[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:08] PERONA. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022. PLEASE STAND FOR THE OPENING PRAYER BY ELDER RUBIN MITCHELL WITH VICTORY AND PRAISE WORSHIP CENTER AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIFE, FOR OUR HEALTH AND STRENGTH. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNLIMITED LOVE. TODAY GOD WE THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US COVERED FROM ALL HARM AND DANGER. WE ASK YOU CONTINUE TO BE LEAD AND OUR GUIDE GOD AS WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT H BEAUTIFUL CITY FT. PIERCE, FLORIDA. WE ASK YOU FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS. WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO LET US LOVE AS NEVER BEFORE. WE ASK YOU, AMEN. >> AMEN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. [5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 15TH, 2022 REGULAR MEETING. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND THE SECOND, CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. [a. Childhood Cancer Awareness Month ] A CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION. >> IF YOU WILL PLEASE COME FORWARD. WHEREAS THE CITY OF FORTH EARS WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH TO HONOR CHILDREN WHO LIVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS TERRIBLE ILL, AND STRENGTH AGAIN THE SEARCH FOR A CURE. AND WHEREAS, EACH YEAR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN FACE THE BATTLE OF CANCER WITH INCREDIBLE BRAVERY AND INSPIRING HOPE AND WHEREAS WHILE PROGRESS AGAINST SOME CHILDHOOD CANCER HAS BEEN MADE, CURE RATE FOR MANY FORMS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER REMAIN LESS THAN 50% WITH INCIDENT OF CHILDHOOD CANCER INCREASING MORE RAPID RATE THAN OTHER GROUPS. AND WHEREAS, THE DISEASE NOT ONLY EFFECTS THE CHILD DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER BUT ALSO THEIR ENTIRE SUPPORT NETWORK OF DEVOTED, PARENTS, LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS. THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE RECOGNIZES THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THAT THIS DISEASE HAS ON A MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE IMPORTANCE AND INCREASED RESEARCH ON CHILDHOOD CANCER. WHEREAS, THIS MONTH WE RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE BURDENS ARE SHARED BY COUNTLESS DEDICATED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND PARENT ADVOCACY GROUPS WHICH SUPPORT PATIENT AND FAMILY BY OFFERING ADVICE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND WORK TO LIFT THE SPIRITS OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CANCER. THEREFORE I LINDA HUDSON PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND TO REMEMBER THE LIVES OF THOSE WE HAVE LOST. ENCOURAGE THOSE WORKING TO IMPROVE SURVIVAL RATES AND TREATMENTS. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS? >> SURE. >> AS A BEREAVED PEDIATRICS CANCER MOM THIS MEANS A LOT. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING SMALL BUT THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO RAISE NOT ONLY AWARENESS BUT HOPEFULLY BETTER TREATMENT FOR FUTURE YOUTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS, THIS MONTH. I APPRECIATE IT. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE THE SUICIDE [b. Suicide Prevention Awareness Month] PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT THAT ARE GOING TO ACCEPT THIS. IF YOU COULD BOTH COME FORWARD. >> WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH WHICH DIRECTS THE COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH [00:05:01] EPIDEMICS DESTROYING LIVES WHOLE FAMILIES AND SOMETIMES ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS SUICIDE RATES ON THE TREASURE COAST AND IN OKEECHOBEE WERE INCREASING IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2022 ACCORDING TO OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE WITH 26 SUICIDE DEATH IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN QUARTER ONE OF 2022. AND WHEREAS IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY THERE WERE 64 SUICIDE DEATHS IN 2021. 23.9% YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE IN 2020. THE ENSUING HEALTH AND ECONOMIC AND HOUSING CRISIS HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL ON MENTAL HEALTH WITH INCREASE IN SUICIDAL I'DATION, DEATH, HOUSEHOLD VIOLENCE. FOOD INSECURITY AND MORE. THERE'S A CALL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO INCREASE SUICIDE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION EFFORTS WITH INCREASED COMMUNITY LEVEL EFFORTS AND STRATEGIES, AND WHEREAS SUICIDE IS ONLY TYPE OF DEATH THAT IS 100% PREVENTABLE. AND BY OFFERING PUBLIC EDUCATION DATA, SUPPORT AND SERVICES, AS WE AS THE COMMUNITY HAVE TAKEN A STEP FORWARD PREVENTING ANOTHER SUICIDE BY OUR RESIDENT. THOSE RESEAL KWYANLT PEOPLE WITH THE CAPACITY TO RECOVER AND HEAL. >> 211 PROVIDES FAMILIES WITH CRISIS SUPPORT VIA TECHL OR TEXT ANYTIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT AND CONTINUES AS THE REGIONAL RESPONDAL FOR THE NEWLY BRANDED NATIONAL 988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE NUMBER. THEREFORE I LINDA HUDSON MAYOR OF THE CITY PROCLAIM THE CITY OF SEPTEMBER AS SEESIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. THE ONLY TELEPHONE NUMBER YOU NEED TO KNOW TO ACCESS INFORMATION ON OVER 1600 AGENCY PROVIDERS WITH WIDE RANGING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THROUGHOUT AREA AREA. THAT INCLUDE FOOD ASSISTANCE, MENTAL HEALTHCARE. HEALTH CLINICS. SPECIAL NEEDS, RESOURCES, ELDER AND CRISIS ASSISTANCE. DAILY CALLS FOR SENIORS AND VETERAN SERVICES. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER THANK YOU SO ALLOWING US TOW BE A PART OF THE MEETING TODAY. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO 211 AND THE WORK WE DO. 211 HAS BEEN THE PLACE TO TURN TO FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS ANY SERVICES WHERE WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. WE HELP SUPPORT THEY MAY NEED AND CONNECT THEM WITH RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM. AND AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE PROCLAMATION THE NEW NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTTED LINE ROLLOUT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT NUMBER WENT ACTIVE AND WENT LIVE IN JULY. AND SINCE THAT NUMBER CAME OUT OUR SUICIDE PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH CALLS HAVE DOUBLED AND EXPECTING THEM TO GO UP AS MUCH AS 800% IN THE FIRST YEAR ALONE. IT'S A GROWING NEED IN THE COMMUNITY. AND ACROSS THE WORLD AS WELL. ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WORLD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. [c. Hunger Action Month] THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH. >> WHEREAS HUNGER AND POVERTY REMAIN ISSUES OF GRAVE CONCERN IN THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF FLORIDA THE TREASURE COAST AND THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE WITH 49,932 CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY NOW CATEGORIZED AS FOOD INSECURE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE IS COMMITTED TO STAKING STEPS RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEED TO COMBAT HUNGER AND PROVIDE RESOURCES THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE NEAR, WHEREAS THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE IMMOBILIZING PEOPLE AND THE ROLE AN IMPORTANT OF HUNGER RELIEF. DEVOTING MORE RESOURCES TO HUNGER ISSUES. AND WHEREAS, FOOD BANKS AND HUNGER RELIEF ORGANIZATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK COORDINATED HUNGER ACTION DAY ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2021 AND WILL CONTINUE TO HOST NUMEROUS EVENT THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO SHED LIGHT ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AND ENCOURAGE INVOLVEMENT IN THE EFFORTS TO UNDER HUNGER IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. I HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE AND CALLED THIS OBSERVANCE TO THE CITIZENS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING TO US BE HERE TODAY. I'M GARY PORTER WITH THE FOOD BANK. JANET IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY. [00:10:03] 300 PLUS THROUGHOUT INDIAN RIVER, ST. LUCIE AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. HUNGER ACTION MONTH IS IMPORTANT TIME FOR US TO GET THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS TO FIGHT HUNGER HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE DOING OUR PART. WE THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER. CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE. WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON STARTING THIS WEEKEND. WE HAVE OUR OUT LAUGH COMEDY SHOW THE SAME NIGHT. NEXT SATURDAY WE HAVE OUTRUN HUNGER 5-K. SECOND ANNUAL. WE'RE DOING WELL AS FAR AS TICKET SALES. IF YOU LIKE TO RUN COME OUT AND SUPPORT ITSELF. >> SHALL WE GATHER HERE. WE HAVE THE WARDROBE ON; RIGHT? >> YES. >> DID BRITNEY LEAVE? >> SHE MAY HAVE GONE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THE EMPTY BOWLS IS A GREAT HIT. BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE MADE THE BOWLS. AND THEY CULINARY ARTS PEOPLE MAKE THE SOUP AND THEY SELL IT. IT'S JUST A REAL FINE EVENT AND SO I THINK THAT'S THIS SATURDAY; RIGHT? >> GREAT. >> COME EARLY. I WILL BE THERE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> IF YOU WANT TO PUT IN YOUR PHONE NUMBER, YOU CAN SEND IT TO YOURSELF HERE. [7. LETTERS TO COMMISSION] OKAY FOLLOWING LETTER WILL BE KEPT ON FILE IN THE CITY COMMISSION OFFICE. WE HAVE AN E-MAIL FROM BRUCE MURRAY THANKING THE DEPARTMENT FOR MAINTAINING THE BEST POSSIBLE STANDARD AND LETTER FROM RHEA-LYN GERSTENKORN PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA CRIME AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYST ASSOCIATION INC IN [8. ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA] APPRECIATION OF POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT SUPERVISOR APRIL LEE SERVING AS THEIR VICE PRESIDENT AND THE MEMBERSHIP. >> ARE THERE IN ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS. >> I MOVE TO SET THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> [9. BUDGET HEARING] WE MOVE ON TO OUR BUDGET HEARING. THIS IS WHERE THE MAYOR ANNOUNCES THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE. MAYOR, I WILL ALLOW YOU. >> THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE WHICH IS 6.9 THE MILLAGE RATE EXCEEDS THE ROLL BACK RATE. 6.2283 BY 9.73%. 6.2283. MISS MORRIS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET. >> SURE. >> JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW. BALANCED AT 52,412,646. WHICH IS 4,889,150 INCREASE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET. THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS WE HAD INCREASE OF 14.8% IN OUR PROPERTY TAX VALUES WHICH TOOK US TO 3.3 BILLION DOLLARS. AND AS A RESULT OF OUR INCREASE WE ARE PROPOSING NO CHANGE TO OUR MILLAGE RATE. WE DECIDED AND ITS BROUGHT MR. MIMMS WANTED ME TO INCLUDE. I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT AND IT'S ONLINE AS WELL. OUR CITIZENS CAN SEE WHERE THEIR PROPERTY OR WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR TAX OR PROPERTY DOLLARS ARE COMING TO THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE. FOR OUR ST. LUCIE COUNTY RESIDENT THERE'S A TOTAL MILLAGE RATE OF 24.5914%. OF THAT TAX BILL 28% OF THAT COMES TO THE CITY OF [00:15:01] FT. PIERCE. YOU CAN SEE BASED ON THE MUNICI MUNICIPALITIES LISTED HERE WHAT THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE IS FOR ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES. AND THE NEXT SLIDE I TOOK AN IDEA TO SHOW OUR CITIZENS HOW THOSE TAX DOLLARS ARE DIVIDED. I TOOK A PROPERTY THAT WITH THE ALL OF THE TAX DECREASES OR REDUCTIONS, THAT THEY GET SAY THERE'S REMAINING VALUE OF 100,000. OF THAT 100,000. THAT 24.5914%. THE TAXES PAID 2,459.14. OF THAT 2,459.14 THE CITY RECEIVES $690 OF THAT. THE OTHER REMAINING AGENCIES THIS IS THE PORTION THAT THEY RECEIVE. BUT THEY WILL SEE HOW MUCH OF THAT COMES BACK TO THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE TO PAY FOR POLICING AND STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES THAT THEY GET. THEY PAY 690 OF THAT. IF YOUR PROPERTY VALUE IS LESS THAN THAT, THEN WE RECEIVE LESS THAN THAT. THAT'S JUST TO SHOW HOW THOSE TAX DOLLARS ARE DIVIDED. >> TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. OUR AD VALOREM REVENUE 22,114,262. INCREASE OF 2,865,124. WE ARE IN OUR REVENUE WE'RE INCREASED OUR TAXES AND STATE DISTRIBUTED REVENUE BASED ON THE ACTUALS AND OUR TRENDS. WE INCREASED OUR REVENUE FOR CHARGES OF SERVICES ALSO BASED ON THOSE ACTUALS AND TRENDS. THERE'S AN INCREASE OF $400,000 IN OUR STATE SHARED REVENUE. THE INFRASTRUCTURE SALES TAX THAT'S FOR ROADS AND IMPROVEMENTS. WE ARE CONTINUING TO RESTRICT THE $600,000 FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, 400 OF THAT WILL BE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, 200 FOR THE LOAN. WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END. WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR WHICH WOULD BE THE 2023-2024 YEAR THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT LOAN PAYMENT. MOVING FORWARD YOU COMPLETE 600,000 WILL BE USED TO GO TO CAPITAL PROJECTS. THAT'S THE REVENUE. ON OUR EXPENDITURES, THERE AS IT RELATES TO PERSONAL SERVICE, THERE ARE 11 NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING ADDED. AND THESE ARE THE 11 THAT ARE BEING LAID OUT OR WHERE YOU WILL SEE ADDITIONS AT THIS DEPARTMENT. THAT COST IS $516,357. THERE'S A COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR ALL OF O OUR BARGAINING AND NONBARGAINING EMPLOYEES WHICH IS $900,000. THERE'S ALSO BUILT IN THIS BUDGET A FUNDING THE CURRENT STEP PLAN FOR THE SWORN OFFICERS. THAT'S AT $701,759. THE POLICE BUDGET ALSO I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL THIS 33% OF OUR GENERAL FUNDS OPERATING BUDGETS. OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET ALL THE MONEY THAT WE TAKE IN, 33% GOES TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> MADAM MAYOR. >> BEFORE WE LEE THIS SLIDE. THE FIRST BULLET POINT 937,000, DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE THE INCREASES THAT WE EXPECT TO HAVE OVER THE NEXT 3-4 YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET STATE STATUTE WITH THE MINIMUM AGE. IT'S NOT JUST COST OF LIVING. IT'S STARTING TO PACE OURSELVES WE SO WE MAKE GOOD FINANCIAL DECISIONS THREE YEARS FROM NOW. >> RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION THERE'S A DECREASE OF PASTE.10% FOR GENERAL. .9% FOR THE POLICE. THERE WAS 8% INCREASE IN OUR HEALTH INSURANCE RATE. WHICH WE ALL KNEW WE WOULD HAVE AN INCREASE. HOWEVER BASED ON INDUSTRY STANDARDS, OUR 8% IS VERY MINIMAL COMPARED WHAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE EXPERIENCING. OUR PRM CONTRACT CONTINUES TO BE AN EXCELLENT DECISION FOR US AT THIS POINT. [00:20:03] THERE IS 10.6% DENT ALRATE DECREASE IN DENTAL INSURANCE. WE CHANGED PROVIDY. DENTAL RATES ARE DECREASING. THE ACTUAL OPERATING PUGETS FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WERE EVALUATED AND THOSE LINE ITEMS WERE ADJUSTED AS NEEDED. AND THERE'S A 1.5 MILLION INCREASE IN THOSE. AND THAT'S A RESULT OF OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATIONS. THERE IS AN INCREASE IN COST FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZED. WE'VE GONE IN AND ADJUSTED SOME OF OUR LINE ITEMS WHERE WE WHERE NOT USING THE FUNDS. WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS MAY HAVE DECREASED SOME OF THOSE AND MOVED AROUND. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE INCREASING, HAVING TO INCREASE ABOUT 1.5 MILLION IN THOSE BUDGETS TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. AND THERE IS A DECREASE IN OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT OF 395,575. THE QUESTION AROSE AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY, MAY IOR. YOU ASKED THE LAST TIME ABOUT OUR DEBT SERVICE AND WHERE WE WHERE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I INCLUDED THIS SLIDE I TOLD YOU WE'RE AS 52 MILLION OUR 2021 BALLOT. OUR BALANCED BUDGET AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR 2022, WILL BE AT 46 MILLION. AND ONCE WE DO OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS THAT ARE BUDGETED INTO OUR 2023 BUDGET WE'LL BE ALTERNATE 40 MILLION. DECREASES ANNUALLY. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THAT'S OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET. I WANTED TO INCLUDE ALSO -- BECAUSE IT'S A PART OF OUR COMPLETE BUDGET. THE SPENDING PLANS FOR OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS. OUR MARINA, IS DECREASING -- INCREASING 414,926. SOLID WASTE 743,095. GOLF COURSE IS DECREASING 69,203. SUNRISE IS DECREASING 214,470 AND BUILDING IN INCREASING 593.627. AT OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP THEY EXPLAINED WHY THAT NUMBER IS INCREASING THIS FISCAL YEAR BY THAT AMOUNT. AND HERE'S THE CHANGES FOR OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. OUR MISS GRANTS DECREASING BY THERE'S A 70,215 INCREASE. SHIP IS DECREASING 24,642 AND OUR GRANTED A MINUTE 183,385. I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. >> QUESTION FOR MISS MORRIS FOR COMMENT. THIS SAY PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE PLEASE COME FORWARD. MISS COX, DO YOU NEED TO READ ANYTHING BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. PLEASE COME FORWARD. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET. SEEING NO AMENDMENTINGS TO THE BUDGET THERE'S NO NEED TO RECOMPUTE THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE. IS IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MILLAGE RATE OF 6.9. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >> ROLL CALL] . >> IS THERE A MOTION ADEPOSIT TENTATIVE 2022, 23 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. AND MR. MIMMS THANK ALL THE STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS BUDGET. >> WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENT. >> IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO PULL? I WOULD LIKE TO PULL H. >> MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS. >> I'M STRUGGLING OVER HERE. WE HAD A LONG HIATUS, [00:25:06] BETWEEN MEETING. WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS. AND WE HAD NO ONE SIGN UP IN [a. 2022 Firefighter National Challenge Competition] ADVANCE. WE'LL O TOSH TO LYNN WE HAVE THE 2022 FIREFIGHTER COMPETITION. >> THEY USED TO BE CALLED THE TREASURE COAST COMMISSION. MAYBE THEY HAVE A NEW NAME. RICK, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. MIMMS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. RICK HATCHER FROM THE TREASURE COAST SPORTS TOURISM. KNOWN AS THE TREASURE COAST SPORTS COMMISSION. IT'S A PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK THE FIREFIGHTER CHALLENGE. IF YOU WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, WE HOSTED THE WORLDS HERE IN THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY. AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'RE BRINGING IF FIREFIGHTER CHALLENGE BACK FOR OUR SECOND ROUND OF HOSTING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. IT'S GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 22ND THROUGH THE 24TH. DOWN AT THE BACKUS MUSEUM EDUCATION CENTER PARKING LOT. IT'S A FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND WE'RE EXCITEDED ABOUT HAVING THAT HERE. HERE'S A SHORT VIDEO THAT JUST INCANS ENCAPSULATES WHAT THIS EVENT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW. [APPLAUSE] WE'RE EXCITED AGAIN TO HAVE THIS BACK. ACTUALLY FOR THE FOURTH C CONSECUTIVE YEAR. IN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE AND SAINT LUCY COUNTY. WITH THE SUPPORT FROM VISIT ST. LUCIE, THE TDC AND THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE, THE CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE, BRINGING THIS EVENT BACK. WE'RE FORTUNATE. WE CONSIDER OURSELVES HOME OF THE CHAMPIONS IN PARTNERING WITH INDIAN RIVER COLLEGE. IF YOU KNOW THEY WILL HAVE THEIR SAFETY CAMPUS. THAT'S WHERE OUR ST. LUCIE COUNTY TEAM TRAINS THERE ALONG WITH MARTIN COUNTY FIRE RESCUE TEAM AS WELL. [00:30:04] UNIQUE TO THIS YEAR'S EVENT ALONG WITH THIS BEING THE NATIONAL WE EXPECTED TO HAVE AT LEAST 200 FIREFIGHTERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. ALSO WE JUST KNOW CHAIRED WITH WE WILL HAVE TWO FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE UKRAINE THAT WILL BE HERE AS WELL. THEY WERE OVER WHEN WE HELD THIS EVENT IN MAY. THIS IS FIRST TIME THEY WERE BACK THE UNITED STATES AND COMPETED. THEY WILL BACK HERE FOR THE U.S. NATIONALS COMPETING IN PUSHING OUR GUYS AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY. FOR THE PUBLIC; IT'S GREAT. YOU KNOW WE'RE HOME OF THE CHAMPIONS AS DR. MOORE LIKE TO SAY. ST. LUCIE COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE OR FIRE DISTRICT IS THE TWO TIME DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THIS. AT THIS I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP MATT CARNEY FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT TO GIVE YOU. >> IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK TO YOU. STILL TOUGH TO GET THAT REBRANDING OUT. THE NATIONALS EVENT NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART. WE ARE DEFENDING THAT TITLE AS WELL. WE WERE ABLE TO WIN THE U.S. NATIONALS IN UTAH LAST YEAR. WE WILL DEFEND THAT TITLE AS WELL AS THE WORLD. WHICH GOES BACK OUT TO YOU IN SIX WEEKS FROM NOW. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE IN OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR BROTHERS FROM THE SPORTS COMMISSION TO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. WE DO HAVE A TRUE HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE WHEN WE COMPETE HERE. IT'S ALWAYS NICE. THE TURNOUT IS GREAT HERE. IT'S A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE. THE KIDS COURSE IS HERE. AND IT'S ALWAYS A TREMENDOUS TURNOUT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> IT'S A FREE EVENT. >> AND FAMILY FRIENDLY. >> YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> SAY THE DATES AGAIN FOR THE EVERYBODY. SEPTEMBER 22. >> SEPTEMBER 22ND, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY. 23RD, 24TH. OPENING CEREMONIES ON EACH DAY. 22ND STARTING AT 4:00 P.M. ON THE INDIVIDUAL DAY FRIDAY, STARTING AT NOON. 12:00. AND ON SATURDAY, AT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. THAT'S OPENING CEREMONIES. >> MAYOR? DO WE KNOW IF FUTURE IF WE WILL GET THE WORLDS BACK HERE? >> WE'RE IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. >> ARE YOU WORKING HARD ON IT; RICK? >> OF COURSE HE IS. THE ANSWER IS YES. >> I'M WORKING REAL HARD. HE HARDS HIS CARD CLOSE TO THE CHEST. I WAS TRYING TO GET HIM A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE. >> VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. >> YOU SHOULD BE SITTING ON THE TDC BOARD. YOU UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T SHARE THAT INFORMATION. >> WE TRIED. >> YOU DID. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THE NEXT ITEM IS PAMELA [b. Pamela E. Carithers of Lincoln Park Main Street, will give an update on the NW Pioneer Park Plaque Selection and Implementation. ] CARITHERS OF LYNN CONGRESS PARK MAIN STREET WILL GIVEN A UPDATE ON THE NW PIONEER PARK PLAQUE SELECTION. >> WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MONTHS AGO. NOW I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOLLOW UP INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP US WITH THE NOMINATION, EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS. >> WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION. AND CITY ATTORNEY. IT'S A PLEASURE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU REGARDING THE NORTHWEST PIONEER PARK PLAQUES AND IMPLEMENTATION AS FAR AS HOW THE SELECTION PROCESS TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO DO THEM ONE BY ONE. I JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH. WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS LIKE THE FIRST NOMINATION TYPE FORM. AND WHAT THE COMMITTEE DID WAS WE SELECTED -- WE CHOSE MODIFY THE FORM THAT IS CURRENTLY USED BY THE CITY IN THE PARKING NAMING. AND WE JUST MODIFIED THAT SO THAT IT WOULD BE A SEAMLESS PROCESS AS WELL AS CONSISTENTLY WHAT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY DOING. WE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS FROM WHAT WE PRESENTED LAST MAY OF 2021. YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF [00:35:05] INDIVIDUALS WITH THIS BEING THE FIST ROUND OR THE FIRST TIME OR INAUGURAL OF REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY TO GET NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AS WELL AS THROUGH CIVIC BUSINESS, IN THE COMMUNITY OF LINCOLN PARK. THE COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED NAMES FIRST. AND MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL HAVE THIS PROCESS IN PLACE BUT INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO PRESENT NAMES, GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION IN TERMS OF HOW THE NOMINATIONS TAKE PLACE, LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE MATRIX IS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND JUST START FROM THAT MOVING FORWARD. START FROM THAT PROCESS. WE LOOKED AT A CROSS SECTION OF INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR OCCUPATIONS OR THEIR VOCATIONS AND THEIR CIVIC INVOLVEMENTS. AND OUR LAST CONVERSATIONS BACK IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT PIONEERS MEAN. AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO LINCOLN PARK AND THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE. WE REACHED BACK AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THOSE EARLY PIONEER FAMILIES MEMBERS OF THOSE FAMILIES AND WE ARE INCORPORATED THOSE INDIVIDUALS INTO THIS PROCESS SUCH AS YOUR THE ONE YOU LOOK AT NOW. ALBERT T. STONE. WE HAVE A JULIA STONE THAT'S A PART OF THAT. SHE WORKED HAND IN HANDED ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND TO YOU KNOW OPEN UP AND ESTABLISH STONE BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME AS WELL AS THE OWNER OF PINE GROVE CEMETERY. AND AT ONE TIME THEY HAD THE STONE CAFE. >> WE LIST WHAT MAKES THEM A VERY GOOD CANDIDATE TO BE -- TO HAVE A PLAQUE AT THE PARK AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS WE'VE INCORPORATED PIONEER PARK I MEAN PIONEERS OF LINCOLN PARK AS A PROGRAM UNDER THE LINCOLN PARK HERITAGE EDUCATION. AND OUT OF THIS WE WILL HAVE A MAGAZINE TYPE THAT WILL HAVE THEIR PROFILE. WHICH WILL ALSO REACH BACK TO THE WEB SITE THAT IS DEVELOPED AS WELL. SO WHEN INDIVIDUALS LOOK UP PIONEERS OF LINCOLN PARK OR GO TO THE WEB SITE, THAT WILL BE LAUNCHED IN ANOTHER WEEK THEN THEY CAN READ ABOUT EACH ONE OF THE ONES THAT IS APPROVED FOR THE CITY'S CHOICE OF WHAT WE PROVIDED HERE. IF WE GO FIRST WITH ALBERT STONE. IF YOU HAVE MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS. YOU CAN ASK YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER GAINES BECAUSE HE HAS INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF MR. STONE. WITH THIS FORM IT GIVES THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S BEEN NOMINATED. THE ADDRESS, AND IF THEY ARE DECEASED AS IN THIS CASE THEIR LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS 317 NORTH 7TH STREET. THE DATE OF THE DEATH. AS WE MOVE DOWN TO IDENTIFY THE GENERAL AREA OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE WE WILL SUMMARIZE AND EXAMPLE A. WE TALK ABOUT CIVIC AND BUSINESS. IS UNDER MR. STONE. AND THEN FOR TO SUMMARIZE THAT TYPE OF CONTRIBUTION, WE GIVE A SUMMARY IN 1926 REVEREND ALBERT STONE ESTABLISHED FRIENDSHIPS IN FT. PIERCE AND OPENED AND ORIGINAL ISRAELISED SAINT JOHN METHODIST CHURCH. ALBERT STONE WORKED AS WRITING INSURANCE POLICY FOR AS I RECALL BEACH. HOE HAS BEEN A PART OF THE COMMUNITY OF FT. PIERCE SINCE FOUNDED AT THAT SAME LOCATION. AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO IDENTIFY IN DETAIL. THIS TALKS MORE ABOUT THAT [00:40:01] INDIVIDUAL AND I'M SORRY I THOUGHT I SILENCED MY PHONE. THAT'S -- IT'S AN ALERT. WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THEIR AREA. WE TALKED MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS ACCOMPLISHED, HAS CONTRIBUTED TO LINCOLN PARK AND TO THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE. WHEN MR. STONE OPENED STONE BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME IN 1932. HE WAS NOT LICENSED AS INBOMBER BUT HE WAS A FUNERAL DIRECTOR. THE STATE ALLOWED MR. STONE'S BROTHER, RICHARD TO DO THE EMBOMBING. AS MR. STONE OWNED NOT ONLY THE FUNERAL HOME BY PINE GROVE CEMETERY AND THE RESTAURANT HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE LINCOLN CAB COMPANY. AND IN OUR TRANSPORTATION REPORT SOME A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WE KNOW THAT IN LINCOLN PARK AND FT. PIERCE IN GENERAL THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE 50S AND THE 60S WAS BY VIRTUE OF CAB DRIVERS. HERE MR. STONE OWNED WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CAB COMPANY. WIN OF THE OLDEST BLACK BUSINESSES IN LINCOLN PARK AND IN FT. PIERCE NOW IN THIRD GENERATION OF OPERATION IN THAT SAME LOCATION. AS WE GO AND TALK MORE IN DETAIL WE THEN TALK ABOUT JULIA GIBBS WHO WAS MR. STONE'S WIFE. JULIA GIBBS STONE SHE WAS THE COOWNER OF THE FUNERAL HOME AND COOWNER OF THE CEMETERY AS WELL. AND WHEN THEY CAME TO FT. PIERCE IN THE LATE 1920'S WITH HER HUSBAND. SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE OPERATION AS WELL. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF FT. PIERCE FEDRATED WOMEN'S CLUB. NAOMI CHAPTER 111. THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. AND SHE WAS CHURCH OF WOMEN UNITED OF ST. JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH. THIS THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED IN EACH ONE OF THE NOMINATING FORMS. WE WENT THROUGH EACH ONE AND WE VETTED THE INFORMATION. TALKED TO FAMILY MEMBERS. LOOKED UP DOCUMENTS THAT WERE AVAILABLE AND PUT TOGETHER INFORMATION FOR EACH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS AS REPRESENTED HERE. I READ THE BACK UP IN THE BIOGRAPHIES THAT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU COLLECTED AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THEM. I'M SORT OF A FAVOR THE MORE TRADITIONAL MEANING OF PIONEER WHICH MEANS THEY CAME HERE EARLY IN -- TO ME, THEY CAME HERE EARLY. I HAD A PRIORITY IF YOU'RE COMMITTEE WILL PRIORITY THEM OF ALBERT STONE FRED AND FRANCINE DUVAL, THE LINES FAMILY. ROBERT AND ZENOVIA JEFFERSON AND CE BOLAND. THIS IS JUST AN IDEA I'M THROWING OUT. IF YOU WILL DO IT A FEW AT THE TIME. THOSE WERE TRUE PIONEERS IN THE SENSE OF EARLY PEOPLE HERE EARLY. WHO ESTABLISHED HOME AND STAYED HERE AND SETTLED HERE AND BASICALLY WERE TRUE PIONEERS. SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE ARE CONCURRENT WHO HAVE MADE CONTRIBUTIONS BUT REALLY AS OPPOSED TO PIONEERS, THEY ARE OUTSTANDING LINCOLN PARK RESIDENTS; RIGHT? OR CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE HISTORY. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT PRIORITIZING IT AT ALL? >> YES. WE'RE OPEN TO THAT. THE AESHLT SETTLERS. A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS. I PERSONALLY CAN'T KNOW ABOUT THE EARLY SETTLER UNTIL I RETURNED PACK HOME 12 YEARS AGO. WE WANT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT HISTORY IS NOT KNOWN SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT. IF THEY WERE IDENTIFYING FIVE FIRST. THEN WE WOULD GO WITH THOSE FIVE, BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS TAKEN PLACE. AND HELPED IN THE GROWTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT. >> THERE'S PROBABLY EARLIER [00:45:03] ONE. ESPE? HE WAS QUITE -- HE IS SOMEONE THAT I DIDN'T THINK OF UNTIL I WAS STARTED LOOKING AT THE LIST. >> WITH MR. ESBE, HIS FAMILY STILL HAS GENERATIONS PAST. THEY ARE STILL HERE. AND YOU KNOW I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO I DIDN'T KNOW WHO OR CONNECTED TO HIM. WHEN WE STARTED GOING BACK AND JUST TRACKING WHO IS WHO. THEN I DISCOVERED, YOU KNOW, HIS TIES TO A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE. >> EVERYBODY IS RELATED TO EVERYBODY. WE DEFINITELY ARE OPEN TO THAT. WE WERE JUST ECSTATIC ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE HISTORY RESEARCH IT AND VET IT. >> VERY INTERESTING. HAVE IT AVAILABLE. BECAUSE NOW THAT GOES HAND AND HAND WITH THE BLACK AR-KYES THAT'S ON THE HORIZON AS WELL. >> I REALLY ENJOYED READING THROUGH THOSE. I CAN'T WAITS UNTIL YOU HAVE THE WEB SITE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> JUST TOUCH RIGHT NOW. THIS IS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER. CAN YOU STROLL BACK DOWN TO THE TOP. THIS THE YEARS OF INVOLVEMENT. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. >> ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER, GAINES, SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. WE CAN GO BACK FURTHER THAN 1932. THEY ARRIVED IN 1926. I GUESS WE WERE LOOKING AT WHEN STONE BROTHERS WAS ESTABLISHED. HE WAS A PORTER FOR THE SOUTH EAST RAILROAD SYSTEM. AND ONE OF HIS LAYOVERS WAS HERE TO FT. PIERCE. AND IS SO FROM THE YOUR FATHER TOLD ME THAT HE WAS VERY PERSONABLE. AND GOT TO KNOW PEOPLE AS WELL HERE. THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON BANK BASICALLY LIKED FT. PIERCE. >> I THINK HE STARTED PUTS HANDS IN FT. PIERCE IN '23. '23 AND THEN HE BROUGHT MY GREAT GRAND MOTHER DOWN IN '26. HE BROUGHT HER DOWN IN 26. THIS IS GREAT AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO SO MUCH MORE TO MY GREAT GRANDFATHER AND IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO READ STUFF LIKE THAT. IST BORN JANUARY. OF FRLG. MY MOM TOLD ME EVERY DAY OF MY BIRTH UNTIL HE GOT SICK. HE CAME TO THE HOUSE JUST TO SEE ME. SHE WOULD HOLD ME UP TO WINDOW. SHE WOULD LET ME SEE HIM. YOU KNOW, PIONEERS. THE AND THE PRY NEAR -- HE'S THE PIONEER POF FT. PIERCE. IF ONE THING I KNOW ACT I KNOW ABOUT IM. HE HAD A CAFE. WHICH WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTER OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY. >> HE WAS IN THE BUSINESS CAFE OWNER. THEY TELL ME HE FED MORE PEOPLE FREE THAN HE TOOK. I THANK YOU FOR THINKING ABOUT HIM. AND INCLUDING HIM IN. I'M TRYING TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY THAT HE STARTED IN '22 AND '23. THANK YOU. [00:50:02] >> YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT DO, PAMELA, IS DO SOME VIDEO INTERVIEWS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR MEMORIES LIKE THAT WAS A GREAT STORY. YOU COULD INTERVIEW SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS, TOO. AND HAVE IT IN THE LIBRARY OR ON THE WEB SITE. >> AS PART OF THE BLACK ARCHIVES. WE HAVE THE ORAL HISTORY. MR. GAINES IS VIDEOED ON ONE OF THEM. AS WELL AS WE HAVE DUKE NELSON. DUKE NELSON ALONG WITH BRYAN TOGETHER. >> THE SECOND FLOOR CITY HALL. JUST THAT COMMUNICATION AND THAT DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW THINGS WERE THEN. >> THEY PLAYED FOOTBALL AND THEY BACK AND THEN YOU KNOW MR. BRIAN TALKED ABOUT HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO JUMP IN THE POOL ON 13TH STREET WHEN IT WAS BUILT. >> WE HAVE THOSE AS WE HAVE THAT AS HISTORY. AND WE ALSO YOU KNOW HAVE A BIG SCREEN TELEVISION THAT WILL BE RUNNING AS PART OF IT. WE HAVE KILIA DIXON MR. BAKER THAT OWNED THE MRA MINGO BAR & GRILL. THAT WAS A POPULAR SPOT HERE IN FT. PIERCE. IT'S THAT KIND OF INFORMATION. >> YOU'RE AHEAD OF ME. >> YOU'RE ALREADY PLANNING THAT. >> ALL OF THIS IS PART OF IT. >> I LIKE THE IDEA OF TYING IT WITH THE PIONEERS AND SOME OF THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS. >> YES. YES. >> COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON. >> PAM, REAL QUICK. DON'T FORGET TO INTERVIEW COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON. >> WE WILL GET TO THAT ONE. >> I'M PRETTY SURE HE KNOWS SOME STORIES I KNOW HIS DAD NEW MY GREAT GRANDFATHER. HE WAS ONE OF THE YOUNG KIDS THAT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER PUT HIS ARM BACK IN THE DAY. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON MAY HAVE STORIES FOR YOU TODAY. I WILL NOT LET HIM SIT OVER THERE AND BE QUIET RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS FAN FANTASTIC. WHERE ARE WE. AND WHAT WE TRYING TO GO WITH THIS. I KNOW MAYOR MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT WIDDLING IT DOWN AND GETTING THE INAUGURAL CLASS BECAUSE AT ONE POINT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SYSTEM TYPE OF PLAQUE STATUE, ET CETERA. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT IS GOING. IT'S GREAT WE WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION. THERE'S SOME TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL MARKER OF THE PEOPLE WE INITIALLY WOULD SHOES -- CHOOSE TO GO IN THERE. YOU WOULD SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSION AND THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS AND APPROVE. I JUST KIND OF LOST THAT. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. >> OKAY. >> I DIDN'T KNOW. BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND IF WE STILL HAVE DISCUSSION. THAT'S GREAT. WE CAN BRING THEM BACK TO CONFERENCE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED HELP WITH. >> YOU CAN HELP US. >> WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH VETTING THE INFORMATION. ALONG WITH THE PARKS COMMITTEE. THE PARKS KYE WITH MIKE REELS HAS THE INFORMATION THAT WAS RESEARCHED PREVIOUSLY IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF PLAQUES, THE DIMENSIONS THE SIZES, WHAT IT WILL COST AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ONCE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX HOURS OF HOWEVER MANY. WE WILL TAKE THAT BACK TO PARKS COMMISSION. AGAIN THE PLAQUES WILL ALREADY BEEN THIS SIZE. THIS LEVEL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN WE WOULD KIND OF MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. >> AS FAR AS ESTABLISHING THE NEXT ORDER. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. >> >> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT. THIS EXERCISE ABOUT PIONEER PARK CREATED AN EXERCISE FOR YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND DISCOVER THINGS THAT PROBABLY IN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIND OUT. WE'VE LOST A LOT OF HISTORY. LET'S ALL ADMIT TO THAT. WE LOST A LOT OF HISTORY. AND THE MAYOR MADE US AWARE [00:55:05] WE ARE RICH IN HISTORY. I FIND OUT THINGS I'VE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND DIDN'T KNOW HALF OF IT. I'M AMAZED BY EXACTLY WHAT FT. PIERCE WAS AND WHAT IT HAS DONE IN THE PAST TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. IT'S REALLY KIND OF INTERESTING. WHEN YOU FOLLOW IT THROUGH. THERE'S A REAL VALUE TO THAT EXERCISE. I WOULD SAY STAY WITH THAT. EVEN WHEN THIS TASK IS OVER WITH. KEEP GOING ON THAT. BECAUSE I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT MY THOUGHT AS WE GO FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, THIS INFORMATION WILL BE VALUABLE AND IT WILL BE THERE. THAT'S THE TRUE VALUE OF IT ALL. >> SURE THING. WE CERTAINLY WILL. THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT LINCOLN PARK ARCHIVES, BLACK ARCHIVES. AGAIN, WHEN I RETURNED HOME, AND GROWING UP HERE. I DIDN'T KNOW A FRACTION OF THE HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE THAT I GAINED IN THESE YEARS. IT'S JUST THAT EVERY DAY, EVERY MONTH. EVERY YEAR. WE LOST THREE HIGHWAYMEN ARTIST IN THE SPAN OF NINE OR TEN MONTHS. AND SO WITH HAVING THAT -- HAVING A MUSEUM ACCOLADES TO THE CITY FOR JUMPING TO MAKE THAT MANIFESTATION WHILE THERE'S SEVEN OR EIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL THAT ARE STILL HERE. AGAIN TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. COMMISSIONER, PERONA, IT'S HOLDING ON TO THAT INFORMATION. AND HAVING IT DOCUMENTED THAT WE WILL DO. >> YOU MIGHT -- >> I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN THERE. THE ST. LUCIE REGIONAL HISTORY CENTER. >> I'VE BEEN THERE A NUMBER OF TIME. >> HAVE YOU SEEN THE FAMILIES EXHIBITS WITH ALL THE SELECTION OF PICTURES. I THINK THE STONE GAINES FAMILY IS THERE AS WELL AS THE LIONS FAMILY AS WELL AS THE TOMMY FAMILIES. THAT'S A REAL PICTORIAL HISTORIES OF A LOT OF THE PIONEERS. KUDOS TO THE STAFF OVER THERE AS WELL AS HARRY. THEY ARE AMAZING WITH HELPING US TO NAVIGATE THROUGH WALKING THROUGH THIS. USE THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL. IT'S ALMOST LIKE I HAVE YEARBOOKS WITH 1944 ON THERE. YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF PAPER PUT THIS FOLTHER AND THINGS THROUGH THAT. THEY SAID WE CAN COME BACK. >> THEY'VE ALL BEEN SCANNED. THEY'VE ALL BEEN SCANNED. >> I'M GLAD YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT RESOURCE. YOU PROBABLY COLLECTING STILL PICTURES TOO FROM FAMILIES. >> STILL COLLECTING. >> JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I LIKE THE IDEA WHERE YOU GO TO START OFF WITH THE PIONEER. TRULY 100 YEARS OLD AND KICKING THIS THINGS OFF. WHAT I REMEMBER IN OUR OTHER POLICIES. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT COMES BACK AS A CONFERENCE AGENDA ITEM AND WE WOULD REVIEW WE MORE JUST VOTE ON CONSENSUS BASIS. AND MOVE IT FORWARD. AND SO YOU'RE GATHERERING THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. IS IT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT JUST -- WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO YOU, I SHOULD SAY? >> TO ME? >> IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COST OR THE SIZE OR PLAQUES? >> ALL OF THE ABOVE. >> THE PLAQUES, WE CADDED HIM OUT. HE GOT IT. >> >> GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER. WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IS ORIGINALLY WHEN PIONEER PARK WAS RECONSTRUCTED BACK AROUND 2010. ADDITIONAL PLAN WAS FOR THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA AREA TO HAVE THE NAMES ENGRAVED. OVERTIME CONCRETE PARKS ADVISORY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE PLAQUES. THAT WAS RECOMMENDATION. [01:00:04] >> APPROXIMATELY, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE SIZE WISE? FOR THE WHOLE AREA YOU HAVE 20 BY 20 AREA YOU WILL FILL UP. >> THE WAY THEY LOOKED AT IT IS PLAQUES WOLD BE LARGE NUMBER OF THE HAVE THE IMAGE AND BRIEF HISTORY. AT THE TIME, WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT, PRICES WERE RANGING AROUND 2000 PER PLAQUE. WITH THE GOING THROUGH PLAQUES AS OPPOSES WOULD ALLOW FOR AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE MORE THAN AND THE PLAQUE SIZE CAN VAER YEA, I WILL BE STANDARD SIZE. WE HAVEN'T SOLIDISFIED A SIZE YET. >> THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A POLICY. THE POLICY SHOULD BEGIN WITH WHO RECEIVES THE APPLICATION. WHO REVIEWED THE APPLY CONTAINS. AND FROM THERE WHO MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION TOY THE CITY COMMISSION. IF THIS IS A CITY COMMISSION POLICY ULTIMATELY YOU WILL MAKE THE DETERMINING WE MAY NEED RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THAT POLICY. I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP IN THIS INITIATIVE. MR. REELS WILL BRING THAT RESOLUTION AND POLICY BACK. >> MY PERSONAL OPINION IS, I WOULD STRONGLY. I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS THAT PIONEERS SHOULD BE MY NEARS. SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DWIFRP OR SOME OTHER THINGS. THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAD INTERESTING CONTRIBUTION. TO ME THEY ALL NO ALL PIONEERS IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE WORD. >> I THINK IT'S THE CRITERIA. THAT MAY INCLUDE THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE POLICY. >> WHEN THAT PARKS CREATED, IT WAS CREATED IN THE LINCOLN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE RESEARCH. >> ARE WE READY. [12. CONSENT AGENDA] >> MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL H AND ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER >> PULL, G, MADAM MAYOR. >> G AND H. IF THERE'S NO OTHER, I WILL ENTER TANK ENTER ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. [g. Authorize staff to apply for and accept a grant amount of $300,000.00 for the FY2022 Safe Streets and Roads For All Grant (SS4A) from the United States Department of Transportation.] >> WE WILL START WITH ITEM 12-G. AUTHORIZE STAFF. >> JUST A QUESTION QUESTION FOR ME. THERE'S NOT BEEN A DECISION MADE TO WHEN WE ARE AWARDED THIS GRANT. THIS THE AUTHORIZATION FOR US TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT. WE HAVE -- THERE'S BEEN NO DISCUSSION AS TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY. >> DIDN'T THEY MAKE PRESENTATION RECENT MEALING AND TELL US ABOUT THE GRANT. >> IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN WE HAVE OUR CITY ENGINEER COMING TO GIVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION. I BELIEVE THIS WAS FOR DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT BY CONSULTANT. NOT NECESSARILY FOR A PROJECT BUT JUST MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THAT'S CORRECT. THE FIRST STEP IN THIS TO DO A FEASIBLE STUDY TO IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. THIS THE FIRST STEP TO APPLY [01:05:02] FOR THE GRANT, TO DO THE STUDY AND THEN PROCEED FROM THERE. >> OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO DO A STUDY OF THE AREAS IN FT. PIERCE WHERE BEST USE THE MONEY AND THEY WILL COME BACK TO US. >> THAT'S JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. THAT'S ALL. >> MADAM, MAYOR, IF I COULD ADD REAL QUICK FOR TPO POINT OF VIEW WHEN WE LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY THAT SAFETY ACTION PLAN WHERE WE'RE IN THE ENGINEER. OR JUST WITHIN OUR OWN JERGS. DO A STUDY ON IT AND ONE OF THE GRANTS. USUALLY YOU DO THE MONEY ONCE YOU DO THE WORK UP FRONT. WE MAY HELP YOU OUT. WE'RE GETTING HELP UP FRONT ON THIS ONE. >> ALL RIGHT. >> AND COMMISSIONER, JOHNSON, I REMEMBER. I DID PAY ATTENTION TO THAT PRESENTATION. >> A LOT HAS HAPPENED. >> I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. I WASN'T A STUDY FOR LIKE DOWNTOWN OR SOMETHING. IT'S A STUDY FOR ALL OF FT. PIERCE. THAT'S WHERE WE CAN USE AND MAKE EVERYONE SAFE. YOU SAID, YES. I READ IT. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. >> I MAKE A MOTION WE ACCEPT 12-G. >> SECOND. >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. [h. Approval to piggyback Sourcewell Contract #010521-LTS to purchase playground equipment for the Pinewood Park Playground Project, in amount not to exceed $53,280.79, from Miracle Recreation Equip Co., Monett, MO.] THEN WE HAVE ITEM H WHICH IS APPROVAL TO PIGGYBACK SOURCEWELL CONTRACT 010521-LTS TO PURCHASE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PINEWOOD PARK PLAYGROUND PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 53,280.79 FOR MIRACLE RECREATION EQUIPMENT COMPANY OF MONETT, MISSOURI. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER. THE COVER MEMO SAID IT'S A COMMUNITY BUILD. IT'S NOT. BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED. I'M EXCITED THAT WE WILL DO THIS IN PINEWOOD PARK. THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WE WOULD LIKE TO RECLAIM FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M ALL FOR IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS NOT A COMMUNITY BUILD. BUT COMMISSIONER PERONA, KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE REAL COMMUNITY BUILD. >> I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION. IF SOMEONE WOULD MAKE A MOTION. IT WOULD BE HAPPY. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> [a. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 22-019 amending Chapter 103, Article IX, Section 103-343 "Clean and Safe Community Initiative". FIRST READING] NEXT WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND FIRST WE HAVE ORDINANCE 1212-091. AMEND CODE OFS ORNANCE OF THE CITY OF FORTS PIERCE, FLORIDA. AMOUNTING CHAPTER 103,ARTICLE IX. SECTION 103-343 CLEAN AND SAFE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE. AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE THIS IS THE FIRST READING. >> MR. MIMMS, DO YOU HAVE LEAD-IN FOR THIS. >> NO, MA'AM. >> IT'S ALL YOURS. >> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT THAT AMENDING THE ORDINANCE FOR THE CLEAN AND SAFE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE. WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS PRIOR TO THE BUDGET. THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO THIS ORDINANCE. AND BECAUSE IT IS AN ORDINANCE IT REQUIRES TWO READING. STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT WE LEE LOCATE TO A TEST SLOOU WITH THE ORDINANCE ITSELF BEING CHANGED TO ESTABLISH THE CLEAN AND SAFETY COMMUNITY REQUIRE THAT EXPIRATION DATE BY INCLUDED IN ANY RESOLUTION. I CAN'T GO INDEFINITE AND MUST HAVE A TERMINATION DATE. THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF WHAT THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY. >> ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF. THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE PLEASE COME FORWARD. >> SEEING NO MOVEMENT. WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS ALLOWS A MORE FLEXIBLE PURPOSE. >> CORRECT. >> IT'S STILL GOING TO BE THREE YEARS. EVERY THREE YEARS. I WOULD REQUIRE SUNSET DATE. [01:10:02] >> IT DOESN'T SAY THREE YEARS. IT DOES REQUIRE A SUNSET DATE. >> THAT'S WHAT WE DID FOR THE FIRST ONE. >> AND THE SECOND ONE. >> WE DONE IT THE SECOND TIME. >> IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. [b. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 22-022 - Review and approval of an application of a Future Land Use Map Amendment submitted by property owner Brent Moody of the Freedom Roads Property Company, LLC and applicant Alejandro Toro of the Engineering Design & Construction, Inc, to change the Future Land Use from General Commercial, GC to High Density Residential, RH at 2101 and 2151 S Jenkins Road Fort Pierce, fl 34947. Parcel IDs: 2313-800-0002-000-7 and 2313-800-0004-000-1. FIRST READING] >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE OR NARNS 22-022 ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COMMISSION AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT OR NEAR 2101 AND 2151 SOUTH JENKINS FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO HIGH RESIDENCY. PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE FIRST READING. >> WELCOME. >> PROCEED. >> GOOCHLAND G-- GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT. FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2101 SOUTH JENKINS AND 2151 SOUTH JENKINS ROADS. THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 17.25 ACRES. CURRENT LAND USE THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL. AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO GO TO RH WHICH IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING FUTURE LAND USE. CONSISTENT WITH COMP PLAN. DOESN'T EFFECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY CONVENIENCE AND GENERAL WELFARE. POSSIBLE ACTION OF CITY COMMISSION APPROVE THE PROPOSED WITH NO CHANGES. APPROVAL WITH CHANGES OR DISAPPROVAL. >> ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> WHAT'S THE ZONING THAT'S CORRECTLY TO THE SOUTH? >> TO THE SOUTH? IT'S LOGAN CITY RESIDENTIAL. RH IS CONSISTENT TOWN EAST SIDE. THAT'S RIGHT IN BACK OF OR FRONT OF? >> THAT'S IN FRONT OF CAMPING WORLD. >> IS THAT CANAL ON THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE ALSO? CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. >> THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE PLEASE COME FORWARD. NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION AND THE MOTION. >> >> I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. [c. Quasi-Judicial Hearing - Ordinance 22-023 - Review and approval of an application of a Zoning Atlas Map Amendment submitted by property owner Brent Moody of the Freedom Roads Property Company, LLC and applicant Alejandro Toro of the Engineering Design & Construction, Inc, to change the Zoning from General Commercial, C-3, to High Density Residential, R-5, at 2101 and 2151 S Jenkins Road Fort Pierce, FL 34947. Parcel IDs: 2313-800-0002-000-7 and 2313-800-0004-000-1. FIRST READING] >> NEXT WE HAVE A QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING. FOR ORDINANCE 22-023 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE, FLORIDA REZONING THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT OR NEAR 2101 AND 2151 SOUTH JENKINS FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE FIRST READING. >> MISS EARLY, WOULD YOU READ OUR INSTRUCTIONS, PLEASE. THE CITY COMMISSION SERVES BOTH A LEGISLATIVE AND QUASI-JUDICIAL ROLE. WHEN ACTING AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY ENGAGE IN LAWMAKER MAKING ACTIVITY. WHEN ACTING AS QUASI-JUDICIAL THEY APPLY THE LAW AND POLICY AND HELD TO STRICTER STANDARD. THEY MUST FOLLOW BASIC STANDARD AND DECISIONS MUST BE MADE BASED ON COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. THAT'S WHY THE COMMISSION HAS ESTABLISHED THE UNIFORM PROCEDURES THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED THISSENING. FINALLY NO ONE SHOULD APPROACH ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY ATTORNEY OR THE CITY LEARN. IF DOCUMENTS ARE TO BE GIVEN TO CLERK, PLEASE PROVIDE THEM TO SERGEANT-AT-ARMS WHICH IS ONE OF THE UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CHAMBER. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CONFIRM COMPLIANCE WITH THE ADVERTISING AND NOTICE REQUIREMENT. >> WE MET THE ADVERTISING REQUIREMENT. WOULD YOU ASK COMMISSIONER ABOUT EX PARTE [01:15:03] COMMUNICATION? >> JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM I HAVE HAD MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPERS. >> J. JOHNSON? >> NO. >> COMMISSIONER PERONA? >> NO, MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON? >> NO, MA'AM. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SWEAR IN THE WITNESSES. >> ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. >> ALL RIGHTY. PROCEED, PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A REZONING PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AT 2101 AND 2151 SOUTH JENKINS ROAD. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ONCE AGAIN APPROXIMATE I WILL 17.26 ACRE. THE APPLICANT PROPOSING R-F WHICH IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WHICH WOULD COMPLIMENT THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVAL FUTURE LAND USE OF H. STAFF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. IT DOES NOTED A VERSIONLY EFFECT THE GENERAL WELFARE. THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE MEETING ON JULY 13TH. 202 UNANIMOUSLY VOTED REP REPATROL OF REQUEST. NO CHANGES APPROVAL OF THE REZONING WITH CHANGES OR DISAPPROVAL. THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD PLEASE. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF RIGHT NOW. >> ALL RIGHTY. >> WOULD -- WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT? >> THIS IS -- WE'RE CALLING IT HILL POINT RESIDENTIAL. WE'RE GOING FOR FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING AMENDMENTS RIGHT NOW. I WILL BE SURE TO FOLLOW UP WITH AN APPLICATION FOR A SITE PLAN APPLICATION IN WHICH I WILL SEE IF STAFF MEMBERS REVIEW RIGHT AFTER. >> YOU ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING MULTIPLE FAMILY HOMES ON THIS? >>. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I MAY ASK YOU TO COME BACK UP. SEEING NOBODY ELSE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OR DISCUSSION. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE 22-023. >> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. [a. Resolution 22-R31 reappointing Barbara Marshall-Bennett as the District 1 representative on the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority Board.] . THE NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 22-R-31 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF FT. PIERCE FLORIDA CERTIFY APPOINTMENT OF THE FT. PIERCE UTILITIES AUTHORITY BOARD THIS IS RESOLUTION REAPPOINTING BARBARA MARSHALL-BENNETT AS THE DISTRICT ONE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE UTILITY BILL. >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> MOVE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 22-R31. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND; CALL THE ROLL [b. Resolution 22-R32 authorizing the execution of a Reconstruction Agreement with Outfront Media to remove the existing sign at 3362 South US Highway 1 and construct a replacement sign pursuant to Florida Statutes.] PLEASE. >> ROLL CALL. >> NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION 22-R-32. AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION A RECONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH OUTFRONT MEDIA TO MOVE THE EXISTING SIGN LOCATED 3362 SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY 1 AND CONSTRUCT A REPLACEMENT SIGN POUR SUNT TO FLORIDA STATUTES. >> MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. RESOLUTION THERE'S AN EXISTING BILLBOARD THAT -- OR SIGN LOCATED 3362 OF SOUTH U.S. ONE. THAT SIGN WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED. WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE APPLICANT AND THE DEVELOPER TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PROPER PERMITTING AND LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL GUIDELINES. AND PURSUANT TO THAT, ONCE THAT SIGN HAS BEEN ERECTED/CONSTRUCTED. THEN THIS DEVELOPER HAS OFFERED TO IS CITY OF FT. PIERCE TO UTILIZE THIS PLATFORM TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. EMERGENCY STATEMENTS UPCOMING EVENTS AND IN ADDITION THE CITY OF [01:20:02] FT. PIERCE WILL RECEIVE A KIND $10,000 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DONATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO HELP WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY AND BEAUTIFICATION. >> HOW COULD WE BE AGAINST THAT? >> JUST PLACING HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION? >> ANY DISCUSSION? >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. >> I DO BELIEVE SOCIETY. LES. DIGITAL. IS THERE A MOTION? >> MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. [c. Resolution 22-R33 accepting the returns of the August 23, 2022 Primary Election.] >> NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION 22-R-32. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION -- >> SORRY. >> RESOLUTION 22-R33 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE STILL OF FT. PIERCE FLORIDA ACCEPTING THE RETURNS OF PRIMARY ELECTION HELD ON AUGUST 23RD, 2022 AS PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> I MAKE A MOTION WE ACCEPT. >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> BRACK -- [d. Submittal of applications for the Communitywide Council.] APPLICATION. THIS COME BACK IN THE NEXT MEETING IN THE FORMOL BALLOT AND RESOLUTION FOR YOU TO SELECT NEW MEMBERS. >> ALL THREE WE HAVE POSITIONS FOR ALL THREE? >> YES. WE DO. HOPEFULLY WE GET BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING. IF ANYONE WANT TO SERVE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE APPLICATION. >> WE NEED MEMBERS. >> BOARD STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN MEMBERSHIP. THEY SERVE AN IMPORTANT [e. Appointment of Commissioner Gaines to serve on the Homeless Advisory Committee as the City of Fort Pierce representative.] FUNCTION FOR OUR CITY. >> ALL RIGHT. >> NEXT WE HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER GAINES TO SERVE ON THE HOMELESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE REPRESENTATIVE. THIS IS A HE SERVED ON THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE THAT THE COUNTY TOGETHER AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE. IF FINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS TO INFORM THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEY HAVE -- THE CITY HAS A SEAT AND COMMISSIONER GAIN HAS ANG KNOWLEDGE TO AGREEMENT TO SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> DISCUSSION? >> NO DISCUSSION. >> COMMISSIONER GAINES. YOU GET TO VOTE FIRST. [15. 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.] NEXT WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. >> THIS IS TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. WHEN YOU COME FORWARD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. AND YOU WILL BEGIN A WARNING WHEN YOU'RE THREE MINUTES IS ALMOST UP. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO MOVEMENT, I DO SEE MOVEMENT NOW. [INAUDIBLE] WHETHER YOU ENTERTAINER, MUSICIAN, COMEDIAN, A MAGICIAN, THIS THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO BY RERECORDING AND HAVING THE BURN UP THERE. THEY CAN'T DO IT LIVE. AND THIS IS JUST NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO BUSINESS IN GENERAL. THERE'S NO OTHER SPOT IN THE WHOLE CITY THAT HAS TO DO THIS. THAT BEING SAID, IT'S BEEN FIVE MONTHS SINCE WE BEEN SHUTDOWN. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMMUNICATION WHATSOEVER. LAST TIME I WAS UP HERE. TWO LAWYERS ON YOUR STAFF SAID IF THIS WAS LITIGATED AGAINST IT WOULDN'T BE GOOD OUTCOME FOR YOU. THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE -- >> ANYWAYS, THERE'S BEEN -- >> WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME. >> JONATHAN NOLLY. >> THE POINT OF IT IS THIS PROPER WAY TO COMMUNICATION. PROPER WAY TO HAVE ENTERTAINMENT LIKE THIS. [01:25:04] NOT LIKE THAT. YOU GUYS REALIZE IT AS WELL. YOU CAN'T HAVE JAZZ MUSIC OR PEOPLE ON A MICROPHONE ANYMORE. IT'S NOT PROPER. THERE HAS BEEN AN UPDATED ORDINANCE DRAFTED. ALL WE ASK IS TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA. AND ALSO PASS IT. READ IT OVER. IT LOOKS GREAT FOR ALL SIDES INVOLVED. MY OPINION, AND FOR WHATEVER THAT IS WORTH. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. >> ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION; PLEASE COME FORWARD. >> LET'S MOVE ON. >> COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER. >> MR. MIMMS? >> NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. >> MISS COX? >> I HAVE NO COMMENTS MADAM MAYOR. >> NO COMMENTS. >> I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING NICE. >> COMMISSIONERS? >> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? >> WANT TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? >> GENTLEMAN WAS HERE MOST OF THE MEETING. >> COME UP, QUICKLY. >> STATE YOUR NAME QUICKLY. I'M REOPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS GENTLEMAN WILL SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT FT. PIERCE. >> I AM. >> I LIVE IN JENISON BEACH. OVER 40 YEARS. BEEN COMING DOWN THIS ROAD FOR 40 YEARS. EVERY KIND OF WEATHER. I LOVE FT. PIERCE. ALWAYS HAVE. MUSIC MEAN A LOT TO ME. THIS VARIANCE MEAN A LOT TO THESE MUSICIANS. I TRAVEL THE STATE PLAYING. IN A PLAY. I'M VERY INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY. THESE KIDS ARE AWESOME. THERE'S NOT HAVE MANY PLACES LIKE DOWNTOWN FT. PIERCE AND THE MUSIC COMMUNITY GOING ON HERE AROUND THE STATE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT. I CAN TELL YOU THE PLACES I'VE BEEN TO WHICH IS EVERYWHERE. I LOVE FLORIDA. I LOVE FT. PIERCE. GIVE ME A CHANCE. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE BEEF IS. ALL I KNOW I'VE SEEN FT. PIERCE OVER 40 YEARS GET BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER. THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. ALL THE THINGS MOVING IN. THAT MAKES IT BEAUTIFUL. HURRICANES 2005. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD REJUVENATE THIS TOWN. I HAVE WRITTEN SONGS FOR FT. PIERCE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS CRAP. EVERYWHERE. I'VE BEEN A COUNTY RESIDENT FOR A LONG TIME. I STICK BY THAT. THEY HAVE FAILED COMPLETELY IN DOING WHAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND FROM EAST OF THE U.S. ONE GOING THAT WAY THAT'S WHAT I WILL SAY. >> YOU KNOW, I GET OFF ON 95 WHEN I COME BACK FROM DAYTONA SO I CAN DRIVE-THRU FT. PIERCE. I'VE BEEN OFF VIRGINIA. I LIVE DOWN IN JENSON. I HOPE I AM NOT BORING YOU. BUT REALLY THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE. I DIDN'T HAPPEN LAST WEEK. ICE BEEN GOING ON AND ON AND ON. I'M PROUD TO TELL PEOPLE TO COME TO FT. PIERCE. I RECOMMEND IT. WE LIVE IN A VERY BEAUTIFUL AREA. I THINK MUSIC HAS A LOT TO DO WITH HOW IT ALL COMES BACK. IT'S ALL ABOUT SONGS IN YOUR HEART. GIVE THE KIDS A CHANCE. I DON'T KNOW THE BEEF. I'M SURE 11:00 ISN'T TOO PLACE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HOURS ARE. >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. SINCE I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? >> HELLO. >> WELCOME. >> YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER THIS AGAIN. I WANTED TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LOOKING AT THIS. AND WE REALLY -- I'VE EXPRESSED IN E-MAILS LIKE THE LOSS OF REVENUE. IT'S A REAL THING. IT HASN'T COMPLETELY CRUSHED US. IF WE START TO GET INTO THE [01:30:01] SEASON; AND WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THIS, THEN THAT IMPACT IS REALLY MAGNIFIED. WE JUST WANT TO ASK THAT WE GET THIS ORDINANCE ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ONCE IT'S ON THE AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO VOTE TO PASS IT. YOU KNOW IT'S 9:00. NOT 11:00. FOR THE RECORD. IT DOESN'T GET DARK UNTIL 9:00 IN THE SUMMER TIME. A LITTLE BIT OF MUSIC NEVER HEARD ANYBODY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> OKAY. I'VE OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? >> YES. >> PLEASE COME FORWARD. WE'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPENED IT BACK UP AGAIN BECAUSE I CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE. YOU WERE OUT THERE WAITING OR DOING THING OUT THERE. PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME. >> I'M ERIN FRIED. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT PIERCE CIDER AND WITH OUR KIDS. LIVE MUSIC OVER THERE WAS NEVER LOUD OR OBNOXIOUS. IT WAS GOOD MUSIC. I SAID IT THE FIRST TIME TOO. IF I WILL BUY A HOUSE AND I WANT PEACE AND QUIET. I WILL BY A FARM. NOT DOWNTOWN FT. PIERCE ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS. A LITTLE BIT OF MUSIC AND SOUND IS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ENDING AT 9:00. YOU KNOW, I COULD GO TO BED AT 9:00. I'M WELL RESTED IN THE MORNING. I THINK MOST PEOPLE CAN. THAT'S ALL I GO. >> THANK YOU, SIR. IS >> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE. I'M CLOSING IT FOR THE FINAL TIME. THIS IS IT. [17. COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION] OKAY. IT'S CLOSED. NEXT WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE CITY COMMISSION. >> IS THERE A VOLUNTEER TO GO FIRST? >> I WILL GO FIRST. >> REAL QUICK. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF OF THE FIREHAWKS. IT WAS A GREAT SATURDAY. I THINK EVERY TEAM WON. IT WAS -- WE HAVE SO MANY KIDS IN THE PROGRAM THAT WE ACTUALLY SPLIT -- THEY WERE SPLIT SOMEWHERE IN FT. PIERCE AND SOME WERE PLAYING THE PORT OF ST. LUCIE. IF YOU DROVE DOWN 13TH STREET AND M SATURDAY NIGHT, YOU SAW THIS EXCITEMENT RIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF PARENTS, AND KIDS I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A CONGRATULATION FOR COMING IN SECOND PLACE. WE HAD A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN FROM NORTH SIDE THAT JOINED WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS FROM GIFFORD. AND THEY FORMED A TEAM AND IT WENT AND THEY PLAYED IN THE JACKIE ROBINSON LABOR DAY TOURNAMENT. AND WE FINISHED SECOND. VERY PROUD OF THOSE YOUNG MEN AND JUST WANTED TO TELL THEM TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. >> GREAT. >> ANYONE WANT THE GO NEXT? >> COMMISSIONER PERONA? >> SURE. >> YOU WILL BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THIS. NOW THAT WE'RE APPROACHING BILL DATE AT JC PARK. HOPEFULLY FOLKS HAVE ALREADY HEARD. WE DO KNOW SOME FAMILIES HAVE SHOWED UP AT THE PARK. ALL OF A SUDDEN I FOUND THIS IS A BIG HEAPING DIRT MOUND NOW. THE JC PLAYGROUND THAT HAS A LOT OF HISTORY FOR A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DISMANTLED AND IS GONE. WE'RE GETTING READY FOR OUT BUILD. WHICH HAPPENED BEGINNING FIVE WEEKS FROM TODAY. AND IT'S GOING TO BE IN SIX DAYS WE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THAT ENTIRE PLAYGROUND. I KNOW MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION AND CITY OF FT. PIERCE WILL BE INVOLVED. AND WE'RE REACHING OUT TO ASK PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS. IF YOU HAVE A FREE HOUR. OR A FREE COUPLE OF HOURS, PLEASE COME OUT DURING THE BUILD. WHICH IS OCTOBER 11TH THROUGH THE 16TH. THAT'S TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. YOU'LL HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE. IF YOU ARE THERE FOR LUNCH. WE'LL SERVE YOU LUNCH. IF YOU ARE THERE FOR DINNER. WE'LL SERVE YOUR DINNER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SPECIFIC SKILLS. WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING. BRING A PAIR OF JEANS, A SHIRT AND GREAT ATTITUDE. YOU WILL BE A PART OF THE HISTORY WE'RE BUILDING FOR THE KIDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOU ARE GETTING INTO ALL THE ISSUES LIKE THAT. YOU FIND OUT HOW HOW COMPLEX [01:35:09] THAT IS. TO MAKE SURE THIS PARK CAN BE ACCEPTABLE FOR ANY CHILD OUT THERE. THAT'S THE BIG THING. YOU CAN GET ONLINE. CITY OF FT. PIERCE. THERE'S A SITE THAT YOU CAN GO TO IMMEDIATELY, THAT YOU CAN VOLUNTEER FOR. YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE STILL TO EFFORTS AND MONEY AND TIME. IF YOU HAVE TOOLS TO DONATE. THERE'S A LIST OF TOOLS YOU CAN DONATE. THEY WILL BE RETURNED IN THE LIKE CONDITION. IF YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT TOUR, OR YOU HAVE A CAFE OR YOU HAVE A DONUT SHOP. YOU CAN DONATE FOOD TO THE EFFORT. WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOLKS TO SPONSOR LUNCH AND DINNER. ALL THAT STUFF IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. IT'S KIDSPARK@JCPARK.COM. WE EXPECT OVER 2000 TO COME OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE NOW GETTING A LOT OF FOLKS ONBOARD. WE HAVE SOME CORPORATE SPONSORS ALREADY. I WILL ANNOUNCE THEM NEXT TIME. IT'S KIND OF EXCITING. I WAS ON SITE TODAY WITH ONE OF THE BIG CORPORATE SPONSORS WHO WANTED TO CHECK THE FACILITIES AND GO THROUGH IT ALL. THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO THIS. WE'RE ON RADIO SHOW AND TV TRYING TO GET THIS THINGS PUSHED FORWARD. WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT ALL. IT ALL STARTED AT THIS COMMISSION. IT'S NOW OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS TURNED INTO SOON A REALITY. SITES SOMETHING WE CAN BE PROUD OF. IT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT AS THE CITY MOVING FORWARD. ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID. >> THEY ARE PART OF THE SAFETY. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TIME LAPSE CAMERA THAT'S BEEN CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT. YOU ARE THERE. NICK, IF YOU ARE IN THE SAME SPOT FOR LIKE TWO HOURS WE WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T MOVE. THIS IS YOUR DUE TO -- IF YOU WILL STAND AROUND. JUST MOVE AROUND. WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT. THERE'S -- THIS -- WE WANT TO CAPTURE IT FOR THE HISTORY TOO. GOING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLINE. WE'RE SENDING STUFF OUT. IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN AS THE VOLUNTEER OR SOME TYPE OF CONTRIBUTOR. PLEASE DO SO. AGAIN, THESE FIVE WEEKS WILL GO VERY, VERY FAST. >> AND VERY, VERY UNIQUE PARK. >> IT WILL BE BACK AT THE CITY. I NEEDED IT AS VISUAL AIDE AND A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT. CITY HALL WILL HAVE IT BACK IN FRONT. IT WILL BE HERE. >> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON DO YOU WANT TO GO NEXT. >> THANK YOU. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BUILD. I WILL SUPERVISE AT LUNCH HOUR AND HANDING OUT FOOD AND CONSUMPTION. COUNT ON ME FOR THAT. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO BRING TO COMMISSION'S ATTENTION. I'VE BEEN HOLDING A COUPLE OF MEETING HERE. ACTUALLY ONE IN PARTICULAR. IT'S THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. I AM MEETING WITH THE CROSS SECTION OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS. THIS STARTED AS THE CONVERSATION I WAS HAVING WITH THE PEOPLE AT THE UP CENTER ON 25TH STREET ON MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD. IT SPURRED FROM A VISIT THERE TO MEET THE NEW STAFF. WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION. AND THEN PASTOR HAYES HAD ANOTHER GREAT CONVERSATION. WHAT WAS THE CHALLENGE WAS HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO GET RESOURCEFUL INFORMATION TO THE MOST IMPACTFUL GROUP ACROSS OUR CITY AND COUNTY AND ITS RELIGIOUS LEADERS. THAT HAS KICKED OFF THE MEETING THAT HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES. WE MEET EVERY SECOND TUESDAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I PUBLICLY SAY THAT NOW. THOSE RELIGIOUS LEADER THAT JOIN US WE MEET AT 11:00. WE ARE OUT BY 12:00. MAYBE 12:30. >> WHERE DO YOU MEET? >> AT THE UP CENTER. WE'VE WITHIN ABLE TO BRING AND ANSWER SOME QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY THAT SERVES OUR COMMUNITY. FROM HEALTHCARE, TO HOMELESSNESS, TO YOU KNOW, WEATHER SHELTERS. ALL OF THESE THINGS WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH. GREAT UNDERSTANDING. GREAT CONVERSATIONS. WE'RE CONSTANTLY INVITED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN. [01:40:02] WE SOON WILL INVITE MR. MIMMS IN TO BRING IN RESOURCES. THAT COMMITTEE AND THIS GROUP IS REALLY JUST A UNIQUE BLEND. WE'VE HAD ALL KIND OF PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY THERE. IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT GREAT CONVERSATION OF PEOPLE JUST SHARING RESOURCES AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED. THERE WAS A PARTICULAR GROUP THAT NEEDED TRANSPORTATION TO MOVE THEIR KIDS FROM ONE SPOT TO ANOTHER. THERE WAS ANOTHER RELIGIOUS LEADER WHO HAD ACCESS AND VOLUNTEERED TO DO IT. IT'S COMMUNITY HELPING COMMUNITY. THEY THEMED THIS ONE ST. LUCIE. I DIDN'T COME UP WITH IT. THEY CAME UP WITH IT. THIS ONE ST. LUCIE. WE'VE HAD PASTORS FROM ALL CHURCHES. THROUGHOUT THE CITY, FROM PORT ST. LUCIE. FROM EVERY DENOMINATION. IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY GREAT AND SOME OF THE NEWER RESOURCES HAVE COME LET OUR LEADERS WHO TOUCHED THE LIVES QUITE A BIT IN OUR COMMUNITY KNOW THEY ARE THERE AND IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY IMPACTFUL. I WANTED TO BRING THAT REALLY QUICK TO YOUR ATTENTION AS WE APPROACHED THAT ON THE 13TH. THAT WILL BE 11:00 A.M. TO NOON. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE PEOPLE DROP BY AND JUST BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. IT'S ONE THAT WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE MORE SOLUTIONS AND ANSWERS THAN WHAT THEY MAY BE AWARE OF. >> FT. PIERCE. THEY CAN ASK TO PRAY TO THE COMMISSION. >> ABSOLUTELY. I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS MOMENT. >> COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON. . >> WANTED TO TELL THE COMMISSION I WAS ABLE TO GET WITH FPUA STAFF AND THE DIRECTORS AND DO AN UPDATED TOUR OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE FACILITY AND THE NEW PROPERTY. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAD DONE IT PERSONALLY. JUST SEEING IT FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR VISION, I JUST WANT TO KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM. THAT LED ME INTO ABLE TO MEET WITH CONGRESSMAN MAST ABOUT THAT ALSO. HE'S BEEN TO THE SITE. I WAS WITH HIM ON THAT VISIT. BOTH THE OLD AND THE NEW. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE APPROPRIATIONS ARE AT LEAST SOME BILLS OUT THERE FOR 100 MILLION TO BRING TO THE 3-COUNTY AREA THAT HE HAS SPONSORING, AND 50 MILLION GOES TO -- WOULD GO TO PROJECT LIKE SEPTEMBER TO SEWER. THE OTHER 50 IF I HAVE THE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT WOULD GO TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT, WASTEWATER AGREEMENT PLANT, EITHER REJUVENATION. RENOVATION OR EXPANSION AND KNEW LIKE WHAT WE DO. THERE'S MONEY OUT THERE. I WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR DELEGATION WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ALSO TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO THEM. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO DO THAT SINCE WE CONTINUED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM. AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE STEAM BEHIND THE ENGINE. WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER. I LOVE THAT STUFF. I THINK ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY. AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S JUST UNIQUE FOR OUR CITY TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT. LOOK AT THAT PIECE OF PROMPT AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I JUST ENCOURAGE EACH ONE OF YOU TO DO THAT. IF YOU GET A CHANCE. AND OF COURSE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BUILD, LOOKING FORWARD TO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ENHANCE OUR RESOURCES WITHIN THE CITY FOR YOUTH SPECIFICALLY WHETHER IT'S A PARK OR REJUVINATING A PARK. GETTING INVOLVED IN YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS ALL THE WAY THROUGH. MANY YEARS THERE. IN DIFFERENT LEAGUES, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NEED TO WATCH. THEY SEE IT DIFFERENTLY. MY KIDS AND I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME. WHAT DO THEY SEE. JUST TEACH ME. LET ME BE A SPONGE. GET JEREMIAH OUT OF THE WAY. LET ME LISTEN AND BE A SPONGE OF WHAT THEY SEE. THEY SHARE WITH ME. AND THEY CALL ME CRAZY. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY KNOW I LISTEN. ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK AS WE APPROACH THE FALL AND THE WINTER SEASON WHERE MORE FOLKS ARE COMING IN, I'VE NOTICED AND HAD A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS. IT'S ODD THIS IS HAPPENING. FOLKS ARE NOTICING MORE SAILBOATS BEING MOORED. I KNOW WE CHANGED THE RULE. BECAUSE THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE AT THE MORING RESOLUTION. THAT'S BEEN PUSHED TO THE SIDE. HERE'S MY WORRY. AND MY -- I THINK MY WORRY IS JUSTIFIED. JUST FINDING OUT THE DATA. WHOEVER IT WE CONTACT FOR [01:45:04] ANY VESSEL IN TROUBLE. I WANT THAT TO BE KNOWN. IT'S A HOT POTATO AND GETS PASS AROUND WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE. SOMETHING BROKE LOOSE AND THEY WASHED ASHORE. MY NEXT QUESTION WILL BE, ALL RIGHT, WHAT HAPPENS WITH WASTE. WHAT ARE THESE FOLKS DOING MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU LIVE ON THE BOAT YOU ARE PROACTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS. YOU ARE ALWAYS USING THE RESOURCE OR TRYING TO PRODUCE WATER OUT OF SALTWATER OR DRINKING WATER OUT OF SALTWATER. I DON'T KNOW. I WANT TO KNOW WHO ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE TALKING TO THOSE FOLKS. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE CITY. RIGHT MR. MIMMS. IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH THIS COMMISSION, IT'S JUST INTERESTING. THE LAST TWO MONTHS. I HAD FOUR PHONE CALLS. RANDOM FOLKS. HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ANCHORED OUT THERE? I DRIVE BY IT ALL THE TIME. >> I'VE HAD THE SAME THING. IT HASN'T BEEN THAT RECENT. LIKE IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS. HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW MANY BOATS ARE MOORED OUT THERE. WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THEY'RE WASTE. >> I'VE HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. MIMMS AND MISS EARLY. THERE WAS EXPRESS TO ME THAT MARTIN COUNTY KICKED THEM OUT AND SENT THEM TO ST. LUCIE. SENT THEM TO US. THAT GOES AROUND THE LOT; DOESN'T IT? >> THEY SEND ALL THEIR HOMELESS TO US. THERE'S A LOT MORE BOTHS IN THE INLET THAN THERE USED TO BE. >> MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. THAT CONCERN IS A GROWING CONCERN. WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEAR IN THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE HAS NO JURISDICTION IN THE WATERS OF THE STATE. THE STATE OF FLORIDA CONTROLS THAT ENTIRELY. WHAT I CAN TRY TO DO IS GET REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONVERSATION SERVICE AND ALSO IS U.S. COAST GUARD. MAYBE THEY CAN SPEAK TO YOU AND TELL YOU HOW THEY HANDLED THE SITUATION. BECAUSE WE DON'T. >> THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EDUCATION FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS TOO. THEY ARE ALL WONDERING. >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS LET'S SAY HURRICANE IS COMING TO MAKE SURE THOSE BOATS ARE PROPERLY MOORED. IF NOT THEY BECOME MISSILES. THEY'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. IF WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY AND I THINK THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO MR. MIMMS BACK WHEN WE HAD THAT THREAT COMING THIS WAY; BE ABLE TO GO AND SAY, HEY, CHECK THAT BOAT MAKE SURE IT'S MOORED PROPERLY. THEY JUST FLOP AROUND AND TAKE OUT DOCKS. THEY TAKE OUT OTHER BOATS. THEY ARE DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. AND YET WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY OVER THAT. WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO. >> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. >> YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU. >> WE HAD SOME PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT. I WANT TO SAY THAT -- THAT THEY GOT A DRAFT BEFORE WE GOT A DRAFT. I THINK THEY DID PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. WERE ALL KIND -- ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S -- WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR ANYONE LISTENING AND THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT FROM THE COMMISSION. OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON THIS IN TIME SENSITIVE WAY. AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE. TRYING TO FIND A GOOD SOLUTION FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. I WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WON'T MAKE ANYONE HAPPY. I WILL BE A GOOD SOLUTION. I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH, I DID BRING IN THE CHECK FOR 2.7 MILLION DOLLARS. A REALLY BIG CHECK. >> WHAT DID YOU DO IT WITH MAYOR? . >> TRIED TO CASH IT. I THOUGHT BETTER OF IT. ANY WAY, WE GOT THAT GRANT -- THAT GRANT, AND IT AN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT. IT'S FOR CERTAIN DIFFERENT ITEMS NOT JUST FOR ONE PROJECT BUT FOR THE AREA AROUND BETWEEN SEAWAY AND MARINA -- THE ROUNDABOUT; RIGHT? INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THERE. WE WERE -- I WAS PLEASED WE GOT THAT GRANT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING ON OTHER GRANTS. ESPECIALLY FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. >> WITH THAT. I DIDN'T SPEND 2.7 MILLION DOLLARS. MR. SPEAKER MIMMS IS GOING SPEND IT. WE WILL ADJOURN. IF EVERYONE WILL LEAVE THE CHAMBERS, WE WILL TURN OUT THE LIGHTS AND MEET * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.