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

MOTION AN A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL.

>> ROLL ROLL. NEXT WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, COME FORWARD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

ON ANY TOPIC ON THE AGO I SEE NO MOVEMENT, SO, WE'LL MOVE ON.

>> NEXT WE HAVE TCONSENT AGEND. >> MAYOR HUDSON: IS THERE AN

ITEM TO BE APPROVAL? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THERE'S A

[a. Approval of the proposed FY2024 FPRA Operating Budget]

MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL.

>> ROLL ROLL. >> MAYOR HUDSON: YES, MA'AM.

>> UNDER NEW BUSINESS WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE FY 2024 FPRA

OPERATING BUDGET. >> MAYOR HUDSON: MR. MIMES?

>> MADAM CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WE HAVE OUR SECRETARY TREASURE, AND SHE'LL GIVE US A BELIEVE OVERVIEW FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FPRA 2024 OPERATING BUDGET.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: MS. MORRIS? >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. LET ME GET INTO THE COMPUTER. I'LL DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET FOR OUR FPRA. WE ARE PROPOSING A BALANCED BUDGET OF $12,214,417. AND THAT IS A $2 MILLION INCREASE FROM THIS FISCAL YEAR. YOU'LL SEE THE VERY FIRST NOTE, OUR AD VALOREM TAX IS $11.9 MILLION THIS YEAR.

AND THAT'S A $2.8 MILLION INCREASE FROM THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. SO, THAT IS THE MAJOR INCREASE IN OUR REVENUE.

WE DO SEE SOME INCREASES IN THE EXPENSES AS WELL. THERE'S $100,000 INCREASE IN THE INSURANCE COST. BECAUSE OF THAT SAME AS I PRESENTED IN GENERAL, THAT SAME INSURANCE INCREASE THAT WE'RE SEEING IN GENERAL AS WELL IS SEEN IN THE FPRA. AND AS A RESULT, THERE'S $100,000 INCREASE IN OUR INSURANCE COST.

WE STILL HAVE THE $350,000 ALLOCATED FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. THERE IS THE $500,000 TRANSFER TO SUNRISE THEATER, THAT'S THE $50,000 INCREASE AND THE DIRECTOR, SHARON WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT A REPORT TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS FINANCIALLY. BUT, I WILL JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW, THEY'RE DOING QUITE WELL. THE GRANTS HAVE HELPED WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL AS THE OPERATING COST AND SO, THEY DO HAVE POSITIVE OF COURSE CURRENTLY. AND, WE ARE INCREASING THE TRANSFER TO GENERAL FOR $1 MILLION THIS FISCAL YEAR AND AS A RESULT, ONCE WE DO THIS MILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER, THIS YEAR, THE REMAINING BOL BALANCE ON THE BOOKS OWED BY FPRA, IS $5.6 MILLION. AND THAT IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE FPRA. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> MAYOR HUDSON: IT LOOKS TO ME IS IT ABOUT $4 MILLION THAT WE STILL HAVE IN DEBT COMING FROM THE FPRA? IS THAT ABOUT

RIGHT? >>

>>> YES. THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT. >> MAYOR HUDSON: AND THE LEASE REVENUE, IS THAT FROM OUR, COBS LANDING AND LITTLE GYM, AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER LEASE REVENUE?

>> NO, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE FPRA.

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>> MAYOR HUDSON: LITTLE GYM. OH, LILITTLE GYM IS NOT IN THE

AREA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> IN THE EVENT THAT THE FPRA DECIDED TO LIQUIDATE ASSETS, WHAT, YOU KNOW, LAND ASSETS ET CETERA, IS THERE MECHANISM IN PLACE THAT THIS BOARD HAS THE CAPACITY TO DETERMINE WHERE THOSE FUNDS GO TO? AND LET ME QUALIFY THAT SAYING LET'S SAY WE SOLD A PROPERTY FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLAR, WE WANTED TO, I'M NOT A BIG DEBT PERSON AND I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR'S THE SAME IN THAT REGARD. IF WE LIQUIDATED THE ASSETS, COULD WE USE THAT MONEY TO PAY DOWN DEBT.

>> CURRENTLY WHAT WE'VE DONE AND THE BOARD HAS PUT THIS IN PLACE, THAT MONEY'S RESTRICTED, WE HAVE MONEY FROM PRIOR LIQUIDATED ASSETS FOR THAT FUND. RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF OUR DEBT WE CAN NOT PAY DOWN EARLY. SO, WE KEEP THE MONEY IN THE FUND TO BE UTILIZED FOR THAT PURPOSE. AND IT CAN BE ONLY BE USED BY A MAJORITY VOTE TO BE UTILIZED ANY OTHER WAY.

>> SO, THERE'S MONEY SITTING IN THAT FUND, THAT'S MONEY OWED TO

THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND? >> IT'S NOT OWED TO THE GENERAL FUND -- WE CAN, WELL, THE FUND OWES $5.4 MILLION TO GENERAL.

WE HAVE IT IN A RESTRITED FUND AND IT CANNOT BE UTILIZED. THE BOARD, ONCE WE SET THAT ACCOUNT UP, IT SAID THAT IT WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR FUTURE DEBT PURPOSES ONLY. MOST OF OUR DEBT INSTRUMENT, WE CAN'T, WITHOUT GETTING INTO.

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT INTERNAL DEBT IT'S FPRA VERSUS THE CITY.

>> IT CAN BE UTILIZED. YEAH, YOU ALL CAN SAY, IF YOU WANTED TO GET THIS $5.4 MILLION OFF OF GENERAL'S BOOKS AND YOU KNOW, BE CLEAN, SURE, IF THERE'S EVER ENOUGH TO DO THAT, YOU CAN DO

THAT. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT

THE AVAILABLE FUNDS ARE IN THAT. >> I DON'T RIGHT OFF THE TOP.

>> I KNOW IT'S COMING OUT OF LEFT FIELD, BUT, DOES THE CITY, DOES THE CITY CHARGE THE FPRA AN INTEREST?

>> NO, WE DON'T. >> NO, WE DON'T.

>> . [LAUGHTER]

>> WHAT'S WRONG WITH 24%? >> [LAUGHTER] .

>> THE OTHER YOU TONIGHT? >> I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN THAT FUND AND YOU KNOW IN THE FUTURE IF YOU COULD GET THAT INFORMATION FOR ME, FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION.

AND THAT DIALS INTO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CITY BUDGET, THE ENTIRE DEBT STRUCTURE WITH TERM AND RATES AND ALL OF THAT, A SNAPSHOT VIEW OF ALL THAT I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO EVERYBODY TO DETERMINE WHAT PRECISELY OUR DEBT LOAD IS AND WHAT OUR INTEREST RATES ARE IN TERM AND IT GIVES ME THE ABILITY TO BRACKET THAT DEBT BADGE. AND OF COURSE, FPRA IS PART OF THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF FPRA PAYS BACK THE CITY, THE CITY CAN USE THAT POTENTIALLY TO PAY DOWN SOME OF IT'S FLOATING DEBT, ET CETERA. THAT'S MY THOUGHT PROCESS ON IT.

>> YEAH. WE WERE HOPING -- WE RESTRICTED FOR THOSE PURPOSES BECAUSE A LOT OF THE WAY OUR DEBT WRITTEN, WE CAN'T DEFEES THEM EERARLY. WE RESTRICT THE MONEY TO BE USED FOR THOSE PURPOSES, HOWEVER, WE CANNOT PAY IT OFF EARLY.

>> GOT IT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR HUDSON: AND JUST SO THAT I REMEMBER, THE REASON THAT FPRA OWES MONEY TO THE CITY IS BECAUSE THE CITY HELPED PAY OFF FPRA DEBT?

>> RIGHT. >> MAYOR HUDSON: AM I

REMEMBERING THAT RIGHT. >> UP UNTIL ABOUT 13 GENERAL HAD TO PAY THE DEBT BECAUSE FPRA COULDN'T DURING THOSE TIMES.

SO, WE PAID UP TO THE TUNE OF $9 MILLION DEBT FOR THOSE YEARS.

>> I WOULD THINK IT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE A GOAL TO ELIMINATE THAT DEBT BACK TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. AND THEN, FACEBOOK IS DEBT NEUTRAL AND THE CITY'S BEEN REIMBURSED ALL OF IT'S OUTLET. SO, I SHARE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS. THAT'S AN END GOAL THAT I THINK IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN HEADING AND THIS IS A PRETTY HEALTHY FPRA BUDGET THIS YEAR. IT HASN'T BEEN THIS HEALTHY IN A LONG TIME. YES, SIR?

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON TOO. I BELIEVE OUR TRANSFER LAST YEAR AND THE PREVIOUS FEW YEARS HAS BEEN LESS

THAN THIS. >> RIGHT, WE'VE DONE 500, AND

THIS YEAR WAS $600,000. >> ND A WE WERE GOING TO DO A MILLION. BUT, HE ALSO HAD SOME ITEMS FALL OFF, LIKE, I THINK THAT WE HAD SOME GRANTS THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>> CORRECT. >> WHERE WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, CARRYING THOSE THREE YEARS AGAIN.

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>> THE COP'S GRANT. >> WE STILL HAVE THOSE POSITIONS, POSSIBLY, BUT, OUTSIDE OF THAT, I THINK IT WAS THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT CONTRIBUTED HERE.

>> AND BUILT INTO THE BUDGET IS $423,000 FOR THAT PURPOSES, THE OFFICERS ARE IN A RESTRICTED ACT.

>> WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAD BEFORE.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: DIFFERENT. >> SO, WE'RE FUNDING IT IN A

DIFFERENT WAY. >> RIGHT.

>> WHICH IS GOOD. AND, I THINK IN THE LAST, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, TOO, COMMISSIONER, I LIKE THE IDEA OF GETTING A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE DONE EVEN WHEN WE DO THE DEBT RESTRUCTURING WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR CITY BUDGET AND IN HERE, ALSO, WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD POSITION CARRYING THESE FUNDS FORWARD. I DON'T LIKE DEBT EITHER, AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT THE BALANCE OF HOW TO GROW THE DEVELOPMENT PART OF THIS ARM THAT WE SIT IN. I GET IT.

>> RIGHT. >> AND YOU KNOW, REALISTICALLY, WE'RE IN THE WAY OF A REAL ESTATE UPTICK. NOW'S THE TIME TO ELIMINATE DEBT. THAT UPTICK IS NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER.

THERE'LL BE DOWNWARD PRESSURE, SO, THE MORE OF THIS OUTSTANDING DEBT THAT WE CAN ELIMINATE CURRENTLY, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE OF THAT, AND IT PUTS US IN A STRONG POSITION, THEORETICALLY, WHEN THE MARKET ADJUSTS, IT PUTS THE FPRA IN A VERY ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION TO WORK TO ADVANTAGE THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN END GOAL TO DO THAT AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE. IF WE HAVE ASSETS WHICH ARE SITTING DORMANT, I WOULD PREFER TO SEE THEM APPLIED TO DEBT AND GET RID OF THE DEBT. THAT'S AN ANALYSIS FOR ANOTHER DAY, BUT, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD HEAD WITH IT.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, COMMISSIONER

GAINES? >> I'M JUST LOOKING DOWN AT THE

OTHER END. ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> MAYOR HUDSON: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MS. MORRIS? SO, DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR THIS

BUDGET? >> IT HAS TO BE APPROVED.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: SO, IS THERE SOMEONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE

A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> CHAIR, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE FY 2024 FPRA OPERATING BUDGET.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR HUDSON: MOTION AND A

SECOND, PLEASE CALL THEROLL. >> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK?

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER GAINES?

[b. Authorization of Expenditure of FPRA Funds for Jetty Park Police Detail in the estimated annual amount of $107,640.00.]

>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> WE HAVE THE EXPENDITURE OF THE FPRA FUNDS FOR THE JETTY PARK POLICE DETAIL IN THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $107,640.

>> MR. MIMES? >> MADAM CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT, THIS LITTLE FELLOW,

OFFICER FOZENELLA. >> WHAT IS IT TODAY?

>> I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM. >> HE WILL COME AND GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE JETTY POLICE DETAIL THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

WE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO FROM BUSINESS OWNERS AND THE JETTY AREA. WITH REGARD TO SOME, I GUESS, UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIORS, AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WE WANTED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF POLICE DETAIL THAT CAN LOOK AT JUST THE ACTUAL PUBLIC AREAS ONLY. SO, AT THIS TIME.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: OFFICER FAZEN DLSHGS ELLO. WELCOME.

>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. MIMMS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. AT THE REQUEST OF CITY MANAGER, WE DID EXPLORE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPLOYING AN OFF-DUTY DETAIL AT THE JETTY PARK. I'M THE DETAIL SUPERVISOR FOR ALL OFF-DUTY DETAILS. WHAT I DID WAS I GOT A CRIME ANALYSIS DONE FROM OUR CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BASED ON THE DATA THAT I RECEIVED FROM THEM, AS WELL AS THE CONCERNS WHICH WERE VOICED BY THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES OF THE JETTY PARK, WE PUT TOGETHER BASICALLY A JOB DESCRIPTION WHICH SHOULD BE COMING UP AROUND IN FRONT OF YOU ABOUT NOW. IN THAT CRIME ANALYSIS WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PEAK CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE, WHEN THE TIMES FOR THESE CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE. WHAT THESE CALLS FOR SERVICE ENTAILED. IN DOING SO, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER THE TIME FRAMES OF FRIDAY NIGHT FROM 7:00 P.M. TO 1:00 A.M. SATURDAY EVENINGS FROM 8:00 P.M. TO 2:00 A.M. AND SUNDAY EVENINGS FROM 6:00 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT. BY

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DOING THIS, WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAFELY ENJOY JETTY PARK. I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING THE FPRA DETAIL IN DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL, WHICH HAS, IN MY OPINION BEEN GOING VERY WELL. WE DO HAVE REPORTS FOR THE ACTIVITY THAT GOES DOWN THERE. AND IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO, HOW DO YOU SAY, UM, SHOW WHAT THE OFFICERS ARE ACTUALLY DETERRING AS WELL. JUST THEIR MERE PRESENCE ALONE, SO, EYE VISIBILITY AT JETTY PARK WILL GO

A LONG WAY. >> MAYOR HUDSON: I WANTED TO ASK AND IF SOMEBODY'S LISTENING TO THIS AND SOMEBODY ASKS US FOR DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS THE BEACH IN THE SPECIAL DETAIL. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO REPORT, THERE'S NO WAY TO GET A HOLD OF THE SPECIAL DETAIL, RIGHT? DO YOU JUST CALL 9-1-1? WHAT SHOULD A CITIZEN DO IF THEY WERE IN AN AREA LIKE THAT.

>> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR ASKING. IF A DOWNTOWN OFFICERS IS NOT WITHIN THEIR SIGHT IMMEDIATELY, THE ABSOLUTE BEST THING TO DO IS IS TO CONTACT 9-1-1. IMMEDIATELY THE DISPATCHERS WILL DISPATCH SERVICE MEN AND OVER THE RADIO, THE DETAIL OFFICERS WILL HEAR THAT CALL AND HEAD THERE AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THEY COULD HANDLE ON DETAIL, THEY WILL CERTAINLY

DO SO. >> WHAT IS THE COMPLIMENT OF

THE DETAIL, ONE OR TWO OFFICERS? >> IT'S TWO OFFICERS, THAT'S BASED ON THE FACT THAT WHENEVER WE DO HAVE SOME SORT OF DISTURBANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THE DISPATCH IS NORMAL PRACTICE IS TO SEND AN OFFICER KNOWN AS A BACKUP OFFICERS AND IN SOME CASES IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE THAT BACKUP OFFICER THERE, IF IT'S DETERMINED THEY'RE NOT NEEDED THEY WILL BREAK AND GO TO SOMETHING ELSE WHICH IS IN PROGRESS AT THE TIME. IT ALLOWS THE PRIMARY OFFICER TO ENGAGE AND FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUE AND CONCERN IS WHILE MAINTAINING THE PRESENCE OF THE PARK OR WHERE

THE INCIDENT IS TAKING PLACE. >> IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY CALL THAT COMES IN WHICH REQUIRES ADDITIONAL STAFFING VERSUS WHAT'S JUST IS ON SHIFT, THEY CAN BE CALLED OUT TO ASSIST WITH

THAT AS WELL? >> ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR. THEY CAN BE CALLED OFF BY THE SHIFT COMMANDER AND TOLD TO RESPOND TO THAT EMERGENCY RIGHT THEN AND THERE AT THAT MOMENT.

>> THANK YOU. >> NO PROBLEM.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IN THE REPORT IS THE REPORT ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN DETAIL. SO, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT DOWNTOWN, BUT, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME SPILLOVER ACTIVITY LIKE IN THE JC PARK, I'M ASSUMING IF SOMEBODY SEES SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY STILL CALL 9-1-1. IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE JETTY PARK DETAIL THAT LEAVES, OR A REGULAR CALL, I WOULD ASSUME, IS THAT

CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. AT ANY TIME THAT A COMMUNITY MEMBER SEES ANYTHING AT ALL, EVEN JUST A NOISE COMPLAINT FROM PEOPLE GATHERING AT A PARK THAT'S CLOSED AFTER DUSK, THEY WOULD CONTACT US AND WE WOULD GO OUT

AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION, I APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>>> MADAM CHAIR, BEING THAT THIS IS AN EXPENDITURE OF FPRA WE WOULD NEED YOUR APPROVAL WITH A MOTION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS INNOVATIVE POLICING STRATEGY.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: I HAVE ONE QUESTION, DID WE TALK ABOUT A

TIME FRAME? IS THIS OPEN-ENDED? >> WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ANNUAL BASIS, I BELIEVE IT'S THE FIRST WEEKEND IN OCTOBER.

>> IT'S SCHEDULED TO START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> SO, WE'LL DO THIS AN AN ANNUAL BASIS.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: AND WE WOULD EVALUATE IT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> MAYOR HUDSON: IS THERE A

MOTION. >> I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: IS THERE A SECOND.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR HUDSON: CALL THE

ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER GAINES?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON?

[c. Resolution 23-04 appointing Amanda Geller as Commissioner Broderick's appointee to the CRA Advisory Board.]

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> WE HAVE FPRA RESOLUTION 23-04 A RESOLUTION OF THE FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY A DEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT CERTIFYING THE AMOUNT OF MEMBERS OF THE FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS RESOLUTION WILL APPOINT MS. AMANDA GELLER HAS COMMISSIONER BRODERICK'S REPRESENTATIVE AS MR. KYLE KAUFMAN HAD TO RESIGN HIS SEAT TO COME WORK FOR THE

CITY OF FORT PIERCE. >> MAYOR HUDSON: IS THERE A

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MOTION. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR HUDSON: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL.

[d. CRA Advisory Committee Recommendations]

>> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> COMMISSIONER GAINES? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MAYOR HUDSON. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> WE HAVE THE BRAND NEW CRA ADVISORY CHAIR WILL PROVIDE THE

RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS BOARD. >> MAYOR HUDSON: WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU. I HOPE I DON'T MAKE A MESS OUT OF THIS. OKAY.

MADAM, MAYOR, CLERK, COMMISSIONERS, MR. MIMMS. PLEASURE TO BE HERE. WE WERE DISCUSSING AT THE CRA MEETINGS, AS EVERY MEETINGS, THE DISCUSSION IS COMING UP ABOUT PARKING IN THE SOUTH BEACH AREA. AND ALL OVER FORT PIERCE, IT'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE. I TOOK INITIATIVE BECAUSE I WAS READING THE REPORTS FROM FROM WALKER CONSULTANTS WHICH WAS DONE IN 2014 AND IS HIGHLIGHTING THREE SPECIFIC SPOTS FOR PARKING LOTS.

SO, I'M TRYING TO, THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX A BIT AND JUST GOING TO DIFFERENT PLACES, VACATIONS AND OTHER SPOT, AND JUST SEEING HOW THEY DO IT IN OUR TOWNSHIPS, OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE OUR'S, NOT THE HIGH DENSITIES LIKE LAUDERDALE AND PLACES LIKE THAT, I TOOK PICTURES IN THE KEYS, IN A SMALL COMMUNITY LIKE OUR'S, BEACH ORIENTED, A LITTLE BIT OF COMMERCIAL, AND THEY HAD GOOD PARKING SETUPS. SO, WHAT I DID WAS, I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF, UM, TO EMPLOY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND, FIRST SCREEN. WE TOOK THE OVERLAYS FROM THE SATELLITE MAPS AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE ON-STREET PARKING. BECAUSE, I BELIEVE THAT THE ON-STREET PARKING IS A SOLUTION TO PART OF OUR PROBLEMS, IT SOLVES A FEW PROBLEMS, IT SOLVES PARKING, IT SOLVES OUR DRAINAGE PROBLEM, IT SOLVES OUR MOBILITY PROBLEM WITH SIDEWALKS AND CURBS. AND I THINK IT WOULD REALLY IMPROVE THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE OF THE SOUTH BEACH AREA. I BELIEVE THERE'S A $3 MILLION PROJECT GOING ON IN AVENUE D,. THERE'S DOING A GREAT JOB BECAUSE THERE'S DRAINAGE, SIDEWALKS, CURBS, LIGHTING, AND TREE PLANTINGS, AND IT LOOKS FANTASTIC, AND I THINK IF WE DID THE SAME THING DOWN AT SOUTHSOUTH BEACH, YOU K WHEN IT RAINS HEAVILY, THE STREETS GET FLOODED, IF YOU LEAVE EARLY IN THE MORNING LIKE I DO, IT'S STILL DARK, PEOPLE ARE WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, ESPECIALLY IF IT RAINS, IT'S DANGEROUS, IF WE HAD CURBS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THESE ISSUES. PEOPLE GETTING AROUND IN A BABY CARRIAGE. GETTING TO THE BEACHES, GETTING TO THE COMMERCIAL AREA WHERE TACO DIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE FOR MOBILITY. SO, WHAT WE DID WAS I STARTED DOWN BY SEA WAY, AND BINNEY, AND MADE THE TURN ONTO SOUTH OCEAN AND I PLANNED ON DOING ALL THE WAY UP SEA WAY, UP BY THE PELICAN YACHT CLUB, BUT, IT GETS EXPENSIVE AND CUMBERSOME AND TAKES SOME TIME. BUT, GOING DOWN SOUTH OCEAN, GIVES YOU THE GIST OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO. WHAT WE DID WAS TOOK AN OVERLAY, AND THEY DID A NICE JOB ON, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET TO THE PROPER PICTURE HERE, YEAH, THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE PIECE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THIS GIVES YOU A GOOD BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF PART OF THE INLET PARK. IT GETS YOU HERNANDO AND BINNEY, AND I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY ON-STREET P AND HERNANDO ON THAT PARTICULAR CORNER AND I THINK THAT WORKS GREAT, THERE ARE SIX OR SEVEN PARKING SPOTS THERE. THEY'RE NICE AND WIDE, THE STREET IS WIDE. AND IF WE CONTINUE THAT TO THE SOUTHSIDE OF BINNEY AND WORKED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SOUTH OCEAN AND IMPROVE THE WALKWAYS.

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I WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST ENOUGH FOOD FOR THOUGHT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH. AND WE ACTUALLY TOOK THIS CONCEPT AND WE WENT ALL THE WAY TOLL GULF STREAM. WE HAD SOME SPOTS THERE AND WE ADDRESSED THAT. NEXT TO ARCHIE'S AND THE BEACH CLUB I'M SHARP THEY WOULD BE HAPPY GETTING HER RIGHT-OF-WAYS IMPROVED. AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GHOST BUILDING, THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. JUST ROUGHLY SPEAKING, ON THOSE PARTICULAR BLOCK FROM BINNEY TO GULF STREAM IT'S 69 PARKING SPACES THAT WE CREATED. AGAIN, NOT ONLY IS IT PARKING, IT'S DRAINAGE, IT'S SIDEWALKS, IT'S CURBS, STREET LIGHTING SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T WALKING IN THE DARK. AND, I THINK, BESIDE THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND DRAINAGE, THE PROPERTY VALUE IN THE AREA WILL GO UP. YOU IMPROVE IN FRONT OF THEIR STREET, SAME CONCEPT AS WE HAD WITH THE OTHER PROJECTS, AVENUE D, AND SOUTH 8TH STREET. YOU IMPROVE THE STREET AND DO THE STREETSCAPE, THE GUY IS LIKE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WANT TO PAINT MY HOUSE OR NEW GARAGE DOORS, I THINK IT JUST BEAUTIFIES THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT HAPPENS BY ATTRITION. SO, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THE CRA WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO EXPLORE THIS A LITTLE FURTHER. WE WOULD LIKE TO, NOT JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT, WE REALLY LIKE TO SET IT IN MOTION, BECAUSE, I THINK IT'S A POSITIVE THING. AND I THINK WE'RE ALREADY UTILIZING IN OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY. AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD UTILIZE IT IN SOUTH BEACH. I THINK WE'RE BEING, NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE BEING SKIPPED OVER, BUT, I THINK PEOPLE LIKE THE WAY THINGS ARE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE, TAKE MY CORAL SANDS PROJECT, I'M PUTTING IN 600 LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK, CURB, AND DRAINAGE, I JUST PUT A $60,000 BASIN LAST WEEK. AND I'M THE FIRST ONE TO SAY, THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. I LIKE THE SIDEWALKS, I LIKE THE CURBS, I WANT DRAINAGE AND LIGHTING AND PLANTING AND STREETSCAPES. BUT, IF WE TOOK THAT CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPERS DO AND EXPAND IT INTO THE ENTIRE BEACH AREA, I THINK IT SOLVES A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS. AND I THINK THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE HAPPY WITH IT. AND AGAIN, WE'RE THOUGHT TALKING ABOUT BUILDING FOUR-STORY, CONCRETE PARKING GARAGES THAT COST $8 MILLION THAT WILL TAKE 22 YEARS, I THINKTY FIGURED IT OUT, YOU KNOW, $8 MILLION PARKING GARAGE 50% CAPACITY, IT WOULD TAKE US ABOUT 22 YEARS TO PAY IT BACK AND WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT AND POLICE IT. THINGS WILL ARISE, LIKE, THE OFFICER JUST, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND WE HAVE TO PUT EXTRA POLICE ON, EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY. AND THERE'S ALSO REVENUE WHICH IS LOST WITH WE PAY PARKING LOTS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT DEVELOPED, NOBODY'S PAYING REAL ESTATE ON IT. THE INSURANCE HAS GONE UP. AND NOBODY HAS TO TELL ME ABOUT THAT, MY BUILDER'S RISK IS GOING THROUGH THE ROOF. I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR US TO ADDRESS IT, I THINK THE CITIZENS IN THE BEACH AREA WOULD BE HAPPY WITH IT. AND CRA WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS IN MOTION AND GET IT STARTED. AND I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO INVEST AS MUCH AS TIME AS I NEED TO TO SPEARHEAD IT. AND USE MY KNOWLEDGE TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: INTERESTING CONCEPT. QUESTIONS OR

CONVERSATION? >> I'LL START, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, SO, BASICALLY, 70 SPOTS, RIGHT? THAT WE WOULD GAIN FROM THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT OF IT, RIGHT? ANY CONVERSATION AS FAR AS METERED PARKING IN THESE SPACES TO CREATE TURNOVER, BECAUSE, I SEE GREAT STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE PARKING ACCESS TO THE BEACH AREA ENCLAVES ET CETERA, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT METERING SPACES.

>> I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR QUESTION.

>> METERING, PUTTING IN PAID PARKING SPACES, A SPACE THAT YOU COULD GET FOR, I DON'T KNOW, HOWEVER LONG YOU WANT TO PAY FOR

YOUR CAR TO BE THERE. >> IF WE IMPROVED OUR RIGHTS OF WAYS. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION, CORRECTLY, YOU CAN PUT IN PARKING METERS. ONE BLOCK WEST OF SOUTH OCEAN AND

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ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF BINNEY. YOU COULD PUT IN PARKING METERS THERE. YOU KNOW, NOTHING, NOTHING IS FOR FREE ANYMORE. IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T PUT THE QUARTER IN THE METER, IT COMES OUT OF THE TAXPAYER'S POCKET. SO, I KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS EVERYTHING FOR FREE, BUT, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY FOR IT. SO, OUR REAL ESTATE TAXES WILL GO UP BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTS TO PARK FOR FREE. AND THAT'S NOT FAIR EITHER. I DON'T THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR SOMEBODY TO TAKE OUT THEIR CREDIT CARD AND PUT THREE DOLLARS IN THE METER TO GO TO THE BEACH. IT'S A PART OF LIFE, WE RARELY GET ANYTHING FOR FREE.

AND THAT'S OKAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TRAFFIC WE HAVE COMING DOWN FROM OTHER COMMUNITY THAT IS GO TO THIS BEACH. I DON'T THINK IT'S A LOT. I LIVE RIGHT BY FERNANDINA AND ST. LUCIE PARK. I KNOW THE PARKING THAT PUT UP IS PRETTY FULL. TO ME, AS A CITIZEN, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE IF THEY WANTED TO GO TO THE BEACH WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM PUTTING IN THREE OR FOUR DOLLARS IN A METER. I DO SEE IT IN THE INLET PARK, PEOPLE PARK THERE FROM 6:00 A.M. UNTIL THEY'RE THROWN OUT AT 6:00 P.M. THAT'S

NOT FAIR EITHER. >> THE PARKING THAT YOU HAVE DESIGNED ON THE SCREEN IT'S NOT ANGLED, IT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD CALL, HORIZONTAL, IT'S PARALLEL PARKING?

>> RIGHT. >> OKAY. I WANTED TO BE SURE.

>> THERE MAYBE SOME SITUATIONS WHERE WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET 90-DEGREE. IT'S JUST DOWN TO HERNANDO, WE DIDN'T GO DOWN HERNANDO, WE JUST WENT UP TO THE INTERSECTION. AND IT'S 69 PARKING SPOTS AND THAT WAS AT A QUICK. AND IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY DOWN SEA WAY, TO BINNEY, I THINK IT WOULD BE A POSITIVE THING AND FIX A LOT OF OUR HEADACHES. AND IT'S ONLY A BLOCK OFF, BECAUSE, AS WE KNOW, PEOPLE WILL NOT WALK TWO OR THREE BLOCKS. WE COULD SEE WHEN WE HAVE THE EVENTS HERE, NOBODY USES THE FOUR-STORY BUILDING HERE, OR DOWN BY THE COURTS, BECAUSE, THEY DON'T WANT TO WALK. IF IT'S ONLY A BLOCK OFF THE BEACH, THEY'LL DO IT, AND IF THEY HAVE TO PUT QUARTERS IN THE

METER, SO BE IT. >> WELL, THANK YOU AND THE COMMITTEE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK IT'S A GOOD USE FOR WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW, IS VACANT, UNUSED LAND. THIS IS A GREAT PLAN AND GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND PEOPLE MAY PARK THERE, I GUESS, ILLEGALLY NOW, RIGHT? IT'S SOFT SHELL CORAL SAND SO PEOPLE JUST PULLOVER. BUT, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT DESIGN, AND LIKE I SAID, IT HELPS WITH THE FLOODING AND WATER MITIGATION. SO, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: MR. BRODERICK, DID YOU WANT TO

TALK? >> SURE. I THINK THE ONLY AREA THAT HAS THIS CURRENTLY IS THE ADJACENT TO THE BANK PROPERTY, I THINK THERE'S SOME PARALLEL PARKING THERE. SO, YES, THE PROSPECT OF ADDING ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE SOUTH BEACH CORE QUADRANT OF THAT IS A BIG RTHER- CONCERN. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE. WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF LOSING EXTENSIVE AMOUNTS OF PARKING. POTENTIALLY IN THE REASONABLY NEAR FUTURE, SO, ANYTHING THAT WE COULD PICK UP WITHOUT GOING VERTICAL MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. YOU ARE CORRECT THAT GARAGES ARE $30,000 TO $45,000 A SPOT.

>> IT'S ALMOST $100,000 FOR PARKING.

>> THIS IS THE TYPE OF SCENARIO WHERE YOU CAN PHASE IT AND ADD IN AS TIME GOES BY. AND THIS BRINGS INTO QUESTION THE ENTIRE PARKING SCHEME ON THE NORTH END OF SOUTH BEACH, RELATIVE TO, I KNOW THE PARPARKING COMMITTEE H ON IT'S AGENDA TOMORROW, THE CITY LOT ON THE EAST SIDE OF SQUARE GROUPER, THIS IS SOMETHING THEY SHOULD BE ADVISED TO. AND THEY SHOULD BE WORKING COHE COHESIVELY WITH THAT GROUP.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF SCENARIO TO PICK UP BLOCKS OF PARKING INCREMENTALLY, SO WE'RE NOT FACED WITH A MASSIVE EXPENDITURE, IN MY OPINION IS A GREAT PLAN AND IT COULD BE ROLLED IN AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADJACENT TO THE JETTY PARK AREA, WHICH IS WHY THE JUGGERNAUT OF THIS PROBLEM IS.

AND THE SPILLOVER WILL BE SOUTH TO WHATEVER AVAILABLE PARKING

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IS. IT'S INTERESTING, AS I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTED AS WELL, THE FEE-PAID PARKING LOT, THE PRIVATELY OWNED LOT OUT THERE ON WEEKENDS IS BUSY. IT'S NOT AS IF PEOPLE ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR PARKING IN PRIME LOCATION. AND WE WILL HAVE FURTHER STRESS ON THIS ENTIRE AREA AS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE. SO, GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. THE PARKING COMMUNITY IS LOOKING AT THAT LOT TOMORROW SO THEY WILL BE COMING BACK WITH RECO RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT AND TIEING IT IN WITH THIS, I THINK WE COULD PUT TOGETHER A LONG-TERM PLAN TO ENHANCE THE PARKING AVAILABILITY OUT THERE.

BECAUSE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT. AND YOU ARE CORRECT, CORPUS PARK OPENED UP AND THERE WERE WAITING LINES TO GET IN THERE. AND THAT'S A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS. WE ADDED 14-16 SPACES AND THEY'RE CAPITALIZED CONSISTENTLY. WE KNOW THERE'S ASSET IN THAT WHY ARE. THE JETTY PPARK, YOU HEAR THE REPORT, OF THE POLICE DETAIL WHICH WILL HELP WITH TRANSITION PARKING AND THAT'S IN SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS RIGHT THERE TO GET THEIR PATRONS TO THEIR DOOR. SO, WE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE THEM AS WELL. BUT, COMPREHENSIVELY, I THINK, LONG-TERM, THIS IS ONE OF THE METHODGIES THAT WE WOULD WANT TO GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO.

>> MADAM MAYOR? >> MAYOR HUDSON: YES, SIR.

>> MR. THOMPSON AND I JUST CAME OUT OF A MEETING TODAY AT 4:00, SO, WE WERE ABLE TO STRATEGIZE AND TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. IN THE BREAK BETWEEN THAT MEETING AND THIS MEETING, I'VE HAD OTHER THOUGHTS AND I'M ENCOURAGED BY THIS.

BUT, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ENGINEERING SIDE OF ANY PROJECT LIKE THIS, DO WE HAVE ANY COST ESTIMATES IN MIND? HAVE WE DONE ANY OTHER WORK AS FAR AS THE DOLLAR FIGURES TO TAKE ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS IN THESE SMALL SEGMENTS, AND IT'S OKAY IF NOT.

>> I DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW, BUT, I MEAN, I CAN TAKE A GIST OF WHAT MY CURRENT SIDEWALKS ARE AND I CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR

YOU QUICKLY. >> AND THAT'S OKAY, I THINK WE CAN ENGAGE THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THAT WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE TO HELP US WITH THIS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, UM, THE CONDITION OF THE ROADWAY, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE. WE HAVE A STORM WATER UTILITY WITHIN THE CITY WHICH IS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITHIN THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE ON THEIR ROAD MAP TO REPLACE AS FAR AS A CAPITAL PROGRAM. AND IT MIGHT NOT BE, SO...

>> CHEIANNE BROUGHT IN A ENGINEER, AND THEY HAD AN EMERGENCY PROJECCT ON THE CORNER OF CORPUS AND FERNANDINA.

>> THAT'S GREAT. SO, WHILE SITTING UP HERE AND LISTENING TO YOUR PRESENTATION, I ALSO BROUGHT UP GOOGLE MAPS AND I STARTED TO THINK ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS, AND MR. THOMPSON AND THE CRA ADVISELY. I STARTED TO THINK ABOUT HERNANDO. YOU WERE SPECIFIC SO A 1 A TO HERNANDO IN THE CROSS STREETS, THE EAST/WEST STREETS, A VERY GOOD CONCEPT. AND THEN, COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON OR BRODERICK SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROUND ABOUTS, WHERE C 1 AND A 1 A TRANSITION IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA. SO, I WOULD SAY THAT I HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION TO TAKE THE SAME LENGTH OF SEGMENTS AND SEE IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO DEVELOP HERNANDO WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE CORE OF OUR COMMERCIAL SECTION WITH THE SAME FOOTAGE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING THE SEGMENTS OF CORPUS AVENUE, AND ST. LUCIE COURT AND GULF STREAM. MOVE IT ALONG AND DO AN EVALUATION OF HERNANDO TO SEE IF THAT'S MORE IN THE URBAN COMMERCIAL CORE IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO PUT THE DOLLARS AT A1A, CA, AND HERNANDO.

>> MY THOUGHT WAS SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE, WEST OF HERNANDO AND SEA WAY, SOUTH OF BINNEY. BUT, THAT WAS MY ENTIRE CONCEPT WAS TO GO FROM THE ROUND ABOUT ALL THE WAY AROUND AND ACTUALLY STARTING AT BINNEY AND SEA WAY, AND WORKING ALL THE ROUND DOWN BINNEY AND

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SOUTH OCEAN TO GULF STREAM. I THINK IF WE DID ALL OF THOSE BLOCKS AND IMPROVED ALL OF THOSE RIGHT-OF-WAYS, ALL THE COMMERCIAL AREAS, AROUND THE MANATEE AND THE EDGE, THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF PARKING FOR EVERYBODY. THEY CAN GO TO THE JETTY, THEY MAY HAVE TO WALK ONE OR TWO BLOCKS BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING FOR EVERYBODY. BUT, THEN WHEN A NEW DEVELOPMENT GOES IN NEXT TO SQUARSQUARE GROUPER WILL BE MORE PARKING AND IT WILL

MAKE IT A SMOOTH TRANSITION. >> THE COMMITTEE HIT THE BULL'S EYE ON WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE WE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT KIND OF NEEDS DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

I'M JUST WONDERING, THE FUNCTIONALITY, I'LL JUST TAKE THIS PICTURE, MY OWN DISCUSSION POINT WITH THIS PHOTO IS, OF COURSE, SO I'M GOING TO IMPROVE GULF STSTREAM, BUT, I HAVE TWO ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND ACROSS OF THAT. ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR MY WHOLE LIFE, PROBABLY, I DON'T REMEMBER IF ANYTHING'S BEEN ON THAT PROPERTY. SO, IT DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO TAKE THE EXACT SAME SEGMENT AND MOVE IT TO THAT CORE? WHICH IS NEAR THE ROUND ABOUT.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT, BUT --

>> WHATEVER THAT SIZE OF LAND IS.

>> I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT, AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, BUT, AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE WALKER STUDY WHERE IT'S JUST PAVE THIS AND PAVE THAT, AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STUFF ALL THE CARS. AND THAT STILL DOESN'T SOLVE OUR DRAINAGE OR LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS GETTING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS PART BY ADDRESSING THE PARKING ON THE ACTUAL RIGHT-OF-WAYS WHERE THEY BELONG AND WE COULD . THIS SOLVES OUR DRAINAGE AND LIGHTING PROBLEM. AND I THINK IF WE INVESTED OUR MONEY, THE SAME WAY WE DID AVENUE D WITH THE $3 MILLION GRANT. SOUTH 8TH STREET, LOOKS FANTASTIC NOW.

YOU LOOK DOWN SOUTH 8TH STREET DOWN DELAWARE IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. AND THESCAPE THEY DID WITH THE TREES AND THE CURBS AND THE PARKING. I THINK IF WE TOOK THAT SAME CONCEPT AND PUT IN THE PABENCHES WITH THE ROYAL PALMS, I THINK THAT WOULD LOOK

GREAT. >> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. THE COMMITTEE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS IDEA AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TODAY BECAUSE IT'S SPOT ON. WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE LOGISTICS OF IT. I PUT ON MY ENGINEER HAT BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT PIPE NETWORKS AND GOING FROM THIS SEGMENT AND THAT SEGMENT AND HOW DOES IT GO THERE IF IT'S UNDERSIZED. IF WE COULD BUILD A LONGER SECTION, WE HEARD MANY PRESENTATIONS OF WHY HE PICKS SEGMENTS OF ROADS, I'LL RELY ON HIS PROFESSIONAL

KNOWLEDGE TO DO THAT. >> AND AGAIN, I'M SURE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PHASED OUT.

>> WE WOULD HAVE TO GET INTO THE BASIN AND GET OUT TO DRAIN THE WATER, SO, IT WOULD BE DONE IN PHASES, IT WILL TAKE TIME BUT IF WE START IT NOW, IN FIVE OR SIX YEARS, WE'LL HAVE MOST OF IT

DONE. >> PHENOMENAL VISION.

ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYOR HUDSON: AND TO ADD ONTO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I USED TO LIVE ON HERNANDO IN THAT SECOND BLOCK. AND, SO, WHEN, UM, ARCHIE'S IS HOPPING, SOMETIMES, THE PARKING GOES ALONG HERNANDO BACK THERE BEHIND THERE. AND, SO, I THINK IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE SAYING IS MAYBE DO THREE BLOCKS OF HERNANDO, IS THAT WHAT

YOU WERE SAYING WITH THAT? >> THAT'S COMPARED TO TANALYSI

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> AS COMPARED TO THE DIFFERENT HORIZONTAL STREETS OFF A-1-A. IT'S MORE CORE TO ARCHIE'S, IT'S A CORE TO THE ROUND ABOUT. IT'S A CORE TO THE CURRENT BUSINESS

SECTION RIGHT NOW. >> ALL THE WAY DOWN BINNEY.

FROM, SOUTH OCEAN TO SEA WAY, ALL THE WAY DOWN BINNEY, THAT'S A LOT OF PARKING SPOTS. AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT GETS RAINY AND MUDDY, PEOPLE DRIVE ON THE GRASS, THERE'S TIRE TRACKS, IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT AND THERE'S MUD FLOWING IN THE STREET. THAT MAYBE A GREAT IDEA, TAKE BINNEY AND DO IT FROM SOUTH OCEAN TO SEE WAY, MAKE THAT PHASE ONE OF IT, IT'S A

BLOCK OFF THE BEACH EVERYWHERE. >> MAYOR HUDSON: BECAUSE IT

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IS EXPENSIVE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE IN STAGES. AND, SO, WHAT WE COULD DO IS, WORK WITH OUR ENGINEERING AND WITH THE COMMITTEE AND COME UP WITH WHAT THOSE STAGES ARE, BECAUSE, IT'S NOT AN INEXPENSIVE PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S CREATIVE. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I MEAN, I SEE WHAT, I SEE THAT YOU'VE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT IN IT AND HONESTLY, I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. SO, GOOD JOB ON THE COMMITTEE, VERY GOOD JOB. SO, DO YOU WANT US TO MAKE A -- DO YOU WANT A MOTION ON THE RECOMMENDATION MR. MIMMS? HOW

DO WE PROCEED FROM HERE? >> MADAM CHAIR, I NEED SOME TYPE OF DIRECTION AS TO HOW TO ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES INTERNALLY. AND WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT THESE ARE BEAUTIFICATION AND ENHANCE MENT PROJECTS. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROJECT IT CAN'T JUST BE ABOUT DRAINAGE AND RESERVICES THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ENHANCEMENT OF THE AREA TO IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE, AND THE FUNCTIONALITY AS WELL. SO, I WOULD NEED SOME SORT OF DIRECTION FROM YOU, AND ACTUALLY, ME, PERSONALLY, I LOVE THE IDEA. I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE SIDE STREETS COMING OFF A-1-A, BECAUSE, YOU'RE PROVIDING ANSULARY PARKING AND BEACH ACCESS. WE COULD HAVE PAID PARKING AT THE BEACH ACCESS AND THE PARKING THAT YOU HAVE TO WALK TO FOR FREE. I THINK YOU'RE ADDING PARKING, YOU JUST TELL US WHAT YOU NEED AND WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> I HAVE ONE COMMENT. I PERSONALLY AH BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GREAT IDEA TO INCORPORATE, HOWEVER, I THINK WE NEED A GRAND SCHEME FOR THE AREAS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE JETTY. AND THEN, MOVING SOUTH. AND, CHERRY-PICKING, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS PARTICULAR -- FOR EXAMPLE, COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON ON THE LOT OF LAND ADJACENT TO SQUARE GROUPER, WHICH IS A DUST BOWL OF A PARKING LOT. COMMISSIONER SUGGESTED IT CONVERTING IT INTO A PARK. SO, WE HAVE A NET LOSS OF PARKING THAT WOULD BE IN THEORY OFFSET THE PARKING. IF I SUGGEST PAVING THAT LOT AND TURNING IT INTO PARKING BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT PARKING -- AND I RESPECT THAT OPINION BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT PARKING ON A WATERFRONT LOT. BUT, MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CRA CAN CERTAINLY HELP OUT WITH IS MORE OF A GLOBAL APPROACH TO THIS. BECAUSE, WE HAVE THAT CITY-OWNED ASSET. WE HAVE, UM, THE DEMAGGIO PROJECT THAT IS AN ASSET AND WE HAVE THE ON-STREET PARKING THAT PHIL SUGGESTED TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF. I THINK AWFUL THAT NEEDS TO BE THROWN INTO THE HOPPER AN COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON HOW TO TEAL WITH ALL OF IT. REFERRED TO IT, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE DUST BOWL LOT, BUT, I'LL KEEP PUSHING THAT THEME. YEAH, IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA. SO, WE HAVE A NET GAIN POTENTIALLY OF 69 SPACES BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS AND WE HAVE A NET LOSS DEPENDING ON X-NUMBER OF SPACES. THEORETICALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SCOPE AS TO HOW TO APPROACH IT AND THEN POTENTIALLY EMPLOY ASSETS. AND THE IDEA HAS A LOT OF POSITIVE TRACTION TO IT AND HOW DO WE COMPENSATE FOR THAT AND THIS PLAN ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATES THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE, IT'S MORE OF JUST VERSUS JUST SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CONVERT STREETS INTO ON-STREET PARALLEL PARKING, WE NEED A SCHEME. AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW WE DO THAT. YOU KNOW, DO WE BRING THAT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE? ENGINEERING FOR ASSISTANCE, DOES MR. MIMMS

DECIDE? >> I THINK IF YOU TELL US TO DEFINE AREA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT BEAUTIFICATION, PARKING, ADDITIONAL PARKING, AND MAKE IT PARALLEL PARKING

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CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGN WHICH HAS BEEN PRESENTED TODAY, I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK, THERE'S NO, UM, TRUE STUDY THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN HERE.

ALL WE'RE DOING HERE IS UTILIZING OUR EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND IMPROVING IT WITH LANDSCAPING AND ADDITIONAL M PARKING. THIS WILL BASICALLY HELP THE ENTIRE AREA. THIS RIGHT HERE, I THINK THIS IS

ACTUALLY GOOD PLANNING. >> I AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.

>> MR. THOMPSON DID GOOD. HE DID GOOD.

>> [LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR HUDSON: WE AGREE.

DOES THE FPRA GOES TO GULF STREAM, IS THAT ONLY GULF

STREAM, ISN'T THAT RIGHT? >> IT'S TWO BLOCKS FROM MY

HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW. >> MAYOR HUDSON: RIGHT.

RIGHT. RIGHT. >> MAYOR?

>> MAYOR HUDSON: YES? >> I THINK THE AREA OF INFLUENCE AND EVALUATION WOULD BE SOUTHERLY AT GULF STREAM, IT'S NOT ON THE MAP, BUT, JUST EVALUATE. BECAUSE, WE HAVE TO EVALUATE FROM GULF STREAM, EASTERLY OF A-1-A, AND PROBABLY UP TO FERNANDINA. BOUND BY SEA WAY DRIVE. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND SPENT A LOT OF EFFORT. IT'S REALLY BINNEY.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: BINNEY, IT'S REALLY BINNEY.

>> THE AREA OF BOUNDARY AND INFLUENCE WOULD START THAT SQUARE BLOCK, I WOULD THINK. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

>> I JUST THINK THAT THE DAYS OF 3-FOOT DEEP GULLIES ON THE SIDES OF THE ROAD FILL SHALL UP WITH WATER, TO ME, THAT'S VERY, VERY, DANGEROUS. YOU CAN'T SEE AT NIGHT, NO LIGHTS. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY ISSUES PEOPLE HAVE HAD BECAUSE OF THE GULLIES.

THAT SHOULD ALL BE PIPED, THE SIDEWALKS AND CURBS SHOULD GO IN. AND I THINK THAT YOU'LL SEE THE WHOLE AREA, EVERYBODY WILL TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT THEY HAVE, GET THE ROYAL PALMS UP THERE, I JUST THINK IT'S JUST ACHING FOR IT RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING. IT SOLVES A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS, LIKE, I SAID, THE PARKING, THE DRAINAGE, THE LOGISTICS. YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF PAVING AND BUILDING $8 MILLION STRUCTURE, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SEE THIS. WHEREAS, IF YOU BUILT AN $8 MILLION STRUCTURE IN ONE SPOT, NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYTHING IS CLEANED UP IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, WHEN THEY PUT THEIR PALES OUT THEY DON'T WASH AWAY FROM THE RAIN, THEY CAN WALK WITH THEIR BABY'S CARRIAGE, AND THEY CAN WALK IN THE NIGHT IN THE DARK AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING HIT BY SOME CRAZY GUY WITH A CORAL REEF TRUCK IN THE MORNING.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: THAT WAS VERY SPECIFIC.

[LAUGHTER] (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOK, THERE'S SOMEBODY IN FRONT OF YOUR TRUCK, IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS FOR

THEM TO WALK ON IN ALL FAIRNESS. >> THE AREA OF INFLUENCE, THE THING THAT I ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND, WHILE OUR CITY DESIGN STANDARDS ALLOWED WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, 3-FOOT DEEP SWELLS, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE ELSE, RIGHT? SO, WE HAVE CURB AND GUTTER IN OUR SPECIFICATION. BUT, THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO TREAT OUR LAGOON WITH CARE AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE STORM WATER AT THE SAME TIME WHILE BALANCING, EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID WE HAVE TO BALANCE STORM WATER TREATMENT. WE CAN'T JUST PIPE IT. IT'S EASY TO PIPE IT AND SAY, WELL, IT WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT'S EASY TO DO THAT. EASIEST DESIGNS IN THE WORLD, RIGHT? MR. MIMMS HAVE DONE MILES AND MILES OF PIPELINE. BUT, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE ULTIMATE EFFECT, THAT'S WHERE THE IF THEY HAVE AN INFLUENCE AREA, THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF MAPS AND PIPES

AND HOW THEY WILL TREAT IT. >> PUT IT IN THE GROUND WHERE IT BELONGS. AND REALLY, ON DESOTO STREET, WE WER SUPPOSED TO HAVE SWELLS ALL ALONG, BUT, I DON'T WANT IT, SO, I PIPED IT UNDERNEATH AND THE BASIN THAT WE JUST PUT IN ON FRANCIS, THAT'S AN EX-FILTRATION TRENCH. PUT IN THOSE GRILLS AND THE PAVING AND SIDEWALK ON TOP, JUST A THOUGHT, IF WE FOLLOWED THAT STANDARD, IT WOULD BE A MUCH MORE PEDESTRIAN-SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: SO, WHAT WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION?

>> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK? >> GO\AHEAD.

>> I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THE CCITY ENGINEERING

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DEPARTMENT COMMENCE WITH AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT TO SEE WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: AND DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A SCOPE? GEOGRAPHY

OR NOT. >> NORTH OF GULF STREAM.

>> I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. AND THEN, I'LL IF THE QUESTION IS, HE MENTIONED THE REPORT SPECIFICALLY, SO, THE REPORT INCLUDES BINNEY DRIVE, HERNANDO, GULF STREAM, SO, HE AUTHORIZED STAFF TO TAKE THE BOUNDARIES. HE JUST DIDN'T GO OVER TO FERNANDINA. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. MR. MIMMS IS IT CLEAR?

>> MAYOR HUDSON: I NEED CLARIFICATION.

>> I'M NOT CLEAR. >> YOU'RE NOT CLEAR?

>> NICK, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST IN THE MOTION TO CLEAR IT UP?

>> HOW ABOUT THIS, HOW ABOUT WE JUST, UM, YOU DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN EVALUATION FOR ON-STREET PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SOUTH BEACH, AREA, BETWEEN, LET'S SAY SEA WAY DRIVE TO THE NORTH AND THEN, THE GULF STREAM,

TO THE SOUTH. >> THAT'S MY MOTION.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: WHAT HE SAID.

>> WHAT HE SAID. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY?

>> NO, MA'AM. >> STAFF, YOU'RE COMING BACK WITH TAKING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CRA AND THE PICTURES, YOU'LL COME BACK WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVELY LOOKED AT AREA

THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: OKAY. LET'S VOTE.

>> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> COMMISSIONER IT GAINES? >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK? >> YES.

[e. Overview of Commercial Sign Grant Program]

>> CHAIRWOMAN HUDSON? >> YES, MA'AM.

>>> OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMMERCIAL SIGN

GRANT PROGRAM. >> MAYOR HUDSON: MR. MIMMS.

>> AT THIS TIME WE HAVE REDEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, MS. GARCIA THAT WILL COME AND TALK WITH US ABOUT OUR SIGN GRANT PROGRAM. AND WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE TECHNICAL TERM THAT SHE USES FOR SIGNS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM WHICH WILL HELP, AGAIN, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ALSO THE APPEARANCE UP AND DOWN

OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS. >> GOOD EVENING.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME.

>> MEMBERS OF THE FPRA, I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THE COMMERCIAL DESIGN PROGRAM, AS YOU KNOW THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM THAT WE HAD, THE PAINT PROGRAM WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT PROGRAM AND WE STILL ARE. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING AS SMALL AS PAINT HAS MADE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. OUR, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, WE'RE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THIS NEW PROGRAM. AS PART OF THE COMMITMENT OF THE FPRA TO INCREASE LOCAL BUSINESS AWARENESS, ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY, AND, THEN, THE OVERALL VISUAL APPEAL OF THE FPRA. SO, WE'RE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THIS PROGRAM. AS YOU KNOW, ANY EXPENDITURES FROM THE FPRA MUST BE IN OUR FPRA PLAN.

THIS GRANT PROGRAM, MEETS GOALS SEVEN AND NINE OF THE FPRA PLAN.

ANY BUSINESS LOCATED WITHIN THE FPRA DISTRICT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS COMMERCIAL SIGN GRANT PROGRAM AND THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO INSTALL NEW OR UPGRADED EXISTING SIGNAGE REPLACING OLD AND OUTDATED SIGNS WITH MORE MODERN AND VISUALLY APPEALING PERMANENT SIGNS. THE PROGRAM OFFERS FINANCIAL ASSIST TENSE THROUGH A REIMBURSABLE GRANT OF UP TO $5,000. AND I PLAN TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM WITHIN THE NEXT 7-10 DAYS. THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE PAINT PROGRAM, SO, IT WILL BE A QUICK TURN AROUND TIME. IT WILL WORK THE SAME WAY, FUNDS DISPERSED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVE BASIS. WE HAVE ABOUT $15,000 LEFTOVER FROM THE PAINT PROGRAM, SO, WE COULD USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND WE HAVE $100,000 ALLOCATED FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR THE PAINT AND FOR THIS SIGN GRANT PROGRAM.

THE APPLICANT WILL SIGN THE APPLICATION, WITH A PHOTO AND A SKETCH OF THE SIGN AND THE ESTIMATE. ONCE IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE SIGN THEY WANT TO INSTALL IS ELIGIBLE, WE'LL LET

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THEM KNOW THEY CAN PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT, THEY WILL SUBMIT RECEIPTS WITH PHOTOS AND CLOSED PROGRESS OF THEIR WORK AND WE WILL SUBMIT IT FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THE WAY THAT WE'LL CONTACT BUSINESS OWNERS IS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, PRESS RELEASE, E-MAILS, WE'LL GO DOOR TO DOOR ALSO, OFFERING OUR FLIERS, AND INFORMING THE BUSINESS OWNERS. WE'VE DONE MAILING LETTERS IN THE MAIL IN THE PAST WHICH HAS WORKED AS WELL. WE'LL ATTEND TTHE ORANGE AVENUE CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, AS WELL AS THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE MEETINGS AND IT WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THE SMALL BUSINESS PATHWAY PROGRAM SESSIONS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, CURRENTLY, WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD, THEY HAND OUT MY BUSINESS CARD IF THEY SEE THERE'S A HOME THAT NEEDS SOME PAINT. SO, THEY WILL GIVE THEM MY BUSINESS CARD AND AS SOON AS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER LEAVES THE SITE, I USUALLY GET A PHONE CALL FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER INQUIRING ABOUT THE PROGRAM. SO, WE'VE HAD A GREAT PARTNERSHIP SO FAR AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> MS. GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR THAT. COULD YOU PUT UP THE MAP, PLEASE. AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU MADE THAT LAST COMMENT. I HAD A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS WHICH IS IN THIS ZONING MAP HERE. AND, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND BOARD IS THAT WE START WITH THOSE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT MAY HAVE SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO HURRICANES OR HIGH WIND GUSTS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ENTITIES THAT I LEARNED ABOUT BECAUSE THE BUSINESS OWNERS TALKED TO ME ABOUT, I GUESS THEY WERE FINED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE OF DAMAGE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SIGNS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WE DID THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, UNTIL HE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION. I HEARD $15,000 IS IN THIS POTENTIAL REA OF, TO FIX THIS, RIGHT?

>> CORRECT. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER $100,000 FOR THE

UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. >> WHEN DOES THAT START?

>> OCTOBER 1ST. >> OKAY. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE, THEY WERE THEY'RE ALREADY IN BAD SHAPE AND THE STORM FURTHER DILAPIDATED THE SIGNS AND THEY'RE INCURRING FEES AN AT LEAST FROM A STAND POINT OF AWARENESS THAT THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM AND ASSISTANCE CAN HELP WITH THAT. AND AS I'VE LEARNED IT IS OUR CODING TO HAVE THESE SIGNS VISIBLE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE WHAT'S THERE AND KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING ET CETERA. SO, I WANTED TO BRING UP THAT POINT BECAUSE I WAS UNAWARE OF THAT, THAT WE HAVE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY THAT ARE RIGHT NOW HAVING CHALLENGES WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THEIR SIGNS HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN OR TORN UP. SO, I THINK THIS IS TIMELY, I REALLY LIKE THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY GETTING THE WORD OUT. WE HAVE AN ENCOMPASSING CRA ZONE ON U.S.-1, AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I THINK THIS IS EXCELLENT AND I'LL DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN.

PARTICULARLY, I'LL GO TO THIS ONE OWNER AND INFORMING THEM ABOUT THIS PROGRAM PERSONALLY, BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING WHICH

WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. >> MAYOR HUDSON: BUT, YOU COULD ALSO CHECK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, TOO, WOULDN'T YOU?

>> IF STAFF COULD THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FINED AN IDENTIFIED, I THINK WE SHOULD START WITH THEM AT THE TOP OF THE LIST TO BE SURE THEY GET THIS INFORMATION FIRST.

>> YES, SIR. >> MAYOR HUDSON: GOOD IDEA.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD IDEA. I HAVE A QUESTION, THAT'S GEORGIA AVENUE AT THE SOUTH, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT. >> WHAT IS THE CARVE OUT BY 33

STREET, >> IT GOES TO AVENUE Q AND

THERE'S A CARVE OUT, OF S OR T. >> MAYOR HUDSON: NO, TO THE

WEST. >> PETERSON IS DOWN BELOW HERE.

SO, THERE'S. IT GOES BACK TO PETERSON ROAD AND 33RD. THERE'S A CARVE-OUT HERE. THAT'S A GOOD DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS

MR. MIMMS? >> IT'S COUNTY PROPERTY.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: PROBABLY. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR?

>> MAYOR HUDSON: YES, SIR. >> SO, MY QUESTION IS, IN THE OVERVIEW SLIDE IF YOU COULD GO BACK, IT HAD THE THREE COLORS, THE THREE BULLET POINTS, IT SAYS TO INSTALL NEW AND UPGRADED

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SIGNAGE. DEFINE NEW. >> NEW, IF THEY WANT TO INSTALL A NEW FREE-STANDING SIGN OR IF IT'S ON THE WALL, IT HAS TO BE A PERMANENT STRUCTURE, IT CANNOT BE TEMPORARY.

>> I WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH HOW WE DEFINE NEW, I WANT IT TO BE FOR EXISTING. NUMBER ONE. I THINK, MY EVALUATION, THIS IS ABOUT EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESSES. IF YOU HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING THROUGH TOWN, THAT'S SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. IT COMES THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AND POTENTIALLY, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT'S CLEAR IN THE DISCUSSION.

>> I DO HAVE THAT IN NEW BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION OR NEW DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM, JUST EXISTING

BUSINESSES. >> AND ALL SIGNS, UPGRADES OR NEW ON EXISTING PROPERTIES HAVE TO MEET THE CURRENT CITY CODES,

CORRECT? >> YES, SIR.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: BECAUSE, REMEMBER WE HAD THAT CHURCH THAT ORDERED THE SIGN THAT WASN'T, THAT DIDN'T MEET THE CODE AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEBODY ORDERS A NEW SIGN THAT THEY UNDERSTAND IT'S GOT TO MATCH WHAT WE REQUIRE.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH, BECAUSE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, EVEN WITH THE PERMITTING AND THE ZONING CODE, SO, WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE BEING FOLLOWED.

>> MADAM CHAIR? >> MAYOR HUDSON: YES.

>> SOMETHING POPPED INTO MIND, OWNERS THAT HAVE MAYBE MULTIPLE BUSINESSES. TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT AND THE PROCESS, I KNOW IT'S UP TO $5,000. SO, WOULD IT BE OKAY IF THEY HAD SIGNS $1,000 EACH AND THEY HAD 5 PROPERTIES, ARE THEY STILL ELIGIBLE FOR THAT. I DO KNOW GUYS WHO HAVE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES LOOKING FOR

SIGNAGE. >> WE'LL LOOK FOR PARCEL ID.

IF YOU HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT PARCELS, AND YOU NEED SIGNS

REPLACED, THEN, YES. >> IS IT $5,000 FOR EACH PARCEL

OR $5,000 TOTAL? >> IT'S FOR EACH PARCEL.

>> $5,000 PER PROPERTY PER PARCEL.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: VERY GOOD. WOULD YOU LIKE A MOTION ON THIS MR. MIMMS? IF WE'RE IN AGREEMENT. WOULD SOMEONE, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS COMMERCIAL SIGN

GRANT PROGRAM. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, CALL THE

ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK?

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER GAINES?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER C JOHNSON?

[f. Discussion on the terms within the surplus property development agreement template which has been drafted for utilization during the sale of FPRA property. ]

>> YES, MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> CHAIRMAN HUDSON?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> NEXT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE TERMS WITHIN THE SURPLUS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT TEMPLATE DRAFTED FOR UTILIZATION DURING THE SALE OF FPRA PROPERTY.

>> MAYOR HUDSON: MR. MIMMS. >> THIS IS OUR CURRENT INTERIM

CITY ATTORNEY, SARAH HEDGES. >> MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SO, WE DRAFTED FOR YOU A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT'S BASICALLY ATT TEMPLATE. FOR EA SALE OF THE PROPERTY AN ACTUAL SALE WILL COME TO YOU FOR A VOTE. YOU'LL SEE EACH FINAL VERSION OF THAT AGREEMENT FOR JOUR ACTUAL VOTE. BUT, BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAD OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY WITH THIS BOARD, I THINK SOME OF THE MAIN TERMS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU ALL, UM, THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE THAT'S BEEN INCLUDED. SO, THE PERSON WHO IS BUYING THIS PROPERTY HAS 60 DAYS FROM THE TIME THAT TITLE IS CONVEYED TO THEM TO, PULL ANY PERMITS OR APPROVALS THAT ARE REQUIRED. SO, THAT IS A 60-DAY REQUIREMENT. THEY THEN HAVE 120 DAYS TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN WITHIN 1 YEAR OF OBTAINING ALL OF THEIR REQUIRED APPROVALS AND BUILDING PERMITS, THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE THEIR CONSTRUCTION. SO, ALL OF THIS HAS TO BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BID THAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED. THERE ARE PROVISIONS THAT ALLOW FOR WHEN THE AGREEMENT IS BREACHED TO INCLUDE YOUR DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE FOR US TO RETAKE THAT PROPERTY, IT ALLOWS FOR US TO RETAIN THE PURCHASE PRICE THAT WAS PAID FOR THAT PROPERTY THERE ARE TERMS, A COVENANT RUNNING WITH THE LAND.

SO, IF A PERSON WHO HAS PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY ENDS UP SELLING IT, THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, TIME LINE AND EVERYTHING IN IT WILL RUN WITH THAT SALE. SO, IT BINDS ANY

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FUTURE PURCHASERS OF THAT ARE PROPERTY. THOSE ARE THE MAIN TOPICS THAT I THINK ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT YOU WERE ALL HAVING.

SO, REALLY THIS IS A DISCUSSION TO BE SURE THAT THIS AGREEMENT HAS INCLUDED EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO ADJUST ANY TIMELINES. BUT, AGAIN, AS EACH ONE COMES BEFORE

YOU, YOU'LL SEE THIS AGAIN. >> MAYOR HUDSON: QUESTIONS?

COMMISSIONER BRODERICK? >> I THINK THAT THE PROPOSITION IS EXACTLY AS WE HAD DISCUSSED. I SEE ONE PROBLEM WITH THE TIMELINE, IS IF I ACQUIRED PROPERTY TODAY, NOW, IT'S A BID PROCESS. IN THE BID PROCESS, BECAUSE, THERE'S MULTIPLE PARTIES, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND MONEY ON SOFT COSTS LIKE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING ET CETERA, TO GEAR UP AND DO THE WORK. SO, THE TIMELINE STARTS FROM THE DATE THAT THE BID IS AWARDED AND IN ESSENCE THAT'S THE CONVEYANCE DATE AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF LAG TIME THERE. AND COMMISSIONER J JOHNSON MAYBE ABLE TO SHED MORE LIGHT ON THIS. BUT, I THINK 60 DAY SUNSHINE TOO TIGHT A TIMELINE FOR THEM TO BE COMING OUT OF THE GROUND. BECAUSE, KEEP IN MIND, YOU HAVE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, ENGINEERING, ARCH ARCHITECTURAL ET CETERA, TH REALISTICALLY GOING TO BE A BLOCK OF TIME. PERMITTING IS A BLOCK OF TIME. SOME OF THESE DATES ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE IN FRONT OF US, BUT, I BELIEVE FAIL YOU'RE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE TO DESIGN, PERMIT, AND SHOVEL IN THE GROUND, 60 DAYS WILL NOT BE ENOUGH. 120 DAYS OF CONSTRUCTION, SORRY, WAS THAT 120 DAYS IN ADDITION TO THE 60?