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AGENDA
ST LUCIE COUNTY
BOCC Special Meeting
Thursday, November, 7, 2013
6:00 PM
St. Lucie County Commission Chambers
2300 Virginia Avenue
3rd Floor of Roger Poitras Building
Fort Pierce, FL 34982
COUNTY COMMISSION MEMBERS
District No. 2 Chair
TOD MOWERY
District No. 4, Vice-Chair
FRANNIE HUTCHINSON
District No. 1
CHRIS DZADOVSKY
District No. 3
PAULA A. LEWIS
District No. 5
KIM JOHNSON
Mission Statement
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BOCC Special Meeting Thursday, November 7, 2013 6:00 PM
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.
INVOCATION-PLEDGE - To bring order and decorum to its meeting, the Board begins its
meetings with an invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Participation is voluntary.
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 Tuesday at 6:00 P.M. or as soon
thereafter as possible and on a third Tuesday 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 allocated at the beginning of each meeting for the 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; the first Tuesday at 6:00 P.M. and the third Tuesday 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 Safety & Risk Manager at (772)
462-1783 or TDD (772) 462-1428 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting.
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I. CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
V. CONSENT AGENDA
There are no items scheduled.
VI. PUBLIC HEARINGS
There are no items scheduled.
VII. REGULAR AGENDA
A. Presentation of the Draft Seven50 Plan by the Treasure Coast Regional
Planning Council.
B. Board Discussion of the Draft Seven50 Plan.
VIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. County offices will be closed on Monday, November 11, 2013 to observe
Veteran's Day.
2. The Board of County Commissioners will hold an Informal Monthly meeting
on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in Conference Room #3 of
the Roger Poitras Administration Annex located at 2300 Virginia Avenue,
Fort Pierce, FL 34982.
3. The Board of County Commissioners will hold an Ethic Training Workshop
immediately following the Informal meeting on Tuesday, November 12,
2013 at 9:00 a.m. in Conference Room #3 of the Roger Poitras
Administration Annex located at 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, FL
34982.
4. The Board of County Commissioners will hold the Annual Reorganization
meeting on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in the County
Commission Chamber.
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5. The Board of County Commissioners will hold a Budget Workshop on
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in Conference Room #3 of
the Roger Poitras Administration Annex located at 2300 Virginia Avenue,
Fort Pierce, FL 34982.
6. The Board of County Commissioners will hold an Ethics Training Workshop
immediately following the Budget Workshop on Tuesday, November 26,
2013 at 10:00 a.m. in Conference Room #3 of the Roger Poitras
Administration Annex located at 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, FL
34982.
7. County offices will be closed on Thursday, November 28, 2013 and Friday,
November 29, 2013 to observe Thanksgiving.
IX. ADJOURNMENT
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 Safety & Risk Manager at
(772) 462-1783 or TDD (772) 462-1428 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting.
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