Jun 12, 2023 City Commission Conference Agenda

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. >>MAYOR HUDSON: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE CONFERENCE AGENDA, JUNE 12, 2023. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER BRODERICK, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN

EXCUSED FROM STANDING. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: I MADE IT UP HERE. THE REST IS CAKE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

PRESENT. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK:

PRESENT. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: HERE

[a. Recommendation on partnering with Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute to host a Marina Sculpture at City Hall from the Art and Culture Advisory Board]

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: PRESENT.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: PRESENT.

>> THE FIRST ITEM IS PARTNERING WITH HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE TO HOST A MARINA SCULPTURE AT CITY HALL FOR THE

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. >>MAYOR HUDSON: MR. MIMMS.

>>NICHOLAS MIMMS: A PREVIOUS MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND NEW CITYWIDE COMMUNICATION MANAGER CAITLYN BALLARD WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: WELCOME. >> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONS. WE HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. MISS JULIE PULIAT AND WILL GIVE

YOU INFORMATION. >>MAYOR HUDSON: WELCOME.

>> GOOD MORNING. WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC

UNIVERSITY REQUESTING THAT WE -- >>MAYOR HUDSON: YOU NEED TO

SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MIC. >> THAT WE HOST AT CITY HALL ONE OF THE SIX SCULPTURES AS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GIRLS AND BOYS CLUB. OCEAN DEBRIS COLLECTED.

THEY COLLECTED OVER 1500 POUNDS POF DEBRIS AND CREATED VARIOUS MARINE ANIMAL SCULPTURES IN THEIR PROGRAM.

THE SCULPTURES RANGE IN SIZE AND THEY ALSO RANGE IN CONTENT.

SO WE WERE UNABLE AS A BOARD TO CHOOSE A SPECIFIC ONE.

THE SCULPTURES HAVE BEEN HOSTED AT SEVERAL OF THE LIBRARY BRANCHES, AS WELL AS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WEST SIDE.

IT WAS ALSO AT THE CENTER FOR EARTH DAY.

THE ACCOMPANYING SCULPTURES IS A SMALL AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM THAT DESCRIBES THE PROGRAM AND THE INTENT BEING AWARENESS OF GARBAGE AND DEBRIS THAT LITTER OUR OCEAN AND THE INTERCOASTAL.

SO WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME A SCULPTURE HERE IN THE CITY TO ALSO CAPTURE THAT MESSAGE FOR VISITORS HERE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? I GATHER -- ARE YOU TALKING

ABOUT CITY HALL'S LOBBY? >> YES, POTENTIALLY AND PROVIDED THAT THERE IS SPACE FOR IT THAT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH ANY OTHER

ASPECTS OF THE CITY MIGHT HOST. >>MAYOR HUDSON: MR. MIMMS, DO YOU THINK THERE IS SPACE FOR -- DO ONE AT A TIME OR ALL OF THEM?

>> I THINK THEY ARE ASKING TO HOST ONE SCULPTURE WITH THE AUDIO-VISUAL MECHANISM THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.

AND THEY DO RANGE IN SIZE. SOME ARE VERTICAL.

A JELLY FISH WITH TENTACLES. A VERY LARGE SHARK.

CAITLYN HAS SEEN ALL OF THEM IN PERSON.

I HAVE NOT. >> I WAS AT THE EARTH DAY CELEBRATION AT THE OXPO WHERE THEY WERE ALL HOUSED.

THEY ARE ALL AMAZING. KIDS DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND THE FACT THAT IT CAN BRING AWARENESS TO OUR WATERWAYS AND SHOWCASE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR -- WHAT OUR LOCAL YOUTH DO I THINK WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK THEY ARE VERY, VERY EYE-CATCHING

AND STIR UP A LOT OF INTEREST. >>MAYOR HUDSON: GREAT.

AND WE WILL HAVE ROOM FOR A CYCLETURE IN THE LOBBY AS FAR AS

YOU KNOW. >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: YES, MA'AM,

WE CAN MAKE ROOM. >>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONERS?

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR, I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA. HOW BIG IS THE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY. A LARGE SCREEN.

IS IT REALLY LOUD. WILL IT DISTURB ANYONE?

>> WHEN I SAW IT ACTUALLY AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY SOUND AT THE TIME.

IT WAS VISUAL, BUT IT IS JUST A SCREEN THAT COMES UP FROM THE GROUND AND PROBABLY ABOUT NO BIGGER THAN THIS, BUT KIND OF GIVES THE INFORMATION. AND WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: THAT MAKES SENSE.

I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA. >>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER

BRODERICK. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: EVERYBODY ELSE GOOD WITH IT?

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I AM GOOD WITH IT.

I LIKE THE IDEA. I AM FIGURING OUT WHO GETS TO

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PICK THE SCULPTURE, YOU? >> I BELIEVE AT THAT POINT, STAFF WILL WORK AT THE -- THE ORGANIZATION TO SEE WHAT IS

AVAILABLE AND FOR HOW LONG. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I VOTE

FOR THE SHARK, BUT OKAY. >> THE SHARK IS VERY COOL.

>> WE WILL SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE AND HOW LONG WE CAN HAVE IT, BUT

THE SHARK IS PRETTY COOL. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: ONE QUICK QUESTION ON THAT. WILL THEY LOOK AT A ROTATION OF

THE ENTIRE GROUP OF -- >> IF THAT -- WE CAN -- WE CAN ASK FOR THAT. ONLY CURRENTLY ASKING US TO HOST ONE. BUT IF WE LIKE IT AND WE WANT TO DO IT, WE CAN MAYBE GET A ROTATION --

>>MAYOR HUDSON: ENCOURAGE THAT, IF THAT'S NOT TOO MUCH OF A CHORE FOR THEM, BUT BRINGS AWARENESS TO NOT THROWING STUFF IN THE OCEAN IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND DOING IT WITH ART IS GREAT. >> ABSOLUTELY.

THE KIDS WERE ABLE TO GO OUT AND HELP COLLECT THE GARBAGE AND MAKE THESE SCULPTURES. A COUPLE HUNDRE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT GOT TO PARTAKE IN IT.

IT WAS A VERY NICE PROGRAM. >>MAYOR HUDSON: WONDERFUL.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: WITH THAT, MADAM MAYOR, I WILL MAKE ONE RECOMMENDATION. THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT COLLECT THIS, I THINK WE SHOULD BRING THEM TO CITY HALL.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM ONCE THE EXHIBIT IT HERE.

OKAY. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THAT WILL BE GREAT. THAT WILL BE A BIG PLUS.

ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR BRING THIS -- THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO

[b. St. Lucie County Transportation Update by Adolfo Covelli, Transit Director.]

US. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE BRIGHTLINE PASSENGER RAIL STATION.

>> NO. >>BALEXIS:

>> OH, THE. >>BALEXIS: TRANSPORTATION UPDATE. SOR

SORRY. >> WE DO HAVE WITH US MY GUY ADOLFO COVELLI. HE IS FULL OF ENERGY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ST. LUCIE COUNTY.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: WELCOME. >>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: I AM GOING TO READ TO YOU GUYS TODAY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO FORGET ANYTHING.

MAYOR HUDSON, COMMISSIONERS AND ADMINISTRATION.

FOR THE RECORD, ADOLFO COVELLI, ST. LUCIE COUNTY TRANSIT DIRECTOR. WANT TO START OFF FOR ALLOWING US TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT, THE SERVICES PROVIDED, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED.

THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF SEVEN FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 130 EMPLOYS FROM OUR CONTRACTED TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MR. MIMMS AND TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THIS MEETING MEANS TO US, THE ENTIRE TRANSIT STAFF IS BEHIND ME.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER I DIDN'T QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THREE OF THE SEVEN STAFF ARE DEDICATED TO THE TRANSIT FINANCE TEAM. SOME OF THE ITEMS PROCURING VEHICLES, BUS SHELTERS AND EQUIPMENT, APPLYING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ALONG WITH PROCESSING INVOICES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR 23 STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS.

THE REST OF OUR STAFF CONSISTS OF A TRANSIT SPECIALIST, SENIOR PROGRAM SPECIALIST AND TRANSIT OPERATIONS MANAGER.

THREE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE FAIRLY NEW TO THE COUNTY AND HAVE BEEN HERE LESS THAN A YEAR AND BRING A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE FROM THEIR PREVIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.

HERE IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, WE OFFER VARIOUS TRANSIT OPTIONS.

FUNDING IS PROVIDED THROUGH FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT AND MATCHED WITH LOCAL FUNDS. ACTIVELY SEEK FUNDING TO MAINTAIN FUNDING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE OF THIS TRANSIT CAN PROVIDE LIFE-SUSTAINING TRIPS TO OUR RESIDENTS. TO THE RIGHT IS A TRANSIT MAP THAT SHOW ALL THE FIXED ROUTES AND THE MICRO TRANSIT AREA IN PURPLE. THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE. WE RECENTLY REBRANDED OUR SYSTEM TO AREA TRANSIT AND ART. WE TOOK HOME THREE MARKETING AWARDS AT THE FLORIDA PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE. ART FIXED ROUTE HAVE THE LARGER BUSES THAT RUN THROUGH U.S. 1 AND PORT ST. LUCIE.

A TOTAL OF EIGHT ROUTES. THE PICTURE ABOVE SHOW THE ROUTES. A ROUTE F INDIAN RIVER COUNTY THE INTERGENERATIONAL CENTER AND ONE THAT MEETS AT THE TREASURE COAST MALL. TWO TRANSFER STATIONS.

ONE IN FORT PIERCE ON THE CORNER OF 8TH AND AVENUE D D AND OTHER IN PORT LUCY. THE TWO TRANSFER STATIONS ARE WHERE YOU CONNECT FROM ONE FIXED ROUTE BUS TO THE ANOTHER.

FIXED ROUTE BUSES RUN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 6 TO 8 AND SATURDAY 8 TO 4. CURRENTLY ALL OF SERVICES ARE FARE FREE NEXT SERVICE IS DOOR TO DOOR TRANSIT SERVICE.

PARATRANSIT PROVIDES TWO TYPES OF SERVICES WHICH ARE ADA AND

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THE RIDERSHIP HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM FISCAL YEAR '21 WITH ONLY 59,000 TRIPS. THE NEXT SERVICE IS OUR MICRO TRANSIT SERVICE. THIS SERVICE RUNS IN THE PORT ST. LUCIE. SHARED RIDE SERVICE IF YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY FROM A TO B AND SOMEBODY REQUESTS A RIDE, THEY MAY BE PICKED UP PRIOR TO YOUR DROP-OFF.

SIMILAR TO YOUR FREEBIE SERVICE. ANYONE IN FORT PIERCE CAN TAKE ROUTE 8 FIXED ROUTE TO IT THE PORT ST. LUCIE AND TAKE THE MICRO TRANSIT AROUND THE ZONE TO GET TO TRADITION FOR EXAMPLE.

THE LAST TWO SERVICES ARE DIRECT CONNECT AND ADVANTAGE RIDE.

THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO FILL VOID AND SERVICE HOURS AND UNSERVED LOCATIONS. DIRECT CONNECT THROUGH UBER FOR BUSINESS PROVIDES AN ON-DEMAND MOBILITY USING LOCAL TAXI COMPANIES ALONG WITH UBER FOR BUSINESS.

QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS CAN RIDE ANYWHERE WITHIN ST. LUCIE COUNTY. SET FOR RESIDENTS TO GET TO AND FROM WORK TO GET DIALYSIS TO NAME A FEW.

WE HAVE CURRENTLY A WAIT LIST OF 00 PEOPLE ON DIRECT CONNECT DUE TO SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM. UNFORTUNATELY AS IT MOST CASES, FUNDING IS LIMITED. THE NEXT PROGRAM IS ADVANTAGE RIDE WHICH HAPPENS TO BE MY FAVORITE.

THE JOY THAT IS RECEIVED FROM SOME OF THESE RIDERS AND CAREGIVERS MAKE THEIR DAY EVERY SINGLE TIME.

A WEEKLY CAUSE FROM OUR RIDERS AND THE THANK YOU FOR PARENTS.

REGIONAL PROVIDING SERVICES FROM ALL AREA COUNTIES.

INDIAN RIVER AND OKEECHOBEE. WHEN THIS PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2020, INDIAN RIVER HAD A SIMILAR GRANT.

TO AVOID CONFUSION. O OUR. THIS IS A SERVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

THIS PROGRAM HELPS INDIVIDUALS TO GET TO AND FROM WORK, DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT AS AND LIFE SUSTAINING ACTIVITIES.

FAST FORWARD TWO YEARS, WE WON THE INVASION OF THE YEAR AWARD.

SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH EIGHT CURRENT FIXED ROUTES. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE ENTIRE COUNTY IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER. MICRO TRANSIT HAVE HELPED PRODUCE ACCESS TO A LARGER AREA AT A COST THAT IS LESS THAN TRADITIONAL FIXED ROUTE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN ONTO A YEAR-PLUS-YEAR-LONG JOURNEY OF OUR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS A TEN-YEAR PLAN TO QUALIFY FOR STATE, PUBLIC TRANSIT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM GRANT FUND. A MAJOR UPDATE IS REQUIRED EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE ARE COMING TO THIS BOARD ONE ON ONE AND AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS LIKE THE TPO AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR INPUT.

IT WILL BE DONE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATION.

THEY ARE GENEROUS ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE SCOPE FOR THE CONSULTANTS ON THE PROJECT. A LOOK AT OUR LOCAL INVESTMENT.

OUR SERVICES ARE PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE STATE GRANTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE COMMISSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE. FUNDS FROM THE TRANSIT OR MTSU IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS WITH THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND.

ATTACHED YOU WILL SEE A BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022. 68% OF OUR FUNDS LAST YEAR WERE GRANT FUND AND 32% WERE LOCAL FUNDS.

WE DO HAVE A MTSU OR MTSU AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TAXING UNIT.

IF YOU LIVE IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND HAVE A HOME IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, YOU ARE PAYING TOWARD TRANSIT.

CURRENT MTSU. DAMAGING UNIT CREATED IN 2004 WITH 10.101 MILLS AND NOT INCREASED SINCE 2011.

A MECHANISM TO ALLOW AN INCREASE OF A MAX OF.25 MILLS.

AS A KOZ OF BUYING VEHICLES AND BUYING FUEL HAVE NAMED FOR A FEW. OUR MILLAGE RATE HAVEN'T BEEN INCREASED SINCE 2011. PAY $25 A YEAR FOR TRANSIT.

IF YOU LIVE FOR 40 YEARS, ABOUT 1,000 DOLLARS.

HOPEFULLY THIS NEVER HAPPENS IF YOU EVER HAPPEN TO NEED A DIALYSIS APPOINTMENT OR ALZHEIMER'S VISITS, YOU WILL BE AHEAD OF ONE MONTH'S TIME. THIS JUST SHOWS THE CONTRIBUTION BY MUNICIPALITY OF WHAT THE MILLAGE RATE BRINGS IN, ROUGHLY 11% OF THE FUNDING COMES FROM FORT PIERCE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $350,000 FORT PIERCE.

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CURRENT SERVICES, FIVE BUS ROUTES THAT SERVE THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, ONE, TWO, THREE, SEVEN AND EIGHT.

267,000 TRANSIT BOARDINGS IN THE CITY WHICH IS 60% OF THE TOTAL RIDERSHIP. A MAJOR TRANSFER HUB AT FORT PIERCE INTERMODAL. DOOR-TO-DOOR SYSTEM SERVICE FOR PARATRANSIT AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.

I REACHED OUT TO MR. MIMMS TO MEET AND WE MET ON JANUARY 11.

FOLLOWED UP ON A MEETING IN APRIL.

I ASKED MR. MIMMS WHAT WE COULD TO DO WORK ON AS WE STARTED THIS PARTNERSHIP IN JANUARY. I SHOULD HAVE NEVER ASKED.

MR. MIMMS LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, WE NEED SHELTERS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WE NEED MONEY.

I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO PRESENT TO OUR BOARD.

BE PRESENT AT OUR OUTREACH EVENTS.

BE PRESENT FOR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

I SAID OKAY. PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, MR. MIHM.

[LAUGHTER] I LOOKED AT MR. MIMMS AND I SAID MY TEAM HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO. SO I AM GRATEFUL TO SAY WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FORT PIERCE TEAM ON THE INSTALLATION OF TEN BUS SHELTERS FOR THE CITY. WE WILL BE DOING MORE THIS YEAR.

W ATTENDED THE HIGHWAY EVENT IN FEBRUARY AND WILL BE AT THE UNITY EVENT IN JULY. I BELIEVE WE ALWAYS HAVE WORK TO DO TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY AND EXCITED OF HOW THE FIRST 90 DAYS HAVE STARTED. I LOOK FORWARD TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY AND EXPAND ACCESS AND SERVICES.

ONE THING I DIDN'T TOUCH ON FOR NOW IS FUNDING WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR OF THE LAUNCH OF YOUR FREEBIE SERVICE.

AND WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOME WAY TO FIND FUNDING TO ASSIST IN EXPANDING YOUR SERVICE.

THIS -- WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A SERVICE DEVELOPMEN COMMAND THAT IS DESIGNED TO EXPAND THE SERVICE AND ASSIST WITH FUNDING UP TO THREE YEARS. BEING THIS IS A PILOT BEING FUNDED BY THE FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, CHANGING THE HOURS OF OPERATION, EXPANDING THE AREA, OR THE DAYS OF THE WEEK OR A COMBO OF THESE THREE ALONG WITH EXPANDING THIS FROM A PILOT TO A SERVICE QUALIFIED FREEBIE FOR THIS GRANT. AFTER DILIGENT WORK FROM THE DEEM BEHIND ME WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU. ST. LUCIE WILL BE THE GRANT RECIPIENT AND MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK ON AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MR. MIMMS TO MANAGE THIS GRANT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THE LOCAL MATCH. THE COST IS ROUGHLY $265,000 FOR THREE YEARS. WHAT DOES IT GET YOU? TAKE YOUR 40-HOUR-A-WEEK SERVICE TO SEVEN DAYS, 70 HOURS A WEEK.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CITY OF FORT PIERCE FOR THEIR COMMITMENT OF TRAFFNSIT AND THE BEST IF TE BEHIND ME. THEY ARE PROVIDING OVER 2,000 TRIPS WITH 600 BEING DOOR TO DOOR TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT MOST. PLEASE REMEMBER THE RIDE TO THE DIALYSIS PATIENT AND THE PEOPLE TO PICK UP THE GROCERIES MAY BE THE ONLY TIME THAT RESIDENT LEAVES THE HOUSE THAT DAY AND HAS COMMUNICATION WITH ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'M HERE TO ANTENNA AQUESTIONS.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.

COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER GAINES.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I HAVE A QUESTION.

WITH THE UBER AND THE OTHER ONE, YOU SAID THERE WAS A WAIT LIST FOR PEOPLE TO GET ON AND GET INTO CERTAIN PARTS OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY. IS THERE ANY TYPE OF DISCUSSION? BECAUSE I KNOW THE COUNCIL OF AGING ALSO PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION. ANY KIND OF DISCUSSION TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE PUT INTO TO COVER SOME OF AREAS WE ARE NOT BEING COVERED OR THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY COMMUNICATION?

>> MORE OF A FUNDING THING, COMMISSIONER, I WILL BE MORE HAPPY TO GET BACK WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER.

DIRECT CONNECT AND UBER FOR BUSINESSES AND AFTERHOUR PROGRAMS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE WILLING OR ABLE TO DO IT. THE WAIT LIST IS MORE FOR THE

FINANCIAL PART. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I KNOW THEY PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THE TWO SIDES GOT TOGETHER AND TO SEE WHERE A VOID WAS OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE -- MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO BE HAVING DOUBLE IN THIS AREA WHERE ANOTHER AREA IS NOT COVERED. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, HAVE WE SAT DOWN WITH THEM TO SAY HEY, YOU HAVE THESE VEHICLES.

WE KNOW YOU PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.

TO SEE A -- I LOVE THE PRESENTATION.

SEE A WHOLE PART OF THIS PRESENTATION WHERE THEY CAN FIT IN TO HELP. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS ABOUT GETTING RESIDENTS WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, ELDERLY TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. I AM JUST CURIOUS.

>>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER, I HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT.

WE HAVE A MAJOR CONTRACT. COUNCIL ON AGING WAS OUR

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WE HAD TO GO FOR THEM. WE ARE IN MIDDLE OF A CONTRACT WITH OUR NEW WHICH POSSIBLY AN AGREEMENT FOR NEXT YEAR.

I WILL LOOK INTO IT 100%. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THANK

YOU. >> YES, SIR.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER BRODERICK.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: GO BACK TO THE SLIDE REGARDING THIS MATCHING GRANT. JUST SO I UNDERSTAND THIS CLEARLY. WE CAN GET $783,000 LOCAL MATCH $8 783,000 OF GRANT MONEY OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD, IS THAT

CORRECT? >>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: YES, WE WENT OUT LOOKING FOR GRANTS. WE KNOW THAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY TRANSIT DIDN'T HAVE LOCAL FUNDS TO MATCH.

$3 MILLION WE BRING IN. BRING IN $11 MILLION.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LOCAL MONEY TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR FUNDING.

WE LOOKED FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO POSSIBLY PRESENT TO CARBON MONOXIDE FORT PIERCE. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILLING TO PUT IN $800,000 IF THERE IS A LOCAL MATCH OF THE ROUGHLY $800,000.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: DOES THE CONTRACT FOR FREEBIE CONTINUE THAT TO BE A MATCHING FUND?

>>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: SORRY, MR. MIMMS. I MET WITH JASON AND WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FORT PIERCE TEAM AND FREEBIE TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE PRESENTED FOR YOU TODAY THAT IT IS CORRECT. AND IT IS OKAY.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: WHAT IS THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE ON

THAT? >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: CURRENTLY A PRIVATE PROGRAM AND THEY PAY $400,000 FOR THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: CERTAINLY SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO ME IF WE CAN PUT ANOTHER $380,000 INTO THIS, WE PICK UP $780,000. IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT THAT THE CONTRACT AMOUNT THAT WE ARE PAYING WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE -- A PORTION OF THE $783,000 THAT THE CITY WILL NEED

TO COMMIT? >> RECENT, IF YOU WILL PAY ANOTHER $400,000. $400,000 FOR THE PILOT SERVICE TO GET THE TESLAS IN. START THE SERVICE 40 HOURS A WEEK. WORKINGY TO EXPAND THE SERVICE TO SEVEN DAY AS WEEK A LITTLE LESS.

THAT GOING FORWARD WILL BE $520,000 A YEAR.

OUR ASK FROM THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WILL BE $260,000 A YEAR, ROUGHLY HALF OF THE $520,000 WHICH IS $140,000 LESS THAN WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY INVESTED AND AGAIN THAT I BELIEVE WAS POSSIBLY TO BUY THE TESLAS, YES. THE ACTUAL COST WILL GO DOWN $140,000 A YEAR AND SERVICE FROM 44 HOURS A WEEK TO 0 WEEKS.

FROM FOUR DAY AS WEEK TO SEVEN DAY AS WEEK.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER WE WOULD WANT TO PURSUE THIS. AM I MISSING SOMETHING IN THE

MIX HERE? >>MAYOR: AS LONG AS IT IS

THE FPRA AREA. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: THAT IS MY QUESTION. PIGGYBACKING ON THAT, A MAP THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING SERVED ON THIS PILOT?

>>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: YES, YOU WILL BE.

TO CLARIFY, SERVICE GRANT. THERE ARE A LOT OF GRANTS.

SO I -- NORMALLY IT WILL BE TO PAY FOR THE EXPANSION.

SINCE -- IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS FROM A PILOT PROGRAM TO AN ACTUAL PROGRAM, THIS IS AN EXPANSION AND WE SPOKE WITH FDOT LAST WEEK. THE WHOLE THINGS QUALIFIES.

NO $400,000. THE NEW BILL IS $520,000.

AND I AM NOT SURE HOW THEY DO THE REIMBURSEMENT.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE MONEY PART. I WANT TO SEE THE MAP.

I GOT THE MONEY PART. THAT IS THE EASY PART.

MY THING NOW IS THIS STOPS AT A CERTAIN PART OF OUR COVERAGE OF

THE F BEPRA ZONE. >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: YOU MINE IF I

JUMP IN, SIR? >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON:

YES, SIR. >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: CURRENTLY WE HAVE A PILOT PROGRAM. WE AS STAFF WILL COME BEFORE YOU AND REVIEW THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS INITIATIVE AND YOU ALL WILL TELL US IF WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH MICROTRANSIT MOVING FORWARD. AT THAT TIME WE WILL START MAKING DETERMINATIONS OF THE EXPANSION, HOW MANY HOURS, WHAT WE ARE LOOK CAN FOR. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND FDOT THAT I STRONGLY RECOMMEND.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. MIMMS, THAT IS WHERE I AM GOING BUT KNOWING THAT WE ARE NOT RESTRICTED ON THAT MAPPING WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, AND SEEMS LIKE THAT IS IN NEGOTIATION WHEN WE COME BACK FOR THE SECOND PART OF IT. MAY I CONTINUE, MADAM MARE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: PLEASE. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON:

ARE YOU DONE? >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: I AM

DOE. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: BUS SHELTERS. GREAT IMITATION OF MR. MIMMS.

I KNOW WHERE YOU GOT THAT FROM. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK:

ALMOST EERIE. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: ONLY SOMETHING PASSED THROUGH HIM FROM US WITH THE BUS SHELTERS. CAN QUESTION GET AN UPDATE AS TO

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I SEE PEOPLE STANDING IN THE ELEMENTS OF OUR CITY.

AND I AM CONCERNED. >>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: 100%.

I WILL GIVE YOU AS MUCH AS I CAN AND CAN FOR MR. REALS AND KATHY BEHIND ME. COUNTYWIDE, 200 BUS STOPS IN ST.

LUCIE COUNTY. IN ST. LUCIE CAN COUNTY 40 BUS SHELTERS. 20% OF THE BUS STOPS HAVE SHELTERS. 25 IN THE AREA OF CITY OF FORT PIERCE WHICH THEY SHOULD AND MORE PEOPLE USE FIXED ROUTE BUS IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. WE ORDERED 20 -- WE ORDERED 17 SHELTERS A LITTLE WHILE BACK. YOU GUYS HAVE TEN IN YOUR YARD.

SEVEN ARE IN PORT ST. LUCIE. TEN FOR FORT PIERCE AND SEVEN.

THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS WITH YOUR TEAM LOOKING TO INSTALL THEM. I DON'T WANT TO OUTSPEAK.

BUT ONCE THEY ARE INSTALLED AND PORT ST. LUCIE 57 SHELTERS OUT OF 2 UNION WILL AND ROUGHLY 38%. WE WILL CONTINUE ANOTHER TEN THIS YEAR AND WHEN FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE UNTIL WE FILL THEM UP. WHAT WE DIDN'T.

STAGNANT. COVID.

NEW. THE TEAM IS NEW.

WE HAVE A PLAN NOW. WE WILL PUT THIS IN PLACE IF ALL OF US IS GONE NEXT YEAR. SUCCESSION FOR THE FUTURE.

NOBODY SHOULD BE SITTING OUTSIDE THE ELEMENTS IN FLORIDA, PERIOD.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THE TIMELINE AND VISION HOW THIS WILL ROLL OUT AND THIS IS BEING RECORDED SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO REFER BACK TO THAT POINT.

BUT I THINK THAT -- THAT IS -- THAT IS VERY ADMIRABLE OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE AND APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU.

ANY TIME WITH MR. MIMMS AND MR. REALS MAY COME, WE WILL GET A QUICK MAP OF, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE IDENTIFIED WE WILL ADDRESS RIGHT NOW TO HELP BRING THAT MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY WHO IS OBVIOUSLY TALKING TO US ABOUT, HEY IT'S BAD OUT HERE STANDING

IN THE SUN FOR THIS BUS. >>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: ONE THING I FORGOT. BASED ON RIDERSHIP.

MOSTLY ON US 1 WHERE THE MOST RIDERSHIP.

WHEN WE DID THAT BLUEPRINT. ANY ONE IN PARTICULAR YOU WANT TO SEE, LET MR. MIMMS KNOW AND WE WILL TRY TO EXPEDITE THAT.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: MY VIEW OF THAT IS DIFFERENT.

WE ARE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS INTO THE MAJOR INDUSTRIES ALONG US 1 WHERE THEY CATCH THE BUS.

I SEE PEOPLE LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRYING TO GET TO WORK. THAT IS MY CONCERN ARE THOSE GUYS I SEE EARLY MORNING MORNINGS, LATE AFTERNOON OR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY TRYING TO ACCESS OUR SYSTEMS 37 AND I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT I KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT AND UNDERSTAND THE FOOTPRINT OF WHAT YOU PUT IN SHELTERS.

LAST QUESTION THE ADVANTAGE TREASURE COAST RIDE PROGRAM.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? THAT IS THE ONE THAT HAD UBER AND ADVANTAGE RIDE. I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING HERE THAT THIS IS A MICRO PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS SPECIAL NEEDS PATIENTS AND TRANSPORTATION, VAST?

>>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: SORRY, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

I SPOKE BECAUSE NERVOUS. ADVANCED RIDE FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY. SPONSORED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF DISADVANTAGED. ONE OF THE BEST GRANTS.

WE ONLY HAVE TO MAKE A 10% MATCH.

GRANT RECIPIENT IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.

WE PARTNERED WITH THEM JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME THING GOING ON AND THE GRANTING AGENCY SAID YOU HAVE TO COMBINE IT.

WE LET THEM HAVE IT AND THEY TOOK IT AND RAN WITH IT.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: THAT IS WHAT I HEARD.

INDIAN RIVER HOLDS THE GRANT FOR THAT AND OUR UTILIZATION OF THAT IS APPROXIMATELY -- HOW MUCH SERVICE ARE WE GETTING IN ST.

LUCIE COUNTY? >>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: WE PROVIDED

4,000 TRIPS LAST MONTH. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON:

A WAITING LIST. >>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: THAT IS NOT THE WAITING LIST. THE DIRECT CONNECT IS THE

WAITING LIST. >>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: THE ADVANTAGE RIDE IS WE HAVE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY USE IT OR LOSE IT.

FINGERS CROSSED WE GET IT JULY 1 FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND WILL CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM. THE GRANTING ON THAT SIDE, THE TRANSPORTATION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED, THAT PROGRAM, $4 MILLION WENT STATEWIDE.

TREASURE COAST GOT $1.5 MILLION. 40% OF THE GRANT PROGRAM FOR INNOVATION AND SERVICE GRANTS FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE DISADVANTAGED, 40% OF THE FUNDS CAME LOCALLY TO THE TREASURE COAST. AND WON AN AWARD AND WILL PROBABLY GET THE SAME 40%. I AM CONFIDENT AND HAPPY ABOUT

THAT PROGRAM. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: THANK YOU, MR. ADOLFO COVELLI. NICE MEETING YOU.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GLAD YOUR TEAM IS HERE.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE BUS SHELTERS.

THE SHELTERS ARE ON THE FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM?

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>>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: CORRECT. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: HERE IS WHERE I AM THINKING OF IT OF THE CITY'S EXPANSION OF THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE. ALL THE TIME LOOKING TO ANNEX R- INTO THE CITY, EXPAND RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, UNITS WITHIN OUR CITY. SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO EXPAND THIS FIXED SERVICE ROUTE.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED FOR US TO DO AS A COMMISSION TO HELP EXPAND YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE OR YOUR BUSINESS MODEL?

>>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.

WILL TAKE HOMEWORK ON OUR END TO SEE HOW THEY DO IT IN COUNTY.

WE HAVE PHONE CALLS OF DEVELOPERS AND HOW THEY CAN HELP US. BUT IT IS A SHELTER.

A SHELTER IN FRONT OF THEIR TOWN HOUSES AND COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE BUILDING. WE TRY TO GET FUNDING FROM DEVELOPERS WHO ARE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY AREA.

BUT FROM THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, I WILL DO HOMEWORK AND MORE THAN HAPPY HOW YOU CAN HELP US.

BUT, YEAH, THAT WILL BE AMAZING. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: SO WITH THAT, WE WILL NEED YOUR VISION OF WHERE YOU EXPAND YOUR ROUTE SYSTEM ALSO. WE WOULD NEED TO SEE IT THAT THROUGH OURING PROCESS AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE CAN HELP

THAT PROCESS ALONG WITH YOU. >>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE CART IN FRONT OF THE HORSE.

THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WE WILL COME TO YOU GUYS.

THE TPO PUT IN $160,000. WE AS A COUNTY TOOK FUNDING OUTS OF OUR SYSTEM TO PUT IN ANOTHER $20,000 TO SEE YOU GUYS ONE ON ONE, THE CITY OF FOR THE ST. LUCIE ONE ON ONE.

WE WANT YOUR INPUT. OUR VISION AS A COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTY WITH ALMOST 600 SQUARE MILES OF COVERAGE IN ST.

LUCIE COUNTY. THERE ARE TOO MANY SQUARE MILES TO COVER. WE LOVE THE IDEA WITH 3B.

WE LOVE THE IDEA THAT PORT ST. LUCIE HAVE WITH MICRO TRANSIT AND DOING IT IN DALLAS, CALLED "DART." 32 MICRO TRANSIT ZONES. HE WANT PEOPLE MULTIPLE TIMINGS OF ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THAT PERSON IN NORTHWEST ST.

LUCIE COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST ST. LUCIE COUNTY.

OUR GOAL AND VISION TO PUT MICRO TRANSIT ZONES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ONE IN ST. LUCIE.

THE FREEBIE ANOTHER ONE. STICKS OR TEN, NOW THE WHOLE COUNTY IS COVERED. ANY PERSON IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY CAN TAKE A FREEBIE, MICRO TRANSIT TO THAT BUS STOP.

OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE MICRO TRANSIT ZONES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND POSSIBLY TRANSFER STATIONS WITHIN THE ZONES THAT WE HAVE A SHELTER NOT THERE FOR THE TRADITIONAL FIXED ROUTE BUT FOR THAT MICRO PERSON FROM ONE ZONE TO THE NEXT.

WE HAVE THAT VISION AND WILL BE COMING TO YOU FOR SURE.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: YOU SUMMED UP MY EXACT QUESTION.

THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

WE TALK ABOUT THE SHELTERS. THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY, RIGHT. IT COSTS MONEY TO MAINTAIN THOSE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE MONIES GOING AWAY FROM THE ROUTES AND THE TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES TO MAINTAIN A FIXED STRUCTURE. I AM OKAY WITH THE STRUCTURES BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE NEEDED. BUT YOU ASKED ANY QUESTION AS COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON TALKED OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS TO FIXED ROUTES.

SO IF WE CAN DO MICRO TRANSIT WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AS IN A SHELTER, THEN WE ARE BRINGING THEM TO THE MASS TRANS SIT SITES TO THEN MOVE THEM TO WHETHER IT IS AN URBAN AREA OR THEIR BUSINESS OR THEIR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SO -- SO, GOOD, I AM GLAD YOU HAVE THAT PLAN AND THAT IS WHAT I AM LOOKING -- I AM SURE WE ARE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL HERE, AND OTHER FOLKS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE DOING THIS. THAT WILL BE MY EXACT QUESTION, HOW TO BRING THE FOLKS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM, BECAUSE I -- YOU KNOW, I HEARD YOU SAY YOU WILL BUY TEN A YEAR AND TEN A YEAR AND TEN A YEAR WHENEVER YOU DECIDE TO STOP THAT. THAT IS OKAY.

JUST -- IT TAKES MONIES TO MAINTAIN THOSE THINGS.

YOU AND I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I THINK ON HOW WE MAINTAIN IT. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WEATHER DESTROYS THEM OVER TIME. YOU HAVE TO REPAINT.

YOU HAVE TO PRESSURE WASH BECAUSE SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT AREN'T VERY NICE TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, CLEAN THEM UP.

ANYWAY, PERFECT. SO YOU HAVE A PLAN.

THAT IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR TO CONNECT FOLKS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS. AND ALSO PARTNER WITH YOU IN ANY WAY TO EXPAND THE FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM AND LOOK AT OUR DEVELOPMENT AND LOOK AT THE PLANNING PROCESSES WE HAVE.

BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, WE ARE SEEING THIS MASSIVE INFLUX OF WHERE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE STORAGE FACILITY, WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM. AND WE WILL HAVE TO MOVE FOLKS TO THEM AT SOME POINT FOR JOBS. SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE

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>>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: THANK YOU. >>MAYOR HUDSON: PERHAPS YOU ARE THINKING OF THE JENKINS ROAD CORRIDOR AND THE WESTERN PART OF FORT PIERCE AND WESTERN PART OF ST. LUCEY COUNTY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE SOON. AND I AM GLAD TO HEAR THIS WE ARE GOING TO EVALUATE FREEBIE BEFORE WE TALK OF EXPANDING BECAUSE I WANT TO LOOK HARD AT THE NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT THE USAGE IS AND SEE THAT -- WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE A SERVICE, BUT WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO REDUCE THE PARKING STRAIN ON DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO DO. DID YOU SAY THE -- THE FIXED

ROUTES WERE FARE FREE? >>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: CURRENTLY ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE FARE FREE. WE HAVE ONE PROGRAM THAT A $20 CO-PAY. MOST ARE FARE FREE, FIXED ROUTE,

PARATRANSIT, DOOR TO DOOR. >>MAYOR HUDSON: IF SOMEBODY IS WATCHING THIS AND WANT TO FIND OUT IF THEY QUALIFY, WHAT DO

THEY DO? >>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: OF COURSE.

SLCART.ORG 462-1778. AND YOU CAN GET A HOLD OF OUR ELIGIBILITY SPECIALISTS AND THEY WILL WALK YOU THROUGH IT.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: OKAY. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE -- PARTICULARLY SENIORS. I WANT TO ASK, ANY PROGRAMS THAT ARE TARGETED TO SENIOR WHO NEED RIDES TO THE DOCTORS, THE HOSPITAL, GROCERY STORE, WHATEVER.

>>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: ELIGIBILITY AND AS LONG AS THEY QUALIFY FOR IT THAT MOST OF THEM OR SOME OF THEM WILL, THEY WILL GO TO THE PHONE NUMBER AND WANDA BEHIND ME WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP THEM FILL OUT AN ACTION OVER THE PHONE OR ONLINE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: OF ALL THE DIFFERENT NAMES.

>>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: PARATRANSIT. ADA OR TD DEPENDING ON HOW THEY QUALIFY. DOOR TO DOOR, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND FOR DIALYSIS, ALZHEIMER'S, PUBLIX, THE GYM, ANY LIFE-SUSTAINING ACTIVITIES WE

CAN HELP YOU WITH. >>MAYOR HUDSON: WONDERFUL.

GOOD. YOU BROUGHT US A LOT OF GOOD NEWS TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR WHOLE TEAM.

>>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: THANK YOU. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU FOR

BEING HERE. >>ALDOLFO CAVELLI: YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

[c. Brightline Passenger Rail Station Discussion]

>>MAYOR HUDSON: GREAT. >> NOW WE HAVE THE BRIGHTLINE PASSENGER RAIL LINE STATION DISCUSSION.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: MR. MIMMS. >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA WITH YOUR DISCUSSION. ALONG WITH YOUR DISCUSSION, YOU HAVE BACK-UP DOCUMENTATION. OUR 2018 STATEMENT OF INTEREST TO BRIGHTLINE IN RESPONSE TO A CALL THAT THEY ADVERTISE FOR INTERESTED PARTIES. ALSO A TPO AGENDA ITEM AND RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR OUR EFFORTS.

THE ACTUAL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TPO AND A PROPOSAL FOR A CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, AS WELL AS A -- I GUESS A VISION FOR WHAT WILL BE PLACED IN DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE.

THAT IS THE OVERVIEW OF THAT. SO WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR HELP WITH THIS DISCUSSION.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: SO THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA CREATED QUITE A STIR BECAUSE PEOPLE JUMPED TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE WERE GETTING THE BRIGHTLINE STATION. AND BECAUSE WE WERE DESIGNING ONE, THAT THEY WERE GETTING IT. AND I HOPE THAT IS TRUE.

I HOPE THAT CONCLUSION IS CORRECT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF ALL JURISDICTIONS IN THIS COUNTY FOR FORT PIERCE TO GET A STATION. THAT IS MY MEMORY.

>>NICHOLAS MIMMS: ABSOLUTELY. WE RECEIVED WRITTEN SUPPORT BACK IN 2018-2019. AND CONTINUOUSLY WERE PUSHED FOR FRIENDS THAT ARE SITTING RIGHT THERE.

I BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY THAT I SPEAK TO WANTS THE STATION IN DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE. NOBODY TELLS ME OTHERWISE, BUT THAT'S -- THAT IS DEFINITELY A PUSH --

>>MAYOR HUDSON: THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BECAUSE -- AND MAYBE THAT IS NEW NEWS TO SOME PEOPLE BUT OLD NEWS TO US. EVERY VENUE I MEET WITH IN OTHER ST. LUCIE LEADERS, NO CONTEST. FORT PIERCE IT IS THE PLACE.

I WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT SO THAT ANYBODY WATCHING OR LISTENING CAN UNDERSTAND THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE A SINCE THE BEGINNING. COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON, I THINK YOU HAD ASKED FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO START. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: I DID. AND THE BIG THING IS, SITTING AS A TPO NMEMBER AND A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION, IN CONJUCTION WITH EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT, I WANTED TO ADD THIS TO AN AGENDA ITEM. WE HAD DISCUSSION AS A BOARD SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAUGHT NOTICE THAT WE WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS.

AND THEY HAVE. SO IT HAS WORKED.

THAT PART OF IT. IN ADDITION TO THAT IS WHAT I

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THIS IS JUST ANOTHER FORM OF TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR CITY, I THINK THERE IS SOME VERY RIPE PIECES OF PROPERTY FOR THIS -- FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: MORE THAN ONE. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: MORE THAN ONE. BUT IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN BRIGHTLINE WAS A VIRGIN TRAINS AT THAT POINT --

WHATEVER NAMES WE ARE USING. >>MAYOR HUDSON: ALL ABOARD

FLORIDA WAS FIRST. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: ALL ABOARD FLORIDA WAS FIRST. AND THEY TALKED OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN ADDITION TO HAVING A TRANSPORTATION TRAIN HABIT. YOU KNOW THEY ARE DEVELOPERS.

SO THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TODAY IS IN ADDITION TO THEM HAVING A TRAIN BUSINESS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DEVELOP WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.

SO I JUST WANTED TO -- TO REITERATE THAT.

I WANTED TO GET IDEAS FROM THIS COMMISSION.

I THINK WE ARE ALL ALONG -- WE ARE ALL ON BOARD WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HERE. BUT IF THERE WERE OTHER IDEAS, I STILL BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE -- THERE ARE JUST -- MANY OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE U.S. 1 CORRIDOR RIGHT THERE BETWEEN ORANGE AND CITRUS AVENUE. AND THE OVERPASS THAT IS THERE.

I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF LAND THERE FOR OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DEVELOP. AND I KNOW WE HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR THE ARCHITECT TO DO SOME RENDERINGS.

I DIDN'T -- MR. MIMMS, I DIDN'T GET INTO IT TOO DEEP, BUT ARE THEY ALSO GOING TO UPDATE OR HELP US UPDATE THE 2018 DATA

THAT WAS THERE? >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: NO, SIR, THAT WAS ALL DONE INHOUSE. WE WORK WITH OUR OTHER AGENCIES AND PARTNERS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT, NO, THAT IS NOT ENVISIONED. WE DO NOT HAVE A CONTRACT YET FOR THE DESIGN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REACH OUT THROUGH AN RFQ AND IDENTIFY

A DESIGNER FOR THAT PURPOSE. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT?

>>NICHOLAS MIMMS: YES, SIR. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: WE

ALREADY VOTED AS A TPO. >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: ABSOLUTELY.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE TPO, YES, SIR.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: THAT'S WHERE I WAS AT, MADAM MAYOR, AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT AS A COMMISSION.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: I WANT TO ADD AND THEN I WILL GO OVER TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS. I THINK IT WAS VIRGIN TRAINS AT THE TIME OR MIGHT HAVE BEEN BRIGHTLINE.

IT WAS A CANDIDATE, FOR THE RFP WHEN WE CHOSE KINGS LANDING .THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH FORT PIERCE.

VERY FAMILIAR. COMMISSIONER BRODERICK.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: I SEE IN THE TPO MINUTES THAT THEYLE KATED IT SHALL BE FROM APRIL, $356,000 FOR -- IS THAT FOR THE

RENDERING PORTION OF THIS? >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: WHY HE IS.

THIS IS FOR ALL THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN AND THE NEXT STEP IN IDENTIFYING, PROCURING AND HAVING A STATION IN FORT PIERCE. WE WANT TO SPEND EVERY BIT OF THAT MONEY. TRUST ME, WE ARE GOING TO TRY.

AND PETER FROM THE TPO IS A BIG FAN OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. WHATEVER WE CAN DO.

CONCEPTUAL OR GET IN THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.

WE WILL PREPARE OURSELF FOR ART I RIVAL OF OUR TRAIN STATION

ROD. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: THE REASON I BRING THAT UP, I THINK THAT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT THIS IS NOT JUST A FORT PIERCE ISSUE.

THIS IS A REGIONAL ISSUE. MORE THAN REGIONAL IMPACT CANDIDLY. IT IS FORT PIERCE, ST. LUCIE COUNTY, MARTIN COUNTY, ETC. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF FORT PIERCE TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT JUST FUNDING THIS ALONE; WHEREAS, ALL THE OTHER FOLKS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS SYSTEM ARE ON BOARD AS WELL AND CONTRIBUTING TO THIS -- TO THIS UNDERTAKING AS FAR AS THE INITIAL PHASE.

CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS NOT FOOTING THE BILL.

THE TPO IS FOOTING THE BILL. SECONDLY, I BELIEVE AT THIS JUNCTURE THAT OBVIOUSLY IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE CITY COMMISSION LEVEL THAT GENERATED A VARIETY OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. IT IS ALSO GENERATED A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE MEDIA. A LOT OF REPORTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO ACCURATE OR ACCURATE OR NOT NECESSARILY ACCURATE.

I BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT AT THIS JUNCTURE THAT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, CITY COMMISSION IS LOOKED UPON AS SPEAKING WITH ONE MESSAGE. THE MESSAGE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS SIMPLE. WE ARE HIGHLY INTERESTED IN DOING BUSINESS WITH BRIGHTLINE. AND WE ARE HIGHLY INTERESTED IN SECURING A STATION FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

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I AM NOT SAYING THAT IT IS, I AM JUST SUGGESTING THAT AS WE MOVED FORWARD, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND BASICALLY HAVE THE SAME TALKING POINTS WHERE WE WANT TO SEE THIS GO, OUR DESIRE TO HAVE IT GO THERE, ETC.

A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING NO HESITATION ON OUR PART TO WORK WITH THEM IN PARTNERSHIP TO SUCCESSFULLY BRING THEM TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERS. I AM VERY EXCITED WHERE I SEE THEM SITTING CURRENTLY. I'M EXCITED THAT THE TPO IS PUTTING OUT MONEY TO GET TO THIS AT THE SIGN PHASE WHICH IS -- FROM THE BUSINESS OWNER'S PERSPECTIVE, FROM BRIGHTLINE'S PERSPECTIVE, I REALLY BELIEVE SHOW VERY SERIOUS INITIATIVE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. AND THAT WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE MESSAGING IN A POSITIVE WAY THAT, HEY, GUYS, WE ARE READY TO DO BUSINESS. LET'S GET TO THE TABLE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION. THAT IS WHERE I AM COMING FROM ON IT. I AM SURE THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALL BEEN CALLED FOR INTERVIEWS AND INPUT ON THIS. I HAVE BEEN HESITANT TO DO SO, SIMPLY BECAUSE I WANT TO BE SURE WE ARE ALL COMMUNICATING THE EXACT SAME MESSAGE. I BELIEVE THAT IS KINDS OF THE CRITICAL COMPONENT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THAT BRIGHTLINE IS NOT SITTING IN THEIR OFFICE SAYING H, HEY, WE ARE GETTING MIXED SIGNALS. WE WANT YOU GUYS.

COME ON DOWN. THAT IS THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO. THAT'S IT.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO

ADD? >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: MUCH LIKE EVERYONE HERE, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

AND I HAVE GONE ON RECORD TO SAY THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS IT SOMETHING VERY EARLY ON AND A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY, OUR TREASURE COAST. EVEN OUR RESIDENTS TO CONNECT TO OPPORTUNITIES, CLEARLY OPPORTUNITIES.

YOUNG PEOPLE, MIDDLE-AGED PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE SPECIALISTS IN CERTAIN THINGS AND THIS WILL PROVIDE THEM A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE THAT AND GROW OUR CITY. WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GROW. AND PEOPLE LOOKING TO BUY HOUSES AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THAT.

SO THAT IS MY COMMENT. I DO HAVE IS A QUESTION ON ONE OF THE ARTICLES IN THE PACKET. IT LOOKED LIKE WE RECEIVED SOMETHING FROM A COMPANY. SOLICITING OR MAYBE TOUTING THEIR SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, IS THAT CORRECT? MIMMS NAMZ IS A PROPOSAL, BUT SIMPLY A PROPOSAL FOR US TO SELECT AN ARCHITECT OR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND SKILL SET. WE HAVE TO PERFORM AN RFQ, IDENTIFY THEM, SHORT LIST THEM AND IDENTIFY THEM FROM THAT

SHORT LIST. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: WHAT I WANTED PUBLIC TO HEAR. WE HAVE NOT STARTED THIS PROCESS YET. WE CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM SENDING STUFF IN. THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT.

>>NICHOLAS MIMMS: THAT'S COR

CORRECT. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: ANY IDEA WHEN THAT PROCESS OF RFQ.

>>NICHOLAS MIMMS: WE WILL DO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AS SHORT OF A PERIOD OF POSSIBLE.

THIS IS A PRIORITY. WE SHALL MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: SOON. >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: SOON.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GAINES, ANYTHING TO

ADD? >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: JUST REAL QUICK. COMMISSIONER BRODERICK, I THINK WE ALL REASON THE SAME PAGE. AND I WAS HESITANT TOO.

I GOT THE SAME CALLS. I WAS HESITANT TOO, BECAUSE I KNEW THIS WAS COMING ON THE AGENDA.

AND I THINK I TOLD THE REPORTER, NO, WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY. SO IF YOU WANTED TO COME HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY, HE CAN COME TO THE -- TO THE CHAMBERS AND HEAR ALL FIVE OF US SAY WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY.

BRIGHTLINE AND FORT PIERCE WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR FORT PIERCE. ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO, LIKE MYSELF, GREW UP IN LITTLE OL' FORT PIERCE, BUT ALSO KNOWS THE HISTORY OF FORT PIERCE WITH TRAINS.

IT'S -- IT'S -- THE IDEAL LOCATION.

FORT PIERCE WAS THE MAJOR -- THE MAJOR HUB STOP IN THIS AREA.

WHAT WAS IT EAST COAST -- FOR THE EAST COAST SO IT IS THERE.

WHY NOT BRING THEM PACK AND THE HISTORY THAT FORT PIERCE ALREADY HAS. IT IS A GAME CHANGER.

IT'S JOBS. IT IS GETTING KIDS TO COME TO THE COLLEGE. I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MANY PARTNERS THAT THEY COME TO THE TABLE. WE SIT DOWN WITH BRIGHTLINE, WE CAN HAVE A LIST OF PARTNERS AND SAY, HEY, GUYS, HERE IS WHERE WE A ARE.

ONE COUNTY YOU LEFT OFF TALKING TO THE LEAGUE OF TREASURE COAST IS OKEECHOBEE. IT IS OKEECHOBEE.

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AND YOU KNOW, AS THEY HEAR SOMETHING -- THE PUBLIC HEARS SOMETHING. AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, DO THAT -- ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION? I AM PAYING ATTENTION. I KNOW WHAT WAS SAID.

CALM DOWN. WE ARE WORKING.

WE ARE WORKING AND DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE IT -- MAKE IT HAPPEN. LAST THING I WILL SAY, MADAM MAYOR AND OUR PARTNERS IN IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

YOU ARE DOING YOUR MAP, GET ME A STOP BY ONE OF THE THOSE BRIGHTLINE STATION. BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING --

>>MAYOR HUDSON: PUT IT ON YOUR --

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: GO AHEAD AND PENCIL IT IN.

PUT IT ON THERE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE BE TO GET IT HERE SO THERE IS NO NEED TO STAY UH-OH, GO BACK AND ADD IT. SO WE CAN -- AS COMMISSIONER BRODERICK SAYS, WE ARE ALL ON ONE PAGE.

MADAM MAYOR. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THAT'S RIGHT.

FUNNY YOU BRING UP THE COLLEGE. WE ARE THE MAIN CAMPUS.

IT'S -- IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IT SHOULD -- IN OUR EYES THAT IT SHOULD BE. AND I THINK FROM THE FIRST -- WHEN WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT A HIGH-SPEED TRAIN.

ALL ABOARD FLORIDA. FORT PIERCE SAID IF IT IS COMING, WE WANT IT TO STOP HERE. EARLY ON A LOT OF NEGATIVE.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN. AND I THINK THAT IT HAS LASTED.

AND I THINK THAT WE ARE -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE GET IS A POSITIVE FOR A STOP HERE. SO IS THAT KIND OF COUNTER ACTS WITH SOME OF THE NEGATIVITY. AND ALSO, IT SLOWS IT DOWN.

IT HAS TO SLOW DOWN TO STOP. RIGHT.

SO ANYBODY -- MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE HAVE A CONSENSUS WHERE -- WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK TO GET THIS TRAIN STOP HERE. AND WE WELCOME IT.

RIGHT? >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: YES,

MA'AM. >>MAYOR HUDSON: ANYTHING ELSE?

[d. Police Department Annual Overview Presentation]

>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL

OVERVIEW PRESENTATION. >>MAYOR HUDSON: MR. MI

>>NICHOLAS MIMMS: MIMMS WE HAVE CHIEF BERNIE.

I WILL CALL HER COACH, BECAUSE SHE BROUGHT THE WHOLE FOOTBALL TEAM TODAY. WE NEED INTRODUCTIONS.

I SEE THE NEW FACES, CHIEF. WE NEED INTRODUCTIONS.

SHE GIVES ME A HARD TIME. I HAVE TO GIVE HER A HARD TIME.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU, TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE.

WE HAD A GREAT GROUP FROM TRANSIT AND A GREAT GROUP IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SOFT WELCOME.

WELCOME, CHIEF AND COACH. >> WELL, THANK YOU.

I HAVE BEEN COACH PROFESSIONALLY BY THE CITY MANAGER, MR. MIMMS, SO I KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO ALONG THE PRESENTATION,

INTRODUCTIONS WILL BE MADE. >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: ALL RIGHT.

>> SO GOOD MORNING. SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY. I AM EXCITED JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE STAND BY OUR MOTTO, IN HONOR WE SERVE. FIRST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT HAS BEEN 100 YEARS -- OBVIOUSLY A GREAT EVENT FOR US TO IN EXISTENCE FOR 100 YEARS THAT WE HAD THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAD THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE.

WE GOT -- WE RECEIVED TWO PROCLAMATION, ONE FROM HERE, OUR CITY. AND ONE FROM THE COUNTY.

A GREAT HONOR TO RECEIVE THAT. WE ALSO -- WE DID OUR CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY AT THE POLICE STATION, AT THE POLICE STATION AND WHERE WE SEE THE WONDERFUL PLIGHT THAT IS IN THE LOBBY RIGHT NOW. AND WE RECEIVED ANOTHER WREATH THAT IS UP UNDER -- A BEAUTIFUL NEW ADDITION OF FOR OUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY. WE ALSO HEAD UP A CENTENNIAL RECEPTION PARTY. WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE SERVED OUR OFFICERS. AND TO RECEIVE THE LOVE AND THE CARE THAT THEY HAVE FOR US THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO SAY, OKAY, YOU SERVED US, NOW WE ARE GOING TO SERVE YOU.

A GREAT TIME. A LOT OF DANCE.

A LOT OF LAUGHTER. GAVE THE OFFICERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE YOU AT A DIFFERENT TIME. THEN WE ENDED IT WITH THE BIKE

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WE WALKED ACROSS THE BRIDGE. A LOT OF UNITY THAT WAS THERE.

A NUMBER OF AGENCIES CAME TOGETHER JUST TO SHOWCASE THEIR SUPPORT OF 100 YEARS OF SERVICE. IT WAS A GREAT TIME.

NOW WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. ACCREDITATION.

ACCREDITATION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR US.

ACCREDITATION SYMBOLIZES THAT WE ARE A PROFESSIONAL AGENCY IN EXCELLENCE. WE HAVE 235 STANDARDS THAT WE MUST MEET DURING THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS.

WHEN THESE 235, WE ARE COMPARED TO ORANGE COUNTY OR ANY OTHER CITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR SIZE. THEY COULD BE WELL OVER 100,000, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE SAME STANDARDS.

WE WORK EXTREMELY HARD TO ENSURE THAT OUR TRAINING IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS IN ORDER SO THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST JOB THAT WE CAN FOR OUR PUBLIC. AND FEBRUARY 23, WE WERE REACCREDITED. A TEAM TO COMES DOWN.

AND THEY DO THE OVERVIEW, AND THEN THEY DO AN INTERVIEW WITH MY -- WITH MY OFFICERS. .

AND THE PEOPLE OF RANDOM AND THEY ASK QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THOSE DYNAMICS.

THEY DID AN EXIT INTERVIEW AROUND AND THE MAYOR ACTUALLY ATTENDED SO YOU CAN HEAR FIRST HAND ALL THE THINGS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE MADE. THAT IS SOMETHING HUGE THAT WE DID. THEN WE DID OUR UNVEILING OF WHAT IS HUGE AS WELL. TAMPA TOOK -- WE RAISED THE FUNDS FOR THIS. AND WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE IT.

AND THE CARE AND THE LOVE THAT WENT INTO THIS HAS BEEN AMAZING.

WE ALSO DEDICATED OUR SERGEANT OF THE FIRST RESPONDER PARK.

THAT WAS A LONG-TIME COMING AND IT WAS A GREAT HONOR TO HIM.

WE ALSO DID OUR FAITH IN BLUE. FAITH IN BLUE IS WHEN WE HAVE THE MINISTERS AND OTHER ENTITIES TO COME IN AND WE ARE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCHES TO ASSURE THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. THAT WE HAVE THE SAME MESSAGE AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THESE THINGS TOGETHER.

AND THAT WAS OUTSTANDING. AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE OUR VOLUNTEERS. BECAUSE A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO, THE VOLUNTEERS ASSIST US AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE. THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT HONOR.

WITH FORT PIERCE, WE HAVE A LIST OF EVERYTHING.

AND WE HAVE SO MANY ENTITIES THAT COME BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE US A PART OF WHAT THEY DO.

HERE IS A CHARITY RIDE. ONE OF THE STOPS WAS FORT PIERCE, BECAUSE THEY WERE HONORING THE FALLEN OFFICERS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS DEAR TO OUR HEART IS THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. THIS IS WHERE THEY GO OUT AND RAISE FUNDS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS SO THEY ARE ABLE TO COMPETE AND BE A PART OF THE WONDERFUL ATHLETICS THINGS.

AND OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT.

THEY DID EXTREMELY WELL WITH THAT.

AND, OF COURSE, OUR COURAGEOUS KIDS.

IT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAS IT GROWN IN SIZE, BUT WE NOW HAVE THE MOTHERS, THE GUARDIANS.

WE HAVE THEM. AND PEOPLE COMING OUT WITH THEIR KIDS AND THEY ARE A PART OF IT. THIS IS OUR WEEKLY EVENT THAT WE HAVE IN LINCOLN PARK. THE HEART OF LINCOLN PARK BECAUSE WE ARE THERE EVERY WEEK. WE SERVE THEM NUTRITIOUS MEAL AT THE END OF IT. WE TEACH EDUCATION AND MENTOR.

WE LET THEM KNOW WE WERE ONCE THEM.

AND THEY CAN BE US. THAT IS THE PART THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AND BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

WE STILL HAVE OUR TWO RICH HOUSES.

RICH HOUSE NORTH AND SOUTH AND OUR EXPLORERS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AS WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR FACEBOOK FOR MAY IS GROWING. AND THANKS TO A NEW PIO OR PAM, PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER. THERE HE IS.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: HE IS TAKING PICTURES.

>> LARRY HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND I THANK HIM FOR ALL THE THINGS HE IS DOING. AND I TRULY APPRECIATE HIM.

NOW TO THE NEEDED THINGS, STAFFING.

OUR PRESENT STAFFING IS 138 OFFICERS.

THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE THREE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

WE HAVE ONE OF 23 OFFICERS RIGHT NOW WITH 15 VACANCIES.

AS OF VAN 1 OF 2014, WE HIRED 139 OFFICERS AND NINE WERE

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WE SPONSOR THEM. WE HIRE THEM.

WE PAY FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THE TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING IF YOU COMMIT TO US, WE WANT TO HELP YOU.

AND WE HAVE -- THUS FAR HAVE NINE SPONSORSHIPS.

UNFORTUNATELY FOUR DID NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROGRAM.

AND WHAT WE DO IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT, WE OFFER CSO ASSIGNMENT IF WE HAVE ONE AVAILABLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO -- TO MAKE THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR LIFE.

A LOT OF TIMES WHAT THEY FIND OUT, POLICE WORK IS NOT WHAT THEY SEE ON TV. AND ONCE THEY GET THERE, IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. IN THAT TIME FRAME, WE ALSO HIRED 128 OFFICERS AND THAT IS A LOT.

THAT IS A LOT. WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH RETIRED THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND SHOWS THE REASON. WHEN WE BREAK DOWN THE POPULATION AND ALSO THAT -- THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ALWAYS TRY TO MIRROR OUR COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A SUPPORT MECHANISM AND WE WANT THEM TO IT BE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE WORK FOR THEM. SO THIS IS WHY THE DIVERSITY OF THE DEPARTMENT IS SO IMPORTANT. AND WE TRY TO ENSURE THAT THAT DOES OCCUR. AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE PERSONNEL AND OUR TURNOVER RATE HAVE DECREASED OVER TIME.

AND I WANT TO SAY THAT IS THANKS TO YOU.

I SAY THANK YOU. IT IS BECAUSE YOU LISTENED.

WE TALKED ABOUT WE NEEDED EQUIPMENT.

WE NEEDED CARS. WE NEEDED A WAGE -- A WAGE THAT WAS COMPETITIVE. AND YOU DID THAT.

AND YOU SUPPORTED US. BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE A LOW AMOUNT OF TURNOVERS NOW. BECAUSE WE FACE A BIG ISSUE THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. PORT ST. LUCIE WILL BE HIRING 50 NEW OFFICERS. MOST AGENCIES ARE DOWN IN THEIR OFFICERS, MANY VACANCIES. I TOLD MY OFFICERS, I CANNOT COMPETE WITH -- WITH PORT ST. LUCIE.

I CANNOT. WE CAN NOT WITH THE PAY, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT WE CAN DO IS GIVE AWAY THAT A WAGE THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH, ONE THAT WILL SUPPORT YOU.

WE WILL GIVE YOU THE EQUIPMENT. WE WILL GIVE YOU THE TRAINING.

WE WILL GIVE YOU THE CARE. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL MAKE THIS A FAMILY. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LEFT OUR DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE JUST THERE AND MANY THINGS TO DO BARBECUES. WE DO THINGS TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS GOING ON SO WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT.

BUT AS THE CITY SUPPORTS TO GROW.

AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF STORM PERSONNEL HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT AND WITH THE GROWTH OF THE CITY.

AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IS STARTING TO TAKE A TOLL ON THE OFFICERS, BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF CALLS THAT THEY ARE TAKING OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK. AT PRESENT, TAKING SOMEWHERE AROUND 1900 -- I SAY, WHOA, PER WEEK.

THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF CALLS WE ARE TAKING PER WEEK.

SO WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT THERE IS NO TIME TO HAVE A MOMENT SOMETIMES. THEY HAVE TO EAT ON THE LINE.

THE POINT OF SERVICE. WE HAVE TO HOLD CALLS TIME.

WE HAVE TO DO CALLS IN PRIORITY. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS WE CONTINUE TO -- AS THE CALL VOLUME CONTINUES TO INCREASE, WE HAVE TO MEET THAT NEED.

WE ARE ASKING FOR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING ON SOME THINGS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY ASSIST THEM AS WELL AS US BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR CALL VOLUME IS INCREASING IN ZONE 210. ZONE 210 IS THE CORRIDOR OF OKEECHOBEE AND THE JENKIN ROSE AREA.

WHAT WE DID -- WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT WE HAVE THE NEW GROWTH, THE NEW BUSINESSES, IT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF CALLS.

WHO BETTER TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS IS ACTING LIEUTENANT

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ARE HAPPENING. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF.

FOR THE RECORD, DAVID CUTE, I AM ONE OF FOUR PATROL COMMANDERS FOR THE CITY. SO WELCOME MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, AND ADMINISTRATION. SO BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THIS SLIDE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THREE THINGS.

MY EXPERIENCE, MY PASSION AND MY AGENDA.

FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT MY EXPERIENCE.

I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SEASONS IN MY CAREER HERE WITH THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE SEEN A LOSS OF LIFE AS A RESULT FROM OUR POSITION, OUR JOB.

I HAVE SEEN ECONOMIC DOWNFALL. I HAVE SEEN A CITY GET THROUGH THAT. STORMS. PANDEMICS. I MEAN, I HAVE SEEN A LOT.

AND WE HAVE -- WE HAVE RECUPERATED FROM THAT.

SO -- I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH JUST THE OVERALL GROWTH WITH THIS CITY. WHEN I FIRST STARTED, THIS WAS A VERY DIFFERENT CITY THAN WHAT IT IS NOW.

I AM VERY PROUD OF IT. NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS MY PASSION. MY PASSION FOR THIS JOB IS -- I AM A 25-YEAR VETERAN. AND I DON'T PLAN ON LEAVING ANY TIME SOON. THE LORD HAS MORE WORK FOR ME TO DO BEFORE I LEAVE. SO I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY I AM TO PASSIONATE. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS JOB BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN HERE THAT LONG AND I STILL THINK IT IS THE BEST JOB EVER. I AM HAPPY FOR THIS JOB EVEN MORE NOW THAN IT WAS WHEN I STARTED MARCH 9, 1998.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN FRONT OF ME, BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME, IF NOT FOREVER, I HAVE EVERYONE ON BOARD OF THE POTENTIAL THIS HAS AND THAT YOU GUYS WANT THIS PLACE TO GROW. I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT.

BECAUSE I AM OPTIMISTIC AND POSITIVE-DRIVEN ABOUT THIS CITY.

THIS CITY MEANS A LOT AND I WANT TO SEE IT GROW.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU MY OTHER PASSION IS PATROL. PATROL ITSELF IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THE BACKBONE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

I LOVE YOUR IDEAS AND I LOVE YOU TALKING ABOUT BRIGHTLINE.

I LOVE THE HOTELS, KINGS LANDING, BUT UNDERSTAND THESE ARE WONDERFUL IDEAS BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LAST WITHOUT PATROL. WE ARE ON THE FOREFRONT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT.

I AM SURE YOU DO. A QUICK REMINDER IN CASE YOU DIDN'T. MY AGENDA.

WHY AM I HERE? WHY AM I TALK SOMETHING IN DURING STAFF MEETINGS I TALK OF PATROL.

I AM THEIR SHIFT COMMANDER. OVER TIME WHEN I AM ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT PATROL, THE CHIEF UNDERSTOOD WHERE I WAS COMING FROM AND KIND OF LIKED WHAT I HAD TO SAY.

SHE LIKED MY AGENDA FOR THIS PLACE AND SHE ASKED KNEE TO COME HERE TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU. SO -- IF ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME, I AM A -- I AM A FATHER OF THREE CHILDREN, OKAY.

AND THIS JOB IS MUCH OF A PASSION I HAVE FOR IT.

THIS IS MY PART-TIME JOB. MY FULL-TIME JOB IS RAISING MY KIDS, OKAY. I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MY CHILDREN. AND I HAVE ANOTHER DRIVE.

OKAY. THAT IS THAT MY SON WILL BE WORKING FOR THIS AGENCY ALSO. I WANT TO MAKE THIS PLACE BE THE BEST PLACE FOR HIM. BECAUSE I LOVE MY CHILDREN.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, LET'S TALK OF THE CALLS FOR SERVICE AND HOW IT IS STRAINING OUR PATROL OFFICERS.

LIKE I SAID, I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MY PATROL UNITS. I SPEAK WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE DISCUSS OUR CALLS OF SERVICE.

AND THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THE STRAIN OF THE OKEECHOBEE CORRIDOR CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS CITY. OKEECHOBEE IS SPLITTING.

WHICH TALK ABOUT HOTELS. WE ALL KNOW THIS.

WE ARE SEEING IT. WE DRIVE ON XHOEBZ ROAD, AND WE SEE THE E-- OKEECHOBEE ROAD, WE SEE THE BUILDINGS, HOTELS, IT IS WONDERFUL. FOR ONE MEGA GAS STATION THAT COMES IN, A WHOLE LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.

NOT THAT WE CAN'T HANDLE, TAKES TIME, HOURS AND PATROL.

AS MUCH AS WE LOVE THE GROWTH, WE ALSO NEED THE GROWTH AS FAR AS PATROL OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

I AM SURE OUR INGREDIENTS WITH THAT.

SO WHAT I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT ALSO IS THAT WE HAVE -- WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLICING, OKAY, REACTIVE AND PROACTIVE, OKAY. AND THE MORE CALLS OF SERVICE WE HAVE, THE LESS PRO ACTIVITY MY OFFICERS ARE DOING.

AND LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE ABOUT HOW THE PRESENCE OF PATROLS ARE ENORMOUS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC SEEING US

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WE ARE REACTING TO CRIME. WE ARE NOT PREVENTING CRIME.

THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE RESOLVED QUICKLY ESPECIALLY WHERE THE GROWTH WE ARE HAVING.

I NEED THAT GROWTH DOWNTOWN, OUT WEST.

I NEED IT EVERYWHERE. WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE OKEECHOBEE CORRIDOR BECAUSE EXPLODING QUICKER THAN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. I CAN TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN. LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.

I AM NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS AND DISCUSS THE NUMBERS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE CITY AS WE GROW. SO I -- I BEG YOU TO JUST BE MINDFUL OF MY PATROL OFFICERS. WE DON'T WANT TO BE REACTIVE.

I DON'T WANT TO BURN MY PATROL OFFICERS OUT.

I AM VERY, VERY PASSIONATE WITH MAKING SURE WE HAVE AN IDEAL AGENCY. THANK YOU, I AM DONE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU, SIR. >> BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE LOOKING AT -- WE WILL BE DEFERRING CALLS.

WHEN I AM TALKING ABOUT DEFERRING CALLS, CALLS THAT ARE NONPRIORITY, THEY WILL BE TAKEN BY OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS OR THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME IN TO MAKE THE REPORT. THIS WILL ALLOW OUR OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO THE TOP PRIORITY CALLS, THE ONES THAT INVOLVE INJURIES AND SUSPECTS, THE ONES THAT CANNOT BE DELAYED.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.

I SIGNED OFF ON THE POLICY AND WILL MAKE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT. NOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE DEFERRED CALLS, THAT MEANS THAT WITH THE OFFICERS DOING THIS, MY CSOS WILL BE HANDLING THOSE CALLS.

BUT BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT ARE -- THAT ARE -- THAT ARE HAPPENING, THE NUMBER OF CSOS ARE NOT MATCHING THAT.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE FACED WITH ANOTHER CRISIS.

WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 23 OFFICERS WHO WILL BE LEAVING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THEY HAVE 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND WITH THAT 25 YEARS AND ADD IT ALL UP, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 589 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE GETTING READY TO WALK OUT OF THE DOOR OF THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHAT I WANT TO PROPOSE -- IN OUR BUDGET TALKS THAT ARE UPCOMING IS TO ALLOW THEM TO BE HIRED AS CSOS, INVESTIGATIVE AIDES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE THEY ARE READY TO GO. I DON'T HAVE TO TEACH THEM.

I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO TRAIN THEM.

THEY WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP MY BACKBONE STRONG WHERE MY OFFICERS CAN DO THAT.

AND THAT MY INVESTIGATORS, WHO ARE RETIRING, TO BE AN INVESTIGATE I HAVE IT ASSISTANT TO MY DETECTIVES AND TO DO -- BE PART OF THE CSO. NOW I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE CHIEF TO DO HIS PORTION.

>> MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MR. MIMMS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I JOKINGLY SAID A FEW TIMES THAT I AM NOT IN CHARGE OF ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES POLICE WORK.

BUT THE CORRECT ASSESSMENT IS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUREAU IS -- IS IN CHARGE OF THE PROCESSES, SYSTEMS, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT KEEPS THAT BIG ENGINE PATROL MOVING ALONG.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE ARE THE SAFETY CAMERAS.

THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE CITY.

THEY ARE STATIONARY CAMERAS AND PROCESS LICENSE PLATE INFORMATION THROUGH STATE AND NATIONAL DATABASE AND SEND OUT ALERTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. RECENTLY INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HAD A MURDERED SUSPECT FROM SEMINOLE COUNTY CAUGHT BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM. WE HAD A SHOOTING SUSPECT SHOT IN THE SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE FLOCK SYSTEM.

IT SENDS OUT NOTIFICATION. WE CAN ENTER STUFF AND PUT SEARCHES FOR VEHICLES, PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING SOME OF THE ALERTS YOU WILL SEE. STOLEN VEHICLE, STOLEN PLATES, MISSING PERSONS. SOME OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THINGS THAT I SEE ARE OVER TWO-AND-A-HALF MILLION PLATE READS. A LOT OF LICENSE PLATES.

SEARCHES BY OFFICERS USING THEM FOR CASE INVESTIGATION.

WE HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO TO SHOW Y

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YOU. >> WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS A HIT-AND-RUN AND UNIT LOOKING TO SOLVE THE CASE.

♪ >> I KNOW YOU ENJOYED THAT MUSIC. [LAUGHTER] ♪ ♪

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: ONE MORE TIME.

[LAUGHTER] SO WE HAVE AN AXON CAMERA SYSTEM. 65 SYSTEMS DEPLOYED IN OUR VEHICLES TIED TO OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS.

THE THREE CAMERAS, REAR VIEW, PANORAMIC AND THE CAMERA THAT DOES THE AUTOMATIC PLATE READERS.

WE HAVE ALMOST 10,000 READS IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WITH 402 ALERTS.

THE SAME TYPE OF THINGS, SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE, STOLEN VEHICLES, WANTED PEOPLE, SUSPECTS IN CRIMES.

THERE IS AN AUTO ACTIVATION WITH THE BODY WORN CAMERA, WHEN THE OFFICER PULLS OUT THE FROM, TASER AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THAT SYSTEM IS UP AND RUNNING. IF OFFICERS ARE AROUND THEM, ALL OF THE CAMERAS ALSO START RECORDING.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS AN ACTUAL HIT AND THE IMPACT.

UPGRADES WITH THE LAST AXON SYSTEM TO GET INSTANT NOTIFICATIONS AND BE ABLE TO SEE THINGS WHEN A SITUATION GOES TERRIBLY WRONG. THIS GREATLY IMPROVES OFFICERS' SAFETY. THEY CAN SEE THE OFFICERS' LOCATION. THEY CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE OFFICER IS SEEING. THIS WILL COME UP ON THEIR LAPTOP OR A MOBILE DEVICE. THEY CAN ACTUALLY INTERACT WITH THE OFFICER AND ALERT IT SHALL THEY CAN ALSO ALERT OTHER OFFICERS WHO ARE GOING TO THE SCENE.

THIS IS A HUGE UPGRADE. YOU INVESTED IN OUR OFFICERS' SAFETY. YOU GUYS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. AND WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION KEEPS ALL THE STUFF RUNNING. I AM NOT GOING TO READ THE ENTIRE LIST. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF GOING HERE. WE ARE 24-7 ENTITY.

WHEN THESE SYSTEMS GO DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

IT DOESN'T STOP USES FROM PERFORMING OUR DUTIES DUE HAS TO BE PREPARED IMMEDIATELY. SO THE PERSON THEY WILL ARE COMING OUT ANY TIME IT COMES DOWN TO GET US BACK UP AND RUNNING AT ANY TIME. WE COME OUT TO UNCOVER EVIDENCE FROM SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM. IT ALSO GOES THROUGH PHONES AND KEEP OUR SYSTEM COMPLIANT WITH CGIS COMPLIANCE AND SERVICES. THEY ALSO KEEP US SAFE BECAUSE OF THE THOUSANDS OF HACKS THAT PEOPLE ATTEMPT ON OUR SYSTEMS. UNFORTUNATELY, POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE TARGETED FOR THAT FREQUENTLY, NOT JUST FOR RANSOM PURPOSES, BUT BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION WE HOW LONG. WE VERY, VERY SENSITIVE INFORMATION. THESE GUYS ARE BUSY.

THEY DO AN AWESOME JOB. OUR RECORDS DIVISION.

YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THERE. WE GET A TON OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS. WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE WHO DO WITH RECORDS SPECIFICALLY. TWO PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH BODY WORN CAMERAS SPECIFICALLY. AND THEN THERE IS A SUPERVISOR.

IF YOU SEE THE 3,000 VIDEOS REVIEWED AND PROCESSED.

LET'S SAY AN OFFICER GOES OUT TO A TRAFFIC CRASH AND AN OFFICER INVESTIGATES A CRASH, THREE HOURS OF VIDEO.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE TWO, THREE, FOUR INSURANCE COMPANIES ALL REQUESTING THAT VIDEO. IT MULTIPLIES INTENTIONALLY.

A LOT OF WORK AND AGAIN, THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB.

OUR TRAINING UNIT. RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING STAFF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT ENABLING OUR PARTNERS TO HAVE NEW KNOWLEDGE AND UPDATED PREVIOUS TRAINING.

SOME OF THE MANDATORY HUMAN DIVERSITY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DISCRIMINATION AND PROFILING, TRAFFIC STOPS AND USE OF FORCE JUST TO MENTION A FEW. YOU SEE OUR SCHEDULE GOING OUT

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>> SIR, I AM GOING TO NEED FOR TO YOU COME BACK INSIDE AND PAY FOR THAT. SIR, YOU HAVE TO COME BACK INSIDE.

[SIRENS] >> HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, MAN. [CRYING]

>> WHAT IS GOING. TALK TO US.

WHAT IS HAPPENING? ARE YOU HERE ALONE? CAN YOU UNDERSTAND US, SIR? HEY, HEY, RELAX.

>> WE HAVE A REPORT OF AN AGGRESSIVE MALE SUSPECT FIGHTING WITH AN EMPLOYEE AT B&L DEPARTMENT STORE.

>> SIR, HOW ARE YOU DOING? WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> BY THE CAR. >> MY NAME IS OFFICER DAVIS.

THIS IS MY PARTNER OFFICER TAYLOR.

WE GOT A CALL FROM THE STORE OWN

OWNER. >> LEAVE FOR THE CAR.

LEAVE FOR THE CAR. LEAVE FOR THE CAR.

>> WE NEED FOR TO YOU CALM DOWN.

[HYPERVENTILATING] >> PARTNER, KILL THE LIGHTS AND TURN THE RADIO DOWN, ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO NEED A CRISIS TEAM. SIR, I AM OFFICER DAVIS.

I'M HERE TO HELP. IT'S OKAY, MICHAEL.

IT'S OKAY, MICHAEL. IT IS OKAY, OFFICER, HE IS AUTISTIC. IT'S OKAY, MICHAEL.

>> YEAH, PAUSE THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE, THE OFFICER HAS GOT DISPATCHED TO SOMEBODY WHO IS COMBATIVE.

THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE AND THEY WERE RESPONDED WHAT THEY WERE SENT TO BUT QUICKLY FIGURED OUT MAYBE THIS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE SENT TO. USED DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES.

TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS. CHANGING HOW THEY WERE SPEAKING TO THE PERSON AND THE PERSON TOTALLY CALMED DOWN AND ABLE TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION PEACEFULLY.

OFTEN THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OFFICERS ARE DISPATCHED.

THEY ARE DISPATCHED TO ONE THING.

WHEN THEY GET TO IT, IT COULD BE MUCH WORSE THAN THAT OR SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE AND SOMETHING WE TRAIN OUR OFFICERS TO DO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE. DECISION MANAGING THAT LED TO A PEACEFUL OUTCOME. SO THIS IS THE PORTABLE UNIT WE

ARE HOPING TO PURCHASE. >> UPSTAIRS TURNING AROUND AND GOING TO THE NEXT FLIGHT OF STAIRS PROVIDES YOU NO LEARNING ABILITY HOW TO MOVE AROUND A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.

>> MAYBE IN A HALLWAY OR MAYBE ONE OF THE OFFICES IN AN OFFICE COMPLEX OR -- LIKE YOU SAID, A STAIRWELL OR WHATEVER IT IS.

AND FOCUS WITH A THREAT, NO THREAT, BUT THEY MOVE LIKE A HUMAN WOULD TO THE POINT YOU CAN'T GAIN THE SYSTEM.

IT IS PRETTY COOL. >> SO WITH A SYSTEM LIKE THIS, WE TAKE IT TO WHERE WE WANT TO TRAIN.

WITH THAT, WE CAN TRAIN WITH ACTIVE ASSAILANT TRAININ.

DISCRETIONARY SHOOT. SOME OF THOSE SITUATIONS CAN BE CHAOTIC WITH PEOPLE RUNNING OUT OF BUILDINGS, SOME ARE SUSPECTS.

SOME ARE NOT. THEY ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO SAVE THEMSELVES. TO MOVE AROUND AND TRAIN IN DIFFERENT FACILITIES. SO PRESENTLY, WE COMPETE WITH ALL THE OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES IN OUR AREA TO USE THE FACILITIES

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THEY HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT CLASSES AS WELL AS THE OTHER AGENCIES. WE ARE HOPING TO CREATE OUR OWN BUILDING THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE OUR TRAINING.

IT WILL BE BIG ENOUGH TO DO DEFENSIVE TACTICS.

MULTIPLE ROOMS AND ADEQUATE SPACE FOR STORAGE AND USE IT DURING HURRICANES AND HOUSING OUR OFFICERS.

PORT ST. LUCIE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THEIR OWN TRAINING FACILITY AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY OUT OF OFF OF BROCK ROAD.

OUR MARINE UNIT. A GOOD SUBJECT LATELY.

WE HAVE A 27-FOOT AMECAT PURCHASED IN 2011.

FIVE THAT WERE CERTIFIED TO CAPTAIN THE BOAT AND ANOTHER SIX OFFICERS TRAINED TO ASSIST OUR BOAT OPERATORS.

THE BOAT IS PRESENTLY USED BECAUSE WE ARE HART-TIME OFFICERS. IT IS PRESENTLY USED FOR EVENTS LIKE CHRISTMAS PARADES, HOLIDAY WEEKENDS, TRI@LONS, SAILING CAMPS. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS BEAUTIFUL. THE WATERWAYS ARE AWESOME.

WE ALL KNOW THAT. APPROXIMATELY SIX SQUARE MILES OF WATERWAYS AND 20 MILES OF COASTLINE.

247 SLIPS AT THE CITY MARINA AND WITH PLANS TO EXPAND.

A SEAPLANE COMING IN. EVER-GROWING SEAPORT.

A FLOTILLA OF MORE SAILBOATS. PEOPLE WHO USED OUR AREA ILLEGALLY TO SKIRT LEGAL MEANS OF ENTERING OUR COUNTRY OR TO BRING DRUGS INTO OUR COUNTRY. THIS IS A TWO-POUND BRICK OF COCAINE LACED WITH FENTANYL WASHED UP ON ONE OF OUR BEACHES A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. IT IS ABSOLUTELY LETHAL.

A NEED FOR US TO DO MORE INTERDICTION AND POLICE ACTIVITY. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FULL-TIME MARINE UNIT. AND 40-FOOT WATER CRAFT AND BOAT AND REQUESTING TO PURCHASE THAT USING FUND FROM THE CRA.

THEY ARE MORE BUOYANT, BETTER FUEL EFFICIENCY.

A BETTER RIDE, LESS DRAFT, LOWER GUNNALS WHICH ENABLE US TO PULL PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER THAN OUR AMERICAT.

THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ON T THE AMERICAT, OUR SIDES ARE HIGH. A SEA-WORTHY VESSEL BUT THIS WILL HELP US MORE IN THE RIVER, I BELIEVE.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING A 17-FOOT MAKO CENTER CONSOLE USING FUNDS FROM OUR OFF-DUTY CHARGE.

THIS MAKO WILL HAVE A MUCH SHALLOW DRAFT AND TIGHT AREAS AROUND DOCKS AND MANGROVES. LAKES AND CANALS IF NECESSARY.

MY OWN EXPERIENCE WE HAD A RECOVERY OF A BODY THAT WAS IN SOME MANGROVES AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TO FROM EITHER THE WATER OR THE LAND. HAD WE HAD A BOAT LIKE THIS, WE COULD HAVE USE IT. OUR DRONE UNIT CONSISTS OF FIVE FAA CERTIFIED DRONE PILOTS. ONE DRONE AND A DRONE SUPPORT VEHICLE USED AS A COMMAND POST. ALL CAN BE USED FOR GRANT FUNDS THAT COST THE CITY NOTHING. DRONES ARE THE FUTURE.

WE SEE THAT WITH POLICE DEPARTMENTS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND EVEN OUR OWN MILITARY. THEY CAN BE USED FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE, FINDING LOST PERSONS, SEARCHING FOR EVIDEN GET OUR EYES ON EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THAT MAY BE TOO DANGEROUS FOR POLICE AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO ENTER OR EVEN ASSIST WITH CRIME PREVENTION INITIALS TIFFS.

WE ALSO HAVE A BICYCLE UNIT. THIS YEAR WE PURCHASED 15 NEW BIKES USING GRANT MONIES AGAIN. THE OFFICERS ARE ALL CERTIFIED AND A 40-HOUR CLASS AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO TRAIN ONE OF OUR OFFICERS TO BE A TRAINER. OUR BIKE PATROL DOES 50 TO 60 HOURS A MONTH RIDE THROUGH THE CIT.

I CAN TELL YOU PREVIOUSLY OF BEING A DEPUTY CHIEF I WAS IN CHARGE OF OUR BIKE UNIT. I HAVE A PASSION FOR BICYCLES AND I WENT OUT AND ACTIVELY RODE.

WE RODE FROM MAD SAN CAC TO SURFSIDE AND BACK.

IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT LONG. THEY ARE A GREAT TOOL AS FAR AS CRIME PREVENTION AND THE COMMUNITY ABSOLUTELY LOVES THEM.

WHEREVER YOU ARE RIDING, PEOPLE WILL STOP YOU AND TALK TO YOU.

I AM PROUD YOU HAVE THIS UNIT. I WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE BIKES.

OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT. YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY THINGS THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN. I KNOW MANY OF YOU ATTEND THESE.

THE LIST IS QUITE LONG. THESE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUP AND CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN. WE ARE HOPING TO AUTOED MORE.

THEY MAKE OUR CITY SAFER AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT STAYS VERY, VERY BUSY .ONE OF THE NEW WAYS TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA YOU SEE EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS PRODUCING VIDEOS TO SHOW TO THE PUBLIC TO HELP MAKE US SAFER.

>> HEY, EVERYBODY. HOW ARE YOU.

I AM THE OFFICER, COMMUNITY OUTREACH OFFICER OF THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE HERE AT THE MIDA IS,

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THE HOT BUTTON TOPIC IS THE THEFT OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER, A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT RUNS THROUGH THE EXHAUST.

>> SO WE ALSO HAVE OUR SRO UNIT WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE FUNDING FROM THE CRA FOR THESE OFFICERS.

THEY FUNDED MANY THINGS, TOOLS FOR OFFICERS TO USE IN THE SCHOOLS, SEGWAYS, BIKES AND SIDE BY SIETDZ.

BRING UP THE OFFICER, JORGE GAZ, ASSIGNED TO CJ MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HE IT YOU A FINE JOB AND WILL TELL YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE DOES.

>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, I AM THE OFFICER THAT IS SRO AT C.J. MOORE.

PRIOR TO ME BEING HERE IN THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAD SROS. THAT WENT AWAY, RIGHT.

WE HAD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY LIKE THE STONEMAN DOUGLAS, COLUMBINE, VIRGINIA TECH.

SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT YOU AS MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THE CHIEF, INITIATED THAT WE NEED TO HAVE OFFICERS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT, WHICH IS GREAT, RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE GET TO MENTOR THESE STUDENTS.

WILL HE ALSO GET TO PROTECT THESE STUDENTS.

WHEN WE PROTECT THESE STUDENTS, WE ARE INITIALLY PROTECTING THESE FAMILIES BECAUSE WE DON'T ONLY SEE THE STUDENTS, WE MAKE THE SRO UNIT WHICH IS SMALL. WE STILL MAKE A LOT OF CONTACT WITH FAMILIES SO WHEN YOU GUYS PROBABLY SAW SROS IN SCHOOL TALKING TO KIDS, THAT'S ABOUT IT.

WE DO MORE THAN THAT. THROUGH THE SRO PROGRAM, MYSELF AND MY OTHER FULL-TIME AND OUR FLOAT, WE WORK TOGETHER WITH FAMILIES AND WE MENTOR THEM. WE OPENED UP IN OUR SCHOOLS PANTRIES, FOOD PANTRIES. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT AND DOES NOT COME TO LIGHT BECAUSE IT IS NOT IN THE NEWS OR ON TV, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL THAT ARE HOMELESS.

THEM DON'T HAVE FOOD. THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS.

AS WE DO IN THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE GO ALL OUT, RIGHT. WE WILL INITIATE THINGS.

WE ARE GOING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS SEE US AS -- THEY SEE WHAT THEY SEE ON TV, RIGHT. WHAT THEY SEE ON THE NEWS.

THEY SEE THE POLICE OFFICER -- THE ROBOCOPS, THE GUYS THAT TAKE PEOPLE TO JAIL. YES, WE DO THOSE THINGS.

THAT IS PART OF OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING WE DO.

WE WEAR MANY HATS. WE WEAR THE -- THE MENTAL HEALTH HAT. WE WEAR THE FRIEND HAT.

SOMETIMES WE WEAR THE PARENT HAT AS SROS.

WE MENTOR THESE STUDENTS AND DO A LOT OF THESE THINGS THANKS TO YOU GUYS. AS DEPUTY CHIEF SAID, WE HAVE ATVS, WE HAVE BIKES, WE HAVE SEGWAYS.

WE HAVE GOOD EQUIPMENT WE GET. ALL EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOU PROBABLY SAY WHY DO YOU NEED BIKES FOR THE SCHOOL. MOST OF OUT STUDENTS RIDE BIKE TO SCHOOL. WHAT DO WE DO? WE RIDE WITH THEM. WE GO TO THEIR HOMES.

WHY DO WE NEED AN ATV TO A SCHOOL? IT MAKES RESPONSE TO INCIDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL FASTER .WHAT DO WE NEED SEGWAYS FOR? HELPS US WITH OUR SECURITY CHECKS. SCHOOLS DUE TO EVENTS LIKE STONEMAN DOUGLAS HAVE TO BE LOCKED DOWN FOR SAFETY PURPOSES BECAUSE PARENTS SEND KIDS TO SCHOOL KNOWING THIS HAS TO BE A SAFE SPACE, RIGHT. IN ORDER FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND IT IS A SAFE SPACE, THEY HAVE TO MAKE CONNECTION WITH YOUR OFFICERS AT YOUR SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ARE THERE, FOR.

WHAT HAPPENED IN UVALVE. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST THAT TRUST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHAT DO WE DO IN FORT PIERCE? BECAUSE YOU CAN TALK TO MANY PEOPLE IN THE NORTH END, SOUTH END, THE BEACH, WHATEVER, THEY HAVEN'T LOST THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE ARE THERE FOR THEM. WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT IS FROM WHEN THEY GO TO KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY TO FIFTH GRADE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT IS WHAT WE DO AT THE SRO PROGRAM. WE DO MULTIPLE THINGS.

WE HAVE GUEST SPEAKERS LIKE OUR COMMISSIONER GAINES AND MAYOR HUDSON COME TO OUR. COME AND SPEAK TO OUR STUDENTS.

THEY NEED TO SEE THAT YOU ARE NO DIFFERENT.

WHAT WE DO AS SROS. ANY QUESTIONS?

>>MAYOR: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> THANK YOU. >> WHAT OFFICER GOZ MENTIONED, WE ARE LOOKING INTO A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE COMFORT DOGS TO HELP BUILD THOSE BONDS WITH OUR COMMUNITY, VICTIMS, KIDS, WHATEVER. WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE A COMFORT DOG AT CA MOORE. OFFICER GOZ ALREADY HAD PERMISSION FOR THAT. OUR CRIME PREVENTION OFFICERS.

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THEY ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING WITH BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS. THEY ASSESS OUR REPORTED CRIMES AND MAKE CONTACT WITH VICTIMS AND DISCUSS WHAT THEY CAN TO DO LESSEN THE CHANCE OF THEM BEING A CRIME.

AND THEY ARE PASSIONATE. OFFICER SPOTS IS RIGHT OVER THERE. IF YOU KNOW OFFICER SPOTS, HE IS PASSIONATE WITH EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES.

WE BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.

CHIEF BRATTON SAY WE CAN'T GET THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY WITHOUT THAT. MAKES IT EASIER PLACE TO LIVE.

AND GIVE A FEW STATS OF THE SECURITY SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO CITY HALL DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS, SUNRISE THEATRE AND THE FPRA MEETINGS. IT IS QUITE A BIT.

WE ARE HAPPY TO DO IT. THEN I AM GOING TO ALLOW LIEUTENANT JUAN TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR FLEET.

>> WE MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES. AND REPLACING OUR VEHICLES AS YOU KNOW. SOME OF OUR VEHICLES WERE OVER 20 YEARS OLD. JUST WHEN THE CHIEF STARTED.

AND DURING THAT TIME, WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS WHERE WE -- WE LEASED VEHICLES FROM BARTOW ON TWO DIFFERENT -- TWO DIFFERENT YEARS THROUGH THE FORD LEASE PROGRAM AND THROUGH THE ENTERPRISE LEASE PROGRAM. THIS PUT US ON A FIVE-YEAR SCHEDULED AND DUE TO COVID AND SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES AND ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ORDER VEHICLES IN 2020. OR -- OR AGAIN, WE ARE VERY DELAYED ON OUR 2021 ORDER. WE ARE STILL PENDING DELIVERY OF VEHICLE FROM AN ORDER THAT WAS PLACED IN 2021.

SO WE ARE REQUESTING CURRENTLY AN ADDITIONAL 40 VEHICLES.

THAT REQUEST WAS MADE AROUND JUNE OF LAST YEAR.

WE STARTED TO SPEAK TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT. AND MOVING ON THAT, WE PROBABLY NEED TO BE LOOKING TODAY AT ORDERING FOR OUR NEXT MODEL YEAR AUTOS. SOME OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THESE NEWER VEHICLES IS THAT THEY COME WITH A LOT OF SAFETY FEATURES THAT HAVE IMPROVED OFFICER SAFETY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE -- THAT WE ARE ON TOP.THE IN-CAR VIDEO IS AN ANTI-AMBUSH SYSTEM IN THEM WHICH PREVENTS A PERSON FROM APPROACHING THE OFFICER THROUGH A BLIND SPOT WHILE THEY ARE WORKING ON A REPORT, THEY ARE DISTRACTED ON ANOTHER ISSUE AND ATTACKING THE OFFICER. THIS IS KIND OF A SHORT VIDEO TO SHOW HOW THAT SYSTEM WORKS.

>> ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD GOING THROUGH ENTERPRISE.

ENTERPRISE PURCHASES THEIR VEHICLES FROM THEIR SOURCE.

AND THE INVESTIGATION ARE SEPTEMBER TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT VENDOR FOR OUTFITTING. THAT TAKES TIME.

ISSUES -- AND ALWAYS ISSUES. MISTAKES MADE.

WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH FINGER POINTING.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE AND WHO WILL FIX IT.

THAT CAUSED A LOT OF THE OUR DELAYS.

WE WOULD PREFER TO GO TO BARTOW FORD AND LEASE THROUGH THEM.

A SINGLE SOURCE. THEY DO EVERYTHING.

AND THEY HAVE INCREDIBLE ECONOMIC SUPPORT AND TO DO IT THROUGH BARTOW INSTEAD OF ENTERPRISE.

THAT WILL SAVE THE CITY MONEY. THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU, SIR.

>> NOW THE FAMOUS DEPUTY CHIEF NOR

NORRIS. >> BOB, YOU WANT TO GET YOUR CHARTS READY? [LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CONTAMINATIONERS, MR. MIMMS. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I CONSIDER -- I AM BIASED.

THE COMMUNITY POLICING BUREAU COMPRISES OF FOUR MAJOR ENTITIES WITHIN THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PATROL DIVISION, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION AND THE CRIME SUPPRESSION UNIT AND THE K-THE UNIT. INTEGRAL PARTS OF THE FORCES YOU SEE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS. GO NEXT ONE, PLEASE.

THE PATROL VISION IS OUR RESPONSIBLE ENTITY OF PUBLIC

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NEGATIVE OPPOSITION. INCREASED CALLS FOR SERVICE.

BUT THEY CONTINUE TO STAY FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE GRAPH BEFORE YOU, SOME OF THE BREAKDOWN OF CALLS OF SERVICES THAT WE HAVE.

AND CHIEF PRESENTED IT EARLIER TO YOU BEFORE, BUT I THINK THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AS FAR AS WHAT WE DO OUT THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IN COLUMN ONE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE BLUE GRAPH, THE -- THIS INDICATES THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2023.

COLUMN TWO INDICATES THE YEAR'S TOTAL.

2020, THE TOTAL COST OF SERVICE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY; HOWEVER, DUE IN LARGE PART TO ISSUES INVOLVING THE PANDEMIC IN 2020. IN 2023, COLUMN ONE INDICATES FIVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. YOU CAN SEE IS THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THE SIXTH MONTH.

ALREADY AT 38 CALLS FOR SERVICE. TOOK COLUMN TWO, ESTIMATED COST OF SERVICE WITH AVERAGE COST 1900 CALLS PER WEEK.

HOWEVER, WE USE 1900 CALLS AS BASE FOR OUR FINAL ESTIMATE FOR 2023 C■ONSERVATIVELY. AS YOU CAN SEE, AND IN 2023, WE WILL EXCEED OUR PANDEMIC NUMBERS.

TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. IN 2023, THIS YEAR ALONE THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS, OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS 4200 TRAFFIC STOPS. ISSUED 2900 WARNING CITATIONS AND 1400 TRAFFIC CITATIONS. OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORT HAS BEEN CITYWIDE. NEXT SLIDE.

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION, EIGHT FULL-TIME CONNECTS, CRIMINAL UNIT AND FORENSICS UNIT.

THESE MEN AND WOMEN WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER AND UTILIZE FORENSIC DATA, COUPLED WITH SKILLS TO SOLVE CRIMES.

THE CRIME SUPPRESSION UNIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHORT AND LONG-TIM INVESTIGATIONS. THEY INVESTIGATE SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY FROM NARCOTIC TRAFFICKING, VIOLENT CRIMES, GANGS AND THE EXECUTION OF WARRANTS. AND TODAY THESE DETECTIVES ARE FACED WITH THE DAUNTING TASK OF GETTING THE PULSE OF THE ELICIT DRUG TRADE. BATH SALTS, CRYSTAL METH AND FENTANYL ARE BECOMING COMMONPLACE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY.

THESE SYNTHETIC DRUGS CAUSING DEATH AND DEVASTATION THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. AS WE WITNESS THE SPEEDINESS AND EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE NOT ALLOCATED TO THE LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, BUT CRIMINALS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS GROWTH. CRIMINALS ARE PER PEPPING THE CRIMES. THE VITAL FOR THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE MUST INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN KEEP AND DISRUPT THE ILLEGAL PERPETRATORS FROM COMMITTING THEIR CRIMES. WE MUST REPLACE ANTIQUATED TECHNOLOGY AND INVEST MODERN FORENSIC EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO STOP THE CRIMINALS FROM COMMITTING THESE CRIMES.

ONCE THAT TECHNOLOGY IS PROVEN TO BE INVALUABLE IN OUR INVESTMENT AGAINST CRIMES. THESE DEVICE TOS HAVE ALLOWED US TO CATCH CRIMINAL ACTS, IDENTIFY A PERPETRATOR, MAKE AN ARREST AND SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTE THEM FOR THEIR VIOLENT ACT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF SUCH TECHNOLOGY. ONE OF THE DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS ALLOWS US TO EASILY CAPTURE THE TYPE OF NARCOTICS BEING PURCHASED BY THE SUBJECT ON YOUR FAR RIGHT.

FINALLY OUR K-9 UNIT. PROBABLY SUPPORT TRACKING MISSING CHILDREN AND ADULTS. AND THE K-9 UNITS ARE IMMEDIATE DISTRACTION AS THEY DISPLAY THEIR TALENTS DURING 911 K-9 DEMONSTRATIONS. THANK THE RONALD J. WOODS FOUNDATION OF THE MOST RECENT ACQUISITION OF K-9 UNIT.

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>>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU, SIR. QUESTIONS?

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: MADAM MAYOR, IS IT POSSIBLE TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK. APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING YOUR FLOW, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN FLOWING VERY WELL.

MAY TAKE SIX MINUTES.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: WE ARE LIVE. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION, CHIEF.

>> OF YOU HEARD OF THE OUTSTANDING THINGS WE ARE DOING BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF YOU, THIS IS THE REWARD OF IT.

CRIME IS DOWN. AND WE TAKE PRIDE IN THAT.

WE DID AN EIGHT-YEAR COMPARISON, AND OVER THE EIGHT YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THE DECREASE. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO US.

AND WE COME TO OUR TRAINING WHEN IT COMES TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. WITH THE EQUIPMENT BECAUSE OF OFFICES. AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WITH THE PROBLEMATIC AREAS. WHEN YOU SEE THE WARNING SYSTEM OF THE CARS, IT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR OFFICERS ARE SO ENGULFED IN WRITING THAT REPORT AND TYPING, THEY FAIL TO SEE SOMEONE THAT MIGHT WALK UP TO THEM.

BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT AND WE ARE ABLE TO ORDER THAT EQUIPMENT. AND TO PROTECT THE OFFICERS TO GET THEM THE OPPORTUNITY AND TIME TO GET THEM MENTALLY PREPARED. SO THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME. HEROES WORK AT THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I TAKE SUCH PRIDE IN THAT.

BECAUSE THEY ARE INTO THE BATTLE.

WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. THIS IS WHY WE TAKE SUCH PRIDE IN THEIR EQUIPMENT. SUCH PRIDE IN THEIR TRAINING.

BECAUSE WITH THE DART PROGRAM WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE, WE ARE TEACHING THEM WE ARE MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND IF WE HAVE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AND ASSAILANT. WE SAY ASSAILANT BECAUSE OFTENTIMES IT MIGHT NOT BE A GUN, REGARDLESS OF THE TIME FRAME, WE EXPECT THEM TO GO IN. WE EXPECT THEM TO BE PREPARED.

WE EXPECT THEM TO DO THEIR JOB. CALL FOR SUPPORT AND THEN WE DEAL WITH THAT. THAT IS THE IMPORTANT PART.

WHEN I TALK OF THE HEROES WHO WORK HERE.

THEY FACE THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY WITHOUT QUESTION.

WHEN WHEN I SEE THE DISCOMFORT -- AND I KNOW THIS.

I SEE THE DISCOMFORT SOMETIMES, BUT WE HAVE TO PUT ASIDE, BECAUSE I TALK OF THE WEIGHT OF THE BADGE.

IF YOU WEAR THE BADGE OF THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU BETTER BE PREPARED OF THE WEIGHT THAT GOES WITH IT.

I SAY THAT OF ALL MY HEROES, HER PREPARED.

BUT AS A CHIEF, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE TOLL IT TAKES ON MY OFFICERS. I AM HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT ALL TE TIME. MORE TIMES THAN WHAT I WANT TO.

BECAUSE OF THE STRESSORS OF THE DIFFERENT CALLS THAT THEY GO TO BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE MAY GO TO A CALL WHERE THEY ARE THINKING OF THEIR CARE AND RESPOND TO A CALL AND THINK OF THE LOVED ONE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.

AND SO UNFORTUNATELY SUICIDE RATES FOR OFFICERS ARE GROWING.

AND WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ASSURE IT DOESN'T COME TO THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PEGGY ARRAIZ SO WE ARE TALKING OF COMFORT DOGS AND THERAPY DOGS.

SO SHE HAS OPENED UP THE DOORS FOR US TO ASSIST US.

WE FOUND A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES THERAPY DOGS FOR FREE.

AND WE JUST HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TRAINING AND WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT. WE ARE LOOKING AT A PROGRAM FOR PHONE APPS IF AN OFFICER IS IN NEED OF HELP OR COMFORT THAT THE APP, THEY CAN GO TO THE OPIOID TO FIND SOMEONE TO ASSIST THEM.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT -- WE DO AN EXERCISE EQUIPMENT SO THAT SOMETIMES IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE BUILDING.

THEY WANT TO BE OUTSIDE. SO WE HAVE ORDERED -- WE THINK THAT REQUEST INCIDENT IS HERE AND WAITING FOR THE CEMENT TO IT BE BOARD TO BRING THE EQUIPMENT HERE.

AND ALSO -- WE ARE ASKING FOR A DEBRIEFING SHELTER SO THAT WHEN SITUATIONS ARE HAPPENING, THEY CAN GO OUTSIDE AND TALK ABOUT

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AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DYNAMICS OF LIFE, IT HAPPENS.

AGAIN I SAY THE WEIGHT OF THE BADGE.

WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT IS THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THEY HAVE ASSISTED US AND GUIDED US. AND WHEN WE HAVE CERTAIN ISSUES OR COMMUNITY CONCERNS, WE BRING IT THERE.

WE TALK ABOUT A VARIETY OF THINGS BECAUSE WE ARE OPEN TO THEM AND THEY ARE OPEN TO US TO SHARE.

AND TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW IS THE CHAIRPERSON CHARLIE HYATT.

AND AS MR. HYATT APPROACHES, WE HAVE ENLIGHTENED TO THEM AND THEY ARE PART OF OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO OFFICERS' PROMOTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT IS IMPERATIVE WE HAVE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THINGS THEY ARE DOING AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTED OF A NUMBER OF OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THEIR SUPPORT.

OUR COURAGEOUS KIDS. THEY WENT SAILING OVER THE WEEKEND AND JUST A WONDERFUL THING.

MR. HYATT, WELCOME. >> WELCOME, MADAM CACHE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MR. MIMMS, MEMBERS OF THE DAIS.

WE ARE PROBABLYMAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MR. MIMMS, MEMBERS OF THE DAIS. WE ARE PROBABLY THE LEAST KNOWN OF ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, BUT WE LIKE TOO FEEL WE HAVE MORE IMPACT THAN ANY OTHER.

MOST OF THE ISSUE THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS THIS MORNING BROUGHT UP OR THE CHIEF, WE HAVE REVIEWED THESE AT OUR MEETINGS EVERY MONTH. THE ISSUE ABOUT USING BARTOW FORD RATHER THAN ENTERPRISE HAVE COME.

YOU. HE CAN UNDERSTAND AND I AM SURE WE DISCUSSED WITH STERN COMMISSIONERS WHY WE NEED TO USE BARTO WITH. IT JUST MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE.

AND IT COULD BE AN INCOME PRODUCING THING FOR THE CITY TO DO. SO -- AND WE BRING UP ALL THESE ISSUES. CRIME SUPPRESSION.

WE HAVE SEEN -- WE HAVE SEEN ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT AND TUESDAY AT OUR MEETINGS AND WE HAVE SEEN WHAT THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS AND DIRECT CHIEF AT OUR MEETINGS.

MAYBE WE CAN DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY.

THERE WAS ALSO AN INCIDENT WHERE THERE WAS THE ABILITY TO HIRE TEN OFFICERS, BUT THE PRICE WAS TOO HIGH.

WE COULD NOT GUARANTEE THEIR SALARY FOR THREE YEARS.

SO THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO THIS.

BUT THEN OUR COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF WHY DON'T WE JUST DO FIVE OFFICERS. WE CAN AFFORD THAT AND THEN THE CITY WENT AHEAD AND HIRED THOSE FIVE OFFICERS BECAUSE AS -- AS WAS POINTED OUT, WE ARE LOSING OFFICERS.

WE ARE LOSING GROUND TO OTHER CITIES AND WE ARE ABOUT 15 OR 20 OFFICERS SHORT AS POINTED OUT, AND OUR CITY IS GROWING.

EVERY COMMISSION MEETING THERE MUST BE AN ANNEXATION OF SOME SORT. OUR CITY IS GROWING LEAPS AND BOUNDS OF THE TERRITORY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO COVER.

SO WE GOT TO DO THINGS TO HELP THEM.

GOT TO KEEP OUR EXISTING OFFICERS AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO NEW HIRES. IF YOU HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A BUBBLE FOR THIS LONG, YOU GOT TO REALIZE THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE UNDER ATTACK. WE HAVE SEEN THE GREAT CITIES IN AMERICA SAY WE DON'T NEED THE POLICE.

WE NEED TO DEFUND THE POLICE. AND NOW THEY ARE INTO ANARCHY.

THANKFULLY WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS EXTREMELY SAFE. IT USED TO BE THE LAUGHINGSTOCK OF FLORIDA ABOUT FORT PIERCE AND CRIME.

YOU DON'T HEAR THAT ANYMORE. AND THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT.

WE HAVE A STRONG POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DO THAT. THANK YOU.

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

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>> NOW, MR. MIMMS HAS TAUGHT ME SO WELL.

[LAUGHTER] SO, YOU SEE, AS A COACH, YOU -- I AM INTRODUCING MY TEAM, MY FAMILY.

AND THIS IS THE LATEST ADDITION TO OUR FAMILY.

MICHAEL SANTIAGO, WE BE THE MAYOR OF QUALITY ASSURANCE.

HE HAS 27 YEARS EXPERIENCE FROM A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

LAUDERDALE. I AM SO EXCITED.

EXCITED TO BREAK HIM IN AND BE PART OF HIS FAMILY.

I AM EXCITED TO BRING HIM UP SO HE CAN SAY A FEW WORDS TO YOU.

>> WELCOME, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY WORK AND SERVE THE CITIZENS.

WORK WITH THE CITY AND SERVE THE CITIZENS OF FORT PIERCE.

JUST A BRIEF THEY THINK ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS CAME ABOUT AND MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I PROMISE YOU IT WAS POSITIVE. I GOT CALLED FOR AN INTERVIEW.

CAME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW AND THE FIRST FEW PEOPLE THAT I SAW WERE THE TWO DEPUTY CHIEFS. VERY IMPOSING CHARACTERS.

BUT THEIR PROFESSIONALISM WAS UNMATCHED.

THE INTERVIEWS. THE CONVERSATIONS, THE INTERACTIONS WERE INCREDIBLE AND INSIGHTFUL.

THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY A SECONDARY INTERVIEW AND I THOUGHT THAT THE FIRST ONE WAS VERY HECTIC. THE SECOND ONE WAS EVEN MORE IMPOSING BECAUSE I ENDED UP HAVING AN INTERVIEW UNBEKNOWNST TO ME WITH MY PEERS IN A ROOM OF TEN TO 12 ZIDZ FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT IN ITSELF WAS VERY SCARY BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO.

BUT IT WAS WELL, THE INDIVIDUALS WENT WELL.

BUT I WANT TO BASICALLY SAY THAT IS THE TESTAMENT OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT THE CHIEF BRINGS TO THE CITY AND TO THE TABLE.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT I HAVE MET SO FAR IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PROFESSIONAL IN EVERY ASPECT.

AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WHAT I BRING TO THE ABLE IS GOING TO BE TO ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL THAT IS ALREADY HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND ALSO WATCH THEM GROW AND WATCH TO HELP THEM DEVELOP TO BE BETTER THAN WHAT THEY ARE.

WATCHING THAT POTENTIAL ACTUALIZES THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME IN A POSITIVE WAY. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU. WELCOME.

>> THIS IS THE CONCLUSION. WE ARE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS

THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR US. >>MAYOR HUDSON: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS VERY COMPLETE REPORT.

BECAUSE I THINK FOR ME -- SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, THAT I NEEDED TO HEAR A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION AND TO HAVE IT PACKAGED TOGETHER. I AM VERY, VERY IMPRESSED AND I HEARD YOU THANK US FOR WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR YOU.

BUT IT IS MY BELIEF WE CAN'T GROW THIS CITY UNLESS WE HAVE A SAFE CITY. WHICH CAME FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG. BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OUR GROWTH AND OUR -- THE POSITIVES WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME HERE NOW.

AND WE -- WHEN I WAS FIRST MAYOR I WANTED TO NOT ONLY MAKE FORT PIERCE SAFE, BUT TO MAKE PEOPLE -- FOR PEOPLE TO THINK THAT IT IS SAFE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT BE SAFE, BUT ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE REPUTATION OF SAFETY.

AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND ALL THE OFFICERS HAVE DONE AND I AM GLAD THAT WE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.

I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WIZARDRY AND THE -- ALL THE ELECTRONICS AND -- AND THEY DON'T SHOW ALL THAT ON TELEVISION. AND I AM ALSO IMPRESSED WITH THE PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION OF YOUR OFFICERS AND OUR OFFICERS. MAKES ME VERY, VERY PROUD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR COMING. I LEARNED A LOT TODAY.

I HEARD A OF A CULMINATION OF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO YOU CAME AND I HAD ASKS AND THINGS PUT IN PLACE AND WE HAVE SEEN THE RESULT OF THAT. THE CAMERA SYSTEM.

THE ADDITION OF ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, ETC.

WHAT I HEARD TODAY WAS ALSO SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS OF SOURCING MAN POWERS WITH SOME OF THE CSOS AND TAKING THAT LOOK THERE.

THANK YOU FOR THE CREATIVITY IN LOOKING HOW YOU CAN ADDRESS THE ACTUAL CONCERNS HAND THIS -- YOU MUST UNDERSTAND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE GOING TO ALWAYS HAVE CHALLENGES, OPTIONS,

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AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO OFF LINE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE AREAS WEST OF TOWN THAT YOU PUT UP. I THINK IT WAS ZONE 210, ETC.

I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND SOME LARGE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE OUT THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE EIGHT-YEAR TREND THAT WE LOOKED AT. WOULD LOVE OFFLINE CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT TO GET MY HEAD AROUND WHAT I SAW THERE.

BUT RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU CAN HELP ME AND EVEN THE YOU CAN PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HIRED A NEW MAJOR WITH A BIG TITLE.

CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE US THE LAYMAN'S TERMS OF WHAT MAJOR SANTIAGO WILL BE DOING. HELP US WITH THAT, PLEASE.

>> SO HAPPY TO DO THAT. QUALITY CONTROL IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE OFFICERS ARE FUNCTIONING AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN EXCEL SENSE.

I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING LESSER THAN THAT.

THE SQUADS HAVE TO REVIEW -- THE SUPERVISORS HAVE TO REVIEW THEIR BODY WORN CAMERAS EACH MONTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE CHECKS AND BALANCES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS HAPPENING.

FOR MAJOR SANTIAGO, HIS IS TO OVERSEE ALL OF OUR QUALITY ASSURANCES. OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE SUPERVISOR IS DOING. HE IS DOING SOMETHING MORE.

THIS IS TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT MY OFFICERS.

I SAY "MY" WHEN THEY DO BAD STUFF, THEY ARE MINE.

WHEN THEY DO GOOD, THEY ARE MINE AS WELL.

AND THEY ARE PERFORMING THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT IS ACCEPTED. IF NOT, THEY DEAL WITH THAT ACCORDINGLY. ALSO COVER TRAINING AND TALK ABOUT THE TRAINING AND THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH TRAINING. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROPERLY TRAINING AND NEW TECHNOLOGY HAND THIS WE DO THAT AS WELL. AND CAR CRASHES THAT HIS EYES SEE IT. TO SEE WHAT WE CAN TO DO IMPROVE IT. IF WE GET A CASE THAT IS NOT FILED BY THE -- BY THE COURT SYSTEM, BECAUSE OF -- WHATEVER THEY MIGHT SUGGEST. IF IT IS A TRAINING THING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT SO WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL OF OUR EFFORTS. AND THIS IS -- THIS IS WHAT THE QUALITY ASSURANCES IS. HE IS OVER OUR TRAINING AND OVER OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. BECAUSE WE WILL INVESTIGATE AND I TELL YOU -- I TELL MY OFFICERS ALL THE TIME.

I WILL SUPPORT YOU WHEN YOU ARE RIGHT.

BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING. A PART OF OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. AND WE ARE SAYING THAT WE ARE NOT BIG BROTHER, BUT WE ARE WATCHING.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: THANK YOU, CHIEF.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: ANYBODY ELSE. COMMISSIONER GAINES AND THEN

COMMISSIONER BRODERICK. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WE CARE A LOT, BUT I KNOW YOUR PASSION FOR THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW YOUR PASSION FOR MAKING THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. I -- I JUST LET IT BE KNOWN THAT YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR OFFICERS' PRESENCE WHEN THEY COME TO THE YOUTH ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU CAN NOT PUT A PRICE TAG ON IT. OFFICERS GOZ.

WHEN WE ARE AT C.A. MOORE AND I SEE THE LOVE THAT THE KIDS HAVE FOR HIM, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S PRICELESS.

AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THE NEGATIVITY THAT THEY HAVE HEARD ABOUT OFFICERS. YOU SEE THOSE KIDS AND SEE HIM.

YOU CAN TELL THEY FEEL SECURE. THEY FEEL LOVED.

AND YOU STOP BY AND WATCH MY GIRLS HIT THE BALL AND DO WHATEVER. THE CHIEF DEPUTY -- CHEAP DEPUTY CHIEF STOPS BY. YOU KNOW THE JOKE.

REAL CULTURE HERE. I -- AS SOON AS YOU LEAVE.

BUT COACHES HERE, BUT FOR THE OFFICERS WHO ARE CALLING TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHOWING THE KIDS WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. IF THEIR PARENTS DON'T SAY THANK YOU -- I KNOW THEY DO -- I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE -- YOU GUYS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

LET'S KEEP WORKING TOGETHER. >>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER

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BRODERICK. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: COUPLE OF COMMENTS. THE PRESENTATION WAS OUTSTANDING. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU REHEARSED THAT, IT CAME OFF FLAWLESSLY AND IT CAME OFF IMPRESSIVE.

>> IT IS THE COACHING. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: THE HEAD COACH TAKES ALL THE CREDIT. A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE CRIME PREVENTION TEAM WITH OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN THE CITY.

THEY WERE IMPRESSIVE WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND PROFESSIONAL. WE ADOPTED ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY MADE. AND HONESTLY, THEY HAVE BEEN QUITE IF HE CAN TESTIFY AND RESPONSIVE WHEN WE HAVE A NEED.

SECONDLY, WE HAD A INCIDENT -- A NEIGHBORHOOD INCIDENT ON MY OFFICE ON DELAWARE AVE RECENTLY. WE CALLED IT INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WASN'T IN OUR OFFICE BUT IN THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT. I HAVE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS RESPONSE WAS PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL, AND YOUR OFFICERS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH A RELATIVELY TENSE SITUATION.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY -- THEY SIMPLY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

ONE FINAL COMMENT IS THAT -- I NOTICED ON YOUR MARINE UNITS, YOU ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND THE SERVICES IN THAT AREA.

I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO MONTHS. WE HAVE RECENTLY HAD DISCUSSIONS OF THE MANAGER OF OUR -- OF THE FORT PIERCE MARINA, AND HE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN EXPANDING SERVICES BECAUSE FORT PIERCE IS BLESSED WITH MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WATER FRONT.

MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WATERWAYS, ETC.

MANY SQUARE MILES. HE IS EXPRESSING CONCERNS RELATIVE TO THE SECURITY AND KIND OF THE BIFURCATION AND THE ENFORCEMENT AND BETWEEN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

A BRIEF DISCUSSION HAD THAT MAYBE WE CAN DO BETTER AND, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THAT WAS THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR EFFORTS ON THE WATERWAYS.

MY SUGGESTION ON THAT FRONT IS THAT I COULD SEE A POTENTIAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN DEAN AND HIS TEAM AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM IN THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THIS BECAUSE A RATHER EXTENSIVE ISSUE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT FRONT PAZ TO HOW WE CAN BETTER PROTECT OUR WATERWAYS, THE PEOPLE USING THEM, ETC.

I THINK PART OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU WERE POINTING OUT DRUG IMPORTATION, ILLEGAL ALIEN ISSUES, ETC.

AS BEING PART AND PARCEL OF ALL OF THAT.

I BELIEVE THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WE CAN MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA.

I LOVE THE NEW BOATS BY THE WAY. THEY ARE NOT FUNDED YET, BUT

THAT IS PRETTY COOL. >> I WILL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH DEAN WITH THAT. AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WE TRAINED -- SEE, WE ARE THINKING IN ADVANCE -- WE TRAINED NEW HANDLERS OF THE BOATS EVEN THOUGH WE STILL JUST HAVE IS THE ONE BOAT, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO EXPAND AND TO BETTER -- HOW DO YOU SAY SAFELY SECURE OUR WATER WAYS.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: YES. FINALLY -- TWO QUICK POINTS.

ONE, I DO AGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ACQUISITION OF POLICE VEHICLES. THIS REALLY SHOULD BE SINGLE SOURCED. IF THERE IS A -- IF THERE IS A COST SAVINGS GREAT. AND THAT.

AND USING THAT METHODOLOGY, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF WAS POINTING OUT THE DELAYS AND FINGERPOINTING AND PRODUCTS NOT COMING OUT. SINGLE SOURCE ALSO RESOLVE ALL OF THAT. AND QUICKLY SPEED UP OF THE PROCESS FOR YOU TO GET THE VEHICLES THAT YOU HAVE ON BACK ORDER. I NOTED IN THE REPORT THAT YOU WAITED YEARS TAKE DELIVERY. HE BELIEVE THAT IS A BETTER METHODOLOGY MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

MY POINT POINT IS STAFFING. MY CALCULATIONS YOU ARE 12% UNDER YOUR STAFFING THRESHOLD, OBVIOUSLY EFFECTING SERVICES.

I AM CERTAIN THAT YOU ARE DEPLOYING ALL POSSIBLE SOLUTIONSES TO RESOLVE THAT AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE AS WELL.

IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO TO ASSIST YOU IN TH THAT. AND PERSONALLY WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN TO DO ASSIST TO RESOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> I WILL SAY IN ADDRESSING THAT, WE CHANGED SOME DYNAMICS WHEN IT COMES TO THE HIRING OF OFFICERS. IT USED TO BE 21 YEARS OF AGE AND REDUCE IT TO 19. THAT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME.

EXTREMELY HARD. AND SO, WE DID THAT BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES ARE AT 19. SO BY US DELAYING THAT, WE WERE HURTING TO OURSELVES. BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE MATURITY, THEY WILL NOT BE A PART OF THE FORT

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SPONSORSHIP PAYING THE FULL SALARY OF A PERSON AND SENDING THEM TO SCHOOL. AND ONCE THEY GET INTO ACTUAL POLICE WORK WITHIN THREE MONTHS, THEY SAY I CAN'T DO IT.

IT IS NOT FOR ME. WE ARE TRYING TO LEARN THAT AHEAD OF TIME SO WE DON'T -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY WASTE IT, BUT BE MORE SELECTIVE IN THE PEOPLE WHOM WE SPONSOR.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: GLAD YOU ENDED ON THAT POINT.

YOU AND I HAD CONVERSATIONS AND MEET WITH MR. MIMMS AND TALKED ABOUT THAT. I KNOW YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT IT. BUT I THINK IT IS AS GOOD OPPORTUNITY WHEN THERE ARE YOUNG FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DO WANT TO SERVE IN CERTAIN WAYS IF YOU CAN SHOW THEM YOUR LIGHT AND A TUTE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR SURE. I AM SURE A LOT TO EXPERIENCE.

A LOT TO LEARN. AND I WAS EDUCATED IN MANY WAYS TODAY, SO NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS PRESENTATION -- I DON'T THINK IT IS IN OUR AGENDA, AT LEAST I DIDN'T SEE IT.

IF WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET A COPY OF THAT, I WILL BE VERY

APPRECIATIVE. >> I WILL ATTACH IT AFTER THE

MEETING. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: A LOT OF THE GOOD INFORMATION. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT -- COMMISSIONER BRODERICK TALKED OF THE MARINE UNIT.

WE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION OVER THE YEARS OF THE MARINE UNIT. HOW MANY MILES OF COASTLINE WE NEED TO SERVE, PROTECT AND BE A PART OF.

AS OUR CITY GROSS. SO THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT -- THE OTHER ELEMENTS I SAW IN HERE AND THANKFUL OF THE IDEA OF THE CREATIVITY OF EXPANDING A TRAINING FACILITY.

I REMEMBER BACK IN 2017, WHEN I CAME BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE IN THE PICTURE WHEN THERE WAS A HURRICANE COMING GOING TO THE ALPHA BRAVO SHIFT.

AND IT WAS JUST A MESS. THAT IS OKAY.

IT WAS CHAOTIC. AND WE HAVE EVEN MORE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND EVERYONE IS ON SMITH.

THEY CAN'T REALLY GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES.

THEY GO HOME TO PROTECT WHAT THEY HAVE.

AND THEY COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. SO IT IS STILL IN MY MIND AND MY HEART TO PROVIDE THEM FOR YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT, PLACESES THAT WILL PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM AND DECLARE DISASTERS AND WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE ON SHIFT. I KNOW YOU HAVE KEPT THAT IN THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR MIND. DO THAT THROUGH A MULTIUSE FACILITY OR WHATEVER THAT MAY LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW ME, I AM ALL FOR IT. I LIKE THE OTHER IDEAS, THE OTHER LMTHS OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY.

I TALKED TO MR. MIMGS RECENTLY ABOUT THE I.T. DEPARTMENT.

SPECIFICALLY YOUR I.T. DEPARTMENT.

AND THE CHALLENGES YOUR GROUP HAS WITH DEPUTY CHIEF.

THREE PERSONNEL IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

AND THAT IS A LOT. WHILE SOMETIMES IT MAKES SENSE TO DIVERSIFY RESOURCES, THIS ONE SEEMS -- EXCUSE ME.

THIS ONE SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO -- TO UNIFY RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE YOUR TECHNOLOGY, YOUR LAPTOPS.

IN ALL OF THE VIDEOS, WE SAW SOMEONE US A COMPUTER, A TABLET, SOME PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.

NEEDS TO HAVE THE MOST RECENT SECURITY UPDATES OR EVEN PRODUCTS THAT ARE USED EVERY DAY TO WRITE A REPORT.

SO WHATEVER WE CAN TO DO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS A CRITICAL INGREDIENT TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR DEPARTMENT. I AM FOR IT.

HE KNOWS MY PASSION FOR IT. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW MY PASSION FOR IT, BUT I LIKE TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S OKAY. NOW YOU KNOW.

SO -- WHAT OTHER ELEMENTS INTHANK WE SAW TODAY.

THE LEASING. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

THE ENTERPRISE PROGRAM I WAS VERY MUCH A FAN OF.

BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED IN 2016. WHEN I WAS SWORN IN.

I REMEMBERED ASKING SOMEONE IN YOUR GROUP -- I FEEL LIKE -- I DON'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS. WHY IN THE WORLD WAS THAT

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AGAIN. >>MAYOR HUDSON: HOW OLD THE CAR.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: 250,000 MILES IN THE VEHICLE AND WHO KNOWS HOW MANY THOUSAND OF HOURS.

I AM THANKFUL FOR THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN PLACE.

ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS, NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR VEHICLES.

IN THIS PICTURE I SEE A CROWN VIC.

AND TWO OF THEM. AND OLDER VEHICLES AND THEY ARE STILL DOING OKAY. WE NEED TO BE FORWARD THINKING AND I APPRECIATE 1998 OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BRINGING IDEAS OR LISTENING TO YOUR THOUGHTS SO WE CAN TALK TO THEM.

SO CHARLIE, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SERVING THERE AND TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS. AND JUST MAKING THIS SITUATION THAT MUCH BETTER AND TO SEE THE CRIME RATES CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE IS PHENOMENAL. AND IT IS BECAUSE OF BEING DEDICATED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, MAJOR SANTIAGO. YOU ARE IN A GOOD FAMILY, AND I THINK YOU ALREADY SEE THAT. BUT IT IS JUST EXCITING TO BE HERE. I AM BORN AND RAISED RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. I HAVE SEEN MANY CHANGES OVER THE YEARS, AND I LOOKED THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.OF THE PICTURES ON THE SIGNS. EVERY TIME THE SCREEN CHANGED.

WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN, THE -- THE PASTOR AT OUR CHURCH WAS THE CHAPLAIN OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

AND HE -- HE SHARED WITH ME A LOT OF THINGS.

AND I REMEMBER -- THEY WEREN'T BAD THINGS AND I DON'T WANT IT TO IT BE PERCEIVED AS A BAD THING, BUT I REMEMBER THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS -- HOW DO I SAY IT? I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A GOOD OL' BOY SYSTEM, BUT IS SYSTEM WHERE -- WHERE -- A TIGHTER -- IT WAS A -- AN UNIQUE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS. I WILL JUST KEEP IT AT THAT -- AND NOW WE HAVE. POINT TO THE PICTURES ON THE SIDES. YOU KNOW, A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE A DIVERSE MAKE-UP OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF YOU DIDN'T CONCENTRATE YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED THAT.

I SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CHANGE AND PUTTING THE PRIORITY.

WHAT YOU SAID ON THE ONE SIDE, YOU SAID YOU WERE TRYING TO HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE THE FACE AND LOOK LIKE OUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU DON'T FOCUS ON THAT.

IF WE DON'T FOCUS ON THAT YOU NEVER GET THERE AND YOU MADE IT A PRIORITY AND I SAY THANK YOU. IT WAS NEAT WATCHING THE -- EVERY SLIDE CHANGE AND I AM THANKFUL FOR EVERY PERSON THAT WORKS WITH YOU. THAT HAVE WORKED WITH YOU.

THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU. AND IN THIS GROUP.

AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO, YOU ALWAYS HEARD IT.

WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS FOR FUNDING. FOR FILLING THOSE POSITIONS AND THOSE VACANCIES. SHARING THE GOOD NEWS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE -- TO BE A FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE AND AN OFFICER. I DO WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT -- LATER ON OFF LINE LIKE COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON, THE OKEECHOBEE. I MENTION TO THE CHIEF IN THE BREAK, WHAT TALK ABOUT -- I WANT TO MENTION THE COMMISSION CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE WESTERN CORRIDOR.

I WANT TO DIAL IN, COMMISSIONERS, A FEW OF THOSE NUMBERS WERE HOTELS. SO AGAIN THE QUESTION WILL BE OVER TIME, I HAVE TO GET TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TOO.

BEING A HOTEL, DOES THAT MEAN CERTAIN REP STRIPGSS OR -- FOR LONGEVITY AS FAR AS HOW LONG YOU STAY THERE.

I WANT TO KNOW THE MAKE-UP OF THE CALLS AND DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE ARE MAKING -- WE HAVE CALLS BECAUSE FOLKS ARE LIVING IN A HOTEL OR DOES IT MEAN BECAUSE THEY ARE VISITING THE HOTEL. I SAW THE ONE OF SOME OF OUR LARGER RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS. THOSE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE CHANGED THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE MADE PHONE CALLS TO MY KNOWLEDGE WHAT HAPPENED I READ IN THE NEWS MEDIA AS FAR AS SHOPLIFTERS AND THOSE THAT DWELL IN THE PARKING LOT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE CALLS ARE MADE UP OF, BUT I WILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION.

IF ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO THROUGH OUR ZONING CODE, CODE -- OUR ORDINANCES, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE TO ASSIST THAT PROCESS, THEN WE NEED TO DO THAT. WE ARE GROWING, WE ARE AN

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I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET THERE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

AND WE WILL TALK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: THAT IS SITUATIONS WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. TO ASSIST IN WHAT YOU ARE DISCUSSING TODAY. AND I AM GLAD OFF THIS PRIORITIZED CALLS OF SERVICE BECAUSE EVERY NOW AND THEN I WILL GET A PHONE CALL THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T TALK TO ME FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BUT THEY MADE ME COME INTO THE DEPARTMENT. I SAID, WELL, IT MAKES MORE.

ONE PERSON TAKING A REPORT. CENTRALIZE THAT LOCATION, COME GIVE A REPORT RATHER THAN US TURNING AROUND AND TAKING A AN OFFICER OUT OF PATROL AND SENDING THEM TO DO A REPORT WHICH IS ONE OF HUNDREDS IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE PRESENTATION. GRATEFUL FOR THE INFORMATION.

LOOKING FORWARD TO ENHANCING EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON.

>> THANK YOU,SIR. AND I WILL SAY THAT BARTOW FORD, WE HAVE A QUOTE. AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MR. MIMMS AND MISS MORRIS, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH BARTOW FORD BEING OUR CONTACT FOR OUR VEHICLES.

WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND MILLS 911COX, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON MY CALENDAR THE COURAGEOUS KIDS PUT ON THERE AS A REMINDER, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO THERE WHENEVER I HAVE A CHANCE TO GO THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER WANTS IT TOO.

THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

[e. Sunrise Theatre's 100-Year Celebration and Tourism Development Activities Update]

>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE SUNRISE THEATRE'S 100-YEAR CELEBRATION AND TOURIST DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY UPDATE.

MARY MRARZ MIMMS. >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: THE DIRECTOR OF THE SUNRISE THEATRE AND NEWEST ADDITION OF THE SUNRISE THEATRE WHO WILL GO OVER OUR 100-YEAR CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES.

SHARON, TAKE IT AWAY. >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. WE WERE ASKED TO COME IN AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR 100-YEAR CELEBRATION.

SUNRISE THEATRE OPENED AUGUST 1, 1923, AS THE LARGEST VENUE -- THEATRE, VAUDEVILLE THEATRE BETWEEN MIAMI AND JACKSONVILLE.

THE THEATRE CLOSED IN 1983. REMAINED CLOSED UNTIL 2006 WHEN IT WAS REOPENED AS A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

OVER THOSE YEARS, THE BUILDING WAS PURCHASED IN 1997 AND TOOK APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS TO DO -- RAISE THE FUNDS DO THE RENOVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE THEATRE.

JOE IS GOING TO PUT TOGETHER AND START A LITTLE PRESENTATION.

♪

♪ >>> WE STARTED OUR CELEBRATION OF THE SUNRISE THEATRE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN JANUARY WITH THE INDIAN RIVER MAGAZINE HISTORY FESTIVAL.

WE OPENED OUR DOORS AND HAD IT IN OUR SUNRISE THEATRE.

WE HAD A PRESENTATION OF THE SUNRISE THEATRE.

AND HAD A -- I BELIEVE MAYOR HUDSON YOU MAY HAVE BEEN --

>>MAYOR HUDSON: I WASN'T ON THE PANEL, BUT THE COBEL FAMILY.

I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE. I WAS STAYING WARM.

IT WAS COLD THAT DAY. >> IT WAS COLD AND THEY HAD A PRESENTATION AND WENT OVER THE HISTORY OF THE THEATRE THAT KICKED OFF OUR CELEBRATION. WE ALSO HAD -- AN OPEN HOUSE BEGAN IN JANUARY AND OFFERED IT TWO DAY AS WEEK FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND GIVE A HISTORY LESSON OF THE VENUE AND TOUR THE

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AND HOW TO CELEBRATE THE 100 YEARS AND DECIDED TO GO BACK IN THE 1920S AND HAVE A SPEAK EASY EVENT.

ALONG WITH THAT, WE WILL BE CLOSING THE ROADS.

AND WE WILL HAVE CARS OF THE PERIOD HERE.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SECRET KNOCK THAT YOU THIS ENTER INTO THE BLACK BOX. A SPEAK EASY WITH THE FORT PIERCE JAZZ AND BLUES SOCIETY. YOU WILL GO INTO THE MAIN LOBBY, AND THERE WILL BE A CASINO. WE HAVE ACTORS ACTING THROUGHOUT THAT EVENING THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT.

WE HAVE A BOURBON BAR AND WE ALSO HAVE A -- A RAG TIME SOCIETY ORCHESTRA THAT WILL BE PLAYING -- THE ORCHESTRA PRESENT MOVIES OF THE TIME THAT ARE SILENT MOVIES.

WE WILL BE DOING CHARLIE CHAPLIN MOVIES AND BUSTER KEATON MOVIES AND THE ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE MUSIC AND DOES THE SOUND EFFECTS FOR THE MOVIE MUCH LIKE THEY DID IN THE DAY.

IT WILL BE ONE NIGHT CULMINATING IN THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE THEATRE BRINGING THOSE TIMES BACK TO LIFE.

WE ALSO -- LEADING UP TOP THAT. WE HAVE FRIEND FAMILIES.

WE PARTNERED WITH HUMANA AND FREE MOVIES ON SELECT SUNDAY AFTERNOONS THAT GO WITH THAT PERIOD AS WELL.

THAT IS OUR SUNRISE THEATRE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION PLANS.

I DON'T KNOW, CHARLIE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU LIKE TO

ADD? >> THE ONLY THING I CAN REALLY

ADD, SHARON -- >>MAYOR HUDSON: YOU HAVE TO COME UP TO TO THE -- YOU PLAYED TOO MANY ROLES, YOU JUST HAVE TO

KEEP COMING UP HERE. >> HELLO, AGAIN.

WE WORK ON THIS AND WORKED ON THIS AND SHARON HAS EVOLVED A MINUTE EWE OF EVENTS THAT IS INCREDIBLE.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT EVENING -- IT IS GOING TO BLOW PEOPLE AWAY. BETWEEN LIKE WHAT SHE SAID THE BOURBON BAR. AND WE WILL HAVE A CASINO.

THE THIRD FLOOR WILL HAVE PSYCHICS TELLING FORTUNES.

AND WE KEEP EVOLVING OF THE EVENTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THERE. IT IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: MARY DID YOU FIND THE OLD CAR.

ARE YOU GO TO HAVE OLD CAR. WE HAVE ONE OR TWO.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: OKAY. >> WE HAVE SEVERAL.

WE HAVE RED CARPET GOING TO THOSE.

THE STREETS WILL BE CLOSED OFF AND WE KEEP EVOLVING AS A COMMITTEE. SO I CAN'T EVEN SAY WHAT WE ARE FINALLY GOING TO DO BECAUSE WE HAD PIECES.

WHAT ABOUT ARRIVING MUSICIAN AND WHO KNOWS.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO GO.

>> $125 PER PERSON. >>MAYOR HUDSON: BUY TICKETS ONLINE? IS THAT THE WAY TO DO IT?

>> TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. WE ARE WOULD,ING WITH THE SUNRISE THEATRE FOUNDATION, SUNRISE THEATRE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE AND SUNRISE STAFF. THE SUNRISE THEATRE FOUNDATION HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

PETITION? RAISED OVER $30,000 IN RESPONSE SPONSORSHIP IT PAY FOR THE EVENT.

OOPGS JOE AND OUR OWN BOB LUCHEN HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH VIDEOS AND HELPING TO SUPPORT THE EVENT AND THE SUNRISE

THEATRE. >> GO BACK IN TIME WITH THE ROARING '20S, THE HISTORIC SUNRISE THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE. JOINS US WITH AN EVENING OF GLITZ AND GLAMOUR WITH JAZZ MUSIC, SWING DANCING, SLOT PLAYING AND CHAMPAGNE TOASTING. THE SPEAK EASY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SATURDAY 29TH PRESENTED BY FORT PIERCE.

AND NUMBER ONE DESTINATION FOR TICKET INFORMATION.

SCAN THE CODE AND OR THE BOX OFFICE AT SUNRISE THEATRE.COM.

>> THAT COMMERCIAL WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CBS 12.

IF ANY OF YOU WATCHED THE TONY'S LAST NIGHT.

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SO THAT WAS GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE GALA?

>>MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM? I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT PROHIBITION STARTED IN 1920 AND ENDED IN 1933.

THIS IS DURING THE TIME WHEN IT WAS ILLEGAL TO MAKE OR SELL WHISKEY OR IMPORTED HAND THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR SPONSORSHIP LEVELS AS THE BOOTLEGGER SPONSORS.

. >> OH, OKAY.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: NO COMMENT.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SPEAK EASY.

>> WE HAVE IN OUR FRIENDS LOUNGE, THE OLDEST BAR IN ST.

LUCIE COUNTY. >>MAYOR HUDSON: USED TO BE THE

BUCKHORN SALOON. >> OR TARPON.

I KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH. >>MAYOR HUDSON: GREAT.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. >> THANK YOU.

ALSO WE WERE ASKED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WORKING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE TDC.

WHICH WE HAVE JUST RECENT LEAP BEGUN A NEW -- A NEW INITIATIVE WITH THEM ALONG WITH DOWNS AND ST. GERMAIN OUT OF TALLAHASSEE.

DO YOU WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE. >> THE SUNRISE THEATRE IS PARTICIPATING IN VISITOR ST. LUCIE'S YEAR-LONG VISITOR TRACKING AND ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.

THE PARTICIPATION WILL ALLOW US TO OBTAIN DATA ABOUT THE VISITORS AND ATTENDEESES THAT COME TO SUNRISE THEATRE AT NO COST TO US. THIS DATA WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THE THEATRE PROVIDES, AS WELL AS INSIGHTS FOR THE FUTURE MARKETING EFFORTS AND FROM CHARLOTTE BARLEY, WORKING WITH US TOGETHER.

>> WE REACHED OUT TO PETE TESH AT THE EDC AND PETITION PUT NEWS TOUCH WITH DOWNS SAINT GERMANE, AND WE DISCUSSED THE OPTION OF DOING OUR OWN ECONOMIC STUDY. THIS IS WHAT THEY SURSUGGESTED DO FIRST IS WORK WITH THE TDC AND DO THAT BEFORE MOVING FORWARD AND AT NO COST TO THE THEATRE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: GREAT. GLAD YOU ARE COLLABORATING.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: MADAM MAYOR, THIS ISSUE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS WHAT I BROUGHT UP WHEN FIRST BROUGHT ON TO THE CITY COMMISSION. I THINK THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE THEATRE'S OPERATING CAPACITY AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY TO SUPPORT THE THEATRE.

AND WHAT THE THEATRE ACTUALLY GENERATES INTO THE DOWNTOWN ECOULD BE ME AND THE OVERALL CITY ECONOMY, ETC., ETC.

NO ACTUALIZATION OF THE IMPACTS THAT HAS LOCALLY AND FOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS HERE THIS TOWN.

TO DISCUSS HOW TO BEST FRAME THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS PART OF THE DISCUSSION MOVES FORWARD.

BECAUSE I KNOW IN PRIOR BUDGET CYCLES, THE SUNRISE THEATRE COMES UP AND ALWAYS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THIS NEGATIVE CASH FLOW SCENARIO. AND CAN DULLY DID LEAVE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A MORE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.

NOT JUST SAYING THAT THE SUNRISE THEATRE IS INDEPENDENT.

IT NEEDS TO BREAK EVEN OR BETTER, ETC.

THAT IS JUST NOT REALISTIC. IF YOU TRY TO GO TO DINNER DOWNTOWN AND A GREAT SHOW AT THE THEATRE.

YOU CAN'T GET A SEAT ANYWHERE. THE AM OF MONEY THAT THE THEATER IS NOT DIRECTLY, BUT INDIRECTLY DRIVING INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY IS MASSIVE AND NOT BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

ANY WAY WE CAN GET QUANTIFIABLE INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THAT I THINK HELPS THAT WHOLE DISCUSSION AND DEBATE MOVING FORWARD. ARE WE REALLY LOOKING AT NEGATIVE CASH FLOW TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

ETC., ETC. THOSE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED. AND WE ARE ON THE PATH TO FRAME THAT DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD TO BASICALLY ENLIGHTEN US ALL AS TO WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS A CRITICAL PART OF THIS OVERALL DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR, SO WE HAVE A TDC MEETING ON WEDNESDAY ALSO. ANYTHING WE NEED TO DISCUSS WITH CHARLOTTE AND THE TEAM AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS.

ANYTHING I NEED TO BRING FORWARD?

>> AS FAR AS THE DATABASE AND VISITOR STUDY.

THAT JUST GOTTEN STARTED. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: HOW

LONG DOES THAT LOST? >> A YEAR.

WE JUST GAVE THEM E-MAILS AND DATABASE INFORMATION A WEEK AGO SO IT IS JUST GETTING STARTED MAYOR MARY I THINK IT IS A

POSITIVE -- >>MAYOR HUDSON: I THINK IT IS A POSITIVE TO BRING THE COUNTY IN. WE TALKED BEFORE OF HAVING THE

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IT IS A GOOD COLLABORATION, I THINK.

ANY OTHER -- DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?

>> NO, I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WITH JOE JOINING US.

ONE OF MY GOALS NOT JUST RECENTLY BUT LONG-TERM HAVE BEEN TO HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS.

AND JOE ALREADY HAS THOSE ESTABLISHED, THOSE CAN CONNECTIONS, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

AND I THINK IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE THAT RAPPORT WITH THEM.

AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I THINK IT MEANS A LOT TO DOWNTOWN AND MEANS A LOT TO THE SUNRISE THEATRE AND MEANS A LOT TO THOSE BUSINESSES AS WELL. I THINK WE SHOULD BE UNIFIED AT ONE AND GETTING THERE MORE SO THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR.

ANOTHER QUESTION. YOU BROUGHT UP THE FORT PIERCE COUNTY. FOR MANY YEARS.

I NEVER ASKED THE QUESTION I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE.

MAYBE I WILL ASK IT TODAY. WITH THE BIGGER SHOWS COMING TO THE IT. RED CARPET OR VALET SERVICE IN FRONT OF THE THEATRE AND UTILIZE OUR GARAGES FOR THAT TYPE OF

RELATIONSHIP. >> IT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST BRINGING IN A PRIVATE COMPANY TO DO THE -- TO DO THE VALET SERVICE. AND IT WAS ALWAYS FOUND NOT FEASIBLE. NEVER UNDER MY LEADERSHIP WAS IT DONE. I AM HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS EVER BEEN DETERMINED TO BE ABLE TO WORK. WE DO HOPE TO WORK WITH THE TRAM AND PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES WHEN WE HAVE THE SOLD-OUT SHOWS SO WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT WITH THE CITY-OWNED TRAM FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AND I HOPE TO WORK WITH MIKE

REALS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >>MAYOR HUDSON: MR. MIMMS.

>>NICHOLAS MIMMS: TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT SHARON SAID.

YEARS AGO OUR PARKING COMMITTEE TOSS THIS AROUND AND DID STAFF.

WE ADVERTISED FOR A RFP FOR A BID OF THESE TYPE OF SERVICES.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED RESPONSE'. IT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT BUT NOT RECEIVED INVESTMENT FROM THE PRIVATE COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. RECENTLY, WE TALKED TO -- I TALKED TO SHARON AND MIKE OF UTILIZING THE TRAM.

NOT THE FREEBIE, NOT THE TROLLEY, BUT THE TRAM.

THAT WOULD BE LIKE ON-DEMAND TYPE SERVICE.

FOLKS GETTING FLAGGED DOWN. PICKED UP AS THEY ARE WALKING TO THE THEATRE. IT WILL BE RUNNING DURING SHOW

NIGHTS, YES. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: OKAY -- GOOD. WITH THAT IDEA OF THE VALET SERVICE GOING BACK TO THAT. DID IT INCLUDE THE UPCHARGE LIKE A ON A TICKET SALE. DID YOU LOOK AT THAT?

>> NO, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THROUGH A PRIVATE AGENCY.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

JUST ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT IT. >>MAYOR HUDSON: ANOTHER WAY TO ALLEVIATE THE PARAGING SITUATION.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. GOOD TEAM.

AND GOOD -- FUN VIDEOS. I AM GLAD YOU DID IT IN BLACK

AND WHITE. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, I AM GOING TO SIT THROUGH THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL REPORT AND THEN I AM -- I AM FADING RAPIDLY, BUT THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ISSUE IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SINCE DAY ONE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SIT IN FOR THAT AND MAKE

[f. Short Term/Vacation Rental Program Update]

MY EXIT. >>MAYOR HUDSON: YOU MAY.

ALL RIGHTY. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL VACATION PROGRAM UPDATE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: MR. MIMMS, DO YOU HAVE A LEAD-IN.

>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, LINDA AND I WILL DO THIS 20G9. A QUICK UPDATE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL VACATION RENTAL PROGRAM.

THE LAST UPDATE WE DID FOR YOU WAS SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND A LOT OF CHANGES BETWEEN THEN AND NOW.

THE NUMBER OF UNITS ADVERTISED CONTINUES TO GROW.

NOT UNEXPECTED. WE KNEW THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AS SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTALS ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR. THE NUMBER OF UNITS REGISTERED HAS GONE DOWN A BIT AND A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH THE NUMBERS WE PRESENTED TO YOU LAST YEAR WITH THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM.

THE ENFORCEMENT NUMBERS LAST YEAR, I COULD NOT EVEN GIVE YOU A NUMBER. WE HAD MORE PROBLEMS THAN SOLUTIONS AT THE TIME. SO WE -- I CAN'T GIVE YOU NUMBERS FROM ENFORCEMENT OF LAST YEAR.

BUT THIS YEAR, WE HAVE 138 NOTICES OF VIOLATION HAVE BEEN ISSUED. WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD COMPLIANCE RATE GOING. ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE NOTICES WE ISSUED HAVE COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

A SMALLER NUMBER. 24 OF OUR CURRENT OF NOTICES OF VIOLATION ARE FOR THE SPECIAL SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND GOING FOR

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THAT NUMBER FOR LAST WEEK AND ANOTHER STACK OF LETTERS.

HOW MANY NOTICES WE HAVE SENT OUT.

REVENUE, A CHANGE. LAST YEAR, THE REGISTRATION FEE DROPPED AT MIDPOINT TO 50%, WHERE THIS YEAR WE DID NOT HAVE THE MIDPOINT AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF REVENUE BASED ON THAT. AND THE SOFTWARE FEES HAVE DROPPED. LAST YEAR WE WENTED WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE REGISTRATION. GRANICUS, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM WHERE HE USE. THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM -- IT WAS BROKEN. IT WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY.

WE MET WITH TEAM FROM GRANICUS, AND WE ASKED THEM TO SEPARATE THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM OUTS OF OUR SOFTWARE, WHICH THEY DID.

WE HAVE A NEW CONTRACT. IT IS NOW JUST FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ADDRESSES AND THE LOCATIONS AND THE HOTLINE. THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN COST. IT IS LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT IT WAS BEFORE. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD TO SPEND HOURS UPON HOURS TRYING TO FIX THINGS, THE STAFFING HAS DROPPED ALSO. MY -- I HAVE A CODE OFFICERS WHO HAS BEEN WORKING THIS AND SAYS IT TAKES HER ABOUT -- ABOUT 40 HOURS A MONTH IS WHAT AVERAGING A MONTH FOR THE ENFORCEMENT.

CLERK OFFICE SAY FIVE HOURS A WEEK OR 20 HOURS A MONTH.

THAT IS HOW WE ARE ESTIMATING THE ADMINISTRATION COST OF THE PROGRAM SO FAR. SO KIND OF WHAT I JUST TOUCHED ON, THE GRANICUS SOFTWARE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. AND WE HAD UNHAPPY RESIDENTS. I MEAN THAT -- I AM SAYING THAT LIGHTLY. LINDA CAN EXPAND ON THAT.

THEY WERE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

IT WAS REALLY CAUSING PROBLEMS. LINDA'S STAFF WAS DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE ANGRY, FRU FRUS FRUSTRATED. A TOUGH TIME.

WE SPENT ANA TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME TRYING TO FIX THINGS.

SINCE WE BROUGHT THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM IN-HOUSE, IT CHANGED THINGS AROUND. DONE A FULL 360.

A CONSISTENT AND ACCURATE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.

RESIDENTS ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS DIRECTLY THROUGH CITY STAFF AND AN WORKABLE SOLUTION.

GRANICUS IS PROVIDING THE RESPEECH, THE 24-HOUR HOT -- RESEARCH, AND THE 24-HOUR HOTLINE, AND WHAT THEY ARE TASKED WITH NOW IS WORKING JUST FINE.

WE LIKE THE WORK THEY ARE DOING. A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY. THE FIRST ONE BEING ABOUT THE ACTION FEE AND AT THIS TIME TURN IT OVER TO LINDA FOR THIS.

>> RIGHT. IN THE LAST MEETING I THINK I PROVIDED THE SAME SLIDE. CURRENTLY THE CITY IS CHARGES $600 ANNUALLY FOR THE REGISRATION FEE.

I THINK AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, WE CHANGED THAT TO AN ANNUAL RENEWAL AS OPPOSED TO EVERYTHING RENEWING ON OCTOBER 1 OR SEPTEMBER 30. SO IT WAS MAKING IT BETTER FOR THOSE REGISTERED SO THAT EVERYBODY WAS GETTING THEIR FULL YEAR. NO MATTER WHAT, THEY WERE GETTING THE FULL YEAR AND NO PRORATION.

AND, AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE REGISTRATION FEES ARE LESS. OUR COSTS HAVE GONE DOWN.

I THINK THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION, BUT I THINK PART OF TODAY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR REGISTRATION FEE SHOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, DOES IT STAY THE SAME. IS IT REDUCED.

IS IT -- YOU KNOW, DOES IT STAY THE SAME.

AND YOU KNOW ON THE RENEWAL, THERE IS A DIFFERENT RATE.

IT IS -- WE -- WE ARE NOT MAKING A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE REALLY WANTED YOU ALL TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU THOUGHT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AND OPEN FOR A MORE DETAILED CONVERSATION. IF YOU WANT RECOMMENDATIONS, WE

CAN DO THAT AS WELL. >>MAYOR HUDSON: IS THERE A LEVEL THAT WILL COVER THE COST OF THE PROGRAM?

>> YES, THE COST OF THE PROGRAM. I THINK WHAT PEGGY CAME UP WITH, WITH THOSE GUYS. IT IS ALL AN ESTIMATE.

WE ARE LOOKING TRULY AT THE COST OF THE PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. OUR STAFF TIME.

LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.

I THINK PROBABLY AT THAT RATE, I THINK IF I DID THE MATH BASED ON THE NUMBER THAT ARE ADVERTISED AROUND $75 TO $100 PER UNIT.

IF THERE ARE A LOT OF ENFORCEMENT ISSUES THAT COST MAY DRIVE UP AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO PENALIZE THOSE THAT ARE FOLLOWING THE PROCESS BECAUSE OF WHAT THOSE WHO AREN'T REGISTERED ARE DOING.

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>>MAYOR HUDSON: CORRECT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS IN ADDITION TO DO THE RIGHT THING THE LEGISLATURE IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO CAP THIS AND TREAT ALL CITIES THE SAME.

AND SO IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE A FEE SYSTEM THAT IS JUSTIFIED. THAT IS BASED ON FACTS.

THAT IS BASED ON WHAT IT COSTS. SO IS THAT THE END OF THE

PRESENTATION? >> NO, MORE ITEMS FOR

CONSIDERATION. >>MAYOR HUDSON: SORRY.

>> SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WAS A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION WHEN WE INITIALLY ADOPTED THE PROGRAM WAS THE NEED FOR THERE TO BE A SALUCIE COUNTY RESIDENT WHEN WE WROTE THIS ORDINANCE WE DIDN'T CATCH IT, AN OWNER MAY HAVE A MANAGEMENT RENTAL COMPANY.

IT DOESN'T SAY "SHALL" IT SAYS "MAY." WITH THAT HAPPENING, WE HAVE OWNERS THAT HAVE ELECTED NOT TO DES IG NATE THAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY PERSON.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK AS WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE DEALING WITH ENFORCEMENT.

WE ARE HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

I THINK THE REALITY IS THAT SOMETHING IS NOT COMING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO COME TO THIS UNIT AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS. EVERYBODY IS DOING IT ON THE PHONE. OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY.

IF YOU HAVE A MANAGEMENT COMPANY, NO REQUIREMENT TO BE BE A SAINT LUCEY. ON OUR LOCATION, IF YOU LIVE ON SOUTH BECKER, IT WILL TAKE YOU A LOT LONGER TO GET TO THAT UNIT ON THE BEACH IF THAT IS WHERE IT IS THAN IF YOU LIVE IN VERO.

THE REALITY OF IT BEING A ST. LUCIE COUNTY RESIDENT ISN'T NECESSARILY THE BEST OPTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE FIND SOMETHING THAT FOR SOME FOLKS THAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY RESIDENT IS WHAT IS PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING REGISTERED WITH US. WE HAVE ALL THE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE IN TERMS OF IF YOU FAREWELL TO RESPOND.

IF YOU DON'T -- IF THE CALL FROM THE 24-HOUR HOTLINE GOES OUT.

AS AN OWNER OR A RESPONSIBLE PERSON, YOU KNOW, LOCAL, IF YOU DON'T RESPOND, WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT I GUESS IN -- YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THOSE WHO WANT TO REGISTER, THAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY RESIDENT IS BECOMING AN IMPEDIMENT FOR THEM COMING IN PROPERLY.

SO THAT IS KIND OF THE REASON FOR THE SLIDE.

IF IT WERE MY RECOMMENDATION, IT WOULD JUST SAY YOU HAVE SOME -- THAT EVERY -- EVERY VACATION RENTAL UNIT DESIGNATES SOMEBODY THAT IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER CALLS AND COMPLAINTS 24-7,

WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. >>MAYOR HUDSON: VIA PHONE.

>> VIA PHONE. BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT COMING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW. ANYTHING ELSE BESIDES THAT?

OKAY. >>MAYOR HUDSON: OKAY.

COMMISSIONER BRODERICK. DO YOU WANT TO --

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH OUR -- BOTH OF OUR PRESENTERS HERE ON THE ORIGINAL TASK FORCE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER ON THIS. AND ONE OF THE CONCLUSIONS WE CAME TO AT THIS TIME IS THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS NEW.

IT WAS CREATED FROM THE GROUND UP.

WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION AND VARIETY DEPARTMENTS, ETC.

A LOT OF THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WAS PUT INTO THIS.

WITH THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WAS PUT INTO IT, WAS THE CONCLUSION AT THE END THERE WILL BE CHANGES MOVING FORWARD AND THIS WAS A -- AN EXPERIMENTAL SCENARIO AND ADJUSTMENTS WILL HAVE TO BE MADE. I DO AGREE WITH THE CITY CLERK'S DETERMINATION THAT THE MANAGEMENT SCENARIO, I DON'T BELIEVE HAS BEEN ANY TIME OF REAL PROBLEM.

ELIMINATING THAT IMPEDIMENT WILL BE A WORTHWHILE UNDERTAKING.

SECONDLY LOOKING AT THE FEE STRUCTURE.

AS YOU RECALL AND I AM SURE DO YOU, THE FEE STRUCTURE WAS HOTLY DISCUSSED AND TONS OF PEOPLE HERE WERE HERE TO DISCUSS THAT.

THE CONCERN AT THE TIME WAS TO PROPERLY STAFF THE NEEDS OF THIS PROGRAM. AND A BEST GETTYSBURG GUESS.

PEGGY'S NUMBER WHERE WE AND SPEAKS VOLUMES.

THANK YOU FOR CLEARING UP THE SOFTWARE ISSUE THAT WAS A MESS.

BRINGING IT IN-HOUSE. TASKING.AND GETTING PROPER

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GOING BACK TO TRY TO INCREASE AFTER THE FACT IS A CHALLENGE, I THINK WE NEED TO BE INCREMENTAL IN THIS.

GET MORE TEAMS IN THE BOOKS AS FAR AS THE PROGRAM IS CONCERNED, BUT CERTAINLY SEE WHERE THERE IS A DELTA HERE BETWEEN HARD COSTS, NORTH CAROLINA COMING IN. GREAT GENERATING ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND. I APPLAUD THAT; HOWEVER, WE NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THE MARKETPLACE.

I SUGGEST WE ARE AT 600 NOW. PROBABLY AT THE HIGHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, AT LEAST THE MAJORITY, THERE ARE OUTLIERS, POTENTIALLY A 33% REDUCTION. SOME IN NATURE.

WE HAVE A COMFORT LEVEL. I AM NOT SURE WHAT YOU FOLKS WILL SUGGEST AT FRONT. THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT I AM SEEING TO SATISFY AND ACCOMPLISH THAT FOR THE BUSINESS END OF THE COMMUNITY. TACKLE OUR FUNDING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SET FOR BOTH OFFICES AND EVERYBODY IS THE BENEFICIARY AT THAT POINT IN TIME. I AM NOT MARRIED TO THAT NUMBER IN ANY CAPACITY, JUSTICE THAT THERE IS ROOM TO MOVE DOWNWARD.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: I HEAR WHAT YOU SAY, DON'T GET TOO LOW BECAUSE

HARD TO GO BACK UP. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: YOU

ARE NOT GOING TO GET IT BACK. >>MAYOR HUDSON: GOOD FAITH, THE INITIAL REGISTRATION AND THE RENEWAL.

ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY IDEAS?

COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: I WILL TAKE THAT SAME CONSIDERING, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO HAVE A PRIVATE CONVERSATION TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE STAFFING NUMBERS AND WORK THROUGH IT.

BUT I THINK A RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FAVORABLE.

MY QUESTION IS -- IS THIS PER U UNIT. IN SOME CASES THERE IS A WHOLE -- JUST LET'S SAY IT -- ON THAT BEACH THERE IS A CALDWELL BANK THAT IS 12, 15 UNITS THINK MANAGE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THEY FACTOR THAT IN HERE.

>> IT IS PER UNIT. THE REASON IT IS PER UNIT AND I BELIEVE IT NEEDS REMAIN PER UNIT.

BECAUSE I THINK THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THE REGISTRATION PROCESS LOOKING AT IF THERE ARE ANY LIENS.

LOOKING AT IS THERE ANY -- AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT HAVE TO HAPPEN FOR EACH UNIT. JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY MANAGES 50 UNITS, WE HAVE TO STILL INDIVIDUALLY LIST EACH UNIT.

WE HAVE TO DO THE CHECKS ON EACH OPPORTUNITY.

THEY ARE LICENSED. THEY HAVE GROUP LICENSES BUT EACH UNIT FALLS UP UNDER THAT LINES.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: LET ME BE CLEAR TOO.

TH INITIAL PART I CAN SEE YOU DOING THAT.

ARE THERE INSTANCES THAT THE RENEWAL THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO GO

AND REVERIFY YOUR INFORMATION? >> WE HAVE TO REVERIFY THAT INFORMATION AT RENEWAL. BECAUSE WE DO -- WE DO A LIEN SEARCH EACH TIME TO MAKE SURE NO CITY LIENS OF THAT NATURE.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: RIGHT NOW NO BREAKS ON MULTIPLE UNITS. JUST 600?

OKAY. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: COMMISSIONER, I MIGHT ADD A COMMENT TO THAT.

THESE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES ARE MANAGING INDIVIDUALLY-OWNED UNITS. LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, COLDWELL BANKER MANAGING 100 UNITS, PRINCIPALLY, ALL THOSE UNITS ARE OWNED BY ONE PERSON. SO WHILE THEY ARE THE MANAGEMENT ENTITY, THE OWNERSHIP IS SPREAD -- SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE BOARD, OKAY. SO NOT AS IF ONE COMPANY IS CONTROLLING 20 UNITS, LET'S SAY. THAT WILL BE THE COMPENSATION HERE. IT IS PRETTY MUCH ONE-OFFS.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER GAINES.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: MADAM MAYOR, QUESTION.

THE -- SCREEN BEFORE WITH THE -- THAT ONE.

THE 24% SCHEDULE FOR HEARINGS. AND YOU SAID -- NOTICED MORE NOTICES WENT OUT. ARE THOSE -- BECAUSE YOU KNOW BECAUSE OF THE $600 REGISTRATION OR DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY -- THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO COME ON AND REGISTER WITH US.

OR IS IT MORE OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY

RESIDENT, IF WE KNOW? >> COMMISSIONER, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER OF WHY SOMEONE IS NOT COMPLYING.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT POSSIBLE TO

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WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THE NOTICE.

I CAN TELL YOU -- KNEES ARE WHAT ARE SCHEDULED.

WE JUST FINISHED UP OUR BUSINESS TAX RIGHT ENFORCEMENT.

WHEN LINDA'S OFFICE HAS NO LUCK GETTING PEOPLE TO RENEW THEIR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS, THEY SEND IT TO US. WE SEND NOTES OF VIOLATION AND WHAT NOT. OUR HEARINGS.

WE HAVE SCHEDULED 25ISH PER HEARING.

AND NOT A SINGLE ONE HAS BEEN HEARD.

BECAUSE ONCE THEY GET THAT HEARING NOTICE, IT LIGHTS THAT FIRE. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE ALL EAGER TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. I WILL SEE IF THAT SAME TREND HAPPENS WITH SHORTHORN TERM VACATION RENTALS.

ALL YOUR NOTICES TEND TO NOT GET RESPONDED TO, BUT ONCE THAT HEARING NOTICE COMES OUT, IT CHANGES THINGS QUICKLY.

SO IS THE HEARING NOTICESES HAVE COME OUT AND SCHEDULED FOR JUNE, I THINK IT OUR FIRST -- THE SECOND HEARING.

AND I AM GOING TO SEE HOW MANY ACTUALLY GET HERD AND HOW MANY COMPLIED BEFORE THE HEARING DATE.

>> A LOT OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON'T.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY THE TAX. WHEN WE REGISTER WITH US, REREQUIRE THEM TO GIVE THEIR ST. LUCY TOURIST TAX SYSTEMS. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO THE TOURIST TAX AND THEY ARE NOT DOING IT AND THE TAX COLLECTOR IS GETTING TO OUR LIST AND GOING

AFTER THEM FOR THE TAXES. >> I WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE MY POINT WAS, IF WE ARE SPEND MONEY AND BECAUSE IT WAS A 600 FEE.

IF WE ADJUST THAT AND THE MONEY WE ARE SPENDING ON HAVING THE NOTICES. IF WE DON'T KNOW -- THAT'S WHERE I WAS THINKING. IF I GO BACK TO THE.

GO BACK TO THE -- THE -- THE ACTION FEE.

MADAM MAYOR, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, WE HEARD LAST WEEK THAT THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL DIDN'T PASS BUT IT IS GOING TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF -- GOING TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF -- AND ONE OF THESE YEARS IT IS GOING TO PASS AND WHAT I AM LOOKING AT -- I AM LOOKING AT -- SCRATCHED OUT SOME OF THESE AREAS.

AREAS THAT WE KIND OF MIMIC AND OTHER THINGS WE DO AS A COMMISSIONER. YOU KNOW FORT MYERS.

YOU KNOW AS SOON AS WE SAY KINGS LANDING.

WE THINK OF THE ILLUME NARY OVER -- I ILLUME NARY IN FORT MYERS.

SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING AT KINGS LANDING.

FORT MYERS STICKS OUT. PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSE US T TO, VERO, AN INDIAN RIVER. COCOA IS RIGHT UP THE ROAD.

I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN'T GO TOO LOW YOU ARE NEVER GETTING BACK UP, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE IT DOES GO THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AND WE ARE SO HIGH THAT WE JUST LOOK -- I HATE TO USE THE WORD "GREEDY" BUT WE LOOK LIKE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING. THE REASON WE DID THIS BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO IMAGINE EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING INTO THIS SHORT-TERM RENTAL. I GET IT.

HOWEVER, I THINK THAT AT IN JUNCTURE, WE NEED TO, IF WE CAN, MAYBE A SIGNIFICANT CUT, YOU KNOW.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TOO LOW BECAUSE THE NUMBER I WAS LOOKING AT IS 300. IF YOU SAYS IT TOO LOW.

GO TO 350. GIVES US SOME WIGGLE ROOM.

I THINK 400 IS STILL TOO HIGH THAT IS MY OPINION.

350, LOOK AT IT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THESE NOTICES TO SEE WHAT -- IF THEY SHOW UP, IF THEY DON'T.

AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE. I AM LOOKING AT THE 350 AND 300 AREA BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT -- I AM LOOKING AT THE FORT MYERS.

I TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT I AM LOOKING AT.

FORT MYERS BECAUSE WE LOOK AT NUMBER 4.

I AM ALSO LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF VERO BEACH AND COCOA BEACH AND STILL ON THE EAST COAST.

EVEN IF WE DO 350. WE ARE STILL HIGHER IN FORT

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IF HE CAN GO. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: MADAM

MAYOR. >>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER J.

JOHNSON. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: YOU TALKED ABOUT MAILINGS, IS THAT WRAPPED UP IN HERE?

>> IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN HERE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE DONE AN AVERAGE OF HOW MUCH STAFF TIME WE PUT INTO IT.

AND THERE ARE MORE COSTS AND NOT INCLUDED THEM IN THAT FEE.

>> TO THAT POINT, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND I RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT BECAUSE MY THOUGHT PROCESS AT THE TIME WAS THE REGISTRATION FEE WAS TO GET THEM INTO COMPLIANCE.

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO OVERBURDEN THOSE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE ONES THAT WEREN'T DOING IT PR PROPERLY. SO I THINK SHE HAS AN IDEA WHAT THE COST IS, BUT IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THIS SLIDE FOR THE PURPOSES OF WHAT THE PROGRAM IS COSTING US AS IT IS RUNNING THE

WAY IT SHOULD RUN. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: I AGREE WITH THAT. EVERY PROGRAM, THERE IS OTHER INCURRED COSTS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT.

SO IT MIGHT BE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER AND MIGHT NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER AND I AM SURE IT IS NOT 50% OF THE REVENUE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WITH SOME COMMON SENSE.

NOT A LARGE PORTION OF THAT. SO I AM IN FAVOR OF REDUCING IT.

I TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE. AND IN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH, SPEAKING WITH THOSE IN THE INDIVIDUAL.

AND SPEAKING WITH RESIDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.

LIKE I SAID. I THINK 350 OR 400 IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT NUMBER IN THAT ZONE THERE FOR NOW.

COULD BE 300 AT SOME POINT PROBABLY.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS PROPOSING.

I THINK IT WAS. >>MAYOR HUDSON: 150.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: 150? OK

OKAY. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THAT IS NOT

REALISTIC IN MY OPINION. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I KNOW, MADAM MAYOR, BUT THEY THREW IT OUT THERE.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: LIKE WHEN WE THROUGHOUT 12 UNION WILL. OKAY.

WITH ANY PROGRAM, THERE IS ALWAYS ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT JUST -- THE TAXPAYERS AS -- AS A DAY TO DAY TAXPAYER SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THE BURDEN OF THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS COVERED. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THOSE THAT ARE -- THAT ARE FOLLOWING COMPLY AND WANT TO REGISTER.

AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T WANT TO PUNISH THEM.

600 IS TOO MUCH. WE KNOW THAT BY PROCESS OF ELIMINATION REALLY BY EXP EXPERIENCE.

SO WE NEED TO FIND THAT MAGIC NUMBER.

IF YOU GO BACK TO THE OTHER SCOMBREEN, 350, 400 IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT WAY TO MOVE IT THROUGH.

I AM NOT STUCK ON EITHER ONE OF THEM.

I AM LOOKING -- BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE ITERATIONS PER BEDROOM, SQUARE FOOT THRESHOLDS. WE LOOKED AT RENEWAL PROGRAMMING WHICH WE HAVE. AND I THINK IT JUST WOULD BE A BASE RATE ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY DATE AND GO FROM THERE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: I WOULD LOVE -- I AM -- I AM ONE THAT -- THAT YOU HEARD OUR DISCUSSION. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR RECOMMENDATION AFTER YOU FACTOR EVERYTHING IN.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

FOR WHAT THAT -- FOR WHAT THE REGISTRATION FEE SHOULD BE AND WHAT THE RENEURAL. BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONES THAT ARE WORKING FOR IT. I AM NOT GOING TO SAY I WANT IT NOW, RIGHT. UNTIL YOU HAVE -- GO AHEAD.

>> WELL, I MEAN, I WOULD RECOMMEND IF WE REDUCE THE INITIAL REGISTRATION FEE TO $300.

I THINK -- OR $350, EITHER ONE, I THINK THAT COVERS THOSE COSTS AND ALSO MAKES SURE THAT IT IS COVERING THE PROGRAM COSTS OF THOSE WHO AREN'T DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.

IN TERMS OF A RENEWAL, I THINK THAT MAYBE IS WHERE WE REALLY MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE FOR A THOSE ARE DOING IT CORRECTLY THAT THE RENEWAL FEE IS A LESSER AMOUNT AND THEY ARE NOT AT THAT POINT HAVING TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF ALL THOSE NOT DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. IF YOU LOOKED AT $300.

HALLANDALE BEACH -- THEY ARE GOING TO SIGN US OUTS IS LIKE $300 FOR THE -- FOR THE REGISTRATION AND $250 ON

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>> ALSO, SUCH A TURNOVER RIGHT NOW IN THESE PROPERTIES.

IF YOU HAVE THAT REDUCED RENEWAL FEE, IT MIGHT ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO STICK TO IT LONGER BECAUSE IT IS TURNING HANDS SO FAST THAT -- THAT IT IS ACTUALLY HARD. WE ARE -- WE ARE CONSTANTLY UPDATING THE OIMENT RECORDS AND MAYBE IF WE HAVE THAT RENEWAL FEE AT A REDUCED RATE, IT WILL ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY TO STICK TO

IT LONGER THAN JUST ONE. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: THAT

STAYS WITH THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? >> NO.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: OWNERSHIP.

TRACKS OWNERSHIP? >> EVERY CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP IS A NEW ACTION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO THE LIEN SEARCHES AND ALL OF

THAT ALL OVER AGAIN. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR, THAT BRINGS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I GUESS MADE ME AWARE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. AND I CAN BE COME FOR THEABLE WITH THOSE NUMBERS. WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RENEWAL, I AM JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT OUR NUMBERS LOOK LIKE BASED ON WHERE WE ARE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STATE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MODEL WHEN I TALK TO YOU, MRS. COX.

WE LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, HEY, IF WE WENT WITH 150, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS WHAT IT WILL GENERATE VERSUS THE COST ASSOCIATED FOR THE WHOLE RENEWAL PROCESS.

AND I THINK THAT KIND OF HELPS US GET TO THE.WHAT IS THAT RENEWAL NUMBER LOOK LIKE AT THAT POINT.

GIVES US A LITTLE MORE DATA, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ARE USING OUR REAL NUMBERS HERE IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

AND WHAT IS NOT REALLY UNDER THE PROPER PROGRAM, THE 238 HERE I GUESS ARE ENFORCEMENT AND UNREGISTERED 274 NUMBERS.

I AM CURIOUS WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WILL LOOK LIKE ON THE BOTTOM ANYWHERE FROM 300 TO 350 I AM FINE WITH THAT.

>> LOOK AT THE 11,540 AND 18,857.

THOSE ARE OUR REAL NUMBERSES THAT GO INTO THE RENEWAL PROCESS. AND THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.

NOSE ARE REAL NUMBERS WITHOUT THE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT OF THAT.

THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS AT REGISTRATION.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: ADD THEM UP AND DIVIDE BY HOW

MANY UNITS WE HAVE. >> CORRECT.

THAT IS THE REAL REGISTRATION NUM

NMBER. >>MAYOR HUDSON: SO ARE WE CLEAR? LOVE TO HAVE CONSENSUS ON A

NUMBER TODAY? >> I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE CONSENSUS ON A NUMBER AND HOW YOU FEEL OF DOING AN ORDINANCE CHANGE THAT WILL ADDRESS THIS MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR RESPONSIBLE PERSON. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY BE A ST. LUCIE COUNTY

RESIDENT. >>MAYOR HUDSON: I AM OKAY WITH THAT. IS EVERYBODY ELSE OKAY WITH

THAT? >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: YEAH, THEY JUST HAVE TO MAKE CONTACT AND RESPOND WITHIN THE PERIOD.

>> THEY HAVE TO IDENTIFY A PERSON AND A NUMBER THAT IS AVAILABLE 24-7. IF THEY DON'T DO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO WE HAVE THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS. WE HAVE MINOR CLEANUP STUFF IN THE ORDINANCE AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS INCORPORATED IN THIS AS WELL.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: WHAT ABOUT THE RENEWALS.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: $300 TO $350. >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: YOU

BEAT ME DOWN, FROM $400 TO $350. >>MAYOR HUDSON: $350 IT IS.

RENEWAL? >>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: THE RENEWAL NUMBERS ARE INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY WITH COMPLIANCE.

A FEE-BASED SCENARIO FOR REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NONCOMPLIANT UNIT OWNERS.

ARE YOU ADVOCATING. WHAT ARE YOUED A VOTE SKATING

FOR THE RENEWAL SCENARIO. >> I SAID $200.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: I AM COMFORTABLE WITH $200.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: RENEWAL, GREAT QUESTION.

DOESN'T TRACK WITH THE PROPERTY BUT THE OWNERSHIP.

TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP, THE PROCESS HAPPENS ALL OVER AGAIN.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: I AM GLAD I LEARNED THAT.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONERS, WHAT DO YOU THINK 350 OR 200.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: HOLD ON, MADAM MAYOR.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: ARE YOU GOING TO ARGUE WITH ME.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: TAKEN AN ADVANTAGE OF MY WEAKENED

CONDITIONS. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: HOLD ON.

IF WE LOOK AT THE SCREEN WITH THE COSTS.

IF WE HAD A. THIS IS MY HANG-UP AND I WILL PUT IT ON THE RECORD. MY SCREEN IS OUT.

I WILL LOOK AT JEREMIAH'S, THAT IS FINE.

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EVEN IF YOU ADD UP WHAT COMMISSIONER JOHNSON JUST SAID AND MISS COX JUST SAID, IF YOU ADD UP 11.

MAKE IT 12. AND ROUND UP -- ROUND UP THE 18 TO 20. THAT IS 32.

RIGHT? 32.

$67,000 THAT WE OVERESTIMATED IN COSTS.

WE HIRE AT $250. I UNDERSTAND I LOVE THE $200, $150 RENEWAL FEE. I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT SO OUT OF THE BALL PARK WITH COSTS BECAUSE TO ME, $350 IS STILL HIGH. I WANTED TO SAY THIS IS WHERE I AM COMING FROM BECAUSE SOMETIMES I NEED MY ENGINEER PERSON TO KNOW WHERE I AM COMING FROM AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON IS A NUMBERS GUY. HE IS A NUMBERS GUY.

I AM OVER HERE AND I AM LIKE, GUYS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GUYS DID. WE DIDN'T KNOW AND ESTIMATE AT ALMOST $100,000 COST AND WE ARE ACTUALLY LESS THAN $30,000

COSTS. >> NOW.

I WILL SAY THAT PRIOR TO, WE WEREN'T THERE BECAUSE OF THE

NIGHTMARE WE WERE GOING THROUGH. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: BUT I AM TALKING NOW -- I AM TALKING NOW. AND THAT'S WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT THAT IS A PAT ON THE BACK OR A GROWN GRADUATIONS FOR YOU GUYS FOR GETTING IT UNDER CONTROL AND DOING IT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. HERE WE ARE MAKING A DECISION AND LOOK AT THIS COST AND WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE WITH THE RENEWAL IF THEY REMAIN ON IT WILL BE EASIER AND THE RENEWAL FEE WILL COME BACK NOT AS STRENUOUS AS GOING THROUGH AN

ORIGINAL ACTION. >> THAT'S CORRECT, COMMISSIONER.

ANOTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT.

NUMBERS CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE 40 HOURS A MONTH ROUGHLY.

AND I WANT TO STRESS WE ARE GETTING OUR FEET WET WITH THIS PROGRAM. AND WE ARE ONLY DOING NONREGISTRATION UNITS RIGHT NOW. WE ARE NOT COMPLETING THEIR ADS.

THERE IS MORE THAT WILL BE DONE SO I DO FORESEE THAT 40 HOURS INCREASING AND WE ARE VERY SPECIFIC NOT INCLUDING SEVERAL THINGS AND NOT INCLUDING THE TIME FROM FINANCE TO PROCESS THE PAYMENTS. NOT INCLUDING THE COST FOR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARINGS, THE MAILINGS, THE COST FOR ALL OF THE POSTAGE. WITHER NOT INCLUDING A LOT OF THE ADMINISTRATION COSTS WHEN WE PROVIDED THAT NUMBER BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF A ROLE OF THE CITY, BUT THOSE NUMBERS DO EXIST.

THEY ARE THERE. WE HAVE JUST CHOSEN NOT TO PROVIDE THEM IN THIS NUMBER WHILE YES, I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THE LESS AMOUNT OF TIME WE ARE SPENDING ON THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FUN LAST YEAR AT ALL. AND VERY PROUD OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE. I AGREE.

ADDITIONAL COST JUST TO KEEP IN MIND.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: MADAM MAYOR, I PROMISE I AM NOT GOING TO FIGHT WITH YOU. IT HAS BEEN A LONG MORNING.

I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WHEN I SEE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME AND OTHER NUMBERS. I AM TRYING TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER TO MAKE THE -- THE BEST DECISION I CAN MAKE.

SO IF THERE ARE OTHER COSTS OVER THERE NOW.

OKAY, I HAVE TO SIT BEEN A IN AND THINK ABOUT THAT.

SO I AM GLAD I BROUGHT THIS UP I HEARD IT AND I CAN MAKE A

DECISION ON THAT. >> I REMEMBER SOMETHING IS YOU SAID, MISS COX, WITH THAT WE WILL BE BUSIER.

GETTING EVERYBODY IN THE FOLD. >>MAYOR HUDSON: RIGHT, RIGHT.

DO I HEAR A $350 OR $200 OR ANYTHING ELSE? IS THAT -- DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS? OKAY.

YES. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: I

THINK THAT IS GOOD. >> WE WIL MOVE FORWARD.

THAT WILL BE ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION.

AND THEN I THINK BETWEEN MISS ARRAIS AND I, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT. IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TIME, WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM OR WE ARE DOING BETTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED AND

WE CAN LOWER IT AGAIN. >>MAYOR HUDSON: I WANT TO BE FAIR. WE ALL WANT TO BE FAIR AND I WANT TO CONTINUE -- PEOPLE CONTINUE TO TELL ME, OH, I HAVE SHORT-TERM RENTAL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY MAKE NOISE. I SAID DID YOU CALL THE HOTLINE NUMBER. THEY ARE LIKE, NO, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF THE NUMBER. DOESN'T DO WELL TO TELL ME IN

THE GROCERY STORE THE NEXT DAY. >> MAYOR, IF I CAN TOUCH ON

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CALL 911. >>MAYOR HUDSON: CALL 911.

>> I WANT TO GIVE MESSAGE OUT TO EVERYONE.

WHILE WE HAVE THAT SHORT-TERM -- THE HOTLINE AND EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW WHAT, IF SOMETHING IS GOING ON AT MIDNIGHT AND 1:00, TREAT IT AS A SAME AS JUST YOUR NEIGHBOR.

CALL 911. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THAT IS GOOD ADVICE.

YES, THAT NEEDED TO BE SAID. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: AFTER WE JUST HAD -- AFTER WE JUST HAD THE PRESENTATION WITH MORE

CALLS. >>MAYOR HUDSON: EXACTLY.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: THAT IS THE THING -- THIS REVENUE IS

REVENUE. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THOSE ARE

COSTS. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I

UNDERSTAND. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FEE DOES NOT GO TO CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AND DOESN'T GO TO THE CITY'S CLERK OFFICE.

WE DON'T HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN WHAT THIS FEE IS.

IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE GENERAL CITY OPERATION.

SO I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, OH, WE JUST WANT THE FEE HIGH BECAUSE IT GOES INTO OUR BUDGETS, AND I WANT TO MAKE IT

CLEAR, IT DOES NOT. >>MAYOR HUDSON: WE WANT COMPLIANCE JUST LIKE OTHER THINGS.

WE WANT COMPLIANCE. >> WE WANT OUR SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO SUCCEED. WE NEED THEM TO BE GOOD

NEIGHBORS. >>MAYOR HUDSON: AND PAY THEIR COSTS. OKAY.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: COMMISSIONER GAINES, WHEN I EXEXIT THE DOOR,.

>>COMMISSIONER BRODERICK: MY APOLOGIES FOR LEAVING EARLY BUT

MY TANK IS EARLY. >>MAYOR HUDSON: YOU CAN TALK TO

[g. Annual evaluation of Linda Cox, City Clerk]

>> THE NEXT ON THE AGENDA THE ANNUAL EVALUATION OF YOUR CITY

CLERK. >>MAYOR HUDSON: SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO START AND SAY THAT I AM VERY PLEASED WITH OUR RESPONSE TO PUBLIC RECORDS. AND I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE WHOLE RECORD KEEPING ASPECT OF OUR NEW DEPARTMENT -- OUR NEW PERSON IN THE DEPARTMENT WHO -- WHO IS QUIETLY GOING ABOUT DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK, I THINK. AND I -- I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE SERVICE OF MY SCHEDULE. AND I LOVE THE -- THIS GOES TO MR. MIMMS TOO, I LOVE THE -- I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS, BUT THE WHOLE EASY BUTTONS ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION LIKE --

>> OPEN GOVERNMENT PAGE. >>MAYOR HUDSON: OPEN GOVERNMENT PAGE. I LOVE THAT PHRASE "OPEN GOVERNMENT." I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS REALLY CARED ABOUT WAS TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY SECRETS HERE.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WE DO.

SO I -- I AM JUST VERY -- VERY SATISFIED AND WITH THE THE CITY

CLERK AND YOUR STAFF. >> THANK YOU.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: I WILL QUICKLY GO.

THANK YOU, MISSCOX FOR YOUR SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND SUPPORTING ME AND MY EFFORTS AND CALENDARING AND CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS POINTS FOR PEOPLE TO MEET WITH ME.

I RECOGNIZED THAT OVER THE YEAR -- YEARS.

IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE HOW AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONTINUED SUPPORT OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS KIND OF KEEP ME IN LINED AND KEEP THINGS FLOWING IN THE APPROPRIATE DIRECTION IN MY EVERY BUSY SCHEDULE THAT CONTINUES TO GET MORE ADDED TO IT, I APPRECIATE IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO DOING THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY AND REACHING OUT TO YOUR OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THOSE THINGS SCHEDULED. THANK YOU.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER GAINES.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: MISS COX YOU AND YOUR STAFF MADE MY FIRST YEAR AND SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, EASY.

AND YOU HAVE KEPT ME ON TRACK. EVEN WHEN I NEEDED -- I WAS OFF TRACK, YOU PUT ME BACK ON TRACK. SO NO FEELINGS HURT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR WEEKLY MEETING BECAUSE YOUR INPUT, YOU KNOW, AND OUR MEETINGS OKAY. LET ME SIT PACK AND THINK OF IT THIS WAY. SO THAT IS GREAT.

AND WHEN YOU ARE NOT PRESENT, YOU HAVE PREPARED YOUR STAFF TO BE ON POINT WHERE YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE CARRIED THE JOB OF THE CITY CLERK WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN ON

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THAT IS A COMPLIMENT TO YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND THE STAFF. I AM THRILLED.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WILL BE IF I HAD TO KEEP CONTROL OF MY CALENDAR FOR THE CITY. I WILL BE LOST BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN TEXT. PRETTY SURE WHEN I WALKED IN BEFORE THE MEETING. THAT IS FINE.

WHAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO. WE GOT OFF SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

I KNOW THE CALLS YOU GET AND THANK YOU AND JOB WELL-DONE.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: THANK YOU, MA'AM.

I AGREE. AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE WILLI WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE IT UP WHEN NEEDED KEEPING US ORGANIZED AND US AVAILABLE AND SHARING THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE MEET WITH INDIVIDUALS I WENT THROUGH WHILE I WAS ON VACATION TOO OF THE COMPENSATION STUDY AND YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION AFTER A MEETING WITH THE CONSULTANT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS INCORRECT AND YOUR CHARTER OFFICER AND TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

AND I AGREE WITH -- WELL, I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. SO WE WILL HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION FURTHER CONVERSATION LATER ABOUT IT.

AS FAR AS YOUR STAFF, YOU CAN TELL YOU HAVE A GOOD LEADER WHEN YOUR STAFF IS LOOKING TO ARE OPPORTUNITY AND YOU HAVE CHANGE OVER BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY AND LOOKING FOR STEPS AND TRAINING THEM IN A WAY THEY CAN RECEIVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SO I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT AND THAT SHOWS I AM A LEADER. AND I APPRECIATE IT.

>> GREAT. >>MAYOR HUDSON: ANYTHING YOU

WANT TO SAY? >> I WANT TO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. AND I DO WANT TO DO A GREAT CALL OUT TO -- TO OUR CITY CLERK TEAM.

WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM. I HAVEN'T HAD TURNOVER LATELY AND I AM REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: HOLDING YOUR BREATH, AREN'T YOU?

>> THEY ARE ALL DOING A GREAT JOB.

WE ARE ON TRACK. WE MAPPED OUT I THINK THE NEXT FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS OF TRAINING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO HAVE EVERYONE IN MY OFFICE CERTIFIED.

THERE ARE BASICALLY THREE CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO OUR OFFICE. THE BUSINESS TAX OFFICIAL, THE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION AND THE CITY CLERK CERTIFICATION. NONE OF THEM ARE EASY.

THE CITY CLERK CERTIFICATION CAN TAKE THREE TO FOUR YEARS AT LEAST TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION. SO WE MAPPED IT OUT.

EVERYBODY IS ON TRACK TO HAVE THAT.

AS LONG AS THEY SAY IN OUR OFFICE.

I LOVE TO HEAR THAT WHEN I AM AWAY, THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

ME MAKE ME PROUD ALL OF THE TIME.

AND I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

I ENJOY WORKING OBVIOUSLY WITH TANYA AND SARAH AND NICK AND ALL OF YOU. THE MOTTO IN MY OFFICE IS ALWAYS ASK WHY. I AM ALWAYS GREAT WITH CHANGE.

IF WE CAN ANSWER THE WHY, WE CHANGE IT UP TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ANSWER WHY. SO IF THERE IS EVER ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE DIFFERENTLY OR MORE EFFICIENTLY, WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO THAT.

[h. Annual evaluation of Nicholas Mimms, City Manager]

>>MAYOR HUDSON: GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT WE HAVE THE EVALUATION OF CITY MANAGER NICK MIMMS.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: MR. MIMMS, I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THE COMMUNICATION I HAVE WITH YOU. IT IS ON -- YOU ARE THERE WHEN I NEED YOU. AND I AM -- I THINK YOU PROVIDE A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF YOUR STAFF BECAUSE YOU WORK HARD, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU EXPECT OF THEM. I AGREE THAT THE SHORTER OFFICERS SHOULDN'T BE IN THAT COMPENSATION STUDY AND I SAID THAT IN THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH -- WITH THE -- WITH THE CONSULTANT. AND I AM THINKING THAT YOU ARE -- THAT ONE -- THIS IS. I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST COMMISSIONS THAT I EVER SERVED ON. AND -- AND I THINK THAT YOU ARE A LARGE PART OF THAT BECAUSE YOU HELP US WORK TOGETHER AND HELP US WORK AS A TEAM AND THAT WE ARE INCLINED TO DO THAT ANYWAY AND I AM REALLY HAPPY WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE ANNUAL REPORT, BECAUSE I AM GOING TO USE IT BECAUSE I HAVE PRESENTATIONS TO MAKE. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING

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THE COUNTY AND PORT ST. LUCIE AND IMPORTANT FOR US AND OBVIOUS THAT YOU WORK WELL WITH THEM. SO I AM JUST VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THE WAY WE WORK TOGETHER. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE HELPED ME BE A BETTER MAYOR AS HAVE ALL THE CHARTER OFFICERS. WHO WANTS TO GO NEXT?

CURTIS, YOU WANT TO GO NEXT. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: MR. MIMMS, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. AS A CHARTER OFFICER YOU HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT REPORT TO YOU.

YOU GO FROM LITERALLY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ALL THE WAY TO PEOPLE WHO DO PROFESSIONAL STAFF WORK HERE.

AS YOU HAVE. OUR TWO-AND-A-HALF-PLUS YEARS OF WORKING TOGETHER. I CONSTANTLY CHALLENGE YOU AND WILL CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE YOU ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT YOU, SIR. YOU ARE DOING EXTREMELY WELL BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT REPORT UP TO YOU AND ACCEPT THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU LAY OUT THERE.

SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WORK TOGETHER, IT IS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION NOW BUT THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT YOU. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT PART. BECAUSE THAT WHOLE PARTY OF MOVING 400 AND SOME PIECES ON THIS CHEST BOARD THAT YOU MANAGE ON A DAY IN AND DAY OUT BASIS CONTINUE TO BE THE RECOGNITION AS OF LEADER OF THAT GROUP. CERTAINLY AS YOU CONTINUE TO BRING US INTO THE INFORMATION UNFOLD AND REVOLUTION AND IMPLEMENTING NEW SYSTEMS, ETC., I FOUND YOU TO BE VERY OPEN TO RECEIVING THOSE FEEDBACKS AND CHALLENGING YOU KNOW SOME THOUGHTS IN THE PAST OF HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD AND GET BETTER AND THAT MAKES YOU AN EXCEPTIONAL LATER AND WE HAVE TO THAT GET BETTER AND ACCEPT THAT INFORMATION TAKE IT AND APPROPRIATELY BEGIN TO BRING THAT INTO THE FOLD IN YOUR LEADERSHIP. THAT IS WHAT I OBSERVED IN WORKING WITH YOU OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MANY MORE YEARS TAMPA I THINK I THINK THAT IN TODAY'S CLIMATE WHERE, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT IS A GREAT ENTITY TO WORK FOR AND SUPPORT.

IT IS ALWAYS CHALLENGED. YOU SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THE CREI CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT YOU WE GROW AND DEVELOP OUR CITY, A- YOUR RESPONSIBILITY WILL GET MUCH, MUCH LARGER, SIR. AS ALWAYS, I THINK LAST YEAR I SAID THIS TOO. MY -- MY CONCERN ALWAYS WILL BE IS WHO COMES AND MO ARE WE TRAINING TO GET NEXT.

THAT IS MY FEEDBACK AND HOW DO WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE TAT IS MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT. WITH THAT, LIKE FORWARD TO HELPING TO ADDRESS THAT AND WORK THROUGH IT BUT ALL IN ALL ABSOLUTELY PLEASED WITH HOW YOU ARE ADDRESSING ISSUES AND RUNNING IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER GAINES, YOU WANT TO GO NEXT?

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: YES, MADAM MAYOR, MR. MIHM, A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.

SIMILAR WITH MISS COX. WE GET OUT OF OUR MEETINGS WE MAY BUMP HEADS BUT WE COME OUT FIGHTING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF FORT PIERCE. MY GRANDFATHER USED TO TELL ME THAT -- YOU KNOW, DON'T TALK OF A MAN'S JOURNEY UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO WALK A DAY IN HIS SHOES.

AND YOU MAKE SOME OF THE HARD DECISIONS FOR THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT GET THE CREDIT FOR IT SITTING UP HERE BECAUSE YOU BRING IT TO US. YOU BRING IT US TO AFTER YOU ALREADY MADE THE HARD DECISIONS AND ASKING US TO SAY YAY OR NAY.

YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE BATTLE. AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GO TO MIAMI TO SEE BRIGHTLINE. TO GO TO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY TO SET UP A MEETING WITH US TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO DO MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF FORT PIERCE.

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SOMETIMES THEY SEE MANAGER AND THEY UNDERSTAND ALL THE AREAS THAT YOU CONTROL. I KNOW PERSONALLY THAT I CAN CALL OR SEND A TEXT AND SAY, HEY.

MAY, NICK, DRIVING THROUGH FORT PIERCE, I SAW A SIGN HANGING DOWN ON 25TH AND AVENUE I. YOU IMMEDIATE LEAD RESPONDED AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS YOU SAY, HEY, IT HAS BEEN FIXED.

SAME LITTLE ISSUES LIKE THAT. NOT ONLY ARE YOU BUSY MAINTAINING AND KEEPING US ALL TOGETHER.

YOU ARE ACCESSIBLE TO LITTLE THINGS AS A ROAD SIGN THAT SOME RESIDENTS MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT OR A NEIGHBOR WHO HAS A TREE.

REMEMBER THAT CALL? REMEMBER THAT CALL? HAS A TREE THAT WAS GROWING ON HER PROPERTY AND ON HER PROPERTY AND YOU TOOK TIME WITH MYSELF TO FIGURE OUT -- REMEMBER THAT CALL. TO GO OUT AND BASICALLY TELL -- TELL THE RESIDENT. OKAY.

THIS IS NOT REALLY A CITY ISSUE. NOT REALLY A CITY ISSUE AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO. I THINK WE DID WHATEVER.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THAT MEANT NOT ONLY TO THAT ONE RESIDENT THAT MADE THAT CALL, BUT ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA SAW THAT THE CITY DOES CARE AND I SAY, OKAY, LET ME CALL NICK, AND LET ME E-MAIL NICK AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

THAT MATTERS SO IN-HOUSE WHAT YOU DO PEOPLE DON'T SEE, IT MATTERS. THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE HOW YOUR CITY MANAGER WORKS.

IN AUGUST, WHEN THE FIRE HAWKS START UP, YOUR CITY MANAGER IS -- IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND PART ONE OF FOOTBALL.

IT IS STILL PART ONE, RIGHT. -- POP WARNER FOOTBALL.

RIGHT? POP WARNER FOOTBALL.

SO MANY LEAGUES. THE SEASON -- THE DAY STARTS PROBABLY AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING. POP WARNER FOOTBALL.

AND THE LAST GAME STARTS PROBABLY 6:00, 7:00 AT NIGHT.

AND NICK IS THERE. WHEN THE FIRST PARENTS START ARRIVING AND DROPPING OFF THEIR BABIES TO PLAY FOOTBALL OR WHATEVER, EVERYTHING IS SET UP. HE'S THERE.

AFTER WORKING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DOING EVERYTHING HE DOES IN THE CITY AND NOT ONLY DO WE SEE HIM IN FORT PIERCE WHEN WE HAVE A GAME, IF YOU EVER GO OUTSIDE AND TRAVEL AND FOLLOW THE TEAM, HE IS THERE. WORKING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND EVERYTHING WE DEAL WITH TO GET UP TO 5 OR 6:00 ON A SATURDAY MORNING TO DEAL WITH SOME PARENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE MAD THAT THE REFEREE DIDN'T CALL RIGHT OR THE UNIFORMS DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT. OR THE HOT DOGS DON'T TASTE RIGHT. FOR HIM -- FOR HIM TO SIT BACK AND NOT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLODE AFTER BEING THROUGH A WHOLE WEEK AND DEAL WITH EVERYBODY, YOU SEE WHAT WE HAVE AS A CITY MANAGER.

AND -- AND THE KIDS SEE IT. AND THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT GAME IT WAS.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AGAINST RIVERA, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW NICK STILL HAD THEM LINEBACKER MOVES IN HIM, BECAUSE WE WERE ALL SITTING DOWN. IT WAS -- IT IS TRUE.

WE WERE ALL SITTING DOWN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A LATE HIT OR SOMETHING BY RIVERA OR SOMETHING.

BUT BEFORE I KNEW IT, NICK WAS OVER THE GATE.

I WAS OVER THE GATE. AND I LOOKED AROUND TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, THERE IS NOT MY TEAM I AM COACHING.

LET ME GET BACK OVER AGAIN. I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST NICK GOT FROM HIS SEAT OVER THE GATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE POSITIVE SPIN THAT HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO PUT IN THAT PROGRAM

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I KNOW THE ENERGY YOU DO HERE. LOVE YOU ARE DOING, BROTHER.

LOVE YOUR STAFF AND KEEP MOVING FORT PIERCE TO A BETTER PLACE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU, SIR. COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: IT IS.

YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. IT IS ABOUT PASSION.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION EVERY DAY FOR THE CITY, THE DES DENTS AND THE BETTERMENT OF PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

THAT IS VERY EVIDENT. I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT.

AND -- IT IS OKAY TO BE EXCITED FROM THE -- FROM PRESIDENT POSITIVE SIDE. SOMETIMES IT COMES OUT NEGATIVE TOO. THAT IS ALL RIGHT.

BUT THE REASON IS, I AM TALK BEING THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT THE WORDS HAVE BEEN SAID, AND ALSO, BECAUSE OF -- AGAIN, I WILL STAY WITH THE THEME OF LEADERSHIP. AND YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS. YOU ARE ABLE TO REACT TO SITUATIONSES IN A POSITIVE MANNER OR IN A IN A MANUELER TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE COULD BE PERSONNEL ISSUES AND ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS OF BEING A LEADER IS ADDRESSING PERSONNEL ISSUES.

BUT YOU HAVE A TEAM OF HUNDRED OF NEXT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND 48,000 THAT WE ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE TO.

I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT AND THE STYLE OF LEADERSHIP THAT YOU BR BRING.

THE HARDEST PART AND I AM WATCHING MY PARENTS TRANSITION -- OR IN THEIR MINDS TRANSITIONING INTO ONE DAY RETIRING AND LEARNING A LOT FROM THAT.

AND I AM GOING TO PRESSURE YOU WHAT COMMISSIONER C. JOHNSON IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT FOR THIS CITY AND ITS IT LEADERSHIP POSITION. SO I KNOW YOU ARE THINKING OF IT. I WATCHED MY FATHER NOT THINK ABOUT IT. AND SHARING THAT IT IS EASIER TO NOT THINK ABOUT IT THAN IT IS TO THINK ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE WHEN IT IS TIME TO MAKE THAT MOVE.

YOU ARE LIKE, OH, WELL, IT JUST -- YOU GUYS HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS. HE ALREADY TOLD ME THAT JUST SO YOU KNOW. WHEN HE RETIRED AS A COP, YOU

HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. >>MAYOR HUDSON: AND HE IS RIGHT.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: SO -- SO -- SO -- THAT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK A FEW OF US NOW ARE THINKING ABOUT.

AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT OFF LINE WHETHER -- WHERE YOU ARE AT OR THINKING ABOUT THAT. BUT, IT'S THE NEXT MOVES FOR US AS A CITY THAT WE SHOULD BE IN TUNE WITH BECAUSE IF WE BLANK, IT IS GOING TO BE 20 OR WHATEVER YEAR THAT YOU PUT DOWN ON PAPER.

BUT I KNOW IT IS ABOUT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.

A LITTLE LESS THAN -- THAT IS COMING QUICKLY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT. THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS A PHENOMENAL PROCESS FOR US TO BE A PART OF AND ALSO TO SHARE JUST LIKE THE MAYOR WAS TALK ABOUT. BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN TO SHARE IDEAS, VISIONS, POSITIVE NEWS AND INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC THAN TAKING THAT PLAN AND JUST MAKING IT COME TO LIFE. SO -- SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO LEAD US DOWN THAT PATH EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

I ACTUALLY LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE I LIKE TO HAVE THE PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.

AND THOSE -- THOSE MONTHLY UPDATES, WEEKLY UPDATES.

HOW EVER OFTEN WE UPDATE EACH OTHER ON THE PLAN IS VERY ENCOURAGING. EVEN THROUGHOUT TRIERS AND TRIBULATIONS, THAT DOCUMENT ALONE OR THAT PROCESS IS VERY UPLIFTING. SO IF NO ONE HAS TOLD THAT YOU IS PROBABLY A DIFFERENT DESCRIPTION THAN ANYONE EVER DESCRIBED AS STRATEGIC PLAN. BUT I CONSIDER IT TO BE UPLIFTING BECAUSE IT IS A VISION.

SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR CONTINUED RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS COMMISSION AND SHARING ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT COME

THROUGHOUT THIS CITY. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU.

MR. MIMMS, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?

>>NICHOLAS MIMMS: ABSOLUTELY. [LAUGHTER] YES, I -- I WILL SAY THIS. YOU HEARD IT TODAY.

AND I AM GOING TO SAY THIS TO YOU ALL.

PERFORMANCE REFLECTS LEADERSHIP. HAVING A FUNCTIONAL CITY COMMISSION, ONE THAT WORKS TOGETHER.

YOU INSPIRE YOUR CHARTER OFFICERS.

AND YOU INSPIRE YOUR STAFF TO DO GREAT THINGS.

I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY THIS. I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST WORK FORCE THAT HAS EVER BEEN ASSEMBLED HERE IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FOLKS WANT TO BE A PART OF. HAND THIS STARTS WITH YOU ALL.

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I THINK THAT YOU WILL HAVE SKILLED, TRAINED AND WONDERFUL PROFESSIONALS THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION.

AND JUST SPEAKING ON TRAINING AND, YOU KNOW, MY EVENTUAL EXIT.

OH, YEAH, I AM LEAVING, BUT I AM NOT LEAVING IMMEDIATELY.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: NO. THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.

SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW? >>NICHOLAS MIMMS: NO, ABSOLUTELY. I AM NOT LEAVING YET.

I REACHED A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE.

I LOVE THIS CITY. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.

I LOVE THIS ORGANIZATION, BUT SUCCESSION PLANNING IS A STRAJ TJIC INITIATIVE OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, MYSELF, THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE WHO ALSO CAME A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE ME IS LEAVING. DEAN KUPECHECK AND CHIEF BERNIE, WE ARE ALL IN THE MIDST OF SUCCESSION PLANNING AND ALL ABOUT PREPARATION. PREPARATION AND EDUCATION.

WE DO NOT SELECT THE FUTURE. WE PREPARE THE CANDIDATES FOR THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, THE SELECTION IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU. SO YOU HAVE FUN WITH IT, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE SHALL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND DO WHAT WE DO.

[i. Annual evaluation of Tanya Earley, City Attorney]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU.

>> THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S EVALUATION.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: WHILE I LOVE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND SHE IS LEAVING. SO, THEREFORE, DITTO.

AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH SARAH.

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: MADAM MAYOR, DITTO ON THAT AND CONGRATULATION MISS EARLEY ON THAT NEXT ENDEAVOR.

>> OH, WE HAVE COMMENTS -- DIDN'T GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: I DIDN'T EITHER. YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING MISS E

ARLEY. >> NO, MA'AM, THANK YOU.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: THIS A LONG GOODBYE.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: MADAM ATTORNEY, I WILL BE GOOD.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: OH, YEAH, FOR AT THAT WHILE.

>> ARE WE READY TO GO. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[6. City Commission Boards and Committees Updates]

SEEING NO ONE, WE WILL MOVE ON. >> CITY COMMISSION BOARD AND

COMMITTEE UPDATES. >>MAYOR HUDSON: WHO WANTS TO START? DO YOU WANT TO?

>>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: I HAVE THE TREASURE COAST PLANNING COUNCIL. I MISSED THE TPO LAST WEEK.

NOT MUCH ON THE AGENDA. I GLANCE IT IN MORNING.

CONSENT IS THE MAIN THING. AND GEE -- OH, I DID GET A MEETING WITH THE NEW SEAPORT DIRECTOR.

JOSH. I HAVE NOT MET HIM, BUT I DO HAVE SOMETHING THERE. AND MY WHOLE -- THE WHOLE THING IS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE MEETING WITH THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T MET

IN A YEAR. >>MAYOR HUDSON: YOU ARE ON THAT

COMMITTEE? >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: I AM ON THAT ONE. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO REPORT.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: WHO WANTS TO GO NEXT.

COMMISSIONER GAINES GAINES? >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I WILL GO. TREASURE COAST COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. WE MET LAST WEEK.

WE HAD AN UPDATE -- LIKE WE DID THE LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS AND BILLS AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT WAS PASSED.

WE SAT THROUGH IT AGAIN WHICH IS FINE.

ASKING ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES. WE ARE HOSTING THE -- THE JOINT BARBECUE BETWEEN THE TREASURE COAST COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE TREASURE COAST OF CITY.

BARBECUE HOSTED BY THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE WEDNESDAY JULY 19.

I WILL NOT BE HERE. >>MAYOR HUDSON: I WON'T EITHER.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THOSE WANT TO GET GOOD BARBECUE.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: WE ARE ALL INVITED.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: MAKES SURE YOU REGISTER NO LATER THAN

JULY 13. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THEY USUALLY

HAVE A WONDERFUL SPEAKER. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: SPEAKER.

HOLD ON -- I CAN TELL YOU WHO THE SPEAKER IS.

THE SPEAKE IS BRAD FOREST, CATTLE RANCHER, ARTIST, AUTHOR, POET AND OWNER OF COW HUNTERS UNLIMITED.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: BRAD FARIS.

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: THAT IS WHO GOING TO BE THE SPEAKER.

AS THE CHAIRMAN SAID, THE CHOICES ARE PRIME RIB OR CHICKEN. IF YOU ARE A VEGETARIAN, MIGHT

NOT BE THE PLACE FOR YOU. >>MAYOR HUDSON: DON'T BLAME ME.

THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I AM USING HIS WORDS. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO, GO.

LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET. WE DID NOT MEET.

COUNCIL OF AGING. WE MET.

WE ARE STILL DISCUSSING TRYING TO FIND FUNDING FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. THE RETIREMENT BOARD, WE MET, BUT WE ARE NOT MEETING THIS MONTH.

WE WENT OVER OUR -- OUR RETIREMENT -- MONIES ARE SAFE

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A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FIVE. WE ARE 7.5.

WE ARE HAPPY. THEY TRIED TO PERSUADE US TO LOOK AT SOME DIFFERENT TYPE OF INVESTMENTS, BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. I GO TO THE -- TO THE MEETING ON THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. AND SEE WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON -- THE OTHER COMMUNITIES GOING ON. THE COUNTIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE. WE ARE PLANNING TO -- WHAT IS THAT? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE.

BUT THE -- THE VETERANS VILLAGE. THE VETERANS VILLAGE.

SOMEBODY WILL COME TALK ABOUT IT.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: DID IF GET FUNDED?

>>COMMISSIONER GAINES: WE -- SOMEWHAT, MADAM MAYOR.

SOMEWHAT. >>MAYOR HUDSON: SOMETHING

HAPPENED. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: SOMETHING HAPPENED. THEY WILL COME IN FRONT OF US.

I WILL LET THEM COME IN FRONT OF US.

I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THEIR JOY. SO OUR -- OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WE MET LAST WEEK.

WE ARE PREPARING -- THEY ARE PREPARING TO HAVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY IN TIME THAT WE ASKED THEM TO BE.

SO WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS AND WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO WRITING DOWN THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT MEETING.

I TOLD THEM THAT I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WHERE -- RIGHT NOW RECOMMENDATIONS ESPECIALLY IF I AM GOING TO SIT ON THIS SIDE OF THE BOARD VOTING YES OR NO ABOUT THEM.

THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT BUT I HAVE BEEN GIVING THEM BITS AND PIECES OF WHAT I THINK THAT WE WANT TO SEE WITH MY HEAD ON THIS SIDE OF THE BOARD. I HOPE THEY LISTEN TO ME BECAUSE I KIND OF KNOW HOW WE THINK AND OPERATE.

SO I AM KIND OF DRIVING THEM THAT WAY.

THEY HAVE GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS AND I THINK YOU GUYS WILL BE VERY PLEASED WHEN THEY ARE BRINGING THEIR PRESENTATION TO US. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE VERY PLEASED OF THE STUDY AND THE DEPTH THEY HAVE GONE INTO TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

WITH THAT I DON'T THINK I MISSED ANYTHING.

IF I DID, COMMITTEE, I WILL GET IT NEXT TIME.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. >>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER J.

JOHN ON. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: I HAVE NO UPDATES. I HAVE ONE QUESTION -- I FOR2K3W09 WHAT IT WAS. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT -- WHAT

IS THE ONE BEFORE THE LAST ONE? >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I AM ON

TWO. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THE VETERANS

HOUSING. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: I WILL SAY THIS. ONE ON OLEANDER AVENUE.

DO WE KNOW IN LIEU OF THE COUNTY.

THE PARCEL THAT THEY ARE REFERRING TO IS NOT IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. AND IF WE ARE TO ANNEX AND PROVIDE WATER SERVICES. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO JOINTLY PARTNER WITH THEM SOMEHOW THE PAR SELF-THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS COMPOUND, A .98 ACRE PIECE IN CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND VETERANS VILLAGE TO THE SOUTH OF THAT.

THROUGH THE RAILROAD AREA. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR A REASON TO ANNEX IT.

IF THERE IS MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTNERING AND FUNDING TO MUNICIPALITIES OVER COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT BUT MAY BE SOMETHING TO INVESTIGATE AND ASK

ABOUT. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, I WILL BRING THAT UP AND HAVE THEM COME

IN AND SAY. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: IF ANYTHING AT THE END OF THE DAY TO ANNEX IT SOONER INSTEAD OF LATER BECAUSE OF THE 25% SURCHARGE.

THAT NAY BE A REASON TO HELP OUT WITH THE FUNDING PROCESS.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: ABSOLUTELY. >>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON:

BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS. >>COMMISSIONER GAINES: I WILL BRING THAT UP NEXT MEETING. MARY OKAY, I THINK I WILL JUST HAVE THREE THINGS. FORT PIERCE UTILITY AUTHORITY IS GOING TO HAVE MORE AGGRESSIVE POLICY TO LOWER THE PCA.

SO IT -- WE VOTED -- MINE IS $10 FOR JULY.

AND IT WILL BE ANOTHER MINUS $10 IN JULY IF ALL THE NUMBERS HOLD.

TOO KEEP IT DOWN FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS.

AND THEN I -- THEY ALSO ARE GETTING READY FOR -- FOR STORM SEASON. AND -- AND -- SO THAT IS FPUA FOR FMIT, THE FLORIDA MUNICIPAL INSURANCE TRUST.

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WE APPROVED THE RATES. AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE -- THERE IS GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN OUR INSURANCE. AND IT IS FOR THREE REASONS.

AND THE NUMBER OF STORMS, THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE STORMS. THE FACT THAT VALUATIONS HAVEN'T KEPT UP WITH THE INSURANCE CHARGED AND ALSO THAT THE -- THAT THE -- THAT THERE ARE MANY ABANDONED BUILDINGS IN SOME CITIES AND THEY CREATE MORE -- MORE COST. SO THEY WILL BE -- THE FMIT WILL BE GOING IN THE NEXT YEAR IN 2024-'25.

AND -- AND GOING TO EACH CITY AND MAKING THE VALUE ADJUSTMENTS. EVALUATING.

SO -- ALL -- AND ALSO, CONSTRUCTION PRICES ARE SO AS MUCH MORE. TO REPLACE, FOR INSTANCE -- FOR INSTANCE, TO REPLACE THIS BUILDING IS SO MUCH MORE.

AND IF WE WENT TO ANOTHER INSURANCE COMPANY, IT WOULD BE THE SAME -- THE SAME. THE WHOLE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IS FEELING THE PINCH. THE LAST.

>> THE TREASURE COAST LEAGUE OF CITIES.

I AM ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.

AND WE MET AND FIVE CANDIDATES FOR SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.

AND IT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY HOTLY CONTESTED.

THAT WILL BE MEETING IN -- AT THE AUGUST CONFERENCE.

SO -- AND IN CHOOSING THAT SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, JOLENE CARBALLO, PORT ST. LUCIE COUNCILWOMAN IS NOW THE PRESIDENT AND WILL GO INTO IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT.

THE CONFERENCE IS OPEN NOW. IF ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO GO TO THAT CONFERENCE, IT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO GET ROOMS, BECAUSE I HEAR THAT ROOMS WILL BE AT PREMIUM.

>> I NEED TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET A ROOM WITHOUT A REGISTRATION PAID. SO I KNOW --

>>MAYOR HUDSON: BONNET CREEK IN ORLANDO.

IT IS IN THE ORLANDO AREA. IT IS -- IS IT A MARRIOTT OR A

HILTON? >> COMMISSIONER GAINESVILLE WOULD LIKE TO GO. COMMISSIONER.

>>COMMISSIONER J. JOHNSON: WHAT IS THE DATE?

>>MAYOR: AUGUST 12-14. >> IF YOU LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE

NEED TO GET IT DONE RIGHT AWAY. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON: YOU HAVE THE NAMES. CAN YOU DISCLOSE THOSE NAMES.

>>MAYOR HUDSON: I CAN, BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN REMEMBER THEIR

CITIES. >>COMMISSIONER CURTIS JOHNSON:

THAT'S ALL RIGHT, THE NAMES. >>MAYOR HUDSON: ONE FROM CORAL SPRINGS. JOSHUA SIMMONS.

FROM CAPE CORAL JAMES GUNTER. FROM SANIBEL, HOLLY SMITH.

CRESTVIEW, J.W.B. WHITEN AND FROM OLDSMAR, DAVE SARAPE.

I THINK OLDSMAR IS BROWARD. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

UNLESS THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE AND WE HAD A LONG MEETING. SOME THANK

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