[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.]

>> NEXT WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

>> THIS IS A TIME FOR ANY MEMBE OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. IF THERE ARE MANY, I WISH SHE WOULD LINE UP AND THE MIDDLE AISLE THERE.

I DON'T HOW MANY THERE ARE, BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND IN THE MIDDLE AISL POLICE.

IN SPAM, WE HAVE THREE MINUTES IN YOU WILL GET A 102ND WARNING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BIRTH.

>> POLLARD RATHER, I AM AT 29 O I AM HERE TO REMIND YOU TO URGE THE COMMISSION TO DEFEND THE WESTERN PENINSULA MASTER PLAN A A RIGHTFUL VISION FOR OUR WATERFRONT, THE CITY AND THE TREASURE COAST PLANNING COUNCIL INVITED OWNERS LIKE US TO THE TABLE FOR INTENSIVE DESIGN. WE DIDN'T SHOW UP TO SAY NO.

WE SHOWED UP TO CONTRIBUTE TO A BALANCED BLUEPRINT.

THE RESULTING VISION, IT CALLED FOR A LOW-DENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD, ANCHORED BY A BOUTIQUE HOTEL OF ABOUT 120 ROOMS AND PUBLIC WATERFRONT PARK. VISITS WHAT REASONABLE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE.

WE ARE FORCING THROUGH MASSIVE 17 STORY TOWERS, 900 APARTMENTS 400 ROOM HOTEL COMPLEX ON THAT EXACT SAME PLAN.

WE KNOW THE STATES IS BEEN WEAPON EYES TO STRIP AWAY YOUR VOTING POWER AND OUR LOCAL CONTROL.

STATE LAW DOES NOT GIVE ANYONE BLANK CHECK TO COMPROMISE PUBLI SAFETY AND DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE DEVELOPER'S PROPOSAL COMPLETELY IGNORES OUR INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITS, THE CITY 'S OWN DATA COMPLEX OF THIS SIZE WILL TRIGGER A 50 PERCENT EXCLUSION TRAFFIC ON SEAWAY DRIVE AND 80 PERCENT SPIKE IN THE ISLAND POPULATION.

AN ISLAND THAT RELIES ENTIRELY ON SIGLER RIDGE ESCAPE ROUTE EFFECT THIS ISN'T JUST A LONGER COMMUTE, IT'S A LIFE SAFETY HAZARD THAT CREATES A CATASTROPHIC BOTTLENECK DURING MANDATORY HURRICANE EVACUATION. DUMPING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND MASSIVE 280 SLIP MARINA COM INTO A SITE THAT WILL UTTERLY DEVASTATE THE FRAGILE ECONOMY O THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.

STATE LAW SHOULD NOT GIVE ANYON PERMISSION TO DESTROY OUR ENVIRONMENT OR RISK OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE ALREADY POINTED OUT THOSE PROJECTS VIOLATES THE LIVE LOCA ACT BY IMPROPERLY CONSIDERING THE DENSITY TO BUILD AND A PROTECTED AQUATIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE. IT SHOULDN'T ALLOW TO CONSIDER SUBMERGED WATER BOUNDARIES. I URGE THIS COMMISSION TO HOLD THE BLIND BIND AND DO NOT ALLOW RUBBER STAMPING.

ITS LEGITIMATE ZONING ERRORS, ARE SEVERE EVACUATION CONSTRAINTS AND STICKY THANK YOU .

IS NEXT. >> I AM TRULY JUDGE, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF LIVING THAT 1606 FRANCIS AVENUE FORT PIERCE 34949 . JULIE JUDGE.

>> THANK YOU. >> CITY COMMISSIONERS, THANK YO FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE SOME BRIEF REMARKS.

I HAVE LIVED ON SOUTH HUTCHISON ISLAND FOR NEARLY NINE YEARS, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT POINTS. IMV HEAVENLY OPPOSED TO THE CAUSEWAY CODE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

I AM DISAPPOINTED IN THE CITY GOVERNMENTS PLANNING APPROVAL O THIS PROJECT AS IT DISTORTS THE INTENT OF THE LIVE LOCAL ACT.

TODAY I AM CALLING ON THE COMMISSION TO VOTE TO SEND THIS

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PROJECT BACK TO THE PLANNING DIVISION, THE PLANNING DIVISION SHOULD REMOVE THE SUBMERSIBLE LAND FROM THE DENSITY CALCULATIONS FOR THE CAUSEWAY COVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THUS MAKING THIS PROJECT UNPROVABLE BY THE PLANNING DIVISION.

I AM SPECIFICALLY CALLING ON COMMISSIONER BRODRICK TO MAKE SUCH A MOTION. THE CITIZENS OF THE BEACH DESERVE TO KNOW WHERE EACH OF YOU STAND RELATIVE TO THIS PROJECTS. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS.

>> CHERYL IN JANE PHILLIPS, FOR PIERCE, THE SOUTH ISLAND.

GOOD MORNING. THIS IS A RANCH WRITTEN STRAIGH FOR MY HEART. I MOVED HERE WITH GREAT JOY SAF IN COURTEOUS DRIVING HABITS, AN 11 ATTITUDE NOT WANTING TO CHANGE A THING ABOUT THAT BEAUTIFUL PEACEFUL ISLANDS.

YEARS LATER I FOUND MYSELF A WIDOW LEFT WITH LIMITED RESOURCES IN THE HOUSE IN THE YARD AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THEM. MY SELF-SUFFICIENCY LABORING THROUGH ALL UPKEEP INCLUDING PUSHING MY OWN LAWN MOWER IN TH SUMMER CLIMATE, I AM VERY PROUD AND PROTECTIVE OF MY PROPERTY, MY COMMUNITY, AND THAT PRECIOUS LITTLE ITEM I AM SO BLESSED TO CALL HOME. WHEN I FINALLY COME UP FROM AIR FROM EVERYTHING AND START PAYIN ATTENTION TO MY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, I'M APPALLED AT WHAT I'M FINDING.

I LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE HIGH DOLLAR HIGH-RISE DEVELOPERS AND NY OWES THAT RESIDENTS DO NOT WANT.

IT WOULD APPEAR TO THE UNTRAINE EYE, THAT THEY HAVE LOST THE DIRECTION REGARDING DECISION-MAKING ON BEHALF OF TH VOTING TAXPAYERS. FOR CHOICES, CLOSED-DOOR DEALS, ALL INVOLVED IN THE CARELESS SPENDING, THE DOWNRIGHT WASTAGE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. RECENTLY RECEIVING MY TRIM NOTICE WITH THE USUAL HYPERINFLATED DOLLAR AMOUNT REMINDS ME HOW MY HARD EARNED MONEY IS BEING SQUANDERED.

NOW, WE HAVE NO STAFF LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO? AS A RETIRED ICU NURSE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED, LOST MY JOB, LOST MY LICENSE TO PRACTICE, BU WORSE, THOSE ENTRUSTED TO MY CARE WOULD HAVE SUFFERED. ALL THE WHILE, I AND MANY OTHER HAVE NOTICED A STEADY DECLINE I THE CONDITION MEANS ON THAT DARLING 58 PERCENT TAX BASE ISLANDS.

THESE FOOLS ON GARAGE ROCKETS A DECIBEL LEVELS TRAVELING AT DANGEROUSLY HIGHEST SPEEDS IN LOUD CARS AND TRUCKS MAKING THEIR VEHICLES BACKFIRE ALL THE TIME, SOUNDED LIKE GUNFIRE EVEN FROM INSIDE MY HOME. THESE NUISANCES ARE EVERY SINGL EVENING AND OFTEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.

I MYSELF HAVE MERELY BEEN RUN OVER TRYING TO CROSS BOTH SEAWA AND SOUTH OCEAN DRIVE AND HAVE WITNESSED OTHERS IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT. WHERE ARE OUR FORT PIERCE POLIC OFFICERS? I HAVE SEEN DRUG DEALS, READ ABOUT INCREASING THEFT, HEARD BLATANT THREADS TO RESIDENTS IN PUBLIC PLACES. WE HAVE BEEN TAGGED BY AGAIN, AGAIN. WHY ARE THESE DANGEROUS AND UNLAWFUL BEHAVIORS BEING ALLOWE TO CONTINUE? I HAVE NEITHER SEEN NOR HEARD THE PRESENCE OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKING ACTION ON THE ISLAND TO REIGN IN ANY OF THIS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN OF. WHY IS THAT THE? I FEEL NEITHER PROTECTED NOR SERVED.

TWO OFFICERS PARKED IN THE JETT PARK TAKING NO ACTION AND MAKIN NO IMPACT WITH SHENANIGANS GOIN ON ALL AROUND, WHEN APPROACHED AND ASKED BY A FRIEND OF MINE A TO WHY, THE OFFICER SAID THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO LEAVE THEIR POSITIONS AND SAID GO ASK YOUR CITY COUNCIL. THEY ARE BEING TOLD TO STAND DOWN, ANOTHER WASTE OF RESOURCES .

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. KICKING GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. I AM JIM MOYER, THE INDIAN RIVE KEEPER. I LIVE FOR 5215 SOUTHEAST LIAM' WAY COUNTY, STEWART. I GREW UP IN MIAMI.

I AM IN NATIVE FLORIDIAN. I WATCH WHAT HAPPENED TO MIAMI AS YEARS WENT BY. ITS TAX BASE IMPROVING, BUT IT IS QUALITY OF LIFE TO GRADING. ENVIRONMENT SUFFERED.

THE COFFEE ATTRACT, IT WAS THE MAIN ATTRACTION TO SOUTH FLORIDA , IT WAS DESTROYED BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND OVERDEVELOPMENT. I REPRESENT THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON THAT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO NEW SMYRNA BEACH, WATCHING THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, THE TREASURE COAST GET TO CREATED B BAD POLICIES, BED DEVELOPMENT, LACK OF AWARENESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE ENVIRONMENT IS HEARTBREAKING.

YOU LIVE RIGHT WHERE THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON IS AT ITS BEST, TH

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RECOVERY FROM 1,000 CUTS IS MOS EVIDENT RIGHT HERE IN FORT PIERCE. YOU RISK THAT, TERRIBLY RISK THAT BY UNWISE DEVELOPMENTS BEING FORCED BY A PREEMPTIVE STATE LEGISLATURE ENDS AT NATIONAL GOVERNMENT THAT REALLY DOESN'T CARE. PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO PRESERVE WHAT YOU HAVE. IF YOU DON'T, IT WILL BE GONE FOREVER. THAT THING, WHICH BROUGHT US AL HERE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNIN THAT WENT BEFORE US, HAS MADE THIS PLACE WHAT IT IS. YOU GUYS REMOVED OAK WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, AND NOW REPLACING IT WITH A MONSTROSITY IS JUST NOT OKAY. ALLOWING THE SPACE INDUSTRY TO GUIDE GEORGE OF ACTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT IS JUST NOT OKAY. THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO GO OU OF YOUR CONTROL FASTER THEN YOU KNOW.

YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO COME BACK, NATURE IS INCREDIBLY RESILIENT AND WE ARE SEEING THAT TODAY. IF YOU PUSH IT TOO HARD, IT WIL COLLAPSE. YOU DON'T HAVE SECOND CHANCES I THIS. PLEASE DO WHICH YOU CAN TO SLOW THE ROLE. GET AWARE OF WHAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO DO TO YOUR TAXPAYERS, TO YOUR COMMUNITIES, HOW THE HEART AND SOUL OF FORT PIERCE WILL BE RIPPED OUT BY THESE MASSIVE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE WAY BEYOND ANY SORT OF CONTROL. YOU NEED TO DO THIS NOW OR ELSE ALL OF US WILL PAY FOR IT, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, WHO NEEDS TO HAVE A VICE VOICE IN THIS CONVERSATION, HAS TO BE CONSIDERED. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS.

THIS IS WAY OUT OF SCALE AND IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE REASONABLE AND MORE EFFECTIVE FOR CONTROLLING THE HEALTH OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.

FIGURE. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

IS NEXT? >> GOOD MORNING.

I LIVE AT 1802 ST. LUCIE CARDS, MY CONCERNS TODAY WITH ALL OF THIS GROWTH IS ABOUT SOME OF OU CITIES PAST LEASES AND LEGAL ISSUES. IN APRIL OF 2019 THE CITY CHOSE TO RENEW A TWENTY-YEAR STAPLE I OUR COMMUNITY, THE ORIGINAL TIK BAR ON THE FORT PIERCE MARINA. INSTEAD OF WORDED IT TO A ST.

PETERSBURG CONGLOMERATE NAMED TRAPPIST OXIDE, IN FIVE SHORT YEARS I THINK WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THE RESULT WAS $200,00 WORTH OF UNPAID RENT AND TAXES AND AN UNOCCUPIED BUSINESS ON OUR WATERFRONT. REVIEWING A FEW OTHERS I NOTICE IN OCTOBER OF 21, THE CITY LEASED OUT THE 1930S MEANS COURT CENTER TO A NONPROFIT LLC CENTER TO THE INCUBATE.

THIS IS A 20 YEAR LEASE FOR $12 A YEAR, THE LEASE CLEARLY STATE THE TENANT IS TO PAY ALL ELECTRIC, WATER, AND MAINTENANCE . IN 2025 IT WAS DISCOVERED THIS DEBATE OVER $103,000 FOR THESE UTILITIES.

THE TENANT IS STILL IN THE BUILDING AND THE MONEY REMAINS UNCOLLECTED. ANOTHER BAD DECISION.

IN OCTOBER OF 2022, THIS CITY LEASES ARE HISTORIC LINCOLN THEATER IN THE ADJACENT LOT TO THE LINCOLN YOUNG PROFESSIONALS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FREIGHT THE LEASE AMOUNT FOR WAS FOR $1 A YEAR IN THEN FUNDED BY A $500,000 BOOM BROWN TO THE ORGANIZATION PER TO THIS DATE THE PROPERTY IS UNDEVELOPED.

THE HALF-MILLION PALACES UNACCOUNTED FOR AND I'M SORRY LINKIN PARK, YOUR COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDED THAT.

DURING THIS WHOLE TIMELINE IN GIVING YOU, OUR CITY MANAGER WA NICHOLAS MIMS. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT HE WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST OF 2024 FOR OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND BID RIGGING. MY CONCERN IS HOW MANY OTHER CITY LEASES ARE NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST? I WOULD HOPE MAY BE AN INTERNAL ART THAT WOULD BE AN ORATOR.

WHEN THIS COMMISSION COUNSELED, THE CITY ATTORNEY SARAH HEDGES CONTRACT, THEN OUR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY RESIGNS, THEN THE TEMPORARY ATTORNEY STEPS DOWN WITHOUT SOUND LEGAL REPRESENTATION, WE CITIZENS BECOME VERY VULNERABLE.

IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE WE ALL MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS TODAY.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. WHO WAS NEXT?

>> I AM IN EVA'S LIGHT AT 36 HARBOR I'LL DRIVE.

BORN AND RAISED IN WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA, AND MY WIFE IN I MOVED UP YOUR 24 YEARS AGO I THINK IT WAS IN THE REASON WHY WAS BASICALLY BECAUSE I SAW WHA HAPPENED TO THE WATERFRONT THER AND JUST THE TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING DOWN THERE.

FORT PIERCE KIND OF REMINDED ME OF ALL OF FLORIDA.

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WHERE I'M NOT TOTALLY OPPOSED T GROWTH.

IN THINK GROWTH IS GOOD IN SOME WAYS, BUT THIS IS THE WAY I WOULD SCALE IT, IT NEEDS TO BE REASONABLE AND HAVE A BALANCE O GROWTH, BUT YET MAKE IT LOOK LIKE FORT LAUDERDALE.

I AM JUST ASKING YOU CONSIDER THIS AND USE AND MY OPINION COMMON SENSE, ALREADY THE AMOUN OF TRAFFIC THAT IS UP AND DOWN SEAWAY DRIVE IS ALREADY OVERSIGHT, SO I CAN'T IMAGINE LET'S MAKE THAT FOUR LANES NOW, GET RID OF THE BEACH AND HAVE A FREE WAY UP IN FRONT OF THERE. I DON'T SEE HOW THEY CAN DO THA AND STILL HAVE THE FLORIDA FEEL. I'M NOT TOTALLY OPPOSED TO GROWTH, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE REASONABLE WITH THIS AND 17 STORY HIGH-RISE IS KIND OF CRAZY .

UNFAMILIAR WITH WHAT YOU NEED WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS FAR AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

JUST NOT EQUIPPED AS IT IS NOW AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE IT BECAUSE WHEN SHE GO THIS WAY, W CAN NEVER REVERSE THE TAPE, WE CAN EVER TAKE IT DOWN AND HAVE WHAT WE HAVE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'LL HAVE ABOUT FORT PIERCE, IT'S SO QUAINT AND WE LOVE IT UP HERE. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU DON'T RUIN THAT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS

OPPORTUNITY. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

YES, MA'AM. >> I AM CHRISTINE KING, I AM ALSO A RESIDENT ON SOUTH HUTCHISON ISLAND BY THE GRACE O GOD. I WENT TO THE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AND I KNEW THIS DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THE EXTENT OF IT. WHEN I SAW THE PICTURES OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE PLANNING ON DOING, IT IS PROGRESS ON STEROIDS IN I BROKE MY HEART. SO I INQUIRED WHERE THE SCIENTIST FROM SMITHSONIAN, HARBOR BRANCH, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED , THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, WHICH I AND ALUMNI OF, AND ON THURSDAY AT 8:00 P.M., S THEN ON FRIDAY I SPENT SIX AND HALF-7 HOURS ON THE PHONE FINDING OUT WHERE ARE THE SCIENTIST THAT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO TO OUR PRECIOUS LAGOON, WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD GOD ONLY BUILT ONE.

I STARTED MAKING PHONE CALLS. I COULDN'T GET THROUGH THIS THE SMITHSONIAN FROM MY HOME SO I CALLED, WASHINGTON, DC.

FOR SMITHSONIAN AND WASHINGTON, DC TICKETS A MONTH ON THE PHONE THERE TO CONTACT SOMEONE ON THE PHONE DOWN HERE THEY DID CALL M BACK AND THAT WAS VALERIE PAUL. I HAVE FOR CONTACT INFORMATION.

I SAID WHY ARE YOU NOT AT THESE MEETINGS.

SHE SAID WE'RE A NONPROFIT AND WE CAN'T DO THAT.

BLAH BLAH BLAH. I CAN'T ADVOCATE.

I KEPT SAYING I DON'T WANT YOU TO ADVOCATE, I WANT YOU TO EDUCATE BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE SCIENTIST AT EVERY SINGLE ONE O THESE MEETINGS EDUCATING WHAT I GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT LAGOON.

IT WILL DESTROY IT. LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID, IT WIL NOT COME BACK. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LEAVE HERE BECAUSE OUR WATERS ARE NOT GOIN TO BE PRETTY ANYMORE.

ONCE IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE. IT'S AN ECOSYSTEM.

ONCE IT'S GONE, IT IS GONE. I'VE CALLED OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC, I HAVE LEFT MESSAGES WITH MARK PERRY.

HARBOR BRANCH, KIND OF LIKE THI MISS ON THE INCOME IT YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH ANYBODY THERE. VALERIE PAUL, I DO HAVE A PHONE NUMBER FOR HER. SHE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE I SAID I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE HERE TO STUDY THE LAGOON.

WITH YOU GOING TO DO WHEN IT'S GONE? STUDY THE ASHES? I FINALLY GOT IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.

THAT PERSON DID CALL ME BACK I HAD A LONG IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIO WITH HER, BUT SHE KEPT SAYING THE SAME THING, WE CANNOT ADVOCATE WHERE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

I KEPT SAYING I DON'T WANT YOU TO ADVOCATE I WANT YOU TO EDUCATE. SHOULD BE EDUCATING WHAT'S GOIN TO HAPPEN TO THAT LAGOON. IT WILL NOT COME BACK.

I ASKED HER FINALL WHIPPED WE HAVE TO DO TO GET YOU TO COME? SHE SAID WE HAVE TO BE INVITED. I SAID I'M INVITING YOU.

SHE SAID YOU CAN'T. I SAID WHO CAN? SHE SAID COMMISSIONER, A PERSON OF OFFICE SO I HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO CALL AND INVITE THE SCIENTIST

. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

YOU'RE TIME IS UP. >> AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> IS NEXT? FOR CUTE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS

INFORMATION? >> PLEASE GIVE IT TO THE CLERK.

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HAVE A FEW MORE COPIES FOR ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE THEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR HUDSON, COMMISSIONERS, GOOD MORNING. I AM CHRISTINA BILL, REPRESENTING JUSTIN BEACH TODAY. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PORT MASTER PLAN. THIS PROCESS HAS BECOME VERY CONCERNING TO US. WHY ARE WE BEING EXCLUDED? WHEN I SAY WE, I AM SEEING JUSTIN BEACH INC. AS WELL AS TH PUBLIC, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS FROM OURSELVES. WE WERE PROMISED A MEETING AND YET HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO MEE IN THE PAST WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

NOW WE ARE BEING EXCLUDED. I ASK YOU WHY IS THIS? IS THIS INTENTIONAL? DESTIN BEACH INC. WHICH I AM REPRESENTING TODAY IS THE MAJORITY LANDOWNER WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS BEING PROPOSED, BUT YET WE ARE NOT BEING HEARD.

WE ARE BEING LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS.

I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT IT ALMOST APPEARS AT THIS POINT THAT PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE NOT BEING RESPECTED.

I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD EVER BE BEFORE THIS COMMISSION SAYING THESE WORDS. I DISTINCTLY FEEL THIS AT THIS POINT. OUR COMMENTS ARE JUST BEING IGNORED. WHAT YOU WILL SEE TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION, HOWEVER IT IS RIDDLED WITH INACCURACIES THERE ARE STRUCTURES THAT ARE NOT EXISTING, THAT CURRENTLY EXIST, THERE IS LABELING THAT I INCORRECT WITH OWNERSHIP, THE LIST IS TOO NUMEROUS TO EVEN BEGIN TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE IN THREE MINUTES. I AM AVAILABLE AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT WITH ANYONE. I AM WAITING TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE WISH TO BE PART OF THIS.

THIS IS MY COMMUNIY. I WANT TO SEE THIS AS A VIABLE DEVELOPMENT. I WANTED TO SEE IT DEVELOP RESPONSIBLY. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF SOMEONE WAS MAKING A DESIGN ON THE HOME YOU LIVE END, AND YET THEY ARE NOT TALKING TO YOU. I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THAT STAND FOR. TO YOU AS IN THE AS A COMMISSIO BELIEF IN A TRANSPARENT PROCESS AND RESPECT PROPERTY RIGHTS? PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS VISION UNTIL CORRECTIONS ARE MADE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS

MORNING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE?

[A. Port Master Plan Update - Joshua Revord, Director of Port, Inlet and Beaches, St. Lucie County]

ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON. >> AT THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE .

>> MR. REVORD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER THOMPSON IS IN THE.

>> BEFORE WE BEGIN, YOU ARE RUNNING A MEETING AND THAT IS FINE, THE LAST COMMENT THOUGH, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GET MIXED INTO WHAT I'V HEARD OTHERWISE.

THE LAST COMMENT WAS THE PORT MASTER PLAN THAT WE ARE ABOUT T HEAR FROM. A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT CAUSEWAY COVE AN SOME OF THAT AND I JUST DON'T WANTED TO GET CONVOLUTED THAT THOSE TO ARE RELATED.

PORT MASTER PLAN, I DO GO TO MEETINGS, WE DO INVITE THE PUBLIC, AND I KNOW ONE OF THE ASSOCIATES HAS BEEN THERE BEFOR TO THAT MEETING, THIS IS THE PORT MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE LIVE LOCAL CAUSEWAY COVE WHICH WE HAVE HEARD FROM AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THIS IS OUR PROCESS IMPRINT TRAINED TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT AND I KNOW AT SOME POINT YOU MAY ADDRESS SOME OF THESE OTHER COMMENTS WE HEARD , BUT I CANNOT SAPHIER AND LET PEOPLE UNDERSTAND OR MISUNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO DO NOW. I'M NOT GOING TO IGNORE WHAT I HEARD TODAY AND I AM GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE I'VE GOT GREAT CONCERNS ON A LOT OF MISINFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN

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GIVEN TO US HERE TODAY THAT I A GOING TO CLARIFY.

OKAY? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. REVORD, ARE YOU BEGINNING? >> MADAM CHAIR, I AM JOINED BY JOHN CORLEY WITH KINLEY HORN THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION COMMISSIONER. I TOO WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE I A DISTINCTION MADE BETWEEN WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED TODAY AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER HIGHER USES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BY OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY. LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION. THE PORT MASTER PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY PUT TOGETHER YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO, BUT THROUGH TIME THERE HAS BEEN ITERATIONS TO UPDATED TO MATCH THE VISION OF THE COMMUNITY. MOST RECENTLY IN 2020, THE BOAR OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHO SIT AS THE PORT COMMISSION FOR THE PORT PUT TOGETHER A VISION THAT WAS ADOPTED AND PUT INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT FOCUSED HEAVILY ON MAGGIE YACHTS AND TH IDEA OF BRINGING THAT INDUSTRY HERE TO THIRD TRY FIRST OR RIPOSTE TO PROVIDE JOBS. WITH THAT IN MIND, THERE HAS BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE THAT TIME WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHALLENGES WITH REAL ESTATE, LAND OWNERSHI AND MAKING SURE THE COUNTY HAD ALL IT NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARDS THAT SOME OF ITS OBJECTIVES, BU THOSE OBSTACLES HAVE BEEN SURMOUNTED NOW AND WE ARE MOVIN FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.

IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO DO AN UPDATE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WITH THE UPDATE MEANS.

IT MEANS WE LOOKED AT THE PREVIOUS PLAN AND WE SAID THEY ARE THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN AND IT WARRANTS OUR LOOK AT THE VISION TO UPDATED S IT IS REMINISCENT OF WHAT IS THERE TODAY. WE PUT A TEAM TOGETHER TO DO AN UPDATE. THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE UPDATE LANGUAGE THAT REQUIRED U TO LOOK AT CONSTRUCTIVE THINGS THAT WE COULD CHANGE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK, WITHIN THE SIZE, INTENSITY, AND SCALE OF THE 202 PLAN SO WE COULD REFRESH IT SO IT COULD BE UTILIZED TO GET GRANT FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE PUT TOGETHER A SMALL TEAM COMPRISED OF THE PLANNING COUNCIL, THE TPO, CITY AND COUNTY PLANNING, FDO T, F POA T LOOK AT THE VISION TO REFRESH. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. AND WANT TO STRESS THAT BECAUSE THIS IN ADDITION TO MEANS ANYTHING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AN THAT MASTER PLAN IN 2,028TH WHERE THERE WAS INPUT FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS IS STILL LEGITIMATE , THIS JUST ADDS TO THAT VISION, A FEW DIFFERENT OTHER IDEAS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE VIABLE FOR OUR PORTS. IT EXPANDS ON THE VISION.

IF THERE WERE ELEMENTS IN THE PREVIOUS PLAN THAT DEALT WITH REAL, THEN THOSE ARE APPROVED B EXTENSION IN TERMS OF THE VISIO OF THE MASTER PLAN, SO I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE FRAMEWORK FOR WHICH WE PUT THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER.

WE WANTED TO STAY IN THAT LANE WHERE WE WEREN'T GOING TO FAR LEFT OR TO FAR RIGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME IDEAS OUT THERE TO TOTALLY TAKE AWAY THE VISION OF THE MASTER PLAN AND KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE ARE VISIONS THAT GO EVEN FURTHER IN TERMS OF THE INTENSITY AND SCALE OF USE.

WE WILL START THE PRESENTATION. >> BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I'D LIKE T CLARIFY FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBER THAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY I THE PORT AUTHORITY, AND THAT IS WHY THIS IS COMING FROM THE COUNTY. THIS WAS A MASTER PLAN DEVELOPE BY COUNTY AND SUPPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE POR IS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE SO I WAS AT THE COUNTY WHEN YOU MADE YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT WAS A MONTH OR SO AGO AND IT WAS URGED TO COME AND MAKE IT TO THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WHICH WE READILY AGREED WHICH IS WHY YOU ARE HER TODAY.

WE JUST WANTED THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW.

>> WE HAVE NOT EDITED THE DOCUMENT SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALL PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WE WANT YOU TO HAVE ALL COMMENT SO THEY CAN ADVISE STAFF ON WHICH DIRECTION THEY WANT TO MOVE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE PORT AUTHORITY SO THERE HAS BEEN NO ADJUSTMENTS IN THE ACTUAL REPORT SINCE THAT TIME JUNE 1ST WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC.

>> THANK YOU. >> I AM JOHN GORMLEY WITH KINLE HORN AND I AM A CIVIL ENGINEER AND I HAVE A MASTERS IN FINANCE AND INVOLVED WITH THE PORTS MARITIME DEVELOPMENT FIELD FOR BETTER THAN 30 YEARS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE PORT OF FORT PIERCE MASTER PLAN BACK IN 2020 AND WAS BROUGHT INTO PROVIDE CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE 2020 PLA

AND THIS PARTICULAR UPDATE. >> CAN YOU MOVE YOUR MAKE A LITTLE CLOSER SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU?

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>> IS THIS BETTER? >> IT IS BETTER.

THANK YOU. >> THIS DOCUMENT YOU ARE SEEING TODAY IS THE DOCUMENT THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO WITH NO EDITS.

SEE OVERALL PURPOSE AND CONTEXT OF THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE WAS T REFINE THE ELEMENTS OF THE 2020 PLAN AND CAPTURE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE MARKE TODAY.

IT IS ALSO TO MAINTAIN A BALANC AND COMMUNITY ACCESS AND ENVIRONMENTS ARE BALANCE AND AS JOSH POINTED OUT WE PUT TOGETHE A TEAM THAT ARE RATED TRANSPARENT ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY, THE COUNTY, LOCAL PLANNING TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORITIES.

THE KEY OBJECTIVE WAS ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE 2020 PLAN, ON THE LEFT IS THE ACTUAL 2020 PLAN AN ON THE RIGHT IS THE OVERALL 202 PLAN. I REALIZE THE FIGURES ARE SMALL SO WE WILL HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE ACTUAL ALIGNMENT LOOKS LIKE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST WAS FOCUSING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARINA.

THE MARINA WAS SHOWN AT HARBOR POINT AND NEW MARINA IS NOW SHOWN OVER AT MUSEUM POINT. THE BOAT RAMP WAS A CONCEPT IN THE 2020 PLAN AND THAT CONCEPT REMAINS IN THE 2026 PLAN CONTINUING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO HARBOUR POINTE IS PROVIDED IN BOTH PLANS. MAINTAINING MAINTAINING NATURAL WATERFRONT AT HARBOUR POINTE IS PROVIDED IN BOTH PLANS.

PROVIDING FOR MARINE EDUCATION IS IN BOTH PLANS ALTHOUGH IN TH 2026 PLAN WE DO EXPAND ON THAT TO PROVIDE FOR FREEZER EDUCATIO AND TRAINING. PROVIDING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPORT EXPORT OPERATIONS ON THE SHORELINE AT THE PRINCIPAL PROPERTY OWNERS, AT THEIR LAND. THERE IS A SLIGHT VARIATION ON HOW THAT LOOKS TO ACCOMMODATE EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY BETWEEN TH TWO PLANS TO PROVIDE FOR THAT.

MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY ON MANAGING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND PROVIDING FOR CONTINUE FLEXIBLE BIRTHING FOR MICKEY ODDS, POTENTIAL IMPORT EXPORT VESSELS, OR OTHER TYPES OF VESSELS, TUGBOATS OR YOU NAME IT .

AND LASTLY, EXPANDING AND MAINTAINING A FOCUS ON THE MEGAYACHT MAINTENANCE REPAIR AN OUTFITTING FACILITY.

LASTLY, I'M SORRY, IT WILL INCLUDE ALSO ACCESS THROUGH THE GREEN TRAIL INTO AND OUT OF HARBOUR POINTE.

THE 2020 PLAN AND IT ON THREE THINGS, WHICH IS TO BE THE PREMIER MEGAYACHT SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIR FACILITY, TO PROVIDE FOR INVESTMENTS IN HARBOUR POINTE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS INCLUDING THE MARINA, BOAT RAMP AND AN UPGRADED PARK AND AN ADVANCEMENT OF FACILITIES TO PROVIDE FOR IMPORT EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER POTENTIAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES . HERE IS WHAT THE PLAN LOOKS LIKE . IT IS AVAILABLE IN THE DOCUMENT.

I WON'T DWELL ON IT HERE. THIS WAS A RENDERING PREPARED I THE 2020 PLAN TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT IT IS HARBOUR POINTE HAS ASKED IN THE LARGE FACILITIES IN RIGHT UP FRONT IS THE IMPORT, EXPORT FLEXIBLE USE AREA.

WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE 2020 PLAN HAS RESULTED IN US EXPANDING THE ACTUAL STUDY AREA. FOR STUDY AREA IS NOT A STATUTORY THING. WE WERE ASKED TO EXPAND THE ACTUAL STUDY AREA TO ACCOMMODAT LARGER FEATURES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE 2020 PLAN WA COMPLETED.

THE 2020 PLAN LOOKED AT THE WHA IS SHOWN IN THE PINK LINE, I REALIZE THAT IS HARD TO SEE. THE KEY ELEMENTS THAT ARE BROUGHT INTO THEIR ART THE EXPANSION OF THE ANCHORAGE LIMITATION AREAS ALONG THE NAVIGATION CHANNEL AND ALSO PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL PARCEL ALONG OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY TO U.S.

ROUTE ONE AND ACCOMMODATING LAN PARCELS THAT WERE CAPTURED SINC THE 2020 PLAN. WHAT IS A BIG DRIVER AMONGST CHANGES HERE IS THE LAND SWAP THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN THE PRINCIPAL PROPERTY OWNER WHO IS HERE TODAY TO CREATE THE HARBOU POINTE ACCESS ROAD ROAD ENABLIN PUBLIC ACCESS TO HARBOUR POINTE FROM SECOND STREET. AND ALSO THE LEGISLATION OR THE CODE THAT WAS ADOPTED FOR ESTABLISHING THE ANCHORAGE LIMITATION AREA WHICH ALLOWS FO PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY AND REMOVAL OF DERELICT VESSELS AND PROVIDING FOR NAVIGATION SAFETY.

WE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING ALIGNMENT WITH THE ORIGINAL PLA WHICH I TOLD YOU THOSE THREE KE ELEMENTS, THE MICKEY ODDS,

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FLEXIBLE IMPORT EXPORT FACILITIES AS WELL AS PUBLIC ACCESS AND LOOKED AT WHAT ARE THE EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TODAY. THEY'RE REALLY ARE TWO OF THEM, ONE IS CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE MICKEY YACHT MARKET MOSTLY DUE TO LACK OF SPACE AT OTHER MARIN FACILITIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND SECONDLY IS EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO SUPPOR TO THE FLORIDA SYSTEM. THAT MEGAYACHT FORWARD IS PRETT STRAIGHTFORWARD. THAT MICKEY YACHT DEMAND IS QUICKLY GROWING IN FLORIDA. MORE VESSELS LOOKING FOR SLIPS THAT ARE JUST NOT AVAILABLE. WHILE SOUTH FLORIDA REMAINS THE CENTER OF THIS MARKET, A SUITABLE AMOUNT OF SPACE FOR THOSE TYPES OF VESSELS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER LOCATIONS UP AND DOWN THE COAST OF FLORIDA.

AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PORTS OF FORT PIERCE, WE ARE WELL-POSITIONED TO CAPTURE THAT A GROWING DEMAND PARTICULARLY WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE DIRECTORS SHIPYARD, THE MRO FACILITY CURRENTLY HERE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ADDITIONAL BIRTH SPACE FOR VESSELS IN THE REGION, AND ALSO PROVIDING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW JOBS AND TRAINING AND WORKING OPPORTUNITIES BOTH AT HARBOUR POINTE AND MUSEUM POINT.

>> I WILL ADD SOMETHING THERETO AS WELL FOR YOUR AWARENESS.

WE DID NTP ON THE DIRECTORS SHIPYARD'S IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

TO KEEP NOTICE TO PROCEED, WE ARE ACTIVELY GETTING READY TO REDO HALF OF THE TERMINAL WITH NEW ASPHALT AND DRAINAGE FRIDGE WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS 100 PERCENT EXPANSION OF THE HART'S FACE THE DIRECTOR CAN US FOR THAT PARTICULAR OPERATION.

IT'S A GREAT MILESTONE FOR THE COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE SECOND KEY OPPORTUNITY I IN SUPPORT OF THE SPACEPORT SYSTEM. THIS IS DUE TO RAPID GROWTH IN SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES OUT OF CANAVERAL IN THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL NEED SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR OFFSHORE RETRIEVAL OF THOSE LAUNCH VEHICLE BOOSTER ROCKETSTHAT ARE COMING BACK TO SHORE BY BARGE. CURRENTLY DEALS ARE BROUGHT BAC INTO PORT CANAVERAL IN A RECENT STUDY BY SPACE FLORIDA IDENTIFIED AVAILABLE WORK SPACE AT CANAVERAL AS A KEY BOTTLENEC AND ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE ALONG THE COAST OF FLORIDA . THESE REUSABLE ROCKETS ARE CAPTURED BY BARGE OFFSHORE AND PROVIDES THEY ARE BROUGHT BACK INTO PORT CANAVERAL ALL CURRENT OPERATIONS AT THE PORT OCCUR AN ARE CONSIDERED SAFE AND ARE NOT RELATED TO ACTUALLY LAUNCHING

ROCKETS FROM THE PORT ITSELF. >> I WILL ADD TO THAT AS WELL, THE INTEREST IN THIS PARTICULAR ARENA COMES WITH THE IDEA THAT THIS INDUSTRY NEEDS MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND OVERHAUL OF ITS MARINE VESSELS. FOR US IT'S A DOMESTIC TYPE OF USE, THERE IS NOT INTERNATIONAL BALLAST ISSUES COMING BACK AND FORTH. IT PROVIDES FOR A WORKFORCE THA I HOPE EVERYONE HERE WOULD ENJO DIVERSIFYING THE MIX OF THE OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY.

THE CAPITAL NEEDED TO MAKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON OUR UNDEVELOPED LANDS QUITE SUBSTANTIAL, SO MARKET CONDITIO THAT PROVIDES ITSELF WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING AS WELL AS FUNDING FROM THE SPACE FOLKS AS WELL AS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE TOOK AND PROVIDED IN THIS UPDATE AS A POTENTIAL OPTION FOR

CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU, JOSH.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE INDUSTRY CHALLENGE IS IS REALLY RELATED TO PORT CANAVERAL WHERE THEY ARE REACHING OPERATIONAL LIMITS WITH REGARDS TO THE MATCHING THE CADENCE OF LAUNCH VEHICLES FROM CANAVERAL SPACEPORTS COME AT THE PROJECTION ON THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES TO BE LAUNCHED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS IS 3-4, EVEN FIVE PATE, SO THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE BOOSTER ROCKETS BACK INTO THE PORTS IS SEVERELY LIMITED BY THE CONSTRAINTS AT THE PORT DUE TO THEIR FOCUS ON THE CRUISE INDUSTRY.

THEY ARE LOOKING AT ACTUALLY WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO EXPAND THE WATERFRONT AREA NECESSARY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE OFFSHOR AUTONOMOUS BARGES AND A PLAN HA BEEN PREPARED AND PROPOSED AT PORT CANAVERAL UP ALONG THE BANANA RIVER AS SHOWN IN THE GRAPHIC YEAR WHICH PROVIDES FOR 8-10 ADDITIONAL AUTONOMOUS LARG BIRTHS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SPACE INDUSTRY.

THIS IS A REAL CHALLENGE FROM A ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE IN TH INTERIM NEAR-TERM OPPORTUNITY I TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL LOCATION

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UP-AND-DOWN THAT IS COAST TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THAT WAS THE. IN ADDITION I WILL POINT OUT THERE IS COMPETITION IN THIS MARKET AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN FLORIDA'S DOMINATES IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY BY BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO THIS CHALLENGE, THE LUNCH VEHICLES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE LIKE, TEXAS FOR EXAMPLE. IT IS A UNIQUE LOCATION BEING APPROXIMATE TWO PORTS CANAVERAL IN THE LUNCH AREAS.

IT PROVIDES FOR A DEEP ENOUGH WATER AND EXCESS FOR THESE BARGES, THE BARGES ARE NOT VERY LARGE.

THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FOR DUAL USE, NOT JUST PROVIDING FOR THE ROCKETS THEMSELVES, BUT THE FACILITIES LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE STANDARD IMPORT EXPORT FACILITIES SO THE COULD BE UTILIZED FOR MULTIPLE USES AND ALSO LASTLY, THE FACILITY ITSELF HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOME INTERESTING HIGH OPPORTUNITY JOBS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKFORCE. LASTLY ALSO, AS JOSH POINTED OUT , THE PRESENCE OF THE MRO FACILITY, THE DIRECTORSHIP YARD MARY SAID QUITE NICELY WITH THI INDUSTRY WITH REGARDS TO VESSEL MRO OPERATIONS WHICH MAKES THIS AN ATTRACTIVE LOCATION FOR THIS INDUSTRY. FOR VESSELS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE SPACE INDUSTRY NOT JUS THE AUTONOMOUS BARGES, THERE AR TUGBOATS AND OTHER SUPPLY FOSSILS AND WHATNOT.

THE FACILITY ITSELF IS INTERESTING, IT'S NOT VERY LARGE , IT SERVES MULTIPLE TYPES OF SHIPS.

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF IT ARE ONLY A 500-FOOT LONG EARTH, THE CHANNEL DEPTH THAT IS NEEDED IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 11 AND 30 FEET DEEP WHICH IS PROVIDED BY THE CURRENT CHANNEL.

SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF WHAT THIS FACILITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE OR WHA

IS PRESENT AT PORTS CANAVERAL. >> MINUS THE LAUNCH.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND CORNER, THIS WOULD B A TYPICAL IN TERMS OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION WE FOCUS ON MAINTAINING ALIGNMENT WITH THE 2020 PLAN WHICH CONTINUES TO BUILD ON THE PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS DEVELOPING WHAT W CALLED THE MARINE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FOCUSING ON HIGH AND MAKE YACHTS IS WITH A MARINA, COMPLEMENTING THE MRO FACILITY IN THEN FOCUSING IN ON THE FLORIDA SPACEPORT SYSTEM AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE INDUSTRY, LOOKING AT IT AS A VEHICLE TO DEVELOP THE IMPORT EXPORT FACILITIES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR AN ALTERNATIVE FUTURE. AND THEN ON THE SECOND LINE, WE LOOKED AT EXPANDING THE TRAININ AND EDUCATION FACILITIES WITH SHEENA GRAPHIC FACILITY AND EXPANDING ON MRO.

ONE OF THE KEY CHANGES MADE BETWEEN THE 2020 PLAN AND THE 2026 PLAN IS THE ALIGNMENT OF THE BERTH OPERATIONS WHICH IS WHERE THE VESSELS COME IN ALONG THE SHORELINE.

THE 2020 PLAN PROVIDED FOR A FLEXIBLE BERTH OPERATIONS WITH SHOWED AT NUMBER 14 WHICH YOU CAN FIND AT NUMBER 15 ON THE GRAPHIC FREIGHT THAT IS SORT OF SHIP GRADE ELSE, THAT IS THE 2020 PLAN. THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE, IN ORDE TO ACCOMMODATE THE VESSELS AND PROVIDE FOR FLEXIBLE BERTHING FOR IMPORT EXPORT OPERATIONS, PROVIDES FIBERS THAT ARE UP TO 700 FEET THEY GIVES THE GREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR ACCOMMODATING IMPORT, EXPORT, THE MAKE YACHTS OR SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES.

A COUPLE DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS OF WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.

WE FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING A FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP COME OUT LOOKING AT MAINTAINING A LIVING SHORELINE AT HARBOUR POINTE IN CONTINUING TO EMPHASIZE THESE CENTRALIZED STORMWATER WATER MANAGEMENT ARE AS WELL.

SO THE 2026 VISION BUILDS OFF THE 2020 MASTER PLAN AND FOCUSE ON FIVE KEY AREAS HARBOUR POINT SHOWING JOIN IN A, MICKEY YACHT AND SHIPBUILDING FACILITY WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE DIRECTORSHIP YARD AND EXPANSION AT THE EXPANSION OR DEVELOPMENT OF MICKEY OUT MARINA AT MUSEUM POINT SHOWN IN CNG TAKING

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ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WAS IN THE 2020 PLAN AS A FLEXIBLE IMPORT EXPORT FACILITY AND CONVERTING THAT INTO THE OPERATION TO SUPPORT THE SPACEPORT NEEDS NT AND THEN LASTLY, SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO UTILITIES AND WHATNOT.

HERE IS THE OVERALL VISION OF THE 2026 MASTER PLAN UPDATE.

I WILL GIVE YOU A CLOSER VIEW O THESE, HARBOUR POINTE IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT PROVIDES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.

IT IS ACCESSED BY THE NEW HARBOUR POINTE ROAD AT NUMBER EIGHT THERE WITH THE TREASURE COAST, OR THE HARBOUR POINTE RAMP, BOAT RAMP AS WELL AS WHAT WE CALLED THE MARINE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT UP YOUR WHICH PROVIDES FOR ACCESS TO RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT.

IT IS SURROUNDED BY A BOARDWALK OR WHAT WE CALL THE PERIMETER SHARED USE PATH THERE IS A SHORELINE LIVING SHORELINE OVER HERE AT 11, TEN IS AN EMPATHY HEADER PUBLIC ACCESS FACILITY, AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM HERE IS AN EXPANDED EDUCATION TRAINING FACILITY. I WILL SKIP ONTO THIS ONE PEERE THE BOAT RAMP IS INCLUDED AS A SIGNIFICANT CATALYST TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARBOUR POINTE. IT WILL PROVIDE FOR THE ABILITY TO HANDLE THE LARGEST TYPES OF TRAILER BOATS, PROVIDES FOR CAPACITY TO MEET PEAK DEMAND IN THE REGION FOR BOAT LAUNCHES, PROVIDES FOR MULTIPLE LANES AND PROVIDES FOR THE ABILITY TO PREPARE BOATS FOR LUNCH AND OVE THE ROAD ACCESS.

>> I WILL ADD ON REAL QUICK THA THE TIMELINE FOR THE ACTUAL ACCESS ROAD WERE COMPLETED WITH DESIGN AND PERMITTING AND GETTING READY TO GO OUT TO BID FOR THAT PROJECT FULLY FUNDED.

OUR DESIGN EFFORT FOR THE REGIONAL BOAT RAMP FACILITY IS AT 50 PERCENT, WE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED ANOTHER $2.7 MILLION TOWARD THE BOAT RAMP FACILITY, SO WE HAVE A GOOD CONSORTIUM OF FOLKS NOW CONTRIBUTING INCLUDIN THE FPR RATES WORDS LIKE PROJEC SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO DEVELOPIN THOSE TO TO BE THE CATALYST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMAINDER .

TO KEEP MARINE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AT HARBOUR POINTE IS CONTEMPLATED AS A PUBLIC ACCESS FACILITY TO BE ATTRACTIVE TO PROVIDE DINING, GATHERING, AND RECREATION BY THE WATER FOR THE RESIDENTS. IS PROVIDED WITH ACCESS BY FOOT AND BIKE PATH WITH THE SUN TRAI AND IS CONSIDERED CONTEMPLATED ORIENTATION TO BE AN INVITING AND INTERESTING PUBLIC SPACE.

SOME CROSS-SECTIONS OF WHAT THI MIGHT LOOK LIKE, AND PROVIDES FOR A LONG AT THE TOP YOU WILL SEE WHAT IS CALLED A SHARED USE PATH, THIS WILL BE THE BOARDWAL AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE ENTIRE FACILITY WITH RESTAURANT AND SHOPS AS WELL AS GLENSIDE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR SEATING OR PLAYGROUNDS OR AS WELL AS PARKING. JUST SOME VISIONS OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. USE YOUR IMAGINATION.

AS PART OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS SPACE, WE ENVISION A PUBLIC AMPHITHEATER IN THE MIDDLE WHIC PROVIDES FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FO ENTERTAINMENT. WE CALL IT HARBOR ILL, IT IS AN UPRAISED ENVIRONMENT THAT PROVIDES FOR TERRORIST SEATING TO OBSERVE THE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, BUT ALSO FROM THE HARBOR HILL GOING TOWARD THE SHORELINE PROVIDES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS ALON THE SHARED USE PATH RIGHT ALONG THE SHORE AS WELL AS OTHER LIVING WATERFRONT LIVING SHORELINE ENVIRONMENT WHICH CAN PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR THING LIKE KAYAKS AND SOME SWIMMING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY SHARED USE PATH IS PERIMETER PATH ENTIRELY AROUND THE FACILITY, WHICH IS ACCESSED BY THE FLORIDA SUN TRAIL SYSTEM AND CONNECTED WITH THE PORT TO PORT CONNECTOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO LINKIN PARK AS WELL.

THAT IS SHOWN BY THE ORANGE LIN IN THE GRAPHIC.

SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT MIGH LOOK LIKE, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A SINGLE KIND OF CONSTRUCTION.

IT COULD BE BOARDWALK, IT COULD BE A MIX.

THE SHORELINE AT HARBOUR POINTE IS A PRECIOUS FEATURE THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT AND WE AREN'T LOOKING AT THAT IS A WAY TO THE FOCUS OF THAT IS PROTECTING THA WITH A LIVING SHORELINE PROTECTION SYSTEM WITH AN OFFSHORE BREAKWATER SYSTEM WHIC IS JUST BELOW THE SURFACE OF TH WATER.

WHAT THAT DOES IS PREVENTS EROSION AS WELL AS PREVENTS

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TEACHING OF VESSELS AND PREVENTING ACCESS, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE SHORELINE BY FOLK FROM THE WATERSIDE.

ALSO MAINTAINS ITS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BE A HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE THE MARITIME ACADEMY A WORKFORCE TRAINING FACILITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MASTER PLAN IS ENVISIONED AS A MULTI- BUILDING CAMPUS TO PROVIDE FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF WORKFORCE IN THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS A SHEENA GRAPHIC AS WELL AS SUPPORTS OF THE SPACE INDUSTRY POTENTIALLY END THE MEGAYACHT MRO FACILITY. IT CAN BE A VARIETY OF DIFFEREN THINGS. WE ARE FOCUSED HERE ON THESE PARTICULAR TRAFFICS ON THE OCEANOGRAPHIC ARENA, BUT IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT NEEDS IN THE AREA. WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IS SHOWN IN THIS PARTICULAR GRAPHIC , WE ARE SHOWING WE HAVE A BIRTH FACILITY WHICH IS PART OF IT WHICH COULD BE HOME TO A SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH VESSEL WIT SOME BIRTH ACCESS AS WELL AS CAMPUS BUILDINGS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAIN PROPERTY COME AT THE MEGAYACHT MRO FACILITY IS EXPANDED AND AGAIN WE SEE THAT THE WE CHANGE THEIR SHORELINE TO PROVIDE FOR THAT SAWTOOTH TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE FLORIDA SPACE LAYOUT. THIS IS WHAT THE SPACEPORT FACILITY MAY LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF ITS DIMENSIONS.

WE'VE ARRANGED IT TO BE 700 FEE BY 700 FEET TO ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPORT EXPORT WHICH IS A BETTER FIT FO THAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY, AT A MINIMUM IT NEEDS TO BE 500 FEET AT 700 FEET WE CLEARLY ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE SPACEPORT BUT PROVIDE ADDITIONA CAPABILITY FOR THE OTHER VESSEL THAT SUPPORT THAT INDUSTRY. THEN THERE IS THE MEGAYACHT MARINA AT MUSEUM POINT, THIS IS ENVISIONED AS ESSENTIALLY A FULL-SERVICE MARINA IT IS COMPLEMENTARY TO THE MAKE YACHT MRO FACILITY. IT CAN ACCOMMODATE, IT WOULD BE MATCHED TO THE WATER TAPS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE EXISTING CHANNEL AND WE FOCUS ON THAT BEING SORT OF AND THAT WATER, PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE GLENSIDE O THE MEGAYACHT FACILITY IS NOT

HINDERED AT ALL. >> I WILL ADD QUICK THAT THE MARINA PRESENTS ITSELF AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP RETAIN BUSINESS. RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE OF THE EQUATION. OUR COMPETITION DOWN SOUTH AS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HOUSE THOS AS WELL AS PROVIDE THE SERVICE, SO THE HOPE WOULD BE TO BRING THOSE VESSELS AND BEFORE THEY HAVE SERVICE TO SPEND MONEY HER AND GET THE SERVICE DONE AND STAY A LITTLE LONGER. THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY FOR THE OWNERS, IT'S FOR THE CREW AND THE PASSENGERS.

IT DOESN'T REPRESENT A DRASTIC INCREASE IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN VIA THE MARINE SIDE OF THE EQUATION, BUT IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE VOLUME TO SCALE OPERATION SO WE CAN MAKE MORE JOBS HERE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE TURNING BASIN AND THE INLET COMPLEX.

>> A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS ON THAT MUSEUM POINT PLAN PAID FIRST AND FOREMOST, AT .5 THERE ON THE GRAPHIC IS THE REGIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM. WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT ANY CONCEPT WE DEVELOP THE ORDER IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR MUSEUM POIN WOULD LOOK TO PRESENT PRESERVE THAT MUSEUM.

WE WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO THE COUNTY TO DECIDE HOW THAT IS DONE. ALSO PUBLIC ACCESS, MUSEUM POIN WILL NOT BE HINDERED IN ANYWAY. THE PLAN FOCUSES ON MAINTAINING THAT EXCESS JUST LIKE YOU HAVE AT THE CITY WATERFRONT AS WELL.

IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE MORE OF AN ENHANCEMENT AND AN ADJUNCT AND TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS AND REVENUE, TAX BASE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

I WON'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL THE SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE I IS WHAT IS NEEDED TO CONNECT IT ALTOGETHER.

FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY WHICH WAS A PLAN ADOPTED A FEW YEARS AGO IS MAINTAINED IN THAT UNLOCKS THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED SORT OF CONTIGUOUSLY.

THE FLORIDA SUN TRAIL AS WELL A THE [INDISCERNIBLE] IS INVOLVED WE CONTEMPLATED THE IDEA OF WATER TAXIS IN WE COORDINATED WITH UTILITIES. WE DID TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING IN JUNE, EARLY JUNE AT THAT PUBLIC MEETING, WE PRESENTED THIS SAME PRESENTATION.

IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. WE DID ASK FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE INPUT AND AN ONLINE SURVEY MA GOT A LOTS OF INPUT A

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THAT MEETING BUT AT THE SAME TIME MAKE OUT OF FOCUS WE PUT OUT A TEN QUESTION QUESTIONNAIR ONLINE, WHICH ALLOWED FOR ANYON TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE MASTER PLAN.

WE RECEIVED QUITE A NUMBER OF RESPONSES, OVER 460 RESPONSES.

OF THE INTEREST LEVEL CHANGED QUITE A BIT AS WE GOT INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SURVEY PERIOD .

WE HAD ABOUT 80 RESPONSES BETWEEN THE SURVEY WHEN THE SURVEY WAS OPEN UP UNTIL JUNE 8TH AND THEN AFTER JUNE 8TH , WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT JUMP IN SURVEY RESPONSES IN WE MADE A COMMENT TO THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY ON WHAT WE BELIEVE WAS A DRIVER FOR THAT. FOR THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT , SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE HAVE APPRECIATED ALL THE COMMENTS, AND I WOULD HAVE ON COMMENTS, NOT JUST THE SURVEY, WE ALSO RECEIVED COMMENTS IN OTHER FORMS AS WELL THE PRIMARY PROPERTY OWNER SUBMITTED COMMEN SPECIFICALLY ON THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF AS WELL AS COMMENTS ON THE GENERAL IDEAS THAT ARE PRESENTED AS WELL AND WE HAVE W ARE NOT IGNORING ANY COMMENTS A ALL, WE ARE ACCEPTING AT ALL COMMENTS AND LOOKING TO INCORPORATE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE INTO THAT MASTER PLAN WHERE IT MAKES SENSE. SOME OF THAT WILL COME WITH DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WHAT WE DO. SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THAT HAV COME OUT OF IT THAT WE CLEARLY WILL BE ADDRESSING IS EMPHASIZING THAT THAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY REGIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM IS NOT TO BE DISPLACED OR I PROBABLY CHOSE THE WRONG WORDS THERE, BUT IT WOULD CERTAINLY B PRESERVED.

AND IN COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY.

AGAIN COME UP PUBLIC ACCESS AT MUSEUM POINT WILL NOT BE INHIBITED IN ANY WAY. WE WILL EMPHASIZE THAT IN THE MASTER PLAN, ALSO THE ELEMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PER THE PROPERTY OWNER ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THE FEDERAL CHANNEL LINES THAT WERE DRAWN I THE MASTER PLAN NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THERE IS NO INTENT TO CHANGE TH FEDERAL NAVIGATION CHANNEL LINES , BUT TO WORK THROUGH TRADITIONAL SECTION 10404 PERMITTING PROCESS FOR ANY EXPANSION OF DREDGING OR AREAS THAT ARE NEEDED RATHER THAN CHANGING THE FEDERAL NAVIGATION LINES.

LASTLY WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO INCREASE THE ACTUAL STUDY AREA TO INCLUDE SOME PROPERTIES NORT OF THE CAUSEWAY BRIDGE.

WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I GUESS WE CAN TAKE SOME

QUESTIONS. >> ANYTHING TO ADD BEFORE WE

HAVE QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE NOTHING SPECIFICALLY TO ADD OTHER THAN JUST A SHOWCASE THAT THIS PLAN IS TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE VISION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AND 2020.

STAFF IS LOOKING TO PROVIDE GOO SENSE OPTIONS AT OUR FINGERTIPS WITHIN THE INTENSITY AND SCALE OF USE OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN AND ALL OF THESE COMMENTS ARE BEING PUT TOGETHER FOR THE BOAR OF COUNTY COMMISSIONS CONSIDERATION.

>> I HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS AND THEN I WILL OPEN UP TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. MUSEUM POINT PARK.

WILL GREEN SPACE BE PRESERVED? THAT IS A GREAT PARK IN THE TREES ARE GREAT FOR HER TO KEEP MY OBJECTIVE IN THE OBJECTIVE PROVIDED TO ME BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THOSE SPACES, SO I THINK WHAT WE WILL FIND IS IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MAKE A YACHT EVERY COME AT THE AREA WILL FUNCTION AS IT IS TODAY WITH JUST MORE BEAUTIFICATION, SO THE GOOD COMPARISON WOULD BEAT ME BE COMPARING IT TO THE CITY MARINA WHERE A RESIDENT CAN GO IN AND OUT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THEY ARE.

THERE ARE EXCLUSION AREAS BECAUSE THEY WILL BE FOR PAYING CUSTOMERS, BUT THE RESTAURANTS, THE EVENT CENTER, ALL OF THOSE ARE LEANING TOWARDS OUR EVERYDA RESIDENT SO I THINK EVERYONE WILL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE IT BE A BEAUTIFICATION OF

THE AREA. >> OF MICKEY YACHTS ARE GOING T BE DOCKED THERE AT MUSEUM POINT PARK, WILL THERE BE SECURE AREA

WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T GO? >> THERE WILL BE WITHIN THOSE PAYING CUSTOMERS SIMILAR TO HOW SOME MARINAS ARE SET UP.

THE HOPE IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS T THE WATER THROUGH THE FISHING PURITAN OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE ACTUAL PASS TO GET TO THOSE LARGER TALKS. IT WILL FUNCTION MORE OR LESS

LIKE THE CITY MARINA DOES TODAY. >> ALSO I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE COUNTY'S HISTORY MUSEU IS RUN OPERATED BY VOLUNTEERS PRIMARILY, AND OF COURSE THEY ARE VERY ATTACHED TO THAT SPACE AND I THINK THAT IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LOCAL HISTORY AND HAVING ACCESS TO THAT MUSEUM AN

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HAVING THAT MUSEUM THERE, SO WHAT I HEARD WAS YOU WERE GOING TO MAINTAIN THEIR MUSEUM, NOT NECESSARILY THERE THOUGH, IS

THAT WHAT I HEARD? >> THERE COULD BE A VARIETY OF COMBINATIONS, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF INTEGRATING SOME OF THAT INTO THE FABRIC OF ANY NEW FACILITY THAT WOULD GO THERE. THERE IS A ARE OPTIONS, AND THOSE OPTIONS WILL BE EXPLORED AS WE GET FURTHER AND FURTHER.

THIS DOCUMENT JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE IS REALLY A TOOL FOR THE COUNTY TO MOVE FORWARD TO GET GRANT FUNDING FOR ANYONE OF THESE PROJECTS PUT ON PAPER, OR TO PARTNER WITH LAND OWNERS TO PROVIDE THE SAME TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE.

MASTER PLANS, IN THIS PARTICULA SENSE ARE USED AS A TOOL BY THE COUNTY TO ENSURE IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY, THEY WANT TO MOVE IN ONE DIRECTION IN IT HAS TO B IN THE MASTER PLAN TO ASK FOR THOSE DOLLARS. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S COMING TO FRUITION, IT MEANS IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE AND IF WE CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

>> GIVES YOU OPTIONS. >> ON WANT TO STOP AT THAT LAST POINT, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE CLEAR.

NUMBER ONE, THE OPTIONS THAT YO LIST FROM SPACE TO COMMERCIAL, MICKEY YACHTS, ET CETERA, AS A PART OF THE MASTER PLAN, THOSE THINGS THAT YOU JUST KIND OF SHARES ARE WITHIN WHATEVER THE ACTUAL USE AND APPROVALS ARE CURRENTLY, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> IN THEORY, AND THE 2020 PLAN SHOULD BE KIND OF THE BASE LAYE FOR ANY DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD .

>> SO YOU MET WITH A COMMUNITY IN THEY GAVE SUGGESTIONS OF WHA PARTICULARLY FILLED LAND OWNER SAID, THAT THE LAND OWNER SAID THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS OR AS THE COUNTY AND THERE IS A SAFETY . WE HAVE A LITTLE SMALL PIECE OVER THERE AT SOME POINT WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT WERE GOING TO D WITH IT. BUT THERE ARE FOUR LANDOWNERS OVER THERE. TEN INDIVIDUALS THAT OWN LAND OUTRIGHT. I KNOW THEY HAD SUGGESTIONS ON THEIR PROPERTY AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY IS THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU NOW ARE KIND OF VISIONING OUT SO THAT WHEN YOU GO OUT TO INDUSTRY, YO CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AND SAY AS A LANDOWNER, YOU COULD USE YOUR VAN TO DO THIS AND IT WOULD YIELD THIS AS FAR AS A RESULT PARTNERSHIP, FINANCE , OUTRIGHT PURCHASE, WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT IS HOW I KIND OF SEE THIS. AM I OFF BASE THERE?

>> THE LANDOWNER CAN USE THIS A A WAY TO HAVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THIRD PARTIES, SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE PRIMARY LAND OWNER WAS IN TRICKLE IN THE VISION IN 2020, SO PART OF THEIR VISION IS ENCAPSULATED IN THAT. THEY HAVE PROVIDED DIGESTION OF COMMENTS AND THOSE WILL BE CONSIDERED BY OUR BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO SEE IF THEY FIT THE IDEA OF THE SAME INTENSITY, SCALE, AND USE AS ORIGINALLY APPROVED GREAT THEY CAN PRESCRIBE WHATEVER THEY WAN TO PRESCRIBE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE PORT AUTHORITY, MY MISSION IS TO FIND THE SWEET SPOT WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO FAR LEFT OR TO FAR RIGHT BECAUSE THAT BRING A LOT OF HEADACHE FOR ME BECAUS I CAN'T JUST GO TO ONE PERSON AND GET THEIR INPUT AND PLACE I INTO THE PLAN, AND HAS TO BE BY A BOARD THAT DOES IT'S OVER GETTING ALL THESE DATA POINTS NOW AND THEN OUR BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO FLIP THROUGH THEM AND DIRECT OUR GROUP ON WHICH DIRECTION TO HEAD FROM THIS

POINT MOVING FORWARD. >> WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT LANDOWNER SHOULD BE TALKIN TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE INPUT.

COULD YOU PUT UP THE POINT ABOU MUSEUM POINT, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAW SOMETHING THERE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION GREAT NUMBER SIX, RIGHT? THAT IS THE PUBLIC ACCESS POINT

THERE? >> RIGHT NOW NUMBER SIX IS IDENTIFIED AS A PUBLIC FISHING, SO IF YOU GO OUT THERE TODAY THERE IS DILAPIDATED L DOCK SO THE PRESCRIPTION FOR THIS REDEVELOPMENT WOULD LOOK AT ADDING A CLUBHOUSE AND A MARINA FOR THE MICKEY YACHT INDUSTRY T SUPPORT THE PORT INITIATIVES, I WOULD BE NUMBER FIVE WHICH WOUL BE A RESTAURANT AND AN EVENTS SPACE. MAY BE JUST AN EVENT CENTER DEPENDING ON WHAT COMES TO FRUITION AND THAT'S WHERE THERE WOULD BE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO GET WITH THE FOLKS THAT RUN THE MUSEUM, FIND OUT IF THERE IS CREATIVE WAYS TO INTEGRATE SOME OF THEIR PRIME EXHIBITS IN THE FABRIC OF THAT FACILITY AND, OR CITE THEM IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION MAY BE BY THE SEVEN GABLES HOUSE OR SOMEWHERE THEY WILL GET MORE FOOT TRAFFIC.

THESE ARE SPECULATIVE BECAUSE THIS IS VISION THAT HASN'T BEEN COMPLETELY EXPLORED, WE ARE PROVIDING IT BECAUSE THE MAKE A DOCTOR MARINA HAS OPPORTUNITIES TO GET GOOD STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS BECAUSE OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS MICKEY YACHTS, SO WITHOUT IT BEING IN THE PLAN, W DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO

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AFTER THOSE DOLLARS. >> I THINK THAT'S THE PART WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS LOOKING FO THE OPPORTUNITY SO IT DOES NOT BURDEN THE TAXPAYER.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, STATES OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT THIS ON THE BACKS OF CITIZENS IN OUR COUNTY OR OUR CITY HERE.

WHAT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE I THAT OBVIOUSLY COMMITTED PEOPLE USE THESE PAVILIONS, ET CETERA, TO PICNIC, BIRTHDAYS, THAT IS STILL THERE, THAT PUBLIC ACCESS WILL BE THERE, BUT I HEARD YOU SAY IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE ENHANCED AND BETTER MAINTAINED GUESS IT'S WHAT WE ALL STRIVE FOR A.

>> THERE WILL BE LANDSCAPING. AND THE ONLY EXCLUSIONARY LOCATIONS WOULD BE IF THERE IS RESTAURANT THAT POPS UP, YOU CA PAY TO GO TO THE RESTAURANTS, YOU JUST CAN'T RECREATE WITHIN

THE RESTAURANT. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE OVERALL PART PORT BECAUSE THERE WAS A PART HERE THAT DEALT WITH THE CONNECTIVITY TO LINKIN PARK. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR TH PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE TH OVERALL VISION IS TO BRING THES TWO COMMUNITIES TOGETHER'S ACROSS AVENUE ON WHAT I SEE HER ON ITEMS I, THIS ABILITY FOR US TO TAKE STORM WATER THAT NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ON THAT PROPERTY, YOU HAVE ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY OVER HER TO TREAT STORMWATER.

SO THAT WILL GIVE A GREAT I'M GOING TO CALL IT AQUATIC FEATURE , EXERCISE TYPE TRAIL ET CETERA FOR THAT AREA WHICH IS JUST BEEN THEREIN FOR AS LONG A I HAVE BEEN IN FORT PIERCE, SO THAT WILL BE I THINK A GREAT FEATURE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TO CONTINUE TO STRIVE, BUT THEN THAT CONNECTIVITY AND THAT IS THE PART HERE, THAT 21 AREA THERE T CONNECT THAT COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO THIS AREA FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, WHATEVER THAT IS AS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.

WHERE IS THE PROGRESS ON THAT RIGHT NOW? I KNOW THAT INCORPORATES A HECK OF A LOT MORE WITH THE RAILROAD

ARE WE GOING UP, UNDER, THROUGH? >> 21 IS WHAT WE CALL A REPORT TO PARKS CONNECTOR, SO THIS CONCEPT CAME FROM FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH THE TPO. WHAT IT REPRESENTS IS A SEGREGATION OF THE RECREATIONAL DISTRICT AT THE PORT FROM THE COMMERCIAL IN THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE OF THE EQUATION.

RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY ONE ENTRANCE INTO THE PORT SO WE HOPE TO PROVIDE OURSELVES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC BEFORE TRAFFIC COMES. THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE SUN TRAIL COMING NORTH TO SOUTH ALLOWS US TO HAVE THIS EAST-WES COMPONENT, BEING ABLE TO POSITION OURSELVES TO A LINK BOTH OF THESE REGIONAL PARKS IS THE OBJECTIVE.

THE STATUS OF 27 WHICH IS THE REGIONAL STORMWATER FACILITY THAT WILL HELP US WE WILL BE PUTTING THAT FORWARD.

WE HAVE DESIGNED MONEY FROM DOT TO START THAT AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO START THAT A THE BEGINNING OF THIS NEXT COMING YEAR. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE REGIONA PLANNING COUNCIL FOR A MASTER PLAN OF THE LINKINPARK AREA.

ALL THAT STUFF IS STARTING TO GEL IN THE HOPE IS TO PROVIDE THIS CORRIDOR WHERE ONE CAN GO FROM A BALLGAME ON ONE SIDE, GO TO A FISHING TOURNAMENT AND ULTIMATELY GO TO MUSEUM POINT DOWNTOWN, IT MAY BE EVEN THE BEACHES AS WELL.

WE'RE TRAINED TO PROVIDE THIS ACCOMMODATION SO YOU CAN PARK ONE LOCATION AND JUMP TO ANY ON OF THESE NEW IMPROVEMENTS AT TH PARKS THAT THE COUNTY OWNS TO GET AROUND OUR INLET CONCEPT.

>> THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. THAT IS A REGIONAL PARK, SO NOW WE WILL HAVE TO REGIONAL PARKS CONNECTED HERE, WHICH WILL OBVIOUSLY BOOST OUR TOURISM AND ALLOW FOR US TO ATTRACT MORE STATEWIDE TOURNAMENTS ET CETERA TO COME IN HERE.

IN QUEUE FOR THAT, I HAVE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNEW THAT THE PORT MASTER PLAN IS DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE CONCERN RAISED WE WILL ADDRESS THAT IN A LITTL BIT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST POINT THIS OUT. YOU MENTION SOMETHING NORTH OF THIS THAT YOU ARE STUDYING, AND I GUESS IT GOES PAST BUT

NORTHRIDGE YEAR. >> SIEWERT SEE WHERE 20 IS NOW? RIGHT NOW THERE IS A LANDOWNER THAT HAS COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATION, AND THE LAND OWNER REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID WE'R GETTING READY TO SELL, THERE IS THIS COMMERCIAL FISHING ENTITY THAT IS HERE, IF WE SELL TO THI PERSON OR THAT PERSON, THAT COULD GO AWAY. SO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPAND TO THE NORTH WOULD ALLOW THE COUNTY IF THE POSSIBILITY COMES UP TO HELP PRESERVE THAT, SO THE PORT OBJECTIVE IS TO PRESERVE THE WORKING WATERFRONT SO THIS REPRESENTS ONE OF THE WATERFRONT. COMMERCIAL FISHING, I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO SEE EVERYONE DISPLACED, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO AT THE REQUEST OF THE OWNER CAPTURE THAT SO WE CAN PROVIDE

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OPPORTUNITIES TO PRINCE TO MAY BE PRESERVED THAT FISHING

COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANYBODY ELSE WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I HAVEN'T THROUGH, I THINK THIS IS MY FOURTH ONE SO I THIN IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT SOME OF THESE CONCERNS IN CONTEXT.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO TH SUBSTANTIAL PLAN OWNER.

IF I RECALL IN 2020, SOME OF TH CONVERSATIONS WERE TO ATTEMPT T REZONE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE BOARD AND ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY WAS THA PROPERTY OWNER WANTED TO SEE ABOUT HIGHEST AND BEST USE WHIC WOULD LIKELY HAVE CREATED A NEW ZONING CATEGORY WHICH WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY HAVE INCREASED TH VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY. I UNDERSTAND AND I REMEMBER CLEARLY THAT I WAS WITH THE COUNTY AT THE TIME, THIS CD WAS THEN BECAUSE IT'S IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING REALM FOR THE CITY THAT THERE WAS GOING T BE A PROCESS BY WHICH THAT WAS GOING TO BE LOOKED AT. I DON'T THINK IT HAS EVOLVED SINCE BECAUSE THINGS HAVE BEEN CHANGING RAPIDLY AROUND HERE AN AROUND THE COUNTY. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE WOULD ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE PARTICIPATION FROM THE LAND OWNER IF ANYTHING WERE TO CHANGE .

I PERSONALLY AM NOT FOR EMINENT DOMAIN.

I SAID THAT A LONG TIME AGO, SO THAT'S NOT IN THE CARDS FOR ME, SO I WANT TO TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT AT THE END O THE DAY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE INPUT FROM THAT PROPERTY OWNER. THEY HAVE INVESTED A LONG TIME IN THAT PROPERTY IN THEY SHOULD BE HEARD.

I ALSO WANT TO GO BACK ALL THE WAY TO 2007-2008 WHEN THE SOUTH BEACH ASSOCIATION WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ON SOUTH BEACH AND IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS RAISED BACK THEN AND VEHEMENTLY FOUGHT FOR WAS THE MAKE YACHT INDUSTRY.

GOING AWAY FROM CARGO AS AN INDUSTRY, BRINGING IN YOU MENTIONED IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

THEY RESCUED ABOUT AND SOMETIME FOUR STORIES HIGH, THOSE ARE PAST ARGUMENTS THAT WERE CREATE AND ARGUED FOR, THE COUNTY MOVE FORWARD AND ONCE THEY HARBOR POINT PROPERTY WAS PAID FOR, IT WAS A REFERENDUM BY THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY TAXPAYERS TO TAX THEMSELVES FOR PERIOD OF 20 YEARS TO HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS IN PERPETUITY. THAT IS WHAT I SEE YOU DOING HERE IS MAKING SURE PUBLIC ACCESS IS AVAILABLE AND RESPECTING THE TAXPAYERS ON THA REFERENDUM.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND.

AGAIN, BACK TO THE BOAT RAMPS. THE BOAT RAMPS ARE SOMETHING I WORKED ON. BUT I THINK FROM THAT STANDPOINT , HAVING THAT PUBLIC ACCESS AND MAINTAINING BOAT RAMPS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

ASK ANYBODY THAT LIVES HERE WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS CAN HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.

I THINK THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT.

I'M GOING TO GO INTO SOME OF TH OTHER SIDES OF THIS THING.

IN 2018 THROUGH 2020 THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS THAT THERE WAS NO ENOUGH VISITATION TO THE MUSEUM. I ACTUALLY WHEN I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL, MISTER MCMULLEN WAS THE CIVICS TEACHER OVER THERE, HISTORY TEACHER WHERE HALF THE STUDENTS GO AND PAY THEIR $3 AN GO AND VISIT THE. THIS EXISTS, TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT KNOW THAT THE MUSEUM POINT EXISTS.

SO SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WERE TO CREATE A TOURIST MECCA AROUND THE MANATEE CENTER, THE GALLERY, THE SEVEN GABLES, WE ALSO KNOW BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY THAT SEVEN GABLES IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE DUE TO TERMITES IN WE HAD TRIED TO WOR OUT SOME IDEAS TO ACTUALLY RENOVATE, BUT THAT COSTS SEEM T BE CONTINUING TO SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL.

SOME OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS BAC THERE CAME FORWARD FROM THE CITIZENS WHICH WAS TO POSSIBLY MOVE THE GARDNER HOUSE TO THAT LOCATION AND MAKE THAT THE VISITOR CENTER IN THEN CREATE THE MUSEUM SECTIONS WHICH WOULD PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THE REVENUE AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE, THROUGH THE BUREAU OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION

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AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, ALTHOUGH CZAR STATE AGENCIES THAT HAVE AVAILABLE MONIES THAT COULD PUT A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR THE FACILITIES, WHICH IS OUR LOCAL HISTORY.

IT IS RUN BY VOLUNTEERS AND THE COULD USE THE ASSETS NECESSARY THAT GRANTS MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM.

I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND IS PART OF THE HISTORY OF HAVING BEEN THROUGH THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES. LET'S GO BACK TO THE CITIZENS O SOUTH BEACH ASSOCIATION SPECIFICALLY CLAMORING FOR THE MAKE YACHT INDUSTRY. EVERYONE LOVES TO SEE BEAUTIFUL VESSELS COME AND GO FROM HERE. WE OFTEN SEE ON THE WEBCAMS THA PEOPLE ARE COMMENTING ITS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE SITE FO THE TOURISM WEBSITE,, WATCHING THE MICKEY YACHTS COME AND GO.

I THINK IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THA THE CITIZENS WOULD RATHER SEE THAN ALL THESE VAGRANT VESSELS SITTING AROUND SINKING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR WATERWAYS CREATING AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZAR LEFT, RIGHT, AND CENTER. FROM THAT STANDPOINT, WE ARE AL DEALING WITH THE IDEA THAT AMENDMENT THREE MAY GO THROUGH AND IF IT DOES, THE CITY AND TH COUNTY ARE GOING TO NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE REVENUES ARE GOING TO COME FROM.

MAKE YACHTS ARE NOT CHEAP. I EXPECT FROM A MOORING STANDPOINT OR A DOCKING STANDPOINT, THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE COMING IN TO NOT ONLY BRING IT INTO THE COUNTY, THE CITY FROM TAX AUTHORITIES, BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS, YOU'RE GOING T SEE BEAUTIFUL VESSELS.

PEOPLE MAY WANT TO COME HERE AN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FORT PIERCE FOR THE HISTORY WE HAVE AND THE HISTORY WE ARE CONTINUING TO TR TO PRESERVE. I THINK THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS WE WILL HAVE TO FIND ROOM IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY FOR REVENUE TO MAINTAIN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION.

THEY ARE PROBABLY FIRST ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK WHEN IT COMES TO LOSING OUR REVENUE FROM AMENDMENT THREE.

SO THERE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO B OTHER MEANS OF REVENUE COMING INTO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SUSTAIN THE PUBLIC ASPECT OF THINGS. THE CENTRALE IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH YEARS AGO, MAKE MEADOWBROOK THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION IN SECURED INVESTMENT TO CREATE THE CENTRALE PROCESS ALL THE WAY FROM MARTIN COUNTY THROUGH THE ENTIRE ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND THE OVERALL GOAL FROM CENTRALE WAS TO GO FROM MAINE TO KEY WEST. WE HAVE ACTUALLY IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, IN FORT PIERCE, HAVE DONE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT TRAIL, WHICH IS WELL-RECEIVED B THE PUBLIC.

THESE ARE ALL PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT T THE TAXPAYERS, CITIZENS AND THE VISITORS THAT COME HERE.

NOW LET'S GET TO THE PART THAT AM CONCERNED ABOUT.

YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER FOR LONG TIME AT THE OTHER PLACE AN I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT OUR WATERWAYS WORK WITH ONE LINCOLN SO WHAT ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS WITH THE SPACE EQUIPMENT CRACKS ARE WE TALKING HEAVY METALS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE FUEL? HELP WITH THE ROCKETS BE TRANSPORTED AFTER BEING RETRIEVED FROM OFFSHORE,, WOULD IT BE REAL OR SEE? LET'S JUST START WITH THOSE. SORRY FOR THE LONGEST.

>> NO WORRIES, COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY.

THE REASON WHY WE POSITIONED THIS BASE ELEMENT WITHIN THE LOCATION WE DID IN THIS PLAN IS IT REPRESENTED THE AREA ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED AND 2020 AS THE IMPORT EXPORT AREA.

SO KINDER TO REFRESH THE PRIMAR LANDOWNER WANTED TO PRESERVE TH ABILITY TO HAVE LIMITED IMPORT AND EXPORT OPERATIONS.

I WOULD SAY THEY ARE MY SPECIAL PRODUCTS AND CONTAINER OPERATIONS. IF WE LOOK BACK AT OUR TIME THE HAVE A DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS TO WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CITRUS, BUT I WOULD CSR REPORT DEVELOPS AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPS THAT THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY OPERATIONS AND HOUSE THAT WANT TO GET THEIR PRODUCT OUT. THEY WILL BE INFREQUENT AND NOT DAILY OCCURRENCES. IT WS THE BEST NATURAL LOCATION TO CITE THE SPACE LAUNCH ELEMEN BECAUSE IT WASN'T GOING TO FAR RIGHT OR LEFT OF THE ORIGINAL VISION.

IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS I TO THE BLUE ORIGIN OPERATIONS, THEY AR IMMACULATE, THESE FOLKS KEEP EVERYTHING TIPTOP.

THEY ARE NOT GRIMY, FOR INSTANCE , THE BLUE ORIGIN ON

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THOMAS VESSEL, I WENT ONTO THAT VESSEL AND IT'S ALL AUTOMATED.

IT CAN KEEP ITSELF IN POSITION WITHIN ONE SEE THE METER.

THEY ARE BRINGING IN SKILLED TECHNICIANS, LABOR FORCES, PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN THAT OPERATION SO THAT IT CAN BE UTILIZED. THE COMPONENTS THAT FALL BACK T THE OCEAN ULTIMATELY WOULD COME BACK TO STAGE, SO I'M NOT PROMISING SOME ELABORATE COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULD DO HERE, BUT WHAT IT DOES PRESENT ITSELF IS THE

OPPORTUNITY. >> THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN DEVELOPING OUR PORTS.

WITHOUT THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, IT WILL STAY THE WAY IT IS IN TRYING TO FIND A MARKET CONDITION THAT HAS MONEY THAT WANTS TO EMPHASIZE MARINE DOMINANCE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

RIGHT NOW THEY ARE LAUNCHING UP TO A COUPLE HUNDRED TIMES A YEAR , THEY ARE LOOKING WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO GO TO 1,000 LUNCHES A YEAR. THERE IS GOING TO BE CAPACITY.

THEY HOPED WOULD BE TO BRING IN AN OPERATION LIKE THAT HERE SO WE CAN GET SYNERGIES WITH OUR MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND OVERALL.

I DON'T HAVE ANY BIG RESERVATIO WHEN IT COMES TO THE TEMPORARY DISPLACEMENT OF THAT VEHICLE OR VEHICLE ENTOURAGE INTO THE PORT TO PROVIDED STAGING OPERATION UNTIL THEY CAN GET ACCESS BACK TO CANAVERAL. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THOSE COMPONENTS WOULD COME, THEY'D B LIFTED, PUT SECURELY ONTO THE UPLAND SIDE OF THE EQUATION, PROBABLY MECHANICAL TYPE OF THINGS TO PRESERVE AND GET THAT COMPONENT READY FOR ITS NEXT LUNCH, AND THEN IT MOVES ITSELF BACK INTO CANAVERAL FOR ALL THE REFUELING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

>> HOW WOULD IT BE MOVED, REAL OR SEE?

>> IT IS SEE,, AND LESTER ARE SMALLER ENTITIES THEY COULD FIN VIABLE WAY TO USE THE REAL SYSTEM, EVERYTHING WOULD BE PRICEY. YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO WE HAV A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH RELATIVELY DEEP WATER CONSISTEN WITH THE INDUSTRY, SO THIS IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T CREATE A HIGHER INTENSITY USE BUT PROVIDES US

WITH AN OPPORTUNITY. >> THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED.

THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO PROVIDE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS COMMITMENT MET WITH THE SPACE FLORIDA FOLK IN RECOGNIZED IT WAS SOMETHING CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENSITY AND USE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND THAT'S WHY IT NEEDED I'M HERE. THERE ARE OTHER PLANS FOR HIGHE INTENSITY USE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE NOT PUT THOSE FORWARD BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN OUR CAPACITY TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE WERE PROVIDING THE BOARD WIT OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT ALL TH REQUESTS FOR THEY CAN DIRECT STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANTS ON WHICH DIRECTION TO GO.

>> THANK YOU. I WILL GO BACK IN HISTORY IN 2008 I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF MEETING MR. AND MISSES BELL AND MY OFFICE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE PORT BECAUS I HAD JUST BEEN ELECTED TO OFFICE.

ONE OF HIS CONCERNS WAS THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE THE CARGO.

I THINK THAT OVER TIME IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY IS PROBABLY LIGHTS ON THE ISSUE BUT IN RECOGNIZING THAT, I BELIEVE AND I HAVE SEEN THAT TH LIMITED CARGO HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED ITSELF IN THE PORT MASTER PLAN. HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE VISION OF IMPORT EXPORT BELIEF IN MAINTAINING HI MEMORY OF WHAT HE INVESTED IN MANY YEARS AGO.

I THINK THAT IS A COMPROMISE THAT I BELIEVE HOPEFULLY WILL RESONATE WITH THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND THAT IS JUS ONE SMALL THING. THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS FOR FUNDS COME FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENT TO MAINTAIN A PART WITH CERTAIN CRITERIA, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS THE TURNING BASIN IN

WE ARE THE LOCAL SPONSOR. >> SO WHEN THE COUNTY IS LOOKIN FOR REVENUE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THEY FIT TH CHARACTERIZATION OF A PORT, CORRECT?

>> THIS MASTER PLAN WOULD PROVIDE TO IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE TURNING BASIN IF IT'S CODIFIED AS A PLAN.

>> ARE YOU ABOUT DONE SO I CAN SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE?

>> I'M DONE. >> HOPE THAT YOU?

>> NO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I THINK YOU HAVE HEARD TODAY THAT PIERCE IS REALLY ABOUT THAT WATER. THAT IS WHY PEOPLE COME HERE, MANY PEOPLE COME HERE AND WE WANT TO KEEP THE WATER CLEAN, THAT IS NUMBER ONE AND I KNOW YOU DO TOO BECAUSE I KNOW YOU, SO THIS IS AMBITIOUS. THE FACT THAT YOU ENLARGE THE PLANNING AREA, YOU ENLARGE THE PLANNING AREA TO INCLUDE CAUSEWAY COVE, SO DID YOU DO AN PLANNING FOR CAUSEWAY COVE?

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>> WE DID NOT DO ANY PLANNING. THE REASON IT WAS INCLUDED AS THERE WAS A REQUEST AT ONE POIN BY CAUSEWAY COVE TO SEE WHETHER THEY COUNTY COULD PARTNER WITH THEM TO HELP THEM WITH DESIGN ASPECTS, GIVEN THAT FACT AND TH LAND OVER THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNTY OR CITY, IT WAS JUST A GOOD PAUSE POLICY TO ENCAPSULAT THE ENTIRE PENINSULA SO WE COUL PROVIDE INPUT IF SOMEONE WERE T

DECIDE TO INCLUDE IT. >> WE DID COME UP WITH THE WESTERN PENINSULA IN I THINK THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLAN WITH PUBLIC INPUT AND SO ENDS IDEAL FOR WHAT WE WANT FOR FORT PIERC AND HUTCHISON ISLAND. ANYTHING ELSE? NOTHING ELSE? I APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US HERE TODAY AND SHARING YOUR REPORT MASTER PLAN.

IT IS ONE OF 15 PORTS? >> ONE OF 16 DEEPWATER PORTS, W CURRENTLY HAVE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION IN THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU.

[B. Animal Control/ Adoption Center Live Release Rates & Euthanasia Rates Presentation]

>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN ANIMAL CONTROL ADOPTION CENTER LABOR LEASE RATES AND EUTHANASIA PRESENTATION.

>> YES, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RESPONSES GOING TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION REGARDING OUR EUTHANASIA RATES FOR ANIMAL

CONTROL AND ADOPTION CENTER. >> YOU UP NEXT?

>> GOOD MORNING. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RESPONSE VERY TO HAVE WITH ME THIS MORNING DEPUTY DIRECTOR JOHNSON.

I TASKED HIM WITH PREPARING AND DOING AN DEEP DIVE FOR THE REVIEW OF THE ANIMAL LIFE ARE LEASE RATES OF OUR ANIMAL SHELTER IN THE ANIMAL CONTROL A WELL.

MR. JOHNSON IS PREPARED TO REPORT AND HE IS GOING TO

PRESENT AT THIS MORNING. >> THANK YOU.

ALL COMPARE IT. >> THE ANIMAL COMPARE IMPACT REPORTING PERIOD WAS FROM APRIL 16TH OF 2025 THROUGH MAY 28TH OF 2026. THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, THERE WERE 1,000 TO TOTAL ANIMAL SERVICE BETWEEN THE TIMEFRAME O APRIL 16TH OF 2025 AND MAY 28TH OF 2026.

638 POSITIVE LIFE OUTCOMES. 64 PERCENT OVERALL LIFE RELEASE AND THERE WERE 145 THAT REMAINE IN CUSTODY, A LIFE AND CUSTODY WITH 14 PERCENT AVAILABLE OR ON LEGAL HOLD.

THERE WERE 16 UNASSISTED DESKS TOTALING 2 PERCENT DUE TO OLD AGE OR TERMINAL DISEASE, AND THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 203 EUTHANASIA'S FOR MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL AND PUBLIC EUTHANASI SPIRIT WE WERE 100 PERCENT STATUTORY COMPLIANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES. WE HAD 0 SPACE-BASED EUTHANASIA 'S AND WE MAINTAIN AN ABSOLUTE COMMITMENT TO SAVING ALL HEALTHY ADOPTABLE ANIMALS REGARDLESS OF SHELTER CAPACITY.

FOR STRICTLY MEDICAL AND SAFETY TRIAGE END-OF-LIFE CARE WAS RESTRICTED TO SEVERE UNTREATABL SUFFERING, AND FIELD EMERGENCIE PERIODS THIS IS A DETAILED INCOME AND DATA BREAKDOWN FOR LIVE ANIMALS IN THE DISPOSITION STATUS FOR THE ADOPTIONS AND DIRECT PLACEMENTS FOR CANINES WERE 199, FELINES WERE 112 TOTALING 311. RETURNS OR OWNERS WERE 126 CANINES, FELINES WERE 11, TOTALING 137.

RESCUE ORGANIZATION TRANSFERS, WHICH WE TRANSFER DOGS AND ANIMALS OUT TWO, FOR CANINES IT WAS 56 AND FOUR FELINES IT WAS 134. OUR POSITIVE LIFE OUTCOME TOTAL WERE 3814K9 AND 257 FOR FEELING TOTALING 638 WHICH WAS A 63.67 PERCENT. AND THEN THE LIFE AND CUSTODY TOTAL WAS 126 CANINES AT THAT TIME IN 19 FELINES WHICH TOTAL 145, WHICH WAS 14.47 PERCENT. DECEASED ANIMALS AND DISPOSITIO STATUS, THE ADOPTION CENTER OF MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL EUTHANASIA IS FOR CANINES WAS 179, FELINES WERE 20 TO TOTALIN TO HUNDRED ONE AT 20 PERCENT, THE ADOPTION CENTER FOR PUBLIC EUTHANASIA, THIS IS WHEN THE PUBLIC COMES IN ANDNEEDS HELP WITH THEIR ANIMALS, WE WILL HEL THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE HAD TWO OF THOSE AND THOSE WERE CANINES THERE AT THE ADOPTION CENTER EUTHANASIA TOTALS WERE 181 FOR CANINES AND 22 FOR FELINES TOTALING TO HUNDRED THREE AT 20-POINT TO 6 PERCENT.

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THE UNASSISTED DESKS AND CUSTOD TOTAL WAS FIVE FOR DOGS, AND 11 FOR CATS TOTALING 16 AT 1.6 PERCENT.

THE TOTAL METRICS WERE 693 K-9, 309 FELINES TOTALING THE 1,000 TO TOTAL. THE ADOPTION CENTER NOW HAS BEHAVIORAL CONCERNS WERE 155 DU TO BEHAVIOR AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR SPIRIT SAFETY RISKS. 20 FORWARD FOR ILLNESS AND SEVERE INJURY, WHICH WERE MEDICALLY UNHEALTHY OR UNTREATABLE, AND WE HAD TO PUBLIC EUTHANASIA IS.

THE ADOPTION CENTER IS ANALYSIS FOR THE FEELING EUTHANASIA IS, THERE WERE 22, BEHAVIORAL CONCERNS WERE THREE, THESE ARE BEHAVIORS THAT YOU CAN'T BE HAD THEM, OR THEY WERE FARRELL AND AGGRESSIVE. ILLNESS AND SEVERE INJURY WERE 19 FOR MEDICALLY UNHEALTHY OR UNTREATABLE.

PIERCE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, TOTAL 122, AND THESE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTION CENTER STATISTICS.

SIX OF THE OUTCOMES, K-9 OUTCOMES, 95 OF THEM WERE FELIN OUTCOMES, AND 21 OF THEM WERE WILDLIFE OUTCOMES.

THAT IS END-OF-LIFE CARE, 120 T ANIMALS WERE EUTHANIZED.

HUMANELY EUTHANIZED EUTHANIZED BY FORT PIERCE ANIMAL CONTROL DUE TO YOUR REMEDIAL MEDICAL CONDITION, SEVERE UNTREATABLE DISEASE OR A TRAUMA. EVERY CASE IS EVALUATED UNDER CRITICAL GUIDELINES TO PREVENT PROLONGED SUFFERING AND PROMOTE ANIMAL WELFARE. STANDARDIZE OPERATIONAL WORKFLOW , THERE IS A PREASSESSMENT DONE.

YOU UPLOAD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, MEDICAL DOCUMENTS, OWNER SURRENDER FORMS, AND SUPERVISOR SIGNOFF INTO OUR SHELTER LOVE SYSTEM WHICH HOUSES ALL OF OUR DATA.

IMPLEMENTATION, CET OR A CERTIFIED TECH PERFORMS THE PROCEDURE AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 8.8.058 CONTINUOUSLY MONITORING UNTIL DEATH VERIFICATION.

FOR ME HAVE DUAL LOCKING THAT W DO, WE UPDATE OUR SHELTER OF OUTCOME AND RECORD THE DOSAGE I THE PHYSICAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LOG. WITH WITNESS SIGNATURES.

THEN WE RECONCILE OUR MONTHLY SHELTER LOVE OUTCOMES AGAINST LOCKS. THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL PROCEDURES MUST BE ADMINISTRATE EXCLUSIVELY BY A LICENSED VETERINARIAN OR A EUTHANASIA TECHNICIAN TRAINED UNDER THE STATE CURRICULUM.

CONTINUOUS MONITORING AND VERIFICATION THE TECHNICIAN MUS REMAIN IN CONTINUOUS ATTENDANCE FROM INCEPTION UNTIL DEATH AS OFFICIALLY VERIFIED BY STETHOSCOPE OR VITAL CHECK.

PUBLIC REPORTING MANDATES, FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 828314, SHELTERS MUST HAVE MONTHLY RECORD CATEGORIZED BY SPECIES AND EXEC DISPOSITIONS TYPE DISTINGUISHING STANDARDS VERSUS OWNER EUTHANASIA WHETHER IT WAS MEDICAL OR BEHAVIORAL.

PUBLIC RECORD TRANSPARENCY CHAPTER 119, ALL SHELTERED LOGS BEHAVIORAL NOTES, AND DISPOSITION RECORDS OR PUBLIC RECORDS SEARCH RICK TO INSPECTION AND AUDIT.

THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE INVENTORY AND DUAL LOCKING LOGGING, OUR PHYSICAL CONTROLLE SUBSTANCE LOG, SODIUM PENTOBARBITAL IS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, FLORIDA STATE STATUT MANDATES PHYSICAL CONTROL MANDATES OF PHYSICAL CONTROLLED SERVICE LOG FOR THE PHYSICAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LAW WILL B MAINTAINED WITH SOFTWARE ENTRIES .

MANDATORY LOGBOOK FIELDS INCLUD THE DATE AND EXACT TIME, TIME STAMP OF WITHDRAWAL AND ANIMAL IDENTIFIERS SUCH AS SHELTER OUT OF AND SPECIFIC BREEDS. DOSAGE AND VOLUME AMOUNTS WITHDRAWN AND IS, ADMINISTRATIV AND WITNESS SIGNATURE FROM A SECOND STUFF WHICH IS OUR BEST PRACTICES.

SHELTER LOVE CONFIGURATION FOR AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE, SHELTER CUSTOM DATA FIELDS, FULLY COMPLIANT WITH 828.58 MAINTAINE

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BY THE CERTIFICATION NUMBER. THE DOSAGE USED.

FOR OUTCOME MAPPING WE MAINTAIN COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY.

STATE REPORTING STANDARDS, WHETHER IT WAS MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL, OR OWNER REQUESTED. SUPERVISOR AUTHORIZATION SIGNATURES INTO THE PROFILE TAB PRIOR TO LOCKING AND CLOSING THAT WITHIN OUR SHELTER LOVE SYSTEM.

FORT PIERCE AND HUMMEL ADOPTION CENTER IS A PARTNER WORKING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF DOGS AND CATS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS PUTS US IN A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN PARTNER WITH PRIVATE SHELTERS, OTHER ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS IN HOW POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN THE COMMUNITIES. THAT IS ITS.

KEY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE ADOPTION RATE, WE PRIMARILY ARE TRYING TO GET OUR ANIMALS WELL CARED FOR AND ADOPTED, IS THAT CORRECT FLEX IS THAT ARE PRIMARY MISSION? EQ THAT IS OUR PRIMARY GOAL.

TO KEY IS THAT SHELTER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE REGULAR WORKWEEK? TO KEEP THAT SHELTER IS OPEN SI DAYS A WEEK. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY SHELTERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE OPEN LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. SO WE ARE OFFERE ON SATURDAY AS WELL. OUR HOURS ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, BUT GENERALLY WE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 11 TEST MY FIVE EVERY DAY IN THEN OPEN ON SATURDAY AS WELL.

>> READ DO WE STILL WELCOME VOLUNTEERS?

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> ARE THOSE VOLUNTEERS TRAINED?

>> ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS DO A TRAINING PERIOD BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO WORK WITH THE ANIMALS .

WE ARE ALWAYS A NEED FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS, MORE FOSTER FAMILIES , SO WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE T

VOLUNTEER. >> WHAT IS THE BEST WAY.

>> A HOLD OF YOU? VIA PHONE?

>> A PHONE CALL WOULD BE GOOD. WE ALSO HAVE A WEBSITE AS WELL OUR WEBSITE HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH ALL OF THE ADOPTABLE ANIMALS AS WELL, THAT'S AN REAL-TIME COMMERCIAL OF OUR RESIDENTS CAN GO ONTO OUR WEBSITE AND LOOK AT ALL THE

ANIMALS UP FOR ADOPTION. >> IS THAT THROUGH OUR MAIN CIT WEBSITE? ANYBODY ELSE?

COMMISSIONER BRODERICK? >> HOW DO THESE NUMBERS COMPARE TO OTHER PUBLICLY RUN SHELTER FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE?

>> NO, SIR, WE HAVE NOT. >> AND AM JUST CURIOUS IF WE AR REFLECTIVE OF THAT NOT GOING TO SAY INDUSTRY-STANDARD, BUT LEVELS OF ACCEPTED EUTHANASIA, ET CETERA WHICH IS A VERY UNFORTUNATE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES , BUT IT'S PART OF THE OPERATION OF THAT FACILITY. I HAVE HAD TWO VERY POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CENTER. I FOUND THE STUFF TO BE A VERY COMPETENT AND PROFESSIONAL. IT WENT VERY WELL IN BOTH CASES.

I'M A BIG FAN OF THE. EUTHANASIA IS A VERY UNFORTUNAT SITE RESULTS. WHEN I VISITED THE FACILITY, WHICH IS BEEN SEVERAL TIMES, TH NUMBER OF AGGRESSIVE DOGS HAS BEEN TALKING TO ME WALKING THROUGH THE PENNED AREAS, ET CETERA. IT WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE WHEN I SAW THAT NUMBER OF WHAT I CONSIDERED TO BE AGGRESSIVE BREEDS THAT ARE BEEN DROPPED OF OFF OUR FACILITY FOR MANAGEMENT BY THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO A PROPER MANAGEMENT BY THE ANIMAL OWNERS AND MY OPINION. I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING THING TO MANAGE, SO I THINK THIS TOUGHEST OF GOOD JOB THERE. A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS WERE WORKIN ON THE DAYS THAT I HAVE BEEN THERE, SO THE VOLUNTEER EFFORT HAVE SEEN IS VERY WELL SUPPORTED .

OF ONE OTHER THINGS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS IS ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A PLAN TO DEVELOP A VETERINARY TYPE CENTER IN THEIR WHICH REQUIRED A RATHER MASSIVE INVESTMENT INTO EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL.

IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON ANY OF THAT OR HAS THAT BEEN PUT ON HOLD OR ELIMINATED? TO KEEP THE CITY IS NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH UTILIZING THE MODULAR BUILDING THAT WAS PURCHASED FOR A CLINIC THAT SIT IS NOT COST FEASIBLE.

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THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SITE WORK THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT INTO THAT SITE AS WELL IN ADDITION T OUTFITTING THE CLINIC WITH ALL OF THE UP-TO-DATE TECHNOLOGY IN TESTING EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS SUPPORTING THE HIRING OF THE VETERINARY STAFF, SO THE CITY I CURRENTLY EXPLORING THE OPTIONS OF CORNELL FOR PURCHASE, WE HAV SEVERAL REQUESTS FOR PURCHASE OPTIONS THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE RELEASED, TWO OF THOSE ARE OUTSIDE VETERINARY CARE AND EMERGENCY VETERINARY CARE AS WELL AND THAT WOULD BE TO SUPPORT THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND

ANIMAL CONTROL. >> ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.

I KNOW THAT THE CENTER USES OUTSIDE VETERINARY SERVICES.

WE HAVE VOLUNTEER CAPACITY THERE , BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME FEE PAID ITEMS THERE TOO. I ADOPTED A DOG, I THINK THE DEFEAT WAS $250, MAYBE $400, I' NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS, YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER THEN I, BUT THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE ANIMAL BEING FIXED, CHIPS. THE QUESTION IS ARE WE LOSING MONEY EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN ADOPTION.

>> THE ADOPTION FEE IS $400 PER GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY ON ADOPTIONS. THE NEXT THING MISTER MIKE JOHNSON WILL BE WORKING ON WE ARE GOING TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON WHAT OTHER NONPROFITS AND OTHER MUNICIPAL SHELTERS ARE CHARGING FOR ADOPTION RATES AS WELL. LOOKING AT IMPROVING OTHER AREA WHERE WE CAN GENERATE REVENUE O OUR IMPOUND FEES, PROVIDING SUPPLIES OR ANY OTHER SERVICES WE ARE PROVIDING THERE.

THE ADOPTION FEES IS A DELICATE BALANCE.

IF YOU RAISE THE RATE TOO MUCH, THEY WERE NOT GETTING ANIMALS ADOPTED OUT. IF IT'S TOO LOW, THEM OR NOT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY THAT WERE PUTTING INTO THE ANIMALS PRIOR TO BEING ADOPTED OUT. IT IS A DELICATE BALANCE AND

SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING INTO. >> I AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK QUITE OFTEN APPEAR ON THE COMMISSION LEVEL WE RUN INTO OPERATIONS IN THE CITY COMING U WITH A USER FEE AND THE USER FE IS LESS THAN OUR EXPENSE BASE I TO SUPPORT THE PARTICULAR SERVICE WE SEEM TO RUN INTO THI ALL OVER THE PLACE AND BASED ON POTENTIAL INCOME REDUCTIONS, THERE CAN NO LONGER CONTINUE WE NEED TO NOT EAT NECESSARILY MAK A PROFIT OR HAVING AN OVERAGE, BUT AT LEAST COVER OUR COSTS IN THE ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER WAS WHEN I TARGETED WITH A QUESTION HER, NOT JUST SOLELY TO THEM,

THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. >> A COUPLE OF THINGS.

AT SOME POINT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE COMPARED TO TH NATIONAL STANDARDS ON FOOT EUTHANASIA THE EUTHANASIA PART.

I THINK THAT IS A TIME OF REPOR THAT WE NEED TO FACE THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT. I RECENTLY VISITED THE SHELTER THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK I WENT DOWN AND WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE HOLDING QUITE A FE ANIMALS RIGHT NOW SO I THINK AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND OUR ESCALATING COSTS OF ATTIC GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH OUR ADOPTION FEES, BUT OBVIOUSL FOR ADOPTION FEES AND GLAD YOU'RE DOING A USER STUDY PHOEB HAVE DAILY COST THAT WE ARE INCURRING AND WE ARE IN SOME COURT CASES RIGHT NOW WITH SOME STUFF DOWN THERE THAT THOSE PRICES HAVE ESCALATED. I AM GOING TO ASK THAT YOU GUYS TAKE A BRIEFING WITH THEM IN YOUR WEEKLY MEETINGS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I NOW UNDERSTAN AND IT IS CONCERNING.

ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF AMENDMEN THREE, AND STUFF THAT IS PENDING . I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS COUR CASE IS GOING TO GO, BUT THAT I ONE OF SEVERAL COURT CASES.

THERE ARE ANIMALS DOWN THERE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR OVER SIX MONTHS-A YEAR THAT ARE IN THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE BECAUSE OF HOW THEY HAVE ASSAULTED HUMANS WE ARE STILL CARING FOR THOSE ANIMALS. I THINK WE NEED TO GET A GRASP OF THIS AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THESE MEETINGS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR AND HAVE GOTTEN.

VERY WELL RUN SHELTER, A LOT OF DOGS DOWN THERE, LOTS OF CATS, BUT I HAVE FOUNDED TO BE PROFESSIONALLY RUN, THERE HE CLEAN, OBVIOUSLY VERY LOUD, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, SOME OF THE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THESE ANIMALS AND I CLEARLY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, BUT I'M MORE CURIOUS AS TO UNDERSTANDING THE RATES WHERE W ARE COMPARED TO OTHER SHELTERS, THE REGION, IF THEY ARE NATIONA STANDARDS, I'D LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON ONE OF THESE WEDNESDAYS WERE I CAN UNDERSTAN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. THANK YOU.

>> ANYBODY ELSE? >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, I WAS GOING TO ALSO RAISE THAT 50 PLU DOGS THAT ARE IN OUR CUSTODY THERE IS A LEGAL CASE PENDING, WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE THAT CASE SINCE, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF MOVING

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THAT FORWARD IN GETTING THOSE DOGS ADOPTED BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE ANIMALS THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE FAVORABLE TO ADOPT FOR YOU QUICKLY AND MAKE SPACE FOR OTHER ANIMALS THAT MAY NOT BE I SUCH A SCENARIO. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE UNITED WAY FOR ANIMALS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO ENJOY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY AND FOR THE CITIZENS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AS WELL. WE DO NEED TO SEE IF THERE IS A OPPORTUNITY TO SUGGEST FUNDS. I'VE SET IT FROM THIS SEAT BEFORE. THAT TELEVISION COMMERCIAL THAT YOU SEE WE'RE YOU ARE GIVING TO YOUR TEARS IN YOUR HEART AND MAKING YOU FEEL SO SAD ABOUT TH ANIMALS AND GIVING THEM $19 A MONTH FOR WHATEVER, THOSE MONIE DON'T COME HERE.

IF IN FACT THOSE DOLLARS WOULD COME HERE, I WOULD BE MORE RESPECTFUL OF THE AGENCY. THEY MAY DO GOOD WORK SOMEWHERE BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING IT IN FOR PIERCE.

IF YOU ARE INCLINED TO SUPPORT TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AS SHOWN HERE TODAY NEED FOR SUPPORT OF MANAGING THESE ANIMALS AND RIGHTFULLY AND QUICKLY TRYING T HAVE THEM ADOPTED OUT AS WELL A MAINTAIN THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH WHILE THEY ARE IN OUR CUSTODY. I WISH WE AS THE ENTIRE COAST WITH DO A COMMERCIAL BECAUSE PORT ST. LUCIE HAS THEM, THE COUNTY HAS FACILITIES, WE HAVE FACILITY, START DOING COMMERCIALS ON HER OWN BEHALF YEAR AND BRING THOSE FUNDS IN BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE IN THE TREASURE COAST UP A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CARE GREATLY ABOUT THE ANIMALS AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT US. SET IS MY COMMERCIAL FOR TODAY.

>> SO WHAT IS THE VEHICLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER

? >> OUR WEBSITE IS OPEN TO ACCEP DONATIONS AS WELL, ANYONE CAN G TO OUR WEBSITE TO MAKE A DONATION. THAT IS A GREAT IDEA AND, WITH THE APPROVAL WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE MARKETING TEAM AN TRIED TO EXPAND TO SEE IF WE COULD GET ON CHANNEL 27 AS WELL.

WE DO FREQUENTLY UTILIZE FACEBOOK FOR ADOPTABLE PETS AS

WELL. >> OKAY, I WILL TELL HIM TO SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MIKE, I CAN HEAR HIM COME, BUT YOU CAN'T.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.

YOU HEARD, WE'RE ALL VERY INTERESTED IN THE CONTINUED OPERATION AND ALSO IN SUPPORTIN IT FINANCIALLY, BUT WE ALSO KNO THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE CONSTRAINED WITH OUR FUNDS, SO WE NEED TO BE VERY VERY COGNIZANT OF SPENDING TAXPAYER FUNDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[9. Consent Agenda]

>> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA

IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> ANY ITEM THAT COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE LIKE TOO OR OTHERWIS I WILL MAKE A MOTION.

>> I AM GOING TO PULL CONSENT SEE.

ANYTHING ELSE? WHICH HE LIKED TO MAKE A MOTION.

>> I WOULD LIKE APPROVAL OF THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS.

>> MOTION AND THE SECOND. >>

[C. Approval of a contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc. for Police Department technology and equipment for a term of five (5) years with a five (5) year automatic optional renewal term for a total amount of $10,139,037.87, payable in annual payments of $999,999.00 for the first 5 years, and $1,028,807.57 per year for the subsequent five years of the renewal term.]

APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH AXO ENTERPRISE WITH A FIVE-YEAR ITE AFFECT OPTIONAL RENEWAL TERM FO A TOTAL OF $10,139,037.87 PAINT PAID IN ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS OF $889,999 FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS AND $1,028,807 AND 57 CENTS PER EURO FOR THE SUBSEQUENT FIERY FIVE YEARS OF THE RENEWAL TERM.

>> I PULLED THIS ITEM ONLY TO ALLOW ARCHIE FOR FELISE AN OPPORTUNITY. I RECENTLY HAD A GREAT SITDOWN WITH THE CHIEF TO GET AN UPDATE ON A NUMBER OF THINGS AND THE INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, WE MAKE SIZABLE INVESTMENTS HERE AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC SAFETY IS SOMETHING WE TAKE SERIOUSLY ALTHOUGH WE ARE FACIN PROBABLY A CHALLENGE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FUTURE, THAT PUBLI SAFETY WILL NOT BE ONE OF THE AREAS WE WILL COMPROMISE AND BECAUSE WE NEED A GREAT SAFE AREA FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO WANT TO BE HERE. I JUST WANTED TO ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY IS THEIR ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO EXPOUND ON WHA YOU'VE SEEN AND HOW THIS WILL SUPPORT THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT

WORK FOR YOU, SIR? >> CHIEF?

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS I THE AXON ENTERPRISE THAT

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INCLUDES THEIR BODY CAMERAS, TASERS, AND NUMEROUS NUMBER OF AI TOOLS. WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM, LIKE MOST PRODUCTS, THEY HAVE SEVERAL TIERS OF MOVER ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET THE TOP TIER WHICH INCLUDES FOR THOSE PAYING ATTENTION OUT THERE, FOR AI, THERE ARE SO MANY BREAKTHROUGHS HAPPENING SO QUICKLY, THIS ALLOWS US TO BE O THE FOREFRONT WITH AXON FOR THOSE TOOLS WHICH ARE A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR US. LIKE MOST AGENCIES WITH STAFFING , WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE FOLKS THAT WE DO HAVE AND S GETTING IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR, THAT AXON HAS A NEW TOOL, WE GE THEM AT NO COST AS PART OF THAT SWEET. SO AGAIN, THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES THE BODY CAMERAS, BUT ONE OF THOSE BREAKTHROUGHS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IN FORT PIERCE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, THERE ARE NUMEROUS LANGUAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN.

IT CAN BE DIFFICULT IF YOU DON' HAVE AN OFFICER WORKING THAT SPEAKS THAT LANGUAGE OFA DON'T HAVE AN OFFICER THAT SPEAKS THA LANGUAGE AT ALL. THEY HAVE NEW BODY CAMERAS WITH FEATURES THAT INCLUDE LANGUAGE TRANSLATION ON THE SPOT.

I BELIEVE IT'S CLOSE TO 200 LANGUAGES, BUT ESSENTIALLY, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT THE OFFICER IS SPEAKING TO CAN SPEAK THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE, THAT BODY CAMERAS WILL TRANSLATE IT FOR THE OFFICER, THE OFFICER WILL SPEAK AND THEN THE BODY CAMERA WILL TRANSLATE IT FOR THE PERSO THEY ARE SPEAKING WHICH WHICH WILL MAKE IT MUCH MORE EFFICIEN WHEN WERE OUT THERE SPEAKING WITH FOLKS. AGAIN, THERE IS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT COME WITH THIS PACKAGE, BUT IT WILL ABSOLUTELY

BE FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR US. >> I FOUND THAT TO BE ENLIGHTENING AND ENCOURAGING BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWIN AND WE DO HAVE MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES BEING SPOKEN HERE AND OBVIOUSLY WITH GROWTH WE PROBABLY HAVE A FEW HUNDRED MOR LANGUAGES COMING OUR WAY, BUT CHIEF, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEI PROMOTIONS FORWARD TODAY, BUT THIS ERA OF TECHNOLOGY AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SIT WITH CHIEF, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS HE CA EXPOUND ON, BUT I REALLY THINK OUR INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY I WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND.

OUR INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY WILL NOT BE COMPROMISED.

THE USE OF AI IS GOING TO BE A GREAT ENHANCEMENT TO HELP OUR CHALLENGES WITH GETTING STAFFING , BUT HELP OUR DETECTIVES CLOSE CASES, HELP OU ROLE PATROL TO BE MORE EFFICIEN WITH THEIR TIME, AND MAKING SUR THE ACCURACY OF THESE REPORTS ARE DONE SO PROSECUTION CAN QUICKLY FOLLOW.