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Regular Postponed Meeting February 22, 2011 with some ideas to resolve this. He believes the administrator over at the FPUA is working on it. So maybe it can be resolved before they go further. It appears on-going talks appear to be better than in the past. Those voting in favor of the adoption of Resolution No. 11-10 were: Commissioners Alexander, Becht, Perona, and Benton. Those opposed: None. ----- City Clerk Steele introduced the following Resolution by title only: RESOLUTION NO. 11-11 "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA; REQUIRING APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITYWIDE COUNCIL TO FILE A STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE." Motion was made by Commissioner Becht, seconded by Commissioner Alexander, that Resolution No. 11-11 be adopted. Those voting in favor of the adoption of Resolution No. 11-11 were: Commissioners Alexander, Becht, Perona, and Benton. Those opposed: None. ----- The next item on the Agenda was Appoint or reappoint one City Commissioner to the Council on Aging of St. Lucie Inc. Motion was made by Commissioner Becht, seconded by Commissioner Perona, to reappoint Commissioner Alexander to the Council on Aging of St. Lucie Inc. Those voting in favor of the motion were: Commissioners Alexander, Becht, Perona, and Benton. Those opposed: None. ----- The next item on the Agenda was Submittal of Applications for Appointment and/or Reappointment to various Boards & Committees. City Clerk Steele said they have the applications in front of them for consideration and there will be Resolutions for appointment on their next Agenda. ----- The next item on the Agenda was Mayor Benton discussion regarding a South Beach Charrette. Mayor Benton said there has been a lot of renewed interest in a topic that has been talked about for a couple of years, not only throughout the City but with property owners and County Commissioners. Right now there is interest in moving forward with this. He has heard from Chris Craft, who is the Chairman of the County Commission, and he is very supportive of this. The South Beach Association and the residents of the beach have voiced their opinion. He spoke to Mr. DePeyster who owns the former trailer park property (at 601 Seaway Drive), who is interested and willing to put up some funding toward a charrette so they can plan that area and see what the public would like to see there. So when the market does pick up, they will have 18 _________________________________________________________________________ Page 18 of 45 City of Fort Pierce Minutes of a Regular Meeting held on February 22, 2011 Copyright © 2011 City of Fort Pierce Florida
Regular Postponed Meeting February 22, 2011 something in line that everybody can live with and would like to see there. It is the perfect area for the biggest and nicest resort this area will see in their lifetime. He knows City Staff is very busy, he does not think they have to spend a whole lot of money on this, but maybe with some help from the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council... He would leave that in the City Manager's hands, if the Commission feels this is a good idea. Commissioner Becht said he wants to thank the Mayor for bringing it to them and thank the South Beach Association for creating some new energy on this in the private sector. He thinks the best idea is to leave it to City staff to talk with County staff. He does believe they will find support for it at the County Commission. It might be appropriate for them to write a letter to the County Commission requesting it, coupled with the fact that the South Beach Association has requested it, so there would be formal action. The City has qualified staff; but he thinks at this juncture it would be better to have an outside source bring it in. But he is open to suggestions if the County or City staffs come back with some idea for getting it done. When Ms. Mushier spoke earlier tonight (under Comments from the Public), she was asking let's not let this languish. They do have residents that live here and consider this home that are going to be leaving after Easter. He does not know if it is too optimistic or not, but if he asks for it, then they can tell him they can't do it, and then he can ask why can't they get it done in that time frame. Mayor Benton said when he last spoke to County Commissioner Craft, he told him he was putting this on their Agenda. He thinks the County was looking to see if the City would approve it tonight. He thinks the County would follow through at their next meeting anyway. But they can put something in writing asking them to be a partner in this with Mr. DePeyster. Commissioner Becht said this just needs to keep going forward. Mayor Benton said right, they will pursue it if there is support here. Do they have a consensus? (The Commissioners agreed.) Commissioner Perona said he was at the South Beach Association meeting and there was an overwhelming consensus to become part of this, the island is working and moving in such a great way. But he really thinks it is citywide, there is going to be a lot of interest from the entire community, because they access the beach on a daily or weekly basis because that's the draw to Fort Pierce. To become part of that is going to be real important. So they are really talking about something that affects everybody that is part of this community. Mayor Benton said that night, it was the first time in his time in office that he saw every County Commissioner at a South Beach Association meeting. Everyone was there. Almost all the City Commission was there. It was amazing, the public officials that were there. So let's see what they can do to get this rolling. ----- The next item on the Agenda was City Engineer update on State 19 _________________________________________________________________________ Page 19 of 45 City of Fort Pierce Minutes of a Regular Meeting held on February 22, 2011 Copyright © 2011 City of Fort Pierce Florida
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