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Home My WebLink AboutBOCC Agenda 10-05-2010 October 5, 2010 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. October 5, 2010 6:00 P.M. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS www.co.st-lucie.fl.us www.stlucieco.org Charles Grande, Chairman District No. 4 Doug Coward, Vice Chairman District No. 2 Chris Dzadovsky District No. 1 Paula A. Lewis District No. 3 Chris Craft District No. 5 I. INVOCATION II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. MINUTES Approve the minutes from the September 23, 2010 Final Budget Public Hearing. Approve the minutes from the September 28, 2010 meeting. IV. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS A. COUNTY ATTORNEY Resolution No. 10-260 – “NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES MONTH” in St. Lucie County Consider staff recommendation to adopt Resolution No. 10-135 as drafted V. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT VI. CONSENT AGENDA A. WARRANTS Approve warrant list No. 53 B. COUNTY ATTORNEY 1. Treasure Coast Research Park - Termination of Lease Agreement with Treasure Coast Agricultural Research Foundation, Inc. Consider staff recommendation to approve the proposed Termination of Lease Agreement with Treasure Coast Agricultural Research Foundation, Inc. for the remainder of the Historic Poor Farm, and authorize the Chairman to sign the document. 2. Treasure Coast Research Park, Research and Development Authority – Partial Termination of June 17, 2010 Lease Agreement and Approval of Subsublease Agreement for Additional Park Lands Consider staff recommendation to approve the Partial Termination of Lease Agreement and the Subsublease Agreement with the Treasure Coast Education, Research and Development Authority, and authorize the Chairman to sign the document. C. MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 1. Supervisor of Elections Advance Request Consider staff recommendation to approve the Supervisor of Elections request for 25 percent ($589,852) of the total FY 2010-2011 budget and thereafter, 6.82 percent per month. 2. Tax Collector Advance Request Consider staff recommendation to approve the Tax Collector’s request for an October commission advance in the amount of $675,000 for FY 2010-2011. VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. COUNTY ATTORNEY Code Enforcement Case No. 65098-3307 Delaware Avenue, Fort Pierce, FL – Unsightly and Unsanitary Conditions Consider staff recommendation to authorize a 30 day notice be sent to the Property owners ordering them to remove the unsightly and unsanitary matters on the Property or St. Lucie County will have it abated, including, but not limited to, removing the unserviceable vehicles, rugs, tarps, mattresses and other miscellaneous items and place a lien on the property. VIII. COUNTY ATTORNEY Resolution No. 10-259 Authorizing Issuance of Not Exceeding $50,000,000 in Special Assessment Improvement Funding and Reimbursement Agreements (Energy Financing Program) Consider staff recommendation to approve to adopt Resolution No. 10-259 and authorize the Chairman to sign the Resolution. IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Intermodal Transit Facility Groundbreaking , Friday, October 8, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. 725 Avenue D, Fort Pierce, Fla. 34950, (Corner Ave. D & N. 8th Streeter Ave. D & N. 8th Street) 2. The St. Lucie County Master Gardener 27 Annual Plant Sale will be on Saturday, October 9, 2010 th from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the St. Lucie County Extension 8400 Picos Road, Fort Pierce. For more information please call 772-462-1660. 3. St. Lucie County Planning Division will host the Green Jobs & Innovation Corridor planning charrette on Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm at the Havert L. Fenn Center at 2000 Virginia Avenue. 4. Zora Neale Hurston Memorial Monument Dedication Honoring Sculpture James Liccione, Saturday, October 9, 2010, 11:30a.m.-12:30 p.m. Huston Gravesite Garden of Heavenly Rest Cemetery, Avenue S and 17th Street. 5. The Board of County Commissioners will hold an Informal Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. in Conference Room #3. 6. The November 2, 2010 Board of County Commissioners meeting has been canceled. IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTINUED 7. The November 9, 2010 Board of County Commissioners meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. 8. The Board of County Commissioners will hold the Annual Reorganization meeting on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. in the County Commission Chamber. 9. The Board of County Commissioners will hold an Informal Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. in Conference Room #3. 10. County offices will be closed on Thursday, November 25, 2010 and Friday, November 26, 2010 to observe Thanksgiving. 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.