> ALL RIGHT. DOES ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR THE SPEAKER? OKAY. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT YOUR PROJECT BEFORE WE CLOSE AS A PUBLIC HEARING

>> NO, MA'AM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. WE'RE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR DISCUSSION.

>> MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL WITH -- I GUESS THERE'S NO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, SO WITHOUT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO SECOND, CALL THE

ROLL PLEASE. >>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSONS?

[b. Quasi-Judicial Hearing - Application for a Conditional Use with No New Construction submitted by property owner, Jonathan D. Jura and Chemai Jura, to operate a Dwelling Rental, offering lodging of less than six (6) months with a minimum stay of less than 30 days located at 1122 South Ocean Drive. The property is zoned Hutchinson Island Medium Density Residential (R-4A). Parcel ID: 2401-810-0004-000-2.]

>> YES, MA'AM. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>>> AN APPLICATION FOR ACOND ACOND ACOND ACONDITIONAL -- FOR CONDITIONAL USE TO OCCUPY A DWELLING LODGE WITH A MINIMUM STAY OF 30 DAYS LOCATED 1122. IT IS MEDIAN

RESIDENTIAL R4A. >> HAVE THE ADVERTISING AND

NOTICE REQUIREMENTS BEEN MET? >> THEY HAVE BEEN MET YET.

>>> WOULD YOU ASK COMMISSIONERS ABOUT EX-EX PARTE

COMMUNICATIONS >> YES. HAVE YOU HAD EX-EX

PARTE COMMUNICATION >> NO, MA'AM.

>>> NOW SWEAR IN THE WITNESSES.

>> DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE

TRUTH? >> I DO.

>> PROCEED. >>> THIS IS A CONDITIONAL USE WITH NO NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR A DWELLING RENTSAL WITH A MINIMUM OF LESS THAN 30 DAY RENTAL. THE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 1122 SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE ON HUTCHISON ISLAND, THE FUTURE LAND USE AND THE ZONING MAP ARE CONSISTENT. FUTURE LAND USE IS HUTCHISON ISLAND RESIDENTIAL WITH ZONING RESIDENTIAL OF MEDIAN RESIDENTIAL OR R4A. WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST OUR HISTORY OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY. IS THAT BACK IN 2001. WE ESTABLISHED -- OUR USE TABLE, DWELLING USES IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS, WE DO A REVIEW OF WHETHER THERE'S ANY CODES VIOLATIONS OR POLICE DEPARTMENT VIOLATIONS, THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT AWARE THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS AND THEY WERE ADVERTISING FOR SHORT-TERM RE RENTSAL STAY. THE APPLICANT IS REPRESENTING THE CLIENT TO MAKE

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>> RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? ALL RIGHT. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORTH AND PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND THE RECORD FOR THE ADDRESS.

>> 515 NORTH FLAGLER DRIVE WEST PALM BEACH, I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE OWNERS AND THE APPLICANTS OF THE PROPERTY. I JUST WANTED TO STATE ON THE RECORD, WE DO AGREE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. I DID WANT TO COMMENT IF FORT PIERCE, THE STAFF EVERYWHERE, WHEN THIS STARTED BACK IN OCTOBER, OUR CLIENT RECEIVED A CONDITIONAL USE -- A CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATION,VY REACHED OUT TO WHOEVER WAS ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY WERE VERY, VERY HELPFUL. TOLD ME THE PROCESS I NEEDED TO DO. SAID THE CODE VIOLATION MATTER WOULD BE TABLED. I HAVE WORKED NOW SINCE THEN WITH THE HOFMEISTER AND QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. I'M A WEST PALM ATTORNEY, I HAVEN'T DONE MUCH UP HERE. YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. I'VE WORKED WITH MANY DISTRICTS AND I WANT TO CONDEMN THEM AND I APPRECIATE THE ASSISTANCE I HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR KUDOS. WE LIKE TO THINK WE'RE A SMALL TOWN BUT WE'RE GETTING BETTER, SO YOU CAN

COME UP AGAIN SOMETIME. >> I LOVE PIERCE FIREWORKS.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE,

PLEASE COME FORWARD. >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEONE ON

THE LINE. >> IS THERE SOMEONE ON THE LINE

ABOUT THIS? >> HELLO.

>> COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE AND YOUR

ADDRESS? >> MICHELLE LINGARZO.

>> WERE YOU SWORN IN >> I DID. OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T

SEE ME. >> I HAVE TO ASK THAT ARE FOR

THE RECORD. PLEASE PROCEED. >> I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY POSITION ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE RENTAL AND THE CLIENT AS WELL IT IS WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED ON THE RECORD A MILLION TIMES BEFORE. THE CLIENT HAS THE RIGHT THROUGH THE BINDING INTERPRETATION. BUT MORE OVERLY, I THINK THAT JENNIFER HOFMEISTER HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH TRYING TO HELP WITH THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND I SEE A SHIFT IN RESPONSIBLE SHORT-TERM RENTALS, APPLICANTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW, I'M COMPLETELY IN APPROVAL,

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

WERE YOU SWORN IN? >> I WAS NOT.

>> PLEASE COME FORWARD AND SHE'LL SWEAR YOU IN NOW.

>> STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR ADDRESS.

>>> MICHAEL MCCLOUDY 22 ATLANTIC AVENUE. I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THIS FOR THE RECORD AS SOMEONE WHO FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS HAS ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE UNDER THIS PARTICULAR SET OF LIMITATIONS AND MAYBE ON THE ISLAND THIS PROPERTY OWNER WILL HAVE MORE SUCCESS. IN SEASON, YES, YOU CAN GET RENTERS, FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, IT RENDERS YOUR PROPERTY VIRTUALLY USELESS. BECAUSE IN THE SUMMERTIME, NO ONE IS COME TO FLORIDA FOR A 30-DAY STAY. SO THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO REVISIT THIS ISSUE. I THINK IT IS DOING MORE HARM TO THE CITY

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HINDERS THE POTENTIAL >> THAT IS THE LESS THAN 30-DAY RENTALS. I THINK THE CITY HAS LOST A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT TO VISITORS, SO I REALLY HOPE THE CITY WOULD, AGAIN, WOULD LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE IMPACT THAT IT IS HAVING ON TERMS.

>> CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION ON MOTIONS.

>> I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE CONDITIONS AND I JUST WANT CLARIFICATIONS, TWO VEHICLE PER UNIT. ON STREET PARKING IS PROHIBITED. HOW DO WE KNOW IF THAT TENANT, SHORT-TERM TENANT

IS NOT PARKING IN THOSE SPACES? >> IF I MAY, MADAME MAYOR.

THOSE SPACES ARE DESIGNATED AS ON-STREET PARKING. WHOEVER PARKS THERE, THAT WOULD BE LEGAL PARKING. IT IS REALLY FOR THOSE WHO PARK ON THE STREET WHERE THERE'S NO DESIGNATED PARKING SPACE, IT WOULD BE PARKING YOUR VEHICLE ON THE PART WHERE

VEHICLES DRIVE. >> MY QUESTION ISN'T NECESSARILY FOR THIS. THIS IS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M ASSUMING THEY ARE NOT GOING TO RENT IT OUT TO ANYBODY WHO HAS GOT MORE THAN TWO CARS, OKAY? WHEN YOU SAY THERE'S NO ON-STREET PARKING AND YET THERE'S ON-STREET PARKING AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE THERE ARE NOT PARKING FOR THAT RENTAL UNIT. NOT EVEN INCLUDING THIS BUT ALL OF THEM,

I WAS JUST WONDERING. >> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN THIS CAME AS A CONDITION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THAT PEOPLE COULD NOT USE PUBLIC PARKING ELSEWHERE, IF THEY HAD A VISITOR OR WHATNOT TO GO TO. IF IT WERE A DWELLING RENTAL OR VACATION RENTAL INTERNAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS TO ELIMINATE THOSE PEOPLE ILLEGALLY PARKING ON THE STREET. WHERE THERE'S NO DESIGNATED ON-STREET PARKING. IF THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CLARIFICATION TO THAT CONDITION, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT, YEAH.

>> SO LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT IT, CONDITION 4, ON-STREET PARKING

IS PROHIBITED. >> UH-HUH. PERHAPS, I COULD SAY ON-STREET PARKING, ILLEGAL ON-STREET PARKING.

>> THAT CLEARS IT UP. >> MADAME MAYOR, COMMISSIONER PE PERONA, I SEE COMMISSION JOHNSON SMILING. ON-STREET PARKING IS ILLEGAL PERIOD IN FORT PIERCE UNLESS IT IS IN A DESIGNATED PARKING SPACE. SO IT IS REALLY

SURPLUSAGE. >> OKAY.

>> IT IS, IT HAS CAUSED CONFUSION. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IF THIS WERE AROUND THE CORNER WHERE THERE'S NO DESIGNATED ON-STREET PARKING, THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL ON-STREET PARKING, SO PERHAPS, REALLY, HONESTLY, JUST REMOVING THE STATEMENT PROBABLY CLARIFIES EVERYTHING.

>> WE HAVE FOLKS WATCHING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

I DON'T WANT THEM TO START PELTING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT SAYING THERE'S A MINNESOTA TAG THAT'S ALSO THERE AND THERE'S ONE THAT PARKS RIGHT THERE ON THE STREET. WELL, WE NEED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ILLEGAL ON-STREET PARKING IS PROBABLY

THE BEST WAY DO THAT. >> I UNDERSTAND.

>> WE DID VET THIS AGAIN WITH THE PLANNING BOARD FOR THAT VARIANT. THEY WERE PRETTY ADAMANT IN WANTING TO KEEP SOME LANGUAGE, PERHAPS JUST PUTTING ILLEGAL OR NONDESIGNATED OR

SOMETHING TO THAT. >> NO.

>> NO, YOU DON'T LIKE THAT, MR. MIMS?

>> I'M JUST GOING TO ADD TO THIS CONVERSATION. ON-STREET PARKING IS DESIGNED TO THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT. ANYONE CAN PARK IN PA DON'T NEED TO INCLUDE THIS AT ALL.

>> LEGALLY I AGREE. IF IT IS NOT A DESIGNATED PARKING SPACE, WE ALREADY HAVE MEANS TO ADDRESS IT. WE'RE JUST MAKING IT MORE

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>> IT IS NOT ENFORCEABLE. >> THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE.

>> IT WON'T STOP THE PERSON FROM SAYING THERE'S A MINNESOTA TAG.

>> IF I COULD, SHALL BE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN TWO VEHICLES PER LIMIT AND LEAVE THE REST OF THAT ALONE.

>> OKAY. GOOD CATCH. >> WE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE POLICEMEN THAT WILL SIT THERE AND WATCH, NOW IT IS IN AN

ON-STREET PARKING POSITION. >>> WE ARE FORMING OUR TASK

FORCE THIS. >> RIGHT.

>> AND I'M GIVING MY REIGNS UP TO BASCERA, WHO IS GOING TO BE HANDLING IT FROM THE PLANNING SIDE. SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THIS. OUR TASK FORCE IS SELECTING THEIR STAFF MEMBERS THIS FRIDAY, AND THEN HOLDING OUR FIRST MEETING VERY

SHORTLY, SO... >> MR. SWEENEY, THE ATTORNEY IS VERY ANXIOUS TO SAY SOMETHING. I HAVE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, I DON'T WANT TO MESS UP THIS PROCESS.

>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR AGAIN FROM THE APPLICANTS, YOU

WOULD REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. >>> SO THEN I HAVE TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANYBODY ELSE, IS IT OKAY WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS

>> YES. >> THIS IS REALLY JUST HOPEFULLY TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PLANNING SITE, THE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO USE THOSE SPACES AND THE PLANNING BOARD DID NOT WANT THEM TO USE THOSE SPACE. WE UPDATED TO STATE THAT ANYBODY THAT IS COMING CAN NOT USE THOSE SPACES.

THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING UNDERNEATH THE HOME IF YOU CAN SEE. THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO PARK OUR PEOPLE ON THE STREET, WE AGREED AND UPDATED THE REGULATION, SO THAT WAS WHAT THE WHOLE THING WAS GOING ON. JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME FORWARD, WERE YOU SWORN IN

>> NO. >> ALL RIGHT. WE NEED TO SWEAR

YOU IN. >> THANK YOU.

>> STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

>> MCCLOUD, 822 ATLANTIC AVENUE. I WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A SITUATION WHERE OUR CONDITIONAL USE STATED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A PARKING SPACE IN THE FRONT AND IN THE BACK OF OUR DRIVEWAY. THE PROBLEM IS THAT RIGHT NOW.

WHICH IS THE SUBJECT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT. WE HAVE TRUCKS FROM THE MEAT MARKET ARE CONTINUOUSLY BLOCKING THE REAR ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY AND ARE NOT ALLOWING THE VISITORS TO PARK IN THE BACK IN THE DRIVEWAY. SO IT IS JUST IRONIC THAT -- YOU KNOW. THE VISITORS HAVE TO PARK IN THE STREET, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. THEY DON'T HAVE FREE ACCESS INTO THE DRIVEWAY FROM THE ALLEY BECAUSE OF THE TRUCK SITUATION, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING -- IS

ANYBODY ON THE PHONE STILL >> YES.

>>> IS THERE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WHO WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING?

>> MICHELLE BA ZERO. >> PLEASE PROCEED.

>> WHAT THE GENTLEMAN SAID ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS HAVING AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON FORT PIERCE. I'M AN ADVOCATE. WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT SUCCESSFULLY FOR OVER A YEAR. WE HAVE LOVELY PEOPLE COME AND THAT ABSOLUTELY ADORE OUR ISLAND AND THEY WANT TO COME BACK. EVEN IF IT IS LIKE A FOUR-DAY TRIP, THEY STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET IN THE HORSES AND GO TO ALL OF THE DINING. WE HAVE NOTICED THE TREND THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK, THEY WILL CONTACT US AND ADD A SECOND OR THIRD OR FOURTH TRIP, SO THEY CAN FURTHER, YOU KNOW, ENJOY THE ISLAND AND ALL THAT IT HAS TO OFFER. WE HAVE HAD ZERO PROBLEMS WITH THE POLICE OR ANY PERSON THAT HAS COME, AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN A BENEFIT TO THE ISLAND AND ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING,

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OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN.

COMMISSION PERONA. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION AMENDING NUMBER 4 DROPPING THE ON-STREET PARKING PROHIBITED BECAUSE OF IT NOT BEING CLEAR AND CONTRA PRODUCTIVE TO WHAT WE ARE DOING

TRYING DO. >> SECOND WITH A COMMENT.

>> GO AHEAD. >> IT MADE NO SENSE, SO I'M GLAD YOU MADE THAT MOTION. I WANT THESE FOLKS TO COME DOWNTOWN IS MY POINT. OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE PROHIBITED BECAUSE THEY

COULDN'T PARK ON THE STREET. >> MAYBE THIS CONVERSATION CAN BE SHARED WITH THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE WORK GROUP.

>> I WILL SAY THE PLANNING BOARD IS TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE FUN OF THAT. BUT WHEN THINKING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT WE ARE AGREEING TO, AND WE WANT TO BE FAIR, IF YOU RENT THIS PLACE, YOU'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR IT AND YOU CAN'T PARK IN A REGULAR PUBLIC PARKING SPOT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR

ON THAT. >> THE INTENT AND THE CONVERSATION, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IN FRONT OF THE PLACE.

>> ILLEGAL PARKING. >> IT MAKES SENSE.

>>> TALKING ABOUT IN THE PARKING SPOTS PROVIDED IN FRONT OF THE PLACE, IT IS JUST TAKING UP PUBLIC PARKING, WE'RE NOT

GOING TO GET INTO THAT. >> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> HOW CAN WE DO THAT? YOU RENT A VACATION RENTAL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, YOU'RE PAYING MONEY THAT INCLUDES A COMMA AT LEAST AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED THE SAME PRIVILEGES THAT REGULAR CITIZENS AND VISITORS GET TO DO ON A REGULAR BASIS. IT DOESN'T MAKE

SENSE. >> THE WHOLE DISCUSSION WAS BEFORE THIS PARTICULAR DWELLING STRUCTURE THAT WAS ADJACENT TO PUBLIC PARKING. A LOT OF OUR DISCUSSION WHAT HAPPENS IF VISITORS COME AND WE DON'T WANT THEM ALL PARKING ON THE STREET.

WELL, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER AREA FOR PUBLIC PARKING TO PARK THEIR VEHICLE. IT IS VERY CONFUSING, SO I AGREE

WITH YOU. >> WE JUST HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER ONE, WHERE THE PLANNING BOARD WANTED IT SAID NO PARKING, THERE'S NO PARKING ON THAT STREET ANYWAY. BECAUSE

THERE'S NO PUBLIC SPACE. >> THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND

PARKING. >> RIGHT.

>> EACH INDIVIDUAL SITUATION IS DIFFERENTLY.

>> YOU WANT TO TREAT THEM ALL EQUALLY, BUT WE KNOW THAT EACH ONE OF THEM HAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TWEAK. ARE WE READY

TO VOTE? YES. >>> JOHNSON.

>>> YES, MA'AM. >>> JAY JOHNSON.

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

[c. Quasi-Judicial Hearing - Application for Conditional Use with No New Construction submitted by property owner, Neil Poirier, to operate a Dwelling Rental, offering lodging for less than six (6) months with a minimum rental period identified as two (2) day located at 1341 Binney Drive Unit A & B. The property is zoned Hutchinson Island Medium Density Residential (R-4A). Parcel ID: 2401-601-0032-000-5.]

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

>> YES. >>> NO NEW CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTED BY PROPERTY OWNER TO OPERATE A DWELLING RENTAL OPERATING LODGING FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS WITH A MINIMUM RENTAL PERIOD IDENTIFIED AS TWO DAYS LOCATED AT 1341 BENNY DRIVE FOR UNITS A AND B. MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL R4A.

>> HAVE THE ADVERTISING AND NOTICE REQUIREMENT BEEN MET

>> THE ADVERTISING HAS BEEN MET FOR THIS ITEM.

>>> HAVE YOU HAD ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING THIS

MATTER >> NO, MA'AM.

>>> SENATOR JAY JOHNSON >> YOU NO, MA'AM.

>>> COMMISSIONER PERONA >> NO, MA'AM.

>>> MAYOR HUDSON >> NO, MA'AM.

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>>> NOW SWEAR IN. PLEASE PROCEED.

>>> I PRESENT THE COMMISSION. SECOND CONDITIONAL USE WITH NO NEW CONSTRUCTION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR A DWELLING RENTAL UNDER SIX MONTHS WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO DAYS, WHICH IS BEING REQUESTED. SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1341 BENNY DRIVE, UNITS A AND B. FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE HUTCHINSON ISLAND RESIDENTIAL, FUTURE LAND USE AND HUTCHINSON ISLAND MEDIAN RESIDENTIAL OR R4A ZONING. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE REGULATIONS IN PLACE SINCE 2001, 2011, THE STATE CAME IN AND DID PREEMPT THOSE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS. THIS PROPERTY DID NOT COME FORWARD THROUGH ANY CODE VIOLATION OR POLICE DEPARTMENT VIOLATION. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE 5 CONDITIONS, AGAIN, WE WILL MOST LIKELY BE AMENDING CONDITION 4, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE COMMISSION. PLANNING BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT THIRD PARTY LIABILITY THAT WAS A TYPO FROM A PREVIOUS.

>>> THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. THE POSSIBLE ACTIONS OF THE CITY COMMISSION IS TO APPROVE WITH THE FIVE CONDITIONS WITH NO CHANGES, APPROVE WITH CHANGES, OR DISAPPROVE THE

PROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE. >> AND MICHELLE GARZO IS THE

APPLICANT AND SHE ON THE PHONE. >> ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? ALL RIGHT. MS. LON A GARZO, YOU'RE THE

APPLICANT, PLEASE PROCEED. >> YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU IS THERE ANY COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THIS FROM GOING FORWARD?

>> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO FOR NEIL PORTIER, HE HAS A UNIT THAT'S NEXT TO -- IT IS KNOT RIGHT OF MS. DANA FRANCE, WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. THE ROAD HAS QUITE A FEW, WHICH I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT IS AN AREA THAT'S GOOD FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS, WITH THE ADDITION TO MR. PORTIER HAS HIS DRIVEWAY ALREADY COMPLETED UNLIKE MRS. FRANCE, SO HE SHOULD BE READY TO GO RIGHT AWAY WITH NO OTHER ISSUES. THE PROPERTY IS VERY WELL-MAINTAINED. AT THE CURRENT MOMENT, THE OWNER DOES LIVE ON THE PROPERTY, HOWEVER HE AGREES TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH NUMBER ONE AND REGISTER WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. I THINK WE HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE ANY OF US ARE SUPPOSED TO REGISTER, WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION IN THE LAST ONE. THE GUIDEBOOK FOR NUMBER TWO, NO PROBLEM. HE CAN PUT THAT IN THE UNIT WHEN HE DECIDES TO RENT. THE APPLICANTS SHALL FILE FOR ALL OF THE LICENSING.

HE'S PREPARED TO DO THAT AS WELL. THE LIMITATION OF TWO VEHICLES PER SITE, HE DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. SO IN TOTAL, THAT WOULD BE FOUR CARS, IF IT WAS FULLY OCCUPIED. THIS IS A AND THEN B. AND THEN INCLUDING ALL OF THE LICENSED ADVERTISEMENT IS NOT AN ISSUE AT ALL. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD PREFER THAT ON EVERY PERSON. OKAY. SO THE TYPICAL THING THAT, YOU KNOW, I SAY AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE MEETINGS, I'M TOTALLY IN AN APPROVE AM OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS, I'M ALSO IN APPROVAL OF, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBLE SHORT-TERM RENTING, WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE RECOMMENDED TO EVERYONE I HAVE HELPED. AS YOU'RE AWARE, HE HAS PROPERTY RIGHTS AND MR. PORTIER IS IN HIS RIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO RENT AND THEN ALSO WITH 179, IT DOES GIVE HIM PERMISSION TO RENT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPERTY, BUT IT IS A VERY WELL MAINTAINED FORT PIERCE PROPERTY.

>> ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? NO QUESTIONS.

ANYTHING FURTHER YOU WANT TO SAY MS. LONGARZO?

>> NO. I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. LIKE I SAID, HE'S

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DOING SUCH A NICE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE HERE IN THE CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? THERE'S NO ONE ELSE ON THE PHONE; IS THAT CORRECT? AS FAR

AS YOU KNOW? >> CORRECT.

>>> WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>>> JUST FOR DISCUSSION REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT. SO ON-STREET PARKING IN THIS CASE COULD BE DESIGNATED OR IN ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY, BECAUSE THERE IS RIGHT-OF-WAY HERE THAT WOULD BE RATHER ENTICING. NOW WE HAVE CODES THAT I THINK MR. SWEENEY IS GOING TO SAY THAT'S ALREADY IN THE CITY ORDINANCES THAT SAYS DON'T DO THAT, RIGHT?

>> CORRECT. YES. >> SO THIS PARCEL, IT PROBABLY E ITERATES THE SENTENCE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY MADE A RULE ON.

>> YES. WE HAVE THE CAPACITY, RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PARKING IN THE STREET OR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT ENFORCED, COME TO THE MAGISTRATE HEARINGS, YOU'LL SEE. ESPECIALLY AROUND THE FARMERS MARKET. PEOPLE WILL

PARK ON ANYTHING THEY CAN FIND. >>> OVER THE CURB.

>> OVER THE CURB, SIDEWALK IS -- SIDEWALKS, GRASS, ANYTHING.

THAT'S ALL A VIOLATION OF OUR CODE.

>> COMMISSIONER PERONA. >> AS COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON SAID, THIS IS INDIVIDUAL TO EACH APPLICATION. FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW THAT'S OUR RULE AND REGULATION. THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE BOOK D -- BOOKLET THAT THEY GET SAYING THAT PARKING IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS ILLEGAL IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERE. OTHERWISE THEY ARE GOING TO GET TAGGED FOR THAT AND THEIR EXPERIENCE IN FORT PIERCE IS NOT GOING TO BE WONDERFUL. I'M JUST MENTIONING THAT. IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. A LOT OF ROOM FOR IT. I WOULD NOT MAKE THAT PART OF THE CONDITIONS, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A RECOMMENDATION TO BE ADDED O TO THEIR BOOKLET OF THINGS THAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO. I KNOW THE BOOKLET IS GETTING PRETTY BIG. BY THE TIME THEY GET DONE READING IT, THEIR LEASE IS GOING TO BE DONE AND THEY ARE GOING

BACK UP NORTH. >> OR RUNNING FOR THE

COMMISSION. >> I THINK THAT SHOULD BE MENTIONED THERE, IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, IF YOU DO PARK ON THE ROADWAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINED.

>> WE DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE.

>> I THINK AS PART OF A RECOMMENDATION, IT SHOULD BE

PART OF THAT BOOKLET. >> WE CAN ALWAYS BRING THAT UP TO THE TASK FORCE THAT WE'RE CREATING.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT'S OUR ULTIMATE GOAL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN HAND, AND THAT COULD BE

SIMPLY STATED. >> THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE A GOOD VISIT HERE. WE WANT THEM TO.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION --

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AGAIN, AMENDING NUMBER 4 TO REMOVE ON-STREET PARKING IS PROH PROHIBITED.

>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>>> OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

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

>>> COMMISSION JAY JOHNSON? YES, MA'AM.

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

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

>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY ADVISE THEIR FUTURE CLIENTS ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S IN PART OF THE EMAIL WHEN THEY FIRST CONTACT WITH THE PERSON COMING TO TOWN, OKAY

>> THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. GOOD-BYE.

[d. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 21-001 - An Ordinance amending the City’s Comprehensive Plan to update the Water Supply Facilities Work Plan. FIRST READING POSTPONED FROM JANUARY 4, 2021 MEETING. ]

>> NEXT WE HAVE ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF COMMISSION OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT IN ORDER TO MEET UPDATED STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS TO ADOPT THE WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WORK PLAN BY REFERENCE AND TO MAINTAIN INTERNAL CONSISTENCY OF AND WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN

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>> PROCEED. WHO IS STARTING? OKAY.

>> PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR BASICALLY THE WATER SUPPLY PLAN, CONTAINED WITHIN GOAL 3.4 AND 3.12.7 POLICY. IT IS A VERY BIG DOCUMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF THAT CHANGE. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AS IS EVERY CITY IS REQUIRED TO UPDATE ITS PLANS WITH THE FACILITY WORK PLAN. THIS IS JUST THE WORK PLAN ITSELF FOR THE CITY. IT REVISES THE CITY'S WATER DEMAND PROJECTIONS FOR A PLANNING PERIOD OF TEN YEARS.

NOW, THIS WAS LAST AMENDED ON MAY 4TH OF 2012 BY THE FPUA.

MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MORE TIMELY SCHEDULE IN DOING THIS SORT OF THING. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THIS WAS THE LATEST IMPLEMENTATION BY THE FPUA AND SO AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THAT DOCUMENT, WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD TO YOU TODAY. WHAT DOES THE PLAN DO? IT IDENTIFIES ALTERNATIVE AND TRADITIONAL WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS AND CONSERVATION AND REUSE ACTIVITIES TO MEET PROJECTED FUTURE DEMANDS. SO THE TRC VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ASKED THAT ONE SECTION BE REMOVED FROM THE WATER SUPPLY PLAN AND THAT REFERENCES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PLASMA ARC GASIFICATION FACILITY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, PLEASE DON'T ASK.

>> I REMEMBER IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. >> NOW, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, BASED ON MY RESEARCH, THE CITY COMMISSIONER VOTED TO TERMINATE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS IN APRIL OF 2012. IF YOU ALL AGREE, AS PART OF YOUR MOTION, WHAT YOU CAN DO IS AS THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY DID TO REMOVE THAT SECTION FROM THE WATER SUPPLY PLAN AND I WOULD COORDINATE DIRECTLY WITH FPUA, SINCE IT IS THEIR DOCUMENT TO HAVE THAT DONE. SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL WHOPPING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. I'M GOING TO STRIKE THE 2012 AND REPLACE IT WITH 2020. BUT, AGAIN, AS -- IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS, AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS ORDINANCE, WE HAVE THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL WATER SUPPLY PLAN TO GO WITH IT. THE ONLY CHANGE IS THE DATE CHANGE BEFORE YOU. UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT AND TONIGHT RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL TO TRANSMIT THE COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT TO COORDINATE WITH THE FPUA TO REMOVE THE REFERENCE TO THE PLASMA ARC GASIFICATION FACILITY. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, I'M AVAILABLE FOR

ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, PLEASE COME FORWARD. I

CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> MOVE TO APPROVE WITH STAFF

RECOMMENDATION. >> IS THERE A SECOND

>> SECOND. >>> A QUESTION THAT DOES REMOVE THE PLASMA ARC GASIFICATION FACILITY

>> IT DOES. IT STILL MAY COME BACK ONE DAY.

>>> STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >>> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

>>> REBECCA, THAT STRIKE THROUGH WAS ALREADY IN THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU SUBMITTED, CORRECT? FOR THE PLASMA ARC

GASIFICATION. >> WAS IT ALREADY STRUCK THROUGH

>> IN THE ORDINANCE? IT HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED. I NEEDED TO GET DIRECTION TO GET THAT DONE AND INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE.

>> THAT WOULD BE AN UPCOMING ORDINANCE, NOT THIS ORDINANCE

>> IT WILL BE PRESENTED AS PART OF THE SECOND READING. GIVEN --

>> COME TWO MORE TIMES. >> IT KIND OF CHANGES SIGNIFICANTLY THE ORDINANCE, DOESN'T IT?

>> MOST LIKELY. THAT'S A GOOD CATCH, I THINK WE CAN BRING IT BACK WITH THE STRIKE-THROUGH IF IT WASN'T IN THERE.

>> I'M WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO CALL ON ME.

>> MR. SWEENEY. >>> MADAME MAYOR. BASED ON THE PRESENTATION WE JUST RECEIVED THIS WAS THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE CHANGE OF THE ORDINANCE, THEREFORE, THAT'S THE PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRETY OF THE SUBSTANCE ORDINANCE AND IT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC TO HAVE THIS BE THE FIRST READING AND NOW GO TO A SECOND READING AND TAKE IT OUT. I KNOW I'M NEW AUNCING IT

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>> THE ONLY CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL AFFECT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN -- THE PLAN ITSELF IS BEING DONE BY EXHIBIT, BUT THE CHANGE THAT'S GOING TO THE STATE AND THE ONLY CHANGE THAT'S GOING TO THE STATE IS THE DATE CHANGE. THAT'S WHY IT IS NOT MADE PART OF THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. SO SINCE THE DOCUMENT IS CREATED BY THE FPUA, THAT IS NOT PART OF THE PHYSICAL ORDINANCE CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE LANGUAGE, DOES THAT MAKE A

DECISION, SIR? >> IT MAKES A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THIS IS A FIRST READING AND BE ABLE TO PROCEED TO A SECOND READING.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, LADIES. BOY, WE CAN GET OURSELVES INTO A REAL MESS, CAN'T WE

>> CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >>> COMMISSION JOHNSON

[a. Resolution 21-R10 Declaring Certain Property as Surplus]

>> YES, MA'AM. >>> MOVING ON, A RESOLUTION DECLARING CERTAIN PROPERTIES OWN BY THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE TO BE SURPLUSED TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE NEEDS. 133 NORTH 10TH STREET. 606 NORTH 14TH STREET. 701 NORTH 14TH STREET. LOT THREE OF LINCOLN HEIGHTS, LOTS ONE AND TWO OF EMANCIPATION PARK, BLOCK FIVE O5 ON NORTH 25 STREET. 515 DOUGLAS COURT.

1204 AVENUE E AND 1620 AVENUE E AND AUTHORIZING STAFF TO DISPOSE OF SAID PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE ONE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> MS. HARNAGE. >> WE WERE JUST HERE, CITY COMMISSION. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SURPLUS PROPERTY. IT LOOKS LIKE MY FONT HAS GOTTEN MESSED UP, SO EXCUSE ME.

SURPLUS PROPERTY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY THAT HAS NO FUTURE MUNICIPAL USE. WE LEARNED THAT THROUGH A SURVEY.

IF NO DEPARTMENTS HAVE ANY FUTURE USE FOR THIS, THEN IT COULD BE CONSIDERED SURPLUS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE DISPOSITION PROCESS. SO GENERALLY, WE DECLARE IT SURPLUS, WE GET AN APPRAISAL IF IT IS NEEDED. WE SOLICIT BIDS. WE GO TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

THEY WILL SERVE AS THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND THEN WE COME BACK TO YOU, THE CITY COMMISSION. THIS LOOKS REALLY

UGLY. >> OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT LOOKS FINE TO US.

>> OKAY. FINE. I PLATTED THEM ON A MAP SO YOU CAN SEE THE 10 PROPERTIES WORE -- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. 604 SOUTH 6TH STREET. IT IS A VACANT PARCEL. IT IS 0.11 ACRES. ZONED R4 WHICH IS MEDIAN DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. IT IS BACK IN 2014. HERE IS THE PARCEL ON THE MAP. JUST SOUTH OF DELAWARE HERE ON 6TH STREET. 133 NORTH 10TH STREET. LOCATED IN OUR PEACOCK ARTS DISTRICT. 0.22 ACRES. ALSO ZONED R4. WE GOT IT IN THE COUNTY IN 2017. IT IS HERE AT ORANGE AND 10:00 RIGHT

NEAR THE OLD ANASTASIA SCHOOL. >> IT IS VACANT, 0.22 ACRE, ALSO R4. GOT IT FROM THE COUNTY IN 2017. IT IS JUST NORTH OF AVENUE E ON 14TH STREET. 701 NORTH 14TH STREET AND ADJACENT PARCEL, WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE, THEY ARE BOTH RIGHT HERE. THE SMALLER PARCEL IS 0.12, THE LARGER ONE IN '14.

>>> TWO PARCELS IN NORTH 25TH STREET. THEY ARE BOTH 0.1 ACRES. BOTH ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL. WE GOT THEM FROM THE COUNTY IN 2018. GRATE AREA RIGHT HERE AT BOOKER AND 25TH.

AND 515 DOUGLAS COURT, 0.11 ACRE, R4 AS WELL. GOT IT IN 2017, JUST SOUTH OF AVENUE E HERE ON DOUGLAS COURT. 1204 AVENUE E, 0.29 ACRES, R4, GOT IT IN 2017, IT IS REALLY CLOSE TO

[02:30:04]

QUESTION? >> PROFESSOR:

>> NOW I SEE WHAT YOUR FONT PROBLEM IS.

>> I GET IT, MOST OF THESE SLOTS ARE UNBUILDABLE BASICALLY. SO I WOULD GUESS THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY GO TO NEIGHBORING ORDINARIES AND SAY, HEY, YOU PROBABLY WANT EXTRA LAND AND SOME OF THESE MEET COMMUNITY GARDEN AREAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT CAN GO FORWARD. WE HAVE PUT A FEW PARCELS OUT RECENTLY. WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF INTEREST.

>>> THE MAJORITY OF THESE PARCELS THAT I'M BRINGING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED INTEREST FROM SOMEONE.

IT MIGHT BE A DEVELOPER, A NEIGHBOR, SOMEONE SAYING HEY, WHAT'S UP WITH THE YARD NOT BEING MOWED. THESE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES WHY WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

>> THAT'S GREAT. >> ANY OTHER ISSUES? WELL, A

GOOD PRESENTATION. ANY MOTION >> YOU NEED A MOTION, RIGHT?

>> YES. >> MA DAUM-- MADAME MAYOR DAE -- DECLARING ALL PROPERTIES IN THE PRESENTATION.

>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND

>> I'LL PASS THE GAVEL. >>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON,

[b. Resolution 21-R11 authorizing the sale of the parking lot adjacent to 505 N. 7th Street to Dreamchasers Preschool, LLC.]

JOHNSON, PERONA, MAYOR HUDSON >> YES, MA'AM.

>>> NOT NEEDED FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE KNOWN BY THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND PROVIDED FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> WELCOME, MA'AM. >> HOW ARE YOU?

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST ASSIGNMENTS I GOT WHEN I MOVED OVER HERE AS THE SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR AND THIS PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO A SCHOOL THAT WAS PURCHASED BY THE--BY DREAM CHASERS, BASICALLY I'M HERE TO GET YOUR APPROVAL TO SELL THIS PARCEL. IT WAS DECLARED SURPLUS AND IT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AND THEY HAVE AGREEDED TO THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY TO DREAM CHASERS, THEY WERE THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL OR ONLY COMPANY TO SUBMIT A BID AND THE BID WAS FOR A DOLLAR. INITIALLY WHEN THIS PROPERTY WENT OUT TO BID FOR FIRST -- FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THOSE TWO

PROPERTIES WERE ONE. >>> OH. AND THEY BOUGHT IT

FROM US, RIGHT >> YES, MA'AM.

>>> THE PROPERTY THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THAT'S A PROPERTY THAT THEY PURCHASED. WHEN THEY WENT FOR A SITE REVIEW. STAFF REALIZED THAT THOSE TWO PROPERTIES WERE NOT ONE. SO THAT HAS KIND OF HINDERED THEIR ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD AND THEIR PLANS TO OPEN UP THAT SCHOOL. SO TONIGHT IS REALLY -- IT IS GOING -- IT IS A GOOD NIGHT. SO BASICALLY JUST A SYNOPSIS OF THIS -- THE HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY, THE SITE PLAN REVIEW OF 505 NORTH 7TH STREET AND THAT'S WHEN STAFF IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS AN ERROR THAT HAD OCCURRED IN THE ORIGINAL BID BACK IN JANUARY OF 2019. THE PROPERTY IS A PAVED PARKING LOT, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO 505 NORTH 7TH STREET AND WAS SOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RFP. THE CITY COMMISSION DECLARED THE PROPERTY SURPLUS IN SEPTEMBER,

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ANY QUESTIONS? >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF?

ANY DISCUSSION? >> I'LL MOVE TO AUTHORIZE IT TO

DREAM CHASERS PRESCHOOL. >> SECOND

>> CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON,

[c. Resolution 21-R12 appointing a member to the Police Officers Retirement Fund Board of Trustees.]

JOHNSON, PERONA, MAYOR HUDSON. >> YES, MA'AM.

>>> CERTIFYING THE APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER TO THE POLICE OFFICER'S RETIREMENT FUND TO THE BODY OF TRUSTEES AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS WAS GIVEN TO TO YOU AT THE LAST MEETING, I HAVE THE BALLOTS HERE. YOU HAVE ONE SPOT OPEN AND I'LL ASK THAT YOU ASK ABOUT ONE OR COMPLETE THE BALLOT OR CALL A NAME, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO HANDLE IT. I THINK WE HAD SEVEN APPLICANTS

FOR THIS. >> MADAME MAYOR, IF I COULD?

>> YES. >>> I THINK JAMES IS CLASBY

WITH A C, NOT A G. JUST A TYPO. >> YES.

>> I'M GOING TO TURN IT UP. >> YOU GET FOUR DIFFERENT NAMES.

>> OKAY. I WILL READ THE VOTES. COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON VOTED FOR FRANK AMANDRO. COMMISSION JOOIR JEREMIAH JOHNSON FOR CLASBY AND COMMISSIONER PERONA VOTED FOR

FRANK AMANDRO. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL

THE ROLL PLEASE. >>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON,

JOHNSON, PERONA, MAYOR HUDSON >> YES, MA'AM.

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

>> NEXT WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

>> THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, YOU'LL GET A WARNING LIGHT, PLEASE COME FORWARD, SIR.

>> GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR. MY NAME CLAUDE FASSBY, I'M A LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER IN PORT ST. LUCIE. I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE AREA THAT WAS DECLARED OPPORTUNITY ZONE FROM 7TH STREET AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF DTO. I KNOW OTHER AREAS RIGHT NOW IN -- IN IT COUNTY IS DOING REALLY GREAT, I DON'T THINK THE TIME WAS RESET ON THAT.

>> PARDON >> I DON'T THINK THE TIME WAS

RESET. >> IT WAS. OTHER AREAS IN THE COUNTIES BOOMING WITH DEVELOPMENT, NEW CONSTRUCTION AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR, I HAVE OWNED PROPERTY IN THE AREA AND LOOKING TO ACQUIRE MORE PROPERTY TO DO SOME KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF SINGLE HOME AND MULTI-UNIT. THIS AREA HAS NOT TOO MANY IN TERMS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA. WE KNOW THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEW HOMES PROVIDE TAX BASE FOR THE CITY FOR TAX PURPOSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR BUSINESS, LIKE FORT PIERCE

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I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT DOING SOME STUFF IN THE AREA. AS I SAID, I OWN PROPERTIES AND I'VE BEEN HERE TRYING TO GET SOME REDUCTION IN FEES AND TRYING TO PAY TAXES AND CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY TO MAKE THE AREA LOOK GOOD. SO WHATEVER THE CITY CAN DO, MADAME MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS, FORT PIERCE, NOT ONLY CERTAIN SECTIONS TO BE DEVELOPED BUT THE ENTIRE CITY,

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COME

FORWARD. >> MCCLOUD 822 ATLANTIC AVENUE.

BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK, CAN I JUST GIVE YOU THE HANDOUTS.

>> YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM TO ME. THANK YOU.

>> THOSE ARE JUST THE CITY CODES THAT I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT. AND THERE'S ALSO AN ISSUE WITH AN UNFULFILLED BUSINESS LICENSE THAT IS DOCUMENTED IN THE HANDOUTS. SO I'M GOING TO READ FROM A LETTER WE WROTE, WELL, IT IS NOT THE WHOLE LETTER. I'M GOING TO READ SOME PARTS OF THE LETTER TO MAYOR HUDSON OVER A YEAR AGO. ALTHOUGH THE CITY CODE REQUIRES THE SUPERMARKET, ALSO KNOWN AS PAPA'S MEAT MARKET TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES A SPACE ON ITS OWN PROPERTY FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING, THE CITY IN 2016 CREATED A LOADING ZONE IN THE ALLEY, WHICH IS A RIGHT-OF-WAY SHARED BY THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE AND THE ONLY MEANS OF VEHICULAR ACCESS TO SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MASSIVE TRACTOR-TRAILERS ROARING INTO THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE, A FEW FEET AWAY FROM BACKYARDS, PORCHES, PATIOS. DIESEL FILMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT IMPACTING MULTIPLE HOUSEHOLDS, INCLUDING FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. IN FACT, THE HOME DIRECTLY ABUTTING THIS SO-CALLED LOADING ZONE HAS SEVERAL CHILDREN WHO RESIDE WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS, UPWARDS OF 10 CHILDREN LIVE IN THE AFFECTED AREA. THERE ARE DAYS WHEN THE DEAFENING TRACTOR-TRAILERS ARRIVE IN TANDEM IN THE BACKYARDS IDLING ON AVERAGE 45 MINUTES AND OFTEN MUCH LONGER. THERE'S REGULARLY A SECOND OR THIRD TRUCK PULLING IN WITH A DANGEROUS LEVEL OF EMISSIONS.

ON OCCASION THERE HAVE BEEN THREE TRUCKS. DIESEL EMISSIONS NOT ONLY OVERWHELM THE IMMEDIATE RESIDENTS WITH THE LIFE-THREATENING TOXIC SOUP, BUT WAFT SOUTH ON TO ATLANTIC AVENUE AND PERMEATE THE INTERIORS OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. AMONG THE DEVASTATING HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTICULATES IN DIESEL. CARDIO PULMONARY, RESPIRATORY, LUNG DAMAGE. EX-ACER -- EX-ASKER BAGS CHILDREN. TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL GARAGES IN TERMS WHEN THE MASSIVE SCALE OF AN 18-WHEELER WAS INCONCEIVABLE. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THESE IMMENSE VEHICLES HAS RESULTED IN DAMAGED SIDEWALKS, PRIVATE PROPERTY, SHAKEN FOUNDATIONS, CRACKED SEWER LINES, DOWNED POWER LINES AND INTERNET AND HAS PRODUCED DEEP GOUGES IN THE ASPHALT PREVENTING DRAINING AND ALLOWING WATER TO STAND FOR DAYS. ST. MARK'S CHURCH HAS INSTALLED BALISTERS AND SPEED BUMPS. DNL MARKET, WHICH TOOK OVER PAPA'S MEAT MARKET --

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>> IS THAT THE TIMER, MS. COX >> TIME IS UP, SORRY.

>>> IT IS TEN TIMES THE SIZE OF PAPA'S, THE ORIGINAL PAPA'S.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE

COMMISSION, PLEASE COME FORWARD. >> MICHAEL MCCLOUDY, 22 ATLANTIC AVENUE. SO WITH THAT HISTORY, HERE IS THE ASK. I'M HERE TO ASK THAT THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN THE ALLEY, BETWEEN ATLANTIC AVENUE AND ORANGE AVENUE BETWEEN SOUTH 8TH AND SOUTH 10TH BE RETURNED TO THE WEST TO EAST PATTERN THAT EXISTED PRE THE 2016 CHANGE IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY MANAGER. IT BEST ALLOWS LOADING AND UNLOADING OPERATIONS OF PAPA'S MEAT MARKET TO HAVE LESS IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE TO THE SOUTH. THE TRAFFIC FLOW CHANGED THAT THE CITY MANAGER ORDERED WITH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STORE AND US IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE THAT PLACED LOADING AND UNLOADING AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

FROM A BIGGER PICTURE PERSPECTIVE. THIS DECISION SHOULD BE REVERSED BECAUSE IT CONTRADICTS THE CITY'S CODES OF ORDINANCES BOTH IN PRACTICE AND IN FACT. WE SUBMIT THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S UNILATERAL DECISION BY PASSING THE STANDARD REVIEW PROCESS, DEFINING THE CODE, EXCEEDED THE AUTHORITY BY GIVING TO THE STORE, NONREVIEWED CONDITIONAL USE, MAYBE NOT CONDITIONAL USE, MAYBE JUST EXEMPTION. APPROVING TO EXTERNALIZE ITS LOADING OPERATIONS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, WITHOUT BUFFER OF NATIVE AND RESIDENTIAL ZONE.

HAD IT GONE THROUGH THE REFINED REVIEW PROCESS, THE INHERENT SECTIONS OF THE CODE. 135, 235, 6 AND 7 AND 125 315 WITH HAVE BEEN REVEALED. IT CAN BE NOT BE NEBULAR. BYPASSED IT TO SPECIAL INTEREST REQUESTS, WITHOUT HOW IT AFFECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, GOODS, ORDER, CONVENIENCE, AND GENERAL WELFARE, WORDS TAKEN FROM THE CODE ITSELF. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT ERODES THE NECESSARY TRUST OF CITIZENS THAT THE CITY'S FEAR AND ADDRESSING CONCERNS. RESTORATION OF THE OLD PATTERN AND A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF PAPA'S MEATS IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND RESIDENTIAL ZONE PARTICULARLY AND TO THE LOADING AND UNLOADING OPERATIONS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP IT IN PROVIDING PROTECTIONS TO RESIDENTS. WE ASK THAT THIS BE DONE NEEDSLY. THANK YOU, SIR.

[15. COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER]

>>> XHEBTS COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

>> THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE HAS HAD A BUSY AND EXCITING WEEKENDS ON M MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY WEEKENDS. JUST SO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT OCCURRED. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AND I ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING THAT WAS HELD ON MONDAY AND ALSO THE DREAMLAND PARK WITH MEMBERS OF THE LINCOLN PARK COUNCIL OF MINSTERS AND ALSO THE PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN.

IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL AND VERY AMAZING UNVEILING OF BEAUTIFUL ART THAT WAS JOINT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT IS IN OUR MARTIN LUTHER KING'S DREAMLAND PARK AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT AND CONTINUE TO ENHANCE IT AS TIME MOVES ON. SUBSEQUENTLY, TODAY, THIS MORNING, ME, ALONG WITH NICOLE FOGGERTY, OUR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, PRESENTED THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES TO THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. IT INCLUDED HOME RUE AUTHORITY, RESOURCES FOR HOMELESSNESS, ALSO FORT PIERCE BEACH SHORE PROTECTION AND BROADBAND SERVICE ENHANCEMENT TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE THAT IS CURRENTLY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND WITHIN THE COUNTRY. IN ADDITION, I'VE HAD A MEETING WITH ST. LUCIE COUNTY WITH REGARDS TO VACCINATION COORDINATION. LET'S ME GIVE YOU SOME OF THE CURRENT GOINGS ON.

TODAY AND TOMORROW, THE MID-FLORIDA EVENT CENTER IN PORT

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CHECKED THE TRAFFIC AND VACCINATED THEM. AND I BELIEVE THE SECOND DOSE WILL BE HELD AGAIN AT THE MID-FLORIDA EVENT CENTER ON FEBRUARY THE 9TH AND FEBRUARY THE 10TH. MOVING FORW FORWARD, PLANNED FOR A WALK-UP OPERATION ON JANUARY 25TH, '2 '26THS, 27TH, ALL BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF VACCINES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE VACCINES AS OF YET. SO THE PLANNING IS STILL UNDERWAY. THE EVENT IS POSSIBLE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. WE SHALL OFFER ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE AS WELL TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS VACCINATION DISTRIBUTION. AND ALSO I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH CLINT WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE, WE ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY PLACES OF WORSHIP THAT CAN HOUSE ROUGHLY 500 VACCINATIONS BASED UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF VACCINES AND SOME AREA CHURCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED AND THEY WILL ACT AS A HUB AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS SOME PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET. THEY DO NOT GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THEY WANT A VACCINATION, THE CHURCHES WILL HELP BRIDGE THAT DIVIDE AND GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THEM. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A FEW. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS TRYING, I GUESS, FEROCIOUSLY TO GET THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE ISSUE IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF VACCINATION, I GUESS, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT. I WILL END WITH SOME POSITIVE NEWS. OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WAS BEFORE YOU TODAY, SHE NEGLECTED TO MENTION WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A REFINANCING OPTION OF OUR STORMWATER BOND, WHEREBY WE WILL SAVE AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 AND NOT EXTENDS THE MATURITY DATE AND SAVE SOME MONEY BASED UPON FAVORABLE INTEREST RATES THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED. THAT WILL

BE COMING TO YOU VERY SOON. >> LET'S DO THAT QUICKLY,

FAVORABLE. >> THAT IS IT.

>> I JUST WANT TO ADD ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY TO HAVE THAT UNVEILING, THE STORY BE BEHIND IT. IF I WERE A MEMBER OF THE PRESS, I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING STORY OF HOW THE FIREARMS WERE COLLECTED AND MELTED DOWN IN A SPECIAL PLACE IN ALACHUA COUNTIES AND THEY KCREATED OF A THIS BEAUTIFL STEEL STRUCTURE AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND THE PARK IS BEAUTIFUL. AND THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING ALL OF THIS HAPPEN. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. SOCIAL DISTANCING BUT BIG EVENT, REALLY KIND OF A PERFECT EVENT FOR THAT PARK AND FOR FORT PIERCE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. YEAH, IT WAS. MR. SWEENEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?

>> I'LL BE BRIEF. THE LEGISLATURE IS GETTING FIRED UP.

THIS IS GOING TO UNFOLD VERY QUICKLY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOMINATED OUR QUASI JUDICIALS. ONE OF THEM IS VAC VACATION RENTALS AND ONE TO TAKE AWAY ALL POWER RELATED TO THIS AND PLACE IT WITH DDPR. I DON'T

HAVE THE WHOLE DETAILS OF THIS. >>> THERE WOULD BE NO

GRANDFATHER. >> THEY WOULD TAKE AWAY

EVERYBODY'S. >> IT WOULD MAKE OUR MEETINGS SH SHORTER BUT MAKE OUR RESIDENTS

UNHAPPY. >> THE ONLY REASON I BRING IT UP. OBVIOUSLY IF THEY TAKE AWAY GRANDFATHERING FOR EVERYBODY, THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD DO. BUT IT IS ALWAYS AT LEAST BETTER THAN NOT BEING. THE SESSION STARTS HERE MARCH 3RD, I BELIEVE, IS THE FIRST DAY. I KNOW MAYOR, YOU ARE INTIMATELY INVOLVED THROUGH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. I WILL ALSO TRAY TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AS THEY COME UP. THEY GO, THEY DIE. THEY SOMETIMES GET NEW LIFE. BECAUSE THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TIME AND AGAIN BECAUSE OF THIS COMMISSION. I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT ALREADY AT THE PREMEETING LEVEL,

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WAS A REPUBLICAN FROM -- >> MY MIAMI OR SOMEPLACE.

>> MAYBE OUR STAFF WORKING GROUP NEEDS TO BE APPRISED OF WHAT LEGISLATION IS HAPPENING. BECAUSE THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES REALLY WANTS CITIZEN, NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT CITIZENS TO REACH IDENTITY AND TELL THEM HOW THIS AFFECTS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE NEGATIVE. I HOPE THAT WORKING GROUP WILL BE APPRISED OF THAT. MS. COX, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING

>> YES. AT OUR LAST FPRA MEETING, I HAVE IT ON GOOD

AUTHORITY -- >> CLOSE TOGETHER.

>> SO WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 4:00, BUT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETS AT 2:00 THAT DAY. SO MR. MIMS HAD SUGGESTED THAT THE FPRA MEET AT 6:00 ON THE SECOND

TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH. >> MADAME MAYOR.

>> YES. >> I LOOKED AT OUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS TO SEE IF IT CONFLICTED. I DIDN'T SEE ANY.

THE BIG LIST WHEN HE WE SORTED OUT OUR COMMITTEES. PERSONALLY,

I LIKE 4:00. >> SO DO I.

>> I LIKE THAT TUESDAY. SO THANK YOU FOR SELECTING THAT TUESDAY, INSTEAD OF THE FOURTH TUESDAY. WELL, I MEAN --

>> I'LL TELL YOU. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. SO NO THANK YOU TO 6:00, SORRY, NO, I'M KIDDING. I LIKE 4:00. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WORK AROUND THE

PLANNING BOARD. >> CAN WE DO 5:00?

>> HERE IS MY WORRY IS THAT SOMETIMES ITEMS GO LONG AND DEVELOPERS ARE COMING HERE. I DON'T WANT THEM TO SAY, OH, SORRY, WE HAVE TO SUSPEND OUR MEETING AND YOU NEED TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH. IS THERE NOT AN OPTION, SECOND MONDAY, SECOND MONDAY, SO THAT'S OUR CONFERENCE AGENDA DAY.

>> RIGHT, IN THE MORNING. >> OPTION FOR A PLANNING BOARD ON MONDAY OR WEDNESDAY, TO ME AS A BOARD MEMBER YEARS AND YEARS AGO, IT DIDN'T MATTER TO ME. WHAT TIME IS IT NOW? 2:00.

>> IT USED TO BE 6:00. >> MS. HOFMEISTER.

>> I STAYED AROUND. >>> HISTORICALLY THE PLANNING BOARD HAS ALWAYS MET ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, AND IT WAS 6:00. UNTIL COVID MADE US REALIZE OR ATTEMPT TO TRY -- TO TRY AND START THESE MEETINGS EARLIER. SO ALL OF THE ADVISORY BOARDS, RESERVATIONS, BOARDS OF ADJUSTMENTS AND PLANNING BOARDS START AT 2:00. THE ONLY REASON I WANTED TO KEEP IT ON THIS DAY, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THIS DAY, IT WAS HARD FOR THEM TO ADJUST TO 2:00, ALTHOUGH THEY DO LIKE IT NOW.

LIFE IS ALL ABOUT COMPROMISE, I UNDERSTAND. WE HAD THOUGHT MAYBE STARTING AT 1:30. MAYBE FPRA COULD START AT 5:00, BUT IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, THEN BECAUSE THIS MONTH, WE HAVE 15 ITEMS

MINIMUM ON PLANNING BOARD. >>> SO WE'RE GOING TO BE IN

YOUR WAY. >> THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN, WE GO HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING. NOW CAN EVERYONE MEET ON WEDNESDAY AT 2:00. I'M JUST CONCERNED. WE WON'T HAVE A QUORUM AND IT WAS DISTINGUISHING TO AFFECT OUR

PROCESS. >> WHAT IF WE DIDN'T DO IT FOR

THIS MONTH. >> THAT WOULD BE GOOD, I CAN BRING IT UP AND PERHAPS WE CAN DO IT ON WEDNESDAYS AT 2:00 OR THURSDAYS AT 2:00. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS IS NOT EVERY MONTH,

ONLY WHEN NEEDED. >> MONDAY AFTERNOONS ARE FREE IN

THE CHAMBERS AS WELL. >> OKAY. SO WE CAN DO THAT.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW JUST LOOKING BACK AT THE DAYS OF PLANNING BOARD, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST MEET AND YOU COME WHEN IT IS TIME TO COME HERE. AND I'M GLAD THAT THE BOARD IS ABLE TO MEET AT 2:00, THAT'S ACTUALLY UNIQUE. I DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE VERY GOOD PARTICIPATION. I KNOW FROM A COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE. THE SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH, IT WOULD BE TOUGH FOR US TO HAVE A BACK HERE AT 4:00 FOR FPRA.

>> OR EVEN GO RIGHT INTO IT. >> YEAH, NO. I'M GOOD FOR 4:00 ON THE SECOND TUESDAY. I LIKE THAT.

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>> SO I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, AND YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN WITH ALL OF THIS IS THAT AS A NEW COMMISSIONER AND LOOKING AT BRINGING PEOPLE ABOARD AND BEING A PART OF THESE PROCESSES AND A PART OF THESE BOARDS, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE MEETINGS ARE 2:00. IT REALLY KIND OF CHALLENGES US TO FIND SOME OF THOSE ADVOCATES THAT CAN SIT ON SOME OF THESE BOARDS, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT. THAT BRINGS ME TO MY POINT WITH THE FPRA AND THE REAL CONCERN WITH THAT IS THAT THE FPRA BOARD IS REALLY THAT ONE BOARD THAT REALLY ENCOMPASSES THE CITIZENS OF FORT PIERCE, RIGHT? THE TYPE OF ACTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING, THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND THE INPUT THAT WE WOULD NEED. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN MAYBE, IF IT IS ON THAT TUESDAY. MAYBE BACK IT UP, MAYBE 30 MINUTES, MAYBE AN HOUR, IF WE CAN. JUST TO TRY TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE CITIZENS TO REALLY GO ALONG WITH THAT WHOLE PLAN OF FPRA. WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT INPUT. WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, THEIR INPUT AND CONTRIBUTION WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CONCERN. IF WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE SMALL COMPROMISE WITH

THAT. >> WITH AN ARE YOU ADVOCATING

>> I'M ADVOCATING FOR 5:00, QUITE FRANKLY.

>>> OKAY. >>> JUST ONE HOUR. IF WE CAN

DO THAT. >>> SO FPRA AND PLANNING ARE BOTH -- WELL, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE IMPORTANT. BOTH OF THOSE NEED A LOT OF PARTICIPATION. BOTH OF THEM.

>>> THE PLANNING SEEMS TO BE WORKING NOW. THE FPRA, I'M REALLY CONCERNED BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT'S GOING FORWARD AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR CITIZENS HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. LET'S TRY TO REMOVE THAT ISSUE AND CHALLENGE IF WE CAN TO GO FROM THERE. IF WE CAN, LET'S CONSIDER THAT. THAT WOULD BE MY PLEA.

>> MADAME MAYOR. >> YES.

>>> COMMISSIONER, I'M THINKING ABOUT, TOO, WHEN I'M ORIGINALLY THINKING ABOUT THE AFTERNOON SESSIONS. THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS AND A LOT OF OUR CRA BUSINESS OWNERS ARE NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS AND DAYTIME OPERATIONS, WE'RE TRYING TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE IN BETWEEN. I AGREE WITH YOU, THESE ARE MOVES AND IMPORTANT FUTURE SETUPS FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING. I UNDERSTAND. I ALSO IN THE BACK EVER MY MIND, TOO. THOUGHT ABOUT 4:00. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE OR EVEN TODAY WE MET AT 4:30. WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH SOME CONSISTENCIES, 4:00, 4:30, 6:00, MAYBE 4:30 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER.

>> I CAN GO WITH YOU ON 4:30. >>> I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT 5:00. THOSE BUSINESSES THAT I TALK WITH, THEY CAN'T EVEN COME TO SOME OF THEIR OFF-SESSION DBA MEETINGS, BECAUSE THEY DO MEET A LOT INDEPENDENTLY OUTSIDE OF DBA, I'M JUST BUSY, GUYS, I'M BUSY IN THE AFTERNOON, I CAN'T DO IT. I'M BUSY IN THE MORNING.

>>> THEY WORK HARD. >> IS THAT THE MAGIC SPOT FOR

NOW >> I'M GOING ALONG WITH YOU

GUYS. TUESDAYS AT 4:30. >> I GET TOLD WHAT DO ALL OF THE

TIME. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. >> THAT'S WHAT WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON. WE ALL GET TOLD WHAT TO DO, SO THAT'S FAIR.

>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T OVERWORK OURSELVES ON ONE PARTICULAR DAY. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR-MINDED, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL TO STAFF, ALSO.

THOSE ARE THE FIRST TWO IMPORTANT PRIORITIES AND THEN TO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO COME TO THE MEETING. BECAUSE IF IT IS A BIG ENOUGH DEAL. THIS COULD BE AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING. IF IT IS A BIG DEAL, WE'LL FILL THIS PLACE UP. THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. SO REALLY, I FELT SORRY FOR MS. COX WHEN SHE WAS THROWN THIS HOT POTATO AND KNEW THAT SHE HAD EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULE AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. SO WHATEVER YOU GUYS COME UP WITH. IF IT DOES ENCOMPASS OUR FRESHNESS AND THE FACT THAT STAFF CAN PARTICIPATE, I'M ALL

GOOD WITH IT. >>> JUST A POINT OF CLARITY.

>> MR. MIMS. >>> SECOND TUESDAYS OF THE

MONTH AT 4:30 IN MARCH. >>> WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE

WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. >>> THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT ISSUES WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH.

>> YES. >>> WE TYPICALLY DO NOT HAVE 15 ITEMS, JUST BECAUSE THE ROLLOVER FROM JANUARY.

>> YEAH. >> I THINK THAT WILL GIVE US GOOD NOTICES TIME, TOO, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE AT LEAST 60 DAYS.

>> HOW LONG HAS THE FPRA BEEN AT 4:00?

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>> WE HAVEN'T MET THAT MUCH. >> I WAS SWORN IN, THE DAY I WAS SWORN IN. 6:30 COMMISSION MEETING. ACTUALLY 5:30 FPRA.

>> IT HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP. >> HAVING IT CONSISTENTLY AT

4:30 IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA. >> THAT WOULD HELP MY BRAIN.

THE FIRST MEETING IS AT 6:00 AND THE NEXT TWO, I PROMISE YOU I'M

GOING TO BE HERE AT 4:30. >> WE WANT TO HELP HIS BRAIN.

>> CAN I ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION? SO IF FOR OUR MEETING IN FEBRUARY, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING? DO WE NEED AN FPRA

MEETING IN FEBRUARY? >> YOU KNOW WHAT, TRUTHFULLY THE CALENDAR IS SO PACKED RIGHT NOW, I WOULD RATHER START IN MARCH, IF THAT'S OKAY, 4:30 ON THE SECOND TUESDAY.

>>> NO FPRA MEETING IN FEBRUARY.

>> HAVE THE FPRA BOARD CHAIR CALL YOU.

>> OKAY. >> IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY. ALL

RIGHTY. >> THANK YOU FOR THE

CLARIFICATION. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK

[16. COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION]

>> NEXT COMMENTS ON THE CITY COMMISSION

>> COMMISSIONER PERONA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START

>> I'M GOOD. >>> COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON,

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT >> REAL BRIEF, MADAME MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK WITH YOU GUYS. WE HAVE HAD PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND VERY LONG HISTORY -- STRATEGIC MEETINGS AND ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO ADHERE TO THE GUIDELINES, SOCIAL DISTANCING, WEARING MASKS, WASHING HANDS REGULARLY HELPS, SANITIZER HELPS. THERE WAS ALSO THROUGH THE HEALTH CENTER A VACCINATION ON DELAWARE AVENUE AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE PERHAPS MORE PRIVATE AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, MAYBE SOME OF THE RETAIL CHAINS OF GROCERY STORES AS WELL AS PHARMACIES COME ONLINE WITH THIS VACCINATION PROCESS. SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS JUST TO HANG IN THERE. THESE ARE GROWING PAINS AND A LOT OF IT IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL, QUITE FRANKLY. IT IS REALLY RIGHT NOW RUN BY THE STATE AND I ALSO JUST ASK THAT AS OUR COMMUNITY AS OUR WORLD BEGINS TO EVOLVE STARTING TOMORROW AT 12 NOON, THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND THAT WE'LL BEGIN TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS, PARTICULARLY WITH VACCINATIONS, WITH COVID, AN JUST THE SHEER HURT OF THE COMMUNITY. THE CITY NEEDS TO BE COMMENDED FOR THE RESPONSIVENESS OF DOING THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY AND PARTNERING WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS. AND I SEE A LOT OF THAT AND MR. MIMS MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S A YOUNG MAN THAT OPENED TWO NEW BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY ON OKEECHOBEE CORRIDOR, REALLY TWO NICE BUSINESSES AND HE'S TO BE COMMENDED FOR OPENING A BUSINESS IN THIS PANDEMIC THAT WE'RE IN.

THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER BUSINE BUSINESSES ON THE WAY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT. MADAME MAYOR, THANK YOU.

>> WELCOME BACK. COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON.

>> I WROTE DOWN IN MY NOTES, PERONA, HAD NO COMMENTS.

>> MADE UP FOR IT. >> NOT TOO MUCH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT CITY STAFF IS DOING, INCLUDING POLICE DEPARTMENT, ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC WORKS, ALL OF THE ABOVE.

DAY IN AND DAY OUT, WORKING HARD, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. I APPRECIATE THE STAFF LEADING THE WAY WITH KEEPING US UPDATED. KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY UPDATED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE VACCINATION. THE PROCESS OF VACCINATIONS. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING. THERE'S NEW INFORMATION. AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS EXPECTED. AT THE SAME TIME IT IS OUR ANXIETY WITHIN THAT CREATES THAT CRAZE CRAZY, I GOT TO HAVE AN ANSWER. I NEED AN ANSWER, PLEASE SEND ME INFORMATION. WHEN A MONTH AGO, WE WEREN'T EVEN TALK BEING THIS MAYBE SIX WEEKS AGO. WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WAS GOING TO COME.

NOW SOMETHING IS OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT. MY TURN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I'M HERE. I'M ALSOIVE -- ALSO APPRECIATIVE WE'RE WORKING

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FOLKS AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. >> ME, TOO.

>>> THEY ARE MOVING AND GROOVING AND MAKING IT HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S ALL HEALTHCARE WORKERS BUT THAT'S TO OUR STAFF AND I APPRECIATE THE UPDATES AND KEEP THEM COMING. THANK YOU.

>> YEAH. I ECHO, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT WE ARE NOT IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND ON THE VACCINE. WE'RE NOT IN THAT CHAIN OF EVEN INFORMATION. MR. MIMS SEND US THAT INFORMATION FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY. YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY TO A CONSTITUENT THAT'S NOT MY JOB.

I'LL TRY TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN. THEY EXPECT THAT WE SHOULD KNOW MORE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE JUMPING IN FRONT OF THE LINE TO GET THE VACCINE AND I'M TELLING THEM, NO, NO, NO. THERE'S NO JUMPING IN FRONT OF THE LINE, BECAUSE IT IS ALL JUST TIMING AND LUCK, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU READ AND WHEN. AS SOON AS YOU READ AVAILABILITY, THEY ARE ALL FILLED UP, BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS CALLED THEM, SO WE'RE STRUGGLING, TOO, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN. WHAT WE'RE TRYING DO AS A CITY, WE STAND READY TO HELP. THE MINUTE THEY NEED OUR HELP.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE KIND OF JUST FUNNELING INFORMATION AS BEST WE CAN. SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD ADJOURN AND HERE IS WHAT WE DO. IF EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS WILL MOVE OUT TO THE FOYER AND WE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, IT GIVES US A CHANCE HERE TO PACK UP OUR STUFF AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ANYBODY, YOU MAY TALK TO THEM OUTSIDE. AND SO WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.