[e. Approval of site dedication for the Fisherman's Wharf Bulkhead and Boat Ramp Phase II project as required by the Interlocal Agreement with St. Lucie County as part of the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) grant.]

>> COMMISSIONER GAINES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER PERONA AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON. 11 EE IS THE APPROVAL OF THE SITE DESIGNATION FOR FISHERMAN'S WHARF BULKHEAD AND BOAT RAMP PHASE II PROJECT AS REQUIRED BY THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH ST. LUCIE COUNTY AS PART OF THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT FIND GRANTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SHOULD BE THERE IT WASN'T A RESOLUTION, I AM

SORRY. >> MAYOR: YOU FRED THAT ITEM

COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? >> COMMISSIONER: IT IS A QUICK PQUESTION I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE PTO SPEAK WITH MISS EARLY ABOUT THIS. THE CLAUSE SAYS 25 YEARS IS A 25 YEAR AGREEMENT FROM FIND FOR THE COUNTY AND WE DESIGNATE THE SMALL COUNSEL IS THERE AN OUT CLAUSE FROM THE AGREEMENT AS YOU REVIEW THIS?

IT IS A GRANTS. >> SPEAKER: THE SPECIFIC AGREEMENT PHYSICALLY SAYS THAT IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ANY CHANGE IN THE DEDICATION OR IN THE USE OF THE LAND IT'S GOT TO BE APPROVED BY FINES. THERE MAY BE SOME MANEUVERS THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE DOWN THE ROAD IN TERMS OF THAT AND IF WE WANT TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.

>> COMMISSIONER: IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THEM AS AN APPROVAL ASSESS AND NOT NECESSARILY AS A REIMBURSEMENT OR PROBABLY BOTH?

>> SPEAKER: I THINK WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT IT WOULD SATISFY

THAT CONDITION. >> MAYOR: JAVA MOTION TO MAKE?

>> COMMISSIONER: I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

[a. Quasi-Judicial Hearing - Review and approval of an application for Conditional Use and Site Plan (Development and Design Review) submitted by property owner, Fraternia Corporation, and representative, Engineering Design & Construction, Inc., for Flagship Self Storage generally located at 3900 S US Highway 1, to construct a three (3)-story storage building totaling 95,082 square feet and four (4), one (1)-story storage buildings totaling 10,051 square feet with associated site improvements. The property is zoned General Commercial Zone (C-3). Parcel ID: 2434-501-0019-000-3.]

>> COMMISSIONER GAINES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER PERONA AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON. WE HAVE A QUASIJUDICIAL HEARING OF THE REVIEWREVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN REVIEW SUMMIT BY PROPERTY OWNER PER ATTORNEY A CORPORATION AND REPRESENTATIVE FOR FLAGSHIP SELF STORAGE GENERALLY LOCATED AT 3900 S US HIGHWAY 1, TO CONSTRUCT A THREE (3)-STORY STORAGE BUILDING TOTALING 95,082 SQUARE FEET AND FOUR (4), ONE (1)-STORY STORAGE BUILDINGS TOTALING 10,051 SQUARE FEET WITH ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL

ZONE (C-3. >> SPEAKER: THE CITY PLAYS A ROLE WHEN ACTING OUT A LEGISLATIVE AUDIT THE COMMISSION ENGAGES IN LAWMAKING ACT V BY PASSING LAWS AND ESTABLISHING POLICIES. WHEN ACTING AS THIS THE COMMISSION HAS A STRICT PROCEDURAL STANDARD AND BECAUSE I JUDICIAL HEARINGS ARE MORE FORMAL THAN THE REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING.

THEY MUST FOLLOW THE STANDARDS AND DO PROCESS AND THESE DECISIONS MUST MADE ON SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THEREFORE COMMISSIONERS HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT LIKE JUDGES AND LEGISLATORS AND THAT IS WHY WE ESTABLISH UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOLLOWED THIS EVENING AND FINALLY NO ONE SHOULD APPROACH ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION DURING THE HEARING. IF DOCUMENTS ARE TO BE GIVEN TO THE CITY CLERK PLEASE GIVE THEM TO THE SERGEANT AT ARMS WHICH IS ONE OF THE UNIFORMED POLICE

OFFICERS IN THE CHAMBER. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MA'AM.

ADAM CLARK HEAVILY MET THE ADVERTISING AND NOTICE

REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? >> SPEAKER: I HAVE.

>> MAYOR: AT THIS TIME WOULD YOU ASKED THE COMMISSIONERS

ABOUT >> PARTAKE COMMUNICATION?

>> SPEAKER: YES MA'AM COMMISSIONER GAINES? COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? COMMISSIONER PERONA AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON.

>> SPEAKER: WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? PLEASE STAND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO AFFIRM TO SAY THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: MR. GILMORE PLEASE PROCEED.

>> SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON ADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

BEFORE YOU IS A CONDITIONAL USE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION TYPE PLAN AND DESIGN REVIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 900 SOUTH US HIGHWAY ONE FOUR FLAGSHIP US STORAGE PER THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO CONSTRUCT A THREE-STORY BUILDING CONTAINING 5000 FEET WITH STORAGE BUILDINGS TOTALING 10,051 SQUARE FEET WITH ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ST.

JAMES BOULEVARD AND ELK HIGHWAY ONE AND IS APPROXIMATELY 2.6 OR

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ACRES. THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE IS GC WITH GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THE PROPERTY WAS RECENTLY ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND IT ALSO HAS A ZONING OF C-3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL. BEFORE YOU IS THE PROPOSED SITE IMPROVEMENT WITH PARKING. IT IS A FRONT ELEVATION. SOUTH ELEVATION, NORTHERN ELEVATION EAST ELEVATION AND WEST ELEVATION.

THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AN APPROVAL WITH TWO CONDITIONS NUMBER 1, A CERTIFIED LETTER OF COMPLETION BY THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT COST ESTIMATE IN LANDSCAPE ON PURSUING TO SECTION 123 ? 6 REQUIRED BEFORE FINAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND NUMBER 2 PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF ANY SITE CLEARING PERMITS THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A TREE MITIGATION SURVEY AND COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE ARBORIST FOR THE REQUIRED MITIGATION OF THE CITY REQUIRED TREES OPPOSED TO BE REMOVED. THE ACTIONS OF THE CITY COMMISSION OR A APPROVAL. AS WILL BE NEW CONSTRUCTION APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION WITH CHANGESOR DISAPPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION. ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE THE STAFFS

RECORD, SIR. >> SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM MAYOR, I AM BRAD CURRY I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS YOU WOULD HAVE. >> MAYOR: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE

APPLICANT? >> COMMISSIONER: MET AMERICAN ONE QUICK QUESTION. MR. MURRAY DID DOT REVIEW THE DRIVEWAY?

>> SPEAKER: YES WE HAVE HAD A MEETING AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION FOR PERMIT AS WELL.

>> COMMISSIONER: WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR ST. JAMES

DRIVE ON THE NORTH? >> SPEAKER: TO HAVE ACCESS? THE COUNTY WOULD NOT ALLOW IT WERE TO CLOSE. IF WE SHOWED AN CCESS WE WOULD HAVE TO BE A RIGHT IN AND WRITE OUT ONLY WHICH WOULD FORCE TRAFFIC INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO BE A LEFT TURN THEIR.

>> COMMISSIONER: EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A CONNECTION TO THE

HIGHWAY THERE? >> SPEAKER: S.

>> MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> COMMISSIONER: THAT WAS MY QUESTION AND COMMENT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW. I KNOW WHAT IS ACROSS THE STREET AND WHAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE THERE AND I'M LOOKING AT NAVIGATION OF TRAFFIC RIGHT AND LEFT PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO WILL MAKE A LEFT TURN HEADING SOUTH ON US ONE THERE. I GUESS WE LOOKED AT TRAFFIC STUDIES ON THIS AND WE HAVE MET THOSE

SATISFACTORILY? >> SPEAKER: I DID SUBMIT A TRAFFIC STUDY WITH DOT AND THE COUNTY EXTENSIVELY AND THIS WAS THE DETERMINATION FOR THE BEST ACCESS OF THIS PROPERTY.

>> COMMISSIONER: ALL RIGHT. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER GAINES?

>> COMMISSIONER: THIS WAS A QUESTION.

>> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER GAINES USUALLY CANNOT GO BACK TO STAFF BUT YOU CAN ASK THE APPLICANT.

>> COMMISSIONER: I WANT TO READ THIS AGAIN WE HAVE A TREE MITIGATION SURVEY ACCORDING TO THE FORT PIERCE ARBORIST AND I KNOW WE JUST PASSED THE LEGISLATURE IN TALLAHASSEE.

HAVE WE MADE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING ASKING THIS APPLICANT TO DO IS IN LINE WITH THE RECENT -

>> MAYOR: I AM SURE THAT MR. MIMS HAS MADE SURE OF THAT

.[LAUGHTER] >> COMMISSIONER: I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND SAY NO WE DIDN'T DO IT. SO WE JUST PASS

THAT LEGISLATION. >> MAYOR: I JUST THOUGHT OF THAT, TOO. MR. MIMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHIME IN?

>> SPEAKER: MADAM MAYOR CITY OF FORT PIERCE ALWAYS FOLLOW STATE REQUIREMENTS. AS ALL OF THE APPROVED BILLS COME DOWN IT WILL GO THROUGH THE RELATIVE I GUESS THE RELATED DEPARTMENTS AND THEN THOSE RELATED DEPARTMENTS MAKE THE ASSOCIATED CHANGES TO OUR ORDINANCES TO MEET THE STATE STATUTE. AS OF TODAY THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

>> MAYOR: THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT SIGNED IT YET, I THINK.

>> SPEAKER: WE WILL BE PREPARED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REVISIONS

OF THE CODE. >> MAYOR: IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE CITY WHEN IT DOES, YOU ARE RIGHT.

>> SPEAKER: I KNOW THE MANAGER AND CITY IS ON TOP OF THES THINGS BUT I DIDN'T WANT APPLICANT TO COME BACK. AND

SAY THAT IT WASN'T DONE. >> MAYOR: IT NEVER HURTS TO BRING IT UP IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, TREES ARE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP. ANY OTHER

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QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IF THERE IS PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE - PLEASE, DON'T START TALKING GOOD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND SAY YOUR NAME WERE YOU SWORN IN? OKAY WOULD YOU LIKE TO

TALK ON THE SUBJECT? >> SPEAKER: I JUST HAVE A

COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR: COME UP LET HER SWEAR YOU IN AND THEN YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.

>> SPEAKER: GO TO THE MICROPHONE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH

AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> YES.

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

>> SPEAKER: TURN AND I CAN BE THE SURVEY MARKERS THAT THEY PUT UP AND WHATNOT AND I AM SURPRISED MY NEIGHBORS WERE ALL HERE BECAUSE WE HAD A POWWOW OVER THERE AND WHATNOT AND ONE OF MY BIGGEST ISSUES THAT HAD WAS ONCE AGAIN THE ON-AND-OFF MAKING THAT LEFT OUT OF ST. JAMES TO HEAD BACK DOWN SOUTH. IT WAS AN ISSUE AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAD IN THE NEXT ONE IS RAIN RUNOFF. IF YOU PUT THAT PARKING THERE WE WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THE RAIN RUNOFF WAS BECAUSE IT TURNS OUR STREET INTO A SWAMP BECAUSE IT DRAINS FROM ROUTE ONE TOWARDS THE EAST. WE WERE SAYING IT USED TO BE A DRAINAGE DITCH ON THE OTHER SIDE BUT IT HAS BEEN OVERGROWN FOR MANY OF YEARS

THAT IT FLOODS US OUT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. WE WILL TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS LATER. THANK YOU. ANYTHING

ELSE? >> SPEAKER: THE TRAFFIC. THEY ARE HAVING AN EXIT COMING ONTO ROUTE ONE AND NOT ST. FRANCIS

IS THAT CORRECT? >> MAYOR: I WILL LET THE APPLICANT REPLY TO THAT WHEN YOU GET THROUGH WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT IT?

>> SPEAKER: I HAVE AN AUTISTIC CHILD AND I DO NOT WANT HER IN

TROUBLE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH IF THE APPLICANT COME BACK UP MAYBE YOU COULD HELP US ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?

>> SPEAKER: AGAIN, GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. FOR THE RECORD BRAD CURRY. THE TRAFFIC FOR SELF STORAGE USE THIS PROPERTY HAD HAD GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST USED CODES THE COUNTY HAS. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP ON THIS PROPERTY AND IT HAS 100 USES PEER SELF STORAGE IS WHAT IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO BE PROPOSED TO THIS PROJECT AND MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT SELF STORAGE IS ONE OF THE LOWEST GENERATED TRAFFICS IN THE DISTRICT. FROM A TRAFFIC STAND POINT I ALWAYS TELL RESIDENTS BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT COMES ACROSS AS NOT BEING NICE BUT YOU COULD HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS PROPERTY EXCEPT FOR BEING VACANT. IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF WHAT TO PUT ON THIS PROPERTY BEING A NEIGHBOR A SELF STORAGE FACILITY IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST FACILITIES YOU CAN HAVE.

THEY ARE QUIET THEY TYPICALLY DON'T GENERATE TRAFFIC AND WELL MAINTAINED. SELF STORAGE IS A PRETTY GOOD PROJECT. WE ARE ABOUT 70 FEET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE WHERE OUR BUILDING STARTS AND OF THAT AREA WHERE THE THREE-STORY WELDING STARTS WILL BE STORMWATER RETENTION AREA. I TELL PEOPLE AS WELL SITES IN FLORIDA THINK OF THEM AS A SWIMMING POOL. ANY DROP OF WATER THAT LANDS ON THE SITE HAS TO BE STORED BEFORE IT RUNS OFF THE PROPERTY. OUR OUTFALL TO THE PROPERTY IS TO THE SOUTH INTO THE EXISTING CANAL TO THE SOUTH THE DRAINAGE WILL ACTUALLY GET THAT ARE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE CURRENTLY WOULD ASSUME THAT THE PROJECT WATER SHEET FLOWS OFF THE PROPERTY ONTO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND NOW WERE GOING TO HAVE TO COLLECT ALL THE WATER THAT GOES ONTO THIS PROPERTY ON THE STORMWATER AREA. IT WILL BE STORED FOR CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AFTER THE 100 YEAR FLOOD AND THEN OUTFALL TO THE DITCH ON THE SOUTH THE STORMWATER WILL GET BETTER. AS PART OF THIS WE ARE PROPOSING TO INSTALL A SIDEWALK ON THE STREET BEHIND US SO THE FOLKS WILL GET A BRAND-NEW SIDEWALK ON OUR SIDE OF THE STREET WHICH WAS A REQUIREMENT OF THE COUNTY.

>> MAYOR: HE ASKED ABOUT A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN THAT IS SOME THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL AS THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION? >> SPEAKER: DOT WOULD NEED A STUDY TO DETERMINE IF THE SIGNAL IS WARRANTED IN THE USUALLY DON'T ALLOW A SIGNAL TO BE THERE UNTIL IT'S WARRANTED AND WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING IS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC GENERATED ON THE PROPERTY. AT THIS TIME HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A SINGLE WARRANT AT THAT INTERSECTION.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. B-2 WE DO HAVE A PICTURE AND A DIAGRAM WOULD YOU POINT TO THE SIDEWALK AREA YOU COULD SO YOU CAN PUT YOUR CURSOR THERE TO PUT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AT

EASE? >> SPEAKER: THIS IS ST. FRANCIS

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AND THIS IS A SIDEWALK ALONG ST. FRANCIS THIS IS THE STORMWATER AREA. ALL OF THIS WATER WILL BE DISCHARGED HERE TO THE SOUTH. AND, THIS IS A THREE-STORY BUILDING. IT'S ABOUT 70 FEET FROM THE BUILDING TO THE PROPERTY LINE THEN YOU HAVE A SIDEWALK THEN YOU HAVE ST. FRANCIS.

>> MAYOR: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THE SUBJECT PLEASE COME FORWARD. . SEEING NO ONE I WILL 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.ISCELLANEOUS REPORTS A.

RESENTATION OF INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE'S PROMISE PROGRAM BY DR. TIMOTHY E. MOORE, PRESIDENT. CLICK TO VIEW 11.ONSENT AGENDA A.PPROVE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE TO REDUCE CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,580.00, AGAINST 3103 HIBISCUS AVENUE, FORT PIERCE, FL 34950 - PARCEL ID NUMBER 2417-515-0042-000/3, OWNED BY WILLIE D. SINGLETARY, TO $1,400.00, TO BE PAID WITHIN 6 MONTHS. CLICK TO VIEW B.PPROVE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE TO REDUCE CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN IN COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO COME ALSO WAS SOME SORT OF CURBING AND DRAINAGE THE SIDEWALK THAT WILL BE THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THAT EXTENDS IN THAT AREA THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRAVERSE. AS I LOOK AT IT NOW IT IS JUST A COUNTY ROAD WITH NO OTHER MARKINGS. MAYBE THAT WILL SPUR SOME FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS FOR SAFETY LIVING AROUND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK IT IS MY INITIAL CONCERN IS COMING OUT US JULIE ON US1 TRYING TO MAKE THAT LEFT TURN AND I THINK OVER TIME AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN KEEP AN ION BUT RIGHT NOW TO BRING MORE ACTIVITY AND LIGHTING TO THIS AREA WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VERY POSITIVE. I REALLY LIKE THE DESIGN OF THIS AND LOOK AT IT ON THE STREET IT WOULD ADD SOME NICE AESTHETICS GOING OUT OF US1. I FAVOR THE PROJECT AND WILL BE SUPPORTING IT.

>> MAYOR: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MISSION OR?

>> MAYOR: A LOOK AT THE DRAINAGE ALSO IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WITH THE SURVEY ATTACHED TO THE PACKET. I THINK THE APPLICANT IS CORRECT THE IMPROVEMENTS TO LAND WILL HELP OFFSET ANY OF THE IMPACTS THAT STORMWATER IS CREATING TODAY. BY IMPROVING THE LAND AND BY FORCING THE WATER TO THE SOUTH. I THINK IT IS A GOOD APPLICATION. I THINK WE HAVE TO IN THE EARLIER QUESTIONING WE HAVE TO GET WITH THE COUNTERPARTS IN THE COUNTY MORE OFTEN THAN NOT AND START TALKING ABOUT THESE CONNECTIONS TO STREETS LIKE US1 AND I BELIEVE WHERE THE RESIDENTS WILL BE IMPACTED WE ALREADY HAVE EXISTING CONNECTIONS TO US1 IN THE STREETS AND MAYBE EVEN 25TH ST. FOR INSTANCE WHERE WE ARE CREATING MORE DRIVEWAY CONNECTIONS AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE BEST IDEA FOR US TO BE DOING THAT. BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IN AN APPLICATION WHERE YOU HAVE A LESS INTENSE STORAGE UNIT WITH NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC GENERATED IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE THE CURB CUT AND ALREADY HAVE THE CONNECTION TO THE NORTH IN THIS CASE. IF IT WAS A RESTAURANT OR SOME MORE INTENSE OPERATION WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER OTHER OPERATIONS. THE POINT IS THAT WHILE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS WE HAVE TO WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE. I KNOW

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JACK ANDREWS IS LISTENING SOMEWHERE IN THIS BUILDING AND WE WILL HAVE TO GET TOGETHER WITH THEM MORE OFTEN. I AM IN FAVOR OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AND IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.

>> MAYOR: I UNDERSTAND ABOUT US1 IT IS BUSY ALWAYS BUSY AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH NOT ONLY IN FORT PIERCE BUT IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY. ALSO IN REGARDS TO THE CHILDREN NO MATTER THEIR STATUS I AM SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT AND IN THE FUTURE BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE WE ALL WANT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. I WILL

ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> COMMISSIONER: MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE WITH THE TWO CONDITIONS.

>> COMMISSIONER: SECOND. >> MAYOR: THERE IS A MOTION AND

A SECOND PLEASE CALL ROLE. >> SPEAKER: COMMISSIONER

[b. Public Hearing - Resolution No. 22-R11 designating the property at 100 Blue Sky Circle, Fort Pierce, Florida 34947, identified by Parcel ID Numbers 2419-211-0004-000-8 and 2419-211-0004-010-1, as a Green Reuse Area pursuant to § 376.80(2)(c), Florida Statutes. SECOND READING]

GAINES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER PERONA AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON. NEXT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION 22 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE DESIGNATING THE REAL PROPERTY DESIGNATED AT 100 BLUE SKY CIR. PARTIAL ID NUMBER 2419 AND 2419 211 0004 011. THE REUSE AREA PURSUANT TO THE RENFIELD REDEVELOPMENT ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMEDIATION, REHABILITATION AND READ DEVELOPMENT. PROVIDED NOTICE TO THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND FOR THE SECOND DATE. THIS IS THE SECOND READING.

>> MAYOR: ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL HEAR A MOTION. THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND

PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER GAINES,

[c. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance No. 22-010- An Ordinance amending Ordinance 21-137, Recorded at Book 4733, Pages 2465-2471, and extending the territorial Limits of the City of Fort Pierce, Florida, to include 3450 Sunrise Blvd In Fort Pierce, Florida. SECOND READING]

COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER PERONA AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON. NEXT WE HAVE ORDINANCE 22 ? 010 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 21 ? 137 RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 47 33 AND EXTENDING THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA TO INCLUDE THE 450 SUNRISE BLVD. IN FOFORT PIERCE TO ASSESS SAID PROPERTY IN PLACE WITH THE CITY TAX RULES AS OF JANUARY ONE, 2023 DIRECTING THE TAX COLLECTOR TO COLLECT TAXES ON THE PROPERTY ESTABLISHING THE LAND-USE DESIGNATION WITH THE COURT AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY. WITH THE ARTICLE BOUNDARY TO BE FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH.

PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE THIS IS THE SECOND READING.

>> THIS IS THE SECOND READING ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> MEHTA MAYOR I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.

>> COMMISSIONER: SECOND. PLEASE CALL ROLE.

>> SPEAKER: MAYOR LINDA HUDSON, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON,

[d. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 22-011 - Final Budget Amendment of the General Fund 2020-21 Budget. FIRST READING]

COMMISSIONER PERONA AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON.

>> COMMISSIONER: WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA WITH ATTACHED AND DESIGNATED AS THE 2020 ? 2021 FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT. THE SAID SCHEDULE PROVIDES FOR THE INCREASES OR DECREASES IN REVENUE AND APPROPRIATIONS OF THE GENERAL FUND AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE FIRST READING.

>> MAYOR: THIS IS THE FIRST READING MR. MIMS YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? THIS MORRIS MET WEEKLY.

>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. WE ARE AMENDING THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL NUMBERS AND I AM PLEASED TO SAY WE HAD ANOTHER GOOD YEAR IN SPITE OF ALL THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR WORLD. WE ARE DOING VERY WELL. WE ARE AMENDING OUR BUDGET FROM 43 MILLION TO 45 MILLION AND INCREASE OF $1,895,299. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE REVENUE WE HAD QUITE A FEW INCREASES. AS TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY BUDGETED IN OUR TAXES IT WAS AN INCREASE ACROSS ALMOST ALL OF OUR TAX BASES AS TO WHAT WE BUDGETED. AD VALOREM CAME IN AT 103 PERCENT

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AS TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY BUDGETED OUR UTILITY TAX INCREASED. WE HAD INCREASES THERE. OUR LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX SO IN ALL OF OUR TAX LINE ITEM WE SAW INCREASE. OUR LICENSES AND PERMITS WE HAD GREAT INCREASE FROM OUR SITE PLANS AND PLANNING AND ZONING FROM ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS GOING ON THERE SO WE DID SEE AN INCREASE THERE AS WELL. OUR GOVERNMENTAL MAY LEAD REVENUE WE HAD FEDERAL STATE GRANTS WERE WE GOT FEMA DOLLARS AND WE GOT STATE RANTS AS WELL. IN THE OTHER REVENUE THE STATE SHARED REVENUE HALF SENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND HAVE SENT SALES TAX WAS QUITE A BIT OF AN INCREASE AS WELL. SEEING THAT FLORIDA HAS REMAINED OPEN IT HAS BENEFITED US QUITE A BIT.

THE REVENUE WE RECEIVE FROM STATE SHARED IN SALES TAX WITH TOURIST HAS BENEFITED US GREATLY.

>> MAYOR: MISS MORRIS WHEN YOU SAY WE INCREASED TAXES?

>> SPEAKER: WE DID NOT INCREASE.

>> MAYOR: OUR VALUES WERE INCREASED AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT

THE INCREASE REVENUE. >> SPEAKER: YES AND A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR SO AS A RESULT THE GROWTH OF THAT WE ARE SEEING IS

BENEFITING US. >> MAYOR: YOU ARE A VERY CONSERVATIVE BUDGET ARE AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE APPRECIATE

THAT. >> SPEAKER: WE DID SEE IN THE REVENUE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE CHANGED IT TO 1.8 MILLION WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED 2.5, 2.3 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE AS TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY BUDGETED. FOR OUR EXPENSES THERE IS AN INCREASE IN YOU WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT. MOST OF THAT IS PERSONAL SERVICE COST AND WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR ANY EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN POLICE OFFICERS TO RECEIVE A RAISE IN THE BUDGET WE BUILT. WE SAID WE WOULD LOOK AT IT IN MARCH WHICH WE DID IN YOU ALL GRANTED A RAISE TO ALL OF THE NONBARGAINING AND TEAMSTERS AT THAT TIME THAT WAS NOT RETRO BUT APRIL MOVING FORWARD AND AS A RESULT THERE IS AN INCREASED SCENE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS WHICH IS A RESULT OF THAT AND SOME OF IT IS THE EXPENDITURE AND THAT IS THE REASON. IN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE LINE ITEM WE SEE THE LARGE MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENCE THAT'S ABOUT 611,000 OF THAT IS THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE AS A RESULT OF PASSING INFRASTRUCTURE TAX. THERE IS AN IN AND OUT ON BOTH SIDES. THE OTHER IS JUST A CONTRACTUAL FEE AND MAINTENANCE. AGAIN WE ARE DOING VERY WELL AND I WILL

ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR: WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR AFTER THE AUDIT. THIS IS A STANDARD THING WE DO.

>> SPEAKER: RIGHT. WE HAVE TO DO THIS BEFORE THE AUDIT BECAUSE AUDITORS WILL BE AT THE APRIL FOURTH MEETING.

>> MAYOR: THIS BECOMES OUR AMENDED BUDGET? THE QUESTIONS?

>> COMMISSIONER: I DO HAVE A QUESTION CAN WE GO BACK TO THE HALF SENT SALES TAX THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE INCREASE

IN THAT. >> SPEAKER: THERE IS NOT A SLIDE. IT IS INCLUDED IN THE INTER- GOVERNMENTAL REVENUE

NUMBERS. >> COMMISSIONER: OF THE REASON WHY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS THAT HALF SENT IS WHAT WE USED TO DO OUR ROLE PROJECTS AND THE THINGS WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT HALF SENT SURTAX GOES BACK DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY INPUT. I KNOW WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT AND I THINK WE WILL GET FURTHER INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT BUT THAT BEING SAID THE ASSUMPTION WOULD BE WE WOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT HAVE SENT BUDGET BECAUSE THIS IS REALIZED?

>> SPEAKER: CORRECT. THAT HALF SENT INFRASTRUCTURE TAX WE RECEIVED $671,000 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE WHICH YOU WILL SEE IN THE PROJECTS THAT MR. ANDREWS WHEN HE BRINGS UP HIS CAPITAL PROJECTS PLAN HE TAKES THOSE DOLLARS AND BUILDS THEM INTO

THAT. >> COMMISSIONER: MCKAY SAID I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS AND THAT'S THE ONE I HEAR A LOT ABOUT AND THAT'S THE ONE I SERVED ON THAT SURTAX COMMITTEE FOR NUMBERS OF YEARS AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S STILL THERE.

THEY LOOK AND REVIEW ALL THE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY EVIL ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENT IN THESE ROLES AND THAT IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THAT AND WE SHOULD SEE MORE OF THAT. YES, SIR?

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>> SPEAKER: MADAME MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON THE THING THAT WE ARE SEEING IS THE REVENUE FROM THE HALF SENT SURTAX WE ARE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR RESURFACING PROGRAM. WE ARE SPENDING A ANNUAL DOLLAR FOR STREET RESURFACING AND WE WILL BUMP THAT UP. WE WANT TO GET OUR ENTIRE CITY RESURFACED AND THAT BRINGS ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD REJUVENATION.

>> COMMISSIONER: ABSOLUTELY. >> COMMISSIONER: TO ADD TO THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WROTE THE NUMBER DOWN 671,000

INCREASE? >> COMMISSIONER: VERY GOOD.

THE OTHER THING COMMISSIONERS WHEN WE TALK TO THE PUBLIC AND THOSE LISTENING TO THIS MEETING IF YOU TALK TO THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT THE INCREASE IN TOURISM WE THOUGHT IT WOULD FLATLINE OR DECREASE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC BUT ACTUALLY IT IS THE OPPOSITE. THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY ARE HELPING TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT IS BEING TAXED. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE 671,000 IS NOT JUST FROM US AS RESIDENTS IT IS THE INCREASE IN TOURISM ADDITIONALLY.

>> MAYOR: GOOD POINT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I THINK I HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND

ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> COMMISSIONER: MADAME MAYOR I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE FOR THE FINAL BUDGET.

>> COMMISSIONER: SECOND. WHEN THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND

CULTURAL PLEASE. >> SPEAKER: COMMISSIONER GAINES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON,

[a. Resolution 22-R16 Establishing an Infill Lien Reduction Program]

PCOMMISSIONER PERONA AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON.

>>> NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION 22 ? 16 THE RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSION FOR FORT PIERCE FLORIDA FOR AN INFILL LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM FOLLOWING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR SAID PROGRAM AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> MAYOR: MR. MIMS DO YOU HAVE ANY LEAD-IN FOR THIS?

>> SPEAKER: WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT METHODOLOGY TO STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CORE OF THE CITY AND LOOK AT THE VACANT LOTS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE MUNICIPALITY AND WE ARE NOW ESTABLISHING THAT PROGRAM TONIGHT THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION. WE HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER HERE FOR A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND WE HAVE KNEE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

>> THANK YOU MS. HARNISH GIVE US THE GOOD NEWS.

>> SPEAKER: I HAVE GOOD NEWS BUT IT'S GOING TO SOUND FAMILIAR TO THE BOARD MEETING BECAUSE IT'S THE EXACT SAME PRESENTATION BUT NONETHELESS WE ARE HERE TO GET AN ACTUAL RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THIS PROGRAM WE WANT A STREAMLINED PROCESS LACKING WHITE HERE ARE THE PARAMETERS AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND WE WANT TO GET THIS PROGRAM ROLLING.

ULTIMATELY THE IDEA BEHIND THIS PROGRAM IS NOT JUST TO REDUCE LIONS, TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT BUT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENED ON THE INFILL LOTS. WE WANT TO SEE NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY. THIS PROGRAM WILL BE CITYWIDE. RECALL IN INFILL LIEN PROGRAM BUT IT IS THE ENTIRE CITY. ANY VACANT LOT CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY ONLY THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY CAN APPLY ONLY LIONS THAT HAVE BEEN LEVIED UNDER PRIOR OWNERSHIP MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS REDUCTION IN WAIVER AND ANY LIONS THAT ARE ACTIVE BASED ON CURRENT OWNERSHIP WILL HAVE TO BE PAID IN FULL OR GO THROUGH ANOTHER PROGRAM TO GET THOSE REDUCED. THE PROPERTY OF COURSE CANNOT HAVE ANY ACTIVE CODE CASES. WE HAVE TO HAVE ASSURANCE OF THOSE THINGS BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THE APPLICATION PHASE. WE WANT TO AS I MENTIONED STREAMLINED THE PROCESS AND THAT'S THE REASON THIS RESOLUTION INSTEAD OF COMING TO YOU WITH INDIVIDUAL SUGGESTIONS AND WAIVERS WE WANT THE PROGRAM TO BE STREAMLINED AND CONSISTENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE BOARD. HERE IS THE BASICS YOU WILL COMPLETE AN APPLICATION FORM WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE DRAFTED AND READY TO GO. WE CAN COMPLETE THAT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS BEEN GOOD AT DRAFTING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO ALL THE PARAMETERS AND THAT IS READY TO ROLL AS WELL. WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU AS A CITY COMMISSION FOR YOUR ULTIMATE APPROVAL. YOU CAN LOOK AT THE AMOUNTS AND TIMEFRAME FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ALL OF THAT. THE REDUCTION WILL CONSIST OF A HARD COST PAYMENT IN FULL ORIGINALLY AND YOU WILL PAY THE ENTIRE HARD COST. WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT HARD COST YOU TALK ABOUT SOFT COSTS. HARD COST IS THE AMOUNT THE CITY SPEND TWO RIGHT THE WRONG. IF WE HAD TO GO OUT AND DEMOLISH A HOUSE MOBILE LAWN SOMETHING THE CITY HAD TO DO THOSE ARE HARD COST OF THE CITY

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INCURRED. WE WILL EXPECT THOSE HARD COSTS BE PAID IN FULL BY THE TIME OF THE BUILDING PERMIT OR YEAR OF THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT. ONCE WE RECEIVE THE PAYMENT OF THE HARD COST ALL OF THE SOFT COST WILL BE SAVED AND ALL THE LIONS WE RELEASE. SOFT COST THAT IS YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES INTEREST ANY FEE THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE LIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RUNNING WITH THE PROPERTY OVER AND OVER THOSE WILL ALL GO AWAY. ALL OF THE LIONS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF IT? WE WILL GET A NEW RESIDENTIAL HOME DUPLEX SOMETHING OF THE SORT THE CEO MUST BE ISSUED WITHIN 24 MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT'S THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AGREEMENT NOT TO HER MONTHS AFTER THE BUILDING PERMIT. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE READY TO GO AT THE EXECUTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HOLD IT UP. 24 MONTHS TO BUILD A HOME AND ONCE THEY COMPLETE ALL THE OBLIGATIONS AND GET THE SEO GOING TO NOTIFY US AND WE WILL REFUND THEM 50 PERCENT OF THE HARD COST THEY PAID. THE SOFT COSTS ARE GONE THE HARD COST THEY PAID IS $3000 AND ONCE WE GET THE CO THE HOUSE IS UP AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF THAT AND WE WILL RELEASE $1500 OF THE MONEY WE HAVE PROVIDED. WE ARE HERE WITH THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE PROGRAM. YOU SEE THE RESOLUTION AND WE HAVE THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ATTACHED TO THAT AND THEN WE EXPECT WE HAVE A FOUR OR FIVE LIST OF PROPERTIES READY TO GO BASICALLY THAT WILL COME IN APRIL OR MAY WHENEVER THE APPLICANTS ARE READY WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR EXECUTION. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I TRIED TO SIMPLIFY IT AS MUCH AS I CAN THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER

ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >> COMMISSIONER: MADAME MAYOR.

THERE WE GO LET'S START WITH THIS SLIDE I AM A VISUAL PERSON. I HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND FOR SOME TIME I HAVE OCCURRED ALL THESE FEES AND IT'S UP TO $50,000 OF HARD COST AND SOFT COSTS. THE SOFT COST OF CUTTING THE GRASS AND MAKING SURE IT IS THERE MAYBE IS 10,000 OF THAT 50. NOW I COME ALONG AND I WANT TO DEVELOP MY PROPERTY. AND SO I AM IN A POSITION I HAVE LINED UP ALL YOU NEED TO DO ON MY END I NEED THESE LIONS REMOVE SO I CAN GET A CLEAN TITLE TO BUILD ON MY PROPERTY. RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THIS IS?

>> SPEAKER: HAVE YOU BEEN THE OWNER THE ENTIRE TIME? YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM.

>> COMMISSIONER: WHY IS THAT? >> SPEAKER: YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REGULAR CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THIS IS FOR NEW OWNERS THAT WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPERTY

WHEN THE LIONS WERE LEVIED. >> COMMISSIONER: WAS A LEARNING FOR ME AND EVERYBODY. SO YOU BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY FROM SOMEBODY. I BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND NOW I WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING ON THIS PROPERTY AND NOW THIS IS THE AVENUE WERE GOING TO GO DOWN GET THIS CLEANED UP. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE LISTENING AND I'M SURE THEY ARE THEY HAVE PROPERTY AND SOLD IT IN THE DEVELOPER IS LISTENING AND THEY HAVE THE MEANS TO AFFORD THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP US GET THAT PROPERTY BUILT.

>> SPEAKER: YES, SIR. >> MAYOR: RESIDENTIAL ONLY? > SPEAKER: THAT IS WHAT THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR.

>> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT RESIDENTIAL ONLY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> COMMISSIONER: HARD COSTS. I KNOW ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE NOT CONSIDERED HARD COST WHEN YOU ARE SENDING AN INSPECTOR OUT THERE TIME AND TIME AGAIN CHOOSING THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE TIME EMPLOYEES AUTOMOBILES GAS AND ALL THAT STUFF AND IS STILL A SOFT COST?

>> SPEAKER: THEY WILL BE DEFINED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EXACT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE WILL DEFINE THAT. I SEE SOFT COST AS YOUR PENALTIES YOUR FEES THAT RECUR. THEY ACCRUING.

>> COMMISSIONER: $100 A DAY, THOSE THINGS TO ME ARE SOFT COST BECAUSE WE INVENT THEM. THEY ARE TO BE AN INCENTIVE TO COMPLY. BUT REALLY, IT IS A HARD COST WHEN I PUT AN EMPLOYEE IN A CAR AND SEND HIM OUT THERE FOR AN HOUR AND AND A HALF TAKING PICTURES, MAKING A REPORT DOING ALL THAT FUNCTION THEY COULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND YET HERE WE ARE DOING THAT. TO ME THAT IS A HARD COST. I CAN UNDERSTAND AND I LOVE THIS PROGRAM, BY THE WAY, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE GRAHAM BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DEFINE THOSE AS SOFT COSTS, THERE NEEDS TO BE A DEFINITE

LINE BETWEEN THE TWO. >> SPEAKER: ESTHER, GOT IT.

>> COMMISSIONER: EVEN IF IT IS CONSIDERED A SOFT COST FOR GIVING HALF OF IT BACK. THE OTHER THING IS YOU THREE UNITS

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TO FIVE DAYS TO GET A PERMIT AND YOU 24 MONTHS TO GET ACO.

>> SPEAKER: IS A 24 MONTH PROGRAMFROM EFFECTIV WERE GOING THAT 365 TO GET THE BUILDING PERMIT FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE AS A MEANS OF GATHERING THE MONEY AND RESOURCES OF COVERING THE HARD COST. I DON'T ENVISION THAT PEOPLE WILL WAIT THAT ENTIRE YEAR TO PULL THE PERMIT T AND ONLY HAVE A YEAR TO BUILD THE HOME. THUS I MENTIONED EARLIER. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS. HAVE APLAN. BE READY TO ROLL. YOU CAN PULL A BUILDING PERMIT QUICKLY BUT IT IS REALLY A 24 MONTH PROGRAM FROM EFFECTIVE DATE. WE PUT THE 12 MONTH BENCHMARK IN THEIR AS A MEANS OF HEY, ARE YOU MOVING? ARE YOU DOING SOMETHING BUT IS JUST ONE FOR

MONTHS TO BUILD THE HOME. >> COMMISSIONER: THAT IS REASONABLE. THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THIS IS A PROGRAM THE CITY IS DOING IT'S GOING TO COST CITIZENS OF FORT PIERCE MONEY TO DO THIS AND IN THE END WE HAVE INFILL WE HAVE COMPLIANCE WE GET A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, ALL THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A MILLION-DOLLAR LIEN ON A $20,000 LOT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED THERE THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. THE ONE THING I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT MAYBE SINCE WE HAVE A 24 MONTH PERIOD FROM BEGINNING TO END AND LET'S SAY IT IS A YEAR BEFORE ANYONE GETS IN IT, I THINK THREE YEARS DOWN THE LINE NEED TO PULL THIS BACK IN FRONT OF YOU TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN TO SEE IF IT IS A BENEFIT. IS IT DOING EXACTLY WHAT ISIS SUPPOSED TO DO? IF IT IS PROMOTED TO GO FURTHER.

IF NOT EITHER TERMINATED AMENDED DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO BUT RATHER THAN SET THIS INTO MOTION I THINK IT NEEDS TO HAVE A TIME WHERE IT COMES BACK TO COMMISSION.

>> MAYOR: ABSOLUTELY. >> COMMISSIONER: I HAVE A QUESTION. LOOKING AT THE HARD COST AND SOFT COST I UNDERSTAND THEM BOTH. HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANYWHERE WERE GOING BACK TO COMMISSIONER JOHNSON'S QUESTION, I COME IN AND BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY. I'M TRYING TO BETTER FORT PIERCE. NOW, FORGET STARTED I HAVE TO PAY X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS. HOW IS THAT NOT A TURNOFF OF SOMEONE COME IN AND HELP WITH THE PROJECT?

>> SPEAKER: I AGREE IT COULD BE A TURNOFF FOR SOME PEOPLE BUT NOT NEARLY AS MUCH OF A TURNOFF IS THAT MILLIE DOLLARS THAT COULD BE SITTING ON THE PROPERTY. THE REASON WE LEFT IT IN THERE YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ENSURE HAVE TO GET THE HOME BUILT. IF WE WAIVE EVERYTHING AND SAY HERE'S YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT I HOPE YOU STICK TO IT WE MIGHT NOT GET IT. HE PAID UPFRONT AND THAT'S MONEY THAT THE CITY HAD TO EXPEND WHETHER YOU CREATED IT OR NOT. BUILD A HOUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT HERE'S HALF OF IT BACK AND THAT'S HOW WE BEEN LOOKING AT IT. WE ARE HOPING WITH THE IMPACT FEE MORATORIUM AND POTENTIALLY OUTSIDE RESOURCES POTENTIALLY LAYERING SHIP FUNDING OR OUTSIDE GRANTS THAT THAT COULD ASSIST WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS. I MET WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS I SHARE THEIR CONCERN AND I HOPE THAT THIS PROGRAM WORKS AND I HOPE IT WORKS AS WE WRITE IT RIGHT HERE IT MIGHT NEED TO BE EVOLVED ON

THE ROAD. >> COMMISSIONER: I UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN HERE YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME DEVELOPERS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO COME IN AND NOT BY ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY BUT BY SEVERAL PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT ARE CLOSE AND IF I HAVE 10, 20, IT ALL ADDS UP AND I HAD TO PAY ALL OF IT SO WHY WOULD I DO THAT? I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO GET PAID OUR COST AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER PERONA. IF IT IS AND ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES OUT THERE TO ME HE IS WORKING SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT LATER. I'M JUST WONDERING ARE THERE ANY OTHER AVENUES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SET ASIDE FOR PEOPLE THAT WE MIGHT LIKE THEIR PROGRAM BUT WE UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T COME UP WITH THE MONEY FOR THE HARD COST HERE'S SOME PROGRAM TO ASSIST. ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT TO HELP PEOPLE GET IN? BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO IS GET PEOPLE TO COME IN AND PUT HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M NOT TRYING TO WAIVE THE HARD COST THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. I'M TRYING TO GET THIS PROGRAM MAXIMIZE THIS PROGRAM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN START SEEING HOUSES BEING BUILT IN

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THE AREA WE WANT TO BUILD YOUR THAT WAS MY AREA OF CONCERN FOR

THE HARD COST. >> SPEAKER: I AGREE WITH YOU.

MADAME MAYOR, MR. COMMISSIONER GAINES THERE MIGHT BE SOME AREAS IN OTHER AREAS WE COULD OFFSET. WE TALKED ABOUT RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVES AND LOOK AT HIS EYEBROWS. WE HAVE LOOKED AT INCENTIVES FOR RFPA AND GRANTS TO OFFSET ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PLAY INTO THIS FOR SOME PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU. I WOULD LOOK FOR ANY RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP OFFSET THAT HARD COST FOR THE UPFRONT INVESTMENTS.

>> THAT'S FINE. ESPECIALLY WHEN I SEE THE LAST SQUARE THAT ONCE WE GET THE HOUSE OKAY HERE'S THE 50 PERCENT BACK.

SO, I SAY LET'S TRY TO HELP THEM ON THE FRONT AND TO GET THE HOUSE BUILT AND THEN WE CAN JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.

>> SPEAKER: I AGREE WITH YOU. >> MAYOR: MR. COMMISSIONER

JOHNSON? >> COMMISSIONER: COUPLE OF QUESTIONS PICK COMMISSIONER YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT AND TRYING TO EVALUATE AND LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WHAT WORRIES ME IS THAT I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT SKIN IN THE GAME PERSPECTIVE THROUGH THE DEVELOPER/BUILDER OR WHOMEVER IT IS. RIGHT? SO HERE IS WHAT I ALSO SEE FROM A MARKETING REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE IS I SEE NOW THERE IS AN INCENTIVE FOR THOSE HOMEOWNERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE BEHIND. THEY ARE IN ARREARS HAVE SOME ISSUES GOING ON GIVE JUDGMENTS OR LIONS OR WHATEVER ON THE PROPERTY THAT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH.

THEY DON'T WANT TO FORGO IT HERE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO INTO A TAX SALE THERE'S ALL THESE CONDITIONS AND MAYBE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THEM TO HAVE A REAL DISCUSSION WITH A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND THE REAL ESTATE AGENT BRINGS TO THE PLATE A FACT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR POTENTIAL BUYERS AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECOMES A MARKETING PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HERE. SO MAYBE SOMEONE COMING IN MAYBE YOU ARE COMING AND I'M JUST USING YOU AS AN EXAMPLE COME INTO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN AND SAY THAT'S RIGHT AT THE END OF IT I'LL BE ABLE TO GET THIS REBATE CREDITED BACK AND MAYBE THAT GOES TOWARDS MY PROFIT AND OVERHEAD OR MAYBE IT GOES TOWARD APPLIANCES THOSE THAT ARE BUILDING IT AND PURCHASING IT. SO, AROUND INTO A MARKETING OPPORTUNITY IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. IN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF DID WE HAVE A SUNSET TIMEFRAME? I DID NOT SEE THAT AND COMMISSIONER PERONA YOU BROUGHT UP A VERY VALID POINT AND I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT AND COME UP WITH SOME POINT TO EITHER CUT IT OFF OR IT COMES BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR REEVALUATION INSIDE OF IT JUST BECOMING RESOLUTION ON THE BOOKS AND THEN WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IN FIVE YEARS OH THAT'S RIGHT WE DID THAT. REMEMBER? SO, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE THINKING OF OR WHAT WERE YOU THINKING OF?

>> COMMISSIONER: EITHER. SINCE IT TAKES IN THE FIRST YEAR SHE GET THE MOST TYPE OF RESPONSE TO THIS AND SO THAT MOMENT ON YOUR 24 MONTHS AFTER THAT SO I THINK THREE YEARS WOULD BE THE

MINIMUM TIME TO LOOK AT IT. >> MAYOR: MR. MIMMS?

>> SPEAKER: IF YOU DON'T MIND HERE'S A THING 36 MONTHS FROM NOW WERE NOT GOING TO REMEMBER THIS. I THINK IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ANNUAL UPDATE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND INCENTIVES.

DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WE HAVE AND WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT REPORT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THIS AFTER THREE YEARS IT WILL BE FRESH IN YOUR MIND. IF WE SAY WE WILL CLICK THIS AND IN THREE YEARS WERE NOT GOING TO DO IT.

IN ANNUAL UPDATE FOR OUR ACTIVITIES WILL HELP US IN THIS

PROCESS. >> COMMISSIONER: MADAME MAYOR I WAS THINKING A TIMEFRAME SHORTER WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS IN SIX MONTHS. MS. HARNISH SAYS THERE ARE PEOPLE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW WE WILL HAVE A REAL GOOD LOOK AT THIS SIX MONTHS FROM NOW TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN HAVE A REPORT BACK AND SEE WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED OVER SIX MONTHS AND I AM OKAY WITH AN ANNUAL REPORT. BECAUSE THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION AND AGAIN THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT RIGHT NOW HAVE PURCHASED PROPERTY THAT ARE HERE THAT WANT TO DEVELOP RIGHT NOW. LET'S SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN. THAT'S IMPORTANT KEY I WANT TO GET. YOU HAVE SOME

TIME SENSITIVITY TO IT. >> YES AND WE HAVE A ROLE IN

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THIS PROCESS ANYWAY, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF APPROVALS?

>> SPEAKER: YOU WILL APPROVE EACH INDIVIDUAL IMPROVEMENT.

>> MAYOR: WE WILL BE GETTING A REPORT AND AGREE WITH YOU WHEN

THEY PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. >> YOU CAN SAY YOU'VE DONE THIS OVER THE LAST SIX MONTH AND THIS IS THE PROGRESS IN THIS IS WHAT WE'VE LEARNED HERE SOME CHALLENGES, ETC.. IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART FOR ME TO HELP OTHERS UNDERSTAND YOU USE THE

ACRONYM OF CO. WHAT IS THAT? >> SPEAKER: CERTIFICATE OF

OCCUPANCY. >> MAYOR: THAT'S A BUILDING TERM AND NOT EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THAT.[LAUGHTER] I KNOW.

USE ACRONYMS AND WE SHOULDN'T. >> COMMISSIONER: THANK YOU FOLKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT. TRYING TO MAKE THIS REALLY CLEAR FOR THE DEVELOPERS THAT PURCHASE THESE PROPERTIES AND IF THERE ARE RESIDENTS THAT OWN PROPERTY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH NOW. OKAY.

>> MAYOR: SO, MR. MIMMS IF WE DID PUT A SENSE THAT PROVISIONING HERE THE STAFF WOULD BE ACUTELY AWARE OF AND THE SUNSET WOULD BE JUST LIKE WE DID WITH CSI. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF IT MYSELF.

>> COMMISSIONER: I WANT AT LEAST AN ANNUAL. SIX-MONTH,

THREE YEARS, >> MAYOR: SIX MONTHS AT THE

START AND THEN ANNUALLY? >> COMMISSIONER: DO WE PUT THAT IN THE RESOLUTION WHEREAS THE SITUATION SHOULD ESTABLISH THE PROGRAM WITH THE ANNUAL EVALUATION? DO WE PUT THAT IN THERE IS THAT HOW WE CRAFTED? HOW DO WE DO THAT?

>> SPEAKER: MADAME MAYOR THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION AND THUS WE HAVE FOR THE IMPACTOR

WORK. >> SPEAKER: MADAME MAYOR, IF I MAY, I THINK STAFF IS TELLING YOU THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UP DATE AND MAYBE WE CAN LEAVE IT AT THAT AND MAYBE AT THE SIX-MONTH UP DATE YOU MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON THE SUNSET PROVISION OR THEREAFTER MAYBE SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND AMEND THOSE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY. I THINK FOR NOW THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN IS PROBABLY OKAY BUT OF COURSE IT IS UP TO YOU. IT IS YOUR RESOLUTION. IF YOU WANT THAT LANGUAGE THAT IS UP TO YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER: THAT IS GOOD ADVICE AND MAYOR, IF I COULD, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE RESOLUTION IS EASY.

>> MAYOR: THEY HAVE TO REMEMBER!

>> COMMISSIONER: WE PROTECT OURSELVES BY THIS RESOLUTION WE ARE PASSING THAT IS LAW AND THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO MAKE

SURE WE GET SOME IN WRITING. >> COMMISSIONER: THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT RESOLUTION IS IT IS EASY TO CHANGE AT ANY POINT.

SO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

>> MAYOR: DO YOU KNOW WHEN SIX MONTHS FROM NOW IS?

>> SPEAKER: ALL THESE DATES! YES!

>> MAYOR: MR. MIMMS? >> COMMISSIONER: WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH AN UPDATE IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER AND THEN EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT IN OCTOBER WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY HOW DOES THAT SOUND?

>> MAYOR: ALSO WE REVIEW ALL OF THIS WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET.

>> SPEAKER: CORRECT. >> MAYOR: WE THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLANNING AND HAVING IT AT A SPECIFIC TIME IS FINE WITH ME.

>> SPEAKER: EITHER WAY WE WILL REMEMBER AND STAFF, YOU MAY THINK IT'S NOT ON THE TIP OF YOUR MIND THREE YEARS FROM NOW

OR SIX MONTHS FROM NOW. >> COMMISSIONER: I CAN ASSURE YOU IT WILL BE ON MY MIND. I HAVE HEARD IT SO MUCH. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS ECONOMIC PUSH. PUSHING DOWN THE BLIGHT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND RAISING PROPERTY VALUE FOR HOMES IN THE AREAS. THAT'S WHY I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT. I JUST WANT TO GET A TASTE. THAT'S OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT IN WRITING BUT THAT'S THE EXPECTATION.

>> SPEAKER: ONE MORE COMMENT TO GIVE A PERSPECTIVE ON HELPING A FRIEND BUILD A 600 SQUARE-FOOT WILTING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND 650 SQUARE FEET IS BASICALLY A WORKSHOP WHATEVER HE WANTED TO BE. MY POINT IS 650 SQUARE FEET TAKES ABOUT 14 MONTHS FROM BEGINNING TO END EVEN THROUGH MATERIAL SUPPLY SHORTAGES, WORST CASE SCENARIO YOU CAN GET IT DONE IN 14 MONTHS. WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU CAN BUILD A REALLY INEFFICIENT SMALL UNIT A COUPLE OF BEDROOMS EVEN IF

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IT'S 900 SQUARE FEET YOU CAN GET IT DONE IN 14 MONTHS. THE 24 MONTH TIMEFRAME IS RIGHT ON TARGET. IT IS DOABLE.

>> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT I WILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.

>> SPEAKER: IT IS A REAL LIVING THING.

>> MAYOR: EXACTLY. >> SPEAKER: THAT'S BEGINNING

WITH THE PERMIT. >> MAYOR: IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR A MOTION? MADAME MAYOR I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE INFILL LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM.

>> COMMISSIONER: SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND

A SECOND. CALL ROLE, PLEASE. >> SPEAKER: COMMISSIONER GAINES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER PERONA AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON.

[b. Resolution 22-R17 removing and appointing members to the Historic Preservation Board effective April 1, 2022. ]

>>> A SIX-MONTH REVIEW AND ANNUAL REVIEW AFTER THAT.

[LAUGHTER] >> SPEAKER: WE HAVE RESOLUTION 22 ? R 17 A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WITH EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION.

THIS IS ONE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE REMOVING ALL THE EXISTING PRESERVATION BOARD MEMBERS AND MOVING TO A NEW PROCESS WHERE YOU EACH GET TO APPOINT SOMEONE INTO MEMBERS ARE ELECTED AT LARGE. I HAVE RECEIVED THE APPOINTMENT FROM MAYOR HUDSON AND COMMISSIONER GAINES. I HAVE BALLOTS PREPARED WITH ALL OF THOSE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS BUT I WOULD LIKE YOUR INDIVIDUAL NAME FIRST BECAUSE I HAVE TWO CROSSES OFF THE

BALLOT. >> MAYOR: YES. WOULD YOU LIKE

TO ASK THE COMMISSION? >> SPEAKER: COMMISSIONER

JOHNSON? >> COMMISSIONER: YES, MISS

SPIDEY PLEASE. >> SPEAKER: COMMISSIONER

JOHNSON? >> COMMISSIONER: I WAS WAITING TO LISTEN. YOU SAID TO ARE SELECTED?

>> SPEAKER: COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER GAINES APPOINTED MS. DAVIS AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON WOULD LIKE MISS SPIDEY AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON WOULD LIKE BETTY JO STARK.

>> COMMISSIONER: ANDREA AND ACETO-.

>> SPEAKER: I WILL QUICKLY FIX THESE BALLADS AND THEN I AM GOING TO ASK FOR MR. MIMMS'S ASSISTANCE.

>> COMMISSIONER: WE HAVE TWO AT-LARGE?

>> MAYOR: YES.

>> SPEAKER: THIS MIGHT BE COMMISSIONER GAINES'S FIRST EFFORT. YOUR FIRST CHOICE AND SECOND CHOICE DETERMINES THE NUMBER OF VOTES THEY GET SO PUT THEM IN THE PROPER ORDER AND THEN WE WILL DO IT IN THE TALLY.

>> MAYOR: WE ARE VOTING FOR TWO AND THEN RANKING THEM.

>> SPEAKER: PUT YOUR NAME ON THE BACK AND THEN I WILL READ THEM WHEN WE ARE FINISHED.

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>> SPEAKER: OKAY, COMMISSIONER GAINES VOTED FOR MR. WESTBERRY.

COMMISSIONER JOHNSON VOTED FOR MR. WESTBERRY AND MR. HUT.

COMMISSIONER PERONA NOTED FOR MR. WESTBERRY AND MR. JOHANSEN.

COMMISSIONER JOHNSON VOTED FOR MR. WESTBERRY AND MR. HIATT AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON VOTED FOR MR. WESTBERRY AND MR. SCHULTZ.

SO, MR. WESTBERRY IS BEING REAPPOINTED. WE HAD ONE VOTE FOR MR. SCHLITT AND ONE VOTE FOR JOHANSEN AND TWO VOTES FOR MR. HIATT. IT WILL BE MR. WESTBERRY AND MR. HIATT BEING REAPPOINTED TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD.

>> MAYOR: WOULD YOU LIKE A MOTION FOR THAT?

>> SPEAKER: YES MA'AM I WOULD LIKE A MOTION FOR THAT.

>> COMMISSIONER: MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE PASSED THIS BALLOT THAT WE JUST MADE WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE NAMES?

>> SPEAKER: SURE. THE PEOPLE BEING APPOINTED ARE MR. DAVIS AS MR. GAINES APPOINTEE. MANY SPIDEY AS COMMISSIONER JOHNSON'S APPOINTEE, ANDREA AND CITO AS COMMISSIONER JOHNSON'S APPOINTEE, OKAY HOLLY TONES AS COMMISSIONER PERONA'S APPOINTEE AND BETTY JO STARK AS MAYOR LINDA HUDSON'S APPOINTEE AND AT-LARGE MEMBERS WILL BE MR. ANTHONY WESTBERRY AND MR.

CHARLIE HIATT. >> COMMISSIONER: I MAKE A

MOTION TO ACCEPT BALLOT. >> MAYOR: IS THERE A SECOND? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE CALL ROLE.

>> SPEAKER: COMMISSIONER GAINES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER PERONA AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 13 C THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE FEC TRESPASSING AND INTRUSION MITIGATION PROJECTS.

>> MAYOR: MR. MIMMS? >> SPEAKER: WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OUR SUPPORT FOR THE EFFORTS OF THE BRIGHT LINE AS THEY CONSTRUCT THIS 200 MILES OF RAIL FOR THE BRIGHT LINE PASSENGER RAIL NETWORK. THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY ARE SEEKING INCLUDES SAFETY FEATURES SUCH AS CHANNELIZATION FENCING, LANDSCAPING, CROSSING DELINEATORS AND AN ADDITIONAL DYNAMIC ENVELOPE STRIPING AND SIGNAGE UPGRADES AT THE INTERSECTIONS. SPECIFICALLY IN FORT PIERCE WE ARE LOOKING AT ONE MILE OF FENCING AND LANDSCAPING AND DELINEATORS AT SIX CROSSINGS WITHIN OUR CITY. THE BRIGHT LINE IS PARTNERING WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PUT IN, THEY ARE BOTH PUTTING IN COLLECTIVELY $10 MILLION APIECE AND SEARHING AND ASKING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR ROUGHLY $25 MILLION TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR FUNDING TO FACILITATE THESE IMPROVEMENTS. THESE ARE ALL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEDESTRIANS TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND AS YOU KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE ROUGHLY 32 TRAIN TRIPS PASSENGER RAIL COMING THROUGH THE TREASURE COAST FROM MIAMI TO ORLANDO WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THIS IS FOR OUR LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE US DOT AND HOPEFULLY THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WILL HAPPEN AND SHORE UP THE REAL NETWORK AS IT IS TODAY.

>> MAYOR: THE TRAINS ARE COMING AND THIS WILL MAKE A SAFER?

>> COMMISSIONER: YES MA'AM. >> MAYOR: DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> COMMISSIONER: MAYOR, BEFORE YOU DO, I HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE CONCERN OF HOW THIS RAILROAD AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND CROSSINGS GOING TO IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITY. ALL OF US THAT HAVE HEARD OF THIS WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN OUR LIFETIME

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AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS SOMETHING THAT WE PRESERVE AND ASSIST AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. I THINK THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THE FUNDING TO DO THAT WHAT I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO PRESS STAFF TO COMMUNICATE WITH RIGHT LINE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROTECTING THAT VERY SENSITIVE

ENVIRONMENT OVER THERE. >> MAYOR: GREAT. YES. WE HAVE AT LEAST SIX CROSSINGS THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT IS THAT RIGHT MR. MIMMS? YOU WANT TO GET AS MUCH SAFETY FEATURES PAID BY

SOMEBODY ELSE AS WE CAN. >> COMMISSIONER: ABSOLUTELY.

>> COMMISSIONER: MADAME MAYOR I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT I SIT ON THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THIS HAS BEEN A BIT OF CONCERN. AS WE EXPERIENCE THIS COMING THROUGH OUR DOWNTOWN THERE IS SOMETHING WE HAVE CALLED DOUBLE TRACKING COMING THROUGH HERE AND I THINK FOR THE CITIZENS THAT REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT DOUBLE TRACKING MEANS ONE FREIGHT TRAIN WILL BE COMING ALONG ANY THINK THE TRAIN IS CLEAR AND THE ARM IS STILL DOWN AND YOU DECIDE TO TRY TO GO AROUND AND HERE COMES THE RIGHT LINE RUNNING FASTER THAN THE FREIGHT TRAIN RUNNING THROUGH HERE. THIS WHOLE EFFORT IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROPER SIGNAL ABLATION AND WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO LET PEOPLE KNOW AND MARKET IN SIGNAGE AND ETC. TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THESE CROSSWALKS, CROSSINGS. WHAT I SEE IN HERE IS SOME OF THE SIGNAGE AS WELL AS STRIPING AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING. I DID SEE LANDSCAPING AND FENCING AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEAUTIFYING AND ENHANCING THOSE AREAS AS THEY COME THROUGH AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT. THIS WILL BE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS TRAIN COMES THROUGH THEN OUR NORMAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC.

>> MAYOR: RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR. EXACTLY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS AND IS THERE A MOTION?

>> COMMISSIONER: MADAME MAYOR I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO SEND THIS LETTER ASKING FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING THE SAFETY MEASURES

AS DETAILED IN THIS LETTER. >> MAYOR: A SECOND. CALL ROLE.

>> SPEAKER: COMMISSIONER GAINES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON,

[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.]

COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER PERONA AND MAYOR LINDA HUDSON. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

>> MAYOR: IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION PLEASE COME FORWARD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS YOU THREE MINUTES AND MISS COX WILL GIVE YOU A WARNING WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. ALL RIGHT

WELCOMED. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY NAME IS CHAD INGRAM AND I'M REPRESENTING A NONPROFIT AND I WANT TO THANK MR. MIMMS AND MS. HARNISH ON THEIR WORK ON THE INFILL REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. I THINK IT IS FINALLY OUR CHANCE TO GET SOMETHING MOVING N THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I BELIEVE IT WILL REALLY BE IMPORTANT TO MARKET THE PROGRAM PROPERLY AND IT SHOULD BE AIMED AT INVESTORS AS THEY WILL BE COMING FORWARD IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WITH LANDS TO HELP BRING RESIDENTS TO LINKIN PARK AS WELL. NOT ONLY ARE WE TRYING TO FILL IN THOSE VACANT SPOT WITH HOMES BUT PEOPLE AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF

MONTHS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, SIR. WHO

IS NEXT, WHO WANTS TO BE NEXT? >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: REBECCA

ISAAC 9/11 CITRUS AVENUE. >> MAYOR: WELCOME.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MADAME MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION THE REASON I AM HERE TONIGHT WANT TO GIVE A COMMENT ON A NOTE THAT WAS SENT OUT LAST WEEK. THIS WAS REGARDING THE WORKSHOP THAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEDNESDAY ON THE REDISTRICTING OF DISTRICT 1. I THINK WE COULD'VE DONE A BETTER JOB WITH MARKETING. THE RESIDENTS WERE GIVEN SHORT NOTICE AND I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY WERE WE GIVEN MORE AMPLE TIME TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SO MORE PEOPLE COULD COME AND ALSO THE TIMING OF THE WORKSHOP WHICH IS 4:30. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC MOST PEOPLE ARE STILL AT WORK DURING THAT TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TIME TO PUSH THAT TIME BACK TO 6:00 OR 6:30? THAT WAS JUST A CONCERN I WANTED TO BRING TO THE COMMISSION.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION LEASE COME FORWARD.

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>> MAYOR: WELCOME. WHAT IS YOUR NAME SIR?

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: JOSEPH ALEUTIAN.

>> MAYOR: WELCOME. YOUR ADDRESS?