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          >>> CALLED THE ROLL PLEASE. 
          >> MAYOR HUDSON, COMMISSIONER BRODRICK IS SICK AND WILL NOT BE 
          ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY. >> MOTION TO EXCUSE? 
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          >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. 
          >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> NEXT WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 DAY MEETING. 
          >> MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND 
          [6. Additions or deletions to agenda and approval of the agenda.]
          CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> 
          >> AT ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. AND MAYOR IN COMMISSIONER BRODRICK'S ABSENCE HE DID AS HE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THE EVALUATION SO HE IS ASKING IF THE ITEM CAN BE MOVED TO A FUTURE AGENDA. 
          >> COMMISSIONERS HOW DO YOU FEEL? 
          >> IF THAT'S YOUR PLEASURE. >> COMMISSIONERS? 
          >> YEAH, I AM OKAY WITH IT. I WILL STILL MAKE COMMENTS TODAY SINCE IT IS ON THE AGENDA BUT ARE YOU ASKING WE PULL IT FROM 
          TODAY? >> YES AND MOVED TO THE NEXT 
          MEETING MONDAY EVENING. >> OKAY MAY BE MORE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. WITH THAT I MOVE WE SET THE AGENDA REMOVING ITEM 11 C TO THE NEXT MEETING WHICH IS THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED COMMISSION MEETING AT 6:00 P.M. 11:20? 10:20 OKAY. NEXT MEETING 10:20 AND STAFF HAS PULLED EIGHT C. WITH THOSE TWO CHANGES I MOVE WE SET THE AGENDA TO PROCEED ACCORDINGLY WITH THOSE TWO BEING 
          REMOVED. >> IS A SECOND? 
          >> YOU SAID 6:00 P.M. WE MOVED THE MEETING? 
          >> SORRY. >> IT IS A MONDAY. 
          >> YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE TAKE THAT, I WILL SECOND. 
          >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> 
          [7. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC  Any person who wishes to comment on any subject may be heard at this time. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less, as directed by the Mayor, as this section of the Agenda is limited to thirty minutes. The City Commission will not be able to take any official actions under Comments from the Public. Speakers will address the Mayor, Commissioners, and the Public with respect. Inappropriate language will not be tolerated.]
          >> OKAY WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          >> ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE 
          [A.  St. Lucie County School District Update - Building on Excellence:  A Year in Review & What's Ahead - Dr. Jon Prince, Superintendent]
COMMISSION PLEASE COME FORWARD. WITH NO MOVEMENT WE WILL MOVE ON 
          TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. >> WE HAVE ST. LUCIE SCHOOL DISTRICT UPDATE AND WE HAVE DR. JON PRINCE. 
          >> WELCOME. DO YOU HAVE ANY LEAD-IN? 
          >> I WANT TO WELCOME DR. PRINCE. LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION 
          AND MEETING YOU ONE-ON-ONE. >> THANK YOU META-MAYOR CITY COMMISSIONERS AND CITY MANAGER. I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE AND HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO RECAP LAST YEAR I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN. ANYWAY I WANTED TO KIND OF JUMP IN WITH YOU OUR LARGE RESULTS FOR LAST YEAR WHEN WE ARE FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. SO FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE YOU TO NOTE THE LOGO CHANGE . WE DID INCORPORATE OUR STATUS INTO OUR LOGO AND IT TAKES A LOT OF CONFIDENCE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TURN THAT BACK INTO A B OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO THE REASON I SAY THIS WITH SUCH CONFIDENCE IS BECAUSE THE WAY WE HAVE SET THINGS UP AND WE CONTINUE OUR ASSENT STATEWIDE THIS IS NOT A ONE-OFF, THE DISTRICT EARNED ITS FIRST EVER A RATING THIS YEAR AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CELEBRATED THAT FROM THE ROOFTOPS BECAUSE IT ONLY HAPPENS ONE TIME THE FIRST TIME FOR ANYTHING SO WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF ALL EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF MY BOARD MEMBERS HERE TODAY. MISS HOLLY DEBBIE HOLLY BEHIND ME AND ALSO MRS. JENNIFER RICHARDSON LAYING DOWN, THE BOARD MEMBERS. IT IS IMPORTANT AS YOU KNOW I AM AN APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT AND I TAKE THIS JOB , YOU KNOW IT IS 
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MY LIFE, IT IS WHAT I HAVE COMMITTED MY LIFE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IS WHAT I HAVE COMMITTED MY LIFE TO AND THESE FIVE PEOPLE I CANNOT TELL YOU ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMMITTED TO CHILDREN AND SOMETIMES WE CAN DISAGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE BUT IT IS ALL ABOUT STUDENTS AND I AM BLESSED TO HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD SO COMMITTED AND THEY PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU HAVE EVER DRIVEN BY THE BUILDING WE HAVE A SIGN WE PUT UP. A VERY SMALL YOU CAN BARELY SEE IT. WE DO HAVE A THREE-STORY BUILDING AND THAT SIGN IS ON THE BUILDING AND IT'S GOING TO STAY UP FOR ANOTHER MONTH , BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN THEY DRIVE OVER THE OVERPASS IT IS CLEARLY VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. I WANT TO START WITH THIS AND THIS IS HOW WE START BOARD MEETINGS AND I TELL THE STORY THE FIRST WARD MEETING I ATTENDED AFTER THE PLEDGE THEY RECITE THE TREASURE HUNTER PLEDGE AND IT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF JARRING TO ME BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE IT IS LIKE A CULT HERE. 
          THE MOST IMPORTANT LINE IN THE PLEASURE HUNTER TRACKED IS THIS I BELIEVE ALL CHILDREN ARE CAPABLE OF SUCCESS WITH NO EXCEPTION AND THIS IS MY 10TH YEAR, FOURTH AS SUPERINTENDENT. 
          I ALSO RECOGNIZED AS I WENT TO THE SCHOOL AND SYSTEM IN THE BUILDING I DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYBODY IN THE SYSTEM BELIEVES THIS AND IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THIS YOU EITHER HAVE TO WORK YOUR WAY INTO OUR SYSTEM OR WORK YOUR WAY OUT. THE PHILOSOPHY IS CHILDREN ARE CAPABLE OF SUCCESS WITH NO EXCEPTIONS. AND THIS IS A INTERESTING FACT. MY NIECE WAS A DISNEY PRINCESS SHE WORKED FOR DISNEY. AS PART OF THE TRAINING IN DISNEY GOING THROUGH TRAINING AS A CHARACTER YOU'RE TAUGHT WHEN A CHILD HUGS YOU YOU DO NOT LET GO UNTIL THE CHILD DOES. THAT REALLY STRUCK ME THE INTENTIONALITY OF THAT. I TALK ABOUT INTENTIONALITY OF CARE AND AS I TALK TO TEACHERS AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY WE ARE A-RATED THIS IS A FIRST YEAR TEACHER AND IT IS BASICALLY HOW DO YOU IF A CHILD IS HAVING A BAD DAY HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH IT, BUT SHE ALSO TALKS ABOUT WHAT IF THEY ARE HAVING A GOOD DAY? 
          >> I WANT TO SPEND AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES PER DAY TALKING TO EACH KID WHETHER THAT IS HOW THE WEEKEND WAS OR HOW THE DAY IS GOING SO I CAN HAVE SOME IDEA OF HOW THEY ARE DOING AND IF THEY'RE NOT HAVING A GOOD MORNING I CAN TURN IT AROUND OR IF THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT DAY I ASKED THEM WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO 
          TO MAKE THE DAY GREATER. >> THAT STRUCK ME EVEN IF YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD DAY HOW CAN I MAKE THAT A BETTER, WHAT IS A GREAT PHILOSOPHY FOR THE TEACHER. WOULD YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL? MY ANSWER TO THE QUESTION I WAS A TURNAROUND PRINCIPAL IN THE SENSE THAT IF I CAN TEAR SCHOOL YOU ARE D OR F RATED AND MY CHILDREN FOLLOWED ME BECAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT I NEEDED TO ESTABLISH A CULTURE THAT WE WILL SUPPORT KIDS BECAUSE MY OWN CHILDREN WOULD GO TO THE SCHOOL. LAST YEAR WANT TO MAKE A POINT THIS WAS LAST YEAR'S GOAL SO WE HAVE THE RENEWAL SALES TAX AND THE REASON THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING AT WESTWOOD, THE SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO OPEN DECEMBER 2025 ON TIME MY CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ON TIME. ON BUDGET, THANK YOU. ON TIME ON BUDGET ON SCHEDULE. WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF INVESTMENTS IN THE FORT PIERCE AREA THAT I WILL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE. THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE VOTERS APPROVED US. WE OPENED THE NEW LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL AND EVEN HAS MY VERY OWN DAUGHTER AT THAT SCHOOL. I WILL SHARE READING AND MATH RESULTS , THE BOARD HAS BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THE FOCUS ON THE CORE READING MATH SCIENCE IS SOCIAL STUDIES SO I WILL SHARE WITH YOU HOW WE DID LAST YEAR IN THOSE AREAS. 
          INCREASING ACCELERATION. I WILL DESCRIBE ACCELERATION FIRST AND THIS IS STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN OUR ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY PROGRAM CALLED AMP. AND YOU CAN SEE FIRST OF ALL THE DARK BLUE NUMBER AT THE TOP THAT IS THE ACCELERATION COURSE ENROLLMENT , BUT THE 1250 ON YOUR DOG RIGHT THAT IS THE NUMBER OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ACCELERATED, THEY ARE TAKING COMMENT CONTENT ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE OF A FOURTH GRADE STUDENT WOULD BE ACCELERATED INTO FIFTH GRADE AND TAKE THE FIFTH GRADE TEST, YOU CAN SEE NUMBERS HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN SUPERINTENDENT. THIS IS COLLEGE COURSE ENROLLMENT, THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN A COLLEGE CLASS , ONE THING THAT IS EXCITING, MY 
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CHILDREN WHEN I MOVE YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL MY SON GRADUATED FROM TREASURE COAST HIGH WITH A FULBRIGHT FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP BY PASSING SEVEN COLLEGE ACE EXAMS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHICH MY DAUGHTER IS CURRENTLY TAKING THOSE COURSES. WE ARE CREATING PATHWAYS FOR FIRST-TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS I WAS ONE OF SEVEN KIDS AND I WAS THE ONLY ONE OF MY FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE OF A TEACHER. AND I WANT TO SHARE THE SCORECARD FOCUSING ON THESE AREAS SO LET'S START WITH READING AND IT IS BUILDING A LOVE FOR READING. THIS IS BAILEY. FOR BAILEY LOVE OF READING WAS ESTABLISHED BY MAKING THEIR OWN BOOKS IN CLASS AND THIS IS BAILEY TALKING ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. 
          >> I STARTED MAKING BOOKS, I AM A PUBLISHED AUTHOR. 
          >> SHE'S LOOKING FOR AN AGENT. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED BAILEY WILL BE SIGNING SOME OF HER BOOKS AT A LOCAL BOOKSTORE. WE ARE EXCITED, THIS IS READING AND WE CALL IT A SCORECARD BECAUSE IT IS ALL THE ASSESSED GRADES AND AGREE NUMBERS ARE INCREASES IN PROFICIENCY. SO ON THE RIGHT-HAND YOU CAN SEE FLORIDA, ACROSS GRADES THREE THROUGH 10 THERE WERE PLUS 29 WITH ST. 
          LUCIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE WERE PLUS 43 ALMOST A TWO TO ONE RATE OF GROWTH FOR STUDENTS. I WANT TO POINT OUT FIFTH GRADE YOU WILL SEE FIFTH-GRADE CONSISTENTLY AS A RED NUMBER. 
          THOUGH STUDENTS WERE IN KINDERGARTEN WITH COVID. SO THOUGH STUDENTS MISSED THE LAST NINE WEEKS AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR HALF OF OUR CHILDREN IN FIRST GRADE DID NOT COME TO SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR SO IT HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THEIR LEARNING BUT WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB CATCHING THEM UP. THIS IS MATH AND I WANTED TO MEET LILA. WE TALK ABOUT KIDS IF THEY ARE LEARNING THEY CAN USE CONTENT VOCABULARY , LISTEN TO LILA'S FAVORITE SUBJECT. 
          >> MY FAVORITE THING I LEARNED WAS MATH. I LIKE ALL TYPES OF MASS , BUT MY FAVORITE PART WAS WAS DOING ORDER OF OPERATIONS. 
          >> IF I WAS A FOURTH GRADE STUDENT AND YOU ASKED ME FOR MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IT WOULD BE LUNCH. OR PE, BUT ORDER OF OPERATION, THE FACT THAT SHE REFERENCED THAT MATH VOCABULARY IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. MATH SCORECARD IS EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT ACROSS THE STATE GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT MATH, ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY +17, WE WERE +46 ALMOST A 3-1 RATIO. 
          WHENEVER YOU TALK ABOUT HOW ST. LUCIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS SMOKE AND MIRRORS THEY DO NOT EARN A A ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE DISTRICTS AND THEIR 67 EARNED A IT IS NOT EASY BECAUSE IF IT WAS ALL EASY ALL 67 WOULD HAVE AN A . YOU CAN SEE THE PERFORMANCE IN MATH. 
          FIFTH GRADE, BIOLOGY AND SCIENCE WE OUTPACE THE STATE WITH 11 CIVICS AND SOCIAL STUDIES WE WERE PLUS 12 ALMOST 2-1. IF I PUT THE SCORECARD FOR FLORIDA IN EVERY TESTATOR THEY WERE PLUS 76 WE WERE PLUS 120. ONCE AGAIN IT IS MOVING STUDENTS AT A FASTER RATE THAN THE STATE. SO WE MET ALL GOALS WE EARNED THE A BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AS WELL AND THIS IS A TREND LINE FOR SCHOOL GRADES, WHEN I ARRIVED IN 2015 THE FIRST YEAR AS I WAS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT , WE HAD ALMOST AS MANY SCHOOLS AS WE HAD A'S AND B'S. AT 11 AT 11 AM BE SCHOOLS AND 9D AND F SCHOOLS. ALL NINE OF THOSE , TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. THIS YEAR WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH 11 A'S, 18 B AND EIGHT C'S OUR SCHOOLS, OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE OUTPERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
          IN FACT WE REACH THAT WITH CHARTER PARTNERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS I BELIEVE IN CHOICE BUT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO HELP SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE WE CANNOT EARN A A, IF THEY ARE UNDERPERFORMING WE HAVE TRIED TO SUPPORT THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PERFORMING AT A HIGH LEVEL. GOALS FOR THIS YEAR WERE STILL FOCUSED ON A CORE GREAT INITIATIVES AND EARLY LEARNING KINDERGARTEN FIRST AND SECOND THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING TO MAKE SURE THOUGH STUDENTS ARE GETTING EARLY OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN TO READ WE THINK THAT WILL CREATE A THRIVING AND BETTER SYSTEM ACROSS THE BOARD. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE SECOND 
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INITIATIVE TODAY CLASSROOMS TO CAREERS. A VERY BIG INVESTMENT OF THE DISTRICT WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO CREATE PARTNERSHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS FOR STUDENTS IF THEY'RE NOT ENTERING COLLEGE THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY ENTER THE WORKFORCE AND HIGH-PAYING JOBS AND I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT VIDEO TO SHOW YOU THAT'S GOING TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. 
          >> I'M DR. JON PRINCE AND I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW INITIATIVE CALLED CLASSROOMS TO CAREERS. A COVERINGS OF K-12 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE BETWEEN ST. LUCIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY. 
          STARTING IN KINDERGARTEN TO PLAY WITH PURPOSE WE CREATE AWARENESS OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELEMENTARY CHILDREN. STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT TEAMWORK, COOPERATION AND SOFT SKILLS NECESSARY TO SUCCEED IN THE WORLD OF WORK. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ALL ABOUT INSPIRATION WERE TEENAGERS ARE EXPOSED TO INTEREST INVENTORIES AND PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL CAREER FAIRS SPONSORED BY LOCAL INDUSTRIES, THESE EXPERIENCES ARE DESIGNED FOR BUSINESSES TO CREATE EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE JOB THEY HAVE TO OFFER FUTURE GRADUATES. CLASSROOMS TO CAREERS CULMINATES IN EXPERIENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHERE STUDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN PRE-APPRENTICESHI P IN LOCAL BUSINESS, CONCLUDING IN A HIGH SCHOOL CAREER FAIR WHERE STUDENTS BRING RESUMES , INTERVIEW WITH EMPLOYERS AND RECEIVED JOB OFFERS ON THE SPOT. A NEW SCHOOL TO WORK PATHWAY WERE LOCAL INDUSTRY PARTNERS DIRECTIVE WITH SCHOOL SYSTEM TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS WHILE PROVIDING IMPORTANT, HIGH-PAYING CAREERS TO GRADUATES. ST. LUCIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WORKING WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL KNOWS THAT TOGETHER WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING. THEIR CLASSROOMS TO CAREERS WE ARE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY TODAY. 
          >> SO, I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, LAST SUMMER WE HAD 51 PAID INTERNS INTERNSHIPS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES FAST-FORWARD I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE 500 WE HAVE PAID INTERNSHIPS KIDS WALK OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND INTO A JOB A HIGH-PAYING JOB IN OUR SPECIFICALLY BUSINESS CORRIDOR WITH AMAZON, CHENEY BROTHERS. WE HAVE ADDED PROGRAMS LIKE FORKLIFT OPERATOR, DIESEL MECHANIC, THE PROGRAMS IN SCHOOL CURRENTLY ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF THE WORK WE DO WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO FEED OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. I AM A PROPONENT OF CHOICE I WANT PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO SEND THEIR KIDS WHATEVER THEY WANT THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL WHERE PRIVATE SCHOOL COMPUTERS, CHARTER SCHOOL COMPETITORS BUT I WANT ST. LUCIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE THE NUMBER ONE OPTION FOR FAMILIES AND RIGHT NOW IT IS. BEFORE I GET TO LAYLA I WANT TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT ARE HERE TODAY WITH ME. I LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY DEPUTY FIRST BECAUSE I DID THAT JOB FOR SEVERAL YEARS I KNOW HOW CRUEL AND RELENTLESSLY PUNISHING IT IS DR. HELEN WILDE THE DEPUTY, THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS AND MY CHIEF OF SCHOOLS DR. CRAIG SUMMER THERE YOU GO. AND LASTLY, MR. TERRENCE O'LEARY IS THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND TERRENCE DOES AN AMAZING JOB WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION INITIATIVES WE HAVE AND THERE WAS ANOTHER GOAL I DID NOT HIT ON WAS REVITALIZATION AND RENEWAL OF THE GREEN ZONE. AND THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART. WITH WESTWOOD THE SCHOOL ONCE AGAIN IS OPENING UP IN DECEMBER WE HAVE A VERY EXCITING INITIATIVE TO BUILD KAY-8 IN FORT PIERCE A COMBINATION OF LAWNWOOD, ST. LUCIE ELEMENTARY AND DAN MCCARTY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IF YOU HAVE A FIRST-CLASS FACILITY AT WESTWOOD THE KIDS FEEDING INTO THE SCHOOL NEED A FIRST-CLASS FACILITY AS WELL. IT WILL ALSO SAVE ON OPERATIONAL COSTS BECAUSE OLDER CAMPUSES ARE SO EXPENSIVE TO MANAGE SO IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US. SOME OF THE DOGS -- KIDS WHEN YOU MEET STUDENTS WHAT DOES A SUPERINTENDENT DO? SO WE ASKED LAYLA EXACTLY WHAT I DO AND THIS WAS HER RESPONSE. 
          >> I HAVE A HYPOTHESIS MAY BE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HELP CHECK 
          THE SECURITY CAMERAS. >> THAT'S WHAT I DO. I AM THE 
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GUY WHO CHECKS THE SECURITY CAMERAS. SO , I WANT TO CLOSE WITH ALL CHILDREN ARE CAPABLE OF SUCCESS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP, I CAN SEE ALL THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AT THE VARIOUS EVENTS WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOLS, THE MAYOR THE CITY MANAGER AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY GET A FIRST-CLASS PUBLIC EDUCATION. MET AMIR I WILL CLOSE AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER GAINES. 
          >> THANK YOU, DR. PRINCE. AS A COACH THAT SEES HAVE TO GET YOUR TALKING ABOUT IN THE AFTERNOONS I HAVE SEEN A DIFFERENCE I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT I COACH THAT WERE NOT GOING OFF TO SCHOOL ARE NOW IN THE WORKFORCE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS OR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF GOING TO RSC AND MOVING ON. SECOND, I WANT TO THANK YOU I SAY THE GUTS TO HAVING THE GUTS TO EVEN PROPOSE WHAT YOU PROPOSED WITH KAY-8. THAT WAS BOLD. YOU PROPOSED IT AND TO BUILD IT IN THE AREA WHERE THE KIDS FOR MY DISTRICT WILL ATTEND I KNOW YOU CAN'T GRIEVE ABOUT THAT I'M GLAD YOU DID AND I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS WHY AND WHY IT MADE SENSE BECAUSE TO GO FROM A OLD-SCHOOL TO A TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL THERE WILL BE SOME TYPE OF SOME GAP OR ADJUSTMENT BUT TO GO THROUGH A BRAND-NEW SCHOOL AND TO A NEW TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL THERE IS NO GAP AND EDUCATION MOVES ON. I SAW THE VISION I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. TWO MORE POINTS. CLASSROOM TO CAREERS. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE ANYWHERE, WHERE HEY, COME BE MAYOR, I SEE THE CHIEF OF POLICE. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU I SEE THE CHIEF OF POLICE. I SEE JASON IN PUBLIC WORKS. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IF WE ARE NOT I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET KIDS TO COME UNDERSTAND THIS SIDE OF CITY GOVERNMENT FORT PIERCE UTILITIES EVERYTHING WE NEED YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME JOIN US SO I'M THROWING IT OUT TO SEE IF WE ARE NOT AND IF YOU'RE NOT I WILL TURN THIS WAY. 
          >> WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE MUNICIPALITIES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES AND IT WILL START WITH THE EIGHTH GRADE EXPERIENCE AND THAT IS WHERE OUR INDUSTRY AND MUNICIPALITIES AND LAW-ENFORCEMENT FIREFIGHTERS , THEY WILL GO AND MEET EIGHTH GRADERS AND THE WHOLE IDEA IS FOR YOU TO INSPIRE THAT KID TO WANT TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. TO GET INTO GOVERNMENT, ONCE THEY SAY I AM SO INTERESTED IN THIS THEN WE CAN HELP GUIDE THEM WITH THE COURSES THEY WILL TAKE IN HIGH SCHOOL TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THE DREAM AND KEEP ALL PARTNERS INVOLVED AND WHEN THEY GET TO BE SENIORS THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BASICALLY A JOB EXPERIENCE WITH INTERNSHIPS WHERE CONSTRUCTING AND BUILDING THIS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE AND WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE CITY IN PREPARATION FOR EIGHTH-GRADE. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I WOULD LOVE THE CITY TO BE PART OF THAT BECAUSE EVERY OTHER MEETING WE ARE NEEDING WORKERS IN DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND WHY NOT TRAIN THEM AND SHOW THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO SAY I WOULD BE A CITY COMMISSIONER. IF YOU WANT ME TO. I WILL BE THERE. THAT SOMETHING. 
          LAST THING AND I WILL BE QUIET. WITH THE FIFTH-GRADERS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING. YOU KNOW WE HAVE SOME PARENTS THAT NEVER COME TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SO I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO AS THE QUESTION IF ONE OF THE PARENTS ARE LISTENING AND THEY HAVE ONE OF THE FIFTH-GRADERS HOW CAN THEY HELP YOU HELP THEM WHERE CAN THEY GO IS IT TEACHERS IS IT SOMEWHERE BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS THAT ARE NEVER BEEN TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A PTA MEETING I'M TELLING MYSELF I 
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DON'T KNOW. I HAVE OPPORTUNITY NOW SO HOW CAN WE GET THE WORD OUT TO THEM TO SAY HEY, YOUR CHILD MIGHT FALL INTO THE FIFTH-GRADER AND WE WANT TO HELP , WE ARE NOT TURNING OUR BACK ON THEM SO WE WANT TO HELP SO THEY REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOLS. 
          >> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO YOUR POINT IS FOR THEM TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE DURING SCHOOL HELP STUDENTS ARE GETTING AFTER SCHOOL ASSISTANCE WE HAVE BEFORE SCHOOL AND IN MANY CASES WE WILL PROVIDE TRANSFORMATION TO THE KIDS STAYING AFTER. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO YOUR POINT IS FOR PARENTS TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE SCHOOL. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP IN THE GOAL. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WITH FIFTH-GRADERS THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL THEY ARE READY TO HELP. THANK YOU, SIR. 
          >> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE COMMENT . HOW DO WE GET THOSE FIFTH GRADE SCORES BACK ON PAR AND IT SOUNDS WE HAVE TO DIRECT FIFTH-GRADERS OR IN THAT VICINITY AND THE STUDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE PROGRAMS WHAT TYPE OF NUMBERS ARE WE DEALING WITH IN THIS FIRST -- FIFTH GRADE I DON'T KNOW THE POPULATION OF FIFTH-GRADE. JUST IN GENERAL. 
          >> PROBABLY ABOUT 4000. THAT'S THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. YOU HAVE 50,000 STUDENTS, DIVIDE BY 12 JUST BALLPARK. WHENEVER I SURE THAT IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE NOT DOING NOTHING I'M JUST BEING TRANSPARENT BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY GRADE COMPARING YOUR COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES BECAUSE YOU'RE COMPARING TO A DIFFERENT GRADE GROUP THAT CAME THROUGH THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WE ARE DOING MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON CATCHING STUDENTS UP, BUT TO MR. GAINES OR COMMISSIONER GAINES POINT, ENCOURAGING FAMILIES AND PARENTS TO BUILD A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL THAT WILL ONLY INCREASE SUPPORT. WE TRY TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO CONSTITUENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE AND THAT'S WHAT WE FOCUS ON, HOW DO WE HELP CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT AND HAD WE MAKE SURE THE PARENTS ARE PARTICIPATING MAKING SURE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE FIFTH-GRADE CITIZENS GROW UP AND CONTINUE TO SOCIETY. MY LAST QUESTION IS UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CORRIDOR ON 13TH STREET TRYING TO GET THE ROAD DONE TO HANDLE THIS NEWFOUND GROWTH WE WILL HAVE OVER THERE. WITH THAT RESPECTIVE NEWFOUND GROWTH HELP ME KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL BE RAISED AS FAR AS THE BUILDINGS, WHERE WILL FUTURE PLANS BE BECAUSE AS WE THINK ABOUT GROWTH OF FORT PIERCE AND I WILL HAVE SOME TYPE OF IMPACT RIGHT? REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITY. WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE THINK ABOUT ROADS AND PARKS HOW DO WE SUPPORT THIS NEWFOUND GREAT GROWTH KIND OF GIVE ME A BALLPARK GIVE US A BALLPARK OF WHERE WE ARE POSITIONED AND WHAT 
          WE ARE GOING DOWN AND ET CETERA >> IT IS PRETTY EASY. WHY WE CHOSE THE LOCATION WE CHOSE TO BUILD KAY EIGHT IS WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS WITHIN ONE SQUARE BLOCK A MILE WITHIN EACH OTHER. SO TRANSPORTATION IS GOING TO BE UNCHANGED. YOU KNOW THE PLAN IS TO TAKE DAN MCCARTY, LAWNWOOD AND ST. LUCIE ELEMENTARY AND COMBINE THE SCHOOLS AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW K8 ADJACENT TO, NEXT TO DAN MCCARTY AND DALE CASSIN'S WHERE THOSE STUDENTS , THEY WILL GO TO THE OLD DAN MCCARTY REFURBISHED IN 2003. THE STUDENTS DON'T HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CURRENT TECHNICAL EDUCATION, SOME OF THE PE PROGRAMS SO IT WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE CHILDREN BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOMEBODY'S CHILD AND THEY MAY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE ALONG THE WAY. IT IS GOING TO INCREASE OPTIONS FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHILE PUTTING A BRAND-NEW KAY-8 WHERE WE DO HAVE TWO TRANSPORTATION ADJUSTMENTS AND WE'RE GOING TO ACCELERATE THIS AND MOVE IT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. I WOULD LIKE TO BREAK GROUND IN 2026 SO THE SCHOOL OPENED IN 2028 BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT BEING BOLD MR. GAINES WE ARE GOING TO BE BOLD TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN. WILL NOT HESITATE OR WEIGHT AND THIS IS ALSO A LOCAL 
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INVESTMENT. WE JUST MADE AN INVESTMENT IN THE AREA WITH $90 MILLION WITH FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD , A $60 MILLION PROJECT FOR LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS AND DRIVING THE ENGINE OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY WITH THESE INITIATIVES. 
          >> THAT IS GREAT. THE PART THAT IS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CAMPUSES WILL BECOME AN OPPORTUNITY AND AS WE THINK ABOUT THE ROADS AND WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD GO IN THAT IS OF THE IMPACT WE ARE LOOKING AT FROM A CITY TO INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 13 STREET HAS TO BE A MAJOR FOCUS FOR US IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO GET IT DONE. I HAVE HAD GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT IT AND HOW PARENTS NAVIGATE GETTING INTO ST. LUCIE ELEMENTARY TO PICK UP THE KIDS SO WE ARE MAKING 
          >> WE WILL BUILD TUNNELS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMITMENT OF MONEY. WE WILL LET YOU BUILD THE TUNNEL. 
          >> I WILL SAY, I KID AROUND I HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE INPATIENT IN THE SENSE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE BOLD IN OUR VISION AND THIS IS A NEW VISION FOR ST. LUCIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE ARE A-RATED AND WE WILL MAKE SURE ALL AREAS OF OUR COUNTY ARE TALKED WITH RENEWAL AS WE MAKE A MAJOR INVESTMENT IN THE CITY 
          BECAUSE KIDS DESERVE IT. >> I WILL BE BOLD WITH YOU AND SHARE THE VISION BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY BECOMES AVAILABLE , THE LAND THERE THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT IS WE WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO ADDRESS CONCERNS HERE PROVIDING MARKET RATE TYPE HOUSING FOR WORKERS TO STAY HERE TO BUILD STUDENTS TO WORK IN THE WESTERN CORRIDOR WITH THE TYPES OF MANUFACTURING JOBS THAT WERE PUT IN THERE. SO HOPEFULLY, KNOWING WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO HAVE A GREAT CONVERSATION TO PROVIDE THE MUCH-NEEDED HOUSING HERE IN OUR AREA AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FURTHER OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE YOUNG CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY, DOING OUTSTANDING JOB AND YOUR STUFF. 
          >> I WANT TO COMMENT WHEN IT FIRST CAME TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN I FIRST CAME TO FLORIDA IN 1992 WORKING FOR DOE I WAS , THE FLORIDA EDUCATION FINANCE PROGRAM THE OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET BASIC EDUCATION SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOL CURRICULUMS. PROGRESSION PLANS, THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT WORK AND I KNOW FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS I WOULD COME TO THE COMMUNITY AND I RESIDE HERE 6 TO 8 WEEKS AT A TIME, I'M NOT NEW TO THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE THINK I AM BUT I GO BACK TO 1992 AND THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THAT'S WHAT I APPLAUD YOU FOR IT'S NOT EASY TO GO FROM YEAR-TO-YEAR WITH THE CAPITAL COST NEW INVESTMENTS DEALING WITH THE PROPERTY TAXES AS HIGH AND LOW AND THE BALANCING ACT VERY DIFFICULT WORK. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. >> DEFINITELY. I AM A OLD GUY 
          BUT BACK IN 1992. >> GREAT. WHAT IS THE GREEN 
          ZONE? >> THE FORT PIERCE NORTH OF MIDWAY ROAD, WE HAVE THREE ZONES. THEY ARE TRANSPORTATION ZONES. THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE REFER MIDWAY NORTH. 
          >> OKAY I JUST WONDERED IF THAT WAS INSIDER BASEBALL FOR ME BUT I HAVE HEARD THE TERM. SO APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I THINK FORT PIERCE DOES DESERVE , AND OF THE POPULATION IS PORT ST. 
          LUCIE AND SOUTH AND PEOPLE DO TEND TO OVERLOOK FORT PIERCE BECAUSE THERE FOUR TIMES BIGGER THAN THEY ARE. SOMETIMES FLEX 
          THEIR MUSCLES. >> OVERLOOK , WE DON'T OVERLOOK 
          FORT PIERCE. >> I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK THAT IT IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT WHAT YOU WILL DO DOES IT HAVE A NAME WILL IT HAVE A NEW NAME? 
          >> A NAMING COMMITTEE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONNECTED TO HISTORY AS WE LOOK AHEAD, ALL THOSE THINGS I WON'T ARBITRARILY BE NAMING ANYTHING WE WILL HAVE MEMBERS OF THE 
          COMMUNITY, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN GET BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION. I DID NOT KNOW CHARTER SCHOOLS PLAYED INTO YOUR GRADE AND I THINK THAT IS VERY INTERESTING TO KNOW. AND 
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I CAN SEE WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO BE PARTNERS ALONGSIDE THEM AS YOU SAY THEY ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE CAREERS ARE CLASSROOM TO CAREERS. SO I HAVE BEEN READING A LOT ABOUT HOW UNIVERSITIES HAVE LED OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DOWN BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE GET INTO A LOT OF DEBT AND THEY GET OUT OF SCHOOL AND THEY CANNOT GET A JOB IN THEIR FIELD. IT IS NOT ALL UNIVERSITY FAULT, SOCIETY IS CHANGING AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, KIDS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO COLLEGE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SKILLED JOB AND HAVE A GOOD LIFE AND I THINK WE ARE ALL PRODUCTS OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOLS AND WHEN I WAS GRADUATING, EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO GO TO COLLEGE AND THERE GOT TO BE SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON THAT. STARTING THIS EARLY AND GIVING CHILDREN THE VISION THAT THEY COULD DO SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS TO THEM THAT MIGHT NOT BE COLLEGE IS REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT. AND IT IS IMPORTANT IN FORT PIERCE AND PORT ST. 
          LUCIE ACTUALLY. I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING IS YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING OUT OF COLLEGE LOOKING FOR JOBS FINDING A HARD TIME FINDING JOBS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WERE AND THERE ALSO IN DEBT, TWO THINGS OUR SCHOOL DOES A GOOD JOB FOR THE ACADEMY'S AND I THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB ANSWERING WHEN WE GRADUATE PEOPLE GRADUATE , THEY ARE LIKELY TO STAY HERE IF THEY GRADUATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA OR SOME UNIVERSITY NOT NECESSARILY SO. WE LIKE OUR 
          YOUNG PEOPLE TO STAY. >> YOU RAISE A GREAT POINT WHICH ALLOWS ME TO MAKE A SHAMELESS PLUG. IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE A LISTING, SUCCESS GUIDE INCLUDING ALL CAREER ACADEMIES. 
          I ALSO WANT TO SAY WE WORK AS PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL DIRECTLY WITH THEM AND LOCAL INDUSTRIES BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE LOCAL FEEDS LOCAL. I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A SPACE ACADEMY THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A WORKFORCE FOR BREVARD. WE ARE LOOKING AT INDUSTRIES HERE IN OUR COUNTY. WE HAVE GOT THE BIG BOX COMPANIES THAT HAVE MOVED IN LOCALLY. THE OPERATORS THEY NEED DIESEL MECHANICS THOSE ARE PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS NOW. WE JUST STARTED DENTAL ASSISTANT ACADEMY AT LEGACY HIGH ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRIES IN THE AREA AND THE BIGGEST IS HEALTH CARE.'S WE ARE TRAINING STUDENTS TO BE PHLEBOTOMISTS, TO WORK AT PHARMACIES. TO BE A TECH, TO TAKE BLOOD. WE NEED NURSES ALL OF THOSE ARE FEEDING DIRECTLY INTO INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE WITH THE PROMISE PROGRAM SO WE HAVE CREATED A GREAT PIPELINE AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS PARTNERSHIP AND TO YOUR POINT META-MAYOR IS BEING LOCAL WE WANT KIDS TO GO OUT. WE HAD A KID GRADUATED MAKING $50 AN HOUR TO BE A DRONE OPERATOR AND THAT'S THE TRAINING HAPPENING AT FORT PIERCE CENTRAL. WE ARE PROGRAMS AND STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING. I AM DIVERTING HERE BY MY SHOP TEACHER HAD THREE FINGERS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS VERY VERY DIFFERENT FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. THESE ARE REALNESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN REAL SKILLS THAT THEY CAN APPLY THE MINUTE THEY WALK OUT 
          THE DOOR. >> I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE A ANTILITTER CAMPAIGN TRYING TO KEEP FORT PIERCE CLEAN AND I KNOW SOME OF YOUR STUDENTS WITH THE CLUB AT WESTWOOD AND SOME OTHER CLUBS PARTICIPATE AND WE HOPE THAT GETS ENCOURAGED BECAUSE KEEPING THE CITY CLEAN OF SO MANY BENEFITS AND KEEPS WATERWAYS CLEAN. SO SHAMELESS PLUG FOR FORT PIERCE AND CLEANUP 
          CAMPAIGN. >> WE ARE PARTICIPANTS WE LOVE 
          TO KEEP . >> REAL QUICK SINCE DR. PRINCE DID HIS PLUG THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE GOOD NEWS WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT BUSINESSES HERE TO SAY COME BUILD YOUR RESIDENCE AND BUSINESS HERE BECAUSE OUR SCHOOLS HAVE PROGRAMS, OUR SCHOOL HAVE THESE PROGRAMS FOR YOUR KIDS AND YOUR WORKERS KIDS TO PARTICIPATE IN. IF YOU OPEN A BROCHURE AND YOU HAVE A BUSINESS AND YOU DON'T SEE THE BUSINESS 
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IN HERE, TALK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO YOU COULD ADD YOUR BUSINESS HERE TO HAVE A PIPELINE OF WORKERS. TRAIN YOUR WORKFORCE. THIS IS SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO TO SEE HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE WITH ST. LUCIE TO SHOW BUSINESSES COMING IN WE ARE READY TO TRAIN YOUR WORKERS , YOUR FUTURE WORKERS. THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS AT LEAST YOU WERE ABLE TO STAY IN SHOP, I GOT KICKED OUT OF SHOP. 
          I WAS TAKING ALL THE EXTRA WOOD. MAKING BASEBALL BATS. 
          >> KICKED OUT OF SHOP. 
          >> JUST LEAVE ON THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. 
          >> I HAD ABOUT 20 BASEBALL BATS. >> THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT 
          [9. Consent Agenda]
          AGENDA. >> ANY ITEM , C HAS ALREADY BEEN 
          PULLED. ANY OTHER ITEMS? >> I WILL PULL B. I WANT A QUICK 
          DISCUSSION AND UNDERSTANDING. >> I'M GLAD YOU DID. 
          COMMISSIONER GAINES ANYTHING? >> MOVE APPROVAL CONSENT AGENDA 
          ITEM A. >> SECOND. 
          >> OKAY THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND CALL THE ROLL PLEASE . 
          [B.  Approval of expenditure to increase Purchase Order No. 250837 with De La Hoz Builders, Inc. to provide rehabilitation services for B. Eutize 317 North 26th Street, from $46,898.00 to $58,168.00; total change order amount of $11,270.00 for painting and new gutters.]
          >> TO INCREASE PURCHASE ORDER 25 0837 WITH REHABILITATION SERVICES. 317 NORTH 26 FEET FROM $46,898, TO 58,100 TO $58,198 TOTAL CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT $11,270 PAINTING 
          AND NEW GUTTERS. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. 
          >> YES MA'AM, THANK YOU. WHEN I SAW THIS ITEM I WANTED TO TRY TO GET A BASIC UNDERSTANDING. I KNOW THE PROGRAM WE HAVE DOES GREAT WORK WITH SUPPORTING CITIZENS TO GO TO APPLICATION PROCESS AND EVERYTHING IS BUTTONED UP, BUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE MISSED THE MARK ON $12,000 WITH THIS, WHAT REALLY HAPPENED HERE BE AS TO ME THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP FRONT SO IF I'M OFF-BASE I'M LOOKING FOR AN UNDERSTANDING AS 
          TO WHAT HAPPENED HERE. >> THAT WAS INITIAL. 
          >> WOULD YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF? >> META-MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, GRANTS DIVISION MANAGER. JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ANSWER ON YOUR QUESTION. THAT WAS OF THE INITIAL QUOTE WE RECEIVED, WE WANT TO GET THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ADDITIONAL QUOTES CAME AFTER AND THE FINAL QUOTE WAS REDUCED BY WE WENT WITH ANOTHER VENDOR. WE ARE AT CURRENTLY 55,631 , THAT WAS NOT UPDATED IN A TIMELY MANNER TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL BUT WE ARE PREPARED TO SHOW THAT INFORMATION IS NOW 
          UPDATED. >> SHOWING HERE THE INITIAL QUOTE WAS 46,000 WAS 46,898 AND THEN YOU HAVE A NEW VENDOR . 
          >> THE SAME CONTRACTOR. THE CHANGE ORDER CAME IN $11,000 EXTRA. WE DID PUSH BACK ON THE NUMBER AND WE DID ASK FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE WITH UPDATED BIDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK , THE PROJECT IS ALREADY IN PROCESS , WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENT WAS HAPPY WITH THEIR FINAL , THE FINAL REHAB SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COSTS WERE LOOKED AT A SECOND TIME AND THE CONTRACTOR DID USE A VENDOR WHO 
          GAVE US A LOWER COURT. >> THE QUOTE CAME IN 3000 LESS. 
          8700 NOW AS OPPOSED TO 11,670 CHANGE ORDER. THERE WAS A CHANGE 
          ORDER AND NOW IT IS 8733. >> THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN THE CHANGE ORDER. I AM THE COMMISSIONER THAT HAS HEARTBURN WHEN YOU HAVE CHANGE ORDERS. OKAY? WE HAD TO GET THIS RIGHT SOONER THAN LATER IT APPEARS THE CHANGE ORDER RESULTED AS A 
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RESULT OF PAINTING AND GUTTERS WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MISSED THAT. WHAT I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, THAT WOULD SEEM LIKE A BASIC THING PAINTING IS PAINTING IF THAT WAS INITIAL CONTRACT THAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO HAVE AT THE CITY AND THE SUPPORT LEVEL AND EXPERTISE SO WE CAN GET THAT UP FRONT AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE THINGS DONE UP FRONT AS OPPOSED TO COMING BACK IN WITH A CHANGE ORDER PAINTING AND GUTTERS THAT IS BASIC AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE MISSED THAT. 
          >> YOU NEED TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR US. 
          >> KIMBERLY HINTON BRAND SUPPORTING SPECIALIST . 
          INITIALLY THE PAINTING WAS NOT ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK BECAUSE IT WAS DEEMED COSMETIC. WE REPLACE THE DOORS AND WINDOWS WE HAD TO PAINT IT. IT WAS ADDED ON AFTER WE DID THE INITIAL SO WITH THE GUTTERS THEY WERE OMITTED, THEY WERE THERE. THIS APPLICATION WAS APPROVED A WHILE AGO AND WE HAD TROUBLE FINDING A CONTRACTOR. THE GUTTERS WERE MISSED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK WE THINK THEY WERE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR BUT THE PAINT WAS NOT ON THE ORIGINAL SCOPE BECAUSE IT WAS DEEMED COSMETIC BUT AFTER THE WORK WAS DONE IT WAS DEEMED NECESSARY. 
          >> AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS OUT, WHAT LEVEL THAT WE HAVE THAT LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS TEST THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS UP FRONT AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES THE CONTRACTORS FOCUS ON WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED BUT WE NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS UP FRONT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TRYING TO HIT THIS SOONER THAN LATER. 
          >> IT IS CRITICAL WE GET ENGINEER INVOLVED IN PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AS OPPOSED TO THE GRANTS TEAM BECAUSE THEY ARE THE PROGRAM AND MANAGERS ADMINISTERING THE CONTRACT WITH VENDORS BUT WE NEED TO GET THE ENGINEERS AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO CHIME IN UP FRONT. SO GOING FORWARD WE WILL DO THAT. 
          >> THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING. PEOPLE WHO DO THIS WORK EVERY DAY AND BUILD STUFF OR INSPECT STUFF WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROJECT WE SEE WILL TEAR THE WINDOW OUT THE LIKELIHOOD YOU WILL DAMAGE THIS PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO CALL OR WHATEVER NEED TO BE FACTORED IN AND IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE PROJECT MENTOR ASPECT IS WHAT I AM LOOKING TO SEE TO SEE HOW WE FIGURE THAT OUT WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND I DON'T KNOW THAT. THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT FROM YOU WHERE DO WE SUPPORT. I DO UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE CHANGE ORDERS. I GET IT. I AM NOT ADVERSARIAL AGAINST IT BUT I WANT TO GET IT RIGHT SOONER THAN LATER. 
          >> UNDERSTOOD IN THE PLANNING PHASE FOR SURE. 
          >> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP I WANT TO LOOK AT I'M STARTING TO GET THAT SAME DISTASTE WHEN I SAY THE WORD CHANGE ORDER AND HOW MY MIND THINKS. WHEN WE GIVE OUT THESE BIDS AND GET THESE BIDS IN. I KNOW ARE NOT INVOLVED, WE GET THE BIDS IN I WOULD LIKE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING HOW SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS ARE CHOSEN BECAUSE BEING THE LOWEST DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN BEING THE BEST BECAUSE IF I KNOW THAT IF I CAN BID SOMETHING REALLY LOW AND I CAN COME BACK AND PUT A CHANGE ORDER IN I WILL COME BACK PUT A CHANGE ORDER IN AND SOMETIMES THE CITY WILL NOT SAY YES TO IT, IS THAT A FAIR BIT IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE I WILL PUT IN THE CHANGE ORDER AND YOU KNOW AND NOW WE ARE SETTING IT IS EIGHT. SWALLOW THAT A LITTLE BIT, WHEN I AM GETTING THESE CHANGE ORDERS FOR 128,000 OR $148,000 AND I AM LIKE WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT, IF WE LOOK AT THE PROCESS LET'S LOOK AT THE PROCESS WHOEVER WE NEED TO GET ON THE TEAM AND I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS AT ANYBODY BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO REVAMP, WHO GETS ON THE TEAM LET'S MAKE THE DECISION OKAY WHY IS THIS DID FROM THE CONTRACTOR SO LOW WHEN I HAVE THESE OTHER BIDS , SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE. OR YOU KNOW LET'S FIGURE OUT I DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE LOWEST AND MADAM ATTORNEY IF I AM SAYING SOMETHING INCORRECTLY COME I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE 
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LOWEST ALWAYS WINS BECAUSE LOWEST MIGHT NOT THE BEST. I WANT SOMEBODY TO COME AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND DO NOT GIVE US HEADACHES WITH CHANGE ORDERS. IF WE CAN REVAMP OR LOOK AT STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING I WOULD AGREE WITH 
          THAT 100%. >> DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I JUST WANT TO ADD WHEN READING THIS ON THE FACE OF IT WHEN I READ PAINTING AND GUTTERS, IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED SOMETHING EXTRA. DO WE HAVE A CAP ON WHAT WE DO WHEN WE DO THIS KIND OF REHABILITATION. 
          >> PROVIDING UP TO $100,000. >> THE ORIGINAL 58 THAT CAME IN THAT FELL BENEATH THE THRESHOLD WE FELT COMFORTABLE BEFORE BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING THE BEST PRICE FOR THE WORK THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO. 
          >> I'M GLAD YOU PUSHED BACK ON THAT. I HOPE ALL OF OUR STAFF WHEN THEY GET QUOTES AND THINGS AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT WE ARE GETTING THAT THIS MAKES SENSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK IT IS THE GOVERNMENT THAT HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY AND THEY WILL PAY ANYTHING WE ASK. AND WHAT THIS COMMISSION IS SAYING WE ARE NOT DOING THAT. IF WE DID IT I HOPE WE DIDN'T BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT DOING IT. AND SO I DO THINK ON THE FACE OF IT PAINTING SOUNDS COSMETIC. I THINK YOUR EXPLANATION MAKES SENSE NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE SO MANY CHANGES NOW, SOMETHING YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE LOOK AT HER NOW WON'T LOOK GOOD IF IT'S NOT PAINTED. SO, BUT I AM AGREEING TOTALLY WITH MY COMMISSIONERS THAT WE WILL BE SO MUCH MORE MILITANT ABOUT CHANGE ORDERS AND I REALLY HOPE THAT TO THE BEST EXTENT POSSIBLE THE STAFF DOES IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME SO THERE'S NO CHANGE ORDERS. 
          RIGHT? >> THAT IS RIGHT EVEN IF WE HAVE TO TAKE EXTRA TIME TO GET EXPERT TO LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT AND I SUPPORT STAFF WITH THIS BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THIS FEDERAL GRANT MONEY AND TRY TO STRETCH AS FAR AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND I DO REALIZE THE WORK YOU HAVE TO DO BECAUSE THIS IS NOT TAXPAYER DOLLARS THIS IS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MONEY COMING 
          IN FROM GRANTS. >> BUT IT IS TAXPAYER DOLLARS 
          SOMEWHERE. >> STILL WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT AND CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP CITIZENS SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET SOMEBODY TO FILL THIS OUT TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT WHEN DONE. I AM SATISFIED AT THIS POINT I HAVE MADE MY POINT. 
          >> MAKE ONE THING CLEAR COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AND WE CAN MOVE ON. I WANT TO MAKE FOR THE RECORD CLEAR WE UNDERSTAND CHANGE ORDERS HAVE BEEN SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GO BACK AND SAY DON'T GO CITY OF FORT PIERCE THEY WON'T APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS. WHAT I AM SAYING IS WE UNDERSTAND CHANGE ORDERS HAPPEN BUT YOU BETTER COME, BE PREPARED TO COME EXPLAIN TO US WHY YOU NEED THE CHANGE ORDER AND WHITE WAS NOT IN THE INITIAL BID BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE A RUBBER STAMP. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN EXACTLY. 
          >> WITH THAT I MOVE APPROVAL NOW THE REDUCED AMOUNT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A CORRECTION ON THE AGENDA. TO BE CORRECT WHAT 
          AMOUNT? >> THE TOTAL IS GOING TO BE 
          $55,631. >> SO A CHANGE AMOUNT THAT GOES TO WHAT? OKAY SO MADAME MAYOR I MOVE APPROVAL AGENDA ITEM 9 B WITH CHANGE IN THE ACTUAL COST OF THE ITEM , TO 55,631. 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND CALL THE 
          ROLL PLEASE. >> 
          >> OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION 25- R 65 CITY COMMISSION CITY OF 
          [A.  Resolution 25-R65 - Amending the Rules of Procedure for Condemnation and Demolition of Structures.]
FORT PIERCE AMENDING RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR CONDEMNATION AND DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURES PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE REPEALING RESOLUTIONS CONFLICT AND PROVIDING FOR 
          EFFECTIVE DATE. >> INTERIM DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RESPONSE WILL ADDRESS THE REPEALS WE HAVE WITH A CHANGE IN 
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STATUTE'S WE HAVE TO REPEAL CERTAIN LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE. I WILL LET HIM EXPOUND. 
          >> IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD. 
          >> ACTING COMMUNITY RESPONSE DIRECTOR, GOOD MORNING MADAME MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. SO THE RULES AND PROCEDURE BEING REFINED AS MR. CHESS STATED WITH CHANGES IN THE STATE STATUTES, LAST YEAR THE COMMISSION ADOPTED A ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT CHAPTER 24 CITY ORDINANCE IN JULY 2024. SO THESE RULES OF PROCEDURE NEED TO BE REFINED TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE STATUTES AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES. PART OF THE CHANGES, WE HAVE REMOVED CONDEMNATION WITH REHABILITATION PROCESSES. THOSE ARE ALIGNED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE WHICH THE CITY HAS ADOPTED PREVIOUSLY AS THE HOUSING CODE, THE OTHER THING REMOVED FROM THESE RULES AND PROCEDURES IS THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT DEMONSTRATION AND THOSE ARE COVERED BY CITY ORDINANCE CHAPTER 24. THIS IS TO CLEAN OF THE PROCESS AND REFINE RULES AND PROCEDURE FOR WHAT IS 
          COVERED ELSEWHERE. >> NOT MAKING GREAT CHANGES IN 
          THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS. >> ALL THE DEMOLITION PROCEDURES THE RESOLUTION WILL COME TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. ALL APPROVAL STEPS REMAIN PRIMARILY THE SAME AND THESE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN BUILT INTO THE TYLER WORKFLOW AND WE WENT LIVE WITH TYLER LAST YEAR SO BASICALLY STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES THAT WERE HERE IN RULES AND PROCEDURE HAVE BEEN ADOPTED IN OUR 
          PROCESSES WITH TYLER. >> THANK YOU, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF. IS THAT EMOTION? 
          >> APPROVAL RESOLUTION 25 R 65. >> MOTION AND SECOND CALL THE 
          [B.  Resolution 25-R71 Appointing Chase Whitaker to the City of Fort Pierce Parking Committee as Commissioner Broderick's appointee.]
          ROLL. >> 
          >> NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION 25-R 71 RESOLUTION CITY COMMISSION CITY AFFORD PIERCE CERTIFYING APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE PARKING COMMITTEE PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THIS RESOLUTION APPOINTS MR. WHITAKER AS COMMISSIONER 
          BRODERICK'S APPOINTEE. >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. 
          [A.  Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) presentation of findings, recommendations, and public input from the Comprehensive Plan Evaluation & Appraisal Review (EAR) public outreach to date to the City Commission to generate further discussion and recommendations; this presentation is informational only.    ]
          >> COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND PUBLIC INPUT FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REVIEW FOR THE PUBLIC OUTREACH TO DATE. 
          TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO GENERATE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR 
          INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. >> TO HAVE ANY LEAD IN? 
          >> FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS DONE EVERY 10 YEARS. SO WE WILL GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AND THIS IS NOT FINAL IT IS A PRELIMINARY OF THE INPUT WE HAVE FROM STAFF AND ELECTED OFFICIALS 
          AS WELL. >> GOOD MORNING, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING MAYOR HUDSON, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER GAINES. AS MR. CHESS SAID THIS IS AN UPDATE MAKING SURE WE GIVE YOU A WORK IN PROGRESS. WHERE WE ARE AT MAKING SURE THERE IS NOT SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT US TO BE LOOKING AT OR SOMEWHERE WE ARE NOT GOING. 
          OKAY, SO WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR COMPANY INTO PLAN IS. THE PLAN AND BLUEPRINT FOR HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY, YOU DEFINED YOUR COMMUNITY LONG-TERM. IT HELPS TO PROTECT YOUR NATURAL RESOURCES, YOUR ASSETS. 
          IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMPANY INTO PLAN IS THAT IT HAS COMMUNITY VISION, IT HAS YOUR VISION. THE PLAN IS TO HELP GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE VISION. AND ALSO, IF THERE ARE ANY CONFLICTS OR THINGS THAT ARE AMBIGUOUS, IT HELPS YOU RESOLVE THOSE, AS WELL. WHY HAVE A PLAN? HOPE IS NOT A PLAN YOU CAN HOPE THINGS GO WELL BUT IN YOUR JOBS YOU CAN DO THINGS TO DO YOU CAN ENSURE PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITY WHICH WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS MORNING. IT IS LOOKING AT CURRENT NEEDS AND LOOKING FOR THE FUTURE, AS WELL. SO IT CREATES CERTAINTY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SO PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO YOUR CITY TO BRING IN BUSINESS OR TO BUILD HOMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THEY LOOK AT THE PLAN WITH THE VISION IS FOR THE CITY AND WHAT THE ROLES ARE. 
          PROTECTING PROPERTYRIGHTS AS WELL AND SUPPORTING ECONOMIC 
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DEVELOPMENT. BUSINESS IS THAT ONE COMING WITH INDUSTRIES, THEY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT YOU WILL GET. WHAT ARE THE THINGS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE INTERVIEWS IN MY INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS WITH YOU AND THE WORKSHOPS AND SURVEYS IS WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF LIFE. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN FORT PIERCE AS FORT PIERCE, THE CITY EVERYONE LOVES KEEPING THAT HERITAGE AND CARE WITH THEM. AND THEN ALSO BE SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT. SO THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN WE WILL GO OVER QUICKLY FUTURE LAND USE IN THE COMPANY ANSWER PLAN IT IS DIFFERENT THAN LAND DEVELOPMENT LOOKING AT 10,000 FEET WHAT IS THE OVERALL OVERALL USES FOR YOU WILL HAVE DENSITIES AND INTENSITY TRANSPORTATION, TALKED ABOUT THAT TODAY. INFRASTRUCTURE, CONSERVATION, COASTAL MANAGEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT. IN 2015 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THERE YOU ADDRESS LEGISLATIVE NEEDS AND YOUR BEACH, INTERCOASTAL, ALL OF THAT ARE RESILIENT. 
          HOUSING IS A BIG ISSUE NOW SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT WE HAVE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND ALSO WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE WITHIN THE CITY HOW TO MEET THE NEEDS RECREATION OPEN SPACE, GOVERNMENT CORD NATION HOW DO YOU WORK WITH AGENCIES AND MUNICIPALITIES. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS GETS UPDATED EACH YEAR LOOKING AT PLANNING FOR ALL THEY NEED TO HAVE AND THEN ALLOCATING FUNDING FOR DOING THAT. PUBLIC FACILITY MANAGEMENT LOOKING AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS YOU NEED FOR ALL THOSE THINGS TAKING IN MIND CURRENT AND FUTURE POPULATION. PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACILITIES WE WILL REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT ANYTHING WE NEED TO UPDATE AND THEN PROPERTY RATES, 2021 THE LEGISLATURE REQUIRED YOU HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT SO THAT IS IN THERE NOW AND I WILL BE THE ONE ELEMENT WE WILL HAVE NO CHANGES TO. IT'S NOT JUST PLANNING EVERYBODY SAYS THE COMPANY ANSWER PLAN IS LAND-USE IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT IT'S ABOUT HOW THE ELEMENTS WORK TOGETHER. APPRAISAL AND REVIEW PROCESS. WE NEED TO ADDRESS LOCAL CONCERNS TO MAKE SURE YOUR PLAN IS LOOKING AT ANY CURRENT LOCAL CONCERNS AND WE NEED TO DO LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN TO IDENTIFY LOCAL CONCERNS THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS AND WHAT WE WILL DO AT THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IS GO LOOK AT YOUR DATA, UPDATE AND THE GOALS OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE LEGISLATION BUT THEN ALSO KEEP THE COMMUNITY VISION IN MIND. VALUING THE PLAN IS IMPORTANT YOU MUST DO IT EVERY SEVEN YEARS PER STATUTE BECAUSE CONDITIONS CHANGE. SO THESE WERE CLOUDS, THINGS THAT CAME OUT MORE THAT ARE BIGGER AND SMALLER I MADE ALL OF THESE , THESE ARE THINGS I GOT FROM THE SURVEYS AND INTERVIEWS, FROM THE WORKSHOPS BECAUSE ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT SO WE WILL LOOK AT THESE THINGS EQUALLY. WHAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE RESILIENCY IS MORE IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE ELSE SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE THINGS WE HEARD, WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING. SO TO NAME A FEW THINGS WE HAVE HEARD IN THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS , THE PUBLIC SURVEY AND THE WORKSHOPS IS THE CITY NEEDS TO HAVE A RATIONAL BOUNDARY. WE DON'T KNOW. AM I IN THE CITY OR COUNTY? THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH A LOT OF THAT NOT ONLY CITIZENS BUT WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE. SO PEOPLE THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A MORE RATIONAL BOUNDARY. TO GET THAT YOU HAVE STRATEGIC ANNEXATION DON'T TO SAY LET'S GRAB THIS OVER HERE AND GRAB THAT, HOW DO YOU STRATEGICALLY GROW AND ANNEX PROPERTIES INTO THE CITY THAT MAKES SENSE CONSIDERING IN THE STRUCTURE, WILL THIS COST MORE TO BRING THESE IN OR TO MAKE SENSE WE WILL PULL IN PROPERTIES INTO THE CITY. PROPER DEVELOPMENT PROPER USES AND PROPER PLACES SO WE PUT RESIDENTIAL WHERE WE NEED RESIDENTIAL. WE ARE NOT BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, WHERE RESIDENTS MAYBE CAN'T GET TO THE JOBS BECAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF THEY ARE LOW INCOME RESTRAINED MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR SO WE NEED TO MAKE PROPER CHOICES AND PUT THOSE IN THE USE AND PROPER PLACES. MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL HAS BEEN GROWING A LOT IN THE CITY MORE THAN COMMERCIAL SO WHEN DOING MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS THAT'S THE KIND OF THING YOU WANT TO CONVEY WE WANT MORE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL WITHIN THE PROJECTS PROTECT RURAL LAND AND 
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AGRICULTURE PART OF WORK HERITAGE SO WE NEED TO DO THOSE THINGS. INSURE ZONING AND LAND-USE CONSISTENT RIGHT. WE HAVE HEARD SOMETIMES ZONING AND LAND-USE ARE NOT RIGHT OR THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S PROHIBITING SOMEONE FROM DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY FOR WHAT IT IS INTENDED FOR. CLEANUP THE CITY MAIN CORNERS MIDWEIGHT OKEECHOBEE ORANGE. CONFUSION IS THERE'S A LOT OF ROADS WITH A LOT OF JURISDICTION, SOME ROADS YOU CAN CONTROL AND SOME YOU CAN'T. YOU WANT TO LOOK AT CITY ROADS MAKING SURE AS PEOPLE COME INTO THE CITY IT IS WELCOMING. 
          THEY KNOW THEY HAVE ARRIVED SOMEWHERE SPECIAL. PRIVATE PROPERTY AS WELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO BE STRICT WE HAVE HEARD THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP AND THE RESPONSIBILITY CAMPAIGN IS PHENOMENAL SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS INTO THE PLAN. SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS, I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF MR. CHESS PASSIONS. MAKING SURE TO WORK WITH SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, SMALL BUSINESS DISTRICT. THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN EDUCATE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW HOW TO RUN THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES. EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO DO THEIR BUSINESS. THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW HOW TO RUN THE BUSINESS. ADDRESS HOUSING NEEDS LOOKING AT CURRENT HOUSING AND WHAT YOU NEED. WE HAVE A HOUSING NEED STUDY DONE FINISHED IN 2024, FOR THE COUNTY SO WE WILL LOOK AT THAT, UPPER TRANSPORTATION GAINS. LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION DO YOU NEED MORE TRANSIT? WHAT DO YOUR RUNWAYS LOOK LIKE? I HEARD YOU'RE DOING A ROADWAY STUDY SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. PROTECTING COASTAL AREAS RESILIENCY MITIGATION MEASURES THAT CAN BE DONE. INVOLVING YOUTH . THAT WAS IMPORTANT, WHO WAS THIS FOR? FOR CHILDREN AND HAVING THE INTERGENERATIONAL BALANCE. THERE ARE THINGS LIKE WE LIKE TO DRIVE CARS, KIDS DO NOT SO YOU MAKE SURE YOUR SERVICING EVERYONE IN THE MEETING WHERE THEY ARE. THE PUBLIC OUTREACH , THE FIRST PART OF IT WE LAUNCHED THE SURVEY RAN FROM JULY 24 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 5. I HAVE SUMMARIZED THAT AND SEND THAT IN A MEMO AND SOME OF THE SURVEY WAS IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY. WE DID A PUBLIC WORKSHOP AUGUST 6, WE DID ONE THURSDAY NIGHT. TODAY I WILL BE SPEAKING WITH YOU AND ALSO YOUR PLANNING BOARD LATER AND I PLAN TO MEET WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL THURSDAY. I HAVE CREATED A SPECIAL SURVEY BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY. THEY DON'T DRIVE OR MAYBE THEY DO DRIVE, THEY WILL LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND THEN LOOKING AT THE FUTURE WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ARE YOU STAYING IN THE COMMUNITY? ARE YOU GOING TO COLLEGE HERE? WHAT KIND OF JOBS DO YOU WANT THAT YOU CAN TO STAY IN FORT PIERCE AND MAKE A GOOD LIVING. LEGISLATIVE CONSISTENCY IS OUR JOB GOING BACK TO LOOK AT THOSE ELEMENTS. 
          WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING , THE LEGISLATURE REQUIRES 10 YEAR AND 20 YEAR PLANNING SO WE WILL MAKE SURE NUMBERS ARE IN THERE AND WE'RE LOOKING AS FAR OUT AS 20 YEARS OF PLANNING. 
          AREAS NEED TO BE UPDATED BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE CONCERNS AND ISSUES BROUGHT UP WILL BE ADDRESSED. SO WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH UNDERLINE OF THOSE GOALS OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES FOR APPROVAL. LATER THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR. ONE EXAMPLE SB 180. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL LOOK AT, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING ARE NOT MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME? THAT'S ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS. WHEN LIVE LOCAL KMART PEOPLE GOT EXCITED THERE WAS NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITHIN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THAT. MAKE SURE NOTHING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE CONFERENCE A PLAN FOR THE CURRENT LEGISLATION OR ANY LEGISLATION SINCE 2019 WHEN YOU DID YOUR LAST YEAR. DATA ANALYSIS, WE WILL LOOK AT THE HOUSING, LOOKING AT ROADWAYS, WE WILL DO THOSE THINGS STATUTORILY REQUIRED AGAIN FOR THE 10 AND 20 YEAR PERIOD. UPDATING YOUR MAP SERIES ALMOST HAVE THAT DONE , THESE ARE MAPS ON THE LIST OF WHAT THE LEGISLATION REQUIRES IN THE STATUTES REQUIRE. WE WILL UPDATE ALL OF THOSE. NEXT STEPS WE WILL GO BACK AND START THE DATA AND ANALYSIS SO WE CAN START LOOKING AT EACH OF THOSE ELEMENTS AND PLANNING FOR THOSE 10 OR 20 YEAR 
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TIMELINES. AGAIN WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AND TO THE PLANNING BOARD FIRST THEN WE WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE NEED TO TRANSMIT BY JANUARY 29, 2026 SO WE CAN MEET OBLIGATION TO THE STATE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> ON SB 180, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF WHAT IS MORE RESTRICTIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY RATHER THAN WE TRY TO ANTICIPATE THAT UNLESS IT IS BLATANT WE STILL PUT IN THE COMP PLAN WHAT WE THINK SHOULD BE IN THE COMP PLAN BECAUSE NUMBER ONE I THINK THE LEGISLATURE MIGHT BE INCLINED TO TWEAK IT AT SOME POINT AND CHANGE IT AND MAKE IT MORE EXPLICIT AND NUMBER TWO LET'S MAKE THEM SAY NO. SO IF WE WANT SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT IT I DON'T WANT TO BE INTIMIDATED BY THAT, 
          THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL. >> MET AMIR I AGREE, LET THEM TELL US NO. WE HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT ARE CITIZENS IN FORT PIERCE. SO I AGREE 100%, PUT IT IN WHAT WE THINK WE NEED TO DO TO PROTECT RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA. AND THEY COME WITH A BIG NO WE CAN ADDRESS IT. I AGREE I THINK I'LL TRY TO TWEAK IT AND DO OTHER THINGS SO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO PROTECT RESIDENTS 
          IN THE AREA. >> THERE ARE TWO LAWSUITS NOW CHALLENGING SOME OF THE RESTRICTIVE PART. 
          >> RIGHT, LOOKING AT THAT WITH SOME LAWSUITS SAYING THERE'S THE ONE SUBJECT WILL IN LEGISLATURE NOT JUST ONE SUBJECT IN THE BILL THAT IS PASSED. IT IS AMBIGUOUS, WHAT IS MORE RESTRICTIVE? WHAT IS HEARD IN SOME? WHO ARE WE TRYING TO BE LESS RESTRICTIVE TO? AND YOU'RE MAKING US DO THIS EAR YET WE CAN'T BE MORE STRICT SO THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE AND IN THE COMING MONTHS WE WILL SEE A LOT AND THEN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN A LEGISLATION GETS PASSED AND TWEAKED. WE ARE ON LEVEL THREE. I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. 
          >> THEY WENT THE WRONG WAY ON THAT. SO WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP 
          WORKING. >> THE WAY WE TRY TO RELATE IS YOUR TAKING AUTHORITY AWAY FROM LOCALS CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE AND YOU ARE MOVING INTO A DIRECTION THAT PEOPLE INTO LASSIE AND LEGISLATORS WHO MAY LIVE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES BUT THEY DON'T DEAL WITH LOCAL ISSUES AND RAMIFICATIONS SO WHEN YOU SEE THINGS LIKE CENTERVILLE 180 THAT TAKES POWER AWAY FROM US AND GIVES IT TO THE DEVELOPER IN SOME CASES AND IN THE INSTANCE I'M LOOKING AT WAS SUB LEGISLATION, HOW THEY HAVE AUTHORITY TO DO THINGS AND NOT EVEN BE QUESTION. AND RELATE THAT TO AN EVENT OF TRAGEDY LIKE A STORM THAN THAT OPENS UP OPPORTUNITY THAT GIVES THEM CARTE BLANCHE TO DO WHATEVER AND NOT BE QUESTIONED AND WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY IT IS A REAL ISSUE SO THE MORE WE CAN ALIGN OUR PLAN AND PUT IT OUT , YOU HEAR ME ECHO WHAT MY CURRENT COMMISSIONERS ARE SAYING. YES I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE LUMPING TWO THINGS TOGETHER IN MY OPINION TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THINGS HAPPEN HERE , THE STORMS WE HAVE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHICH CAUSE QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE AND GET PEOPLE STARTED SOONER THAN LATER NOT HAVE A BUNCH OF RED TAPE WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER AND THE HOUSES BACK TOGETHER. STILL WE DON'T WANT TO INVITE BAD ACTORS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME IN AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW THERE IS A HOUSE REBUILT AND A WHOLE THREE-STORY WHATEVER OVER HERE THAT NEVER CAME TO THE CITY AND WE HAVE NO IDEA. THE MEGA-MANSION IS DONE. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THE PUBLIC , WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS 
          AS WELL. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> AGAIN TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT YOU AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON SAID. I WOULD RATHER DO IT AND GET THE NO FROM TALLAHASSEE. WE CAN SEND BACK AND SAY MAYBE, BUT WE GOT TO DRAW THE LINE AND STAND STILL AND LIKE YOU SAID CARTE BLANCHE , IF YOU READ IT THAT GIVES DEVELOPMENTS TO COME 
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IN AND DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. I THINK IT MIGHT BE THREE, I HEARD ANOTHER COUNTY , ANOTHER COUNTY JOINED. MY LAST THING IS GREAT PRESENTATION AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU GUYS TO BE PREPARED TO BE BLOWN AWAY WHEN YOU TALK WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUFF YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR , YOU WILL SAY WAIT A MINUTE , THEY JUST SEE THE STUFF SO DIFFERENT. SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THEM. A LOT OF TIMES THEY ARE LEFT OUT AND EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING WE ARE DOING FOR THEM AND WE GO TALK TO THEM. JUST BE PREPARED BECAUSE THE YOUTH COUNCIL THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE HAS IS PRETTY SPECIAL SO THANK YOU FOR 
          THAT. >> WE ARE IN A CYCLE NOW. 
          FLORIDA HAS HAD SO MUCH GROWTH WEATHER WITH THE PANDEMIC OR WHATEVER HAPPENED, WE HAVE HAD A HUGE SURGE OF PEOPLE, ARE WE NUMBER THREE OR NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION FOR POPULATION, THREE. THAT IS INCREDIBLE IN A WAY. SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THAT IS FLORIDA TOWNS LIKE OURS ARE CHANGING AND PEOPLE ARE RESISTING THE CHANGE. FIRST IT WAS THIS IS GREAT PEOPLE OF FLORIDA THEY ARE COMING. NOW IT IS LIKE HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT. 
          WE ARE CLOSED. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE CYCLES. I KNOW, AGAIN. I DO THINK WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT RIGHT NOW CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE KIND OF MARCHING IN A DIFFERENT WAY FROM OUR LEGISLATURE BECAUSE OUR LEGISLATURE IS VERY PRONE TO BE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND DEVELOPER RIGHTS AND TAKE AWAY LOCAL CONTROL OF THINGS. THEY ARE VERY PRONE TO WANTING GROWTH. OUR CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE TRYING TO SAY WE KNOW WE ARE GROWING, BUT WE WANT TO BE SMART ABOUT IT, WE WANT CERTAIN THINGS TO GO HERE OR NOT HERE, SO I JUST WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS IN THE COMP PLAN THAT WE ARE KIND OF IN THE CYCLE NOW THAT IS PRESERVE THE PAST, WE ARE GROWING BUT LET'S PRESERVE WHAT FORT PIERCE IS. 
          WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT WE GREW AROUND THE INLET AND THE RAILROAD. ARE WE GOING TO BE 125 IN 2026, NOT ME, THE CITY. I THINK PEOPLE ARE OF MIND TO SAY LET'S PRESERVE HERITAGE AND MAKE SURE WE KEEP FORT PIERCE WITH ITS UNIQUE FLAVOR. 
          >> I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEARD FROM MOST EVERYONE I SPOKE WITH AND WHAT WE HEARD IN THE SURVEY. WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY AND AS A REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL WE UNDERSTAND EACH MINAS APOLOGY AND KEPT ARE DIFFERENT, YOU ARE UNIQUE SO YOU NEED TO BE LOOKED AT IN THAT WAY YOU CANNOT JUST BLANKET THE RULES OVER SOMETHING OR SAY WE WILL COPY ST. LUCIE COUNTY COMP PLAN, YOU NEED TO BE 
          FOCUSED ON YOUR COMMUNITY. >> WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE WHOLE WESTERN CORRIDOR HAS , IT HAS BLOWN UP AND WE ALMOST HAVE A NEW CITY. WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL IN THE COMP PLAN AND IN ALL THE PLANS WE DO AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THE KINGS HIGHWAY CORRIDOR BECOMES A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR , WE WANT TO SPREAD THE TAX BASE NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS HAVING TO PAY THE 
          TAXES. >> WE WILL LOOK AT THAT. WE ARE BRINGING THE KING HIGHWAY CORRIDOR PLAN IT HAS LESLIE OLSON TO COME SPEAK TO MY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL. 
          >> WE DO HAVE POCKETS OF WORLD AREAS WITHIN OUR THE INNER CORE OF OUR CITY AND WE HAVE BEEN DISCOVERING THOSE LATELY. WHITE CITY PEOPLE ARE NOW IN FORT PIERCE AND THEY WANT TO KEEP WHITE CITY LIKE IT IS. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH TRYING TO PRESERVE FORT PIERCE AND THE ESSENCE OF IT AND ALSO GROW SO YOU GET THE HARD JOB OF FIGURING THAT OUT. 
          >> MCNAMARA WANT TO ADD TO THAT BECAUSE YOU TRIGGERED SOMETHING. 
          I KNOW PROBABLY LATER THIS MONTH HE HAS STARTED, DANA FROM THE 
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TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IS DOING A COMPANY INTO VISION FOR LINKIN PARK SO WE NEVER REALLY HAD A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR LINKIN PARK SO HE IS DOING STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND MEETING WITH A GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S REFLECTED HERE BECAUSE THAT HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN AROUND 100 SOME YEARS. WE ARE LOOKING TO GROW RESPONSIBLY IN THE RIGHT AREAS AND ADD THINGS THAT WILL ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY AND GROW THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE HOUSING THAT IS CRITICAL FOR OUR CITY TO GET THESE VACANT LOTS DEVELOPED RESPONSIBLY. SOMEHOW INTEGRATING HERE AND THE LINKIN PARK VISION AND MASTER PLAN WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD ADD 
          TO THE LIST. >> ON FRIDAY WE MET FOR TWO HOURS. WE BROUGHT UP THE MAP AND WE TALKED. WE WORK CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE OTHER INITIATIVES GOING ON, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT GOING ON THROUGH US, THAT THEY GET LOOKED AT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. IT IS SEVEN YEARS SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON NOW. 
          >> I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING ELSE. I WENT TO MY FIRST TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING. WHERE I AM SERVING ON THAT TEMPORARILY. THEY , THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR THE MOST VISITED PLACES IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY FOR JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST. JETTY PARK WAS NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO AND DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE WAS NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO ALMOST EVERY MONTH SO, OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES HAVE DEFINITE IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THEY FEEL IS APPROPRIATE DOWNTOWN AND NOT APPROPRIATE DOWNTOWN AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE TALKED WITH THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE. 
          >> WE JUST RECENTLY DID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDY FOR BOTH LINKIN PARK AND FORT PIERCE MAIN STREETS SO WE DID SURVEYS THERE 
          THERE AND SPOKE WITH THEM. >> MAIN STREET IS A BIG PLAYER BUT THE DBA IS A ACTIVE ORGANIZATION TRYING TO CONTINUALLY BRING PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN AND HAVE PEOPLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA ENJOYING FORT PIERCE AND SO, NOT THAT, I THINK JETTY PARK IS A SPECIAL JAM BECAUSE IT IS WHERE THE INLET MEETS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SPECIAL PLACE. 
          AND I THINK WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS WE HAVE GOT A BIG ATTRACTION ON THE BEACH AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VISITING THERE. WE NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT FORT PIERCE. ONE OF THEM IS DOWNTOWN. PEOPLE IN PORT ST. LUCIE WHEN YOU HAVE COMPANY A BRING COMPANY TO DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE. SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT, KEEP DOWNTOWN IN KIND OF THE BEACH AREA WITH JETTY PARK IN MIND. PEOPLE LOVE 
          TO VISIT. LOVE TO GO THERE. >> AT CAUSEWAY COVE. 
          >> THAT'S A GREAT EVENT SPACE. >> YES, YES, EXACTLY. JC PARK. 
          EXACTLY. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GREAT REPORT. 
          [B.  Succession Planning Presentation]
          >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS SUCCESSION PLANNING PRESENTATION. MR. CHESS. 
          >> PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN ONE OF THE TASKS IS A SUCCESSION PLAN AND WHAT THAT IS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS THEY SAY THE NEXT MAN OR WOMAN UP, WHO WILL SUCCEED THE DIRECTOR IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE? MR. SORENSON A MANAGER IS GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE PLAN. INITIAL DRAFT OF WHAT WE HAVE AND WE HAVE FORMS AND DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT THIS WHICH WILL BE CIRCULATED INTERNALLY WITH DIRECTORS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS SO THEY WILL THE PROCESS WE ARE FOLLOWING IN THIS SUCCESSION PLAN PROCESS. MR. SORENSON TAKE IT AWAY. 
          >> MR. SORENSON. >> MCNAMARA, COMMISSIONERS, JARED SORENSON HR MANAGER JOINED BY MY ASSISTANT 
          >> ASSISTANT HR MANAGER. >> THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING YOURSELVES EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. 
          >> WE ARE EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS. SOMETHING TO ME I GET EXCITED ABOUT AND I AM MORE EXCITED AFTER SITTING THROUGH DR. PRINCE'S PRESENTATION BECAUSE WILL SEE HOW WELL OUR 
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PRESENTATION AND HIS COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. WITH THAT I WANT TO START BY TALKING ABOUT THE SUCCESSION PLAN BACKDROP. WHEN YOU CAN SEE IS A CHESSBOARD AND THE REASON WE CHOSE THIS BACKDROP IS SUCCESSION PLANNING IS CHESS IS A GAME OF STRATEGY. 
          LOOKING AT WHERE YOU WILL BE THREE STEPS DOWN THE ROAD SO WE LOOK AT SUCCESSION PLANNING IS A STRATEGY PROCESS FOR HOW WE POSITION THE CITY AS FAR AS ITS CONCERN CONTINUING GREAT SERVICE. WITH THAT WE ARE JUMPING IN. THIS IS A DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF SUCCESSION PLANNING. IT IS IDENTIFYING TALENT WITH PEOPLE WE HAVE IN THE POOL TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO CAN STEP IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OR LONG-TERM SITUATIONS BECAUSE YOU HAVE BOTH OF THOSE THAT COULD HAPPEN. AND IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE CONTINUE ON WITH DEVELOPING LEADERS FOR THE FUTURE DOWN THE ROAD. THERE'S FOUR KEY COMPONENTS WE HAVE DEFINED FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING. 
          WE FILL THESE ARE THE GOOD BUILDING BLOCKS TO START WITH. 
          FIRST COMPONENT IS ASSESSING CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS, SECOND COMPONENT IDENTIFYING EMPLOYEES, FORMALIZING SUCCESSION POLICY AND THEN HOW WE CAN MONITOR AND UPDATE THE PLAN. JUMPING IN TO ASSESSING FUTURE CURRENT NEEDS. WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE DEVELOPED TWO REPORTS PULLED OUT OF THE SYSTEM ONE IS INVENTORY KEY POSITION. IDENTIFIES CRITICAL ROLES AND HARD TO FILL POSITIONS. SUCCESSION PLANNING IS NOT ALWAYS WHITE-COLLAR POSITIONS IT'S ABOUT DIESEL MECHANICS, HOW WILL WE HAVE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MECHANICS COME IN AND LEARN TO WORK ON TRUCKS? IT'S ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE GETTING THEM IN TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE TYPES OF WORK FOR ELECTRICITY AND SUCH LIKE THAT ABOUT ACCOUNTING AND ALL THESE THINGS THE CITY DOES. 
          WE HAVE A GOLF COURSE, WE HAVE THE MARINA. WE ARE IDENTIFYING POSITIONS WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE LEAVING SOON OR DO WE HAVE CRITICAL POSITIONS THAT ARE HARD TO FILL AND DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO MEET THOSE NEEDS? WE WILL PERFORM A RISK ASSESSMENT WHICH I TALKED ABOUT, WHICH POSITIONS ARE THE MOST RISK DUE TO RETIREMENT SO EMPLOYEES IN THE DROP, EMPLOYEES WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF RETIREMENT AGE AND THEN DIG DEEPER AND OF THOSE EMPLOYEES CLOSE TO RETIREMENT AGE OF 60 HOW MANY HAVE FIVE YEARS WITHIN THE CITY BECAUSE THAT MEANS 60 IN FIVE YEARS THAT COULD GO AT ANYTIME AND THEN EMPLOYEES 20 YEARS OR MORE OF SERVICE. AFTER WE IDENTIFY RISK ASSESSMENT WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP EMPLOYEES AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? WE HAVE DESIGNED SOME FORMS THAT LOOK AT INTERNAL TALENT ASSESSMENT. WE WILL ROLL OUT THE FORMS TO DEPARTMENT HEADS AND LINDA AND I WILL TRAIN THE EMPLOYEE SUPERVISORS ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND EXPECTATIONS FOR FILLING OUT FORMS IN THE PROPER WAY TO SUBMIT IT. THESE FORMS ARE DESIGNED TO ASSESS KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES OF THE EMPLOYEES AND COME UP WITH FORECASTING. SO WE MAY HAVE A POSITION NOW LET'S SAY A FOREMAN OR FOREMAN 2 POSITION , NOW IN THE PAST IT MAY NOT HAVE REQUIRED COMPUTER SKILLS THAT WE ARE LOOK TO ROLL OUT TABLETS, MORE PRESENTATIONS LIKE WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE SO THE POSITION MAY NEED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT LOOK AND FEEL DOWN THE ROAD SO HOW DO WE DEVELOP POLICE WE HAVE NOW TO MEET THAT? THAT'S WHAT THE FORM IS FOUR TO IDENTIFY GAPS AND WHEN WE IDENTIFY THE GAPS OF WHAT IS NEEDED WE NEED TO CREATE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS ON HOW TO GET INDIVIDUALS REPAIRED FOR THAT. IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS MENTORSHIP AND COACHING CURRENT LEADERS. YOU HAVE A MYRIAD OF LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY THAT HAS BRAND-NEW LEADERSHIP UP TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS MAYBE IN THEIR CAREER HAVE BEEN IN LEADERSHIP 25 OF THAT SO YOU PERRY EMPLOYEES BASED ON NEEDS WITH SEASONED INDIVIDUALS IN THE SEASON INDIVIDUAL WILL HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL AND GUIDE THEIR PATH IN ADDITION YOU CAN DO ROTATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS SO PEOPLE GET EXPERIENCE OF HOW DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT WORK IN MY CASE LINDA GOES AND DOES DIFFERENT THINGS WITH ME. SHE MIGHT TAKE THE NEXT PRESENTATION. SHE MIGHT LOOK AT COMPENSATION, HANDLE CERTAIN THINGS THAT GIVES HER EXPERIENCE IN THESE OTHER AREAS SHE MAY NOT OTHERWISE ALREADY HAVE. FORMAL TRAINING WE WILL PUT TOGETHER FORMAL MANDATORY LEADERSHIP TRAININGS SO ANYBODY INTERESTED IN GOING TO LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH TRAINING. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY GO INTO IT WHEN THEY BECOME 
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A SUPERVISOR IT IS LEADING UP SO WHEN SOMEONE IDENTIFIES I'M INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SUPERVISOR WE WILL PUT THEM TO THE TRAINING SO THEY ARE READY TO GO WHEN WE NEED THEM. THEN KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE AND TRANSFER LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH THE INDIVIDUAL LEAVING. MEMBER JACK WHO WORKED IN ENGINEERING. WE WOULD'VE THE NEXT ENGINEER SIT DOWN AND PULL THE HISTORY OF INFORMATION FROM THEM AND IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT WHETHER THROUGH PROCESSES OR PROCEDURES OR HERE IS WHERE THE DIFFERENT THINGS ARE YOU NEED TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR. AND THEN WE WILL FORMALIZE SUCCESSION POLICIES. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE WILL ESTABLISH CLEAR POLICIES ON HOW WE FILL POSITIONS. IT DOES NO GOOD IF WE EVALUATE AND IMPLEMENT AND INVEST TIME IN ALL THESE EMPLOYEES THEN WE GO TO THE OUTSIDE TO FILL A POSITION. 
          WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A POLICY THAT SAYS LOOK IF THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IS SOMEBODY WHO CAN GO TO THE POSITION WE MAY POST INTERNALLY BECAUSE THE KEY IS TO HAVE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE THAT CAN SIT INTO A POSITION AND THEN THEY GO TO THE PROCESS AND ANY ONE OF THEM WOULD BE A GOOD FIT. WE HAVE TO HAVE EMERGENCY SUCCESSION POLICY. IF WE HAVE PLANNED DEPARTURES HOW ARE WE GOING TO IDENTIFY SOMEBODY TO FILL IN THE POSITION AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ENTER EQUITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS GIVEN THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY IN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO FILL THESE POSITIONS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST WILL MONITOR AND UPDATE THE PLAN, THE PLAN DOES NO GOOD IF WE MAKE IT PRETTY AND PUT IT IN A NICE BOOK AND WE PUT IT ON THE SHELF AND WE DON'T TOUCH IT AGAIN. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRACK THROUGH CHANGES IN STAFF AND CITY GOALS TO MAKE SURE THE PLAN IS STILL APPLICABLE TO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO COMPASS. WE WILL ATTRACT THE PROCESS OF SUCCESSORS THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE. AND THEN WE WANT TO TALK TO AND MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY WITH STAFF ABOUT EXPECTATIONS AND WHERE WE ARE GOING. NEXT WE WILL TALK ABOUT IS TOOLS WHICH I HIT ON A LITTLE BIT ALREADY. FIRST TWO TOOLS KEY POSITION INVENTORY AND RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT AND WE HAVE RUN THOSE REPORTS COME IDENTIFIED AND I WILL HAVE COPIES TODAY. THEY IDENTIFY CRITICAL ROLES IN HARD TO FILL POSITIONS IN POSITIONS AT RISK OF RETIREMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH SENIOR LEADERS AT MEETINGS AND TALKING ABOUT ROLLING OUT STAFF ASSESSMENT TOOLS AND HAVING THEM ASSIST MAKING SURE WE DID NOT MISS ANY POSITIONS THAT NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED AS CRITICAL OR KEY POSITIONS. NEXT WE HAVE STAFF ASSESSMENT WHICH I HAVE TALKED ABOUT REQUIRING ALL DEPARTMENTS TO COMPLETE AND WE ARE ROLLING THAT OUT THIS QUARTER WHICH WILL GET TO IN A MINUTE. STAFF ASSESSMENT TOOL IS GOING TO HAVE THINGS WE LOOK FOR TO COMPLETE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSOR THEY IDENTIFY. CITY SHIP TRAINING REQUIRES EMPLOYEES OR INTERESTED IN ADVANCING TO MANAGEMENT TO COMPLETE LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN ADDITION WE LOVE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR CURRENT CITY LEADERS TO GO THROUGH AND IDENTIFY TRAINING FOR THEM AS WELL. LASTLY LEARNING MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE WE WILL USE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE WE CURRENTLY HAVE SO IT WILL NOT COST ADDITIONAL MONEY AND WE WILL TRACK THE READINESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AS THEY ARE 
          DEVELOPED. >> CAN ASK YOU TO GO BACK? I WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I KNOW STAFF IS LISTENING AND EMPLOYEES ARE LISTENING. WITH THIS ASSESSMENT TOOL ARE RELIEVING IT UP TO THE DEPARTMNT HEADS TO NAME EMPLOYEES THAT THEY FEEL ARE POTENTIAL SUCCESSORS OR YOU KNOW YOU HAVE PEOPLE AROUND HERE THAT JUST LIKE TO GO TO WORK, GO HOME AND IF YOU PUT THEM IN A ROOM AND SAY DO YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED A STAFF LATER OR DIRECTOR THEY MIGHT SAY NO BUT THAT MIGHT BE THE PERSON WE ARE LOOKING FOR BECAUSE HOW DO WE GET THAT PERSON , HOW DO WE GET THAT PERSON TO GET BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY WANT BECAUSE A LOT OF STUFF GOES ON AT CITY HALL AND AT THE CITY THAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE MINDSET. SO HOW DO YOU GET TO THE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT JUST WANTS TO COME TO WORK, DO HIS OR HER JOB AND GO HOME BUT THAT IS THE PERSON WE NEED 
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          TO BE IN THE PLAN? >> THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IT'S NOT JUST THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. IT IS A COLLECTOR BETWEEN HR, DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND CITY MANAGER. A PROGRAM NOT JUST OKAY WE WILL TALK TO SO-AND-SO. I WENT BACK TO MONITOR AND UPDATE PLAN BECAUSE THE KEY THING IS COMMUNICATION. WE TALK WITH EMPLOYEES AND SAY WE CAN SEE VALUE IN YOU GOING THIS WAY. THEY MIGHT SAY I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT IN THIS WAY TALK TO THE EMPLOYEE AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM THESE ARE THE TOOLS , HERE IS THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN WE WOULD DO AND YOU GO DO THAT AND WHEN THE EMPLOYEE CAN SEE YOU ROLLING OF THE PLAN AND DOING WHAT YOU WILL SAY YOU WILL SEE MINDSET CHANGES BUT THE KEY IS COMMUNICATION. 
          >> YOU SEE THIS ALL THE TIME SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS LET THEM KNOW THIS IS A PLAN AFTER EVERY THAT IS AN EMPLOYEE. 
          >> THAT IS KEY FOR ME TRULY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ROLLING THIS OUT IN A WAY THEY ARE TRULY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMPASS. I HAVE BEEN HERE A YEAR AND A HALF AND I HAVE BEEN ASSESSING THE DIFFERENT MAKEUP OF EMPLOYEES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT AND WHEN MR. CHESS TALK TO ME ABOUT DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR THIS WE WORKED HARD TO SIT DOWN AND SAY WHAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE? WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. 
          >> WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE QUESTION. IT IS GOING TO BE COLLECTIVE EFFORT ACROSS THE BOARD AND WHEN THAT IS DONE WE LOVE ANOTHER TOOL TO ASSESS THE INDIVIDUAL THOROUGHLY. 
          >> SPEAKING TO YOU GUYS I UNDERSTAND YOUR VISION, BUT UNLESS YOU ASK THE QUETION AND THE WORD GETS OUT IT IS NOT FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES IT IS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE PLAN WILL NOT WORK. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION IF THEY ARE LISTENING FOR EVERYBODY HERE WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF THE PLAN TO MAKE 
          OUR CITY GROW AND MOVE ON. >> IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT BEING A TREASURE HUNTER. WHEN HE SAID THAT , THAT'S TRULY WHAT WE ARE DOING. TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP THE CITY MOVING FORWARD. IDENTIFY EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE SKIRT AND SKILL SETS THAT WOULD BE GREAT IN CERTAIN POSITIONS AND COME UP WITH A PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT FOR THE FUTURE. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> LASTING I TALKED ABOUT WAS LEARNING SOFTWARE IN PLACE. THAT WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL COST. WE JUST HAVE TO TRACK WHAT WE NEED TO TRACK SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT THIS COMING CALENDAR YEAR. I WANT TO GO TO IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE REAL QUICK. I KNOW THIS IS HARD TO SEE BUT WE WILL DIVE INTO IT. FOR THE REMAINING OF THIS QUARTER QUARTER FOUR WE WILL INITIATE THE CONFERENCE OF EVALUATION AND CRITICAL ROLES IN HARD TO FILL POSITIONS. WILL PERFORM RISK ASSESSMENT WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THAT IN THE ROLLOUT OF THE PLANNING TOOL WILL HAPPEN AFTER WE WANT TO HAVE THIS MEETING WITH YOU FIRST. AND WE WILL START ROLLING OUT THE TOOL. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANT TO MENTION IS WHEN THE TOOL IS DONE AND COMES BACK TO HR THE HR DEPARTMENT WILL OVERSEE THIS. THIS DOES NOT STAY IN THE DEPARTMENT WE WILL TAKE THE INFORMATION WHATEVER IT IS WE NEED TO TALK OR PUSH BACK AND WE WILL COME UP WITH AN OVERVIEW, A HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY AND CITY MANAGER CAN LOOK THAT IDENTIFIES THE POSITION AND SUCCESSORS SO THAT IS HIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A HIGH-LEVEL VIEW IN CASE YOU ASKED QUESTIONS AND HE IS ABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS. FIRST-QUARTER 2026 WE WILL ASK DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE STAFF ASSESSMENT TOOL AND TO GET BACK TO HR. WILL WORK ON COMPLAIN COMPILING THE MATRIX THAT I TALKED ABOUT AND WE WILL FINALIZE THE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY TRAINING SERIES WORKING WITH CITY MANAGER, CITY LEADERS TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES WE WANT TO SPECIFICALLY HAVE THEM GO THROUGH. WE ALREADY HAVE A SHELL AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE INPUT IN THE PROCESS WITH OWNERSHIP INTO THE PROCESS. QUARTER TWO OF NEXT CALENDAR YEAR WILL IMPLEMENT MANDATORY TRAINING LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY. 
          WE WILL IMPLEMENT THE LMS TRACKING SYSTEM AND THE REASON WHY THEY GO HAND-IN-HAND WE ARE TRACKING TO MAKE SURE WE GO THROUGH WHO HAS GONE THROUGH IT AND WE WILL IMPLEMENT MENTORSHIP AND COACHING PROGRAM. QUARTER THREE OF NEXT YEAR NEXT CALENDAR YEAR WE WILL COMPLETE FIRST REVIEW OF THE ABOVE AND TO PLAN AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND WE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO COMMISSION AND REPORT BACK TO YOU AND LET YOU 
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KNOW HOW WELL THE PLAN IS WORKING. SORRY, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE WHEN DOING SUCCESSION PLANNING STEMS FROM RESISTANCE TO CHANGE, CULTURE RESISTANT TO CHANGE ANY OF LIMITED RESOURCES. CAPABILITIES THAT HINDER THE PROCESS. SO IN APPROACHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IT FROM AN OPPORTUNITY STANDPOINT AND AGAIN TO GO BACK TO DR. PRINCE BECAUSE THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE CLASSROOM I FORGET WHAT THEY CALL IT. CLASSROOM TO CAREERS THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROGRAM THAT TALK ABOUT DIESEL MECHANICS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN USE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES WE WILL LOOK FOR HOW CAN WE DO THESE WITHOUT THE INITIAL SET UP WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE ROLLING OUT WHAT SKEWS THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ON THE DAIS IN THE COMMISSION AND ON YOUR OWN PERSONAL CAREERS THAT EMPLOYEES CAN COMBINE AND PAIR UP TO GAIN INFORMATION FROM. AND WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO CITY COMMISSION FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND FORWARD THINKING LEADERSHIP AS FAR AS THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO THINK ABOUT DOING THE SUCCESSION PLANNING. WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE , BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE 
          OPPORTUNITY TO COME PRESENT >> ANYBODY READY TO TALK? I JUST , THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS. YOU'RE KIND OF PUTTING SCIENCE TO SOMETHING THAT SHOULD PROBABLY, WE SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY, BUT IT IS EVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY AND IT IS NOBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY SO SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          I THINK THERE IS A BALANCE , WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SUCCESSION PLANNING THAT YOU AT LEAST THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, IT IS NOT ALWAYS THE SECOND IN COMMAND THAT IS MOVING UP TO THE TOP, YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD YOUR OWN BUILD YOUR OWN TEAM WITHIN IN A WAY THAT IS IDEAL BECAUSE YOU WANT THAT PERSON , YOU WANT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY TO SAY I CAN MOVE UP I HAVE THE CHANCE TO MOVE UP IN A PERFECT WORLD THAT WOULD WORK BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK I THINK WE ALWAYS NEED TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND IN TERMS OF DOES THIS PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER THE WORK IS NEAT A JUMPSTART WITH SOMEBODY ELSE , SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE. I THINK WE ARE INCLINED TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN AND I SUPPORT THAT, IF WE HAVE A TRUE PROGRAM THAT BUILD LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. SO, I AM THINKING AND WHEN WE HAVE THE DROP PROGRAM AND PEOPLE IN THE DROP PROGRAM, THAT AFFECTS THE SUCCESSION PLANNING BECAUSE YOU WANT THOSE PEOPLE TO KEEP PERFORMING, BUT THERE IS A TENDENCY TO SAY I CAN SEE THE END IN SIGHT. MY THING IS I THINK WE OUGHT TO SHOOT FOR THIS BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S AUTOMATIC IN TERMS OF 
          SUCCESSION. >> I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT WHEN IT THINK OF SUCCESSION PLANNING I THINK OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT IS CRUCIAL IN THE PROCESS IS WE'RE GETTING THE SKILL SET IDENTIFYING SKILL SET OF STAFF AND DEVELOPING SO THE GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY IS THERE. YOU ARE CORRECT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMEONE IN A POSITION 20 YEARS THEY DON'T WANT TO BE A DIRECTOR BUT MAYBE THE THIRD OR FOURTH PERSON BEHIND THEM AS THE VISION OR THE GOAL TO BE A DIRECTOR AND WE ARE IDENTIFYING THE SKILL SET AND TRAINING PROGRAMS TO HELP DEVELOP THEM SO YOU ARE ON POINT. IT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMEONE INTERNALLY BUT WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN FOR THOSE TO COME IN FROM OUTSIDE BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A CULTURE CHANGE WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS WELL BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT FROM THE HR SITE IS WE IDENTIFY EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE ORGANIZATION WHO WANTS TO SEE GROWTH AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT WE HAVE TO HELP THEM DEVELOP SKILLS WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE DIRECTORS NOT THE ISSUE THE ISSUE IS STAFF AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE WE ARE PROVIDING TRAINING AND MENTORING AND MONITORING , THE RESOURCES TO ENHANCE THEIR SKILL SET SO THAT'S THE KEY IN THIS SUCCESSION PLAN. IDENTIFYING STAFF AND DEVELOPING SKILL SET WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE A DIRECTOR IS NOT THE ISSUE SO MUCH IT'S SO WE GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW IN THE INDUSTRY. YOU ARE RIGHT ON POINT WITH THAT. 
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          >> I WANT TO ECHO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I GET OUT OF THIS WE HAVE STAFF HERE THAT UP IN YOUR 15 OR 20 YEARS. THINGS ARE GROWING AND CHANGING AND WE ALL NEED TO BE BUILDING OUR TOOLKITS AND LEARNING NEW THINGS AND BRINGING EFFICIENCIES TO THE CITY BECAUSE IT MAKES OUR CITY RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY GROW AND WE ALL NEED TO GROW IN SKILLS AND HOW WE DO OUR JOBS AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, THIS IS MY AREA OF EXPERTISE SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AND IT WILL BE MONITORING THIS VERY CLOSELY AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE REALLY IDENTIFIED AS WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL. HOW DO WE INVEST IN OUR TREASURE HERE AND FIND THE TREASURES THAT ARE HERE, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO INTO LEADERSHIP YOU CAN STILL BE A LEADER WITHIN THE JOB YOU DO. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE TITLE TO DO LEADERSHIP WORK AND THAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR AT THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM SO THANK YOU THANK HR FOR IDENTIFYING AND KICKING THIS OFF, IT WILL BE INTERESTING AS WE GET EARLY NUMBERS WHAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND I ASK WHAT ARE THE GAPS WHAT ARE WE MISSING NOW? AS FAR AS THIS EMPLOYEE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL CHALLENGE YOU WITH IS HOW DO WE BUILD THIS INTO A DASHBOARD THAT WE CAN LOOK AT WHERE YOU WE CAN USE THE IPADS MORE EFFICIENTLY TO LOOK AND SAY OKAY FOR THE CITY WE ARE 92% TO WHATEVER IT IS FOR THE EMPLOYEES WE NEED OR 80% OR WHATEVER THAT IS. IT HELPS US AS A COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE WHEN IT COMES TO CRITICAL STAFFING. 
          BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO FUND THAT. IT IS ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF US TO BE AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE AND WE DON'T NEED A BUNCH OF DETAIL BUT SOME DASHBOARDS WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WE UNDERSTAND BIG PICTURE AND IF WE HAVE TO DRILL DOWN WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU. >> MR. JOHNSON I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. THAT IS A FANTASTIC IDEA. I THINK YOU COULD TAKE THE HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY WE HAVE AND USE IT AS A BASIS TO BUILD THE DASHBOARD. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION REAL QUICK. THERE IS THE OLD ADAGE WHEN PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED PERFORMANCE IMPROVES. ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD MY EYES OPENED TO IN THIS PROCESS IS WE'RE GOING ALONG FOR THE YEAR AND A HALF THINKING ABOUT DEPARTMENTS AND CHALLENGES AND ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS WHEN I LOOK AT THE REPORT MY GOODNESS LET'S SAY THERE'S 10 PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT, EIGHT OF THEM COULD GO NOW. I DID NOT EVEN KNOW THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING TO THE PROCESS YOU WILL SEE LIKE NOW WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR THE CITY AND AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND PROUD TO 
          BE PART OF IT. >> TO ME THINKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND ALWAYS IN FORT PIERCE WE FEEL WE NEVER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COME OUT OF THIS, WHAT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF STAFF AS A CULTURE CHANGE OF EXCELLENCE, GETTING OUT OF STUFF TO SAY EVERYBODY NEEDS TO PULL THEIR WEIGHT AND MORE IN A WAY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT , THAT'S NOT OVERBURDEN PEOPLE, THAT'S GIVING THEM CHALLENGE TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES AND IMPROVE THE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WHEN I AM IN PUBLIC I SAY WE DO A LOT WITH A LITTLE AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO THINK THAT STAFF IS THINKING THE SAME WAY. WE MAY NOT HAVE 18 PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT WE MAY HAVE EIGHT OR FOUR AND WE WILL DO THE JOB AS BEST WE CAN. 
          WITHIN OUR OWN CULTURE AT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. I THINK IN A WAY WHEN YOU ARE PRESENTING REPRESENTS A CULTURE CHANGE AND IT'S GOING TO BE ACTUALLY VISIBLE AND MEASURABLE. I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT AND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT DR. PRINCE AND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, ALL EMPLOYEES ARE CAPABLE OF SUCCESS WITH NO EXCEPTION THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE KIND OF SAYING. YOU WOULD MAKE THE EFFORT IF THEY FELL SHORT IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DID NOT MAKE THE EFFORT. AND WE KNOW I ALSO TELL PEOPLE THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO WORK IN TERMS OF BENEFITS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES TERE EXCELLENT IN TERMS OF HEALTHCARE IN TERMS OF RETIREMENT IN TERMS OF MEDICAL LEAVE , ALL THE THINGS, IN TERMS OF VACATIONS AND FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE AND WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR YOU GET 35 DAYS PAID OFF. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THE 
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PRIVATE SECTOR GETS. SO IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO WORK HERE AND IT IS ALSO, SO YOU'RE WORKING FOR THE TAXPAYER AND YOU NEED TO GIVE IT YOUR ALL AND THAT IS KIND OF WHAT I AM SEEING. THAT YOU ARE BUILDING INTO THIS STAFF IMPROVEMENT SUCCESS AND 
          LEADERSHIP. >> YES MA'AM. I WAS IN A MEETING ONE TIME AND THIS WAS A PRIOR CITY I WORKED IN I WAS IN A MEETING ONE TIME AND SOMETHING RESONATED WITH ME AND THAT IS WHAT I TRY TO BUILD INTO THE PROGRAM. THAT A PERSON WHO CAME AND TALKED TO US ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND ALIGNING STRATEGIC GOALS WITH THE GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE EMPLOYEES. THEY TALK ABOUT WHEN JOHN KENNEDY TALKED ABOUT PUTTING A MAN ON THE MOON SO WHEN HE WAS TOURING KENNEDY SPACE CENTER HE TALKED TO A GUY SWEEPING THE FLOOR AND HE ASKED THEM WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? HE SAID I'M HELPING TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON. THAT'S WHAT I'M STRIVING FOR WITH THE CITY. 
          EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND HE'S TRYING TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD TO MAKE FORT PIERCE A GREAT PLAY -- PLACE TO LIVE PLAY AND PROSPER AND I APPRECIATE MR. CHESS LEADERSHIP . HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ME WORK THROUGH THESE TO BE ABLE TO OUTLINE THIS AND MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. 
          >> ALSO A REMINDER I WANT TO BUILD IN THE WHOLE ETHICS COMPONENT SO STAFF UNDERSTANDS CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE OTHER THINGS. WE COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO TAKE THAT COURSE FOR 
          FOUR HOURS EVERY YEAR. >> IN FACT MET A MAN I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH MR. SORENSON LAST WEEK AND WE WANT TO HAVE A RETREAT FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND MAYBE THE SECOND LINE MANAGERS TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS, HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT. STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND THERE IS A LIST OF TRAINING THAT WILL BE IDENTIFIED FOR US SO WE WANT TO HAVE A RETREAT HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING A SECOND LINE MANAGER OR SUPERVISOR TO THE MEETING AS WELL MR. SORENSON SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND WE WANT THEIR MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS PART OF THAT SO WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY A VENUE MORE THAN LIKELY IT'S GOING TO BE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL SO WE ARE IN THE PLANNING PHASE SO THOSE SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ETHICS PROCUREMENT PROCESS STAFF DEVELOPMENT HOSTILE WORK , CONFLICT MANAGEMENT. A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES WE WANT TO COVER BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING INTO HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY BUT WE HAD TO SEE THE VENUE AND THE DATE AND EVERYONE 
          SCHEDULE. >> THAT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE WE ARE A PUBLIC ENTITY AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE RULES AND ABIDE BY THE RULES. EVERY EMPLOYEE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT, NOT JUST COMMISSIONERS. NOT JUST CITY MANAGER. EVERY EMPLOYEE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT. SO THANK YOU. 
          [12. City Commission Boards and Committees Updates]
          >> OKAY WE MOVE ON TO THE CITY COMMISSION BOARD AND COMMITTEE 
          UPDATES. >> WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? 
          >> I WILL FIRST. TREASURE COAST LOCAL LEAGUE OF GOVERNMENTS, WE HAVE MET AND WE'RE GETTING PREPARED AND READY FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATION. TO SEE WHAT BILLS WE ARE READY TO FIGHT. SO, SO WE ARE FUNDING , SENATE BILL 180 WAS ONE OF THE BIG DISCUSSIONS DURING A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. SO WE ARE AWARE AND IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE CITIES ARE IN UNISON TOGETHER. SO WE ARE FIGHTING TOGETHER SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON THAT. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE , WE SIGNED OFF ON THE, I GUESS OUR LAST ACCOMMODATION VISITATION WE ARE COMING IN FRONT OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO PRESENT SO THAT SHOULD BE COMING ON SOME AGENDA. IT SHOULD BE COMING TO THE AGENDA. COUNCIL OF AGING WE DID NOT HAVE QUORUM BUT WE HAVE A MEETING LATER THIS MONTH SO I WILL UPDATE YOU ON THAT. THE HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE, OUR ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WAS FINALIZED AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WE WENT TO THE BANK AND WE WENT TO THE PRESENTATION AND THEY ARE DOING GOOD JOBS. THEY ASKED ABOUT WHAT THE LEADERSHIP WAS , LISTENING TO MY CITY CLERK WHICH 
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SHE HAD A GREAT IDEA BASED ON WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT NEXT, THE NEXT BOARD. I HAVE NOT DONE IT AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE BASED ON THIS NEXT BOARD I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY. THE RETIREMENT BOARD. THE RETIREMENT BOARD. YOU ALREADY LEFT. THE RETIREMENT BOARD IS DOING FINE. FOR ALL OF THE RETIREES OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. OUR RETIREMENT FUND IS STRONG AND IT IS, YOUR BOARD IS TAKING GREAT CARE. I JUST RETURNED FROM ONE OF OUR SPP TO BOARD MEETINGS LAST WEEKEND. AND FOR SOME REASON YES, FOR SOME REASON THE RETIREMENT BOARD THERE WAS AN ADVANCED CLASS CALLED THE TRUSTEE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL DID I GET IT RIGHT? THE TRUSTEE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. FOR SOME REASON, YOURS TRULY RAISED HIS HAND AND VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE ONE FROM THE FORT PIERCE RETIREMENT BOARD TO DO THAT. I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I READ IT AND I SAID THAT SOMETHING I CAN DO. I DID NOT READ THE FINE PRINT. THIS, JUST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU GUYS THIS IS A YEAR-LONG CLASS WHICH MEETING, ZOOM MEETINGS, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE LAUGHING AT ME BECAUSE I AM LIKE WHAT HAVE I GOT INTO? IT WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS WEEKEND, WE STARTED OUR MEETING AT 3:00 ON SUNDAY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING. GO GET THE CONFERENCE AND START THE MEETING AND WE GO FROM 8:00 UNTIL 5:00 , MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND 8:00 UNTIL 12:00 WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS LEAVING WE ARE THERE ON THAT WEDNESDAY. AS I WAS SITTING THERE , THE ONE THING I NOTICED WAS THAT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND LISTENING TO MY CLASSMATES THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS A SPECIAL PLACE BECAUSE WE COMMUNICATE OR WE HAVE UPDATES WHERE WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE RETIREMENT BOARD. WHAT I FIND OUT IN OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES AROUND THE STATE IS THAT, THERE IS GREAT TENSION BETWEEN THE RETIREMENT BOARDS AND THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY DON'T EVEN TALK TO EACH OTHER. I'M SITTING THERE DUMBFOUNDED AND HEARING SOME HORROR STORIES IN THAT MEETING AND TO TELL YOU GUYS ONE OF THE STORIES WAS THAT THE BOARD CAME AND WANTED TO SAVE THE CITY $2 MILLION WITH A NEW PLAN AND GAVE IT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY MANAGER DID NOT CARE ABOUT THE PLAN BECAUSE HE WANTED HIS OWN PLAN AND NEVER PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL. YOU KNOW ME, I'M LIKE I WILL RAISE MY HAND IN THE MEETING. I'M GLAD THAT DID NOT HAPPEN IN FORT PIERCE BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE. I WOULD'VE BEEN CALLING THE MEETING I NEED EXPLANATION WHY WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE $2 MILLION SAVINGS , LET US LOOK AT IT AND THINK ABOUT IT AND MAKE THE DECISION. 
          ONE OF MY GOALS IS NOT ONLY TO BECOME BETTER WITH THE WHOLE RETIREMENT AND THE , THE WAY WE PROTECT THE FUNDS AND ALL THE LAWS IN THIS CLASS, I TOLD THEM THAT WHEN I GO TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES WHATEVER I NEED TO START MENTIONING WHEN IS THE LAST TIME HE TALKED TO RETIREMENT BOARD BECAUSE AS I SAID HERE, I AM WEARING A DOUBLE HAT. I HAVE THE DUTY TO THE RETIREES AS PART OF THE BOARD BUT I CANNOT SHIFT THE DUTY AND FORGET THE DUTY WHEN I COME SIT IN THE SEAT BECAUSE I STILL HAVE THE DUTY. I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT TO THE OTHER , CONVERSATIONS IN THE HALLWAY GO TALK TO THE RETIREMENT BOARD BECAUSE LOOK AT THE BOARD THAT THEY COULD BE SAVING YOUR CITY SOME MONEY AND YOU HAVE A DUTY TO THOSE RETIREES. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOSE ARE MY UPDATES. I HAD MET HIM CLERK LAUGHING THIS MORNING BECAUSE I GOT AN EMAIL LAST NIGHT, AND GO BACK OPEN EMAILS AND CLOSE THEM . NEVER GOT THEM BECAUSE IT WAS A HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT WHICH I'M LAUGHING BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING IT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING IT. THOSE ARE MY BOARDS AND I THINK FOR SOME REASON IT LOOKS LIKE I'M 
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MISSING ONE BUT I DON'T THINK SO. ALWAYS SIX OR SEVEN BUT IF I THINK ABOUT IT AT THOSE ARE MY UPDATES ON THE BOARD. AS FAR AS MY COMMENTS, IT WAS GREAT THIS SATURDAY DURING THE WALK THAT WAS ALWAYS FUN. I KIND OF STAYED IN THE BACK AND PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW I WAS THERE. UNTIL THE END. I'M GLAD YOU DID WALK, I PARTICIPATED ALONG THE ROAD CLEANUPS SO THAT'S LOOKING GOOD AND I WROTE SUNDAY MORNING AND I SAID IT HERE. I DO MY WALKS AND GO AROUND SOME PARTS OF THE CITY, AND I WANT TO COMMEND RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE REALLY GETTING IT THAT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, PICK IT UP. THE CITY IS TRYING TO LOOK BETTER, SO OUR CAMPAIGN IS WORKING AND ANYBODY LISTENING, JUST DO ME A FAVOR WHEN YOU COME HOME FROM WORK WE ARE ALL TIRED WOMEN COME HOME FROM WORK BUT BEFORE YOU GO IN THE HOUSE, GO OUTSIDE AND LOOK BY THE ROAD, LOOK BY YOUR ROAD. YOUR SIDEWALK. IF YOU SEE A BOTTLE, PICK IT UP PUT IN THE GARBAGE CAN BECAUSE IF YOU DO IT YOUR NEIGHBO IS GOING TO SEE IT SO THEY WILL START DOING IT AND IT'S GOING TO SPREAD. DON'T BE SCARED IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY THROW A BOTTLE ON THE GROUND HEY MAN PICK THAT UP THIS IS OUR CITY. 
          PICK THAT UP THIS IS OUR CITY. NOT TRYING TO EMBARRASS ANYBODY, BUT THIS IS OUR CITY, THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE SO PICK IT UP AND PUT IT IN THE GARBAGE CAN. THOSE ARE MY REPORTS. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. 
          >> REAL BRIEFLY, THE FIRE BOARD BIGGEST NEWS TO REPORT WE ARE CONTINUING TO GROW IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY. WE CUT THE RIBBON ON A NEW FIRE STATION IN PORT ST. LUCIE IN THE TRADITION AREA. 
          ANOTHER ANTICIPATED OPENING AND NEW STATION ON FIRE STATION 19 WHICH WILL BE ON KINGS HIGHWAY SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT, WITHIN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS WHICH IS THE LAST I HAVE HEARD. 
          SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN IT COMES TO THE RESPONSIVENESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS THERE. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE CHAIR OF THE FIRE BOARD WORKING WITH FELLOW CONSTITUENTS AND MADAME MAYOR AND OTHERS AS WE ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY , ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU IS THE COMMUNITY IS GROWING AND IT IS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD FIRE STATIONS AND FURTHERMORE TO HOUSE THEM. EVERY TIME WE PUT UP A NEW STATION THAT 75 NEW CAREERS LAUNCHED HERE IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE SO THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO STAFF THAT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE EQUIPMENT THAT GOES IN WITH 2 TO 3 YEARS ON BACKORDERS TRYING TO GET THAT STUFF IN. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE YOUR ANTICIPATING AND SPENDING NOW AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT TWO OR THREE YEARS LATER BEING IN PLACE. SO IT IS A DELICATE BALANCING ACT BUT WE DO IT ALL WITH SUPPORT OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY RESIDENTS AND THE FIRE DISTRICT IS ITS OWN TAXING DISTRICT AND AUTHORITY. EVERY PENNY IS SPENT WISELY TO MAKE SURE PUBLIC SAFETY IS INVESTED SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. TPO WE HAVE A MEETING UPCOMING THIS WEEK YES, THIS WEEK. TPO SO WHEN EVERYTHING REPORTS THE DUTIES MAKING SURE WE ARE PLANNING PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND ADDRESSING THINGS GETTING DOLLARS THERE. I NEED TO CIRCLE BACK ON THE FORT PIERCE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO SEE WHERE WE ARE ON THAT. AND ONGOING THERE. I DID MEET AT THE SEAPORT ADVISORY I DON'T KNOW THAT'S THE NAME OF IT BUT THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT. WE MET AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR UPDATES AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND REPORT AREA AND PARTNERSHIP SO I WANT TO THANK MR. CHESS, THE CITY AND INPUT AS WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY. AS WE BEGIN TO HAVE THIS VISION AND PLAN FOR THE PORT AREA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT RECREATIONAL AREA TO THE NORTH SO THAT LOOKS VERY VERY PROMISING. AND THAT WILL BE ONE THAT WILL CONNECT A BRIDGE LITERALLY BETWEEN THE LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY AND THE WATER RECREATIONAL AREA. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THE LAST THING I WILL SAY AS I CLOSE OUT AND SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE SHOWN TO HEAR THE EVALUATION OF MR. CHESS, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY COMMENTS. WHAT I SAW TODAY WAS EVIDENT OF THIS CULTURE SHIFTING. WITH SUCCESSION PLANNING GETTING THINGS IN PLACE, THE INVESTMENT WITHIN THE ACTUAL CITY WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES TO BE EVEN BETTER 
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AT WHERE THEY ARE THE DECISION BEING MADE HERE AS WE GET READY TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT FOLD OF ANOTHER 100 YEARS WE NEED THE TELE-AND INSTITUTIONAL WISDOM TO CONTINUE TO BE SHARED HERE AND CULTIVATED AND SEWN INTO THE FABRIC AS WE MOVE THE CITY FORWARD RESPONSIBLY. SO, I SEE THAT AND I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO ADDING MORE ADDITIONAL COMMENT AS WE GIVE OUR PUBLIC STATEMENT AT OUR NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING WHICH WILL BE NEXT MONDAY, I THINK. AT SIX , THE 20TH AT FIVE. 5:05. ALL RIGHT, FAREWELL THAT IS IT FOR ME. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. YEAH, THE , JOSH I THINK IS THE CHAIR OF THE FLORIDA SEAPORTS , SO THAT'S A BIG HONOR FOR HIM. I DID SEE YOUR POST ABOUT FORT PIERCE LOOKING BETTER. WHEN I READ IT, I HAD BEEN THINKING THE SAME THING. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO CATCH ON. AND I TOTALLY AGREE AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. 
          SO AS I SAID I WENT TO MY FIRST TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS WE , THEY HAD BOUGHT A NEW MOBILE TOURIST BUS. AND THEY HAD A CONTEST TO NAME IT SO SHE IS NOW LUCY , THE MOBILE THAN AND IT WILL BE AROUND THE COUNTY PROMOTING TOURISM FROM THE FOREST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND OF COURSE I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE MOST VISITED PLACES IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY ALSO ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY CATEGORIZE IT BY BEACHES EVENTS AND PLACES TO STAY, WEDDINGS, OUTDOORS AND RESTAURANTS, THE MOST CLICKS IN THE MOST EVERYTHING, CONVERSATIONS EVERYTHING IS THE BEACHES. SO WE MUST CONTINUE TO REMEMBER WE IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEACHES AND THOSE BEACHES NEED TO BE KEPT CLEAN AND SAFE BECAUSE PEOPLE, THAT IS OUR GOAL IN TERMS OF TAURUS. ALSO, YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN WHERE PEOPLE COME WHO ARE TOURISTS AND AND IT IS MOSTLY NEW YORK AND THE ONES WHO ARE OUT-OF-STATE NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY AND THEN PHILADELPHIA CREPT IN FOR A COUPLE MONTHS DON'T KNOW WHY. 
          >> FROM JERSEY OVER HERE. WELL, I AM HE AND FORT LAUDERDALE ARE 
          ALSO AT THE TOP. >> THEY FIND OUT THEY GO TO FORT LAUDERDALE TO MIAMI AND THEY DO WITH THE TRAFFIC AND HUSTLE AND BUSTLE AND THEY SAY WAIT A MINUTE JENNA WE PASSED THROUGH THAT TOWN CALLED FORT PIERCE? SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT FORT PIERCE SO THEY TAKE ONE OF THOSE AND WE WERE COMING BACK TO 
          FORT PIERCE. >> REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP IT IS WHERE THE TURNPIKE HIT THE COAST. THEY REMEMBER FORT PIERCE AND THAT'S WHERE THEY GOT IT. FORT PIERCE UTILITIES AUTHORITY WON AN AWARD , THE 2025 UTILITY OF THE FUTURE AND IT IS FROM THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION BECAUSE OF , WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING THE NEW PLAN, THE REUSE OF THE WATER SO THIS IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL THEY HAVE WON THIS AWARD. THEY PUBLICIZE THAT. AND , THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETS WEDNESDAY WE WILL TALK ABOUT SP 180 AND WE WILL BE GIVING POLICY COMMITTEE REPORTS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE ALL THE POLICY COMMITTEES COVERED AND THIS FRIDAY THE COMING FRIDAY IS A POLICY AND COMMITTEE DAY. AND I HAD COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR SOME 
          GOING TO BE NOT ATTENDING. >> NONE OF US WILL BE THERE. 
          >> GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP THE POLICY COMMITTEE. ON MY POLICY COMMITTEE I AM UTILITIES AND I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE THAT OUR STATEMENTS COMING UP IS TO PROTECT CITIES WITH UTILITIES , 
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UTILITIES AND TRANSFERS BECAUSE PEOPLE I STILL DON'T GET IT. 
          PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE POWER WANTS US TO GIVE IT TO THEM FOR FREE WITH NO CHARGE, NO CHARGES. WATER, NO CHARGES, MAINTAIN EVERYTHING. GIVE IT TO THEM FREE AND WE UNDERSTAND THERE WAS ONE, ONE CITY THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEMS, BUT YOU HAVE TO CHARGE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE WATER, TO MAINTAIN THE PIPES, WITH TO MAINTAIN EVERYTHING WE DO BUT YOU WANT IT FREE SO THE CHARGE THAT WE CHARGE JUST GOES TOWARD MAINTAINING THAT. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR ON THE UTILITIES COMMITTEE WE GET IT AND THAT'S WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE BOARD. 
          >> YES, GOOD THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S COMING BACK. MY POLICY COMMITTEE 'S PROPERTY TAX AND SO IT IS A VERY POPULAR COMMITTEE THIS YEAR BECAUSE PROPERTY TAXES THAT'S VERY MUCH IN THE CONVERSATION IN THE TACT THAT THE LEAGUE IS TAKING FOR THE LEGISLATURE. WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU AND WE WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO WHAT OUR BUDGETS ARE, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND WE WILL WORK WITH YOU AS OPPOSED TO STARTING A WAR ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COUNTIES WILL ADDRESS. THE COUNTIES ARE DEFINITELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE AND WHAT IT IS GOING TO DO WITH WELL, THE GOVERNOR SAYS ABOLISH, THE LEGISLATURE SAYS TO TWEAK SO WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. I THINK THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE. UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER WE ARE GOING TO BE ADJOURNING. 
          IF EVERYBODY WOULD LEAVE THE CHAMBERS WE ARE TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS AND WE WILL SEE YOU OUTSIDE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.