MARCH 10, 2017
CITY MANAGER’S
BI-WEEKLY
stephanie morgan
district 1
gregory j. oravec
mayor
Shannon Martin
Vice Mayor / District 3
john carvelli
district 2
russ blackburn
city manager
jolien caraballo
district 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER PHOTO
AeRIaL SHOT
OF PORT ST. LUCIE
BLVD. AT NIGHT
credit:
avi monina
CROSSTOWN UPDATE
PARKS & RECREATION
UTILITY SYSTEMS
PLANNING AND ZONING
CIVIC CENTER
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC WORKS
POLICE DEPARTMENT
COMMUNICATIONS
121 SW PORT ST. LUCIE BLVD.
www.cityofpsl.com
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772.871.5219
PROJECT
DETAILS
Contract Price
$86,995,000.00
Contract Days
990
Construction Days
800
Jun 22, 2015
Contract Approved
Sep 8, 2015
current ACTIVITIES.
Members of the project team continue the door
to door effort, knocking on doors for the homes
adjacent to the project to provide residents with
the opportunity to video and document
existing conditions to the exterior of their
property. Coordination with the adjacent community continues.
good news.
May target date for Crosstown
Parkway Bridge groundbreaking
Approximately
390Officials
people
Elected
and Appointed
in attended.
attendance:
Elected and Appointed Officials in Attendance:
Mayor Gregory J. Oravec,
Mayor of the City of Port St. Lucie
Vice Mayor Shannon Martin,
Vice Mayor of the City of Port St. Lucie
Schedule Finalized
Apr 2017
public meeting report.
media UPDATE.
Feb 2016
1-yr contract delay
• Utility Relocation and activities.
• Precast yard activities and set up.
• Mobilization of equipment.
• Install Silt Fence.
• Clearing and Grubbing.
• Rebar Activities.
• Precast CAP work.
The team poured the first precast CAP which is
the first structural component constructed for
the bridge.
NTP (Design)
Mar 2017
Construction Activities.
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/port-st-lucie/maytarget-date-for-crosstown-parkway-bridge-groundbreaking
Councilwoman Stephanie Morgan,
City of Port St. Lucie
Crosstown Parkway Bridge:
Councilman John Carvelli,
Questions raised at final pre-groundbreaking City of Port St. Lucie
meeting about 'super street'
City Manager Russ Blackburn,
City of Port St. Lucie
Est. Begin Bridge Work
FULL
MEETING
REPORT
COMING SOON!
Linda Bartz,
County Commissioner, St. Lucie County
fall 2019
Est. Completion
Marty Sanders,
Executive Director, School Board of St. Lucie County
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/port-stlucie/crosstown-parkway-bridge-questions-raised-at-final-pregroundbreaking-meeting-about-super-street
The team received 12 written comments from attendees.
Responses will be sent swiftly.
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Parks &
Recreation
EVENTS.
District 3.
2017 Summer Junior Basketball
Registration online & in-person | Minsky Gym
Pizza Jam for Youth
March 10 | Minsky Gym
District 4.
"Art Show” presented by Keiser University
March 3 - April 20 | Civic Center
Jr Basketball Dribblers Division All-Star Game
March 4 | Civic Center
2017 Summer Junior Basketball
Registration online and in-person
Community Center and Civic Center
Talent Show Auditions
Saturdays | Civic Center
St. Patrick’s Day Festival
March 17 & 18 | Civic Center
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projects.
Community Center
Hufcor recovered the partitions and wall covers in the
auditorium. Completed.
FG Construction, LLC sealed and re-striped the parking
lot. Completed.
saints golf course
Lawn and landscape maintenance contract has been
awarded for work around the parking lot and clubhouse.
Project start date is March 2, and is ongoing throughout
the year.
2017 Drop Savers Water
Conservation Poster Contest.
WINNERS
ANNOUNCED.
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SCHOOLS
PARTICIPATED
POSTER
SUBMISSIONS
61
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WINNERS SENT
TO STATEWIDE
COMPEITION
Utility
Systems
district 2.
district 3.
district 4.
Replacement of Lift Station Northport
10 was approved by City Council 2/27:
Utility Engineering is working with
two builders, new to Port St. Lucie, on
the plans for two very large residential
developments:
Crosstown Parkway Bridge Work:
Removing existing water mains and
low-pressure mains on West Virginia
Dr. from Floresta Dr. to Coral Reef St.
Western Groves (west of Tradition)
Preparing to install deflections for
anticipated conflicts with other utilities.
Location: 6300 West Torino Parkway
Project will replace existing failing
wastewater lift station
Construction start date: TBD
Riverland-Kennedy (south of Tradition)
Continuing to clear and grub the entire
right-of-way from Manth Ln. to Coral
Reef St.
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QUICK
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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The Portuguese Kids
Comedy Show
PLANNING
& ZONING
UPDATE
Fri, Mar 10 from 7 to 10 p.m.
Ambassadors of Swing
"St. Patrick's
Emerald Ball"
Tue, Mar 14 at 7 p.m.
Port St. Lucie
Community Band Concert
"From Broadway
to Big Band"
CIVIC CENTER
MAJOR PROJECTS
Garage Security Camera
Project - This project is nearing completion, original end
date 3/17/17; MIS anticipates
wrapping up sooner.
Wed, Mar 22 at 7 p.m.
• Paragon Electric- Work
is completed, waiting on
inspection.
Ambassadors of Swing
"Easter on Main Street"
• Jade Communications –
Cabling is 99% completed.
Tue, Apr 4 at 7 p.m.
CIVIC CENTER
• SecurePoint- DVR and all
cameras installed, waiting on
electric to be complete.
MARKETING & SALES
The Business Development Specialist attended (number)
networking events, business meetings and workshops focusing on promoting the value and flexibility of the Civic Center
while highlighting the successful events that are currently
contracted in order to showcase our value to the community.
• 8 Treasure Coast Networking Meetings
• St. Lucie County Fair
• Rendezvous South – A 3-day trade show for Meeting and
Event Planners booking in the southeastern United States.
Plans submitted for a
renovation and an
addition at Town Center
at St. Lucie West that
includes a
Lucky’s Market.
Received a site plan for a 10,262 square foot retail
building at the southeast corner of Village Parkway and
Innovations Way.
Information on public hearings and
development projects reviewed by the Planning
& Zoning Department can be found here:
Public Hearings
https://pslgis.cityofpsl.com/pslgis_webviewer/pandz/PSLGIS_PlanZone.html
Development Projects
https://pslgis.cityofpsl.com/pslgis_webviewer/pandz/proj/PZ_projects.html
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GRANTS
APPLIED FOR:
$126k
HOUSING PROGRAM
+2 +1
UP TWO
DISTRICT ONE
Victims of Crime Acts
(VOCA)
=
State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) CHANGES BY DISTRICT
UP ONE
DISTRICT TWO
NO
CHANGE
DISTRICT THREE
+1
UP ONE
DISTRICT FOUR
HOUSING / HARDEST HIT PROGRAM NUMBERS OVERVIEW
$10k
People for Bikes
(C-23 Canal Trail)
$5k
Keep America
Beautiful Litter Prevention
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$194k
Preparing to submit the Hurricane
Loss Mitigation grant for retrofit improvements to residential properties
to reduce losses after a disaster.
$400k
Preparing to submit the
Florida Inland Navigation
District (FIND) grant for
Riverwalk Boardwalk
Extension.
Ft. Pierce
Foreclosure
Prevention
NEIGHBORHOOD
SERVICES.
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building department
building department activity.
commercial permits
issued
2,856
district 2.
Permits processed in
February - the largest amount of
permits applied for in
Flying Panda – SLW
Keller Viera Beauty Room
more than
10 years!
co's issued
district 3.
Aycock at Tradition
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Number of Single
Family Permits Issued
8
66
346
1,206
3,100
Single Family
Certificates of
Occupancy
Number of
Plans Reviewed
Total Number
of Permits Issued
Number of
Inspections Completed
The Building Department
participated and offered space for a
Building Code Continuing
Education Class on Feb 23 & 24.
Inspectors from various jurisdictions
in South Florida attended.
PUBLIC WORKS
Gatlin Blvd. & Veterans Memorial
Parkway Rehabilitation
Studies (Districts 2, 3, & 4) –
Evaluation of the existing roadways
to determine best rehabilitation
technique. The study for Veterans
Memorial Parkway has been completed and is under review by staff.
The report for Gatlin will be complete in the summer of 2017.
Rosser Blvd. Pavement Reconstruction and Sidewalk
(District 3) –
City Council will consider the construction contract at the March 13th
meeting. The item was pulled from
the February 27th meeting to allow
staff additional time to evaluate Local Preference requirements. This
project includes about 2.1 miles
of pavement reconstruction from
Apricot Rd. to just south of Delos
Ave. and about one mile of sidewalk extending from the existing
sidewalk at Crawford Ave. to Open
View Dr. Construction is anticipated to start by April and be completed by September.
Veteran’s Memorial
Stormwater Quality Retrofit
(District 4) –
Construction bids are scheduled
to be opened on March 28th. Staff
anticipates construction of the two
wet detention ponds and two out-
fall structures will begin this summer. After completion, this project
will provide additional stormwater
treatment and nutrient removal
prior to discharge into the North
Fork of the St Lucie River.
Bayshore Blvd. & Port St. Lucie
Blvd. Intersection Improvements
(Districts 1 and 4)
Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise
(FTE) held a public hearing on
February 23rd for the proposed
improvements to the Port St Lucie
Boulevard and Bayshore Boulevard
intersection. Based upon input
from the public and the City, the
FTE will delay the left turn restriction at Bayshore Boulevard onto
the Turnpike Access Road. Additionally, the designer will evaluate
the feasibility of providing storage
for vehicles on Bayshore Boulevard making a left onto the Turnpike Access Road. The intersection
will be monitored and if warranted (by crashes and traffic patterns)
the FTE will re-evaluate restricting
left turns at the intersection. The
project manager with the Turnpike
Enterprise is Marcus Lisicki with
HNTB Corporation at 407/2643113 or [email protected].
fl.us.
California and Del Rio Right Turn Lane (Districts
1 and 2) – Construction of the right turn lane is
underway. The contractor has cleared the area
and is working on the drainage improvements.
Del Rio Boulevard Sidewalk construction continues.
An 850-foot segment of sidewalk on Floresta Boulevard
between Airoso Boulevard and Ardsley Drive is being
constructed.
(a) Contractor has exceeded the contract time. Per the contract, the Contractor is being charged liquidated
damages each day. The liquidated damage fees are to cover CEI and staff time. Bonding company contacted.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
DISTRICT
ONE
PSLPD
A spree was initiated after there were three work
truck and trailer burglaries and tire and rim thefts
in the location of S.W. Biltmore Street, within a
.35 mile radius, Feb. 22. The primary items stolen were tires, rims, work tools & equipment.
DISTRICT
THREE
PSLPD
DISTRICT
tHREE
A Hot Spot was created after four unlocked vehicles
were broken into and loose change was stolen in the
vicinity of S.W. College Park Road February 12-22.
DISTRICT
tHREE
PSLPD
A Hot Spot was made due to 3 incidents involving
auto burglaries February 18-22, in the S.W. Jacoby Ave.
area. Items that were stolen included a purse with a
wallet and cell phone, two portable DVD players and
a GPS unit.
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DISTRICT
TWO
PSLPD
A Spree was created after 4 auto burglaries in the area
of S.W. Mapelwood Drive on Feb. 20 and 21, 2017.
Five unlocked vehicles in total were ransacked and
various items were stolen out of their center consoles.
DISTRICT
tHREE
PSLPD
A Spree was initiated after there were two incidents of
auto burglaries that involved three unlocked vehicles
in the area of S.W. Undallo Road February 15 and 16,
2017. The unknown suspect stole loaded firearms from
these vehicles.
PSLPD
DISTRICT
S.I.D. Detectives
FOUR
arrested a 19 year-old
male at his home on S.E.
Damask Ave on charges
of possession of drug
paraphernalia, 3 counts
of possession of Cannabis
over 20 grams, possession of Cannabis with
intent to sell, possession
of a controlled substance
without a prescription,
and possession of hallucinogen with intent to sell.
Detectives placed $1,575
into evidence.
March 1, S.I.D. Detectives
went to a home on S.E.
Elmhurst Rd to serve a
search warrant. Detectives
were able to seize 187
grams of Cannabis, 31
Xanax pills, drug paraphernalia, and $3,950 in
cash. A 55 year-old man
was arrested on multiple
charges stemming from
the items located in his
home.
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communications
Volume 1 , Issue 5
COMMUNICATIONS DEPARMENT
SURVEYS LOCALS ABOUT NEWS
by awesome content creators
The department
created a survey to
find out how residents
prefer to get their news
about the City of Port
St. Lucie.
Screen shot of the newest animation video.
The results of this
survey will be used to
FLYERS EVERYWHERE: GRAPHICS TEAM STAYING BUSY WITH
WORK ORDERS & ANIMATIONS, HIRES NEW GRAPHIC DESIGNER
help create a strategic
communication plan
for the City for the next
year. City employees
are also encouraged
to take the survey at
http://www.cityofpsl.
com/infosource.
Take the survey!
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PER DAY
The average number of
media requests
received by the PIO on
a daily basis
including weekends.
(a) PSL Rocks "The City" continues to be advertised and has received positive feedback so far.
(b) Created the cover for the Comprehensive Financial Report.
(c) The graphics team has been working closely with Parks & Recreation to complete Leisure Time.
(d) The Department has also hired a new graphic designer, Assunta Garruto who started March 6.
The PIO handles and
coordinates media
requests for all City
departments. Some of
these are quickly
fulfilled, others can take
several hours to fulfill.
SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY HOT FOR CITY & POLICE DEPT.
Left: Bar Chart shows reach of the top
performing Facebook posts from the
City of PSL and the Police Department.
Right: The Police Department's video
concerning Impact resistant glass vs.
burglars is off the charts, reaching
more than 270,000 users. Watch the
video here: https://www.facebook.
com/pg/PortStLuciePolice/videos/?ref=page_internal
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