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St. Lucie County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy
(LMS)
Steering Committee Meeting
Minutes
June 23, 2006
Attendants:
Larry Nadeau, Chair, City of PSL
Nick Mimms, Vice-Chair, City of Fort Pierce
Bill Hoeffner, Saint Lucie County
Bill Thiess, Fort Pierce Utilities/Saint Lucie Village (10:40)
David Thompson, Saint Lucie County Sheriff’s Office
Bob Massa, Saint Lucie County Schools
Danita Morgan, City of Fort Pierce
James Moses, SLC Health Department
Bette Holeva, SLC Health Department
James C. Lynch, LBFH, Inc.
Richard Walker, Saint Lucie Medical Center
Gary Perdew, SLC Fire District
Rogelio Gonzelez, COA Community Transit
Alane Sisilli, City of PSL
Kathy LaMartina, SFWMD
Melissa Yunas, FL Division of Forestry
Joe Spataro, Fl Division of Forestry
Martha Howard, Salvation Army
Terry Murphy, Adelphia
Tim Korndoerfer, Adelphia
Thirteen of Twenty-Four organizations composing the Steering Committee were represented.
New members attending the meeting included: James Lynch of LBFH (Primary Member),
Richard Walker of St. Lucie Medical Center (Primary Member), Rogelio Gonzalez of the St.
Lucie Council on Aging (Primary Member), Alane Sisilli of Port St. Lucie (Alternate Member),
Kathy LaMartina of South Florida Water Management District (Primary Member), Melissa Yunas
of the Florida Division of Forestry (Alternate Member), Joe Spataro of the Florida Division of
Forestry (Primary Member), Martha Howard of the Salvation Army (Primary Member), Terry
Murphy of Adelphia (Primary Member), and Tim Korndoerfer of Adelphia (Alternate Member.
Meeting Announcement:
This meeting was announced at the May 24, 2006, meeting to the
attendees of that meeting. An email was also sent to known members of the Steering
Committee. Twelve letters were sent to members who had been absent from recent meetings.
1. April and May Meeting Minutes:
Because a majority of members were not present at the
May meeting, the minutes of the May meeting were not accepted at the June meeting. Mr.
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Thompson made a motion to accept the April 18 and May 24 minutes. It was seconded and
approved.
2. Membership:
After discussion, a motion was made by Mr. Thiess to add the Sheriff’s
Department and the St. Lucie County Public Safety Department as voting members of the
Steering Committee. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
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3. Hazard Mitigation Grant Program:
As discussed at length in last month’s meeting, the
Governor reduced each county’s allocation for Hurricane Frances and Jeanne by approximately
45%. A discussion was held regarding the re-prioritization of St. Lucie County’s projects to
adjust these to the new funding levels. This discussion included Susan Jones of the Florida
Division of Emergency Management by telephone. A motion was made by Mr. Walker and
seconded by Mr. Thompson to send a letter to Mr. Leroy Thompson of the Division of
Emergency Management outlining St. Lucie County’s new HMGP priorities. These are as
follows:
Event LMS Project Project Title Original Revised Cumulative
Priority #Expected Expected Total
Federal $ Federal $
Frances 1243Merger – St. Lucie County Fire $1,155,201 $1,155,201 $1,155,201
District , 15 Stations Roof Hardening,
Wind Retrofit. (Formerly 1545-277)
St. Lucie County Fire District, 15
Stations Soffit Repairs
Frances 4122FPUA, Master Lift Station Elevate, $750,216 $167,449 $1,322,650
Shutter and Flood Proof
Frances 5161FPUA, Elevation of 403 Pump $7,638,817 $670,833 $1,850,111
Facility,
Frances 6119St. Lucie Village, Town Hall Shutter $7,920 $7,920 $1,993,483
Frances7117St. Lucie Village, Village School $15,377 $15,377 $2,008,860
Shutter
Frances 8140St. Lucie County, Wind Retrofit 11 $797,794 $797,794 $2,806,654
Buildings
Frances 997Port St. Lucie, DROW culvert $2,100,000 $1,384,448 $4,191,102
replacement
Frances 10198Fort Pierce, Moores Creek Drainage $2,506,469 $1,651,254 $5,842,356
Improvement
($855,215 Remains Unfunded)
Event LMS Project Project Title Original Expected Cumulative
Priority #Federal $ Federal $ Total
Expected
Jeanne 1249St. Lucie County, Indian River $4,911,000 $3,911,000 $3,911,000
Estates Drainage
Jeanne 2100Port St. Lucie, Watershed A West E-$2,400,000 $2,400,000 $6,311,000
84 Improvements
Jeanne 3101Port St. Lucie, Watershed A West E-5 $375,000 $0$6,311,000
Improvements
Jeanne 4178Fort Pierce Housing Authority, Wind $965,216 $965,216 $7,276,216
Retrofit 2 buildings
Jeanne 5103Port St. Lucie, Canal 104, 105, 106, $871,950 $0$7,276,216
107 Improvement
Jeanne 6102Port St. Lucie, Watershed B $706,125 $557,519 $7,833,735
Improvements
4. Pandemic Flu Impacts:
Mr. Moses of the St. Lucie County Health Department informed the
group of meetings they have been holding and passed out a Power Point presentation that gave
estimated numbers of expected illnesses and deaths in a pandemic flu outbreak.
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5. LMS Projects
: Mr. Hoeffner informed the group that there are currently 179 projects listed in
the Local Mitigation Strategy. These have been added over a seven to eight year period. They
need to be reviewed to see if they are completed, current or still a priority. He categorized the
first 100. He will separate the entire list by jurisdictions. He asked that each group see if they
have copies of the Mitigation Measure Proposal Form (Form 3) for each of their projects. If they
do have the form, he would like to have a copy. For future projects, he would like to see the
group review and score the form prior to its being added to the LMS. Mr. Nadeau agreed.
6. Cooperative Extension Service Request:
The St. Lucie County Cooperative Extension
Service submitted a Mitigation Measure Proposal Form (Form 3) for a project they wish to have
added to the LMS. They are applying for a grant and, to be eligible for the grant, the project
must be on the LMS list. Mr. Hoeffner presented the form for the Extension Service. The
project is to provide windstorm damage mitigation and hurricane preparedness educational
programming to the community and also to deliver information/resources regarding building
codes, wind-load design, and wind resistant technology to the building/construction industry.
The group reviewed the Form line by line and after discussion agreed with the applicant’s
assessment as delineated on the form. Mr. Thompson made a motion to accept the request as
presented and it was unanimously accepted.
There was discussion on the review process and it was suggested that a representative from
the requesting agency be at the meeting to answer questions, the receiving agency advise the
Committee when they get the requested funds and once a year the projects be reviewed.
Ms. LaMartina asked if the flood and environment projects had been put on the SFWMD’s LMS
list. Mr. Hoeffner agreed to assist in obtaining a list of projects for each jurisdiction so this can
be accomplished.
7. Announcements:
Mr. Nadeau informed the group of a Department of Community Affairs
(DCA) training session to be held at the Port Saint Lucie Community Center on Monday, June
26 at 8:00 A.M.
Mr. Hoeffner announced a meeting to be held in the Saint Lucie County Commission Chambers
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on July 20 from 9:00 to noon. It will be presented by FEMA and DCA. The subject will be
debris management.
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Mr. Nadeau announced a public forum on hurricane preparedness to be held June 28 from
6:00 to 9:00 P.M.
8. Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 A.M.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE FRIDAY JULY 28, 2006, 9:30-11:30
CONFERENCE ROOM 3 OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
2300 VIRGINIA AVENUE, FORT PIERCE.
Respectfully Submitted: Brenda Marlin