Nov 08, 2022 FPRA Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER THIS IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 THIS IS THE WORD PEERS DEVELOPMENTAL AGENT

STEVE. >> PLEDGE OF 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 RULE PLEASE.

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >>.

[VOTING] NEXT COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

[5. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Any person who wishes to comment on any subject on this agenda may be heard at this time. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less, as directed by the Chairperson, as this section of the Agenda is limited to fifteen minutes. The FPRA Board will not be able to take any official actions under Comments from the Public. Speakers will address the Chairperson, Commissioners, and the Public with respect. Inappropriate language will not be tolerated.]

>> TIME FOR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND MIX COX WILL GIVE YOU A WARNING OF THREE SECONDS.

PLEASE COME WARD. GOOD NING WILCOX NING WILCOX 5227 OPEN LAKE CIR., FORT PIERCE, FL 951.

MEMBERS OF THE SSION AND OF THE E PUBLIC, I GREET YOU AT THE PLEASURE OF ME BEING HERE. I COME BEFORE YOU TO SPEAK ON ITEMS UNDER NEW BUSINESS 7B AS WELL AS 7C.

I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH 7C FIRST.

THE UPDATE ON THE ROUTE. I UNDERSTAND THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC A LOT OF THINGS WERE GOING ON AND WE HAD LABOR SHORTAGES. MINUTE MOVE APART TO THE WORKFORCE ISSUES. THAT DIDN'T LAST OVER THREE YEARS WERE CLOSE TO THREE YEARS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID IF YOU GO TO UPDATE THE ROUTE LET'S DO AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS.

THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS ARE BY THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE PARCELS ARE OBTAINED. IN THE FLORIDA COMMISSION OF ETHICS HAS ALREADY FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE FOR A INVESTIGATION. I HAVE A CIRCULATION OF THE ROUTE AND THE DISH AND IT IS RIGHT HERE.

THE PUBLIC INFORMATION, IT IS IN THE PUBLIC NOW.

I WOULD LIKE CEBALLOS AS WELL AS PHYLLIS GILMORE TO SHOW CAUSE ON UNETHICAL ACTIONS. ON ITEM 7B AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATION WITH INCUBATE NEIGHBORHOOD I HAVE NOTHING PERSONAL AGAINST THEM. NOTHING AT ALL.

THE BIBLE SAYS DO NOT LET YOUR GOOD BE EVIL SPOKEN OF.

AGAIN, UPON ADVICE OF THE LATE ATTORNEY GENERAL COCHRAN UNCHALLENGED IN A MANNER THE PROCESS AND PUTTING THE SYSTEM ON TRIAL. THE SAME ISSUE AND ETHICAL VIOLATIONS OF GILMORE INVOLVING THE CITY EMPLOYEES.

YOU HAVE THE SAME SITUATION MINUS THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.

THEIR INSURANCE HAD TO GO TO THE INTENTION OF RISK MANAGEMENT. THE RISK MANAGER THEN WAS RITA JOHNSON. LOOKING ON THE WEBSITE SHE'S A BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.

WHO IS CHECKING THE CHECKER BACK YOU MOVE INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM AND ALL OF YOU WILL BE VIOLATING THE FLORIDA COMMISSION OF ETHICS GUIDELINES AS WELL.

BECAUSE YOU ARE ACTING CORRUPTLY.

ON SEPTEMBER 27 I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ALONG WITH THE FACTS.

YOU DIDN'T RESPOND. BUT THE FACT IT IS DATED SEPTEMBER 27 YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN REASONABLE ENOUGH TIME VIOLATIONS HAD OCCURRED. MOVE FORWARD AND YOU ARE ACTING CORRUPTLY THANK YOU. ASK ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE FPRA REGULAR MEETING BOARD.

COME FORWARD. >> GOOD EVENING MADAME MAYOR AND COMMISSION AND STAFF. PAMELA CARRUTHERS LINKIN PARK MAY STREET. ONE QUESTION BEFORE I GET STARTED. PI'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 7B AT THA

TIME. >> THIS IS THE ONLY PUBLIC

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WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES WORK WITH THAT BUILDING. IN MARCH 2020 WE HAD A MEETING WITH CITY MANAGER MR. MALM REGARDING THE IDEAS OF THE HIGHWAY COMING TO THE JACKIE CANNON BUILDING AND LINKIN PARK MINISTRY RELOCATING TO THE MEANS COURT CENTER BEING ONE OF THE ANCHOR ORGANIZATIONS THERE. OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR WE WENT OVER TO MAINE COURT TO IDENTIFY SPACE AS WELL AS TO WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE PROGRAM AND FOR LINKIN PARK MINISTRY. FAST-FORWARD TO 2021 WE TALKED ABOUT A LEASE. IN AUGUST 2021 LINKIN PARK MAIN STREET WAS GIVEN A LEASE, A ONE-YEAR LEASE WITH THE RENEWAL FOR THE NEXT YEAR. STATING THAT WE WOULD BE RENEWED HOWEVER, THAT SAME PERIOD THE INCUBATE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER WAS GIVEN A LEASE, 30 YEAR LEASE, WITH A ONE-YEAR PAYMENT ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR PAYMENT.

THAT IN ITSELF IS A DISPARITY. HOWEVER, THAT SAME GROUP MOVED IN AND THEY'VE OCCUPIED AND WE'VE BEEN WHERE WE ARE AND OCCUPY THE 1900 TWO SQUARE FEET.

THAT GROUP HAS 24,017 SQUARE FEET.

MOST OF THAT SPACE LESS THAN 20 PERCENT OF THE SPACE IS BEING FULLY UTILIZED. THE CITY ISSUED THE RFP FOR OUR UTILIZATION OF THE SPACE THAT LINKIN PARK MAIN STREET CURRENTLY OCCUPIES. THAT GROUP SUBMITTED.

MY DEAL TO YOU AS A COMMISSION IS TO LOOK AT THE EQUITABLE AND FAIRNESS OF SAID BUILDING AS WELL AS OCCUPANTS.

LINKIN PARK MINISTRY WAS MOVING OUT TO ANOTHER LOCATION THEN BY ALL MEANS PURSUE IT AS AN ORGANIZATION.

BUT WE ARE NOT. NOW WE ARE BASED WITH COMING TO YOU AS A GROUP. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU MA'AM. >> MADAME MAYOR AND COMMISSION.

I'M BACK AGAIN. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT.

>> I NEED YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD I NEED IT FOR THE

RECORD. >> THREE FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. WE ARE SITTING HERE BECAUSE WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT PROPERTY AND THE BUILDING BECAUSE THAT IS A HISTORICAL SITE THAT IT'S ON.

THAT'S THE ORIGINAL SITE THAT HOUSED THE ORIGINAL LINKIN PARK ACADEMY. NOT THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT BUT THE ONE YOU HAVE TO READ ABOUT.

BEFORE LINKIN PARK WAS A TWO-STORY BUILDING AND THAT SITE WAS THE TENNIS COURT. I GREW UP KNOWING THE TENNIS COURT WAS THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A CONCRETE FLOOR, CONCRETE OR WITH TENTS AROUND IT. CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES WAS ONE AND THAT'S WHERE THE BUILDING IS SITTING.

WHEN WE FINALLY DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING WE ORGANIZED AND GOT TOGETHER AND THE BUILDING BECAME MAIN SKORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND AFTER THAT WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT WAS STILL IN EDUCATION. LINKIN PARK MINISTRY WE HAVE NO PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ARE PROVIDING FOR THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE DID AT THE TIME AND THAT IS OUR PROBLEM KNOWING WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WHEN WE FOUND THAT THEY HAD A ONE-YEAR LEASE, VERSUS 30 YEAR LEASE WE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THAT.

WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM AND EFFORT IN ORDER TO STATE AND MAINTAIN THE BUILDING AND HISTORICAL WAY IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN DONE. PREVIOUSLY DID I COVER EVERYTHING?

[LAUGHTER] >> THEY GOT ME DOING THE SPOKESMAN. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM. THREE BOARD MEMBERS WHAT IS

YOUR NAME AGAIN? >> THANK YOU SIR.

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THE BOARD PLEASE COME FORWARD. >> HELLO MY NAME IS GARY GARDNER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF INCUBATE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS TALKING ABOUT SO I DECIDED TO COME UP.

IN 2021 THE BUILDING WENT OUT ON BID AND I BID ON THE BUILDING AND FOLLOW THE PROCESS.

WHEN IT CAME UP FOR 2022 THAT SPACE WENT TO BID AT OUR PLANT IS TO BRING A BANK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO DEFINITELY CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THAT COMMUNITY BEING ON BANKED.

I HAVE RECENTLY MOVED FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL TO A LOT OF ENTITIES THAT WILL SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL AS A TECH HUB. IN 2021 WHEN THE SPACE WAS AVAILABLE LECOM PARK MAIN STREET COULD HAVE BID ON THE SPACE. THEY CHOSE TO NOT BID ON THE SPACE. NOW THE SPACE IS UP FOR LEASE AND WE BID ON THE SPACE OF THE PROCESS WAS TRANSPARENT.

OUR ENTITY HAVE A HIGH-SCORING POINTS AND WE PUT IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO THE BUILDING AND MADE A HUGE TRANSFORMATION. ALSO I WANT TO STATE THAT IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT SHAREE JOHNSON.

SHE WAS NOT ON OUR BOARD IN 2021 WHEN WE ACQUIRED THE BUILDING. I DON'T BELIEVE SHE IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE ANY LONGER.

WE FOLLOW RULES AND WE HAVE A GOAL TO GET TO AND WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COURT PLEASE COME FORWARD.

>> AND CATHERINE HENSLEY. I HELPED FACILITATE THIS WHOLE THING. MAIN SKORT SCHOOL TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY. WE'VE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE BOARD THAT IT WOULD BE A COLLABORATIVE NATURE, THAT BUILDING. UNDERSTANDING THROUGH CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL. LINKIN PARK MINISTRY HAS A LOT OF HISTORY OF NORTHWEST FORT PIERCE.

YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT YOU THINK IS BEST BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS OUR CHILDREN AND CITIZENS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO LEARN THE REAL HISTORY.

LINKIN PARK MAIN STREET DOES NOT STAY IN THE BUILDING I WILL BE SPEAKING WITH MR. MIMS TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THE HISTORY TO EXIST.

THANK YOU. ASK ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? ANYONE ELSE? GOING GOING GONE. WE ARE CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. LET'S MOVE ON.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

ANY BOARD MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE ANYTHING PULLED? IF NOT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 6C PLEASE.

ANYTHING ELSE? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA WITHOUT SEAT.

>> MOVED APPROVAL ON ITEMS EXCEPT FOR 6C.

>> MOTION TO SECOND. >>.

[VOTING] >> ITEM 60 IS THE APPROVAL OF

[c. Approval of First Amendment to Amended and Restated Agreement for Development of King’s Landing]

DEVELOPMENT OF KINGS LANDING. >> MADAME CHAIR AND FELLOW BOARD NOT THAT I PUT AN OPPOSITION BUT AS I READ THIS BACKGROND INFORMATION THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER ON THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT HERE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD AND I WANTED TO HAVE THIS BE A PUBLIC FACE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS.

THIS TIMETABLE WE ARE ON RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT GENERATED WHEN WE APPROVED THIS HOLDING OF A HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE TO BRANTLEY BRING COMMERCE UNFRIENDLY BRING JOBS AND FINALLY BRING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO HOLD MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS AND FAMILY REUNIONS RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE. I'VE GOT TO SAY THAT WHEN I READ THE BACKUP MATERIAL I LOOKED AT THIS TIMETABLE I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED. IT SEEMS HORIZON IS MOVING FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT. I WANTED TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION WITH THIS BOARD AND IF WE HAVE TO HAVE STAFF UP TO HELP PROVIDE BACKGROUND TO THIS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE HORIZON THAT WON'T GET PHASE 1 BUILT

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WHEN I VOTED ON THAT AND THAT WAS THE TIMETABLE.

I DO UNDERSTAND WE'VE COME OUT OF COVID-19 AND WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF THINGS GOING ON BUT A LOT WILL HAVE BEEN BETWEEN NOW AND 2025 AND I'M CONCERNED. I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME TECHNICALITIES IN THIS THING THAT WE HAD TO MOVE BACK BECAUSE OF SETBACKS WITH THAT.

WE HAD DELAYS SO THAT PUSHED FURTHER BACK MILESTONES.

IS THAT CORRECT MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS?

>> WE HAD SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ACTUAL TIMELINE.

WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE YEAR 2025, 2025 HAS BEEN THE YEAR OF THE COMPLETION OF PHASE 1. WE ARE SLIPPING FURTHER INTO 2025. BUT WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TONIGHT SIR YOU CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IS THE DEVELOPER AND THE DEVELOPER'S REPRESENTATIVE MR. DEVENS AND ALSO HAVE OUR PROJECT MANAGER AND WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

WHATEVER QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE WE CAN DEFINITELY ANSWER.

AS A MATTER FACT DID YOU COME UP AND WE WILL PUT UP A GRAPHIC FOR YOU AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

WE HAD A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND MOMENTUM BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME CHANGES. BASED UPON THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO NUMBER ONE, ATTRACT THE TYPE OF QUALITY OF THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ALL HAVE ASPIRED TO GET IN OUR DOWNTOWN

AREA. >> I APPRECIATE THAT.

I JUST WANT TO SET THE TEMPERATURE FOR THE CONSTITUENTS OUT THERE BECAUSE BILL IS ASKING WHEN THE HOTEL IS COMING. WE MAY HAVE OVERSOLD THAT WITH A LOT OF PROMISE AND A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BUT I NEED THEM TO KNOW BECAUSE I'M ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TOO.

WE ARE ALL PLANNING FOR THIS. THIS IS A TIMELY UPDATE AND IF I DIDN'T IT IT WOULD HAVE GOT SWEPT WITH THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT REACH THE

LEVEL OF DETAIL I READ ON THIS. >> MADAME CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE FPRA BOARD I HAVE A QUICK DETAIL ON THE TIMELINE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TO YOUR POINT. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

THE PHASES ARE BROKEN DOWN HERE AND THERE ARE MILESTONES FOR EACH PHASE. THE APPLICATION FOR BUILDING PERMIT FOR PHASE 1 WAS ACHIEVED AND THEY APPLIED FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF PHASE 1 AUGUST 19 OF 2022 THIS YEAR. UNDER THE NEW AMENDMENT EVERYTHING SLID AS MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS AND I'M SURE DOBBINS AND TANA CAN EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT WHY THIS IS COMING BUT THE COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE 1 WE NEED TO BE ACHIEVED BY SEPTEMBER 20 OF 2023.

THE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION WOULD THEN MOVE INTO EARLY 2026. THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES FOR PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3 IF YOU WANT ME TO READ I CAN ULTIMATELY PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3 WOULD END IN DECEMBER 2026.

THIS HAS BEEN, A SETBACK WITH COVID-19 AND THE CHANGES IN THE CLOSING DATES AND HOW EVERYTHING HAD TO SLIDE FROM THE NOVEMBER DATE TO LATER IN APRIL.

AND WITH TRYING TO LAND THE HOTEL AND GETTING THE AGREEMENT WHICH IS PART OF THIS AMENDMENT AS WELL, THOSE INCENTIVES, WE HAD THEE ADJUSTMENTS. I'M SURE THE DEVELOPER CAN SPEAK MORE OF THE RATIONALE FOR THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

>> EVEN HERE I HAD 2025 BUT NOW IT IS 2026.

THAT IS ONE MORE TAKE ON THE COUNTER.

>> IT IS NOT THAT BAD. >> IS IT NOT A FACT THAT IF THERE'S A DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY THEN THERE IS A BUILT-IN TIME PERIOD THAT DEVELOPERS ARE GIVEN EXTRA TIME

BECAUSE OF THAT? >> YES AND WE EXPERIENCED THAT.

>> WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT PROBABLY FROM THE PANDEMIC AS WELL AS THE HURRICANE. I DON'T KNOW.

AT ANY RATE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR.

DOBBINS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIS

SIDE WAS GOING ON PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

RECORD LEAD DOBBINS REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF I GIVE YOU GUYS A BIT OF A BACKGROUND ON THE EXTENSION OF TIME AND WHY THE EXTENSION OF TIME IS NEEDED. BASICALLY THE REASON FOR THE EXTENSION IS TWOFOLD. JUST FIRST OF ALL MY CLIENT FOUND MORE VERY CONCRETE THAN HE EXPECTED AS HE'S BEEN DIGGING INTO THE GROUND. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY HAS TO BE REMOVED BEFORE CONSTRUCTION CAN PROCEED.

THERE ARE SIX FOOT THICK SLABS AND THEY HAD TO BRING AND SPECIAL HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO BRING IT UP.

THERE'S A LOT MORE OF IT AND IT'S A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE TO

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AS OF THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER THE CONTRACTORS HAD REMOVED OVER 260 TONS OF BURIED CONCRETE.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NUMBER IS UP TO NOW.

THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE LEMONS OUT OF LEMONADE 120 TONS IF THAT IS GOING TO THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY REEF PROGRAM SO AT LEAST IT WILL GO TO A GOOD HOME. THE SECOND REASON IS THE ONE THAT MS. HARNAGE WAS ALLUDING TO.

AS YOU KNOW DALE HAS BEEN DISCUSSING WITH A HIGH-END HOTEL OPERATOR ABOUT COMING INTO OPERATE TO BUILD AND OPERATE THE HOTEL THAT WILL ANCHOR KINGS LANDING.

THE EDC IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY, FPRA COUNTY PUT TOGETHER A A INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR THE HOTEL OPERATOR.

THAT WENT OUT TO THE HOTEL OPERATOR I BELIEVE IN AUGUST.

BUT FOR THE HOTEL OPERATOR TO MOVE FORWARD AND TAKE THIS TO THE LENDER THEY NEED SOME CERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THOSE INCENTIVES AND THEY NEED MORE THAN JUST A LETTER FROM THE EDC. THAT IS PART OF WHAT THIS AMENDMENT IS ABOUT TONIGHT. WE GOT SOME PROVISIONS TO DEAL WITH AND THE TAX INCREMENT REVENUE AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST SINGLE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE COMING FROM THE FPRA IS THAT THAT IS IN THIS AGREEMENT. IN ADDITION, WE BASICALLY HAVE TAKEN THE LETTER FROM THE EDC AND MADE THAT AN ATTACHMENT TO THE AGREEMENT SO THE CITY CAN BASICALLY SIGN OFF ON THEIR PORTION OF IT IN THE PART THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY AND FPRA CONTROL. THAT WILL GIVE DALE SOMETHING HE GO BACK TO THE HOTEL OPERATOR WITH AND SAY OKAY THIS PACKAGE HAS BEEN BLESSED AND THEY CAN TAKE THAT TO THE LENDER. IT IS A LONG WAY OF SAYING THAT AFFECTS THE TIMELINE ALSO BECAUSE THE HOTEL WASN'T GOING TO GO FORWARD UNTIL THEY FELT THEY HAD THE LIST OF INCENTIVES THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TO ATTRACT THEM HERE AND WITHOUT THAT PORTION OF IT THE WHOLE PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD.

THOSE ARE THE TWO O REASONS FOR THE TIMELINE AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE AGREEMENT IS ALL ABOUT.

WE ALSO HAVE PETE FROM THE EDC SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE INCENTIVES HE'S AVAILABLE TO GO

THROUGH THAT WITH YOU WHAT. >> MR. DOBBINS WITH THE SECOND PART AND THE SURETY OF THE INCREMENTS OF THE TAX ETC., WHERE ARE WE ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 100 THAT THE HOTEL IS ACCEPTING OF THAT BECAUSE TO ME WITH THE LANGUAGE YOU JUST USED IS THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT OFFER TO MOVE FORWARD.

WHERE ARE WE ON THE COMFORT LEVEL WITH THAT?

>> THAT IS ABOVE MY PAY GRADE. DALE DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? COME ON UP.

>> DALE YOU KNOW THE RULES YOU HAVE TO COME SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF.

>> YOU PUT YOUR NICE BLUE JACKET ON TODAY.

>> THE HOTEL IS ACCEPTING AND THEY LIKE THE PROPOSAL BUT THEN HE IS SOMETHING TO REDUCE THE WRITING SO THEY COULD TAKE IT TO THE LENDER AND SAY HERE'S THE INCENTIVE PACKAGE THEY COULD PUT IN OUR CAPITAL STOCK TO BUILD THE HOTEL.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.

MORE IMPORTANTLY THE CONSTITUENTS AND THE PEOPLE I REPRESENT IN THIS COMMUNITY. IT HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE'VE HAD A OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THINGS THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

BECAUSE WE'VE LOST THE HOTELS WE USED TO HAVE HERE DUE TO STORMS AND OTHER THINGS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BANKING ON THIS AS A COMMERCE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING EVENTS TO FORT PIERCE. THAT'S WHY I'M SO ADAMANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS AND MAKE SURE WELL I HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT IT IS COMING BUT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DELAYED BASED ON WHAT I THINK WE PUT OUT THERE AS TO WHEN THE HOTEL WAS GOING TO BE BUILT.

THANK YOU I'M SATISFIED. >> WE'VE HAD THE LETTER OF INTENT WITH THE MAINSAIL SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.

IT HAS TAKEN THIS LONG TO MAKE THE INCENTIVE PACKAGE TO SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN VOTE ON. SIMULTANEOUS TO THE DUSTUP IN THE GROUND HAS TO COME OUT WHICH WE DID NOT CONTEMPLATE.

>> HOW MUCH LONGER ON THAT? >> I'M TOLD WE WILL BE DONE AT

THANKSGIVING. >> DONE DIGGING OUT THE TURKEY

BY THANKSGIVING. >> 300 TONS.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. THINKING ABOUT THE WHOLE

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COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T SENSE IT HAS. IT IS THE BUSINESS PLAN IS COASTAL. WHAT WE HAVE IN FORCE FORT PIERCE WITH THE MARINA AND THE SMALL TOWN CHARM IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY. THERE HOTEL IN FORT MYERS WAS THE OPERATION CENTER FOR GOVERNOR DESANTIS AS THEY WERE HANDLING THE CATASTROPHE OVER THERE FROM THE HURRICANE.

NOT THAT THEY WANT TO BE THE OPERATION CENTER FOR CATASTROPHE. THAT'S NOT THE BUSINESS PLAN.

BUT THEY LOVE THIS CITY AND THEY LOVE THE PROJECT AND THE ENERGY WE HAVE. NO ONE IS MORE FRUSTRATED THAN ME FOR HOW LONG THIS TAKES THE ENAMEL IS POPPING ON MY TEETH TRYING TO GET THIS THING DONE. WE WANT TO GET GOING.

JOE COLLIER, PRESIDENT OF MAINSAIL IS OVER HERE PROBABLY IF NOT ONCE A MONTH, EVERY SIX WEEKS WORKING ON SOMETHING WITH US. VERY ANXIOUS.

LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THE PRICE HAS GONE UP.

I THINK THE HOTEL STARTED AT 45 MILLION AND NOW IT'S $55 MILLION IS WHAT THEY BUDGETED FOR THE HOTEL.

I THINK IT IS A TESTAMENT TO WHAT WE BUILT TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN PLAY THIS LONG AS WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE NEEDLE THREADED. A LONG WAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION TOM IS THEY LIKE THE WATERFRONT PROPERTY AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE SCARED OFF AT ALL BY MOTHER NATURE.

>> FINAL QUESTION AND I LIKE PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO GET MUCH MORE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.

I'M LOOKING AT THE CLOCK NOT A CALENDAR ANYMORE.

[LAUGHTER] THIS THING HAS BEEN GOING ON AND ON AND I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES BUT AS FAR AS YOUR COMPONENTS AND YOUR MOVEMENT AND YOUR ORGANIZATION, YOU SEE NOTHING AS FAR AS YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT CAN MAKE THIS THING DELIGHT ANY LONGER? I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT OUTSIDE STUFF BUT TALKING ABOUT YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU ARE VERY CONFIDENT IN THE FACT THAT THIS NUMBER AND THESE DATES WILL BE RIGHT BECAUSE IT WILL BLOW UP MY FRONT COMMISSIONER JOHNSON BECAUSE HE HAS TO PLANT HER PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO THE HOTEL.

REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. IT IS THE KEY TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOING RWARD. WE HAVE DEPEND OUR HOPES TO THAT AND I WANT YOU TO TELL ME I CAN PIN MY HOPES ON .

>> YOU CAN.

>> WE CLOSED APRIL 6 ON GOOD FAITH BECAUSE STUFF WASN'T OUT OF THE GROUND. WE'VE GOT TO GET GOING ON THIS SO I CLOSED ON THE PROPERTY AND SAID WE WILL GET IT OUT OF THE GROUND AND WE STILL NEED THE CITY TO PAY FOR IT BUT WE WILL GET IT OUT OF THE GROUND. WE HAVE TO GET GOING HERE.

WE DON'T WANT ANY DELAY WE ARE HUNTING FOR EVERY WAY WE CAN TO GO AS FAST AS YOU GUYS WILL ALLOW US.

I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY COME THE ONLY THING WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HEAD WHEN WITH INTEREST RATES AND CONSTRUCTION DELAYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IN A DUMB LUCK SORT OF WAY WE MIGHT BE IN BETTER SHAPE BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE REALLY START GOING VERTICAL A LOT OF THIS STUFF WILL WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

THE VILLAS, THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES OVER ON BACCHUS COME THOSE PLANS ARE ALMOST DONE WE CAN GET GOING ON THOSE REAL QUICK. WE CALL THEM CHARLESTON HOMES FOR A LONG TIME. WHEN THE DESIGN FAMILY CAME OUT OF THE DESIGN SHOP THEY DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING LIKE A CHARLESTON HOME THEY LOOKED REALLY COOL AND WE WILL SHARE THEM WITH YOU BUT THEY ARE VILLAS.

>> LIKE FORT PIERCE. >> THEY ARE WONDERFUL.

IT IS REALLY, I AM MORE ENTHUSED ABOUT IT TODAY THAN I EVER HAVE BEEN. I WANT TO GET GOING.

>> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION THAT MIGHT

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>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DOLLARS THE INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR THE HOTEL PARCEL DOES CHANGE. WE HAVE A INCREASED CONTRIBUTION ON THE BACKEND WITH OUR TAX INCREMENT REVENUE SHARE. AS FAR AS THE TIME THAT CHANGES AS WELL. DOLLARS NOT UPFRONT AND NOT CASH I'M TALKING ABOUT GENERATED REVENUE.

YES MA'AM. >> ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE

ANYTHING? >> YES DALE DON'T GO TOO FAR.

SORRY. I WANT TO CHECK IN LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE AND THE SCREEN. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A SURETY OF DATES FROM YOU LOOKING AT THE ANTICIPATION BREAKING GROUND OTHER THAN WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW WITH VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION OR AT LEAST FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION FOR VERTICAL TO GO. HOW CONFIDENT IS THE TEAM OUTSIDE OF THE VILLAS FOR THE HOTEL SIDE, FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PERMITTING AND ACTUALLY BREAKING GROUND THE SEPTEMBER DATE? THAT'S A QUESTION I'VE GOT WITH THE TEAM. DID THEY HAVE A DESIGN CART AND PROCESS READY TO SUBMIT FOR PERMANENT OR A CONCEPTUAL PLAN ON THE LAND OF THE PROPERTY? WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?

>> THEY ARE THINKING THEY DON'T WANT TO DESIGN A HOTEL UNTIL THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A DEAL. THAT'S THE CONUNDRUM.

WE WANT THEM TO HURRY AND BUILD SOMETHING BUT THEY DON'T KNOW

THEY HAVE A DEAL FROM THE CITY. >> ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING FLOATING IN THEIR BRAINS.

>> THEY DO AND MARRIOTT HAS A BIT OF A TEMPLATE OF HOW THESE THINGS ARE BUILT. NOT EVERYONE IS UNIQUE.

THEY HAVE A SYSTEM THAT, A PROCESS THAT MAKES IT SCREW ALONG. GOOD.

THEY SING THE TIMELINE AND THE HEDULE E AT THEIR LIKE LET'S GET THIS STILL STILL GOING. THAT'S ALL THEY WANT TO DO.

>> THE DATES ARE HERE ON PAPER. I'M ASSUMING YOU'VE BEEN A PART

OF THIS. >> OH YES.

>> YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE SEPTEMBER SO WE CAN RE-ENERGIZE THE COMMUNITY IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> EVERYBODY, ARCHITECT AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR WANTS MORE TIME. AT THEIR LEISURE.

I'M LIKE NO THESE ARE THE TIMELINES WE STARTED WITH AND THE ONLY REASON WE ARE RECONFIGURING THEM IS BECAUSE THE HOTEL IS PHASE 1. UNTIL WE GET THE HOTEL DEAL MEMORIALIZED WE CAN'T BEGIN A LOT OF VERTICAL STUFF.

WE'VE SUBMITTED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IN AUGUST AS WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO THAT THAT'S WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM TOO. IT IS NO DIFFERENT, THE TIMELINE IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME ISN'T DIFFERENT.T IS

THE START DATE GOT MOVED BACK. >> BY 372 DAYS WHEN YOU COMBINE ALL THE ITEMS TOGETHER. WHAT ABOUT YOUR CONTRACTOR AND THE 28 OR 30 MONTHS IT TAKES FOR COMPLETION: INTO FEBRUARY 2026. YOUR CONTRACTOR IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE TWO-YEAR BUILD TIMEFRAME WHEN THEY START

TURNING DIRT? >> YES.

WE MAY BRING MORE FORCE WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

THERE IS A LARGER CONSTRUCTION FIRM CALLED PCL WE MAY BRING A JOINT VENTURE WITH CONKLIN LEWIS AS WELL.

WE KNOW WE WILL NEED A LOT OF HORSEPOWER ON THIS.

WE ARE NOT SITTING IDLED. CONKLIN AND LEWIS IS EMBRACING THAT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MOVING PARTS

BUT WE WANT TO MOVE THEM. >> REMIND THOSE GUYS TAKE MY CHANCES SAY IT BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMICS AND THE ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS SO REMIND THEM OF THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE HERE READY TO GO TO WORK JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE THAT COMES IN FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE. THE WORKFORCE IS HERE IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SAY IT OUT LOUD.

WHAT'S THE GUY THAT'S WHY THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT IS THIRD-GENERATION FORT PIERCE NATIVE.

THAT'S RUNNING THE BIG EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW.

>> ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE?

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> MADAM CHAIR IF I MAY I MOVE

FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 60. >> MOTION TO SECOND CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. [VOTING]

[a. Acceptance of the Downtown Master Plan]

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM

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VIEW THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN. >> WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANTS FROM AS AN ENEMY AND WE HAVE MR. GEORGE KRAMER AND ALSO CARRIE REED WILL GIVE US A PRESENTATION OF THEIR LONG HARD WORK ON THE DOWNTOWN MASTER THANK SHOULD BE GOOD TO

>> COME. >> THANK YOU.

>> ON BEHALF OF OF SME I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN HOPEFULLY IN 20 MINUTES IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD.

THREE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. ONE IS THIS PLAN, WE FEEL STRONG ABOUT A PUBLIC PROCESS AND ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS.

WE BELIEVE THIS IS A COMMUNITY INSPIRED PLAN.

SECOND AND WE HEARD THIS THROUGH DISCUSSION ON THE LAST ITEM, WE RECOGNIZE FORT PIERCE IS A CHARACTER RICH CITY.

WE WANT TO LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE AND SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES. BUT RETAINING THE CHARACTER WAS A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.

THE THIRD AND THE LAST TIME CARRIE AND I WERE IN THIS ROOM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTATION.

WE HOPE YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PLAN HERE TONIGHT.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY WE WILL MEASURE SUCCESS ON WHAT ACTUALLY GETS BUILT OUT OF THE PLAN SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IMPLEMENTATION, PARTICULARLY PHASE 1 AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PULLED A FEW OF THE PAGES FROM THE ACTUAL MASTER PLAN TO GO THROUGH SO THE TABLE OF CONTENTS TAKES US THROUGH A GUIDE AND WE TALK ABOUT THE FOUNDATION AND TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND GET INTO THE PLAN AND SHOW SOME 3D RENDERINGS THAT COME FROM THERE AND TALK WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION IN THREE PHASES.

THAT FINAL LONG-TERM VISION PLAN LOOKING AT THEM NEXT 20 YEARS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT FOUNDATION WE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE STRATEGIC LOCATION OF FORT PIERCE. WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN WEST PALM IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND MIAMI OVER THE YEARS. I THINK THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT PERHAPS WHAT NOT TO DO AND ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH. THAT FORT PIERCE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. WE DO THINK THAT PROXIMITY, WE TALK ABOUT THE ACCESS TO THE ATLANTIC WITH THE PROXIMITY ON THE WATER IS CERTAINLY VALUABLE.

BUT ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT BRIGHT LINE IN BETWEEN THE PROXIMITY BETWEEN ORLANDO AND THOSE SOUTH FLORIDA STOPS, WE THINK THIS TOWN PLAN CAN HELP ACCELERATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A STATION THERE IN THE FUTURE. I TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS AND EXISTING POSITIONS IN ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT HIS OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE STUDY AREA HERE. RECOGNIZING U.S. COMPLETED COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL HAD DONE A STUDY IN 2021 BUT REALLY LOOKING AT THE RETAIL MARKET ANALYSIS.

BIG PICTURE FROM HERE IS RECOGNIZING AS WE GET OUT IN THE 5 TO 10 MINUTE DRIVES IN 10 TO 15 MINUTE DRIVES THE POPULATION AND ALSO THE PURCHASING POWER INCREASES.

HOW DO WE MAKE DOWNTOWN THE DESTINATION AND ATTRACT THOSE DOLLARS WAS A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR STRATEGY.

AS I MENTIONED COMMUNITY INSPIRED PLAN AND I THINK IN THE 21ST CENTURY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT ONLINE OPTIONS. WE HAVE A SOCIAL PINPOINT SITE THAT ALLOWED RESIDENTS TO GO IN AND PUT COMMENTS WE CAN POST UPDATES ON THAT WEBSITE.ND WE THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. IT DOESN'T REPLACE THE IN PERSON ASSESSMENT SO BETWEEN STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND THE FOUR DAY IN PERSON DESIGN WORKSHOP WE HAD AND WE HAD PEOPLE ATTEND THE FARMERS MARKET AND ARE HAVING A POP-UP PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ALL TO GET THE FEEL FOR WHAT ARE THE VISION AND VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY.

OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS. ONE OF THE THINGS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AS WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE A LOT OF EXISTING ASSETS SO THE ABILITY TO CONNECT AND LEVERAGE IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THIS PLAN. WE ARE NOT STARTING WITH A BLANK SLATE. WE ARE STARTING WITH THE CITY THAT HAS INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF EXISTING ASSETS WE WANT TO CONNECT AND LEVERAGE. GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE ESTABLISH THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES BASED ON WHAT I WANT

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AND THEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, NOT JUST MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND NOT JUST ON THE WEEKENDS BUT CONSISTENT ACTIVITY FOR ALL USERS. BALANCE PARKING AND CHARACTER AND PARKING WAS REALLY AN ISSUE AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON. WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER BUT BALANCE IS IMPORTANT. WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR PARKING WE ALSO KNOW THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS AS WELL.

CONNECT EXISTING ASSETS I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

AGAIN IT IS CREATING THE SYNERGY AND PROVIDING LEVERAGE BY CONNECTING THE EXISTING ASSETS AND THE FIFTH AND I LIKE THIS ELEVATE EXPECTATIONS. WE HEARD IN A LOT OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY THERE IS SOME HESITATION TO GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY.

I THINK ALSO WE ARE NOT VERO BEACH AND STEWARD AND THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE DEEP CHARACTER FORT PIERCE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THAT.

WE THINK THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS AND IS A TIME TO ELEVATE EXPECTATIONS. I WAS EXCITED LISTENING TO THE UPDATES WITH KINGS LANDING. AS KIND OF A INTRO TO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH WITHIN THE PLAN SO WE HAD A SMALL DOWNTOWN AREA WITHIN THE CRA BOUNDARIES. WE NEEDED TO GET A LITTLE SMALLER IN TERMS OF A FOCUS AREA.

THE PLAN WE PROVIDED FOR YOU DOES COVER THE WHOLE AREA BUT THERE IS A NEED BECAUSE FUNDS ARE LIMITED TO HAVE A STARTING POINT I WILL HAVE THE STRONGEST EFFECT.

THE SNOWBALL EFFECT ON TIP AND WE REALLY FELT LIKE AGAIN WHERE ARE THE ASSETS EXISTING IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW CAN WE CONNECT THOSE? YOU CAN SEE THE FOCUS AREA LOOKS LIKE A REVERSE L IS WHERE WE FOCUS.

I WILL GO TO A COUPLE VISUALS AND HANDOVER TO CARRY OVER THAT TALK ABOUT THE MORE SPECIFIC LIMITATION PHASES THAT WILL COVER THE SAME AREAS. ONE WHEN WE LOOK AT MARINA SQUARE TODAY THERE ARE A LOT OF CARS.

THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING THAT IS DEDICATED AND AGAIN NEED TO PARK CARS IN DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE BUT WE THINK THE WATERFRONT PROPERTY HAS A HIGHER AND BETTER USE.

THIS IS A GROUND-LEVEL VIEW OF A POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT SPACE INTO MARINA PARK. FESTIVAL STREETS, FLEXIBLE STREETS. THIS IS THE SAME VANTAGE POINT HERE OF THE SECOND AS YOU CAN SEE OR HOPE YOU CAN SEE FROM THERE A COUPLE THINGS. THE DAYTIME VERSION YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BOLLARDS ON THE NIGHTTIME VERSION ARE REMOVABLE. THEY WOULD BE CURB LISTS SO DURING THE DAY YOU HAVE IT OPEN FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC BUT IN THE EVENING DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE BOLLARDS IN AND HELP PROMOTE THE ACTIVITY. THE OTHER THING WE TALKED ABOUT U.S. 1. REALLY AND THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON OR UNIQUE TO FORT PIERCE BUT A LOT OF THESE LARGE F DOT ARTERIALS DIVIDE COMMUNITIES AND WE UNDERSTAND THE DIVISION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST. THAT THE FIVE LANDS AND THE LONG CROSSING DISTANCE PROVIDED THERE.

WHAT WE DID AND THIS WAS IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR IN-HOUSE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS WAS LOOK AT THE VIABILITY OF REMOVING THE LEFT TURN LANES AT AVENUE A. THE LEFT TURNS COULD BE ACCOMMODATED ON ORANGE. THE REDUCING THE CROSSING DISTANCE AND REALLY CELEBRATING THAT IS THE PEDESTRIAN GATE WAY AT U.S. 1 AND AS I SAID CARRIE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GET IN. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I WILL LET CARRIE GO THROUGH AND FOCUS ON PHASE 1.

THANKS CARRIE. >> LIKE GEORGE SAID I WILL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION SO WE KIND OF SHOWED YOU A LITTLE TEASER ON SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

WE HAVE GONE THROUGH PHASE 1 AND WE ARE CALLING THAT 0 TO 5

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I THINK THAT'S BEFORE AND AFTER AND THAT'S A GREAT ILLUSTRATION OF SOME OF THE MOMENTUM THAT THAT CAN GENERATE.

I THINK HAVING THIS GREAT OPEN SPACE WOULD REALLY HELP REDEVELOPMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT KINGS LANDING AND OTHER REDEVELOPMENTS BUT REALLY INCENTIVIZE AND SHOW THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

IN THIS SLIDE GOES THROUGH SOME OF THE FEATURES.

THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL MASTER PLAN OF WHAT SOME OF THE FEATURES OF THE PARK COULD BE. AGAIN LOOKING AT HOW DO WE PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES? FAMILIES, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS? YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A INTERACTIVE WATER FEATURE AND EVENT LAWN. PARKING PLAZA THAT WOULD STILL SERVE AS PARKING BUT ALSO SERVICE THE WATERFRONT RESTAURANT. AND THEN THE PROMENADE IN THE TERRACE AND OVERLOOKS ARE REALLY HAVING A LOT OF DIFFERENT FEATURES THAT COULD APPEAL TO THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECTS IS CREATING A WATERFRONT DISTRICT.

YOU CAN SEE IN THIS ILLUSTRATION THERE IS FOR SEPARATE SEGMENTS REALLY THAT THIS WOULD ENTAIL.

WE HAVE A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND WE HAVE THE MARINA PARK.

E HAVE THE MARINA ITSELF. AND THEN WE HAVE THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK AREA. REALLY LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS A COHESIVE WATERFRONT DISTRICT? THIS DISTRICT CAN BE BRANDED AND REALLY CREATE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES AND OTHER TYPES OF RETAIL RESTAURANTS TO REALLY CREATE THIS WALKABLE WATERFRONT DISTRICT. ALSO LOOKING AT RIVERWALK PARK, BUT ALSO OBVIOUSLY KNOWN AS VETERANS PARK, A LOT OF GREAT SPACES HERE BUT SOMEWHAT UNDERUTILIZED.

HOW CAN WE INTRODUCE PROGRAMMING THAT MIGHT BETTER ACTIVATE SOME OF THESE SPACES? ONE GREAT EXAMPLE WE SAW THAT YOU ALL HAVE IMPLEMENTED IS THE FITNESS STATION AT THE CORNER WHICH IS GREAT. WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE USING THAT. WHAT IF YOU CREATED A FITNESS LOOP THAT WOULD ENCAPSULATE MORE OF THE PARK? HOW CAN WE BRING MORE ACTIVITIES, PLAYGROUNDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMMING IN THE AREA? THAT IS NUMBER THREE. NUMBER FOUR, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE GRANT FUNDING FOR THE LOOKING AT INCLUDING PARKING ALONG INDIAN RIVER DOCTOR THAT WOULD SERVE TO ACTIVATE NORTH OF MORRIS CREEK AND REALLY BRING MORE PARKING AND MORE PEOPLE TO USE THAT CORRIDOR. AS GEORGE MENTIONED THE FESTIVAL STREETS AND WE'VE SHOWED SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW THESE COULD BE UTILIZED.T COULD BE FARMERS MARKETS.

IT COULD BE ART FESTIVALS AND IT COULD BE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS. THESE ARE REALLY GREAT PLACES WHERE YOU CAN HAVE PARKING AND VEHICULAR USE DURING THE DAY BUT ON EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS INTRODUCE COMMUNITY VENUES.

AND THEN GOING ALONG WITH THE IMPROVED INTERSECTION THAT AVENUE AHAZ. WE DID TALK ABOUT DOING RECLASSIFICATION OF U.S. 1 IN THIS AREA.

RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT CLASSIFICATION IS C3 SEE WHICH IS SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL. BASICALLY WHAT WE THINK MAKES MORE NSE WOULD A URBAN CENTER SO A SEA FOG IFICATION.

THE REASON THAT IS IMPORTANT IS IT ALLOWS YOU TO POTENTIALLY

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THIS WOULD BE A PROCESS WHERE THERE WOULD BE A FEW STEPS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET THIS RECLASSIFICATION ALONG WITH THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS. BUT THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO IMPLEMENT NUMBER SEVEN WHICH WOULD BE TOO REDUCE THE TURN LANES OR ELIMINATE THE TURN LANES AND REDUCE THAT CROSSING WITH THAT TO HELP PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY ACROSS U.S.

1. GOING INTO PHASE 2 WE ARE CALLING THIS A 5 TO 10 YEAR TIMEFRAME THAT AGAIN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE LISTED AND AS GEORGE MENTIONED A LOT OF THESE ARE CONNECTING THE EXISTING ASSETS THE MORRIS CREEK WE KNOW IS A GREAT ASSET.

RIGHT NOW THERE IS A LOT OF LACK OF CONNECTIVITY AS YOU GET CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN. ONE OF THE THINGS THIS PLAN LOOKS AT IS HOW CAN THE CONNECTIVITY BE ADDRESSED OVER TIME AND LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL FESTIVAL STREETS.

SOME OTHER STRATEGIC INFO. CARJACKS SUCH AS YOU CAN SEE NUMBER EIGHT WHICH IS THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT SITE. WHICH COULD ALSO HOUSE THE FUTURE RIGHT LINE STATION. AND THEN PHASE 3 IS 10+ YEARS OUT. YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS KIND OF SHIFTS OUT OF THE FOCUS AREA. AS MOMENTUM IS GENERATED WITHIN THE FOCUS AREA DURING THE FIRST 5 TO 10 YEARS THIS PLAN STARTS TO LOOK AT OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE AREA AND HOW PROJECTS KINDA CAPITALIZED ON THAT MOMENTUM.

AND THIS IS THE FINAL VISION PLAN.

AGAIN YOU CAN SEE NUMBER TWO. IT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIGHT LINE STATION. THE WHOLE TRIANGULAR PIECE COULD ALSO BE A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT SITE.

MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WHOLE AREA AS WELL.

AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> COMMISSIONER GAINS? >> GREAT PRESENTATION THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I UNDERSTAND THE VISION AND THE PLANS AND BRINGING IN BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING.

MY QUESTION IS IS THERE ANYWHERE IN OUR VISION WHERE WE HAVE PLANNED SOMETHING FOR THE TEENAGERS OR THE YOUTH OF FORT PIERCE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE OR ENJOY WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS VISION PLAN? I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS YOUTH COMING AND BEING ESCORTED AWAY OR NOT FEEL LIKE THERE WANTED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO OTHER DOWNTOWNS AND THAT'S HOW IT IS. IS THERE ANY TYPE OF VISION PLAN WHERE WE CAN ATTRACT THE YOUTH TO SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FUTURE AND THE ONES THAT WILL BE HERE AND START BUILDING WHAT WE WANT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS. >> I GUESS I WOULD SAY I THINK WE HAVE TWO PARK PROJECTS THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY, WE PROVIDED A HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT THOSE FEATURES COULD BE.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE SPECIFICS AS TO WHAT ARE THOSE EXACT THINGS THE COMMUNITY WILL NEED AND I THINK THAT WILL BE PART OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL DESIGN

PROCESSES IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> THERE'S A LOT OF DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE YOUTH AND MIDDLE AGES AND ELDERLY IN OUR COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE THINGS, IF WE ARE GOING TO PLAN SOMETHING AND REDEVELOP AS I SEE ALL OF FORT PIERCE AND I HOPE PARENTS DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY BUT I WILL SAY IT BECAUSE I DEAL WITH THEM EVERY DAY, I WOULD RATHER KNOW THEY ARE DOWN HERE SOMEWHERE DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

IF WE ARE GOING INTO THIS LET'S THINK ABOUT SOME TYPE OF VENUE WE KNOW OUR YOUTH CAN COME AND PARENTS CAN FEEL SAFE BY LETTING THE YOUTH GO AND IT'S ALL PART OF THIS DOWNTOWN PLAN.

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AND THEY ARE TRYING TO BRING ON AT THE END WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE YOUTH. BUSINESSES WILL COME IF WE BUILD THIS BUSINESSES WILL COME.

OUT-OF-TOWNERS WILL COME TO SPEND THEIR MONEY.

BUT THEN I HAVE A SET OF YOUTH THAT LIVE ACROSS U.S. 1 THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE ACROSS U.S. 1 THEY WILL FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. I'M THROWING IT OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY LIKE THESE DAYS. LET'S THINK OF SOMETHING.

I HEARD ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES. I KNOW YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE EXERCISE STEP BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS INTO THAT.

I HAVE NO IDEA BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ATTRACT AND GET OUR YOUTH SOMETHING POSITIVE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BEING A PART OF THIS VISION

PLAN. >> YES I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. I WANTED TO SHOW IN THE DESIGN OBVIOUSLY THE INTERACTIVE WATER AND SPLASH PAD PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YOUNGER COULD THE TERRACE OVERLOOKS TO BE ABLE TO SIT AND READ A BOOK AND GET WI-FI LARGE ENOUGH TO THROW A FOOTBALL OR FRISBEE. AGAIN FOR THE RIVERWALK PARK ONE OF THE THINGS WE NOTICE AS YOU'RE WALKING DOWN INDIAN RIVER DOCTOR IS THERE ARE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE PARK YOU DON'T FEEL CONNECTED TO THE RIVERWALK.

WE THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES. IT IS A BIG PARK.

THE RIVERWALK IS GREAT BUT HOW DO YOU TIE IN THE OTHER ELEMENTS TO THE RIVERWALK AND TO THE WATER? ALL OF THOSE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AND WE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING ACTIVITY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE ARE FLEXIBLE AND HAVE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC SPACES THAT REFLECT THAT.

I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. >> THANK YOU.

>> I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND I DECIDED ABOUT THIS ELEMENT ON THE SCREEN.

UTILIZING THE PARK MORE FULLY THAN WHAT WE DO TODAY.

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE SPACE LIKE YOU MENTIONED AND I NOTICED YOU INCORPORATED EVEN THE SEAPLANE BASE AND CONNECTIVITY THAT PROVIDES A SAFE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO THE RIVERWALK FROM INDIAN RIVER DOCTOR.

WITH THE IDEA OF CREATING A LOOP LIKE YOU SAID.

TO BE FROM THE BACK CENTER MANATEE CENTER TO SEAWAY DRIVE.

VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENTS. OF COURSE I'VE GOT TO SAY IT, WE WEAR A COMMISSION HAVE TO SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF IMPROVING INDIAN RIVER DOCTOR AND LOOKING AT THAT.

MORE IN FAVOR OF THE BAKKEN PARKING MORE THAN THE FORWARD FACING GRAPHIC BUT IT'S OKAY. WILL THE ENGINEERS DECIDE THAT ALONG WITH THE DESIGN ELEMENTS. GOING INTO NUMBER ONE I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS IF YOU CAN FLIP THE SCREEN BACK.

THIS IS THE VISION I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOR A LONG TIME.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL TRANSFORM THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE HEACOCK DISTRICT TO 10TH ST..

I SEE THIS AS A MULTI FUNCTION GREEN SPACE.

I THINK WHEN I VISITED ST. PETE AND THEY CREATED THEIR PROMENADE THAT'S A MILE-LONG OF ALL THINGS, WHAT THEY'VE DONE I SAW EVERY AGE GROUP ENJOYING A PARK LIKE THIS AND COMMISSIONER YOU ARE RIGHT. HOW DO WE ATTRACT FOLKS AND YOUNGER FOLKS SPECIFICALLY? I SAW EVENTS AND THEY WERE HAVING A SPECIAL ORGANIZED EVENT FOR TEENAGERS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS A MUSIC FESTIVAL OR ART FESTIVAL AND I HEARD A LOT OF MUSIC AND I SAT AND ENJOYED IT LIKE THEY WERE ENJOYING IT. I COULD TELL THEY WERE ALL LOCAL AND RIGHT THERE AND I WAS LIKE I'M GOING TO HANG OUT HERE THESE ARE COOL KIDS. MY WIFE AND I WERE LIKE THIS IS TRANSFORMATIVE. SEEING THIS ON PAPER NOW, THERE ARE ASPECTS AND I'M ASSUMING THAT TOP RIGHT PICTURE, YOU TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE MAGIC WORD WE TALKED ABOUT WHICH IS PARKING WHERE YOU OFFSET THE PARKING LOSSES AND CREATING A SPACE LIKE THIS. THIS IS HUGE.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEST USES OF THE SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE RATHER THAN WHAT WE SEE IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. WE USE IT AND DO A GOOD JOB USING IT AND THERE ARE FOUR WHEELS ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY THAT COME THEIR BUT IF WE CAN PROVIDE SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR THE

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THE TERRACE OF FACT. I'M HOPING YOU CAN GET SOME KIND OF GREAT CHANGES LIKE THAT OUT OF THESE PARCELS.

I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN BUT I GUESS YOU CAN BRING IT IN ANY WAY YOU WANT TO WRITE MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS? WE HAVE AN EXISTING SEAWALL STRUCTURE AND WHATNOT THAT'S IN PLACE. THIS DISCONNECTS PEOPLE FROM THEIR VEHICLES. AND ALLOWS THEM TO WALK AROUND AND ENJOY THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE LIVE AND OUR CITY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. GOING INTO FESTIVAL STREETS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

A COUPLE OF US SIT ON OUR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND WE TALK ABOUT THESE ELEMENTS OF HOW DO YOU DISCONNECT NORMAL FOR WILL BE KILLER ACTIVITY INTO ENJOYING THE DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT WHEN YOU GET OUTDOOR SCENERY? THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS YOU GET THE BOLLARD WHEN HE SHOWED HE COLORED D PICTURE. THERE'S MORE AND MORE ATTRACTION AND MORE AND MORE REQUEST EVERY YEAR TO UTILIZE SECOND STREET OR STREET POSSIBLE OR CLOSE IT DOWN WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET PEOPLE ON NOTICE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY AND DON'T TOW YOUR CAR. IF THEY KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON A ROUTINE DAILY BASIS OR A WEEKEND BASIS THEN LIFE BECOMES MORE NORMAL FOR THE SPECIAL ACTIVITIES.

WE ARE GENERATING A LOT OF FOLKS COMING.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS I LIKED AVENUE A SPECIFICALLY.

THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WITH AVENUE A IN MY PERSONAL OPINION BECAUSE IT IS A ONE-WAY STREET ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD.

DID YOU LOOK AT ORANGE AVENUE IN RESPECT TO AVENUE A AND HOW DID YOU CHOOSE ORANGE VERSUS AVENUE A? I FEEL LIKE YOU CAN CONSTRICT ORANGE EASIER THAN AVENUE A.

>> WE DID. NOT TO GET TOO TECHNICAL.

WE DID LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND IT REALLY IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT ORANGE AVENUE AND THE REGIONAL MAP AND THE CONNECTIVITY. BECAUSE OF THE SEGMENT AVENUE A WINNER GOING WESTBOUND YOU ARE NOT GOING VERY FAR.

YOU EITHER HAVE TO TURN LEFT AND GET ON ORANGE OR TURN RIGHT TO GO NORTH. AGAIN THE CLOTHES PROXIMITY OF AVENUE A AND ORANGE, WE DON'T OFTEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANOTHER INTERSECTION SO CLOSE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE LEFT TURNS WE WERE MOVING AND AVENUE A LOOK TO ALL OF THAT AND WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY OF CREATING THAT PEDESTRIAN GATE WAY ACROSS THE AVENUE A.

>> THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE THAT'S A TRACTOR-TRAILER CONNECTION TO STATE ROAD 68 WHICH IS ORANGE AVENUE FROM U.S. WHAT IF YOUR SOUTHBOUND.

THAT'S THE CONNECTION FOR SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS.

ORANGE AVENUE HAS A RESTRICTION.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TRAILER YOU CAN'T MAKE A RIGHT-HAND TURN YOUR SOUTHBOUND ON ORANGE AVENUE.

IT SEEMS MORE LOGICAL ON THE SURFACE THAT ORANGE AVENUE HAD A LITTLE MORE SWEET FLAVOR FOR THE ACTIVITY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT IS IT CONNECTED THAT SPECIAL DISTRICT AT DELAWARE AND SEVENTH STREET DELAWARE AND 6TH STREET AND FIFTH STREET THAT'S A VACANT PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.

THAT CONNECTION OPPORTUNITY FOR PEDESTRIANS.

ORANGE AVENUE BEING CLOSER TO THE SPECIAL DISTRICT BECAUSE IT IS DELIVERED TO THE SOUTH. I FORGET WHICH NUMBER THAT ONE

WAS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS. >> PHASE 3.

>> MAY BE PHASE 5 EVEN. IT WAS LONG-TERM.

THAT NUMBER ONE AT THE BOTTOM. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN SOME MEETINGS AND HOW YOU ENERGIZE AND ACTIVATE THE DISTRICT AT THE SAME TIME. A LOT OF VACANT GREEN GRASS.

TO ME THAT'S A BREWERY DISTRICT THAT'S ME DREAMING BIG.

THAT'S A THING FOR RIGHT NOW. IT IS GOING TO TRANSFORM INTO SOMETHING ELSE POSSIBLY. THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THEY'RE INFORMATIVE.

LAST QUESTION THE WATERFRONT DISTRICT.

IS IT THE L-SHAPED OR THE LINEAR ALONG THE WATERFRONT?

>> IT IS THE L-SHAPED. BASICALLY CITY HALL AND BEYOND AND BACK TO THE WATER? IS THAT WHAT I SAW?

>> IT IS REALLY CONNECTING AS GARY MENTIONED, THE FOUR AREAS.

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>> THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR REAL QUICK MAYBE IN SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONER GAINS WE HAVE A YOUTH COUNCIL HERE AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE ENGAGED ABOUT IDEAS AND GO BACK TO THE SITE AREA.

WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAINSAIL AND DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS AND THE MAINSAIL HOTEL. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS DOWNTOWN IN FORT MYERS. THEY HAVE A HUGE GREEN SPACE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MARRIOTT HOTEL.

VERY SIMILAR TO THIS AND THEY'VE INCORPORATED THE WATER FEATURES AND ADDED A FEW OTHER WATER FEATURES.

LIKE A POND. IT IS A AMPHITHEATER.

THAT REMINDS ME WHEN I SAW THIS IT LOOKS LIKE AN AMPHITHEATER OUT THERE WHICH WILL BRING A LOT TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

I REALLY LIKE THE CONCEPT. THE REASON I THINK WE NEED TO ENGAGE THE YOUTH IS BECAUSE WHAT I ALSO SAW THOSE GREAT MINDS WILL USE THESE EMBANKMENTS FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

IT IS HARD TO ENJOY AND HAVE PEOPLE RELAXING WHEN THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE USING THESE FOR SKATE RAMPS AND BICYCLE JUMPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I THINK WE WOULD BE BEST IF WE ENGAGE THEM SO THEY HAVE A PLACE THAT'S DEDICATED FOR THE THAT'S NOT INTERFERING WITH THE ENJOYMENT OF THE SAID THEY WOULD NOT ENJOY BUT IT IS HARD TO ENJOY WHEN SOMEONE'S ENJOYING THEMSELVES ON THEIR SKATEBOARD AND YOU'RE WORRIED THEY ARE GOING TO BREAK THERE. I THINK WE NEED TO ENGAGE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME DEDICATED SPACE.

I HAVE TO ALSO SAY THIS TOO. THERE WAS SOME DEDICATED SPACE DOWN THERE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE PET LOVERS THAT HAVE THEIR ANIMALS AND DUMP TRUCK PARKED AND THAT KIND OF THING.

WE CERTAINLY WANT THAT MIXING WITH THE AREA WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO CONGREGATE AND PICNIC AND THAT KIND OF THING.

THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I ACTUALLY SAW IN PERSON AND AS WE LOOK AT THIS VISION I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET RIGHT HERE IN FORT YEARS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BLEND A LOT OF THINGS TOGETHER. THEY SEEM TO HAVE DONE A FAIRLY GOOD JOB IN FORT MYERS. I SAW A LOT OF ACTIVATION SPACE THAT INCORPORATE EVERYTHING I SPOKE ABOUT.

>> COMMISSIONER? >> I GET EXCITED LOOKING AT THE PLAN OPEN SPACES AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS.

MOVING ALL THAT WAY. BEING ON THE PARKING COMMITTEE FOR SO LONG YOUR PICTURES DON'T HAVE CARS IN THEM.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE BEFORE IT IS FULL OF AUTOMOBILES.

BUT WE HAVE TO ENVISION IS NEEDS TO BE A CULTURE CHANGE IN FORT PIERCE. ON STREET PARKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT MAY HAVE TO GO AWAY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF THE STREETSCAPES THAT ARE ENVISIONED IN YOUR PLAN.

THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WE USE THAT AS A PARKING OVERLAY ON TOP OF THIS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT COMPONENT. YOU CAN'T COME IN AND BUILD THIS BECAUSE AS I THINK COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON SAID YOU HAVE A PARKING COMPONENT AND YOU MOVE THEM AWAY FROM THE WATERFRONT BUT THEY HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REAL IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH BOTH OF THESE SCENARIOS TO MAKE THAT PLAN WORK. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

RIGHT NOW DRIVE DOWNTOWN AND I'M THE SAME WAY AND I WILL GO INTO A STORE AND I DON'T WANT TO PARK MORE THAN THREE SPACES

AWAY FROM THE FRONT DOOR. >> A RUNNER.

>> I'M A RUNNER. I'M LAZY IN MY CAR I'M SAYING THAT IS OUR MENTALITY AND IT HAS BEEN AWAY FOR SO LONG.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THE CULTURE AND SHOW THE BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO OPEN THE STREETS.

THE STREETS WERE DESIGNED 100 YEARS AGO.

WE DID NOT ENVISION WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON NOW OBVIOUSLY.

WE'VE OPENED DEMONSTRATES UP AND DO BIG SIDEWALKS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THESE PARK THINGS BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE THEM THERE AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF GOING ON.

THIS GIVES US OUR CHARM. WE CALL IT CHARM RATHER THAN TALK ABOUT A PROBLEM. IT IS CHARM THAT WE HAVE TO EMBELLISH EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN ON STREET PARKING GOTTA GO AWAY OPEN STREETS OF BETTER SO WHEN WE DO HAVE THE FESTIVAL STREETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON IT SHOWS OFF THE BEST PART OF WHO WE ARE. WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHETHER PARKING IS GOING AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM

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>> IF I COULD ADD IN THE INTEREST OF TIME WE HAD 12 PROJECTS WITHIN PHASE 1. WE DID NOT GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE BUT NUMBER EIGHT WAS THE PARKING STRATEGY.

100 PERCENT AGREE WITH YOU. THERE IS A PARADIGM SHIFT THAT PROBABLY WILL OCCUR ORGANICALLY OVER TIME.

WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN URBAN ENVIRONMENT ALREADY BUT WHEN WE START TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION AND REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN WITH KINGS LANDING AND OTHER BUILDINGS, WHEN YOU CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S MORE OF A PLEASURABLE WALK PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THEY ARE WALKING AS FAR.

IN THE SHORT TERM WE QUANTIFIED THIS 230 PARKING SPACES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE REMOVED BUT DISPLACED.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE SHORT TERM WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND IDENTIFYING THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CITY OR INTENDED TO BE LEASED OR OWNED BY THE CITY IT WOULD INCREASE THE SHORT-TERM SUPPLY OVERALL WITHIN DOWNTOWN. A LOT OF THOSE ARE SURFACE LOTS AND I WOULD RECOMMEND OVERTIME HOPEFULLY THOSE WILL HAVE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. IN THE SHORT TERM TO YOUR POINT THOSE PARADIGM SHIFTS TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT.

WE'VE PLANNED FOR THAT SHORT-TERM AS WELL TO

ACCOMMODATE. >> WE'VE DONE A COUPLE RENDITIONS WITH WALKER COMPANY AND DOING PARKER'S DAYS FOR FORT PIERCE. YOU BRING THIS PLAN TO THE PARKING COMMITTEE AND YOU WILL NOT GET OUT ALIVE.

THAT'S HOW THEY ARE THE HEIRS ARE RESTRICTED.

>> I'M GOING TO WALK OUT OF THE ROOM.

>> IF YOU TAKE ONE PARKING SPOT AWAY THE DOOR GETS LOCKED.

IT REALLY HAS TO BE AN OVERLY THE PARKING ASPECT.

IT IS ITS OWN ENTITY AND HAS TO BE PART OF THIS PLAN AND ENVISION LONG BEFORE YOU FIRST START BUILDING THIS BECAUSE WE ARE VERY RESTRICTED IN OUR PROPERTIES.

YOU CAN'T GO TO THE EAST. YOU REALLY CAN'T GO TO THE NORTH AND YOU CAN'T GO TO THE SOUTH.

WE HAD TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

I LOVE THE PLAN. THAT'S WHAT I SEE AT FORT

PIERCE. >> ONE MORE.

DON'T LET ME FORGET. >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A FARMERS MARKET AT THE WATERFRONT AND WE HAVE A CRAFT MARKET EVERY SATURDAY. THEY BRING LOTS OF PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN. DO YOU ENVISION THAT GREEN SPACE BEING USED FOR THOSE KINDS OF USES?

>> YES I HOPE SO AND MANY MORE. YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT.

THE GRASS AREAS AND YOU'VE GOT THE HARDSCAPE TOWARD THE WATER.

I THINK THE HOPE IS THERE ARE MORE EVENTS LIKE THAT.

THOSE PLUS OTHERS. >> I AM THINKING, I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT CROSSING U.S. 1 IS LIKE CROSSING THE GREAT DIVIDE.

NOBODY WANTS TO WALK ACROSS IT WITH A LIGHT.

PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO DO THAT AND IF WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND DOWNTOWN WE HAVE TO MAKE IT SO PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE AND FEEL LIKE IT IS A NATURAL THING TO CROSS U.S.

1. I LIKE THE IDEA ABOUT AVENUE A BUT ORANGE IS A GATEWAY INTO FORT PIERCE FROM I-95.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO FORT PIERCE YOU GET OFF AT ORANGE OR OKEECHOBEE. IF YOU KNOW ABOUT US YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE MADNESS OF OKEECHOBEE SO YOU GET OFF AT ORANGE AND ALL THE CONSTRUCTION BUT EVENTUALLY THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING EAST ON ORANGE AND GET TO U.S. 1 THAT BACKS UP A LOT.

THAT TRAFFIC IS VERY PROBLEMATIC.

I CAN SEE WHY, I THINK THE AVENUE A IS AN INTERESTING IDEA TO GET PEOPLE TO CROSS U.S. 1. I WOULD CERTAINLY THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ORANGE AVENUE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT ORANGE AVENUE.

THE CONSTRAINTS OF ALL THE BUILDINGS AND LAND OWNERS AROUND THERE, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF WAY TO EXPAND ORANGE AVENUE. CROSSING U.S. 1 TO ME IS A KEY TO MAKING OUR DOWNTOWN WORK. PEOPLE FEELING COMFORTABLE AND BEING ABLE TO DO IT AND FEELING, PARKING REMOTELY AND HAVING SOME WAY WHETHER IT IS A TRAM OR SOME OTHER

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THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN EXPAND DOWNTOWN.

AND ALSO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT USING THE RIVERWALK LAND BETTER. THAT IS BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THE GREEN SPACE AND WE HAVE FESTIVALS THERE THAT ARE CENTERED AT THE RIVERWALK AND SPREAD OUT ALONG THE PARK. IT KIND OF WORKS THAT WAY SO I CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUT IT'S UNDERUSED IN SOME WAYS BUT OTHERWISE IT IS KIND OF A NATURAL GREEN SPACE AT THE WATERFRONT A LOT OF CITIES DON'T HAVE.

I KIND OF LIKE IT THAT WAY. >> YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO OVER PROGRAM IT. I THINK SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY IS GOOD. TALKING ABOUT WORKING FAMILIES AND WHERE CAN KIDS GO AND HAVING SOME SORT OF SMALL NATURE OR PLAYGROUND OR SOMETHING THAT FITS AND WITH

THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. >> SMALL FEATURES.

>> AGAIN NOT NECESSARILY REDOING EVERYTHING BUT HOW CAN YOU COME LIKE YOU DID WITH THE FITNESS STATIONS.

THAT'S A SMALL FOOTPRINT BUT GETS A LOT OF USE.

HOW COULD YOU HAVE SOME SMALL THINGS THAT GENERATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USERS IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.

>> I THINK ONE THING WE'VE DONE WELL LATELY IS WE HAVE A FAMILY-FRIENDLY DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY-FRIENDLY, WE MAY NOT HAVE GEARED TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION AGAINST BUT WE HAVE IT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO DO THE FESTIVALS THAT ARE DOWNTOWN AND ALSO YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OR YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING WHO DON'T HAVE A YOUNG SINGLE GLE PEOPLE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY DOWNTOWN FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. THAT WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB ABOUT I THINK. I WOULD WANT TO BUILD ON THAT.

THE DOWNTOWN, AT ONE TIME DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE WAS A COMMERCIAL CENTER OF THE FOUR COUNTY AREA.

THAT IS NOT AND PERHAPS MOST PEOPLE'S LIFETIMES EXCEPT MINE AND MR. GAINES OVER THERE AND A FEW OTHERS.

COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? >> IF YOU GO TO THE VISION PLAN SLIDE WERE YOU HAD THREE DIMENSIONAL FROM THE WATERFRONT LOOKING IN. THAT ONE.

I'M GOING TO MENTION IT BECAUSE I SEE NUMBER TWO AND I WILL TALK LOUD AND PROUD AT THIS AND YELL FROM THE ROOFTOPS AND EVERYONE IN THE ROOM SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE FOR MANY YEARS SINCE BRIGHT LINE TALKED ABOUT COMING TO FORT PIERCE I ASKED THEM WHAT IF I WOULD ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY YOU OWN OR THAT THE FPC OWNS. MAYBE NOT BRIGHT LINE PHONES AT THAT LOCATION IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS BUT THE EAST SIDE OF U.S. 1. AT THE LOCATION ACROSS THE SUNRISE THEATER OF THE COUNTIES PARKING GARAGE NEAR THE COURTHOUSE. THANK YOU FOR DRAWING THAT UP AND MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS LET ME KNOW WHEN WE CAN HAVE A MEETING WITH BRIGHT LINES AND TALK TO THEM AND SHOW THEM THIS.

THESE ARE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AND WE NEED THE STATION IN FORT PIERCE BECAUSE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS THE PIECE OF PROPERTY. WE TALKED ABOUT KINGS LANDING AND THEY MADE AN OFFER AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WERE UPSET WE DIDN'T TAKE THEIR OFFER IN THE KINGS LANDING BUT TO ME IT'S THE RIGHT SPOT AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE RIGHT SPOT AND HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT AS THE RIGHT SPOT ENOUGH SO I'M READY TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT.

I COULD TALK ALL DAY ABOUT THAT SPOT.

>> IT IS AN OBVIOUS ONE IN THAT ONE COULD.

>> IT ACTIVATES NUMBER ONE PACIFIC DISTRICT TALKED ABOUT.

HOLD PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THING. IF WE WERE TO ACTIVATE THE PRODUCTION CROSSING OF THE SELF AND FROM THE DISTRICT FROM THE BROOKLYN STATION YES ROY BLUNT WE WANT YOU IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, MAYBE IT DOES MAKE SENSE AND AVENUE A VERSUS ORANGE AVENUE. IF WE WERE TO ACTIVATE TO CROSSING STATIONS. THERE ARE OVER IN THE PEACOCK DISTRICT ON SELLER AND CITRUS AND BOSTON AND ATLANTIC.

THIS NEEDS TO BE A POSTER BOARD FOR A LONG TIME AND HERE IT IS.

LET ME KNOW WHEN WE ARE HAVING A MEETING.

>> AT THE LAST EDC LUNCHEON THEY ANNOUNCED THE SPEAKER OF THE NEXT LUNCHEON IS ALLIE, ALLISON BRIGHT LINE.

YOU TOLD ME HER NAME. YOU HAVE ALREADY FORGOTTEN.

>> ALI SOLD. SHE HAS SEEN THIS PLAN ALONG WITH HER REPRESENTATIVES AND COWORKERS AT BRIGHT LINE.

THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR AND EXCITED ABOUT FORT PIERCE.

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>> THEY COME TO THE EDC LUNCHEON AND SHE IS THE

SPEAKER. >> IF I COULD ADD ON THE BRIGHT LINE, TWO BIG ADVANTAGES I THINK FORT PIERCE HAS IS NUMBER ONE, YOU TALK ABOUT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IT REQUIRES A WALKABLE URBAN AREA. FOR YEARS AGAINST ANY OTHER LOCATION IN THE VICINITY REALLY EXCELS FROM THAT METRIC.

THE OTHER THING AND WE WERE TALKING HERE IS CARRIE AND I ARE BASED IN ORLANDO. WE ARE GROWING A TEAM IN MIAMI.

IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MEET HERE IN FORT PIERCE BECAUSE IT IS EXACTLY HALF.

>> AT OUR HOTEL. >> SECOND HOTEL.

THAT IS REALLY IN TERMS BUT THAT LOCATION IS REAL.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MILD DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MIAMI TO FORT PIERCE AND ORLANDO TO FORT PIERCE IT IS THERE.HERE IS A

NATURAL ADVANTAGES THERE. >> THAT'S FPC PROPERTY RIGHT?

>> THERE IS ABOUT FOUR ACRES. I'VE LOOKED AT THE MAP.

>> IT LOOKS OBVIOUS TO ME. >> I COULD TALK ALL DAY.

>> ANYTHING ELSE? DO WE NEED TO HAVE AN

ACCEPTANCE OF THIS? >> MADAM CHAIR I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ACCEPT THIS DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO USE THIS DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN TO CREATE RCI BE.

THAT'S WHEN THE FUN STUFF STARTS.

>> WE NEED MONEY. >> WE HAVE TO FIRST IDENTIFY THE PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN AND THEN IDENTIFY FUNDING AND REVENUE SOURCES TO FUND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DECIDE. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.

>> IT COULD BE MOLDED ALONG THE WAY.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> WE ARE NOT SIGNING OFF ON ABSOLUTE ANYTHING JUST CONCEPTUAL.

>> THIS IS A GUIDE AND WE WILL USE THIS GUIDE TO GET THE SPECIFIC WITH OUR PROJECTS. THIS IS A TWENTY-YEAR TYPE PLAN. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE FIRST FIVE YEARS THAT BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET SPECIFIC AS TO HOW WE FUND THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

>> MAYOR I MOVED WE ACCEPT THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.

>> I SECOND. >> CALL A ROLL PLEASE.

>>. [VOTING] APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE

[b. Approval to authorize staff to enter into negotiations with Caniera Gardner of Incubate Neighborhood, the highest rank responder to RFP 2022-023, to lease and improve 1,982 square feet of mixed-use shared space in the Means Court Center, located at 532 N 13th Street. ]

STREET. >> WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR THAT'S WANTS TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE RFP.

THE RANKING AND RECOMMENDATION THAT IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED

TO YOU TODAY. >> GOOD EVENING.

MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU A OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AT THE CENTER OF THE RFP IS 1900 SQUARE FEET, APPROXIMATELY 1900 SQUARE FEET ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE MEANS COURT CENTER. YOUR FEE WAS ISSUED ON AUGUST 12 AND THE SUBMITTALS WERE DUE ON SEPTEMBER 12.

THE PROPOSALS WERE REVIEWED ON OCTOBER 18 BY THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE INCLUDED KEVIN FREEMAN WHO WAS A PLANNING DIRECTOR, ACTING LIEUTENANT CASSANDRA DAVIS OF THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND KAREN LOEB WHO WAS THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT BRIDGET ROEMER WHO IS THE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST. GROWTH DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND MIRIAM GARCIA WHO WAS A REDEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST. THE PROPOSA WAS SENT OUT TO 21 VENDORS. THREE REQUESTED SPECIFICATIONS OF THE RFP AND TO RESPONDED. INCUBATE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AT LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET. THE RFPS WERE EVALUATED ON FOUR DIFFERENT ASPECTS. ONE WAS THE OVERALL CONCEPT OF THE PROPOSAL WHICH INCLUDED WHAT THE PROPOSAL WAS GOING TO COME WAS PROPOSING TO UTILIZE THE SPACE TO INCLUDE PROGRAMMING, EVENTS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVITIES.

THAT WAS WORTH 50 POINTS. NUMBER TWO WAS MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE FPR GOALS TO RESTORE NEIGHBORHOODS, FOSTER ARTS AND

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THIS IS PLAN DESCRIBE THE ORGANIZATIONS.

CORE ACTIVITIES AND HOW IT PLANS TO ACHIEVE ITS OWN GOALS AND THAT WAS WORTH 15 POINTS. NUMBER FOUR WAS THE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF THE PROPOSER AND THAT WAS WORTH 10 POINTS. INCUBATE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESENTED THEIR PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE A 5000 SQUARE-FOOT TECH LAB WHICH WILL INCLUDE STEAM LEARNING LAB, STEM LEARNING LAB VIRTUAL-REALITY LEARNING LAB, 30 HUNTING LAB, COPY AND PRINTING CENTER, CYBERSECURITY, CODING AND EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS AN ERROR FORM 50 SQUARE-FOOT OF THE REMAINING SPACE WOULD BE A BANKING CENTER WHICH WILL INCLUDE A BILL PAY KIOSK, BANKING KIOSK AND ATM, CHECK CASHING CES, LENDING OFFICE WITH FOUR MICROLOANS, BUSINESS LAWS AND CHECKING AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PROPOSED TO HAVE SEVERAL VARIETY OF PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE THE LINCOLN PARK HERITAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM, EDUCATION PROGRAM WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE LISTED WHICH INCLUDE THE LINCOLN PARK AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE CENTER, ORAL INDIVIDUAL HISTORY PROGRAM, PIONEERS OF LINCOLN PARK, BOOKLET POINTS OF LINCOLN PARK AND A PRIVATE POINDEXTER WILLIAMS EXHIBIT.

ALSO UNDER THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, HISTORICAL MARKERS PROGRAM, HISTORY POSSIBLE AND LECTURES, WORKING WITH LINCOLN THEATER RESTORATION AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE MUSEUM. ALSO AS IT RELATES TO PROMOTION THEY PLAN TO HAVE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION CELEBRATION BRUNCH, BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM, COMMUNITY BOOK SIGNING AND REVIEW FESTIVAL, CHITTERLINGS CIRCUIT LECTURE AND FESTIVAL CHRISTMAS ON MORRIS CREEK AND HIGHWAY HERITAGE TRAIL TOWARDS THE DOORNAIL HURSTON DISTRACT. AS IT RELATES TO ECONOMIC VITALITY, LET ME PULL THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

SORRY ABOUT THAT FOR HIM LEARN AND EARN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, BUSINESS NAVIGATOR PACKETS, GAP ANALYSIS, YOUTH DRIVEN HISTORICAL AND YOUTH DRIVEN CULTURAL PROGRAMS. THE COMMITTEE, LET ME DO THIS CAN EVERYBODY SEE THAT OKAY? THE EVALUATORS EVALUATED EACH OF THE RESPONDENTS PROPOSALS.

YOU SEE THE RANKINGS HERE. INCUBATE NEIGHBORHOOD RECEIVED 466 POINTS TOTAL. LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET RECEIVED 415 POINTS TOTAL. IN THE RECOMMENDATION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS DOING THAT. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE STAFF TO INITIATE NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIGHEST RANKED PROPOSER WHICH IS INCUBATE NEIGHBORHOODS CENTER.

>> QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? >> MADAM CHAIR I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, WE PUT OUT THE RFP FOR 1900 SQUARE FEET. GENERALLY WHAT WAS THE ASK OF THE RFP? WHAT WERE WE LOOKING FOR WHEN

WE PUT THE RFP OUT? >> WE WERE BASICALLY LOOKING FOR WHAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD PROPOSE USING THE SPACE FOR.

BASED ON COME AND THEN EACH PROPOSAL WAS RANKED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.

>> WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY GENERAL STUFF.

INITIALLY WHEN WE HAD A BLANK BUILDING WE ARE LOOKING FOR CREATIVE PROGRAM ETC. ETC. AND HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS WE WERE LOOKING TO MEET THE RIGHT NOW WE PUT OUT A BLANKET CAMPUS FOR 1900 SQUARE FEET AND SAY HOW WOULD YOU ACTIVATE THE SPACE RIGHT? RIGHT NOW THAT 1900 SQUARE FEET, THAT IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY LINCOLN PARK MAIN

STREET CORRECT? >> YES SIR.

>> THE PROPOSAL I SAW, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT FROM THEM? THEY PUT UP WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITH THE 1900 SQUARE FEET PER

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>> YES SIR. >> I WILL COME BACK I WILL SEE WHAT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO SET.

I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

WE'VE TAKEN A BLANK BUILDING THAT WAS SITTING IDLY AND IT'S BECOME THE HUB OF THE COMMUNITY FOR VARIOUS RESOURCES.

BOTH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN SERVING THIS COMMUNITY AND THEY'VE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB. I WAS WITH LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET AND THEY'VE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB PUTTING TOGETHER ARTIFACTS IN THAT ROOM I'M STRUGGLING UP HERE WITH THIS.

I'M STRUGGLING. ABSOLUTELY STRUGGLING AND WE HAVE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THIS WORKS TOGETHER.

THIS IS A TWO-STORY BUILDING. WHAT I READ IN MY BACK POCKET, THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP AS A RESULT OF THE SPACE BEING ACTIVATED WE HAVE A WHOLE SECOND FLOOR THAT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED. WHAT I SAW IN THE PACKET WAS AN EXCUSE. THAT WE DON'T HAVE A OPERATING ELEVATOR TO GET TO THE SECOND FLOOR.

THIS HAS PUT US IN THIS QUAGMIRE WE ARE IN.

I'M BEING VERY TRANSPARENT. I DON'T LIKE THIS.

I DON'T LIKE IT. THIS GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR FOR FORT PIERCE FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET THINGS DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THERE'S COEXISTING PEACEFULLY UP UNTIL THIS POINT IN MY OPINION AND HAVING TO MAKE THIS KIND OF DECISION.

I APPRECIATE THE WORK THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE AND YOU'VE ABSOLUTELY DONE IT BY THE CRITERIA THAT'S BEEN SET.

BUT I DON'T LIKE IT. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SCHEMATIC OF THE FOOTAGE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT? THE REST OF THAT FIRST FLOOR IS OCCUPIED?

>> YES MA'AM. >> BY INK?

>> THEY'VE IMPROVED QUITE A BIT.

IT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED. PART OF THE HISTORICAL STUFF IS

THERE STILL RIGHT: >> YES MA'AM.

WHERE IS THAT? >> IN THE YELLOW PART?

>> YES MA'AM. >> THE EXISTING MAIN STREET IS

IN THE YELLOW PART RIGHT NOW. >> YES.

>> GOT IT. I LIKE BOTH PROPOSALS.

I'M PARTIAL TO HISTORY AND I WANT A PLACE FOR THE HISTORY TO BE PRESERVED. I REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT TURNING THIS INTO THE INCUBATE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO KEEP THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT WAS THE ORIGINAL SITE OF LINCOLN PARK ACADEMY. VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY AND LINCOLN PARK ACADEMY IS ALL WRAPPED UP IN THAT. I REALLY WANTED TO KEEP THE HISTORICAL ASPECT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.

WHAT THIS WOULD BE DOING WOULD BE EXPANDING THE ACTIVITIES OF AYANNA K INTO THI. ALL THE NEW THINGS ARE TALKING ABOUT WILL GO INTO THIS S AREA. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YES A'AM. >> COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT LIST? THAT IS NOT A BANK BUT A BANKING CENTER. NOT A CERTAIN BANK RIGHT?

JUST BANKING SERVICES. >> YES MA'AM.

IT IS GOING TO BE NOT A BANK BUT A CREDIT UNION TYPE.

>> MADAM CHAIR IF YOU WANT THAT QUESTION ANSWERED IT IS BEST TO COME FROM THE ACTUAL PROPOSER. WE ARE REPLICATING WHAT WAS

WITHIN THE PROPOSAL ITSELF. >> OKAY.

I'M GOOD. I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

YES SIR? >> YOU ARE TALKING MR. JOHNSON.

MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE TOO THE MADAM ATTORNEY.

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DO I ABSTAIN FROM THIS? DO I BE QUIET? I DON'T LIKE IT. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY ON THIS ONE. I AM ON THIS BOARD.

I HAVE NO IDEA. THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.

>> YOU ARE SAYING YOU SIT ON THE BOARD OF ONE OF THE BIDDERS. MS. COX CAN YOU HEAR ME? SHE HAS A FORM FOR YOU TO FILL OUT.

IT IS A CONFLICT FORM. GO AHEAD AND FILL THAT OUT.

IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION YOU SHOULD ABSTAIN.

>> OKAY. THAT IS FINE.

IF I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN CAN I NOT ASK QUESTIONS AND JUST SIT

BACK AND BE QUIET? >> YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE.

>> THANK YOU. >> THUS PRACTICE IS NOT

PRECIPITATION. >> THANK YOU I WILL SIGN THE

FORM. >> MADAM ATTORNEY THAT'S BECAUSE HE SITS ON IT CURRENTLY BUT I SAT ON THE BOARD BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED IN THE CAPACITY WITH LINCOLN PARK.

>> BUT YOU'RE NO LONGER ON THE BOARD.

P>> I VOTED FOR INK TO COME INT THE BUILDING AS WELL.

>> I'M ON THERE RIGHT NOW. LIKE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK. IF THE HURRICANE WASN'T COMING AND THE STORM WASN'T COMING WE HAD A MEETING THIS WEEK I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO 6:00 THURSDAY NIGHT.

I WILL BE QUIET. >> THAT'S THE BEST PRACTICE.

THE LETTER OF THE LAW THERE IS A BEST PRACTICE AND THAT'S MY

RECOMMENDATION. >> THAT'S WHY I ASKED.

I WILL MOVE BACK. >> MADAM MAYOR LET'S DIG INTO THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING A LITTLE BIT.

WE KNOW THAT THE BUILDING HAS A SECOND FLOOR.

THE CITY IS IN CHARGE OF THAT BUILDING ITSELF.

MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE SECOND FLOOR?

>> THE FPR EIGHT OWNS THE FACILITY AND THERE'S AT LEAST WITH IMC INK FOR THE ENTIRE REA THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA THAT WE

ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. >> INCLUDING THE SECOND DECK.

>> I'M SORRY I MISUNDERSTOOD. I WILL GO BACK TO MS. HURLEY.

AS FAR AS THE RFP PROCESS AND THE WAY THE STAFF PUT THIS OUT THERE WE HAD A LEASE AS AN FPR EIGHT OWNER AND WE HAVE A NT THAT WE PUT OUT THE RFP FOR TATEMENTS QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.

WE DID IT PROPERLY AND LEGALLY AND WE HAVE TWO GOOD FINE PROPOSERS. FROM WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT

ACCURATE? >> YOU'VE GOT PROPOSERS THAT WERE RANKED BY STAFF BASED ON THEIR RESPONSES TO WHAT WE PUT OUT THERE. IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT, OF COURSE MY COMPUTER WENT OFF THE PAGE, IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT SECTION 2 Ã425 WHICH IS THE SECTION OF THE CODE THAT DEALS WITH DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY, THAT'S THE SECTION THAT DISCUSSES WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CITY IS GOING TO LEASE PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERED THE BIDDING PROCESS IN THIS INSTANCE. WHAT IT SAYS IS THIS.

BASICALLY THIS INITIAL CALL FOR BIDS AND IN EACH CASE THE BID OF THE HIGHEST BIDDER COMPLYING WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE SHALL BE ACCEPTED UNLESS A COMMISSIONER SHALL REJECT ALL BIDS.

ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL IF THEY HAVE OFFERED TO PAY THE SAME TERMS OR NOT TO PAY AT ALL, IF FINANCIALLY THEY ARE EQUAL, YOU SHIFT TO THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE BID DOCUMENT AND HOW THEY ARE RANKED. AND IT SAYS SHALL.

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>> A STRONG WORD SHALL. >> DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT HOW STRONG THAT IS BUT THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.

>> THANK YOU. >> MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS IS MY MEMORY WE FUNDED LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET FOR A NUMBER OF

YEARS. >> YES MA'AM.

>> THROUGH CGP MONEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE FUND DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET AND LINCOLN STREET WITH EQUAL AMOUNTS OF MONEY. $50,000.

>> ANNUALLY YES MA'AM. >> AND WAY BACK WHEN WHEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE WERE SITTING UP HERE MORE MONEY WAS ALLOTTED AT THAT TIME IN THE FPRA BOARD:.

>> I BELIEVE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN FPRA WAS A FUNDING SOURCE BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS FUNDED THROUGH CDB FUNDS.

>> MADAM CHAIR I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

THIS SECOND FLOOR WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT BY INCUBATE WHAT IS THE STATUS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING

ON THE SECOND FLOOR RIGHT NOW? >> WE ARE WAITING ON THE CHANGE OF USE APPLICATION. BECAUSE THE FACILITY WAS A EDUCATIONAL FACILITY IT HAS TO RECEIVE A CHANGE OF USE FOR THE ACTIVITY THAT IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WAITING ON IN ORDER FOR THE SECOND FLOOR

TO BE UTILIZED. >> THIS CHANGE OF USE COMES THROUGH US? THE STEPS BUILDING DEPARTMENT

RIGHT? >> WE ARE THE OWNER SO WE AN APPLICATION AND WORK WITH THE TENANT AND THE TENANT APPLIES FOR THIS CHANGE OF USE TO MEET ALL NECESSARY PROVISIONS.

SO THE ACCESSIBILITY AND THE DESIGN MEETS WITH TODAY'S CODE.

IT IS AN OLDER STRUCTURE AND WE ARE THRILLED TO RECEIVE THE STRUCTURE HOWEVER FOR THE TYPE OF USE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED WE MUST GO THROUGH FLORIDA BUILDING CODE AND MEET THOSE

PROVISIONS. >> THE USE FOR UPSTAIRS SECOND

FLOOR CORRECT? >> THE ENTIRE FACILITY.

>> REMEMBER IT WAS A SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL WAS IN USE FOR SEVERAL YEARS SO IT DID NOT HAVE TO UPDATE THE CODE BUT NOW THAT THIS NEW COMMUNITY HUB HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC FOR COMMUNITY, WE MUST MEET FLORIDA BUILDING CODE PROVISIONS. IN THE TENANT RIGHT NOW IS CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARD MEETING THOSE GOALS.

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME A TIMELINE AS TO WHEN THAT MIGHT BE THROUGH THE PROCESS? BEST GUESS?

>> NO SIR I CANNOT. THE PROPOSER IS HERE AND THEY CAN UNDERSTAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

>> I LIKE TO HAVE AN UPDATE IF I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE

TIMEFRAME IS LIKE. >> IF YOU WILL COME FORWARD

PLEASE. >> STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE

RECORD PLEASE. >> I'M GARDNER.

PHYSICALLY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WE WORK WITH ARCHITECT AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW IT IS AN OLDER BUILDING. WE ARE TO CHANGE THE MECHANICS IN THE BUILDING THAT ARE NO GOOD.

THE MIXED USE IS COMPLETED FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDPOINT.

IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED. BASED ON THE FLORIDA CODE BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A ELEVATOR IN THE BUILDING CURRENTLY WE CANNOT UTILIZE THE SECOND FLOOR.

WE HAVE TO BLOCK IT OFF BASED ON THE MIXED USE APPLICATION.

ONCE WE GET ELEVATOR IN THE BUILDING AND WE DO PLAN ON GETTING THE ELEVATOR IN THE BUILDING.

IT IS A PHASE PROJECT BECAUSE HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS THAT SO WE CAN OPEN UP THE SECOND FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC.

>> RIGHT NOW BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED TO OUR INTERNAL LOADING STAFF HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU A TIMELINE OF WHEN THIS IS GOING TO BE OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR

HORIZON? >> I HAVE NOT SPOKE TO THE ARCHITECT IN ABOUT 10 DAYS OR SO.

>> YOUR PROGRAMMING IS MOVING IN THIS 1900 SQUARE-FOOT SPACE NEEDED FOR YOU TO EXPAND YOUR PROGRAMMING AND WHAT YOU'VE GOT

GOING ON RIGHT NOW. >> IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A BANK. AN NAMED BANK.

CORRECT WE PARTNER WITH A NATIONAL CITY AND BY.

WE PLAN ON HAVING THAT CONTRACT SIGNED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

IT IS GOING TO BE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN, PETE WAS

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WE WERE PRESENTED FROM THE FLORIDA'S BANKERS ASSOCIATION SO THEY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THEY GIVE US A LOT OF DATA AND RESEARCH TO HAVE A CDF BY IN THIS COMMUNITY AND SO AT THE MEETINGS THAT HAVE OFFICIALLY SELECTED INK TO BE THE KEEPERS OF THE CDF BY. THE PLACE TO PUT IT IS DOWNSTAIRS EVERYONE CAN ACCESS IT.

THIS BANK IS GOING TO SPECIALIZE ON MICROLOANS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM IS ONE OF OUR CORE PROGRAMS GROWING AND WE HAVE A WAITING LIST OF 60 RIGHT NOW THE BIGGEST NEED RIGHT NOW FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THIS COMMUNITY IS FUNDS. BECAUSE MAJOR BANKS THAT WANT TO GET A START UP A LOAN UNDER $250,000 IS EXTREMELY VERY IMPERATIVE THAT THIS HAPPENS SO IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A REGIONAL HUB. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE BUSINESSES THAT COME FROM VERO BEACH ALL THE WAY FROM STEWART SO IT'S GOING TO BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH RIVER STATE COLLEGE AND SBC AS WELL. IT IS WHAT PEOPLE THAT WILL BE

INVOLVED IN THIS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY ADVISE AND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT AND I UNDERSTAND THE SENSE OF URGENCY.

>> QUESTIONS FOR MISS GARDNER: >> THAT'S FAIR.

THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR NO ONE CAN TELL US WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO OCCUPY THE SECOND FLOOR.

RIGHT? OF WHICH STILL THEY WOULD BE THE CONTROLLING INTEREST IF THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THEY WOULD SUBLEASE THAT BACK TO THE LINCOLN PARK THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. BUT FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD IN PROGRAMMING RIGHT NOW WE ARE UNDER A SPACE CRUNCH AND THEY CAN OPERATE ON THE FIRST FLOOR BUT THEY CANNOT UTILIZE THE SECOND FLOOR BECAUSE OF THIS QUAGMIRE.

>> IT IS PROBABLY FROM MIKE'S PARENTS AND MY PROFESSION MULTIFACETED. SHE MENTIONED THE ARCHITECT AND MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL PLUMBING ENGINEERING SO IT PROBABLY HAS TO DO WITH CONNECTIVITY AND PEDESTRIANS AND ELEVATORS AND FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN TODAY'S BUILDING CODE. NEW CHANGE THE USE YOU HAVE TO BRING IT TO TODAY. THAT'S THE CHALLENGES I'M SURE THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE.

I HEARD WHAT SHE SAID SO I THOUGHT I'D SHARE THAT TOO.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, I WAS CAUTIOUS BUT OPTIMISTIC THAT WE TOOK THIS BUILDING FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH ACCEPTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT I REMEMBER CONVERSATION OF CREATING A HUB AND CONNECTIVITY WITH ALL THE GREEN SPACE INTO THE MUSEUM AND THE FRONT AND AVENUE D.

WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

I WAS CAUTIOUS AT THE TIME BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT TAKING ON ADDITIONAL BUILDING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE OF THE MAINTENANCE THAT HAS TO BE DONE TO BUILDINGS LIKE THIS. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU WHEN I SEE A PROPOSER THAT'S INVESTING IN THE BUILDING THAT I'M SO WORRIED ABOUT AS A LEASEE I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE I'M ENCOURAGED BY THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE INVESTING IN THEIR BUSINESS MODEL ALONG WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE PRA OWNS. I SHARE THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH PAYING FOR MAINTAINING THIS BUILDING. HERE WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S INVESTING IN THIS BUILDING IN A PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE BUILDING.

ALONG WITH AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT WAS SEPARATE AND APART FROM US LISTED ON THE SCREEN.

WHICH DOES NOT LIST BY THE WAY TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME IN PUBLIC, DOES NOT LIST THE NAME HE MENTIONED.

THIS COMMITTEE HAS DONE IT IMPARTIAL EVALUATION.

I LOOKED AT THE SCORING SHEETS. I GUESS I WOULD HAVE MORE HESITATION. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE SCORING SHEET. I'VE BEEN DOING THE SCORING SHEETS IN 23 YEARS IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND NOT ONE OF THEM THERE WASN'T A TYPE ACROSS THE BOARD IN POINTS AND WASN'T A SPLIT BETWEEN LINCOLN PARK HERE AND INCUBATE HERE.

BACK AND FORTH TYPICALLY WHEN I EVALUATE THOSE TYPES OF NUMBERS

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I TAKE THAT TO HEART AND TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE FOR EVALUATING AND RUNNING THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE HAVE DEFINED AND HAVE TO WORK AT THIS POINT AS HARD AS IT IS TO TALK ABOUT AND AS HARD AS IT IS TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY AFTER WORK WITH LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET AND FIND A PLACE. I'M READY TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEES EVALUATION AND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

I THINK WE HAVE TWO GOOD PARTNERS HERE.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT WE DO.

IT IS NOT EASY TO TALK ABOUT OR AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE.

I THINK THERE'S GOOD TO COME FROM ALL OF THIS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU AND IT MIGHT BE COMMISSIONER LIKE YOU SAID, IN THE PHASE 2 OR SECOND FLOOR OPPORTUNITY.

I DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW THE TIME FRAME OF IT. THAT'S WHERE I STAND AND

REMEMBER THAT LITTLE HISTORY. >> MADAM CHAIR THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED WAS TO UNDERSTAND THE MEASURE OF WHAT WE WERE EVALUATING. IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE EVALUATING AND I UNDERSTAND THE CRITERIA I CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND SCORING BECAUSE YOU SET A VISION FOR WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO LOOK FOR IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS.

IF YOU TELL ME YOU WANT A CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUB I'M LOOKING FOR THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY AND WHATEVER YOU SUBMIT TO MEET THAT CRITERIA THAT YOU SET FORTH.

I'M GOING TO RANK THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUBJECTIVE ON ME INTERPRETING WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME AND MAKING A SCORE BASED ON THAT COULD WHEN I SEE A DISPARITY LIKE THIS IT IS NOT WIDE BUT WIDE ENOUGH FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EVALUATORS WERE LOOKING FOR AND THAT'S HOW I LOOKED AT IS THAT JUMPED AS ME AS A CONCERNED. THE SECOND THING THAT JUMPED OUT AS A CONCERN WAS WE HAVE A SECOND FLOOR AND CEILING ME I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE WORK AT THE POINT OF MOVING INTO THE SECOND FLOOR WHICH THROWS A MONKEY WRENCH INTO THIS ONE IT COMES TO THAT. I GET THAT NOW COULD THE OTHER PART OF IT IS I ND AND I'M A BIG IG ADVOCATE FOR THE FINANCIAL COMPONENT THAT IS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE. THE MICRO LENDING IS A CENTRAL TO THE WHOLE CATALYST OF THE FINANCIAL CLOCK THAT STARTED THE ENTRE NOUS CLASS HAS BEEN WATCHING HIS FULL.

PEOPLE ARE INVESTING THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO GET THE TRAINING AND UNDERSTANDING TO POUR INTO OUR ECONOMY HERE IN FORT PIERCE BY STARTING THE BUSINESS OR RUNNING A BUSINESS HERE IN FORT PIERCE THAT IS GREAT. WE WANT TO SEE THAT AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HAD IN MIND WHEN I VOTED FOR INCUBATE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE FINAL PIECE FOR THE IS THE BUSINESS WILL NEED FUNDING. MS. GARDNER WAS RIGHT THANKS HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL THEY WILL LEND TO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO LOAD ANYTHING BELOW THAT BECAUSE THE SAME AMOUNT OF ENERGY THEY WILL DO TO EVALUATE $250,000 LOAN VERSUS A $10,000 LOAN, TRUST ME THEY WOULD RATHER MAKE THE 250 THOUSAND DOLLARS LOAN BECAUSE OF ENERGY AND TIME THEY PUT IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS. QUITE FRANKLY THEY MAKE MORE MONEY THAT'S WHAT THEY DO THEY ARE LOANING MONEY.

I WOULD RATHER LOAD TO 50 AS OPPOSED TO 10.

I GET THAT THAT'S THE PART I UNDERSTAND AND QUITE FRANKLY HOW DO WE MATCH UP TO AT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY TO GET THAT AND MADE THAT POINT WHERE WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE THOSE CONVERSATIONS CAN HAPPEN IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY ARE COMFORTABLE COMING THERE TO SHARPEN THEIR SKILLS AND LEARN THE TRADES AND QUITE FRANKLY HAVE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS GOING ON AS WELL.

THOSE PEOPLE WILL NEED LOANS AS WELL.

I GET THAT I SAY ALL OF THAT TO SAY I STILL DON'T LIKE THIS POSITION I'M IN. I DON'T LIKE IT.

IT IS A TOUGH DECISION. I'M GOING TO BE CHALLENGING STAFF HERE TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION.

I LIKE WIN WINS WHEN WE HAVE TWO ORGANIZATIONS.

SOMEHOW I'M GOING TO WALK OUT OF HERE AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A WIN-WIN FOR ME. MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS AND STAFF WE WON'T BE MEETING TOMORROW BUT MEETING SOON AND WE NEED TO

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I'M CHALLENGED BY THIS RIGHT NOW.

>> I WAS STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE BOARD THE HIGHER SCORE WAS GIVEN TO THINK IN EVERY ATEGORY. WE HAVE ALL BEEN ERE.

I'VE BEEN THERE AND THINK HAS TRANSFORMED THAT PLACE AND IT'S BECOME A COMMUNITY B AND THAT ORGANIZATION HAS REACHED OUT AND COLLABORATED WITH A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND REALLY MAXED OUT THE INFLUENCE THAT THEY CAN.

WE HAVE A HISTORIC RELATIONSHIP WITH LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET IS SUPPORTING RELATIONSHIP WITH LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE. I AM MOST IMPRESSED WITH RECENTLY IS HISTORIC, INTEREST IN HISTORIC COLLECTION OF THE HISTORIC MATERIALS. THEY ALSO HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MISSION TOO BUT THE HISTORIC PIECE IS VERY VALUABLE TO ME. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE SOMEBODY OR REJECT BOTH BIDS. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO DO

THAT. >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE TIMETABLE ON THIS? THIS CHANGEOVER? IS IT 90 DAY? THAT THEY WOULD VACATE OR HOW WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE HOW MUCH RUNWAY WOULD THAT BE MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS? IF WE ACCEPT THIS PROPOSAL?

>> IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THE CURRENT TENANT IN THE SPACE IS MONTH-TO-MONTH IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN OF COURSE IF THERE IS A CHANGEOVER FROM IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THE FPRA WE WILL WORK WITH BOTH ORGANIZATIONS AND MAKE THIS AMICABLE TYPE OF SITUATION WE WILL DO THIS PROFESSIONALLY IT IS A MATTER OF COMMUNICATION AND RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE THE YEAR HAS EXPIRED. WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS WE CAN HAVE THIS DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY DONE

THE CORRECT AND PROPER WAY. >> COMMISSIONER THOMAS PERONA?

>> MY PROBLEM IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN DOWN ON THE PROCESS WE'VE ACCEPTED BEFORE IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT AND CAUTIONED EACH OTHER THAT IF WE CHANGE THE PROCESS WE HAVE DONE THINGS WRONG NOT ONLY FOR OURSELVES BUT ALSO FOR THE APPLICANTS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE PROCESS THAT WAS FLAWED.

I LOOKED AT THOSE THAT MADE THE DECISIONS AND THOSE WOULD BE PEOPLE I WOULD EXPECT TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND WE ARE HERE NOW. THE ONLY OTHER COMPONENT AND I WILL SAY THIS, BUT I WOULD EXPECT IS MY DISTRICT ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS IN THEIR DISTRICT I KNOW THIS IS CITYWIDE STUFF AND YOU HAVE. WE HAVE ONE THAT'S RECUSED RIGHT NOW. I DON'T GET THAT PART OF IT ALL. I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT IN SOME FORM OF RESPECT SO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE HEARD EVERYTHING WE CAN POSSIBLY DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH ALL THE INFORMATION.

I'M NOT PICKING ON YOU I KNOW YOU ARE READY TO GO AND I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE CONFLICTED WITH THIS WHOLE THING.

I'M SAYING THAT IS A PART OF WHAT I WOULD EXPECT OUT OF THIS DISCUSSION WITH ALL FIVE OF US. TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. YOU DO SIT ON BOARDS AND I USED TO SIT ON THE MINISTRY BOARD LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET BOARD AT ONE TIME. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT ALL I THINK ALL THOSE LITTLE COMPONENTS, IF YOU ARE GOING TO CHANGE THIS, WE HAVE TO NOTE THE ENTIRE STORY ABOUT THAT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY FLAW WITH THIS. WOULD BE WILLING TO PROCEED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OR I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR REASONS WHY WE SHOULD JUST ABANDON IT ALL AND GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

THOSE TWO THINGS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE ME SAY THIS PROCESS, THE RFP AND EVALUATIONS WERE FLAWED IN ANY WAY. I THINK THEY'VE ALL DONE A PERFECT JOB AND WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCES AND THE NUMBERS GOING BY AND I THINK JEREMIAH JOHNSON POINTED THAT OUT, IT IS SIMILAR ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IN A EVALUATION AND THAT TYPE OF SORTS.

TO MEET IT HAS CROSSED ALL THE THIS PROCESS IS DONE AND IT'S

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>> MADAME MAYOR I HAVETO RESPON TO AT.

I OPEN UP MY Y QUESTION BUT GETTING LEGAL COUNSEL FROM THE CITY TTORNEY. NOT THAT SHE GAVE ME LEGAL COUNSEL. MY NEXT STATEMENT WAS CAN I ASK QUESTIONS? WAS TOLD NOT TO. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I WAS ADVISED AND SAID THE BEST INTEREST WAS TO NOT ASK ANYTHING I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM ME AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT BECAUSE I'M LISTENING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO TOLD ME TO STAY AND DON'T MAKE COMMENTS AND STEP BACK.

I'M NOT TRYING TO GET INTO ANY TROUBLE WITH ANYTHING AFTER I SIGN THIS PAPERWORK. I HAVE SAID AND I WILL SAY THIS ON THE RECORD, I SIT ON ONE COMMITTEE AND I KNOW EVERYTHING THEY DO. I SIT ON LINCOLN PARK'S COMMITTEE. I HAVE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH INK AND MS. GARNER AND EVERYTHING SHE WANTED TO DO FOR OUR DISTRICT 1. I'VE BEEN THERE.

EVERY TIME SHE ASKED ME TO DO SOMETHING I'VE BEEN THERE.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S DOING FOR DISTRICT 1 AND UNDERSTAND WHAT LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET IS DOING FOR DISTRICT 1.

HOW CAN I VOTE OR HOW CAN I EVEN GET INTO THIS CONVERSATION AND I'M WALKING THAT LINE AND I'M TRYING TO BE OKAY.

>> YOU ARE OKAY. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW I CAN VOTE ON THIS IS A SITTING BOARD MEMBER VOTED AGAINST OR FOR SOMEONE THAT I'M ACTUALLY ON THE COMMITTEE ON THE BOARD.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW I CAN DO THAT.

>> MAYOR? >> I DID IT WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY RECENTLY. I SAT ON THE BOARD AND I'M JUST SAYING IN MY MIND THAT I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE CONFLICTED. I THINK WHEN YOU RECUSED YOURSELF THERE IS SOME FORM OF A GAME THAT COMES THROUGH WITH THE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE GAIN IS.

I KNOW SOMETIMES WE SIT AND WEAR MANY HATS AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BRING THOSE EXPERIENCES FROM THOSE BOARDS TO THIS TABLE AND BE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF US.

MAYBE I DON'T MEAN TO BE A BULLY, ESPECIALLY TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN HURT ME IN THE PARKING LOT.

>> HE WOULD NOT DO THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT BUT I CAN READ IT TO YOU. IT SAYS IN SHORT GAIN OR LOSS OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATE. I'M ON THE COMMITTEE WITH LINCOLN PARK DOING STUFF. I'VE HELPED HER.

IF I VOTE ONE OF THESE BUSINESSES AND ONE OF THESE COMMITTEES IS GOING TO BE HURTING.

IT IS RIGHT HERE NUMBER TWO. THAT IS YOUR ANSWER.

I LOVE WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I LOVE WHAT INK IS DOING FOR THE WHOLE SECTION. I MEET LIENTS THERE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AND SHE IS WHATEVER YOU NEED.

SAME THING WITH LINCOLN PARK I MEET THEM THERE.

I WILL BE QUIET. >> MADAME CHAIR I'M ALL ABOUT PROCESS. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PROCESS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK IF ANYTHING THOMAS PERONA WOULD COME DOWN AS DISTRICT 1 WE CAN ACCEPT BUT MINE AND CARVE OUT A WAY TO SUPPORT WE INTEGRATE A WAY TO WIN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT OR AT LEAST I'M WILLING TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE. THIS SHOULDN'T FEEL THE WAY IT FEELS TONIGHT BECAUSE USUALLY I'M ON TOP OF THESE THINGS AND SOMEHOW I MISSED THIS AT THE WHOLE PROCESS OF US DOING THE RFP. SOMEHOW I DON'T KNOW I JUST MISSED IT. WITH THAT BEING SAID I THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO AT LEAST CREATE A PATHWAY OF WIN-WIN BOTH ORGANIZATIONS I SUPPORT I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED.

IN ONE CASE ONE VOTE NAMING SOMEONE HAS TO MOVE OUT THE BUILDING AND VACATE THAT BECAUSE OF IMMEDIATE URGENCY OF ANOTHER PROGRAM SET TO GO IN THERE AND THAT TROUBLES ME.

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BOTH OF THESE ENTITIES ARE NEEDED.

THEY ARE DOING GREAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT GOING INTO THIS.

THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WE GET INTO THE HOLIDAYS WHERE WE ARE ACTIVATING FOR TOY DRIVES AND TOY GIVEAWAYS AND ALL THE ACTIVATING SPACES. THANKSGIVING PROGRAMMING.

THIS IS JUST A BAD THING RIGHT NOW INTERJECTED INTO A COMMUNITY THAT WAS REALLY GALVANIZING SOME THINGS TOGETHER AND A LOT OF POSITIVE STUFF IS COMING OUT.

THERE IS SOME POSITIVE AND GROWTH HERE.

IT IS PAINFUL GROWTH WILL BE POSITIVE.

THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING DOWN COMMISSIONERS.

I NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO FIGURE OUT A TIMEFRAME HERE AND WHAT

WE ARE DOING WITH THIS ASSET. >> I HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE ON IT. IN A WAY IT IS PAINFUL DECISION BUT WE HAVE TWO REALLY GOOD ORGANIZATIONS HERE THAT ARE AS YOU SAY GALVANIZING AND REVITALIZING.

WE HAVE THE PAINFUL DECISION BASICALLY CHOOSING ONE OVER THE OTHER AND THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE THAT IN THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS TOLD US WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS.

I THINK WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY IS WE NEED A STRONG DIRECTION TO STAFF THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON FINDING A SUITABLE HOME FOR

LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET. >> MADAME CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS.

THAT IS IT. >> THAT'S THE WAY IT READS.

>> YOUR POINT BEING? WE CAN GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL

DIRECTION. >> MY POINT BEING IS.

YOU CAN GIVE ME ALL THE DIRECTION YOU WANT.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE ARE ONLY COME YOU ARE ONLY AUTHORIZING US TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS. THIS IS NOT A GET OUT OR LET'S DO THIS OR REMOVE THIS PERSON. THIS IS LET'S BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS. THIS IS NOT THE CONTRACT.

>> BUT YOU ARE LISTENING TO US. >> MOST DEFINITELY.

>> THE CONTRACT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO US THEN.

I THINK I'M READY MADAME MAYOR. >> DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU

WANT TO ADD? >> I WANT TO CLARIFY THE BID DOCUMENT DIDN'T STATE WHEN THE LEASE AGREEMENT ACTUALLY HAS TO FORM ONLY START. THE ONLY PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS WAS EFERENCING.

GIVEN THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME LEEWAY TO HAVE AN ORDERLY TRANSITION AND IT MIGHT GIVE SOME TIME TO GENERATE OTHER OPTIONS. THAT COULD GET US TOWARD THE WIN-WIN. HOPEFULLY.

>> YOU THINK YOU ARE READY? >> MADAME CHAIR ON ITEM 7B I WOULD MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANARY GARDNER IN QUC)BEC NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE HIGHEST RANK RESPONDER TO RFP 2022 Ã2023 WITH THE STATED STIPULATION OF NEGOTIATIONS THAT STAFF WOULD COME BACK TO US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON A TIMETABLE MOVEMENT AS WELL AS A SOLUTION FOR THE THAT WOULD BE DISPLACED IN THIS S CASE LINCOLN PARK MAIN N STREET.

>> ANYBODY WANT A SECOND D THAT?

? >> CLARIFICATION?

SOLUTION OR RECOMMENDATION? >> RECOMMENDATION.

>> YOU ARE NOT MAKING A MOTION. >> LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH NEGOTIATION AND NEGOTIATION COMES BACK TO US WITH NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT WITH TIMETABLE OF MOVEOUT FOR LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHERE LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET WOULD GO.

TO COME TO THIS BOARD. THAT IS MY MOTION AND IF YOU

CAN SHOOT IT DOWN OR GO DOWN. >> I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND

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TIE THE SECOND PART TO IT. >> MADAME MAYOR.

>>> WE ARE THE FPRA BOARD. I WOULD RATHER KEEP THEM SEPARATE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND WORK THIS ONE OUT. WE CAN GIVE TASKS DURING THIS MEETING TO STAFF TO BE ABLE TO WORK OUT THOSE OTHER SOLUTIONS.

THAT IS JUST AS POWERFUL WITHOUT TRYING TO CONTAMINATE THIS ITEM RIGHT HERE. THAT'S HOW I WOULD RATHER SEE IT. I'M JUST SAYING LET'S KEEP IT CLEAN AND DEAL WITH ITEM B AND THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. IN A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION BE ABLE TO TASK THROUGH CONSENSUS HOW WE PROCEED WITH THAT.

>> I COULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BUT NEGOTIATION STARTS WITH STAFF TALKING TO THEM AND THEY COME BACK TO US ON THE FINAL ON VOTING ON NEGOTIATED CONTRACT WITH THE TIMETABLE?

>> OUR FIRST STEP WE WILL CONTACT THE HIGHEST RANKED PROPOSERS IF THAT IS YOUR APPROVED RECOMMENDATION TO NEGOTIATE THE PARAMETERS OF THE CONTRACT AND SAID THAT TO THE CITY ATTORNE TO WORK WITH THEIR LEGAL STAFF TO IRON OUT A PROPOSED CONTRACT AND BRING THAT BACK TO THIS BOARD FOR THAT LEAST AREA. THAT IS WHAT IS ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ADD ANOTHER PROVISION TO THAT TO INCLUDE MOVEOUT OR DATE OR TRANSITIONAL PROCESS WE CAN DEFINITELY INCLUDE THE TRANSITIONAL PROCESS. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CURRENT TENANT AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM TALKING TO THEM THEY BEEN A PARTNER WITH US FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE COULD LOOK AT OTHER SPACES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. AGAIN THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THE ACTUAL CONTRACTOR WILL NEGOTIATION.

>> MADAME CHAIR WITH THAT BEING SAID I WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL THAT WE ENTERED NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANARY GARDNER OF INCUBATE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE HIGHEST RANK RESPONDER TO RFP 2022 Ã 23. LOOKS IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL A ROLL PLEASE.

>>. [VOTING]

>> MADAME CHAIR I KNOW WE HAVE AGENDA AND I WILL BRING IT UNDER COMMENTS LATER BECAUSE I WANT TO HANDLE THAT.

>> THAT'S FINE. WE WILL MOVE ON AND HAVE A

[c. Update on The Root]

>> ITEM 7C UPDATE ON THE ROOT. >> MANAGER AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WE WILL HAVE TWO OR THREE UPDATES COMING UP THAT WILL BE VERBAL AND HAVE BACKGROUND MATERIAL.

WHAT I WANTED TO DO RIGHT NOW IS THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING OF FY 23 FOR THE 19 DURING OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR WE DECIDED WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND HIRE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW OUR R TEAM AND OUR D OUR TEAM IS GROWING EVERY DAY AND WE HAVE A FANTASTIC TEAM AND LET ME START WITH A COUPLE THAT I WILL ASK TO STAND UP SMILE AND WAVE.

SO THEY WILL DO THAT. IF MARIO GETS OUT OF THE WAY.

FIRST WE HAVE ¦ >> I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO

THAT WAS SITTING BY MIRIAM. >> YOU KNOW ADRIA SHE IS OUR SPECIAL PROJECT COORDINATOR EVERYBODY IN MY OFFICE DOES FPRA STUFF. WE HAVE CHEYENNE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. BEHIND HER MARSHA NOEL IS OUR BRAND-NEW REDEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.

OF COURSE EVERYBODY KNOWS MIRIAM GARCIA.

SHE IS OUR REDEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.

AND THE RED FANCY JACKET IS SARAH DELGADO OUR REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT. SHE IS ONE OF OUR/POSITIONS THAT WORKS IN OUR OFFICE WITH GIVEN HER ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. I THINK WE ARE DEFINITELY BUILDING A VERY CAPABLE AND QUALIFIED TEAM.

I HAVE THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS GROUP AND THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WILL LEAD US INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

WITH THAT I WILL ALLOW OUR SPECIAL PROJECT CORRIDOR TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE ROUTE PROJECT.

>> MISS MORE WELLS? IT IS YOUR SHOW.

[02:15:03]

>> THE ROUTE AND UPDATE. THE ROUTE IS A ROJECT THAT WE ENTERED INTO TO CREATE A OPEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PACE.

THE TERMS OF THE LEASE INCLUDED FIVE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE TE WHICH WAS OCTOBER 27, , 2020 AND THE OPTION TO RENEW ONE ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF B,10.

IN THAT AGREEMENT THERE WERE SEVERAL DELIVERABLES.

SINCE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT THE PROJECT HAS MISSED SOME OF THE DEADLINES THAT WAS SET FORTH IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT. WITHIN A YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT, THE ORGANIZATION WAS TO FINALIZE SITE PLANS AND ENGINEERING PLANS.

THAT HOWEVER DID NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL APRIL 30 FIRST 2022.

ALSO THEY WERE CHARGED OBTAINING ALL PERMITS WITHIN A YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT HOWEVER DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL JULY 7 2022.

AFTER RECEIVING THEIR PERMITS THE NEXT DELIVERABLE WHICH IS FORTHCOMING WAS TO INSTALL LANDSCAPING LIGHTING AND FENCING AND SEATING AND PARKING AND THE FINAL DELIVERY PROGRESS REPORTED AT THE FINAL STAGE COMPLETION WAS 30 PERCENT, 60 PERCENT, 90 PERCENT AND 100 PERCENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND PLAN IMPROVEMENTS. SINCE CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT BEGUN WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROGRESS REPORTS AT THIS TIME.

THIS REPORT IS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAS OCCURRED.

AND SPEAKING WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER AND THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR THE REASONS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO STAFF AS RELATING TO THE DELAYS INCLUDE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, ACTS OF NATURE AND CHALLENGES IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

STAFF HAS WORKED CLOSELY TO ASSIST THEM WHENEVER THERE WAS A ROADBLOCK IN ORDER TO HELP THEM GET BEYOND THAT POINT BECAUSE WE EXPRESSED TO THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVATING THIS LOCATION. AND HOW INTEGRAL IT WAS TO THE VISION FOR REVITALIZING THE AREA.

THIS IS A TIMELINE OF THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AND WE WANTED TO BRING YOU ABREAST OF THE SITUATION AS OF TODAY.

OCTOBER 20 LEASE AGREEMENT WAS EXECUTED.

FEBRUARY 2021 THEY HAD THEIR GROUNDBREAKING AND ALSO LOCATED THE TAYLOR MARX LIBRARY ON SITE.

THEY WERE ABLE TO FINALIZE THE SITE PLANS BETWEEN JANUARY AND APRIL 2021. AND THEN THEY BEGAN IN JUNE BETWEEN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2021, THEY BEGAN WHAT WAS CALLED BUYBACK THE BLOCK WHICH WAS AN EVENT HELD MONTHLY AND SHOWCASE SOME OF THE ENTREPRENEURS AND ACTIVITIES ON THE SITE.

NOVEMBER 2021 THE CONSTRUCTION FENCE WAS ERECTED.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE GROUP CAME TO REQUEST IF THEY COULD LOCATE SIX OF THE CONTAINERS IF WE HAD PROPERTY.

WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY WERE FACING SOME CHALLENGES WITH WHERE THEY HAD THEM STORED ORIGINALLY IN THE COMPANY ONE OF THEM TO MOVE THEM SO IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM WITH THAT WE ALLOW THEM TO MOVE THE CONTAINERS TO A VACANT PROPERTY ON AVENUE D. IN JUNE 2022 OF THE PERMITS WERE ISSUED SO THERE WAS EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE PROCESS GETTING MOVED OR STARTING. WE RECEIVED INFORMATION AND RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO HAVE THE CONTAINERS REMOVED BECAUSE OF A SECURITY CONCERN.

REGARDING THE CONTAINERS BEING ON THE LOT BECAUSE THEY HAD RECEIVED THE PERMITS WE WERE TOLD THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE PROJECT DONE AND THE CONTAINERS MOVED, THEY WERE GIVEN A 30 DAY EXTENSION. HOWEVER THAT DID NOT OCCUR.

[02:20:02]

THAT'S IT. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

>> IS STAFF FEELING LIKE THIS IS GOING TO GO SOMEPLACE EVENTUALLY? ARE WE CONFIDENT SOME CHALLENGES ARE GOING TO BE OVERCOME?

>> I AM HOPEFUL. >> AS OPPOSED TO CONFIDENT?

>> CORRECT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM

STAFF? >> NO MA'AM.

JUST A COMMENT ON HOPEFUL ALSO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AND GREAT CONCEPTUAL PLAN OF PUTTING IT INTO ACTION IS MORE DIFFICULT. PULLING PERMITS AND GETTING SITE PLANS COMPLETED AND EVEN IF TEMPORARY IT IS NOT ALWAYS THE EASIEST PROCESS. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS FEBRUARY 2021 IS WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE AND DID THE RIBBON-CUTTING GROUNDBREAKING EVENT. THAT IS HARD TO BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN THAT LONG. THAT IS ALL RIGHT.

REJUVENATE IT AND GIVE IT A SHOT IN THE ARM AND HERE WE GO

AGAIN. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM

[d. Update on the Orange Avenue Targeted Corridor Paint Program]

>> UPDATE ON THE ORANGE AVENUE TARGETED CORRIDOR PAINT

PROGRAM. >> MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS?

>> WE HAD A PROGRAM WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST MEETING AND MIRIAM GARCIA IS THE PROJECT MANAGER AND SHE WILL GIVE US A

BRIEF UPDATE ON THIS PROJECT. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIRWOMAN HUDSON AND MEMBERS OF THE FPRA BOARD I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF.

I WANT TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE REGARDING THE TARGETED CORRIDOR PAINT PROGRAM. THIS BOARD AS WELL AS THE CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED ORANGE AVENUE AS OUR PRIORITY CORRIDOR. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO BRING AND TRANSFORM THE GATEWAY INTO OUR CITY.

WE LAUNCHED THE TARGETED CORRIDOR PAINT PROGRAM FOR THE ORANGE AVENUE CORRIDOR. OUR OUTREACH INCLUDED PRESS RELEASE A FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND WE ALSO MAILED LETTERS TO PROPERTY OWNERS. WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR AND HANDED OUT FLYERS TO THE BUSINESSES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE RECEIVED THE LETTERS IN THE MAIL. TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS AS WELL BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM WAS FOR COMMERCIAL LOCATIONS AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL.

WE ALSO MADE PHONE CALLS AND SENT A FEW EMAILS TO ANYBODY WE DIDN'T SEE RESPOND OR ANYBODY THAT WOULD RESPOND TO THE PROGRAM. AS YOU MAY RECALL THE PROGRAM IS A REIMBURSABLE GRANT UP TO $1000 FOR THE COST OF EXTERIOR PAINT AND PAINT SUPPLIES. THE PROGRAM WAS OPEN FOR 30 DAYS AND THOSE THREE DAYS WE RECEIVED 10 APPLICATIONS AND EIGHT OF THEM WHICH WERE QUALIFIED.

OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO KEEP THE PROGRAM OPEN FOR ORANGE AVENUE CORRIDOR. AND POSSIBLY OPEN IT UP FOR THE U.S. 1 CORRIDOR FROM GEORGE AVENUE TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARIES OF THE FPR RATE WHICH IS AVENUE O AND AVENUE I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OR FEEDBACK

YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE. >> YOU HAVEN'T SPENT ALL THE

MONEY YET: >> NOT YET.

>> THAT'S FINE. >> THEY HAVE 60 DAYS SO FROM THE TIME THEY APPLIED AND THE TIME WE NOTIFY THEM THEY ARE QUALIFIED THEY HAVE 60 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY.

>> YOU HAVE EIGHT QUALIFIED SO FAR.

>> SO FAR WORKS ARE YOU GOING TO DO BEFORE AND AFTER?

>> YES THEY SUBMITTED BEFORE PICTURES AND ONCE I PICK THEY WILL SUBMIT AFTER PHOTOS AND I WILL BE SURE TO GO PAINT SOME.

>> THEY HAVE 60 DAYS FROM THE TIME THEY ARE APPROVED EXECUTE

THIS? >> CORRECT.

>> YOU THINK ABOUT EXPANDING THE PROGRAM FROM GEORGE AVENUE TO AVENUE O ON U.S. 1? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID?

>> YES. WHICH IS THE U.S. 1 CORRIDOR.

THAT'S THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE SOUTH

BOUNDARY OF FPRA. >> GOT IT.

>> ANY IDEAS OR COMMENTS? DO YOU WANT DIRECTION ON THE

EXPANSION? >> WE WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND IF IT'S POSITIVE WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.

>> MOVE FORWARD. >> THUMBS UP WE SHALL PROCEED.

[02:25:04]

>> THANK YOU GOOD JOB LIKE THIS PROGRAM.

[e. Update on the Downtown Fort Pierce Police Detail]

>> I DO TOO. >> IN OUR LAST UPDATE MIRIAM WILL GIVE THAT AS WELL AND BASICALLY IT IS FEEDBACK FROM WHAT HAS BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED AND THAT'S THE

DOWNTOWN DETAIL. >> EXTREMELY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE BUSINESSES.

THE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN PATROLLING THE AREA BY SEGWAY AND WALKING AND ALSO ON THEIR BICYCLES.

THEY BEEN DOING DOOR-TO-DOOR INTRODUCTIONS AND ANSWERING BUSINESS QUESTIONS ARE ALSO ADDRESSING CONCERNS OR ISSUES.

WHEN THEY RESPONDED TO CALLS WHILE THEY ARE DOWNTOWN IT'S BEEN A MINIMAL MISDEMEANOR TRAFFIC ISSUES AND UNWANTED PERSONS AND LOST PROPERTY INCIDENTS.

BUT OVERALL THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY AND BELIEVE IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL RETURN OF OUR

INVESTMENT SO FAR. >> GREAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARIAM? >> I WILL MAKE A COMMENT THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE IS SUPER EXCITED AND A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND A LOT OF ENCOURAGING THANK YOUSE AND APPRECIATIONS. THEY ARE SEEING THE DIFFERENCE.

>> THAT'S GREAT THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE IS REALLY ENERGIZED. A LOT GOING ON DOWNTOWN FORT

[8. STAFF COMMENTS]

THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE STAFF COMMENTS.

>> MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS. >> WE ATTACHED THE FINAL TAXABLE VALUES FOR THE CRA WE RECEIVED FROM THE TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE. IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL DAY AND WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED.

[9. BOARD COMMENTS]

>> MIX COX OR HURLEY ANYTHING TO ADD? BOARD COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER JOHNSON?

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY BOARD COMMENTS RIGHT W MADAM CHAIR I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME DIRECTION TO STOP AND GET A CONSENSUS ON MOVING FORWARD. AGAIN, IT PAINS ME THAT WE HAD TO MAKE THAT DECISION TONIGHT THERE'S SO MUCH MOMENTUM THAT WAS GOING WITH BOTH OF THOSE ENTITIES.

I'M NOT GIVING UP YET. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS COME I THINK THIS PRESENTS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY AND BEING THE OPERATIVE'S IM I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER HAVING STAFF PRESENT TO AS FPRA A VIABLE OPTIONS TO ONCE THEY COMPLETE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE H THE ENTITY Y NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE OTHER ENTITY LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TWO OR THREE RECOMMENDATIONS OF PLACES THEY MAY GO. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THE TIMETABLE OF WHEN THEY ARE TO VACATE THE PROPERTIES.

AND THIRDLY I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE FROM STAFF ON THE WHOLE SECOND FLOOR PROCESS. SOMEBODY HAS TO BE ABLE TO TELL US SOME TYPE OF TIMEFRAME OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT A FPRA MEETING AND UNDERSTAND IT AS THEY COME FORWARD.

>> COMMISSIONER GAINS? > I'M GOING TO SECOND WHAT COMMISSIONER JOHNSON SAID. WE CAN'T TALK HISTORY AND MOVE SOMEBODY OUT OF ONE OF THE OLDEST SCHOOLS THAT IS PART OF THE LINCOLN PARK DEVELOPMENT IN THE WHOLE AREA.

THAT WAS LINCOLN PARK. YOU HEARD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAY TONIGHT WHAT THAT MEANT TO THEM.

IF SOMETHING CAN BE WORKED OUT WHERE THEY GET SOME TYPE OF SPACE OR SOMETHING CLOSER OR WHATEVER LET'S TRY TO DO IT.

ON THE OTHER HAND MS. GARNER AND INK HAVE ITALIZED THE AREA. I JUST WANT TO SAY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AND COMMISSIONER THOMAS PERONA THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN ONE OF THE HARDEST. I THOUGHT LAST NIGHT WAS HARD BUT THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN THE HARDEST BECAUSE FERMI TO BE

[02:30:03]

I WOULD NEVER BE YOU UP IN THE PARKING LOT.

YOU DRIVE A BIG TRUCK. >> YOU CAN RUN FASTER THAN HE E

CAN. >> I UNDERSTAND.

I ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON'S PAIN.

I DO BECAUSE HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING INK ON THE PROGRAM AND I TOOK OVER FROM SITTING IN HIS SPOT ON LINCOLN PARK WHICH I DON'T THINK HE WANTS TO GIVE UP BUT HE DID. HE GAVE IT UP TO ME TO DO IT.

I UNDERSTAND HIS FRUSTRATION DOWN THERE.

AS THE BOARD HERE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO TAKE THIS BAD TASTE OUT OF MY MOUTH. THAT IS MY COMMENT.

>> I THINK WE REALIZED THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOT ONE FIX FOR THE AREA FOR LINCOLN PARK. THERE ARE SEVERAL FIXES AND IS GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF THOSE THAT MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.

I THINK WE ALL REALIZE THAT AND BY TAKING ONE OF THOSE KEY COMPONENTS OF THE MIX WE RISK GOING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE AND I THINK THAT'S THE FEAR WE ALL HAVE.

I THINK STAFF HAS HURT US. THEY ARE REALLY GOOD AND WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF BY THE WAY. THEY WILL BE BACK AND IN FRONT OF YOU AND MY GUESS IS WHATEVER TURNS OUT IS PROBABLY A BLESSING TO BOTH WHEN IT IS ALL OVER WITH.

THESE ARE THE GREAT PROBLEMS TO HAVE.

THERE WAS A TIME ON THIS COMMISSION ¦

>> THERE IS COMPETITION. >> IT WASN'T ABOUT COMPETITION BUT GETTING SOMETHING GOING NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS.

I DO RESPECT THAT AND RESPECT THE FACT WE ALL HAVE ISSUES SOMETIMES AND IT'S MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS TO BE ABLE TO PUSH THIS THING FORWARD. THAT GOES WITH THE GAME RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR.

YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB BY THE WAY EVERYBODY HERE IS DOING A GREAT JOB BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.

DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND GO THROUGH IT ALL AND MEET THE PEOPLE AND BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION PROCESS AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY THERE IS A WINNER AND THERE'S A LOSER.

BUT THAT HAPPENS AND THAT'S PART OF THE JOB.

WE ARE THERE. >> REAL QUICK SO YOU KNOW THE REASON I ASKED MADAM ATTORNEY THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAME UP IN THE STATE ETHICS.

I DID PAY ATTENTION TO THAT WHEN JEREMIAH.

SORRY. >> THAT IS GOOD.

>> THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED ON THE ONE I WATCHED.

THAT'S WHY I WAS HESITANT. THAT'S WHERE I GOT THAT FROM.

>> TRUTHFULLY YOU ARE THE FINAL JUDGE.

THAT'S WHAT THE ATTORNEY WILL TELL YOU.

>> YOU MAKE THE DECISION FOR YOURSELF.

>> IF YOU THINK IT MAKES THE CRITERIA IT DOES I WASN'T QUESTIONING YOUR DECISION BUT SHOWING THE FACT THAT WE HAVE FIVE WHEELS ON THE GROUND AND WHEN YOU TAKE ONE AWAY IT MAKES IT TOUGHER. SOME OF US OPERATE ALMOST 2 YEARS WITH FOUR OF US AND SOMETIMES THREE OF US.

IT WAS BRUTAL SOMETIMES. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT WHEN IT HAD TO BE UNANIMOUS WITH THE THREE OF US IT WAS REALLY

TOUGH. >> IT IS FUNNY I'VE LEARNED, I HAVEN'T LEARNED FULLY BECAUSE I APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. I LISTENED INTENTLY TONIGHT OF WHAT FORM YOU WERE GOING TO FILL OUT IF OR IF NOT.

WHAT I HAVE TRIED TO DO IN THIS SITUATION IS I'VE TRIED TO COME WHEN I SIT ON THE OTHER BOARDS, ISAAC I WILL USE FOR PIERCE MAIN STREET AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE SECOND. DORIS YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE ON SUBMITTING TO THE CITY AND YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE I'M OUT.

I HIT THE DOOR RUNNING FAST I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT AND I DON'T WANT TO BE AN ISSUE FOR ME WHEN I SIT IN THE SEAT.

SHE ACTUALLY HAD TO LEARN WHERE MY HEART WAS AND SO SHE'S LIKE JEREMIAH WE HAVE THIS THING. YOU MAY DECIDE TO LEAVE THE ROOM. IF IT IS ONE OF THOSE I'M OUT THE DOOR. I'VE LEARNED THAT I STILL LEARN AND I LISTENED TO YOU TONIGHT. I JUST LEARNED SOMETHING AGAIN.

[02:35:05]

SPEAKING OF LEARNING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET. BABY WE CAN GO BACK TO SOME OF OUR ARCHIVES WITH FORT PIERCE MAIN STREET.

THAT HAS MOVED AROUND THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. CURRENTLY A INVESTMENT AND THERE'S A MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY WHERE FORT PIERCE MAIN STREET MEETS. BECAUSE THEY ARE A FLORIDA ENTITY AND A NONPROFIT AGENCY. THE TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO MOVE INTO SOME CITY BUILDINGS AT SOME POINT.

I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK AT OPTIONS FOR LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET SE WHAT FORT PIERCE MAIN STREET DID. MAYBE WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM THAT. I BELIEVE THEY ARE AND OLD CITY

HALL AND THE HELP RENOVATE. >> ST. LUCIE PRESERVATION WAS DOING WITH SUNRISE THEATER AND THE OLD CITY HALL I THINK AND MAIN STREET WAS IN OFFICES, I THINK THE OLD MAIN STREET WAS IN THE OFFICES WERE IN THE SUNRISE THEATER BUILDING.

DO YOU REMEMBER NICK? >> I'M GOING TO GET THE HISTORY SO IT CAN HELP US OUT HERE. WE HAVE TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING WITH BOTH MINISTRIES AND WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS OF WHERE AN HOW THAT LEGALITIES OF LEASING SPACE AS A LAND OWNER. AS WE LEARNED TONIGHT IT BECOMES PAINFUL. I DON'T LIKE BEING THE LANDLORD I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU GUYS. I SAID THAT BACK IN THE TIKI

BAR. >> YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A MORTGAGE HOLDER EITHER. I KNOW THAT.

>> MAYBE WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING I WILL GO BACK WITH DORIS AND TALK ABOUT WHERE SHE'S BEEN THERE, OVER 27 YEARS.

>> ALMOST 30. >> 31 YEARS IS PROBABLY MAIN STREETS HISTORY WE CAN LEARN AND HELP MOVE THE PROCESS

ALONG. >> I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE TO GET ELECTION RESULTS BUT I WANT TO SAY QUICKLY BEFORE I DO THAT, THE DISTRICT WANTS AN LECOM PARK AREA IS SO GALVANIZED AND SO ENERGIZED. YOU SAW THEM LAST NIGHT AND SAW THEM TODAY. WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS HAD THAT AND I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE DISTRICT WANTS COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE PUT INTO THE PROCESS AND PEOPLE YOU'VE SUPPORTED AND PEOPLE YOU'VE TRULY APPOINTED TO ALL THE COMMITTEES. THIS WAS A PAINFUL CHOICE TONIGHT. IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE TORN BY TWO. WITHOUT ANY CRITICISM LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET WAS NOT ALWAYS AS GALVANIZED AS IT IS NOW.

I GIVE YOU BOTH CREDIT FOR THAT AND THEY ARE MUCH MORE ENERGIZED AND INTERESTED AND I THINK THE HISTORY THING HAS CAUGHT THEM THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THAT BECAUSE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THING WAS ALWAYS SUCH A CHALLENGE.

THAT'S PART OF THE MAIN STREET MISSION IS THE CULTURE.

I THINK I WANT TO HELP THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ENERGIZED NOW AND THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.

ONE IDEA I HAD MR. NICHOLAS MIMMS IS PERHAPS DOCTOR MOORE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SPACE AT THE COLLEGE AT THE BLACKBURN CENTER. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY USE THAT NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WOULD COME IF THE COLLEGE MIGHT BE INTERESTED, BECAUSE I THINK HE WANTS TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

THAT MIGHT BE AN IDEA. I THINK WE ARE ASKING YOU ALSO TO TRY TO HELP US HELP LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET FIND A HOME THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ALL SAYING IS THAT RIGHT?

>> OKAY I WAS TRYING TO GET CLARITY.

I DO WANT TO ADVISE YOU IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A FPRA BOARD PROPERTY WE WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BIDDING/RFP PROCESS SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET AND GET THERE FEELING FOR WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND IT MAY NOT BE THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE PROPERTY. IF THEY DO IDENTIFY WHAT I WILL BRING THAT TO THE RESPECTIVE BOARD AND ASK WE MOVE FORWARD

WITH THE DISPOSITION PROCESS. >> ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER? WE SHOULD ADJOURN.

IT IS

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.