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CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? OK, AND THE FOLKS ON LINE JUST WAVE.
I'M THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND WELCOME TO OUR VERY FIRST PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON THE CITY'S VISIONING STUDY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE A VISIONING STUDY WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND WE'RE BEING ASSISTED BY CHRIS DARITY AND HIS STAFF FROM SSME THERE.
HE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE HIS FOLKS.
WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE FROM THE CITY.
WE HAVE PATRICK MURPHY, MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
GRAYSON TAYLOR ARE ONE OF OUR PLANNERS, JOAN BROWN, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND NANCY, OUR DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
BUT GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE SERIES OF THREE SESSIONS, ACTUALLY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE. AND CHRIS IS GOING TO GO OVER THE DATES AND WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT.
BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS YOUR INPUT, YOUR FEEDBACK.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME OF THE INTERACTIVE EXERCISE.
I SEE SOME OF YOU ALREADY STARTED.
THAT'S GREAT. YOU'RE VERY EAGER.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THOSE IN A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE CHRISTIANITY AND THE TEAM FROM SSME AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE IT FROM HERE. AND WE'LL BE SEEING YOU LATER FOR THE EXERCISES.
THANK YOU, LARRY. GOOD EVENING, PALM BAY.
THANK YOU FOR SPENDING YOUR TUESDAY EVENING WITH US.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE CITY.
AS LARRY MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS BEEN UPDATED AND MORE WILL GO THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT.
NOT ADVANCING HERE JUST A MOMENT.
HERE WE GO. OK, EXCUSE ME, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT, WHAT IT MEANS TO PALM BAY, IF YOU'VE JOINED US FOR ANY OF THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO BE A REFRESHER ON WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
WE HAVE SOME TREND DATA AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THEN CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY KIND OF BUBBLED UP AS WE'VE DISCUSSED THESE ITEMS WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH A SERIES OF SIX DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS ALREADY.
WE HAVE A PROJECT WEBSITE THAT WE'RE USING, SO HOPEFULLY YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE CLICK ON THE LINK AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PROJECT WEB PAGE.
I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN DETAIL, BECAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER AVENUE ON HOW WE'RE ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THESE WONDERFUL EXERCISES, IN FACT, THESE EXERCISES ARE SOMEWHAT REPLICATED FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE ONLINE THAT EVENING, EVERYONE FROM PALM BAY ONLINE IN THE VIRTUAL REALM.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, AND GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN US FOR TWO ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS.
CHRIS, ONE THING FOR THE ONLINE FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP YOU MUTED BECAUSE IT CREATES A LOT OF BACKGROUND. SO THE ONLINE FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO TYPE YOUR QUESTIONS INTO THE CHAT BOX.
AND SOMEONE HERE IN THE ROOM, EITHER MYSELF OR SOMEBODY FROM CHRIS'S TEAM, WILL READ YOUR COMMENTS. SO YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE READ OUT TO THE GROUP.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP YOU MUTED JUST BECAUSE IT CREATES A LOT OF BACKGROUND IF WE HAVE YOU WITH AUDIO.
AND FOR THE SSME FOLKS, WE HAVE KATIE MARTIN, WHO'S ONLINE.
SHE'S MANNING THE VIRTUAL SIDE OF THINGS.
WE HAVE NICK HILLS. HE'S HERE IN THE BACK, AND THEN JALISA HARRIS HERE WHO DID THE SIGN.
AND SO THEY'RE YOUR FACILITATORS TONIGHT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK ME, LARRY, ANY ANY CITY STAFFERS OR SSME STAFFERS. SO WHAT IS THE VISIONING STUDY? REALLY? THE VISIONING STUDY IS THIS.
IT'S A BROAD BASED STUDY AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU COME UP WITH THAT YOU TELL US ABOUT.
TONIGHT'S WORKSHOP IS WHERE ARE WE NOW?
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SO LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT BACKGROUND AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND TRENDS.SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT KIND OF WHAT WE LOOK AT AS PROFESSIONALS, AS THE EXISTING CONDITION. WHAT'S THAT BASELINE HERE? WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH HERE IN PALM BAY? WE HAVE TWO OTHER WORKSHOPS.
THE SECOND WORKSHOP WILL BE WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO? SO BASED ON WHAT WE HEAR DURING THIS WORKSHOP, THROUGH THE OTHER ENGAGEMENTS, WE'LL START TO DEVELOP A PLAN, SOME IDEAS AND SOME OF THE BIG PICTURE IDEAS.
AND THEN WE'LL WORKSHOP THAT AT OUR SECOND WORKSHOP.
AND YOU TELL US, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE GOT IT RIGHT AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR A THIRD WORKSHOP AND WE'LL TELL YOU HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL TOOLS, BUT ALL OF THIS IS HELPING US TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CONFERENCE, A PLAN UPDATE, WHICH HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN QUITE SOME TIME. SO REALLY, IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN ABOUT 20 YEARS, WHICH IS QUITE A LONG TIME FOR A PLAN.
WE'RE WELL BEYOND THE HORIZON YEAR.
I THINK WE'RE WE'RE ABOUT SIX YEARS PAST THE HORIZON HERE AT THIS POINT AND YEARS.
SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE AND IN NEED OF UPDATING FOR SURE.
SO AS I MENTIONED, WE WE STARTED WITH STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS.
WE HAD A SERIES OF SIX WORKSHOPS OF MULTIPLE GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE HAVE THESE THREE WORKSHOPS THAT I MENTIONED IN THIS SERIES OF THREE DIFFERENT KIND OF THEMES OF THESE WORKSHOPS.
WE HAVE A WEBSITE, AS I MENTIONED ON THAT WEBSITE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENTS.
I'LL GET INTO THE DETAIL ON THAT HERE SHORTLY AND THEN WE'LL START TO DEVELOP OUR SCENARIO PLAN, OUR VISION MAP, AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. SO THAT'S THE WHOLE THAT IS THE GOAL OF ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
SO WE'RE WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THIS IN AND THAT'S INFORMING US ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS FOR THE FUTURE OF PALM BAY.
THIS IS THE SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PHASE RIGHT HERE.
WHEN WE GET BEYOND THIS WORKSHOP, WE'LL SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED TO DATE AND WE'LL START DEVELOPING A PLAN AND THAT'S THAT DATA SYNTHESIS PHASE, WHICH IS REALLY GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND THAT'S, AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL START DEVELOPING THESE BIG IDEAS AND THOSE BIG IDEAS THEN WILL BECOME THE SUBJECT OF THAT SECOND WORKSHOP.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE ALONG, AS WE GET CONFIRMATION ON OUR BIG IDEAS, WE'LL START CRAFTING THE PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT FEBRUARY, JANUARY FOR THAT TO BE FINALIZED. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ADOPTED LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING, IS IT'S GOING TO BE ACCEPTED.
HOPEFULLY A CITY COMMISSION WILL APPROVE WHAT WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
AND THEN SHORTLY FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE PROCESS. THIS PROCESS, IT STARTED ACTUALLY BACK WHEN WE DID IF YOU FOLKS WERE AROUND FOR THE YEAR BASED AMENDMENTS THAT WE DID BACK IN FEBRUARY.
WOW. SO WE TOOK CARE OF SOME HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS IN THE COMP PLAN, THOSE HAVE ALREADY GONE UP TO THE STATE. WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED COMMENTS, WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE COMMENTS, AND IT'S BEEN ADOPTED BY THE CITY ALREADY.
SO THOSE ARE ALREADY DONE WITH AND THAT'S KIND OF ADDRESSING STATE STATUTE ISSUES THAT HADN'T BEEN ADDRESSED IN QUITE SOME TIME, ABOUT 10, 15 YEARS.
BUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS ACTUALLY UPDATING THE ENTIRE PLAN.
SO THE DATA AND ANALYSIS CHANGING YOUR HORIZON HERE, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE CALLING THIS THE VISION 2040.
SO WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? IT'S A BIG PICTURE PLAN.
IT'S ALSO A PLAN THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
IT HAS SEVERAL PRESCRIBED ELEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS.
IT DOES PROVIDE A FACTUAL BASIS FOR POLICY DECISIONS.
IT'S THAT HIGH LEVEL PLAN, SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE HAVE FUTURE LAND USE.
FUTURE LAND USE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, COASTAL MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION, HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE AND TRANSPORTATION. NOW, COASTAL MANAGEMENT IS ONLY REQUIRED FOR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ON THE
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COAST. AND THEN SOMETIMES YOU HAVE OPTIONAL ELEMENTS.IN THIS CASE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPTIONAL ELEMENTS.
SOME OPTIONAL ELEMENTS MAY BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR AN AIRPORT ELEMENT, ELEMENTS OF THOSE TYPES OF SUBJECTS, ONES THAT AREN'T REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
THESE ARE ALL THE THE REQUIRED ELEMENTS.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE COVER OF THE PLAN THAT SHOWS YOU EITHER THE EXISTING PLANS, HORIZON YEARS, 2011.
SO WE ARE 10 YEARS PAST ARE OUR DUE DATE HERE.
SO. OK, SO WHY WHY ARE WE DOING THIS, WHY WHY DO THIS NOW? WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S OK.
WE'RE HERE NOW. WE'RE DOING IT TODAY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE PLANS BASED ON RELEVANT DATA AND ANALYSIS TODAY, YOUR DATA ANALYSIS REALLY IS ONLY GOOD UP TO 2011.
AND AT THAT POINT, WE REALLY CAN'T USE THE PLAN ANYMORE.
IT DOESN'T REALLY SUIT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, REALLY.
NUMBER THREE IS, IS WHY WE'RE DOING REVISIONING.
WE'RE DOING THIS TO UPDATE THE PLAN TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRES.
RIGHT NOW, THE PLAN DOESN'T ADDRESS WHAT THE COMMUNITY PALM BAY WANTS FOR THE CITY IN THE FUTURE. SO AND THIS IN THE NEXT TWENTY, TWENTY FIVE, THIRTY YEARS, THAT PLAN DOESN'T REALLY ACCOMMODATE YOUR YOUR NEEDS.
SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO GO.
SO WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. IF YOU'VE DONE ANY DEVELOPMENT OR YOU'VE LOOKED AT YOUR YOUR HOUSES ZONING, YOU'LL KNOW THAT MAYBE YOU'RE IN A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY AND THEN A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE COMMON ITEMS FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE IN THE PLAN. OK, SO.
SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE POPULATIONS TO THE LEFT, THIS IS INTERESTING, ARE POPULATION PROJECTIONS PART OF ME? SO BASED ON STATE STATUTES, COMMUNITIES ARE SUPPOSED TO PLAN FOR WHAT IS REFERRED TO THE MEDIUM PROJECTION.
SO WHAT WE HAVE SHOWN THERE IS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND TODAY YOU'RE SITTING AT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE, WHICH MAKES YOU THE LARGEST CITY IN BREVARD COUNTY AND THE 16TH LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHEN I FIRST STARTED RESEARCHING POMPEI GETTING READY TO, YOU KNOW, SUBMIT THIS ON THIS BIG PROJECT, WE FOUND THAT OUT.
YOUR LARGER THAN WEST PALM BEACH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE VERY DENSE URBAN CITIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA, PALM BAY IS IS EVEN BIGGER.
LOOKING AT THE PROJECTIONS IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, BEEBER SAYS ON THAT MEDIUM TRAJECTORY, WE WILL PUT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TWENTY THOUSAND MORE PEOPLE.
SO ONE HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
YOU'LL SEE HERE SHORTLY THAT THERE'S THERE'S ACTUALLY PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THAT GROWTH IF WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
LOOKING AT RACE AND ETHNICITY.
ON BASE, 70 PERCENT WHITE, 18 PERCENT BLACK, AND THEN ABOUT ROUGHLY ABOUT 20 PERCENT ALL IN ASIA ALONE.
PALMY, PACIFIC ISLANDER ALONE, NATIVE AMERICAN ALONE, AND THEN SOME OTHER RACES OR TWO OR MORE RACES AND THEN 19 AND A HALF PERCENT HISPANIC.
THIS IS INTERESTING, SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT EDUCATION LEVELS COMPARED TO THE COUNTY, I DON'T HAVE THE COUNTY SHOWN HERE, BUT WE DID A LITTLE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH.
SO YOU'RE SLIGHTLY BEHIND IN TERMS OF OVERALL LEVEL OF EDUCATION, WHICH IS INTERESTING AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER INFORMATION HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
FIFTY SEVEN PERCENT OF THE OCCUPATIONS ARE CONSIDERED WHITE COLLAR.
AND LARRY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, WE THINK OF PALM IS VERY MUCH A BLUE COLLAR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS INTERESTING.
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AGAIN, WE'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN JUST A MOMENT WHAT MAYBE ALL OF THIS MEANS.THE CITY IS AVERAGE AGE IS ROUGHLY 41 YEARS OLD AND COMPARED THAT TO THE COUNTY COUNTIES, 47 OVER WELL, ALMOST 48 YEARS OF AGE, THAT MEANS THAT YOU'VE GOT A YOUNGER POPULATION, PROBABLY YOUNGER FAMILIES, AND AND MORE THAN LIKELY, A LARGER LABOR FORCE IN HIGH PROPORTION IN PALM BAY THAN YOU DO IN THE COUNTY AT LARGE.
HOWEVER, THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS SLIGHTLY LOWER.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR LOWER THAN THE COUNTY.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS IS INTERESTING, SO WE'RE AT FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT HERE IN PALM BAY AND THIS IS PALMY, THE MOST RECENT UNEMPLOYMENT.
SO I THINK THEY GO AS FAR BACK AS APRIL AND FOUR POINT EIGHT PERCENT IN THE STATE.
NATIONWIDE, I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE POINT EIGHT PERCENT.
BUT IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT UNEMPLOYMENT FROM A YEAR AGO, A YEAR AGO, WE WERE AT THIRTEEN POINT TWO PERCENT HERE IN PALM BAY.
NOW, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, BAY WAS ABOUT THREE POINT THREE PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT.
SO WE'VE BOUNCED BACK CONSIDERABLY SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS, IN FACT, COMPARED TO THE STATE AND COMPARED TO THE NATION. EXISTING LAND USE.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE START TO LOOK AT TRENDS.
SO WHAT ARE WE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY? THIS IS WHAT'S ON THE GROUND TODAY BASED ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER DATA YOU CAN SEE.
VAST MAJORITY OF THE CITY IS THIS LIGHT YELLOW, WHICH IS LOW DENSITY, OR IN THE CASE OF PLANT BASED, MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE THE GRAY, WHICH IS VACANT AND WE HAVE LARGE SWATHS OF VACANT LAND.
NOW, THESE ARE LANDS THAT AREN'T CONSIDERED OR BONA FIDE AGRICULTURAL LANDS, WHICH MAY BE RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS TABLE BEARS THAT OUT HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, SO VACANTE, WE'RE AT 47 PERCENT, THAT'S A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE CITY AND WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 20, ROUGHLY 22000 ACRES. THAT'S QUITE LARGE CONSIDERING THE CITY'S ROUGHLY 57 OR PARTNEY.
FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND ACRES AND ABOUT EIGHTY SEVEN SQUARE MILES.
I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. EIGHTY EIGHT SQUARE MILES.
AND THAT'S THE WHAT'S INSIDE THE INC LIMITS OF POMPEI.
SO. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WE'VE STARTED TO LEARN ABOUT DURING OUR STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY? THERE IS AN IDENTITY ISSUE, LARRY, COULD YOU MUTE? IN A LITTLE FEEDBACK.
SORRY, FOLKS. THE IDENTITY OF THE CITY HAS BEEN A BIG ISSUE.
THERE HAVE BEEN PAST EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
THERE IS A LACK OF A SENSE OF PLACE IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS HERE IN THE CITY.
AND WE'LL WE'LL DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER ON SOME OF THESE UTILITIES OR LARGE AREAS OF TOWN THAT DON'T HAVE SEWER OR DON'T HAVE SEWER OR WATER.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE IN IN IN THE GDC PRE PLOTTED AREAS IS MOSTLY SWAILS AND IN MANY CASES THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINED WELL ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THE STORM EVENTS.
THIS IS KIND OF A GENERAL TOPIC, BUT WE'VE WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT IT.
WE'VE WE'VE HAD A BOND TO HELP WITH THE MAINTENANCE ON THE ROADS THAT HAVE GOTTEN QUITE BAD, THE SURFACE.
BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT CONNECTIVITY.
WHERE WHERE DO THE PEDESTRIANS GO THERE?
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THERE ARE A LOT OF MISSING LINKS WITH RESPECT TO PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.COMPOUND, THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE, BECAUSE THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF TOWN, KIND OF A BARREN WASTELAND AT THIS POINT.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THAT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT? IT'S A BIG, BIG ISSUE.
LACK OF A DOWNTOWN WHEN I TALKED ABOUT IDENTITY, THE CITY THERE ISN'T REALLY THAT CORE AREA THAT YOU THINK IS, YOU KNOW, QUINTESSENTIAL PALM BAY.
DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT MIX TODAY OR THE FUTURE POPULATION OF PALM BAY? AND WE HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES THAT WILL HELP KIND OF GET YOUR INPUT ON THAT ISSUE.
AND THEN MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S KIND OF A RECURRING THEME THAT WE KEEP HEARING FROM FROM LARRY AND PATRICK AND AND FOLKS HERE AT THE CITY, WHICH IS WHICH IS A GOOD THING. SO.
SO IDENTITY OF THE CITY, AGAIN, I MENTIONED IS KIND OF RECENT EVENTS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT PALM BAY TO CONTINUE TO BE A PUNCH LINE.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT PALM BAY TO STAND OUT, BUT FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS, FOR GOOD REASONS.
AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE ISN'T THAT ONE SINGLE PLACE THAT SOMEONE SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I LIVE IN ORLANDO AND THERE'S THAT PLACE IN PALM BAY.
I'M GOING TO PALM BAY BECAUSE THERE'S THAT WONDERFUL CAFE THAT'S ON THE WATER IN DOWNTOWN PALM BAY. A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
SO A LOT OF PLACES TO SLEEP, LAY YOUR HEAD, BUT NOT A LOT OF PLACES TO PLAY AND HAVE FUN, STAY IN THE COMMUNITY DURING THE WEEKEND.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT, AGAIN, THE COMPOUND, WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT PALM BAY, DO THEY THINK ABOUT THIS AREA HERE? THESE SPLATTED ROADS.
YOU KNOW WHERE? UTILITIES, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE WATER OR SEWER, SO MANY HOMES EITHER ON WELL AND SEPTIC, THAT THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT.
THAT IS A AN IMPEDIMENT FOR GROWTH AND THEN STORM WATER.
AND, OF COURSE, ROADS MAKING HUGE STEPS, YOU KNOW, AND MAINTAINING THE CONDITION OF THE ROADWAYS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR FUTURE ROADS, FUTURE CONNECTIONS, HERITAGE PARKWAY? THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, SO AS LONG AS THESE ROADS GO IN, AS WE DEVELOP MORE CONNECTIVITY, WHAT WHERE WHERE DO WE WANT EMPLOYMENT CENTERS? WHERE DO WE WANT MIXED-USE? WHERE DO WE WHERE DO WE SEE HIGHER DENSITIES? OK, LLORCA DOWNTOWN.
SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF BIG IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN FLOATED AROUND DURING THE STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS THAT WE HAVE, THE BAYFRONT SIARA, WHICH IS TO THE NORTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE EMERALD LAKES DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S NOTHING SAYS THAT WE CAN'T HAVE TOO NICE THE NODES OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON HERE IN THE CITY, RIGHT.
BUT AT SOME POINT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHERE WE ACTUALLY WANT TO SPEND OUR TIME, MONEY, ENERGY.
WE DO HAVE THE BAYFRONT, KYRA.
IT IS GETTING CLOSE TO ITS LIFESPAN.
SO WE NEED IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, WE PROBABLY SHOULD DO SOMETHING VERY SOON.
WITH RESPECT TO EMERALD LAKES, THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PRIVATE DEVELOPER.
AGAIN, THERE'S THINGS IN THE WORKS.
HOPEFULLY ALL OF THIS CAN COME TOGETHER AND WE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE NODES AND THEY SERVE MAYBE TWO DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR NIGHTLIFE AND PLACES FOR CITY RESIDENTS TO CONGREGATE EVENTUALLY. MIX OF HOUSING.
SO THAT'S. WE MENTIONED THERE'S PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY LOW DENSITY HOUSING HERE IN THE CITY. WE DO HAVE SOME TOWNHOMES, WE DO HAVE APARTMENTS.
BUT IS IT ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE GROWTH OF.
THERE'S A LIMITED SPECTRUM, WE HAVE PROBABLY A LARGE AMOUNT OF HOMES IN THE KIND OF THE MIDDLE RANGE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LUXURY.
WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER EXECUTIVE HOUSING.
SO THOSE ARE JUST THINGS, AGAIN, THAT HAVE COME UP DURING THE WORKSHOPS.
AND THEN AND MOST OF YOUR HOUSING STOCK WAS BUILT AFTER 1970, AND MOST OF THAT IS
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HAPPENING BETWEEN 1980 AND 1989, WHICH IS PRETTY INTERESTING.SO THAT. BUT YOUR HOMES, YOU KNOW, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 30, 40 YEARS OLD.
THE. AND THEN DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A JUST A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW.
WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT, THE GDC PREPLANNED COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL HERE IN THE STATE, SO WE CAN LOOK AT A LOT OF PEER COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS GDC DIDN'T PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS FOR DOWNTOWN. SO NOW WE'RE HERE LOOKING FOR THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S THANKFULLY NOT FULLY BUILT OUT.
SO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF THE WRONGS OF THE PAST.
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE WE'VE GOT SOME MIXED USE OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT BE AT EMERALD LAKES OR OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, ANYTHING THAT WE DO IN THE FUTURE REALLY NEEDS TO TO BE SUSTAINABLE.
WE NEED THE GROWTH TO BE SUSTAINABLE.
WE NEED TO MAKE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HANDLE FUTURE GROWTH.
AND IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, GREEN DESIGN, GREEN DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY CAN SUSTAIN THE MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES.
THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP IN A WAY THAT FUTURE FOLKS HERE IN TOWN AREN'T GOING TO BE BURDENED BY THE COSTS OF MAINTAINING THESE FACILITIES.
SO THERE'S A LOT TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.
AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THE CONNECTIVITY PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THESE THE PRE PLOTTED DAYS, WE HAVE A LOT OF CANALS, MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE THE THE CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO WALK BIKE SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SOLELY AUTO ORIENTED.
AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, MAYBE EVEN PUBLIC TRANSIT. AND THEN LOOKING AT RETROFITTING EXISTING FACILITIES THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT BUT CAN BE DONE.
SO WHERE DO WE SPEND OUR TIME AND ENERGY? WE HAVE A BOARD BACK HERE THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR PRIORITIES ARE.
OK, SO LET'S GET ON WITH THE ENGAGEMENT, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE NOTICES ONLINE.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT WEBSITE.
WE HAVE FANCY LITTLE BUSINESS CARDS THAT HAVE THE QR CODE ON THEM.
WE HAVE THE QR CODE SITTING ON THE DESK OUT FRONT HERE.
PLEASE JOIN US ONLINE BECAUSE YOU CAN GIVE US.
EXACTLY. THE YOU KNOW, THE COMMENT WITHOUT ANY FILTERS, EXCEPT FOR, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE LANGUAGE IS MODERATED, OF COURSE.
BUT PLEASE, WE HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO ENGAGE.
WE HAVE AN IDEA, A WALL WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
PEOPLE CAN POST A COMMENT BASED ON DIFFERENT TOPICS.
YOU CAN COME BACK AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THAT PERSON AND IT CAN JUST GO ON AND ON.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO MODERATE THOSE THINGS.
ON BASIC COMMUNITY, SO WE TRUST YOU, WE HAVE A ONLINE SURVEY.
THERE IS A. A VISUAL PREFERENCE TYPE OF SURVEY WHERE YOU KIND OF VOTING ON A OF THE VISION, THE GRAPHIC.
IT'S PRETTY NEAT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND THAT WE HAVE ALMOST SIMILAR TO THIS BOARD.
WE HAVE A CAPITAL EXPENDITURES GAME THAT YOU CAN PLAY.
SO WE'LL GIVE YOU THEORETICAL MONEY AND YOU CAN BE THE CITY MANAGER FOR A DAY AND PICK A DIFFERENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS IS THE IDEA IS AN EXAMPLE GOING IN, SELECTING A CATEGORY AND THEN PROVIDING YOUR COMMENTS. THIS IS THE VOTE FOR YOUR VISION.
THIS IS THE GRAPHIC THAT I MENTIONED WHERE YOU CAN VOTE ON DIFFERENT GRAPHICS THAT YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, EVOKE YOUR PREFERENCE FOR THE VISION FUTURE OF BOMBAY.
THE KAPER CAPITAL EXPENDITURES GAME, YOU GET THREE VOTES.
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ON SIX DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.OK, SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP THE EXERCISES, I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN THEM REAL QUICKLY.
AND THEN I WILL I WILL MANAGE KATIE WILL HANDLE THE ONLINE FOLKS, IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 TO 25 MINUTES TO ENGAGE WITH EVERYBODY AND YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO US AND STAFF. BUT, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN HERE.
JUST SECONDS. SO FIRST BOARD IS THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES BOARD.
YOU GET THREE VOTES AND PLEASE, WE'D LIKE IT IF YOU COULD GIVE US ONE VOTE PER OR ONE SORRY, A ONE SELECTION PER VOTE.
SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING ALL THREE OF YOUR DOTS ON ROADS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'D LIKE TO SEE SPREAD THEM OUT, IF YOU COULD, FOR HOUSING.
SAME DEAL. YOU'RE GOING TO GET THREE DOTS AND TELL US YOUR YOUR PRIORITIES, YOUR PREFERENCES FOR HOUSING TYPES IN THE FUTURE.
WHERE SHOULD THE NEW DOWNTOWN, WHERE SHOULD EMPLOYMENT CENTERS GO SO YOU GET ONE DOT FOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, ONE DOT FOR DOWNTOWN, AND YOU TELL US WHERE TO GO IN THERE ON THIS BIG BASE MAP HERE IN THE BACK.
AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER KIND OF BLANK BOARDS HERE WHERE YOU CAN SHARE ADDITIONAL IDEAS, YOU CAN PROVIDE US OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, MAYBE WE'RE NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT THAT, HAVEN'T COME UP YET.
WE HAVE THE SHARE YOUR OTHER IDEAS, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE A PARKING LOT.
SO IF YOU HAVE OTHER ISSUES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH GARBAGE SERVICE, LET US KNOW, OK? WE'LL JUST WE'LL PUT IT ON THAT BOARD AND YOU CAN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, GET IT BACK IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY WHO WHO'S IN THE KNOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE KIND OF A GENERAL COMMENTS BOARD JUST AS THINGS COME UP.
SO WITH THAT TO GO BACK, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
KATIE, YOU CAN TAKE OVER ONLINE AND FOLKS, IF YOU WANT TO, GO AHEAD AND.
COME BACK HERE IN THE ROOM, OH, TWO OTHER THINGS.
SORRY, WE DO HAVE A WHAT I LOVE ABOUT PALM BAY BOARD.
THERE ARE SOME MARKERS BACK THERE.
TAKE YOUR TIME. WHATEVER YOU WHATEVER COMES TO MIND.
IF YOU WANT TO WRITE SOMETHING ON THAT BOARD, PLEASE DO.
WHERE WHERE DO YOU LIVE OR WORK? OVER HERE IN THE FRONT SAYS YOU'RE LEAVING.
YOU CAN PUT A DOT ON WHERE YOU LIVE AND WORK IT.
JUST SO AFTER THIS, WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TOGETHER.
RIGHT. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIALOG AS WELL.
AND ONLINE, FOLKS, SOME OF YOU JOINED AFTER I MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP YOU MUTED BECAUSE IT WORKS BETTER FOR THE AUDIO IN THE ROOM HERE.
BUT YOU CAN USE THE CHAT FEATURE AND ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU TYPE.
WE WILL PROBABLY READ OUT TO THE GROUP ALOUD.
SO I KNOW WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ONLINE NOW.
SO YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE READ.
IF YOU TYPE INTO THE CHAT FEATURE, WE'LL TRY TO READ THEM ALL.
IF WE HAVE TOO MANY, WE'LL HAVE TO SUMMARIZE THEM LATER.
BUT YOU ARE YOU ARE DEFINITELY A PARTICIPANT AND YOU CAN ALSO TAKE PART IN THE EXERCISES, I GUESS, OF VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION.
THANKS. AND YEAH, AFTER WE'RE DONE, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO KIND OF GENERAL Q&A IF IF YOU FOLKS WANT TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE RECORD.
SO SINCE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP HERE.
LET ME JUST START WITH THIS THAT YOU BROUGHT TO.
IN THE. YOU SAY JUST LIKE THIS.
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THAT'S OF.MR. DUNCAN, SO WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR A CHANCE FOR THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
PRIME MINISTER. I WAS ASKING YOU AS WELL.
THAT'S ONE OF YOUR TOP STORIES.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION INDUSTRY.
WITHOUT. DO YOU DOESN'T THE LAST.
SO THERE WAS NO SCHOOL SHOOTER, SO I JUST KIND OF GOT.
THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE, 86 PERCENT OF THE NEXT HIGHEST AND SEVEN POINT SIX DOLLARS MILLION HAS BEEN RAISED AND ALSO SOME.
WE HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, ARTS AND CULTURE AND DEMOCRACY, AND THAT DOESN'T MATTER, MOST OF THEM ARE BROKEN DOWN.
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AND IT'S.SO. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I. YEAH.
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AND. DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF JUST.THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE.
THIS IS THE LAST THING OF A LONG TERM.
AND JOHN, YOU SAID SO THEY DID THIS.
GENACHOWSKI OH, MY GOD, OUR GOVERNMENT IS.
I STARTED TO THINK I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS.
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THAT'S. SO.MEAN IS A GREAT. I AM A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO HE'S GOING TO LET THE PEOPLE IN THE.
NOW, APPARENTLY PLAYING AROUND WITH YOUR SHE'S ALWAYS.
AND YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE THIS IS AN AMUSING.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS FOR ABOUT FIVE MORE MINUTES AND THEN WE WANT TO HAVE THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PROGRAM.
SO IF EVERYBODY COULD IN ABOUT ABOUT SEVEN, 10, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THE GROUP DISCUSSION.
AND THE FOLKS ONLINE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND WRAP THIS UP AND AGAIN AT SEVEN, 10.
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OK, FOLKS, TWO MINUTES, TWO MINUTES, AND WE'RE GOING TO START THE PROGRAM AGAIN, AND I SEE A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS ON THE THE BOARDS AND THE EXHIBITS.THIS IS REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK FOR ALL OF US.
FOR ME, HERE WAS THE DOUBLE CHECK.
OK, FOLKS, IF YOU COULD FIND YOUR SEATS, WE'RE GOING TO.
KATIE, WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO THE SHOW.
LARRY, IF YOU COULD TAKE OVER THE SCREEN.
KATIE, LARRY IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE SCREEN HERE.
BUT. AND GO AHEAD AND CLICK THE X.
WAS THAT POLL OK? ALL RIGHT, KATIE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE PROGRAM.
LARRY, IF YOU COULD RECONNECT THE.
I DON'T KNOW IF. CLICK ON THE PRESENTATION JUST ON THE YEAH, JUST CLICK ON THE A SLIDE.
SO BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN SYNTHESIZING.
RIGHT. HEY, ONLINE, FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MUTE YOU BECAUSE WE'RE GOING BACK INTO THE PUBLIC SESSION HERE.
ELISA, YOU GO AHEAD AND MUTE THAT CRITICISM.
OK. YOU ALL CAN YOU ONLINE SEE THE SCREEN? KATIE, CAN YOU SEE THE SCREEN? ALL RIGHT, SO I WILL JUST GO AHEAD.
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THERE'S NOT MUCH. NO, HOLD ON.I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL WORK, BUT WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE ON.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO GET CONTINUE TO COLLECT.
ALL YOUR INPUT, SO WHETHER IT BE THROUGH SOCIAL PINPOINT OR PROJECT WEBSITE, THROUGH THIS WORKSHOP, WE'RE GOING TO START TO SYNTHESIZE THE INFORMATION AND WE'RE GOING TO START DEVELOPING WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, THE BIG IDEAS, THESE CONCEPTS.
NOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO.
LARRY, COULD YOU TURN HER DOWN? I SHARED EARLIER IN OUR CHAT.
AND REVIEWING THE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IS KEY, AS YOU SAW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE THE TRENDS TO SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE US IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GET THIS INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE POPULATION THAT IS EXPECTED TO COME TO PALM BAY.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE THE TWO OTHER WORKSHOPS, SO AS I JUMP HERE.
OH. OK, SO THE SECOND WORKSHOP WILL FOCUS ON THE BIG IDEA, THE CONCEPTS, AND THAT WORKSHOP IS AUGUST 24TH, RIGHT BACK HERE IN THIS ROOM.
IN FACT, ALL THREE WORKSHOPS ARE HERE.
AND THE REASON BEING IS, ONE, WE HAVE THE SPACE.
WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW YOU SEE, WE'RE JUGGLING MULTIPLE BALLS IN THE AIR, SPINNING AS MANY PLACES WE CAN. WE'VE GOT THE ONLINE STUFF GOING ON AND THEN THE IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT.
SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON TECHNOLOGICALLY.
SO THIS ROOM DOES EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
WE HAD CONSIDERED DOING IT AROUND TOWN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL THE SPACES, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE SAME TECHNOLOGY AND.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP, SO THIS IS NOT IT IS, OF COURSE, A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT IT'S GOING TO FOCUS ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S IDEAS AND THEIR THOUGHTS ON BASICALLY THE BIG IDEA, THE CONCEPTS THAT WE COME UP WITH.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FOR THE THIRD WORKSHOP.
AND THAT THIRD WORKSHOP IS GOING TO BE ABOUT HOW DO WE GET ALL THIS DONE? WHAT EXACTLY WE HAVE THESE BIG IDEAS, THESE BIG CONCEPTS.
HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH THOSE IN THE FUTURE? AND THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AGAIN, MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT.
YOU CAN TELL US THAT WE'RE NOT ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING ELSE AND WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT.
SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE POINTS WHERE YOU CAN TOUCH US AND TELL US WHAT DIRECTION YOU WANT US TO GO IN. SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STEP TO THE PODIUM AND FOR FOLKS ONLINE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TYPE IN THE CHAT AND SHARE YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS WITH KATIE, SHE WILL INFORM OUR TEAM HERE WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT POPS UP. BUT ANYBODY HERE IN THE ROOM OF ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US, THAT THEY'D LIKE TO THE WHOLE GROUP HERE TO HEAR IT MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE OR OPPORTUNITY THAT MAY HAVE BUBBLED UP BACK HERE THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT.
THE FLOORS UP. WE HAVE A MICROPHONE HERE.
RUSTY METAL, QUICK QUESTION, WHICH BOARD TO WRITE IT ON, BUT ONE OF THE COMMENTS I MADE TO USE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THESE MIXED USE PROJECTS FOR A CITY CENTER AND STUFF, BUT I ASKED THE CITY TO REALLY LOOK INTO THE DENSITY.
ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE WITH THE LAND COSTS GOING UP, YOU WANT RETAIL ON THE BOTTOM THREE ISN'T GOING TO CUT. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED MORE DENSITY TO MAYBE A DENSITY BONUS IF WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE MIXED USE.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT. SO NIC IS RIDING THOSE BACK THERE ON THAT BOARD THERE.
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PLEASE. KAMARAJ, I HAVE SO MUCH COMMENTS, BUT I'LL STICK TO ONE OF WHAT I NOTICED THERE.I BELIEVE IN QUADRANT DEVELOPMENT.
I BELIEVE SIMPLY BECAUSE LACK OF TRANSPORTATION, ESPECIALLY PERSONS HERE IN THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST SIDE, TO GET TO THE NORTHEAST WHERE I NOTICE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO THEIR DOWNTOWN TO BE, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD START LOOKING, REALLY LOOKING AT THE SOUTHEAST SIDE AS A PLACE FOR EMPLOYMENT, AN AREA WHERE WE CAN ENCOURAGE MORE IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR LOOKING TO TARGET DIFFERENT TECH COMPANIES OR AREAS THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANT. SO I WANT TO DEVELOP TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TARGETED INSTEAD OF A WAITING FOR OR TO SEE WHO COMES, START LOOKING AT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, START LOOKING AT OUR AGING POPULATION AND SAY WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT OR WHAT KIND OF BUSINESSES WOULD WORK AND THEN LOOK AT THE SOUTHEAST SIDE AS A PLACE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY START FROM SCRATCH. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT WE HAVE.
ONE OF THE GREATEST EMPLOYMENT CENTERS HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, IN THE SPACE COAST, WE HAVE A LOT OF AERONAUTIC COMPANIES, DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.
SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPIN OFF OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MORE JOBS OUT OF THAT INDUSTRY CLUSTERS.
SO AND THERE'S PLENTY MORE TO COME, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SPACE FORCE ANNEX, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S ANOTHER INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY, SOMETHING WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT IT IS ON THAT MAP OVER THERE.
SO. ANYWAY, REALLY GOOD, GOOD KARMA.
OH, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
I KIND OF MCCLEERY, I'M LOOKING AT MORE TO READ ZONE IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF PALM BAY WHERE I LIVE THERE BECAUSE IT IS RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AND IT'S THE TRASH COMPANY JUST MOVED IN MY COMMUNITY.
SO I'M FOR THAT TO BE RESOLVED, YOU KNOW, FROM INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL.
MM HMM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES OR WHATEVER.
AND SO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL.
THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD POINT.
NIC, DID YOU GET THAT OK? EXCELLENT. OH, WE HAVE SOMEBODY COMING UP HERE.
HI THERE. AND DOING A CITY AND.
IS THERE ANY OTHER CITY THAT YOU TRYING TO.
SCULPEY. IN TERMS OF SOME SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S SIMILAR TO PALM BEACH, THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO AND RECREATE EVERYTHING ALMOST LIKE A DUPLICATE OF SOMEWHERE IN CANADA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU TELL US, IS THERE IS THERE A SISTER CITY THAT YOU WOULD.
WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF LITERATURE ON SMART CITIES.
SURE. OR SMART PLANNING FOR CITIES.
ABSOLUTELY. WHAT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE COULD MAKE EASY IN THIS PROCESS? WHAT ARE THE CORE COMPETENCIES OR THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS THAT WOULD BRING PEOPLE TO PALM BEACH? IT'S JUST LIKE ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING.
SURE. ON A LARGER SCALE FOR THE CITY.
WHAT WHAT WILL ATTRACT BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO PALM BEACH? AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS, WHETHER WE FOCUS ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FIRST OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FIRST.
SO I GUESS THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD.
JARED COOPER, MY MAIN QUESTION.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE SAFE FOR HOSTING THIS IS A REALLY GOOD FIRST STEP.
BUT THE MAIN THING IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE TRACKING THE SUCCESS OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS? FOR EXAMPLE, YOU EVEN STATED THE LAST TIME, LET'S SAY, TRY TO DO THIS.
SO, UM, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THAT ONE EVEN ACCOMPLISHED? IT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD TO START THE BALL ROLLING.
BUT IF YOU DON'T TRACK WHAT YOU DO UNDERSTAND, IF YOU'VE MADE MISTAKES IN THE PAST AND HOW TO FEED THAT BACK IN THE NEXT GENERATION, I MEAN, JUST REPEAT YOURSELF.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING THIS AND IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL?
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AND THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.THAT ACTUALLY CAME UP AT ONE OF OUR I THINK OUR VERY FIRST STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
I THINK, SUSAN, YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS.
WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS THAT THAT'S THE NEXT STEP.
SO WHEN WE DO DEVELOP THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE DOING SOME SORT OF SCORECARD, SOMETHING THAT'S VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THE COMP PLAN REALLY ISN'T VERY VISIBLE TO FOLKS.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT DOESN'T READ.
AND TO A LAYPERSON, IT'S YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE CONCEPTS ARE OVER THEIR HEAD.
YOU KNOW, I WRITE THESE THINGS, I, I KNOW.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.
MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
AND AND WE'RE KIND OF MOVING IN IT IN A NEW GENERATION OF PLANNING, ONE THAT'S VERY VISIBLE, VERY TRANSPARENT.
AND I THINK YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING, AGAIN, WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE WE'VE DEFINITELY NOTED AND NIC WROTE IT DOWN THERE, BUT DEFINITELY TRACK THE PERFORMANCE.
I CAN TELL YOU WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE PLAN COVER COVER TO COVER.
AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T GET ACCOMPLISHED IN THE THAT TIME FRAME.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE NATURE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING.
SO, HEY, CHRIS, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN MY CAREER, AND A BIG PART OF A PLAN OR MASTER PLAN IS IMPLEMENTATION. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. SO IT'S REALLY MY JOB WORKING WITH MY CONSULTANTS AND THEY'RE HELPING ME OUT. BUT WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY WORK ON IS AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO SHOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT AND TO HAVE REGULAR, YOU KNOW, CHECK INS. NO, IT SHOULDN'T BE EVERY 10 YEARS.
I MEAN, I'M SURE MAYBE MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR WE SHOULD BE CHECKING IN WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE.
I'LL WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND MY FELLOW DEPARTMENTS AND THE PUBLIC REALLY TO HAVE TO HAVE IMPLEMENTATION ON A REGULAR BASIS TO MAKE SURE AND I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, ENGAGEMENT IS SHOULDN'T JUST BE THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE THREE MEETINGS AND WE'RE DONE.
IT SHOULD BE AN ONGOING PROCESS.
I THINK IMPLEMENTATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
OH, SORRY, SORRY, ONLINE, FOLKS, I GUESS YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT, BUT OK, AND GETTING BACK TO IMPLEMENTATION, WE HAVE TO SET PRIORITIES SO WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE.
WE DO HAVE A THREE PERCENT CAP ON OUR BUDGET EACH YEAR.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
WE WERE ABLE TO PASS THE THE ROAD BOND THROUGH REFERENDUM.
HOWEVER, WE'RE IF IF YOU WANT TO ADJUST THAT THREE PERCENT CAP, THAT WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO A VOTE BY THE PEOPLE HERE IN PALM BAY.
AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS TO KIND OF TAX THEMSELVES A LITTLE BIT MORE TO PAY FOR THINGS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN.
SO, AGAIN, THERE'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THOSE PRIORITIES. COULD YOU SORRY THAT THE ONLINE FOLKS PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO HELP YOUNG LADY BROUGHT UP A QUESTION ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO PULL BACK UP YOUR FUTURE? LANDESMAN? SURE, LET'S DO THAT.
AND HOW MUCH IS DEDICATED FOR EITHER LIGHT OR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND YOU CLICK ON WITH THE AMOUNT. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO BACK THIS UP.
I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, A DOWNTOWN AREA, BOTH JOBS COME IN AND GROWTH COME IN FROM THE INDUSTRIAL DEMAND 08 THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AND USUALLY WILL SPUR THE OTHER DEVELOPED ECONOMICS TO DRIVE IT.
SO THAT IS THE FUTURE LAND-USE MAP.
YES. AND THAT'S KIND OF ANOTHER ISSUE.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL ON THE MAP.
THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING WE NEED TO REALLY THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT THE FUTURE.
SO WHERE DOES THAT GO? WHERE IT IS, WHERE IT IS, THE COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL OFFICE, INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITIES GO.
IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
IS IT THE SOUTHEAST? IS IT OUT WEST? IDEALLY, WE PUT IT IN THE PLACE THAT WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO DEVELOP.
SUSAN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? THIS IS MAYBE HER FOURTH WORKSHOP THAT SHE'S BEEN A PART OF, SO SHE SHE COULD PROBABLY
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LEAD THIS DISCUSSION.I'M GOING TO JUST TURN IT OVER TO HER.
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.
I WANT TO JUST REITERATE WHAT LARRY BRADLEY SAID ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION.
BY DOING THESE SMALL INCREMENTAL.
BUT I WANTED TO SAY I WANTED TO BUILD ON WHAT MR. HARRIS SAID, AND THAT IS WE DON'T HAVE TO RECREATE THE WHEEL.
THERE ARE OTHER SMART CITIES WORLD.
WHAT HAS CAUGHT MY EYE IS THE IN DAEDRA BUILDING AT THE GEORGIA TECH.
OR PUT IT INTO THIS PLAN, YOU WERE SAYING THAT.
ME OR SHOW ME SOMETHING, THEN DAEDRA BUILDING BURSTALL.
IT STARTED WITH THE FUNDING IT WAS.
UNITY AND MUNICIPALITY FUNDING, PEOPLE GOT TOGETHER AND.
AND WITH THIS IDEA, THEY CREATED THE FUNDING FOR IT IN THAT WAY.
THAT BAD THING WAS THAT THEY MADE THIS A MULTI FUNCTIONAL BUILDING THAT WAS TOTALLY SUSTAINABLE. THE DEVELOPMENT WAS A LIVING.
LIVING AND BUILDING GREEN GUIDES, EVERYTHING IN THE BUILDING WAS THE WORST WITH LOCAL LABOR, THEY PARTNERED WITH THE GEORGIA CAREER PEOPLE, THEY EMPLOYED HOMELESS PEOPLE, THEY USED LOCAL MATERIALS, THEY CREATED JOBS.
THEY CREATED BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY HAD THAT THAT DEDICATION THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE LOCAL. AND SO THEY MADE THE BUILDING IN ORDER TO GET THE MATERIALS.
THEY CREATED JOBS AND BUSINESSES OF PEOPLE USING BUILDINGS THAT WERE BEING TORN DOWN.
IT TOOK A LITTLE MORE TIME, THEY SAID.
BUT IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S THAT THE GROUNDWORK SURE BUILT A STRONGER COMMUNITY.
NOT ONLY THAT, THE IDEAS THAT THEY IMPLEMENTED WITH SOLAR, THE BUILDING IS IS OLD AND THIS IS IN GEORGIA. WE'RE HOT, TOO.
BUT GEORGIA IS WELL IN ATLANTA AND THEY USE A COMBINATION OF CEILING FANS AND COOLING SYSTEMS IN THE FLOORS AND THE SOLAR PANELS AND THE POSITION OF WHAT THE BUILDING IS.
SO THEY ALSO HAVE AN INTERNAL WASTEWATER WHERE THERE IT'S ALL.
ALL HANDLED RIGHT THERE WITHIN THE BUILDING WHERE THAT WATER, WHERE YOUR WAIST IS ACTUALLY RETURNED AND AND REGENERATED AND USED IN ANOTHER WAY, THEY HAVE SO MANY INNOVATIVE IDEAS IN THIS BUILDING.
BUT I THINK THE STRENGTH OF IT COMES FROM BEING LOCAL, BY BEING SUSTAINABLE, BY USING ALL THE IDEAS ARE ARE HERE, THOUGH, LOCALLY SOURCED AND CROWD SOURCED AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. YEAH, I WANTED TO THERE IS A YOUTUBE PRESENTATION ON THIS BUILDING, TAKING A TOUR OF THE CANDIDATE BUILDING.
SO SO JUST A LITTLE SECRET TO THE GAL THAT'S RUNNING THE ONLINE SHOW.
SO SHE SHE HAS HER MASTER'S FROM THE URBAN PLANNING PLANNING DEPARTMENT THERE.
SO SHE PROBABLY KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
SO I WANTED TO IF THERE IS SOME WAY TO INCORPORATE WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DONE, I THINK IT WOULD BE A.
A LANDMARK THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND SO SHOULD WE BE INCENTIVIZING THEN LEED CERTIFIED BUILDINGS FOR WHAT WE NEED ARE THE MENTAL SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN BUILDING THAT BUILDING? WELL, WE SURE FROM OUR DEVELOPERS AND FROM OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD.
INCENTIVIZING IF WE NEED SOLAR AT THE SILVER END HERE OF BANKERS.
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FOR ME, YOU KNOW, BOB, ON WHAT MISS HARRIS SAID, BEST PRACTICES, RIGHT, AND BOULDER, COLORADO, I WAS LOOKING AROUND AND SEEING A CITY THAT IS PROGRESSIVE BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CITY, OUR COMPANY SHOULD NOT ONLY JUST LOOK AT THE THE FUTURE, BUT THE PRESENT AND HOW WE ADDRESS THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, POVERTY THAT'S AFFECTING CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, BLIGHT IN CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR CITY.AND SO I'D WANT US TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL ASPECT OF HOW YOU MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GO TO WORK, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY.
AND TRANSPORTATION COMES UP AS MY BIG PET PEEVE STATION.
AND YEAH, AND IN THE SOUTHEAST AREA, SOUTHWEST AREA, THE LACK OF TRANSPORTATION IS APPALLING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FOR THE ELDERLY WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS AT ALL TO GO WALK TO THE STORE. I THINK WE HEARD DURING THE WORKSHOPS IT TAKES TWO TO THREE HOURS TO GET TO VEERA FROM HERE AND KNOW BY THE BUS SYSTEM THE VALDESE.
THERE'S LITERALLY NO BUS THAT PASSES THAT AREA.
SO LET'S THINK OF A YOUNG PERSON WANTS TO GO GRAB PIZZA DOWNTOWN OR DOWNTOWN BAYSIDE LAKES. BAYSIDE LAKES.
CAN'T DO. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A DOWNTOWN.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BUT BUT CAN'T DO THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT WHEN WE DEVELOP OUR CITY WALKABILITY.
ABSOLUTELY. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING THAT.
I DID SEE THAT ON THERE AS THAT CONCEPT.
ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE MORE, YOU COME UP ONE MORE AND THEN, KATIE, IF THERE IF THERE ARE ONLINE COMMENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU SHARE THOSE WITH LARRY. I CAN I CAN READ THE LARRY.
IT'S GOING TO READ THOSE HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
YOU, SIR. THE NIGHT ANTHONY HARRIS.
UM, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE LARGE DIASPORA OF CARIBBEAN PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN PALM BAY AND ENVIRONS AND A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE MOVING FROM UP NORTH COMING UP INTO PALM BAY OF CARIBBEAN HERITAGE ALSO.
SO WHEN THEY GET HERE, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THEY WANT TO DO AT SOME POINT, YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION BACK TO THE CARIBBEAN, IT WOULD BE NICE.
I'M JUST SAYING THIS CONVERSATION COULD BE STARTED IF SOMEHOW MAYBE A CHARTERED FLIGHT RIDE FROM MELBOURNE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO ORLANDO, SOMETHING COULD BE WORKED OUT WITH THE MELBOURNE AIRPORT.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME, BUT I'D SUGGEST A CONVERSATION COULD BE.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING THAT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA.
AND NOT ONLY CARIBBEAN PEOPLE LOVE TO GO TO THE CARIBBEAN.
DON'T WE ALL LOVE TO GO TO THE CARIBBEAN? AND THEY MAKE NO SMALL PLANS.
OK, SO LARRY'S GOING TO SHARE.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? WE HAVE A FEW ONLINE COMMENTS.
I'M JUST GOING TO READ THEM. THEY'RE JUST TYPED HERE INTO THE CHAT.
FIRST ONE SAYS, I BELIEVE THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE BACK THE EMERALD LAKES DEVELOPMENT AREA AND BUILD THAT AREA OUT COMPLETELY AS PALM BAY INSTEAD OF LETTING IT SIT THERE WITH THE DEVELOPER DOING NOTHING.
OK, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT SAYS THE BAYFRONT AREA AND EMERALD LAKES CAN PROVIDE DOWNTOWN SLESS VILLAGE AMENITIES FOR ENTERTAINMENT, RESTAURANTS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.
ANOTHER COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE THE DOWNTOWN TO BE NEAR THE WATER.
LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE HAVE WE GOT? THIS IS A GOOD START, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO MORE ENGAGEMENT TO HELP WITH 2040 VISIONING EXCELLENT.
MORE TO COME, I THINK IT'S ALL WE GOT RIGHT NOW ON ONLINE COMMENTS, I KNOW KATIE DID A LOT OF THE POLLING. I SAW THAT UP ON THE SCREEN WHEN WE WERE ENGAGING.
AND I IMAGINE THAT YOU'LL ALL GET US A REPORT ON ALL THAT POLLING THAT THAT WAS DONE.
ABSOLUTELY. AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DIALOG AS WELL.
SO MAYBE MAYBE WE'LL FIND OUT IF KATIE CAN DO A LITTLE WRITE UP FOR US AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT RECORDS THE DIALOG.
BUT I KNOW WE HAD SOME I HEARD QUITE A BIT OF CHATTER, SO MAYBE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT SHE CAN SPEAK TO.
AND WHEN YOU GET YOUR REPORT DONE, EXCELLENT.
HERE IN THE ROOM, ANYBODY ELSE? OK. PLEASE.
COMMUNITY THAT IS THRIVING TO GROW.
NEED TO PULL YOUR RESOURCES FROM YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.
WE CAN'T BE DEPENDING ON OTHER COMMUNITIES FOR OUR GROWTH.
ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE PEOPLE COME TO THE CITY AND SAY, I HAVE AN IDEA THAT CAN PROMOTE YOUR GROWTH. THEN WE NEED TO BE REALLY LOOKING AT THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY COME WITH SINCERITY. THEY COME WITH A REASON AND A PURPOSE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF LOCAL PEOPLE HERE THAT CAN MAKE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GROWTH OF
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THE CITY OF PALM BAY. SO I.BUYS THE CITY IN TO LOOK TO THOSE PEOPLE, TO VENDORS THAT ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND BE A PART OF THAT GROUP. ABSOLUTELY.
SO THERE IS THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS IN THE CITY THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO CLEAR SOME NEED TO HAVE YOU NEED TO HAVE A MECHANISM TO DO SO.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PUT THINGS YOU'RE TAKING AWAY OR A WAY TO REPURPOSE THEM, THERE'S NO WAY TO GROW. SO WE COME TO YOU.
MY SON AND I COME TO THE CITY AND WE ARE WE HAVE WE ACTUALLY MET WITH THE CITY TODAY AS A PROPOSAL TO HELP BE PART OF THAT GROWTH.
SO I TAKE IT OFFLINE OR WHATEVER.
AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION, LARRY AND I, WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TODAY.
BUT WE HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT WILL HELP THIS GROUP.
SO EXCELLENT. GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF THE GROUP. SO LET'S LET'S PRAISE THAT AND LET'S EMBRACE THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS.
AND ON THE IDEA ALL IN THE IN THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
OK, BUT A COMMENT ON THAT IDEA, WHAT EVERYBODY IS SAYING, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE NOT LOOK, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THESE GROWTH.
WHAT MY MOTHER SAID, IN ORDER TO GROW, WE HAVE TO BUILD WHEN WE MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR COMPLINE, FUTURE WILL ACCOMMODATE HELPING FOUNDATION OF GROWTH ACTUALLY BUILDING.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? SO ANY MORE COMMENTS ONLINE? NO, NO MORE COMMENTS ONLINE.
OK, WE'RE LIKE RIGHT ON TIME, SO WE GET YOU OUT A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
AGAIN, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR NEW POSTS.
WILL WILL BE SENDING OUT SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ALERTS.
HOPEFULLY YOU'VE BEEN SEEING THOSE.
WE'VE GOT POSTS AND ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I KNOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH INFORMATION GOING OUT THERE.
THE WEB SITE IS BEING UPDATED FREQUENTLY.
CAN YOU PUT THE DATES BACK UP FOR THE FUTURE MEETING? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
LET'S DO THAT. IT WILL PUT THE DATES BACK UP FOR YOU ALL.
SO. OK, SO AUGUST 24TH IS THE SECOND WORKSHOP THAT'S A PUBLIC WORKSHOP, THEN OCTOBER. WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATE SET IN STONE YET, BUT IN OCTOBER, WE'LL HAVE THE WORKSHOP THAT IS THE CURRENT PLAN FOR WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN THE THIRD PUBLIC WORKSHOPS GOING TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BUTTON UP THE PLAN SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
YES, THAT THAT'S WHEN WE FIND THE BEST TIME TO TO GET FOLKS TO ENGAGE.
SO THIS IS A SERIES AND IT BUILDS OFF EACH WORKSHOP, SO THE NEXT WORKSHOP, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SAME EXERCISES.
IT'LL BE DIFFERENT. BUT IN THE STAKEHOLDERS WAS ALL THE SAME THING BECAUSE WE WERE WE WERE ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS AT THE STAKEHOLDERS MEETINGS WITH SOME NUANCE BASED ON THE THE DIFFERENT GROUPS. THE WORKSHOPS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
SO YOU HAVE NEW CONCEPTS AND THINGS TO THINK ABOUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU.
AND AGAIN, BASED ON REAL WORLD EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE'VE WE KNOW ARE TRIED AND TRUE PLANNING PRINCIPLES OR THINGS THAT WE'VE COME ACROSS IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS.
I MEAN, THE GOAL THE GOAL OF THE SERIES REALLY IS TO TAKE WHAT WE LEARN AND MAKE EACH SUBSEQUENT SESSION.
WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU, ALL EITHER STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH THE WEBSITE, THROUGH TONIGHT'S ENGAGEMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD THE THE VISION FOR THE CITY AND WE NEED
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YOUR INPUT TO DO THAT.SO WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU IN AUGUST WITH WHAT WE THINK IS THE VISION.
BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO REFINE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO A HOPEFULLY A FINAL PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL IN NOVEMBER.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THE CITY COUNCIL'S INPUT BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ENGAGE WITH THEM AS WELL.
SO THAT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY THESE THINGS BUILD ON EACH OTHER.
SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET ALL THIS ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
OK, AND WITH THAT, FOLKS, YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE IN THE ROOM.
AND FOLKS ONLINE ARE VIRTUAL CROWD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING.
HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING AND WE'LL CATCH YOU IN AUGUST.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.