Mar 08, 2021 City Commission Conference Agenda

[1. Call to Order]

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>> CHAIR ALEXANDER. PRESENT.

>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. >> PRESENT.

>> THANK YOU. >> I WOULD LIKE TO EXCUSE COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. WE ARE NOT TAKING A VOTE.

I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT BY CONSENSUS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

[a. Discussion with State Attorney Thomas Bakkedahl regarding civil citations for marijuana possession and implications for juveniles.]

>> WE DO HAVE OUR STATE ATTORNEY IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY AND HEEL BE COMING UP TO -- HEEL HE'LL BE COMING UP TO JOIN US IN A DISCUSSION. THIS IS IS A FOLLOW UP FROM A COUPLE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OUR FORT PIECE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

YOU ASKED THAT OUR STATE ATTORNEY BE PRESENT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOU TO ADD TO THIS POSSIBLE INITIATIVE SO THIS TIMELY TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND OUR STATE ATTORNEY.

>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT TO BE HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> I DON'T KNOW WERE YOU WANT TO START OR WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I WILL SAY I CAME IN EARLY THIS MORNING AND I KNOW THAT SHOCKED MANY OF YOU TO HEAR A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE.

I REVIEWED YOUR MEETING FROM EARLY FEBRUARY AND HAD A LENGTHILY DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC WITH THE CHIEF OR ASSISTANT CHIEF. I ALSO TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE THEM MEMORANDUM. IT'S AUTHORRIVE.

IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN CONSIDER.

IT IS THE MOST COMPLICATED ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN SOCIETY TODAY. YOU MIXING ISSUES OF LEGISLATION, DECRIMINALIZATION ALONG WITH REFORMS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ALL ON TOP OF THIS QUESTION OF WHAT TYPE OF OFFENSES ARE PROSECUTABLE IN TERMS OF POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA. I KNOW YOU HAVE DEBATES.

NOW YOU UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT LAST MONTH.

>> EARLIER I WEIGHED OUT 20-GRAMS OF AREGANO.

SO, THESE ARE DIFFERENT CULT QUESTIONS IN LIGHT OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT WITH RESPECT TO HEMP AND CANNABIS. I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT MIGHT ALLEVIATE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS. I KNOW IF YOU TOOK AWAY CORRECTLY FROM EARLY FEBRUARY YOUR PRIMARY ISSUE RELATES TO THE PROSECUTION OF JUVENILES WHO ARE IN POSSESSION FOR AMOUNTS OF MARIJUANA OUT OF CONCERN FOR HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT THEM MOVING FORWARD IN CRIMINAL HISTORIES AND SO FORTH. WHAT I'LL DO IS I WILL START OUT THERE AND STOP. YOU CAN INTERRUPT ME AT ANY POINT IN TIME. I THINK YOU CAN FEEL FAIRLY COMFORTABLE. I WILL SAY PROBABLY SO EARLY 2019, LATE 2018 THE 19 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVISORY BOARD WHICH IS COMPRISED OF LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMBERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE. EVERYBODY.

WE GOT TOGETHER AND BEGAN TO DEVELOP A CIRCUIT WIDE PLAN FOR ALL FOUR OF OUR FAMILIES TO DEAL WITH CIVIL CITATION AND JUVENILE REST. NOT JUST MISDEMEANOR MARIJUANA BUT ANY MISDEMEANOR THAT A JUVENILE CAN COMMIT.

THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH.

AS WELL AS ALL FOUR OF OUR CLERKS.

ON AND ON. IT'S ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED OFF ON THIS PROGRAM. WE ARE FINALLY AT THE END.

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I'M A PROSECUTOR. IT'S MY JOB TO PUT PEOPLE IN PRISON. THAT'S WHAT YOU PAY ME TO DO.

I LISTEN TO THESE ISSUES HONED HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT MOVING FORWARD. WITH A CIVIL CITATION IS DESIGNED TO DO IS TO KEEP A CHILD OUT OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. IN OTHER WORDS THE NAME NEVER GETS IN THE SYSTEM. THEY GET ON WHAT THEY CALL THE BASICALLY THE PIPELINE INTO A LIFE OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IF YOU WILL. AND THEY ARE THE BENEFIT OF THE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM IS IT'S VERY SWEUPT.

-- SWIFT. THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE LINED VERY SLOWLY. IT'S WHAT WORKS FOR THEM.

IF YOU SPANK YOUR CHILDREN AND I GUESS I'M OUTING MYSELF HERE AND IF YOU GIVE YOUR KID A SPANKING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THEY REACTED TO THAT. SAME CONCEPT WITH THE CIVIL CITATION. IT MOVES VERY QUICKLY.

THERE'S ONE BIG ISSUE THERE. IT'S THE SAME ISSUE YA'LL ARE GRAPHLING WITH. AND YOU WILL IF YOU MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PLAN AS WELL. LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO HAVE DISCRETION. I AM MAKING SOME STRIDES IN THAT. WE WILL GET AHOLD OF THAT.

VY NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. IT WILL BE A MATTER OF PUTTING IN PLACE SOME TRAINING MECHANISMS AND OTHER MONITORING MECHANISMS. HAVING SAID THAT.

THE KID DOESN'T GET ONE BITE OF THE APPLE.

UNDER OUR PROGRAM THAT THE KID IS CAUGHT WITH UNDER 20-GRAMS OF MARIJUANA THEY GET A CIVIL CITATION.

IF THEY FINISH THAT PROGRAM AND GET CAUGHT WITH ANOTHER 20-GRAMS THEY GET ANOTHER CIVIL CITATION.

YOU GET FOUR STRIKES IN THE SYSTEM.

I THINK THAT'S FAIR. WE ARGUED ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG TIME. I'M A FAN OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK WE ALL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS AND RECOGNIZE THAT KIDS ARE DIFFERENT. SO WE GAVE THEM GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AT KIND OF GETTING OVER THE KID THERE IF YOU WILL. NOW HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, YOU GET YOUR THIRD CIVIL CITATION IF YOU FINALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE THE COP HAS GOT TO ARREST YOU AND WE'VE GOT TO PROSECUTE YOU. YOU ARE IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM YOU GET THE DIVERSION.

NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO JAIL.

NOW ON TOP OF THAT IF YOUR CONCERN IS REGARDING MOVING FORWARD AND THEIR ABILITY TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT EVEN IF THEY GET PAST THE THREE CIVIL CITATIONS AND AN ARREST ON THEIR RECORD. THERE ARE VERY EASY MECHANISM IN PLACE THAT ALLOW KIDS TO EXPUNGES THEIR JUVENILE RECORDS. I WILL NOT GET IN THAT WITH YA'LL. IT'S OUT THERE AND VERY EASY TO DO. NOW THAT'S THE JUVENILE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM IN A NUTSHELL I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HAD BASED ON THE CONVERSATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT THE DETERMINATION BETWEEN MARIJUANA AND HIM.

THAT MAY LIE WITH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THERE IF ONE WAS TO BE STOPPED AND INTERPRETATION IS IT'S MARIJUANA VERSUS HEMP.

WE CAN'T QUITE DETERMINE THAT. WE HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT PROCESS. UNDER STAND THAT IT'S CLEAR NOW. YOU GET THREE STRIKES, FOUR STRIKES AND YOU GO TO A DIVERSION PROGRAM.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE INEQUITIES AND THE NUMBERS.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE MAYBE AT SOME POINT YOU WANT TO GET OUR HEADS AROUND THAT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE IN FORT PIERCE WITH THOSE NUMBERS AND HOW DO WE BEGIN TO NOT ENCOURAGE THE 20-GRAMS OR LESS, RIGHT? SO, IT COMES BEFORE US A COUPLE TIMES TO DEEM THIS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET YOUR THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH THIS AND WHERE DO WE SEE THIS WITH

A CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD. >> YOU ARE THE COMMISSIONER WHO RAISED THIS TYPE OF AN ISSUE AT THE LAST MEETING.

QUESTION IS THE COPS HAD DISCRETION HERE UNDER THIS PROGRAM WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING.

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YOU WILL HAVE THAT DISCOVERER AND THIS CAN GO ON FOR MAKING ARRESTS AND THIS DIDN'T. I MAY POINT OUT IF WE START TO TALK ABOUT JUVENILES FOR A MOMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM FOR ADULTS THAT'S IN OUR OFFICE WHICH IS WHERE YOU NEED TO -- IT'S ONE TOPIC THE MISDEMEANOR OFFENDERS. THEY ARE OUR CONCERN ABOUT CREATING A KHREUPLAL RECORD AND THE ABOUT FOR PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS NOW.

I WOULD LOVE ON APRIL 2ND. WE CAN LOSE ALL CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING. THE 10TH ISSUE -- IT'S -- THE BENEFIT HERE. IT'S SIGNIFICANT AT THE TIME.

I BELIEVE IT'S TO THE PROCESS. WHERE IS MY CONCERN? MY CONCERN WAS IN THAT. I HAVE THE GUY ORATORICAL WHO IS TESTING UNDER 20-GRAMS OF MARIJUANA WHO ALSO HAS A LOAD OF FETAL. IT'S OUT THERE KILLING PEOPLE.

I NEED THEM FOCUSING ON FETAL. DOES THAT MEAN I WON'T PROSECUTE MISDEMEANOR MARIJUANA CASE? ES NO. I DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF REGARDING OR DISREGARDING STATE LAW.

I RAN SOME NUMBERS IN MY DATABASE.

I WILL NOT SWEAR TO THE ACCURACY.

IF SHE'S NOT WORSE. BUT ACROSS THE SURFACE OF ALL OF 2020 WE HAVE ADULTS WHO IS NOT JUVENILES AND THE NUMBER WOULD BE NON-EXIST STAND FOR JUVENILES I WOULD ASSUME.

BUT FOR ADULTS WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 69 MISDEMEANOR MARIJUANA CASES, 23 OF THEM ARE ALMOST 50% OF THEM WAITED UNTIL THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR OFFICE WHICH IS A SIX MONTH PROGRAM WHERE THEY WILL TAKE SOME COUNSELING AND WILL BE MONITORED FOR THE DEPARTMENT CORE FOR THAT PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS. THAT'S OKEECHOBEE, THAT'S STUART. I KNOW YOU HAVE BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED NO KEEP IN MIND IS THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND THE ADULT CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM. ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WILL WANT IT TO INCLUDE AND WILL WANT IT TO INCLUDE TRESPASSING.

THIS GUY COMES INTO YOUR HOUSE.

HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THOSE ARRESTS.

WHAT DOES THAT DO? THAT CREATES MORE DISPARITIES AND THEN IT CREATES ABOUT US AND THEN WE ARE POINTING THE FINGER AT ONE ANOTHER. I THINK IT'S A BAD WAY TO GO.

IT AIN'T GOING SO GOOD AND THOSE COUNTIES THAT ARE EVEN

USING IT. >> .

>> THERE'S 69 CASES. THOSE CLAIMED IT WAS HEMP NOT

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IF THEY FROM SMOKING IT, IT'S WEED.

I HAVE NO IDEA. THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF OTHER

THINGS. >> WE POST OTHER ISSUES.

WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT MATERIAL.

IF IT COMES UP ON OCCASION I COULDN'T TELL YOU.

>> BACK TO THE YOUTH. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NON-WAGE

EARNERS. >> TRULY NON-WAGE EARNERS.

I TRY TO EQUATE IT TO 16-YEAR-OLDS GETTING THEIR DRIVERS LICENSE AROUND GETTING THEIR SPEEDING TICKET.

WE HAVE CASES NOW TO WHERE THERE COULD BE YOUNGER THAN 16 AND THEY DON'T HAVE A WAGE OR AN INCOME.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CITATION GETS ISSUED?

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> WHAT DOES THE PROGRAM LOOK

LIKE? >> YOU PAY AS THE PARENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS IS THEY HAVE TO HAVE WHO ARE GUILTY.

IF THEY DON'T, THEY WILL GET IN THE PROGRAMMING.

THAT'S IN OPERATION. THEY ARE SAYING WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM. IT WAS WILLING TO ADMIT IN THE PROGRAM. WE DON'T KNOW WITH CONJUNCTION WITH ALL OF THE PARTIES IN THE PROCESS.

IT COULD BE ANY MEMBER AND SO ON IN OUR PROGRAM.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> I KEEP THINKING BACK IN MY DAY OF AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT MARIJUANA WAS OUT WHEN I WAS KID.

IT'S VERY CLEAR AND A MESSAGE WAS ABSOLUTE THAT IF I HAD -- AND IT'S TROUBLE AND THAT HELPED ME OUT A WHOLE LOT.

EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE GOING ON. IT COULD BE TEST OR NOT TESTS.

THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK. IT JUST DOESN'T EQUATE.

I THINK AT THE END END OF THE DAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO WRAP THIS IN A NICE NEAT PACKAGE AND SAY HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO.

AND THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE BUT IT IS LIKE SOMEWHAT CONFUSING NOW AND IT'S EVOLVING. EVEN THOUGH THE STATE SAYS THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE, IT SEEMS LIKE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TO ENFORCE IT, IT MAY ALLOW LENIENCIES.

THAT'S WHY I HAVE ALL THE ISSUE.

IT'S NOT AS ABSOLUTE WHERE I WILL SAY THAT YOU AND I WERE YOUNGER. IT WAS THIS OR THAT. YOU GOT CAUGHT WITH THE SMELL OF IT OR ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT WAS ALL OVER FOR YOU.

I THINK MORE OF A COMMENT THAT WOULD BE MY BIGGEST CONCERN

NOW. >> THERE'S A WHOLE LOT WRAPPED IN THAT COMMENT OF YOURS. TODAY'S MARIJUANA IS NOT YOUR FATHER'S MARIJUANA. THE STRENGTH IS YOU INDICATED MAYOR IN YOUR COMMENTS FAR EXCEEDS THAT.

I SPENT THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS REDOING THE OFFENDERS WHO MURDERED PEOPLE, MURDERED THEIR PARENTS AND OTHER CITIZENS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.

WE HAVE TO DO RESENTENCING NOW UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. YOU KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT THESE EXPERTS COME IN AND SAY.

THAT # HAS SIGNIFICANT EFFORT. >> WE ARE SAYING THE IMPACT.

>> . THIS IS DECRIMINALIZE.

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IT. ALSO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS NOT TO RUIN ANYBODY'S LIFE FOR ONE SLIP UP THEY MAKE AT AGE 16 OR 17. THAT'S WHY WE WOULD FIRST ASK TO CONSIDER THIS. THAT'S WHAT WAS THIS CONCERN OF MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING ON OUR RECORD THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH FOR THE

REST OF OUR LIFE. >> I WONDER IF THEY WERE AWARE

OF THE CIVIL CITATION. >> .

IT'S A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THESE FOLKS.

THEY ARE NOT USING IT AND THEY GOT IT.

THEY THINK THEY ARE NOT USING IT.

THOSE FOLKS THAT NEED TO ARE WORKING ON IT.

YOU NEED TO TELL US THOUSAND WE CAN HELP IMPROVE THIS

SYSTEM. >> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL DEAL WITH EDUCATION AND TRYING TO -- I DON'T WANT NO SAY JUST SAY NO.

I THINK IT SENDS A BAD MESSAGE.

IT DOESN'T SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE BUT EDUCATION, DRUG TREATMENT IS A HUGE ISSUE. LIKE THE ROUND TABLE.

THEY ALSO HAVE DRUG FREE ST. LIEU SEE.

SO THEY KNOW THE PROS AND CONS.

MAKE SURE AND WALK THROUGH THIS.

THE ENFORCEMENT HAS A DISCRETION WHEN IT COMES TO THE OFFICER PROSECUTES IT AS MARIJUANA 20-GRAMS OR LESS.

YOU WILL PROSECUTE THAT. AND YOUR PROSECUTION COMES DOWN THREE CIVIL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT PARTICULAR PERSON.

>> RIGHT. YOU DO IT STEP-BY-STEP TO BE CLEAR. REMEMBER THE KIDS AND OR HIS PARENTS HAVE TO AGREE. IF HE DOESN'T AGREE HE GOES IN THE PROSECUTION ROUTE. IF HE DOES HE GETS THE THREE

BITES OF THE APPLE. >> THAT CAN BE AN EXAMPLE OF

THE DISCRETION. >> I DIDN'T GO TO LAW SCHOOL BUT WHAT DOES PROSECUTION IN 20-GRAMS OR LESS LOOK LIKE?

WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? >> SO RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE AN

ADULT -- >> AS A TEENAGER.

>> IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS A PERIOD OF BRIEF PROBATION, MAYBE COMMUNITY THIS SERVICE.

IF IT WAS DONE MULTIPLE TIMES IT WOULD LOOK LIKE POSSESSION

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AND SO FORTH. >> AS THE AS AHEAD OF THE CIRCUIT LIGHT. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS. I UNDERSTAND IT'S PROBABLY OFF THE CHARTS. THOSE NUMBERS AT LEAST I DO.

HOW DO WE CREATE THAT VERSION? >>> THAT'S A BIG HELP.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE. SHE'S HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE DIVERSION AREA. WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SO WE WILL KNOW HOW MANY KIDS SEE CIVIL CITATIONS FOR MARIJUANA.

HOW MANY DID NOT. USUALLY THE ADULT NUMBERS I

RAN TODAY. >> I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE YOUTH. IF YOU CAN HELP ME OUT.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR FORT LIEU SEE. AT LEAST WE CAN START WITH

THAT ONE. >> THIS WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> FORT PIERCE UTILITIES ON

[b. Fort Pierce Utilities Authority Presentation on Wastewater Treatment Facility Relocation.]

>> . THE CITY COMMISSION AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE TPRAOEPLT FACILITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND TODAY WE DO HAVE HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS FOR NOT ONLY THE TPORPT PIERCE UTILITIES BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES AND WE HAVE A SLEW OF OTHER HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS AMAZING PLAN THAT THEY

WILL PRESENT TO US TODAY. >> CAN YOU TALK?

I THINK YOU CAN. >>

>> GOOD MORNING. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY. YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR GETTING THIS MOVING. YOU INTRODUCE AND REINTRODUCE.

>> THE DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE IN THE COUNTY.

WE WILL START WITH SOME REMARKS ABOUT THE TIMING OF

THE RELOCATION. >> THANK YOU.

WELCOME MR. THINKTON. >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. >> I'LL SAY JUST TO DIGRESS FOR A MINUTE HAVING SPENT 17 YEARS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN ORANGE COUNTY THAT THE CONVERSATION YOU'RE HAVING IS A GOOD ONE ON THAT SUBJECT.

SITCOMLY KATEED AND DIFFICULT WHEN WE GO AND TALK ABOUT DISCRETION. KIT BE A CHALLENGE.

THE EDUCATION EFFORT STARTS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

TO YOUR COMMENTS I I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MIXED MESSAGING GOING ON TODAY AND MORE MESSAGING GOING ON TODAY THAT'S MIXED THAN EVER BEFORE. IF YOU'RE CONFUSED ABOUT IT.

WE ARE DISCUSSIONING THE DISTRICT AND THEY COME TOGETHER IN A PARTNERSHIP. WE WILL DISCUSS TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND NOT EVERYONE WILL SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE SOMETIMES OPPORTUNITIES COMEDIES GUYED AS CHALLENGES. THAT IS ABOUT $10 MILLION-DOLLARS AND FOR THEIR OWN REASONS, THEY STEPPED BACK FROM THAT OPPORTUNITY.

2017 THE COUNTY PURCHASED 12-POINT V ACRES FOR $22 MILLION-DOLLARS. AND NOW WE'RE SEEING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES REDEVELOPMENT OCCURRING.

SO, I SHARE WITH YOU THAT HAD THERE BEEN THE ABILITY TO IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO WHERE WE MIGHT BE TODAY. THAT'S THIS CONVERSATION.

WE'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF IT BUT IT IS ABOUT IMAGINING

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YOU MAKE COMMITMENTS IN THE TERMS OF MILLIONS FOR MORE INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU WILL NOT TURN ON A DIME AND GO IN THE DIRECTION. WHEN YOU HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ROADS COMING TOGETHER.

IT'S WORST TAKING THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.

NOW IS THE TIME. FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE. WE THINK THE LOCATION AS WE KNOW IS POTENTIAL NIGHTMARE. IMAGINE WITH THE STORMS THAT WE'VE SEEN. IMAGINE WE TRACK THAT COMING ACROSS AND IT STOPPED AND IT WAS COMING TO THE TREASURE COAST. WE WERE GROUND ZERO.

IF THAT STORM HAD COME AND SAT OVER US.

I BELIEVE THAT PLANT WOULD BE -- AND THAT WOULD BE PA PROBLEM BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR SINGLE SOURCE OF TREATMENT IN FORT PIERCE. AND SO FROM A WHOLE BUNCH OF REASONS WE KNOW THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH THAT AND SO FROM THE RESILIENCY SPECIALERRIVE WE HAVE THAT PLAN TO MAKE SENSE BUT FOR A THOUSAND REASONS IT'S NO LONGER A GOOD OR SAFE LOCATION AND FORT PIERCE IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE IN FLORIDA IT WAS VERY COMMON BACK IN THE DAY TO PUT THESE CLOSE TO WATER BODIES. JUST GOT SUCKED OUT TO SEA.

WE GET THAT. THERE WAS NOBODY LIVING OVER THERE EXCEPT MOSQUITOES. IT MADE SENSE BACK IN THE DAY BUT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE UNTIL NOW. WHAT -- WE NEED TO DECIDE IF WE GO LEFT OR RIGHT AT THIS FORK IN THE ROAD.

THAT SERVES APPROXIMATELY 15,000 WASTE WATER CUSTOMERS AND OFF THE ISLAND THAT IS THE LACK OF RESOURCES TO GET IT DONE AND WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE OVER A FEW YEARS AGO NOW AND WORKING ON TO TAKE A LOOK AT LOCATING THAT PLAN.

IT'S JUST COMING BACK TO THE SAME THING.

THIS FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP MIGHT BE THE ANSWER TO THAT

QUESTION. >> YOU WILL HEAR THIS MORNING.

IT'S NEW WATER PLANS. >> LOOKING AT THIS PURELY FROM THE UTILITY PERSPECTIVE IN JOINT OPERATION PROVIDES THE CHANCE FOR THE MOST WATER TREATED AT THE LOWEST COST AND CURRENT UTILITY PERSPECTIVE. THAT'S USIC TO OUR EARS.

I HAD ONE OF THE LARGEST UTILITY WATER AND WASTE WATER AND UTILITY SYSTEMS UNDER THAT I SUPERVISED.

I UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTAL OF UTILITY SYSTEM.

I UNDERSTAND THAT RATE CANS DRIVE EVERYTHING.

>> YOU SEE A LOT OF SEPTIC AREAS.

WE DON'T WANT THAT GOING FORWARD.

YOU WILL SEE THAT CONTINUE IN OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE

PROVIDE. >> THE OTHER THING IS THE PRESENTATION WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT COST BUT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OR OTHER LEGISLATIVE AGENTS.

THIS SUBJECT IS WITH OUR GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE THE ENVIRONMENT THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

WE THINK THAT THE TIMING IS GREAT FOR THAT.

THE TIME IS RIGHT TO BRING THIS IN AT THE LOST POSSIBLE AND THE COUNTY AND THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO AND WE WILL SEE WHAT THE COST IS TODAY. BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THIS ONLY GETS MORE EXPENSIVE OVER TIME SO THE OPPORTUNITY DO THIS NOW I THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE MY REMARKS AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JOHN. I WANT TO ECHO THE PLAN.

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>> ONE OF THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF THIS STUDY WAS A LEVEL OF COOPERATION OF THE COUNTY AND FPUA UP INS WAS POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE. WE WANT TO CAPTURE THIS MOVING FORWARD. THOSE ARE MOSTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT LEVEL OF COOPERATION. ALREADY DISCUSSED WHY THE TIMING IS RIGHT TO MOVE AHEAD. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CAUSE WAY. WE WILL ALSO HEAR THE DETAILS -RB OR THE COST OF THE NEW PLAN DOORWAY WE THINK IT CAN

BE FUNDED. >> THE LAST TOPIC WILL BE THE DISCUSSION OF THE NEW PLANT AND THE CREATION OF ENTITY TO MANAGE THE NEW FACILITY. OUR HOPEFUL OUTCOME IS THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF THE COMMISSION THAT YOU FEEL YOU ARE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> WE WILL RECOGNIZE A LOT YOUR WAY THIS PHORB MORNING AND SOME OF THE TOPICS WERE FAIRLY COMPLEX AND WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE DETAILS AND WE WILL BE SCHEDULING THE WORKSHOPS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

RATES WHO REQUIRE ONGOING APPROVAL AND ON ANOTHER NOTE WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE OTHER CONCERNS STEMS FROM THE PLANT.

THESE CONCERNS WILL BE ADDRESSED HOWEVER WE WOULD LIKE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE PLAN TODAY AND MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION TOO THE PRESENTATION.

THIS IS IN FEBRUARY WITH FAVORABLE RESPONSE WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT RATE INCREASES ARE DIFFICULT AND NEED FURTHER REVIEW. WE WILL DISCUSSION THAT ISSUE TODAY BECAUSE THE CITY COMMISSION DOES GIVE FINAL APPROVAL ON OUR RATE CHANGINGS.

SO THAT BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION. WE NEED THOSE OF THE CAUSE WAY AREA. THIS CAN BE EXPECTED.

MAYBE RETAIL. ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE WHAT WE LOOK FOR AS THIS CITY EVOLVES.

WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE NOW ARE WHAT ARE THE ECONOMICS.

WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL. SO LAST YEAR THE COUNTY UTILITIES COMMISSION. THIS STUDY WAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RELOCATING THE FACILITY.

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I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT IS MADE AND SEE THAT COULD WE HAVE NORTH OF $500 MILLION-DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA ONCE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL GET GOING.

WHAT IT INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS AND WILL IT CREATE JOBS CERTAINLY. THE ECONOMISTS IN THIS STU STUDY FELT IT WAS CONSERVATIVE AND THE ZONING THAT WERE OUT THERE CERTAINLY ALLOW FOR MORE AND WE KNOW THAT IT IS SELDOM.

IT IS CHANGE EVERY FIVE MINUTES.

IT'S HARD TO FORGET. WE WILL FLIP THE SLIDE.

IT'S A FISHERMAN'S VILLAGE IN WHICH IT IS UP HERE WITH A LITTLE MORE AND JUST ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC SPACE AND ACCESS TO THE WATERWAY. I THINK THAT'S BEEN A THEME THAT YOU HEARD OVER THE YEARS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS. IN IS A BEAUTIFUL SPOT UNDER THE WEST PART. SO I THINK IT WILL BE HARD TO IMAGINE THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO THE STUDY THOUGHT THAT FOUR TO FIVE T FIVE TO ONE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS A LIKELY SCENARIO.

THE QUESTIONS THAT MAYOR HUDSON ASKED AND THE STATEMENT -- WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY NOT VALUE THE SAME WAY THAT SOME OF US DO THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO ENJOY THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES AND MAYBE NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD ANOTHER 3% ADDITION TO THE UTILITY BILL.

THOSE ARE CERTAINLY PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT AND HOW DO WE SPREAD THE WEALTH, HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY BENEFIT FOR OURS. THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE FOCUS OF THIS CON VARIATION OUTSIDE THE BROADER CON SERVICE GOING ON IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

IT'S A PROJECT AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING ON.

THIS TRANSFORMATIVE EFFORT THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WOULD BE ENGAGED IN. THAT'S FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE RENAISSANCE HERE DOWNTOWN.

THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OVER THE YEARS WHETHER IT'S WORKING DOWNTOWN.

AS TOM MENTIONED LOOKING AT THE RATES.

WE ALL HAVE IN OUR MIND WHAT CAN BE OUT THERE.

I THINK THE STUDY SUPPORTS THERE'S TRUE ECONOMIC VALUE.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS?

>> GOOD MORNING MADAME MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

I WILL TAKE US THROUGH COST AND POTENTIAL INCOME THAT CAN OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS BY THE PLANT.

THESE ARE THE BIG OUTSIDE NUMBERS.

THERE'S NO GRANT MONEY THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS.

WE HAVE A TENDENCY NO FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL GRANT.

THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US NOW.

THERE ARE OPPORTUNITY GRANTS AS WELL.

THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT GETTING THESE GRANTS RECENTLY AND A KIND OF MOMENTUM IF WE GET BOTH TOGETHER AND GET OUR \TIN CUPS AND GET UP TO TALLAHASSEE.

WE ARE CON ANY DENT WE CAN GET OTHER GRANTS AS WELL.

WE CERTAINLY HOPE YOU CAN DO THAT.

WE HOPE YOU CAN KEEP THE RATES IN A VERY LOW RATE OR IT WOULD BE GREAT TO NOT HAVE TO RAISE RATES AT ALL.

HOPE IS NOT A PLAN. WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS A PLAN THAT WILL WORK.

SO GETTING INTO IT. IN TODAY'S DOLLARS THE PLANT WILL COST $$131.5 MILLIONS KARPBDRY IT FOR WORTH ABOUT $156 MILLION. OUR INITIAL COST SHARE PROPOSAL IS A 70/30 SPLIT BETWEEN FPU AND ST. LIEU SEE COUNTY. 5.6 MILLION-GALLONS A DAY

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THEY ARE UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHSE REUSE WATER FOR THEIR COOLING POWERS. BASED ON A SIMILAR FACILITY THAT'S PURCHASING THAT WATER NOW AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT THEY WILL NEED NAP WILL BE $$1.1 MILLIONS RIGHT OFF THE BAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMISSION IS WARE THAT IT TREATS SOME OF THE COUNTIES.

IT WOULD BE OUR GOAL IN THIS NEW PLAN ONLINE TO MAKE SOME PROCESS CHANGES. THAT IS AROUND 40,000 NAP IS ANOTHER MARKET THAT WE CAN EXPAND AS WELL AND KEEP OUR RATES LOWER MOVING FORWARD. TY AM AN ENGINEER AND LOVE EFFICIENCY. WE ARE PAYING ON OUR COMBINED MAINLAND SYSTEMS AROUND $1,750 PER MILLION DOLLAR GALLONS PER DAY TREATED. AT THE NEW PLANT WITH THE MORE EFFICIENT PLAN WE ARE DOWN A LITTLE OVER $1,400.

THAT'S ANOTHER $600,000 A YEAR OF SAVINGS TO BRING $2.24 MILLION TO OFFSET THAT. THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS YOU DON'T SEE THE ON THIS. IF IT'S NOT JUAN TPAOEUABLE AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOT PUTTING IT ON PAPER.

THAT IS DEFINITELY A MARKET ENVIRONMENTAL THING FOR US AS WELL. IT'S ANOTHER CHECK IN THE BOX.

>> A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IRRIGATION QUALITY TREATMENT. DO THESE NUMBERS INCORPORATE

THAT 131 MILLION. >> YES THEY DO.

>> NOW, JUST EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

THERE'S A LITTLE MORE TREATMENT THAT HAS TO BE DONE WITH THE COOLING WATER. THERE'S ONE EXTRA STEP BUT

IT'S NOT AN EXPENSE. >> KIT BE DONE ALSO WITH THE PA. IF THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE COOLING WATER IT CAN CONTRIBUTE ALSO.

>> I BELIEVE THEY WOULD, TOO. THEY HAVE BEEN HELPFUL WITH THE CAPITAL COST. WE -- THEY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THE SERVICE WE'RE PROVIDING.

>> THAT LINE THAT IS THE LOWEST NUMBER OF TREATMENT THE MOST. HOW MANY ACCEPT HALLWAYS IN THE TRE SHURP COAST. OTHER THAN THAT THEY HAVE TO GO TO PALM BEACH TO DO. THE UP FRONT COSTS TO DO THE PRE. THERE'S ONE THAT DOES THE PRETREATMENT. THEY ARE STRIPPING IT OUT TO ALMOST WATER. THAT IS NOT ENVIRONMENTALLY

FRIENDLY. >> THERE'S MANY ASPECTS OF TRANSPORTATION. THE PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

HAVE TO HAUL THIS WAY SOMEWHERE ELSE.

IF QUESTION DO THAT HERE IN FORT PIERCE WEAR PROVIDING A LOT OF LARGE BENEFIT. YOU CAN EXPLAIN FOR THE PUBLIC. WE CLEAN OUT THINK STATIONS

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THIS IS NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

I KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COSTS AND OFFSETS.

WERE CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF FLOW.

YOUR WORLD FROM LONG ENOUGH. IN CHANGING THE FLOW FROM GOING EAST TO WEST. NOW YOU HAVE THESE PUMPING STATIONS. DOES IT COST MORE WITH A NEW PLANT TO MOVE THE FLOW TO THE WEST THAN IT DID TO THE EAST? WE BUILT THE SYSTEM TO GO THIS WAY AND NOW WE ARE MAKING THAT WAY AND YOU ARE DOING IT PROBABLY MOSTLY WITH PUMP STATIONS. THAT WILL BE A WHOLE OTHER COST RELATIONSHIP WITH MOVING THAT FLOW.

I'M SORRY. IT'S JUST IN MY MIND RATTLING AROUND. YOU CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THAT.

EVERYTHING YOU PUT IN THE LAST 15 YEARS HAVE BEEN DESIGN WITH MOVING THAT FLOW IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE COMPLICATED.

MOST LIKELY WHEN NEW PLANT COMES ONLINE AND WE START GOING FLEW PROCESS OF PUTTING FLOW OUT THERE.

IT WILL NOT BE WHERE WE WILL PUT THE SWITCH IN EVERYTHING IN THE DIRECTION. WE WILL HAVE TO DO IT CORRIDOR BY CORRIDOR. WE WILL PUT FLOW ON IT SECTION BY SECTION. THERE IS A COST.

ALL OF THE MAIN COSTS ARE INCLUDED AS WELL.

>> ONE PERSON WOULD COME IN AND IT'S A SIX INCH WASTE WATER. WE WOULD SPEND THE MONEY AND UPGRADE TO A TEN INCH IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS.

THAT WAS BACK 18 OR 20 YEARS AGO AT MOST.

WE KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME. >>> AT A VERY MINIMUM OUR

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WE CAN USE IT FOR THAT. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OTHER CONSULTANTS INVOLVED THAT WILL HELP US AND THEY LOOK AND I'M AND AND IT IS THE EXPERT TO TELL US THAT.

AND ALSO AS I SAID BEFORE WE WILL WATCH THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. IT WILL SHOW YOU THE WORSE CASE SCENARIO. WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN A LITTLE BIT. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE WILL GET INTO NUMBERS. SO DESIGN WITH THIS ACQUISITION. WHAT ARE OUR REGULATORY AGENCIES TALKING ABOUT? ARE THEY OKAY THAT WE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ON THIS?

>> WHAT ARE THEIR COMMENTS? >> YES, THIS IS THE CYCLE WITH SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT.

WHEN THEY START DOING THEIR REGIONAL PLANNING.

THIS IS VERY CLEARLY IN THERE THAT THESE ARE THE GOALS THAT WE ARE PUSHING FOR AND YOU KNOW THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL ON THIS. NOBODY LIKES BILLS GOING IN

THE RIFF RIVER. >> ALSO TREATED BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PHARMACEUTICALS AND STUFF THAT DOESN'T GET TREATED OUT OF THE WATER. LIT GO IN A RIVER.

I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING.

WERE MOVING THIS IN OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREAS FOR THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. IT'S IN A GOOD SPOT.

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WHAT IS THE COUNTY'S VISION FOR THE FACILITIES THAT THEIR ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS FOR THE COUNTY.

WOULD THEY JOIN IN OR STATUS QUO FOR NOW.

>> WE DON'T HAVE A SHORT-TERM PLAN TO JOIN.

IT WILL BE A LITTLE TOO LOW. ONCE THIS IS ESTABLISHED WE WILL CONSIDER SOMETHING IN THE LONG TERM FUTURE.

THAT'S GOOD INFO. PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHAT ABOUT THE COUNTIES.

WHAT OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE COUNTY.

>> EVERYTHING IS DEVELOPING AND WE HAVE.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING A GROWTH SPUR.

WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT UP HERE WHAT'S HAPPENED.

FOR US, WE ARE STRUGGLING FOR A COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO CHANGE. >> THANK YOU.

>> THIS NOTE. WE CAN REALLY USE SOME HELP HERE IS GETTING THAT AREA OF THE COST.

THIS IS NOT A COST. THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR

FUTURE. >> OKAY.

>> SO ON THE FPUA, OUR DEBT SERVICE IS ESTIMATED AT $4.7 MILLIONS. IN ORDER TO GET THERE.

THERE'S A COUPLE METHODOLOGIES ONE IS TO PUT ON THE WASTE WATER CUSTOMERS AND THE OTHER IS TO DISTRIBUTE IT ON THE WATER AND WASTE WATER CUSTOMERS.

THAT WOULD BE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION GOING FORWARD.

AS WE START GOING FORWARD WITH THAT.

OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THIS WOULD BE IN BALANCE OF

9.7 MILLION. >> WHEN WE GET OUT CLOSE TO THE END. WE CAN KEEP THAT NEW TER.

IT CAN BE USED IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. IT'S A RATE STABILIZATION FUND FOR X-AMOUNT OF YEARS GOING FORWARD.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITH THOSE FUNDS.

SOMETHING ELSE IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE IS EACH HAS A COST ESCALATOR THAT'S PREAPPROVED NOW ON THE SITE.

IT'S THE INDEX. IT'S USUALLY A HALF 2%.

THAT'S JUST WITH INFLATION. THAT'S THE SYSTEMS AND A PLAN AND AN OPPORTUNITY NOW. YOU CAN -- WE NEED SOME GRANTS AND BRINGS THAT DOWN. WE HAVE SOME GROWTH.

WE DON'T HAVE THOSE LARGE PROJECT HAS COST US $5 OR $6 MILLION-DOLLARS WITH THOSE CUSTOMERS.

THOSE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT LESS.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. THIS SLIDE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE WAY WE CAN ACHIEVE THE FUNDING.

IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED WE CAN USE FOR FUTURE RATE INCREASES OR ANY UNEXPECTED MEETINGS THAT ARRIVES.

>> THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR ANY FUNDING THAT WE COULD RECEIVE. THAT'S FOR ANYTHING THAT IT'S

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THERE. >> ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

>> WE NEED ANOTHER ENTITY. BY CREATING THIS THIRD PARTY ENTITY IT MAKES SENSE FOR A FEW REASONS.

ONE IS THE PURPOSE OF SECURING A DEBT.

CURRENTLY THE COUNTY UTILITY IS OF ALL CUSTOMER. .

ONCE THE PLANT WAS COMMISSIONED IN OPERATION THIS BOARD WILL ONLY HAVE LOOK MOVE BACK TO THE UTILITIES.

>> WE PLAN TO CREATE A COUPLE DRAFT CONCEPTS OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE OR BRING BACK FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND CONSIDERATION HERE IN THE FUTURE.

>> ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR STEPS MOVING FORWARD.

>> SO TODAY WHETHER YOU HEARD OR BEFORE WE MOVE FORBARD STEP-BY-STEP. WE WILL ALSO LOOK FORWARD AND CONTINUE WITH THE PLAN. LET'S GO BACK FOR SOME CLOSING

REMARKS. >> BEFORE YOU DO THAT, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE GOTTEN UP TO SPEED ON PRETTY QUICKLY.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR SHARING SOME OF THAT.

BACK ON THE SLIDE WHERE WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS FOR FUNDING. THAT'S OUR WAY OF CONCERN AND THE PUBLIC HEARS ONE THING. THE PROJECTED GROWTH SO WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHAT ARE WE PROJECTING THAT WE LOOK TO MOVE ON TO AND BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ENTITIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THAT THEY LOOKED THAT THE SOME TIME AGO AND PUT PAST RESEARCH ON THAT AS WELL.

WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ENTITIES GOING DOWN THIS PATH AT ONE POINT BEFORE AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THEY WILL GET.

I WILL SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE THE $2 DOWN AND THAT WILL BE A BIT MUCH. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT VERY, VERY CLOSELY.

I'M ON THAT SAME SLIDE. THE KEY WILL STAY AHEAD OF IT

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>>> WERE FPUA. IF WE NEED MORE CAPACITY AND

WE PAY FOR IT. >> WE HAVE PARTNERS LIKE ONLY

HALF OF A BOAT. >> NEVER A GOOD IDEA.

>> I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER. I ALWAYS HAD THE WORSE

EXPERIENCE WITH BOTH. >> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS ALL TALKED OUT AND UNDERSTAND AND ALL THESE RULES AND ALL THESE ISSUES ARE THERES ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE PARTNERS. TWO GOVERNMENT PARTNERS TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING. I APPLAUD THE ECONOMY SCALE.

THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE GO TO.

I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.

I GOT AN IDEA OF WHAT THE AVAILABLE CAPACITY OF ST. LIEU SEE COUNTY WAS FOR WASTE WATER AND FIND OUT THE IT WAS LIKE 50%. WE HAVE A STRAND ASSET WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT WHAT THA COST IS.

I WAS PART OF THE GROUP IN 2000 TALKING TO FORT ST. LIEU SEE IN GETTING THEIR HEADS KNOCKED IN.

THIS IS DAY TO CELEBRATE AT LEAST MOVING FORWARD.

THERE WAS A RULE HERE THAT HELPED US ON THAT.

>> . >> WE WILL START BUILDING NEW PLANS. THAT'S NOT THE RULE ANYMORE.

IT'S BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO US.

COMMISSIONERS A COUPLE CLOSING THOUGHTS.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS FOR THIS CONVERSATION TO BE DERAILED. YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

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>> SECONDLY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS MORNING AND FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR INTEREST. WE WILL BE IN OUR NEXT STEPS.

WE WILL BE SPEAKING TO ON BOARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NEXT WEEK. THAT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S COMING UP SOON. >>> TIME IS IMPORTANT AS BEAU MENTIONED. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THE INNER LOCALS DONE IN 2021. WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE ON A PARALLEL COURSE OUT BEFORE OUR PLAN OUT AT THE AIRPORT JUST AS A BACK UP IN CASE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AND DOESN'T COME THROUGH BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO BE PREPARED TO MEET THE GROWTH AND EXPECTATIONS THAT OUR BOARD

HAS FOR US. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING US THIS MORNING AND I WILL HAVE JOHN HAVE THE FINAL

WORD AS HE OFTEN DOES. >>> .

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT FOR ONE MORE MINUTE. WE TALKED ANT GRANTS.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT GRANTS IS WHEN YOU APPLY FOR THEM THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE

THEY ARE FOR REAL. >>> THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE CONCEPTS. I DIDN'T ASK THE BOARD IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH THIS. DID YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THIS. I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH

FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.

WE TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON THE ANALYSIS. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT $550 MILLION-DOLLARS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT.

AND A COST OF MOVING A PLANT AT $1. 3* 0 MILLION.

IT'S RECURRING OPPORTUNITY. IT NEVER GOES AWAY.

AND FOLKS TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.

THEY ARE THE FOLKS ON THE ISLAND.

I HAVE TO PUT ON THOSE TOO AND I DO.

>> AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE.

WE ALL KNOW IT. THE POTENTAL IS UNLIMITED AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT IT. AGAIN I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU TO YOU TOO SPECIFICALLY FOR WORKING HARD EVERY MOMENT

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THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS.

A COUPLE THINGS THE JUMPED OUT TO ME.

THE FIRST THING ONE OF THE COMMENTS MR. TOM MADE OR YOU MADE IT CONCERNING THIS. IT'S UP TO THE PUBLIC.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING THEM ALONG WITH THIS PROCESS AND AS SOON AS QUESTION CAN TO BEGIN TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROJECT, THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AND THE FACTS OF WHAT THIS IS. I LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS ABOUT JOBS. THAT IS FOR ME TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY SEES THAT AND SEES THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS AND THE CONSTRUCTIONS SITES THAT I THINK WE ARE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE AND SOME BUT THAT'S GOOD.

BUT NEW SHINY OBJECTS AND THOSE ARE GREAT JOBS TO HAVE.

THAT WILL PUMP MONEY IN THE ECONOMY AND WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME AND WHY I SUPPORT THIS IS ENVIRONMENTALLY.

I THINK WE DODGED THE BULLET HERE A NUMBER OF YEARS.

STORMS ARE GETTING WORSE. ONCE WE CONTAMINATE OUR LAGOON. IT'S A RECREATIONAL POINT BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DEPEND ON THOSE WATERWAYS FOR FOOD AND THIS LAGOON GOES THROUGH CANALS THROUGHOUT COMMUNITIES OVER HERE. PH-RP ENGAGED ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND WHY SKI ABOUT THE NUMBERS.

THAT IS BEST WE CAN. BECAUSE IF WE JUST CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. TO FORT PIERCE AND THE CITIZENS. THERE'S NO COMING BACK FROM THAT. SO THAT'S MY COMMENT.

THANK YOU. >>> IN THE WORLD OF UTILITY, 50 YEARS IS A SHORT TIME AND THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU

WILL LEARN IN THAT. >> AND WE MAY HAVE A STICKER ON THIS OF 130-$150 MILLION BUT NOT MAKING THAT DECISION QUICKER NOW. CAN COST 7 TIMES THAT AMOUNT.

DO YOU SEE THE WASTE WATER PLANT ON THE ISLAND 20 YEARS FROM NOW. THEN EVERY MOMENT THAT YOU TAKE NOT FULL TRIGGER ON THAT MAKING THAT HAPPEN STARTS TO ADD HIGHER AND HIGHER COSTS TO THIS THING.

WE TOOK A LOOK AT. IT WAS IN THAT $60-$70 MILLION MARK. IT WAS GOING JUST FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. IT WAS WASTE WATER FEES $3 OR $4 AT THAT TIME. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT WAS EASY FOR ME. I HAVE TO TAKE BACK WORDS I SAIDIERS AGO. THIS IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN IN MY LIFETIME. I TAKE THAT BACK.

I REALLY DO. IT'S ABOUT $20 MILLION.

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IT'S A BONIS LIGHT. >> THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TO DATE. WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THIS.

I WONDER FOR US FOR DOING THAT.

I WILL TAKE THIS ADVICE TO HEART.

I WANT TO BE LASER FOCUSED. I CAN'T MENTION MYSELF.

THEY ARE POSITIVE OBSTACLES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR PARTNER SAYS ABOUT FORMING A NEW GROUP.

AND IN THE CITY CHARTER. WE HAVE A LIMITATION.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS PLAYS INTO IT.

SO I JUST THINK THERE'S SOME BASIC OBSTACLES THAT MIGHT BE AND MIGHT NOT HAVE CONSIDERED AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO OVER COME THEM. FOR IMPROVING THE RATE INCREASE FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS. WE'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY HIDDEN SURPRISES.

HAVING SAID THAT. THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IS FARTHER THAN WE'VE EVER GOTTEN.

I WANT TO BE THERE AND I MOVE IT AT LEAST TOWARD THE JOINT MEETING SO WE SEE -- THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE IN THE

FUTURE. >> THAT LASER FOCUS.

I'M WONDERING DOWN THIS ROAD OR THAT ROAD.

SOUNDS GOOD. SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE MOVING

FORWARD. >> ONE QUESTION I FORGOT TO ASK. EARLIER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE

BOARD MAKE UP. >> WHEN YOU PUT THIS DRAFT

TOGETHER. >> EUD SAID ON THE SLIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTS. 4*67 HR*FRPB RAO*EURB

WRAO*EURB. >> YES.

AS YOU KNOW. >> FINANCIAL, TOO.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE ON BOARD FOR MOVING FORWARD FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE

ABLE DO THAT. >> READY?

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK. .

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

[c. Parks Advisory Committee presentations on: Completion of pedestrian plaza at NW Pioneers Park Volunteer Park Ranger Program PAL Park Renaming]

>> YES, MA'AM, MADAME MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION WE DO HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM TE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MS. CHARELENE ADARE. ALSO ISSUES THAT HAVE EFFECTED OUR QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

THIS TIMELY ALLOW MS. ADARE TO LEAD US IN THIS PRESENTATION.

>> WELCOME WHO IS STARTING YOU?

>> I CAN BRIEFLY BRING EVERYONE UP TO SPEED.

WE DO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

I BELIEVE PATTI IS ALSO PRESENT TODAY.

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THE VOLUNTEERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, THE HOURS AND EFFORT THEY PUT INTO THIS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND THE WORK AS YOU'VE SEEN MANY TIMES BEFORE IS VERY THOROUGH AND VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

AND IN FACT I WILL LET SHAR LOAN HAVE THE FLOOR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.

WE HAVE THEM WORKING HARD IN SPITE FOR A FEW MONTHS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS AND WE'RE BACK NOW.

THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A NORTHWEST FINDERS PART 29TH STREET AND AVENUE M. SO YOU MIGHT WONDER HOW DID THE PARKS ADVISORY GET INVOLVED IN THIS ONE BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER SIGNING IT. SO I THOUGHT WE SHOULD START THERE. THERE WERE TWO SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED TO RENAME THIS PART TO RUFUS AS PARTNERING AS OPPOSED TO NORTHWEST PIONEER PARK.

THAT'S HOW WE GOT INVOLVED. >> PRESENTED THE CON CONCLUSIONS SAYING THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE PARK WAS TO HONOR IN PIONEERS AND SHOULD CONCERNLY BE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THOSE PIONEERS. ALTHOUGH THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINED THAT THE NAME FOR THE OVER ALL PARK SHOULD REMAIN AS IS. THIS REVIEW LED US TO UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THIS PARK WHEN THEY ARE NAMED ON FEBRUARY 17TH 1981. THAT IS 1981.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE FELT COMPELLED TO BRING BEFORE YOU SOME CONCLUSIONS FROM PARKS COMMITTEE.

WE SUPPORT THE IDEA OF HONORING THE PIONEERS WHO HELPED DEVELOP THE PARK. THE PARK DESIGN INCLUDES 22 SPACES IN THE CIRCULAR ENTRANCE AND IT CAN BE ADDED.

>> ORIGINALLY DESIGN CALL FOR ENGRAVING THE CONCRETE BUT THAT'S NO LONGER FEESIBLE NOR A GOOD INVESTMENT IN OUR OPINION. RECOMMEND THAT A PROCESS BE DEVELOPED TO NAME THESE PIONEERS AND HONOR EACH OF THEM AND COMPLETE THIS PROJECT AFTER YEARS.

I KNOW YOU HAVE ALL BEEN OUT THERE BUT I HAVE NOT.

IT APPEARS GRANTS MAY BE AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH THE COST. JUST A COUPLE OF HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE PARK FOR ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE NOT HAVE SEEN IT.

YOU CAN SEE THIS SQUARES THAT WERE PREPARED WITH THE INTENTION AND ENGRAVING EACH OF THOSE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT PIONEER THAT IS SELECTED.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT TWO PLAQUES IN EACH OF THOSE SQUARES. YOU CAN ALSO USE THE LAWS.

SO THERE'S FAIRLY UNLIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE.

WHAT WE NEED IS FUNDS IN ORDER TO DO THE JOB AS WELL AS THE SELECTION PROCESS. ALL IN BRONZE SO THEY WILL HOLD UP BETTER. SO WE WILL RECOMMEND THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER GOING FORWARD WITH THESE BRONZE PLAQUES.

FOR EXAMPLE AN 18-24 WHICH WE FELT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND IT IS A PORTRAIT AND A POST WILL BE ABOUT $3,257 TODAY.

THAT IS FOR YOU TO HAND THIS OFF TO AN APPROPRIATE

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APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE. >> NOT JUST A COMMENT.

I DO REMEMBER THIS MEETING. THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS I SET IN WITH THE PARKS GROUP BEFORE I WAS SWORN IN. I WAS WATCHING THAT PARK FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IT WAS A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WEAR AND TEAR OF PLAQUES AND THIS THIS WAS A HIGH QUALITY.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON THIS.

IT WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS AS FAR AS THE PLAQUING.

THAT WAS WHAT WAS MOST IMPRESSED ME ABOUT IT WAS THE WARN THINK OPPORTUNITY WOULD ENSURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT. THIS IS MY QUESTION.

DID WE HAVE IN THE PROCESS TO HAVING SOME NAMES RIGHTS GOING FORWARD. AM I OFF TRACK THERE? SO A PERSON COULD SUBMIT IT ET CETERA, RIGHT?

>> YES, SIR THE ACTUAL PROCESS GOES TO THE PARKS ADVISORY

COMMITTEE. >> YOU GET IT RIGHT BACK.

>> SO YOU CAN'T GIVE IT TO US. IT SEEMED TO ME THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DEFINITION. ANYBODY CAN ESTABLISH THEMSELVES. YOU HAVE THE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF DEFINITION OR YOU WILL HAVE HURT FEELINGS OR PEOPLE SAYING THAT NIGHT. THIS ONE MEETS THIS STANDARD OR THIS ONE DOESN'T. I CAN SEE THAT.

IS THE RECOMMENDATION WHO GETS NAMED IN THAT PART GO TO SOME OTHER COMMITTEE OTHER THAN THE PARKS COMMITTEE.

ONCE THE LIST IS ESTABLISHED AND FOR NAMING THE PROCEDURES.

THAT COULD BE TWEAKED A BIT TO FOLLOW.

ONE GROUP THAT IT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DOING SO.

I WOULD EXPECT A PERSON LIKE YOU BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE BECAUSE YOU RESEARCHED EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY HAS COME FROM AND WHEN YOU DON'T YOU SPEND HOURS DOING THAT. I KNOW THAT.

THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT PART OF ENTITY THAT WE ARE MAKING GOOD STEPS ON THAT RATHER THAN IT BE POLITICAL OR FRIENDS OR WHATEVER. I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT ASPECT. PROBABLY TO GET A CIVIC CLUB

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MAKE THIS THE PROJECT. THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO ALSO. DO THE STUFF THAT YOU DO THERE

>> SO WE MAY HAVE TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

BECAUSE WE LIKE TELLING OUR STORY BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STORY IS ACCURATE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE KEY AND THERE'S A HISTORICAL SOCIETY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN CREATE IF WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE THAT CAN DO THIS AND TO HELP US WITH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S REQUIRES RESEARCH AND A DISCIPLINE AND NOT JUST I THINK THIS PERSON QUALIFIES BECAUSE X, Y OR Z BECAUSE THAT GETS TO BE VERY, VERY PERSONAL SOMETIMES AND SO, WE CAN ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION WITHOUT DECIDING WHERE IT'S GOING PERHAPS AN WE CAN ALSO IS THERE A CONSENSUS FOR ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT KIND SHOULD DO THIS?

>> IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.

ALLOW ANOTHER GROUP BY ALLOWING THE NAMES TO BE REPLACED THROUGHOUT THIS ENTRY FEATURE.

>> IF THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION.

THEN THAT GROUP SHOULD UNDERTAKE THAT TASK AND THAT GROUP SHOULD COME DIRECTLY TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO SAY YES. I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE FAR GROUP TO COME BACK TO THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE SO THAT GROUP SHOULD COME DIRECTLY TO YOU.

IF YOU ARE ACCEPTING THIS RECOMMENDATION.

>> SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY NAMING LINCOLN PARK BUT WOULD BE INTERESTING SINCE THEY HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST.

WE WOULD HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR PROCESS WAS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT HERE. THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS NOW THAT I CAN IDENTIFY FOR THIS PURPOSE.

I HAVE A QUESTION WITH THAT. HE IS LIAISON TO PARKS ADVISORY. SHE WILL BE MAD AT ME.

IT'S LIKE PLANNING IS ONE THAT SHOULD BE INVOLVED WITH SUCH A THING AND IT REALLY DOES. AS FAR AS A STAFF LEVEL AND A STAFF MEMBER INVOLVED MEETING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THESE

THINGS. >> IT FEELS LIKE A PLANNING

FUNCTION TO. >> WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND OUTSIDE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS COMING TOGETHER

AND COMING TO THE COMMISSION. >> SO COMMISSIONER JOHNSON,

HELP ME WITH THAT. >> THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. I ACTUALLY PWAOUGT GOOGLE MAP LOOKING AT WHAT'S SURROUNDING THE PARK ITSELF.

I AM LOOKING AT THE ASPECTS AND THE DESIGN FEATURES.

THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT GET TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS ALL THE TIME. IT ACCOUNT BE BRONZE.

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>> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND ATTORNEY.

LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET. AND IN MEETING WITH THE PARKS COMMITTEE THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE PIONEER PARK COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS NAME PLAQUES CAME UP AND THEY ASKED IF LIP LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET HAD AN INPUT.

THAT INFORMATION AS IT PERTAINS TO PIONEER PARK AS IT'S IN THAT FAMILIAR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS MEMBERS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF LINCOLN PARK. NOW, ONE OF OUR GOALS WERE TO NOT DUPLICATE ANY OF ALREADY DESIGNATED BUILDINGS, PARKS THAT ARE ALREADY IDENTIFIABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

OUR GOAL WAS TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNSUNG HEROES. AND THE IMPACT THAT WE HAD ON LINCOLN PARK NAP WAS GOAL ONE AND WE TALKED TO INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME TO US SAYING LISTEN, WHAT ABOUT THIS PERSON.

SO WE STARTED DRAFTING A LIST OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

WE STARTED DOING SOME BACKGROUND WORK FOR LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET. WE HAD A LOT OF THAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION. INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PRESENTED THERE. AND ABLE TO SPEAK WITH SOME FAMILY MEMBERS. THIS WAS THE LIST THAT THIS ARE COMPILED THERE. LET'S HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE.

LET'S START THIS PROCESS. >> ANY KIND OF DEFINITION IN STANDARD LIKE YOU STARTED OUT WITH.

>> YES, THAT STANDARD WAS COMMUNITY IMPACT.

WHAT DID THEY DO. WHAT IMPACT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAD ON THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF EDUCATIONAL SOCIALLY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ECONOMICALLY AND THAT WAS THE

ORIGINAL THRESHOLD. >> IT WASN'T PIONEERS IN THE SENSE THAT THEY CAME HERE EARLY TO FORT PIERCE.

>> BOTH YES AND NO. A NUMBER OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE HALF AND HALF. HALF OF THEM HERE AND THE OTHER HALF MIGHT BE HERE. FOR INSTANCE COACH ROBERT BOB JEFFERSON MIGHT BE HERE IN THE 1950 AND '57/'58.

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>>> IN MY HEAD I WAS THINKING OF PEOPLE WHO HELPED FOUND THE LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY. LIKE ANCESTORS LIKE THE LYONS FAMILY. THEY WERE FOUNDED IN THE

FIRST. >> I THINK THE FIRST HOUSE.

>> I JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT CONCEPT.

>> I AM NOT SAYING THAT YOURS ISN'T RIGHT.

I AM THINKING HISTORICAL. >> HIS POINT.

>> I THINK THAT'S WHERE -- I WILL CUT YOU OFF.

THAT'S WHERE THE COMMITTEE -- GO BACK -- THERE'S A TREMENDOUS --ND REALLY HAVE SOME PEOPLE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. >>> WE WILL BE HAPPY.

I HAVE FILED OF EARLY PIONEERS IN FORT PIERCE AND IN THE LINCOLN PARK. I KNOW YOUR TEAM CAN HANDLE THIS WITH NO PROBLEM. WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT PRODUCT WE WANT HERE. WE WANT TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. THAT'S THE ERA, THE WHO CRITERIA THAT'S SET WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO TKPWO* THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM. IT HAS TO MEET A CERTAIN

CRITERIA. >> EXACTLY.

>> >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO BRIDGE AND IT HAS TO BE BRIDGED FROM THE EARLY PIONEERS TO THE PIONEERS THAT CAME IN THROUGH TRANSITION AS WELL AS TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. NOT ONLY ARE YOU CONSIDERING PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED BUILD LINCOLN PARK BUT ALSO WHO MADE HUGE IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY OR IN EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT

IN THEIR AREAS. >> ONE COMMENT AND I THINK WHAT I HEARSAYING IS THIS NEEDS TO BE COMMITTED TO WRITING IS WHAT IS TPHOL R NOT JUST READ IT.

THAT IS WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR IS SOMETHING IN WRITING.

>> YOU CAN BAR SOME OF THE STUFF FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE BUT THAT WOULD HELP FORMULATE A THOUGHT REAL CLEAR THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SET GOING FORWARD.

>> IF THEY WANT GO THROUGH CRITERIA OF LOOKING AT PEOPLE FOR WORTHINESS THEY CAN EVALUATE THAT BASED ON WHAT THE CRITERIA IS THAT HE'S BEING A NICE GUY.

HE'S NOT OLD ENOUGH BUT YEAH. >> THE LOCATION IS A GREAT

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>> A COUPLE OUTSIDE. >> A POLICE SUBSTATION IN

THEIR NAME. >> RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE PLAQUES SO THEY ALREADY HAVE

SOMETHING. >> THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY AND IN SOME CASE BUSINESS THE STATE.

MORE OF THE UNSUNG, UNNAMED OR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN HIGHLIGHTED OR RECOGNIZED PUBLICLY IN TERMS OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, THEIR INVOLVEMENTS AND OVER ALL

PROGRESSION OF LINCOLN PARK. >> THAN YOU VERY MUCH FOR

BEING HERE. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

I WILL BE IN TOUCH MADAME MAYOR.

>> MY SISTER HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF THE RESEARCH.

SHE'S WRITTEN IT ALL UP AND SO IF YOU -- -- CHOOSE TO BE IN OUR OFFICE.

IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FAMILIES AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. >> DO WE WANT TO ACT ON THIS PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION NOW? ARE WE WILL GET A PROCESS AND BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.

>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> ALL RIGHT.

PROCEED. >> THANK YOU.

>> THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PARK RANGER PROGRAM.

THIS IS AFTER WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME OTHER PARKS ISSUES.

AND KEEP EVERYONE INTACT AND THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO US.

IF VERY NEXT COMMISSION MEETING A WEEK FROM TODAY.

REPORT NEEDED REPAIRS AND PROGRAMS. SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, MEDICAL EMERGENCIES ET CETERA.

>> WE ALSO RESEARCHED PARK RANGER PROGRAMS ON THE INTERNET. IT WAS INCLUDED THAT MOST OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE WITHIN CITY PARKS OR THE WESTERN U.S.

AND THOROUGH AND RESEARCHERS IN OUR ECONOMY. AND THERE'S A SURVEY WE DECIDED WHEN WE NEED MORE WORK AND INFORMATION SO A SURVEY WAS SENT TO 36 CITIES AND THAT'S IN YOUR POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP KET AGAIN IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE DETAIL. DOWN COUNTIES IN FLORIDA ON

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REPORTED THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE FIT FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AS WE ASKED WHICH IS NON-CONFRONTATIONAL ASSIGNMENT. WE AGREE AND THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE VOLUNTEER JOB AND SHOULD BE LEFT TO SWORN OFFICERS AND AREAS IF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS JOB AND VOLUNTEERS WOULD NOT BE EITHER DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE WANT THIS TO BE NON-CONFRONTATIONAL. WE SPOKE TO THE SUPPORT AND CODE ENVIRONMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN PRESENT MOST ALL WEEKENDS. AT LEAST IN THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY WERE ESTABLISHING THE ROLES IT COULD BECOME CONFRONTATIONAL QUICKLY AND VERY OFTEN.

IT SHOULD BE A PAID POSITION NOT A VOLUNTEERED POSITION GIVEN THE KINDS OF SITUATIONS THAT THIS PARK RANGER WOULD BE PUT IN. SO THAT'S OUR CONCLUSION AND THAT'S THE DATA AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT DATA IF YOU WOULD

LIKE. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS WE WERE HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE ESPECIALLY WITH JC PARK.

>> SPEAK FOR YOURSELF. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SPEAK AS A CITIZEN AND FREQUENT VISITOR TO THOSE PARKS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A BURNING NEED NOW DUE TO THE EXCELLENT JOB THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT IS DONE ESTABLISHING NOT ONLY SOME STANDARD PARKING RULES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR EVER.

THEY HAVE ALSO REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB OFS STASHISHING THE NEW RULES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AN PUBLIC WORKS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH SIZE AND ALL OF THAT THING ALL THE DITCH ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON IN BOTH OF THOSE PARKS.

THAT HAVE PARK HAS LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL PAVILIONS THAT ARE USED EVERY WEEKEND. THE FAMILY AND THE UNIONS TO CHURCH GROUPS TO COMPANY PICNICS.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE. I THINK THESE PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS HAD DONE A GREAT JOB OF ESTABLISHING AND REESTABLISHING THE RULES SO THAT WE CAN ALL ENJOY THAT PARK TOGETHER WITH OUR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.

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>> I NOT ONLY NOT HEARD COMPLAINTS BUT I'VE GOTTEN E-MAILS AND THINGS ARE MUCH BETTER.

>> THERE'S BEEN A PRESENCE AT TIMES WHERE YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE THE PRESENCE BETWEEN CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THE ROTATION OF IT IS YOU HAVE WHAT? FIVE OR SIX PARKS ALL AALONG THE WATERWAY RIGHT THERE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY MAY NOT BE THERE RIGHT NOW BUT THEY WILL BE THERE. THEY WILL BE THERE LATER ON.

>> THAT HAS CHANGED THE WHOLE CHARACTER OF THE WAY THESE PARKS ARE BEING. I THINK THE ABUSE IS WAY DOWN.

NOW THEY ARE PICKING UP GARBAGE AND EVERYTHING.

I SEE THEM ALL THE TIME AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> THE PARKS LOOK GOOD. THEY REALLY DO.

PUBLIC WORKS DOING THEIR JOB. FOLKS ARE OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT MORE. I THINK THAT.

THEY ARE ALSO HELPING WITH THAT.

>> I AGREE. I TOUR ALL OF THEM.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION AND I AGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT.

IF WE DID THE PARK RANGER PROGRAM THAT'S GOOD.

BUT I LIKE WHAT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT GROUP IS DOING AND I LIKE WHAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING IN ADDRESSING THESE FACTORS. THEY DOING ROLE CALL AT THE PARBLGS. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S HIGH PROFILE WEEKENDS OR EVENTS THAT STAFF IS ON SITE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION.

>> OKAY. >> I THINK WERE DONE WITH THAT TOPIC. PRETTY CLEAR.

VERY GOOD. AND LAST ITEM TODAY IS THE PARK RENAMING AND WE ALL KNOW WHERE THE PARK IS.

THE CITY REQUESTS A NOMINATIONS OCTOBER 27TH LAST YEAR TO RENAME THE PARK WHERE THE PARKS ARE NO LONGER PART OF THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.

SIT NOW BEING REIMAGINED AT THE CITY WITH THE COMMUNITY SENTER WITH PARK AMENITIES. THAT WILL INCLUDE RESOURCE CENTER FOR ALL AGES AND DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES.

>> SO THAT'S VERY BROAD. WE UTILIZE THE PROCESS NAP IS IN YOUR PACKET AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO REFER THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE. WE RECEIVED FIVE NOMINATIONS AND IN YOUR PACKET IS OUR CHECK SHEET TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS WHETHER THEY MEANT EACH CRITERIA AND WE AS THE COMMITTEE HAVE TO FILL THAT OUT FOR EVERY SINGLE NOMINATION IN ORDER TO MEET OUR ROLE AS THAT PARTICULAR NOMINATION. THE FIRST WAS COLLIDE RUSSELL.

THAT APPLICATION WAS INCOMPLETE.

WE JUST HAD A SHORT E-MAIL AND THEY DIDN'T FILL OUT THE FORMS AND GIVE US ENOUGH INFORMATION THE THIRD ONE WAS THE PARK AND MEETS THE CRITERIA. THE FIFTH ONE WAS FRONT LINE

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AND SO THE QUESTIN HERE IS DO THE NOMINATIONS ADEQUATELY HAVE THIS PARK AS DATED ABOVE. I FIND I FIND IT CHALLENGING IN A COUPLE WAYS. THIS WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN AND HOW WE TRAVEL AND HOW WE NAME THINGS.

AND TALKING ABOUT ACTIVE TIP CENTERS.

DO WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS PROCESS.

DOES IT CONTINUE WITH THAT MISSION? DOES IT ATHROW POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THAT POSITIVE IMPACT ON CHILDREN? THEN THE NAME I KNOW IS USED AS AN INCORPORATED NAME. THE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. I'M SURE YOU ARE HERE AT THE TIME. I KNOW IT'S BEING USED AT THIS POINT. BUT I'M BRINGING THIS QUESTION TO THIS COMMISSION TO SAY THAT IS WHERE I'M WRESTLING WITH THE BRAINS HERE TODAY. IT'S COMING TOGETHER OF SORTS.

DO THESE NAMES. MEET THAT?

>> YEAH. IN MY OPINION WHILE THESE NAMES ARE IN THEY DON'T FIT WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE BUILDING. THE ONLY ONE THAT MIGHT COME CLOSE IS FRONT LINE CHILDREN PARK.

THAT IS ANOTHER NON-PROFIT. I THINK FRONT LINE FOR CHILDREN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I THINK HE SUBMITTED, I THINK IT WAS HIS SUBMITTAL.

I WAS THINKING OF WHAT MS. WEATHERS SAID.

A LIBRARY NAMED AFTER HER AND THE HIGHWAYMAN DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I DON'T KNOW THAT BUT MAYBE I DON'T KNOW. I HADN'T THOUGHT -- IT IS WHAT THAT PARK WAS AFTER I THINK IT WAS THE YMCA GAVE US THAT BUILDING, RIGHT? THAT PARK.

IN BRINGING THE FACILITY UP TO PAR.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. I KNOW MY WORDS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING. I AGREE WITH YOU.

THESE NAMES DO NOT MEET THE PURPOSE OF THE PARK.

WE ARE ABOUT TO OPENUSC-JJSC1029

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>> THAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THE FACILITY WE ARE TALKING

ABOUT, THESE NAMES DO NOT FIT. >> RUSSELL WAS MY PRINCIPAL.

MY GUIDANCE COUNSELOR. I AM NOT SURE.

>> DID YOU SUBMIT? >> DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE.

UITE A NUMBER OF STATE TITLES TO THEIR NAMES.

WHEN I SAW IT I SAID OH MY GOODNESS, NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE TWO. COACHES, IF YOU ARE INTO SPORTS COACHES MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE.

HUGE IMPACT. THOSE TWO DEFINITELY HAVE POSITIVE IMPACTS ON INDIVIDUALS.

AGAIN, AS I NOTE. SORRY.

INCOMPLETE ANYWAY. >> YOURS WHAT HAD BEEN

COMPLETE. >> I JOIN WITH YOU AND CITY MANAGER, THE THOUGHT IS THAT I AM LOOKING FOR THE CONNECTION.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH MY KIDS WITH BASEBALL. WE ALL HAVE.

A BIG PART OF OUR LIVES. THINKING SOMETHING GENERIC THAT SHOWS IT BELONGS TO THE KIDS, ALL KIDS.

>> ALL AGES TOO. >> IT HAS BEEN.

A CENTER TO LOT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR MOST OF THE FOLKS.

I THINK THAT LOCATION HAS BEEN PART OF EVERYBODY'S HISTORY SO RATHER THAN ÃTRYING TO REMEMBER RIGHT NOW.

I RUN AT THE TRACK AT LONGWOOD. A GUYS NAME UP ON THE SIGN.

AS YOU WERE GOING AROUND THE TRACK, ROGER.

IT IS HAUNTING ME EVERY TIME I COME AROUND THERE AND LOOK UP AT IT WONDERING IF HE IS WATCHING ME.

>> SPEED UP. >> SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US IF YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING GENERIC THAT EMBRACES THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT OUR YOUTH AND CALL THAT SOMETHING

ABOUT THE PARK. >> FORT PIERCE RECREATION

CENTER. >> THINK ABOUT IT.

GOOGLE MAPS. IMPACTFUL AT THE SAME TIME MEMORABLE. NEEDS TO BE MEMORABLE.

>> A MARKETING GUY ON OUR COMMISSION RIGHT NOW.

>> I AM WAITING. >> THE LIGHTBULB GOING OFF.

>> WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY. I WOULD AGREE.

DEFINITELY NEED TO REIMAGINE THIS.

SO I REMEMBER, RECEIVED MY FIRST SET OF FOOTBALL EQUIPMENT FROM THERE. I WENT OVER THERE AND THEY HAD STORAGE. EQUIPMENT IN THE OLD YMCA, RECEIVED MY FIRST SET OF PADS. I THINK WE ARE RIGHT, CONSENSUS ON THAT. I DON'T THINK THESE NAMES ARE QUITE FITTING FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW, MY QUESTION WOULD BE THE PROCESS THAT YOU PUT THIS OUT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT BACK.

I THINK WE MAY HAVE TO RE-CHALLENGE THAT AND ASK FOR MORE INPUT. MAYBE I CAN STIR UP YOU KNOW MY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL TO ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE THAT IS FOLLOWING WHAT I ASK AND SEE IF THEY COME UP WITH NAMES.

BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THOSE PARKS, ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT IS CHANGING OVER THE YEARS. SO POPULATION AT THAT AREA HAS CHANGED, THE ETHNICITIES HAVE CHANGED QUITE A BIT.

MAY MEAN SOMETHING. KIND OF LIKE A CHAMPIONS PARK.

ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT GENERICALLY IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE TRY ÃWE TRY TO EXTOL TO THE POINT OF CHAMPIONS AND THAT MAY GIVE US A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR CHAMPIONS IN THE AREA. MAYBE A FUNDRAISER PERHAPS.

THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT SOME CHAMPIONS FROM THE AREA.

KIND OF HAVE OUR OWN HALL OF FAME AREA.

UTILIZING THAT BUILDING OVER THERE AND PUTTING PLAQUES OVER THERE. I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THAT AND LOOK AT THAT AREA. SEE IF WE CAN SPORTS MARKET THAT AREA. THAT FIELD.

AS A WAY, KIND OF CENTRAL TO THE CITY FOR THE MOST PART TOO.

WE HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, THAT IS WHAT IS TOP OF MY MIND. CHAMPIONS.

>> WE WILL PUT A NAME ON THE SIDE.

>> WE ARE TIRED OF CALLING IT THE OLD PARK.

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>> A QUESTION. ANYBODY TRADEMARKED THE PARK? EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE THE PARTIES.

ASKING SIMPLE QUESTIONS. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BEGINNING. I DON'T THINK THAT HAS BEEN

TRADEMARKED TO MY KNOWLEDGE. >> I DO NOT BELIEVE THE PARK HAS BEEN TRADEMARKED. I DO BELIEVE AT SOME POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AS RESOLUTION.

TO NAME THE PARK. >> IT WAS.

I GUESS I AM GETTING ANOTHER STAB AT ASKING THE QUESTION

TODAY. >> DO NOT BELIEVE THE PARK HAS

BEEN TRADEMARKED. >> MAYOR.

>> YES, COMMISSIONER. >> ORIGINALLY KNEW IT AS THE YMCA. RATHER THAN HAVE THESE NAMES THAT SEEM INAPPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME BASED ON THE USAGE, I THINK WE CAN COME UP WITH A GENERIC NAME.

WHAT WAS THAT NAME AGAIN? >> CHAMPIONS.

>> EVEN THINKING OF IS MAKING SOMEWHAT A CONTEST FOR THE SCHOOL KIDS. TO COME UP WITH THE NAME TO NAME THEIR OWN PARK. TALK ABOUT OWNERSHIP.

WE MAY BE GETTING TOO COMPLEX. IDEAS OUT THERE, AT THE END OF THE DAY LEFT OF SOMETHING GENERIC THAT REALLY HAS THE

SPIRIT OF THE PARK RATHER THAN. >> THINK OF THE LONG-TERM.

AS WE GROW, A YOUNG REGULATION DEPARTMENT.

GOING TO GROW, GOING TO HAVE YOU KNOW MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ADULT BASKETBALL LEAGUES AT THIS PLACE.

TRULY. YOU KNOW MY FIRST BALLGAME AS HIGHSCHOOLER, DOING IT PART-TIME FOR THE YMCA.

YOU KNOW LITTLE LEAGUE BASICALLY, BASEBALL GAMES.

MY WIFE WORKED THERE AT THE YMCA, YOU HAVE ALL THESE AS WE GROW OUR DEPARTMENT, ALL OF OUR SPORTS FEATURES GROWING.

INTO THE ADULT POPULATION. AGAIN HAS TO GO TO THE MARKETING ASPECT, GO TO YOU KNOW WHERE IS THE CLOSEST CHAMPIONS PARK. MY FIRST QUESTION.

IF IT IS NOT AROUND HERE, MAY BE A HOMERUN.

>> THAT IS WHAT CAME TO MIND WITH ME.

I READ SOMETHING ABOUT IS GROWING WITH IMMIGRATION AND THINGS COMING ONLINE. I THINK WE NEED TO ASPIRE AND INSPIRE THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN VICTORY AND DEFEAT, MOVING FORWARD IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK WE CAN GET BEHIND THAT. >> OKAY.

I APOLOGIZE. I HATE OVER COMPLICATE THINGS.

WE DO HAVE A CURRENT NAME FOR THE PARK.

IT IS CURRENTLY POWELL PARK. I LOVE WHAT HE STATED COMMISSIONER JOHNSON ABOUT CHAMPIONS PARK.

EXTRAORDINARY. WE DO NOT HAVE A NAME FOR THE BUILDING. WE KEEP CALLING IT THE POWELL CENTER. NEVER BEEN NAMED.

RIGHT NOW WE CALL IT THE RECREATIONAL CENTER.

THAT IS ANOTHER FACET TO THIS ISSUE AS WELL.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS REMAINING FOR OUR YOUTH COUNCIL. THEY DO HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE YOUTH IN THE SCHOOLS OF THIS AREA.

SO VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN GET THE YOUTH COUNCIL TO GIVE US A RECOMMENDATION FOR CONSIDERATION THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA THAT YOU HAVE EXPRESSED TODAY.

>> I THINK THAT SUITS ME JUST FINE.

I THINK THAT IS APPROPRIATE. THEY WILL BE TASKS FOR THE

BUILDING AND THE PARK. >> WHERE DID YOU MEET THE CHIEF OF POLICE? AT THE WATCH CENTER.

THE FIRST TIME.> POWELL PARK.

WHATEVER IT IS. CHAMPIONS WAY.

>> DIDN'T THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO START

REACTIVATING? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> RECREATION PROGRAMS IN THAT CENTER.

RIGHT? >> THAT IS RIGHT.

>> COLLEGE CHAMPIONS. >> GOT TO MAKE A MARK.

AND IT WILL. >> GOOD JOB.

OKAY. >> WE LED YOU TO KNOW WHERE.

>> YOU LED US TO KNOW WHERE. >> TO CONCLUDE, FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE BECAUSE IN THE EVENT, YOU CAN REFER THE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, REFERRED BACK TO YOU AND YOU HAVE HAD THE IDEA TO REFER IT TO THE YOUTH COUNCIL.

I THINK THE DESCRIPTION IN THE ORIGINAL CALL FOR NAMES REALLY

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LOOK AT THAT DESCRIPTION. >> WOULD YOU SHARE THAT WITH US

MR. MIMS. >> DESCRIPTION OF HOW WE

ACQUIRED THE PARK? >> THE CALL FOR NOMINATION.

>> IN OUR ATTACHMENTS? >> IT IS.

OKAY. I WILL CHECK THAT.

>> RESOURCE CENTER OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITIZENS OF FORT PIERCE OF ALL AGES, THE IMPORTANT THING.

INCLUDING NOT ONLY ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES BUT ALSO MANY OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES. BECOMING A COMMUNITY CENTER WITH PARK AMENITIES. THAT WAS QUITE WELL-WRITTEN.

>> PERFECT. YEP.

GOOD, WE NEEDED TO HAVE THAT REFRESHED IN OUR MEMORY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

[d. One Fort Pierce - Community engagement strategy and discussion at the request of Commissioner Curtis Johnson, Jr.]

>> HOW ABOUT THAT. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

>> THANK YOU MADDIE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

SO THIS CONCEPT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN PLAYING AROUND IN MY MIND AS A MARKETER. SOMETHING THAT I AM TRYING TO ESTABLISH A BRAND, AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR PLAN, WE KIND OF AGREED THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO STRESS EMPHASIZE COMMUNITIES TAKEN ON A CERTAIN BRAND OR EMPHASIS BASED ON NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY, REPRESENT FORT PIERCE.

ELECTED BY DISTRICT 1. COUPLE OF THINGS COME TO MIND AS TO HOW TO BRIDGE THE GAP. HOW DO WE BEGIN TO ENGAGE THAT.

A COUPLE OF CONCEPTS CAME UP TO MIND WITH ME, A COUPLE THINGS I AM DOING AS I MOVE FORWARD AS A COMMISSIONER.

REPRESENTED BY DISTRICT 1. TALK ABOUT THREE THINGS, VISION, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

MAKING SURE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO DIVISION, ALL THE PEOPLE PARTICULAR THE DISTRICT UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE VISION OF FORT PIERCE IS. WHERE WE'RE GOING.

MORE IMPORTANTLY TO HELP THEM SEE THEMSELVES PARTICIPATE IN THE DIVISION WHATEVER IT MAY BE, JOBS, CAREERS, JUST COME TO LIFE. SO TO LIVE THAT YOU HAVE TO SEE IT AND UNDERSTAND IT AND EMBRACE IT.

LEADERSHIP IS WHAT WE DO HERE. THE LEADERSHIP WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THAT WE EXEMPLIFY IN MOVING FORT PIERCE FORWARD.

THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, STACKING TO THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGING THEM, NOT WHAT WE DECIDE BUT WHAT WE HEAR FROM THEM. MAKING SURE WE ARE CONSTANTLY LISTENING AND ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE BEST IDAS, FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY THAT.

WITH THAT IN MIND, I POUNDED A COUPLE THOUGHTS OF WAYS TO SYMBOLIZE THAT. I AM A BIG MARKET AS PER SAY, A COUPLE OF DRAFTS. I WANTED TO HAVE THIS AS A DISCUSSION. WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF FORT PIERCE THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE.

MAYOR, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU GAVE ME MY FIRST PEN FOR VOLUNTEERING ON THE COMMITTEE. THIS IS MY STAB AT HOW I WOULD RECOGNIZE PEOPLE IN FORT PIERCE.

THE COMMUNITY. EMBODYING FORT PIERCE.

WHAT THE SYMBOL LOOKS AT IS VISION, LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IT TOOK THE TWO MOST ICONIC THEMES OF FORT PIERCE, THE THEATER, RESEMBLANCE OF THAT, THE BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER TOWARD OUR BEACH ACCESS.

NO MATTER HOW I LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY, ENGAGEMENT, THE TWO THINGS THAT ALWAYS THROUGH SOME TYPE OF CONVERSATION.

EITHER A GOOD COMMUNITY-BASED OR POLARIZING CONVERSATION.O FOR FORT PIERCE TO REALLY UNITE AND BE ONE FORT PIERCE, THOSE TWO SYMBOLS AND IDEOLOGIES HAD COME TOGETHER.

PEOPLE THAT GREW UP IN THE SHADOWS OF LINCOLN PARK AND THE COMMUNITY OF LINCOLN PARK ARE PRIDEFUL.

VERY RESILIENT PEOPLE. I AM ONE OF THOSE.

YOU KNOW WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO BRING THAT COMMUNITY BACK ONLINE WITH THE EFFORTS OF QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.

THEN YOU KNOW THE SOUTH BEACH AXIS, WATERWAY ACCESS, SYMBOLIZED AS A BRIDGE. SOME PEOPLE HAVE NEVER REALLY

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WHAT I AM LOOKING AT HERE IS THIS SYMBOL, THIS PEN REPRESENTS THAT AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUSHING TOWARDS THAT EFFORT. LOOKING TO RECOGNIZE, LOOKING TO ACKNOWLEDGE, LOOKING TO IDENTIFY AND ASSESS A CATCH PEOPLE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS AND SAY HEY, EXHIBITING ONE FORT PIERCE CHARACTERISTICS. ONE FORT PIERCE ENGAGEMENT.

ONE FORT PIERCE WORK ETHIC TO BRIDGE THIS GAP.

I FLOATED THIS IDEA, I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE IT WITH YOU.

SOME FEEDBACK. SOMETHING THAT I AM LOOKING TO TRY TO DO. TO BRING IT INTO MODIFICATION AS A SLIGHT INVESTMENT THAT WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT SOME POINT.

A LAPEL PEN, PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR.

SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER GETTING BEHIND.

TAKING ON THIS AS A MARKETING STRATEGY AS WE LOOK TO BRIDGE THESE GAPS. IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO FURTHERMORE, I WILL SHARE THIS WITH YOU.

THIS IS WHAT I CALL, ALL FAMILIAR WITH CHALLENGE COINS.

THIS, I TOOK THIS IDEA FROM MY CHIEF OF POLICE OUT THERE.

VERY NICE CHALLENGE COIN. THIS WAS, CHALLENGE COINS A WAY TO FURTHER REAL EXEMPLIFY SOMEONE THAT IS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHEN IT COMES TO EMBODYING VISION, COMMUNITY, ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP. IT IS WHEN THAT PERSON YOU KNOW DOES THE EXTRA EFFORT TO DO THINGS ARE COMPLETE CERTAIN TASKS IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS OUR WAY OF GIVING THEM A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION. SO I KIND OF PUT THIS TOGETHER AS WELL. USING THE SAME ON THE FRONT AND THE BACK. YOU CAN SEE WHAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE. WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE.

WHAT REVISION LOOKS LIKE. MY OWN TWIST ON THAT WITH MY NAME, THAT COULD BE SUBMITTED BY YOUR RESPECTIVE NAME.

I THINK A WAY THAT AS WE BUILD COMMUNITY IN FORT PIERCE, A WAY THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE IN OUR OWN RESPECTIVE AREAS. TO SAY JOB WELL DONE.

COMMISSIONER, YOU COMPLETED THE POLICE ACADEMY WITH ME, YOU HAVE THAT CHALLENGE COIN AS WELL.

AS WELL AS OTHER GIFTS YOU HAVE RECEIVED.OU WANT TO GIVE BACK. SOMETHING AS I SEE FORT PIERCE GOING FORWARD, BRING THIS IDEA TO YOU AND GET SOME FEEDBACK AND SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS TYPE OF THOUGHT PROCESS.

SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS. I AM UP FOR MODIFICATIONS.

I TRIED TO GET THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS AND POLITICALLY OTHER.

PRESENTED. SO I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, FEEDBACK.

>> I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE WASN'T ANY BACKUP FOR THIS ITEM. SO NOW I THINK BECAUSE USUALLY YOU KNOW YOU LIKE TO HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT SOMETHING AHEAD OF TIME. BUT I THINK IF YOU JUST PUT THIS AT THE BACKUP, PROBABLY WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW ÃI WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN HOW YOU WANTED TO USE IT.

SOMETHING AS A RECOGNITION OF CONSTITUENTS PERHAPS.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> I AM OKAY WITH GOING FORWARD TO GIVE YOU TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.

RUN IT BY SOME OF THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS AN ERROR ON MY BEHALF. I KNOW MISS COX DID REACH OUT

FOR THAT BACKGROUND. >> I LIKE THE ONE FORT PIERCE.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE BRIDGE BECAUSE IT SYMBOLIZES BRIDGING

TWO FORT PIERCE ISRAELI. >> IT DOES DO THAT ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.> EXACTLY. I LIKE THE IDEA OF A REMINDER THAT WE ARE ONE FORT PIERCE. I DO THAT A LOT WHEN I'M SPEAKING AS MAYOR. WE ARE ONE FORT PIERCE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

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>> ABSOLUTELY. >> I THINK YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. ONE OF THE MOST COHESIVE NEIGHBORHOODS IS THE LINCOLN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.

BECAUSE SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT AS CLOSE

OR STRONGLY ALIGNED. >> I THINK THAT IS A FAIR COMMENT. ABSOLUTELY THAT BRIDGE REPRESENTS CONNECTIVITY, YOU KNOW THE THEATER GOES WAY BACK A LONG WAY IN FORT PIERCE. MANY MANY RESIDENTS WILL KNOW THEIR CENTERPOINT AS A RESULT OF THAT THEATER.

IT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

I STILL HAVE STORIES BY MY PARENTS ABOUT THAT THEATER AND WHAT IT MEANT. ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS.

WE CAN BRING THIS UP AT ANOTHER DISCUSSION.

I AM FINE WITH THAT. >> A COUPLE COMMENTS IF I COULD. I AGREE.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS FIRST OF ALL.HANK YOU.

I LOVE THINGS LIKE THIS. I LOVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE NOT WHAT WE DO BUT PROMOTE OUR CITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN IT AND SAY THANK YOU. ENGAGE THEM IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

SO OFF THE CUFF WITHOUT GETTING INTO IT, FURTHER THOUGHTS, I LIKE WHEN WE CAN RELATE THIS PROCESS THAT WE ENGAGE IN, YOU TALKED ABOUT AND MENTIONED ANYTHING EARLIER THE PLAN.

I LIKE FOR US TO SOMEHOW POOL WORDS OUT OF THAT PLAN TO HELP US TO CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THIS PLAN.

WHAT OUR VISION IS AND WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR THE CITY, WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING US TO DO.

ALSO PROMOTES YOU NO INTUITIVE THOUGHT AND PUSHES PEOPLE TO THINK WHY DO THEY PUT THAT WORD, LEADERSHIP OR COMMUNITY IF THAT IS IN THE PLAN? I LIKE TO CHIDE THOSE TOGETHER.

SO IT IS ALWAYS A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE.

ALWAYS A ONE FORT PIERCE PERSPECTIVE.

MAYBE THOSE WORDS ARE THE RIGHT ONES, MAYBE THEY ARE NOT.

THAT IS WHERE I IMMEDIATELY WENT FROM MARKETING

PERSPECTIVE. >> FAIR ENOUGH.

>> I LOVE IT. I REALLY DO.

I APPRECIATE YOU PUSHING THIS FORWARD.

THINKING ABOUT IT. THAT IS AWESOME.

THANK YOU. >> YEAH.

AGAIN YOU CHANGE ONE OF THE CHARACTERS, WE END UP THINKING WE ARE DOING THIS ANYWAY. REALLY PROBABLY ARE NOT.

ONE THING WE ARE NOT DOING, I SEE IT THE OTHER WAY RATHER THAN ACKNOWLEDGING FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE HELPING US OUT, I AM LOOKING AT IT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF WE ALL HAVE THE SAME MESSAGE. WE ALL WANT TO MAKE THAT MESSAGE GO FORWARD. I MORALIZE IT INTO SOME FORM OF A COIN OR OPINION OR WHATEVER ELSE.

YOU KNOW, YOUR PERCEPTION OF ONE FORT PIERCE IS GOING TO BE CLOSER TO MINE AND THE MAYOR'S AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

I THINK THIS PUTS US ON THE SAME TEAM.

THE MESSAGE GETS PROMOTED FROM THE FIVE COMMISSONERS RATHER THAN YOU KNOW SOMETHING WE PUT ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO I REALLY THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.

I LIKE THESE TYPES OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, I RUN 60 SOME MILES TO GET ONE LITTLE COIN LIKE THAT.

52 MINUTES LATER IN THE POURING RAIN.

>> WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO FOR COIN.

>> THAT IS A FAIR EXCHANGE. >> YOU TOOK IT ON TO GET ANOTHER COIN. COMMISSIONERS, I THINK WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS FAIR. AS I SEE WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH, WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH, WHEN WE SIT DOWN FOR THAT PROCESS, EVERY BIT OF VISION.

A VISION THAT WE HAVE, MORE POTENT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHERE WE'RE GOING AND SEE THEMSELVES GOING THERE WITH US. WE WILL NEED THEIR SUPPORT.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED THEIR ENERGY, WILLPOWER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO THAT IS WHY I CAME UP WITH THE VISION AND LEADERSHIP, HAVING TOUGH CONVERSATIONS.

BEING ABLE TO DISAGREE RESPECTFULLY.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS.

LOOKING AT ONE OR $35 MILLION IMPACT PROJECT.

LOOKING AT PERHAPS INCREASING THE RATES ON UTILITY.

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I APPRECIATE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THINK ABOUT IT.

OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. UP TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

AT LEAST WANTED TO BRING THIS IDEA TO YOU TODAY.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING BACK UP.

LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU.

>> I THINK WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WAS I WOULDN'T HAVE UNDERSTOOD IT. IF I JUST WOULD HAVE SEEN THE PICTURE. IS THIS GOING TO REPLACE OUR ¦

>> DEFINITELY NOT. IN ADDITION.

I WAS THINKING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF YOU HAVE YOUR COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR, ETC. ALSO SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN GET OUR COMMUNITY IN FORT PIERCE AROUND TO SYMBOLIZE THIS EACH

AND EVERY DAY. >> THE OTHER THING, YOU BRING UP GOOD POINTS. ACTUALLY THOUGHT, WHAT YOUR VISION IS. THANK YOU.

THE WORDS, I GUESS WHEN I START LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THIS, THEN I START TO FOCUS IN ON THE NON-GOVERNMENT WORDS.

IT IS UNITY, TOGETHERNESS, COMMUNITY.

CAN YOU IMAGINE, AS A YOUNGSTER GETTING A COIN OR AS A PERSON THAT HAS BEEN AROUND YOU KNOW AND THEY HAVE THEIR LAPEL PEN, THEY ARE SAYING I AM PROUD OF THIS RIGHT HERE.

I AM NOT WRITING OFF THESE WORDS BY ANY MEANS.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT. THANK YOU.

I AM EXCITED. GOING TO START A NEW CHAPTER IN MY BOOK THAT HAS A BUNCH OF WORDS IN IT.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS AND GIVE THOUGHT.

MAYBE WE WILL BRING THIS UP AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

MAYBE 30, 60 DAYS FROM NOW. ANOTHER CONFERENCE AGENDA.

>> THANK YOU FOR THIS. DOING THIS.

>> I THINK THE TIMING IS REALLY GREAT TOO.

THIS COULD BE PART OF THE COMMISSION BUDGET.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD. IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OF WHAT THE COST IS, THANK YOU PROPOSING THIS THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF

COMMENTS IN IT. >> ZERO.

>> A LAPEL PIN. >> A LOT OF BANG FOR THE BUCK ON THAT. REALLY SENDS OUR MESSAGE, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE. MESSENGERS.

IT SENDS A MESSAGE FORWARD. OOD JOB ON THAT.

>> THANK YOU. >> OKAY NEXT COMMENTS FROM THE

[5. 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.]

PUBLIC. >> ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? PLEASE COME FORWARD. I SEE NO MOVEMENT.

YES, I DO. MS. JEFFERSON.

>> WELCOME. MEMBER OF THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

EVERYONE IN THEIR PLACES. LEADERSHIP PLACES.

>> STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> JEFFERSON. ADDRESS 2200 VALENCIA AVENUE FORT PIERCE. COMMENTED TO PAM, SO NICE TO SIT IN HERE, THE AMBIENCE SO POSITIVE.

TO SIT BACK AND SEE EVERYONE JUST LAUGHED, JUST TALK.

COMMUNICATE WITHOUT ALL OF THE RUCKUS GOING ON.

UPFRONT. JUST SOOTHING TO THE SOUL BUT ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THE PARK. WHY CAN'T YOU BE CALLED FORT PIERCE CHAMPION BUILDERS. I LIKE THE WORD CHAMPION.

THEN TO GIVE ONE FORT PIERCE. A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY OR FORT PIERCE THAT ARE HARD WORKERS.

THAT ARE NEVER RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EFFORTS THEY PUT FORTH

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>> GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS.

[6. City Commission Boards and Committees Updates]

WE WILL MOVE ON. >> CITY COMMISSION BOARDS AND

COMMITTEE UPDATES >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

>> STILL WASN'T READY. >> FEELING LIKE A VICTIM.

>> I AM GOOD. I WILL BE BRIEF.

LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR. GO THROUGH EACH ONE STEP-BY-STEP. MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE, PLUGGING ALONG, TALKING ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMING UP WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FORT PIERCE COME ALSO MAKING THAT AN OPTION OR DISCUSSION POINT FOR FRIDAY FESTIVAL. MAKING THAT WEEKEND.

A WEEKEND OF ALL WEEKENDS. MAY 8 IS A DATE FOR THE CENTENNIAL. SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.

OF COURSE YOU KNOW THE LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH SOME OF OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, KEEPING THEM PUSHING FORWARD. THEY ARE, TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN, HAVING WHAT THEY CALL PUTT PUTT.

>> I HEARD ABOUT THAT. >> THAT IS COMING.

TALKING ABOUT THE PARK LOOKED SOON HOPEFULLY.

APRIL. >> APRIL 13.

>> AT THIS MEETING? >> NEXT ONE.

>> THE CONFERENCE MEETING. >> YES.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

MARCH'S MEETING BUT NOT THAT ONE.

ANYWAY, GOING ALONG GOOD. RETIREMENT BOARD, TWO MEETINGS.

GOING THROUGH SOME CLASSWORK, HOMEWORK COMING UP SOON.

TOM I WILL MISS NEXT MEETING BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE OUT OF TOWN. THAT IS ON THE 18TH.

I WILL NOT BE THERE. YOU GOT IT.

WHICH OTHER ONES AM I MISSING. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOING WELL.

NOTHING TO REPORT SPECIFICALLY. TPO, WAITING ON THE MEETING, I THINK I REPORTED LESS TIME ON PTHE TPO.

I THINK OFF MONTH. WHAT ELSE JUST HAPPENED.

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE. DISCUSSION POINTS.

THOSE FOLKS ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN DO, DEFINITELY BUSY.

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IS BOOMING. IT REALLY IS.

A LOT HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. THIS PAST WEEKEND, IT WAS BUSY, THE BRIDGE, YOU CANNOT CROSS THE BRIDGE.

>> I WILL SAY AGAIN, IT IS PUBLIC MEETING YET AGAIN.

I TIMED IT FROM THE TOP, IT TOOK ME FIVE MINUTES AND 43 SECONDS TO GET THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT.

JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR. ANYONE WHO SAYS IT TOOK ME ONE HALF HOUR, IT FEELS LIKE ONE HALF HOUR BUT IT IS NOT.

THE MERGING OF TRAFFIC IS ISSUE.

>> IT IS ISSUE. ABSOLUTELY.

>> THE PEOPLE IN A HURRY TO GET AHEAD OF YOU AND GET TO THE

ROUNDABOUT. >> I WILL NOT TALK ABOUT THOSE SOLUTIONS. OTHER SOLUTIONS THAT HAPPENED.

BUT ONE OTHER ONE. WHAT AM I MISSING?

SORRY. >> IT IS ALL RIGHT.

>> THAT IS GOOD FOR NOW.HANK YOU.

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

I MET WITH LINKIN PARK MINISTRY.

PRODUCTIVE MEETING, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING MEETING.HE TEAM ENGAGED, FOCUSED ON A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. JUST ADDED TO THAT NOW WITH THIS. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AGENDA. ALL OF THE GOOD WORK PAM IS DOING WITH HER BOARD. ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THEIR WORK.

TREASURE COAST PLANNING COUNCIL, BEEN TO A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. ACTUALLY EXCITING.

WE HAVE A JOINT MEETING COMING UP NOW WITH FURTHER SOUTH.

SO THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING. OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD A VISIT FROM THE VEHICLE, TOOK A RIDE ON ONE OF THOSE.

PRETTY COOL. THEY HAVE I GUESS TRADITION AREA NOW. I HAVE SHARED INFORMATION, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM TO COME TO CITY HALL.

VERY EAGER TO COME OVER AND BRING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES DRIVING. TOM, THIS MAY BE OUT OF YOUR TOUCH BUT THEY DRIVE IT WITH A CONTROL PANEL THAT OPERATES

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IT IS AUTONOMOUS.T WILL DRIVE ITSELF.

THE YOUNG LADY USING THIS DEVICE AND DRIVING US AROUND THE PARKING LOT. QUITE INTERESTING.

THAT IS JUST ÃI REALLY ENJOYED THAT.

LEARNED A LOT ON THAT PANEL. JUST AMOUNT OF RESOURCES FROM THE CITY TO PLAN OUT THINGS GOING FORWARD.

MY FIRE PACKAGE, BEEF FAILING IN THIS WEEK.

MY CALL WITH THE CHIEF TOMORROW.

TO GET MY UPDATE ON THAT. WHAT OTHER BOARD AM I MISSING.

THE REGIONAL PLANNING TRANSPORTATION TPO.

I GUESS WE WILL WAIT TO SEE ON THAT.

THAT IS IT FOR THE COMMITTEES I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO I THINK.

>> COMMISSIONER.> YES. THANK YOU.

COMMITTEE, LIKE TO SAY IS WINDING DOWN.

DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT IS EVER GOING TO WIND DOWN.

WALKER PRETTY MUCH BEEN DELIVERED.

IMPLEMENTATION, ALL THE NUANCES THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE ALWAYS A PARKING ISSUE HAPPENING AT ANY GIVEN TIME. WE HAVE THEM FLOWING TOWARDS US. BUT A STRONG GROUP OF PEOPLE.

VERY DIVERSE. WE COME UP WITH ALL DIFFERENT

ASPECTS. >> CAN I MAKE A COMMENT.

>> PHONE CALLS ABOUT OTHERS WANTING MORE SPACES ON THE STREET PARKING. JUST SO YOU KNOW.

A DECISION TO PARTNER UP, SO THE WORD IS OUT.

MORE FOLKS MAKING REQUESTS. >> KICK IT TO THE COMMITTEE.

THEY WILL TAKE THE HEAT. WE TREATED LIKE ONE OF OUR RAREST ASSETS. SO THE GENERAL FEEL.

I THINK THAT WORKS OUT WELL. PUSHING IT THAT WAY FIRST.

SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. JUST RAMPING UP, THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO CHARLOTTE YET. THAT IS COMING UP, MEETING NEXT MONTH. IN CONVERSATION WITH SUNRISE THEATER. WE HAVEN'T MET YET ON THAT EITHER. SEEMS LIKE THAT IS EVER CHANGING. HOPEFULLY.

IN A POSITIVE WAY. RETIREMENT, YES A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THEIR RETIREMENT, CLOSED OUT MARKET WAS 215 MILLION DOLLARS. REMEMBER SHORTLY THAT IS SAID, WE WENT OVER 200 MILLION. NOW 215.

WE DID GET RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR ACTUARY TO LOOK AT 7.5 RATE OF RETURN RATHER THAN 7.75. THERE IS REASON FOR THAT.

EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE DOING VERY WELL IN THE MARKETS, THE MARKETS ARE CHANGING.

MARKETS ARE CHANGING RIGHT NOW. DIFFICULT, AT ONE TIME EIGHT PERCENT. BY GETTING AHEAD OF IT, WE CAN SOFTEN THE IMPACT, WE ALWAYS DO BETTER THAN THAT.

IT DOES COME DOWN IN OUR BOTTOM LINE.

SHOWS THAT OUR CONTRIBUTION IS GOING TO BE MORE.

ASSUMED. ANNUAL BASIS.

SO LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW, MY GUESS IS THAT WE WILL BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

GOLD STARS ALL OVER THE PLACE. RETIREMENT PLAN IS DOING BETTER THAN MOST. VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.

BEEN ON TEAM RESUMES MEETINGS WITH THEM.

GETTING QUITE INTERESTING. THE WHOLE WORLD OF ELECTRIC UTILITY IS CHANGING. WITH RENEWABLES, THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH ALL THE ÃWHEN THE CAR INDUSTRY STARTS TALKING ABOUT BATTERY POWERED, ELECTRIC POWERED VEHICLES, THIS IS A MAJOR MOVEMENT AFFECTING ALL GENERATION THROUGHOUT THE U.S.

ESPECIALLY. ALSO, RIGHT NOW TALKING ABOUT TAKING STANTON ONE AND TWO, GOING TO THE AIRPORT IN

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ANOTHER PROBLEM. COAL IS NOT COOL ANYMORE.

OBVIOUSLY. FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO THESE ARE THINGS. A LOT OF DECISIONS BEING MADE.

THE FM PA IN GOOD FINANCIAL FORM RIGHT NOW.

YEARS AGO, WHEN WE MADE PRETTY BAD DECISIONS I THINK, PUT US INTO A $54 PCA. COST ADJUSTMENT ON TOP OF YOUR WILL. IT WAS NASTY.

NOT AT THAT ANYMORE. ELECTRIC PCA RIGHT NOW.

>> EIGHT I THINK. -8.

>> RATHER THAN POSITIVE. SO THAT IS MY WORLD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> STANTON ENERGY.

SO YEARS AGO I GOT TO DESIGN ON THE SIDE SCRUBBERS FOR THAT POWERPLANT. I WAS DOING IT AS A STUDENT TO BE CLEAR. THE LANDFILL IS NEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT IT TODAY. ALSO NEAR THE TREATMENT PLANT.

THE LANDFILL SUPPLIES, METHANE GAS TO THE ENERGY WHICH HE WAS ABOUT 15,000 HOMES IN ORLANDO. IN ADDITION, GOES TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WHICH IS TREATED ALONG WITH THE WASTEWATER. USED FOR COOLING WATER AT THE POWERPLANT. THE POWERPLANT USES IT FOR COOLING WATER, BACK TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

A BIG CYCLE. REUSABLE'S.

WITHIN AN AREA THAT IS PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR MILES WITH EACH OTHER. THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY. IN A BIG CITY LIKE ORLANDO.

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

>> UPGRADED AND STANDING OVER THE YEARS.

ADOPTED A ZERO FOOTPRINT. SO A COAL PLANT, YOU KNOW DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TWO FIRE UP, THEY HAVE TO EVAPORATE ALL THE WATER AND EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE THEY DON'T PUT ANYTHING ANYMORE INTO THE SYSTEM. SO IT IS KIND OF YOU KNOW, A GOOD THING ON THAT PART BUT BAD PART THAT THEY HAVE TO FIRE UP A COAL PLANT TO BURN OFF AND EVAPORATE THAT COMES OFF OF THAT. SO THINKING ABOUT IT NOW.

NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AS FAR AS I KNOW.

THIS IS SOMETHING ON THE WORK BOARD RIGHT NOW.

THAT MAY INCLUDE GOING IN THERE AND TAKING IT FROM A COAL TURBINE INTO A GAS FIRE. DOESN'T SOUND CHEAP TO ME.

NOT AN ENGINEER. >> CLEAN ENERGY.

>> YEAH. BUT COST.

>> THAT IS IT. SO THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, TREASURE COAST AS WELL AS THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, PROCESS ON ADVOCACY RIGHT NOW. REPORT AT THE TREASURE COAST COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT THE OTHER DAY FROM ALL THREE OF THE AFFAIRS OF DIRECTORS FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ST. LUCIE COUNTY, MARTIN COUNTY, ST. LUCIE COUNTY.

SO THEY GAVE US A REPORT AT THE TREASURE COAST COUNCIL.

THE THEME WAS, NEVER EVER BEEN MORE PREEMPTION THAN THERE IS NOW. THIS IS THE MOST PREEMPTIVE, MORE BILLS FILED IN THE LEGISLATOR IN TERMS OF PREEMPTING THAN EVER BEFORE. I THOUGHT PREVIOUS YEARS WERE BAD.SO THIS IS, JUST AN ALERT BECAUSE THE HOME-BASED BUSINESS BILL IS GOING TO TWO NEW COMMITTEES.

THIS IS A BILL THAT WOULD REMOVE ANY CITIES, ZONING, REGULATION OF HOME-BASED BUSINESSES.

IF THE STATE WANTS TO DO IT. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

SO AT THE TREASURE COAST COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, TOM WAS THERE. ESPECIALLY MENTIONED FORT PIERCE. HOW GRATEFUL HE WAS THAT WE WROTE THAT LETTER. WE TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS

[03:00:02]

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT JOHNSON, WE REALLY JUMPED ON THAT QUICKLY. THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THAT BILL IS GETTING A LOT OF PUSHBACK. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU DON'T KNOW.

ANOTHER BILL THAT TOBY HAS INTRODUCED, TELLS CITIES YOU CANNOT HAVE CERTAIN THINGS IN PLACE THAT TELLS A HOMEOWNER WHAT COLOR YOU CAN PAINT YOUR HOUSE.

OR NOT STRUCTURAL THINGS BUT HE CALLS IT, HOUSE BILL 55.

I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT HE IS TRYING TO ADDRESS.

BECAUSE I CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

I KNOW IN PLANNING HIMSELF. A PLANNER.

SO THAT IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTRACTION TOO.

YOU KNOW, NOBODY IS SAFE WHEN THE LEGISLATOR IS IN SESSION.

RIGHT. WE HAVE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT TODAY. THE FIRE DISTRICT, WE HEARD ABOUT. MEETING IS COMING UP.

SHARE WITH YOU, I AM INVOLVED IN MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE AND I SUPPORT THIS EFFORT OF SEPARATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INLET. I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IMAGINE FORT PIERCE IF WE DO NOT HAVE AN INLET.

IF WE HADN'T DUG THE INLET WE WOULDN'T HAVE IT.

I THOUGHT, MY RESEARCHER SISTER HAS A TIMELINE OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN AND THE WATER BROKE THROUGH MAY 8 1921.

THAT IS THE NIGHT. SO THEY HAD THE CELEBRATION MAY 12. BUT I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ÃLIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THE CT ROAD.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INLET COMMITTEE.

FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. HE IS OF COURSE ANCESTOR OF THE FAMILY THAT WE KNOW STILL LIVES HERE TODAY.

IN THE NEWS TRIBUNE, QUOTED AS SAYING INDIAN RIVER INLET WHICH IS THE ONLY INLET OF NATURAL FORMATION OPEN ON THE INDIAN RIVER, FOR SOME TIME BEEN FILLING IN WITH SAND AND OF LATE YEARS, THIS ACTION HAS BEEN SO RAPID, VERY SHORT TIME WILL ELAPSE BEFORE IT IS TOTAL CLOSURE.

THE EFFECT OF THIS IS BEING FELT MOST SERIOUSLY BY THE FISHING INTEREST OF THE RIVER. IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT SOME ACTION BE TAKEN AT AN EARLY DAY, IT IS HOPE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE RIVER WILL TAKE A GENERAL INTEREST IN THE MATTER AND USE THEIR INFLUENCE TO GET GOVERNMENT AID IN THE WORK. THAT WAS SAID JULY 16, 1903.

SO TOOK FROM THEN UNTIL 1921 WHEN THE INLET WAS DOG.

THEN IT TOOK TILL 1923 I THINK TOO CREATE.

THEY CREATED IT. QUITE YOU KNOW, IF THEY DUG IT, PEOPLE CAME HERE. ONE OF THE SAFEST INLET.

SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE SO ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? WE CAN ALL EXIT THE CHAMBERS.

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