Oct 10, 2023 FPRA Regular Meeting Agenda

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>> MAYOR, WE ARE READY. WE >> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, THIS IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 , THIS IS THE FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, PLEASE STAND FOR THE

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> CALL THE ROLE PLEASE?

COUSIN? >> PRESENT .

>> RHETORIC ? >> GAINS? JOHNSON? JEH JOHNSON? CHAIRWOMAN HUDSON, COMMISSIONER -- INDICATED HE I OUT OF TOWN AND UNABLE TO JOIN US TODAY .

>> OKAY, WE WILL HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE. THERE IS A MOTION I SECOND, CALL THE ROLE-PLAY COMMISSIONER GAINS, JEH JOHNSON

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[5. ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

AGENDA, ANY CHANGES? >> I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION .

>> TO SET THE AGENDA . >> SECOND .

>> CALL THE ROLE PLEASE . >> COMMISSIONER JEH JOHNSON?

[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.]

FROM THE PUBLIC? >> CA NO MOVEMENT I WILL CLOSE

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> COMMISSIONER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO THE ONE ITEM, IF NOT I WILL PUT A MOTION. MOTION AN SECOND, CALLABLE? BRODERICK?

[a. Peacock Arts District Mural Program Update]

>> IS MAN, MDM. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE FPRA FOR WE HAVE OUR REDEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WHO WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF SUMMARY OF OUR CURRENT AND UPCOMING AND INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN PEACOCK ARTS DISTRICT MURAL PROGRAM. LIVE

>> WELL, TERRIFIC . >> INTERNATIONALLY .

>> ESCALATE. INTRODUCTION, THAT IS WONDERFUL FOR THE RECORD , MARCIA, REDEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST. I HAV A VERY BRIEF UPDATE FOR YOU IN TERMS OF OUR PROGRESS WITH THE MURAL PROGRAM, AND WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH IT. SO, FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR THE EDIFICATION IF ANYONE COULD BE WATCHING THIS, YOU ALL RECENTLY APPROVED $50,000 FOR US TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM FOR THE SECOND TIME AROUND, WHICH IS EXCITING NEWS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE GOT THROUGH THE PROGRAM ALREADY AND WE ARE EXCITED TO ROLL IT OUT AGAIN WITH THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE SEEN. SO, JUST A BRIEF RECAP, IN THE 2022-23 FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE FOUR PROPERTIES , THREE ARTISTS AND TWO PROPERTY OWNERS . SO, W HAVE FOUR BEAUTIFUL MURALS THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE AREAS YOU SEE ON THE MAP THERE, ALL WITHI WALKING DISTANCE, YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THIS AND FOR THE MOST PART HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ART WALK EVENT THAT WAS DONE RECENTLY.

YOU HAVE AN EXPERIENCE OF WHAT THE AREA LOOKS LIKE. AS FOR TH PROGRAM POPULARITY, WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BASICALLY GONE VIRAL. I AM USIN THOSE TERMS, BECAUSE THIS IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE MOST ENGAGED PROGRAMS IN THE CITY, APART FRO MAYBE THE OTHER THINGS GOING ON . FOR THE MOST PART, WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY SO MANY LOCAL NEWS SOURCES, WHETHER THEY ARE ONLINE ARTICLES, WHETHER THEY ARE YOU KNOW, LIKE BROADCAST SEGMENTS, WHETHER IT IS SOCIAL MEDIA AND PEOPLE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF THESE MURALS AND HOW THEY ARE CAPTIVATING SO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND A HIGHTOWER COMMUNITY. IT HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR AS YOU CAN SEE , SOME O THE SIMPLE IMAGES YOU SEE HERE ARE FROM WPTV, WE ARE FEATURED IN THE SHINING A LIGHT SECOND , IN THE CENTER AT THE TOP IS A RADIO STATION FEATURE WITH THE ARTISTS, AT THE BOTTOM IS THE ARTICLE FROM CBS 12. TO THE RIGHT IS ONE OF OUR EARLIER FACEBOOK POST THAT ENGAGED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. AS YOU CAN SEE, 600 IMPRESSIONS THERE, 83 COMMENTS, 115 SHARES, YOU ARE

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IT ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS US TO SHARE OUR STORY AND WHAT WE HAV TO OFFER. MOVING ON, IN CELEBRATION OF THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE FOUR MURALS, WE HELD OUR MURAL PROGRAM AND INAUGURATION ART WALK WE WERE PLEASED TO SEE TH AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP FOLKS WERE EXCITED, I SAW SMILE AND PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES. WE REALLY MADE IT AN EXPERIENCE.

THINK THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY RALLIES AROUND, BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE AND THE VALUE IT ADDS TO THE COMMUNITY, THE VALU TO ORANGE AVENUE, THAT VALUE ADDS TO ARTS DISTRICT . SO, TO THE RIGHT ARE A COLLAGE OF IMAGES OF THE MURALS . AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL, LOOKING AT THEM ON SCREEN, BUT IN PRISON THEY ARE BETTER. THI YEAR IS MY LAST SLIDE, SO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD IN THE SECOND IMPLEMENTATION WE WILL FOLLOW THE SAME TEMPLATE WE USED THE LAST TIME. I WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR THIS IMPLEMENTATION WE WANT TO FOCUS IN ON OUR TARGETED CORRIDOR ZONE. SO, WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, WHEN WE FIRST IMPLEMENTED THIS, THAT WE WANTE TO MAKE SURE IF WE WERE GOING T DO THE PROGRAM WE WOULD DO IT I A WAY THAT WOULD BRING IMMEDIAT IMPACT. WE ARE SEEING THAT WITH THE FOUR MURALS. SO, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE YELLOW IS THE TARGETED DOOR ZONE, THAT FOCUSES AROUND ORANGE AVENUE T 10TH ST. WHERE THE STATION IS.

WHAT IS IN RED IS THE PEACOCKS ARTS DISTRICT BOUNDARY . SO, TO ANCHOR IN THE ART AND TO CONCENTRATE TO THE ART IN A TARGETED AREA SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY START SEEING MORE ACTIVITY IN THE FUTURE , WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE FOCUSING IN THE YELLOW ZONE FOR MORE MURALS, THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE BELIEV WOULD BE GREAT CANDIDATES FOR THIS. SO, OUR OUTREACH WOULD BE TO THAT ZONE, AND HOPE FOR GREA RESPONSE . THE FIRST TIME WE IMPLEMENTED THIS, BEING THAT IT WAS OUR FIRST, IT WAS A LITTLE ROUGH GETTING PROPERTY OWNERS.

YOU DON'T GET CALLED BACK, YOU ARE SENDING EMAILS AND LEAVING VOICEMAILS . I GET IT, SOME FOLKS DON'T WANT TO BE THE GUINEA PIG, BUT WITH THE LEVEL OF RECOGNITION AND VALUE THAT PROPERTY OWNERS ARE SEEING FROM THE PROGRAM, I THINK THAT MAY NOT BE AN ISSUE THE SECOND TIME AROUND. I AM HOPING WE SEE A GREAT DEMAND, SO MUCH SO THAT IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO MAKE A DECISION. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID WE WILL BE OPENING A PROPERTY OWNER APPLICATIONS THIS MONTH THROUGH NOVEMBER, A ONE-MONTH APPLICATION PROCESS AS SOON AS WE ARE ABLE TO SECUR THE PROPERTIES WE WILL PUT THEM OUT TO THE CALL FOR ARTISTS THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER, ANOTHER ONE-MONTH CYCLE, AND ONCE DESIGNS COME IN, OUR HOPE IS THAT FROM JANUARY THROUGH APRIL, DESIGNS WILL BE SEVEN DI , MURALS WILL BE INSTALLED. WE ARE DOING THIS PROCESS , WE ARE STARTING EARLIER THAN WE DID LAST TIME, BECAUSE IN OUR EXPERIENCE IT IS BEST TO GET MUTUALS DONE PRIOR TO THE SUMME DUE TO THE HEAT AND THE RAINY WEATHER, HURRICANE SEASON. WE KNEW SOME OF OUR ARTISTS IN THE PAST HAD SOME CHALLENGES AND WE WANTED TO AVOID IT THIS TIME AROUND, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT INCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION. I WILL TAKE ANY

QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> FOR THE NEXT ROUND YOU ARE GOING TO BE SOLICITING BUILDIN OWNERS?

>> YES . >> ONLY ALONG ORANGE AVENUE?

>> AROUND, ON AND AROUND . >> WITHIN THE YELLOW? ALONG ORANGE AVENUE AND OFF ORANGE AVENUE WITHIN THE YELLOW BOX? I

THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? >> YES. AND IT HAS TO BE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, JUST FYI, FOR THE MOST PART COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, RIGHT. AND, YOU ARE GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY , THE PEACOCKS ARTS DISTRICT GOES TO WHAT, 13TH? TO THE WEST?

>> I BELIEVE SO, YES . >> DELAWARE ON BOTH SIDES,

RIGHT? >> BOSTON AVENUE? IT'S BEEN A

BOSTON OR DELAWARE? >> IS, FOR THE BOUNDARY.

>> RIGHT, BUT THE YELLOW IS BOSTON?

>> RIGHT. >> COMMISSIONER YATES?

>> A QUICK QUESTION, GREAT PRESENTATION. I'M HAVING A MOMENT, WHERE WAS THE PROPERTY LAST NIGHT ?

>> INDIAN RIVER DR. , WHERE ST. ANDREWS IS , THAT THEY WANTED T

PUT THE MURAL. >> YES, SIR, THE WALL IS ACTUALLY INDIAN RIVER DR. BETWEEN CITRUS AND ATLANTIC.

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>> AND JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, SHE ASKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND HERE WE ARE, SO, OKAY, THAT IS ALL, GREAT

PRESENTATION . >> REALLY QUICK , I AM OVER THE IN THIS AREA A LOT , MY OFFICE AND BUSINESSES THERE , THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN REMARKABLE. THE ROLLOUT WAS GREAT, I REALLY ENJOYED IT, 110 DEGREES AND STILL SPOT ON SO, VERY SUCCESSFUL, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS , THE GENERAL ACCEPTANCE I THE AREA IS 110% POSITIVE. AND THINK EXPANDING IT FURTHER WES AND MORE IN DEPTH IS GOING TO BE HELP. I ALSO HOPE , HOPE, THAT IT IS GOING TO SPUR SOME OF THOSE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OVER THERE TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER, THERE ARE SOME PORCHE GORGEOUS BUILDINGS IN THE COUR OR THAT HAVE JUST LET GO. AND, MAYBE THAT WILL HELP SPUR THAT INITIATIVE ALONG TO AT LEAST BRING THEM BACK TO THEIR FORMER GLORY, THOSE ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL 1960S AND 50S ARCHITECTURE THA I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COME BACK, MAYBE THIS WILL HELP IN ACHIEVING THAT, I HOPE SO. GREA

PROGRAM. >> I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU, SORRY I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND ON A MONDAY, THE 25TH, I THINK IT WAS , BUT I HAVE BEEN AROUND ALREADY, I HAVE CHECKED IT OUT, AND WITHOUT A DOUBT THIS IS ON OF THE VISIONS FROM I THINK WA IT 2017 WHEN WE CREATED THE PACK? SOMETHING ALONG THOSE

LINES? >> I DON'T KNOW, IT IS A BLUR .

THE PARKING REGULATION . >> WE ARE TRYING TO REVIVE THE

WHOLE AREA . >> THIS IS A COMPONENT OF PREPATELLAR ASIAN SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

>> YES, SPEAKING OF BEDROOM, THIS IS OFF SUBJECT IS THE TREN

PAID FOR BY FPRA? >> NO, MA'AM .

>> OKAY. WELL, I HAD HAD A DISCUSSION WITH MR. MIMS EARLIE TODAY , AND THE CITY OF STEWART HAS PUT RAPS ON THEIR TRAMS , BRIGHT COLORED RAPS, INSTEAD OF THE NICE LITTLE CREAM-COLORED ONE, THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF FLORIDA ART, ET CETERA. SO, IF NOT FOR THIS PROJECT, I KNOW THAT IS NOT YOUR THING, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT I WOULD THROW THAT OUT THERE GOES BUDDY TO CONSIDER BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE , IT ACTUALLY DRAWS ATTENTION TO , PEOPLE START TO NOTICE IT, IT LOOKS KIND OF LIK A KEY WEST BUS OR SOMETHING OR WHATEVER .

>> MDM. CHAIR , IN RESPONSE TO THE DISCUSSION YESTERDAY, MY OFFICE WILL BE MEETING WITH TH ART AND CULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD LATER THIS MONTH , AND I AM GOING TO BE PUTTING UPON THEM THE RESPONSIBILITY TO COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS BOARD , THAT WE CAN SPEND THE MONEY THAT COMMISSIONER BRODERICK WAS ASKING ABOUT PIXEL, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THE SOME TASKS AND DUTIES AND SOME HOMEWORK.

>> THAT WOULD FIT RIGHT IN . WELL, I HOPE THEY CONSIDER IT T THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. GREAT JOB.

>> SORRY, I HAD A QUESTION PERTAINING TO THAT, I KNOW THAT IS SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC, BUT THE FUNDS THAT ARE IN THE ART AND PUBLIC AREAS FUNDING, THAT IS NOT FPRA CONTROL .

>> THAT IS CITY COMMISSION, YES

>> I GOT US UP THE TOPIC. >> OKAY, WE ARE CONSTRAINED TERRITORIALLY BY THAT, THE ANSWER IS NO .

>> THAT THE CITY HAD BEEN WHITE WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES .

>> ANYWAY, NICE JOB, YOU SPURRE US ALL TO A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION, I AM LOOKING FORWAR TO THE NEXT ROUND OF MURALS .

[b. Discussion Item: Template for the Surplus Property Sale Agreement]

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THE NEXT ITEM IS A DISCUSSIO ITEM ON THE TEMPLATE FOR THE SURPLUS PROPERTY SALES AGREEMENT .

>> INSTRUMENTS? >> OH, NO. THIS IS ERNIE HEDGES.

>> MDM. CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS. THIS IS A CONTINUED DISCUSSION BASED ON THE DISCUSSION THAT WE STARTED LAST MONTH . SO, BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK, WHAT I DID, I CREATED THREE DIFFERENT TEMPLAT VERSIONS FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW. THEY ARE, AS I AM GOING TO DISCUSS THEM, IN ORDER OF WHAT THINK IS THE BEST OPTION TO TH LEAST BEST OPTION FOR YOU TO GO WITH , TERMS -WISE. SO, THE FIRST VERSION, THE TERMS THAT WERE CHANGED ARE RELATED TO THE ASSIGNMENT, THEN REMOVING THE TIMELINE DEADLINES, SO THOSE CA

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THE SECOND OPTION FOR YOU IS THAT THE AGREEMENT CANNOT BE ASSIGNED WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT. SO, EFFECTIVELY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF SOMEONE WANTED TO SELL THE PROPERTY SUBSEQUENT TO THEIR PURCHASE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY THE FPRA, THEN IT WOULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AS BOARD , DID DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WILL AGREE FOR THAT AGREEMENT TO BE ASSIGNED TO A NEW PURCHASER. IN THE FINAL OPTION FOR YOU IS ESSENTIALLY NO ASSIGNMENT, THAT IT CANNOT B SOLD SUCH COULD. SO, AGAIN, THOSE ARE IN RANKINGS OF MY OPINION THE BEST OPTION TO LEAS BEST OPTION. QUESTIONS OF MME. ATTORNEY?

>> I HAVE A COUPLE. >> OKAY, LET'S DEAL WITH THE ASSIGNMENT ISSUE FIRST. ASSIGNMENT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATIO ? OKAY, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT WATERED DOWN. MY CONCERN ALL ALONG IS THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE BEING ACQUIRED FOR UNDER MARKET PRICES , THEN SUBSEQUENTLY BEING SPUN OUT FOR RESALE ET CETERA, I WILL GET BACK TO THAT MOMENTARILY. THE EASIEST PATH IS SIMPLY ASSIGNMENT OF THE CONTRACT. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE HAVE THE ASSIGNMENT PROVISION I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE CITY BEING SET UP TO DOING BUSINESS WITH STRA COMPANIES AND PUTTING THESE THINGS LOOKING FOR THE ASSIGNMENT TO SET UP FICTITIOU ENTITIES TO ACTUALLY SHIELD ABOUT REAL BUYERS TO COME IN AN PURCHASE THE LOWER POSSIBLE POINT. IN MY OPINION WE WOULD HAVE NO ASSIGNMENT CAPABILITY, BUT THE ASSIGNMENT CAPABILITY, WITH THE AUTHORIZATION . NOW, THERE CAN BE LOGISTICAL REASONS WHY COMPANIES WILL USE A BUYIN ENTITY TO COME IN AND PURCHASE PROPERTY, THEN SUBSEQUENTLY ASSIGN IT TO A SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT ENTITY . THAT IS NO AN INTERNAL TRANSFER, TECHNICALLY.: TRYING TO AVOID I SIMPLY THE SHELL GAME . IF WE CAN AVOID THAT BY THE ASSIGNMEN HAVING TO COME BACK TO THE BODY AND HAVE SOME REASONABLE COMFOR WITH THAT, BUT YOU KNOW WHERE I AM GOING WITH THIS, THAT WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY , THEN YEAH, YOU GET IT, IT IS REAL ESTATE. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED PIXEL, MY SECOND COMMENTARY THEN IS SO, WE LEAV THAT DATE BLOCKS BLANK, FOR PEOPLE THAT COME INTO ACQUIRE, THEY FILL IN THEIR OWN TIME, TH TIMELINES THEN BECOME THE PORTION OF THE MATRIX OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, IS THA

A FAIR ASSESSMENT? >> YES, SIR, THAT WOULD BE EVALUATED IN YOUR BASE, BASICALLY PICKS OKAY, THAT WOUL MAKE SENSE , BECAUSE EACH ONE O THESE IS A STANDALONE SCENARIO, AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE TRANSACTION REALLY CANNOT BE DETERMINED UNTIL THE TRANSACTIO HAS TAKEN PLACE . ON THE TITLE ISSUE, WE ARE LOOKING TO PUT THIS INFORMATION INTO THE TITLE SO, ARE WE PREPARING THAT INFORMATION IN GOING TO THE

TITLE TRANSFER IS THE SELLER? >> IT WOULD BE IN THE DEED AND

THE AGREEMENT . >> WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR THE BUYER TO MANAGE THAT AND RECORD IT , THAT WILL BE HANDLED ON OU

END? >> WE WOULD BE RECORDING THE AGREEMENT. SO, THE OTHER THING , THE TERMS OF THIS RUN WITH TH

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NEW DEVELOPER. >> SO, THE PACKAGE OF PROTOCOLS

GETS TRANSFERRED? >> YES .

>> BEEN ON THE ASSIGNMENT ISSUE IF WE WERE TO GO WITH ASSIGNMEN WITH APPROVAL OF THE BODY, ARE THERE ACTUAL LEGITIMATE CRITERIA THAT WE COULD USE TO REFUSE THAT ASSIGNMENT?

>> YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A GOO REASON TO REFUSE THE ASSIGNMENT AS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME, MY CONCERN IS THAT IT STARTS PUTTING YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF PRIVATE TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS. AND, SO, THE CONCERNS RELATED TO MAKING SURE THE NEW PURCHASERS ARE AWARE O WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BUIL , THAT IS WHY THE FIRST VERSION NOTIFICATION BEFORE ASSIGNMENT I DRAFTED THE LANGUAGE IN THAT CONTEXT.

>> SO, IT SEEMS TO MAKE THE MOS SENSE THAT WE SAY THERE IS NO ASSIGNMENT CAPABILITY TO KEEP IT CLEAN, NOT PUT INTO AN ARBITRARY DISCUSSION PRODUCING THE POINT THEY WANT TO TRANSFER . THERE IS NO TRANSFER. SO, THE PROPOSED BUYER COMING IN HAS T HAVE A COLLECTIVE ACT TOGETHER WHEN THEY ARE MAKING THEIR OFFE TO THE CITY, AS FAR AS WHAT THE CONTROLLING OR WHATEVER CORPORATION IS MEANT TO BE, THA IS THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY HAD TO CLEAN ALL OF THAT, IT'S RELEVAN TO US. IS WHERE I AM LEANING.

>> IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT IS, I THINK THE LEAST DESIRABLE OPTION, BECAUSE THAT IS PUTTING YOU IN THE MOST WAY OF BLOCKING PRIVATE TRANSACTIONS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOW SAID WELL, BASICALLY, YOU CANNOT SELL THE PROPERTY , IS WHAT I WOULD DO, IT WOULD BE TO WHERE THEY COULD NOT SELL THEIR PROPERTY, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT ASSIGN THE AGREEMENT .

>> YOUR OTHER OPTIONS ARE ASSIGNMENT WITH APPROVAL OR

ASSIGNMENT WITH NO APPROVAL? >> CORRECT. THEY WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY YOU THAT THEY ARE DOING THE SALE, THEREFORE THE CONTRAC WOULD BE ASSIGNED, BUT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO SIGN IT, SO LONG AS THEY NOTIFY EVERYONE THAT THE AGREEMENT EXISTS AND THAT YOU ARE SELLING IT. SO, THAT WOULD GIVE CITY STAFF, OR FPRA STAFF THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH

THE FUTURE PURCHASER. >> LIKE NICE, TIGHT TRANSACTIONS, I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM. I WILL LET

THIS GO THERE. MR. JOHNSON? >> THANK YOU, MAN. TO WEIGH ON FEW THINGS, I'M GLAD WE ARE AT THE POINT OF ALLOWING THE DAYS AND THE PROCESS TO TAKE PLACE ORGANICALLY, WHERE SOMEONE IS PROPOSING WHAT THEY ARE GOING T DO. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME, I AM HAPPY WITH THAT TODAY, IN MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

SO, THE OTHER THING, WHILE I A LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION AND THE DIALOGUE ALSO, COMMISSIONER, I'M TRYING TO WELL, I AM THINKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WHERE I HAVE COME IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS WITH THIS PROCESS OF SURPLUS PROPERTY. I JUST WANT TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS CONVERSATION , WITH IT IS COMMISSION, OR WITHIN THE SPORT IT IS MOVED FROM A DIALOGUE O MANY SURPLUS PROPERTIES WITH A INITIATIVE IN THE CITY TO ALLEVIATE AND/OR GET RID OF THE ADDITIONAL SURPLUS PROPERTY , THAT IS THE MOVEMENT THAT I HAV SEEN. I BELIEVE THAT OTHERS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER, THE FPR A MANAGER DIRECTOR, WHATEVE YOUR TITLE IS WITHIN HIS HAT, THANK YOU FOR BEING A PEER , HE IS TAKING ON THAT TASK, AND HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. HERE IS THE FUNNY PART IS AND LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION, THAT I FEEL LIKE WE ARE SITTING ON 857,000 ACRES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE REAL ESTATE AGENT TO GORGE OURSELVES OF THIS CRAZY AMOUNT OF PROPERTY. I DO BELIEV THAT IS THE CASE. SO, I'M JUST GIVING YOU A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK EXAMPLE O A REACTION THAT I GOT AS I WAS LISTENING, I STARTED THINKING ABOUT AND DIGGING INTO THE LANGUAGE THAT IS IN FRONT O US. SO, WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JO GETTING RID OF SURPLUS PROPERTIES, THE CITY IS GOING T ALWAYS ACQUIRE PROPERTY BY MEANS AND METHODS BECAUSE WE AR HEADED THE PROPERTY BECAUSE TH COMPANY ASSIGNED IT TO US AND W ACQUIRE IT TO A FORECLOSURE PROCESS. SO, I THINK WE HAVE GOOD DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF US . THE OTHER PART OF MY HISTORY LESSON FOR MYSELF IS THAT I REALLY WANT TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE CITY'S HANDS, OUT OF THE FPRA HANDS, STOP PAYING MONEY TO MOW GRASS AND GET INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR , THAT IS MY NUMBER ONE INITIATED. SECOND T THAT INITIATIVE, ONCE THAT HAPPENS , LET'S SEE DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTIES SO WE CAN ENCOURAGE OUR PRESIDENTS OR THOSE WANTING TO MOVE TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY , NOW WE HAVE ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE FOR THEM

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BUT, AGAIN, I LIKE CLEAN-CUT , VERY CRISP AGREEMENTS, BUT I THINK BY TRANSFERRING IT OUT OF THE CITY OR THE FPRA HANDS, INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR , WE AR ACCOMPLISHING A MAJORITY OF THE TASK AND THE MISSION FOR ME. SO, WITH THE AGREEMENT IN PLACE , I UNDERSTAND, I HEARD YOU LOU AND CLEAR , OF ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF IT, I WOULD DON'T WANT TO DABBLE IN SUMMARY COMIN IN TO TELL US OR ASKING THIS FO AN APPROVAL FOR THEM TO SELL IT . I THINK THAT IS ASSIGNMENT, N ASSIGNMENT WITHOUT CONSENT, THA IS NUMBER TWO. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO ENTERTAIN IT. IF THAT I EITHER THIS ONE OR THIS ONE. COMMISSIONER, I HEAR YOU, YOU MAKE A VERY LOGICAL PROGRESSION MY THOUGHT ON IT IS THAT I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS OUT THERE. I SEE IT ALL THE TIME.

>> ABSOLUTELY . >> I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUGGEST TO GET THIS OFF THIS BODY, AND INTO ACTION . WE TRY IT WITH THE ASSIGNMENT CAPABILITY. IF WE ARE UNCOVERIN A PROBLEM WE CAN COME BACK AND CHANGE IT. I AM GOOD WITH THAT FROM A PRACTICAL SIDE, I KNOW REAL ESTATE PEOPLE TOO. I AM ON OF THEM. RIGHT? BUT, IN THAT VEIN, THIS IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SCENARIO. I WOULD SAY ON, WE WILL TRY IT. I LOVE TO FILL IN THE BLANK, FROM TIMELINES, ET CETERA, IT SHOULD THE BURDEN TO THE ACTUAL BUYER TO MAKE SURE THEY CANNOT COME I AND COMPLAINED , SECONDARILY, THAT THE TITLE ISSUE I AM FINE WITH BECAUSE WE HANDLE THE TITL PREP AND RECORDATION OF THAT.

THE ASSIGNMENT ISSUE, I'M BOTHERED BY IT SOMEWHAT, BUT , LET'S SEE HOW IT WORKS. BECAUSE THE OTHER ISSUES MAY TRUMP THAT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TIMELINES INCORPORATED INTO THE DOCUMENT , THAT GETS APPROVED, SPUN OUT THE DOOR, THEY ARE ALREADY EATING INTO THAT TIMELINE. THEN TO REMARKET THE PROPERTY AND ASSIGN IT OR SIGN THE CONTRACT IN THE PROCESS, THEY ARE LOSING TIME. SO, BY ITS OWN ATTRITION IT MIGHT SOLV THE PROBLEM BUT CANNOT TAKE IT IS A PERFECT SOLUTION, BUT LET'S TRY TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS TO GET OUT OF HERE. THAT'S

WHERE I'M GOING . >> SURE, I AGREE WITH THAT , I TRULY AGREE AND I LIKE IT. SO, THE OTHER ASPECT WE TALKED ABOU ALL THE TIME IS THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OWNERSHIP, HOMEOWNERSHIP. SO, POULTER PAR OF THE PROPOSAL PROCESS, WHEN I COMES TO THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE AND STAFF WHO ARE LISTENING, WHEN IT COMES TO THI BOARD, THERE IS SOME MERIT IN SAYING I'M GOING TO BUY THE PROPERTY , THIS IS MY PROPOSAL AND I'M GOING TO BUILD A HOME AND HAVE SOMEBODY , SOME MECHANISM, SOME PARTNERSHIP SOMEWHERE TO WHERE I AM ALLOWING AND PARTICIPATING WITH AND SIGNING A CONTRACT WITH A LOCAL FAMILY TO HAVE HOMEOWNERSHIP .

>> I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS . AND A WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT BUT THAT IS MY HOPE AND MY DREAM. JUST WANTED TO SHARE THA WITH YOU. AT THE END OF THE DAY , I THINK IF I WERE TO PICK UP THE ONE OR THREE OPTIONS BECAUS OF ELIMINATED NUMBER TWO, I WIL STICK WITH NUMBER ONE BEING TH STRONGER , FOR ME , BUT YOU HAV MADE A VERY STRONG ARGUMENT ABOUT NUMBER THREE , BECAUSE HE PROPOSED SOMETHING, JUST DO IT AND GET IT DONE. IF YOU CANNOT, OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON. THERE ARE SOME DANGERS WITH IT, LARGE CORPORATIONS COMING IN AND BUYING THESE ENDS UP SO THEY ARE NOT GETTING INTO THE HANDS OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY RAPIDLY WHAT IS GOING ON AS HE PROPERTY OF THE CITY POPPING UP FOR SALE, I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONERS TO COME BACK AND REVISIT, THAT BEAUTY, WE CAN AMEND THE PROGRAM AS WE MOVE . COMMISSIONER GAINES HAS SMILE ON HIS FACE, I'M CURIOUS.

>> I MEAN, ALL RIGHT. ME AND MME. ATTORNEY TALKED ABOUT THIS THE PURPOSE , OUR PURPOSE , GE THESE PROPERTIES OUT OF THE SURPLUS STAGE , TO SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO DEVELOP , HOPEFULLY A

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BEDROOM, WHATEVER . >> EXACTLY. RIGHT? AND IF THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO , RIGHT? LET THE PERSON KNOW THAT -- LET THE PERSON KNOW THAT IF YOU, GET THIS PROPERTY, THIS SURPLUS PROPERTY THIS CERTAIN PRICE FROM THE CITY, AND YOU TELL US YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE, THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT YOU TO DO, GET A HOUSE. DON'T COME BACK SAYING I WANT TO ASSIGN IT, DON'T COME BACK SAYING THIS IS WHAT I WANT, I KNOW IT IS YOUR LEASE, BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU COME MEET WITH US , WITH THE DATE MEET WITH WHATEVER HAT YOU'RE WEARING THA DAY , THEY SIT DOWN AND MEET WITH US, AND WE MAKE A DEAL WIT THIS PROPERTY, THEY KNOW FROM THAT DAY , EITHER YOU DO IT OR COME BACK TO US. PERIOD. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM THE RIGHT TO NOT SELL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE. BUT, OUR JOB IS TO TRY TO GET THIS PROPERTY OUT OF YOUR PIXEL, WE ARE SENDING THE MESSAGE , IF YOU AR COMING TO THE PROPERTY BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO ASK FOR A DISCOUNTED PRICE , TO THE PROPERTY , BECAUSE WE WANT HOUSING. SO, IF YOU KNOW THAT FROM GOING FORWARD , DON'T EVEN COME IF YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT DOING WHAT YOU SAY YOU ARE GOING TO DO. THIS IS THE PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT SAID IF YOU DON'T, THERE ARE NO ASSIGNMENTS, AND IT COMES BACK TO US. I AGREE WITH NUMBER TWO.

NOT WANT TO COME IN TO TALK ABOUT CAN HE ASSIGN IT OR CANNOT SHE ASSIGNMENT? I DON'T KNOW I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT WE COULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT. HOWEVER , THAT IS HOW I FEEL. I AM LIKE YOU, COMMISSIONER BRODERICK, I CAN TRY NUMBER ONE , I CAN TRY NUMBER ONE TO SEE I IT WORKS, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT , BECAUSE EVEN WITH TIMELINES, AND LIKE YOU SAY , I WORKS IN THE REAL WORLD . YOU KNOW, I WAIT TO A CERTAIN DEADLINE AND I TRY TO TURN IT OVER AND THEN THAT PERSON COME INTO TRY TO ASK US FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TIME BECAUSE THEY JUST GOT IT AND IT'S A NEW PROJECT.

>> RIGHT. SO, I AM WILLING TO TRY NUMBER ONE, TO WORK WITH IT , BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I KNOW. I KNOW SHE DID LIVE WE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS, THAT'S WHY SHE'S LOOKING AT ME.

I KNOW. IN MY HEART I LIKE NUMBER THREE , LET THEM KNOW WHEN THEY COME IN A PRIME EXAMPLE YOU GO TO AN ICE CREAM SHOP , YOU KNOW THE FLAVOR THAT YOU WANT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE IN YOUR LIKE WHAT? NO, THEY SIT DOWN LAUGHTER ] IT DEPENDS ON THE DATE. SO THEY SIT DOWN WITH TH CITY MANAGER OR WHATEVER OF TH FPRA. WHEN YOU SLIDE A CONTRACT OVER THERE, WE ARE TELLING YOU WE WILL BUILD A HOUSE , RIGHT? YOU ARE TELLING THEM IF YOU DON'T , THERE'S NOTHING ELSE YOU CAN DO AND IT COMES BACK TO US AND WE GET SOM VIDEOS TO BUILD THE HOUSE. DON'T SIGN THE CONTRACT IF THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. I KNOW FROM WHEN THEY SIGN WITH US BUT AGAIN, I WILL SIT BACK AND ACCEPT THAT'S WHAT THE BOAD WANTS, TO TRY NUMBER ONE IN C HOW IT WORKS. IF IT WORKS, THAT IS GREAT. AND WE CAN ACCOMPLIS WHAT COMMISSIONER JOHNSON WANTS TO DO TO GET IT OUT OF OUR HEAD , BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE A HAPPY CAMPER. I'M NOT GOING TO BE A HAPPY CAMPER WHEN YOU COME BACK IN HERE AND SOME PUT 180 DAYS , AND THEY WANT 50 TO TRY TO SELL IT, RIGHT? BY THE TIME HE GETS BACK ON OUR PORCH , THE 30 DAYS HAS LEFT AND THEY ASKED FOR MORE TIME. BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING OR FOUND SOMETHING OR WANT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. AND WHAT ARE W GOING TO DO? GIVE THEM ANOTHER 180 DAYS? THAT IS THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE, THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE. I UNDERSTAND , YOU KNOW, THAT IS OUT IN THE

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>> GO AHEAD, I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP COMMENT PICKS AHEAD, I WANT TO

ASK A QUESTION. >> YOU ARE RIGHT, ME TELL YOU THE MARKET IMPACT, THE BULLY PULPIT HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE MARKET ALREADY. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT LOTS UNDERSIZED LOTS THROUGHOUT TH CITY ARE COMING ON THE MARKET AND THEY ARE SELLING INSTANTLY BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS CONTEMPLATING, MR. FREEMAN'S ANALYSIS OF PAY TO USE AS A WA TO CREATE HOUSING , OR FLIP THE LOTS. AND, WHEN WE ARE LIQUIDATING PROPERTY, WE ARE COMING IN AT A LOW THRESHOLD.

THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE REVISITED IN ITS ENTIRETY, THOS MARKET VALUES ARE NO LONGER RELATIVE , THOSE MARKET VALUES ARE NOW GONE, DOUBLED, POTENTIALLY TRIPLED WHAT WE JUST SAW EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS AGO, BECAUSE OF THE DISCUSSION THAT THIS BODY IS HAVING. SO, WE NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS WITH THAT, THAT'S WHAT I CONTEMPLATE HAVING, THERE'S A PROFIT CENTER IMMEDIATELY BUILT IN, BUY LOW, SELL HIGH, THAT IS MY THE GENESIS OF MY CONCERN, WE LOOK DAILY AT THE INVENTORY IN THE CITY , WE ARE OBSERVING THIS CONDITION OF LOTS TELLING INSTANTLY WHEREAS, IN YEARS PAST, AND A HOT REAL ESTATE MARKET, THEY SAT AND SAT BECAUSE THEY WERE TECHNICALLY COMPLICATED TO BECOME BUILDABLE SO, NOW, ANTICIPATING THAT CHANGING , YOU SAY 150 DAYS , 150 DAYS THAT COULD BE WORTH ANOTHER 25 OR 30% OVER WHAT THEY PAID JUST RECENTLY, OR 300% MORE. THAT IS THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE. BUT, COMMISSIONER JEREMIAH JOHNSON POINT IS TO DRIVE HOUSING STOCK , WE ARE NO IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS TO DEVELOP AN MAKE A PROFIT. I DON'T LIKE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE, WE KNOW THAT, BUT IF THA IS THE UNDERLYING GOAL , THEN I WILL SAY FINE, I WILL GO ALONG WITH IT UNTIL IS IT IN MY OFFIC TO SEE THE LOSS WE PUT UNDER AGREEMENT TWO NIGHTS AGO, THAT ARE NOW BACK ON THE MARKET.

THEN I COME BACK TO THE BODY TO SAY WE HAVE A PROBLEM. OR WE

NEED TO REVISIT IT . >> YEAH, I WAS GOING TO BRING U THE WHOLE DISCUSSION THAT KEVIN HAS BEEN GIVING ABOUT SOME OF THE CREATIVE WAYS THAT HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HOUSING STOCK, I THINK THAT, TOGETHER WITH THIS PROGRAM , COULD MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW , HOW MANY LOTS HAVE WE SURPLUS AND HOW MANY HAVE THEY BUILT ON?

>> I DON'T RECALL ANY LATELY . VINAIGRETTE, YOU TOLD US AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE NOT , WE HAVE BEEN NOWHERE ON IT, I REMEMBER THE ONE THAT CAME BACK IN AND WANTE MORE TIME , BECAUSE THEY CANNOT MEET THE AGREEMENT. SO, MS. HEDGES, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU FOR THE OPTION NUMBER THREE , WHY IS THAT YOUR LOWEST

RECOMMENDATION? >> YES, MA'AM. OPTION THREE, YO ARE ESSENTIALLY GETTING INTO TH MIDDLE OF BLOCKING PRIVATE TRANSACTIONS, BY NOT ALLOWING I .

>> WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT? >> IS UNLIKE A TRUE REAL ESTATE PERSON.

US UP TO LITIGATION IF WE ARE DOING THAT. I WILL SAY THIS, TOO, I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING I , AND MR. MINTZ CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CURRENTLY THE WAY THAT THIS IS SET UP , THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THESE SALES, THAT RUNS WITH THAT LAND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANYONE TRY TO FLIP THE PROPERTY OR RESELL THE PROPERTY THE ISSUE WE'VE BEEN HAVING IS THEY ARE NOT BUILDING AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO. SO, AS IT EXISTS CURRENTLY, THEY CAN SELL THE PROPERTY TO WHOMEVER THEY WANT , IT JUST RUNS WITH THE LAND AS IT WAS UNDER OPTION ONE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM OF IT BEING RESOLD. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THAT BIG O A PEER THAT WE WILL BE REALIZED . IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET, HE I NODDING AT ME IS, THAT I AM CORRECT, AND GIVING ME COMES UP TO MY CORRECTNESS. LEFT SO, I UNDERSTAND THE FEARS THAT WE DON'T WANT PROPERTIES BEING FLIPPED , BUT I DON'T THINK THA IS THE ISSUE WE'VE HAD SO FAR.

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>> WHAT IS THE PLEASURE? >> YES SIR .

>>, SO, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH LAND FLIPPING AND IS COLLECTING WHAT TAXES ON THE PROPERTY? THAT IS MY UP FRONT SIMPLE EVALUATION IT TRULY IS. SO, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER IS GOING TO DO AN EVALUATION SEE THAT THE PRICES ARE CHANGING , THAT LAND VALUES ARE INCREASING. NOW WE HAVE DIAGNOSED OURSELVES FROM A DEFICIT TO A POSITIVE. NOW, THAT IS THE SURPLUS PROPERTY. GO AHEAD. I HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. BUT, I THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO INCREASE HOUSING. ABOUT THAT WAS OUR GOAL. SO, I AGREE , IF THEY DO RESULT IN THE TAXES ARE HIGHER

CAN YOU SAY KEEP THEM . >> WE WANT PROPERTY VALUES TO INCREASE. ALL RIGHT, IF WE LOO AT IT THAT WAY AND I WILL STEP BACK AND SAY OKAY, FLIP AND KEEP THE TAXES, BUT I THOUGHT THE GOAL FOR THE PROJECT WAS T INCREASE BUILDING OF HOUSING AN

HOMES . >> IT IS. SO I WILL BUILD ON WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIE , BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH, AND I WILL GO BAC , A LOT OF THE SITUATIONS IS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH EAC LINE ITEM TO SEE HOW THAT WE HAVE. THE PROPERTY? IT WAS PROBABLY FORCED UPON US WERE GIVEN TO US, WE DID NOT JUST RANDOMLY START BUYING PROPERTIES. RIGHT? ALL BEFORE ANY OF US WERE A PEER.

>> YES, SO, THAT IS NOT OUR GOA NOW. SO, THESE PROPERTIES ARE COMING TO THE CITY IN SOME MEANS, LEGAL MEANS AND METHODS AND TECHNIQUES, WHATEVER THAT IS. SO, NOW IT'S ON OUR BOOKS.

HOUSING STOCK IS IMPORTANT, MY NUMBER ONE, THEN MY NUMBER ONE LETTER A IS DEADBOLTS OURSELVES OF SURPLUS PROPERTY AND DEVELO THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR HOUSING. THAT IS ALWAYS BEEN MY GOAL. 100% GET ON THE TAX WAS FROM A DEFICIT PART WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO COLLECT ANY TAXES GET IT INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND COLLECT TAX , LET THE FREE MARKET TAKEOVER. THAT IS MY PERSPECTIVE THROUGH THE PROCES OF GETTING THROUGH TODAY. SO, THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS, AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH THE THREE OPTIONS THAT ARE HERE WITH THE CLAUSES IN THE CONRACT , ALL OF THEM, ASSUMING THAT -- HEART STOP, YOU TOLD ME 180 DAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE ARE AT 179 . SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE, BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND ASKING FOR MORE DAYS , BUT THIS IS THE CONTRACT, THIS IS WHERE IT IS, IT STOPS . IF WE WERE O MAKE THAT DECISION IN ALL OF THESE CASES , IT REVERTS BACK TO THE WAY YOU HAVE IT DRAFTED , REVERTS BACK TO THE COURT . REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, IS THAT

CORRECT? >> YES, THE SCENE OF THE ASSIGNMENT AND THAT PROCESS MISSES THE DEADLINE AND YOU SA YOU MISS YOUR DEADLINE , THERE'S A LEGAL PROCESS, BUT IT

COMES BACK TO THE FPRA . >> THAT IS A LEGAL PROCESS IN

ALL THREE CASES? THE SAME? >> YES. IF WE EXERCISE A REVERSION WE CANNOT DIGEST PLANT ON THE PROPERTY , BUT THE PROCESS WOULD BE THE SAME FOR ALL THREE .

>> THAT WHEN I DIAL INTO THE SIMPLEST FORM OF THE QUESTION, THE PROCESS IS, NO MATTER WHAT AGREEMENT OR TEMPLATE WE PICK, THE REVERSION CLAUSE IS THE EXACT SAME?

>> IS A GIVEN. YES. >> WE CAN PICK EASIER OF THEM, THERE'S JUST UNDER THAT MR. MINTZ WAS ANXIOUS TO SAY

SOMETHING >> ABOUT THE HISTORY AND WHA WE

WANT TO ACQUIRE . >> HE WAS TO SAY STOP ARGUING, YOU'VE BEEN ARGUING FOR 2 WEEKS PICKS NO, I WOULD NOT DO THAT.

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SO, AGAIN, I THINK I TOLD EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, THE LEADING HOME BUILDER IN LINCOLN PARK THE LAST 20 YEARS AS THE CITY OF PORT PIERCE. SO, WE REALLY HAVE TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE. I THINK NUMBER ONE, WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE PROPERTIES OUT OF OUR CONTROL , AND PUT THEM INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THEN CREATE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS IS THE INABILITY. BUT, AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO THE PROPERTIES, WE'VE NEVER CALLED BACK ON A PROPERTY EVER.

SO, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, I'M GOING TO BE REAL WITH YOU, IT CAN HAPPEN. HE WILL NOT PAY HEDGES $10,000 IN STAFF TIME TO GET A $2000 PIEC OF PROPERTY. SO, I FEEL LIKE LET'S JUST PUSH AHEAD , DISPOSE OF THE PROPERTIES AND KEEP MOVING . IT THEY BUILT SOMETHIN IT BUILDS SOMETHING, IF THERE'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT YOU FEEL STRATEGICALLY LOCATED AND WE COULD BUILD A HOME, UTILIZIN OUR RESOURCES, AND POWER CONNECTIONS, THEN WE WILL DO THAT. THAT IS MY TWO CENTS.

>> WE MAKE A DECISION ON ONE OF THESE, THEN WE MONITOR. RIGHT?

BACK >> AND GETTING A HEADACHE A OKA WITH WHATEVER, ONE OR THREE , NOT NUMBER TWO .

>> COMMISSIONER GAINES, I'M GOO EITHER WAY, WE HAVE TO MONITOR

THE SITUATION. >> DOING EMOTION?

>> NO, I DON'T THINK WE NEED A MOTION, YOU'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON EACH CONTRACT INDIVIDUALLY. WHICH IS NEEDED TO KNOW WHERE THE FPRA WANTED U TO GO. SO THAT STAFF KNOWS HOW TO DRAFT YOUR AGREEMENTS APPROPRIATELY .

>> ARE YOU CLEAR ? >> AS MY.

>> WE HAVE THE PICK WHICH ONE. NUMBER ONE .

>> I'M GOOD WITH NUMBER ONE . >> I WAS HEARING NUMBER ONE AND WE RE-EVALUATE IS NOT WORKING?

>> YOU LIKE NUMBER THREE TOO. BE MY GUESS, I LIKE ONE OR THRE I LIKE NUMBER ONE BETTER. SOME OF THE LITIGATION AND BOTHERS M

TOO . >> AND, WE WANT TO REPORT BACK?

IT IS GOING TO SHAKE OUT. >> TRUST ME, WE WILL KNOW .

>> HE WILL LET US KNOW, I THINK .

>> TRUST ME . AND I WERE GOING COMMISSIONER JOHNSON FOR

EVERYTHING . >> THE FUNNY PART IS AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE TO THE TENACITY OR COURAGE OR STAMINA AT THE CONTRACT DATE OF EXPIRATION TO MAKE A DECISION.

THAT CONCEPT CARRIES AS MUCH WEIGHT AS THE CLAWBACK PROVISIO ITSELF. PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO PLAY GAMES , I HAVE A DISTINCT -- LOSING MY PROPERTY .

>> I HOPE THESE PROBLEMS COME T PASS PICKS BEAUTIFUL HOMES. I HOPE THAT PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING T GET THEM, BUT SO FAR THAT HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING. SO, I HOPE IT HAPPENS .

>> I DO HAVE ONE, KIND OF IN THE MARGINS COMMENT , THIS EVALUATION THING I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE HARD LOOK AT. ICING WE ARE USIN EVALUATIONS FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS AND THESE ARE NOT REFLECTIVE OF MARKET VALUE, SO WE MIGHT WANT TO BE A LITTLE BI CAUTIOUS WITH THAT . AGAIN, I KNOW THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT IN A POSITION TO MAKE MONEY, BUT IF WE CAN MAKE A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS I WILL TAKE IT EVERY TIME .

>> STEP USES A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS. FOR THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE WORTH LIKE $800 WE DON'T GO OUT TO GET THE $200 APPRAISAL. SO, WHICH IS KIND O USE THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS INFORMATION . IT WE SEE A PROPERTY THAT HAS A GREATER VALUE, THEN WE GET AN ACTUAL APPRAISAL .

>> I'M FINE WITH THAT, JUST SUGGESTING THAT THE MARKET IS I FLUX FOR THAT BRACKET OF INVENTORY , IT IS CHANGING INSTANTLY BEFORE OUR EYES IT IS CHANGING. SO, I DON'T WANT TO

SEE THE CITY. >> WE ARE NOT IN THE REAL ESTAT BUSINESS, AND YOU ARE.

>> I DON'T THINK WE ARE, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S ALL WE TALK ABOUT PICKS WERE TRYING NOT TO BE

>> I RETRACT MY STATEMENT. >> SO, WE DEPEND ON YOU TO MONITOR THIS.

NEED? >> YES, MA'AM .

>> INSTRUMENTS OVER HERE IS MAKING FOR A MOTION OF SOME SOR

. >> DO YOU WANT A MOTION? THAT

WE HAD TO PICK? >> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SELECT AND MONITOR SELECTION NUMBER ONE , OPTION NUMBER ONE.

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[c. Sunrise Theatre Update]

>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? >> M. BRODRICK? COMMISSIONER

GAINES? >>> THE NEXT ITEM IS

>>

>> SUNRISE THEATER UPDATE . >> INSTRUMENTS?

>> YOU ARE DOWN TO TWO MINUTES. NO, SORRY PICKS UP CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE THE AMAZING JOS WITH A NEW INDIVIDUAL , I LOVE THAT GOATEE MAN, IT LOOKS GOOD. SO, JOE IS GOING TO INTRODUCE TO THE STAFF THE THOUGHT SUNRISE THEATER .

WAS ACTUALLY REQUESTED BY ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AT A PREVIOUS MEETING COMING UP THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE ACTIVITIES

OF THE SUNRISE THEATER . >> HEY, MISTRESS WHAT?

LAUGHTER ] >> I WILL LET HIM INTRODUCE

HIMSELF REALLY QUICK . >> ALL RIGHT.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THE WILL TO DO MY FIRST AND THEN YOU GO? OKAY, GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, THAN YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR FOR SUNRISE THEATER, THANK YOU FOR HAVING M BE A PART OF YOUR HISTORICAL FACILITY TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON WHERE I COME FROM . IT WAS AN OLD-SCHOOL SQUARE FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS, STARTING OUT THERE WE GROW TO BE THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND CEO , I WAS IN THAT ROLE FOR 2 YEAR , TOOK SOME TIME OFF AND HAD A LITTLE FAMILY TIME, GOT TO SEE MY KIDS FOR ONE SECTOR WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK 20 HOURS A DAY. TOURED INTERNATIONALLY AN NATIONALLY THE VARIOUS ARTIST I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS, I LOOK FORWARD T BRINGING MY EXPERTISE TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. IN MY SHORT TIM WITH SUNRISE THEATER WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE STAFF WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH

YOU. >> SO, REALLY QUICK LET'S KICK THINGS OFF WITH A RECAP OF THE SUNRISE SPEAKEASY.

THOSE TWO.

YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH THE DOOR OPENING ON AUGUST 1, 1923, OUR OTHER , AND THE GOAL WAS IN HOSTING THE SPEAKEASY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NATURE, AND THE IMPACT IT BRINGS TO DOWNTOWN DURING THE SHOW SEASON WITH THAT SAID WE ARE CONTINUIN TO PARTNER WITH THE EDC IN THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR-LONG SITTER IMPACT STUDY, RECENTLY SUBMITTING OUR SECOND ROUND OF SURVEY INFO.

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ALL IN ALL THERE WERE 46 SPONSORS -- TO NAME A FEW.

LEFTOVER MONEY GOES TOWARD HELPING KIDS WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE COME TO SHOWS, AND HELP WITH OTHER THEATER EXPENSES. LAST SEASON OVER 150 YOUTH FROM DIFFERENT COUNTIES ENJOYED A VARIETY OF SHOWS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PERFORMANCES LIK THE CHILDREN'S THEATER, WHICH IS FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM ONE O OUR PARTNERS CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL THROUGH THE SUNRISE THEATER FOUNDATION.

MEMBERSHIP AND MORE, THE THEATERS PRESALE TICKETS ARE UP ALMOST 50% FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, AS WELL AS MEMBERSHIPS UP ALMOST 20% . TH SUNRISE THEATER HAS ADDED EVEN MORE SHOWS THIS SEASON, CURRENTLY AT 57 WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A FEW MORE. LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 33 EVENT WE ARE DEFINITELY DOUBLE, THE GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO BRING IN A VARIETY OF SHOWS FOR OUR EVER-GROWING INTO DIVERSE COMMUNITY. SINCE APRIL OF LAST YEAR SINCE I STARTED, FACED A INSTRUMENT SEEN AN UPTICK IN FELLOWS AND ENGAGEMENT , ADDING ALMOST 2000 NEW FOLLOWERS TO FACEBOOK AND ROUGHLY 320 TO INSTAGRAM. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? LET ME PASS IT OVER TO MR RYAN PICKS A QUESTION, I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE EDC IMPACT STUDY, THIS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO ALL OF THE FOLKS OVER AT AL RISE, AND I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WAS A YEAR AGO . I BELIEVE THIS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT, AND I WANT TO STRESS THAT ACT , BECAUSE THE THOUGHT SUNRISE THEATER IS A STANDALONE OPERATING ENTITY , OPERATING PROFITABLY OR NOT PROFIT DEEPL , DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT TH ECONOMIC THAT HAS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA , THOSE DOLLARS ARE CHURNED THROUGHOUT THE LOCA ECONOMY. AND VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT STUDY, BECAUSE THINK IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THE CRITICISM OF THE SUNRISE THEATER AND DISPEL THAT. SIMPL PUT, I THINK WE SEE THE REPORT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT THE GENERATION OF DOLLARS INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WILL BE INTO TH MILLIONS . IT DWARF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT THE CITY PROVIDES ANNUALLY, WHICH IS $500,000 .

>> USED TO BE 450 COMING UP 500 THE THEATER OPERATES AT BREAKEVEN OR BETTER BASED ON TH STATISTICS I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE INVESTED MONEY TO BE MADE THAT THE DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER DAY, BUT THE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS, THIS IS BEING DONE AND OUTSIDE COMPANIES , IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, AND I AM GOING TO SUGGEST WHEN THAT REPORT IS COMPLETED AND A PRESENTATION BE MADE TO THIS BODY , TO REALLY DIG INTO THOSE DETAILS TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE PICKS UP THE FIRST TIME ED

HAS DONE THIS? >> SO, PETER TOOK PUT US IN TOUCH WITH ST. GERMAIN , WE ARE INPUTTING OUR INFORMATION WITH HER , WE ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW, WE JUST DID OUR SECOND ORDER, W WILL NOT KNOW FOR QUITE A WHILE WHAT WE JUST SUBMITTED WAS A SLOW SEASON QUARTER , SINCE WE HAVE DOUBLED OUR SHOWS , I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE STATISTICS .

>> HAVE REDUNDANT ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY IN THE PAST?

>> AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO . >> IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT KIND OF CORNERSTONE OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE THEATER WE

ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT . >> IS. GOOD. PROCEED.

>> TO FINISH UP ON MY END, SINC I STARTED, WE HAVE TAKEN SOME TIME TO REORGANIZE THE BACKSTAG AREA , INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY OF BACKSTAGE STAFF IN MAKING SPACE MORE EFFICIENT AND SIMILAR TO A REAL TOURING HOUS WHICH IS WHAT I AM ACCUSTOMED TO. REPAINTING IN THE RECEIVING AREA BACKSTAGE, THE STAIRWELLS, THE ARTIST ENTRANCE AREAS TO MAKE A STATEMENT PIECE AS WE BEGIN MORE DIVERSE ARTIS , FOR THEM TO HAVE A CLEAN AREA AS WELL AS PRESSURE CLEANING, WORKING WITH SIMMONS IN THE AI CONDITIONING COMPANY , AND JOHNSON CONTROLS TO UPDATE PRIO

[01:00:01]

IT MORE GREEN L.E.D. >> GOOD, THAT'S GOOD. SO, DO YO HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP IN OCTOBER ?

>> THE HAUNTINGS . >> YES.

>> YES, THAT IS OUR FOUNDATION, RIGHT. SO, THE FOUNDATION IS RAISING MONEY WITH THESE EVENTS

>> CORRECT. THE NEXT SHOW IS THIS SATURDAY , IT'S GOING TO B A BIG HIT AND AFTER THAT WE START KICKING OFF THE SEASON S JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH PICKS ARE YOU A STOP ON THE

GHOST WALK? >> I'M NOT SURE .

>> I THINK YOU ARE . >> I HAVE NOT HEARD, I KNOW YOU DO NEED TRICK-OR-TREATING ON SECOND STREET .

>> I'M PRETTY SURE YOU ARE. I THINK I KNOW A COUPLE OF PEOPL .

THE COMMISSIONERS SHOULD BE MEMBERS OF THE SUNRISE IF THEY ARE NOT , AND I THINK I AM. I THINK I JOINED EARLIER LAUGHTER ] I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT WITH THE INSURER, BUT , YOU KNOW, WE OUGHT TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERSHIP IN THE SUNRISE .

>> AND THAT LED TO SOME MEMBERSHIP BROCHURES .

>> I SAW IT, HE LEFT THE PLAYBILLS TOO, WHAT IS THE DAT OF THE HALLOWEEN PARTY? DO YOU KNOW? 28TH OF OCTOBER? OKAY .

>> SO, DID YOU ANNOUNCE THE MARGINS FROM THE END OF THE

YEAR? >> WHAT KIND OF PROPHET WAS

GENERATED? >> IS, INDEED, THE 60,000 WAS RAISED . I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS .

>> RIGHT, I BELIEVE THAT WAS TH NUMBER, 60.

>> CHEESE CURD PICKS HER, IT IS IT IS THE LARGEST , THE SINGLE LARGEST FUNDRAISING EVENT THEY'VE EVER HAD .

>> IT WAS SO WELL-ATTENDED , IT WAS ALMOST UNCOMFORTABLY -- IT

LITERALLY WAS . >> I JUMPED IN APRIL, THAT IS THE FIRST THING I HAD TO TACKLE WHEN I LITERALLY SAID 250 WE ARE TRYING TO GET 250 TICKETS SO, ALMOST 500 PEOPLE , THAT IS AMAZING. FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE THAT A , THAT WAS DURING TH

SLOW SEASON FOR DOWNTOWN . >> GOOD POINT, YES, IT DID. ANY

OF THE QUESTIONS? >> A GREAT JOB , AND AS I SAID BEFORE , LET'S TRY , WE ARE MISSING OUT ON A GROUP OF FANS AND SOME MONEY. SO, 25 TO 35 YOUR GROUP WITH SOME DIFFERENT TYPE OF DIVERSITY COMING IN TO THE SUNRISE , I SEE THEM TRAVELING TO PALM BEACH, I SEE THEM TRAVELING TO ORLANDO, I SE THEM TRAVELING TO TAMPA , GONE FOR WEEKENDS JUST TO GO TO A CONCERT, AND SPENDING MONEY OVE THERE. SO, YOU KNOW?

>> IF I MAY, WE SEE IT TOO. WHAT WE SEE, THOUGH, IS THAT THEY WANT THAT OUTDOOR ATMOSPHERE. YOU GO TO A COUNTR CONCERT TO PUT THE PEOPLE IN, GETTING IN AND TAKES A LOT YEAR I HAVING IN THE ORCHESTRA NEXT WEEK, THINGS THAT YOUNG CROWDS LIKE. , THOMAS UP FOR, THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE THESE GUYS COMING TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT , BUT WE KNOW THAT THE AUDIENCE, THEY WANT TO BE OUTDOORS AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING THEM INDOORS TO THAT SAME TYPE OF ATMOSPHERE, IT TAKES A LITTLE TRICK AND WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THIS GUY, HE'S DONE THAT PICKS LET'S WORK TOGETHER, THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN, BUT THAT IS ONE PROJECT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT .

>> YOU BRING SOMEBODY IN, FIRST COME FIRST SERVE RIGHT OR WRONG, SET UP, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS , NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU CAN MOVE IT TO THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

[01:05:01]

GO GET IT. >> I AGREE, THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS TOO. YOU GUYS ARE WORKING THROUGH IT. WE HAVE BEE WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME . YO HAVE A NEW PERSPECTIVE , NEW EYES, NEW PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY, NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE , ALL THE THINGS THAT MATTER TO EXACTLY WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AM INTERESTED IN THE ECONOMICS OF WHAT IT BRINGS TO ÚDOWNTOWN CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE OFF-LINE, NOT NECESSARILY IN OU MEETINGS , BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION PIECE FOR THE DOWNTOWN RETAILERS APPRECIATE WHAT THE SUNRISE DOES , THEY AR DEFINITELY AN ADVOCATE FOR TH SUNRISE PIXEL, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO TAKE IT VANTAGE OF THEIR ADVOCACY, AND WHATEVER ELSE THE DO , TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE MEMBERS ALSO, OR PARTICIPANTS, WHICH I FLIPPED THROUGH REALLY QUICK TO SEE WHO IS IN THE ADVERTISEMENT. NOT THAT I'M GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, I WILL NEVER SAY ANYTHING, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. BUT YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOLD AND MAKE AN WORK ON THOSE THINGS. SO, I APPRECIATE IT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU HAVE PICKS A QUICK QUESTION , MDM. CHAIR.

MAYBE IT HAS JUST BEEN A LONG DAY, BUT THERE IS NO ISSUE FOR -- GOSPEL OR CHRISTIAN-TYPE SHOWS, ARE THERE?

>> I KNOW NONE . BEEN A JUST BEING.

>> YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT , WE HAVE NEWSBOYS COMING IN .

>> THAT'S ANOTHER BIG AREA . >> YOU ARE RIGHT. COMEDY, BRIA REGAN WAS JUST IN. AND THAT GETS YOU OUT .

>> THAT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT CROWD .

>> THEY WANT TO BE OUTSIDE >> AND JUST GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, YOU GET THE RIGHT GOSPEL GROUP, OR GOSPEL SINGER HERE , THEY ARE GOING TO DRESS UP PICKS THEY ARE GOING TO GO INSIDE AND THEY ARE GOING TO, I'M JUST SAYING, I JUST THOUGH

OF IT, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE . >> THE OTHER QUESTION IS , WITH THE RENOVATIONS OR IMPROVEMENT WILL THERE BE ANY DOWNTIMES? LIKE I KNOW SOMETIMES THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT IS HIGH SCHOOLS ARE USING IT FOR GRADUATION, DO WE HAVE AGREEMEN

IS HERE FOR GRADUATIONS? >> WE DO HAVE A COUPLE .

>> JOHN CARROLL HAS USED IT OVE THE LAST FEW YEARS .

>> IT WON'T AFFECT ANY OF THAT WE WORK AROUND THE SCHEDULE AND WHENEVER WE HAD A DARK TIME I USED THOSE DAYS , WEEKEND OR

EVENINGS. >> NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

[d. Overview of Commercial Facade Grant Program]

OVERVIEW OF THE COMMERCIAL FACADE GRANT PROGRAM .

>> INSTRUMENTS? >> WE HAVE THE REDEVELOPMENT SPECIAL HE WAS GOOD TO TALK TO US ABOUT OUR CURRENT AND OUR

FUTURE SONOGRAM PROGRAM. >> GOOD EVENING .

>> MS. GARCIA? >> I AM EXCITED TO PRESENT AGAI THE COMMERCIAL FACADE GRANT PROGRAM, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING THAT IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS. AS YOU KNOW, ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS, ANY OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE FPRA PLAN, AND THAT THE GOALS SEVEN AND NINE OF THE FPRA PLANS. ANY BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL BUSINESS THAT APPLIE .

>> ARE WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN? ALL RIGHT. SO, AS YOU KNOW, ANY BUSINESS THAT CAN APPLY COMMERCIAL BUSINESS HAS TO BE WITHIN THE FPRA BOUNDARIES FO THIS PROGRAM. THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM IS TO REVITALIZE OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF BUILDINGS, AND ELIMINATE LIGHT, THE PROGRAM OFFERS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF REIMBURSABLE GRANTS MATCHING 50% UP TO $25,000. WE HAD GREA SUCCESS WITH IT WHEN WE LAUNCHE IT A YEAR AND HALF AGO, AND I HAVE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE FOUR PROPERTIES THAT WERE AWARDED THE LAST TIME. 1105 SEAWAY DR., COMPLETED THE PROJECT BACK IN JANUARY. THEY

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QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> QUESTIONS? JUST REMIND ME, COMMERCIAL FACADE GRANT PROGRAM WHAT ARE THE OTHER GRANT

PROGRAMS? >> WE HAVE THE PAID PROGRAM , THAT IS FOR COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES , THAT GETS YOU REIMBURSABLE UP TO $1000 , THEN WE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO LAUNCHED THE SIGN PROGRAM PICKS $5000 REIMBURSABLE AS WELL FOR THAT ONE, NOW WE ARE LAUNCHING THIS WEEK, THEN MARSHA HAS HERS . BENEFITED THE PAINT PROGRAM? THAT ONLY PRIMARILY FOR ORANGE AVENUE?

>> NO, IT IS OPEN TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, ALL THREE OF THEM ARE OPEN TO THE ENTIRE FPRA DISTRICT.

>> GOOD . >> ONE QUICK QUESTION, ON THE SIGN PROGRAM, IS THAT 100% REIMBURSEMENT?

>> THAT IS 100% REIMBURSEMENT. THIS ONE IS 50%.

>> WELL, I GO BY ONE OF THOSE EVERY DAY , AND I KEEP WONERING WHAT IS GOING TO GO IN THERE O SEAWAY DRIVE .

>> IS, HE IS STILL SEEKING TENANTS FOR THE PROPERTY .

>> RIGHT, IT REALLY KNOCKS LOOK NICE. YET. ANYTHING ELSE. GOO

[9. STAFF COMMENTS]

>>> NEXT ITEM IS STAFF COMMENTS IN THE FPRA PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITY PICKS WE ATTACHED TO THE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUMMARY , IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE WILL ANSWER THEM A

THIS TIME. >> ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT ARE YOU

[10. BOARD COMMENTS]

>> NO., JUST A QUICK QUESTION. MR. MIMS, I KNOW WE ARE ENGAGING THE PLANNING COUNCIL AND THE WESTERN PENINSULA DISCUSSION, IS THAT GOING TO BE ACTIVE FOR THIS PORT OR CITY COMMISSION OR A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH? WHAT DO YOU ENVISION FOR

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LAUGHTER ] IS, THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, AS SOON AS WE GET IT , I BELIEVE THAT THE INITIAL INVESTMENT WILL BE MAD BY THE FPR A. THIS IS WITHIN THE CRA, IT IS A COMPLETE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND IT INVOLVES OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, ONCE WE GET TO THAT PROPOSAL, WE WIL BRING IT TO THIS BOARD , THEN, OF COURSE, WE WILL GO OVER THE SCOPE OF SERVICES TO SCHEDULE, AND WE WILL INVOLVE THE ENTIRE ASPECT OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, BUT, THE INITIAL INVESTMENT WILL HOPEFULLY COME FROM THE FPRA .

>> YEAH, I KIND OF DISOBEYED THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TOL US THAT ALL THAT IS WHERE IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN PICKS YOU GUESSED RIGHT, THAT IS WHERE IT IS .

>> IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE, I WANTED TO BRING THAT FORWARD.

WANTED THEM TO TAKE ON THE TASK UP FRONT .

>> MAYBE IT WAS DR. DELANEY WHO MADE THE PRESENTATION. THAT WAS

A COUPLE YEARS AGO. RIGHT? >> YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. BACK IN 2012 AND 2013, WE ALSO TALK TO TO DR. DELANEY, THAT WAS A COUPLE, ABOUT 20, 21. BUT, NOW, WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO FORWARD , WE ARE SEEING THAT THIS RELOCATION OF THE ISLAND WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY IS A TRUE AND REAL THING. SO, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT CONS THAT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.