St. Lucie West Services District
Workshop Meeting Minutes
March 4, 2019, at 9:00 a.m.
450 SW Utility Drive Port St. Lucie, Florida 34986

(Please note: This is not verbatim. A CD recording of the Workshop Meeting is available on
file.)

Board Members Present

Vincent D'Amico, Chairman Gregg Ney, Vice Chairman Wayne Smith, Secretary John Doughney, Supervisor Everett Child, Supervisor

Staff Present

Dennis Pickle, District Manager, St. Lucie West Services District ("SLWSD") Bill Hayden, Public Works Director/Assistant District Manager, SLWSD Maddie Maldonado, Office Manager, SLWSD
Josh Miller, Assistant Utilities Director, SLWSD
Gerard Rouse, Assistant Public Works Superintendent, SLWSD
Jason Pierman, District Treasurer, Special District Services, Inc. ("SOS")

Guests Present (Sign-In Sheet Attached)

Call to Order

Chairman D'Amico called the Workshop Meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

It was noted that all 5 Supervisors were in attendance.

Approval of Minutes
February 4, 2019, Workshop
February 5, 2019, Regular Board Meeting

There was a minor revision to the Workshop minutes.

Public Comment

There was no public comment.

District Attorney
DA 1 - Consider First Amendment to Agreement for Sale and Purchase between CGI St. Lucie, LLC and the District

Mr. Pickle presented the item, indicating that CGI wanted to keep some of the land the District was intending on purchasing. The additional land CGI did not want to sell has been designated in order to keep the tennis courts and create pickle ball courts.  It was noted that there would be corresponding reduction in the purchase price.

Discussion ensued regarding the amount of easement property that would be included in the sale.

District Engineer
DE 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Hayden gave an update on the 68 Project. He noted that they would do a drone flyover today and would present the findings tomorrow.

Secretary Smith noted he saw it this morning and that it looks good. Mr. Pickle indicated that the landscaper would be meeting with residents to discuss their concerns about the structure.

District Manager Action Items

DM 1 - Consider Approval of Request to Advertise  for a Public  Hearing to Consider Adoption of Proposed Amendments to the Drug-Free Workplace Policy

Mr. Pickle presented the proposed revisions and noted that it would require the scheduling of a Public Hearing.

DM 2 - Power Point Presentation of Upland Tracts and Preserves

Gerard Rouse noted that he had received a request to take over the maintenance of upland pine preserves. He explained the need to chemically treat preserves after mechanically treating them. He indicated that the District only has one employee to spray the preserves and requested hiring another spray tech, which would be more cost effective than subbing the work out.

Discussion ensued regarding the process for maintaining the preserves and the state's standards for chemical use.

Mr. Pickle noted that taking over the additional preserves would increase the  District's responsibility by another 17 acres.

After additional discussion, there was a Board consensus to take over the maintenance of the additional 17 acres.

DM 3 - Other Items/Updates

Mr. Pickle advised that the Kings Isle lake transfer was withdrawn and required no further action.

Mr. Pickle indicated that the District has a bid request for a new software billing system.

That concluded Mr. Pickle's updates.

Consent Agenda
CA 1 - Monthly Report on Public Works Department CA 2 - Monthly Report on Utilities Operations
CA 3 - Monthly Report on Capital Improvement Projects CA 4 - Monthly Report on Billing and Customer Service CA 5 - Financial Statements for January 2019
CA 6 - Consider Approval to Transfer Funds for the R&R Requisition

There was no discussion regarding the Consent Agenda items.

Supervisor Requests

Supervisor Doughney requested a copy of Gerard's presentation. There were no further Supervisor requests.
Adjournment

There being no further items to be addressed, the Workshop Meeting was adjourned at 10:10 a.m. There were no objections.

Date Approved

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