Dec 14, 2021 FPRA Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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MEETING TO ORDER. THE FORT PIERCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ON DECEMBER 14, 2021. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

ROQUE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM

[2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

>> MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

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

THE PUBLIC. >> THIS IS THE TIME FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COME FORWARD. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. I SEE NO MOVEMENT, SO WE WILL

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

MOVE ON. >> NEXT WE HAVE THE CONSENT

AGENDA. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, OR DOES SOMEONE WANT TO DISCUSS THAT?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

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

[a. CRA Advisory Committee Activity Update by Chairwoman Sabrina Taylor.]

TAYLOR. >> DO YOU HAVE A LEAD INTO THIS?

>> I DON'T. THE CHAIRWOMAN WILL PROVIDE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD.

>> WELCOME, MISS TAYLOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US

TODAY. >> HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

>> SAME TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO BOARD MEMBERS, MADAM CHAIR, I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY COME BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF AN ANNUAL UPDATE OF OUR ACTIVITIES FOR 2021. SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE A COPIES OF IT, IF NOT WE WILL MAKE SURE IT IS PROVIDED TO YOU.

>> WE HAD IT ATTACHED TO OUR AGENDA.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. THE FIVE KEY ACTIVITIES WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, THE FIRST ONE BEING THAT WE RECEIVED, REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED 14 PROPERTIES AS SURPLUS PROPERTIES THAT WERE SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED BY THIS BODY.

SECONDLY, WE IDENTIFIED FOUR CORRIDORS IN THE FPRA DISTRICT AS HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS FOR OUR AREA OF FOCUS.

THOSE ARE ORANGE AVENUE, AVENUE D, 25TH STREET AND 13TH STREET. JUST TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE IDENTIFIED THESE AS HIGH-PRIORITY AREAS, WE STILL HAVE A FULL FOCUS ON OUR COMPLETE SCOPE OF WORK.

THIRD BEING WE PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDS THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT FOCUSED ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. 4TH WE PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE FUTURE UTILIZATION OF FIRST FLOOR OF THE SUNRISE CENTER, AND 301 SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. 5TH AND LASTLY, WE PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE REBRANDING OF THE FPRA AND SUBSEQUENTLY SUGGESTED THE LAUNCHING OF A LOGO CONTEST.

AND SO, GOING FORWARD, FOR 2022, TWO THINGS OF NOTE I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH. FIRST IS, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, 2:00 TO 3:30, SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD NOW MEET ON THE 1ST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, BEGINNING IN JANUARY.

STILL SAME TIME, 2:00 TO 3:30, WITH YOU IT PUTS NEWS ALIGNMENT WITH THE FOCUS OF YOU, OF THIS BOARD, BECAUSE YOU ALL DO MEET ON THE 2ND TUESDAY, SO THEREFORE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE US, BEING CONSISTENT IN OFFERING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AND HOPEFULLY APPROVE.

AND, SECONDLY, I WILL BE CONTINUING ON IN THIS CAPACITY AS CHAIR, SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ME ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO COME AND REPORT ON OUR ACTIVITIES FOR TWO REASONS.

TO MAINTAIN UNITY AND ALSO CONTINUE AN AIR OF TRANSPARENCY.

IF THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL LEAVE YOU.

CONTINUE TO HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY.

>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR THE HARD WORK OF THE COMMITTEE.

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WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

IT IS DEFINITELY MY HONOR TO SERVE.

>> MADAM CHAIR. >> YES.

>> I WANT TO ECHO THAT. A COUPLE OF ITEMS I TICKED OFF BUT IT IS MORE OF A QUESTION THAN CONCERN.

SO WE'RE MOVING TO THE FIRST WEDNESDAY FOR OUR MEETINGS, BEFORE COMING DOWN I WAS REVIEWING THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND I NOTICED THAT A NUMBER OF TERMS ARE UP IN 2022.

>> YEAH. >> SO, ANY PERSPECTIVE FROM YOU, I KNOW THE CHALLENGE IS ON US TO FIND GOOD MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH YOU, AND THEN ALSO THE CHALLENGE OF IT AND THE TIMES THAT YOU DO MEET SO NOW IT'S 2:00 TO 3:30.

SO ANY FEEDBACK YOU CAN PROVIDE US? I SAW FOUR NAMES, I THINK, UP IN 2022 WE WILL NEED TO ADDRESS AND I WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AFTER SHE IS DONE ABOUT WHAT

WE'RE THINKING ABOUT. >> I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. IT CERTAINLY IS TOP OF MIND.

WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS THE PAST TWO MEETINGS SPECIFICALLY OUR NOVEMBER MEETING. ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS LACK OF ATTENDANCE OF EXISTING MEMBERS SO STAFF AND I IT WAS RECOMMENDED WE ADHERE TO THE BYLAWS AND PROVIDE IN WRITING, MAKING SURE WE REACH OUT TO THOSE MEMBERS.

SECONDLY, I TASK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD TO KNOW WE ARE ALL AMBASSADORS SO WE ARE CONSISTENTLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND USE THAT AS A WAY TO NOT ONLY SPEAK OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BODY BUT ALSO HELP TO RECRUIT YOUNG AND ACTIVE TALENT, AS WELL. SO THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

>> AND JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ALSO.

THAT LEADS TO VERY IMPORTANT INITIATIVES AND IT HELPS US MOVE THE CITY BUSINESS OF THE CITY FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FPRA. YOUR INPUT IS VERY VALUABLE TO

ME SO THAT VERY MUCH FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> IN ADDITION, WHAT I WAS GOING TO BRING UP TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING ON THE CITY SIDE, WEARING A DIFFERENT HAT, BECAUSE LIKE TO EXPAND MAYBE SOME TRAINING FOR BOARD MEMBERS, TOO, IF YOU FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT. SO CHANGEOVERS, LIKE COMMISSIONER TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY COMING UP.

THINK ABOUT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT IS RULES OF ORDER IN THE COMMISSION CLAIMER OR ON THE DAIS AND TRYING TO INFORM OUR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS OF WHAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR FROM THE COMMISSION LEVEL SO IF THERE IS INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE TO YOU, I WOULD BE GLAD TO HIP OUT

WITH THAT SITUATION, TOO. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> MAYBE THROUGH MISS COX. >> I WELCOME THAT.

I PERSONALLY AM A LIFE-LONG LEARN NEARLY ME, TOO.

>> IT CAN ONLY HELP. >> ABSOLUTELY.

SO THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE MEETING IN ORDER.

IT IS NOT ALWAYS AN EASY TASK. >> >>: YES, SIR.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YOU HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

>> YOU, AS WELL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING NEW

JANUARY. >> YEAH.

MADAM CHAIR, SO, I WOULD, BECAUSE FOR OPEN DISCUSSION, IT REALLY KIND OF DISTURBED ME WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT LIST AND SAW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING OFF IN EARLY JANUARY FOR THAT COMMITTEE. AND THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING NEW COMMISSIONER COMING ON BOARD THEN AND CERTAINLY THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF THE ONUS OFF, BUT I CAN WE REALLY HAVE TO BEGIN TO START TO LINE UP WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED FOR THESE BOARDS AND TURNOVER. SO MY QUESTION, MRS. COX, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING WORKED OUT, WILL YOU BE COMMUNICATING WITH US ON THAT? IT KIND OF TOOK ME BACK WHEN I

LOOKED AT THAT A MINUTE AGO. >> LATER ON THIS EVENING, THERE IS A RESOLUTION THAT RESTRUCTURES THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD BASED ON THE CONFERENCE AGENDAS.

THEY ARE NOT ALL GOING TO TERM OUT WHEN IT SAYS HERE.

THE NEW TERMS WILL RUN CONCURRENT WITH YOUR CITY

COMMISSION TERMS. >> RIGHT, BUT THERE WERE ALSO SOME PEOPLE ON THERE TIED TO COMMISSIONERS ALEXANDER AND

SESSIONS. >> CORRECT.

>> SO THOSE WOULD COME OFF THEN, OR PERHAPS MAKE BE REAPPOINTED.

IS THAT -- >> PERHAPS REAPPOINTED.

THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I NEED TO GET WITH COMMISSIONER GAINS ABOUT, HE NEEDS TO HAVE HIS LIST OF NECESSARY APPOINTMENTS.

>> THEN WHAT ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT THAT'S STILL SAYING COMMISSIONER SESSIONS ON THERE, AS WELL?

>> I THINK IT JUST SAYS COMMISSIONER SESSIONS BUT THAT

WAS ONE THAT YOU AGREED -- >> OKAY, I THOUGHT SO.

>> THAT YOU AGREED TO KEEP ON. >> OKAY, I DID.

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>> YOU WILL HAVE A REAPPOINTMENT.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REAPPOINTMENT.

>> JUST TRYING TO GET STRAIGHT ON THAT.

THANK YOU. >> WERE YOU LOOKING, JUST SO I KNOW, THAT'S ON THE NEXT MEETING, ISN'T IT? THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING? AREN'T WE LOOKING AT BOARDS AND

COMMITTEES. >> WE'RE DOING ONE TONIGHT, AS

WELL. >> BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME

OTHER ONES. >> MEETING ALL OF THE -- THAT

WILL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING. >> WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR BOARDS WE'RE LOOKING AT, RIGHT? IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY.

>> IT IS ALL THE BOARDS THAT DIDN'T HAVE CONCURRENT TERMS SO WE WILL BE RESTRUCTURING ALL OF THOSE, AND HISTORIC PRESSER VASE BOARD IS THE ONE THAT -- PRESERVATION BOARD IS THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BY ORDINANCE AND THAT WILL COME BACK LATER IN JANUARY. I'VE GOT THE ORDINANCE FINISHED BEES ARE I HAVEN'T ADVERTISED IT YET.

>> I'M GOING THROUGH THE LIST AND TRYING TO THINK OF PEOPLE

GET ON BOARD. >> LIKE SANTA CLAUS.

>> CHECKING MY LIST. >> JUST BECAUSE THE TERM IS EXPIRED, THEY STAY ON UNTIL THEY'RE REPLACED.

>> EVEN RESIGNATIONS. >> NO, THOSE ARE EFFECTIVE WHEN THEY'RE EFFECTIVE. THAT'S UP TO THE ONE RESIGNING.

[b. The Root Project Update]

>> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHTY.

SHALL WE MOVE ON? >> THE NEXT IS THE ROOT PROJECT

>> MR. MIMS. >> MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE FPRA BOARD, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE LINCOLN PARK YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WITH AN UPDATE OF THE ACTIVITIES ON THE 1100 BLOCK

OF AVENUE D. >> WONDERFUL.

YES, SIR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT IS GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE TODAY AGAIN.

>> WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, SIR.

>> YES, BRUCE LEWIS, I'M THE PROJECT MANY FOR ALLEGHENY FRANCISCAN MINISTRIES ON BEHALF OF THE ROOT PROJECT AND WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. 88TH LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT -- YOU KNOW HER WELL. I'M IN LUCK TODAY BECAUSE I THINK SHE FORGOT HER GLASS SO SHE WILL NOT SEE ME MAKE THIS PRESENTATION BUT IT IS GOING TO BE OKAY.

>> WILL SHE BE ABLE TO GET HOME? >> I HAVE MY DRIVING GLASSES.

[LAUGHTER] >> AND TODAY I HAVE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, MR. STEVE COOPER FROM GA GROUP CONSTRUCTION, A LOCAL COMPANY HERE THAT I'M SURE SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW AND BE FAMILIAR WITH. AND MISS SCOTT SITTING AT THE DAIS, AT THE TABLE HERE. TODAY WE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THE ROOT, AND REALLY THIS COMES IN 10 PARTS.

THERE'S THE PROGRAM ATTIC ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, AND THE ALL-IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTION IS TE ROOT ITSELF.

THE MEMBERS, MYSELF, THE ARCHITECT, OUR SPACE PLANNER, G A CONSTRUCTION GROUP, CARDINAL ENGINEERING AND ASSOCIATED AND EDS. ALL THESE COMPANIES ARE LOCAL COMPANIES WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ENLIST THE SERVICES OF RESOURCES HERE IN FORT PIERCE AND ALL OF THEM HAVE PROVIDED REDUCED FEES TO STAY WITHIN OUR BUDGET CONFINES AND WE REGARD THEM AS COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT WE WILL HAVE A SIGN ON SITE LISTING THE LOGOS AND NAMES OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THAT LIST WILL EXPAND, I EXPECT, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. NEXT SLIDE.

WITH THATS, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO MISS SCOTT WHEN WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROGRAMMATIC SIDE OF THE

PROJECT. >> GOOD EVENING.

I'M COLLETA ASK THE HERE REPRESENTING THE LINCOLN PARK YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THE COUNCIL FOR THE COMMON GOOD INVITED THE COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH A BOOM IDEA, SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER SEEN.

LINCOLN PARK YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, WE MADE IT THREW, WE OPEN VISIONED THE ROOT TO BE A SPACE OPEN AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY WITH MARKETPLACES AND FOOD FOR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTERTAINMENT. THIS IS JUST A QUOTE, WE'RE SO EAGER TO BE A PART OF THE CHANGE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SIGH THE ROOT COME TO LIFE AND HAVE AN IMPACT FOR YEARS TO COME. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SINCE WE LAST CAME BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE AHAD SOME AKOCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WE'VE HAD SOME ACTIVITIES ALONG WHAT BRUCE IS

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WE PARTNER WITH THE CITY FOR CENSUS CENSUS OUTREACH. WE WERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'VE HELD DEBATE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NAACP.

WE MAKE SURE TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS CAME OUT OF IT IS OUR BUY BACK THE BLOCK EVENT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. PRETTY MUCH OUR FLAGSHIP EVENT TO DATE IT HAPPENS EVERY SATURDAY, EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 12-15 VENDORS AT THE SPACE.

BEFORE, IT WAS KIND OF ACTIVATED AS IT IS NOW, IT SEN CLOSED RIGHT NOW BUT WE'VE INVITED LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES TO VEND WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE ADVERTISE IT, WE SHARE IT ON FACEBOOK WHO'S COMING, AND THEY ALSO INVITE THEIR FOLLOWERS, THEIR PEOPLE WHO PATRONIZE THEIR BUSINESSES SO WE LOVE THE BUY BACK THE BLOCK EVENT. WE ACTUALLY CANCELED IT FOR THIS, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE 11TH.

MARIJUANALY BECAUSE MS SO MANY OTHER THINGS GOING ON, THE TOY DRIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND IT IS DECEMBER AND PEOPLE WANT TO BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

WE WERE ALL REALLY BUMMED. BUT WE DID SANDY SURVEY OUT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE VENDORS ARE EXPERIENCING AND WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK SO FAR.

WE'RE EXCITED THIS IS KIND OF THE PREMIER OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE ROOT, ALL OF US SHARING TOGETHER, COMING TOGETHER ON A CONSISTENT BASIS WHERE PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS WHERE IT IS HAPPENING AND THIS IS WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS KIND OF SOME IMMARCHS OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AT -- IMAGES OF WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AT THE SITE. WE HAVE A LARGE SIGN BUT IT IS REALLY EVERYTHING SHARING AND VENDING AND BUYING AND SPENDING MONEY WITH EACH OTHER. ONE OF OUR VENDORS WHO HAS BEEN COMING SINCE THE BEGINNING, BLUE CANARY AGENCY, THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THIS PROJECT TO BUY BACK THE BLOCK AND FOSTER CHANGE AND SPIRIT IN LINCOLN PARK AND THAT IS REALLY THE ROOT OF IT, RIGHT, THE ECONOMIC EXCHANGE, HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT THERE FLOURISH.

WE'RE SELLING, WE HAVE CDB PRODUCTS, PEOPLE WITH PURSES AND SHOES, LEMONADE. GREAT FOOD.

WE HAVE GREAT FOOD. OFTEN TIMES PEOPLE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF 9 STREET AT AVENUE D TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE ROOT SITE. IT IS EXCITING AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE ON SECOND SATURDAY.

THIS IS THE CONTAINER, IF YOU REMEMBER THE GROUND BREAKING, THIS IS THE CONTAINER WE PLACED THERE.

THIS IS AN IMAGE OF OUR ARTIST, SHAWN LOGAN, WITH A MURAL THAT WILL BE ON THE LIBRARY. WE'RE VERY BUSY.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ROOT.

WE'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN ON THE SITE RIGHT NOW.

>> THANK YOU, COLETTA. THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU A REFRESH EVERYBODY SLIDE, JUST TO REMIND YOU ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS TEMPORARY AND WILL BE MOVED DURING THE LEASE AGREEMENT TERM, AND WE REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND REFRESH YOUR MEMORY ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL GO OFTEN TO THIS SITE. IT IS GOING TO BE VERY ENERGETIC, VERY ACTIVE. THOSE ARE SOME AMENITIES AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.

THIS IS THE LATEST THING WE'VE DONE TO CONTAIN THE SITE AND SECURE THE SITE. AND, WITH A COMING SOON SIGN.

SO THE SITE IS SECURED, WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SLIDE IS PRETTY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND.

I'LL DRAW ATTENTION TO BULLET POINT BECAUSE THIS MOVED OUT OF THE PRE-PLANNING STAGES INTO THE ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD ACTIVATE THE SITE. ALL THE PRIOR BULLETS ARE INTERNAL DUE DILIGENCE, PRELIMINARY THINGS THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE START TO ACTIVATE THE SITE ITSELF.

SO, WITH THAT SAID, AFTER THE NEGOTIATED FINALIZED LAND LEASE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR APPROVAL FOR THAT ON OCTOBER 27, 2021, WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO LOOK AT THE SITE AND TRY GET SOME THINGS

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AND THE MINARD SITE PLAN APPROVAL WAS 6/30/21.

WE FINALIZED, WHICH WAS A PRETTY BIG TASK FOR US, AND A HUGE EXPENDITURE LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET IS TO FINALIZE ALL THE F&E IMPROVEMENTS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT ELEMENTS LISTED IN OUR BUDGET SO THAT'S ALL OF THE FURNITURE, FIXTURES, TABLES, CHAIRS, SHADE CANOPIES AND THE LIKE.

AND THAT WAS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE LIST THAT WE HAD, BUT I KIND OF PUT A FORCEFUL HAND ON THE LINCOLN PARK PROFESSIONALS TO CONDENSE THAT LIST AND TO BE SURE THAT THOSE ITEMS THEY SELECTED WERE DURABLE AND WEATHER PROOF.

BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS REPLACE THOSE THINGS SO

THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF THAT. >> HAVE A GOOD TIME SHOPPING AT IKEA, ALSO. [LAUGHTER]

>> I AM I'M SURE THEY DID. MOST IMPORTANTLY ARE THE THREE ITEMS THERE THAT ARE IN RED. I PUT THEM IN RED BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH. UP TO A POINT, OUR ORIGINAL CONTAINER SUPPLIER WAS PLAYING PRICE GAMES WITH US.

AND A FEW RED FLAGS WENT UP THAT DRAW TO MY ATTENTION AND SAYS, YOU NOBODY, SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE.

SO I ASKED MY GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND MYSELF, LOOKING AT OTHER SUPPLIERS, AND FOUND THERE WAS DEEP PRICE GOUGING GOING ON TO THE TUNE IN EXCESS OF $200,000. NOW, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR WAS GOING TO SUPPLY THE CONTAINERS ALREADY OUTFITTED. IN OTHER WORDS, ALREADY BUILT, DELIVERED TO THE SITE, ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS PLUG AND PLAY.

BUT THOSE PRICES FOR THE BUILD OUTS HAD MANY, MANY DIFFERENT HIDDEN EXPENSES. SO WE BROKE THAT DOWN AND FOUND IT IS JUST TOO EXORBITANT. TALKED ABOUT THAT AND SAID I WASN'T COMFORTABLE ABOUT IT, SO WE DID SOME COMPARATIVE SHOPPING AND IDENTIFIED ANOTHER SUPPLIER. AND THAT SUPPLIER, YOU KNOW, REALLY PRODUCED SOME COST SAVINGS FOR THE ROOT AND BEING A STEWART OF THE BUDGET AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT FOR MISS SHABAZ, SHE SUPPORTED THAT, SAVING THE MONEY WAS BETTER THAN MONIES LOST THROUGH SOME LEADER OF FATE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. THAT WAS AN EXECUTIVE DECISION THAT WE TOOK PLACE, AND THEN THAT REALLY JUST KIND OF REALLY INTERNALIZED THE BUILD-OUT FOR THE CONTAINERS THEMSELVES.

SO WE BROADENED THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR SCOPE OF SERVICES.

HE WILL BE DOING THE BUILD-OUT AND FABRICATION ON SITE VERSES HAVING THEM DELIVERED AND MANUFACTURED OFF SITE WITHOUT OUR SUPERVISION. SO WE JUST DID NOT TRUST THE ORIGINAL, JUST BASED ON THE PLACE GOUGING SITUATIONS, AND GOING TO PERFORM THAT ON SITE SO THAT I THINK IS A GOOD THING FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THESE THINGS STARTING TO HAPPEN. AND WE HAVE GREATER CONTROL OVER IT. THEN WE FINALIZED THE BUDGET RIGHT AFTER THAT. I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE AGAIN IN MY LIFE BECAUSE I PROBABLY LOST A FEW YEARS OF MY LIFE IN THIS PROCESS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO, HERE ARE THE PROJECT DELAYS THAT WE'VE KIND OF ENCOUNTERED. OF COURSE, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO THE COVID PANDEMIC. IT IS REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, VIRTUAL THINGS AND HAVING TO MANEUVER THROUGH A COUPLE OF EXTRA STEPS IN EVERY PART OF THIS PROJECT. THE PROCUREMENT OF THE CONTAINER SUPPLY REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, SOME SITE PLAN, CIVIL PLAN AND MEP

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THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, SUPPLIER CHAIN, I'M SURE THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED SOME OF THESE THINGS TO SOME EXTENT WITH YOUR SUPPLIERS. LONG LEAD TIMES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. WE, TOO, ARE SUBJECT TO THAT.

ALTHOUGH OUR MAJOR PURCHASE OF THE CONTAINERS IS WHAT'S GIVEN ME SOME RELIEF AND RELAXATION. WE FOUND THAT WE HAD TO DO A GEOTEK EXFILTRATION TESTING AND ALL THAT REALLY IS IS TO CHECK THE AND ABSORPTION OF THE SOIL SO 23 THERE IF THERE IS A HEAVY RAINFALL THERE NO STANDING PUDDLES. NOBODY WANTS TO WALK THROUGH YOUR GALOSHS ON. THAT CAUSED THE CIVIL ENGINEER TO MAKE SOME REVISIONS TO HIS PLANS FOR SUBMITTAL FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT. AND THEN, ALSO, HAVING A GENERAL CONTRACTOR SCOPE OF SERVICES CONVERT TO, YOU KNOW, SELF-PERFORM, YOU KNOW, PERFORMANCE ON SITE KIND OF EXPANDS THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. ALTHOUGH HE TELLS ME THAT HE'S IN BETTER CONTROL NOW SO HE'S GOING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.

AND, WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO INVITE MR. STEVE COOPER UP TO TALK ABOUT OUR REVISED SCHEDULE ITSELF.

NEXT SLIDE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

JAY STEVENS COOPER. YES, I WAS RETAINED BY THE ROOT ORGANIZATION IN LIEU OF BRUCE LEWIS TO TAKE ON THE GC ACTIVITIES OF THIS PROJECT TO KIND OF BRING IT KIND OF CLOSER TO FRUITION FROM A CONSTRUCTABILITY PERSPECTIVE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS, AS MR. LEWIS STATED, WE TRIED TO GET EVERYTHING WORKED OUT CIVIL WISE IN TIEING IN IN COORDINATION WITH FPRA WITH THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS WITH CONTAINER VILLAGES. EVEN THOUGH IT IS TEMPORARY IN NATURE, FROM A SANITARY PERSPECTIVE, YOU HAVE TO DO TEMPORARY VERSES TYING INTO EXISTING.

I BELIEVED IT WAS TIEING INTO EXISTING SO THAT COORDINATED EFFORT WITH EDC, OUR CIVIL YEAR, TOOK TIME, AS A FACT, ON WAIT OVER HERE TODAY, THEY FINALIZED THEIR CIVIL DRAWINGS SO NOW WE'RE PREPARED TO CORRELATE THOSE DRAWINGS WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS AND BE PREPARED TO PRESENT THE ENTIRE PACKAGE TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE FOR PERMITTING OR REVIEW.

SO THIS SCHEDULE LOOKS AS, WE ANTICIPATE GOING IN BY THE END OF THE WEEK, WHICH YOU CAN SEE REFLECTED ON THIS SCHEDULE, WE WILL BE SUBMITTING FOR A BUILDING PERMIT IN THAT REVIEW PROCESS WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GET DONE.

SO WE EXPECT, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WE CAN GET THOSE TURNED AROUND IN A PRETTY REASONABLE FASHION. AND WE SHOULD, I'M HOPEFUL TO BE READY TO BREAK GROUND FROM THE CIVIL PERSPECTIVE, PUTTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UNDER GROUND UTILITIES, SOMEWHERE IN LATE JANUARY. THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE WE'RE USING CONTAINERS, WE'VE PROCURED THE CONTAINERS, SO ONCE WE GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN, IT SPEEDS UP THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THE CONTAINERS IN UNTIL WE GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN. ONCE WE PUT THEM IN PLACE, WE WILL TRIM IT OUT AND THE PROJECT WILL PICK UP SPEED.

WE'RE STILL AT, I THINK, FROM THE TIME WE GET PERMITS ISSUED, I BELIEVE IN 120 DAYS OR SO, WE CAN BE SOMEWHERE TO CLOSE TO GETTING THE LIST OF SOME TYPE OF TC 60 FOR THE SITE TO BE COMPLETED. I'M COMFORT IN THAT BEFORE THE RAIN RAIN RAINY SEASON. I AM ANTICIPATE CONFIDENT BASED ON EXPERIENCE WE CAN TURN THIS PROJECT AROUND AND CREATE A BEAUTIFUL ATMOSPHERE THAT MATCHES SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING DOWN SOUTH AT THE WHARF IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND MIAMI BUT ON A SMALLER SCALE. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I TO. DO.

I GET EXCITED ABOUT BUILDING. THIS HAD TO DO WITH THE PLANNING. IF WE CAN GET OUR BUILDING PERMIT IN PLACE BY THE END OF JANUARY, WE CAN DO THAT, WE CAN MEET THIS TIME SCHEDULE THAT'S BEEN LISTED ON THIS PAGE.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

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

>> SO, JUST TAKE NOTE OF THE SCHEDULE FOOTNOTES MR. COOPER TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT. AND, IT LOOKS A LITTLE AMBITIOUS, BUT NO PRESSURE ON THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PUSH THIS THING FORWARD AND GET SOME THINGS DONE. AND, A LOT OF THE TASKS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY AND PARALLEL, AND/OR SECOND CENT SEQUENTIALLY. SO CONDITIONAL COMPLETION, MARCH OR APRIL TIME FRAME. NEXT SLIDE THIS BRINGS ME TO A COUPLE REQUESTS I WANT TO MAKE AND I THINK MR. NIMS UNDERSTANDS AND HAS BEEN VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE HERE WITH US UP UNTIL THIS POINT. BUT WE WANT TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ONCE WE SUBMIT THOSE PLANS AND GET THE PLAN REVIEW AND SUBSEQUENT BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED PRETTY MUCH CLOSE TO WHAT MR. COOPER WAS ARTICULATING TO YOU EARLIER.

BECAUSE THIS NEXT REQUEST REALLY IS, HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT WE'RE IN, REQUEST FOR WAIVER OR REDUCTION IN IMPACT FEES, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE CITY CAN DO THAT, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS REQUEST.

NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED.

THE JUSTIFICATIONS ARE VERY SIMPLE IN MY MIND.

THERE'S NO REAL VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION AT ALL.

ALL THE STRUCTURES ARE TEMPORARY AND THE UTILITY CONNECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS WILL REMAIN WITH THE SITE.

THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO THE LIMP CON PARK THEATER, MAYBE, MAYBE NOT. BUT CURRENTLY THE FIRST ESTIMATE WE RECEIVED TO THE TUNE OF $3,500, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO PRESERVE THE SCHEDULE, ANTICIPATE ANY OTHER UNANTICIPATED COSTS, FOR INSTANCE, REALLY THE CONTAINERS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE DELIVERED TOMORROW.

AND WE PAID ALL AT ONE TIME FOR THESE CONTAINERS A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND SO EVEN, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY, WE RECEIVED A NOTE FROM THE SUPPLIER BASICALLY SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE GOING TO DELIVER TOMORROW? ARE WE GOING TO LEVEE A DAILY STORAGE FEE ON US? SO WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT NOT DOING THAT.

WE DON'T WANT TO INCUR THAT EXPENSE SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WE WILL TRY WANT TO EXP-E INDICT THE PERMITTING -- EXPEDITE THE PERMITTING REVIEW SITUATION. WE HAVE OTHER THINGS NOTEWORTHY TO THE ROOT FUNCTION AND OPERATIONS.

WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR UPDATE.

I WOULD BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OF ANY OF

US HERE PRESENT TODAY. >> THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER JAY JOHNSON. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT FEES.

WHAT IS THE $5,400 MADE UP OF? UTILITY IMPACT FEES? BUILDING IMPACT FEES? CAN YOU SHARE THAT?

>> MORE TIE DOING TO -- >> YOU NEED TO COME UP TO THE

MICROPHONE, SIR, PLEASE. >> I DON'T RECALL BUT MOST OF THAT IMPACT IS NOT BUILDING RELATED, IT IS MORE WATER AND SEWER, THE FACT WE'RE TYING IN. THE FACILITY IS TEMPORARY.

OF COURSE, ONCE WE MOVE ON AND GOING TO A DIFFERENT SITE YOU CAN CAP IT BACK OFF. SO THE TIE-IN.

BUT IT IS JUST MORE EFFICIENT TO TIE IN OPPOSED TO GETTING TEMPORARY SEWAGE OR SANITARY STORAGE.

SO THAT IMPACT IS TIED TO MORE THE, ON THAT SIDE OPPOSED TO THE

BUILDING DEPARTMENT. >> I REMEMBER WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AVENUE D MOST GOT A WATER METER, AT LEAST A SERVICE CONNECTION FOR BOTH WATER AND SEWER.

IS THAT JUST GOING TO BE A RESIDENTIAL TYPE CONNECTION?

>> WE WILL TIE INTO THE MAIN WATER.

THE MAIN WATER LINE IS RIGHT INTEREST.

THERE. PLUS YOU ALSO TIE INTO THE EXISTING SANITARY. YOU HAVE THE USAGE WHEN YOU HAVE AN EVENT, SO YOU WILL HAVE USAGE BUT ONLY WHEN THEY'RE HAVING AN EVENT. FROM AN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, IT IS STILL THE BEST ROUTE TO GO, TO TIE INTO THE EXISTING

SANITARY AND WATER. >> I REMEMBER THEM BEING ON THE

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WHAT IS EXISTING. >> YES, ON THE AVENUE D SIDE.

>> AND YOUR CONTAINERS ARE COMING SOON.

I TRIED TO PULL UP THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE PEAL FAST, I THOUGHTS WE HAD PROPERTY ADJACENT.

YOU TALKED ABOUT DOING YOUR GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST AND THEN BRINGING THE CONTAINERS. OBVIOUSLY THAT CREATE AS CHALLENGE IF YOU'VE GOT CONTAINERS ON TOP OF THE SITE.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> I WAS THINKING ON THE FLY HERE, I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME PROPERTY NEARBY WE COULD TEMPORARILY STORE THE CONTAINERS ON FPRA PROPERTY.

OBVIOUSLY, BOARD MEMBERS HAVE OTHER CONTINUES AND IDEAS, BUT ARE YOU ABLE TO MOVE THE CONTAINERS IF WE WERE ABLE TO STORE THEM SOFT WHERE IN A COUPLE BLOCKS OR NOT?

>> TALK ABOUT THE CAST COST. >> WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND ONCE YOU PAY FOR THE TRANSPORTING OF THE CONTAINERS, THEY'RE SET, AND THEY'RE SET BY FLAT BED SO IF WE HAVE TO MOVE THEM FROM A TEMPORARY PLACE TO THE SITE, WE'RE GOING TO INCUR THAT EXPENSE. SO, I APPRECIATE THAT OPTION BECAUSE WE MAY COME BACK AND LOOK AT THAT, IF WE CAN'T GET THE CONTAINER SUPPLIER TO JUST SAY, HEY, HOLD THEM FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS. SO I LIKE THAT SUGGESTION.

I APPRECIATE THAT OFFER. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN THAT OFFER DOWN, BUT ALLOW US A FEW WEEKS TO SEE AND GET A RESPONSE FROM OUR SUPPLYER TO SEE, HEY, LOOK, YOU KNOW -- AND I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF COP I THINK IT O TAKE CARE OF A NOMINAL DAILY FEE, BUT IF THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT, WE WILL BE PROBABLY COMING

BACK TO ASK FOR THAT OPTION. >> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST

CONTAINER? >> 40-FOOT NEARLY I'VE SEEN THEM MOVED ON FLAT BED TRAILERS BEFORE.

WE PICKED IT UP AND TRAILERED IT OVER AND UNLOADED AGAIN.

THAT WOULD BE A RESPONSIBILITY, UNFORTUNATELY --

>> THE CRANE SO ONCE THEY GET DELIVERED THE IDEA WAS TO CRANE IT OFF, CRANE IT TO ITS LOCATION SO WE'RE GOING ON WHAT WE CALL PURE FOUNDATION. THE PEER, YOU WILL CONSTRUCT THOSE. THE ONLY THING WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID, RANDOMNESS IN NEGOTIATING WITH THE SUPPLYER TO GIVE US AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS WITHOUT ANY STORAGE COSTS AND HOPEFULLY THEY SHOULD GIVE US AN ANSWER IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS. THEN THE KICKER IS AFTER 30 DAYS SOME TYPE OF MINIMUM CHARGE BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OURSELVES ANOTHER 30 DAYS FROM THIS WEEK HERE WHICH WILL PUT US IN THE POSITION FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE TO ISSUE US, BECAUSE IN A COUPLE WEEKS WE CAN HAVE THAT SITE READY TO BEGAN RECEIVE THE

CONTAINERS. >> AND TALKING WITH MY BOARD MEMBERS HERE, TYPICALLY THEY WOULD HANDLE IMPACT FEES AND THE USER OF THE PROPERTY WOULD CREATE AND HAND ELF THE BUILDING IMPACT FEES, IF THERE IS SUCH, BUILDING FEES AND APPLICATION FEES. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE MONTHLY USAGE. I'M OKAY FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE FOR US AS THE PROPERTY OBSERVATORY HANDLE UTILITY IMPACT FEES BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TO PUT IN A WATER METER AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO FORTH WITH, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD ON IMPROVEMENT OF A PROPERTY THAT'S TYPICALLY THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY, IF YOU WERE GOING TO RENT IT, FOR INSTANCE, YOU WOULD HAVE ALREADY PAID THE IMPACT FEES, BUILT A UNIT AND LEASE THE UNIT OVER TIME SO THAT'S JUST MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE UTILITY IMPACT FEE SIDE. UNLESS THE TILL STILL GOING TO WAVE THE IMPACT FEES, WHICH IS NOT NORMAL, THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION, NOT SAYING THAT IS BUT YOU BROUGHT IT FORWARD SO I THOUGHT I WOULD MAKE THAT COMMENT TO MY FELLOW BOARD

MEMBERS SO THANK YOU. >> MR. NIMS, NORMALLY WE DON'T DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES AT THE BOARD LEVEL.

>> NO. >> THE FPRA BOARD LEVEL.

NORMALLY THIS IS SOMETHING THE STAFF WOULD BE DISCUSSING.

SO I WANT TO KNOW, IS THE IMPACT FEE MORATORIUM IS STILL IN PLACE

IN THE FPRA AREA? >> IT IS NOT.

>> OKAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS.

>> NO, MA'AM, IT IS NOT. NOW, FPRA BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I THINK THAT WE CAN HANDLE THIS ADMINISTRATIVELY.

WE HAVE SOME CONNECTION CHARGES FROM FPUA AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE IMPACT FEES BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NEW CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS, IN ESSENCE, A TEMPORARY

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SO, WE WILL WORK WITH THIS ORGANIZATION AND WE WILL ARRIVE AT A RESOLUTION THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO ALL PARTIES.

I DON'T THINK YOU ALL NEED TO GET INVOLVED, I THINK WE CAN

TAKE CARE OF THIS. >> I WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS NOT BEING DONE FROM THE DAIS AND THIS

SUGGESTION. >> I THINK PAUL THOMAS IS RUNNING DOWN THE STAIRS AS WE SPEAK.

[LAUGHTER] >> I HOPE NOT.

>> HE TOLD US THERE IS CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN'T TOUCH, A DIAL WE CAN'T TOUCH, I WOULD REMEMBER REFER TO STAFF -- I WOULD RATHER REFER TO STAFF, WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS.

THEY KNOW OUR INTENTIONS AND WORK WITH YOU AS A PARTNER

THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. >> THANK YOU.

>> MADAM CHAIR, MY QUESTION, IT HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO SEVERAL TIME ABOUT THE TIMELINE, TIMELINESS OF THIS PROJECT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM STAFF ON WHERE ARE WE IN THIS CRYSTAL BALL, IS THIS EVEN DOABLE. AND BASED ON THIS TIMELINE AND CONTAINERS LITERALLY WAITING ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCKS OUT THERE, ALMOST A SUPPLY CHAIN BACK UP.

[LAUGHTER] >> THE ANTICIPATE IS, YES, IT IS

DOABLE. >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT GOES.

>> HERE IS THE THING, WE WANT TO BE AS HELPFUL AS WE CAN.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> BECAUSE THIS IS A PROJECT WE SUPPORT. AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT WATCHING THIS TO THINK IT IS EASY TO ASK FOR WAIVERS AND THIS AND THAT. WE HAVE TO STICK TO RILES THIS IS BEST HANDLED AT THE STAFF LEVEL AN WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AND LEGALLY POSSIBLE.

>> YES. I WILL SAY THIS, THE FPRA IS OUR PARTNERS AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY AND IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EXPEDITIOUS WAY AS WE CAN.

THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. I'M SORRY THIS EVEN CAME ABOUT.

I THINK A SIMPLE MEETING BETWEEN ALL OF US AND WE CAN TAKE CARE

OF THIS. >> COMMISSIONER.

>> I WASN'T ADVOCATING FOR ANY WAIVERS.

>> I KNOW YOU WEREN'T. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GOT INTO A WAIVER CONVERSATION, I'M NOT EVER IN FAVOR OF WAIVERS AND IT IS OKAY TO ASK FOR IT.

MY POINT, AS EVENERS, WE SHOULD COVER THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE NEW CONNECTIONS AND THE METER FEE IN THE HB 66 RPZ THAT NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED. THEN THE PARTNER AGENCY IN THIS CASE, HE ALL OF THE PARER INS, HAVE FEES FOR REVIEWING THE APPLICATION AND WHATEVER FEES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE REOCCURRING UTILITY BILLS.

THAT'S ALL. >> I KNEW YOU WEREN'T.

I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO BE A SITUATION HANDLED BY STAFF.

A MOTION? >> I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED, MAYBE MISS SCOTT CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION THIS LOOKS LIKE AN EXCITING PROJECT. I THINK IT IS TOO SMALL.

IT IS GOING TO BLOW UP. >> OH, BOY.

[LAUGHTER] >> WE KNOW THAT, WITH OUR MARKET AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT STARTS WITH A SMALL LITTLE, AND IT BLOWS UP ALL OVER THE PLACE. I'M CURIOUS FOR WHAT'S THE PLAN WHEN THIS REALLY TAKES ON? ARE YOU CLOSING AVENUE D?

TAKING OVERALL THE PROPERTIES? >>> THERE IS A MUCH LARGER PLAN FOR AVENUE D THEY'RE WORKING ON IT INCLUDE MIMS COURT.

WE WOULD LOVE, WE CAN ENVISION IT ON THE CORNER OF 13TH AND AVENUE D. IT IS NOT THAT MUCH OF A LARGER SPACE BUT IT DEPENDS. WE INTEND THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS TO BE HERE A LONG TIME. IF IT IS NEXT THE LINCOLN THEATER, SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING TOO SO THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR SOMETHING GRANDER.

I DON'T KNOW, WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT.

>> WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO MAKE ALL THESE GREAT THINGS HAPPEN THE LONG-TERM IMPACT AND HOW CAN WE RELATE THAT TO MAYBE A LARGER SPACE. WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE PARKING ISSUES. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE SAFE. THE SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, THE

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IT HAPPENS TO HAPPEN ON A MAIN CORRIDOR, TOO, SO THIS IS GOING

TO BE VERY INTERESTING. >> WELL, WE DEFINITELY LOVE THE MEENS COURT AREA, 13TH STREET, AVENUE D, SO AS LONG AS WE'RE HERE, WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

>> THANK YOU. >> MISS SCOTT, I WOULD SAY, WHEN IT DOES, IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING, IF IT REALLY GREW, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS A LITTLE BIT OF CROWDED ATMOSPHERE IS LIKE, THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO EXPAND TOO FAST. RIGHT?

>> WE'VE GOT A LEASE FOR FIVE YEARS WITH AN OPTION, SO WE WILL

TAKE IT YEAR BY YEAR. >> RIGHT.

>> IF I MAY, TO MR. NIMS CREDIT, DURING THE NEGOTIATION OF THE LEASE, WE TALKED ABOUT A MOVE TD CONCERN TO ONE DEGREE.

THAT IS, I WANT THIS SITE THAT'S IN PLACE FOR THE ROOT RIGHT NOW TO BE A PLACE WHERE LINCOLN PARK YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR PARTNERS HONE IN ON THEIR OPERATIONAL SKILLS, GET EVERYTHING DOWN PAT, BE A WELL-OILED MACHINE.

AND THAT WAS THE PREMISE UNDER WHICH WE AGREED TO MOVE.

>> FOR RIGHT NOW, THAT'S MUCH MORE VISIBLE LOCATION.

>> FITS PURPOSES VERY WELL. I DIDN'T MEAN RAISE CONTROVERSY

IN THE DAIS. >> WE DIDN'T.

WE JUST WANT ANYBODY WATCHING THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR RULES

FOR THE CITY. >> UNDERSTOOD.

>> AND THE LAWS. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY

UNDERSTANDS THAT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT, IF I COULD.

>> SURE. >> MR. NIMS, IF WE COULD, I DON'T REMEMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT NOW I DON'T REMEMBER.

THE CORNER OF MEANS COURT. >> THAT'S THE 1200 BLOCK.

>> DO WE SURPLUS SELL THOSE OR HOLD ON TO THEM?

>> THEY'RE STILL OWNED BY FPRA, THEY'RE NOT BEEN ADVERTISED FOR SURPLUS. I BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS

AT THE LAST -- >> HE WANTED TO KEEP THEM IN

RESERVE, I THOUGHT. >> I WAS HOPING I WAS ON TASK

WITH THAT. >> WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ENVISIONED THERE IS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.

IT HAS NOT DOOM COME TO FRUI. >> I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP, I THINK THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE CORNER ON THE FRONT AND OF AVENUE D FOR SOME PARKING. WE'VE CREATED PARKING IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE FOR THE PUBLIC.

I CAN SEE THAT BECOMING -- IT IS KIND OF -- IT IS PROBABLY 150, 200 FEET AWAY, MAYBE 400 FEET AWAY.

I DON'T THINK IT IS THAT FAR BUT MAYBE.

IT IS NOT VERY FAR AWAY, A HALF A BLOCK AND IT WOULD BE A GREAT

SPOT FOR PARKING. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT

INFORMATION. >> IF YOU COULD WORK ON THAT LIKE WE HAVE IN OTHER AREAS OF THE STIG.

CITY. >> IN ADDITION ELSE? COULD WE NEED ANY MOTION ON THIS?

>> NO, , THIS IS INFORMATION UPDATE.

>> THIS FEELS LIKE IT IS BECOMING A REALITY.

>> AND A DATE FOR COMPLETION, TOO.

APRIL. GOVERNMENT NEGATIVE MOVES THAT FAST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE SO THIS IS GOOD, INTERESTING.

>> WE SHOULDN'T SLOW IT DOWN. >> IT DID SLOW DOWN.

[LAUGHTER] >> WE HAVE AN ITEM PULLED AT

[d. Resolution 21-18 restructuring the CRA Advisory Committee to establish attendance requirements and revising the terms.]

AS WE SAID EARLIER, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION THAT MAKES THE TERMS CONCURRENT WITH YOUR CITY COMMISSIONER TERMS.

>> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHTY.

ANYBODY WANT TO DISCUSS IT OR MAKE A MOTION?

>> JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> SECTION 2, ABSENCE FROM THREE CONSECUTIVE REGULAR MEETINGS.

WINCE WE'RE DOING THE DIRECT APPOINTMENTS, HAVE WE KEPT THAT

LANGUAGE CONSISTENT? >> YES.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE EVERYTHING TO BE THE SAME

LANGUAGE. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I COULDN'T REMEMBER. THANK YOU.

I THINK IT'S GOOD. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

[e. Update on FPRA maintenance efforts.]

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MAINTENANCE EFFORTS. >> MADAM CHAIR, A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, BOARD MEMBER CURTIS JOHNSON BROUGHT UP ATE PEERRANCE AND MAINTENANCE OF SOME OF THE RIGHTS OF WAY WITHIN THE FPRA BOUNDARIES. OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, SUBSEQUENTLY HAS DONE SOME RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION AS TO HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY UTILIZE FPRA FUNDING TO CREATE A MORE APPEALING APPEARANCE THROUGHOUT THESE MAJOR CORRIDORS AND THROUGHOUT THE FPRA BOUNDARIES IN ALL SO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO

HIM AT THIS TIME. >> MR. WHEELS.

>> THANK YOU, NICK. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE FPRA BOARD. I DO HAVE INFORMATION THIS EVENING. IT WAS OCTOBER WE CAME BEFORE AND HAD SOME CONVERSATION AND SHARED SOME IDEA WHAT IS WE COULD DO. BEFORE TIME GOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM US AND WHILE WE STILL HAVE WIND OF THE GRASS NOT GROWING VERY RAPIDLY, I WANTED TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU AND SHARE SOME INFORMATION WE HAVE AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME CONSENSUS ON HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD HERE.

I DO HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE ESTIMATE THAT I PROVIDED FOR MOWING, IN MY HASTE TO GET THIS INFORMATION BEFORE YOU, I MISSED A VERY IMPORTANT VERBIAGE IN THAT ESTIMATE.

THAT IS PER CUT. THAT IS NOT PER MONTH SO OUR ESTIMATES WE HAVE OBTAINED HERE ARE ACTUALLY 156 AND 120, RESPECTIVELY, FOR THE MOWING OUTLINED.

>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU SAID 156.

>> IT IS DOUBLE WHAT I PRESENTED.

I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WAS A PER-MONTH COST.

>> YES. >> I HAD A CONVERSATION THIS WEEK AND LEARNED THAT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

BUT, IN DOING SO, THE CONTRACTOR DID PROVIDE US SO WE HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE OPTIONS. THE CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE DO ONCE A MONTH CONTRACTED RIGHT OF WAY MOWING, BUT THEY DON'T MOW IN FRONT OF IMPROVED PROPERTIES. ONLY IN FRONT OF VACANT, UNIMPROVED PROPERTIES. BASIS WOULD BE $7,050.

KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS ONE VENDOR.

THIS IS THE VENDOR WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH IT HASN'T GONE UP FOR RFP YET, IT COULD BE HIGHER OR LOWER SHOULD WE GO THAT ROUTE. THIS IS THE CURRENT VENDOR, ONCE MONTH, $7,050. OFF 84,000 A YEAR, ONCE A MONTH MOWING. IF WE GOT BEHIND AND WANTED TO CALL THEM IN ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES A YEAR WHEN THINGS WERE MY AND HEAVY, THAT WOULD BE $9,100 TO DO ALL THE RIGHT OF WAYS IN

THE LINCOLN PARK AREA. >> FPRA?

>> NOT THE EARN TIRE FPRA, ESSENTIALLY JUST THE -- THE LINCOLN PARK AREA. ORANGE AVENUE NORTH TO Q-ISSUE.

>> WHAT WAS THE 7,000? >> OCE A MONTH.

>> THAT COVERED WHICH PARCELS? >> THE SAME, U.S. 1 WEST TO 33RD STREET, ORANGE AVENUE NORTH TO Q.

>> THAT'S NEARLY IF THEY WERE NEEDING IT.

WE HAVE SOME RESIDENTS MAINTAINING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. WE MAY SEE SOME THAT ARE CLIENT MOWING IT CUT BACK AND THAT WILL BE ANOTHER CONVERSATION FOR THE CONTRACTOR, I'M SURE. ALSO PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE, AGAIN, ONLY ONE VENDOR BUT SOMEONE WE CURRENTLY UTILIZE FOR PRESSURE WASHING OF SIDEWALKS. SO EVERYONE IS AWARE, THE ENTIRE FPRA HAS APPROXIMATELY 84 MILES OF SIDEWALK.

THE AREA OF LINCOLN PARK IS ROUGHLY 54 MILES OF SIDEWALK.

TO PUT SOME NUMBERS TO THAT, THE NUMBERS FOR RIGHT OF WAY, OR THE PRESSURE WASHING WERE ACCURATE. I DID CHECK THOSE.

BUT IF WE WERE TO DO ALL 54 MILES, 4-FOOT SIDEWALKS, AND WE'VE GOT AN AVERAGE PROBABLY BETWEEN 45 AND 6.

MOSTLY 4 TO 5. BUT FORK 4-FOOT, 114,000.

5-FOOT SIDEWALKS IS 142. AND 6-FOOT SIDEWALKS IS 171,000.

AGAIN, COSTLY FOR BOTH. THIS IS ONE ESTIMATE PER FIELD

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UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE STILL NOT GETTING VERY MUCH COMMUNE CAUTION AT ALL OUT OF THE DOJ AS TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROGRAM. I DO KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF ADVERTISES CAMPAIGNS TO TRY TO GET MORE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS IN, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT BEFORE TOO LONG WE WILL HEAR SOMETHING. I MEAN, EVEN IF WE KNEW IN 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS, 120 DAYS WE COULD EXPECT THEM BACK, WE WOULD KNOW.

BEYOND THAT INTERNALLY, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE THERE, AS WELL. WE HAVE STARTED A LETTER CREW.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THEM OUT. THIS IS CURRENTLY HANDLED BY TWO TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. WE GOT AFTERNOON AND OLD SIDE-BY-SIDE DESTINED FOR SALVAGE OR AUCTION AND POLISHED HER UP AND GOT HER GOING WHILE WE WERE ALL WAITING A NEW ONE.

THIS IS OUTFITTED WITH RACKS TO HOLD A WEED EATER, EDGER AND BLOWER. WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IS GOING OUT AND COLLECTING AND WEEDING AROUND TELL PERSON TO POLES, SHOULD THERE -- TELEPHONE POLES, SHOULD THERE BE WEEDS AROUND, SO SOMEONE CAN COME THROUGH WITH A MOWER WHILE WEEDING IS DONE AND TRASH PICKED UP, THEY CAN GET A LOT FURTHER ALONG THAN IF IT WAS ONE PERSON ON A MOWER AND TRAILER TRYING TO DO IT ALL. ALSO, WE ARE TAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO PARTNER WITH CAREER SOURCE.

ANY TIME WE HAVE STUDENTS, WE'RE TAKING THEM, GETTING THEM TO WORK. WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT AND WE ARE NOW STARTING TO RECEIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, NEEDING TO GET SOME HOURS IN.

AND WE ARE APUTTING EVERY PAIR OF HANDS WE CAN GET, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT THERE AND GET WORKING.

WE ARE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME GETTING TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES, AS WELL. WE STILL HAVE SOME VACANCIES

INTERNALLY WE'RE TRYING TO FILL. >> SO, IN NORMAL TIMES, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL EVER THEREBY AGAIN, SAY PRE-PANDEMIC, WHAT KIND OF WORK DID WE DO IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING THE RIGHT OF WAYS AND PRESSURE WASHING SIDEWALK. WHAT DID WE DO IN NORMAL TIMES?

>> NORMAL TIMES, MADAM CHAIR, KEEPING UP WITH ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF THEM.

AS FAR AS PRESSURE WASHING OF SIDEWALKS, IT IS AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. NOT PART OF NORMAL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. MOWING IS NORMAL, ROUTINE

MAINTENANCE. >> THANK YOU.

>> MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THIS.

WE HAVE TO START WITH INFORMATION.

WE HAVE TO START UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE FIND A PATHWAY TO GET THERE, SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS AND I THINK THAT'S AT LEAST A START. THAT'S WHAT I WAS AIMING AT SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE AS WE BUILD FOR.

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO PART OF IT AND YOUR CREATIVITY, I DID SEE THE LITTER CREW OUT THE OTHER MORNING, ACTUALLY, ON THE WAY TO OUR CONFERENCE AGENDA. I SAW THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE WEEDER EATER AND THE SIDE BY SIDE CAR SO THAT IS NEW, I HADN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE. I ACTUALLY SAW IT THIS MORNING, I I THINK, TRAVELING DOWN 25TH STREET AS I WAS LEAVING TO GO OUT. THAT IS A MUCH-NOTICED DIFFERENCE IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT IS A GREAT EFFORT TO COORDINATE THOSE EFFORTS AND GET THEM AHEAD OF THE MOW CREWS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAN BE A SEAMLESS PROCESS.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN CREATE SOME LITTER BY HITTING A LOT OF THE PAPER, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THERE SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S ONE WAY OF BEGINNING TO ADDRESS THAT. THE QUESTION YOU BROUGHT ABOUT THE WORK CREW, I THINK MADAM CHAIR THAT WAS HOW WE HANDLED A LOT OF IT, AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE NOW COMPARED TO THE NUMBERS THEN AND WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US NOW.

I GET. THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING MAYBE GETTING THAT BACK ONE DAY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE AT THE

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I'VE SEEN THEIR WORK, IT WAS GOOD WORK, IT WAS CLEAN.

HOW DO WE GET THOSE THINGS DONE HERE.

MY CONCERN, TOO, THIS IS ONE VENDOR WE USE RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE WE WOULD GET OUT OF ANY OTHER PROCESS, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AGAIN THAT THIS IS REALLY KIND OF LOOKING AT THE LINCOLN PARK AREA, THIS 54 SQUARE MILES AND THESE PRICES? OKAY.

WHOA. >> COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU BRING

YOUR MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU. >> IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE, YOU KNOW THAT WE OWN AND IT'S PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THERE IS ALWAYS THE COMPETING NEEDS THAT WE HAVE, AND I'M ONE OF THE GUYS THAT CAME FROM WHERE WE HAD NO MONEY WHAT SO EVER FOR SO LONG TO DO THAT, AND WHEN IT COMPETES WITH PROGRAMS, SO YOUTH PROGRAMS OR PROGRAMS FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THIS IN THESE AREAS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO.

I'M EACH THINKING THERE MAY BE CREATIVE WAYS YOU CAN ADOPT BLOCKS AND WE HAVE PRIZES OR WE PUT UP LIGHTS AND WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU HELP US, WE'LL HELP YOU, ADOPT SOMETHING, TELL US WHAT YOU NEED AND WE WILL GET IN THERE AND DO THAT.

I MEAN THAT MAY BE UNREALISTIC BUT I'M SAYING I WOULD RATHER THINK THROUGH THIS PAROLE PROCESS.

THE DOLLARS DO COMPETE WITH ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE.

AS WE CONCLUDE THIS TOPIC AND GO ON TO THE NEXT, THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO SOUND LIKE IT NEEDS IT EVEN MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, WE ARE AIN THE WINTER SEASON RIGHT NOW, NOTHING IS GROWS RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. I HAVEN'T SEEN MYLAN MOWER GUY IN OVER A MONTH AND IT STILL LIKES LIKE HE CUT IT YESTERDAY. WE MAY HAVE TO REVISIT THIS.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD FROM THE DOJ AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND WE MAY HAVE TO COME IN THERE AND AT LEAST DO SOMETHING FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS TO GET US THROUGH THAT TIME.

>> LET ME CLARIFY. MOWING THE RIGHT OF WAY TO ME, SO FAR, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.

I SEE THEM OUT ALL THE TIME. I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THE MOWING OF THAT. MY MORE CONCERN WAS THE LITTER AND THE SIDEWALKS NOT BEING WALKABLE BECAUSE DIRT HAD ENCROACHED AND CORED OVER OR GLASS AND CHARACTERS CRACD OF THING. I THINK THE MOWING, I SEE THEM ALL THE TIME, I THINK THEY'RE DOING THE JOB OF RIGHT OF WAY MOWING. IT'S THAT SIDEWALK THING AND THE EDGING OF THAT THAT WAS MORE THE ISSUE.

EVEN IF WE FOCUSED ON THAT, BE AGE COMMISSIONER, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT, I'VE SEEN MORE PEOPLE LIKE TO TOMORROW SOME OF THESE STREETS. I THINK THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, IF WE MADE THAT, HAVE RECOGNITIONS AT SMALLER SCALE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALKS CLEANS OR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT SOME OF THE FPRA HAVE MAJOR CORRIDORS SO MAYBE WE FOCUS ON THOSE BUT THE COMMERCIAL PART OF WHAT WE DO, BUT GET THE OTHERS TO BLEND IN AND HELP WITH THAT.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO COME TO AVENUE D

AND WORK ON THAT, AS WELL. >> I THINK ORGANICALLY WE ARE SEEING THIS GET TRACTION. WE HAD A HUGE CLEAN UP ON SATURDAY. FOUR TRUCKS OF MATERIAL WERE REMOVED ON SATURDAY, AND THAT IS ONE SMALL AREA.

WE'RE GETTING MORE REQUESTS FOR ADOPT A ROAD.

THE YOUNG FOLKS THAT CAME BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH, THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THEIR FIRST CLEAN UP AT AT VETERAN'S PARK.

THE MORE WE CAN GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED THE EASIER JOB WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. WE WILL TURN WITH THIS LITTER CREW AND NOW IS HOUR TIME CAPITALIZE AND TRY TO GET AHEAD OF IT ALL. WE'VE GOT OPTIONS.

IF WE NEEDED HELP HERE AND THERE, WE CAN.

[01:05:04]

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. IF THERE IS A CRACK IN THE SIDEWALK AND THE SIDEWALK COULD POTENTIALLY SOMEBODY COULD BE HURT, HOW DOES THAT GET ADDRESSED? MR. REELS OR MR. NIMS, HOW DOES THAT GET ADDRESSED?

>> MIKE KNOWS VERY WELL IF I SEE SOMETHING, I'M GOING TO LET HIM KNOW. TYPICALLY, IF WE ARE ALERT BADE CITIZEN OR WE SEE SOMETHING, WE WILL FIX IT.

A CRACK WILL NOT BE FIXED. >> SOMETHING SOMEBODY COULD SLIP

ON. >> A TRIPPING HAZARD THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. SO E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, TEXTS, HOWEVER. TYPICALLY, THE BEST REPORTERS ARE THE CITIZEN BECAUSE WE CANNOT GO NEIGHBORHOOD TO

NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE IT ALL. >> AS HE MENTIONED, IF WE HAVE A CRACK AND A SMALL, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENCE IN THE ELEVATION OF THE CONCRETE THERE, WE HAVE A SQUARE PFIZER MACHINE WE CAN TAKE AND GRIND THAT DOMED SMOOTH AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. IF WE HAVE ONE THAT IS SEVERELY BROKEN OR POSES A REAL HAZARD, WE CAN GRIND THAT DOWN.

>> TELL ME WHAT THE SIDE BY SIDE IS?

>> IT IS A LITTLE MORE THAN A GOLF CART.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THEM IN THE PARADE.

>> OKAY. >>LIKE A DO YOU KNOW A DO.

>> LIKE A DUNE BUGGY. THERE IS A CONTAINER ON THE BACK OF THE EQUIPMENT, THEY CAN KEEP A TRASH BAG ON WHATEVER ON THE

BACK. >> OKAY.

>> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE GRINDER ON THE SIDEWALK.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS, BECAUSE THERE IS A CRACK THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU REPLACE THE CONCRETE, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT ISIX EXPENSIVE. ON THE PRESSURE WASHING, IT IS TRICKY BECAUSE IT IS EXPENSESIVE AND WHERE DO WE ALLOCATE THE FUNDING. I STARTED LOOKING AT THIS EARLIER AND I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES HERE.

I WANT TO TAKE CORRIDORS, SMALL CHUNKS.

AVENUE D AND 13TH STREET, IF WE WERE TO FOCUS IN ON THOSE SIDEWALKS AND START THE PRESSURE WASHING PROCESS, ADDRESS FLAG RIGHT OF WAY MOWING THAT EXPENSIVE AND MAYBE WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITY IN SOME OTHER DIRECTION BUT MAYBE PUTTING THAT OUT TO TAKE CARE OF THE SIDEWALK SECTIONS, IN ADDITION TO THAT, TYING THAT IN TO MAYBE EVEN 7TH STREET, SO I STARTED LOOKING AT HOW FOLKS MOVE AROUND THE CITY OR HOW I WOULD MOVE AROUND THE CITY. MAYBE NOT ALL OF 7TH STREET BUT I WOULD FOCUS IN ON MAYBE IT IS AVENUE A TO ANTICIPATE D, MAYBE. THE OTHER SECTIONS THAT I WOULD DO AND 88TH LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS ON BECAUSE IT WOULD BE PER FOOT SECTION, I THINK YOU GAVE TO US IS IN OUR MAIN STREET, KINGS LANDING TO CITRUS AVENUE.

SO THERE IS A COUPLE SMALL SECTIONS WHERE MAYBE IF WE HAD THIS CONTRACT LABOR OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF JUST SMALL PORTIONS, MAYBE THAT IS A SMALLER BITE OF THE SITUATION.

AND WE'RE FOCUSED IN ON SOME OF THE MAJOR CORRIDORS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT NATURE, THEN WE JUST TALKED WITH OUR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND THE ROOT PROJECT.

THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN THAT CORRIDOR.

MAYBE IT STARTS CHANGING LITTLE BY LITTLE, IF WE CAN JUST TAKE AVENUE D, MAYBE U.S. 1 TO 13TH 13TH.

I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER, I AM ANTICIPATE JUST SHOOTING OUT AN IDEA. THEN A 2ND STREET SECTION.

MAYBE 7TH STREET, A COUPLE NORTH/SOUTH STREETS OR SMALL OPPORTUNITY IN THE DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, AT WEEK ORANGE AVENUE ALONG THE BUSINESS FRONT OR AVENUE A TOWARDS THE MARINA WHERE FOLKS ARE TALKING ALL THE TIME.

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IT WAS BUSY AND IT WAS FULL OF TRASH CANS WERE FULL.

I THINK WE START TO FOCUS IN ON THE SMALL LITTLE AREAS, WE MIGHT SEE A COST BENEFIT. BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET TO IT. DO YOU THE BEST YOU CAN AND I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE DO, BUT IT IS TOUGH GETTING TO ALL AREAS.

>> IT IS. WE'VE GOT GREAT PRESSURE WASHING EQUIPMENT. PRESSURE WASHING IS TIME

CONSUMING. >> AND YOU NEED SOMEONE TO HOLD

THE WAND TO DO THAT. >> LABOR INTENSIVE.

>> YES, WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

MY INITIAL THING, WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, IS THAT IS AND THS FINANCIAL EQUITY BECAUSE IT IS NOT A REAL -- THIS IS TIME CONSUMING AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DO THIS BUT MAYBE AREN'T LICENSED OR HAVE THE LIABILITY INSURANCE.

THIS WOULD BE A GREAT RFP PROCESS FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SKILL THAT CAN DO IT BUT I THINK WE WOULD RUN INTO THAT ISSUE.

I'M TIGHTERING WITH TEE, HAVE WE CONSIDERED LOOKING AT SMALL ALLOCATION SEE IF THAT WILL WORK TO PUT IT OUT THERE.

THE BIGGEST THING WOULD BE THE WATER.

SO EVEN IF WE COULD SUPPLY THE WATER FOR IT, AND YOU KNOW MAYBE SOME CHLORINE OR WHATEVER THEY USE TO MIX IT WITH TO DO THAT AND GET CREATIVE, AN RFP, THAT IS A AWAY WE COULD STIMULATE OUR ECONOMY IF SEASON WANTED TO TAKE THAT ON.

>> I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS, I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU, I THINK YOU'VE ALL IDENTIFIED SOME POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES. I LIKE THE IDEA OF FOCUSING IN ON THE MAJOR, VISIBLE, HIGH-VISIBILITY CORRIDORS, MAKING THEM AS BEAUTIFUL AS POSSIBLE.

ALOOF THE IDEA FROM COMMISSIONER PERONA, AND MAYOR, WHAT TIME IN ON THIS, AS WELL. YOU ARE IN POSSESSION OF A MAP

THAT HAS ALL THE SUBDIVISION. >> I AM.

I HAVE THE DATA [LAUGHTER]

>> WE CAN ENGAGE THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS TAKE CARES OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

HAVE CONTESTS. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? PEOPLE LIKE CONTESTS. HAVE INCENTIVES.

GIVE THEM CASH. WE WERE DOING THAT WHETHER WE WERE BEGINNING THE RECYCLING PROGRAM AND WE WOULD GO TO FOLKS' HOMES AND GIVE THEM HARD CASH MONEY AND WE HAD A SURGE OF RECYCLE ING. SO THERE IS A POSSIBLE OF DOING WHAT YOU SAID, DOING WHAT YOU SAID, AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, WE NEED TO UPGRADE OUR LITTER AND TRASH CREWS, HAVE THAT ON A RECURRING BASIS. WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, RIGHT, THEY USED TO SAY WHY SHOULD WE CLEAN IT UP, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE IT DIRTY AGAIN TOMORROW BUT THAT'S THE WRONG TYPE OF MENTALITY. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT, DEGREE CONTROL, AND IF WE DO THAT, THE COMMUNITY WILL FOLLOW BEHIND OUR LEAD.

I THINK ALL THOSE COMPONENTS TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK.

>> SO YOU ARE AACTUALLY PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF CHARLENE ADAIST AR WHO DOES THE CLEAN T SOUTH BEACH.

HER WHOLE PREMISE IS IF PEOPLE SEE YOU CLEANING UP, THEY WILL TAKE BETTER CARE OF IT IT DEPENDS ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT, HOW GOOD THEY TAKE CARE OF IT, BUT IT IS CATCHING AND IT SPREADS AND PEOPLE ARE IMPRESSED BY IT.

AND I THINK, IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY, PEOPLE ARE SAYING I WANT TO KEEP MY NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER.

I THINK THAT THERE IS A REAL WILLINGNESS.

AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, MIKE, BECAUSE I THINK WE, AT THE FARMER'S MARKET, WE USED TO OFFER TO PRESSURE CLEAN THE MARINA SQUARE BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE CREATED A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR AND THE VENDORS. I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF WE PAID YOU TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU WERE CONCERN ABOUT THE QUALITY.

I CAN'T REMEMBER, YOU WILL HAVE TO HELP ME.

GO AHEAD. >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE TRIED BOTH.

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MARINA SQUARE. >> BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE, WE'RE THERE EVER SATURDAY AND WE ARE -- WE CREATED WEAR AND TEAR, AS WELL AS FRIG FEST ONCE A MONTH AND OTHER.

AND I ALSO REMEMBER THAT WHEN I I WAS FIRST MAYOR, BEFORE I WAS SWORN IN, POOR ARNOLD GAINS, NEED TO TO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS CLEAN ON ORANGE AVENUE BASE THEY HAVE A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR, GREASE AND PEOPLE DROPPING THINGS.

>> RIGHT. >> SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. COMMISSIONER PERONA.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR ADVISORY GROUP IT SOUNDS LIKE A FUN PROJECT FOR THEM TO LOOK AT AND GIVE US MORE INPUT.

WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE HERE BUT MAYBE THEY CAN WEIGH IN A LITTLE BIT. MAYBE STAFF CAN WORK ON IT, GET A TEMPLATE OUT THERE AND HAVE THEM WORK ON AN ISSUE AND LET'S GET THIS OFF THE GROUND BEFORE SUMMER HITS.

GET MOVING. >> ONE COMPONENT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THAT, TOO. THERE ARE CERTAI BUSINESSES WITHIN THE FPRA ZONE, PARTICULARLY IN THE LINCOLN PARK AREA THAT THE LITTER HAS BECOME THE REAL CHALLENGE.

RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY ATTRACT CLIENTELE.

CLIENTELE UTILIZE THAT AND DISCARD THE LITTER AROUND THESE BUSINESSES. AND I REALLY THINK WE ALSO NEED TO ENGAGE OUR BUSINESSES IN THE FPRA TO BE A PART OF THIS SOLUTION AND HAVE A SEPARATE CATEGORY JUST FOR THEM AROUND THEIR FACILITY IES TO INCENTIVIE THEM TO PICK UP THE LITTER AND MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BETTER. THEIR PATRONS ARE SERVING THEM AND THEY'RE MAKING PROFITS YET THAT STUFF ENDS UP THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS 9 WIND BLOWS AND ORE STUFF.

IF WE INCORPORATE THAT IN BUSINESSES AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS THAT ARE IN THESE BLOCKS, I THINK WE CAN GET A GOOD LIFT HERE. BEGIN, I THINK IT WILL BE THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE YES, THEY WILL SEE YOU PICKING IT UP, BUT US NOT ADDRESSING IT COMPOUNDS THE ISSUE EVEN MORE.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT CONTINUED THE STIGMA OF THE CITY WE'RE TRYING TO OVER COME BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH A CITY PEOPLE TREAT AND IT LOOK AS CERTAIN WAY.

>> LIKE THE 88TH BROKEN WINDOWS.

>> ABSOLUTELY. PLEASE, PROCEDURE.

>> ONE MORE. I JUST WANTED TO -- I LIKE THE RFP IDEA, ESPECIALLY FOR PRESSURE WASHING.

THIS IS A CONTINUOUS SUBJECT OF CONVERSATION.

THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, THEY'VE ASKED ME OR MEMBERS THAT HAVE ASKED NEAR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS OR JUST WHEN I'M WITH THEM IN THEIR BUSINESS OF WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE THAT AREA ALONG 2ND STREET. THE PAVER SIDEWALKS.

IT IS A CHALLENGE. WE DECIDED, I GUESS IT WAS THE FPRA BOARD, DECIDED MANY YEARS AGO TO IMPLEMENT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD, AND THAT IS OKAY IT LOOKS WONDERFUL AND WE ARE IN A GOOD SPOT. I JUST THINK THE RFP, AND I WANT TO ASK THE COMMITTEE LOOK AT IT, BUT I THINK THE RF 63 FOR PRESSURE WASHING DOESN'T NEED TO BE EVALUATED.

WE CAN PICK ONE A COUPLE STREETS OUT AND SEE WHAT KIND OF PRICING WE CAN GET. IF WE THINK WE WANT TO SPEND

THAT MONEY. >> ORANGE AVENUE BETWEEN 2ND AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS FOR SURE.

>> YEAH, RIGHT HERE. SURE.

I MEAN THERE'S -- THAT'S MORE CUT UP IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, SO I KNOW THAT U.S. 1 TO 13TH JUST DID A GOOGLE, 0.6 MILES, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD CONNECT NEAR OUR DOWNTOWN.

THAT WOULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE.

I LIKE THOSE AREAS, FOR SURE, AND I THINK THAT WE CAN GET -- IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO LOOK AT THAT.

>> FUNG WE GET THE MAJOR CONNECTORS, COMING DOWNTOWN.

ORANGE, 13TH AND -- I MEAN, AVENUE D, YOU HAVE THEM COMING

UP. >> NOT OKEECHOBEE SO MUCH.

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>> RIGHT. >> MAYBE THEY TAKE ON THEIR OWN IDENTITY. THEY'RE GOING TO ASK US FOR MORE SIDEWALKS FIRST, BUT YEAH, SURE. THEY'VE ALREADY SAID THAT.

>> GO CLEAN THEM. >> THAT'S RIGHT.

SO I WOULD BE OKAY WITH TRYING TO GET OUT THERE AND GET SOME PRICES ON THAT. WE HAVE OUR BASE UNDERSTANDING WHATEVER THE PRICES ARE BUT MAYBE SOME REAL COMPETITIVE

NUMBERS WOULD HELP. >> SHORT OF DOING AN RFP, WE WOULD BE LIMITED ON A CAP FOR THAT BID.

HOW MUCH MONEY WE COULD SPEND -- >> WHAT IS IT?

>> -- BUT JUST OBTAINING THREE BIDS.

>> WHAT DOES OUR PROCUREMENT MANUAL SAY?

>> WHAT'S THE QUESTION, EXACTLY. >> TO GET BIDS TO DO --

>> THOSE SORT OF THE AVENUE D TO 13TH AND --

>> SO OBTAIN A BID, FOUR BIDS, FOR A SMALL SEGMENT OF SIDEWALK

FOR PRESSURE WASHING. >> PRESSURE COOKING.

>> PRESSURE COOKING? [LAUGHTER]

>> I'M IN. >> I THINK WE MAY BE ABLE TO SIMPLIFY THIS BY GETTING QUOTES FOR PROPOSALS FOR PRESSURE WASHING ON A PER SQUARE FOOT CONCRETE BASIS AND PER SQUARE FOOT BRICK PAVER BASIS. IF WE DID THAT, WE WOULD UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF PARAMETERS WE'RE WORKING WITH.

THE CONTRACTOR WOULD KNOW THE TYPE OF MATERIAL, AND WE CAN CALCULATE HOW MUCH WE WANT TO SPEND.

>> I LIKE THAT IDEA. >> YEAH.

>> OKAY. >> YUP.

SO YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION, YOU JUST NEED -- YOU'VE GOT

DIRECTION. >> IF I REMEMBER, YEAH.

[LAUGHTER] >> HE WILL GO BACK AND PLAY THE

TAPE. >> YOU CLEAR, MR. REELS.

>> VERY CLEAR. I WILL BE CLEAR TOMORROW MORNING WHIFF' GOT MY NOTE PAD WATCHING THIS BACK.

>> WE HOPE OUR CONTRACT WE ARE DOJ, WE HOPE THESE HAPPY PRISONERS COME BACK. [LAUGHTER]

>> WOW. THEY'RE HAPPY?

>> THEY'RE HAPPY OUTSIDE. >> NEXT WE HAVE STAFF COMMENTS.

[a. Highwaymen Museum Grant Application]

>> MR. MIMS. >> MADAM CHAIR, AT THIS TIME 88TH LIKE FOR THE SPECIAL PROJECT COORDINATOR TO COME UP AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE HIGHWAYMAN MUSEUM GRANT APPLICATION. QUITE A BIT OF WORK WENT INTO THIS AND I WOULD LIKE AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

>> YOU THOUGHT WE WERE NEVER GOING TO GET TO YOU.

>> MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN YOUR PACKET THERE IS AND ATTACHMENT. ACTUALLY, THAT IS THE ENTIRE GRANT SUBMISSION. HOWEVER, HE WANTED ME TO PULL OUT THIS PARTICULAR PORTION GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE HIGHWAYMAN MUSEUM, WORKING WITH RED TALE AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE SUPPORTERS OF THE HIGHWAYMAN. THEY CAME UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL DESIGN. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE 3RD REINVESTIGATION OR THE 3RD VERSION, BUT -- THIRD REVISION OR THE THIRD VERSION BUT THIS IS WHAT WE SUBMITTED WITH AN APPLICATION FOR OUR GRANT. WE SUBMITTED IT ON TIME IN TIME FOR THE DEADLINE. AS OF TODAY WE MADE A SOLUTION BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. ORIGINALLY, IT WAS ALMOST $500,000, BUT THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED AND SO THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE REQUESTING FOR THE GRANT IS $483,662. AND THAT WILL ENABLE US TO DO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS GRANT REQUEST, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE TO THIS SITE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY, ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PROPOSED -- OR ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE JACKIE CANEN BUILDING THERE SEVERAL THINGS PROPOSED.

YOU CAN SEE THE ART GUARD ENAND THE VISION FOR THAT IS FOR THE

[01:25:01]

SO EVEN SOME PROGRAMMING FOR OUR YOUNG INDIVIDUALS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE -- WELL, THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS QUITE.

I IMPRESSIVE IN HOW THEY'RE PLANNING TO PROVIDE A FENCE. AND THE FENCE HAS SOME, THE SYMBOLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE USED HAVE MEANING AS IT RELATES TO THE HIGHWAYMAN AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY. WE ENVISION THIS BEING -- HOLD ON, I DON'T EVEN HAVE IT ON PRESENCE DAYS.

THERE. I DO APOLOGIZE.

HERE, LET'S GO PACK TO THAT BECAUSE IT IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE WHAT RED TALE HAS COME UP WITH AS IT RELATES TO THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS BUILDING.

WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE THE BUILDING BY PAINTING IT AND PUTTING A MURAL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT WILL WRAP INTO THE FRONT. THE EXISTING TREES, THE LANDSCAPING THAT THEY HAVE SUGGESTED FOR THIS PROJECT IS JUST GOING TO BE AMAZING. AND ALSO, THE DECORATIVE LIGHTING THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.

WE ARE ALSO PROPOSE ING TO RESEL COAT THE PARKING LOT AND ALSO DO SOME STRIPING. AND THEN JUST MAKE IT LOOK JUST BE A TOP NOTCH FACILITY TO HOUSE THESE VALUABLE WORKS OF ART.

AND THEN, ALSO, TO JUST REALLY BRING SOME ACTIVITY AND IMPROVE THE AREA. THE INSIDE OF THE MUSEUM, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WORKED ON BUT IN TALKING WITH

THE -- MRS. -- >> ARETHA HAIR.

>> YES, ARETHA HAIR-TRUSDALE. THEN WE WORKED WITH LOCAL MY SEEK DIRECTORS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS, PROFESSIONALS WITH EXPERTISE AND HELPING GUIDE US WITH WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.

THE AIR-CONDITIONER REPLACEMENT TO MAKE SURE IT HAS A MUHAMMAD ALIITY CONTROL, SOMETHING THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR A MUSEUM SETTING. LOOKING AT THE ALARM AND A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FOR THE BUILDING.

IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, THE FIRST FLOOR IS IS PRIMARY LOON N AREA SHE ENVISIONS INTERACTING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND GIFT SHOP, BASICALLY TO HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR. THE 2ND FLOOR IS GOING TO BE A GALLERY AND ON THE 2ND FLOOR THERE ARE, I BELIEVE IS FIVE ROOMS AND EACH INDIVIDUAL ROOM WHAT HER THOUGHTS ARE TO FOCUS ON OR HAVE ONE ARTIST AND THEIR WORK BEING ON DISPLAY IN ONE OF THE ROOMS. AND THAT WILL -- THERE ARE 26 THAT WILL CHANGE. AND THEN, THERE IS A MAIN AREA WHERE BY THERE WE USE AS THE MAIN GALLERY AREA.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE A PART OF THE PLANS, YOU SEE OUR BUILDING HAS A LOT OF WINDOWS SO WE'RE LOOKING AT INSTALLING TEMPORARY WINDOW COVERS TO PROTECT THE WORK THAT IS THERE.

WE WILL BE REMOVING THE FLOORING, RENOVATING THE KITCHEN, AND DOING ANY OTHER NEEDED REPAIRS SO THAT WHEN THEY GET THISSING ABOUT THISO BE READY TO MOVE IN.

AND THEY WILL MOVE IN AND BEGIN PROGRAMMING.

OUT GRANT IS UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW, AND I WILL TELL YOU WE SENT IT AHEAD A FEW DAYS AHEAD TO HAVE SOMEONE AT THE STATE TO LOOK AT IT. THEY TOLD US WE HAD A GOOD SUBMISSIONS, AND THEY REALLY COMMENTED ON OUR -- THE NEED FOR THIS FACILITY. AND THEY SAID THAT WE DID A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING THAT AND EXPLAINING THE IMPACT, AND THE INCLUSION OF HAVING A MUSEUM OF THIS TYPE.

[01:30:01]

THAT'S IT. >> SO, I HAVE A QUESTION.

WAS IT DISCUSSED -- WAIT, GO BACK TO THE ARTISTS.

STOP RIGHT THERE. SEE SMITH, HE THAT ROYAL PIONCIENA, THAT IS A HALLMARK OF HIGHWAYMAN AND I WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS DISCUSSED TO HAVE A ROYAL POINCIANA.

>> IT COULD BE MURAL OF THE BUILDING.

>> THERE IS A MURAL AT THE INTERMODAL BUT THAT IS A TRADEMARK OF THEIRS SO I WONDERED IF IT WAS THAT

BEAUTIFUL RED COLOR. >> NOTHING AT THIS TIME IS REALLY SET IN STONE. IT IS BASICALLY THE GRANT FOCUSED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OR THE RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING.

THAT IS THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS GRANT.

WE'RE EXCITED. I'M EXPECTING A GOOD RESPONSE.

>> FROM MY POINT OF VIEW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REPURPOSING A BUILDING THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND IT IS NOT SO GRAND, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD A NEW MUSEUM WITH MARBLE AND LOTS OF SQUARE FEET, SO IT IS A VERY DOABLE PROJECT.

>> YES, MA'AM. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION IS WE HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF SENATOR HARM AND REPRESENTATIVE TRABOLSI. WHEN WE SENT THE REQUEST TO SENATOR HARROL FOR SUPPORT, WE GOT IT THE SAME KAY AND THE

OTHER THE NEXT DAY. >> WONDERFUL.

YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT REACH OUT TO THE OTHERS, LIKE TOBI AND AARON BECAUSE HIGHWAYMAN WERE ALSO FROM VERO AND STEWART.

EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THEM WERE FROM HIRE, SO THAT THEY MIGHT BE

INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US, TOO. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS?

>> YOU DID INCLUDE IN THERE WE HAD THE HERITAGE TRAIL? WAS THAT INCLUDED IN THE NARRATIVE?

>> I BELIEVE SO. THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT BID TO ANSWER ABOUT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT, AND SHEILA DID A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE IT WAS

COMPREHENSIVE. >> IT JUST FELT LIKE HAVING A HER STAND SHOW THAT WE ALREADY WERE INVESTED IN THIS,

PRESERVING THIS. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? EXCELLENT JOB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR -- DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WILL HEAR?

>> NO, MA'AM, BUT I BELIEVE THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL MEET IN JANUARY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY LEARN SOME TIME AFTER THAT. BUT I'M EXPECTING A POSITIVE RESPONSE. BECAUSE WE GOT A GOOD PREVIEW.

>> YEAH. YOU GOT A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM WHEN YOU TALKED TO THEM. GOOD.

>> DEFINITELY. >> MAYBE 25TH IN YOUR STOCKING. [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANYTHING ELSE, MR. MIMS, THAT WAS IT?

SO WE MOVE ON TO BOARD COMMENTS. >> WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.

[b. FPRA Programs & Activities Summary]

B. >> THE FPRA PROGRAMS.

>> UNDER STAFF COMMENTS YOU USUALLY DON'T ITEMIZE THEM OUT.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF YOU WERE FINISHED.

>> I APOLOGIZE. >> YOU'RE NOT FINISHED.

>> I APOLOGIZE. >> PROGRAM AND ACTIVITIES

SUMMARY. >> WE WILL HAVE OUR REDEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST COME BEFORE YOU AND GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE HAPPENINGS OF THE FPRA PROJECTS TO INCLUDE THE LATEST AND GREATEST HAPPENINGS THAT

OCCURRED TODAY. >> I SAW THEM SITTING BACK THERE. I WONDERED IF THEY WERE JUST SO

INTERESTED. >> SO MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE FPRA BOARD, THE NEWEST AND GREATEST HAPPENING BEFORE THIS

[01:35:02]

IT'S BEEN A PUFF 93, AS BAIL ALWAYS PUTS IT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT THROUGH SO WE ARE VERY ENERGETIC AND EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRESS FOR KINGS LANDING A LOT IS HAPPENING WITH MAIN SAIL, AND THE COUNCIL AND THE INCENTIVE PACKAGE THEY ARE REQUESTING. SO WE WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU TO THE CITY COMMISSION? JANUARY AND TO THE FPRA BOARD, TO YOU ALL, WITH THE AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT PROBABLY IN JANUARY, AS WELL. THERE IS REVISED TIME PROVISIONS IN THE AGREEMENT BASED ON STATE OF EMERGENCY.

THAT'S KINGS LANDING. AND BRIEFLY, THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD FOR FISHERMAN'S WAR OF WHARF, IS IT TOMORROW OR TODAY?

>> THE 4TH. >> THIS WEEK.

>> BEFORE CHRISTMAS. >> BUT WE HAVE UNTIL THE 27TH TO CURE ANY TITLE OBJECTIONS SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY WORKING THROUGH THAT. I CAN'T BELIEVE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD IS ALREADY COMING TO AN END, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT FLEW BY.

KEEPING THE COMMUNICATION OPEN WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH HIS ATTORNEY, THE SAME AS KINGS LANDING, SO A LOT OF GREAT PROGRESS THERE.

TURN IT OVER TO THE REDEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.

WE LEGISLATURE A LAUNCHED FAT SAD PROGRAM AND HAD GRATIFIED BACK. I WON'T STEAL HER THUNDER.

>> WE WERE OPEN NOVEMBER 21-24. WE RECEIVED 38 APPLICATIONS FOR THE COMMERCIAL FACADE GRAND. NOW THE APPLICATION PERIOD TO SUBMIT ALL OF THEIR PLANS WITH THE REST OF THEIR DOCUMENTATION HOPED FROM DECEMBER 89 8 AND T WILL BE OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 26.

WE'RE IN THAT APPLICATION PERIOD WAITING FOR THEM TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION ALONG WITH THE PLANS.

>> SO THAT IS A GOOD RESPONSE FROM ALL OVER THE FPRA AREA?

>> CORRECT. >> WE HAVE A MAP.

>> FANCY. >> I LOVE MAPS.

>> WE CAN ZOOM IN. >> WE WERE PLEASANTLY PRICE WITH THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS. IT IS A 50/50 MATCHING GRANT, PRE-APPLICATIONS, I SHOULD SAY. WE REQUIRED A LOT OF INFORMATION. IT WASN'T JUST THROW YOUR NAME OUT THERE. HOW REGOING TO FULLY FUND THIS PROJECT? WHAT ARE THE PLANS YOU HAVE? WHAT'S THE LEASE TERMS? DO YOU HAVE THE OWNER'S PERMISSION? WE HAD A LOT REQUESTED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET PEOPLE'S HOPE UP AND DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE A LOT OF TIME SIFTING THROUGH INELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS.

WE HAVE A GOOD MIX OF USES ANGIE AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS.

>> THE ONE ON THE BEACH LOOKED LIKE THE OLD HARDWARE STORE.

>> IT IS. >> IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD ALREADY.

>> IT DOES. I SPOKE THOUGH THAT GENTLEMAN, ACTUALLY, AND SAID ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS YOU'VE ALREADY DONE DO NOT COUNT BUT HE HAS A LONG FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL.

>> WAY OUT WEST. >> I SEE TWO ON THE BEACH.

>> THE INLET. >> THAT'S THE PARCEL AT THE

INLET. >> PEACOCK ARTS DISTRICT?

>> QUITE A FEW OVER THERE. SEVERAL DOWNTOWN.

REALLY A GREAT MIX. >> YES, A GOOD MIX.

>> AND THEN THE INTERIOR UPLIFT, THAT'S THE NEXT GRANT WE'RE

STARTING. >> WE'RE RELEASING THAT TOMORROW. LAUNCHING THAT ONE TOMORROW.

THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS, AS WELL, CAN RENOVATE THE INTERIOR OF THEIR BUSINESSES OR THEY CAN APPLY FOR GRANTS FOR

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PLUMBING. >> A LOT OF THOSE OLD DEGRADED BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT PEOPLE, THAT ARE JUST VACANT AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET TENANTS IN THERE.

WE HEAR FROM PROPERTY OWNERS, IT IS SO EXPENSE I HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO CODE SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THOSE, CAN I THINK OF MANY THAT NEED THOSE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS.

>> THE MAXIMUM IS $10,000. >> THAT LAB BIG HELP TO THOSE

BUSINESSES. >> THAT IS A 50% MATCH?

>> YES. >> IT WILL BE SENT OUT IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND CREOLE. TARGET EVERYONE.

>> IS THAT ALL? [LAUGHTER] DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TOLLS REPORT.

>> THE COMMERCIAL FACADE GRANT APPLICATIONS, ONCE WE REVIEW THEM, THE STAFF REVIEWS THEM, THEY WILL GO TO THE CRA BOARD IN FEBRUARY AND PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE MARCH FPRA MEETING.

>> OKAY. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR SO 34 APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? AND SO THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD THAT WE CAN'T FUND ALL 34 PROJECTS, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT. WE HAVE $100,000 AND THE MAXIMUM

IS 25,000 SO POSSIBLY FOUR. >> REMIND US AGAIN, HOW DO WE WIDDLE THAT DOWN TO DECIDE WHO GETS THE PROJECT FUNDED?

>> IT IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THE MOST IMPACT, THE LARGEST IMPACT

IN THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. >> AND THERE IS A COMMITTEE

DOING THAT? >> NO, IT WILL BE STAFF.

I WILL WON'T BE PART OF THAT. >> THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD WILL

NOT DO THAT. >> IN THE VALUATION CRITERIA, THEY'RE AWARE WHAT THEY WILL BE EVALUATED ON.

A STAFF COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THEM AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE ANTHEM MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ALL SO IT GOES TO ALL THREE.

>> AT LOVETTING. >> AT A LOT OF VETTING.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> JUST A COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

AND SO I AM AVENUE CURIOUS, DID YOU GET MORE APPLICATIONS AFTER THE VIDEO THAT WE MADE? AT ONE POINT WE WERE STRUGGLING

WITH THAT. >> WE HAD SIX AND THEN AFTER WE

LAUNCHED THAT -- >> THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.

MAYBE WE WILL DO ANOTHER VIDEO. >> WERE YOU IN THE VIDEO IN.

>> I ASK THE VIDEO. >> YOU'RE THE STAR.

>> THAT'S WHAT DID IT [LAUGHTER]

>> GOOD JOB. THAT WAS HER FIRST VIDEO, SHE

DID EXCELLENT. >> SHE DID.

YOU BOTH DID. >> FIRST WEEK ON THE JOB, TOO.

>> IT IS GREAT. >> ARE THERE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE PROJECTS? OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. >> THANK YOU.

I LIKE THOSE RED DOTS, I LIKE THAT MAP.

>> WE WILL ATTACH IT TO THE AGENDA SO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT,

AS WELL. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT, THANK

[9. BOARD COMMENTS]

YOU. >> AND YOU'RE FINISHED NOW? NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO BOARD COMMENTS.

>> SO COMMISSIONER PERONA, HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY?

>> PICKING ON ME FIRST ALL WEEK. >> BECAUSE YOU'RE SO GOOD AT

STARTING US OFF. >> I JUST -- NO, I'M FASCINATED.

I THINK WE'RE MOVING INTO THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

TO HAVE MONEY IN THE FPRA HAS JUST GOT ME SMILING EAR TO EAR AND ALL THE THINGS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WITH IT.

IT IS A LUXURY WE HAVE NOT HAD IN A LONG TIME.

>> WE'VE BEEN IN THE DESERT. >> THESE ARE REALLY GREAT TIMES

TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR THERE WAS AN EVENT THAT TOOK GLASS WEEKEND IN THE FPRA ZONE ALONG THE MOORES CREEK AND IT WAS THROUGH MR. TEMPLETON'S GROUP, REVITALIZE OR RESTABLE.

I THINK I'M GETTING IT WRONG, I APOLOGIZE.

I WAS INVITED AND WENT TO THAT EVENT.

I'VE OFTEN WALKED THAT PATH FOR EXERCISE WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS I AM A PART OF AND WALKED BY THAT AREA AND DIDN'T PAY IT MUCH ATTENTION. IT WAS JUST SOME OVER GROWTH.

BUT WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT AND WHAT I LEARNED WAS AMAZING.

AND, SO, THEY DID A, WHAT THE LANDOWNER'S PERMISSION, THE GUY THAT OWNS IT, DIDN'T HAVE THE MEANS TO GET IT CLEANED UP BUT THERE WAS SOME REAL CHALLENGES WITH ACTIVITIES LITERALLY IN THE BUSHES, AND THERE WAS A YOUNG FAMILY THAT LIVED PROBABLY JUST ACROSS THE GATE FROM THAT, THAT A LADY WITH A COUPLE SMALL KIDS.

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AND SOME NAUGHTY STUFF GOING ON BACK THERE.

THE STUFF THEY TOOK OUT OF THERE WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

BUT IT LOOKS NOW -- >> WHERE WAS THIS EXACTLY?

>> 11TH AND 12TH, LITERALLY THAT BLOCK THERE IN THE BACK.

AND IT IS JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF,

WHAT'S THAT? >> OAKS --

>> EXACTLY. THEY GOT NEIGHBORS INVOLVED.

THEY CAME OUT, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICERS THAT WERE ON DUTY THAT DAY, THEY STOPPED BY AND TOOK FEW PICTURES BUT THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY AND CALLS THEY HAD THAT WAS JUST OVER BURDENED AND IT REALLY WAS PEOPLE HIDING IN THE BUSHES AND PEPPER TREES.

SO THEY CUT ALL OF THAT BACK RIGHT NOW, AND IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY NICE. THEY'VE GOT SOME OTHER PLANS TO DEVELOP THAT AND TURN IT INTO A PRODUCTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE THING, A GROWTH GARDEN OR SOMETHING.

I REALLY WANTED TO SAY THESE WERE REGULAR CITIZENS.

>> WHAT GROUP WAS THIS? >> TEMPLETON IS HIS NAME.

HE HAS A NON-PROFIT, HE MOVED HERE FROM DETROIT AND REVITALIZE, RESTABILIZE, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

HE'S TAKEN THE PRACTICE OF WHAT HE DID IN DETROIT IN BRINGING IT HERE WHERE YOU BASICALLY STABILIZE, BUT YOU HAVE TO REVISALLIZE. THE ONLY WAY IS TO TAKE OLD BLITHE AND CLEAN IT UP SO HIS NON-PROFIT FOCUS ON THAT.

THEY FOUND THIS AREA AND IT WAS THE NEIGHBOR'S NEEDED SOME HELP AND SO THEY GOT OUT THERE WITH CHAINSAWS AND CUT DOWN THESE

PEPPER TREES. >> WONDERFUL.

>> HE HAD THE COORDINATION. THANK YOU, MR. MIMS, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO GRAPPLE TRUCKS AND THEY MOVED FOUR BEDS OF TRASH AND TREES. THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

THAT WAS ALONG THAT WALK PATH THAT WAS SO HEAVILY INVESTED IN THAT THAT MAY BE THE SPUR OF GETTING THAT CLEANED UP AND REALLY BEING UTILIZED FOR HEALTH AND WALKING AND EXERCISE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT IS BEING USED FOR NOW.

AND SO HIS GROUP, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM COME IN AND MAYBE ACKNOWLEDGE THEM SOME POINT IN THE NEW YEAR BECAUSE THEY REALLY DID A GOOD JOB ON A VERY, VERY DIRTY PROJECT.

IT WAS SOME CONTAMINATED WASTE THERE THEY REMOVED.

>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. >> BECAUSE I HAVE SOME PICTURES, TOO, SOME BEFORE AND OF A AND SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE I WILL BE SHARING, TOO SO WE CAN BE AWARE OF THE JOE THIS GUY DID

AND DOLE MORE IN THAT AREA. >> IS THAT IT?

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

>> MOORE'S CREEK, DO WE HAVE ANY COUNTY INFORMATION, OUTSIDE OF SOME IDEAS, A LITTLE WHILE BACK, OF REDEVELOPING THAT WHERE THE OLD FORT PIERCE JAIL USED TO BE HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE

COUNTY? >> THE LAST DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT WAS FOR A HOMELESS VETERAN'S VICTIM AND THAT WAS DEFINITELY NOT WANTED IN THAT AREA AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CONCEPT FOR

DEVELOPMENT SINCE THAT TIME. >> WE HAD THE PRESENTATION THE OTHER DAY AND TALKED ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY SO I WANTED TO SEE IF ANYTHING HAD COME ABOUT WITH THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WAS FOCUSING IN ON MOORE'S CREEK, THINKING ABOUT THAT PARCEL. ARE THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES, ACTUALLY, THERE IS NO MAINTENANCE SHELF ALONG MOORE'S CREEK FROM THE EAST SIDE OF 7TH STREET.

THERE'S REALLY NO GOOD WAY TO MAINTAIN THAT PORTION OF THE

CREEK. >> CORRECT.

I BELIEVE IT'S A VERY NARROW CREEK FROM, I'M GOING TO SAY JUST TO THE EAST SIDE OF 10TH STREET AND THEN WE HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT BALANCES OUT BUT FROM EAST TO 10TH STREET BASICALLY MOORE'S CREEK WE HAVE A STRICT

MAINTENANCE TRACK. >> HOW ABOUT MOORE'S CREEK EAST OF 7 TOTH KINGS LANDING MANATEE CENTER.

>> EAST OF MUCHTH, PART OF THAT PROPERTY -- OF 7TH, PART OF THAT PROBLEM GOES TO WHERE THE CLAM SEED VINTON BUILDING IS AND

US. >> THEY DO?

>> YES, SIR. NOW THE AREA EAST OF U.S.

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>> OKAY. SO, ALL RIGHT.

I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE BREAK WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF MAINTENANCE. BECAUSE THAT AREA GETS OVER

GROWN EASILY. >> YES.

A LOT OF SEDIMENT BUILD UP, YES, SIR.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FLOOD PROTECTION AND THE ESTHETIC VALUE OF IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> IT WAS SOMETHING WHEN I FOCUSED IN ON THE AREA, I STARTED DRIVING THROUGH AND WALKING TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AND IT'S NORMAL.

[LAUGHTER] >> JUST WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN AND COME UP TO 13TH, COME ON DOWN THERE AND CHECK IT OUT.

>> IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SIMS PARTICIPATED.

WE USED TO DO THE QUARTERLY KLEIN QUARTER CLEAN

UPS. >> THAT IS A TIDAL CREEK SO A LOT OF THINGS GET WASHED IN. IT IS OLD IN A FAR FEATURE, EVEN THOUGH IT USED TO BE CURVE YAY HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

>> MY LAST COMMENT, I LIKE THE PRESENTATION HERE TODAY SO I MIGHT REACH OUT TO YOU AND STAFF ABOUT MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC IN FEBRUARY, MAYBE SOUTH BEACH, THAT IS PART

OF THE FPRA. >> WHICH PRESENTATION?

>> I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT YOU PRESENT.

>> ME? >> NOT YOU.

I'M GOING TO GET WITH YOU BECAUSE IT IS YOUR STAFF.

>> YES, THEY WOULD DO A SPECTACULAR JOB.

>> RESIDENTS TO HEAR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE FPRA.

OUT IN THE PUBLIC. THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT HERE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY.

>> THE AND WALL MEETING YOU ARE A-- THE ANNUAL MEETING YOU'RE

TALKING ABOUT. >> DO HAVE THE DATE FOR THAT

YET? >> FEBRUARY 24.

>> THEY WILL DO GREAT. >> AT 6:00 OR 7:00.

>> UH-HUH IS THAT OKAY? IS THERE A CONFLICT?

>> I'M LOOKING FOR THE TIME PUT IT ON EVERYTHING'S CALENDARS

NOW. >> YOU WILL GET AND OFFICIAL

NOTICE. >> I LIKE THE PRENOTICE, THANK

YOU. >> BLOCK IT OUT.

>> TRADITIONALLY, THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE

COUNTY THAT SHOW UP. >> THAT IS A GREAT THAT LITTLE SUMMARY IS GOOD INFORMATION, AND FOR YOU TO SHOWS, YOU KNOW, IF SAD GRANTS AND INTERIOR BUILD-OUT GRANDS THAT MATTERS ALL ACROSS THE FPRA SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU TALK ABOUT THE MOORE'S CREEK AND 7TH STREET, ALL OF THAT TODAY I SENT YOU A LETTER FROM CLINT NOTING THAT THEY WERE MOVES THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS TO THE WILLIAM DANAHOUR BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LONGWOOD MEDICAL CENTER.

THIS MAY BE A VERY GOOD TIME TO REACH OUT TO THETY FROM THE FPRA AND SAY, LOOKING WE HAVE WED THE PROPERTIES, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET IN A PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP THE AREA TO MEET THE GOALS, NEEDS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE FPRA. I MEAN, I LOVE DOING STUFF LIKE THAT IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE KIND OF GETTING TO?

>> I DIDN'T KNOW. >> , BUT YES, JUST SAY YES.

[LAUGHTER] >> I'M GLAD BECAUSE I HAVE A STAMP ON THAT SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK OF THE HISTORY.

I'M GLAD THAT IS HAPPENING. I THOUGHT IT POSITIVED IN THE

WIND. >> THAT'S HUGE.

>> THAT IS HUGE IN THAT ENTIRE SECOND.

THE STATE OWNS LAND IN THERE, THE PARKING LOT CLOSEST TO 7TH STREET. WE HAVE TO INVOLVE THEM, TOO.

THEY PARK THEIR -- IF YOU GO LOOK, THEIR VEHICLES ARE IN AN ACCIDENT AND THEY PARK THEM THERE AND JUST LEAVE IT.

IF YOU GO THERE RIGHT NOW THERE'S PROBABLY TWO OR THREE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY LIKE TO DUMP THEIR

VEHICLES. >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.

JUST SOMETHING POPPED IN MIND, I WANT TO TAG ON TO THAT IF I CAN.

WE TALK ABOUT THE CORRIDORS OF ORANGE NOW BUT I CONSIDER THAT MOORE'S CREEK A CORRIDOR THAT WHOLE WALKWAY.

THAT GETS, UNFORTUNATELY, USED AND ABUSED, AS WELL.

>> IT USED TO BE SO BEAUTIFUL. >> THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE

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PRESSURE WASHES. >> YES, SIR.

ABSOLUTELY. >> I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. SO THIS IS -- I DON'T MEAN FOR THIS TO END ON A DOWNER NOTE AND TODAY I WAS SPEAKING TO SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE SURPRISED THAT THEY WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THIS SUNRISE THEATER HONORING MR. LITTLE.

I KNOW THIS ISN'T ANYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY HERE, BUT HE'S IN A FRATERNITY AND SOME OF HIS FRATERNITY BROTHERS DIDN'T KNOW WOULD BE HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN THERE.

SOME MORE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN INCLUDED.

WHOEVER WE CAN REACH OUT TO TO LET THEM KNOW WHEN THEY DO THIS DON'T MAKE SURE THAT THEY THINK THROUGH THOSE INVITATIONS.

BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN THERE.

>> MADAM MAYOR THAT COMMENT CAME UP TODAY AT THE SUNRISE THEATER BOARD THERE WHERE TO SCHEDULED MEET AND GREETS AT THE BLACK BOX FOR MR. LITTLE COMING UP, AND THEY NEED TO DO THAT, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR THOSE EVENTS.

WITH YOU I GUESS BUT I G, VERY WELL.

>> YAY, AND LOT OF PEOPLE SAW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND I THINK THE MORE PEOPLE, AND I THINK WE JUST NEED BROADEN THE LIST PERHAPS

AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. >> IT IS THE FOUNDATION SING

RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. >> IT IS IS IS NOT ANYBODY HERE.

>> IT WAS MENTIONED AND THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO ASSIST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE REACHING OUT A LITTLE BIT.

>> I THINK IT WAS GREAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO CELEBRATE MR. LITTLE, THEY WANT TO GO TO THE SUNRISE THEATER AND THAT'S

WHAT WE. >> THEY TALKED ABOUT SOME COMMISSIONER GETTING KICKED OUT OF BAND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THEY DIDN'T MENTION THE NAME, CURTIS.

>> JEREMIAH WAS IN THE BAND, TOO.

>> MAYBE SOME DAY YOU WILL HAVE TO TELL US ALL ABOUT THAT.

>> YEAH, SURE, YEAH [LAUGHTER]

>> I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE GONE, TOO.

I COULDN'T BUT I THINK WE MIGHT BROADEN THAT LIST, WITH ST. LUCIE COUNTY, IT IS FPRA AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. >> NO GO AHEAD.

>> I'M DONE. >> IT WAS JUST ABOUT THE TRACKING THE DATA AND THE ECONOMICS SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL REPORT BACK TO THE COUNTY WITH ALL THESE INVESTMENTS WE SHOW THE INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS PROVIDING THE INCREASED TAX REVENUES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> WE'RE USING THE FUNDS THAT WE GET, THE TIF FUNDS WE'RE USING THEM WISELY AND STRETCHING THEM.

>> NOT JUST OUR LITTLE AREA. >> RIGHT:

THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S WHAT THE FPRA DOES.

>> THESE A WHAT WE DO, YES. THAT'S IT, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE. CURTIS, ANYTHING YOU THOUGHT OF?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.