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Home My WebLink AboutSheriff & Fire Chief Letters re Debris Removal Stephanie Bush From: Stephanie Bush Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 4:11 PM To: Katherine Barbieri; Ron Parrish; Ron Roberts; Don West; Howard Tipton; Daniel McIntyre Cc: Alejandra Matos-Tejada; Kelly Phelan;Allison Macdonald; Susan Durden; Anne Bowers; Charlotte LaChance Subject: RE: Debris Removal Letters Attachments: Sheriff's Letter.pdf; Fire Chief's Letter.pdf Importance: High Attached is a fully executed copy of the Sheriff's letter and the Fire Chief's letter regarding debris removal. Anne please attach to your documents. Thank you. QC`Fia�. I Stopha, lie/3u Legal Assistant St. Lucie County Attorney's Office 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34982 T _( =i° (772)462-1420 (772)462-1440(fax) bushs@stlucieco.org From:Stephanie Bush Sent:Tuesday, October 10, 2017 1:49 PM To: 'aomalley@slcfd.org'<aomalley@slcfd.org>; 'schwabt@stluciesheriff.com'<schwabt@stluciesheriff.com>; 'derrick.tucker@neel-schaffer.com'<derrick.tucker@neel-schaffer.com> Cc: Ron Parrish <ParrishR@stlucieco.org>; Ron Roberts<Robertsron@stlucieco.org>; Allison Macdonald <MacdonaldA@stlucieco.org>;Anne Bowers<bowersat stlucieco.org>; Katherine Barbieri<Barbierik@stlucieco.org> Subject: Debris Removal Letters Attached are letters that need to be placed on letterhead and signed by the Sheriff, the Fire Chief and Mr. Tucker regarding debris removal. Ron Parrish—please return the Sheriff and the Fire Chiefs originals to me. Ron Roberts/Anne—please have Mr.Tucker sign and return the original to me. Thank you. Steph.cwue/3 uislv Legal Assistant St. Lucie County Attorney's Office J 2300 Virginia Avenue 1 Stephanie Bush From: Stephanie Bush Sent: Friday, October 13, 2017 10:46 AM To: Anne Bowers Cc: Don West; Ron Parrish; Ron Roberts;Allison Macdonald; Katherine Barbieri; Daniel McIntyre; Howard Tipton;Alejandra Matos-Tejada; Kelly Phelan; Susan Durden; Lori Rocky Subject: RE: Scanned copy of Debris removal letter from Don West Attachments: Don West's Memorandum - Debris Collection Resulting from Hurricane Irma.pdf Attached is Don West's memorandum. Katherine asked me to add the location and Don's title to each photo for future reference. Thank you. SCANNED Steph ,v e'3u Legal Assistant St. Lucie County Attorney's Office OCT 2017 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34982 (772)462-1420 COUNTY.AT - (772)462-1440(fax) bushs@stlucieco.org QC-FL( r‘Lt t0 From:Stephanie Bush Sent:Wednesday, October 11, 2017 3:01 PM To:Anne Bowers<bowersa@stlucieco.org> Cc: Don West<westd@stlucieco.org>; Ron Parrish <ParrishR@stlucieco.org>; Ron Roberts<Robertsron@stlucieco.org>; Allison Macdonald <MacdonaldA@stlucieco.org>; Katherine Barbieri<Barbierik@stlucieco.org>; Daniel McIntyre <MCIND@stlucieco.org>; Howard Tipton <TiptonH@stlucieco.org>;Alejandra Matos-Tejada <MatosA@stlucieco.org>; Kelly Phelan<PhelanK@stlucieco.org> Subject: FW:Scanned copy of Debris removal letter from Don West Attached is Don West's memorandum regarding Hurricane Irma debris removal. Anne please add this to your documents. Thank you. Stephavwe'3u Legal Assistant St. Lucie County Attorney's Office 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34982 (772)462-1420 (772)462-1440(fax) bushs@stlucieco.org 1 4tOUNTkA,, FIRE CHIEF 3 41' a Buddy Emerson xc x 5160 N.W. Milner Drive • Port St. Lucie, Florida 34983 iD ��Cs Tel: (772)621-3312 • Fax: (772) 621-3600 bemerson@slcfd.org • www.slcfd.com October 11, 2017 Mr. Howard N. Tipton County Administrator St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34982 Dear Mr.Tipton: Due to recent Hurricane Irma the unincorporated area of the County, including privately owned gated communities, are experiencing a large volume of trees, shrubbery and other debris accumulating along the roadways. A major concern of the Fire District is that citizens are burning debris to expedite its removal. Also, in some cases the debris is piled so high and close to the roadways,that is could impede the response of fire apparatus. Any timely assistance that you can provide in the removal of this debris will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Buddy Emerson Fire Chief bertff fLORIDA F,� vt(, -.S\ . KEN J. MASCARA , : '"�, iroua14.4 Telephone: (772) 462-3200 • Fax (772) 489-5851 'C, t' Fn,\' ,,, 4700 West Midway Road • Fort Pierce, Florida 34981 4C Q �REDITA� October 11, 2017 Mr. Howard N. Tipton County Administrator St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34982 Dear Mr. Tipton: On Sunday, September 10, Hurricane Irma unleashed its fury on the Treasure Coast. St. Lucie County suffered extensive damage, power and water outages as well localized flooding. As a result of Hurricane Irma, extensive vegetation and debris covered the St. Lucie County roadways, further challenging the response of public safety services. Since Hurricane Irma, first responders have remain challenged by the extensive vegetation and debris on the St. Lucie County roadways. The public is counting on us to get to emergency scenes quickly and safely so we can provide the service the public requires. Accordingly, I respectfully request that all efforts be made to expedite the removal of vegetation and debris from the roadways, right of ways, and driveways throughout our county(including the gated communities)to ensure a quick and safe response. Sincerely, , ,e, .s// _ Ken J�fiVlascara Sheriff S.TIONIC ICE COUNTY .. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FLORIDA — ST. LUCIE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS October 11, 2017 CHRIS DZADOVSKY Mr. Howard N.Tipton CHAIRMAN County Administrator DISTRICT 1 St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue TOD MOWERY Fort Pierce, FL. 34982 VICE-CHAIRMAN DISTRICT 2 RE: Debris collection resulting from Hurricane Irma LINDA BARTZ Dear Mr.Tipton: DISTRICT 3 Due to the large number of privately-owned roadways and private gated communities that we have throughout St. Lucie County, it is imperative that we collect and remove this FRANNIE HUTCHINSON debris immediately, regardless of the implications for funding reimbursement by FEMA. DISTRICT 4 Removal of this debris is a life safety issue. CATHY TOWNSEND As you are aware,our County Land Development Code encourages private ownership and DISTRICT 5 maintenance of roadways within newer subdivisions, since about 1990. We have a large number of private neighborhoods in our County,(approximately 25%) representing a large HOWARD TIPTON percentage of our taxpayers. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Solid Waste Staff is proceeding with collection of debris within our private neighborhoods and we are obtaining "right of entry" approvals from each, prior to collection of debris. DAN MCINTYRE COUNTY ATTORNEY Sincerely, MAILING ADDRESS 2300 VIRGINIA AVENUE 4Q _ �\ FORT PIERCE, FL 34982 Donald B. West, .E. w PHONE Public Works Director (772)462-1707 St. Lucie County' TDD ,, `A (772)462-1428 DB lsd '' FAX . (772) 462-2362 E-MAIL HAUSCHILDC@STLUCIECO.ORG WEBSITE WWW.STLUCIECO.GOV ST. LUCIE t. A, M,y d j v Y! y - z •° , , \` " }(t1'�i �('(1�/�'. I + . I i/+* '," �- = �u i,htu't hurl 772-165— I '_'^milrit\�i11n 1 a��J.e,t' 6' j�k.,,, " Aj : r . y ► { P i � u c _.-. l i 7� fi r' �r a . - 4-- — ' G w `fi • "` _� ,�,,�. ,4 s b .. ,.,`.. '' r la ,, . , e f\ . { OP* ' ' . . — , • ; . g Meadowood Community , .1. <` Donald B.West,P.E. Public Works Director St.Lucie County > p$" C` w 4i i "Ik .' 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III ham° — _ 7 i f r/ .o t t ant �'R> ,..µ / — Meadowood Community •� ,q - ,� , Donald B.West,P.E. • ; f t � � Public Works Director St.Lucie County '=,- .`±r .:.,, - a ,. ,c 4 t A ;,, ,:, „,,,,,,,,,,,„ TRUE NORTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT '' A NEEI'SCHAFFER COMPANY October 12,2017 Mr. Howard N.Tipton County Administrator St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34982 Dear Mr.Tipton: Due to the large number of privately-owned roadways and private-gated communities throughout St. Lucie County, it is imperative the County collect and remove Hurricane Irma disaster-generated debris immediately, regardless of the financial burden to the County and question of eligibility for grant funding reimbursement by FEMA. Removal of this debris is a matter of public health and safety. As you are aware, the St. Lucie County Land Development Code encourages private ownership and maintenance of roadways within newer subdivisions, since about 1990. The County has a large number of private neighborhoods, representing a large percentage(approximately 25%)of the County's taxpayer base. It is important to note that the County furnishes fire protection, police protection, ambulance, municipal solid waste, and utility services to these communities. The United States Postal Service also serves many of these neighborhoods. As a consequence of Hurricane Irma generated debris creating a threat to public health and safety and the environment,the County's Public Utilities staff is proceeding with the removal of debris within these private neighborhoods and they are working to execute "Right-of-Entry" instruments with each community prior to collection of debris. Sincerely, - --/—kl-----.1..------ nck P.Tucker, P.E. Vice President/Engineer Manager Neel-Schaffer, Inc./True North Emergency Management, LLC 2501 Avenue J,Suite 120 • Arlington,Texas 76006 • Phone:817.548.0696 • Fax:817.265.8532