[1. Call to Order] [00:00:06] >> LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS IS A CITY OF FORT PIERCE -- THIS IS OUR DAY MEETING. IT IS MONDAY 9, 2026. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> WE ARE FIVE. >> YES, WE ARE. >> I'M BACK. [4. Approval of Minutes] JANUARY 12TH, 2026 DAY MEETING. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. [A. 211 on the Treasure Coast, 211 Awareness Month] WHEREAS, 211 PALM BEACH AND TREASURE COAST HAS RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 3 MILLION CALLS TO THE 211 HELPLINE SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1971 AND RECEIVES OVER 120,000 REQUESTS FOR HELP EACH YEAR; AN WHEREAS, 211'S HIGHLY TRAINED AND ACCREDITED TEAM CONTINUES TO SERVE AS FRONTLINE RESPONDERS 24 HOURS A DAY, EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR, INCLUDING TIMES OF DISASTER AND GREAT UNCERTAINTY; AND WHEREAS, 211 PROVIDES FREE, CONFIDENTIAL AND 24/7 ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING CRISIS INTERVENTION, SUICIDE PREVENTION, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND COMMUNITY NAVIGATION SERVICES YEAR-ROUND; AND WHEREAS, THE MENTAL HEALTH OF MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY IS AT RISK DUE TO CHALLENGES WITH HEALTH, ADDICTION, AND A LACK OF BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS HOUSING, UTILITY PAYMENTS, FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION-211'S TEAM HANDLES EVERY REQUEST WITH COMPASSION AND EMPATHY, DE-ESCALATING CRISIS SITUATIONS AND HELPING PEOPLE NAVIGATE COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO OVERCOME EVERYDAY STRUGGLES AND LIFE'S DARKEST MOMENTS; AND WHEREAS, 211 ALSO OFFERS SPECIALIZED ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO GROUPS WHO FACE A HIGHER RISK OF CRISIS, INCLUDING SENIORS, VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, AND CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS; AND WHEREAS, 211 IS ALSO THE REGIONAL RESPONDER FOR THE NATIONAL 988 SUICIDE & CRISIS LIFELINE, THE FLORIDA VETERANS SUPPORT LINE, AND OTHER SPECIAL PROJECTS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE FACING UNIQUE CRISIS SITUATIONS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LINDA HUDSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2026 AS: 211 AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND ARE PROUD TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF THE 211 RESPONDERS. >> CONGRATULATION. IF YOU LIKE TO STAY A FEW WORDS. >> YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR BRINGING THIS AWARENESS. I WON'T GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS BECAUSE YOU READ THOSE. EVERY YEAR WE TAKE A LITTLE OVER THREE THOUSAND CALLS FROM FORT PIERCE RESIDENTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT GO ON. I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW OF THE NEEDS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE THE SAME ONES THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING ON A DAILY BASIS. HOUSING, UTILITIES, MENTAL HEALTH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS CONTINUE TO PERMEATE. ONE PROGRAM I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR SUNSHINE CALLS PROGRAM. THIS IS MY FAVORITE PROGRAM THAT WE DO AT 211. IT IS A FREE DAILY CHECK-IN CALL FOR ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 60. WE THOUGH THERE ARE A LOT OF ISOLATED SENIOR THIS LIVE HERE. MAYBE NEIGHBOR OR FRIENDS THAT DON'T HAVE ANYONE. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY CAN SIGN UP AND GET THIS FREE DAILY CHECK-IN CALL. THAT PROGRAM ACTUALLY SAVES LIVES. I'LL FINISH BY TELLING YOU A STORY. BECAUSE THE NUMBERS TELL YOU ONE THING BUT YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE IMPACT OF THIS IS AN ACTUAL CALLER THAT RECENTLY CALLED OUR OFFICE. HER NAME WAS AMELIA. SHE CALLED CRYING. SHE AHER 5-YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC SON WERE ABOUT TO BE EVICTED. THE FAMILY COULD NOT HELP THEM. SHE RECENTLY FALL ON FINANCIAL HARD TIME AND ABOUT TO LOSE HER HOUSING. OUR REPRESENTATIVE LISTENED. THEY LISTEN WITHOUT JUDGMENT, WITHOUT ANY KIND OF NEGATIVE [00:05:02] THOUGHTS OR ANY KIND OF PASSING OF ANY JUDGMENT TO TELL THEM WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS WRONG. THEY LISTENED AND THEY PROVIDED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. FINALLY, THEY WERE ABLE TO REFER AMELIA TO SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP OUT WITH THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY HELP FIND HER A NEW PLACE TO LIVE. AFTER THAT, THEY WERE ABLE TO CONNECT HER WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ADVOCATE TO HELP OUT WITH HER SON, HER 5-YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC SON FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. AMELIA AT THE END OF THE CALL AFTER BEING CRYING, AMELIA TOLD THE COORDINATOR SHE FEELS ENCOURAGED AND HOPEFUL THAT THINGS WILL WORK OUT. THANK YOU JUST KNOW THAT OUR SERVICES ARE FREE. IT'S CONFIDENTIAL. IT'S 24/7. I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING AWARENESS. >> WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. >> SIR, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THE PROGRAM YOU TALKED ABOUT FOR THE SENIORS CALLING IN, CAN YOU GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE CLERK SO WE CAN GET IT OUT TO THE SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> MADAM MAYOR. SIR, WHAT IS YOUR -- IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> I'M CHAD ADCOCK. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU WENT OVER SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL. I'M KIND OF A DATA GUY. CAN WE GET A REPORT AS WE ARE GETTING TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLANS TO COME ABOARD TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS AND OUR GRANT PROGRAMS, ETCETERA. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. WE KIND OF HAVE A SENSE. THE NUMBERS HELPS WHAT WE TRYING TO DO. I WOULD APPRECIATE A REPORT THAT CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH IN FORT PIERCE. >> WE HAVE REPORTS AVAILABLE. QUARTER REPORTS AND YEARLY REPORTS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN SEARCH BY CITY. YOU CAN SEARCH BY ZIP CODE. YOU CAN SEARCH BY COUNTY WHAT WE'RE SEEING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, WHAT THE UNMET NEEDS ARE. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE LIMITED RESOURCES FOR CERTAIN THINGS. LIKE HOMELESSNESS, FOR EXAMPLE. WHAT ARE THE TRENDS. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF CALLS WE'RE SEEING. >> I HAVE TWO COMMENTS. ONE, I THINK YOU'RE UNDERTAKING HERE IS MOST IMPORTANT. YOU SAVE LIVES. THE SERVICES THAT YOU OFFER AT NO CHARGE TO THE COMMUNITY, NO CHARGE TO GOVERNMENT, ETCETERA. IS TRULY A GOOD CALLING. WHAT I GOT TO DO TO GET ON YOUR DAILY CALL LIST? SIGN UP. OR CALL 211. >> YOU'RE NOT OLD ENOUGH. >> I KEEP JOKING WITH THE LEADERSHIP THAT I WISH THEY WOULD LOWER IT DOWN 13 YEARS OR SO SO I CAN GET ON THAT LIST. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR KIND WORDS. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU, SIR. BEFORE WE GO ON, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER JAMES IS HERE. ST. LUCIE COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. [6. Additions or deletions to agenda and approval of the agenda.] >> NEXT WE HAVE ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. >> I LIKE TO ADD BEACH EROSION STATUS. I LIKE THAT TO BE UNDER EIGHT, MAYBE DOUBLE A. THE FIRST ITEM UNDER THAT. >> ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. >> APPROVAL. >> WITH CHANGES, SECOND. >> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. [7. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Any person who wishes to comment on any subject may be heard at this time. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less, as directed by the Mayor, as this section of the Agenda is limited to thirty minutes. The City Commission will not be able to take any official actions under Comments from the Public. Speakers will address the Mayor, Commissioners, and the Public with respect. Inappropriate language will not be tolerated.] THE PUBLIC. >> THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD. WELCOME. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD YOU HAVE THREE MINUTE. MS. COX WILL GIVE YOU AN EARLY WARNING AT TEN SECONDS. >> STEVE ST. CHARLES. [00:10:04] 111 ORANGE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I BEEN UP HERE. DOESN'T MEAN I HAVEN'T BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE CITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEW CITY MANAGER AND NEW COMMISSIONER TACKLING SOME OF THE AILMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN FORT PIERCE. AS FOR WHY I'M HERE NOW, YOU ALL KNOW AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THE SOUTH BEACH NOW HAS BEEN EVAPORATED. FROM EROSION. THE CHALLENGE NOW, I MEAN NOW LITERALLY IS KEEPING THE DOON FROM BREACHING AND WATER FROM SPILLING. WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EVIDENTS OF ONE INDIVIDUAL, COMMISSIONER BRODERICK. COMMISSIONER BRODERICK HAS BEEN OUT THERE FROM THE SECOND I NOTIFIED. I HAVE BEEN E-MAILING FOR MONTHS NOW, EIGHT MONTHS TO MOSTLY THE COUNTY BUT MORE RECENTLY TO THE GOVERNOR TO CONGRESSMAN AND TO MAYOR HUDSON. LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED NOW WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT HAS. UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY ONE INDIVIDUAL RESPONDED. THAT WAS COMMISSIONER BRODERICK. HE ASSESSED THE SITUATION. HE SAW THAT WE WERE PROBABLY 12 HOURS AWAY, MAYBE A DAY AWAY FROM THAT DUNE BREACHING. HE COORDINATED WITH THE COUNTY, COMMISSIONER, CLASBY AND ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THEY CAME TO MY HOUSE. WITHIN 12 HOURS THERE WAS CREWS OUT THERE CREATING A CONCRETE BARRIER TO TRY TO PROTECT THAT PART OF THE DUNE TO TRY TO PREVENT SPILLAGE ON TO A1A AND THE DUNE BREACH. THEY ACTUALLY -- MANY DEDICATED CITY WORKERS AND COUNTY WORKERS ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. I LEFT MY HOUSE THE TRACTORS ARE OUT THERE NOW TRYING TO PREVENT THIS. NOW YOU WOULD SAY, WHOSE JURISDICTION IS THE BEACH? IS IT THE COUNTY, CITY OR STATE? IT DOESN'T MATTER. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS THE BIG LOSER. WHY? IT'S NOW A LOST AMENITY TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY. IT IS LOST REVENUES FROM SEASONAL TENANTS. IT'S LOST REVENUES FROM TOURISTS. LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO LOSE OUT. REAL ESTATE VALUES ARE GOING TO DROP. PERHAPS IT'S TIME TO REPLACE THAT JETTY WITH A FISHING PIER TO ALLOW SOME OF THAT SAND TO MITIGATE OVER FROM THE NORTH SIDE OVER TO OUR SIDE. TO CONCLUDE, NEEDLESS TO SAY I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THE CITY AND BEING IGNORED. OTHER THAN COMMISSIONER BRODERICK. I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE ALLOWED IT TO GET TO THIS POINT. THIS IS YOUR CROWN JEWEL. YOU'VE IGNORED IT. NOW IT'S ALMOST GONE. TO END ON A POSITIVE NOTE. IF YOU HAVEN'T BROUGHT YOUR VALENTINE'S DAY THINGS GO TO PIERCE PUBLIC MARKET. >> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION PLEASE COME FORWARD? WE'LL MOVE ON. MR. HYATT. STATE YOUR NAME MORE THE RECORD. >> MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER. BECAUSE MY ASSOCIATION WITH MAIN STREET A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO ME AND ASK ME WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS BUILDING OR THAT BUILDING. WHY ISN'T THE CITY DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT? ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE MOVED HERE FORT PIERCE, WE JUST LOVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. THE BONES. THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY. WHEN YOU SEE PLACES LIKE THE SEVEN GABLES HOUSE. I HAVE QUESTION ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME. JUST DETERIORATING. THAT'S ONE OF OUR JEWELS. WE'RE BUILDING UP THE STREET TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE NICE. NOTHING HAS BEEN ADDRESSED ABOUT THE SEVEN GABLES HOUSE. NEXT TO IT, NEXT TO OUR MAIN STREET BUILDING, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN TOWN, WE HAVE THE PINEAPPLE HOUSE THAT'S GOING TO SEA NOBODY IS TAKING CARE OF THAT AT ALL. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT TO PARDON ANYMORE. THINGS LIKE THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. OUR CITY IS TOO VALUABLE TO LET IT GO TO WASTE. WE DESTROYED TOO MANY HISTORICAL BUILDINGS UNNECESSARILY. THE GOVERNOR'S HOUSE. WE DEMOLISHED A BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE ON SECOND STREET. [00:15:03] THE BARE BONES ARE STILL LEFT ON THE SECOND FLOOR. IT DETRACTS FROM OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. THAT'S ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS. WHILE I LIKE THE MURAL PROGRAM AND I LIKE THE SIGNAGE PROGRAM, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR BUILDINGS. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME HERE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? PLEASE COME FORWARD. >> MADAM MAYOR, BEFORE SHE BEGIN SPEAKING, I CAN HEAR SOME QUESTIONS AND CONFUSION IN THE AUDIENCE. I WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE THAT THIS IS THE ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. IT APPEAR THERE WERE SOME CONFUSION ABOUT IF THERE WILL BE A LATER ONE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I'M GOING TO READ SOMETHING REAL QUICK. I LEARNED THE POTENTIAL PROJECT OF CLOSING SECOND STREET FOR PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AREA. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE WOULD IT'S A GREAT IDEA. >> STATE YOUR NAME. >> PRISCILLA SPIKER. I HAVE A NEW BUSINESS ON ORANGE AVENUE. 223 ORANGE AVENUE. I'M DOWNTOWN AT BARS AND RESTAURANTS ABOUT FIVE NIGHTS A WEEK FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. DAY AND NIGHT. I PROBABLY SPEND MORE TIME IN OUR LITTLE DOWNTOWN AREA OF FOUR CITY BLOCKS THAN ANYONE IN THIS ROOM. I FEEL QUALIFIED TO MAKE THE STATEMENTS I'M ABOUT TO MAKE. I HOPE YOU TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY. I'M OPPOSED TO THAT PROJECT OF CREATING A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY ON SECOND STREET FOR THAT ONE BLOCK. FOR MANY REASONS TOO MANY TO LIST DURING THIS MEETING. I WROTE SOMETHING UP. I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. THIS IS IMPORTANT. I'M OPPOSED FOR ONE REASON BECAUSE I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ON ALL THE BUSINESSES IN TOWN. THIS WILL NOT BENEFIT ALL THE BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN. I CAN EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS. CLOSING A SECTION OF THE STREET WILL NOT EQUATE AN INCREASE THIS DOWNTOWN VISITORS RATHER THAN INCREASE THE NUMBER PEOPLE WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN, IT WILL AATTRACT THOSE WHO ARE IN THE DOWNTOWN TO THAT ONE SPOT. YOU'RE GIVING THEM A TARGET. YOU'RE GIVE THEM A SPOT SAYING THIS IS MAIN BEST SECTION. FOOT TRAFFIC IN TOWN IS ALREADY EXTREMELY SLOW. LAST YEAR AND SO FAR THIS YEAR. YOU CAN TALK TO ANY OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND MANAGERS. I'M PRETTY SURE 90% OF THEM WILL AGREE THAT WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN FOOT TRAFFIC. I WANT THIS MONEY TO BE SPENT ON A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WILL ACTUALLY RESULT IN MORE PEOPLE VISITING OUR TOWN. THAT SHOULD BE THE GOAL. ONCE THEY ARE HERE BY ALL MEANS GIVE THEM A BEAUTIFUL PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY. THERE'S NOBODY HERE TO USE THEM NOW. WHAT THE MONEY COULD BE SPENT ON. DOWNTOWN BEAUTIFICATION. MORE GREENERY, PLANTERS, FLOWERY PLANTS IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESSES. WE HAVE NONE. BETTER LIGHTING DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY ON WHAT I CALL THE DARK SIDE. A SIDE OF SECOND STREET THAT NOBODY WANTS TO WALK ON BECAUSE IT'S CLOSED OFFICES AND FBI BUILDINGS AND LOOKS MENACING AT NIGHT. EVEN THOUGH THOSE AREN'T RETAILERS THEY COULD BE ASKED TO PUT MORE LIGHTING AND A FERN OR PLANT OUT FRONT TO ADD A POP-UP COLOR. JUST OVERALL, THE CLEANING OF THE AWNINGS AND CLEANING OF THE DISGUSTING SIDEWALKS, THE SIDEWALKS LOOK DINGY. ANYBODY STANDS LOOK UP AND DOWN SECOND STREET CAN SEE IN FRONT BUSY BAR AND RESTAURANT. THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW WHO'S BUSY, IF THERE'S A LOT OF DARK AND DIRTY SIDEWALK. ESPECIALLY THE WALKWAY FROM PARKING AREA BEHIND SECOND STREET BISTRO. LOOK AT THAT. IT'S EMBARRASSING TO ME. I'M JUST A BUSINESS OWNER. I DO LIVE IN FORT PIERCE. A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS COME TO TOWN THE HOURS THAT THEIR BUSINESSES IS OPEN AND THEY GO BACK HOME. >> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. YOUR TIME IS UP. >> I WANT TO SAY IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THESE THINGS, IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE. ORANGE AVENUE NEEDS BEAUTIFIED AS WELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? WE'LL MOVE ON. >> I LIKE TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE STATEMENTS MADE. IT'S INFORMATION ESPECIALLY FOR THE BEACH IN IN 2016, THE COUNTY ENTERED INTO -- WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE WATER BILL. IN THAT, THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO [00:20:11] ACHIEVE ANOTHER 50-YEAR GRR OR GENERAL REEVALUATION REPORT. AS PART OF THAT, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE ENGINEERING AND IT'S BEING DONE AS WE SPEAK TO CREATE TEAMMATE E GROWING ON THE BEACH. THE ENGINEERING IS BEING DONE CURRENTLY. MAYBE WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE EROSION CONTROL DIRECTOR. THAT'S THE IMPORTANT ONE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT. THAT'S GOING ON. FEW YEARS BACK, THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL APPROVED QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP SUPPORT ANY KIND OF RESERVATION ON THE SEVEN GABLES. MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK IN THAT AGAIN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THOSE FOLKS IF THAT MONEY IS STILL AVAILABLE. IT WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. >> GOOD IDEA. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'LL MOVE ON. >> OKAY. NEXT WE GO ON TO [A. ADDED ITEM: Beach Erosion Status] MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS UPDATE ON THE BEACH EROSION STATUS. >> MR. CHESS. START US OFF. >> YES. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR COMMISSIONER. THERE WAS A COMMENTS MADE REGARDING THE BEACH EROSION PROJECT. THE DUNE PROTECTION PROJECT. THERE WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND CITY STAFF AS WELL AS THE COUNTY MANAGEMENT AND CITY MANAGEMENT. IT WAS DEFINITELY UNPLANNED THAT WE HAD TO COME TOGETHER TO SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BRING ASSETS TOGETHER, BRING STAFF TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER A GAP PLAN TO ADDRESS THE EROSION ON THE BEACH. I THINK IT WAS AN EXCELLENT JOB AND OUTSTANDING JOB ESSENTIAL IN COMMUNICATION ARE COMMISSIONER BRODERICK. GOING BACK TO LAST MONDAY, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THE PAST FEW YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IT. OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, WE'VE BEEN VISITING THE SITE AT NIGHT JUST TO SEE HOW THE EROSION WAS TAKING PLACE. IT WAS MOVING RAPIDLY, MAYBE A FOOT, FOOT AND A HALF A DAY. I HAVE A LITTLE LETTER OF APPRECIATION TO THE COUNTY LEADERSHIP AND STAFF. JUST A LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT WAS DONE. I WILL READ THAT FOR MR. LANDRY. ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT HERE. ON BEHALF OF CITY OF FORT PIERCE, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE LEADERSHIP, COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION DEMONSTRATED DURING THE RECENT BEACH EROSION RESPONSE EFFORTS. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ADDRESSING COMPLEX, TIME SENSITIVE CONDITIONS IMPACTING OUR SHORELINE. THE APPROACH, SHARED EXPERTISE AND RESPONSIVENESS OF YOUR TEAM SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED YOUR COLLECTIVE ABILITY TO PROTECT PUBLIC ASSETS AND SERVE OUR RESIDENTS. WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER GEORGE LANDRY, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND DEDICATED ST. LUCIE COUNTY STAFF WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE CITY PERSONNEL THROUGHOUT THE EFFORT. STRONG INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS SUCH AS THIS ARE ESSENTIAL TO EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SERVICE. WE VALUE THE CONTINUED COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR ORGANIZATIONS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY TO COUNTY MANAGEMENT TO COUNTY STAFF AND CERTAINLY CITY STAFF. SHE WAS OUR ENGAGEMENT OUTREACH COORDINATOR, KEITH ROBERTS WAS TAKEN A LEAD FROM THE CITY LIED. I WENT THERE YESTERDAY AROUND 1:00, SUPER BOWL DAY. STAFF WAS OUT THERE WAITING FOR THE TIDE TO RESCIND WHICH TOOK ANOTHER THREE HOURS. IT SHOWS THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE COUNTY AND CITY TAFF. COMMISSIONER BRODERICK WAS OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. HE AND I WAS IN COMMUNICATION. PICTURES OF THE SITE. THERE WERE PHOTOS TAKEN SHOWING THE PROGRESS BEING MADE AND THE URGENCY TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE OF THE TIDE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL ASK MARSHA TO COME UP TO GIVE A SHORT PROJECT UPDATE WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. I WANT TO UPDATE AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROJECT. NEXT STEPS GOING FORWARD. >> GOOD MORNING. I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME. AS YOU SAID -- >> STATE YOUR NAME. >> MARSHA, SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING JUST AS MRE THURSDAY ON A STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH THE EROSION THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING. I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED AS THE MAIN POINT OF CONTACT PROJECT MANAGER [00:25:04] ON THE CITY SIDE FOR THIS. WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY IS THAT STAFF, BOTH ON THE COUNTY AND CITY SIDE ARE WORKING TO RESTORE THE BARRIERS. THESE ARE CONCRETE BARRIERS. THEY ARE BACK FILLED WITH SAND TO KEEP THEM STABLE AND STRONG AGAINST THE HIGH TIDES. WE CAN SAY CONFIDENTLY, OUR STRATEGY HAS MITIGATED THE IMPACT OF THE TIDES THAT WE'VE BEEN WITNESSING. ESPECIALLY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WELL. IN THE LONG-TERM, AFTER THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING UP WITH AFTER ACTION MEETING TO TALK ABOUT SUCCESSES, IMPROVEMENTS SO WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE. AS I SPEAK, STAFF IS WORKING ON RESTORING THOSE BARRIERS. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER BRODERICK? >> SURE. I'LL GIVE YOU SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND GIVE YOU MY OPINION AS TO THE EFFORTS MADE TO DATE. I WAS BROUGHT IN THE LOOP ON THIS COMMUNICATION LAST MONDAY. I GREW UP IN BEACH FRONT COMMUNITY THAT SUFFERED EXTENSIVE EROSION AND CONTINUOUSLY. HAVING HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY, I DO HAVE SOME MINOR LEVEL OF EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA. I VISITED THE PROPERTY AND THE JETTY SITE AND THE PROPERTY JUST SOUTH OF MR. TARS. WE HAD THREE AREAS OF POTENTIAL BREACH. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WAS MANNING THE JETTY AREA. WHERE THEY WERE DUMPING SATURDAD OVER THE SIDE TO PROTECT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ALSO HAVE RATHER EXTENSIVE UTILITIES UNDER THOSE SIDEWALKS. I'M GOING MARK THOSE UTILITIES. IF EROSION CONTINUES, WE'LL HAVE DEGRADATION. WE HAD EIGHT FEET OF DUNE LEFT. BY OUR CALCULATIONS, WE HAD 48 HOURS TO STEM THE TIDE. NOT TO USE THE PUN. WE WERE IN A DIRE SITUATION. I CONVENED A MEETING AT MR. TAR'S RESIDENCE. I HAVE TO THANK COMMISSIONER CLASBY EXPLAINING EXTREME NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. HE EXAMINED THE SITUATION PERSONALLY. HE WENT TO COUNTY COMMISSION BASED ON MY REQUEST AND HIS OBSERVATIONS TO REQUEST EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR A SAND HAUL TO THE SITES TO PROTECT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PROTECT EVERYTHING. HE GOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR EXTENSIVE EXPENDITURE TO APPROVE EMERGENCY SAND DUMP. UNFORTUNATELY, UPON ANALYSIS, EMERGENCY SAND DUMP, 10,000 CUBIC YARD OF SAND. IT'S NOT A LOT OF SAND. GOING TO PROTECT THE JETTY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BASICALLY 20. WE GET NO PROTECTION FROM THAT. THAT'S NOT ANYBODY'S FAULT. IT'S A QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF THE JETTY. WE CAN'T PUT 100,000 CUBIC YARDS OUT THERE. THIS IS ALL IN ANTICIPATION OF THE BEACH PROGRAM WHICH IS PROJECTED TO START FIVE WEEKS FROM NOW. OUR ANALYSIS INDICATED WE NEED TO BUY FIVE WEEK OF TIME TO PROTECT WHAT'S LEFT O THE DUNE AND PREVENT MASSIVE WATER INTRUSION OUT ON THE ISLAND. DEVASTATING, INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE AND BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY, ETCETERA. POTENTIALLY LOSS OF LIFE AND SAFETY. ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH A NATURAL DISASTER OF THIS NATURE. FAST FORWARD TO THURSDAY, WE KNOW WE'VE GOT COMMITMENTS ON THAT SAND DUMP. THAT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE PLACE FOR ANOTHER WEEK. WE DON'T HAVE A WEEK. WE HAVE A MATTER OF HOURS TO ADDRESS THIS. PUBLIC WORKS IS PRESENT. MARSHA IS PRESENT. I WAS PRESENT. THERE WAS A WIDE RANGING DISCUSSION OF WHAT COULD TAKE PLACE. SOMETHING FLASHBACKED IN MY MEMORY THAT JOSH MENTIONED THAT WE CAN PUT TEMPORARY CONCRETE BARRIERS OUT ON THE BEACH. I SAID TO MARSHA, I THINK WE'VE GOT JERSEY BARRIERS DOWN AT PUBLIC WORKS. MARSHA PICK THE PHONE CALLS DOWN TO PUBLIC WORKS. WE GOT 30 THINGS. WE NEED THEM RIGHT NOW. FIGURE OUT THE LOGISTICS HOW TO HANDLE THAT, THE CITY HAS NO LOW BAR TRAILERS. WE CAN'T RELOCATE THIS STUFF. GEORGE LANDRY OFFERS HIS EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL TO GO [00:30:03] OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, LOAD THESE MATERIALS AND GET THEM OUT TO THE BEACH. EQUIPMENT OUT THERE. THE MATERIALS OUT THERE. WE NEED EQUIPMENT. WE NEED HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO MOVE THIS STUFF. THE CITY COMMITS TWO LARGE TRACTORS, BUCKET LOADERS AND A SMALLER SIZE EXCAVATOR TO THE PROJECT. THAT EQUIPMENT SHOWS UP INSTANTLY. THE COUNTY BRINGS OUT AN EXCAVATOR AS WELL LIKE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT. FRIDAY MORNING WE START WITH THE BEHEMOTH TASK OF MOVING THESE ITEMS INTO PLACE. THERE'S NO AREA TO WORK ON THE BEACH. EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY ERODED. EVEN AT LOW TIDE WE HAVE OUR EQUIPMENT IN THE SURF. VERY TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS FOR PERSONNEL. VERY TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EQUIPMENT. HOWEVER, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, STAFF AND THE COUNTY STAFF WORKING COLLABORATIVELY SIDE-BY-SIDE IN WATER UP TO THEIR KNEES AND WAIST IS MOVING BARRIERS IN PLACE. MR. TAR WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE THEM. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THESE BARRIERS IN PLACE ON THE TWO BREACHED LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY. WE WERE MISSING THE BACK FILL MATERIAL. BACK FILL MATERIAL SHOWS UP. THAT'S ANOTHER STORY I'LL GET TO MOMENTARILY. WE GET THE BARRIERS IN PLACE. THE FIRST HIGH TIDE COMES IN AND KNOCKS THE BARRIERS DOWN. WE GOT A TO MODIFY THE PLAN. WE DETERMINED WE WILL BACK FILL BEHIND THE BARRIERS WITH FILL MATERIAL. WE DON'T HAVE FILL MATERIAL. THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE FILL MATERIAL. BRIAN MASS GETS ON. GETS ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS LINED UP. THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US TEN LOADS OF MATERIAL. HOWEVER, THEIR TWO TRUCKS BROKEN DOWN. WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO GO GET THE MATERIAL. THE COUNTY STEPS UP. LOANS US TWO DUMP TRUCKS TO HAULING THE MATERIAL JUST WEST OF TOWN. SUBSEQUENTLY, WE TAKE SEVEN LOADS OF THAT MATERIAL, DUMP IT DOWN AT THE J JETTY TO PROTECT THAT AREA. WE TAKE THREE LOAD OF THAT MATERIAL DOWN TO THE JOB PREP SITE STAGING AREA TO LOAD BEHIND OUR BARRIERERS. OUR GUYS ARE NOW WORKING MID TIDE COMING IN IN OUR EQUIPMENT. WE'RE BOGGING DOWN EQUIPMENT ON THE SURF LINE. HORRIFIC SITUATION OUT THERE. WE GET THE MATERIAL BEHIND THE BARRIERS. I HAVE A PICTURE OF MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT WHEN THE SEA IS CRASHING OVER OUR BARRIERS. LITERALLY, WE TRYING TO HOLD BACK THE ENTIRE OCEAN. WE GET THAT PUT IN PLACE. THE COUNTY DONATES THEIR DUMP TRUCKS TO GET THE MATERIAL DOWN THERE. I HAVE TO GIVE ACCOLADES TO STEWART MATERIALS THEY DONATED TEN LOADS OF MATERIAL TO THIS EFFORT. DONATED. I'M GOING TO GET THE PROPER PERSONNEL. I WANT TO WRITE IT IN THE RECORD SOON ABOUT THE GENEROUS OFFER THEY MADE. I HAVE TO POINT TO PHIL THOMPSON. HE'S NOT HERE TODAY. WE NEED A STAGING AREA. WE NEED PARKING CAPACITY. WE CONSCRIPTED ARCHIE'S PARKING LOT WITH PHIL'S AUTHORIZATION. PHIL CAME OUT AND DID ALL DRONE VIDEO AND PHOTOS. I GOT A PHOTO JOURNAL ABOUT 300 PHOTOS OF THE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER CONDITIONS. COMMISSIONER CRAZZBY BY -- CLASY WAS OWN SITE. WE GET TO YESTERDAY AFTER BARRIERS HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN TWICE. WE COME UP WITH ANOTHER SOLUTION. I'M TALKING TO KEITH ROBERTS WHO I HAVE TO MENTION HERE. KEITH ROBERTS IS AN EMPLOYEE OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. HE HAS BEEN SAND MITIGATION PERSON. HE UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS. UNDERSTANDS THE SCOPE. HE'S A HEAVY EQUIPMENT PRAY OPE. HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. WE CAME UP WITH THIS DESIGN. OUR NEXT MOVE HERE AFTER ALL OUR -- THE COUNTY COMES IN YESTERDAY WITH THEIR ERD GUYS YESTERDAY WITH HEAVY CHAIN, WE CHAINED ALL THE BARRICADES TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET MORE SUPPORT IN THE WALL WHILE THE ENTIRE THING END UP BROKEN DOWN LAST NIGHT. THE CHAINS ALL SNAPPED. IT'S HORRIFIC WHAT YOU SEE THE OCEAN CAN DO TO PIECE OF CONCRETE THAT TWO OR THREE THOUSAND POUNDS A PIECE. THIS MORNING I CHECKED THE JOB SITE. STEVE TEXTING ME AT 6:00 THIS MORNING. I'M GETTING TEXTS WITH PHOTOS. THE COUNTY HAS A SIX-HOUR WATCH GOING ON OUT THERE. THEY ARE SENDING ME PHOTOS AT 12:30 OF THE CONDITION OF OUR TEMPORARY SEAWALL. THAT'S BEEN KNOCK OVER. WE GOT WAVES CRASHING OVER OUR BARRICADES. FORTUNATELY, NO MORE OF THE EMBANKMENT WAS DANIEL -- DAMAGE. AT LOW TIDE WE CANNOT GET EQUIPMENT ON THE BEACH. WE'RE USING THE SMALL TRACK STEER UNITS AND EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT WHICH IS TINY. [00:35:02] THIS IS TINY EQUIPMENT. THIS IS ALMOST LIKE HOMEOWNER EQUIPMENT. WE CAN'T GET THE BIG STUFF ON THE BEACH. HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE BLOCK OF CONCRETE DOWN ON TO THE BEACH IS GOING TO BE A HERCULEAN TASK DONE BY SOME VERY SKILLED OPERATORS OF THIS EQUIPMENT. I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF THE FOLKS IN PUBLIC WORKS. TODAY, WE'RE MOVING TO PHASE THREE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TEMPORARILY. WE INSTALL BARRICADES BACK FILL WITH FILL MATERIAL. GET OUR EQUIPMENT ON THE BEACH. GET THESE LARGE BLOCKS OF CONCRETE SO THEY GET PICKED UP BY ONE OF THE BIG BUCKET LOADERS. WE'RE GOING BRING THEM DOWN AND PLANT THOSE IN FRONT OF THE BARRICADES RIGHT AT THE SEAMS. HOPEFULLY, BE ABLE TO PUT A STOPPER IN THE DOOR TO KEEP THESE BARRICADES IN PLACE. WE NEED TO BUY OURSELVES FIVE WEEKS TIME SO THESE DAILY EVENTS HAVE BEEN COMING COSTLY. WE'RE RUNNING TIME AND A HALF AND OVERTIME. MR. CHESS AUTHORIZED ALL EXPENDITURES THAT ARE NECESSARY WITHIN REASON TO GET THE JOB DONE. ALL DEPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL, ETCETERA. WE WENT THROUGH EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN RUN THIS HEAVY EQUIPMENT. THEN WE'RE OUT OF TIME. THEY WERE OFF THE CLOCK. WE COULDN'T GET THEM THERE. MR. CHESS AUTHORIZED MORE OVERTIME TODAY. I GOT MORE GUYS THERE TODAY RUNNING THE EQUIPMENT. THE COUNTY IS DELIVERING THIS ITEMS TO US THIS MORNING. MY SENSE OF FRUSTRATION, WE DON'T HAVE THE ASSETS, PERSONNEL, THE MATERIAL. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. OUR COUNTY PARTNERS HERE HAVE BRING EVERYTHING TO THE TABLE THAT THEY HAVE THAT WILL HELP THIS EFFORT. EVERYTHING. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COMMISSIONER CLASBY AND FELLOW COMMISSIONER. IT'S A HERCULEAN TASK BEING TAKEN PLACE OUT THERE. I'M VERY PROUD OF EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED. >> MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER BRODERICK. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR JUMPING OUT THERE TAKING THE LEAD I HAVE A QUESTION HERE. SOUND LIKE WE'RE HAVING A NATURAL DISASTER. >> IT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. >> WHEN DO WE CALL -- I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT. BEFORE YOU SAID THAT, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE IT. WHAT YOU HAVE. MY QUESTION IS THIS. AT WHAT POINT DO WE CALL AND ASK THE STATE TO HELP US? THE STATE TO HELP US BECAUSE THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT WE NEED HELP WITH. >> I CAN ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. LET ME JUST PHRASE IT. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. DO YOU THINK THESE GUYS GO OUT AND BUILD STUFF? WHAT DO YOU HAVE? OF THE ABILITY TO SIGN CHECKS. GO OUT TO CAT DEALERSHIP ON KINGS HIGHWAY. I NEED TRACK STEER, GRAPPLER. I NEED $180,000 EQUIPMENT HERE NOW. CAN I GET IT? NO. THAT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, THEY ARE SAYING, WE'RE DESIGNING YOUR T GROWINGS AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEED UP THAT PROCESS. INSTEAD OF 2030, WE'RE GOING TO STALL THEM LATER THIS YEAR. I SAID GUYS I NEED ASSETS NOW. I NEED EQUIPMENT, MANPOWER AND I NEED MATERIAL. THE COUNTY IS GIVING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE. THE CITY IS GIVING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LOCALLY. THE STATE IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. >> OKAY, NOT TRYING TO JUMP ON THE STATE. ALL THE STATE REPS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S LISTENING DON'T E-MAIL ME AND COME AT ME. AT A CERTAIN TIME, THE STATE SHOULD BE READY TO HELP US BECAUSE THIS IS ALMOST AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. THEY ALWAYS WANT TO COME TAKE HOME RULE AWAY FROM US. WE NEED HELP. THIS IS MY ISSUE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY. WE LIVE IN FLORIDA. WITH THE OCEAN. >> THE OCEAN IS GOING TO BE THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE THERE WHEN WE'RE GONE. IT'S GOING TO BE THERE. THIS HAS NOT -- THIS IS NOT IN THE FIRST TIME IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT A COASTAL CITY HAS HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS. I'M JUST WONDERING NO ONE FROM THE STATE CAN COME IN AND HELP. I GUARANTEE THEY HAVE THE EQUIPMENT. >> I BEEN OUT THERE FOR AN WEEK. I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE STATE REP THERE FOR ANY REASON. NOTHING FROM THE STATE AT ALL. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CONTACTED THEM. WE WERE DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENT -- I NEED THIS RIGHT NOW WHO'S GOT IT. THAT'S HOW THIS IS WORKING. THE STATE -- I'M NOT DEFENDING [00:40:06] THEM. MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN COMMUNICATED TO. >> THAT'S MY QUESTION. SOUND LIKE WE NEED HELP. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN DO. >> THEIR ROAD IS GOING TO GET TORN UP. >> COMMISSIONER CLASBY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> MAYOR, COMMISSIONERRINGS. I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT. THE COUNTY GEORGE LANDRY COMMUNICATION WITH THE STATE DIVISION EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHILE I'M UP HERE. FEBRUARY 3RD AT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING AFTER A MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER BRODERICK, I BROUGHT UP THAT I THINK WE'RE APPROACHING A STATE OF EMERGENCY OUT AT THE BEACH. WE NEEDED TO TAKE SOME ACTION. THE FEDERAL PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO START UNTIL EARLY MARCH. THERE WERE PARTS OF THE DUNE THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY MAYBE COMPROMISED PRIOR TO THEN. SOME ACTIONS WERE NEEDED. I AM KIND OF IN AGREEMENT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE FISCAL THE FEDERAL PROJECT. WE ALL KNOW ANYTHING THAT YOU PUT ON THE BEACH IS GOING TO BE WASHED AWAY. THE SURF HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HIGH. I WAS OUT THERE AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. THE COUNTY HAS PEOPLE OUT THERE FOR EVERY SIX HOURS. COMMISSIONER BRODERICK WAS OUT THERE CHECKING NONSTOP. I WAS LIKE WE HAVE COUNTY FOLKS OUT THERE DOING IT. I THINK THAT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF INNER GOVERNMENTAL COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION HERE, FEDERAL, STATE COUNTY AND LOCAL. I BELIEVE FROM WHAT ADMINISTRATOR LANDRY HAS TOLD ME, THE STATE WILL TAKE A REIMBURSEMENT APPROACH FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS. I GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT. AT THE FEBRUARY 3RD MEETING, WE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZE ANY ONE SET OF ACTIONS. THE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES THAT WE'RE TAKING TO HELP SHORE UP THE FURTHER SOUTH OF THE JETTY AREA, WE'RE PART OF THAT. USING THE COUNTY COMMITMENT. IN ADDITION, WE PULLED THE TRIGGER ON 10,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SAND THAT WILL BE STRATEGICALLY PLACED WITH OFF ROAD DUMP TRUCKS. WE HAVE LITTLE EXCAVATORS AND THINGS OUT THERE. I DON'T RECOMMEND BUYING THOSE ANYMORE. I WOULD SAY BUY CAT OR JOHN DEER. I THINK THE STAFF MIGHT AGREE WITH ME. THEY USED TO OFFER DUMP TRUCKS TO PLACE WHERE WE CAN'T NOW. THERE'S SOCK OUT THERE PART OF THE JETTY AREA. IT'S DONE REALLY GOOD JOB AT PREVENTING SOME EROSION IN THAT AREA. NOT ABLE TO PLACE THAT ANYMORE. THAT WAS A LEGACY PART THAT SHOULD STAY. BUT, JUST TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE WITH 10,000 CUBIC YARD OF SAND LIKE LIKE. WE DID BACK IN SUMMER, 98,000 CUBIC YARD OF SAND. THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION ALL OF WHICH WAS REIMBURSED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THE STATE DOES COME IN BUT THEY DO EXPECT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT'S OUR AREA. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, I'M AVAILABLE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THE COUNTY OPERATING UNDER SOME KIND OF DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY OR ANYTHING THAT CAN CREATE MORE FUNDS FROM THE STATE. >> WE HAVEN'T DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY. THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EMERGENCY. I ASKED ADMINISTRATOR LANDRY TO LOOK INTO THAT. THE COUNTY HASN'T DECLARED THAT YET. WE HAVE AUTHORIZED THE EXPENDITURE OF MONEY FROM THE EROSION DISTRICT AND FOR THOSE LISTENING AT HOME, THE EROSION DISTRICT IS ON YOUR TAX BILL. IT'S MONEY THAT'S SPECIFICALLY COLLECTED FOR THIS VERY REASON. I'M ONE OF THE CHEAPEST PEOPLE YOU WILL MEET IN YOUR LIFE. I DON'T LIKE SPENDING MONEY. WE'RE MARSHALING THE RESOURCES AS BEST WE CAN. I DO THINK IT'S NECESSARY AT THIS POINT. IT WAS VERY CONCERNING. IT WAS BEHIND MR. TAR'S HOUSE BUT THE DUNE WAS REALLY CLOSE. THE LAST THING ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE IS WATER SPILLING OVER ON SEAWAY DRIVE, OCEAN DRIVE, A1A, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. WE'LL GET THE BACKLASH FROM EVERYBODY. WE GOT TO TAKE SOME PREVENTIVE ACTION ON THIS AND THE TEE GROWINGS IS VERY IMPORTANT. CONGRESSMAN MASS TELLS ME WE SHOULD HAVE GOOD NEWS ON THAT. IT'S GETTING MOVED UP PREVIOUSLY IT WAS PLANNED FOR 2030. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THEN. I SAID ON THE FORT PIERCE SOUTH BEACH ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAS [00:45:02] BRING A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE TEE GROWING SYSTEM. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SAY YOU CAN'T KEEP DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER. I THINK WE'RE ALL IN TOTAL AGREEMENT AT THIS POINT. THE TEE GROWINGS, ANOTHER THING TO NOTE ABOUT THAT IT'S NOT A SOLUTION. IT'S A BETTER SOLUTION BUT THERE WILL STILL BE BEACH NOURISHMENT EVEN WITH THAT. HOPEFULLY LESS OFTEN. >> MADAM MAYOR. I JUST HAVE SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. THE PROGRAM THAT WAS SLATED TO RENOURISHMENT PROGRAM THAT WAS THE FEDERAL ARMY CORPS ENGINEERING DREDGING. WHAT'S THAT TIMETABLE AGAIN? >> MARCH. WE'RE LOOKING EARLY MARCH. IT WAS PUSHED BACK TWO MONTHS ORIGINALLY. THIS IS ALL FEDERAL PROCUREMENT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WITH THE BEACHES THAT WE MISSED THE FEDERAL RENOURISHMENT LAST YEAR. NOBODY BID ON THE PROJECTS WE COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON THAT 98,000 CUBIC YARD BEACH HOME. IT'S BEACH COMPATIBLE SAND. IT'S NOT THE BEST MATERIAL FOR LONG-TERM. IT'S WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO. I CAN IMAGINE WHAT THE BEACH LOOK LIKE TODAY. >> THE DREDGING, THAT'S WHEN THEY DREDGE OUR CHANNEL HERE? THEY TAKE MATERIALS OUT AND DREDGE IT. THEY BRING IT IN. I GUESS, THAT'S TO ME IS A FEDERAL MOVEMENT. IF I HEAR RIGHT, WE HOPEFULLY EXPEDITED THEM, DREDGING GETTING THIS MATERIAL IN HERE. >> IT SUPPOSED TO START THIS JANUARY. >> RENOURISHMENT PROGRAM IS THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION, PERIOD. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. >> I'M TOLD ONLY PERMANENT FIX IS THE CLOSE THE INLET. >> WE MISSED LAST YEAR ON THE DREDGING. WE WERE GETTING IT EXPEDITED NOW. IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS, WE SHOULD BE REPLACING WHAT WASHES AWAY WITH WATER EACH AND EVERY YEAR. THAT'S THE PLAN. THAT'S THE THEORY. >> TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. THE FEDERAL DREDGING PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 400,000 CUBIC YARD OF SAND. >> I HAD TO GET THE UNDERSTANDING. I COULDN'T CONNECT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO TO PERMANENTLY HAVE THE SOLUTION. THAT'S IT. I'M WITH YOU COMMISSIONER GAINES. WE NEED THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY AND COMMISSIONER, I GUESS AS YOU HAVING CONVERSATION, ASKING, CAN WE GET A DECLARATION. MADAM MAYOR, WE CAN REQUEST ONE. >> JUST TO POINT OUT. I'M THE CURRENT CHAIR F THE EROSION DISTRICT. I HAVE BEEN SIN I CAME IN OFFICE. I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DEPARTMENTS THAT MET WITH JOSH. HE GAVE ME A TWO-HOUR SYMPOSIUM ON THE HISTORY OF THE BEACH. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT RECORDED. THE HISTORY OF THAT BEACH IS INCREDIBLE. >> GOOD. THANK YOU. I'D BE INTERESTED IN THAT. >> COMMISSIONER CLASBY HAS BEEN ON MY SPEED DIAL FOR DAYS. ANYTHING I ASKED FOR, HE GOT IT. THESE GUYS CRUSHED IT. THE COUNTY, ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE CRUSHED ON BEHALF OF CITY OF FORT PIERCE. ANYTHING PAST THAT BEACH FALLS ON US. STATE ROAD. WHERE IS THE STATE PROTECTING THE ROAD. THE COUNTY PROTECTING AND THE CITY PROTECTING IT. IF YOU WANT TO GET IN MY OPINION, I HAD EYES ON THIS FROM DAY ONE AS TO WHERE WE STAND CURRENTLY. WE ARE AT PRECIPICE OF EMERGENCY SITUATION. OUR TEMPORARY MEASURES WHILE THEY ARE PROVEN TO BE BENEFICIAL, HAVE NOT PROVEN TO HAVE ANY LONGEVITY. WE CAN'T TO DO THAT. COMING UP WITH OUR THIRD PLAN TODAY TO IMPLEMENT WE'LL SEE IF THAT'S GOING TO WORK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 12 HOURS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO WORK. IF YOU WANT TO GET A REAL VISUAL, GO TO STEVE TARS HOUSE. I CAN I CONSIDER THE SITUATION TO BE BORDERLINE EMERGENCY, DIRE IS A GOOD WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. BORDERLINE EMERGENCY STATUS RIGHT NOW. >> IF I MAY. I WANTED TO INTERJECT FOR THE RECORD. THE STATE FOLKS ARE IN SESSION RIGHT NOW IN TALLAHASSEE. THAT'S WHY YOU MAY NOT SEE AS MANY OF THEM HERE AT THE MOMENT. THEY HAVE SHORT WINDOW TO GET THEIR BUSINESS DONE. I'M SURE THEY'D BE RIGHT OUT HERE WITH US. >> JAMES, I SURE YOU SHARE THIS OPINION. MY CONCERN IS THAT PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY SAYING, SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO HANDLE THIS. SOMEBODY ELSE ISN'T GOING TO HANDLE THIS. THAT'S WHAT GOVERNMENT HERE FOR. WHAT THE COUNTY IS FOR, STATE FOR. WE HAVE TWO OUT OF THREE [00:50:05] PARTNERS HERE ENGAGED IN THE DISCUSSION. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. HE SAID THIS BEACH IS THE WORST BEACH IN THE ENTIRE REGION OF DOMINION. >> I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN FIRST PLACE FOR THAT. >> THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY HIMSELF IS INFORMED ABOUT THE TEE GROWING PERMITTING PROCESS. HE'S HELPING TO GET THROUGH THE AWARD AND THE PROCESS. >> SERIOUS NATURE IS BEING UNDERESTIMATED. I GOING TO GET FIXED. I'M SAYING THAT WITH THROWING EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE AT IT. THROWING IT AT THE OCEAN. THE OCEAN HAS THE POWER OF GOD BEHIND IT. WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT. WE CAN'T STEM THAT TIDE. WE'RE THROWING EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE KITCHEN SINK. WE HAVE EVERYTHING MOBILIZED OUT THERE THAT WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON. ALL THE PERSONNEL. ALL THE COMMITMENT, ALL THE MATERIAL AND SO FAR. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE IN THAT WE PUT UP HAS BEEN SACRIFICED TO THE TIDE INSTEAD OF THE EMBANKMENT. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO RUN EQUIPMENT ON THIS BEACH EVERYDAY AND REINSTALL THIS STUFF. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT BETTER. LOOKING AT THIS, UNLESS JAMES YOU GOT BETTER IDEA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN THROW. >> WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH GEORGE LANDRY A LITTLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MY MONDAY MEETING WITH HIM. I'M GOING TO BE SUGGESTING THAT THEY DO A BIG DEBRIEFED WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR AND GET THE CITY AND COUNTY ON THE SAME PAGE. BEFORE I GO SIT BACK DOWN. I WANTED TO SAY ONE MORE TIME HOW GREAT A STAFF WE HAVE. THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE A LONG TIME AND THEY ARE HIGHLY SKILLED. >> 12 ON 13 HOUR DAYS. TAKES A LOT OF SKILL TO BE OUT THERE ON THE BEACH OPERATE THAT EQUIPMENT. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE STAFF THAT DOZEN THAT. WE HAVE A PLANNING DEPARTMENT. YOU GUYS ARE THE DOING DEPARTMENT. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU, AGAIN, COMMISSIONER CLASBY AND COMMISSIONER BRODERICK AND TO ALL THE STAFF. I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR LEGISLATORS ARE IN SESSION RIGHT NOW. I'M STILL GOING TO SAY SOMEBODY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FROM THE COUNTY OR FROM THE CITY. WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. IF HE'S NOT AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, HE NEEDS TO BE AWARE WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN HERE IN THIS AREA. HE CAME DOWN ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO AND PUT SOME MONEY TO STATE ROAD, INDIAN RIVER DRIVE. HE SHOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. I SAY THIS JOKINGLY. I'M SERIOUS. I'M PRETTY SURE DON'T WANT ME TO MAKE THAT CALL. I WILL I HAVE TO PROTECT WHAT WE'RE DOING. WHAT I DON'T WANT IS ALL SERIOUSNESS AS COMMISSIONER CLASBY JUST SAID AND COMMISSIONER BRODERICK SAID. I HAVE WORKERS FROM THE COUNTY. I HAVE WORKERS FROM THE CITY OUT HERE DOING 13, 14 HOUR SHIFTS TRYING TO SAVE SOMETHING AND AS SOON AS THEY PUT IT UP, THEY ARE SAYING A PRAYER THAT IT'S NOT KNOCKED DOWN. IF THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT AN EMERGENCY IS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS MADE THE CALL MAYBE. THEY HAVE, I'M JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF THE DEBRIEF TO SEE. AT THIS TIME, A CALL NEEDS TO BE MADE TO HIS OFFICE, SAY, GOVERNOR, I UNDERSTAND YOU GOT LOT GOING ON IN TALLAHASSEE RIGHT NOW. WE GOT A SITUATION DOWN HERE IN FORT PIERCE, ST. LUCIE COUNTY. >> QUESTION TO BE ASKED IF THESE EFFORTS ARE GOING TO BE WORK. EVERYDAY MORNING ABOUT 10:00, I HAD THIS SINKING FEELING IN MY STOMACH. SAYING, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH. WE ARE GOING TO BREACH THAT DUNE RIGHT AT STEVE TAR'S HOUSE AND SOUTH OF HIM. THOSE TWO LOCATION WILL BE BREACHED BETWEEN NOW AND FIVE WEEKS FROM NOW WHEN THE ARMY CORPS SHOWS UP WITH THEIR BIG RENOURISHMENT PROGRAM. I'M SAYING WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE ENOUGH. >> THAT'S WHY I MADE MY COMMENT. >> I WANT COMMISSIONER TO GET IN HERE. >> GOING BACK TO THE ALLOCATION FOR THE GRR SOME INFORMATION IS THAT THE TOTAL COST IS SUGGESTED BACK IN 2024 AT $91 MILLION OF WHICH THE FEDERAL COST SHARE WILL BE $63 MILLION. THERE'S A $30 MILLION SHORTFALL ALREADY THERE. WHERE THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM IS A CHALLENGE. THOSE FUNDS ARE $60 MILLION WAS [00:55:08] INDICATED IN 2024. NO MONEY WAS FUNDED IN 2025. IT IS IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. FROM A LOBBYING STANDPOINT, OUR LOBBYIST IN D.C. NEED TO BE CONTACTED TO HELP MOVE THAT FORWARD AND I SPOKE WITH CONGRESSMAN MASS YESTERDAY. HE IS WORKING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. I THINK WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY DOES EXIST. WITH NEED TO DO ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AS WE DO WITH FEMA REPORT. ALL THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS. THOSE ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT. I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS DONE DRONE FOOTAGE MEASURING THE BEACH AS HOW FAR THE BEACH HAS BEEN RENOURISHED OUT TO SUCH A POINT. TODAY WE KNOW IT'S WELL PAST THE NORMAL HIGH WATER. THOSE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. MR. CHESS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE EQUIPMENT, THE BARRIERS, THE OVERTIME. ALL THAT PLUS NARRATION TO WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING, TIMES DATES. WHILE FEMA ISN'T A BLANK CHECK, THEY WILL SAY WE WILL NOT GET XY AND Z BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN DOCUMENTED. THEY LEARNED IT THE HARD WAY BACK IN 2004 WHEN INDIAN DRIVE ERODED AND FELL. THERE WAS A $44 MILLION FIX MORE THAT ROAD. THAT WAS IN 2004. WE KNOW THAT IT CAN HAPPEN. I BELIEVE WE NEED TO DO -- I THINK WE'RE IN CONSENSUS THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY EXIST. I WOULD ASK COMMISSIONER CLASBY TO TAKE THAT BACK TO HIS BOARD TO ALSO MOVE FORWARD STATE OF EMERGENCY. >> THIS IS A STATE OF EMERGENCY. >> AGREED. MR. CHESS. I HAD ALREADY SPOKEN TO MR. HEDGES ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO WEIGH IN ON THIS AND MAYBE YOU CAN WEIGH IN ON IT. >> OUR CODE DOES ALLOW THE MAYOR TO DECLARE A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. THAT IS IN THE INSTANCE THAT THERE'S A NATURAL OR MAN MADE DISASTER OR EMERGENCY OR IMMINENT THREAT THERE OF TO SAFEGUARD AND SAFETY, HEALTH AND OF THE CITIZENS. GIVES SIGNIFICANTLY MORE POWER TO THE CITY MANAGER AS IT RELATES TO CONTROLLING THAT AREA. IT ALLOWS HIM TO MAKE CERTAIN EMERGENCY PURCHASES BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR CODE ALREADY ALLOWS HIM TO MAKE EMERGENCY PURCHASES OUTSIDE OF A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGECY BEING DECLARED. HE ALREADY DOES HAVE THAT AUTHORITY UNDER OUR CODE. THE REAL, I GUESS, EXTENSION OF WHAT AUTHORITY IT GIVES HIM IS THE ABILITY TO BASICALLY CLOSE DOWN THAT AREA. SO HE COULD DECLARE RESTRICTED AS TO WHO CAN ENTER. IT ALLOWS HIM TO DO ALCOHOL BANS. IT ALLOWS HIM TO DO WEAPONS BANS. WHERE WE USUALLY SEE THAT IS A HURRICANE IS WHERE THAT USUALLY OCCURS. THE PURCHASING SIDE OF THIS DOES NOT NEED A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED. >> IT DOES SOUND LIKE THAT DECLARING AN EMERGENCY DOES MAKE US ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. CHARTER. I THINK THAT'S COVERED IN STATE LAW. MR. CHESS. >> WE DUBBED IT AS A DUNE PROTECTION PROJECT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS A SPECIFIC PROJECT FROM EMERGENCY STANDPOINT WHERE WE ARE DOCUMENTING THE COST OF MATERIAL, SUPPLIES, STAFF TIME, PERSONAL TIME, OVERTIME. WE CAN PUT THAT BOO A PROJECT COST PERSPECTIVE. WE CAN RECAP THE MONEY SO DOWN THE ROAD IF WE ARE ABLE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENTS, WE HAVE THOSE CAPPED AS A STATED PROJECT. PROJECT. >> WE'RE IN STATE OF EMERGENCY. WE NEED OUR STAFF TO DO WHATEVER TAKES TO MAKE US ELIGIBLE FOR FIRSTHAND HELP. REIMBURSEMENT. EQUIPMENT. WHATEVER. >> MANPOWER AND EVERYTHING. >> IS IT POSSIBLE, MS. HEDGES, I THINK WE'RE THERE. CAN WE DO A MOTION CURRENTLY? IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA, HOWEVER. I THINK WE GOT PAST THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE A MOTION [01:00:06] TO HAVE THE PROCESS OF FILING FOR STATE OF EMERGENCY IMMEDIATELY. >> YOU DOT NO NEED A MOTION. IT IS WITHIN THE MAYOR SOLE AUTHORITY TO DECLARE IT. I'M GETTING THE DIRECTION THAT SHE WANTS ONE DECLARED. IT WILL INITIALLY BE VALID FOR SEVEN DAYS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. WOULD THAT BE RETROACTIVE? WE STARTED RECURRING COSTS LAST TUESDAY AND MONDAY. I'M CONCERN THE TIME SPENT WILL NOT BE LOST IN TERMS OF HOURS AND MATERIALS THAT WERE USED. CAN IT BE RETROACTIVE? I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AT THE SITE SINCE LAST MONDAY. STAFF HAS BEEN GOING OUT THERE EVERYDAY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS DUMPING SAND IN DIFFERENT AREA. ONCE WE SHOW WE GET THE DATE CORRECT AND WE DON'T LOSE TIME SPENT AND MONEY PENT. >> WE CAN OUTLINE HISTORY WHAT OCCURRED. THERE'S THE BEGINNING OF THE OUTLINE WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'LL PUT THAT ALL IN. WE MAY NEED TO GET WITH YOU OR MR. JOHNSON TO FILL IN THE GAPS WHAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING. >> I HAVE A STRATEGIC QUESTION HERE. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT NOW. STATE OF EMERGENCY I UNDERSTAND THAT AND BENEFITS WE WILL GARNER FROM THAT ESPECIALLY ON THE REIMBURSEMENT SIDE. IS THE MOTIVATION OF THIS COMMISSION RIGHT NOW TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS AND PREVENT THIS BREACH FROM HAPPENING WHICH WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO AT HERCULEAN EFFORTS RIGHT NOW OR WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND LET THIS BREACH AND SAY WE GOT EMERGENCY SITUATION. MY PREFERENCE HAS BEEN TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. WE HAD OUR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR TEAM OUT THERE. THE CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEF. I SAID WHAT YOU GUYS DOING HERE? I NEED CONSTRUCTION RESPONSE RIGHT NOW. THIS ISN'T EMERGENCY YET. IF IT IS THE PLEASURE OF THIS BODY TO SAY NO COMMISSIONER, BRODERICK, WE WANT TO BE IN FRONT OF THIS. THOSE A WHOLE DIFFERENT LITANY OF AGENDA. I NEED TO GET WITH MR. CHESS AND GET HIM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JOHNSON OUT THERE. I KNOW WHAT THESE GUYS NEED. IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO GIVE THAT DIRECTION. THEY NEED TO GET WITH THE PROPER EMPLOYEES HERE TO SAY I NEED THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, I NEED THIS MATERIAL. I NEED THIS NOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. IN ADDITION OF WAITING -- INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE BREACH TO HAPPEN. WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO THAT POINT IN TIME. BUILDINGS ARE IN FRONT OF THEM. WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS GUYS. WE NEED TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. WE NEED MATERIAL. WE NEED MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT. >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DEPUTY CHIEF IS THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR THE CITY. >> I APPRECIATE THEM BEING THERE. WE TRYING TO AVOID THAT. >> HE NEEDS TO BE THE FOCAL POINT OF OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. WE'RE DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. NOT FROM POLICING STANDPOINT BUT FROM PLANNING STANDPOINT. >> HIS INPUT IS NECESSARY. >> IT'S CLEAR THAT GOING FOR FORWARD, ANY KIND OF DISASTER PREPARED, THE DEPUTY CHIEF IS THE EMERGENCY MANAGER TODAY. THAT'S WHY HE WAS THERE. NOT FOR POLICING STANDPOINT. >> I UNDERSTAND. I'M USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE TO SAY, I APPRECIATE THEIR INPUT THEM HAVING EYES ON WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE. I NEED TO CONVENE A MEETING. I KNOW WHAT THEY NEED. IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO PUT THAT IN MOTION. >> I THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF SEMANTICS. EMERGENCY IS NOW BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL BREACH. WE'RE DECLARING EMERGENCY TO PREVENT IT. THE EMERGENCY WOULD HAVE BEEN IF IT HAD BEEN -- I THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF SEMANTICS. >> WE WILL SPEND MONEY TO ACCOMPLISH FROM PREVENTING THIS FROM HAPPENING. THIS IS GOING TO TAKE ASSETS AND MONEY TO GET THIS DONE. RIGHT NOW. >> COMMISSIONER, I HEAR YOU. I HEAR THE PASSION. FIRST, LET ME HELP -- WHAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE ASKING FOR A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT OF MILLIONS UPON MILLION. >> NO, I'M NOT. >> THAT'S WHAT I HEAR. >> I'M NOT. LET ME CUT RIGHT TO THE CHASE. WE NEED EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION. WE NEED MATERIAL MODIFICATION. WE NEED SOMEBODY SIGN THE EMERGENCY PURCHASE ORDER. [01:05:01] IT'S SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF STUFF. >> AS A COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY? YOU BAT ME DOWN FROM A MILLION TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. MY NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S NEEDED AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED SO THAT NEEDS TO BE WHOEVER IT COMES FROM. FIND WAY TO MAKE IT HERE. I NEED TO HAVE MY CFO EXPLAIN TO ME WHERE THOSE POTENTIAL FUNDS ARE. WE DO HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY. I UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET THAT DONE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. NEXT TIME WE DO MEET IS NEXT MONDAY. WE NEED TO DO IS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE ASKING FOR. >> I CAN TAKE THE CITY MANAGER,& DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OUT TO THE BEACH NOW TO MEET WITH THE PROPER PEOPLE. I KNOW THE LIST. I'M ALREADY OVER MY BOUNDARIES HERE. I NEED THE CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TO COME WITH ME OUT THERE. MEET WITH STAFF. I KNOW WHAT THEY NEED. THEN WE NEED EMERGENCY PURCHASE CAPABILITY. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON THIS NEEDS BLESSING OF THE COMMISSION WHEN WE COME UP WITH THIS TOTAL. >> COMMISSIONERS, I WANT TO BACK UP LITTLE BIT. THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO WEIGH IN ON EVERY PURCHASE THAT OCCURS. UNDER OUR EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT CODE THAT ALREADY EXISTS, THAT IS BETWEEN THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR, WHICH IS OUR PURCHASING MANAGER AND THE CITY MANAGER. HE HAS THE ABILITY AND SHE HAS THE ABILITY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHERE THERE'S PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE, SAFETY ISSUES. ALREADY WITHOUT A LOCAL EMERGENCY TO MAKE PURCHASES IN HIS AUTHORITY. DESIGNATING THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY STILL GIVES HIM THAT AUTHORITY BUT IT EXPANDS OTHER RIGHTS AND ABILITIES THAT HE HAS TO CONTROL THAT AREA IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. EVEN UNDER A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY, IT'S STILL DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS COMMISSION FOR EVERY PURCHASE. YOU DO NOT DO HAVE HIM AMOUNT AND AUTHORITY. HE HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS UP TO WHATEVER AMOUNT HE BELIEVES IS APPROPRIATE AND THAT'S HIS RESPONSIBILITY AS THE CITY MANAGER. >> FOR TRANSPARENCY. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS. >> YOU'LL KEEP US INFORMED. >> WE'LL DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE WE'LL HAVE LINE ITEM LIST WHAT NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED. I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE COLLABORATING WITH COMMISSIONER BRODERICK. I THINK IT'S PRUDENT THAT WE GET THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND GO TO THE BEACH. WE ACTUALLY GET A LIST OF THE ASSETS. QUANTIFY THAT. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS. >> YOU WILL DO THAT RIGHT NOW? NOT GOVERNMENTAL RIGHT NOW. >> YOU'LL BE AWARE WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS. >> THAT'S WHY I WAS ADAMANT ABOUT MAKING IT AN EMERGENCY. IS OUR CITY MANAGER, THE JOB THAT WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO DO, HE CAN GO OUT AND DO IT. AS ATTORNEY SAID, IF HE E-MAILS US OR E-MAILS EVERYBODY SAY THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE KEPT IN THE LOOP. WHEN WE COME BACK TO A MEETING, I WON'T BE SITTING HERE, SAYING WE SPENT $3 MILLION AND I FALL OUT OF THIS CHAIR. >> AGREED. I'M NOT LOOKING TO SPEND MONEY -- I'M NOT LOOKING TO TAKE MONEY AND STICK IT ON THE BEACH TO GET WASHED AWAY. WE NEED SPECIFIC THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. WE CAN SOURCE THIS STUFF LOCALLY. I NEED THE CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, HEAD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE TEAM TO HAVE INPUT IN THESE DECISIONS. I KNOW WHAT THEY NEED. WE'RE ON THE GROUND EXECUTING. I NEED THAT TO BE COMMUNICATED UP THE FOOD CHAIN AND ACQUISITIONS MADE AND SOURCED HOW TO THE BEACH. IF WE GET THE ASSETS WE NEED, I THINK WE CAN AVOID THIS. IF WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE CAN AVOID THIS. WE DON'T HAVE THE ASSETS WE NEED. >> COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY. >> COMMISSIONER CLASBY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. AS EROSION CONTROL CHAIR AND HAVING GONE THROUGH YOUR BUDGETS LAST YEAR, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESERVES IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR BOARD AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE EARMARKED AT SOME NUMBER? SO WE CAN GIVE THE CITY A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM AS TO THE BUDGET OVER $60 MILLION HERE IF YOU COULD, GO BACK AND ASK YOUR BOARD AND MR. LANDRY FOR A COMMITMENT OF X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS FEW WEEKS. >> COMMISSIONER CLASBY. >> I REALLY LIKED THE IDEA IF YOU GUYS SPENDING THE MONEY. [01:10:07] COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE AUTHORIZED FOR WITH THIS. WE TOLD THEM TO ACT. I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE IN THIS AND NOT DO ANY MORE THAN THAT'S NECESSARY. WE TO HAVE THAT FEDERAL PROJECT STARTING IN MARCH. I THINK THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF ALL IN AGREEMENT HERE THAT THINGS NEED TO BE DONE AND RECORDS NEED TO BE KEPT FOR THE POTENTIAL, NOTHING IS GUARANTEED WITH REIMBURSEMENT. IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO GO AHEAD AND KEEP THOSE RECORDS JUST IN CASE. I'M MEETING WITH GEORGE LANDRY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. I WILL MAKE SURE TO SHARE WITH HIM WHAT I HEARD THIS MORNING. I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU GUYS, I WILL GET BACK WITH THE MAYOR AND YOU GUYS CAN DISTRIBUTE THAT INFORMATION HOW YOU LIKE. >> COMMISSIONER LANDRY WAS NOT IN THE COUNTY IN 2004. AS A GOOD MEMORY SPOT IN WHICH TO REMIND HIM AND YOUR BOARD. I DON'T THINK THE BOARD WASN'T IN PLACE AT THE TIME. THE COST OF INDIAN RIVER DRIVE AND NOT HAVING A RESPONSE TO THE EROSION COST $44 MILLION OF WHICH $34 MILLION WAS ACTUALLY PROVIDED BY FEMA. $10 MILLION HAD TO COME OUT OF THE COUNTY. THAT'S A GOOD MEMORY SPOT. BY THE WAY, IF WE HAD DONE THIS BACK IN 2004, SOMETIMES HISTORY HELPS TO WORK WITH THE FUTURE. >> WE GOT SAM SOME GREAT LIVING SHORELINE PROJECTS. >> I KNOW YOU WILL SHARE YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION. >> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY. YOU'RE JUST DETERMINING THE STARTING POINT. >> EXACTLY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THIS IS OPINION. IF WE HAVE RESOURCES AND THE ASSETS THAT WE NEED TO DO THE PROTECTION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH NOW IS YOUR GUESS THAT WE CAN GET OUT IN FRONT OF THIS AND BUY US FIVE WEEKS OF TIME? MY GUESS IS YES. WHAT'S YOUR FEELING? >> I'M ONLY ONE OF FIVE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THE MEETING THERE WAS FOUR OF US THERE. WE HAD ALL GIVEN UNANIMOUS DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATOR TO TAKE ACTION. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD. I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF, RESIDENT OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FORT PIERCE BEACH. THAT'S WHY THE STATE EMERGENCY IS WARRANTED WITH THIS YOU CAN'T G SET OUT STUFF AND IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD UNTIL THEN. IT'S GOING TO TAKE ACTION EVERYDAY ALMOST. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND CITY STAFF GET WITH THE COUNTY'S TEAM SPECIFICALLY OUR ERD AND JOSH. THEY ARE HIGHLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THIS AREA. I HAVE FULL FAITH AND TRUST IN THEM. I WOULD DEFER TO THEIR OPINION A LITTLE BIT ON THIS. LIKE YOU, I THINK THAT ACTIONS DEFINITELY NEEDED. >> THANK YOU. TWO OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS. I DO A LITANY APOLOGIES TO PEOPLE I STEPPED ON THEIR TOES. I TO APOLOGIZE. WE WERE TRYING TO GET ACTION AND FIT THINGS DONE. I KNOW I OFFENDED SOME PEOPLE. I PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE WHOMEVER I DID THAT TO THE. I DID THAT TO. THE SECOND POINT, I WILL COME BACK. >> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE DONE WITH THIS SUBJECT. MR. CHESS YOU'RE CLEAR. WE'RE CLEAR. WE ALL AGREE THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COUNTY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP OF THE COUNTY. ABSOLUTELY. >> THE NEXT ITEM IS MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE, INC., SORRY, KINGS HIGHWAY JOBS CORRIDOR [B. Kings Highway Jobs Corridor Initiative Phase I Final Report - Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County] INITIATIVE PHASE I FINAL REPORT - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY >> WE HAVE PETE FROM THE ADC AND LESLIE WHO IS INVOLVE IN THE PRESENTATION. >> ALL RIGHT, MR. TESH. >> I'M PETE TESH. I AM SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE ST LUCIE EDC. I GOT 211 CALL WES MCCURRY. IT'S OUR NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY. WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE KINGS HIGHWAY JOB CORRIDOR INITIATIVE PHASE ONE REPORT. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DONE FOR US. I WOULD SAY THAT AS A RESIDENT OF FORT PIERCE AND LIVING ON [01:15:06] SOUTH BEACH. WHILE I'M ALARMED BY THE EMERGENCY SITUATION, I'M HEARTENED BY THE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP AND WORKING TOGETHER. AS WE GO FROM CRISIS MODE AND WE'RE TALKING MORE IN LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S RECURRING THINGS HERE THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND MAKE US ALL OPTIMISTIC. THE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP WORKING TOGETHER TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT KINGS HIGHWAY AND QUALITY JOBS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND IMPROVING THE TAX BASE, WE THINK ABOUT SOUTH BEACH AND THE JETTY AND IF THERE WAS ANY DEGRADATION OR DESTRUCTION OF THAT AREA IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE ECONOMY. AS A RESIDENT, I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS AND WHATEVER THE EDC CAN DO TO HELP WITH THAT REGARD. WE'RE THERE. COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION. WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EXPERTISE IN THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE REPORT TODAY. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM WE DO HAVE LESLIE OLSON WITH DISTRICT PLANNING GROUP. ALSO MARK SATTERLY WITH PLANNING AND ECONOMIC STRATEGIES OUR PARTNERS IN THIS. I MENTIONED WES MCCURRY OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO. MANY OF YOU CAME TO THE EDC ANNUAL MEETING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, MR. CHESS. YOU HEARD ABOUT ALL THE EXCELLENT JOB CREATION, BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, BUSINESS EXPANSION THAT HAS OCCURRED. TODAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE AS A DELIVERABLE FOR THE KINGS HIGHWAY JOBS CORRIDOR REPORT. WHAT YOU HEARD AT THAT MEETING MR. MCCURRY GAVE WAS THE DEFINITIVE NUMBERS ABOUT ECONOMIC OUTPUT. JOB CREATION AND ALSO THE ACTUAL FISCAL BENEFITS OF THE TAXES GOING BACK TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. RETURN ON INVESTMENT. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, UP TALKING ABOUT A REPORTS AND BEING ABLE TO DOCUMENT STUFF. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. COMMISSIONERS DZADOVSKY TALKED ABOUT THIS. AS WE GO FORWARD, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME NUMBERS ABOUT OUTPUT. THEY ARE RATHER LARGE TO PUT IT EASILY. I WANT YOU TO THINK BACK WHEN YOU HEAR THAT REPORT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND SPECIFICALLY, THE DIRECT FISCAL BENEFITS ACCRUING THAT COULD ACCRUE TO FORT PIERCE WITH REGARD TO DOING THIS PROJECT. LESLIE IS GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS. WES MCCURRY IS GOING TO WRAP UP AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. ONE OTHER THING I LIKE TO POINT OUT. AS WE TALK ABOUT THE OVERLAY DISTRICT AND ANNEXATION AND UTILITIES, ASHLEY CAPITAL IS VERY ACTIVELY UNDER WAY IN SECURING THE PROPERTY FROM THE COUNTY FOR THE PRUITT COMMERCE CENTER. THERE'S A VERY TANGIBLE PRODUCT WITH MILLIONS OF SQUARE FEET OF QUALITY INDUSTRIAL SPACE COMING ON THE MARKET THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS NOT JUST AN ESOTERIC EXERCISE. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO PRESENT TO YOU. LESLIE IS GOING TO COME UP. WE HAVE HARD COPIES OF THE FINAL REPORT AVAILABLE TO YOU AGAIN. ALSO, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME AND PULLING ME OUT. IT'S GOOD TO SOCIALIZE AND WORK ON THIS PROJECT. LESLIE IS GOING TO TAKE US FROM THERE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. TESH. >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS LESLIE OLSON. I'M PRINCIPLE DISTRICT PLANNING GROUP. REALLY PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE FINAL REPORT FOR THE PHASE ONE OF THE [01:20:02] KINGS HIGHWAY JOBS CORRIDOR INITIATIVE. ALONG WITH THAT AS PETE MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAD THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS GOING TO BE A PART OF THE PHASE TWO DELIVERABLES. THE EDC LIKES TO GET THINGS DONE. THAT IS HERE FOR YOU TODAY WITH THE FINAL REPORT ON PHASE ONE. THE KINGS HIGHWAY JOBS CORRIDOR IS REALLY A FANTASTIC ASSET FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE PHASE ONE CORRIDOR, WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE TURNPIKE ENTRANCE WHERE KINGS HIGHWAY STARTS UP TO NORTH OF ORANGE AVENUE. ALL OF THAT AREA IS EITHER ALREADY IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE OR WILL BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AS IT DEVELOPS. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL IF WE DO IT RIGHT, TO BE A MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WHAT WE DID IS WE STARTED BY TALKING TO THE STAKEHOLDERS. THE KINGS HIGHWAY CORRIDOR HAS AN ASSOCIATION THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THEM. WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, WITH THEIR SENIOR STAFF. THIS ENTIRE CORRIDOR AREA IS WITHIN ONE TO TWO MILES OF THREE INTERSTATE INTERCHANGES. THAT'S INSANE. NOBODY HAS THAT. THAT'S BETTER THAN SOUTHERN GROVES. IT IS FANTASTIC. THIS IS A FANTASTIC LOCATION. RIGHT NOW, IT'S MOSTLY COWS. THIS IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS TURNS INTO. IT'S GOT THE LOCATION. IT HAS A BRAND NEW FIVE LANE KINGS HIGHWAY CORRIDOR ROAD. WE ARE SEEING DEMAND. OTHER DEVELOPERS COMING FORWARD. ESPECIALLY ASHLEY. ASHLEY IS A REALLY BIG VERY WELL-KNOWN CORPORATION IN THE UNITED STATES. TOP 20 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY CAME HERE. THEY SAW THIS LOCATION AND THEY SAID WE WANT TO INVEST HEAVILY IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY. BECAUSE THE ACCESS TO BOTH THE ORLANDO MARKET AND THE MIAMI MARKET IS RIGHT HERE. I-95 ON ORANGE. I-95 ON OKEECHOBEE. THAT ENTIRE AREA IN GRAY THERE IS GOING TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE EVENTUALLY. IF IT IT'S NOT ALREADY. WE DID SOME GIS ANALYSIS. LOOKING AT BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. FUTURE LAND USES. WHAT THIS MAP SHOWS IS THAT WITH VERY LIMITED EXCEPTIONS UP AROUND ORANGE AVENUE AND KINGS HIGHWAY, THIS AREA IS NOT SET UP FOR SUCCESS RIGHT NOW. IT'S EITHER COMMERCIAL, WHICH MAKES IT IDEAL FOR THE HOME DEPOTS AND THE WAL-MARTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. NOT FOR JOB CREATION OR IT IS AGRICULTURAL, FUTURE LAND USE OR RESIDENTIAL FUTURE LAND USE. THIS BLUE STUFF OVER HERE IS A KIND OF A MIXED BAG LAND USE. IT MOSTLY MEANS COUNTY. WE LOOKED A THE ZONING. THE ZONING IS WORSE. THE ZONING IS ALL AG. THAT PINK AREA DOWN AT THE SOUTHERN END, THAT IS ACTUALLY GOOD ZONING FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. BECAUSE IT'S COMMERCIAL PARKWAY. IT ALLOWS FOR THAT KIND OF COMMERCE CENTER DEVELOPMENT. THAT ONE IS GOOD. FOR THE MOST PART, THE REST OF IT REALLY NEEDS -- IF YOU COME IN LIKE ASHLEY CAPITAL IS CURRENTLY DOING, YOU HAVE TO DO A FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT. YOU HAVE TO DO A DONING [01:25:05] AMENDMENT. USUALLY, BECAUSE OUR INDUSTRY ZONING DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE ANY ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, IT MEANS STAFF WILL WANT YOU TO DO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT. WHICH IS MUCH MORE TIME CONSUMING. YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET. IT'S LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES WITH PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. IT'S TIME CONSUMING AND IT'S EXPENSIVE. NOT IDEAL FOR THE TYPES OF JOB CREATORS THAT WE WANT TO GET IN HERE WHO WANT SPEED TO MARKET. THEY WANT CERTAINTY. WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT THE ROADS AS PART OF THIS. YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD GREEN ROADS IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE LOOKING OUT TO 2050 ON THE ST. LUCIE TPO2050 LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION DATA MAP HERE. WHEN WE ZOOM IN TO OUR SECTION OF THE KINGS HIGHWAY CORRIDOR, THE SECTION THAT WE ARE PRIMARILY PLANNING HERE IS MOSTLY GREEN BUT IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN BEHIND THE WORD KINGS HIGHWAY. WHEN YOU GET UP TO ORANGE AND YOU GO NORTH, THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM AREA. ORANGE AVENUE HEADING WEST WILL BE A PROBLEM AREA. GRAHAM, WHICH IS OUR ONLY ROAD BESIDES ORANGE AND OKEECHOBEE THAT CROSSES I-95 IN THIS BASIN. THAT IS ORANGE AS WELL. IT'S A CONSTRAINED TWO-LANE ROAD WITH VERY NARROW BRIDGE GOING OVER I-95. THAT TAKES SOME LONG RANGE THOUGHT. WHEN WE TALK TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS WHEN WE TALK OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO OUR SENIOR STAFF TO OUR PROPERTY OWNERS, ALONG KINGS HIGHWAY TO OUR REALTORS TO OUR DEVELOPERS, MOST OF THE DESIRED USES WERE TO DRIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE CORRIDOR AND ARE ALIGNED WITH GENERALLY INDUSTRIAL USES AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING. HOWEVER, NEITHER THE CITY NOR THE COUNTY HAVE ANY DESIGN STANDARDS FOR INDUSTRIAL ZONING. YOU WANT TO PUT UP A METAL BUILDING AND OUTDOOR STORAGE, YOU COULD. WHICH IS NOT A GREAT WAY TO HAVE A LONG-TERM HIGH QUALITY CORRIDOR THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE AND SUSTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LONG HAUL. INDUSTRIAL CREATES GREAT JOBS AND LONG-TERM INDUSTRIAL USE, UNLESS YOU HAVE DESIGN STANDARDS, TENDS TO LOOK BAD OVERTIME. YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO YOU KEEP HIGH QUALITY DESIGN ALONG THIS CORRIDOR SO IT BECOMES RETAINS ITS ABILITY TO BE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE. THIS CAN BE OUR CITY'S NEW FRONT DOOR. WE HAVE ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY AND VISIBILITY OF OUTDOOR STORAGE. THERE WERE STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE. WE NEED THE ELECTRICAL POWER TO SERVE A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIAL NEEDS. WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT. THAT'S EXCELLENT. PHASE ONE WE HAVE SEEN SOME PROGRESS ON GETTING TOWARDS RESOLUTION WITH FPL TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF POWER THAT WE NEED HERE. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL ON THAT YET. WE ARE WORKING ON IT. THAT -- THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO PHASE TWO. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE EDC AND DEVELOPERS CLOSELY ON ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY. THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCESS WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR STAKEHOLDER IS SLOW AND UNCERTAIN. THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T LIKE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT. THEY WOULD SOMETHING THAT'S BUY RIGHT. IF THEY MEET THE HIGHER STANDARDS THEY KNOW THEY WILL GET THE APPROVAL. YOU GOT CITY LAND AND COUNTY LAND ALONG THIS CORRIDOR. THAT MAKES IT UNCERTAIN. WHICH JURISDICTIONS ARE YOU IN AND WHICH SET OF RULES YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW. THEN, THEY SAID WE ALSO NEED MORE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN THE AREA. HOUSING THAT PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE CAN AFFORD. WE NEED BETTER LOOKING BUILDINGS AND LANDSCAPE AND DESIRE FOR BETTER COORDINATION AMONG THE LOCAL IN THIS STUDY, WE CAME UP WITH THE SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY PROVIDED TO YOU. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU LITTLE BIT OF UPDATED INFORMATION ON EACH OF THESE. WE RECOMMENDED DEVELOPING AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WHICH THE EDC TOOK ON. THEY UTILIZED AN INDEPENDENT ECONOMIC RESEARCH FUND FIRM TO CONDUCT A THIRD-PARTY IMPACT ANALYSIS. IT WAS ROBUST. [01:30:03] THEY PROJECTED DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES AND EMPLOYMENT AT BUILDOUT. THEN, USING THE BEST AVAILABLE ESTIMATES FOR THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE, THEY DID A FULL BUILDOUT AND FOUND THAT THIS AREA THAT WE HAD UP ON THE MAP, IF 50% WERE INDUSTRIAL USERS THAT WOULD BE 4.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT. 25% COMMERCIAL USES WILL CREATE 2.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT. 15% OFFICE WOULD EQUATE TO 1.4 MILLION SQUARE FEET. THEN 10% OF MIXED USE IS ABOUT A MILLION. THAT, TOGETHER, WOULD CREATE 21,000 DIRECT JOBS. A TOTAL ECONOMIC OUTPUT OF NEARLY $6 BILLION COUNTY TAX REVENUES OF $45 MILLION AND MUNICIPAL FORT PIERCE, TAX REVENUES OF $35 MILLION A YEAR. SO, WORKING WITH FPL AND FPUA TO ENSURE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THIS FUTURE GROWTH IS A KEY CONSIDERATION OF PHASE TWO. ADVOCATING FOR THE NECESSARY ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS NOT NECESSARILY TO KINGS HIGHWAY ITSELF. THERE ARE COUPLE OF AREAS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL FAILURES. ORANGE, OKEECHOBEE, GRAHAM, PECOS, ALL THOSE ROADWAYS WILL NEED TO BE STUDIED. I DO RECOMMEND THE CITY AND THE COUNTY CONSIDER DOING A STUDY TO DETERMINE WHEN THOSE THRESHOLDS WILL BE REACHED AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND THOSE THINGS. I DO RECOMMEND THAT WE CONSIDER THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE OTHER THINGS TO WORK ON RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BUT IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH KEEPING IN MIND. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE FOR PHASE ONE WAS TO CREATE A UNIFIED OVERLAY ZONE THAT CAN BE ADOPTED BY BOTH THE CITY AND COUNTY FOR THIS AREA. SO THAT THE RULES ARE CONSISTENT. WHEN DEVELOPERS LOOK AT THIS AREA, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET. OUR PROPOSAL HERE IS TO ADOPT A SPECIAL REGULATORY OVERLAY THAT WORKS IN BOTH AREAS AND ACTS MORE LIKE A CARROT THAN A STICK. INSTEAD OF ADOPTING AND OVERLAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO USE, IF THEY WANT DEVELOP, WE PROPOSE AN OPTIONAL OVERLAW. THE CITY ADOPTS THIS SPECIAL OVERLAY THAT HAVE ARCHITECTURAL USE, SITE DESIGN STANDARDS EMBEDDED IN IT THAT ARE HIGHER QUALITY THAN WHAT YOU WOULD DO NOW. IF YOU DO THAT -- IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THAT OVERLAY, ALL YOU HAVE TO TO DO IS OPT IN ADMINISTRATIVELY. YOU JUST SAY I WANT TO USE THE OVERLAY. YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AGREEING TO THOSE HIGHER STANDARDS. THIS WOULD CREATE A UNIFIED DESIGN FOR THE CORRIDOR. WE WOULD -- MY IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD CREATE LANDSCAPE BUFFER STANDARDS FOR THE CORRIDOR SO IT LOOKS UNIFY AS YOU DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD. IDEALLY, FROM A DEVELOPER PERSPECTIVE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CREATED STANDARDS AND A CODE THAT WAS OF SUCH HIGH QUALITY THAT YOU FELT COMFORTABLE ALLOWING YOUR STAFF TO APPROVE IT IF THEY MET THE STANDARDS AND THEN THE STAFF COMES AND PRESENTS TO YOU WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED. THAT WOULD BE IDEA FROM SPEED TO MARKET CONCEPT. WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR GETTING THOSE HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPERS. TO LAUNCH IT AS A THREE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, IT EXPIRES. IF YOU DO LIKE IT, YOU CAN ADOPT IT IN PERPETUITY. WE ALSO RECOMMEND RECOMMEND ESTABLISHING A CITY OF FORT PIERCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. A SMALL RECURRING FUNDING THAT GOES INTO A SPECIAL POT SO THAT SAY YOU END UP NEEDING A ROAD GRANT FROM THE STATE, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT GRANT FROM THE STATE. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A LOCAL MATCH. WE HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT IN THERE. PHASE TWO HAS LAUNCHED. [01:35:17] THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY IS ON THE DIAS WITH YOU. THE OVERLAY ZONE CODE WORKSHOP WITH CITY AND COUNTY STAFF TO DEVELOP THIS THAT WE WILL BRING FORWARD TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS ON MARCH 6TH AT THE SUNSHINE KITCHEN. IT WILL BE A HALF DAY SESSION. WE'RE GONG TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND THE POLICY NEEDS OF THE BOTH THE BOARD TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND AGREEMENT ALIGNMENT AND EXCITEMENT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOT QUESTIONS YET. WES, MCCURRY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE EDC IS HERE TO WRAP THIS UP AND ALL OF US WILL BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. >> STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER, I'M WES MCCURRY WITH THE ST. LUCIE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. ON BEHALF OF OUR WHOLE TEAM, THANK YOU TO CITY COMMISSION, YOUR STAFF AND ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT LESLIE AND HER TEAM HAVE ENGAGED WITH PUTTING PHASE ONE STUDY PLAN TOGETHER. THE TIME AND I SIGHT AND THE LEADERSHIP YOU PROVIDED WITH STAKEHOLDERS WAS INSTRUMENTAL AND SHAPING A CLEAR AND ACTIONAL PATH FORWARD FOR KINGS HIGHWAY JOBS CORRIDOR. WE HAVE PHASE TWO UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW. WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT. I WANT TO GIVE YOU LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND ON WHY WE CAME FORWARD WITH THIS IDEA OF THE KINGS HIGHWAY CORRIDOR INITIATIVE. IT'S ON THE BACK OF ALL THE SUCCESS THAT CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE SAW WITH SOUTHERN GROVE. THAT AREA WAS ABOUT 1200 ACRES THAT THE CITY INHERITED. WENT THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE ADDRESSING HOW TO PROPERLY PLAN FOR INDUSTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH ALL THE RIGHT DESIGN PARAMETERS AND JOB CREATION CRITERIA. IT WAS A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE FOR SURE. THE PROJECTIONS THERE WITH ALL THE EARLY PLANNING WAS 20 TO 30-YEAR BUILDOUT. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, THAT WAS 2018 WHEN THEY INHERITED THAT PROPERTY. TODAY THEY HAVE MAYBE LESS THAN 60 ACRES LEFT TO BUILD ON. ALL OF THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD. HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OR IS UNDER PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT. IT IS HOME TO COMPANIES LIKE CHENEY BROTHERS, AMAZON, COSTCO DEPOT, OCULAR SURGICAL AND TAMCO WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES THAT BROUGHT HUNDRED AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THAT AREA. THE SUCCESS OF THAT AREA IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE AS A HUGE POTENTIAL FOR THE KINGS HIGHWAY CORRIDOR. FRANKLY, WE NEED IT. THERE'S CONTINUING DEMAND FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH FLORIDA. WE NEED AN AREA THAT LESLIE STATED THAT SETS THE STAGE FOR SUCCESS. WE SEE THE KINGS HIGHWAY JOBS CORRIDOR BEING THAT AREA. TO REALLY MAKE THAT POTENTIAL BE REALIZED, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SET THAT STAGE WITH ALL THE RIGHT PARAMETERS IN PLACE AND THIS PHASE TWO OF THE KINGS HIGHWAY JOBS CORRIDOR INITIATIVE THAT LESLIE TOUCHED ON IS THE NEXT STEP IN THAT PROGRESSION. PHASE TWO IS PRIMARY FOCUS IS DEVELOPING OVERLAY DISTRICT. IT'S NOT A CHANGE IN THE UNDERLYING ZONING. IT'S A VOLUNTARY FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD PROVIDE CLARITY, CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AS DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE OVERLAY DISTRICT IS DESIGNED TO -- WILL BE DESIGNED TO ESTABLISH IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CORRIDOR DEVELOPS AS A CLASS-A [01:40:03] INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR. THAT WOULD BE BY ATTRACTING HIGH QUALITY INDUSTRIAL USERS, EMPLOYMENT USES THAT ARE IN LINE WITH OUR REGIONAL WORKFORCE, RAISING THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRIDOR BECOMES THE CITY'S NEW FRONT DOOR WITH HIGH QUALITY BUILDINGS, LANDSCAPING AND SITE DESIGN. ALSO, REDUCING ENTITLEMENT RISKS AND IMPROVE TIMELINES FOR STANDARDS AND STREAMLINE REVIEW. YOU HEARD LESLIE MENTION SPEED TO MARKET. WE CAME BACK FROM A COUPLE OF CONFERENCES WHERE WHERE LISTENED TO SITE SELECTORS THAT DO WORK WITH A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES, THESE INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION. IT'S COMPETITIVE. THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF DESKTOP ANALYSIS. THEY ARE QUANTIFYING EACH SITE AS IT RELATES TO LABOR COSTS, CONSTRUCTION COSTS. ANYTHING THAT'S QUANTIFIABLE FINAL FRAMES. THEY WILL LAY OUT FOR THEIR CLIENTS TO SAY THESE ARE THE BEST SITES THAT MATCH UP FOR YOUR USE. THESE ARE THE BEST SITES RELATED TO THESE QUANTIFIABLE MATRIX OF COSTS. ONE THING THAT'S NOT REALLY QUANTIFIABLE BUT WE HEARD IN THOSE CONFERENCES IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THEIR SITE SEARCH SELECTION CRITERIA IS THAT SPEED TO MARKET AND CUSTOMER SERVICE ASPECT WITH COMPANY IS COMING INTO AN AREA AND THEY FEEL THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT WANTS THEM HERE AND SUPPORTING EVERY ASPECT OF GETTING THEM TO BE HERE BY STREAMLINING THE PROCESSES AND LAYING OUT A CLEAR AND DEFINABLE PLAN. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT CAN TAKE SITE TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THAT'S WHAT THIS PHASE TWO OVERLAY DISTRICT CAN DO. IT CAN CREATE THAT COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR EMPLOYERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR MODERN INDUSTRIAL SITES WITH RELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN COORDINATED GOVERNANCE. AS PHASE TWO PROGRESSES, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL CONTINUE REFINING THE OVERLAY FRAMEWORK, COORDINATING ON INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND ADVANCING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. THAT WAS A PRETTY EYE OPENING ANALYSIS THAT LESLIE RAN THROUGH THERE. AS FAR AS POTENTIAL GOES FOR THIS WHOLE CORRIDOR. REALLY SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL IMPACT THERE ON THE TAX STRUCTURE. AS WELL AS JOB CREATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE COLLABORATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THIS NEXT PHASE OF THE CORRIDOR INITIATIVE. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE OUR TEAM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? >> I'LL START. WES, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. LESLIE THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROJECT OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE TO ME. I HAD MY FINGERS IN THIS SINCE MY DAYS ON THE PLANNING BOARD, 10, 12 YEARS AGO. RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THIS JOBS CORRIDOR FROM A TAX AND EMPLOYMENT BASE IS POTENTIALLY THE SALVATION OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL WOES AND EMPLOYMENT WOES. I KNOW THAT'S PUTTING A LOT OF STOCK IN ONE ASPECT OF THIS. IT IS THAT CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY HERE. WHAT'S THE TAX IMPACT TO THE CITY? $35 MILLION. HALF OUR OPERATING BUDGET. RECAPTURED IN ONE AREA. NEVER MIND THE JOBS IMPACT AND THE IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE UP THE CITY THAT NEED GOOD EMPLOYMENT. IT WILL AFFECT INFILL AND RETAILERS WANTING TO DEVELOP IN THAT AREA AND SHOPS TO SERVICE THOSE PEOPLE AND GOOD PAYING JOBS. THIS IS THE ANSWER. WE NEED TO BE 100% BEHIND THIS. WES, I KNOW WE GOT YOU. PETE HOW DOES IT FEEL TO SET THE ALARM CLOCK AND NOT HAVE TO SHAVE THIS MORNING. I CONSIDER TO BE CRITICAL. HE'S BEEN AHEAD OF THIS FROM DAY ONE. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF TECHNICAL POINT. I KNOW THE FPL ISSUE SIX MONTHS AGO WAS A HUGE ISSUE. INUNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME BREAKTHROUGH ON THAT AREA. FPL HAD AN AWAKENING SAYING WE DO WANT PAYING CUSTOMERS. >> THAT IS THE -- THAT IS AS MUCH AS I KNOW. I DON'T HAVE A WHEN IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN AND HOW MUCH. I DON'T HAVE THE THOSE ANSWERS YET. I DO HAVE KNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE AT THE TOP ARE MOVING THINGS FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN GET THINGS DONE. [01:45:01] >> I TOLD SOME OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.& IF YOU NEED OUR HELP TO PUSH THAT, WE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING. I'M SURE IT'S BEING MANAGED IN SOME CAPACITY. >> I WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ALL OF YOU AN UPDATE AS SOON AS WE HAVE ONE. >> SECOND QUESTION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RECRUITING COMPANIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE SPACE OUT THERE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE THAT IS NOT ANNEXED IN THE CITY. WHAT'S AT A ABSORPTION WITH THAT EXISTING SPACE? IS THAT SPACE GETTING ABSORBED? >> WHICH SPACE ARE YOU REFERRING TO? >> I KNOW THEY'RE KNOCKING DOWN ONE BUILDING. ACROSS THE STREET WE SEEM TO HAVE A VACANT BUILDING BEHIND THERE. ONLY REASON I'M BRINGING THIS YOU, WES. IF WE'RE NOT GETTING ABSORPTION OF SPACE IN CURRENT ASSETS, WHAT MAKE US CONVINCE ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SPACE IS ABSORBABLE? >> WE ARE SEEING ABSORPTION SPACE. THAT PROPERTY IS FULLY LEASED OUT. IT'S THOSE LARGER BUILDING THE KINGS HIGHWAY LOGISTICS CENTER ABOUT 600,000 SQUARE FEET. THOSE WERE BUILT WITH THE IDEA OF CATERING TO LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION. >> 600,000 SQUARE FEET. WITH THAT BUILDING. THERE'S INTEREST IN LARGER FOOTPRINTS LIKE THAT. THEY ARE HARDER TO COME BY. WHERE THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THE DEMAND IS IN THOSE SMALLER TO MID SIZE COMPANIES. THAT'S WHAT ASHLEY CAPITAL IS PLANNING WITHIN THE KINGS HIGHWAY CORRIDOR. THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THE KINGS HIGHWAY CORRIDOR IS WELL SUITED FOR. >> 5 TO 20,000 SQUARE FOOT INCREMENTS? >> OR EVEN LARGER. YEAH, EXACTLY. >> INCUBATOR SPACE AND THEY GRADUATE SPACE LIKE THIS. >> CORRECT. THE LARGER BUILDINGS I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF THOSE BEING BUILT. WE ARE WORKING HARD TO GET THOSE BUILDINGS LEASED UP. WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE PURSUING. THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING. >> WE NEED THOSE GUYS. ONE OTHER QUESTION. HAS OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT INTEGRATED IN THIS PROCESS? >> MR. CHESS. MR. FREEMAN. PLEASE COME FORWARD. >> THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP. WE'RE LOOKING TO BEING INVOLVED WITH THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. WE KNOW THE COMPLICATIONS OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. I LIKE THE SUNSET VISION WHAT LESLIE IS PROPOSING. AS LONG AS OUR PLANK DEPARTMENT IS HAVING INPUT TO THE REQUIREMENT OF PD PORTION. WE CAN SATISFY OUR CONCERN. IS THAT CORRECT, DIRECTOR FREEMAN? >> YES. I GOT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN FULLY INVOLVED WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. LESLIE OLSON HAS BEEN VERY COMMUNICATIVE IN TERMS OF THE POTENTIAL METHODOLOGY. IN PARALLEL FROM THAT, WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE CITY'S POINT OF VIEW THAT OUR CURRENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM PROCESS IS REALLY NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. >> OVERLAY SOLVES A BUNCH OF PROBLEMS. IT'S COMPLICATED TO PUT IN PLACE. WE OVERLAY EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME AND SOLVE ALL THESE ISSUES JUST AS LONG AS OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING MET OR NEGOTIATED WITH THE GROUP TO COME UP WITH A SUITABLE SOLUTION. >> THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN FULLY AWARE OF OUR MOVE TOWARDS GETTING BETTER ARCHITECTURE, GETTING BETTER DESIGN. TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A MORE CONSISTENT AND OPEN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. >> WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID IS THAT THESE FOLKS GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE EFFORT. BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY STAFF AND ULTIMATELY THE CITY COMMISSIONER SAY WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID SO WE CAN STREAMLINE THIS THING THROUGH, DIRECTOR FREEMAN IS ON BOARD BEING CONSULTED, I THINK OUR CONCERNS ARE MET. I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR ISSUES ARE RESOLVED. BEFORE IT GETS TO US. >> I WAS GOING TO HAVE THE SAME QUESTION. >> MAYOR, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT REALLY QUICKLY. I'M REALLY THRILLED, ACTUALLY THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO COME TO OUR MARCH 6TH WORKSHOP AND VERY HAPPY THAT CHRIS, WHO'S A [01:50:06] LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS GOING TO BE THERE. COMING UP WITH THOSE LANDSCAPES STANDARDS IS LITTLE BIT TECHNICAL. I THINK HE HAS -- I THINK HE'S GIFTED IN THAT. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THIS STAFF. COLLABORATION. >> COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY YOU HAVE COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY? >> FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE NEVER HAD MY OWN CHILDREN, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MY CHILD. THIS IS MY BABY. THIS ACTUALLY INCUBATED OUT OF RECESSION 2010. COUNTY COMMISSION LOOKED AT ALL THE ROADS WITHIN ST. LUCIE COUNTY. MID WAY ROAD, JENKINS, INDIAN RAILROAD. THOSE WERE SIGNIFICANT AREA OF FOCUS AS PART OF THAT, THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION SETTING UP THE FUTURE OF THOSE ROADWAYS AND THE FUTURE EXPANSIONS IS WHAT LED INTO THE IDEA OF CREATING THESE ECONOMIC CORRIDORS. IN THE FACT THAT MR. TESH, YOU BEEN ON ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD BACK THEN. BEING ABLE TO BE PART OF THE SUCCESS FOR PORT ST. LUCIE AND SOUTHERN GROVES AND WES, I WILL TALK TO YOU TOO. THAT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT OVERLAY DISTRICT IN SOUTHERN GROVES. ONE THING THAT YOU SAID COMMISSIONER ABOUT NEGOTIATING WITH US. THIS PROCESS THAT WICH WAS DONE IN THE SOUTHERN GROVES, PRETTY MUCH TAKES THE COMMISSION OUT OF. YOU DON'T GET INTO LILLIANLINGS. THE IDEA IS THAT ONCE YOU AGREE TO THE OVERLAY AND ALL THE COMPONENTS WITHIN IT, ONCE IT'S DONE, I LIKE THE IDEA ABOUT HAVING -- IT HAS TO HAPPEN. THAT IS THE VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION. THE PROPERTY OWNER GETS AN IDEA AND REALIZES THAT THIS OVERLAY WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THEM. IN A WAY OF PROFIT CENTER GOING FORWARD. SPEED TO MARKET IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THE IDEA THAT THREE-YEAR PROCESS, I THINK FIVE YEARS MAYBE BETTER FROM THIS STANDPOINT. THERE ARE ASSETS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WES, UP THERE AT THE CRA WAY BACK PORT ST. LUCIE. YOU'RE MOVING INTO THE EDC IS ALL REALLY GOOD PART OF THE PROCESS FOR US NOW. I BELIEVE THAT THIS AREA NOT ONLY AS OVERLAY DISTRICT I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A NEW CRA WHICH WOULD HELP TO CREATE THAT MONETARY STANDPOINT FOR THE MATCHING GRANTS AND SO FORTH THAT YOU INDICATED. RUSS BLACKBURN IS IN TOWN. I THINK HE'S A CONSULTANT FOR PORT ST. LUCIE. I WOULD SUGGEST HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HIM UP FRONT. HE WAS ABLE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD WITH CONSISTENCY AND BEING ABLE OTELL THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTHERN GROVES AREA. NOW, THE KINGS HIGHWAY GROUP HAS BEEN MEETING. I WAS PART OF IT 10 IT 12 YEARS. THEY WERE VERY CONSISTENT ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO DO THIS. THE IDEA SPEED TO MARKET. THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT SEVERAL AREAS THAT THIS REALLY SUPER -- WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR -- PUTS ON STEROID. THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS PEAKED AND READY TO GO FOR CARGO. ALL THE ASSETS ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE, HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE. THE ONE THING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS THE COUNTY NEEDS TO INVEST THE $8 MILLION THAT WAS SET ASIDE TO EXTEND A RUNWAY TO 8000 FEET. ONCE THAT IS DONE, THE IDEA OF BRINGING IN CARGO WHICH CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MANUFACTURING IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THE OTHER PART OF THIS THAT'S UNDERLYING THAT THE PUBLIC MAY NOT KNOW, THERE'S FOREIGN TRADE ZONE. THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO BRING THAT FORWARD OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS. BUT THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE IS IMPORTANT TO ACTUALLY BRING THAT CARGO IN TO SUPPORT THE MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION SIDE OF THINGS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS GOING TO BE THE BENEFACTOR OF ALL THAT. TPO, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION. IT TOOK IT WAS IN THE 2045 PLAN BACK 12 YEARS AGO KINGS HIGHWAY TO BE EXPANDED. AS PART OF THAT TOO, THE TPO2045 PLAN IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR A 95 EXIT AT ST. LUCIE BOULEVARD AS [01:55:06] WELL AS A TURNPIKE EXIT. THOSE ARE ON THE LIST. I THINK THE COUNTY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONNECTION TO ST. LUCIE BOULEVARD. THE ROAD AND CORRECTION IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST IMPORTANT PARTS ANY KIND OF DISTRIBUTION CENTER OR MANUFACTURING CENTER. ALL OF THOSE ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THE CITY AND THE COUNTY BOTH CITIES AND OUT COUNTY PARTICIPATE IN THE TAX I BAITMENT. THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? FIRST OF ALL, I TELL WHAT YOU IT IS NOT. IT'S NOT A CASH GIVEAWAY. THERE WERE SOME MISTAKES MADE 15 YEARS AGO. THERE WAS A LEARNING CURVE. THE IDEA THERE WAS TO INCENTIVIZES FOR BUSINESSES TO INVEST BY PROVIDING TAX ABATEMENT. FIRST FIVE YEARS NO TAX ON THE DEVELOPMENT. 20 YEARS A YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT FOR 100% OF THE TAX COMING IN. IT ONLY GOES TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY IN WHICH IT'S LOCATED. FAIR DISTRICT IS NOT AFFECTED. SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT AFFECTED. THOSE TAX DOLLARS STILL COME IN. ALL OF THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE INCENTIVIZATION OF THESE INVESTMENTS. WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS THEY DO NOT GET THE ABATEMENT IF THEY DON'T PUT THE INVESTMENT. IF THIS IS A 600,000 SQUARE FEET, IF IT'S A MILLION SQUARE FOOT AND THEY MEET THE CRITERIA FOR TAX ABATEMENT, THEY'LL HAVE TO PUT THE $50 MILLION. THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE CITIES AND COUNTIES AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE OVERALL SUCCESS. TO THE FPL CONVERSATION. THIS IS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. ASHLEY CAPITAL PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY LONG TIME AGO. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD, THEY NEEDED MINIMUM ONE MEGAWATT FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY. FPL WASN'T INTERESTED GOING FORWARD WITH IT UNLESS THERE WAS CERTAINTY. MY UNDERSTANDING TODAY BECAUSE YOU'RE ABLE TO SUCCEED LAST MEETING FOR COUNTY IS MOVING THAT PURCHASE OF ASHLEY CAPITAL MOVING FORWARD. CERTAINTY IS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE INVESTMENT SO THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ONE MEG. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LARGE ENERGY USE FOR ANYTHING THAT COMES FORWARD. ONE THING THAT I THINK REALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS IDENTIFYING THOSE VOLUNTARY PROPERTIES EARLY ON. I THINK THE KINGS HIGHWAY PROPERTY GROUP MAY HAVE THOSE CONTACTS. MAYBE HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM AT THEIR NEXT MEETING. I THINK THEY HAVE IT MONTHLY STILL. ALL OF THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS. JUST LIKE YOU COMMISSIONER BRODERICK, THIS IS THE FUTURE OF FORT PIERCE. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THE REVENUE NECESSARY BASED ON RESIDENTIAL. THIS HAS TO COME AND IT WILL COME TOGETHER. PUTTING THE ASSETS IN PLACE FIRST, EXPANSION OF MIDWAY ROAD, KINGS HIGHWAY,ETH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY LESSON. WES, CAN ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THE CRA SIDE? WHAT WILL BE THE PROCESS FOR THE CITY TO EMBARK ON CREATING ANOTHER CRA? THE CRA IN PORT ST. LUCIE TO THE EAST WAS CREATED YEARS AGO. MEN THIS PROPERTY BECAME AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE THEY ESTABLISHED A CRA EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T BLIGHTED. IT WAS OLD FARMLAND AND CITRUS. I'M ASKING IS IT POSSIBLE AND WHAT WILL BE THE PROCESS FOR THE CITY TO UNDERTAKE? >> A FINDING OF BLIGHT IS NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A CRA. WE HAVE TO WORK KEVIN AND YOUR STAFF MR. CHESS AND LEGAL TO KIND OF ASCERTAIN THE FEASIBILITY TO DO A CRA IN THIS PLAYER. CITY PORT ST. LUCIE TOOK NOVEL APPROACH WITH THE SOUTHERN GROVE AREA. THAT PROPERTY HAD A LOT OF DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE DEBT WAS ISSUED TO FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SERVED THAT AREA. THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS AGING IN PLACE WITHOUT BEING USED. IT DETERIORATE. THAT WAS THE FINDING OF BLIGHT THERE. IT'S LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S AN INTERESTING TAKE. >> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? JUST A QUICK QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. I TOO LIKE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AS MY QUICK MATH ADDS UP. THAT WOULD BOLSTER THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND GET US CLOSER TO WHAT WE KNOW WE [02:00:02] NEED TO OPERATIONALIZE AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT TRULY MOTIVATES US TO REALLY MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THIS. IT'S VERY HELPFUL. AS WE BEGIN TO BRING THE PUBLIC ALONG, IT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF JOBS. I, TOO, SEE THIS 21,000 JOBS, DIRECT JOBS, REALLY BOLSTERING OUR COMMUNITY HERE, PROVIDING WAGES, ETCETERA. BACK TO THE MAP, UP TALKING ABOUT THE OVERLAY. I GET IT. IT MAKES SENSE. I'M EXCITED STAFF IS GOING TO WORK WITH YOU TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. MY SIMPLE QUESTION IS WHERE HAS THIS BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA? I LIKE TO UNDERSTAND. I'M SURE SOMEONE DONE THIS BEFORE AND IT MAYBE WE CAN GLEAN SOME THINGS THERE. I LIKE TO REACH OUT TO MY COLLEAGUE TO SAY HOW DID YOU GET RIGHT SO WE CAN GET IT RIGHT SOONER THAN LATER? >> I'LL FIND SOMEONE. THIS WAS JUST ME. I HAVE TALKED TALKED WITH LEGALL WITH THE LEGALITY DOING IT. I DO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT. LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN FIND >> THAT WILL BE GREAT FOR ME. I HAD A LOT OF CONTACTS. I LIKE TO REACH OUT TO SOME COLLEAGUES AND SAY WE NEED TO GET THIS RIGHT SOONER THAN LATER. WE DON'T WANT HICCUPS. >> THE VOLUNTARY SIDE IS THE UNIQUE. >> I'LL START WITH THAT THEN. OKAY. >> MR. GAINES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? >> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. WORKING IT AWAY THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE IS POSSIBLE LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T ANNEX BASED ON PROVIDING WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES. I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE COGNIZANT THAT. THAT IS A GROWTH ENGINE FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. WE BELIEVE IN THAT PHILOSOPHICALLY, THAT'S A LEGITIMATE THING FOR US TO DO. THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO STOP THAT. ANY HELP YOU CAN HELP WITH THAT TO STOP THAT IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. >> TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BILL. >> YEAH. I CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH THE INFORMATION. IT MIGHT BE MAYFIELD. OVERLAY DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE OVERLAID OVER THE CITY TERRITORY AND THE COUNTER STORY? >> IF BOTH JURISDICTIONS CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE, THEN YES. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE? WE CAN STILL HAVE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THE COUNTY TO DO IF WE THE COUNTY AGREES. DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHERE THE COUNTY IS ON PARTING REQUEST. -- PARTICIPATING. >> THE COUNTY STAFF IS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT, MARCH 6, OUR WORKSHOP. WE HAVE BEEN BRIEFING THE COMMISSIONERS AS WE HAVE THE ABILITY DO. WE DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S SUPPORT FOR THE KINGS HIGHWAY JOB CORRIDOR INITIATIVE PLAN. >> I'M TALKING TO COMMISSIONERS. >> WHEN IT COMES TO CODE. THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK WITH THE STAFF OF BOTH JURISDICTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS WITH THE POLICY INITIATIVES OF BOTH. >> THERE'S ALSO A BILL IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT GIVES DEVELOPERS A LOT MORE RIGHTS THAN THEY HAVE NOW IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. THAT IS PROBLEMATIC FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS. I THINK THE KEY TO THIS TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE, WE DO HAVE SOME ABILITY TO HAVE THOSE HIGH STANDARDS MET THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. ALSO, LIKE IN THE LOWER SOUTHWEST CORNER, WE'VE JUST APPROVED THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THERE ON JENKINS ROAD. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OVERLAY DISTRICT DOESN'T IMPACT ADVERSELY SOMETHING THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT. THAT HAS TO BE THOUGHT THROUGH CAREFULLY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK FOR POINTING OUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OUR CORE STUDY AREA WHERE WE WANT TO APPLY THE OVERLAY. WE HAVE THE WIDER S ANCILLARY AREA. [02:05:09] WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE CORE. YOU MENTIONED JENKINS ROAD. JENKINS ROAD IS THE BASIN. IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING WHERE THE MOUSING IS BEING CREATED THAT PEOPLE CAN GET TO WORK IN A VERY REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND MAYBE EVEN HAVE SOME MULTIMODAL OPPORTUNITIES. WE DO NEED TO DO SOME ROADWAY WORK, THOUGH. IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE SAFE ROUTES BACK-AND-FORTH IF IT'S GOING TO BE MULTIMODAL. RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST CAR. COMMISSIONER GAINES, YOU MENTIONED THIS, THINKING THROUGH PARKS WEST OF TOWN. AS WE CREATE HOUSING ON JENKINS ROAD, WHERE THE PARKS IS GOING TO BE FOR THOSE HOMEOWNERS. WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT 1 ANT TO RECK CREATE E ON THEIR BREAK. THAT'S A FUTURE PHASE WHERE WE THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT LEVEL SERVICE FOR THE OTHER THINGS THAT SUPPORT THAT JOB CREATION. >> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRIAL BUT SO TO BE CLEAR FOR ANYBODY LISTENING, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRIAL THAT DOESN'T ADVERSELY AFFECT -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLEAN INDUSTRIAL WITH HIGH PAYING JOBS. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT RECYCLING SERVICE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE MESSY. PRETTY MUCH ALL INDUSTRY NEEDS SOME OUTDOOR STORAGE. YOU HAVE TO INCORPORATE THAT. HOW YOU INCORPORATE IT IS THE KEY. HOW YOU SCREEN IT. HOW YOU PROTECT YOUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR INDUSTRY, PEOPLE WHO CREATE THE JOBS AND CREATE THE MONEY. YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY WHILE PROTECTING APPEARANCE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. WE'RE BEING VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. WE ARE ALSO REALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT BACKBONE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS REALLY APPEALING. >> LASTLY, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE PET PEEVE OF MINE. THE LARGER AREA, ESPECIALLY OVER TOWARD THE TURNPIKE. WAS REALLY MOSTLY -- WE'RE NOT CATTLE RANCHING THERE. I DON'T BELIEVE. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT CITRUS IS IN A DIRE STRAIT. THE PEOPLE OBJECT GIVING UP AGRICULTURE LAND SO RANCHING IS MUCH FURTHER WEST TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PROBABLY OLD ORANGE GROVES OR JUST SCRUB LAND THAT IS NOT BEING USED RIGHT NOW. >> PEOPLE PUT COWS ON IT JUST TO GRAZE. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY. THE REASON THAT COW OR TWO IS ON THERE SO YOU HAVE THE GREAT AGRICULTURE RATES. I DON'T BLAME THEM AT ALL FOR THAT. TO ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING, WE'RE NOT GIVING UP OLD FLORIDA LAND. >> THIS IS FROM THE TURNPIKE EAST. IN THAT AREA, YOU HAVE USDA, CERTA. NONE OF THOSE ARE OLD RANC RANCHLANDS. >> AS LONG AS OVERLAY MEETS HIGH STANDARDS SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T SAY DEVELOPERS GET ANYTHING THEY WANT. THAT'S THE CRITICAL PART OF IT IN MY OPINION. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO CHIME IN? >> I CAN CONFIRM. I'M A PROPERTY OWNER IN THAT AREA. IT IS FORMER CITRUS. NONE OF THIS WAS RANCHING LAND. >> GROWING UP HERE -- IT WAS UNFORTUNATELY A FAILED EXPERIMENT BACK WHEN THEY WERE DOING BIOTECH AND PORT ST. LUCIE THE COUNTY PIVOTED AND LOOKING AT THE AGRICULTURAL SIDE OF DOING RESEARCH AND SO AND SO FORTH MAYBE DOING SUGAR BEETS FOR AVIATION FUEL. UNFORTUNATELY, IT DIDN'T PAN OUT. MONEY WASN'T THERE FOR THE RESEARCH AS HAD INTENDED. THE ACREAGE SIT INTERESTING PRETTY MUCH DOING NOTHING UNTIL SUNSHINE KITCHEN WAS CREATED AND [02:10:03] THEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS PLACED IN. AS PART OF THAT COUNTY THEN INVESTED $7 MILLION ON INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ROADWAY AND WATER AND SEWER WITH FPUA. THAT'S AN INTERESTING PART OF THIS WHOLE THING. NOW THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING SOLD OFF THE. THE COUNTY SWAPPED PROPERTIES WHERE THEIR PROPERTY ON KINGS HIGHWAY WHICH THEY END UP SELLING FOR $60 MILLION AND THE COUNTY GOT THE OTHER PARTS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT EXPERIMENT DID NOT WORK. THAT'S OUR BENT AS A CITY TO SEE THE OUTCOME WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE. >> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE. THE COUNTY HAS REMOVED ALL OF THE REGULATORY LAYERS THAT KEEP ASHLEY CAPITAL SPECIFICALLY FROM BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP A CLASS-A COMMERCE PARK. TESERTA HAS BEEN REMOVED. THERE WERE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF REGULATION THAT REALLY TIED THIS HAND DOWN TO VERY HIGHLY SPECIFIC USES. THE COUNTY HAS REMOVED ALL THOSE. IT'S NOW IN THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. >> I'M GOING TO WIND THIS UP, FPUA IS RIGHT THERE READY TO HELP IF FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT CANNOT. >> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRIEFING THE FPUA BOARD ON THIS AS WELL. >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [C. Main Street Fort Pierce, Inc. First Quarter Program Update covering FY2026 (October 1, 2025 to December 30, 2025).] NEXT WE HAVE THE MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE, INC. FIRST QUARTER PROGRAM UPDATE COVERING FY2026 (OCTOBER 1, 2025 TO DECEMBER 30, 2025). >> MR. CHESS, DO YOU HAVE A LEAD-IN? >> HE'S GOING TO PRESENT -- SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT THE 1ST QUARTER REPORT FOR 2026. >> WONDERFUL, WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. FOR THE RECORD. >> I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE. THANK YOU, AGAIN SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. WE, AS WELL AS MR. CHESS AND HEDGES. I HAVE BOARD MEMBERS AND BOARD PRESIDENT. I WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH TIME AND BRINGING EVERYONE UP AS AN INTRODUCTION. I WANT TO STAY THANK YOU. MEANS QUITE A BIT THAT OUR BOARD COMES IN AND SUPPORTS US. >> RAISE YOUR HAND BOARD. OH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IN THE INTEREST OF BREVITY, WE'RE REPORTING ON A PERIOD OF TIME, I THOUGHT I WOULD MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE ACTUAL REPORTING AND PULL UP THE PHOTOS SO I CAN TALK YOU THROUGH WHAT'S SPECIFIC TO THIS QUARTER. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND GO INTO ANY MORE DETAIL. IF THAT IS OKAY WITH YOU. >> IT WILL BE GREAT. >> JUST LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE ADDED FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT THIS LAST QUARTER. WE A REQUEST FROM OUR RETAILERS SPECIFICALLY DOWNTOWN TO COME TOGETHER ON SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A RETAIL SHOPPING GUIDE TOWARD THE HOLIDAYS. WHICH WE WORKED WITH THE DBA ON AND THEN AS WELL AS THE PRINTING AND HELPED WITH DISTRIBUTION OF THAT. THESE ARE SMALL THINGS BUT THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT QUICKLY WHEN THERE'S A REQUEST FROM THE MARKET IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PLEASED TO BE PART OF. WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE DOWNTOWN MAP OF BUSINESSES. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT IT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR AGO, WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS FOR THAT. WE HAD ABOUT 40,000 UNIQUE VISITS JUST TO THIS MAP. THERE'S A QR CODE HERE THAT YOU CAN SCAN AS WELL AS WE HAVE LIKE A LARGER QR CODE HERE THAT WE'VE PRODUCED. IN OUR FOCUS MAGAZINE, EACH MONTH, WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO MAINTAIN A LIST OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. WE CALL IT AN ARTICLE. IT'S ABOUT THREE QUARTER COLOR PAGE AD WHICH WE'VE NOW BEEN DOING FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. THE VALUE JUST OF THAT ITEM ALONE IS SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAINING OUTREACH INTO OUR COMMUNITY. [02:15:03] SAY COME DOWN HERE AND START A BUSINESS WITH US. ONE OF THE POINT OF OUR AGREEMENT HERE IS TO PROMOTE THE FOR PRA AND WHAT IS BEING DEVELOPED. WE PUBLISHED WHERE WE CAN. ON WHETHER IT'S IMPACT FEE WAIVER FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE HOSTED THE CONSULTANTS FOR BOTH THE FESTIVAL STREET AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS. I SUPPOSE JUST DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES ON THE POTENTIAL OF MARINA SQUARE REDEVELOPMENT. IF NOTHING ELSE, WE TRY TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER O EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS, THEIR THOUGHTS, AND TO LISTEN. THEN TAKE WHAT WE HEAR FROM OUR NEIGHBORS AND SHARE IT. WE HAVE EVENTS THAT WE ARE CONTRACTED TO DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF NEW THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THIS QUARTER. WHILE WE DID GO AHEAD AND HOST SMALL SHOP SATURDAY. WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE THE MEDIA PRESS COVERAGE THAT WE ENJOYED, WE ALSO ADDED A POP-UP CHRISTMAS MARKET THIS YEAR. WE INVITED SPECIFICALLY LOCAL ARTISANS TO COME. WE HELD IT OUTSIDE THE PLATS BACCHUS HOUSE. IT'S UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THAT'S A BIG PART WHERE MAIN STREET IS GOING NOW. WE'VE BEEN HAVING FREE CRAFTS EVERY MONTH AT FRIDAY FEST SO THE KIDS COME IN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE MONEY AND COME AND ENJOY THAT EVENT. WE CONTINUE TO ENJOY PARTNERING FOR COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR AND WHY I DON'T HAVE THE GHOST WALK IN HERE. WE'VE GOT THAT AS PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS, THAT'S ALSO WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER AN ANCHOR EVENT DOWNTOWN. BRINGS A LOT OF HISTORY AS WELL AS PARTICIPANTS TO OUR AREA BOTH VISITORS AND LOCALS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON BRAND RECOGNITION. WE LEARNED A LOT FROM OUR SURVEYS FROM LAST YEAR AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR FOOTPRINT IN THESE AREAS. THESE ARE SOME OF OUR FOCUS CORES FROM THE LAST -- COVERS FROM THE LAST THREE MONTHS. WHILE SITES AND SOUNDS IS NOT UNDER OR SPECIFIC CONTRACT WITH THE CITY. IT'S AN ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE ITEM. IT IS PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FPUA AND CITY OF FORT PIERCE. ONE ITEM I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT AND I FEEL REMISED BECAUSE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE MORE INDIVIDUALISTIC CAPACITY TO COME MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT. I'M AFRAID IT HAS BEEN QUITE A BUSY JANUARY. I WANT TO TO -- I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT CITY STAFF IN THE EXECUTION OF SITES AND SOUNDS. I SEE A LOT OF WHO WERE DOING THEIR JOBS BUT GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THIS EVENT. I CAN SPEAK FOR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ALL THE WAY TO SOLID WASTE TO PARKS TO THE RIVERWALK CENTER. THE POLICE IS PART OF THAT. THE POLICE, I'M KIND OF AFRAID THAT I DON'T HAVE A LIST IN FRONT OF ME TO TALK ABOUT. OUR CITY ELECTRICIAN, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO -- THEY MAY BE DOING THEIR JOBS AND THE EXECUTION OF THIS EVENT BUT THE HEART AND SOUL THEY PUT INTO IT AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE EXTRA HOURS THEY TOOK AND EXTRA DETAILS THEY WENT INTO, IT CAN'T BE UNDERSTATED. PUBLIC WORKS. WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ACTIVITIES DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS POSITIVE OPENINGS TO SHARE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE COMMISSION AND CITY AND WITH OUR PARTNERS. AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE I WOULD JUST TOUCH ON REALLY QUICKLY. THE VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT AND [02:20:07] PARTNERSHIPS. IN THE LOWER LEFT, IT'S FORMER FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER WITH OUR -- BRINGING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FPUA. FPUA HAS BEEN GREAT SUPPORTER. WE HAD THE PARTNERSHIP WE DO FOR FRIDAY FEST CHEER ANNUALLY. THEY ARE VERY AGILE AND HELPFUL PARTNER AS WELL. I WOULD INCLUDE THEM. IN THIS INSTANCE, THE NEW YEAR'S EVE FIREWORKS. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME TOGETHER RATHER QUICKLY. I COULDN'T OVERSTATE THE DEPARTMENTS HERE AT THE CITY ITSELF AND OUR PARTNERS AT FPUA WHO CAME TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THE JAZZ SOCIETY HAS BEEN EVEN MORE A PARTICIPANT THAN EVER BEFORE. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN WONDERFUL. PIERCE JAZZ SOCIETY HAS EXPANDED. THIS MONTH WE'RE PLEASED TO BE FEATURING THE OPENING OF THE MUSEUM WHICH GOES TO OUR PARTNERSHIP THE HIGHWAY WOMEN ORGANIZATION AND THOSE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION. THAT ALSO HAS A TIE BACK TO THE PLATS BACCHUS HOUSE. YOU MAY NOTICE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO UTILIZE IT MORE AND MORE. OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC AND REALLY SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY THE HISTORY OF THAT BUILDING. IT'S 130 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. WE WILL BE WELCOMING, INVITING EVERYONE TO COME TO FOR ANNUAL MEETING CELEBRATION. INTRODUCING ANOTHER GENERATION TO THE HISTORY. IT'S NOT JUST -- YOU HAD THE FIRST DOCTOR IN THIS COUNTY. DR. PLATS. NOW IT'S THE BUILDING BROUGHT BACK LIFE. SHE'S ANOTHER LEG IN THAT HISTORY. I WANT TO -- THESE ARE THE FINANCIALS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO YOU WITH AND THE CITY. SHOWING THE TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK YOU ASKED US AS A MAIN STREET ORGANIZATION. THE ONLY REASON I MENTIONED THAT WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS THE PICTURE OF OUR FULL FINANCIALS. IT IS NOT. IT'S OUR FINANCIALS AS THEY RELATE TO OUR BUSINESS WITH THE CITY. WITH ALL THAT SAID, I'M SURE I COULD SAY MORE, I MAYBE MISSING THINGS. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I CAN ANSWER, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO. >> QUESTION OR COMMENTS? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ON THE VOLUNTEER FRONT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AT COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR EVERY MONTH IS ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE A VOLUNTEER. SOMETIMES IT'S CHOSEN BY THE ORGANIZATION AND SOMETIMES IT'S THE ORGANIZATION SAYS YOU CHOOSE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT MAIN STREET IS YOU NEED VOLUNTEERS IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE. >> YES MA'AM. WE DO. >> I THINK YOU DO A GOOD JOB WITH THAT. WE APPRECIATE AH YOU DO FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I'M JUST LITTLE CONFUSED HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. I THOUGHT THIS COMMISSION SAID WHEN THESE MAIN STREETS WERE TO COME IN FRONT OF US, WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM HERE. TOGETHER. I THOUGHT THAT'S SOMETHING WE SAID THAT WE WANTED TO SEE GOING FORWARD. WE DIDN'T WANT THE SEPARATION OR THE NAY SAYERS TO SAY, WHY THEY GOING THIS WAY AND WHY THEY DOING THIS. I THOUGHT THE LAST TIME GOING FORWARD WHEN WE HAD PRESENTATION FOR MAIN STREET, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE AGENDA TOGETHER. I REMEMBER SAYING THAT AND HAVING THAT DISCUSSION. AM I MISSING SOMETHING? [02:25:07] >> I VAGUELY REMEMBER. MR. CHESS? >> CORRECT. YOU WILL RECALL PROPERLY. THE LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN FINALIZED. CAN YOU ADDRESS WHERE WE WERE WITH THE AGREEMENT. >> AUDRIA MOORE, SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR. THE AGREEMENT WITH LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED. THEY'RE BEEN SOME AREAS IN THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD REQUESTED INFORMATION FOR. IT'S JUST BEEN A LITTLE -- >> THAT'S FINE. IT'S LATE IN THE MORNING. I'M NOT TRYING TO START ANY PROBLEMS. ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE E-MAILS I GET ABOUT THESE MAIN STREETS IS LIKE WE PICKING ON ONE. ONE ALWAYS COMES AND PRESENTS AND THEN WE HAVE TO ASK ANOTHER ONE TO COME AND IT HAS TO DO, -- VICE VERSA BOTH TIMES. LAST REPORTING I THOUGHT WE WANT MAIN STREET TO COME WE WANT TO DEAL WITH THEM AT THE SAME TIME. I'M JUST ASKING -- >> PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. >> THEY ARE HERE TOGETHER IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAIN STREET. WHY WE HAVE TWO MAIN STREETS. I HAVE BOTH MAIN STREETS HERE AND THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND AND ASK ANY QUESTION WE WANT WHILE WE'RE HERE. NOTHING AGAINST YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WE HAD AGREED UPON, WE CAND-- REQUESTED BOTH OF THEM BG HERE. >> COMMISSIONER GAINES YOU'RE RIGHT. WE REQUESTED STANDARDIZED TYPE FORM THAT THEY WILL PRESENT THE SAME INFORMATION. IT WILL BE VERY CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC THAT, WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AND TRANSPARENCY AND YOUR REPORTING AND RECORDS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PART OF OF WHAT WE'VE ASKED FOR. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ACTUAL FORMAT HAS BEEN FORMALIZED FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. I KNOW WE WERE WORKING TO STREAMLINE SO WE BOTH HAVE THE CONSISTENT INFORMATION ACROSS BOTH MAIN STREETS SO BOTH CAN BE COMMUNICATED FOR THE PUBLIC FOR TRANSPARENCY. THAT'S THE FIRST THING I WOULD ASK. >> IF THAT HAS BEEN FORMALIZED. >> WHAT WE SAW TODAY IS MORE OF THE FO FORMAT. >> THERE'S A LOT MORE SHE DIDN'T DELIVER. THERE WAS LOT MORE IN THE BACK UP. >> WE HAVE THE KEY DELIVERABLES. LAST TIME IT WENT 45 MINUTES. I THINK OTHER THING I HEARD AND MAYBE THIS OF CONCERN. MRS. MOORE JUST INDICATED THAT THE CONTRACT IT SEEM LIKES, LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET IS NOT BEEN FINALIZED. THERE SOMETHING GOING ON THERE? SOME ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACT? WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH BOTH ENTITIES. RIGHT NOW WE'RE OFFICIALLY CONTRACTED HERE. WE'RE NOT WITH LINCOLN PARK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR WHAT I HEARD. WHATEVER THAT DIFFERENCE IS WE TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT. >> YES, SIR. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MAIN STREET FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. [D. First Quarter Financial Report] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> NEXT IS THE 1ST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT. >> MR. CHESS. >> FINANCE DIRECTOR IS GOING TO PRESENT THE 1ST QUARTER FINANCIALS, OCTOBER '1, 2025 TO DECEMBER 31, 2025. >> GOOD MORNING. I HAVE PROVIDED THE LINE ITEM REPORT ON THE AGENDA ITEM. >> YOU STATE YOUR NAME. WE'RE ALL LEARNING TOGETHER. >> I'M JOHNNA MORRIS. I PROVIDED THE LANE ITEM FINANCIAL REPORT FOR YOU ON THE AGENDA ITEM. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHERE THIS DOCUMENT IS NEW, MAYOR HUDSON, IT'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS DOCUMENT. I ALWAYS START OFF WITH THE FUNDING EVALUATION REPORT HERE. YOU'LL SEE WHERE EACH FUND AND THE REVENUE EXPENSE AND THE FUND BALANCE PORTION. YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE HAVE HERE [02:30:06] FOR VARIOUS FUNDS I HIGHLIGHT IN YELLOW WHAT FUNDS WE ARE QUESTIONING OR HEADING IN THE DANGER ZONE OR IN THE QUESTIONABLE ZONE. ALL FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY ON PROJECTION. YOU'LL SEE WHERE REVENUE AND EXPENSE AND THE NEXT SHEET WILL SHOW A MORE BETTER FORMAT. WHERE MARINA ISN'T. HOWEVER, THE FUND IS POSITIVE. IT'S JUST AS THE TIMING OF THE REVENUE. I WILL NOTE AT THIS TIME WHERE THEY ARE. GOLF COURSE AND SUNRISE THEATER ANIMAL SHELTER ARE OUR THREE FUNDS, ENTERPRISE FUNDS THAT ARE NOT POSITIVE NET OPERATING INCOME AND FUND BALANCE ISN'T POSITIVE. I PUT THE DARKER YELLOW FOR THE SUNRISE. YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE WHY I'M NOTING THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE POSITIVE FUND BALANCE, HOWEVER, THERE IS AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE BUDGET THAT'S IN THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE. IF WE UTILIZE THAT APPROPRIATION IT IS RESTRICTED FOR THE APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE ACTIVITIES. IT SHOWS THEY WILL BE NEGATIVE. THEY ARE NOT IN THE POSITIVE. YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE WHERE FUNDS ARE AT THIS CURRENT TIME. >> OF EACH OF THOSE YOU SAY DANGER -- IS THE GOLF COURSE SOMETIMES IS JUST LITTLE BIT BEHIND. IS THE GOLF COURSE IN MORE TROUBLE THAN USUALLY IS? >> THEIR CURRENT REVENUE AND CURRENT EXPENSES ARE ON TARGET. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD A TRAILING FUND BALANCE, THE FUND BALANCE IS NOT POSITIVE. THAT'S WHAT I'M NOTING. YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. WE NEED TO, I'M GOING BRING BEFORE AND ASK FOR TRANSFER TO THE GOLF COURSE. WE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN NETTING, CARRYING THEM BUT THEY ARE POSITIVE. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE OPERATING BY THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR, THEY ARE GOOD. BUT THEN AS THE YEAR TRAYS ON AND THEY GET INTO MONTHS WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE COMING IN. IT'S OFFSETTING THAT. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHAT WE NORMALLY IS, WE'LL DO -- WE'LL FINISH OFF THE YEAR. HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT MAKING THAT REVENUE. RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO MAKE A TRANSFER TO THE FUND IN ORDER TO SHORE IT UP. >> DUE TO FROM MEAN -- >> DUE TO FROM GENERAL TO THAT FUND. WE DON'T DO THE ACTUAL TRANSFER. WE NEED TO DO ACTUAL TRANSFER. >> THE ANIMAL SHELTER? >> YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THAT. IT'S UP TO YOU HOW MUCH. >> WE'LL PROCEED. >> HERE YOU SEE THE FINANCIAL POSITION AND THE RESOURCES USES FOR ALL OF THOSE. WE'LL START WITH GENERAL. GENERAL STARTED OFF. WE STARTED OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR WITH ABOUT $17 MILLION. WE RESTRICT THE 6.7, THE 10% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET THAT WE HAVE TO. WE HAD ABOUT $10.4 MILLION THAT'S THERE IN UNRESTRICTED HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT UNALLOCATED. WE DO HAVE PROJECT ALLOCATIONS UP ABOUT $3 MILLION FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T STARTED YET. HOWEVER, THERE ARE PROJECTS AND SOME OF THEM ARE YEARS OLD THAT WE'RE JUST GETTING TO. OUR 1ST QUARTER REVENUE WAS $34,000,798. THAT INCLUDE ABOUT 75% OF AD VALOREM TAX RENEW BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND JANUARY. THE REST OF THAT WILL GET AROUND MARCH OR APRIL. WE ARE ABOUT 75% OF THAT. WE HAVE THAT $34 MILLION. WE ARE RESTRICTING THE $600,000. OUR EXPENSES ARE AT $23.2 MILLION. TAKING THIS, THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENDITURES OUR NET RESOURCES ARE ABOUT $10.9 MILLION. OUR UNRESTRICTED AVAILABLE IS [02:35:01] SHOWING 21-POINT WE TAKE OFF THE $3 MILLION FROM THAT. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR OUR GENERAL FUND. AGAIN, IT'S TIMING. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT. WE HAVE REVENUE THAT HAS TO BE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR. WE GET THE LARGE INFUSIONS. IT HAS TO CARRY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THEN WE HAVE THE OTHERS THAT'S ON TIMING. THAT'S OUR GENERAL FUND. YOU SEE OUR MARINA HAS AVAILABLE RESOURCES OF ABOUT $2.9 MILLION. THE REVENUE IS ABOUT 1.3 AND THEIR EXPENSES NETTING THE DEPRECIATION WERE ABOUT A MILLION. THEY HAVE NET RESOURCES OF ABOUT $335 MILLION. HOWEVER, IT WAS LITTLE SHORT OF THE 25% MARK THAT THEY HAD FOR THE FISCAL QUARTER. THAT'S WHY IT WAS NO-NO. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS YES. THEY HAD POSITIVE INCOME AND POSITIVE NET RESOURCE US. SOLID WASTE. YOU SEE THEY STARTED OFF WITH $543,000. THEY DID A BUDGET APPROPRIATION OF 754 WHICH STARTED OFF WITH A NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE NUMBER AND I ALLOWED IT BECAUSE I KNEW THEY WERE RAISING RATES. WE WERE RAISING RATES. WITH THE RAISING OF THE RATES, THEY WOULD HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH REVENUE THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR TO CARRY THEM. LOOKS LIKE THEY STARTED OFF WITH THE NEGATIVE 211. HOWEVER, THE 1ST QUARTER REVENUE IS 28 AND USES IS 1,000,005. FOR THE TOTAL RESOURCES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER UP ABOUT $1.3 MILLION. STORMWATER STARTED OUT WITH THEIR AVAILABLE RESOURCES $3.8 MILLION. THEY'VE TAKEN IN, WE GOT THE REVENUE 2.6. WHICH IS ON THE TAX ROLL. WE DID THAT AROUND THE SAME TIME AS OUR AD VALOREM. EXPENSES IS 13 NETTING 700,000-DOLLAR. THEIR RESOURCES IS 1.8 AND CURRENTLY THEIR TOTAL FUND BALANCE IS $5.7 MILLION. THEY DO HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOTED FOR THOSE. YOU SEE OUR GOLF COURSE. HERE IT IS. THAT $711,000. IT'S WHAT THEY THE TRAILING FUND THE RESOURCES FOR THE 1ST QUARTER THEY HAD $390,000. BUT THE EXPENSES ARE $535,000 NETTING DEPRECIATION ABOUT 472. THEIR NET RESOURCES FOR THE QUARTER IS A NEGATIVE $82,000. WHICH MEANS THEIR TOTAL AVAILABLE RESOURCES IS $794,000. I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE JANUARY REVENUE, IT IS UP. IT'S SEASONAL. DANNY WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK MORE TO THAT. >> IS THIS A NORMAL TO BE IN RED AT THIS TIME IN THE 1ST QUARTER? >> IT USUALLY IS BECAUSE OF THE TIMING. IT FLIPS AND TURNS AROUND BETWEEN THIS TIME AND APRIL AND MAY. SUNRISE THEATER. THEY HAD OR HAVE ABOUT STARTED THE FISCAL YEAR WITH $998,000 IN RESERVES IN THEIR FUND BALANCE. THE CURRENT BUDGET IS BALANCED USING $917,000 OF THAT. UNRESTRICTED AT $80,000. 1ST QUARTER REVENUE IS $992,000. HOWEVER, THE EXPENSES ARE $1,000,344. WHICH MEANS THE NET RESOURCES IS NEGATIVE $352,000. THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES IS $271,000. WE MOVE TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER. WE KNEW WE WERE STARTING WITH THIS MILLION DOLLAR NUMBER. THE REVENUE FOR THE QUARTER, $17,000. HOWEVER, THE EXPENSES ARE $210,000 OR $209,000 NETTING THAT. THAT'S A LOSS OF $192,000 WHICH MEANS RIGHT NOW, THE BALANCE IS $1.5 MILLION. OUR BUILDING FUND, $13 MILLION WITH $430,000 BUDGET APPROPRIATION. CURRENT REVENUE IS $932,000. NET RESOURCES IS 288. CURRENTLY FUND BALANCE OF $13.3 MILLION. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? [02:40:04] >> I'M LOOKING AT RED NUMBERS. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS 1ST QUARTER. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE GOLF COURSE AND THE SUNRISE THEATER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO COME UP AND MAKE SOME MONEY. WITH SHOWS AND WHAT PEOPLE PLAYING GOLF. WHEN WE GO TO THIS LAST COLUMN, NOW WE UP TO 1.5, I'M LOOKING AT MY COMMISSIONERS, I'M LIKE, HOW WE GOING TO CORRECT THIS? I DON'T SEE THIS GETTING ANY BETTER. BEFORE THE ANIMAL LOVERS START CALLING ME AND E-MAILING ME, I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T LOVE ANIMALS, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO STOP THIS FROM GETTING FOR THE NEXT QUARTER THIS COULD BE $3 MILLION, THIS COULD BE $2 MILLION. I DON'T KNOW. TO MY FINANCIAL PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM, I'M LOOKING AT EVERYBODY LIKE, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THIS IS QUARTER ONE. WE HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT TAXPAYER'S MONEY. I DON'T SEE THIS GETTING ANY BETTER. MAYBE SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE ADOPTIONS UP 2ND QUARTER, 3RD QUARTER. I DON'T KNOW. HOW WE WILL STOP THIS BLEEDING? >> MR. CHESS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE WITH US IN TERMS OF -- YOU AND I HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS. I GUESS I HAVE TO PUT IT OUT THERE. WE ALL HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH LEVERAGING WITH THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF THEIR ANIMAL SHELTER FACILITIES AND SERVICES. WE'VE MET WITH THEM ON COUPLE OF OCCASIONS. WE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS. IT APPEARS TO BE MOVING IN POSITIVE DIRECTION. WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL ANSWER YET. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OFIZATIONING. >> I'M WITH COMMISSIONER GAINES. I DON'T THINK THIS CAN CONTINUE. THERE'S NO BRIGHT HORIZON THAT'S GOING TO BE -- TO BE MADE THAT WILL BE MADE. WE REALIZE AS THE SEASON GETS HOTTER, THERE'S LESS GOLF. THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE ASSET OUT THERE IF EWITH MAKE -- WE MAKE THE RIGHT INVESTMENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE FIGURE IT OUT. WE ARE LOSING ON FACILITY RENTAL ON A BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT WE CAN GET OUT THERE IF HE HAD A CLUBHOUSE. IF WE APPROVED THE PLAN, I KIND OF LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THAT IS. THAT GIVES ME MORE HOPE AND OPTIMISM TO UNDERSTAND THAT. I LOOK THE OUR COUNTY PARTNER WHO HAS A GOLF COURSE. THEY DON'T HAVE A FACILITY AS WELL. THEY DON'T HAVE FACILITY THAT CAN TAKE ON A WEDDING RECEPTION OR ANY KIND OF MEETING THAT CAN HOUSE ENTITIES THAT CAN BRING IN MONEY WHEN IT'S PEOPLE AREN'T PLAYING GOLF. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO REALIZE HERE. ALSO, WITH THE SUNRISE AS WE FIGURE THINGS OUT WITH THAT PROCESS. I LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS, MARIN AND RFP. THE ANIMAL ADOPTION. IT SOUNDS LIKE OPTION EAR IS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SERVICES AND GOING IN WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE OUR EXPENSES. WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS DRIVING A LOT OF THIS BECAUSE THE REVENUE IS HERE AREN'T BEING DRINKER BY VERY MUCH. IT'S NOT MUCH COMING IN EITHER THROUGH ADOPTIONS OR THE CODE SIDE OF ANIMAL MEANING PEOPLE ARE HAVING ISSUES THAT THEY ARE PUNITIVE PENALTIES THAT THEY PAY AS A RESULT OF VIOLATING CODE WHEN IT COMES TO ANIMALS. THAT'S MY ANALYSIS. THAT'S MY THOUGHT. I'M A LITTLE MORE OPTIMISTIC ON GOLF AND SUNRISE. WE GOT SOME CONTROLLABLES THERE. WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. INFLATION IS HAPPENING. THINGS GOING UP LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME WE'VE TAKEN ON WEIGHT OVER THERE. [02:45:02] I DO KNOW THAT DANNY IS DOING THE RIGHT THINGS TO GET OUR COURSE IN THE CONDITION TO GO UP ON RATES. THAT'S IMPORTANT. AS A GOLFER YOU CAN CHARGE THE RIGHT RATE IF THE COURSE DICTATES THAT. AND IN GOOD SHAPE. I THINK THOSE ARE SOME HOPES OF OPTIMISM THAT AS I SURVEY THE SITUATION THAT'S WHAT COME OUT OF THIS. >> MR. BRODERICK. >> I GOT A FEW COMMENTS. I AGREE WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT ON THE GOLF COURSE. WE APPROVED PLANS THERE FOR A FACILITY. THAT JUST STOPPED. I'M NOT SURE WHY IT STOPPED. I ASKED THE QUESTION A YEAR AGO. THAT COMING OUT THE GROUND NOW. WE APPROVED THESE PLANS TWO YEARS AGO. NOTHING HAPPEN. >> YOU GOT PICKLEBALL COURSE. IT CAME. >> I DO AGREE WITH YOU. THERE'S A PATH FORWARD TO GET THAT INTO PROFITABILITY. THE SUNRISE THEATER I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE FIND OURSELVES ON THIS SITUATION. THE NEW MANAGEMENT CONTRACT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN PLACE FOR SEASON. WE'RE IN THE THICK OF SEASON RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE NO CONTRACT. AS FAR AS I'VE BEEN TOLD, WE'RE MIRED IN SOME VERY SERIOUS CONTRACT DIFFERENCES. FINANCIAL DIFFERENCES OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF MONEY. I THINK THIS COMMISSION NEEDS TO REVISIT THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT AND SEE IF THIS WILL COME TO IF NOT, WE NEED TO TRANSITION TO OPTION B AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT OPTION B IS YET. MR. CHESS, I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE BRING THAT ISSUE BACK TO THE ISSUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. LAST DISCUSSION WE HAD IT WAS VERY BLEAK FINANCIAL PROPOSITION THEY WERE MAKING IN MY OPINION OF SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE. IT WASN'T EVEN CLOSE TO ACCEPTABLE. I LIKE TO GET THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION SO WE CAN DIGEST THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REGARDING THE ANIMAL SHELTER. $6.3 MILLION PROJECTED END OF YEAR NEGATIVE CASH FLOW. IT'S 10% OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE NEED TO SET UP A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO UTILIZE THEIR FACILITY AND FUND SOME OF THEIR EXPENSE BASE THERE TO COVER THEIR COST FOR PARTICIPATION. $6.3 MILLION IN NEGATIVE INK ON THIS ONE ISSUE IS NOT -- IT'S INSANITY. WHEN THIS GETS OUT IN CIRCULATION TO THE TAXPAYERS. THEY WILL BE LIKE WHAT ARE REDOING? IT'S GREAT FACILITY. I JUST ADOPTED A DOG THERE RECENTLY. IT WAS A SEEMLESS PROCESS. $6.3 MILLION TAXPAYER FUNDS, THAT'S LIKE FLUSHING IT DOWN THE TOILET. I DON'T WANT TO BE CANDID. YOU CAN'T RUN A BUSINESS THIS WAY. WE NEED TO JETTISON THIS RED INK. SUNRISE IS FIXABLE. GOLF COURSE IS FIXABLE. ATHE THEATER, WE NEED A REPORT N THAT. THIS NEGOTIATION IS DEAD, DRIVE A STAKE THROUGH IT AND MOVE ON. THIS IS A DEAD ISSUE. ANIMAL SHELTER I CONSIDER TO BE FINANCIAL CRISIS NOW. $6.3 MILLION PROJECTED NEGATIVE CASH FLOW. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. >> GOING INTO STRATEGIC PLANNING HERE VERY SHORTLY. FROM THE GOLF COURSE STANDPOINT, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROJECT ON SAVANNAH ROAD. THAT WAS STORMWATER PROJECT. WHEN THE CITY EMBARK ON THE VETERANS COMMUNITY CENTER, THERE'S A STORMWATER DON'T THAT. AS PART OF THAT, I SUGGEST TO LOOK INTO THE IDEA OF CREATING THE GOLF COURSE WITH WATER FEATURES WHICH WOULD BE A STORMWATER TREATMENT FACILITY FOR THE GEORGIA CORRIDOR. THE PROPERTY OF SAVANNAH OF FOR THE VIRGINIA CORRIDOR. BACK YEARS AGO WITH THEN ENGINEER ANDREWS HAD DISCUSSED THAT. THEN YOU CAN TAKE THE STORMWATER GRANTS AND ACTUALLY EXPAND ON THAT TO MAKE THE COURSE A LITTLE HARDER. MAYBE A LITTLE PRETTIER WITH OF GOLFER LIKE THAT TO MAKE IT [02:50:04] MORE DIFFICULT. AT THE END OF THE MAKES IT MORE APPEALING. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE GOLF COURSE IF HAS MEMBERSHIP COMPONENTS. PREVIOUS LIFE, GOLF COURSE PORT ST. LUCIE EXTENDED MEMBERSHIP. THEY ADDED THREE QUARTER MORE MEMBERS TO THEIR BALANCE SHEET. WHICH WAS SUBSTANTIAL. IT'S NEVER EASY. EVERY TIME I SEE AN ASPCA COMMERCIAL, DRIVES ME NUTS. THEY COME HERE AND PUT THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS ON TV. TUG AT THE HEART STRINGS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE AND PEOPLE HERE ARE DONATING TO ASPCA. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY MONEY COMING FROM ASPCA TO THIS SHELTER. MAYBE WE DO OUR OWN COMMERCIAL. TUG AT THE HEART STRINGS PUT IT OUT THERE LUMP SUM OF CONTRIBUTIONS. FINDING ANOTHER REVENUE SOURCE IS IMPORTANT. ASPCA HAS NOT BEEN A GREAT PARTNER FOR THE SHELTERS. MAYBE THAT CAN BE ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE IN THE FUTURE. A LOT OF DOG LOVERS, CAT LOVERS, ABLE LOVERS HAVE BIG HEARTS. OFTENTIMES BEQUEATHING THEIR LIFE SAVINGS AFTER THEY GO IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE USED AS AN OPPORTUNITY. JUST A FEW THOUGHTS. >> I HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. STORMWATER. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT RECEIVABLES IN STORMWATER. FROM SOME VERY HIGH PROFILE ENTITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I LIKE TO GET AN ACCOUNTING OF WHAT THESE RECEIVABLES ENTAIL. IT'S HUNDRED OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. I KNOW IT'S OUTSTANDING. >> THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T PAID THEIR STORMWATER FEES? YES. >> I PAY MY BILL. YOU GUYS PAY YOUR BILL. THESE LARGE INSTITUTIONS NEED TO START PAYING OR WE NEED TO DISRUPT SERVICES OF SOME NATURE. I KNOW IT'S NOT REFLECTED HERE. WE GOT THE SAME ISSUE ON CLUTCH AND RENTS. WE GOT SUBSTANTIAL RECEIVABLES THERE. FPUA OR THE CITY. WE NEED TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS. I LIKE TO SEE DETAILED SUMMARY ON ACCEPTEST -- RECEIVABLES ON STORMWATER FEES AND ALL LEASED PROPERTY, CITY OWNED FPRA OWNED. WE NEED TO CLEAN THIS UP. IF TENANTS AREN'T PAYING, STORMWATER FEES NOT BEING PAID, WE NEED TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION TO DISRUPT THE SERVICES OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BASICALLY NOT PAYING THEIR BILL TO CITY OF FORT PIERCE. >> WE AT LEAST, THE FIRST STEP WILL BE KNOWING WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. >> IS IT POSSIBLE? >> CERTAINLY. >> LET MOVE ON. DO YOU HAVE MORE? >> THAT WAS OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUND OUR CRA WHAT YOU SEE IS QUITE FLUSH. STARTED WITH $7.5 MILLION, $14 MILLION IN REVENUE. THUS FAR, AND 1ST QUARTER EXPENSES THE $13 MILLION WHICH IS MOSTLY DEBT FUND, THOSE DEBT PAYMENTS THAT ARE DUE DECEMBER. THE NET RESOURCES FOR THE QUARTER 1.7 BUT 9.2 IN FUND BALANCE. CDBG STARTED OUT WITH 2049. 1ST QUARTER REVENUE THUS FAR WHICH IS IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT. 161352. THE EXPENSES ARE $12 MILLION AND THE NET RESOURCES ARE 128. THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES ARE 129. SHIP FUND BALANCE 674. [02:55:07] THE 1ST QUARTER REVENUE IS 132. EXPENSES OF $50,000 AND THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES ARE $755,000. OUR GRANT HHR FUND IS $638,000.209 FOR T -- $638,209. OUR RESTRICTED REVENUE. WE HAVE SEGREGATED SAY IF IT'S SUNRISE THEATER RESTRICTIONS AND ALL OF THOSE. THESE ARE THOSE OUTSIDE. WE HAVE RESTRICTED ABOUT 2.176. THAT'S THE FUND WE HAD SELL A PROPERTY TO USE FOR DEBT OR IF YOU SAY ANYTHING ELSE. THAT'S IN THOSE RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE ABOUT $2.1 MILLION. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND IS CURRENTLY ABOUT $95,000. SO FAR THE EXPENSES WERE $18 SO FAR. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THAT COMPLETE YOUR REPORT? >> THAT COMPLETES THE REPORT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT. I'M GLAD WE'RE GETTING BACK TO THAT. QUARTERLY REPORTINGS. SOMETHING MR. CHESS A YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT. WHEN I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE, WE HAD SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME CITIES THAT HAVE DONE SOME REALLY GOOD JOB. I HAD TALKED TO MR. CHESS SO WE HAVE A GOOD TALKING POINT ABOUT OUR PROPERTY TAXES. LOW AND BEHOLD, YOU HAVE IT BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS WILL HELP US IF WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BALLOT, WE CAN EDUCATE AND EVEN IF WE DON'T, THEY NEED TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE THOUGHT THIS THROUGH CAREFULLY. THIS IS WHERE OUR MONEY GOES AND THIS IS WHERE IT COMES FROM. IT HELPS COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC. >> THIS PRIMARILY FOR THE GENERAL FUND. >> THE LETHE LEGISLATE ADVENTURE TALKING ABOUT THE AD VALOREM TAXES. >> WE WERE JUST AT ON OUR LAST DAY, WE HAD A CONVERSATION OR PEOPLE FROM THE LEAGUE THAT GAVE REPORT. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE TWO SIDES OF IT TO SEE -- THESE ARE MOST OF THEM WERE LAW ENFORCEMENT INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE -- THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT, HOWEVER, WHEN YOU TAKE THE SELFISH APPROACH AS TO I DON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES ANYMORE BUT, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE TAXES PAY FOR AND TRYING TO -- THEY WERE VERY ADAMANT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS SO THEY ARE AWARE IF YOU DO VOTE FOR THIS WHAT YOU ARE POTENTIALLY GIVING UP HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOU. THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA TO SEE THIS INFORMATION WHAT OUR POPULATION IS, THIS $50,000 POPULATION. IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN YOU SEE OF THE POPULATION OF 50,000, HOW FROM HOMES. YOU GOT 7172 HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, 6226 OF THOSE THAT ARE NON-HOMESTEAD. YOU GOT 3000 PROPERTIES T -- 13,000 PROPERTIES IN THE CITY THAT WE'RE GETTING AD VALOREM FROM. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. YOU SEE OF THE TOTAL $67 MILLION REVENUE THAT WE GET IN, 58.5% OF THAT IS FROM TAXES. THE DIFFERENT TAXES THAT WE TAKE IN. THAT'S OVER HALF OF WHAT OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS. ALL THE OTHERS ARE THE BREAKDOWN AS TO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF EACH OF THOSE IS FOR THOSE ALLOCATIONS OR THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. YOU SEE BASED ON THE AD VALORE COMPARED TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPENDITURES, JUST HOW MUCH OF THAT GOES TOWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT. IF THAT IS TO GO AWAY, HOW DO WE [03:00:02] PAY FOR THAT? HOW DO WE FUND THAT? IT'S A CLEAR PICTURE SO THAT IT CAN BE COMMUNICATED THAT THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED IF THIS AD VALOREM TAX GOES AWAY. >> I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. >> THE STARTLING FACT IS THERE'S NOTHING IN PLACE TO SAY THAT IF WE TAKE IT AWAY, HOW IS IT GOING TO BE SUPPLEMENTED OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TOUCH LAW ENFORCEMENT WHICH IS GREAT. WHERE DOES LAW ENFORCEMENT GET THEIR FUNDS FROM? >> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING IN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. IT'S OVERDUE REALLY AT THE STATE LEVEL TO START TO UNDERSTAND HOW TAXATION WORKERS AND SO FORTH. THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT THEY COULD ACHIEVE WHAT THEY TRYING TO DO. BACK IN 2009-10, WE STARTED TO GO THROUGH THE RECESSION. AS PART OF THAT, THE LEGISLATURE WAS STILL TRYING TO REDUCE THE COST TO HOMEOWNERS. AT THE SAME EXACT TIME, THEY DID ARTIFICIAL LOWERING OF AD VALOREM VALUES ABOUT 9%. YOU ADD THAT TO THE RECESSION, THAT'S WHEN WE HAD 4000 FORECLOSURES EVERY SINGLE MONTH FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. WHEN YOU TALKED TO PEOPLE THEY ASK ME THE QUESTIONS, THEY SAID, DO YOU LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT YOU PAY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FEES. YES. MY FORMER COMMUNITY THAT I LIVED IN OUT ON THE BEACH WAS $1500 A QUARTER. $6000 A YEAR. EVEN MY TAXES BACK THEN WERE $9000 BECAUSE IT WASN'T HOMESTEADED. THE VALUE THAT YOU GET FOR WHAT YOU PAY FROM TAXATION IS A LOT BETTER WITH ALL THE AN SILL RARERY. >> THIS IS GREAT TOOL. THANK YOU MR. CHESS. I KNOW AT LEAST ONE CITY HAD FIGURED OUT HOW MUCH AD VALOREM TAXES WERE PER CITIZEN PER MONTH. IT WAS REALLY LOW. IT WAS SOMEWHERE LESS THAN $50. IT'S A GOOD BARGAIN. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT. COMMISSIONER GAINES. >> REAL QUICK. LOVE THIS. IT DOES US ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD PASSING IT OUT UP HERE. NEED TO GET THIS TO THESE 50,000, 805 RESIDENTS. ALONG WITH THIS, EVERYTHING WE JUST SAID THAT $50 OR WHATEVER IT IS. NOT ONLY TO JUST PUT LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT PUT EVERYTHING ELSE DOWN. I SAW IT. WHEN YOU SAY YOUR TRASH NOT GOING TO GET PICKED UP. ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK. YOU BREAK IT DOWN ANY LITTLE THING THAT EVERYBODY IN FORT PIERCE IS USED TO. WHEN THAT TRUCK COME CLEAN UP ALL THE STUFF YOU PUT OUT ON THE SIDEWALK. WE CRYING ABOUT SIDEWALK AND CRIED ABOUT PAVED ROAD AND CRYING ABOUT LIGHTING. WE HEARD IT TODAY, UNCLEAN SIDEWALKS. WHEN WE PUT THIS OUT THAT THE BREAKDOWN, WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF LIST TURN IT BACK OVER. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE. GET IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE UNTIL THEY UNDERSTAND, COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY JUST SAID, SAVE ME TAX MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES TO GET ALL THE E-MAILS. WE'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT GET ALL THE CALLS WHEN SOMEBODY GARBAGE CAN DOESN'T GET PICKED UP. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN NOW. MY ROTATION IS MONDAY, THURSDAY. YOU LET SOMEBODY DON'T PICK UP MISS A THURSDAY, HOW MANY E-MAILS I GET THEY DIDN'T PICK [03:05:06] UP MY TRASH. THIS IS REAL. THEY ARE PUTTING A SPIN ON IT LIKE IT'S NOT BIG DEAL. IT'S GOING TO BE BIG DEAL. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT STUFF OUT TO THE BEACH. IT'S A BIG DEAL. LET'S GET IT OUT AND GREAT JOB. I'M GLAD WE HAVE IT. I WANT IT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND. TALLAHASSEE. THIS IS WHY WE GO FIGHT. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGHT TO SAVE RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO YOU. SO THANK YOU. >> I HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP. THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION IN THE PROFESSIONAL LANDLORD WORLD THAT THE TALK IS TO SHIFT THIS BURDEN TO NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES. I GET THAT. LANDLORDS MAKING ALL THIS MONEY. LET'S LOOK AT THIS. WHAT ARE THE LANDLORD WILL DO WITH PASS ALONG INCREASE IT TAXES. RENT WILL SKYROCKET. OTHER THING, BUSINESSES WILL NOT COME HERE BECAUSE COMMERCIAL SPACE WILL BE SO HIGH, THEY WON'T LOCATE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. PEOPLE SEEM DON'T UNDERSTAND. JOBS ARE IMPACTED. ALL KINDS OF THINGS ARE IMPACTED. THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT OF THIS, HOMESTEADED, AD VALOREM ELIMINATION IS INSANITY. YOU CAN TO SHAKE THEM AND SAY WHAT ARE YOU THINKING. IT MAKE FOR GREAT PR. SOME POLITICIANS CAN BE OUT THERE SCORING ALL KINDS OF IMPORTANT POINTS WITH -- POINTS WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THIS. THAT'S JUST IMMATURE. THERE'S NO VISION AT ALL. >> IT'S A TAX SHIFT. >> THE MONEY WILL COME FROM SOMEWHERE. INTERESTING SIDE NOTE. THE STATE OF FLORIDA COLLECT SALES TACK ON COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. SALES TAX THEY REDUCED TO 3%. THEN THEY ELIMINATED IT. GONE. WHY IS IS BEYOND ME? THE STATE ELIMINATED IT. THERE WAS NO IN SALES TAX ON COMMERCIAL SPACE. >> YOU KNOW WHO'S IN TALLAHASSEE. LOOK AT THIS AND IF HAVE ANY IDEA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SHARE THEM WITH CHESS AND ALSO THAT WE USE THESE WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING TO RESIDENTS IN ANY KIND OF PUBLIC FORUM. WE CAN GET COPIES OF THESE TO TAKE WITH US TO PASS OUT. >> ON THE FPUA. THERE'S PROBABLY NOT AT THE OF PEOPLE THAT GET THEIR BAIL IN THE MAIL ANYMORE. COULD THAT BE ADDED? >> WE HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE IN EACH BUILDING. GOOD IDEA. >> THERE IS SOME LEAD TIME ON THAT. WE WILL ADDRESS THIS WITH THE FPUA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THERE IS A LEAD TIME HOW WE GET THESE -- >> THEY HAVE PLANNED LITTLE BIT. AT LEAST WE'LL GET IF IN THE QUEUE. WHEN WE REALLY NEED IT WHEN TOWARD NOVEMBER IF SOMETHING ENDS UP GOING ON NOVEMBER. >> THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS. WE HAVE AN IDEA AND WE KNOW THEY'RE UPTHROW NOW. WE KNOW IT'S COMING. WE HOPE IT'S NOT COMING. IF THEY DO PUT ON THE BALLOT, I DON'T WANT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE TO BE A REACTIVE. LET'S PUT IT IN OUR MIND IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT. LET START PREPARING NOW FOR WHEN THEY PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AT LEAST THE RESIDENTS OF FORT PIERCE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND IF THAT MEANS A SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE DISCUSS IT, THAT MEANS SOME TYPE OF CAMPAIGN OUT THERE THAT WE DO IT. LET'S DO IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL. AS MY COLLEAGUE JUST SAID, IF WE TAKE A 35% HIT, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW HOW. IT NEEDS TO GET OUT AND SAY IT. LET'S BE PROACTIVE. LOVE THIS. LET'S JUST KEEP EDUCATION AND HAMMERING IN THAT THIS IS WHAT THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT. >> WE'RE IN STRONG POSITION TO DO THIS NOW. ONCE IT'S A BALLOT INITIATIVE, THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS, WE CAN STILL EDUCATE BUT WE CAN ADVOCATE NOW. EXACTLY. HONESTLY, THIS IS NOT A BAD EXERCISE TO JUSTIFY OUR TAX ANYWAY. IF IT WEREN'T HAPPENING. IT'S NOT A BAD EXERCISE. [03:10:01] ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU MS. MORRIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [9. Consent Agenda] >> NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> IS THERE ANY ITEMS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I DO. IT'S BRIEF, ITEM B ON THE CONSENT. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. [B. Approval to piggyback the Play Power, Inc. Agreement for the CDBG Coach Fenn Park Improvement Project to Install Playground Shade Structures for a Total Cost Not to Exceed $91,763.78.] >> 9B IS APPROVAL TO PIGGYBACK THE PLAY POWER, INC. AGREEMENT FOR THE CDBG COACH FENN PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO INSTALL PLAYGROUND SHADE STRUCTURES FOR A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $91,763.78. >> I WANT TO PUT THIS ON RECORD. FIRST, I TALK ABOUT THIS LAST COMMISSION MEETING. WE THE LIONS HERE. I APPLAUDED THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO REALLY INVEST IN THIS PARK IN THE NAME OF COACH FENN WHO WAS A CITY COMMISSIONER AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND SERVED THE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE PROUD LYON AT THE POINT TIME WHEN HE WAS WITH US. YES, HE WAS. IT WAS GREAT SEEING A GUY THAT'S LIKE 6'6" IN A BRIGHT YELLOW JACKET. YOU COULDN'T MISS HIM. IT'S A GREAT EXPENDITURE. IT'S A LARGE EXPENDITURE. I RODE BY THE PARK JUST FRIDAY. I WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I SLOWED DOWN. I SEEN SOME INVESTMENT THERE IN THAT PARK WITH THE EQUIPMENT. I THINK WE HAVE SOME EXERCISE EQUIPMENT GOING IN THERE NOW. WE APPROVED THE BATHROOM FACILITY TO GO IN THERE. NOW WE'RE DOING SUN SHADE. WE'RE REALLY INVESTED. THERE'S STILL SOME ASSETS HOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT PARKING I THINK AS WELL AS THE USE OF A FIELD THAT COULD BE REIMAGINED FOR MANY DIFFERENT SPORTS TO UTILIZE BESIDES HAVING A BACKSTOP UP THERE. WE CAN MULTIPURPOSE THAT. WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE ARE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE INVESTMENT THAT WILL MAKE IT IN THIS PARK. THE EXPECTATION THAT WE DID EVERYTHING TO PROTECT IT FROM VANDALISM. THAT WE WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE APPROPRIATE MEASURES THAT ARE THERE SO WE CAN KEEP A EYE ON THINGS. WE HAVE THE RICH HOUSE, WHICH IS THE RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY WHICH IS RUN BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S THERE. THEY HAVE A SUMMER PROGRAM WITH OUR YOUTH. THAT WILL BE USING THIS PARK FOR RRECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE BOYS AGIRLS CLUB. THEY HAVE KIDS THERE EVERYDAY, ALL DAY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. WE HAVE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. I WANT IT KNOWN, I WANT IT COMMUNICATED TO THEM THIS SIZEABLE INVESTMENT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ALSO MAKE SURE THEY USE IT WITH THEIR KIDS THAT WE DO EVERYTHING TO PROTECT IT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME VANDALISM OUT THERE? SOFT STUFF -- SOME OF THE STUFF THAT TO BE REDONE. THIS WON'T BE TOLERATE. WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO COME AND ENJOY. THOSE THREE ENTITIES I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THEM. I INVITE YOU GUYS TO AS WELL. WE INVEST IN OUR SAFETY MEASURES THROUGH THESE PARTICULAR PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EYES ON THIS PLACE WHEN IT'S NOT BEING USED DURING THE DAY. THE PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE PUTTING HERE IS IMPORTANT. I KNOW WHAT SHADES. HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS IN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. MARSHA COMOND. PROJECT PARKING. JUST TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. AT YOUR NEXT MEETING, WE HAVE ONE MORE SOURCE PIGGYBACK PROJECT. I PLAN TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE EMERGENCY WITH THE DUNE PROJECT, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GOAT TO THAT ITEM YET. OFFER, AT THAT MEETING, FEBRUARE HOPING FOR. I CAN PROVIDE YOU MORE WITH AN OVERVIEW. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPONENTS INVOLVED WITH THIS. THIS IS A HYPER APPROACH. AS I SHARED BEFORE, THIS PROJECT INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF SPLASH PAD, A PARKING LOT, INSULATION OF A PREFABRICATED CLASSROOM. [03:15:15] AND UNDERGROUND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S PRETTY INVOLVED PROJECT. IT INVOLVES SEVERAL PARTNERS IN TERMS OF GETTING THIS COMPLETED. TO YOUR POINT ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE PART OF THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE SIDE OF IT, WHICH IS HAVING COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. MAINTAINING OUR ASSETS. WE WORK A LOT. WE WORK HARD, MYSELF, RICK, OUR CONSULTING ENGINEERS OUR IN-HOUSE ENGINEERS, FPUA SO ON AND SO ON TO GET THIS PROJECT DELIVERED. I'VE ALREADY CONTACTED A FEW PEOPLE JUST LAST WEEK. I SENT AN E-MAIL TO ROSETTA WASHINGTON WHO'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. SHE'S KIND OF AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL IN ADDITION TO EARLIER BEFORE WE EVEN ENGAGED IN ANY SORT OF VENDORS OR GOT TO THIS POINT IN OUR PROJECT. WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOYS A AND GIRLS CLUB INFINITY UNIT. I THINK THE PROGRAM MANAGER THERE. WE TOLD HIM, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, WE PLAN ON HAVING THIS PROJECT. WE TOLD HIM WHAT HE CAN EXPECT. WE TOLD HIM WE KEEP UP TO DATE. PART OF THE MESSAGING IS AS WE GET THROUGH THIS PROJECT IS WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT EVERYONE'S PART IN MAINTAINING THESE ASSETS. IN ADDITION, I WOULD SAY WE ARE IN A -- WE ARE IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARK. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE WON'T BE ABLE GET TO UNDER THIS GRANT FUNDING. WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING NOW. HOWEVER, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE MULTIUSE ATHLETIC, THAT WILL BE PHASE THREE AND ALONGSIDE SOME LANDSCAPING AND OTHER THINGS AS WELL THAT WE WILL TRY BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WE HAVE AN ACTIVE BID TO HIRE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST WITH CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT. THAT INFORMATION IS ONLINE AS WELL. IF I MISSED ANYTHING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. >> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S ROBUST WHAT YOU HAVE AND IT GIVES A VISION. THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THOSE PARTNERS. SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ON THESE AGENCIES. WE NEED THEIR HELP. >> MADAM MAYOR. REAL QUICK. IF I NEED TO GO MEET WITH THOSE PARTNERS THAT YOU REACHED OUT TO AND YOU I THINK I NEED TO SET UP MEETINGS I CAN HAVE CITY CLERK REACH OUT AND SCHEDULE SOME MEETINGS SO THEY NOT ONLY HEAR THIS, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMISSION IS VERY SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING ABOUT WE SHOULD PUT IN THIS MONEY AND KEEPING THIS PARK UP. COACH FENN AND THAT AREA WAS A MENTOR TO MANY PEOPLE. TWO OF US SITTING UP HERE I KNOW FOR A FACT. THREE UP HERE. I KNOW FOR A FACT TWO BECAUSE I CAN STILL HEAR HIM YELLING AT ME AND CURTIS ABOUT DOING CERTAI THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY HE DIDN'T LIKE IF HE SAW IT. THAT WAS THE TYPE OF PERSON HE WAS. I'M 100% BEHIND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON ON THIS. IF I NEED TO SET UP SOME MEETINGS, TO SHOW THE SERIOUSNESS HOW WE ARE. YOU ALWAYS HEAR MONEY GOES EVERYWHERE ELSE BUT IN A CERTAIN COMMUNITY. HERE WE ARE DOING IT. WE WANT OUR PARKS TO LOOK LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE. SECOND NOTE YOU SAID PHASE THREE. I DON'T MIND ANY SPORT. I DON'T MIND ANY SPORTS FIELD YOU PUT OUT THERE. LEAVE MY BASEBALL. WE'RE GOING TO USE IT. WE ARE HAPPY TO -- IF YOU PUT THE SPORT THERE, ONCE YOU GET TO PHASE THREE AND CREATE THAT FIELD THERE, YOU WILL SEE MUCH USE AND YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT WE HAVE COACHES IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT UNDERSTANDS THE COMMITMENT AND WE TEACH THIS IS YOUR PARK. THIS IS YOUR PRACTICE PARK. YOU KEEP IT UP. I'M THROWING IT OUT THERE. IF YOU DO THAT, WE CAN GET THE COACHES OUT THERE TO MAKE THE KIDS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS MY PARK. THIS IS WHERE I PRACTICE. WHEN THEY SEE CERTAIN THINGS. THEY'LL BE LIKE NO, NOT DOING THAT HERE. >> COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY. >> REALLY NOT ABOUT THIS ITEM. I GUESS IT IS A LITTLE BIT. WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET TODAY AND GOING INTO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING GOING FORWARD. THIS HAS A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER ON IT. AS WE DO THESE BID PROCESSES AND [03:20:05] THERE'S A NUMBER OF ASSOCIATED WITH IT, TOO OFTEN CHANGE ORDER COME AFTER THE FACT. THEN IT'S GREATER. WE SAW THAT AT THE PROJECT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING BACK. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE IT IN PLACE YET. I LEARNED THAT. DO WE TRACK ALL OF THESE BIDS PROCESSES AND HOW MANY COME BACK WITH CHANGE ORDERS AND WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE ABOVE WHATEVER THOSE CHANGE ORDERS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY NOT TO EXCEED? IT MAY NOT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WATCHING OUR MONEY. I THINK CHANGE ORDERS COULD WEIGH, HARDWAY FOR US TO KEEP SEEING MONEY SLITHER AWAY. >> MR. CHESS, I THINK YOU'RE WATCHING CHANGE ORDERS. >> YES WE ARE. SOME OF THE CHANGE ORDERS ARE A RESULT OF REQUESTS AND A LOT OF CHANGE ORDERS ARE RESULT OF INCREASES IN MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES AS WELL. BECAUSE THE PRICES CHANGE. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE PROJECT IS. THAT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED BEFORE. >> THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS UP HERE. WHEN THEY HEAR THAT WORD, THEY SEE RED. >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD BEEN IN THE HABIT OF PUTTING THINGS OUT TO BID WITH PLANS DRAWN ON THE BACK OF A NAPKIN. WE DIDN'T HAVE SPECIFIC BID DOCUMENTS IN WHICH TO GO TO BID BUY. THAT WAY WE WERE SUBJECT TO MASSIVE CHANGE ORDERS BASED ON WHAT WE WANTED IN THE FIELD. THAT POLICY HAS STOPPED. I WANT TO AWARD MONEY TO A PROJECT IF WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC PLANS REQUIREMENTS, -- SPECIFICATIONS AND ETCETERA. THERE'S A PRACTICE THAT WAS ALLOWED. THE CHANGE ORDER ISSUE, I DO THIS ALL DAY LONG. CHANGE ORDERS DO HAVE A CERTAIN PLACE IN CONSTRUCTION. WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS CHANGE ORDER, SOMETHING CLEARLY IS WRONG. YOU PICK UP ON THAT PRETTY QUICK. WHAT ARE THE PLANS IN THIS? THERE ARE NO PLANS. THOSE DAYS ARE DONE. >> OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> MOVE APPROVAL OF CONTENT ITEM B. >> MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. [A. Resolution 26-R07 Expressing Support for Mohnark Pharmaceuticals as a Qualified Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Applicant] WE MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 26-R06 CITY OF FORT PIERCE EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR MOHNARK PHARMACEUTICALLED INC. AS A QUALIFIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AD VALOREM, TAX EXEMPTION APPLICANT PROVIDING FOR A CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MR. CHESS. >> YES, MS. KNIGHT WILL GIVE US OVERVIEW SUMMARY OF THE MOHNARK PHARMACEUTICALS PROJECT. >> STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. COMMISSIONERS, I'M DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. I HAVE MY TEAM MEMBERS HERE. YOU ALREADY MET THEM. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY. I AM HERE TO PRESENT MOHNARK PHARMACEUTICALS. >> YOU HAVE A SLIDE? >> YES. MOHNARK PHARMACEUTICAL IS A SBA OWNED COMPANY. THEY ARE MANUFACTURE OVER-THE-COUNTER PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS. THEY SPECIALIZE IN PAIN RELIEF, ANTI-FUNGAL AND SPECIALTY CREAM PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY HAVE THEIR PRODUCTS ON AMAZON AND WAL-MART. THE COMPANY OPERATES FROM THEIR COMPLIANT FACILITY ENSURING HIGH QUALITY SAFE AND REGULATED MANUFACTURING WHILE SUPPLYING CUSTOMERS NATIONWIDE. A PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE RENAISSANCE BUSINESS PARK IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. THE CURRENT FACILITY INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 12,800 SQUARE FEET ALLOWING THE COMPANY TO GROW WITH OPERATIONS OUTSIDE THE COUNTY. MOHNARK PHARMACEUTICALS WITH&-ÚT [03:25:03] BUSINESS EXPANSION FOR THE COMPANY. THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT EXCEEDING $2 MILLION WHICH IS $600,000 IN FACILITY CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND $1.4 MILLION IN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT. THE -- A PART OF THE EXPANSION, MOHNARK PHARMACEUTICAL WILL CREATE 11 FULL-TIME JOBS AT A $25.80 PER HOUR, PROBLEMLY $53,664 ANNUALLY. THESE ARE HIGH QUALITY, MANUFACTURING AND PROFESSIONAL POSITION THAT EXCEED LOCAL WAGE BENCHMARKS. THE EXPANSION WILL GENERATE OVER $710,000 IN DIRECT ANNUAL RECURRING PAYROLL. THESE WAGES CREATE AND SUSTAIN ECONOMIC IMPACT THROUGH LOCAL SPENDING ON HOUSING RETAIL SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. AS CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND JOB PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES, WE JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AS IT RELATES TO THE INCENTIVE ASK FROM THE COUNTY, WE ARE SEEKING THE AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION WITH SLIDING SCALE OF SIX YEARS EXEMPTION ON 80% IN YEARS ONE AND TWO. 70% YEARS THREE AND FOUR, 60% IN YEAR FIVE AND 40 YEARS IN YEAR SIX. THIS INCENTIVE IS TIED DIRECTLY TO JOB CREATION AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. MOHNARK PHARMACEUTICALS WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THESE COMMITMENTS. WE REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS INCENTIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DID YOU SAY THAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY APPROVED THIS? >> ST. LUCIE COUNTY APPROVED AND INCENTIVE RESOLUTION FOR AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION ON JOB GROWTH INCENTIVE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. [A. Review and discussion regarding Mayor and City Commission assignments to various Boards and Committees] >> OKAY. WE HAVE THE REVIEW AND DISCUSSION REGARDING MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER ASSIGNMENTS. TO VARIOUS BOARD AND COMMITTEES. >> ALL RIGHT. REALLY, WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER. OUR COMMISSIONER, YOUR FILLING THE SEAT. THAT IS THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AND THE ROUNDTABLE OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY. SOME OF US HAVE TEMPORARILY TAKEN OVER THOSE DUTIES. >> ROUNDTABLE MEETING IS A MONTHLY WORK MEETING. IT'S A CONFLICT EVERY SINGLE MONTH FOR ME. IT'S A STANDING MEETING. I CANNOT TO SERVE ON THAT. >> THE ROUND TABLE. >> WHAT IS THE DATE ON THOSE? FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH. LIKE 8:30. I USED TO BE ON THAT. >> I'LL TAKE IT. >> OKAY. >> ROUNDTABLE AND REGIONAL PLANNING. >> I LEFT MY SHEET IN THE OFFICE. SORRY. >> MS. COX, CAN YOU TELL US THE DATE OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL? I HAVE TO PULL IT UP ON MY MINE? >> PLANNING COUNCIL IS THE FIRST -- THE THIRD FRIDAY AT 9:30. >> I CAN'T SERVE ON THAT. I HAVE COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR. >> THEN ROUNDTABLE IS THE FIRST FRIDAY. TREASURE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IS THE IRSC WOLF CENTER IN STEWART. MOST TIMES THEY DO HAVE A JOINT MEETING. IT'S ALSO THEY HAVE THE REMOTE VERSION AS WELL. >> THAT'S TRUE. THEY DO HAVE A REMOTE OPTION SOMETIMES. >> ZOOM MEETING. >> TDC IS ACTUALLY TODAY. [03:30:02] >> NO, WEDNESDAY. >> THEY SENT OUT A NOTICE THIS THEY'RE MEETING IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER GAINES. >> JUST A QUICK -- I'VE BEEN ONLY ONE THAT SERVED ON THE HOMELESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SINCE THOSE COMMITTEE HAVE COME ABOARD. I WAS JUST WONDERING DOES ANYBODY WANT TO GO IN WITH A DIFFERENT MINDSET BECAUSE I'M THE ONLY ONE FROM THIS BOARD THAT IS SET THERE. IF NOT, I'LL KEEP GOING. I WANTED TO -- YOU MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS, DIFFERENT OPINIONS. IF NOT, I'LL KEEP IT IN AND GO IF SOMEONE WANTED TO, I WANTED TO SWITCH SOMETHING. IF NOT, I'LL KEEP IT. >> VOLUNTEERS? I'M GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? WE DON'T NEED TO EVEN VOTE ON THIS. >> HELP ME CLARIFY. TDC IS GOING TO BE DZADOVSKY, REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IS DZADOVSKY AND ROUNDTABLE DZADOVSKY? >> CORRECT. >> ROUNDTABLE AND REGIONAL PLANNING ARE BOTH ON FRIDAYS BUT NOT THE SAME FRIDAYS. YOU CAN DO IT. >> I KNOW TPO, THE FORMER COMMISSIONER -- THERE WAS AN ALTERNATE. >> I'M STILL ON IT. >> THERE'S AN ALTERNATE. THAT WAS ME. I'M ALTERNATE FOR COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. YOU ARE ALTERNATE FOR COMMISSIONER BRODERICK. >> WHAT'S THE DATE? >> THE TPO WOULD BE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVEN MONTHS. >> WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON RIGHT AT 2:00. IT USED TO BE. YES. >> THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR YOU. >> I'M AN ALTERNATE. IT WILL WORK. >> OKAY. THE SUNRISE. WE DON'T HAVE ALTERNATES. YOU DON'T NEED ONE FOR THAT REALLY. >> I CAN BE ON THAT. I SERVED ON IT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SUNRISE THEATER ADVISORY BOARD HAS AN ALTERNATE. SECOND TUESDAY OF EVEN MONTHS. WOULD IS BE ALTERNATE FOR THE SUNRISE THEATER ADVISORY BOARD? >> WHAT DAY IS THAT? >> SECOND TUESDAY OF EVEN MONTHS >> I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THAT ONE. >> OKAY. >> GETTING LOADED UP GUYS. >> WE'RE ALL TOLD THAT. >> THAT'S A MYTH. EVERYBODY DIRTY LITTLE SECRET RIGHT. >> WE'LL LEAVE THE ALTERNATE OFF FOR THAT ONE. I DON'T THINK THAT ONE IS NECESSARY. >> OKAY. I THINK I HAVE IT. >> ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE BUSINESS. >> QUESTION, CITY MANAGER CHESS. WHEN DO WE WANT TO CONVENE THIS MEETINGS OUT ON BEACH? >> THEY ARE COORDINATING THAT NOW WITH ERD WITH JOSHUA. WE WANT DECISION MAKERS TO BE THERE. WE WANT TO ALIGN OUR EQUIPMENT NEEDS. WE CAN HANDLE THAT WITH THE EQUIPMENTS. >> I LIKE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING. >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU'LL KNOW. WE'RE SHOOTING FOR THIS AFTERNOON MAYBE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY IN THE MORNING. >> CALL ME OUT. I'LL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE. THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO DEAL WITH RIGHT NOW. >> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK, I SPOKE WITH DRD, THEY HAVE A TRACK THAT THEY CAN BRING OVER. THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE RUBBER TIRED ONES. >> WE GOT THE FIRE DISTRICTS UNITS OUT THERE NOW. ERD AID THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEM. >> I MISUNDERSTOOD. >> THEY WERE CONFIDENT HE HAD ONE. >> THIS MORNING? [03:35:02] >> NO. IT WAS YESTERDAY. >> THIS WAS THIS MORNING'S DISCUSSION. WE CAN GO OVER TO THE CAT DEALER ON SOUTH KINGS HIGHWAY. >> YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE THE CHECK? >> I CAN USE ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT. >> OKAY. ARE WE GOOD? [12. City Commission Boards and Committees Updates] >> BOARD AND COMMITTEE UPDATES? THAT'S THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. >> I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING JUST -- NOW IS THE MEET. ANYBODY ELSE GOT A COMMITTEE REPORT? >> ON THE PENSION. RETIREMENT. I AM ONE SESSION AWAY FROM COMPLETING THE TRUSTEE LEADERSHIP. >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CELEBRATION. >> AS I SAID WHEN I CAME IN THIS MORNING, MADAM MAYOR, I LEARNED MY LESSON. THEY TRYING TO VOLUNTEER ME TO BE ONE OF THE TRUSTEES TO GO AROUND THE STATE TO IMPLEMENT A NEW PROGRAM. I PUT MY HAND UNDER MY SEAT. I WAS TRYING TO TURN MY FACE. I'M NOT -- I'M FIGHTING THAT TO DEATH. IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING CLASS WITH THE RETIREMENT. COMMISSIONER BRODERICK, YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE STUFF ON THE NEXT RETIREMENT BOARD. >> YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? >> I DON'T HAVE MY APPOINTEES FIGURED OUT YET FOR THE BOARD I'M SUPPOSED TO ASSIGN. IF THERE'S A PROCESS IF ECHANGE ANYBODY DO I SEND IN LETTER? >> YOU WORK WITH MS. COX. >> CAN I GET LIKE TIME FRAMES AND COMMITMENTS AS TO WHAT THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH MONTH? >> I'LL WORK WITH YOU ON ALL OF THAT. >> OKAY. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE. LET'S ADJOURN. WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.