[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          MEETING TO ORDER THIS IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2025 POINT THIS IS THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE COMMISSION. PLEASE STAND FOR THE OPENING PRAYER BY PASTOR PAUL HUBERT OF THE SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF 
          ALLEGIANCE. >> LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR TIMES OF GATHERING LIKE THIS, WHERE WE AS THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE CREATED ARE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS THINGS THAT MATTER. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMISSION AND THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND ITS WELFARE. FATHER, I KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS PROBABLY OFTEN A THANKLESS JOB, AND SO, FATHER, I PRAY A BLESSING ON THEM, THAT THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND THE WORTH OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING. FATHER, I PRAY A BLESSING ON THIS CITY, AS WE KNOW IT'S FULL OF PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE AND CARE ABOUT. SO FATHER, I PRAY FOR YOUR MERCY AND GOODNESS, THAT WE WOULD EXPERIENCE IT. GOD, I PRAY THAT IN RETURN, THIS WOULD BE A CITY KNOWN FOR ITS FAITHFULNESS TO YOU, FOR PEOPLE THAT LOVE EACH OTHER WELL, FATHER . THIS IS THE TRUE BLESSING THAT WE ASK THIS EVENING, SO FATHER, I PRAY AGAIN A BLESSING ON THE MEETING TONIGHT, THAT JUST THINGS WOULD GO WELL, BUT THEN THE BIG PICTURE WOULD ALWAYS BE KEPT IN MIND. THIS IS OUR PRAYER, IN 
          JESUS NAME AND AMEN. >> AMEN. 
          >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          >> CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >> 
          [5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
          >> FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE 
          OCTOBER 2025 REGULAR MEETING. >> MOTION FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE 
          ROLL PLEASE. >> 
          [A.  Diabetes Awareness Month]
          >> OKAY, WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING. 
          FIRST IS DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH. DIABETES IS A CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION THAT AFFECTS OVER 38 MILLION AMERICANS, INCLUDING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY, ACROSS ALL DEMOGRAPHICS. AND WHEREAS, THE PUBLICATIONS OF DIABETES, INCLUDING HEART DISEASE, KIDNEY FAILURE, BLINDNESS AND LIMB AMPUTATION CAN BE SERIOUS AND LIFE ALTERING BUT CAN OFTEN BE PREVENTED AND MANAGED WITH EARLY DETECTION, LIFESTYLE CHANGES, AND APPROPRIATE CARE. AND WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH DIABETES OFTEN FACE CHALLENGES HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSTERING AWARENESS, COMPASSION, AND SUPPORT. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE RECOGNIZES THE VITAL ROLE THAT CAREGIVER NETWORKS, PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION, EARLY SCREENINGS, ACCESS TO CARE, AND COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTIONS PLAY IN GUIDING, SUPPORTING, AND EMPOWERING THOSE AFFECTED BY DIABETES. AND WHEREAS THE HEALTH PROMOTION TEAM AT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO RAISING AWARENESS, PROVIDING RESOURCES AND PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS NOVEMBER IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH, OFFERING AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, SUPPORT THOSE LIVING WITH DIABETES, AND HIGHLIGHT LOCAL EFFORTS AIMED AT REDUCING THE BURDEN OF THE DISEASE. NOW THEREFORE I LYNN DODSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, PROCLAIMED THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 2025 IS DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DIABETES, PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SCREENINGS, AND SUPPORT THE EFFORTS TO BUILD 
          A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY. >> CONGRATULATIONS. PLEASE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS STACY ADAMS PARK I WORK AS A HEALTH EDUCATOR CONSULTANT AND LEAD THE DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM AT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HERE IN ST. 
          LUCIE COUNTY. I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR RECOGNIZING THIS MONTH AS DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE. IT'S AN HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND TO STAND HERE WITH ALL OF YOU IN RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT A CONDITION THAT IMPACTS SO MANY OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS IN THIS COMMUNITY. JUST TO MAKE SURE MY WORK, I SPEND TIME SEEN FIRSTHAND THE POWER OF HEALTH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PREVENTION EFFORTS, TO SO MANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY IT'S NOT JUST AN A1C OR FASTING 
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GLUCOSE NUMBER. IT IS NOT JUST SIMPLY A DIAGNOSIS. IT'S A LIVED EXPERIENCE. IT'S SMALL, DAILY DECISIONS THE PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE TO MANAGE THEIR HEALTH, TO STAY ACTIVE, TO LIVE WELL, TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOVED ONES. WE WORK EVERY DAY HERE IN THIS COUNTY TO TRY AND PREVENT THE DISEASE BEFORE IT STARTS. WE IMPLEMENT THE NATIONAL DIABETES INVENTION PROGRAM WHERE OUR PARTICIPANTS LEARN PRACTICAL TOOLS TO BUILD HEALTHIER HABITS, TO REDUCE STRESS, TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER ON THEIR WELLNESS JOURNEY. WE HAD AN IMPLEMENTATION HERE AT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTING AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WE ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE A SHARPS DISPOSAL PROGRAM, WHERE PEOPLE CAN DISPOSE OF THEIR NEEDLES AND THEIR STRIPS AFTER THEY ARE DONE USING THEM FOR GOOD YOU KNOW THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH DIABETES. EVERY BRANCH OF THE LOCAL LIBRARY HAS BLOOD PRESSURE CUFFS THAT PEOPLE CAN BORROW. WE DO A TON OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO LOCAL CHURCHES. WE GO TO HEALTH CENTERS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO USEFUL INFORMATION. WE ALSO WANTED TO SPEND THE TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS JOURNEY IS SHAPED BY LARGER DECISIONS THAT YOU, OUR LOCAL LEADERS, MAKE ABOUT ACCESS TO CARE, ABOUT SAFE GREEN SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, ABOUT HEALTHY FOOD AVAILABILITY, AND ALL THE OTHER POLICIES THAT INFLUENCE OVERALL HEALTH. 
          THROUGHOUT THE MONTH WE'LL SPEND TIME DOING OUTREACH, SCREENINGS, HOSTING EVENTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS. SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION OR EMAIL DIABETES SLC AT HEALTH.GOV. 
          [B.  Radiologic Technology Week]
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU. >> OKAY. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION 
          IS RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY. >> WHEREAS THE HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS IS A MAJOR CONCERN AND RESPONSIBILITY OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS SERVING THE CITIZENS OF FORT PIERCE, AND WHEREAS QUALIFIED PRACTITIONERS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THE USE OF MEDICAL RADIATION AND IMAGING TECH ALLERGY TO AID IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE SHARE A COMMITMENT TO BRING THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY A SAFER, MORE COMPASSIONATE ENVIRONMENT, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. AND WHEREAS PROFESSIONALS IN THE RADIOLOGICAL RADIOLOGIC SCIENCES ARE DEDICATED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF PROFESSIONALISM AND CONTINUALLY MAINTAIN THOSE STANDARDS THROUGH EDUCATION, LIFELONG LEARNING, INSULIN, AND PERSONAL COMMITMENT. AND WHEREAS NOVEMBER 2ND. EIGHTH 2025 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED NATIONAL RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY WEEK, TO FOCUS ON THE SAFE MEDICAL RADIATION ENVIRONMENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE SKILLED AND CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORTS OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS. NOW THEREFORE I, LINDA HUDSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 2ND THROUGH NOVEMBER 8TH 2025 IS RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY WEEK IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND URGE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THIS EVENT AND PARTICIPATE IN ITS OBSERVANCE. 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? 
          >> SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION. 
          MY NAME IS GLADYS FARIAS. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE IMAGING SERVICES AT HCA LONGWOOD HOSPITAL HERE IN FORT PIERCE AND THIS IS KATIE TUCKER, ONE OF OUR LEAD INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS. OUR DISCIPLINE, OUR RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS ENCOMPASS MANY, MANY DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES. WE ARE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, HELPING, WE ARE -- AFTER THE DOCTORS, WE ARE THE FIRST LAYER OF HELPING TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT THE PATIENTS THAT COME TO OUR HOSPITAL. SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION. OUR STAFF WORKS VERY HARD TO KEEP THIS COMMUNITY HEALTHY, AND SAFE, AND ALLIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          [A.  Letter of thanks from Michelle Franklin, Property Appraiser, expressing appreciation to Vennis Gilmore, Historic Preservation Officer, for his organization and professionalism as they worked to develop streamlined procedures between the City and the Property Appraiser's Office.]
          >> WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. WE HAD A LETTER OF THANKS FROM MICHELLE FRANKLIN, PROPERTY APPRAISER, EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO VENICE GILMORE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER, 
          [8. ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
FOR HIS PROFESSIONALISM AS THEY WORK TO DEVELOP STREAMLINED PROCEDURES BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. AND NEXT WE HAVE ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA . 
          >> CHANGES TO THE AGENDA, COMMISSIONERS? IF NOT, I'LL 
          ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE APPROVAL 
          OF AGENDA. >> SECOND. 
          >> THE MOTION AND SECOND. COLBY ROLL, PLEASE. 
          >> 
          [9. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS Any person who wishes to comment on an agenda item which is not under Public Hearings on the Agenda may be heard at this time and must sign up to speak in advance. 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.]
PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          >> WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO SIGNED UP. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          STATE YOUR NAME AND MS. COX WILL GIVE YOU A 10 SECOND WARNING. 
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          JAMES VAN HORN. >> I'LL DO MY BEST BUT I -- SORRY, SO I'M A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE POLITICS HERE LOCALLY, JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY WITH MIMS AND THE $500,000 WE LOST SO I JUST SEE THESE PROPOSALS THAT ARE BEING WRITTEN, AND I CAN SEE HOW THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A LOT OF VETTING IN TERMS OF THE AMENDMENTS FOR THE $70,000 FOR UNIFORMS FROM A COMPANY IN PORT ST. LUCIE. SO THEY ARE NOT EVEN USING US, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE ISN'T EVEN USING A FOUR YEARS COMPANY TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF UNIFORMS. SO WHEN YOU GO ON THE WEBSITE AND YOU CLICK ON LIKE THE FORM THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THIS PROPOSAL, IT DOESN'T EVEN OUTLINE LIKE WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING, HOW MUCH DOES THE UNIFORM COST, LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL UNIFORM, WHAT ARE ALL THESE COSTS? BECAUSE THIS UNIFORM LOOKS IMMACULATE. I WEAR SCRUBS AS A NURSE. I HAVE TO PAY FOR MY OWN UNIFORM. AND I THINK WITH THE SALARY THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE GETTING, THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO THE SAME, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO PAY. THE PUBLIC DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY $70,000 FOR UNIFORMS FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE EARNING A LIVABLE WAGE AND SALARY. THEY CAN PAY. THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE EMPLOYER THAT THE DISCOUNT FOR BUYING UNIFORMS. AND ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, IF HERE IS SOMEBODY WHO STRUGGLING, LIKE A POLICE OFFICER FINANCIALLY, JUST LIKE TEACHERS ARE, WE CAN HELP THEM INDIVIDUALLY, BUT $70,000 FOR UNIFORMS, IT SOUNDS LIKE FRAUDULENT MISUSE OF TAX FUNDS. JUST 11 D, THIS PROPOSAL SEEMS LIKE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR DANNY VISCONTI, WHO USED TO WORK AT LEGACY TURF AND HE SAYS HE DESCRIBES THEM AS ONE OF TWO LOCAL COMPANIES, BUT LEGACY TURF IS A BUSINESS THAT DOES NOT EVEN HAVE LOCATIONS IN FT. PIERCE. IT'S LIKE A GROUP. IT'S A BUSINESS GROUP OUTSIDE OF FT. PIERCE. LIKE VERO, WEST PALM BEACH. JUPITER. SO BASICALLY THIS ISSUE WITH THIS PROPOSAL, THIS INDIVIDUAL, BACK IN 2018 NICK MIMS WAS A PROPONENT OF SAVING INDIAN HILLS GOLF COURSE, AND SAYING THAT THE CITY INVEST IN THESE ASSETS FOR OUR CITIZENS TO EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY. AND AT THAT TIME I THINK THE CITY GAVE $358,000 TO BAIL OUT THE GOLF COURSE, SO NOW THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE ARE PROPOSING $45,000 FOR IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM CAPITALISM PERSPECTIVE, LIKE FREE-MARKET CAPITALISM, WHY ARE WE BAILING OUT A COMPANY THAT IS NOT DRIVING? LIKE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PLAY GOLF, THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO SPEND THEIR MONEY. THIS IS A FAILING BUSINESS THEY'RE IN BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEIR BUDGET, NOTHING ON THAT, THE DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED FOR THIS PROPOSAL, LIKE ON THE LINK, NOTHING IS ASSOCIATED WITH -- 
          >> THANK YOU, SIR. YOUR TIME IS UP. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU 
          [A.  Winners of the "Where's the Mayor or Commissioner?" Facebook photo challenge held during Florida City Government Week, October 20 through October 26, 2025.]
          VERY MUCH. >> OKAY, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WINNERS OF THE WHERE IS THE MAYOR OR COMMISSIONER PHASE PHOTO CHALLENGE HELD DURING THE FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK OF 
          OCTOBER 20 THROUGH THE 26TH. >> WE HAVE MS. AUDREY AND MAURA 
          COMING TO THE PODIUM. >> GOOD EVENING MEHRAN COMMISSIONERS. WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THE WINNERS OF OUR WHERE IS THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER FOR CHALLENGE. THIS ACTIVITY WAS A PART OF THE CITY'S RECOGNITION OF FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK AND IT'S AN ANNUAL STATEWIDE INITIATIVE OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE VITAL ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE LIVES OF THEIR RESIDENCE. EACH DAY LAST WEEK, RESIDENCE COMPETED TO BE THE FIRST TO POST ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE, CORRECT LOCATION OF OUR CITY LEADERS. AND TODAY WE ARE THRILLED TO CELEBRATE THEIR SUCCESS WITH SOME WELL-DESERVED SWAG. AND I WANT TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR DEPARTMENTS AND THE MANATEE CENTER, BECAUSE WHEN THE CALL WENT OUT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SWAG BAGS, THEY RESPONDED. SO THIS EVENING, WINNERS THAT ARE HERE, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR SWAG BAG FROM THE MAYOR. AROUND THE JANET BYRD FULLER SPOTTED MAYOR HUDSON AT THE OLD CITY HALL. 
          >> I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU! >> RARE. 
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          >> I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME IN. >> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER 
          PICTURE. >> ON TUESDAY, LINDA CLORE FAIN WAS THE FIRST TO FIND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AT THE IRC 
          BLACKBURN EDUCATION BUILDING. >> I MISSED THAT. 
          >> I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THEM. 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> ON WEDNESDAY, SUZANNE JAMES, WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, TRACKED DOWN MAYOR HUDSON AT THE JETTY. ON THURSDAY, CRYSTAL SAMUEL WAS QUICK TO LOCATE COMMISSIONER GAINS AT THE HIGHWAYMAN MUSEUM. 
          >> YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S ALWAYS TAKEN PICTURES. 
          >> ON FRIDAY, RICHARD PANCOAST FOUND MAYOR HUDSON AT THE NEW FPU A MAINLAND WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. I'M NOT SURE IF MR. PANCOAST IS ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT IF YOU ARE, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          ON SATURDAY, 10 ESA WILSON IDENTIFIED COMMISSIONER BRODRICK AT THE OLD SAINT ANASTASIA SCHOOL. MS. WILSON? NO? AND ON SUNDAY, DEVIN DWYER FOUND MAYOR HUDSON AT THE. COBB BUILDING. 
          YES, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU, AND COULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD SO WE CAN GET A GROUP PICTURE ALONG WITH -- 
          >> 
          >> ALL OF US? ALL OF US? NO PROBLEM. 
          >> COME ON IN. MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER. 
          >> THESE ARE ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS. THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO 
          OTHERS. >> PERFECT. THAT'S A GOOD REHEARSAL. JUST IN CASE, I'M GOING TO BACK HER UP. SOMEBODY, 
          REAL QUICK. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES DOES THAT ONCE A YEAR AND IN THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE WE TRY TO DO DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT 
          [11. CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. SO THANK YOU, ADRIA . 
          >> NEXT WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          >> IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT ANY COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO PULL? 
          >> I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM C. >> ITEM C IS PULLED. THANK YOU. 
          >> E. >> WHICH ONE? 
          >> OMISSION OR GAINS IS PULLING LITERALLY. ANYONE? IF NOT I'LL 
          [C.  Approval of expenditure for Blanket Purchase Orders for the Police Department for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 in the total budgeted amount of $723,850.]
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. 
          >> MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> 
          >> ITEM 11 C IS APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURE FOR BLANKET PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 IN THE TOTAL BUDGETED AMOUNT OF $723,850. 
          >> COMMISSIONER BRODRICK? >> I PULLED THIS ITEM AS ITS KIND OF MY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THESE THINGS, THAT WHEN WE ARE HAVING LARGE EXPENDITURES, SO WE CAN GET AN EXPLANATION FROM STAFF, AN EXPLANATION FOR CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AS TO WHAT THEIR FUNDS ARE BEING EXPENDED ON. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH CITY MANAGER CHESS TODAY AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE TOPICS OF OUR DISCUSSION SO I'VE BEEN BROUGHT UP TO SPEED ON THIS BUT I THOUGHT IT IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING $700,000, THAT'S NOT A STANDARD LINE ITEM THAT WE WOULD GIVE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. 
          >> WELCOME, DEPUTY CHIEF. >> HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING TODAY? 
          >> GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE. >> I WAS GOING TO PULL THIS 
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          ITEM. YOU ANTICIPATED IT? >> I ANTICIPATED, I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO ASK THAT. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ONE OF THE FIRST REQUISITIONS I HAVE IS THE UNIFORMS, THAT'S A $70,000 EXPENDITURE FOR STAFF, FOR POLICE UNIFORMS AND OTHER RECRUITMENT, ACCESSORIES THAT WE HAVE, WE CARRY EVERY DAY DURING PATROL. JUST TO GIVE YOU A REMINDER, WE WENT IN 2024 OUT OF ORLANDO, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT TOO WELL. THEY WEREN'T PRESENT TO TAKE MEASUREMENTS AND WHEN THEY DID, THE MEASUREMENTS WERE WRONG. WE WERE SENDING UNIFORMS BACK AS QUICKLY AS THEY WERE SENDING THEM TO US. SO WE WENT BACK TO DAYDREAMS, WHICH WAS A LOT MORE RELIABLE. THEIR SERVICES AS FAR AS UNIFORM FITTING AND OFFICERS BEING FITTED FOR THE UNIFORMS WAS A MATCH FOR US AGAIN, SO WE WENT BACK TO DAYDREAMS UNIFORM. 
          QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? >> NO SIR. 
          >> THE NEXT ONE IS AT&T MOBILITY. OF COURSE THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR TELEPHONE SERVICES, OUR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES, DEPARTMENT CELL PHONES WHICH REQUIRE ALSO THE HOTSPOTS. 
          THE $210,000 OF COURSE IS THE EXPENDITURE OF THE CELL PHONES AND THE HOTSPOT RANGES GOING FORWARD. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT 
          ONE? >> NO QUESTION S. SINCE THERE WAS A QUESTION FOR THE FIRST ONE, THE UNIFORMS, SINCE THERE WAS A QUESTION, THE QUESTION WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE ARE NOT USING FT. PIERCE VENDORS SO -- TWO BY THE UNIFORMS GO CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? IF NOT, IF YOU KNOW WHY? 
          >> ACTUALLY THERE ARE NO FORT PIERCE VENDORS FOR UNIFORM REQUISITIONS OF THAT LARGE NUMBER THAT WE NEED. RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE DAYDREAMS AS FAR AS THE UNIFORMED SERVICES CONCERNED. THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO GO AWAY TO ORLANDO. HERE WE THOUGHT WE MAY HAVE HAD A BETTER DEAL. AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE SERVICES WEREN'T UP TO PAR SO WE WENT BACK WITH DAYDREAMS AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE ONLY UNIFORM REPRESENTATION CENTER THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY. SO WE ARE USING A LOCAL COMPANY, AS LOCAL 
          AS WE CAN GET. >> IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST WENT OUT AND DIDN'T LOOK AROUND. YOU WENT AND FOUND WHAT YOU COULD 
          USE. >> YES OR, IN THE PAST WE WENT AS FAR AS TAMPA AND AGAIN, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT WAS HAVING SOMEBODY COME INTO THE ACTUAL OFFICER MEASUREMENTS AND SO FORTH, AND EVEN THOUGH THE DEAL MAY HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY BETTER, IT WOULD'VE HAD OFFICERS GOING BACK AND FORTH TO TAMPA TO GET MEASURED FOR UNIFORMS AND SO FORTH. SO AGAIN WE WENT WITH DAYDREAMS. WHO ARE RELIABLE AND HAVE THEIR UNIFORMS ON TIME 
          EVERY TIME WE NEED THEM. >> DEPUTY CHIEF, ISN'T IT CUSTOMARY FOR JURISDICTIONS WHO HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PAY FOR 
          THEIR UNIFORMS? >> YES MA'AM, ALL THREE 
          AGENCIES PAY FOR THE UNIFORMS. >> THAT IS A UNIVERSAL. 
          >> AS FAR AS I KNOW, EVERY AGENCY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA PAY FOR THE OFFICERS UNIFORMS. YES. 
          >> THE NEXT ONE IS THE $50,000, AND THAT'S TO SOME, AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE SYSTEM WHICH IS A DEFAULT SYSTEM USED BY THE CITY. 
          SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE REPLICATED WHATEVER THE CITY HAS AS FAR AS THE SAME SYSTEM SO IT WOULD ALL BE ON ONE PAGE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND WE USE THE COMMUNICATIONS LINE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PAYING. WE ARE ALSO PIGGYBACKING OFF THE CITY IN THE SENSE THAT WE ARE STAYING WITH THE SAME PHONE SYSTEMS, SAME COMMUNICATION LINES. FLORIDA BULLET IS THE SOLE SOURCE, THE ONLY COMPANY THAT WE HAVE THAT HAS THE LICENSE TO DELIVER LARGE BULK OF AMMUNITION. OF COURSE WE HAVE PRACTICE AMMUNITION AND LIVE AMMUNITION WHICH WE HAVE THE OFFICERS CARRY ON THE STREET AND OF COURSE WE HAVE TO QUALIFY TWICE A YEAR. WE USE -- THEY ARE THE ONLY BULLET COMPANY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THEY ARE LICENSED. THAT'S WHO WE USE AS FAR AS OUR BULK AMMUNITION PURCHASES ARE CONCERNED. NEXT WE HAVE THE INDIAN RIVER CRIME LAB, WHICH IS OF COURSE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE PROCESS OUR EVIDENCE. ALL THREE AGENCIES USE THE SAME CRIME LAB AND WE PARTNER TO GO IN TOGETHER, AND OUR PAYMENT IS BASICALLY BASED ON THE EVIDENCE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR THAT WE SUBMITTED. SO THAT'S THE PRICE YOU SEE THERE. AND COMPARED TO THE OTHER TWO AGENCIES, THEY ARE PAYING ALMOST HALF $1 MILLION, WE ARE GETTING HOURS COMPLETED AT $248,000 APPROXIMATELY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SUPERIOR LLC , THEY ARE -- THIS IS ANOTHER EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE THIS IS THE COUNTYWIDE SYSTEM OF OUR CASH SYSTEMS, OUR MOBILE COMPUTERS, OUR DISPATCHER EOC COMMAND SYSTEM IS ALL IN THIS. 
          WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE OTHER TWO AGENCIES. WE ALL SHARE A PORTION OF THE BILL AND THE $86,000 IS WHAT WE HAD TO PAY, APPROXIMATELY $86,000 IS WHAT WE ALL HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE THIS YEAR AS FAR AS THE 911 COUNTYWIDE SYSTEM OF ALL THREE LOCAL 
          AGENCIES ARE UTILIZING. >> THIS IS EEOC, ALL THE 
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          AGENCIES USE? >> ALL THREE AGENCIES CONTRIBUTE AND WE SPLIT THE BILL, PRETTY MUCH. 
          >> MADAME MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE DEPUTY CHIEF BUT I JUST RECENTLY TOURED THE EOC DEPARTMENT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OPERATIONS AND HOW THIS ALL -- HOW WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, CITY, COUNTY, FIRE, ET CETERA, ALL BEING THERE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND JUST WHILE I WAS THERE, THE SHARED VOLUME OF CALLS COMING IN, WAS ABLE TO KIND OF SEE THAT IN REAL TIME, NOT ONLY FROM CITY OF FORT PIERCE DISPATCH BUT THE DESK NEXT TO US, WHICH IS THE SHERIFF DISPATCH, AND SO IT'S QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE OPERATION THAT THEY HAVE BUT IT'S FIRST-CLASS AND IT PROVIDES THE CARE THAT WE NEED FOR OUR CITIZENS WHEN THEY NEED EMERGENCY SERVICES. BUT IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAD THIS AGREEMENT, BECAUSE CLEARLY THE CITY IS GROWING BUT OBVIOUSLY THESE OTHER CAPACITIES THAT WORK WITH US, THAT ARE MUCH LARGER THAN WE ARE, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR FRACTIONAL SHARE DATA I INK IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND IT DOES PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE FOR OUR CITIZENS WHEN THEY NEED EMERGENCY SERVICES. SO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT UNTIL YOU SEE IT, AND YOU DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT UNTIL YOU MEET IT, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ALL WOULD AT SOME POINT NEED THESE SERVICES. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT COMMENT. 
          THE FIRE DISTRICT IS OUT THERE. EVERYBODY IS OUT THERE AND THEY'RE ALL COORDINATING. IF THEY HAVE TO GET UP AND LITERALLY TALK TO EACH OTHER, IF THERE SOMETHING GOING DOWN, THEY CAN LITERALLY HUDDLE UP AND GET THE RIGHT SERVICES DISPATCHED TO 
          THE RIGHT ADDRESSES. >> IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 
          YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? VOTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> WHO WANTED TO DO A MOTION? >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          >> SECOND. >> CALL THE ROLL , PLEASE. 
          >> EXPENDITURE FOR A BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER FOR GOLF COURSE FERTILIZERS AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $145,000. 
          >> THE REASON I PULLED THIS IS DURING MY WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH THE ATTORNEY, MR. CHAIR AND MS. HEDGES AND MS. COX, I ASKED AND WAS EXPLAINED WHY WE ALWAYS SAY THIS BLANKET PURCHASE. IT JUST LEAVES SO MUCH INTERPRETATION. SO I WANTED TO JUST SAY I HOPE WE CAN FIND SOMETHING ELSE. EXPLAINED TO ME WHY, BUT I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO PUT ON THIS AGENDA THEN JUST SAYING BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER, BECAUSE IF I'M THINKING BLANKET MEANS BLANKET, PURCHASE ANYTHING, WHATEVER, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS. SO WITH THE FERTILIZER , IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, I LET YOU EXPLAIN, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS THE ONE THAT YOU NEED AND THE ONE THAT'S BEEN WORKING. AND SO YOU HEARD THE COMMENTS FROM THE PERSON, I GUESS , TO SEE WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. EXPLAINED THAT , GO FROM THERE. 
          >> MADAME MAYOR, WE HAVE DEALT WITH TWO LOCAL VENDORS THE LAST THREE-PLUS YEARS. ONE IS HELENA CHEMICAL AND THE OTHER ONE IS LEGACY TURF, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN IN JUPITER. AND FOR US WE HAVE THIS SPECIFIC GOLF COURSE. YOU HAVE TO USE SPECIFIC CHEMICALS. 
          SO WE HAVE A SANDY SOIL, SUBSOIL, AND YOU CAN'T USE SOME CHEMICALS, CERTAIN CHEMICALS ON THAT. YOU HAVE TO USE SPECIFIC CHEMICALS FOR SANDY SOIL. SO RON STARK IS A PRE-EMERGE. THE PRE-MERGE GOES OUT FOUR TIMES A YEAR AND THAT HANDLES WE, AND IT'S ALSO A FERTILIZER BUILT IN. IT'S A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE BUT THE OTHER PRE-EMERGENCE, THEY CAN SMOKE THE WHOLE GOLF COURSE WITH SANDY SUBSOIL. SO HELENA USED TO CARRY THAT. THEY NO LONGER CARRY THAT SO NOW THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED OVER TO LEGACY TURF BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONLY LOCAL ONE THAT HANDLES THE ROCKY SOIL. THE SECOND ONE IS OUR LIQUID FERTILIZERS. LIQUID FERTILIZER, THERE WAS A SYSTEM IN PLACE WELL BEFORE I STARTED AT THE GOLF COURSE. IT'S A FOR NEGATION SYSTEM, SO IT'S A LARGE TANK, HOLDS ABOUT 1000 GALLONS AND WE FEEL THAT MONTHLY. THAT GETS IRRIGATED ONTO THE GOLF COURSE EVERY TIME WE RUN THE IRRIGATION, IF WE'D LIKE TO. SO AS OPPOSED TO SPRING THE WHOLE GOLF COURSE WITH A TANK SPRAYER, WE CAN FERTILIZE THE ENTIRE GOLF COURSE WITH JUST THAT SYSTEM. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT UTILIZED FOR YEARS. WE GOT IT BACK INTO PLACE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. WE PAID IT TO REVITALIZE THAT SO HELENA NO LONGER CARRIES THE LIQUID FERTILIZERS. SO NOW 
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THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO LEGACY TURF AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE OTHER BIG EXPENDITURE WITH LEGACY TURF, THEY HAVE A ONE-OFF TYPE PRODUCT THAT'S A GRANULAR AND IT'S A NEW META-SIDE AND INSECTICIDE AND FERTILIZER ALL-IN-ONE PRODUCT. 
          AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE PRODUCTS OUT THERE, OR APPLY THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE, THIS IS ONE TYPE OF FERTILIZER AND THEY ARE THE ONLY COMPANY THAT OFFERS ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          >> AND BEFORE WE GET IN TROUBLE, YOU DIDN'T STATE YOUR NAME AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT YOU ARE. 
          >> COUPLE COMMENTS. YOU USE BEST PRACTICES TO PROTECT THE LAGOON. 
          I KNOW THAT SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE FERTILIZER HAS KIND OF GOTTEN A -- BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW 
          YOU USE BEST PRACTICES. >> AND MOST OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE APPLY OUR -- I WOULD SAY PROBABLY CLOSE TO 90% ARE 
          ORGANIC. >> AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOUR -- WHEN YOU DON'T -- WHEN THE GOLF COURSE IS SUFFERING, FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT SOMETIMES WITHOUT AS MUCH FERTILIZER OR WHATEVER, WE HEAR ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE GOLFERS WANT IT TAKEN CARE OF AND IN PRISTINE CONDITION. 
          >> WHAT IS REALLY THE ISSUE YEARS AGO. WE WERE UNDER FERTILIZING AND NOT HANDLING THE INSECTS AND WEEDS. SO UNFORTUNATELY IT COSTS A LITTLE BIT TO GET THOSE THINGS BACK IN LINE. NOW WE HAD A GOOD YEAR LAST YEAR FINANCIALLY. WE JUST HAD OUR BEST OCTOBER EVER, FINISHING UP THIS MONTH, SO WE'VE TURNED THE CORNER. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING POSITIVELY, WE STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO DO BUT IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FACILITY THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO. 
          >> THANKS TO YOU. THANK YOU. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE. I ENJOY THE GAME OF GOLF AND CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT. THIS IS A CITY-OWNED ASSET AND IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY, GOLFERS WILL NOT SHOW UP AND PAY, AND IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE AS THAT. AND WE DON'T WANT A BARREN LAND WITHOUT THERE. REMIND ME, IS THIS THE SAME COMPANY THAT THE COUNTY 
          USES, LEGACY? >> NO IT'S NOT. LEGACY TURF IS JUST A FERTILIZER AND CHEMICAL COMPANY. 
          >> OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY PIGGYBACKING OPPORTUNITIES THERE. JUST WONDERING WHAT THEY WERE USING. 
          OKAY. >> YEARS AGO THE COMPANY THAT WE USED WHEN I FIRST STARTED, THEY OWNED THEIR OWN CHEMICAL COMPANY. SO WHEN WE TOOK THE GOLF COURSE BACK OVER WE ASSUMED THE MAINTENANCE OF THE GOLF COURSE AND IT GAVE US CONTROL WHERE OUR MONEY WAS GOING AS OPPOSED TO WRITING A BLANK CHECK AND NOT HAVING ANY CONTROL WHERE OUR DOLLARS WERE GOING. 
          >> THAT'S VERY SMART, TOO. I'M DONE. 
          >> YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? >> QUICK COMMENT. I THINK THAT THE TRAJECTORY -- I'M NOT A GOLFER SO I WILL JUST SAY THAT RIGHT UPFRONT BUT I THINK THE TRAJECTORY OF THE GOLF COURSE WHEN I SEE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ET CETERA, IS THAT IT CERTAINLY IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION UNDER YOUR SUPERVISION. THIS GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE WHOLE RECREATIONAL THEME OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. WE HAVE A FIVE-STAR MARINA. WE HAVE A FIVE-STAR THEATER. AND NOW OUR FIVE-STAR GOLF COURSE IS BACK SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO INVEST AND GET THAT OPERATION TURNED AROUND. I KNOW IT'S NOT THERE COMPLETELY YET BUT IT CERTAINLY IS MAKING GREAT STRIDES, MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SO KEEP UP THE GOOD 
          WORK. >> THANK YOU. YOUR SERVICE IS GREAT, TOO, I HEAR. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? 
          >> YES MADAME MAYOR. I MOVED TO APPROVE 11 E POINT 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND, CALL THE 
          [A.  Public Hearing and Resolution 25-R75 accepting Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan 2025 – 2026]
          ROLL PLEASE. >> 
          >> THANK YOU. >> WE MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION AND WE HAVE A RESOLUTION 25-R 75, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE, FLORIDA, RECEIVING AND ACCEPTING THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR SUBMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, FOR THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS AND PROVIDING FOR 
          AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> YES MA'AM. DON'T FORGET TO START OFF WITH YOUR NAME. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO 
          ALL REMEMBER. >> GOOD EVENING MADAME MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS ENOLA CLARK, I'M THE GRANTS MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION OF -- OF THE CDBG, HUD'S ANNUAL ACTION I COULD GET STARTED. WE STARTED OFF WITH ROLLING OUT A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, SOLICITING COMMENTS AS TO WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE FUNDS BE 
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ALLOCATED FOR THE 25-26 FISCAL YEAR, OR SORRY, THE PROGRAM YEAR, SO WE MADE A SURVEY THROUGH SURVEY MONKEY AND WE ROLLED THAT OUT THIS YEAR, GOING ALONG THE LINES OF HUD'S REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH AND FEEDBACK. WE RECEIVED 106 PARTICIPANTS PROVIDING CONTENT AND 37 SUBMITTED WRITTEN CONTENTS AS TO WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR CDBG FUNDING TO GO. SO SOME OF THE COMMENTS BASED ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WERE AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOMEOWNERSHIP SUPPORT, ROAD AND STREET IMPROVEMENT, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT -- EXCUSE ME -- YOUTH AND SENIOR PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY FRIENDLINESS AND BEAUTIFICATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, HOMELESSNESS, SERVICES AND PUBLIC AMENITIES. SO WITH THAT SAID, I THINK WE DID ROLL OUT ANOTHER NOTICE, ANOTHER PUBLIC NOTICE ON OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST AND WE SUBMITTED IT TO THE NEWSPAPER AND THROUGH OUR LOCAL LIBRARIES, KILMER AND ZORA NEALE HURSTON, IN ADDITION TO FPU A AND INSIDE OF CITY HALL ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR. THIS EVENING WE ARE ACCEPTING -- THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO COMMENTS ON HOW WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DRAFT. SO FOR THE 25-26 PROPOSED ACTIVITIES, WE ARE SLATED TO RECEIVE YOUR ALLOCATION FROM HYDE. IT'S $574,680. AND WE ARE UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS IN PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES, PUBLIC FACILITIES, IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES. THE OTHER PIECE WOULD BE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHERE WE ARE FUNDING THE PREEMPTIVE EMERGENCY SYSTEM THAT WILL BE INSTALLED BY OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. AND ADDITIONALLY, THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION THAT IS ANOTHER CATEGORY, ARE WHERE WE WOULD DO THE MANAGEMENT COORDINATION AND THE OVERSIGHT OF A PROGRAM, SO ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT FUND THE PROGRAM WOULD GO THROUGH US. SO IT'S A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION THIS EVENING BUT I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE MORE THAN 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. >> EXCELLENT REPORT AND THANK YOU FOR THE EMERGENCY PREEMPTION. IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR CITY SAFER, SO I'M GLAD THAT'S IN THERE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 
          >> COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? I WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN EMPHASIS ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THIS, THAT THAT PART THERE, MAYOR, THAT BOTH YOU AND I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WE ARE ON THE FIRE BOARD, THAT'S A BIG INVESTMENT AND THAT WILL ALLOW SIGNAL ISOLATION TO MOVE TRAFFIC OUT OF THE WAY AND TURN LIGHTS CERTAIN COLORS SO THAT THE INDOLENCE, AND THE FIRE TRUCK, AND THE POLICE OR WHOEVER CAN GET INTERSECTIONS. SO AS OUR CITY IS GROWING, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THEY ARE COMING AND EVERYONE PANICS, AND THE SIRENS ARE SCREAMING, BUT THIS SIGNAL IS ASIAN WILL ALLOW THAT TRAFFIC BASED ON WHERE THAT TRUCK, THEY ARE MOVING, WILL ALLOW THAT TRAFFIC TO MOVE SO THAT THEY CAN INCREASE THEIR TIME TO RESPONDING TO THESE CALLS. AND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE MADE , PORT ST. LUCIE HAS MADE, AND THE COUNTY IS MAKING, TO MAKE OUR DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY THAT MUCH MORE BETTER SO I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT ONE . I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES. COULD YOU EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT MORE TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT GRANT ALLOCATION IS? EXAMPLES IF YOU CAN . 
          >> THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE RECREATION, THOSE ARE THE RECREATION CENTER, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THAT ARE USED THROUGH THE PUBLIC, JUST LOCAL THINGS. 
          >> BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN WILL BENEFIT THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ET CETERA, AT THAT POINT, AND OBVIOUSLY THE PUBLIC FACILITIES, PLAYGROUND, ET CETERA, I GET THAT PART. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          >> 46 AND INTERSECTIONS . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 
          >> REAL QUICKLY BACK TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES. THE PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS. DO WE KNOW WHERE, WHICH PLAYGROUNDS 
          AND PARKS? >> WE'VE ESTABLISHED COACH VAN 
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PARK, DREAMLAND PARK AND MOORE'S CREEK LINEAR PART. WE ARE GOING TO INSTALL EXERCISE EQUIPMENT IN MOORE'S CREEK AND FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ACROSS THAT AREA. 
          >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. >> THE PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS, I READ THE ATTACHMENTS BUT I ASKED THE QUESTION SO EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT JUST PUTTING MONEY, SOME WHERE THE MONEY IS NOT GOING, SO THAT'S WHY I ASK AND I AGREE WITH MADAME MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON WITH THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE. LAST THING WE NEED IS SOME MORE ACCIDENTS OUT HERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT STOPPING FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO SAVE SOME LIVES. SO THANK YOU 
          FOR THAT. >> RIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS 
          FROM THE COMMISSION? >> THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          ANYONE? ANYONE WANTING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE? HE'LL SEE NO MOVEMENT, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION. 
          YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION OF APPROVAL. ALL YOU ARE DOING IS LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          >> WE DO NEED A MOTION BECAUSE IT'S APPROVING THE RESOLUTION. 
          >> OKAY. WE -- THEN WE ARE -- I NEED A MOTION. 
          >> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WILL APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-R75 POINT 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE 
          ROLL , PLEASE. >> 
          [B.  Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 25-032 - Review and approval of a Voluntary Annexation by owner, Tim Morley of MRM Ventures LLC, to extend the territorial limits of the City of Fort Pierce, Florida, to include one (1) parcel at or near the Northeast Corner of South 25th Street and Cortez Boulevard. The proposed City Future Land Use designation is Residential Low Density (RL) and Zoning designation of Single-Family Intermediate Density (R-2). Parcel ID: 2421-233-0002-000-9. SECOND READING]
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE ORDINANCE 25-032, AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT, FLORIDA, TO INCLUDE ONE PARCEL AT OR NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH 25TH STREET AND CORTEZ BOULEVARD, AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT A , DIRECTING THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER TO ASSESS SAID PROPERTY AND PLACE IT ON THE CITY TAX ROLES AS OF JANUARY 1, 2026, DIRECTING ST. LUCIE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR TO COLLECT TAXES ON THE HEREIN DESCRIBED POVERTY, ESTABLISHING THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF SINGLE-FAMILY INTERMEDIATE DENSITY R 2, ESTABLISHING THE LAND-USE ADMISSION OF RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY RL, DIRECTING THE FILING OF THE ORDINANCE WITH THE CLERK AT THE CIRCUIT COURT AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, DIRECTING THE REVISION OF THE CHARTER BOUNDARY ARTICLE TO BE FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, REVEALING ORDINANCES OR CLAUSES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS 
          THE SECOND READING. >> THIS IS THE SECOND READING. 
          ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE THESE, FORWARD. SEE NO MOVEMENT, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. 
          [C.  Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 25-033 - Impact Fee Moratorium within Urban Infill and Redevelopment Area. SECOND READING]
          >> MADAME MAYOR, MOVE APPROVAL. 
          >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND, CALL THE 
          ROLL , PLEASE. >> 
          >> NEXT WE HAVE ORDINANCE 25-033, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A MORATORIUM ON THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF CITY IMPACT FEES FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY'S DESIGNATED URBAN INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT AREA, REQUIRED BY SECTIONS 113-8, 113-15 THROUGH AND INCLUDING 113-19 OF THE CITY CODE, REVEALING ORDINANCES OR PARTS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE SECOND READING. 
          >> THIS IS THE SECOND READING. ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE PLEASE COME FORWARD. CASINO MOVEMENT, I'LL BRING IT 
          [D.  Quasi-Judicial Hearing - Application for Major Site Plan for development review has been submitted by property owner, Nicholas Smith and Representative MBV Engineering, Inc., to construct a 40,791 sq. ft new car dealership and showroom on 9.63 acres, located at 5560 S. US Hwy 1, Fort Pierce, FL.  The property is zoned General Commercial (C-3) Parcel ID is 3403-502-0302-000-4.]
BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. 
          >> MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND. 
          >> THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL. 
          >> HEARING FOR AN APPLICATION FOR MAJOR SITE PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW SUBMITTED BY PROPERTY OWNER NICHOLAS SMITH AND REPRESENTATIVE MDV ENGINEERING INC TO CONSTRUCT A 40,000 -- 40,791 SQUARE-FOOT NEW CAR DEALERSHIP AND SHOWROOM ON 9.63 ACRES LOCATED AT 5560 SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY 1 IN FT. PIERCE, FLORIDA. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL C-3. 
          >> WE HAVE TWO QUASIJUDICIAL HEARINGS TONIGHT. MS. HEDGES, WOULD YOU READ OUR PROCEDURES, PLEASE? 
          >> YES MA'AM, THE CITY COMMISSIONS LEGISLATIVE AND QUASIJUDICIAL ROLE. WHEN ACTING AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY THE COMMISSION ENGAGES IN LAWMAKING ACTIVITY BY PASSING LAWS AND ESTABLISHING POLICIES. WHEN ACTING AS A QUASIJUDICIAL BODY THE COMMISSION APPLIES THOSE LAWS AND POLICIES AND IS HELD TO STRICTER PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS. QUASIJUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARE LESS FORMAL THAN PROCEEDING BEFORE CIRCUIT COURT BUT ARE MORE FORMAL THAN THE NORMAL COMMISSION MEETING. 
          QUASIJUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS MUST FOLLOW BASIC STANDARDS OF NOTICE AND DUE PROCESS AND DECISIONS MUST BE MADE BASED ON CONFIDENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. THEREFORE COMMISSIONERS HAVE A DUTY TO CONDUCT A QUASIJUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS MORE LIKE JUDGES THAN LEGISLATORS. THAT IS WHY THE COMMISSION HAS ESTABLISHED 
          [00:45:01]
THE UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR QUASIJUDICIAL HEARINGS THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED THIS EVENING. FINALLY, NO ONE SHOULD APPROACH ANY NUMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION ON THE DAIS, THE CITY ATTORNEY, OR THE CITY CLERK DURING THE HEARING. IF DOCUMENTS ARE TO BE GIVEN TO THE CITY CLERK, PLEASE GIVE THEM TO THE SERGEANT AT ARMS , WHICH ARE ANY OF THE POLICE OFFICERS IN THE 
          CHAMBER. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. MADAME CLERK, HAVE WE MET THE ADVERTISING AND NOTICE 
          REQUIREMENTS? >> YES MA'AM, WE HAVE. 
          >> WILL YOU ASK COMMISSIONERS ABOUT EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS? 
          >> COMMISSIONER BRODRICK HE'LL 
          >> KNOW. >> MISSION GAINS. 
          >> NO MA'AM. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. 
          >> NO MA'AM. >> MAYOR HUDSON. 
          >> NO MA'AM AND WOULD YOU SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES. 
          >> ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. THAT WOULD INCLUDE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WAS TO SPEAK. YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. START BY INTRODUCING YOURSELF. 
          >> MS. DRIVER, YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 
          >> THANK YOU MADAME MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS KERRY DRIVER, SENIOR PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE. TODAY BEFORE YOU WE BRING A MAJOR SITE PLAN FOR KIA DEALERSHIP LOCATED AT 5560 SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY 1. THE APPLICANT IS MDV ENGINEERING INCORPORATED, REPRESENTED BY ERIN STANTON, PROPERTY OWNERS NICHOLAS SMITH, PARCEL I.D. 04302 0004. IN SUMMARY, A MAJOR SITE PLAN APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, SEEKING APPROVAL TO DEVELOP A NEW CAR SHOWROOM AND DEALERSHIP BUILDING. HERE IS A SITE LOCATION OF THE AREA. THE SITE AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 9.63 ACRES. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN A LOW DENSITY FUTURE LAND USE ZONING DISTRICT. THE ZONING IS INAUDIBLE ] COMMERCIAL. SITE PLAN DETAILS ARE SHOWN. THERE WILL BE TWO ENTRANCES AND EXITS ONTO U.S. ONE FROM THE SITE. THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT WILL BE 40,791 SQUARE FEET. BUILDING HEIGHT, 25. THERE WILL BE 487 PARKING SPACES, 480 SPACES, 284 SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING. STAFF AND A.D.A. PARKING SPACES. THERE WILL BE A CARWASH AS WELL AS A DRY POND AND A WET POND. HERE IS THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. 286 TREES ARE REQUIRED. 286 TREES WILL BE PLANTED. 912 SHRUBS ARE REQUIRED. 931 SHRUBS WILL BE PROVIDED. AT THE OCTOBER 13TH PLANNING BOARD MEETING IT WAS APPROVED TO MOVE THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FORWARD TO CITY COMMISSION WITH THE FOLLOWING FIVE CONDITIONS. NUMBER ONE, PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF ANY SITE CLEARING AND EMOTION PERMITS, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A TREE MITIGATION SURVEY AND COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE ARBORIST FOR THE REQUIRED MITIGATION OF THE CITY'S REGULATED TREES PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED AS A RESULT OF THE SITE'S DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. NUMBER TWO, PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A FINAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, A LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT SHALL BE APPROVED. NUMBER THREE, NORTH ST. LUCIE RIVER WATER CONTROL DISTRICT PERMIT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL OUTFALL INTO STRIPING AND WHEEL STOPS WILL BE REQUIRED IF THE CAR INVENTORY SPACES ARE LATER CONVERTED INTO PUBLIC PARKING AND NUMBER FIVE, AN UPDATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REPORT IS NEEDED PRIOR TO THE PCR, WHICH IS DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AND COMPLIANCE REVIEW SUBMITTAL. STAFF HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE APPLICATION REQUIRE STAFF APPROVED RECOMMENDATION HIS APPROVAL WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TO ONE, RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, OR TWO, 
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RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL. THANK YOU. 
          >> QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? COMMISSIONER BRODRICK 
          >> HAS THE APPLICANT MET ANY OF THE REQUESTS MADE FROM THE 
          PLANNING DEPARTMENT? >> IS COMMISSIONER BRODRICK, WE 
          HAVE. >> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP COMMENT. 
          OBVIOUSLY I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION AND REFER TO IT AS DEALERSHIP WROTE DOWN THERE AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT ADDITION DOWN THERE TO BRING ANOTHER DEALERSHIP INTO TOWN, A BRAND-NEW FACILITY, IT'S GOING TO BE GORGEOUS FACILITY AND I WELCOME IT INTO THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE. 
          >> ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. NOW WE ARE GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          >> AARON STANTON WITH MBV ENGINEERING. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THE STAFF DID A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION AND WE ARE JUST HERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE AS 
          COMMISSIONERS. >> QUESTIONS OF T■HE APPLICANT? 
          >> WHEN ARE YOU STARTING? >> AS SOON AS YOU LET US. WE HAD 
          A COUPLE MORE PERMITS. >> THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER, BY THE 
          WAY. >> THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH . I'M GOING TO ASK IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE. PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEE NO MOVEMENT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY BEFORE WE CLOSE THE 
          PUBLIC COMMENT? >> AND I DON'T. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S CLOSED. OKAY, GREAT. COME BACK 
          TO THE COMMISSION. >> MADAME MAYOR? 
          >> YES ? >> THIS IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A MASSIVE INVESTMENT BEING MADE BY A LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE. QUITE IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT THEY WANT TO BRING ANOTHER DEALERSHIP HERE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY AND THE EMPLOYMENT BASE OF THE CITY. SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO CONSTRUCT THIS ON 10 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE, SO I MAKE A MOTION 
          TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. 
          >> MOTION AND A SECOND, CALL THE ROLL , PLEASE. 
          >> FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT WAS WITH THE CONDITIONS. 
          >> YES, THANK YOU. >> I ASSUME YOU WANT TO MAKE 
          SURE WE HAVE IT STRAIGHT. >> GREAT NEWS. 
          [E.  Quasi-Judicial Hearing - Application for Major Site Plan Amendment submitted by property owner, Precast Specialties, LLC, and Representative, Mark Landsman of Haley Ward, Inc., requesting approval of a phased site plan amendment to build a concrete batch plant and associated site improvements in Phase 1 and expand the site with an office / workshop with associated site improvements in Phase 2, at 3898 Selvitz Road, Fort Pierce, FL.  The property is zoned Heavy Industrial (I-3). Parcel ID: 2432-500-0001-000-5.]
          >> WELCOME. >> WELCOME. 
          >> THE NEXT ITEM IS A QUASIJUDICIAL HEARING FOR AN APPLICATION FOR MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT SUBMITTED BY PROPERTY OWNER PRECAST SPECIALTIES LLC AND REPRESENTATIVE MARK LANDSMAN OF HALEY BOARD, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A FACE SITE AND AMENDMENT TO BUILD A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT AND ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS IN PHASE ONE AND EXPAND THE SITE WITH AN OFFICE WORKSHOP ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND PHASE TWO, 838 98 SILETZ ROAD, FT. PIERCE, FLORIDA. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED 
          HEAVY INDUSTRIAL I3. >> I HAVE THE ADVERTISING AND 
          NOTICE REQUIREMENTS BEEN MET? >> YES MA'AM. 
          >> WOULD YOU ASK ABOUT EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS? 
          >> YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER BRODRICK, X PARTAKE? 
          >> NO. >> COMMISSIONER GAINS? 
          >> >> JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER. 
          >> I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE THIS TIME AROUND. I HAVEN'T SET UP ANYTHING FOR YOU THIS TIME AROUND. 
          >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? >> NOT THIS TIME AROUND BUT THIS 
          IS SOMETHING NEW, CORRECT? >> IT'S A NEW APPLICATION. 
          >> OKAY, NOT REGARDING THIS NEW, I DON'T THINK. 
          >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SWEAR IN THE WITNESSES? 
          >> ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT WILL INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> YOU NOTICED YOUR NAME, DON'T YOU? 
          >> STEVE MOVED OVER TO THE HOTSEAT, BY THE WAY. 
          >> THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, KEVIN FREEMAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. TONIGHT WE HAVE A MAJOR AMENDMENT PROPOSAL TO A SITE PLAN FOR PRECAST SPECIALTIES. THE APPLICATION IS AT AN ADDRESS 3898 SELVAGE ROAD. 
          THE APPLICANT IS MARK LANDSMAN OF HALEY BOARD INCORPORATED, PARCEL I.D. 24325000 ONE ROW FIVE. NOW THIS IS A REQUEST TO AND AMENDMENT OF AN EXISTING SITE PLAN IN TWO PHASES. PHASE 
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ONE WOULD BE THE ADDITION OF A BATCH PLANT WITH ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS, AND PHASE TWO WOULD BE THE ADDITION OF AN OFFICE WORKSHOP WITH ALSO ASSOCIATED PARKING AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS. THOSE ARE BROKEN DOWN LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS DURING EACH PHASE AND WHEN. A BIT OF HISTORY, THIS SITE WAS ORIGINALLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY IN 2004 AND DESIGNATED WITH A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LAND USE. 
          SORRY, REZONED. IT WAS THEN REZONED FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO I-3, THAT WAS GOING FROM ST. LUCIE COUNTY CLASSIFICATION TO A CITY CLASSIFICATION. AND THAT WAS GRANTED IN 2016. THE APPROVED PROJECT THEN SET OUT TO DEVELOP SOME 6100 SQUARE FEET PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCTION FACILITY IN MULTIPLE PHASES. 
          THAT'S BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 2017-2018. HERE IS THE LOCATION. 
          IT'S OFF SELVITZ ROAD . YOU MAY SEE THAT TO THE SOUTH OF IT IS A RECENTLY APPROVED PLAN DEVELOPMENT OF SYMPHONY LAKES AND THAT INCORPORATED SOME INDUSTRIAL TO ITS NORTHERN BOUNDARY. TO THE NORTH IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS OPERATING, I THINK, AS AN AGGREGATE RECLAMATION. WE HAVE SOME RESIDENTIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTHEAST, A SCHOOL TO THE EAST, AND MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST ARE INDUSTRIAL USES, THE INLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS OFF OF ENERGY LANE TO THE EAST THERE. SO THE FUTURE LAND USE IS ESSENTIALLY ALL HEAVY INDUSTRY AROUND THEIR. WE DO HAVE SOME RESIDENTIAL LOW-DENSITY TO THE EAST, PRIMARILY THE SCHOOL AND THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH. SO THE SITE PLAN PROPOSES TWO PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE INCORPORATES A BATCH PLANT AND THE BATCH PLANT IS INTENDED TO ENABLE THE PRODUCTION OF CONCRETE ON-SITE, SO IT SHOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRANSPORTATION, HEAVY LORRIES AND SO FORTH COMING TO THE SITE, DELIVERING INGREDIENTS. PHASE TWO, ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE A PARKING LOT TOGETHER WITH AN OFFICE, OR THE ENCLOSED BUILDINGS. LANDSCAPE PLAN INCORPORATES SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUFFER TO THE SOUTH. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUFFERS ALL AROUND, ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOL, AND ALSO LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE SITE AS IT'S APPROPRIATE WITHIN THE PARKING AREAS. SO THE TIMETABLE OF DEVELOPMENT, PHASE ONE INCORPORATES A BATCH PLANT, AGGREGATE BINS WASHOUT AREA, TREATMENT, OFFICE AND PARKING SPACES, AND THE LANDSCAPING AND WALL THAT WILL INCORPORATE THE BUFFER ON THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY, ESSENTIALLY REINFORCING TREES ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY. PHASE TWO WOULD LOOK AT THE -- ESSENTIALLY THE BUILDING OF THE OFFICE WORKSHOP AND THERE ARE TEMPORARY TRAILERS ON SITE WHICH WILL BE MAINTAINED DURING PHASE ONE BUT THEN REMOVED DURING PHASE TWO. ONE BIG IMPROVEMENT TO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS THE CONNECTION TO THE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE. AND THE DEVELOPER IS LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH THE FP UA, FT. PIERCE UTILITIES AUTHORITY, IN TERMS OF ESSENTIALLY CONNECTING THOSE SERVICES TO THE PHASE TWO OPERATION. DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE IMPROVED DURING PHASE TWO AND THE PARKING LOTS AND LIGHTING WILL BE INCORPORATED. THERE'S AN ELEVATION OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING OF PHASE TWO. BEAR IN MIND THERE IS NO PERMANENT BUILDING ON SITE AT THE MOMENT. IT WENT TO THE PLANNING BOARD 
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AND THEY FOUND IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AS THE PROPOSAL PROMOTES THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SITE DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. THE PLANNING BOARD VOTED 7-0 TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION, SUBJECT TO EIGHT CONDITIONS, AS NOTED, AND WITH THE ADDITION TO THE TIMETABLE OF DEVELOPMENT AS THEY RECOMMENDED DURING THAT HEARING. WITH RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE CITY COMMISSION. NOW SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS ACTUALLY GIVE THE CITY FAR MORE CONTROL OVER THE OPERATION OF THIS OPERATION, AS YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH, I'M SURE, PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS THROUGH RESIDENCE AROUND THAT AREA, SO STAFF DID CONSORT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT AS WE REVIEWED THIS. WE FOUND THAT THE INITIAL SITE PLAN DID NOT INCORPORATE ENOUGH CONDITIONS TO ALLOW THE CITY TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST CERTAIN THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON, ON THAT PROPERTY, SO WE TOOK THOSE ON BOARD AND WE CRAFTED AND DISCUSSED WITH THE APPLICANT WAYS AROUND THOSE ISSUES, TO BECOME A BETTER NEIGHBOR IN THAT AREA, UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES THE APPLICANT HAS TO UNDERTAKE AS PART OF THEIR OPERATION. WE NEGOTIATED THE CONNECTION TO THE FORT PIERCE SEWER. SET OUT THE TIMETABLE OF DEVELOPMENT TO CONSOLIDATE WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN DURING THE OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE. SO THE CONDITIONS DO INCORPORATE NOW TREE MITIGATION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TREES THROUGH A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. 
          THERE WERE COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT THE LANDSCAPING WASN'T BEING MAINTAINED. WE HAVE THE CONDITION WHICH IS LOOKING AT NOISE AND THE HOURS OF OPERATION, QUITE IMPORTANTLY, THE HOURS OF OPERATION, AND LIMIT THOSE TO CERTAIN TIME FRAMES. SO ESTABLISHING QUIET HOURS BETWEEN 11:00 AND 7:00 A.M., SUNDAY WITH NO OPERATION WHATSOEVER. IN ADDITION TO THE NOISE STANDARDS, WE URGED THE APPLICANT TO LOOK AT MITIGATING THE BEEPING THAT WHAT OCCURRED DURING AND DOES OCCUR DURING REVERSING OF VEHICLES, AND THEY CAME UP WITH A SYSTEM CALLED THE HEAVY DUTY WHITE SOUND SMART REVERSING SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON SITE TO HELP REDUCE THAT NOISE AND THAT DISTURBANCE, AND THAT WILL BE DONE IN PHASE ONE. WORKING WITH THE CITY ENGINEER, WE WANTED TO REALLY DESCRIBE AND CONDITION WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE, TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORS IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL STORMWATER OR SEDIMENT GETTING INTO THE WATER WASTE DOWN THERE. THERE WILL BE STATE AND FEDERAL PERMITS AND THOSE WILL BE OBTAINED BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT WILL BE INSURED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AS THEY COME THROUGH FOR PERMITS. SO THEREFORE, BASED ON THE FINDINGS THAT THE PROPOSAL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN AND THE PROPOSAL PROMOTES PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SITE DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, STAFF RECOMMEND THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED THE SITE PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EIGHT CONDITIONS THAT WERE MENTIONED 
          ABOVE. THANK YOU. >> MR. FREEMAN, EXCELLENT JOB ON THE CONDITIONS. ONE I DON'T SEE THERE IS THE ADDRESSING THE DESK COMPLAINT GO THERE WAS COMPLAINTS, PARTICULARLY I THINK FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL, ABOUT AIR POLLUTION OF SOME 
          SORT. >> THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THAT DUST IS CONTROLLED BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES. 
          >> OKAY. >> SO PROVIDING THEY COMPLY WITH EXTERNAL ISSUANCE OF PERMITS, THAT WILL BE 
          >> THAT'S NOT OUR CONDITION. >> ULTIMATELY IF IT BECOMES A NUISANCE, THEN WE COULD TAKE ACTION ON THE NUISANCE PART OF OUR CODE. BEING CONNECTED TO WATER AND SEWER, PARTICULARLY 
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WATER, THEN THERE IS OPTIONS THEN TO REDUCE OR IMPLEMENT 
          THOSE CONTROL SYSTEMS. >> THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER BRODRICK? 
          >> SEVERAL, ACTUALLY. FIRST OFF, CAN YOU GO TO THE OVERVIEW OF THE ZONING AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES? 
          >> DIRECTOR FREEMAN, I'M SURE YOU WOULD PROBABLY AGREE THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST CASES OF TRANSITIONAL ZONING ANYWHERE IN 
          THE CITY. >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> JUST IT DOESN'T EXIST AND THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE PURPLE LOT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, THEY CREATED THEIR OWN TRANSITION, NOT THAT LOT AT THE COMMERCIAL, THEY CREATED THEIR OWN TRANSITIONAL ZONING BY PUTTING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUFFERING AS CLOSE TO THIS PROPERTY AS POSSIBLE, CORRECT? 
          >> CORRECT. >> SO THEY WERE TRYING TO MITIGATE THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BY CREATING THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUFFER. SO THE POINT OF MAKING THAT COMMENT IS THAT IT'S NO FAULT OF THE APPLICANTS THAT OUR ZONING IN THIS AREA IS SIMPLY HORRIFIC. IT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN PUT IT. THIS IS JUST INCORRECTLY -- WE'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM OUT IN THIS AREA FOR FOREVER, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN AROUND, ON THE PLANNING BOARD FOR YEARS. WE EXPERIENCED THIS WHEN THIS APPLICATION CAME IN ORIGINALLY, WE EXPRESSED THIS PROBLEM. HAVING HAD SAID THAT, ONE OF THE PRIMARY ISSUES HERE I THINK IS THE DUST GENERATION FROM THE TRUCKS RUNNING DOWN UNPAVED ROADS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THESE ROADS ARE GOING TO BE PAVED NOW, SO THAT PROBLEM WOULD BE IN ESSENCE ELIMINATED OR REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY, ACCORDING TO THE SITE PLAN ARE THESE ROADS GOING TO BE PAVED ? 
          >> I'D HAVE TO PUT THAT OVER TO THE APPLICANT. 
          >> WE'LL HOLD THAT QUESTION. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          THAT'S ONE WAY THAT THIS IS BEING -- THE IMPACTS OF THESE ARE BEING LESSENED. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME ON THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, OBVIOUSLY THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER CREATES NOISE BUFFER AND VISUAL BUFFER. YOU SAY ON THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY THAT THEY ARE INCREASING THIS BUFFER SIGNIFICANTLY BUT THE BOUNDARY TO THE RIGHT IS WHERE IT ABUTS THE SCHOOL, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. ARE WE MAKING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES TO THAT BUFFER TO LESSEN SOUND AND VISUAL? 
          >> THE STAFF EXPLORED THE INTRODUCTION OF THE WALL ALONG THAT BUFFER. THE COMPLICATION OF THAT IS THE GRADING OF THAT AREA AND THE IMPACT OF PUTTING A BALL ON TOP OF THAT AREA IN TERMS OF THE RETENTION AREA THERE. WE HAVE ENCOURAGED THE ADDITION OF ADDITIONAL PLANTING ON THERE, AS FAR AS WE CAN GET ON THEIR. 
          >> WHAT ABOUT THE CREATION OF A BERM? 
          >> THERE IS A BERM THERE ALREADY. 
          >> IT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN YEARS AGO. 
          >> IT NEEDS REINFORCING AND ESSENTIALLY HOLDING TOGETHER WITH LANDSCAPING, AND TO CREATE THAT, MAINTAIN THAT LANDSCAPING 
          IN THEIR. >> SO THERE IS A BURN THERE NOW WITH LANDSCAPING THAT'S DEAD OR DYING, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE 
          INDICATING? >> IT'S SPARSER THAN IT SHOULD 
          BE. >> SO WITH THE NEW PARAMETERS FOR LANDSCAPING, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE LOW LANDSCAPING, MEDIUM, AND HIGH? CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME AN EXTRA DONATION AS TO WHAT THE VISUAL PERCEPTION OF THAT WILL BE? 
          >> BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED SPACE THERE, WE'VE ENCOURAGED THE WHOLE VOLUME OF THAT BUFFER BE FILLING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND WE'LL BE WORKING FOR THAT AS THE APPLICANT COMES IN AND DOES THE TREE MITIGATION AND SO FORTH. 
          >> YOU MENTIONED THE COMMENT, ENCOURAGED. I'D LIKE TO QUALIFY THAT. ARE THEY GOING TO DO IT OR ARE THEY PUSHING BACK ON THIS OR 
          WHAT? >> NO, THEY'RE NOT PUSHING BACK. WE'VE BEEN QUITE IN SOME DETAIL TO ENHANCE THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AS FAR AS WE COULD IN TERMS OF THE VOLUME OF TREES 
          THAT WOULD GO IN THERE. >> IT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. I WANT TO ENSURE THIS IS GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN AS AN ABSOLUTE. I ASSURE YOU EVERYBODY SAID LAPEER HAS RECEIVED COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE OPERATION OF THIS FACILITY, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO THROW COLD WATER ON THE APPLICANT. IT'S NOT THERE DOING THAT THEIR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL AND SCHOOLS. THAT'S NOT THERE DOING. BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MITIGATE THIS FALLS TO THEM AND DIRECTOR, I'VE GOT TO RELY ON YOU THAT WE'RE GETTING THE PACKAGE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU DEEM WARRANTED HERE TO GET US THE BEST RESULT POSSIBLE. IS THAT HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? I SEGUED INTO MY QUESTION, HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING YOU'VE ASKED FOR? 
          >> YES. >> SO THERE'S NOTHING I HAVE TO REQUEST FROM THEM THIS EVENING. 
          >> THE ONLY THING THAT WE ASKED FOR THAT WE FOUND COULD NOT BE 
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INCORPORATED WAS THE WALL WITHIN THAT BUFFER, BECAUSE OF THE GRADING AND PROXIMITY TO THAT RETENTION AREA. 
          >> I HAVEN'T PUT EYES SPECIFICALLY ON THIS BERM AREA HERE BUT IF YOU ARE INDICATING THAT IT NEEDS WORK TO GET THEM BACK TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE, THEN THE LANDSCAPING PACKAGE INSTALLED, WHAT COMFORT LEVEL DO YOU HAVE, SINCE THE FIRST LANDSCAPING PACKAGE WAS LEFT TO GO FALLOW, THAT THAT'S NOT 
          GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN? >> NOW WE HAVE CONDITIONS RELATING TO LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. 
          >> THAT YOU IMPLEMENTED A WHILE AGO. 
          >> THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENT A. WE HAD A LANDSCAPING PLAN WHICH CLEARLY DEVOLVES THAT, THE NUMBER OF PLANTS THAT WILL BE GOING IN THERE AND THE TYPES OF PLANTS THAT WILL GO IN THERE. 
          AND THAT WILL NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO BE ABLE TO GET A CO FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. THAT WILL BE INSPECTED. PUBLIC WORKS DO NOW HAVE A DEDICATED ARBORIST WHO WE USE TO GO OUT THERE AND INSPECT, AND ENSURE THAT PLANTING HAS BEEN DONE ACCORDING TO THE PLAN. AND WE WILL ALSO VISIT THIS LOCATION. 
          >> I'M GOING TO BRING THAT UP WITH THE APPLICANT, AS WELL . 
          WHAT ABOUT THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY HERE? 
          >> WE WANTED THEM TO CONCENTRATE ON THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY IS ESSENTIALLY ABUTS ANOTHER 
          INDUSTRIAL USE. >> OKAY. 
          >> WE'D RATHER THE REQUIRED TREES AND PLANTING BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST, AND AROUND THE RETENTION AREA RATHER THAN IN LOCATIONS WHERE A BUFFER WOULD REALLY NOT PROVIDE ANY BENEFIT BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL USES. 
          >> OKAY, CLEARLY I AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT. NOW IT'S ALSO -- THIS QUESTION IS PROBABLY BEST FOR THE APPLICANT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AREA THAT THEY ARE PROCESSING CURRENTLY IS BEING MOVED TO GET AWAY FROM THOSE BOUNDARIES. IS THAT A FAIR 
          ASSESSMENT? >> THE BATCH PLANT WOULD BE MOVED TO THE FURTHEST POINT AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL . THE USE OF THE BATCH PLAN AND THE APPLICANT CAN EXPLAIN THIS FAR BETTER THAN I CAN, REDUCES THE NUMBER OF -- THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT COMES IN AND DELIVERS. OF COURSE THEY CAN MANUFACTURE THE PRODUCT THEMSELVES ON SITE. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME WAY DOWN AREAS ACROSS THE PROPERTY AND AGAIN THE APPLICANT IS FAR BETTER ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE ACTUAL OPERATION 
          OF THAT. >> WE'LL HOLD THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING FOR THEM. I AGREE WITH YOU. THANK YOU, I'M GOOD. 
          >> QUICK QUESTION WHY WE TALK ABOUT THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OVER HERE, COULD YOU HAVE A TREE PLAN HERE? WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION? COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THIS 
          AND. >> WITH THE CONDITION, YES. 
          >> WE DIDN'T SPECIFY OR WE DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS. 
          >> TREES ARE NUMBERED ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN SO THEY ARE SPECIFIED ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. I DON'T RECALL THEM NOW IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE NUMBERS AND TYPES AND SPECIES OF 
          TREES. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS KIND OF LOOKING FOR BECAUSE ON THE LASTING, WE SAW THE NUMBERS -- 
          >> ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN UNLESS THERE ARE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE SLIDES, WE DON'T GET TO SEE THE DETAIL. 
          >> I VISITED THE SITE. I TOOK A TOUR HERE. I GOT AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS IN THE PHASING SO NOW IT'S KIND OF MANIFESTED INTO THIS AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND SO THAT SOUTHERN -- I'M GOING TO CALL IT, THE EASTERN WALL THAT FACES CENTRAL, THAT'S SOUTH, THE EAST IS TO THE RIGHT SO THAT PART 
          THERE -- >> SOMETHING 
          THERE. >> I THINK THERE MAY BE A DITCH. 
          >> THERE IS A DITCH, IT WAS PRETTY BIG. IT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT 
          WOULDN'T HOLD. >> THERE WAS ISSUES WITH ENGINEERING A SUITABLE RETAINING WALL WITHOUT. 
          >> I THINK FOR THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE NUMBER OF TREES AND DENSITY THAT WOULD BE PUT IN THERE AND I'LL ASK THE APPLICANT BECAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION WHEN I MET WITH HIM IS TALK TO ME ABOUT THE DENSITY AND THE HEIGHT AND THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU ARE PUTTING HERE ON TOP OF THE BERM IT'S ALREADY THERE, THAT WOULD ALSO BE A VISUAL BUFFER BETWEEN CENTRAL AND THIS PLANT. SO I'LL LEAVE 
          THAT FOR THEM WHEN THEY COME. >> I WILL SAY THAT WE DID REVIEW THAT AND WE DID RESPOND VERY WELL IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE WANTED TO GO THERE , AND ESTABLISHING THE TYPE OF 
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LANDSCAPING, THE NUMBER OF LANDSCAPING THAT WE DO, THAT WE 
          ARE REQUESTING THEM TO DO. >> BUT YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. 
          THEY'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED THAT TO YOU AND IT'S MET YOUR 
          EXPECTATIONS. >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> OKAY, VERY WELL POINT >> REAL QUICK, I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOUR MAP YOU HAVE UP AND SO EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND, I, TOO, HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT -- AND I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT IT, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CLOSENESS TO FT. PIERCE CENTRAL. 
          HOWEVER, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR MAP, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR TIME. 
          PHASE ONE IS -- I KNOW PHASE ONE IS 2026 AND PHASE TWO IS 2028 POINT SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PHASE ONE, PHASE ONE ON YOUR MAP IS OVER BY THE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, COMMISSIONERS, CENTRAL. SO I AGREE WITH MY COMMISSIONERS, AS MANY TREES OR WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO PROTECT THOSE KIDS AND FACULTY AT CENTRAL, WE NEED TO DO THAT. BUT FROM WHAT I'M SEEING, PHASE ONE IS BUILDING UP THAT EASTERN PART. 
          >> I THINK IT'S WESTERN . >> IT'S OPPOSITE THAT. 
          >> IT'S PHASE ONE AT THE BOTTOM. 
          >> AT PHASE ONE AT THE BOTTOM, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL 
          YOU. >> THE LANDSCAPING IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED DURING PHASE ONE POINT 
          >> PHASE ONE IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING, THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S AVOIDING THE PROPERTY OF FORT PIERCE CENTRAL BUT PHASE ONE IS REALLY THE PLANT -- 
          >> I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >> FURTHEST POINT CAN GET ON THEIR PROPERTY FROM FT. PIERCE. THIS IS WHAT WE'LL BE DEALING WITH IN BETWEEN 2026 AND 2027, IF THIS IS APPROVED. 
          >> YES. >> WE SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THEY START PHASE TWO, IF THEY ARE DOING WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO AND PHASE ONE WITH THE PROTECTION OF THIS AREA, THIS AREA, THIS BERM AREA, THE EAST CENTRAL, AND HOWEVER PHASE ONE IS LOOKING AT THE PLANT . I'M NOT GOING TO CUT COMMISSIONER BURKE, I'M NOT GOING TO TOUCH THE DIAGRAM OF THAT WHOLE AREA THERE SO IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT IS WHAT IT IS SO WE HAVE TIME. I GUESS MY CONCERN IS, AND WHAT I'M TALKING TO YOU, DIRECTOR FREEMAN, WE HAVE TIME BETWEEN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPER IS DOING WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO IN PHASE ONE AND IF NOT , BEFORE WE CAN GO BACK TO PHASE TWO, THEY COME BACK IN AND SAY WHY ARE WE NOT DOING WHAT WE'RE 
          SUPPOSED TO BE IN PHASE ONE? >> I KIND OF SHOWED YOU THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE SIDE THAT WILL BE MONITORED AND BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE, BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBORS 
          IN THAT AREA. >> THANK YOU, SIR. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE -- NOW I WOULD LIKE THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE. 
          >> MADAME MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, A PRESENTATION I'D LIKE TO -- 
          >> COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? 
          >> MY NAME IS MARK LANDSMAN, I'M AN APPLICATION ON THE 
          PRODUCT. >> I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. FRIEDMAN? 
          >> I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. PRESENTATION OR JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT AND HOPEFULLY CLEAR UP SOME QUESTIONS. 
          >> OKAY, PROCEED. >> SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND, THE SITE DATA ON THIS, THE PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 75 ACRES. IT'S AN EXISTING CONCRETE PLANT. THE CONCRETE CURRENTLY IS DELIVERED TO THE SITE ON A DAILY BASIS. THERE WAS A LOT OF TRUCKS CURRENTLY COMING TO THE SITE USING COUNTY AND CITY ROADS TO ACCESS THE SITE TO MANUFACTURE STRUCTURAL UTILITY AND STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE IS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS I3 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING, AND THIS HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2017. SO HERE WE SHOW AN AERIAL MAP. OUR PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW IS PRECAST SPECIALTIES. AND HERE'S A FUTURE LAND USE MAP , HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER PURPLE PROPERTIES AROUND IT ARE ALSO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, AND TO THE EAST THERE WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL LOW WHICH IS THE FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. THE ZONING MAP, HERE WE HAVE OUR PROPERTY IS I-3 ZONING. I'LL GIVE THE BLUE PROPERTY SURROUNDING ARE ALSO I-3 ZONING. WE HAVE A PD TO THE NORTH AND RESIDENTIAL 2 TO THE EAST OF THE SCHOOL. SO WE ARE PROPOSING A PHASED 
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DEVELOPMENT. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BATCH PLANT IS IN PHASE ONE AS WELL AS AN 800 SQUARE-FOOT DISPATCH OFFICE AND ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS. THE BATCH PLANT WILL BE RELOCATED ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED AS FAR AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL IN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AS POSSIBLE. IT'S IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY SO MOST OF THE OPERATIONS WILL BE MOVED AS FAR AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL AND AS FAR AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AS FEASIBLY POSSIBLE FOR THIS PROJECT. PHASE TWO WILL BE 41,000 SQUARE FOOT OF OFFICE. WORKSHOPS. ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS A PARKING LOT AND THE SITE IS CURRENT ON WELL AND SEPTIC SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH POA, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THEM WITH EXTENDING A WATER MAIN FROM FT. 
          PIERCE CENTRAL ALL THE WAY TO OUR WESTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY, AS WELL AS PHASING OUT THE SEPTIC SYSTEM AND GOING ON TO CITY SEWER. SO IT'S ALL BEEN WORKED OUT WITH FDA AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE ONLY ONE OF FOUR CONCRETE LANDS THAT ARE IN THE AREA. SO THESE PICTURES SHOW THE SITE AS IT LOOKS FROM OUR PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A CONCRETE RECYCLING PLANT JUST TO THE NORTH HERE WITH SOME PICTURES SHOWING FROM OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARIES. WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY TO SEE THIS IS FT. PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE FROM OUR PROPERTY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LAKE. THERE IS A BERM THAT IS IN PLACE THERE. THERE IS SOME LANDSCAPING THAT IS PLACED OUT THERE. WE DO INTEND ON ENHANCING THE LANDSCAPING AND REALLY DOUBLING THE LANDSCAPING LATER IN THAT AREA. BUT DUE TO THE SIDES OF THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THE SCHOOL VERY WELL FROM WITHIN OUR PROPERTY AND DUE TO LIMITATIONS AND THE LOCATION OF THE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY LINE, PUTTING A WALL ON THAT PROPERTY BOUNDARY WAS NOT STRUCTURALLY FEASIBLE SO WE WERE WILLING TO ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPING OF THAT AREA TO DO THE BEST TO OUR ABILITIES TO MEET STAFF'S CONDITIONS AND TO SCREEN OUR PROPERTY FROM THE SCHOOL AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE FROM OUR PROPERTY TO THE SCHOOL IN THE BACKGROUND. SEE THERE IS SOME LANDSCAPING AND THERE IS A BERM THAT'S THERE. THIS IS OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARY LOOKING TO THE SOUTH, DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF US IS THE NORTH ST. LUCIE CANAL AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WHERE THERE IS SOME LANDSCAPING BUT WE ALSO PLAN ON ENHANCING THAT WITH A WALL AND WITH ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER LOOK TO THE SOUTH TO THE ADJACENT -- LOOKS LIKE A MIXED-USE POVERTY THAT'S COMING IN SOON. AND AGAIN SOME EXISTING LANDSCAPING SHOWN OUT THERE. AND LOOKING TO THE WEST, THIS IS ANOTHER CONCRETE PLANT IS CURRENTLY IN OPERATION. YOU CAN SEE THEIR PLANT IN THERE IN THE DISTANCE. 
          >> 
          >> WE DO HAVE CONCRETE OUT HERE. IT IS PAVED , SO THE TRUCKS WILL BE SEVERELY LIMITED DUE TO THE BATCH PLAN. NO LONGER WILL THE TRUCKS HAVE TO DELIVER CONCRETE TO THE SITE. WE WILL MAKE IT ON-SITE AND REDUCE THE TRUCK TRAFFIC COMING TO THE SITE. TO THE NORTH OF THE BATCH PLANTS WE HAVE A DISPATCH OFFICE WITH PARKING SPOTS SO THE TRUCKS CAN COME IN AND OUT OF THE SITE. TO THE SOUTH OF THAT THAT IS PHASE 2. PHASE 2 IS GOING TO INCLUDE OFFICES HERE IN THE CENTER AS WELL AS SOME WORKSHOPS . THESE WORKSHOPS ENHANCE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SITE AND WILL PROVIDE NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF PARKING SPACES . THERE WILL BE PAVED PARKING AND WE WILL ALSO INCLUDE UTILITIES IN THIS PHASE FOR WATER AND SEWER HOOKUP. TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, HERE'S 
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THE ENTIRE SITE PLAN. PHASE 1 IS HERE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER AND PHASE 2 IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER. IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER WE WILL PUT A SIX FOOT HIGH CONCRETE WALL. THERE IS ALREADY AN EXISTING BERM THERE. WE PLAN ON PUTTING THE WALL ON TOP OF THE BERM TO ADD ADDITIONAL SCREENING TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS. 
          THIS IS OUR PROPOSED BUFFERING. WE DO PLAN ON ENHANCING THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINES , SO WE CAN SCREEN THE SCHOOL AND SCREEN THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. IT'S A LARGE SITE , SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THIS IS WHERE THE WALL WILL BE PLACED, AND TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS HERE ON TREES , THERE ARE ONLY 11 EXISTING OAKS OUT THERE. 13 EXISTING SABAL PALM'S AND WE PLANTED WE WILL PLANT 88 LIVE OAKS, AND 26 OAKS. 
          WE WILL BRING THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN BUFFER TO 137 TREES TOTAL. OVER 1600 PALM HEDGES. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE SECONDARY BUFFERING AROUND THE LAKE. BECAUSE OF LIMITATIONS ON THE EASTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY WITH THE LAKE AND THE PROPERTY LINE , WE FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO PUT ADDITIONAL PLANTINGS AROUND THE SIDE TO BUFFER AS MUCH AS WE CAN. SO WE HAVE A LAYERED APPROACH TO PROVIDING SCREENING. THIS SHOWS THE SERVICE MAP. AS YOU CAN SEE THE WATER MAIN ENDS AT THE SCHOOL TO THE EAST AND THERE IS CURRENTLY NO WATER MAIN RUNNING THROUGH OUR SITE . THE WATER MAIN IS ON THE ROAD TO THE WEST. SO WITH THE PHASE 2 PLAN WE WORK WITH THEM TO EXTEND THE WATER MAIN 2800 LINEAR FEET ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THE CONCRETE PLANT TO THE WEST BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT THEY WILL WORK WITH FP WAY. THAT WILL PROVIDE WATER SERVICE. AND ENHANCE REDUNDANCIES. THIS IS , AGAIN, THE FP WAY SERVICE MAP AND WE ARE PROPOSING A LIFT STATION ON THIS PROPERTY TO SERVE THE PHASE 2 BUILDINGS. AND PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FORCE MAIN BECAUSE THE FORCE MAIN CONNECTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON SELVITZ ROAD SO WE CAN PHASE OUT THE SEWER -- PHASE OUT THE SEPTIC AND RUN SEWER. THIS IS THE SCHEDULE THAT I WAS WORKING WITH. THIS TABLE DOES SHOW HOW WE WILL BUILD THAT THE SITE. THE BATCH PLANT WILL BE IN PHASE 1 AND WE PLAN TO START IN JANUARY 2026. IT INCLUDES WASHOUT TREATMENT PONDS, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES LANDSCAPING AND THE WALL. WE WILL ENSURE THAT ALL THE LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING IS COMPLETED PRIOR TO DECEMBER 27TH SO THAT WE CAN SCREEN THE ENTIRE SITE BEFORE WE BEGIN ANY FACE TO WORK. PHASE 2 WILL INCLUDE THE OFFICE AND WORKSHOPS IN THE PARKING LOT, LIGHTING , THE WATER MAIN EXTENSION GRINDER STATION, FORCE MAIN AND THAT TEMPORARY TRAILERS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE. HERE IS AN ISOMETRIC VIEW OF THE BATCH PLANTS WE ARE PROPOSING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE AND INCLUDES AGGREGATE BINS AND WASHDOWN AREAS IT WILL HELP US REDUCE THE TRUCK TRAFFIC COMING TO THE PROPERTY. THESE ARE THE SAME ELEVATIONS THAT WERE SHOWN IN THE OTHER PRESENTATION. THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING FOR PHASE 2 . AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE SOUTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS. 
          AND THOSE WILL BE NORTH ELEVATIONS. WE WILL FACE THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH. WORKING WITH STAFF ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS GOING TO BE A TIMETABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO IT WILL ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CONSTRUCTED IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          WE ARE WORKING WITH DOING THE TREE MITIGATION PLAN WITH STAFF 
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SO WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY ARBORIST, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT ANY OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT IS INSTALLED AN EXISTING LANDSCAPING IS UP TO CODE AND TAKEN CARE OF. ALSO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE NOISE STANDARDS WILL BE APPLIED TO CITY STANDARDS. HOURS OF OPERATION. THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE JUST GOING TO GET IN WRITING, BUT THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE ON THE SITE FOR SOME TIME AND WE ALREADY TO OPERATE UNDER THESE HOURS CURRENTLY. HEAVY DUTY WHITE SOUND SMART REVERSING SYSTEM, THIS IS SOMETHING WE WORKED WITH STAFF EARLIER THIS YEAR AND IT'S -- ALL THE TRUCKS ON SITE I THINK SINCE MARCH WE'VE HAD THIS TO REDUCE THE NOISE AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR ALL OF OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS. AS THE ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT I'D BE WORKING WITH THE CITY ENGINEER AND EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL DURING ALL PHASES OF THIS PROJECT. AND , OF COURSE, WE WILL RECEIVE AND GET ALL STATE AND FEDERAL PERMITS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT , AND I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT PERMITTING FOR AIR QUALITY. THAT IS NOT WITHIN MY SCOPE. THAT IS UNDER FDP. THE SITE DOES GET CONTINUED MONITORING AND PERMITTING THROUGH THE STATE FOR AIR QUALITY FOR DEP. JUST IN SUMMARY, PHASE 1 WILL HAVE THE BATCH PLANT AND THAT WILL BE REDUCING THE TRUCK TRAFFIC ON SITE AND THAT WILL BE INCLUDING A DISPATCH CENTER ON THE NORTH SIDE ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS. PHASE 2 WILL BE THE OFFICE, THE WORKSHOPS, PARKING LOT, WATER SEWER EXTENSIONS , AS WELL AS OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PHASE 2. WE WILL COME UP WITH 
          WELL AND SEPTIC AND HOOK UP TO >> F.P.: WASTE AND SEWER WATER PROGRAM AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION AND I WELCOME ANY 
          QUESTIONS. >> WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EASTERN PART -- ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE SITE BETWEEN THE BATCH PLANT AND THE RETENTION POND. WHAT IS GOING TO GO ON THERE? 
          >> THAT'S A PLACE FOR MATERIALS. ONCE THEY DEVELOP OR CONSTRUCT -- A LOT OF TIMES IT IS LARGE POWER POLES AND THEY WILL BE LAID DOWN IN THAT AREA BEFORE THEY ARE MOVED OFF-SITE. 
          >> SOY TRUCK WOULD HAVE TO COME AND MOVE THOSE. RIGHT. AND THE QUESTION WAS ASKED EARLIER ABOUT MORE PAVING. WILL THERE BE MORE 
          PAVING ON THIS SITE? >> YES, ESPECIALLY THE PARKING AREAS . THERE WILL BE MORE PAVING WHERE THE MAJORITY OF TRUCK TRAFFIC IS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE SITE. QUESTIONS? OF 
          THE APPLICANT? >> I HAVE A FEW. TO BE CANDID WITH YOU, I WAS ON THE PLANNING BOARD WHEN THIS THING CAME FORWARD ORIGINALLY. THAT WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I REMEMBER IT WELL BECAUSE THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WAS UP IN ARMS ABOUT THIS. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED THE ASSURANCES THAT THE LANDSCAPING PACKAGE WOULD BE MAINTAINED, WHICH WE'VE NOW INDICATED THAT HAS NOT BEEN. AND THIS -- RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS OPERATION. I GUESS MY COMMENT IS THAT IT WOULD APPEAR FROM THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED THAT THE OPERATORS HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS. I WILL PUT IT RIGHT OUT THERE. MY EXPECTATIONS AND DIRECTOR FRIEDMA I HAVE FAITH IN HIS ABILITY TO MONITOR THE SITUATION , BUT MY CONCERN -- LET ME ASK MY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FIRST. IS THIS BATCH PLANT, WHAT DOES THIS GENERATE FREE MISSIONS, DUST , WHAT DOES THIS THING DO? I UNDERSTAND MAKES CONCRETE. YOU WOULD BE FILLING YOUR TRUCKS OR FORMS ON SITE WITH THE USE OF THE EQUIPMENT THERE. BUT WHAT DOES IT GENERATE THAT WE SHOULD BE 
          CONCERNED ABOUT? >> AS FAR AS I'M AWARE THE TRUCK WILL COMES IN TO THE BATCH PLANT AND BRING MATERIALS TO THE SITE WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THE CONCRETE AT THE BATCH PLANT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY DUST THAT WILL BE CREATED FROM THE BATCH PLANT. 
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THAT'S NOT MY PURVIEW SO I CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT. WE WILL BE REDUCING TRUCK TRAFFIC, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WAS A CONCERN 
          COMING OFF OF THE SITE. >> YOU HEARD MY QUESTION OR COMMENT EARLIER. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. THE AREA THAT THE TRUCKS WILL BE USING FOR SERVICE WERE COMING AND GOING AND PICKING UP MATERIALS THAT ENTIRE AREA WILL BE PAVED? 
          >> THE BATCH PLANT AREA, THE PARKING LOT, EVERYTHING TOWARDS THE NORTH -- NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE WHERE WE WILL HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE BATCH PLANT WORK THAT WILL BE PAVED. 
          >> AND THE TRUCKS WILL BE UTILIZING THAT AREA SPECIFICALLY ACCEPT THE ON-SITE VEHICLES THAT ARE MOVING THINGS AROUND ON YOUR SITES. OKAY. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS CURRENTLY IS NOT DUST BEING GENERATION -- DUST BEING GENERATED, IT'S DUST BEING GENERATED BY THE TRUCKS. 
          IT WOULD APPEAR AS THOUGH YOU HAVE ADDRESSED THAT CONCERN. MY SECONDARY CONCERN IS THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERING. DIRECTOR FREEMAN HAS INDICATED THAT -- I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT, DIRECTOR FREEMAN, MAYBE -- IS WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FROM PHASE 1 TO PHASE 2. PHASE 1 INCLUDES THE LANDSCAPE PACKAGE. I DON'T WANT TO ISSUE PERMITS FOR PHASE 2 IF THEY HAVE NOT MAINTAINED THE 
          IMPROVEMENTS IN PHASE 1. >> THEY WILL NOT BE ISSUED. 
          >> SO WE HAVE A STOPGAP TO SAY YOU GUYS PUT OFFICE LANDSCAPING AND HALF OF IT IS DEAD AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN MAINTAINING IT, AND WE ARE NOT AN ISSUE YOUR PERMITS.'S THAT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU GUYS ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS THAT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DON'T MEET YOUR AGREEMENTS, -- YOU WILL BE BACK HERE AND IT WILL THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME AS TO WHY WE ARE REVISITING THIS ISSUE. AM I MAKING MYSELF CLEAR AS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT? CLEARLY THE RESPONSIBILITY MOVES TO YOUR CLIENT, NOT YOU, OBVIOUSLY. YOU'RE JUST THE REPRESENTATIVE, BUT YOUR CLIENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE HERE. I HAVE MARKED FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE EYES ON THIS. WE HAVE THE CITY OFFICES AND I HAVE MY MAIN GUY HERE, DIRECTOR FREEMAN, WE WILL HAVE EYES ON THIS. I'M ADVISING YOU ABIDE BY THE AGREEMENT AND I THINK YOU WILL BE OKAY. THAT CLEARLY HAS NOT HAPPENED TO DATE , SO THAT'S WHERE THE RUB COMES IN. MAKE ME A BELIEVER, I GUESS, IS THE POINT I'M TRYING TO GET A. 
          >> I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT EARLIER BUT I WORK WELL WITH STAFF. I WORKED ON THEM WITH MANY OTHER PROJECTS AND I'M CERTAIN WE CAN GET THIS DONE AND I BELIEVE THE CONDITIONS IN HERE -- TO STOP THE -- 
          >> DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? DIRECTOR FREEMAN YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THESE SOLUTIONS? 
          >> PHASE 1 AND TIME LINES ASSOCIATED WITH IT, THOSE WOULD NEED TO BE SECURED AND IMPLEMENTED . PHASE 2 -- YOU WON'T GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AT PHASE 1 COMPLETION UNLESS ALL THOSE COMPONENTS ARE IN. 
          >> THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR. THANK YOU. I THINK THE PROTECTIONS ARE HERE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. OR AT LEAST I AM LOOKING FOR. I'M SURE THE COMMISSION AGREES. COMMISSIONER GAINES IS GIVING ME THE EYE DOWN THERE. TO MITIGATE THE DUST CREATION I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. I'M HAPPY WITH THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND I WANT TO SEE DEPLOYED COMPLETELY WITH ENGINEERING AND THE NEW CITY ARBORIST. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THEY HAVE CHECKED THE BOXES, DIRECTOR FREEMAN. DO YOU AGREE? 
          >> I'M HAPPY -- AND IT WAS NOT AN EASY NEGOTIATION. 
          >> THIS IS NOT EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. STAFF DID NOT ROLL OVER WITH THIS. WE UNDERSTOOD THE IMPLICATIONS, HISTORY OF THIS SITE. WE WERE OFTEN INVOLVED IN SPEAKING TO RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AND HAVING TO TELL RESIDENTS THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO TAKE ACTION BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE CONDITIONS SET FOR THAT SITE 
          PLAN . >> AND THAT TEMPLATE IS NOW IN PLACE. THANK YOU , DIRECTOR, AND THINK YOUR STAFFER SEEMED TO THIS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. I'M SATISFIED. I THINK WE ARE 
          OKAY. >> ANYONE ELSE? 
          >> REAL QUICK . I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT COMMISSIONER BRODERICK THAT IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY TO DIRECTOR FREEMAN EARLIER. I WILL NOT -- WE WILL TAKE YOU WERE TONIGHT THAT YOU HAVE SEEN WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR. MY QUESTION , JUST SO I'M CLEAR , AND THIS IS MORE TO MADAME ATTORNEY. WE HAVE THROWN IN A STOPGAP IN BETWEEN THE SPACES . DO WE NEED TO ADD 
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ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL CONDITION OR ARE WE GOOD WITH WHAT WE ARE SEEING APPEAR WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE GO FROM PHASE 1 TO PHASE 2 AND EVERYTHING WE WANT BECAUSE I THINK TONIGHT ON THE AGENDA WE ARE PROVING BOTH. 
          >> CORRECT. WE ARE APPROVING BOTH. 
          >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN 2028 AND 2029, 2030 WE ARE NOT DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TONIGHT. 
          >> COMMISSIONERS , MAYOR, IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT THAT YOU WANT TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF YOUR APPROVAL, IT NEEDS TO BE CONDITION. SIMPLY DISCUSSING IT WOULD NOT MAKE IT BINDING UNLESS IT IS A CONDITION OF YOUR APPROVAL. SO IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ADDITIONAL, IT WOULD NEED TO BE AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION ADDED TO YOUR APPROVAL. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I DON'T WANT TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS BECAUSE I WANT THE PROJECT TO GO FORWARD , BUT I'VE SEEN PROJECTS LIKE THIS COME BEFORE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND THE PEOPLE BEFORE US DID NOT TAKE THE TIME TO ADDRESS. SO , COMMISSIONER BRODERICK, I CAN'T TALK TO AFTER THIS MEETING , SO ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWERS YOU GOT FROM DIRECTOR FREEMAN WITHOUT PUTTING SOMETHING AS A CONDITION? I DON'T WANT TO START THE PROJECT -- I DON'T WANT TO STOP THE PROJECT. I AM FOR THE PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY TO THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT WATER LINE GOING IN. AND OPEN UP MORE AVENUES. I THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT WILL OPEN UP MORE AVENUES, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU ARE FINE WITH WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT AND THAT WHAT DIRECTOR FREEMAN AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TELLING ME THAT WE ARE GOOD. WE HAVE SOME TEETH AND CONDITIONS AND WE CAN GO OUT AND MAKE SURE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE A HAPPY CAMPER IF I'M SITTING IN THE SEAT IN 2029 AND WE COME BACK AND YOU GUYS TELL ME, WELL, WE DID PUT THAT AS A CONDITION SO I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I'M NOT GOING TO BE A HAPPY CAMPER. I WANT TO PUT THIS OUT THERE TO US. IF YOU ARE FINE, I AM FINE AND WE MOVE ON BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO STOP THIS PROJECT. 
          >> DIRECTOR FREEMAN AND I HAVE HAD SPECIFIC DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ALLOWING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ITS DIRECTOR TO MAKE THE CALL ON ISSUES SUCH AS THIS. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION SPECIFICALLY IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS. IF YOU HAVE NOT ABIDED BY THIS PLAN, YOU ARE GETTING PERMITS FOR THE 2028 PORTION OF THIS. DIRECTOR FREEMAN IS INDICATING THAT'S THE CASE. HE ASKED ME SEVERAL WEEKS AGO YOU NEED TO TRUST MYSELF AND MY STAFF THAT WE WILL EXECUTE THIS PROPERLY. I'M PUTTING MY FAITH IN DIRECTOR FREEMAN THAT WHAT IS REPRESENTING IS A FACT BECAUSE IF WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE SITTING HERE IN 2029, WHICH IS A LONG WAYS OFF, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT THE LANDSCAPING PACKAGE IS DEAD, THE BERM IS GONE, OR ERODED AWAY AND WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS OUT THERE. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. BECAUSE AFTER THE FIRST PROCESS OF THIS, WE ALL HEARD THE ISSUES. SO I AM PUTTING COMPLETE FAITH IN WHAT DIRECTOR FREEMAN IS REPORTING TO ME UNLESS THE CITY ATTORNEY SAYS TO ME WE HAVE TO ADD A NINTH CONDITION HERE , WHICH I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO, BUT IF DIRECTOR FREEMAN IS SAYING IT'S NOT NECESSARY AND COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROTECTIONS WE HAVE, I'M GOOD. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THAT , COMMISSIONER BRODERICK, AND I HAVE FAITH IN DIRECTOR FREEMAN AND HIS DEPARTMENT AND ARE ENGINEERS BACK HERE. I HAVE FAITH IN OUR DEPARTMENT. ALL I'M SAYING IS, AS YOU SAID, I DON'T WANT -- IF I AM HERE IN 2028, 2029 AND THIS COMES BACK IN FRONT OF ME -- 
          >> I'M NOT CAN BE HAPPY. >> I WON'T BE A HAPPY CAMPER AND IF MADAME ATTORNEY OR WHOEVER THE COMMISSIONER REYES SITTING HERE SAYING WHY DON'T YOU GUYS PUT IT ON THERE? I'M NOT CAN BE A HAPPY CAMPER BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE BEFORE. WE TRUST DIRECTOR FREEMAN AND HIS DEPARTMENT AND I'M GOOD WITH THAT. LET'S MOVE 
          ON. >> 2026 IS THE PIVOTAL TIME. 
          THEY ROLL OUT OF THAT AND ALL THAT STUFF COMES TO FAILER IN 2028, THEY ARE GETTING PERMITS. SIMPLE IS THAT. 
          >> IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO THE CONDITION. THE FIRST CONDITION 
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IS THE TIME LINE. IS THAT RIGHT? AND THE TIME LINE -- REQUEST -- THE REQUIREMENTS ARE BUILT INTO THAT. 
          >> IF THEY DON'T COMPLETE WHAT IS SET OUT IN THE TIME LINE THEY CANNOT MOVE FORWARD AND THE APPLICANT SHOULD BE WELL AWARE THAT IF ANY PART OF THESE PHASES ARE NOT COMPLETED WITHIN THOSE TIME LINES, THEN THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THIS APPROVAL AND THE CITY WOULD BE TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTION. THAT HAS BEEN MADE CLEAR. CITY COMMISSION IT'S BEEN MADE CLEAR BY STAFF AND MADE CLEAR THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY. 
          WE WORK WITH, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THESE PHASES, THEY ARE REVIEWED BY BUILDING AN ENGINEERING AND PLANNING AGAIN AND THEY DO NOT RECEIVE APPROVALS UNLESS THESE THINGS ARE MET. 
          >> REAL QUICK, MADAM MAYOR. I'M FINE WITH THIS. LET ME THANK YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND THE ADVOCATES ARE WILLING TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE DOING WHAT HE'S DOING. MY QUESTION IS THIS. YOU HAVE THESE TIME LINES AND I'VE BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE I PRESENT BEEN PRESENTED THESE TIME LINES AND STUFF HAPPENS. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR YOU GIVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TIME BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CANNOT PREDICT THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF YOU COULD PREDICT FUTURE YOU WOULDN'T BE TALKING TO US . YOU WOULD BE TALKING TO SOMEONE ELSE AND I GET THAT. BUT I'VE BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE I'VE BEEN PRESENTED WITH THESE TIME LINES AND COME BACK SIX MONTHS , SEVEN MONTHS, WE DIDN'T ESTIMATE THIS OR WE DIDN'T DO THIS. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE TIME LINES THAT YOU PRESENTED AT THIS PROJECT TONIGHT? THAT YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ? 
          >> YES SIR, I AM HAPPY. WITH THAT TIME LINE. 
          >> I HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP COMMENT. I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN APPLICANT GOING UP AGAINST DIRECTOR PAUL THOMAS OR DIRECTOR FREEMAN SAYING I NEED MORE TIME. I WOULD NOT WANT TO GO DOWN THAT PATH IF I WAS THE APPLICANT AND THEN WE HAVE IN THE BULLPEN THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT . IF THEY RUN INTO A PROBLEM, THEY WILL COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE INTERNAL PEOPLE FIRST. IT WILL NEVER MAKE IT HERE AND THEY WILL RESOLVE IT INTERNALLY. I HAVE COMPLETE FAITH IN THE TEAM. I DO. 
          >> I AGREE. IF WE DON'T ASK QUESTIONS AT THIS HEARING , THEN IT'S NOT A RECORD AND WE GOT IT. GOOD. 
          >> OKAY. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. BATCH PLANT. HOW MUCH NOISE DOES A BATCH PLANT MAKE? IS IT TOTALLY CONTAINED? 
          >> I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON BATCH PLANTS. TRUCKS COME IN AND DELIVER MATERIALS AND I'M UNSURE OF THE NOISE IT WILL MAKE, BUT BASED OFF THE CONDITION THAT IS PROPOSED WITH STAFF WE HAVE TO MEET CITY STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO NOISE. 
          >> AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS A -- THERE WAS OTHER CONCRETE OPERATIONS AROUND -- RIGHT. ARE ANY OF THEM DOING 
          WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO? >> THE ONE TO THE WEST ALSO HAD SOME KIND OF A BATCH PLANT -- I'M NOT QUITE CERTAIN. 
          >> OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY ABOUT BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS THAT OFTEN WE COULD NOT TELL WHERE NOISE AND ISSUES WERE COMING FROM. IN FAIRNESS TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IN THE ZONING AND FUTURE LAND USE IS A PRODUCT OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE TOWARD THE COUNTY. SO IT IS KIND OF LIKE WHERE THE TWO MET AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM IN OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY. WE KNOW THAT. OKAY. ARE WE DONE WITH THE APPLICANT? ARE YOU DONE WITH THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL ASK IF ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE PLEASE COME FORWARD. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION. 
          >> MADAM MAYOR, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE CONDITIONS AS PRESENTED. I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THE SCHEDULE. CAN WE RELOCATE THE BATCH PLANT TO THE SECTION OF THE PROPERTY FURTHEST AWAY AND HAVE THE MINIMUM IMPACT POSSIBLE. I'M SURE THAT WAS A NEGOTIATION WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO FIX THE SITE TO 
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MAKE IT AS LEAST IMPACTFUL AS POSSIBLE. SO BASED ON THAT I WOULD MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED. 
          >> IS THERE A SECOND. >> SECONDED. 
          >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> 
          >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR FREEMAN AND THANK YOU STAFF. YOU DID A 
          GREAT JOB. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING COOPERATIVE AND STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE. THANK YOU, MR. 
          FREEMAN. >> WE MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS. 
          [A.  Resolution 25-R73 appointing Victoria Bush to the Arts and Culture Advisory Board as Mayor Hudson's appointee. ]
RESOLUTION THE CITY COMMISSION TO CERTIFY THE APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY AND PROVIDE FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS RESOLUTION APPOINTS VICTORIA BUSH TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY ADVISORY BOARD. 
          >> THERE IS A MOTION IN THE SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. 
          >> 
          [B.  Resolution 25-R74 Approving an annexation agreement with Ashley Equities which defers annexation into the city until a certificate of occupancy is obtained for each phase of their project, and allows the development of the entire project within the Treasure Coast Education and Research Park to be accomplished under a master site plan approved under the County development code. ]
CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE FLORIDA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION APPROVING AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND ASHLEY EQUITIES. FOR SEVERAL PARCELS LOCATED WITHIN THE TREASURY CODE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PARK AND WEST OF KINGS HIGHWAY PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS RESOLUTION I THINK THEY'VE MET WITH ALL OF THE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MAYOR. IT DEFERS ANNEXATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TREASURE COAST RESEARCH PARK AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND IT IS THEY BASICALLY WANT TO DO ALL THE CONSTRUCTION UNDER ONE SET OF DEVELOPMENT RULES AND THEY ARE PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY FROM THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY WANTED TO BE DEVELOPED UNDER THEIR RULES. THE WAY THIS AGREEMENT IS STRUCTURED IS WE WILL ANNEX THE PROPERTY ONCE THEY GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR EACH PHASE OF THE PROPERTY. I KNOW THEY ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. HE WORKED WITH US ON DRAFTING THE AGREEMENT. THE AGREEMENT HAS GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE TRC PROCESS. IN THE PLANNING BOARD FOR THEM TO REVIEW. THEY HAD NO COMMENTS. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SHE TALKED TO YOU. SHE HAD CERTAIN CONCERNS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT AND THOSE OF BEEN ADDRESSED BY HER WITH YOU. AND WITH MR. DOBBINS. BUT BASICALLY THE MAIN THING IS DOES NOT HAVE AN AND STATE TO WHEN EVERYTHING WILL BE FINISHED AT THE RESEARCH PARK AND I THINK MR. DOBBINS EXPLAINED THAT TO YOU. IN THE AND DOING THIS DEFERMENT OF THE ANNEXATION DOES NOT IMPEDE THE CITY STRATEGY FOR ANNEXATION BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE CONTINUITY WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE ANNEXATION ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. AND THE REALITY IS WE ARE NOT CAN ANNEX VACANT PROPERTY ANYWAYS SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE LOSING ANYTHING IN THE TAX ROLL . I'M SURE MR. DOBBINS CAN ANSWER ANY 
          ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >> I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT. FIRST OFF , RICK, I FELT BADLY ABOUT THE BILLING. 
          >> THE WHOLE TEAM IS IN THE BACK. 
          >> I WAS JUST LOOKING. THE WHOLE BULLPEN IS BACK THERE. I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN. I'VE SAID THIS A BUNCH OF TIMES BEFORE. THIS PROJECT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR JOBS CORRIDOR. AND THE EXCITEMENT THAT THIS PROJECT RINGS TO THE SOUTH KINGS CORRIDOR IS OVERWHELMING. LINKED TO THESE FOLKS IS A HALF-DOZEN EASILY PROJECTS THAT WILL COMPLEMENT WHAT THEY ARE DOING, SOMEWHAT DIFFERENTIAL PRODUCT, USER BUILT SPACE, A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WILL BE OF CRITICAL MASS IMPORTANCE TO THE CITY FORT PIERCE. I FULLY SUPPORT THIS. I HAVE MET WITH THE TEAM AND I'VE MET WITH LEE AND EVERYBODY ON THIS. I UNDERSTAND IT INTIMATELY , AND THE CRITICAL NATURE OF THIS FOR THE FUTURE OF FORT PIERCE, I CANNOT STRESS STRONG ENOUGH. I'M NOT SAYING IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMISSIONERS. I'M SAYING IT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE HERE AND IT'S WITH THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT TEAM HERE TONIGHT THAT WILL CREATE THE CORNERSTONE OF THIS AND I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING US IN . 
          THERE'S ONE OTHER ASPECT I WILL GIVE THIS TO THE CITY. IS THE 
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COUNTY DOES ALL THE WORK. WE ARE THE BENEFICIARIES. AFTER IT IS DONE BASICALLY WE GET TO ANNEX IT INTO THE CITY AND GENERATE THE TAX REVENUE AND WE HAVE OUR JOBS CORRIDOR WELL UNDERWAY , BUT THE COUNTY IS THE ONE PAYING OUT ALL THE MONEY FOR INSPECTIONS AND REVIEWS AND ALL THIS TYPE OF STUFF. OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS FROM THE BEGINNING MORE RECENTLY BECAUSE THE DEVELOPERS WANT TO BE CERTAIN THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA ARE BEING MET ALONG WITH THE COUNTY, WHICH IS A VERY ASTUTE MOVE ON THEIR PART. I ADVOCATE THIS STRONGLY . 
          I AM A BIG SUPPORTER OF THIS , AND IT'S A VERY EXCITING MOMENT FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THIS DOES, BUT IT MOVES US ONE MAJOR STEP CLOSER TO CREATING A VISION THAT I THINK WE ALL BUY INTO UP IN THAT AREA OF THE CITY, WHICH WILL SOON BE PART OF THE CITY. 
          >> AGREED. YET -- I DID MEET WITH THEM. YES. DO WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION OR DO WE WANT HEAR FROM ANYONE ELSE? 
          >> I MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION. 
          >> SECONDED. >> CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. 
          >> THROUGH THE HOLE MEETING TO HEAR THIS VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. >> I THINK HE SHOULD BILL YOU BY 
          [C.  Resolution 25-R76 appointing Charlene Adair to the Keep Fort Pierce Beautiful Advisory Board as Mayor Hudson's appointee.]
THE WORD TONIGHT. WE RESOLUTION 25-R76 APPOINTING HAVE CHARLENE ADAIR TO THE KEEP FORT CHARLENE ADAIR TO THE KEEP FORT CHARLENE ADAIR TO THE KEEP FORT CHARLENE ADAIR TO THE KEEP FORT AND THIS RESOLUTION APPOINTSCHARLENE ADAIR TO THE KEEP FORT CHARLENE ADAIR TO THE KEEP FORT PIERCE BEAUTIFUL ADVISORY BOARD AS 
          MAYOR HUDSON'S APPOINTEE. >> CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. 
          >> 
          COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. >> ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU WILL BE GIVEN A 10 SECOND WARNING. I SEE NO MOVEMENT SO I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC 
          [15. COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER]
          COMMENTS AND WE WILL MOVE ON. >> COMMENTS FROM THE CITY 
          MANAGER. >> I HAVE ONE UPDATE. I'M WORKING DILIGENTLY TRYING TO GET THE DATE FOR THAT POLICE RECRUITMENT. I MEETING WITH THE MANAGER TOMORROW MORNING TO TRY AND GET THOSE DATES LOCKED IN. AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE 
          STATES WILL BE. >> WHAT IS NEXT? IS IT 
          INTERVIEWS? >> YES. BUT THEY HAVE TO BE 
          SCHEDULED. >> YES. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL 
          [16. COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION]
MOVE ON . ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE COMMENTS? 
          >> REAL QUICK. TWO THINGS. AS WE KNOW , THE VACANT SEAT , I GUESS, RIGHT HERE, IS UP FOR ELECTION TOMORROW. I ASK ALL THE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT TO IF YOU HAVE NOT -- DISTRICT 2 TO GO OUT AND VOTE IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED YET. AND FROM MY SEAT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH WHOEVER IT IS ELECTED. TOMORROW OR IF NOT, IN JANUARY , AND I JUST WISH WHAT I'M SEEING IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT I'M SEEING OUT IN THE PUBLIC WITH THE SELECTION CAN STOP AND JUST LET PEOPLE GO VOTE AND DO THEIR CIVIL DUTY AND WE GO FROM THERE . I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE BODY APPEAR. WE HAVE EMBRACED AND WE ALL PROUDLY WEAR OUR FORT PIERCE. TO THE CANDIDATES RUNNING SMART, GOOD LUCK AND WE HAVE YOUR PIN FOR YOU BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME SIT UP HERE, WE ARE ONE FORT PIERCE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE OR I WILL GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE. I HAVE TO STOP RIGHT THERE. I WILL STOP THERE. 
          COMMISSION , I WOULD NOT BE PRESENT FOR THE MONDAY MEETING MORNING. I'VE NOTIFIED EVERYONE BY LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR I WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY. I'M TAKING MY FIRST VACATION SINCE 2012. WOW! AND I LOOK BACK AT MY CALENDAR AND NOT A MEETING , NOT 
          [02:00:09]
A CONFERENCE , NOT ANYTHING. JUST A MINIVACATION TO GET AWAY TO RECUPERATE. IF I CAN GET MY PHONE FROM MY WIFE, I WILL TRY TO LOOK AT THE MEETING THAT MONDAY MORNING , BUT I'VE ACTUALLY TOLD HER THAT, YOU KNOW, I WILL GIVE HER THE PHONE, SO SHE WILL GIVE ME 30 MINUTES TO CHECK MESSAGES AND I HAD THAT 30 MINUTES. I WILL NOT BE HERE THAT MONDAY MEETING. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD NOW AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW 
          THAT'S WHERE I WILL BE. >> CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S ABOUT 
          TIME. >> YES. 
          >> REAL QUICK. I WANT TO QUICKLY SAY WE HAD A VERY SAFE WEEKEND HOLIDAY WEEKEND BY ALL ACCOUNTS FROM WHAT I'VE DETERMINED. THEY WERE DIRECTING TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN AND QUITE A FEW PEOPLE OUT ON FRIDAY AT HALLOWEEN. AND IT WAS QUITE A FESTIVE OCCASION AND I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN OUT ON HALLOWEEN. I USUALLY DON'T, BUT I ATTENDED -- I STAY HOME WITH THE LIGHTS OFF. BUT I DID GO TO THE CENTRAL WESTWOOD GAME. ANOTHER GREAT EVENT FOR CITY. A 
          GREAT GAME, A TOUGH >> GAME, BUT BY ALL ACCOUNTS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND PEOPLE SEEMED TO ENJOY THEMSELVES AND TO THE CLASS DOING THEIR REUNION , I THINK THE CLASS OF 1990 AND WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE CITY THAT WERE THERE. 
          JUST A GREAT, SAFE WEEKEND, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO VETERANS DAY NEXT WEEK AND HONORING OUR VETERANS AND A PART OF THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON AS WELL AS BREAKING GROUND ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE. THERE'S QUITE A BIT GOING ON THAT DAY. WE ARE PUTTING IN A NEW FIRE ENGINE THAT DAY AND THE NEW GROUNDBREAKING FOR 7-ELEVEN AND A LOT GOING ON THAT DAY. WE WILL BE MOVING AROUND , BUT THE LAST THING I WILL SAY, I ATTENDED A RECEPTION OF AN EDC MEETING THEY HAD AN OUTING AND HAD A RECEPTION. I AM REALLY ENCOURAGED BY WHAT I'M HEARING FROM DEVELOPERS AND THEIR NETWORKS IN FORT PIERCE BEING ON THE RADAR. I ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE COLLEGE AND THERE ARE NUMBER OF EXCITING THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR FORT PIERCE AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED , AND THE LAST THI WILL SAY IS LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAS PRETTY MUCH STARTED AND LET 
          THE FUN TIMES BEGIN. >> REAL QUICK, COMMISSIONER GAINES, GIVE YOUR CITY CELL PHONE TO YOUR WIFE AND JUST MENTIONED DON'T PLUG IT IN FOR TODAY'S AND GUESS WHAT, YOU ARE OUT OF CONTACT. IT HAPPENS TO ME REGULARLY. WE ALL KNOW HOW MANY HOURS COMMISSIONER GAINES PUTS IN. HE ALWAYS HAS SEMINARS AT OFFICE HOURS AND HE TRULY IS DEDICATED TO THE POSITION. YOU CERTAINLY DESERVE A FEW DAYS TO CHARGE YOUR BATTERIES AND SEE THAT THERE IS A NORMAL LIFE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S AWFUL TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS FOR TAKING A FEW DAYS OFF. THAT IS THAT THE APPROPRIATE STATEMENT, BUT I'M HAPPY FOR YOU. I TRULY AM. OTHER THAN THAT , I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENTS HERE. I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER AND I WILL BE DISCUSSING IT AT LENGTH IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. 
          DE-ANNEXATION PLAN MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I REALLY WANT TO GET GOING ON. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET A MISSION STATEMENT HERE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS , AND I HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH PETE BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING STARTED. HE HAS SOME VERY EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA THAT WE WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT. 
          IT WILL BE HAPPENING AND WE JUST NEED INPUT THE PLAN AND GET IT GOING. WE WILL HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND BE MOVING 
          FORWARD. >> REAL QUICK. I FORGOT I WAS REMINDED OF SOMETHING WHEN COMMISSIONER BRODERICK SAID. I HAVE COMPLETED AND SEND IT TO WHOEVER REGISTERED. 
          >> IT WILL PROBABLY GO TO YOUR EMAIL. 
          >> I HAVEN'T SEEN IT BUT I WANT STAFF TO KNOW I DID COMPLETE THAT AND I KNOW THERE IS A PART THREE. I WILL WAIT TILL MY 
          [02:05:02]
FELLOW COMMISSIONERS COMPLETED FIRST BEFORE I SIGN OFF ON 
          ANYTHING. >> YOU ARE BUSY. OKAY. WE ARE GOOD. I WANT TO SAY I WAS AT THE COLLEGE TWICE LAST WEEK. ONCE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION . WE PRESENTED OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND THEY HAD REPRESENTATIVE OVER DORF AND I PRESENTED FOR THE CITY AND THEY PRESENTED AND LATER I PRESENTED FURTHER TREASURE COAST REGIONALLY. THEY HEARD FROM US AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WAS THE FARM CITY BARBECUE AND THE SENATOR WAS THE SPEAKER. THEY ARE DOING THEIR LEGISLATIVE THING UP IN TALLAHASSEE AND THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ALERT HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT ON SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. SO WE ARE STARTING THAT WHOLE ROUND ROBIN THING AGAIN. AT ANY RATE, THAT'S ALL 
          I HAVE. >> ONE FOLLOW-UP COMMENT. 
          COMMISSIONER GAINES MENTIONED IT. AS THE ELECTED COMMISSIONER FROM DISTRICT 2 I AM PLEADING , PLEADING WITH THE REGISTERED VOTERS IN DISTRICT 2 TO GET OUT AND VOTE TOMORROW. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IN A DEMOCRACY TO VOTE . WE NEED TO COME OUT AND VOTE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE SELECTION WITH A TOTAL OF 1400 REGISTERED VOTERS COMING OUT TO VOTE. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY. GET OUT AND VOTE TOMORROW. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO. YOU LIVE IN THE GREATEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD. EXERCISE RIGHT TO VOTE AND LET'S GET IT DONE. 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH , FORT PIERCE AND WE WILL ADJOURN AND TURN OFF THE LIGHT
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.