MEMORANDUM
DATE:
5/28/97
TO: St. Lucie
Waterfront Council Ad Hoc Committee
SUBJECT: Selected Threshold Tropicana Questions for Port Plan Policy
Formation
1. What are Tropicana/Seagram's plans for its own (i.e., Tropicana's plans, not any other
potential commercial tenants) use of the port?
A. Trade product(s)?
(1) How does Tropicana handle this trade today?
(2) How does Tropicana see this trade
developing over the' next 20
years?
(3) Trade destination(s).
B. Volumes of product(s)?
(1) By vessel.
(2) By frequency.
(3) Provenance of product(s) and mode of
delivery to port.
C. Space requirements for this specific trade?
(1) Building(s)/Design/Acreage.
(2) Vessels - size and draft at loadings
described above.
2. In Tropicana's view, what changes in port infrastructure must be made to accommodate
this trade plan?
A. On shore.
B. In the Indian River.
C. Between the River and the sea buoy (i.e., channel and inlet).
D. Indemnification for environmental damage.
3. In Tropicana's opinion, what economic benefits to St. Lucie County will result from its
plans?
A. Details of benefits and underlying assumptions.
B. Details of costs and underlying assumptions (including costs of
infrastructure changes described above as
well as the attendant new port operating
costs).
C. Financing plans.