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

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND CALL THE

ROLL PLEASE. >>

>> NEXT COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

>> THIS IS OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO ADJUST THE COMMISSION PLEASE COME FORWARD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND MS. COX, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES WE WILL GIVE YOU A 10 SECOND MORNING STATE YOUR NAME AND

ADDRESS PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS AND I LIVE HERE IN

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FORT PIERCE. HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS PROPOSING A BID FOR CITY CONTRACT. I HAVE A WRITTEN PROPOSAL FOR THE BID OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR UNIFORMS, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS PROPOSAL. I MOVED TO THE TREASURE COAST A FEW YEARS BACK WITH MY FAMILY IN SEARCH OF AFFORDABLE HOME AND COST OF LIVING AND I HAD A DREAM OF STARTING A FASHION BUSINESS.

WE MOVED FROM SOUTH FLORIDA WHERE I HAD MY PREVIOUS CLOTHING STORE AND ALTHOUGH I PUT EVERYTHING INTO THE SHOP IT WAS SLOW SO I HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN WHEN I MOVED TO FORT PIERCE I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE COMMUNITY EVENTUALLY DECIDED TO PURSUE MY DREAM AND OPEN UP A FASHION DESIGN STUDIO IN FORT PIERCE. I REMEMBER HOW I STRUGGLED IN MY LATE 20S WHEN I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY SON WHILE STUDYING FOR MY BACHELORS DEGREE BUT I STILL MANAGED TO PULL THROUGH AND GRADUATE. I HAVE POURED MY HEART INTO MY STUDIO AND TWO SEPARATE OPENING I BEGAN TO SEE A PROFIT, THIS PATH HAS GIVEN ME FULFILLMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE MY DREAM OF OWNING A FASHION COMPANY. I WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THE PERFECT FIT FOR CUSTOMERS AND TO MAKE REVISIONS IF NEEDED BUT MOSTLY MY WORK PROVIDING SERVICE FOR MILITARY SERVICE AND HOMELAND SECURITY HAS THE MOST HAS BEEN THE MOST REWARDING. IN THE PAST I WORKED AS A PRODUCTION COORDINATOR AND MULTIPLE CLOTHING LINES IN SOUTH FLORIDA MIAMI AND FORT LAUDERDALE AND WEST PALM BEACH ONE OF THEM INCLUDED VENUS WILLIAMS HER 11 LINE AND EXIST AND USA BASICS. SO WITH THAT SAID, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW? I HAVE ALSO APPROVED CLOTHING SAMPLES TO GET THE PERFECT MEASUREMENTS FOR SIZING, I TRULY LOVE WHAT I DO FASHION HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY PASSION. MY LOCAL BUSINESS HAS GIVEN ME GREAT PURPOSE AND FULFILLMENT AND FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR MY FAMILY AND MYSELF. I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO GROW MY BUSINESS AND OFFER MY SEWING SKILLS TO THE COMMUNITY. APPROVING THIS BID TO PERFORM THE SERVICES WILL BE AN ECONOMIC BOOST FOR MY BUSINESS LOCATED HERE IN FORT PIERCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> HELLO MY NAME IS OF THE AGENDA IS SUCH THAT YOU CAN CONTROL ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS THE PUBLIC CAN NEVER CHANGE THAT AND THESE GUYS DON'T REPLY TO EMAILS SO WE CAN NEVER ADD ADDITIONS WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO CHANGE SOMETHING LIKE $1 MILLION FOR FERTILIZER FOR MY BROTHER FOR THIS PROPOSAL FOR THIS AGENDA .

WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO INFLUENCE OUTCOMES IN THE COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS MADE THE LIGHT SHINE BRIGHT IN FORT PIERCE ESPECIALLY DISTRICT 1 WHERE A NEW PROPOSAL FOR $500,000 ALLOCATED TO THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PROPOSED. CAN I PLEASE HAVE ONE OF YOU HAND OUT THE APPENDIX ITEMS HERE? TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD. DISTRICT 2 MEMBERS APOLOGIZE I APOLOGIZE TO THE POLICE FOR MY COMMENTS I MADE AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN I ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BLANKET PROPOSAL I RESPECT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE NURSES UNION AND TEACHERS UNION TO STAND BESIDE POLICE TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT COMMUNITIES I WAS NOT AWARE THEY WERE FIGHTING TO ENSURE QUALITY WHICH CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN A FREE MARKET, I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS TO HAVE COMPARATIVE YEARLY SALARIES OF OTHER POLICE AGENCIES ANALYSIS OF COMPARISON FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS SUCH AS THE MAYOR WHO EARNS JUST OVER 100,000 PER YEAR BASED ON POPULATION SIZE MEANS THAT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TOP POSITION WOULD BE LESS THAN $30,000. PLEASE CONSULT A FINANCIAL ADVISOR IF YOU EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY DURING THIS ECONOMIC TRANSITION TO FREE MARKET ECONOMY AND I ASK YOU PUBLICLY REVEAL ALL ASSETS LIQUID IF YOU REQUIRE INCREASING SALARY WHICH THE TAXPAYERS WOULD VOTE ON TO PROVE, THIS WILL HELP THE COMMUNITY DETERMINE THE AMOUNT BASED ON FINANCIAL AID OR IF YOU SHOULD BE PAID AT ALL FOR YOUR TIME SERVINGTHE COMMUNITY SOME PRIOR SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OWNERS COULD BE BILLIONAIRES THEREFORE WE DEMAND TRANSPARENCY OF YOUR ASSETS THE PEOPLE DID NOT YOU LIKE CHANGE THE ECONOMY TO DISTRICT 2 ASKING FUTURE PROPOSALS ARE VETTED RAPIDLY TO ENSURE NO-BID TEMPER CONTROL NEPOTISM OR KICKBACKS ARE POSSIBLE PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW DARK MONEY INTO OUR COMMUNITY. INSTEAD SHINE A LIGHT ON EVERY DOLLAR SPENT AND BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE TAXPAYER COMMUNITY STAPLES SUCH AS RESPECTED POLICE LIKE MY FRIENDS HERE AND IMPACTFUL TEACHER WHO I NOW SEVERAL TEACHERS WHO ARE CHANGING THE COMMUNITY THAT EMPLOYS THEM MUST EARN A LIVING WAGE AND SALARY PLEASE LEARN WHAT THE 12 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ARE WHICH IS APPENDIX B ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT I GUESS NOT. INCLUDING INCOME AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SAVES TAXPAYERS ON FUTURE EXPENSE I HAVE NOT BOUGHT LET'S YET IN

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THIS COUNTRY EITHER AN ECONOMY IS FREE OR IT IS NOT EXAMPLES OF MARKETS THAT ARE NOT FREE USUALLY EXIST WITHIN COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT HAVE FREE PEOPLE WHOSE FREEDOMS ARE PROTECTED AND CONSTITUTIONS SUCH AS CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES FREE ECONOMY SUPPORT LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER ECONOMY REDUCE THE TAX BASE WHICH IS NOT FINANCIALLY SOUND BUSINESS. YOU CUT MY TIME OFF AT 20 SECONDS WHICH IS A EXAMPLE.

>> YOUR TIME IS UP. SIR, YOUR TIME IS UP RESPECTFULLY.

>> RESPECTFULLY AS WELL . >> PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE

PODIUM. >> THIS MEMBER HAS GIVEN ME

PERMISSION. >> NO SIR.

>> TO EXECUTE THE BID FOR UNIFORM FOR POLICE.

>> YOU CUT MY TIME OFF AT 20 SECONDS.

>> SIR. >> I ASKED YOU.

>> PLEASE LET ME SPEAK , LET THE COMMUNITY SPEAK.

WHEN YOU HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT HIM, HE HAS A STAGE FOR ULCER ON HIS RIGHT FOOT SOMEONE IS TO HELP THAT GUY.

>> WE NEED TO GO TO RECESS.

>> I'M GOING TO CONTINUE PUBLIC COMMENT, ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE

AUDIENCE? >> KNOW WE ARE READY.

>> RECONVENING THE MEETING AND CONTINUING. WOULD ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY SUBJECT? PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES,

YOU KNOW THE DRILL. >> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MATTHEW SAMUEL I LIVE IN THE COUNTY AND I DO A LOT FOR THE CITY, SORRY YOU'VE ALL HAD TO PUT UP WITH THIS BUT I COULD SEE STARTING LAST WEEK. SO ANYWAY I AM HERE, I LOST MY THOUGHT.

>> THAT'S OKAY. >> IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

>> THANK YOU OVER HERE FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO WITH THE LIONS CLUB, WE ENJOY WORKING IN THE CITY AND ANOTHER THING I KNOW WE ARE LOOKING FOR A POLICE CHIEF HERE IN FORT PIERCE AND CALEB GILLETTE IS BORN AND RAISED RIGHT HERE. I THINK HE IS THE MAN TO DO IT. HE KNOWS A LOT OF PEOPLE. HE CARES ABOUT THE CITY.

I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIS MOTHER. A FEW YEARS AGO. SO I KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING AND , AND I FEEL HE WOULD BE THE MAN FOR IT.

I'M SORRY, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, HE WAS IN HERE LAST WEEK AND I SAW SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THAT GUY. IT IS A SHAME HE DOES IT IN FRONT OF THESE COMMISSION MEETINGS BUT HE'S GOT A PROBLEM. SO, THAT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE CALEB FOR OUR POLICE CHIEF HERE. THAT PROCLAMATION THAT THEY GOT TODAY, HE HAS A LOT OF SUPPORT BEHIND THE , THE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH HIM THERE. AND HE IS A YOUNG MAN, I THINK HE COULD BE HERE FOR MANY YEARS BEING OUR POLICE CHIEF. WITH THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A BETTER DAY THAN WHAT THIS

STARTED OUT TO BE. >> THANK YOU MR. SAMUEL, WE APPRECIATE THE LIONS CLUB VERY MUCH, WE KNOW YOU HAD A LOT TO

DO WITH THE EVENT LAST WEEK. >> CHRISTMAS PARADE COMING UP.

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>> SO MANY THINGS WE CANNOT NAME THAT THE LIONS CLUB DOES AND WE

APPRECIATE IT. >> WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU

DO. WILL HAVE YOU ONE DAY. >> WHEN THE CHIEF COMES BACK IN CAN YOU CHECK ON THE STATUS OF OUR PERSONNEL TO MAKE SURE THEY

ARE OKAY? >> CERTAINLY. WHEN HE STEPS BACK IN I WILL DO THAT. ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON.

>> OKAY. NEXT, WE HAVE WE PROBABLY NEED TO MOVE THE MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOU AS WELL.

>> I HAVE TROUBLE WITH YOU HEARING ME AND I THINK MY VOICE

IS SO LOUD. >> GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I MUTED

[A. Main Street Fort Pierce, Inc. annual program update covering FY2025 (October 31, 2024 to September 30, 2025).]

THE MICROPHONE WHEN THAT WAS GOING ON. MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE ANNUAL PROGRAM UPDATE COVERING FY 2025.

>> DO YOU HAVE A LEAD-IN? >> YES, PRESENTATION FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER REPORT FROM MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE.

>> PLEASE COME FORWARD AND IF YOU DON'T MIND BEFORE YOU START PLEASE COME FORWARD. INTERIM CHIEF , COULD YOU GIVE US THE STATUS OF THE PERSON THAT HAD TROUBLE HERE? WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SO THAT WE CAN OFFER UP OUR PRAYERS.

>> HE IS OUTSIDE IN A PATROL CAR. WE ARE WRITING UP THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT. WE LOVE A COUPLE CRIMINAL CHARGES DISCUSSING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT

FIRST FOR ME THAT'S FOR SURE. >> YES.

>> OUR PERSONNEL ARE OKAY? >> EVERYBODY IS SAFE AND

HEALTHY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HANDLING THAT AND KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> OKAY. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE. >> HAPPY TO BE HERE GOOD EVENING, I AM DONNA SIZEMORE PRESIDENT MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE AND I LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO OUR NEW INTERIM DIRECTOR OF MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE, WHO STEPPED INTO HER ROLL ON NOVEMBER 1 AND SHE WILL BE DIRECTOR OF MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE JANUARY 1 AND OUR ESTEEMED THE ROCK STORE DORIS TILLMAN WILL BE RETIRING DECEMBER 31 AND WE ARE SAD, BUT HAPPY FOR HER. IN THE MEANTIME WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE MICHELLE SO I WILL LET MICHELLE TAKE IT FROM HERE.

>> CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU MA'AM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS MADAME MAYOR, MR. CHESS. THIS PRESENTATION WE BROUGHT TODAY TO DISCUSS DELIVERABLES FOR THE ANNUAL CONTRACT, I APPRECIATE THE ENTHUSIASM YOU ALL HAVE HAD FOR PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS THAT INCLUDED PHOTOS, GRAPHICS, TRIED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE PALPABLE TO GO THROUGH NOT SO DRY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FOR THIS PRESENTATION IS YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS SO WE HAVE DONE JUST THAT. I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK WE CANNOT MAKE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS BETTER, BUT WE HAVE DONE THIS DIRECTLY. THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THIS IF I MAY AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO OFFER ALTERNATE FEEDBACK THIS IS A 44 PAGE PRESENTATION. YOU HAVE HAD IT IN YOUR HANDS AND THE REPORTING, I'M NOT SURE YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH AND READ THE ENTIRETY OF IT SO I THOUGHT WHAT I MIGHT DO IS GO TO THE DELIVERABLES AND ADDRESS WHETHER THEY HAVE OR HAVE NOT BEEN MET AND IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT , I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO EXPAND IN THE INTEREST OF YOUR TIME. WOULD

THAT BE OKAY? >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD. WE CAN

READ. >> YES MA'AM I AM AWARE. AS YOU KNOW I WON'T GO THROUGH AND MAKE YOU LISTEN TO WHAT MAIN STREET IS BUT WE ARE FOUR POINT APPROACH TO REVITALIZATION DOWNTOWN. OUR FIRST GOAL PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSION WAS TO STRENGTHEN DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC BASE WITH EXISTING BUSINESSES, NEW BUSINESSES, ENSURING DIVERSE AND THRIVING ECONOMIC MIX. THIS FALLS WITH FIVE CATEGORIES IN FRONT OF YOU I WILL GO THROUGH AND QUICKLY TOUCH ON THAT. WE ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH BUSINESSES PREPARING TO OPEN DURING THAT REPORTING PERIOD FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REPORT WHICH WILL BE FOR THE ANNUAL. WE ADVERTISE FOCUS AVAILABLE PROPERTIES, WE CONSISTENTLY CONNECT THOSE THAT ARE EXPRESSING INTEREST WITH POTENTIAL AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM BASED ON

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OUR KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT WE HAVE INFORMALLY AVAILABLE TO US. NOT EVERY CONNECTION IS A SUCCESSFUL CONNECTION HOWEVER, WE DO SEE JOBS BOTH BEING GAINED AND LOST THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN, THESE ARE SELF-REPORTED SO IT'S WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US. WE DO SEE A GENERALLY STABLE TREND AND EMPLOYMENT DOWNTOWN. WE ALSO MAINTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE UP-TO-DATE DIRECTORY FOR THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THIS TO OUR STATE REPORTING BODY FLORIDA MAIN STREET ANNUALLY BUT WE DO KICK -- KEEP THIS UPDATED QUARTERLY. THE DISTRICT GUIDE WHICH WE HAVE UTILIZED THROUGH TWO WAYS WE HAVE CREATED THE ONLINE MAP WHICH AT THIS POINT WE ARE COMING UP CLOSE TO 70,000 VIEWS MORE THAN 30 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST I WANT TO SAY SINCE THE CONTRACT WAS EXECUTED I BELIEVE THAT WAS MAY SO JUST IN A HANDFUL OF MONTHS. AS WELL AS WE WILL PRINT THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT MAPS UPON REQUEST WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE PAPER SO WE ARE NOT DOING THAT UNLESS ASKED AND REDISTRIBUTE THE DOWNTOWN PARKING MAP THAT COMES FROM THE CITY ITSELF. IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS THAT IS DIFFICULT I WOULD SAY IT IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE AND EXPLAIN BECAUSE IT IS CONSISTENT. WE COULD BE AS SMALL AND GRANULAR AS THE PHONE CALLS WE GET ABOUT HOW WE DO THIS I AM USING THIS PLATFORM HOW CAN I GET OVER HERE WHO CAN I CONNECT TO? THAT IS ONGOING WE DON'T TRY TO QUANTIFY THAT BUT IT IS CONSISTENT. WE HAVE COLLABORATED TO HELP SOME BUSINESSES PIVOT THEIR PRODUCTS ABOUT THEIR SERVICES , THIS PREVIOUS YEAR OUR RETIRING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DORIS TILLMAN WAS A COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR THE WESTERN PENINSULA WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY QUITE IMPORTANT, SHE WAS ASKED TO BE PART OF THAT BECAUSE OF HER EXPERTISE, KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE AREA NEEDS. WHILE WE WILL NOT HAVE HER WISDOM ON A DAILY BASIS GOING FORWARD SHE HAS ASSURED ME THAT SHE IS ALWAYS JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY. LOOKING BACK .

>> IS THAT STILL TRUE? >> SHE IS NODDING.

>> SO ALSO AS PART OF THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY LISTING WITHIN THE PAPER. WE HAVE CONTINUED PARTICIPATION WITH THE TRACKER AND THESE ARE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE SO I WON'T GO TOO FAR. ALL I HAVE DONE IS QUANTIFY WHAT WE HAVE DONE BY QUARTER, THESE ARE , THESE ARE ASSISTING PEOPLE WITH PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE MADE PROJECT, THERE ARE PROJECTS IN EXISTENCE NOBODY IS AT LIBERTY TO DISCUSS THAT WE HAVE BEEN PART OF LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR. BUT, YOU KNOW WE ARE ALWAYS ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT AND GIVE MORE DETAIL IN A PRIVATE SETTING. OUR GOALS IN DESIGN , I BELIEVE WE HAVE MET ALL OF THESE AND IN CASE I HAVE NOT SAID IT THAT DID SHAKE ME A LITTLE BIT TOO. I WAS VERY READY FOR THIS. THAT SET I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE NOT MET THESE CRITERIA. SO WE HAVE PROMOTED THE GRANT PROGRAM, THE IMPACT FEE MORATORIUM HISTORIC RESERVATION AND THE MASTER PLAN INPUT. THROUGH MULTIPLE SOURCES , WE JUMP AROUND ONE OF OUR MOST RECENT AND I'M QUITE PROUD AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW IT IF I MAY PROJECTS WE WERE PLEASED TO WORK WITH YOUR TEAM ON WHICH WAS A COVER OF THE FOCUS MAGAZINE THAT COVERED ONE OF YOUR NEWEST MURALS WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. EXCUSE ME. AND THAT WAS THE NEWEST MURAL DOWNTOWN.

IT REALLY IS LOVELY. WE ARE PLEASED AND PROUD TO WORK TOGETHER ON PROJECTS LIKE THAT AND YOUR TEAM CAME TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY TO PROVIDE THAT MATERIAL TO US. SO PART OF OUR BECAUSE WE ARE DIFFERENT IN THAT WE ARE A MATURE MAIN STREET PROGRAM, THERE'S NOT AS MANY LINK BLANK SLATE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN UP BY PRIVATE INTEREST WHICH IS IDEAL. THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL. WE ARE NOT RELATED TO THE PROPERTY MAIN STREET OWNS AND MAINTAINS, THE PLATT HOUSE HISTORICALLY REACHING ITS 130TH YEAR NEXT YEAR TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF ENERGY AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES

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TO KEEP THAT BUILDING GOING. SO I HAVE A LIST HERE FOR YOU ALL ON THAT. MASTER PLAN UPDATE, WE PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER A NUMBER OF AVENUES FROM HOSTING YOUR SURVEY TEAMS FROM DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS TO PUBLISHING ARTICLES ON THE PLAN. SHARING THE SHARING THE SURVEYS PUBLICLY TO REQUEST RESULTS OR TO REQUEST PARTICIPATION AND THEN OUTWARDS DIRECTLY TO BUSINESSES WHEN IT WAS REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO PARTICIPATE WE WOULD REACH OUT TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND SORT OF VOUCH FOR THE NEED FOR THOSE FOR THOSE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE SURVEYS. SO FROM A STANDPOINT OF A MARKETING AND BRANDING PLAN, I WILL TALK ON TWO THINGS ONE IS THE KEY EVENTS SO PART OF THE AGREEMENT WAS TO COORDINATE AND PROMOTE AND HOST NO FEWER THAN 20 PROMOTIONAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL ONES SO, WE AT MY LAST COUNTY 34 EVENTS LAST YEAR, 33 WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR ONE EVENT SIGHTS AND SOUNDS WE HAD 16,000 PARTICIPANTS THE FOURTH OF JULY HAD 3000 TO 4000 GHOST WALK 650, I COULD GO ON I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY WE HAVE MET CRITERIA FOR 20 EVENTS WITH AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 100 PARTICIPANTS EACH THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EVENTS THIS IS FROM THE PREVIOUS OCTOBER IN 2024 NOT THE PAST, THE PAST OCTOBER JUST PASSED AND WE ADDED ANOTHER TOUR SO WE HAD SIX OVER THREE DAYS. WE WERE VERY EXCITED WE ESCAPED CANCELLATION DUE TO WEATHER UNTIL JUNE 2024 UNTIL OCTOBER 2025 AND FOR US THAT'S QUITE THE RECORD. WE DID HOLD 11 STANDALONE FRIDAY FESTIVALS AND ONE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS COMBINATION WHERE WE WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE ON THE FIREWORKS PRODUCTIONS THAT EVENT ITSELF IN THE DOWNTOWN ARENA SQUARE AREA SERVED 2000 TO 4000 PEOPLE AND THAT DOES NOT COUNT EXTENDED AUDIENCE ON ALL SIDES OF THE WATERWAYS THAT WERE PART OF ENJOYING THE EVENT COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR HELD MONTHLY I HAVE KEPT ACCOUNT ON THE NUMBERS EXACT ON THAT, LAST MONTH WAS 82 THE PREVIOUS MONTH WAS 100 EVEN.

HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED ON THE GRANULAR BUT WE DID MEET THE CRITERIA WE DID OVER 90 ON AVERAGE. AND THE BILLING DOES NOT HOLD MORE THAN 100 IN THAT SET UP SO IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING. SO SHOP SMALL SATURDAY WE HAVE ANOTHER UPCOMING NOW ON NOVEMBER 29 SO I WANT TO MENTION THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES THERE TO PARTICIPATE THERE IS LIVE MUSIC FROM THE JAZZ AND THE SOCIETY WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME NEW HOTEL STORES AS THE STARTING POINT AND WE TRY TO ROTATE WHERE WE PROVIDE THE MUSIC AS WELL SO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES ENJOY THAT BENEFIT. SO STATS ON L■AST EAR LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AGAIN LATER THIS MONTH. THIS IS A YEAR-LONG EFFORT SIGHTS AND SOUNDS PARTNERS AND IS PRIMARILY A CITY OF FORT PIERCE, KIWANIS, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS ASSISTANCE FROM FPU A IS ON TRACK AND DESPITE ALL CHALLENGES WHICH HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS THIS YEAR WITH CONSTRUCTION, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE GOING FORWARD WITH WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE A VERY SAFE AND EXCITING AND HEARTWARMING CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AND CHRISTMAS PARADE WHICH IS THE GOAL THAT IS AN EVENT THAT I LIKE TO CALL WELL, FORGET IT.

THE POINT IS A LOT GOES ON UNDER THE SURFACE VERY LITTLE YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO DONATE THEIR OWN TIME TO WORKING ON THIS YEAR-ROUND. A QUICK NOTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA DASHBOARDS YOU ASKED US TO REACH 8000 IMPRESSIONS OUR VIEW FOR THIS PERIOD WAS JUST UNDER HALF 1 MILLION IN SOCIAL MEDIA REACH, 172,343 . I BELIEVE I TOUCH ON

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SOMEWHERE LATER DOWN THE ROAD WHERE WE HAVE WEB TRAFFIC AND I BELIEVE OUR UNIQUE VISITORS FOR THAT YEAR , THAT PERIOD IN TOTAL WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING IT SINCE WE ARE TOUCHING ON IT HERE WAS 28,734. THAT IS UNIQUE SO THAT IS UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. ON THE KEY DELIVERABLES I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD IN PLACE WHEN WE LAST CAME TO YOU WERE OUR BRAND RECOGNITION SURVEY AND THE TESTIMONIALS. WE HAVE COMPLETED BOTH OF THOSE TO 100% THE BRAND RECOGNITION SURVEY WAS INTERESTING WE PROVIDED A BREAKDOWN OF THE EXACT RESPONDENTS ON BOTH CASES ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HIDDEN IDENTITY FOR PRIVACY. WE WERE VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT MAIN STREET ESPECIALLY AS A DISTINCT ENTITY SEPARATE FROM THE CITY. WE FOUND, THROUGH THE ANSWERS A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WE ARE THE SAME THING WHICH COULD BE CONSIDERED GOOD OR BAD FOR BOTH OF US OR EITHER OF US. ONE OF THE THINGS I IDENTIFIED FROM THIS WAS THAT MUCH LIKE WE UNDERSTOOD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THIS PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE HAVE BEEN GIVING QUARTERLY REPORTING THERE'S A LOT PEOPLE OF THE PUBLIC DO NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHO MAIN STREET IS AND WHAT WE DO SO WE ARE WORKING TO DO A BETTER JOB AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE BRAND RECOGNITION SURVEYS IN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FORMATTING TO SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUALLY SET OURSELVES APART AND WE HAVE STRATEGIC PLANNING IN PLACE FOR THIS ITEM AS WELL. FOR THE FOCUS MAGAZINE WE PRINTED 45,200 ISSUES . THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED DOWNTOWN AND SURROUNDING AREAS OR DIRECTLY BY MAIL AND I WILL NOT GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE ARTICLES AND COVERS I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW WE PUBLISHED OVER 40 THAT ARE TIED TO CITY INTEREST.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITHOUT MAKING IT A CITY MAGAZINE, THEY WERE COVERING OTHER NONPROFITS, WE HAVE MONTHLY ARTICLE SPACE FOR THE DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET, WE HAVE NOW SINCE ADDED DOING A GARDENING ARTICLE AND WITH THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, WE COVER ANY ARTICLE THAT WILL ADDRESS THE DIRECT AREA OF IMPACT MAY IT BE THE HIGHWAY MUSEUM OPENING HIGHWAY FESTIVAL WE ARE JUST, THAT'S THE GOAL, TO COVER WHAT IS GOOD AND POSITIVE IN THE AREA WE ARE SERVING. THERE IS OUR WEBSITE THAT I MENTIONED. WON'T MAKE YOU READ THROUGH THOSE. COMMUNITY TESTIMONIALS. WE DID THIS ONE TIME THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A INTERESTING YEAR AND THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A COMPLETE LIST OF DELIVERABLES UNTIL HALFWAY THROUGH. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AS SOMETHING WE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE TESTIMONIALS ARE GENERALLY VERY VERY NICE. I THINK THE FEEDBACK WE GOT ON THE SURVEY IS PROBABLY MORE USEFUL BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO FILL IT OUT ON THEIR OWN AS OPPOSED TO SAYING IT'S OUR FACE. WE DID ENJOY WARM COMMENTS AND WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH A FULL LIST OF THOSE AND YOU ARE

WELCOME TO READ AT YOUR LEISURE. >> CAN INTERRUPT , BY UNIQUE VISITOR DO YOU MEAN THE FIRST TIME THEY COME ON? NOT REPEAT?

>> YES, THERE COUNTED AS A SINGLE VISITOR. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE I DON'T CARE FOR HOW PEOPLE REPORT DATA BECAUSE THIS IS NOT TO TALK ABOUT ANYONE ELSE, THIS IS US.

WHAT I AM SAYING IS THIS IS INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR , NOT SOMEBODY WHO CAME FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES, THAT IS A

UNIQUE VISITOR. MAKE SENSE? >> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

>> REALLY THAT FILTER SHOULD FILTER OUT BOUNCES SO IF SOMEBODY JUST HITS THE PAGE ON ACCIDENT.

>> ONE THING I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING ON HOW WE MEASURED OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS WHICH SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WE DID NOT HAVE ANYMORE DIRECT DATA , LOOKING AT OUT-OF-TOWN LOOKING OUTSIDE OF FORT PIERCE, SENDING INTERESTING CRITERIA AND THE PEOPLE WHO SAID WHAT THEY THOUGHT TESTIMONIAL LIES FROM VERO VERSUS PORT ST. LUCIE THAT'S WORTH CONSIDERING AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY THAT THOSE ARE TWO DISTINCT AUDIENCES. I USED TO THINK OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM FORT PIERCE OR EXCUSE ME FROM PORT ST. LUCIE AND THE PEOPLE FROM VERO AS FROM THE SAME POT AND WE NOTICED A SHIFT, THERE'S MORE

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VERO COMING HERE. >> INTERESTING.

>> IN TERMS OF ORGANIZATION, STRONG FOUNDATION I THINK WE HAVE THAT WE ARE ENGAGED WITH STAKEHOLDERS. WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS. ON THE CRITERIA I BELIEVE WE HAVE NOT ONLY MET, BUT EXCEEDED EVERY SINGLE POINT OUR BIGGEST PARTNERSHIPS I CAN POINT TO YOU IS SHOP SMALL SATURDAY BECAUSE HE ONLY ASKED FOR TWO. AND OCTOBER FRIDAY FESTIVAL PARTNERSHIP. I COULD CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE WE COULD TALK ABOUT ANY NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HAVE A ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARTNER SOCIETY FOR THE GHOST WALK AND I HAVE BEEN A BIG HELP WITH PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE THEME AS IT IS THROUGH THE DECADES WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS AND AUDIENCES TO LOOK BACK INTO THEIR OWN HISTORY AND REALLY SHOW THAT AT THE PARADE. VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT OUR VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT GENERALLY COMES WORD-OF-MOUTH. A LITTLE BIT OF REASON FOR THAT SOMETIMES WE GET VOLUNTEERS THAT WANT TO COME IN IF THEY ARE OFF THE STREET PEOPLE WE DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN START AT THE VOLUNTEERING ROLE TO GET TO KNOW AND BUILD TRUST SO THAT'S PROBABLY OUR SMALLER SITE. FOR INSTANCE WHEN PEOPLE ARE CALLING I HAVE PAROLE HOURS THAT IS OVER THE BECAUSE OF OUR SMALL NATURE. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER THAT RESOURCE, WE HAVE EXPANDED WE HAVE WANTED TO WORK WITH HIGH SCHOOLERS, MORE OF A OUTREACH POINT SO THE HOURS THEY NEED TO GRADUATE SO THEY WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF 16 TO 18-YEAR-OLD VOLUNTEERS. OUR VOLUNTEER DOCUMENTED HOURS FOR THE 4216. I SAY DOCUMENTED BECAUSE I CANNOT QUANTIFY AND THERE IS MORE, BUT THAT IS WHAT I HAVE ON RECORD AND ON PAPER AND THAT I COULD SHOW YOU AND THERE IS AN CREDIBLE VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY IN THAT VOLUNTEERING. SO, WE DO NOT AND WE HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE WE DON'T RELY ON CITY FUNDS FOR EMPLOYEE SALARIES. THE MONEY FROM THE CITY WHILE WE ARE GRATEFUL IT ALLOWS US TO DO THINGS WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO SPECIFICALLY WITH SOME OF THESE EVENTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW THEY ARE NOT REVENUE-PRODUCING, THEY ARE MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT IS NOT WHAT IS FUNDING OUR BASE OPERATIONAL COST OR SALARIES JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT. FOR THE BUDGET SUMMARY THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN OUR BUDGETING DETAILS. IT IS THE FULL YEAR WE HAVE ABSOLUTE STAND UP KNOCKOUT BOOKKEEPER BEHIND ME TODAY AND SHE WILL FIND $.40 OFF AND SHE WILL TELL YOU AND WE WILL FIX IT SO I CAN ASSURE YOU PLEASED TO PRESENT THESE BECAUSE I AM VERY VERY PROUD OF HER EXCELLENT WORK ON THAT SO WE HAVE DROP-DOWN AND DRILLED INTO EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO NOW PROVIDE YOU WITH A FULL PICTURE. A LITTLE BIT OF THE ENDING ON OUR EXPENSE CATEGORIES, YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN I SAY WE HAVE EVENTS WE ARE DOING , THEY'RE NOT PROFITABLE THEY'RE NOT COMMUNITY SERVICE AND WHAT THE FUNDING TO DO TO CONTINUE THOSE NOT FRANKLY ABLE TO OTHERWISE. AND THEN , WITH THE DETAILED EXPENSES WITH BUDGET JUSTIFICATION, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THAT WHICH HAD TO DO OUR BEST TO MAXIMIZE WHAT SERVICE WE GET TO THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE STRETCHING THE PUBLIC DOLLARS EVERYWHERE WE CAN COME EXPENSIVE HAVE CONTINUED TO CLIMB, THE REVENUE HAS CONTINUED TO DECREASE AS ALMOST EVERY NONPROFIT LOCALLY WILL TELL YOU AND I WILL TELL YOU WE ARE DOING MORE WITH LESS. WE DON'T NEED A PAT ON THE BACK WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE ARE DOING OUR BEST, WORKING WITH PARTNERS WITH FOLKS WHO WERE VOLUNTEER AND OFFER SERVICES, WE HAVE GREAT VENDORS WHO HAVE STAYED WITH US KEEPING PRICES CONSISTENT AND WE DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST THOSE WHO HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO RAISE PRICING BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. SO WE DO PRIORITIZE UTILIZING LOCAL VENDORS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS PART OF THE MISSION ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AND THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO KEEP EVENTS THAT SERVE AS YOU KNOW SERVE AS THESE ECONOMIC INCUBATORS FRIDAY NIGHT FOR FRIDAY FESTIVAL, FOR US WE ARE NOT SURE THIS IS A GOOD

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FRIDAY FESTIVAL WE WERE NOT THRILLED WITH THE ATTENDANCE. IN SPEAKING TO VENDORS THEY MADE MONEY THEY MADE GOOD MONEY SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO REFOCUS ON WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TO SAY WE MAY NOT SEE OUR SPECIFIC BOTTOM LINE THRIVING IN THIS FORMAT THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS COMING THEIR LOCAL THIS IS PART OF THEIR INCOME KEEPING FOOD ON THE TABLE THEY ARE SO WE ARE PLEASED AND PROUD TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. >> QUESTIONS?

>> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT AND THIS WILL PROBABLY BE ECHOED IN THE SECOND PRESENTATION, BUT THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. IT DOES PRESENT A VERY GOOD PICTURE, PICTURE WORTH 1000 WORDS. LAST MEETING I RECALL THERE WAS SOME CONCERNED CITIZENS IN THE AUDIENCE WITH QUESTIONS AND I THINK TO LAY THIS OUT SO PEOPLE CAN CLEARLY SEE THE TRANSPARENCY, HOW YOU ARE OPERATING IT IS ADMIRABLE WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS WHEN YOU ARE FORECASTING A DEFICIT NOBODY LIKES TO SEE THAT, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE COMMUNICATE THIS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TAX DOLLARS HAVE BEEN UTILIZED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTING ECONOMIC BRUTALITY WITH A SMALL BUSINESS AND ALSO PROVIDING EVENTS, THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE FORT PIERCE I AM ENCOURAGED BY THE NUMBERS I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE PROBABLY A THREEFOLD OR FIVEFOLD EFFECT ON THAT BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN SEE THERE SO THAT IS IMPRESSIVE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO TOUT FORT PIERCE IN A POSITIVE WAY SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME , THIS IS A LOT OF WORK PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND IT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE FOR ME TO READ AND UNDERSTAND AND GET A GOOD PICTURE AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THE PUBLIC WILL PULL THIS DOWN, LOOK AT IT AND REVIEW ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU DO, HOW YOU DO IT AND WHY WE DO IT SO THANK YOU.

>> GREAT, COMMISSIONER BRODERICK.

>> I WOULD FOLLOW-UP AND SAY THE REPORT WAS EXCELLENT. I AGREE THAT'S VERY TIME-CONSUMING DATA TO DIGEST INTO A WRITTEN REPORT.

MAIN STREET PLAYS A INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT CANDIDLY THIS COMMISSION WAS NOT AWARE OF UNTIL THE REPORTING FUNCTION STARTED SO I THINK IT IS A VALUABLE INPUT TO THE COMMISSION THAT WE GET THE REPORTS REGULARLY. QUESTION NOT QUITE RELATED TO THIS IS WHAT'S THE NEW PARADE ROUTE ARE YOU PREPARED TO ANNOUNCE?

>> YES SIR AND I APOLOGIZE I DON'T HAVE THE MOST RECENT FOCUS MAGAZINE WITH ME BUT YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE WEBSITE AND IT WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THE WEBSITE TO SEE THIS. OUR PARTNERS WORKED WITH MICHELLE FRANKLIN'S OFFICE, SHE IS A GREAT SUPPORTER OF DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE AND SHE HAS CREATED A DIGITAL MAP SO WE HAVE A QR CODE IN THIS MONTH'S FOCUS ALSO ON THE WEBSITE TO CLICK ON IT IT SHOWS YOU THE ROAD CLOSURES, THE TIMES, THE STAGING , D STAGING. WE HAVE BEEN CAREFUL ON WHAT INFORMATION WE PROVIDED FOR THE PUBLIC , IT IS CAPABLE OF DOING MORE, BUT WE HAVE WHITTLED IT DOWN TO WHAT IS PUBLICLY APPROPRIATE AND THEN USE TO THOSE ADDITIONS TO THE CAD DRAWINGS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY , FROM OUR , OUR COMMITTEE , TO MAP THAT OUT FOR OUR PARTNERS BOTH AT THE CITY, THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS GIVE US AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR ACQUIRING INSURANCE THIS YEAR WHICH WE WERE TOLD WAS GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE AND ULTIMATELY WE WERE ABLE TO FINALIZE AND BIND IN THE LAST WEEK AFTER SIX MONTHS OF EXPLORATION. I WANTED I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU ASKED BUT I WANTED TO MOMENT TO MENTION YES WE HAVE THE ROUTE, THE ROUTE WILL IT HAS BEEN EXCELLENT IN THAT CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY THAT IS HAPPENING , THEY WILL HAVE THAT COMPLETED AND OFF-ROAD BY THE PARADE DECEMBER 7 SO WE WILL BE STAGING THE SAME AREA WE HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS, CHECK-IN WILL BE RIVERWALK CENTER FOR REGISTERED FLOATS ONLY, YOU MUST REGISTER AHEAD OF TIME, WE SET UP A CAPTAINS MEETING AT THE FORT PIERCE YACHT CLUB MAIN STREET AND KIWANIS WILL HAVE THAT WHERE WE ASK EACH GROUP PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADES AND ONE INDIVIDUAL NOVEMBER 24, TO THE FORT PIERCE YACHT CLUB SO EVERYBODY HAS A BETTER IDEA. THE PARADE WILL START OVER TEMPLE TUMMY HILLS, THE DIFFERENCE

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BEING IT WILL BE HEADED EAST ON AVENUE A. PROCEED ON AVENUE A KNOWN AS MARINA WAY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MELODY LANE HEADED SOUTH ON MELODY LANE AND AGAIN TURN WEST ON ORANGE AVENUE COME DOWN ORANGE AVENUE ON SECOND STREET HEADED SOUTH GOING DOWN THROUGH THE COURTHOUSE OR COMPOUND ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS DOWN THROUGH THERE. IT WILL D STAGE WHEN THEY REACH CITRUS AVENUE. IF YOU'RE A FLOAT WHO CAN DRIVE OFF AND GO TAKE A RIGHT GO TO U.S. 1 IF YOU ARE A FLOAT OR SOMETHING LIKE HORSES OR SOMETHING WITH CHILDREN POLICE WILL BE THERE TO GUIDE YOU ACROSS CITRUS AVENUE ONTO SOUTH SECOND STREET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY WILL BE

D STAGING AREAS. >> KIND OF EXCITING.

>> ABSOLUTELY EXCITING. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT FOR EVERY TURN WE JUST DESCRIBED, THERE IS ALSO A CONTINGENCY PLAN , IN LARGE PART NOT ONLY THINGS TO PARTNERS WITH THE QANTAS, I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE, HARD WORK, THE ABSOLUTE DEDICATION. THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER I AM NOT KIDDING THE AMOUNT OF OUR OWN PERSONAL TIME COMING IN BEFORE, BEFORE THE DAY STARTS TYPE OF THING GETTING THIS AND KEEPING AND MOVING AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO GIVE UP THEIR TIME TO MAKE THIS SAFE AND THAT'S WHY I CALL IT A ICEBERG EVENT MOST OF WHAT'S HAPPENING YOU WILL NEVER SEE THAT IT IS KEEPING IT SAFE AND SECURE AND ABLE FOR ANOTHER GENERATION TO

CONTINUE TO ENJOY. >> DOES FPUA HAVE TO DO UTILITY DISCONNECTS TO GET UNDER WIRES OR ANYTHING OF THIS NATURE?

>> I DON'T KNOW I COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION.

>> IN THE PAST THEY PURPOSELY ROUTED TO NOT DO THAT.

>> THEY HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO DO, THEY HAVE HAD TO IN THE TIME MY UNDERSTANDING IS ANYTIME THERE IS A ROAD TOUR KNOB OR PROJECT THEY COME BEHIND AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS MAINTAINED AND THEY TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE SO THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED IN FRONT OF US AND I KNOW THAT IS PART OF THE PROJECT ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE NOW FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT WHICH IS PART OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT THE BORING MATERIAL I GUESS. THEY ADJUSTED THEIR TIMELINE FOR THE PARADE WHICH I THOUGHT WAS EXCELLENT . YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THEY WOULD MAKE IT HAPPEN AND THEY HAVE AND HAVE CONSISTENTLY MET THOSE TIMELINES.

>> GOOD, GLAD TO HEAR THAT. >> NOT SURE IF IT ANSWERS THE

QUESTION. >> CHANGE OF THE PATH OF CONSTRUCTION THEY ARE INVOLVED IN WITH THAT MAGNITUDE TO ACCOMMODATE A PARADE SPEAKS HIGHLY OF THEIR DEDICATON TO THE CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.

>> IT DOES AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT YOUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO WORKED VERY HARD WITH US ON THAT TO COMMUNICATE . I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EACH DEPARTMENT WE WORK WITH INSIDE OF THE CITY AND THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS ON MENTIONING THEY

ARE A GOOD PARTNER. >> POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS EVERY ASSET THAT THEY OWN IN THE PARADE LOCATION.

>> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE HAD THE OFFERS OF HELP EXTENDED FROM EXTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHICH IS EXCELLENT TO KNOW SHOULD THAT BECOME SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE AND THE DAMES AND TIMES WE LIVE IN WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS BUT THE FACT WHERE ABLE TO OFFER THIS TO THE PUBLIC WHEN WE SEE A LOT OF PLACES SHYING AWAY FROM IT, IT SPEAKS TO THE FORTITUDE OF US AS A CITY.

>> AS WE HAVE ALL WITNESSED ON TV MASS ATTRACTION , HORRIFIC EVENTS , SOMETHING WE CANNOT HAVE IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE I TRULY BELIEVE THE PRESENCE OF POLICE I'VE NEVER SEEN, THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. SO I BELIEVE IF SOMEBODY HAD A TWISTED THOUGHT OF THAT NATURE AND A SIMPLE PRESENCE OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL CALL THAT I AM CONFIDENT IN THAT.

>> I WOULD NEVER THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY SAY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. THEY ARE A GREAT NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT TAKE TIME OUT OF OUR PERSONAL LIVES TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS ON THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT AND WE DO HAVE SUPPORT A FIRE RESCUE, WE HAVE THE SUPPORT LIKE I SAID THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS OFTEN

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EXTENDED THAT WE DON'T NEED THAT AT THIS POINT, BUT IT IS NICE THERE IS A COMMUNITYWIDE INTEREST IN THIS OR THE COUNTY HAS EXTENDED OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE THIS YEAR AS WELL WHICH I THINK IS GREAT. I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE OUTSIDE UNDERSTANDS THIS IS SPECIAL AND UNIQUE AND NOT EASILY

REPLICABLE. >> THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

>> I WAS JUST THINKING WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE OFFERING TO HELP ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES ARE INVOLVED IN THE PARADE AND ARE COMMITTED ACTUALLY IT'S THE PLACE TO BE SO EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE THERE AND BE SEEN AND BE PART. I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE SURVEY RESULTS. I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING PEOPLE THINK MAIN STREET IN FORT PIERCE PEOPLE ARE TIED UP IN ONE ORGANIZATION AND IF THE SAME WITH THE FARMERS MARKET THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO KNOW THAT IS A DIFFERENT MARKET IS THE PEOPLE ON THE FARMERS MARKET BOARD EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS IT IS THE FARMERS MARKET THIS USED TO BE SOMETHING OF CONCERN WE ARE NOT CRAFT BEER FARMERS MARKET. I'M LIKE WHO CARES SO EVERYBODY COMES GOES TO BOTH MARKETS AND THINKS IT'S THE SAME. IT IS A INTERESTING THING BUT ALMOST NOT IMPORTANT EXCEPT TO US AT THE CITY AND YOU AND MAIN STREET. BUT I REALLY DO WANT TO SAY THE EVENTS LIKE THE GHOST WALK AND ALMOST YOU CANNOT CALCULATE THE VALUE OF THAT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT COME DOWNTOWN IN FORT PIERCE THAT YOU BRING DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE , IN MY GROUP, MY TOUR GROUP ALONE I HAD PALM CITY, PORT ST. LUCIE, VERO. SO, YOU'RE HAVING PEOPLE FOR YOUR EVENTS AND I'M SURE FRIDAY FESTIVAL IS THE SAME AND I HAVE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE FROM BOTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND PORT ST. LUCIE SAY , WHEN I HAVE COMPANY I BRING THEM TO DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE. SO I THINK THAT IS , MAIN STREET IS A BIG PART OF IT AND I DO KNOW THAT AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK DORIS TILLMAN HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH MAIN STREET AND I THINK WE ALL VALUE HER WORK SHE IS A LOT OF THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE NOW SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, ALL THE YEARS YOU HAVE DEVOTED TO FORT PIERCE I KNOW YOU LOVE THIS PLACE LIKE ALL OF US LOVE THIS PLACE SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND MANY YEARS OF

DEDICATION. >> ANYTHING ELSE?

>> VERY WELL DONE . AS USUAL. I WANT TO SAY MISS DORIS TILLMAN.

ONE PERSON IN THE CITY WELCOMING FROM DAY ONE IT HAS BEEN MISSED TILLMAN AND MY WIFE COME EVERY TIME SHE SEES ME YOU HAVE BEEN NICE TO ME, SMILING, ENCOURAGING ME ALONG THE WAY. WHEN OTHERS DID NOT ENCOURAGE ME. EVERY SINGLE TIME. I HOPE I GET TO SEE YOU AROUND TOWN AND SEE YOUR SMILING FACE. BUT YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT AND YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH AND I KNOW YOU WILL DO A WELL JOB AND SUCCEED, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERY THING YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR ME. THANK YOU.

>> WELL SAID. YES. >> WHEN IS THE PARTY?

>> SHE SAID SHE'S TIRED OF PARTNERING BUT SHE MIGHT LET US PULL OUT SOMETHING IN THE NEW YEAR. WE WILL KEEP YOU GUYS

POSTED. >> WE OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL, I THINK SO. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON EVERYTHING.

[B. Lincoln Park Main Street, Inc. annual program update covering the FY2025 (October 31, 2024 to September 30, 2025).]

>> THANK YOU ALL. >> MOVING ON NEXT ITEM IS THE LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET ANNUAL PROGRAM UPDATE.

>> MR. CHESS DO YOU HAVE LEAD-IN?

>> WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY WITH THE LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET.

>> >> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING COMMISSION GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS STAFF IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU AND TALK ABOUT LINCOLN PARK MAIN

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STREET FOURTH QUARTER. REPORTING AS WELL AS SOME TIMELINES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED IN OVER THE PAST FISCAL YEAR SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION AS WELL AS A SISTER ORGANIZATION, MAIN STREET HAS BEEN PARAMOUNT TO LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET AS WELL AS ENGAGING GIVING US DIRECTION AND

ASSISTANCE ALONG THE WAY. >> YOU HAVE COLLABORATED ON SEVERAL THINGS. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

>> ABSOLUTELY, YES INDEED. OKAY, SO YOUR PRESENTATION. AS THE INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW LISTED BEFORE YOU, AGAIN AS A FOUR POINT APPROACH. WITHIN OUR HISTORIC LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET DISTRICT WE ENGAGE IN ECONOMIC VITALITY, DESIGN, PROMOTION AND ORGANIZATION OVERALL. SO, OUR GOALS AS IDENTIFIED BY THE AGREEMENT TO STRENGTHEN LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET BASE WITH SUPPORTING AND EXISTING SERVICES, ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES AND ASSURING DIVERS THRIVING ECONOMIC MIX KNOW WITHIN OUR DISTRICT THE DISTRICT IS UNIQUE IN THAT WITHIN THE 30 SOME ODD BLOCKS OUR BUSINESS STRUCTURE IS SOMEWHAT I WON'T SAY DISJOINTED BUT IT IS LEAPS AND BOUNDS IN TERMS OF LOCATION TO BUSINESSES TO BUSINESSES WITH THE HELP OF THE 2004 HURRICANES , THAT ENGAGED IN DEMOLISHING A NUMBER OF STRUCTURES SO THEREFORE A LOT OF VACANT LAND HAS COME AS A RESULT OF THAT NOW ON THE UPSIDE THERE ARE A LOT OF INVESTORS , DEVELOPERS THAT COME UPON LINCOLN PARK IN THAT DISTRICT AND ENSURING THAT HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION DOES OCCUR. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE AND ONE OF OUR LONG-TERM BUSINESSES, THE LOCATION HAS SINCE BEEN REJUVENATED BY A NEW BUSINESS AND WE WILL GET INTO THAT LATER BUT I WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE HOW OUR STRUCTURE AND DISTRICT IS COMPOSED SO JOB CREATION AND RETENTION, NEW BUSINESS ATTRACTION. AND THE FORMER GRANNIES KITCHEN LOCATION, THE BLUE CLARINET RESTAURANT AND JAZZ LOUNGE AND SUNDAY BRUNCH OPENED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. WE HAD A COUPLE DELAYS IN TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL OPENING THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR LATE MARCH , EARLY APRIL AND THEN LATER INTO AUGUST , BUT FINALLY AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER THEY OPENED UP AS WELL AS THE CREATION OF TWO FULL-TIME JOBS AND TWO PART-TIME JOBS. THAT BUSINES PROVIDES SERVICES IN TERMS OF THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AND IT HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE, TO BE IN THE OLD GRANNIES KITCHEN LOCATION UTILIZING THE BANQUET HALL , THEY ARE PREPARING TO MOVE INTO HAVING LUNCH PROVIDED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A SHORT ORDER COOK AND THEN THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY IS WHEN THEY HAVE THE JAZZ SHOWS, THE DINNER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ANOTHER BUSINESS WAS THE IDENTITY SERVICES GOAL THAT IS A PART-TIME LOCATION THAT IDENTIFIES FOR FOLKS TO GET IDENTIFICATION A LOT OF FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS COME THERE TO GET PAPERWORK. THE SERVICES ENROLLMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATION LICENSES AND VERIFICATION AS WELL. THE CPR CLASSES , CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS AND TRAINING AND PHLEBOTOMY CLASSES ARE ALSO WHERE THEY ARE SIGNED UP AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION AND THAT LOCATION IS ADJACENT TO THE GRANNIES KITCHEN SPOT THIS SMALL AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY GOING TO BE UTILIZED AS AN ICE CREAM SHOP WHEN THE RUSS 'S OWN TO THE BUILDING. NOW THIS BUSINESS IS IN THERE . SO, FOR BUSINESS WORKSHOPS , WE HOSTED FINANCIAL LITERACY AND THEY ARE

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FOURTH-QUARTER AT THE BLUE CLARINET RESTAURANT. AND THEN WE HOSTED TWO WORKSHOPS DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.

SEPTEMBER 24 AS WELL AS THE 30TH AT THE BLACK BARN EDUCATIONAL BUILDING NOW BOTH OF THOSE WORKSHOPS ONE WAS ON PERMITTING BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ENGAGING IN CONSTRUCTION OR TRYING TO PURSUE VARIOUS OPTIONS THAT DID NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT PERMITTING AND SECOND WAS PLANNING AND ZONING BECAUSE BEFORE YOU CAN GET A PERMIT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR SITE PLAN IS AND WHAT THE SITE CAN BE, WHAT CAN BE BUILT UPON THE SITE AND YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH PLANNING AS WELL SO WE ARE PROPOSING ANOTHER TWO IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT DOING A DIFFERENT APPROACH IN TERMS OF REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BY GOING TO THE COMMUNITY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND OUR DISTRICT , ONE OF THOSE MAIN FOUNDATIONS OF REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IS THROUGH THE CHURCH. SO WE HAVE TWO CHURCHES THAT ARE ENGAGING IN , ENGAGING IN PLANNING AND PERMITTING SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE FIRST TWO STOPS AS WELL. THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY. WE HAVE COMPILED DATA ON BUSINESSES WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND WE INCLUDED BUSINESSES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE DISTRICT THAT IS ON 25TH STREET MLK BOULEVARD THAT HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT COMES AROUND WITHIN THE DISTRICT SO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND AS REQUESTED WE WILL PROVIDE IT, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT LISTING AND IT WILL BE UPDATED QUARTERLY AS WELL AS NEW PEOPLE OR NEW BUSINESSES ENGAGE COMING INTO THE DISTRICT. THIS IS JUST SOME ADDITIONAL DATA ON THE ARTWORK CREATED FOR FLYERS. THIS IS A LISTING AN EXAMPLE OF THE LINCOLN PARK BUSINESSES AND OWNERS THAT HAS THE INFORMATION.

THE ADDRESS, THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS, THE POINT OF CONTACT, THE OWNER ADDRESS AS WELL. AND IT WAS REFRESHING, GOING BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE A NUMBER OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE CHANGED, AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES. SOME REMAIN, SOME MOVED ON SO MAINTAINING THAT UPDATE AND ENGAGING IN THOSE NEW RELATIONSHIPS. SO, WITHIN THE ECONOMIC VITALITY AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPECT DATABASE WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WE PROVIDED IT TO TWO BUSINESSES. KNOW THE BRICK-AND-MORTAR BUSINESSES WE HAVE WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF A NUMBER OF MOBILE BUSINESSES THAT WE ALSO ENGAGE THAT ARE FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS THEY HAVE OFFICES AT HOME BUT THEY COME UPON THE DISTRICT TO ENGAGE AND TO SOLICIT SALES AS WELL TWO OF THOSE ARE THE BLUE CLARINET AND CYNTHIA'S ALTERATIONS AND MORE SO WITHIN THAT WE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION. FOR THE FACADE GRANT AND SIGNAGE PROGRAM EVEN PAINT THE TOWN ON BLUE CLARINET PAINT THE TOWN AS WELL AS THE GRANT. SO AT THE TIME OF OUR LAST PRESENTATION , THE APPLICATIONS WERE THERE. HOWEVER THEY WERE SUBMITTED. DURING THIS PRESENTATION NEITHER OF THE BUSINESSES RECEIVED OR WAS AWARDED THE GRANT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO RESUBMIT AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY WHEN THEY ARE OPENED UP AGAIN AND WE ENCOURAGE THAT. OUR PROPERTY LISTING VACANT AND OCCUPIED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LIST . THAT WAS A HUGE UNDERTAKING, BUT IT ALSO GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT HOUSING STRUCTURES WITHIN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHEN WE ARE DRIVING ALONG GOING ALONG AVENUE DUNN GOING 17TH STREET, 13TH STREET, SEVENTH STREET , THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES RARELY DO WE GO UP

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SIX STREET. GOING DOWN BY FIFTH STREET TO LOOK AT OTHER STRUCTURES THERE. SO WHEN WE ENGAGE TO THIS TASK AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OFFICE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH US WITH THAT AND THANK YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OFFICE SO I WORKED WITH THEM AND WE IDENTIFIED 1390 PARCELS JUST WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND WE WENT TO 29TH STREET OR 31ST STREET AND OF THOSE PARCELS, 460 WERE IDENTIFIED AS COMMERCIAL AND SO THAT HUGE UNDERTAKING, EVERYTHING FROM THE ADDRESS, THE PARCEL ID NUMBER, THE STRUCTURE SIZE, AS WELL AS THE LAND-USE, THAT IS INVALUABLE INFORMATION THAT , TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE AND HAVE ON HAND. NOW AS I PRESENTED THAT IS A HUGE FILE COULD NOT TRY TO PUT IT WITHIN THIS PRESENTATION , HOWEVER WE DO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE AND TURNED IT INTO THE CITY, AS WELL. IF SOMEONE IS REQUESTING WHAT ABOUT THIS ADDRESS? OR I HAVE A PARCEL ID , WE CAN READILY ASSESS AND GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO WHOMEVER IS REQUESTING IT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. SO THAT COMPLETE FILE IS WITHIN THE JUMP DRIVE PRESENTED TO THE REPORT, OUR PROSPECT DATABASE, INDIVIDUALS ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION, SOMETIMES WE ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE NAME AND ADDRESS. SOMETIMES THEY ARE LIKE WE WILL COME BACK BUT WE WERE ABLE TO REACH , I THINK HAD A LISTING OF SIX, BUT ONE WAS DUPLICATE THAT GENUINELY WANT TO ENGAGE IN THE DISTRICT NOW ONE OF THE LARGEST PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE DISTRICT PASSED AWAY IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR AND SO HE HAD ABOUT 13 OR 14 PROPERTIES AND ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES IS THE HISTORIC GRANNIES KITCHEN. SO WE REACHED OUT. A GENTLEMAN CAME ALONG AND SAID LISTEN I WANT TO TRY TO BUY ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES AND A PROPOSAL WAS PRESENTED WENT UNDER CONTRACT, UNFORTUNATELY THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT ABLE TO ACQUIRE 13, HOWEVER THE 13 WAS ACQUIRED BY A FAMILY MEMBER OR CLOSE FRIEND OF THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER. SO WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP THE EXISTING I GUESS VISION OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER YOU KNOW WHAT THE PLANS AND PURPOSES WERE FOR THOSE BUILDINGS AND THEN REVISIT AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR HUGE I WOULD NOT CALL IT A SETBACK IT WAS A INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THAT PREVIOUS OWNER AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY HE PASSED AWAY AND IT WAS LIKE OKAY TO HAVE TO PIVOT WHAT DO YOU DO? START OVER. THE FAMILY OF THE OWNER, THEIR PLANS WERE NOT TO MAKE DECISIONS, DO NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ONE YEAR. YOU KNOW CHANGING IN 10 MONTHS OKAY MAKING THESE CHANGES IN 10 MONTHS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THIS SO THEY DID THAT WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE FIRST OF THE

YEAR. >> CAN I INTERRUPT FOR ONE SECOND? IS THE EAST BOUNDARY SEVEN STREET?

>> THAT IS U.S. 1. >> OUR BOUNDARY FROM U.S. 1 JUST WEST OF 29TH STREET. SO YES THIS IMAGE HERE IS A IMAGE OF ALL THE PARCELS FOR THE DATABASE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS THAT LISTING MASSIVE BUT VERY VALUABLE AND INFORMATIVE. YOU HAVE THE LAND-USE, THE DISTRICT GROUP, SUBDIVISION NAME TYPE OF ZONING THE BUILD ACCOUNT AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE YEAR THAT STRUCTURE MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT SO I THINK I HAD TO HAVE LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT FIVE

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DIFFERENT SLIDES IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THE VOLUME OF IT. THE DIFFERENT OWNERS, THE MAILING ADDRESS IN THE CITY AND THE SITE ADDRESS AND THEN HAVE THIS INFORMATION HERE. VALUATION TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE AND THE YEARS THEY WERE APPRAISED AND THIS WOULD BE THE END OF THAT SO. THIS IS THE SIX INDIVIDUALS REGARDING PERSPECTIVE BUSINESS INTEREST WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT HAD REACHED OUT TO US ABOUT THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS OR LOT INTERESTS, THE PROSPECT NAMES , THEIR PHONE NUMBER, THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS AND THE PROPERTY ADDRESS OF INTEREST. SO WHEN WE MOVE INTO DESIGN ALONG WITH KEY DELIVERABLES WITH THE GRAND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND HISTORIC DESIGNATION MASTER PLAN INPUT FOR THE FACADE PROGRAM WE COMPLETED THOSE APPLICATIONS WITH THOSE BUSINESSES. THE IMPACT FEE MORATORIUM AS INDIVIDUALS ARE INQUIRING OR ASKING ABOUT VARIOUS IMPACT FEES THAT IS WHEN WE ENGAGE AND PROVIDE INFORMATION WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE AND WHEN IT WENT INTO EFFECT. HISTORIC DESIGNATION WE MET WITH THE HISTORIC LINKIN PARK SURVEY THAT GRANT WAS COMPLETED THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED AS OF WHAT IS IT JULY 1, JULY 1, 2025 AND THAT WAS THROUGH THE STATE IT WAS A STATE-FUNDED GRANT SO THAT ALL OF THE PROPERTIES OR THE MAJORITY, 250 PROPERTIES WITHIN THE LINKIN PARK DISTRICT WAS RESEARCHED AND DATA COLLECTED ON EACH ONE OF THOSE PARCELS, TO IDENTIFY HISTORIC DESIGNATION , PREPARE THOSE PARCELS FOR WHATEVER TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO AND WHAT IS TAKING PLACE NOW SO WE SUBMITTED THAT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES. THEY MADE COMMENTS, WE SUBMITTED THE SURVEY REPORT, THEY MADE THE COMMENTS WE MADE THE UPDATES SO NOW THAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN IDENTIFYING WHAT PROPERTIES ARE OF HISTORIC NATURE. SO AT THE TIME OF COMPLETING THE REPORT , I WAS IN THE MIDDLE, WE SUBMITTED A SECOND GRANT TO THE STATE SO WE COULD IDENTIFY THE WHOLE DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE SO AN ADDITIONAL 200 PARCELS WOULD BE IDENTIFIED. WE HAD THE EVALUATIONS LAST WEEK AND OUR GRANT APPLICATION RANKED NUMBER ONE FOR THE CATEGORY. SO IT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING WHICH WOULD START JULY 1, 2026. IT WILL PICK UP THAT GRANT WILL PICK UP WHERE THIS FIRST GRAND LEFT OFF IN TERMS OF THE PARCELS RESEARCHED, IDENTIFIED AND COMBINED ONE FULL REPORT AND THAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP FOR 2027, TO PRESENT AND SAY LISTEN THESE ARE PARCELS WE WANT TO IDENTIFY AND AND LIST THEM ON NOT ONLY THE STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND ALSO FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

>> DO YOU HAVE ON THE 250, WHY THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED

HISTORIC? >> YES MA'AM, WITHIN THAT, THERE IS A TABLE THAT IDENTIFIES THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS AND THEN RESEARCH IS DONE THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE VARIOUS CONSULTANTS THAT SAID HEY LISTEN, THIS IS WHAT IS IN

THERE. THIS IS WHAT TOOK PLACE. >> I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT IF IT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION. THAT WOULD BE

INTERESTING. >> YES, HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. SO OUR MASTER PLAN INPUT , WE MET WITH THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IDENTIFIED WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT WITH THE FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY GIVING COMMUNITY NAMES AND ADDRESSES AND NUMBERS AS WELL AS WHO THEY COULD RESEARCH WHO THEY COULD TALK TO TO GET OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THE LINKIN PARK COMMUNITY. THE CITY DESIGN STANDARDS AS I WAS TOLD WAS APPROVED DECEMBER 2, 2024. SO WE WILL WORK WITHIN THOSE

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DESIGN STANDARDS AS WELL NOW, THE STATE HISTORICAL RESOURCES DID NOT APPROVE, WELL , THE GRANT LINKIN PARK MAIN STREET SUBMITTED IN 2024 THAT WOULD'VE STARTED JULY 2025 WAS FOR THE DESIGN STANDARDS. BECAUSE THE BUDGET WAS SLASHED IN MORE THAN HALF AT THE STATE THAN OUR GRANT PROPOSAL DID NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD OR WAS NOT PART OF WHERE THE FUNDING ENDED BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE STATE FUNDS IS IF THERE IS 20 OR 30 PROPOSALS WHATEVER THE VALUE AMOUNT IS THEY RINK IT BASED ON HOW THEY COME IN SO WHATEVER THE RANKING IS, WHENEVER IF THERE IS A $2 MILLION POT WHENEVER THAT TWO MILLION-DOLLAR POT , THE MONEY RUNS OUT THAT IS WHERE THE FUNDING STOPS. SO WE WERE JUST UNDER THAT. WE WILL SUBMIT ANOTHER GRANT APPLICATION WITHIN THE NEXT CYCLE FOR THE DESIGN STANDARDS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS THAT WE HAVE DONE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. SO MADAME MAYOR, THIS IS ONE OF THE FORMS , THEY ARE CALLED THE MASTER FILE STATE OF FLORIDA MASTER FILE AND THIS IS A COVER OF THE ACTUAL SURVEY AND SO WITH THAT MASTER FILE , THAT INFORMATION IS IDENTIFIED AND THEN IT WOULD MOVE FORWARD AND THAT PARTICULAR FILE CORRESPONDS WITH PINE GROVE CEMETERY WHERE A NUMBER , I THINK EIGHT OR NINE OF ARTISTS RESIDE AT THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE SO THINGS TO THE CITY AND THE ARTS COUNCIL THE , TWO OF THE HIGHWAYMAN WHO JUST PASSED MISS MARY AND CAROL PASSED A FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT HAS COMMISSIONED LOCAL ARTISTS TO DO THE MOSAIC DESIGN ON AL BLACK AND MARY AND CAROL AND SHE WILL BE COMMENCING THAT IN FEBRUARY AS WELL. SO. SO, FOR PROMOTION TO IMPLEMENT MARKETING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND ONGOING CREATIVE PROGRAMMING THAT ENGAGES LINKIN PARK DISTRICT BUSINESSES , RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. AND SOME KEY ELEMENTS WITH KEY EVENTS WAS LINKIN PARK MADE A FREEDOM CELEBRATION FOR THE MOTORCYCLE CLUB TOUR DRIVE CHRISTMAS ON MORRIS CREEK, TOY GIVEAWAY HEALTH AND WELLNESS FESTIVAL, JAZZ ON MORRIS CREEK.

VARIOUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WORKSHOPS AND EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, BUSINESS WITH CITY WORKSHOP SO THE MARKETING GOALS WAS TO PLAN, COORDINATE AND PROMOTE AND HOST NO FEWER THAN 12 PROMOTIONAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL EVENTS ANNUALLY WITH THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 50 PARTICIPANTS.

SO WE HAVE HAD 1000 REACHED SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS VIA VARIOUS PLATFORMS AND THE WEBSITE OF LINKIN PARK MAIN STREET. NOW AGAIN STATE FUNDING FOR ARTS AND CULTURE WAS , WAS ZEROED OUT 24 AND 25 THEREFORE LINKIN PARK MADE FREEDOM CELEBRATION NOT FUNDED WE RECEIVED FUNDING THE PREVIOUS YEAR OR ITS INAUGURAL YEAR WE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM FLORIDA , FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL ALONG WITH OTHERS SO THE FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL THEIR FUNDING WAS CUT AS WELL SO THAT PARTICULAR EVENT WAS NOT FUNDING. THE FLAMING NIGHT MOTORCYCLE CLUB AND TOUR DRIVE IS ONE OF THE STRATEGIC PARTNERS ONE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS, THIS YEAR WOULD BE THE NINTH YEAR OF THAT PARTNERSHIP WHERE THE MOTORCYCLE CLUB HOSTS AN EVENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LINKIN PARK MAIN STREET AND WE PROVIDE THE TENT , WE PROVIDE THE PERMIT, THE INSURANCE. THEY REACH OUT TO CLUBS AROUND THE STATE AND THEY BRING A UNWRAPPED NEW GIFT AND THEY ARE LOCATED NINTH STREET AND ORANGE AVENUE WE

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UTILIZE THE GROUNDS OF SAN ANASTASIA PROPERTY THAT THE CITY OWNS AND EACH YEAR, THIS EVENT HAS GROWN AND CONTINUES TO GROW AND LAST YEAR I THINK IT TOPPED OUT ITS OTHER PREVIOUS EVENTS SO, WHEN THE FLAMING NIGHTS COLLECTED IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE TOYS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO LINKIN PARK MAIN STREET AND FOR OUR TOY GIVEAWAY THAT WE GIVEAWAY TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS TOY COMMUNITY AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS FESTIVAL. MORE THAN JUST TO GIVE AWAY A TOY BECAUSE THEN ATTENDEES ARE GOING TO COME RECEIVE THE TOY AND THEY ARE GOING TO LEAVE SO WE HAVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS FESTIVAL ATTACHED TO IT BECAUSE IT IS PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE CITIZENS FROM HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, FROM COMMUNITY VENDORS AS WELL AND IT IS ATTENDED , WE HAVE 15 OR 16 VENDORS THAT ARE PROVIDING INFORMATION HEALTH-RELATED INFORMATION OR INFORMATION ON THE BUSINESS AND WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS WE IDENTIFY WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT PARTICULAR EVENT AS OUR COMMUNITY GIVE BACK DAY OF GIVING SO ANY OTHER VENDORS THAT MAY OR BUSINESSES OR FOOD TRUCKS THAT MAY WANT TO COME SERVE THE HAVE TO SERVE AND GIVE IT AWAY AS OPPOSED TO SELLING. SO EVERYTHING IS FREE.

WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GREEK ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERED WITH THEM NINE OR 10 YEARS AND WE HAVE THE MESSIANIC LODGE AND TRAINERS CLUB ON-SITE THEY DO THE GRILLING AND PROVIDE THE FOOD TO VARIOUS ATTENDEES AND HISTORIC ORGANIZATIONS SO WE HOSTED 312 ATTENDEES LAST YEAR. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THAT EVENT OTHER THAN THE TOY GIVEAWAY IS THAT THERE IS A GIVEAWAY OF BICYCLES THAT ARE RAFFLED OFF ON STAGE.

AFTER THE TOYS ARE DISTRIBUTED THERE IS BICYCLES SO THAT'S THE HEADLINER. TO DATE WE ALREADY HAVE 18 OR 19 BICYCLES AND EACH PARENT IS HANDED A TICKET. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TICKET THERE HANDED A TICKET AND IF THE TICKET IS CALLED OFF, THEN THE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVES A BICYCLE. SO THAT HAS BEEN VERY FRUITFUL AND WELL ATTENDED. HAVING THAT THERE AND LAST YEAR WE HAD FUTURE GENERATIONS TO PERFORM ON STAGE SO THAT BROUGHT MORE KIDS AS WELL. THAT HAS BEEN A REAL GREAT EVENT AND THIS YEAR WE ARE HAVING THE FRANK WATKINS 5K RUN WALK NAMED IN HONOR OF OUR PREVIOUS PRESIDENT THAT PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY. SO, YOU KNOW IT IS ROUTED TO WALK-THROUGH OR RUN THROUGH MORRIS CREEK FROM SEVEN STREET TO 15TH STREET AND BACK AND IT IS GOING TO BE TWO LOOPS TO GET TO THE 5K. SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AGAIN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE HOSTED THOSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS ONE IN PERSON ONE ONLINE ABOUT THE HISTORIC SURVEY. BUSINESS ASSISTANCE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS, AUGUST 20 AND SEPTEMBER 24 AND THE 30TH. WE PLANNED COORDINATED AND PROMOTED THE NUMBER OF EVENTS. REACH OF 1000 SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS VIA VARIOUS PLATFORMS IN QUARTER ONE WE HAD 6421 AND THAT WAS TIED DIRECTLY TO CHRISTMAS ON MORRIS CREEK AND THE MOTORCYCLE TOY DRIVE EVENT AND WE HAD A REACH OF 258.

CORNER TWO 1019 REACH, 1019 REACHING 556 AS WELL AS QUARTER THREE AT 2000 AND QUARTER FOUR WE HAD 33,561. THAT HAS BEEN, AS COMMISSIONER JOHNSON STATED EARLIER, THAT SOCIAL MEDIA TOOL AND THAT BACK AND FORTH TO YOUR OTHER OUTLETS HAS REALLY BEEN

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ELEVATED . SO WE HAVE ALSO HAD OUR DESIGN TEAM WITH THE WEBSITE DESIGN TEAM, TO POINT BACK WITH , WITH THE OTHER OUTLETS LIKE TWITTER AS WELL AS INSTAGRAM. WE HAVE THE ACCOUNTS BUT WE WERE NOT UTILIZING THEM A LOT BECAUSE AGAIN, JUST GETTING THAT INFORMATION AND EVERYTHING, WE ARE ENGAGING THAT AND MOVING FORWARD PUSHING THAT FORWARD AS WELL. THIS IS , THIS IS, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PLATFORM. OUR , OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS JAZZ ON MORRIS CREEK FACEBOOK PAGE. OUR WEBSITE, FOR WHATEVER REASON WHEN WE WENT TO CHANGE AND SHIFT TO A DIFFERENT PLATFORM, WE LOST DATA. WE LOST ACCESS. AND SO I WAS NOT AWARE UNTIL MISS MOORE REACHED OUT AND SAID WISER WEBSITE NOT ACCESSIBLE SO WE HAVE SINCE BEEN WORKING TO RECONNECT AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. MOVING IT COMPLETELY FROM ONE HOSTING PLAN TO ANOTHER AND BACKING THAT INFORMATION UP THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE IMPRESSIONS AND I DID WANT TO BRING THAT UP.

AGAIN, THESE ARE INFORMATION FROM THE TOY DRIVE AS WELL AS THE GIVEAWAY AND THIS IS THE INSIGHT FROM FACEBOOK AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS LIKE WHEN WE HAD FOR THE WHOLE YEAR THIS GOES BACK TO THE YEAR. SO, OUR FORT PIERCE AND LINKIN PARK COMMUNITY. DEALING WITH, THAT PARTICULAR EVENT DEALING WITH OUR HISTORY, THAT WAS IN APRIL AND THAT WAS THE THIRD QUARTER.

THAT ENGAGED A GREAT NUMBER OF FOLKS AT 2800. AND THEN WE HAD IT ONLINE, AS WELL. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT LEARN THE HISTORY OF LINKIN PARK AS WELL. THIS IS JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SO OUR PROMOTION AND BRANDING GOING BACK TO OUR SURVEY. WITH THAT WE WERE TO CONDUCT 100 SURVEYS AND I THINK 12 TESTIMONIALS. WE CONDUCTED THE SURVEY AT FLAMING NIGHT MOTORCYCLE CLUB, TOY DRIVE, CHRISTMAS ON MORRIS CREEK, JAZZ ON MORRIS CREEK, THE MLK PARADE AND LINKIN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY SHARE YOUR STORIES EVENT. AND, THE SOUTHERN SOUL RODEO THAT WAS A LARGE EVENT OUT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND WE PARTNERED OUR VOICE LEND WAS THE VOICE OF THE PROMOTION LOCALLY SO, SO WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE ORGANIZER IS THAT YOU KNOW, PAIRING WITH THE LOCAL GROUP , THAT REALLY HELPED THEM TO SURPASS WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO DO SIMPLY BECAUSE I THINK THEY SOLD OUT LIKE 10,000 SEATS . SO IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT AND WE GOT CALLS ABOUT THAT. HEY IS THAT YOUR VOICE ON THAT? SO WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE WITH THAT GROUP BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT COMING BACK. SHOWCASE NEWSLETTER THE GOAL WAS PARTIALLY MET AND PUBLISHED I THINK SIX NEWSLETTERS DIGITALLY AND OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA AS I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE WEBSITE ISSUE THAT IS WHY THOSE WERE PARTIALLY MET SIMPLY BECAUSE NOT HAVING THE WEBSITE INFORMATION METRICS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AVAILABLE. WE HAVE COMMUNITY TESTIMONIALS. WE REACHED THAT GOAL AS WELL. SO AGAIN THEY WERE AT THE MLK PARADE AND ALSO THE TOY GIVEAWAY

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AND THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS FESTIVAL. THIS IS A SAMPLE OF THE TESTIMONIALS. WE HAD A NUMBER OF FOLKS, I THINK FOUR OR FIVE THAT WERE OUT OF STATE THAT GAVE TESTIMONIAL. AGAIN WE DON'T ASK ANY NAMES OR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE SURVEYS AND THIS IS A SAMPLE OF THE SURVEYS AND TESTIMONIAL. SO OUR ORGANIZATION, TO HAVE THOSE STRONG PARTNERSHIPS, VOLUNTEERING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COLLABORATION AND WE COLLABORATED AS A BOARD MEMBER WITH THE HIGHWAYMAN ORGANIZATION AND THE ONGOING MUSEUM AS WELL AS WITH THE FLAMING NIGHT MOTORCYCLE CLUB. WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH , WITH PINNACLE HOUSING GROUP AND THAT GROUP CAME BEFORE THE COMMISSION, THE GROUP WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE MORRIS CREEK DEVELOPMENT OR MODEL BLOCK DEVELOPMENT SO LINKIN PARK MAIN STREET IS A TEAM MEMBER WITH THAT GROUP IN TERMS OF HELPING WHEN THEY REDESIGNED FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC INFORMATION, AS WELL. WE MET OUR VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT TYPICALLY HAVE ABOUT 25 WE THINK MOST VOLUNTEERS DURING THE BIGGER EVENT CHRISTMAS ON MORRIS CREEK BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF SIX OR SEVEN VOLUNTEERS. OUR RESOURCES LITTLE MORE THAN 40% OF FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THIS AGREEMENT FOR SALARIES. SO AGAIN, THAT IS WHO WE PARTNERED WITH AS WELL AS THE BETA SIGMA AND SORORITY AND FRATERNITY'S THAT WORK CHRISTMAS ON MORRIS CREEK. TOTAL NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER HOURS , 571 AND THE RESOURCES THE PAST FISCAL YEAR WE WERE AWARDED THE ONE-YEAR GRANT WITH THE STATE FOR HISTORICAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF LINKIN PARK PROPERTIES. OTHER SOURCES DERIVED FROM SPONSORSHIP, MEMBERSHIPS, DONORS AND MATCHING IN-KIND SERVICES .

AND AGAIN SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION AND THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE HOURS. FOR EACH OF THE VARIOUS EVENTS . AND OUR BUDGET. SO, OUR GRANTS WITH THE CITY ALONE TOTALED 60,000 BECAUSE WE RECEIVED $10,000 ANNUAL GRANT FOR JAZZ ON MORRIS CREEK. AND THEN WE HAD DONATIONS, AS WELL AS PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE AND VARIOUS MEMBERSHIP FEES AND OTHER INCOME. AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE DID YEAR TO DATE. BY CATEGORY THIS IS A BREAKDOWN. THESE SUMMARY SHOWS YEAR TO DATE QUARTER FOUR I MEAN YEAR-TO-DATE $18,000 SURPLUS. THAT WAS AT THE TIME OF THIS , THIS VISITATION BEING DEVELOPED BECAUSE WE HAD NOT RECEIVED THE LAST TWO INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS FROM THE STATE FOR THE CONSULTING FEE WHICH WAS ABOUT $20,000 ACTUALLY 20,600 TO BE EXACT , THAT WAS DUE TO THE CONSULTANT FOR WRAPPING UP THE PROPOSAL. SO THAT IS, IT LOOKS GOOD, I WISH THAT NUMBER WAS THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT AT THE END OF THE QUARTER THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE. WAIT A MINUTE LOOKING AT END OF YEAR WE WERE NOT 18,000, SO THAT IS JUST WHAT IT SHOWS. SO, OUR JUSTIFICATION. WHAT WE DID WITH THE MONEY AND DONATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS AND WHERE THOSE FEES COME FROM AS WELL AS SALARIES AND WAGES AND RENT AND UTILITIES WE PAY UTILITIES AT A-STREET FOR JAZZ ON MORRIS CREEK EVENTS AND ANY OTHER EVENTS AND THAT IS KIND OF MINIMAL BUT WE HAD THE ELECTRICAL PANELS INSTALLED IN 2013 AND WE PAID THAT AND FPUA ALONG WITH THE CITY INSTALLED THOSE INSTALLED THOSE PANELS SO WE MAINTAINED THAT ELECTRICAL

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BILL SO WE WOULD HAVE , WE WOULD HAVE SUPPLY WHEN WE USED THOSE AREAS. AGAIN, PROGRAM EXPENSES, MARKETING OUTREACH AND TRAINING AND TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES. IN CONCLUSION, REGARDING OUR BUDGET, THIS NEW REPORTIG PROCESS , IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN UNDERTAKING IT PROVIDED US TO TARGET SPECIFIC AREAS ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S MISSION AND GOALS FOR THE LINKIN PARK COMMUNITY. AS A RESULT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR BOARD IS ADOPTING THE AGREEMENT AND DELIVERABLES AS WELL AS THE TARGETS AS PART OF THAT. WE WORKED THEM IN THIS YEAR AND THEY HAVE SAID THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. NOW THE BUDGET SHORTFALLS AND THE PROGRAM ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REDUCTION IN FUNDING FROM THE STATE LEVEL. AGAIN IT HAS IMPACTED OUR FUNDING EVEN AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL. SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS A RESULT WE ARE SEEKING FUNDING FOR PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS AS WELL. SO, THE ABSENCE OF A PHYSICAL LOCATION, AS CHALLENGING AS IT HAS BEEN , WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK THROUGH IT OUR MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD AT ST.

LUCIE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR OFFICE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM SO WE HAVE BEEN HOSTING WORKSHOPS OFF-SITE. SO THE ABSENCE OF A PHYSICAL LOCATION HAS IMPACTED THE ABILITY TO HOST WORKSHOPS ON SITE AS WELL AND TO RECEIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL AS BUSINESS OWNERS. SO WHAT HAS CAUSED , THE HARDSHIP HAS CAUSED OUR ORGANIZATION WITH RESOURCES AND MANPOWER WITH A NONPROFIT, WE RECEIVE AUGMENTED , AUGMENTED WORKFORCE FROM ANOTHER , FROM ANOTHER NONPROFIT. HOWEVER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATION FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE. SO, WE ARE EXPLORING TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL MEANS OF FUNDING SUCH AS LEGACY TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE CONTINUE. SO THIS IS ALL WE HAVE.

>> COMMISSIONERS, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> MATT AMERICA HAVE A COMMENT. YOUR PROPERTY DATABASE IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE, THAT IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING AND QUITE A MANAGEMENT TOOL TO HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. I AM INTRIGUED BY THIS MASTER PLAN PLANNING PHASE. WHAT IS THE END GOAL OF THAT?

>> FOR US OR FORT PIERCE? >> BOTH I THINK THEY'RE BOTH LINKED. SO YOU GUYS BRING TOGETHER DIFFERENT PARTIES TO REVIEW AND CONSULT ON A MASSIVE PLAN FOR THE LINKIN PARK AREA.

IS THE PLAN TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO IMPLEMENT THROUGHOUT A NEW ZONING OR SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE?

>> YES, THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO HAVE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED TO LEND THEIR INPUT , AS WELL AS INPUT ON FUTURE, AS WELL AS HISTORICAL BECAUSE A NUMBER OF THESE RESIDENTS HAVE THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP IN DEVELOPING THIS MASTER PLAN SO OKAY THIS IS WHAT WAS DONE THIS IS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THERE. IT IS TO BRING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE AND TO CREATE A SHARED VISION SO WE WON'T HAVE ONE GROUP WHO WANTS DESIGN A OR OUTCOME A AND ANOTHER GROUP WANTS B AND C, BUT WE WANT TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND TO MEET WITH THE MASTER PLAN SO THAT WOULD CREATE SOMETHING WE CAN WORK TOWARDS AND MAKE IT A WORKABLE DOCUMENT AS OPPOSED TO JUST HAVING THE

MASTER PLAN, NOW WHAT. >> CITY PLANNING IS THAT ONE OF

YOUR PARTNERS TO ENGAGE? >> YES. THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE PARTNERS BECAUSE NOW THE MASTER PLAN IS THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN SO WE WOULD WORK WITH THE PLANNING.

>> ISN'T THAT THE FP RA? >> YES. SO WHAT IS THE CITY

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MASTER PLAN FOR LINKIN PARK SO WE WORK WITH THEM.

>> UNDERSTOOD, LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING THAT MATURE.

>> ABSOLUTELY, WE ARE TOO. >> THANK YOU, I AGREE, THE DATABASE IS VERY EXTENSIVE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THE BUDGET ARE YOU FORECASTING A DEFICIT BASED ON THE INVOICE THAT WAS COMING IN FROM THE CONSULTING? RIGHT NOW BASED ON WHAT IS

SUBMITTED IS A SURPLUS OF 18. >> YES A DEFICIT BECAUSE ACTUALLY THE CHECK WAS ISSUED, BUT THEY SENT IT TO THE BUILDING AND IT WENT BACK SO I SAID WE NEED THESE FUNDS SO YES SIR IT'S GOING TO BE A DEFICIT, ABOUT 3000 NOT QUITE 3000.

>> OKAY THANK YOU AGAIN, LIKE I SAID FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

I KNOW THIS IS A NEW FORMAT WE ASK WITH STAFF TO WORK ON IT PRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK THAT ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND PROGRAMMING AND BUDGET ET CETERA SO THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND FOR PRESENTING

TODAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THE MOORE CREEK IS KIND OF THE CENTER OF A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS I THINK IT IS THE MARINE CLEANUP INITIATIVE AND THE COUNTY HAS KIND OF ADOPTED MORRIS CREEK TO THE PROJECT, DOES LINKIN PARK MAIN STREET COLLABORATE WITH THE GROUP FOR

THE CLEANUP? >> WE HAVE NOT IN THE PAST, BECAUSE BEFORE THE GROUP CAME ON OR SIMULTANEOUSLY WE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT WE WOULD DO , WE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND PROVIDED HELPED WITH BREAKFAST FOR THE WORKERS. SO WE WILL REACH OUT TO THAT GROUP BECAUSE SOMEONE IDENTIFIED A

LOOK , THERE'S A NEW GROUP >> VERY INTERESTED IN THE SAME AREA AND I THINK THAT, THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOYS TOO I THINK THEY DO I'M NOT SURE. THEY MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT EFFORT. SO, THAT DATABASE DID THE PROPERTY APPRAISER HELP YOU TODAY CREATE IT SO THEY CAN HELP YOU KEEP IT UP-TO-DATE OR YOU

HAVE TO KEEP IT UP-TO-DATE? >> I HAVE TO KEEP IT UP.

>> AT THE PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS.

>> I HAVE IT IN THE SPREADSHEET WITH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE DID WAS, THE GENTLEMAN I THINK HIS NAME IS JOHN.

>> I KNOW HE HAS HELPED ME DEVELOP ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN

FORT PIERCE. >> HE WALKED ME THROUGH HOW TO ACCESS AND HOW TO GET THE HOW TO RETRIEVE THE DATA AND HOW TO IDENTIFY THE LOCATION. SO I HAVE THAT AND I EXTRACTED THAT INFORMATION AND IF I WERE TO DO IT FOR SAY AVENUE J AND IN PARTICULAR ANY PARTICULAR PARAMETER I AM ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE I WROTE DOWN STEP-BY-STEP I DID NOT JUST DO

IT THERE. >> THAT WEBSITE HAS SO MUCH INFORMATION. IF YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH IT.

>> YES IT DOES AND I WAS IMPRESSED .

>> YOU HAVE MADE A PARTNERSHIP SO NOW YOU CAN WORK WITH THEM,

VERY GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? >> IN THE SHOWCASE NEWSLETTER THE CITY HAS OLD AD FOR FORT PIERCE TOURS, DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE. IT WAS THINKING THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO A NEW AD FOR THE CITY SEE, CLICK AND FIX SOMETHING THE CITY WANTS TO PUSH OUT. WE HAVE A HALFPAGE AD. SO I DON'T WANT TO KEEP USING FORT PIERCE TOURS THAT WE DON'T USE ANYMORE. SO MAYBE GET WITH CAITLIN BALLARD. STILL USING THAT, THAT WOULD BE

GREAT. >> ANYTHING WE WANT TO PROMOTE.

RIGHT? YES. >> GOOD IDEA FOR NOTICING.

>> SO WE ARE PUBLISHING THIS WEEK.

>> ARE YOU AT FULL BOARD? HAVE A FULL BOARD?

>> YES MA'AM A FULL BOARD, AND I MEMBERS. ACTUALLY MY BOARD

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PRESIDENT HAD UNDERGONE SURGERY RECOVERING THOUGHT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT AS WELL AS TWO MEMBERS HAD TO TRAVEL AWAY FOR UNEXPECTED DEATHS AND SO THEY WOULD BE ACCOMPANYING ME I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE PHONE SO YOU ALL CAN GET IT AND YOU KNOW.

THAT'S WHY I AM THE LONE RANGER AND EVERYTHING.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A CONFERENCE A REPORT BUT WE

APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT BOTH PROGRAMS AS WELL AS ACTIVITIES. BECAUSE I KNOW FOR ME GOING AUTOMATIC OKAY WE'RE DOING THIS AND THAT THIS PROCESS HAS AFFORDED US TO LOOK AND TAKE A DEEPER INTROSPECTIVE EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE MOVE FORWARD.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL MOVE ON.

[9. Consent Agenda]

>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> ANY ITEM ANY COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO PULL?

>> MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

[A. Resolution 25-R72 Entering into an Interlocal Funding Agreement between the FPRA and the City of Fort Pierce for the Avenue D Resurfacing Project where the city will accept $1,500,000.00 in funding from the FPRA.]

>> MOTION AND SECOND CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.

>> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK YES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON YES, MAYOR

HUDSON YES. >> NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION 25-R 72 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION CITY OF FORT PIERCE FLORIDA INTERLOCAL FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THE FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND CITY OF FORT PIERCE AVENUE D RESURFACING PROJECT PROVIDING FINDINGS, PROVIDING AUTHORIZATION, ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HERE WITH RUNNING FOR SEVERABILITY

AND EFFECTIVE DATE. >> OKAY THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, BUT ANY STEP VISITATION OR QUESTIONS?

>> WE HAVE COVERED THIS PRETTY WELL.

[B. Resolution 25-R77 Approving an Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement between the City of Fort Pierce, Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency, and St. Lucie County for the Development of the Avenue D Model Block Project]

>> I MOVE APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

>> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK YES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON YES, MAYOR HUDSON YES.

>> NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION , RESOLUTION 25-R77 APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AVENUE D MODEL BLOCK PROJECT

>> ANY STAFF COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE NONE, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS?

[A. Discussion of the City's Annexation Strategy in relation to: The Fort Piece Utility Authority (FPUA) Service Area. Existing Development Enclaves.]

>> MOVE APPROVAL. >> MOTION AND SECOND CALL THE

ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK YES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON YES, MAYOR HUDSON YES.

>> UNDER NEW BUSINESS WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF THE CITY'S ANNEXATION STRATEGY IN RELATION TO THE FPUA SERVICE AREA AND

EXISTING DEVELOPMENT ENCLAVES. >> MR. CHESS DO YOU HAVE A

LEAD-IN? >> MR. FREEMAN WILL GIVE US A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE ANNEXATION.

>> >> MADAM CHAIR, CITY COMMISSION.

WHAT I AM GOING TO DO TODAY IS REQUEST AND COMMENT ON THE EXISTING SITUATION REGARDING THE ANNEXATION , POTENTIAL OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. SHOULD SAY FREEMAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A PUZZLE. A COMPLICATION IS WE HAVE OPTIONS TO FILL THAT PUZZLE PIECE. AND THE TIMELINE OF DOING THAT , WE HAVE A

CHOICE. >>

>> , AS YOU SEE, DO NOT FILL THE SERVICE AREA . WE ALSO HAVE ON HAND ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS THAT ARE AGREED WITH THE FPUA UTILITY SERVICE. TO ANNEX IN PROPERTY WHEN THEY BECOME CONTIGUOUS WITH THE CITY LIMITS. THIS IS JUST AN EXCERPT

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PORTION OF VERY SERIOUS. YOU CAN SEE NORTH.