I WOULD SAY IT'S 1800 HOURS. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS TOWN HALL
[Town Hall Meeting on April 19, 2021.]
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MEETING TO ORDER. I'M GOING TO HAVE A DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE RISE.SO I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL. MISS MRS. JONES, MAYOR MEDINA? PRESENT. DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON? HERE.
COUNCILMAN FELIX? HERE. MISS SHERMAN? HERE.
SO LET'S START WITH BEFORE WE EVEN GET STARTED, WE'LL WE'LL GIVE THE AUDIENCE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AS WELL. AFTER THE PRESENTATION, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS TOWN HALL WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS RIGHT NOW? STEP FORWARD, MAAM.
HELLO, MY NAME IS SUSAN CONNELLY. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO LET CITY COUNCIL NOW AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY THAT AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE MEETING HERE, THERE IS A PRAYER VIGIL HAPPENING AT THE FRONT STREET COMMUNITY CENTER. THAT PRAYER VIGIL IS IN A BEGINNING RESPONSE TO THE GEORGE FLOYD TRIAL. AND IT IS BASED OUT OF A BELIEF THAT ANY ONE OF US THAT IS FOLLOWING THAT TRIAL WILL HAVE A STRONG EMOTIONAL RESPONSE. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE FOR OR AGAINST. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO PRESENT RIGHT OR WRONG. IT IS INTENDED TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND GATHER AND BE TOGETHER. SO I WANTED TO LET COUNCIL KNOW THIS. THIS IS ALSO PART OF A CONTINUING RESPONSE. THE NEXT, THE NEXT THING WILL BE APRIL 24, WHICH IS A SATURDAY EVENING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. IT IS A FORUM A COMMUNITY FORUM. IT IS IN COOPERATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, THERE IS A STRONG LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THE MUNICIPALITY AND THE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE FORUM, AND AS WELL AS LEADERS IN MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SO IT IS OPEN FOR THE CITIZENS. AND THIS ALONG WITH THE PRAYER VIGIL, THESE WILL BE ONGOING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. THE THIRD THING THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN RESPONSE IS A SERIES OF WALKS, TO RAISE AWARENESS AND TO PRESENT AN ACTION. AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT A STATEMENT OF FOR OR AGAINST OR THEM OR US. IT IS A PLACE TO COMMUNICATE AND DEVELOP COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP BEFORE THE COUNCIL BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME HERE WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS A TIME FOR OUR BUDGET. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGET. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS BEING ASKED TO COME UP WITH FIGURES FOR HOW MUCH IT WILL TAKE TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
THESE BUDGETS, IN PART HAVE TO BE BET BASED ON A PROJECTION OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN RATHER THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING. SO THERE IS EMPHASIS IN THESE BUDGETS TO BE PREPARED. THERE IS EMPHASIS IN THESE BUDGETS FOR MORE OFFICERS FOR MORE EQUIPMENT, LIKE A BULLETPROOF VEST, AND THAT IS WHAT OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY CITIZENSHIP IS ASKING FROM OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO THESE KINDS OF PROJECTIONS. AND IT, MUCH OF IT IS BASED OUT OF A FEAR OUR FEARS, AGAIN OF REALLY, WHAT A PROJECTION OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN RATHER THAN A SOLID WHAT DOES HAPPEN HERE IN OUR
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COMMUNITY? AT THE SAME TIME THAT IS HAPPENING, WE HAVE STATE LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN PASSED, YOU ARE AWARE OF THE NEW LEGISLATION, MANY PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT THE ANTI PROTEST BILL. AND AGAIN, THIS BILL, A LOT OF IT IS BASED ON THE FEAR AND A PROJECTION AND TRYING TO PREVENT RIOTOUS ACTS APPEARING HERE IN OUR TOWN OF PALM PALM BAY. SO WHAT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DO IS TO ASK FOR CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITIZENS TO INSTEAD OF THE FOCUS BEING ON WHAT IF, INSTEAD OF THE FOCUS, BEING ON A FEAR TO, FOR US TO LOOK, TO COME TOGETHER, AND SEEK THE SOLUTION TO SEEK THE REASON THAT WE ARE FEARFUL THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO SEEK THE, EXACTLY WHAT IS THE PROBLEM, LET'S SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I DON'T BELIEVE GREATER INCARCERATIONS ARE THE ANSWER, THEY MAY BE A PART OF IT. BUT CERTAINLY, COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT. AND A LOT OF TIMES, THESE ARE THE VERY THINGS THAT GET LEFT OUT AND ARE NOT THOUGHT OF. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS FOR ALL OF US TO LOOK FOR PREVENTION. AND TO NOT NOT TO LOOK AT PREVENTION, BUT TO LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS AS A METHOD OF PREVENTION, AND FOR OUR RESPONSE TO BE STRONGLY UNIFIED, AND UNENDING. AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM OUR COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND A UNIFIED AND UNENDING RESPONSE UNTIL WE FIND THE SOLUTION.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING THESE TOWN HALLS. I THINK THEY SERVE A GREAT PURPOSE.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK OR HAVE ANY COMMENTS? SEE YOU NOW MADAM CHAIRMAN, I WILL YIELD TO YOU FOR THE ONE ITEM UNDER BUSINESS.
OKAY. SUZANNE SHERMAN, CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS A FANCY LITTLE LECTERN HERE. SO I'M, I GO UP, THEN I CAN STAND HERE AND FACE YOU, WHICH IS THE POINT OF THE TOWN HALL MEETING. SO AGAIN, WELCOME TONIGHT, THIS IS THE INAUGURAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS FOR THE CITY OF BOMBAY, WE'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS BEFORE, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. WE HAVE A SERIES OF THREE MEETINGS, THE DATES ARE ACTUALLY UP ON THE SCREEN THERE. AND THEY'RE ALL AT SIX O'CLOCK. THE SIR FIRST ONE, IT'S BEING RECORDED. AND SO ANYONE THAT YOU KNOW, WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS AND HEARING WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, LET THEM KNOW, IT'LL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. AND THEY CAN GO GO AND WATCH IT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY CAN'T ATTEND ONE OF THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS.
THE THE AGENDA AND THE FORMAT, THOUGH, FOR ALL THREE IS IDENTICAL. THE SAME THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, YOU'LL HEAR REPEATED AT EACH OF THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS. SO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT GOING TO THE OTHER ONES, YOU CERTAINLY MAY, BUT YOU'LL HEAR THE SAME FORMAT AND SAME INFORMATION PRESENTED. SO TO GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF REASON FOR WHY WE'RE HERE, ONE OF THE INITIATIVES OF CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF HAS TRIED TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC. NOW THIS EVENING, THIS IS OUR FIRST STARTS. AND I THINK WE HAVE SIX MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND MAYBE A FEW MORE STAFF MEMBERS. BUT THAT'S A PLACE FOR US TO START. AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THE CITY'S DOING. WE ALSO WANT THIS FORMAT TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL, WILL COME DOWN AND SHARE SOME THOUGHTS WITH YOU THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING LET YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR PROGRESS ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS. AND THEN AT THE END, I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AND WE'LL DIRECT THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE WHETHER IT'S A COUNCIL MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBERS. SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THIS WILL FLOW. WE'RE TRYING NOT TO MAKE IT COMPLICATED, BUT ALSO TRY TO KIND OF MOVE IT ALONG SO WE GET TO YOUR QUESTIONS WHEN THE TIME COMES. ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO THANK MY STAFF BEFORE WE START BECAUSE GATHERED AROUND YOU THE BACK TWO ROWS, ALL OF THE TABLES OVER HERE ARE OUR TEAM. AND THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT THIS JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU AS OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IF YOU REPRESENT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY GROUPS OR EACH YOUR WAYS AND YOU'D LIKE ANY MEMBER OF THE TEAM TO COME OUT AND AND SPEAK TO YOUR GROUP OF RESIDENTS, WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO
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DO THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE FOR US, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE MOMENTS SHARE WITH YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING AND, AND ENGAGE WITH YOU. SO ANYWAY, THAT FOR WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'LL CLICK INTO SLIDE NUMBER TWO, BRIAN, AND YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THE FORMAT FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. SO EACH MEMBER OF COUNCIL HAS A DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COVER.WE'VE WE'VE GIVEN THEM A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION, WE'VE TRIED TO ASK THEM TO KEEP IT TO ABOUT FIVE MINUTES EACH, IF POSSIBLE. SMILING, THANK YOU, OKAY. JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH WE COULD TELL YOU, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE CITY AND WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING. BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO LIKE KEEP THINGS GOING. SO THAT'S OUR GOAL. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE END. IF YOU COULD. WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT. BUT LET'S GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS. AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SO WITH NO FURTHER ADO, WE'LL CLICK THE NEXT SLIDE AND WE'LL OH, I'M GONNA CLICK IT.
OH, IT'S VERY SIMPLE, BUT I GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M GOING TO NOW INTRODUCE MAYOR ROB MEDINA TO COME ON UP. HE'S GOING TO SHARE INFORMATION ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT. TWO OF THE MANY HOT TOPICS IN OUR CITY THESE DAYS.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. DOES THE FIVE MINUTES INCLUDE MY TRANSPORTATION FROM FROM THE DYESS TO THE LECTERN? THANK YOU.
SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS GREAT. THE AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL AND MADAM SHERMAN FOR GETTING THIS TOWN HALL. TOGETHER. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT VENUE FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR DIALOGUE. AND IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE LESS INFORMAL. SO I'M GOING TO COVER BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN THAT EXCITING HOW TO KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING HARD TO END THIS BEDROOM COMMUNITY STIGMA. PALM BAY HAS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH. WE HAVE OVER 120,000 RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, THERE WAS PROBABLY 50,000. SO THIS IS AMAZING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH. WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
THE SECOND LARGEST, LET THAT SINK IN FOR A LITTLE BIT. AND YET, WE'RE ONLY 40% BUILT OUT. STRENGTHENING PAY BAY'S COMMERCIAL BASE WILL FOSTER A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. YOU SEE WE WILL LESSEN THE TAX BURDEN ON OUR LOCAL CITIZENS. IN 2021.
THIS CITY WILL BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT A SERIES OF NEW ASSESSED INCENTIVES AND INDUCEMENTS. THANK YOU, MISS JOANIE, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT CAPACITY. NEW INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO MEET OUR NEEDS AS A GROWN CITY. THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS BUSINESS FRIENDLY, AND IT IS AN OXYMORON. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD DO THIS IN FIVE MINUTES. MADAM SHERMAN. THE CITY CONTINUES TO STREAMLINE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT RENEWALS. THANK YOU, VALENTINO, AND 2020. PALM BAY OFFERED RESILIENT PLANNING GUIDANCE, ONLINE OPTIONS AND MANY BUSINESS RELATED SERVICES INCLUDING PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS. BOTH THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND BUILDING DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING CUSTOMER SERVICE SURVEYS. AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN HOLDING STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS, AND EDUCATE THEM FOR DOING WORK IN THE CITY. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. HAVE A SEAT FEEL COMFORTABLE WHEREVER YOU'D LIKE TO SIT. WE BELIEVE THAT MAINTAINING SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL ATTRACTION AND DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW I HAD ATTRACTIONS AND I THINK OF THE FUNSPOT. JOANIE, MAYBE WE COULD GET A FUN SPOT HERE IN PALM BAY.
THAT'S BUSINESS ATTRACTION. THAT'S HAVING FUN. THE CITY CONTINUES TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CHAMBER ON WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MISS PELTONEN FOR BEING HERE AND REPRESENTING A STRONG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. ALONG WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE SPACE COAST. THE CITY OF PALM BAY RECENTLY ENTERED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, SBA, WITH A GOAL OF STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT RIGHT HERE IN PALM BAY, DIVERSIFYING THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITIZENS.
THE CITY'S COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AS WE TALKED ABOUT GROWTH MANAGEMENT THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS
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UNDERWAY. THE COMP PLAN DEALS OR DETAILS WITH THE CITY'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES A BLUEPRINT FOR FUTURE LAND USE AND SERVES AS THE BASIS FOR ZONING AND LAND CODES. TELL ME THAT'S NOT BEEN NEEDED. IT'S BEEN NEEDED AND WE ARE SO DESPERATE TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE. PALM BAY IS WORKING WITH, INCORPORATED AS A CONSULTANT OUT OF ORLANDO TO REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE CITY'S EXISTING COMP PLAN. THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICTS IN PALM BAY DO NOT ADEQUATELY ADEQUATELY, ADEQUATELY SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND UPDATED COMP PLAN WILL PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY COMMERCIAL ZONING WITHIN OUR CITY. THE EVALUATION AND REVIEW PROCESS WILL INVOLVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO BUILD THE CURRENT COMMUNITY PROFILE TO DEVELOP A BASIS FOR THE NEW COMP PLAN AMENDMENT. COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WILL BEGIN THIS MONTH IN APRIL. AND I ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO TAKE A PART IN THAT EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAS HAD ISSUES WITH ZONING. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD. THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS WORKING TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE BY REVAMPING THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO REFLECT AN UPDATED VIEW OF CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS. PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE THE EXPANSION TO CITY HALL CAMPUS, WOULDN'Y THAT BE NICE. ON MALABAR ROAD TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE UTILITIES BUILDING DEPARTMENTS, THE CITY HAS RECENTLY APPROVED SEVERAL MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING EMERALD LAKES, GROUND SQUARE, HARBOR POINT, STEAMBOAT LANDING. MAJOR PROJECTS FOR REVIEW AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION INCLUDE PALM BAY UTILITIES DEPARTMENT SOUTH REGIONAL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, HARMONY LANDING MEMORY CARE, GROUND SQUARE APARTMENTS, HAMPTON MANOR, IN ADDITION TO THE DISPLAY BOARD IN THIS REFLECTING THIS IS REFLECTING SOME OF MY CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. YOU CAN VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITES ANYTIME TOP IN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN SEARCH IN THE SEARCH BAR AND YOU WILL SEE THE DETAILS. LISTEN, I'D LIKE TO END MY TALKING POINTS. AND I THINK I DID IT IN FIVE, FOUR POINT 30 SECONDS. THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT WE ARE HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ALWAYS PARTICIPATE, GET YOUR NEIGHBORS TO PARTICIPATE. BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, WHAT WE DO WHAT WE FACE THE CHALLENGES WE FACE. WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO RELY ON ONE ANOTHER. MAY GOD BLESS YOU. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR GREAT CITY, PALM BAY, OOO-RAH OKAY, NEXT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DEPUTY MAYOR KENNY JOHNSON. HE'S GOING TO SHARE SEVERAL TOPICS WITH US COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.THERE'S A SLIGHT HEIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND THE CITY MANAGER SO BUT AS SHE SAID, I AM DEPUTY MAYOR KENNY JOHNSON CITY OF PALM BAY FOLLOWING AFTER THE PERFORMANCE, MR. MAYOR MEDINA I'M SO I'LL BE STARTING OFF WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GOING ON TO BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND FOLLOWING UP WITH A PROCUREMENT SO I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. BECAUSE SHE SAID FIVE MINUTES SO I'M GONNA TRY TO STICK TO IT LIKE THE MAYOR DID SO. IN 2020. THE CITY'S HOUSING DIVISION PROVIDED NEARLY 400,000 OF CARES THAT DOLLARS OR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS FOR RENT MORTGAGE UTILITY FOR OVER 81 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY THAT WERE FACED FROM YOU KNOW HARDSHIPS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL AWARDED $458,099 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS OR CORONAVIRUS, FUNDS TO ELIGIBLE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES AND NONPROFITS THAT WERE PROVIDING SERVICES THAT PREVENT, PREPARE OR RESPOND TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
ALL THESE FUNDS WILL SERVE PALM BAY'S LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS. THE CITY ALSO RECEIVED A SECOND ROUND OF CDBG CORONAVIRUS FUNDING TOTALING $491,218. AND ALL THESE FUNDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FULLY AWARDED IN MAY TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR PALM BAY BUSINESSES FACING HARDSHIP DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY COMING UP THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. AND
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IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD, YOU CAN ALSO ATTEND A MEETING YOU CAN APPLY TO, YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE TO JOIN THE BOARD. OR YOU CAN VISIT CITY HALL SECOND FLOOR, MAKE THAT LEFT AND GO IN AND MEET THE STAFF. SO THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL. THEY'VE BEEN GREAT. THEY'VE BEEN ASSISTING EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN CALLING WHO NEED ASSISTANCE WITH WHERE TO GET AN APPLICATION. SO I'M JUST WANT TO GIVE A PERSONAL SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY ON THAT. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE BILLING DEPARTMENT HAS MIGRATED FROM CITY HALL OVER TO WINN DIXIE. AND THAT THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST YEAR IN THE WINN DIXIE PLAZA. AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON MEETING THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE CITY AND ENABLING MORE STREAMLINED PROCESSES FOR THOSE SEEKING PERMITTING AND REVIEWS. SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'VE DONE, WE START ACCEPTING BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND PLANS ELECTRONICALLY, WHICH WE KIND OF HAD TO DO TO COVID. BUT UM, IT'S IT'S JUST THE EASY WAY TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR ANYBODY LOOKING TO GET A PERMIT. WE ARE ALSO WORKING TO IDENTIFY FULL SERVICE WEB PORTAL TO ALLOW ALL BUILDING DEPARTMENT BUSINESS TO BE CONDUCTED ELECTRONICALLY FROM APPLICATION TO REVIEW, INSPECTION AND PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE CITY REDUCED CERTAIN BUILDING PERMIT FEES TO ENCOURAGE GROWTH IN PALM BAY. AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE NOT JUST WITHIN THE COUNTY, BUT WITH THE WHOLE STATE OF FLORIDA.OKAY, THE DEPARTMENT PERFORMED A SALARY STUDY IN ORDER TO ATTRACT QUALIFIED INDUSTRY PERSONNEL TO FILL VACANT OR NEWLY CREATED POSITIONS, INCLUDING DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL PLANT PLANS, EXAMINERS AND INSPECTORS AND I GOT TO GET WORSE YET I GOT TO GIVE HIM OUR OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR RIGHT THERE. I GOT TO GIVE HIM PERSONAL SHOUT OUT TO MR. VALENTINO. BECAUSE SINCE YOU'VE TAKEN OVER, SIR, THINGS HAVE SHOT UP. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE BILLING DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, YOU CAN TALK DIRECTLY TO HIM OR HIS STAFF.
THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. THEY'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW AS THE CITY OF PALM BAY. LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND WE'RE OPEN FOR YOU. SO CONCLUDING WITH PROCUREMENT. OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING WITH ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY MAXIMIZES RETURN ON HIS PURCHASES AND FOLLOWS LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL PROCUREMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS IN 2020, PROCUREMENT LAUNCH VENDORLINK, A VENDOR FRIENDLY BITS SILTATION PLATFORM THAT MAKES IT EASY AND FREE FOR ANY BUSINESS TO LEARN ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO BID ON THE CITY BUSINESS. AND THAT'S A PERSONAL SHOUT OUT TO MISS JULIET AND HER STAFF, WHICH IF YOU WANT TO FIND THEM, YOU CAN GO TO THE BACK AND CITY HALL SECOND FLOOR AND YOU'LL FIND THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT AND SHE HAD A WORKSHOP THEY HAD AN AMAZING WORKSHOP. AND IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT, YOU CAN GO BACK ONLINE AND FIND IT BUT THEY SHOWED ON WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO TO MAKE IT WHERE MORE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY ARE BIDDING FOR THESE RFPS AND RFQS. SO THAT WAY WE SEE THOSE DOLLARS CIRCULATE AND THOSE DOLLARS AREN'T JUST GOING TO BUSINESS IN TAMPA OR BUSINESS IN ORLANDO. BUT YOU KNOW, JOE SCHMOES LAWNCARE COMPANY IN PALM BAY IS GETTING, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH PALM BAY. SO SHE'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB, YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AND I APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL. UM, SO ALSO IN 2020, PROCUREMENT COMPLETED A RECORD NUMBER OF BIDS, QUOTES AND PROPOSALS ISSUING OVER 80 FORMAL REQUESTS AND AWARDING 134 MILLION AND CONTRACTS, NOTEWORTHY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE 30 MILLION IN CONTRACTS FOR THE GO-ROADS PAVING PROGRAM, 2 MILLION AND CULVERT PIPE REPLACEMENTS 24 MILLION FOR NEW WATER RECLAMATION FACILITIES 17 MILLION AND OTHER UTILITY PLANT IMPROVEMENTS, 2 MILLION AND FEDERALLY FUNDED SIDEWALK PROJECTS TO PROVIDE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT ALSO PROCUREMENT ALSO GENERATES REVENUE FOR THE CITY AS WELL. AND IN 2020, THEY GENERATED 216,000 IN REVENUE SELLING SURPLUS ITEMS. SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, WE'RE HERE, YOU CAN GO TO THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT I'VE HAD REALTORS, EMAIL ME IN REGARDS TO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE, AND I WAS ABLE TO SEND THEM RIGHT TO SUZANNE AND JULIET. SO WE'RE HERE FOR BUSINESS JUST REACH OUT AND WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU.
I'M NOT GONNA ADJUST THE PODIUM THIS TIME. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE A COUNCILMAN JEFF BAILEY COME OUT OR COME UP AND HE WILL SHARE ONE OF THE HOT TOPICS FOR US ROADS AND STORMWATER YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMAN TO TALK ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, SUZANNE AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO UP. THAT'S OUR I THINK WE CAN WAIT, I'LL WALK DOWN THE WHOLE TIME. I'M GOING TO LOOK DOWN ANYWAYS, LOOKING AT MY PHONE FOR THE TALKING POINTS.
I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY THANK FRANK, THE LAST CHECK THE TIME TO MAKE SURE I'LL GO OVER THE LAST YOU KNOW, FIVE OR SIX FRIDAYS IN A ROW. FRANK AND I KNOW YOU'RE IN HERE SOMEWHERE.
ALWAYS IN THE BACK THERE. OKAY. FRANK AND OUR INSPECTORS, JOHN AND JEREMY. WE'VE BEEN OUT NO, HE, WHAT I FOUND OUT WAS THAT
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MANABI WAS OUT IN THE FIELD A LOT ON FRIDAYS, I WANTED TO VISIT IT AND SEE SEE IT FOR MYSELF TOO. AND SO I'VE GOT TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROCESSES THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND ALL IN OUR KNOW WHAT WE CALL OUR TOOLKIT OF OPTIONS FOR PUTTING OUR ROADS BACK TOGETHER. AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY INSIGHTFUL BEEN ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTING THE ROADS AND THE CONTRACTORS WHO WERE AWARDED THE BIDS TO HEAR THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON IT AS WELL. SO LET ME JUST QUICKLY GO OVER SOME OF THE SOME OF THE BASICS. NOW IN 2018, MOST UNDER MOST PEOPLE IN THE ROOM ARE AWARE, BUT WE HAD $150 MILLION ROAD BOND THAT PEOPLE PASSED. AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, THIS IS HUGE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT WE'RE DOING LARGER THAN THAT AS OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT WHERE WE ALMOST HAD ALMOST A $200 MILLION CONTRACT. SO THESE RIGHT HERE, THIS $150 MILLION HAVE BEEN DIVIDED OUT IN FIVE PHASES, SOMETIMES WE CALL THEM YEARS. BUT HOWEVER, THE YEARS DON'T ALWAYS LINE UP FROM 18. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO MOVE TO THE PHASE OF THOSE FIVE PHASES, WE'VE GOT THREE OF THE PHASES APPROVED AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA GO QUICKLY THROUGH WHAT IS BEING COMPLETED. IN PHASE ONE, WE HAVE UNITS 41, 42 31, AND 32. ALONG WITH , ELDRON AND GARVEY, ALL COMPLETED AT THIS TIME, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO IN THOSE AREAS AND, AND, AND SEE THE ROADS, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO STILL HAVING ON GIS, I DID NOT CONFIRM THAT BEFOREHAND BY BLUE GIS STILL HAS IT UP THERE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND FIND YOUR UNIT BY YOUR STREET IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION WHERE YOU'RE AT, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY USUALLY SAYS I LIVE IN UNIT. NOW XYZ. THE OTHER PHASE ONE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN FINAL CLOSEOUT INCLUDE UNIT 11, 15 18, 23, AND 56. AND THAT WAS A PRETTY HEAVY LEFT, WE TOOK ON SOME PRETTY BAD ROADS. SO THEY HAD SOME OF THE MOST INTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. FOR THE PHASE TWO, WE HAVE FOLKS OUT THERE, THEY'RE COMPLETING STORMWATER AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS AS WELL. THE STORMWATER HAS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE ROADS CAN GO IN. AND GENERALLY I BELIEVE IT'S NOW I KNOW SIX AND ABOVE WE HAVE AN EIGHT EIGHT SCALE RATING SYSTEM FOR THE PIPES OF THEY'RE ACTUALLY JUST OUT THERE WAS ONE OF THE LAST THINGS WE DID WHAT WEEK BEFORE LAST FRIDAY BEFORE LAST WAS SEEING HOW WE EVALUATE THE PIPES WITH THE GROUP WITH INSPECTORS. AND SO I KNOW THAT AT LEAST SIX AND ABOVE I THINK SOME OF THE FIVES AS WELL FRANK IS THAT CORRECT, ARE ALSO BEING REPLACED. SO THOSE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE ANY USEFUL LIFE LEFT ON THEM ARE MAKING SURE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RIP UP THE NEW PAVEMENT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO REPLACE THEM. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUT THERE IN UNITS 5, 17, 46, 24 AND 25 THAT THE PIPES ARE COMPLETED UNITS THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF THEM IN THIS ONE. THERE'S UNITS 2, 3, 4 43 AND 47 ARE ALSO COMPLETED.THOSE MIGHT HAVE BEEN LISTED SEPARATELY I BELIEVE BECAUSE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONTRACT WORKERS AS OPPOSED TO OUR IN HOUSE TEAM THOSE FIRST TWO WERE IN HOUSE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT FRANK HAS DONE TO TRY TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS AND SAVE MONEY IS BY BY GETTING THE EQUIPMENT AND GETTING THE TEAMS THAT ALREADY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OUT IN THE FIELD TO PUT THE PIPES IN BECAUSE REALLY THAT TO ME THAT'S WHEN THAT'S HOW WE'RE PACED. THAT'S THE PACING FOR US. IF WE THIS FASTER WE GET IN THE PIPES THE FASTER WE CAN GET THE ROADS DOWN.
SO THOSE PIPES ARE ALL DONE US 20 STORMWATER PIPES, HE SAYS ARE COMPLETED AS WELL AT THIS TIME, PORT MALABAR BOULEVARD YOU'VE SEEN THE FDR AND PAINTINGS COMPLETED THAT'S FROM PALM BAY TO BABCOK. REMEMBER THERE'S MORE THAN ONE SECTION ON PORT MALABAR, THOUGH. EMERSON DRIVE FROM MINTON TO THE C-1 CANAL.
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
THEN WE HAVE COUNTRY CLUB UNITS 1 THROUGH 10. THOSE PIPES ARE ON HOLD BECAUSE OF SOME UTILITY REVIEW. SO WE'VE SEEN THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THERE IS GOING TO BE DELAYED SOME BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKED OUT. AS WE GET SOME NEW UTILITIES. WE INHERITED A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS FROM OUR GDC PROCESS.
ASSESSORS AND SO MANY OTHER THEY'RE GOING TO WORK THAT OUT.
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THE DRISCOLL HEIGHTS AND FLORA AVENUE. THEY HAVE A DESIGN COMPLETE AND THE WORKING ON THE BID DOCUMENTS SO THAT'LL BE GOING OUT FOR BID PRETTY SOON. WE HAVE KIRBY ROAD AND PALMY COLONY, UNIT 20 AND MALABAR ROAD AND UNITS 20. THOSE ARE WENT OUT IN THE WORKOUT TO BE COMPLETED TO GO OUT AND BID. WE HAVE UNITS 26, 38, 39, 40 ADVERTISE AND TRANSFER AVENUE ADD SEED 41 CANAL CULVERT THAT'S ALSO BEEN ADVERTISED. AND IS THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE BRIDGE IN ACTUALLY? OKAY, WELL, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO NOT BE AS GOOD, I THINK IT'S GOING TO TURN TO A BRIDGE BE A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER. SO ANYHOW, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. IF YOU WANT THIS INFORMATION, YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK FOR ME, I CAN SEND YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEND YOU THE NOTES. FOR PHASE THREE, WE JUST APPROVED THAT WE HAD SOME SOME, FOR THE MOST PART, IT WAS IT WAS STANDARD. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.WE DID ADD A UNIT, WE PUSHED UP UNIT 30 AND ALONG WITH MADDEN.
OSMOSIS, UNIT 49 TO REPLACE SOME OF THOSE PHASE TWO PROJECTS TO KEEP US ROLLING. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE UNITS 13 AND 14, THEY ARE HAVING PIPES DONE IN HOUSE EXPECTED TO BE DONE BY MAY. AND THEN THE PAVING DESIGN IS COMPLETED. SO THAT'LL BE PUT OUT THE BED. SOON AS WE GET THERE TO ONCE THOSE PIPES ARE READY, THEN UNITS 22, 37, 48, AND 57. THOSE HAVE PIPING AND PAVING AND PROCESS DESIGN IS A PROCESS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE, THERE'S SOME MAPS, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR ONLINE GIS HAS COMPLETELY UPDATED. BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THIS AVAILABLE ONLINE. AND HOPEFULLY IF THERE'S ANYTHING DOES NEED TO BE UPDATED, WE CAN PUT IT THERE THAT WAY YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE WE STARTED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE TO THE FAR RIGHT, THERE'S FOUR SMALLER MAPS OVER THERE. THE BIG ONE IS OUR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THE FAR RIGHT ONE KIND OF HAS THE THE FIVE YEAR THE FIVE PHASE PLAN. AND THEN WE HAVE THE GREEN, YELLOW AND BLUE, THE BLUE IS UNIT ONE GREEN, OR YELLOW IS UNIT. SORRY, EXCUSE ME. THE BLUE IS PHASE ONE, THE YELLOW IS PHASE TWO. AND THE GREEN IS PHASE THREE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE. BUT LET ME I'VE PROBABLY ALREADY WENT OVER DIDN'T I? LET ME LET ME GET TO ONE OF THE ONE OF THE OTHER PIECE OF HERE. NO, IN MY TRAVELS, I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING WHAT WHAT I'VE GOT. SO THIS RIGHT HERE WAS WHEN I WAS OUT WITH INSPECTION TEAM, AND THEY'RE INSPECTING THE FDR PROCESS, WHICH IS WHERE THEY RECLAIM SOME OF THE ROAD AND THE BASE THAT'S THERE. AND THEY KNOW REPORT CEMENT AND RESUBMIT IT TOGETHER. THIS RIGHT HERE IS ONE OF THE PILLS THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER TO TEST TO MAKE SURE IT'S HARD ENOUGH COMING OUT VERY WELL. I THINK MOST OF OUR FDR, FDR, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, IT'S LOOKING REALLY GREAT. AND THAT'S GREAT FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE REALLY, REALLY BAD ROADS. I WILL SAY THAT WE ALSO HAVE MICRO RESURFACING AND I PROBABLY SHOULD TALK ABOUT THESE REAL BRIEFLY BEFORE I FINISH TO THE SIX TIGHT THE SIX PROCESSES WE HAVE. THIS RIGHT HERE IS A PIECE. SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS FROM PACO AVENUE, BY THE WAY, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR POPULAR STREETS. THAT'S GETTING DONE. THEY'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY OUT THERE. I'VE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING AND SO FORTH, AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED. THIS RIGHT HERE IS MICRO RESURFACING.
THIS ACTUALLY CHIPPED OFF OF WESTSIDE, SO IT'S NEAR BABCOCK RUNS PARALLEL WITH BABCOCK JUST OFF BABCOCK. SO SO MOST THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING REALLY WELL. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN FIELD ONE I'VE SEEN OUT THERE. THERE ARE SOME HICCUPS I THINK IT'S WORTH ACKNOWLEDGING WHENEVER THERE ARE SOME HICCUPS THERE ARE SOME HICCUPS I THINK RIGHT NOW AND THE MICRO RESURFACING STAFF IS AWARE OF IT THE CONTRACTOR IS AWARE OF IT, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIX IT AND I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY SEEN SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT. SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD LOOK.
BUT I KNOW THAT FRANK IS WORKING HARD WITH THE STAFF I KNOW THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A TEST ON HOW THE HOW THE FIX IN REMEDIES ISSUES. TODAY WAS NOT A GOOD DAY FOR THAT BECAUSE OF NOW I GUESS IT WAS RAINING TODAY. BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA WORK HARD ON GETTING THAT FIXED. MICRO RESURFACES PORT AND WHEN IT'S DONE RIGHT IF YOU LOOK AT COGAN AVENUE OR COGAN BOULEVARD AND THAT'S LIKE BETWEEN SAN FILIPPO AND BABCOCK, YOU CAN SEE WHAT MICRO SURFACING LOOKS RIGHT WHEN IT'S DONE VERY WELL. MATTER OF FACT, THE SAME TEAM IS WORKING ON THIS STUFF AS THE ONE THAT WAS AT COGAN AND ALMOST PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WE ACTUALLY REDID THE ROAD. IN REALITY IT WAS JUST MICRO RESURFACING WAS WHICH IS A VERY CHEAP PROCESS. AND SO LET ME JUST WANT TO QUICKLY BRING UP THE SLIDE BRIAN TO HAVE THE PRICES FOR FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREATMENTS. SO AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WELL FIVE, WERE ACTUALLY LAYING SOME TYPE OF PAVEMENT WE HAVE REJUVENATION AS WELL REJUVENATION BEING YOU KNOW, QUITE CHEAP. MICRO RESURFACING IS STILL QUITE CHEAP. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER TYPE OF PAVING TECHNIQUES. IT'S REALLY A VERY THIN MAT IS WHAT LOOKS LIKE WELL YOU SEE COMES OUT KIND OF LIKE A MAT AND THEN THE THIN OR THE THIN LEFTOVER LAYERS JUST LAYING OUT THESE ONE AND A HALF INCHES WHAT WE'RE TYPICALLY DOING AND THAT'S JUST LAYING LAYING IT RIGHT OVER TOP THE MILLION PAINTINGS SIMILAR TO THE THIN LIFTS THAT WE HAVE TO MILL UP SOME OF THE THE EXISTING ASPHALT THEN LAY IT ON THE BASE THERE. THEN YOU HAVE OUR FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION, WHICH IS ONE THAT'S OUR HEAVY DUTIES WHERE WE'RE
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USING IT FOR MOST OF OUR BAD ROADS. AND WE HAVE VERY LIMITED FULL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. THAT HAPPENED UP IN THE NORTHEAST WHERE THE ROADS WEREN'T EVER ONLY ONE LANE, SO WE HAD TO BUILD SOME EXTRA AND NO EXTRA LANE THERE. SO MOSTLY WE'RE DEALING WITH FDR, DOWN THROUGH JUNE REJUVENATION. AND JUST REAL QUICK, I'LL WRAP IT UP NOW. SO I CAN LET THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW GO ON. BECAUSE I COULD TALK ALL NIGHT ABOUT ROADS, DOING A QUICK ANALYSIS, IF YOU LOOK THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A YOURS FOR EXPECTED HOW LONG THE TREATMENTS GOING TO LAST. AND YOU HAVE AS PER SQUARE YARD UNIT THERE, WHICH IS SOMETHING TO ASK FRANK, I APPRECIATE FRANK PULLING THIS STUFF TOGETHER FOR US, HE ACTUALLY DOES A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, LOOKING AT THE UNIT RATE. AND THEN WHENEVER I DID, I ACTUALLY DID SOME MATH ON MY OWN. I MEAN, I'M ME, I'M A MATH TEACHER. SO THAT'S WHAT I DO. I LIKE DOING THIS ANALYSIS.IF YOU LOOK AT IF YOU CONSIDER REJUVENATION, MICRO RESURFACING, AS IT'S VERY BASIC MAINTENANCE, AND YOU LOOK AT MILLING AND PAVING, AND THEN LIVE VERY SIMILAR PROCESSES, JUST THAT ONE ADDS MILLIONAIRES. AND THEN YOU LOOK AT FDR, THERE'S KIND OF LIKE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND THE OPPORTUNITY COST, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DOLLAR PER YEAR OF TREATMENT, OKAY, PER SQUARE YARD, HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING US.
WHENEVER YOU GO FROM MICRO RESURFACING TO REJUVENATION, WHEN YOU ALLOW THE BELL, WE'RE NEVER ALLOWED TO GET OUT OF THAT STATE WHERE YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A THIN LIFT OR MILL AND PAVE. IT'S ALMOST 88% INCREASE IN COSTS ALMOST DOUBLE, RIGHT. AND IF YOU ALLOW SOMETHING, IT'S IN THE MILL AND PAVE THEN LEFT CATEGORY TO GO TO A FDR POSITION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 139%. SO THAT'S OPPORTUNITY COSTS. AND NOW 139%, THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE, ALMOST ONE AND A HALF TIMES MORE. THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE GETTING TO MUCH LARGER NUMBERS AS WELL. SO NOMINAL NUMBERS WENT UP QUITE FAST. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE FOCUS ON MAINTENANCE, WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO PREVENT PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. SO ANYHOW, APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS TIME. AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK MORE ABOUT ROADS, I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE. YOU CAN EMAIL ME, JEFF.BAILEY@PALMBAYFLORIDA.ORG. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. NEXT, WE'LL BRING UP COUNCILMAN DONNIE FELIX TO TALK ABOUT OUR UTILITIES, WATER AND SEWER AS WELL AS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT PROJECTS.
I CHOSE NOT TO BRING ANY SEWAGE TO SHOW YOU GUYS. BUT THANKS, THANKS. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BAILEY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TEACHER FOR YOU. SO HE'S A VERY HANDS ON SO I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK ABOUT UTILITIES AND FIRE. THAT REMINDS ME I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH MR. LITTLE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. AND ONE OF THE CONCERN IS THE RATE WE'RE GROWING AS A CITY. HE HAD SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS. SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE'S SOME YOU KNOW, WE MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, BEING PROACTIVE. WE WILL BUILD A NEW FACILITY OVER AT THE IN BAYSIDE. MR. LITTLE, HOW BIG WHAT'S THE ACREAGE OUT THERE THAT OKAY, SO SO IT WILL BE A BIG FACILITY. WE REFER TO IT AS THE NEW SOUTH REGIONAL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, IT'S FANCY WORD TO SAY IT'S A IT'S A SEWER TREATMENT FACILITY, PRETTY MUCH.
SO WHAT THAT WOULD DO IT WOULD SERVE THE WHOLE BAYSIDE COMMUNITY AS WE GROW TO FOR THE BUSINESSES THE NEW DEMAND THAT WE HAVE THE HOUSING THAT'S BEING IT WOULD SERVE THAT WHOLE AREA TO SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST AREA. SO THIS PROJECT BROKE GROUND TWO MONTHS AGO TODAY ANTICIPATING COMPLETION NOVEMBER 2022, AND IT WILL COST ABOUT 24.5 MILLION. NOW THE SAME AREA, WHICH IS THE EXISTING OF THE EXISTING PLANT, WE HAVE HERE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT AN EXPANSION WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE AS FAR AS WATER TREATMENT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE FROM WE'RE CURRENTLY PRODUCING 4 MILLION GALLONS WILL BE AFTER THE EXPANSION WILL WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE 6 MILLION GALLONS OF OF TREATED WATER. AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO AS WELL IS TO IS TO TAKE THE STRESS OF THE NORTHERN FACILITY WHICH IS IN PORT MALABAR. BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE TWO MAIN FACILITIES, THOSE TWO THERE. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND ON THE ON THE PORT MALABAR FACILITY. SO WHAT THAT WOULD DO THAT WOULD HELP TREMENDOUSLY AND WE ALSO SOME, SOME WORK AS WELL GOING ON OVER AT THE PORT MILE
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FACILITY, WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF OUR EQUIPMENT, CHANGING BRAND NEW PUMPS, TANKS AND BRING NEW EQUIPMENT. SO WHAT THAT WOULD DO IT WOULD YOU KNOW, BETTER THE QUALITY OF WATER TREATMENT AND WHICH WOULD AS WELL TREMENDOUSLY HELP OR OUR ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE POTENTIALLY THE BETTER WE DO A WATER THAT WOULD STOP BECAUSE POTENTIAL LEAKAGE TO ALL OR OUR LAGOON AND ALSO ALL TURKEY CREEK, THEY'LL TREMENDOUSLY HELP IN THAT IN THAT AREA. SO THIS PROJECT STARTED LAST YEAR IN APRIL. AND ANTICIPATING COMPLETION IS DISTRICT IN OCTOBER, IT WOULD COST US ROUGHLY ABOUT 3.4 MILLION. AND ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH FACILITY AS WELL IS TO WE KNOW WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE OUR SYSTEM IS SECURE. AND WE ALL KNOW AWARE OF ISSUES WE HAD LAST YEAR WITH OUR PAYMENT SYSTEM AND FACILITY WITH WHICH UTILITY SO WE ARE GOING FROM, WE ARE GOING FROM USING THE CURRENTLY WE USING THE CLICK TO PLATFORM, WE ARE SWITCHING TO ENDORSE CLOUD WHICH WOULD IN TURN MAKE OUR SYSTEM A LOT MORE SECURE.ALRIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT FIRE.
WE ALL REMEMBER THE FAMOUS FIRE STATION WE ARE ON ON SAN FILIPPO RIGHT BY THE COLLEGE? I KNOW HAVING CONVERSATION WITH THE WITH SOME OF THE FIREMEN EARLY ON LAST YEAR. THIS THIS WAS AS THEY DESCRIBE THAT PLACE IT WAS IN A GOOD PLACE. SO I WAS VERY EXCITED LAST DECEMBER TO FIND OUT FIRE STATION NUMBER FIVE OR FOUR FOUNDATION AVENUE IN SOUTHEAST PALM BAY REPLACED THAT THAT FACILITY. IT IS TRULY A GREAT FACILITY. AND ONE THING I DID MENTION, I KNOW BILL BATTEN MAY LAG THAT SOME OF THE FUNDING CAME FROM OTHER SOURCES NOT NOT FROM GENERAL FUND. SO IT'S TRULY A GREAT FACILITY BECAUSE IT PROVIDE THE SPACE AND SURELY THE TRAINING. IT GOT PLENTY OF SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND IT'S TOTALLY A GREAT LOCATION. ALSO WE ARE WORKING ON FIRE STATION NUMBER SEVEN. WE ALL REMEMBER THE IT'S STILL THE BUILDING STILL THERE RIGHT ON PALUMBI ROAD OF FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO TO KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY HOPEFULLY SOON TO LEVEL THAT BUILDING AND BUILD A NEW FACILITY. WE ARE LOOKING TO DO QUITE A FEW YOU KNOW BRING SOME NEW EQUIPMENTS AS WELL AND REALLY IMPROVE ALL DEPARTMENT AS YOU KNOW, ALL TOGETHER. AND ALSO CURRENTLY ALL LOCAL 911 DISPATCH CENTER HANDLES POLICE CALLS AND FIRE CALLS FOR SERVICE IS HANDLING BY BREVARD COUNTY. THIS YEAR WE ARE PREPARING TO TAKE FIRE DISPATCH CALLS BACK IN HOUSE. SO THAT IS A GREAT THING.
THAT IS A GREAT THING AS WE KNOW FIRE AND POLICE WORK TOGETHER.
IT'S GOOD THAT WE YOU KNOW IT WILL REALLY IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SERVICES.
ALRIGHT TO ROUND US OUT ON PRESENTATIONS COUNSELOR RANDY FOSTER IS GOING TO COVER SOME INFORMATION ON POLICE PARKS, RECREATION AND FACILITIES.
GOOD EVENING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE BLUE UNIFORM. WE SHOULD BE LUCKY TO HAVE ONE OF THE BEST, THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND I DON'T SAY THAT LIGHTLY BECAUSE I DEAL WITH POLICE INCIDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. I'VE BEEN VERY BUSY
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DEALING WITH USE OF FORCE ISSUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NEVER ONE IN PALM BAY. PRIOR TO ME BECOMING A COUNCIL MEMBER, LET ME START OFF. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF PROGRAMS INTEGRATED WITH OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, PARENTS TO POLICE, BEAR TO BADGES, PANTHER TO POLICE. AND THAT'S INVOLVE OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.ALSO OFFICERS PARTICIPATE WITH OUR YOUTH. CLUB ESTEEM IS ONE OF CLUBS IN MELBOURNE, BUT A LOT OF PALM BAY KIDS, GO THERE FOR THE COP PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THERE. AND ALSO COFFEE WITH COPS. IF YOU NEVER BEEN TO ONE OF OUR LOCAL COFFEE WITH COPS, PLEASE DO. YOU GET A CHANCE TO MEET SOME OFFICERS AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS AND JUST GET TO KNOW THEM. IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO HAVE SIT DOWN AND HAVE A HOT CUP OF COFFEE WITH THE OFFICER.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT OUR CHIEF, CHIEF MOYA HAS IS TRYING TO MOVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 21ST CENTURY AND ONE THING HE DID IS PUBLISH OUR POLICE PROCEDURES ON THE WEBSITE. I WILL RESPOND TO RESISTANCE, USE OF FORCE AND POLICE CONDUCT PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT THE RULES REGULATIONS, WHAT A OFFICER HOW THEY SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES.
ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THIS DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO IS BODY CAMS. BODY CAMS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS TRIAL, THIS GEORGE FLOYD TRIAL, THERE WAS A BODY CAM VIDEO OF THAT. AND THAT SAID A LOT ABOUT OFFICER TRAINING. AND WHAT WENT ON A BODY CAM CAN CLEAR UP A LOT OF MISCONCEPTION WHAT HAPPENED ON THE SCENE. IT CAN ALSO PROTECT THE OFFICERS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE UP STORIES AND SAY THIS OFFICER MADE ASSAULT ME AND IT NEVER HAPPENED. AND ALSO SHOW THE CITIZEN, THEIR BEHAVIOR TOWARDS THE OFFICER. SO I ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL FUNDS, BODY CAMS FOR THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY HAD A TEST ONE AND I HEARD IT WENT VERY WELL. FOR THE OFFICERS. WE ALSO ACHIEVE HAS A TRAFFIC UNIT. AS YOU KNOW TRAFFIC IN PALM BAY IS BECOMING AN ISSUE. AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL UNIT THAT TARGET AREAS WHERE WE HAVE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. SO SLOW DOWN, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET A TICKET. IT'S NOT FUN TO PAY A HIGH, HIGH TRAFFIC TICKET. AND ALSO YOU CAN SAVE SOMEONE LIFE BY NOT TEXTING AND DRIVING AND NOT TALKING ON YOUR PHONE. WHY YOU IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD STOP SHORT IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT IF YOU DON'T HAVE OFFICES. LUCKY WE GOT A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE FUN SIX NEW OFFICERS WITH A DEPARTMENT OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT AND THAT'S GOING TO PAY FOR A TRAINING IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHEN I BECAME AN OFFICER, I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO TO THE POLICE ACADEMY. MY POLICE DEPARTMENT SPONSORED ME AND THAT'S HOW I BECAME A POLICE OFFICER. SO AND I WAS FRESH OUT OF THE MILITARY. WHEN I JOINED A POLICE RANKED AND I ENCOURAGE THE CITY AND THE CHIEF TO CONTINUE THAT YOU YOU GET REALLY QUALITY OFFICES BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TAKING AN OFFICER THAT CAME FROM A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AND THEY BRING SOME OF THE BAD HABITS YOU TAKE A FRESH CLAY AND YOU MOLD IT MOLD IT TO THE WAY THAT YOU WANT THAT OFFICER TO BECOME AND THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING.
WE GAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A RAISE THIS COUNCIL SHORTLY AFTER WE CAME ON AND I HELP STABILIZE OFFICERS FROM LEAVING AND BRING SOME OFFICES ARE ACTUALLY CAME BACK AND HELP RAISE THE STORY AND PAY TO RECRUIT. SO THAT'S A GOOD TWO AND RECRUITING OFFICES.
THE POLICE FOUND A POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE LARGEST
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DEPARTMENT AND AND AMONG THE DEPARTMENT A LARGE, IT'S FAR AS MEMBERS. AND IT COSTS IT COSTS TO HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I'M FOR FUNDING THE POLICE NOT DEFUNDED POLICE. SO I'M FOR SERVING IN PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE WON'T. WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT. TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING THE WAY THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING THEIR JOB. SO THAT'S WHY WE GOT BODY CAMS, WE GOT COMPUTERS IN THE CARS, AND MORE THINGS ARE COMING TO HELP THESE MEN AND WOMEN DO THE JOB.LET ME MOVE ON TO LET ME SAY ONE MORE THING ABOUT POLICE.
COMMUNITY POLICING IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND IT KEEPS US SAFE.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN, LIKE A HIT AND RUN, AND YOU KNOW, THAT VEHICLE, CALL THE POLICE DON'T TAKE MATTERS IN YOUR OWN HAND. ALWAYS CALL 911. AND GET INVOLVED. IF YOU SEE OFFICER FIGHT FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE, PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL IF YOU KNOW A CRIME BEING COMMITTED, CALL ENGAGE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S HOW WE FIGHT CRIME. IT WORKS BOTH WAYS.
THESE MEN AND WOMEN PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE. THEY NEED THE COMMUNITY HELP TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE. LET ME GO TO PARKS AND RECREATION. WE GOT A WONDERFUL PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THEY'VE BEEN VERY BUSY. EVER SINCE I CAME TO PALM BAY. I SERVED ON THE ADVISORY BOARD. BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING LATELY IS THEY RAISING THE THE LEVEL THEY TAKEN SERVICE TO ANOTHER LEVEL THEY TAKE AND RECREATION TO ANOTHER LEVEL. GIVE YOU EXAMPLE, OUR SENIOR CENTER IS GETTING REPAIRED AND THAT'S COSTING US WELL WE GOT A BLOCK GRANT FOR THAT. AND $527,000 TO HELP REPAIR OUR SENIOR CENTER.
AND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CENTER IN PALM BAY. IT GETS USED OFTEN AND THE SENIORS DEFINITELY ENJOY THAT. I'VE BEEN THERE I PARTICIPATE IN A THANKSGIVING FEASTS AND OTHER EVENTS THERE.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SENIOR TO GO THERE, OKAY. BUT YOU SHOULD VISIT IT AND ENJOY THE FACILITIES AND THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY GOT GOING ON. CAMP GROUNDS AT OUR REGIONAL PORT PARK. HIS BUDGET FOR 3.4 MILLION AS A MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET 3.4 MILLION 1.7 CAME FROM THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AS A GRANT AND 1.7 MILLION OF CITY FUNDS. THESE CAMP GRANT THIS CAMPGROUND ONCE IT FULLY DEVELOPED. IT'S GOING TO HAVE 138 FULLY HOOKED UP CAMP SITES AND RVS COMING INTO PALM BAY THIS WAS GOING TO PUT US PUT US ON A MAP. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY COMING TO PALM BAY AND THAT'S GOING TO SPUR UP ECONOMIC IMPACT INTO OUR CITY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND BEING AT BNS THAT'S GOING TO BE AT FRED POPPE REGIONAL PARK. WE FIX IN OUR SEWER SYSTEM CONNECTS THERE. WE ALSO HAVE A DISC GOLF COURSE ADJACENT TO THE REGIONAL PARK. THAT'S GONNA BE PROJECTED THE COSTS ABOUT $35,000 AND THAT'S COMING FROM PARK IMPACT FEES.
WE ALSO JUST NAMED ROBERTO CLEMENTE BASEBALL COMPLEX THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE PEOPLE PLAYING BASEBALL THERE AND SOFTBALL THERE. THAT'S GOING TO BE A SITE THIS WEEKEND I WAS AT THE REGIONAL PARK. I WAS AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE COMPLEX, AND WE HAD A LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM PLAYING WE HAD A TOURNAMENT THERE THIS WEEKEND. AND IT WENT VERY WELL. AND OUR LOCAL TEAM ONE THAT CAME IN SECOND PLACE THE SPACE COAST ROCKETS. PARKS AND FACILITIES.
WE HAVE A NEW PARK WESTPINE STATE PARK. I WAS THERE FOR A RIBBON CUTTING. THAT PROJECTED COST IS $285,000. IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE PARK IN A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ALSO IN RIVER
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RIVIERA PARK, WE HAVE A DOG PARK FACILITY THAT'S GOING UP. THAT'S PROJECTED TO COST $150,000. SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR DOGS, BRING THEM OUT, LET THEM PLAY. AND THE PLAYGROUNDS, YOU DID NOT PLAY GROUND FIXED, UPGRADED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AQUATIC CENTER, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE AQUATIC CENTER, PLEASE DO.IT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR A WHILE IS BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS IS BEAUTIFUL. I WAS THERE FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING. AND I THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASED WE'RE GOING TO GET A SLIDE FOR THE KIDS TO GO DOWN AND SPLASH IN THE WATER. AND ALSO, I WANT TO COMMEND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON THE LIGHT PARADE, THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT PARADE. THAT WAS A INCREDIBLE EVENT. ME THE MAYOR, COUNCILMAN FELIX, AND JOHNSON WILL ALL OUT THERE WAVING. I THINK WE HOW LONG WE WAIT. MAYOR IT WAS IT WAS LIKE FOUR HOURS, IT WAS FOUR HOURS PEOPLE WHO'S GOING AROUND IN CIRCLE. BUT IF WE HAD A GOOD TIME, THERE WAS OVER 1300 CARS THAT WENT THROUGH THE LIGHT PARADE. AND IT WAS BACKED UP ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM MALABAR ON TO MINTON ROW, OR MALABAR ROAD, AND THEN IT CONTINUE THAT CONTINUE ON. SO THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND THE FACILITY DEPARTMENT IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING OUR PARKS UP AND HAVING SOMETHING TO DO IN PALM BAY. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED WITH OUR PARK DEPARTMENT AND AND THEN TAKE A PART IN OUR ACTIVITIES.
OKAY, SO YOU'VE HEARD VERY HIGH LEVEL SOME INFORMATION, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO I'M GOING TO TURN THE PODIUM OVER TO THE PUBLIC. AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
ANYONE, PLEASE? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, RESIDENT IN PALM BAY FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS NOW. AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE GROWTH THAT YOU MENTIONED.
YOU SAID IT STARTED OUT 50,000 WHEN YOU CAME WAS ABOUT 75 WHEN I DID.
THE ONE MAJOR THING THAT I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT, SINCE THE CITY AS YOU STATED IS ONLY ABOUT 40% BUILT OUT. WE ONLY HAVE TWO EAST WEST ROADS AND TWO NORTH SOUTH ROADS. AND MAYBE JEFF COULD ELABORATE ON WHAT THE FUTURE PLANS WOULD BE TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL 60% OF GROWTH.
AS FAR AS ROADS ARE CONCERNED.
THANK YOU, SIR. I'LL ACTUALLY START THE ANSWER TO THAT. SO ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITY ENGINEER AND OTHER TEAM MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE'RE VERY MUCH AWARE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE ARE CORRIDORS TO MOVE FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE RATHER LIMITED. ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ACTIVELY EXPLORING IS IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH COGAN WHERE OSMOSIS CONNECTS OFF OF IT DOWN TO OUR UTILITY PLANT, THAT'S A DEAD END. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT TO CONNECT OSMOSIS BETWEEN KOGEN OVER TO DEGROOTE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OTHER AREAS SOUTH OF MALABAR, BUT MORE ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY TO CONNECT EXISTING EAST WEST ROADS FURTHER, FURTHER OUT. BUT YES, WE ARE VERY MUCH AWARE THAT THERE'S IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THE CITY, WE'RE STARTING WITH SOME OF THE BASICS OF HAVE BEEN NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THE ROADS AND THE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT WE REALLY ARE STARTING TO LOOK SERIOUSLY AT THAT PRE PLANNING. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING INTERNALLY WITH THE STAFFS HELP IS WE'RE WORKING TO DEVELOP A TRUE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN AND PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING BEYOND JUST TODAY AND EVEN BEYOND FIVE AND 10 YEARS TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THE CITY TO MEET THOSE THOSE NEEDS, BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING VERY FAST. SO IT WAS A GREAT QUESTION. I APPRECIATE IT.
MADAM PELTONEN HI, NANCY PELTONEN, GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. TO THINGS WITH THE TOURISM DOLLARS FOR THE CAMPGROUNDS, IS THERE AN
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EXPIRY DATE LIKE WHEN THAT HAS TO BE BUILT BY? I KNOW WE DID THE GROUNDBREAKING QUITE A FEW YEARS BACK, JUST WONDERING HOW THAT WAS GOING. THANK YOU. YES. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ON THAT OFFHAND. I DON'T KNOW THE DATE OF FRED MIGHT NOTE, NOT OFFHAND, WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. OKAY. AND THEN I KNOW WITH THE BAYFRONT AND THE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT, THE PLANS HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS. AND WE'VE SEEN ACTUALLY SOME INTERESTS NOW, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING. JUST WONDERING, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUSTAINABILITY IS A BIG THING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. AND SO I KNOW, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS FAIRLY OLD, IS THAT WHAT'S BEING DONE WITH ALL THIS INTERESTS NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ONES THAT ARE COMING IN ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVING SUSTAINABLE PLANS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WATERFRONT BUT WHAT WE HAVE IS FANTASTIC. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WITH THESE DEVELOPERS COMING IN, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE DOING IT IN A VERY, YOU KNOW, GREEN WAY. THOSE ARE MY TWO. I YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, NANCY. GOOD QUESTIONS. SO WITH REGARD TO SUSTAINABILITY ON THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE BAYFRONT. FOR ONE THING ONE OF COUNCIL AND THE BAY FRONT GROUP DIRECTION HAS BEEN TO PRESERVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT, THAT'S BEEN A BIG PART OF WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED. SO IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THOSE WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY, SPECIFICALLY LONG TURKEY CREEK AT THIS POINT, THAT'S VERY CLEARLY PART OF THE DISCUSSION. SO TO PRESERVE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR THE FUTURE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY FACTORS INTO THE PRICE, WE'RE GOING TO SELL IT FOR THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THAT IS THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE GIVEN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SEPARATELY, I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS, AND WE'LL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH WHOEVER THE SELECTED DEVELOPERS FOR THAT SITE BASED ON DIRECTION TO DISCUSS SOME GREEN ASPECTS TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THE DOLLARS AND CENTS OF WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO WITH THEIR BOTTOM LINE TYPE THING. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEFINITELY I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TEAM, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE CAN GET THEM TO ADD SOME FULL OR DO SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, GREEN TYPE STORMWATER, INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, DEFINITELY ON OUR LIST, SO, THANK YOU. THANKS.THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THE FORWARD MASTER CHIEF? THANKS FOR THE PROMOTION. AYE, SIR. ALWAYS.
BILL BATON 586. OCEAN SPRAY ST. SOUTHWEST I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THIS WOULD BE FOR COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, UNDER THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. AND I'LL BE ATTENDING THE MEETING, I GUESS IT'S ON THE 21ST FOR THE, FOR THE PLANNING PURPOSE OF IT, OF THE BUILDING HE FOR THIS COMPLEX. AND I WAS CURIOUS WHAT IS GOING TO BUILDING HE GOING TO BE USED FOR AND WE DO WE HAVE ANY ROUGH IDEAS ON WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE? I KNOW, IT'S ALL GOING OUT FOR PROCUREMENT, AND SO ON. THAT WAS THE ONE FOR COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. I COUNCILMAN BAILEY, YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER BEEN THE MOST POLITICALLY CORRECT PERSON. AND I DON'T SEE MYSELF AS CHANGING. SO HERE IT COMES. YOU I NOTICED THEN YOU HAD UNIT FIVE, THAT THEY'RE REPAIRING THE WROTE THE PIPES IN UNIT FIVE. AND I KIND OF UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED. BUT UNIT FIVE, WASN'T DUE UNTIL PHASE FIVE OF THE PAVING. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE YOU'RE THERE. BUT THAT WAS KIND OF THE ARGUMENT THAT WE WERE DOING FOR SOME OF THE ROADS. AND THEN WE GOT, WE GOT PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT. SO YOU KNOW, ME, I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE WHEN I SEE THE BEHAVIOR DISPLAY ONE TIME, I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE IT WHEN IT'S GOOD FOR GOOD. YEAH, TRY TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. I UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WENT AT THIS POINT. RIGHT. AND THE OTHER ONE WAS SOME OF THE ROADS. AND WE KNEW THIS ONE, WHEN WE STARTED THE ROAD BOND PAVING PROCESS, THAT THE ROADS WERE NOT UNIFORM, THEY SUPPOSEDLY WERE 20 FEET WIDE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE. BUT WHEN IT CAME OUT TO THE WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY LAYING THE PAVEMENT, IT GOT SHORTENED IN SOME LOCATIONS, YET I HEARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WIDENING AND USING NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR SOME OF THE NORTHEAST ROADS.
WELL, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GOT THE WATER. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GOT THE SEWERS, ALL PROVIDED FOR THEM. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO REWIRING THEIR ROADS. AND THAT'S BEEN MY ARGUMENT ALL ALONG. IF YOU'RE PROVIDING FOR SOME RESIDENTS, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THE SAME IDENTIFIABLE BEHAVIOR FOR THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS. AND THAT WAS THE ARGUMENT. WELL, IF THE ROADS ARE NARROW WHERE YOU'RE AT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY. WE'RE JUST GOING TO PAY WHAT IS THERE, YOU MADE THE STATEMENT THAT
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WE'RE GOING TO IN THE NORTHEAST, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING DOWN NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION FOR THE RESIDENTS. IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. IF YOU GIVE TO ONE, YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE TO ALL OR YOU DON'T GIVE TO ANY. SO YOU CAN GIVE TO NONE. YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE THAT CHOICE. MAYBE I'LL GET THAT ONE ANSWERED. THIS ONE'S FOR COUNCILMAN FELIX. THIS ON THE SOUTH REGIONAL COMMUNITY. FOR THE SOUTH REGIONAL COMMUNITY WATER TREATMENT PLANT. ARE YOU GOING TO BE ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR ADDING SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVEN'T HAD IT? WE'RE SEEING NEW DEVELOPMENT GETTING WATER AND SEWER. BUT I DON'T SEE ANY PLANS TO GIVING TO THE RESIDENTS HAD BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. AND THEY'LL SAY, WELL, THEY, IT WASN'T THERE BEFORE. SO WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO DO IT. AND I KNOW IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. I KNOW THAT 100%. BUT WE'RE NOW THESE DEVELOP THESE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE NOW SKYROCKETED. EVERY SINGLE DEVELOPER, EVERY SINGLE BLOCK IS NOW HAVING HOMES BUILT ON IT EVERY SINGLE ONE. SO NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO START GETTING SOME OF THAT WATER AND SEWER INTO THE GROUND FOR THESE NEW HOUSES THAT ARE COMING IN.BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE IF THEY'RE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN. BUT THERE'S ALSO ALL THIS PRE ESTABLISHED, WHAT ARE WE GOING ON OUR 60TH YEAR NOW FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY, WE SHOULD HAVE AT SOME POINT STARTED MAKING THE PLANS. BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BE WAS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. AND IF WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY, SEE IF WE CAN SOMEHOW START LOOKING OUT FOR THEM. I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT IT PAT AND BILL RANCH, WE'VE GOT OUR OWN.
BUT FOR THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE EXPANDING, BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING IN LEFT AND RIGHT, EVERY SINGLE STREET IS GETTING A NEW HOUSE ON IT SOME THREE TO FIVE HOUSES ON EVERY SINGLE STREET. SO THAT'S NOW'S THE TIME TO START LOOKING HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THAT SOUTH REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO HELP THEM BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING. NOT JUST THE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT THE SINGLE LOT RESIDENTS. RIGHT. OKAY, THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS, THIS WAS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. TRAFFIC THAT NUMBER IT HELPS THEM I KNOW I TALKED A LOT PEOPLE I APOLOGIZE, BUT I REALLY DO TRY TO PAY ATTENTION FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER FIVE, WHEN YOU'RE AT BABCOCK, AND WHAT IS IT ECONOMY ROAD, OR WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE STREET THAT FOUNDATION FOUNDATION, THANK YOU THE ON THAT STREET, WHEN YOU'RE COMING OFF OF BABCOCK ONTO THAT STREET, IF YOU'RE MAKING THE LEFT HAND TURN HEADING WEST, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT DOESN'T WORK TO TURN THE TURN SIGNAL TRAFFIC LIGHT DOESN'T WORK, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT TO SEE A SPOT IN ORDER TO GET IT IN THERE. SO I'M FINE IF I HAVE A HARD TIME BECAUSE THAT'S THE CLOSEST ACE FOR ME AND I'M A COUNTRY BOY. AND WE'RE ALWAYS REPAIRING AND REPAIRING SOMETHING. SO ACE IS WHERE WE GO. BUT IF I'M WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING THERE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A HARD HARD LEFT TURN TRYING TO GET OUT ACROSS BABCOCK, WHICH IS QUITE A PROBLEM. IF I HAVE A HARD TIME, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE TRUCK DOESN'T HAVE TO TURN ON THEIR SIREN EVERY TIME THEY WANT TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN.
ALRIGHT, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WE MIGHT FIND SOMETHING ABOUT THAT ONE. RIGHT. AND THEN THIS ONE'S FOR COUNCILMAN FOSTER ON THE CAMPGROUND ON THE CAMPGROUND 138 CAMPSITES. I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. I'M HOPING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TRY AND PUSH SOMETHING WITH PARKS AND RECS LIKE THE TOUGH MUDDER OR THE AIR FLY INS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WHEN THESE PEOPLE COME IN FOR THESE EVENTS, WE CAN GENERATE SOME KIND OF REVENUE TO HELP PAY FOR THESE BIG EVENTS THAT COME INSTEAD OF JUST BEING NICE TO THEM, AND GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO WHILE THEY'RE CAMPED OUT THERE. OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE STAGNANT MINDS. AND THAT GETS US IN TROUBLE. YOU GIVE US SOMETHING TO DO. WE NEVER GET IN TROUBLE. BUT IF YOU LEAVE US TO OUR OWN DEVICES, WE'LL FIND A WAY TO GET IN TROUBLE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I LIKE YOUR TOWN HALL MEETING. AND I LIKE THE FACT WE'RE GETTING SOME UPDATES. AND I'M I'M GLAD TO SEE IT. AND IF YOU KNOW ME, I LOVE THE CITY. THANK YOU.
MAN SHERMAN, DID YOU WANT TO GO EIGHT TO ONE ADDRESS? OKAY, I WAS I WAS THINKING SHE WOULD WANT TO DEFER. SO I WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION. I WAS GONNA DEFER TO MADISON, SUSAN, SUZANNE VALENTINO. BUT I WILL ALSO SAY WITHIN THE PAST YEAR, I PERSONALLY HAVE REACHED OUT TO TOUGH MUDDER AND SPARTAN RACE TO TRY TO GET THEM TO COME TO PALM BAY FOR SOMETHING BUT WITH COVID HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY, THEY KNOW WE'RE INTERESTED BUT IT'S STILL IN THE WORKS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I PERSONALLY
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REACHED OUT TO. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT TOO. SO, BUT I LIKE IT WHERE YOU SAID BACK THERE. BUT THAT'S IT. SO WITH WITH BUILDING HE OR FOSTER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR.I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PARK, THE PARK DIRECTORS, BUT WE JUST NAMED THAT BASEBALL COMPLEX OUT THERE. AND THAT'S GOING TO ATTRACT TRAVEL BASEBALL TO THERE. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PARK DIRECTOR, THEY GET TO TRY TO GET USSSA TO COME TO PALM BAY, AND TO PLAY OUT THERE. SO I HEAR YOU, BILL, I THINK WHAT YOU SAID WAS GREAT, GREAT IDEA THAT WE HAVE THE DISC GOLF COURSE IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE. I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS IS WORKING ON SOMETHING. SO MORE MORE TO COME. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE ORIGINAL PARK.
I WANT IT TO BE THE SHINE, PARK OF PALM BAY, THAT EVERYBODY WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND ENJOY YOURSELF. THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU MIND GOING? A THROUGH Z? YES. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY, SO REGARDING THE NEW BUILDING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, TO CONSTRUCT HERE AT CITY HALL, THE CORE USERS WILL BE THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. SO UTILITIES, CUSTOMER SERVICE, THAT WILL BE A QUITE THE EXPANSION THAT'S NEEDED. THEY'RE ALSO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WHO WE'VE TEMPORARILY MOVED ACROSS THE STREET IN A RENTAL FACILITY, THEY WILL COME BACK OVER. SO THEY'RE THE TWO PRIMARY USERS.
THEY'RE ALSO THE TWO PRIMARY PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCES THEIR THEIR FUNDS. SO ANY ADDITIONAL USE BEYOND THOSE TWO BUILDINGS? OR THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS, EXCUSE ME, WILL BE LEASE HAVE TO BE LEASES BASICALLY, WITH GENERAL FUND TO FUND THAT PROPERLY? I BELIEVE THE ESTIMATE IS SOMEWHERE IN THE $3 MILLION RANGE FOR THE BUILDING, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, YEAH. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT ONE IS AT. AND WE'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THE FIRM THAT WILL PROVIDE THE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING TYPE SERVICES FOR THAT. SO I BELIEVE YOUR NEXT QUESTION, AND I'LL LOOK TO FRANK WATANABE OR CITY ENGINEER TO HELP ME OUT WITH THIS, BUT WITH SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT UNIT FIVE, AS WELL AS THE DECISIONS TO YOU KNOW, WIDEN ROADS AND THINGS.
REGARDING THE ROAD PROJECTS, BILL, YOU'RE CORRECT UNIT FILE WAS ADDED TO UNIT BASE TO PHASE TWO. THE REASON WHY WAS BECAUSE PHASE TWO HAD THE NORTH EAST SECTION, WHICH WAS THE OLDER PART OF BOMBAY, THE ORIGINAL PLAN, WE HAD THE FIVE YEAR FIVE PHASE DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THOSE OLD PARTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE UNITS. SO IN THE EARLY STAGES, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE EARLY PROGRAMMING, THAT NORTHEAST AREA WAS KIND OF FORGOTTEN BECAUSE THERE'S NO UNITS, THERE'S COUNTRY CLUBS, THERE'S UNITS, BUT THE NORTH, THE NORTH, THE OLD NORTHEAST SECTION, GOOD EXAMPLE, JUSTO HEIGHTS, PALM BAY COLONY, THEY WEREN'T PART OF IT. SO WE HAD A BONE THAT ALL TOGETHER AS PART OF THE YEAR TWO, PHASE TWO, WHEN WE DID THAT YOU'RE GONNA FILE WAS ADDED TO IT MADE ALL SENSE, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL IN THAT ONE BIG NORTHEAST AREA. SO THAT ANSWERED THAT ONE QUESTION. THE SECOND QUESTION REGARDING SOME OF THE STREETS. SECOND YEAR, THE COUNCIL ALSO SAID, YOU KNOW, ALL OUR STREETS PER ORDER HAS BEEN 20 FEET. HOWEVER, OUR STREETS ARE NOT 20 FEET, IF WE HAD TO DO ALL OUR STREETS TO 20 FEET WOULD BE TAKEN OUT DRIVEWAYS, SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, LAWNS, SOME MORE STREETS ARE 16 1718, IT VARIES. SO WE GO WITH WHAT'S OUT THERE, IF THE ROADWAY HAS TWO DRIVEWAYS, AND IT'S 18 FEET OR PUTTING AT 18 FEET COUNCIL APPROVED THAT IN THE YEAR OF TWO PROGRAM. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WHAT THE 22 IT VARIES. ON THE LAST QUESTION IN UNIT FIVE, UNIT FIVE DOES HAVE SOME WHITENING BECAUSE THERE'S ONE LANE STREETS IN UNIFY, THERE ARE FOUR STREETS IN UNIFY THAT ONLY HAVE ONE LANE.
SO WHAT WE DID COUNCIL APPROVE WAS TO DO A RECONSTRUCTION TO ADD THOSE LANES. SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY STREETS THAT WERE ADDED 20 FEET LANES, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE LANE RIGHT NOW. SO HOPEFULLY THOSE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS.
IF I CAN ADD ON THAT REAL QUICK, I GUESS TO YOUR POINT, BILL, THAT IS NO OF EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TWO LANE STREETS. THEY SHOULD HAVE TWO LANE STREETS THERE TOO. AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT WASN'T DESIGNED THAT WAY ORIGINALLY. SO IT WAS A MATTER OF LIKE THEY WERE THAT WAY AND THEY WERE NO BROKEN APART. WE JUST THEY JUST DIDN'T START OUT THAT WAY. SO WE'VE GIVEN THEM THAT ACCESS SO THEY CAN DRIVE BOTH WAYS.
THANK YOU, FRANK. NEXT QUESTION WAS RELATED TO FUTURE EXPANSION OF LINES FOR YOU KNOW, SERVICE IN THE IN THE CITY AND I'LL ASK OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR, CHRIS LITTLE TO COME UP AND TALK THROUGH KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE CERTAINLY IT IS OUR DESIRE TO ONE DAY EXPAND OUT SERVICES CITYWIDE, BUT HE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
I'M CHRIS LITTLE ON THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR. ESSENTIALLY, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO PUT SEWER INTO AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
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WHEN I WAS DOING THE ANALYSIS, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT DOING SOME SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN 2017, UNIT 32 WAS ONE THAT WAS ON THE LIST. AND LUCKILY, I HAD IT UP OVER THERE FOR ME $24 MILLION TO GET ABOUT 2000 CONNECTIONS TO THE SYSTEM FOR JUST FOR SEWER AND THEN WATER $10 MILLION. AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AND NO AMOUNT OF GRANTS WE COULD TRY FOR STATE REVOLVING FUND, WHICH IS A LOW INTEREST LOAN. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY IT BACK. BECAUSE WE HAVE CERTAIN ACCOUNTS THAT WE CAN ONLY USE FOR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. WHETHER IT'S IMPACT OR EXTENDING SERVICES INTO NEIGHBORHOODS IS VERY EXPENSIVE. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE AND THE PEOPLE IN THE PAST 20 YEARS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN EXTENSIONS INTO THE CITY THAT WERE NOT PART OF A SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT, THEY ACTUALLY PAID FOR IT THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY WERE SPECIAL ASSESSED. SO THEY DID PAY FOR IT. SO THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IT IN YEARS AGO.THANK YOU, CHRIS. THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD TO THAT IS RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALSO BECAUSE WE'RE INVESTING SO HEAVILY IN FIXING OUR EXISTING PLANTS AND EXPANDING OUR PLANTS. WE HAVE FUTURE CAPACITY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE BEING VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW MUCH WE EXTEND IN TERMS OF DEBT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT DEFINITELY NOT FAR FROM OUR MINDS. AND CHRIS AND I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CAN WE GET TO THAT PLACE, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. YOU'D REFERENCE THE SIGNAL AT BABCOCK AND FOUNDATION. SO I'LL ASK FRANK TO COME UP AND TALK OR FIX IT OR BILL, YOU AGAIN, FRANK, WHITE NABIL, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. ACTUALLY, THERE ARE TWO INTERSECTIONS AS PART OF THE YEAR. ONE COMPLETING WAS 11 1518 2056. TWO INTERSECTIONS.
ONE WAS EMERSON AT PEPPER, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS PARKSIDE AT SANFILIPPO. THOSE DETECTIONS WERE NOT REPAIRED. WE JUST GOT THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW FROM APS. AND SO THEY'LL BE HOOKED UP AND THEY SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL WITHIN A WEEK.
THANK YOU, FRANK. AND LASTLY, WAS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CAMPGROUND AND YOU KNOW WHETHER WE'LL DO SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING, AND I'VE ABSOLUTELY HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE FRED AND HIS TEAM, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF PLANS, A LOT OF IDEAS FOR MAKING IT A DESTINATION. SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST COMING CAMP, BUT IT'S A PLACE YOU WANT TO GO AND HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO DO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK THAT COVERS THOSE, SIR.
THANK YOU. YOU SATISFIED MR. BAN? OR MESS? MASSACHI.
OUTSTANDING. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS QUESTIONS OR WISHES TO SPEAK? STEP FORWARD, MA'AM. AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LENA GONZOLEZ.
I'M A RESIDENT OF PALM BAY FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. I LIVE IN SOUTHWEST PALM BAY. I ACTUALLY LIVE IN UNIT 32. AND THIS QUESTION WAS KIND OF ADDRESSED. I NEED TO CITY WATER. SO WHAT IS IT THAT I NEED TO DO? OR? OR MY NEIGHBORS IN ORDER TO GET IT? WHAT CAN WE DO? CUZ WHERE I LIVE? MY HOUSE IS I THINK IT'S SEVEN UNITS AWAY FROM WHERE IT STOPS. SO I'M READY TO SIGN.
TELL ME WHAT DO I DO? I GOT IT. IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
THANK YOU, MADAM SHERMAN OR CHRIS? WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL HAVE OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR COME BACK UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. WE ALSO FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN WE GET INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS WE DO LOOK AT WHERE THE SYSTEMS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT BEING CLOSE, AND I'M GONNA STEAL MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR THUNDER, BUT WE LOOK AT WHERE THIS WHERE THE PIPES ARE AND WHETHER WE CAN CREATE LOOPING, BECAUSE WE CAN'T LIKE GO DOWN ONE STREET AND JUST DEADEND A PIPE. BUT IF WE CAN CREATE LOOPING THAT ADDS WATER WATER QUALITY, THEN WE WILL LOOK AT THAT MAYBE YOU'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION ALREADY.
I THINK I MAY HAVE SPOKEN WITH HIM. I'M NOT SURE BUT I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME. BUT IT'S JUST SO CLOSE. AND I WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE OR A COMPANY IN ORDER TO BUY REVERSE OSMOSIS. AND IT'S MORE THAN TO GET ON CITY WATER AND TO GET ON SEWER. IT'S CRAZY. AND I'VE GONE THROUGH PUMPS, WATER HEATERS, GARBAGE DISPOSALS FAUCETS, LIKE I'M DONE. I NEED CITY WATER, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, CHRIS. DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? WE DO ALL WE CAN TO TRY TO EXPAND WHEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW IN YOUR SITUATION. FOR INSTANCE, WE CAN CONTINUE ADD DEADEND LINES. SO THE SYSTEMS LIKE SUZANNE
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SAID, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOP IT, WHILE THE LOOPING WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERSON THAT'S REQUESTING IT. SO YOU WOULD BEAR THE FULL BURDEN OF THE COST TO EXTEND IT AND LOOP IT, WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IF OTHERS WOULD CONNECT INTO THE LINE WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME THAT YOU COULD BE REIMBURSED THROUGH AN AGREEMENT IF THEY CONNECT, AND THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST THAT WAS INCURRED TO PUT IT IN. AND WHEN WE GO AND LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN EXTEND THE LAST TIME, THIS WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO THAT I RECALL, MAY, WE HAD A COMPANY THAT SURVEYED ALL THE RESIDENTS IN PALM BAY, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE BEST LOCATIONS WOULD BE BANG FOR THE BUCK TO TRY TO EXTEND SERVICES, ACTUALLY, AS LONG AS 10 YEARS AGO, BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF THE MOTHER'S DAY FIRES IN 2008. AND WE IDENTIFIED TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, TWOS, UNITS THAT WOULD CONNECT UNIT 16. AND UNIT 31. UNIT 16. AND WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS, A UNIT 16 FAILED. YOU KNOW, DESPITE WHAT THE SURVEY SAID, AND UNIT 31 TASKS, I THINK, BECAUSE THEY WERE IMPACTED BY THE MOTHER'S DAY FIRES, AND WE EXTENDED ALL THE UTILITIES, THEY PAID FOR IT.BUT TO THIS DAY, WE ONLY HAVE A LITTLE OVER A QUARTER OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY PAID FOR IT AT THE TIME THAT ARE CONNECTED TO IT. SO EVEN WHEN WE EXTENDED IT, THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT, THEY STILL WOULD NOT CONNECT TO THE UTILITY. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE, ANYTIME WE GO AND EXTEND THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS WHETHER OR NOT THE PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY CONNECT TO US.
AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS JUST IF I CAN GET YOUR CONTACT INFO, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND JUST TALK THROUGH YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION, MAKE SURE I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE AT. AND YOU MAY HAVE TALKED TO CHRIS ALREADY, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY IN YOUR AREA.
PREMIER JOHNSON YES, THANK YOU. I WAS GONNA ADD TO THAT TOO, BECAUSE I HEARD TO SAY SOME SPECIFICALLY ABOUT NEIGHBORS LIKE, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS GONNA ASK EITHER CHRIS, OR YOU MISS SUZANNE, IS THERE A WAY SHE CAN LIKE RALLY UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD? WHETHER THROUGH PETITIONS OR SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT? WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST SOLELY ON THEM? IT'S YEAH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF IF A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO SIGN UP TO DO A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THEMSELVES? I MEAN, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY FOR A SMALLER AREA.
KIND OF LIKE AN MFT. YOU. COUNCILMAN BAIL? YEAH, YEAH, THAT? WELL, THAT'S NO, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE CITY MAYOR JUST SAID, WE DO HAVE IN THE CHARTER, SO IT WOULD PRESUMABLY BE MORE THAN $25,000. RIGHT. NOW IN TOTAL, SO LONG, LONG AS IT'S MORE THAN THAT, I GUESS, DEPENDS ON HOW FAR THAT IS WATER BARS A LITTLE BIT LESS. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS PETITION FOR THAT, WE'D HAVE TO GET A NO BASICALLY A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE ON YOUR BLOCK THAT THEY WANT TO DO THAT. AND THEY'RE WILLING TO KNOW DISTRIBUTE. THAT WAY, IT'S NOT ALL BORED BY YOU, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S EFFICIENT FOR YOU TO DO THAT BY YOURSELF. SO HE SO TALKING TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, AGAIN, BY HIM WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION.
NOW, WE DO HAVE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON AND I CAN'T REMEMBER, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT OR NOT, BUT WE HAVE 990 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, WE'RE RECEIVING ABOUT HALF OF IT UPFRONT FROM THE RECOVERY ACT THAT WE THAT WAS JUST PASSED. SO THAT'S DUE TO US, I THINK WITHIN THE MONTH, THE FIRST PAYMENT. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT THE OTHER DAY.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THAT. I KNOW MY SOME OF MY THINGS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW GET TO TALK ABOUT EARLIER. BUT THOUGH, IS A STORMWATER IS ONE THINGS I WANT ON THEIR ROADS, BODY HANDS AS COUNCILMAN FOSTER IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO USE SOME OF THAT FOR BODY CAMS, DASH CAMS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GO MISSING. BUT THE THE OTHER THING THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR THAT WE KNOW IT CAN BE EXPLICITLY USED FOR AS UTILITY PROJECTS. AND SO THERE'S TWO ISSUES HERE. ONE, AS YOU JUST HEARD SAID THAT WE HAVE A UNIT THAT VOTED THEMSELVES ASSESSMENT, THE PAY FOR IT WHOLE UNIT, AND ONLY 25% OF THEM CONNECTED. IT'S NOT 100%, WE NEED TO GET MORE FOLKS TO CONVERT OVER FROM THERE, WELL, WHERE IT'S ALREADY IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. AND SO I ALREADY KNOW STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING I THINK I DON'T KNOW ME, WE KIND OF HAVE A PRE BRIEFING BECAUSE I WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. BUT I KNOW THAT STAFF AND NO, MR. LITTLE MISS SHERMAN ARE GOING THROUGH COUNCIL TO LOOK AT IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN INCENTIVIZE THAT PROCESS. BUT I LOOK AT THOSE DOLLARS. THAT'S ONE WAY AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT WORKSHOP WE CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT MAYBE ONE SMALL PIECE OF IT COULD BE IN THESE LITTLE SITUATIONS SOME WAY THAT WE CAN SUBSIDIZE IT. THEY GIVE HER SOMETHING. NO, THEY GIVE A RESIDENT WHO WANTS TO RALLY HER NEIGHBORS SAY THAT, HEY, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT THIS RECOVERY ACT IF WE COULD SPEND NO, NO $10,000 THEY'RE ON A $30,000 PROJECT TO LEARN LOWER THE BURDEN AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO ACTUALLY CONNECT TO IT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING. BUT WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THAT WE GET EVERYBODY TO CONNECT, OKAY, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE PART OF THAT CONNECTION. THAT WAY. WE DON'T LEAVE HOLES.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS WE HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE UTILITIES
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EVERYWHERE. AND WHERE WE DO HAVE IT, WE HAVE THESE HOLES WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T CONNECTING. AND THAT'S NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE SYSTEM, WHICH LOWERS OUR FUN TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND TO WHERE THERE'S NOT UTILITIES. SO IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER AS ONE SYSTEM. SO ANYHOW, I WANT TO LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY.THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? MISS CONWAY.
MY NAME IS SUSAN CONNOLLY. AND I'VE BEEN COMING TO A LOT OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND AT POINTS THEY'RE HARD TO SIT THROUGH, BECAUSE THEY'RE LONG.
BUT THERE'S VERY GOOD INFORMATION. AND ONE OF THE PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT TIES INTO YOUR REPORTS WAS ABOUT THE ROADS. AND I THINK WHAT SOMETIMES COUNCIL DOESN'T TALK ABOUT AND WE DON'T HEAR AS CITIZENS IS SOME OF THE NEW TECHNIQUES AND THE INNOVATION THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE CITY. AND ONE THING WITH THE ROADS AND FRANK WHEN RB, WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT MICROSOFT THING AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I CAME TO, I BELIEVE HE SAID THAT THEY ARE USING PRODUCTS NOW THAT DON'T USE PETROLEUM. AND THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING THINGS LIKE THAT. AND TO ME, THAT'S MAJOR INFORMATION TO GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I THINK TOO, I REALLY HAVING ON THE TOP ARTICLE ABOUT THE CITY, RANKING AS SECOND IN THE BEST PERFORMING CITIES INDEX. THIS IS WONDERFUL. THIS IS GREAT NEWS.
THIS IS THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR US TALK ABOUT AND I GET SO EXCITED ABOUT IT, THE NEW WATER RECLAMATION TREATMENT PROGRAM, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT INNOVATIVE THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH THAT? ARE WE JUST USING THE SAME CONSTRUCTION THAT WE KNOW ABOUT? OR ARE WE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT? AND YOU KNOW, MY READING AND MY STUDIES ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT? PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN USING CHEMICALS ANYMORE? THEY'RE USING PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS AND, AND FILTRATION PONDS? WELL, THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL. AND THESE THINGS ARE IN EXISTENCE. IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE TO TEST THEM. IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE TO THINK THEM UP. THESE ARE THINGS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE, READY FOR US IN THE NEW BUILDING THAT'S COMING? BUILDING HE, WHAT WHO? WHO IS DOING THE DEVELOPMENT? AND WHAT ARE THE NEW THINGS? WHAT WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2010, PALM BAY WAS NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE, WITH THEIR MASTER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, PALM BAY WAS AHEAD OF ALL THE REST OF THE MUNICIPALITIES. AND SOMEHOW, I'M NEW TO THE CITY AND I READ ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T SEE IT TODAY. SO I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY CAN TELL ME SOME SOME THINGS LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW FOR TOWN MEETING. YOU KNOW, SUZANNE, YOU WERE MENTIONING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE MARINA AND SELECTING A DEVELOPER, ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON. I MEAN, I THINK THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE SET THAT PEOPLE COMING IN, DO DEVELOP GREEN DO MEET THE STANDARDS. AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT SO MUCH, I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, IT WILL SAVE COSTS, IT'S NOT GOING TO ADD TO OUR COSTS. AND I THINK INCENTIVES AND INDUCEMENTS. WE'VE GOT THE LAND WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT IT. WHAT MORE INDUCEMENT DO YOU NEED THEN FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SHARE THIS WITH US? SO SO MY QUESTION IS, IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE CAN TELL US ABOUT THINGS, NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW INNOVATION, NEW PLANS FOR SUSTAINABILITY. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. IN ATTENDING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO ME AS A CITIZEN, TO KNOW YOU ALL AND TO SEE THAT YOU'RE VERY HARD WORKING AS HARD AS IT IS TO BE IN THE AUDIENCE LISTENING. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHEN I LOOK AT A 245 PAGE AGENDA. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE THANK YOU ENOUGH AND APPRECIATE WHAT IT MUST BE TO TO OPERATE OUR CITY. I'M VERY PLEASED WITH
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OUR CITY COUNCIL.THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND FIRST I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO KEELEY LEGGETT, WHO, ALONG WITH CHRISTINA BORN, THEY ACTUALLY ASSIST IN PROVIDING THEIR MESSAGE ON A CONTINUAL BASIS.
SINCE I KNOW I TOOK THE OATH TO SERVE THE CITY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY IN PASSING OUT THAT INFORMATION, BUT YOU TOUCH ON SOME REALLY CRITICAL POINTS THAT I THINK WE COULD EXPAND ON, AS FAR AS THE TECHNOLOGY IS CONCERNED, LIKE THE COUNTIES ACTUALLY WORKING IN ON AN IDS SYSTEM, JUST BY THE PI NEEDHAM, CURRENTLY, AND THAT'LL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND US TAPPING INTO THAT WITH FRANK ONE AND NABIL THAT THAT INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS MOVING TRAFFIC FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER. SO YOU'RE HITTING ON SOME CRITICAL POINTS THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT ABOVE ALL THAT, MA'AM, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT. WE AND AND ACTUALLY, INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOURSELVES, THERE, THEY'RE THERE WHAT, WHY WE'RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING, BECAUSE YOU RECOGNIZE AND YOU UNDERSTAND THERE IS MORE GROWTH, THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES, HOW ARE WE GOING TO SUSTAIN ALL OF THIS? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY WITH THE RECLAMATION CENTER. AND PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE CHRIS, COME BACK UP AND DISCUSS SOME OF THAT. I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW, WHERE WE, WE ARE WITH THAT. BUT CERTAINLY WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT, AS WE USE OUR CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY MAYBE AND MAYBE WE COULD STUDY IS THAT PERMEABLE CONCRETE, THAT THAT WOULD REALLY ASSIST IN OUR STORMWATER RUNOFF.
CERTAINLY THESE THINGS WE COULD START HAVING THAT DISCUSSION.
AND I LOVE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS LIKE THAT AND SEE HOW WHAT THE COST FEASIBILITY IS, HOW DO WE GROW AS A COMMUNITY AND THAT SHOULD ALL BE DISCUSSED WITH OUR COMP PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS. SO WHEN WHEN YOU SPOKE, MA'AM, YOU REALLY SPOKE TO MY HEART WITH HOW WE GROW IN HOW WE SUSTAIN OURSELVES. MR. LITTLE WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND COMMENT ON THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE THE RECLAMATION CENTER THAT WE'RE BEING THAT WE'RE BUILDING IN MAY OR AFTER CHRIS COMES UP, I'D LIKE TO ASK VALENTINO, PRES, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL TO COME UP AND SHARE SOME THINGS AS WELL ABOUT BUILDING CODES, VALENTINO YEAR ON DECK.
SO THE FACILITY THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING AT SOUTH REGIONAL PLAN IS WHAT'S CALLED A MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR TREATMENT PROCESS OF WHEN IT COMES TO CHEMICALS AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WE REALLY DON'T USE A LOT WHAT WE USE IS AIR, WHETHER IT'S IN BIG OPEN TANKS THAT THE SEWAGE GOES INTO, AND IT SWITCHES AROUND. AND IT'S A BIOLOGICAL PROCESS, WE USE BACTERIA TO EAT THE WASTEWATER, AND THEN THE BACTERIA START EATING THEMSELVES. IT'S A BIOLOGICAL PROCESS. AND THEN THE END PRODUCT IS WHAT WE CALL SECONDARY EFFLUENT. AND WE EITHER DISPOSE OF IT IN A DEEP INJECTION WELL, OR WE TREAT IT FURTHER TO BECOME RECLAIMED WATER. SO THE PRIMARY CHEMICAL THAT WE USE IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT, AND WHAT WE'LL USE THAT SOUTH REGIONAL PLAN WHEN IT'S CONSTRUCTED IS SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, WHICH IS A DISINFECTANT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE RECLAIMED WATER A HIGH QUALITY RECLAIMED WATER AND SEND IT OUT TO THE SYSTEM FOR PRIMARILY IRRIGATION PURPOSES.
THANK YOU, MR. LITTLE, LITTLE. DON VALENTINO, JUST ADD, AS FAR AS BUILDING IE, THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE HAS ADDRESSED A LOT OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY THROUGH THE ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, WHICH IS IN EFFECT IN OUR JURISDICTION. SO AS WE SELECT THE DESIGN TEAM, THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THAT, PROVIDING TOGETHER THAT PACKAGE, THEY ALREADY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT THAT MEETS ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH OCCUPANCY SENSORS, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS, BUILDING REQUIREMENTS, AS FAR AS THE WINDOWS, THE WALLS, THE EFFICIENCY, THE INSULATION, ALSO THE MECHANICAL VENTILATION, SO A LOT OF IT IS ALREADY ADDRESSED. AND THEN ANY OTHER INITIATIVES WILL BE OBVIOUSLY BASED ON COST AS AN AS AN ADDER BUT WE'RE OPEN TO THAT AS WE LOOK INTO THE DESIGN PHASE.
BAILEY YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND I DON'T KNOW IF MR. WATANABE, IF WE HAVE MISSED ONE. MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT MICRO RESURFACING. NO ONE THINGS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE NO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE HONEST WITH THE CITIZENS WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT
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WE'RE DOING RIGHT. SO I DON'T EVER WANT TO ADD ANY MISCONCEPTIONS AS FAR AS THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE DOING OR THINGS OR MAYBE NOT PRACTICAL JUST TO JUST TO GO ALONG. I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW THE CLAP, BUT THEY THINK THINGS ARE GREAT. BUT NO, SOMETIMES THINGS ARE REALLY FEASIBLY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT THERE. LET'S LET MR. WATT NAMI TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT WAS PETROLEUM BASED THAT WE'RE USING IT THIS TIME FOR MICRO RESURFACING, BUT LET'S HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.AGAIN, FREQUENT, NABIL, THERE'S A LITTLE CONFUSION THE MICROSERVICES STILL IS PETROLEUM BASED. IT'S ALL PETROLEUM WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS WHEN WE DO THE REJUVENATION REJUVENATION ALSO, AS WE SAID PETROLEUM BASED MOLTING IS A BINDER THAT USE PETROLEUM BASE TO KEEP IT BONDED TIGHT.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A NEW CHEMICAL NOW THAT'S OIL BASED, WHICH IS PLANT AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TESTED OUT A FEW MONTHS AGO UP IN CULVER DRIVE. AND WE ALSO DID A PORTION OF COGAN. AND SO WHAT WE DO IS CALLED REJUVENATION SUPPOSED TO REJUVENATE THE ROADWAY LASTED FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, IT'S KIND OF LIKE OIL IN YOUR CAR. AND IF YOU DO IT FIVE MORE TIMES, YOU CAN EXTEND YOUR ROADWAY 10 YEARS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO DO ANY MAJOR TREATMENTS. AND THE REJUVENATION WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW I WANT TO GO OUT WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT IS THE OIL BASED ONE, WHICH IS A PLANT BASED SO IT'S GREEN. SO AS NOT USING PETROLEUM, ESPECIALLY TODAY SINCE PETROLEUM IS GOING UP. THIS IS A PLANT BASED ONE. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT GREEN PRODUCTS.
FRANK WAS THAT A THAT OIL BASE, THEIR PLANT BASE THAT YOU REFER TO WAS THAT THE ONE THAT LOOKED LIKE A CLOUD, AND THEN IT JUST CLEARED UP AFTER TIME? THAT IS CORRECT. THE CURRENT ONE WE'VE BEEN USING. IT'S A RECOMMEND IT'S PINK. THE CURRENT ONE YOU SAW IS WHITE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT SAND OR ANYTHING. IT JUST FADES AWAY.
THANK YOU MR. RATAN. I MEAN, IT WAS SOMETHING I TALKED TO SOMEBODY ELSE. I THINK THEY LIVED IN MINNESOTA AREA. AND NOW I THINK YOU KNOW, GIVEN A LOT OF PLANNING A LOT OF FARMING SO FORTH, I THINK NO, THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S A CERTAIN ACCESS MAKES THINGS CERTAIN, MORE AFFORDABLE AT TIMES. BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE THESE TYPE OF THINGS COME NO, COME FULL CIRCLE CIRCLE, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO ADD MORE CHEMICALS TO OUR RUNOFF. WE DON'T WANT TO ADD MORE INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT.
THINGS AREN'T ARE NOT NATURALLY THERE. EVEN I'VE EVEN SOMETHING JUST OFF SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC, BUT SAW THAT THE OTHER DAY THAT THERE'S THE MICROPLASTICS FLOATING IN THE AIR THEY'VE DISCOVERED. SO IT'S NOT JUST IN OUR WATER, AND SO FORTH. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WE NEED TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. BUT THE OTHER THING I WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON REAL QUICKLY, TOO, IS I KNOW THAT WE'VE CELEBRATED THIS DECIDED THAT PALM BAY BEING AT THE TOP OF THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE REPORTS. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHENEVER IT SAYS POP, IT'S NOT REALLY A CITY RANKING. IT IS A MS A RANKING. OKAY MSA IS THE METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA. AND OURS IS REALLY WHAT IT MEANS OF OUR COUNTY. SO IT SAYS PALM BAY IS NUMBER TWO. I KNOW THAT WE'RE TAKING FULL CREDIT FOR IT. BUT BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IS REALLY BREVARD COUNTY. IT'S PALM BAY, PALM BAY A FEW YEARS AGO, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY NOW PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, IT USED TO BE MELBOURNE PALM BAY TITUSVILLE. NOW, IT'S PALM BAY, MELBOURNE, TITUSVILLE. NOW, PALM BAY TAKES THE LEAD ON THAT. SO WE JUST SAY, WELL, THAT'S US, WHEN IT'S REALLY THE WHOLE COUNTY, WE STILL NEED, WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GROW. AND QUITE FRANKLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE HERE, YOU UNDERSTAND IT, YOU CAN SEE IT IF YOU'RE EATING NO, JUST JUST TALKING PEOPLE IN THE STREETS, YOU KNOW, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN MELBOURNE OR AT THE SPACE CENTER. COMPARED TO HERE. WE KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING IT. AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. WE HAVE TRUTH IN ADVERTISING. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN TIMES IN THE PAST. AND I HOPE THAT THIS DOESN'T REPEAT IN THE FUTURE. BUT NOW, FIVE YEARS AGO, WE HAD FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, PROBABLY BUT WE HAD ESSENTIALLY A WRITE UP ON OUR COMMUNITY THAT WAS PAID TO BE IN TO A BUSINESS JOURNAL, WHICH WAS WHICH WAS PASSED AS A NEWS ARTICLE, AND THEN WE PROPAGATE IT. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TRUTH IN ADVERTISING. I THINK WE HAVE THINGS TO CELEBRATE. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC TOO. AND I THINK WHENEVER WE GO TOO FAR OVERBOARD, PEOPLE SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT NOW THAT DOESN'T MATCH REALITY AND THEIR DAY TO DAY LIFE. SO I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO BE JUST TRUTH IN ADVERTISING. WHEN WE DO THAT.
LISTEN TO COUNCILMAN BAILEY KNOW FOR NOTHING, BUT I KEEP PROCLAIMING THAT I AM THE MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. NOW ALL THAT THAT'S NOT FALSE ADVERTISING.
THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I FEEL. I AM THE MAY HAVE THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. AND I'M CALLING THAT INTO EXISTENCE.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU GOING WITH THE COUNTY ISSUE. BUT WE ARE PALM BAY AND WE'RE PALM BAY PROUD. SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. CALCIUM VEGAS AND WHENEVER SOMETHING BAD LIKE TOP 10 SOMETHING PEOPLE DYING OR SOMETHING, WE WANT TO QUICKLY SAY WELL THAT'S NOT THE PALM BAY. THAT'S OUR COUNTY AND REALLY IT'S MELBOURNE SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT'S THE MOST OF THAT'S A STATISTIC SO WE GOT TO BE FAIR ON BOTH SIDES. BUT YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN SAY THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY. AND I DO THINK IT IS I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU THERE'S THERE HAS BEEN I REMEMBER WHENEVER MY GREAT AUNTS WERE LIVING IN THIS AREA AND THEY LIVED IN MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE BEACH, COCOA BEACH, AND THE ALWAYS LOOKED DOWN UPON PALM BAY WHENEVER I MOVED HERE BECAUSE MY WIFE HAS BEEN HAS HER FAMILY'S BEEN HERE SINCE THE 80S. NOW I'VE BEEN HERE 10 YEARS NOW. IT'S A GREAT PLACE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT?
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I THINK SO I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SO POMPEY PROUD AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT.I, SIR, LET'S SAY I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THESE TOWN HALL MEETINGS ARE THIS IS TO BE A TWO WAY CONVERSATION. SO, YES, WE GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION. BUT MORE OFTEN THAN THAT, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, MEANING YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I WANT TO THANK THOSE OF YOU THAT ENGAGED WITH US BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT A COMMUNITY. SO I'M ENCOURAGING YOU ALL THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TO COME UP AND SHARE WHATEVER'S ON YOUR HEART.
STEFAN WITH ME, AND PLEASE STAY TUNED.
I'VE BEEN ATTENDING A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND I'VE SAT IN THESE CHAIRS FOR FIVE, SIX HOURS, THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THEY'RE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. I MEAN, CAN YOU PLEASE, PLEASE DO SO YOUR STAFF HAS COMPLAINED? I KNOW. I'VE HEARD THEM COMPLAIN. I'VE HEARD OTHER RESIDENTS COMPLAIN. PLEASE THINK OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD COME IF THEY COULD SIT IN THE SEATS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MISS JUDY. MADAM CHAIRMAN, I HAVE SAID THAT THOSE THOSE CHAIRS ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE PAST. IS THERE ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE MISS THORNBURG? WELL, I CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE A I'LL GET A COST ESTIMATE AND INCLUDE THAT QUOTE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH IT COSTS. BUT I HAVE DEFINITELY HEARD THAT BEFORE. SO I APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. THE FIVE HOURS IS NO GOOD SITTING ANYWAY. RIGHT. SO.
SO THANK YOU, MA'AM. THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS TYPE OF THIS LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST COME UP TO THE LECTERN AND, AND SHARE WHATEVER'S ON YOUR MIND.
MAYOR? YES, COUNCILMAN FELIX, MISS.
MISS SHERMAN. I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS THAT IS THIS BEING TELEVISED? IS IT LIVE? IT'S NOT LIVE. IT'S BEING RECORDED, THOUGH. SO IT'LL BE IT'LL BE POSTED AFTER THE FACT.
OKAY, IN THE FUTURE, I SUPPOSE WE GO IN THAT DIRECTION, POSSIBLY MAKE IT LIVE? WE COULD WE COULD DO THAT IN FUTURE YEARS. WE DIDN'T SET IT UP THAT WAY.
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING OUT TO THE REMOTE LOCATIONS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LIVE FEED OPTION ANYWAY. SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR'S VERSION OF THIS, WE COULD SET THAT UP? YEAH. THE POINT I WAS WANTING TO WANTING TO MAKE IS THAT I THINK HAVE GIVING OUR VIRTUAL AUDIENCE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHIME IN AS WELL ASKING QUESTIONS, OR IT'S BEEN DONE. AND WITH TODAY'S, YOU KNOW, CAPABILITY. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER.
I, I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN FELIX, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AS WE SEEK ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, IT'D BE GREAT TO GET THESE QUESTIONS POPPED UP AND ANSWERED AS BEST AS WE COULD. ANYWAY, COUNCIL WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, I DID MENTION EARLIER AND I HAVE NOTICED, AND THIS WAS A QUESTION FOR MISS SHERMAN, REGARDING THE GIS. AND I KNOW THERE'S ONE TIME WE HAD ALL THE ROAD PROJECTS OUT THERE, YOU CAN KIND OF GO CLICK ON YOUR STREET, YOUR UNIT AND SEE WHERE YOU ARE AT AND THE PHASES OR WHERE YOU ARE AT IN THE PROCESS. IT'S BEEN DOWN AND I SEE THAT STILL DOWN TONIGHT, WHENEVER I WENT TO CHECK IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR GIS TO GET THAT BACK UP? ACTUALLY, THAT IS NOT AN ACTIVE SITE, WE HAD A GIS PERSON AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ROAD PROGRAM THAT WAS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. SHE LEFT TO TAKE A JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE I BELIEVE, AND WE DID NOT FILL THAT POSITION. SO THAT WEBSITE THAT WE ORIGINALLY STARTED WORKING ON IS NOT CURRENTLY LIVE OR ACTIVE OR BEING UPDATED. WHAT WE HAVE INSTEAD ARE THE LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WE HAVE THE STATIC MAPS, WE HAVE UPDATES THAT WE CAN PUT OUT THERE WE HAVE TALKED RECENTLY ABOUT IMPROVING OUR EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS AS EACH PROJECT COMPLETES, OR NEW ONE STARTS TO GET MORE OF THAT OUT THERE ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT ACTIVELY OUT THAT OUT THERE. AND THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED UPON. THE OTHER THING I THINK SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED WAS WHERE TO FIND YOUR UNIT. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, THAT IS THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE ON OUR GIS MAP. SO YOU CAN GO INTO ON THE MAIN CITY WEBSITE, THERE'S A GIS LINK AT THE TOP. YOU GO INTO THE VERY FIRST MAP THAT'S IN THERE AND YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR ADDRESS AND IT'LL SHOW YOU WHAT UNIT YOU'RE IN. AND THEN YOU CAN CONNECT THAT TO THE MAP BUT WE DON'T HAVE THEM INTEGRATED RIGHT NOW.
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OKAY, AND JUST JUST MAYBE A SUGGESTION. KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL INTERACTIVE MAPS HERE AND THE THE ONE FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. NOW, OBVIOUSLY IT SAYS COMING SOON. SO MAYBE WE SHOULD EITHER TAKE TWEAK THAT OR EITHER GIVE A LINK TO THE STATIC MAPS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE EASY LINK. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL WORKING PROPERLY, IT BECOMES FRUSTRATING TO CYCLE THROUGH I KNOW EVEN MYSELF, SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT WAY. SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE FOR CITIZENS NOT USED TO USING IT.ALSO WISHES TO WEIGH IN. ON ANYTHING ELSE. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? MADAM CHAIRMAN, I JUST MY CLOSING COMMENT WOULD BE FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE HERE, AND THOSE WHO WILL, YOU KNOW, BE WATCHING THIS RECORDING IN THE FUTURE. THE LAST SLIDE LISTS, THE CITY MANAGER, MY EMAIL ADDRESS, IT'S MORE THAN JUST ME THAT RECEIVES THIS EMAIL. BUT ANY QUESTIONS AND YOU'D LIKE TO REACH OUT CITY MANAGER AT PALM BAY FLORIDA.ORG. ALSO CITY COUNCIL AT PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
ORG, I SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT ON THE SCREEN. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO REACH ANY OF US. BUT WE DO WANT THIS TO BE AS THE MAYOR SAID, A AN ONGOING DIALOGUE. SO PLEASE, IF YOU NEED A BUSINESS CARD, LET ME KNOW. BUT REACH OUT ANYTIME. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A ONE ON ONE AND DONE KIND OF MEETING. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING ELSE. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT. I MEAN, WITHOUT YOU ALL, THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY. AND YOU KNOW, YOU MEAN A LOT TO US. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT OOO-RAH, I BELIEVE MISS CONN LLY WANTED TO PROVIDE A LAST COM ENT TH QUICK QUESTION, WOULD YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, MAN, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO HEAR? THIS TOWN HALL IS REALLY AN EXCELLENT FORMAT, I BELIEVE IN COMMUNICATION AND INPUT TO ARE THEY AREN'T GOING TO BE DONE? AND I'M WONDERING ABOUT COMING TO ALL OF THEM. BUT IS IT GOING TO BE YOU GIVING THE SAME PRESENTATIONS? OR IS IT GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT FORMAT? I'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT BOW TIE ON.
THAT IS WORTH COMING SO OTHER THAN THE DIFFERENT ATTIRE? YES, WE PLAN TO SHARE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCES DIFFERENT QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND WE SHARE ON THOSE TOPICS. SO BUT IDEALLY, WE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH US FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGE WITH US AND AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT SITES WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, I KIND OF LIKE CALLING IT YOU KNOW, COUNCILS CORNER WE GO TO DIFFERENT CORNERS IN THE CITY. AND I DID SHARE THAT BEFORE I KIND OF LIKE THAT TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOTHING FORMAL. IT'S IT'S A IT'S A WAY OF ALL OF US COMMUNICATING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THIS CITY BETTER THAN THAN WHAT IT IS. BUT I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WITH MY CLOSING REMARKS. I WANT TO ECHO THE OUTSTANDING JOB EACH AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER IS DOING REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS ASKED OF THEM. THEY ARE HERE. REGARDLESS OF HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE AND WE'RE ENDING HERE SOON. YOU MAKE ME PALM BAY PROUD AND THAT'S HASHTAG PALM BAY PROUD.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU. MAY GOD KEEP YOU AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR GREAT CITY, PALM BAY OOO- THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.