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HomeMy WebLinkAboutInformal Packet 01-26-2010 - J 0 AGENDA Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:30 P.M. INFORMAL MEETING 1. CALL TO ORDER - COMMISSIONER GRANDE, CHAIRMAN BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 2. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE HARBOR ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS 3. DISCUSSION ON CHANGE ORDERS -COMMISSIONER CRAFT 4. PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET SCHEDULE -MARIE GOUIN, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR 5. DRAFT TCERDA ANNEXATION INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT -COUNTY ATTORNEY 6. DISCUSSION ON THE TRANSFER OF THE YMCA PROPERTIES TO THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE -COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY 7. DISCUSSION ON ZORA FEST -COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY 8. ADJOURNMENT CONFERENCE ROOM #3 ROGER POITRAS ADMINISTRATION ANNEX 2300 VIRGINIA AVENUE, FORT PIERCE FLORIDA 34982 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 Manager at (772) 462-1777 or TDD (772) 462-1428 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting. ITEM N0.2 ST. LUCIE COUNTY i ~'~~`II HARBOR ADVSIORY COMMITTEE ' ' MEMORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissioners FROM: St. Lucie County Harbor Advisory Committee `~'?'`-'lye-- DATE: November 2, 2009 SUBJECT: Harbour Point During the Harbor Advisory Committee ("HAC") meeting on October 8, 2009, the following motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously. The HAC hereby recommends consideration by the Board of County Commissioners of the points made by Mr. Kuklinski's memorandum included here as Attachment "A". The points are illustrated by the diagram included here as Attachment "B" Members of the HAC would be happy to make a presentation to the full Board of County Commissioners at either a regularly scheduled meeting or possibly at an informal meeting. Thank you for your consideration. Attachments. cc: Faye W. Outlaw, County Administrator Lee Ann Lowery, Assistant County Administrator Katherine Mackenzie Smith, Assistant County Attorney Don West, Public Works Director Document "A" Kuklinski Memo Harbour Point (2009) HARBOUR POINTE On November 5, 1996, St. Lucie County citizens approved a referendum to purchase the 20 acre Cotton property now known as Harbour Pointe. The primary use was to be recreational. Although there have been some improvements to the property to make it user friendly, access to the azea is tenuous at best and usage primarily by shore fishermen. Some suggestions follow: 1. Purchase enough properly from Mr. Bell to create a paved right-of--way extension of Avenue "O" from East of Cracker Boy Boat Works to Harbour Pointe West boundary. This would provide direct access from 2nd Street to the park area. Additional pazking could be established at the West boundary of Hazbour Pointe. 2. Purchase from Mr. Bell approximately 5 acres of property bounded east of Cracker Boy Boat Works to Harbour Pointe and north of the suggested new right- . of- way to Taylor Creek. New boat ramps could be constructed at the Taylor Creek shore with parking for boat trailors and for event overflow on Harbour Pointe. 3. Install a walkway using eco friendly paving along shoreline of Taylor Creek and the Lagoon. Add more seating benches and pagodas. Create family friendly picnic areas. 4. Install several (at last one) toilet facilities adequate to handle lazge amounts of people for events. 5. Install a portable shell type structure for events similar to the orchestra that performed on a barge approximately ten years ago. Jazz Society comes to mind. This structure should be movable in the event that other developments ensue. The Hazbor Advisory Committee strongly urges the County Commissioners to consider the .above suggestions and direct appropriate staff to act on these suggestions. HARBORTOWN l1AARINA Document "B" ~ Kuktinski Diagram j'i1 V~O j Harbour Point (2009) ~'l ( R CREAK O Q 0 ~ ~C~RS~pIV BDq ADD PAGODAS J ~ m ~ TS Q so~re,~,wn J Q Q ~ ~ v ~ Parking 1 ~ Q V ~ Bell property H m approx. 5 acres ru O Q Ave. "O" ~ - PARK P RTAB E AGE JOHNSON extension ~ AREA ANOP O SEA ~ ~ / GRASS ADD WALKWAY ~ ~ BED o ~ 2 Bell property ~ O O EXISTING ROAD PARgNG APPROX. ~ PROP. - - - UNE Bell property Ave."M" I A ~ CURRENT SHORELINE 00~ W ITEM N0.4 Tentative FY 2011 Budget Preparation Highlights • February 15, 2010 -Distribute budget packages to departments (Budget Kickoff) • April 19-23, 2010 -Budget Reviews with the County Administrator • May 6-7, 2010 -Budget Review Follow up with the County Administrator • July 8-15, 2010 - BOCC Budget Workshops • September 9, 2010 - BOCC Tentative Budget Hearing • September 23, 2010 - BOCC Final Budget Hearing ITEM N0.5 INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA T0: Board of County Commissioners County Administrator FROM: Daniel S. McIntyre, County Attorney C.A. N0: 09-1696 DATE: December 23, 2009 SUBJECT: Interlocal Agreement -TCERDA Annexation Attached for review is a revised draft Interlocal Agreement. At the TCERDA joint meeting, the Board indicated that it wanted to discuss the draft Agreement. Please let me know if you want me to agenda the draft for discussion at a regular meeting (i.e. January 12, 2010), the next informal meeting (i.e. January 26, 2010) or a special informal meeting (not yet scheduled). DSM/cb H: \Memos\DSM-BCC-TCE RDA. wpd copy to: Growth Management Director w/encl. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THIS IS AN AGREEMENT made and entered into this day of , 2010, by and between ST. LUCIE COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida (the "County"), the TREASURE COAST EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, an authority established pursuant to Chapter 159, Florida Statutes (the "TCERDA"), the FORT PIERCE UTILITIES AUTHORITY, nn authority created and established by the City Commission of the City of Fort Pierce, Florida (the "FPUA"), and the CITY OF FORT PIERCE, a municipality organized under the laws of the State of Florida (the "City"). WHEREAS, the County owns property within the Treasure Coast Research Park (the "Park"); and WHEREAS, TCERDA leases the property in the Park from the County and operates the Park pursuant to Chapter 159, Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS, in order to develop the Park, water and wastewater service must be provided; and WHEREAS, the Park is located in FPUA's retail service area and FPUA has the capability to provide water and wastewater service to the Park; and WHEREAS, as a prerequisite for the County and TCERDA to use the FPUA utility services, the City requires the County to enter into a Voluntary Annexation Agreement, a copy of said Agreement being attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein; and WHEREAS, in order for the Park to be successful, the Park must be competitive economically and not be burdened by undue regulation; and WHEREAS, to ensure the Park's success, the County has: - previously invested over $10 million in acquiring land needed for the development of the park; and - budgeted $4.2 million to pay for infrastructure needed to develop the Park; and WHEREAS, the County intends to spend the $4.2 million for infrastructure improvements in the Park upon completion of the Agreement. S:\ATTY\A6REEMNT\INTERLOC\TCERDA-FPUA-FP-Utilities.wpd Page 1 NOW, THEREFORE, FPUA, County, TCERDA and City hereby agree and covenant on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated. 1. GENERAL. This Agreement is entered into pursuant to Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, the FloridnInterlocnl Cooperation Act. This Agreement embodies the whole understanding of the parties. There are no promises, terms, conditions, or obligations other than those contained herein, and other than those contained in the Annexation Agreement attached hereto. This Agreement shall supersede all previous telecommunications, representations, oragreements, either verbal or written, between the parties hereto. Approvals required by any other parties shall not be unreasonably withheld. 2. WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE. The FPUA agrees that it shall provide water and wastewater service to parcels in the Park under the terms and conditions of the attached Agreement. 3. CONDITIONS OF ANNEXATION. The County agrees to sign the City's standard annexation agreement on a parcel by parcel basis as that parcel needs water and wastewater service on condition that the City will not exercise any rights to annex the specific County-owned parcel referenced in the annexation agreement sooner than ten (10) years from the date that n certificate of occupancy is issued for a specific parcel. The City shall only require the County to sign annexation agreements on County-owned parcels that are leased by TCERDA to a tenant approved by TCERDA requiring water and wastewater service. If the City annexes a parcel within the Park or the entire Park into the jurisdiction of the City, the City agrees that it shall not enact or enforce any regulation (hereinafter referred to as the "Conditions of Annexation") which would in any way negatively affect the operation of the Park without the express written consent of the County or unless the City is specifically required to do so by clear mandate of a State or Federal court or administrative agency. Regulation of the Park by the City includes, but is not limited to, negotiations related to zoning, land use designation, site plan or any other development regulations. Upon annexation, the City may consider utilizing economic development incentives such as ad valorem tax abatements on a case-by-case basis for targeted industries, to the extent the incentives are available. The County will meet or exceed the total economic development incentive package granted by the City to the extent those incentives are available through S:\ATTY\AGREEMNT\INTERLOC\TCERDA-FPUA-FP-Utilities.wpd Page 2 JGIG, impact fee waivers, ad valorem tax abatement, rent abatement, concurrency waivers and other incentives as appropriate. The parties stipulate and agree that this agreement on behalf of the City with respect to the Conditions of Annexation is a material consideration for the County to enter into this Agreement and except for the City's agreement to the Conditions of Annexation, the County would not have entered into this Agreement. The County or TCERDA shall have the right to seek injunctive relief or to seek damages if the City should violate any of the terms or conditions of this Interlocal Agreement as to any attempt to regulate or restrict the development of the Park. 4. NOTICE. All notices or other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given if delivered in person or sent by certified mail return receipt requested and addressed as follows: If to County: With a copy to: St. Lucie County Administrator St. Lucie County Attorney 2300 Virginia Avenue, Annex 2300 Virginia Avenue, Annex Fort Pierce, Florida 34982 Fort Pierce, Florida 34982 Public Works Director 2300 Virginia Avenue, Annex Fort Pierce, Florida 34982 If to FPUA: With n copy to: Director of Utilities FPUA Attorney Fort Pierce Utilities Authority Fort Pierce Utilities Authority 206 South Sixth Street 206 South Sixth Street Fort Pierce, Florida 34950 Fort Pierce, Florida 34950 If to TCERDA : W ith a copy to Executive Director R.I. MacLaren, Esq. Indian River Research & Education Center Post Office Drawer 40 University of Florida - IFAS Boca Raton, Florida 33429-9974 2199 South Rock Road Fort Pierce, Florida 34945 5:\ATTY\AGREEMNT\INTERLOC\TCERDA-FPUA-FP-Utilities.wpd Page 3 5. ASSIGNMENT. Neither party shall assign this Agreement to any other persons or f irm without first obtaining the other parties' approval. 6. FILING. This Agreement and any subsequent amendments thereto shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of St. Lucie County pursuant to Section 163.01(11), Florida Statutes. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ATTEST: ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA BY: Deputy Clerk Chairman APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: BY: County Attorney ATTEST: FORT PIERCE UTILITIES AUTHORITY BY: Secretary Chnir APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS BY: FPUA Attorney ATTEST: CITY OF FORT PIERCE BY: City Clerk City Attorney S:\ATTY\AGREEMNT\INTERLOC\TCFRDA-FPUA-FP-Utilities.wpd Page 4 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS BY Mayor TREASURE COAST EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BY Chnir APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS BY: Attorney S:\ATTY\AGREEMNT\lNTERLOC\TLERDA-FPUA-FP-Utilities.wpd Page 5 ITEM N0.6 r ~~S~Na~s P LOI'l~l.Z _ - ~r . R 1 T '1 _ ---------T OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER TEL (772) 460-2200 CITY HALL,100NORTH U:S:1 FAX (772)489-8042 P.O. BOX 1480 www.cityoffnrlpierce.com FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA 34954-1480 !f 1 ~ ~ .:G., November 5, 2OQ9 Illi~~`"~L-' u~a~ c Ms. Faye W. Outlaw, MPA, Couhty Administrator ~ ' St. Lucie County ~w~.p, 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34982-565 Dear Faye - Thank you for your letter dated November 4, 2009, regarding Transfer of the former YMCA property from St. Currie County to the City of Fort Pierce. In order to expedite the transfer process, it may be best to have the County Attorney prepare a deed, for approval by the Board of County CommiSSloners transferring the property from the County to the City: Following. approval by-the Board of County Commissioners, I will schedule the transfer deed on the next City Commission agenda for the Commission's approval/acceptance. The map included in your correspondence. shows two (2~ affected parcels: the property on which the building and. parking is located in addition to the recreation areayball fields across South 2i~ Street. Please confirm that both parcels are included' In the proposed transfer. That would be the City's preference. Thank yo.u very much for your follow-up in this regard. Let; me .kns~w if you have' any questions or if I can provide any information ar assistance in moving forward v±rith the transfer of these properties. Sincerely, David L. Recor, ICMA-CM City Manager cc: The Honorable Mayor a:nd Members of the City Commission Robert V. Schwerer, Ci~i attorney Janet Pentz From: Daniel McIntyre `~~f ~ Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:37 AM ~'J To: Janet Pentz; Lee Ann Lowery; Debra Brisson Subject: FW: YMCA Follow up From: Chris Dzadovsky Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:19 AM To: Daniel McIntyre Subject: RE: YMCA Follow up I would like the county to have input on who and how that facility is used.... I have been trying to move some of the non-profits to work together, focus on what they do best, and to secure and share resources. I know it is not going to be met with open arms since most in District 1 have territorial issues but I want to make some headway and the use of this building could be a start. I think that David Recor would support that thought process since the FPRA will not have funds for all of the summer camps, and other social concerns of the district. I also feel that it would provide the greatest use of the building..... Respectfully, Chris Dzadovsky St. Lucie County Commissioner District 1 Office: (772) 462-1410 Mobile: (772) 834-6581 "All children are capable of success, NO exceptions!" Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: Daniel McIntyre Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:14 AM To: Chris Dzadovsky Cc: ]oAnn Riley Subject: RE: YMCA Follow up The transfer to the County from the YMCA is complete. The County Administrator has corresponded with the City Manager about transferring the property to the City From: Chris Dzadovsky Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:46 AM To: Daniel McIntyre Subject: YMCA Follow up Dan: I am following up on the YMCA property transfer; where are we with that issue? Respectfully, Chris Dzadovsky St. Lucie County Commissioner District 1 Office: (772) 462-1410 Mobile: (772) 834-6581 "All children are capable of success, NO exceptions!" Please consider the environment before printing this email. Please Note: Florida has very broad public records laws. Most written communications to or from County officials regarding County business are public records available to the public and media upon request. It is the policy of St. Lucie County that all County records shall be open for personal inspection, examination and / or copying. Your a-mail communications will be subject to public disclosure unless an exemption applies to the communication. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender by reply a-mail and delete all materials from all computers. Please Note: Florida has very broad public records laws. Most written communications to or from County officials regarding County business are public records available to the public and media upon request. It is the policy of St. Lucie County that all County records shall be open for personal inspection, examination and / or copying. Your a-mail communications will be subject to public disclosure unless an exemption applies to the communication. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender by reply a-mail and delete all materials from all computers. Please Note: Florida has very broad public records laws. Most written communications to or from County officials regarding County business are public records available to the public and media upon request. It is the policy of St. Lucie County that all County records shall be open for personal inspection, examination and / or copying. Your a-mail communications will be subject to public disclosure unless an exemption applies to the communication. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender by reply a-mail and delete all materials from all computers. Please Note: Florida has very broad public records laws. Most written communications to or from County officials regarding County business are public records available to the public and media upon request. It is the policy of St. Lucie County that all County records shall be open for personal inspection, examination and / or copying. Your a-mail communications will be subject to public disclosure unless an exemption applies to the communication. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender by reply a-mail and delete all materials from all computers. 2 Faye W. Outlaw From: Faye W. Outlaw Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:09 PM To: 'director@sunrisevolleyball.com' Cc: Paula Lewis; district2@cityofpsl.com; 'BonnieC@cityofpsl.com'; Anne Bowers Subject: Inquiry on Ft. Pierce YMCA Good afternoon Mr. Vazquez: I am responding to your recent email inquiry about the Ft. Pierce YMCA building. The email chain was forwarded to my Chair, Commissioner Lewis, from Councilwoman Berger's office. Through actions of our Board at last night's meeting, the YMCA property has been reverted back to the County. The property has been the subject of ongoing discussion between the Board of County Commissioners and the City of Fort Pierce City Commissioners. The City has expressed an interest in having the property conveyed to them and there seems to be consensus support on the Board of County Commissioners to consider that request. At an upcoming meeting, yet to be determined, the Board will give further consideration to the conveyance of the now former YMCA property to the City of Fort Pierce. The City has expressed an interest in the property for nonprofit use and, in addition, at least one of our Commissioners has expressed interest in having a partnership between the City and various nonprofits for the use of the building. I will pass on your interest to the Board as well as make the City of Fort Pierce aware of it as well. You should feel free to contact them directly. Faye W. Outlaw, MPA County Administrator St. Lucie County BOCC 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34982 772-462-1592 772-462-1648 Fax outlawf@stlucieco.ore Barbara Felton From: Bonnie Cruz [BonnieC@cityofpsl.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:04 AM To: Paula Lewis Cc: Michelle Berger; Barbara Felton; Barbara Felton Subject: Volleyball Councilwoman Berger requested that I forward this string of a-mails to your attention. Thank you. Bonnie R. Cruz Administrative Secretary, City Council 121 SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard Port St. Lucie, FL 34984 772-871-5159 Fax: 772-871-7382 E-Mail: BonnieC(cD_cityofpsl.com From: Michelle Berger Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:04 AM To: Bonnie Cruz Subject: Fw: Fw: volleyball Plz forward his info to the BOCC chair. From: Edwin Vazquez To: Michelle Berger Sent: Tue Sep 08 23:27:24 2009 Subject: Re: Fw: volleyball Hello Michelle, I was just wondering if you had the opportunity to speak with county commissioner regazding the YMCA in Ft. Pierce? Please let me know. Thank you Have a wonderful day Ed Vazquez RECENED 772-579-5969 SEP 9 2009 On Wed, 9/2/09, Michelle Berger <District2(a~,cityofps~com> wrote: loord of Gainbll From: Michelle Berger <District2(cr~,cit~fpsl.com> ~'~3 Subject: Re: Fw: volleyball To: "'director@sunrisevolleyball.com"' <director(a~sunrisevolleyball.com> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 4:16 PM 8715159. Or my cell. From: Edwin Vazquez To: Michelle Berger 1 Sent: Wed Sep 02 11:50:41 2009 Subject: Re: Fw: volleyball I do as well. Please let us discuss the possibility of contacting the county to get this facility. I will be done teaching at 2 pm. Please send me your office phone again. I will call you right after 2 pm. Thank you On Wed, 9/2/09, Michelle Berger <Distriet2(a~,cityolps~com> wrote: From: Michelle Berger <District2(cr~,cityofpsl.com> Subject: Fw: volleyball To: "'director@sunrisevolleyball.com"' <directorna,sunrisevolleyball.com> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 2:16 PM FYI I look forward to speaking with you. Michelle From: John M. Lass To: Michelle Berger Sent: Thu Aug 13 08:51:12 2009 Subject: RE: volleyball Thanks Michelle -Please forward the following message to Mr. Vazquez. Mr. Vazquez -Congratulations on your new teaching position with Port St. Lucie High School and your continuing efforts as Director of Sunrise Volleyball. The Board of Directors of the YMCA of the Treasure Coast has decided to close our Ft. Pierce gymnasium. In acordance with our agreement with St. Lucie County, the land and property (gymnasium) will revert to St. Lucie County. Attorneys for the YMCA and St. Lucie County are drafting a Reversion Agreement for review by the County Commission and the YMCA. Pending this agreement, no reversion date has been finalized. It is anticipated in the next few weeks. Please direct all future inquiries about this facility to St. Lucie County. Good luck to you! John . From: Michelle Berger [mailto:District2@cityofpsl.com] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:17 AM To: John M. Lass Subject: Fw: volleyball FYI From: Edwin Vazquez To: Michelle Berger Sent: Thu Aug 13 07:44:58 2009 Subject: volleyball Dear Mrs. Berger z My name is Ed Vazquez and I am the Director of Sunrise Volleyball Academy in St.Lucie County. We service girls from 10-18 year olds. Last season we enrolled 44 young girls for 4 teams and growing. At the present time we rent gym space from the school board. We have been trying to secure a year round training facility in St.Lucie West as a central location. In March of this year, we signed an lease intent with the YMCA of the Treasure Coast to utilize the location in Ft. Pierce. We submitted all of the required documents to the YMCA, however it did not materialize. Why you may ask. We do not know. In my last conversation with Mr. John Lass -Executive Director, he did not care to provide a why we could not use the building and was asked to move on and take our business some place else. Yet the building sits empty. We are anon-profit organization affiliated with AAU and USAV and in good standing. Our mission is to provide a positive environment for young athletes to grow. We also have plans to establish a boys program very soon. As previously stated, we need a volleyball training facility in St. Lucie County and that is the reason I ~avould love to speak with you. Recently I have been hired to teach science at Port St. Lucie High School and take over the volleyball program. Please let me know when we can meet. Thank you Ed Vazquez Director 772-579-5969 3 Zora Neale Hurston Foundation, Inc. 2732 Sunrise Blvd Fort Pierce, FL 34982 December 21, 2009 St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners c/o Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34950 Dear St. Lucie County Commissioners, The Zora Neale Hurston Florida Foundation would request your support with funding for the 2010 Zora Fest events planned to begin January 2010 and continue into Apri12010. We have attached a short history, a list of this year's tentative scheduled events and the tentative budget. We ask that you kindly consider continuing your support of these events as they continue to grow and attract more national recognition. Because of the economy we have scaled back the fund required but at attempting to keep the quality. We are partnering with Indian River State College, St. Lucie School Board, the Florida Humanities Council, Friends of the Library, and other corporations within St. Lucie County. Thank you for your contribution in advance. Sincerely, Jeanne Johansen, ZFNHF a Hen ,Zora Committee Chair i~c o History of Zora Fest! Zora Fest! 2005 AHomecoming -Marjorie Harrell -Jon Ward Zora Fest! 2006 -The Mystique of Zora -Marjorie Harrell -Debra Brisson Zora Fest! 2007 Caribbean Celebration -Vera Mann -Jody Bonet Zora Fest! 2008 The Harlem Renaissance -Linda Henderson -Jody Bonet Zora Fest! 2009 Dust Tracks in Florida -Linda Henderson -Jody Bonet Zora Fest! 2010 The Legacy -Linda Henderson - No county staff Hurston and Fort Pierce . Noted Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston (1891 - 1960) came to Fort Pierce in 1957 at the request of C.E. Bolen, publisher of The Chronicle all-black newspaper. Besides working for Bolen, Hurston also had apart-time job teaching English at Lincoln Park Academy. Before Fort Pierce was ever in Zora's sights, she had a lengthy career in Harlem, Haiti, many places in the South and eventually returned to her adopted home, Florida. Hurston had a stroke that forced her to be moved to the St. Lucie County Welfare Home for care and living accommodations. She died from a second stroke on January 26, 1960 and was buried in an unmarked grave in Fort Pierce. More than 10 years later, author Alice Walker, who wrote the Color Purple, decided to find Zora Neale Hurston and came to her gravesite. She had a marker laid on the site and since then, the City of Fort Pierce and St. Lucie County have provided several markers in her memory. Walker's writings about Hurston caused a revitalization of her work and publishing company started printing Hurston works that hadn't run across their presses in more than 20 years. Today, Hurston is recognized in schools, colleges, and communities for her literary contributions and for her anthropological research into the African-American culture, Haitian culture and more through her work with the Federal Writers Project. Commemorating Hurston through a Stamp and Dust Tracks . In 2003, Fort Pierce and St. Lucie County worked with the U.S. Post Office to coordinate the unveiling of the Zora Neale Hurston stamp. Over the next few months, the Post Office offered a special cancellations of the stamp commemorating the Hurston legacy. At the same time, St. Lucie Cultural Affairs was establishing the Zora Neale Hurston Dust Tracks Heritage Trail in Fort Pierce through a grant from the Florida Humanities Council. The eight kiosks introduce visitors to Zora's life in Fort Pierce and the gravesite where she is buried. As a result of the Hurston stamp presentation and the Heritage Trail, the St. Lucie County Cultural Affairs Council and the Cultural Affairs office under the direction of Jon Ward began coordinating efforts for Zora Fest! 2004, what was to be a community festival recognizing the literary achievements of the famed Harlem Renaissance author, who lived her final years in Fort Pierce and is buried in the Garden of Heavenly Rest Cemetery. Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne interrupted those plans. Zora Fest! 2005 A Homecoming: The festival was moved to May 2005 at Lincoln Park Academy and several other venues in the area. The activities for Zora Fest! included Zora's Birthday Party in January, Hattitude luncheon in February, the dedication of the Hurston Garden at Lincoln Park Academy, the festival day and the authors brunch. The week just prior to the festival day included the unveiling of a mosaic portrait of Hurston, a Women with Words book review at the Fort Pierce Yacht Club a few days before the festival, a presentation of Hurston's play Spunk in the Lincoln Park Academy auditorium, an authors brunch the day after the festival. Tours of the Hurston Dust Tracks Trail were also part of the activities. About 1,500 people turned out for various events, including several hundred children on the festival day to learn about Hurston and for people to meet authors who had written about Hurston. Zora Fest! 2006 The Mystique of Zora: In 2006, the festival was coordinated for a April date at Lincoln Park Academy. Authors were again brought in for lectures on Hurston, her literature, and lifestyle. Students from various performance groups, such as the Avenue D Boys Choir performed. The Friends of the Library sold Hurston books, as well as distributed a number of books for FREE to local students. Other activities included a performance of the WQCS / Florida Humanities Council Voices of the Harlem Renaissance presentation, an adaptation of Hurston, Langston Hughes and James Weldon Johnson portrayed by actors depicting the friendship between these three Harlem Renaissance leaders. The Actors Rep from Palm Beach County presented the play, Loquaious and Bodacious: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston. Again, the Cultural Affairs Council coordinated Zora's Birthday party in January, Hattitude luncheon in February, and an authors brunch following the festival day. Women with Words selected a book to read and discuss. The festival day was busy with lots of local entertainment, statewide performances and dancers, and an evening with R&B singer Freddie Jackson and the Ossie Wright orchestra performing outside at LPA with several thousand people turning out for the event. Another Mosaic art pierce was unveiled and City and County Commissions adopted Proclamations recognizing Zora Fest! week. Among the activities were: community performances of Loquacious and Bodacious with actress Karen Stephens and Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach Community College performing Jump at De Sun on the day before the festival day. On the festival day, there was a lineup of local singers, dancers and actors for community presentations, statewide dance troupes, and several literary programs with Lucy Anne Hurston, Cheryl Wall, Tiffany Patterson, Sushel Bibbs, and Kevin Meehan, all Hurston scholars in their own right. That evening R&B singers Joe Sample and Randy Crawford performed on an outside stage at LPA to a crowd of several thousand people. Cheryl Wall served as the guest speaker for the authors brunch the following day. Zora Fest! 2008 The Harlem Renaissance: In 2008, the festivities started in January celebrating Zora's Birthday with the Avenue D Boys Choir to kick off the event. The day's activities are dedicated to young people to learn about Hurston and their cultural history. That event is followed up by Hattitude, a luncheon dedicated to Zora's love of hats. The St. Lucie County Historical Museum provided amonth-long exhibition of the Harlem Days of Zora Neale Hurston. Mosaic artist Anita Prentice continued to recognize Zora with another mosaic of the famed author. Treasure Coast High School students presented a local performance of Jump at De Sun, while Women with Words continued their annual review of Zora literature, this year comparing it to Alice Walker's Color Purple. A Harlem Renaissance Rent Party was offered at the Historical Museum two days before the festival. The Police Athletic League hosted a day of music, games and fun for children, followed by a presentation of the Florida Humanities Council / WQCS program, Voices of the Harlem Renaissance. Festival day was 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Lincoln Park Academy with youth activities, including Lucy Anne Hurston reading her aunt's books to students and a series of authors presenting their research on Hurston. Included in the day's events were tours of Zora's home and gravesite, as well as many of the kiosks of the Dust Tracks Trail. Lucy Anne Hurston was the guest speaker at the Authors Brunch on Sunday and guests were then invited to a presentation of Zora: The Documentary, a St. Lucie County Film Society production. Zora Fest! 2009 Dust Tracks in Florida: For 2009, the Birthday Party kicked off several months of events at the Hurston Library, followed by Hattitude at the Old Fort Pierce City Hall annex. In the week prior to festival day, the committee organized another Rent Party, this time at Zora's gravesite to honor her and also dedicate new paver sidewalks and parking areas approaching the grave. Women with Words added another year of reading Zora books with an event at the Sunrise Theatre; followed by a professional actress portraying Zora Neale Hurston, both at the Sunrise Theatre. The professional program was repeated the next day for area students. Indian River State College hosted the Zora scholars in an afteroon of panel discussions on the many locations travelled to around Florida. That evening WQCS and the Florida Humanities Council hosted Zora and Marjorie, A Literary Friendship, depicting the friendship of Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings at the Wynne Black Box Theatre. Again, the festival day brought out local talent in music and dance, guided tours of Zora's home and gravesite, music by noted songstree Evelyn Champagne King. Later in the evening at the Sunrise Theatre, the St. Lucie Film Society presented an edited version and retitled version of the Zora documentary with Lucy Anne Hurston in a starring role. 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This is one of the programs provided to teachers at the Rollins College /Humanities Council summer teacher program. Two professors from Rollins make the presentation. Could include teachers from Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee, IRSC, FAU, BARRY and wherever else. Women with Words -Local Book Club -Usually held the week prior to the festival -Date and location vary -Include PSL and Okeechobee Book Clubs in this Zora Scholars Day at IRSC -Tentative -Thursday, Apri115, 2009 Author presentations to be moved to IRSC for afternoon programs 1 - 5 p.m. Authors requested at 2009 festival that they NOT be locked up in rooms giving programs when they needed to interact with other people during various programs / 2009 Author Day at IRSC worked well /Plus it was a good location for pick-up for trolley tours earlier in the day /Plus planned at box lunch at Lincoln Park Main Street for an $8 fee /Again, could be a fundraiser Humanities Council program - Received a $2,000 grant for each program /Usually presented the Friday night before the Saturday festival -Tentative -Friday, Apri116 Marjorie and Zora (2005 and 2009) Voices of the Harlem Renaissance (2008 and 2006) NEW -Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, new program starring Phyllis McEwen and Bob Devon Jones discussing the relationship between the two Harlem Renaissance authors /poet Festival Day -Saturday, April 17 Games, music programs, dance programs and more for young people FREE book distribution Vendors for food, clothing, etc. Authors Brunch -Pelican Yacht Club -Sunday, Aprll 18 Authors mingle with guests Lucy Hurston usually the speaker Silent auction items for fundraising NEW -Needs to have a book signing at the event NEW -Two movies to be considered for 2010 festival: PBS American Masters Series -one-hour TV special - Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at de Sun PBS Special - Zora's Roots - produced by Eagle Productions in Orlando ZORA FEST CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY COMMITTEE The Children's Committee provided a variety of activities designed to educate, enrich and to increase the knowledge of ZORA HEAL HURSTON and her contribution to our community and to the world of literature. Students in grades 4 through 8 participate in a well planned storytelling contest which provides an opportunity to help students develop verbal ability for effective expression and communication with others. Winners of the contest are videotaped and shown at the festival. High school students participate in a Rap Contest. Winners perform at the festival. These activities are held in conjunction with the schools of Saint Lucie County. The Youth Stage featured the following: Avenue D Boys Choir Helen Abbot Theater of Hope Dancers WBA Staz Sophia Witherspoon Musician and Storytellers Madafo Lloyd Dudley Children's Activities Area included the following activities: Face Painting Bounce House Arts and Crafts Drums Workshop Storytelling Double Dutch Police Athletic League, Models & Dancers ffiGHLIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES Storytelling by Lucy Hurston, niece of Zora Neal Hurston Blaine Denning, former Hazlem Globetrotter Dr. Chazles Hill, Tuskegee Airmen FREE BOOK GIVE-AWAY Frank Roberts, Chairman Brenda Cooper Caznelle Clifton Helen Lightner Funds for the Book Give Away were provided by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Eta Eta Omega Chapter, Friends of the Library and St. Lucie County Cultural Affairs. - L1l3RA~Y ~ o ~ -_a •-x. SUSAN Q. KILMER Librory Director Januazy 12, 2006 Deaz Elementary or Middle School Media Specialist, Please accept this invitation for your fourth through eighth graders to participate in the storytelling contest that ZoraFest is sponsoring in conjunction with the St. Lucie County Library System. ZoraFest, a community wide celebration of the famous author Zora Neale Huston who lived in Fort Pierce from 1958 until her death in 1960, will be held at Lincoln Pazk Academy and other locations in Fort Pierce on April 28th, 29th, and 30th, 2006. As ZoraFest planners make additional announcements about the festival, they will be posted at www.ZoraFest.com. A packet with more information about ZoraFest, along with contest rules, a bibliography, and criteria for judging, is enclosed. This same packet of information is also being sent to the reading coach at your school. As you will see in the packet, we are asking each school that participates to choose two student storytelling winners, and that media specialists or other school staff videotape the winners and send a tape for judging by March 31St to the address included in the packet. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners at the elementary school level and also the middle school level will be selected from the tapes that you send. In addition, all tapes of the school winners that are sent to us will be shown at the festival. We hope you will consider having your students participate in this contest. After going over the packet, if you have any questions please contact me at robertsf e cost-lucie.fl.us or 462-2154, or Denny Dawson at dawsond e,stlucie.kl2.fl.us or 429-3958. Sincerely, Frank Robe s Branch Supervisor Zora Neale Hurston Branch Library 3008 Avenue D Fort Pierce, FL 34947 772-462-2154 JOSEPH E. SMITH, District No. 1 DOUG COWARC, District No. 2 PAULA A. LEWIS, District No. 3 FRANNIE HUTCHINSON, District No. 4 CHRIS CRAFT, District No. 5 County Adminisrroror - Douglos M. Anderson 101 Melody Lone • Fort Pierce, FL 34950-4402 Phone (772) 462-1615 Suncom 259-1619 FAX (772) 462-2750 TDD (772) 462-1428 www, co. sr-I ucie.fl . us Education Storytelling Contest Haven't reached school board yet- Do we want to make it a contest, or a showcase? Can link to other groups-Florida storytellers Art Contest- Who wants to do this? Will they work with the school board? Zora books for schools- We can't buy, but can recommend. So, do we want to ask for a Zora day in schools? Crafts Had help from Brenda Cooper and Recreation Department last year. Good venue for community participation. Fire Department Face Painting J Entertainment Mondofo Who Else? ~',ona ~2e~aPe ~TGJJ~C~ Zora Neale Hurston was a novelist, anthropologist and playwright. She was the toast of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930's, won two Guggenheim scholarships, accomplished - significant anthropological research internationally, and published enduring plays and novels. Her work is re uired readin in eve ` ~ ' q g rY American university. Her most famous novel, - Their Eyes Were Watching God, currently has ~~~,~yv over a million copies in print, was chosen in 2004 ' by Governor Bush as his first selection for the ~ , Florida Reads! Program, and was made into a - _ ~ movie by Oprah Winfrey, shown on ABC televison in 2005. f`t ~ r`=-~` Zora arrived in Ft. Pierce in 1958 after being invited by local newspaper publisher C.E. Bolen to write a column for The Chronicle. The famed author spent her final years here, passing in 1960 while working on her last novel. Zora Neale Hurston is the most widely published Black female writer of all time, and an international icon. ~',ana~ce~.t 200? ZoraFest 2007, Ft. Pierce's celebration of art, music, and literature will take place Apri127`h, 28`h, and 29`x'. This fun, family-oriented event will consist of an opening ceremony on Friday night, followed on Saturday by a street fest of original drama, art, music, scholarly analysis, food, and tours of Ft. Pierce's Dust Tracks Heritage Trail featuring spots where Zora lived, worked, and played. Other events will be announced. 200 s~~~ s The ZoraFest 2007 Student Storytelling Contest provides an opportunity for St. Lucie County students in grades 4 through 8 to learn and tell folk stories from around the world, stories that perhaps are similar to ones that Zora collected in her travels in Haiti and across the American South. Winners from each school will be videotaped and the tapes will be shown at ZoraFest. A committee of judges will view the tapes of the school winners, and ls`, 2°d, and 3`d places will be awarded to county wide winners in both the Elementary School category (grades 4-5) and the Middle School category (grades 6-8). In this packet, you will find contest rules, the criteria that will be used for judging, Zorafest 2007 Student Storytelling Contest: SuggLstions for Tellable Tales, a bibliography of books that can be found in the St. Lucie County Library System and many school media centers, and a registration form for participating students. If you have any questions, please call Frank Roberts, Branch Manager, Zora Neale Hurston Branch Library, 462-2154. 200 s~~~ s I. This story telling contest is for students in grades 4 through 8. Students will choose and learn stories from books of traditional folktales. Zorafest 2007 Student Storytelling Contest: Suggestions for Tellable Tales, a bibliography of books that can be found in the St. Lucie County Library System and many media centers, will be available in each school's media center. Other books of folktales may also be used, and may be found by searching for the subject "folklore" in library and media center catalogs. II. Students will tell the stories they have chosen at their schools. There will be a 10 minute time limit, but there will not be a penalty if the story is shorter. Sets, costumes, and props are not necessary, since story telling traditionally takes place in informal settings. III. Each participating school will pick two winners. IV. The school winners will be videotaped at their schools by their media specialists. Pazent permission forms allowing the videotaping and also the showing of these tapes at the festival will be distributed to all winners. The tapes will be submitted by March 31st, 2007 to: Frank Roberts Zora Neale Hurston Branch Library St. Lucie County Library System 3008 Avenue D Fort Pierce, FL 34947 V. The tapes will be played at a booth at the festival, so all children who win at their local schools can be seen by the public. VI. A committee of judges will view the tapes of the school winners. Criteria for judging the story aze included in this packet on a sepazate sheet. Prizes will be awazded for 1st, 2°a, and 3~a place county wide winners in the Elementary School category (grades 4-5), and also the Middle School category (grades 6-8). VII. Any questions may be directed to Frank Roberts, Zora Neale Hurston Branch Library, St. Lucie County Library System, 462-2154. s Choice of Story: The story must be from a published source. Folk and fairy tales, and short stories, are the most appropriate selections for storytelling. Picture book stories that rely on the illustrations for comprehension and adaptations of novels are not appropriate choices. Original stories are not eligible. Memory: The story should not be memorized word for word. The story should flow when told and the person should not have to stop and think of what comes next. Projection: The storyteller should project his/her voice so that all can hear. Diction: The storyteller should enunciate carefully and use his/her voice effectively. Personality: The flavor of the story should be brought out by the storyteller's presentation, i.e., humorous story, scary story, tall tale. Poise: The storyteller should be relaxed in his/her presentation of the story. Time: The story must be no longer than ten (10) minutes. Properties or costumes: Traditionally, storytelling is an oral narrative art form. No properties or costumes are necessary. Staged puppet shows and theatrical dramas are not permitted. All tapes must be submitted by March 31St, 2007 to: Frank Roberts Zora Neale Hurston Branch Library St. Lucie County Library System 3008 Avenue D Fort Pierce, FL 34947 Any questions may be directed to Frank Roberts, Zora Neale Hurston Branch Library, St. Lucie County Library System, 462-2154. Modified from Criteria for Evaluating Storytelling ©1998 Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival Committee. ZORAFEST 2007 STUDENT STORYTELLING CONTEST Suggestions for Tellable Tales Compiled by Maureen Melvin Port St. Lucie Branch Library, St. Lucie County Library System • Afro-American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World. Selected and edited by Roger D. Abrahams. New York: Pantheon Books, c1985. Amzat and His Brothers: Three Italian Tales. Remembered by Floriano Vecchi and retold by Paula Fox; illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, c1993, [1994]. Anansi Goes Fishing. Retold by Eric A. Kimmel; illustrated by Janet Stevens. New York: Holiday House, c 1992. Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale. Adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott. New York: Puffin, c 1974, 1977. The Banza.• a Haitian Story. By Diane Wolkstein; pictures by Marc Brown. New York: Dial Press, c1981, 1984. Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum. Retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan. New York: Atheneum, c1980, 1987. Borreguita and the Coyote: a Tale from Ayutla, Mexico. Retold by Verna Aardema; illustrated by Peter Mathers. New York: A. A. Knopf, distributed by Random House, c1998. The Cat's Purr. Written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan. New York: Atheneum, c1985. Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest. Told and illustrated by Gerald McDermott. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, c 1994. Dick Whittington and His Cat. Told and cut in linoleum by Marcia Brown. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, c1997. Also, New York: Scribner, c1950. Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill. Retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. New York: Holiday House, c1981. Five Silly Fishermen. By Roberta Edwards; illustrated by Sylvie Wickstrom. New York: Random House, c1989. The Great Ball Game: a Muskogee Story. Retold by Joseph Bruchac; illustrated by Susan L. Roth. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, c 1994. Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales. Told by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. New York: Blue Sky Press, c1995. How Rabbit Tricked Otter and Other Cherokee Trickster Stories. Told by Gayle Ross; illustrated by Murv Jacob; with a forward by Wilma Mankiller. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, c1994. In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories. Retold by Alvin Schwartz; pictures by Dirk Zimmer. New York: Harper and Row, c1984. John Henry. By Julius Lester; pictures by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Dial Books, c1994. Jump!: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit. By Joel Chandler Harris; adapted by Van Dyke Parks and Malcolm Jones; illustrated by Barry Moser. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, c 1997. Liang and the Magic Paintbrush. By Demi. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, c1980, 1988. The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale. By Nancy Raines Day; illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. New York: Scholastic, c1995. The Monkey and the Crocodile: A Jataka Tale From India. By Paul Galdone. New York: Seabury Press, c[1969]. Moon Rope: A Peruvian Folktale = Un lazo a la Luna: una leyenda peruana. By Lois Ehlert; translated into Spanish by Amy Prince. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c 1992. Once aMouse--: A Fable Cut in Wood. By Marcia Brown. New York: Atheneum, c1961, 1982. Papa Gatto: An Italian Fairy Tale. Retold and illustrated by Ruth Sanderson. Boston: Little, Brown, c1995. The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales. Told by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1993. A Promise Is a Promise. Story, Robert Munsch and Michael Kusugak; art, Vladyana Krykorka. Toronto: Annick Press; Willowdale, Ont.: Distributed in Canada and USA by Firefly Books, c 1988. Punia and the King of Sharks: A Hawaiian Folktale. Adapted by Lee Wardlaw; illustrated by Felipe Davalos. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, c 1997. Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: A Swahili Tale. Retold by Verna Aardema; pictures by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Puffin, c 1993. The Rainbow People. By Laurence Yep; illustrated by David Wiesner. New York: HarperCollins, c1989, 1992. Soap! Soap! Don't Forget the Soap!: An Appalachian Folktale. Retold by Tom Birdseye; illustrated by Andrew Glass. New York: Penguin Books, c 1990, 1995. The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks. By Katherine Paterson; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. New York: Penguin Books, c 1990, 1995. Tikki Tikki Tembo. Retold by Arlene Mosel; illustrated by Blair Lent. New York: Owlet/H. Holt, c1968, 1989. Tony's Bread: An Italian Folktale. By Tomie dePaola. New York: Putnam, c1989. Tops and Bottoms. Adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, c 1995. Two Greedy Bears. Adapted from a Hungarian Folktale by Mirra Ginsburg; pictures by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. New York: Macmillan, c1976. Who's In Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale. Retold by Verna Aardema; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon. New York: Dial Press, c1977. Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies. Collected from American folklore by Alvin Schwartz; illustrated by Glen Rounds. New York: Harper and Row, c1975, 1990. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale. Retold by Verna Aardema; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon. New York: Puffin, c1975. Why the Sky Is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale. Retold by Mary-Joan Gerson; pictures by Carla Golembe. Boston: Little, Brown, c1992. Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories. By Isaac Bashevis Singer; pictures by Maurice Sendak; translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shub. New York: Harper and Row, c 1966, 1984. MQYIy OtjZ2r books Of fOlktCll2S may be found by looking for the subject "folklore" in library and school media center catalogs. A great source for exploring the art of storytelling is the Online Coaching Manual of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival, http:1/www.tampastory.or tsf manual.htm ,but please remember that the forms on this website are for their excellent storytelling festival, not ours! Any questions about the contest may be directed to Frank Roberts, Zora Neale Hurston Branch Library, St. Lucie County Library System, 462-2154. ZoraFest 2007 Student Storytelling Contest Registration Form Child's Name: Age: Grade: Parent's Name: Child's home Address: City: Zip Code: Home Phone: School: Teacher: School Phone: Name of Story: CUT ZoraFest 2007 Student Storytelling Contest Registration Form Child's Name: Age: Grade: Parent's Name: Child's home Address: City: Zip Code: Home Phone: School: Teacher: School Phone: Name of Story: Parental Permission Form and Video Release (Attachment A) I hereby give to the Zorafest Committee, St. Lucie County the unrestricted right and permission to use, re-use, publish, and republish videographic portraits or pictures of my minor child, Print student name without restriction, made through any and all media now or hereafter known for illustration, or any other purpose whatsoever. b) I also permit the use of any printed material in connection therewith. c) I hereby relinquish any right that I may have to examine or approve the completed product or products or printed matter that may be used in conjunction therewith or the use to which it may be applied. d) I hereby release, discharge and agree to save harmless [photographer], his/her heirs, legal representatives or assigns, and all persons functioning under his/her permission or authority, or those for whom he/she is functioning, from any liability by virtue of any blurring, distortion, alteration, optical illusion, or use in composite form whether intentional or otherwise, that may occur or be produced in the taking of said picture or in any subsequent processing thereof, including without limitation any claims for libel or invasion of privacy. e) I hereby affirm that I am the parent and/or legal guardian of the above named minor. I have read the above authorization, release and agreement, prior to its execution; I fully understand the contents thereof. This agreement shall be binding upon me and my heirs, legal representatives and assigns. Dated: Signed: Address: City: State/Zip: Phone: ~ ~ ~ f~ f' yt~L1~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ ~ . ~ ~ 1 i~~ t ~ _ F 1~~ Y ~~.~a~~~ ~l ryry~; r ~ :1 ~ / l~~ L" .mss ' _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f 6 ~ , ~ - ~ ~'ioay 1 J A rv~ ~ ~u ~~F~ v~~'~ ~ ` ~ ~~L~r Zora Fest Volunteer ~nforuration Mary ~-I.13utler Chairperson November ~3, X009 The Zora Neale fiurstorr Festival that is )geld each year gn Saint Ii:~cie County, is an e~traardinary cultural and literary celebratioar oif tie l~~e Zora. The planning organn;cing, and impler$rentation of the ~rct~vitQes ~u events in the community of this remarkable acrd inconrpara~rle a ~ais~ a~ community effort drat is non-profit. The festival committee is a v w1uw~~t~e~F committee. Therefore the need for volunteers is vast. Volu~rteers Ab sec; ~6 for events that make arp the festival drat span over a time span intermittently of several nro~rths. Volunteer subcommittee chagrs., ~s •vs~;~i committee members. A review of the festival's general event task outline Eha~t voluutee~~s a needed for is as follows: Zora's Birthday Party held at the Zora Neale Hurston Librar-y.~;%~,laru~t~eu°~; are needed to help introduce the story telling and essay contest.S~:ary ite~lIl awards are awarded $50.00 for first $30.06 2"d. High school ievel am Eleme~rtary level. Face painting, Youth groups to performer e~lar:c~tiou~i d>u~; fun activities. 12enaissance Food Vendors Art Vendors Children Activities Attendee Survey Speakers Sunday Ifrunctr Women With Words Sunrise Theatre Speakers and Entertainers Arrangements ~Iatittude Sponsarship IJospitality Tour Coordin4~ors Schools Laison Little Miss Zora Contest Signage Counters Jump At The Sun l3ance Performance Art Walk at Picture Perfect Gallery Florida 1-lumanities Council reenactment of Zora by ~'lvyllis I~c.F~~cuy Langston Hughes, and James Weldon Johnson Humanities Scholar Presentations Youth Activities: Lucy Hursto~r presenting 7.ora arr€1 t19e little ~h~~s, 1~~~dit:~~!: Storyteller, Free lDOOlts. Arts and Crafts Pa r K ~ n ~ ~vr s t f~ v~ I ~ ~ d o~-h ~ ~ ~ ~,,-~s 1Vlusic: Local ~.'outh Performers, Jazz ar~d Blues Educational Creative Work: spoken word, written evordi, dancin;~, drawing frorre schools Drummers The following have been participants in the Festival's Coma~-~uni~sy ~,~~~~~v Volunteer Groups Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Zeta Archarnettes Sigma Rhoers AICA Precious Pearls Delta Gems Sigma Beta Club LPA Hlonor Socier~y IRSC Ambassadors IRSC Cosmetology IRSC College Reach Out Program Treasure Coast High School Drama Club Boys and Girls Club Green Beret Ragin Ellis youth group COP Community on Patrol Greer Friends ~ dust track trail) AmeriCorps -tevo teams 1. California 2. lei aryland Lamp Lighters IRSC College Reach Out Program COMP Community Outreach Vouth Program The Love Center Regeneration li~Iinistries,Inc- Speakers Personal Assistants La Shonda Iienderson (Lucy ) Adrian 1Vloore Shantay Williams Professors County Parks Guides to direct attendees to activities Restrooms Children's activities Humanities Presentations VVelcome/Information/Ga eaters Table There were three tables in three different locations 1. Sign in for volunteers to get name tags, pick up tee shirts and get assgnsrY,nt 2. Provide directions and give out information 3. Sigh up for tours y. L ~n ~(a worm a. n _ Rest rave-+ monofor_ Tc~a~r Guiales Short taur to grave and home Dust Traclc Trail Clailtlren's area Craft Book give away Jump rope Hoopla Hoop Face painting Bubble Blowing Carcarltt+~B°e Speakers Venders '~'ropicar~a Set up Crerev Clean up Crew Jump at tl~e Snh~