[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 CLERK: MAYOR HUDSON. >> THE MAYOR: YES, MA'AM.

>> THE CLERK: COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

>> THE MAYOR: THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COME FORWARD, YOU HAVE 3 MINUTE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND

A 10-SECOND WARNING. >> DO I STILL HAVE TO GIVE MY ADDRESS NOW. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU

DIDN'T HAVE TO. >> THE MAYOR: YOU CAN SAY FORT

PIERCE. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. SUSAN PERRY.

PERRY FOUNDATION TRUSTEE. AND BOARD MEMBER OF DOGS AND CATS FOREVER. FORT PIERCE FLORIDA.

I WISH I COULD SAY I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND I'M NOT.

I WISH IT WAS MORE POSITIVE. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T RECEIVE A REPLY RESPONSE TO THE E-MAIL I SENT HIM LAST MONDAY. IT WAS REGARDING A SERIOUSLY PUBLIC MADE REPORTING HE MADE AT LAST BUDGET HEARING ADDRESSING OUR CITY'S ANIMAL SHELTER AND EUTHANASIA NUMBERS.

THAT REPORTING WAS FALSE AND HAS HAUNTED ME EVER SINCE.

I E-MAILED HIM WITH HOPES OF A CORRECTION TO PROPERLY AND RESPONSIBLY INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE TRAGIC TRUTH ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DOGS AND CATS THAT HAVE BEEN EUTHANIZED AT OUR CITY'S ANIMAL SHELTER. I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO LET YOU KNOW I HAVE FORWARDED MY E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO ALL OF YOU NOW ALONG WITH A DETACHED AUDIO EXPERT ALONG WITH THE NOTE OF THE NUMEROUS PAGES OF THE DOG LOGS THAT I HAVE OF THE DOGS AND CATS KILLED AT OUR SHELTER. THE DRUG LOGS CANNOT BE MANIPULATED. ON AN ADDITIONAL NOTE I AM IN RECEIPT OF YOUR CITY LETTER ENDING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND CONSIDERING THE PATH THE CITY IS TAKING, I'M GREATLY RELIEVED AS I WOULD NOT, COULD NOT, IN ALL GOOD CONSCIOUS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PATH-- YOU ARE TAKING THAT I KNOW IS ONE OF FAILURE AND WILL RESULT IN INCREASED KILLING OF DOGS AND CATS AT OUR ANIMAL SHELTER. UNITED FOR ANIMALS HAS HAD A REALLY GOOD PAST RELATION SHF OF SUCCESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENT WITH PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION DUE TO A SUPPORTIVE COMMISSION, AND I FEEL REWARDED AND PROUD OF KNOWING THE IMPACTS WE MADE IN INCREASING ANIMAL SAFETY, ANIMAL WELFARE AND PROVEN ANIMAL IMPOUND REDUCTION DUE TO PROACTIVE POLICIES.

THE FEAR NOW IS YOU ARE GOING BACKWARDS, NOT FORWARDS IN YOUR NEW POLICIES WHICH WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN ANIMAL NEGLECT CRUELTY AND ABUSE AND INCREASE ANIMAL IMPOUNDMENTS AND KILLING.

ENOUGH SAID. IT'S SO VERY PAINFUL FOR ME TO BE HERE WITH MY HOPES DASH FORD OUR CITY'S DOGS AND CATS FUTURE.

BUT I DO BELIEVE IN MIRACLES AND I AM PREYING FOR ONE BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO, YOU COULD AND CHANGE YOUR MINDS, FIND A WAY AND GET BACK ON THE COMPASSIONATE PLAN THE CITY WAS ON BEFORE IT WAS DERAILED BY SOME STAFF'S POOR DECISION MAKING THAT YOU COULD OVERCOME STILL I SINCERELY BELIEVE.

THAT PLAN YOU HAD CHOSEN AND ARE INVESTED IN WAS ON ON-SITE SPY AND NEUTER. ALLOWING LOW COST FREE SPAY NEWTERS FOR THE PUBLIC. UNITED FOR ANIMALS AND THE PERRY FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO PLEDGE AND INVEST IN AND SUPPORT SUCH A PLAN ALWAYS. THANK YOU.

>> THE MAYOR: WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT?

>> KEVIN KEANE, FORT PIERCE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR HUDSON AND

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COMMISSIONERS. BEFORE YOU DISCUSS OR VOTE ON ITEM 10 (A), MY SECOND SETTLEMENT OFFER, I'M ASKING THAT EACH OF YOU CONSIDER WHAT IT PROPOSES AND WHAT IT DOES NOT PROPOSE. THIS IS A PRACTICAL MIDDLE GROUND RESOLUTION. IT CONTAINS NO ADMISSION OF WRONGDOING BY THE CITY IT ALLOWS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.

ORDINARY REPAIRS, TEMPERATURE OPERATING ARRANGEMENTS EMERGENCY MEASURES AND NORMAL CITY PLACES TO CONTINUE.

WHAT IT DOES REQUIRE IS STRAIGHT FORWARD.

RESOLVELET ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE, IDENTIFIED BY THE D.E.P. WITH OTHER LONG-TERM GIVE THEM THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AND MAJOR DECISIONS THE FINAL VOICE WILL BE THE MAJOR DECISIONS THAT PERMANENTLY ALTER PUBLICLY OWNED WATERFRONT LAND WILL BE GIVEN TO THE VOTERS AND NOT JUST THE COMMISSION. IN RETURN I WOULD AGREE TO DISMISS THIS LAWSUIT WITHOUT PREJUDICE ONCE THE CITY SENSE THAT SETTLEMENT. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD ATTEMPT TO SETTLE AFTER THIS IS THE SECOND, OF COURSE.

THIS GIVES THE COMMISSION AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESOLVE THE CASE WITHOUT FURTHER LITIGATION. MOTION PRACTISED.

PUBLIC EXPENSE AND DELAY. BEFORE ANY MOTION IS MADE, MAYOR, I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO POLL EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION INDIVIDUALLY AND ASK ONE SIMPLE QUESTION: HAVE YOU PERSONALLY READ THE COMPLETE SECOND SETTLEMENT OFFER BEFORE PREPARING TO VOTE ON IT TODAY, YYES OR NOT.

NOT WHETHER COUNCIL SUMMARIZED IT.

NOT WHETHER SOMEONE ELSE DESCRIBED IT TO YOU.

I'M ASKING WHETHER EACH ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO WILL CAST A VOTE HAS PERSONALLY READ THE DOCUMENT? I ALSO ASK THAT BEFORE OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ROLL CALL, EACH COMMISSIONER STATE ON THE PUBLIC RECORD AND SPECIFIC REASON FOR YOUR VOTE. YES OR NO.

THE CITIZENS SHOULD NOT BE LEFT WITH ONLY A TALLY.

THEY ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW THE REASONING OF EACH OFFICIAL ENTRUSTED WITH THIS DECISION. THIS PROPOSAL PROTECTS THE PUBLIC WATERFRONT, REQUIRES ENVIRONMENT ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED, TREATS THE CURRENTLY LISEE FAIRLY PRESERVING ORDINARY CITY OPERATIONS, AND GIVES THE VOTERS A VOICE ONLY ON MAJOR POTENTIALLY PERMANENT WATERFRONT DECISIONS.

IT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT EACH OF YOU APPROVE THE SECOND SETTLEMENT OFFER AND BRING THIS DISPUTE TO A RESPONSIBLE AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY RESOLUTION. I WOULD LIKE TO PRES PRESENT THE SECOND PROPOSAL INTO THE RECORD PLEASE.

>> THE MAYOR: HAND IT TO THE CLERK PLEASE.

WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT? >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE FORT PIERCE COMMISSION.

I'M RACHEL SENATE. 1025 JAMAICA AVENUE IN FORT PIERCE. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE NICE HIGH CLASS TRASH CANNES ON SECOND STREET AND DOWNTOWN AREA.

LONG-TIME COMING, BUT IT'S GOOD. THIS IS ABOUT LICENCE PLATE READERS. A SHORT HISTORY.

THEY WERE FIRST DEVELOPED IN BRITAIN IN 1979.

ABOUT 10 TO 12 YEARS LATER, THEY WERE IN THE U.S.

HERE IN FORT PIERCE, WE FACED THEM WITH THE RED LIGHT CAMERA CONTROVERSY BACK IN 2009. IN 2009, THE CITY COMMISSION ESTABLISHED A-- WHAT WAS THE RIGHT WORD FOR IT, IT ISSUED AN INITIAL APPROVAL AT WHICH TIME I BECAME INTERESTED.

I WAS INVOLVED. I WAS BRIEFED BY FORT PIERCE POLICE OFFICER IN THOSE DAYS. THEY WERE BLATANTLY UNFAIR.

BY 2012, THE FORT PIERCE CITY COMMISSION TABLED IT.

IT ENDED THE CONTROVERSY AFTER PUBLIC INPUT AT THAT TIME WHICH I WAS A PART OF AND OTHER PEOPLE.

THEY WERE BLATANTLY UNFAIR. THOSE WERE FIXED RED-LIGHT-- LICENCE PLATE READERS. NOW TODAY WE HAVE THE FLOCK WHICH INCORPORATES A.I. IN THAT TECHNOLOGY.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE PUBLIC WAS NEVER ADVISED ABOUT THIS SYSTEM AS IT CAME ON ITS WAY. NOW THERE ARE 127,000 PLUS IN THE COUNTRY, AND IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE, 100 CITIES HAVE CANCELLED OR REJECTED THEIR FLOCK CONTRACTS.

I RECOGNIZED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT POTENTIAL, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THEY COULD FOLLOW AND FIND CARDS BEFORE THEY HAD THIS.

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TUCKER HAS ANALYZED HOUSTON DATA FOUND OUT THE MASS-- HAS NOT REDUCED CRIME RATES IN HOUSTON. SO THIS IS A BLATANT VIOLATION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. NOW JUST AS THE CITY COMMISSION TOOK THREE YEARS TO DECIDE AND EXAMINE THE FACTS ON THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, AND EXAMINATION LIKE THAT OF THE FULL PICTURE OF THE FLOCK CAMERAS IS REQUIRED. AND IT MAY TAKE THREE YEARS FROM NOW, BUT WHATEVER THE CONTRACTS ARE NOW, THESE THINGS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL THE WAY THEY ARE BEING USED.

A CAMERA IN ITSELF IS NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL, OF COURSE.

IT'S THE WAY THE DATA DOWNSTREAM FROM COLLECTION IS USED, AND THAT IS WHERE THE HARM IS, AND THAT IS WHY 100 CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND MORE EVERY DAY ARE CANCELLING THEIR THINGS.

>> THE MAYOR: THANK YOU, SIR. >> I HOPE YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THE MAYOR: THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COME FORWARD? ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

[A. Lincoln Park Mainstreet, Inc. Third Quarter Program Update covering FY2026 (April 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026).]

LET'S MOVE ON. >> THE CLERK: NEXT IS LINCOLN PARK MAINSTREET, INC THIRD QUARTER PROGRAM UPDATE.

>> SET IT UP. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.

I ASK THAT THE LINCOLN PARK BOARD MEMBERS STAND WITH ME PLEASE, THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT. MY NAME IS SHELBY JONES.

I HAVE SERVED AS SECRETARY ON THE MAIN STREET EXECUTIVE BOARD.

WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT PARTNERSHIP AWARDS TO THE CITY AND THE FORT M FORT PIERCE AGEN. ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON JULY 21 THROUGH 25. THE THEME WAS PRESERVATION ON MAIN STREET. AT THE AWARDS DINNER, LINCOLN PARK MAINSTREET, INC RECEIVED TWO AWARDS, THE DISTINCTIVE PRESERVATION AWARD FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA.

AND THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARD. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO READ THE AWARDS AT THIS TIME. THIS IS FROM THE FLORIDA SECRETARY OF STATE PARTNERSHIP AWARD.

FLORIDA OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND FLORIDA MAIN STREET NEARBY RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF CITY OF FORT PIERCE TO LINCOLN PARK MAINSTREET, INC RESULTING IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA PARTNERSHIPS ENSURE THAT OUR PROGRAMS REMAIN STRONG AND THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. DATED 23RD OF JULY, 2026 SIGNED BY-- CATHERINE BECK. FLORIDA'S MAIN STREET COORDINATOR. THE SECOND AWARD READS THE FLORIDA SECRETARY OF STATE PARTNERSHIP AWARD, FLORIDA SECRETARY OF STATE OF FLORIDA, AND MAIN STREET HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FORT PIERCE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET RESULTING IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLO FLORIDA. DATED THIS 23RD DAY OF JULY, 2026. THANK YOU.

>> THE MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> MAY I PRESENT THEM TO.

>> THE MAYOR: CONGRATULATIONS. >> YES.

>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSION, STAFF, AND OUR CITY MANAGER. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE THIRD QUARTER REPORT FOR LINCOLN PARK MAINSTREET, INC.

WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO. AS WE LOOK AT OUR GOALS AND VITALITY ECONOMIC VITALITY FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND OUR KEY DELIVERABLES. WE WILL DISCUSS SOME OF THE OUTCOMELESS THAT WERE DEVELOPED DURING THIS TIME.

THE KEY DELIVERABLES LINCOLN PARK BUSINESS MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION, ESTABLISHMENT. WE HELD MEETINGS MARCH 18TH, APRIL 22ND, JUNE 10TH, 2026 AT THE BLUE CLARNET RESTAURANT AND JAZZ LOUNGE AND FATS SPORTS BAR.

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THE NEW BUSINESS ATRKS WAS REPORTED IN THE LAST QUARTER WITH THE BOXING GYM, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING NOR AND THE JOB CREATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THE BUSINESS WORKSHOP WAS A SIGN FOR AUGUST 2026, AND WE INITIALLY SAID JUNE, BUT WE MOVED IT TO SEPTEMBER SO THAT IS AUGUST 2026.

WE'LL FINALIZING THE DATE, AND THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

HERE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR PHOTOS FROM SUCH EVENTS.

THE APRIL 10TH MEETING, WE HAD 10 ATTENDEES AT THE BLEW BLUE CLARINET FOR DISCUSSING ITS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.

AT THE JUNE 22ND MEETING. WE HAD 22 ATTE ATTENDSIES.

THE ESTABLISHED NAME OF THE ASSOCIATION AND IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE OFFICERS, AND LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET WOULD BE THE POWER BEHIND THE ORGANIZATION ACTING TO WORK WITH THE ORGANIZATION ONCE THEY ARE STABILIZED AND ESTABLISHED.

AND SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.

AND THE MIDDLE PHOTO, TWO MIDDLE PHOTOS AT THE BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENT, WE RAVELLED OFF A PAIR OF TICKETS TO A CONCERT THAT WAS HELD END OF JUNE DOWN IN PORT ST. LUCIE.

WE HAD ONE OF OUR ATTENDEES TO TO IDENTIFY SUCH PERSONS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BEING AN OFFICER, AND IN THE BOTTOM MIDDLE PHOTO, THAT IS WHAT THAT INDIVIDUAL IS DOING.

WE ARE WORKING ON OFFICERS, THE SLATE OF OFFICERS AS WELL AS THE MISSION STATEMENT AND VISION. WE HAD A FIRST FRIDAY AND BUSINESS NETWORKING AT THE BLUE CLARINET, ATTENDANCE OF 70 AND 55 RESPECTIVELY, AND THOSE ARE PHOTOS THAT THOUGH CASE SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT EVENTS. FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY, KEY DELIVERABLES OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

WE'VE WORKED WITH CYNTHIA ALTERCATIONS AND MORE FOR COMMERCIAL SIGNAGE GRANT. APEX HOUSING IS ACTUALLY APEX RESTORATION IS A GROUP THAT WORKS WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SUFFERING WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND SO WE WORKED WITH THEM TO HELP THEM ESTABLISH THEIR REGISTRATION FOR FEDERAL GRANTS AND GRANT WRITING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND THEN THE FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR, WORKING WITH THEIR GROUP FOR THEIR SIGNAGE GRANT. THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT CYNTHIA'S ALTERCATION, THE TOP PHOTOS ARE THE CURRENT DESIGN OR CURRENT LOOK OF THE BUSINESS AS IT STANDS ALONG WITH THE SIGNAGE.

THE BOTTOM PHOTOS ARE RENDERINGS THAT SHOWCASES THE NEW IMAGE WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS, AND SOME OF THEIR IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE REPLACING THE TWO FRONT DOORS, SHUDDERS ON THE FRONT PICTURE WINDOW, AND THEN PAINTING FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING, AND THE IMAGE TO THE-- MY FAR RIGHT IS THE NEW PROPOSED SIGNAGE FOR CYNTHIA'S ALTERCATION. THAT MIDDLE PHOTO OTT THE BOTTOM SHOWS THE SHUDDERS ON THAT PICTURE WINDOW AS WELL AS ON THE SIDE DOORS. ON THE SIDE WINDOWS, ALTHOUGH THE SIDE WINDOWS ARE NOT PART OF THE PLAN.

AS FAR AS THE DIRECTORY OF PROPERTIES FOR OUR FOURTH QUARTER REPORT. WE'VE DESIGNED THE COVERS FOR THESE TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTORY OF VACANT LOT, EMPTY BUILDINGS AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES IN LINCOLN PARK.

LET LEFT PHOTO AS WELL AS HISTORICAL LINCOLN PARK DISTRICT BUSINESS AND PROPERTY DIRECTORY. THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE FOURTH QUARTER AS WELL AS WHAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE FOR INTERESTED PARTIES. ON THE RIGHT CORNER, WE HAVE IT

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SHOWING THAT IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1913, AND THAT REPRESENTS THE YEAR THAT LINCOLN PARK WAS PLATTED.

IT WAS PLATTED IN 1913. WE IDENTIFIED THE THREE KEY ANCHOR BUILDINGS AND BUSINESSES THAT MAKES UP THAT QUARTER, AND IN THE MIDDLE PHOTO, YOU HAVE THE MAIN COURT CENTER, AND THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU HAVE THE LINCOLN THEATRE, AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT SHOWCASES THE CURRENT HIGHWAY CITY OF FORT PIERCE HIGHWAY MUSEUM. DESIGN AND PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE CONTINUALLY-- THE PROGRAM OPENED IN MAY, AND THAT IS WHEN WE STARTED PROMOTING IT IN THE SHOWCASE FOR THE FACADE GRANTS. AND WE CONTINUE TO INFORM THE DEVELOPERS OF THE IMPACT MORATORIUM THAT IS EXTENDED THROUGH NOVEMBER 3RD OF THIS YEAR, AND FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE HISTORIC LINCOLN PARK II PROJECT STARTED JULY 1 OF THIS YEAR, AND IT WILL CLOSE OUT ON JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR. AND WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES IS, IT'S CONNECTING WITH THE FIRST SURVEY SO THAT WHEN WE PREPARE THE DOCUMENTS TO NOT ONLY THE STATE BUT TO THE NATIONAL TRUST AS WELL AS THE DESIGNATION, IT WILL BE ONE COMPLETED REPORT AS OPPOSED TO TWO SEPARATE REPORTS. AND WE'VE BEEN WITH THE MASTER PLAN IMPORT THE LAST WORKSHOP WE WORKED WITH THE GROUP COORDINATED THE WORKSHOPS AND ON MAY 5TH, WE ACTUALLY FACILITATED ONE OF THE DISCUSSION TABLES.

THIS JUST WHAT WAS PUBLISHED. PROMOTION AND EVENTS ARE THE DATES THAT WE'VE HELD VARIOUS EVENTS.

AND IF WE LOOK AT OUR REACH OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND PLATFORMS AND WEB SITE, WE SHOW THAT WE HAD 17,391 VIEWS IN THAT THIRD QUARTER, AND A REACH OF 3,149.

141, THREE-SECOND VIEWS AS 197, ONE-MINUTE VIEWS.

AND OVER 1,000 CLICKS IN A 90-DAY PERIOD.

SO AGAIN ORGANIZING AND WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, WE PARTICIPATED AS A MAIN SPEAKER FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.

I MEAN FOR THE CITY OF ST. LUCIE.

WE HAD A DISPLAY BOOTH IN THE EXHIBIT HALL.

>> WE GO ON TO PROMOTION BRANDING AND POSITIVE IMAGE.

WE CONNECTED SURVEYS THIS QUARTER OR THE THIRD QUARTER.

PRIMARILY DEALING WITH THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON AVENUE D. WE COLLECTED ABOUT 28 SURVEYS IN JUNE AND HAD VARIOUS SUMMARIES OF THE INPUT FROM THE INDIVIDUALS, AND WE WOULD GO OVER THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SIDES. WE SHOWCASED IN THE NEWSLETTER FOR APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE, AND INCREASED WEB SITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA TRAFFIC. AND THE COMMUNITY TESTIMONIES WERE COLLECTED IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTERS TO MEET OUR GOAL.

SO THE AVENUE D. ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SURVEYS, THE AREA WHERE JUNE TETEENTH, RESIDENTS ADJACENT TO THE AVENUE D. QUARTER. THE SUMMARY OF SURVEY, THE FIRST QUESTION WAS WHAT DO YOU-- THE FIRST QUESTION WAS THE WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE AVENUE D. ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, OR HOW DOES THAT IMPACT YOUR BUSINESS OR YOUR LIFE? AND IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS OPERATION ESPECIALLY FOR BUSINESSES WITH SINGLE ENTRANTS AND EXITS, UNEXPECTED DELAYS AND

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TRAVEL TIME. NO IMPACT YET FOR SOME BUSINESSES, MADE CALLS UNEXPECTED DELAYS AND TRAVEL TIMES. DEALT TOURS ARE INCONVENIENT.

CLIENT LOSS WHILE TRAVELLING FROM VERO BEACH TO AVENUE D COULDN'T FOLLOW DETOUR SIGNS AND IT CREATES NOTICEABLE DISRUPTIONS, SLOWER TRAFFIC, AND REDUCED ACCESS DURING CERTAIN HOURS. THAT WAS THE SUMMARY OF THE FIRST QUESTION. THE SECOND QUESTION WAS WHY IS THE INVOLVEMENT TAKING PLACE ON AVENUE D.

INVESTMENT IS TO IMPROVE STEAFT ACCESSIBILITY, TRAFFIC FLOW AND OVERALL APPEARANCE OF THE QUARTER.

IMPROVEMENTS ARE NECESSARY AND LONG OVERDUE AND GRATEFUL.

IT WILL IMPROVE THE LOOK. AVENUE D. DESERVES BEAUTIFICATION. IT WOULD CHANGE THE IMAGE OF AVENUE D. A DIFFERENT LOOK.

MORE INVESTMENT, MORE BUSINESS TO THE AREA.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS OVERDUE FOR MODERNIZATION UPGRADES NECESSARY AND ASSURANCES PROJECT COMPLETED EFFICIENTLY AND HIGH STANDARDS. AND THE THIRD QUESTION WAS WHAT WAS THE EXPECTATION AFTER THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED.

AND SO MAINLY IT WAS NICER STREETS, SIGNAGE AND FLOWERS, AFTER BEAUTIFICATION, THEY WANT INVESTMENT IN THE BUILDINGS TO INCREASE MORE TRAFFIC. BEAUTIFICATION MAKE THE AREA SMOOTHER RIDE AND EASIER ACCESS, AND THE COOPTION AND COHESION WITH BUSINESS OWNERS AND THE CITY.

ALSO INCREASED IN PROPERTY VALUES.

THEY ARE READY FOR IT TO BE OVER.

AND CONCERN FOR HOMELESS, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF COMMENTS CONCERN FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION. BEAUTIFICATION AND UTILITY ADVERTISING THE EMPTY SPACES, THE HOPE IS FOR MORE BUSINESSES AND CULTURES TO UNITE, AND THEY WANT TO SEE A-- THEY SEE VISIBLE IMPROVEMENTS MAINTAINED. THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS NEED A FACE LIFT AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADD MORE TRAFFIC TO BRING MORE BUSINESS. MORE IMPROVEMENT, JOBS, BETTER ACCESS COMMUNITY, CONCERN FOR HOMELESSNESS, AND EXPECT QUALITY TO SUPPORT MORE TRAFFIC SCENIC NEIGHBOURHOODS TO BUILD PRIDE.

THOSE WERE THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SURVEYED OF THE BUSINESSES INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF AREA CONCERNING THE AVENUE D. PRO PROJECT.

SO AS OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND OF COURSE WE'VE BEEN PARTNER WITH THE HIGHWAY ORGANIZATION AND TREASURE COAST CONNECTIONS IS A NEW PARTNERSHIP. LEARNING TREE ACADEMY, AND THEN WE WORKED WITH THE JUNETEENTH OF PORT ST. LUCIE.

OUR VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT FOR THE LAST QUARTER WAS FOR MUSEUM HOURS, 32, MUSEUM BOARD MEETINGS WERE 18 HOURS, AND LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET BOARD MEETINGS WERE 144 HOURS, AND OUR PROMOTION COMMITTEE IS THAT CUMULATIVE FROM WHEN WE STARTED, BUT IT'S MORE LIKE ABOUT 180 HOURS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN MEETING-- AND THAT PROMOTION COMMITTEE PRIMARY FOCUSES ON THE CHRISTMAS EVENT.

CONTINUE TO PURSUE PARTNERSHIPS THAT CONTINUE TO REBUILD AND VITALIZE THE AREA WITH SUSTAINABLE HOUSING, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CO-SHARING BUSINESS SPACE.

FUTURE PLANS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING ORGANIZATION OR SOME TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP, AND THIS IS JUST A SHOW OF OUR PARTICIPATION.

AND AGAIN WITH LEARNING TREE ACADEMY, WE TOOK THE HISTORY OF LINCOLN PARK TO THE ACADEMY, AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IT THROUGHOUT NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE THEY AREN'T ABLE TO COME INTO IT BUT TO TAKE THAT HISTORY OF LINCOLN PARK AS WELL AS FORT PIERCE, AND THIS SHOWS THE BOARDS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AS WELL AS THE HISTORY OF FORT PIERCE, WHEN WE AREN'T PRESENTED AT PORT ST. LUCIE FOR JUNETEENTH. DID A CUMULATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF FORT PIERCE. THE ESTABLISHMENT, AND THE EARLY PART OF NEW YEARS AND THEN WE MOVED INTO LINCOLN PARK.

TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF LINCOLN PARK.

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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LINCOLN PARK, AND ALL OF ITS ASSETS AS WELL SO THAT WAS A SLIDE SHOWING THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS TAKEN PLACE. AT OUR LAST PRESENTATION, WE HAD JUST LOST TWO TRAIL BLAZERS IN LINCOLN PARK THAT WERE PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND FORT PIERCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS WELL, AND THAT WAS HASIE AND CHARLES ROSS.

53 YEARS OF BEING AT THAT LOCATION AT NINTH STREET AND AVENUE D. SO THE PLAQUE AT THE TOP SHOWS THE OPERATOR OF THE BLUE CLARINET AND THE PLAQUE PRESENTED TO THE FAMILY BELOW THAT IDENTIFIES THE 53 YEARS OF SERVICE FORT PIERCE COMMUNITY, 11965 TO 2018, GRANNY'S KITCHEN, AND THAT PLAQUE IS-- WILL AT SOME POINT BE INSTALLED ON AN EXTERIOR BUILDING OF WHAT WAS AFFECTIONATELY GRANNY'S KITCHEN AT SOME POINT. THAT IS WHAT IT READS THERE, AND IT'S PRETTY HEAVY, BUT WHEN THAT BUILDING WAS SOLD IN 2018, THE NEW OWNER ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE A TRIBUTE TO THE ROSSES SO THAT IT WILL ALWAYS BE A MEMORY THAT THIS IS WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED, AND THAT IS WHAT WE SHARED.

HERE IS THIS INFORMATION. SO ALSO AT THAT EVENT MADAM MAYOR PRESENTED THE FAMILY WITH THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE ROSSES FOR THEIR FINAL RIGHT CEREMONY THE FOLLOWING DAY.

THAT SHOWCASES IN THAT BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IN THAT BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO. OUR BUDGET AND GOLS, FOR OUR THIRD QUARTER, WE HAD DONATION 126,500 FROM THE CITY, AND DONATIONS OF 3,150. WE HAD MEMBERSHIP FEES OF 75.

AND OTHER INCOME OF 150. THAT REPRESENTS 16,475 FOR THE QUARTER. OUR EXPENSES SALARY AND WAGES WERE THERE, RENT AND UTILITY, 64.

OFFICE SUPPLIES. PROGRAM EXPENSES 1288.

MARKETING AND OUTREACH, TRAINING.

TRAVEL, AND OTHER EXPENSES WHICH BRINGS IN 11,255.31 AND OUR EXPENDITURES AS THAT QUARTER. AND IT TENTATIVELY SHOWS AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER, 5,219.31 AS WHAT WE BALANCED O OUT. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR MY

PRESENTATION. >> THE MAYOR: THANK YOU, MA'AM. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

COMMISSIONERS? >> HI, MA'AM.

THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS AND LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET FOR SHOWING UP TODAY AND GIVING US A VERY NICE OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE HERE. I THINK THAT WE HAVE A BETTER GRASP OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE.

OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUMP OUT THERE AND PROBABLY ALL OF US LOOKED AT, HOW ARE YOU PAYING 64 IN RENT.

WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN TRANSITION TRYING TO FIND A HOME, BUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT BUDGET LINE?

I'M JUST CURIOUS. >> ACTUALLY THAT IS FOR THE UTILITIES FOR THE ELECTRICAL PANEL THAT WE HOUSE AT 8 STREET.

>> I GOT IT. >> YEAH.

WE ANTICIPATE THAT IS GOING TO BE CHANGING REAL SOON.

>> SO I WILL CLOSE AND SAY YOU MENTIONED SOME THINGS FOR TO US LOOK FORWARD IN THE NEXT REPORT WHICH FOURTH QUARTER WHICH IS BUSINESS DIRECTLY PROMISE DELIVERY OF THAT OR SOME TYPE OF

ROLLOUT OF THAT. >> YES.

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>> AND THEN YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AS FAR AS AVENUE D. IT'S SOMETHING WE LOUDLY BROADCAST HERE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROJECT TO MAKE THE CITIZENS AWARE OF THIS. VERY COSTLY INVESTMENT WHICH WE ARE GLAD AND HAPPY TO DO BECAUSE THAT IS A MAIN THOROUGHFARE OF EAST TO WEST IN OUR CITY, AND WE OBVIOUSLY HAD HEARD ALL THOSE COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOW IT WAS DAMAGING CARS WHICH I WOULD AGREE WITH. I WOULD SAY THOUGH THAT A LOT OF THIS WOULD BE ON THE BUSINESS OWNERS.

A LOT OF THE PROPERTIES ALONG AVENUE D. ARE IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE OWNERS, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY WOULD DO AS FAR AS OUR GRANTS FOR BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE THAT WILL TAKE THE RISK OF BEING A BUSINESS OWNER AND OPENING A BUSINESS AND MAKING THAT INVESTMENT, AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS.

WE PLAY OUR SMALL PART WITH THAT, BUT WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF OPENING AND SUPPORTING BUSINESSES.

WE ARE THERE TO SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PROVIDE A SAFE WITH ALL OF THE OVERWATCH FROM THE CITY AND OUR GOVERNMENT. BUT WE WANT TO SEE THAT.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THOSE PEOPLE THAT OWN PROPERTY ON AVENUE D. TO PARTNER WITH SUCH ORGANIZATIONS AS YOURSELF.

I CLOSE OUT TO SAY I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FOURTH QUARTER, TO SEE MORE OF AN UPDATE WITH EVENTS PROGRAMMING, ET CETERA THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND TO SEE THOSE UPDATES AND CERTAINLY HOPEFULLY WE'LL GO BACK AND FIND SOME PICTURES OF YOUR PARTICIPATION. I KNOW I SAW YOU THERE.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMMISSIONER TO KNOW. KNOW THAT.

THANK YOU. >> THE MAYOR: ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. >> MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT MS. CARRUTHERS. ITEM 10 THE CEREMONY.

I WAS THERE WHEN WE GOT THE AWARD AND SURPRISINGLY WHEN WE-- EVERYBODY ELSE SAW SOME OF THE HIGHWAY MUSEUM PICTURES, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE OH, THEY HAVE A HIGHWAY MAN PICTURES MUSEUM.

WE'VE BEEN ADVERTISING THIS FOR EVER, BUT THAT WORD IS OUT, AND THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STATE IS GOING TO OPEN UP VISITATION TO THIS AREA TO SEE THAT MIEW MUSEUM AND FORT PIERC.

THE OTHER THING I LEARNED ON THAT TRIP IS THEY ARE LOOKING, THAT ORGANIZATION, ARE LOOKING FOR CITIES TO HOST THAT CONFERENCE. SO JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.

JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. SO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MAIN STREET TO HAVE A CONFERENCE, AND I DON'T SEE WHY FORT PIERCE CAN'T BE THAT CITY. I THOUGHT I WOULD THROW THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY, AND LET YOU GUYS THINK ON THAT.

AGAIN ONE OF THE THINGS I NEED YOUR HELP WITH, AND I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK.

I NEED LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET TO CONTINUE TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT WE ARE NOT TEARING UP AVENUE D. TO LEAVE AVENUE D.

TORN UP. IT'S A PROCESS.

MADAM MAYOR, HOW MANY E-MAILS I HAVE GOTTEN.

IT'S A PROCESS. YOU HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS BEFORE THE ROAD GETS HIGHWAY TO HOW WE ENVISION IT GETS THE WORD OUT AND GO BACK AND TALK TO THE SAME PEOPLE THAT YOU TALKED TO WITH THE SURVEY, I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT WITH THE SURVEY BECAUSE YOU GAVE THEM HEADS-UP AGAIN EVEN THOUGH WE HAD PUT THE WORD OUT TO LET THEM KNOW THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE SOME PAVERS, BLACKTOP WHERE THE PAIFERS WEREE AND WALK AWAY. WE PUT INVESTMENT INTO THAT AREA. WE HAVE INVESTMENTS THERE.

HIGHWAY MUSEUM IS THERE. I'M TRYING TO GET THE LINCOLN THEATRE BACK UP. IF YOU CAN HELP ME GET THE WORD OUT AGAIN TO THE RESIDENTS OF LINCOLN PARK OR THE BUSINESSES

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OF AVENUE D. EVEN IF THAT IS A CALL MEETING SOMEWHERE.

IF I NEED TO COME, I WILL COME. LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT VITALIZING THAT CORRIDOR.

THAT LINKIN PARK IS PART OF THE WHOLE VISION.

THAT THE COMMISSION OF US FOR FORT PIERCE.

I THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THE MAYOR: THANK YOU.

MS. CARRUTHERS, I AGREE THE PAIN THAT YOU FEEL ON AVENUE D.

BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION MEANS SOMETHING GOOD IS COMING SAME AS INDIAN RIVER DRIVE. IT'S UNFORTUNATELY SOMETHING WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO SOME IMPROVED CIRCUMSTANCES.

I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED WITH THE PICTURE OF THE LINCOLN THEATRE, THE HIGHWAYMAN MUSEUM AND I THINK IT WAS THE MEANS COURT. THE CITY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN ALL THREE OF THOSE.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THE MAYOR: SIGNIFICANT, AS WELL AS THE AVENUE D. POLICE STATION OF COURSE.

THOSE FOUR BUILDINGS. THOSE FOUR AREAS RIGHT THERE ARE THE ANCHOR OF IMPROVEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT

INVESTMENT IN. >> YES.

>> THE MAYOR: AND I WANT TO ALSO MENTION THAT I HEAR ANECDOTEALLY FROM MEMBERS WHO VOLUNTEER.

I KNOW YOU VOLUNTEER AT THE MUSEUM.

THAT MOST OF THE VISITORS ARE FROM SOME PLACE ELSE.

>> YES. THEY ARE.

>> THE MAYOR: AND IN A WAY THAT IS GOOD.

SOMETIMES YOU DON'T GO TO THE MUSEUMS IN YOUR OWN HOME TOWN BUT YOU DO AT SOME PLACE ELSE. THE WORD IS GETTING OUT SLOWLY.

>> ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL ADD THE WILLIE B. ELLIS SUBSTANTIAL. ADD THAT TO THE COVER.

IT REPRESENTS AS YOU SAID THE FOUR ANCHORS OF.

>> THE MAYOR: AVENUE D. BUSINESS DISTRICT AND HOW WE'RE

IMPROVING IT. >> ABSOLUTELY, YES, MA'AM.

>> THE MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> DON'T FORGET THE PARKING LOT.

>> THE MAYOR: AND THE PORKING LOT.

WE IMPROVED THE PARKING LOT TOO. >> 100%.

I'M A COMMISSIONER DOWN THERE. HE CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT COST TO MAKE A PARKING LOT. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY, BUT IT'S MONEY THAT WE ARE INVESTED IN THAT AREA AND THAT PARKING LOT IS THERE FOR THE OUT OF TOWN AND FOR PEOPLE TO USE WHEN THEY NEED A PARK AND GET OFF THE ROAD.

WE ARE INVESTED IN THAT AREA. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THE MAYOR: THANK YOU VEY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> THE MAYOR:

[B. Main Street Fort Pierce, Inc. Third Quarter Program Update covering FY2026 (April 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026). ]

>> THE CLERK: NEXT ITEM IS MAIN STREET FORT PIERCE THIRD QUARTER PROGRAM UPDATE COVERING FY2026.

>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND THE REST OF THE STAFF THAT I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE HERE.

I WOULD LIKE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW BOARD PRESIDENT. MR. RICHARDS ZEROKOVSKI.

HE IS A RETIRED CHIEF OR CAPTAIN FROM THE.

>> I GOT PROMOTED. >> EXACTLY.

ABSOLUTELY. FROM THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AND WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO HAVE HIM.

OUR PREVIOUS BOARD PRESIDENT DONNA SIZEMORE STAYS ON THE ROLE OFFICIALLY WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION AS PAST PRESIDENT.

SO IT'S-- WE HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD, AND I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO RICH.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> ANOTHER FAMILIAR FACE.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> THE MAYOR: GOOD MORNING.

WELCOME. >> I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE BOARD. I LOOK FORWARD TO PRESERVING THE BEAUTIFUL CITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR ECONOMIC PROMOTING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HAVING THE CITY GROW AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU. >> THE MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> SO IF I CAN GET IT-- AM I BREAKING SOMETHING? SORRY ABOUT THAT. I GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT A NEW PRESIDENT, I FORGOT HOW THIS WORKS.

JUST REAL QUICKLY I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS RATHER QUICKLY FOR Y'ALL TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A NARRATIVE DISCUSSION THROUGH THE PHOTOS BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.

I THINK BY MY COUNTED WE'VE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF Y Y'ALL FR ABOUT SIX TIMES. YOU MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN TIRED OF

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SOME OF OUR DATA. I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT INTERESTING FOR YOU. WE HAVE CONTINUED WITH OUR BUSINESS ATTRACTION MADE CONTACT WITH FOUR NEW BUSINESSES DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD. WE HAVE A BOARD MEMBER DEDICATED TO WRITING STORIES AND DOING OUTREACH DIRECTLY WITH EACH OF THESE BUSINESSES. NOT EVERY BUSINESS IS INTERESTED IN THE PUBLICITY. BUT MOST OF THEM ARE INTERESTED IN THE RESOURCES WE CAN DIRECT THEM TO.

COMMISSIONERS DZADOVSKY YOU HAD ASKED IN THE LAST PRESENTATION ABOUT CREATING A BUSINESS WELCOME.

WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF THAT.

NOT ONLY THROUGH BROCHURE RESOURCES BUT MAYBE AN ELEVATED WELCOME WAGON IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO JUST PROVIDE IN ONE CENTRALIZED LOCATION. WE'VE CONSIDERED WHETHER OR NOT THAT SHOULD GO TO A WEB PAGE OR WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD DO PHYSICAL MATERIALS, BUT REGARDLESS, WE ARE EXPANDING WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO OFFER. ACTIVELY LOOKING TO PRESENT THAT TO POTENTIAL PARTNERS. SEVEN JOBS WERE GAINED.

WE CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN AND UPDATE THE DIRECTORY THAT WE DO ALSO SUBMIT TO THE FLORIDA MAIN STREET.

THEY HAVE DEVELOPED AN APP THAT WE CAN UTILIZE TO CREATE WALKING TOURS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. I KNOW LINCOLN PARK HAS THEM AS WELL AS US. ONE THING WE'VE ASKED FORD WAS IF THEY COULD PLEASE CONNECT TO ALLOW OUR PROGRAMS TO OVERLAP.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS ASKED FOR A BOURBON AND BARBECUE TRAILS TOUR, AND WE SAID WELL WE'VE GOT.

THAT BETWEEN US AND LINCOLN PARK, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL ONE.

WE HAVE A PERFECT ONE. SO WE'VE REQUESTED THAT THEY ALLOW US TO OVERLAP THAT, AND THEY'RE IN SOME TESTING STAGES I DO BELIEVE THERE IS GOING TO BE THAT OPTION GOING FORWARD.

AND WE ALSO HAVE MAINTAINED OUR ON-LINE MAP THROUGH OUR DISTRICT GUIDE, AND WE CONTINUE TO ASSIST IT AND PROVIDE FOR SHOPPING AND DINING GUIDES AS WELL AS SIGNAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR TRICK-OR-TREAT ON SECOND STREET, WE'RE THE ONES THAT WILL PROVIDE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A LOCAL ENGINEERING BUSINESS THAT WILL DO THE DESIGN, WE'LL PROVIDE THE ACTUAL MAPS THEMSELVES FOR THE KIDS AND FAMILIES. THAT IS JUST A LITTLE EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS WHICH I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN BEFORE SO I WON'T KEEP YOU THERE TOO LONG.

IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER IN AN EFFORT TO BRING POTENTIAL RETAIL DOWNTOWN. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WHILE THEY DIDN'T GO IN THE PARTICULAR SPACE WE STARTED AT.

THEY DID END UP IN ANOTHER DOWNTOWN SPACE, AND HAVE THEIR GRAND OPENING HERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT FOUR NEW BUSINESSES THAT HAVE COME INTO DOWNTOWN JUST RECENTLY OVER THE SUMMER WHICH IS ESPECIALLY EXCITING BECAUSE THIS IS A TIME OF YEAR THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT A BUNCH OF NEW GROWTH.

PLEASED TO SEE THAT. WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AVAILABLE LISTINGS TO THE EXTENLTS OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, AND SOMETIMES THAT ALSO MEANS MOVING BEHIND THE SCENES TO PROVIDE WHAT IS NOT NECESSARILY A PUBLIC LISTING TO QUALIFIED BUYERS AND OWNERS. THEY MAY EXPRESS INTEREST AND WE MAY NOT ALWAYS BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT PUBLICLY, BUT IT DOES, I ASSURE YOU, HAPPEN. WE ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS INTEREST FORUM WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING. JUST A LITTLE EXAMPLE OF THE ARTICLES. ONE OF OUR RECENT BUSINESS PROFILES FOR PRISCILLAS ON ORANGE AND THE SCANNING THE Q.R.

CODE THAT YOU CAN EASILY SCAN TO NAVIGATE.

I DO BELIEVE THAT ACTUALLY CITY OF FORT PIERCE HAS NOW LINKED TO THIS PARTICULAR SHOPPING GUIDE IN DOWNTOWN MAP.

SO I FEEL LIKE WE MAY HAVE PAST THE BAR ON IT BEING WORTHWHILE FOR PEOPLE TO UTILIZE. FOR THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO SHARE THOSE. WE DID JUST RECENTLY FEATURE THOSE IN THE FOCUS MAGAZINE ONCE AGAIN AS WELL.

SAME WITH THE IMPACT THEMED MORATORIUM.

THE EXTENSION IS GREAT. I HOPE THERE IS MAYBE CONSIDERATION ON CONTINUED EXTENSION OF THAT BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAID.

I WOULD LOVE TO UTILIZE. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN UTILITIESIZE THAT FAST, BUT THAT ONE BIT OF FEEDBACK.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PLATTS BECKETT HOUSE.

I HOPE YOU WILL INDULGE FOR A MOMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE HOUSE'S ANNIVERSARY. WE HAVE TAKEN QUITE A FOCUS THIS ANNIVERSARY YEAR TO REALLY WORK ON AND PUT IN THE ADDITIONAL NOT ONLY MAINTENANCE, BUT I WOULD SAY BLOOD AND SWEAT AND TEARS LABOUR TO BRING THE HOUSE NOT ONLY UP TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT TO SECURE IT IN A WAY THAT IT WILL BE ABLE TO BE PRESERVED IN AN ONGOING FASHION AS I'M SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE.

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A BIG STRUGGLE WITH THE INITIAL PRESERVATION OF AN HISTORIC BUILDING IS A PLAN FOR THE ONGOING PRESERVATION.

I WOULD SAY OVER THE LAST TWO QUARTERS SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD INCLUDING OUR OWN BOARD MEMBERS COMING OUT ON SATURDAY AND TRIMMING THINGS AND WORKING, MAYBE VOLUNTEERING THEIR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN TO COME OUT TOO.

IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF GETTING PEOPLE TO DONATE SERVICES OR TO PAY PEOPLE. THIS IS COMING OUT OF OUR OWN SWEAT EQUITY AS WELL. WE'VE ALSO BEEN REALLY LUCKY, BLESSED TO HAVE A NUMBER OF LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE PARTNERED WITH US TO DO THE SMALLER REPAIRS ON TO THE LARGER ONES. AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE BUILDING BEING REPAINTED WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT IT NEEDS CONSTANT MAINTENANCE AND THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS THERE ARE NO POINTS OF EGRESS AND INGRESS.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE TO THOSE BUSINESSES AND COMPANIES. I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME PHOTOS OF THAT. I WANT TO MENTION, WE ARE REGULARLY PUBLISHING-- PUBLISHING CONTENT FROM THE F.P.R.A. PROGRAMS. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. THEY SHARE INFORMATION AS IT COMES TO THEM. WE'RE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. GOING ON IN THE F.P.R.A.

WE PROVIDE THE OPEN PLATFORM AT COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR, AND WE ALSO COORDINATE WITH THE D.B.A. WE PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF ONE-ON-ONE OUTREACH, AND THAT IS NOT JUST WITH ME.

THAT IS WITH MY BOARD MEMBERS. I HAVE A VERY INVOLVE AND ENGAGED BOARD. MAIN STREET HAVE A WORKING BOARD WHICH IS ITS-- THERE IS NO VANITY TO IT.

YOU ARE EXPECTED TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY.

BE A PART OF IT AND HAVE A CONTRIBUTION, AND THAT CAN LOOK DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE BECAUSE WE MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE. BUT EVERYONE IS INVOLVED, AND A LOT OF THAT INVOLVEMENT HAS BEEN COMING FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO TALKING TO BUSINESSES BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT SOMEONE MAY NOT WANT TO SAY TO ME OR THEY MAY FEEL LIKE I WILL LISTEN BECAUSE THEY DON'T INTERRUPT THAT I'M OPEN TO SOMETHING, BUT THEY WILL SAY IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.

WE NEED THAT FEEDBACK. I'M TOUGH.

I HAVE THICK SKIN. YOU CAN TELL ME, BUT IF YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TELLING SOMEBODY ELSE.

THAT IS OKAY TOO. A THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION. WE DO NOT HAVE THE MAP HERE.

WE'VE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAM BOUNDARIES.

THE EXPANSION IS NOT EX EXCEEDIY LARGE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ADDITIONAL SPACE. IT TAKES THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE FROM THE 2007 BUILDING HISTORIC BUILDING INVENTORY THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, AND UTILIZES THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADJUST OUR BOUNDARIES.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE ACTUALLY WENT AND WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

THEY PROVIDED US A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION IN OUR APPLICATION TOWARDS NOT ONLY THEIR BOUNDARY EXPANSION.

ADJUSTMENT, BUT ALSO THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED TO APPLY FOR HISTORIC BUILDING INVENTORY GRANT.

SO AGAIN I WILL SAY LINCOLN PARK IS ON THEIR SECOND PHASE OF THEIR GRANT. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IS COMPLETE ONE SINCE 2007.

IF WE WERE TO HAVE STORM OR ANY DISASTER COME INTO THIS AREA AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE BUILDINGS CATEGORIZED PROPERLY, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FOR SURE SAVE THEM.

FEMA WOULD COME THROUGH AND REDLINE THEM WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY PRESSING CONCERN WHEN YOU HAVE A COASTAL COMMUNITY.

THAT HAS HAPPENED. UNDER ADVICE FROM MAIN STREET AND OTHER END TIGHTS INVOLVED IN INSURANCE WE HAVE PUT THAT IN ACTION. WE'RE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF WAITING FOR OUR APPLICATION TO COME BACK.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT YOU HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED ON THAT PROJECT.

THOSE ARE VERY HELPFUL. WE WILL BE CONTINUING THAT FOR

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THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IT LEAVES THE GROUNDWORK FOR US TO GIVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE WHO MAY WANT TO COME IN AND REHABILITATE PROPERTILY. THAT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR GRANTS. INCLUDING FEDERAL TAX CREDITS, IT CAN BE MUNICIPAL BUT IT CAN ALSO PRIMARILY DEPENDS ON THE FEDERAL SIDE. WE WERE REALLY PLEASED TO HAVE OUR ANNUAL MEETING IN MAY. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET OUT AND GIVE AN ACCOUNTING TO THE PUBLIC.

IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT OUR PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR ARE. IT'S ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT IT INTERNALLY. IT'S ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT EXTERNALLY. SOMETIMES IT TAKES COMMITTING TO IT IN FRONT OF A GROUP TO BRING THOSE INTO FRUITION.

WE HAVE SAID IT AND WE HAVE DELIVERED THUS FAR.

WE SAID WE'RE PLYING FOR THESE GRANTS.

WE'VE DONE IT. WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO APPLY FOR EXPANSIONS OF THE BOUNDARIES TO ALSO TO BE CONSISTENT IN WHAT THEY ARE. WE HAVE DONE IT.

WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER THESE WELCOME WAGON MATERIALS WE HAVE. AND THAT IS JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS. WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON WHAT WERE DELIVERABLES NOT JUST IN GENERAL. BUT WHAT WE THINK IS ABOVE AND BEYOND AND PROGRESSED. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EVENTS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE GHOSTS OF FORT PIERCE WALKING TOURS.

THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 20 YEARS.

THEY FEATURE UP TO SOMETIMES OVER 100 DIFFERENT VOLUNTEERS ACTING AS GHOSTS AND GUIDES INCLUDING THE DESCENDANTS OF A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FEATURED WITHIN THEM.

100% HISTORICALLY ACCURATE. COMMISSIONER GAINES WAS THERE AT THE AWARDS TO WATCH ANOTHER CITY RECEIVE AN AWARD FOR THEIR GHOST TOUR, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE. WE DON'T DO IT ALONE.

WE HAVE THE ASSISTANCE OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES THAT HAVE WORKED WITH US FOR YEARS, BUT I CAN SAY WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD THAT THEY ARE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE WHILE STILL BEING INTERESTING AND EXCITING.

>> I WILL SAY. >> ALSO FRIDAY FEST WAS HELD THESE LAST THREE MONTHS IN APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE.

COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR WAS IN-- IT TAKES A BREAK OVER THE SUMMER, JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER. I GET SO MANY PEOPLE REACHING OUT ABOUT COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR. IT'S VERY SWEET.

SHOP SMALL SATURDAYS IS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.

THAT WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 28TH. JUST RECALL THAT AS THE BIGGEST RETAIL SHOP HERE IN DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE ON THIS, BUT EVEN THOUGH IT IS OUTSIDE OF OUR AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS, WE DID COORDINATE THE FIREWORKS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.

IT DOES TAKE MANY MONTHS AND QUITE A BIT OF PREPARATIONS TO DO SO. IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS.

SAME FOR SITES AND SOUNDS. THE PLAN SOMETHING ONGOING AND CONTINUES THE ENTIRE YEAR AFTER IT WRAPS UP IN DECEMBER.

WE ARE MEETING AGAIN IN JANUARY. IT IS NOT JUST US.

WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY. WITHOUT THE PARTNER SHF THE I SHIP OF THE I KIWANNAS.

IT IS THE HIGHEST FOOT TRAFFIC EVENT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, BUT DEFINITELY FOR DOWNTOWN. WE'RE REACHING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS EXCEEDING THOSE THAT IS ONGOING.

A LITTLE BIT OF THE 4TH OF JULY, IT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC.

I WILL SPEAK ABOUT IT A BIT MORE IN OUR PARTNERSHIPS, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY HERE SHOULD KNOW YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOUR STAFF, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

WHAT I SAW GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND VOLUNTEERING THEIR OWN TIME ON A HOLIDAY WE ARE GENERALLY WITH OUR FAMILIES WAS INCREDIBLE. I WANTED TO THANK THOSE THAT WERE ABLE TO COME OUT. I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO. THERE ARE ALWAYS TRAVEL PLANS ON A HOLIDAY, BUT IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

ONGOING JUST SOME PRETTY PHOTOS. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF NOT JUST FRIDAY FEST, BUT WE'VE GOT ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT

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CAME DOWN. FRIDAY FEST ISN'T JUST FOR OUTSIDE VENDORS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

WE WELCOME SMALL BUSINESSES FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO COME DOWN AND PROMOTE THEIR PRODUCTS AND BUSINESSES FOR NOMINAL FEE.

SAME AMOUNT AS A NONPROFIT. JUST THE GENERAL ACTIVITIES WE ARE EXPANDING AS WELL AS COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR.

WE WANT TO DO A COMPARISON, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY EXPAND OUR SURVEY LANGUAGE TO GET A LITTLE MORE FEEDBACK ON OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THE DOWNTOWN.

LAST YEAR WHEN WE CONDUCTED OURS THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT SAFE FESTIVAL STREET AND MARINA QUAP .

WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND IT TO INCLUDE FEEDBACK ON SPECIFIC EVENTS AND SPECIFIC PARTNERSHIPS AND ALSO ADJUST OUR TARGET AUDIENCE DIVIDING IT BETWEEN ACTUAL BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

WE PUT OUT THE FOCUS MAGAZINE EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

IT IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. IT IS A 32-PAGE PAPER PUBLICATION SOMETIMES DURING SUMMER MONTHS WE GO DOWN TO 24 PAGES. FRANKLY FOR A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, A COMPLETELY SINGULAR ENDEAVOUR.

SO WE ACTUALLY RUN TWO ORGANIZATIONS UNDER MAIN STREET, AND I'M REALLY PROUD AND APPRECIATIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EDITOR AND A LAYOUT GRAPHIC ARTIST AND A BOOKKEEPER THAT WORKED VERY, VERY TIRELESSLY ON THIS AS WELL AS VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED DOING THE DELIVERING PICKING IT UP, AND IT'S OWN ENDEAVOUR AND DESERVES RECOGNITION.

RIGHT NOW EVENTS THROUGH DECEMBER.

AND LINKS OUR PARTNERS AND FOCUS ARCHIVE ON-LINE.

WE'RE MEETING OUR TARGETS FOR UNIQUE VISITORS AND COMMUNITY TESTIMONIALS IS GOING-- I WOULDN'T SAY UNDER THE SAME AND THE RECOGNITION SURVEYS BUT PART OF THE SAME EFFORTS AND UNDER THE SAME COMMITTEE. JUST A LITTLE BIT ON OUR COVERS FOR JUNE. YOU CAN SEE WE DID STARS OVER ST. LUCIE. PHOTOS FROM 2025.

AS A SMALL NOTE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY WHICH THIS YEAR CELEBRATED 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY. WE DID ALSO SECURE AN ADDITIONAL 15,000 IN FUNDING THAT WAS NOT FROM THE CITY THAT WENT IN TOWARDS THE FIREWORKS. SO THIS COULD BE A VERY, VERY SPECIAL YEAR TO CELEBRATE THE 125TH.

IT WAS A LOT OF WORK BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO PULL THAT TOGETHER, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

WE UTILIZED THE FOCUS TO PROMOTE THAT W.H.A. WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT'S ONE PIECE OF OUR PROMOTIONAL. FOR COLLABORATION WE HAVE OUR CONTINUED COLLABORATION WITH DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE.

THE YACHT CLUB, FORT PIERCE UTILITY AUTHORITY.

KIWANA. EVEN TO THAT WE'RE PLEASED TO.

PARLIAMENTNER WITH LINKIN PARK MAIN STREET WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES ALIGN. WE ARE ALWAYS PLEASED WHEN WE CAN ALIGN IN THOSE WAYS. I JUST FOUND OUT THIS NUMBER IS HIGHER THAN THE 3161. CLOSER TO 34 AND CHANGE.

AND RIGHT NOW JUST BETWEEN OUR GRANTS SOURCE FUNDING, WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR OPERATION BUDGET IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT FACET ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

THAT WILL ALIGN US, MARRY US WITH SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

GRANT FUNDING DOES NOT GENERALLY ABLE TO GO TO OPERATING COSTS.

REGARDLESS OF OUR GOALS FOR PRESERVATION AND EXPANSION, WE

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WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO BE RAISING FUNDS FOR THE ACTUAL DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS COSTS. THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD IF YOU WILL. THAT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT WHILE WE MOVE TOWARDS THOSE THINGS. WE HAVE TO STILL WORRY ABOUT OUR OPERATIONAL COSTS. JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM THE FOURTH OF JULY. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A GREAT PHOTO OF SOME FOLKS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT WAS ALL VOLUNTEER WORK. THAT IS MYSELF AND MS. CARRUTHERS. WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE BANNERS THAT WERE PUT UP. AND THE DISPLAY IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT. I'M SHARE FOR YOU BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC. PICK THOSE UP FOR US.

I KNOW A NUMBER OF THEM CAME OUT AND DONATED THEIR TIME.

JUST THAT ENERGY. IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENING.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN EXACT COUNT, BUT I WOULD ESTIMATE BY THE TIME IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, PROBABLY 3,000 PEOPLE DOWN JUST ON THAT PORTION OF THE WATERFRONT.

THERE WAS A POINT AT WHICH DURING THE COUNTDOWN AND RIGHT AFTER THE FIREWORKS THAT THE ENTIRE CROWD STARTED CHANTING U.S.A. IT WAS REALLY COOL.

THAT WAS COOL. WE SUBMITTED THESE NUMBERS AS QUICK REMINDER. THIS BUDGET IS NOT OUR ENTIRE BUDGET. THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATE AND ONLY RELATED TO THE CONTENT OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. WHILE THERE IS A DEFICIT SHOWING, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT MAIN STREET AND FORT PIECE IS PICKING UP THE DIFFERENCE. THAT IS NOT COMING BACK AS A BILL TO ANYONE. IT'S JUST SHOWING THAT EVEN FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY TO DO, WE ARE PUTTING IN EXTRA FOR IT. THAT IS ACTUALLY ALSO ON PAR WITH LAST YEAR. AT THIS POINT I AM.

>> THE MAYOR: COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO YOUR BOARD FOR SHOWING UP TODAY AS ALWAYS, AND BOTH BOARDS FOR SHOWING UP.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS TO BRINGING THESE PROGRAMS TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE COLLABORATION ALSO THAT I SEE BETWEEN YOU AND THE LINCOLN PARK MAIN STREET IS ONE. SO I THINK COLLECTIVELY WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OF THESE MAIN STREETS FORWARD AND IN ARE GOING TO BE CHALLENGING TIMES, RIGHT. WE HOPE TO CONTAIN AND TRY TO SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS. BUT THE WORD, YOU KNOW.

NEEDS TO BE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE TO REALLY RALLY AROUND AND TAKE MEMBERSHIPS TO BE A PART AND FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO REQUIRE MONEY.

COMING FORWARD WITH YOUR THIRD QUARTER UPDATE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FOURTH QUARTER, BUT AS WE LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MODEL THIS THING GOING FORWARD FINANCIALLY, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ON THE TABLE, TO-- WE HAVE TO TRY TO FIND PATHWAYS, FINANCIALLY BECAUSE I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE FUTURE LIES WITH US BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT AT THE LEVEL THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING EVEN NOW. OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> THE MAYOR: ANYONE ELSE.

>> YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.

MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I JUST WANTED TO LET AND PUBLIC EVERYBODY KNOW THAT BOTH MAIN STREETS, WE SIT TOGETHER AND WE SHOWED A UNITED FRONT. SOARVE IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW WE'RE ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY WHICH IS GREAT.

I LEARNED SOME HISTORY UP THERE WITH THESE GHOST TOURSES IN THESE OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN IN A HISTORY BOOK, BUT I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT ALONE.

GHOSTS THAT I'VE NEVER READ. I WAS KIND OF UPSET ABOUT THAT.

I EVEN TOOK OUT MY PHONE AND STARTED GOOGLE SEARCHING IT AT

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THE TABLE. WHAT DID THEY SAY? WHERE DID THIS HAPPEN? OKAY.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT ALONE.

I SAID TELL THEM TO CALL ME. I SAID.

BUT PLEASE PUT OUR GHOST TOUR ON AND UP FOR AN AWARD NEXT YEAR BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE TOUR, AND FROM WHAT I SAW-- I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. WE SHOULD WIN.

I WILL JUST BE HONEST WITH YOU. IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING, BUT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IN THAT ORGANIZATION AND IN THAT CONFERENCE SAW THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE TOGETHER, AND EVERYBODY, AND WE WERE-- I THINK I GOT THERE US A GOOD SEAT. RIGHT BEHIND THE RESERVE AND GOT US A GOOD SEAT. MADAM MAYOR, YOU DIDN'T TELL ME I HAD TO GO ON STAGE. BUT THAT IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE AND I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE FOURTH. I DECIDED TO STAY HOME WITH MY MOM THAT NIGHT. EVERYBODY SAID IT WAS A GREAT EVENT, AND EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY WITH THE FIREWORKS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT IS ALL I'M HEARING. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE PARADE.

THANK YOU. >> THE MAYOR: YOU ARE GOING TO TELL US WHAT THE NEW BOUNDARIES ARE OR ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT

UNTIL THEY'RE APPROVED. >> I MEAN I CAN GIVE YOU THE BROAD STROKES I'M HAPPY TO. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAD WHAT I WOULD SAY IS A DOCUMENTATION GAP IN THE BOUNDARIES SO WE KNEW BECAUSE HOW WE HAD WON THE GREAT AMERICAN MAIN STREET AWARD.

THAT IS NOT JUST US. THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WON IN 2011. WE KNEW THAT THERE HAD BEEN A CHANGE IN THE BOUNDARIES THAT SPECIFICALLY TOOK US DOWN ORANGE AVENUE DOWN TO 10 STREET AND HAD EXPANDED INTO A PORTION AT THAT POINT OF EDGAR TOWN AND A NEBU LOUIS PORTION MAYBE DOWN TO CITRUS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF U.S. 1.

IT WASN'T CLEAR. WE KNEW THERE HAD BEEN AN EXPANSION. THE STATE ACKNOWLEDGES THIS BECAUSE IT WENT TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND WASLET DOES SNOT HAVE THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION FOR IT, BUT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT HAPPENED. WE TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN AWARE OF FOR A YEAR-AND-A-HALF TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE AREA AROUND MAYBE LIKE SLIGHTLY JAYSENT TO THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR BEING THOSE BOUNDARIES.

IT WAS IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE EDGAR TOWN.

WE HAVE TAKEN THE BOUNDARIES UP NORTH TO SEAWAY DRIVE BUT JUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE WERE VERY CONSCIOUS ON GOING BY PLATTS SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO STRAIGHT LINE.

SAME THING COMING ACROSS U.S. ONE.

ONLY ON THE EAST COAST OF U.S.1. LINCOLN PARK BEGINS AT A CERTAIN POINT ON THE WEST SIDE OF US1. WE'RE COMING UP TO EACH OTHER, BUT NOT OVERLAPPING OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A REDUNDANCY, BUT TO NOT HAVE THOSE GAPS.

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF BAD FEELINGS FOR THE BUSINESSES RIGHT DIRECTLY IN A BLOCK AMOUNT BETWEEN THEM.

WE COME DOWN TO AVENUE B AND JUST SOUTH OF AVENUE B WE'RE PROCEEDING WEST, THEN DOWN THE DIAGONAL TO ORANGE AVENUE DOWN TO 10. IF YOU WERE TO COME BACK EAST, YOU HIT 7 STREET. GOING DOWN SEVEN.

INCLUDING ALL OF THE HISTORIC PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALONG 7 STREET, AND THEN WE'RE HEADING BACK EAST AT CITRUS.

SO WE DO NOT CONNECT TO DELAWARE BECAUSE WE FELT IF WE DID GO AS FAR SOUTH AS DELAWARE, WE WOULD BE TOUCHING AN AREA THAT REALLY NEEDS ITS OWN BROADER EXTENSION. SO BASICALLY WE'VE ALWAYS HAD OUR SOUTH BOUNDARY BE CITRUS AND DOWNTOWN.

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WE DID WORK ON THIS. WE SPOKE TO OUR PARTNERS.

WE SPOKE TO F.P.R.A. WE DIDN'T JUST EMBARK UPON THIS.

>> THE MAYOR: I KNOW. BECAUSE YOU AND I.

>> THE MAYOR: I WOULD LIKE TO SEAT MAP TOO.

>> I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT INCLUDING IT IN THIS.

>> THE MAYOR: BECAUSE IT'S NOT APPROVED.

THAT IS FINE. THAT IS FINE.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE YOU AND I HAD DISCUSSED IT I'M GLAD THAT THAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE I WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAME AT IT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT MAKES SENSE.

WHAT IS CONTIGUOUS, WHAT HELPS THE AREAS THAT WE'RE COVERING.

PART OF IT IS PEACOCK ARTS DISTRICT AND PART OF IT EVEN GOES DOWN A BIT-- NO. IT DOESN'T INCLUDE RIVER PARK.

BUT IT DOES INCLUDE ED BAR TOWN. >> THE MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE AMENDMENT THREE IF IT PASSES SAYS PUTS THIS OUR FUNDING FOR MAIN STREET AND THIRD PARTIES IN JEOPARDY, AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE MINDFUL BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH MAIN STREET CONTRIBUTES TO THE WHOLE FOCUS, AND THE WHOLE SUPPORT OF FORT PIERCE, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN EXPENSION OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN.

I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE. I DON'T THINK WE KNOW HOW VALUABLE MAIN STREET IS UNLESS WE POSSIBLY DON'T HAVE IT.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, THAT WE CAN COME IN AND PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO SO YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF THE DATA THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

WE'RE HAPPY TO. >> THE MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. >> QUICK COMMENT.

COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GAINES.

THE ONLY THING THAT TRUMPS THAT IS THE CHRISTMAS EVENT WHICH IS MASSIVE AND INVOLVES EVERY CITY EMPLOY.

EVERY ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY A PART IN THE GHOST TOUR ONCE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM PUBLIC SPEAKING BUT THAT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT GAME.

I WILL LEAVE THAT TO THE OTHER BROAD ERICK.

BRODERICK. MATTHEW.

THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS SHOWCASE THE POWER AND THE DRIVE OF MAIN STREET WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

IT'S A PHENOMENAL EVENT. WE NEED THAT AWARD WHEN WE GET IT WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND BUY ONE FIVE TIMES THE SIZE AND PUT IT OUTSIDE THE MAIN STREET HEADQUARTERS.

I JUST THINK IT'S A NO-BRAINER THAT WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE AWARD. COMMISSIONER GAINES IS GOIG TO BE HOBBYING EVERYBODY HE CAN THINK OF TO MAKE SURE THAT

HAPPENS. >> I AM.

>> THE CONCERNS OF COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AND THE MAYOR AND THIS FUNDING ISSUE. AMENDMENT 3.

THAT IS HAVING SOME SWAY, NOT SWAY OVER THIS, BUT DICTATES WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. IN THAT VEIN I HAVE A REQUEST FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF MONIES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES TO ALL NONGOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL-- I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF THAT.

IF WE CAN GET THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WORKING ON THAT, I

WOULD APPRECIATE IT, SIR. >> YES.

GOOD IDEA. >> WHAT IS THE DOWN STROKE HERE? HOW MUCH DAMAGE IS THIS GOING TO DO, AND ALONG WITH THE GOVERNOR AGENCIES TAX CUTS AND ALL OF THAT, THIS WHOLE PACKAGE IS GOING TO-- IT'S NOT RIPPLES. THIS IS TIDAL WAVES CRASHING ON THE SHORES OF FORT PIERCE AND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS IN THE CITY.

WE CAN ALL HOPE AND PRAY THIS DOESN'T COME TO PASS.

BUT THE DAMAGE IS GOING TO BE MORE THAN I CAN COME PREHEND AT.

>> WE NEED TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY AWARE NOW.

I ECHO THAT. WE NEED TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES

UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THIS. >> THE MAYOR: ON THAT NOTE

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.

THANK YOU. AND YOUR BOARD.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS. WE APPRECIATE IT.

[C. Update the City Commission on the mixed-use 'LIVE LOCAL' project known as Causeway Cove.]

>> THE MAYOR: WE'LL MOVE ON. >> THE CLERK: NEXT ITEM IS UPDATE THE CITY COMMISSION ON THE MIXED-USE PROJECT KNOWN AS

CAUSEWAY COVE. >> MR. FREEMAN IS GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE CAUSEWAY COVE APPLICATION WHICH FALLS

UNDER LOCAL STATE YIEWT. >> THE MAYOR: MR. FREEMAN.

>> GOOD MORNING. I'M JUST GOING TO TRY TO CLOSE THESE THINGS DOWN. SO I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR FORT PIERCE, AND TODAY I'M GOING TO PRESENT AND UPDATE OF THE CAUSEWAY COVE LIVE LOCAL APPLICATION.

>> THE MAYOR: DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE SHOW.

>> I DO. >> THE MAYOR: IT IS NOT ON MY

SCREEN. >> I'M UPLOADING IT.

>> THAT MEANS IT'S A LONG PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT'S TAKING

THAT LONG TO LOAD IT. >> BEG TO DIFFER.

>> THEY'RE ALL GETTING THE SAME MESSAGE I'M GETTING.

>> THE MAYOR: THERE IT WAS. >> WE ARE ALL BLACK SCREENS NOW.

>> THE MAYOR: FLASHED FOR A BRIEF.

>> ALL RIGHT. IT MIGHT BE COMING UP.

THERE WE GO. WE'RE GOOD.

>> THE MAYOR: THERE WE GO. >> MR. FREEMAN.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS AN UPDATE PRESENTATION FOR THE CAUSEWAY COVE LIVE LOCAL APPLICATION SUBMITTED UNDER STATE STATUTE 166.01451. I THINK MANY OF US ARE TOTALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION. CAUSEWAY COVE ENCOMPASSES AROUND 40 ACRES SOUTH OF THE SOUTH BRIDGE THAT MAKES UP ITS WAY OVER TO THE ISLAND VIA SEAWAY DRIVE.

SO LIVE LOCAL. I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THAT. IT'S A STATE MAN DATED STATUTORY LAW WHICH PROSLIDES LAND USE ENTITLEMENTS FOR AREAS IN ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRY, AND MIXED USE.

WHEN WE HEAR THE WORDS COMMISSION INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE AND ZONING AREAS, WE OFTEN ASSOCIATE PARTICULAR ZONING TITLES TO INCLUDE THOSE WORDS IN THE ZONING TITLE.

LIVE LOCAL MAKES A DISTINCTION THAT COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND MIXED USE, IF THEY ARE PRESENT IN A ZONING DESIGNATION AND MEET THE DEFINITIONS OF WHAT COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND MIXED USE ARE, THEN THAT ZONING BECOMES ELIGIBLE UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL CRITERIA. IN ADDITION THE PROJECT NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH A NUMBER OF OBLIGATIONS TO MEET THE STATE STATUTE REQUIREMENTS. A MINIMUM OF 40% OF ITS TOTALLY RESIDENTIAL UNITS NEED TO BE AFFORDABLE RENTAL.

THAT LOOKS AT WHAT THAT MEANS, AND THAT IS SET AGAIN BY THE STATE, AND THOSE NEED TO BE AFFORDABLE FOR AT LEAST 30 YE YEARS. THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO ALLOW MIXED USE AS ALLOWABLE USES IN AREA ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND MIXED USE, AND NOW THE MOST RECENT CHANGE INCOINCORPORATED PLAN DEVELOPMET AND REDEFINE SOME OF THE ISSUES REGARDING HEIGHT, DENSITY, FLOOR-AREA RATIO, AND WHAT IS ADMIADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND PARKING AND ALLOWANCES.

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SO THIS MAY BE MULTIPLE FAMILY MIXED USE, AGAIN THE ZONING SPANS A LARGE TRACT OF POTENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

THE DENSITY IS SET AT THE HIGHEST AVAILABLE UNDER ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH AT THE MOMENT IS 30 UNITS PER ACRE.

THAT AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERS TO ANY LIVE LOCAL APPLICATION.

THAT IS DEFINED BY THE HIGHEST AVAILABLE TIGHT WITHIN 1 MILE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. IF THE ZONING DOES NOT ALLOW THAT HEIGHT ABOVE THREE STOREYS, THEN LIVE LOCAL DESIGNATES THREE STORIES AS THE NEXT HEIGHT. HOWEVER.

AS YOU WILL SEE IN A MOMENT FROM THE RADIUS WE CONSTRUCTED TO ANALYZE THIS. THAT DENSITY AND HEIGHT ARE BOTH REALLY STANDARDIZED IN THIS LOCATION AS THE HIGHEST AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE MILE RADIUS. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS REGARDING ADJACENCY TO SINGLE FAMILY ZONED PROPERTY.

THIS OBVIOUSLY CAUSEWAY COVE DOES NOT MEET THAT RESTRICTION.

THE CITY MUST CONSIDER REDUCING PARKING FOR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE LOCATED IN A QUARTER MILE OF A TRANSIT STOP.

THAT STOP NEEDS TO BE EXISTING. AND CAUSEWAY COVE AT THE MOMENT DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE QUARTER MILE TRANSIT STOP.

FLOOR-AREA RATIO AND I THINK IN TERMS OF THE LIVE LOCAL ACT THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST IMPACT YOU COULD APPLY TO A DEVELOPMENT. EACH ZONING-- EACH FUTURE LAND USE HAS ITS FLOOR-AREA RATIO DEFINED.

THOSE RANGE IN THE CITY FROM 1 TO 3.5, AND THE WAY THAT IS CALCULATED IS TO MULTIPLY THE FLOOR-AREA RATIO BY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A LOT OR AN AREA THAT IS UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL PROVISIONS. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THE 40 ACRES OF-- INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION-- IS MULTIPLIED BY 150% OF THE EXISTING MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO IN THE CITY WHICH IS THREE. 4.5 MULTIPLIED BY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTY. THAT IS A FIGURE THAT I WOULD RARELY SEE DEVELOPED IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES ANYWAYS.

IT'S ALWAYS CONTROLLED BY THE COMPLICATION OF SITES IN TERMS OF PARKING THEY NEED, OPEN SPACE, ALL OF THAT.

SO IT LENDS ITSELF TO MAXIMIZING DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK ALL THE FACTORS YOU SEE UNDER LIVE LOCAL ARE LOOKING TO MAXIMIZE THE COMMON POTENTIAL WITH A PAYOFF OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THE APPROVAL PROCEDURE IS DEFINED THAT IT MUST BE ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED IF THE PROPOSAL SATISFIES THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND OTHERWISE CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN.

WHEN STAFF ANALYZE THIS, THEY FOUND THAT IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH A COMP PLAN. ACCEPTED DENSITY F.A.R. HEIGHT.

WE PROCESSED. WE WE HAVE PROCESSES IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WHICH TELLS US HOW WE REVIEW ADMINISTRATIVE MAJOR AND MINOR SITE PLANS. THAT IS A STATE ROAD.

THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS

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SPECIALIST IN THE HOUSE. I SPOCK DOESN'TY.

THE COUNTY DO ALL OF TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENTS.

I WANTED TO KEEP THIS APPLICATION AS FAR AS POSSIBLE IN THE SAME PROCESS THAT THE CITY USES FOR EVERYBODY.

THE COUNTRY AGREED TO WORK WITH THE CITY, AND THE APPLICANT TO PROCESS THE REVIEW. AND COUNTY DO A VERY THOROUGH REVIEW. THE FLORIDA DON'T OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE TRAFFIC IMPACT IS CARRIED OUT UNDER A FORMAT THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THROUGH THOSE MAJOR ENTITIES AND FORMS WHAT WE WOULD BE EXPECTING TO ADDRESSED DURING THAT REVIEW.

THIS HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN IN ISOLATION.

CONSORTED DURING THE PLANNING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.

WE MAINTAINED THE SAME LEVEL OF ADMINISTRATIVE.

WHICH INCLUDES A REVIEW BY THE TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.

THE HEIGHT IS SET BY A 1 MILE RAIDIA.

WHAT THE OF THE Z.O.B.ING IN ONE MILE RAIDIA, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT. THOSE WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THIS AREA, AND EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. THAT HEIGHT IS SET THROUGH THE STATE STATUTE. AND THAT IS SAY PLIED THROUGH OUR REVIEW. RAIDIA.

WE WERE AWARE THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY POTENTIALLY WAS IN THE A2 ZONING DISTRICT AND WE CAN CONSIDER THIS AS SOON AS THE APPLICATION CAME IN. IT'S REFLECTED IN THE REVIEW.

WE SEE ON THE MAP. A ROW ZONING THAT OCCURRED IN 2015. THE REZONING WAS RECORDED AND DOES SHOW PART OF THE PROPERTY WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY THREE RESIDENTIAL. ON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THAT

LEGAL DIPTION. >> SO IN EFFECT IT'S NOT A ERROR. IT'S A MAPPING ERROR.

AFFECT THE REVIEW. WE DID LOOK AT A2.

THAT ZONING DISTRICT DOES INCLUDE COMMERCIAL USES.

AND ALSO INDUSTRIAL USES WHICH BOTH WOULD QUALIFY UNDER LIVE LOCAL. SO THEREFORE THE WHOLE PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL BECAUSE BOTH ZONING DISTRICTS ALLOW COMMERCIAL USES. THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSES 913 UNITS. 40%.

RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREAS OVER A MILLION SQUARE FEET.

THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA IS 1.3 THEREABOUTS SQUARE FEET.

THAT-- THOSE EDBREAKDOWNS ARE RUN.

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THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE LIVE LOCAL ACT ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FLOOR SPACE RATIO.

THE DENSITY PROPOSES 22 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

WHEREAS 30 UNITS PER ACRE ARE ALLOWED BY LIVE LOCAL.

4.5. WE WORK OUT THE FAR FOR THIS PROPOSEAM. IT'S LESS THAN ONE.

THE REQUIREMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AT LEAST 40%.

THE SIDE PLAN AND APPLICATION IS COMPLIANT WITH THAT.

CONDITIONS INITIATE A REQUIREMENT TO MEASURE AND COMPLETE THE MINIMUM 30 YEARS. RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA AT LEAST 65% OF THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA. NEEDS TO BE RESIDENTIAL.

THE PROVINCIAL IS 77.9. BELOW THE HIGHEST AMOUNT.

STATUTORY REDUCTION REPLIED WHERE REQUIRED.

APPLY AS FAR AS WE CAN. IT'S COMPLIANT.

PART OF THAT TRAFFIC REVIEW, TRANSPORTATION DID REVIEW IT, AND DID SET OUT THE SORT OF CONDITIONS THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO SEE APPLIED. WE HAVE INCORPORATED THESE IN THE 31 CONDITIONS. ATTACHED TO THIS APPLICATION.

IT INVOLVES A WESTBOUND RIGHT TURN OVERLAP PHASE.

THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT. APPROVAL FOR THE ULTIMATE DRIVEWAY ACCESS CONFIGURATION. PART OF THAT MAY BE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE SITE DRIVEWAY AND IF THAT IS NOT APPROVED.

AGAIN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE A.M. CAN'T.

THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A NUMBER OF ACCESS CORRIDOR.

THOSE NEED TO BE COMPLETED OR FINANCIALLY SECURED.

FOR THE A.M. CABLE PHASE. THE APPLICANT IS COMMITTED IN THE CONDITIONS. IT WAS NOTED TO PROVIDE A WATER TAXI CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SITE AND DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE TRANSIT STOP TO EXPAND PUBLIC TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY TO IMPLEMENT A SHUTTLE SERVICE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY AND THE BEACH AND FURTHER UP SEAWAY DRIVE. REDUCE THE EMPLOYEE COMMUTE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ON THAT PROPERTY.

AFTER THE REVIEW. 166.04151.

AT LEAST 40% AFFORDABLE UNITS. I DID INVESTIGATE THERE IS A CLIMATE THAT PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE QUART OF A MILE AWAY FROM THAT THAN INCORPORATES A MEASUREMENT AS A CROW FLIES.

NOT THROUGH HOW YOU GET THERE BY RROAD.

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AND ZONE C 5 AND A2. IT MAKES THE SITE ELIGIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL ACT FRAMEWORK.

THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATES THAT THE PROJECT SATISFIES A REQUIREMENT WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IDENTIFIED HIT GAITION MEASURES AND ACCESS APPROVALS.

THE PROJECT SHALL APPLY WITH APPLICATION FIRE DISTRICT STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES IN FOR CONSTRUCTION PLAN REVIEW AND PERMITTING. A LOT OF THOSE PERMITS, THEY'RE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ARE NOT PERMITTED TO HOLD APPROVAL BASED ON EXTERNAL AGENCY PERMITS BEING REQUIRED.

AND THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OTHERWISE APPLICABLE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AS CONDITIONED BY THE 31 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER. THE PROPERTY-- I'VE GOT SOME VISUALS OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF. FIVE BUILDINGS ARE LABELLED A THROUGH E. THAT IS THE WATERFRONT SEAWAY DRIVE TO THE NORTH AND TOP OF THE PICTURE.

SITE AREA, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT.

AND THEN THE BUILDINGS HOW THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN.

BUILDING C COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.

BUILDING "D" COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL.

BUILDING "E" IS THE HOTEL AND PARKING.

MOST OF THE BUILDINGS INCLUDE PARKING WITHIN THEM.

THAT FINALIZES THE PRESENTATION, MA'AM.

>> THE MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COMMISSIONERS? BRODERICK.

>> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

DIRECTOR FREEMAN THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I KNOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU, THIS HAS BEEN A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW BY YOUR DEPARTMENT AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT YOUR STAFF PUT INTO IT. LET'S DISCUSS THE UNDERLYING ZONING FOR A SECOND HERE. C5 AND A2.

C5 IS 30 UNITS PER ACRE. >> NO.

NEITHER OF THE ZONING -- >> A2 IS 8 ACRES PER UNIT.

>> NEITHER OF THE ZONING MEET THE 30 UNITS PER ACRE.

HOWEVER, WHATEVER THE HEIGHT OR THE ZONING OR THE DENSITY IS IN ZONING DISTRICTS BECOME MOOT ONCE THE LOCAL STANDARDS ARE APPLIED. IF THE ZONING ITSELF QUALIFIES FOR LIVE HE WILL -- THE MAIN QUALIFICATIONS DOT ZONING IN QUESTION ALLOW ANY COMMERCIAL USE WHICH BOTH DO, AND THAT IS DEFINED IN THE LIVE LOCAL ACT. THE HEIGHT AND DENSITY BECOMES SUBJECT TO WHATEVERS IN THE STATE STATUTE.

IN THIS CASE THE DENSITY IS OVERRULED AND BECOME 30 UNIT PER

ACRE. >> DENSITY IS OVERRULED.

SOUTH BEACH OVERLAY IS COMPLETELY RIRT ON THIS PROJECT.

>> I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S IRRELEVANT.

IT WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. THERE ARE SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THAT ZONING DISTRICT IN TERMS OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT, AND ALL THE OTHER ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS BALCONIES AND UNDERCOVER WALKWAYS, AND IT WAS-- WE HAD A SUBSTANTIAL DESIGN NARRATIVE DISCUSSION WITH THE ARCHITECT OF THE APPLICATION TO GET THIS PROPERTY IN LINE AS APPLICABLE WITH THE STANDARDS IN

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THE SOUTH BEACH OVERLAY. THE SOUTH BEACH OVERLAY OR THE COMPONENTS OF THAT-- THE DENSITY, THE HEIGHT, JUST GO.

>> RIGHT. I GET IT.

OKAY. I WILL TRANSITION TO THE NEXT TOPIC OF TRAFFIC. NOW I'M NOT CRITICIZING ANYBODY IN THE PROCESS OR THE T.P.O. OR ANYTHING ORGANIZATION BY ANY MEANS, BUT WE ARE ALL AWARE IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY THAT TRAFFIC STUDIES ARE MADE TO BE MANIPULATED.

WE ALL KNOW THAT IS A FACT. TRAFFIC.

ON THAT SAME NOTE WHILE I WAS SERVING ON THE PLANNING BOARD FOR 10 YEARS, THE CITY COMMISSIONED A TRAFFIC STUDY ON SEAWAY DRIVE. IT WAS DONE WHEN THE APPLICATION CAME IN FOR THE PROPOSED RELOCATION OF THE CUMBERLAND FARMS FROM ITS EXISTING SITE TO THE SITE WHERE GOODFELLAS IS LOCATED. AT THAT TIME I RECALL THE TRAFFIC STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT STUDY BROUGHT FORWARD IF MARK CAN FIND IT IN THE FILES AT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. I THINK IT WOULD BE VALUABLE TO SEE THAT. THIS IS GOING BACK EIGHT YEARS, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST. SEAWAY DRIVE WAS AT 120% OF CAPACITY. I I BELIEVE THAT SEAWAY DRIVE IS RATED AS A D-CAPACITY ROAD. THAT IS WHERE IT SITS CURRENTLY.

OBVIOUSLY WHATEVER THE TRAFFIC COUNT THEY'RE ADDING WHICH IS IN THE THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES PER DAY IS GOING TO INCREASE THE BURDEN ON SEAWAY DRIVE AND MAKE THAT EVEN MORE OF A NIGHTMARE DURING SEASON WHEN TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP TO INDIAN RIVER DRIVE ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1:00 NOW.

SO THEY GET A HALL PASS ON ALL OF THAT.

AND HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND DENSITY ARE STRIPPED WHICH FROM MY PERSPECTIVE TAKES THE SOUTH BEACH AND PUTS IT IN THE PAPER SHREDDER BACK HERE, AND IT IS SIMPLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH ANYTHING IN THE CITY. ANYTHING ON SOUTH BEACH.

THIS CHANGES THE NATURE OF THE ISLAND PERMANENTLY AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL TO DO ANYTHING TO STOP IT.

THEY FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURES. THEY GOT THEIR STATE APPROVALS.

THEY DID THE RIGHT THING, AND I APPLAUD THEM FOR BEING THOROUGH AND GETTING THE DONE, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. COME PAT WNL A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I KNOW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WELL. I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT. BUT I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER. SO I HAVE TO CONCEDE THAT POINT TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF WHICH HAVE DONE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THIS. BUT I DON'T THINK IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PLAN. HOWEVER, SOMEBODY SAID TO ME, WELL IT'S NOT THAT BAD. YOU ARE GOING TO DRIVE OVER THE BRIDGE AND SAME LEVEL OF THE BRIDGE.

NO, IT'S 13 STOREYS OVER THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE.

AS OUTRAGEOUS AS THAT SEEMS, THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE FACED, WITH AND NOTHING WE CAN DO TO PREVENT IT OR MITIGATE.

THEY'RE OFF TO THE RACES HERE, AND THERE WILL BE OTHERS THAT TRY TO FOLLOW. SO I'M VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF HUTCHIS ISLAND IS RELATIVE TO TRAFFIC, SAFETY, EVACUATION, ET CETERA, IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE OUT THERE, AND I'VE HEARD THE PLAN IS IF THEY CAN'T GET THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE BASE OF THE BRIDGE WHICH IS A VERY, VERY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE MIND YOU THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO ROUTE TRAFFIC THE OPPOSITE WAY UNDER THE BRIDGE WHICH IS A DIRT SURFACE. THEY'RE GOING TO IN ESSENCE SEND THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES A DAY ACROSS THIS DIRT SURFACE TO EXIT ON THE OTHER SIDE SO THEY CAN EXIT GOING WEST, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE BACKUP PLAN TO NOT GETTING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THAT IN ITS OWN RIGHT IS SIMPLY WRONG. I'VE DRIVEN IN THAT AREA MULTIPLE TIMES. IT'S LIKE A RUTTED CORN FIELD BACK THERE. SO THAT PLAN IS SIMPLY NOT GOING TO WORK. BUT HAVING SAID.

THAT I CONGRATULATE THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF SKIRTING CITY OF FORT PIERCE CODE. CITY OF FORT PIERCE ISSUES OR CITY OF FORT PIERCE RESIDENT CONCERNS.

THEY'VE GONE AROUND ALL OF THAT FOR A PROFIT MOTIVE.

SIMPLE AS. THAT I'M NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO THE ARGUMENT ANY LONGER THAT THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT IS GOING TO BE THE SALVATION OF THE CITY THROUGH THE ADDITIONAL TAXES THAT IT'S GOING TO GENERATE BECASE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OWNER OCCUPIED UNIT. THESE WILL BE VACATION CONDOS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 40% OF THEM RIGHT OFF THE BAT IS RENTAL. THE ARGUMENT OF SAYING WELL LOOK AT ALL THE TAX REVENUES THIS IS GOING TO GENERATE TO OFFSET THE INCOME STREAM LOST BY THE CITY. THAT DOESN'T FLY WITH ME.

AN IMPROPER DEVELOPMENT IN AN IMPROPER LOCATION IS NOT THE CURE TO THIS TAXATION ISSUE. IT'S JUST NOT.

THERE ARE BETTER CURES OUT THERE LIKE ANNEXATION, ET CETERA.

THIS PLAN FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE IS SIMPLY FLAWED.

THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH BEACH DO NOT WANT THIS PROJECT.

THEY MADE THEIR VOICES LOUD AND CLEAR.

AS THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE. I SUPPORT THEM AND I THINK THIS IS A MISTAKE. I CONGRATULATE THE DEVELOPMENT

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TEAM THEM. DID THEIR HOME WORK AND GOT THEIR APPROVAL FROM THE STATE. ONE OF THE WORST LAWS THE STATE PASSED. THERE WILL BE A FEW MORE OF THOSE IN THAT LEAGUE. AM I DISTRESSED ABOUT THIS? ABSOLUTELY. AM I GOING TO WANT TO DEAL WITH CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC ON THE BRIDGE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

IT WILL BE HORRIFIC DUMP TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT LINED UP ON THE BRIDGE TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THIS PROPERTY.

IT WILL BE A NIGHTMARE OUT THERE, GUYS.

LIKE I SAID I CREDIT THE DEVELOPERS.

I THINK IT'S MISCONCEIVED. AND WE'LL SEE IF IT GETS EXECUTED UPON. I WILL LEAVE IT FOR THAT FOR NOW. I HAVE A FEW FOLLOWUP COMMENTS.

>> MADAM MAYOR, I GOT A FOLLOWUP ON THIS ISSUE WITH THESE CONDITIONS FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND AS PART OF THE 31. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A LIGHT THAT WE KNOW IS NOT GOING TO GO THERE.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT REROUNDING UNDER THAT DIRT I TRIED TO DRIVE IT MYSELF. MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW MY HANDS ARE TIED, BUT CAN WE CALL THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. CAN WE DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW EVEN A STOP LIGHT, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ROUTE-- I CAN'T VISION HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ROUTE IT BACK TO TRY TO DO IT. THAT IS WHERE I DON'T GET THE TRAFFIC STUDY. I DON'T KNOW HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ROUTE IT BACK, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE DEVELOPER AND FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS GOING TO COME TO SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT AGAIN. NOTHING THAT YOU AND I OR ANY OTHER PERSON UP HERE CAN GET INVOLVED IN, BUT IT'S NOT MAKING SENSE TO ME. SO I TRIED TO DRIVE IT--

>> YOU CAN TAKE MY TRUCK THROUGH THERE, BUT IT'S MADE TO GO THROUGH STUFF LIKE THAT. IT'S HORRIFIC.

>> YOU SAY-- THAT IS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.

I DON'T GET IT, BUT I CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

SO I DON'T KNOW-- IS THAT-- STATE LEGISLATORS TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN OR IS IT JUST THEY HAVE AGREED.

THEY'VE DONE IT AND NOW WE HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT FOR IT TO COME.

>> I THINK IT'S STUCK, AND I THINK THAT-- REQUESTING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO REBACK AND REVISIT WHAT THEY DID HERE, AND REPRESENTATIVE WAS HERE LAST WEEK.

THE CITY SHOULD DO THIS, AND THIS, AND.

THIS I'M DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO THAT LINE OF OPINION.

PORCUPINE IN OUR LAP AND EXPECT US TO EXTRACT IT.

THAT IS SIMPLY WRONG AND THE STATE WON'T GIVE US ANY SUPPORT IN THIS MATTER, I DON'T BELIEVE. THIS IS JUST GOING TO GET JAMMED WHERE THE SUN DOESN'T SHINE. THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEVELOPERS. IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE BUYING THERE. IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO RESIDENTS OF SOUTH BEACH ISLAND. IT'S AN EXTENSION THREAT TO THE PEOPLE LIVING ON THAT ISLAND. I HAVE NO RESPONSES.

I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT. THAT ANSWER QUITE HONESTLY IS NOT SATISFACTORY TO THE CONSTITUENTS IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. BUT HOWEVER I TELL THEM GO TALK TO YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM.

THEY SAID THIS IS THE WAY IT IS. IT'S PASSED.

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

LITIGATE. SUE.

WHAT IS THE BASIS OF THAT LAWSUIT.

YOU ARE THE ONLY ATTORNEY. WHAT IS THE BASIS THERE.

IS NO BASIS FOR LITIGATION. THE STATE APPROVED THIS.

THE STATE HAS JURISDICTION OVER IT AND THEY MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. I CONGRATULATE ON DOING A GREAT JOB. THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK AND GETTING THE DONE. THIS IS BEING PUSHED INTO THE

CITIZENS OF FORT PIERCE. >> THE MAYOR: I CAN JUST CHIME IN HERE, WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

WHAT WE WANTED FROM THE STATE WAS TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHERE THEY WENT AND THE DURATION. WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO REGULATE THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT IT IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOODS.

THE STATE WON'T ALLOW US TO DO IT, BUT OUR CITIZENS IN FORT PIERCE WANT US TO DO IT, AND WHEN YOU SAY NO, STATE LAW, WE CANNOT DO THAT. OUR HANDS ARE TIED.

THAT IS SOMETHING THEY WON'T ACCEPT, DON'T WANT TO HEAR.

OUR CITIZENS WANT US TO FIX SOMETHING THAT THE STATE HAS MANDATED, AND MR. FREEMAN AND I HAD A CONVERSATION, AND MR. CHESS BECAUSE, AND I PROBED-- DID YOU THINK ABOUT THIS. DO WE HAVE THIS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT IS YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO GO AROUND-- YOU WANT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GO AROUND THE LAW.

YOU WANT TO BE-- AND MR. FREEMAN IS IN A-- HIS

STAFF -- >> LOOK.

OUR STAFF DID THEIR JOB. THEY DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.

I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH WHAT OUR STAFF HAVE DONE.

>> THE MAYOR: I'M EXPRESSING MY FRUSTRATION TOO BECAUSE DO I

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WANT DENSE DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS? I DO NOT. BUT I AGREE WITH REPRESENTATIVE WHEN SHE SAID-- THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE DEVELOPED.

JUST NOT THIS DENSE, AND I THINK THAT WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT.

IT'S THE-- ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF PROPERTY IN FORT PIERCE, AND IN THE STATE, TA,AND IT NEEDS THE RIGHT DPOAVMEDEVELOPMENT. I WILL SAY THE REPRESENTATIVES PARTICIPATED AND WE CAME ONE A BEAUTIFUL DESIGN FOR THAT PROPERTY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE AND ENHANCED WHAT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS LOOKING FOR AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE

IN THE ISLAND. >> CAN'T I DO THIS.

CAN'T YOU SUE OR DO THAT. >> I MADE IT REAL CLEAR THAT NIGHT. WHEN THE COMMENT WAS MADE THERE BY THE REPRESENTATIVE. WE HAVE A ON A STEWARDSHIP TO MAINTAIN THE COFERS FOR THE LOCAL TAXPAYERS AND NOT TO WASTEFULLY EXECUTE OR GET INTO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO USE TAXPAYERS FUNDS TO DEFEND WHICH IS SOMETHING WE CANNOT DEFEND.

LITERALLY THERE-- THIS IS A STATE STATUTE THAT EVEN SAYS IF YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT ACTUAL ENCROACHMENT UPON THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELF IN JEOPARDY.

WE'RE PUTTING THE CITY IN JEOPARDY FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS RACKED UP IN LEGAL DEFENCE.

I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY UP HERE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT BEING HUMONGOUS, RIGHT. I BROUGHT THIS UP DOING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOING FORWARD THAT DAY SITTING WITH ALL OF OUR COUNTY PARTNER PARTNERS. I SAID THAT DAY WE NEED TO MOVE TWO OR THREE STEPS AHEAD. OUR POSITION HOW DO WE PROVIDE FOR SAFETY AND-- WE NEED TO BEGIN TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY OF GETTING PEOPLE OFF THAT.

WE'VE GOT TO COME UP-- THAT BRIDGE IS INADEQUATE.

WE KNOW THAT. WE SAW WHAT THEY DID WITH NORTH BRIDGE. THEY BUILT A BIGGER BRIDGE.

OUR CONVERSATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND MY CITIZENS BECAUSE I SERVE ON THE T.P.O. BOARD IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE BEGIN TO CREATE MORE ACCESS AND SAFETY FOR THIS PARTICULAR GROUP BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR RESIDENTS OFF AND INEVITABLY THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE LIVING THERE HAVE TO BE GETTING OFF. WHAT WE CAN'T DO IS RUN AND STICK OUR HEAD IN THE SAND, BUT WE HAVE THROUGH ALL OF CONTACTS IN TALLAHASSEE AND TALKING WITH THE STATE REPS, ET CETERA, WE NEED A BIGGER BRIDGE AND AN EVACUATION PLAN TO ALLEVIATE THAT TRAFFIC BURDEN. THAT DAY, I TOLD YOU GUYS LITERALLY WITHIN I THINK I SAID SIX MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO BE SITTING IN THIS SAME ROOM LOOKING OVER THAT WATER AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE CEMENT TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING GOING ACROSS THAT BRIDGE DELIVERING THIS BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IT HAD BEEN AMIN STRAY TIFFLY APPROVED. MY CONCERN.

I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING THAT NIGHT.

REPRESENTATIVE CAME HERE AND MADE AN ACQUISITION HERE AGAINST CITY AND STAFF. I FELT A CERTAIN WAY ABOUT THAT.

AND I WANT TO THANK MR. FREEMAN AND HIS STAFF FOR SIT BEING ME A AS PROMISED TO GO OVER THIS SO I HAVE IS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING. WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE PROCESSES YOU WENT THROUGH TO DOUBLE-CHECK, VERIFY, BEYOND YOUR DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE INCLUDED OTHER EXPERTS THAT THE COUNTY GOES TO ACTUALLY VERIFY STUFF.

YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT. FOR US TO BE EXCUSED FOR AN ERROR-- WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE HAPPENS THIS GETS COMMUNICATED TO THE REPRESENTATIVE SO SHE UNDERSTANDS, YES, THE MAP WAS INCORRECTED.

WE TAKE FAULT FOR NOT COLORING IT AND NOT PUTTING THE RIGHT AQUATIC ZONING 2 WHICH ALLOW FOR THAT. THIS COMPLETE PACKAGE NEED TO BE PROFE PROFESSIONALLY COMMUNICATED TO THE REPRESENTATIVE AND ALL OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA THAT REPRESENT US IN TALLAHASSEE TO INCLUDE STATE SENATOR GRUEL AND STATE CONGRESSMAN BRIAN MAST. THIS CITY, YOUR CITIZENS SHOULD

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BE PROUD OF STAFF FOR DOING THEIR JOB AND DOING IT CORRECTLY AND I APPLAUD YOU, SIR.

I APPLAUD STAFF. THANK YOU. GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN CITY OF FORT PIERCE, WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL, DEGREED PEOPLE THAT ARE PROFESSIONAL PLANNERS THAT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THANK YOU. THIS NEED TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THOSE REPRESENTATIVES AND PEOPLE LISTED AS WELL AS HELPING OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN CONTROL BY THE PEOPLE THEY PUT IN OFFICE. AND THEN THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE THEY PUT IN OFFICE THAT HAS HIGHER TIER RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS STATE THAT HAVE PASSED LAWS THAT HAVE LITERALLY NOT HANDCUFFED, CUT THE HANDS OFF OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS.

THERE IS NO HANDCUFFING HERE, THEY HAVE CUT OUR HANDS OFF OF BEING EFFECTIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU STOP US TO DO AND BRING UP IN THE GROCERY STORE, FESTIVALS AT THE BAR. WE CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO JEOPARDIZE THIS CITY IN A LAWSUIT OR SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WE CANNOT EVEN DEFEND, IT IS CLEARLY WRITTEN IN LAW.

I'M NO LAWYER. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT LAW IS L LAW. AND WE CLAIM TO BE A COUNTRY GOING BY LAWS BUT THIS IS THE

LAW. >> ANYONE ELSE? >> REAL QUICK AND I CAN LET YOU GET YOURS. WHAT I WAS ASKING EARLIER, I'VE READ IT AND I THINK I'VE KNOWN IT MY ANSWER, I WANT TO ASK, I CAN'T TALK TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY. ARE YOU READING IT SAME WAY I'M READING IT, I CAN'T PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL SOMEBODY AND FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION AND ASK QUESTIONS? >> UH-HUH.

>> THAT IS HOW I'M READING THAT, I DON'T WANT TO GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE OR GET THE CITY IN TROUBLE. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS GOING TO HAPPEN, I CAN'T PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL SOMEBODY IN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HAVE A SIT-DOWN AND ASK THEM TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THEY CAME UP WITH THIS STUDY OR WHAT THEY ARE THINKING IS THAT HOW YOU READ THIS LAW? M MADAM ATTORNEY, IS THAT HOW THE STATUTE STATES BECAUSE I'M NOT TRYING TO GET MYSELF OR CITY OF FORT PIERCE IN TROUBLE BUT THAT IS HOW I'M READING IT, I CAN'T EVEN MAKE THAT CALL.

I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY THAT. >> NOT -- COMMISSIONER GAINES, I DON'T THINK THE ISSUE YOU ARE BRINGING UP IS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED IN THAT WALL. HOWEVER, THE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW A CITY COMMISSION VOTE. SO THE NATURAL FOLLOW-THROUGH OF THAT ISSUE IS THAT YOU ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. AND SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING YOU DESIRE TO DO, I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU IN PRIVATE BEFORE MAKING ANY SUCH CALLS.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT CALL BECAUSE I KNOW HOW THIS LAW IS WRITTEN AND THEY ARE WAITING ON, I WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU JUST TO SEE AND I WILL PROBABLY REACH OUT TO MY STATE LEGISLATORS TO SEE IF THEY CAN DO IT SINCE THEY ARE UP THERE.

BUT IT IS TO ME, WHEN IT COMES TO LAW, I AM THE LAWYER UP HERE, WHEN IT COMES TO LAW, IT IS COMMON SENSE. IT IS LAWS AND STATUTES, BUT IT IS COMMON SENSE, WHEN IT DOES NOT MAKE COMMON SENSE TO ME, I WANT TO QUESTION IT, I CAN'T DO THAT NOW.

I WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND NOT GO FURTHER. I WANT TO ASK YOU GUYS, I CAN'T DO IT IN PRIVATE BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE VIOLATION. IF YOU READ SAME WAY I AM, THAT

IS HOW I READ IT, THANK YOU MADAM ATTORNEY. >> YOU NEED TO GET IN HERE.

>> MADAM MAYOR, YES, THANK YOU. START OUT WITH I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS POINTS OF VIEW. I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT IS DOWNTOWN WALKING THROUGH PUBLIC OR E-MAILS, THEIR POSITIONS. UNFORTUNATE PART IS THIS PROCESS TOOK THE PUBLIC OUT OF IT. I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT UPON, USE ME AS AN EXAMPLE, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR DISTRICT TWO SEAT TWO AND THE AREA IN WHICH THIS IS ASSOCIATED.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS STAY ON TRACK AND READ FROM MY PREPARED COMMENTS FIRST, I HAVE

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NO INTENTION OF SUING THE STATE. I HAVE NO INTENTION OF BEING SUED BY THE STATE.

I HAVE NO INTENTION OF PUTTING THE CITY IN PREDICAMENT WHERE A LAWSUIT COULD ENTAIL.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AND BEFORE I BEGIN, MAKE CLEAR WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, I'M NOT ATTEMPTING TO SUBSTITUTE MY JUDGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PLANNING STAFF, KEV DID A GREAT JOB, YOU WERE PUT UNDER THE GUN AND HANDED THIS WITHOUT TRAINING WHEELS, WITHOUT A MAP, AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE COMING OUT OF THE PROCESS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT ASKING COMMISSION TO PREJUDGE THE LEGALITY OF CAUSEWAY CVOE.

I'M TRYING TO ESTABLISH COMPLETE PUBLIC RECORD REGARDING ASSU ASSUMPTION UNDERLYING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL. THIS IS FIRST APPLICATION, UN UNPRECEDENTED IN SCALE FOR FORT PIERCE AND INVOLVES ZONING, DENSITY, HEIGHT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE OBLIGATION TO STAND UP FOR LIFE, HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, THAT IS BEING TAKEN AWAY AT THIS POINT.

MY OBJECTIVE, FIRST OF ALL, GO BACK. WHEN I ASK A QUESTION AND KEVIN, I SENT A LIST OF QUESTIONS, I DON'T THINK I WOULD GET TO ALL OF THEM, IT WOULD BE TWO OR THREE HOURS. SOME WERE IN DEPTH AND I WANTED YOU TO BE PREPARED FOR THE ANSWER. OUT OF 17 I WAS GOING TO START WITH, I BREAK DOWN TO TWO AREAS.

THAT IS THE A 2 DEVELOPMENT AREA AND THEN I'M GOING TO FOLLOW-UP WITH SOUTH BEACH OVERLAY, I THINK THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT PART OF WHAT WE AS A CITY AT LEAST HAVE SOME SAYSO IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND CLARIFICATION THEREOF WHETHER PLANNING ENTERPRISATION OR LEGAL INTERPRETATION OR THAT TYPE OF SITUATION. SO NOT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO IDENTIFY EACH ORDINANCE, STATUTE, CODE PROVISION AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. MY OBJECTIVE DETERMINE WHETHER UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS WARRANT INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY LEGAL REVIEW BEFORE CITY TREAT INTERPRETATION OF LIVE LOCAL ACT AS SETTLED PRECEDENT. LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE FROM THE LEGAL WORLD BECAUSE I'VE HEARD OUR HANDS ARE TIED AND CUT OFF, IF WE SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE TOWARD THE SITUATION, WE CAN BE SUED, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUED. I THINK WE HAVE OBLIGATION AS PART OF CONSTITUTION OF STATE OF FLORIDA TO STAND UP FOR RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, MR. FREEMAN, I WILL START FROM THAT.

WHAT LEGALLY OCCURRED WHEN YOU SIGNED CAUSEWAY CVOE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL?

>> ISSUED ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AS STATE STATUTE REQUIRE.

WAS IT THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER, PRELIMINARY ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION OR

SOMETHING ELSE? >> IT WAS A STAFF APPROVAL ADMINISTRATIVELY SIGNED BY MY MYSELF, WHICH LEAD THEN ON TO REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT

TO MEET THE 31 CONDITIONS THROUGH OTHER PROCESSES. >> SO YOUR STATEMENT THEN IT IS

FINAL? >> FROM CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, YES.

>> OKAY. >> SO THEN ON WHAT DATE DID IT BECOME FINAL?

>> I THINK THAT WAS JUNE 29TH. >> OKAY. SO WHAT LEGAL RIGHT VESTED ON

THAT DATE FOR THE AP CANT? >> THEY OBTAINED APPROVAL. >> SO ENTITLEMENT GO TODAY WITHOUT F-DOT WITHOUT ENVIRONMENTAL, WITHOUT FIRE DISTRICT, WITHOUT TRAFFIC AND KEVIN, I KNOW I'M PUTTING YOU THROUGH HELL AND I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, I REPRESENT PEOPLE OUT THERE. I DID NOT WANT TO DO THIS, THESE PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE WORKING AND TRYING TO FIGHT AND FIND ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS AS TO JUST TAKING A BLANKET STATEMENT THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING TO HAVE

THESE THINGS ON THE RECORD. >> WELL, ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL CONTAIN 31 CONDITIONS, THOSE

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CONDITIONS CONTAIN ALL ITEMS YOU HAVE JUST SPOKEN ABOUT, EXTERNAL AGENCIES REQUIRE TO GET APPROVAL FROM EXTERNAL AGENCIES. PLANNING DEPARTMENT CANNOT HOLD ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL DEPENDENT ON EXTERNAL AGENCY PERMIT REQUIREMENT, THAT IS STATE LAW.

LOCAL ACT. WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT EXTERNAL AGENCIES AND INCORPORATED 31

CONDITIONS, I DON'T THINK MANY APPLICATION HAVE 31 CONDITIONS. >> YEAH.

>> MAYOR -- >> COMMISSIONERS, MR. FREEMAN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ADD AND MR. FREEMAN CORRECT ME OR CLARIFY IF I'M WRONG ANY CAS WIT, WHETHER MR. FREEMAN TALKING ABOUT THE FACT PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND CITY CANNOT WITHHOLD APPROVAL BASED ON EXTERNAL AGENCIES THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO LIVE LOCAL, THAT IS GENERALLY THE LAW WITH ALL APPLICATIONS AND THAT IS WHY YOU WILL SEE WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT DO COME BEFORE YOU THAT IS OUTSIDE OF LIVE LOCAL, THERE ARE CONDITIONS TO OBTAIN SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT APPROVAL F-DOT

APPROVAL AS REQUIRED. >> YES, LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> I AGREE. >> I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL, MADAM ATTORNEY, I UNDERSTAND PUBLIC HEARING MEAN THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK.

ARE WE, THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING, ARE WE GETTING TO THAT CLOSE LINE THEY CAN'T SPEAK? TO ME, THIS IS A LOOK LIKE YOU ARE TESTIFYING OR YOU ARE HAVING HIM TESTIFYING IN A HEARING. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT CLOSE TO THAT LINE? ARE WE CROSSING THAT LINE? WHERE ARE WE? I'M GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS HERE WITH THESE LINES OF QUEST QUESTIONING IN AT THIS TIME.

>> MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER GAINES, ANYONE THAT HAS SEEN ME DOING A PRESENTATION HEARD OF THOUSAND FEET RULE, THOUSAND FEET AWAY FROM THAT LINE.

THE MAYOR IS SMILING, SHE'S HEARD IT MORE THAN MOST PROBABLY.

THERE IS A LINE THAT EXISTS, RIGHT? LIVE LOCAL LAW DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A COMMISSION VOTE ON APPROVAL. IT IS DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY, HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHY IT WAS APPROVED. WHERE I THINK WE WILL BE OVER THAT LINE IF THERE ARE VOTES AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO AS FAR AWAY FROM THE LINE AS WE CAN SAY I PREFER BUT I THINK ASKING QUESTIONS FOR YOUR COMPREHENSION AND THE

PUBLIC'S COMPREHENSION TO A DEGREE IS ACCEPTABLE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, JUST TRYING TO PROTECTS US UP HERE, I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO COME BACK, THEY ARE LISTENING, PRETTY

SURE TALLAHASSEE IS LISTENING. CONTINUE. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GAINES, I APPRECIATE THAT. NO INTENTION OF ASKING FOR A VOTE, I THINK THESE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK AND HAVE ANSWERED. DID PLANNING DEPARTMENT RELY ON LEGAL INTERPRETATION FROM CITY DETERMINATION IN DETERMINING CAUSEWAY CVOE QUALIFIED FOR

ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL UNDER SECTION 4151? >> NO FORMAL REQUEST, NO.

>> PARDON? >> NO FORMAL REQUEST. --

>> NOT A FORMAL INQUIRY OF LEGAL, NO. >> SO IF ANSWER DEPEND ON LEGAL INTERPRETATION RATHER THAN PLANNING EXPERTISE, SHOULD THAT BE IDENTIFIED BY CITY ATTORNEY OR INDEPENDENT OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR REVIEW? INTERPRETATION IS NOT LAW, LAW CAN BE INTERPRETED, BUT THE ATTORNEY CAN CORRECT ME ON THAT ONE, BOTH OF YOU.

SO -- >> IF I MAY? >> WHAT IS THE QUESTION?

>> IF I MAY, MADAM. >> MR. FREEMAN. >> LIVE LOCAL SETS OUT THAT THIS APPLICATION IS APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY. TO REMOVE ANY DOUBT FROM THE PROCESS THAT STAFF WENT THROUGH, WE INITIATED THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BASED ON PRESENT

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OPER OPERATIONAL AND POLICY REQUIREMENTS.

THE REQUIREMENT FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW ARE CONTAINED IN THE CITY'S CODE VERY WELL DOCUMENTED. WE HAVE A PROCESS ONLINE WHERE APPLICANT SUBMIT APPLICATIONS AND FROM THAT WE GO THROUGH WHAT IS REQUIRE OF A MINOR OR MAJOR APPLICATION. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THIS TYPE OF APPLICATION DOES NOT REQUIRE SIGN OFF FROM THE CITY COMMISSION, A FORMAL REQUEST OF ATTORNEY REVIEW IS NOT NORMALLY PUSHED FORWARD WITH ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. AND THAT, WE WANTED TO FOLLOW AS FAR AS POSSIBLE THE PROCESS AND THE STATE REQUIREMENT THAT THIS IS PROCESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE WOULD PROCESS AND INTERPRET PROVISIONS OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW WHEN WE ISSUE A DEVELOPMENT ORDER OR AN APPROVAL. > BECAUSE THIS IS SO DIFFERENT, BRAND NEW OUT OF THE BOX AS OF JULY 1, PROCESS THAT GOES DEEPER THAN WE'VE DONE IN

THE PAST WITH NOTHING LIKE THIS EVER BEEN PRESENTED. >> I AGREE WITH THAT.

IN TERMS OF IT IS DIFFERENT, I'M UNDER OBLIGATION TO PROCESS THIS AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATION. I FOLLOWED THE CITY'S PROCESS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I GUESS WE AGREE THEN ORDINANCE 15-051 REZONE 18.2 ACRES TO C5 AND REMAINING AQUATIC PORTION GOVERNED UNDER A 2 CITY PORTION OF C5 UPLAND

ALONE ESTABLISH LIVE LOCAL ELIGIBILITY? >> THEY ARE TAKING IN

COORDINATION BOTH ZONING DISTRICTS ARE ELIGIBLE. >> ASKING IF ON C2 SIDE DOES

DE DENSITY UNDER C5 ZONING ALONE? >> NO.

THE WHOLE PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED. >> SO YOU ARE SAYING IT IS ONE PARCEL. CAN YOU IDENTIFY STATUTORY LANGUAGE PROVIDING THAT IF ONE PORTION OF THE SPLIT ZONE PARCEL QUALIFIES EVERY OTHER ZONING DISTRICT BECOMES QUALIFYING ACREAGE FOR RESIDENTIAL? WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, YOU ARE SAYING IT COMES INTO ACCOUNT DA2

THE 24 ACRES? >> BASED ON DEFINITION ZURN LIVE LOCAL ANY ZONING DISTRICT ALLOW COMMERCIAL USE QUALIFY FOR THE LIVE LOCAL EXCEPTIONS FOR DENSITY FOR HEIGHT AND FOR FLOOR AREA RATIO. THE A 2 AND THIS YOU MIGHT FIND THIS STRANGE IN A WAY AQUATIC ZONING DISTRICT, THE ACTUAL ZONING CATEGORY FOR A 2 ALLOW HEIGHT LIMIT OF FOUR STORIES.

THAT IN AQUATIC ZONING DISTRICT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

THAT IS THE CITY CODE. THE CITY CODE ALSO ALLOW COMMERCIAL USE TO TAKE PLACE UNDER THE DEFINITION OF THE LIVE LOCAL ACT THAT A 2 ZONING DISTRICT BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LIVE LOCAL ACT NOTWITHSTANDING PART OF THE PROPERTY IS C5.

>> JUST YOU SAID IT OUT LOUD AND THIS IS AN AQUATIC AREA, THIS IS WATER, IT CAN BE BUILT

FOUR STORIES? >> THAT IS CITY CODE. >> THAT IS MY POINT.

EVERY TIME WE GO THROUGH AN ITERATION, WE FIND QUIRKS IN THE CODE THAT PROVIDE A FOUR STORY FACILITY IN THE WATER AND SO WE MIGHT NEED TO STEP BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LANGUAGE AND REEVALUATE FOR THE FUTURE, RIGHT? LET'S DO THIS.

IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THE PARCEL CONTAINED 18 ACRES OF C5 UPLAND SAY 100 ACRES OF SUBMERGED LAND

WOULD ALL 118 BE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY? >> IF IN THE PROPERTY LIMIT

YEAH. >> INSTEAD OF 24 ACRE IN AQUATIC, IT WOULD BE 100 ACRE

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SAYS ALL CONSIDERED, THEY COULD GO UP 100 STORIES? I DON'T KNOW --

>> THE LIVE LOCAL HEIGHT TO 200 FEET, IT IS ALL CONTAINED IN THE REPORT AND THE STAFF REPORT AND WE HAVE REVIEWED THIS AND VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS WE CONSIDERED THE A2 ZONING DISTRICT THE DENSITY OF THE PROPERTY, THE LIMITS OF THE PROPERTY AND THOSE WERE ALL

TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. >> SO IN A DEFINITION OF DE DENSITY GROSS THAT MEAN NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS PER GROSS ACRE OF LAND DEFINED BY LEGAL SURVEY DETERMINED BY DIVIDING NUMBER OF UNIT BY TOTAL ACREAGE WITHIN THE PARCEL HOWEVER DENSITY NETS BY USING ACREAGE AVAILABLE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDE AQUATIC AREAS AND STREETS. HOWEVER, PROPOSED GROSS DENSITY SUBMERGED A 2 ACREAGE MUST BE INCLUDED. WHERE IS THE EXACT LANGUAGE THAT

SAYS THAT EXPRESSLY? >> NO LANGUAGE EXPRESSLY, THE A 2 QUALIFY FOR LIVE LOCAL IN ISOLATION OF ANY OTHER ZONING DISTRICT AND FACT C5 ZONING DISTRICT IS ASSOCIATED IN THE SAME PROPERTY, I THINK BEARS LITTLE RELEVANCE TO HOW DENSITY IS CALCULATED HERE.

>> I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH THE STATEMENT SIMPLY THAT IF THERE IS NOT LANGUAGE SUPPORTING THAT STATEMENT THEN THAT IS AN OPEN-ENDED SCENARIO, I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEBATE THAT. BUT THERE IS WHERE INTERPRETATION BEGIN AND THAT IS

CHALLENGE WE'RE FACING HERE. >> AND MADAM MAYOR -- >> I WANT TO BE CAREFUL, WHEN TALKING ABOUT LINES, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT SUBSTITUTING THIS BOARD'S INTERPRETATION AND JUDGEMENT WE'RE CLOSE TO LINE AND CROSSING THE LINE. I WOULD RECOMMEND WE AVOID TRYING TO SUBSTITUTE THIS BOARD'S INTERPRETATION FOR THE PLANNING DIRECTOR'S.

>> I WAS MAKING A STATEMENT IN CODE THIS IS NOT FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD A SITUATION IN WHICH STATEMENT BEEN MADE IN CODE THAT DON'T REFLECT OR MAKE SENSE, THE POSITION I SUGGESTED IS AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OUR CODE LANGUAGE THAT IS BE BEING INTERPRETED AND DOESN'T FIT NEED TO BE AMENDED. I GO BACK TO THAT SINCE THE DAY I GOT HERE, TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, THERE ARE QUIRKS IN OUR CODE THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT SO WE DON'T HAVE THESE TYPES OF SITUATION GOING FORWARD. HAD THAT BEEN IDENTIFIED OR DEFINED APPROPRIATELY WE'D HAVE A BETTER ANSWER, RIGHT? THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

>> MADAM MAYOR, POINT OF LEGAL CLARIFICATION, ONE THING LIVE LOCAL ACT DID SPECIFICALLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT FLORIDA STATUTE 166 SUBSECTION 7B SAYS MUNICIPALITY MAY NOT RESTRICT AUTHORIZED UNDER SUBSECTION BELOW ALLOWED ON JULY 1 2023.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND THEY TOOK THAT BACK ALL THE WAY TO JULY 1 2023.

SO THE ABILITY TO GO BACK AND CHANGE AND MAKE THINGS MORE DESIRABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS NO LONGER EXIST BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOCKED THIS CITY IN TO WHAT IT WAS JULY OF 2023.

>> OKAY. >> SINCE ON DENSITY SIDE OF QUESTION AND 200 FOOT LEVEL IS PART OF THAT, YOU HAD A GRAPH UP THERE WITH SOME DIFFERENT COL COLORED BOXES, CAN YOU IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHERE THIS 200-FOOT LEVEL COMES INTO PLAY?

>> YES. >> IS THERE A SPECIFIC PROPERTY BEING SUGGESTED AS BEING --

>> YES, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU. SO THAT IS THE ONE-MILE RADIUS EXTENDED FROM THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY. WITHIN THAT AREA, WE SEE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL R5 ZONING DISTRICT PROPERTIES, WE ALSO SEE I THINK IT IS C2, C3?

>> DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT. >> DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT AND A C DISTRICT ALLOW 200.

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THE MILE ACTUALLY CAPTURES NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THAT WOULD ENABLE THAT 200 FEET.

IF YOU LOOK, AND IF AND WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS TO SEE HOW FAR THE MILE COULD AFFECT THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF LIVE LOCAL ON THE ISLAND BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT.

TO KNOW I THINK IS GOOD THING TO KNOW THAT WHATEVER IS APPROVED ON THE CAUSEWAY COVE DOES NOT AND CANNOT BE TAKEN AS BEING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT LIMIT FOR ANY RADZ RADII.

THEY CAN'T HOP SCOTCH AND LIVE LOCAL IS VERY FIRM ON THAT. THERE IS A STATEMENT IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT APPROVE DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL ACT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE MAXIMUM HEIGHT AVAILABLE WITHIN THE MILE L LIMIT.

AND SO -- >> THE THING HERE AS AN ASIDE, PRETTY MUCH THE WATERFRONT PROPERTY COULD GO TO 200 FEET, I DON'T KNOW REST OF CITIZENS IN COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE THAT.

WE DO NOW, BUT WHENEVER COUNTY REMOVE THE COURTHOUSE FROM DOWNTOWN, YOU WILL SEE 200

STORY -- >> IF I CAN PREFACE THAT. >> MR. FREEMAN.

>> WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE CITY IN THE OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS WHICH POTENTIALLY ALLOW THE 200 HEIGHT LIMIT ARE OTHER CONSTRAINTS WHICH LIVE LOCAL REMOVED.

LIVE LOCAL REMOVE FLOOR AREA RATIO. IT REMOVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT IN INHERENTLY CAP THE HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS.

SOME USES WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED WITHOUT THE LIVE LOCAL. THE HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN ARE VERY MUCH CONSTRAINED BY THE OTHER FACTORS THAT AFFECT THOSE LOTS.

SO YES 200 FEET LIMIT DOES APPLY TO CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS. MY OPINION IS THAT LIVE LOCAL BY

THE WAY IT IS FORMED ALLOWS THAT TO BE MORE EASILY ACHIEVED. >> I WILL SWITCH GEARS ON YOU AND THEN I'LL BE DONE. SO YOUR RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER BRODERICK LIVE LOCAL MAY PREEMPT THE OVERLAY NUMERICAL DENSITY AND HEIGHT LIMITATION, DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY ERASE EVERY ARCHITECTURAL, ACCESS, ASSASSINATING, MASSING, PROPORTION, SIGNAGE AND VIEW

CORRIDOR? >> A LOT OF THOSE, YES. >> WHAT I'M FOCUSING ON SIGNING AND MASSING AND PROPORTION. SO THE MASS AND PROPORTION OF THIS PROPOSAL DWARFS THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR AND SO TO ME I THINK THAT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THE SOUTH BEACH OVERLAY DOES HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN THAT SPECIFICALLY IN SIGNING AND MASS.

I THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY PROP PROPORTION, THE PROPORTION OF THIS IS 10 -- 50 TIMES GREATER THAN THAT OF HARBOR ISLE. THAT OPEN DOOR TO REVIEW THIS

UNDER THE OVERLAY. >> MR. FREEMAN? >> OVERLAY WAS CONSIDERED.

THERE ARE A FEW ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THAT. AGAIN, WE DID LOOK AT THE OVERLAY AND UNDER THE PARAMETERS, SO WE'RE IN A CONFLICT BETWEEN LOOKING AT PROPORTIONALITY OF THE BUILDING AND WHAT IS PERMITTED UNDER LIVE LOCAL SO THE HEIGHT IMMEDIATELY EXTENDS BUILDING FEET, IN PROPORTION NEVER GOING TO BE PROPORTIONALLY EKQUIVALENT

DEVELOPMENT. >> DO WE ROLL OVER ON SOMETHING THAT EXIST AND CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT STANDPOINT THOSE ARE THINGS WE ARE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED UNDER SOUTH BEACH

OVERLAY? >> NO, I DISAGREE WITH THAT. THE BEACH OVERLAY SET OUT HEIGHT

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LIMIT THAT IS OVERRULED. BEACH OVERLAY SET OUT COMPONENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF A BUILDING WHICH WE ACCOUNTED FOR AND WHICH WE DISCUSSED WITH THE ARCHITECT OF THE BUILDING.

THEY INCORPORATED ELEMENTS OUTLINED IN THE SOUTH BEACH OVERLAY.

I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE LOOKED AT THE COMPONENTS OF THE SOUTH BEACH OVERLAY AND ADDRESSED THEM

WITHIN THE APPLICATION. >> I WILL LEAVE THIS OUT THERE, THE ACCESS, SITING, MASSING AND PROPORTION OF SCALE ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND YOU REVIEWED IT, THAT IS AN OPEN QUESTION FOR ME AND SHOULD BE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO THE OTHER SIDE IS THE MEMO THAT YOU PUT OUT SAYS THE DESIGN GENERALLY SUPPORT OVERLAY OBJECTIVE AND SUBSTANTIALLY ADDRESSES THEM. IS GENERALLY SUPPORT COMPLIANCE

STANDARD OR MUST YAPAPPLICANT W NONPREEMPTIVE STANDARD. >> YES, IT IS WORDING.

OUR VIEW AND REVIEW THAT THE APPLICATION COMPLIED WITH THE SOUTH BEACH OVERLAY.

AS FAR AS WE COULD IN TERMS OF COMPONENT OF OVERLAY WE WERE ALLOWED TO REVIEW.

>> SO THIS IS WHERE I ASK YOU FOR WRITTEN PROVISION OF PROVISION BY PROVISION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ANALYSIS, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE THAT. YOU REVIEWED IT AND DID NOT MAKE NOTES ABOUT WHAT WAS A PROVISION IN THE CODE AS OPPOSED TO OVERALL REVIEW.

>> NOT A DETAILED ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF LINE BY LINE, THERE IS A STATEMENT THAT IT DID.

>> WHAT I'M TRYING TO ESTABLISH IF APPROVAL IS BASED ON CODIFIED FINDINGS OR GENERALIZED PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT? YOUR JUDGEMENT I HAVE TRUSTED SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE AND TRUSTED IT WHEN I WAS WITH ANOTHER AGENCY, YOU ARE INCREDIBLE, EDUCATED, APPROPRIATE PLANNER THAT DOES THE RIGHT THING AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN EXCEPT WHEN YOUR HANDS ARE TIED AND THERE IS INTERMITTENTATION OF THINGS AND UNFORTUNATE WE ARE PUT IN THIS PORTION, YOU ARE AND PEOPLE OF SOUTH BEACH PUT IN THAT POSITION AND TO CHANGE DYNAMIC OF WHAT CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS TODAY AND HOPE TO BE GOING IN THE FUTURE. THAT BEING SAID, I WILL STOP THERE, I THINK I GOT PLENTY ON THE RECORD. I THINK THERE IS STILL A LOT OF ENTERPRISE INTERPRET ATION IN THERE. THE LIVE LOCAL, THE BEACH OVERLAY AND A2 ZONING, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE LEGISLATURE INTENDED FOR THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS TO HAPPEN. WE SAID IT, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS SAID IT, ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL. THIS IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE LEGISLATURE TO GO IN AND MODIFY THIS TO MEET THE CONDITIONS OF AN AREA. CONSTRAINED BRIDGE TO TWO-LANE ROAD WITH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SIX MILES AWAY AND ONLY TWO EVACUATION AREAS ARE WAY TO THE SOUTH AND THIS PARTICULAR ROAD, IT DOES NOT WORK. AND I WANT TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD AND KEV, I APPRECIATE YOU GOING THROUGH THIS WITH ME, IT IS NOT MY INTENT TO PUT YOU THROUGH THAT AND I HOPE I WAS RESPECTFUL IN HOW I PRESENTED INFORMATION, I GAVE YOU THE QUESTIONS UP FRONT AND SKIPPED ABOUT 100 OF THEM. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR PUTTING UP WITH THIS, I THOUGHT IT WAS NECESSARY TO GO ON THE RECORD SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTOOD WHILE OUR HANDS ARE TIED, THERE ARE DIFFERENT AREAS TO ARGUE CODE, ARGUE THE STATUTE AND PROVISIONS WITHIN AND AGAIN WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OUR C COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE CODE AND STATUTE WHERE INTERPRETATION COMES IN OR A PHRASE OR A LINE IN A CODE CAN TOTALLY DISRUPT INTENT OF THAT PARTICULAR CODE.

>> COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME APINE. >> COMMISSIONER GAINES.

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>> I HAVE TO FOLLOW-UP AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.

I JUST GOT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS CALLED A CONSTITUTION OF FLORIDA, STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED THE PRINCIPLE OF PREEMPTION IN THE CONSTITUTION WHICH SAYS THAT NO LOCAL ORDINANCE CAN OVERDO OOR O OVERRIDE STATE STATUTE OR LAW SO TALKING ABOUT OVERLAYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT STATE LAW SET THE RULES LET'S BE VERY CAREFUL THROWING OUT STUFF GIVING PEOPLE HOPE THEY CAN DO THIS OR THAT, THE CONSTITUTION OF STATE OF FLORIDA IS VERY CLEAR AND IT IS CALLED THE PREEMPTION STATUTE, STATE PREEMPTION AND STATE LAW RUNS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. UNLESS WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION, I'M NOT ABOUT TO GET INTO THAT, WE HAVE ENOUGH CHANGES GOING ON WITH OUR LOCAL ORDINANCE, LET'S NOT FORGETS THERE IS A FLORIDA CONSTITUTION AND PREEMPTION IS CLEAR AND DEFINED IN THAT

CONSTITUTION. >> THANK YOU. >> FOLLOW-UP COMMENT.

>> I BELIEVE, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GAINES AND LEGAL INPUT IS ALWAYS OF IMPORTANCE.

I THINK THERE HAS BEEN EXCELLENT COMMENTS MADE HERE TODAY AND I HAVE A FEW FOLLOW-UP COMMENTS.

WHAT HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT HERE IS WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND I WILL GO BACK TO 1776, TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, WILL OF PEOPLE S WE CAN'T DO THAT.

STATE DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THAT. GUESS WHAT, THE CITIZENS WILL TAKE IT UNDER THEIR OWN VOLITION TO TAKE ACTION AND I'M INVOLVED WITH MULTIPLE GROUPS OF RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WILL NOT SIT QUIETLY FOR THIS, OUR HANDS MIGHT BE CUT OFF AS COMMISSIONER SENATOR JOHNSON IS INDICATING, I AGREE WITH THAT ANALYSIS, THEIRS AREN'TS, THEY ARE NOT CONSTRAINED BY STATE LAW. THEY WILL TAKE ACTION THEMSELVES AND I SUGGEST THEY DO THAT. THAT IS THEIR RIGHT AS A CITIZEN TO DO SO, IF YOU LOOK AT POLLING DATA ON THIS PROJECT, IT IS 90% NEGATIVE. WHERE THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, WILL OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN FELT YET, WHEN THAT CASCADES DOWN PEOPLE WILL KNOW CITIZENS OF PEOPLE OF FORT PIERCE ARE PISSED OFF AND WILL NOT SIT BY AND WATCH THIS HAPPEN.

IT MAY BE DONE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, AS CITIZEN AND RESIDENT OF SOUTH BEACH I CAN BE INVOLVED IN THOSE ACTIVITIES IF I DEEM IT APPROPRIATE. SECOND, IT IS NOT MADE FOR THAT FOLKS AND NOT THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THAT. SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, DID NOT WANT YOU TO WHACK THE GAVEL. HAVING SAID THAT, I WISH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT THE INTEREST OF CITIZENS OF PEOPLE OF FORT PIERCE AND SOUTH ISLAND HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND THAT HAS BEEN NEGATED BY PROFIT. IT IS OF PROIT MOTIVATED AND PEOPLE WILL RALLY AND TAKE ACTION. I WILL RELY ON CITIZENS TO FORM WHATEVER THEY GOT TO FORM TO TAKE WHATEVER ACTION THEY HAVE TOIC TA. OTHER THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEGAL ACTION, WE HAVE NO CITY ATTORNEY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHEN THAT TAKES EFFECT WE HAVE NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION, PEOPLE WILL TAKE THIS MATTER INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, I BELIEVE.

>> MR. SENATOR JOHNSON. >> I WILL NOT LET THAT GO. COMMISSIONER THAT IS SECOND TIME YOU MADE -- ABOUT SOMETHING BEING ORCHESTRTED, SIR. LET'S CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AS THE DECISION MADE, SIR. I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION, WE ARE ALL PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR BEING CITIZEN BUT NOW IS TIME AS COMMISSION,

SIR, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. >> LET'S MOVE FORWARD. MOVE FORWARD, SIR, OKAY?

>> MR. FREEMAN, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >> NO THANK YOU, MAYOR, I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE PASSION AND UNDERSTAND VERACITY OF THE QUESTIONS AND I'M PLEASED YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF HERE ARE IN THE MIDDLE.

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>> YES. >> YES. >> CLEARLY.

WE DON'T WANT YOU THERE, YOU HAVE BEEN PUT PORCUPINE IS NOT IN YOUR LAP, YOU ARE SITTING ON IT. YOU ARE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE AND I RESPECT HIGH ROAD YOU HAVE TAKEN AND WORK YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE PUT IN. YOU HAVE DONE ANALYSIS AND YOUR REPORTING TO COMMISSION INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY HAS BEEN FAIR AND ON BALANCE TO

ALL PARTIES AND I RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THAT. >> THANK YOU.

>> AND YOU ARE A PLANNER AND WE ARE NOT PLANNERS, YOU ARE THE PLANNER IN THE HOT SEAT.

MS. HEDGES. >> WHEN I WAS SEEING DENSITY AND HOW BASICALLY THIS LAW SAYS THAT WE CAN'T MAKE THINGS MORE RESTRICTIVE, IT IS NOT ONLY DENSITY, IT COVERS FLOOR AREA AND HEIGHT, ALL THREE ARE HIT IN THE SAME SUBSECTION 7B, C, D, IT TIES YOUR HANDS WHERE YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND MAKE IT MORE FAVORABLE TO YOU, THEY BE GET TO USE WHATEVER IS LEAST RESTRICTIVE WHEN THEY ARE DEVELOPING OR AS IT WAS IN JULY OF 2023.

>> IS THAT APPLY ONLY TO THIS PROJECT OR ANYTHING ELSE? >> THOSE ARE LIVE LOCAL

PROJECTS. >> YES. >> I THINK OTHER ISSUES AT PLAY. MR. FREEMAN WOULD BE MORE FAMILIAR.

WITH COMP PLAN AMENDMENT, HE'S HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THAT, BUT I'LL DEFER TO HIM ON THAT AND

THEN I HAVE ONE OTHER STATEMENT OR POINT BUT -- >> MR. FREEMAN.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, YEAH, THERE IS NOT ONLY LIVE LOCAL IN THIS ISSUE.

THERE ARE MANY OF THE STATE STATUTE WHICH PREEMPT A LOT OF THINGS THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO DO AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE C COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT THE

MOMENT. >> UH-HUH. >> AND WE'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STATE ABOUT WORDING OF A POTENTIAL POLICY WHICH WE I'LL GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE, WE ASKED FOR APPLICANTS IN THE PLAN, WE SAID IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE CROSS CONNECTION BETWEEN PROPERTIES AND SO OUR WORDING WE'D LIKE APPLICANTS TO CONSIDER USING CROSS ACCESS ARRANGEMENT TO REDUCE TRAFFIC ON MAJOR ROADWAYS, THE STATE SAID THEY WOULD BE REJECTING THAT BECAUSE IT WAS PUTTING IN ADDITIONAL OBLIGATION ON APPLICANTINGS.

>> THERE YOU GO. >> ALL WE WERE ASKING WAS TO PUT THAT IN AS A CONSIDERATION.

>> AND THE STATE BEING DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE? >> FLORIDA COMMERCE, YES,

MA'AM. >> OKAY. RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND THAT GOOD NEWS. MS. HEDGES.

>> ONLY OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT, OVER YEARS, NUMEROUS AMENDMENTS TO LIVE LOCAL AND SOME THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONED TODAY HAVE BEEN FROM AMENDMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, DEFINITION OF COMMERCIAL USE. IT WAS AMENDED TO CLARIFY THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE TITLE OF THE ZONE, SO WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AQUATIC A2, WHAT IT SAYS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR COMMERCIAL USES ALLOWED WITHIN THAT ZONE NO MATTER THE NAME OF IT, NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER YEARS ARE CLARIFICATIONS THAT MAY NOT MAKE IT BETTER FOR CITY OR COUNTY, MAY MAKE IT WORSE OR BETTER. WHAT I WILL DO FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE, PULL PRIOR VERSION OF THESE SO YOU CAN SEE CHANGES OVER THE YEARS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WHEN MR. FREEMAN IS SAYING HIS HANDS ARE TIED OR SOMEONE SAID HANDS BEING CHOPPED OFF HOW THIS KEEPS CHANGING AND EVOLVING AND MAY NOT BE EVEN IN OUR BETTER INTEREST AS IT KEEPS GOING, MAY BE GETTING WORSE, I'LL PUT THOSE VERSIONS SO YOU

WILL HAVE THAT. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WHEN LEGISLATURE OPEN IT UP

AGAIN IT SEEMS TO MAKE IT MORE RESTRICTIVE. >> ANY TIME YOU HAVE A NEW LAW, THE HEARTBURN OF ANY LAWYER, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THINGS WILL BE ENTER INTE INTERPRETED AND LAWSUITS WILL HAPPEN AND NEED CLARIFICATION.

AS A BOARD, HOW FAR DO YOU WANT TO STICK YOUR NECKS OUT TO BE THE ONE THAT CREATES LITIGATION

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WHICH CAN BE EXPENSIVE ON YOUR RESIDENTS. BUTS WHAT HAPPENS YOUR LEG LEGISLATURE ATTEMPTS TO AMEND TO PROIN CLARIFICATION WHEN QUESTIONS COME UP.

SOMETIMES THAT IS HELPFUL AND SOMETIMES CREATES MORE QUESTIONS AND WE SEE THAT WITH ORDINANCES, WE MAY NOT THINK OF EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE SCENARIO, SO THERE ARE AMENDMENTS THAT HAPPEN.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE THOSE AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO GET THOSE TO YOU.

>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. I THINK WE WILL -- GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM ATTORNEY. THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO BRING. I WAS ON MY SOAP OPERA IN 2023 WHEN THEY BROUGHT THIS UP SAYING GET ON THE PHONE AND TELL THEM TO KILL THIS.

WE DID NOT DO IT. WE DIDN'T DO IT. THERE HAS BEEN SINCE 2023, WHAT,

FOUR AMENDMENTS, MADAM ATTORNEY? THREE OR FOUR? >> SEVERAL.

>> THREE OR FOUR AMENDMENTS IF I REMEMBER RIGHT AND ALL THOSE AMENDMENTS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE BOARDS ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE THIS AND WENT BACK AND SAID WE MISSED IT, PUT THIS SO THEY CAN'T ASK THAT QUESTION AGAIN. OR LAWSUITS THAT DIDN'T GO WAY COMMIS COMMISSIONER WENT. INSTEAD OF OTHER COMMISSIONERS BRING LAWSUITS, LET'S AMEND IT AND GO FROM THERE. THAT IS WHERE IT IS CHANGING AND EVERY TIME YOU THINK OF SOMETHING THEY GO BACK AND AMEND TO I THINK COMMISSIONER SENATOR JOHNSON JOHNSON SAID CUT OFF HANDS, I THINK ARMS NOW. WHAT COMMISSIONER BRODERICK SAID PUBLIC AND CITIZENS, I THINK 1776, THAT IS FINE. REMEMBER, GUYS, EVERYBODY LISTEN, YOU WANT TO MAKE CHANGE, YOU MAKE CHANGE BY VOTING. THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR. THIS IS ELECTION YEAR.

YOU DON'T LIKE HOW THIS IS GOING, CHANGE TALLAHASSEE. THAT SIMPLE.

GIVE US CHANGE TALLAHASSEE AND GIVE CONTROL BACK TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND WE WON'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. GET OFF MY SOAP BOX, I SAID IT IN 2023, SAYING IT NOW, CHANGE STARTS FROM TALLAHASSEE WITH STATE OF FLORIDA. CHANGE TALLAHASSEE, GIVE US CONTROL BACK, WE WON'T HAVE 45 MINUTE DISCUSSION ABOUT A BUILDING IN OUR BACKYARD THAT WE

CAN'T CONTROL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE NEED TO MOVE ON.

WE HAVE PLANNING BOARD MEETING AT 2:00, WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER.

[D. Noise Ordinance Enforcement Discussion]

WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU, MR. FREEMAN. >> NOISE ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT

DISCUSSION. >> MR. CHESS? >> MR. COST WILL GIVE US UPDATE

ON NOISE ORDINANCE. >> SHAWN COST, COMMUNITY RESPONSE.

WHERE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING REGARDING NOISE ORDINANCE AND THE EXISTING NOISE ORDINANCE ADOPTED DECEMBER 1 2014, STAFF AND WHEN I SAY STAFF, I HAVE COORDINATING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. STAFF, COMMUNEATIVELY HAVE SAME OPINION HERE AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT CONCERN, THREE MAJOR CONCERNS. ONE, NO RESIDENTIAL SOUND LEVEL LIMITATION ON SUNDAY BETWEEN 1:00 P.M. AND 11:00 P.M. TWO, AMBIGUITIES IN LANGUAGE AND/OR OR IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH STATE STATUTES AND THREE, CURRENT ONE LIMIT WARNINGS AND CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT FOR VIOLATION RECURRING WITHIN THE SAME 24-HOUR PERIOD AT SAME LOCATION. BRIEF HISTORY ON NOISE COMPLAINT FROM APRIL 1 2025 THROUGH APRIL 30 2026 THERE HAVE BEEN 1954 NOISE COMPLAINTS THROUGH DISPATCH AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HIGHEST VOLUME OF CALLS OCCURRED IN COOLER MONTH AND HOLIDAY SEASON DUE TO TEMPERATURE INVERSION, INCREASED OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AND HOLIDAY EVENT. MOST COMMON SUNDAY FROM 10:00 P.M. AND ACCOUNTING FOR HALF OF ALL WEEKEND NOISE CALLS. CALLS CLUSTER SEVERAL SPECIFIC ADDRESSES 14 LOCATIONS ACCOUNT FOR 32% OF CALLS. AT THE JANUARY 9 2023 CITY COMMISSION MEETING NOISE CONSULTATION ANTS PROVIDE DEMONSTRATION OF DBA, DBC AND

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DBZ SOUND LEVEL AND EXPLAINED COMPLICATION WITH IDENTIFYING SOURCE IN EFFECT OF COMPOUNDING SOUNDS. CONSULTANT ADVISE OF NOISE DIFFERENCE BASED ON TEMPERATURE ATTRIBUTED TO TIME OF DAY AND WEATHER CONDITIONS GENERALLY. SUGGESTED REQUIRING NOISE STUDY AND NOISE MITIGATION FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND THIS PRESENTATION WAS IMPETUS FOR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION FOR NOISE ANALYSIS AND STUDY OF NOISE CONTOUR IN THE CITY.

AT THE FEBRUARY 18TH 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT APPROVED FOR ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT TO REVIEW CODE, STAKE HOLDER CONCERN, DIFFICULTY WITH ORDINANCE AND DESIRED OUTCOME TO CONDUCT A CITYWIDE ANALYSIS OF SOUND ACTIVITY AND ESTABLISH SOUND LIMIT, RECOMMEND PERFORMANCE STANDARD AND MAKE MITIGATION RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE COST WAS $83, 314, FUNDING NOT IDENTIFIED AND CONTRACT NEVER EXECUTED.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WITH RFQ, IT WAS INTENDED TO FOCUS ON SELECT AREAS OF THE CITY AND LARGE DISCUSS WITH AGRITOWN AT THAT TIME AND RECOMMENDATION INCLUDE AMENDMENT TO ZONING DISTRICTS. SENATE BILL 180 PROHIBIT ORDINANCE IMPOSE RESTRICTIVE REQ REQUIREMENT THROUGH OCTOBER 1 2027.

IF ANY RECOMMENDATION ARE MADE SOME AMENDMENT MAY HAVE TO BE DELAYED UNTIL MORATORIUM EXPIRED. ALTERNATIVELY STAFF MAY PROCEED WITH NONZONING SPECIFIC AMENDMENT USING OTHER CITIES AND COUNTY ORDINANCE MODEL TO ADDRESS OUR CODEFIODEFICIENCIES.

SEVERAL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, ONE CREATE STANDALONE RESTRICTION FOR VEHICLE MUSIC.

RESTRICTION WOULD BE FOR PLAINLY AUDIBLE NOISE DISTANCE OF 25 FEET OR MORE FROM THE VEHICLE BY OFFICER UNAIDED HEARING. SOUND METER NOT REQUIRED FOR THAT ENFORCEMENT.

WOULD APPLY TO MOVING, STOPPED, STANDING OR PARKED VEHICLE ANY LOCATION OPEN TO PUBLIC INCLUDING STREET, PUBLIC RIGHT WAY, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC PARKING LOT AND PRIVATE PARKING LOT AND ANY PREMISE OPEN TO PUBLIC, WHETHER VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.

SECOND RECOMMENDATION HAVE LANGUAGE CLARIFYING PLAINLY AUDIBLE UNNECESSARY NOISE ENFORCED USING REASONABLE PERSON STANDARD REGARDLESS OF MEASURED SOUND LEVEL.

RECOMMENDATION TO ADD EXPLICIT AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS TO ISSUE WARNINGS OR CITATION WITHOUT METER AND WHEN PROPERTY LINES ARE NOT DEFINED NOISE MEASURED AT 50 FEET FROM THE NOISE SOURCE. EXEMPTION FRR GOVERNMENT-RELATED CONSTRUCTION.

UPDATE ESCALATION OF PENALTIES. SO CURRENT ORDINANCE REQUIRE WRITTEN WARNING AND WITHIN SAME 24-HOUR PERIOD SAME LOCATION CIVIL CITATION CAN BE ISSUED FOR SECOND OFFENSE, MISDEMEANOR OR NOTICE TO APPEAR ISSUED FOR A THIRD OFFENSE AND FOURTH OFFENSE VIOLATOR ARRESTED.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO ADD NO WARNING REQUIRED CLAUSE FOR SEVERE VIOLATION WHEN NOISE IS SO LOUD EXCESSIVE OR DISRUPTIVE IT IS CLEAR AND SUBSTANTIAL DIS DISTURBANCE OR BREACH OF PEACE. FOR NONREVERE VIOLATION INCREASE TIME PERIOD FROM 24 HOURS TO 48 OR 72 HOURS AND NOT BE LOCATION SPECIFIC. A FIVE-MINUTE WARNING ISSUED FOR FIRST OFFENSE, CITATION ISSUED AFTER FIVE MINUTES OR FOR SECOND OFFENSE IN THE TIME PERIOD.

MISDEMEANOR CITATION ISSUED AFTER ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES OR FOR THIRD OFFENSE WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD AND VIOLATOR ARRESTED AFTER ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES OR FOR FOURTH OFFENSE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. STAFF RECOMMEND THAT WE ADDRESS CHRONIC NOISE VIOLATIONS AND SPECIFIC LOCATION, CHRONIC IS THREE OR MORE NOISE VIOLATION WITHIN 30 DAYS OR SIX WITHIN 90 DAYS. FOR CHRONIC NOISE VIOLATION, POLICE CHIEF MAY REQUIRE C

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COMPLIANCE PLAN OUTDOOR MUSIC SH SHUTDOWN TIME, MANDATORY STAFF TRAINING, NOISE MITIGATION TRAINING, BARRIERS, SPEAKER RELOCATION, ET CETERA OR PROHIBITION OF AMPLIFIED MUSIC. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMPLIANCE PLAN WITHIN TIME SPECIFIED COULD BE TREATED AS PUBLIC NOUISANCE AND REPORTED T THE BOARD.

NUISANCE BOARD CAN AWARD DAILY PENALTY UP TO $250 PER DAY UNTIL ABATED AND DAILY PENALTY UP TO $500 PER DAY IF NOT ABATED WITHIN A YEAR. THE BOARD HAS RIGHT TO RECORD BOARD ISSUE AND IMPOSE LIEN TO THE PROPERTY AND FORECLOSE ON LIEN AFTER THREE MONTHS AND BOARD WOULD ISSUE ORDER RECOMMENDING THAT THE LIEN BE FORECLOSED ON FOR NUISANCES NOT ABATED AFTER TWO YEARS. THESE ARE FOR CHRONIC VIOLATION AT SAME LOCATION TO ALLOW US TO ENFORCE NOISE ORDINANCE AGAINST VIOLATOR AND JOINTLY AND SEPARATELY TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, AS WELL. SO THERE IS TWO DIFFERENT ENF ENFORCEMENT PATHS HERE. OUTDOOR SPEAKERS FACE INWARD TOWARD STRUCTURE AND ADD LANGUAGE FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ADD LANGUAGE THAT WOULD ALLOW ENFORCEMENT OF STATE STATUTE RELATED TO NOISE. RECOMMEND LANGUAGE FOR PARENTAL GUARDIAN FOR JUVENILE VIOLATORS AND PROHIBIT LOUD SPEAKER IN OR ABOVE ANY RIGHT-OF-WAY. THERE ARE SOUND LIMITATION CHARTS WITH TIMES ATTRIBUTED TO THOSE. IF CHARTS REMAIN SAME ESSENTIALLY FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 11:00 P.M., ALLOWED CERTAIN DECIBEL LEVEL FROM 11:00 P.M. TO 7:00 A.M., THE ENFORCEMENT MECH NI NICHL TRANSITION INTO UNNECESSARY STANDARD. STAFF HAS A COUPLE RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER IF TIME REMAIN UNCHANGED RECOMMEND SOUND LIMIT BE PROVIDED IN EXISTING TABLE FROM SUNDAY FROM O1:00 P.M. TO -- NO TIME FRAME. STAFF RECOMMEND THAT BASED ON LEVEL OF COMPLAINT RECEIVED AFTER 10:00 P.M. COMMISSION MAY WANT TO CONSIDER CHANGING THAT IN TIME FROM 11:00 P.M. TO 10:00 P.M. TO HELP REDUCE NUMBER OF C COMPLAINTS LATE AT NIGHT.

STAFF CAN EXPLORE OPTION OF HAVING THE SAME TIME FRAME SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M., SEVEN DAYS A WEEK OR OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES HAVE DIFFERENT TIME FRAME FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M. ON WEEKEND VERSUS DIFFERENT DURING THE WEEK.

FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES STAFF PREFER WE HAVE SEVEN DAY A WEEK STRUCTURE TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY AND ELIMINATE ANY CONFUSION. STAFF RECOMMEND THAT WE REVISE SOUND LIMIT TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN DBA AND DBC, THIS WAS RECOMMENDATION FROM SOUND CONSULTANT DURING HIS PRESENTATION. RESIDENTIAL LEVEL IS 60 DBA AND 60 DBC, STAFF RECOMMEND CHANGE TO 65 DBA AND 60 DBC, COMMERCIAL TO 65 DBA AND 70 DBC, AND INDUSTRIAL 65 DBA AND 70 DBC, SOUND LEVEL LIMIT DURING TIME REFERENCED IN THE SOUND TABLE. 11 P.M. TO 7 A.M. HELD AT UNREASONABLE STANDARD. ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE COULD BE ELIMINATE TIME TABLE AND ALL NOISE ENFORCED WITHIN REASONABLE PERSON STANDARD ALL TIME AND THAT IS ANOTHER APPROACH SOME HAVE TAKEN. STAFF REQUESTING DIRECTION FROM COMMISSION ESSENTIALLY THREE OPTION, ONE STAFF CAN PROCEED WITH RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS PRESENTED, PURSUE NEW RFQ FOR SERVICES AS SCOPED IN 2023 WITH CAUTION THAT MAY IMPLICATE ZONING ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DEFERRED UNTIL END OF MORATORIUM OR OPTION THREE STAFF PURSUE NEW RFQ FOR

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SERVICES FOR GENERALIZED NONZONING SPECIFIC PURPOSES. THAT CONCLUDE PRESENTATION,

ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. >> I DON'T THINK I'M INTERESTED IN SPENDING 83,000 ON SOUND

CONSULTANT, I THINK I CAN FIGURE THINGS OUT BETTER MYSELF. >> HEARING AIDS.

>> RIGHT. >> TRANSITION TO WHAT IS NORMAL PERSON CANNING TO CONSIDER TOO

LOUD. >> RIGHT. WE HAVE HOT SPOTS OF SOUND C COMPLAINTS, RIGHT? YOU MADE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATION, SO RECOMMENDATION ADDRESS THOSE HOT SPOTS, I PRESUME. ?

>> IT WOULD ADDRESS THEM THROUGH CHRONIC NOISE COMPLAINT CRITERIA.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT; RIGHT. I HAD NO IDEA SUNDAY NIGHT WAS A NOISY NIGHT LIKE THAT.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, CHANGE TIMES OR WHATEVER, THAT IS MY FEELING OFF BAT.

ANYBODY ELSE? COMMISSIONER GAINES? >> NOTICE, YOU MADE THIS FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTTION. I CONCUR, MADAM MAYOR, IF WE HAVE THAT PERCENT OR HOT SPOTS, TAKE CARE OF THE HOT SPOTS, WHATEVER WE DO, GET WITH THE CHIEF, HE IS HERE. WHAT I DON'T WANT IS OFFICERS RIDING AROUND HAVING TO LISTEN TO, GET OUT OF THEIR CAR AND LISTEN TO SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY CAN HEAR IT IN THEIR CAR.

I AM NOT TRYING TO WASTE OFFICER'S TIME SO TO SPEAK ON THAT.

HOWEVER, WE ALL KNOW THE AREAS, LET'S FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS AND THE PROBLEM WITH THE WHOLE STATUTE WAS OFFICERS COME, SAY MAN, TURN THE MUSIC DOWN. OFFICERS LEAVE, THEY WAIT UNTIL THE OFFICERS LEAVE, THEY KNOW THE RULE, IF THE OFFICER COMES BACK, THIS IS A WARNING, THIS IS ANOTHER WARNING AND FOURTH TIME THEY SAY WE HAVE THE DAY, TURN IT DOWN.

THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. IF WE CAN, WHATEVER, RECOMMENDATION COME UP WITH, IF WE CAN SAY THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, IF I SEE YOU AGAIN DOING THIS, I DON'T CARE IF YOU MOVE ACROSS THE STREET, THEY KNOW THAT, TOO, WE HAVE SIGN HERE, I WILL MOVE OVER HERE. NO, YOU ARE THE SAME PERSON, THAT IS YOUR SECOND WARNING, HERE IS YOUR FINE, IT WILL STOP. THAT ISULA SOME RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR, MORE TEETH IN THIS ORDINANCE. THAT WILL STOP BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, ONE AREA IS OVER BY WHERE HE STAYS, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE SLEEPS, I HEAR IT WHERE I STAY AND HE'S CLOSER TO THE NOISE SO WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, LET'S FOCUS AND START PUTTING CITATIONS IN THEIR HANDS, NOISE WILL STOP AND EVERYBODY WILL BE PEACEFUL. I AM LIKE THE MAYOR, 83,000 DOLLARS, I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYMORE NOISE CONDUCTION WITH THEM PEOPLE STANDING BACK THERE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT.

IT IS COMMON SENSE, YOU KNOW WHERE THE AREAS ARE, TELL PEOPLE TO STOP, IF NOT PUT A FINE IN THEIR HAND AND IT WILL STOP. THEY WILL SEND ME E-MAILS AND GET MAD, PEOPLE SUFFERING WILL

HAVE A PEACEFUL NIGHT'S SLEEP. >> COMMENT, LIKE A COUPLE PARTS OF THIS, MOVING VEHICLE PART IS AN ISSUE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS. AND YOU ARE RIGHT, COMMISSIONER, THE WINDOWS I HAVE ARE SUPPOSED TO BLOCK SOUND, THEY DON'T ESPECIALLY WHEN VEHICLE PARKED OUTSIDE MY DOOR AND UNDER MY WINDOW AND MY WHOLE HOUSE IS VIBRATING. THAT IS PART AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH POLICE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE THAT IS LITERALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING, MOVING SOUND, THEY SET UP AND MOVE TO THAT PARKING LOT AND DISRUPT PEOPLE AS THEY GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET TO THE SPOT THEY ARE GOING TO. THAT ENGAGEMENT, IF I READ YOUR REPORT RIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN ENGAGE THEM IF THEY ARE BEHIND THEM OR NEXT TO THEM OR COME IN CONTACT AT SAME STOP CORNER AND SOUND IS VIBRATING THEM, THEY CAN ENGAGE THEM AT THAT POINT,

IF I HEAR RIGHT. >> YES, SIR. >> OKAY.

PART ABOUT ENFORCEMENT WITH LIEN CAN'T PEOPLE THAT RENT OR DON'T OWN HOUSES, THEY ARE RENTING, CERTAIN HOT SPOTS, CERTAIN AREAS OF DUPLEXES, PUT IT LIKE THAT, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.

IF I HEAR YOU THES RIGHT, THERE WILL BE ENFORCEMENT ON PROPERTY OWNER TO HELP ENFORCE THIS

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NOISE. AS MADAM MAYOR, DOES NOT SURPRISE ME SUNDAY NIGHT, THINK ABOUT THE GROUP OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN OUR COMMUNITY, MOST OF THEM OR SOME OF THEM ARE OFF ON MONDAY BECAUSE THEY WORK ON THE WEEKEND, THAT IS THEIR TIME TO LET THEIR HAIR DOWN AND THEY HAVE MONDAY OFF, MAYBE EVEN TUESDAY BECAUSE THEY WORK THE WEEKEND AND NOW THEY WANT TO GET OUT AND BLOW OFF STEAM, I GET THAT. IT DOES NOT SURPRISE ME SUNDAY NIGHT IS VERY HIGH HERE AND THEN CULTURALLY IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES, SUNDAY NIGHT IS A BIG NIGHT, A PARTY FAMILY NIGHT THAT, TOO, CAN PLAY INTO THAT. I THINK AS WE GET INTO OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE GET THIS INFORMATION IN THEIR LANGUAGE, AS WELL, TO GET INTO INTO CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AREAS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THIS SUNDAY NIGHT THING HAS TO COME TO A CLOSE. AND I AGREE CONSISTENCY, TIME TO TIME, SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK.

>> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK. >> LIKE THE REST OF YOU EXCEPT COMMI COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY SAT THROUGH THE EXAMPLE FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM, HORRIFIC EVENT, HAD TO GO THROUGH IT. I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AND COMMISSIONER GAINES AND MAYOR'S COMMENTS, LET STAFF, THEY HAVE A GREAT PACKAGE OF RECOMMENDATION, DEPLOY THESE, IF NOT EFFECTIVE, MAKE ADJUSTMENT AND DISCUSS IT, YOU PUT TIME AND THOUGHT INTO HOW TO MANAGE THIS, AND I HAVE CONCERN FROM LEGAL PERSPECTIVE AS FAR AS MY LITMUS TEST OF WHAT IS TOO LOUD VERSUS COMMISSIONER JOHNSON OR YOURSELF. INTERESTING.

LET IT PLAY, STAFF PUT A LOT OF TALK, CHECKED WITH OTHERS AND THIS IS WORKING FOR THEM, GIVE

IT A TRY AND SEE IF IT WILL WORK FOR US. >> COMMISSIONER, ANYTHING TO

SAY? >> NO. >> OKAY, DO YOU HAVE DIRECTION?

>> YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU. >> WE ESHAPPRECIATE HARD WORK YOU ADDRESSING THIS.

>> APPRECIATE THE PD AND PLANNING AND ZONING INVOLVED IN THIS.

[9. Consent Agenda]

>> ME, TOO, GREAT. THANK YOU. >> NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY ITEM ANY PERSON WANT TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> ONE ITEM BRIEFLY I'M GOING

TO PULL IS C, I HAVE A QUESTION MORE THAN ANYTHING. >> ANYBODY ELSE?

>> G FOR A STATEMENT. >> G? >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER GAINES, YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOMENT FOR CONSENT AGENDA WITHOUT ITEM.

>> MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE WITHOUT C AND G, >> SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> CALL ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK.

>> YES. >> COMMISSION ER DZADOVSKY. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER GAINES. >> YES. >> JOHNSON?

[C. Approval to Piggyback Region 14 Education Service Center Master Agreement Contract No. 159768 with Granicus, LLC., for Software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions to provide vacation rental address identification, monitoring services, and a 24/7 hotline, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $75,403.00 over the three-year term of the agreement.]

>> YES. >> AND PIGGYBACK REGION 14 EDUCATION -- CONTRACT 562025WITH GRANICUS LLC FOR SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE SOLUTION TO

AGENDA ITEM] >> COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU, I WANTED TO PULL THIS, BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE GOTTEN AN UPDATE. THIS SYSTEM IS HELPING US WITH VACATION RENTALS AND WE MADE THAT COSTLY INVESTMENT AND WHAT WE COULD AND COULD NOT DO AND CALL IT AND NOT CALL IT, ET CETERA, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE, PEOPLE HAVE FOUND FORT PIERCE AND MAY HAVE MADE INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE AND ET CETERA, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TRENDS ARE, THIS IS, I THINK TIME THAT WE HAVE THIS IN DETAIL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE.

I KIND OF HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE INVESTMENT, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE PERFORMING, IS IT DOING WHAT WE NEED IT TO DO? IF YOU CAN HELP WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE IT.

I KNOW WHAT IT IS INTENDED TO DO, 75,000 QUESTION EVERYTHING, CAN WE SCALE IT BACK, IS THERE A

SMALLER PACKAGE, DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES? >> MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, THIS IS DOING WHAT WE NEED IT TO DO BY IDENTIFYING ALL ADDRESSES THROUGH THE VENDOR, THIS INVOLVING LITTLE STAFF TIME, IT IS EFFICIENT FOR STAFF. WE ESSENTIALLY LOG INTO A WEBSITE, LOOK AT THE LISTINGS AND REVIEW CITIZEN COMPLAINTS AND QUICKLY REVIEW LIST OF

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ADDRESSES AND CERTIFICATE OF USE FOR SHORT-TERM USE. IF WE DID NOT CONTINUE WITH THEM, WHICH THIS WAS PIGGYBACK WITH STATE OF TEXAS USES THE SAME SOFTWARE, COMPETITIVELY BID, IF WE DID NOT RENEW WITH THEM, IT WOULD REVERT BACK TO COMPLAINT ONLY ENFORCEMENT, STAFF DOES NOT HAVE RESOURCE TO SEEK OUT 30 PLACE AIR BNB TYPE WEBSITES.

THIS ALLOW YOU TO HAVE ACCESS AND YOU GET A PHONE CALL FROM A CITIZEN AND THEY SUSPECT OR THIS IS PROACTIVE MEASURE IF YOU WANT TO LOOK ANY LISTINGS IN FORT PIERCE OR HUTCHISSON ISLAND, IS

THAT MY UNDERSTANDING HOW IT WORKS >> IN THIS IS FORCED

PROACTIVELY. >> QUESTION OR CLARIFYING OR EMPHASIZE FACT THERE IS 24/7 HOTLINE WHICH CITIZENS WANT FOR AIR BNB'S HAVING PARTY HOUSES, THEY CAN CALL IN MIDDLE OF

NIGHT, THIS IS INCLUDED IN THIS? >> THAT IS CORRECT. THAT WEBSITE AND PHONE NUMBER IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT OR ERP TEAM WHEN THEY ROLL OUT NEW KCOMPLANT PROGRAM F YOU WILL, MODULE, THIS IS PART OF IT AND WILL BE REDIRECTED TO

THAT 24/7 HOTLINE. >> QUICK FOLLOW-UP, THE COST IS APPROXIMATELY $75,000 FOR THREE YEARS? HENCE REASON WE HAVE A FEW FOR VACATION RENTAL AND EVERYBODY LOOKING TO DRIVE THAT DOWN, THIS IS DIRECTLY RELATED COST, I WANT TO SEE REVENUE STREAM TO SEE ARE WE LOSING MONEY ON THIS AGAIN LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WE SEEM TO TOUCH WE LOSE MONEY TO REDUCE COST TO EVERYBODY. THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER. ASK CITY MANAGER TO GET BREAKDOWN ON FEES GENERATED THROUGH VACATION PROGRAM, THIS IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THAT NEVERMIND ENFORCEMENT AFTER THE FACT. THIS IS COSTING MONEY, WHAT ARE WE GENERATING TO OFFSET THAT? WHY ARE CITIZENS OF FORT PIERCE ACCEPTING NEGATIVE CASH FLOW ON PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED WE PROJECTED WOULD BE COVER SED. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT COST

BENEFIT, COST REVENUE BENEFIT ON ALL THIS. >> AGREE.

>> EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO GET TO, WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS, HOW MANY IN THE PROGRAM?

ARE WE COVERING COST OF IT? THANK YOU. >> WITH THAT, MADAM MAYOR MOVE

APPROVAL OF C. >> MOTION AND SECOND. >> CALL ROLL.

>> BRODERICK. YES. COMMISSIONER GAINES, YES,

[G. Approval for Commissioner Arnold Gaines to attend the 2026 Preservation on Main Street Conference in Cocoa Beach, Florida on July 23, 2026, at a cost of $447.48.]

COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, YES. MAYOR HUDSON, YES. >> NEXT APPROVAL FOR COMMISSIONER GAINES TO ATTEND COCOA BACH FLORIDA AT COST OF $447.48.

>> COMMISSIONER GAINES. >> WANT TO BRING TO ATTENTION I TALKED ABOUT THAT I WENT AND DID NOT WANT PEOPLE TO THINK HE WENT, WHY GO AGAIN. I SAW IT ON MY 101, I HAD CITY MANAGER AND STAFF LAUGHING, $447.48, HAD TO LOOK IT UP, THAT IS WHAT THE STATE CHARGED FOR TO COME AND THEN THEY DID MY -- I DROVE UP, WHAT? I WANTED EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND I AM NOT GOING AGAIN, THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA AFTER I CAME TO THE CITY.

THAT IS ALL I WANT TO DO. >> OKAY. >> MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE NINE

G. >> SECOND. >> CALL ROLL PLEASE.

[A. Decision to accept, reject, or counter a settlement offer received from the Plaintiff in Case No. 562025CA002199: Keene v. City of Fort Pierce. ]

>> MAYOR HUDSON. YES, MA'AM. >> DECISION TO ACCEPT, REJECT OR COUNTER SETTLEMENT RECEIVED FROM CASE 562025CA002199. KEENE VERSUS CITY OF FORT

PIERCE. >> MS. HEDGES, IS THIS YOU? >> THAT ONE IS GOING TO BE ME.

WE RECEIVED ON THURSDAY AND I WAS OUT OF THE OFFICE MOST OF THE DAY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND DID NOT RECEIVE THIS UNTIL TODAY. BUT I HAVE PRINTED COPY OF

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REVISED SETTLEMENT OFFICER PROVIDED AND IT IS UPLOADED TO THE AGENDA, AS WELL.

IF YOU SAW ME STEP OUT EARLIER THAT WAS ME CONFIRMING WITH MR. KEENE HE WANTS THIS OFFER TO REPLACE WHAT WAS ON THE AGENDA AND THROUGH DISCUSSION AND REVIEW, WHAT ESSENTIALLY APPEAR TO BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU WERE CONSIDERING IS POINT THREE OF THIS REVISED SETTLEMENT OFFER CURRENT LESSEE OF RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO ESSENTIALLY GIVE THE CURRENT OPERATOR THE ABILITY TO MATCH ANY WINNING PROPOSAL. I THINK FACTUALLY, SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND BACKGROUND, I UPDATED YOU ONE-ON-ONE, IN CASE I MISSED ANYONE, THIS WAS FILED BACK IN 2025.

I FILED MOTION TO DISMISS WHICH WAS GRANTED WITHOUT PREJUDICE MEANING THE PLAINTIFF COULD ATTEMPT TO REFILE TO STATE PROPER CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST CITY AND THE PLAINTIFF DID FILE AMENDMENTED COMPLAINT I FILED SUBSEQUENT MOTION TO DISMISS THAT WAS AGAIN GRANTED AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, THE POPULAR HAS ABILITY TO FILE ANOTHER STATE TO STATE PROPER CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST CITY, THE JUDGE ABOUT A WEEK AGO GAVE HIM 45 DAYS TO FILE THAT NEW COMPLANT, IF FILED THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED AT THAT TIME TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANOTHER MOTION TO DISMISS NEED TO BE FILED OR THE CITY ANSWER THAT. WHY I LEFT THIS OWN EVEN THOUGH DISMISSED, IT WAS WITHOUT PREJUDICE MEANING HE COULD REFILE.

THEORETICALLY, YOU COULD ACCEPT SETTLEMENT OFFER, WAY HE'S WRITTEN IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IN THAT HOW I WOULD RECOMMEND IT BE IF YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT SOMETHING OR OFFER SOME SORT OF COUNTER, HE WOULD NOT REFILE SUBSEQUENT COMPLAINT AND THAT WOULD END LAWSUIT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TERMS, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW, I THINK IT IS PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE FIRST AND THE SECOND. IT PROVIDES MORE CLARITY FROM WHAT YOU CONSIDERED TO NOW REVISED ONE. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. OTHERWISE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT THIS REVISED SETTLEMENT OFFER, REJECT IT, MAKE A COUNTER OR IF YOU NEED MORE TIME TO

CONSIDER WHATEVER IT BE WILL OF THIS BOARD. >> COMMISSIONER BRODERICK?

>> THIS IS -- THIS IS NOT -- NOT CASTING ASPERSION AT ANYONE, COMMISSIONER GAINES BROUGHT UP THIS IS MONDAY MORNING DOCUMENT THAT NEED TO BE ACTIONABLE. I WANT TO REVIEW IN ENTIRETY AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING THIS WAS THE PRIMARY CHANGE, I NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE AND DEFER

THIS UNTIL WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PROPERLY REVIEW IT. >> COMMISSIONERS?