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St. Lucie County Unified Local Mitigation Strategy
Steering Committee Meeting
June 17, 2009 at 9:30AM
Attendees (Members):
Larry Nadeau, Chair
Bill Thiess, Vice Chair
Bill Hoeffner, Coordinator
Bob Massa, St. Lucie County School District
Desma Alexander, St. Lucie County School District
Marty Sanders, St. Lucie County School District
Roberta Breene, St. Lucie County
Danita Morgan, Fort Pierce
James Moses, St. Lucie County Health Dept.
Richard Daniels, Port St. Lucie
Alane Sisilli, City of Port St. Lucie
Karla Lenfesty, University of Florida IFAS
Stefanie Myers, INTACT
Tom Daly, St. Lucie County Public Safety
Kathy LaMartina, SFWMD
Rogelio Gonzalez, Council on Aging
Wayne Fuzzard, Fort Pierce Housing Authority
Tom McGowan, North St. Lucie River Water Control District
David Thompson, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office
Bo Hutchinson, St. Lucie Village
Peter Buchwald, St. Lucie Transportation Planning Organization
Arthur Wyman, American Red Cross
Attendees (Non-Members):
Katherine McKenzie-Smith, Assistant County Attorney
Ryan Sweeney, Florida State University Intern
Suzanne Antonetti, Recording Secretary
Teri Pinney, St Lucie West Services District
Bill Hayden, St. Lucie West Services District
John Imperato, St. Lucie West Services District
Harvey Cutler, St. Lucie West Services District
Steve Boehning, Coastal Waterways Design & Engineering
Seventeen of twenty-four LMS Steering Committee organizations were present. A quorum
was therefore present.
Meeting Announcement:
An email was sent to known members of the Steering
Committee and to recent past meeting attendees. Public notice was given through an ad
in the St. Lucie News Tribune and through posting at the Press Table in the St. Lucie
County Administration Building. The agenda was posted on the Board of County
Commissioners’ calendar on the St. Lucie County website.
Location:
The meeting was conducted in Conference Room 3 the St. Lucie County
Administration Building.
1. Government in the Sunshine Laws:
A presentation was made by Katherine McKenzie-
Smith regarding the requirements of Florida’s Government in the Sunshine laws.
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2. Minutes 3/27/2009 Meeting:
The minutes of the3/27/2009 meeting were approved with
two corrections: a) The attendees of the meeting are to be added, b) In item 6, “INTACT
Hurricane Mitigation for Low Income Residents” is to be changed to “INTACT Hurricane
Mitigation”.
3. Dispute Resolution for St. Lucie West Services District (SLWSD)project:
Mr.
Hoeffner reviewed the scoring of the project with the Committee and recommended the
Committee reconsider the scoring of Item 5 of the scoring procedure which addresses
the scope of benefits to jurisdictions. He noted the Committee previously scored the
project as providing benefit to one jurisdiction (Port St. Lucie) and that SLWSD provided
additional information that the project also benefitted the Reserve which is part of the
unincorporated County. A presentation was made by John Imperato of the St. Lucie
West Services District. A motion was made, seconded and approved by a vote of 16-1
to change the scoring of Item 5 from 4 points to 8 points on the basis that the project
provided benefit to both Port St. Lucie and the Unincorporated County.
4. Funding of Tropical Storm Fay HMGP projects:
The Division of Emergency
Management recently provided notice of a policy change regarding HMGP funding.
Rather than funding projects in rank order, discretion is now provided to LMS
Committees to allocate funding. A discussion was held and a motion was made,
seconded and approved unanimously to fund HMGP projects in rank order.
5. Introduction to 5-year LMS Update Process – LMS Intern:
Ryan Sweeney, a intern
from Florida State University, who will be assisting the County in the five-year update of
the County’s LMS Plan, was introduced. He provided an introduction to the update
process.
6. Review/Edit current list of LMS Steering Committee Members:
Mr. Hoeffner
presented the list of current LMS Steering Committee members with a recommendation
that the Committee reduce the number of members to those that have been active.
Harvey Cutler of the SLWSD also submitted a written request to the Chair to have
SLWSD added as a member of the Committee. A discussion was held and it was
recommended that Mr. Hoeffner propose a list of members at the next meeting. It was
also recommended that, in determining members, consideration be given to ESF
functions.
7. Consider deleting/reorganizing hazards from the current LMS list:
Ryan Sweeney
reviewed the current list of hazards with the Committee and made a recommendation to
remove all hazards from the LMS plan which do not have an identified mitigation project
or which are not listed in the State mitigation plan. After discussion, a recommendation
was made to refer the issue to a subcommittee to include Tom Daly, Peter Buchwald,
David Thompson, Melissa Yunas, and Jim Moses as appointed by the Chair.
8. Develop a working definition for “Critical Facilities” to be used for future analysis:
Ryan Sweeney made a recommendation to adopt the definition of critical facilities as
provided in the St. Lucie County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. A
recommendation was made to refer this matter to a subcommittee to include Tom
McGowan, Marty Sanders, and Alane Sisilli as appointed by the Chair.
9. Adjournment:
A motion was made, seconded and approved unanimously to adjourn.
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