[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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MEETING TO ORDER, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 2022. PLEASE STAND FER THE OPENING PRAYER BY PASTOR TIM BARTON WITH THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDPLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE. . >> LET'S PRAY, OH, GOOD AND GRACIOUS GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US TO GATHER AND DO THE BUSINESS OF BEING ADMINISTRATORS OF THIS EARTH. GOD, WHEN YOU CREATED THE WORLD, YOU GAVE IT TO HUMANS AND SAID FOR US TO RULE OVER IT, BUT TO DO SO IN A MANNER THAT REFLECT DOES THE NATURE OF WHO YOU ARE. SO, GOD, WE ASK THAT IN THIS TIME, THAT WE WOULD FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOU GAVE TO ISRAEL TO THE PROFIT MICAH, TO DO JUSTICE, AND LOVE HUMBLE OUR HEARTS REMIND US THAT WE'RE A COMMUNITY OF EQUALS AND, LORD, HELP THIS BODY TO WALK A HUMILITY AS WE GO ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY, THIS GREAT GIFT WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US. HELP US DO RIGHT BY IT'S CITIZENS, HELP US TO DO RIGHT BY THOSE WHO HAVE ENTRUSTED US WITH LEADERSHIP. TO LEAD THEM WITH INTEGRITY. AND SO SHOW THIS WORLD THAT YOU ARE ALIVE AND WELL, IT'S IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
>> AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL." >> MAYOR HUDSON: CALL ROLL,
>> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON?
[a. Domestic Violence Awareness Month]
>> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.
>> COMMISSIONER PERONA. >> WE MOVE TO PROCLAMATIONS AND WE HAVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MOMONTH PROCLAMATION.
THE MAYOR'S GOING TO COME DOWN AND THE REST OF THE. WHEREAS DEMOCRACY VIOLENCE TRANS SENDS ALL ETHIC. RACIAL AND VIE LENGTHS. IT'S PERPETRATORS ABUSE VICTIM EMOTIONALLY.
WHEREAS DEMOCRACY VIOLENCE IS DEVASTATING BECAUSE IT SO OFTEN CURSE IN THE PRIVACY OF THE HOME, A PLACEMENT TO REPRESENT SHELTER AND SECURITY. FOR THIS REASON, AMERICANS MAY NOT REALIZE HOW WIDE SPREAD IT IS IN OUR OWN COUNTY. AND WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, AMERICANS SHOULD COMPENSATE THE SCARS THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEAVES ON OUR SOCIETY AND WHAT EACH OF US CAN DO TO PREVENT IT. WHEREAS EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN 10 MILLION WOMEN AND MEN EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL ABUSE BY THEIR INTIMATE PARTNERS AND WITH MANY EXPERIENCE REPEAT ABUSE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR. 90% OF CHILDREN OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS ARE EYE-WITNESSES TO THESE ATTACKS WHICH MAY BE A PRECURSOR TO CHILD ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WHEREAS OUR ADVOCATES HAVE WORKED TOGETHER WITH SAFE SPACE TO PROVIDE AWARENESS EDUCATION, AND REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTY. FOSTER AS SAFE, LOVING HOME ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERY FAMILY IN A SOCIET THAT REFUSES TO TOLERATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ANY FORM.
NOW, THEREFORE, I LINDA HUDSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA DO HEREBY DECLARE OCTOBER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MONTH HERE IN FORT PIERCE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND THEN YOU COULD TALK AND EXPLAIN AND WE COULD LET THEM BACK UP.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH. >> MAYOR HUDSON: IS THAT ALL
RIGHT? >> YES, THAT'S PERFECT. THANK
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YOU. >> CAN WE POSE FOR THE PICTURE
FIRST? >> SURE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.
>> LET'S DO IT. YOU'RE VERY KIND.
>> >> LET ME SEE THOSE RED SHOES.
>> I'M JUST TAKING A BUNCH. >> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS. >> SHE'S SHOES ARE KILLING ME.
>> SEE, THAT'S HOW IT IS TO WALK A MILE IN SOMEONE'S SHOES.
>> SO, ARE THEY GOOD SPORTS OR WHAT? (APPLAUSE) .
>> YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
TELL US ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? >> YES. I WOULD LOVE TO. GOOD ARCH, COMMISSIONERS AND GUESTS, MIME DR. TERESA, AND I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR SAFE SPACE. ON BEHALF OF SAFE SPACE MEMBERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR CHILDREN THAT WE SERVE EVERY TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND APPRECIATION FOR FORT PIERCE COMMISSION TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE AWARENESS DAY. THE MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND TREASURER OF THE BOARD. SO, I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL RECOGNIZE THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS BEEN A PANDEMIC WAY BEFORE THE COVID OUTBREAK. AND THE UNFORTUNATELY REALITY IS THAT THE LONG-LASTING EFFECTS OF THIS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE BRINGS WITH IT SEVERE CONSEQUENCES TO VICTIMS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AS WELL AS VERY STRONG AND IMPACTFUL CONSEQUENCE TOSS OUR FAMILIES, OUR SCHOOLS, PLACES OF WORSHIP, WORK PLACES, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND ON OUR SMALLEST AND MOST VULNERABLE, OUR CHILDREN. ALLOW ME TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING, BECAUSE, NUMBERS PAINT THE BEST PICTURE. IN FY '21-22, OUR HOTLINE CRISIS ADVOCATES MANAGED 4,000 CALLS AND THIS REPRESENTS AN 18% INFORM CREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, WE SERVED 430 VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ST. LUCY COUNTY CONSISTING OF 345 ADULTS AND 85 CHILDREN.
THESE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENT 55% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION WE SERVE THERE SAFE SPACE. 55%. WE ALSO PROVIDED THIS VICTIM'S AND SURVIVORS CLOSE TO 6,000 NIGHTS OF SHELTER. WE SERVED 262 OF THEM THROUGH OUR LEGAL STARTS AND INJUNCTIONS FOR PROTECTION.
WE CREATED 844 FINANCIAL SAFETY PLANS FOR THEM. AND OFFERED THEM OVER 5900 INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SESSIONS. SO, IN ADDITION TO THE DEVASTATING AFFECTS THAT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE HAS ON VICTIMS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN TO OUR COMMUNITIES IS SUBSTANTIAL. IN 2020, THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ST. LUCY COUNTY WERE ESTIMATED AT OVER $34 MILLION. THAT'S PER YEAR, $34 MILLION.
AND THAT INCLUDES, OF COURSE, CALLS RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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SERVICES, MEDICAL CARE, MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND, LOSS OF WAGES AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE. WITH THEREFORE MUST CONTINUE COLLABORATING AND WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT THAT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE HAS ON THE ECONOMY. THE ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ST.LUCY COUNTY. AND WHILE WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES IN THIS COUNTIES THREW THE SHELTERS LOCATED IN MARTIN AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. WE'RE LAUNCHING A FEASIBILITY STUDY THIS YEAR FOR AN ESTABLISHMENT OF A FACILITY RIGHT HERE IN ST. LUCY COUNTY. HOWEVER, IT RELIES ON THE RESOURCES THAT WE COULD SECURE FROM THE COUNTY'S GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, AND RESIDENTS. IN THE MEANTIME, WE CONTINUE TO OFFER NON-RESIDENTIAL OUTREACH SERVICES THROUGH THE OFFICES THAT WE HAVE IN THE BOY'S AND GIRL'S CLUB WEST SIDE CAMPUS.
THE IMPACT OF OUR WORK WITH VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTICVIOLENCE IS BEST EXSEMPLEFIED BY THEIR OWN WORDS.
AFTER BEING THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I CHOSE SAFE SPACE BECAUSE OF THE KEPT SUPPORTIVE STAFF. MY ADVOCATE WAS A CHAMP RONNE FOR ME AND A PILAR OF SUPPORT. SHE LOOKED FOR RESOURCES FOR ME TO HELP ME GET THROUGH THE DIFFICULTY TIMES, SHE WAS THERE FOR ME DURING COURT APPOINTMENTS AND THROUGH IT ALL. I STILL HURT FROM WHAT I WENT THROUGH, BUT, BECAUSE OF SAFE SPACE AND MY ADVOCATE, I'M STRONGER NOW AND ON THE ROAD TO LIVING A NORMAL LIFE WHILE CARING FOR MY SON.
MY ADVOCATE DIDN'T ABANDON ME SHE'S STILL THERE FOR ME EVEN NOW AS I AM LIVING LIFE AFTER RECOVERY AND THEY ARE CARING DOESN'T END JUST BECAUSE A CASE IS CLOSED. CLOSED QUOTE. THIS SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN REMAIN WORKING WITH US FOR AS LONG AS THEY NEED US. IT COULD BE MONTHS, IT WOULD BE YEARS, AND IT'S ALL FREE OF COST TO EVERY ADULT AND CHILD. SO, PLEASE, JOIN US AS WE STAND UP AND SPEAK UP AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY PARTICIPATING IN OUR 11TH ANNIVERSARY "WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES EVENT" IN FORT PIERCE, AS WE HELP ALL THE GENTLEMEN IN OUR AUDIENCE, WEAR THE SHOES AND WALK WITH US IN A SYMBOLIC MILE AS WE SPEAK AND BRING AWARENESS IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE IMPORTANT SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, BUT, MOST OF ALL, ABOUT THE SAFETY THAT WE OFFER VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SO, WHO BETTER TO SPEAK OF THIS FOR A MOMENT THAN OUR OWN CAPITAL
GOODNER OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOUR AND-A-HALF YEARS AND IT'S BEEN VERY REWARDING TO SEE THE WORK THAT WE TO FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE THREE-COUNTY AREA. BUT, IT'S UPSETTING, EVERYONE MONTH WHEN I SEE THE AGENDA, IN EXCESS OF 50% OF THE CLIENTS ARE FROM ST.
LUCY. SO, WE REALLY NEED A HOUSE AND SAFE PLACE IN FORT PIERCE. BUT, LIKE SHE SAID, IT'S GOING TO RELY ON DONORS TO KEEP THAT GOING. IT'S A VERY REWARDING EXPERIENCE. I REMEMBER AS A YOUNG COP IN ST. LUCY COUNTY, WE WERE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO KNOW WHERE THE SAFE SPACE WAS. WE TOOK THEM TO THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE ADVOCATE CAME UP AND GOT THEM. SO, IT WASN'T UNTIL I GOT ON THE BOARD THAT I GOT TO SEE THE FULL IMPACT OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM FOR THEM FOR SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU, SIR.
[7. LETTERS TO COMMISSION]
>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. (APPLAUSE)
. >> OKAY, THE FOLLOWING LETTERS WILL BE KEPT ON FILE THERE WAS A TRANSCRIPTION AVENUE VOICE MESSAGE FROM SHAWN HOLT, AND A LETTER FROM BISHOP WILLIAM AND CHARLIE ATORLY AND REVEREND KENNETH MILL SENIOR THANK YOUING THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE FOR HONORING, THE NINE HEROS AND COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALISTS JOE SWEATS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROGRAMS SUCCESS. AND WE RECEIVED A COMPLIMENTARY E-MAIL
[8. ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
IN APPRECIATION OF THE EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE PRIOED BY THE CITY CLERK AND HER STAFF IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. NOW, ADDITIONS[00:15:02]
AND DELETIONS OF THE AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.>> MAYOR HUDSON: MR. MIMES? >> MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO 5D A ITEM ON THE MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY RESPONSE DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE A REPORT TO YOU ON OUR ANIMAL SERVICES AND HOW THAT HAS QUICKLY TRANSITIONED TO A CITY
RESPONSIBILITY. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: THAT WILL BE 10-A, I PRESUME. AND, THERE'S AN ITEM THAT'S BEING PULLED BY STAFF. DO WE HAVE TO ACT ON
THAT? >> I THINK THAT WE COULD WAIT
UNTIL WE REACH THE CONSENSUS. >> MAYOR HUDSON: I WILL
ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> TO THE RESOLUTION.
>> SO, IS THAT BEING PULLED? >> YES. 13-A.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: CAN WE DO IT NOW. WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT
AS COMMISSIONER PERONA SAYS. >> YOU COULD DO IT NOW.
>> YES, WE CAN DO ANYTHING THAT WE WANT.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: SO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH THE
ADDITION AND THE DELETION. >> SO MOVED, MADAM MAYOR.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL.
[9. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS Any person who wishes to comment on an agenda item which is not under Public Hearings on the Agenda may be heard at this time and must sign up to speak in advance. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less, as directed by the Mayor, as this section of the Agenda is limited to thirty minutes. The City Commission will not be able to take any official actions under Comments from the Public. Speakers will address the Mayor, Commissioners, and the Public with respect. Inappropriate language will not be tolerated.]
>> COMMISSION HERB GAINES? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? YES, MA'AM.
>> MAYOR HUDSON. >> YES, MA'AM.
>> SHE KNOWS IT'S THREE MINUTES AND SHE GIVES HER NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL GET A WARNING LIGHT.
>> SUSAN, 22034 SOUTH INDIAN RIVER DRIVE FWO. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CITY'S NO DOCKING TASK OF TAKING ON FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER NOW THAT THE SUNRISE HUMANE SOCIETY DECIDED NOT TO ACCEPT THE CITY'S. I BELIEVE THE CITY WAS ACTING IN GOOD FAITH, WORKING WITH SHS REPS AND INCREASING BUDGET PLANS AND HELPING TO IMPROVE SHELTER OPERATIONS BY AGREEING TO SHSS REQUEST TO FINANCE AND HIRE A SHELTER ADMINISTRATOR AS A CITY POSITION. IT'S NAME UNDERSTANDING THAT SHS REPS. I HAVE ASKED AND HAVE BEEN REPETITIVE THAT YOU PLAN AND HOLD A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON SHELTER OPERATIONS AND INCLUDE SHELTER MANAGEMENT STAFF TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AND BE PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE BENEFICIAL IN PROMOTING THE SHELTER GARNERING, INCREASED RECOGNITION AND MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC.
I ALSO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE ONGOING PURSUIT IN ANIMAL INDUCTION POLICIES. KEEPING WITH THE CONCEPT OF LESS ANIMAL THE EQUALS LESS COST IN SHELTERING PERIOD. ONE OF THE POLICIES THAT I'VE PROMOTE SAN DIEGO A RETURN TO OWNER POLICY REGARDING ANIMALS IMPOUNDED MORE THAN ONCE TO BE FIXED ON THEIR IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS. WHICH LEADS TO INCREASED IMPOUNDS. THIS LEADS TO THE NEXT ISSUE, NEGOTIATING WITH MORE VETS AND PAY THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE IT WORTH THEIR TIME TO PROVIDE VALUABLE, LIFE SAVING SERVICES.
YOU'RE GOING TO PAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, EITHER YOU PAY FOR THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICES OR PAY FOR INCREASED ANIMAL OPERATION, SHELTERING COSTS, AND INCREASED KILLING. AGAIN, IT'S SIMPLE MATH. I DON'T THINK INCREASED KILLING IS REALLY AN OPTION YOU WANT TO CONSIDER. I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE THAT TOLD SUPPORT THE CHEAPER TO KILL OPTION. I THINK OUR CITY HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM THE OLD, CRUEL, INHUMANE THINKING. I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU WANT TO FIND A WAY TO RUN AN ANIMAL SHELTER THAT YOU WEPT BE A SHAMED OF. I HOPE THE DIRECTION YOU GO IT BECOMING A
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NO-KILL SHELTER. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU,
VERY MUCH. >> THAT DOES IT FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. >> MOVING ONTO OUR NEW ITEM 10-A, AN UP DATE ON THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE ON ANIMAL
SERVICES. >> OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'VE HAD A BACK AND FORT TYPE OF NEGOTIATING PROCESS WITH THE SUNSUNRISE HUMANE SOCIETY A WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH A CONCLUSION AND AGREEMENT WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. WE'RE HERE NOW, ATTEMPTING TO MOVE FORWARD IN A VERY POSITIVE DIRECTION BECAUSE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS THE CARE OF THE ANIMALS. SO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTOR GIVE
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US AN OVERVIEW PAL QUICKLY OF WHERE WE ARE AND OUR NEXT STEPSWITH REGARD TO THESE SERVICES. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU,
SIR. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, IT'S A BRIEF UPDATE BECAUSE OUR TRANSITION HAS ONLY BEEN UP IN LESS THAN A WEEK. WE'VE BEEN DOING AS MUCH AS WE COULD AS FAST AS WE CAN. IT'S ONE BIG QUESTION, IT IS ALL I HEAR EVERY TIME I TALK ABOUT SOMEONE IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE.
YES, THE CITY HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE HIGH NUMBER OF ANIMALS KEPT IN SHELTERS, I'VE BEEN OPEN ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT, NO, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A MASS EUTHANIZE. YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF ANIMALS, IN THERE, BUT NO, WE'RE NOT GOOD IN THERE TO DO A MASS EUTHANASIA. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT WELFARE TRENDS AND WE'RE CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THESE. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE NEW NAME OF THE FACILITY, THIS IS THE NEW WAY TO PROMOTE A POSITIVE MESSAGE IS THE FORT PIERCE ANIMAL CARE AAND ADOPTION CENTE.
WE WANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE STIGMA THAT GOES WWITH HUMANE SOCIETIES OR ANY TYPE OF SHELTER, THIS IS AN ADOPTION CENTER, AN ANIMAL CARE FACILITY. AND THIS IS WHAT STAFF PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UNLESS THERE'S OPPOSITION, OF THAT FACILITY. THE FORT PIERCE ANIMAL CACARE & ADOPTION CENTER AND WHAT ARE ARE THE UPCOMING CHANGES? WE'RE FIRST WORKING WITH IT ON A SOFTWARE PROGRAM. SO, WE'RE OPENING TO THE PUBLIC, TOMORROW, AT 11:00, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE YET, SO, WE'RE DOING IT ON POP. BUT, WE'RE OPENING TOMORROW AT 11:00 TO THE PUBLIC. WE'RE WORKING ON CREATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO RELOCATE THE ANIMALS. WE'RE WORKING WITH TRANSPORT THEM OUT. THE SUNRISE HUMANE SOCIETY STARTED THAT PROGRAM AND WE'RE CONTINUING THE EFFORT TO RELOCATE ANIMALS.
WE'RE WORKING ON TRAINING STAFF ON NEW APPROACHES TO HOUSING AND MAINTAINING ANIMALS AND WE'RE UPDATING OUR ADOPTION PROCEDURES. THE ANIMAL WELFARE EFFORTS ARE CHANGING AND EVOLVING, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THAT GOAL. AGAIN, IT'S BEEN LESS THAN A WEEK, SO, I'LL BE BACK BEFORE YOU AT A LATER
TIME WITH MORUP DATES. >> MAYOR HUDSON: QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER PERONA? >> FIRST OF ALL, I WENT DOWN AND VISITED WITH PEPEGGY,. BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND AS A BOARD MEMBER JUST TRY AND STAY AS CLOSE TO THE REALITIES THAT THE WERE HAPPENING, AND AGAIN, STAFF DID APP AMAZING JOB. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A TIME CLOCK TO PUNCH IN AND OUT, IT WASN'T THERE. STAFF WAS JUST THERE ALL THE TIME AND BETWEEN PEGGY AND JANE AND THE REST IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THEM. THE CITY MOVED FORWARD AND I'M PROUD WITH THE WAY THAT THE CITY MOVED FORWARD WITH SOLUTIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. MY FIRST, I THINK I WAS PUT ON THE BOARD, MAYOR YOU PUT ME ON THAT BOARD BACK IN APRIL OR MARCH AND IDENTIFIED THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THAT WERE THERE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND REACHED OUT TO MR. MIMMS, WHO PULLED IN PEGGY AND THE THREE OF US CAME UP WITH WORKABLE PLANS THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE SUSTAINABLE MOVING FORWARD. BUT, WE'VE ATTENDED BOARD MEETINGS WHERE IT WENT THE OTHER WAY, WHEN YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE THE ONE WITH ALL THE SOLUTIONS AND YOU FIND OUT THAT YOU'RE THE ENEMY, ALMOST. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PASSION AND COMMITMENT THAT HAS BEEN EXPENDED, A LOT OF TIME THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. UM, VERY EMOTIONAL FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THIS, BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS PEGGY SAID, IT'S THE CARE OF THE ANIMALS IS NUMBER ONE WHEN IT'S ALL OVER WITH. AS THE MUNICIPALITY WE HAVE THE ULTI SURE THAT STAYS IN PLACE. SO, I'M HAPPY WITH ALL OF THAT GOING
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FORWARD. I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN ALL OF THAT, SO, IF YOU CHANGED THE NAME, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT, NORMALLY WHEN YOU SAY "HUMANE SOCIETY" IT TRIGGERS A MARKETING IDEA THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FOLKS WOULD WANT TO BECOME INVOLVE WITH, MAY BE CONTRIBUTE TIME OR MONEY. DO YOU THINK BY NOT HAVING THAT PART OF YOUR NAME ANYWHERE IN THERE, THAT MIGHTHAVE AN AFFECT ON THAT? >> IT'S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE.
>> IT IS?" >> IT IS THE OPPOSITE BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THE HUMANE SOCIETY, PEOPLE WILL DONATE TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, THINKING THEY'RE DONATING TO AN UMBRELLA, YOU RECEIVE NO FUNDING FOR HAVING A HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. SO, IT DOES THE REVERSE. AND AGAIN WITH THE NEW ANIMAL WELFARE FRIENDS, ADOPTION CENTER IS A MUCH MORE POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE PERCEPTION. WE HAVE TO WORK ON CHANGING OUR PERCEPTION. WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THINGS, AND CHANGING THE NAME IS THE FIRST WAY TO DO IT.
>> AND, ARE WE A 501C3 OR AN APPROPRIATE ENTITY THAT CAN TAKE
CONTRIBUTIONS? >> SO, THE CITY, UNDERSTOOD IRS CODE AND PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS, BUT, I THINK IT'S 170 WITH A COUPLE OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS AFTER IT, SAYS YES.
WE'RE ALLOWED TO ACCEPT DONATIONS AS LONG AS IT'S FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. HAVING SAID THAT, WE'RE WORKING ON CREATING A FRIENDS OF THE 501 C 3 TO HELP WITH THAT. AGAIN, PERCEPTION BEING WHAT IT IS. YES, THE CITY IS ABLE TO ACCEPT DONATIONS OR CHARITABLE GIVING IN ANY WAY TO SUPPORT THE ANIMAL SHELTER BECAUSE IT'S FOR PUBLIC GOOD. BUT WE'RE ALSO CREATING A NEW
501 C 3 AS A FRIENDS-OF. >> THE CITY IS NOW TAKING MORE OF AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE OPERATION OF A SHELTER, DO YOU SEE THAT BEING PRETTY MUCH A MAIN STAY GOING FORWARD OR IS THERE OR ARE THERE PLANS TO BRING IN A THIRD-PARTY AND HAVE THE CITY AGAIN AS A SERVICE CONTRACT?
>> I BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM ONE OF MY CONSULTANTS IS THAT IT'S BEST TO HAVE THE CITY AS THE PRIMARY.
BECAUSE THE CHARITY CAN COME AND GO. WHEREAS THE STABILITY COULD BE THE CITY CREATING THE MANAGEMENT WITH A CHARITY SUPPORTING IT. AND THAT CHARITY CAN CHANGE. BUT, THAT WAY, THE CARE OF THE ANIMALS AND SUPPORT OF THE STAFF AND EVERYTHING WILL STAY THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHICH CHARITY IS IN PLACE AS THE
SUPPORTING AGENCY. >> MAYOR HUDSON: WERE YOU
ABLE TO RETAIN STAFF? >> I WAS. I DIDN'T. 57D
THEY'RE FABULOUS. >> SO, STAFF NOW BECOMES CITY
>> THAT'S A GOOD DEAL. OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER JOHNSON?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THIS DIAGRAM IN FRONT OF US, IS THIS THE OFFICIAL LOGO NOW OF THE FORT PIERCE ANIMAL CARE AAN
ADOPTION CENTER. >> THIS IS A CONCEPT.
NOTHING'S OFFICIAL YET. >> FAIR ENOUGH. WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT, IMAGERY IS IMPORTANT, RIGHT, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REBRANDING AND THERE ARE GREAT CONCEPTS HERE, AND I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. THE CONDITION IN WHICH WE INHERITED WHAT WAS ONCE A SHELTER NOW AN ADOPTION CENTER, ARE THE, THE, ASSETS THAT WERE THERE TO CARE FOR THE DOGS, THE FOOD ET CETERA, IS THAT IN SUPPLY THAT'S ADEQUATE RIGHT NOW TO MEET THE DEMAND THAT WE HAVE AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO THAT RUNWAY OF TIME THAT WE HAVE OF WHAT'S DOWN THERE. BECAUSE, A LOT OF THOSE PROCEEDS AND DONATIONS, MY UNDERSTANDING, IS THAT THEY WERE GIVEN TO THAT ORGANIZATION. SO, CAN YOU HELP
ME WITH THAT? >> REGARDING FOOD. YES, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN NEED OF MORE FOOD AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OBTAINING A PARTNER WITH ONE OF THE MANUFACTURERS OF FOOD SO THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT FOOD SUPPLY. BUT, THERE IS FOOD AND SUPPLIES THERE. IT DID TAKE QUITE A FEW THINGS DONATED TO THEIR ORGANIZATION TO THEM. BUT, WE'RE ABLE TO FEED THEM AND
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PROVIDE THE CLEANING OF THE FACILITY AND WHAT NOT.>> THERE WAS MY POINT, I UNDERSTAND THEY HAD ASSETS THAT BELONGED TO THEM, BUT, AS FAR AS THE FOOD, THE ANIMALS HAVE TO EAT AND YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH. FOR A GUESS, ARE WEE GOING TO BE
OKAY FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS? >> YES.
>> AND BACK TO THE 501C-3 PART OF THIS, IN WHICH COMMISSIONER PERONA TALKED ABOUT. THERE'LL BE A PURSUIT OF THAT ARM TO COME ALONG AS A PARTNERSHIP TO HELP WITH THIS?
>> MAYOR HUDSON: ANYBODY ELSE?
>> THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS AND CONTINUING TO BE DILIGENT AND MAKING SOMETHING POSITIVE OUT OF A ROUGH CIRCUMSTANCES AT THIS POINT. SO, OUR PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE NOW, THE SUNRISSUNRISE HUMANE S GROUP, ARE THEY STILL PARTNERING WITH THE PROCESS AND ARE THEY INTERESTED IN THE HEALTH CARE OF THE ANIMALS, AND ARE THEY STILL LOOKING TO BE AROUND IN THE
CITY? >> IT IS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WISH TO CONTINUE. NO. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THEY'VE BEEN RELOCATING, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO. BUT THEY'RE RE RELOCATING THEIR OPERATION TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
>> OKAY. AND YOU AND I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NAMING AND RENAMING. WHEN I FIRST READ IT, I PROMISE YOU, I WAS GOING TO CALL YOU AND SAY, I'M GOING OUT OF DOWN AND SAY, I'VE GOT A HURT LEG BECAUSE IT'S ANIMAL CARE. IN A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE, MY FIRST GLANCE WAS LIKE, I KNOW WHO TO CALL FOR MY PET INJURIES. THE WORD CARE IS THROWING ME OFF. I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE WORD SHELTER, BECAUSE PEOPLE IN GENERAL, WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO ADOPT A DOG, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE SHELTER. THE HUMANE SOCIETY COMES OUT AS WELL. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH SAYING IT'S A SHELTER.
>> WE'RE HOPEFUL TO BRING BACK THE LOW-COST ANIMAL VET SERVICES WHICH WERE THERE ONCE UPON A TIME. IT'S A FORWARD THINKING WHERE WE HOPE TO EXPAND AND INCLUDE THAT FOR THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES. THEY WERE THERE ONCE UPON A TIME. THEY DID FALL OFF.
BUT, WE DO HOPE TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEM BACK IN THE
FUTUREMENT >> WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR ALSO. THAT'S ALWAYS A CONVERSATION PIECE OUT OF THIS CHAMBER HERE. SO, I UNDERSTAND.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION. OKAY.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: MAY BE THIS IS NOT YOU, MAYBE THIS IS MM MR. MIMMS, THIS ALL HAS BUDGET IMPLICATIONS, RIGHT? SO, AT SOME POINT, MAY BE NOT TONIGHT, BUT, VERY SOON, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF BUDGET
IMPLICATIONS THAT WILL HAVE. >> OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RESPONSE IS WORKING ON A SPENDING PLAN. CURRENTLY WE HAVE $300,000 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR THIS PURPOSE. THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE FY 20-23 BUDGET. THE REVENUE SOURCE WILL HAVE TO BE IDENTIFIED IS THAT WAY WE COULD TAKE CARE OF THE OPERATIONS AND THE PERSONNEL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INITIATIVE.
IT IS BEING DEVELOPED AND PEGGY WILL PROVIDE SOMETHING DETAILED AND RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU SHORTLY. WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS AS THIS SITUATION EINVOLVES.
>> ARE YOU THINK OF THIS AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND?
>> DEFINITELY. >> MAYOR HUDSON: OKAY.
>> JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. I HAVE A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR. IF AN ANIMAL IN THE PAST THERE WERE SERVICES RENDERED IF A DOG WAS CAPTURED ON THE STREET AND WASN'T CLAIMED, ET CETERA, THE CERTAIN SERVICES PRICE, SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES, YOUR FORECAST ON WHEN THAT WOULD PERHAPS RESUME OR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, PARTICULARLY ON THE CASES OF I DON'T KNOW IF WE CALLED IT AN EMERGENCY SPAY AND NEUTER BUT IF WE HAD SOMETHING OUT OF CONTROL, HOW WOULD THAT BE ADDRESSED NOW? > SO, WE HAVE TWO VETERINARIANS WHO ARE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT FOR SERVICES AND THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I HAVE TWO PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS WHO I'M LOOKING TO AS MANAGERS OF THE FACILITY, AN OFFICE MANAGER AND AN ANIMAL
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CARE FACILITY. I TASKED THEM TODAY WITH FINDING THE VET SERVICES AND THEY WERE ON THE PHONE AND DOING THE LEGWORK TODAY. WE HAD TWO ANIMAL THAT IS NEEDED CARE TODAY THAT ACTUALLY GOT TO A VET. IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, AGAIN, SINCE WE'VE HAD SUCH A SHORT TIME TO WORK ON IT. BUT THE STAFF IS REALLY KICKING IT INTO HIGH GEAR AND DOING WHAT NEED TO BE DONE TO BE SURE THAT THE ANIMALS ARE BEING TAKEN CARED OF.>> MAYOR HUDSON: FOR THE MY CONVERSATIONS AND THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, THE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN CARED FOR VERY, VERY, WELL THERE. THE SUNRISE HUMANE SOCIETY THERE WAS NOTHING THERE THAT WAS NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF. AND I WANT THAT ON THE RECORD. BECAUSE THAT WAS THE TRUTH. WE WERE SEEING THAT THE ANIMALS WERE WELL CARED FOR THEN AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT
HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE. >> I'VE SAT HERE AND LISTENED TO THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CARE. THE WORD CARE, IT GOT ME TOO, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. YOU EXPLAINED THAT. I'VE HEARD ABOUT BUDGET, I'VE HEARD ABOUT BRINGING ON MORE STAFF. I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, AS I HAD IT IN OUR MEETING, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO REACH OUT WITH THE ST. LUCY COUNTY SCHOOL. THERE'S A VETERINARIAN'S PROGRAM AT WESTWOOD, I THINK THERE'S ONE IN PORT -- DON'T HOLD ME ON THAT BUT, I THINK THERE'S A HIGH SCHOOL IN PORT ST. LUCY THAT HAS A PROGRAM. I COULD BE WRONG, BUT, I KNOW THERE'S ONE IN WESTWOOD, IT'S STARING AT ME THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO JOIN IN WITH THE ST. LUCY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM TO GET THOSE KIDS WHO ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING BEING VETERINARIANS TO GET HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD WORK THAT IN, MADAM ATTORNEY, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S STRIKING OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VETERINARIANS. WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO GET A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND TRAIN THEM TO BE A VETERINARIAN TO GO TO SCHOOL AND COME BACK AND WORK IN FORT PIERCE. SO, JUST, JUST, LET'S, LET'S, I'M GOING TO KEEP THROWING IT OUT THERE, LET'S REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEY GOT TO FIND COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS SOMEWHERE TO GRADUATE, WHAT BETTER PLACE THAN TO COME WORK FOR THE CITY IN OUR FORT PIERCE ANIMAL CARCARE AND ADOPTION CEN.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: GOOD JOB, COMMISSIONER PERONA?
>> TOMORROW'S THE OFFICIAL DAY THE CITY TAKES OVER?
>> YES. OFFICIALLY, WE STARTED TRANSITION SATURDAY. THAT WAS THE START. BUT, THE SHELTER HAS BEEN CLOSED ON MONDAYS, SO, TODAY WAS A GOOD REORGANIZATIONATION DAY. AND I WAS DOWN THERE THIS MORNING FIRST THING, MEETING WITH STAFF AND GIVING DIRECTION OF WHAT I EXPECT TO SEE TOMORROW. AND I EXPECT AT 11:00 A.M. TOMORROW TO GO IN THERE AND BE SUPER EXCITED. THE KENNELS, A CHANGE THAT WE'VE MADE, THE KENNELS WERE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AND WE REOPENED THOSE TO THE PUBLIC.
YOU COULD GO THROUGH WITH STAFF TO SEE ALL ANIMALS UP FOR ADOPTION. THE STAFF IS EXCITED AND THEY'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. THEY REALLY, REALLY ARE EMBRACING HAVING A NEW OUTLOOK. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE YOUNG, THEY'RE EXCITED, AND THEY'RE READY FOR CHANGE. COMMISSIONER GAINES, WE'VE STARTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH WESTWOOD THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL OF OUR DOGS DURING THE STORM. THAT COMMUNICATION HAS
BEEN STARTED. >> MAYOR HUDSON: YEAH, BECAUSE, MOA WORKS WITH HARBOR BRANCH AND OTHER PLACES AND THEY HAVE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS IN OTHER PROGRAMS.
>> AND THOSE ARE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO TRY AND COORDINATE WITH AS MANY ORGANIZATIONS AS WE CAN.
>> SO, MY POINT IS THAT TOMORROW YOU CAN ADOPT A DOG.
>> YES. >> AND YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE FORT PIERCE ANIMAL CARCARE WHATEVER CENTER.
>> THE WE DON'T LIKE THE ACRONYM.
>> ONE ANANIMAL ADOPTION CENTE >> I WANTED THAT TO BE OUT THERE. I MEAN, THINGS ARE CHANGING, BUT, AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC GOES, NOTHING CHANGES, WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS. THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO COME OUT AND ADOPT AN ANIMAL, TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION, TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. PLEASE DO SO. UM, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT FACILITY, THE CITY AND COUNTY SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY ON THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
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YEARS. I WOULD PUT IT UP AGAINST ANYBODY ELSE AS FAR AS THE RUNS AND THE DOG KENNELS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT MIGHT BE OLD[11. CONSENT AGENDA]
BUT IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE. >> MAYOR HUDSON: ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: ALL RIGHT, IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT ANY
COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO PULL? >> IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A
MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> AI MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEP
>> SECOND. GENDA AS PRINTED. - >> MAYOR HUDSON: CALL THE
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMIXED C JOHNSON?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON?
[a. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 22-024 - Review and approval of a Future Land Use Map Amendment by the City of Fort Pierce to change the future land use from Residential Medium Density, RM, to General Commercial, GC, at 2900 S Jenkins Road Fort Pierce, FL 34981. Parcel ID: 2419-333-0001-000-2. SECOND READING]
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER PERONA?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON?
>> YES, MA'AM. >>> SO, MOVING ONTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO WE HAVE ORDINANCE 22-024, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT OR NEAR 2900 SOUTH JENKINS ROAD FOR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL RM TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, GC. PROVIDING FOR REPEALING OF CONFLICT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE
SECOND READING. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THIS IS THE SECOND READING ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS TOPIC, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE 22-203.
[b. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 22-025 - Review and approval of an application of a Zoning Atlas Map Amendment submitted by the City of Fort Pierce to change the zoning from Single Family Intermediate Density, R-2, to General Commercial, C-3, at 2900 S Jenkins Road Fort Pierce, FL 34981. Parcel ID: 2419-333-0001-000-2 SECOND READING]
>> CALL THE ROLL. (ROLL CALLED)
>> WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE BY THE COUNY COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE FLORIDA REZONING THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT OR NEAR 2900 SOUTH JENKINS ROAD TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, C 3, PROVIDING FOR SELFABILITY CLAUSE AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTSIVE DATE, THIS IS THE SECOND READING SNOOCHLT ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ISSUE, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING
AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
>> COMMISSIONER GAINES? >> YES, MA'AM.
[c. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 22-030 - Review and approval of an application for a voluntary annexation by property owners Canadian Corporation and applicant Jeremy Mears of the parcel at or near 3000 Virginia Avenue. Parcel ID: 2419-111-0002-000-7. FIRST READING]
>> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER J, JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> MAYOR HUDSON? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> WE HAVE 22-030. AN ORDER EXTENDING THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, AND SHOWN ON EXHIBIT A, DIRECTING THE ST. LUCY COUNTY SALVAGING THE LAND USE DESIGNATION, DIRECTING FILING OF THE ORDINANCE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE CIRCUIT KURT. DIRECTING RESIGNIFICANTS OF THE CHARTER BOUNDARY ARTICLE TO BE FILED WITH THE STATE AND SCHEMATAED TO THE OFFICE OF DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
THIS IS THE FIRST READING. >> PROCEED.
>> I'M RYAN ALTHEISER REPRESENTING THE ANNEXATION OF THE CANADIAN SITE. HERE'S THE SITE MAP. THE FUTURE LAND USE FOR THE SAID PROPERTY IN THE ST. LUCY COUNTY IS COMMERCIAL. SO, THE PROPOSED CITY FUTURE LAND USE WOULD BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
THE ZONING IS COMMERCIAL GENERAL IN ST. LUCY COUNTY, SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. IT WOULD BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL C-3. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS PROPOSED THE ANNEXATION MEETS THE STANDARD AS OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION. THE PLANNING BOARD AFTER MEETING ON AUGUST 8TH, 2022, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AND THE COUNY COMMISSION'S ACTIONS ARE APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION. THANK YOU,
VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR HUDSON: QUESTIONS OF
STAFF? ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE ISSUE -- WISHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, PLEASE COME
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FORWARD. AND THE APPLICANT IS MOVING TOWARD THE PODIUM.WELCOME. >> FOR THE RECORD, (INDISCERNIBLE) REPRESENTING THE BROWN STONE GROUP. AND I HAVE WITH ME JEREMY MERES ARE THE BROWNSTONE GROUP. THIS IS A SIMPLE ANNEXATION, APPLICATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. I LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE OVER ALL CONTEXT BECAUSE THERE'LL BE A SERIES OF APPROVALS COMING FORWARD. THE APPLICANT, THE BROWNSTONE GROUP HAS THIS PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE IS AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF T AFTER THESE HAVE BOTH BEEN ANNEXED, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION IN FOR A LAND USE AMENDMENT AND A ZONING CHANGE. AS MR. ALTHEISER INDICATE D. WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THEM FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.
CHANGING THE USE FROM RM, RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM. AND WE'LL BE FILING AN APPLICATION FOR A SITE PLAN APPROVAL. THAT'S NOT IN YET. WE STILL HAVE SOME SITE WORK TO BE DONE BEFORE THAT APPLICATION CAN BE FILED. BUT, BASICALLY, IT WILL BE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORKFORCE TYPE HOUSING. IT'S NOT, NOT GOVERNMENT-FINANCED, BUT MARKET RATE HOUSING. AND, UM, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE A MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LAST MONTH WHICH I'M TOLD WENT FAVORABLY, THEY'RE DESIGNING IT TO FIT IN WELL WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY TO THE SOUTH AND IT WILL ACTUALLY BE A BETTER TRANSITION BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY TO THE SOUTH THAN COMMERCIAL GENERAL WOULD BE ADJACENT TO THAT. SO, AT ANY RATE, THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT AND WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD WITH THE LAND USE AMENDMENT AND
ZONING CHANGE NEXT. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT?
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR HUDSON: ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, PLEASE STEP FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION
OR A MOTION. >> MOVE THAT WE APPROVE
>> MAYOR HUDSON: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, CALL THE
ROLL, PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER GAINES?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON?
[d. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance No. 22-031 - Annexing three (3) parcels at or near the northeast corner of South Kings Highway and White Road. FIRST READING]
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON?
>> YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER PERONA?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON? YES, MA'AM.
>> NEXT WE HAVE EX-SOUTH KINGS HIGHWAY AND WHITE ROAD AND SHOWN ON EXHIBIT A, DIRECTING THE ST. LUCY COUNTY PROPERTY OWNER.
DIRECTING THE ST. LUCY TAX COLLECTOR TO COLLECT TAXES ON THE DESCRIBED PROPERTY ESTABLISHING THE ZONING DESIGNATION, THE LAND USE DESIGNATION, DIRECTING FILING OF THE ORDINANCE WITH THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER OF THE THE COUNTY TO BE FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND COMMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND ALL ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE FIRST READING.
>> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER BEFORE YOU WE HAVE AN AN NEXTATION APPLICATION FOR THREE PARCELS LOCATED AT OR NEAR THE NORTHEAST SOUTHERNER OF SOUTH KINGS HIGHWAY AND WHITE ROAD IN FORT PIERCE. THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES IS COMMERCIAL, ST. LUCY COUNTY FUTURE LAND USE.
THE CURRENT ZONING IS AG 1. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING CP-1, COMMERCIAL PARKWAY ZONE. APPROXIMATELY 15.05 PLUS ACRES.
PLANNING BOARD AT THEIR AUGUST 8TH, 2022, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ANNEXATIONS. IT POSSIBLE ACTIONS OF CITY COMMISSION IS APPROVAL OR
DISAPPROVAL. >> WE DON'T SEE COMMERCIAL PARKWAY'S ZONES VERY OFTEN. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SIMILARITIES
OF THAT TRANSITIONS? >> IT ABUTS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH. SO, IN PLANNING WE TRY TO MAKE SURE NOT
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TO CREATE SPOT ZONING BECAUSE IT ABUTS COMMERCIAL PARKWAY, IT FITS WITHIN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.>> I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT MY LOCATION WAS CORRECT AND WE'RE KEEPING IT CONSISTENT ALONG KING'S HIGHWAY.
>> THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, IS THIS GOING TO BE OUT BY IT SELF AND PART OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE OR ARE THERE OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND US WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE?
>> TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST.
>> SO, IT'S CONTINUOUS WITH THOSE PROPERTIES?
>> RIGHT. >> MAYOR HUDSON: ANY OTHER
>> DO YOU MIND IF I ASK A QUESTION?
>> MAYOR HUDSON: I WOULD LIKES FOR YOU TO.
>> WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED RECENTLY TO THE SOUTH AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ANNEXATION FOR, I'M SURE, DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS PARCEL RIGHT HERE. WE ALSO HHAVE ROUN ROAD AND WHITE ROAD, IS THE COUNTY TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH IN LOOKING TO IMPROVE THESE ROADS? BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY'RE NOT UP TO CURRENT, YOU KNOW, CODE AND DESIGN STANDARD.
SO, CAN YOU TELL US THE COUNTY'S APPROACH IN IMPROVING THESE
>> SEVENTH FRE-- KEVIN FREEMA THE COUNTY RECEIVES IMPACT FEES TO TAKE CARE OF REQUIREMENTS THERE. I'VE APPROACHED AND I HAVE NOT HAD A RESPONSE YET NOT TO THE COUNTY THEMSELVES, BUT TO AN INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT ANNEXATIONS ON THE COUNTYS ROADWAY SYSTEMS AND HOW WE CAN BETTER COORDINATE THOSE WITH THE COUNTYS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. I'LL BE UPDATING THE COMMISSION ON THAT, SUBSEQUENTLY TO DECKING THE
PLANNING BOARD. >> MAYOR HUDSON: SO, I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE, YOU AND I HAVE HAD AN INITIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. BUT, BECAUSE OF ALL THE ACTIVITY IN THE WESTERN CORRIDORS, JENKINS ROAD AND KING'S HIGHWAY, I'VE HEARD THE PLANNING BOARD TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S EXPLODING, AND WE HAVE NO PLAN ABOUT THAT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT, MAY BE THERE'S A PLAN THAT EXISTS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
BUT, WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT WHOLE AREA AS A WHOLE AND SEE WHAT WE WE NEED DO THERE. ARE WE JUST APPROVING THINGS LEFT AND RIGHT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND, I THINK WE NEED SOME KIND OF OVERLOOK OF THE WESTERN CORRIDOR AND WHAT WE THINK WE SHOULD BE THERE. SHOULD WE PUT ANY KIND OF CONTROLS IN? AND ALSO, WHAT ABOUT THE ROADS? AND THE DRAIN -- I MEAN, WE JUST SEEN A HUGE FLOODING EVENT IN FLORIDA, AND WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT RESILIENCE IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. WHICH, I KNOW MR. ANDREWS DOES THAT AS A MATTER OF COURSE.
SO, I THINK THAT THE PLANNING BOARD, WANTS TO HAVE THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, TOO, PERHAPS AFTER THEY TACKLE IT OR WE TACKLE IT, MAY BE AS A FUTURE CONFERENCE AGENDA MEETING. BECAUSE, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT JENKINS ROAD, KING'S HIGHWAY, MAYBE EVEN MCNEIL ROAD. I MEAN, PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, THINK THEY LIVE IN FORT PIERCE, AND INDEED, THEIR ADDRESS IT FORT PIERCE.
AND NOW, THEY'RE ANNEXED, THEY USED TO BE PART OF THE COUNTY
AND NOW THEY'RE ANNEXED. >> JUST TO QUICKLY RESPOND. I UNDERSTAND THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DISCUSS THIS. THE MAJOR ROADS AND COLLECTOR, THERE'S A QUOTE/UNQUOTE PLAN. KING'S HIGHWAY IS CURRENTLY BEING RECONSTRUCTED.
>> ALL THE WAY TO MIDWAY? >> I'M CONCERNED WITH WHITE ROAD, GRAHAM ROAD, PETERS ROAD, ALL OF THESE ROADS WHICH ARE NOT WIDE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING IN THE AREA. I THINK, MAYOR, I AGREE WITH YOU, THERE NEEDS TO BE A CITY, COUNTY, PLANNING OPERATION TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT ON THESE ROADS, HOW THE IMPACT FEES WILL BE USED TO FACILITATE THE UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE ROADWAY
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IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE CAN PLAY A ROLE WITH THAT AS WELL. THAT IS A REAL CONCERN LOOKING AT THE LITTLE ROADS AND HOW IT AFFECTS THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.>> ROADS IS ONE THING, BUT, ALSO, THE GROWTH, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, WHERE DOES IT STOP? AND WHERE DOES IT END? I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH MEETING WHERE WE'VE HAD BIG TOUCHLITE ON
OUR WESTERN CORRIDORS. >> WHEN WE HAVE THAT MEETING, I THINK THAT WE NEED AN UPDATE. WE'VE APPROVED PARCELS OF A MILLION SQUARE FEET TO THE NORTH OF THAT AND I THINK THERE'S RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE IT STREET TOO, RIGHT? SO, I THINK WE CAN HOLISTICALLY LOOK AT THIS FROM A LARGE PICTURE, BECAUSE, I THINK NORD OF THAT THERE WAS OR STORE THAT OPENED LAST WEEK. SO, ALL OF THAT COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC AND HEAVIER TRUCKS HAVING TO SERVICE THOSE AREAS AND ROADS. I KNOW THAT KING'S IS BEING REDONE. BUT, THERE ARE OTHER ROADS THAT I'M SURE THESE TRUCKS ARE TRAVELING UP AND DOWN WITH THE TONNAGE AND WEIGHT, THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS AREA HOLISTICALLY AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: AND MOST OF IT IS MOSTLY IN THE CITY NOW?
>> I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS WHAT'S IN THE CITY AND WHAT'S NOT IN THE CITY?
>> JUST TO ADD TO THAT CONVERSATION, WE'RE HEARING OTHER AGENDAS IN THE SAME CORRIDOR. YOU MENTIONED STORM WATER, AND IF YOU REMEMBER, I THINK SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AN STREETS FLOW TO THE EAST TO 5-MILE CREEK.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: WHICH IS ALREADY STRESSED.
>> RIGHT. AND IT GOES UNDERNEATH I-95. THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THE ACREAGE AND THE ZONING AND EVEN TRANSITIONAL ZONING AS FAR AS WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW WE EVOLVE FROM COMMERCIAL INTO RESIDENTIAL. AND, WHILE WE'RE NOT QUASI JUDICIAL TONIGHT, I'VE HEARD FROM THE FOLKS TO THE NORTH OF GRAHAM ROAD THAT LIVE OFF OF THE COPPENHAGER NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, HALF OF THEM HAVE BEEN ANNEXED AND THAT'S BEHIND THE OLD HIGHLIGHT BUILDING.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: THEY THINK THEY LIVE IN THE COUNTRY.
>> YEAH, AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY. SO, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S TIME TO ENGAGE OUR COUNTY PARTNERS AND THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE. AND FROM THE TPO PERSPECTIVE, ENGAGING THE TPO TO SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A COLLECTIVE AGENCY. BECAUSE, WE'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSION BIZ THAT T-- ABOUT TURNPIKE SITUATION.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: SO, WE'RE GETTING OFF ON THE SUBJECT HERE, BUT, I'M GLAD THAT YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
>> I THINK WE'RE READY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
>> BJ CONSULTING ENGINEERS ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A PART OF A 34-ACRE OFFICE WHERE IT HAS DISTRIBUTION. THE LOCATION IS PERFECT BECAUSE KING'S HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BY DOT AND TURNPIKE I-95, AS FAR AS THE IMPROVEMENT ON THE LOCAL ROAD, THE PROJECT TO THE SOUTH, WHICH I'M ALSO THE ENGINEER FOR, WE ARE IMPROVES PETER'S ROAD ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE WHICH IS ABOUT 2,000 FEET. AND WE'RE IMPROVING WHITE ROAD FROM KING'S HIGHWAY TO PETER'S ROAD. RIGHT NOW IT'S A SHELL ROCK ROAD.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY AND IT'S ABOUT $2 MILLION BECAUSE IT INCLUDES THE SIGNAL. AND THAT'S A BIT OF AN EXPENDITURE. WE REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
AND WE'RE NOT, I GUESS, WE THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET SOME OF THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE IMPACT FEES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING.
SOME IN THE SOUTH ARE AROUND $8,000 OF THE IMPACT FEES.
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WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME OF THAT BACK. WE ALSO REACHED OUT FROM THE CITY, AND I THINK THE RESPONSE TO THE CITY WAS THAT IT'S NOT OUR ROAD YET. I THINK THAT THE PLAN IS ONCE THE COUNTY IMPROVES THAT, THEY WILL BE GIVING IT TO THE CITY. AS FAR AS THE DRAINAGE GOES, NORTH ST. LUCY RIVER WATER CONTROL DISTRICT THAT IS A CRITERIA THAT ALLOWS YOU DISCHARGE PER ACREAGE AND THAT'S IT. WHETHER THIS IS RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW CERTAIN DISCHARGE GOING INTO THE C-40 WHICH IS ALONG KING'S HIGHWAY. AND WE'RE PROVIDING NUTRIENT TREATMENT BECAUSE 10-MILE CREEK AND ST. LUCY, RIVER.>> MAYOR HUDSON: I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE WHOLE CORRIDOR AND HOW WE HAVE TO HAVE A VISION FOR IT AND KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE APPROVING PIECE MEAL.
>> THIS KIND OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC COMPARED TO LIKE A SHOPPING CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT, WE CERTAINLY CAN USE SOME HELP FROM THE CITY TO LOOK AT THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR IMPACT FEES DEALING WITH THE
COUNTY. >> MAYOR HUDSON: I THINK THEY JUST INCREASED THEIR IMPACT FEES TOO. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, SIR. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ISSUE, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTIN A MOTION.
>> I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON?
[e. Legislative Hearing - Ordinance No. 22-026 amending the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan to change the designation of one (1) parcel generally located at or near the south side of Graham Road and approximately 600 feet east of South Kings Highway from RL, Low Density Residential to GC, General Commercial. FIRST READING]
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER PERONA?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> AND MAYOR HUDSON.
>> YES, MA'AM. >> AN ORDINANCE BY THE COUNY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE OF THE COME PREHENCIVE LAND TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OF ONE PARCEL GENERALLY LOCATED AT OR NEAR THE SOUTH SIDE OF GRAHAM ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET EAST OF SOUTH KING'S HIGHWAY. LOW DENSITY P RESIDENTIAL, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, GC, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE THIS IS THE FIRST READING.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: YES, SIR, MR. GILL MORE?
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS A FUTURE LAND USE AMEND FOR THE PROPERTY NEAR SOUTH OF GRAHAM ROAD AND 600 FEET EAST OF SOUTH KING'S HIGHWAY. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 19.2 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS, IT CURRENTLY HAS A FUTURE LAND USE OF RL, WHICH IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL IN THIS PROPERTY, AS YOU COULD TELL, IT ABUTS THE PROPERTY THAT YOU JUST APPROVED FOR ANNEXATION. THIS IS A FUTURE LAND ZONING MAP. THIS SHOWS THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS THE ZONING. YOU COULD SEE TO THE SOUTH IT'S CURRENTLY GC, 1 IN THE CITY LIMITS. THE PLANNING BOARD AT THEIR AUGUST 8TH, 2022, MEETING, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. STAFF SR. RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. POSSIBLE ACTIONS OF THE COUNY COMMISSION ARE APPROVAL WITH CHANGES APPROVAL WITH CHANGES OR DISAPPROVAL. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, PLEASE COME FORWARD, IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO
ADD, SIR? >> I JUST HOPE YOU'RE NOT TIRED
OF LOOKING AT ME. >> MAYOR HUDSON: NO. BUT,
STATE YOUR NAME. >> JEFFREY, WITH BJ CONSULTING
ENGINEERS. >> MAYOR HUDSON: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? OKAY. THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND, WE CAN DISCUSS OR I'LL HEAR A
MOTION. >> MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE FOR THE
APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 22-026. >> SECOND.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON?
[f. Quasi-Judicial Hearing - Ordinance No. 22-029 - an ordinance rezoning the property generally located at or near the south side of Graham Road and approximately 600 feet east of South Kings Highway, from (R-1) Low Density Residential Zone to (CP-1) Commercial Parkway Zone. FIRST READING]
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER PERONA?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
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REZONING THE PROPERTY APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET EAST OF SOUTH KING'S HIGHWAY TO CP 1 COMMERCIAL PARKWAY ZONING PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS THERE HAVE IN CONFLICT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, THIS IS THEFIRST READING. >> MAYOR HUDSON: ALL RIGHT.
THIS AS QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING SO, I WOULD LIKE FOR, WE HAVE
TWO TONIGHT, THE GROUND RULES P >> THE CITY COMMISSION SEVERSES A LEGISLATIVE AND QUASI-JUDICIAL ROLE. THE COMMISSION ENGAGING IS LAW MAKING ACTIVITY BY PASSING LAWS AND ESTABLISHING POLICIES. WHEN ACTING AS A QUASI-JUDICIAL BODY. SUCH PROCEEDING ARE LESS FORMAL T THEY MUST FOLLOW BASIC STANDARDS OF NOTICE AND DUE PROCESS AND DECISIONS MUST BE MADE BASED ON COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. THEREFORE, COMMISSIONERS HAVE A DUTY TO CONDUCT THESE PRODEEDING MORE LIKE JUDGES THAN LEGISLATURES. FINALLY, NO ONE SHOULD APPROACH ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON THE DEAS ON THE HERING.
>> HAS ADVERTISING BEEN MET FOR THIS, MADAM CLERK?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER GAINES?
>> NO, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON?
>> NO, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON?
>> YES, MA'AM, RESIDENCE IN GRAHAM ROAD.
>> COMMISSIONER PERONA? >> NO, MA'AM.
>> AND MAYOR HUDSON. >> MAYOR HUDSON: WEAR? THE
WITNESS. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PROCEED. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, BEFORE WE YOU HAVE A ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT OR NEAR SOUTH OF GRAHAM ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY EAST OF KING'S HIGHWAY. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 19.29 PLUS OR MY MUST ACRES. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, IT CURRENTLY HAS A ZONING OF R HUNDRED ONE, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS ZONING C 1. AS YOU COULD SEE, THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE IS RL, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AND THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM, THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THE GC GENERAL COMMERCIAL WHICH YOU APPROVED FOR FIRST READING.
THIS MAP SHOWS YOU THE PROPOSED ZONING AS WELL AS CP-1. THE PLANNING BOARD AT THEIR AUGUST 8TH, 2022, MEETING VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE QUESTION. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. POSSIBLE ACTIONS OF THE COUNY COMMISSION APPROVE THE AMENDMENT WITH NO CHANGES, APPROVAL WITH CHANGES, OR DISAPPROVAL. THANK YOU.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> MAYOR HUDSON: ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WOULD LIKE THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD PLEASE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY TOLD US.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM. JEFFREY, J CONSULTING ENGINEERS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> MAYOR HUDSON: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
>> YES, SIR. >> IN THE REZONING IN THE USE, DO YOU HAVE A PROPOSED USE IN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO ON
THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY? >> ABOUT 440,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION, TWO BUILDINGS, PROBABLY TWO
PHASES. >> 400 PLUS THOUSAND SQUARE
>> WHAT KIND OF INDUSTRY DOES THAT REPRESENT OR WHAT WOULD IT, WHAT WOULD BE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT?
>> WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION. THE TRAFFIC IMPACT WAS SUBMITTED.
WE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF IMPACT ON KING'S HIGHWAY.
>> AND SO, CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE PARCEL I KNOW WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A SITE PLAN. BUT HOW WOULD IT CONNECT WITH GRAHAM
ROAD? >> WE WOULD HAVE TWO DRIVEWAYS WITH GRAHAM AND ONE ON WHITE ROAD. IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERSECTION. WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH THE COUNTY AND WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH OUR LAYOUT FOR THE SITE PLAN AS FAR AS THE DRIVEWAY GOES. AND WE'LL HAVE ONE DRIVEWAY ONTO KING'S HIGHWAY, IT'S GOING TO BE A RIGHT TURN IN AND OUT WITH A
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RIGHT TURN LINE. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR
DISCUSSION. >> MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE FOR
APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 22-029. >> SECOND.
>> THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLE Z
COMMISSIONER GAINES? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.
[g. Quasi-Judicial Hearing - Review and approval of an application for Final Plat, submitted by Property Owner(s) Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency and Applicant, OMCII LLC, to subdivide approximately 3 acres of land (more or less) for The Oaks at Moore’s Creek (Phase II) located at or near 1206 Avenue B (Lot 1) and Lots 1-10 and 16-24, South of Moore’s Creek and North of Avenue B in Fort Pierce, FL. The property is currently zoned Medium Density Residential (R-4) Parcel Control Number(s): 2409-518-0001-000-8, 2409-517-0033-000-8, 2409-517-0032-000-1, 2409-517-0031-000-4, 2409-517-0030-000-7, 2409-517-0029-000-7, 2409-517-0028-000-0, 2409-517-0027-000-3, 2409-517-0026-000-6, 2409-517-0025-000-9, 2409-517-0024-000-2, 2409-517-0038-000-3, 2409-517-0041-000-7, 2409-517-0043-000-1, 2409-517-0044-000-8, 2409-517-0045-000-5.]
>> COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER PERONA? >> YES, MA'AM. MAYOR HUDSON?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> WE HAVE ANOTHER QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR FINAL PLAT SUBMITTED BY PROPERTY OWNERS FORT PEER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE APPLICANT, OMCI. LLC, TO SUBDIVIDE APPROXIMATELY 3 ACRES OF LAND, FOR THE OAKS AT MOORE'S CREEK PHASE TWO, LOCATED AT NEAR 1206 AVENUE B. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: OKAY. HAVE THE ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS
BEEN MET? >> THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THIS
ITEMS HAS BEEN MET. >> MAYOR HUDSON: WILL YOU REQUEST ABOUT EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS?
>> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON? >> NO, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON? >> NO, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER
>> MAYOR HUDSON. >> MAYOR HUDSON: NO, MA'AM.
>> SWEAR IN THE WITNESS. >> DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH IN
>> BEFORE YOU WE HAVE A FINAL PLAT APPLICATION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE MAP BEFORE YOU. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THREE PLUS OR MINUS ACRES. AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO SUBDIVIDE THE 16 CURRENT PARCELS INTO 17 PARCEL PLATTED LOTS. APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS TO SUBDIVIDE THE 16 TO 17 LOTS TO RECON FIGURE IT RIGHT-OF-WAY, 16 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND IS RM, WHICH IS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THE CURRENT ZONING IS R 4, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS THE PROPOSED PLAT FOR THE SUBJECT AREA. WHICH, INCLUDES THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE CUL DE SAC. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH ONE CONDITION. ONCE AGAIN, THE PROPOSED PLAT WILL BE CALLED THE OAKOAKS AT MOORES CREEK. NUMBER ONE, THE APPLICANT SHALL SUPPLY TO MYLARS WITH APPROPRIATE SIGNATURES AND IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATE STATUE 177-111. THANK
QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> QUESTION THE OF STAFF?
>> OKAY. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE. YOU'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT, WAITING THIS EVENING.
STATE YOUR NAME AND TELL US ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
TELL US ABOUT THIS PROJECT. >> COREY, PLACE PLANNING, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. I CONCUR WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE SINCE, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION SUBMITTED THE FINAL PLAT AND COMPLIED WITH THE CONDITIONS. THE TWO ORDERS WERE SUBMITTED.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
APPROVAL THIS EVENING. >> MAYOR HUDSON: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? IS IT OKAY. THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
MAY I GET YOUR LAST NAME? >> OGORMAN.
>> O-G-O-R-M-A-N. >> THERE'S ANOTHER APPLICANT
HERE WITH US. >> MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FPRA IS THE OWN AND APPLICANT. 57BD WE CONCUR WITH THE STATEMENTS OF COREY OCOREMAN, AND WE'RE VERY DESIROUS TO MOVE THIS ALONG.
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SNOWBALL THANK YOU, -- >> MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PUBLIC TESTIMONY. ANY DISCUSSION?
MOTION? >> MADAM MAYOR, MOVE FOR THE
APPROVAL. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER GAINES? >> YES, MA'AM.
[b. Resolution 22-R37 - establishing the conditions to be covered under the Clean & Safe Community Initiative and establishing an expiration date.]
>> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER PERONA? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> RESOLUTION 22-R 37, A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE ESTABLISHING THE CONDITIONS AND PROGRAMS TO BE ADDRESSED UTILIZING THE CLEAN AND SAFE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE FUND ESTABLISHING AN EXPIRATION DATE, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MR. MIMMS, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS? >> OUR ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED TO ALLOW FOR THE ADDITIONAL USES FOR THE CLEAN AND SAFE INITIATIVE SO, THIS RESOLUTION ESTABLISHES THOSE ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES, THOSE BEING NUISANCE ABASEMENT, PUBLIC
SAFETY AND ANIMAL CARE. >> MAYOR HUDSON: DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT?
>> JUST THAT HAD HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE AS REQUIRED BY
ORDINANCE. >> MAYOR HUDSON: ANY
QUESTIONS OF STAFF? >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. >> I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR HUDSON: CALL THE
ROLL, PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER GAINES?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON?
[c. Resolution 22-R38 Providing for the publication of polling places for the November 8, 2022 general election.]
>> YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER J, JOHNSON?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER PERONA?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> WE HAVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA OF A DESIGNATION FOR THE PRE-60 POLLING PLACES FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022, AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE REQUIRED
ADVERTISING THAT I MUST DO. >> MAYOR HUDSON: IS THERE A
>> SECOND. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND A
[d. Resolution 22-R39 appointing members to the Civil Service Appeals Board.]
>> NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION 22-R 39, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA CERTIFYING THE APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE APPEALS BOARD. I HAVE BALLOTS TO PASS OUT TO YOU, WE HAVE A SEAT FOR THE ALTERNATIVE, A REGULAR MEMBER AND AN ALTERNATIVE MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE CIVIL SERVICE APPEALS BOARD AS YOUR APPOINTEES.
>> WE'VE HAD TWO APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE, I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THAT, BUT, THINK IT'S MR. WILLIAMS, I BELIEVE IS THE CURRENT ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATIVE. AND THEN, MR. COX IS A CURRENT MEMBER AS A CIVIL SERVICE APPEALS BOARD APPOINTEE. I THINK MR. COX'S TERM EXPIRED IN 2020.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: GIVE ME A SECOND. I DON'T THINK I HAVE
ENOUGH. NOW I DO. >> YOU'VE ALREADY ELIMINATED
ME. >> MAYOR HUDSON: YOU MAY BE EXCUSED. OKAY. THIS GOES BACK. SO, I HAVE A QUESTION. BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE WANT TO BE THE APPOINTEE, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> CORRECT. >> MAYOR HUDSON: AND SO, I THINK THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY, GOOD PEOPLE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR THEM BOTH, BUT, THE WAY THIS IS NOW, I CAN'T. SO, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE STRUCTURE IS? IS THERE ANOTHER PLACE FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO BE? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE COULD BE TWO APPOINTEE POSITIONS AVAILABLE? OR...?
>> WELL, NOT SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
BASICALLY, THE WAY THE BOARD IS STRUCTURES IS THERE'S 2 EMPLOYEE APPOINTEES, TWO EMPLOYEE ALTERNATES, AND THE CIVIL SERVICE APPEALS BOARD HAS AN APPOINTEE AND THEY HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS. AND THE CITY COMMISSION HAS TWO REGULAR
APPOINTMENTS AND TWO ALTERNATES. >> MAYOR HUDSON: ARE THERE
ANY OTHER POSITIONS OPENED? >> THEY'RE ALL OPENED.
>> MAYOR? >> MAYOR HUDSON: YES, SIR.
>> YOU ARE AN ALTERNATE TOO. THEY HAVE A VACANCY, AND
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ALTERNATES CAN BE CONSIDERED AS A REGULAR MEMBER.>> >> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THE WAY THEY DO IT IS THAT ALTERNATE ARE ALTERNATE NO MATTER WHO APPOINTS THEM. IF THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP AND YOU'RE MISSING THE COMMISSION APPOINTEE, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A COMMISSION ALTERNATIVE E THAT S
IN THAT SEAT. >> THE EMPLOYEE ALTERNATE CAN
STEP IN. >> ANY ALTERNATE CAN STEP IN IS THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY FUNCTIONING AS IT WAS EXPLAINED
TO ME. >> MAYOR HUDSON: I HAVE TO LEARN THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. TO ME, THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED COMMITTEE. AND IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT HASN'T MET VERY OFTEN LATELY AND IT ONLY MEETS WHEN IT'S
REQUIRED. IS THAT RIGHT? >> DO YOU MIND IF WE HAVE OUR?
>> MAYOR HUDSON: NO, I WANT TO LEARN. TEACH ME ABOUT THIS
COMMITTEE. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. CORRECT, WE DON'T MEET OFTEN BECAUSE IT'S FOR SUSPENSION, TERMINATION, DEMOTION BY THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, BY THE FPOA OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ANYTIME SOMEBODY GETS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPENS TO THEM THEY COULD APPEAL THERE THE BOARD OR GO THROUGH THEIR UNION, SO, VERY FAR AND FEW DO THEY CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH THE APPEALS BOARD, SOME, TRUST THE UNION MORE. THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ALTERNATES COMMISSIONER PERONA.
YES, IF THERE IS, LIKE DURING COVID, WE HAD QUITE A FEW MEMBERS WHO WERE SCARED TO SIT UP THERE THAT CLOSE, AND, SO, I HAD TO CALL ON ALTERNATES TO COME AND TAKE THE PLACE OF THOSE MEMBERS AND, UM, SOMETIMES IT COULD BE WHEN SOMEBODY WAS, I THINK A FEW OF THEM HAD GONE OUT OF TOWN. BUT, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 11 MEMBERS. AND THERE'S USUALLY ENOUGH TO CHOOSE FROM.
THE ONLY OTHER CHALLENGE THAT WOULD BE IS WHEN THE ATTORNEYS CAN'T AGREE ON THEIR TIMES. LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD ONE ATTORNEY THAT TAUGHT A CLASS AT INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE, SO, SHE COULDN'T HAVE IT ON HER CALENDAR. AND THE OTHER ATTORNEY TAUGHT AT FPOA OR THE FIRE STATION.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: SO, YOU HAVE GOOD PARTICIPATION WHEN YOU NEED
>> MAYOR HUDSON: AND YOU HAVEN'T NEED IT HAD LATELY. AND THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING, RIGHT?
>> CORRECT. >> MAYOR HUDSON: BUT. BUT, THESE ARE, SO, IS MR. COX, IS HE, HE'S CURRENTLY THE CSAB
APPOINTEE, IS THAT RIGHT? >> YES.
>> HOW DOES HE GET TO BE CSAP APPOINTEE?
>> SO, TWO MEMBERS AND THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS CHOSE HIM TO
BE THE FIFTH MEMBER. >> MAYOR HUDSON: SO, THIS SPOT IS NOT A SPOT THAT HE'S FILLING RIGHT NOW, IT'S A
DIFFERENT SPOT? >> HE IS A CSAB APPOINTEE, HE'S THE FIFTH MEMBER OF THE MAIN BOARD.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: WAS HE ELECTED OR CHOSEN?
>> HE WAS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: IS HIS TERM UP?
>> HE'S TERM IS UP. BUT, ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER, THEY CAN KEEP GOING UNTIL THEY'RE REPLACED. THIS WILL THE FOUR OF THEM GET TOGETHER AND SAY THEY WANT HIM AGAIN OR THEY WANT
SOMEONE DIFFERENT. >> MAYOR HUDSON: CAN YOU GET
THOSE FOUR TOGETHER TO DO THAT? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: IF THEY'RE EXPIRED TERMS, DO WE ADDRESS THE
EXPIRED TERMS? >> YES, MA'AM. WE HAD AN ELECTION LAST YEAR, WESS TAYLOR, AND COREY BENTON WERE THE NEW EMPLOYEE REGULAR AND EMPLOYEE ALTERNATE. SO, WE'RE DUE FOR ANOTHER ELECTION BUT WE LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER YOU MAKE YOUR SELECTION. FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, AT ONE POINT, THE EMPLOYEES CHOSE SOMEBODY BUT IT WAS ON THE SAME LIST THAT THE COMMISSION WANTED. SO, THE EMPLOYEE'S CHOICE HAD TO DEFER TO THE COMMISSION AND THEN WE HAD TO GO DOWN AND SELECT AGAIN. SO, IT'S BEEN MY PRACTICE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, TO WAIT UNTIL THE COMMISSION HAS CHOSEN THE PEOPLE THEY WANT AND THEN WE CHOOSE FROM THE REST OF THE BEST.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: >> MADAM MAY >> MAYOR HUDSON: YES, SIR.
>> WHAT I THINK I HEAR, OR WHAT I KNOW I'M VOTING ON IS THE
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COMMISSION APPOINTMENT BECAUSE JAY GAINES IS RETIRING.>> RIGHT. IT'S HIS FAULT. >>. OKAY. SO, HE'S RESIGNING AND I THINK HE'S THE CURRENT CHAIR, IS HE NOT?
>> HE'S BEEN THE CHAIR SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE.
>> SO, EITHER WAY, HE'S MOVING ON SO WE HAVE TO SELECT SOMEONE AND WE'RE SELECTING FROM THE CURRENT POOL, BASICALLY.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: RIGHT. >> AND FOUR ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE THE ONE OR THEY'RE GOING TO
PICK SOMEONE ELSE. >> WE DID THE ADVERTISEMENT.
>> AND WE'VE GOTTEN TWO. >> OKAY.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: OKAY. SO, WHEN WE PICK WHATEVER WE PICK, THEN, YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> THAT TRIGGERS WHATEVER
YU'RE GOING TO DO? >> YES, MA'AM. I'LL CALL THOSE AND SAY THEY'VE BEEN CHOSEN AND THEN I'LL SEND OUT 1300 BALLOTS TO THE THREE ENTITIES TO SEE WHO THEY WANT TO NOMINATE TO SIT IN THOSE SEATS AND GET THOSE NOMINATIONS BACK AND CALL THE NOMINEES AND SAY, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT DO THIS. SOME SAY NO.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: TELL THEM HOW OFTEN YOU MEET AND THEN THEY
WILL. >> THEN 13,000 BALLOTS GO OUT FOR THE REAL ELECTION. THE EMPLOYEES WILL CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT. AND THEN, THE ALTERNATES GET CHOSEN IN ANOTHER WAY LIKE MR. COX WAS CHOSEN. SO, IT'S PRETTY DETAILS.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: I'M GLAD YOU'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THAT.
>> MR. PERONA? >> BECAUSE THE FIRE DISTRICTS IS INVOLVED AND THE ST. LUCY FIRE DISTRICT, THESE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CAN BE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS?
>> I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE AN ELECTOR IN THE COUNTY.
>> I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BE, THIS THING STARTED PACK WHEN I WAS ON IT, IT WAS THE FORT PIERCE FIRE DISTRICT. I WAS 12 YEARS ON THIS THING, MOST OF THE TIME AS CHAIRMAN, SO, I WAS THE ONE THAT TALKED IT UP BIG FOR JAY GAINES AND HE SAID, HEY, I WANT DO THAT.
>> WELL, HE LASTED A LONG TIME. >> HE DID. HE'S NOT HAPPY WITH ME NOW. BUT, AT THE TIME IT WAS ALL FORT PIERCE, AND SO, WE HAD IT THERE AND I BELIEVE THAT WE I THINK SHAHED THE RULING ON THAT WHEN THE COUNTY, WHEN THE FORT PIERCE FIRE DISTRICT TURNED INTO
THE T LUCY FIRE DISTRICT. >> SOMETIMES, I HAVE TO PUT A REMINDER ON EVERY BALLOT AND NOMINATION THAT IT CAN'T BE AN EMPLOYEE WORKING ON EITHER OF THE THREE SITES. AND WE STILL GET THOSE. SO, WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THOSE AND GO FROM WHAT WE
HAVE. >> MAYOR HUDSON: YOU WONDER HOW THE BALLOTS ARE MARKED IN A REAL ELECTION, RIGHT?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON: ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS? >> I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING, BUT, I'M MORE CONFUSED NOW WITH ALL OF THE EXPLANATIONS. WE'RE VOTING ON TWO POSITIONS TONIGHT? I'M
VOTING ON ONE POSITION TONIGHT? >> YOU HAVE TWO.
>> YOU HAVE ONE REGULAR AND ONE ALTERNATE.
>> RIGHT. AND MY QUESTION IS, MY QUESTION IS: FROM WHAT I'M READING, WE'VE ALREADY, I GUESS, THE COMMISSION ALREADY HAS AN ALTERNATE. WE'VE ALREADY SELECTED AN ALTERNATE?
>> AND THEN, THE OTHER PERSON IT WAS HOW YOU SAID, THE 2/2,
>> SO, MY QUESTION IS IF THE TWO GROUPS SELECTED THE FIFTH PERSON, HOW CAN WE COME BACK, AS A COMMISSION, AND VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT OTHER GROUPS, AM I THINKING TOO MUCH INTO IT?
>> YES, SIR. YOU WON'T VOTE AGAIN.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: THAT WILL BE OFF.
>> THEY'RE AUTONOMOUS. >> YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING. I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT ON RECORD BUT I'M READING WHAT I'M READING HERE AND ONE WAS ALREADY APPOINTED AND ONE WAS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, PART OF US, AND ONE WAS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD.
>> AND SO, YOU'RE ASKING ME TO NOW PICK BETWEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY PICKED BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE ALREADY APPOINTED BY THIS
BOARD AND THEN THAT BOARD? >> YES. BUT, THE TERM IS
EXPIRED. >> SO, IT DOESN'T MATTER?
>> NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT, THEN -- >> RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, IT'S
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CLEARING THE SLATE. SO WE COULD SCRATCH OUT THOSE IN THE PARENTHESES AND LOOK AT THE NAMES.>> MAYOR HUDSON: EVERYBODY READY TO VOTE? I THINK I'M
>> MAYOR HUDSON: IT'S GOING TO BE MESSY.
>> BECAUSE THE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CAN VOTE ON ONE OF
THESE AS A PERMANENT MEMBER. >> IT COULD GET NASTY. YES.
>> IT TOOK ME 10 TIMES TO READ AND UNDERSTAND IT.
>> THERE'S STILL POTENTIAL FOR US TO COME BACK AND VOTE ONE MORE TIME FOR OUR OTHER COMMISSION APPOINTMENT AND
ALTERNATE POSITION. >> I THINK SOMETIMES THE EMPLOYEES ELECT SOMEBODY THAT YOU HAD ALREADY SELECTED AND WE
JUST HAVE YOU MOVE AGAIN. >> MAYOR HUDSON: IS THIS IN
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> MAYOR HUDSON: YES?
>> WHEN YOU GET A FULL BOARD, WILL THEY ELECT A CHAIRMAN?
>> YES. >> SO, WE DO NOT HAVE A
CHAIRMAN AS OF YET? >> GAINES IS LEAVING WHEN I'M
LEAVINGIOUS THAT'S WHAT HE HSAI. >> MR. GAINES LEAVES AND WE HAVE TO GET THOSE FOUR THAT REMAIN TO ELECT A CHAIRMAN.
>> >> OKAY T IS EVERYBODY CLEAR ON
WHAT THEY'RE DOING. >> OKAY. WE'VE MADE OUR
DECISIONS. >> AND I HAVE THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM JULY OF 2021. THAT'S WHEN WE HELD THE LAST ELECTION. IT'S REFLECTED IN THE TERMS.
>> IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE PROCESS, CIVIL SERVICE HEARING IS KIND OF INTERESTING, IT REALLY IS. THERE'S, A STATEMENT OF FACT AND THEN, THE REST, IT'S JUST LIKE A REAL COURTROOM. AND THEN, YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE IT'S A FINDING OF FACT AT THE END. AND YOU'RE IT IS MUCH LIKE, IN FACT, IT MIGHT BE A STEP UP FROM OUR QUASI-JUDICIAL. BECAUSE, IT DOES FOLLOW A LOT OF PROCEDURE, AND WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF LAY PEOPLE COMING TO THIS COURT AND THEY'RE JUDGES ALL OF A SUDDEN, AND THERE'S A LEARNING CURVE THAT GOES WITH THAT ALSO. SO, HOPEFULLY THEY PICK A CHAIRMAN WITH SOME EXPERIENCE THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND GET THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. OTHERWISE, IT'S.
>> WE HAVE TO OBJECT TO MOTIONS.
>> OTHERWISE, THERE'S OBJECTIONS AND THINGS BACK AND FORTH. I REMEMBER IT WAS OVERWHELMING FOR ME FOR A TIME.
I WAS A CHAIRMAN FOR 12 YEARS AND IT WAS TOUGH WORK.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: THAT'S WHY, IT'S JUST HARD UNDERSTANDING THE MAKEUP OF FLORIDA, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THEY DO.
>> IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. AND YOU THERE'S A GRIEVANCE. IT IS AN - OUTLET. IT DOES, YOU KNOW, IT DOES PROVIDE A GOOD SOURCE FOR
US. A SOLUTION. >> IT'S A GOOD PROCESS?
>> AT THE END OF THE TIME, THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY MAY BE UNHAPPY, OR, THE EMPLOYEE MAYBE UNHAPPY OR WHATEVER, BUT, WITH THE FINDING OF FACT AT THE END IT IS OVER AND MOVES ON NULLITIES IT GOES TO AN APPEALS COURT, I GUESS.
>> YES, SIR. >> THAT'S INTERESTING.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO KEEP YOUR HAND IN IF
THEY'RE NOT MEETING OFTEN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ARE WE READY TO HEAR THE RESULTS?
>> COMMISSIONER GAINES VOTED FOR HARRY WILLIAMS AND EDWARD DOCKS. AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, ED COX AND HARRY WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER PERONA, ED COX, HARRY WILLIAMS, MAYOR HUDSON, ED COX AND HARRY WILLIAMS. THAT MAKES ED COX, THE REGULAR MEMBER AND MR. WILLIAMS THE ALTERNATE
MEMBER. >> MAYOR HUDSON: FOR NOW.
>> FOR NOW. >> MAYOR HUDSON: YES. HE HAS TO COME TO EVERY MEETING AND EXPLAIN THIS, EVERY SINGLE
MEETING, MR. BROWNING DOES. >> BECAUSE THERE'S MORE ALTERNATES THAN THERE ARE REGULAR MEMBERS. IT'S WAWKWARD
>> AND THE BIG THING THERE, IS THEY DON'T GET DOWN THROUGH THE NIGHT. THERE'S A CONTINUATION. YOU CAN'T LOSE THOUGH CONTINUITY, OTHERWIS YOU HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON.
>> WELL, WE NEED A MOTION. >> MAYOR HUDSON: OH, WE NEED A MOTION. ALL OF THAT AND THEN NO MOTION.
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>> MOVE APPROVAL. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, CALL THE ROLL.
[e. Request from In the Image of Christ, Inc. for three-year funding of Emergency Inclement Weather Shelter services in the amount of $16,762.50 annually.]
>> NEXT WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM IN THE IMAGE OF CHRIST INC FOR THREE YEAR FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT
OF $16,762.50 ANNUALLY. >> MAYOR HUDSON: WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS? >> SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
>> MADAM MAYOR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, AND I THINK WITH THE MIX UP, THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN THEIR DATES MIXED UP ON WHEN THIS WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA. HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH PAPASTOR HAZEL. WHO FOR A LEAST FIVE YEARS TO MY KNOWLEDGE RIGHT NOW, PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT, HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE CALL THE, UM, UNSHELTERED WHEN IT COMES TO THE INCLIMATE WEATHER AND INCLIMATE TIME OF YEAR THAT WE'RE FASTLY APPROACHING UPON WHICH IS OUR WINTER SEASON HERE. AND THERE ARE TIMES TYPICALLY WHERE THE INCLIMATE WEATHER DROPS BELOW THE FREEZING POINT AND THE MESSAGE GOES OUT TO THE CITY.
AND AT THAT POINT, SHE WOULD OPEN HER DOORS OF THE SHELTER AND TAKE IN RESIDENTS OVERNIGHT AND WHEN IT WARMED UP THE NEXT MORNING, THEY'RE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. WE FACE A SITUATION IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WHERE WE DID NOT AND DO NOT HAVE ANY SPACE TO ACTIVATE IN CASE OUR TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW, LET'S JUST SAY, 35 DEGREES. SHE GOT WITH MR. ARMSTEAD, AND THEY HAD A CONVERSATION AND THEY ACTIVATED THE GYM ON A TEMPORARY BASIS AND PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET THAT FORECASTS APPROXIMATELY COLD WEATHER NIGHTS IN FORT PIERCE. SO, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY, KNOCK WOOD, THAT'S A GREAT THING, WE WON'T HAVE TO ACTIVATE. IF WE DO, THEY WOULD ACTIVATE AND THEY WOULD BE THERE OVERNIGHT AND IT WOULD BE A 24-HOUR PERIOD AND THEY WOULD BE DISPERSED THE NEXT MORNING AND IF THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO DROP THE NEXT DAY, THEY WOULD ACTIVATE AGAIN, SET IT ALL UP AGAIN, REPEAT THE PROCESS AND GO FROM THERE. SO, THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER IN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, AND A BUDGET, THEY'VE APPROACHED BOTH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COUNTY MANAGER OF ST. LUCY COUNTY AS A TEMPORARY SITUATION UNTIL WE COULD FULLY ADDRESS THIS AS COMMISSION'S, COUNTIES, CITIES, ET CETERA. BUT, RIGHT NOW, IF OUR WEATHER WERE TO DROP, WE DO NOT HAVE A PLACE IN FORT PIERCE TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE UNSHELTERED IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. SO, THIS IS THEIR HUMBLE ASK. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR FUNDING FOR THREE YEARS. THESE FUNDS WOULD BE ONES THAT WE WOULD USE, I THINK FEDERAL DOLLARS TO HELP FACILITATE THAT. AND, SO, AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, I'LL STOP THERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AND OR CONCERNS. THEY HAVE, UM, PUT TOGETHER THIS MOU. MR. ARMSTEAD, AND PASTOR HAZEL PUT THESE TOGETHER THEMSELVES, AS YOU KNOW, THE BOY'S AND GIRL'S CLUB, BY OUR PROCESS HAS CONTROL OF THE GYM. SO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO, WELL, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE THEM PERMISSION, I THINK, TO ACAMBRIA TO ALLOW THE STAFF AND THAT WOULD GO THROUGH OUR LEGAL SYSTEM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO, THAT'S WHERE WE
ARE. >> AND I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY, IT'S FOR COLD WEATHER EVENTS, NOT HOMELESS SHELTER.
>> NO, IT'S COLD WEATHER. >> OR DISASTER?
>> RIGHT. >> AS SOON AS WE GET THE SIGNAL FROM OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. WHICH THEY WOULD CALL HER AND SAY "HEY, FORECAST TONIGHT IS TO BE X-AMOUNT OF DEGREES IN THE CITY," THEN THEY TRIGGER THE ACTION. THERE'S A NUMBER THAT TRIGGERS WHEN THEY GO INTO OPERATION.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: I THOUGHT SO. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
>> THIS IS NOT A HOMELESS SHELTER, THIS IS TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER TO PROVIDE A WARM, OVERNIGHT PLACE TO REMOVE
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THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED OUT OF THE WOODS OUT OF DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD A SITUATION LAST YEAR ON A PROPERTY THAT WE HAD JUST PUT UP AND IT WAS BURNED DOWN AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO KEEP WARM DURING THE WINTER AND IT WAS VERY WINDY THAT NIGHT AND WE WERE LUCKY BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE LOST MOST OF THAT BLOCK THAT NIGHT.>> MAYOR HUDSON: THAT WAS THE NIGHT THEY HAD THE OUTSIDE
>> AND THAT WAS OUTSIDE? >> THAT'S RIGHT. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE REQUEST IN THE AMOUNT OF 16,007 ONE AND $62.50
ANNUALLY. >> NOT TO EXCEED AND ONLY IN THE EVENT THAT IT'S CALLED TO ORDER, RIGHT?
>> THIS IS IT. >> THAT WOULD BE A FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE FOR THIS PURPOSE?
>> AND THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THAT?
>> ALL RIGHT. >> MAYOR HUDSON: ARE WE READY
>> COMMISSIONER GAINES? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSION J JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> MAYOR HUDSON. >> YES, MA'AM.
>> IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO
[15. COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER]
ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE ON.>> COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER.
>> AS YOU ARE AWARE WE HAD A HURRICANE THAT HIT THE STATE OF FLORIDA THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. OUR CREWS AND OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD AND EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN OUT, AND WE'RE WRAPPING UP OUR DAMAGE ASSESS. WE HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE, THANK GOODNESS, WHERE WE WERE BLESSED AS A COMMUNITY. AS WE SEE WHAT OTHER COMMUNITY ARE FACING DUE TO THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE IAN. BUT, WE FAIRED VERY WELL. WE FAIRED EXTRAORDINARILY WELL. AND I THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR RESTORATION AND OUR RECOVERY ACTIVITIES COMPLETED RELATIVELY SOON. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD AND WORK WITH OUR AREA AGENCIES AS BEST AS WE CAN.
BUT, I DO BELIEVE THIS WAS QUOTE/UNQUOTE, A VERY GOOD TRAINING EXERCISE TO KEEP US ALERT AND READY FOR EMERGENCIES AS THEY ARISE IN THE FUTURE. SO, WE DID LEARN A FEW THINGS FROM THIS EVENT. WE HAD A VERY GOOD DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING TODAY AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE DO HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR THE FUTURE, BUT, I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT OUR STAFF, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS KICKED BUTT. THEY WERE OUT, THEY WERE RESPONDING AND WE TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND ALL OF THE CITY STAFF FOR THEIR EFFORTS. I WANTED TO PASS THAT ALONG TO YOU.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: IS THAT IT? >> YES, MA'AM.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: NEXT, MS. COX, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
>> I HAVE NOTHING IN EVENING. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: YOU MISSED THE WEATHER EVENT.
[16. COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION]
>> I DID MISS THE WEATHER EVENT.
>> MS. EARLY? NOT AT THIS TIME.
>> COMMENTS FROM THE CITY COMMISSION?
>> ANYONE VOLUNTEER TO GO FIRST?
>> I'LL VOLUNTEER, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO, UM, SEND PRAYERS FOR OUR FELLOW FLORIDIANS OVER ON THE WEST COAST. THEY WANT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR HURRICANE AND NOW THEY'RE REALLY GOING THROUGH IT TRYING TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. SO, I JUST WANT TO LET THEM KNOW AND LET THE FAMILY MEMBERS HERE, LET THEM KNOW THEY'RE IN OUR PRAYERS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, HE JUST TALKED, BUT, I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER. HE WAS ON TOP OF EVERYTHING. I DO BELIEVE MY CELLPHONE BUZZED EVERY 30 MINUTES WITH UPDATES. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH US NOT KNOWING WHERE THE STORM WAS GOING AND HIM NOT TAKING THE TIME, TO YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE HE WAS ON TOP OF THINGS AND MAKE
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SURE THAT, UM, THE CITY AND THE STAFF WAS READY TO GO, SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU DON'T GET THANKS FOR THOSE TEXT MESSAGES AND EMAILS, BUT, YOU WILL FROM ME, AS LONG AS I'M SITTING IN THIS SEAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A JOB WELL DONE. MADAM MAYOR, AGAIN, HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU, HURRICANE IAN. I'M NOT IN CERTIFICATION TRAINING.>> THAT'S RIGHT, YOU WERE IN TRAINING?
[LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR HUDSON: YOU SURPRISED ME. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, BECAUSE, I KNOW IT'S A THREE-STEP PROCESS SO, I NEED TO GET THIS TRAINING. BUT, FOR RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
>> GREAT. ANYBODY ELSE? >> I HAVE GOOD NEWS, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AFTER THIS MEETING, I WON'T BE TALKING ABOUT JC PPARK. I WILL SAY THA 18 MONTHS WENT BY REALLY FAST, AND, IT JUST, RIGHT NOW, UM, THE ISSUES AREN'T OUT THERE. SO, ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW, WE START THE BUILD. HOW EXCITING IS THAT? OF COURSE, ALL THIS WEEK, I DON'T SEE MIKE HERE ANYMORE, BUT, MIKE'S BEEN BITING HIS FINGERNAILS BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID THE SITE GET A LOT OF RAIN WHICH INTERRUPTED OUR SITE WORK, BUT, THE KING TIDES CAME IN AND PUT WATER PRESSURE ON IT. AND WATER WOULDN'T LEAVE THE PARK. SO, UM, WE'VE HAD DRY DAYS THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. AND IF THAT CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT, IT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WE'VE JUST GOT THE SHELL OUT THERE. WE'VE FINALLY GOT IT TODAY AND WE'LL START MOVING AROUND. ONCE WE GET IT DOWN, EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE OF THE AND I HAVE LOOKED AT THE WEATHER AND CALLED OUT TO A MINISTRY ORGANIZATION. WE'VE GOT TENTS, BUILDINGS, AND FOLKS, WE'RE UP ON PIRATE SHIPS AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE BUILDING. IT'S GOING TO BE REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE SAFETY. I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE CAPTAIN THAT HIS WHOLE JOB IS THAT HE'S THE SAFETY CAPTAIN, HE'S GOING AROUND AND IF HE SEES SOMETHING THAT'S OUT OF WHACK, IF IT IS OUT OF WHACK, HE'LL CALL ATTENTION TO IT. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GOOD TIME, SOME, COMMUNITY LET'S GET OUT AND WORK TOGETHER TYPE OF THING, EXCELLENT FOOD, BY THE WAY, I GOT TO SEE ALL THE RESTAURANTS THAT JOINED IN. WE'VE GOT ALL THE MEALS PRETTY WELL HANDLED ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE BUILD. SO, THE TRICK IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE THERE AROUND 5:00. SO, YOU GET FED, THE RESTAURANTS COME IN, AND IT'S NOT ALL, I MEAN THERE MIGHT BE ONE NIGHT OF HAMBURGER AND HOTDOGS, BUT THE REST IS LOCAL RESTAURANTS DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO SHOW OFF WHAT THEY MAKE FOR OUR FOLKS HERE. SO, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT GOING ON. A LOT OF MOVING PARTS RIGHT NOW. UM, THANK YOU FOR NOT MAKING ME DO ANYTHING ELSE THIS NEXT WEEK BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, INTERESTING HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER. BUT, THINGS ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP ON-SITE. WE'VE GOTTEN THE MATERIALS SHOWING UP SOMETIMES WITH WARNING AND SOMETIMES WITHOUT.
WHICH MAKE IT IS INTERESTING. BUT, BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS, AND OUR VOLUNTEERS, OUR CONTRACTOR VOLUNTEERS COMING IN, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN. SO, IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP YET, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP. BUT IF YOU DO SIGN UP, GET ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, YOU'LL BE DIRECTED RIGHT TO HOW TO DO IT.
VOLUNTEER FOR A SHIFT, TWO SHIFTS, STAY THERE ALL DAY OR ALL WEEK IF YOU WANT. YOU CAN ADOPT A CERTAIN FEATURE, IF IT'S THE PIRATE SHIP YOU WANT TO BUILD, COME BUILD THE PIRATE SHIP. BUT, THIS IS A ONE OF A FIND TYPE OF OPERATION, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL BE SO PROUD THAT YOU WERE PROUD OF, IF YOU DRIVEBACK BY THERE, YOU'LL LOOK OVER AND SAY, I DID THAT. AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS HAVE SIGNED UP, A LOT OF THINGS ARE MOVING NOW. EVERYBODY WAS WAITING UNTIL THE STORM IS OVER AND NOW IT'S OVER AND NOW THINGS ARE GETTING JAMMED UP. WE'RE MEETING ON ZOOM AT 8:00 A.M.
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WE'LL BE MEETING EVERY DAY OR EVERY OTHER DAY TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WOK IN A SIGN UP AREA TO BE CHECKED IN TO BE SURE THAT YOU ARE DRESSED PROPERLY. SAFELY FOR THE SITE. YOU'LL BE ASKED IF YOU'RE SKILLED OR UNSKILLED. YOU'LL HAVE A BADGE THAT TELLS YOU IF YOU CAN OPERATE A POWER SAW OR YOU JUST WANT TO LEARN. EITHER WAY, WE WANT BOTH. EVERYTHING IS A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT FOR SAFETY AND TO BE SURE THAT WE GET THIS DONE IN SIX DAYS AND THAT'S THE AMAZING PART. AND WE HAVE A TIME LAPSE CAMERA, BUTTIA WAIT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT TO EVERYBODY WHEN WE'RE DONE. SO, WITH, UM, A LOT OF HOPE AND PRAYER, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'RE GOING TO START THIS THING AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT ALL IN SIX DAYS. UM, AND, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.>> ABSOLUTELY. I SIGNED UP FOR A BUNCH OF SHIFTS.
>> I KNOW THAT YOU DID, MAYOR. >> IN FACT, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER CALLED ME AND WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW YOUR MAYOR IS WORKING AT THE PARK ALMOST EVERYDAY.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: I'M HAVING TO TELL PEOPLE, I NEED A DOCTOR'S EXCUSE, I CAN'T GO TO THIS MEETING, BECAUSE I'M
WORKING. >> SO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN TOOLS THERE. WE HAVE TOOLS. IN FACT, HOME DEPOT STEPPED UP WITH $6,000 WITH BRAND NEW TOOLS. WE PICKED UP ALL THE ESSENTIALS. A LOT OF TOOLS HAVE BEEN DONATED. WE CALL THEM THE TOOL CZAR, THEY HAVE THEIR LITTLE CASTLE SET UP.
IT'S A BOX WIRED UP AND THEY HAVE THAT FIGURED OUT. SO, I MEAN, WE HAVE AMAZING FOLKS THERE READY TO HELP YOU. ALL THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS PUT TOOLS AND SCREWS, AND PENCILS AND SQUARES AND STUFF IN YOUR HANDS AND YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT AND YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD THAT PARK. AND THAT'S THE
AMAZING PART. SO, COME ON OUT. >> THAT'S GOING TO BE A
MIRACLE. >> IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS TO MANY, MANY FOLKS BEFORE. THIS IS HOW FORT PIERCE DEFINES COMMUNITY. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW OUR DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY, SHOW UP. IT'S GREAT.
>> MAYOR HUDSON: I'M EXCITED. >> I'LL BE BRIEF. I WILL BE THERE. I WILL NOT SIGN UP. I'LL SHOW UP AND JUST BE THERE
FOR AS MANY HOURS AS I CAN. >> I'LL BE THERE FOR DINNER.
MORE, IMPORTANTLY, I TOO, WANT TO COMMEND MR. MIMMS AND STAFF.
I HAD CONCERNS AS WE SAW THE STORM COMING. WE SAW FOLKS OUT THERE PICKING UP THE LARGE, BULK ITEMS THAT COULD HAVE BECOME VERY CHALLENGING NAVIGATING SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND, SO, THAT WAS FANTASTIC. WE DID GET SOME WIND, WE DO HAVE SOME DOWNED LIMBS. WE HAD QUITE A BIT ON OUR STREETS RIGHT NOW.
SO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT I KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO ABTHE STAFF AND THE CITY STAFF, AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE CURRENTLY DOING OUT HERE TO MAKE OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL AGAIN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING OUR STREETS AND BLOCKS ADDRESSED. AND WE DID HAVE SOME WIND HERE, WE HAD A FEW DOWNED LIMBS, ET CETERA, AND SO, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW. THANK YOU FOR
THAT. >>> YOU KNOW, ALSO, WE HAVE SOME COLLEAGUES OVER THERE, AND, UM, ONE IN FAMILIAR, TERESA WATKINS
BROWN. I'M VERY CONCERNED. >> I SENT HER AN E-MAIL AHEAD OF THE STORM AND I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER SINCE.
>> I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TONIGHT AND FIGURE OUT WHERE SHE'S AT. WE JUST SAW HER AT THE POLICY MEETING IN KISSIMMEE.
>> THIRDLY, TONIGHT, WE, IT WAS CHALLENGING FOR US TO NAVIGATE THOSE RED PUMPS. BUT, THE SERIOUSNESS IS RESONATING IN MY MIND IS THAT RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE SITTING IN THESE CHAMBER, SOMEONE'S HAVING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ENCOUNTER IN OUR CITY.
AND THOSE NUMBERS WERE STARTLING TO ME AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY. WE HAVE A BIG COUNTY, BUT THEY DIDN'T COME DOWN TO FORT PIERCE SPECIFICALLY, IT'S THE SAME AS THE COUNTY, IT'S BIG, BUT, A LOT OF THAT IS IN FORT PIERCE. AND A LOT OF IT IS NOT EVEN REPORTED. THOSE ARE WHAT THEY
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DO REPORT. AND, SO, AS I SIT HERE AND WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT, THOSE NUMBERS REFLECTED UPON ME AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO, MUCH LIKE WE'VE DONE TONIGHT, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT, IN MY MIND WILL HAVE TO BIN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS THIS. WE TOOK A STEP TONIGHT TO HELP THE UNSHELTERED, AT LEAST THROUGH COLD WEATHER, RIGHT? AND THAT'S A FANTASTIC STEP. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT OUR CITY KNOWN AS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLACE. THAT'S JUST TO ME, JUST CONTINUES TO SHIP AWAY WITH WHAT WE KNOW AS A GREAT, BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND JOBS AND PEOPLE HERE. AND, YOU HAVE TO MAY BE, UNDERSTAND, THAT WITH THAT DEVASTATION OVER ON THAT COAST, WE MAY BE IN FOR SOME PEOPLE MOVING TO OUR COAST. BECAUSE THEY GOT HIT REALLY BAD THERE. I'M GLAD THAT WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GROWTH OF OUR WESTERN CORRIDOR, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO PUT ON OUR HATS AND THINK ABOUT THINGS IN OUR CITY AND COUNTY IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS AS WE EXPERIENCE, WHAT I THINK WILL BE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT,THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON?
>> I'LL COMMEND STAFF AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES AND THE HARD WORK PUT IN BY ALL OF OUR STAFF, JUST PREPARING FOR A HURRICANE EVENT, AND A STORM EVENT, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE CLEANUP PROCESS IS ALWAYS A DAUNTING TASK. IT ALSO SPURS THINKING ON MY PART, FOR ME, THE WHAT-IF SCENARIOS. WHERE DO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS GO AND WHAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IF AN EVENT LIKE THAT WERE TO HIT, WHERE WOULD WE HOLD BUSINESS MEETINGS LIKE THIS? WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHICH PART OF OUR CITY WOULD BE AFFECTED AND NOT.
BUT, JUST THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX THINKING, WHEN YOU SEE THOSE KINDS OF PICTURE, IT SPURRED, OF, OKAY, WELL OUR RIVER'S HERE CLOSE TO CITY HALL. WHAT DOES THAT SAY FOR OUR PARTNERS IN PORT ST. LUCY OR ST. LUCY COUNTY, BECAUSE ANY OF US ASSEN A ENTITY CAN BE AFFECTED BY A POD OR A CELL, OR A TORNADO EVENT. IT JUST SPURS ALL KINDS OF THOUGHTS. SO, I ALWAYS WANT TO BE PREPARED ON OUR SIDE, THINKING AHEAD OF OUR BUILDINGS, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT IS THE ASSESSMENT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, IS THE ROOF OLD, DOES IT NEED TO BE REPLACED? MAY BE IT'S BEEN REPLACED OR FIXED.
IT'S BEEN FIXED, RIGHT. THINKING ABOUT THIS BUILDING, THIS IS A 1990S BUILDING, RIGHT? SO, ALL OF THESE THINGS START TO COME TO MIND FOR ME. AND JUST, THE PROCESS OF GETTING BACK TO A LITTLE BIT OF NORMALCY. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME FOR THOSE FOLKS, LIKE YOU SAID, COMMISSIONER, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF CHANGES AND A LOT OF BUILDING BACK. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS ALL THE TIME AND THEN, WHERE DO WE -- YOU KNOW HOW DO WE HELP THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY IT. AND HOW ARE WE ACTING, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, OUR STATE PARTNERS AND WHAT RESOURCE ARE BEING BROUGHT IN. SO, I FEEL FOR ALL THAT'S GOING ON. IT'S A DAUNTING TASK WITHOUT A DOUBT. I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO BE PREPARED. THE OTHER THING COMING TO OUR CITY, UNLESS IT'S BEEN CANCELLED, NEXT TUESDAY
NIGHT IS A DEBATE. >> IT'S THE 12TH, RIGHT?
>> WEDNESDAY, NIGHT. YES. >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING?
>> I HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD ANYTHING.
>> AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL SCHEDULED TO HOST THIS DEBATE IN THE BEAUBEAUTIFUL SUNRISE THEAT WE'RE WORKING AND AWAITING TO HEAR FROM THE EVENT ORGANIZER, AND THE FDLE ON THEIR REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE FACILITY ITSELF. SO, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. AND AS SOON AS WE GET INFORMATION, I WILL RELAY THAT
TO YOU ALL. >> YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW. >> I'M GOING TO BE AT THE KID'S
BUILD, RIGHT? >> MAYOR HUDSON: I'M KIDDING.
AND THEN, IF WE'RE ABLE. I WANT TO BE GRACIOUS HOSTS ALSO.
BECAUSE, I THINK THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY DEBATE HAPPENING IN OUR STATE AND IT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.
WHATEVER WE COULD DO TO BE PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS, WHILE THEY'RE CLEANING UP, AT THE SAME TIME, LET'S GET THINGS SPRUCED UP A BIT. I REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY ALSO BECAUSE IT'S
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ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE COUNTY'S COMPLEX THERE. JUST WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO JUST, YOU KNOW, BE LOUD AND PROUD.>> LOUD AND PROUD. >> THAT'S RIGHT. JUST EXCITED ABOUT OUR CITY. THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING.
>> OKAY. >> MAYOR HUDSON: IF YOU THINK OF IT, JUST INTERRUPT ME. SPEAKING OF THE ASSESSMENT OF OUR ASSETS HERE. THE FMITT AT THE MEETING THAT I ATTENDED, THE MOST RECENT ONE, THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT ON A THREE-YEAR CYCLE OF EVERYBODY INSURED BY THEM, THEY'RE UPDATING ALL OF THE ASSESSMENTS OF ALL OF OUR ASSETS. ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS AND EVERYTHING. WITH THE IDEA THAT IF THEY HAD TO REPLACE THIS BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERABLY MORE EXPENSIVE. SO, BECAUSE OF THIS HURRICANE, AND BECAUSE OF THAT ASSESSMENT, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING, OUR INSURANCE IS GOING TO GO UP. IT'S GOING TO GO UP. AT SOME POINT. BECAUSE, WHEN MICHAEL HIT THE PAN HANDLE, BUT, EVERY EVENT, EVERY WEATHER EVENT. AND FLORIDA'S ALWAYS, KIND YOU HAVE VULNERABLE TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. EVEN BEYOND FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA FIRES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS FIGURE INTO INSURANCE RATES.
SO, WE'LL HAVE THAT ASSESSMENT BY OUR INSURANCE. IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND, I ALSO WANT TO THANK MR. MIMMS AND OUR STAFF.
I WANT TO SAY THAT OUR FPUA WAS AMAZING AS WELL, THEY HAD EVERYBODY BACK UP. AND FPNL RECENTLY AS OF THIS MORNING DOESN'T HAVE EVERYBODY UP. THEY HAVE A BIGGER TERRITORY. BUT, THAT'S ONE GOOD THING THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT A HOMETOWN UTILITY, BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE. THEY'RE IN THIS TREASURE COAST AREA AND CLOSER. SO, I THINK THAT THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AND BOTH STAFFS. AND, I WANT TO SAY THAT ON OCTOBER 7TH, FRIDAY, THIS COMING FRIDAY IS AN EVENT AT HILLCREST MEMORIAL GARDENS, FOR PON DEXTER WILLIAMS, THEY'RE GOING TO HONOR HIM. ORLANDO CAN'T FOR THE SAME REASON THAT YOU DID. SO, I HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THERE FOR THAT, FOR THOSE
CEREMONIES. >> THIS FRIDAY, RIGHT?
>> MAYOR HUDSON: YES. THIS FRIDAY.
>> I HAVE CONFLICT TOO. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. BECAUSE, I WOULD BE THERE IF I COULD, BUT, I CAN'T BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE. YES. SO, UM. ALL RIGHT. UNLESS THERE'S, DID YOU THINK OF WHAT IT WAS?
>> IT WAS THE FPUA AND YOU SAID IT. THEY DID A GOOD JOB WITH
THE NOTICES. IT WAS DIFFERENT. >> MAYOR HUDSON: I
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