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CITY COMMISSION AGENDA
 

Regular Meeting - Monday, October 4, 2021 - 6:00 p.m.
City Hall - City Commission Chambers, 100 North U.S. #1, Fort Pierce, Florida
 
             
1.   CALL TO ORDER
 
2.   OPENING PRAYER - Rev. Kenneth Mills, Save the Children 
 
3.   PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
 
4.   ROLL CALL
 
5.   APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 
a.   Approval of Minutes from September 7, 2021 Regular Meeting. Click to View
 
b.   Approval of minutes from the September 7, 2021 Budget Meeting, the September 13, 2021 Special Meeting, the September 20, 2021 Special Meeting and the September 27, 2021 Special Meeting. Click to View
 
6.   PROCLAMATIONS
 
7.   LETTERS TO COMMISSION
 
a.   Email from Will Harkness thanking Mike Reals, Public Works Director, and his staff for all of their daily work that has made South Beach beautiful and well maintained; and commending the following Parks Division employees for the outstanding job recently completed on Coconut Drive:  JR Mead, Foreman II, Troy Hall, Chief Tree Trimmer, Delbert Brunson, Equipment Operator III, Jessie Bryant, Grounds Maintenance Specialist, Marcus Sanders, Grounds Maintenance Specialist and Bernard Williams, Grounds Maintenance Specialist. Click to View
 
b.   Email from Peter Byrne commending Miriam Garcia and Latoya Ransom, Deputy City Clerks, for providing excellent service with the Short Term Rental Registration process. Click to View
 
c.   Letter from Doretha Hair Truesdell, President, Original Florida Hall of Fame Highwaymen, Inc., expressing gratitude to the City Manager and Audria Moore-Wells, Special Projects Coordinator, for their efforts in securing the Jackie Caynon Building for the operation of the Highwaymen Museum and African American Cultural Center. Click to View
 
d.   Letter from Mark Music CEO, MMPS Environmental, Inc., in appreciation of the support and service from the City of Fort Pierce that contributed to the success of The Annual Captain Don Voss Fort Pierce Inlet Cleanup Dive. Click to View
 
e.   Transcription of a voice message from Michelle Mayhew expressing her gratitude to Jacolby Washington, Solid Waste Division Manager, for being a diligent worker and promptly responding to her requests. Click to View
 
f.   Letter from Mark Music, President, MMPS Environmental, Inc. thanking Chief Hobley-Burney and the Fort Pierce Police Marina Unit for doing a great job at their first Fort Pierce Inlet Cleanup dive and also thanking Officer Roberto Sarmiento and Officer Brian Avilla who were on duty and did a fantastic job. Click to View
 
8.   ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA
 
9.   COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS

Any person who wishes to comment on an agenda item which is not under Public Hearings on the Agenda may be heard at this time and must sign up to speak in advance. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less, as directed by the Mayor, as this section of the Agenda is limited to thirty minutes. The City Commission will not be able to take any official actions under Comments from the Public. Speakers will address the Mayor, Commissioners, and the Public with respect. Inappropriate language will not be tolerated.
 
10.   MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
 
a.   Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County 2021 Economic Progress Report Click to View
 
11.   CONSENT AGENDA
 
a.   Approve letter of support to the state legislators for the expansion of Project LIFT into the City of Fort Pierce Click to View
 
b.   Approval of a Blanket Purchase Order in the amount of $150,000.00 for services provided by the Sunrise Humane Society for Fiscal Year 2022. Click to View
 
c.   Approve staff recommendation in response to request to reduce demolition and lot clearing fees in the amount of $4,304.33 against 120 N 12th Street, Fort Pierce, FL, Parcel ID# 2409-516-0008-000/1 owned by Sunshine Forever Group LLC, to deny the request and require the previously reduced amount due of $4,304.33 be payable in 180 days. The applicant is asking to waive a portion of the remaining balance due for hard costs related to a demolition lien and lot clearing liens, in the amount of $3,304.33 leaving a balance due of $1,000.00 payable in 60 days, which requires the item be pulled from the Consent Agenda with a direct vote of the City Commission. Click to View
 
d.   Approve the Memorandum of Understanding between St. Lucie County, (St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office), and the City of Fort Pierce Police Department for a Justice Assistance Grant (JAG-Edward Byrne Memorial Grant) for 2021 funds in the total amount of $20,785 to be shared equally between the City of Fort Pierce and the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office ($10,392.50 for each agency) for agency equipment improvements. Click to View
 
e.   Approval of Blanket Purchase Orders for the Indian Hills Golf Course for FY 2022 for a budgeted total of $248,127.29. Click to View
 
f.   Approval to piggyback the City of Vero Beach's annual resurfacing contract no.26-2019 with C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc. Click to View
 
g.   Approval of employment contract between the City of Fort Pierce and Tanya M. Earley, as City Attorney. Click to View
 
12.   PUBLIC HEARINGS
 
a.   Resolution No. 21-R56 and Quasi-Judicial Hearing – A hearing to allow the owners and/or parties of interest in the property identified as 513 N 18th Street to show cause why the structure located on the premises should not be condemned and demolished. Click to View
 
13.   CITY COMMISSION
 
a.   Resolution No. 21-R53 determining that the structure located at 1822 S 32nd Street (carport only) is unsafe and has been condemned in accordance with the International Property Maintenance Code as adopted by the City Commission. In accordance with the International Property Maintnance Code, the Building Official declared the structure an imminent danger and ordered its immediate demolition. Per the Rules of Procedure for Condemnation and Demolition, when such an action is taken, the procedures for demolition shall commence as soon as reasonably possible after the fact. A hearing to determine this matter is scheduled before the City Commission on November 1, 2021. Click to View
 
b.   Resolution No. 21-R54 authorizing the execution of a quitclaim deed releasing a right of reverter and mineral rights for the property located at Sun Citrus Blvd. and formerly known as the Hammond Road Landfill.  Click to View
 
c.   Resolution No. 21-R55 determining that the structure located at 2202 Avenue I is unsafe, has been condemned in accordance with the International Property Maintenance Code as adopted by the City Commission and should be demolished. A hearing to determine this matter is scheduled before the City Commission on November 1, 2021. Click to View
 
14.   COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC

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

Immediately following adjournment, please move toward the doors and exit the chambers.   This allows for the safe and courteous exit of all persons, and those on the dais.  Conversations after the meeting should be held outside of chambers, in the foyer or elsewhere, but not in the commission chambers where lights will be out as soon as the chambers are empty.
 
 
Pursuant to Sec. 2-49, Fort Pierce Code of Ordinances, persons desiring to place an item on the agenda may make written request to the city manager no later than 5:00 p.m. fifteen (15) days preceding the regular city commission meeting. Such request must state the subject matter of the individual's appearance and should include any background materials pertinent to the issue. The city manager shall review the request to determine if the item might be handled administratively or whether the subject matter is an item of city business. If appropriate, the city manager shall submit the item for placement on the agenda to the city clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. ten (10) days preceding the regular city commission meeting. The mayor may impose a time limitation of five (5) minutes, or allow such additional time he or she determines necessary and appropriate for such person to make presentation. All reports, communications, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, documents or other materials to be submitted to the commission shall, no later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday prior to each meeting, be delivered to the city clerk and furnish each member thereof with a copy of the same prior to the regular meeting.

Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, the City hereby advises you that if you or another person decide to appeal any decision made by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at its meeting or hearing, that you or said person will need a record of the proceedings, and that for such purpose, affected persons may need to insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.  This notice does not constitute consent by the City for the introduction or admission into evidence of otherwise inadmissible or irrelevant evidence, nor does it authorize challenges or appeals not otherwise allowed by law. 
 
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons with disabilities needing special accommodation to participate in this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at (772) 467-3065 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

    

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