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ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL. TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST.
>>> . >> AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICT STAND, ONE NATION, UNDERGOD, INY VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICR
COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. >> CURTIS JOHNSON?
>> FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS E FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN PRESENTAT.
[a. Safe Families for Children presentation]
>> ALL RIGHT. IS THIS YOU COMMISSIONER JOHNSO?
>> YES I BELIEVE WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE SAFE
FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN HERE. >> MADAME MAYOR, I WAS ON A CALL WITH ONE OF THE COMMITTEES I SEE ON.
IT WAS THE CHILDREN'S ROUND TABE AND THIS IS A NEW ORGANIZATION O OUR COMMUNITY. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE NE OF WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING. THE GAPS IN WHICH THEY ARE FILLG IN OUR COMMUNITY. . IT'S WHAT THIS QUESTION NEEDED I WAS VERY MUCH SO IMPRESSED WITH THOSE GAPS THAT THEY FILL IN ANI WOULD LIKE THEM TO SHARE WHAT TY CAN.
>> MY NAME IS JACKIE AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE TREASURE COAST CHAPTER. WE STARTED IN AN AREA AND SO THE DIRECTOR AND TREASURE COAST OVEE LAST YEAR WE STARTED IN ST. LUCE COUNTY. WE GOT A GRANT TO BE ABLE TO EXD AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. THIS IS MY COLLEAGUE SHARON.
SHE BETTER KNOWN AS COOKIE. >> GOOD MORNING.
YOU MAY HAVE MET HER AT THE ROUD TABLE.
SHE VERY COMPELLING. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE TO BE .
WE ARE VERY HONORED AND HOPE WEN JUST SHARE THIS MORNING THE SERE THAT WE FEEL VERY PASSIONATE AB% WE HELP FAMILIES IN CRISIS.
DO I HAVE A BRIEF. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVEO DO THIS. I WILL BRING THIS UP.
I THINK IT'S IN OUR PACKET. YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> LET ME BRING IT UP REAL QUIC. >> WILL YOU SHARE YOUR LAST NAMR
>> THANK YOU. >> SO OUR MISSION IS SURROUNDING FAMILIES IN CRISIS WITH CARING, COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY AND TO REALLY -- I FEEL TO TAKE A GOOD PICTURE OF WHAT WE DO.
OUR MISSION IS TWO THINGS. WE WANT TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE AD FAMILIES INTACT. WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOS LIKE. WHEN YOU ARE IN A CRISIS IN YOUR FAMILY. IT COULD BE A PARENT OR SOMEONEN YOUR FAMILY. WHO DO YOU CALL? ONE OF THE REASONS I AM IN FLORA AND GREW UP IN BROWARD COUNTY.
MY FAMILY MOVED NORTH. I HAVE BEEN IN THE CHICAGO LANDR
THE PAST 20 YEARS. >> THERE'S NO ONE LIKE HAVING YR MOM TO CALL ATE CRISIS. IT'S AMAZING WHEN A CRISIS HAPP.
THEY HAVE NO ONE TO CALL AND NOE PERSON TO CALL TO WATCH THEIR CHILDREN IF THEY ARE GOING IN TE HOSPITAL AND IF THEY IN A CRISIF
VARYING DEGREES. >> WE WANT TO BE THAT THAT SAFE
PERSON TO CALL FOR FAMILIES. >> IT'S THE LACK OF SUPPORT.
>> IT'S THAT WE WANT AND WE WORK WITH THE LOCAL SIR CAT 19 AND TY ARE GETTING TO KNOW US AND A LOF THE INVESTIGATORS NOW THAT THEYE
KNOWN ABOUT SAFE FAMILIES. >> IF THEY RUN INTO A FAMILY.
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THEY ARE IN A CRISIS. THEY CAN CALL US.>> QUESTION COME ALONGSIDE THE FAMILY.
>> THERE'S NO COST TO THE FAMIL. >> ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.
>> NONE OF THEM ARE PAID. >> MANY OF THEM COME FROM FAITH
COMMUNEFIES, FROM LOCAL CHURCHE. >> PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO HELP.
SO WE TRAIN AND SCREENED BACKGRD CHECK.
>> WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY. >> THAT'S ONE OF OUR DEFLECTIVE.
>> ALSO CHILD ABUSE DEFLECTION. I THINK APRIL WAS CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH AND EITHER WE RY WANT TO KEEP CHILDREN AND THAT'E OF OUR MISSION STATEMENTS IS KEG CHILDREN SAFE.
AND FAMILIES INTACT. WE WANT TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETH.
THE OTHER THING IS JUST FAMILY SUPPORT AND STABILIZATION.
MANY STRUGGLE IN THEIR EXTENDED FAMILY.
I ACTUALLY JUST GOT A FAMILY THI HELPED PROBABLY NINE YEARS AGO.
IT WAS A LITTLE BOY WHOSE MOM WN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE DD HIS MOM WAS WORKING ON THE WEEKS AND SHE NO ONE TO HELP WATCH HER CHILD WHEN SHE WENT TO WORK.
THE SHELTERS DON'T PROVIDE CHILD CARE IF THE PARENTS ARE GOING TO WORK ON THE WEEKENDS. YESTERDAY IT WAS MOTHER'S DAY.
SMACKS NOW IN COLLEGE. WE HELPED EVERY OTHER WEEK TENDO HELP HIS MOM. MOCK STAY WITH ME, OUR FAMILY AE ARE EXTENDED FAMILY NOW. WHEN HE'S IN A CRISIS HE CALLS .
THIS IS OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR MINISTRY THAT WE DO.
IN THE MIDDLE WE HAVE A SINGLE . WE HAVE HAD SINGLE DADS RECENTLY THAT WE'VE BEEN HELPING. I DON'T LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS T A MOM. IT COULD BE A SINGLE MOM WITH A CHILD. THEY ARE WITH FAMILY COACH THATS REALLY THE LEE SAY ONBETWEEN THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE FAMILY.
ACTUALLY THAT'S A MAIN ROLE IS R FAMILY SUPER BOWL VISOR.
SHE WILL WORK WITH THE VOLUNTEEN THE FAMILY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS MOVING FORWARD AND THINGS ARE BEING DONE.
>> IT MAKES US DIFFERENT THAN OR ONES.
>> WE CAN ACTUALLY DO CHILD CAR. >> WE CAN DO CHILD CARE IN OUR
HOMES. >> SOMETIMES PARENTS NEED -- WEE A PARENT RIGHT NOW WHO HAD ADDIN ISSUES SO IT TAKES A COUPLE MON.
WE CAN WATCH THEIR CHILD AND GEL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE SCREENED D TRAINED TO DO THAT. THERE'S NO -- IT'S NOT COHEARSI.
THEY ARE NOT IN TROUBLE FROM THE STATE.
THEY ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMI.
THEY -- WE JUST WANT TO COME ALONGSIDE THEM AND HELP THEM.
>> THEY ARE NOT IN TROUBLE. THEY ARE JUST STRUGGLING AND A T
OF FAMILIES NEED THAT HELP. >> WHEN START THE CHAPTER ONE OY LEADERSHIP IS TO LEAD BY EXAMPL. AND ONE OF OUR FIRST PLACEMENTSN THE COUNTY. THERE'S TWO TWO BOYS.
THEY SAID I KNOW YOU TOLD US NOO CALL YOU AND SHE CALLED ME AND E SAID I HAVE A MOM. SHE IS A GOOD MOM.
SHE HAS GONE THROUGH A HARD TIM. DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY THAT MIGHTE ABLE TO HELP HER BOYS? WE MET AT A DUNKIN DOUGHNUTS.
I SAW THE TWO BOYS IN THE CAR. PRECIOUS 4 AND 5-YEAR-OLDS.
YOU CAN TELL THE MOM WAS STRESSD OUT.
I CALLED MY HUSBAND AND SAID I'M BRINGING HOME TWO BOYS TONIGHT.
THEY STAYED WITH ME FOR ABOUT FR MONTHS.
MOM IS IN HER OWN PLACE NOW. SHE THE DOING REALLY WELL.
THEY ARE LIKE -- I LOVE THEM LIY OWN KIDS.
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I'M A GRANDMOTHER TO THEM. WHAT IT DID FOR ME IS IT OPENEDP SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES. GOT IT TO MEET THE SOCIAL WORKER AFTER SCHOOL. I GOT TO KNOW THE DAYCARE WORKE.MOM IS A NURSING ASSISTANT SO WE TRIED TO CONNEC HER WITH JOBS AD HAD SOME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN HR BACKGROUND SO WE ARE TRYING TO K FOR ADVOCACY FOR HER. SO WE FOLLOW THE FAMILY WHEN THY GET BACK TOGETHER WE DON'T END R RELATIONSHIP.
WE WANT THEM KNOW THAT THEY HAVA SAFE PERSON TO CALL.
I CAN TALK A LOT. I WILL NOT GET THROUGH ALL THE SLIDES.
I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS S SOMETHING THAT WE LIVE OUT OURSELVES. I WANTED YOU TO HEAR SOME REAL STORIES IN OUR AREA. IS WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS SPIRIL ISSUES. THEY ARE JUST OPEN.
THEY KNOW THAT VOLUNTEERS ARE CG FROM CHURCHES.
AND WE WILL ALWAYS ASK A PARENTF THAT'S OKAY.
HELP WITH PROBLEM SOLVING, SOCIL CONNECTION, HOSPITALITY AND REAY SO MANY TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE HEAD THIS BEFORE BUT POVERTY IS A LAF RELATIONSHIPS. IT'S EXPOSING PEOPLE TO A NETWOK THAT CAN HELP THEM SO WE WANT TE OUR RESOURCE NETWORK FOR FAMILI.
WE MEET FAMILIES WHERE THEY ARE. TIP KHRAOEUTS YOUNG MOMS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE IN NEED OF EXTENDED SUPPORT AND WHO DO WE T
IN OUR HOMES? >> CHILDREN THROUGH TEENS.
A 70% SERVE LESS THAN SIX YEARS. YOU CAN LOOK UP INFORMATION ABOT US. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTI.
WERE NOT FOSTER CARE. THEY NOT IN TROUBLE.
ASSISTANCE IS TEMPORARY. MOST OF OUR HOST IS AN AVERAGE F SIX WEEKS. SO WE ARE SHORT-TERM.
HOW YOU CAN HELP. THE NEED IS GREAT.
HERE IN FORT PIERCE. WE KNOW THE NEED IS GREAT.
WERE EXCITED TO BE HERE. WE WANT TO HELP.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. WE WILL HELP FAMILIES.
THIS IS JUST A STAT WITH COVID-. THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BI.
AT LEAST IN THE COAST. I MET WITH MS. REED.
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I WOULD LIKE FOR HER TO SHARE AW COMMENTS.I DID TO ACTUALLY PASTOR HAZEL. >> THEY HAVE SOME TRACTION.
WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS THE T EXPERIENCES AND TO KNOW THAT THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE ARE FR. I THINK THAT GIVES US SOME CREDIBILITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
THANK YOU. WE JUST STARTED IN S. LUCIE COUNTY.
WE ARE HOPING TO DO THAT AS WE E IN COMMUNITIES AND HAVE SOME DAA AND SOME TRACTION. SO THE 19TH SER CAT THAT YOU STARTED -- SO ARE YOU IN OKEECHE IN?
>> YES. >> YOU ARE STARTING ST. LUCIE.
>> WE BASICALLY GOT A GRANT TO E FOUNDATION TO EXPAND.
THE ONLY REASON WE STARTED IN IN RIVER COUNTY IS WHERE I LIVE.
I FIGURE I STARTED IN MY HOME COUNTY.
>> WE ALWAYS HAD A VISION TO DOE TREASURE COAST.
>> AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT U DO OVER LAP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. I SEE THAT YOU ARE DOING SOMETHA LITTLE DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE THE FOSTER CARE AND YOE NOT CHILDREN AND FAMILY AND YOUE NOT CHILDREN SERVICES AND YOU AE
NOT -- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> YEAH.
>> I THINK GRACE WAY IS CLOTHINR CHILDREN AND ALSO WORKING ON THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
YOU ARE IN A COMMUNITY THAT HASA LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS AN ONE OF E PEOPLE THAT SHE KNOWS EVERYBODYD HAS REAL CALLING TO THE MISSION.
SHE A GOOD -- IT'S A GOOD ONE FR YOU TO PLUG INTO.
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MANY HOMELESS CHILDREN. >> WE LOVE TO COLLABORATION.
WE WERE NOT LOOKING TO DO SOMETG THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
WE WOULD LOVE SUPPORT FOR LIKE MINDED PEOPLE BECAUSE IF THEY UNDERSTAND WE CAN PROVIDE AND ME THEY CAN'T.
>> LIKE FOR EXAMPLE NOT A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS WILL DO --
>> WE FOUND THAT'S A BIG THING. TRANSPORTATION.
>> WE JUST GOT A CALL FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
>> THEY HEALTHY MENTALLY. THEY HAVE A 5-YEAR-OLD, 7-YEAR-D DAUGHTER AND WHEN I WALKED IN TE HOUSE TO DO MY ASSESSMENT IT WAS JUST REALLY A SAD SITUATION. MOM IS NOT GETTING ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. SHE WITH K NOT QUALIFY FOR FOOD STAMP BECAUSE SHE HAS A PREVIOUS FOOD STAMP FRAUD CASE.
I DON'T THINK SHE WILL ALLOW. >> AND THE HOME WILL NEED TO BE CLEANED SO I AM WORKING WITH THE CHURCH.
HOME CARE AID IN HER HOUSE. >> THE DYNAMICS ARE FURTHER BEH.
>> THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. >>.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE OFFERED. >> THIS IS WHERE SAFE FAMILIES N
COME IN. >> HER KIDS SHOULDN'T BE A MAD HOUSE. IS SHE A BAD PARENT?
>> NOT NECESSARILY. WE CAN WATCH HER KIDS.
KNOW THAT LOSS OF CUSTODY AND NO INVOLVEMENT IN DCF.
LET'S TAKE CARE OF THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE OKAY AND GET THE E IN ORDER. MOMS AND DADS SITUATED AND KID S BE REUNITED. THAT'S OUR MISSION IS TO KEEP FAMILIES INTACT. WHEN WE CAN DO THAT, IT'S BEAUT.
THAT'S WHERE OUR HEART IS. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR INVIG US.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND IF ANYBODY WITH THE AUDIENCE HAS AY QUESTIONS WE WILL SIT AROUND FOE MEETING.
>> HOW LONG IS YOUR MEETING. >>> WE NEVER KNOW.
WELCOME TO BEING HERE. >> NEXT IS OUR REQUEST FROM THEB
[b. Request by the Kiwanis Club regarding Jaycee Park]
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REGARDING JC AND SO COMMISSIONES YOURS?>> YEAH. I'M TRYING TO HIDE FROM IT.
>> SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE INVOD IN.
>> I HAVE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985.
IN 1926 FORT PIERCE GOT THEIR FT GROUP ESTABLISHED.
CURRENTLY WITH 32 MEMBERS WERE N THE COMMUNITY.
GOING TO TAKE WORK FROM THE COMMUNITY ESTABLISH ON THE SLIDE HERE. PART OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN E 1926 MR. WALTER ROGERS WAS PAST PRESIDENT.
VY THE PROUD PRIVILEGE TO THE UPCOMING PRESIDENT IN THIS NEW R COMING IN. IT'S A PROUD PRIDE THING.
NOTHING DO WITH PRIDE BUT ABOUT PASSION AGAIN.
WHAT DOES THE WORD PLAYGROUND MN TO YOU IN YOUR CHILDHOOD AND YOR FAMILY GROWING UP. WHAT DID YOU DO GOING TO A
PLAYGROUND? >> I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 30 YEARS. FIRST THING THEY DO THEY GO TO C PARK. THEY LOVE THE AESTHETIC.
>> THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED. EVERY TIME THEY COME FROM FORT PIERCE. THEY ARE SMART LITTLE KIDS.
ONE SAID TO ME. UNCLE JOHN WHAT'S GOING ON? POSSIBLY GOING IN A PARTNERSHIPI WILL PASS IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUE.
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>> I AM THE ACTING TREASURER. I HAVE BEEN IN ST. LIEU SEE COUY FOR 36 YEARS. I AM THE OWNER FOR A CONSULTING ENGINEERING FIRM. WE CARE ABOUT THE KIDS' PWHRA*EU PLAYGROUND. WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO D AL PROGRAM THAT IS ALL INCLUSIVD ALL ACCESS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORK SINCE JANUARYH THE FACILITIES IN PUBLIC WORKS.
TOGETHER THESE NUMBERS TALK TO M ABOUT THIS PARK.
THERE IS A LOT OF DECAY OUT THE. THERE A BIG NEED.
YA'LL SPENT $55,000 ON JUST EQUIPMENT.
THERE'S A LABOR COST THAT GOES G WITH THAT THAT WE COULDN'T QUANY BUT THIS $55,000 IS JUST FOR MATERIAL.
AND FUTURE COST WILL RUN $8,000-$10,000 YEARLY.
THAT'S JUST MATERIAL. THAT'S NOT LABOR.
WE ARE LOOKING AT REBUILDING THE PARK.
YA'LL NEED TO REBUILD THE PARK. WE WOULD RAISE THE REMAINDER THH COMMUNITY AND THROUGH FUNDING. THAT'S WHAT WERE LOOKING AT TO PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS THE COMMUY TO RAISE THE REST OF THE FUNDS O BRING THIS UP TO AN ALL ACCESS K IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
A LOT ARE TO SUPPORT US. WE VOTED THAT WE WOULD TAKE ON S PARK AND TO KPHREUT TO HAVE THE FUTURE.
WE WOULD BE OUT THERE DOING LANDSCAPES AND SMALL PRODUCTS.
WE WILL BE THERE TO TAKE OVERTHE PARK SO WE CAN KHRAOEP AND WATCT FOR THINGS BEFORE THEY COME. I WILL OPEN IT UP IF YOU HAVE AY QUESTIONS FOR US. I SAW SOME PRELIMINARY ATTACHME.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF USES AT JC . >> I THINK THE PLANNING WILL
PROBABLY BE THE SAME FOOTPRINT. >> WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FM ANYTHING ELSE IN THE PARK. WE WOULD WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
WE HAVE A SET OUT A PLAN WHERE E WANTED TO COME TO YOU FIRST.
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>> THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR E FOR US.
IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT. IF WE ARE OUT THERE AND WE SEE S AND WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND HELU PUT A LITTLE PAINT ON IT.
CLEAN IT UP AND THE LIFE EXPANSY WILL GET LATELE BIT MORE.
CAN THIS BE DONE IN PHASES OR DS IT ALL HAVE TO BE DONE AT THE SE IT WILL HAVE A WEEK LONG BUILD. IT WILL BE A PLAN.
THIS CLUB THIS SUNRISE WANTED TE ORGANIZERS OF ALL THESE COLLECTE EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING FORWARD. WE HEARD FROM OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT EVERYBODY WANTS E A PART OF THAT.
IT'S NOT JUST ONE SERVICE CLUB G FORWARD.
>> THAT'S TO THOSE OTHER CITY ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT THS WILL BE THE START BUT THIS WILLT BE THE FINISH.
THAT WE NEED TO BRING ALL OF OUR PARKS UP TO CODE FOR ACCESSIBILY
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AND GETTING THE COMMUNITY ENGAG. I THINK IT WILL BE A CLEAR.I THINK POINT YOU MADE IS WHAT M LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THE RENDERABLING THAT'S NOT REALLY . IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
THAT POINT. >> MY REAL QUESTION IS I'M A VIL PERSON. WHEY SAY HERE IS $450,000.
I DON'T NEED A PLAN TO COME BACD IT'S $650,000.
I'M HOPING WHAT I SEE IN HERE I$ 450,000 BANK --
>>LY NOT SAY THAT. IF I CAN RAISE THIS $450,000,LY SPEND $650. I WILL HOLD YOU TO THAT.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT A BUDGET. WE DO WANT TO GO AROUND THAT BUT BUT IF WE GET COMMUNITY INVOLVET AND WE GET MORE MONEY IT WILL PT MORE THINGS INTO IT AND TRY TO P THE SAME FOOTPRINT.
>> I UNDERSTAND. WE ALL HAVE SEEN A RISE IN COST RECENTLY, COVID-19 AND MATERIAL ACCESS AND DELAY OF STUFF COMIN.
THAT'S A $450,000 PARK RIGHT TH. THAT'S FANTASTIC.
I'M GOOD. WE WERE SHOWING YOU A DEPICTIONF WHAT A PARK WOULD LOOK LIKE. I KNOW IT TOOK THIS SUNRISE FOUR MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY WANTEO ENDEAVOR AND GO FORWARD. P-FP I KNOW THIS WAS AN ALL ACCS AND WHAT AN ACCESS IT WAS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE JUST GOT OUT OF COVID-19. THEY WERE CLOSED UP.
THIS ACT -- IF WE CAN GET THIS TOGETHER IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS D CREATE A BILL WHERE FOLKS COME TOGETHER AND BECOME PART OF IT.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY I . >> I WAS REALLY PART OF THE CLU.
I WAS REALLY TAKING OVER WITH TE AMOUNT OF COMMITMENT OF EVERY MR STANDING UP OR SWEARING TO THE T THAT THEY WILL STAY WITH THIS
PROJECT GOING FORWARD. >> KPWHA WE HAVE HERE IS MORE TN JUST A PLASTIC WORD AND PLASTIC GROUND COVER.
IT'S A FUTURE AND A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THAT I THINK WILL HA LOT OF PLUSES. I MENTIONED PARKING.
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>> NOW I'M STRESSED. >> I WANTED TO GO AGAINST THE --
>> I WANTED TO. IT'S BEEN VERY PROACTIVE AND WAD TO HELP IN PARKS OR TRYING TO CE UP.
OBVIOUSLY WANT TO REACH OUT TO . >> I THINK THEY HAVE ALREADY BEN TALKED TO ABOUT BEING ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
>> GOOD. >> SEVERAL OF YOUR MEMBERS FOR E CELEBRATION AND I REALLY APPRECE THAT.
WHAT WE ARE LIVING NOW IS A CON. THIS COMES WITH A FIGURE ASSOCI.
WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS ASE SORT OF A CONTRACT RAL ARRANGEMT WHETHER IT'S FOR THE SUNRISE CL. WE WANTED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF CONTRACT RAL ARRANGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING AND MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. IT'S EQUIPMENT AND HOW THAT ALLS GOING TO WORK AND HOW THE ACTUAL BOAT RAMP IS THE CONDITION OF TE
BOAT RAMP NOW. >> THE WATER HAS BEEN RISING.
I THINK IT'S TIME WE LOOK AT ALL THESE PARAMETERS AND COME UP WIA TRUE MASTER PLAN AND WE CAN INCORPORATE THIS IN THEIR MASTER PLAN. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNI.
I THINK WE CAN DO THAT IN THAT Y AND WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOUD FORMALIZE THIS RELATIONSHIP. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE WAY WE NEEO CRAFT THIS. HOPEFULLY WITHIN 30 DAYS AND YON HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF WHATE DO.
>> WE CAN GRAB SOMETHING AND OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE HEADING AND THAT'S HOW WE WILL E FORWARD FROM HERE IF THAT IS YO.
THIS IS A WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAND FOR IT TO BE A COMMUNITY PLAN.
>> EXCELLENT. I THINK WE CAN GET ALL THAT
ORGANIZATION. >> COMING TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH IT ALL.I
THINK THAT SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABL. >> THERE ARE NEEDS FOR THE PARK.
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>> EVERY TIME I AM ABLE TO CATCH RUNNING DOWN THE HALL.
SOMETIMES I CATCH THEM. SOMETIMES I DON'T.
>> HE TELLS ME THAT THERE ARE TS NOW THAT HE NEEDS TO FULL TRIGGN AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND THERS SOME SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS.
HE WOULD COME UP AND TELL US WHE WE ARE AT WITH THE FACILITY RIGT NOW. THE COST OF MATERIALS HAS CHANGD
GREATLY. >>> WHETHER IT'S THIS YEAR OR NT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER THIS PARS GOING TO BE ON OUR RADAR TO BE E
EITHER WAY. >> WE CAN DO IT NOW AT A POTENTL COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY OR WE N PUT MONEY INTO IT.
YOU NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ITS ENTIRETY VERY QUICKLY JUST TO GE YOU AN IDEA. IF WE WERE TO JUST GO BACK TO WE IT WAS TODAY. WE WILL HAVE THE $1,000 MARK.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT CAN REALLY PUT FOURTH THE PLACE THAE
DO NOT HAVE CURRENTLY IN THE CI. >> MORE ISSUES THERE TEND TO BE VANDALISM. THIS WILL BE MORE BUT WE DON'T .
IT'S SO HEAVILY USED NOT ONLY BR CITIZENS AND AND --.
>> THAT IS A PRIME OPPORTUNITY. AGREE WE NEEDED THE MASTER PLAN EARLIER IN THE CONSERVATION. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS OPPORTY TO PARTNER WITH OUR ORGANIZATIOO RUN PARALLEL WITH OUR MASTER PLANNING OF GC PARK. IN ADDITION TO PARKING.
THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. >> I HEARD IT.
>> MADAME MAYOR, A QUESTION. THERE WERE SOME PICTURED SHOWED EARLIER OF SOME THINGS THAT ARE CONCERNING TO ME AND THEN YOU ND THERE'S AN ALLOCATION TO LOOK AT 12,000.
WAS THAT TO ADDRESS THOSE SEUF SAFETY CONCERN ISSUES THAT MAY E EXISTED. THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN IS -- S MASTER PLANNING AND WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THAT GOING.
SKAO ALG. I WILL TELL YOU THAT E ARE SOME AMENITIES ON THAT PLACE THAT ARE CLOSED OFF. THAT'S MY CONCERN.
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THE MEDIATE CONCERN AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PLANNING AND FUTUR.IT'S THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THAT IMMEDIATELY.
>> IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT CAN E GOING BACK TO THAT LOCATION.
IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN DOWN TO JC PARK.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES GOIG ON.
MAYBE IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN T PARTICULAR AAREA AWAY FROM CERTN SPOTS OF THE PARK. IT'S NOT IN THE PARK. COMPREHENE MASTER PLAN AND LOOKING AT THISO ANOTHER LOCATION THIS COULD PUST
TWO OR THREE YEARS. >> ALL OF THAT CAN BE --
>> AND THIS IS THE FIRST IDEA. SO WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THOSE EXERCISE.
THOSE ARE AWESOME. >> EVERYBODY LOVES THEM.
>> THEY WANT MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> NEXT TIME ON THE AJEN AGENDAS THE REGIONAL PLANNING PRESENTATN
[c. TCRPC presentation of South Beach Western Peninsula Update]
AT THE SOUTH BEACH WESTERN PENIA UPDATE.>> SHE IS GOING TO GUIDE US THRH THE UPDATE FROM THE WESTERN
>> WELCOME. >> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO WHAT I THINK IS THE MOST COMFORTABLE COMMISSION CHAS IN THE REGION.
>> CONGRATULATION ON BRINGING IN YOUR PLANNING DIRECTOR.
>>> YOU HAVE WATCHING TODAY. -P THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THIS MORNING. TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CANP YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH BEACH WITH THE PIECES THAT ARE THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEXITY THAE
THERE. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE DOWNTOWNST
HAVE PROJECTS LIKE THIS. >> THE LOCATION ARE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS ARE ACTUALLY HARDER THAN PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
. >> THEN WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME WAYS. >> THERE'S 8 PUBLIC ENTITIES TOY AND A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIR COASTAL RAIL AND PASSENGER RAILH BRIGHT LINE AND ALL THE DOTS. WE FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THAT ARE.
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YOU GET BETTER HEALED FROM THOSN SOUTH BEACH.JUST A COUPLE GOALS FROM THE PLN JUST TO GROUND THE PROCESS.
FOR THE CITY COMMISSIONER. REALLY PERHAPS THE BOARD AS YOUD WITH THE DIFFERENT HATS JUST A COUPLE GOALS TO PULL OUT.
IT'S THE PRIMARY GOAL AND FPRAS NOTWITHSTANDING.
ENHANCING IF PEACOCK ARTS DISTRT JUST GIVES US AN AVENUE TO EXPLE IF YOU WILL. A WELL KNOWN AREA AND THEN IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS.
THE WATER TREATMENT TEAM IS THE MOSTING OF ONE.
IT'S A BETTER KNOWN DIRECTION IU WILL.
THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED PROJECT APPROACH WITH YOUR STAFF.
IT WILL GET YOU THROUGH THE PRO. GIVE ITS YOU THUPBT.
YOUR PLAN HAS THE DOCUMENTATIONU NEED TO LOOK FORWARD.
THE COUNTY STUDY TO RELOCATE THE WATER TREATMENT PLAN.
THAT DOCUMENT IS NOW OUT THERE S ONE ONE OF THE PIECES OF THE BAK GROUND. BASED ON WHERE THAT IS -- THEREE OBVIOUS OPPORTUNITIES AN RE-ENFORCED.
THAT'S A HISTORY MUSEUM THAT IST BASED.
THERE ARE SOME DESTINATION. CAN -P WE BEGIN SOME PUBLIC OUT
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REACH TO GET YOU THROUGH THE DI. >> WE WOULD SUGGEST ONE OF COURE THERE'S A PUBLIC SET OF OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU WILL NEED THE COMMUNITY WORP TO GET CONSISTENCY WHAT THE REGULATORY DOCUMENTS AN WHAT THE COMMUNITY VISION SAYS.
SO SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT. >> WILL IT WORK FOR YOU? IT WILL BE NECESSARY AND BRING K THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FOF PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD AND ULTIMATELY THE CITY COMMISSION D THEN FOLLOWING THAT. WHATEVER OUTLINE OF AGREEMENT IS NECESSARY TO GET ALL THE PIECE PULLED TOGETHER FOR THE REPOSITN OF THOSE THAT ARE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKE THOSE PRESENTATIONS WITH YOUR STAFF HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE US TO PARTICE AND IT'S NECESSARY TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR DIRECTIN AND FINDING WHAT WE CAN ASSIST.
>>> SO, WHAT I GATHER FROM THISD SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAID IS T WE WOULD BE IDENTIFYING AREAS WE THE CURRENT ZONING OR THE CURRET ORDERRIANSES IS IN PLACE AS PERS AN OBSTACLE TO DEVELOPMENT THATE MIGHT HAVE IDENTIFIED IN OTHER FORUMS. THAT'S ANOTHER TO BE PART OF TH. AND I KNOW PEOPLE IN THAT ORGANIZATION WHO HEARD THESE RUS WHO ARE BEGINNING TO BE UPSET AT BEING MOVED AND THAT'S SOMETHIN. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIEC.
THERE ARE PRIME PROPERTY. >> ALSO THE WHOLE IMPACT WHICH E
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WRESTLED WITH. >> THAT HAS TO BE A PART AND A E
OF THIS TOO. >> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY FIRST BULLET POINT ON MY LIST IS JUST DEALING WITH THE STATE AND THEIR APPROACH TO THE BRIDGE. THAT BRIDGE IS COMING ON 50 YEAS OLD. EACH ONE HAS TO PLAY ROLE.
WHY CHANGE IS IMPORTANT. WHY CHANGE IS INEVITABLE.
NO ONE LIKES CHANGE AN WE ALL KW THAT.
IT'S EASY TO GO UP AND GO TO MYE SPOT AND BACK HOME EVERY DAY.
IT'S EASY DURING MY LIFETIME. I LIKE THE ROTED MAP.
THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO TALK TO US AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLAN. I'M NOT SCARED OF THAT.
I THINK IT'S GREAT OPPORTUNITY A GREAT CONVERSATION.
. SOMETIMES I TIP THE CARD OVER AD START RETRACKING. I'M JUST THAT PERSON.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. WE WILL TALK MANY HOURS.
>> IT WAS EASIER TEN YEARS AGO N WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I WAS THRILLED TO SEE THE TIME FRAME.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE COMMITME.
MY RELATIONSHIP NOW WITH THE COY COMPARED TO TEN YEARS AGO IS A T MORE CONDUCIVE TO GETTING TO THE SOLUTIONS QUIRK THAN NOT.
I'M EXCITED FOR THIS. I STPHAOU IT WAS GOING TO BE AR.
EVENTUALLY GREAT IDEAS THAT WE L HAVE MAYBE SITTING OUT ON THE PH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WHENU BRING IT ALL TOGETHER.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE CHILDREN. ALL OF A SUDDEN.
IT'S THERE. WE HAVE THE WHAT THE HECK AM I G STAGE. WE HAVE A TIME LINE ON IT.
RUBBER IS HITTING THE ROAD AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO START HITTING IT OUT. THIS IS THE DIRECTION OF FORT PIERCE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I MADE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS. THIS IS PROGRESSION.
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THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PAINFUL.IT WILL BE PROGRESSION THAT IT'S DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY AND I THIK THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PART ABOUT S IS A PUBLIC OUT REACH.
I'M MORE EXCITED ABOUT LET'S BEN THAT PROCESS.
MOST PEOPLE KNOWLY ENGAGE. IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT. RIGHT NOW ALL I SEE OVER THERE S JUST MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOE FOR PEOPLE TO ALIGN WITH THE ECONOMIC OUTCOME. I THINK I HEARD -- THIS ALIGNMET WITH THIS WHOLE NAPPING AND ZONG AND ORDER STKAPBSS.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME TIME. YOU ARE MOVING THIS THING ALONG HERE. THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.
LET'S GET IT MOVING AND THANK YU MADAME MAYOR.
GRANTED THE APROFLE A LONG TIME MOBILITY PLANNING.
THERE ARE OTHER MUSEUM OPPORTUNS I THINK THAT YOU HAVE IN THEN DOWNTOWN. THEY ARE ALL REALLY HOME IN THE PLAN. SO, MAYBE.
>> SO, I THINK I HEAR SUPPORT OF THIS PROPOSAL AND IT'S SUPPORTIF THE TIME FRAME AND APPRECIATE T. I THINK IT'S TIME WE DID THIS.
SO WE REALLY TRIED HARD TO FREEP OUR WORKLOAD SO WE CAN PUT AS MH STAFF TIME AS NECESSARY ON THIS PROJECT QUICKLY.
YET. I THINK THE TIMING FOR US TO BEE TO ASSIST YOU IS GOOD. WE HAVE OUR WORK PROGRAM TO HITS HARD. IT HAS MONEY,. IT'S A BIG HELP TO US. .
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SO THERE WILL BE IN AGREEMENT. THE COMMISSIONER WILL BE ENGAGEN THIS PROCESS. WE WILL RELY ON YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND ALL THE PIEC. WE WANT TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS WN AS WE ARE OUT THERE TALKING TO E PUBLIC.>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH .
>> FOR YOU AS WELL. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AYEN DAS
[d. Second Quarter Financial Report]
THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL RE. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> GET GOING HERE. USING A LOT OF THAT YELLOW, LAT.
>> NOT AS MUCH. >> WE WILL START WITH OUR EVALUN REPORT. AND OUR FUNDS WITH THE EXCEPTIO.
>> DOING QUITE WELL. YOU WILL SEE ONCE WE GET TO THE OTHER REPORT THERE IS ONE FUND T WILL SHOW NOT POSITIVE AND FUNDE PRESENT AND OPERATING INCOME WAT POSITIVE.
HOWEVER IT'S JUST A RECOGNITION. THAT IS DUE TO TIMING OF RECOGNN
RECEIPT. >> OUR GOLF COURSE FOR THE SECOD QUARTER IS POSITIVE AND SUNRISES SHOWING POSITIVE INCOME BUT IF U CAN REMEMBER WE JUST DID A TRAN. IT'S NOT REALLY POSITIVE, POSITE BUT IT IS SHOWING THAT WAY. WE HAD NOT RECEIVED THAT AS OF T SO AFTER THE REPORT WAS DONE BEE OF WHEN THE AUDIT WAS PRESENTED.
>> AND OUR GRANT FUNDS ARE ALL G WELL.
THE RECOGNITION OF REVENUE BUT L IS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS. WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME ITEMS. .
THE OPERATOR PROGRAM GRANT AND E HAVE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.
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THE DIRECTOR AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING.THE DRAFT AND OUR FOOD DOCUMENTR THE OPERATION AND THE STAFF ANDT THAT ADVERTISED. AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE SUNRISE THEATERS HAVE RECEIVED AND LOOKG AND PURCHASING AASSISTANCE FOR E ASSESSMENTS AND DO THAT AS WELL. WE BEGIN ON A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AD WITH CONSIDERATION. NUMBER ONE WAS TO IDENTIFY OUR RESOURCES. YOU KNOW OUR POLICE OFFICERS THE STEP PLAN SHIFT AND WE STPWOEPBD CONTINUE TO HONOR THAT.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR LABR RESOURCE.
>> JOHN, I AM NOT SURE IF YOU HD US TALK ABOUT PARKS EARLIER.
IF QUESTION HAVE AN UPDATE AND IMPACT FEES.
KIND OF ON THAT TOPIC IS THE TRANSPORTATION FEE SINCE WE JUST WITH THE COUNTY. I WANTED REAL INFORMATION FROM .
WE WERE SHOCKED AS WELL. PWHREP VIEW ALL OF OUR IMPACT F.
SOME WERE BEFORE THE CITY ESTABLISHED OUR OWN IMPACT FEES.
EVERYTHING WAS NEW TO US AS WE E SITTING THERE AS WELL.
AS OUR POLICE WE DID FUND THROUH THEIR STEP PLAN.
AN INCREASE AND THE COST IS 106 THAT'S WITH THE BENEFITS ALONG H THAT IS 164.90. . IT IT'S 4%.
OUR RATIONAL LEAVING WAS TO APPROACH AND THESE AMOUNTS IF YU CAN REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER 2020. THE VOTERS APPROVED AND WHICH AS THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION. THAT WAS ONLY $1.12 ABOVE THE
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MINIMUM WAGE REQUIREMENT AN ONL2 CENTS ABOVE WHERE IT WOULD BE AT 9:30. SO IN ORDER TO AVOID RECOMPRESSN WE ARE PROPOSING $1.22 PER HOUR INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2025. TAKING THIS AOEU PROEFP TO MAKEE YOU REACH A $15 MINIMUM WAGE BY6 FOR ALL NEW EMPLOYEES AND ADDRES THE PROBLEM OF SALARY COMPRESSIN FOR OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES. .WE HAVE A VERY, VERY SERIOUS PRM FOR SALARY COMPRESSION.
THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT INDUSTRY AND TRYING TO VET NEW EMPLOYEE PHRO*EU EMPLOYEES AND T SOME OF THE NEW TALENT. YOU ARE HEARING THE GRIEVANCES T IT. EVERYBODY GRADUALLY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEM TO WHE AS WE'VE GOT THESE EMPLOYEES THT ARE $10.30 AT 2026 IF QUESTION GRADUALLY WHERE WE PUT THEM AT .
IT'S BEEN FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT.
THIS WOULD PUT THEM AT 16 AN HO. IT'S $1 MORE THAN JUST SOMEBODY WALKING IN THE DOOR. SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROMOTIONS TO HOW WE ADDRESS THIS. MY QUESTION HOW WILL WE PAY FOR? THERE IS $2 MILLION THAT IS ASI. TH-FP ADJUSTMENTS FOR EACH OF TE STPOL LOWING HERE'S IS YEARS ISA COST OF $700 240URBGS ANNUALLY.
THAT IS A HIGHEST MAT. THE BENEFITS ARE ATTACHED TO TH.
OUR RATES CHANGE AND THAT IS AN INCREASE.
THE HIGH END ESPECIALLY WITH OUR RETIREMENT.
IT PROBABLY WON'T GET TO NUMBERT IT USED OR AIR SOME TYPE OF CAUN OR GO IN. THEY GO IN TO UNDER ACHIEVEMENT.
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I LOVE THE PLAN. I CAN'T HELP WHAT HAPPENS AFTER 2025. A STATE MANDATE HAS REQUIRED TOS DO A MINIMUM WAGE. OUR LOWEST IS SAD TO SAY.OUR LOWEST STARTING SALARY IS RT AT THE MINIMUM WAGE.
>> WE ARE NOW MANDATED TO WHEREE HAVE TO SHIFT.
>> THAT'S THE COST OF THIS IS SOMETHING EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE T A POINT NOW THAT THEY GOT TO ADS AND THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO ISN FOR IT IN THE FUTURE. THIS WILL BE A MAJOR INCREASE FR US. SET ASIDE FUNDS TO ADDRESS IT MG FORWARD. . I LIKE THAT IDEA. THIS IS A NUMI CAN'T FHALOM. AND THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY HAVO BE MINDFUL WHAT WE WILL DO AFTER 2025.
THIS IS SO YOU DON'T GET STICKER SHOCK AND MAYOR IF YOU ARE STILL
HERE. >> IT'S A POSITIVE SPIN ON THAT.
>> THIS WAS TOPIC THIS WEEK ENDD I STUDIED AND I GOT MY 16 HOURSF THIS. THIS WAS GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT USING THESE FUNDS AND A FRONT AR THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO FRONT ECHO NOT Y THAT BUT AS A NEW COMMISSIONER SITTING ON THIS FOR SOME TIME I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US REVIEW OUR WHOLE TRAGEDY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFF COME BEFORE. MAYBE SOME OTHER THE OPPORTUNITS
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OUTSIDE. NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO GO OVERLY AGGRESSIVE. WE HAVE TO REVIEW THAT AND MAKIG SURE WE MAXIMIZE SOME OPPORTUNI. I HEARD SOME THINGS THAT WERE INTERESTING TO ME TO MAKE SURE T WE ARE ALIGNED WITH THAT AND UTILIZING OUR RESOURCE OF OUR FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AN THOE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MAXIMIZING OUR FINANCIAL APPROAO MAKING OUR MONEY AS I SAY WORK R US.THIS WAS TOPIC. THIS IS VERY SCARY.
IT'S THE FURTHER IMPLICATIONS. THAT MEANS BUDGET IS GOING FORW.
WE DON'T WANT TO USE THE BIG WOD BECAUSE EVERYBODY WILL BE TALKIG ABOUT THE CITY CHAMBERS. THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS VERY TIMELY. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH STAO NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND BUT HAVE THE CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS TO HOO WE MAKE SURE WE ARE KNACKS PHAOEUZING AND OUTLIZING OUR RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PREPARED FOR 2026.
THERE'S SOME HOPE WITH THAT. WE HAVE STEPPED THE PACE AND ITS GOOD TO HAVE A REFRESHER ON WHEE WERE AS A CITY.
I KNOW WE RESTRUCTURED SOME DEBN MY TENURE HERE IN A SHORT TIME.
>> WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE UPS OF HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE LIFE OF A LOAN AND I THINK LAST YEAR.
WE DID ONE THAT WAS $160,000 SOMEWHERE AROUND IN THERE.
THAT WAS GOING TO ASK. I APPRECIATE THAT.
YOU'RE RIGHT. >> WE NEED TO ADHERE TO THAT.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THIS IS PART OF THE BUSINESS PLN THAT WE HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER.
>> I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF YOUR COMMENTS AND I WD TO SAY FIRST. I WANT TO COMMEND OUR FINANCIAL DIRECTOR RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT IF STRONGEST FINANCIAL POSITION WEE BEEN AT FOR DECADES. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A PANDEMICD WE HAVE COME OUT ON THE OTHER SE AND WE ARE IN STRONGER FINANCIAL POSITION THAN WE WERE ON BEFORE. PROTECTS US.
ALWAYS GOT SOME POCKETS THAT I T KNOW ABOUT.
SHE DOES PROTECT US GRAVELY. THERE ARE METHOD OL SKWREUS THAE
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SHOULD UTILIZE WHERE WE LOOK AT HAVING A DESIGNATED AMOUNT LIKET WE DID WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. THERE'S ANOTHER ENTITY THAT MEEN THIS CHAMBER THAT OWES THE CITYF FORT PIERCE ROUGHLY $70 MILLION-DOLLARS. WE HAVE TO GET THAT MONEY BACK D WE CAN START PUTTING THAT MONEYY AS WELL.>>> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER ARE U WITH US?
>> WE DECREASED OUR DEBT BY $ 12 MILLION.
WE DID A GOOD JOB TO HELP PEOPLE THROUGH TWO TRACKS.
HELP PEOPLE IN THE PANDEMIC TO P THEM WITH GRANTS AND ALL THE THS WE DID AND WE KEPT THE CITY GOI. WE WERE LUCKY BECAUSE EVERYBODYE GOT PAID. NOBODY HERE HAD TO TAKE A CUT EN THOUGH WE KEPT WORKING AND WE TK THAT RISK.
IF WHEN YOU WORK IN GOVERNMENT U SOMETIMES DON'T REALIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE IN THE OUTSE WORLD.
TALKED TO ME ABOUT THIS PRIVATE. I ASKED AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TE THE STAFF HAD AN INCREASE. I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER IN 2019.
SO NOW WE NEAR APRIL OF 2021 ANR STAFF WORKED HARD DURING THE PANDEMIC AND KEPT WORKING. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WIH THE PUBLIC THAT WILL GET ALL THS MONEY AND WILL GIVE IT TO THE SF AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ND TO BE READY DEAL WITH AND ALSO T TO BE READY AND I THINK THAT WED WHATEVER FUNDS WE GET FROM THIS.
I THINK THERE'S AN ESTIMATE OF T WE WILL GET.
EVER. WE NEED TO HAVE PLANS ON WHAT W.
>> WE LOST COMMISSIONER ALEXANDO I'LL CALL HIM BACK.
IN THE U.S. >> RETIREMENT BOARD HAS DONE A D JOB BUT OUR CITIZENS HAVE ALSO FUNDED THAT AND WILL CONTINUE TO
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERY BUSINS HAS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT. MAKE SURE WE ARE IN STEP.
THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHERE FOLKS HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE
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PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. WE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THAT.WERE SITTING THERE BEING DIRECTY COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT'S FAIR.
I KNOW THIS GETS TO THE SAME THT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT WHERE IT S PRETTY SCARY. WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS BECAUSES THE RIGHT THING TO DO PROTECT OR CITY BUSINESS.
THEY DID WAGE STUDIES. THE TURN OVER ENDS UP BEING A LT LESS. YOU UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE WT THEY ARE DOING WHERE EVERYBODY S OUT AND DOES EXACTLY WHAT THEY E SUPPOSED TO DO. THOSE ARE THE EMPLOYEES THIS YOU WANT TO RETAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF THE -- AND THAT FIRST RELATES TO OUR PEERS IN TS COMMUNITY.
>> WE WERE LOSING PEOPLE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC THAT FORT SPES MOVING IN THE DIRECTION TO BE TE AND THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THOE QUALITY EMPLOYEES BRING THOSE SL SETS TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN T.
WE WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS OF WHATR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING AND HOW WITE
NEED TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. >> AND THE COMMISSION KNOWS WEL.
IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTI. WE HAVE NOT TRIED TO STKAO*EF TE PUBLIC AND TRY COVER UP ANYTHIN. WE ALWAYS FRANK WITH THE PUBLIC.
IF SOMEONE CHOOSES TO GO TOMORRW ANDS I WISH HIM WELL.
WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKING THIS CA BETTER CITY.
I WAS ON THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2011 AND 2010.
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GOOD TIMES ARE ACTUALLY ALWAYS . WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.>> THAT WAS PAINFUL. >> GOING TO SAY TO.
WE WOULD ECHO WHAT SOME OF YOU - ALWAYS PLANNING AHEAD.
I WAS HERE IN 2008, '09, '10. >> WHERE WILL WE GET MONEY FROMD
THINGS OF THAT NATURE. >> THE ONLY WAY TO NOT BE THERES
TRY TO PLAN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. >> THESE ARE THE TPROEUPS AND I THINK AGAIN. I THINK THAT'S PUBLIC FUNDS ANDI THINK THOSE FUNDS WILL GO BACK TOWARDS PUBLIC USE.
WE INCORPORATE AND WE RECEIVE. FROM PROPERTIES AND UTILIZE IT O PAY THEIR FORM. WE DO HAVE THOSE FUNDS RESTRICT.
WE HAVE SAID IN THE PAST TO BE UTILIZED FOR DEBT PAYMENTS.
ANY SURPLUS PROPERTY AUTOMATICAY GOES TO THE ACCOUNTS THAT UTILIE FOR DEAD OR ANYTHING IN THE FUTE THAT YOU DECIDE OR MOVE OR
REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS. . >> HOPEFULLY WE CAN CREATE.
>> ALL RIGHT. >> WHAT YOU NEED ON THIS ITEM.
>> LET'S MOVE ON. THIS IS TO MOVE STATE GUIDELINE.
[e. Discussion of new procedures for selection of auditing services contract]
IT'S THE OTHER CHARTER AND YOURY EDITOR.>>> . THE NEW PROCEDURE THAT WE ARE MANDATED BY STATE IN FOLLOW IN SELECTING THE AUDITOR.
IN THE PAST STAFF HAS PUT OUT TE IFP.
WE VAL WAITED AND MADE RECOMMENDATION TO COMMISSION ASO THE TOP THREE FIRMS AND COMMISSN HAS DECIDED WHO WOULD BE THE AUDITORS BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
WELL, THE SECTION 218.391 HAS CHANGED THAT AND HAS NOW ESTABLD CERTAIN CRITERIA FOR THE AUDITOO BE SELECTED.
THE FIRST IS YOU AS THE CITY COMMISSIONER OF GOVERNING BODY.
YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISHISH AN AUDITOR'S SELECTION COMMITTEE.
THAT COMMITTEE MUST CONSIST OF E MEMBERS.
IT'S THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF COMME MEMBERS.
ONE OF YOU ALL HAS TO SERVE AS E CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND NO EMPLOYEE CAN SERVE BUT WE CAN SE IN AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION ANE ARE ASKING IF WE ARE ALLOWED TOE ADVISORY COMMITTEES MEMBERS OF E COMMITTEE.
THERE'S A CERTAIN NUANCES THAT'S NEEDED WHEN YOU'RE AUDITING GOVERNMENT MENTAL ACCOUNTS. IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN PRIE
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SECTOR AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE UNTIL YOU GET INTO IT.HOW IT'S PUBLIC BOOKKEEPING AND ACCOUNTING AND WHEN YOU COME OVR THE OH THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING IT'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD.
YOU HAVE TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR F THE COMMITTEE.
>> THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE THEY HAVE TO THE RFP PROCESS. YOU WORK WITH THE ADVISORY EMPLE AS WELL AS PURCHASING BUT THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE REVIEWG AND TECHNICALLY THEY'RE RESPONSE FOR WRITING THE RFP OR PUTTING T OUT. THE BEST PRACTICES RECOMMEND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HAVE CHOSN HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF GOVERNMENT OR FINANCIAL REPORTIR ACCOUNTING JUST MAKES THE PROCES EASIER AS TO EVALUATING SOMETHIG THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU HAVE SOME BASIC KNOWLEDGE AO WHAT SIT THAT YOU ARE EVALUATIND THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT MEMBER F NUMBERS TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION BUT NOT IMPEDE THE PROCESS.
ENOUGH AS YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORD DECISION TO MAKE THE CORRECT RECOMMENDATION. OUR CONTRACT HAS ENDED.
WE DID THE THREE YEAR AND DID EXERCISE THE TWO YEAR ONE YEAR W RALS THAT IS PART OF THE CONTRA. WE HAVE TO GO TO THE AUDITORS.
NOW SIT ON YOU. WE NEED TO HAVE THIS IN THE NEWP AWARDED BY SEPTEMBER. USUALLY THEY START DOING THE INL PRELIMINARY WORK AND THEY ARE DG THE HARD WORK.
WE HAVE TO HAVE OR NEED TO HAVEE AWARDED BY SEPTEMBER.
>> OCTOBER 1 IS THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
>> WHEN YOU SAY GFOA. ENOUGH TO BE MEANINGFUL BUT NOTO MANY TO IMPEDE. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO BECAUSE W THE STATE STATUE IS FREE. IT MAKES SENSE.
JUST BEING ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS SITTING THERE.
WHICH I WILL BE GLAD TO DO IF WE TALK ABOUT THIS LATER.
THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT OR THE CONTRACT ARE THERE LIMITATIONS R STATE KHA STA* CHUTES THAT LIMIE TERM.
>> IT'S USUALLY THREE YEARS IS E MINIMUM.
THAN IS THE RECOMMENDATION THATS THREE YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO A
OTHER DISCUSIONS? >> THANK YOU.
IN MY HISTORY I CAN ONLY REMEMBR TWO ACCOUNTING FIRMS PROVIDING S SERVICE TO THE CITY OVER THE PA0 YEARS.
THERE WAS CHANGE BACK 15 YEARS . I LIKE THAT WE ARE OFFERING TO OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE AE TO COME FORWARD.
I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU CHANGE GUARD YOU GET A DIFFERENT OF EYES ON THINGS. THIS BECAME A POLITICAL ISSUE.
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THIS SHOULD NOT BE POLITICAL. I THINK IN THAT THOUGHT WE SHOUD CONTINUE IN THAT PATH TO MAKE DECISIONS WITH THAT.THEY ARE THE SELECTION. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MAKE SENSE? I THINK SO.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION WITH THAT. COULD YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE.
SO THE COMMISSION AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT.
ARE WE LOOKING AT BOUNDARY REQUIREMENTS ON PEOPLE ON THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS BEING COMMISSIONED FROM THIS CITY. I AM TALKING ABOUT COUNTY.
IT MAY HAVE SOME SKILL SETS. I THINK IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO ST THERE IN OUR SMALL FISH BOLE TOD SOMETHING THAT HAS GOVERNMENT CY EXPERIENCE TO DO THAT. I AGREE WITH THAT.
IF IT'S WITHIN THE COUNTY AND HE THAT EXPERTISE.
IF YOU WANTED TO RESTRICT TO SOMETHING IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY I THINK WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF FINDING THAT CALIBER OF PERSON O PUT ON THAT MEMBERSHIP. I CAN ANTICIPATE TO CAST A WIDER
NET. >> THEY DO UNDERSTAND THAT IN SE CITIES THERE MIGHT NOT BE SOMEON THAT REGION OR IN YOUR AREA.
SO IT DOES MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU ALLOW FOR A BROADER SCE
TO GET MEMBERS THAT WILL SERVE. >> THAT MAKES SENSE, TOO.
THEY WANT TO BE ONE OF THE RFP SUBMITTERS.
>> I WANT TO JUST HAVE DISCUSS. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
>> JUST KNOW. >> I DON'T THINK WE PUT.
SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT AND IT NEEDE CITY AND FIND THE RIGHT TYPE OF ORGANIZATION THAT CAN PROVIDE TE SOLUTIONS.
I WILL BRING THAT UP AND ECHO TT THIS WEEKEND. THERE'S THE LAPTOP ONLY ABOUT THIS BUDGET IN THE PROCESS AND WE WILL LOOK AT SOMF THE RESOURCES THAT HAVE THAT LEL OF EXPERTISE.
LIKE A DIFFERENT SET OF EYES OF THINGS.
>> WHEN DO WE HAVE TO GET THIS E BY? A DECISION ON HOW THEY DO IT. IT'S UP TO THE CITY TO HOW WE SA RESOLUTION IN PLACE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT.
IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT IT'S A RESOLUTION PUT IN PLACE.
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WE CAN DO IT AT THE NEXT MEETIN. I WOULD THINK?>> I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. I KNOW YOU WORK FAST.
IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO DROP THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISHISH WITHO
RESIDENTS REQUIREMENTS. >> WE WILL PULL THE LANGUAGE FOR YOU. DESIRE TO EXPERIENCE AND IF YOUN START SELECTING YOUR MEMBERS I D RECOMMEND THAT IT'S IF FIRST MEG JUNE WE CAN MAKE THOSE APPOINTM. DOES THAT WORK FOR YOUR TIMING?
>> IT WORKS. . >> IT'S ONCE A YEAR.
WE ARE ON THE CONTRACT. WE MIGHT ESTABLISH A THREE YEAR CONTRACT. WE WOULD SELECT THE AUDITORS.
YOU CAN ESTABLISH HOW BROAD YOUT THEM TO BE.
MOST WERE USED IN THE SELECTION PROCESS.
SOME SMALLER CITIES USE THEM ASO THE AUDITOR SELECTION COMMITTEE.
OH. IT'S COMMISSION AND HERE THE FIL TWO FINALISTS. MAKE THAT DECISION.
THANK YOU MA'AM. YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERED.
[f. The Planning Department will be presenting the current status of members to the Board of Adjustments and entertaining incorporating BOA's responsibilities within those of the Planning Board. The membership is intended to be five (5) persons from our community. Last month, Chairman Bill Nunn resigned, leaving an already short list of members to three (3). If one is required to recuse him or herself, the quorum is not met. ]
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. WE DO HAVE A SITUATION WITH OUR BOARD AD JUSTMENT FOR LEADERS TT WE BRING TO THE ATTENTION BECAUEBRING A RESOLUTION TO ISSUE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS DISCUSSION AND BASED ON MY STAFF.
DON'T MEET REGULARLY AND THINGSE HELD FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
SO WE ALWAYS HAVE A SHORT -- AN- AND WITH THE THE PLAN FORTH.
I WANTED TO JUST START OFF THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL TO SEW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS. IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTIONS HE STATED BECAUSE OUR CHAIRPERSN HAS RESIGNED AND THEREFORE ARE LEAVING A SHORTAGE AND IN ORDERO HAVE A FORUM.
THIS IS OUR LIST RIGHT NOW BOARD ADJUSTMENTS.
THIS COMING MEETING ONE OF OUR D MEMBERS HAS AN ITEM SO WE WILL E TO RECUSE HIMSELF. NOW IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AFTER WE PUT THIS AGENDA ITEM TOGETHER WE WILL HAVE AN APPOINT MADE AT THIS MEETING. BUT IT JUST GOES TO SAY THAT THS
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NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPD >> MARTY SITS AS A REPRESENTATIF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT THE REMAINDER OF THEM ARE BOARD MEMS AND THE MAJORITY DO ATTEND THESE MONTHLY MEETINGS AND ALWAYS HAVE ITEMS AS YOU ARE AWARE BECAUSE Y MOVE ON AS RECOMMENDATIONS TO TE COMMISSION. I PROVIDED THE LIST TO HAVE ALLE
DUTIES. >> THERE'S QUITE A BIT AND SHOWN
DIFFERENT SLIDES. >>> WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
>> SO WE WOULD -ALSO HAVE THE MEETING.
OR SOME FUNCTION. OR DECLARING THE ACTION.
MY QUESTION IS, DOES THAT MEAN N ADVISORY IN THEY KH-R AND COME N THIS COMMISSION? HAVE YOU PUT ANY THOUGHT INTO IT BEING ANED ADVISORY AND LET THE COMMISSION DECIDE OR IS THAT GOG TO BE FINAL ACTION? FY WOULD RECOMMEND SEEING THAT
FINAL. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN ANO
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A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH ON THAT. ARE THERE NIL DISCREPANCIES? COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. WE HAVE THE SAME OFFICE ADVISINT THE LOWERS HERE AND ALSO THE UPR HERE.THAT SAME ISSUE IS NOW. >> AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE CALLING T THE FINAL ACTION AS WELL AND SOE COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NS TO BE ADDRESSED IN GENERAL AND D OF THE ISSUE BUT I THINK THE SAE NOW THAT EXISTS IF WE WERE TO ME THE ENTIRE FUNCTION. I APPRECIATE.
KIND OF ASSUME THAT YOU WOULD TL ME THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM A LOT F VOLUNTEERS HAVE JOBS ALSO. .
WE HAVE ONE OF THE ADJUSTMENTS. >> .
WE ARE JUST NOW A LITTLE BIT MO. >> THE FUNCTION AND STAFF IS DEPRIVED AND REALLY WORK WITH AN APPLICANT TO MAKE A PROJECT WORK
WITHOUT. >> I REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS AGOE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND IT DID MAE SOME SENSE.
>> THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUTT OVER LAPPING.
THEY BACK TO WHEREVER THEY GO. >> SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT
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THIS AS THIS BOARD DOES NOT MEET OFTEN.BECAUSE WE CAN ADJUST THE WAY IT RUNS FIRST OR ADJUSTMENTS THEY T BACK. THEN THEY GO ON TO TO THEIR NORL
PLANNING BOARD. >> THEY HAVE THE ITE BE
RESTRICTED. . >> IT'S BETWEEN THIS PERSON AND FORCED TO WAIT. THIS IS ONE OF TWO BOARDS.
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THIS IS THE COMMITTEE.. AT THE TIME THE LAST TIME I HADA STRONG OPINION AND THE FUNCTIONF AN ADJUSTMENT.WE HAD PLANNING BOARD. PARTIALLY DUE TO THE LINING OF S CITY AND THE CITY FUNCTIONS ANDW WE OPERATE.
THEY ARE BECAUSE THE POINT AND S YOU ARE ALL AWARE THAT THE BOARF ADJUSTMENT DOES NOT MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IT HAS A CALENDAR THAT SAYS IT N MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS BUT BECE OF THE LACK OF CASES THEY DON'T. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
TEMPORARY PLANNING FOR DIRECTORD THE PROPER APPLICATION COSTS WEE INVOLVED WILL HELP TO DETER FROM SOMEONE COMING FORWARD TO JUST S TO PUT A FENCE UP AND THEY WANTA QUICK VARIANCE AS AN EXAMPLE.
DOES THIS REALLY NEED TO BE DON. IT'S CITY OF FORT PIERCE.
I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE AN ISSUEH THAT.
THE TIME IS MORE IMPORTANT. COULD BE DEALING WITH OTHER ISSS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. I CHOOSE WITHIN SIX FEET OF MY PROPERTY LINE. IT DOESN'T MATTER AND IS IT REAA PROBLEM? WE HAVE PEOPLE IN CLASS WITH SEL
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DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE AND PROFESSL BACKGROUND.THE PAST BUSINESS OPERATORS. REAL ESTATE AND SOME INSURANCE BACKGROUND. BACK AND FORTH FOR POSITION.
DON'T DO IT. . IN MANY MEETINGS AND MANY MONTHF THE YEAR. YOU KNOW IT'S TOO BAD. I KNOW AS A CHAIR THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU GOT TO GET USEDO DOING.
AND SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN YOU'RE D TO IT YOU STRUM -BL A LITTLE BI.
EARLIER IN THE CONVERSATION WE E THINKING OF THE PROPOSAL OF A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. *R DID YOU GIVE ANY THOUGHT?
>> THE RELATIONSHIP I HAVE WITHE CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD AND THE Y OUR MEETINGS RUN. I DO BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE TAKE
OVER THIS RESPONSIBILITY. >> AGREE AND ALSO HAVE AN ATTORY
WEIGHING ON THIS AS WELL. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT.
I WATCH YOUR MEETINGS FROM TIMEO TIME AND SO I THINK YOU DO HAVEY GOOD COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE GN IT A LOT OF THOUGHT AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT BOARD OF THE CITY.
TY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE SO TK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING ELSE?
>> SHOULD WE HOLD OFF ON THIS UL WE MAKE SOME DECISION.
>>> WE ASK IF THEY WILL NEED IT. >> OKAY. .
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>> I THINK MAKING ANY CHANGE WIL TAKE SOME TIME.
IT WILL REQUIRE AN ORDINANCE TO. NOW THAT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER
>> THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. >> OKAY.
YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[g. Presentation on Hurricane Preparedness by the Building Department.]
THE NEXT TIME ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION ON HURRICANE PREPAEURPLDNESS DEPARTMENT. THE WEATHER GODS HAD A MEETING D DECIDING MAY 15TH. IS THAT RIGHT MR. THOMAS? I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT. THEY ALSO WANTED TO GO TO A CATY 6 CLASSIFICATION FOR HURRICANES. A FEW YEARS AGO IT'S TRUE. THEYD THAT COULDN'T HAVE. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A CATY 5 HURRICANE UNTIL HURRICANE MARA DESTROYED PUERTO RICO.AND EVER SINCE THEN HAVE A CATEY 5 LIKE WE HAD. I'M NOT GO HERE E
A FEAR MONGER. >> YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION BECOMES IF WE WERE TO SUFFER A T
SCOFFIC EVENT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. >> WE HAD A PROBABLY MAKES.
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>> WEB-SITES OF THE TELEVISION D SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE HAD EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE DEPARTMENT STAFF HAS
CONDUCTED. >> WE HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WILL INTRODE TO YOU AT THE END OF THIS PROGR.
>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THERS SO MUCH WE CAN DO FOR OUTREACH.
WHO WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS SLIN THE FUTURE.
LET'S CONTINUE ON. NOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT POST DISR WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE STORM EN? THREE THINGS HAPPEN.
LET'S GO BACK. THERE ARE ASSESSMENTS THAT HAPP.
THEN THERE'S A COMMITTEE PROCES. ONCE THERE? ONCE THERE'S A DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY.
WE GET HELP IN ASSISTANCE FROM R AGENCIES.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE BOOTS ONE GROUND FEMA.
WE'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE. BUT ALSO THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERY
MANAGEMENT WILL SEND EVEN. >> WE WILL MAKE A PRELIMINARY
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ASSESSMENT. YOU WILL NOT KNOW THE DAMAGE OFY OF THESE HOUSES BY DRIVING AROU. WE WILL LOOK AT IT AND SAY WELLS IT POTENTIALLY DAMAGED BEYOND 5? AND IF WE SAY YES BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE WHERE YOU CANE THE INSULATION AND THE ROOF WAS DESTROYED. THAT ONE I CAN EASILY SAY IS 50T ALL THE ONES THAT HAVE THE ROOFS GONE THEN THEY GOT FLOODED IN SE TOO BECAUSE THE WATER WENT INSI. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT PROPER.IN THIS CASE THE STRUCK SKHUR WH $30,000.
COST ESTIMATE TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE IS $13,900.
THERE'S A CALCULATION THAT'S MAE SIMPLE AND SAID THIS STRUCTURE S 46% DAMAGED. WHICH MEANS IT'S BELOW 50%.
WHICH MEANS THEY CAN HIRE A CONTRACTOR AND THEY CAN GO TO W.
NOW, IF THAT WERE 50% OR ABOVE T STOPS.
BECAUSE THEN THEY HAVE TO FIGURT HOW THEY WILL MITIGATE THE RISK.
AND IF IT'S A RESIDENTIAL HOME,E ONLY WAY TO THE RISK IS TO ELEVE THE STRUCTURE. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT YOU .
HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO COST? IMAGINE HOW MUCH HEAT THE ADMINISTRATOR AND BUILDING OFFIL WILL GET WHEN YOU HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT. IMAGINE HOW MANY CALLS YOU'RE GG TO GET ABOUT HOW STUPID AND UNREASONABLE I AM.
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SUPER STORM SANDY HAD SO MANY HS THAT WILL NEVER BE REPLACED.WE HAVE SEEN THAT. IN NEW JERSEY THE COAST WAS FULL AFTERWARDS. VERY FEW HOUSES WERE ABLE TO BE REPLACED. LOOK AT NUMBER WIN DOWN HERE.
THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE. RIGHT?
>> AND CAN YOU IMAGINE ME GOING SAYING YOU HAVE THE FLOOD DEVELOPMENT PERMIT? NOT A BUILDING PERMIT AND IF YOE THAT. THENVY THAT AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S NOT JUST AUTHORITY.
RIGHT? FACILITIES OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES. IT MEANS THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANF IT WERE IN THE CITY OF FORT PIEE THEY WOULD HAVE TO PULL PERMITSR FLOOD DEVELOPMENT. THINK ABOUT IT.
WHY DID IT EXPLODE? IT'S FOR THE PUMPS WERE NOT ELED AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. THIS IS WHY THE ADMIN THEY HAS Y KEEP IT SAFE. THIS IS THE USING THE LINE.
LET'S CONTINUE. SO, THIS IS THE CREEK AS IT WASL AND SITUATED. THIS WAS DONE BY ENGINEERING.
THERE WERE NO PERMITS PULLED THH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THAT RESPONSIBLE. BUT THE ADMINISTRATOR IS RESPONE FOR REPORTING BACK TO THE DEM OW WAS IT WE HAVE TO PRESENT THAT THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT BACK TO THE STATE. IF WE DON'T, WE ARE EFFECTED AS A CITY. NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS ON SEAWAY DRIVE. THIS IS ONE OF YOUR TRANSFORMER BOXES. SOMEBODY BACKED INTO IT OR WHATEVER HAPPENED. IF THAT WAS TO BE DAMAGED AND NOW THE FLOOD ZONE SAYS THAT HAS TO BE ELEVATED TWO OR THREE FEET HIGHER, SINCE WHEN DOES THE UA GIVE PERMISSION FOR US TO DO ANYTHING? THEY HAVE, RIGHT? NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS ON SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE.
SURF SIDE PARK. CATEGORY FIVE EFFECT THEY ARE GOING TO DIG DOWN AND ELEVATE IT RIGHT?
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THAT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS ARE ELEVATED TO THE PROPER LEVELS. LET'S CONTINUE.THIS IS DOWN BY CRACKER BOY BOAT RAMPS.
THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. IMAGINE IF THAT WAS SO DAMAGED BY AN EVENT IT WATCHED OUT, THEN WHERE WOULD WE BE? CONTINUE. THIS IS PROBABLY, THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER HIT IT IS ROAD, RIGHT? I HAVE EXPLAINED WHY, RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.
IF A BUILDING IS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED HITS THAT 50% LEVEL, MUST COMPLY WITH CURRENT FLOOD REGULATIONS PER FEMA.
RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE ANY LEEWAY.
WE SAT DOWN HERE AND HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE VARIANCE DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY VARIANCES YOU HAVE, I HAVE A SPECIAL CONCESSION, PLEASE LET ME. MUST COMPLY.
EVERY PROPERTY GETS PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD MUST COMPLY OR THE PUSH BACK FROM FEMA IS UNSUSTAINABLE.
LET'S CONTINUE. IF YOU HAVE A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, DETERMINED YOU ARE 50% DAMAGED, IF YOU SEE BEFORE AND AFTER, THIS IS THE SAME STRUCTURE PAINTED.
IT WAS ELEVATED. PORCH THREE OR FOUR STEPS DOWN, NOW A STAIRWELL ON THE SIDE. IT WAS ELEVATED TO THIS THE LEVEL. HOW MUCH MONEY IT IS GOING TO COST. I AM NOT SAYING THESE ARE CHEAP OPTIONS. THIS IS THE ORANGE BLOSSOM BUSINESS CENTER. THEY DID A FLOOD MITIGATION PROCESS. THESE REPRESENT FLOOD GATES THEY ARE BASICALLY EXTEMPT FROM FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
THEY WENT THROUGH AND DID THIS. YOU CAN MITIGATE THIS.
CAN'T DO ON RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES, HOW DO YOU GET IN IF THERE IS AN ENERGY. NEXT SLIDE.
WE LOOK AT HURRICANE IRMA. FLOODING ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
REASON WHY I SAY KEEP THAT IN MIND IS.
YOU AND I BOTH KNOW IF YOU AS COMMISSIONERS OWN THAT PROPERTY, FIRST THING YOU ARE GOING TO DO IS COME TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, HOW CAN I PUT THAT BACK THERE IT WAS ALREADY THERE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THESE ARE THE PHONE CALLS YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE AND SEEM LOGICAL. HAS TO BE BOUGHT BACK TO THE CURRENT STANDARD. THIS COULD BE BUILT BACK.
THESE ARE THE CONSEQUENCES WHEN I AM TELLING YOU CONSEQUENCES, I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND, THE WAY THE STATE WORKS AND THE WAY FEMA WORKS IS THAT THEY DRIVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
THEY CAME BACK AND SAID SHOW ME THE PERMITS.
SHOW ME HOW YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE.
THAT MEANS EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY EFFECTED IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THOSE DESTRUCTIVE PICTURES THAT DEVASTATED NEIGHBORHOODS, EVERY PROPERTY, EVERY STRUCTURE HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEMA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR ELSE THEY PENALIZE YOUR COMMUNITY. THEY PENALIZE THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE TO HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. THROUGH OUR CRS PROGRAM, WE GET D DISCOUNTS HOW MANY THOUSAND?
>> 400,000. >> OUR CITIZENS ENJOY OVER $400,000 IN DISCOUNTS. THAT GOES AWAY.
NEXT SLIDE. NEXT CONSEQUENCE CITY COULD BE PLACED IN PROBATION AND THOSE WHO HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES WILL BE PENALIZED ON TOP OF THE FEES GOING UP.
NEXT SLIDE. HERE IS WHERE IT GETS NASTY.
IF WE WERE TO BE KICKED OUT OF THE PROGRAM.
NO FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES WRITTEN ANYMORE.
IN MOST CASE IFS YOU WERE GOING TO GET A LOAN, YOU COULDN'T GET
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ANYMORE. CITIZENS WILL LOSE POST DISASTER RELIEF. CAN'T CALL FEMA.DOESN'T COME IN AND HELP THE CITIZENS ANYMORE.
THAT IS OVER. THEY LOSE POST DISASTER ASSISTANCE. CITIZENS MAY NO LONGER BE ELVIBL FOR FEDERALLY BACKED LOANS. FHA, FREDDIE MAC.
PUSH BACK FROM FEMA IS WE'LL DESTROY ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT AND BUILD IN YOUR WHOLE COMMUNITY. IF YOU SAY WE'LL LET THIS ONE PERSON DO SOMETHING, RESULTS COULD BE FOR YOUR WHOLE CITY.
THIS IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS, THAT IS WHY I AM SO HAPPY WE ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. THE NEW BUZZ WORD IS RESILIENT COMMUNITY. SO REALLY IF YOU CAN BOIL THAT DOWN TO ONE SENTENCE. RESILIENCY EQUALS HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN GO BACK TO NORMAL. THAT IS REALLY IT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES BEFORE AND AFTER, WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GONE. HOW QUICKLY IS THAT COMMUNITY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK HOW RESILIENT IS THAT COMMUNITY? IT IS NOT. THIS IS THE POSTER CHILD SLIDE FOR RESILIENCY. LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LOOK AT THE FOOD PRINT FOR THE HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
THIS IS MEXICO BEACH 2018. THIS GENTLEMAN WAS GOING TO GO ABOVE THAT. THAT EQUALS RESILIENT.
CLIMATE CHANGE BECOMES, RIGHT YOU COULD HAVE SEA LEVEL RISE.
THE WET SEASONS ARE GOING TO BE WETTER.
THREE WEEKS AGO HOW BROWN WAS THE GRASS IN FORT PIERCE DO YOU REMEMBER? LAST YEAR WE HAD TREMENDOUS RAIN. RAINED ALL SUMMER.
THESE ARE DAILY PROBLEMS FOR THEM P. BY MEANS OF THE PUMP STATIONS. THEY PUT A PUMP STATION IN H STREET. YOU CAN JUST FIGHT THE BATTLE.
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NEXT SLIDE. REQUIRE STRICTER BUILDING REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS THE PUSH BACK.EVERYBODY HATES TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT.
IF YOU CAN COMPARE THIS WITH THE POSTER CHILD FROM MEXICO BEACH.
YOU SEE REQUIRING STRICTER BUILDING CODES GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR RESILIENCY HOW QUICKLY CAN YOU GET UP AND RUNNING. NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING SLIDE. STRICTER BUILDING REQUIREMENTS.
WE PUT HERE A PICTURE OF THE MIAMI-DADE PRODUCT APPROVAL.
>> WE ARE COMING TO THE END, NEXT SLIDE.
SEA WALL ORDNANCE. THESE ARE THINGS AS YOUR FLOOD PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR, I HAVE TO RECOMMEND YOU START TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS. WE ARE BLESSED THESE AREN'T EMERGENCIES. DOWN SOUTH THESE AREN'T EMERGENCIES RIGHT NOW. YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A SEA WALL ORDNANCE.
THAT WILL REQUIRE REPLACING OR REPAIRING OF SEA WALLS TO COME TO A PARTICULAR STANDARD. PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE NOW IN VIEW. THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IT IS PROBLEMATIC.
DOCKS AT JC PARK ARE HALF UNDER WATER.
YOU CAN'T DISPUTE THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM THAT NEEDS REAL ATTENTION. WE PROBABLY HAVE 10-15 YEARS BEFORE WE HAVE TO SAY WE ARE REALLY, REALLY IN TROUBLE.
THOSE ARE CONSIDERATION FOR THE COMMISSION.
IF WE DON'T START TO MAKE POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND DECISIONS IN THE PRESENT, FUTURE IS UNBEARABLE.
NEXT SLIDE. HERE IS SOMETHING I LEARNED MOST RECENT CONFERENCE. WE HAVE PICTURES OF TREES, BEFORE THIS COMMISSION, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT FOLKS COMING IN AND CLEAR CUTTING TREES. IT ITS.
EVERY ONE OF THE TREES SUCKS, THEY SAY AVERAGE OAK TRUE SUCKS, 150 GALLONS OF WATER OUT OF THE GROUND.
LESS YOU END UP PAYING FOR STORM WATER BETWEEN THE TREES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CITY HAVING TO BUILD STRUCTURES TO DEAL WITH THE STORM WATER. A PINE TREE TAKES 85 GALLONS, OAK TREE 150 GALLONS OF WATER DEPENDING ON AGE AND SIZE.
COMING DIRECTLY OUT OF YOUR WATER TABLE.
NOW YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. WE AS A CITY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE THINGS. I THINK THIS IS THE LA SLIDE, RIGHT? I HOPE IT WAS SOBERING.
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IN THE EVENT WE HAVE A TRUE CATASTROPHE.I WANT YOU ALL TO BE ARMED WITH THE FACTS, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENTATION, WE PROVIDED A HANDOUT. ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS ELECTRONICALLY. YOU CAN USE IT IF YOU ARE AWAY.
THIS IS A STEP BY STEP MANUAL. THERE ARE NUMBERS FOR WHO TO CALL. IF THERE IS EXCESSIVE WASTE, WHO DO YOU CALL. ALSO GIVES YOU THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU.
I GOT A YELLOW STICKER. I HAVE A CONTRACTOR -- GOT TO GO TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THIS IS THE CHEAT SHEET HOW THEY CAN HELP THE PUBLIC AND GIVE THEM DIRECTION.
WE CAN BE IN THE POSITION OF TRUE LEADERSHIP.
PEOPLE DON'T SPIN RESOURCES AND HAVE TO WASTE THOSE RESOURCES BECAUSE THINGS WERE DONE INCORRECTLY.
WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE. FINALLY MAY 26TH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FREE COMMUNITY FLOOD INSURANCE WEBINAR.
WE ARE GOING TO INVITE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO BE THERE IF YOU WILL. IT IS 15 MINUTES OR SO.
THIS IS VERY BRIEF. WE WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL.
INFORMATION. LINDA GET THE - THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
I KNOW IT WAS A LITTLE BIT EXHAUSTIVE.
I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE FIRST HOPEFULLY EVERY YEAR WE CAN BUILD ON THIS PLATFORM. IF YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE EVENT OF A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON PARTICULAR ISSUES.
PARTICULAR AREAS OF THE CITY. WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS I AM AVAILABLE. THIS IS SERIOUS, IT IS.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE THIS ON THE WEBSITE?
>> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER PERROTT?
>> I WAS ON THE UTILITY AUTHORITY.
IF MY GROUP WOULD RUN OUT TO A 1 A TO SEE THE COMMISSION.
LOOKING AT 40 FOOT BUILDINGS WHERE THE SAND RIDGE THAT CAME THROUGH THERE WAS 20 FEET HIGH. VERY SCARY.
LITTLE MORE SCARY THAN WHAT YOU WOULD TRY TO DO TO US TODAY.
I AM THINKING KNOWING OUR BARRIER ISLAND AND SENSITIVITY.
WE HAVE THE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTROL LINE WHERE WE HAVE WE HAVE MANDATED GOVERNMENT THESE HOUSES HAVE TO BE BUILT IN A CERTAIN WAY. I LIVE NEXT TO ONE OF THOSE EASTERN PART OF MY PROPERTY BORDERS ON THE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTROL LINE. I AM WONDERING IF WE REALLY GET INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO MY HOUSE COMPARED TO THAT? I THINK THIS LINE IS REALLY I THINK IT IS ANTIQUATED. SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE ISLAND SOMETHING SO SENSITIVE OUR BUILDING CODES MAY HAVE TO CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE SAFETY IS THAT
WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO TELL US? >> INTERESTINGLY, JUST RECENTLY, FEMA HAS GONE THROUGH AND REASASSED BASICALLY THE ENTIRE EAST COAST. FOR INSTANCE THE OCEAN OF MAJORITY VILLAGE IN A FLOOD HAS. THAT IS ADVANTAGEOUS, THE CCCL.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN REASSESSED THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS OPPOSED TO FEMA. THEY WILL LOOK AT ALL OF THESE
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THINGS. >> FLOOD ZONE IS ONE THING.
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A HURRICANE.
BARRIER SMALLER AS THE STORM GETTING HIGHER IN NUMBER.
I KNOW IT IS DIFFICULT. I AM NOT RECOMMENDING WE RAISE THE BUILDING STANDARDS IN FORT PIERCE.
OBVIOUSLY NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO DO.
AWARENESS FOLKS BRING IN AN APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO BUILD ON THE BARRIER ISLAND. THESE WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, HAVE THEM SIGN OFF ON SOMETHING. THIS IS A TIME.
THAT IS A DAY I DON'T WANT TO BE -- I DON'T WANT TO SEE COMING.
IT IS VERY POSSIBLE. FRANCES AND GENE CAME STRAIGHT OVER FORT PIERCE. WHATEVER WE BUILT OUT IN TWO WEEKS TORE OUT WHEN GENE CAME THROUGH.
DIFFICULT AND CREATES THE DIVING HAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. OUR FORMS OF COMMUNICATION TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO OUR FOLKS, OUR RESIDENTS, EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT AREN'T CELL PHONES, THEY DIDN'T WORK.
IT IS WORD OF MOUTH. WE GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY.
WE ALL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB AND MAKE SURE WE ARE BRINGING VALUABLE INFORMATION TO THOSE IN NEED AND EVERYBODY IS IN NEED AT THAT MOMENT. I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE AT, EYE OPENING. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS TO CONSIDER THAT. REALLY DOES.
>> THANK YOU MR. THOMAS FOR PRESENTING THIS.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK I HAVE HAD SUCH A DYNAMIC PRESENTATION. LAST WEEK I WAS AT EVC LUNCHEON.
OUR PRESENTER, IRONICALLY WAS CRAIG THROUGHGATE.
I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT WE FIND A WAY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH M MR. THROUGHGATE AND BUILD A RELATIONSHIP. THINGS I LEARNED AT THAT LUNCHEON THAT DAY BENEFIT WHAT YOU HAVE SAID, NO. 1.
SOME OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED NEEDS TO BE HEARD BY OUR CONSUMER, OUR PUBLIC. IT IS NOT THE HURRICANE, IT IS THE OTHER PERILS OUR INSURANCES DON'T COVER THAT WOULD ALLOW TO PAY ON THIS. ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE IN A FLOOD PLAIN AREA. SO WE HAVE TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT YES YOU PRESENTED THIS, ALSO THE PUTTING OF MONEYS IN POCKETS TO HELP THAT REBUILD THAT WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON IS WHAT I GOT FROM FIRST THROUGHGATE. HE IS GOING TO BE A PERMANENT RESIDENT OF FORT PIERCE. I IMPLORE YOU TO REACH OUT IF YOU NEED HELP, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY, WE NEED EXPERTISE.
HE IS IN THIS AREA. HE IS GOING TO BE HERE.
WE NEED ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD YOU SAY WE HOPE TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR. WE NEED TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.
WE ARE IMPACTED. NEXT STUFF IS COMING TOMORROW.
SOMEBODY IS GOING TO CALL WITH ANOTHER ISSUE AND WE ARE ON TO THAT. THAT IS MY CONCERN.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS INFORMATION, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING A CITIZEN CAN DO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES UNDERSTANDING THIS. AS WE ENTER INTO THIS RAINY WET SEASON, THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE COVERED APPROPRIATELY SO THEY CAN HAVE MONEYS. IT IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU START STACKING HOUSES. THAT IS A CONCERN OF MINE.
THIS IS VERY TIMELY. I WOULD IMPLORE THAT IT IS BEST MADAME MAYOR TO HEAR FROM OUR FLOOD PLANE ADMINISTRATOR SO WE ARE PREPARED. ONE OF THE THINGSES I GOT, IT IS
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A VERY SERIOUS THING HE IDENTIFIED NOT MANY ARE TALKING ABOUT. IT COULD ABSOLUTELY WIPE OUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND PEOPLE NOT BEING COVERED.IF WE CAN HEAR FROM OUR FLOOD PLANE ADMINISTRATOR.
EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT LIVE IN A FLOOD AREA, THINGS YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE PROTECTED. I LEFT THAT MEETING KNOWING I
WAS NOT, THANK YOU. >> A LOT OF INFORMATION TO COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS.
COULD TALK ABOUT IT ALL DAY TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING IT TO US. OKAY TO TALK ABOUT FACTS.
IT IS SCARY. I APPRECIATE THE POSITION THAT YOU AND YOUR HATS YOU WEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER, ARE YOU WITH US?
>> YES, I AM WITH YOU. I DON'T THINK PAUL IS TRYING TO PUT FEAR IN OUR HEARTS. REALITY JUST REALITY IS LIKE GROWING OLD. IT IS ASSURANCE.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DIE DON'T BE BORN.
WE ARE BLESSED. I HEARD PAUL MENTION ABOUT HURRICANE HAVING A DIRECT BEAM. A LOT OF PRAYING GOING ON.
IT WASN'T -- THING ABOUT IT IS I RECALL HAVING A HURRICANE RIGHT DOWN AVENUE D. WITH TURNED OVER GARBAGE CAN.
WE ARE BLESSED WE JUST GOT BEING IN A POSITION TO HELP ONE ANOTHER. I KNOW THEY ARE IN THE HIGHEST RANK THAT. I THANK PAUL FOR, WE NEED MORE MAYBE IF HE CAN PUT THAT IN A VIDEO, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR US. BE AT HOME AND PUT IT IN OUR PRAYER. REALITY IS REALITY.
SPEAKS LOUD. >> IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD TO TAKE OVER GUARDIANSHIP OVER A PERSON IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE A COURSE. COURSE IS WATCHING A VIDEO.
TELLING YOU YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
MAKING IT CLEAR WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I AM NOT SURE IF THIS WILL WORK.
ANYBODY THAT COMES IN FOR A BUILDING PERMIT I THINK YOU MIGHT CONSIDER SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO HAVE A VIDEO THAT CAN SAY THIS IS WHAT WE ARE FACING IN THE FUTURE.
YOU NEED TO CONSIDER DOING MORE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU STRUCTURE IT. MIGHT BE TIED TO A BUILDING PERMIT. WE MIGHT ALSO -- WHAT IN ADDITIONER ALEXANDRIA SAID WE MIGHT HAVE THAT ON OUR TV PROGRAM. SO THE 50% RULE IS NOT APPEALABLE. RIGHT? IF THAT IS DEEMED 50% DAMAGED NO APPEAL PROCESS.
THIS IS A CALCULATOR. YOU PUT THE NUMBERS IN.
IT IS NOT LIKE WEAVE A LOT OF SAY SO.
IT IS WHATEVER THE VALUE IS. WHATEVER THE COST OF DAMAGE IS.
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>> IT IS MAINLY DUE TO HARDSHIP VS. THE THE SAFETY.
>> HE MADE THE ROUNDS. I AGREE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> LAST THING I HAVE TO SAY IF I CAN.
TESTIFY AS TO HOW IMPORTANT THESE THINGS ARE AFTER LIVING WITH IT. THE TRACKS ARE GOING TO CHANGE AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
THAT IS WHAT IS. WE DON'T TRY TO SAY LET'S BRING IT BACK BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T WORK.
CITIZENS APPRECIATE AFTER THE FACT THIS IS HELPFUL.
I WISH SOMEONE WOULD HAVE LET ME.
>> WE CAN USE THOSE IN THE VIDEO LIKE TESTIMONIALS.
IF WE HAD ONLY DONE X, Y, Z. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[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.]
>> YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MISS COX WILL GIVE YOU A THREE-SECOND
WARNING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, MADAME MAYOR. MY NAME IS CHARLES WILSON.
65114 VERO BEACH, FLORIDA. WE HAVE BEEN QUIET SINCE THE ELECTION. I DON'T REMEMBER BEING THIS PLEASANT. CONGRATULATIONS.
ELECTION REFORM. TO CURE PROBLEMS IN THE LAST SEVERAL ELECTIONS. YOU'LL HAVE DIFFICULTIES WITH THE CRITERIA THAT ALLOWS STAFF MEMBERS TO HAVE BACKING OF CODE THEY DIDN'T HAVE IN THE LAST ELECTION.
YOU HAVE SUCH POOR ORDNANCES WRITTEN THEY DON'T GIVE THE BACK UP THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN MORE THAN ONE ELECTION. SHOULD COME BEFORE YOU AT A WORKSHOP. YOU HAVE ORDNANCES NOW THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE NEW LAWS.
THIRD AND MAJOR ISSUE YOU HAVE AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE BEEN WAITING, WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE CENSUS DATA TO BE RELEASED. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO REDISTRICT CITY OF FORT PIERCE. SERIOUS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DIFFERENT ONE AND TWO. REDISTRICTING MADE BY YOU OR A COURT. ALL OVER THE NATION I AM SURE YOU WOULD RATHER DO IT YOURSELF. I URGE YOU TO REPLACE ON A FUTURE ISSUE OF ELECTION REFORM PACKAGE.
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WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT.WE WOULD LIKE TO BE AN ASSET. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T GET ELECTION BY CITY OF FORT PIERCE THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE COURT
>> DIANE WILLIAMS JOHNSON. MADAME MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, I STAND BEFORE YOU REGARDING 1309 RUMER HOUSE PROPERTY.
THERE WAS ANOTHER SHOOTING LAST EVENING.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SHOOTINGS LAST NIGHT WE PULLED THE CAMERAS AND LOCATED A POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME AND DOWNLOAD WHAT WE NEED. IF IT WASN'T A GATE, THE FENCE.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON MY PROPERTY.
THEY WERE LIKE IN BETWEEN. THEY CAME IN AND BACKED IN.
THEY CAN SEE THE LONG RIFLES SHOOTING.
THERE WERE THREE-YEAR-OLD BABIES.
10 AND 12 PLAYING. I CONTINUE TO SAY, WORKING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MY HUSBAND WORKING FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WE KNOW SOME OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE OVER THERE. I WAS INFORMED LAST EVENING BY ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES THEY HAVEN'T HAD POWER IN THERE FOR TWO WEEKS. SHE SAID THE POWER CAME ON.
THAT IS NOT HEALTHY. THAT IS INHUMANE.
I TOOK OFF GOING INTO WORK LATE. STILL MAY GO IN AND WORK LATE.
THIS IS SERIOUS. WE CONTINUE TO COME TO YOU ALL, SEND E-MAILS. TRYING TO KEEP THE NEWS, MEDIA OUT BUT I AM FRUSTRATED AND SCARED.
YESTERDAY I WAS GOING TO HAVE MY GREAT NIECE AND NEPHEW FROM VIRGINIA RUN AND PLAY IN MY BACKYARD.
BUT THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD WANTED TO GO TO THE BEACH.
WHEN THIS HAPPENED WE WERE AT THE JETTY.
THOSE KIDS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN MY YARD PLAYING.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING.
I HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WHAT YOU SAY.
I KNOW THEY HAD 60 DAYS FROM THE MAGISTRATE MEETING.
WE CAME TO MARCH. I THINK THE 60 DAYS -- EVEN WHEN THE GUY BUSTED THE WINDOW OUT ANOTHER WEEK, THAT ONE IS STILL BOARDED UP. IT IS CRAZY.
YOU HAVE THE BMW'S, MERCEDES, ALL THE FINE RIDES SOME CAN'T AFFORD GO TO WORK EVERYDAY. WE ARE PLEADING, BEGGING YOU ALL, CMJ AND MR. CRONE NA, PLEASE, WE ARE ASKING.
>> 1812 AVENUE L. I AM SCARED FOR THIS AND PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE PLACES TO LIVE, ROOMING HOUSE THAT IS CO-ED IS NOT FOR THESE CHILDREN. WHEN I GOT HOME I SAW POLICE OFFICERS AVENUE M COMING ON TO 19TH STREET.
THEY WERE THERE UNTIL AFTER 10:00.
SINCE THIS ROOMING HOUSE DOES NOT HAVE POWER OR GOES ON AND OFF, THERE WERE GENTLEMAN OUTSIDE ROOMING HOUSE UNTIL 2:00
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A.M. THERE IS NO LIGHTS IN THE PARKING LOT.THEY WERE INCOGNITO. NOBODY SAW ANYTHING.
THEY WERE BACK THIS MORNING 2:00 A.M.
>> ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION PLEASE COME FORWARD. I WANTED TO SAY I AM ENTHUSIC I AM HAPPY TO WORK WITH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
NICE WORDS ABOUT SPEED AND FINANCES.
I AM HERE IN THE STATE THROUGH JUNE.
I AM HAPPY TO MEET WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY OR TOGETHER.
IF I CAN BE INFORMED OF MEETING SUCH AS THIS I JUST HEARD ABOUT BY ACCIDENT. I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD BE PUT ON THE MAILING OR E-MAIL LIST. ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY?
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? ANYONE ELSE? CLOSE THIS PART OF THE PUBLIC
[6. City Commission Boards and Committees Updates]
COMMENT AND MOVE ON. >> CITY COMMISSION BOARDS AND
COMMITTEE UPDATE. >> COMMISSIONER PERROTT?
>> COUPLE QUICK EXTENDED INVITATION, JACOB WILLIAMS AND MARK MCCAIN. TRYING TO WORK WITH STAFF TO GET THEM ON THE SECOND OF JUNE AGENDA.
DOWN FOR A REPORT. A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.
VERY FOOIM TIMELY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. INTERESTING WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT MANAGEMENT. NEW DIVERSE BOARD NOT IN UNISON.
SHOULD BE LIVELY. I LOVE THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
YOU HAVING DISAGREEMENTS. ONLY GOOD THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THAT. WE HAVE ON THAT, MEMBERSHIP KICKOFF, WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BREWING THERE.
WITH ALL THIS GOING ON, STILL IN THE THEATRE BUSINESS AND MOVING FORWARD. THOSE ARE THE TWO ACTIVE THINGS WITH MEETING COMING UP THIS WEEK ON OTHER ISSUES.
DO WE GET NOTICE OF MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL?
>> I HEARD JUNE FIRST. THAT'S RIGHT USUALLY IN THE SUMMERTIME. PRESENTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORTHWEST PIONEER'S BOARD THAT IS ONE OF THE UNDERTAKINGS OF THAT COMMITTEE. CONTINUE TO WORK AND PROGRAMMING. YOU SAID HOPEFULLY THAT WENT WELL. IT HAD A NUMBER OF LIVELY
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DISCUSSIONS. THEY MADE NEW ASSETS AND THINGS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE THERE. WE ARE COMING UP ON DISCUSSIONS ON PENSIONS. THAT IS IT FOR THAT.I DON'T THINK WE HAVE GENERAL COMMENTS.
I WOULD WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT UNFORTUNATELY TO ECHO.
I WAS IN MY YARD. I HEARD THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FIREWORKS, QUITE FRANKLY BECAUSE OF MOTHER'S DAY. I WENT AROUND THE CORNER.
WHAT I SAW WAS VERY MUCH WHAT THEY DESCRIBED.
UTILITIES SOMETHING I WAS NOT AWARE OF.
THEN THE BULLET HOLES IN THE BUILDING QUITE INTERESTING AND FASCINATING. THAT PROXIMITY OF THAT LOCATION IF YOU DRAW CIRCUMFERENCE, 100 YARDS IN THE DIRECTION WOULD HAVE HIT THE MUSEUM. SOUTH OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT IN LINCOLN PARK. WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
100 MILE YARD CIRCUMFERENCE WOULD HAVE HIT AREAS WITH THE TYPE OF GUN THEY WERE SHOTTING LAST NIGHT, OKAY?
OKAY, THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON?
>> THANK YOU. >> I WAS ABLE TO SHARE ALL THE GOOD THINGS IN OUR CITY SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE ALSO MEETS THAT SAME LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH IT IS BECOMING A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
>> IT IS A 9:00 DBA. >> I MISSED THAT.
I DON'T MIND GOING. >> I WAS GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT, AGAIN, DBA, MIXED EMOTIONS AS ALWAYS WITH DECISIONS MADE FOLKS UNDERSTOOD WHY THEY WERE TAKEN AWAY.
WHY WE CHANGED IT AROUND AND OPENED PUBLIC PARKING BACK UP THERE WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND DID COME AND SPEAK TO US AND SAY THANK YOU AGAIN. MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE.
VERY SUCCESSFUL IN OUR FIRST FRIDAY BACK.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THIS PAST FRIDAY IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED BY THE COMMUNITY. GREAT WEATHER.
GREAT WEATHER. I THINK IT WAS 80°.
>> GREAT LAYOUT. PLAN DID COME TOGETHER.
>> VERY FAMILY FRIENDLY, TOO. >> YES.
WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR MARINA AREA AND PLAZA OUT THERE BY THE WATER AND FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO SPEND TIME ENJOYING THE ATMOSPHERE. LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING
NOTHING TO REPORT OTHER THAN SPECIFICS OF YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO EVERYTHING TRANSPORTATION RELATED.
LOOKING AT THE MULTIMODAL OPTIONS.
I THINK THERE IS A COUPLE PROPOSALS COMING TO OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES WHICH IS OUR BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEES.
IT IS JUST REALLY TRYING TO ROUND OUT EVERYTHING HAPPENING.
A LOT OF DISCUSSION WE KNOW. WE CAN CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND GET FUNDING INTO OUR COMMUNITY.AND SO THAT IS MY PERSPECTIVE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE ARE JUST KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW.
ALMOST WANT TO SAY BACKSEAT PASSENGER, THAT IS NOT TRUE.
YOU KNOW, LITTLE FORT PIERCE IT IS OKAY.
I ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR US TO CONTINUE IMPROVING COMMUNITY.
STAFF AND JACK DOES A GREAT JOB REACHING OUT TO THOSE FOLKS.
TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
TO CONTINUE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. >> COUNTY AND ST. PORT LUCIE
HAVE FOUR. >> IT IS THE CHALLENGE.
TWO OF US, I THINK 11 MEMBERS? 12 MEMBERS
>> WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH STAFF, ANY TIME STAFF CAN EDUCATE US. SOME THINGS WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
I TRIED TO TALK TO HIM AS MUCH AS I CAN TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
RETIREMENT BOARD. BUSINESS INVESTMENTS.
WELL FUNDED THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDRIA DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? SO I'LL FOLLOW UP ON -- I AM INTERESTED IN ELECTION REFORM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET TO THAT. I AM ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE CENSUS SO WE DO. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO NEED HELP FOR REDISTRICTING AND THE OTHER THINGS.
IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BALLOT IN 2022, IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE PREPARED QUICKLY.
DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT KIND OF COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE OR HOW WE WANT TO ADDRESS THAT?
WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT? >> I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO DO IT. >> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DOIT
MADAME, I AM A BIG FAN. IF THEY HAVE EXPERTISE TO HELP US WITH THAT. TALK THROUGH THESE THINGS.
I THINK THE INFORMATION BROUGHT UP BY MR. WILSON BRINGS ABOUT SOMETHING I WOULD ASK OUR CLERK TO BRING BACK AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS SAYING MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THAT AT CONFERENCE AND MAKE THOSE PRESENTATIONS. WOULD BE A STARTING POINT.
SOONER OR LATER. >> TWO OF THEM WORK TOGETHER.
THEY MAKE HIM FOLLOW THE CHARTER.
>> THAT IS GREAT. WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. AGAIN ONE OF THE THINGS, I AM BIG PROPONENT. PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE INFORMED.
WE ARE HERE NOW. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THIS WORD GETS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I THINK WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE IN SHOCK WITH THE CENSUS NUMBERS AND TALK ABOUT THAT THIS PAST
WEEKEND. >> ON THE BOARDING HOUSE THERE WASSEN ILLUSION TO THE FACT DEADLINE COMING UP SOON THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. AT SOME POINT, WE MAY WANT TO START THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE.
NOW SEVERAL POLICE CALLS AND THERE IS A RECORD BEING BUILT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW SOON WE CAN ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IT IS SERIOUS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE ELECTRICITY ISSUE. ELECTRICITY EITHER ON OR OFF.
EITHER PAID YOUR BILL OR HAVEN'T PAID YOUR BILL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT?
>> YES, MA'AM. YOU CODE ENFORCEMENT.
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SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ISSUED DIRECTIVE TO THE OWNER OF THAT DEVELOPMENT OR THAT BUSINESS. SUBSEQUENTLY WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF AN APPEAL. ALL CODE ENFORCEMENT CEASED.NOW WE ARE JUST WAITING THE RESULTS OF THAT APPEAL THROUGH THE APPELLATE COURT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE NOW AS FAR AS A CRIMINAL NUISANCE, I AM NOT KWIE SURE THAT THE INCIDENCE HAVE RISEN TO THE LEVEL. THAT IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS.
I AM GOING TO DEFER TO DEPUTY CHIEF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CRIMINAL NUISANCE. WE HAVE A CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND CAN HAVE A REPORT ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARDING HOUSE.
>> I GOT A CALL LAST NIGHT MYSELF.
PERHAPS SHOOTINGS INTO A BUILDING DON'T RISE TO CRIMINAL
NUISANCE. >> IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD FULL OF
WONDERFUL RESIDENTS. >> THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SERIES OF CRIMINAL EVENTS WHICH WE WOULD WORK WITH CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY CRIMINAL EVENTS. I SPOKE TO THE CHIEF.
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I PERSONALLY HAVE WITNESSED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. I THINK AS I LET THE DATA COME.
WITHIN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, GUN FIRE DRIVE BY AND DEATH ASSOCIATED ON THE STREET. CITIZEN WAS STRUCK BY A CAR AND THE PERSON IS NO LONGER WITH US ON THIS EARTH.
SERIOUS ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE A PART OF OUR COMMISSION. WHAT IS OUR ABILITY TO IMPACT WHAT IS GOING ON THERE? IT IS RUN LIKE A BUSINESS.
LITERALLY I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
I WAS THERE WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE ON AND WHEN THEY WERE OFF.
THEY WERE BABIES THERE. WE NEED TO HANDLE THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I IMPLORE THE RESIDENTS TO SAY WE DON'T WANT TO BLOW THIS OUT OF PROPORTION.
WE DON'T NEED TO LET THE MEDIA DICTATE HOW WE DEAL WITH THIS
WITH OUR CITY. >> APPEAL PROCESS, HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE DO YOU HAVE ANY CLUE? DURING THIS APPEAL PROCESS, CAN THEY BE BUSINESS AS USUAL? THAT IS THE OTHER PART?
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>> WE DON'T KNOW THE BUSINESS. >> FIRST OF ALL TO THE EXTENT, LET'S SEPARATE IT OUT A CRIMINAL NUISANCE.
MAINTAINING A NUISANCE THAT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF THE CRIMINAL DEFENSE AND HAND OUT TO THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THAT WOULD BE OUT OF A CONTROL. CIVIL PROCEEDINGS EMPLOYED.
USUALLY APPLIES TO A BUSINESS. YOU CAN SHUT A BUSINESS DOWN AS YOU CORRECTLY POINTEDED OUT, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.
WE ARE IN A GRAY AREA. THIS IS A BOARDING HOUSE, BUSINESS? RESI RESIDENCE? I DON'T WANT TO APINE FROM THIS SEAT IN A SETTING WITHOUT HAVING DONE SUFFICIENT RESEARCH.
THAT IS ISSUE ONE, ISSUE TWO IS SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS ON APPEAL.
HOW LONG WITH THAT APPEAL TAKE? APPELLANT HAS UP TO 60 DAYS TO FILE INITIAL BRIEF. FREQUENTLY, COURTS WILL GRANT EXTENSIONS. EVEN TO FILE THE INITIAL BRIEF.
WHAT I AM HEARING IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
SOMETHING VERY NARROW IN SCOPE. IT WAS ARE THEY OPERATING AS A ROOMING HOUSE IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY CODES AND WITHOUT OBTAINING PROPER PERMISSION OF THIS COMMISSION IN ORDER TO DO SO. AND SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IMPLICITLY FOUND THEY ARE OPERATING WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY. AS FAR AS WHAT IS GOING ON NOW TO THE EXTEND LIFE SAFETY HEALTH ISSUES ONGOING.
THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE ISSUE AND DIFFERENT ISSUE, I AM SEEING THIS BASED ON A LIMITED ADMINISTRATION.
>> SO HERE IS THE THING IF A BUILDING IS UNSAFE.
BUILDING CAN SAY IT IS UNSAFE. >> I HAVE HEARD BEFORE WE THINK THERE ARE UNSAFE CONDITIONS GOING ON INSIDE THIS BUILDING AND WE KNOW THERE WAS GUN FIRE LAST NIGHT BECAUSE THE POLICE WERE THERE IS THAT CORRECT? THERE OUGHT TO BE SOME WAY TO HAVE SOME KIND OF ACTION APPARENTLY THERE IS ELECTRICITY, NOT NECESSARILY YOUNG PEOPLE AND GUNS AND WHATEVER ELSE IS GOING ON THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPER
OFFICIAL IS. >> AS A MATTER OF FACT, I JUST HEARD THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT GOES INTO THE BUILDING.
IF FOLKS ARE I GUESS LIVING THERE, ESPECIALLY FAMILIES YOUNG AND ELDERLY, THAT POSES A SEVERE PROBLEM UNSAFE SITUATIONS, WE HAVE HAD TO GIVE THEM A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME TO REMOVE THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF THAT. THIS IS ANOTHER AVENUE.
WE HAVE A SITUATION WE HAVE A BUILDING OPERATING AS A BUSINESS WITHOUT APPROVAL IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE PROCESSES TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING. IF IT WAS DONE THE RIGHT WAY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU FOR CERTAIN USE.
IT IS NOW POSING A PROBLEM FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD I AM SAYING IT IS ON RECORD, IT NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED IMMEDIATELY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO. >> MAYBE YOU COULD HUDDLE WITH YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT STAFF. SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED QUICKLY.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE A WEEK FROM NOW.
THIS IS THE PRIORITY. I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
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>> DOES THIS BOTHER ANYBODY? OR IS IT DONE BY A FAULT OF THE BUILDING. I DON'T WANT TO WAIT AROUND FOR ALL THIS STUFF TO HAPPEN. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO ASSESS TO MAKE SURE THIS ESTABLISHMENT THAT HAS ALL THESE PEOPLE LIVING IN IT IS SAFE. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SHUT A BUILDING DOWN BECAUSE OF AN UNSAFE SITUATION.
>> I WOULD ECHO THAT. >> BY DESIGN OR FAULT OF THE
ELECTRICAL SERVICE. >> I'LL ADD TO THAT.
WHETHER IT IS BUY DESIGN OR BY FAULT IT IS UNSAFE.
DOESN'T MATTER WHICH WAY IT IS. IF THERE IS A CONDITION BEING CREATED, IT IS AN UNSAFE ISSUE. WE NEED TO ACT UPON IT NOW THAT WE KNOW BECAUSE NOW WE KNOW. WE HAVE TO DO IT.
I WANT A REPORT IN A WEEK. I THINK STAFF SHOULD OPERATE TODAY FINDING OUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
I HAVE HEARD THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE POWER IS
MAGICALLY OFF. >> THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
>> CREATES OTHER ISSUES OF ACTIVITY.
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON HERE.
>> I WOULD ADD TO THAT ADDITIONAL PARTNERS GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL AS OUR FIRE CODE.
SOMETHING IS GOING ON IN THERE THAT HAD MORE IMMEDIACY FROM SAFETY HEALTH STANDPOINT TO MITIGATE THIS.
>> THROUGH OUR PARTNERS. >> ABSOLUTELY.
I AM DISTURBED THAT THIS THING CAME ABOUT.
THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS LEGISLATIVE BODY POLICY MAKERS THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
AND I AM NOT SAYING RIGHT NOW, BUT AT SOME POINT THIS HAPPENED.
HOW DID THIS HAPPENED? WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? WE DON'T KNOW HOW ARE WHY. SOMEBODY HAD TO SIGN OFF ON SOMETHING. I NEED TO WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
LITERALLY THIS PLACE WAS SHUTTERED 10 YEARS, ALL THE SUDDEN IT IS OPEN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT DOCUMENTS PROCESS TO GET TO OPERATION. SOMEBODY HAD TO TELL SOMEBODY SOMETHING. THIS COMMISSION DIDN'T APPROVE ADDITIONAL USE. THAT BOTHERS ME.
>> OKAY. WE ARE ALL CLEAR, RIGHT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SO I HAD A REPORT, ACTUALLY. I'LL GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION OVER. MAY 19TH.
YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO LUNCH AT THE RIVER WALK CENTER AND HAVE A RUNDOWN OF LEGISLATION AND KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED.
HE HAS UNTIL JUNE 1. HE MAY HOLD OFF ON SOME THINGS.
THAT IS AT THE RIVERWALK CENTER. TREASURE COAST CITIES.
FMIT GOING TO A MEETING JUNE 4TH.
WHAT PAUL THOMAS WAS TALKING ABOUT A A LOT OF HELP GETS THROUGH FMIT. THEY WILL TRY TO VISIT AND GET ASSESSMENT BEFORE THEY -- A HURRICANE.
THAT STARTS JUNE 1. ROUND TABLE I DID ATTEND.
INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE ASKED FOR OUR SUPPORT GOVERNOR SIGNING ALLOCATION FOR THEIR TRADE SCHOOL AND MR. MIMIS SENT A LETTER. I HOPE THE GOVERNOR SIGNS IT.
IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR OUR AREA.
AND I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT PENSION DISCUSSION.
YOU SAID THAT. THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR THE INLET CELEBRATION WHICH WAS A BIG HIT SATURDAY.
DESCENDANTS PHOTO AND BLESSING OF THE FLEET.
IT WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF BOATS IN THE BOAT PARADE.
WATER WAS LOOKING LIKE THE BAHAMAS.
WE PUT OUR BEST FOOD FORWARD. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR PART. NEXT SATURDAY FANCY DRESS BALL.
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19 20S COSTUME AT THE FORT PIERCE YACHT CLUB.COMMISSIONER? >> AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE THE FPPTA CEU'S. THEY HAVE ME IN JAIL FOR TWO DAYS. I SENT THAT TO CHIEF ASPARA.
I WANT YOU BOTH TO REMEMBR WE WERE THE SAME RETIREMENT BOARD BACK ABOUT 12:00-13 YEARS AGO. I AM SAYING WE KNOW IT IS A BIG EXPENSE HAS TO BE EATEN OUT OF YOUR BUDGET.
SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WATCH CLOSELY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE WARNING, I THINK WE SHALL ADJOURN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. CHAMBERS, TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS, YOU CAN TALK TO THEM OUT ON
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.