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GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
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TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH, TWENTY TWO TO ORDER.THE INVOCATION WILL BE WILL BE LED BY PASTOR DAVID MYERS.
AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, OF COURSE, WILL BE LED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, LET US BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER.
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLORE HEAVEN AND ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE AND THE GOVERNING OF OUR GREAT CITY.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR WORD INSTRUCTS US TO PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS AND TO ASK FOR WISDOM AND CLARITY OF JUDGMENT.
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD LEAD US AND GUIDE US IN THE AFFAIRS THAT CONFRONT OUR COMMUNITY.
I ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION FOR OUR FRIENDS IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI AND OTHER AREAS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE IDA.
WE KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT AS HUMANS WE ARE UTTERLY DEPENDENT UPON YOU.
WE'RE NOT SMART ENOUGH, NOR ARE WE STRONG ENOUGH TO GOVERN INDEPENDENT OF YOUR WILL AND YOUR DIRECTION. I PRAY THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO BATTLE THIS PANDEMIC IN OUR CITIES, THE COUNTRY AND WORLD, THAT YOU WOULD UNITE US AND GIVE US STRENGTH AND HEALTH.
YOUR WORD SAYS THAT IF WE WOULD HUMBLE OURSELVES AND SEEK YOUR FACE, YOU WOULD HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND HEAL OUR LAND.
PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE US SO THAT WE WOULD NOT WALK IN THE COUNSEL OF THE UNGODLY, NOR SIT IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNFUL.
BUT LET OUR DELIGHT BE IN YOUR WORD.
LET US STRIVE FOR YOUR WILL, YOUR WAYS, AND YOUR WISDOM.
WE ASK ALL OF THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
AMEN. LIKE THE UNITED STATES, WHERE? SO THERE WAS JUST ANIMATION AND ROCK.
THANK YOU, PASTOR MYERS, FOR THE OUTSTANDING INVOCATION.
ADAM JONES. ROLL CALL AIR MEDINA PRESIDENT.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON. COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
YOU'RE YOUR DEPUTY MAYOR, JOHNSON.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE ONE TERM EXPIRING ON THE MELBOURNE TILLMANN WATER CONTROL BOARD REPRESENTS RESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT POSITION.ONE VACANCY ON THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD REPRESENTS AT LARGE MEMBER WHO OWNS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR OPERATES A BUSINESS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
ONE VACANCY ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDER ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN HOMEBUILDING FOR PROFIT PROVIDER OR NOT FOR PROFIT PROVIDER POSITIONS. TWO VACANCIES ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS AT LARGE STUDENT MEMBER POSITIONS. ONE VACANCY ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS ADULT MEMBER POSITION 30 YEARS OR OLDER.
ANYONE WISHING TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS CAN APPLY ONLINE AT PALM BAY FLORIDA DOT ORG, OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT THREE TWO ONE NINE FIVE TWO THREE FOUR ONE FOUR.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON MADAMES SHERMAN.
YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE ONE AGENDA REVISION TO ANNOUNCE ITEM NUMBER FOUR UNDER
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PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHICH IS ORDINANCE TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH 51 HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL WHEREAS CLAUSE NOTING SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO LAW.MADAM SMITH. NO ADDITIONAL REVISIONS.
EVERY MS. JOHNSON ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ISMIR ITEMS FOR.
17, DID YOU SAY FOUR, FIVE, EIGHT, 10, 11, 17, 20, 25? COUNCIL WISH TO PULL ANY OTHER ITEMS. I'LL BE PULLING 15.
AL-SALAM ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE
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REMOVAL OF ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, EIGHT, 10, 11, 15, 17, 20 AND 25 TO INCLUDE REVISIONS TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS TO INCLUDE, WHEREAS.I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR, I ONLY OPPOSE HOUSES UNANIMOUSLY.
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WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.[4. Award of Bid: Mowing maintenance, rights-of-way and corridors – IFB 56-0-2021 – Public Works Department (STS Maintain Services, Inc. - $105,510).]
I'M BILL BURTON.YOU'RE BATTING 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
IT WAS LESS THAN THAT, THIS WAS LESS THAN WHAT THE OVERALL BID WAS FOR THE MORNING OF RIGHT AWAY AND ON CORRIDOR'S.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT'S LESS THAN THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PREDICTED.
WHAT I DON'T APPRECIATE IS THE FACT THAT FROM THE ISD IN THE ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY AREA, THAT THOSE ROADS WERE I UNDER MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'RE GOING TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE DEVELOPERS ALONG THAT ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT FOR THE INITIAL CONTRACT WITH THE CITY.
I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I THINK THAT'S HOW IT WAS ORIGINALLY SET UP.
YET WHEN I WAS CHECKING THE AGENDA PACKET, I SAW THAT ALL ALONG, BOTH ST.
JOHN'S, HERITAGE PARKWAY, SOUTH AND PARKWAY, HERITAGE PARKWAY NORTH, THAT IT WAS MOWING ALONG THAT. SO I, I THINK THAT SOME PLACE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE A FEW MORE DOLLARS WITH THAT. I ALSO, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE TAXPAYERS WERE STUCK WITH A NINE MILLION DOLLAR BILL TO BUILD THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS, I LOOK AT THESE ITEMS BEING MOWED TWICE A MONTH, YET THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY ARE LUCKY IF THEY GET THEIR AREAS MOWED TWICE A YEAR. IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER OR IS LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE? IF YOU EXPECT THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE A ONE WAY.
WHY DOES SOMEBODY ELSE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING FOR IT GET IT MORE FREQUENTLY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MARY. YES. TWO RESPONSES TO MR. BATTEN'S QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE CORRECT.
AND YOU WILL BE SEEING IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE EMERALD LAKES FOLKS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY ON FOR THE MOWING.
THIS IS A SHORT TERM IN PART SOLUTION DOWN THERE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THAT MAIN THOROUGHFARE FOR NOW USING THIS CONTRACT.
LATER, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND MAKE A CHANGE TO THAT.
AND THAT TIME CAME AND HOPEFULLY USE THAT OUTSOURCE CONTRACT TO DO OTHER AREAS THAT ARE MUCH MORE VISIBLE IN THE CITY TO TRY TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICE LEVELS.
AND JUST OVERALL, OUR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO OUR RESIDENTS. WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONSISTENT SCHEDULE WE CAN GIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND WE CAN MAINTAIN IT.
THIS IS ONE STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
PART OF THIS IS A STAFFING ISSUE.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS TO ACTUALLY OUTSOURCE.
ONE OF MANY EFFORTS WE WILL START MAKING IN THIS DIRECTION TO EXPAND THE USE OF BOTH IN-HOUSE RESOURCES AND OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO DO A BETTER JOB SO THAT WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY TO RESIDENTS, THIS TYPE OF ROAD IS DONE THIS FREQUENTLY AND WE CAN FOLLOW THAT UP WITH ACTUAL ACTION EVERY TIME.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT STAFFING LEVEL THE CITY HAS IS INSUFFICIENT TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN ALL OF OUR CORRIDORS ON A ON AS FREQUENTLY A BASIS AS WE WOULD LIKE.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT ON POINT WITH THAT MASTER CHIEF, WE'VE GOTTEN EMAILS WITH PICTURES OF OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE LEVEL OF CUTTING IN.
AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT WITH LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR A MADAM SHERMAN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUTSOURCING.
AND WE HAD DISCUSSION AS WELL, OR WITH THE STAFFING IS THE ISSUE, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PUT OUT, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OR JUST, YOU KNOW, WHY THE THE MOVE TOWARDS OUTSOURCING? IT'S IT'S TWOFOLD, REALLY, SIR.
IN PART, THE STAFF IS NOT REALLY GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY IN RECENT YEARS.
SO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'VE TRIED TO MAINTAIN, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY LIMITED, IN MY OPINION, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY BETTER.
WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY STEPS TOWARD WHETHER IT'S ADDING STAFFING OR HIRING OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO REALLY GET A BETTER HANDLE ON IT.
AND WITH OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, HE'S REALLY TACKLING THAT AS ONE OF HIS PRIORITIES TO HAVE A LEVEL SERVICE.
WE CAN TELL THE RESIDENTS THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT.
AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY HONOR THAT.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST A FUNCTION, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, OF NOT GROWING THE TEAM OVER THE YEARS AND JUST ACCEPTING A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHICH WE FIND TO BE UNACCEPTABLE.
THIS NEW IMAN'S, I, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE A WORD OF IFB DASH.
FIFTY SIX DASH, ZERO DASH 20 21 MS MOWING MAINTENANCE RIGHT OF WAYS AND CORRIDORS TESTS MAINTENANT MAINTAIN SERVICES INC.
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OF PALM CITY, FLORIDA FOR ONE YEAR PERIOD.I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? CNN, I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR ARE ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY? ITEM NUMBER FIVE, GILBERTON.
[5. Award of Bid: Canal clearing, multiple locations – IFB 57-0-2021 – Public Works Department (Aquatic Control Group, Inc. - $398,419).]
WOOLVERTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.CANAL CLEARING. I HAVE QUITE A FEW ITEMS ON THIS ONE.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS, AS THEY SAY, IS WHEN WAS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, IT'S BEEN HAS NOT BEEN DONE FOR 30 YEARS.
WHAT WAS HAPPENING PRIOR TO THOSE 30 YEARS? WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THAT TIME FRAME? ONLY ONE ROAD OR NO ROAD COMING IN.
SO HOW HOW CAN YOU NOW MAINTAIN THE CANAL? THERE THERE'S STILL NO ROADS.
WHAT'S MODIFIED? WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE? ALL RIGHT. OK, THE NEXT ONE WAS THE FUNDS THAT WE SPENT ON A NEW NEW TIRED DITCHING MACHINE. I SEE IT SITTING OVER ON BABIC, OVER ON BOMBARDIER, SITTING ON THE CANAL RIGHT NOW. IT COULD BE IN USE.
AND IT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PURPOSE TO GET INTO THE TIGHT SPACES.
SO IT SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET IN THERE AND DO IT.
I'M DOING I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT CAN OR CANNOT BECAUSE I'M NOT THE ENGINEER.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT'S FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE 500000 OR WHAT WAS PROJECTED.
THAT'S THE SAVINGS. I LIKE THAT.
NEXT QUESTION, IS THIS FUNDS OUT OF THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FUND OR IS IT OUT OF OUT OF GENERAL MAINTENANCE OR IS IT OUT OF THE THE OUT OF WHICH FUNDING SOURCE? I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE IT CAME FROM.
NEXT ITEM IS PART OF THE PROBLEM WHERE YOU CAN'T GET INTO THESE DITCHES, THE FACT THAT YOU WERE VACATING BACK RIGHT AWAY ON PROPERTY, WHICH LOWERS THE ACCESS FOR RIGHT AWAY TO GET ALONG THE CANALS.
IS THAT WHAT'S CAUSING THIS PROBLEM OR NOT? THAT'S WHAT I'M I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BECAUSE A RASHEDA IN THE WAY OR WHATEVER, I DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE BACK OF THE LOTS WERE.
PERSONALLY, I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THEIR PROPERTY ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE. THAT'S MY PERSONAL CHOICE, THOUGH.
OK. ON PAGE 71 IN THE PACKET, IT SAYS, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THAT CANAL.
WHY NOT DITCH AND CLEAR ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE CANAL? WHY STOP HALFWAY DOWN? GO TO THE END. MAKE THE TURN.
WE'RE ONLY TALKING A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MORE FEET.
WHY STOP IT HALFWAY? ACCORDING TO THAT. MAPPING THE AGENDA PACKET WITHOUT BEING SAID, I UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES WE'RE OVER TASKED, BUT I KNOW WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND I KNOW WE'VE INCREASED IT AND I KNOW WE ARE PAYING TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING INTO THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FUND RIGHT NOW, AN ADDITIONAL MALON ON TOP OF THEIR TAXES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM SHERMAN.
IS DID YOU GET A LIST OF THOSE QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. CAN WE BEGIN? YES, SIR. THIS IS A STORMWATER FUNDED PROJECT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
REGARDING THE ONE MAP THAT I THINK THE ONE ON CHARLOTTA THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY STOPPED PART OF THE WAY DOWN.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PROJECT, THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
SO IF IT'S NOT SHOWING ON THE MAP, THERE'S A REASON FOR IT.
I CAN CERTAINLY BRING UP THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO SPECIFY THAT.
BUT THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS IS TO TAKE SEVEN CANALS THAT WE SHOULD ACCEPT FOR THE OVERGROWTH. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO TO MAINTAIN NORMALLY.
SO THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY BLOCKED BY, AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S SHED OR SOMEONE INSTALLING SOMETHING IN THE RIGHT AWAY SO WE CAN GET ACCESS.
THEY'RE JUST SO OVERGROWN THAT THE TEAM IS TASKED WITH SO MANY PROJECTS, CITYWIDE AND LIMITED STAFFING THAT WE NEEDED TO OUTSOURCE THESE TO MAKE THESE CANALS MANAGEABLE ONCE AGAIN. AND THEN WE WILL KEEP UP WITH THAT AS PART OF A REGULAR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WE'VE DONE THIS ONCE OR TWICE OVER THE YEARS, AND THIS IS JUST THE NEXT ROUND OF CANALS THAT WE'D LIKE TO TO CLEAN UP.
THE DITCHING MACHINE THAT WE BOUGHT, THE RUBBER TIRE ONE IS INTENDED TO BE A LOT MORE MOBILE AND MOVABLE AROUND SOME OF OUR CANALS.
AND SO INDEED, WERE THAT USE OF THAT EQUIPMENT FITS FOR THESE CANALS, WE WILL CERTAINLY APPLY IT. AND I BELIEVE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS HOPEFULLY THAT WERE ASKED.
AND ALSO, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES, MAYOR. SAME THING AS IN REGARDS TO ITEM FOUR REGARDING STAFFING, AS I'M LOOKING, COULD WE HAVE SAVED MONEY IF WE TRIED TO ADVERTISE POSITIONS INSIDE, OR WAS THAT CONSIDERED OR IS THAT BEING CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE? CERTAINLY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HAS BEEN TASKED WITH
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LOOKING AT IS A HOLISTIC VIEW OF ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS, BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO BETTER WITH OUR SERVICE LEVELS. AND SOME OF THAT WILL BE NEW STAFFING.AS YOU AS COUNCIL'S IS AWARE, WE HAVE BEEN VERY DILIGENT ABOUT ALLOCATING AS MANY DOLLARS IN THE STORMWATER FUND SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC TO STORMWATER PROJECTS THAT WILL GO IN ADVANCE OF THE ROADWORK.
SO THAT'S BEEN OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WITH THE FUNDING, NOT ADDING NEW POSITIONS, BUT WE OUTSOURCE WHERE WE CAN.
I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN A FEW MORE SHORT MONTHS, AS MEHUL OR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DOES HIS ANALYSIS, WE'RE GOING TO START TO SEE SOME MORE OF HIS RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT ABOUT WHERE WE CAN GO AND HOW WE CAN DO BETTER WITH OUR SERVICE LEVELS ACROSS THE BOARD IN PUBLIC WORKS.
RIGHT ALONG WITH THAT, I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, ECHO WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON STATED IT, AND I REALIZE THAT WE'VE GONE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT THAT WE COULD DO HOLISTICALLY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S PRETTY EVIDENT WHEN THE RESIDENTS ARE THROWING THEIR FRUSTRATION.
COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE A WORD OF IFB.
FIFTY SEVEN DASH ZERO DASH TWENTY TWENTY ONE MS. CANAL CLEARING AT SEVEN LOCATIONS TO AQUATIC CONTROL GROUP, INC..
SECOND GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M CALLING THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR OR ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[8. Contract: Superion NaviLine/HTE and Click2Gov public administration software maintenance and support, renewal – Information Technology Department (Central Square (dba Superion) - $148,488). ]
BILL BETTEN. WOOLVERTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.THIS ONE IS FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT OR FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
OR TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR, I GUESS.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THIS NEW SOFTWARE AND THE ABILITY FOR IT TO INTERFACE WITH THE BRAND NEW SOFTWARE THAT WE GOT FOR ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'RE JUST IMPLEMENTING AND HALF A MILLION DOLLARS? IS IT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO TO WORK WITH IT? RIGHT. AND AND WHEN YOU'RE JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, BECAUSE I WAS WORKING WE JUST SPENT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR ONE SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR THE PROGRAM THAT GOES WITH IT.
AND THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL BETWEEN THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND NINE, AND IT'S ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND I UNDERSTAND SOFTWARE IS EXPENSIVE, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MAINTENANCE OF IT.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE US WHERE WE SPENT, SPENT THE MONEY AND FIND OUT THAT THEY WEREN'T COMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THE MONEY.
IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK OUT.
BUT I'M I'M GOING WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE IT DEPARTMENT DID THEIR HOMEWORK AND THAT IT IS GOING TO WORK. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE A SECOND FAILURE LIKE THE LAST ONE.
MADAM SHERMAN? YEAH, THIS ITEM IS NOT NEW SOFTWARE, BUT IT'S SIMPLY THE MAINTENANCE RENEWAL COST FOR EXISTING WHAT WE CALL OUR HD BACKBONE SOFTWARE.
SO IT'S ALL THE FINANCE PERSONNEL, PROCUREMENT, ALL THOSE TYPES OF MODULES.
SO IT'S THE SAME SYSTEM WE'VE BEEN USING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, MANY, MANY YEARS IN USDA.
THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ACQUIRING RELATED TO THE BUILDING FUNCTIONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
THERE IS THE INTEGRATION THAT WE NEED OUT OF THAT SYSTEM WITH OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM. BUT I WILL ALSO REMIND COUNCILMAN AND TELL THE PUBLIC THAT THE FUNDING THAT IS DEDICATED CURRENTLY OUT OF ARPA, THE TWO MILLION DOLLARS, IS SET ASIDE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GO FORWARD AND ACTUALLY GET A NEW SYSTEM ANYWAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, YEAR TO TWO YEAR KIND OF WINDOW.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, INTEGRATION IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THAT, TO YOUR POINT, MR. BATTON. AND THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS UPPERMOST IN OUR MINDS ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU. IN MOTION, COUNCILMAN MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH CENTRAL SQUARE DIVA, SUPERIOR SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND TWENTY CENTS. I CAN MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.
I MEAN, HE OPPOSED US AS UNANIMOUSLY ITEM 10.
[10. Contract: Neptune water meters and parts, purchasing authority – Utilities Department (Sunstate Meter and Supply, Inc. – $300,000)(sole source)).]
ILL-GOTTEN. YOUR BATON, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.FIRST, I LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING, BUT IF I DON'T BRING THESE THINGS OUT IN THE PUBLIC UNDER THE LIGHTOLLER CONSENT AGENDA, THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY PASS WITH THE PUBLIC NOT HEARING ABOUT.
THAT'S WHY I TRY TO BRING SOME OF THESE THINGS OUT AND ADDRESS IT.
ON MESSAGE, CHIEF? NO, PLEASE. OK.
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OK. I JUST PUT WHAT I FELT RIGHT WITH THIS WHEN I SAW THE 300000 DOLLAR SOLE SOURCE.I JUST I COULDN'T FIND ANYWHERE IN THE AGENDA PACKET.
HOW MANY HOMES OR HOW MANY METERS THAT WAS GOING TO COVER IF IT'S ONE HOME, I THINK WE'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH.
OK, JUST BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND THAT ANYWHERE.
IF SOMEBODY COULD LET ME KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF NEW HOMES COMING IN AND THE ONES THAT ARE ON WATER AND SEWER, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THIS METER.
I HOPE IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE JUST BOUGHT NEW ONES.
AND SO I'M HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT HAVING TO REPLACE THE ONES WE JUST BOUGHT WITH THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM SHERMAN.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IT'S NOT FOR ONE HOUSE MR. BUTTON FOR SURE, BUT I WILL HAVE OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THE THE BREAKDOWN. WE CERTAINLY HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN NEW HOMES BEING BUILT, NOT JUST NOT TO MENTION COMMERCIAL AS WELL.
AND ALL OF THOSE FOLKS HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR METERS.
SO THIS IS A ANETT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
WE'RE HAVING THE EXPENDITURE SHOWING ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT WE CERTAINLY DO RECOVER THE REVENUE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR METER SETS.
BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT BREAKDOWN, SIR.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AND MADAM SHERMAN, IF YOU HAVE A MR., LITTLE DO THE SAME FOR US, BECAUSE I REMEMBER IN 2019 WHEN THIS WAS AWARDED AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY 480000, 80000 SOLD AT THE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA SAYS THE INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES IS DUE TO THE GROWTH OF THE CITY.
I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT MEASURABLE? LIKE, WHAT DO WE USE TO MEASURE THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND? BUT OK, HE CAN ANSWER IT NOW.
THANK YOU, MR. LITTLE. CHRIS LITTLE UTILITIES DIRECTOR SO HISTORICALLY, THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE IT IS WE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE INSTALLED AND PROCEED LIKE THAT. SO IT'S JUST BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA.
WITH COVID, WE HAD PLANNED FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH. AND WE'VE HAD HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS MORE METERS INSTALLED FROM ALL THESE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
SO IT CALLED US OFF GUARD, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO OFFSET IT WITH THIS ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE. IT'S ROUGHLY 1000 METERS OR LESS.
IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE, BUT IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND.
AND IT WILL BE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AND REPLACEMENTS, AS SOME DO GO BAD IN THE SYSTEM.
THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM STAFF.
THANK YOU, MR. THE ADDITIONAL COURT WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE THE INCREASE OF 300000 IN ANNUAL PURCHASING AUTHORITY FOR THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF NEPTUNE WATER METERS AND PARTS TO SUN, STATE METER AND SUPPLY LOCATING IN NEWBURY, FLORIDA.
AGAIN. A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? IN ALL IN THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OPPOSE? THIS IS UNANIMOUSLY ITEM 11, BILL BURTON.
[11. Miscellaneous: 'Cooperative Purchase', fire training center facility, Fire Station 5 (Federal Supply Schedule 084) – Fire Department (WHP Training Towers - $583,554); authorize use of additional Fire Impact Fees ($73,517). ]
GILBERT 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEW TOWER TO FIRE STATION IS TRAINING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT 100 PERCENT.
BUT I DIDN'T COULDN'T MAKE OUT THE DIFFERENCE ON WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COST.
WHY? WHY WAS THERE THIS BIG CHANGE AND THEN WHEN I DID THE MATH ON IT, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS DIFFERENCE IN THE MATH.
AND IT COULD BE I MADE A MISTAKE, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT ADDITIONAL SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS GOING FOR, BECAUSE IT WAS WHEN I WAS DOING THE LINE ITEM CHECK, I COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
RIGHT. THERE WAS JUST A QUICK MATH CHECK, LET ME KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS SPENT, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS THE ADDITIONAL SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FIRE IMPACT FEE FUND. THANK YOU.
AND I'M SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'M NOT SPECIFICALLY SURE WHERE THE SIX THOUSAND DOLLAR QUESTION IS, SO MAYBE I CAN HAVE THE FIRE CHIEF TALKED TO MR. BRATTON OFFLINE, BUT THIS A TOTAL ITEM IS REQUESTING IT.
COUNCIL'S ALREADY APPROVED THE ORIGINAL PROCUREMENT OF THIS FIRE TRAINING STATION BACK IN JULY, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE OF ABOUT SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, BECAUSE AS WE LOOKED AT THE QUOTE, THERE WAS GOOD FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
STAFF REALIZE WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS INCLUDED IN THE QUOTE WHICH INCLUDED SOILS, TESTING, FOUNDATION DESIGN, FOUNDATION, INSTALLATION, CONCRETE AND SOME PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE BONDS. SOME OF THOSE WERE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL, BUT WERE NOT FULLY ALL
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THE ASPECTS WERE NOT INCLUDED.SO ESSENTIALLY WENT BACK TO THE VENDOR, REQUESTED A REVISED QUOTE WITH A NEW GOOD THROUGH DATE. AND THE RESULT WAS THAT THAT CAME UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE MARKET. SO THAT'S THE BULK OF WHAT IS IN THE CHANGE FOR THE ADDITIONAL SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ALSO, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? AND I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE W HP CUSTOM SECOND ALARM STANDARD TRAINING SIMULATOR FOR FIRE STATION FIRE FROM HP TRAINING TOWERS AND OVERLORD OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, UTILIZING COOPERATIVE FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE ZERO EIGHT FOUR. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN.
WAS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? IN ALL IN THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR.
I MEAN, OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[15. Consideration of the City's state legislative priorities for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. ]
YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.THAT WAS ME. SO SO WE JUST RECENTLY HAD AN UPDATE FROM SUNRISE CONSULTING ON THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE STATE LEGISLATION.
AND HERE WE ARE ALREADY TWENTY TWENTY TWO, THE FIRST DAY OF THE STARTS, JANUARY 1ST, JANUARY, JANUARY 1ST.
TWENTY, TWENTY TWO. SO WE HAVE THREE PRIORITIES.
WE HAVE TWO FUNDING OPERATIONS AND ONE LEGISLATIVE SLASH POLICY RECOMMENDATION.
BUT I REMEMBER BEFORE WE KIND OF PRIORITIZE ONE, TWO AND THREE, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT, BECAUSE AS YOU SEE, THE TWO FUNDING APPROPRIATION PRIORITIES, ONE BEING WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY PROJECTS TO, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE TURKEY CREEK IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.
AND THE SECOND IS BEING PROACTIVE IN, YOU KNOW, SEEKING CONSTRUCTION FOR A FIRE STATION SEVEN, A NEW STATION, BECAUSE WE'RE EXPANDING QUICKLY IN THE LAST BEING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WANTED TO JUST TALK OPEN AS A COUNCIL, IF WE WANTED TO PRIOR TO PRIORITIZE ONE THROUGH THREE OR JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I AM, SIR.
THAT'S A GREAT. AND I'M GLAD YOU CALLED IT.
BECAUSE THERE'S A FEW THINGS, RIGHT? WE'VE ALL AGREED ON WATER QUALITY.
WE'VE ALL AGREED ON THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF OF GROWTH WITH OUR FIRE STATIONS.
AND AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ITEM REGARDING FIRE STATIONS.
SO I'M I'M GOOD WITH THE WAY THEY'RE LISTED, WATER QUALITY FIRE STATION AND THE PROCUREMENT. COUNCILMAN FELIX.
I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU AS WELL.
I MEAN, THEY ALL ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT, KEEP IT IN THE SAME KEEP, YOU KNOW, THE SAME ORDER.
YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU AT ALL.
I WOULD CHANGE THE ORDER, BUT IN LIGHT OF I WANTED TO KEEP IT IN THE SAME ORDER, I WOULD GO ALONG WITH IT. SO.
THERE ARE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL IN THERE.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? YOU KNOW, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MOTION APPROVED THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY AND AUTHORIZED CITY STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY STATE LIBRARY LOBBYING FIRM TO PURSUE THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND SEEK LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT AND SPONSORSHIP FROM THE BOVARD LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.
ATOMOS GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR OF JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX, I WILL SAY THE LAST SESSION WE WERE REALLY SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS FIRM.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUNDING WE GOT FOR THESE NUTRIENT BAFFLE BOXES.
I'M REALLY GUNG HO ABOUT THAT.
THAT SHOWS A LEVEL OF COMMITMENT FROM THIS COUNCIL AND IN OUR STATE LEGISLATORS.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR, I ONLY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[17. Consideration of partial pre-payment of the Special Assessment Revenue Note, Series 2016 ($482,000).]
BATON. BATIN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST, AS ALWAYS, I TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.WELL, PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW IS THAT UNIT 31 IN THE SOUTHWEST PALM BAY, THEY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES UNDER SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO PUT WATER INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY DID IT UNDER A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CITY FOR SOME REASON, COULDN'T PROVIDE IT TO THE RESIDENTS,
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BUT THE RESIDENTS TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO PROVIDE A FORUM.AND THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO NOW PAY THAT OFF TWO YEARS EARLY WITH A FOUR, FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THIS IS A TIME WHEN I SAY GOOD JOB GROWTH.
YOUR ACCOUNTS DID A GREAT JOB FOR THE RESIDENTS OF UNIT 31.
BUT THAT MEANS TWO YEARS OR THEY'RE DONE EARLY AND DON'T HAVE TO BE PUTTING THAT ON THEIR TAX BILL, WHICH LOWERS THEIR OVERALL TAX THING.
GOOD JOB TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY ON HELPING THE RESIDENTS OF UNIT 31.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IN MOTION, A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE PARTIAL PREPAYMENT OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE REFINDING NOTE SERIES 2016.
I CAN MOTION MY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? IN NONE, ALL IN FAVOR EITHER THIS IS UNANIMOUSLY ITEM 20 BILL BEN.
[20. Consideration of utilizing General Fund Undesignated Fund Balance for an access control and security camera study ($9,667). ]
GILBERTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.I KNOW THIS IS NOT A LOT OF FUNDS, BUT I JUST WASN'T SURE WHAT WE WERE WHAT THE CITY WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE STUDY.
ARE WE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO WORK, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OR IS IT? I JUST COULDN'T FIND OUT WHY WE WERE SPENDING THE MONEY FOR AN ANALYSIS.
WHAT WHAT? SO BASICALLY, IS IT WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO FIND OUT IN THIS ANALYSIS OR WAS IT JUST HERE'S A GOOD CONTRACTOR, HERE'S AN ADDITIONAL TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL INSTALL IT NEXT MONTH? I DON'T KNOW.
THANK YOU. THAT WAS TONGUE IN CHEEK, BY THE WAY.
AND I'M SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
YEAH, SO THIS IS WE TRIED INTERNALLY TO SEE IF WE HAD THE CAPACITY TO FIGURE OUT AND THE EXPERTIZE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPROVE OUR OVERALL BUILDING SECURITY SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S NOT JUST CAMERA SYSTEMS, WHICH WE ARE SORELY LACKING IN.
BUT ITS CAMERA SYSTEMS COMPLEX WIRED.
SO FOBS AND ACCESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME ANTIQUATED PIECES IN PARTS OF OUR CURRENT SYSTEM THAT ARE NOT ALL INTEGRATED THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE.
AND WE DID AN INITIAL ANALYSIS INTERNALLY ATTEMPTING TO SEE EYES.
AND WHERE SHOULD WE PRIORITIZE OUR EFFORTS AND OUR FUNDING TO IMPROVE OUR SECURITY? THE END RESULT OF ALL THAT WAS WE GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS VENDORS.
IT WAS A VERY BROAD MIX OF THINGS FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT VENDORS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS. SO FOR ABOUT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH IS THIS ITEM, WE CAN HIRE AN OUTSIDE EXPERT TO BASICALLY LOOK AT OUR OVERALL SYSTEM AND GIVE US A VERY CLEAR AND SIMPLE RECOMMENDATION.
HERE'S A GOOD PHASE ONE AND HERE'S HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MIGHT NEED TO SET ASIDE FOR IT.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE FOUND OURSELVES NEEDING A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTERNAL EXPERTIZE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL DO FOR US.
AND DID YOU WANT TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, THE PROTOCOLS THAT WE'VE.
I HAD TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE OF OUR SECURITY.
YEAH, RELATIONS CERTAINLY WITHIN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF INSTANCES, INSTANCES AT CITY HALL WHERE WE'VE HAD TO GO ON FULL OR PARTIAL LOCKDOWNS. AND EVEN DOING A LOCKDOWN IS NOT AS SEAMLESS AS IT REALLY SHOULD BE, BECAUSE PART OF WHAT WE NEED IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING WELL, QUICKLY, EFFICIENTLY WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE BUILDINGS AT THE TIME, OR WE NEED TO DO A LOCKDOWN. AND OUR CURRENT SYSTEM NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THOSE AREAS.
SO WE'VE DONE THE BEST WE CAN WITH OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS. BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND REALLY MAKE SURE EVERY EVERY BUILDING IS SECURE, ESPECIALLY HIGH VOLUME, HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS LIKE THE CITY HALL COMPLEX.
ER, IF I MAY, IN THE FIELD AND MR. BARTON, I'M GLAD YOU TOUCHED ON THAT.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO PULL THAT ITEM MYSELF.
CERTAINLY. NO, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, RIGHT.
VERY SMALL. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF MOVING FORWARD THAT WE ARE NOT TOO QUICK TO OUTSOURCE.
WE HAVE THREE KEY DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS THIS IS CONCERNED.
WE HAVE A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT, A LOT OF TALENTED FOLKS.
READ A LOT OF TALON'S THERE AND ALL FACILITY, SO.
I'M THINKING, MAN, CAN WE NOT ON WITHIN THOSE THREE FORMAT WITH A LOT OF TALENT FOLKS.
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SIT DOWN, GET TOGETHER AND REALLY COME UP WITH A WITH A WITH A PLAN.YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT GOOD ENOUGH, SMART ENOUGH TO TO TO REMEDY.
AND I GET IT SOMETIME WE DO THAT OUR OUTSIDE HELP COULD BE BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT BRINGING A DIFFERENT FRESH OUTLOOK AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT. THIS IS JUST ONE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT US TO BE TOO QUICK TO OUTSOURCE THING AND SPEND MONEY THAT IF WE CAN USE INSIDE RESOURCES TO, YOU KNOW, TO BRING SOLUTION, I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE EXHAUST ALL THESE INTERIOR, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES BEFORE WE OUTSOURCE THING.
SO AND THIS IS JUST THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I REALLY, REALLY THINK WANT THE LEADERSHIP TO THINK ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. YOU KNOW, SO FELIX, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT IN INDIA AND COUNCILMAN.
YOU KNOW, I GOT A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON SECURITY BECAUSE I DID IT FOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN DOLLARS FOR OUTSIDE EXPERT TO TELL YOU THE WEAKNESS, WEAKS POINTS.
SECURITY CONCERNS, THE RIGHT CAMERAS, RIGHT CAMERAS TO USE EVERY CAMERAS DIFFERENT AND EVERY CAMERA.
I GOT A LITTLE A LOT OF TRAINING IN THIS AREA WHEN IT COME TO CAMERAS, SECURITY.
OK. YOU KNOW, EVERY CAMERA DON'T CAPTURE ACTUALLY WHAT YOU SEE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU CAN HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CAMERAS AND CAPTURED TOTALLY TWO DIFFERENT INCIDENTS, A MS. THINGS. OK, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S BECAUSE EACH CAMERA HAS A DELAY.
IN JAILS AND VEHICLES, POLICE VEHICLES AND BODY CAMS, EVERY CAMERA HAS A CERTAIN DELAY, AND YOU HAVE TO PUT THE RIGHT CAMERA IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO ACTUALLY CAPTURE EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES.
SO AND THERE'S STUDIES OUT THERE AND DIFFERENT EQUIPMENTS.
WORK IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS OUTSIDE AND INSIDE, SO THAT'S WHY YOU NEED A A PROFESSIONAL. YOU CANNOT USE ONE DEPARTMENT, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, THE PIECE TOGETHER, A SECURITY SYSTEM, AND YOU DON'T WANT YOUR LIFE OR THE STAFF LIVES IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE THEY MISS SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE COULD RECORD A LOOK FOR, SUSPECT OR PREVENT SOMETHING, OR A STAFF COULD NOTICE SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN CITY HALL AND THE RIGHT CAMERAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT COULD CAPTURE SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING BAD IN.
IN MY OPINION, AS OUR CITY HALL IS NOT PROPERLY SECURE.
THERE'S A LOT OF WEAK POINTS, SO GETTING AN OUTSIDE EXPERT TO COME IN HERE TO ADVISE THE CITY WHAT EQUIPMENT, WHAT ACCESS POINT SHOULD BE SECURED AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK IS WELL WORTH. SAVINGS OR THE PROPER EQUIPMENT TO PROTECT THEM.
THEY DON'T DEAL WITH SECURITY, POLICE DON'T DEAL WITH SECURITY.
AT ALL, THEY WERE ENFORCING LAWS.
IT DEPARTMENT DON'T DEAL WITH SECURITY OTHER THAN COMPUTER SECURITY.
SO. CAMERAS CAN BE MANIPULATED FROM OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE SOURCES OR HACKERS.
SO YOU GOT TO HAVE PROFESSIONALS THAT COME IN THAT DOES THIS ON A DAILY BASIS.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF GENERAL FUND AND DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN DOLLARS AN ACCESS CONTROL AND SECURITY CAMERA STUDY.
I CAN ADD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? SO I'M CLEAR FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMAN FELIX, I SUPPORT THIS.
I JUST WANT MOVING FORWARD, I WANT STUFF TO BE CAUTIOUS AS WE WE OUTSOURCE THIS STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO WE WE NEED THE EXPERTIZE.
WELL, I'M JUST SAYING, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS AS TO REALLY LET'S
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UTILIZE ALL OUR RESOURCES, EXHAUST THEM ALL BEFORE WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUTSOURCE STUFF. ALL I'M SAYING.FELIX. I BELIEVE STAFF HAS DULY NOTED YOUR CONCERNS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER, ALL IN FAVOR.
THERE ANY OPPOSE? US IS UNANIMOUSLY.
WE ARE ON ITEM TWENTY FIVE, GILBERTON.
[25. Acknowledgement of a corrective Legislative Memorandum relating to the sale of City-owned surplus real estate located at 1048 Hunt Street to buyer Susan C. Ayer; and authorize a corrective budget amendment to transfer $198,128 into the General Fund. ]
BILL BOUTON, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.ONE HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT'S A NICE CHUNK OF CHANGE TO BE PUTTING BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
BUT THE QUESTION FOR ME IS, IS IT GOING ON TO THE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND? AND THAT DRAWING'S UP TO MORE QUESTIONS.
RIGHT. ORIGINALLY, WE HAD ALMOST THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN THE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND.
WE'RE GETTING READY AND WHAT, THREE WEEKS TO DO THE BUDGET FOR 2022.
AND I NOTICE THAT WE ONLY HAVE 700000 IN THE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND.
AND I WAS CURIOUS, DID WE ACTUALLY SPEND THAT THREE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAD IN THE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND OR WAS IT JUST ROLLED OVER TO BE USED SOMEPLACE ELSE? BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT FUNDING CAME FROM THE DEAD DESIGNATED SOURCE OF PROPERTY TO CITY OWNED THAT WAS SOLD.
AND THE AGREEMENT WAS ALL OF IT WOULD GO BACK INTO ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND.
ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE QUESTION.
AND THEN SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE 2021 BUDGET ACCOUNT OR THE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND PRIOR TO START FOR THE 2022 BUDGET TRANSFER OF ONLY SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT QUESTION WITH THAT IS FOR THE SALE OF LAND IN THE BAY FRONT, THE THE MARINA. DOES THAT FUNDING SOURCE, WHICH IS ONE POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS, DOES THAT FUNDING SOURCE GO TO ROAD MAINTENANCE OR DOES IT HAVE TO STAY IN THE BCR YOU OR THE BCL RAY ALTRO? THOSE ARE THE TWO QUESTIONS I HAD ON THAT ONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THE I BELIEVE THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MR. BAD IS REFERRING TO, THAT IS IN THE PROPOSED NEW FISCAL YEAR BUDGET IS REFERRING TO JUST THE NEW MONEY THAT WE'RE LOADING INTO THE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND SEPARATE FROM SELLING NEW PROPERTIES. THAT MONEY STILL GOES IN AND SEPARATE FROM A FAIRLY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.
I WILL GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.
I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT OFFHAND, BUT IT IS SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS TO YOUR POINT, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING THAT UP.
ALSO TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SALE OF THE MARINA PROPERTY.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CALCULATION THAT GOES INTO IT, BUT ESSENTIALLY, DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PARCELS THAT WERE SELLING IN THAT TRANSACTION.
THERE'S CITI AND SIERRA JOINTLY OWN PROPERTIES AND THEN JUST SEPARATELY CITY OWNED PROPERTIES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MATH IS SUCH THAT IF IT'S A SIERRE PROPERTY, THERE'S A PORTION, IF IT'S ONLY SEERY PROPERTY OR PORTION A PORTION OF A PROPERTY, THAT MONEY HAS TO GO BACK TO THE SEERY FUND.
THAT FUND BALANCE IS DEALT WITH AT THE END OF THE YEAR BY A CALCULATION OF WHAT GOES BACK TO THE D GENERAL FUND AND WHAT GOES BACK TO THE COUNTY GENERAL FUND.
AND THIS, I BELIEVE, WAS IN ONE OF OUR MEMOS ON THIS TOPIC.
THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE CITY SIDE WILL BE GOING BACK INTO THE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND PER PRIOR COUNCIL DIRECTION.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU KNOW THIS.
I NEED A MOTION COUNCILMAN MOTION TO AUTHORIZE MOTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORRECTIVE MEMO AND AUTHORIZE A CORRECTIVE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO MOVE THE EXPENSES OF ONE HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND 12 CENTS FOR 10 48 HUNT STREET PROJECTS, SEVENTEENS CDS, ZERO THREE CURRENTLY RECORDING AND FUND ONE ONE ONE SHIP AND FUND ONE TWO THREE IN S.P.
TO FIND ZERO ZERO ONE GENERAL FUND.
A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
THEY'RE GOING TO BUY COUNCILMAN, FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? NONE. CAN YOU TELL MY HEAD'S STILL ON A SWIVEL TIME, GO BACK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.
IS UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER ONE PRESENTATION.
MAYOR, PLEASE. IF I MAY READ THE CAPTAINS OF THE RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES THAT WE PASSED. YES, MA'AM.
DASH FORTY TWO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, SELLING AND CONVEYING PROPERTY AS RECORDED IN FLATBOAT 22.
IT IS 125 THROUGH 137, OR THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR AN
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EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2021.THAT'S FORTY THREE, A RESOLUTION THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY RIVARA COUNTY, FLORIDA, SELLING INCONVENIENT PROPERTY AS RECORDED IN BOOK TWENTY ONE.
IT IS TWENTY NINE THROUGH THIRTY THREE.
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF OF OUR COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND RESULT IN AUTIN IS TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
THAT'S FIFTY FIVE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET APPROPRIATING AND ALLOCATING FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT A, CONSISTING OF FIVE PAGES AND INCORPORATE IT IN ITS ENTIRETY HERE IN RECOGNIZING THAT SUCH APPROPRIATIONS MUST BE MADE PURSUANT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE.
ADOPTING, RATIFYING, CONFIRMING AND VALIDATING THE ALLOCATIONS, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE ARE ON PRESENTATION.
[PRESENTATION]
MARY, THANK YOU. IT'S MY OPPORTUNITY AND PRIVILEGE, ACTUALLY, TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TONY ZORBA, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A GROUP CALLED THE SOURCE.THEY OPERATE DOWN IN VERO BEACH AND THEY PROVIDE SOME REALLY GREAT SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
IN CASE YOU CAME IN AND SAW THE BUSSES PARKED OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT, THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF TONY'S GROUP.
AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS WE'RE DOING OUT THERE THAT WE HOPE THEY CAN DO UP HERE AS WELL.
HOW LONG DO I HAVE? THAT'S TEN MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK I CAN GET THAT DONE.
SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR HAVING ME.
THANK YOU, MAYOR DEBBIE, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP WITH A SMALL LITTLE VIDEO ABOUT THE SOURCE.
I'M GOING TO BRING THE SAUCE TO YOU AS OPPOSED TO YOU GUYS COMING DOWN TO THE SOURCE.
SO THE SAUCE IS A CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRY STARTED IN 1995 AS A SMALL OUTREACH CENTER TO SERVE THE POOR AND HOMELESS IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.
CHRONICLES. THEY'RE SO CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE PROGRAMED AND TRAINED AND EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY TO START THE PROGRAM WITH LASERS.
THE NEXT TIME IS GOING TO BE THE PROGRAM.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE VERY HARD BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BUILDING AND WHAT WE DO.
AND I WAS BLESSED AND FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE APPROACHED BY DEPUTY MAYOR TO COME HERE AND TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS ON OUR SERVICES AND WHAT WE DO IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.
I'M NOT HERE SEEKING ANYTHING OTHER THAN SHOWING YOU GUYS WHAT WE DO IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. SO I LEFT YOU SOME BROCHURES AND SOME THINGS ON THE TABLE IN YOUR IN YOUR BROCHURE. YOU'LL HAVE A TRIFOLD TRIBAL BROCHURE.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE SOME OF THOSE THAT WE PASSED OUT.
OUR OUR MISSION OF THE SOURCE IS TO SUPPORT AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND LEAD PEOPLE TO A SAVING FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.
SO WE ARE A MINISTRY AND OUR MINISTRY IS TO SUPPORT AND SERVE.
HOW WE DO THAT IS THROUGH THREE BASIC THINGS.
IT'S OUR CULINARY TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH YOU GUYS SAW WITH OUR FOOD TRUCKS THAT WERE OUTSIDE. WE HAVE A SIX, 12 AND 18 WEEK CULINARY TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS GEARED TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS AND PUT THEM BACK TO WORK IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY.
AND AS WE KNOW, WITH COVID AND RESTAURANTS GETTING BACK TO WORK, IT'S HARD TO FILL.
THOSE POSITIONS ARE PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING JOBS IN THAT FIELD.
THROUGH THAT, WE CREATED A CATERING COMPANY CALLED DIGNITY CATERERS.
WE PROVIDE MEALS TO OTHER NON-PROFITS AROUND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FROM OTHER HOMELESS CENTERS THAT FEED FAMILIES, CHILDREN'S CENTERS THAT HAVE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S A WAY FOR OUR POPULATION TO THEN GIVE BACK TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.
IT'S ALSO A REVENUE STREAM FOR FOR THE MINISTRY.
THE THIRD PIECE TO THAT TRAINING PROGRAM IS THE FOOD TRUCK BUSINESS.
THE FOOD TRUCK BUSINESS WAS DESIGNED BECAUSE WE SAW OUR POPULATION HAVE HOMELESS THE HOMELESS INTERACTION.
AND WHEN WE GOT THEM IN FRONT OF REAL TIME PEOPLE, THEY REALLY FROZE UP.
AND THEY THEY REALLY JUST COULDN'T INTERACT WITH REAL PEOPLE.
SO WE WANTED TO CREATE THIS FOOD TRUCK TO SELL ALL THIS AWARD WINNING FOOD.
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AND THEN AGAIN, GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE BUSINESS.THE FIRST FOOD TRUCK WAS ON TRACK TO MAKE AROUND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ITS FIRST YEAR, WHICH THEN LAUNCHED.
WE LAUNCHED A SECOND FOOD TRUCK THIS PAST JULY.
AND THEN WE'RE LAUNCHING A THIRD ONE IN JULY OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
AGAIN, IT'S ALL GEARED TO GENERATE REVENUE, TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST KEEP KNOCKING ON INDIVIDUAL DOORS FOR FOR SUPPORT THROUGH THAT JOB TRAINING. WE FOUND THAT OUR INDIVIDUALS WERE STILL SLEEPING ON IN THE WOODS.
THEY WERE STILL SLEEPING ON PARK BENCHES.
AND OUR OUR GUYS WERE JUST GETTING TRUST PASSED AND ENDED UP IN JAIL.
AND THEN THAT SYSTEM JUST KEPT PERPETUATING ITSELF.
SO WE HAD TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PUT PEOPLE IN AN EMERGENCY SHELTER IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. THERE IS NONE.
THERE'S PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN GET INTO IF YOU'RE A SINGLE MOM WITH CHILDREN, IF YOU'RE ABUSED, IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, THERE'S PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN GET INTO OUR POPULATION IF YOU NEED A ROOM FOR THE NIGHT.
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM TO GO.
SO WE SPENT ABOUT TWO YEARS TRYING TO FIND A FACILITY AND WE JUST BATTLED THE CITY.
AND EVERYBODY DEALS WITH NOT IN MY BACKYARD.
WE CAN'T WE CAN'T STAND THAT WORD HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE WANT TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO A LIFE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
SO FOR TWO YEARS, WE TRIED TO GO INTO INSIDE OF A BUILDING, THOUGHT, THOUGHT, THOUGHT WE COULDN'T DO IT. SO WE JUST SAT ONE DAY AND PRAYED ABOUT WHAT'S THE NEXT SOLUTION.
SO WE CAME UP WITH A FORTY FIVE FOOT MOTORCOACH.
MANY OF YOU GUYS SAW THAT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT TODAY.
THE FORTY FIVE FOOT MOTORCOACH WAS TURNED INTO 20 SLEEPING PODS, WHICH WAS AN RV.
THERE WAS NO ZONING REQUIREMENTS, TERESE, NO REGULATIONS.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT NOBODY REALLY COULD DO WITH AN RV.
SO WE SAID, HA HA, WE WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, CRACK THIS NUT.
SO THAT THEN TURNED INTO A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, WHICH WAS HUGE FOR US. SO OUR STUDENTS GET THE FIRST DAY ON THAT BUS.
SO THEY GET THE FIRST BEDS ON THAT BUS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
THEN WE OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY CAN COME IN AND THEN THEY CAN RESERVE THOSE BEDS FOR TWO DOLLARS A NIGHT OR 50 DOLLARS A MONTH. MANY OF OUR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT WE KNOW, WE DID A STUDY IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. IF PANHANDLER IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY STAYS ON THE STREET, THEY AVERAGE OVER A HUNDRED HOURS A DAY.
100 HOURS A DAY, AND MANY OF THE NONPROFIT PROVIDERS HERE COULD COULD PROBABLY ATTEST TO THAT SO THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE SOMEWHERE, SOME WAY, SO WE FORCE THEM TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. THE LAST PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CALLED DIGNITY VILLAGE.
WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT ON THE SIDE OF THE BUS, IT SAYS DIGNITY VILLAGE AWAY HOME.
WE BELIEVE IN PERMANENT HOUSING.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND AS WE ALL KNOW, IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND PALM BAY AND BOVARD COUNTY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS HARD.
IT DOESN'T EXIST, DOESN'T EXIST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANT TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BUT THEN OUR CENTER IN THE CENTER OF IT.
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT HOUSING SOLVES HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE'RE ON OUR LAST DAYS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.
SO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS WE HAVE.
WE ALSO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ON SITE, MS..
CHARLENE IS HERE WITH US TODAY.
SHE LIVES HERE WITH US, TRAVELS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.
SHE'S ON SITE WITH MANY OF OUR CLIENTS ON A DAILY BASIS, BECAUSE WE KNOW MENTAL HEALTH IS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR CLIENTELE.
I ACTUALLY BROUGHT HER ON STAFF FOR THE STAFF, NOT EVEN FOR THE CLIENTS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE SERVING PEOPLE DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO SEND THEM AND YOU'RE ANSWERING PHONES AND THEY'RE SAYING, WHERE CAN WE STAY TONIGHT? WE SAY WE HAVE NO SERVICES FOR YOU HERE.
EVERY DAY OUR STAFF WERE JUST DEPLETED.
AND I SAID, I NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THEM, BECAUSE IF THEY CAN BE BETTER, THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A BETTER PRODUCT.
SO WE BROUGHT CHARLENE IN FOR THE FIRST YEAR JUST FOR THE STAFF, JUST FOR THE TEAM.
AND THEN ONCE THEY BECAME SOLIDIFIED, THEN WE OFFERED IT TO THE STUDENTS AND TO THE CLIENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE ALSO OFFER PRE PANDEMIC.
WE OFFERED AA MEETINGS, WE OFFER BIBLE STUDIES.
WE HAVE A MOBILE HEALTH CLINIC.
WE HAVE MEN'S GROUPS AND WOMEN'S GROUPS AND FOOD STAMPS AND ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT GREAT STUFF. BUT THIS IS THE LAST PROGRAM THAT WE JUST LAUNCHED, AND IT'S THROUGH A LOCAL DENTIST HERE IN MELBOURNE, WICKHAM DENTAL.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN UP ON WICKHAM ROAD ALL THE WAY TOWARDS THE END, WE PARTNERED WITH WITH THESE GUYS. THEY CAME TO US AND SAID, WE WANT TO GIVE BACK TO YOUR STUDENTS THAT ARE
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IN THE KITCHEN PROGRAM AND THROUGH THE THE PANDEMIC WHEN OUR STUDENTS WOULD INTERVIEW.IT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE THEY HAD THE MASK ON GO IN AN INTERVIEW WITH A MASK WHEN THEY HAD TO TAKE IT OFF AND THEIR TEETH WERE MISSING.
THEY WEREN'T GETTING HIRED AND THEY COULDN'T GET POSITIONS.
SO WE WENT TO A WICKHAM DENTAL AND HE SAID, EVERY STUDENT THAT GRADUATES YOUR PROGRAM, THEY WILL COME IN AND I WILL GIVE THEM A FREE SMILE.
A FREE SMILE, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BROCHURE, WE HAVE THE BROCHURES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BROCHURE, YOU'LL SEE A YOUNG LADY NAMED BRIGITTE, 60 YEARS OLD.
SHE WAS GETTING HER TEETH. SHE'S GETTING HER TEETH DONE.
AND THIS IS WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE TODAY ON THE BACK OF THE BROCHURE.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT JUST TREATMENT.
IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, PULLING OUT, PULLING OUT TEETH.
THIS IS TRULY TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO A LIFE OF ABUNDANCE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THE SOURCE IS ABOUT.
WE'RE ABOUT TRYING TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO A LIFE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
SO THE LAST PROGRAM THAT WE CREATED RECENTLY WAS WE WERE APPROACHED BY A COMPANY AND STUART, THAT SERVICES PRIVATE AIRPLANES.
IT CAME TO US AND SAID, WE SERVICE PRIVATE PLANES AND WE PUT TOGETHER MOTION SICKNESS BAGS. AND THEY THESE BAGS GO INTO PRIVATE AIRPLANE POCKETS, SEE POCKETS.
SO THEY CAME TO US AND SAID, WE WANT YOUR POPULATION TO CREATE THESE.
YOU'LL BE THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN THE ENTIRE WORLD THAT DOES THIS.
SO WE ACTUALLY GO TO PANHANDLERS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE STREET SAY, LISTEN, YOU CAN GET OFF A BUCKET, STOP FLYING A SIGN, COME INTO THE BUILDING, GET A MEAL, SIT IN AIR CONDITIONING, WATCH TV AND EARN A DIGNIFIED INCOME.
SO FOR EVERY ONE HUNDRED, THEY DO IN A BOX.
SO IF THEY DO 20 BOXES A DAY, EARN 100 DOLLARS A DAY, AND THEY GET PAID EVERY FRIDAY.
SO THIS WAS THIS WAS HUGE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO OFFER DIGNIFIED INCOME FOR INDIVIDUALS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE DO PROVIDE MEALS AND WE WE DO PROVIDE LAUNDRY SERVICES AND SHOWERS AND ALL THAT GREAT STUFF.
BUT WE ULTIMATELY WANT TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO A LIFE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? CAN I SAY THAT I WANT THIS MINISTRY HERE IN PALM BAY, IS THAT IS THAT A FAIR ASK? WOW. YEAH.
I MEAN, IF YOU IF YOU SEEN THE BUS, LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT US AND THEY SAID THAT BUS IS AMAZING.
AND BEFORE I GOT HERE TODAY, WE'VE DONE MISSION TRIPS TO HAITI.
WE'VE DONE MISSION TRIPS TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
WE'VE DONE MISSION TRIPS TO THE PANHANDLE.
BEFORE I WAS WALKING IN HERE TODAY, I GOT A PHONE CALL TO GO TO NEW ORLEANS AND SERVE THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED MEALS A DAY OUT OF OUR FOOD TRUCK.
SO WE ALSO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH TO LAUNCH BUSSES, BECAUSE THE MOBILE BUS THING IS IS HUGE, BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT COMES TO YOU AND SAYS WE WANT A SHELTER IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'D BE LYING TO YOU IF IF PEOPLE SAY NIMBYISM DOESN'T EXIST.
NOBODY WANTS HOMELESSNESS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
WE PICK PEOPLE UP AND THEN WE DRIVE TO A LOCAL TRUCK STOP EVERY NIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE AT. AND WE HAVE IT'S WE HAVE MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN ON THE BUS.
AND WE STAFF IT WITH TWO STAFF EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
SO THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE ARE JUST TRULY.
GOD GIVEN AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING TO BE A PART OF AND WATCH.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT HERE FOR FUNDING.
WE'RE NOT HERE ASKING FOR MONEY.
WE'RE JUST HERE TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
FORTY FIVE MINUTES OUT FROM YOU GUYS AND WE CAN HELP YOU AND HELP THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I LIVE IN PALM BAY.
I LIVE AT THE END OF BADCOCK STREET.
AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M DOWN MALABA ROAD AND I SEE IT EVERY DAY, AND THERE'S NO OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO.
AND MANY OF THE PROVIDERS HERE CAN ATTEST TO THAT.
THEY GET PHONE CALLS. AND WHERE DO I GET A BED TONIGHT? I'M SORRY. THERE'S NO ROOM FOR YOU HERE.
AND WE ALL KNOW CHRISTIAN MINISTRY WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
AND THAT'S DIFFICULT TO TAKE IF YOU'RE A SERVICE PROVIDER AND HELP YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES WHEN THE BLESSED, BLESSED COUNTIES IN IN THIS IN THE STATE AND THERE'S NO ROOM FOR PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE CREATED AN AMAZING BUS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO LAUNCH MORE BUSSES AND YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER BUS IN PALM BAY.
L.A. DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
THAT'S AMAZING. THAT'S AMAZING.
I YOU KNOW, MY MY THOUGHTS IS HOW CAN WE STILL, YOU KNOW, TO PALM BAY HOW YOU LIVE HERE? SO WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT SERVICE AND PALM BAY.
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I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT TO HELP OUT THE LEAST OF THESE AND CONTINUE TO DO YOUR WORK. AND I HOPE GALUT, GOD GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH AND THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT IT'S BEEN FOR ALL OF US IN A DAY OF COVID.IT'S IT'S BEEN TOUGH FOR EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW, IN IN A IN A WORLD OF COVID NOT KNOWING WHERE WE'RE GOING AND AND HOW WE'RE MOVING AND HOW WE'RE OPERATING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN TOUGH FOR EVERYBODY TO NO MATTER WHAT BUSINESS YOU'VE BEEN IN, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN REALLY TOUGH.
BUT AT THE FOREFRONT OF OF OUR BUSINESS IS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.
AND WHEN WE PUT HIM AT THE FOREFRONT, WE DON'T CHASE MONEY.
WE DON'T CHASE, YOU KNOW, FUNDING.
WE CHASE RELATIONSHIPS WHEN WE CHASE RELATIONSHIPS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CHASE SOMEBODY'S HEART IN THE POCKET, WE'LL FOLLOW ABOUT CHASE IN THE POCKET. AND THEN FOLLOWING THE HEART, YOU FOLLOW THE HEART AND THEN THE POCKET WILL FOLLOW. THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME. A DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M TRYING TO.
YEAH. YOU STILL BEING HUMBLE, SIR? SHARE WHAT? SHARE WHAT YOU DID WHEN THE BUILDING COLLAPSED IN MIAMI.
YEAH. YEAH. WHEN THE BUILDING COLLAPSED IN MIAMI, WE WERE THE FIRST FOOTROT ON SITE WHEN IT COLLAPSED. WE WERE DOWN THERE AND WE WERE SERVING HUNDREDS OF MEALS TO FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WERE SEARCHING THROUGH THE RUBBLE AND PULLING PEOPLE OUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, GUYS THAT WERE ON THE RUBBLE FOR 12 HOURS COMING OFF AND JUST EATING FROM OUR TRUCK. AND AGAIN, WE DIDN'T CHARGE ANYBODY ANYTHING.
IT WAS JUST OUR CIVIC DUTY AND AND OUR ABILITY TO TAKE OUR POPULATION THAT HAVE AN ABILITY TO GIVE BACK AS WELL.
BECAUSE NO MATTER EVEN NO MATTER OUR GUYS THAT SLEEP ON A BUS, SOMEBODY WORSE THAN THEM, SOMEBODY LOOKING FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN A BUILDING.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
AND WE CONSTANTLY ARE SERVING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SERVE, IT PROVIDES.
AND WE'VE JUST BEEN BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
BUT TONY, I APPRECIATE YOU, MAN.
WE TALKED A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND I REMEMBER I WAS TRYING TO GET YOU UP THE CITY HALL, BUT THEN YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, I'M DOWN IN MIAMI.
AND THIS WAS LIKE LATE AT NIGHT THAT I WAS TALKING TO YOU THERE LATE AT NIGHT.
I MOVED DOWN FROM PALM BAY THREE HOURS AND IT HAPPENED, MAN.
LIKE THAT'S WHY I HAD TO CALL YOU OUT ON IT, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING TO COMMEND ITSELF. THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
AND I LOVE WHAT I LOVE WHICH I'LL DO, MAN.
I'M BOUGHT IN BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT JUST GIVING A MAN A FISH, YOU'RE TEACHING THEM HOW TO FISH. YOU'RE MAKING SURE THEY'RE SUSTAINABLE AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. AND I'M ALL ABOARD ON THAT.
SO THIS IS JUST A PRESENTATION.
I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE COMMUNITY THE SAME WAY I WAS INTRODUCED TO YOU AND INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR COUNCILWOMAN STAFF, BECAUSE I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I KNOW WE CAN DO SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE IN PALM BAY.
AND USUALLY EVERYWHERE THAT I GO, I BRING MY FRIENDS WITH ME.
SO I BRING MR.. CHARLENE IS WITH ME, BUT I ALSO HAVE SOME PICTURES ON THE WALL.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF MY FRIENDS, AND THIS IS ONE OF MY FRIENDS.
HIS NAME IS PAUL DODT. SHE'S ACTUALLY IN INDIAN RIVER HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW.
HE HAD THREE OF HIS TOES AMPUTATED YESTERDAY, WAS HOMELESS ON THE STREET.
AND HE'S MEDICOS AND HE WAS FROM NIGERIA.
HE WORKED AT THE EMBASSY IN NIGERIA AND BECAME HOMELESS HERE.
AND I ALWAYS BRING I ALWAYS BRING MY FRIENDS WITH ME.
THIS IS WHO WE ARE. WE'RE HERE TO SERVE AND JUST BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
I THINK IF I GOT IF I GOT THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT LIKE WHAT WE DO, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? I DO HAVE YES COMMENTS.
THE FIRST THING IS I LOVE YOUR APPROACH.
YOUR APPROACH IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS.
IT'S ABOUT JESUS AND WHEAT AND HOW YOU CREATE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT.
YOU PROVIDE AN ABILITY OF SELF-RESPECT.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD ON THAT.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU TRANSITION PEOPLE WITH WITH THE LOVE ASPECT OF IT.
I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE SOURCE FOR MANY YEARS AGO.
BUT YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY GROWN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE HAVE. WE HAVE. AND I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO PUT TWO LETTERS IN FRONT OF OUR NAME, ARI, BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE THE RESOURCE AND NOT THE SOURCE. THERE'S ONLY ONE SOURCE, AND THAT'S JESUS CHRIST.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE RESOURCE.
WE SHOULD NEVER BE ANYBODY'S SOURCE.
THERE'S ONLY ONE SOURCE THAT WE TRY TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO.
SO I'M WORKING ON THAT. SO YOU MIGHT SEE THAT DOWN THE ROAD, THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RESOURCE AT SOME POINT.
BUT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO AND CONSTANTLY LEAD PEOPLE TO A SAVING FAITH IN CHRIST.
SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU, GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
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ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON ONISHI IS SANTA ISABEL, RIGHT? YEAH, PERFECT TIMING. THE RULING COUNCIL.WELL, MOST OF YOU KNOW MY NAME IS ISABEL, RIGHT? AND I AM OR WAS PART OF SAMUEL OPUSES ORGANIZATIONS.
FORTUNATELY, HE PASSED AWAY IN THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE GONE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
TODAY, I'M HERE TO BE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND EVERYBODY WITHIN THE CITY. TODAY WE HAD THE EVENT THAT WE HAD PLANNED INITIALLY FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND THE EVENT CONSISTED OF THE FREE VACCINES AND COVID TESTING.
BUT BECAUSE WE LOST OFFICER CTOBER, I WANTED TO MOVE IT UP AND MAKE IT MORE INTENSE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME GET TESTED AND GET THE VACCINES.
I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF OUR CITY MANAGER WHO WAS OUT OF TOWN AND WAS VERY OPEN TO TAKING CARE OF THIS. AND WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, I THINK, IN LIKE FIVE DAYS.
YOU HAVE AN OUTSTANDING TEAM AND THEY MOVED THE WORLD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AND OPEN UP WHEN YOU CAN.
SO I'VE MADE PEACE AND VERY HAPPY WITH FRED POPPIT AND GREG MINOR, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING EVERYTHING OUT THERE.
SO I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TO SUZANNE SHERMAN ISD MANAGER, JOANNE GIANCOLA, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND TO THE BURAK.
IT WAS ALWAYS A WONDERFUL GILLI LEGGOTT, WHO I MET TODAY, WHO WAS A DEAR PAMELA TORRES-SPIVEY, WHO YESTERDAY AFTER HOURS DID ME THE FAVOR, LOOKING OVER OUR INSURANCE INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ON TRACK.
I WANTED TO THANK ALL MAYOR MEDINA, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON COUNCILMAN FELIX AND COUNCILMAN FOSTER. I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MALABA DISCOUNT PHARMACY.
THEY PROVIDED ALL THE TESTING, ALL THE VACCINES FREE OF CHARGE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THEIR OWNER AND PHARMACIST, UNKOSHER MELANDA ONCE PHARMACIST LAWANDA MULLICAN, CARLOS SABIEN, CHRISTINA ROBINSON, RAJ PATEL, AND, OF COURSE, MR. ANDERSON FROM THE CITY DEPARTMENT, WHO WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT HIM.
ARE YOU, MR. ANDERSON? OH, ROBINSON, I'M SORRY.
THANK YOU. WITHOUT YOU, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANY OF THAT BECAUSE WE HAD TO CHECK, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GOT THEIR VACCINES.
WHAT THEY DID IN THAT WERE WE TESTED OVER 60 PEOPLE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT VACCINE WAS NOT SO RECEPTIVE.
BUT WE DID FIVE PEOPLE AND WE DID ONE FOR THE FIRST ONE AND A LOT OF THE SECOND ONES AND ACTUALLY ONE BOOSTER.
SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU GUYS ACCEPTED THE EVENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING ANOTHER ONE IF NECESSARY.
WE HAVE OFFERS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE ABILITY, IF THEY WANT FOR US TO COME IN INTO THE DEPARTMENT AND TAKE CARE OF THEM THERE OR IN THEIR CAR WHEREVER THEY NEED IT.
THE IS AVAILABLE NO WAITING TIME FOR ANY CITY EMPLOYEE IF THEY WANT TO COME IN FOR TESTING OR THE VACCINE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
GOD BLESS YOU, GEISEN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SOME FRIENDS CAN'T BE HERE.
SHE'S TAKING CARE OF A MOTHER WHO'S ACTIVELY DYING.
IF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT TERM MEANS, IT'S NOT GOOD.
HER HUSBAND IS TAKING CARE OF HER.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO PALM BAY, I RENTED AN APARTMENT FROM LIZ AND BRUCE ANDERSON.
FORMER COUNCILMAN JEFF BAILEY RENTED FROM THEM AS WELL UNTIL HE, TOO, FOUND LARGER HOUSING. WHAT AMAZED ME ABOUT THE RENTALS WHEN I WAS CALLED THE CITY TO ESTABLISH A WATER AND SEWERAGE ACCOUNT. THE PERSON SAID TO ME, OH, YOU'RE MOVING TO THE ANDERSONS PROPERTY.
THEY'RE GREAT AND WE JUST LOVE THEM.
YOU SEE, THE ANDERSONS HAVE TAKEN SOME DILAPIDATED PROPERTIES, RENOVATED THEM AND CHANGED THEM FROM BEING A BLIGHT ON THE LANDSCAPE TO PLACES WHERE THERE IS NO CRIME.
THE GROUNDS ARE WELL MAINTAINED AND AFFORDABLE, AND PEOPLE ARE DYING TO GET INTO THEM.
IN SHORT, THE ANDERSONS SHOULD ARE THE MODEL OF WHAT LANDLORDS SHOULD BE AND WHAT THE
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CITY SHOULD WANT AS THEY INVEST IN THE PEOPLE.AND IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THEY TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THEIR PROPERTIES.
AND UNLIKE SOUTHERN OTHER LANDLORDS, THEY DON'T TAKE BULK TRASH AND TAKE IT OFF OF THEIR PROPERTY AND ONTO CITY PROPERTY AND JUST LEAVE IT.
FORWARD TO LAST YEAR WHEN THE ANDERSONS, LIKE SOME OTHER LANDLORDS, WERE REWARDED FOR THEIR EFFORTS BY THE CITY AND REPUBLIC BY A RATHER MASSIVE INCREASE IN WASTE PICKUP FEES, BUT A DECREASE IN SERVICE, SPECIFICALLY THE SERVICE WENT FROM BULK TRASH BEING COVERED UNDER THE FEES, UNDER THE WASTE MANAGEMENT TO HAVING TO PAY A SEPARATELY FOR THAT SAME SERVICE ON A REPUBLIC.
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THERE'S A CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT THAT CLAIMS THAT MULTIUNIT BUILDINGS OF LESS THAN FOUR UNITS ARE NOT CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL, BUT BUILDINGS WITH MORE THAN FOUR UNITS ARE CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL.
LEFT ON DESIGNATED WAS A BUILDING WITH FOUR UNITS IN IT, AND THE ANDERSSEN BUILDINGS ALL HAVE FOUR UNITS.
THE BULK UP CHARGE WAS A CHARGE FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT, A CHANGE FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. NO OUTSIDER CAUGHT THE CHANGE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REASON TO EXPECT THAT PUBLIC AND THE CITY WOULDN'T MAKE SUCH A RIDICULOUS CHANGE.
WHY IS IT RIDICULOUS? SIMPLE CHANGE MEANS THAT THE LANDLORDS WILL HAVE TO PASS ON THE COST TO RENT TO RENTERS WITH NO BENEFIT. ONCE AGAIN, DESPITE A DECREASE IN SERVICE BY CONTESTS CONTINUING BULK REMOVAL, THE COST OF GOING UP TO EVEN THE DUMPSTERS AND CARTS ARE NOT BEING PICKED UP TWICE A WEEK LIKE SINGLE DWELLING UNITS IN A CITY WHERE PEOPLE, INCLUDING THOSE ON THIS COUNCIL, ARE SCREAMING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE CONTRACT RAISES HOUSING COSTS WITHOUT ANY BENEFITS TO ANYONE BUT REPUBLIC.
THERE'S NO REASON WHATSOEVER THAT MULTIUNIT BUILDINGS SHOULD BE TREATED ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN SINGLE UNIT RENTAL PROPERTIES.
THE AMOUNT OF WASTE IS THE SAME.
THE AMOUNT OF BULK RATE WASTE IS THE SAME PER UNIT.
CITY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS AND IF NECESSARY, CHANGE THE CONTRACT TO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SOME RENTERS AND SOME LANDLORDS.
THE ANDERSONS, NOR ANYONE LIKE THEM, SHOULD EFFECTIVELY BE PUNISHED FOR DOING THE THING THAT YOU SAY YOU WANT FROM INVESTORS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, WHICH IS TO MAKE PALM BAY BETTER. WANTING TO KEEP A PROPERTY CLEAN AND BRIGHT FREE SHOULD NOT COST MORE TO THEM THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE CITY.
THANK YOU. MADAM SHERMAN, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THAT CONTRACT, AN ABSOLUTE OPPORTUNITIES, MILLAIS, YOU HAD ACTUALLY THAT VERY SITUATION THAT MR. HADLEY IS TALKING ABOUT IS ABSOLUTELY ON OUR LIST OF SEVERAL CONTRACT CHANGES WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON AS WE SPEAK, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE.
I ALSO DID GET A CALL DIRECTLY FROM I THINK IT'S MRS ANDERSON EARLIER TODAY.
SO I HAVE A PUBLIC HAS ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO HER THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING FOR A SHORT TERM SOLUTION.
BUT WE DO NEED TO CHANGE THE CONTRACT, AND THAT IS ON OUR LIST, SIR.
SO. MR. BILL BATTON, FOLLOWED BY BENNY JACKSON JR.
YELVERTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
AS I USUALLY TRY TO DO WHEN A PERSON STEPS OUT OF THEIR.
COMFORT ZONE AND LEND ME A HAND, I TRY TO RECOGNIZE THAT INDIVIDUAL IN PUBLIC.
I THINK IN THIS CASE, I COME FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT.
I THINK IT'S YOUR BRAND NEW RECEPTIONIST'S.
I'M GOING TO SAY IT WRONG, AND IF I DO, I APOLOGIZE.
I HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY COMPUTER BECAUSE I HAVE TO GET THE INPUT OF WHAT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND I GET NOTIFICATIONS ON EVERYTHING.
AND FOR SOME REASON, I WASN'T GETTING NOTIFICATIONS.
SO I WENT IN AND TRIED TO DO THE THE REBUILD OF THE SYSTEM THAT TIES TO THE CITY.
AND IT WASN'T WORKING. SO I CONTACTED I.T.
DEPARTMENT AND SHE SAYS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S UP WITH IT, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO CUT IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
THEY CALLED ME BACK AND SAID, MR. BATTEN, TRY LOGGING IN NOW AND SEE IF IT WORKS TO THE CITY.
SO NOW I NOW GET ALL OF MY UPDATES FROM THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KEEP TRACK ON THE CITY IF I DON'T GET MY EMAILS TELLING ME WHAT THE CITY'S DOING.
I THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE THAT IT WAS A PLANNED ATTACK, BUT IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE THE CASE UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET IT.
I WANT TO THANK OR BY BY NAME, BECAUSE IT WAS A JOB WELL DONE.
AND AND I FELT STUPID BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF COMPUTER SENSE, BUT I COULDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
AND IT MUST HAVE BEEN AT YOUR END.
ANY JACKSON JUNIOR, FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH MCNEIL.
YOU CAN APPROACH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
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MY NAME IS PENNY JACKSON, AND I AM HERE TO REPRESENT THE PUSHBACK COMMUNITY ALLIANCE ORGANIZATION. PUSH BACK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018, AND IT IS THE GATHERING OF LOCAL CHURCHES, PASTORS, MINISTERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS COLLABORATING TO EFFECT SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE BREVARD COUNTY COMMUNITY.I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THE PANDEMIC IS FAR FROM OVER.
THAT'S THE HEALTH COMMUNITY, OUR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITIES AND OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMUNITIES.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TARGETED A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE CAST OUR NET MUCH LARGER THAN THAT, AND WE EXPECT FOR ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION.
AS I STATED, EARLY PUSHBACK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018.
SO WE'RE ONLY THREE YEARS OLD, SO WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET.
WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE REQUIRED.
AND SO I'M HERE TO ASK THIS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER DONATING THE USE OF THE MOBILE STAGE AND OTHER CITY AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OF MUNITY CAMPAIGN THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER THE 18TH.
IT WILL BE HELD AT MOUNT MORIAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN PALM BAY.
BUT AS I STATED EARLIER, WE ARE A COLLABORATION OF MULTIPLE NUMBER OF FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROGRAM COULD BE A PILOT PROGRAM AND SO ON.
THAT FLIER THAT YOU SEE, THERE'S A QR CODE THAT PEOPLE CAN SCAN AND IT WILL TAKE THEM TO FACTS VERSUS MYTHS RELATED TO COVID 19 AND THE VACCINE.
AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE THE MOBILE TRANSPORT PROTECTION, THEN THAT MAKES IT TARGETABLE FOR ANY FOR ANY COMMUNITY.
WE'RE STARTING WITH WITH A DESIGNATED COMMUNITY, BUT THIS CAN CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY COMMUNITY. I'M A I'M A DAVEE GUY.
AND SO THE TERM THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH IS ALL HANDS ON DECK.
AND SO THE DEFINITION OF THAT IS IT'S USED TO INDICATE THAT THE INVOLVEMENT OF ALL MEMBERS OF A TEAM IS REQUIRED.
AND SO I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO JOIN US.
GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. MY NAME IS JOSEPH MAGNIER, AND I'M HERE AS THE CONCERNED CITIZEN OF SOUTH BOARD AND A MEMBER OF THE PUSHBACK COMMUNITY.
THE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE INITIATING HERE IS TO ACTUALLY VACCINATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLY CAN.
AND WE, AS MR. JACKSON STATED, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING, AS MANY PEOPLE DO, AND WE JUST NEED YOUR RESOURCES. WE HAD TAKEN AN EXTRAORDINARY STEP, BUT EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.
TO BASICALLY STEP UP TO THE PLATE, IF THAT'S A GOOD TERMINOLOGY.
TO ALLOW US TO USE YOUR STAGE.
BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THIS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, GETTING PEOPLE VACCINATED, MAKING SURE THAT THEY DON'T SPREAD THE DELTA VIRUS ANY MORE THAN WHAT.
SO. WITH THAT AND WITH THE USE OF YOUR TRAILER, STASIUM, WE THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE CEREMONY.
TWO. WELL, A FOUR HOUR PERIOD, AND WE'RE NOT THAT.
THAT'S NOT A LONG TIME FOR THE TIME THAT THE TRAILER PROBABLY WILL BE SITTING THERE IDLE DOING NOTHING ANYWAY.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING FOR EXTRA ORDINARY FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THIS, TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE LIVES WITHIN OUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY.
ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS REGARDING THIS ISSUE? MADAM SHERMAN, YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS BECAUSE I REMEMBER A FORWARDING AN EMAIL TO YOU REGARDING THIS ISSUE, SIR.
I HAVE REVIEWED THE EMAILS THAT STAFF WAS WORKING ON DURING MY ABSENCE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, ESSENTIALLY.
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IF COUNSEL WOULD LIKE US TO BRING THIS FORWARD AS AN AGENDA ITEM TO FORMALLY LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, OR FORMALLY REQUEST THE WAIVER OF THOSE COSTS TO IN THIS CASE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE REQUESTED THE STAGE.IF COUNSEL DIRECTS US TO DO SO, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND BRING THAT TO YOU FOR OFFICIAL DECISION.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I'M IN SUPPORT TO DIRECT COUNSEL FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH, AND THAT'LL BE THAT'LL BE TO OUR NEXT COUNCILMAN, SEPTEMBER 16TH.
SO WE HAVE TO DO IT. THAT'LL BE TWO DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT.
SO PERHAPS WE WE JUST GET THAT CONSENSUS WITHIN COUNCIL, I THINK.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE IN ALL IN.
SO WHAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN? WHAT ARE THE LEGAL ISSUES WITH THIS? WE WOULD NEED TO IN ORDER TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE PROPER NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S WHY WE SAY YOU CAN YOU CAN GIVE CONSENSUS NOW, BUT IT STILL NEEDS TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY.
YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO GET CONSENSUS SO THAT THE RUG ISN'T PULLED FROM UNDERNEATH THEM TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT CONSENSUS.
I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT IS CREATING THAT EVENT THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. AND I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE PARTNERSHIP.
I THINK THE MISSION IS WELL INTENDED.
AND WHAT IS THERE ANY LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS REGARDING THAT? ADAM SMITH.
THERE. WE HAVE A STANDARD PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND RISK, AND WE USE THAT SAME PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS PROTECTED.
I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, WEIGH IN.
I WOULD CERTAINLY BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
I WOULD JUST ASK ANTHONY, THOUGH, TO TO JOIN IN.
IF YOU WOULD BRING HOME THE BUS.
THAT'S GREAT. SO I'M ALL I'M ALL IN AND JUST WANTING TO TOUCH BASE ME.
MADAM SHERMAN, I KNOW WE DID ADDRESSING THE LAST WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO TO PUT A POLICY IN PLACE.
I KNOW THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE WE YOU MAY HAVE TO REFERENCE TO, BUT BUT AGAIN, IN I WOULD YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE PUT POLICY IN PLACE AS THINGS CHANGE AND OPPORTUNITY ARISE.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO TOUCH BASE ON THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, COUNCIL AT THE WILL OF COUNCIL, WE MAKE AND MAKE CHANGES.
DOES THAT ALL MAKE AN EXCEPTION? I SUPPOSE. BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTED THAT THERE'S A POLICY IN PLACE IN TERMS OF USING CITY RESOURCES.
BUT CERTAINLY FOR ME, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF AN EXCEPTION FOR AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER. AHMED SUPPORTED THE BRING IT BACK, THE NEXT COUNCIL WOULD MAKE A DECISION. WOULD I BE SUPPORTIVE? YOU KNOW, I THINK, ANTHONY, YOU'VE BEEN VORLON TOLD THAT'S WHAT WE CALLED, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU VOLUNTEER PEOPLE.
SO I THINK I THINK THERE IS A CONSENSUS, A UNANIMOUS CONSENSUS TO BRING THIS BACK ON THE 16TH. AND I WANT TO THANK PUSH BACK FOR CONSIDERING OTHERS MORE THAN THEMSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU.
THAT'S THE KINDERGARTEN FOLLOWED BY CHELSEA SUTHERLAND.
KENNY DELGADO, ONE FIVE FOUR, ANGELA ROAD, SOUTHEAST, I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THE SOURCE, AND I ACTUALLY CHANGED WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TODAY, BUT USE THE SAME SCRIPTURE.
THIS IS WHAT JESUS SAID, MOST ASSUREDLY.
I SAY TO YOU, THE SON OF THE SUN CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF, BUT HE SEES HIS FATHER DO FOR WHATEVER HE DOES.
THE SON ALSO DOES IN LIKE MANNER.
LAST YEAR, WE HAD HUNDREDS OF CHURCHES AND BUSINESSPEOPLE COME TOGETHER FOR SPACE COAST COUNTY FEST.
WE ARE CURRENTLY MEETING TOGETHER HUNDREDS OF CHURCHES AND BUSINESS TO TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY IN BOVARD COUNTING, INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO WE ARE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IN THE THROES OF TRYING TO DEVELOP WHERE BUSINESSES AND CHURCHES CAN COME TOGETHER AND DO THINGS SUCH AS THE SOURCE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE WE'VE THOUGHT IS WE DON'T NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL, BUT LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THE FATHER IS ALREADY DOING AND JOIN FORCES, WHAT HE IS ALREADY DOING
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AND ALREADY BLESSING IN.SO I'M SO GLAD THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ANTHONY HERE AND TO HEAR WHAT HE IS DOING, BECAUSE IT FITS RIGHT IN IN IN THE THROES OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR BREVARD COUNTY. AND IN MY CASE FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY, I WENT TO THE CITY DEVELOPMENT PERSON WHO'S IN CHARGE. JUST THIS LAST WEEK IN REFERENCE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SHE DID DUE DILIGENCE OF TAKING ALL ALL THAT IS ALL THAT'S AVAILABLE AND THE DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT WE CAN GO TO.
HOWEVER, I WASN'T INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT WHAT IS.
I'M INTERESTED AND I PRESENT THIS TO TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL, TO THE CITY MANAGER. WHAT CAN BE NOT WHAT IS CURRENTLY, BUT WHAT CAN BE AS WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE BUSINESSES OF BREVARD COUNTY WHO WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COUNTY, TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY. WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EVEN BETHEL CONSTRUCTION, WHO IS ALREADY DOING IT ON HIS OWN DIME? WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ALL AS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF WHICH INCLUDES THE HOMELESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON THE PLATE. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH WHOSOEVER I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING IF IF NECESSARY OR IF POSSIBLE WITH OUR OUR CITY MANAGER.
I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT WITH ANY OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES HERE.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, IT'S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AS A UNIT.
AND IT'S A TESTAMENT OF WHAT GOD CAN DO WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME HEART.
AND IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE DISPLAYING THAT UNANIMOUS VOTING HEARTS HERE.
SO THAT'S JUST MY POSITION THAT I'D LIKE TO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED BEFORE.
DID YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN? ABSOLUTELY.
HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'LL REACH OUT TO PASTURE, DELGADO, AND GET SOMETHING SCHEDULED WITH OUR TEAM.
THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
MY NAME IS CHELSEA SUTHERLAND, AND I'M ACTUALLY A SENIOR AT HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS INFORMED ABOUT YOUR YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD BY MS. DENISE FELSEN.
AND I'M ALSO IN A ROSE TO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS AND HELPING YOU.
ALL OF YOU COUNSEL PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE MY AGE AND SEE HOW WE CAN REALLY BENEFIT THE PEOPLE, THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY BASICALLY RAISED HERE IN PALM BAY.
SO I REALLY LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE PLACE THAT HAS SHAPED ME INTO THE PERSON WHO I AM.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
CHELSEA, WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND AND LET YOUR FRIENDS KNOW THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE ON THE COUNCIL.
AND CHELSEA WILL BE APPOINTED LATER ON.
SO I KNOW YOU GOT SCHOOL TOMORROW, SO YOU GOT TO LEAVE.
YOU CAN LEAVE, BUT YOU WILL BE APPOINTED TODAY.
THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IN COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO TAKE WE'RE CALLING THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER ITEM NUMBER ONE IN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
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MADAM SMITH OR IT IS TWENTY TWENTY ONE.THAT'S FIFTY TO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE VERY COUNTY, FLORIDA, MEANING MEANINGLESS. HOW IMPORTANT? THIS TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 174 LOOK, CLIENT AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, SUBCHAPTER STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION.
PART TWO. DURING THIS PLAN, A MODIFIED PROVISIONS WERE FINISHED FOR ELEVATION'S FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
AN APPEALS PROCESS RELATED THERE TO PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OR KINESIS OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES. COLQUITT HEREWITH PROVIDED FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDED FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME AND AND DEFER TO MADAM SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THIS IS FINAL READING, SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ALSO, ANY ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF.
YOU KNOW, NOW I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
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BUT COMMENTS. OR AS YOU WERE.IS THERE ANYONE? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? YOU NONE, I'LL, FOR A MOTION MOTION IMPROVE ON ITS TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH FIFTY TWO FINAL READING. AND A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING ABOUT COUNCILMAN FELIX, OF COURSE, MADAM SMITH, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, MADAM SMITH, OR IS TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
THAT'S FIFTY THREE. AND ALSO THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, MANY THE CODE OF OR THIS TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 185 ZONING CODE, THAT CHAPTER DISTRICT REGULATIONS BY INCLUDING INDOOR COMMERCIAL RECREATION AS A PRINCIPAL USE AND CONDITIONAL USE WITHIN NGC GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ZONING PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES.
HALFWIT HERE WITH RODDIE FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORTIZ'S PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
MADAM SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE AUDIENCE IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. ITEM TWO ON PUBLIC HEARING AND NONE.
I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE OR LESS.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? YOU KNOW, NONE ALL IN THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR.
I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WITNESS TWENTY TWENTY ONE, DASH FORTY FIVE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, VASVARI COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OUT 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 185 ZONING CODE SUBCHAPTER DISTRICT REGULATIONS ARE MODIFIED PROVISIONS OF THE BAMU BAYFRONT MIXED USE DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT LAW WITH WRITING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MADAM SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'M GOING TO ASK PATRICK MURPHY, OUR ACTING GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, TO COME UP AND PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THIS ITEM FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL PATRICK MURPHY, ACTING GROWTH MANAGER.
VICTOR, AS YOU KNOW, THIS HAS COME BEFORE YOU FOR FIRST READING.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED BY A FORMER GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, MR. BRADLEY. AND WE HAD LISTENED TO ALL THE CONCERNS THAT THE COUNCIL HAD.
THERE WAS A WANT FOR A LITTLE MORE COMMERCIAL WITH THESE TYPES OF BAYFRONT MIXED USE PROJECTS. SO WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THAT ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE IN THERE. AND WE HAD LANDED AT REVERSING WHAT USED TO STATE A MINIMUM OF EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT RESIDENTIAL TO NOW SAYS A MINIMUM OF 20 PERCENT COMMERCIAL.
YOU MUST HAVE THAT MUCH COMMERCIAL WITH THE FLIP SIDE BEING THE RESIDENTIAL.
SO IT'S WE'RE HOPING IT'S GOING TO STRIKE THE BALANCE THAT COUNCIL WAS LOOKING FOR WITH THESE PROJECTS. ONE OF THE OTHER BIGGER CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS.
ALLOWING FOR A LITTLE MORE HEIGHT IN THESE BUILDINGS, AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THE LAND USE THAT COINCIDES WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR A MAXIMUM OF 40 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS TWICE OF OUR OTHER HIGHEST DENSITY, MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS 20 YEARS, FRAGER. SO IF YOU HAVE A SMALLER SITE, SAY, AN ACRE TO THAT, YOU WANT TO APPLY THIS PROJECT TO AND YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE THAT DENSITY.
THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO GO UP.
SO WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS IS, IF YOU WILL, AS A MAX HEIGHT OF FORTY FIVE FEET.
AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER PROVISIONS.
THERE ARE INCENTIVES THAT IF YOU PROVIDE SHARED STORMWATER SHARED PARKING OR IF YOU HAVE UNDERSTOREY PARKING, IF YOU ALLOW DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE WATER, YOU CAN GET AN ADDITIONAL 10 FEET OF HEIGHT ON EACH ONE OF THOSE.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IS GONE FROM 45 TO 60 AND STILL HAD THOSE 10 FOOT PROVISIONS IN THERE. THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT WE DID.
SO THERE'S ONLY PROBABLY A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES OUT THERE THAT COULD HIT ALL OF THOSE 10 FOOT PROVISIONS, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE WATER. SO IF COUNSEL IS SO INCLINED TO APPROVE THESE CHANGES WITH THAT MAX HEIGHT, 60 AND THE OTHER PROVISIONS, THEY'RE THE BIGGEST BUILDING YOU COULD EVER SEE, 110
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FEET. AND SO YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELF, WELL, ONE HUNDRED FEET.WOW, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG BUILDING.
IT'S REALLY NOT. WE THREW TOGETHER A COUPLE OF SLIDES, STARTED TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
SO. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, SELF-STORAGE, WE'RE NOW GOING TO BE ELIMINATING FROM BOMU TO MAKE SURE THAT'S A APPROPRIATE USE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY THE INTENT OF THIS AUDIENCE ISN'T TO ALLOW THAT.
IT'S MORE COMMERCE, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL, AND THEN YOUR RESIDENTIAL USES WHEN THIS SOLE SOURCE SHOULD REALLY BE IN MORE OF AN INDUSTRIAL OR HIGHER COMMERCIAL INTENSITY USE.
SO THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE ADDING, I'M GOING TO GET TO TO WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT MOST SIDETRACK FOR A SECOND. CURRENTLY ON SITE, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IS A CONDITIONAL USE.
AND THIS WAS A CARRYOVER FROM WHEN THIS WAS A MUCH MORE SCALED DOWN BAMU, WHEN WE HAD A MUCH MORE VILLAGE EFFECT, WHEN WE WENT LARGER.
THIS WASN'T CAUGHT AND IT WAS LEFT AS A CONDITION IS.
NOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE WANTING TO FACILITATE MORE ACTIVITY AT THE SITE AND YOU WANT TO HAVE RESTAURANTS AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A TIKI BAR, SO.
THAT SHOULD JUST BE A PRIMITIVE YEAR, SO WE MOVED THAT IN THERE, SO BREWPUBS IN OTHER RESTAURANT USES. SO FAR.
I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT FAR, SO WE HAVE THIS SLIDE UP HERE JUST TO KIND OF SHOW THE FIRE FOR THE LANDRACES 1.0 MEANING.
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO COVER THE ENTIRE SITE WITH ONE FLOOR, OR IF YOU GO MORE VERTICAL, IT STARTS TO PEEL BACK THE SITE.
SO WHAT FAR REALLY IS, IS IT ADDS ALL OF THE FLOORS OF THE BUILDING.
SO YOU HAVE TO SAY YOU HAVE A FIRST FLOOR BUILDING, 10000 SQUARE FEET, AND YOU PUT ANOTHER ONE ON TOP OF IT. SO YOU'RE NOW COUNTING 20000 SQUARE FEET.
YOU HAVE TO 10000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS.
SO THAT RATIO OF 20 PERCENT MINIMUM COMMERCIAL MEANS IF YOU HAVE TWO FLOORS OF RESIDENTIAL CONDO UNITS OR APARTMENTS, AND THAT'S 20000 TOTAL, SAY, SECOND, THIRD AND FLOOR, THIRD FLOOR, THAT FIRST FLOOR WOULD NEED TO BE 20 PERCENT OF THAT RESIDENTIAL.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IN A NUTSHELL, HOW THE FAR WORKS.
THE OTHER PROVISION THAT WE HAD WAS FOOTPRINT.
I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOREIGN FOOTPRINT.
AND THE REASON WHY WE DID THAT IS IF YOU HAVE A LARGE SITE, SAY, 20 PLUS ACRES AND YOU'RE ADDING MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ON THAT SITE THAT HAVE MULTIPLE STORES IN EACH ONE, YOU HAVE THREE OR FOUR STORY BUILDINGS AND YOU HAVE A CLUSTER.
AND THINK NORTHSHORE THAT'S ALREADY IN ON KONG BOULEVARD.
AND THEN YOU APPLY YOUR 20 PERCENT COMMERCIAL.
ALL OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND ALL OF THOSE FLAWS ADDS UP REALLY FAST.
SO 20 PERCENT OF THAT HUGE RESIDENTIAL NUMBER, WHEN YOU ADD ALL THE FLOORS, IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY LARGE COMMERCIAL FOOTPRINT ON THAT ACTUAL SITE.
THERE GETS TO A POINT WHERE YOU CAN ONLY CARRY SO MUCH COMMERCIAL.
WE WANT THE COMMERCIAL, BUT IT HAS TO MAKE SENSE WITH THE PROJECT WHERE IF WE TELL A DEVELOPER, YOU MUST BUILD THIS COMMERCIAL, IS IT GOING TO REMAIN OPEN? IS IT GOING TO REMAIN OCCUPIED? IS IT REALLY TOO MUCH FOR THAT PARTICULAR SITE? SO IT GIVES THEM THE OPTION TO EITHER CHOOSE FA OR FRETFULLY.
IN THE CASE OF A LARGE PROPERTY WITH THAT MANY BUILDINGS, WE'D ONLY BE LOOKING AT THE FIRST FLOOR OF ALL FOUR OF THOSE OR FIVE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
ADDING THOSE UP AND THEN TAKING YOUR 20 PERCENT OF THAT, MAKING A COMMERCIAL.
SO IT'S NOT AS INJURIOUS, IF YOU WILL, TO THE DEVELOPER OR IN THE CASE OF A SMALLER SITE THAT'S REUSE THE FAVOR.
SO IF YOU TAKE A SINGULAR BUILDING ON A SMALLER SITE AND YOU GO VERTICAL TO GET YOUR DENSITY, YOU TAKE THE COMMERCIAL AND YOU PUT IT ON YOUR FIRST OR SECOND FLOOR AND YOU INTEGRATE THEM VERTICALLY WITHIN THE BUILDING.
SO IT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY. THIS MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE, WE THINK.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO HELP DEVELOPMENT AND WHICHEVER PARCEL THEY ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR. SO GETTING BACK TO THE HUNDRED FOOT HEIGHT, THIS IS A BUILDING TO OUR NEIGHBORS, TO THE NORTH IN MELBOURNE.
I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL SEEN THIS. THE RECENT DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE CALLED THE MELBY.
THIS IS ROUGHLY 100 FOOT TALL BUILDING.
AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR SMALLER STRUCTURE AROUND IT.
IT'S VERY POPULAR AND ACTUALLY HAS ROOFTOP DINING ON THERE.
AND A LOT OF ENERGY HAS BEEN CREATED FROM THIS BUILDING.
WE LIKE TO SEE THIS BROUGHT TO THE CITY.
SO THIS IS NOT, IN OUR OPINION, A BUILDING THAT'S OUT OF SCALE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE WAS YOU'RE ABLE TO GET ANOTHER 10 FOOT ON YOUR HEIGHT. SO YOUR 60 FOOT BUILDINGS, KIND OF YOUR MAX, IF YOU'RE STARTING POINT, IF YOU WILL, YOU'RE ABLE TO GO TO SEVEN IF YOU HAD A PUBLIC SPACE.
SO SOME OF THESE PUBLIC SPACES HERE ALLOW FOR A LITTLE MORE EXCITEMENT, A LITTLE MORE INTERACTION FOR THE PUBLIC.
YOU SEE THESE GOOD SQUARES WHERE IT'S A CENTRAL LOCATED AREA.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE IT WHERE YOU JUST HAD IT, A BUS BENCH OR A BIKE RACK, AND YOU CALLED IT A PUBLIC SPACE.
IT HAS TO BE AN ACTUAL USABLE SPACE.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAN REALLY HELP THE PROJECT AND MAKE IT VERY INVIGORATING.
PARKING STRUCTURES, SO ONE OF THE PROVISIONS IN THE CODE IS IF YOU HAVE THE PARKING STRUCTURE AND YOU HAVE A BELOW YOUR RESIDENTIAL.
SO THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT IS IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO.
THE RESIDENTIAL IS STARTING AT THE FOURTH FLOOR.
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YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE BLACKOUTS, IF YOU WILL, JUST IN THE TOP ONE.SO THESE LIKE LITTLE BLACK SQUARES, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GARAGE AND YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRYWAY OFF THE SIDE WHEN YOU LOAD INTO IT AND YOU HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL ABOVE.
THAT'S ANOTHER INCENTIVE TO ADD ANOTHER 10 FEET OF HEIGHT IF YOU'RE INCORPORATING THAT GARAGE INTO THE PROJECT.
AND WHEN YOU'RE SMALLER SITES, THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED PARKING FOR THIS. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IT FOR YOUR RETAIL, FOR YOUR RESTAURANT, FOR YOUR RESIDENTIAL. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IT? YOU HAVE SURFACE PARKING AND STARTS TO EAT UP THE SIZE OF THE SITE.
SO IT'S GOING TO EAT INTO WHAT THE BUILDING CAN COVER ON THAT PROPERTY.
WE'RE ENCOURAGING. THE OTHER ITEM IS IF YOU DO TO A PARKING GARAGE AND THIS IS A RECENTLY PROPOSED, I BELIEVE IT MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN FINISHED.
IF YOU PROVIDE THAT PARKING GARAGE, THEN OUTSIDE YOU'LL NEED SOME KIND OF LANDSCAPE, SOME KIND OF STREET TREES. SO IN THIS BUILDING, AGAIN, HERE YOU CAN SEE THIS HAS ABOUT A FIVE FOOT SETBACK. SEE THE LITTLE SHRUBBERY IN FRONT OF THE WALL? THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THE RAILWAY LINE IS.
AND THEN THE SIDEWALK NEXT TO IT IS TECHNICALLY IN THE CITY'S ROAD RIGHT OF WAY.
SO YOU HAVE SIDEWALK, STREET TREES AND THEN YOUR CURB AND YOUR ON STREET PARKING.
ALL OF THIS, THE SAME SETUP WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN THIS CODE.
LASTLY, THERE IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO ADD TO THIS CODE, IT WAS IN HERE BEFORE I KNOW YOU GUYS DIDN'T CALL IT OUT, BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION OF WHY WE HAD THAT'S IN THERE IS A STEP BACK FOR EFFECT IN ARCHITECTURE.
AND THIS WOULD ONLY BE ONCE YOU GET BEYOND YOUR 60 FOOT TALL.
ANYTHING ABOVE THAT, THE NEXT FLOOR UP WOULD HAVE TO BE STEP AT MINIMUM, 20 FEET IN.
THE PURPOSE FOR THAT ONE IS ARCHITECTURALLY.
BUT TO TO ALLOW OUTSIDE USES ON YOUR ON YOUR TERESE.
OH. SO HERE ARE SOME BUILDINGS DOWN IN MIAMI, AND YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE A POOL UP ON THE FOURTH FLOOR AND THEY'VE GOT A TIKI BAR IN A RESTAURANT DOWN HERE, AGAIN, ADDING ACTIVITY. THIS IS A BUILDING THIS JUST GO STRAIGHT UP WITH WITH NO STEP BACK AT ALL.
NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE. SO THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK SLIDES TO HELP ILLUSTRATE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS AUDIENCE HAVE BEEN ANSWERING QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I DON'T LISTEN TO ANY WORSE COMMENTS OR OUTSTANDING JOB IN CONSIDERING THE FACT THE RIGHT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
SO THE FLOOR PLAN OR THE FAR SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION AND AND YES, A HOTEL. WHERE THE ROOFTOP OR RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP IS WELCOME, RIGHT? OH, YEAH, ESPECIALLY IN THE BASEMENT.
WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE GORGEOUS VIEWS OF THE INDIAN RIVER.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GYM OUT THERE AND TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP SOMETHING, WHETHER IT BE DOWNTOWN OR A SINGULAR PROJECT.
I WORKED HERE A LONG TIME AND I REALLY WANTED TO SEE US REALLY, REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
IT'S AN ASSET THAT YOU JUST CAN'T FIND.
THAT'S TRUE. THANK YOU, PATRICK, SIR.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? NO, SIR. JUST THANK YOU TO MR. MURPHY AND THE LATE MR. BRADLEY, BECAUSE THEY INSTANTLY WORKED ON THIS WHEN WE GAVE THEM THE DIRECTIONS.
SO THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE SAME THING.
THEY PAID VERY CLOSE ATTENTION FROM THE LAST MEETING, ALL THE DIRECTION AND EVERYTHING REALLY WELL ARTICULATED AND SOME SO DO APPRECIATE THE WORK.
IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHED TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST US, WE HAVE YEAH, WE HAVE KIM HRYTSENKO, FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN COHEN.
ALL RIGHT, JONATHAN COHEN, FOLLOWED BY KIMARA ZENKER.
I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE BACK, WON'T BE HERE AGAIN.
AND WE DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE.
AND LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, AS AVALLONE CAPITAL, WE ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY TO BE IN THE CITY.
AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WITH THIS ORDINANCE, WE CAN BRING PROJECTS THAT ACTUALLY BRING MORE TO THE COMMUNITY.
OK, AND WELL, JUST CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THE JOB DONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR. EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS, CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS KIMARA SENKA, I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM OF LACEY LYONS AND ROSENKER AND THE ROCKLEDGE OFFICE, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE ONE IN MELBOURNE AS WELL.
I'M HERE WITH ADELONG ON CAPITAL, AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THIS REVISED ORDINANCE.
AND WE BELIEVE IT WILL ENHANCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE BAYFRONT AREA.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE CITY STAFF RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY AND DESIGN IN THIS AREA. THIS WILL BRING QUALITY PROJECTS WITH DIVERSE USES TO THE BAYFRONT DISTRICT.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MS. GIANCOLA AND MR MURPHY TO CREATE AN EXCEPTIONAL MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS DISTRICT.
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SO WE ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS AND IMPROVE IT.ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? IF YOU MADE JOHNSON. THE.
OK, COUNSEL, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON IS TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH, FORTY FIVE FIRST READING. THAT KIND OF MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION COUNCIL? I HAVE A COMING. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE, AND I AGAIN, I GOT TO COMMEND YOU ON THAT FLEXIBILITY OF THE FLOOR PLAN.
I REALLY SEE THIS GROWING OUR CITY AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE INDIAN RIVER OF OUR WATERFRONT PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE.
UDO'S PATRICK, ALL IN FAVOR AND HE OPPOSED PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AUDIENCE TWENTY TWENTY ONE, THAT'S FIFTY ONE.
AN AUDIENCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, VASVARI.
COUNTY, FLORIDA. AUDIENCE TWENTY TWENTY SEVENTEEN, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE EVERGLADES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IMMEDIATELY BY EXPANDING THE DESIGNATED LAND AREA, WHICH IS KDDI, WOULD EXERCISE SPECIAL POWERS RELATED THERE TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF WITNESSES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME STATE HIS CASE.
GOOD EVENING, GINGER WALD WITH BILL AND COCKRAN LOLLS MOORE AND RAMSEY.
I AM THE ATTORNEY FOR OVERLAND'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
MY ADDRESS IS FIVE ONE FIVE EAST LOS ALTOS BOULEVARD, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.
MAYOR ISMIR COUNCIL, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE HERE TONIGHT.
WE HAVE FILED A PETITION ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT TO EXPAND THE DISTRICT'S BOUNDARIES.
THE DISTRICT WAS CREATED BACK IN MARCH OF 2020, RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
THAT WAS BEFORE THIS BOARD. AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO WEAR THIS.
BUT NOW WE DO WITH THIS DISTRICT.
WE ARE SEEKING TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES TO ADD APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE ACRES. IT WILL REMAIN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
THE EXPANSION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT DOES NOT CHANGE THE DISTRICT ITSELF OTHER THAN IT BECOMES LARGE. EXCUSE ME.
THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY BEEN FORMED.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN FUNCTIONING SINCE MARCH OR 2020.
SO WHAT WE HAVE COME HERE BEFORE YOU IS FOR AN ORDINANCE TO GO IN AND EXPAND THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE LEGALITIES.
OUR CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD AND ALSO THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY ANSWERING SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. ALSO, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. AND I'M SHERMAN.
LOOK AT PATRICK AND SEE IF HE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD OR.
HMM. I THINK I WAS GOING TO COME UP SO I DIDN'T PREPARE ANYTHING, BUT I'M HAPPY TO COME UP AND ADDRESS KOUNTZE ALWAYS.
SO THE CITY DOES EXIST RIGHT NOW, AS WAS STATED.
IT'S LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PARKWAY AND PAICE.
THERE'S AN EXISTING PROJECT UNDER DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW CALLED PAUL MR. EVELYN'S, AND THEY'RE EXPANDING TO THE NORTH WITH THE NEW PROJECT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT PROJECT.
WE'VE LOOKED AT IT. WE HAVEN'T PROCESS IT YET.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO ADOPT OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT BECAUSE THEIR PROJECT COINCIDES WITH ALSO A LARGE SCALE COMPONENT MEDINA.
SO THEY DO HAVE A PROJECT RIGHT HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY NICE PROJECT.
AND THE CITY IS GOING TO EXTEND TO THAT ISD AS A MECHANISM BY WHICH THEY FUND CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S ALL IN THEIR OWN ORGANIZATION.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE APPROVE AS PROXI.
IT'S STILL THAT THEY RUN IT ALL.
THERE'S NO DOLLAR SPENT FROM THE CITY AT ALL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
PUBLIC. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOST OF THEM, AND THAT'S WHERE MOST MOST OF THE FRUIT OR IN IS 20, 21 DEATHS, 51 FIRST READING. WE GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSS? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M CALLING THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR OF ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WITNESS TWENTY TWENTY ONE, DASH FIFTY SIX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY VARVARA
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COUNTY, FLORIDA VACATE AND ABANDON A PORTION OF THE REAR 10 FOOT AND SIX SIDE SIX FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS LOCATED WITHIN LOTT 16 AND 18, 1983, OR MALABA UNIT 40 AND VACATE AN ABANDONED A PORTION OF THE REAR END FOR PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOTT 17 BLOCK 1983 OR MALABA UNIT 40, ACCORDING TO THE PLIGHT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT 21, AGE 30.THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA ILLEGALLY DESCRIBE HERE IN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STATE THEIR CASE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BRUCE MOIA WITH MBB ENGINEERING REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
OUR REQUEST IS A VOCATE IT'S PART OF A SITE PLAN THAT WE'RE DOING FOR MR..
BAILEY MEANT A OVER ON A GORE CIRCLE.
AND IN ORDER TO PUT TO THE WALL AND THAT'S REQUIRED TO DO THE TO MAKE THE SITE PLAN WORK, WE HAD TO DO A VACATE OF THE EASEMENT.
BUT WE'RE REPLACING THE REQUIRED EASEMENT WITH A PRIVATE EASEMENT.
SO TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE UTILITIES ARE STILL GOOD.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THOSE.
AND SO ANY QUESTIONS, MS. MOYER? SIR, THANK YOU.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? ALSO, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED FOR.
MOTION. MOTION APPROVE ORDERS.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH FIFTY 56 FIRST READING.
GOT A MOTION BY. DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY OPPOSE THIS UNANIMOUSLY? ITEM SIX. WITNESS TWENTY TWENTY ONE, 57, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA ARCADIAN ABANDONED A PORTION OF THE SITE AND FULL PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN TRUSTEE PORT MALABA UNIT 42, ACCORDING TO THE PLIGHT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 21 H 112, THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA ILLEGALLY DESCRIBE HERE IN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STATE THEIR CASE.
HOPEFULLY SOON TO BE 13 NATIVE GINZA.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE ONE SIDE OF OUR THEY ALREADY TOOK 10 FOOT ON ONE SIDE.
NOW THEY WANT 10 FOOT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IT'S A FLAG LOT. SO WE'RE VERY LIMITED AND.
BECAUSE WE BROUGHT THIS JUST TO SHOW YOU.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? SO THERE IS AN EASEMENT ON EACH SIDE OF OUR TRUCK.
YEAH, THERE IS ALREADY AN EASEMENT ON EACH SIDE.
THIS ONE IS THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.
SO THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD SPEAK ON THE MIGHT.
YEAH, THE ONE THE ONE ON THIS SIDE WHERE OUR NEIGHBORS ARE IS ALREADY GOT THE ELECTRIC POLES AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE EASEMENT.
BUT NOW THEY WANT IT ON THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL.
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM OUR DRIVEWAY AND BASICALLY LAND KNOCKING OUR LOT SO THEY DON'T NEED THE OTHER SIDE.
THEY'RE JUST NOW GIVING US MORE PAPERWORK, LETTERS FROM ALL THE TAKE IN THE MONEY.
WE ALREADY HAD LETTERS FROM ALL THE UTILITIES SAYING THAT IT'S NOT NEEDED.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THAT IT LIMITS OUR DRIVEWAY.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF 15 FEET, WHICH WE WOULDN'T HAVE WE WOULD ONLY HAVE 10.
SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS OUR LAND UNLESS WE HAD A HELICOPTER.
SO WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE NOW? NOT YET. WE'RE NOT BUILDING A HELIPAD.
SORRY. WE'RE JUST BUILDING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THAT WOULD BE. BUT I DO LIKE MY LAND.
I'M PLANNING ON HAVING A COUPLE OF DOGS, WHICH I CAN'T HAVE NOW AND A GARDEN AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I ALSO HAVE FIVE GRANDCHILDREN THAT NEED A LOT OF ROOM.
THEY DO. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET ON OUR PROPERTY.
YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL FROM THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OK.
ANY COMMENTS, MADAM SHERMAN STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST.
THANK YOU. YOU ONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE SITEM.
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DO YOU? NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING THE COUNCIL FOR A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE. TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH 57 FIRST READING.GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? IN NONE. I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT. AND HE OPPOSED PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
WITNESS TWENTY TWENTY ONE, DASH FIFTY EIGHT.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, VASVARI.
COUNTY, FLORIDA, BAKERTON ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT FOR LIKE TWENTY FIVE OR SEVEN OR MALABA UNIT FORTY EIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE PLIGHT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN FLIGHT 22, AGE 93.
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF OF OUR COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STATE THEIR CASE. HELLO.
MY ADDRESS IS 866 ELLENBROOK STREET.
AND I'M JUST HERE TO VACATE THAT BECAUSE I CAN'T HAVE IT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF MY YARD.
I KIND OF WANT IT TOWARD THE BACK.
THEY TOLD ME 20 FEET, WELL, 20 FEET, HALF MY YARD.
SO I WENT THROUGH ALL THE CHANNELS, TALKED TO THEM.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD GET IT DOWN TO 10 FEET, WHICH WOULD BE FINE WITH ME.
THEN I CAN PUT MY SHIRT IN THE BACK AND STILL HAVE ROOM IN MY YARD.
THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU, FORESTER.
US NOW, ALSO MANY QUESTIONS FROM THE APPLICANT.
ANY COMMENT, MADAM, SIR? OUR STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE REQUEST.
THANK YOU. AND ONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
YOU KNOW, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION MOTION PROOF ON ITS TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH.
SO I CAN OUT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? YOU KNOW, I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.
I. AS IS UNANIMOUSLY ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
WITNESS TWENTY TWENTY ONE THOUSAND FIFTY NINE AUDIENCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY RIVARA COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING ABANDONED A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LIKE TWENTY SEVEN LIKE TWENTY SIX SIXTY EIGHT OR MALABA UNIT 50, ACCORDING TO THE PLOT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLOT 23 A 17.
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ILLEGALLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STEP FORWARD AND PRESENT THEIR CASE.
HELLO, HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING? MY NAME IS BRIAN MÅNS, MY WIFE MICHELLE, AND WE LIVE AT ONE THREE SEVEN DIBELLA ROAD, SOUTHEAST. AND BASICALLY WE'RE REQUESTING TO VACATE 10 FEET OF OUR BACKYARD SO WE CAN PUT IT IN GROUND, SCREENED IN POOL.
CURRENTLY, WITH EIGHT INTO THE MIX, CURRENTLY WITH THE EASEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE 20 FEET, WE'D ONLY BE ABLE TO BUILD IT FIVE FEET POOL, SO.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ALSO FROM THE APPLICANT? YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MARY. STAFF HAS NO CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, THANK YOU.
WELL, I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THIS 20 21 DASH, 59 FIRST READING.
OK, YOU GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, I ASK, WAS UNANIMOUSLY.
WITNESS TWENTY TWENTY ONE DAY 60, AN AUDIENCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY VARVARA COUNTY, FLORIDA, BACON IN THE BANDING, A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN A LOT 11 BLOCK 193 OR MALABA UNIT SEVEN, ACCORDING TO THE PART THEREOF, AS RECORDED IMPLACABLE 14 PAGE 130 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY,
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FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED THEM TO STATE THEIR CASE.
OH, I'M WILLIAM GARY KEUSCH WITH NATIVE HOMES OF BOVARD AND IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND I'M REPRESENTING MY CUSTOMER AND HE HAS THE SAME ISSUE ONCE PUT A SCREENED IN POOL, AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ROOM WILL BE TOO SHORT.
THANK YOU. ALSO, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE OF.
ANY COMMENTS, MADAM SHERMAN? THANK YOU, MAYOR. STAFF HAS NO PROBLEM WITH THIS REQUEST.
THANK YOU. ALSO IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING COUNSEL FOR A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE OR ORDERS TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH.
I CAN ADD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT? QUESTIONS IN NONE, ALL IN FAVOR.
HOUSES UNANIMOUSLY, MADAM SMITH.
FOLLOWING ITEM IS QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE, PUBLIC HEARINGS, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10.
ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY ON SUCH A MATTER ASSIGN A SPEAKER CARD, WHICH CONTAINS A SWORN OATH TO TELL THE TRUTH.
ANY INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL MUST STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND CONFIRM THAT A SPEAKER CARD HAS BEEN SIGNED.
ATTORNEYS WHO ARE APPEARING ON BEHALF OF A PARTY AND NOT PROVIDING TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE ARE NOT CONSIDERED WITNESSES AND NEED NOT BE SWORN.
COUNSEL TO DISCLOSE ANY EXPERT COMMUNICATION, I DISCLOSE IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON GROUP OR ANY WITH WHOM THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE. ORDER.
THIS PROCEEDING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.
FIRST, THE APPLICANT WILL MAKE HIS PRESENTATION, FOLLOWED BY STAFF COMMENTS.
I LOOK LIKE ANY AGGRIEVED OR ADVERSELY AFFECTED PARTY AS COMPLY WITH SECTION FIFTY NINE POINT THREE. EACH WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES.
ANY SPEAKER MAY BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION BY THE COUNSEL OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY. MAXIMUM OF 15 MINUTES PER WITNESS.
ANY OTHER PERSON MAY SPEAK FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE ALLOWED FUTU REMARKS OR A MAXIMUM OF TEN MINUTES ACROSS THE JUDICIAL BODY MAY MATTER.
THE TIME LIMITS ON ITS OWN MOTION OR THE REQUEST OF A PARTY TO THE PRECEDING HEARING WILL THEN BE CLOSE AND NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY OR ARGUMENT WILL BE ALLOWED.
THE COUNCIL WILL THEN DELIBERATE IN PUBLIC AT THE END OF DELIBERATION.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE A MOTION ON THE APPLICATION, BRING THE MATTER TO A VOTE.
EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS BEEN FREE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION.
MA'AM, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME STATE THEIR CASE. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS JAMES CAMERON.
I LIVE AT 13 01 VATOR AVENUE NORTHWEST.
FIVE MONTHS AGO, MY WIFE AND I MOVED HERE FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA, TO TAKE CARE OF MY MOM, WHOSE HEALTH IS IN DECLINE.
ONE OF THE VEHICLES WE MOVED DOWN HERE WAS A 21 FOOT CLASS B RECREATIONAL VEHICLE.
I'M SEEKING TO BUILD A STRUCTURE TO HOUSE THAT IN MID-MAY, VEHICLE WAS VANDALIZED.
I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE FLORIDA WEATHER.
I NEED TO GET THAT VEHICLE UNDER SOME SORT OF SHELTER.
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STRUCTURE WILL ENCROACH EIGHT FEET ONTO THE TWENTY FIVE FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT. AND I'M ASKING FOR THEIR COUNCIL'S SUPPORT IN APPROVING THIS PROJECT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN.
COMMON ALL STAFF IS JUST AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, YOU MAY HAVE NO ISSUES.
ALSO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? YOU MAY HAVE JOHNSON AND YOU SPEAK.
YOU ONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY MS. BARBARA FOR VARIOUS TO ALLOW A PROPOSED GARAGE TO ENCROACH EIGHT FEET INTO THE 25 FOOT SIDE CORNER BUILDING SET BACK IN RS1, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ZONING AS ESTABLISHED BY SECTION ONE EIGHT FIVE POINT ZERO THREE THREE F SEVEN C PO PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES POINT THREE ONE ACRES V TERESE 29 TERESE 2021 2ND.
AND A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
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GENTLEMEN, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR, AND HE OPPOSED US UNANIMOUSLY.[UNFINISHED AND OLD BUSINESS]
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT CHRISTINA RIGHT TO THE EMPLOY WITHIN THE CITY POSITION ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.I CAN GET A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? JOINING THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, I'M ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS UNANIMOUSLY WE'RE ON COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL REPORTS, AND WE'LL START
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WITH COUNCILMAN FELIX.JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR.
THIS IS BOARD WHICH, YOU KNOW, PRIOR NOT COUNT, SO I GUESS THE BOARD, THE FOUNDATION BOARD CONSIDERING.
MAKE SOME SORT OF RECOMMENDATION IN TERMS OF MAKING A DONATION TO THE CAUSE TO THE HAITI RELIEF EFFORT FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO BRING UP TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION AS WELL IS.
THIS LAST WEEK, IT WAS AN ISSUE IN REGARDS OF DEVELOPERS, A PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT CERTAINLY HAD A HARD TIME IN TERMS OF GETTING THEIR CEO AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND I KNOW. CITY MANAGER REACTED VERY PROMPTLY AND THEY ADDRESSED THE ISSUE AND.
AND TO SOME EXTENT, IT WAS ADDRESSED AT THE TIME, BUT.
AS WE PUT IN A LOT OF THIS COUNCILWOMAN A LOT OF EFFORT INTO CHANGING THE NARRATIVE, RIGHT. THE STIGMA, YOU KNOW, YOUR FROM YEARS AGO THAT THE CITY IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
I THINK WE ARE IT'S OUR DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE SAY WE WANT TO DO AND IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED IN REAL WORLD TIME.
I SAID ALL THAT TO SAY THIS, THAT.
AS FAR AS UPPER MANAGEMENT, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT PUTTING IN TO CHANGE THINGS AND WORKING WITH A COUNCIL THAT IS ON THE SAME TRACK.
WE MUST COME TOGETHER AND IDENTIFY WHERE'S THE PROBLEM, WHERE'S THE ISSUE? SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT AT WHAT LEVEL OF THE CHAIN WE STILL.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS SOME OF THE CONCERNS DEPARTMENT SUCH AS BUILDING PUBLIC WORKS.
WHICH OTHER DEPARTMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NOT TO COME TOGETHER, MAYBE? IN A WORKSHOP FORMAT, MAYBE WOULD COUNSEL'S INPUT AND I KNOW THERE'S EFFORT THAT'S BEEN PUTTING FORTH AND IN WORKING WITH THE UPPER LEADERSHIP, TRYING TO GET THIS DIALOG GOING ON WITHIN AMONG THEMSELVES AND OR OR FACILITATING THE EFFORT TO TO GET THERE.
BUT I'D LIKE COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT AS WELL, MAYBE IN A WORKSHOP FORMAT WHERE WE ADDRESS LET'S JUST LIST SOME OF THE ISSUES, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING WELL AS WELL.
LET'S JUST ADDRESS AND LET'S LIST THEM SOME OF THE ISSUES.
AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN DISCUSS THEM.
AND IF I MAY MAKE ONE MORE RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD RATHER NOT SITTING UP HERE.
LET'S DO A CIRCLE DOWN THERE WHERE WE'RE ALL AT THE SAME LEVEL.
SO DURING THAT PARTICULAR WORKSHOP, IF IF I MAY, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO PUT FORTH BEFORE COUNSEL TO SEE, BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I MEAN, WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER BE PERFECT, THAT'S FOR SURE.
BUT I THINK WE CAN STRIVE TO GET THERE.
CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AND HOPEFULLY MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE WOULD WOULD SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.
MR. FELIX. MADAM SHERMAN, I WANTED TO APPROACH THIS THOUGHTS A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT COUNCILMAN FELIX IS SAYING ON ON THE WORKSHOP ATMOSPHERE.
RIGHT. TYPICALLY A WORKSHOP ATMOSPHERE WHEN HE SAYS DOWN IN THE PUBLIC, PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THOSE DESKS RANGE WHERE WE'RE ALL FACING ONE ANOTHER.
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IT BRINGS FORTH MORE OF THAT WORKSHOP ATMOSPHERE.SO I'M I'M IN I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
I THINK WHAT. WELL, HOW I RECEIVED THIS COUNCILMAN FELIX.
AND YOU COULD CORRECT ME, BUT I WELL, I RECEIVED YOUR COMMENT IS MORE LIKE IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE THE HANDCUFFS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AS WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
GETTING RID OF THE BEDROOM COMMUNITY, STIGMA.
THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, WHETHER IT BE BY ORDINANCE, WHETHER IT BE BY POLICY.
AND SO MAYBE THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF WORKSHOP OR ONCE WE START IDENTIFYING THOSE ISSUES, BECAUSE THIS IS A FLUID SITUATION.
THIS IS WE'RE CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
RIGHT. LIKE PATRICK DID SUCH AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY, PRESENTED SUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION FOR US AND SHOWING THAT DYNAMIC OF WHAT CAN BE.
AND SO I LOVE THE THE CONCEPT OF GETTING DOWN OFF THE DAIS AND HAVING THAT TYPE OF DIALOG. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
TYPICALLY IN A WORKSHOP ATMOSPHERE THAT IT WORKS SO MUCH BETTER THAT WAY.
BUT YES, COUNCILMAN, FELIX, I AM ONE THAT SUPPORTS THAT IDEA.
I SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF IDEOLOGY, THAT TYPE OF COLLABORATION, THAT TYPE OF WORK WORKMANSHIP. RIGHT.
THAT WE CAN ALL BRING TO THE TABLE.
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.
AND AND THE MORE EXPERIENCE WE BRING ON TO THAT WORKSHOP, I THINK THE BETTER CITIZENS OF PALM BAY WILL BE SERVED.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO HEAR BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE OTHER COUNCIL REPORTS.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
I'M IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FELIX.
I'M IN SUPPORT. I JUST WANT TO TAG ON BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT COUNCILMAN FELIX TALKING ABOUT. BUT I'M REFERRING.
EMAIL FROM NANCY PELOSI IN GREATER PALM BAY.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT SHE SENT TO COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT OUR REPUTATION AMONG DEVELOPERS.
OH, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A.
AND IT'S NOT A GOOD REPRESENTATION.
WHAT CONCERNS ME? ACCORDING TO THIS EMAIL SHE SENT.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP.
WITH DEVELOPERS AND WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND WITH STAFF.
DOWN ON THE FLOOR, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS AND SEE HOW WE COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES, BECAUSE I GET EMAILS AND.
AND I GET CALLS ON MY PERSONAL ABOUT PEOPLE, A BACKLOG ON CEOS.
I'M GETTING THE PERMITS TO GET THE CONSTRUCTION DONE.
ONE PERSON IS READY TO SPEND 10000 DOLLARS WITH THE CITY, HASN'T EVEN.
SO AND THEY'RE VERY FRUSTRATED, THEY BUILD A NEW HOME, THEY MOVED OUT OF TOWN, THEY MOVED FROM OUT OF TOWN INTO PALM BAY, AND THEY'RE REALLY READY TO DEVELOP THEIR HOME AND THEY CAN'T GET A PERMIT TO START DEVELOPMENT.
YOU MAY HAVE JOHNSON. IT MAY OR IF I MAY ADD ONE MORE THING, AND AS I SAID, I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON.
THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT THAT ARE PUTTING FORTH.
BUT WE I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER IF WE ARE COMMUNICATING.
YOU KNOW, AND I'M SURE THAT THAT SOFTWARE THAT WE JUST SPENT, A HALF MILLION WILL WILL HELP QUITE A BIT IN THAT REGARD.
SO BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE CONVERSATION IS GREAT.
ABLOY, THE CONVERSATION INVITES SOME OTHER DEVELOPERS, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT EXPRESSED CONCERN. WE WANT TO HEAR THEM.
WE DON'T WANT A THIRD PARTY TO TELL US HOW THEY FEEL.
LET'S LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND TAKE CARE OF IT AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING. THE SECOND THING IS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE JUST BEING ADDRESSED JUST NOT AS QUICKLY AS WE'D LIKE.
SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
JUST LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE SOFTWARE ISSUE THAT WE KNOW WON ON THIS DAY IS RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THIS WASN'T WORKING WHEN WE WERE TO, YOU KNOW, FLIP THE SWITCH ON THAT.
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RIGHT. WE DISCOVERED, HEY, IT DIDN'T WORK.SO THAT WAS A NON-PERFORMING CONTRACT THAT WE CAME UP HERE WITH.
AND WE LEARNED FROM IT BECAUSE NOW WE PERFORM PERFORMING BASE OUR CONTRACT.
SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, JUST NOT AS QUICKLY.
BUT I BELIEVE THE WORKSHOP CONCEPT TO THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER. NOW YOUR REPORT.
MARY, I JUST WANT TO REMIND COUNCILMAN FELIX, WHEN HE WAS MR. FELIX, HE HAD BROUGHT SOMETHING UP EARLIER.
YES, SIR. YEAH. OH, LOOK, LOOK QUICK.
I DID ASK FOR PERMISSION TO USE OR LOCAL FIRE STATION OR THE CITY TO SERVE AS DROP OFF LOCATION OR ITEMS. SMALLER ITEMS LIKE MEDICAL, MEDICAL, YOU KNOW.
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND WHATEVER THAT CAN BE USED, A SMALLER ITEM THAT CAN EASILY TRANSPORT OR SHIP THAT.
THAT'S MOSTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO ANY PALM BAY CITIZEN THAT MAY HAVE BBS OR ANYTHING COVID RELATED THAT CAN BE USED, EMERGENCY KITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED FOR THE CAUSE OF THE HAITI RELIEF EFFORTS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSEL.
AND I THINK YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD, AND SO I THINK YOU GOT THREE THUMBS UP HERE. OK, SIR.
MADAM SHERMAN. NEED ANYTHING JUST TO CLARIFY, DO YOU WANT US TO RUN THIS DONATION CAMPAIGN FOR THE 30 DAYS LIKE WE'RE RUNNING THE THE COLLECTION OF MATCHING FUNDS? YES, MA'AM. I'LL BE A GOOD TIME FOR HIM.
YES. OK, WELL, I'LL BE THE CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT AS WELL, JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR OF SO ARE NOT TO PUT ANY EXTRA BURDEN ON ON ON, YOU KNOW, OF FIRE STATION MEMBERS.
SO ANY TIME ANY PICK UP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I'LL BE AVAILABLE, TOO.
THAT'S GREAT. AND YOU HAVE A LIST WE CAN GET FROM YOU TO SERVE? YES, MA'AM. OK, I'LL JUST UPDATE IT.
OKAY, SO A LIST OF ITEMS AND THEN PUTTING IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
HAITIAN RELIEF. AND ENOUGH MOMENTUM, I THINK, COUNCILMAN, FOSTER, BURAK.
I'M GOING TO GET ON MY SOAPBOX HERE ALSO FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE SOMETHING CONCERNING ME.
WELL, FIRST, LET ME GO OVER SOME A FEW ITEMS. ONE I LIKE TO APPOINT.
WELL, MORE TO THE UTILITY ADVISORY BOARD.
DIRECT APPOINTMENT. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE FOR.
MORIAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, AND THE TWO.
NOW I'M GOING TO GET ON MY SOAPBOX.
THAT'S A PICTURE OF ME WHEN I WAS DEPLOYED TO THE.
I ONE OF MY. WHAT LEADER HARRIS? TELL A BUDDY OF MINE AS WE SERVED IN THE TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
THE REASON WHY I PUT THAT PHOTO.
WE JUST ENDED THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.
WHEN A YEARS. IT DEFINITELY CHANGED MY LIFE.
IT CHANGED MY LIFE. IT CHANGED THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WENT WITH ME OVER THERE AND.
YOU COULD PUT OUT THE PHOTOS AND THAT'S MY SQUAD.
AND WE IN THE DESERT AND ONE OF OUR DUTIES WAS TO LOOK FOR TERRORISTS.
WAS THAT A SPECIAL LOCATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST? AND WE WAS UNDER THE THREAT OF BEING BOMBED BY SADDAM HUSSEIN.
AND SEVERAL TIMES WE HAD TO RUN TO A SHELTER.
AND MY SQUAD AS A SECURITY FORCES SQUAD IN THE AIR FORCE.
BUT A DUTY THAT I HAVE ONE NIGHT WHERE I WAS STATIONED AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION ON BASE.
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WAS A MORGUE. I HAD TO GUARD A MORGUE OF DEAD SOLDIER BODIES IN COFFIN.I CAN REMEMBER THAT DUTY LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
AND WHAT BROUGHT THAT BACK TO ME? WE'RE. A 13 MEMBERS.
10 11 WAS MARINE CORPS MAN, MARINE CORPS LOSS OR TEAM MEMBER AND KABUL AIRPORT AND ONE NAVY PERSONNEL AND ONE ARMY.
AND THAT BROUGHT THAT BACK TO ME, AND I KNOW VETERANS THROUGHOUT PALM BAY, I KNOW HOW THEY FEEL. AND.
REMIND ME OF THAT DUTY THAT I HAD TO DO.
AND I WAS SO PROUD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN.
THAT SACRIFICE TO ALLOW PEOPLE.
TO BE FREE, TO GET HIM OUT OF A HORRIBLE PLACE, CALL AFGHANISTAN AND TO GET THEM TO FREEDOM. AND WE LOST.
THE MOST PREVIOUS HEROES THAT WE GET EVER.
AND IT REMINDS ME OF A SONG I, BILLY RAY CYRUS.
ALL GAVE SOME AND SOME GAVE ALL.
11 MARINE AND ONE ARMY PERSONNEL GAVE ALL.
AND I WANT PALM BAY TO SAY A PRAYER FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND THE LOVED ONES THAT WAS INJURED. WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT THE 13 THAT DIED, BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE ONES THAT WAS INJURED. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
THE PTSD, THE PHYSICAL INJURY.
I KNOW GOD IS LOOKING DOWN ON THE 13, AND I KNOW HE'S HE HAS THEM IN THEIR GRACE.
IT MADE ME WE SHOULD LOVE THIS COUNTRY.
WE SHOULD HONOR OUR MILITARY PEOPLE.
THESE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE BECAUSE.
WHEN WHEN I GOT THAT NEWS THAT 13 MILITARY PERSONNEL GET KILLED, ONE WAS A WOMAN HOLDING A BABY, AN AFGHAN BABY IN HER ARMS. WHAT A SIGHT. AND THEN SHE WAS KILLED BY THESE TERRORISTS.
I COULDN'T SLEEP FOR TWO TO THREE DAYS.
AND I KNOW IF IT BOTHERS ME AND I WAS OVER THERE IN THAT THAT HORRIBLE PLACE.
I KNOW IT BOTHERS OTHER VETERANS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT AND I WANT ALL THE VETERANS WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY I FEEL.
SEEK HELP, SEEK COUNSELING, SEEK CLERGYMEN.
I'M GOING TO LET YOU READ THE NAMES.
I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT YOU READ THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN.
YES, SIR. RING STAFF SERGEANT BARRY HOOVER.
THIRTY ONE YEARS OLD. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
MARINE SERGEANT JONATHAN KEMP ANNOUNCED THAT A SUSPENSION OF THE.
OF. OH, I THINK I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT THAT, BUT THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU. MARINE CORPS SERGEANT THE COLE G.
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA MARINE LANCE CORPORAL.
LANCE CORPORAL HANNAH LOPEZ, 22 YEARS OLD.
THEY GO W., AGE 23 YEARS OLD, OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
ESPINOSA, 20 YEARS OLD, RIO BRAVO, TEXAS, RING LANCE CORPORAL JEFFREY M.
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SMITH WHEN HE YEARS OLD.CHARLES ZUHRI, MARINE LANCE CORPORAL.
WE ARE JAY MCCULLOUGH, 20 YEARS OLD.
MARINE CORPORAL LANCE LANDS THERE ARE.
LELO, 20 YEARS OLD, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA MARINE LANCE CORPORAL KENNY M..
OUR CALIFORNIA NAVY CORPSMAN MAXIMUM W THE WHEN HE 22 YEARS OLD.
ART IN TENNESSEE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THIRTEEN PEOPLE THAT THAT THAT THAT'S THAT'S JUST AMAZING THAT GAVE THEIR LIFE, THEY THEY GAVE IT ALL. LIKE THE SONG SAYS, SOME GAVE ALL.
I MEAN, SURELY SOME, SOME GAVE ALL.
ALL GAVE SOME, BUT SOME GAVE ALL.
I SUGGEST YOU PUT IT ON YOUR PLAYLIST.
WE ARGUE ABOUT A VACCINE, WE ARGUE ABOUT A MASK.
WHAT MATTERS IS THE 13 PEOPLE WILL NO LONGER WILL BE PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND I'M GLAD THE BODIES ARE HOME.
AND PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR THEM.
THANK YOU, MAN. THANK YOU FOR DODGING ME IN THIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
THEY ARE. COUNCILMAN FOSTER, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, THANK THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOSTER, THANK YOU.
MAYOR MEDINA, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ALL OF OUR VETERANS APPRECIATE YOU.
THOSE AT HOME. APPRECIATE ALL YOUR ARM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY FATHER SERVED AS WELL.
I'LL TELL HIM WHEN I SEE HIM. SO BUT UM.
WELL, WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ON A FORMER COUNCILMAN BAILEY HE BROUGHT UP A WHILE AGO, A FEW MEETINGS AGO IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, THE VACATING ORDINANCES AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING IT DONE INTERNALLY.
DO YOU RECALL WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? OR LIKE LIKE SOMETHING LIKE WE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT RESIDENTS BEFORE US, I REMEMBER PRIOR HE WAS SAYING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S STUFF THAT HE FELT AND I AGREE WITH HIM COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM WAIT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES ALL THE WAY TO 10, 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
OH, I REMEMBER HE BROUGHT IT UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE MADE ANY TRACTION WITH THAT SENSE OR.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOME CHANGE IN MEETINGS, SCHEDULES TO THOSE EARLIER, OR ARE YOU LOOKING AT ADMINISTRATIVE? YEAH. ARE YOU SEEKING TO EXPAND UPON THE STAFF'S ABILITY TO PROVE THESE ADMINISTRATIVELY? WELL, WE HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING ON IT.
WE ARE LEGAL AND GROWTH WILL GET TOGETHER.
OK, WELL, IF I HAVE COUNSEL'S.
I THINK THAT I KIND OF FIT IN IN THE.
AUDRAIN NARRATIVE, AS FAR AS CHANGING THE CHANGING THE CORE, THE PICTURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PORTRAYED. AND BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, NINE OUT OF EVERY 10 FOLKS THAT HAVE TO SIT INDOOR INDOORS FOR THAT OR FOR FOR THREE OR FOUR HOURS, YOU'RE NOT HAPPY.
THESE ARE THE SAME FOLKS I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ZERO PALM BAY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THIS.
I HAVE TO GO THROUGH SO MANY STEPS AND I GET IT.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, BUT THERE'S A WAY THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY THESE THINGS CAN BE APPROVED.
I THINK WE'VE GOT CONSENSUS TO ALLEVIATE THE HASSLE OF TRYING TO A CAKE AND MAKE IT WEAR. YOU KNOW, IT'S LEGALLY SOUND, RIGHT? OH, YES.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND THEN AND THEN LASTLY.
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I'M A TIGHT END, SO WE HAD A GREAT MAYOR'S STATE OF STATE.ACTUAL TERM HELP ME ON STATE OF THE BREAKFAST'S.
AND WE HAVE WE HAD PRESENTATIONS, ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS WE HAD BEFORE, WHICH WAS ON FROM POLICE CHIEF MOIA AND ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS WE HAD THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE, WHICH WAS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL ALMOST THREE YEARS, WAS FROM CHIEF LESLIE HOGUE IN REGARDS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I THINK WILL BE IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE COUNCIL AND MAYBE NOT JUST EVEN LIMITED TO A POLICE AND FIRE, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUILDING DEPARTMENT, UTILITIES, I.T., BECAUSE THE MORE INFORMATION WE PUT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR OURSELVES, BETTER INFORMED THEY ARE, THE BETTER INFORMED WE ARE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN A PRESENTATION, WE MIGHT CATCH SOMETHING AND THEN BE LIKE, HEY, WHY IS IT LIKE THAT? AND WE CAN ADDRESS IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, CONJURE UP ANOTHER WORKSHOP.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE DO LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE DEPARTMENT PER MONTH OR, YOU KNOW, AND DO IT ANNUALLY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE PUBLIC ENGAGED.
BUT THEN ALSO THAT ALLOWS US TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS AS WELL. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO OVERSEE EVERYTHING, BUT JUST MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THE MORE EYES WE HAVE ON CERTAIN THINGS, THE BETTER.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH US, LIKE WE'RE WORKING, THIS IS A GREAT TEAM AND I'M EXCITED.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL BRING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, LIKE YOU SAY ALL THE TIME THERE.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STEP.
AND THE PRESENTATION THAT CHIEF HOLK DID, IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.
SO LET ME LET ME START WITH THAT, SINCE, YOU KNOW, EVERY EVERYONE'S COUNCILMAN FOSTER, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS I WAS GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT.
AND I AM SO EXCITED THAT YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FITTING THAT YOU READ THE NAME.
WELL, THANK YOU. I MEAN THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, SIR.
THE NEXT THING I WANT TO BRING UP IS.
THAT PRESENTATION WITH CHERYL HOGUE, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WHEN WHEN MADAM SHERMAN WASN'T HERE WAS TO SHARE HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS SUCH A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF WHAT WE PROMISE OUR CITIZENS, THIS PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT THE CHIEF BOUGHT WAS RIGHT IN LINE WITH COMMUNICATING TO OUR CITY.
I WAS AT THE PROMOTION AND THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW FIRST RESPONDERS THIS PAST WEEK, AND I SHARED WITH HER WE NEED TO TAKE THAT PRESENTATION AND LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE INTENTIONS ARE OF OUR COUNCIL AND OF CITY STAFF TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS.
RIGHT. EVERY SECOND COUNTS WHENEVER THERE'S A CALL IN NEED FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION OR A FAMILY THAT'S IN DISTRESS.
WHAT WAS ENLIGHTENING, ENLIGHTENING IN THAT REPORT WAS IT TAKES ALMOST TWO YEARS FOR A FIRE TRUCK. AND ABOUT THE SAME TIME, AGAIN, A FIRE STATION.
THAT'S AMAZING. SO WE DON'T HAVE THE FINANCES, SO WE WE HAVE TO START PLANNING WHEN THE NEED IS AT THE RIGHT TIME, BECAUSE AS THESE CALLS INCREASE.
AS THESE CALLS CONTINUE TO RISE, BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING AND WE'RE NOT JUST GROWING IN ONE LOCATION, WE'RE GROWING SOUTHEAST, WE'RE GROWING NORTHWEST AT AN EXPONENTIAL CAPACITY.
SO IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT THOSE RESPONSE TIMES ARE GOING TO BE.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE WHEN A CALL COMES IN FOR FOR THEM TO GET THAT TYPE OF SERVICE? SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT THAT WERE SHOWN BY THOSE PRESENTATIONS.
RIGHT. AND I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH YOU.
SO I THANK GOD THAT THAT THIS COUNCIL IS WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THINKING ON THE SAME PAGE HERE. IF I'M IF YOU GUYS ARE REPORTING WHAT WHAT'S IN MY HEART, THEN I'M EXCITED AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHARE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOSS OF LIFE.
IS THE LOSS OF SERGEANT FRANK TOVAR OR AS CHIEF MOIA? AFFECTIONATELY CALLS THEM TRUSTEE SCOTT OVALLE.
SERVICES WILL BE THE SATURDAY.
AND I WANT I WANT US TO RECOGNIZE THE OPPORTUNITY.
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THAT IS FAMILY.IT'S GOING THROUGH SOME CHANGE.
NOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT HE PASSED AWAY DUE TO COMPLICATIONS OF OVID.
I KNOW. AS WE ASK OUR MEN AND WOMEN.
EACH AND EVERY DAY THAT GO FROM CALL TO CALL, WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT IS A LINE OF DUTY.
AND CISCO TOOLBAR WOULD HAVE ENCOUNTERED IN A SAILLANT.
IN A LINE OF DUTY. AND WITH THAT, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE COULD DO TO TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILY OF THE FALLEN.
AND I WANT US TO STAY ON THAT ON THAT MIND FRAME, IN THAT MIND FRAME, TO BE AWARE THAT THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES LOSING THEIR LIVES AS THEY ENCOUNTER.
AS THEY. EVEN WITH CERTAIN ISSUES OF THIS PANDEMIC, THEY'RE OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
I KNOW THAT WE TAKE PRECAUTIONS, BUT WE ALSO LOST A YOUNG MAN FROM UTILITIES.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE FAMILIES, AND I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS COUNCIL.
THAT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THOSE AND TAKE CARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT CITY. AND THAT THAT ENDS MY REPORT, COUNCILMAN.
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AND. ITEM NUMBER ONE.AND I GUESS I'LL PRESENT THIS ITEM, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK STAFF TO COME PRESENT THIS ITEM, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT I MADE OF COME UP WITH THIS THOUGHT PROCESS, GENTLEMEN. WELL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE AS WE, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH THIS. BUT MY WHOLE INTENTION AND I'LL LET STAFF AWAY IN WAS TO RECOGNIZE THOSE EFFORTS IN OUR IN OUR CITY.
THOSE BUSINESSES HIGHLIGHT THEIR EFFORT, ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO SEE WHAT THEIR BUSINESS IS DOING, AND ENCOURAGE OTHER PATRONS FROM OTHER LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO COME DO BUSINESS IN PALM BAY. MADAM.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL NANCY BOND, COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
AND AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT HE BROUGHT TO CITY STAFF.
AND SO HENCE IT'S ENTITLED THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLITE PROGRAM.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THE INTENT IS TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES, EMPHASIZE THEM AND RECOGNIZE THEM.
AND SO AS PART OF THAT, THEY WOULD ON A QUARTERLY BASIS BE ABLE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL REVIEW THEM BASED ON SOME CRITERIA.
THEY MUST BE PHYSICALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF PALM BAY, AND THEY MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SELECTION CRITERIA THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WOULD BE THE LONGEVITY OF THE BUSINESS.
THEY MUST BE AT LEAST HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS WHEN THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. THEY SHOULD SHOW SOME GROWTH IN REVENUE, WHETHER IT'S A PHYSICAL EXPANSION OR POSSIBLY EXPANSION OF EMPLOYEES.
AND THEY ALSO SHOULD SHOW SOME INNOVATION IN THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH COVID.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN DOING HAVE BEEN VERY INNOVATIVE IN IN KEEPING THEIR BUSINESS DOORS OPEN.
AND THEY ALSO SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE SOME COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
THEY SHOULD BE ACTIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY ALSO PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT TO SOME OF OUR NONPROFITS AND TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
THE OTHER ATTRIBUTE WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD ALSO POSITIVELY PROMOTE THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND WHY THEY'RE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
SO THEY IF THEY HAVE SOME SHOW OFF OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESS BEING IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
SO THERE WOULD BE A SELECTION COMMITTEE AND THAT WOULD BE MADE UP OF THE MAYOR, SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND THEN ALSO THE CITY'S COMMUNICATION TEAM.
THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL, EITHER THROUGH RECORD OF RECOGNITION DURING A COUNCIL MEETING OR A PROCLAMATION.
AND THEN THE MAYOR WOULD GO TO THE BUSINESS AND ACTUALLY TAKE PICTURES.
WE WOULD PUT THAT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND ALSO HAVE A WINDOW CLEANING, WHICH THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO POST ON THEIR ON THEIR WINDOW AT THEIR AT THE FACILITY.
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SO THAT WHEN THEY WOULD BE ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE FOR THAT ENTIRE QUARTER AND WE WOULD PROMOTE THEM AS A BUSINESS THAT WE WELCOME AND IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.THAT'S BASICALLY THE CRITERIA WE WERE LOOKING AT STARTING THIS, IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL OCTOBER 1ST.
THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THE SPOTLIGHT APPLICATION IS IS PART OF THE PACKAGE AS WELL.
YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE THE OVERVIEW IS REALLY THE DETAIL, I THINK, IS IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IT'S BASED ON COMMITTEE.
THAT SELECTION PROCESS AND I ENTERTAIN YOUR YOUR DIALOG, YOUR FEEDBACK WITH WITH THIS POTENTIAL PROGRAM.
SO IF MS., NANCY, COULD JUST STAND STAND FAST, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, SOME OF FELIX.
BY THE WAY, FOR THE EXPLANATION YOU MENTIONED.
SO THE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. NOW, ARE THESE THE BUSINESSES? IS IT MORE NOMINATIONS SO SOMEBODY CAN NOMINATE A BUSINESS OR THE BUSINESS HAD TO PHYSICALLY APPLY? ANYONE CAN NOMINATE THE BUSINESS, SOMEONE THE BUSINESS OWNER OR SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES OR JUST YOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COULD NOMINATE THE BUSINESS.
SO THE COMMITTEE WOULD WOULD THE COMMITTEE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO HAVE A SAY, OR IS IT IT ONCE THEY'VE DECIDED? HE'S ON THOSE THOSE REQUIREMENTS, ALTHOUGH THE CRITERIA IS THE COMMITTEE WOULD MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND IT WOULD MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND IT WOULD ACTUALLY SELECT THE BUSINESS. ALSO ENFORCE.
I'M A LITTLE UNCLEAR, UNCLEAR ON SOMETHING.
I GOT A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS THE COMMITTEE MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL OR THE COMMITTEE APPROVES THE BUSINESS UNTIL THE COMMITTEE SELECTS THE BUSINESS, THAT'S GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED. BASED ON A QUARTER, IT MIGHT BE.
THE COMMITTEE WILL GO THROUGH EACH APPLICANT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, A SELECTION SELECTION. MM HMM. WHAT INPUT COUNCIL HAS THEY? THEY WOULDN'T THEY WOULD BE PRESENTED BEFORE COUNCIL, THEY WOULD BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE COUNCIL. YOU WOULDN'T BE MAKING THIS SELECTION.
THIS WOULD BE THE MAYOR'S SELECTION.
RIGHT. COUNCIL WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SELECTION AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, ANYONE CAN NOMINATE.
THIS IS SOMETHING TO PROMOTE THE BUSINESS, NOT TO CREATE OR COUNCIL BUSINESS, SO TO SPEAK. WE'LL BE PRESENTING, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE PROCLAMATIONS.
I LOVE YOUR FORESIGHT, 25 APPLICATIONS.
I LOVE TO SEE THAT WE GET TO THAT POINT.
OH, WE WERE LOOKING AT ROLLING THIS OUT IN OCTOBER.
BUT IT'S MORE OF PROMOTING LOCAL BUSINESS HERE WITHIN THE CITY AND PROMOTE USING THE MAYOR'S PLATFORM TO HEIGHTEN THE AWARENESS OF THE BUSINESS.
HYTEN DOING BUSINESS IN PALM BAY.
OK, WELL, MY QUESTION IS, IT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM PROMOTING A BUSINESS.
ABSOLUTELY. AND ALSO, HAS THIS BEEN DONE IN OTHER CITIES? YES. THE STAFF DID SOME RESEARCH, AND THAT'S HOW THE APPLICATION WAS MIRRORED BASED ON SOME OF THE OTHER RESEARCH ON ON THE WEB OF DIFFERENT CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT DO THE SIMILAR PROGRAM, MANY OF THEM CITIES IN BRAVAS COUNTY.
I'M NOT SURE, AND I DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO THE RESEARCH TO START IT, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I CAN I'LL LET YOU KNOW, THOUGH, I CAN I CAN FIND OUT.
I THINK THE CITY EXAMPLE THAT THEY USE, I DON'T I DON'T REMEMBER AT THIS POINT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS IN OUR COUNTY.
AND DO YOU DO YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKED IN OTHER CITIES? WHAT WAS WHAT KIND OF RESULT THAT THEY GOT? I IT WAS VERY POSITIVE BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS.
I TALK WITH JOAN AND DANIELLE, WHO STARTED WORKING ON THE PROJECT BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD.
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AND SO IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING THAT BUSINESS.I KNOW THE BUSINESS OWNERS WERE VERY HAPPY THAT THEY WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY AND THAT THEY WOULD COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND KIND OF GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF ADVERTISEMENT, BECAUSE EVEN WITH MORE WITH THE PANDEMIC, A LOT OF THEM WE'VE HEARD IS ADVERTISEMENT, GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE THAT THEY'RE STILL OPEN, THEY'RE STILL IN BUSINESS. AND SO A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT BUSINESS IS THERE OR WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO. SO THAT GIVES THE BUSINESS OWNER AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND BE RECOGNIZED AND LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S WHAT THEY DO AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
MY MY CONCERN IS ALSO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THEY DO THIS, TOO, RIGHT, TO PROMOTE BUSINESS, BUT THEY ONLY PROMOTE CHAMBER MEMBERS.
I MEAN, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DON'T PROMOTE YOU IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER.
BUT HOW IS THIS IN CONFLICT WITH THEM? WELL, THE THAT, OF COURSE, WITH THE CHAMBER, IF THEY HAD HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER, THIS IS ANY BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
SO IT WOULD BE WHETHER YOU AS JUST OR I SHOULDN'T SAY YOU AS A CITIZEN WANTED TO RECOGNIZE A BUSINESS AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY UNDER THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH THE CHAMBER BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER.
SO THIS IS JUST MAYBE A RESIDENT THAT GOES INTO A BUSINESS AND IS ABLE TO SAY, WOW, I HAD REALLY GREAT SERVICE.
I REALLY APPRECIATED SOMETHING THEY HAD.
IT WAS VERY UNIQUE AND BE ABLE TO PROMOTE THAT.
THAT'S MY MY CONCERN IS HOW THIS AFFECT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PALM BAY, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND ALSO HOW IT MIGHT AFFECT THE CITY IF WE PROMOTE A BUSINESS AND MIGHT HAVE ISSUES THAT WE DIDN'T CATCH, MIGHT BE DISCRIMINATION ISSUES, MIGHT BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE HEALTH, LIKE A HEALTH ISSUE AT THE BUSINESS.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN IS.
MARAZUL? MY QUESTION WAS ON THE CHAMBER, TOO, IF IF THE CHAMBER WAS INCLUDED OR TALK TO NANCY OR ANYTHING.
I THINK HE HAS THAT. YES, HE HAS THIS.
YES, SO THE CHAMBER DOES IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE THE CHAMBER FROM OR CHAMBER MEMBERS TO TAKE PART OF THIS. THIS IS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER AS IS ENCOURAGING OTHER BUSINESSES.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN DONE IN ANOTHER CITY.
IT'S BEEN DONE IN OTHER CITIES, PERHAPS NOT IN BOVARD COUNTY, BUT THAT'S WHY PERHAPS I WANTED TO BE THE FIRST.
I THINK IT GOES WITH OUR PLATFORM OF ENCOURAGING OPENING UP BUSINESSES.
WE'RE NOT COMPETING WITH THE CHAMBER.
WE'RE NOT CHARGING MEMBERSHIP, BUT WE'RE OFFERING A VEHICLE FOR OTHERS THAT AREN'T PART OF THE CHAMBER THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY PAYING DUES.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WE ARE PART OF.
ONE ONE, I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE BEST PLACES I'VE EATEN RIBS AT ESQUIMAUX AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS ABOUT BELSKI BONES.
RIGHT. BUT THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD RIBS.
AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THERE ARE OTHER PLACES LIKE SAVOL, CRIOLLO, THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT I FEEL TOGETHER WE CAN HEIGHTEN.
THEY'RE PART OF THE MAYOR'S SPOTLIGHT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT PROMOTING THE BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR CITY.
AND AND THE CHAMBER CAN CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I WELCOME THEM TO TAKE PART IN ANY CHAMBER MEMBER TO TAKE PART OF THIS.
BUT THIS GENTLEMAN, I DON'T WANT US TO TO LOOK AT THIS AS A.
THIS IS AN ISSUE OF INCREASING THE BUSINESSES AND HIGHLIGHTING THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOING BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
TURN ON YOUR MIKE. THAT'S THE THEME OF THIS COUNCIL, WE WANT TO PROMOTE BUSINESS, WE WANT TO PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE BUSINESSES, HOWEVER WE CAN DO THAT.
IT'S IT'S ABOUT THE BUSINESS WORLD.
WELL, LET'S PUT THE FOCUS ON WHERE IT'S AT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT ONE INDIVIDUAL OR SO ON AND SO FORTH OR WHOMEVER IS TRYING TO GET CREDIT
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OR. NO, NO, NO. THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BUSINESS.TO THAT POINT, I WANT TO SUPPORT IT, THOUGH.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE TIME FRAME.
IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT OPEN A BUSINESS, DOING WELL FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND CAN GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE SPOTLIGHT AS LONG AS THEY DO DOING A MEETING. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT.
I JUST YOU KNOW, WHATEVER COUNCIL DECIDE, THAT'S WHAT I'D SAY TO REDUCE THE TIME.
FOCUS ON. I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE LIKE A MAJOR, YOU KNOW, FRANCHISE GETTING GETTING THAT SPOTLIGHT. YOU KNOW. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED IT.
SO IF THE IF THE FOCUS STAY ON THE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS THIS WHOLE THING, I CAN SUPPORT IT IN THAT SENSE, AND I WOULD 100 PERCENT AGREE.
I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON ON BUSINESSES THAT REALLY NEED THE SPOTLIGHT.
STILL MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS.
I, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN FRAME THAT.
BUT THIS THIS WOULD BE WHAT WHAT WE.
WE COULD CONSULT WITH LEGAL TO SEE IF POSSIBLY WE COULD EXCLUDE FRANCHISES OR NOT ON THE FROM THE LIST OF. BECAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE OF THE BUSINESS OWNER, SMALL BUSINESS, NOT NECESSARILY YOUR FRANCHISES AND STUFF.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE COULD DO THAT OR I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A POINT.
THAT'S JUST A POINT. NO, NO, I JUST DO YOU KNOW, I GET YOUR POINT.
MY MY CONCERN WITH THE ONE YEAR, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT, SOME SOME BUSINESSES, THEY THEY FOLD. THEY MAY NEED IT WITHIN ONE YEAR, SO I CAN I CAN SEE REDUCING THAT ONE TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS TO ONE YEAR.
YEAH, BUT MY MY MY CONCERN WITH TRYING TO MAKE IT EXCLUSIVE, YOU CAN HINDER SOMEONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T WANT TO HINDER THE WHOLE IF YOU PUT THAT IN THE REQUIREMENT, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU'RE HINDERING ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY MAY BE A FRANCHISE, BUT JUST OPENING UP. AND SO I'M UNSETTLED WITH THAT.
I'M GOOD WITH THE ONE YEAR, I THINK.
I THINK ULTIMATELY THE EMPHASIS IS GOING TO BE ON ON SMALL BUSINESS, BECAUSE THAT IS THE SAME TARGET. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
IT'S YEAH. YEAH, THAT IS THAT IS THE TARGET.
BUT TO PUT HANDCUFFS, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
BUT I'M WITH YOU ON THE WAR BUSINESS.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THIS AND POSSIBLY HAS TO BE A CHAMBER MEMBER.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND WORK FOR THEM.
NOW, EVERY CHAMBER THEY MAY NOT KNOW.
AND SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHAMBER BENEFITS AND YEAH.
JUST ENCOURAGE THEM. YEAH, IT WILL BE GREAT.
IT WILL LOOK GOOD ON YOUR APPLICATION ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST ONE YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING.
BUT I'LL I'LL YIELD TO THE TO THE WISH OF.
SO SO I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE SAYING LIKE ONCE IF THEY'RE SELECTED, MAYBE GET THE CHAMBER INVOLVED SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, INTRODUCE THEM, INTRODUCE THEM.
I COULD BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, THAT'S ALL.
I AGREE WITH BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.
COUNCILMAN WHO WAS DEPUTY MAYOR? JOHNSON. YEAH, I JUST HAVE YOU KNOW, I I AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD EXCLUDE FRANCHISE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF FRANCHISE OUT THERE.
CHICK FIL A FOR CHICK FIL A DOES A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STARBUCKS.
I HAD SOME COMMUNITY STUFF AND STARBUCKS DONATED TO MY EVENT.
EVEN WAL-MART. I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD EXCLUDE FRANCHISE, BUT WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESS, SHOULD GET SOME EXTRA CREDIT WHEN THEY GO BEFORE YOUR COMMITTEE.
OH, MY. LIKE I SAID, MY CONCERN IS, ARE WE COMPETING WITH CHAMBER? I DON'T WANT TO I WANT TO BRING THE CHAMBER.
I DON'T WANT TO COMPETE WITH THE PALM BAY CHAMBER WITH THIS PROGRAM.
I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PROGRAM.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO COMPETE WITH THE CHAMBER.
WE PAY A NICE MEMBERSHIP FEE WITH THE CHAMBER, VERY NICE.
AND I THINK IT'S LIKE A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.
OH, I ACTUALLY THINK IT WOULD BE AN ENHANCEMENT TO WHAT THE CHAMBER ALREADY DOES, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO PROMOTE THE BUSINESS WITHIN THIS WITHIN THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AND ALSO WE WOULD DO SOME PROMOTION WITH THE RECOGNITION HERE AT COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THEN ALSO WITH THE MAYOR AT THE ACTUAL BUSINESS.
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SO I ACTUALLY THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY ADD TO AND ENHANCE AND WE COULD PROMOTE CERTAINLY THEIR MEMBERSHIP INTO THE CHAMBER AND GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.AND COULD YOU GET A I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D BE OPEN TO IT, MAYOR, BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR PROGRAM, A AMBASSADOR FROM THE CHAMBER OR SOMEBODY FROM THE CHAMBER TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE. IT OUT THAT WE DID DISCUSS THAT.
YES. WE DID DISCUSS IT MY MY CONCERNS WITH THAT IS THAT IT IT'S NOT A CHAMBER EVENT.
YOU UNDERSTAND THE CHAMBER, THE CHAMBER THEMSELVES, THEY HOLD DIFFERENT EVENTS, AND IF YOU NOTICE, EVERYTHING IS GEARED TOWARDS SUSTAINING THEIR AIR.
THEIR CAUSE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S OPEN TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AT NO COST.
AND IN ANOTHER VENUE OR TO GET.
AND THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WHOLE ISSUE, IS TO HEIGHTEN THE AWARENESS OF THESE BUSINESSES AND WELCOME OTHERS FROM NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES TO COME AND DO BUSINESS IN PALM BAY. THAT THAT WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND.
ADDITIONAL QUESTION. NO, NO QUESTIONS AS AS A BUSINESS OWNER, AND I'LL BE CLEAR AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I LIKE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I LIKE IT ALL.
BUT AS A YOU KNOW, AS A DEPUTY MAYOR OR COUNCILMAN, YOU KNOW, I SEE US ALL AS AMBASSADORS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, AND WE SHOULD ALREADY BE DOING THIS, YOU KNOW.
AND I DON'T THINK A PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY. AND I DO I DO AGREE WITH THEM.
LET'S NOT EXCLUDE FRANCHISEES, BECAUSE I KNOW RITAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, ITALIAN ICE.
HE'S HE'S A SINGLE FATHER WHO OWNS THAT BUSINESS AND OPERATES IT AND IS THE FRANCHISEE.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S HIS BREAD AND BUTTER.
AND HE PUTS HIS, YOU KNOW, TIME AND EFFORT INTO THAT.
SO I DEFINITELY WANT US TO BE CAREFUL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT CAN BE SEEN THAT WE'RE ALIENATING OTHERS.
AND THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, NEXT, KNOW PATRICIA SENADA, EMAIL, TALK ABOUT EXECUTIVE MEETING. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED.
I YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S BETTER IF WE BECAUSE ANOTHER THING I HEARD COUNCILMAN FOSTER SAY WAS, YOU KNOW, WHO SELECTED? SO, YOU KNOW, NO, NOBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL WILL HAVE A SAY IN IT.
SO WHY NOT? WE, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE HOWEVER WE WANT IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING. SO FOR THAT REASON, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING.
BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO.
IT'S THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.
SO AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT.
AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T I DON'T AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO CAUSE.
THAT'S WHAT I TOLD. THAT'S WHAT I GOT OUT OF THAT EXECUTIVE MEETING.
I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT AT ALL.
THIS IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE IN OTHER CITIES.
AND AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING EXCLUSIVE.
IT HAS TO DO WITH PROMOTING BUSINESS.
THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE. BUT IF COUNSEL DOESN'T ALLOW FOR FOR THIS TO GO ON, THAT'S FINE.
THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT OF ME INCREASING AND HEIGHTENING THE AWARENESS OF OUR BUSINESSES.
AND I THINK WE MAY BE HUNG UP ON THE FACT THAT IT SAYS THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE EVERYONE KNOWS AND THIS COUNCIL IS JUST ONE VOTE OUT OF FOUR AT THIS. AT AT A FOUR AT THIS POINT.
HOWEVER, THE MAYOR IS THE FIGUREHEAD OF OF CITY.
AS YOU GUYS SO ELOQUENTLY PUT IT BEFORE.
AND SO IN THAT ROLE AS A FIGURE OF THE CITY, I'M TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT FALLS RIGHT IN LINE WITH PROMOTING BUSINESSES.
AND YOU YOURSELF SAID AS A BUSINESS OWNER, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, YOU WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A DECAL LIKE THAT. AND IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING TO MAKE THESE DECALS PROMOTE THE CITY, TO PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS AND INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF THEIR BUSINESS.
THAT'S ALL. AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S HERE.
LET'S NOT GET HUNG UP ON BECAUSE IT'S CALLED THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS HOT SPOTLIGHT.
IT'S THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT AS THE MAYOR IS THE FIGUREHEAD OF THE CITY.
BUT IF COUNCIL SO CHOOSES THAT, THEY'RE NOT WELCOMING OF THIS PROGRAM.
THAT'S. OH, I THINK I HAVE SOMEONE RAISING THEIR HANDS TO SPEAK.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE YOU.
I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED, I DON'T KNOW WHY.
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WE JUST DON'T. IT'S ALLOWED THE MAYOR TO DO THE PROGRAM WITHOUT A COUNCIL APPROVAL BECAUSE HE HE, THE MECCA, RECOGNIZE ANY BUSINESS IN PALM BAY OR OUTSIDE OF PALM BAY.AND. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU NEED MY APPROVAL TO TELL YOU WHAT, BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SO GREAT AND IT'S RESPECT.
RIGHT. BUT IT'S A PROGRAM THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT COUNCIL SUPPORT.
OK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. YOU EXPLAIN IT TO.
BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES.
PHIL DEFRANCO, 570, TRUMAN STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF IDEAS FOR YOU.
MAYBE NEW BUSINESSES MOVE INTO THE AREA, BRING THEM IN IN THEIR FIRST THREE MONTHS, INTRODUCE THEM TO THE CITY, PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ON TELEVISION, THAT COULD BE ONE IDEA.
WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING? BEST OF PALM BAY.
THE BEST PIZZA SHOP, THE BEST BARBER SHOP.
OBVIOUSLY, FEW OF US DON'T NEED THEM.
BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE WHERE IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT? THE PEOPLE IT YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY LIKES BIZZARO, MAYBE SOME SCOPA PIZZA. BUT IF YOU DID THE BEST OF PALM BAY AND HE DID A QUARTERLY OR SEMIANNUAL YEAR ANNUALLY, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPY.
AND YOU CAN STILL MAKE A MEDICAL THE BEST OF PALM BAY.
TWENTY, TWENTY ONE, TWENTY, TWENTY TWO, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE JUST ONE DICKAU MADE UP, YOU CAN USE THEM FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? OK. SO COUNCIL.
THE MAYOR LET ME SAY THIS JUST FOR THE RECORD.
NOT THAT I'M NOT AGAINST ANY FRANCHISE RIGHT AWAY.
SO WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO, I'M THINKING OF THE BIG, BIG FRANCHISE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY NEED ANY EXTRA PUBLICITY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD, BY ANY MEANS, THERE'S A LOT OF SMALL, YOU KNOW, SMALL FRANCHISES OUT THERE AND SIZES.
SO CERTAINLY NOT TRYING TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE MOTION, IF THAT'S OK.
ARE WE READY? OH, TO THE CONSIDERATION, AS IN COUNCIL TO CONSIDER OF IMPLEMENTING THE MEASURES IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO RECOGNIZE THE BUSINESS OF THE ORDER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE CAVEAT FOUR INSTEAD OF TWO YEARS, MAKE IT A YEAR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MAYOR, IF I MAY. IF I MAY, AS ADD, I CAN'T SEE IF WE FOCUS ON THE PRIZE OR THE PRIZE IS IS HIGHLIGHT OUR BUSINESSES REGARDLESS IN THE MANNER THAT IT'S DONE.
BY ANY MEANS, A MAYOR IS A FIGUREHEAD.
ABSOLUTELY, ANY ISSUE THAT I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM.
THE ARGUMENT WITH THE CHAMBER CHAMBER, DOES THIS THING CHAMBER GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THIS THING? IT'S A JOINT EFFORT.
IT CAN ONLY INCREASE MAKE THINGS BETTER.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD.
DON'T BY ANY MEANS. HEY, I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCILMAN FOSTER, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. THINGS THE MAYOR OF BUSINESS HIGHLIGHT, BUT LIKE I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. I WANT THE MAYOR TO HIGHLIGHT BUSINESS.
I WANT HIM TO REPRESENT THE CITY.
THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY.
BUT THE MAYOR IS THE FIGUREHEAD, AND HE SHOULD BE OUT FRONT, REPRESENT THE CITY AND WHATEVER, PROMOTING THE CITY.
AND YOU DO DO A GOOD JOB AT THAT, SIR.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
MY ONLY CONCERN WAS, YOU KNOW, THE CHAMBER.
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IN OTHER CITIES, SO.WE NEED BUSINESS AND PALM BAY, WE NEED TO PROMOTE OUR BUSINESS AND PALM BAY AND.
I WAS I WAS ON THE FENCE LEANING, NO, BUT I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO.
I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO LEAN, YES, AND ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IT.
YEAH, MY THING IS, YOU KNOW, SINCE THERE'S BEEN I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS LIKE AND I FEEL WE ALL CAN DO IT.
YOU KNOW, WHERE WE JUST WORK, WE'RE COHESIVENESS COHESIVELY IN ADVERTISING BUSINESSES LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING. LIKE I KNOW THE MAYOR GOES TO THE SAME DINER I GO TO IS HIS DINER AND WE POP UP IN THERE OR CHECK MARKS, SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS.
AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH TAKING A PICTURE RIGHT IN FRONT AND JUST SAYING, HEY, IF YOU'RE DOWN ON PALM BAY ROAD, CHECK THIS SPOT OUT OR CHECK THIS OTHER SPOT OUT.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ARE AMBASSADORS FOR THE CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I STAND AND BE IN THAT ALSO COUNCIL ONCE, ONCE THE BUSINESS IS, YOU KNOW, SELECTED.
COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE ANY SAY, YOU KNOW, SO WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS? YOU KNOW, SO AND IT'S ONLY FOR BUSINESSES A YEAR LIKE THAT'S TO ME, THAT'S A SMALL NUMBER, CONSIDERING HOW MANY BUSINESSES WE HAVE.
SO THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS TO IT WHERE THROUGHOUT A WEEK OR THROUGHOUT A MONTH.
YOU KNOW, MAYOR MEDINA HIT SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND HIGHLIGHT COUNCILMAN.
FELIX CAN HIGHLIGHT WHAT HE WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT MYSELF.
COUNCILMAN, FOSTER, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHY I STAND WITH THIS HOSTOS.
I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN FOSTER TRYING TO SWAY ME, BUT I'M STILL WHERE I'M AT.
I MEAN, CAN I. YES, I AM TRYING TO SWAY A MAYOR OF.
YOU DID A GOOD JOB, DEPUTY MAYOR, WHEN YOU WENT AROUND AND HIGHLIGHTED BUSINESS, I FOLLOWED YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I SHOULDN'T TELL YOU THAT, BUT YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
YOU HAD QUITE A LOT OF BUSINESS AND PALM BAY, AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
IT ENCOURAGED ME TO DO THAT ALSO.
WELL, THIS IS YOU TALKING FOR BUSINESS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A A YOU KNOW, A SET PROGRAM OFFICIAL PROGRAM FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY JOHNSON.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CALL IT UNEFFICIENT, BUT YOU ACCOMPLISHED WHAT YOU DID.
SO THAT'S WHAT SWAY ME TO SUPPORT IT, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A FISHELL PROGRAM SANCTIONED BY THE COUNCIL. AND THE MAYOR IS THE HEAD OF THIS PROGRAM.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE IN BRAVAS COUNTY.
AND AND THAT PUTS US ON THE MAP.
SO. WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THINGS.
THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAD WITH THIS ISSUE IS COUNCIL IS LEFT OUT OF IT.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, I COULD GO AND PROMOTE WHATEVER BUSINESS I WANT AND DO A PROCLAMATION.
I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WHAT? AND IF I'M WRONG, CORRECT ME YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR DOES THIS THING WITH THIS, AND I STILL WE STILL ALL DO OUR THING.
YOU KNOW, EVEN IF A BUSINESS ISN'T HIGHLIGHTED THAT AND IF YOU CAN NOMINATE YOU, YOU CAN STILL NOMINATE, OK, THAT THE COUNCIL CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE.
AND I THOUGHT MS., MS., BRUNTLETT OR MS., NANCY DID A GOOD JOB OF SAYING ANYBODY CAN NOMINATE ANY BUSINESS.
SO THEN I GUESS MY LAST THING.
YOU KNOW, JUST FOR BUSINESSES A YEAR, I FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE CAN DO.
LIKE WHEN EVERY TWO MONTHS OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A START.
YEAH. YEAH, I JUST PLUG AND PLAY, YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST A YOU KNOW, A BUSINESS TO RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, FREE ADVERTISING FOR A QUARTER.
I'M LOOKING AT THAT AS A BUSINESS OWNER.
THAT'S A LOT. SO IF WE CAN HIT SEVERAL MORE BUSINESSES WITHIN A YEAR, I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK, BECAUSE EVEN TWO MONTHS OF ADVERTISEMENT ON A CITY WEBSITE OR DO AMAZING THINGS.
SO. RIGHT ALONG THAT SAME PAGE, THOUGH, WE HAVE TO WALK BEFORE WE RUN.
RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT STARTING POINT.
WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT TOO MUCH OUT.
BUT IT GIVES US AN ASPIRATION TO EVEN GO HIGHER.
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I MEAN, I'LL MISS NANCY.WOULD YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SEE HOW WE COULD INCREASE THAT? YES, SIR. OK.
SO MS., NANCY, WITH THE BUSINESS, WHAT OTHER CITIES THAT THEY'VE SEEN? DO THEY DO IT QUARTERLY OR THEY DO A BUSINESS PER MONTH? OR WHAT WAS THE KIND OF THE CONSENSUS WERE TYPICALLY DONE QUARTERLY? WAS DONE QUARTERLY. OK, I'M JUST LOOKING AT HOW MANY BUSINESSES WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITIES BIG. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE OTHER CITY WAS WAS PRETTY BIG, TOO.
WAS IT IT? STUDY THAT STUDY CITY, THE RESEARCH STUDIED, AND IT WAS SIMILAR SIZE I CAN ADD IN, BECAUSE JOHN ACTUALLY WAS BEHIND SOME OF THE PLANNING FOR THIS, AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THEY ACTUALLY DID THIS IN COKO.
AND IF. I DON'T RECALL IT WELL, SHE SAID SHE RAN THE PROGRAM.
BUT I HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION THAT JOAN HAD IS THAT IF COUNSEL WANTS TO ENGAGE ON THIS AT A HIGHER LEVEL, OBVIOUSLY WE COULD ACCEPT NOMINATIONS, APPLICATIONS, VET THEM THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE TO VERIFY THAT THEY MEET THE BASIC CRITERIA, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, AND THEN ACTUALLY BRING THEM TO COUNCIL FOR SOME SORT OF A VOTE OR DECISION.
BUT. THAT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY YOU COULD SLICE IT IF YOU WANTED TO.
HANDLE IT DIFFERENTLY. WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL TRUST IN THIS COUNCIL, I'LL TRUST IN BECAUSE I KNOW THE INTENTIONS.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FELIX SECONDED BY YOUR BELOVED MAYOR.
IT'S LIKE THAT IN THERE WITH YOU GUYS.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? LIKE I SAID, JUST IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD PREFER MORE THAN FOUR BUSINESSES HIGHLIGHTED IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER THAT RAN THE PROGRAM, SO THAT GIVES ME MORE EVEN ENCOURAGEMENT.
SO. SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR BY ANY OPPOSE AS AS UNANIMOUSLY ADMINISTRATIVE ILLEGAL REPORTS.
[ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS]
MADAM SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.JUST A COUPLE OF ONE NEW THING IN A COUPLE OF FOLLOW UPS TO SOME OF THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION. FIRST OF ALL, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING BACK A WORKSHOP FOR YOU ALL OR DISCUSSION OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND BEING BUSINESS FRIENDLY.
CERTAINLY WHAT IT WILL PLAN TO DO IS TWO THINGS.
ONE IS WE ACTUALLY WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THINGS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR, DEFINITELY GET SOME IDEAS FROM, YOU KNOW, YOURSELVES, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, ET CETERA.
WE ALSO HAVE ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY PUT OUT TO BID A REQUEST FOR SOLICITATION OF A OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR TO ACTUALLY COME IN AND DO AN OUTSIDE, VERY OBJECTIVE REVIEW OF HOW WE HANDLE ALL OUR DEVELOPMENT.
WE'D LIKE TO POTENTIALLY INCLUDE AS PART OF THE WORKSHOP, HAVING THAT CONSULTANT ON BOARD, HAVE THEM JOIN US AT THAT WORKSHOP AND USE WHAT WE GET OUT OF THE WORKSHOP.
KIND OF BLAST INTO A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENT.
THAT'LL BE KIND OF EXCITING, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, I WILL ALSO, BASED ON THE REQUEST ABOUT THE FIRE CHIEFS PRESENTATION, DEPUTY MAYOR AND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS BRINGING PRESENTATIONS BACK TO COUNCIL.
ALL WORK WITH STAFF AND PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT OF A PROPOSAL FOR MAYBE AN OUTLINE AS TO HOW WE COULD TACKLE THAT IN A YEAR'S TIME AND THEN SEE HOW FAR KELTS WANTS US TO GO INTO THE WEEDS. BECAUSE I ALSO WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHER PRESENTATIONS THAT COME BEFORE YOU KIND OF FIND SOME BALANCE THERE.
SO WE'LL SEE. MAYBE WE PUT A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER, GIVE YOU KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. APPRECIATE THAT.
AND IS IT POSSIBLE LIKE RIGHT ALONG THAT SAME VEIN, BECAUSE I KNOW PRESENTATIONS, SOME PEOPLE DON'T WATCH IT, BUT WHAT IF WE DID A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE WE HAVE THOSE PRESENTATIONS? OKAY. AND ANNOUNCE IT THAT WAY, WHERE IT'S IT'S NOT SUCH A FORMAL SETTING AND THE COMMUNITY GETS TO ENGAGE AND HAVE QUESTIONS, KIND OF LIKE THE CHAMBER DID, ONLY WE'RE NOT CHARGING. AND WE COULD DO IT LIKE AN EVENING EVENT JUST GETTING THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE WITH US. IT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A TOWN HALL TYPE THING, BUT WE'D KIND OF LIKE A TOWN HALL DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
KNOW? AND WE'VE SEEN THE TURNOUT FOR THE TOWN HALLS, I THINK THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST BANG IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND THEY AVERAGE I THOUGHT THEY ADVERTISE WELL WITH THE TOWN HALLS.
I DID, AND WE ADVERTISED IT AS WELL.
IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, UNLESS SOMEBODY TRASH ISN'T PICKED UP, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY
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SHOW UP ON CERTAIN ITEMS. BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS TUNE IN TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS LIKE WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE TUNING IN FACEBOOK LIVE OR THEY CAN GO BACK AND WATCH.YEAH. DEPUTY MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ADD REAL QUICK AND I'LL BE BRIEF.
I THINK PART OF THE WE DIDN'T HAVE SUCCESS WITH THE TOWN HALL FORMAT BECAUSE WE WERE HOLDING THEM AT OUR OWN FACILITIES.
WE'RE HOLDING THEM AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS.
IF WE REALLY WANT TO BRING A BRING CITY HALL OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, LET'S DO THAT.
LET'S MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE TRIED THAT FOUR TIMES.
WE REALIZE THAT BY THE THIRD TIME WE COULDN'T FIGURE THAT OUT.
I'VE I'VE DONE THIS FOR YEARS.
I'VE DONE THIS FOR YEARS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN HALL WE BRING, THE TOWN HALL WHERE THEY ALL ADD THE CHURCHES.
WE HAVE AUDIENCE CHURCHES, THE CLUBS, THE SODA, THE OTHER CLUB, THE ORGANIZATIONS.
LET'S GO TO THEM. AND I GUARANTEE YOU, PEOPLE, THEY ALREADY HAVE AN AUDIENCE.
IT'S JUST GOT TO BRING IT TO THEM.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE YOU KNOW, WHERE WE NEED TO BLEND OUR WE NEED TO PLAN.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON LOGISTICALLY, MADAM SHERMAN, LIKE WHAT? COUNCILWOMAN FELIX MS..
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHEN WE HAD OUR AFTER ACTION AT A STAFF LEVEL, WE DEFINITELY TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE, BUT TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT IS CLEARLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO BETTER AT.
SO WE'RE COMPLETELY OPEN TO THAT, YOU KNOW, ATTENDING VARIOUS EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE WILL WELCOME US THERE TO GIVE THOSE KINDS OF UPDATES.
AND MY LAST THING IS JUST INFORMATION WANTED TO SEE.
OH, I'M SORRY. MAYOR JOHNSON THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, OK.
OUR LAST ITEM IS JUST INFORMATIONAL.
EVERY YEAR THE CITY OF PALM BAY RECEIVES AN ALLOCATION FROM THE DOJ JAGGU GRANT PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT A GRANT THAT WE APPLY FOR.
THIS YEAR'S FUNDING, I JUST WANT TO LET COUNCIL KNOW, WAS ABOUT THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SOME DEPARTMENT RIFLES.
SO IMPROVING OUR EQUIPMENT FOR THE TEAM.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO USE IT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND FURTHER EXPAND OUR PIRATES' TO POLICE PROGRAM. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS JUST TO WORK TO POLICE, PIRATES' TO POLICE.
AND THE LAST THE THIRD THING WILL BE USING THE FUNDING FOR IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED FUNDING RELATED TO SOME RECORD STAFF AND THE COLLECTION OF DATA FOR THE NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM. SO JUST MORE INFORMATION FOR COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE THAT. WHAT KIND OF RIFLES? I HAD THE FIRST ONE, RIGHT.
I DIDN'T PUT A CHIEF THIS YEAR, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW.
OK, THEN I'M WELL, I'M I'M SURE OF COUNCILMAN FOSTER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AS WELL.
MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, EVENING, CHIEF.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A AR 15 PLATFORM IS A PATROL RIFLES TO KEEP US IN LINE WITH OUR NEEDS WHEN IT COMES TO BALLISTICS.
SADLY, THE TIMING OF IT, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR DEPUTIES WAS SHOT, WOUNDED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND IT CAME DOWN TO FIREPOWER.
AND THAT INDIVIDUAL BRANDISHED WHAT I UNDERSTAND, A LONG GUN.
AND SO THERE'S CERTAINLY A NEED AND A NEXUS TO EQUIPPING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ISD, YOUR MEN AND WOMEN HAS SHOTGUNS IN A VEHICLE.
SO WE WENT AWAY FROM THE SHOTGUN PLATFORM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM, BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIALIZED TOOL, A WEAPON.
WE MAINLY FOCUS ON THE AR 15 PLATFORM.
WE FIND THAT IT'S THE MOST RELIABLE FOR OUR PATROL FUNCTION.
IN CASE OF DEPLOYMENT OF CRITICAL INCIDENTS.
THERE IS A SPECIALIZED RESPONSE TEAM, SPECIAL RESPONSE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORCE? YES, WE DO. THAT'S NOT IN THE EYE.
MAYBE HAVE AN ACCENT. NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THE PUBLIC ACTUALLY IS NOT IN THAT VEHICLES.
YEAH, WE EXPECT OUR PATROL RIFLES TO BE DEPLOYED FROM OUR PATROL VEHICLES.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM SHERMAN.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT, MA'AM? MADAM SMITH? NOTHING FURTHER.
THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENTS, DEPUTY MAYOR.
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BILL BATTEN. BATON 586, OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST,[03:20:02]
OR THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND RAISING.I THINK WE KIND OF NEED UPON THE PALM BAY WEB PAGE, THEY HAVE THE RED BANNER THAT SCROLLS WITH ALL THE THINGS BECAUSE THAT'S THE.
THEORETICALLY, THE ICE SCROLLS TO IT'S ONLY BE FOR 30 MONTHS.
HERE'S A BANNER THAT STREAMS RIGHT ACROSS.
RIGHT ON SECOND ITEM WAS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE VARIANCES ON PROPERTY.
THEY'RE SAYING THEY'VE WAITED A LONG TIME TO GET THERE IN HERE.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE WEIGHT THAT THEY HAVE HERE.
IT'S THE FACT. BECAUSE THAT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S SEEMED LIKE A BIG TIME.
BUT THEY HAVE TO SOMETIMES GO TO THIS DEPARTMENT AND THEN THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TWO WEEK PERIOD THEREAFTER THAT.
SO THIS SMALL PORTION OF TWO HOURS IN HERE WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO SOMETIMES A MONTH.
ADMINISTRATIVE COULD HAPPEN OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COULD COVER IT WITH THAT, THOUGH.
REMEMBER? YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE STUFF SLIP IN UNDER THE WIRE, AND IF IT'S NOT IN THE PUBLIC, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S GETTING APPROVED AND WHO'S GETTING DENIED.
I DON'T WANT TO BE THE JUDGE AND JURY, BUT I DO WANT TO WATCH THE PROCESS.
I MEAN. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? THE FORWARD. I HAVE THREE, THREE ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, I NOTICED ON MY KENDEL GOT TWO, ONE, FIVE, FOUR AND TWO YEAR OLD SOUTHEAST ON THE ROAD, TAXED ON THE TAX ROLLS WHERE IT SAYS ROADS, PALM BAY ROADS.
I THOUGHT THAT AS AS IT GOT DEVELOPED, AS MORE PEOPLE STARTED BUILDING HOUSES, THAT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GO DOWN SOME.
IT WAS SEEN I MEAN, I WAS JUST WONDERING, MAYBE I'VE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD IN THAT IN THAT ITEM. A NUMBER TWO ON CONSENT TO DIE.
ITEM NUMBER 10, WHERE WE HAD THE SOLE PROVIDER.
I USED TO HAVE BUSINESS IN INDIAN RIVER AND PORT ST.
LUCIE. AND WHEN I WAS THE SOLE PROVIDER, I WAS VERY HAPPY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO COMPETITION. I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE WAS ONLY A SOLE PROVIDER FOR THOSE METERS.
AND WHETHER THAT PERSON IS VERY HAPPY THAT THEY ARE THE ONLY SOLE PROVIDER, BUT AT THE DETRIMENT OF OF COMPETITION.
AND LAST AND NOT LEAST ARE SEPTEMBER 7TH IS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT DATE.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE THREE MINUTE CONSENT WHERE I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT SEPTEMBER 7TH, BECAUSE FORTY SEVEN YEARS AGO, I MARRIED A 17 YEAR OLD VENEZUELAN WHO LIVES WITH ME STILL TODAY.
AND YOU JUST GAVE ME A GREAT PLATFORM TO JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING.
FORTY SEVEN YEARS OF MARRIAGE.
AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SAY IT PUBLICLY RIGHT HERE.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? COUNCILMAN OR DEPUTY MAYOR, MAYOR, I FORGOT, I WISH TO APPOINT CHELSEA SUTHERLAND TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD.
COFFEE. THANK YOU, MR. JONES. GOOD JOB, MADAM JONES.
YES, SIR. OH, I JUST GOT THE EMAIL, SO AND I SENT IT TO PATRICIA.
I KNOW SHE'LL GET BACK WITH US.
BUT THE JUDGE CONDITIONALLY APPROVES PURDUE PHARMA OPIOID OPIOID SETTLEMENT WITH POTENTIALLY 10 BILLION IN FIGHTING THE OPIOID CRISIS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO BE MENTAL HEALTH.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'LL GET, BUT THE JUDGE IS ON OUR SIDE.
SO, YES, THAT'S WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROUGH A VENT TO ALL WE HAD THE PRESENTATION I SENT YOU ALL THE LAST.
DETAILS AS FAR AS THE AGREEMENT AND HOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT A SPLIT OUT.
I JUST ATTENDED ANOTHER CALL WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHER CITY ATTORNEYS AS FAR AS GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON GETTING THESE AGREEMENTS.
BUT OF COURSE, THERE'S A CERTAIN THRESHOLD THAT WE HAVE TO MEET AS FAR AS GETTING CITIES ON BOARD. THERE WERE QUITE A FEW MORE CITIES THAT WERE GETTING THEIR RESOLUTIONS DONE AND IN ORDER TO REALLY MAXIMIZE WHAT THE STATE GETS AND WHAT THE ACTUAL LOCALITIES CAN GET.
SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MORE PEOPLE ON BOARD.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE ONE MORE THING I WANT TO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
TWENTY YEARS. TOWERS FELL 20 YEARS.
THIS IS A GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM AND IT CONTINUES.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S STAY VIGILANT, BUT LET'S HONOR THE MEMORIES OF THOSE THAT WE LOST ON THAT FATEFUL DAY.EVEN THE HEROES THAT THAT SAVED THE.
I'LL BLESS YOU, THIS MEANS THE JOURNEY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.