MARDAS. GOOD EVENING, I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR MEETING OF THE SUSTAINABILITY
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ADVISORY BOARD FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY TWENTY EIGHT, MEETING TWENTY TWENTY ONE, DASH TEN.CHAIRPERSON BYRD, AS VICE CHAIRPERSON, MIRAJ HERE, CHAIR, BOARD MEMBER PHILLIP SNYDER, TOURISM BOARD MEMBER CONNELY.
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OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.HI, FOLKS, I'M DAVID MONTY MONTGOMERY, AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS MEETING OR THE MEETINGS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, SO I'M HERE TO HELP.
I SAW SOME OF THE PLAN LAST MEETING AND AND A REACTOR THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE OTHER OTHER BOARD MEETINGS, INCLUDING SATELLITE BEACH, WHERE SUSANNE'S FROM. SO I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THEM EVEN AFTER SUZANNE LEFT, WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S GOOD TO SEE ONE OF THESE BOARDS TRYING TO WORK YEARS AFTER THE PLAN'S BEEN DONE, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THERE IN SATELLITE BEACH THESE DAYS DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE INTEND TO BUY. A LOT OF THE TEXT.
AND I SAW THAT IN A LOT OF THE PALM BAY STUFF THAT I SAW INITIALLY.
THE FIRST THING I I'VE ACTUALLY I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO WORK THINGS, BUT I PLAN TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MEETING AND PRESENT MORE OF A PITCH ON WHAT PALM BAY IS AND WHAT WHAT I BELIEVE THE INDIVIDUAL ISSUES ARE WITH PALM BAY.
LET ME READ THOSE REAL QUICK. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN MY THREE MINUTES, BUT THE KEY THING I'M WORKING ON IN BRAVAS COUNTY'S WATERSHED ISSUES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES WITH PALM BAY. WE BASICALLY LIVE ON A LIVE ON BEACH.
AND MOST OF THE WATER HERE, IT NEVER, NEVER REACHES THE OCEAN.
IT GOES DOWN THE GROUND AND PEOPLE REALIZE THE LAGOON DOESN'T DRAIN TO THE OCEAN.
IT JUST PERCOLATES INTO THE GROUND.
SO WHEN WE POLLUTE THE LAGOON, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M WORKING.
BUT THE HISTORY OF PALM BAY THAT I SAW FROM THE THE MINUTES OR THE DOCUMENT IS VERY BENIGN AND HIGH LEVEL.
AND I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
HOW DO WE GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH, YOU KNOW, TILLMANN HAVING A DOCK OUT IN THE RIVER YEARS AGO, THE CREATION OF MELBOURNE TILLMANN CANAL DISTRICTS AND THE THE DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS THEY CREATED THAT NOW DIVERT THINGS TO THE RIVER.
THE ORIGINAL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BRINGS IT TO ST.
JOHN'S RIVER. SO WE'VE KIND OF CHANGED THINGS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF LOW LANDS IN THE SOUTH THAT PROBABLY WILL BE DEVELOPED BUT ARE VERY SUSPICIOUS. I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT IS AN ISSUE IN BRAVAS OR IN PALM BAY.
WE'RE GETTING A SECOND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
THAT'S GOOD. WE GET MORE PEOPLE HOOKED UP SEWER.
THERE'S TRAFFIC CAPACITY ISSUES.
AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT GENERALLY AS FOCUS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
THE OTHER PLAN, THE PLAN WE'VE NOW LOST OUR COMPLAN PERSON, SAD LOSS, AND WE LOST SQUISHIER BAILEY, SO SUSANNE'S REALLY BURIED WITH STUFF.
SO I WANT TO TRY TO HELP WITH WITH THOSE THINGS.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OTHER THAN AT THE LAST MINUTE.
WE WERE RUSHING TO GET THINGS TO THE COUNCIL AND IT WAS LIKE FROM WHAT I SAW, IT WASN'T REALLY FOCUSED OR CRISP.
THE DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE AND I CAN'T STAY TONIGHT, BUT I'D LIKE TO HELP MORE WITH THAT, WITH I SAW YOU BRIEFLY.
I'M TRAINED AND DOING SHORT AND LONG TERM PLANNING.
SO FOR THIS BOARD, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HELP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SUZANNE POINT OUT THERE ARE OBJECTIVES THAT USED TO EXIST ON THE WEBSITE FOR THIS BOARD AND THOSE OF YOU DISAPPEARED.
SHE SAYS, WELL, LOOK AT THE OBJECTIVES.
SO I HAVE ALL THAT STUFF, BUT I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP FINE-TUNE THAT.
I MADE UP A BUNCH OF I'M NOT TO MAKE UP A LITTLE PITCH FOR NEXT TIME IF I GET A CHANCE ABOUT THE THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF PALM BAY THAT REALLY AFFECT WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND HOW OUR FOCUS INTO THE NEXT 40 YEARS MIGHT BE PRIORITIZED.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT I HOPE YOU GUYS DON'T RUSH A DOCUMENT TO THE COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY UNDER CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
THEY'RE ALL CONFUSED WITH COMMISSIONER BAILEY LEAVING.
AND I ANTICIPATE THAT THINGS ARE PRETTY BUSY AND SUZANNE'S REAL BUSY.
SO I HAD. WE GET HIS PHONE NUMBER AND WE.
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THAT'S ALL, BUT.BRIAN. YOU COMMUNICATE WITH BRITISH, YOU CAN DISSEMINATE TO THE REST.
IS THERE INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US, LIKE WHAT YOUR LIST IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US NOW OR YOU WANT TO? I HAVE TO WORK ON.
WE HEAR HOW THE HISTORY OF WHERE WE'VE GOT, FOR EXAMPLE, GENERAL DEVELOPMENT WAS NOT EVEN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, LET'S WE'VE BEEN HANDED THIS GENERAL DEVELOPMENT HERE.
WE'RE BANKRUPT. YOU DEAL WITH IT, YOU KNOW, AND WATER TREATMENT USED TO SPRAY.
WE USE WATER ON THE GOLF COURSE.
A LOT OF THINGS WE'VE INHERITED NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HERE.
BUT IT IS TODAY AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED FROM THE PAST, THE THE WAY THINGS WE WERE GOING TO IMPROVE NATURE AND PUT ALL THESE CANALS ACROSS PALM BAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY CREEKS ANYMORE.
AND IT'S THERE'S DEFORESTATION OCCURRED ACROSS PALM BAY, YOU KNOW, SO WE LOST ALL OUR TREES IN THE 20S AND 30S OF LAST YEAR.
HAVE ALL OF THAT YET IN THE NEXT, LIKE ENOUGH? YEAH, I DID. YOU WERE HERE.
I DID A PITCH IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY NINETEEN AND PUT THAT TOGETHER.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE BUT IT WAS THROWN TOGETHER AND I COULD IF YOU COULD DO THAT, IF I HAD MORE TIME I COULD HAVE WRITTEN LESS THE THINGS THAT I'VE LIVED ON.
SO I'LL TRY TO REHASH THAT AND HAVE MORE OF A REFERENCE PACKAGE FOR FOLKS AND TRY TO.
YES, BUT I'D LIKE TO KEEP TRACK THE DOCUMENT AND FOCUS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER PEOPLE DOING ACROSS THE COUNTY HOW THEIR DOCUMENTS LOOK.
CITY OF. SATELLITE BEACH, COCOA BEACH, COCOA, I'VE WORKED A LOT WITH IMPERATOR COUNTY, SO AND IF IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU WANT TO DISSEMINATE, BRITTA CAN DO IT.
AND THAT'S WITH THE LIMITATIONS WE HAVE.
I'M AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE I'M OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL SO I CAN DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLY THAN THE BIG ISSUES ON SUNSHINE LAWS AND OTHER THAN ADA COMPLIANCE THAT HAVE COME IN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND REALLY PUT A CHALLENGE TO OUR OPERATIONS ACROSS GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTY.
THANK YOU, GUYS. ANY OTHER COMMENT?
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WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM COOPER VADE, BEAUTIFUL FROM AMANDA, IF YOU WOULD.US HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME SO YOU CAN CALL ME AND.
OK, SO I DO HAVE TO POINT AT IT.
OK, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, SO IS EVERYBODY AWARE OF KEEPER OF OUR BEAUTIFUL UP HERE? OH, KNOW, WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING SOMETHING NEW, AS I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE, RECYCLING IS KIND OF ON A DOWNFALL OR HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES IN THE NICE WAY.
AND WASTE IS STILL A HUGE ISSUE EVERYWHERE IN 2019, OUR LAGOON FRIENDLY LOAN PROGRAM.
KIND OF DID A COMPOSTING PILOT PROGRAM COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE WANT TO DO NOW, BUT ABOUT 30 OF OUR LAGOON FRIENDLY LONG PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS GOT A COMPOST BIN LIKE THIS ONE TO KIND OF SEE HOW IT WENT.
AND THIS MAP SHOWS WHERE ALL OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS WERE WITHIN THE COUNTY.
AND WE LIKE THIS MAP BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COUNTY AND NOT JUST IN CERTAIN AREAS.
WE SAW FROM OUR DATA THAT PEOPLE DID CREATE LESS WASTE IN THEIR TRASH CAN BECAUSE THEY WERE DIVERTING IT TO THEIR COMPOSTER.
AND THEY DID SEE BETTER RESULTS IN THEIR PLANTS, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING THEIR COMPOST. BUT A GOOD MAJORITY OF THEM WEREN'T ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY CREATE HEALTHY COMPOST.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF BAD COMPOST.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE STARTED TO COME UP WITH THE NEW IDEA, ALONG WITH OTHER STATE LEGISLATION WHERE COMPOST IS NOW MANDATED.
I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF CALIFORNIA AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME BILLS IN THE TAMPA AREA AS WELL AS NATIONWIDE WITH THE NEW COMPOST ACT THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP.
SO WE'RE SEEING STUFF HAPPEN AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN BREVARD COUNTY.
NOW, WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL IT'S MANDATED.
WE WANT IT TO START NOW SO THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO IT.
SO WHEN IT IS MANDATED, THEY'RE NOT LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, WHAT'S HAPPENING? SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO BRING COMPOSTING OR CURBSIDE COMPOSTING TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY. IT'S KIND OF BEEN MORE DIFFICULT THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE JUST
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BECAUSE WE ORIGINATED THIS IDEA WITH THE CITY OF TITUSVILLE IN MIND.THEY WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO COME TO US AND BE LIKE, HEY, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU LAND.
WE WANT THE COMPOSTING FACILITY TO BE IN TITUSVILLE.
THAT FELL THROUGH FOR MANY REASONS.
THE CITY OF WEST MELBOURNE THEN OFFERED LAND.
IT WENT TO COUNCIL AND THEY DENIED IT THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF THE LAND THAT WAS CHOSEN.
SO THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO DO IT ON THE LAND THAT WAS CHOSEN.
BUT THEY LIKE THE IDEA, THOUGH.
ACTUALLY, JUST LAST WEEK WE WENT TO ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON A DIFFERENT PARCEL OF LAND AND THEY VOTED YES.
SO WE DO HAVE A PIECE OF LAND IN THE CITY OF WEST MELBOURNE TO START OUR PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S KIND OF I'LL GET TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE WE ONLY NEED ABOUT AN ACRE OF LAND TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE WITH THE HUBS THAT WE HAVE IN MIND TO HAVE THESE COMPOSTING STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A MOMENT. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE RESTAURANTS, SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, RESIDENTS AND ANYBODY WHO WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP SERVICE THEM.
ANYBODY WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S A RESTAURANT OR AN INDIVIDUAL, WILL GET SOME TYPE OF BUCKET.
WE'RE LOOKING AT GIVING THE FIVE GALLON BUCKETS TO RESIDENTIAL WITH THE SCREW ON LIDS SO WE DON'T HAVE CRITTERS TRYING TO GET INTO IT.
WE WILL HAVE A STAFF MEMBER DRIVE AROUND AND PICK UP THAT COMPOST WEEKLY, BRING IT BACK TO THE FACILITY THAT WAS DONATED TO US FOR WEST MELBOURNE AS OF RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE WILL THEN COMPOST THAT ORGANIC WASTE.
THIS IS JUST SOME OTHER IDEAS, SO THE ONLY COMPLICATION WITH THIS PROGRAM IS AND I'M JUST GOING TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW NOW IN CASE YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT.
IN THIS COUNTY, MOST OF THE COUNTY, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE REPUBLIC SERVICES, MOST OF THE COUNTY IS WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS A CONTRACT WITH OUR COUNTY AND A LOT OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES FOR THEM TO BE THE ONLY WASTE HAULER, WHICH CREATES AN ISSUE FOR US BECAUSE UNLESS THAT CONTRACT IS AMENDED, WE CAN'T HAUL ANY WASTE.
WE THOUGHT THAT SPEAKING WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THEY SAID THAT WE COULDN'T TECHNICALLY BY STATE LAW, HAUL RESIDENTIAL WASTE AS OF RIGHT NOW.
BUT THEY WERE WORKING ON A NEW BILL FOR THAT.
BUT WE COULD HAUL COMMERCIAL WASTE.
THAT IS THE CASE IN SOME COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT NOT THIS COUNTY, SO WE'RE KIND OF BACK AT THE DRAWING BOARD AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THIS.
SO UNLESS THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY COMMISSION GOES TO WASTE MANAGEMENT OR PUBLIC SERVICES OR WHOEVER IS YOUR HAULER AND ASKS TO AMEND THAT CONTRACT, UNLESS THE HALLERS WILLING TO WORK WITH US, WE CAN'T REALLY HAUL COMPOST OR ORGANIC MATERIALS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE HURDLE WE'RE SEEING.
AND I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL WORK SOMETHING OUT AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
IF NOT, THIS IS WHY THIS OPTION IS HERE, BECAUSE TECHNICALLY RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS CAN DROP OFF THEIR WASTE AND WE CAN GO PICK THAT UP.
BUT FROM A SURVEY THAT I PUT OUT AND I GOT ABOUT 300 REPLIES, THEY WANT IT TO BE PICKED UP. THEY DON'T WANT TO DROP IT OFF.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OTHER PLACES, MIAMI, D.C., THAT ARE DOING CURBSIDE COMPOSTING PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.
THESE ARE THE BUCKETS THEY GIVE OUT.
THIS IS KIND OF THE SETUP THAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE AT OUR FACILITIES.
THESE ARE SHIPPING CONTAINERS PUT INTO TWO BAYS AND THEN UNDERNEATH THEY HAVE AN AIR RAID SYSTEM TO HELP THAT COMPOST BREAK DOWN FASTER.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF HOW THAT COULD LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT.
WE'RE NOT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY TYPE OF SETUP WE'RE INTERESTED IN, BUT THE AREA THE SEC FILED WE THINK IS THE BEST, BEST METHOD FOR THIS IDEA.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A SUPER SIMPLE ONE WHERE YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT THEY HAVE THE PIPES JUST GOING INTO THE DIRT.
THERE'S NO ELABORATE SETUP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT STILL DOES THE JOB.
AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT WORKS WITH THE ACTIVE LAYER OF COMPOST.
AND THERE'S A BIO LAYER ON TOP TO KEEP ANIMALS AND ODORS FROM, YOU KNOW, DETERRING PEOPLE FROM DOING THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.
ONCE THIS ONCE THE COMPOSTS OR THE ORGANIC WASTE, THE NITROGEN AND THE CARBON ARE MIXED TOGETHER AND ARE SITTING THERE IN THE PILES WITH THE AERATION BEING PUMPED UP THROUGH IT, WE WANT IT TO REACH A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE TO GET HOT ENOUGH TO START BREAKING DOWN AND GIVE OUR THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA THE ABILITY TO BREAK DOWN THAT WASTE AND REPRODUCE.
ONCE IT STARTS TO COOL DOWN AGAIN, WE'LL MOVE IT.
SO THAT'S ABOUT A MONTH PROCESS.
SO ONCE THAT MONTH IS OVER, WE'LL MOVE IT OUT INTO A WINDOW AND LET IT SIT FOR ANOTHER TWO TO THREE MONTHS OR SEVERE DOUBT.
GET ANY LARGE CONTAMINANTS OUT.
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HOPEFULLY THERE'S NOT A LOT BECAUSE WE HOPE TO GET THAT ON THE FRONT END AND THEN BAG IT AND I'LL GET TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ONCE IT'S BAGGED IN A MINUTE.BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO TEST OUR OUR SOIL AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOOD AFTER IT'S DONE.
WE HOPE TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AT 50 TO GET THE STUDENTS INVOLVED.
THEY CAN TEST IT, BUT ALSO THE US COMPOSTING COUNCIL.
WE ALSO HOPE TO ASK OUR PARTICIPANTS TO FILL OUT SURVEYS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE SOIL AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THAT IT'S DOING GOOD IN THEIR YARD.
SO OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT WE WANT PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT COMPOSTING, WHETHER IT'S DOING IT WITH US OR JUST DOING IT AT HOME.
SO WE WANT TO ENGAGE AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT WITH, YOU KNOW, STICKERS ON THE BUCKETS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PUTTING THE RIGHT STUFF IN.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THOSE ISSUES WITH RECYCLING AND THE COMPOSTING, BUT WE WILL BE MANAGING THAT ON THE FRONT END BEFORE IT GETS PUT INTO THOSE PILES.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CONTAMINANTS.
ALSO, OBVIOUSLY, LITERATURE, BROCHURES, STUFF LIKE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE OUT TO THE PUBLIC, NOT JUST OUR PARTICIPANTS.
AND WE ALSO HOPE TO HAVE ZERO WASTE EVENT IN THE FUTURE, BRINGING OUT OUR TRASH CANS, RECYCLE BINS AND COMPOSTING BINS TO LIKE A FOURTH OF JULY PARTY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. THAT WAY PEOPLE HAVE TO BRING THEIR WASTE TO US AND WE THEN CAN EDUCATE THEM ON WHERE IT SHOULD BE GOING, SHOWING THEM THAT REALLY THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRASH.
HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE GOAL. WELL, WE ALSO HOPE TO HAVE CLASSES AND TOURS AT OUR COMPOSTING FACILITIES IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN WITH THAT LEFTOVER COMPOST, WE WANT TO GIVE BACK TO OUR PARTICIPANTS SO THAT THEY CAN USE IT. AND IF, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE CITY OF WEST MELBOURNE, WE'RE GOING TO COMPOST THEIR GOVERNMENT BUILDING WASTE AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM SOIL IF THEY WANT IT FOR YOUR MEDIANS, YOUR GARDENS, YOUR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO. WE HOPE TO HAVE A CLOSED LOOP AND HAVE EVERYBODY USING IT AND ENJOYING IT AND PARTICIPATING NOT TO, I THINK, GIFT.
THERE WE GO. SO AFTER THE EDUCATIONAL PART, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE ENVIRONMENTAL GROWTH. WE WANT TO STOP USING FERTILIZER.
WE DON'T WANT ALL THAT RUNOFF TO BE GOING INTO OUR LAGOON AND COMPOST IF WE CAN GET IT TO A CITY LEVEL AND EVERYBODY WHO'S USING IT WILL ACT SOMEWHAT AS A BLANKET AND STOP ALL THAT RUNOFF FROM GOING INTO OUR LAGOON WITH THOSE BAD FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THAT ENVIRONMENTAL GROWTH.
ALSO, WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP EXPANDING OUR LANDFILLS.
WE WANT TO DIVERT THE WASTE AND RECYCLE IT.
NATURE'S WAY OF RECYCLING IS COMPOSTING.
THAT WILL ALSO BRING BACK THE METHANE GAS EMISSIONS THAT WE'RE EMITTING IN THIS COUNTY.
SO LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE WANT TO HAVE HUBS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
THAT'S OUR GOAL. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ONE LARGE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE TO TOTE EVERYTHING TO FROM TITUSVILLE ALL THE WAY TO WHEREVER.
IF OUR DAY, WE HAVE ONE IN PALM BAY.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY FROM TITUSVILLE TO.
SO WE WANT THESE DECENTRALIZED HUBS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, WHICH WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO CREATE BETTER COMPOST BECAUSE IT'S ON A SMALLER SCALE.
WE'RE NOT MASS PRODUCING COMPOST AND JUST, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT DONE TO GET IT DONE.
WE WANT IT TO BE HEALTHY COMPOST THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY SEE A DIFFERENCE IN.
WE KNOW THIS IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE BEHIND US AND SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THIS THROUGH. WE JUST GOT TO WE GOT TO GET IT STARTED.
AND NOT TO MENTION, WE ALL KNOW OUR COUNTY'S GROWING WITH ALL THESE HIGH TECH INDUSTRIES, SPACE, WHATNOT, WE SEE LIKE MINDED INDIVIDUALS COMING HERE AND THEY WANT TO SEE THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS HAPPENING, AS I'M SURE YOU GUYS DO AS WELL.
QUESTIONS. START ON THE ENGINE.
OK. TAKE A TURN TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
CAN I CAN I GET JUST A SECOND TO PROCESS AND THINK I WILL SAY, EVEN BEFORE I ASK QUESTIONS, THAT I'M REALLY IMPRESSED AND I'M REALLY EXCITED AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT VERY SOON YOU'LL SEE PALM BAY CITY LOGO ON THAT PAGE OF OF OTHER SUPPORTERS.
SO I'LL HAVE A QUESTION IN JUST A MOMENT.
I KNOW I FEEL LIKE I JUST SPAT OUT A LOT OF YOU.
YEAH. JUST WANT YOU TO KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH THE THE CURBSIDE COMPOSTING CONCEPT SAYS SAY YOU DID GET REPUBLIK ALWAYS MANAGEMENT TO GO WITH YOU.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SO IF YOU ARE A PARTICIPANT IN THE PROGRAM, YOU WILL PAY A MONTHLY FEE.
WE HAVE TO SUSTAIN THIS PROGRAM.
HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE'LL GET SUBSIDIES THROUGH THE CITIES AND THAT CAN KIND OF HELP OUR RESIDENTS NOT HAVE TO PAY AS MUCH.
WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN OTHER STATES.
THE D.C. METRO AREA DOES THAT WITH COMPOST CREW, BUT IN THE BEGINNING IT WILL BE THOSE LIKE MINDED PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COMPOST BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. WE'RE THINKING AROUND 15 BUCKS A MONTH.
THAT'S NOT SET IN STONE, BUT THAT WILL GET YOU IF YOU SIGN UP, YOU GET YOUR BUCKET, YOU GET YOUR COMPOSTABLE BAGS TO PUT IN YOUR BUCKET.
SO WHEN OUR DRIVER COMES AROUND, THEY JUST TAKE THE BAG OUT AND THEY LEAVE YOUR BUCKET.
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IF IT'S DIRTY, WE'LL CLEAN IT.BUT HOPEFULLY IT SHOULDN'T BE BECAUSE THE BAG IS IN THERE.
BUT YES, YOU'LL PAY A MONTHLY FEE ONCE A WEEK WILL COME AROUND AND PICK UP YOUR ORGANIC WASTE. YOU WILL KNOW WHAT CAN AND CAN'T GO IN THE BUCKET BASED OFF OF EDUCATION, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING SOME TYPE OF VIDEO FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO SIGN UP, BUT ALSO WILL HAVE THAT INTERACTION WITH EVERYBODY, TOO, BECAUSE OUR DRIVER HAS TO GO OUT AND GET IT. SO IF THERE'S EVER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE THERE TO ANSWER THEM.
OH, DO I GET FREE SOIL AT THE END? IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS? SO WE'RE THINKING EVERY SIX MONTHS YOU'LL GET ABOUT A CUBIC TWO CUBIC YARDS OF FREE COMPOST DEPENDING ON HOW IT GOES, MAYBE MORE, HOPEFULLY, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE PROGRAM. SO IF I DON'T WANT MY MY SOIL, WOULD I JUST CAN I GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE? YEAH, YOU CAN DONATE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU CAN DONATE TO THE CITY OF A LOCAL FARM COMMUNITY GARDEN.
AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL FARMS AND COMMUNITY GARDENS TO GIVE AND DONATE THAT AS WELL.
YOU JUST ANSWERED SOME OF MY QUESTIONS AT THE VERY BEGINNING, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH RECYCLING AND THE RECYCLING RATES GOING DOWN.
AND I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT.
SO ARE YOU ABLE TO SAY MORE OR NOT? I DON'T WANT TO SAY MORE BECAUSE I CAN'T SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALL THE STATS AND DETAILS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN SOME HICCUPS WITH RECYCLING.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE COUNTY STATS ARE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT.
BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT EVEN MAYBE COMPOST, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF CONTAMINATION WITH RECYCLING AND WE ALL KNOW THAT.
SO WE'RE HOPING AND SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE OPPOSITE.
YOU'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE COMPOSTING AND IT'S GOING TO GO THE SAME WAY RECYCLING IS AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO CONTAMINATE.
AND THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE ON A LARGE LEVEL WHERE LIKE CALIFORNIA, EVERYBODY HAS TO COMPOSE THERE. SO IT'S NOT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COMPOST, IT'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO.
SO IN THAT CASE, THERE MIGHT BE A LOT MORE CONTAMINATION HERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COMPOST.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL FOLLOW THOSE RULES AND THAT'LL KIND OF IGNITE THEM TO THINK MORE ON THE RECYCLING SIDE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR GOAL IN THIS, IS MAYBE INTRODUCING THIS NEW IDEA AND MAKING IT SUCH A BIG DEAL WILL HOPEFULLY INSPIRE PEOPLE TO RECYCLE AND COMPOST.
RIGHT. WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO, THOUGH.
OK. WELL, GOING FORWARD, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON DOING THEIR OWN COMPOSTING AT HOME.
I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'VE COMPOST AND IT'S THE BEST WAY TO START A COMPOST PILE IS WITH COMPOST.
SAVE SOME OF YOUR PREVIOUS COMPOST AND START YOUR.
MM HMM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN BUY IT AROUND HERE, BUT I CERTAINLY HAVE SOME.
I'M OPPOSED TO COMING TO EARTH, THOUGH, START BOTH SIDES.
I'M WONDERING ABOUT YOUR EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT WAY WITH PEOPLE, WHY YOU'RE WHY THEY FAILED IN THEIR OWN HOME COMPOSTING.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, THAT PILOT WAS NOT SOMETHING I WAS INVOLVED IN.
SO IT'S A GOOD POINT THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD GO BACK AND HELP EDUCATE THOSE PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I'LL THINK ABOUT AND BRING UP MOVING FORWARD.
WE DON'T WANT TO DETER PEOPLE FROM COMPOSTING AT HOME, BUT I FEEL THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM DON'T WANT TO COMPOST.
I SENT OUT A SURVEY AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND IT TO YOU AS WELL SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT THE QUESTIONS WERE. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO COMPOST AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT AT HOME. THEY'D RATHER DO GOOD AND GIVE IT TO US TO DO IT AND THEN GET THEIR FREE COMPOST AT THE END.
BUT IF PEOPLE WANT TO DO IT AT HOME, LIKE I SAID IN THAT PRESENTATION WITH THE ZERO WASTE EVENT, WE ALSO WANT TO DO TOURS AND DO CLASSES ON HOW TO COMPOST AT HOME IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T SEE THAT AS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT OFF THE BAT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE CLASSES, SCHOOL TOURS ON HOW TO COMPOST ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO LEARN. SO DEFINITELY IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO. BY THE PROGRAM AND A WEST MELBOURNE.
DO YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL TO HAVE THE CONTRACT ENDED WITH NIYA? NOW PROCEED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE WITHOUT.
SO BASED OFF OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAVE THE LAND IN WEST MELBOURNE TO MOVE FORWARD
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WITH THIS PROJECT AND WE CAN WITH THE RESIDENTIAL DROP OFF ASPECT OR COMMERCIAL DROP OFF, IT CAN BE ANY TYPE OF DROP OFF.BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE CANNOT TECHNICALLY HAUL WASTE.
WE CAN'T GO SOMEWHERE AND PICK IT UP.
THAT MIGHT CHANGE, THAT MIGHT NOT CHANGE, I'M NOT SURE.
GETTING BACK TO A HUB IDEA IN THE INTERIM, IT COULD WORK IF THERE WAS LAND AVAILABLE, AND ESPECIALLY NOW WE'RE STARTING WITH TWO ACRES, MY HOME, AND NOW IT'S OF.
WELL, I THINK IT COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD HAVE A SMALL.
THE REAL HUBS WHERE IT COULD BE MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE THAN TO DROP IT OFF, HMM.
BILL, I IMAGINE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED COMMUNITY PRESSURE.
HOPEFULLY NOT, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET IT RESOLVED.
NICELY, BUT IT COULD WORK WITH THE IDEA OF A ONE ACRE SPREAD OUT AND SOME LIKE, HMM, YEAH, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE LARGE LAND.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WE PLAN TO PROCESS EACH HUB.
IF THE MORE HUBS WE HAVE, THE SMALLER THEY CAN BE, THE LESS HUBS WE HAVE, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WE'RE ACCEPTING, THE LARGER THEY NEED TO BE.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE RESIDENTIAL DROP OFF AND COMMERCIAL DROP OFF NOW IN WEST MELBOURNE, WE JUST CAN'T GO PICK UP AND LIKE IT WHERE IT WAS.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL AND THERE ARE COMPOSERS WHO DO SOLELY THIS, THEY THEY SET UP THESE SMALL STATIONS WITH PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S A RESTAURANT, A COFFEE ROASTER, A CITY GOVERNMENT BUILDING, THESE DROP OFF LOCATIONS FOR PEOPLE. THEY CAN BRING US THEIR ORGANIC WASTE.
WE CAN PICK UP FROM HERE AND BRING IT TO OUR FACILITY.
WE JUST CAN'T ACTUALLY GO TO THE RESTAURANTS AND THE HOMES TO PICK UP.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER AREAS.
SUNCOAST COMPOST OVER IS COUNTY, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
THEY DO THIS. THE ONLY THING WITH THIS IS I WOULD FORESEE IT HAVING TO BE FREE OR MUCH CHEAPER BECAUSE WE CAN'T ASK PEOPLE TO PAY TO DROP OFF THEIR WITH THEIR WEIGHTS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I DON'T I THINK WE COULD DO IT.
I THINK IT WOULD REQUIRE A LOT MORE GRANTS AND OTHER MEANS OF FUNDS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RUN A FACILITY, HIRE PEOPLE TO GET IT DONE.
AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE, UNLESS WE CAN SLOWLY GET IT ON VOLUNTEERS, WE HOPE TO WORK WITH IFAS AS WELL FOR VOLUNTEERS, MASTER GARDENERS, COMPOST AND ALL THE DIFFERENT HOMES.
SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.
NOW TO GETTING TO THAT, SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL BUSINESS LIKE RESTAURANTS.
ARE YOU LIMITED? DOES IT HAVE TO BE A FAR AWAY FROM A RESTAURANT OR CAN IT BE IN THERE? THEIR PARKING LOT AND YOU COULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS, OK.
UH. I'M NOT I'M NOT SO YOU MEAN LIKE IF WE HAD ONE OF THESE IN A PARKING LOT OF A RESTAURANT? YEAH.
SO IF WE SAY WE HAVE ONE HUB, THAT IS THAT WE COULD HAVE THESE LITTLE STATIONS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND GO PICK UP FROM.
YES. SO I YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE A WAY.
WELL, BUT THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE ACREAGE, ALL IT TO TAKE IT TO.
YES, YES, IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE CONTRACT.
SAY, IN THEORY OF HOME, THEY DID WANT THIS, THAT IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND SEE WHAT THE CONTRACT IS, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL WISE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE BOMBAY REPUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACT LOOKS LIKE.
I KNOW WITH OTHER CONTRACTS IN THE COUNTY, IT'S THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COUNTY.
IT'S COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT PUBLIC SERVICES IS, SO IT MIGHT BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
AND IF THE CITY MANAGER IS WILLING TO AMEND THE CONTRACT, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.
IF THE CITY MANAGER IS NOT WILLING TO AMEND, THEN WE HAVE TO WORK ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
EDDIE. YEAH, IT'S I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL LEARNING
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THIS IS NOT HERE YET, SO WE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET IT HERE.THERE WAS NO EXACT DATE SOON, HOPEFULLY, BUT I DON'T I'M NOT SURE AND I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR THIS, BUT I'M NOT 100 PERCENT SURE THAT EVEN IF THERE WAS A RESIDENTIAL BILL. THAT IT WOULD MATTER IN THIS COUNTY, BECAUSE IF THE WASTE HAULER HAS A CONTRACT SAYING THAT THEY ARE THE ONLY HAULER, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
GOOD QUESTION. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS YET.
AND I WITH THE COUNTY, NO, I'M WITH KUPERBERG, BEAUTIFUL.
THEY MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD, THOUGH, THEY SEEM VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND.
YEAH, SO LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AND IT IS GOING TO BE A LEARNING GAME AND WE HOPE TO INVOLVE AS MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTY AS POSSIBLE.
IF STUDENTS KNOW BIOLOGY STUDENTS, SOIL STUDENTS, THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT.
I KNOW THEY HAVE SOIL, SOIL PEOPLE OVER THERE.
BUT THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING IDEA.
I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT HONESTLY.
YEAH. YEAH, YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
I'VE HAD TIME TO THINK, OH, GOOD.
UH, SO WHAT I HAVEN'T HEARD US DISCUSS.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND AND IF THIS WOULD BE VIABLE.
HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED COMPOSTING OR PROVIDING COMPOSING SERVICES FOR PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES? REASON I BRING IT UP IS I WONDER IF YOU GUYS COULD HAVE A DROP OFF LOCATION AT APARTMENT COMPLEXES. PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BRINGING THEIR TRASH DOWN TO A DUMPSTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND IT MAY BE EASIER, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO I'M CURIOUS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS.
YEAH, MULTI RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHMENTS ARE DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WANT TO TARGET BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO.
I MEAN, YOU CAN COMPOST ON A PATIO, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO THAT? SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A THOUGHT.
AND ACTUALLY, WHEN DISCORDANTLY WAS SPEAKING, I WAS THINKING, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE THAT IN A IN A MULTI RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHMENT? I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON THE CONTRACT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WITHIN EACH MUNICIPALITY AND OR UNINCORPORATED AREA.
I'M NOT SURE. BUT THAT WOULD BE COOL IF WE COULD GET AROUND IT AND HAVE THEM THERE.
I'M NOT SURE. BUT WHETHER WHETHER IT'S AN AGREEMENT OR IT'S A DROP OFF, WE ARE CONSIDERING THOSE TWO IDEAS IN THOSE TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTS, APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND CONDOS. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE BECAUSE WE MENTIONED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MOVING TO OUR AREA. I KNOW MANY OF THEM.
I MEAN, AT LEAST FOR A FIRST YEAR, MANY OF THEM RESIDE IN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION, I THINK I KNOW WHERE THIS WOULD BE GOING, BUT I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WHAT KIND OF ADVOCACY COULD YOU USE FROM US AND FROM OUR
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ADVISORY BOARD, BUT ALSO FROM PALM BAY AS A WHOLE? SO LAND, BUT ALSO IF WE WANT TO SEE A PICKUP SERVICE IN THIS MUNICIPALITY, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE AGREEMENT OF ALL THE PARTIES AND I GUESS THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED FROM CITY COUNCIL.RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE.
YOU CAN HELP, I'M ASSUMING SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD NEED IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PICKUP OF WASTE, WE WOULD NEED HELP WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR CONTRACT IS, SO I REALLY CAN'T EVEN COMMENT ON THAT YET.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THAT'S THE BIGGEST HURDLE WE FACE SO FAR AS ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO PICK UP THE WASTE. OH, YEAH, AND AND A PIECE OF LAND.
I DON'T THINK IT'D BE A TERRIBLE GOAL TO SAY, YOU KNOW, BUT MAYBE WE CAN TRY TO ADVOCATE FOR PALM TO BE THE FIRST CITY IN OUR AREA WITH A.
I'M POSTING PICK UP. THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND DEFINITELY THIS WAS ON OUR RADAR.
SO IT IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND AND WILL BE SOMETHING THAT OUR BOARD ALREADY IS ON BOARD TO TRY TO PARTNER ON BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD IN MIND ANYWAY IS IN OUR PLAN. AWESOME.
I'M OPEN TO IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, HELP, COMMENTS.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S IT'S A LEARNING GAME.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE THAN I DO ON SOME THINGS AND VICE VERSA.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME.
CALL ME. AND WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC FOR YOU.
RIGHT. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I'LL KEEP IN MIND.
I. AND HOW MUCH HOW MUCH PROPERTY? SO, LIKE I SAID, DEPENDING UPON THE FACILITIES THAT ARE GIFTED TO US, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK.
THE ONE IN WEST MELBOURNE IS NOT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN AN ACRE, SO IT'S NOT THAT BIG, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO GET.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TELL WHO'S GOING TO GIVE US WASTE OR WHICH RESTAURANTS ARE GOING TO DROP OFF YET. WE HAVE NO IDEA.
SO WE COULD GET ENOUGH TO FILL ONE BAG OR WE COULD NOT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S HARD TO KIND OF TELL IN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE WANTED TO START WITH ONE HUB TO SEE ALL THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE FACE TO TRY TO WORK IT OUT BEFORE WE STARTED OPENING UP.
MORE OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT CAN WORK, WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE MULTIPLE GURUS.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION BECAUSE WITH COMPOST, AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE, IT'S IT'S A LEARNING GAME AS WELL.
YOU FIND OUT WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK AND.
GOING TO TAKE TIME, THOUGH, QUESTION JUST I'M ASSUMING YOU'VE BEEN TO THE OTHER CITIES WHO ARE DOING THIS, AND HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE BEST PRACTICES OR YOU HAVEN'T REALLY REACHED OUT TO THE OTHER? SO I CAME FROM PINELLAS COUNTY, SO I HAD COMPANIES LIKE SUNCOAST AND FORGET THE OTHER ONE OVER THERE. BUT I'VE GONE TO CLASSES FROM THEM AND SEEN HOW THEY COMPOST.
THEY ACTUALLY USE SOLDIER FLIES SO LARVA EATS THEIR COMPOST, THEIR ORGANIC MATERIAL, WHICH IS ALSO REALLY COOL.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT IS STARTING TO POP UP ON A LARGER SCALE.
I ACTUALLY JUST WENT TO A CONFERENCE AND SAW THERE'S A WHOLE COMPANY BASED OUT OF LOUISIANA THAT WANTS TO SET UP SOLDIER FLY HUBS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND KIND OF
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LIKE THIS, BUT WITH LAVA EATING YOUR WASTE.BUT THAT'S MORE ON LIKE A FERTILIZER FEEDSTOCK FOR ANIMALS TYPE BASIS.
AND THEY GET GOOD QUALITY COMPOST.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US IS THEY'RE PRIVATE AND WE'RE NONPROFIT.
LEEWAY AS TO WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT, AND WE DO NOT.
ANSWER THAT. YEAH, I WISH YOU HAD SAID, WELL, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN TO CALIFORNIA, WE WERE TALKING TO THOSE CITIES AND WE'RE SEEING AND THEY WERE JUST SO JUST TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE PAINS THAT YOU HAVE, ESPECIALLY, YOU'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT A, YOU KNOW, AN AREA THAT YOU HAVE A SMALL AREA TO WORK WITH JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT WASTING TWO YEARS TRYING TO. YEAH.
SO THIS SET UP RIGHT HERE, WE DID GO TO THE D.C.
METRO AREA TO SEE THEY'RE CALLED COMPOSTS CREW.
THIS IS THEIR ONE OF THEIR HUBS.
THIS IS ALL THE SPACE THEY HAVE.
THEY MAYBE HAVE THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM BEHIND THIS.
AND THEY DID HAVE WINDOWS IN THIS SIZE AREA.
AND I THINK THAT THEY WERE SERVICING I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE WRONG NUMBER, BUT IT WAS IN THE HUNDREDS, I BELIEVE. HUNDRED OR MORE RESIDENTS IN THIS ONE HUB, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT, SO WE KNOW IT'S POSSIBLE THERE'S GOING TO BE HICCUPS, I'M SURE, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S WORKED ELSEWHERE IN THE SAME WAY.
THIS IS PICTURES OF THEIR SYSTEM.
AND FROM WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THEM, IT WORKS VERY WELL.
WE SAW THEIR COMPOST, THEIR FINISHED COMPOST.
IT WAS VERY PRETTY. IT'S NOT REALLY GOOD.
SO I DID GO TO AN EXPO RECENTLY AND IT WAS IN NEVADA.
SO IT WAS ALL ABOUT CALIFORNIA.
SO I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE.
STATIC PILE SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE THE WAY TO GO.
NOW, CALIFORNIA DOES IT ON A WAY LARGER SCALE, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING WHOLE COUNTIES AT A TIME. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE PILES ARE YOU KNOW, ONE PILE IS THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM AND THEY USE A COVERT SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE BRANDS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
BUT THEY COVER IT AND AERATED AND LET IT SIT THERE.
THAT'S ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE.
BUT WE'RE TAKING THAT IDEA AND JUST DOING IT SMALLER.
YEAH, YEAH, UM, CAN WE HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS SENT OUT SO IF WE THINK OF FURTHER QUESTIONS I CAN GIVE YOU, I HAVE ENOUGH CARDS, OK, YOU WANT MY CARD? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
LET'S AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THEM, MEANING MINUTES FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING,
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TWENTY TWENTY ONE, DASH NINE FROM JUNE TWENTY THIRD.IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THOSE MINUTES? MOTIONED TO A JOB OR REGULAR MINUTES FROM JUNE 23, 20, 21 BACK.
I. RIGHT, YOU BUSINESS, THE 20 SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN, DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION.
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BEFORE I MET WITH RITA AND OUR CITY MANAGER TO DISCUSS THE PRESENTATION OF THE PLAN.CITY COUNCIL AND THE THE LAND THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IS TO PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR AUGUST 19TH MEETING, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THE FULL PLAN TO READ IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING IN HOPES THAT THEY'LL HAVE READ THROUGH IT AND AND BE READY WITH QUESTIONS. AND ALSO HAVE THEY WOULD ALSO HOPE TO HAVE SLIDES THAT OR WAS THAT THIS GROUP? WOULD WE SEND OUT THESE SLIDES IN ADVANCE AS WELL? OK. BUT.
SO I WENT AHEAD AND PUT TOGETHER THIS, A PRESENTATION BASICALLY TO.
GO OVER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, WHAT WE HAVE TO THIS POINT AND TO DISCUSS WITH THEM NOW, JUST TO GIVE THEM THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT IS.
HOPEFULLY THEY'VE READ IT IN DETAIL, BUT THEN TO THE POINT OF PRESENTING IT TO THEM AT THIS POINT IS NOT ASKING THEM TO PUT THEIR STAMP OF APPROVAL ON IT.
IT IS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT THEY
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HAVE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, THE PRIORITIES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE AND TO HELP US WITH HOW DO WE SET OUR FIVE AND TEN YEAR GOALS AND BEGIN TO.PRIORITIZE WHAT MAY BE THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, MIGHT BE THE EASY ONES, THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET BEHIND AND TRY TO JUST GET THEM FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AND INTRODUCE IT TO THEM.
SO TONIGHT, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS AND THE THE SLIDE SHOW AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT I'LL BE DOING WHAT YOU ALL WANT AND PRESENTING AS YOU WANT ME TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE OVERALL VIEW OF WHAT THE THE SLIDE SHOWS IS IS JUST AN INTRODUCTION OF WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY AND WHAT THE HISTORY OF OUR BOARD AND THEN GOING THROUGH.
NO. EACH AREA AND GIVING THEM THE GOALS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE OBJECTIVES MIGHT BE.
SO HERE'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
BEGINNING WITH. INTRODUCTION SLIDE.
THE FIRST SLIDE, WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? AND I TOOK THIS DIRECTLY FROM.
AND THAT SUSTAINABILITY IS MOST FUNDAMENTALLY MEANS MEETING THE NEEDS OF CURRENT GENERATIONS WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS AROUND, THIS WAS THE HARDEST SLIDE TO MAKE IS WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY IN 50 WORDS OR LESS.
I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH EACH SIDE, YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT IT TO CHANGE AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN COMPREHENSIVELY LOOK AT IT AT THE END OF WHAT IS MISSING GENERALLY, OR IS ANYTHING OUT OF ORDER OR NOT MEETING THE GOAL OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THIS PRESENTATION OF COMMENTS ON.
WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? YES, SO I'LL GO FIRST, UM, I MEAN, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS WE JUST READ ON THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK IN OVERALL SUPEREXCITED.
UM, I WILL SAY ON THIS SLIDE, UM, I HAVE A I DO A LOT OF I'M A I'M A TRAINER.
I HAVE A SMALL PET PEEVE OR ITALICIZE AND UNDERLINING AT THE SAME TIME.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING I PERSONALLY THINK WE SHOULD JUST DO ONE OR THE OTHER AGAIN.
I REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. WHAT I DO ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THOUGH IS TECHNICALLY THAT DEFINITION IS FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE.
I DID IN OUR I DON'T THINK SO.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT QUOTE WAS IN OURS.
WHATEVER REASON I LIKE ALL THAT, I WAS LIKE, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
AND THEN I GOOGLED WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? AND IT WAS LIKE. THE FIRST GOOGLE SEARCH, SO IT'S MORE OF OUR PLAN, WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CITE THE SOURCE IN BOTH DOCUMENTS.
THAT'S, UM, THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY GIVE PROPER CITATION WORDS DO I REALLY DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS CHANGE EXCEPT PUTTING IT IN QUOTATION MARKS AND RECITING IT. IN FACT, FRANKLY, I THINK.
FIGHTING THE DEFINITION FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE.
GREAT THING, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT'S DUE.
UH, CAPITAL M, LURKEY C, CAPITAL G.
THEN UNIVERSAL. YOU KNOW, I WOULD DO JUST A LITTLE MORE DIGGING ONLINE TO MAKE SURE. THEY WEREN'T STARTING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU KNOW, AND THIS THAT, OF COURSE, BUT IT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT I SAW ON THE SIDE THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS.
YEAH, SO I'M OK WITH THIS SLIDE, I GUESS I WOULD TEND TO AGREE WITH AYATOLLAH SIZING AND.
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AS ONE. UNDERLINING IS.NOW, I GUESS I THOUGHT THAT WAS A STANDARD DEFINITION FROM A DICTIONARY FOR SUSTAINABILITY, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS A QUOTE THAT WE NEEDED TO SOURCE, BUT, UM, I THOUGHT THE SLIDE LOOKS FINE ANYWAY, AND I'M NOT BOTHERED BY ANYTHING ABOUT SO.
A GOOD WAY TO START, AND I FOUND IT.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE HISTORY OF THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, AND I ONLY PUT HERE A SMALL SNIPPET WITH THE PLAN TO FURTHER EXPLAIN.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. WHY, WHAT TOOK THIS VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF OF IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET OFF THE GROUND AND SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED OF NOT KNOWING A REAL CERTAIN DIRECTION AND NEEDING A LOT OF SUPPORT AND THE PEOPLE THAT CAME ALONG TO SUPPORT US AND HAVE HELPED GET THINGS MOVING.
BUT THE THIS JUST SITES WITH THE CITY COUNCIL CREATED THIS BOARD IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN.
AND I DIDN'T SEE THE FULL YOU KNOW, IF THE FULL.
BULLET POINTS OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ARE.
WE ARE TASKED WITH DOING THIS, BUT I DID THIS MOST SIMPLE DEFINITION AND.
WELL, MAY WANT TO IF ANYBODY HAS AN OPINION ON WHETHER OR NOT I PUT ENOUGH THERE OR THE RIGHT THING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I THINK GENERALLY AND PROBABLY FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WE FIND, I THINK GENERALLY MY ADVICE FOR THIS WOULD MAYBE TAKE THE MAIN POINTS IN THEM AND JUST REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TEXT ON THE SIGN.
UM, LIKE A GOOD EXAMPLE IS, INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE FIRST LINE CITY PUBLIC CRITICISM, YOU JUST PUT A BULLET POINT CREATED FOR SUSTAINABILITY BOARD IN 2013 AND THEN YOU WOULD ADD THE REST VERBALLY. UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'M REALLY BEING NIT PICKY HERE, LESLIE, AND IT'S JUST THE ENGLISH TEACHER AND ME COMING OUT AND.
I DON'T I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT THAT COULD BE ONE WAY TO.
PROVE IT FROM A PRESENTATION PERSPECTIVE.
I'M NOT AN ENGLISH TEACHER, BUT I ACTUALLY LIKED THIS WAY, I WAS THINKING THAT IT REALLY COMMUNICATED TO ME.
IT'S GIVEN ME A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
SO I FELT LIKE I WAS READING AND GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED 2013 AND WHY BULLET POINTS WOULD JUST GIVE ME A.
LIKE THE BULLET POINTS IDEA, I THINK IT WOULD JUST.
MINIMIZE IT TO TWO LINES, I'M OK WITH THIS THE WAY IT IS, IT REALLY GAVE ME A SNIPPET SO ANYONE ELSE WHO READ IT TO ME WOULD BE ABLE TO TOGETHER AS A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S FINE.
I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE AUDIENCE YOU'RE LOOKING AT OF HOW IF YOU'RE READING IT TO THEM, THEN THIS IS FINE.
IF YOU EXPECT THEM TO TAKE IT IN IN A GLANCE AND THE BULLET POINTS ARE EASIER.
AND ONE QUESTION, LESLIE, THE TWENTY THIRTY FIVE.
THE. THE DOCUMENT, LIKE I COPIED AND PASTED IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE BUT THE CITY COUNCIL WROTE IT THIS WAY BEFORE I CAME ALONG.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY. THIS IS PART OF THE TASK THAT THEY THE COUNCIL PASSED AND GAVE TO US.
RATHER THAN US CHOOSING THEIR.
I LISTED ALL THE CURRENT MEMBERS WHO APPOINTED THEM, AND THEN.
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AND HOPEFULLY YOU ALL CAN BE THERE AT THE MEETING TO WAVE.DATE. AND THEN I GAVE THEM THE OVERVIEW OF HOW THE ACTION PLAN IS SET UP, THERE'S THESE FIVE ELEMENTS THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE.
THERE'S TWO TO FOUR GOALS FOR EACH ELEMENT.
EACH GOAL IS BROKEN DOWN INTO OBJECTIVES FOR CITY GOVERNMENT, LOCAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY. JUSTIN.
I LOVE THE BULLET POINT, SORRY, I'M JUST PLAYING.
JUMPING INTO NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, I DID THE SAME THING WITH EACH OF THESE FIVE ELEMENTS, I LISTED THE GOALS AND THEN I GAVE ONE EXAMPLE.
AND I JUST CHOSE THE EXAMPLE THAT.
IT ON THE PAGE DIDN'T SOUND TOO SCARY, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I THOUGHT MY.
YOU'RE EASY TO UNDERSTAND OBJECTIVE, SO YOU CAN READ THROUGH THOSE, BUT WE KNOW THESE AND WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THEM A LOT.
ANY SUGGESTIONS ON THE SLIDE? I CAN CUT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MY TIME, TOO, BECAUSE MY FEEDBACK IS THE SAME FOR ALL THE OVERVIEW SLIDES, I THINK THEY'RE GREAT AND I WOULDN'T REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING.
ALL OF THE. YEAH, LIKE NATURAL.
LIKE ALL THE YOU. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
MAYBE MISSED SOMETHING. I THINK YOU PICKED GOOD EXAMPLES.
SO I'M JUST NOT TRYING TO NECESSARILY SPEED THINGS UP OR SAYING, BUT I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE CAN COME BACK WHEN WE GET THE QUESTIONS ACCOUNTABLE.
BUT FROM MY FEEDBACK IT'S THE SAME ACROSS.
OK, YEAH, THESE WERE DEFINITELY SAFE AND SO, UM.
IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS SAFE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD THING OR IT WAS, YOU KNOW, LESS CONTROVERSIAL, SO BUT THERE WAS NOTHING GROUNDBREAKING OUT OF IT.
SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF WE PICKED SOMETHING THAT WAS.
GROUNDBREAKING, BUT THESE ARE PRETTY SAFE.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING THIS ONE OF A NUMBER THREE CONVERT FROM SUBJECT TO WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO LIKE THAT EXAMPLE.
BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING OUT OF THE BOX THAT KIND OF SAID YOU THESE FIRMS ARE DOING THIS TO KIND OF GET SOMEBODY EXCITED.
THESE ARE. ON A SUGGESTION, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT I WAS GOING TO LOOK IS WHICH ONE WOULD BE BEST TO USE, BUT.
GO ON WITH THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING WAS TO JUMP OUT, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS AN IDEA OF WHAT WOULD JUST BE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE IS DOING.
YES, I LIKE THE WAY THIS IS ALL FORMATTED FOR ALL OF THESE GOALS, I WILL SAY THE.
WE HAD MADE SOME CHANGES AT OUR LAST MEETING, AND IT JUST JUMPED OUT AT ME IMMEDIATELY THAT ONE OF THEM WAS TO CHANGE THIS GOAL THAT'S ON YOUR FIRST UNDER NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE AQUIFER TO RECHARGE THE AQUIFERS.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IF IF THAT LAST DRAFT WAS APPROVED, THAT WE COULD PUT IT IN YOUR ASS. THAT BUT THE LATEST AND GREATEST VERSION I THOUGHT WE HAD SET THAT GOAL WAS TO THE MANAGEMENT PROTECT GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER BODIES.
SOMETHING ABOUT. RECHARGE THE AQUIFERS BY MANAGING AND PROTECTING GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER BODIES. RISELEY, ARE YOU OK? MY NAME IS AM I MISREMEMBERING LOOKING AT IT HERE? LESLIE, ARE YOU OK IF I.
YEAH. SO WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AQUAFERS.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT COULD BE THERE.
I DON'T REMEMBER BEING IN THAT SPOT THOUGH.
YEAH. I DON'T THINK IT WAS. UM, IF YOU GIVE ME A MOMENT I CAN LOOK AND SEE IF I CAN FIND THE SPOT BECAUSE I DO FOR THE RECORD I DO VERY MUCH REMEMBER TYPING IT LIKE IN THE FOUR TIMES I HAD TO TAKE THIS ONE.
PAGE EIGHT IS I WHERE I PULLED DIRECTLY.
PAGE EIGHT OF THE PLAN IS WHERE I PULLED THAT JOB OBJECTIVE DIRECTLY.
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE TONIGHT IN FRONT OF US IS THE.
SEVEN YEAR OLD THREE YEAR RECHARGE AQUAFERS BY MANAGING AND PROTECTING GROUNDWATER SURFACE WATER.
HERE IT IS. THANKS FOR FINDING THAT'S THE GOAL.
OH, OK. THAT'S WHERE IT'S WRITTEN WRONG.
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AND I ASK. TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.I STILL HAD MULTIPLE ITERATIONS OF THAT.
UM, OF THAT ELEMENT, I'M NOT SURE I GOT THOSE RIGHT.
ARE THEY ARE THESE THE RIGHT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OR DID I PULL THESE OFF OF OLDER? AN OLDER VERSION OF THE PLAN.
THAT THOSE GOALS WERE OUR GOALS AND SOME OF OUR.
SOME OF OUR ACTION ITEMS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM UNDER THAT WERE.
ALTERED, BUT I THOUGHT THE GOALS WERE.
I. THOSE OBJECTIVES ARE ONES THAT ARE IN THE MOST UP TO DATE PLAN, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE AQUIFER WAS THE ONLY OF THE OVERARCHING GOALS THAT CHANGED. WE DID A TON OF SMALL CHANGES ON THE LITTLE.
YOU KNOW, ACTION ITEMS, BUT I THINK THAT WAS ONLY GOING TO CHANGE SO I CAN LOOK I MEAN, I'M SURE EVERYONE'S LOOKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW TO CHECK, BUT I THINK YOU GOT IT RIGHT.
LESLIE. YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? REBECCA? NOW, JUST AS I SAID, I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF KIND OF GETTING DOWN TO THE ESSENCE OF IT BY STICKING WITH A SMALLER.
IS AN. HE DID AN EXTREMELY GOOD JOB SHOWING THE EXAMPLES.
RICK. BUT SOMETHING THAT THE BIG ONE AND OR A NEW ONE, BUT I THINK FIRSTLY THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU HAVE DEVELOPED GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPERS CITY.
THEY KNOW THAT. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
AND THEN I LIKE THE SMALLER, SMALLER ONES, TOO.
SO THE FABULOUS JOB, UM, I HAD AN ENGLISH TEACHER, BUT PAGE 11 IS MISSING.
IT. THE NUMBER, RIGHT? YEP. YOU PUT A PAINT NUMBER ON PAGE 11.
OH, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO GET THAT.
I MAY NEED YOUR HELP GETTING THE LOGO AND I WAS ACTUALLY HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THAT.
I CAN'T GET IT HOT, SEND IT TO YOU.
THE. I WONDERED ABOUT THAT, TOO, BUT I PULLED IT DIRECTLY FROM OUR PLAN.
SEVEN, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S. I'VE NEVER SEEN.
OUT OF THERE, BUT IT ALSO IS THAT WAY IN OUR.
UH, YES, I FOR THE RECORD, THE THE GOOGLE IS SAYING JUST FPL, NO INSIGHT, AND I JUST WANT TO PHIL'S WEBSITE. UM, AND SO I'M GOING TO SAY.
I MEAN, TECHNICALLY, THE NAME IS FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
BUT EVERYWHERE THEY PUT THEY JUST PUT FPL, BUT I THINK THAT'S PART OF THEIR IT DOESN'T MATTER. I THINK IT'S A REALLY MINOR THING.
BUT YES, I'M TOTALLY GOING WITH THE PLAN AND I LIKE.
IS IT DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? THE JOB. OUR JOB, LESLIE.
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NOW, FOR ME, ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PLAN, WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BRING TO THE FOREFRONT AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT INCLUDED? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SET THOSE PRIORITIES FOR FIVE YEAR AND 10 YEARS. THIS WAS A BIT OF A STRUGGLE TO TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS NOW ENDING WITH THE RIGHT.ASK OF THEM, YOU KNOW, TO KNOW THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH THIS DOCUMENT AND ITS COMPLETED FORM AND WE WANT YOU TO APPROVE IT, PUT YOUR STAMP OF APPROVAL ON IT.
AND SO WHAT'S YOUR FEEDBACK AT? AND SO ARE CHANGES TO THIS SLIDE.
OH. I REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, IS TO TRY AND IDENTIFY THE RIGHT QUESTION, IT'S JUST HARD, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IN THIS SITUATION I WANT TO SAY FEELS LIKE WE HAVE ONE SHOT OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S THE CULMINATION OF A LOT OF WORK.
AND SO I REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THESE QUESTIONS.
I'D LOVE TO WORKSHOP THEM TOGETHER.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND THIS IS AN AMAZING STARTING POINT.
I'M WONDERING IF SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES SO.
A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE JUST IS LIKE A ROUGH, ROUGH QUESTION, SO I KNOW WE HAVE TO WORKSHOP THIS. BUT I THINK YOU KIND OF INDICATORS WE WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE REALLY SAYING. HOW DO WE GO FROM OUR PLAN, YOU APPROVING OUR PLAN AND WHAT DO WE DO TO BRIDGE THE GAP? AND I THINK WE NEED A MORE POINTED QUESTION.
DO THAT. UM, I JUST KIND OF THINK.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT IS MISSING, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT HAS THE ESSENCE THERE.
I FEEL LIKE IF I'M IN THE CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS SEE, EVEN IF I'VE GOT A CHANCE TO PREVIEW THE PRESENTATION OF. I KIND OF WANT TO TELL THEM WHAT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, AND I WANT TO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND THEM, BUT I WANT I WANT TO WIN THEM OVER, I THINK IS WHAT I WANT US TO BE PERSUASIVE IN AND GET TO THE GET TO THE YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CLOTHES.
IF YOU IF YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE.
TOGETHER. HERE'S THE PLAN WE HAVE PRESENTED AND FROM THIS PLAN, WHAT DO YOU PULL FORWARD AND THAT'S GIVING OPTIONS, BUT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT WE.
YEAH, AND I THINK I THINK YOU'RE ON THE.
GIVE ME A CHANCE TO BRAINSTORM A LITTLE BIT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, COME BACK AND THAT'S. THANKS, LESLIE.
I FEEL LIKE YOU AT LEAST GET THE IDEA OF WHERE THEY'RE WHERE THEIR THOUGHT PROCESSES.
I KNOW IN ONE OF THE EXAMPLES I KNOW THE MAYOR, ALL THIS TALK ABOUT BALLOT BOXES, IT WOULD BE NICE TO PUT THAT LINE ITEM SOMEWHERE.
I WOULD PUT IT UNDER PUT IT UNDER SOMETHING AS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE SAID, WAFFLE BOXES, I THINK IT COULD BE ON THE WATER, THE STORM, WATER RUNOFF.
IS THAT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT? I THINK THAT'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR STREETS.
I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THAT.
YES. YEAH. OR IS? REBECCA, I'M JUST IMPRESSED WITH YOUR MEMORY, YOU'RE CRUSHING IT AND I'M A LITTLE DIZZY.
LOOK, CAN YOU LOOK THAT UP WHERE THERE'S A GOAL OR AN OBJECTIVE, REBECCA, ABOUT BAFFLEGAB? I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS.
I'M NOT SURE HE'S GOING TO SAY THE.
THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT IS DEFINITELY WOULD FILL IN THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED, BUT AT.
WHEN WE DECIDED TO PUT THIS, WE DECIDED THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST THE START OF THE THING AND WE ARE LOOKING TO WORKSHOP IT SOME MORE.
SO FOR WHAT THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW, THE LAST ONE.
WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES? I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FOCUS TO OUR GOALS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR.
OR OR WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE PRIORITIES YOU THINK WE SHOULD APPROACH? THERE ARE LOOKS TO KIND OF LIMIT IT BECAUSE SUCH A BROAD DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE IN YOUR YARD? AND YOU GET A FEEL AND THEN YOU MAY HAVE TO MENTION SOMEHOW THE IDEA THAT WE WANT IT WORKSHOPPED, YOU KNOW, OR WE WANT TO TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU AS AS CLOSELY WITH THE
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COUNCIL TO FINALIZE SOME OF THESE THESE PLANS.BUT I'M DEFINITELY LIKE, WHAT'S MISSING? I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN THE WAY IT SOUNDS, IT WOULD BE MORE.
I LOVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR TOP THREE PRIORITIES OR TOP THREE ONES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU, BECAUSE EACH COUNCIL PERSON THINKING THAT THEY'D WANT TO PUSH SOMETHING. SO IF YOU THINK IF I'M A COUNCIL PERSON, I'M LIKE, OK, YOU KNOW WHAT? MOBILITY TRANSPORTATION IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
I MEAN, PUT THAT AS MY PRIORITY.
THAT MEANS WHEN MONEY COMES UP, WHEN ARE THINGS I WANT TO FIGHT FOR THAT.
SO IT GIVES THEM THEY MAY ALL COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT IT GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT MONEY BEHIND OUR EFFORT AND WHAT KIND OF LIMITS THEM WITHIN A SPACE TO PICK SOMETHING.
BECAUSE YOU JUST IT WAS IMPORTANT, EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT, ALL OF IT, I LOVE IT, IT'S GREAT. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP TWO THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR? BECCA. UM, I THINK, UM, I LIKE THE WHAT IS MISSING, BUT I THINK I WOULD.
IN THE ROLE THESE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT MORE ALONG THE LINES OF, UM, AN INVITATION TO DIALOG.
SAYING SOMETHING LIKE, THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE PRIORITIZED, BUT IF YOU HAVE PRIORITIZED, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE MISSING ITEMS OR THINGS THAT YOU FIND IMPORTANT, THAT WE.
HAVE NOT PRIORITIZED WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND, UM.
SO THAT WAS MY THING IS NOT TO CONSIDER THIS THE END OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT AN OPENING TO A CONVERSATION THAT WILL BE ONGOING.
TWO THINGS, FIRST, BEFORE I MAKE MY COMMENTS, I KNOCK CLEAR.
A WAY, I GUESS I THOUGHT I WAS.
CITY COUNCIL WAS GOING TO APPROVE OUR PLAN AND MOVE ON NEXT, BUT IS THERE SOMETHING PREDETERMINED FORMS OF AN ADVISORY BOARD PREVENTING SOMETHING? THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DAYS THEY'RE ON THEIR FEEDBACK.
UH. I FIND THE CITY TO BE APPROVING IT TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED THEN DOESN'T.
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO.
WELL, IT'S A LITTLE BACKWARDS.
AT THE BEGINNING, A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR AND.
GETTING THE. IS FIRST AND ARE.
NEEDS. THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM, WE WORK WITH.
FOR THEM. UM, BUT I LIKED HIS IDEA OF A.
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DOABLE IF ALL.NOT THE NIGHT FOR ME TO GO FIRST, EVIDENTLY, BY THE WAY, I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE COULD REVERSE THE ORDER TONIGHT, I WAS KIDDING.
WHAT IF WE REMOVED THE FIRST TWO AND WE SUMMED IT UP INTO ONE QUESTION, WHICH WAS, UM.
WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PLAN OR OR SOMETHING LIKE, IS THERE A PRIORITY YOU HAVE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PLAN? AND I THINK THAT KIND OF CALCULATES WHAT IS MISSING AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.
THINGS LIKE KIND OF BRINGS IT INTO ONE QUESTION.
AND I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT INVITES CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT IS MISSING BECAUSE IT IMPLIES SOMETHING IS MISSING AND AND I THINK IT'S PERFECT.
BUT YOU GOT I'M SAYING AND AND I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO VAGUE, SO A DIRECT QUESTION. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WE CAN WORKSHOP THOSE OPTIONS. MY BRAIN'S WORKING AT HALF SPEED HERE, EVIDENTLY.
SO, UM, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? I TO WHAT I WROTE.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE PRIORITIZED OR ADDED LIKE THAT.
COULD BE GOOD. UM OR I THINK YOU KNOW OR SOME.
DO WE NEED AN ANSWER AND I MEAN, I DO NEED YOUR TOP TWO AND WHAT ARE YOU READY TO FIGHT FOR? OH, I LIKE ONE TWO ITEMS AND WE KNOW WHERE TO PUT OUR STRENGTH OR OUR.
I THINK QUESTION THREE KIND OF GETS TOWARDS THAT.
I THINK WHAT I'D LIKE TO BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN KENNEY JOHNSON HAS A PARTICULAR THING THAT HE CARES ABOUT ENVIRONMENTALLY THAT HE DOESN'T SEE REFLECTED ON THE PLAN.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO KIND OF KNOW HOW IS THAT TO HIM OR PUT HIM IN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF. AT THAT MOMENT WHERE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER CAN SAY, NO, THAT'S GREAT, THIS IS PERFECT. THIS IS EVERYTHING, I THINK SOMETHING LIKE YOU HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PRIORITY THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE REFLECTED IN A PLAN THAT ISN'T THERE.
THAT'S WAY TOO WORDY, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT GIVES THE OPTION FOR THEM TO, WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE, SAY NO, YOU GOT IT ALL WHILE ALSO, YOU KNOW.
I KNOW. DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE? I PERSONALLY LIKE WHAT'S MISSING.
MAYBE IT COULD BE REWORDED, BUT IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL PERSON WITHOUT INSULTING US.
WE DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB SAYING, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO ADD? VERSUS YOU SEE ALL THE LIGHTS.
IT LOOKS PERFECT. AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THIS.
IT GIVES US THEM TO SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, THE RADAR AND GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS.
SO I THINK EVEN IF YOU REWORDED THE CONCEPT OF WHAT'S MISSING NEEDS TO BE THERE IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN ADD SOMETHING WITHOUT SAYING I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU, YOU KNOW, ARE TRYING TO INSULT THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.
I SAW THAT WHATEVER WAY YOU FRAME IT, IT HAS.
I BELIEVE IT'S I DO AGREE WITH THAT 100 PERCENT.
I'M CONCERNED THAT THE CURRENT WORDING JUST IMPLIES THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING MR..
THAT'S MY READING OF IT, UM, I GUESS THAT'S FINE, I HEAR THAT, TOO, BUT WHATEVER IT'S WORDED LIKE. MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING MISSING, SPEAK NOW, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT SO WE CAN WORK ON.
SPEAKING OF SPEAK NOW, I FOUND IN REVIEWING IT IN SEVERAL PLACES WE REFER TO STORM WATER, CAPTURING STORM WATER, DIVERTING STORM WATER.
WE DON'T SPECIFICALLY REFER TO BHATHAL BOXES.
WE DO HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT I THOUGHT WE HAD REMOVED, WHICH IS A REFERENCE TO COMPLETE STREETS, WHICH I THOUGHT WE HAD THE.
OUTDATED JARGON, THE COMPLETE STREET, IT'S ON PAGE 13 OF.
IT'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT 13, IT'S ON THE TOP, IT'S BEING USED COMPLETE, STRAIGHT OR SIMILAR, I THOUGHT WE'D TAKEN THAT OUT SOMEHOW.
YEAH, UM, I HADN'T NOTICED THAT EARLIER, BUT THE, UM.
THE PLACE WE DON'T WE DON'T USE THE PHRASE BAFFOUR PAGE 13 OF THE PLAN IS IT'S UP.
IT'S ONLY HALF A PAGE OF THAT.
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YEAH. AT THE BALLOT BOX THING IS A.THE VERY SPECIFIC THAT WE HAVE KIND OF VAGUE CAPTURE STORMWATER AND DIVERT STORMWATER.
SO, YEAH. I DO BELIEVE THAT WORD.
AT THE. NO, I WAS JUST SAYING, I BELIEVE THE WORD BUFFALO BOXES, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIM.
PUT THAT ASIDE, MAYBE IF YOU SAY EVEN IF IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THERE, BUT IF YOU STATE IN YOUR EXAMPLE WHO LET YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED AGAIN, IT IS MAKING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE LISTENED AND HEARD THEM AND STILL WORDS THAT.
ESPECIALLY I KNOW FOR SURE, HE IS ALWAYS MENTIONED, IT'LL BE GOOD TO HAVE THOSE WORDS IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT HE KNOWS THAT WE'RE LISTENING.
AS A BOARD, WE'VE HEARD AND LISTENED.
SOME OF THE THINGS I HAD INITIALLY, I THINK I'M REMEMBERING RIGHT ABOUT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, HAD BEEN MOVED TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE CONSIDERED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS BUILT AND NOT NATURAL.
AND SOME OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH STORMWATER RUNOFF, BUT THEY WERE MOVED OVER TO TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
AND WHO BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN BOTH THOSE PLACES OR THE STORMWATER SPECIFICALLY? I SHOULD CLARIFY, THEY WEREN'T MOVED TO BOTH PLACES, BUT THEY WERE MOVED TO EITHER ONE.
YEAH. SO, UM, AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
HIDE. REDUCE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF EXISTING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH RUNOFF AND DIVERT AND CAPTURE STORMWATER IN THE MEDIAN STRIP GREEN SPACE.
DO YOU HAVE? SUSTAINABILITY PRIORITIES FROM THE PLAN TO HELP GUIDE US IN THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS ARE TO HELP IDENTIFY OUR FOCUS FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS OR PRIORITIES TO ADD THAT MAYBE.
IT WAS PROBABLY BRILLIANT, SO WE WERE JUST KIDS.
SO YOU STILL WANT TO KEEP WHAT PARTIES CAN ALSO IDENTIFY BECAUSE IT IS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING AND WE SAID, WELL, I FOR THE RECORD, I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD KEEP SOME VARIATION OF THAT.
THIRD QUESTION. I WAS REALLY JUST FOCUS ON DOING SOMETHING TO COMBINE THE FIRST TWO QUESTIONS AND.
AND MAYBE JUST BRING THE LANGUAGE TO A POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T IMPLY THAT SOMETHING IS MISSING OR DIDN'T IMPLY THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, LIKE, I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME IMPLICATIONS AND THERE'S WORD.
SO I THINK I'D OFFERED SOME IDEAS.
SOMETHING LIKE. WAS THERE ANYTHING INSIDE THIS PLAN THAT YOU KNOW OR DO YOU HAVE ANY SUSTAINABLE GOALS OR PRIORITIES THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE REPRESENTING HIS PLAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH THEM JUST.
I JUST PUT UP THAT RED FLAG THAT WAS LITTLE, THE CONCEPT OF WHAT IS MISSING.
I LIKE WE ARE IN THE CONCEPT UNHINGING.
MY MY FEELING IS THAT THEY PROBABLY WON'T HAVE READ IT WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT'S MISSING, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT.
SO I THINK THAT INVITING NO CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE DOCUMENT AND GIVING THEM A CHANCE
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TO, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT TO TRY TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT, BUT TO GIVE THEM TIME TO LOOK IT OVER AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WELCOME.THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT OUT TO THEM AND ASK THEM TO READ IT.
SO I HOPE THAT THEY DO EITHER.
I DO BELIEVE SOMEBODY WOULD READ IT, EVEN IF THEY DON'T.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE TOP OF THEIR MIND THAT SAID, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT COMPOSTING IN THERE.
AND I KNOW YOU'D BE LIKE, OH, ACTUALLY, WE DO HAVE COMPOSTING.
OK, GREAT. SO YOU ALSO SAID COMPOSTING IS A PRIORITY FOR.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THEY WILL SEE WHETHER THEY HAVE OR NOT IT WILL SHAKE OUT.
DO YOU HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY OR SUSTAINABILITY PRIORITIES FROM THE PLAN? HELP GUIDE US IN SETTING OUR FIVE AND 10 YEAR PRIORITIES.
OR YOU NEED TO ADD THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE REPRESENTED.
THERE'S SOMETHING. I ALMOST LIKE.
I AGREE WITH THAT TO JUST SO DISTANCE, LIKE, I GUESS IF SOMEBODY ASKS ME, I'M LIKE, NO, I'D BE LIKE, NO, I AGREE WITH WHAT WHAT I'M GETTING AT THEN IS THAT OUR NEXT STEP AS A BOARD IS TO SET THOSE UP.
SO HOW DO I SAY? YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE SO THAT WE CAN USE THOSE IN SETTING OUR METRICS. AND FIVE FIVE TO 10 YEARS IS ARBITRARY, REALLY.
IT'S IT'S THERE'S SOME METRIC AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING IT AFTER WE TALK TO THEM.
SO I PUT UP ONE TO TWO PRIORITIES.
SO IT GIVES THEM AN IDEA, OH, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST PRIORITY IS SECURITY INDIAN RIVER LAGOON OR WHATEVER THEY SAY.
SO IT GIVES A FIGURE LIKE, OH, I JUST NEED TO COME UP WITH TWO THINGS RIGHT NOW OR ONE.
AND AND REMEMBER, WE NEED TO ADD A LINE THAT TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM GOING FORWARD.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE READY TO WORK WITH THEM TO WORKSHOP, WHETHER IT'S TO WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS OR WHATEVER IT IS.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME.
TO THEM OFTEN TO SET THESE PRIORITIES, SET THESE METRICS AND PUT THOSE IN PLACE, I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS KIND OF.
EMPHASIZED THAT WE WERE HOPING FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION, SO TO SAY WHAT WHAT ARE THE CRITICAL ACTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN MANAGE? YOU KNOW WHAT? NOW, WHAT ARE THE CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR YOU THAT WE NEED TO ACT ON IMMEDIATELY, IT GIVE SOME SENSE OF URGENCY TO IT? I AM. THEY OFFER AN IDEA HERE.
I I TOOK I WROTE IT DOWN THIS TIME THAT.
SO SO I WROTE OUT, YOU KNOW, TWO QUESTIONS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY KIND OF ALL FLOATING AROUND WHERE WE'RE TALKING, I THINK IT MIGHT ADDRESS WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THERE A SUSTAINABLE PRIORITY THAT YOU, THE COUNCIL, HAVE THAT YOU DID NOT SEE REFLECTED IN THE PLAN? THAT QUESTION COULD BE WHAT PRIORITIES WOULD YOU LIKE THE SUSTAINABILITY TO FOCUS ON AND THEN BULLET POINT. TODAY.
AND KIND OF PRESENT IT THAT WAY.
I GUESS I JUST NEEDED TO WRITE IT OUT.
JUST ONE TWEAK UP, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE ASKING HIM WHAT PRIORITIES USE THE.
AND I THINK THAT BE WHAT AUTHORITIES DO.
THEY NEED. UM, I GET A COPY OF THAT. I JUST ALLOWED TO JUST KIND OF PASS IT OVER TO HER.
I GOT YOU SOMETHING. YEAH, WELL.
I ENDED WITH QUESTIONS FOR US.
I THINK THAT THAT'S THE LOGICAL ORDER TO ASK NOW, ASK THEM FOR THEIR PRIORITIES AND THEN
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TO ALLOW FOR QUESTIONS.NUNNALLY. I'M TOTALLY ON PAGE WITH THAT, I THINK OBVIOUSLY AFTER I MEAN.
BASED ON HOW I'VE SEEN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS GO, I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE MOMENT YOU SEE THEM, THE FIRST QUESTION, THE FIRST GOING TO BREAK, YOU WOULD ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION TO US, WHICH I THINK IS FINE.
JUST BE, YOU KNOW. BUT THEN I JUST WANT TO KNOW, LESLIE, HOW I CAN SUPPORT YOU.
YOU KNOW, I'LL BRING A BANNER SIGNED IF I NEED TO.
BUT LIKE, WOULD YOU LIKE COUNCIL TO BE READY TO HELP YOU ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH THAT? THERE'S A LOT OF US HERE. SO THAT COULD BE THAT COULD BE MORE OF A BURDEN I LIKE.
WOULD YOU LIKE I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
AND IF YOU ARE THERE AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S YOUR AREA OF EXPERTIZE, I'LL DEFINITELY DEFER TO ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
BUT I THINK I CAN FIELD MOST QUESTION.
YOU. SO OVERALL, GOING OVER ALL THE.
AS A WHOLE, DO I HAVE YOUR BLESSING TO PRESENT IT? I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS HAD ONE, AS I WAS WATCHING THE PRESENTATION, MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER AND WON'T HURT MY FEELINGS AT ALL IF YOU DON'T TAKE IT AT ALL.
WHEN YOU HAD YOUR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS SOMEPLACE IN THERE, BECAUSE THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL THAT SHOWS UP EVERY TIME, DOES AS MUCH WORK HOUR AFTER HOUR, AND THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE BOARD, BUT THEY'RE PART OF THE RECOGNITION THAT I THINK SHOULD BE ON THAT ON THAT FILE SOMEPLACE, BECAUSE IF NOTHING ELSE, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL, THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO IT IS, BUT IF.
YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE LABOR FOR THE TIME THAT WAS PUT IN THERE AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU CAN'T CALL IT THE BOARD BECAUSE SHE'S NOT THE BOARD, BUT THAT STAFF MEMBER, THERE WOULD BE NO BOARD. THANK.
I BELIEVE, YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE AMAZING.
YOU'RE PARTNERED UP, ADD YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS EARNED OR.
AND I KEEP REITERATING THIS, I THOUGHT IT WAS BRILLIANT WHEN I.
I ALSO LIKE TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES AT THIS APPROPRIATE.
AND THERE'S THE BOVARD WORKING GROUP.
PRESERVATION. THEY DO THE CHAIRS, THE.
WITH THE PROCLAMATION'S, THEY PUT A NUMBER OF HEAD COUNT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT IN THE IDEE E NEWS, THE NEWS I'D LIKE.
IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO INVITE OUR FORMER PEOPLE.
THE CITY SENDS OUT LETTERS OR.
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MAILING LISTS THAT.EMAIL. HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COMPETITION, THE ART COMPETITION WAS GOING, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES, BUT HE NOW.
CHANGED THE AGE, THEN, YOU THINK? I SPOKE TO THE. OR AT OUR SCHOOL AND.
WHEN WE ANNOUNCED IT, IT WAS THERE WAS SO FEW DAYS LEFT OF SCHOOL, WE COULD NOT SHE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PULL IT TOGETHER.
SO I THINK OUR TEACHERS WOULD BE INTERESTED.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF A SCHOOL HAS CLUBS VERY INTERESTED, IT WAS JUST NOT THE TIMING.
AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, IF THAT IS SETTLED, THAT THE PLAN IS OK TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OR ANY OTHER.
UH. THE ONLY THING I'D WANT TO MENTION IS MEETING REMINDERS, I TYPICALLY REMEMBER US GETTING REMINDERS FOR MEETINGS, I GUESS EARLIER WHAT I KNOW WHEN I SIT ON THE OTHER BOARDS, WHAT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM, AN EMAIL WOULD COME OUT THE DAY OF MEETING AND THEY WOULD SAY, HEY, JUST REMINDING YOU THAT MEETING TONIGHT, PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE AND THAT IT DOES HELP.
SO IF PERSONS WHO DEFINITELY DIDN'T HAVE IT ON THEIR CALENDAR OR HAD PLANS, IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST CONFIRM THEIR ATTENDANCE AND JUST TO ENSURE.
OTHER UPCOMING MEETINGS OR EVENTS OF INTEREST? MENTIONED THAT THE.
OR WHAT? I WOULD HAVE LOVE FOR US AS A GROUP TO GROUP.
AT. LOOKING TO AUGUST START OTHER THE IDEAS AND WITH OVER BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO REALLY. DOCUMENT.
GENERALLY, UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO READ INDIVIDUALLY A VISION BOARD.
OTHERWISE, WE MIGHT END UP WITH A ROAD OVER TO THE, YOU KNOW, A CAUSEWAY BUILT OVER.
IT IS LIKE A SORT OTHER THING.
I WAS UP EARLY AND I PUT MY STUFF IN THERE, BUT I SAW THAT THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE WHO SEEMED TO THINK WE NEED BEACH ACCESS AND I KNOW I DON'T REALLY WANT THAT TRAFFIC THROUGH DAY. ALL RIGHT, AND HE WINS OUR NEXT MEETING.
DO WE HAVE THAT? THE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL IS NIGHT.
BUT IT WOULD IT BE OK IF STAFF AND A REMINDER, EMAIL FOR THAT COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL.
OK, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVEN THOSE OF US WHO MAYBE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT. THE OTHER.
I HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER HERE.
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OH. OTHER OTHER BUSINESS, BEFORE WE TURN OUR MOTION TO ADJOURN, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.EVER I, I YOU.
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