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Home My WebLink AboutBOCC Agenda 04-21-2009 April 21, 2009 6:00 P.M. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA 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. 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. ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION – Please state your name and address, speaking clearly into the microphone. If you have backup material, please have eight copies 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 five minutes. DECORUM – Please be respectful of others’ opinions. 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. April 21, 2009 6:00 P.M. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS www.co.st-lucie.fl.us www.stlucieco.org Paula A. Lewis, Chair District No. 3 Charles Grande, Vice Chair 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 April 14, 2009 meeting. IV. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS A. Presentation on upcoming sports tourism activities and events by Tom Colucci, Treasure Coast Sports Commission V. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT VI. CONSENT AGENDA A.WARRANTS Approve warrant list No. 30 B.COUNTY ATTORNEY 1. Request to advertise one (1) clerical position and one (1) pretrial officer position for the G.P.S./Pretrial Program. These positions have been funded in the 08/09 Budget. Staff recommends the Board approve the release and advertisement of the two (2) funded and budgeted positions for the Pretrial Release Program. 2. Ordinance No. 09-014 – Amending Animal Registration Ordinance to Add Seller Registration Requirement Staff requests permission to advertise proposed Ordinance No. 09-014 for public hearing on June 16, 2009 at 6 p.m. or as soon thereafter as may be heard. C.PUBLIC WORKS Walton Road Widening – Village Green Drive to Lennard Road Consider staff recommendation to approve the Local Agency Program (LAP) Agreement with FDOT in the amount of $3,574,360 for widening and enhancement of Walton Road – Village Green Drive to Lennard road, approval of Resolution No. 09-132 and authorize the Chair to sign. D. COMMUNITY SERVICES Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) and New Freedom (NF) programs Consider staff recommendation to approve permission to advertise a Request for Qualification for transit providers for the JARC and NF programs. E. AIRPORT Membership addition to Airport Master Plan Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Consider staff recommendation to approve Resolution No. 09-135 amending the membership of the Airport Master Plan Technical Advisory Committee to include Peter Buchwald, Transportation Planning Organization Executive Director, and authorize the Chair or designee to sign. F. SHERIFF”S OFFICE Request Board authorization to submit an electronic application for the State Criminal Alien Grant 2009. Consider staff recommendation to approve electronic submission of the 2009 State Criminal Alien Grant application, and authorize the County Administrator to sign the application. END OF CONSENT AGENDA VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. GROWTH MANAGEMENT Adoption of Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Cassens White City Grove Consider staff recommendation to adopt Ordinance No. 09-006, Cassens White City Grove Comprehensive Plan Amendment. B. COUNTY ATTORNEY Ordinance No. 09-005 – Local Preference in Purchasing Consider staff recommendation to adopt Ordinance No. 09-005 and authorize the Chair to sign the Ordinance. C. COUNTY ATTORNEY Ordinance No. 09-008, Local Economic Stimulus Ordinance Consider staff recommendation to adopt Ordinance No. 09-008 and authorize the Chair to sign the Ordinance. D. GROWTH MANAGEMENT Continuation of a petition of WCA of St. Lucie County, LLC Consider staff recommendation to approve to continue the petition of WCA of St. Lucie County, LLC until June 16, 2009, to allow time for the site plan adjustment to be completed. END OF PUBLIC HEARINGS REGULAR AGENDA VIII. COUNTY ATTORNEY Resolution No. 09-136 Opposing PCB-NRAC-09-02 – Solid Waste Disposal Fee Consider staff recommendation to adopt Resolution No. 09-136 and authorize the Chair to sign the Resolution. IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. The 8 Annual Employee Health Fair will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the th Havert L. Fenn Center located at 2000 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce. 2. The Master Gardener Spring into Gardening Festival will be held on Saturday April 25th from 8-2 p.m. As well as plants for sale from our nursery, there will also be some local vendors selling their products too. We will have a fashion show at 11:30 a.m. and the Taste of the Tropics at 12:30 p.m. where you can sample fruits you may have never tried before! The sale will be held at the Extension Office, 8400 Picos Road, Fort Pierce. Call 772-462-1660 or http://stlucie.ifas.ufl.edu for additional information. 3. The Board of County Commissioner will hold the April Informal Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. in Conference Room #3. 4. St. Lucie County will hold an open public workshop on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00p.m. to provide information and gather community input relative to the proposed South County Beach Project as developed and currently proposed by the County’s Erosion District to address erosion along southern county beaches. The charette will take place in the St. Lucie County Commission Chambers, Roger Poitras Administration Annex, 2300 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce. 5. The Ribbon Cutting for the Douglas M. Anderson Emergency Operations 911 Center will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 12, 2009 at 15305 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce. 6. The Airport Master Plan Technical Advisory Committee will meet on April 28, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. in the Fenn Center at 2000 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce. For more information contact Airport Administration at (772) 462-1732, or click on Airport Master Plan tab at www.stlucieco.org/airport. 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.