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AGENDA
ST. LUCIE COUNTY
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
6:01 PM
St. Lucie County Commission Chambers
2300 Virginia Avenue
3rd Floor of Roger Poitras Building
Fort Pierce, FL 34982
BOARD MEMBERS
District No. 3, Chair
LINDA BARTZ
District No. 1, Vice‐Chair
CHRIS DZADOVSKY
District No. 2
SEAN MITCHELL
District No. 4
FRANNIE HUTCHINSON
District No. 5
CATHY TOWNSEND
Mission Statement
To provide service, infrastructure and leadership necessary to advance a safe and sustainable community,
maintain a high quality of life, and protect the natural environment for all our citizens
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WELCOME
All meetings are televised.
All meetings provided with wireless internet access for public convenience.
Please turn off all cell phones and pagers prior to entering the commission chambers.
Please mute the volume on all laptops and PDAs while in use in the commission chambers.
GENERAL RULES AND PROCEDURES – Attached is the agenda, which will determine the order of business conducted at today’s Board
meeting.
INVOCATION‐PLEDGE – To bring order and decorum to its meeting, the Board begins its meetings with an invocation followed by the
Pledge of Allegiance. Participation is voluntary.
CONSENT AGENDA – These items are considered routine and are enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of
these items unless a Commissioner so requests.
REGULAR AGENDA – Proclamations, Presentations, Public Hearings, and Department requests are items, which the Commission will
discuss individually, usually in the order listed on the agenda.
PUBLIC HEARINGS – These items are usually heard on the first Tuesdays at 6 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible. However, if a
public hearing is scheduled for a meeting on the third Tuesday, which begins at 9 a.m., then public hearings will be heard at 9
a.m. or as soon thereafter as possible. These time designations are intended to indicate that an item will not be addressed prior
to the listed time. The Chair will open each public hearing and asks anyone wishing to speak to come forward, one at a time.
Comments will be limited to five minutes, and must be pertinent to the agenda item being considered by the Board.
As a general rule, when issues are scheduled before the Commission under department request or public hearing, the order
of presentation is: (1) County staff presents the details of the Board item (2) Commissioners comment (3) if a public hearing, the
Chair will ask for public comment, (4) further discussion and action by the Board.
ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION – Please state your name and address, speaking clearly into the microphone. If you have backup
material, please have eight copies ready for distribution.
NON‐AGENDA ITEMS – These items are presented by an individual Commissioner or staff as necessary at the conclusion of the
printed agenda.
PUBLIC COMMENT – Time is allotted at the beginning of each meeting for general public comment. Please limit comments to three
minutes. Comments may pertain to any matter related to the Board’s duties as the County’s governing body. Comments in support
or opposition to candidates for public office are not pertinent to the Board’s duties. This includes any speaker identifying himself or
herself as a candidate for public office.
DECORUM – Please be respectful of others’ opinions.
MEETINGS – All Board meetings are open to the public and are held on the first Tuesdays of each month at 6 p.m. and on the third
Tuesdays at 9 a.m., unless otherwise advertised. Meetings are held in the County Commission Chambers in the Roger Poitras
Administration Annex at 2300 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce, Fla. 34982. The Board schedules additional workshops throughout the year
necessary to accomplish their goals and commitments. Notice is provided of these workshops. Anyone with a disability requiring
accommodation to attend this meeting should contact the St. Lucie County Community Services Manager at 772‐462‐1777 or TDD
772‐462‐1428 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
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1.CALL TO ORDER
2.GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
3.APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A.Board of County Commissioners minutes for the Sustainability District Meeting of August 18,
2020.
4.CONSENT AGENDA
A.PUBLIC WORKS
1.Energy Special Assessment Notice of Intent
Staff recommends the Board’s permission to advertise a public hearing to consider use of
the uniform method of collecting special assessments to be held at the Board’s regular day
meeting on December 15, 2020.
5.REGULAR AGENDA
There are no items scheduled.
6.MOTION TO ADJOURN
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Sustainability District Meeting
August 18, 2020 Convened: 10:33 AM
Adjourned: 10:34 AM
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:33 AM by District No. 3, Chair Linda Bartz
Present
Commissioner District 1 Chris Dzadovsky, Commissioner District 2 Sean Mitchell, Commissioner District
3 Linda Bartz, Commissioner District 5 Cathy Townsend, Commissioner District 4 Frannie Hutchinson
Also Present
Howard Tipton, County Administrator
Mark Satterlee, Deputy County Administrator
Alphonso Jefferson, Deputy County Administrator
Dan McIntyre, County Attorney
Angela Riggins, Deputy Clerk
Lillian O’Farrell, Recording Secretary
2. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Chair Bartz opened the meeting for public comment at this time. There being no one wishing to address
the Board, Chair Bartz closed public comment.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A motion was made to approve the minutes and it passed unanimously.
RESULT: APPROVE
MOVER: Commissioner District 5 Cathy Townsend
SECONDER: Commissioner District 4 Frannie Hutchinson
AYES: Chris Dzadovsky, Sean Mitchell, Linda Bartz, Cathy Townsend, Frannie
Hutchinson
NAYS: None
EXCUSED: None
A. Board of County Commissioners minutes for the Sustainability District meeting of May 19,
2020.
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4. CONSENT AGENDA
A motion was made to adopt the consent agenda and it passed unanimously.
RESULT: APPROVE
MOVER: Commissioner District 5 Cathy Townsend
SECONDER: Commissioner District 1 Chris Dzadovsky
AYES: Chris Dzadovsky, Sean Mitchell, Linda Bartz, Cathy Townsend, Frannie
Hutchinson
NAYS: None
EXCUSED: None
A. PUBLIC WORKS
1. Energy SAD Annual Assessment Resolution
Staff recommends Board adoption of the attached resolution and authorization for the Chair
to sign documents as approved by the County Attorney.
Adopted by Consent Vote
5. REGULAR AGENDA
There were no items scheduled.
6. MOTION TO ADJOURN
There being no further business to be brought before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
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.
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4.A.1.
2020-50501
DATE:11/10/2020
AGENDA REQUEST
TO:Sustainability District
PRESENTED BY:Barbara Guettler, MSBU Coordinator
SUBMITTED BY:Public Works
SUBJECT:Energy Special Assessment Notice of Intent
BACKGROUND:
One of the funding methods available for the capital improvements and essential services is through non-ad
valorem special assessments levied on specially-benefited properties within the proposed special assessment
districts and collected using the uniform method pursuant to Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes. In order to
preserve this collection option, it is necessary for the Board to adopt resolutions expressing its intent to use
the uniform method commencing in November, 2021. The resolutions must be considered at a duly
advertised public hearing held prior to January 1, 2021.
The resolution, which will be provided before the public hearing, does not in any way obligate the County to
levy the special assessments; rather, it simply preserves the County’s option to use the uniform method of
collection if a special assessment is levied.
PREVIOUS ACTION:
N/A
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Sufficient funding is available from the advertising account in the Energy MSBU program within the
Transportation Trust Interlocals Fund (101001-4115-549000-4920).
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Board’s permission to advertise a public hearing to consider use of the uniform
method of collecting special assessments to be held at the Board’s regular day meeting on December 15,
2020.
COMMISSION ACTION:
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RESULT:
MOVER:None
SECONDER:None
AYES:None
NAYS:None
EXCUSED:None
Coordination/Signatures
Date: October 16, 2020
Don West, Public Works Director
Date: October 16, 2020
Daniel McIntyre, County Attorney
Date: October 19, 2020
Mark Satterlee, Deputy County
Administrator
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