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December 2, 2008
6:00 P.M.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA
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today’s Board meeting.
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 may be heard on the first and third Tuesday at 6:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as
possible, or on a second or fourth Tuesday, which begins at 9:00 A.M., then public hearings will be heard at 9:00 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 Chairman 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.
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 Chairman will ask for public comment, (4) further discussion and action by the board.
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MEETINGS - All Board meetings are open to the public and are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 6:00
P.M. and on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 9:00 A.M., unless otherwise advertised. Meetings are held in the County
Commission Chambers in the Roger Poitras Administration Annex at 2300 Virginia Ave., Ft. Pierce, FL 34982. The Board
schedules additional workshops throughout the year as necessary to accomplish their goals and commitments. Notice is
provided of these workshops. Assistive Listening Device is available to anyone with a hearing disability. Anyone with a
disability requiring accommodation to attend this meeting should contact the St. Lucie County Community Services
Director at (772) 462-1777 or TDD (772) 462-1428 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting.
December 2, 2008
6:00 P.M.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
www.co.st-lucie.fl.us
Paula A. Lewis, Chairman District No. 3
Charles Grande, Vice Chairman District No. 4
Doug Coward District No. 2
Chris Dzadovsky District No. 1
Chris Craft District No. 5
I. INVOCATION
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. MINUTES
Approve the minutes from the November 25, 2008 meeting.
IV. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
There are no proclamations/presentations scheduled for December 2, 2008.
V. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
VI. CONSENT AGENDA
A.WARRANTS
Approve warrant list No. 9
B.COUNTY ATTORNEY
1. Bear Point Mitigation Bank – First Amendment to Credit Reservation Agreement with Schoolhouse
Partners, LLC. – Consider staff recommendation to approve the proposed First Amendment to the
Credit Reservation Agreement with Schoolhouse Partners, LLC., and authorize the Chairman to
sign.
2. Funding request for Mental/Substance Abuse services by New Horizons of the Treasure Coast.
Funds will support housing, treatment and services of persons who are in the criminal justice
system and mentally disabled. The objective of this funding would be to provide alternatives to
incarceration and to shorten the time required for persons who meet criteria to enter mental
health court and other case management services – Consider staff recommendation to authorize
the County Attorney to have final approval once the contracts are complete. The contracts will
have a retroactive start date of October 1, 2008, in compliance with services rendered since the
start of the 08/09 budget year.
3. Liberty Baptist Church – Corner Clip Donation – Corner Clip between Dunn Road and Midway
Road – Resolution No. 08-365 – Consider staff recommendation to accept the Warranty Deed,
authorize the Chairman to sign Resolution No. 08-365 and direct staff to record the documents in
the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida.
4. Conservation Easement – Romanello Estates – Resolution No. 08-367 – Consider staff
recommendation to accept the Conservation Easement, authorize the Chairman to sign
Resolution No. 08-367 and direct staff to record the documents in the Public Records of St. Lucie
County, Florida.
C. COMMUNITY SERVICES
1. Approval of Budget Resolution No. 08-366 to budget the funds from the State FY07 Housing
Initiative Partnership (SHIP) allocation to Housing Assistance – Discretionary and Housing
Assistance – Mandatory – Consider staff recommendation to approve Budget Resolution No. 08-
366 to budget the funds from the State FY07 Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP) allocation to
Housing Assistance – Discretionary and Housing Assistance.
2. Approve Budget Resolution No. 08-369 to budget funds from the Florida Department of
Transportation – Consider staff recommendation to approve Budget Resolution No. 08-369 to
budget funds from the Florida Department of Transportation.
D. GRANTS
1. Submittal of a funding request in the amount of $17,000 to the non-profit Caribbean Corporation
for assistance in sea turtle education materials – Consider staff recommendation to authorize the
submittal of a funding request in the amount of $17,000 to the non-profit Caribbean Corporation
for assistance in sea turtle education materials.
2. Acceptance of a funding award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) for an amount
not to exceed $3,484,246 to pay 75% of the cost of repairing damage caused by Tropical Storm
Fay in Taylor Creek across from C-25 spillway and in several locations around the Verada Ditch –
Consider staff recommendation to accept the funding award from the United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Emergency Watershed
Protection (EWP) for an amount not to exceed $3,484,246 to pay 75% of the cost of repairing
damage caused by Tropical Storm Fay in Taylor Creek across from C-25 spillway and in several
locations around the Verada Ditch.
3. Approve Budget Amendment BA#09-004, Equipment Request number EQ#09-017 and the
contract with Jorge Blanco Sculpture, LLC., to construct and install a permanent sculpture at the
Havert L. Fenn Center – Consider staff recommendation to approve Budget Amendment BA#09-
004, Equipment Request number EQ#09-017 and the contract with Jorge Blanco Sculpture, LLC.,
to construct and install a permanent sculpture at the Havert L. Fenn Center.
END OF CONSENT AGENDA
VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. COUNTY ATTORNEY
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Petition for Abandonment – Petition to abandon a portion of North 15 Street right-of-way between
Barcelona Avenue and Rosarita Avenue – Resolution No. 08-348 – Consider staff recommendation to
approve Resolution No. 08-348; instruct staff to publish the final Notice of Abandonment; approve and
execute easements in favor of Fort Pierce Utilities Authority and Bell South Telecommunications d/b/a
AT&T Florida and record Resolution No. 08-348; Proof of Publication of the Notice of Intent to Abandon,
Proof of Publication of the Notice of Public Hearing, Proof of Publication of the Notice of Abandonment,
Easements in favor of Fort Pierce Utilities Authority and Bell South Telecommunications, d/b/a AT&T of
Florida, in the Public Records of St. Lucie County.
B. GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Petition of the Hospice Foundation of Martin and St. Lucie, Inc. for a Conditional Use Permit and Major
Site Plan to:
?Allow Medical and Health Services and Social Services in the I (Institutional) Zoning District.
?Allow a Major Site Plan approval for a 34,662 square foot three story counseling service center
building to be known as Treasure Coast Hospices Counseling Service Center.
?Join the already approved Minor Site Plan known as Hospice of the Treasure Coast and Treasure
Coast Hospices Counseling Service Center under one Conditional Use Permit.
Consider staff recommendation to adopt Draft Resolution No. 08-185 granting Conditional Use Permit and
Major Site Plan approval for the project to be known as Hospice Service Center, subject to six (6) limiting
conditions to the petition of Hospice Foundation of Martin and St. Lucie, Inc., the proposed Conditional
Use Permit to:
?Allow Medical and Health Services and Social Services in the I (Institutional) Zoning District.
?Allow a Major Site Plan approval for a 34,662 square foot three story counseling service center
building to be known as Treasure Coast Hospices Counseling Service Center.
?Join the already approved Minor Site Plan known as Hospice of the Treasure Coast and Treasure
Coast Hospices Counseling Service Center under one Conditional Use Permit.
C. GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Petition of Guadamonte, Inc. represented by Francisco Martin requesting a Major Site Plan approval for
the project to be known as Martin Office Building, for property located on the north side of St. Lucie
Boulevard, approximately 500 feet west of the intersection of Hammond Road and St. Lucie Boulevard in
the CG (Commercial General) Zoning District – Draft Resolution No. 08-177 – Consider staff
recommendation to adopt Draft Resolution No. 08-177 granting Major Site Plan approval for the project
to be known as Martin Office Building, subject to 11 limiting conditions.
D. GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Petition of Guadamonte, Inc. for a Proportionate Fair Share Agreement for the intersection improvements
to Kings Highway and St. Lucie Boulevard to support the project to be known as Martin Office Building –
Consider staff recommendation to adopt Draft Resolution No. 08-295 that grants approval top the
Proportionate Fair Share Agreement, which complies with Condition of Approval Number 11 of Resolution
No. 08-177 regarding the cost of intersection improvements on Kings Highway to serve the project to be
known as Martin Office Building.
E. GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Dogs & Cats Forever Request for a Conditional Use Permit for a completely enclosed kennel on an 8.6
acre (374,616 square-feet) site northeast of the intersection of Selvitz and Devine Road to include:
?5,820 square foot building
?2 outdoor exercise areas of 7,710 and 7,842 square feet each, for use two (2) hours out of the
day
?3.3 acres of conservation easement/buffers
Consider staff recommendation to adopt Draft Resolution No. 08-237 approving a Conditional Use Permit
to operate a completely enclosed kennel northeast of the intersection of Selvitz Road and Devine Road
with eight (8) limiting conditions.
F. GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Petition of Abdul Raoof Shadani for an amendment to the Official Zoning Atlas to change the zoning
from the RF (Religious Facility) Zoning District and the RS-3 (Residential, Single Family – 3 du/ acre)
Zoning District to the PNRD (Planned Non-Residential Development) Zoning District and for the
Preliminary/Final PNRD Site Plan approval to be known as the “Fort Pierce Mosque.” The 18,800
square feet of building will consist of a sanctuary, social hall, library, classrooms, kitchen, and offices –
Consider staff recommendation to approve Draft Resolution 08-187 granting approval of an
amendment to the Official Zoning Atlas to change the zoning from the RF (Religious Facility) Zoning
District and the RS-3 (Residential, Single Family – 3 du/ acre) Zoning District to the PNRD (Planned
Non-Residential Development) Zoning District and for the Preliminary/Final PNRD Site Plan approval
with thirteen (13) limiting conditions.
END OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
VIII. COUNTY ATTORNEY
Amended and Restated Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility Planning – Consider staff recommendation
to approve the revised Amended and Restated Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility Planning and
authorize the Chairman to sign the Agreement.
IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. The Board of County Commissioners will hold a Budget Workshop on Monday, December 8, 2008 at 2:00
p.m. in the County Commissioners Chambers.
2. The Board of County Commissioners will hold a Joint Meeting with the Treasure Coast Education and
Research Development Authority on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. at the University of
Florida / IFAS Center located at 2199 S. Rock Road, Fort Pierce, FL 34945
3. The December 23, 2008 Regular Board of County Commissioners Meeting has been canceled.
4. The December 23, 2008 BOCC Monthly Informal Meeting has been canceled.
5. County offices will be closed on Thursday, December 25, 2008 and Friday, December 26, 2008 to observe
Christmas.
6. County offices will be closed on Thursday, January 1, 2009 to observe New Year’s Day.
7. The Board of County Commissioners and the City of Fort Pierce will hold a Joint Meeting on Thursday,
January 29, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. in the County Commissioners Chambers.
NOTICE: All Proceedings before this Board are electronically recorded. Any person who decides to appeal any action taken by the Board at these
meetings will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made. Upon the
request of any party to the proceedings, individuals testifying during a hearing will be sworn in. Any party to the proceedings will be granted the
opportunity to cross-examine any individual testifying during a hearing upon request. Anyone with a disability requiring accommodation to attend this
meeting should contact the St. Lucie County Community Services Director at (772) 462-1777 or TDD (772) 462-1428 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior
to the meeting.