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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 06.03.2014S■TkaL■(di 1 E COUNTY F L o R r D A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA Regular Meeting June 3, 2014 Convened: 6:00 PM Adjourned: 7:32 PM I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by District No. 4 Chair Frannie Hutchinson Attendee Name Frannie Hutchinson Title District No. 4 Chair District No. 3 Vice -Chair District No. 1 tatus Arrived Present 6:00 PM Paula A. Lewis Present 6:00 PM Chris Dzadovsky Present 6:00 PM Tod Mowery District No. 2 Present 6:00 PM Kim Johnson District No. 5 Present 6:00 PM Bob Bentkofsky Deputy County Administrator Present 6:00 PM Daniel S. McIntyre County Attorney Present 6:00 PM Katherine Barbieri Asst. County Attorney Present 6:00 PM Edward Matthews Parks, Recreation & Facilities Director Present 6:00 PM Laurie Waldie Utility Director Present 6:00 PM Leslie Olson Planning Manager Present 6:00 PM Kelly Phelan Executive Assistant to the County Administrator Present 6:00 PM Sue Korunow Recording Secretary Present 6:00 PM Angela Riggins Recording Secretary Present 6:00 PM Generated 6/1712014 4:29 PM Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM II. INVOCATION III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 1A511IIIIIIIIIIIIIII► 11►[Ill I*VA 010la 1081141W AAr-Al 0]►16�_1a1:t61%11 RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Tod Mowery, District No. 2 SECONDER: Kim Johnson, District No. 5 AYES: Hutchinson, Lewis, Dzadovsky, Mowery, Johnson 1. Board of County Commissioners amended minutes for the meeting of Tuesday, March 18, 2014 2. Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting - May 20, 2014 9:00 AM 3. Resolution 2014-78 - Adoption of a resolution proclaiming June 1, 2014 through July 4, 2014 as "JUNETEENTH SEASON OF FREEDOM" and June 19, 2014 as "JUNETEENTH DAY" in St. Lucie County, Florida. Juneteenth Committee Member Marjorie Harrell was to accept the Proclamation but was not in the audience at the time of the reading so staff will hold the award until she or another member of the committee is able to pick it up. At this time Commissioner Hutchinson announced St. Lucie Historical Society President Nancy Bennett had been named by the Florida Historical Society as this year's "Outstanding Woman in Florida History." She stated Ms. Bennett had spoken in front of the Board last month this just goes to show, not only does the County appreciate the work she has done but the entire state appreciated it. V. PRESENTATIONS All Aboard Florida Presentation by Dr. Kim DeLaney, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Counsel Dr. Kim DeLaney of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Counsel (TCRPC) provided a presentation on All Aboard Florida (AAF) to the Board which outlined the current information regarding AAF's project statistics, community impact, federal requirements and other pertinent information to the public and Board. Commissioner Dzadovsky asked Dr. DeLaney several questions regarding pedestrian crossings and possible insurance coverage in the event of damage to older homes located close to the railroad tracks incurred by the repeated travel of the high speed trains on a daily basis. She stated the pedestrian crossings were being addressed in the proposal but she did not have an answer to the possible insurance coverage question. She stated she would add it to her list of questions and commented she had not seen any precedence for that scenario. The Commissioner then mentioned the possibility of imposing taxation fees on the trains on a cost per ton basis in order to help maintain the condition of the roads at the railroad crossings since 2 1 P a g E Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM the trains will be coming through each crossing at approximately 110 miles per hour, 35 times per day is an action very likely to cause wear on those crossings. He felt strongly the Company, not the Counties should bear the responsibility of any upkeep and maintenance of the crossings if they should start to break down and would like to have the funds in place to cover them. Commissioner Mowery commented that today Martin County formally adopted a resolution going against AAF and then noted he thought the Chair had updates for the Board. The Chair thanked Dr. Delaney for providing the presentation and explaining to everyone the role TCRPC has been playing in the process. She then asked the Board if they would support drafting resolutions pertaining to the project. After consulting with the Board and the County Attorney and noting no action could be taken at the current meeting due to the item not being on the agenda and public notice requirements, the Chair asked the County Attorney to draft two resolutions for vote at the June 17, 2014 Meeting: 1.) Resolution in support of a 90 day comment period for both the draft and final Environmental Impact Statements (EIS); and 2.) Resolution listing the Board's concerns specifically, especially regarding the economic impact on the area on a 50 year plan which is not covered in the EIS. Commissioner Mowery spoke to the taxation comment Commissioner Dzadovsky made earlier noting the Federal Commerce Act most likely precludes the County from taxing the Company to pay for crossing improvements. But he does support the drafting of the resolutions at the next meeting. He also stated the TCRPC is acting as a clearing house of information on the topic and pushing for more unified efforts so individual communities are not trying to duplicate efforts when they are trying to assist in making the information readily available. Commissioner Dzadovsky supported moving forward with drafting the resolutions for the next meeting and letting FECI know where the Board stands. Commissioner Lewis then commented she also supported drafting of the resolutions and when the EIS is released they could use the "Comment" period of a Meeting to address any issues which might arise. Commissioner Johnson asked if there is an urgency regarding the resolution or they could wait until the release of the EIS as originally planned. The Chair stated there was not any urgency but, there were just more and more concerns coming out, so they felt it important to move forward at this time with the resolutions instead of waiting for the ever changing release date. She does not want all the work staff has done to get "lost" in the delay of time. Commissioner Johnson agreed with this strategy. County Attorney stated they have copies of multiple resolutions to utilize while drafting the Board's resolution; which will assist in making sure that all the information is covered. The draft will be circulated to the Board prior to the meeting for input and if there are changes necessary it can be modified on the floor if a specific issue was not covered prior to the vote. 3 1 P a g E Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM RESULT: ITEM DISCUSSED VI. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT John Melina, Fort Pierce: Commented on the ships channel being dug to 28ft again and how the county will be charging the public millions of dollars a year to put sand back on the beaches which means most of the time we won't have good beaches. He then stated after his November bicycle accident he had 3 CT scans when 2 X-Rays would have been sufficient in his opinion. One CT scan gives off more radiation than 100 X- Rays. On television it stated patients won't feel the affects of it for years. He then stated some students in Palm Beach County had formed a group to ban "so called" leaf blowers because they produce clouds of particles which may affect our health, then stated that sometimes while riding by a leaf blower on his bicycle a spec of dust goes in his eye. The Remaining Public Comments all Pertained to the All Aboard Florida (AAF) Project: George M. Baker: Suggested they pass a county ordinance limiting all trains in the county to traveling 35mph and force the state and federal government to take away the rights of the citizens and tell them they can't pass ordinances in the county unless they have the government's permission. He referenced Abraham Lincoln's speech regarding a nation of the people, for the people and by the people should not perish from this nation and asked if the Board remembered the speech. He then stated it means people, not corporations or governments or anybody else are to have the say so in the nation. He feels people have no say so anymore whether it's local, state or federal; they're just pawns for the government. He stated we have to have a government but people have to have a say in things and the people here tonight really don't have a say in things anymore; whether you agree with him or not that is how he feels about it. He then said, they should pass the ordinance, forcing the government to control what people can and can't do, noting they wouldn't win but at least they would make a statement. He confirmed that they have the right to pass county ordinances and encouraged them to try it and see what is said. If they limit the speed to 35mph there will be no high speed rail going through, there is law enforcement who will put a stop to it by enforcing the county ordinance. Peter Bullock, 3120 N. Highway A1A, Fort Pierce, FL: Stated the AAF is not reflecting the quality of life the individual people, residents and citizens of St. Lucie County really want. He feels the project is getting rammed down their throats. He's looked at Dr. DeLaney's presentation and noted one of her bullet points was "cost benefit analysis," yet she said nothing about that. The costs are being borne by all of the citizens of the county but he stated he does not see the benefits exceeding the those costs. He brought up the safety impact report from the FRA and said he was quite surprised the FRA had stood up to the project management of AAF and specifically recommended using the higher safety guidelines. When you have trains crossing at 110mph there really are great safety concerns and what that FRA safety engineer was saying was the project management of AAF is completely disregarding those concerns. He then stated that perhaps Dr. Delaney has new information and the FRA has changed their mind but, clearly in the April report, the safety engineer stated they appeared to not be taking that into account. He was concerned about the ethics of AAF not being concerned about the citizens of St. Lucie County. He then commented on an economic study they commissioned which was in the news several weeks ago which he felt was totally worthless in it's analysis and scope. He stated it was basically a "news fluff' article with no way for people to evaluate the foundation of the claims being made in the study. Phyllis Ryan, 275 Date Palm Road, Vero Beach, FL: Submitted packets with statistics on safety on the economic impact titled "Florida Passenger Rail Service Summary" then stated she would like to talk to the Board on more of a practical level concerning what's going to happen to Fort Pierce. She noted after millions 4 1 P a g e Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM of dollars have been spent to revitalize downtown Fort Pierce businesses are struggling to survive and now they have to endure 32 trains per day ripping through the community at 110mph with category 3 hurricane force winds, twice per hour and a doubling of freight traffic through AAF parent company FECI. As we know she stated, automobile traffic will be cut off from downtown as will be emergency responders and law enforcement units and independent studies show properties located within 200-1000ft from the railway operations lose 5-20% of their value due to noise and vibration. She noted in St. Lucie County there are 1,539 properties that fall within those parameters, that represents over $300,000,000 in real estate which averages out to be over $77,000,000 taken from the tax rolls. Due to this devaluation the millions that have been invested in the City of Fort Pierce will be for nought and history proves the sell-off begins, in advance, before the first new track is laid. The ripple affect is felt throughout the community no matter where you live. She stated AAF is pushing for transit oriented development, high density population high rises along the route, developers will come and pick up those distressed and blighted properties and the new House Bill 7152 gives FDOT expanded powers to confiscate property. We know FDOT wants us out of our cars and into their trains, we also know this plan is 750, which wants us out of our houses and into their high density population high- rises and the very housing and transportation package you voted against on November 7th. She reminded the Board they represented the constituents and voted no to 750 in support of height restrictions and the right to control local development of thier own community. The general public has not changed; over 15,000 have signed a petition in opposition to AAF and transit oriented development; this is not a done deal, you don't have to do it. The Board can oppose the RIF Loan but she did note they were ahead of her on the resolution and stated she was very pleased to hear the Board would be drafting the resolutions because from Brevard County south over 17 east coast cities, counties, home owners associations, tax payers associations and emergency responders have signed a resolution in opposition to AAF including Fort Pierce, the City of Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie Village and the St. Lucie Fire District. She concluded stating your constituents are asking that the Commissioners of St. Lucie County join them and support them and sign the resolution. Mark Bryant, 1002 SE Pinewood Trail, Port St. Lucie, FL: Stated while listening tonight to the presentations and all the comments he does not feel this is a win for the community. He stated he would normally be the first to say yes to economic development but the Board also has to think of the potential liabilities, harm and how it will benefit the community. Ask if it is going to cause more businesses to go under than are already doing so now and as Commissioners Johnson and Dzadovsky stated, the Board has to look at the liability coming along with it. There will be no trains stopping in downtown Fort Pierce and people are going to be driving and walking across the tracks but they won't know what hits them. He stated he doesn't feel this is a good thing, there is no benefit to us and the liability is too high, what is more important - public safety or making FDOT happy and giving them what they want because it sounds like they don't care about what the residents of the county really want or what the Board is putting forward. It seems like they are more in it for themselves and not really taking the time to listen to us. Pat Weiner, 3555 N. Old Dixie Highway, St. Lucie Village, Fort Pierce, FL: Stated she moved up from Miami 21 years ago because she fell in love with Fort Pierce. It was quaint, it was intimate and everybody cared. She said she waited almost 3 years to find her house in St. Lucie Village and did her research and choose the Village for the same intimacy. She stated she walks her dogs across the street and sees kids riding their bikes, parents don't have to worry about people being kidnapped and crime; everybody's just "being." She shops locally because she believes in local business. She stated the Board knows what's going on in the Village and is already aware of the damage that will occur. The gash this railroad will cut through us would be irreparable, it is a town that needs to stay the way it is; we all know each other, we all care about each other and it is what we have. She thanked the Board for their support and stated she believes they will do what is right for the community. 51 Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM Rhett Lloyd, 1518 N. Longwood Circle, Fort Pierce, FL: Opposes AAF but for different reasons than probably most people. He stated he also opposes the Board's resolution to try to forbid AAF from doing business because he doesn't believe it's the role of this government or any government to decide what a property owner can do with their own property. He stated something that's really interesting is it's Juneteenth Day, marking the day when people were given the right to their own property of their bodies. In the same way that would inconvenience slave owners at the time to free them and the economic impact that would have had on them, he thinks that foreboding FEC Industries to lease and enter into a contract with AAF to run a railway, is in the same manner of violating ones property rights. The idea of a ton tax is atrocious because they are not even crossing roads, there's no impact on roads. Actually, as a fact local governments and MPO's have a contract with the railway owners to maintain and provide the crossings; that's on us. The Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council and local MPO's have known about AAF since March 2012 yet none of them have done anything to prepare or plan for upgrades to the crossings which they are legally responsible to maintain and their failure to maintain and provide those has put all of us at risk. It's not that AAF is using property to which somebody owns, that's theirs to do so. The impact is that the roads are the responsibility of local planners who have failed to plan for the roads; that is their entire responsibility. Anywhere you go across FEC roads they have agreements, the railroads came first, the roads came after; road planners are responsible for the roads. This impact of inconvenience is nothing more than "mobocrecy" where the inconveniences of a few trump the property rights of others and if we don't protect property rights there is nothing for government to do. What are we supposed to do to protect us from being harmed or agressed upon which is nothing but protecting our property? That is the ultimate role of government, if there should be one, so he opposes the resolution to go against AAF because that's not the role of government; he opposes the subsidies of $1.5 Billion dollars that's looted from everybody to give to them because HUD, DOT, EPA and the 750's schemers think it's a good idea - that's a serious problem, we should oppose the problem. Subsidies or not though, they have the right to use the rails, the rails are theirs. People who moved around the rail did so knowing full well there was a railroad there and trains already crossed down those tracks. They took a risk of expecting nobody would expect to use their property for greater capacity or be more productive with it. That's like moving next to an airport and telling them they can't use their runway because they want to use it at a higher capacity, there wasn't that many planes that went by 10 years ago so now they can't use their runway for what they've intended to do, it's one purpose, to send off airplanes, the same way with the rail - it's one purpose is trains. When you know you are building or moving next to it, you don't have the right to tell somebody not to do so anymore just because it merely inconveniences you. Rusty Roberts, Florida East Coast Industries, 8427 S. Park Circle, Orlando, FL: Florida East Coast Industries (FECI) is the company that is building the AAF train as you know and he stated he just wanted to make a few quick comments in response to Kim DeLaney's report. He stated what he wished she had said when she talked about FRA and FDOT agreeing on the level of safety requirements that will be required on the corridor and what I hope she will say in the future, is that AAF has also agreed they will install and implement the safety upgrades that FRA has recommended. We are on record as agreeing, we will comply with all FRA guidelines with regard to the safety upgrades on the corridor. That includes the "sealed corridor" definition which is really not defined very well and gives the FRA leeway to define it as they see fit because if you think about it every crossing is like a snowflake, there is no one that is the same so it will be designed in a safe manner as FRA and FDOT tells them. That will include in many cases, where it's needed, pedestrian grates, quad gates - 4 gates at each crossing, then he stated they also want to say in regard to the Quiet Zones as a consequence of the level of safety upgrades we will be installing, we will in affect by default be sharing in the cost of any Quiet Zone activities. We estimate the cost of the upgrades we will be putting in at each crossing will probably reduce the local share of a cost for Quiet Zones by more than three quarters, in other words, you will be 6 1 P a g e Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM paying for less than a quarter of the cost of what originally might have been estimated for a Quiet Zone. They will definitely be very involved in the Quiet Zone process in that regard. St. Lucie Village and the triple tracking - those tracks are not storage tracks nor will trains be halted on those tracks or blocking crossings on those tracks. We are putting tree tracks in that area to improve the flow to make sure there is no storage, no halting so that traffic can continue to move, that is part of a 6 mile corridor that allows us to do that. The Commissioners have asked us to look at alternatives for the triple tracking in the area and we are doing so and we've actually identified some areas that we are looking at very closely that may and I emphasize the word "MAY" allow us to adjust that schedule but I have to be reminded that the corridor is about 100ft wide and we're not expanding that corridor, we are not creating a gash as somebody just said along the corridor, we are using just that section that we already own for the triple tracking. He then noted there will be no vibration from the light passenger trains going by as Commissioner Dzadovsky has asked. He likened it to the difference between a Toyota and an 18-wheeler truck on a highway, the vibration from a passenger train is nil. He noted it would certainly not be the railroad's responsibility to cover insurance for damage to properties that were built next to the railroad tracks after that railroad was put in place. He also stated they are not responsible for the scheduling of the EIS. We have not delayed the time, we are victims of the FRA's bureaucracy, they will publish the EIS when they deem it is ready to be published. As Kim said, it is a very large document, they have a lot of "i's" to dot and "t's" to cross and there has been a lot of input by the community. We are not in an official comment period but they are certainly getting comments and we know that information is certainly being considered by the FRA and we are considering them too. We are doing our best to respond to all the concerns everybody has brought to our attention. Bert Shadowen, 2983 SE South Lookout Blvd, Port St. Lucie, FL: Stated he has been going to meetings on the project ever since it became public, about 4 or 5 months ago, and he thinks the idea of the project was not to allow the public know about it because in the first meetings he ever went to they were saying it was a private investment, it's privately funded. Well, we know it's not, there's a federal agency that's going to fund them for $1.6 Billion dollars. The more we listen and the more we go to meetings and study it the worse the project gets and now there are thousands of citizens that know about it and each one of them has a set of questions and we've been answering the questions for them for months and it just gets worse and worse and worse. If you study it more you are probably going to find more and more reasons not to support the program. It was "hot trapped", it was supposed to be more or less kept in the shade at least. So what I think I heard from the Commission tonight is each of you are not in favor of AAF project. I think each of you, individually expressed that and now Mr. McIntyre has to make up 2 resolutions. I think you have a consensus if you would call for a consensus vote, Mr. McIntyre could make his job a lot easier by drawing up one resolution in not supporting AAF. Commissioner Hutchinson spoke at this time stating she normally she does not respond during public comment but she wanted to clarify that the State Legislature changed the rules regarding advertising requirements not allowing any type of resolutions or votes to be passed on the agenda thereby allowing for public comment. As mentioned during the Board's conversations staff will be crafting the resolution but will circulate it to the Commissioners and also be afforded the ability to make necessary changes during the course of the formal meeting if necessary prior to the vote. County Attorney confirmed that information and noted the resolution will be on the Agenda on 6/17/14 at which time the public will have a limited time to speak on the matter. He stated there are limited exceptions, emergency items but this resolution does not qualify for that exception so they can't legally adopt a resolution at this meeting. Commissioner Mowery noted this protects peoples liberties, it protects peoples right to hear and to not have their government inadvertently taking action without them being aware it's going to be acted upon and he thinks that is what people would 7 1 P a g Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM hope their government would do; take the time to post it as an agenda item; to allow the public to be heard through that process of having it advertised, then taking action based upon those actions. Richard Sylvestry, 5708 Buchanan Drive, Fort Pierce, FL: Stated he came in a little late so he missed the presentation on AAF but he did want to say he echoes the comments of the gentleman in the plaid shirt (Rusty Roberts), he's in favor of the high speed rail. He stated he heard that 15,000 people signed the petition against the AAF, he thinks the population of the County is somewhere around 180,000 that's not even 10%, he thinks the Board might be hearing from the vocal minority; he is one of the not so vocal majority probably. He thinks there are a lot more people who are in favor of it, they're just not motivated to come down here but hopes the Board doesn't adopt the resolution against this train because He'd be extremely disappointed. He commented he didn't know where the surprises came from, he went to the meeting when these people came here about 1.5 years ago right down the street at the Fenn Center, they were open for questions, they answered all my questions, they sounded good then. It kind of reminded him, if the County had a 750 Plan in place now, had it been in place maybe 5 years ago they wouldn't be having these discussions, this County, this Commission, this Body, this City of Fort Pierce, City of Port St. Lucie and St. Lucie Village, they would have been able to go in on those conversations about these proposed trains a long while back instead of taking up the Board's valuable time tonight for something that has to do with private enterprise. High rises - well there will be winners and losers - yes there will be high rises along the train rail, probably where it's going to stop so they won't be in St. Lucie County since we know they're not stopping here right now. He hasn't been here for a while because he's been visiting family in Phoenix near Mesa where they have a light rail, he and his wife rode the rail for about 3 days and noted it was very interesting. It goes between Mesa on the east, through Tempe and then Phoenix on the west and there are a lot of high rises built along the rail. One of the neat things about it is one of the high rises had free parking for people like us on the first four floors of the high rise. We went in, parked for free, walked across the street and got on the train. It goes right through the University of Arizona campus, passes a couple high schools, junior high schools and community colleges stating they saw a lot of ridership. There's some discussion about all the trains in the country and how they lose money, if you want to count money, how many lives do they save? He asked, how many lives does tri-rail save, we don't know because we haven't had anyone killed on 1-95 because they didn't get killed because they rode Tri-rail and Tri-rail is a good example I counted the number of trains, it's no more than the number AAF will have. Ingrid Van Heckin, 304 Anchorway, St. Lucie Village, Fort Pierce, FL: Stated she choose to live in St. Lucie Village 25 years ago for the same reasons as the previous speaker, it's tranquil, it's quiet, it's nice. She asked if they had ever heard of the "Death of a Village" then stated if they didn't do something now, not 6 months from now, their Village would be dead. She said they can't go across because of safety issues. She stated she has neighbors who have told her they had to crawl underneath a train just to go get their child from the bus stop because it was stopped there for 1/2 an hour. It happens all the time because they don't have this kind of meeting where they call the Board up and tell them about it doesn't mean it's not happening. The death of the Village, she asked the Board to please not be the people that cause that, help support and to say no, that's all the Board has to do, say no. Ann Senate, 3111 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, FL: Stated she was glad they had a nice turnout of friends and neighbors from St. Lucie Village for the meeting and thanked the Board for recognizing the peoples great concern for their safety in the Village. In accordance with the Board's mission to provide service, infrastructure, leadership necessary to advance a safe and sustainable community maintain a high quality of life and protect the natural environment for our citizens she was asking the Board of County Commissioners to please draft and unanimously approve a resolution stating their opposition to AAF and voicing their protection for their constituents from the safety threats to the higher taxes which we will all face, and the declining tax Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM base which will result from AAF high speed trains racing through our county. She also asked the Board to please consider asking for both financial information and exact safety plans from AAF & FECI on record and what exactly on paper must the tax payers pay before this plan goes any further. VI I. CONSENT AGENDA RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Tod Mowery, District No. 2 SECONDER: Chris Dzadovsky, District No. 1 AYES: Hutchinson, Lewis, Dzadovsky, Mowery, Johnson A. WARRANTS Warrant List Numbers # 30, 31, 32 & 33 �eV1►�iII�1f;�l:L��[�L St. Lucie County Cooperative Extension C. COUNTY ATTORNEY Resolution 2014-79 - A resolution authorizing the Housing Finance Authority of St. Lucie County to proceed with the proposed issues of Multifamily Mortgage Revenue Bonds for financing of a multifamily residential rental housing project (Grove Park Apartments) through the issuance of its multifamily housing revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount for all series of such bonds of not to exceed $18,000,000. fri► 11110111 W&I4.ATJ14�1 There are no items scheduled. E. COURT ADMINISTRATION There are no items scheduled. �4i<1�II00-01I1% I4011feJ1111.1*1911J.To*1 There are no items scheduled. G. HUMAN RESOURCES There are no items scheduled. H. MOSQUITO CONTROL & COASTAL MGMT. SERVICES There are no items scheduled. I. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET 9 1 P a g e Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM There are no items scheduled. J. PARKS, RECREATION, & FACILITIES There are no items scheduled. K. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Tarpon Flats Final Plat L. PUBLIC SAFETY & COMMUNICATIONS There are no items scheduled. M. PUBLIC WORKS 1. Oleander Avenue Parallel Culvert Replacement Phase 2 - Bid Award 2. Palomar Street at Lakewood Park Canal - Acceptance of Project 3. Work Authorization #19 with Taylor Engineering - 8001 Indian River Drive N. SHERIFF'S OFFICE Authorization to apply for the 2014 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Local Solicitation O. SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS There are no items scheduled. P. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION There are no items scheduled. Q. UTILITIES Resolution 2014-2063 - North County District Annual Report VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. COUNTY ATTORNEY Resolution 2014-81 - Public Hearing - Abandonment of Marlin Avenue and Bonita Isle Drive - Bonita Isle Unit No. 1 County Sr. Project Engineer provided an overview and presentation on the Tarpon Flats, LLC request to abandon, close and vacate two public roads known as Marlin Avenue and Bonita Isle Drive. 10 1 Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM We have notified all relevant public utilities and we have received no objections. County staff has reviewed the petition and have no objections to the proposed abandonment. County staff would also request the Board of County Commissioners waive the privilege fee for the abandonment of the right-of-way based upon the following: the County did not pay for the right-of-way, it was a plat dedication; there is no increase in density due to the abandonment; and the developer previously donated 14.41 acres for additional public access to Jack Island Preserve. Staff recommends the Board approve Resolution 2014-81; instruct staff to publish the final Notice of Abandonment and record Resolution 2014-81, Proof of Publication of the Notice of Public Hearing and Proof of Publication of the Notice of Abandonment in the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida. RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Tod Mowery, District No. 2 SECONDER: Chris Dzadovsky, District No. 1 AYES: Hutchinson, Lewis, Dzadovsky, Mowery, Johnson IX. REGULAR AGENDA A. PUBLIC WORKS 1. Award Bid #14-032, Taylor Creek Restoration Dredging Phase II to Dickerson Florida, Inc. In The Amount Of $1,539,010. County Engineer provided a presentation and background information regarding the Taylor Creek/C25 Dredging Restoration Project and the dredging of Taylor Creek from the C-25 spillway and Ft. Pierce Farms Canal No 1 to the Indian River Lagoon Intra- coastal Waterway. The total project involves the removal of approximately 200,000 cubic yards of muck sediments to restore Taylor Creek to original design depth or hard sand bottom. The accumulation of sediments over the past 40 years represents a threat to the health of the sea grasses in the Indian River Lagoon Estuary. Once the sediments are removed, Taylor Creek will function as a silt trap to accumulate silt before it is discharged to the Indian River Lagoon. In addition, the navigation channel will be restored to its full depth to benefit the public. Commissioner Dzadovsky noted he recently attended the Indian River Lagoon American Assembly and muck was a large portion of the conversation. The Director of Public Works has mentioned a study on the muck taken from Taylor Creek and how they will be working with the USDA. During the Lagoon meeting, Commissioner Dzadovsky made 111 Page Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM mention of the process to the group because they will be doing a larger muck removal in the lagoon to the north of Taylor Creek and he suggested they contact county staff so FIT, Marine Resources Council and some of the scientists from that area be invited to be part of the process. This will allow all to gain whatever level of information and knowledge from how we're approaching this and also just as important, identify what the muck materials are. He stated he would also mention it at the Five County Collaborative and perhaps they would be interested in supporting it and come and give insight to the project. Staff recommends award of Bid No. 14-032, Taylor Creek Restoration Dredging Phase II to Dickerson Florida, Inc. In the amount of $1,539,010, establish the project budget and authorization for the Chair to sign the contract as approved by the County Attorney. RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Chris Dzadovsky, District No. 1 SECONDER: Kim Johnson, District No. 5 AYES: Hutchinson, Lewis, Dzadovsky, Mowery, Johnson 2. North Second Street Interlocal Agreement - Port of Fort Pierce Infrastructure Improvements County Engineer provided background information and a presentation regarding the North Second Street Project which involves a partnership between the City of Fort Pierce, Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (FPUA) and St. Lucie County to construct roadway improvements and related infrastructure. Project funding is being provided by the FPUA and the County Port Authority. The Project involves total reconstruction of Second Street, including relocation and upgrading of all existing utilities and construction of a new stormwater management system. The utilities that will be relocated and upgraded include: water mains, sanitary sewer system, sanitary sewer lift stations, natural gas mains and electrical system. The road construction will include new pavement, curb and gutter, sidewalks, stormwater collection system, detention ponds, landscaping and street lights. Public Works Staff recommends Board approval of Interlocal Agreement between the County, City of Fort Pierce, and Fort Pierce Utilities Authority and authorization for the Chair to sign documents as approved by the County Attorney. 12 1 Regular Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2014 6:00 PM RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Tod Mowery, District No. 2 SECONDER: Kim Johnson, District No. 5 AYES: Hutchinson, Lewis, Dzadovsky, Mowery, Johnson X. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. The Board of County Commissioners will hold an Informal Meeting on June 10, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Conference Room #3. 2. The Board of County Commissioners and other officials will be holding a groundbreaking ceremony for the addition of two new baseball fields on June 10, 2014 at 9:00 am on Quincy Avenue in Fort Pierce between 23rd & 13th Streets. XI. MOTION TO ADJOURN There being no further business to be brought before the Board, the meeting was adjourned. Frd,inie Hutchinson, District No.4 hair 6/3/2014 Joseph E. Smith Clerk of Circuit Court Please Note: Final minutes are recorded in the official minute books that are filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and available for inspection upon request. 13 1