St. Lucie West Services District
Workshop Meeting Minutes
March 2, 2020, 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 John Doughney, Secretary Everett Child, Supervisor Dominick Graci, Supervisor

Staff Present

Dennis Pickle, District Manager, St. Lucie West Services District ("SLWSD") Bill Hayden, Public Works Director/Assistant District Manager, SLWSD Josh Miller, Utilities Director/Assistant District Manager, SLWSD
Maddie Maldonado, Director of Office Administration, 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 3, 2020, Workshop
February 4, 2020, Regular Board Meeting

There were no revisions to either set of minutes.

Public Hearing
PH 1 - Consider Resolution No. 2020-01 - Amending Certain Existing  Job Descriptions for the Exotic Plant Removal Spray Technician

Resolution No. 2020-01 was presented, entitled:

RESOLUTION  NO. 2020-01

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE ST. LUCIE WEST SERVICES DISTRICT AMENDING CERTAIN EXISTING JOB DESCRIPTION FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Mr. Pickle advised that everyone was already aware of the changes and this item did not require any further explanation.

Public Comment

Gary Smith, a Kings Isle resident and representative of "People Serious about Litter," indicated he was present at today's Workshop as a follow up to his attendance at a previous meeting. He thanked Bill Hayden and Gerard Rouse for responding to his request for a location to dump items they pick up. He also noted that there was a meeting later today at the Chamber of Commerce for people who were concerned about litter and indicated that the Mayor was also getting involved with the program to make Port St. Lucie the cleanest city.

District Attorney
DA 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Pickle noted that there would be a walk-on item at tomorrow's meeting requesting authorization to publish a Notice of Qualifying Period for the upcoming election.

That concluded Mr. Pickle's updates.

District Engineer
DE 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Pickle was not aware of any updates from Mr. Lawson.

District Manager Action Items

DM 1 - 2019 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

Mr. Miller presented the 2019 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report, indicating that copper and lead testing is only done every two years.

Supervisor Graci asked how the District's water compares to the City's to which Mr. Miller responded that it was only a matter of taste and that all levels were safe.

DM 2 - Other Items/Updates

Mr. Pickle addressed an issue regarding allowing other organizations the use of the District's meeting room. He indicated that the new Administrative building was still 7 to 12 months from being completed so there was plenty of time to come up with a policy. He indicated that there would be no tax implications if the District  only charges the cost to care for the facility during usage. He also noted that the attorney had warned against allowing too many groups to use it and that it should be kept to only HOA-type groups.

Supervisor Graci gave a summary of how the Cascades handles permitting usage of the clubhouse, noting that no religious or political groups are able to use it.

Mr. Pickle suggested limiting meeting room use to only SLW groups.

Mr. Pickle noted that he had met with the aqua range people (CGI) and representatives from Country Club Estates and indicated that there was no funding as of yet. He furthered that the Utility Fund could loan the money to the General  Fund and then raise assessments to pay it back. He also indicated that they could extend the water management bond by one year to 2026 and would fund improvements.

Mr. Pickle indicated that the property at California would cost approximately $500,000 to make buildable. He noted that once that had been done, it could sell for approximately $1.7 Million.

Chairman D'Amico asked if they could use the dirt from the aqua range to fill the California parcel. Mr. Pickle indicated it depended on its quality.  Mr. Pickle noted  that the range would cost about $400,000 to dig and would be between 8 and 1O feet deep.

Supervisor Graci expressed concern over potential obstacles they will have with selling the California land. Mr. Pickle indicated that he had met with the City 2 years ago on this item and that they expressed their support if the community supports it. It was noted that it might be a difficult task, given that the intersection is already very busy.

Vice Chairman Ney indicated he liked the idea of extending the bond, out of the options given. Secretary Doughney agreed with Vice Chairman Ney.

Secretary Doughney asked if we could do the interfund transfer and then extend the term to pay it back quicker and keep working on California to fund everything. Discussion ensued.

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 2020
CA 6 - Consider Approval to Transfer Funds for the R&R Account Requisitions for Fiscal Year 2020

There was no discussion regarding the Consent Agenda items.

Supervisor Requests

Secretary Doughney noted that he would be seeing former Board Supervisor Wayne Smith over the St. Patrick's Day weekend.

Chairman D'Amico asked if they had spoken to a planner about the California parcel. Mr. Pickle indicated that they had spoken with a planner who would take it to the City, which had not yet happened.

Mr. Pickle advised that work on the new Administrative building would begin on Friday and he was going to set up the official groundbreaking ceremony.

There were no further Supervisor Requests.

Adjournment

There being no further items to be addressed, the Workshop Meeting was adjourned at 9:41 a.m. There were no objections.

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