[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AS MS. CLEMONS MAKES HER WAY, LET'S
CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. EDWARDS.
[4. CONSIDERATION OF ABSENCES]
>> PRESENT. >> SHE CALLED IN WITH A REASONABLE EXCUSE FOR NOT ATTENDING TODAY.
>> WE DO HAVE A NEW PLANNING BOARD MEMBER TODAY. MR. WIDING.
WE WILL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE
BOARD. >> THANK YOU. I'LL BACK UP AND SAY IN 1979, MY PARENTS -- WE ARE ORIGINALLY FROM PITTSBURGH AND WE WERE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
] WE LIVED IN PITTSBURGH AND THAT WAS THE CORPORATE HOME OFFICE. THEN WE BOUGHT A PLACE. WE HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN A LONG TIME. IN 2002, MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A PLACE IN THE VILLAGE, AND WHEN WE RETIRED, IN 2019, WE ADOPTED FORMALLY FORT PIERCE AS OUR HOME. AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. IN RECENT YEARS, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONTINUE TO BE ON THE FOUNDATION BOARD FOR THE SUNRISE THEATER, AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN FIRST CHURCH ON ORANGE AND SEVENTH, AND, THE NORMAL LOCAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE THE BACKBONE, WHICH MIGHT BE THE BACCHUS AND MAIN STREET, TRYING TO STAY ACTIVE IN THOSE FUNCTIONS, AS WELL. SATURDAY, WE HAD A GOOD TIME. WE HAD A GOOD TIME AGAIN AT THE CAUSEWAY WITH THE HISTORIC SOCIETY ANNUAL EVENT. THAT WAS A FUN DAY, TOO. I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE. I WAS SPONSORED BY MICHAEL BRODRICK. LAST MEETING, I HIT THE PRINTER AND WALKED AWAY, AND I CAME BACK WITH THIS. SO I WAS THINKING, I'M NOT SURE WHAT I GOT INTO WITH THIS. SO, NICE TO BE HERE. THANK YOU ALL.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
>> THANK YOU, MR. WIDING. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
MOVING ON NOW, WE HAVE ITEM 5, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
>> WE HAD A SPICY MEETING LAST WEEK. I'M SURE YOU ALL ENJOYED READING THE MINUTES. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR
APPROVAL. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. CLEMONS .
[a. Annexation - S. Market Ave - Parcel ID: 2434-601-0062-000-6]
>> MR. WIDING. >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS
APPROPRIATE, BUT YES. >> CHAIRMAN KREISL.
>> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. ON TO NEW BUSINESS. ITEM 6A. DO YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION?
>> YES I DO. WELCOME, MR. WIDING. WE HAVE ANNEXATION .
PARCEL NUMBER 2434-601-0062-000 -6 . PARCEL I.D. IS 2434-601-0062-000-6 . IN SUMMARY, REQUEST TO REVIEW A VOLUNTARY APPLICATION FOR ANNEXATION FOR ONE PARCEL OF LAND AT OR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH MARKET
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AVENUE AND OLEANDER AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF ONE PARCEL AT OR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF S. MARKET AVE. AND OLEANDER AVE., IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS ST. LUCIE COUNTY FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF INDUSTRIAL (IND) AND A ST.LUCIE COUNTY ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT (IL). THE PROPOSED CITY FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS INDUSTRIAL (I) AND ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (I-1) THE SITE AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 2.6 ACRES.
PURSUANT TO THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN POLICY 1.11.5, "PROPERTIES ANNEXED SHALL RECEIVE A LAND USE DESIGNATION COMPATIBLE WITH THE COUNTY LAND USE DESIGNATION, UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION." STAFF HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN UNINCORPORATED ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE FORT PIERCE CITY MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY AND WITHIN THE FPUA SERVICE AREA.
THE CURRENT VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES IS $411,400. HERE IS THE COLORED MAP TO OUTLINE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. SOME ARE WITHIN THE CITY. SOME ARE WITHIN THE COUNTY. WITHIN THE COUNTY, IT IS INDUSTRIAL, IND. PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE WILL BE CHANGED TO I FOR INDUSTRIAL.
THE EXISTING ZONING IN THE COUNTY IS INDUSTRIAL LIGHT.
THE APPROVED ZONING WILL BE CITY, LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO THE CITY COMMISSION. ALTERNATIVE REGULATIONS ARE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS OR TO RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, MISS DRIVER. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE
BOARD? >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, IF YOU COULD COME I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST SHOW THIS PROPERTY IN RELATION TO THE CITY AT LARGE SO WE ARE LOOKING AT IT ON THE MAP. I BELIEVE THIS IS NORTH OF MIDWAY.
>> IT IS. YES. >> DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE TODAY? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND SIGN IN AND STATE YOUR
NAME. >> FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DENNIS MURPHY. I AM REPRESENTING TRANSAMERICA AND THE ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY. WE ARE SIMPLY LOOKING TO MAKE IT SO THE PROPERTY FITS WITHIN DEVELOPMENT RELATIONS. WE WOULD APPRECIATE RECORDATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNEXATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NONE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD OPEN UP ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS ANNEXATION. SO PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE, I WILL SEND IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. SO MY, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY I ASKED MISS DRIVER TO BRING THIS UP IS WE'VE HAD ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GENERAL CONTINUOUS CITY LIMITS AND I THINK IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THIS IS ONE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF INCORPORATED -- UNINCORPORATED POCKETS WITHIN THAT LARGER BOUNDARY. FOR ME, I WOULD CLASSIFY THIS AS
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> IF THERE IS NO MORE DISCUSSION, AT THIS POINT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN UP MOTION.
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE
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[b. Zoning Text Amendment - Port of Fort Pierce Overlay Zoning District ]
>> YES. >> MOVING ON TO ITEM 6B. MR.
FREEMAN HAS THE PRESENTATION. >> WE ARE PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO START THE PROCESS FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE PORT OF FORT PIERCE ZONING OVERLAY. IT ACTUALLY TAKES PRECEDENCE IN TERMS OF WHEN DEVELOPMENT COMES THROUGH AND HOW DEVELOPMENT IS PROCESSED. SO LET ME GIVE YOU A BIT OF BACKGROUND. SO, FLORIDA HAS 15 DEEPWATER SEAPORTS, AND THE CITY HAS ONE OF THOSE. THE POTENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC VALUE TO THE CITY IS IMMENSE. AND I'M GOING BACK NOW TO 2020. ST. LUCIE COUNTY, TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS AND PUBLIC OUTREACH UPDATED THE FT. PIERCE MASTER PLAN. THAT LED TO THE FINAL DRAFT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION IN DECEMBER 2020. SO SINCE THAT TIME, WHEN THE CITY COMMISSION DIRECTED STAFF TO COME UP WITH A WAY OF IMPLEMENTING OR RE-ZONING THE AREA TO MEET THAT POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DOSE THAT IS FOUR YEARS. IN PROCESS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO GET SOMETHING TO COME FORWARD. SO THIS ITEM PROPOSES, AFTER ALL THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, OUTREACHES, AND BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS, THE OVERLAY DISTRICT TO ADOPT THIS FT. PIERCE OVERLAY DISTRICT AT SECTION 514 OF THE CITY. IT SHOWS ONE OF THE POTENTIAL SCENARIOS OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PORT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE TODAY DOES NOT AFFECT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY OF THESE USES IN THE PORT AS IT STANDS. SO WE ARE NOT MOVING AGAINST THE MASTER PLAN.
WE ARE ENABLING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MASTER PLAN, THE BROADENING IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING PROPERTY RIGHTS OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS AREA. TO DO WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY AND THAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN WE COME TO OVERRIDE ZONING ON PERSONAL PROPERTY, IN TERMS OF -- WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING ANY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AWAY FROM ANY LANDOWNER.
AROUND THE PORT, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL INITIATIVES FOR REDEVELOPMENT. THE GREENWAY PASSES DOWN THAT SIDE OF THE COAST AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE LINKED THROUGH AN AREA. MAYBE NOT THROUGH THE WATERFRONT AREA BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVITIES, BUT SOMEWHERE THROUGH THE PORT OR ADJACENT TO THAT. THERE IS A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA WITH RENEWAL EFFORTS. THE FISHERMAN'S WHARF REDEVELOPMENT SITE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND ALSO, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE CITY COMMISSION CONFERENCE MEETING THIS MORNING, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT IS PROCESSING THROUGH ITS APPROVAL. AND ACTUALLY, FOR THE KINGS LANDING DEVELOPMENT, YOU WILL SEE AN AMENDMENT FOR THAT SIDE COMING FORWARD IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. SO FOR THE OVERALL VIEW OF THE PORT AREA, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERSHIPS, BOTH PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY OWNED. ST. LUCIE COUNTY OWNS A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE AREA. SO THIS AMENDMENT TO THE CODE PROPOSES THIS FORT PIERCE OVERLAY DISTRICT. IN ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME THROUGH THE OVERLAY DISTRICT ARE ALLOCATED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPROVED BY CONDITIONAL USE OR BY MINOR
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SITE PLAN. THOSE ARE OUTLINED LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION AS THE USES BACK FROM MY SCRABBLE BOARD FOR A MOMENT. WITH PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE LOCATION AND THOSE CONDITIONAL USES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TOGETHER WITH THE USES THAT WOULD BE PUT THROUGH THAT MINOR SITE PLAN PROCESS. IT MAY OCCUR IN FUTURE. ONCE WE HAVE IT TIDIED UP AND DONE.FORWARD WITH PROPERTY OWNERS IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS. SO BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND OWNERSHIP AND CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN PROPERTIES, BOTH SIDES OF NORTH SECOND STREET, WE HAVE INCLUDED A WHOLE TRACT DOWN THE WEST SIDE OF THIS AREA TO BECOME PART OF THE PORT OVERLAY DISTRICT. NOW, THERE IS A DISCREPANCY AT THE MOMENT WITH THE PARCELS. ON OUR GIS AND OUR RECORDS, THE PARCELS ARE SUCH -- AND WE NOTED THAT THERE ARE FULL LOTS THAT ARE DISCREPANCIES NOW FROM WHAT IS ACTUALLY RECORDED ON OUR SYSTEM, SO WE WILL BE HOPEFULLY RECEIVING A SUBDIVISION APPLICATION FROM ST. LUCIE COUNTY TO RECTIFY THAT MATTER BECAUSE THAT IS QUITE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WILL BE -- THOSE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS WILL BE INCLUDED IN ANY OVERLAY DISTRICT. SO THE FUTURE LAND USE OF THESE AREAS AT THE MOMENT ARE PRIMARILY INDUSTRIAL, AND VARYING COMMERCIAL. SO INDUSTRIAL IS AS YOU WOULD SEE. LOTS OF DISTRIBUTION STORAGE WAREHOUSING. INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USES. RESEARCH, BUSINESS PARKS, MIXED-USE OFFICE PARKS, AND OTHER USES.
MARINE COMMERCIAL IS, AGAIN, IT IS A LIGHTER VERSION OF AN INDUSTRIAL USE, BUT HEAVIER THAN COMMERCIAL. YOU HAVE REPAIR, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL, INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES, TOURISTS, MARINE RELATED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THE ZONING AT THE MOMENT, THERE IS AN UNDERLYING PLANT UNIT REDEVELOPMENT IN PLACE. THAT WILL BE EXTINGUISHED ONCE THAT OVERLY COMES IN, AND EFFECT. THERE IS C6 AND I2. TO BETTER ORGANIZE THE OVERLAY, AND TO BETTER ORGANIZE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WERE HAVING WITH VARIOUS OVERLAY -- ZONING OVERLAY -- INTO TWO, ALLOCATING THE NORTHERN PORT AND SOUTHPORT AREAS TO BE SIMILAR IN THEIR ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
NOW, THE USED TABLE HAS GONE BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS, WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND LANDOWNERS. OBVIOUSLY, WITH ST. LUCIE COUNTY, BEARING IN MIND THE EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY, AND ALSO, THE FUTURE POTENTIAL USES IDENTIFIED IN THE PORT MASTER PLAN, SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT THOSE. WE HAD SOME RECENT COMMENTS ON THOSE PARAMETERS. I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THOSE IN RED.
COMMERCIAL PERMITTED USE HAS BEEN ADDED. THAT WAS MISSING.
WE HAVE NOT ONLY ADDED THAT ONE. WE ADDED DEFINITION FOR WHAT THAT MEANT IN THE ORDINANCE. WE NOTICED SCRIVENERS ERRORS THAT THE BOUNDARY WAS NOT CORRECT IN THE EXHIBIT. THAT WILL BE CHANGED IN THE EXHIBIT. IN THE ORDINANCE, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS ARE NOT YET ATTACHED. I SAY THOSE WILL BE RATIONALIZED AND ATTACHED TO THE ORDINANCE AS IT MOVES FORWARD. SO, OUR RECOMMENDATION AT THE MOMENT, IS FOR THE PLANNING BOARD TO MOVE THIS
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OVERLY ZONING AMENDMENT TO CITY COMMISSION WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.>> THANK YOU, MR. FREEMAN. YOU MENTIONED THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT.
INAUDIBLE ] >> IT WOULD REMAIN AS THE UNIT.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITS WOULD BE SET BY THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. SO IN FUTURE, I THINK THERE WILL BE A MOVE TO ACTUALLY ESTABLISH A SPECIAL ZONING DISTRICT, AND A FUTURE LAND USE FOR THE WHOLE PORT, TO RATIONALIZE VERY SIMPLY, THIS WHOLE AREA. AT THE MOMENT, THE EASIEST AND QUICKEST WAY, SURPRISINGLY, FOUR YEARS, WAS TO PUT ON A ZONING OVERLAY DISTRICT, SO WE COULD PUSH TO ONE SIDE THE UNDERLYING PLANNED UNIT REDEVELOPMENT AND CONCENTRATE ON THE DIRECTION OF THE PORT IN FUTURE TO ENGAGE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS FULLY AS WE COULD, BUT THEN, TO BALANCE THE VARIOUS INPUTS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS SO WE COULD GET TO THE LARGEST CONSENSUS THAT WE COULD FOR THIS OVERLAY PROPOSAL. AND I'M HOPING PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE HERE TO SPEAK TODAY TO CONFIRM OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER IT IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS. THIS DRAFT ORDINANCE HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL ITERATIONS AT THIS POINT. IN MY TIME HERE ON THE PLANNING BOARD, I HAVE SEEN IT AT LEAST ONCE. WOULD IT BE SAFE TO SAY YOUR CHARACTERIZTION OF THE CHANGES IN THIS MOST RECENT VERSION ARE, YOU KNOW, LESLIE
HELD HERE IN THIS USED TABLE? >> WE HAVE HAD SOME IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, ESPECIALLY, TO TRY TO GET THIS TO A POINT WHERE WE THINK WE'VE GOT THE BIGGEST CONSENSUS THAT WE COULD GET.
THE LARGEST CONSENSUS THAT WE COULD GET WITHOUT AFFECTING PROPERTY RIGHTS WITHIN THE AREA. IT IS A HYBRID OF WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE. IN SOME RESPECTS, IT HAS BEEN SIMPLIFIED. IN OTHERS, WE HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATING USES INTO THE COLUMNS. ESSENTIALLY, IT IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE I BROUGHT FORWARD. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 2 1/2 YEARS. PRIOR TO MYSELF COMING, THERE WAS ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF OF WORK. SO IT HAS GONE THROUGH A WHOLE, IF YOU LIKE, FRANKENSTEIN MANIPULATION OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO HERE, AND TO GET SOMETHING AS FAIR AS WE COULD. AND TO BRING
THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT WITH IT. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. FREEMAN, FROM THE BOARD?
>> I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE COMMENTS ARE.
>> OKAY. LET'S GET TO THAT POINT THEN. THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS TO SPEAK OF. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD INVITE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS DRAFT ORDINANCE TO COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND
SIGN IN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN KREISL. I'M HERE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. MOSTLY ABOUT THE ACTUAL PROPOSED MEASURE, AND SOME CONCERNS THAT THE COUNTY DOES HAVE ABOUT THE PROPOSED MEASURE. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ONLY 15 DEEPWATER PORTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE ARE ONE OF THOSE DEEPWATER PORTS, SO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO FOCUS ON HOW WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT DEEPWATER ACCESS. THAT IS A MICROCOSM FOR CERTAIN
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INDUSTRIES THAT CAN ONLY EXIST WITHIN THOSE VICINITIES. SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PORT OVERLAY DISTRICT PERMIT CONDITIONAL USE BREAKDOWN HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COUNTY'S PORT AUTHORITY, WE TRY TO MANAGE THE PORT SO THAT WE CAN ULTIMATELY GET THE PORT MASTER PLAN AND SEE IT THROUGH TO FRUITION. IF EVERYTHING IN THERE IS BY RIGHT AND USE, THAT LIMITS THE ABILITY OF THE COUNTY TO ENGAGE ON THOSE PARTICULAR ELEMENTS. THE CONCERN I HAVE IS, WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH THIS, YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE LODGING, RESORT, ACCOMMODATIONS, CONDOMINIUMS, LODGING, RESIDENTIAL, MIXED WITH HEAVY, INTENSE , INDUSTRIAL USES. ONE COULD IMAGINE THAT IF SOMEONE WERE TO COME FORWARD WITH A PROPOSITION TO BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT COULD ULTIMATELY IMPACT HOW THE PORT IS DEVELOPED LATER ON. I WILL BRING EVERYONE'S FOCUS TO THE TOWERS THAT WE HAVE THERE TODAY. IF THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR CONDITIONAL USE OR THOSE OTHER USES, AND EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT, THE COUNTY HAS THEIR HANDS TIED, AND WE WATCHED THE PROCESS GO THROUGH THE CITY'S MINOR SITE PLAN AND WE ARE LEFT DEALING WITH THE OUTCOME OF THAT PARTICULAR DECISION. I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES AND I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE POSSIBILITIES, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A RAMIFICATION FOR ALLOWING TOO MANY THINGS IN THE PERMITTED USE STANDPOINT, ESPECIALLY ADJACENT TO THIS DEEPWATER THAT WE HAVEN'T ENJOYED AND ACTUALLY MOVED TOWARDS USING, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN'T SOMEDAY. SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP JUST SO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, AND IT BECOMES À LA CARTE, THEN WE COULD EASILY FIND OURSELVES WITH THEM DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO AND NO ABILITY TO REIN IN THOSE OPERATIONS, AND THAT IS A CONCERN FROM MY STANDPOINT, TRYING TO ORCHESTRATE A COURT THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE SO THAT WE CAN ULTIMATELY HAVE THE MOST, HIGHEST, AND BEST USE OF THOSE PROPERTIES.IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR HIM. HE SAID IT IS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COUNTY?
>> YES I AM. >> IS THE LODGING THE ONLY THING ON THAT LIST THAT YOU HAD CONCERNS ABOUT?
>> THE LODGING IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN THAT I HAVE BECAUSE, YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU BUILT A HOTEL THERE -- YOU SEE THE CURRENT OPERATIONS -- THAT IS NOT VERY APPEALING. HOW DO YOU DO THESE OTHER PORT RELATED ELEMENTS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF CEMENT LIKE THAT? YOU ARE ALSO SQUANDERING THE DEEPWATER ACCESS. THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY WHERE HOTEL OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE. YES, IT WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE CITY IN THE COUNTY TO GO THERE, BUT YOU HAVE KIND OF CUT YOUR LEGS OFF ON ALL THOSE POTENTIAL HIGHER-PAYING JOBS THAT ARE STRICTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT UNIQUE ECOSYSTEM THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED YET, BUT CAN WE SEE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE? OTHER THINGS LIKE TERMINAL FACILITIES. I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THE CITY WANTS TO EXTEND OUT THE ABILITY TO À LA CARTE BECAUSE, I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN PUSHBACK IN THE PAST ABOUT SUPER BIG CONTAINER FACILITIES. SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST THOSE THINGS. I'M SAYING THAT THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. THIS WILL IMPACT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
AND CONDITIONAL USE PROPERTY IS NOT A BAD THING. IT ALLOWS EVERYBODY TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT, SO THAT EVERYTHING IS CITED THE RIGHT WAY. DEVELOPING A PARK ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO ENJOY SOME KIND OF REASONABLE SEPARATION FROM HIGHER INDUSTRIAL USES, AS WELL. SO IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT THAT COUNTY WANTS TO EXPRESS TO THIS BOARD THAT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE PART OF THE PLANNING, THE PORT AUTHORITY, TRYING TO ORCHESTRATE OUR CURRENT EFFORTS AND THOSE FUTURE EFFORTS THAT WE HOPE BROADLY STICK WITHIN THIS REGION. THANK YOU.
>> I HAD A QUESTION, AS WELL. THIS IS ONE OF HOW MANY
>> AND IT IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING USED?
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>> IT IS BEING DEVELOPED. WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE, BUT IF YOU END UP CITING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE PORT ELEMENTS THAT CAN ONLY EXIST THERE, THE ISSUE IS, I WANT MY HOTEL THERE. NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU CAN NEVER USE IT FOR THAT INTENDED PURPOSE. THAT
SUITE OF JOBS GOES AWAY. >> HOW DOES IT LOOK DIFFERENT TODAY AS FAR AS UTILIZING THOSE DEEPWATER PORTS?
>> THE MASTER PLAN, AND IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH IT, IT REALLY EMPHASIZES SHIPBUILDING, LIMITED CARGO OPERATIONS -- AND THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I WOULD ADVOCATE MYSELF FOR, BUT, YOU KNOW, LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. IT IS MINOR SITE PLAN. WE WOULD RATHER SEE THAT OVER HERE. THAT MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH HARBOUR POINTE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE THAT CONVERSATION SUCH THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY AND WITH THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AND I WANT TO THANK MR. FREEMAN FOR HIS OUTREACH, AND THE LABOR THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS, AND WE ARE ONE OF THE PARTIES -- I REPRESENT SAFE HARBOR MARINAS, A HARBOR TOWN.
WE ARE UNDERGOING A $10 MILLION RENOVATION OF THAT FACILITY. IF I COULD, COULD I GET YOU TO SHOW THE NORTH VERSUS THE SOUTH, IF YOU COULD, AND I HAVE WITH ME IN THE AUDIENCE, JOSHUA POWERS. HE IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE FACILITY. HARBOR TOWN IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHPORT PORTION OF THIS. SO I WANT TO LIMIT MY COMMENTS TO THAT. AND WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A $10 MILLION RENOVATION, THERE IS A LOT OF NUTS AND BOLTS AND PIECES AS A BUSINESSPERSON, YOU GO THROUGH HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO PUT IN TERMS OF PERMITTING, VERSUS THE CONDITIONAL USE, AND WE FEEL THAT AT OUR HOWEVER -- HARBOR TOWN, MR. FREEMAN HAS FOUND A SWEET SPOT WITH THIS. BALANCING THE NEEDS. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NORTHPORT PORTION OF THIS. HOW HE HAS BALANCED THE NEEDS. REMEMBER THE NORTH OVER LATE DOES THAT NORTHPORT OVERLAY IS PRETTY MUCH ALREADY DEVELOPED. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE A WHOLE LOT. YOU MAY SEE SOME REDEVELOPMENT, BUT YOU ARE PRIMARILY GOING TO SEE RENOVATIONS SUCH AS WHAT WE HAVE DONE. AT HARBOR TOWN. SAFE HARBOR MARINA IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MARINA ENTITIES IN THE WORLD. HARBOR TOWN IS ONE OF OUR PRIZED FACILITIES. WE LOVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THAT GREAT INLET OUT THERE. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SAFE HARBOR, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. FOR THE BOATING COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT FACILITY. WHEN THEY COME IN, THERE'S A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON. WE HAVE NO LODGING, AT LEAST IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WE HAVE NO LODGING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE MAINLY STAYING ON THEIR BOATS. I WANTED TO SAY THAT WE ARE VERY FAVORABLE OF THIS PROPOSAL. AGAIN, VERY GRATEFUL TO MR. FREEMAN FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HE HAS SPENT. HE HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH US, TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE THAT CAN PROVIDE THE PROTECTION THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE COUNTY. WE CAN
ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ANYONE ELSE?
>> YES SIR. PLEASE COME FORWARD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE POINT THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THIS MATTER. JUST A QUICK
LITTLE DOSE >> CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? >> MY NAME IS PAUL - OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] I JUST WANT TO PUT IN A WORD FOR OUR HARBOUR POINTE PARK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE TO
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DEVELOP IT, BUT A FEW YEARS BACK, THEY WANTED TO TURN IT INTO AN INDUSTRIAL USE. I'M HERE TO ASK FOR THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE COUNTY'S INVOLVEMENT TO PROTECT THAT AS A PARK.RESULT OF A REFERENDUM A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK, BUT WHEN WE WERE TOLD -- WE SPOKE TO PEOPLE AT THE COUNTY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND THEY SAID, WELL, THEY COULD KIND OF DO WHATEVER THEY WANTED. SO I'M HOPING IT REMAINS IN PUBLIC USE.
RECREATION, OPEN SPACE, PASSIVE USE, MORE OR LESS. IT IS A UNIQUE PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT CANNOT BE DUPLICATED ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY OR CITY. I JUST HOPE IT REMAINS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ABLE TO BE USED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? YES. PLEASE COME FORWARD, SIR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. HAROLD SMITH. FORT PIERCE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE VISITED A MEGA YACHT FACILITY LATELY, BUT IF YOU GO DOWN TO RYBOVICH, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF BEAUTIFUL MEGA YACHTS MOORED OUT THERE. PEOPLE COME AND SPEND A LOT OF MONEY. NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE YACHTS THEMSELVES, BUT YOU HAVE MAINTENANCE CREWS . YOU HAVE CREWS THAT ARE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. ENGLAND, AUSTRALIA, FRANCE. SOUTH AMERICA. THEY COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND THEY DON'T ALL LIVE ON THE BOAT. THEY HAVE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO THE FACILITY SO THEY CAN BE ON A MOMENTS NOTICE CALL. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LODGING, IT IS NOT THE TYPICAL LODGING THAT YOU THINK OF, LIKE YOU ARE COMING TO STAY AT A HOTEL ON THE WATER. AND I UNDERSTAND WHY MR. FREEMAN IS PUTTING THIS IN THEIR BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COMPONENT OF LODGING, AND LET'S SAY THE CREW -- THERE ARE 10 CREWMEMBERS THAT COME FROM AUSTRALIA, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO STAY? THEY HAVE TO STATE SOMEPLACE CLOSE TO THE BOOK. SO NEXT TIME YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN TO RYBOVICH OR ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF PLACES, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING HOUSED IN THAT AREA. AND SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT COMPONENT, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY TO HOUSE THESE CREWS. IT IS NOT JUST THE CRUISE. IT IS THE GUESTS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, I DON'T OWN MEGA YACHT, BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE VERY RICH FRIENDS, AND WHEN THEY COME TO TOWN, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STAY ON THE BOAT. THERE MAY BE A REASON. THEY MAY BE HANDICAPPED. THE CREW MEMBERS MAY BE WORKING ON THE BOAT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU STILL NEED HOUSING FOR EVEN THE GUESTS. ANOTHER THING IS THEY HAVE FUEL STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION. ANYBODY THAT HAS EVER WORKED AROUND -- I WORKED AT THE PORT FOR 18 YEARS. WE REFURBISH BOATS AND I ALSO MANAGE CAUSEWAY COVE MARINA. WE HAVE SOME GOOD SIZED YACHTS THAT COME IN THERE. EACH YACHT FOR ONE CHRIS WILL TAKE 10,000 GALLONS. 10,000 GALLONS IS THE SIZE OF WHAT YOU SEE OUT OF THE AIRPORT. WHAT ONE TANK IS OVER AT THE PORT. THAT IS 10,000 GALLONS. ONE BOAT COULD TAKE 10,000 GALLONS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH CAPACITY THERE FOR 30,000 GALLONS. IF YOU GET 10, 15, 20, 30 BOATS OR
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YACHTS IN THERE, AND THAT IS THE POSSIBILITY, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF GETTING A LOT MORE BOATS IN THERE THEN YOU CAN IMAGINE. SO I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THAT NUMBER JUST A SECOND. AND WHEN THEY SAY SPACE INDUSTRY, DOES THAT ALSO MEAN AVIATION? THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE HAS TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF A BASE. WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE PORT MAKES A BETTER PLACE FOR A SEAPLANE BASE THAN OVER BY THE SHUFFLEBOARD COURTS. SO IF THE SPACE INDUSTRY INCLUDES AVIATION, THEN I THINK YOU MAY HAVE COVERED IT. ALSO, IT SAYS OTHER WATER DEPENDENT USES. THERE IS A DRY STORAGE FACILITY HERE.HIGH AND DRY STORAGE, THE BOAT STORAGE. AS I SAID -- I AM USING AN SEVEN AS AN EXAMPLE. RYBOVICH HAS -- I DON'T KNOW -- MAYBE 100 MEGA YACHTS OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER WATER DEPENDENT USES WOULD COVER THAT CATEGORY BECAUSE STAGING AND STORING THAT YACHT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE GETTING 80 BUCKS A FOOT. WE CHARGE 16. THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE THERE IN STORING THESE YACHTS OUT ON THE WATER. PLUS, WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THESE YACHTS TO GET IN AND OUT OF BECAUSE THEY ARE STRAIGHT OUT OF THE INLAND.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWN THE RIVER. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWN -- LAUDERDALE MARINE CENTER IS 8.5 MILES INLAND FROM THE PORT OF LAUDERDALE. AND IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO GET DOWN THE RIVER. SO WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PORT AND ABILITY OF HAVING THESE YACHTS COME IN HERE AND STAGE HERE. WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE FROM VERO BEACH, MELBOURNE, PALM BEACH, CONTACT US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR BOATS HERE AT THE MARINA HOOKED UP TO SHORE POWER. SO, I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT MR. FREEMAN IS DOING, AND I APPLAUD WHAT HE IS DOING BECAUSE HE IS TRYING TO CREATE AN OVERLAY THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO -- I WANT IT TO BE AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE AND NOT TIE OUR FEET BECAUSE 30 YEARS AGO, PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A JETSKI WAS. AND THE ORDINANCE IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF SEAWAY DRIVE, THERE WAS NO PERMITTED USE FOR JET SKIS. WELL, IT NEVER CHANGED. I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR JET SKIS. IT MAY BE UNDER MARINE COMMERCIAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE POINT I'M MAKING IS WE CAN'T SHORT OUR SITE FOR WHAT WE DREAM OF IN OUR MINDS THAT CAN TAKE PLACE HERE AT THE FT. OF FT. PIERCE. I MYSELF THINK THAT THE PORT OF FORT PIERCE HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL, AND I THINK WE CAN ACCOMMODATE BOTH THE ECOLOGICAL ASPECT OF IT AND THE ECONOMIC ASPECT OF IT BECAUSE ECONOMICS DRIVES EVERYTHING. EVERYBODY WANTS HARBOUR POINTE TO BE RECREATIONAL, BUT WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT? HOW DO YOU PAY FOR IT? DO YOU PUT A BOAT RAMP IN IT AND HAVE PEOPLE PAY TO USE THE BOAT RAMP? SO THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOTH CAN USE THAT. YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT SOMEHOW. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT AS WE GO INTO THE FUTURE -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU UNDERSTAND, BUT IT IS IN THE PORT AREA. THE PORT AREA ENCOMPASSES THE PORT ITSELF, THE PORT UNDEVELOPED AREA. IT ENCOMPASSES ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE INLAND. IT ENCOMPASSES THE COUNTIES PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SEAWAY DRIVE, AND ALSO, CAUSEWAY COVE MARINA ON THE SOUTH SIDE, INCLUDING THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THAT IS THE ACTUAL PORT AREA.
SO, AS WE GO THROUGH THESE THINGS, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NOTICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW HOW BIG THE ACTUAL PORT AREA AT -- AND WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT IS NORTH AND SOUTH PORT. AND I HAVE TO SAY ONE THING IS FISHERMAN'S WHARF -- IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF WE DIDN'T SEE BARGES BEING GRINDING AND WELDED ON AS YOU'RE COMING OVER THE BRIDGE.
SO I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE CITY OF FT.
PIERCE AND THE PORT THAT DOESN'T LOOK SO UNSIGHTLY AS SEEING OR BEING WELDED ON. EACH OF YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YOU SEE THEM AS YOU COME OVER THE BRIDGE. IF
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YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER. I'VEBEEN HERE A LONG TIME. >> ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE TODAY?
>> HELLO. I'M CARMELA BELL, PRESIDENT OF DESTIN BEACH INC.
. AND I'M SPEAKING TO PROPERTIES OWNED BY DESTIN BEACH INC. IN THE SOUTH PORT AREA. I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR, BEING THE LARGEST LANDOWNER IN THAT AREA. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT THAT JOSH MADE ABOUT SEEING THIS PUT TO ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE AND BEING SURE THAT THOUGHT IS GIVEN TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY FOR WHATEVER FUTURE USES MIGHT BE TO MAKE SURE IT DOES GO TO ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE MISSION AND GOAL, TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY AND AREA. WHICH IT CAN BE, BEING THAT A LOT OF IT IS UNDEVELOPED AT THIS POINT.
THERE ARE TWO USES THAT ARE IN CURRENTLY THE CONDITIONAL USE CATEGORY, WHICH I BELIEVE SHOULD BE UNDER THE PERMITTED USE CATEGORY. ONE OF THEM IS INDICATED ON THE 30,000 GALLONS -- OVER 30,000 GALLONS TO SERVICE THE MEGA YACHTS AND SO FORTH. I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE A PERMITTED VERSUS CONDITIONAL USE. THERE IS ALSO THE HELIPORT WHICH CAN AT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HELIPORT, THE SEAPLANE BASE, WHICH IS A MIXED-USE -- MAYBE THE SEAPLANE IS A CONDITIONAL USE, WHERE THE HELIPORT IS A PERMITTED USE BECAUSE THE MEGA YACHTS COMMONLY USE HELIPORT'S FOR THEIR MODE OF GETTING PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH TO THE YACHTS. SO, POSSIBLY AT A SEAPLANE BASE AND MAKE IT CONDITIONAL USE, BUT CHANGE THE HELIPORT TO A PERMITTED USE. KEVIN HAS PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS -- AND EFFORT. AND REALLY, WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT. AND WE KNOW THAT THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS WITH EVERYBODY INVOLVED IS CRITICAL TO THE FUTURE OF FT. PIERCE. AND IT NOT ONLY GOES BACK TO THE MASTER PLAN OF 2020, BUT IT GOES BACK TO THE PREVIOUS -- EVERY FIVE YEARS, THEY UPDATE THE MASTER PLAN, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE KEY POINTS OF THE TAKEAWAYS FOR THE LAST MASTER PLAN, WHICH KEVIN SAID, AND THE HISTORY OF HOW THIS CAME ABOUT IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT IS TO ALIGN THE ZONING AND FUTURE LAND USES TO ATTRACT THE CALIBER OF DEVELOPER WE EXPECT TO SEE TO PUT THIS TOWARD ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE, TO BE USED AS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE FUTURE. AND THAT SAME POINT WAS THE TAKE AWAY POINT IN THE PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN ABOUT FIVE YEARS PRIOR. THERE IS ANOTHER USE THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE ADDED, WHICH IS ALREADY THERE AND EXISTING, WHICH IS MANUFACTURING. PERHAPS IN THE SOUTH PORT. IT COULD BE A CONDITIONAL USE, BUT IT IS -- IS IT BEST USE? DON'T KNOW. WE WANT TO BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO HAVE THINGS IN THEIR THAT ARE POSSIBILITIES SO THAT YOU
DON'T LIMIT IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
CHRIS EINSTEIN. I WASN'T PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THIS BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TO SEAPORTS. I THINK THIS IS A MUCH BETTER FIT
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FOR A SEAPORT. I AM A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO WAS SEE THE SEAPORT PERMITS REVOKED FOR SEVERAL REASONS, AND I CAN GLADLY GO OVER THAT. AND WITH THE INFORMATION AND WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE FOR SEAPORTS, PERSONALLY, WITH THAT, BUT IT IS NOT A GOOD FIT FOR DOWNTOWN SAFETY ISSUES, NOISE, POLLUTION. I LOVE AIRPLANES. I FLY. I DO NOT WANT ONE IN MY BACKYARD. THEY'RE NOT FUN TO LISTEN TO WHEN YOU ARE CONDUCTING BUSINESS AND EVERYTHING. I THINK IT IS A MUCH BETTER SAFETY AND OVERALL USE IN THE PORT, AND AS FAR AS KING'S LANDING HAPPENED THIS MORNING. AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON THERE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE BROUGHT UP BEFORE, TOO, IS, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE PORTS AND THE MARINAS, AND EVEN OUR LOCAL MARINA HERE, AND THEY HAVE BOATS THAT ARE BROUGHT UP. BUT YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE SPACE. PEOPLE HAVE BOATS HERE AND SOME OF THE SAILBOATS AND THEY WANT TO GO TO THE HOTEL OR SOMETHING TO GO TO. MY BIG THING WITH THE HOTEL THAT WAS BRANDED HERE INAUDIBLE ] I KNOW THEY ARE GOING FOR THE TRIBUTE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I AM A BIG MARRIOTT SUPPORTER AND TRAVELER. ONE OF THE TOP MARRIOTT ELITE MEMBERS. ON THE ROAD OVER 150 DAYS AND NIGHTS PER YEAR. WHEN THIS COMES -- BECAUSE IT KEEPS GETTING PUSHED BACK -- THEY HAVE AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL BELOW AND ANOTHER BRAND OF -- FULL-SERVICE BRAND ABOVE. THAT SEEMS TO BE COMING BACK. THE APPLICATION IS GOING INTO MARRIOTT. IT MIGHT HELP BOTH LOCATIONS OUT. THAT IS IT.>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TODAY? SEEING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD FOR
DISCUSSION. >> WE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS TODAY. THERE'S AT LEAST A FEW THINGS TO DISCUSS.
>> I'LL START. WHY SHOULDN'T I? THE COMMUNITY THAT I CAME FROM WAS A SUBURB IN OHIO THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 1913 CALLED UPPER ARLINGTON AND IT WAS INCORPORATED IN 1918, AND IN 1998 TO 2000, IT LITERALLY TOOK THREE YEARS, BUT WE REVITALIZED THAT MASTER PLAN. IT WAS LANDLOCKED. IT HAS ABOUT 34,000 RESIDENTS, NOT DISSIMILAR TO FT. PIERCE, AND IT HAD BECOME VERY LIMITED -- AND BACK TO TEXAS, IT WAS REALLY RESIDENTS SUPPORTING THAT CITY. THAT MUST PLAN STARTED TO EXPAND SOME OF THAT BASE, AND THERE WAS PUSHBACK AT THAT TIME. SINCE THEN, I WOULD SAY THAT DEVELOPMENT IN UPPER ARLINGTON HAS BEEN SO POSITIVE AND EMBRACED BY THE COMMUNITY, AND THE TAX BASE HAS PROBABLY TRIPLED, IF NOT QUADRUPLED IN THAT TIME PERIOD. AND THE CULTURES THERE, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, HAS STAYED THE SAME . PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT I CALL -- IT IS REALLY A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE IS WHAT WE ARE GETTING IN PLACE, GETTING AN OVERLAY DONE INSTEAD OF DOING IT PIECE BY PIECE BY PIECE BY PIECE. IT IS REALLY, REALLY WISE. AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE HEARD SEVERAL FOLKS TALK ABOUT CONCERNS. WE SHOULD ALL KNOW. THIS IS A LONG PROCESS.
THINGS DON'T MOVE THAT FAST, OR UNFORTUNATELY, THAT FAST, EITHER WAY, BUT I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK THAT I'M HEARING AND SEEING AND LOOK FORWARD TO COLLECTIVELY
THE CITY MOVING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. FREEMAN. BACK TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE HELIPORT AND THE SEAPLANE. WHAT WAS THE OVERALL SUGGESTION FROM THOSE THAT YOU INTERACTED WITH IN THE
COMMUNITY? >> I HAVE THIS. THAT IT SHOULD BE PERMITTED USE BEFORE. MY CONCERN ABOUT IT BEING THE HELIPORT BEING PUT IN AS A PERMITTED USE THAT THERE ARE OTHER AGENCIES OUT THERE. THE FAA, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE HELIPORT, BRINGS WITH IT, AN AREA OF
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FLIGHT PATHS AND POTENTIALLY NOISE MITIGATION, AND WITH THAT, THERE COULD BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF STERILIZING NEIGHBOR SITE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR FLIGHT PATH REQUIREMENT OR LIMITING IN THAT AREA WHICH CAN OCCUR. IT WOULD BE PERMITTED USE PURELY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AT THIS MOMENT, DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF THE HELIPORT WHERE THAT WOULD OCCUR. IF IT IS A PROPERTY OWNER THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THAT ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY, THAT'S FINE, BUT I THINK THERE IS AN EXTERNAL IMPACT ON OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS THAT MAY BE, AS I SAY, UNINTENDED SEQUENCE OF A STERILIZATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THAT AREA. I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO A HELIPORT OR A SEAPORT, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE OKAY WITH BOTH OFTHOSE. >> SO WITH THE CURRENT TABLE THAT YOU HAVE HERE, CAN A SEAPORT BE ADDED?
>> YES. >> UNDER WHICH CATEGORY OF USE?
>> WE WOULD JUST INSERT ANOTHER LINE FOR HELIPORT OR SEAPORT IN THE SAME LINE. IT MAY BE BEST TO INSERT ANOTHER LINE JUST FOR SEAPORT TO BE OUTSIDE OF THAT HELIPORT.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.
>> YES. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS MY OWN OPINION OF WHETHER THE HELIPORT SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED.
>> I THINK THE CONDITIONAL USE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST AVENUE OR VENUE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE FAA FOR EACH ONE OF THEM. THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR
US. >> ONE ALSO GIVES THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE COMMISSION THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE DEVELOPER AS TO THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF THE HELIPORT, NOT FOR THE PURPOSES OF REJECTING IT, BUT BEING PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
GENERAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE USE PROCESS. IF IT WAS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T WANT, WE WOULN'T PERMIT IT AT ALL. IF IT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN, SPECIFICALLY HOW IT IS IMPLEMENT IT, THE CONDITIONAL USE IS REALLY THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. MS. CLEMONS, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE ADD THAT AS A CONDITION OF THE RECOMMENDATION WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, TO INCLUDE A SEAPORT TO THE USED TABLE? WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT. ALL RIGHT.
>> SINCE I'VE BEEN REVIEWING THIS, I'VE BEEN WONDERING HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO BALANCE THIS INDUSTRIAL USE WITH THINGS LIKE LODGING AND RETAIL USE BUT WE HAVE CONDITIONAL. WE HAVE COMMUNITY USES. AS FAR AS THE OVERALL PLACEMENT OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOW DO YOU INTEND TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO HAVE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL SHIPPING ESTABLISHMENTS WITH THAT RETAIL, WITH THAT LODGING. HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT IS IN THE CORRECT PLACE WITH EVERYTHING
BEING PERMITTED USE? >> OTHER THAN HAVING A MASTER PLAN, WHICH ACTUALLY DESIGNATES AREAS FOR CERTAIN USES, RATHER THAN HAVING EVERYTHING IN A CONDITIONAL USE CATEGORY, THERE IS NO WAY OF DOING THAT. THERE IS SOME INHERENT PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT WE ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF, AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE CITY IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE SEEN AS TAKING AWAY SOME OF THOSE THINGS. WE ARE LEAVING THIS TO A LARGE EXTENT -- THE SUPPORT HAS NOT HAD ANYTHING HAPPEN TO IT IN A LONG, LONG TIME. AND THE THINGS THAT WE ARE HEARING BACK ABOUT WHY THAT IS NOT OCCURRING IS THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY CAN DO HERE. THEY FEEL THAT IF THEY CAVE IN, THEY
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WOULD BE PUT THROUGH THE RINGER, AND THERE IS NO TIMELINE AT THE END OF THAT. WE HAVE SEEN IT WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS. IT IS, YOU KNOW, AND I CAN SEE THAT COUNTY POINT OF VIEW WITH WANTING TO HAVE A VERY SET MASTER PLAN, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IS WORKING. WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL LAND PROPERTY OWNERS HERE. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THEIR PROPERTY. THAT HAS BEEN MY STANDPOINT. IF THEY HAVE ENTITLEMENTS, THEN THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE THOSE ENTITLEMENTS. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT MOMENT, WHERE WE OPEN IT UP, AND WE ARE NOT CERTAIN 100% HOW IT'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IF SOMEBODY WAS COMING IN WITH A HOTEL, THEY WOULD WANT TO GUARANTEE THEIR SURROUNDINGS. IF SOMEONE WAS COMING IN WITH INDUSTRIAL, THEY WOULD WANT TO GUARANTEE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT ALL THE TIME FOR MAKING NOISE OR WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE, ADJACENT TO SOME ACCOMMODATIONS. TO ME, THIS IS MOVING TOWARDS MORE OF A FREE MARKET TYPE OF OUTREACH. WITH THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE PORT AS THE DRIVER TO THIS. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE FULLY SEEN WHAT THE PORT CAN DO. AND WHERE THE INTEREST IS ACTUALLY LYING. YEAH. IT IS DIFFICULT. I COULDN'T GUARANTEE FROM ANY OF THIS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE. BUT, UNLESS WE ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING AND MOVE FORWARD, I DON'T KNOWIF WE EVER WILL. >> UNDERSTOOD. IT IS VERY EXCITING TO HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AFTER YEARS OF WANTING SOMETHING IN THIS AREA TO GROW. AND I'M HAPPY THAT SOMETHING IS BEING DONE. I GUESS I STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT WITH THAT, FREEDOM, PROPERTY RIGHTS, -- HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE? WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. RIGHT? BUT THEN, HOW DO WE BE PROACTIVE AND HELP TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT COME DOSE THAT MAY COME ALONG? I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID. WE DON'T KNOW THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF IT UNTIL WE DO SOMETHING. I DO HAVE
CONCERNS. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT LET'S THINK ABOUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN ALREADY DO IN THE CITY ON THE STREETS ONLY. IF THEY MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA. THEY HAVE ENTITLEMENT TO DEVELOP. AND THERE'S LOTS OF DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ON THAT IS ZONING.
INAUDIBLE ] IT MIGHT GO THROUGH THE TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE OR THE PLANNING BOARD. OR THE CITY COMMISSION DON'T GET TO SEE THAT. WE HAVE TO -- I THINK WE HAVE TO -- I'M NOT GOING TO SAY TAKE A RISK, BUT WE HAVE TO SHOW THE INITIATIVE TO MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD. AND THIS PORT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND DO SOMETHING HAS NOT OCCURRED. NOTHING HAS CHANGED, OTHER THAN WE ARE OUTLINING THE USES NOW. THAT THEY COULD'VE ALREADY DONE. THEY COULD'VE ALREADY COME IN AND DONE THE PROCESS PROPOSING THE PROCESS TO BE MORE STREAMLINED, TO BE LIST COSTLY -- LESS COSTLY, TO BE LESS TIME-CONSUMING. IF THOSE ARE THE ISSUES PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM COMING IN, HAVING EXTENDED HOLDING COSTS ON PROPERTY, HAVING EXTENDED REVIEW PERIODS , THAT AFFECTS BOTTOM LINE THINKING, WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE IS GOING TO PURSUE SOMETHING. THE WAY OF CONTROLLING THAT WOULD BE TO HAVE EVERYTHING AS A CONDITIONAL USE. AND THAT IS -- THAT'S THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE. THE ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS TO ME IS, WHATEVER WAS PROPOSED IN THE MASTER PLAN, IT CAN STILL HAPPEN. WE ARE NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THAT.
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THE PARK, IF THE COUNTY WANTED TO IMPLEMENT A PARK -- THAT WOULD BE THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNERS, YOU KNOW, OPTION TO DO THAT.>> I SEE THIS AS ONE OF TWO OPTIONAL STRATEGIES MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE HAD ONE IN PLACE FOR A WHILE AND IT HASN'T WORKED. AT LEAST, IT HASN'T WORKED IN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME. THIS STRATEGY OF GETTING THE CITY OUT OF THE WAY AS MUCH AS WE CAN WHILE STILL MAINTAINING SOME LEVEL OF REASONABLE SUPPORT AND CONTROL FOR THE COMMUNITY MAY BE THE PATH FORWARD. AND, YOU KNOW, I STILL SEE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LIST BEING TOO BROAD IN THE SENSE THAT IT CAN LIMIT WHAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO BUILD ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY. KNOWING WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOR CAN BUILD ON THEIRS AS WELL. BUT WE DEAL WITH THAT ALL THE TIME. THESE CONDITIONAL -- COMMERCIAL CONDITIONAL USES ARE VERY ODD. THERE ARE A LOT OF USES THERE.
EVEN WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS OR HAVING , YOU KNOW, PERMITTED USES ON ONE PROPERTY, PERMITTED USES ON A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, AND THOSE BEING VERY DIFFERENT, WE HAVE SEEN THAT AT THE PLANNING BOARD SEVERAL TIMES. INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS BEING PROPOSED ONE MONTH, AND HIGH END RESIDENTIAL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINE BEING PROPOSED THE NEXT MONTH. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS A CERTAIN ELEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, HANDING THIS OVER TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO ACCEPT AND UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU KNOW, NOT ALL THE THINGS ON THAT LIST ARE GOING TO BE VIABLE OPTIONS AS THE DEVELOPMENT COMES FORWARD, BUT WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. MR. EDWARDS, MR. JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION HERE?
>> BEEN SAID OR RE-SAID IS THAT DOING AN OVERLAY -- AND I THINK KEVIN SAID IT, TOO, ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE SHOWING ON KEY FEATURES -- WHETHER IT TAKES YEARS OR DECADES, THERE IS A PROCESS THERE. SO I AM VERY POSITIVE WITH THIS KIND OF A MOVE WITH AN OVERLAY DISTRICT CREATED.
AND I REALLY THINK IT HELPS. IT IS GOOD FOR ALL OF US. AND AS A RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY, I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR US WITH THE PROCESS. IT PUTS THE DEVELOPER ON A BETTER UNDERSTANDING GROUND, AS WELL AS THE DINING COMMISSION, AND THE COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES, THIS IS VIRTUALLY THE WHOLE CITY. BUT THIS HELPS FRAME EVERYTHING THAT IS TRYING TO BE DONE IN A PROPER AND PROFESSIONAL WEIGHT WITH THE CITY. MAKING MENTION OF PLANES COMING IN, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT, BUT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW ME, HOW DOES THAT REALLY WORK? WHETHER IT IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT, AGAIN, I SAY, TAKE EVERYTHING WITH A GRAIN OF SALT WITH THAT. IT IS A REALLY LONG PROCESS TO GET THERE. SO, AGAIN, I'M VERY POSITIVE. I WOULD SAY, TOO, BACK TO CAUSEWAY COVE MARINA, WHEN IT WAS DONE FOR THE WEST PENINSULA, WHICH IS THE WASTEWATER PLANT GOING WEST, AND THEN WE GET ON THE EAST SIDE OF CAUSEWAY BRIDGE, AND THAT PROPERTY THAT CURRENTLY IS THE WASTEWATER PLANT, AND IT WAS REALLY PROFESSIONALLY DONE. AND THE PLANS THAT COLLECTIVELY CAME UP THROUGH THE TREASURE COAST DEVELOPMENT AGENCY WAS VERY PROFESSIONALLY DONE. AND THE ELEMENT THAT THE CITY OWNS
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VERSUS THE ELEMENT THAT CAUSEWAY COVE OWNS -- CAUSEWAY COVE HAS TO BE THREE OR FOUR TIMES BIGGER. THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF GETTING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CAUSEWAY BRIDGE.WHERE THEY INCLUDED THIS IN THE PROCESS. IT IS AN ELEMENT UNTO ITSELF. THE WASTEWATER PLANT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT PROPERTY NEEDS DEVELOPED, TOO, AND IT MAY BE A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE ANOTHER BOAT SLIP.
PURPOSES THERE, ALSO, SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO ADD TO IT. BUT I THINK IT IS A COLLECTIVE MOVE, SEEING ALL THOSE ELEMENTS, ALL THOSE XS, ON THE CONDITIONAL USES TABLE.
IT REALLY HELPS UNIFY -- MAKES THINGS MORE UNDERSTANDABLE FOR EVERYBODY, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF HAT YOU HAVE ON.
>> THANK YOU, MR. WIDING. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD AMPLE DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT. I THINK EVERYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT CAME TO SPEAK ON THIS. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION FOR THE CITY. WE DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY, SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND COMING OUT HERE TODAY AND SHARING ALL YOUR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS WITH US. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND I WOULD REMIND YOU THAT WE DID HAVE ONE SUGGESTION FOR AN ADDITIONAL COMMISSION.
INAUDIBLE ] >> I MOVE FOR APPROVAL WITH THE ONE ADDED CONDITION OF ADDING A SEAPORT.
>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOVEMENT FOR APPROVAL WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITION BY MS. CLEMONS.
SECOND BY MR. WIDING . >> THANK YOU, ALISHA.
[c. Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment - Fort Pierce Utilities Authority - Water Supply Facilities Work Plan]
>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM 6C. MR. FREEMAN HAS THE PRESENTATION.
>> THIS IS FAIRLY SIMPLE. IT IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN. RECENTLY, THE FT. PIERCE UTILITIES AUTHORITY, THE FPUA DEVELOPED THIS WORKPLAN. THAT IS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTES, AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED INTO THE CITY CONFERENCE OF PLAN. IT IS ALREADY REFERENCED WITHIN THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN -- THE PREVIOUS RENDITION. AND, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD CHANGE, IS THE REFERENCE TO THE DATE OF THE 10 YEAR WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WORKPLAN. THE INITIATIVE IS ALREADY IDENTIFIED TWO SECURE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AND THEY SIGN OFF ON THAT. WE WENT THROUGH THE FPUA WATER DEPARTMENT AND STAFF.
UPDATED. WE MANAGED TO GET A COPY OF THAT, AND THAT WILL BE IF APPROVED, THE CITY COMMISSION, THAT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE STATE FOR THEIR REVIEW, AND ULTIMATE ADOPTION. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. FREEMAN? THIS ONE SEEMS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. I WILL OPEN THIS UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NONE, I WILL SEND IT BACK TO THE BOARD. LAST OPPORTUNITY. HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, I WILL
ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION FOR
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APPROVAL BY MR. CARTER -- MS. CARTER, AND SECOND BY MR.EDWARDS. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. JOHNSON.
>> YES. >> AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD OPEN UP THE MEETING FOR GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
[8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 8, DIRECTORS REPORT. MR. FREEMAN. HOW ARE THINGS GOING?>> ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS MEETING STARTED OFF A REALLY INTERESTING YEAR, 2025. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS COMING UP FOR YOUR REVIEW. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION BEFORE THE BOARD, KING'S LANDING HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING IN TERMS OF DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY COMMISSION. AND THERE WAS MENTION OF MOVEMENT WITH THE HOTEL. WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEVELOPER IN RECONFIGURING SOME OF THE SITE COMPONENTS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHERE THE MARKET IS, WHAT THE HOTEL WOULD SEE, BEING EFFICIENT FOR THEIR PLAN, AND ALSO INCORPORATING AS MUCH PARKING AS WE CAN INTO THAT DEVELOPMENT. I WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME. THERE WAS SOME GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LEVEL OF PARKING TO BE SUPPLIED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND FROM WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH NOW WITH THE APPLICANT, WE ARE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PARKING, AND THAT SHOULD HELP IT FIT INTO THE CITY BETTER WITHOUT OVERFLOWING ITS PARKING BUT ALSO OFFER MARKET AND OCCUPIERS A BETTER PRODUCT THAT IT CAN WORK AROUND. VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT. THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD. IT WILL BE A MAJOR AMENDMENT TO THAT SITE PLAN. IT WILL ALSO GO TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, AND THAT IS MOVING ON. SORT OF, THE END PART OF LAST YEAR, WE MET WITH THE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER BECAUSE WE WERE HEARING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE PLAT PROCESS AND MOVING FROM THE PLAT TO A BUILDING PERMIT, AND WE WILL BE SEEING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLAT PROCESS.
TO GO THROUGH THE CITY COMMISSION NOW AND HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD BE COMING UP ON THE AGENDA FOR CITY COMMISSION.
LANDSCAPING IS GOING TO BE A BIG ISSUE. AND WE HAVE A VERY QUALIFIED MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD TO HELP OUT. WE WILL BE MOVING TO BRING SOME CODE CHANGES TO BETTER LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPING TO MAKE IT MORE FLEXIBLE BUT ALSO TO MAKE IT MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SEE ON THE SITES. WE ARE GETTING STILL A LOT OF INQUIRIES, A LOT OF INITIATING OF DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSIONS, AND I THINK BOTH STAFF AND YOU WILL BE VERY BUSY DURING THIS YEAR. AND I DID HEAR -- I MET WITH CHAIRMAN KREISL, AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH TIME TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE LATEST PROPOSAL FOR ANNEXATION, BUT WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, BETTER DESCRIBING THE GENERAL AREA AND WHERE THE CITY LIMITS ARE AND SHOWING WHERE THOSE ANNEXATIONS ARE COMING FORWARD. WE ARE MEETING INTERNALLY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS FOR STAFF POINT OF VIEW TO HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CITY COMMISSION ON THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT OR BOUNDARY LIMITATION TO GIVE US SOME STRATEGY OF THE PARAMETERS THAT WE WILL BE USING TO FURTHER JUDGE WHETHER OR NOT AN ANNEXATION IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO IS CURE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OF THE ENCLAVES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY, TO BRING THAT INTO THE CITY. THAT WOULD MAKE SERVICING THOSE AREAS MORE EFFICIENT, BOTH FOR THE CITY AND THE COUNTY BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF ANNEXATIONS MOVING WESTWARD IN THE CITY, MOVING FORWARD WITH -- MOVING FORWARD WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IMPACT FEE WHICH THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE AT THE MOMENT. THAT SHOULD
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BE PROGRAMMED FOR A DISCUSSION IN FEBRUARY AT THE CITY COMMISSION. I'M TALKING TO THE PARKING COMMITTEE ABOUT THEIR CODE IDEAS FOR DOWNTOWN. I WILL REPORT ON THAT OUTCOME. THE PARKING COMMITTEE HAVE NOT MET FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS. SO HOPEFULLY IN FEBRUARY. LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON. MY TIME HAS BEEN VERY FULLY EXPENDED ON THAT ISSUE, REALLY. I HOPE TO HAVE SOME BETTER ORGANIZATION OF A DEPARTMENT REPORT GOINGFORWARD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. FREEMAN. I WILL SIGNAL MY PLEASURE AT KNOWING THAT THE KING'S LANDING DEVELOPED IS STILL MOVING FORWARD, AND TWO, THAT THE ISSUE RELATED TO PARKING AT THAT DEVELOPMENT ARE BEING ADDRESSED. COMMISSIONER BRODERICK AND I WERE ON THE
[9. BOARD COMMENTS]
COMMISSION TOGETHER, AND I WAS ALWAYS A CONCERN. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?>> I SEE TWO NUMBERS HERE. ONE IS 18 MONTHS AFTER THE DISTRICT APPROVES THE WATER PLAN. AND THEN I SEE THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN UPDATE NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY MAY 10TH OF 2023.
IS THAT 2025? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
YES. AT LEAST -- I THINK THERE ARE TWO DATES. ONE REFERRED TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
INAUDIBLE ] IT OBVIOUSLY DID NOT OCCUR WHEN IT SHOULD.
>> THE DEADLINE FOR LOCALS -- IS THAT A MISPRINT ON THE 23?
OCTOBER -- EXCUSE ME -- >> IS THAT THE FINAL LINE ON THIS SLIDE? FOR THE DEADLINE? FOR LOCAL -- YES. WE DID NOT BECOME AWARE THAT THE FPUA HAD UPDATED THEIR PROGRAM UNTIL WE INITIATED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AS A BYPRODUCT OF THAT. THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ADVISED US TO NOTIFY FPUA THAT THEY WERE BEHIND SCHEDULE. THEY HAVE BEEN BEHIND SCHEDULE AND THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY WE HAD TO BRING IT FORWARD FROM A PLANNING DEPARTMENT POINT OF VIEW TO ADOPT IT SHOULD BE. IT COULD AFFECT FUTURE CONFERENCE OF PLAN AMENDMENTS IF WE HAVEN'T GOT THAT IN THE PLAN.
>> YOU ARE UNDER A SNUG TIMELINE.
>> ANYONE ELSE? HEARING NONE,
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