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Home My WebLink AboutCritical Improvement Shelter L L l l L l l l L L L L l l l l L l l St. Lucie County Critical Improvement Projects 2000 - 2001 Legislative Session fII ... November 1999 ¡ .. ilia .. .. ... .. .. .. .. PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR STATE FUNDING 2000-2001 .. FISCAL YEAR BUDGET .. lit .. .. .. III .. .. ... ì .. ... ... III .. .. ... St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners ... lit ... District #1 Commissioner John D. Bruhn .. District #2 Commissioner Doug Coward lit District #3 Commissioner Paula A. Lewis District #4 Commissioner Frannie Hutchinson .. District #5 Commissioner Cliff Bames .. .. .. .. ÍIIII ... III .. ... ... .. .. ... .. TAB 1 III ... FAIRGROUNDS RELOCATION AND DISASTER CONTROL CENTER .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. i.. .. ... ... Fairgrounds Relocation and Disaster Command/Special Needs Shelter Project .. .. A proposal for $8,000,000 to relocate the County fairgrounds and develop a Joint Use Disaster Control Center, Special Needs Shelter, Exhibit Hall and a Horse and Livestock Park. .. .. ... ... .. .. i. .. .. .. .. .. ... ... ... ... ... AGRICULTURE EXHIBIT & TRAINING/DISASTER COMMAND CENTERI SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER .. ... Project Manager: Julia Shewchuk Community Development Director ... Amount of Request: $8,000,000.00 Description of Project: ... This project will relocate the Fair from the Airport grounds, provide a livestock/equine facility for training and education. This facility will also be used as a Disaster Command Center providing for a needed staging area, Command Post, Primary Special Needs Shelter, 911/EOC back up and an evacuation area for horses and other animals in the event of a natural disaster. ... ... Reason For Funding: .. The new 200 acre property has been purchased. Funding is needed to develop the facilities prior to moving The Fair Association off of the St. Lucie County Airport property. The project will allow for new industrial development at the airport, create a new Fair Association opportunity and a Special Needs Disaster Shelter that is badly needed in the County. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... ... ... ... .. ... ST. LUCIE COUNTY AGRICULTURE EXHIBIT, TRAINING/DISASTER COMMAND AND SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER ... fUNDING NEEDS ... I. Project Engineering & Design $ 600,000.00 ... II. Water/Sewer $ 500,000.00 .. III. Infrastructure $1,200,000.00 IV. Agriculture Exhibit/Disaster Center $3,000,000.00 ... V. Livestock/Equine $1,500,000.00 ¡¡. VI. Furnishings $ 500,000.00 VII. Contingency $ 700.000.00 ... TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED $8,000,000.00 .. ... .. .. ... ... ... .. ... ÍIIII ... .. ... ¡; .. .. A. .. ... B. ... ... ... .. ÎIII .. .. .. .. .. ... AGRICULTURE EXIllBIT & TRAINING I DISASTER coMMAND I SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER geo~aphic Infonnation- The 200 acre sité is located in the heart of St. Lucie County, west of the major population centers, bordered on the north by State Road 70 and on the south by County Road 712. The site is geographically centered to serve the four county area of Okeechobee, St. Lucie, Indian River and Martin Counties. This site is witIDn 6 miles of the Florida Turnpike and 1-95 Interchanges along with being located outside the emergency planning zone for the nuclear power plant. Agricultural- Fair Association will hold the annual county fair, along with the livestock shows/sales and auctions. Facility will be used for agriculture training and education, trade shows, equine training/specialty classes, 4H events, farm equipment safety training/exhibitions and rodeos. Building will include stable facilities for horses and an adjoining arena. Emergency collection site for large animals, an estimated 200 head of horses are residing east of U.S. Highway 1 in areas that are subject to flooding and wildfires. This facility will provide a safe and secure location for livestock and large animals in emergency situations in which residents are instructed to evacuate. C. Disaster Command/Special Needs Shelter- Facility will be used as a staging and distribution area of equipment along with the capability of providing for regional staging of resources and primary command post during recovery stage of a disaster. It would be the only Special Needs population Shelter outside the 10 mile emergency planning zone. Used as an alternate Emergency Operation Center outside the EPZ should we lose capabilities at our primary 911 Central Communications and Emergency Management location. Currently we havé inadequate locations for the evacuation of school children during a nuclear power plant emergency, this facility will help and provide needed shelter. D. Facilit)'.- The 30,000 sf structure will meet Category 3 hurricane design requirements, accommodate over 500 people, contain a full service kitchen, restrooms and showers and dining for 250 people. Building interior will have folding walls to provide for more versatile use. As an emergency center the facility will contain emergency lighting, phones, data facilities and emergency generators. Both the on site water and wastewater systems would incorporate an emergency generator system to provide reliability in emergency situations. Water system would include a ground storage tank capable of sustaining minimum fire protection needs and storage capability. This structure will be completely self contained. .. .. ... ... ... .. ÍIìII .. .. .. ÌI. ... ÍIIII ... .. .. .. ... .. Shelter space . at a prelDlUD1 in 2 counties S.PACE \ STORM PREPARATIONS .I By Andrew Conte 01 tne He'W'S I\.In As hurricanes Bonnie and Danielle'chum through the At- lantic Oocan, emergency m.a.oage- men! officials in SL Lucie County have eliminated four storm shel- ters because of conc:crTIS they are unsare. And officials in Martin County, already dealing with. a spac:c shortage, plan to pack an residents ·shoulder to shoulder~ ir necessary. .". . On our Web site ~( For updates on ~ Hurricanes . Bonnieand ~ ) Danielle, \/\sit our Web site at http-Jlwww.tcpalm.com J An informaJ inspection in July found that (oúrSt. Lu¿'¡e School District buildings that were in- cluded on the county's shelter list do nOI provide enough protec- tion from Oying debris and high winds. Don Danic:ls, SL Lucie County's emergency managc- ment coordinator, saId the build- ings either have too much ¡¡Jus or structural problems that could :ausc them to collap$C. Thrce scbools removed from he list arc: Weatherbee: Elaneo- ary and Forest Grovc Middle 'chool in Fort Pierce and South- Or! Middle School in Port SL. uc:ie. Officials temporarily re; , oved Manatcc' Elementary in )r! 51. Lucie, which is under- .ing roor repairs. . Those buildings will not be cd as shelters during a storm. t Daniels said no plac:c is abso- cly sare in a hurricane. Please see SPACE on A2 . CONT'lNUeO FROM A 1 . "íhere·s aJW2ys a risk ,when you're lOOk!n~ a~ a Cat~g0r;/, .3 storm or hi er. he saId. It s sarer there t an if you stay i!, a mobile home, 00 the bc:ach or an a car. . ., (But) if you can stay at home, stay at home." 'The closures in St. Lucie County ,come '&$ offiåa1s in Mar· ùn County assess space 'problans, A!ter a safety ~oo in 1997, Martin County c\iminated several sbdtc:n, leaving a defiåt of about 6,000 spaocs. Offiåa1s will squc:c:z.c: ~ple into the cxišting shelters unùJ they are ·sboulder to shoulder~ ir nee- c:ssa.ry, sa.id MeI BaxJey. Maron . County's . emergency pia Mer , Mc:a.nwbile, the county conúnues to plac:c hurricåne sbutters on o!ber public buildings to increase: the number or plao::s where pcople caD seck rcru~e. "We won t turn away pcople," he said. ·If we have to. we will re- duc:c !be spac:c (for each pcrson) during !be storm." At !be start or hurricane sea- son in'June, St. Luåe County offi- cials sa.id they had spac:c for 15,000 people, which Ir!atches the projcctc:íd number or resIdents wþo Will oced emergency shelter. With four fcwcr melters, the county now has a dc:fiåt of spao::s, partic- ularly in north SL Lucie County, ~icls ~ "':~ al~dY. tight, . In an earlier ~ion, emer- gC1)Ç)' offiåals dcc:mCd Fort Pierce shdters at the campus of Indian RiYCr CocamunitY·College and the school' diStrict's Dale Ca.sscns School unsafe for hurricane pro- tc:c:tiOD, ,$lid Bett)' DeStefano,. ex- c:cuûVë d.irc:ctor :or the Amencan Red Cross iri SL Luåe County. Besides having too much glass, cooimon problems. include long roor.spans, unrc:inforo:d masonry, weak exterual 'or interual walls and taJJ trees nearby. experts said, Any,of those factors could cause a building to coUap$C during a ma- jor h·urricane. Emergency offiåals in St. Lu· cie County found the problems during an informal inspection or about two.thir~s or. the shelters. drew hit South Florida in 1992 the state required counties to 'find enough shelter spac:c for residents in evacuation areas, but· noW in- spectors are finding that many of ' the shellers throughout the state arc inadeq,uate. ,: ·'Ir we re aware of a situation, we're not going to deliberately put somebodr at risk,·. DeSt~ano , . said.·O course, if we have 120. mllh wind, who knows what's safe?" Under the county's emergency plan, offiåaJs would open five shelters first and then' open more as nceded. DeStera.ao encouraged residents to listen to mc:4ia reports to find out which. .shelters are available. . !' She also advised that ~ple. need to bring wate'r, food, clothing and bedding to the shelters be- cause the American Red Cross docs not provide cot.s or other re- sources, Omcials encouraged peo- ple to stay with family or friends who live in sare plao::s rather than coining to the shelters. "'The shelter is safer - that's the leey word. safer - than a mo- ! bile home and safer than a beach- ¡ front' home." DeStcCa.ao said. ·The shelter is not a motel." '. ' After Hurricane Böanie sat off the southeastern coast or Florida last wcekend, emergency .off'1áa1S said 'they arc better p~ ,and' that the public seems ~dicr'for a major storm. . '. . people who have not ·yet· got- ten. Ct'\'erg,ency supp~i,es s1io~ld·d? so ImmedIately' as a second bum- cane, Daniclle, gathers strength in the Atlantic, said Mary Sa~r, director ,or the Martin..County· chaptc:i' or the' AD1crlc:an RcC1 Cross. . . .(Bonrû~ '. j ~ly. . baS sparked a lot'òr IIItcmt,'" ~1i~ said. ·'We hopc"more ¡pëo¡)lë ~t out' and got supplies and figured out . what their plan is. If they haVen't done that by now. they're j,a' ~d.' shapc"· . .' I The group's chapters')n both I counlies are seeking volwiteers to run shelters and help with disaster ' relief. For more information, lØi· denlS can calI the American Red Cross al 287-2002 in MartiD Ç,ounly or 461-5201 in St.·Lucie