Aug 09, 2022 FPRA Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO SORT. THIS IS THE FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. IT IS AUGUST 9T, 2022. STANDS FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GODS, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> CALL ROLL, PLEASES. >> MAYOR HUDSON.

>> YES.

MISS HIM. >> ALL RIGHT NEXT ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

OF THE REGULAR FPRA MEETING. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND, CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

TODAY SINCE HE CALLED IN AND TOLD US HE WASN'T GOING TO BE HERE.

THAT IS CURTIS JOHNSON. >> SECOND. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

>> ALL RIGHT AND NEXT WITH HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. >> TIME FOR MY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE FPRA ON ANY SUBJECT, SEE NOTHING MOVEMENT, LET'S MOVE ON.

>> I APOLOGIZE. DID WE DO A MOTION FOR THE MINUTE.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> WE DID. >> ALL RIGHT, CONSENT AGENDA. >> IS THERE ANY ANYTHING THAT

ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL OR ANY DISCUSSION. >> STAFF PULL AT STAFF'S

REQUEST. >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT

AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND, CALL THE

ROLL, PLEASE, BRACK ROLL CALL ] >> AND NOW WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS CRA

[a. CRA Advisory Committee Update by Chairwoman Sabrina Taylor and Phil Thompson]

>> MR. MIMMSS. >> WE HAVE RECOMMEND 8 FROM OUR CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

>> WELCOME, SABRINA, YOU'RE ALWAYS. >> I HOPE YOU MISSED ME, I

MISSED YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU AND PROVIDE JUST AN UPDATE AS TO THE PROGRESS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD.

SO TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING BRING BEFORE YOU, THE PLAN WAS TO BRING THREE, AND I WILL ASK AT THE END OF THIS PRESENT 8 IF YOU ALLOW US TO COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER OR SIMPLY WAIT UNTIL

THE SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME. >> WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE ALWAYS IN ALIGNMENT FOR OUR GOALS AND OBTAINIVES FOR THE CRA, CORRECT? WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING FORTH IDEAS THAT NOT ONLY ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR GOALS AND OBTAINIVES, BUT WITH THE MAIN PURPOSE OF BUTIFYING AND REVISING THE BEAUTIFUL CITY CALLED FORT PIERCE.

THE FIRST ONE IS FOR QUARTER 2, WE CERTAINLY HAVE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AS WE REVIEWED AND BROUGHT FORTH RECOMMEND 8S FOR THE COMMERCIAL FACADE AND INTERIOR LIFT GRANTS SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY BRINGING FORTH THOSE RECOMMEND 8S AND ALSO ACCEPTING THOSE RECOMMEND 8S.

THE SECOND IS A VERY EXCITED IDEA I'M BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU THIS EVENING AND OUR BOARD MEMBER MR. THOMPSON WILL COME BEFORE YOU AND GIVE YOU MORE OF AN IDEA.

BUT HE IS MORE OF THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS FOUNDATION FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

IT IS CALLED THE TUNNEL TO TOWER FOUNDATION. ITS PURPOSE IS TO BUILD MORTGAGE-FREE SMART HOMES FOR OUR MOST SEVERELY CATASTROPHICCHY INJURED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. AND WE KNOW A PART OF OUR GOALS AND OBTAINIVES IS TO ALLOW OR ENABLE FIRST RESPONDERS, ESPECIALLY, AS WELL AS VETERANS TO BECOME HOME OWNERS.

THIS, AGAIN, IS DEFINITELY WITHIN OUR ALIGNMENT. EACH HOME IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL. THE SMARTHOMES HOSTS A MYRIAD OF FEATURES SUCH AS AUTOMATED DOORS AND LIGHTING, WIDER DOORS AND HALLWAYS AND SPECIAL SHOWERS TO ACCOMMODATE WHEELCHAIR. AUTOMATIC DOOR OVER, CABINET AND COUNTERS AND STOVE TOPS THAT CAN

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MR. THOMPSON IS ONE OF OUR NEWER ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS. AND HE IS THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS

IDEA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> I USUALLY SEE THIS CROWD ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. TODAY I COME TO YOU NOT AS A DEVELOPER BUT AS A CITIZEN.

JUST TO START PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT CRA IS TERRIFIC. WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF HEADWAY DOING A LOT OF PROGRAMS. ONE THING THAT I NOTICED IS THAT WE AUCTION OFF LOTS, SOME VACANT PROPERTY, SOME ARE CLUSTIRRED, SOME ARE SCATTERED. AND A FEW MONTHS AGO I HAD SPOKEN TO CHEYENNE ABOUT IT AND MIRIAM ABOUT IT AND SAID CAN WE GET SOME OF THESE VETERANS PROGRAMS INVOLVED. OPPORTUNITYEL TO TOWERS, WOUNDED WARRIORS SO WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT EVERYBODY GETTINGS BUSY. MAKE LONG STORY SHORT, I HAVE HAPPEN TO BE AT AN EVENT WITH CONGRESSMAN MAST & AT THE PELICAN YACHT CLUB AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT AND WAS ACTUALLY CALLED WAVE, WOUNDED AMERICANS EVENTS.

>> I WAS THERE, I SAW YOU THERE. >> YEAH, YOU WERE THERE. JO SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT AND MET SUBSEQUENTLY AFTER THAT AND SAID, CAN YOU GET INVOLVED? CAN YOU SENDS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM YOUR OFFICE OR POSSIBLY COME TO ONE OF OUR CRA MEETINGS AND DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE PROGRAMS FOR THESE CATASTROPHICCHY INJURED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND HE SAID, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. SO HE PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH HIS PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON AND SENT TWO OF HIS PEOPLE OVER TO OUR MEETING LAST WEEK.

AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE VERY PRODUCTIVE. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU IS THAT THE PROPERTIES THAT FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OWNS S, INSTEAD OF AUCTIONING THEM OFF AND SOMETIMES -- NOT ALL THE TIME -- BUT SOMETIMES THEY JUST SIT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND NOTHING HAPPENS WITH PEOPLE GETTING A GOOD DEAL AND THEY DON'T REALIZE THE COST OR WHAT DEVELOPMENT REALLY ENTAILS. CAN WE TAKE THOSE LOTS AND POSSIBLY DONATE THEM OR WORK SOME KIND OF PROGRAM OUT WHERE WE BRING OPPORTUNITY ES TO TOWERS IN OR WOUNDED WARRIORS IN AND THEY WILL TAKE POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY, BUILD THESE HOMES FOR THESE VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET A FEW LOTSING TO, I THINK YOU'LL SEE ONE CLUSTER GOING UP AS WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT DURING REDEVELOPMENT.

ONE LOT SOMETIMES DOESN'T HAPPEN HELP, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE FOUR OR FIVE LOTS, IT SPREADS, IT I THINK MAYBE THESE VETERAN PROGRAMS MAY BE GOOD CATALYST TO TAKE SOME OF THESE PROPS THAT WE HAVE IN FORT PIERCE, AND EVEN IF WE COULD GET ST. LUKE'S COUNTY INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT AND BRING AND WOUNDED WARRIORS TO THE TABLE. WITH CONGRESSWOMAN AS OUR SPOKESPERSON AND TRY TO DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM. I THINK IT WOULD BE A VERY BENEFICIAL THING. I THINK IT WOULD BRING A LOT OF POSITIVE HIGHLIGHTS TO FORT PIERCE. THERE ARE SO MANY TREMENDOUS HIGHLIGHTS GOING ON NOW, IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING AND A LOT OF VETERANS. I BROUGHT MY SON WITH ME, AND COMMISSIONED NAVY LIEUTENANT, SO, YOU KNOW, IT HAS A SPECIAL MEANING TO ME ALSO.

SO I WOULD ASK YOU, YOU KNOW POSSIBLY IS THERE SOME WAY WE COULD TAKE THE SURPLUS PROPERTY AND PUT INTO IT A GOOD CAUSE LIKE THAT? AND I'M SURE THERE ARE DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS LIKE MYSELF THAT WOULD DONATE THEIR TIME TO TRY TO FAST TRACK THE APPROVALS WITH THE PLANNING AND THE COMMISSION TO GET THESE HOUSES IN THE GROUND AND GET IT SPEARHEADED. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW, SABRINA SUGGESTED I COME AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT IT AND SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

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>> SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT FROM THE TELEVISION ADVERTISING. FRANK STYLER IS A FOUNDER AND YOU HAVE A SIMILAR ACCENT, I THINK, I'M NOT SURE. BUT, THEY ALSO DO FOR FIRST

RESPONDERS, TOO, RIGHT. >> YEAH FIRST RESPONDERS AND CATASTROPHICCHY WOUNDED

VETERANS. >> RIGHT. >> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ACTUALLY BRIAN MASSOFF FILLED ME IN MORE, WOUNDED WARRIORS DEALS WITH A LOT OF HOMELESS VETERANS AND GETTING THEM HOUSING WHICH IS A VERY POSITIVE THING, AND THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE CRA MEETINGS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT IS A GOOD PROGRAM THAT EVERYONE WOULD BE PROUD OF.

AND I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD GET INVOLVED AND VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? YES, GO AHEAD.

>> I WOULD JUST SAY I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA. WE ALWAYS REVIEW OR AT LEAST IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING THE PROPERTIES AND THE SURPLUS PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE FPRA, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING DO WITH THOSE PROPERTIES PROPERTIES MANY, MANY TIMES AND REDEVELOPING AND CREATING SOME OPPORTUNITIES AS S A GREAT IDEA.

SO IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PARTNER WITH THE AGENCY, I THINK IT IS GOOD.

I WOULD LIKE FOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THOSE PROPERTIESES IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THEM CITYWIDE, YOU KNOW, GATHER THE INFORMATION AND GET

IT TO US AND THEN WE'LL. >> WE'RE VERY EXCITED, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD DONATED MY TIME TO

WORK WITH THE APPROVALS TO GET -- >> OPPORTUNITYEL TO TOWERS, WE SPOKE TO THEM AND BASICALLY, IN ORDER TO BRING THEM TO THE TABLE WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY PROPERTY, AND WE PUT THE LAND INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKAGE. WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY PROPERTIES FOR THEM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE CATASTROPHICCHY INJURED VETERANS ARE PARTICULAR WHERE THEY ARE

WHERE THEY LIVE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> THEY'RE VULNERABLE WHAT REALLY BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION WAS, SOMEBODY DONATED SOMEBODY DONATED 100 AND SOMETHING ACRES IN TAMPA WHERE TUNNEL TO TOWERS IS BUILDING 110 HOMES FOR CATASTROPHICALLY INJURED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND GOLD STAR VETERANS.

CAN'T FORGET THEM. A LOT OF TIMES IT IS NOT THE VETERAN OR THE FIRST RESPONDER THAT COMES HOME, THEY DON'T COME HOME AND THEY STILL HAVE THEIR FAMILIES TO TAKE CARE OF.

SO TUNNEL TO TOWERS ALSO HANDLES THAT I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF AVENUES WE CAN WORK WITH.

AND THATNA BIG CLUSTER OF HOME IN TAMPA SAID, THINKING AS A DEVELOPER, HEY, WHAT IF WE HAVE HAD A SMALLER CLUSTER, 10 HOUSE, NICE CLUSTER OF 10 HOUSES, A NICE VACANT TRACK, I CAN WORK WITH THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE COMMISSION TO TRY TO GET IT APPROVED, TURN IT OVER TO TUNNEL TO TOWERS AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'LL HAVE TEN NEW HOMES

GOING UP WITH THE VETERANS I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING. >> ST. LUCIE COUNTY WHEN I WAS WORKING OVER THERE WE STARTED AN ENDEAVOR FOR HOMELESS VETERANS AT OLEIANDER THAT WOULD BE -- THIS WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THAT PROCESS, JUST TO BRING THEM IN AS PARTNERS AND THEN MAYBE LET IT BLOSSOM FROM THERE. BECAUSE THEY'VE STARTED SOME OF THAT GROUNDWORK AND THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD LOCATION TO START, IN ADDITION TO THE VACANT PARCELS OF THE CRA.

>> AND I WOULD HOPE AT THIS POINT, I BROUGHT A FEW PROJECTS INTO YOU THAT YOU'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH. AND WE HAVE ONE ON THE GROUND NOW AND ANOTHER GOING ON THE GROUND. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FULTONE TO DO THIS AND I WOULD -- FOR TAYE TO DO THIS AND I WOULD LOVE TO GET INVOLVED AND TAKE THE VACANT LANDS AND DEVELOP IT.

>> WONDERFUL THAT YOU BROUGHT IT TO US I DIDN'T KNOW IF HEY WORKED WITH LOCAL CHAPTER.

>> THEY ARE VERY-WELL FUNDED, I DONATE TO THEM CORPORATELY AND THROUGH MY COMPANY, AND YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE IT IS JUST $11 A MONTH, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE DONATING $11 A MONTH, THEY'RE VERY WELL FUNDED. IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN TURN OVER TO THEM THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE TO GO OUT TO GET THE MONEY TO BUILD. THEY HAVE THE MONEY.

THEY NEED THE LOCATIONS. HALF OF THE PUZZLE IS DONE ALREADY AND USUALLY THE FINANCING THAT IS THE PROBLEM. EVERYONE HAS GREAT IDEAS AND YOU GET THE JOB READY TO GO AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD IT. THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD IT.

WE JUST NEED TO PROVIDE THE LOCATION. AND FT. SPEARS A GREAT LOCATION.

WE WERE TRYING TO GET ALL KINDS OF THINGS DONE. BRIGHT TUNNEL TO TOWERS IS GROWING AND GROWING IN A GREAT CORRECT DIRECTIONS AND THIS WOULD BE FANTASTICX, I WOULD

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>> WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE MAP HELPING OUR VETERANS, ABSOLUTELY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON IS RIGHT, THE SOUNDSTY IS FOCUSING ON THAT PROPERTY AT EDWARDS AND OLEIANDER TO BUILD HOMES FOR HOMELESS VETERAS. YOU SAID WOUNDED WARRIORS IS THE ONE THAT DID THAT.

>> WARRIORS ARE FOCUSED ON HOMELESS VETERANS AND TUNNEL TO TOWERS ARE FOCUSED ON

CATASTROPHICALLY INJURED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDER. >> SOUNDS EXCITING, REALLY, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS REALLY A REPORT FROM THE CRA. S DOES THIS HAVE THE COMPLETE BACKING OF THE CRA RIGHT NOW? IS THAT PART OF THE DEAL? IS THAT IS THEIR RECOMMEND 8 THAT WE LOOK AT THESE PROPERTIES AND IMPRELIMINARY PLAN GOING FORWARD.

>> DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN ANYBODY'S MOUTH, BUT I BELIEVE FROM THE MEETING EVERYONE

BELIEVED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA. >> SO WE'RE HERE TO HEAR A REPORT AND UPDATE FROM OUR CRA.

AND WE HEARD FROM YOU IS IT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED YOUR

PLAN AS PART OF HOW WE SHOULD G& FORWARD ON THESE VACANT LOTS. >> YES, I BELIEVE SO.

>> THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HOOKED THE TWO DOTS TOGETHER YET I DON'T WANT

TO OVERSTEP THE BOUNDS. >> WE APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, YES, SIR, WE CERTAINLY HAD A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION LAST WEEK AND WE DECIDED TO BRING THIS BEFORE YOU ONE FOR FYI AND 2 FOR CONSIDERATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS EFFORT AS WELT AT TIMES THERE CAN BE A LOT OF COMPETING USES FOR THESE THINGS AND WE DON'T WANT TO MISSTEP WE GIVE IT TO YOU TO VET EVERYTHING ALL THE WAY OUT AND WHEN YOU COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO, IT SETS THAT BAR REALLY HIGH FOR US AND IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER DECISION TO KNOW THAT MANY EYES GOT TO LOOK AT IT. WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS PICKING AT IT, PULLING IT APART AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND WE GET TO THAT POINT.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE PROCESS THAT GOT US HERE RIGHT NOW WE DEFINITELY HAVE PROPERTIES THAT WOULD DEFINITELY CAN BE USED FOR THIS FUNCTION THAT WE HAVE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT RECOMMENDED THIS AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PLUG THAT IN AND GO FORWARD.

>> YES, SIR, SO AT THIS PARTICULAR JUNCTIONTURE IT IS MORE OF AN FYI THAN YOU GREENLIGHTING THIS, AS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY WE ARE COMMITTED TO WALKING THROUGH, FULLY WALKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, RIGHT, AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THIS SHOULD NOT BE A ONE-TIME CONVERSATION, BECAUSE IF WE ALL AGREE THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS THIS IS GOING BE A LARGE, DAUNTING, YET VERY REWARDING TASK FORCE. AS AN ADVISORY BOARD WE'RE COMMITTED TO THIS PROCESS AND SEEING IT THROUGH AND COMING BACK BEFORE THIS BODY, MAKING A FULL RECOMMEND 8 AS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SURPLUS PROPERTIES AND ALL THE DETAILS THEREIN.

>> SO IF WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, IT IS NOT JUST TAKING A PROPERTY HERE AND A PROPERTY THERE. IF WE HAVE THAT INITIATIVE WE NEED TO ASSEMBLE THE PROPERTIES AND PUT THEM TOGETHER AND MAKE AN AREA, MAKE A IT SO THAT IT DOES FUNCTION VERY WELL WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID THERE ARE COMPETING USES OUT THERE AND FOLKS THAT COME ALONG AND SAY WE WANT TO BUILD FOR EVERYBODY, SO, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT YOUR COMMITTEE GOES THROUGH AND LOOKS AT ALL THOSE OPTIONS AND COMING UP WITH THE MAKE FORT PIERCE A BETTER PLACE, WHEN YOU BOTH COME TO ME AND TELL ME THAT, I GET IT.

>> THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. >> SO HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED -- IF WE SAY, YEAH, WE LIKE THIS IDEA, HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED THE NEXT STEP?

>> SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO -- THE STAFF IS GOING PROVIDE US SOME SURPLUS PROPERTIES THAT IF NOT

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PARTICULAR PROJECT IN MIND. >> IDENTIFY POSSIBILITIES THEN, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> IDENTIFY POSSIBILITIES THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE. >> EVERYBODY ON BOARD WITH THAT?

MR. MIMMS YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? >> I'M JUST GOING SAY THERE AND NOT TRYING TO CAUSE ANY ISSUES. BUT WE HAVE A LIST OF PROPERTIES, WE DO HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNED BY THE FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE STATE GUIDEINLINES WITH RESPECT TO THE DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.

WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE GO THROUGH THE STATE GUIDELINES FOR THE DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY OR THE KNOWNATION PROPERTY FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES AND WE DON'T CAUSE OURSELVES ANY

PROBLEMS. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WE WANT TO FOLLOW THE STATE GUIDELINES, WE DON'T WANT TO GET OURSELVES IN TROUBLE WITH THE STATE.

HAVE. >> WE KNOW WHILE IT IS VERY EXCITING, RIGHT, AND WE SEE AGAIN IT IS BENEFICIAL TO FORT PIERCE WE ALL RECOGNIZE WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND

GETTING WIRE DOING NOT ONLY WHAT. >> AND WE WANT TO HELP OUR VETERANS THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING. AND AND I'M WONDERING, DO YOU IDENTIFY VETERANS THAT ARE AT LEAST FROM THIS AREA? OR DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORKS?

>> I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION. >> I'M WONDERING IF THE VETERANS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE COME FROM THIS AREA? WE ASKED THAT QUESTION IN THE OTHER COMMITTEE, I WAS ASKED TO CONGRESSMAN, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET. WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO THAT INFORMATION YET FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND WITH TUNNEL TO TOWERS THAT IS NOT A PREWRECK IT IS FOR THEM. IT IS MORE THE LOCATION BUT WE DID TALK ABOUT SETTING ASIDE MAYBE 20% PART OF WHAT WE BUILD FOR VETERANS OF BOTHER PIERCE OR GOLD STAR FAMILIES, WE DID DOES THAT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THEY PICK FROM A WIDE RANGE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

>> SURE, SURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE WE GOOD WITH THEM GOING

AHEAD AND DOING THIS. >> I'M GOOD. >> WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT AND

WE'RE GOING DO IT LEGALLY. >> SO HOPEFULLY IN SEPTEMBER OR AT THE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON SECOND IDEA THAT BE BROUGHT FORTH AS IT RELATES TO

AS RELATES TO THE REVITALIZATION. >> ORANGE AVENUE?

LOOK FORWARD THE THAT. >> MR. MURPHY WAS ON TRAVEL THIS WEEK AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US, BUT WE CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE WE OWE YOU AN UPDATE AS WELL. LAST THING, THANK YOU ALWAYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE AND I CANNOT BE REMISED TO THE RECOGNITION OF THE WONDERFUL STAFF THAT ARE DEAD INDICATED US TO AND MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING WERE E WITHIN THE GUIDELINES AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES WE NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SIR. >> ASK NEXT ITEM IS 7 B AUTHORIZE STAFF TO ENTER IN

[b. Authorize staff to enter into negotiations with the Original Florida Hall of Fame Highwaymen, Inc. to operate the City of Fort Pierce Florida Highwaymen Museum as the only responsive bidder for RFP 2022-021.]

>> WE'RE GOING TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS CONCLUSION AND WE ARE GOING TO SEEK YOUR APPROVAL FOR AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE LONE BIDDER.

>> MS. MOORE-WELLS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND FPRA BOARD.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ORIGINAL FLORIDA HALL OF FAME HIGHWAY MOON TO MANAGE AND OPERATE THE ORIGINAL FLORIDA HALL OF FAME HIGHWAY. YOU ON JUNE 14TH YOU ISSUED THE RFP, THE PROPOSALS WERE DUE ON

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>> ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF. >> SO WE HAVE ONE RESPONDER AND STAFF IS HAPPY WITH THAT ONE

RESPONSE THAT WE GOT. >> YES, SIR. >> NEEDED TO HEAR THAT.

>> ON THE ORDER. >> SO ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? OR YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION?

>> MADAM, MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

>> AND 96 WE HAVE STAFF COMMENTS, MR. MIMMS. >> NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

>> ANY COMMENTS FROM YOU, REBECCA. >> NO.

>> HOW ABOUT YOU MS. AREALEY. >> WE HAVE BOARD COMMENTS? >> ANY BOARD COMMENT?

[9. BOARD COMMENTS]

>> ANY BOARD COMMENT. >> ONLY THING I CAN SAY, MADAM CHAIR, ANYONE LISTENING, SCHOOL DOES START AGAIN IN THE MORNING SO LET'S BE CAREFUL OUT THERE WHEN WE DRIVING TRYING TO GET TO WORK AND WHEREVER WE'RE GOING, LOOK OUT FOR THE LITTLE ONES WHO ARE EXCITED ABUSE GOING BACK TO

SCHOOL. THAT WOULD BE MY -- >> OR NOT SO EXCITED.

>> OR NOT SO EXCITED SO NOT PAYING ATTENTION. >> A CRYING, A LOT OF THEM CRY.

>> OR MOMS ARE CRYING. >> MOMS TAKING THEIR LITTLE ONES TO KINDER GATER KINDERGARTEN.

SLOW IT DOWN. >> EXACTLY, ANYTHING ELSE. >> ARE WE GOING TO ADJOURN WE'RE GOING BE MOVING OUT OF THE CHAMBERS AND TURNING OUT T

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