GOOD EVENING, I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING
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TWENTY TWENTY ONE. THIRTEEN.YOU'RE. OR OLSZEWSKI? PRESIDENT. HER PHILLIPS ISN'T.
COMMENTS. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC ADOPTION OF MINUTES, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES
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OF OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING? 20. TWENTY ONE. 12.AND GERRI, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
I. AND WE'LL GO TO OUR NEW BUSINESS, THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, BEGINNING
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WITH WATER SYSTEMS, AND IF WE ARE ABLE, THEN ALSO TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.HITTING WITH WATER SYSTEMS, WE WERE GOING TO COME BACK AT THIS MEETING AND.
AND TO MAKE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN AND WHAT WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE FIRST IN BRINGING BACK TO COUNCIL, SO WE ARE GOING TO START THIS EVENING.
MY LEFT. NO, PHILIP, OH, WAIT, YOU'RE SUSAN.
THERE'S TWO SUSAN'S SUSAN CONNOLLY, SUSAN, PARDON ME, I'M SORRY.
REMEMBER CONLEY? LIKE TO START US OFF WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAYS WATER SYSTEMS, BUT IT'S LAND AND WATER.
WELL, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY BREAK THEM DOWN IN THE PLAN.
I'M. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION, I PREPARED A DOCUMENT, IT'S THE.
MY PRIORITY IS IN DEVELOPMENT GOALS CONNECTED TO DEVELOPMENT, SINCE THAT'S WHERE I SEE OUR CITY'S GREATEST NEED IS AND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS.
OPENING. PAINTING AND DRAWING INTO THE CITY AND BUILDING UPON WHAT'S ALREADY HERE IN TERMS OF. BUSINESS AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL.
SO. BUT I DID IS WENT THROUGH THE CHAPTERS ON WATER.
AND I ALSO INCLUDED THE BILL, BUT TRANSPORTATION TO AND PULLED OUT AND REFERENCED WHAT IS IN OUR PLAN ALREADY REGARDING DEVELOPMENT.
HAVE TWENTY TWO ITEMS. I'M NOT SURE IT WOULD BE.
AS USE OF TIME TO READ THOSE ITEMS. OTHER THAN TO GET SOME.
THERE'S A WHOLE MOVING INTO DEVELOPMENT.
SPECIFICALLY WITH THE BUILDING E! BUILDING THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING THAT IS BEING.
IN THE PROCESS OF OF THE CITY.
WELDING. TO ME, THAT COULD BE A REAL SHOWCASE FOR BOTH THE CITY AS WELL AS OUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN.
YOU INCORPORATE AND BE VISIBLE AND ALSO BE PART OF THE PLANNING OF IMPLEMENTING.
I THINK I'LL REMOVE MY MASK, AND THAT MAY HELP.
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YEAH. AND PRACTICE DISTANCING.SO IN SUMMARY, THAT IS MY MY THRUST HAS TO DO WITH.
AT THIS MOMENT, LIKE ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD THE LIKE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ONCE AND I SEE THREE HERE.
SO COULD YOU WE COULD FOCUS ON THOSE THREE IF YOU MAKE ANY COMMENT ON THOSE THREE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH TONIGHT IS.
THE THE THAT ARE THE LAND AND WATER OR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN I SEE AT THE END, YOU HAVE THREE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, SO WE COULD COME BACK TO THOSE THREE.
THE NUMBER ONE, TWO AND THREE ON YOUR LIST.
WELL, THE FIRST ONE AND THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM OUR PLAN, LIKE I SAID, IS TO INCORPORATE THE PLANNING OF WILDLIFE CORRIDORS AND CITY DEVELOPMENT.
THE SECOND IS LOOK FOR LAND THAT COULD QUALIFY FOR PROTECTION UNDER THE FLORIDA FOREVER PROGRAM. NEXT IS IDENTIFY CITY OWNED PROPERTY SUITABLE FOR PLANTING LARGE TREES.
SKIP OVER THOSE PERTAINING TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
I'M BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY BACK TO THAT, OK, GO WITH.
I I TOOK A BROAD PERSPECTIVE, PERHAPS BROADER THAN SUSAN'S THINKING OF THE GOAL OF CLEANING UP TURKEY CREEK.
THERE ARE THINGS IN THE PLAN, MAYBE NOT UNDER EXACTLY UNDERWATER SYSTEMS, BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CITY WEBSITE, I COULD SEE THAT THEY WERE STARTING TOWARD LOOKING AT CREATING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT.
AN EVOLUTION OF HOW WE THINK OF WATER INSTEAD OF THINKING AS AN ENDLESS COMMODITY, WE THINK OF IT AS SOMETHING THAT.
NEEDS TO BE BETTER UTILIZED, AND THE NATURAL SYSTEM WORKS BEST IN CLEANING AND PROVIDING THE BEST WATER.
SO WHEN THINKING OF TURKEY CREEK AND UNDER CREATING WETLANDS, OR IN THIS CASE, RECREATING WETLANDS THAT WERE THERE BEFORE THE CANALS WERE BUILT AND ALLOWING AN UNDOING, SOME OF THE DAMAGE CREATED, SPECIFICALLY DAMS WHEN WE HAVE AT TURKEY CREEK AND THE CANALS SLOW WATER TO THE POINT OF STAGNATION, THEY HEAT IT UP ARTIFICIALLY AND UNNATURALLY AND ALLOW FOR ALGAE BLOOMS, WHEREAS A RIVER IS THE REVERSE OF ALL OF THOSE.
SO IT'S NOT IN OUR PLAN TO TAKE DOWN THE DAM, BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE OKLAHOMA RIVER.
THEY'RE CONSIDERING IT THEY WERE TAKING.
I ASK THAT A LINK BE SENT OUT SO PEOPLE COULD SHARE COMMENT ON THAT.
AND THAT WOULD BE EVEN IF WE DIDN'T TAKE IT DOWN WHEN THE CANALS NEED TO BE MANAGED BETTER AS LIVING WATERWAYS RATHER THAN AS DEAD SPACES IN GENERAL.
SO I KNOW THEY'VE TAKEN DOWN DAMS THAT ARE OVER 200 FEET TALL AND RESTORED WATERWAYS.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ANYWAY.
UM, AMERICAN RIVERS NORFOLK IS ONE OF THE GOOD WEBSITES TO REFER TO FOR RESEARCH.
BUT IN GENERAL, A WETLAND? LET ME SEE HERE.
AN ACRE OF WETLAND CAN HOLD UP TO ONE POINT FIVE MILLION GALLONS OF RAIN, AND A SINGLE MATURE TREE WITH A 30 FOOT CROWN CAN KEEP 4600 GALLONS OF WATER OUT OF THE SEWER EACH YEAR. WELL, CLEARLY THOSE TWO THINGS ALONE.
TRYING TO CREATE MORE WETLANDS AND MANAGE SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT'S IN OUR PLAN ALREADY.
WAS TO DO AWAY WITH RETENTION PONDS AND HAVE CREATED WETLANDS AND RAIN GARDENS INSTEAD.
SO I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE PROVISIONS IN THERE FOR INCENTIVES TO
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KEEP WATER OUT OF THE STORM.SYSTEM, THE STORM WATER SYSTEM, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE IT BE BETTER.
IDENTIFIED AS A GREEN SPACE THAT IS MEANT TO BE HABITAT AND CLEAN THE WATER RATHER THAN JUST HAVE IT SIT THERE IN A IN A POND, IN A STAGNANT SITUATION WHERE AGAIN YOU HAVE MOSQUITOES, ALGAE BLOOMS AN ARTIFICIALLY HEATED WATER.
SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH LET'S SEE.
INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT WASTEWATER IS RECYCLED TO BECOME DRINKING WATER, SO GRAY WATER COULD BE REUSED ON SITE, BUT BROWN WATER WOULD BE CLEANED AND PUT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM. STORMWATER IS ALLOWED TO SOAK INTO THE GROUND, SUPPORTING HEALTHY RIVER FLOWS THAT PROVIDE DRINKING WATER AND ASSIMILATE WASTE, SO NITROGEN AND OTHER THINGS BAD FOR THE LAGOON.
IN A LIVING SYSTEM SUCH AS A RIVER, THE THE PLANTS WOULD FILTER AND CLEAN THAT UP BEFORE IT GOT TO THE LAGOON.
AND AS FAR AS EFFICIENCY, DRINKING WATER CONSIDERED EFFICIENCY MEASURES, I HAD SEEN THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WAS SUGGESTED WAS ON THE CITY WEBSITE IS INSULATING THE HOT WATER PIPES, WHICH ISN'T REALLY PRACTICAL AFTER CONSTRUCTION.
BUT AFTER CONSTRUCTION, WHAT IS AN IDEA OF CONSERVING HOT WATER OR WATER IS HAVING A LITTLE PUMP INSTALLED.
IT'S $40 TO HAVE HAVE THE HOT WATER CIRCULATE, HAVE A LITTLE PUMP INSTALLED THAT HAS THE HOT WATER CIRCULATE AND YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE TIMER LIKE YOU HAVE FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THAT COULD TURN IT ON AND OFF.
YOU KNOW, START THE CIRCULATION AN HOUR BEFORE YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO NEED HOT WATER AT THAT FURTHEST SHOWER OR WHATEVER, AND THEN HAVE IT SET TO TURN OFF AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO HOURS OR THREE HOURS, OR HOWEVER LONG YOU'RE HOME IN THE MORNING BEFORE EVERYBODY HEADS OUT THE DOOR.
AND THAT POST CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT 200.
BUT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION AT CONSTRUCTION, THEY CAN DO IT FOR ABOUT 40 BUCKS, AND THAT WOULD BE PRACTICAL.
FOR SOME PEOPLE IN THE LONG RUN, A TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR INVESTMENT MIGHT SAVE THEM A LOT OF MONEY IF THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE.
THOSE ARE MY THOSE ARE MY BROAD SCOPE, SCOPE IDEAS.
WE DON'T USE THAT TERM IN OUR PLAN, BUT THAT WAS.
UM, THE GOAL OF ESTABLISHING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY THROUGH RAIN GARDENS THROUGH. RE DESIGNING.
SPACES LIKE PARKING LOTS AND TURNING RETENTION PONDS INTO.
WETLANDS, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, AS SHOULD BE.
NOW. SO I'VE GOT I COPIED AND PASTED SOME STUFF FROM RIVERS MORGUE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT VERBATIM, BUT YOU GET THE GIST OF WHERE I'M HEADING, WHICH IS WE CAN DO BETTER THAN WE'RE DOING.
AND I DON'T I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP TURKEY CREEK WITH ONLY PUBLIC LANDS.
HAVING SOME MADE SOME EFFORT, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING BROADER THAN THAT THE THE CANAL AND SOMETHING BIGGER. IF WE CAN'T GET PRIVATE CITIZENS TO COME ON BOARD AND A LOT OF THEM, THEN IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING BIGGER.
THANK YOU. SO I KIND OF TOOK A MORE TARGETED APPROACH TO WHAT WAS IN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN ALREADY, AND I KIND OF BROKE IT UP INTO HIGH PRIORITY WITH HIGH LABOR AND WHAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY OR THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND THEN ALSO LOW LABOR, WHICH WOULD BE RESPONSIBILITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD? SO MY HIGHLY MY HIGH LABOR PRIORITIES WERE TO RETROFIT EXISTING RETENTION PONDS WITH NATIVE PLANTS. THAT'S ON PAGE SIX GOAL BE SET NEW STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT TO MANAGE STORMWATER ON SITE USING PLANNED WETLANDS AND MARSHES RATHER THAN RETENTION PONDS, WHICH IS ON PAGE EIGHT, GO A NUMBER THREE CREATE CITY COMPOSTING SITES USABLE BY ALL RESIDENTS.
PAGE 18 GOAL E NO FOR REWRITE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING LOTS.
PAGE 12 GO R CREATE BUILDING ZONE REQUIREMENT.
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REVISE ENERGY CODE AND CREATE GREEN TEAM, WHICH IS PAGE NINE GOALS F, J AND A.THOSE ALL KIND OF WENT INTO THE SAME, THE SAME KIND OF ARENA, SO I FIGURED THAT THAT COULD KIND OF ALL BE UNDER ONE.
MY LOW LABOR AND RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH WOULD BE HEAVILY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHO I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE INTERNS OR OTHER FOLKS WOULD HELP WITH WOULD BE EXPAND THE CAPTURE OF THE STORMWATER OF STORMWATER THROUGH USE OF RAIN BARRELS, WHICH MRC REALLY DOES.
AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS KIND OF REALLY TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD BE LOW LABOR ON THIS, ON THE GOVERNMENT'S PART, THEN ALSO TO LOOK FOR LAND THAT QUALIFIES FOR PROTECTION UNDER THE FLORIDA FOREVER PROGRAM, WHICH IS I DON'T HAVE THE PAGE ON THERE, BUT IT'S GOAL C AND THAT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT WOULD JUST BE IDENTIFYING THINGS.
SO IT'S NOT, IT LOOKS IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING AFTER THAT, THAT PROPERTY YET OR THAT LAND TO MAKE A MOVEMENT ON IT, BUT IT'S JUST IDENTIFYING IT.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE LOW LABOR FOR US.
NUMBER THREE WOULD BE CREATE A GREEN BUILDING ZONE REQUIREMENT.
ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, I HAD TO MOVE THAT FROM FLORIDA TO TO LOW LABOR.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS CREATING A GREEN TEAM, WHICH I THINK CREATING THAT GREEN TEAM CAN REALLY TAKE ON A LOT OF THESE TASKS, WHICH WOULD BE THE SOCIAL MEDIA, COMMUNITY EDUCATION THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES AND THEN AGAIN, ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE, WHICH I THINK IS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA MAILERS, OTHER KINDS OF MARKETING AROUND THAT.
I ALSO HAVE A SECONDARY PRIORITY LIST.
I ONLY HAVE THREE PRIORITIES ON THERE.
I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT COULD WE COULD POSSIBLY MOVE MORE ITEMS IN UNDER THAT PLAN BECAUSE I DID ALSO SEE A LOT OF KIND OF NOT REPETITIVE, BUT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, WHICH ARE THE SAME, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH FACILITY, YOU KNOW, CHANGING CITY FACILITIES TO NO NO LONGER USE SINGLE USE PLASTICS, INCREASING THE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND THEN PROVIDING SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS LOOKING TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS. SO I DO HAVE THIS DOCUMENT AND I CAN SUBMIT IT FOR US TO LOOK AT FOR THE NEXT AGENDA. BUT I DO HAVE IT RIGHT OF YOUR.
I SENSE WHICH ONES WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO LAND AND WATER THAT WOULD BE RETROFITTING EXISTING RETENTION PONDS WITH NATIVE PLANTS, SETTING NEW STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT TO MANAGE STORMWATER ON SITE.
NOT SURE IF THE COMPOSTING IS ON THEIR.
IT APPEARS THAT THAT ONE HER ON SITE, BUT.
THAT'S UNDER A LOCAL BUSINESS, GOT IT.
EXPANDING THE CAPTURE OF WATER OF STORMWATER THROUGH USE OF RAIN BARRELS.
IT CREATE GREEN BUILDING ZONE REQUIREMENT, REVISE ENERGY CODE AND CREATE GREEN LINE GOALS EVERY DAY AND A.
OR WHERE TO START ON THE NATIONAL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT? REALLY FOCUS ON.
CAPTURE OF STORMWATER AND REDUCTION OF SEPTIC.
YOU. OBJECTIVES THAT I THINK INITIALLY AND RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
YOU CAPTURE STORM WATER AGAIN, WHICH SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED USING PARTNERING WITH MARINE RESOURCES AND INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.
AND. SO I THINK THAT THAT IS REFERRING BOTH TO LIKE THE CITY HOLDING EVENTS WHERE OTHER
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PEOPLE CAN LEARN TO DO RAIN BARRELS, BUT THEN ALSO INCORPORATING RAIN BARRELS AND OR RAIN GARDENS INTO EXISTING CITY FACILITIES.I'M NOT SURE IF WE INTENDED THAT.
I'M. SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN ON CITY OR IF THE CITY WAS JUST GOING TO BE SPONSORING, HELP OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN HOMES TO DO IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND DO THOSE THINGS IN EXISTING STRUCTURE.
AND THEN ON PAGE EIGHT, THE CITY GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES FOR GOAL THREE.
DETECTIVE E! WORKED WITH RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND INCENTIVES TO SWITCH FROM SEPTIC TANKS TO CITY SEWER AND FROM WELLS TO CITY WATER.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE CITY IS.
ON THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS A TOP PRIORITY.
THOSE ARE THE PLACES I FOCUSED.
THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. BEFORE I GET GOING, JUST WHILE IT'S FRESH ON MY MIND.
CAN I REQUEST OF STAFF IF YOU HAVE A STATUS ON THAT, THAT VERY LATEST POINT AS FAR AS WHAT MADAM BIRD JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE CONVERSIONS.
FIRST, IS THERE ANY PROJECTS UNDERWAY, I KNOW WE KIND OF HAVE MUMBLINGS.
JUST JUST GO AHEAD, MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE.
WHAT WHAT PHASE ARE WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY IT'S ON THE RADAR, LIKE ARE THEY CURRENTLY DISCUSSING HOW TO SWITCH PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE NOT? NOW.
IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO ASK ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION, I JUST WANT TO PAINT THE PICTURE, HOW I'M HEARING IT IS THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT FUNDING.
THAT PROGRAM HAS AGREED TO FUND THE GRANT.
THEY HAVEN'T YET DISPERSED THE MONEY TO US.
AND ALSO WE HAVEN'T YET LAID THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PIPE WORK OF HOW WE WOULD DISPERSE THAT MONEY INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING MONEY AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT FUNDING AMOUNT IS AT THE CURRENT TIME? BUT SPREAD OVER 10 YEARS.
THE WHEN IT WHEN IT COMES, IT'LL COME IN FULL.
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GOTCHA. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO MOVE TO OUR BANK ACCOUNT DAY ONE, BUT THAT LINE OF CREDIT SHALL BE OPEN AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSACT UPON IT.YEAH. SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE THAT. THE MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ASK THAT CLARIFYING QUESTION ON YOUR PREVIOUS POINT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY LENDS ITSELF VERY WELL TO MY AREA OF FOCUS.
SO MY SPECIFIC AREA OF FOCUS ON WHAT I WANT TO SEE IMPROVE AS FAR AS THE PROTECTION OF OUR WATER SYSTEMS HONES IN ON GOAL THREE UNDER CITY OBJECTIVES.
THAT IS AND THAT IS THE LETTERS, IF YOU WILL, E AND F.
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SEPTIC TO SEWER HOOKUP.
AND IN AT RISK OF BEING SOUNDING EXTREME, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE CITY MOVE IN A DIRECTION OF MANDATORY HOOKUPS WHERE AVAILABLE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE THE SCOPE AND SCALE IN NATURE OF THE PROGRAM OF THESE ALLOCATED FUNDS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT TO HAVE THAT AS A AS A GUIDING FEATURE, IF YOU WILL, AS AS A PILLAR OF ITS EXISTENCE, I WOULD LIKE US TO TAKE A HARD STANCE AS A CITY, AS FAR AS IF THERE IS SEPTIC AVAILABLE, EXCUSE ME.
ONE, YOU CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF PUTTING IN A NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM.
WE ALREADY HAVE THAT IN PLACE, BUT YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE OPTION ANYMORE OF REMAINING ON YOUR MOST LIKELY OUTDATED SEPTIC SYSTEM.
SEE, THE WAY THAT THE SITUATION WORKS RIGHT NOW IS SEPTIC SYSTEMS NATURALLY AGE OUT, AND AT SOME POINT THERE'S A LEVEL OF SERVICE DEFICIENCY THAT HAPPENS.
IT MAKES THE HOMEOWNER SAY, OK, THIS ISN'T ACCEPTABLE ANYMORE.
AND WHEN THEY GET SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND THEY SAY, OK, THIS SEPTIC SYSTEM IS IS TOTALLY TRASH. IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THEY GO TO THE CITY TO PULL A PERMIT.
WE ALREADY HAVE OUR SYSTEM IN PLACE TO SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEWER AVAILABLE TO YOU, SO YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD AND HOOK UP TO IT.
SO MY PROPOSITION HERE IS THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE CITY JUST ESSENTIALLY TAKE THAT STANCE, THAT PHILOSOPHY AND BUMP IT UP A LEVEL AND PROACTIVELY GO OUT TO FOLKS THAT WE KNOW ARE REALLY IN A RELATIVE SENSE, GOING TO AGE OUT SOON ANYWAY AND BE PUT IN THIS FINANCIAL PREDICAMENT.
I'D LIKE THEM TO BE OUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND HOW WE TRY TO ALLOCATE FUNDS IN A PROGRAM SUCH AS WHAT WAS JUST MENTIONED, WHERE WE ACTUALLY GO TO THEM AND AND WE SAY, YOU'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, YOUR HOUSE IS THIS OLD FOR YOUR SYSTEMS ARE SOLD.
AND I DON'T MEAN TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL HERE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO REALLY LAY IT OUT.
YOU KNOW, YOUR SYSTEMS IS SOLD.
YOU HAVE TO CONVERT AND YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCE OR WHATEVER LEGISLATION WE PUT IN PLACE THAT YOU KNOW HAS.
THIS WILL QUOTE, YOU KNOW, WHAT TIME FRAMES WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I JUST CAN'T OVEREMPHASIZE ENOUGH THAT I WANT TO SEE A MANDATORY HOOKUP WHERE SERVICE IS AVAILABLE.
AND AT THAT, I DON'T WANT TO BE AT THAT POINT ANYMORE BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO TRANSITION INTO. THE SECONDARY POINT OF THAT IS I WANT TO SEE THE CITY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO COMPREHENSIVELY PLAN OUT WHEN THE AVAILABILITY OF SEWER IS GOING TO BE EXPANDED IN OUR CITY NOW, OUR CITY, 60 YEARS OLD, WE KNOW HOW AND WHY WE GOT HERE.
WE KNOW HOW THE CITY WAS DEVELOPED.
WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED SUBSEQUENTLY.
SO ON WE HAVE WE HAVE THE HISTORY, SO WE UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
AND IT REALLY SEEMS AND I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO STEP UP ON MY BOX RIGHT NOW.
IT REALLY SEEMS THAT THE ONLY FIVE TO 10 YEAR DIRECTION THAT SEEMS TO BE, YOU KNOW, EXISTENT IS THAT WE CAN EXPAND OUR CITY ON ITS OUTER BANKS AND SIMPLY HAVE THOSE EXPANDING DEVELOPERS PUT THEIR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE IN.
AND THEN IT CAN ALL LINK INTO OUR NEW SYSTEM THAT WE'RE BROADENING.
BUT THERE'S JUST NO, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK IN THE INTERIOR OF THE CITY AND WORK ON THAT PLAN. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION OF THAT GOING ON WHATSOEVER THAT I CAN SEE, AND WE ALL KNOW WE'RE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING RIGHT NOW.
THERE WAS A COUNCIL WORKSHOP, WHICH I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THAT BASICALLY ALLOWED THE CONSULTANT THEIR CHANCE TO SAY, HEY, COUNCIL, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT AND I'M GOING TO BE FRANK WITH THIS BOARD.
WHERE WE'RE AT IS A VERY, VERY LOW AMOUNT OF CITIZEN FEEDBACK.
WE'RE AT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY HITS ON THEIR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE.
SO EASY MATH, THAT'S A TENTH OF A PERCENT OF THE POPULATION HAS BEEN HEARD.
NOW, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HEARD HAD GREAT IDEAS, BUT WE'RE NOT HEARING FROM FROM THE CITIZENS. NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THIS, WITHIN THAT HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND POPULATION, YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE A SUBSET OF CITIZENS THAT ONE CARE ABOUT THE ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEN WITHIN THAT SUBSET, YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE A SUBSET THAT REALLY, TRULY AND I DON'T MEAN THIS IN ANY SORT OF NEGATIVE WAY, CAN CAN UNDERSTAND AND COMPREHEND THE IMPACT OF
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THEIR ACTIONS ON ON OUR CITY, OUR WORLD.BUT THAT'S A STORY FOR A DIFFERENT DAY.
SO AS YOU GET DOWN, DOWN, DOWN THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT POPULATION BEING IDENTIFIED TO MADAM PHILLIPS POINT, BEING IDENTIFIED AND TARGETED AND SPOKEN TO IS VERY IMPORTANT SO THAT THEIR OPINION FLOATS UP AND IS HEARD IN THESE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING.
SO I KNOW I WENT IN A CIRCLE THERE, BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS WE'RE AT THIS CROSSROAD RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'VE SUBMITTED THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN AMAZINGLY.
AS MISS CALENDAR DID A GREAT JOB OF MAKING US AWARE, I WAS AT THE WORKSHOP, SO I SAW IT, THE CONSULTANT SAID.
SUSTAINABILITY IS A PILLAR OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
OF THE 120 CITIZENS WE'VE HEARD FROM, THAT'S A KEY THEME WE'RE HEARING AND WE WANT TO FOLD THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT'S WHAT THE CONSULTANT TOLD THE COUNCIL IS HIS VISION AND WHAT HE PLANS TO PUT.
BUT THERE'S THE HOW THERE'S THE HOW.
AND SO THE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO START BEING ASKED IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY.
SO IT'S MY ASSERTION HERE THAT WHEN WHEN THE CITY, WHEN THE COUNCIL SHOULD SAY, COMES TO THIS ADVISORY BOARD AND SAYS, HEY, WHAT SHOULD WE DO SUSTAINABILITY WISE, LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER SYSTEMS, WE SHOULD BE FLOATING ACTIONS AND MY ACTION IS WE NEED TO DRAW THE HARD LINE IN THE SAND WHEN IT COMES TO THIS SEPTIC AND SEWER.
AND WE NEED TO SAY IF YOU'RE ON IT, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR SYSTEM IS OLD AND THIS FUNDING CAN HELP ASSIST YOU, GET IT.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS FUNDING AND YOU HAVE TO DO THIS PROJECT AND MAYBE YOU EVEN HAVE TO PARTICIPATE. AND WE OFFER SOME SORT OF I MEAN, TODAY, IF YOUR SYSTEM FAILS OUT AND YOU HAVE TO HOOK UP TO CITY WATER, YOU GET A LOAN OF SORTS.
THEY PUT A LEAN ON YOUR HOUSE, YOU PAY IT ON YOUR WATER BILL.
WE CAN PUT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IN PLACE.
SO IT'S THE HARD LINE THERE, AND IT'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING OF EXPANDING THE SYSTEM, MOST NOTABLY ON THE INTERIOR PARTS OF THE SYSTEM OF THE CITY, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HAVE AVAILABILITY IN DUE TIME AND CAN BE FORCED TO BE ON IT.
AND WE WON'T HAVE HOUSES BUILT AS WE'RE ON TRACK TO DO IN THE YEARS TWENTY TWENTY FIVE AND REALLY ON TRACK FOR 2030 TO BE HOOKED TO, WELL, WATER AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS OUT IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR CITY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S HOUSES BEING BUILT IN.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE DOING THAT, BUT SEEING WHAT I SEE, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO GO FURTHER.
AND WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO CLOSE.
BUT I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY I SUPPORT SOME PREVIOUS POINTS AS FAR AS SUPPORTING PROGRAMS OF RAIN BARRELS AND THINGS OF THE SORT.
I REALLY LIKE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD HAD TO SAY.
MY DIRECTION IS JUST KIND OF MORE TACTICAL.
THESE ARE THE TWO THINGS I WANT TO TELL COUNCIL.
YOU SHOULD DO THIS. THANK YOU.
THERE. I THINK AT ONE POINT I HAD SUGGESTED YEARS AGO THAT WE MANDATE CONVERTING AT POINT OF SALE, OF PROPERTY, OF RESIDENTS CHANGES, HANDS THAT IT BE MANDATORY THAT THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN OTHER PLACES, THAT IT CAN'T CHANGE HANDS AND STILL BE ON SEWER.
IT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE PLAN, BUT I STILL THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT EVEN IF IT WAS MANDATORY TO CONVERT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE, CONVERT. M.J.
MAY I RESPOND TO THAT? JUST A CLARIFYING WAY.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, MISS CONNELLY, THE THE PROPOSITION THAT I HAVE IS THAT WE TARGET THE ONES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN MY POINT TOO WAS TO DIRECTLY ANSWER THAT.
ONCE WE'VE HIT THAT POPULATION, THAT'S A MINORITY, A SMALL MINORITY.
SO IF WE DON'T DO OUR WORK TO INCREASE AVAILABILITY, THAT MANDATORY HOOKUP SITUATION ONLY STRETCHES SO FAR.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR IF I COULD POINT TO TO SAY YOU'RE RIGHT ON IT.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THE TWOFOLD ASPECT OF THAT IS MAKING IT MANDATORY WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT THEN DOING WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU. WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE.
HOW BIG OF A DENT? DO YOU THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO MAKE?
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A QUESTION.ALREADY IN DISCUSSION WITH THIS, ARE THOSE DISCUSSIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR IS THERE SOME WAY WE COULD CONNECT WITH THAT? I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE WITH ALL THAT I'M ASKING.
I GUESS MY QUESTION REMAINS, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WE COULD INTERSECT WITH THAT? WE CAN. TAKE THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SAY IN REGARDS TO.
SPECIFIC GOALS THAT YOU SUPPORT.
WE RECOMMEND X, Y AND Z TO IMPLEMENT.
IF SPECIFICALLY, LIKE THE SUBJECT TO THE SEWER.
I WAS MARKING AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH ONES THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD WITH, AND I DID HEAR MULTIPLE SUPPORT OF THE CAPTURING STORM WATER THROUGH RAIN BARRELS.
I'M LOOKING FOR LAND THAT QUALIFIES FOR THE FLORIDA FOREVER PROGRAM.
AND. SEPTIC TO SEWER AND THEN.
SETTING STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT TO MANAGE STORMWATER ON SITE.
THOSE WERE. THE ONES THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN, WE COULD.
SET THOSE AS THE FOUR THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING TO COUNCIL TO WORK ON FIRST.
I CAN SAY I CAN GIVE YOU A GOAL ONE OBJECTIVE D FOR CITY GOVERNMENT.
OBJECTIVE, SEE HER CITY GOVERNMENT.
AND GOAL THREE, OBJECTIVE E FOR CITY GOVERNMENT AND A FOR LOCAL BUSINESS OBJECTIVES.
IT HAS A CITY EVER HAD RAIN BARREL OR STORM WATER CAPTURE ON SITE AT ANY OF OUR BUILDINGS.
RIGHT. AND MAYBE IT'S NOT RAIN BARRELS, BUT THERE'S SOME KIND OF STORM WATER CAPTURE PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE FOR LARGER.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. MADAM CHAIR, SIMPLY FOR CONVERSATION SAKE, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THE
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CONCEPT OF LIVING ROOFS FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS A GREAT EXAMPLE AT THEIR DEARBORN TRUCK PLANT. THE ROUGE FACILITY VERY HISTORIC MANUFACTURING FACILITY, THE ENTIRETY OF THE DEARBORN TRUCK PLANT ROOF, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, FLAT IS COMPLETELY LIVING AND THEN DOWN THE SIDES GROWS. I'VE DOWN DOWN THE WALLS, SO THE ENTIRE CUBIC VOLUME OF THE BUILDING IS COVERED IN LIVING MATERIAL.AND SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE MAJORITY OF THE WATER STAYS UP TOP, BUT THINGS ARE STILL GOING TO COME DOWN. AND THEN EVEN DOWN, THERE'S BASICALLY A SIMULATED WETLAND.
CALL IT FROG LAND, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THE FROGS HANG OUT COMPLETELY SURROUNDING THE BUILDING. SO SOMETHING AS FAR AS A RETROFIT TO EXISTING STRUCTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE AND SCALE SIZE OF CITY BUILDINGS, IT'S BEAUTIFUL CITY HALL. BEAUTIFUL CITY HALL ANNEX.
I THINK A FRED POPPI REGIONAL PARK.
AND I THINK OF ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMPLEXES AND THINGS, THINGS THAT ARE MOVING RAINWATER IN OUR UNDESIRABLE WAYS, RIGHT? REMEMBER, DR. SOTO TALKED ABOUT INTERRUPTING, RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE AFRAID, POPPY REGIONAL PARK AND ALL THAT WATER IS COMING OFF OF THE CONCESSION STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT CONCRETE. WHICH WAY IS IT GOING TO GO RIGHT? SO JUST A LIVING ROOF IS JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE IDEAS THAT BUILDS TAKES RAIN BARRELS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
YOU CREATE AN ECO SYSTEM TO HOLD THAT WATER.
IT'S GOING TO THROW IT OUT THERE. THE DOCTOR, SOTO, THAT SHOWED US PICTURES.
OF RAIN LIKE GARDEN INSTEAD OF THE BARREL.
I WANTED TO MENTION TO THAT POINT, THEY RECEIVED A PRETTY LARGE GRANT FOR THAT WAS FUNDED. I THINK THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS SPECIFICALLY THAT MY DREAM FOR BUILDING A.
BUILDING E, WHICH JUST OUTSIDE THE STORE.
THOSE THINGS ARE IMPLEMENTABLE.
AS THE DESIRE THERE, RIGHT IN THE PLANNING STAGES, MANY STAGES, ALL THESE THINGS.
AND I THINK SHOULD BE INCORPORATED AS A WAY TO.
MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPERS KNOW THAT THESE THINGS ARE FIRST POSSIBLE, BUT SECOND, THAT THE CITY ORDINANCES THE CITY DEVELOPMENT CODES, ALL THE PROCESSES THAT SOMEBODY HAS TO DO TO DO THIS IS AN OPEN PATHWAY AND MAYBE EVEN INCENTIVIZE.
BUT IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE LIVING ROOFS IN THE RAIN BARRELS.
AND I ALSO SEE WITH BUILDING E HAVING INVITING PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT TO SHOWCASE.
YOU'RE PART OF WHAT THEIR PRODUCTS IN THIS VISIBLE CITY, A LEARNING CLASSROOM, SO TO SPEAK. ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THE PLAN THAT I HAD BEFORE. EARLY IN OUR PLAN SHOWN A MASTER NATURALIST, AND THEY REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF THINKING OF THE CANALS AS WILDLIFE CORRIDORS, CORRIDORS AND WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION AND DEFINITELY. MEAN, TO MAKE WETLANDS INSTEAD OF CANALS, TO DIVERT STORMWATER TO WETLANDS, PLANNED WETLANDS, AND THAT COULD BE PART OF A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, I'M HOPEFUL THAT SOME OF THE COUNCIL WHO WENT TO THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT. WORKSHOP WILL COME BACK WITH ENTHUSIASM AND IDEAS AND MOTIVATION.
THAT IN OUR PLAN SPECIFICALLY, WE DO HAVE.
A LOT OF ITEMS THAT THOUGH THEY'RE NOT IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THE NATURE OF THE CITY OF BUILDINGS THERE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT SECTION OF OUR PLAN, NOT IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. SO IF WE'RE FOCUSING ONLY ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TONIGHT, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
THE PUSHING THE IDEA OF SEPTIC.
YOU KNOW, SEPTIC SYSTEMS BEING ELIMINATED, AND CERTAINLY MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T GUESS THAT WE WERE STILL ALLOWING SEPTIC SYSTEMS TO BE BUILT IF THEY WERE RIGHT NEAR A SEWER LINE.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT.YOU KNOW, A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS ARE DESPERATE FOR HOUSES NOW, SO THEY'LL BUY, BUT WHEN WE SHOPPED, WE WEREN'T GOING TO BUY ANYTHING THAT WAS ON A WELL, WATER OR A SEPTIC SYSTEM, JUST EVEN WALKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD JUST WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THEIR THEIR CATCHMENT.
USED AS WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THOSE SPRINKLERS, YEAH, THE AUTOMATIC WATERING SYSTEMS. IT STINKS. IT SMELLS LIKE SEWER WATER COMING OUT.
SO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S JUST, YEAH, YUCK.
I WOULDN'T LET MY KID PLAY IN THE YARD AFTER THAT OR MY PET.
BUT YEAH, IT DOES THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE YESTERDAY.
ALL THREE LOCAL BUSINESS OBJECTIVE A.
IS TO SET STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, TO MANAGE STORMWATER ON SITE AND WETLANDS AND MARSHES RATHER THAN RETENTION PONDS.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO? BRING FORTH BOTH.
I'VE SEEN THEM SET UP TO BE IN SERIES, SO YOU'LL HAVE A FIRST ONE, PHIL, GO TO A SECOND ONE. THEY'RE IN ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER IN SERIES, SO YOU CAN DO IT AND THEY CAN BE CAMOUFLAGED AND BE REALLY, YOU KNOW, MADE INTO THEIR OWN LITTLE GARDEN, YOU KNOW, A SERIES OF RAIN BARRELS INCORPORATED INTO A GARDEN TO FEED THE GARDEN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IF POSSIBLE, MAYBE AN EDUCATION.
YES. AND ADDING, LIKE EVEN IF WE JUST KIND OF MAKE IT PRETTY BROAD WHERE IT IS LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, EDUCATION FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EDUCATION FOR INTERNAL STAFF, BECAUSE I SAW THAT MENTIONED A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THIS DOCUMENT.
AND AGAIN, MY MY HIGH PRIORITIES ARE REALLY FOCUSED AROUND BUSINESSES, DEVELOPERS THAT ARE MOVING HERE AND ALSO KIND OF USING OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS OR, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE I, I WORK DAY TO DAY WITH BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS AND OTHER BUSINESSES.
I THINK IT WOULD BE EASY TO KIND OF INCORPORATE INTO WHAT THEY'RE DOING THE SUSTAINABILITY. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS SETTING NEW STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT.
BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF EDUCATION OR AT LEAST MEDIA TYPE OF TO OUR HIGH PRIORITY.
AND THE RAIN BARREL TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT ALSO SEGWAYS, THE RAIN BARREL PARTNERSHIP IS IS.
FOR THE COMMUNITY ON STORM WATER CAPTURE AND USING AND IMPROVING THE STORM WATER CAPTURE OF THE CITY BUILDINGS THEMSELVES.
SO I THINK I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING, BUT IT VERY CLEARLY IS PART OF THAT SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE IS THAT THIS IS AN EDUCATIONAL ON IT THAT THE CITY IS TAKING ON TO HELP US.
SO WOULD WE HAVE A MOTION OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS THAT I JUST PULL OUT AS BEING MOST COMMON? THE TOP FOUR. AND.
HAVE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION BEFORE WE DO THAT? OK? I'VE GOTTEN LOST A LITTLE BIT, BUT WOULD THERE BE EMOTION TO MAKE THOSE FOR THE FIRST OR THAT WE WORK ON IN THIS SECTION? I'M ON GOAL ONE.
CITY GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVE D WAS TO EXPAND CAPTURE OF STORMWATER THROUGH USE OF RAIN BARRELS BY PARTNERING WITH THE MARINE RESOURCES AND URL ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
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TO PROVIDE LOW COST MATERIALS AND FREE WORKSHOPS FOR CITIZENS TO DO THE SAME.SECOND ONE IS GOAL TO CITY GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVE, SEE LOOK FOR LAND THAT COULD QUALIFY FOR PROTECTION UNDER THE FLORIDA FOREVER PROGRAM, SEEK TO PARTNER WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND THE AUDUBON SOCIETY TO EXPAND THE SIZE OF PROTECTED TRACTS OF LAND BY PURCHASING ADJACENT PARCEL. NUMBER THREE WAS ALL THREE CITY OBJECTIVE B WORK WITH RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND INCENTIVES TO SWITCH FROM SEPTIC TANKS TO CITY SEWER AND FROM WELLS TO CITY WATER.
AND NUMBER FOUR WAS WITHIN THAT SAME GOAL, BUT A LOCAL BUSINESS OBJECTIVE, A SET NEW STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT TO MANAGE STORMWATER ON SITE USING PLANNED WETLANDS AND MARSHES RATHER THAN RETENTION ON.
MADAM CHAIR. I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT WE SET THOSE FOUR OBJECTIVES, IF YOU WILL, AS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY OBJECTIVES.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE EXTENT OF MY EMOTION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TALK IN A SECOND ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT THAT WE IDENTIFY THOSE AS THIS BOARD'S FOUR HIGHEST OBJECTIVES PRIORITY WISE IN THE LENS OF OF A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
OK, SO NOW YOU CAN TAKE THESE AND.
NOTED, BUT HESITATE ON THAT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GET TO THE OVERALL POINT JUST BECAUSE I HAVE THE HOT MIC THAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO I'LL WRITE I'LL DO WHATEVER I GOT TO DO, BUT IF IF WE JUST TAKE THAT NEXT STEP NOW AND THEN JUST SAY, LET'S DO X Y Z WITH A B C, I THINK IT'LL ACCOMPLISH THE SAME GOALS, SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BACKTRACK ALL.
YOU SAID BEFORE WE'RE GOING TO SET THESE TOP PRIORITIES, THE TOP GOALS ARE GOING TO WORK ON NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GO UP AND.
AND HE HE SAID HE'S GOING TO INCLUDE THOSE, BUT BEFORE HE DOES THAT, IN ADDITION, COULD YOU JUST TELL US WHAT WE DO WITH? WITH THOSE GOALS NOW.
OK. AND UNDER THAT LOGIC, WE'LL JUST BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OPEN DIALOG, WE'LL SAY THAT IT'S SUFFICE.
IT'LL SUFFICE TO SAY THAT THIS IS KIND OF OUR FIRST EVENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SET UP AS A PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE, INCLUDING OUR NEXT SESSION.
WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY WHERE THE GOAL IS THIS THIS MEETING WE WANT TO LEAVE WITH WITH TWO ACTIONABLE MOTIONS THROUGH THESE TWO AGENDA ITEMS TO SAY WE'D LIKE TO SEE STAFF EXPLORE THESE ITEMS, COME BACK TO US WITH THAT FORM OF EXPLORATION FOR FURTHER ACTION.
AND THEN AND WE'LL GET INTO OTHER MEETINGS AT A LATER JUNCTURE ON AGENDA ITEMS. BUT I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD HERE.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME UP AT THE NEXT AGENDA AND SAY, OK, STAFF, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US ON THE PREVIOUS STUFF? GET THAT INFORMATION AND THEN WE DO SOMETHING WITH THAT AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT NEW STUFF.
IS THAT KIND OF THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADING? YES, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU'RE THE CHAIR.
SO YOUR UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT MATTERS, MADAM CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE IDENTIFY OUR FOUR HIGHEST PRIORITY GOALS AS THE FOLLOWING UNDER THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SUBSECTION.
NOW THAT FIRST GOAL IS GOING TO BE UNDER GOAL.
ONE CITY OBJECTIVE D AS WRITTEN IN THE ACTION PLAN.
NEXT GOAL THAT I IDENTIFY AS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY OF THE FOUR IS GOAL TWO ON THE SAME SUBSET CITY OBJECTIVE LETTER C OR OBJECTIVE C AS WRITTEN EXACTLY IN THIS PLAN.
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THE THIRD THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT IS CITY GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVE UNDER, EXCUSE ME, UNDER GOAL THREE.THAT'S CITY OBJECTIVE E AS IN EDWARD.
LASTLY, LIKE GO THREE LOCAL BUSINESS OBJECTIVE A IS AN ALPHA AS WRITTEN AND MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE US TO IDENTIFY THOSE AS OUR FOUR HIGH PRIORITY GOALS.
I'D LIKE US TO ASK STAFF TO GO OFF INTO EXPLORING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING THOSE GOALS THROUGH THE CITY OPERATIONS.
AND I'D LIKE THAT INFORMATION BROUGHT BACK BEFORE THIS BOARD AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH I BELIEVE IS NOVEMBER 16TH.
THAT'S THE EXTENT THERE ARE A SECOND.
WELL DONE. UM, WE CAN NOW MOVE TO TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY IF WE CAN REPEAT THAT PROCESS. THAT NEXT HOUR OR SO, THAT WAS THE FIRST HOUR ON THAT OBJECTIVE.
AND DO THAT AGAIN ON TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
FOR CONNELLY TO BEGIN US ON YOUR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY GOALS.
THE FIRST ONE IS UNDER TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY GOAL ONE.
LETTER G. UNDER THE CITY LIMIT TO BEING A LEADER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AT ALL CITY BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND PARKS, AND USING SOLAR CANOPIES TO PROVIDE RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING WHEN APPLICABLE.
MUTATION OR EXISTING ROADWAYS CREATE DESIGNATED LANES FOR BICYCLISTS WITH A JERSEY BARRIER OR SIMILAR OR NEW ROADWAYS PLAN AND DESIGN A GREEN SPACE TO SEPARATE VEHICLES FROM CYCLISTS.
THIRD GOAL. CONCENTRATE DEVELOPMENT IN COMPACT, HUMAN SCALED, WALKABLE CENTERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CONNECT TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, OFFERING DIVERSE USES AND SERVICES.
I TOP PRIORITIES WITH THIS WAS ALSO THAT I'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM MEMBER CONNOLLY, THEY'LL COMMIT TO BEING A LEADER OF STATE IN FLORIDA, INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AT ALL CITY BUILDINGS.
NEXT WAS UNDER GOAL, TWO CITY GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES, WHICH WAS AN IDENTIFY CITY RIGHT OF WAYS THAT COULD BE THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTEN WALKING BICYCLE DISTANCE IF REPURPOSED. UM, AND MY LAST ONE WAS.
JUST REDUCE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF EXISTING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
CITY GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES ARE BETTER, EH, TO REDUCE NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION, DESIGN AND PLANT NARROW GREEN SPACE ADJACENT TO ROAD ROADWAYS AND MAJOR ROADWAYS.
THIS ACTUALLY GOES A LOT INTO MY LAND MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES AS WELL.
I DO SEE A LOT OF MITIGATION FOR BIG DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING IN AND WHETHER IT'S DEVELOPING LARGE BUILDINGS, THAT'S ON OUR WATER OR DEVELOPING MORE HOMES.
THAT NOISE POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION ALSO AFFECTS OUR OUR LAGOON AND ANIMALS IN THE LAGOON. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF KIND OF MAKING SORT OF MANDATES FOR A NEW BUILDING.
SO THOSE ARE MY THREE MAIN OBJECTIVES.
HIGH PRIORITIES FOR. I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS IN ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES
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AND. JUST DID EVERYBODY ELSE HAD FOCUSED ON THE OBJECTIVE GEE UNDER GOAL ONE TO INSTALL? VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE OBJECTIVE JUST PRIOR TO THAT EF, WHICH WOULD BE REPLACING CITY OWNED VEHICLES WITH ELECTRIC ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES.
NOT BE NECESSARILY I THINK THAT'S THAT MIGHT BE A LOW HANGING FRUIT.
SURE. WE HAVE TO HAVE BE ABLE TO CHARGE THEM NUMBER ONE, SO ONCE WE FIGURE THAT OUT.
IF IF WE JUST HAVE A POLICY OF NEW ACQUISITION OF VEHICLES AND ELECTRIC SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A PRETTY SMOOTH TRANSITION.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR.
WE SHARE A LOT IN COMMON HERE.
I'M LOOKING AT GOAL ONE OBJECTIVE F AS IN FRANK AND I'M LOOKING AT GOAL ONE OBJECTIVE G AS IN GEORGE. I LIKE SPEED BACK AT OBJECTIVE F FIRST.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT AS YOU KNOW, THE FLEET AGE IS OUT THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT AN ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE.
I'LL CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE ON MY CHOICE OF WORD THERE, BUT I WANT TO SHARE A SUCCESS STORY WITH THIS BOARD.
JUST AT THE LAST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WAS OCTOBER 21ST.
I SNUCK IN THE CONSENT ITEMS. YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS PUT THE GOOD STUFF IN THERE.
THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY ASKED FOR AND SECURED FUNDING FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL VEHICLE TO THEIR DEPARTMENT, AND AT THAT, THEY SPECIFICALLY HONED IN ON THE FORD ESCAPE HYBRID, WHICH GETS FORTY FOUR MILES PER GALLON IN THE CITY.
YOU ACTUALLY GET BETTER IN A HYBRID BUILT LIKE THIS.
YOU GET BETTER IN THE CITY BECAUSE THE ELECTRIC MOTOR CAN'T REALLY DO MUCH AT HIGH SPEEDS STORY FOR A DIFFERENT DAY. BUT ANYWAYS, I LIKE THE NUMBER FORTY FOUR.
PALM BAY IS EIGHTY EIGHT SQUARE MILES.
I KNOW MATH DOESN'T WORK THIS WAY, BUT JUST THINK ABOUT THAT BUILDING DEPARTMENT CAN GET AROUND THE WHOLE CITY, TWO GALLONS OF GAS, AND I KNOW IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY, BUT IT SOUNDS GOOD. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHEN IT COMES TO OBJECTIVE F AND ACTIONABLE ITEMS, I WOULD SAY ONE CONTINUE BEHAVIOR LIKE THIS.
I WILL HAVE A SLIGHT SUB NOTE THAT WHEN THEY ASK FOR THE FUNDING, THEY SAID THEY NEEDED THIS VEHICLE AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THEIR FLEET FOR WHEN OTHER VEHICLES WERE DOWN.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THEY COMMISSION THE NEW ONE AND HANG UP ONE OF THE LARGER FORD EXPLORERS THAT THEY'RE ALL DRIVING AND SACRIFICE THAT EXTRA COMFORT FOR THEIR DRIVE HOME AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT AND DRIVE THE NICE LITTLE ESCAPE ACTUALLY VERY COMFORTABLE VEHICLE. I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO DRIVE MANY IN MY TIME.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CONTINUANCE OF THAT BEHAVIOR, NOT ONLY FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT BUT VARIOUS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND I'D REALLY LIKE THE CITY TO AND I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE FROM FLEET OPERATIONS, BUT REALLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO TO MAKE A CHOICE ON THE UNIFORMITY OF THE FLEET, YOU KNOW, IN TRYING TO HONE IN ON NOT NECESSARILY A SPECIFIC VEHICLE, MAYBE NOT EVEN A SPECIFIC MANUFACTURER, BUT THAT REALLY IS THE DIRECTION I'M HEADING IN INTO IN AN EFFORT TO GET MORE OF A UNIVERSALITY IN THE WAY THAT THESE THESE SYSTEMS WORK AND SO THAT OUR FLEET OPERATIONS ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE EVER CHANGING TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BY ASKING THEM TO BRING IN ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES, THAT FLEET OPERATIONS WOULD THEN THEREFORE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UPSKILL OUR FLEET OPERATIONS TEAM ENTIRELY.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NO SECRET I WORK IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, AND WHAT I ALWAYS SAY IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS, WHAT WE HAVE TODAY THAT THE WHIZZES OF THEM, ALL THE ONES THAT CAN REBUILD A TRANNY WITHOUT LOOKING AT A AT A GUIDEBOOK, THEY ARE MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.
THEY UNDERSTAND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY WORK.
BUT THE TECHNICIAN OF TODAY AND TRULY THE TECHNICIAN OF TOMORROW ACTUALLY HAS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, WHICH IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT BEAST.
AND IF ANYBODY KNOWS ENGINEERS, YOU KNOW, DON'T GET THEM TWISTED, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MECHANICAL. HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE CALLED ELECTRICAL OR SHE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE NEED.
SO I JUST WANT US TO BE KIND OF FUTURE MINDED AS WE DO BRING IN ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES IN THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASY TO FIND SUCH TALENT OR TO UPSKILL CURRENT TALENT INTO SUCH TALENT. AND THE WAY THEY MAKE YOU MAKE IT EASIER IS WHEN YOU HAVE LESS THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON IN ANY GIVEN DAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY'S FLEET RIGHT NOW, AND I'M SORRY, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A A RABBIT HOLE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY FLEET NOW, I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND HOW MANY DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS ARE REPRESENTED, AND IF I COULD, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REPRESENT HOW MANY MODELS ARE REPRESENTED, EVEN IN SIMILAR CLASSES.
YOU KNOW, THE POLICE SUVS ARE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE CRUISERS ARE DIFFERENT.
SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH AGE. BUT ANYWAYS, I WANT TO GET TOO LOST ON THAT.
SO EXCITED ABOUT THE VICTORY THERE.
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DO WANT TO ADD IN SOME SORT OF GUIDING PRINCIPLE AS THEY CONTINUE THE GOOD BEHAVIOR.I'M GLAD THAT THIS BEHAVIOR IS ALREADY UNDERWAY, BUT WHERE I REALLY WANT TO JUMP IN HERE IS TO, YOU KNOW, ITEM G AND CHARGING STATIONS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE THE LEAD ON CHARGING STATIONS AS FAR AS MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREA. AND I'LL SHARE FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE INSOFAR AS AS A LEVEL THREE CHARGER, WHICH IS THE DC FAST CHARGER.
IT'S IT'S THE CHARGER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT.
THE ONLY ONE THAT EXISTS IN SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY, LET ALONE IN PALM BAY, IS THAT SPACE COAST HARLEY-DAVIDSON, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE IN PALM BAY.
THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S A WIN FOR US, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY CHARGER IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE AREA.
THAT'S CRAZY. YOU BUMP IT UP TO LEVEL TWO, WHICH IS THE COMMON ONES.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT FOLKS THAT MAKE THE CHOICE TO GET ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
THEY'RE MAKING THE CHOICE TO GET A LEVEL TWO CHARGER INSTALLED AT THEIR HOUSE.
THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AT YOUR HOUSE.
THAT'S THE ONE FOR EVERYONE'S FRAME OF REFERENCE THAT'S IN FRONT OF COLES.
EVERYBODY'S SEEN THE ONE THING THAT'S IN FRONT OF COLES, THAT'S A LEVEL TWO DOES THE JOB WHILE YOU'RE SHOPPING. IT'S NOT GOING TO DO THE JOB WHILE YOU'RE ON A ROAD TRIP.
I MEAN, YOU NEED A LEVEL THREE IF YOU'RE ON A ROAD TRIP.
OTHERWISE, YOU'D RATHER HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AND A SNACK.
WHEN YOUR CAR CHARGES, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE A MEAL IN A DAY AND SO ON.
AND. LEVEL TWO, A SHOPPING TRIP AT THAT, SO LEVEL TWOS ARE, THOUGH, MOSTLY WHAT I WOULD ADVOCATE THE CITY CHASE AFTER IN SETTING UP IN OUR CITY FACILITY AT OUR CITY FACILITIES, I SHOULD SAY SIMPLY BECAUSE ESPECIALLY AT FIRST ONE, I WANT THEM TO BE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE TO THE CITIZENS UPON BAY JUST TO ENCOURAGE THE BEHAVIOR, BUT TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT RELATIVELY, YOU KNOW, LONG STANDING PLACES.
I'M THE ONLY ONE CRAZY ENOUGH TO THINK COMING TO CITY HALL ALL THE TIME IS RECREATIONAL.
I DO, BUT MORE SO PARKS, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU KNOW YOU GO, YOU PLUG IN, YOU SWING YOUR KID FOR A LITTLE WHILE, YOU JUST CATCH A LITTLE FREE JUICE.
YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY RELYING ON THAT AS YOU'RE CHARGING, BUT IT MOTIVATES YOU TO CHOOSE THAT PARK INSTEAD.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO STOP? MAKE SOMEBODY CHOOSE BETWEEN GOING TO MAX ROSE PARK IN WEST MELBOURNE OR GOING TO FRED POPPY REGIONAL PARK OUT IN PALM BAY, RIGHT? MAYBE A DIFFERENTIATION IS ALL I CAN PLUG THE CAR IN WHILE I'M THERE, AND THEN ONLY THEN THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY BACK ON THAT TREK ON MALABAR ROAD IF THEY DON'T TAKE THE THE HERITAGE PARKWAY. YOU KNOW, NOW THEY'RE SPENDING DOLLARS IN OUR CITY.
NOW THEY'RE GOING TO STOP AT THAT DUNKIN THAT'S ON MALABAR AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IT'S A CHAIN EFFECT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP HERE BY BY BEING THE LEADER AND BEING THE MOST. I JUST WANT TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE NOT THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY AND HOW PEOPLE GET AROUND AND TRANSPORTATION, BUT THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS.
AND WITH ALL THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO COST MONEY.
SO I HAVE THIS REALLY CREATIVE IDEA OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO FUND THAT AND FORGIVE ME, BUT I'M GOING TO PAINT THIS PICTURE HERE.
SO ON THE TOTAL FLIP SIDE OF ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES, YOU HAVE GAS GUZZLER VEHICLES.
SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I WORK IN THE BUSINESS, THE FORD MUSTANG GT FIVE HUNDRED, YOU BUY ONE OF THOSE HUNDRED THOUSAND CARS AFTER YOU'VE OPTIONED IT UP AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GETS THE STICKER PRICE UP TO 100000 IS A TWENTY THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS GAS GUZZLER TAX TO OFFSET, YOU KNOW HOW INEFFICIENT IT IS NOW THAT MONEY IS A FEDERALLY ASSESSED TAX.
SO THAT GOES TO SOME FEDERAL POT.
WELL, I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT NOT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THE ONE BEFORE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT WE NEED NOT ONLY A LOBBYIST IN TALLAHASSEE, BUT WE NEED A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, DC, REPRESENTING THIS LITTLE CITY OF PALM BAY, OUR GREAT CITY ALL THE WAY UP IN WASHINGTON ON WHATEVER THE CITY WANTS AND NEEDS.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE OUR LOBBYISTS TO DO IS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE GAS GUZZLER TAX IS TODAY AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE TOMORROW, BECAUSE IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, THE GAS GUZZLER TAX SHOULD CONVERT FROM WHATEVER IT IS, WHICH IS PROBABLY I CAN'T HONESTLY EVEN COME UP WITH AN IDEA RIGHT NOW INTO FUNDING TO EXPAND UPON ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES IN OUR WORLD.
BECAUSE WOULDN'T THAT JUST BE THE ULTIMATE IRONY THAT THESE THINGS OUT ACTUALLY BALANCE EACH OTHER OUT? BECAUSE TRUST ME, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE DEMISE OF VEHICLES LIKE THE GT500 OR ANY OTHER MUSCLE CAR.
THOSE THINGS NEED TO EXIST, AND WE STILL NEED GAS IN OUR WORLD.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. WE'RE TRYING TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE ZERO EMISSIONS, ZERO NET EMISSIONS BY THE THINGS WE DO.
SO BY TAKING THE LOBBYIST EFFORTS AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, A MUNICIPALITY LIKE OURS WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
I'D LIKE US TO BE, YOU KNOW, FORWARD THINKING ENOUGH TO SAY WE'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE FUNDING SPECIFICALLY FOR EXPANDING CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST SERVE UP THE GAS GUZZLER TAX AS A POSSIBLE REVENUE SOURCE, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU GO UP TO WASHINGTON AND YOU ASK FOR SOME MONEY, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE FROM. SO THAT'S JUST A POSSIBILITY.
GET A LOT OF CHARGES OUT THERE, SPECIFICALLY LEVEL TWO, LEVEL THREE IN STRATEGIC SPOTS THAT CAN DRIVE TRAFFIC. I'D LOVE TO SEE A LEVEL THREE RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL, SO SOME OF THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE CITY HALL IS.
THEY'D FIND OUT QUICK AND LEVEL 2S AT AT MOST PARKS THAT WE CAN GET THEM TO.
I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO START WITH THE MOST RECENTLY RENOVATED PARKS, AND I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF BACKWARDS THINKING, BUT THOSE ONES ARE GETTING FRESHER ATTENTION, WHETHER IT'S WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WITHIN THE WORD OF MOUTH.
HEY, SUCH AND SUCH A PARK JUST GOT A BRAND NEW PLAYGROUND AND THEY GOT A CHARGING STATION
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AND KIND OF BUILD THAT UP BECAUSE THEY DO SEE A FUTURE STATE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY ADD A CHARGE TO THOSE CHARGERS AND THEN TURN IT INTO A REVENUE STREAM THAT HOPEFULLY COULD HELP FUND REDOING THE PLAYGROUND WHEN THAT ONE RUNS OUT.THEY'RE GOING TO WEAR OUT. THEY WEAR OUT IN 10 YEARS OR LESS BECAUSE OF THE SUN.
SO IT'S IT'S SHOOTING FOR CHARGERS AND IT'S SHOOTING FOR GETTING OUR LOBBYISTS INVOLVED IN OUR EV EFFORTS.
THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF THAT WHOLE RABBIT HOLE.
AND I KNOW I WENT TOO LONG ON THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PAINT THE PICTURE FOR YOU GUYS.
THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS ON CHARGING STATIONS AND THEN WORKING BACK, WHEREAS THE EFF IS IS JUST CONTINUE THE GOOD BEHAVIOR, BUT EXPLORE THE UNIVERSALITY OF IT ALL.
GUARDING CHARGING STATIONS, I LIKE A LOT OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.
I THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD IDENTIFY PLACES WHERE THERE'S MULTIPLE INTERESTS LIKE I CAN IDENTIFY TONY ROSA COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT ADJACENT TO TURKEY CREEK AND THE LIBRARY THERE TO HAVE CHARGING STATIONS THERE.
EITHER THE FAST CHARGERS OR LEVEL TWO WHERE PEOPLE CAN SPEND AN HOUR OR MORE.
SAME WITH THE FRED POP COMMUNITY PARK.
PEOPLE GET OUT AND WALK AROUND AND THE OBVIOUSLY CITY HALL, WHICH IS ALSO QUITE CLOSE TO THE LIBRARY. IN ADDITION, I THINK THE.
CITY SHOULD REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE HOTELS IN THE AREA TO SEE ABOUT SETTING THEM UP WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING THE NIGHT THEY CAN DRIVE INTO TOWN, CHARGE THEIR VEHICLES OVERNIGHT, SO IT WOULD ONLY HAVE TO BE A LEVEL TWO CHARGER.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE, AS MENTIONED, THAT THE FLEET CHANGE INTO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
THE TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS TO TO SEE ABOUT HAVING THEM IN SCHOOLS AND TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY ABOUT THAT ISSUE AND ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE SMALLER, I KNOW IN OTHER PLACES THEY HAVE VANS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS AND TO REACH OUT TO SEE IF THERE'S A FLEET THERE THAT COULD BE.
THEY COULD BE FORWARD LOOKING AND SEEING WHAT'S COMING ON BOARD FOR ALTERNATE VEHICLES OTHER THAN FOSSIL FUEL VEHICLES, HYBRIDS OR SOMETHING WITH GREATER EFFICIENCY IN THIS TOPIC OF TRANSPORTATION.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE VISION PLAN, PEOPLE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE CONNECTIVITY FOR WALKWAYS OR BICYCLISTS.
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE MYSELF USING GOING UNDER BABCOCK STREET, USING THE CANAL RIGHT OF WAY TO COME UP ON THE OTHER SIDE RATHER THAN RISK BIKING ACROSS BABCOCK.
SO THAT REALLY HIT HOME FOR ME, THAT LOOKING FOR RIGHT OF WAYS THAT COULD REDUCE WALKING.
MAKING THE BE LIKABLE OR WALKABLE WITH SHADE CANOPY.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HIT HOME FOR ME WAS THIS PLANTING SOME TREES, SOMEBODY SAID, PLANT SOME TREES.
OF THINKING OF THE STREETS AS A LESS HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, TRYING TO CREATE THIS, THIS IDEA THAT PEOPLE.
SO I'M THINKING OF THE IDENTIFY, IDENTIFY.
WHERE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN TO UNDERSTAND THE CAUSE AND REDUCE, YOU KNOW, MITIGATE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS SUCH AN ISSUE HERE, I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYWHERE ELSE WHERE PEOPLE PULL IN FRONT OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
THEY'LL MAKE A RIGHT TURN IN FRONT OF AN APPROACHING EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST BOGGLES MY MIND, BUT THERE.
MAYBE HAVE FOR ME, IT WOULD BE CAMERAS, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PUNITIVE MEASURE ATTACHED TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE BEHAVIOR AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE DRIVER, YOU COULD STILL HAVE A WAY OF SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS NOT COOL, YOU KNOW, OF IDENTIFYING THEM.
SMART TECHNOLOGY AND WHATEVER, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY BRING BACK
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FROM THE CONFERENCE, FROM THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT THAT AFFECTS TRANSPORTATION.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BICYCLE READING BICYCLE LANES.
BUT. LET'S GO TO IDENTIFY CITY E! GO TO CITY OBJECTIVE E IDENTIFY RIGHTS OF WAY.
WHAT ABOUT IF I WASN'T SURE WHICH ONE OR IF YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT E AND F THERE? I WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THAT THINKING JERSEY BARRIER THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE. LETHAL, OR YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEBODY THE WAY RIGHT NOW, THE WAY TRAFFIC IS IN SOME OF THE PLACES, UNLESS FOR I LIKE F- FOR NEW ROADWAYS, PLAN AND DESIGN OF GREEN SPACE TO SEPARATE VEHICLES FROM CYCLISTS.
THAT ALSO CLEANS THE AIR A BIT, YOU KNOW, FILTERS THE AIR.
SO BOTH E AND F ARE JUST YES, YEAH, BUT YEAH.
NOW, I WAS THINKING MORE OF A COMMUNITY WALL OF SHAME AND ANY KIND OF, OH, REALLY, IT WORKS. PEOPLE, PEOPLE RESPOND WHEN THEY KNOW THEY'VE BEEN SEEN.
THAT'S WHY CAMERAS ARE EFFECTIVE.
EVEN NONFUNCTIONING CAMERAS CHANGE BEHAVIOR JUST BY THEIR PRESENCE, EVEN WITHOUT ANY ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM.
RIGHT. VERY GOOD. I AM SEEING THE COMMON THEMES OF GOAL ONE CITY GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVE F AND G OR REPLACING.
HE OWN VEHICLES WITH EVY AND G.
INSTALLING CHARGING STATIONS AND THEN UNDER GOAL TWO E AND F WERE ONES THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAD BROUGHT UP, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
RIGHT OF WAYS THAT CAN SHORTEN THE DISTANCE AND PLANTING TREES ON AROUND SIDEWALKS AND THEN ON F. ATING DESIGNATED BICYCLING LANES AND GREEN SPACE.
AT HIS AGE 15, I THINK I MAY BE LOOKING AT AN OLD ONE.
ITS GOAL TO CITY GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVE E AND F.
AND A FEW OTHER THINGS WERE BROUGHT UP, BUT.
DID NOT SEEM TO COME UP FOR MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THOSE FOR BEING A POTENTIAL, THE FIRST FLOOR THAT WE.
STAFF TO INVESTIGATE FOR US AND PRESENT TO COUNCIL.
UH, THE ZIEGLER MENTIONED THAT ABOUT THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.
IT WAS MEANT TO CHANGE MUNITY DECISION MAKERS AND CITIZENS, AND IT DID THAT.
YOU ASKED WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED THERE AND THERE WERE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS THEY CALL IT PUTTING OUR ROADS ON DIETS WHERE YOU ACTUALLY MAKE NARROWER HIGHWAYS AND EXPAND THE MULTIPURPOSE, HAVING WALKABLE AREAS OR AND AND BICYCLISTS AND ALTERNATIVE AND SHARED TRANSPORTATION MEANS.
BUT THE IDEA MANY SOME OF THE IDEAS RIGHT HERE IN OUR PLAN, SUCH AS PLANTING TREES, WAYS
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TO CAPTURE THAT RAINWATER AGAIN AND KEEP IT IN THE GROUND.AND THE PERMEABLE WHAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS IS PERMEABLE, CONCRETE AND WAYS OF CAPTURING THAT RAIN RAIN GARDENS WERE QUITE OFTEN MENTIONED.
HMM. IN FACT, THE WHERE THIS CONFERENCE WAS HELD WAS THE CITY FOR, I MEAN, THE CENTER FOR INNOVATION.
AND IT IS IN RUTLEDGE AND THE WHOLE DESIGN OF THAT BUILDING.
THERE RAIN BARREL IS AS HIGH AS THE BUILDING.
AND THEY HAVE HUGE RAIN GARDENS, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL AND THEIR PARKING.
UM, AND THINGS, SO ONE THING WE MIGHT THINK OF BECAUSE THAT LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS WELL ATTENDED WITH OUR WELL REPRESENTED BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
NOW, I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUALLY THANK OUR CITY AND BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EFFORT OF SENDING.
I'VE FIVE PEOPLE, INCLUDING A COUNCILMAN, MAYOR, COUNCIL, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
SO THAT IS ONE THING, AND MAYBE WE CAN BEGIN TO THINK IN TERMS OF THAT LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE THAT MORE OR LESS.
THE THING THAT WE BLOW THROUGH MANY OF OUR SUGGESTIONS.
AS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CAPTURING THE ATTENTION.
OF. LOOTING OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO BE ABLE TO.
ARE USING THOSE TERMS. A BIT LATE FOR THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION, BUT MAYBE SECOND, SECOND RECOMMENDATION, I THINK ALL OF THESE. UNDER LOW IMPACT.
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I.I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS THAT WE ASK THE CITY TO LOOK AT WHERE IT IS, WHERE THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PUT IN CHARGING STATIONS BECAUSE THEY DREW DRAW.
A LOT OF THEY DO REQUIRE A LOT OF ELECTRICITY TO BE AVAILABLE AND SOMETIMES NEED YOU MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT YOUR.
IMPORTANT TO THAT HOUR, WE ENCOURAGE WE'RE ENCOURAGING WHAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING, AND THAT ALSO MAKES IT EASIER TO GAIN TRACTION.
WE'RE WE'RE JUST COMING ALONG WHAT IS ALREADY ON THE RADAR, NOT JUST PITCHING SOMETHING THAT THERE'S NO IDEA HOW TO DO IT OR FUND IT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR EMOTION? AND I WOULD JUST. LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MISS BRITTA KELLNER OR.
SHE HAS BEEN SENDING US IN BETWEEN OUR SESSIONS.
VERY GOOD RESOURCE INFORMATION.
AND ONE OF IT IS SHE SENT US THE STATUTES ABOUT THE STATUS OF EVIE IN FLORIDA.
LIKE A MOTION. IF THESE FOUR GOALS FORWARD.
SO USING LANGUAGE SIMILAR TO THE LAST MOTION TO HIGHLIGHT AS OUR TOP PRIORITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK AT UNDER GOAL ONE CITY OBJECTIVES S AND F AND G REPLACING AGING CITY OWNED VEHICLES AND TO BEING A LEADER WITH THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
TO UNDERSCORE THE OBJECTIVE E IDENTIFY, CITY WRITES OF WAYS THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTEN WALKING DISTANCE.
CITY OBJECTIVE A, WHICH STARTS WITH REDUCING TO REDUCE NOISE POLLUTION, ET CETERA.
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IT'S ACTUALLY NOT ONE THAT WE.OH, OK. THAT'S I GOT CONFUSED OVER WHICH IT WAS THOSE TWO E AND F.
OH, OK. SO SOMEBODY BE DEALING WITH MYSELF, BICYCLE LANES, THAT'S WHERE I GET.
WELL, SOMEBODY BETTER LANGUAGE IT.
HAVE. THAT IT WAS FOUR THINGS, IT WAS FOUR THINGS THAT MADE.
THE SECOND HALF OF THE LAST MOTION THAT WE PASSED WAS THAT WITH THOSE FOUR GOALS, THEN THE CITY CAN YOU? TO SO THE CITY OBJECTIVE.
WELL, ONE CITY OBJECTIVE F AND G AND GOAL TWO CITY OBJECTIVE E AND F WOULD BE THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD'S TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNCIL TO FOCUS ON AND.
COME BACK WITH US STAFF TO INVESTIGATE HOW TO IMPLEMENT THESE GOALS.
OUR SECOND ADAM CARROLL, SECOND, IF MISS ZIEGLER IS WILLING TO ADD THAT WE COME BACK TO OUR NEXT MEETING WITH THAT INFORMATION WITH THAT BRIEF.
IN FACT. SO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THEN, IS TO TALK ABOUT NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING WHAT NEW BUSINESS AGENDA ITEMS WE WILL BRING UP AT THAT MEETING.
WE HAVE BEEN. DID TALK ABOUT IN OUR LAST MEETING THAT WE'D LIKE TO TRY THIS.
REPEAT WHAT WE DID TONIGHT, MAYBE IF WE WANT TO CHOOSE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND BUILDINGS.
UM. THOSE SAFE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR DECEMBER.
I THINK WE'RE ALL REALLY HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND.
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ON OUR MINDS, SO I THINK THAT THAT NATURALLY GOOD PLACE TO GO NEXT MEETING. UM, BUT WE WOULD JUST NEED A MOTION ON WHAT OUR NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA ITEMS WOULD BE. MADAM CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION, AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO FURTHER DISCUSS IF THERE'S A SECOND, BUT I'LL ACTUALLY MAKE MY MOTION THAT THE CONTENT OF NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA HAS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE THE RECAP OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES AND WHAT STAFF KNOWS ABOUT WHAT DIRECTION WE CAN HEAD ON WATER SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY.
BUT AS FAR AS NEW BUSINESS GOES SPECIFIC TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO IDENTIFY INNOVATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AS THE ONE AND ONLY PILLAR THAT WE ADDRESS AT THAT MEETING.
AND AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO FURTHER DISCUSS, BUT THE MOTION THAT I HAVE HERE IS THAT THE AGENDA STATES THAT WILL RECAP WATER SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY STAFF WILL TELL US WHERE THEY'RE AT AND THAT WE WILL ENDEAVOR SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID TONIGHT INTO INNOVATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT.
MANAGEMENT WHERE? WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK NEXT.
I LIKE THAT IDEA, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE KNOW COUNCIL IS ALREADY MOTIVATED BY THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT TO LOOK AT.
I'M CHAIR FOR CLARIFICATION, IS THAT A SECOND TO MY MOTION? THAT'S A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR.
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ARE THERE ANY UPCOMING MEETINGS OR EVENTS OF INTEREST THAT WE NEED TO BE INFORMED ABOUT?[01:35:29]
IT FROM A CITY WHO ATTENDED.YOU HAD MENTIONED CONNECTING US, EACH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER WITH THE CITY.
YOU BE CONNECTING US WITH DEPARTMENT CHAIRS OR.
YOU HAD SENT OUT A LIST OF DEPARTMENTS, AND I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM US ON IF THERE WAS SOME SOMETHING, YOU WERE SPECIAL.
YEAH, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE ESPECIALLY WANTED TO CONNECT WITH OR TOPIC.
LIKE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE TWO CITY ENGINEERS THAT WERE AT THE ALLIED CONFERENCE.
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I'M SURE. I'D LIKE TO ASK TWO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS TO MISS CALENDAR, IF I MAY.THE ONE WAS ON THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
YOU WERE DESCRIBING THE REPRESENTATIVES AND I STILL WANT TO SAY BC, BUT I KNOW IT'S EASTERN FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE.
ANYWAYS, THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S PRESENTING CAN'T COME, SO THEY'RE GOING TO RECORD IT AND WE'RE GOING TO WATCH IT AT THE MEETING.
WE'LL WATCH IT DURING THE MEETING.
BEAUTIFUL. AND THEN THE DECEMBER MEETING DATE WAS.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY LIKE A NORMAL CADENCE FUN, RIGHT? YEAH. OK.
IN LETTERS AS EASTERN FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE JUST REARRANGE, THAT'S WHY I GOT SO CONFUSED.
THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, I ALSO WANTED TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION OF OF OF YOU, THE BOARD STAFF, WHOEVER IT IS, BUT LAST TIME WE WERE PRETTY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WE MOVE TO HAVE ON THE AGENDA AND THINGS OF THE SORT.
AND SINCE YOU KNOW MY MOTION AND SUBSEQUENT SECOND AND VOTED IT IN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SET UP THE DECEMBER AGENDA SPECIFICALLY AS FAR AS IF WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SAY, HEY, AT THAT ONE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT DATES.
THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR CONTEST IS COMING DUE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO ADD AN ITEM FOR THE CONTEST DISCUSSION AND THEN I DON'T KNOW WHY I WROTE TWICE THE 22 MEETING SCHEDULE.
SO ANYWAYS, DO WE NEED TO ADD ANYTHING TO GET COVERED WHAT YOU HAVE OR CAN YOU ADD THAT INTO OTHER BUSINESS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT BECAUSE.
EITHER BRING THE RESULTS AND WE'LL JUDGE THEM.
HOPEFULLY, WE HAVE SOMETHING OR IT COULD BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO NOW? THE OVERALL CONSENSUS WILL SUFFICE.
OK. THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THAT.
NO. WE NEED TO PUT AS AN AGENDA ITEM ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO IS TALK ABOUT WAYS OF COMMUNICATING TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE ON ALL OUR AGENDAS AND TO KEEP IN MIND ARE THE BEST WAYS TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP THAT RELATIONSHIP WILL NOT BE A ONE TIME PRESENTATION, BUT.
THERE ARE STILL UNDER OTHER BUSINESS UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
YES, I DO. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS GROUP TO CONTINUE TO MAKE DEVELOP OUR PUBLIC IMAGE AND LET IT BE KNOWN.
WHEN I WENT TO THE LEAD CONFERENCE, IT WAS UNDER.
NAMETAG WAS ON BOARD, AND SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.
DR. BONNIE WELLS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT HER TITLE IS? OH, DOCTOR DR.
BONNIE WELLS. BROWARD COUNTY, I BELIEVE IN.
AND. I WISH I HAD HER COMPLETE TITLE, AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD FIND THAT OUT.
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SHE LAST MONTH PRESENTED TO THE INDIAN, I MEAN, THE MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL, THEY HAVE A LUNCH AND LEARN PROGRAM AND SHE WAS THE PRESENTER, AND SHE DOES SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB ON LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AT THIS.
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IS LOCAL, THOUGH.
SHE WAS ALSO AT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AS THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, AND SHE PRESENTED THEIR PROGRAM, AND THESE ARE BOTH RECORDED AND ACCESSIBLE.
AND I JUST WANT TO LET US KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE VERY GOOD PRESENTERS AND AND THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT AND MAYBE EVEN TAP INTO IT OURSELVES INDIVIDUALLY OR HAVE RECORDINGS COME BEFORE US.
INFORMATION. UH, IN THAT SAME VEIN, THE VISION 2020, WHEN IS THAT NEXT MEETING GOING TO BE NOVEMBER? EITHER THE 16TH OF THE 22ND.
IT'S A PUBLIC PART OF THE PLAN.
AND I THINK AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT AND.
RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT COMPANY.
AND BOTH INDIVIDUALS ALSO IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE ARE PROMOTING IN OUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION.
UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I KNOW ARE COMING UP AS WELL AS.
NOW, TWO UPCOMING MEETINGS EVENTS.
THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MADAM CHAIR.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. AND ALL IN FAVOR, I I THANK YOU.
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