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Comments on agenda items should be submitted via email to cityclerk@cityoffortpierce.com; comments must include your name and address to be read into the record.   The City Clerk will read all comments on agenda items submitted by the deadline. Please note that the decorum policy applies to both written and oral comments and all comments shall be limited to 3 minutes as read by the City Clerk.


C I T Y  O F  F O R T  P I E R C E
CITY COMMISSION AGENDA
 

Regular Meeting - Monday, August 17, 2020 - 6:30 p.m.
City Hall - City Commission Chambers, 100 North U.S. #1, Fort Pierce, Florida
 
             
1.   CALL TO ORDER
 
2.   OPENING PRAYER - Father Yves Geffrard, Notre Dame Catholic Mission 
 
3.   PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
 
4.   ROLL CALL
 
5.   APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 
a.   Approval of Minutes from August 03, 2020 Regular Meeting. Click to View
 
6.   PROCLAMATIONS
 
a.   Women's Equality Day Proclamation being received by Linda Ford Gallup  Click to View
 
7.   LETTERS TO COMMISSION
 
a.   Letter from Gilbert E. Hyatt, III, President & Qualifier and Gilbert E. Hyatt, IV, Vice President of Gil Hyatt Construction in appreciation of the consistently pleasant and professional conduct of the following employees of the Building Department: Elizabeth Beck, Cristobal Bossano, Guillenno Carbonell, Shaun Coss, Cesar Flores, Kevin Grant, Paul Julin, Susan Keller, Kristie Kirstein, Tim Little, Ed Roseberry, Ed Smith, Paul Thomas and Kim West. Click to View
 
8.   COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS

Any person who wishes to comment on an agenda item which is not under Public Hearings on the Agenda may be heard at this time and must sign up to speak in advance. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less, as directed by the Mayor, as this section of the Agenda is limited to thirty minutes. The City Commission will not be able to take any official actions under Comments from the Public. Speakers will address the Mayor, Commissioners, and the Public with respect. Inappropriate language will not be tolerated.
 
9.   ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA
 
10.   MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
 
a.   Third Quarter Financial Report Click to View
 
11.   CONSENT AGENDA
 
a.   Approval of Specific Authorization No. 2 to Culpepper & Terpening, Inc (C&T) in an amount not to exceed $62,970.00. Pending City Attorney approval. Click to View
 
b.   Approval of request to reduce demolition fees in the amount of $38,241.68 against 2152 S Jenkins Road, Fort Pierce, FL, Parcel ID Number 2418-333-0002-000-6 owned by BGDN, LLC, 1820 Avenue K, Brooklyn, NY 11230.  In accordance with previously established policy, staff recommends the approval to waive the costs for interest, penalties, and fees leaving a balance due of  $21,827.00 payable in 30 days. However, applicant is requesting a waiver of all charges $38,241.68, which requires a direct vote by Commission. Click to View
 
12.   PUBLIC HEARINGS

Any Public Comment on these items, if not being offered in person, should be submitted by noon on the day of the meeting using the Sworn Public Comment Form which is available on the city's website at:  http://www.cityoffortpierce.com/DocumentCenter/View/8741/Sworn-Public-Comment-for-Public-Hearings
 
 
a.   Presentation and Public Hearing for the 2019-2020 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program with CARES Act (CV) Amendment Click to View
 
b.   Quasi-Judicial Hearing for a Conditional Use Approval for an elevated dune crossover seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) at 618 S Ocean Drive for private beach access. Click to View
 
c.   Quasi-Judicial Hearing for a Conditional Use Approval with no new construction for a Vacation Rental located at 1361 Binney Drive submitted by the applicant, Michelle Longarzo, for the property owner, Dana France.  Click to View
 
d.   Quasi-Judicial Hearing for a Conditional Use Approval with no new construction for a Vacation Rental located at 1218 S. 11th Street submitted by the applicant, Michelle Longarzo, for the property owner, Raul Arenas.  Click to View
 
e.   Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 20-016 Establishing the Bent Creek Community Development District.  SECOND READING Click to View
 
f.   Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 20-019 adopting 2020 Fort Pierce Redevelopment Plan Update and providing for an extension of operational timeframe. SECOND READING Click to View
 
g.   Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 20-008 amending the City’s Comprehensive Plan to include revisions to the Future Land Use Element Subsection B, Commercial, to require the uses within the Central Business District (CBD) to have mixed-uses which may include commercial / retail, allow for single-family residential as part of those mixed-use developments, expand the range of office and retail uses which may be permissible.  SECOND READING Click to View
 
h.   Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 20-009  changing the home occupation use in the Central Commercial (C-4) zoning district from a prohibited use to a conditional use; permitting mixed uses to be constructed as individual buildings or developments in the Central Commercial (C-4) zoning district, both vertically and horizontally; changing duplex, detached house, and townhouse uses in the Central Commercial (C-4) zoning district from prohibited uses to conditional uses; defining the utilization of home occupations located on parcels within the central business district (CBD) Future Land Use designation. SECOND READING Click to View
 
i.   Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 20-011 seeking a Future Land Use Map Amendment for eight (8) properties generally located at or near 322 North 2nd Street from Industrial (I) to Central Business District (CBD).  SECOND READING Click to View
 
j.   Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 20-017 abandoning all City right-of-way passing through or lying within two parcels of land bound By A.E. Backus Avenue to the north, North Indian River Drive to the east, Avenue B to the south, and North 2nd Street to the west.  SECOND READING Click to View
 
k.   Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 20-018 abandoning a portion of the Avenue B right-of-way, bound by  A.E. Backus Avenue to the north, North 2nd Street to the east, Avenue A to the south, and the FEC Railroad to the west.  SECOND READING Click to View
 
l.   Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 20-012 rezoning ten (10) properties generally located at or near 322 North 2nd Street from Light Industrial (I-1) for eight (8) parcels and Central Commercial (C-4) for two (2) parcels to Planned Development (PD). SECOND READING Click to View
 
m.   Legislative Hearing - Ordinance 20-021 - extending the territorial limits of the City of Fort Pierce, to include a 1.50 acre unaddressed parcel abutting 3280 South 25th Street in Fort Pierce, Florida. FIRST READING Click to View
 
13.   CITY COMMISSION
 
a.   Resolution No. 20-R38 establishing Community Response Department fees. Click to View
 
b.   Resolution 20-R39 appointing a member to the Planning Board. Click to View
 
c.   Discussion and/or direction regarding the Mayor and Commission appointees to the Police Community Advisory Committee that have terms expiring on 9/3/2020; will members be reappointed or shall we seek additional applications.  Click to View
 
14.   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.
 
15.   COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER
 
16.   COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION
 
17.   ADJOURNMENT

Immediately following adjournment, please move toward the doors and exit the chambers.   This allows for the safe and courteous exit of all persons, and those on the dais.  Conversations after the meeting should be held outside of chambers, in the foyer or elsewhere, but not in the commission chambers where lights will be out as soon as the chambers are empty.
 
 
Pursuant to Sec. 2-49, Fort Pierce Code of Ordinances, persons desiring to place an item on the agenda may make written request to the city manager no later than 5:00 p.m. fifteen (15) days preceding the regular city commission meeting. Such request must state the subject matter of the individual's appearance and should include any background materials pertinent to the issue. The city manager shall review the request to determine if the item might be handled administratively or whether the subject matter is an item of city business. If appropriate, the city manager shall submit the item for placement on the agenda to the city clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. ten (10) days preceding the regular city commission meeting. The mayor may impose a time limitation of five (5) minutes, or allow such additional time he or she determines necessary and appropriate for such person to make presentation. All reports, communications, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, documents or other materials to be submitted to the commission shall, no later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday prior to each meeting, be delivered to the city clerk and furnish each member thereof with a copy of the same prior to the regular meeting.

Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, the City hereby advises you that if you or another person decide to appeal any decision made by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at its meeting or hearing, that you or said person will need a record of the proceedings, and that for such purpose, affected persons may need to insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.  This notice does not constitute consent by the City for the introduction or admission into evidence of otherwise inadmissible or irrelevant evidence, nor does it authorize challenges or appeals not otherwise allowed by law. 
 
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons with disabilities needing special accommodation to participate in this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at (772) 467-3065 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

    

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