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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Packet 11.19.2019SUSTAINABILITY DISTRICT AGENDA ST. LUCIE COUNTY Tuesday, November 19, 2019 9:00 AM 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. 2, Vice‐Chair SEAN MITCHELL District No. 1 CHRIS DZADOVSKY 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 Page 1 of 9 Regular Meeting Tuesday, November 19, 2019 9:00 AM 2 | Page 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. General comments in support or opposition to candidates for public office are not pertinent to the Board’s duties. 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. Page 2 of 9 Regular Meeting Tuesday, November 19, 2019 9:00 AM 3 | Page 1.CALL TO ORDER 2.GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT 3.APPROVAL OF MINUTES A.Sustainability District minutes for the meeting of October 22, 2019 B.Sustainability District minutes for the meeting of August 20, 2019 C.Sustainability District minutes for the meeting of September 17, 2019 4.CONSENT AGENDA There are no items scheduled. 5.REGULAR AGENDA There are no items scheduled. 6.MOTION TO ADJOURN Page 3 of 9 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA Sustainability District Meeting October 22, 2019 Convened: 10:50 AM Adjourned: 10:52 AM 1 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 10:50 AM, by District 3 Chair, Linda Bartz Commissioners Present Commissioner District 1 Chris Dzadovsky, Commissioner District 2 Sean Mitchell, Commissioner District 3 Linda Bartz, Commissioner District 5 Cathy Townsend Commissioners Absent Commissioner District 4 Frannie Hutchinson Others Present Daniel McIntyre, County Attorney Howard Tipton, County Administrator Alice Sennott, Recording Secretary 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES There were no minutes to approve. 3. 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. 4. CONSENT AGENDA There were no items scheduled. Page 4 of 9 Sustainability District Meeting Tuesday, October 22, 2019 9:00 AM 2 | Page 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Energy Special Assessment District Barbara Guettler presented this item. One of the funding methods available for energy conservation and renewable energy improvements is through non‐ad valorem special assessments levied on specially‐benefited properties within the special assessment district 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 a resolution expressing its intent to use the uniform method commencing in November, 2020. The resolution must be considered at a duly advertised public hearing held prior to January 1, 2020. The resolution does not in any way obligate the County to levy special assessments; rather, it simply preserves the County’s option to use the uniform method of collection if special assessments are levied. The Board has created the Energy Special Assessment District to provide energy conservation and renewable energy improvements to the parcels within the proposed boundary. Staff recommended that the Board adopt the Special Assessment Notice of Intent resolution for the Energy Special Assessment District. Chair Bartz opened the hearing for public comment at this time. There being no one wishing to address the Board, Chair Bartz closed the public hearing. A motion was made to approve staff recommendation and it passed unanimously. RESULT: ADOPT MOVER: Commissioner District 1 Chris Dzadovsky SECONDER: Commissioner District 5 Cathy Townsend AYES: Chris Dzadovsky, Sean Mitchell, Linda Bartz, Cathy Townsend NAYS: None EXCUSED: None 6. REGULAR AGENDA There were no items scheduled. 7. 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. Page 5 of 9 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA Sustainability District Meeting August 20, 2019 Convened: 10:01 AM Adjourned: 10:01 AM 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 10:01 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, Recording Secretary Brittany Jones 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Sustainability District minutes for the meeting of Tuesday, May 21, 2019. A motion was made to approve the minutes and it passed unanimously. RESULT: APPROVE MOVER: Commissioner District 1 Chris Dzadovsky SECONDER: Commissioner District 5 Cathy Townsend AYES: Chris Dzadovsky, Sean Mitchell, Linda Bartz, Cathy Townsend, Frannie Hutchinson NAYS: None EXCUSED: None 3. 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. Page 6 of 9 Sustainability District Meeting Tuesday, August 20, 2019 9:00 AM 2 | Page 4. CONSENT AGENDA There are no items scheduled. 5. REGULAR AGENDA There are 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. Page 7 of 9 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA Sustainability District Meeting September 17, 2019 Convened: 10:29 AM Adjourned: 10:29 AM 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 10:29 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, Recording Secretary Brittany Jones 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES There are no items scheduled. 3. 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. 4. CONSENT AGENDA A motion was made to adopt the consent agenda and it passed unanimously. RESULT: ADOPT MOVER: Commissioner District 2 Sean Mitchell SECONDER: Commissioner District 5 Cathy Townsend AYES: Chris Dzadovsky, Sean Mitchell, Linda Bartz, Cathy Townsend, Frannie Hutchinson NAYS: None EXCUSED: None Page 8 of 9 Sustainability District Meeting Tuesday, September 17, 2019 9:00 AM 2 | Page A. PUBLIC WORKS 1. Energy SAD Annual Assessment Resolution Adopted by Consent Vote 2. Energy Special Assessment Notice of Intent 2020 Adopted by Consent Vote 5. REGULAR AGENDA There are 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. Page 9 of 9