Jun 13, 2022 City Commission Conference Agenda

[1. Call to Order]

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IS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS PLEATING TO ORDER THE CONFERENCE AGENDA.

MONDAY JUNE 13. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF AMERICA. AND 20 THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR

ALL. >>MAYOR: PRESENT.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: PRESENT. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON:

[a. Police Department Update]

PRESENT. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON:

PRESENT. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: PRESENT.

>> VERY GOOD, THE FIRST ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IS A POLICE

DEPARTMENT UPDATE. >>MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER TODAY AND MR.MIMS.

YOU HAVE A LEAD IN. >> MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE AS WELL AS OUR DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE IN ATTENDANCE. IN RESPONSE TO ACTIVITY THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR CITY. YOU THE CITY COMMISSION WANT A CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION WITH THE POLICE CHIEF OF THE RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY'S ACTIVITIES. AT THIS TIME, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BOTH YOU AND THE POLICE CHIEF TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

>>MAYOR: THANK YOU, SIR. CHIEF, WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU. SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE AM I DOING SOMETHING WRONG? MY SCREEN?

>> I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SHOW YOU T

THAT. >> SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY. I AM HONORED TO TALK ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT. I SAY "OUR." BECAUSE IT IS OUR DEPARTMENT. AND I HAVE TO START OFF BY SAYING IT IS OUR DUTY AND COMMITMENT TO OUR CITIZENS TO KEEP THEM SAFE. AND WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DO THAT

--. >>MAYOR: CAN YOU MOVE YOUR MIC A

LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU. >> WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

>> I HAVE TO STAY THIS PART. .

>> IT IS OUR DUTY AND COMMITMENT FOR OUR CITIZENS TO KEEP THEM SAFE. WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DO THAT, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO TRAINING. WHEN IT COMES TO JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS WHEN OUR INVESTIGATION, THEY TAKE US TO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES. WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING JUSTICE TO VICTIMS THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED TO SOMEONE.

I AM GOING TO STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.

YOU WANT TO KNOW OF THE SHOOTING ACTIVITY.

WHAT WE DID TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES, JANUARY 1 THROUGH JUNE A OF THE CALENDAR YEAR FROM 018 TO 2022 TO SHOW THE NUMBER OF SHOOTING ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE HAD.

WHEN YOU SEE VERIFIED AND UNVERIFIED.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE MIGHT GET A CALL THAT IT IS CONSIDERED UNVERIFIED. IT MEANS THAT IT COULD BE A BACKFIRE OF CAR OR THINGS LIKE THAT WITH WHEN VERIFIED IT MEANS WE FOUND 1078 FORM OF EVIDENCE. SHELL CASING.

SOMEONE BEING STRUCK BY GUNFIRE, A HOME OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. AS YOU CAN SEE, COMPARED TO THE OTHER YEARS. THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN INCREASE.

PRESIDENT STATUS QUO. AND SO THAT SHOWS THAT OUR ARE NOT AN INCREASE. I UNDER STAND WHEN YOU HAVE SOME THINGS BACK TO BACK. BUT THAT HAPPENS ON OCCASION.

JUST BECAUSE THE SHOOTING ACTIVITY OCCURS, IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE COUNTY OR PORT ST\.

LUCIE AND THEY COME HERE TO FORT PIERCE TO BRING WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS THEIR JUSTICE. WE ARE FULLY AWARE AND WE WORK WITH ALL THE AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS SUCH AS THAT.

THE COMMUNITY POLICING BUREAU IS OUR LARGEST BUREAU WHEN IT COMES TO THE FORT PIERCE.POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY ARE UNDER THE COMMAND OF DEPUTY CHIEF NORRIS AND IT COVERS OUR PATROL, WHICH IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT.

OUR CURRENT SUPPRESSION UNIT OUR UNDERCOVER COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT.

WE HANDLE APPROXIMATELY 1500 CALLS PER WEEK AND THAT IS HOW BUSY THEY ARE. WHAT YOU SEE IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE THE TRAINING WE GO THROUGH.

WE TEACH THEM NOT ONLY IN OUR SHOOTING ACTIVITIES HOW TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH SO MANY THINGS.

WE ALSO TRAIN THEM IN KNIFE. WE HAVE TO THE ABILITY TO WORK REGARDLESS OF THE TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT.

UNARMED DEFENSE. THAT MEANS WE DON'T WANT THE GUN TO BE THE FIRST ST\. LOUIS.

WE WANT THEM TO ENGAGE IN OTHER MEANS BEFORE WE ESCALATE TO DEADLY FORCE. AND WE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON OUR ARMED DEFENSE. MY CRIME SUPPRESSION UNIT MY

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WE DO SEARCH WARRANTS AND WE ARE ENGAGED IN MANY CAPABILITIES TO TRY AND RID OUR CITY OF THAT. AND AT LEAST UNDERCOVER.

THIS IS THE ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT THEY HAVE SO FAR JUST FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. AND THIS SHOWS HOW WELL THEY ARE WORKING TO RID OUR CITY. ANY TIME THERE IS A SEARCH WARRANT, WE PUT THE SIGN OUT UP FRONT.

WANT THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THIS HOUSE -- WE ARE CONDUCTING A SEARCH WARRANT. WE ALSO DO A NEIGHBORHOOD CANVAS, MEANING THAT WE GO DOOR TO DOOR TO TELL THE RESIDENTS WHAT IS GOING ON AND THAT WE ARE HAVING A SEARCH WARRANT AT THAT HOUSE. THE REASON FOR THAT IS, WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE WORKING FOR THEM.

NOW DO PEOPLE CLOSE THEIR DOOR? YES.

DO THEY -- DO THEY TELL US TO GET AWAY? YES. BUT BEHIND THAT CLOSED DOOR, I AM SURE ON MANY OCCASIONS THEY ARE DANCING BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH A PROBLEMATIC PROPERTY.

TO TRY AND ASSIST US, WHAT WE DID, WE -- WE ARE A PART OF PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS A GRANT FROM THE UNITED STATES YOU DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

IN THAT GRANT, WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT IT IS DESIGNATED TO CREATE SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS. THROUGH SUSTAINED REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME. IN THAT WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION AND TOGETHER.

MEANING THAT IF WE HAVE AN ARREST WHERE WE HAVE A HABITUAL OFFENDER, IF THE UNITED STATES UNITED STATES ASSISTANT ATTORNEY CAN TAKE IT, THEY WILL. IF NOT, THE STATE ATTORNEY WILL.

WE ARE WORKING AND TALKING REGARDING THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE SAFE.

HERE ARE OUR PARTNERS. WE HAVE THE ALCOHOL AND QUARTERBACK FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES, FBI.

AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE EVERY FEDERAL ENTITY THAT IS A PART OF THIS. AND WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS.

WE DISCUSS A NUMBER OF THINGS. AND IT IS WORKING.

WE HAVE ARRESTED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THIS PARTNERSHIP. AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT AND WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP. I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT FLOCK.

BECAUSE THANKS TO YOU, YOU APPROACHED FLOCK SAFETY.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS ABOUT PUTTING CAMERAS UP THAT ARE LICENSE PLATE READERS AND WE PLAN TO PUT IT THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM MIAMI, GEORGIA, ALL KINDS OF PLACES THAT ARE COMING HERE, COMMITTING CRIMES AND THEN THEY ARE LEAVING. ONCE WE HAVE A TRUE DESCRIPTION, FLOCK SAFETY WILL ALLOW US TO FIND THESE VEHICLES AT A MUCH QUICKER FASHION. WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, WE CAN USE THE LICENSE PLATES. WE CAN USE -- IF IT HAS A SUN ROOF. DIFFERENT CHARACTERS WE CAN PUT INSIDE OF FLOCK, AND IT WILL GIVE THAT AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER BEING IDENTIFIED BY A CAMERAS, ACTUAL MESSAGE TO THE OFFICER. TAKES A PICTURE OF THE VEHICLE.

SHOWS WHERE THE VEHICLE IS AND WE KNOW HOW AND WHERE THAT VEHICLE IS. A SUCCESS STORY IS DURING -- WE HAD A SITUATION OF A HOME INVASION.

AND WITH 30 MINUTES, THANKS TO FLOCK, AND WE WERE USING OTHER PEOPLE'S FLOCK AT THE TIME, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ARREST THIS INDIVIDUAL. SO WE HAVE PROVEN RESULTS THAT THIS SYSTEM WORKS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT. I HAVE TO SHOW YOU WHAT OUR PRESENT OFFICER STAFFING IS. WE HAVE 141 FUNDED SWORN OFFICERS AND THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THEY ARE.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 17 VACANCIES. MY PLAN IS TO FILL ALL THOSE VACANCIES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND I ALSO WANT TO APPLAUD THE COMMISSIONERS AND YOU, MAYOR, AND MR. MIMS AS WELL FOR ALLOWING US TO -- WITH THE LAST RAISE FOR THESE ARE OFFICERS. IT WAS A DESERVING RAISE FOR THEM. BUT ALSO, IT WILL ALLOW US TO BRING IN QUALITY PEOPLE FORT PIERCE AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

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WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT FACT.

BECAUSE MY OFFICERS HAD HOPE. HOPE THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE.

AND IT IS GOOD FOR THEM TO SEE THAT AND THE MORALE IS GREAT.

I WANTED TO SAY THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL THE OFFICERS OF THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW AS WE HIRE, I HAVE TO SAY THIS. THERE IS AN EXPENSE THAT IS ATTACHED TO IT. BECAUSE WE NEVER HAD HAD THAT NUMBER OF OFFICERS BEFORE. WITH THAT, I HAVE TO HAVE EQUIPMENT TO MEET THESE NEEDS. AND IT BECOMES RADIOS, CELL PHONES, GUNS. AND I AM NOT EVEN INCLUDING CARS IN THIS. AND JUST FOR THE EQUIPMENT ALONE IT IS $158,000. JUST FOR THESE NEW HIRES.

NOW I WILL ALSO TELL YOU.WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT. THIS IS FOR MY PATROL.

WE ARE TEACHING OUR PATROL THAT WE DON'T WAIT.

WE GO IN REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE SITUATION IS.

WE DON'T WAIT FOR SWAT. WE DON'T WAIT FOR ANYBODY.

IF THE SITUATION ARISESWHERE WE HAVE TO GO IN FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT, WE ARE GOING.

THEY ARE TAUGHT AND TRAINED TO DO THAT.

NOW TO DO THAT, I ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THE PROPER EQUIP FOR THESE OFFICERS AND THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

THE TECHNICAL -- TECHNOLOGICAL AND OTHER SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT ALSO INCLUDES -- I AM GOING TO SAY IT, CAMERAS FOR OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THESE ARE ACTUAL CAMERAS THAT WE CAN SEE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

PUT IT IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS. SO WE ARE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD TO FIGHT THE CRIME AND THE ELEMENT THAT IS THERE.

BUT WE ALSO NEED THE TOOLS TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TEN REMAINING COP GRANT SLOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THIS DEFINES WHAT THE COP GRANT IS AND IT DEFINES EVERYTHING. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE -- IF A FIELD PATROL -- I HAVE TO FEEL MY DETECTIVES.

I HAVE INTO FEEL MY UNDERCOVERS AND THEY ALL COME FROM PATROL.

IF I PULL OFFICERS FROM THERE, I HAVE TO FULFILL OR PUT THOSE OFFICERS BACK IN PATROL, BECAUSE PATROL IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF US. THEY ARE THE FIRST RESPONDERS, THE TRUE FIRST RESPONDERS. THEY ARE OUR HEROES.

NOW I HEARD THIS AS WELL. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SHOT SPOTTER. SO I IS IT SOME RESEARCH JUST TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. AND SHOT SPOTTER IS SUPPOSED TO SEND ALERTS OF GUNFIRE DIRECTLY TO THE LOCAL POLICE OR TO 911.

I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF SHOT SPOTTER.

I WILL SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE COST AND BECAUSE OF THE INEFFICIENCY OF IT. SO WHAT I DID, I DID RESEARCH.

AND I USED CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT DID A $33 MILLION THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH SHOT SPOTTER. AND THEY HAD 797 HOMICIDES AS -- FOR LAST YEAR. AND SO THIS IS WHY THEY WENT TO THAT THING. SO AS I READ, I -- THE MCARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW CONDUCTED A STUDY ON SHOT SPOTTER AND ITS ACCURACY.

AND IT SHOWS THAT IN THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES.

89% SHOT SPOTTER DEPLOYMENTS TURNED OUT NOT TO BE GUN-RELATED. SO MANY FALSE POSITIVES.

AND POLICE DEPLOYMENTS TURNED UP NO EVIDENCE OF A CRIME WHATSOEVER. SO ALTHOUGH THEY SAYS IT PORTRAYED THAT IT IS VERY ACCURATE, THIS IS FROM THE JUSTICE CENTER 245 SAYS OTHERWISE.

I WENT FURTHER AND WENT TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO INSPECTOR GENERAL. AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SAID THE SAME THING. THAT THE EVIDENCE OF GUN-RELATED CRIME WAS NONEXISTENT IN MOST OF THE CASES.

SHOT SPOTTER IS -- SHOWS -- SELLS A BILL OF GOODS THAT IT IS THE GREATEST THING. BUT YOU USE THIS DATA -- AND THIS IS FROM CHICAGO -- WHICH IS ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST CLIENTS, THIS IS THE RESULTS. AND I ALSO FOUND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LAWSUITS BECAUSE OF SHOT SPOTTER.

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE IN SOME OF THE LAWSUITS, IT WAS THAT THEY WERE PLACED IN MOSTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS.

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AND SO THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF LAWSUITS REGARDING THAT AS WELL. I JUST, AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. AND I CAN'T EMPHASIZE IT ENOUGH TO HAVE THE DAIS TO BE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU. AND NOW I AM WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. .

>>MAYOR: QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION?

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I WILL GO.

. >>MAYOR: COMMISSIONER GAINES.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: MORNING, CHIEF.

GO BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED. I AM GLAD YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS -- THIS SPOT SHORTER. SHOOT, WHATEVER IT IS CALLED.

I DID RESEARCH TOO. SO I AM GLAD YOU DID THE RESEARCH. I DID THE RESEARCH TOO.

BECAUSE I GET THE SAME E-MAILS THAT YOU GET ABOUT IT.

AND I CAME UP WITH -- WITH THE SAME CONCLUSION THAT IT IS A GOOD SELL, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK. OKAY.

I AM JUST GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

BUT ON THAT, I KNOW THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FLOCK SAFETY.

>> YES. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THAT WE GOT. IS IT ANY OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE FLOCK SAFETY OR ANY OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT -- THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT KNOWS ABOUT THAT WILL HELP YOU KEEP -- KEEP THE CITY SAFE?

>> YES, SIR. THIS IS WHY THE FLOCK IS ONE ASPECT. AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE ASKING

FOR CAMERAS IN OTHER ASPECT. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: OKAY.

>> BECAUSE WE NEED THE CAMERAS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME WHEN THEY ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACED, SOMETIMES THEY SHOW US THE SCENE ITSELF AND SHOW US A NUMBER OF THINGS AND PREPARES US AS WE ARE DOING OUR INVESTIGATION AND HELPS US, BUT IT ALSO HELPS US

TO IDENTIFY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I AM GOING TO ASK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT TO DO ME A FAVOR BECAUSE I AM NO THE GOING TO -- I AM PRETTY SURE I AM NOT GOING TO KEEP UP ON ALL THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT COMES IN THROUGH -- FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OR HEAR SOMETHING OR KNOW OF SOMETHING THAT RUNS, THAT YOU COME ACROSS, AND IT HELPS YOU DO A BETTER JOB OR PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF FORT PIERCE, CAN YOU LET US KNOW SO I CAN RESEARCH IT.

OR LET ME KNOW SO I CAN RESEARCH IT.

BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL THE HELP THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT NEEDS. BECAUSE YOU PERSONALLY KNOW I AM OUT THERE EVERY DAY. YOU SEE ME OUT THERE EVERY DAY.

SO -- >> DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND IT DIRECTLY TO YOU? OR THE MAYOR.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: DON'T GET ME IN TROUBLE.

SEND IT TO MR.MIMS. I RUN MY MOUTH SOMETIMES.

GIVE IT TO MR. MIMS OR HE WILL SEND IT TO ME.

THANK YOU. I GOT A QUESTION.

GROWING UP IN FORT PIERCE, WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY -- THE COMMUNITY POLICING. AND I VERY GROWING UP, CERTAIN OFFICERS LIKE KING STRONG AND MY UNCLE, OFFICER GIBBS.

AND I AM -- I AM LOSING MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT RIGHT NOW, BUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF OFFICERS WE KNEW THAT WERE IN THAT AREA.

AND AS A YOUNG BLACK MAN GROWING UP, WE KNEW THEIR CAR.

WE KNEW -- BECAUSE THEY KNEW OUR FACES.

AD THEY WOULD -- WASN'T NOTHING FOR THEM TO GET ON THEIR MICROPHONES BACK THEN AND S SAY GAINES STOP.

DO I NEED TO CALL YOUR DAD. ANY THOUGHT OF PUTTING OFFICERS THAT THE -- THAT ESPECIALLY IN THE LINCOLN PARK AREA WHERE I AM ALL DAY, THAT THE KIDS AND THE -- AND THE KIDS AND THE -- AND THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA CAN -- CAN COME MORE FAMILIAR WITH.

THEY ALMOST GROW UP WITH THEM. SO IT HELPS YOU OUT.

JUST -- JUST A QUESTION. >> ABSOLUTELY.

WE DO OUR BEST. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT KNOW THESE KIDS. JUST SO YOU KNOW.

AND THEY GET OUT AND THEY PLAY BASKETBALL WITH THEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT DOES HAPPEN.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE -- BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF CALLS THAT WE ARE HAVING, WE HAVE TO SWITCH UP. AND THAT'S IS THE SAD PART.

THIS IS WHY I PRESENTED THE TEN OFFICERS.

IF I GET THOSE TEN OFFICERS, I GUARANTEE YOU I WILL PUT THEM IN LINCOLN PARK. .

>>MAYOR: YOU HEARD IT HERE. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I AM GOING TO TAKE THAT AND COME BACK.

OKAY. SO HOW CAN I HELP YOU -- WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET YOU THOSE OFFICERS.

DO I NEED TO GO AND DO BETTER RECRUITMENT.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO GET THEM THERE.

>> I NEED THE APPROVAL. APPROVAL TO GET THEM, FIRST OF

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BECAUSE WE HOPE THAT IS THEIR COMMITMENT TO STAY WITH FORT PIERCE. AND IT HAS WORKED ON MANY OCCASIONS. AND THIS IS WHAT WE TRY TO DO.

WE ARE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD WITH OUR EXPLORERS BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO GROW INTO THESE NEW OFFICERS, BECAUSE A NUMBER OF THEM ARE HOMEGROWN AS WELL. WE ARE -- I AM GLAD TO SEE PROJECT LIFT HERE AS WELL. WE ARE WORK WITH PROJECT LIFT.

BECAUSE MANY TIMES WHEN WE HAVE KIDS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, WE HAVE SENT THEM THROUGH THE RICH HOUSE.

RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY HOPE. WE ARE WORKING TO PLACE THEM IN PROJECT LIFT SO THEY CAN LEARN A SKILL FOR A BETTER FUTURE.

WE ARE DOING THE RECRUITMENT. AND I THINK BECAUSE YOU APPROVED THE RAISE, I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ENHANCER TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE. AND WE HAVE CHANGED THE WAY WE RECRUIT. SO I AM HOPE TO GET THESE 17 POSITIONS. AND THE TEN EXTRA WHICH WILL BE 27 TO FILLED HOPEFULLY VERY SOON.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THANK YOU, CHIEF.

. >>MAYOR: WHO WOULD LET TO GO NEXT? YES, SIR, COMMISSIONER PERONA.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: THANK YOU, CHIEF.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OPTIONS FOR POLICING INCLUDING SHOT SPOTTER. IT'S NOT A PANACEA THAT IS GOING TO FIX EVERYTHING. WE NODE THAT.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT COMPETES WITH REAL DOLLARS THAT ARE USED TO DO OUR POLICING IN A VERY EFFECTIVE W AND COMMISSIONER JON AND I WOULD AGREE AFTER GOING THROUGH THE CITIZENS ACADEMY YOU DRILLED IT IN OUR HEADS NOTHING BETTER THAN A WELL TRAINED AND WELL-EQUIPPED OFFICER.

PERIOD, PARAGRAPH. DOING THOSE RESOURCES WE DO MORE THAN DEPENDING ON THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

WHEN WE HEARD A REPORT OF SHOT SPOTTER, A COUPLE OF YOU COMMISSIONERS WEREN'T HERE. IT PICKS UP THE SOUND SIGNAL.

SENDS A SIGNAL TO SOMEWHERE IN CALI CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA RESPONDS BACK IT TO TELL THEM IN ST.

LUCIE COUNTY THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM.

THAT HAPPENED IN A FEW SECONDS AND MAKES ME THINK TWICE OF HOW LONG QUICKLY SOMETHING CAN GO WRONG.

IF YOU ARE PINNING YOUR HOPES ON THIS.

I AM GLAD WE ARE OFF OF THAT AND.HAVING BETTER TRAINING FOR OFFICERS. AND WE NEED TO TELL OUR STORY BECAUSE I THINK WITH NOW THE A -- KEEPING UP WITH THE STEP PROGRAM AND THE PAY FOR OFFICERS, WE HAVE COMPLETED EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE TALKED OF EQUIPMENT IN THE PAST.

WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT UP TO STANDARD.

WE HAVE THE TRAINING BETTER THAN MOST.

WE HAVE GOT THAT GOING ON. AND NOW OUR -- NOT ONLY OUR -- OUR EMPLOYMENT PACKAGE, BUT ALSO OUR RETIREMENT PACKAGE.

THAT WHOLE -- I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO TELL ME THAT 24-YEAR-OLD YOUNG POLICE OFFICER NEVER THINKS ABOUT RETIREMENT.

THAT'S OFF THE CHART AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT I TELL YOU, EVENTUALLY IT GETS TO BE SOMETHING WORTHWHILE.

AND WHEN YOU THINK OF A POLICE OFFICER IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE PUT IN, WHAT, 25 YEARS. AT THE END OF THAT 25 YEARS WITH THEIR 18 A5 MONEY AND THEY ARE CLOSE TO 100% OF THAT IN THEIR

LAST FIVE YEARS. >> YES.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: WHAT A SELL IS THAT, FOLKS.

SIGN ME UP. AM I TOO OLD TO GET IN?

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: YES. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: YES, THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] THAT IS OUR STORY. AND THE BIG -- THE OTHER COMPONENT THAT WE DON'T EVER TALK ABOUT AND SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIX IS THERE IS A NEED.

YOU ARE NOT JUST DRIVING AROUND, YOU KNOW, WRITING PARKING TICKETS. I AM NOT SAYING THAT IS WHAT THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DO, BUT WE HAVE A SERIOUS NEED.

A SERIOUS NEED FOR AN OFFICER TO MAKE THAT COMMITSMENT, TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, TO BECOME PART OF THE COMMUNITY POLICING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MOVING, YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY FOR OUR CITIZENS FORWARD. SO YOU HAVE GOT THE NEED.

YOU HAVE GOT THE EQUIPMENT. YOU GOT THE TRAINING.

YOU GOT THE MONEY. YOU GOT THE RETIREMENT.

SOME OF US RETIREMENT PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THAT IDEA.

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T COMPETE. THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AROUND CAN'T COMPETE WITH THAT. RETENTION, I THINK -- I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT RETENTION IS PROBABLY DOING A BETTER JOB.

I REMEMBER -- WE USED TO GET WEEK -- OR MONTHLY REPORTS OF FIVE OR SEVEN OFFICERS LEAVING AFTER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

THAT HAS GOT TO STOP. WE GOT TO KEEP THEM.

AND I THINK THIS WHOLE COMMISSION RIGHT HERE.

THAT IS WHAT HIT US THE MOST IS HOW WE TRAIN OUR OFFICERS.

GET THEM TO THE LEVEL. GET THEM TO WHERE THEY KNOW THE

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AND THEN THEY ARE GONE. THEY ARE WORKING FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, YOU CAN HAVE -- YOU CAN HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE FROM YALE, NOT WHAT THEY LOOK FOR. THEY WANT TO KNOW IF YOU WERE TRAINED IN FORT PIERCE. IF YOU ARE TRANDZ IN FORT PIERCE, WE WANTS YOU, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: THANK YOU FOR HELPING US SEE THAT AND STOP THIS THING FROM HAPPENING.

WE HAVE GOT, I THINK, OUR CARDS ARE OUT THERE.

AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW TO HAVE THE BEST POLICE FORCE IN A TRI-COUNTY AREA. AND I AM HOLDING YOU RESPONSIBLE. [LAUGHTER]

. >>MAYOR: RIGHT.

YES, SIR, GO AHEAD. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: GOOD MORNING, CHIEF. THANK YOU.

I HAVE MY GLASSES SO I CAN SEE. I WAS STRUGGLING AT SOME POINT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ON YOUR SLIDE, YOU SHOWED TO DATE, WE HAVE 80 FELONY ARRESTS I THINK YOU HAVE.

AND THIS IS A RHETORICAL QUESTION.

YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME ON THIS. I AM CURIOUS WITH OUR DATA HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THIS AREA.

I HAVE A PERCEPTION -- I WAS BORN AND RAISED.

WE HAVE INFLUX HERE. PEOPLE TEND TO HOLE UP HERE BECAUSE OF THEIR PERCEPTION OF FORT PIERCE AND WHAT IS NOT HERE. AND WE KNOW THAT IS NOT TO BE TRUE. I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AS FAR AS FELONY ARRESTS, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES AND THAT. AND ALSO, OF THOSE FELONY ARRESTS, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE -- ARE ORGANIC, MEANING THEY ORIGINATED ABOUT FELONY PEOPLE PEOPLE COME FROM PALM BEACH, MIAMI, AND JUST KIND OF HOLDING UP HERE.

OR THEY -- AND WE FIND THEM HERE AND ARREST THEM HERE.

OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A FELONY ARREST.

TO ME, THAT NUMBER JUMPED OUT TO ME BECAUSE THAT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 13 A MONTH. AND I AM -- I WOULD BE -- I AM A DATA GUY. I LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT TO UNDERSTAND. WHICH LEADS ME TO MY SECOND POINT. THE COP, I THINK, GRANT PROGRAM.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK DURING OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A MODEL OR THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT FROM THIS CITY COMMISSION.

BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KIND OF GET A THREE TO FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION OF EXPENSES. WE ARE GROWING AS A CITY.

ONE THING I DO KNOW THAT IF YOU ADD MORE PEOPLE, YOU NEED RESOURCES FOR THOSE PEOPLE. THEY -- THEY NEED CARS.

THEY NEED GUNS. THEY NEED -- ALL OF THIS STUFF ADDS UP. SO COMMISSIONERGAINES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT GET THESE 17 PEOPLE, BUT MY OTHER IMPACT IS THEY HAVE TO BE EQUIPPED WITH STUFF AND THAT IS A CAST WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN ALONG WITH THE SALARY OF THESE PARTICULAR OFFICERS COMING IN AND BENEFITS AND RETIREMENT.

SO MADAM MAYOR, MY LOOK ON THIS IS -- AS WE LOOK AT THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO A THREE, FOUR, FIVE-YEAR PERFORMER BUDGET TO KIND OF FORECAST THAT WE CAN ADJUST A LONG TIME SO WE GET AN IDEA OF THE FUTURE EXPENSES OF POLICING IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET CYCLE NOW, WE DO A GREAT TIME.

WE COULD AM IN AND DO A BUDGET FOR ONE YEAR, BUT WE HAVE TO EXPANDS OUR LOOK TO START THE LOOK OF THESE THINGS THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS OUT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO HERE. BECAUSE THAT CONCERNS ME.

I KNOW IF WE ARE GOING TO BRING IN TEN OFFICES, THAT WILL BE QUITE AN EXPENSE TO ON BOARD THEM.

>> I AM GOING TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE DOING A SPREADSHEET THAT IS VISIBLE FOR YOU TO SEE.

BECAUSE AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, WE WILL HAVE TO EXPAND.

IT WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, BUT ALSO IT HAS TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT AS WELL.

SO WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER NOW. WE HOPEFULLY WILL PRESENT IT TO MR. MIMS TO MOVE FORWARD YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH AND WHAT IS REQUIRED. WAT IS HAPPENING THAT I AM ALSO LOOKING AT. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RETIRING SOON.

I HAVE TO REPLACE THEM. I HAVE TO GET THEM TRAINED TO BE THOSE REPLACEMENTS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I AM LOOKING AT AS WELL. WHEN THE -- WHEN THE PREVIOUS CHIEF WAS HERE AND THERE IS NO OFFENSE TO HIM, BUT THEY TOOK AWAY CAPTAINS. I THINK CAPTAINS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE GROWTH WHEN IT COMES TO THESE OFFICERS TO JUMP FROM A LIEUTENANT TO A DEPUTY CHIEF IS TOO BIG, TOO WIDE. THOSE ARE PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT'S WE ARE HAVING AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING BECAUSE WE WON'T -- THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT -- WE WANT THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REPRESENT THIS CITY IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.

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RIGHT NOW. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: CHIEF, THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I AM GLAD TO HEAR YOU ARE WORKING ON THAT. BECAUSE NOT ONLY FOR US TO BE AWARE, BUT WE ARE STEWARDS OF THE CITIZENS AND THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY. AND THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHAT THIS FUTURE LOOKS LIKE AS WE GROW, BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOING TO GET ANY LESS EXPENSIVE WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING A SAFETY COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I AM THE PROPONENT UP HERE THAT STARTED THIS WHOLE THING OF ONE FORT PIERCE. AND IF WE DON'T GET THE PERCEPTION OF CRIME HANDLED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GROW THIS CITY AS EFFECTIVELY AS WE WANT TO SEE IT GROW. AND THERE ARE STILL PERCEPTIONS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT FORT PIERCE IS NOT A SAFE CITY.

AVENUE D IS NOT SAFE, AND THAT IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH.

THERE ARE ALWAYS WILL BE CRIME, PERIOD.

BUT THE PERCEPTION -- WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE AND THEIR THOUGHTS OF FORT PIERCE THAT YOU LITERALLY CANNOT WALK ON AVENUE D AND NOT GET SHOT AND THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH.

I THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE OFFICERS FOR ALL THIS THEY DO. AS WE MOVE THIS ONE FORT PIERCE FORWARD, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS AN INTEGRAL PART.

RESPONSIBLE POLICING. COMMUNITY POLICING.

AND PRODUCTIVE POLICING TO REMOVE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT HELP US SLEEP A LITTLE BETTER AT NIGHTS.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. >> ABSOLUTELY.

I AM GOING TO ADD, EVEN WITH OUR VICTIM ADVOCATES, WE ARE GROWING. I HAVE THREE VICTIM ADVOCATES NOW. WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THAT, WE ARE USING THEM TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THE SKILL BASE SO THEY WILL NOT BECOME VICTIM OF CRIME. WHEN IT COMES TO ANY CRIME THAT TAKES PLACE THAT A FELONY, BURGLARY OF AN AUTO, HOME, BUSINESS. CRIME PREVENTION THEY GO OUT AND TALK TO INDIVIDUALS TO GIVE THEM SAFETY TIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT -- NOT VICTIMIZED AGAIN.

WE ARE HAVING UNITY IN COMMUNITY ON JULY 6 AT THE RECREATION CENTER. AND AT THAT TIME, I AM HOPING TO OPEN UP RICH HOUSE 2 AT THE FACILITY.

WE ARE MAKING A LOT OF GREAT PROGRESS AND I AM PROUD OF ALL THE ACCOMPLISH{SUFFIX}MENTS WE HAVE MADE.

. >>MAYOR: MR.J. JOHNSON.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: I WILL ECHO WHAT HAS BEEN SAID HERE TODAY. AND THE INFORMATION AND UTILIZE THE INFORMATION TO HELP YOU SUCCEED EVEN MORE THAN WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW AS A DEPARTMENT. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE BRINGING FORWARD. WE HEARD A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS. I WANT TO DIAL IN ON THIS PICTURE JUST FOR HALF A SECOND, BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK OF THE BUDGET AND FLEET. THERE ARE 14 CARS I THINK I COUNTED IN THE PHOTO. MR. RIOS CAN TELL US TWO OR THREE CROWN VICTORIA HAVEN'T BEEN MADE IN I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS BUT A LONG TIME SINCE THOSE CARS HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT HERE THEY ARE AS PART OF OUR FLEET.

SO YEARS AGO, WE EMBARKED UPON A MISSION AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, YOUR DEPARTMENT, AND, OF COURSE, PUBLIC WORKS INTO LEASING VEHICLES. AND I WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION UP HERE AT LEAST SHARE WITH MY COMMISSIONERS THAT IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM AT THAT TIME, BUT I THINK THERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS OUT THERE. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS AND REALLY DIAL THAT IN AS FAR AS GETTING THESE -- THESE PURSUIT VEHICLES OUTFITTED.

IT IS NOT CHEAP TO OUTFIT THESE VEHICLES AS WE ALL KNOW.

THERE IS A LOT OF SPECIAL ENGINES, PACKAGES, ELECTRONICS, ALL OF THE ABOVE THAT GO INTO THESE.

AND WHILE WE HAVE A CONTRACT OUT THERE, I THINK THERE IS SOME OPTION THAT'S WE NEED TO EXPLORE AND -- AND ALTERNATIVES.

HERE -- HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AS WE ALL KNOW, IT IS A SUPPLY AND DEMAND ISSUE ALSO. SO WE HAVE GOT TO BE DIVERSE IN HOW WE ARE GOING AFTER EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT IS JUST A LONG WAIT. I HEARD MR. RIOSS TALK ABOUT IT A NUMBER OF TIMES WITH THE WHITE FLOAT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AND LOOKING AT HOW WE GET THESE VEHICLES CHANGED OUT SO WE DON'T HAVE A PHOTO WITH TWO OR THREE CROWN VICS IN THE PICTURE STILL.

THERE AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, MR. MIMS, AS A CITY BEING DIVERSE OF WHERE WE ARE MAKING OUR PURCHASES BECAUSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ECONOMY. BUT I KNOW THAT IS JUST ONE ELEMENT OF THAT LONG LIST OF ITEMS, BUT WE CAN PROBABLY DIAL IN AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE VESTS AND THE RADIOS AND THE

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>> YES. AND HONESTLY -- NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE, PLEASE, BUT I WANT TO GET OUT OF THE ENTERPRISE.

FOR THE WHITE FLEET, IT IS FINE. BUT NOT FOR MY POLICE VEHICLES.

CREATING TOO MANY ISSUES FOR US. WE ORDER CARS BACK IN AUGUST.

WE STILL HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ONE OF THOSE CARS AS OF YET.

IT HAS BEEN VERY PROBLEMATIC, WHEN IT CAME TO WORK WITH ENTERPRISE. EITHER THEY ARE NOT RESPONDING.

THEY ARE NOT BEING AS EFFICIENT AS IT WAS.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, DEALING WITH ENTERPRISE.

WE ARE DEALING WITH THREE VENDORS MEANING ONES THAT PUT OUR LIGHTS IN, ONE TO PUT OUR EQUIPMENT IN AND ONE TO PUT OUR STRIPING IN. WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM, WE HAVE TO GO AND GO, OKAY, WHO IS ON FIRST.

AND THEN TO GETS THE GRIMENT ONE PLACE TO THE NEXT PLACE, IT CREATES -- IT SHOWS DOWN THAT PROCESS.

WE WORK WITH BARTOW FORT PIERCE FORD, AND WITH BARTOW FORD, A ONE. STOP NETWORK.

EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME, ONE PLACE.

AND IT HAS WORKED -- IT WAS TREMENDOUSLY GOOD FOR US AS AN AGENCY. AND THAT IS WHERE I FEEL THAT IT IS THE MOST BENEFIT TO US TO WORK WITH A FORD DEALERSHIP SO THAT THEY CAN DEAL WITH -- TO MEET ALL OF OUR -- ALL OF OUR

NEEDS. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: OKAY. SO THERE IS ONE -- THERE IS THE IDEA RIGHT OFF THE TOP AND ONE SUGGESTION.

I LIKE IT. I THINK THAT IS HOW WE GOT ENTERPRISE THE FIRST TIME. STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT UP HERE. STAFF TOOK A HOLD OF IT AND FOUND A PROGRAM THAT WORKED. MY RESEARCH WITH ENTERPRISE, A CONTRACT OR RELATIONSHIP SPECIFICALLY.

I WAS INTO IT. WE NEEDED TO CHANGE THE FLEET.

WE ALL KNEW IT. WE WERE SITTING IN HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO BECAUSE WE HAVE A

20-YEAR-OLD FLEET. >> RIGHT.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: ACROSS THE BOARD WITH SOME VEHICLES HAVING 250,000 MILES. I ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 2016 OR 2017 OF JANUARY, I THINK IT WAS. I WAS LIKE, WHY IS A PATROL VEHICLE JUST RUNNING ALL THE TIME.

THEY SAID IF WE SHUT IT OFF, IT MIGHT NOT COME BACK ON.

SO -- I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I AM GOING TO WORK.

[LAUGHTER] I AM GOING TO FIGURE OUT SOME

OTHER SOLUTION. >> IS OH, GOSH.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT CONVERSATION. SO ANYWAY.

WE HAVE TO BE NIMBLE AND RESOURCEFUL AND I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT THAT WITH EVERY PART OF YOUR BUDGET.

YOU AND I HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION WITH YOUR BUDGET WITH REGARD TO WHAT YOUR STAFFING LOOKS LIKE, WHERE YOU NEED IT TO BE.

AND THEN THE COPS PROGRAM. I LOVE THAT TOO, BUT WE LOVE TO LOOK AND EVALUATE THAT -- COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON TALKING OF THAT THREE TO FIVE-YEAR COMMITMENT.

THE OUTLOOK. PLANNING AHEAD OF THE BUDGET.

APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. >> THANK YOU.

>>MAYOR: I WANT TO REITERATE SINCE I HAVE BEEN ELECTED, ONE OF MY MAIN GOALS FOR FORT PIERCE TO BE A SAFE CITY, BUT ALSO TO BE KNOWN AS A SAFE CITY. AND I THINK YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO GET US THERE. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO COME AND HEAR FROM YOU BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANY BACKSLIDING AND I AM QUITE SURE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO IT.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT GUNS AND GUN VIOLENCE.

SO LEGAL GUNS VERSUS WHAT THEY CALLED GHOST GUNS OR ILLEGAL GUNS. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU FIND IN YOUR GUN CRIMES IN THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT?

>> A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS, QUITE HONESTLY.

MOST OF THE GUNS -- WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ILLEGAL GUNS MEANING THEY ARE STOLEN FROM OTHER PLACES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ALSO HAVE THE ISSUE OF PEOPLE WITH GUNS, LEAVING THEM IN THEIR CARS. AND LEAVING THEM UP UNDER THEIR SEATS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WHEN THEY BREAK INTO THE CARS, THAT IS AN ENDANGERMENT NOT ONLY TO THE COMMUNITY BUT TO THE OFFICERS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SECURING THEIR GUNS IN AN APPROPRIATE FASHION. .

>>MAYOR: A LEGAL GUN OWNER LEAVES THEIR GUN IN THE CAR AND SOMEONE BREAKS IN AND STEALS THAT GUN.

>> YES, THAT IS BECOMING -- ONE OF MY MOST PROBLEMATIC SITUATIONS. AND SO AS I HAVE THIS MOMENT, I AM GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY THAT IF YOU DO HAVE A GUN, PLEASE SECURE IT. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT IT ON THE STREET. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE USED IN ANY TYPE OF CRIME. WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE IT FOR YOUR SAFETY, BUT YOU NEED TO SECURE IT FOR YOUR SAFETY AS

WELL. >>MAYOR: GOOD.

I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE ALSO WE WERE GOING TO ORDER -- DO WE HAVE THE TASER THAT'S WE WERE GOING TO ORDER WITH THE

DIFFERENT COLORED TASERS? >> THEY ARE HERE.

THEY ARE IN EFFECT. THEY PROBABLY RUN THEM RIGHT

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AND. >>MAYOR: THEY CAN TELL THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR GUN. >> YES.

>>MAYOR: THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED -- ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS ON THE NATIONAL SCENE, YOU GO INTO ACTION AND SAY, WE ARE -- THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN FORT PIERCE.

WE ARE GOING TO TRAIN FOR THIS. WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS KNOW. THEY ARE TRAINING ALL THE TIME ANYWAY, BUT I -- I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE FLOCK -- IS THAT -- SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND THEN -- IT TAKES -- IS IT -- IS IT A CAMERA THAT TAKES PICTURES OF LICENSE PLATES AND THEN OF A -- OF A CRIMINAL?

I MEAN HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> A LICENSE PLATE READER.

AND IT IS AN ACTUAL CAMERA THAT IS GOING -- IT IS GOING TO BE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND WHAT HAPPENS, ONCE WE PUT THE INFORMATION INSIDE OF FLOCK, WHAT HAPPENS IS, IT -- IF THE -- IF IT PASSES BY ONE OF THE CAMERAS IT TAKES A PICTURE OF IT. .

>>MAYOR: YOU KNOW. LIKE A BOLO, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS CAR WITH THIS LICENSE TAG AND YOU ENTER IT INTO THE THING, THE SOFTWARE AND IT IDENTIFIES IT IF IT IS ANYWHERE IN OUR

SERVICE AREA. >> ANY AREA THAT HAS FLOCK CAMERAS. WE HAVE FLOCK CAMERAS ALL THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. .

>>MAYOR: OKAY. >> GIVES US THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT ALL THE CAMERAS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA.

SO IF IT IS TRAVELING. LET'S SAY TO TALLAHASSEE.

IF IT GOES THROUGH AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A FLOCK CAMERA, IT WILL SEND US AN ALERT. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE COMMIT CRIMES, SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO LEAVE THE CITY.

BUT IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT VEHICLE.

>>MAYOR: THAT IS TERRIFIC. TO ME THAT IS TECHNOLOGY THAT REALLY MAKES SENSE. SINCE I HAVE BEEN MAYOR, THE SHOT SPOTTER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET US TO USE SHOT SPOTTER. AND EVERY TIME WE LOOK INTO IT, IT IS VERY, VERY COSTLY AND VERY INEFFECTIVE.

AND THEY PROMISE IT WILL LEAD TO CONVICTIONS.

THAT THAT WAS THE STRONGEST THING THAT COULD DO.

AND IT WAS ALSO NOT ACCURATE. TO ME, THIS TECHNOLOGY IS SO MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THE WAY THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO I -- I APPRECIATE THAT AND I AM GLAD TO LEARN ABOUT THAT.

AND -- AND I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

I WANT TO KNOW, ARE YOU GETTING BETTER COMMUNITY COOPERATION FROM PEOPLE IN HIGH CRIME AREAS NOW? HAVE WE DONE -- HAVE WE MADE A DENT IN THAT? THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE COMMUNITY WAS AFRAID TO

COOPERATE. >> WE HAVE MADE A DENT IN IT; HOWEVER, I WILL SAY PEOPLE ARE STILL AFRAID.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WE DO DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IF YOU PROVIDE THE INFORMATION, WE TRY TO KEEP THEM AS CONFIDENTIAL AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO WE ARE WORK WITH THE PUBLIC. AND WE HAVE ALSO -- WE ARE USING CRIME STOPPERS. BECAUSE SOMETIMES IF THEY HAVE INFORMATION, WE WILL TELL THEM, OKAY, CALL CRIMESTOPPERS, IT WILL COME TO US AND THEIR IDENTITY IS --.

>>MAYOR: TOTALLY ANONYMOUS. A SAFE WAY TO REPORT.

>> WE ARE USING A NUMBER OF WAY TO TRY TO GIVE COMFORT TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND I AM GOING TO SAY I AM -- I AM VERY PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE STEPPING UP. AND THEY ARE SAYING, THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS OUR MESSAGE.

THIS IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE PATROL IT, BUT THIS IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SOME OF THEM ARE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THAT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS STILL A FEAR FACTOR THAT IS THERE. IN.

>>MAYOR: YEAH, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

IS THE MARINE UNIT A NEW UNIT OR DID YOU REVIVE A MARINE UNIT?

>> WE ALWAYS HAD OUR MARINE UNIT, BUT WHAT WE WERE DOING IS WE NEEDED MORE OPERATORS. BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE IT MORE VISIBLE WITH THE SUMMER COMING UP.

YOU HAD TO BE VERY WELL TRAINED TO DRIVE OUR BOAT.

VERY WELL. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRAINING NEW OPERATORS SO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE OUR BOAT IN A

MUCH MORE EFFICIENT FASHION. >>MAYOR: SO I WILL WIND UP.

IF YOU WILL JUST TELL EVERYBODY HERE AND ANYBODY LISTENING AT HOME, IF -- IF -- ABOUT THE CHARITABLE TRUST.

>> YES. OUR CHARITABLE TRUST IS -- OH, WE ARE WORKING ON A STATUE THAT WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND IT WILL DEPICT AN OFFICER IN UNIFORM. AND WE GAVE THE OFFICER THE NAME OF "HERO." AND WHAT WE HAVE ALSO DONE RENAMED THE PARK THAT IS IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT I

AM THING OF PARISH. >>MAYOR: ANNIE PARISH.

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>> MEMORIAL PARK. WE ARE RAISING FUNDS BY PURCHASE A BRICK FOR THAT. BRICKS ARE $100 AND YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEB SITE TO DO THAT. AND THEN WHEN YOU ORDER A BRICK, WE ARE GOING TO PLACE THE BRICKS IN FRONT -- AROUND THE STATUE WHEN IT ARRIVES AND THE ADDITION ALE BRICKS WILL BE AT THE PARK.

AND WE ARE RAISING THESE FUNDS BECAUSE I THINK IT IS -- AN HONOR TO MEMORIALIZE THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.

IF THEY CAN SUPPORT US IN EVERY FASHION, THAT WILL BE GREAT.

>> THEY CAN GO TO THE WEB SITE AND --ND OUR OFFICER --

>> I DON'T HAVE THE WEB SITE WITH ME.

BUT I WILL MAKE SURE I PLACE IT ON OUR FACEBOOK FOR THEM TO FIND AND ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE SO THEY KNOW HOW TO DIRECT TO IT.

>>MAYOR: OFFICER FAZNEL WAS THE CONTACT PERSON AND BRUCE MURRAY

IS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. >> CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.

>>MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND THANK ALL YOUR OFFICERS.

WE OWE THEM A LOT. >> THANK YOU, MY PLEASURE.

[b. Neighborhood Identification Presentation by Keep Fort Pierce Beautiful Board]

>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTIFICATION PRESENTATION BY THE KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL BOARD.

. >>MAYOR: MR. MIMS MIMOSA MIMOSA MADAM MAYOR, AS OUR GOAL. TO HIGHLIGHT AND I PROVE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE SO THERE IS AN IDENTITY. SOMETHING SEPARATE AND DISTINCT.

AND THE KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL BOARD WAS CHARGED WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY. WE NOW HAVE A REPORT FROM OUR CHAIRPERSON WITH REGARD TO THAT TASK.

. >>MAYOR: MISS SCOTT, THANK YOU.

. >>MAYOR: ARE YOU STARTING OR

MR. RIOS. >> I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL BOARD HAS COME BEFORE YOU FOR A PRESENTATION SINCE BEING KIND OF REVAMPED A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THE CHIEF JUST MENTIONED NEIGHBORHOOD OWNERSHIP.

AND ONE OF THE FIRST TASKS YOU ALL GAVE TO THE KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL BOARD WAS TO, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY. AND WITH US TODAY IS OUR CHAIRPERSON FOR THE KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL COMM COMMITTEE, KALITA SCOTT AND WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE RESEARCH

CONDUCTED THUS FAR. >>MAYOR: MISS SCOTT.

>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

I AM EXCITED AND HONORED TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL BOARD. I BELIEVE SOME TIME IN THE LATE FALL, THAT WE WERE TASKED WITH THIS HEFTY JOB.

AND WE WERE EXCITED. WE HAD A PRESENTATION BY THE KEEP PORT ST. LUCIE BOARD. THEY SHARED WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO WORK WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY.

THEY DID A NICE JOB WITH THEIR PROGRAM.

AND I PERSONALLY ON OUR BOARD FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING THE WORK AND PROCESS IT TOOK FOR THEM TO COME TO THAT.

BECAUSE, AS WE KNOW, FORT PIERCE AND PORT ST\.

LUCIE IS VERY DIFFERENT AND MORE OF A PLANNED COMMUNITY.

SO CREATE THAT PROCESS WAS A LITTLE -- THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A CONSULTANT COME IN, GUIDE THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CREATE THEIR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT AND CREATE THEIR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD PROCESS.

SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT. AND THEN MR. REALS SAID, NOW YOU HAVE SOME HOMEWORK. COME UP WITH IDEAS YOURSELF.

AND I WILL SAY THAT IT TOOK A LITTLE TIME FOR US TO GRASP EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE CHARGED TO DO.

AND IN FRONT OF YOU THERE IS A LOT OF -- A COUPLE DIFFERENT MAPS AND THE ISLAND AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN AND THE MAIN, I GUESS, AREA OF FORT PIERCE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BREAK IT DOWN.

BUT WE -- WE WERE ALL GIVEN AREAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT, DRIVE THROUGH, FIGURE OUT BECAUSE WE ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND SOME AREAS WERE EASIER THAN OTHERS.

WE HAD SOME BOARD MEMBERS WHO LIVE ON THE BEACH.

AND THE BEACH IS KIND OF DEFINED.

SO THAT WAS -- THAT WAS EASY -- EASIER, I WILL SAY THAT.

NO SHADE TO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HERE.

CHARLENE DID GREAT. CHARLENE DID GREAT.

SOME OF OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WERE DIFFICULT TO BREAK DOWN AND UNDERSTAND. SO NEXT SLIDE.

>> MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE A GREAT BIT OF HELP FROM ST\.

LUCIE COUNTY. WE GOT SOME HELP A PHONE CALL WAS MADE. IT CREATED THE GIS INFORMATION BEFORE YOU. AND WE HAVE A LONG AND RICH HISTORY. OVER 400 SUBDIVISIONS IDENTIFIED. AND THE TASK OF THE KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL BOARD, THE HOMEWORK THAT WAS GIVEN TO TAKE THE SECTIONS BY COLOR AND NARROW DOWN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE

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AND THE OTHERS WERE -- LIKE THE PINEWOOD SUBDIVISION HAD A LITTLE SIGNIFICANCE TO IT AND THAT WAS PART OF THE HOMEWORK TO TRY TO NARROW DOWN WHAT WE WERE PROVIDED FROM ST LUCIE COUNTY.

>> WE WILL DOWNTOWN, SOUTH BEACH, PARADISE PARK AND EDGARTOWN. WE DID NOT WANT TO DUPLICATE ANY WORK OR WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS ALREADY, SO WE UNDERSTOOD THESE TO BE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE ALREADY ESTABLISHED.

IN TOWN, I THINK IN THOSE WE IDENTIFIED AS THE MAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. THEN CAME THE IDEAS AND OUR HOMEWORK AND THESE WERE THE MAIN IDENTIFYING SUBSECTIONS.

SUNNY ACRES, CARVER HEIGHTS -- THAT ONE WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES -- SUNRISE PARK, UPON DE LEONE, ORANGE BLOSSOM, SANDALWOOD, LONGWOOD ESTATES, HIBISCUS, INDIAN, AND FAIRLAWN.

NAMES THAT WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.

THEY KIND OF MEAN SOMETHING TO THE DIFFERENT AREAS ALREADY.

AND THEY ARE EXTENSIONS OF CURRENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD GROUP OF SUBSECTIONS THAT WE CAME UP WITH. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO PRY IT OUT OF US, BUT EVER SINCE WE GOT TO THOSE MAPS, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF LET IT OUT AND LET THESE NAMES BE IDENTIFIED. I THINK IT COULD BE MORE BECAUSE FORT PIERCE IS LARGE AND VAST. WE HAVE GOT CROSSTOWN AREA.

WE HAVE GOT, YOU KNOW, MIDWAY AREA.

SO IT IS GOING TO BE A TASK AND A LOT OF -- THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, START JUST NAMING NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THE ENTIRE PROCESS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND POTENTIALLY EVEN A CONSULTANT TO GUIDE US THROUGH THAT PROCESS. OTHER THINGS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BRANDING ARE STREET SIGNS, SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT'S WE HAVE ALREADY DONE IN LINCOLN PARK YEARS AGO. ENTRANCE SIGN TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COLOR SCHEMES LIKE PAD WITH PURPLE.

IF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD HAVE IDENTIFYING COLORS, THAT WOULD BE NICE. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROCESS AT OUR KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL BOARD MEETINGS. THAT IS IT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. REALS WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST

YOU. >> BEFORE WE GET INTO QUESTIONS, WHEN THIS WAS PRESENT TO KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL BOARD, EVERYBODY WAS ECSTATIC TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS AND DIVE RIGHT IN. THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY OF PORT SA SAINT LUSHGZUCIE AND THEIR NICE PROGRAM. HOW MUCH EFFORT WENT IN TO CREATE THAT PROGRAM, IT QUICKLY. BECAME A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION THAT PRETTY LABOR INTENSIVE FOR A VOLUNTEER GROUP.

AS A PILOT, WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ALREADY. MAYBE WE CAN DO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTIFICATION THERE AS WE PROGRESS LOOK CAN AT THE WHOLE CITY IN AS MANY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE COULD HAVE AND THIS CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE EACH MEMBER PICKED THREE THAT THEY LIKED AS A SUGG SUGGESTION. WE ARE NOT HERE TODAY TO SAY WE NEED TO HAVE THE SIGNS CARATED OR MARKERS PLACED.

THIS IS AN IDEA TO SHOW WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE FOR FORT FIERCE. TO EFFECTIVELY DO IT, CERTAINLY WE WOULD WANT TO DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT THIS WAS A TASK THAT WAS ASSIGNED.

WE WANTED TO COME TO YOU WITH A AS OF TODAY STATUS UPDATE AND RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

. >>MAYOR: COMMISSIONER GAINES.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND TO TAKE A JAB TO MY COLLEAGUE TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO WITH PURPLE.

IT IS A GOOD COLOR. .

WHEN YOU WENT TO YOUR WERE SUBDIVISIONS -- THAT ONE.

WENT BACK TO THE MAIN NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHEN YOU TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY -- AND I KNOW YOU ALREADY HAVE, BUT WHEN YOU TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THESE

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IF YOU VICE PRESIDENT DONE IT, ASKED THEM TO COME OUT AND SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE THESE -- WHAT ARE THESE NAMES.

AND THE HISTORY ABOUT IT. BECAUSE I AM THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I KNOW A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CAN SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND SAY, HEY, OKAY, I REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS CALLED SOMETHING ELSE. AND NOW IT IS THIS.

AND GIVE YOU THAT TYPE OF HISTORY.

SO LOVER -- LOVE THE IDEA. LOVE THE BEAUTIFICATION OF FORT PIERCE. YOU WERE IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN THE POLICE CHIEF WAS HERE. IT'S -- IT IS A ON IN ONE -- WE ARE ALL TOGETHER. MY COLLEAGUE SAYS ONE FORT PIERCE. WE ARE ALL TOGETHER.

EVERYTHING HAS TO FIT IF WE WANT TO GET THE DREAM THAT WE ARE TRYING -- THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO LOVE THE IDEA. LOOKING FORWARD TO DRIVING AROUND THE CITY AND SEEING DIFFERENT SIGNS IN DIFFERENT AREAS. AND I CAN JUST IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY, MAYOR, YOUR -- YOUR CLEANUP DAY, THIS AREA COMPETES WITH THIS AREA TO SAY -- I CAN SEE IT.

SO GREAT JOB. >>MAYOR: YEP.

>> SPEAKING OF THE CLEANUPS, THAT IS ONE OF THE WAY THAT'S WE SPOKE INITIALLY OF GAINING SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WE HOST OUR QUARTERLY CLEANUPS AND COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAYS IN SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THAT SPACE WHERE THEY CAN COME AND PICK UP THEIR PICKERS AND BAGS OR A MEET-UP STATION AND SOLICIT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM THEN OR LET THEM KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. WE HOPE TO DO THAT AT OUR FUTURE

CLEANUPS. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THAT'S GREAT. ONE THING THAT I LEARNED FROM SITTING IN -- SIT IN THIS SEAT IS THERE IS JUST A LACK OF -- I AM NOT GOING TO SAY COMMUNICATION BECAUSE WE PUT IT OUT ON.THE WEB SITES. WE DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET THE WORD OUT. IT IS NO THE GET IN SOME DOORS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS OUR FAULT OR THE RESIDENTS' FAULT.

BUT IF WE GET OUT THERE AND PUT OUR HANDS ON IT THIS IS THE IDEAL THAT WE GOT. EASIER JOB TO COME WITH IDEAS

AND SOME HELP. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR, A QUICK COMMENT. IT IS HARD TO DIAL THIS DOWN.

HARD TO DIAL IT IN AND DIAL IT DOWN TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

I LIKE THIS SCREEN HERE. AND I AM THINKING STRATEGY.

WHEN WE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS, WE ARE TALKING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TALKING SPECIFICALLY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER INTERACT WITH CITY HALL AND ENGAGING FOLKS AND ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMISSIONS, TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY, TALK WITH THEM AND ALLOW THEM TO TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

I THINK OF IT BEING A FIVE TO 15-YEAR PLAN TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. SOME OF THESE AREAS WE ALREADY DIALED IN WITH SOME OF OUR EFFORTS WITHIN -- WITHIN THE COMMISSION AND WITHIN STAFF BUT TO FURTHER ENHANCE THAT, I CAN SEE THE VISION OFMIRABELLA -- MARARILL LA, DOWNTOWN, SOUTH PEACH. PEACOCK FORT PIERCE ARTS.

PARADISE PARK NOT SO MUCH, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE MISSION AND DRIVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO PARTNER WITH CITY STAFF TO GET IT DONE. NOT SOMETHING WE WILL DO OVERNIGHT. A LONG-TERM STRATEGY, SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE BEING COMMITTED TO THE LONG-TERM EFFORT IF YOU CAN WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND IT.

I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL AND AT THE END OF THE DAY ARE -- I CAN HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT. I LIVE IN PARADISE PARK COMMUNITY. AND I LIVE INMARAVILLA AND PEOPLE COME AND GO AN A VERY ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE MORE THAN THEY ARE LEAVING, I BELIEVE.

SO I CAN SEE REAL ESTATE FLYERS. EVERYTHING.

JUST SAYING HOW ATTRACTIVE EACH ONE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IS.

AND JUST AM PROMISE THIS WILL BE A VERY COOL PLACE TO LIVE.

MY VISION. AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR EMBARKING ON THIS. I FEEL YOUR PAIN ON THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU START DIALING IT IN.

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>> IT'S TOUGH. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: KEEP THAT LONG-TERM VISION IN MIND AND IT ESTABLISHES ITS OWN PATH REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY.

WHATEVER I CAN TO DO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT.

. >>MAYOR: COMMISSIONER PERONA.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: I THINK IT WILL TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME LIKE COMMISSIONER JOHNSON SAID. I FEEL EXPENSE.

WE ARE TALKING 10,000 FOOT, STREET SIGNS, SIGNS, CONSULTANT, WE ARE TALKING OF REAL MONEY EVENTUALLY AND PERHAPS WE SHOULD TALK OF BUILDING A BUDGET FOR THAT IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE THAT AND INCLUDE THAT IN SOME PART OF A PLAN TO GET TO A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE ARE JUST NOT SHOCKED WITH COMING UP WITH $150,000. I AM SURE THE STREET SIGNS ALONE WILL BE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE. BUT I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.

AND I LOOK AT IT FROM -- FROM -- FORT PIERCE AND THEN AN AREA AND THEN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN A BLOCK.

AND IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO.

IF YOU ARE TALK TO SOMEBODY IN FORT PIERCE, IT IS ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IF IT IS SOMEBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I AM TALKING ABOUT MY BLOCK.

SO IT ALL DEFINES DOWN TO THAT FINAL IDENTITY AND I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO AND MUCH LIKE WHAT WAS SAID, IT CAN HELP WITH IDENTIFICATION, DIRECTIONIAL, HELP WITH MARKETING, EVERYTHING GOING FORWARD IS SAYING, YEAH, I AM SAYING -- I LIVE ON SOUTH BEACH AND -- AND THE -- SURFSIDE.

>>MAYOR: SURFSIDE. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. SURFSIDE.

I CAN SAY THAT IN THE JAYCEE, THE JAYCEE PARK BLOCK.

THAT TYPE OF THING. AND THAT IS WHAT WE CAN DO.

WE ALL DO THAT ANYWAY TAMPA IT MAY NOT BE UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE I AM NOT GENERALLY RECOGNIZED. IF WE HAVE A BUDGET START SET CAN UP, WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT COSTS WILL BE GOING FORWARD AND COMMIT TO THAT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

GET SOME HELP WITH THIS THING AND REALLY COME OUT WITH A STRONG PLAN THAT HELPS US. I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER THEMED PROJECT FOR -- FOR THIS GROUP. .

>>MAYOR: YES, SIR. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: JUST REAL QUICK. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.

KNOWING THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, THE SOONER YOU HAVE THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE BETTER, TO REALLY KEEP IT ON THE RAILS AND KEEP IT ON TRACK.

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE SOMETHING GETTING OFF RAILS WHEN PEOPLE FEEL THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS AND I THOUGHT YOUR IDEA OF THE COMMUNITY CLEANUPS. ENGAGING THEM AS THESE FORUMS WHEN THEY ARE OUT THERE. WE HAVE SEEN A TREMENDOUS UPTICK OF ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES, NONPROFITS, KIND OF IDENTIFYING BLOCKS THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE ON AS OWNERSHIP TO KEEP BEAUTIFUL.

I THINK THAT IS A GREAT START AND SAY, BY THE WAY, LET'S HAVE THIS FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.

IS I THINK IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS.

I KNOW WE HAVE A QUARTER CLEANUP COMING UP HERE.

AND MAKE YOUR WAY AROUND. MAYBE AT SOME POINT HAVING A CULMINATION OF THAT TO GET A HOT DOG OR SOMETHING AND SAYING, HEY, HOW DO WE BEGIN TO BUILD THIS TYPE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE WILL BE A GREAT WAY TO SE

SEGUE. >>MAYOR: ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ARE DOING THIS IS FOR -- TWO FOLD. WE WANT PEOPLE TO THEIR CARE OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE WANT PEOPLE IN THE CITY TO BUY INTO KEEPING FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO DEPEND ON CITY STAFF. LIKE IN POLICING, WE JUST DON'T DEPEND ON THE POLICE, WE COUNT ON THE COMMUNITY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. BY IMPROVING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND GIG OUR NEIGHBORHOODS' IDENTITY, WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A SAFETY FACTOR AS WELL AS A BEAUTY FACTOR.

KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBOR AND FEELING A PART OF SOMETHING AND BEING COMMIT TO IT. ONE OF THE HARD THING ABOUT FORT PIERCE AND MISS SCOTT TOUCHED ON THIS.

PORT SAINT LUCIE. CONSULTANT.

FOR THAT LARGE AREA, CAME UP WITH FIVE OR SIX NEIGHBORHOODS.

HUGE NEIGHBORHOODS. NOBODY HAD ANY IDENTITY BEFORE THAT. SO THEY CREATED THE IDENTITY.

HERE IN FORT PIERCE, WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT GO BACK OVER 100 YEARS. AND SOME PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT AND ARE REALLY DEDICATE TO THAT NAME AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NAME AND OTHER PEOPLE COME HERE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY. SO I THINK -- I KNOW THAT OUR FPRA, ONE OF OUR MAIN FOUR GOALS OF FPRA WAS BUILDING STRONGER NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY AND KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS A -- COMMIT TO EACH OTHER AND COMMITTED TO A STRONG ONE FORT PIERCE. THAT IS ALSO WHAT -- I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL, BECAUSE I -- I -- IT IS AN ACTIVITY THAT I HAVE LIKED.

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WHEN THEY GOT THIS JOB, IT WAS LIKE A LOT OF HEAVY LIFT TOCK COME UP WITH THE PROCESS. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT MICHELLE FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER MADE US A SUBDIVISION MAP OF THE WHOLE CITY. AND THAT WAS OVERWHELMING TO TRY TO NARROW IT DOWN. IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME AND TAKE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IT IS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR THE HARD WORK OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MIKE.

[c. Jetty Park Operation Report by the Parks Advisory Committee]

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE JETTY PARK OPERATION REPORT PRESENTED BY THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. .

>>MAYOR: YOU GET TO STAY IN YOUR CHAIR.

>> I WILL WITH YOU FOR A WHILE THIS MORNING.

. >>MAYOR: MISS ADELE, WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU. .

>>MAYOR: MR. MIMS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO LEAD INTO THIS?

>> OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE SITTING HERE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AND HE WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO

KNOW. >>MAYOR: MR. REALS.

>> MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, NOT TOO LONG AGO WE RECEIVED INFORMATION OF CONCERNS OF JETTY PARK.

THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE LOOKED INTO THAT.

CAME BACK WITH A REPORT THAT THEY SHARED WITH YOU, AND AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE DID MEET WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEP DEPARTMENT.

WE.KIND OF FOUND OUT FROM CODE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PARK WAS MORE PARKING RELATED AND DEPUTY CHIEF BOB BRIDAL TO ANSWER COMES QUESTIONS ON THE CALL FOR SERVICE.

CHARLENE IS HERE. SHE IS OUR PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON. AND SHE WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE.

>>MAYOR: MISS ADAIR. >> THANK YOU.

WE WON'T GO THROUGH THIS LETTER AND SUMMARY IN FULL AGAIN, BUT AS YOU RECALL, ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES WAS NOISE.

AND THE OTHER ONE WAS TAILGATING.

WE DID FIND THAT THE CITY ORDINANCE CERTAINLY COVERED BOTH OF THOSE VERY WELL. AND WE ALSO WENT OUT IN OUR NORMAL RESEARCH MODE AND RESEARCHED OTHER JURISDICTIONS PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAD BUSINESSES CLOSE BY AS THE PARK AT THE JETTY DOES AND FOUND THEY HAD SIMILAR ORDINANCES AND RULES AND ENFORCED THOSE. SO WE OFFERED VARIOUS DATA AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO YOU, AS WELL AS SOME PRELIMINARY DATA ON CALLS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND YOU WANTED TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THEM.

SO THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S AGENDA IS TO DO THAT..

>>MAYOR: OKAY. SO SHOULD WE HEAR FROM DEPUTY

CHIEF BRIDAL NOW. >> MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS,

GOOD MORNING. >>MAYOR: GOOD MORNING.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WE TALKED PREVIOUSLY OF CALLS OF SERVICE AT JETTY PARK. THE CALLS THAT INVOLVED LOUD MUSIC, DISTURBANCES AND JUVENILE TROUBLE IS THE PROBLEM FOR CALLS OF SERVICE THAT PEOPLE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN.

SINCE JANUARY 1, WE HAD 17 OF THOSE CALLS.

ONLY THREE OF WHICH INVOLVED LOUD MUSIC.

THE LAST OF WHICH WAS MARCH 13. THE OTHER INVOLVED JUVENILES AROUND REST ROOMS. JUVENILES ON SCOOTERS.

JUVENILES SIT IN A BED OF TRUCK. ONE CALL FOR THAT.

A WINDS SURFER ENDANGERING A MANATEE AND ONE WITH AN AIR PISTOL. ALL WERE DISTURBANCES.

MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS FOR PROPERTY.

PEOPLE PICKING UP.BABY TURTLES. THE THEFT OF $#..

STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK -- $3.

STUFF LIKE THAT. WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IS DURING THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, OFFICER INITIATED, 279 CALLS WHERE OFFICERS CHOSE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE DOING A FOOT PATROL IN THE PARK, TALK WITH PEOPLE. MAYBE THEY NOTICED SOMETHING OF INTEREST. MAYBE THEY GAVE A WARNING TO SOMEBODY, BUT ALL OFFICER-INITIATED ACTIVITY.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS QUITE ACTIVE IN JETTY PARK.

>>MAYOR: THAT OFFICER-I INITIATED ACTIVITY IS THE REASON THAT IN NUMBER IS ONLY 17, PERHAPS?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK SO. >>MAYOR: I MEAN I MAKE THAT CONNECTION. ANY QUESTIONS?

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DEPUTY CHIEF. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: I HAD SOME FOLKS CONCERNED ABOUT RESPONSE TIME.

AND IT DEPENDS -- I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TIME OF DAY AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, DO WE HAVE AN OFFICER ON SOUTH BEACH AT ALL TIMES?

>> YES, WE DO. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: A RESPONSE TIME IF THERE IS A PROPERTY OBVIOUSLY AND A LOUD NOISE THING, MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR THE OFFICER TO RESPOND

TO THAT? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: BUT QUESTION OF IT IS THAT IT TAKES -- I HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY THIS.

AND I HAVE NOT WITNESSED IT MYSELF, BUT THE PERCEPTION IT TAKES 30 TO 45 MINUTES TO RESPOND TO AN ISSUE AT THE PARK?

>> THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE EXCEPTION TO THE NORM.

MANY TIMES WHEN PEOPLE PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL 911 AND THEIR WAIT ARE FOR THAT OFFICERS. IT CAN SEEM LIKE A LONG TIME.

I HAD RESIDENTS WHO SAID I CALLED ANDX AMOUNT OF TIME.

WHEN DID YOU CALL AND WHAT WAS THE ADDRESS.

WHEN YOU LOOK IT UP IT WASN'T CLOSE TO WHAT IT WAS IN THEIR

MIND THAT IT WAS. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: COMMENTS CAME FROM ACROSS THE STREET IN MELALEUCA.

I AM SURE WHEN THEY PICKED UP THE PHONE, THEIR STOP WATCH STARTED. JUST SO WE KNOW WE HAVE AN OFFICER ALL THE TIME OUT ON THE ISLAND ALL THE TIME AT LEAST

ONE. >> AN OFFICER ASSIGNED TO SOUTH

BEACH EVERY DAY. >>MAYOR: WE ARE TALKING OF JETTY

PARK. >> IT IS JETTY PARK.

>> I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>>MAYOR: 17 CALLS OF JETTY PARK. >> JUST DISTURBANCES.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: IN RESPONSE TO ANY PARKS ON THE

ISLAND. >> CORRECT IF.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: QUICK QUESTION.

AN OFFICER ON JETTY PARK AND THEY SEE ACTIVITY THERE.

WE TALKED IN THIS MEMO TAIL GREAT GATING OR GRILLING OR WHAT NOT. WHAT IS THE RESPONSE AT THAT

MOMENT? >> SOMETHING LIKE GRILLING.

IF THEY ARE BRINGING THEIR OWN GRILL OR HAVE A TENT OR VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PARKS ORDINANCE THEY ARE INITIALLY GIVEN A WARNING. UPON A SECOND OCCURRENCE, THEY

CAN BE CITED. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON:

BUT INTERACTION. >> WE PREFER EDUCATION.

MOST OF TIME IF YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY, THEN

THAT IS THE END OF IT. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: IT WAS A CHALLENGE. WOULD YOU HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE -- I DON'T KNOW, THE USE, I GUESS, WOULD HAVE DIED DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR SUMMER. BUT I CAN TELL YOU I DROVE THROUGH YESTERDAY ABOUT 3:00 AND BUSIER THAN I EVER HAVE SEEN IT, WHO BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE ARE OUT FOR A DRIVE.

LET'S GO BY THE INLET, WOW, IT WAS PACKED.

>> ALL THE PARKS OUT THERE. MR. MIMS TALKED ABOUT IT.

A GOOD PROIN TO HAVE. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU. .

>>MAYOR: ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I APPRECIATE THE -- THE OFFICER-INITIATED CALLS TOO BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PARTIES AND -- THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR THAT KIND OF KEEPS PEOPLE FROM ENJOYING THE PARK AT JETTY PARK. IT DOWN UNDER HELP THAT WE HAVE FOUR OR FIVE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL IN THE VERY NEAR VICINITY AND WILL GIVE IT TO YOU TO GO, RIGHT.

AND SO -- SO I WOULD ASSUME -- AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS. ARE MOST OF THE CALLS FOR

DISTURBANCES AT NIGHT? >> WELL, LET'S ME SEE.

LET ME GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. >>MAYOR: THAT IS FINE.

>> TAKE ME A LITTLE BIT TO ASSESS THAT.

>>MAYOR: THAT IS FINE AND OFFICER INITIATED VISITS.

I WOULD BE INTERESTED IF THEY ARE MOSTLY AT NIGHT TOO.

BECAUSE MOSTLY -- FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS ARE THE BIG PARTY NIGHTS BECAUSE WHEN YOU CLEAN UP WITH THE JETTY ON SATURDAY MORNING AND SUNDAY MORNING, YOU KNOW THERE HAS BEEN

A PARTY THERE THE NIGHT BEFORE. >> YES, MA'AM.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR, ONE MORE COMMENT IN GENERAL ABOUT THE PARKS. A TRICKY SITUATION.

DRIVING AROUND, AGAIN, YESTERDAY EVENING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALMOST SUNSET WHEN WE WERE COMING ACROSS ON TO THE ISLANDS AND PASSING BY CAUSEWAY PARK THERE. AND TWO VEHICLES -- TWO VEHICLES SITTING THERE AND THEY HAD THEIR DOORS AND TRUNK OPEN AND VERY LOUD MUSIC. I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOSH.

I COULD HEAR IT FROM THE ROAD DRIVING BY.

I AM LIKE -- OF ALL THE TIMES -- AND THERE WERE A LOT OF FAMILIES THERE WAITING FOR THE SUNSET, WAITING FOR THE PICTURE, AND WAITING FOR THE MOMENT. THIS IS HOW THAT CONVERSATION -- IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY -- HOW THE CONVERSATION STARTED BECAUSE AND I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS E - ABOUT IT, TOO, WITHIN JETTY

[01:15:02]

IT REALLY IS.. I ENJOY IT.

BUT THE FACTORS. THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OF HOW YOU ARE BEING WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR.

245 THAT CONVERSATION PIECE. PARKING AND HANGING OUT AND WHAT

HAPPENS FROM THERE. >>MAYOR: PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SO MUCH ACTIVITY, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AT JAYCEE PARK.

BUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES OF JETTY PARK.

SITTING ALONG THE WATERWAY IN THE SWINGS.

THERE IS FISHING. THERE IS THE GAZEBOS AND GRILLS.

AND THERE IS -- THERE ARE THE ESTABLISHMENT ALL AROUND IT.

IT ATTRACTS -- IT IS A HEAVILY USED PARKS.

I WOULD SAY IT RIVALS JAYCEE PARK FOR BEING HEAVILY USED.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IT CAN ALSO ATTRACT PROBLEMS TOO.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY CHIEF. SO YOU GET TO STAY HERE AGAIN.

[d. Sponsorship of Public Facilities Guidelines by the Parks Advisory Committee ]

>> MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE SPONSORSHIP OF PUBLIC FACILITY GUIDELINES BY THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

. >>MAYOR: MR. MIMS, ANYTHING?

ALL RIGHT, PROCEED. >> MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

A RECENT CONFERENCE AGENDA, THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAME BEFORE YOU TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL SPONSORING OF CITY FACILITIES. AT THAT TIME, YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS. THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS GONE BACK AND DONE SOME MORE HOMEWORK AND THEIR CHAIR, MISS ADAIR, IS HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

. >>MAYOR: YES, MA'AM.

>> MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

WE ARE HAPPY TO BE BACK. SOME OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE WERE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SPONSORSHIP IS ENDED EARLY.

WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THAT. SHOULD WE ALLOW FOR COMPANIES TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY TO SPONSOR? A QUESTION THAT NEEDED MORE WORK.

AN OPTION FOR SPONSORSHIP TO BE LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.

AT THE TIME WE DECIDED ON FIVE YEARS AS THE MINUTE PUMPKIN AND VARIOUS CHANGES OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND OUR MEETING WITH PURCHASING WHICH WAS VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL.

HOPEFULLY YOU YOU WILL SEE QUICKLY THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE. IN THE FIRST SLIDE, THE PURPOSE WAS TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEMATIC AND CONSISTENT APPROACH FOR THE SPONSOR OF THE NAMING OF PUBLIC FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. YOU WILL NOTICE IN THIS VERSION, WE ELIMINATED EVENT. WE HAD EVENT IN THAT LIST.

AND WE WERE ADVISED WERE PURCHASING AND OTHER TO SEE THAT AS MORE OF A ONE-TIME THAN -- IT DIDN'T REALLY FIT WITH THE OTHERS. WE TOOK "EVENT" OFF.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS, THE -- MOST OF THE THINGS STAYED THE SAME FOR PRODUCT AND SERVICES.

CUSTOMER RETENTION AND OR INCREASED MARKET SHARE.

AND WE CAN SEE RIGHT AWAY SPONSORSHIP IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE NAMING OR RENAMING OF THE PUBLIC FACILITY.

REALLY A BUSINESS AGREEMENT AT THIS POINT.

WE CHANGE THE MINIMUM TO BE THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

AND THAT WOULD BE NEGOTIATION WITH THE CITY AND PARTICULARLY PURCHASING AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.

THE REST OF IT PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME.

SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN BE ATTACH TO A TRADITIONAL NAME OR PLACE OF THAT. PURCHASER MAY DONATE RIGHTS TO AN APPROVED ORGANIZATION AND SECTIONS WITHIN THE OVERALL FACILITY MAY BE SEPARATELY SPON SPONSORED AND THAT WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ALREADY APPROVED FOR SUNRISE THEATRE AND THE BALCONY.

SO AS WE MOVE ON, THE OBJECTIVES, WE MADE A CONSIDERABLE CHANGE AFTER MEETING WITH PURCHASING.

WE LEARNED A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS.

ONE OF WHICH WAS THAT CITY STAFF SHOULD REALLY SOLICIT SPONSORSHIPS EITHER AS RFPS BECAUSE MONEY AND A CONTRACT INVOLVED OR RECEIVE AN UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL.

THOSE ARE BOTH PURCHASING DOCUMENTS AND PROCESSES.

AND SO WHAT THIS SAY IS THAT THE CITY CAN GO OUT AND INITIATE THROUGH A RFP OR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO SPONSOR A PARTICULAR FACILITY TO COME IN THROUGH THE UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL PROCESS.

AND PAY PER THE AGREEMENT CONDITION WITH 30 DAYS, I BELIEVE THAT YOU DID REQUEST A MORE SPECIFIC PAYMENT OPTION THERE. THE REST OF THE OBJECTIVES

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CRITERIA. WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY CHANGES. EMPHASIZE COMMUNITY VALUES AND CHARACTER. MAYBE A CORPORATE ENTITY OR ANY ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS MARKETING APPROACH. AGAIN VERY MUCH A BUSINESS AGREEMENT. AND THEN THE LIST OF NOT ELIGIBLE TO SPONSOR. ALSO UNDER "CRITERIA," THE DESIGNS MUST BE REVIEWED AND COMPLY WITH ALL CITY STANDARDS.

WE LISTED A LOT OF SPECIFIC THINGS UNDER THAT AS NOT ELIGIBLE TO SPONSOR. YOU WILL NOTICE, THAT UNDER THIS AND THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SAYS THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM DOES NOT APPLY TO AND LIST AS BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDING.

WE DID NOT LIST VENDORS AS NOT ELIGIBLE TO SPONSOR.

IN FACT, IN OUR EXTENDED CONVERSATION WITH PURCHASING, WE FUNDS THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE -- THEY SHOULD NOT BE A DIFFICULT SATURDAY THAN ANYONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPONSOR SOMETHING.

SO THAT ANSWERED THAT QUESTION AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM UNDER CRITERIA IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.

IF WE CAN JUST GO TO ONE MORE SLIDE, I BELIEVE IT IS.

THE LAST BULLET. THE CITY MAY REVOKE, SUSPEND ROAR MODIFY OR DISCONTINUE ANY SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT IF NECESSARY. REFUNDS ARE AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE CITY MANAGER. WE ADDED THAT WHOLE PARAGRAPH AT THE END OF CRITERIA, WHICH COVERS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WELL, WHAT IF THEY CAN'T COMPLETE THE SPONSORSHIP.

THE BUSINESS CAN GO OUT OF BUSINESS, OF COURSE.

THEY CAN DO SOMETHING THAT NO LONGER MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR THE CITY. A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A SPONSORSHIP AS AGREED UPON.

SO WE ADDED THAT TO COVER THAT. OKAY.

AND THEN THE PROCEDURES. THE PROCEDURES ARE PRETTY DIFFERENT. SO I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD GO THROUGH THOSE IN A FAIR AMOUNT OF DETAIL.

BECAUSE AFTER LEARNING FROM PURCHASING, OH, THIS IS A BUSINESS AGREEMENT. THIS IS REALLY A PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THING ONCE WE COMPLETE THE PROCESS.

FIRST ONE IS INITIATE A REQUEST. AS WE SAID BEFORE, IT CAN BE INITIATED BY THE CITY, THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS OR A UNSOLICITED SPONSOR BY A PROCESS THAT IS IN PLACE IN THE CITY FOR THE FIRST PLACE. NUMBER TWO, CALL OF SPONSOR WITH DEADLINE OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS.

WE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AND HAVE A SAMPLE FORM THAT SOMEONE WILL FILL OUT. EITHER WAY, JUST A ONE PAGE.

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, IT'S IN YOUR PACKET. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT, BUT WE FELT LIKE THIS IS AS FAR AS WE CULD GO AS PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

IT JUST SAYS HEY, YOU KNOW, I AM INTERESTED NO MATTER HOW IT WAS INITIATED AND THEN PURCHASING AND EVENTUALLY THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD TAKE IT FROM THERE. THIS IS KINDS OF THE GIST OF IT.

SO NUMBER FOUR, THE REVIEW OF THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS RFP AND SOLICITATION PROCESS.

THEY HAVE A WAY TO RANK AND EVALUATE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE QUALIFIED TO DO IN THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND APPLICATIONS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS WITH NOTES FROM THE REVIEW. THE COMMISSIONERS WILL APPROVE OR DENY THE APPLICATION THROUGH A COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND IF APPROVED, THE FINAL AGREEMENT WILL BE PRODUCED AND EXECUTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. YOU WILL NOTICE HERE, NO NEED FOR A CONFERENCE AGENDA DISCUSSION IF BECAUSE THIS BECOMES A PURCHASING PROCESS. AND THESE STEPS, ACCORDING TO OUR PURCHASING MANAGER DO KIND OF FOLLOW THE STANDARD STEPS THAT THEY WOULD USE FOR RFP AND UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS.

SO IT'S OUR FEELING THAT WE ADDRESSED YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. AND OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.

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. >>MAYOR: QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB. YOU REALLY DID A GOOD JOB.

YOU KEEP DOING THESE GOOD JOBS AND KEEP GETTING MORE THINGS TO DO. [LAUGHTER]

>> THAT IS A GOOD THING. >>MAYOR: THAT IS A GOOD THING.

EXACTLY. I THINK -- I AM VERY PLEASED.

ANYBODY ELSE? >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: JUST A COMMENT, MADAM MAYOR, PUTS US IN A POSITION WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL ASSETS IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE THAT WE CAN BRING ON EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND HELP ALIGN WITH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. I THINK WE GOT HERE TALKING ABOUT OM OTHER THINGS, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PUT IN THIS HARD WORK. I THINK IT GIVES US SOME -- SOME ABILITY IN CASE THINGS HAPPEN. BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN.

AND BUSINESSES GO OUT OF BUSINESS AND THEY MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AND THAT MAY NOT QUITE ALIGN TO THE VALUES OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PORTRAY HERE IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN EXERCISE THAT AND REMOVE CERTAIN THINGS THAT NEED BE, I FEEL REAL GOOD ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR MARY MARY YES, SIR.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

I LOVE THE PROGRAM TOO. I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL.

DID YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MARKETING MATERIALS, SPECIFICALLY SANE AGE. OBVIOUSLY IF I AM GOING TO SPONSOR SOMETHING AND BE A PART OF THAT, I WILL WANT TO BRAND MY PRODUCT NAME, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

SO I AM SEEING THE DOCUMENT WHERE WE DIALED IN WITH THE AGREEMENT PROCESS OR EVEN IF IT COMES DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE PROPOSER RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR MAINTENANCE UPKEEP, ALL OF THE ABOVE. WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATION DID

YOU HAVE ABOUT THAT? >> COMMISSIONER JON, UNDER CRITERIA WE ADDRESSED THE DESIGNS AND DETAIL MUST COMPLY WITH CITY STANDARDS TO BE APPROVED.

THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS FOR ADVERTISING ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WOULD NOT BE DISPLAYED. AND WE LIST A WHOLE LOT OF THOSE. AND I THINK -- SO -- SO THAT'S KINDS OF ADDRESSED UP FRONT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, THE CITY IS

IN CONTROL. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON:

SURE. >> OF ALL PARTS OF THIS.

AND THE CITY HAS A RIGHT TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE ANY PART OF THIS. AND BETWEEN OUR PURCHASING PROCEDURES AND THE CITY ATTORNEY DRAWING UP THE AGREEMENT, I THINK THAT IS WHERE THOSE LEGAL ISSUES WOULD BE COVERED.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: OKAY.

I CAN SEE SOME PROPOSERS WANTING A MARQUEE SIGN OR MAYBE EVEN LED AND ELECTRICAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO IT AND COMES INTO WHO IS PAYING THE BILL. WHERE IS THE METER.

IT IS OKAY. THAT IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THINKING OF IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS THOUGHT ABOUT.

IT IS NOT SHOWING UP HERE, BUT MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. THE FACT IS ONCE THEY GOT WITH PURCHASING AND GET THAT THE RFP PROCESS IS THE BEST PLACE TO GO, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK IN THE DOCUMENT.

THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMISSION TO HAVE LANGUAGE IN THE GUIDELINES, WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD IT, BUT OUR THOUGHT AT THE END WAS WE WOULD PUT IT IN THE DOCUMENT.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: EXCELLENT.

I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE REVIEW AND IRONING OUT THE DETAILS THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION.

I WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE. >>MAYOR: ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD JOB.

[e. Parks and Playgrounds Upgrade Presentation]

APPRECIATE IT. >> THE NEXT ITEM IS THE PARKS AND PLAYGROUND UPGRADE PRESENTATION.

. >>MAYOR: ALL RIGHT.

MR. MIMS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS? MR. REALS, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

>> MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, I AM STILL HERE.

THIS IS A -- MUCH LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY, THIS IS -- I AM GOING TO HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE FOR THE PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THUS FAR, 30 PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY MANY WITH AMENITIES.

SOME WITHOUT. WE WENT THROUGH AND THUS FAR DID AN ASSESSMENT. A NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHAT WE CAN TO DO ENHANCE -- WE ARE FORECASTING WHAT ARE SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN -- WE CAN PUT OUT THERE THREE, FOUR, FIVE, TEN YEARS TO DO.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE. RUN THROUGH HERE AND GIVE YOU SOME OF THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE AREA OF OPPORTUNITY.

THE FIRST ONE IS JAYCEE PARK. WE KNOW THAT IS A PROJECT THAT WE ARE UNDERTAKING RIGHT NOW. SATURDAY WAS THE REVEAL FOR THE NEW PLAY SET THAT IS COMING. THE LAST MEETING I WAS HERE AND SHARED WITH YOU WHAT THE PLAN ARE FOR THE PARK.

THAT ONE IS GOING AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE OBVIOUSLY THE PLAY SETS. WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOFS. AND PICNIC TABLES AND THINGS.

KIMBERLY, KINDS OF THE SAME THING.

REPAIR AND REPLACE PICNIC TABLES AND PARK CUE GRILLS.

THESE PARKS SEE SO MUCH ACTIVITY, AS WE ALL KNOW.

SURFSIDE IS THE JAME OVERALL CONDITION.

NTHING IS -- IS DETERIORATED SO BAD THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE PARKS OR ANYTHING, BUT AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT THAT WE ARE

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WITH OUR BEACHSIDE PARKS, ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE THAT HAVE STEEL STRUCTURE, WE WILL BE CONTINUING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT ON THOSE THINGS. THE LIFE EXPECTANCY INLAND VERSUS THE ISLAND IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

JETTY PARK. COSMETIC REPAIRS.

UPDATED FLOORING IN THE REST ROOMS. REAL CONSIDERATION FOR JETTY AND CAUSEWAY.

DOWN THE ROAD WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING A LARGER FACILITY OR EXPANDING ON THE EXISTING FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE. THE AMOUNT OF VISITOR THAT'S WE GET TO BOTH PARKS, IT INCREASES BY THE DAY ALMOST IT SEEMS. CAUSEWAY MORE THAN JETTY. WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE CAPACITY OF WHAT IS THERE. DREAMLAND.

WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A TODDLER SET.

TODDLER SETS ARE TWO TO FIVE YEARS OLD.

WATER FOUNTAINS. WE GOT IMPORTANT PLAY SURFACE THERE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE NEED TO ADDRESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE ARE PATCH IT CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET THROUGH, BUT THE TIME IS GOING TO COME THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO REPLACE THAT. AND MORRIS CREEK, REPLACE SWINGS. WE CAN ADD MORE SWINGS.

THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT MORRIS CREEK IS ONE THAT WE WILL ADD IN THE NEAR FUTURE A NEW PLAYSET.

ROAD REE PARK. THAT WAS A COMMUNITY BUILD PROJECT. WE ARE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF MAINTENANCE. AGAIN BARBECUE GRILLS, THE BIG THING WE HAVE GOING RIGHT NOW SOUTH 29TH PARK.

ONE OF THE PARKS WITH A BASEBALL FIELD.

WE COULD USE NEW FENCING AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW PLAYSET AND ADDITIONAL WATER FOUNTAINS. NORTHWEST PIONEER PARK, IT IS 12 YEARS OLD. AND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS EXPECTING THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THE PLAY SET.

TODAY IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT IN TIME, IT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATION THAT'S WE NEED TO HAVE, BECAUSE IT GETS TO A POINT OF DO WE LOOK AT REPLACING OR THE COT OF MAINTENANCE GOES UP $20,000 TODAY 25,000 A YEAR FOR REPLEASMENT PARTS OF A PLAYSET OF THAT SIZE.

GLUTEN PARK. THE GARDEN CENTER.

WE ARE LOOK TO DO SOME COULD METSIC ENHANCEMENTS TO THE FACILITY TO POTENTIALLY ADDING A PAVED PARKING SURFACE.

GOODWIN, ANOTHER ONE OF THE SMALLER PARKS.

REPLACE SWING SET. UPDATE SIGNAGE.

PINEWOOD PARK. ONE OF THE LARGEST VISIBLE PARKS ALONG U.S. 1. PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

SWINGS, FENCING UPDATE. FENCING REPAIRS AND UPDATED SIGNAGE. THE OTHER PARK THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER WAY. YOU KNOW AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY.

WE ARE LOOKING TO RECONSTRUCT THE WHOLE PARK.

A QUICK UPDATE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH HELP FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. WE ARE DESIGNING THE PARKING LOT PLANS. WE ARE GOING OUT AND HAVING SURVEY DONE ON THE PROPERTY. AND I BELIEVE BRITTANY IS IT STILL IN THE AUDIENCE. WE ARE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT I BELIEVE IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE WE WILL HAVE UPDATES ON THERE.

WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR ANSWERS FOR THE SURVEYS AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD FOR A SHOVEL-READY PROJECT. THE LIONS CLUB, FOR THE FITNESS STATION. AND A CONFIRMATION LAST WEEK THAT THOSE PARKS ARE READY TO BE IT HE LIVERED AND WE WILL HAVE THEM ON HAND HERE SHORTLY. AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND YOU WILL SEE THIS PROJECT GETTING OUT OF THE GROUND HERE VERY SOON.

A SAMUEL BENNETT, PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES.

MARAVILLA. FENCE REPAIRS.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGE A AT MARAVILLA.

BEAUTIFUL PARK. PALM TREES.

WE ARE SEEING VEHICLES SNAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE TREES AND FIND WAY TO PUT UP IMPEDIMENTS TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WITHIN THE PARK THERE. KOPP OLD FORT PARK.

UPDATE THE SIGNAGE. PORPOISE BEACH ACCESS.

WE KNOW THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT IS. I WAS ON THE ISLAND ON SATURDAY, AND LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE

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THE TIME IS COMING NEAR FOR THAT STRUCTURE TO MAKE A DECISION.

THAT IS IT FOR MY UPDATE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW, AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.

. >>MAYOR: QUESTIONS?

COMMISSIONER GAINES. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: NO QUESTIONS. GREAT JOB AS USUAL.

I WANT TO REQUEST, PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY BASEBALL FIELD AWAY AT COACH FENN PARK. I NEED IT.

MR\. .

>> MR. MIMS AND HAVE I BEEN BEAT UP GREATLY OVER THAT.

OUR INTENT TO KEEP THAT AND A MULTIPURPOSE PLAY AREA FOR SURE.

IT IS REMAINING. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THANK

YOU. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: A PLAN FOR BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, MULTIPURPOSE.

I AGREE WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THAT FIELD IS NEED IN THAT AREA. IT WILL BE MOVED.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR.

>>MAYOR: YES, SIR. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: TALK TO ME OF STRUCTURES. I AM LOOKING AT THE SLIDE THAT IS STILL ON THE SCREEN. IN PARTICULARLY THE ROOF STRUCTURE, THE TRUSS SYSTEMS. I HAVE CONCERN ACROSS ALL OF OUR PARKS. YOU KNOW WE -- WE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO STRUCTURES ON PARKS.

I AM NOT SURE THAT -- THAT I WANT TO INVEST THE REPAIR MONIES INTO THESE TALK TO ME OF ROOF AND COVERED STRUCTURE.

>> SOMETHING WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING WITH JAYCEE.

WE ARE CURRENTLY SOLICITING PROPOSALS TO SEE WHAT IT TAKES TO REPAIR THOSE. SOME OF THEM ARE MORE THAN REPLACING THE MATERIAL ON TOP. WE DO HAVE SOME QUOTES FOR WHAT NEW STRUCTURES COST. AS WE CAN ALL EXPECT, THEY HAVE GONE UP CONSIDERABLY. IN COST.

BUT THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS TRYING TO PRESENT SOME NUMBERS SO WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

STRUCTURE AND SIZE OF WHAT IS OUT AT JAYCEE, LARGER PAVILIONS QUITE COSTLY. A ESTIMATE THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE AT PIONEER PARK AND LOOKING AT CLOSE TODAY 40,000 OF

THAT EOO ERECTED. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: OH, OKAY. SPECIFICALLY IN THE HARE HE SHALL ENVIRONMENT OF THE OCEAN, I GUESS THAT IS WHERE SOME OF MY RESERVATION. JAYCEE PARK, THE STRUCTURES, MAKING THE REPAIRS THERE. GULFSTREAM ACCESS.

I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE USE IT.

>>MAYOR: OF THEM THAT USE IT, DON'T DON'T USE IT FOR THE RIGHT

THINGS. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON:

YES, THAT'S CORRECT. >> THE ACTIVITIES THAT TAKES PLACE WILL NOT BE MISSED IF THE STRUCTURE --

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: I WILL MOVE OVER TO MAINLAND SIDE OF PINEWOOD. WHILE THOSE STRUCTURE ARE VERY NICE, THERE ARE A LOT OF TREES AND CANOPY AREAS THAT MIGHT BE MORE BENEFICIAL THAN JUST THE STRUCTURE.

OVER TIME, IT COSTS THE -- THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY TO REPAIR IT. TO FIX IT.

MAINTENANCE. YOU KNOW, PRESSURE WASHING.

THAT IS ROUTINE. WHENEVER YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET OUT THERE. I AM NOT SURE IT HAPPENINGS TOO MUCH, BUT IT DOES. TENNIS COURTS THERE.

I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY FOLKS REALLY PLAY TENNIS ANYMORE.

THE FENCES START TO FALL DOWN AND YOU WANT TO HAVE FENCING INVOLVED IN ALL OF THESE AMENITIES BUT THAT HAPPENS WITH GALVANIZED FENCING. CURLS AT THE BOTTOM.

THE LITTLE PIECES BECOME -- HOPEFULLY NOT SAFETY HAZARDS, CLAMP AND CLIPS TO THE POST. YOU HAVE THE NETS AND THE POST.

AND SO I THINK IT IS WORTHY VENTURES IN OUR DAY AND OUR OWN SILOS AS WE BUILD PARKS AND COLLECT MONEY FOR PARK IMPROVEMENT AND EN OUR PARKS AND AND/OR CONSTRUCT NEW ONES BECAUSE SO MUCH PARK SPACE PER CAPITAL OR PER 1,000 FOLKS.

I FORGETS WHAT THE FORMULA IS. I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS I AM MORE RESERVED ON THE STRUCTURE SIDE AND IF THERE ARE AREAS LIKE THIS ONE IN THIS PICTURE AND A PICTURE YOU DIDN'T ZOOM ON TOO MUCH, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY. YOU KNOW, I AM OKAY WITH HAVING A GOOD CONVERSATION TO TAKE IT AWAY.

>>MAYOR: ME TOO. I AM WITH YOU.

COMMISSIONER PERONA. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: YOUR FOCUS IS ON THE PARKS. DOES THAT EXTEND TO THE JAYCEE

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PARK ARE BOAT RAMPS? >> YES, IT DOES.

I MET RECENTLY WITH MR. ANDREWS. AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEKING SOME PROPOSALS TO WORK ON THE -- ON THE BOAT RAMP THERE.

SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT -- THAT WE DISCUSSED OBVIOUSLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE CONCRETE THERE, BUT WE ARE FACING WITH THE KING TIDES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

STATIONARY DOCKS ARE BECOMING PROBLEMATIC AND LOOKING OF PUTTING FLOATING DOCKAJ IN THERE TO SEE IF THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT FOR US. MR. ANDREW AND I ARE WORKING ON THAT NOW AND WE WILL BE SEEKING PROPOSALS FOR THAT.

AS PART OF THE JAYCEE PARK RENOVATION.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: ALSO A SAFETY THING TOO.

BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE THAT USE THAT, YOU KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT IS 30 FEET OF WATER BEFORE YOU GET TO ITS DOCK.

SO YOU ALMOST NEED A BOAT TO GET TO YOUR BOAT.

BUT IT IS ALSO UNSAFE. VERY SLIPPERY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GETS TO THAT CONDITION. THERE ARE FOLKS THAT SLIP AND SLIDE ALL OVER THE PLACE. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET THAT HANDLED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

GOOD. >> THANK YOU.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: THANK YOU, MR. REALS, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. PRIOR TO THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. I THINK COMMISSIONERS AND CITY MANAGER AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK WE HAVE SOME TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO GET SOME COMMUNITY PARTNER TO COME ON BOARD WITH SOME OF THESE. THIS MAY SPUR SOME COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION TO KIND OF FOLLOW SUIT OF WHAT THE SOUTH -- WHAT THE SUNRISE KIWANIS CLUB ARE DOING WITH SOME OF THE BUILDING AND RECONSTRUCTION OF SOME OF THESE PLAYGROUNDS.

I THINK IF ASKED APPROPRIATELY AND PEOPLE UNDER STAND, I THINK WE -- WE SHOULDN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE ABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY TO WRAP AROUND, PARTICULARLY SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETIMES THE ONLY REFUGE TO GET AWAY TO HAVE COMMUNITY IS AND GATHERING IN A SPACE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A LARGER GATHERING OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY MAY LIVE IN A COMPLEX THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR THAT.

AND SO I AM GLAD WE ARE DOING AN EXERCISE TO ASSESS OUR FACILITIES. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPORT AS THIS BEGINS TO COME IN TO GIVE US A BETTER IDEA FINANCIALLY. SO THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT PATHWAYS TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. PIONEER PARK PARTICULARLY.

AT ONE POINT THERE WAS BASEBALL FIELDS ON THE EASTERN -- BACKDROP FOR BATTING CAGES. ARE THEY STILL BACK THERE, DO

YOU KNOW? >> WHEN THE PARK WAS CONSTRUCTED COMMISSIONER JOHN, THEY WERE REMOVED.

A LARGE LAND MASS AT PIONEER PARK AND HAVE ROOM TO PROVIDE FOR THAT SHOULD WE GO IN THAT DIRECTION.

>> THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE I AM GLAD MR. GAINES, MY COMMISSIONER IS A PASSION FOR LITTLE LEAGUE.

PRIOR TO HIM, I WAS THE LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENT.

SO WHEN WE ASKED FOR THOSE -- BECAUSE WE NEEDED FIELD -- JUST PRACTICE FOR THE FIELD TO MAKE CONTACT WITH A BALL AND GET THEIR PRACTICE IN. AND WE WERE SHORT OF THAT.

AND WE HAD A HECK OF A LOT MORE TEAMS THEN PLAYING.

AND I AM ASSUMING THAT WE WILL BE GROWING EVEN MORE.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK THERE -- HAVEN'T BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE AND I WILL RIDE THROUGH AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN. GREEN SPACE IS GREAT.

WE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PUT IN THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD ATTRACT POSITIVE THINGS TO OUR PARK.

POSITIVE ACTIVITIES TO OUR PARK. POSITIVE UTILIZATION OF OUR PARKS. AND SO, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I PROMOTE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. .

>>MAYOR: YES, SIR. >> NOT TO BEAT THE DEAD HORSE, BUT ONE OF THE BEST QUOTES FROM THE MOVIE WAS "IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME." WHAT COMMISSIONER JOHNSON IS SAYING IS IF -- IF I HAVE A BACKDROP OR A BACK STAND OR SOMETHING FOR A BACK FIELD. IT WILL BE UTILIZED.

I AM GETTING CALLS AND KIDS WANT TO GET ON THE PARK AND HAVE SOMETHING POSITIVE TO DO NOT EVEN FOR BASEBALL.

YOU CAN HAVE A KICKBALL AND THE KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY ARE OUT THERE PLAYING AND JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.

SO THERE IS A NEED. FOR THE LIONS FOR OLD FORT PARK.

THE HANDICAP MAT FOR JAYCEE PARK AND FENN PARK.

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THIS WILL HAPPEN IN FENN PARK. SOMETHING LIKE IT.

PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY WANT IT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: WE ARE IN CHARGE OF A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM. WE ARE GOIN TO EXPAND THAT.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE -- HE DOESN'T NO HE THIS YET, BUT WE

ARE GOING TO HAVE -- >> WHY I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT MORE SPORTS AND HOPE TO INCORPS BASEBALL AS WELL.

SOCCER, TRACK, SELF-DEFENSE. >>MAYOR: REQUEST FOR LACROSSE.

WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR THAT. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: EXPANDING OUR PROGRAM AND ADDITIONAL NEED FOR TRAINING FACILITIES, PRACTICE FACILITIES. MR. REALS IS VERY SHY ABOUT THAT BUT ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RECREATION PROGRAMS IN THE AREA.

>>MAYOR: FORT PIERCE RECREATIONAL PARK, THE NAME THAT

WE ARE USING. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: YES,

>>MAYOR: THAT A PARK? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE, MR. MIMS. .

>> MADAM MAYOR, WITH THAT TIDBIT COMING FROM MY RIGHT HERE, MR. REALS, I STAND DOWN. [LAUGHTER] I STAND DOWN AND I WAIT TO SEE WHAT IS COMING.

>>MAYOR: GOOD JOB. YOU DO A LOT WITH THE LITTLE

[f. Project LIFT]

>> OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE GAUGE A PROJECT LIFT.

. >>MAYOR: MR. MIMS.

>> NO COMMENT. ONE MORE FOR MR. REALS.

>> MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS IT FOR ME, I HOPE. .

>>MAYOR: NOBODY ELSE IN THE CITY DOES ANYTHING BUT YOU.

>> IT REACHES FROM THAT FAR. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, SOME TIME AGO WE CAME BEFORE YOU WITH AN IDEA OF PROJECT LIFT WAS NEW TO THE COMMUNITY. NOT NEW AND NEW TO US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY OF TRAILS AT JAYCEE PARK.

AT THE TIME YOU WANTED TO KNOW MORE.

WE ARE BACK WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM PROJECT LIFT.

WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS WHAT THEY ARE LOOK TO DO.

WHAT THEIR GOAL IS FOR THAT AREA AND WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK. .

>>MAYOR: GREAT. YES, SIR, WELCOME.

STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD FOR US.

>> DAVID O'BRIAN FROM PROJECT LIFT.

I THINK I MET WITH EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR COMMISSIONER GAINES.

AND I KNOW YOU KNOW VIC. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. I THINK YOU SEE IN THE PACKET AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PARK AS IT IS PRESENTLY AND SOME OF THE WHY $THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE OUR LATEST MONTHLY REPORT THAT HAVE THE STATISTICS ON THE BACK AND THEN THE PROPOSAL. SO IN THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE WATCH THIS OR HERE IN THE GALLERY, TO INTRODUCE PROJECT LIFT. PROJECT LIFT 13 YEARS IN THE TREASURE COAST. WE START IN THE PALM CITY.

WE DEAL WITH AT-RISK 14 TO 19 YEARS OLD IS OUR TARGET POPULATION. WE WORK WITH PEOPLE POST-HIGH SCHOOL AGE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FINISH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND WE HELP TO GIVE THEM THE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA WITH ONLINE PROGRAM. WE PROVIDE DOMESTIC ABUSE THROUGH VOCATIONAL TRAINING. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING OF PLAY THERAPY FOR SMALL CHILDREN OR EQUINE THERAPY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING WITH HORSES, THE -- SORT OF THE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION AND THE SECRET SAUCE OF PROJECT LIF TTHAT PEOPLE LEARN THIS TRADE AND MARKETABLE STILL THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING AS A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY.

THEY BECOME VALUABLE EMPLOYEES. THEY BECOME A PIPELINE OF YOUNG WORKERS. THEY BECOME TAX PAYING CONTRIBUTORS AND TO SPEAK TO SO MANY CONVERSATIONS WE HAD HERE

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THEY ARE NO LONGER PEOPLE THAT YOU LOOK AT BECAUSE YOU HAVE PROBLEMS IN THE STREETS. YOUNG PEOPLE WITH NOTHING TO DO FOR THE SUMMER OR NOTHING TO DO AFTERSCHOOL, PROJECT LIFT PROVIDES MANY SOLUTION TO COMMUNITY PROBLEMS. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE SOME INDUSTRY PARTNERS WHO WANT TO SPEAK JUST TO EXPRESS ON THEIR BEHALF.

WE PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WE PARTNER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE PARTNER WITH THE CHILDREN SERVICES COUNCIL.

WE PARTNER WITH EVERY STAKEHOLDER IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE CITY ITSELF TO TRY TO SAY HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO THE NEEDS IN THE A WAY THAT PROJECT LIFT CAN COVER THEIR SERVICES. JUST TO SHOW A COUPLE OF PICTURE OF WHAT WE ARE THINKING IN TERMS OF THE JAYCEE PARK LOCATION.

WE WANTED TO USE THAT IN A WAY THAT WOULD NATURALLY FIT THE LOCATION. SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF SMALL ENGINE REPAIR INSIDE THE BUILDING THAT YOU SEE IN THE CENTER THERE, DOING A LITTLE BODY WORK AND CARBON INFUSION.

CARBON INFUSION IS SORT OF LIKE MAKING A JELLO MOLD.

YOU HAVE A CASING AND YOU POUR IN THE BOAT MATERIALS AND IT CREATES THE BOAT. SO IT IS ALL KIND OF SELF-CONTAINED. BODY WORK AND SMALL ENGINE REPAIR. INTRODUCING THE SKILLS OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

WE DO NOT EXPECT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING HUNDRED OF BOATS COME THROUGH THERE. PRIMARILY WE EXPECT THAT THE TREASURE COAST YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION BOATS WILL BE HELP TO MAINTAIN THOSE. WE ALSO MAY HAVE SOME BOATS THAT ARE DONATE TO US. OUR EXPECTATIONS THAT WE MAY BE SEEING ONE OR TWO BOATS LIKE THAT A MONTH.

AND THAT THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE IN THE AREA FROM FIVE TO EIGHT AT THE TIME. MR. VICK WHO IS DIRECTOR IN CITY OF FORT PIERCE, AND EDUCATION DIRECTOR.

FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH THEM.

WITH CONSTANT SUPERVISION. BY WAY OF ANECDOTE, PEOPLE ASK US HOW MANY GOOD KIDS DO YOU HAVE.

MY RESPONSE IS ALL OF THEM. THEY ARE ALL GOOD KIDS.

SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN ON THE RECEIVING ENDS OF BAD PARENTING OR NEGLECT. SOME OF THEM HAVE MADE BAD CHOICES. BUT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, GIVING A VISION FOR SOMETHING ELSE, THEY REALLY CHANGED TRAJECTORIES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THIS -- THIS STATISTICAL PAPER RIGHT HERE IS IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. IT SAYS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR RECIDIVISM. THREE OUT OF FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, THEY COME BACK.

WHEN THEY COME TO PROJECT LIFT. ONLY ONE OUT OF FOUR EVER GO BACK. THAT HAS BEEN TRACKED OVER TEN YEARS. THAT IS A DRAT MATTIC IMPROVEMENT. I CAN IN THE -- A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT. FOR THOSE IN THE COURTS OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEIR JAWS DROP.

THEY KNOW HOW HARD IT IS ONCE THE CAN ITS GO IN THAT CREDENTIAL TO HAVE THEM CHANGE COURSE.

AGAIN THE IDEA IS TO REPLACE THAT NEFARIOUS BEHAVIOR THAT HAS BEEN SORT OF LIKE FILLING THEIR LIVES WITH SOMETHING ELSE PRODUCTIVE AND THEY CAN BUILD UPON, ALL RIGHT.

IN THE JAYCEE PARK LOCATION, THE IDEA IS HEY, THERE IS A PARK.

THERE IS A WATERFRONT. A SAILING FOUNDATION HERE.

CHARLIE, WHO YOU ALL KNOW, THE TREASURE COAST YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION, THE PROPOSAL AND THEIR BOARD STATING THEIR FULL SUPPORT. THEY INVITED US TO CONSIDER USING THE BUILDING THAT THEY HAVE THERE TO MAKE -- TO DO MORE THINGS WITHIN THAT BUILDING WHICH IS CONVERTED PAVILION REALLY FOR THE PARK. AND THAT WE WOULD BE INSIDE THERE NO LATER THAN 5:00 ON ANY DAY.

WE ARE NOT THERE ON FRIDAYS AND WE ARE NOT THERE ON WEEKENDS.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AWARE THAT THIS IS A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED FAMILY PARK. AND THERE IS NO CONCERNS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT WE WOULD CHANGE THE NATURE OF THAT IN ANY WAY.

THAT OUR FOOTPRINT THERE WILL BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE BUILDING AND THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYBODY WANDERING AROUND AND CAUSING ANY PROBLEMS IN FACT WE TALKED AT GREAT LENGTH WITH MR. REALS HOW WE WOULD BECOME AN ASSET TO THIS PUBLIC AMENITY.

SOME OF THE THIS I THINK SO THAT YOU GUYS WERE DISCUSS IN TERMS OF IMPOCHLTS. WE WOULD IN THE PROPOSAL -- IMPROVEMENTS. IT SAYS IN THE PROPOSAL THAT WE WILL PROVIDE THE LABOR TO DO THAT.

THE PARK BENCHES. THE PAVILIONS, SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY WORK FOR THE ROOFS. WE WOULD HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE LEARNING CONSTRUCTION SKILLS AT THE OTHER LOCATION WILL COME IN AND PROVIDE THAT AT NO COST TO THE CITY.

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THEY DON'T KNOW THESE PARKS EXIST.

THEY LIVE IN A PLACE THAT IS IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY OF THESE BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS AND THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY BELONG TO THEM.

YOU KNOW, THAT THESE ARE THEIR PARKS AS WELL.

SO WHAT TCYFS DOES IS AN EFFORT TO SORT OF PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE A LITTLE YOUNGER. WHAT WE DO IS WE CONTINUE THAT WITH SOME OLDER KIDS. AND THEY GET ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL PLACES.

THEY GET A CHANCE TO SEE THAT THESE ARE PARKS THAT THEY CAN VISIT. AND THAT THEY WILL BE INVESTING THEIR TIME, THEIR LABOR INTO THESE PARKS TO SORT OF TAKE OWNERSHIP AND FEEL LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS MY COMMUNITY AND THESE ARE MY PARKS. YOU SEE CHARLIE THERE IN THE COR CORNER.

PICTURES OF THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE.

AND THEN -- REALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IS CREATING THAT PIPELINE OF WORKERS. THT WOULD BE GOING TO THESE BIG BUSINESSES IN THE AREA THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SKILLED WORKERS.

WE OFTEN HEAR, WE WILL TRAIN PEOPLE IN THE JOB ITSELF.

WHAT WE KEEP GETTING IS EMPLOYEES THAT DON'T HAVE GOOD WORK ETHICS. DON'T SHOW UP TO WORK.

SOMETIMES THEY ARE ON DRUGS. AND WE TRAIN THEM AND THEN WE LOSE THEM. WELL, PROJECT LIFT ADDRESSES ALL THOSE ISSUES WITHIN OUR PROGRAM. WE HELP THOSE LIFE SKILLS BE IMPLEMENTED INTO A YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE SO WHEN THEY TAKE THE JOB, THEY WORK HARD AND THEY PRODUCE.

AND THEY STAY THERE IN THAT PARTICULAR INDUSTRY.

BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE SOME EXPOSURE WHAT IT MEANS TO WORK.

SO YOU SEE HERE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE DO, WORKFORCE, JOB READINESS. WE WORK WITH INDUSTRY PARTNER TO PROVIDE THAT PIPELINE. WE WORK WITH THEIR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. WE HELP THEM GROW IN THEIR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND WE HELP WITH THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF THE EMPLOYEES COMING IN. LEARNING SKILLS OF PROJECT LIFT LEADS TO JOBS, CAREERS AND GRAD SITUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WHAT WE HOPE THE PROPOSAL LAYS OUT IS THAT PROJECT LIFT IS AN ASSET TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY.

IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

IT'S A GOOD PARTNER FOR NOT JUST THE CITY BUT ALSO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THESE EMPLOYEES.

AND THAT WE ARE 100% DEFERRING TO YOU AS TO HOW IS IT YOU WANT TO SEE US CONTRIBUTE. ALL RIGHT.

IF WE WERE INVITED TO THE JAYCEE PARK LOCATION AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED. IS THIS GOING TO BE CREATING A LOT OF DEBRIS, A LOT OF DUST, A LOT OF NOISE.

AND WITH SUCH A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY, IT IS -- WE ARE NO THE RUNNING HUGE AMOUNTS OF BOATS THROUGH THERE WHERE WE JUST -- FIBERGLASS COMING OUT THE WINDOWS. YOU KNOW CAUSING POLLUTION IN THE AREA. NOT EVEN CLOSE.

I MEAN, IT WILL BE A SMALL LEVEL INSTRUCTIONAL CENTER THAT WILL HELP THESE YOUNG PEOPLE GAIN THESE SKILLS, BUT AS I SAID BEFORE, IT IS ALSO PROVIDES THEM WITH THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THE PARK WITH APPEAR LABOR FORCE TO HELP MAINTAIN IT.

SO IF I COULD INVITE VICK. HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM. IF YOU WANT TO SAY A WORD OR SO.

>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

AS DAVE WAS SAYING, WE COME THERE TO REALLY -- WHEN WE TALK OF THESE TRAITS AND EVERYTHING. EVERYBODY THINK -- SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT PROJECT LIFT IS A TRADE SCHOOL.

WE DEAL WITH THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR OF AT-RISK TEENS. WE USE THIS TO REPLACE THOSE BAD BEHAVIORS. WHAT WE ARE BRING TO JAYCEE PARK IS NOT A BOAT BUILDING FACTORY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT WE ARE TEACHING THESE TEENS TO CERTAIN TECHNIQUES ON, YOU

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AND THIS WILL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO -- TO BETTER THEIR LIVES WHEN A GOOD PAYING JOB.

WITH A HIGH PAYING JOB AT THAT. BUT THE MAIN PART IS THE MENTORING. AS WE KNOW EVERYBODY CAN GET A JOB, BUT TO KEEP THAT JOB AND EXCEL ON THAT JOB, THAT IS WHERE PROJECT LIFT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AT.

I THINK I HEARD FROM BOB, 75% TO 80% OF JOB LOSSES DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH. THAT IS WHY WE LOSE A JOB AND WE ARE DEALING WITH FAMILIES OR YOURSELF OR ANYTHING.

BUT MENTAL HEALTH IS BIG. AND THESE TEENS ARE PROVIDED WITH THEORISTS 24 HOURS A DAY, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE FINISHED WITH THE PROGRAM. THEY HAVE THAT THERAPIST TO HELP THEM. WE TELL THEM ALL THE TIME, YOU CAN GET THIS JOB -- ANYTHING COMES UP.

ARE YOU LATE OR SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE TELL THAT EMPLOYER TO CONSTANT US -- CONTACT US TO WE CAN SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE TEEN AND NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN SOMETHING SIMPLE.

SOMETHING ON THE JOB TRIGGERED THEM.

TEAMING UP WITH CHARLIE AT JAYCEE PARK CAN GIVE THEM TWO ASPECTS LIKE DAVE SAID TO COME OVER AND SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. AND I TAKE THREE RIVAL GANG MEMBERS OVER THERE TO SEE JAYCEE PARK.

IT WAS A JOY JUST TO SEE THEM OUT THERE FISHING TOGETHER.

TALKING TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, LIKE NOTHING IS WRONG.

BECAUSE JUST TAKE THEM OUT IN THAT ENVIRONMENT AND LET THEM KNOW WE ARE ALL THE SAME PERSON. WE CAN ALL GET ALONG.

AND WE ALL CAN COME IN AGREEMENT.

AND THIS WAS GOOD TO SEE. AND I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS WILL BRING EVEN MORE BECAUSE NOW THOSE SAME GANG MEMBERS CAN GO TO THEIR -- SOME OF THEM LIKE A BLOCK AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.

YOU KNOW TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT IT IS NOT BAD.

IT IS NO THE THAT BAD. IT IS A START.

A GREAT START TO WHAT PROJECT LIFT IS DOING FOR FORT PIERCE.

AND THING AT JAYCEE PARK WILL BRING A LOT OF AT-RISK TEENS TOGETHER AND SHOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A BETTER WAY.

AND WE CAN ALL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.

. >>MAYOR: THANK YOU.

>> IF IT IS OKAY -- >> MR. VICK.

YOUR FULL NAME. >> VIC MILLER.

>> MICHELLE MILLER. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF THE RIVER COAST.

MY BOARD GOT TOGETHER WITH EDUCATORS AND INDUSTRY PEOPLE AND WE DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A GREAT NEED FOR A SKILLED WORKFORCE. WE ARE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE BUT PROJECT LIFT IS THE MOST NIMBLE PROGRAM TO WORK WITH AND WE HAD OUR FIRST 101 CAMP.

WE DEVELOPED THE CURRICULUM AND WORK WITH THE STUDENTS.

IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE DIRECTED PURSUIT.

THOSE ARE JUST THREE OF THE BUSINESS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SKILLED WORK FORCES THAT THIS PROJECT WILL HELP TRAIN INDIVIDUALS AND GIVE THEM THE BASE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED FOR THE BASIC SKILLS, THE BASIC VOCABULARY ALONG WITH THE OTHER SKILLS THAT PROJECT LIFT COMES WITH.

AND THESE KIDS WILL STAY IN FORT PIERCE.

THEY WILL WORK IN FORT PIERCE. AND THEY WON'T BE GOING -- THEY WON'T HAVE TO GO TO OTHER COUNTIES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HOPE TO DO FOR OUR -- THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HOPE TO DO FOR OUR MEMBERS IS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A SKILLED WORK FORCE AND THIS PROJECT HERE SEEMS TO BE A WIN-WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY. SO I -- MY ASSOCIATION AND BOARD WHOLEHEARTEDLY ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM.

AND IF ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO, LET US KNOW.

THANK YOU. >> THE OTHER DAY I SAW A PRESENTATION WHERE THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL WAS TALKING ABOUT THE LARGEST INVESTMENT OF EVERY COUNTY IS INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND YET, IT IS -- OUR GRADUATES ARE THE BIGGEST EXPORTS. THEY LEAVE AND THEY DON'T COME BACK. ALL THIS MONEY IS INVESTED AND DOESN'T GET A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT.

WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO SAY WILL GET A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT.

>> MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS TOM WITTINGTON.

OWNER OF MANATEE YACHT SALES. A SMALL BROKERAGE IN PORT.

I WORKED WITH PROJECT LIFT AS A VOLUNTEER FOR 12 YEARS.

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AS A MEMBER OF THE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE REALLY TASKED WITH.

WE WENT TO PROJECT LIFT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS.

IF YOU ARE NEW TO HEARING ABOUT PROJECT LIFT, LET ME TELL YOU THEY ARE THE REAL THING. THEY ARE RECOGNIZED CONSTANTLY BY MANY GRANTS FOR THEIR SUCCESS.

IT WILL BE A REAL ASSET TO HAVE THEM HERE IN FORT PIERCE.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. .

>>MAYOR: THANK YOU, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING.

>>MAYOR: GOOD MORNING. >> NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.

MY NAME IS JILL MARASA. DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR ASHLEY CAPITAL. I WAS PREVIOUSLY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS EXPANSION FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS AND I AM A VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBER OF THE MARINE ASSOCIATION.

I KIND OF WANT TO BRING YOU BACK IN TIME A LITTLE BIT TO 016, WHEN ALLEGHENY MINISTRIES SELECTED LINCOLN PARK AND CITY OF FORT PIERCE FOR THE COMMON GOOD INITIATIVES.

AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT LINCOLN PARK DID WAS DID A SURVEY. THE SURVEY WAS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO ASK OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO REVITALIZE THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, AND SPECIFICALLY LINCOLN PARK, AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, ONE OF THE SURVEYS WAS ABOUT JOBS. AND HOW CAN WE HELP AND RESIDENTS GET JOBS. INTERESTING ON THE SORE SIDE, FEMALES WANTED MEDICAL. YOU CAN GO BACK AND REFER TO THAT SURVEY. IT IS PUBLIC.

FOR MANY YEARS THAT I SERVED AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WHY I AM ON THE MARINE INDUSTRIES TODAY.

I AM VERY FASHION THAT THE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

I AM PASSIONATE OF GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY.

WE TOOK SURVEY RESULTS AND BROUGHT PROGRAMS INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT THROUGH ALLEGHENY MINISTRIES. YOU MAY REMEMBER $400,000 TO INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE FOR OTHER TYPES OF TRAINING.

AND THAT IS STILL GOING ON TODAY.

BUT FOR THE MALES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTED THE TRAIN IN THOSE DISCIPLINES, WE HAVE STRUGGLED TO TRY TO FIND A PROVIDER FOR THAT PURPOSE. AND SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THEY WERE CHALLENGED GETTING TRAINED AS PER THE SURVEY WAS COST, WAS EDUCATION. SOME OF I DON'T YOU THINK MEN DID NOT HAVE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

AND OTHER ISSUES WERE RELATED TO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND.

AND I KNOW FROM PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FROM THE FOLKS UP THERE, WE HAVE DONE WORK EXTENSIVELY WITH SOME OF OUR EMPLOYER BOAT COMPANY. MAVERICK AND PURSUIT EVEN TODAY, TWO OF THE THREE CENSUS TRACTS THAT ARE IN THE CITY CITY OF FORT PIERCE, THAT IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES COME FROM. WE KNOW A VIABLE WORKFORCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE BELIEVE IF THEY HAVE A VALUABLE TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL FIND IN FAVOR. YOU HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE MARINE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION FOR THIS PROJECT.

I AM A HUGE FAN OF PROJECT LIFT. I HAVE OVER IN THE CEO FOR MANY YEARS AND HE IS A WONDERFUL MAN AS THEIR STAFF YOU HEARD FROM TODAY. ROD MCQUEEN WAS GOING TO BE THERE TO SPEAK, BUT HE HAS FLU IN HIS FAMILY THIS WEEKEND.

SO IN HIS ABSENCE, I HOPE THAT THE REST OF US HAVE SPOKEN,ND YOU HEAR US LOUDLY. YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT AND FOR PROJECT LIFT AS WELL. THANK YOU.

. >>MAYOR: THANK YOU, MA'AM.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK YOU. >> GO AHEAD.

>> MY NAME IS STEVE JAROSKI. I AM A FULL-TIME RESIDENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TODAY.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT OTHER THINGS.

I LIVE IN HARBORISLE. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO THINK OF THIS OF A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW.

THE QUESTION OF WHY AT THE PARK. WHY WOULD THIS BE AT THE PARK? A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THE PLAYGROUND.

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THEY LEARN LIFE SKILLS. THEY PLAY WITH TOYS.

AND THEY ARE TOLD, THIS IS YOURS.

THESE KIDS DIDN'T HAVE THAT. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEM THERE AND SAY THIS IS YOURS TOO.

THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY WITH DIFFERENT TOYS.

THOSE TOY ARE GOING TO TEACH THEM HOW TO BE PRODUCTIVE, HOPEFULLY, IF ONLY ONE OUT OF FOUR FAILS, THAT IS GREAT.

IT GOES TO THE TASK THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THE POLICE YOU ENCOURAGED THEM TO HAVE CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE.

HELP THEM FIND A DIFFERENT WAY. THIS IS REALLY STRUCTURED.

A LOT OF CORPORATE BACKING. FREE RESOURCE TO GET KIDS OFF THE STREET. SHARE -- YOU KNOW, THE BEST PARK THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DOLE FOR EVERYBODY.

SHOW THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE IN THEIR HEART.

AND YOU ARE WILLING TO INVEST IN THEM.

I THINK THEY WILL PAY YOU BACK. .

>>MAYOR: THANK YOU, SIR. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

>>MAYOR: PROJECT LIFT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I HAVE SEEN AS THE REAL DEAL. YOU HAVE ACTUALLY A GREAT TRACK RECORD. YOUR REPUTATION -- I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE IN FORT PIERCE. I ABSOLUTELY AM GLAD YOU ARE IN FORT PIERCE. BUT I HAVE HAD THE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AN INDUSTRIAL OPERATION IN A PARK THAT IS ALREADY -- THAT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON.

AND SO -- AND YOU KNOW -- TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY -- THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY. THEY HAVE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES A THAT THE PARK.

AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THAT PARK DURING THE PANDEMIC FOR SME TIME PERIOD IS THE ONLY THING OPENING AT THE COAST SO WE ATTRACTED PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA TO COME TO THAT PARK BECAUSE IT WAS OPEN.

AND, ALSO, IT CAUSED A LOT OF PROBLEMS. IT -- AND NORMAL TIMES IT ATTRACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY IN THE SUMMER. SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS KEEP THOSE NEIGHBORS SAFE AND ENJOYMENT OF THEIR LIVES.

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TELL ME THAT CAN ASSURE US OF

THAT? >> IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY? WE HAVE ON THE PROPOSAL THERE THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A WALKWAY THAT THEY HAVE CREATED TO COME OVER.

WE WOULD BUILD A BRIDGE THAT WOULD BE SAFER FOR THEM.

WE WOULD CREATE SOME TYPE OF A LOCK IF THEY FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THEM. THE YOUNG PEOPLE WE HAVE THAT ARE WITH US ARE NEVER UNSUPERVISED AND EVEN SOME.OF THE SCHOOLS WILL TELL US, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT KID IS WORKING OUT. THEY FOUGHT CONSTANTLY IN THE SCHOOL. AND WE SAY, WE NEVER HAD A FIGHT AT ANY OF OUR LOCATIONS. NEVER.

NOT ONE. SO THERE IS NO -- THERE IS REALLY NO ISSUE OF PROJECT LIFT'S PRESENCE CREATING PROBLEMS. IN TERMS OF IT BEING AN INDUSTRIAL OPERATION, IT'S -- IT IS PROBABLY MORE ACCURATE TO THINK OF IT AS A TEACHING OPERATION.

AND A PLACE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LEARN LIFE SKILLS.

THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET PAST MAYBE SOME OF THE TRAUMA THAT WAS PART OF THEIR STORY OR SOME OF THE BAD CHOICE THAT'S THEY MADE.

AND THAT THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BEYOND THAT.

SO WE CERTAINLY WON'T BE RUNNING AN INDUSTRIAL OPERATION.

IT IS A VERY, A VERY SMALL OPERATION IN TERMS OF JUST TEACHING THE BASICS AND THE LIFE SKILLS AND THE JOB TRAINING SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO COME TO DIRECTOR AND MAVERICK AND SAY I KNOW WHAT THAT MACHINE IS. I KNOW WHAT THAT WORD MEANS.

I KNOW HOW AN ENGINE WORKS INSIDE OF A BOAT.

SO THEY HAVE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A LEG UP AND FAMILIARITY.

FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE, IT GOES A LONG WAY.

. >>MAYOR: I THINK IT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA. THINK OF ANOTHER LOCATION THAT IS APPROPRIATE BUT STILL GIVE THEM EXPOSURE TO THE PARK IN A

PARTIAL WAY. >> SO PART OF MY ROLE IS EXPANSIONS, AND I CAN TELL THAT YOU THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WHEREVER WE GO IS THE ACTUAL BUILDING LOCATION SO WHEN WE

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AND THAT IS WHEN WE BEGAN OUR CONVERSATIONS, REALLY, WITH MR. REALS. HE HAS VOICED SOME OF THESE THINGS. HE SAID WE CAN NOT CAUSE PROBLEMS. THIS HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS

-- NO ONE WILL EVER --.. >>MAYOR: HAS TO BE A PLUS, NOT

A MINUS. >> A PLUS IN EVERY WAY.

HE SUGGESTED WOULD YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE BE AIL VEIL SHLABLE TO HELP WITH SOME MAINTENANCE THINGS.

SOME IMPROVEMENT THINGS. WE SAID, SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

WE ARE TEACHING THEM TO DO THIS. WE ARE TEACHING THEM TO WORK.

SO THAT IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR US.

THAT WORKS FOR US. THAT WORKS FOR YOU.

>>COMMISSIONER MAYOR: ANYONE ELSE.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR, TO BUILD ON THAT -- AND THANK YOU. HERE -- HERE IS WHERE I AM.

I HAVE GOT TEN FAVORITE SHIRTS THAT I HANG IN MY CLOSET THAT FITS TEN FAVORITE SHIRTS AND 11TH FAVORITE SHIRT THAT I WILL STUFF IN THIS AND THAT IS PROJECT LIFT.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE READ A LOT OF ALL OF YOUR PROGRAMS AND IT IS PHENOMENAL. I SAY THANK YOU UP-FRONT FOR THAT. JAYCEE PARK IS JUST A CHALLENGE.

WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MANY CONVERSATIONS AT JAYCEE PARK OF THE WHAT IF SCENARIOS AND THE ELEMENTS OF PARTICIPATION AND DIVERSE ACTIVITIES, ZONES WITHIN JAYCEE PARK.

ALMOST TO THE POINT THAT WE WILL START TO PUT FENCES UP JUST TO SAY THIS ACTIVITY, THIS ACTIVITY, THIS ACTIVITY.

IT IS A CHALLENGE. HAVING THE -- YOU KNOW, THE KAYAK LAUNCH AND THE CANOE LAUNCH AND THE SAILING AND DIFFERENT ENDS OF THE PARK AND THE BOAT RAMPS.

YOU HEARD OF BOAT RAMPS. THAT IS NOT ME, RIGHT?

>>MAYOR: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: COMING FROM THE SYSTEM? WE HAVE A CALL IN. I WILL TAKE IT.

>> WHAT IS SOUNDS LIKE. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: YOU WIN. ANYWAY, SO THAT IS MY QUESTION IS WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE.

I AM NOT FOND OF THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, THE MAP, THE PROPOSED MAP. YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT BUILDINGS EARLIER TODAY. I AM JUST GOING TO BE HONEST WHICH IS WHAT MY DUTY IS. IT IS NO THE MY FAVORITE SPOT.

WE HAD AN EVENT THIS WEEKEND UP TOWARD THE FRONT WHERE THE BIG PARKING AREA IS AAND CUL-DE-SAC TOWARD THE EAST.

I WILL LEAN THAT DIRECTION IF I WILL ENTERTAIN.

SPECIFICALLY ENTERTAIN JAYCEE AND MORE PARKING AND MORE AMENITIES AND PROVIDE PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITY UP IN THE FRONT QUADRANT OR THE EASTERN QUADRANT TOWARDA 1A, OCEAN DRIVE. FPUA ALREADY HAS THE WATER STORAGE TANK. 500,000-GALLON BE STORAGE TANK.

YOU GET TOO CLOSE TO THAT JUST FOR SAFETY OR SECURITY.

BUT MAYBE IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY.

I STARTED LOOKING INTO THE AREA AROUND THE FORT PIERCE YACHT CLB TO GET YOU MORE NEAR THAT CENTRALIZED PICTURE.

WHAT DO WE DO IF THERE IS SOME CITY LAND.

WE ALREADY STARTED ENTERTAINING IDEAS AT FISHERMAN'S WHARF AREA OF SELLING OFF THAT PROPERTY SO WE REALLY CAN'T GET INTO THAT CONVERSATION TOO, TOO MUCH BECAUSE ALREADY IN NEGOTIATIONS IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. SO I STARTED LOOKING AT THE YACHT CLUB AREA AND NEXT TO THE BRIDGE VACANT PIECES THERE.

BUT THAT IS WHERE I AM COME FROM.

I THINK -- MY 11TH FAVORITE SHIRT.

TRYING TO STUFF IN THERE. I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO STUFF IT IN THERE YET. AND NOT SURE THE FORMULA AND PROPOSAL IS HOW I AM MOST HAPPY TO STUFF IF IN THERE.

I LOVE IT. I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA.

JUST THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS TOO FOR ME.

WITH OUR WATERFRONT. I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

HERE -- IN MY OWN RESIDENCE, I NKNOW MY NEIGHBORS SMALL -- A SMALL PART BECAUSE I HAVE A TABLE SAW AND A CHOP SAW AND I DRAG THEM OUT OF THE GARAGE A LITTLE TOO OFTEN.

BECAUSE I AM DOING LITTLE PROJECTS AND HAND SANDER AND I TRY TO DO IT AT A LIMITED CAPACITY SO I AM NOT ANNOYING EVERYBODY WHO IS AROUND ME. I DON'T GET INTO IT TOO, TOO MUCH BUT ENOUGH THAT I NEED TO PUT IT BACK AND GO DO SOMETHING ELSE. SO -- SO I RESPECT THE RRESIDEN

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THESE ELEMENTS ARE DIFFERENT AND IF A ARE FROM THE ELEMENTS OF A PARK SO WE ARE THE AMBASSADORS, THE LEADERS AND THE POLICYMAKERS OF THE CITY CODE. WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS SAYS IT OKAY FOR US BUT NOT OKAY FOR EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT. THAT CONVERSATION, BECAUSE THERE ARE FOLKS THAT WILL -- THAT WILL HOLD US, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT OR CALL US OUT ON IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO EITHER.

A BIGGER MISSION HERE. SO -- AND TRUST ME, WE SEE THE MISSION. THOSE ARE -- THOSE ARE MY UP-FRONT CONVERSATION PIECES. SO THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. .

>>MAYOR: COMMISSIONER GAINES. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: OKAY.

I UNDERSTAND PROJECT LIFT. AND I -- ALSO I UNDERSTAND HOW ONE OPPORTUNITY -- JUST ONE OPPORTUNITY CAN CHANGE A KID'S ENTIRE LIFE. JUST ONE OPPORTUNITY.

I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I AM HEARING EVERYTHING.

THIS PROJECT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO AT JAYCEE PARK.

WE ARE NOT TRYING TO PUT A SCHOOL OUT THERE.

NOT HAVING 30, 40, 50 KIDS OUT THERE, RIGHT.

WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE, WHAT, FIVE OR SIX AT THE MOST.

FIVE OR SIX AT THE MOST MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

WORKING ON A FEW BOATS. OKAY, SO -- I UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC'S CONCERN I MEAN, COMMON SENSE -- COMMON SENSE TO ME WOULD SAY THAT TO THE SUPPORT WE HAVE FROM THE PEOPLE ON THE SCREEN HAVE ALREADY SAID WE CAN'T HAVE ANY ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS. THEY ARE PART OF THE MARINA.

THAT IS THEIR BUSINESS. WE GOT TO PROTECT THE WATERWAYS.

WANT IT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE ARE TALKING OF FIVE KIDS OR SIX KIDS WITH SOME STRUCTURES TO TRY TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND TO -- INSTRUCTION TO TRY TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND TO GET THEM ON THE PATH TO BECOMING BETTER CITIZENS FOR CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

THAT'S WHAT I AM UNDERSTANDING. >> YES.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: NOT A SITUATION WHERE I DRIVE UP OR ONE OF MY COMMISSIONERS DRIVE UP, AND WE HAVE 40 KIDS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, MAKING ALL KIND OF NOISES.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING COMMISSIONER, ALL KIND OF NOISES, JUST RUNNING AMUCK. AND ALREADY -- I UNDERSTAND -- I UNDERSTAND THE 11TH SHIRT SCENARIO.

AND ALREADY CROWD THE PARK. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS START SMALL. LOVE THE IDEA OF -- LOVE THE IDEA OF THE OTHER AREAS. YOU KNOW LET'S BUILD ALL -- AND GET MORE -- YOU KNOW, THE MORE KIDS WE CAN HELP.

BUT WE ARE TALKING AT THE MOST FOUR TO FIVE KIDS, RIGHT?

>> YES. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: AND START OFF THERE AND GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

AND I GUESS THE NEXT -- ONCE WE GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE KIDS. MY QUESTION IS, WILL THERE EVER BE -- WHAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WOULD EVER HAVE AT THAT PROJECT -- AT ONE TIME.

BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC AND THE RESIDENTS OVER THERE SHOULD UNDERSTAND AND SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO LOOK OUT THEIR WINDOW AND SEE 20 KIDS OVER THERE WORKING ON -- EACH KID WORKING ON A BOAT.

BECAUSE NOW, YOU KNOW, 20 BOATS, 20 KIDS, A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOISE.

I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH BUILDING BOATS, BUT I KNOW I AM SEEING SOME SANDING AND I AM -- YOU ARE TALKING OF MOLDING AND ALL THIS STUFF. SO THAT'S NOT MY EXPERTISE, BUT I KNOW IT HAS TO BE BROUGHT THERE AND HAS TO BE REMOVED.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE, BUT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HOPE THEIR WINDOWS AND WALK BY THIS FACILITY AND SEE 20 KIDS AND HEAR ALL THIS NOISE. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.

>> CAN BE NO MORE THAN 16 DUE TO TEEN TO STAFF RATIO.

NO MORE THAN SIX. SIX TEENS.

>> WHAT HAVE INTERESTING THE YOUTHS FOUNDATION.

THEY HAVE MUCH MORE -- A LOT MORE CHILDREN.

>>MAYOR: THEY HAVE A LOT MORE. >> A LOT MORE CHILDREN THAN WE

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DO. >>MAYOR: YES.

>> WE NEVER DO THAT. THE HIGH SUCCESS RATES.

THE INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION IN THE SETTING OF A SCHOOL OR

WHEREVER ELSE THEY HAVE BEEN. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: LAST THING AND THIS IS TO VIC. I UNDERSTAND IF YOU WERE SURPRISED OR TEACHERS WERE SURPRISED WHEN YOU PICKED THE THREE INDIVIDUALS AND COOK OVER THERE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN FORT PIERCE DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW MANY KIDS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE LIVING IN FORT PIERCE HAVE NEVER CROSSED THAT BRIDGE.

. >>MAYOR: RIGHT.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: RIGHT HERE IN FORT PIERCE.

THEY HAVE NEVER CROSS THE BRIDGE OR U.S. 1 TO SEE ANYTHING OUT THERE. ONCE YOU TAKE THEM AND SEE THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU CAN SEE -- WHAT, THIS HAS BEEN THERE AND NOT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. IT IS FOR ALL OF US.

SO I UNDERSTAND -- I -- I UNDERSTAND WITH -- WHAT YOU SAW BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN IT MYSELF, BUT LIKE I SAID, JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE BECAUSE IF I WAS A RESIDENT NEXT TO THIS, I WOULD BE ASKING THE QUESTIONS. HOW MANY KIDS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? I THANK YOU FOR ANSWER THAT QUESTION TODAY, MADAM MAYOR.

>>MAYOR: ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS?

>> I DO, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THIS.

AND -- I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS KIND OF GOING DOWN THAT PAST AND THEN I HAVE COMMENT ON THE BACK END.

SO I AM LOOKING AT THE DESIGN HERE OR LAYOUT OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED, AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT CURRENTLY THERE PLACES, RIGHT.

I SEE A BOAT STORAGE PLACE THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.

THEY CURRENTLY STORE SAILBOATS, SMALL ENGINE BOATS THERE NOW,

CORRECT? >> THE PAVILION THAT WAS CON VERIED IS WHERE THE TREASURE COAST YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION HAS -- A LOT OF THEIR SUPPLIES AND THE BOATS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO THEY -- ONCE WE ARE IN THAT SPACE THAT SAYS PROJECT LIFT ON TOP OF THE ROOF RIGHT THERE, THAT PAVILION, THEN THEY ARE PROPOSING THEY WOULD USE THE SMALLER BUILDING THAT IS CURRENTLY THERE AND ANOTHER STORAGE SPACE.

SO THOSE TWO BUILDINGS ON THE SIDE THERE WOULD NOT BE FOR US.

THAT WOULD BE. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: FOR THE TREASURE COAST YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION.

>> THEY WOULD NO THE HAVE SAILBOATS ALL OVER THE PROPERTY.

THEY WILL BE CONTAINED WITHIN THOSE BUILDINGS.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: OKAY.

GOTCHA. SO PROJECT LIFT OPERATING OUT OF THIS PROJECT WHERE IT SAYS "PROJECT LIFT" WOULD BE THE KEY.

AND NO MORE THAN SIX KIDS. >> YEAH.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: OKAY.

NOW I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH PROJECT LIFT.

I HAVE BEEN THAT THAT CAMPUS IN PALM CITY COUPLE OF TIMES.

COUPLE FOR SOCIAL. A COUPLE TO TOUR THE FACILITY AND SEE THE WORK THAT IS DONE IN THERE AS FAR AS THE WELDING THAT YOU TEACH DOWN THERE. THE GRAPHIC ARTS DEPARTMENT THAT THEY DOT-SHIRTS. THE AIR CONDITIONING REPAIR.

THE CARPENTRY. I HAVE BEEN THROUGHOUT YOUR ENTIRE CAMPUS THERE AND THAT CAMPUS SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSINESS ZONE. BECAUSE THERE IS BUSINESS -- A HAIR SALON RIGHT NEXT TO IT AND STRIP MALL WITH DIFFERENT

BUSINESSES, A LAYER THERE -- >> AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AND QUITE IMPRESSED HOW YOU ARE ABLE TO OPERATE AND NAVIGATE IN THAT IMMEDIATE VICINITY BECAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT THAT PROJECT LIFT WOULD IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE YOU ARE. LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSINESS COMPLEX WITH PROFESSIONALS COMING AND GOING EVERY DAY AND I WATCH YOUR PROCESS OF HOW YOUR KIDS COME IN. I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE CHECK-IN SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE. THIEF CLOCK SYSTEM WHERE THEY CHECK IN AND ALL THAT. IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, YOU HAVE SURVEILLANCE ON YOUR CAMPUS IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN IN CAN PALM CITY. PROTECTS YOUR STUDENTS AND FACILITY FOR A SURVEILLANCE STANDPOINT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CAMPUS THERE AND SOMETHING THAT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH WHEN I SPENT TIME ON YOUR CAMPUS. WITH -- SO I SAY ALL OF THAT TO SAY THAT AS I LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTED WHAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY DOING. SMALL ENGINE REPAIR, I GET THAT.

LIKE ANYBODY WORKING ON THEIR LAWNMOWER.

A SPARKPLUG HERE. CHANGE A OIL HERE.

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SO TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PROCESS OF VENTILATION WITH THAT -- WITHOUT GOING TOO DEEP INTO IT.

LIKE I SAID, I HAVE SEEN YOUR FACILITIES AND WHAT YOU DO IN PALM CITY. AND I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE -- WITH THE -- NOT BEING AN ISSUE WITH DUST FLYING EVERYWHERE.

BECAUSE OF WHATEVER YOU PUT INTO PLACE TO VENT THE PLACE AND SUCK IN THE FUMES OR WHATEVER. WILL THAT TYPE OF STUFF BE IN THIS KIND OF FACILITY BECAUSE YOU WILL BE DOING SANDING AND THAT KIND OF THING WITH THESE BOATS.

>> THE SAME PROCESS. ESPECIALLY BOATS WHERE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE FIBERGLASS. SPECIAL TENT TO PUTS AROUND THAT AREA FOR VENTILATION. IT WILL BE OF THE UPMOST, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT -- AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE AGAIN, WE ARE JUST GOING TO BE SHOWING THE TECHNIQUES OF HOW TO DO IT SO NOT AN ACTUAL -- YOU KNOW -- HOW SHOULD I SAY -- NOT AN ACTUAL REMOD IF I DAGS OF A BOAT BEING BUILT.

JUST THIS IS WHAT YOU DO IF THIS OCCURS.

IF THIS BOAT IS LIKE THIS, THIS IS HOW WE DO THAT.

SO -- LIKE, THE PROCESS IS JUST REALLY SHOWING THEM THE TECHNIQUES AND TEACHING THEM THE PARTS.

WHEN TO DO IT. HOW TO DO IT.

YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE PROPER TENT PUT AROUND THAT AREA. ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH PFIBERGLASS. AND ALSO TO TEACH THAT TEEN THE SAFETY OF USING FIBERGLASS VERSUS SAND JUST A WOOD BOAT,

AND IT STUFF LIKE THAT. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: YOU ARE TAKING ON THIS BUILDING IF YOU WOULD GET IT INCLUDE THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS I SEE IN PALM CITY.

THE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND ALL THAT.

>> OF COURSE. HONESTLY SIX TEENS.

YOU WOULD NEVER SEE THEM. UNLESS THEY ARE BREAKING FOR LUNCH OR OUT CLEANING THE PARK. EVERYTHING IS DONE WITHIN THE CONFINEMENT OF THAT BUILDING INSIDE THAT BUILDING.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO FRIDAY OPERATIONS. NO SATURDAY OR SUNDAY

OPERATIONS. >> WE WILL BE FINISHED -- WE USUALLY BREAK DOWN AROUND 4:30, QUART TO 5:00 CLEAN UP.

>>MAYOR: WHEN DO YOU START? >> WE HAVE 9 TO 1:30 IS OUR FIRST SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AND AFTER THAT, WE HAVE A BREAK.

AND THEN FROM 2:30 TO 5:00. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: THAT IS RIGHT. I REMEMBER SOME OF THE KIDS COME

IN THE MORNING. >> AFTER SCHOOL.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: AFTER SCHOOL.

THAT IS WHAT IT WAS. HELP ME TO YOU UNDERSTAND, THE BRIDGE, MARINER BAY. WHERE IS THAT AND WHAT IS THE

PURPOSE OF THAT? >> RIGHT NOW THE RESIDENTS COME OVER ON A PIECE OF PLYWOOD. AND WE WERE SUGGESTING THAT WE WE BUILD A BRIDGE THAT WOULD BE SAFER FOR THE RESIDENTS AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO OVER THAT SLEW RIGHT THERE.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: GOTCHA.

THAT VACANT WALKWAY IS JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THAT. NOT ANYTHING THAT YOU ARE

CONSTRUCTING OR ANYTHING. >> NO.

THAT IS TO KEEP THE PARK TRAFFIC FROM COMING THROUGH THE OTHER WALKWAY AND HAVING THAT WALKWAY BE VACATED.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, I AM DONE WITH MY QUESTIONS, MADAM MAYOR.

>>MAYOR: COMMISSIONER PERONA. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: I AM A BIG FAN OF PROJECT LIFT. TWO THINGS GOING ON.

SO WE SUPPORT PROJECT LIFT AND IS THIS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT.

I WANT TO SEPARATE THOSE THINGS. WE HAVE THIS MAP IN FRONT OF US AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. TALK ME THROUGH THE OPERATION FLOW FROM THE TIME YOU GET THERE.

CARS COME IN -- THE ACCESS GATE, IS THAT HOW YOU WOULD DO IT?

GO AHEAD. >> REQUEST HE, WE WILL COME IN THE FRONT GATE. WE HAVE A FLEET VAN.

CAR HAVE A VAN TO PICK THE TEENS UP IN.

WE PARK IN THE PARKING LOT AND WE WALK OVER.

THEN AT THAT -- I GIVE THEM TO THEIR INSTRUCTOR.

AND HE JUST TELL THEM WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE TODAY AND AS DAVE SAYS A THERAPIST ON-SITE THAT SHE MAY WORK WITH TWO OF THE TEENS WHILE HE WORK WITH FOUR, OR IT MIGHT BE A DAY WHERE THEY MIGHT DO NO WORK AND JUST HAVE A GROUP ON EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS OR MOCK INTERVIEWS OF THE SORT.

IT VARIES ON THE OPERATION ON WHAT THE EN STRUCKER HAS AND FOR

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AS WELL. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: IT WAS MENTIONED YOU WOULD RECEIVE ONE TO TWO BOATS A MONTH THROUGH DONATIONS. TAKE ME THROUGH THAT SCENARIO, BRINGING THE BOAT IN. WHERE IS THE BOAT GOING TO BE.

>> ALL THE BOATS ARE SMALL ENOUGH TO BE STORED INSIDE.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: NOTHING ON THE OUTSIDE.

LOOKING AT THE OUTDOOR FOOTPRINT RIGHT NOW.

THAT WILL NOT CHANGE? >> CORRECT.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: OKAY, SO WE HAVE -- LIMITED USE OF THE ACCESS ROAD. STORAGE OF POETS WILL ALL BE INSIDE. OPERATION HOURS.

WE GOT THAT. PARKING NEEDS -- ONE VAN.

NOT INTRUSIVE. IS THERE A REQUIREMENT TO BE NEXT TO THE WATER? FOR THIS OPERATION?

>> NO. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: I THINK COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON SAID MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT PLACE. LET'S GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

IF IT IS NOT NECESSARILY TO THE WATER, YOU KNOW, I AM MORE -- MY THINKING IS, WE ARE -- WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.

A LOT OF ASSETS IN THE CITY TOO. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A BETTER SPOT FOR THIS. LET ME TELL YOU WHY.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT JAYCEE PARK.

WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE. AND EVERY TIME I TRY TO WRITE DOWN EVERY ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS AT JAYCEE PARK, THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER ONE OUT THERE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU TALK TO ANY TEENAGER, TALK TO ANYBODY BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE, THEY WILL TELL YOU A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS.

BUT WHAT THE PARK IS DESIGNED FOR AND HOW WE ACCOMMODATE ALL THESE DIFFERENT MULTI USES IS THAT IT IS TRANSIENT.

FOLKS GET THERE. THEY PICNIC FOR A HOUR AND THEY LEAVE. KIDS GO PLAY IN THE PARK, THEY LEAVE. BOATERS COME AND PUT THEIR BOATS IN AND PARK THEIR TRAILERS, THEY LEAVE.

HE SHALL IS LEAVING. NOBODY IS STAYING THERE FOR A REGULAR BASIS. AND IN FACT I GOT TO SAY WHEN TREASURE COAST SAILING -- YOUTH SAILING CAME ON, THAT WAS A HARD THING FOR ME TOO BECAUSE THAT -- THAT BROKE THAT TRANSIENT FEEL THAT I HAD, THAT MADE THE PARK WORK.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT THIS PARK TO WORK.

SO THEY -- OF COURSE, THEY WERE ABLE TO JUST MOVE IF IT INTO A FORMAT THAT -- ESPECIALLY DURING SUMMER, THROUGH CLASSES AND ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT GO ON. WE UNDERSTOOD THAT.

BASICALLY, I AM IN THAT PARK ALMOST EVERY DAY.

I HARDLY SEE EVERYBODY FROM THE TREASURE COAST SAILING.

IT IS OPEN AND THY ARE NOT INTRUSIVE.

I WOULD CONSIDER THEM TRANSIENT. YOUR OPERATION IS NOT TRANSIENT.

AND THAT IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM.

YOU NEED TO BE IN THERE. YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN THERE FOUR DAYS A WEEK. AND YOU ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS IN THAT PARK. AND I JUST THINK THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE CONSIDERATION. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THIS PARK CAN SUPPORT AND DO IT SUCCESSFULLY OR NOT?

TO ME, THAT IS A QUESTION. >> A LEGITIMATE QUESTION.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: SO THAT'S WHERE I GET TO.

>> I MEAN I WOULD SAY JUST TO REITERATE.

OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE ALWAYS IS A FACILITY TO WORK WITHIN.

YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT CHARLIE DONATED THE PROPERTY ON DELAWARE APPLICANT AVENUE. HE IS THE OWNER.

HE DONATED IT TO US. THAT IS HOW PROJECT LIFT IS HERE IN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY. HE WAS AWARE THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THIS AND HE IS ALSO AWARE THAT HE WISHES THAT THE SAILING FOUNDATION WAS MORE ROBUSTLY, YOU KNOW, USING THE FACILITY THERE. BUT HE WAS HOPE THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP BRINGING MORE ATTENTION TO BOTH US AND MEN MAY UP WHAT THEY DO AND ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY. NO IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE A WATERFRONT PROPERTY. NO, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE AT THIS PARTICULAR PARK. BUT THERE IS A SPACE THAT IS VERY HARD TO FINDS. AN EMPTY LOT IS NOT THE SAME AS A BUILDING. AND ALL THE OTHER PIECES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF GETTING THE KIDS ACROSS THE BRIDGE, EXPOSING THEM TO THIS BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC AMENITY.

HAVING US TO BE AN ASSET TO THE PARK, THESE ARE PART OF THE

EQUATION AS WELL. >>MAYOR: I APPRECIATE YOU SEPARATING THAT BECAUSE I WHOLEHEARTEDLY THINK THAT PROJECT LIFT. A LOT OF PROGRAMS TRYING TO DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND YOU SEEM TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL.

I HEARD ABOUT IT AND I, TOO, HAVE TAKEN THE TOUR AND HAD A PRESENTATION AND I KNOW YOU ARE THE REAL DEAL.

AND YOU DO -- YOU TURN LIVES A AROUND.

YOU TURN LIVES AROUND. AND SO I -- I DON'T WANT TO BE

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I WANT TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. I AM WITH COMMISSIONER PERONA.

WHEN THEY WANT THIS, I WAS A VERY GREEN MAYOR AT THE TIME AND I WAS VERY CONCERNED OF INTRODUCING A NONPROFIT -- IT WOULD JUST -- IT WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE IT ALL RIGHT FOR IT TO BE.

AND I KNOW CHARLIE'S PASSION FOR HELPING UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLE AND EXPOSING THEM TO THINGS THAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULDN'T BE EXPOSED TO. SO I CAN SEE HIM.

THIS IS CHARLIE'S -- THIS IS LIKE A DREAM -- YOU KNOW, IT -- A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN IN CHARLIE'S MIND.

SO -- BUT -- BUT I JUST HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE WATERFRONT LOCATION AND IF IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WATERFRONT, I MEAN, I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND I THINK THE SUPPORT YOU BROUGHT WITH ME IS VERY, VERY CONVINCING AND I DIDN'T NEED TO BE CONVINCED. I AM JUST VERY -- AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THIS PARK WITH THESE NEIGHBORS AND I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK THERE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK THERE OF HAVING THIS PROBLEM. AND SO LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR PROPOSAL. ON THE SECOND PAGE IT TALKS ABOUT STARTS ON THE FIRST PAGE. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF THE LARGE PAVILION. PROPOSED MOD IF I DAGSS, IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS INCLUDE -- AND THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO EQUIPMENT AND AN ATTACHMENT. FOR SAND ARE, GRINDERS, AIR COMPRESSORS, OUTBOARD ENGINES. MANY OF THOSE MAKE CONSIDERABLE NOISE. AND WHAT I AM WONDERING IS ARE THOSE THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL -- FIRST OF ALL, WILL THE -- WILL THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS BE.

YOU ARE ASKING THE CITY TO DO THAT OR PROJECT LIFT IS GOING TO

DO THAT? >>.

>> FIRST PART IS US PUTTING THESE NEEDS IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE A PARTNERSHIP OF WORKING ON, THEN WE WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT AND SAY IF THE CITY COULD COME ALONGSIDE OF US, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THE BUDGET WITH THE NUMBERS THERE, THAT IS ALL US.

>>MAYOR: BUT THE ATTACHMENT WITH THE EQUIPMENT, THAT IS YOU?

>> RIGHT. SO WE ARE MAKING OUR -- THAT INVESTMENT AND ASKING THE CITY ON THE PROPERTY THERE WHICH WOULD BE THERE FAR BEYOND WINNER THERE.

. >>MAYOR: YEAH, YEAH, I GET THAT.

I WANTED TO BE CLEAR WHO YOU ARE PROPOSING TO DO WHAT.

ALL RIGHTY. YES, SIR.

COMMISSIONERJ. JOHNSON AND THEN COMMISSIONER GAINES.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: THANK YOU.

SPEAKING OF LOCATION SPECIFICALLY.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES. YOU LOOK AT GOOGLE EARTH MAP OR GOOGLE MAPS, WHATEVER. MR. REALS, THE BUILDING UP FRONT NEXT TO THE WATER STORAGE TANK. THERE IS A DUMPSTER CONTAINMENT AREA AND THE BUILDING. THAT YOUR MAINTENANCE BUILDING?

>> YES, SIR. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON:

YOU STORE EQUIPMENT THERE? >> WE STORE EQUIPMENT AND EMPLOYEE THAT'S WORK THE ISLAND WORK OUT.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: THAT IS OUR HUB BASICALLY.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO TELL ME THAT BECAUSE HERE IS WHAT COMES TO MIND. WE DO A GREAT JOB IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE OF MAINTAINING ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE.

YOU HEARD SOME OF OUR PROPOSALS TODAY OF HOW WE WILL CONTINUE THAT PROCESS WHAT I KNOW AND WHAT I AM SMILING ABOUT, IF YOU CREATE -- IF YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP VIEW ON THIS PRESENTATION, WE CREATE MEANS OF ACCESS ARBITRARY SOMETIMES BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO GET TO. THAT LITTLE AREA TO THE NORTH IN BETWEEN MARINER BAY AND JAYCEE PARK IS A ROAD THAT IS TRAVELED BY SOMEONE. IT MIGHT BE MAINTENANCE, MIGHT BE THE SAILING FOUNDATION. IT IS NOT A ROAD.

IT IS A DRAINAGE SWALE. AND WE DRIVE UP ON IT AND KIND OF THIS AREA WHERE WE CAN GET A VEHICLE EIGHT FOOT WIDE IS A TRAILER DOWN THAT PATH. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THOSE THE -- THE COW PATHS OR THE TRAILS THAT -- IF YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW WHERE TO PUT A SIDEWALK, LOOK WHERE YOU HAVE BEATEN DOWN THE GRASS. THAT IS WHERE YOU PUT A SIDEWALK. COLLEGE CAMPUSES DO IT ALL THE TIME. I SMILE ABOUT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS BECAUSE WE CREATE THESE ACCESS POINTS.

AND SHOULD IT REALLY BE AN ACCESS POINT, RIGHT? SO WHEN I STARTED LOOKING AT THE EQUIPMENT, I START TO HEAR ABOUT

[02:45:03]

BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A ROUTE, YOU KNOW, A WAY TO TRAVERSE AND TO GET THE BOATS TO THAT LOCATION. MY WORRY THAT WE WILL ART FISH A SHALLY CREATE SOMETHING -- ARTIFICIALLY CREATE SOMETHING MORE THAT IS AN ARTIFICIAL WAY AND USE A ROADWAY WHICH IS NOT A ROADWAY, A GRASS AREA, EVEN MORE THAN IT IS USED TODAY.

I AM LOOKING AND STARING AT MY EYE PAD AND STREET VIEW AND YOU CAN'T SEE IT ON CAMERA. YOU GO TO GOOGLE AND LOOK AT THE AMEN TEASE. THE EASTERN PART OF THE PROPERTY -- AMENITIES. THE EASTERN PART OF THE PROPERTY IS IMPROVED. IT IS ENHANCED AND READY AND PRIME FOR US TO UTILIZE THAT, YET IT DOESN'T SHOW IN THE PRESENTATION ALL THE WAY FAR EAST.

SO I AM STILL STUCK ON THAT. AND I AM REALLY -- I AM OVER HERE LAKE LAYING OUT -- THESE GUYS ALTHOUGH, I AM DRIVING CRAZY. LAYING OUT NEW BUILDINGS ON A MAP ALREADY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.

BECAUSE I WANT IT TO SUCCEED. AND I WANT IT TO BE THE RIGHT SPOT AT THE SAME TIME. AND I LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT.

I KNOW WHAT THAT EQUIPMENT IS. I KNOW WHAT A WELDER SMELLS LIKE. MY DAD TAUGHT ME TO WELD.

I TALKED OF SAWING.. I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE AND SOUNDS LIKE. AND I AM THANKFUL THAT MY DAD TAUGHT ME THAT IN MY LIFE. BUT THERE ARE ELEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT THAT OPERATION CREATES YOU KNOW, I AM NOT GOING TO CALL IT A NUISANCE, BUT PRODUCTIVITY AND CREATES SOMETHING ELSE THAN WHAT WE ARE USED TO.

>> GOOD THAT YOU BRING IT UP. BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE -- THE -- THE RIGHT NEIGHBORS AND TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO IF IT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, THIS BUT NOT THAT. THEN NOT THAT.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: RIGHT.

THAT'S WHERE I AM AT. I WILL BE HONEST.

AND COMMISSIONER PERONA, HE WAS TALKING OF HIS HISTORY WITH JAYCEE PARK AND ALL THE ELEMENTS.

I WASN'T HERE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER WHEN YOU TALKED OF THE SAILING FOUNDATION YEARS AGO.

JUST ANOTHER ELEMENT. MY FAVORITE SHIRT CLOSET.

TO KEEP USING THAT ANALOGY. SO I.

I THINK WE GOT THE RIGHT -- WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. WE HAVE TAKEN THE RIGHT PATH.

WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE ELEMENTS OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WHEN WE GET TO THE FINAL DESTINATION.

. >>MAYOR: THE MARINE TRAINING FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE MARINE INDUSTRY IS IDEA.

IDEA FOR THIS -- NOR WORK. WE ARE ALL FOR THAT.

WE ARE ALL FOR THAT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE THIS WORK SOMEHOW.

WE -- I WANT THIS TO BE IN FORT PIERCE.

AND I WANT THIS TO HAPPEN. SO LET'S FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. [APPLAUSE] SO -- ANYTHING ELSE? OH, COMMISSIONER GAINES.

I FORGOT, SORRY. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: REAL QUICK. I AM NOT GOING TO BEAT THIS DOWN ANY FURTHER. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

RIGHT NOW BEFORE ANYONE DOES ANYTHING, THE -- AND I HOPE I GET THIS RIGHT. THE TREASURE COAST YOUTH SAILING

FOUNDATION. >> CORRECT.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THEY ARE IN THIS BUILDING NOW.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THEY ARE

USING FOR STORAGE. >> BOATS IN THE BUILDING NOW.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: AND LISTEN TO MY COLLEAGUES, AND I WASN'T HERE WHEN THEY GOT THAT BUI BUILDING. WHAT IS TO STOP THIS FOUNDATION FROM MOVING SOME OF THOSE BOATS FROM A SIDE OF THAT BUILDING AND BRING SOME KIDS IN AND SOMETHING IN TO -- TO MEET THEIR -- THEIR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH MORE CARS THAN ONE CAR.

IS THERE SOMETHING -- IS THERE SOMETHING IN PLACE TO STOP THEM FROM DOING THAT? .

>>MAYOR: HAVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, WE WILL HAVE TO

REVIEW THE AGREEMENT. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: ALL RIGHT HAVE IT. IF THEY DECIDE TO USE THE BUILDING FOR SOMETHING FOR THEIR FOUNDATION, AND IT WILL BE MORE CARS. IT WILL BE MORE CARS.

MORE PEOPLE THAN I AM HEARING IN ONE VAN.

I AM UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING THEY ARE SAYING.

I UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENT. I UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORS.

I KNOW THE NEIGHBORS AND THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAD EAR EARLIER.

I KNOW WE HAVE A TON OF SITES. I KNOW, I SAW YOU -- I WAS OVER YOUR SHOULDER LOOKING. I WAS OVER --

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: LOOKING OVER FORT PIERCE AL

ALREADY. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: WHEN HE SAID HE WAS UP HERE ON HIS COMPUTER.

I AM LOOKING AT IT. HE IS ALL OVER FORT PIERCE LOOKING FOR SITES BUT SOMETHING ABOUT -- I LOVE THE PROJECT.

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SO -- I WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION AND YOU KNOW, WHAT IS STOPPING THE FOUNDATION FROM DOING SOMETHING AND BRINGING IN KIDS AND BEFORE YOU KNOW -- BEFORE WE START MOVING -- WHAT STOPS THEM FROM DOING SOMETHING IF THEY ARE ALREADY THERE AND ON THE PROPERTY. THAT WAS A CONCERN I HAD.

>>COMMISSIONER MAYOR: I THINK YOU HAPPEN THE ON SOMETHING BECAUSE PART OF THE MAGIC AND THE ITEM BEHIND THIS IS EXPOSING THESE THINGS TO SOMETHING THAT IS VERY NEAR THEM GEOGRAPHICALLY, BUT NOT -- THEY HAVE NEVER, EVER TAKEN -- WITHIN TAKEN TO OR HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF.

AND THAT IS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL.

AND THERE IS -- THAT IS WHAT THE TREASURE COAST YOUTH SAILING DOES FOR KIDS FROM -- IT IS ALREADY BEING DONE.

THEY ARE ALREADY BEING -- BRINGING KIDS -- YES.

AND THIS IS PART OF -- I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WANT TO HAVE IT THERE BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF KIND OF THE INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHOWING A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAYING, YES, WE ARE ONE FORT PIERCE.

I GET THAT. I AM WITH YOU.

YEAH. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: MADAM MAYOR, THE LAST THING I HEARD MY TWO COMMISSIONERS SAY, WHY HAS IT TO BE SO CLOSE TO WATER. MAYBE -- MAYBE I TOOK A CAT NAP, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BOATS, RIGHT.

I AM NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BOATS AND FIXING BOATS AND MAINTAIN WILLING BOATS.

AND THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW THAT THE JOB IS DONE RIGHT.

WE NEED SOME WATER. WE NEED SOME WATER TO SEE IF THE BOAT CAN FLOAT -- CAN FLOAT AND NOT SINK.

AM I MISSING SOMETHING? I AM NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY HERE. I AM NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY HERE, BUT WHEREVER -- SO WHEN YOU ARE GOIG THROUGH YOUR MAP.

WHEN YOU ARE GOING THROUGH YOUR MAP, COMMISSIONER.

>>MAYOR: FIND WATER DPANZ GAINE.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: GAINESVILLE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS TRAIN THESE KIDS AND TELL THESE PROVIDER THAT'S WE TRAIN THESE KIDS ON SOME BOATS.

AND WE MAKE BOATS AND THE BOATS DON'T FLOAT.

THAT IS A PROBLEM. I AM JUST -- THAT IS A -- I AM -- I AM JUST -- EYE KNOW I AM A JOKESTER BUT I AM TRYING TO BE AS SERIOUS AS I CAN. I THINK WATER IS AN ISSUE IF I AM WE ARE TRYING TO FIX BOATS. YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER JOHN, IF YOU GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOME TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET -- TO GET THE BOAT TO SOME WATER.

SO IN YOUR MAPS, PLEASE FIND SOME CLOSE WATER SO -- BECAUSE WE WANT THIS PROJECT -- ONCE THE KIDS FIX THE BOATS, WE KNOW THAT THE BOATS WILL FLOAT. I WILL BE QUIET.

. >>MAYOR: OKAY.

MR. MIMS. >> MADAM MAYOR.

MR. REALS, GO BACK TO THE OVERVIEW SHOWING THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT YOU ALL TO CONSIDER. THE WALKWAY.

WE CAN NOT VACATE THAT WALKWAY BECAUSE IT IS ACCESS TO THE TWO ADDITIONAL PICNIC PAVILIONS THAT -- THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC USES.

ALSO, ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES CURRENTLY OF THE TREASURE COAST YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION ARE IN THE BUILDING.

IF THE BOATS ARE THERE, THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED WITH ANY POTENTIAL LEASE WE HAVE WITH PROJECT LIFT AS WELL.

AND ALSO WE HAVE TO CHECK THE ZONING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARK.

AS OUR NEW DIRECTOR WAS TALK TO ME ABOUT.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT AREA. NOW I DID NOT HEAR ANY TYPE OF CONSISTENT FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL.

SO PRIOR TO US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DRAFTING OF A LICENSE AGREEMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME TYPE OF INPUT FROM YOU ALL TO SAY, OKAY, STAFF, LET'S PURSUE THIS AND STOP THIS RIGHT N NOW.

. >>MAYOR: GO BACK TO THE BOATS THERE. THEY SHOULD NOT BE STORED THERE?

>> WOMAN. NOT OUTSIDE.

EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE CONFINED INSIDE OF THE FACILITY.

>>MAYOR: OKAY. >> YES, MA'AM.

>>MAYOR: GO AHEAD. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: ANOTHER ELEMENT WE HAVE -- I AM SPURRED BY SO MANY THINGS.

PAUL THOMAS WAS IN THE ROOM. HE IS OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL.

AND I CAN TELL YOU NOW THAT I KNOW WHAT THE BUILDING CODE SAYS, AND I DON'T WANT TO BRING UP EXTRA REGS CONVERSATIONS.

YOU ARE STARTING RESIN, THAT IS A CONVERSATION PIECE IN THE

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>> THAT IS SUPER. INJURIES INJURY JUST OTHER ELEMENTS OF CONVERSATION. --

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: JUST OTHER ELEMENTS OF CONVERSATION. THAT PUSHES THAT BACK EAST TO ME. TRAILERS.

THEY HAVE TRAILERS WITH THE BIG BALLOON TIRES AND PUT THE BOAT ON THERE AND PULL IT TO THE WATER.

A CANOE LAUNCH AND LITTLE SAILBOAT LAUNCH THAT ALREADY

EXISTS. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. I AM FINE WITH THAT.

THE PROJECT -- I WANT THEM TO COME TO FORT PIERCE.

WE OWE OUR YOUTH THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND ANY TIME ON A MONDAY MORNING AT 10:00 WHEN YOU HAVE BUSINESS ONER TO COME IN TO SIT WITH US AT A -- AT A.

>>MAYOR: AND THERE ARE STILL H

HERE. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THEY ARE STILL HERE AT NOON. THE CITY MANAGER IS TELLING ME TO BE QUIET BECAUSE IT IS NOON. THEY ARE HERE AND ONCE I SEE THE INTEREST IN THEIR EYES AND IN THEIR WORDS, THEY SPOKE THIS MONTH -- THIS MORNING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO -- TO GIVE THE CITY -- THE CITY MANAGER SOME LEEWAY.

IF IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AT THIS PARK, IF WE MAKE THAT DECISION, LET'S HAVE A PARK AND AN AREA TO GO SO WON'T BE ANY MORE DELAYS.

WE CAN GET THEM GOING AND GET THEM BECAUSE.FOUR KIDS, SIX KIDS OFF THE STREET HELP US WITH OUR FIRST PERSON WHO TALKED TODAY WHO WAS THE CHIEF OF POLICE. LET'S JUST CUT TO THE CHASE.

NOW -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYMORE BECAUSE MY COLLEAGUE HERE ALREADY BROUGHT YOU UP THE RESIDENTS AND FIRE.

I KNOW ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LIST AND SEE -- LOOK AT THE ORDINANCES AND SEE WHAT IS OUT THERE. HOW IT IS ZONED.

AND LET'S BE READY TO. IF WE SAY NO, LET'S HAVEA 1 ORB.

BUT THIS IS WHERE WE WANT YOU GUY TO START.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE WILLING TO DO.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING. >>MAYOR: WE WANT TO FIND A WAY TO DO IT BUT NOT DO IT. THAT IS THE WAY I FEEL.

>> MADAM MAYOR AND PROCEED FORWARD AND HEARD FROM THE CITY MANAGER TECHNICAL THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT FAMILIAR OF THE CITY ORDINANCE AND CODE. I WOULD LIKE HIM TO BRING BACK TECHNICAL INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. SO I HAVE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING TOO THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL HAPPEN IN FORT PIERCE.

WE JUST NEED TO FIND IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE OR ANOTHER PLACE. THAT'S IT.

AND THAT IS WHERE I AM AT RIGHT NOW.

I WANT THAT TO BE ON THE RECORD AND CLEAR.

SO YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT THIS PLACE OR ANOTHER PLACE. AND WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT.

I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF STORING STUFF, WHAT IS THERE, OR ZONED TO BE THERE. AND ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE.

AND I NEED STAFF'S HELP WITH THAT.

>> MADAM MAYOR AND LOOKING AT THE AERIAL VIEW AND LOOKING AT JAYCEE PARK IN PARTICULAR AND CODE AND ORDINANCES, LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE RED RECTANGLE THAT IS PRESENTED TODAY IS A PROPOSED ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL.

>>MAYOR: PROPOSED FROM THE TREASURE COAST YOUTH SAILING?

>> PART OF THIS PROJECT. >>MAYOR: COMMISSIONER PERONA.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD FIT HERE.

I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE. I OWNED SEVERAL BOD OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND ALL THE PROBLEMS I HAD WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE A NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY BEHIND THAT WITH THE SMELL, THE NOISE, THE COMPRESSORS RUNNING, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. YOU CAN'T -- YOU CAN'T AVOID THAT. WHERE YOU SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REST OF THOSE FOLKS OVER THERE TOO. I THINK THAT WILL BE INTRUSIVE.

BUT I WILL TASK STAFF BY JUST SAYING NO TO HERE, WE WILL WORK DILIGENTLY TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE PLACE THAT WILL WORK. AND, YES, THEY REPAIR BOATS ALL THE TIME, COMMISSIONER OPINION NOT NEAR BAUER.

YOU CAN PUT THEM ON A TRAILER AND BRING THEM THERE.

IF THEY SINK, THEY SINK. .

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AND THEY HAVE TO BRING IT TO THE WATER TO MAKE THEM WORK.

BUT I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT IS SHOULD BE OUR COMMITMENT.

IF I COULD SAY AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD FIT FOR JAYCEE PARK FOR REASONS STATED, BUT I THINK WE DON'T END IT THERE.

WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND TASK STAFF TO HELP.

WE WILL JUMP IN TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO FIGURE OUT WAYS WE CAN MAKE IT WORK AND MAKE FOLKS CAN HEAR THE DISCUSSION AND IF TEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT CAN WRK.

MRS. CONTACT PUBLIC WORKS. MIKE REALS WHO SEEMS TO BE DOING EVERYTHING FOR THE CITY. OR PROJECT LIFT AND IDENTIFY THE FACT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO FOR JAWY.

. >>MAYOR: I WANT TO REITERATE LIKE COMMISSIONER GAINS. NOTHING THAT SAY SAYS THAT PROJ LIFT AND YOUTH SAILING COULD HAVE AN AGREEMENT FOR SOMETHING.

THEY CAN COME AND DO SOMETHING THERE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. NOTHING THAT SAYS THAT CAN'T HAPPEN. IT JUST -- THE -- THE -- THE WHOLE MACHINERY PART, THE INDUSTRIAL PART, THAT MIGHT BE.

THAT MIGHT THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE SOME PLACE ELSE.

WHAT I FEEL. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? ARE WE CLEAR?

ARE WE CLEAR, MR. MIMS. >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

. >>MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME WITH YOU. SO HAPPY FOR PROJECT LIFT.

[g. Discussion on City-owned property located at 1920 Seaway Drive (parcel ID: 2401-501-0031-000-1) for potential development.]

>> THE NEXT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED 1920 SEAWAY DRIVE FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. .

>>MAYOR: MR. MIMS. >> MADAM MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION, WE HAVE INTEREST IN THE PARCEL IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST -- SORRY TO THE WEST OF JETTY PARK.

WE TALKED OF A PARCEL A FEW YEARS BACK BUT NOW WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE PARCEL AND POTENTIAL STEPS TO MOVE FORWARD.

A. >>MAYOR: WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

THIS I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION, THIS IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PARCEL. BACK IN 2015, I THINK, BASED UPON PAST RECORDS. WE COULDN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE PARCEL LOCATED HERE JUST TO THE EAST OF SQUARE GROUP OR TO THE WEST OF JETTY PARK.

THREE QUARTER OF AN ACRE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AND USED TEMPORARILY FOR SURFACE PARKING. THEFDA VOTED FOR $271 MILLION.

THE FPRA TRANSFERRED IT TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

DEEDED THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TO FDO TTO DO THE ROUNDABOUT, SIDEWALK, AND ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

WE RETAINED THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY.

THREE QUARTER OF AN ACRE AND 2014, WE GRADED AND ROPED OFF THE PROPERTY AND BECAME TEMPORARY SURFACE PARKING.

WHEN SQUARE GROUP WAS DEVELOPED JUST TO THE WEST, JIMMY BIRD WAS INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY AND INTERESTED IN EXTENDING HIS PARKING AREA AND INTERESTED IN DOING SOME TYPE OF COMMERCIAL USE LIKE A SURF SHOP, ICE CREAM SHOP OR SOME OF THE WHY $.

WE CAME TO YOU AT A CONFERENCE AGENDA MEETING AND SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUED AN RFP. WE RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS FOR THE PROPERTIES AND NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN.

DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HIGHEST RANK PROPOSAL AND RETAIN THIS PARKING AND HERE WE ARE NOW.

HOW MANY YEARS LATER. NINE YEARS LATER.

STILL A SURFACE PARKING LOT AND WE ARE RECEIVING INTEREST.

IN THE HEIGHT OF THE MARKET AND WE ARE RECEIVING DEVELOPMENT INTEREST. HERE WE ARE JUST WANT TO PEP IT TO YOU GUYS. ANY IDEAS OF THE INTO YOU DHUR UTILIZATION. ARE WE INTERESTED IN PUT IT OUT THERE? NOT DECLARED SURPLUS AT THIS TIME. I WENT BACK TO CHECK IT THE RECORDS. WE ARE USING AS A PARKING LOT.

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION.

. >>MAYOR: QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

COMMISSIONER GAINES. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: AS ONE WHO FREQUENTS THE JETTY, ARE ANY OTHER PROPOSALS FOR SOME TYPE OF PARKING? BECAUSE IF WE REMOVE THAT -- IF WE -- IF WE HEY, I AM JUST SAYING.

I AM JUST BEING HONEST. IF WE REMOVE THAT LITTLE AREA, YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE, WHAT, HUNDRED -- HOW MANY?

>> THERE ARE NO PARKING SPACES, BUT LIKE 30, 40 SPACES,

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IT IS DUE TOMORROW AND WILL BE PARKING IN THAT DEVELOPMENT.

MAYBE THAT OFFSETS THIS. JUST A THOUGHT.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: YOU LEARN SOMETHING EVERY DAY.

I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THAT CLE.LE CIR THE LITTLE CIRCLE WE DRIVE AROUND.

>> KEEP DRIVING. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: DRIVE AROUND UNTIL THERE IS A CAR AND TRY TO BE THE FIRST ONE AND ALMOST MUSICAL CHAIRS, TO BE THE FIRST TO GET A PARKING SPOT.

OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, BEFORE WE SELL IT, I AM JUST LETTING YOU KNOW PARKING -- WE DON'T LIKE THAT WORD HERE ANYWAY, BUT THAT -- PARKING IN THAT AREA AND MADAM MAYOR, I CAN TELL YOU BECAUSE IF YOU GO CLEAN UP SATURDAY MORNINGS.

SUNDAY MORNINGS. I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU, ON THIS PICTURE, YOU AND ME FRIDAY NIGHT.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: SNAPSHOT IN TIME.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: AN AREA YOU CLEAN UP A LOT BECAUSE PARKING THERE. I AM PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD AND WE SELL IT AND BRING ANOTHER BUSINESS IN THERE, WE GOT TO LET THE BUSINESS KNOW WHERE THE CUSTOMERS AND PEOPLE YOU ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO PARK.

YOU SAYS THERE ONE DOWN THE STREET.

THAT IS MY CONCERN. >>MAYOR: WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IS -- SNIFFING AROUND WANTING TO DEVELOP IT.

WHAT IS THE FLAVOR OF THE MONTH? >> COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

COULD BE RETAIL. COULD BE A VERY, VERY SMALL HOSPITALITY USE BUT COMMERCIAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS A RESTAURANT OR COMMERCIAL SALES. .

>>MAYOR: YES, SIR. >> THEY DON'T GET SPECIFIC.

>>MAYOR: NO THE BIG ENOUGH FOR A HOTEL.

>> COULD BE. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON:

BOUTIQUE -- SURE THERE IS. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: BIG ENOUGH -- THERE IS BIG ENOUGH FOR A HOTEL, MADAM MAYOR.

THAT'S WHERE I AM GOING. >>MAYOR: COMMISSIONERJ. JOHNSON.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF THIS DISCUSSION IS IF YOU TALK ABOUT PARKING SPECIFICALLY, THE FEMA FLOOD ELEVATION ARE GOING TO DICTATE THAT IN THE HABITABLE FLOOR IS GOING TO BE SO MANY FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO PARK UNDERNEATH. VERTICAL ELEMENT AND PARKING.

WHO CARES IF THE PARKING LOT GETS FLOODED.

>> AS LONG AS THEY CAN FLOW TO AND THE TIDE COME OUT.

>>MAYOR: THE CARS DON'T MATTER AS MUCH AS THE PEOPLE.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: UNLESS YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR CAR NEEDS TO BE PARKED THERE DURING A HURRICANE, I GUESS.

AGAIN, MY TRAVEL. THIS WEEKEND.

FIRST COMMENT FROM MY WIFE. OH, WAIT.

THAT BUILDING IS GONE. I CAN NOW SEAT PARKING LOT.

THE FIRST COMMENT ONA1A TAMPA TOTALLY CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE AND IT IS LIKE, THERE IS PARKING HERE.

NO IDEA THERE WAS PARKING 200 YARDS DOWN THE ROAD.

OPINIONED AMAZING THE DIFFERENCE.

AND ANY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL THAT I WOULD THINK THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME GREAT NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS FROM ASSIST THAT PROCESS. WHAT OTHER ELEMENTS OF DESIGN COMPONENTS CAN THEY ENTAIL. PUTS INTO THEIR OWN DESIGN FOR PARKING ON-SITE. RIGHT NOW BEING THE DIRT PARKING LOT THERE IS, A HIGHER AND BETTER USE.

>>MAYOR: YES, IT IS. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON:

READY TO GO. >>MAYOR: COMMISSIONER PERONA.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: THANK YOU, MAD 2K578 MAYOR.

WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS FIRST, THIS THING HAS -- HAS TRANSLATED OVER THE YEARS AS BAG DIFFERENT VALUE TO THE CITY.

AND I THINK IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.

WHEN YOU STARTS DEVELOPING WHAT THE PROPERTY TO THE BEST OF THE SQUARE GROUP. AND THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WILL BE A KEY SOLUTION TO SOMETHING. AND I WOULD CAUTION THE COMMISSION FROM MOVING TOO FAST ON IT RIGHT NOW.

I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS. IT IS BEING USED.

IT MAY NOT BE USED FOR ITS BEST USE RIGHT NOW.

BUT I THINK -- I THINK THE -- WHAT THE FUTURE OF THAT PROPERTY IS SHOULD BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THE ISLAND. AND THAT IS A PRIZE OWNING THAT PIECE RIGHT THERE. AN ABSOLUTE PRIZE.

NO VERTICAL STRUCTURE. PEOPLE WHO PULLED IN THERE THAT ARE FACING THE WATERWAY RIGHT THERE.

PROBABLY HALF THE CARS. AT LEAST HALF THOSE CARS HAVE SOMEBODY IN IT. THEY ARE LOOKING, IT READING

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NOT SAYING THIS IS THE BEST USE, BUT A SOLUTION THAT THE CITY CAN BE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE IT FIVE TO TEN YEARS FROM NOW.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I AM NOT IN ANY HURRY TO GET RID OF IT RIGHT NOW. .

>>MAYOR: ANYBODY ELSE? YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING -- WE HAVE AN RFP THAT IS DUE IN FIVE YEARS.

MADAM MAYOR. WHY DON'T WE PUT IT OUT -- THE FEELERS. WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE ON AN AGREEMENT. LET'S SEE OF THE FLAVOR OF THE ECONOMY THAT WANT TO COME. I WILL BE ANXIOUS TO HEAR.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: I WANT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT, AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WEST.

WE HAVE NO IDEA. AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT. WE CAN'T -- I MEAN, WE ARE LOCKED IN THERE. YOU GOT WATER ALL THE WAY AROUND YOU. WE ARE AN ISLAND OUT THERE.

AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THESE THINGS ARE A VALUE AND MAYBE IF YOU GO BACK IN THE NOTES FIVE YEARS FROM NOW SAYING THAT IS WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. THAT IS WHY WE NEEDED THAT PRO PROPERTY.

I KNOW THAT IT -- WE DON'T NEED THE FUNDING.

MAYBE TO HELP SUPPORT ANOTHER BUSINESS COMING IN THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT ALL THE ACTIVITIES IN THAT AREA.

BUT ANYTHING THAT WE DO PUT IN WILL CREATE ITS OWN PARKING ISSUE UNLESS IT HAS ITS OWN SOLUTIONSLINE.

I AM LOOK THERE. WHENEVER THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN, I AM TRYING TO FINDS A VACANT PARKING SPOT IN JETTY PARK.

YOU ARE LOOKING THERE -- I THINK ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU COULD DO A GET A DRONE TO FLY OVER AND YOU WILL SEE THE SAME THING ON AND ON AND WE STILL HAVEN'T DEVELOPED THE REST OF THE

ISLAND. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR, I AM SITTING HERE AND INTUITION TELLS ME WE HAVE SEEN AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.

SOMETHING IS THERE THAT TRIGGERS THIS CONVERSATION.

WHILE I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER PERONA, ALWAYS AN EXERCISE TO UNDER STAND AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERESTS THERE. WE HAVE TO DO BOTH.

WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DEVELOPERS SEE THAT MAYBE WE DON'T SEE, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO ANTICIPATE THE GROWTH OF THAT AREA. IGS COMMISSIONER PERONA, I SEE THESE CARS. WHO SO SAY THEY ARE NOT EMPLOYEE THAT'S WORK IN THIS AREA. EMPLOYEES HAVE TO PARK SOMEWHERE, RIGHT, AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WORK AND SERVICE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND THIS IS WHERE THEY MAY HAVE PARKED.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT SOMETHING IN THE BACK OF MY MIND IS SAYING SOMETHING IS GOING ON HERE.

PARCEL TO THE WEST, I AM FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

AND WE JUST TURNED THAT INTO A TEMPORARY PARKING LOT THAT I DON'T THINK WE WILL HAVE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

I REALLY DON'T. BUT ACROSS THE STREET.

ANSWER THIS FOR ME MISS HARNISH. THE SOUTH PARCEL.

THAT WAS RECENTLY TURNED INTO SOMETHING.

>> PAID PARKING. THAT IS PAID PARKING.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: NEW TO ME.

I LET AND IT JUMPED OUT TO ME AND I SAID THAT IS NEW.

PAID PARKING RIGHT ON THE BEACH. I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS PARKING OVER THERE RIGHT NOW JUMPED OUT AT ME.

PAID PARKING AT THE BEACH. THAT IS SOMEBODY'S INVESTMENT.

PRIVATE VEHEMENT. WE HAVE A PARCEL THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY NOT ON THE TAX RALE AND COULD BE, A WAY, MR. E-MAILS -- MR. MIHM NOT A QUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND I AM CURIOUS.

>> SOLICITED AND UNSOLICITED. >> WE CAN DO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS DUST OFF OUR PREVIOUS ONE WHICH WE -- WE DEFINITELY EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR WORKING.

THAT NEED HAS BECOME GREATER. ALSO TALKING OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE SPRINGING UP IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY AND IN THE REGION AS WELL. IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU ALL.

WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS IN STORE OR WE CAN RETAIN THE PROPERTY. EITHER WAY, WE DON'T LOSE.

WHATEVER DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO COME THERE, WE INTEND FOR THEM TO REPLACE EVERY PARKING SPACE OR DOUBLE IT.

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SO -- >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: ONE THING WE KNOW IF A PRIVATE INVESTOR COMES IN AND BUILDS A BUILDING WITH PARKING STRUCTURE, THE LIKELIHOOD OF CHARGING FOR PEOPLE TO PARK THERE IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ANTICIPATE.

RIGHT NOW WE BRING PEOPLE TO OUR BUSINESS OWNERS OVER HERE BECAUSE THERE IS FREE PARKING, RIGHT.

NO COST PARKING. NOT TOTALLY FREE, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXPENSE TO CLEAN THIS PLACE UP WHEN THEY ARE DONE.

FREE TO THEM, BUT COSTS US TO MAINTAIN THIS AREA TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. I GUESS HALF A DOZEN AND ONE SIX AND THE OTHER I GUESS WITH THIS. I AM NOT INCLINED TO MAKE PERSONALLY ANY MOVEMENT RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK OVER TIME, WE -- THIS WILL MANIFEST AS TO EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

IT IS GOING TO MAN FEST OVER TIME.

WHEN I SAY "TIME" I AM SAYING WITHIN LESS THAN TWO YEARS.

WE WILL KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT IN ONE OR

TWO YEARS. >> ONE YEAR.

>>MAYOR: MR. MIMS. >> WE HAVE AN ARRAY OF FEEDBACK.

THIS IS THE POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATION.

WE CAN ALWAYS WAIT TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK WE GET FOR THE 301 OCEAN DRIVE DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR XHEERS. COMMISSIONER PERONA WHO SPURRED THAT ACQUISITION AND I DO BELIEVE WE WILL GET PROPOSAL FOR THE PUBLIC PARKING DEVELOPMENT. WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND HAVE A WAIT-AND-SEE ELEMENT AS THIS IS GOING TO SPUR ADDITIONAL AND IF THE MARKET IS HOT ENOUGH TO INVEST IN FORT PIERCE.

WE CAN DO THAT SIMILAR TO THE JC PENNY'S PARKING LOT AND KINGS DEVELOPMENT. AND SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN DOWNTOWN. WE CAN DO THE SAME ANYTHING WITH

1920 SEAWAY. >>MAYOR: WAIT TO SEE AND NO THE

WAIT TOO LONG. >> NOT FIVE YEARS, BUT NO --.

>>MAYOR: COMMISSIONERJ. JOHNSON IS BURNING TO SAY SOMETHING.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: I AM.

THE CITY? >> CITY.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: CHANGES MY GEAR A LITTLE BIT.

I DON'T KNOW -- WELL, I ALREADY KNOW.

WE KNOW THE MARKET IS -- IT IS HUSTLING.

AND IF YOU WENT TO THE EDC MEETING NOT TOO LONG AGO, YOU SEE THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT OF ALL OF THE ATTRACTION OF ST\.

LUCIE COUNTY IS NOT GOING TO STOP.

AND MANY REASONS -- DATA DRIVEN REASONS FOR THAT AS TO WHY IT IS NOT GOING TO STOP. SO I AM BASICALLY ARGUE WITH MYSELF AT THIS SECOND OF THE COMPONENT OF WAITING AND NOT WAITING AND I WANT TO PUT IT OUT TO THERE TO FEEL IT AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND SEE WHAT FOLKS WANTS TO DO.

I DON'T WANT TO -- -- I DON'T WANT TO STALL IT AND WAIT FOR THE -- THE FIVE TO TEN TO 20-YEAR PROCESS.

BECAUSE THIS COULD BE THE CATALYST THAT PUSHES OTHER THINGS FORWARD. AND THAT IS THE WHAT IF QUESTION FOR ME. I LIKE TO CREATE CATALYST AND NOT THE OPPOSITE AND SAY SIT BACK AND WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. IT IS THE BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME. COMMISSIONER, YOU HAD SAID IT EARLIER. FIELD OF DREAMS.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: FIELD OF DREAMS.

>>MAYOR: DID YOU SAY THE -- THE RESPONSES FOR THE -- FOR THE 301

ARE DUE? >> WE DEMOLISHED THE BUILDING AND WAITED FOR THE DEMOLITION TO DO THE APPRAISAL.

ALL OF THE APPRAISERS ON OUR VENDOR LEST IT WAS COMPLETELY BCKED UP. IT IS DUE TOMORROW.

>>MAYOR: WE DON'T HAVE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OUT THERE FOR THAT.

>> DRAFTED AND WAITING FOR THE APPRAISAL TO GO OUT.

THAT CAN HAPPEN RELATIVELY SOON, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

THAT WILL BE LIVE AND ON THE STREET.

>>MAYOR: SO IF WE DID THAT, COMMISSIONER, AND THEN -- AND

THEN REVISITED THIS IN -- >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON:

YEAH, THAT IS A STRETCH. >>MAYOR: HOW WOULD THAT BE.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: AS LONG AS WE ARE DOING SOMETHING AND THAT THE HANG OUT AND WAIT.

WE MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS. $1.2 MILLION FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY ALONE. I AM READY FOR ROI AND WE HELD ON TO IT FOR A LONG TIME. .

>>MAYOR: I AGREE. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: HERE IS THE OTHER THING THE SQUEAKY WHEEL IN THE BACK OF MY MIND THAT I HAVEN'T SKIRTED OIL ON.

A PARKING LOT THAT IS EMI IMPROVED.

IT MAKES ME CRAZY. WE DO THIS TOO OFTEN TO FIX A BAND-AID -- CREATE A BAND-AID FIXING OUR PARKING PROBLEM THAT IS A REAL ISSUE. FOR THE PLANNERS IN THE ROOM OVER THERE GOING, OH, OKAY, I SEE HOW IT GOES.

NO, IT REALLY -- IT IS IMPORTANT.

>>MAYOR: WHY DOES IT MAKE YOU CRAZY?

>> BECAUSE WE ALLOWED THIS WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. WE DO WHAT WE DO, AND EVERYBODY

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THAT. >>MAYOR: WE HAVE A PARKING CRISIS. WE HAVE A PARKING CRISIS.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: WE DO.

>> MADAM MAYOR, REAL QUICK AND I WILL BE QUIET.

CITY MANAGER. I JUST KNOW WE ARE DEVELOPING THIS AREA. PEOPLE LOVE GOING TO THIS AREA JUST SOUTH OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE IS A PRIVATE OWNED PAID PARKING LOT, RIGHT. AND IF YOU EVER GO OUT THERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT, THURSDAY NIGHT, THAT PAID PARKING IS FULL. IT IS FULL.

SO PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO FORT PIERCE OR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO THIS AREA WILL PAY TO PARK INSTEAD OF DRIVING AROUND THAT CIRCLE, DRIVING AROUND THAT CIRCLE, AND DRIVING AROUND THAT CIRCLE TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE GOING.

THE BUSINESSES DOWN THERE WILL DO JUST LIKE IN OTHER CITIES, SAY, HEY, IF YOU GO TO THIS PAID PARKING AND BRING ME YOUR TICKET WE ARE PAY FOR IT BECAUSE YOU ARE COMING TO EAT AT OUR RESTAURANT. SO I AM THINKING, IF WE OWN IT, WHY NOT MAKE SOME MONEY OFF OF IT INSTEAD OF JUST SELLING IT FOR A ONE-TIME THINKING BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BE VERY UPSET.

I AM PUT IT ON THE RECORD. IF THIS OWNER OR SOME OTHER OWNER COMES AND BUY THAT'S PROPERTY.

AND THEY TURN IT INTO A PAID PARKING AND THEY GET THE MONEY -- WE GET THE ONE TIME. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN GO IN AND MAKE IT. WHAT WE KNOW WE NEED AND PEOPLE WILL PAY TO PARK CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE GOING PEOPLE WILL DO

IT. >>COMMISSIONER MAYOR: GET TAX

REVENUE. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST USE FOR WHERE WE ARE GOING, BUT I WILL THROW IT OUT THERE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN. I HAVE PERSONALLY PAID MONEY TO GO IN THIS -- THIS PAID PARKING BECAUSE I REFUSE TO GO AROUND THAT CIRCLE THREE, FOUR, FIVE TIMES TO TRY TO FIND A PARKING SPACE WHEN I CAN GO OVER THERE, PAY, DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO, HAVE FUN, AND GO HOME. MADAM MAYOR, I AM DONE.

I WILL SIT BACK AND STAY QUIET. >>MAYOR: MR. MIMS, ARE YOU

CLEAR? >> WOMAN.

>>MAYOR: I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE.

>> MADAM MAYOR. I THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING CLOSE.

AND THE PROCESS IS COMING FROM THIS WEEK WITH THE CLOSE OF THE APPRAISAL. AND I -- I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THIS, THREE MONTHS FROM NOW CONFERENCE AGENDA. THAT TIME WE WILL HAVE SPEEDBACK AND UNDERSTANDING AND WE WILL BE -- FEEDBACK AND UNDERSTANDING AN WE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA. THREE OR FOUR MONTHS WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

. >>MAYOR: A COMPROMISE.

COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON:

SOUNDS GOOD. >> AFTER 301.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: BUT DO YOU WANT TO MOVE 301

FORWARD? >> I ALREADY HAVE YOUR APPROVAL

ON THAT. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON:

WE ARE GOING -- >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: TIME TO SEE WHAT COMES IN. RFPS COME IN AND HAVE A BETTER

IDEA AT THAT POINT. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON:

I LIKE THAT IDEA. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I AGREE

WITH THAT. >>MAYOR: COMMISSIONER PERONA.

>> RESCHEDULE BETWEEN THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.

[h. CARES Act Funding Proposal]

>>MAYOR: AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME. PERONA'S LAST MEETING YOU CAN DO

WHATEVER YOU WANT. >> NEXT ITEM ON THE A AGENDA IS CARES ACT FUNDING PROPOSAL. .

>>MAYOR: MR. MIMS. >> MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK, AN ENTITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT EXPRESSED THE DE SEAR TO RECEIVE CARES ACT FUNDING THAT WAS REMAIN FROM THE DIGS DISTRIBUTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AT THAT TIME WE TALKED OF WHAT TYPE OF USES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE AND HOW WOULD WE DISPERSE OUR FUNDS AND ASKED OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATION DIVISION TO COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATION.

AT THIS TIME WE ARE OUR GRANT DIVISION MANAGER HERE TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL ON UTILIZING THOSE REMAINING CARES ACT FUNDS.

. >>MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, MA'AM. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT IS AFTERNOON, RIGHT? YES, I THINK SO.

>>MAYOR: WE USUALLY DO GO INTO THE AFTERNOON, SORRY.

>> THAT'S OKAY. >> AS MR. MIMS JUST STATED,

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THOSE FACING EVICTIONS AND HOMELESSNESS.

WE HAD ACTUALLY STARTED THE RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM FOR THE F IS TIME THIS YEAR. WE REOPENED IT.

I BELIEVE IT WAS EARLY APRIL AND LATE MARCH AND CLOSED LATE APRIL. AND THE RESULTS WERE PRETTY OVERWHELMING THE SAME ACROSS EVERY HOUSE HOLD.

ABOUT 53 HOUSEHOLDS THAT APPLIED.

27 HOUSEHOLDS WERE ASSISTED. THOUGH THAT IS ABOUT A 51% RATIO. THE OTHER 50% OF PEOPLE DIDN'T SUBMIT THEIR DOCUMENTS IN TIME AND FOUND HOUSING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WHICH OUR FUNDING IS LIMITED TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. WE PREVENTED THREE EVICTIONS.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT THREE, SIX MONTHS BEHIND IN RENTS AND WORKED WITH THE LANDLORD AND GET THEM CAUGHT UP IN RENT. ONE WAS IN MEDIATION WITH THE COURTS AND WE COULD NOT ASSIST IN THAT.

85% OF THE APPLICANTS WERE OR, HOMELESS.

WE TRIED TO MOVE THAT UP AS PRIORITY SINCE THEY WERE SLEEP IN CAR WITH THEIR CHILDREN. SLEEP IN HOTELS.

THEY DID HAVE JOBS FOR THE MOST PART, BUT THE JOBS DID NOT AFFORD BASICALLY A LIVABLE WAGE WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY RENT OR -- THEY WERE MOVED OUT OF THEIR HOUSING BECAUSE THEIR LANDLORDS WERE SELLING THE PROPERTY ANOTHER THING THAT MANY PEOPLE MARKED IN THE APPLICATION THAT'S THEY WERE UNEMPLOYED, 90%.

THEIR JOBS DID NOT PAY ENOUGH TO COVER THE EXPENSES.

SOMETHING NEEDED TO GIVE, EATING OR PAYING RENT.

THEY CHOSE TO FEED THEIR FAMILY OVER PAYING THEIR RENT AND STARTED TO GO DOWN A SLIPPERY SLIDE.

ONE OF THE THINGS AS A DIVISION STARTED DISCUSSING WAS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. GOING TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION WHERE IS THEY CAN GET MORE OF A LIVABLE WAGE.

GET CERTIFICATIONS. AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE REALIZING UNEMPLOYMENT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS GOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

NOT JUST US FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, BUT RISING GROCERY PRICE IS SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE SAYING I CAN'T AFFORD TO FEED MY CHILDREN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

MANY REALIZED THAT THEY JUST COULDN'T MAKE ENDS MEET AND A TOUGH CHOICE AND MORE OF A STRUGGLE FOR US.

WE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH OUR HEARTSTRINGS WOULD BE PULLED BY DAILY CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERYBODY.

TO AS A STAFF, WE START TO DISCUSS DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

THE ONES WE WERE TO DISCUSS WITH PEOPLE.

THEY WORKED WITH WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUTH, VETERANS, ELDERLY, PEOPLE DISABLED, MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT INSTEAD OF PEOPLE GOING TO SEEK THEM.

THESE ORGANIZATIONS SERVE THE FORT PIERCE AREA DIRECTLY.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM AS A CITY BEFORE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE COUNTY. AND BASE ON MY CONVERSATION WITH THEM, A LOT OF THE STUDENTS GET EMPLOYMENT AND HELP PAY BILLS IN THE HOUSE HOLD. A LOT OF THE THINGS WE SAW IN OUR APPLICATIONS WAS THAT THE CHILDREN, IF THEY WERE OF WORKING AGE ALSO WERE STARTING TO WORK WE WANTED TO HELP WITH THAT AND GIVE THEM SKILLS. A PROGRAM WHERE THEY WORK WITH FELONS. # 0% OF THE APPLICANTS -- NOT APPLICANTS, TIME SORRY, OF PARTICIPANTS ARE IN POPULATIONS PEOPLE OF LIMITED INCOME AND NEED EMPLOYMENT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE'S BENEFITS WERE CUT.

THEREFORE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK AND THIS HE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO WORK. WALMART IS USUALLY WHERE EVERYBODY GOES AND THAT IS OVERFLOODED WITH APPLICATIONS AND WORKERS, SO THEY ARE STARTING TO LOOK FOR DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES AND DIFFERENT WAYS OF WORKING AND BRING IN INCOME.

ANOTHER OPTION -- OR ANOTHER -- I AM SORRY, ORGANIZATION IS CAREER SOURCE RESOURCE COAST. WE WORK WITH THEM FOR THE JOB FAIR AND THIS HE DO A LOT BY BRINGING THE COURT WHERE REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

WE ARE RECRUITING BECAUSE OF OTHER EMPLOYERS AND CONNECTING THE APPLICANT TO THE EMPLOYER. AND THEY WORK WITH.

THEY WORK WITH POPULATION LEVELS AND GETTING PEOPLE SKILLED IN THEIR TRADES. WE HAD A MEETING WITH CAREER SOURCE. THE WHOLE ST\.

LUCIE COUNTY AND THE PUSH OF GOING BACK TO TRADES.

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TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL.

I THINK I ALREADY EXPLAINED THIS.

A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, A SIX-WEEK PROGRAM.

THEY DO WANT TO MAKE THIS AN ONGOING THING FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS. BUT TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE NEED THAT WE SAW WITH THE RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM.

THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND YOUTH IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, SPECIFICALLY LINCOLN PARK THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE NEEDS AND IMPLICATIONS GOING ON.

UNITED AGAINST POVERTY ON ORANGE AND 25TH.

THE STEP PROGRAM TO HELP THOSE IN POVERTY TO GET OUT OF POVERTY AND SOFT SKILLS AND HARD SKILLS LIKE RESUME WRITE, HOW TO DRESS AND PARTNER WITH EMPLOYEES IN THE AREA TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS.

ESPECIALLY WITH ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOME WHO NEED TO GET FURTHER INCOME OR GAIN MORE INCOME.

AND THEN CAREER SOURCE. A NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS AND PROFESSIONALS AROUND WORK EMPLOYERS TO CONNECT THE EMPLOYEE TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN.

INDIAN RIVER AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTY.

THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE CAN'T GET INVOLVED TOO, TOO MUCH WITH THESE THINGS. WE REALIZE PEOPLE WHO WERE STRUGGLING TO PAY BILLS. THEY TOOK PAYDAY LOANS.

WHEN THEY SUBMIT APPLICATION, A LOT OF PEOPLE DID PAYDAY LOANS.

THAT MEANS GETTING FURTHER INTO DEBT.

BECAUSE OF THAT THEY WERE LOSING HOUSING NOT JUST BECAUSE OF LANDLORDS SELLING PROPERTY BUT BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS SO LIMITED THEY COULDN'T GO TO MANY OTHER RESOURCES OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF NEEDS. ONE THING THAT WE REALIZED THROUGH CONVERSATIONS THROUGH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

NOT MANY DO RAPID REHOUSING OR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

SOME DO IT WITH HOMELESSNESS COUNCIL, BUT THEY STICK TO INDIAN RIVER. THERE IS MUSTARD SEED BUT LIMITED IN THEIR FUNDING. ONE IN INDONESIA IAN RIVER WAS THE FLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES COUNCIL -- NOT COUNCIL, BUT SERVICES. THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO A STEP FURTHER THAN WE CAN AND GO TO THE COURT TO INTERCEDE ON THE EVICTION PROCESS BECAUSE THEY ARE ATTORNEYS.

THEY KNOW HOW TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE LANDLORDS IT COURT TO STOP THE PROCESS ALL TOGETHER. THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO STOP THE PROCESS IS I PERSONALLY HAVE TO CALL THE LANDLORD AND EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET THEM BACK ON RENT AND GUARANTEE ANOTHER THREE-MONTH RENT WITHIN OUR LHAP -- IT IS CARES FUNDING, SHIP FUNDING, TWO DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES BUT USE ITS LHAP TO MODEL THIS PROGRAM.

WE CAN DO IT UP TO A YEAR, BUT DO IT IN THREE MONTH INKREMENTS.

THE FIRST THREE MONTHS WE TRY TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BEING EVICTED OR HOMELESSNESS. AND IF THEY ARE SLEEP IN THEIR CAR, WE TRIED TO GET THEM IN A PLACE AND GET THEM ON THEIR FEET. THE LEGAL SERVICES HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH EVICTIONS AND EMERGENCY RENTAL.

THIS PARTNERSHIP WILL BE GREAT BECAUSE SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE DOING THIS WITH YIND IAN RIVER AND PALM BEACH.

GRANTED, THEY HAVE A LARGEST SPENDING POOL THAN US, BUT IT IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. AND WE DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF EXPERTISE AND THEY ARE IN THE COURTS BEING ABLE TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE JUDGES AND LANDLORD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WITH THAT, THIS IS JUST OUR PROPOSAL FOR WHAT WE ARE USING THE GRANTS FUNDING FOR.

>>MAYOR: YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED YOU FOR THE RECORD.

>> BRITTANY MARINELLO. >>MAYOR: THANK YOU.

THE CAREER SOURCE RESEARCH. THEY ARE FUNDED BY THE STATE.

WHAT WOULD THE $40,000 DO THAT THE STATE FUNDS WOULDN'T DO?

>> THIS WOULD BE FOR A SPECIFIC PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE FOR OUTREACHING CONNECTIVITY TO INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. WE ARE DOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. I DON'T WANT TO GIVING ANYBODY PROMISES BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SPECIFICALLY WE NEED THAT COULD BE TAILORED OVER TO US. BECAUSE THE FUNDING CAN ONLY GO TO THE CITY. I AM IN CONTACT WITH MARY AND

[03:35:01]

THEY ARE VERY MUCH TO THE UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FOCUS ON OUR TARGET AREA. TARGET POPULATIONS.

. >>MAYOR: CARES ACT FUNDING, THIS

A LEGITIMATE USE FOR IT? >> CORRECT, WORK FORCE AND JOB TRAIN THAT GOES TOWARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND IN THE GUIDELINES FOR THE REGISTRAR STATES THAT IF THE CITY DETERMINES THERE IS A MORE BROADER USE FOR THE FUNDING, THAT IS PERMISSIBLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE IMPACTED BY COVID. THIS HAPPENS TO BE AN AFTEREFFECT OF COVID. THOUGH WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH IT, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE THAT PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS BECAUSE THEY WRE SICK AND HAVING HARD TIME FINDING ANOTHER JOB AND SOMEONE IN THEIR HOUSE HOLD.

MANY IN THE HOUSEHOLD ARE GETTING SICK.

SO FINDING WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER MEANS OF EMPLOYMENT IS A PERMISSIBLE USE.

. >>MAYOR: THIS IS FOR ANOTHER DAY BUT WE KEEP HEARING RECORD LOW UNEMPLOYMENT AND WE KEEP HEARING 11 MILLION JOBS OUT THERE. AND SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE JOBS OR THE RIGHT JOBS, WHY THEY AREN'T.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN IT TODAY, BECAUSE THAT WILL TAKE A LONG, LONG THING.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? CONCERNS? IS THIS -- IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET BEHIND? THESE RECOMMENDATIONS?

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: MADAM -- >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

EXISTING CARES ACT FUND THAT WE HAVE.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR, MR. MIHMS, I KNOW WE HAD SOMETHING FROM THE HANDS CLINIC. I WANT TO BE CLEAR BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. FURTHER FUNDS WE HAVE IN T THE CARES AND WAY TO EXTEND TO THAT OUR COMMUNITY.

WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT MADAM MAYOR THAT YOU TRIED TO ALLUDE TO, THESE COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATION ARE COMMITTED TO HELP GET PEOPLE READY TO GET INTO THIS WORKFORCE TO GET THE

11 MILLION JOBS. >>MAYOR: OR BETTER KURZ KERR OR BETTER JOBS. I AM MORE CONCERN OF THE CAREER SOURCE. WHEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO DELINEATE OR OUTLINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SPECIFICALLY? AND I AM ASSUME THIS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, RIGHT. HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED WHAT THAT PROGRAM WILL LOOK LIKE THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT CAREER

SOURCE DOES ALREADY? >> YES.

SO ONE THING WE DO KNOW THAT CAREER SOURCE DOES IS HELP THOSE NOT JUST GAIN HARD SKILLS AND RESUME BUILDING AND WRITING AND PROFESSIONALISM, BUT THE SOFT SKILLS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AS WELL. ONE THING THAT CAREER SOURCE DOES IS GOES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

NOT LIKE -- NOT TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES, BUT NIGHTED AGAINST ABOVER TOO HE IS STATIONARY.

ONE LOCATION. APPEAR IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY CAN GO THERE.

CAREER SOURCE CAN GO TO A LOCATION.

SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

THEY DO OUTREACH EVENT AT MEANS COURT THAT THEY DID THIS WEEKEND AND WORKING ON DISCUSSING -- HAVING -- RENTING OUT A SPACE OR USING SOME SPACE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THIS TYPE OF WORK DEVELOPMENT OR WORKSHOPS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE KEEP REFERRING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW FOR CERTIFICATION TO BRING IT TO PEOPLE. PEOPLE DON'T HAVE CONVERSATION OFTENTIMES AND THE GAS MONEY. WE ARE TRYING TO WORK IN THAT

DIRECTION. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: SO HAVE WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE GOALS WOULD LOOK LIKE? FOR INSTANCE, IF 40,000 IS GOING HERE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS OUR ASK OF TOUCH AS FAR AS -- THE PEOPLE WE ARE TRYING TO IMPACT. HAVE YOU KIND OF GOTTEN THAT FAR

WITH THIS? >> YES.

THAT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE USED UNIFORMLY ACROSS ALL OF OUR GRANTS WHEN IT COMES TO HUD AND FEDERAL FUNDING.

DEMOGRAPHICS, GENDER, RACE, WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.

THEY HAVE TO BE IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

WE ASKED QUESTIONS. WHAT TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT DO YOU HAVE. WHAT ARE YOU SEEKING.

AND HOW ARE YOU IMPACTED, IN THIS CASE BY COVID OR ARE YOU STILL IMPACTED. THOSE WILL BE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COLLECT. AND THEN IT SHOULD BE A FOLLOW-UP OF AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH AN EMPLOYER AND AFTER THEY COMPLETED THE WORKSHOP TO CONNECT WITH AN EMPLOYER, HOW DID THEY GET RETAINED IN THAT .

AND CAREER SOURCE. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: HOW MANY LIVES DO WE TOUCH WITH $40,000? THAT IS MY WHOLE GOAL. $200 PEOPLE AND I WANT TO KNOW

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IF I AM NOT HERE, THAT IS FINE. THE WAY MY MIND WORKS IS THIS SOME MONEY. THAT IS NOT A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR ME. THAT IS REALLY LOW.

I AM TRYING TO GET THAT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT A QUESTION WE ARE ASKING OUR DIVISION AS WELL WHEN ORGANIZATIONS COME TO US IS HOW MUCH IMPACT CAN YOU MAKE. AND THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PROVEN TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT OVER TIME.

A AND SPECIFICALLY FOR A PROGRAM AND IN A SPECIFIC SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, IT SEEMS. A VERY VALID QUESTION. I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU AN EXACT AMOUNT, BUT SOMETHING WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS SMALLER THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

47,000 PEOPLE. AND THE MONEY -- IT SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE AND WE CAN GO VERY FAR. EVEN IF IT IMPACTS 50 PEOPLE AT ONE WORKSHOP EVENT OR MINI JOB FAIR WORKSHOP RECRUITING EVENT.

IT IS MORE THAN WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR WITH OUR REGULAR

JOB FAIR. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: MY LAST COMMENT IS -- I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.

I HOPE WHAT I WOULD DO WHEN WE HAVE THESE ENGAGE{SUFFIX}MENTS WITH THE ORGANIZATION TO HAVE THEM TELL US.

AND AS WE SET OUR GOAL THAT OBVIOUSLY IT IS MEASURED AND IT IS THE GOVERNMENT. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE BRING STORIES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE HAVE READ ABOUT AND HEARD ABOUT AND WANT TO KNOW HOW WE ARE IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE TO TELL THAT STORY OF HOW WE TOOK THE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO IMPACT FORT PIERCE. .

>>MAYOR: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IT MYSELF.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: HEARING FROM THEM WHAT YOU CAN DO AND THE MEASURABLE, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF THIS WHAT I WOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD FOR THIS.

>>MAYOR: KIND OF THE OUTCOME REPORT.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I WAS GOING TO CONTINUE ON THAT, MADAM MAYOR. THEY LOOK MY THUNDER.

LOOKING FOR FINAL PAPER, FINAL STATEMENT FROM THE ORGANIZATION SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE DID. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE, NUMBER-WISE. I DON'T WANT NO GENERALIZATION.

NUMBER-WISE. I HAVE BEEN UP HERE THAT BEFORE MY TIME, MONEY WENT OUT AND I AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE MONEY WAS SPENT. HOW IT WAS SPENT.

AND YOU KNOW THAT CONCERNS ME. SO YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW IF YOU CAN'T COME BACK WITH THOSE ANSWERS, I WILL ASK THEM TO SIT IN ONE OF THOSE CHAIRS TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.

SO IF THEY WANT THIS MONEY, LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO COME IN FRONT OF US AND LET US KNOW NUMBERS.

AND WE GO FROM THERE. NOW ONE THING REAL QUICK.

ON THIS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH KIDS IN THE HOUSE HOLD TO WORK TO SUPPORT THE HOUSE HOLD.

I SEE IT EVERY DAY. DO WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF SAFEGUARDS BECAUSE WHAT I AM SEEING FOR THE KIDS I HELP IS THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE GARAGE WAKES IS BECOMING LESS IMPORTANT AS THEY CAN GET MORE HOURS AND MORE TRAINING WORKING.

AND AT SOME POINT THAT IS FINE. BUT AT SOME POINT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION COULD COME BACK TO HURT THEM IN THE FUTURE.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF SAFEGUARDS WITH THESE -- WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OR ANY COMPANY WHERE WE ARE HELPING KIDS THAT HAVE TO WORK. THEY REALLY HAVE TO WORK AND WE ARE ASSURING THAT WE ARE HELPING THEM GET TO THE EDUCATION THAT THEY NEED IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT.

I SEE IT ALL THE TIME WHERE COACH, I AM MAKING WHAT THEY THINK IS A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE THEY SEE THOSE CHECKS.

AND WHY -- WHY GO TO SCHOOL WHEN DURING SCHOOL HOURS WHEN I CAN GO -- I CAN JUST DROP BY AND GO WORK.

I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I CAN DROP BY AND GO TO WORK.

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I AM JUST WONDERING, WE ARE YOU CAN TALKING TO SOMEBODY LIKE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. WE ARE EMPHASIZING WE NEED THESE KIDS, IF POSSIBLE, TO GRADUATE AND WHAT SAFEGUARDS, WITH ARE THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T NEED SCHOOL TO GET EXTRA HOURS.

>> YES. WITHIN MY CONVERSATION WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHTED IT IN DOING THIS TYPE OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, THEY ARE STILL EXPOSING THEM TO POST HIGH SCHOOL AND EVEN COLLEGE TYPE OF CAREERS. BEING CAREER MINDED IN THAT WAY NOT TO SURVIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.

AND I KNOW PART OF THE PROGRAM IS DOING COLLEGE TOURS AND EXPOSING THEM TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF POSSIBILITIES.

ALSO SAID THAT SINCE WE STARTED WORK WITH THEM DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT ALL OF THE CHILDREN -- START THIS PROGRAM.

STARTED GETTING SKILLS TO BECOME A CHEF.

HE THEN -- AFTER HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, HE GOT A JOB AT KYLE G.'S AND ABLE TO PURCHASE A CAR AND HOPEFULLY TRYING TO MAKE A CAREER OUT OF BEING A CHEF, SOMETHING BEYOND JUST PAYCHECK

TO PAYCHECK. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I WAS GOING TO GO THERE BECAUSE I SAW THE FLORIDA COLLEGE TOURS AND I USED TO BE -- I USED TO BE ONE ON THAT SIDE OF THE FENCE BECAUSE I CAME FROM TWO EDUCATOR THAT'S GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU GO TO COLLEGE. FIND YOUR CAREER.

DO WHATEVER. I AM NOT AT THAT MIND SET ANYMORE BECAUSE TRADES ARE NEEDED NOT ONLY IN FORT PIERCE BUT ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY. AND ANYBODY SITTING HERE KNOW THAT'S RIGHT NOW SUMMERTIME, IF YOUR AIR CONDITIONER GOES OUT, YOU ARE BLOWING UP THE PHONE TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME FIX YOUR AC. PLUMBERS.

YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN. SO PUSH, PUSH, PUSH THE COLLEGE BUT COLLEGE IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT NOW.

LET'S GET SOME OF THESE TRADE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT -- MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER JOHNSON SAID, CAREERS ALWAYS SAY JOBS VERSUS CAREERS. TO BECOME A LICENSED AC PERSON OR A LICENSED PLUMBER OR LICENSED MECHANIC, THAT IS A CAREER. AND SO WITH THE TRAINING -- EYE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE -- BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE.

LET'S PUSH BOTH OF THESE KIDS BECAUSE IT'S MUCH-NEEDED OUT

HERE. >> ABSOLUTELY.

. >>MAYOR: SO -- IS THE COMMISSION

GOOD WITH THIS PROPOSAL? >> YES, MA'AM.

>>MAYOR: OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE LOOK

[i. Discussion regarding the possible relocation of the existing shuffleboard courts, located near the Riverwalk Center, to accommodate the proposed Seaplane Terminal.]

>> OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE POSSIBLE RELOCATION OF THE EXISTING SHUFFLEBOARD COURTS LOCATED NEAR THE RIVERWALK CENTER TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED SEA PLAN TERMINAL.

. >>MAYOR: MR. MIMS.

>> WE HAVE OUR CITY ENGINEER TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL RELOCATION OF OUR SHUFFLEBOARD COURTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY

LOCATED WITHIN VETERANS PARK. >>MAYOR: MR. ANDREWS, WELCOME.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS A SUBJECT WE BROACHED DIFFERENT TIMES.

HINTED AROUND IT. BUT I THINK WE ARE FINALLY AT THE POSITION WHERE WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS.

AS A -- AS A PRELUDE TO THIS. WE HAVE OUR MERITS FOR OUR SEA BASIN. WE HAVE OUR F. D.O.T.

WE ARE READY TO GO INTO A CONTRACT TO GO UNDER DESIGN, TO DO OUR PERMITTING IN THE WATER WITH DEP AND THE ARMY CORPS.

THIS IS THE NEXT STEP. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY WHETHER WE ELIMINATE, RELOCATE OR DO SOMETHING WITH OUR SHUFFLEBOARD COU COURTS. THIS IS THE PROPOSED LAYOUT WE HAVE FOR THE SEAPLANE TERMINAL. IT WAS JUST A SMALL FOOTPRINT THAT WE HAD BUT YOU SEE TO LINE UP WITH OUR -- OUR ENTRANCE INTO THE MARINA AND EVERYTHING. THIS IS THE LOCATION WHERE WE

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THIS IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT.

MY PROPOSAL IS TO TAKE AN AREA BY THERE TO -- THIS IS -- AND I -- I CHOSE THIS AREA. THIS IS -- IF YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, THIS IS WHERE THE BERM IS THAT WE HAVE THAT SEPARATES THE PUBLIC WORKS COMPOUND WITH THE -- WITH THE LAKE AND KIND OF SEPARATES THE HUMANE -- OR THE -- OUR HUMANE SOCIETY THERE WITH THE -- WITH THE LAKE.

BUT TO KIND OF REGRADE THIS AREA, I STILL WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP THE BERM SOMEWHAT AROUND IT TO GIVE A LITTLE BREAK. BUT WE COULD FIT THAT SHUFFLEBOARD COURT. AND I WOULD RECOMMEND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 24 COURTS DOWN ON THE RIVER.

THIS PROPOSAL WAS TO CUT THAT IN HALF.

TO HAVE 12 COURTS HERE THAT GIVES THE AREA OF THE.60 TO 124 IS THE APPROXIMATE SIZE OF THAT AND TO FIT THIS IN THAT AREA.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS WILL BE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE REST ROOM FACILITIES THAT THIS PARK DESPERATELY NEEDS. I WOULD SAY IF WE PUT THE SHUFFLEBOARD COURT, I LOCATED THE REST ROOM FACILITY NEAR THE PARKING LOT. AND EXTEND THE CONCRETE TRAIL DOWN TO -- TO -- TO PROVIDE A NICE, EASY ACCESS TO IT.

SO I AM COMING YOU TO SEE WHAT YOUR FEELINGS ARE.

TO SEE WHAT OUR NEXT STEP IS TO PURSUE THIS.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: MADAM MAYOR.

>>MAYOR: YES, SIR. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: I THOUGHT I WOULD GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE COMMISSION THING WITHOUT TALKING

OF SHUFFLEBOARD COURTS. >> NOPE.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: SINCE THE DAY I GOT IN.

>> I AM SORRY. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: I WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH THE COMMISSION. I WAS RUNNING BY THE RIVERWALK CENTER BARK IN MARCH. I SAW ACTIVITY THERE.

THEY HAD A TOURNAMENT THERE. I NEVER SEEN ANYBODY OVER THERE BEFORE. I WENT OVER THERE AND HAD A LADY THAT WAS SOMEWHAT IN CHARGE OF THAT.

HER NAME WAS LINDA REBHOLTZ. SHE IS SECRETARY OF THE FLORIDA SHUFFLEBOARD FOUNDATION. WE CHAT A LITTLE BIT AND SHE SENT ME AN E-MAIL. I ASKED HER WHAT KIND OF USES DO YOU HAVE WITH THE COURT. SHE SAID SHE HOST TWO FSA TOURNAMENTS AND TWO DISTRICTS AND A MEDALIST TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS. BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, A LEAGUE THAT PLAYED ON WEDNESDAY. EXTEND TO HOPE.

SOUND. AND COURTS ARE OPEN FOR THE ISLAND RESIDENTS AND TO HE WAS WHO PLAY HERE.

THEY ARE BEING USED. THEY HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A HISTORICAL VALUE. MAYOR, I KNOW THAT RINGS LOUD WITH YOU, AND I AM HAPPY WE ARE TALK BEING MOVING THEM AND NOT JUST ABANDONING THEM. WE TOOK THE OVERHAD HEAD STRUCTURE DOWN. IT WAS RUSTING PRET HEY BAD.

I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SHUFFLEBOARD COURTS BECAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE COURT ITSELF HAVE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE.

THEY ACTUALLY DUMP LITTLE GLASS BEADS ON THE THING AND IT MAKES IT OKAY. OUR COURTS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE, ACCORDING TO THEM. THE 24 SITTING BY THE RIVERWALK CENTER. THE QUESTION I HAVE, DO WE HAVE A COVERING OVER THESE 12 SHUFFLEBOARD COURTS?

>> COMMISSIONER, I -- I REALLY HAVEN'T WENT INTO THAT DETAIL YET. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD COST ON

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THIS IS ALL SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TOO BECAUSE -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT PEOPLE THAT PLAY SHUFFLEBOARD ARE CLOSER TO MY AGE THAN THEY ARE TO CHEYENNE'S AGE, SHOULD I SAY, BUT THESE FOLKS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO WALK FROM THE PARKING LOT AROUND TO THE SIDE THERE.

AND THAT IS A VERY SUNNY AREA. THERE IS NO TREES WHATSOEVER IN THAT AREA. SO WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE REACH OUT -- IF THIS -- THIS LADY TOLD ME SHE WAS ONCE MARRY TO EVERETT GREEN. REMEMBER -- WHAT WAS THAT A

COUNTY COMMISSIONER AT THE TIME. >>MAYOR: THE NAME SOUNDS

FAMILIAR. >> ANYWAY.

>>MAYOR: ONE OF THE FIRST. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: AT LEAST TO HAVE SOME WEIGH IN. ARE YOU A SHUFFLEBOARD PLAYER?

>> NO, I AM NOT. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: REALLY? SURPRISING. REALLY, I AM JUST SAYING THAT

--. >>MAYOR: I NEVER MET ONE.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: SOME INPUT FROM FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THIS AND TRYING TO DUPLICATE IT IN SOME FORM AND FASHION. I WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT MISSTEP IN THIS AND THAT WILL BE KEY AND TO SHARE THE INFORMATION FOR YOU. I ACTUALLY SENT AN E-MAIL OUT LAST NIGHT SAYING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

IF YOU CAN, BE HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE LADY IS HERE OR NOT, BUT ANYWAY, I WOULD RATHER -- I WOULD RATHER HAVE SOME INPUT BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING AT ALL.

I LIKE THE AREA. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SHUFFLEBOARD HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WATERS BUT SHOW OFF OUR BEST FEATURES. AND I SAY THAT MAKING IT A SECURE AND PERHAPS SHADED COURT WILL PROBABLY BE -- WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD RATHER ACHIEVE THAN NOT.

. >>MAYOR: COMMISSIONER GAINES.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, YOU SAVED ME PRO PROBABLY PUTTING MY FOOT IN MY MOUTH AND GETTING 1,000 E-MAILS, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION WHAT YOU JUST SAID. DOES ANYBODY USE THESE COURTS.

SO YOU TOLD ME -- YOU ANSWERED THAT QUESTION FOR ME.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN ANYBODY ON THESE COURTS. I MEAN, SO -- BUT NOW THAT I KNOW THERE ARE TOURNAMENTS. THERE ARE TOURNAMENTS.

SO THAT'S GOOD. I WILL CONCUR THAT INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING RID OF THEM, WE ARE LOOKING AT -- WE ARE PLACING AND GIVING THE RESIDENTS WHO DO PLAY SHUFFLEBOARD AN AREA TO PLAY.

I WOULD ALSO CONCUR THAT WE SHOULD TALK TO WHOEVER THIS PERSON IS OR WHATEVER ORGANIZATION THIS IS TO SEE IF CUTTING DOWN TO 12 TO 24 WOULD HURT WHATEVER -- WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING THESE TOURNAMENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AT SPACE FOR 24, BUT WITH WE ONLY HAVE THE SPACE FOR 12, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING THEM ZERO.

I GUESS I AM GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO -- TO COMMI COMMISSIONER PERONA. THE AGE GROUP OF PEOPLE -- I DON'T WANT TO GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE -- WHO ARE PLAYING SHUFF SHUFFLEBOARD.

THERE IS THERE A DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND THE SHUFFLEBOARD? IS THERE SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

SO -- BUT I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT WORTHWHILE, COUPLE OF TREES HERE AND THERE LIKE I SAID WITH SOME SHADES.

AND BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO LOSE IF FORT PIERCE, AGAIN -- AGAIN, FORT PIERCE. IF FORT PIERCE IS THE AREA FOR THESE LOCAL SHUFFLEBOARD COMPETITIONS, I MEAN THEIR THAT IS HIS WE ARE BRINGING IN TO FORT PIERCE WE HAVE JFR TIME IT COMES. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES OF YEAR IT COMES, BUT THERE IS BUSINESS THAT IS COME INTO FORT PIERCE. AND WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE ARE DOING FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA, YOU KNOW, THEY PROBABLY COULD ADD MORE. I DON'T KNOW.

SO IF YOU COULD GET WITH -- OR WE CAN FIND SOMEONE -- PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER HEARING MY VOICE.

SOMEONE ASKS US. GIVE US MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS WHOLE SHUFFLEBOARD SPORT. I THINK IT WILL HELP YOU OUT, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR DESIRES AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO

ACCOMPLISH. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THIS. QUICK QUESTION, I HAVE BEEN OUT THIS FACILITY BEFORE. ANY CHALLENGE OR REASON -- I KNOW MR. REALS STORES EXTRA CONTAINERS IN THE LOT THAT IS IN

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I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE MARRY TO THAT -- CONTINUE TO BE SUCH A LARGE STORAGE AREA THAT WE CAN REPURPOSE TO MOVE THE SHUFFLEBOARD COURTS CLOSER TO THE PARKING LOT.

CLOSER TO THE REST ROOM IN AN AREA THAT WOULD CREATE SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE JUST JUMPS OUT AT ME. AS FAR AS COVERING.

CREATIVE IN THE STRUCTURE TO PUT THE SHADE SCREENS UP.

THEY ARE CALLED SOMETHING SPECIFIC AND YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. AND TTHEY TEND A BREAK THE SUN QUITE A BIT AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THEY APPEAR TO BE MORE COST FRIENDLIER THAN AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, A METAL OR SOMETHING THAT CAN RUST.

A SCREEN RIPS, YOU HAVE TO REPLACE IT AND A LOT EASIER THAN METALS AND POLES THAT MAY RUST OR BREAK.

THAT JUMPS OUT TO ME. JOHN IF YOU WERE MARRIED OF MOVING IT BACK TO THIS BERM OR ANY PURPOSE AND IF WE MOVED IT UP HERE. AND CUTTING DOWN THAT AREA A LITTLE BIT OR SHIFT IT MORE, A BIG AREA THAT WE ARE USE TO

STORE EXCESS TRASH CAN. >> COMMISSIONER, THAT IS A GOOD POINT. A LOT OF MOVING PARTS WITH THIS.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: OKAY.

>> YES. I WOULD SAY IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST IF WE WOULD RELOCATE THAT STORAGE PLACE WE HAVE -- AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER SOME OF THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY.

SOME OF IT IS OWNED BY THE CITY. SO TO RELOCATE THOSE DUMPSTER AR AREAS.

WE HAVE TALKED TO THE COUNTY BEFORE SHUFFLING IT BACK TOWARD THE -- WHERE THE WATER TANK IS AND THIS AREA AND UTILIZE THIS AREA. KIND OF A TRADE-OFF IN PROPERTIES BECAUSE THE PROPERTY LINE IS RIGHT THERE.

AND SO THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE A COMBINATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND

THE COUNTY. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: OKAY, THAT IS WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW.

THIS AREA WITH THE TRASH CANS -- THAT IS OWN THE BY THE COUNTY? FAIR ENOUGH. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

>> SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT.

AND I THINK THEY WILL BE VERY MEAN AMENABLE WORK WITH US BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE FS TED GRANT THAT PURCHASE THIS THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO CONTINUED RECREATIONAL ELEMENT IN THIS.

SOMETHING THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ALSO.

KURZ DHAURZ JUMPED AT ME. YES, SIR.

>> MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS -- OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SAID WE ARE ABOUT TO IMPLEMENT A DISC GOLF COURSE AROUND THE SAME LAKE AREA A HOLE ON TOP OF THAT BERM.

WE HAVE A LOT OF RECREATIONAL USE THAT ARE GOING ON.

AND THAT IS PROBABLY WHY RIGHT NOW THE PROPOSED SHUFFLEBOARD COURT LOCATION IS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE LOCATION.

IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO BRING IT TO PUBLIC WORKS ROAD. I THINK HAROLD HOPKINS DRIVE.

BUT, AGAIN, THAT -- WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPETING USES.

. >>MAYOR: WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER

JAYCEE PARK. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: HELP ME UNDERSTAND. WHY WOULD IT BE MORE EXPENSIVE?

MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING. >> WELL, WE WOULD HAVE TO -- ARE YOU -- ARE YOU PROPOSING SHIFTING THE LOCATION OF THE STO STORAGE.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: YES.

>> CLOSER TO THE WATER? .

>>MAYOR: CLOSER TO THE REST ROOM.

>> I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND WE HAVE FACILITIES.

WE HAVE TRUCK AND WE HAVE THE RESEPTEMBER BIBLE, DUMPSTER RECEPTACLES WITHIN THE FENCED AREA.

>> BIG AREA FOR JUST STORING CRASH CANS, MR. MIMS.

>>MAYOR: A LOT OF IT IS EMPTY. >> WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIM COME

UP ON THE MAP RIGHT THERE. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: I DON'T WANT TO ENCROACH ON TERRITORY.

>> I AM BACK. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS THERE ARE PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON A WORKDAY. WE STORE TRUCKS OVER THERE AS WELL. AS JACK MENTIONED, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY OF MOVING LOCATION.

LITTLE SOUTH AND A LITTLE WEST. BUT OUR TRUCKS WERE OUT ON THIS

DAY. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON:

FAIR ENOUGH. >>MAYOR: THEY ARE WORKING.

OKAY, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: I WAS GOING TO BRING UP THE CONVERSATION.

I TALKED TO THE COUNTY A LITTLE BIT RELOCATING SOME OF THESE AMENITIES THAT WERE HERE FOR STORAGE AND BRINGS TO LIGHT THAT CONVERSATION FOR ME AND BRINGS THE CONVERSATION UP.

DISC GOLF I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

I HAVE SEEN A PRELIMINARY MAP AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING CLOSE TO HERE. AND WHEN I GO OUT AND PLAY ONE

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AN ANYWAY.

YEAH, THE OTHER ELEMENT OFF THIS SCREEN THAT IS TO ACCOUNT IF YOU LOOK AT GOOGLE EARTH THAT I AM BRINGING UP ON MY [L]IPAD, THE GREENWAY AND TRAIL THAT FOLLOWS THIS BLUE LINE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. IT MEANDERS RIGHT HERE AND GOES AROUND THE WATER TANK THAT IS HERE THAT FPUA HAS AND PROCEEDS TO THE SOUTH. A VERY BIG PROJECT.

IF WE WERE TO FIT IT IN THERE, I WOULD FEEL LIKE THE COURTS WILL BE BETTER SUITED OVER THE BATHROOM BUILDING AS HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED. THAT IS JUST ME AND MY FIVE MINUTES OF REVIEWING. I DON'T KNOW IF I SAW A PICTURE, JACK, OF THE WHOLE THING. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I THINK THERE IS SOME. YEAH, THAT IS OVER THERE.

RIGHT OVER THERE. YEAH, COMPETING USES, THAT IS ALL AND HAVE THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY THAT IS ON THE EXACT SAME SITE. AND THE COUNTY OWNS PROPERTY AND THAT'S WHY I WAS TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT.

AND WE WILL FIGURE OUT SOMEWHERE.

I THINK IT IS A GREAT LOCATION. I LIKE THE ACTIVATION AND THE CONTINUED USE AND ATTRACTION OF INDIAN HILLS RECREATION AREA.

I LOVE THAT ELEMENT. I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO POSITION IT. BUILT A FEW PLAYGROUNDS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, GETTING READY TO BUILD A MONEY IN ONE OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMUNITY. I LIKE THE SAIL SHADE ALSO.

GREAT. BUSINESS FOUNDATION WITH A POLE.

AND REMOVE -- DO SOME ARTISTIC ELEMENTS WITH THEM OVERLAPPING EACH OTHER. I WILL SAY THAT THE FOUNDATION ARE BIG THOUGH. I WILL TELL YOU THAT PART.

A LOT OF KWON CRETE. BUT, YEAH, THAT IS EXCITING.

-- CONCRETE. BUT YEAH, THAT IS EXCITING.

>>MAYOR: ARE YOU DONE? ONE POSITIVE THING IS, IF YOU BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, MAYBE GET SOME PEOPLE TO ADOPT SOME ANIMALS BECAUSE THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS RIGHT THERE.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING THERE, AND THIS MIGHT BRING PEOPLE THERE. OKAY.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED? >> YES, MA'AM, I DO BELIEVE SO.

>>MAYOR: OKAY. >> MADAM MAYOR, IF YOU JUST GIVE ME ONE MINUTE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS, BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.

MR. KEVIN FRAMAN. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP HERE AND TAKING ONE MINUTE TO WELCOME YOURSELF TO THE

COMMISSION. >>MAYOR: WELCOME TO FORT PIERCE.

>> THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSION, AND CITY MANAGER.

I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE. THE CITY IS IN A TRAJECTORY.

I THOUGHT I WOULD BE LANDING IN THE FIRE, BUT I THINK I AM GOOD.

I HAVE A GOOD TEAM. I CAN FEEL IT ALREADY.

I AM JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO BRING EXCITING STUFF TO YOU ALL.

>>MAYOR: WE ARE EXPECTING GREAT THINGS FROM YOU AND I AM GLAD YOU ARE HERE. YOU HAVE A MEETING STARTING IN

ABOUT AN HOUR, RIGHT? >> LITTLE LESS THAN THAT.

. >>MAYOR: LILT LESS THAN THAT,

THANK YOU. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: ACCENT SOUNDS LIKE OKEECHOBEE, AM I RIGHT?

>> DEEPER SOUTH THAN THAT, I THINK.

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

>>MAYOR: THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE -- >> COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

>>MAYOR: ANY MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO STATE THE COMMISSION. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. YOU SAT ALL THROUGH THIS MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS -- I WAS GOING TO SAY GOOD MORNING.

BUT GOOD AFTERNOON. >>MAYOR: STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE

RECORD. >> MANOR.

>> I MISSED YOUR NAME. >> KEITH ULRICH.

>> THANK YOU. >> I LIVED IN FORT PIERCE FOR 12, 13 YEARS NOW. AND I HAVE TO SAY I JUST LOVE THE TOWN. I LOVE THE PEOPLE.

AND I LOVE ALL THE WORK AND PATIENCE YOU GUYS HAVE, BECAUSE IT IS AMAZING. WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO THIS CITY IN THE LAST TEN, 15 YEARS IS JUST COMMENDABLE.

THE PROJECT AT JAYCEE PARK. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A LOT OF US ARE CONCERNED WITH IT. POLLUTION IS ONE.

NOISE POLLUTION IS THE OTHER. RUNOFF GOING INTO THE RIVER IS ANOTHER MAJOR SITUATION WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

I WILL MAKE THIS QUICK, BECAUSE I HEAR STOMACHS GROWLING.

[LAUGHTER] >> MY FIRST FIVE MINUTES ON

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IT IS ABOUT STORMWATER. VERY SIMPLE FACT SHEET BUT HAS NO LESS THAN 125 BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IF YOU WERE RUNNING A BOAT REPAIR OR BOAT BUILDING PROJECT.

WHICH THIS IS AND IS NOT A BOAT BUILDING AND REPAIR.

IT IS SOMEWHAT -- IT WILL BE SMALL AND LIMITED.

BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH POLLUTION PEOPLE CAN STAND A LITTLE BIT OR A LOT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CAN BLOSSOM FROM FOUR TO SIX CHILDREN TO 14 TO 16.

WE ALL KNOW HOW THESE THINGS GROW.

AND GOD BLESS THEM. THIS LIFT PROGRAM IS VALUABLE.

THESE KIDS NEEDS TO GET AN EDUCATION.

THEY NEED TO GET A JOB. THEY NEED TO MAKE MONEY.

NUMBER ONE, I THINK WE HAVE VERY IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP WITH DIRECTOR SHIPYARD A PURSUANT AND MAVERICK BOAT BUILDING.

I FOR ONE DON'T KNOW WHY THESE PARTNERSHIPS, IF THEY ARE GOOD PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH I HOPE THEY WILL BE -- WHY THESE YOUNG KIDS CAN'T WORK THERE? DIRECT SHIPYARD, ALL THE WELDING AND BOAT BUILDING. IF I WAS A YOUNG KID.

I WOULD WANT TO RUN THAT LIFT. WRITE MY -- MAKE MYSELF $100 AN HOUR. THESE KIDS NEED GOOD JOBS.

I HAVE BECOME DRAMATICALLY AWARE OF THIS.

I WORKED IN THE MARITIME BUSINESS FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS, BASICALLY UP IN NEW YORK ON OCEAN TUGBOATS.

AND I GOT MY EDUCATION THERE WHEN I WAS 19.

WORKED MYSELF UP TO BE A TUGBOAT CAPTAIN AND MADE GOOD MONEY.

EVEN MY -- MAKING $# 5,000 TODAY 70,000 A YEAR.

THAT IS WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD BE OR THE JOBS ARE.

AND I THINK IF THESE KIDS LEARN, MARITIME JOBS FROM A MARITIME SCHOOL LIKE MARITIME PROFESSIONAL TRADING IN FT.

LAUDERDALE. I TALKED TO LARRY LEE, JR. MANY, MANY YEARS OF THIS SITUATION TO MOVE ONE OF THESE SCHOOLS UP AND

HAVE A SATELLITE SCHOOL. >>MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR STAYING THE WHOLE TIME AND BEING WITH US.

>> I HAVE SOME EPA SHEETS IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT THEM.

VERY IMPORTANT. I WILL LEAVE A FEW ON THE DESK.

. >>MAYOR: SHARE THEM --

>> THEY ARE LIKE SOUVENIRS FOR YOU.

[6. City Commission Boards and Committees Updates]

>>MAYOR: THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION IN ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? IF NOT, LET'S MOVE ON.

>> CITY COMMISSION BOARDS AND COMMITTEES UPDATES.

>>MAYOR: A VOLUNTEER TO GO FIRST.

>>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: I HAVE A AN APPOINTMENT AND I WILL GO QUICKLY SO I CAN MOVE ALONG, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

MAIN STREET. A QUICK ONE ON MAIN STREET.

TALKING OF EDGARTOWN AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND WHAT NOT. THERE IS ALSO SOME CONVERSATION FLOATING AROUND -- DORIS REACHED OUT TO PIERCECIDER.

MOVING LOCATION TO LITTLE NORTH TO THE TIKI I THINK.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS BROUGHT BY

THE OWNER -- >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: JOHN IF THEY ARE MOVING THE OPERATION, BUT A CONVERSATION HE SHARED THAT WITH DORIS. SO I FIGURED I WOULD THEIR TODAY. IN THE CHAMBER, WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE BYLAWS AND BECOMING -- AS THIS COMMISSIONER'S MEMBER THERE, BECOMING A VOTING MEMBER

OF. >>MAYOR: OH REALLY?

INTERESTING. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: WE PAY INTO IT. SHOULD HAVE A VOTE INSTEAD OF BEING AN EX-FISH YO. FORT PIERCE -- EX-OFFICIO.

FORT PIERCE. THE SEVEN GABLES HOUSE.

THAT HAS SOME CHALLENGES. WITH THE OLDER HOUSE NEXT TO THE WATER ALONG WITH THE OTHER CRITTERS THAT LIVE IN FLORIDA AND OTHER PLACES THAT LIKE FOOD. EAT WOOD.

>>MAYOR: LIKE WOOD, YES. >> THEY CONTINUE FOR THE CITY.

I FEEL FOR YOU. THE COMMISSIONERC JOHN, WERE YOU ABLE TO GO? YOU MISS IT TOO? A FEW OTHER THINGS ON THE EVALUATION BUT I WILL TALK OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT. NORTH A 1A.

EVERYBODY GOT THE E-MAIL FROM MR. O'REILLY.

OF THE BRIDGE PROJECT FROM THE PUBLIC HAS MOVED FROM THIS SUMMER BEGINNING ON NORTH A1A TO FALL OF LAST YEAR.

GOOD AND BAD. ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE REALTOR ASSOCIATION NOT THAT LONG AGO. LAST WEEK.

FEW DAYS AGO AND SHARE ALL THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.

AND IT TIES IN INTO THE DBA THAT I SIT ON.

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LAST, TOURISM. WE HAD OUR MEETING AT IRSC.

WE MET THE NEW HOSPITALITY DIRECTOR SUE NISSAN.

SHE IS IN VERO BEACH AND HOSPITALITY MANAGE AMOUNT PROGRAM AT THE COLLEGE. DR. MOORE HAS ALL KIND OF IDEAS AND INSPIRING PEOPLE TO GO OFF AND DO GOOD.

THE LAST PART, WE MAINTAINED OUR FUNDING FOR PLAYING TREASURE COAST SPORTS. USED TO BE CALLED THE TREASURE COAST COMMISSION. IT IS CALLED PLAY TEMPERATURETURE COAST SPORTS TOURISM.

-- TREASURE COAST SPORTS TOURISM.

IT IS BIG INDUSTRY. ALL OF THE SPORTS.

>>MAYOR: SHUFFLEBOARD. >>COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON: AND GOING INTO SHUFFLEBOARD. THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. I THOUGHT IT WAS ADVANTAGEOUS OF US TO CONTINUE FUNDING THEM AT 220 -- I THINK IT IS $235,000 THIS YEAR. AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS ON THE AGENDA. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THEM TO PRODUCE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THEY HAVE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO WE THOUGHT IT TO BE -- THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO KEEP -- KEEP THAT FUNDING LEVEL AND OH, BY THE WAY.

HEADS IN BEDS IS THE -- THE CAUSE AND EFFECT VERSION OF THAT. SO WE ARE DOING WELL IN THE TOURISM GROUP. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

>>MAYOR: OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COMMISSIONER GAINES, YOU WANT TO GO NEXT?

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, TREASURE COAST LEAGUE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

WE MET. WE DISCUSSED THE RECENT LEGISLATION AND BILLS WHICH WILL -- WHICH WE WILL GET AN UPDATE, I THINK, MONDAY ON ON EVERYTHING GOVERNOR'S DESK.GNED OFF ON THE- THE ANNUAL PICNIC IS THE 20TH OF JULY MARY STEVE M[L]CNAIR

OKEECHOBEE. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: IN OAK CHOKE BEE. I WON'T BE THERE BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GO. .

>>MAYOR: THEY ARE ALL INVITED. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: JUST NOTE THAT IF YOU RSVP AND DON'T SHOW UP, THEY WILL ASK YOU THE $15 FOR THE -- FOR THE PRIME RIB AND CHICKEN THAT THEY ARE COOKING. SO -- BUT I MET WITH THEM.

AND LYNN CAN PARK MAIN STREET. WE MET THIS PAST THURSDAY.

WE ARE MEETING THIS THURSDAY VIA ZOOM; HOWEVER, WE ARE FINALIZING AND WILL HAVE A REPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY ON THE SURVEY THAT THEY -- THAT THEY PUT OUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE IN THE LINCOLN PARK AREA. SO THAT REPORT WILL BE DONE.

HOMELESS TASK FORCE. WE SUBMITTED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL VOTE TO SEE IF THEY WILL MAKE THAT A STANDING COMMITTEE. AND IF THEY MAKE IT A STANDING COMMITTEE, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WILL HAVE A SPOT ON THEIR -- SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMISSION CAN SIT ON THERE TO BE A PART OF THAT BOARD. COUNCIL OF AGING.

WE MET LAST WEEK. WE HAD A RETREAT.

WE ARE -- THEY ARE GOING THROUGH SOME WAYS TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE REST DENTS OF FORT PIERCE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING ALMOST LIKE A REBRANDING BECAUSE SO MANY RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE THERE AND WHAT TO DO, SO WE HAD A -- WE HAD A RETREAT. A LOT OF IDEAS.

SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME -- SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AND SOME CHANGES WITH THE COUNCIL OF AGING BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET MORE SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE SERVICES.

AND TODAY I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE RETIREMENT BOARD.

THE LAST MEETING OF THE RETIREMENT BOARD WAS VERY INTERESTING. VERY INTERESTING.

BECAUSE WE BROUGHT SOME OF OUR -- SOME OF OUR BROKERS OR -- MONEY MANAGERS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM.

THE MONEY MANAGERS IN -- THE MONEY MANAGERS IN TO EXPLAIN A FEW THINGS TO US, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING BASICALLY, AND WHERE ARE YOU. SO IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY SIT THERE SEEING ALL THESE MONEY MANAGERS COME IN AND GIVE US THIS BILL. AND LOOKING AT THE BOARD -- BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT BOARD. ALL OF THEM WERE LOOKING SAYING

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GET TO THE NUTS AND BOLTED. >>MAYOR: WE WANT THE ESSENTIALS.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THE NUTS AND BOLTS.

BUT WAS EYE OPENING. IT WAS EYE OPENING TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT THE RETIREMENT BOARD HAS PUT IN PLACE AND HAS DONE TO PROTECT THE RETIREES OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOARD IS THERE FOR THEM AND THEY TAKE THEIR JOB SERIOUS BECAUSE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AND BASICALLY SAID, ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND EXCITING AND MADE ME -- BECAUSE I WAS HESITANT AND REALLY MADE ME TO GET READY TO TAKE THIS COURSE THAT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD -- EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD IS TRYING TO GET ME TO TAKE BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A BOARD THAT I NEED TO STAY ON.

AND I NEED TO CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK OF COMMISSIONER PERONA THAT HE HAS DONE ON THAT BOARD. AS PART OF THAT BOARD.

AND WE -- FROM JUST RESEARCHING OUR RETIREMENT.

AND I DID SOME RESEARCH, M MR. PERONA.

AND LOOKED AT OTHER RETIREMENT PLANS TO OTHER CITIES OF OUR SIZE. I DID THAT.

AND WHAT WE ARE OFFERING OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE AMOUNTS AND THE RATES AND EVERYTHING 245 WE ARE DOING.

WE ARE SO ABOVE THE CURVE THAT I GIVE EVERYBODY ON THAT BOARD AND THAT THEY DID A GREAT JOB PUTTING THE RESIDENTS OR RETIREES TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IN A GREAT SPOT AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO KEEP US THERE.

SO THE LAST THING THAT I -- THAT I WILL MENTION.

THOSE ARE MY FIVE BOARDS. THE LAST THING THAT I WILL MENTION WAS -- THIS WEEKEND I WAS -- I WAS EVERYWHERE.

I WENT TO THE -- I WENT TO THE FOOTBALL.CLINIC.

I WENT PAST THE' CAREER SOURCE, INC.

I DIDN'T MAKE THE JAYCEE PARK OPENING.

I TRIED TO --. >>MAYOR: WE HAD GOOD COVERAGE.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I WAS TRYING TO STICK MY HEAD IN.

I SAW YOU ON FACEBOOK, COMMISSIONER.

I SAW YOU ON FACEBOOK. SO GOOD JOB ON THAT.

AND JUST FOR A REMINDER, THAT THERE IS A YOU ARE MURAL OF LATE COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER FRIDAY. THE TIME HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM

12:00 TO 1:00. >>MAYOR: THEY HAVE?

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I JUST GOT THE E-MAIL.

IT CHANGED SO THAT WILL BE A GREAT THING.

>>MAYOR: I WILL BE THERE. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THAT IS

MY UPDUPDATE. >>MAYOR: WHO WANTS TO GO NEXT.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: I WILL GO.

I WILL BE BRIEF FIRE BOARD, WE MET THIS WEEK AND THE SHORTEST MEETING WE HAD. IT WAS RIGHT TO THE POINT, 13 MINUTES. NOT MUCH TO REPORT THERE.

. >>MAYOR: 13?

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: 13 MINUTES.

AND LIKE COMMISSIONER GAINES SAID.

THE FAMILY WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND LUNCH SERVED.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SEE THAT.

THE TPO BOARD I DID NOT MAKE AND TRESH TREASURE COAST BOARD -- REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. THEY DID MEET AND I WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE OF THAT. SO THAT REPORT -- THAT IS IT FOR

ME. >>MAYOR: YOU HAVE BEEN BUSY.

COMMISSIONER PERONA. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: THANK YOU. AND COMMISSIONER GAINES, YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT BY THE WAY.

ONE THING I WILL SAY MUCH THE RETIREMENT AND THE MAYOR IS ABLE TO HIT ON THIS ALL THE TIME. WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE OUR EMPLOYEE AS GREAT BENEFIT THAT THE RATE OR THE TAXPAYER DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY A HIGHER AMOUNT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO.

AND WE FIND WAY TO FUND IT THROUGH THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL WAYS. STAYING CLOSE TO THE MONEY MANAGERS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

IF WE DON'T GET IT DONE. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: QUITE

INTERESTING. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: WELL-DONE ON THAT. GOOD CATCH.

THE PARKING COMMITTEE. WE WENT AROUND AND AROUND WITH

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AND THE ONE ADDITION THAT WE HAVE THAT IS REALLY A GEM, I THINK, IS WE -- ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE WAS SCOTTY BALLOU WITH THE COUNTY WHO IS IN ONE OF THE -- I THINK HE USED TO WORK WITH JEREMIAH AND WHATEVER FORMAT.

AND HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT GROUP HAS JUST CHANGED US A WHOLE LOT. PINGS THAT WE WOULD PERCEIVE THAT THE COUNTY WAS DOING THIS AND THAT.

IN FACT THE WALKER PARKING GROUP SAID THAT THE COUNTY CLOSED THEIR LOTS ON WEEKEND. AND HE SAID I JUST PARKED THERE FOR A CONCERT AT THE SUNRISE THEATRE.

WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF THINGS FIXED AND I AM GLAD TO HAVE THAT RELATION 14I7 WITH THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY HAS A BETTER LOOK WHAT ARE THE NEEDS ON FORT PIERCE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE ADDING MORE AND MORE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLERK.

AND THE COURT. AND ALL THE SHERIFF DEPOSIT.

THAT IS GROWING. AND WE HAVE A RERESTRICTIVE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES AND FUNCTION FOR THAT.

SO IT IS GOING TO BE AN EWE VERY UNIQUE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT WORK. I ACTUALLY HAD AN EMERGENCY MEETING WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY. I THINK MR. MIMS AND MR. REYES WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. BUT MR. MIMS, AND PG&E ARAYS MET WITH THE FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SUNRISE HUMANE SOCIETY AND GOT DOWN TO THE BRASS TAX OF IT ALL AND REACH OUT TO CITY MANAGER AND PEGGY WHO CAME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE IDEAS TO GET MOVING FORWARD TO AN LONG-TERM BASIS.

AT LEAST TO A.WHERE THINGS START TO FUNCTION AS THEY DO.

AND WE -- FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY, WE HAD A CONDITION EMERGENCY MEET TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE OPTIONS.

AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THE OPTIONS.

AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE DELIBERATED THROUGH THEM TO FIND OUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITHOUT WITH THE CITY, BUT I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, IT WAS VERY POSITIVE.

AND I AM VERY ENCOURAGED WITH THE FACT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK NO MATTER WHAT AND A BIG RESPONSE TO STAFF WHO TOOK THE LEAD ON THIS AND IS MOVING FORWARD.

I CAN'T SAY THE DETAILS YET UNTIL WE KNOW THEY ARE REAL OR ACCEPTED. YOU AND, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED TO JAYCEE PARK THIS WEEKEND FOR THE REVEAL. THE BIG REVEAL.

I DID BRING THE SIGNS IN WITH ME.

THEY ARE IN THE ENTRANCE WAY OF CITY HALL.

IT IS UP ON AN EASY THAT MISS COX SAID I COULD STEAL AND I PUT IT OUT ON THAT. FOLKS CAN COME INTO CITY HALL.

SEE A TRUE RENDITION OF WHAT THE PARK -- WHAT THE PLAYGROUND WILL LOOK LIKE AND ALL THE FEATURES THERE.

IT IS VERY EXCITING AND I AM HAPPY WITH THE WAY THIS THING HAS KICKED OFF. RIGHT NOW WE ARE OUT POUNDING THE BUSHES TO FIND FOLKS THAT COME IN AND SPONSOR DIFFERENT FEATURES OF THAT PARK THAT WILL HELP US GET TO OUR GOAL.

REGARDLESS, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT.

WE MADE IT ALREADY. I HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH FOLKS THAT WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO GET THE FORM FOR THE PICKET.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET A PICKET WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR GRANDKIDS, CHILD NAME, OR NAMING YOUR DOG, WHATEVER.

YOU CAN BUY A PICKET THAT WILL GO AROUND THIS PARK.

AND FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO --. >>MAYOR: I THINK IT WILL BE THE

PLACE TO BE. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: THE PLACE

TO BE. >>MAYOR: PEOPLE WILL BE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR SAYING WE WANT MONEY.

>>COMMSSIONER PERONA: REREACHED OUT TO TWO LARGE CONTRIBUTORS WHO ARE VERY, VERY INTERESTED. THEY WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS IN THE PARK BEFORE THEY MADE THEIR MIND UP WHAT IS GOING ON.

WE KNEW THAT A BIG PIRATE SHIP WAS THE THING THEY WANTED TO SEE. AND THERE IS A BIG PIRATE SHIP IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS STUFF. AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM THE COMMISSION AND I AM SURE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL -- WILL BE 3W4RI89 OCTOBER 11 THROUGH 16 TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS. SO IF YOU ARE PLANNING YOUR VACATIONS, DON'T PLAN ONE FOR THAT WE NEED YOU

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OUT THERE. >>MAYOR: CAN WE HAVE THEM ON OUR

CALENDAR. >>COMMSSIONER PERONA: AMAZE WHAT IS DONE IN SIX DAYS. IT WILL HAPPEN AND THANK YOU

AGAIN. >>MAYOR: I WILL WIND UP.

OUR TIME IS SHORT. I WILL GIVE YOU THE BAD NEWS FIRST. THE FORT PIERCE UTILITIES AUTHORITY WAS FORCE TO INCREASE THE PCA.

IT IS NOW $59. THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE PRICE OF NATURAL GAS. SO THE PCA ALWAYS GETS ADJUSTED -- LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME IT WAS MINUS 12.

BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF DRILLING AND THE LACK OF PRODUCING AND THE -- AND THE PIPELINE, THE PRICE OF NATURAL GAS HAS GONE SO HIGH THAT WE WERE FORCE TO DO THAT.

AND IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE -- IT WAS A THREE-HOUR MEETING.

WE TRIED ALL KINDS OF OTHER WAY S. IT'S JUST TO PASS THROUGH COSTS BECAUSE THAT IS THE PRICE -- WE CAN'T MAKE ELECTRICITY WITHOUT NATURAL GAS. AND SO WE -- I ALSO -- I GOT THE BAD NEWS OUT RIGHT AWAY. THAT STARTS IN JULY FUSHGZMI T-- LIKE THE RETIREMENT GROUP. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT THE SAME REPORT, YOU SHOULD HAVE, BECAUSE A REAL GOOD INVESTMENT LEVEL AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. THIS PAST YEAR BUT SINCE THEN, THE FIRST HALF OF THE MARKET CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF CHALLENGES AND THE FMI TOVERALL INCREASE WILL BE 6.5% FOR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT THE FPUA HAS.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN EACH INDIVIDUAL CITY GETS THAT MUCH, BUT KIND OF THE GENERAL INCREASE AND CYBERSECURITY IS CAUSING SOME INCREASES IN OUR FMI T, BUT WE WILL GET OUR OWN QUOTE AT SOME POINT. BUT BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT AND THE PORTFOLIO AND WHERE WE ARE, NO MATTER HOW SMART YOU ARE, YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE MARKET.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TOO -- YOU -- TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY SO YOUR -- SO YOUR MEMBERS DON'T HAVE TO MAKES MUCH MONEY.

THE FLORIDA MUNICIPAL INSURANCE TRUST MEETING WITH AS VERY INFORMATIVE OF HOW THEY ARE TRYING TO PROTECT CITIES.

THEY HAVE 95% OF THE MARKET. IN -- BECAUSE THEY ARE -- THEY -- THEY INSURE COUNTIES AND CITIES.

95% RETENTION RATE. THEY HAVE 60% OF THE MARKET.

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. VERY GOOD INSURERS.

THEY ARE VERY GOOD TO US. THEIR RATES WILL HAVE TO GO UP BECAUSE OF CYBER SECURITY THREATS AND THE MARKET AND THE MARKET PLACE.

SO WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE IS ANY OTHER -- OH, JUNE 15.

YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO THE LUNCHEON AT INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE IN ST\. LUCIE WEST FOR THE TREASURE COAST LEAGUE OF CITIES. SOMEONE FROM THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF SERIES WILL BE HERE. AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON WILL GET HIS HOME RULE HERO AWARD AS WELL AS I.

WITH THAT UNLESS THERE ARE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE GOOD OF THE

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