AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 20, 21, 30 TO ORDER THE INVOCATION WILL
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BE GIVEN BY ASSISTANT PASTOR TONY AVILA FROM IGLESIA AND SENI, AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN.FELIX. SO WE'RE COUNCILMAN FELIX BECAUSE YOU WERE THE LAST ONE, SO I'LL RISE.
GOOD AFTERNOON. GOD BLESS YOU.
OH, GOOD EVENING. IT IS A PRIVILEGE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME AND THE MAYOR AND THE LEADERS OF THIS PALM BAY COMMUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE AMONG OUR LEADERS THAT GOD WOULD BLESS THEM AND GIVE THEM WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR OUR NATION.
MY VOICE IS PRETTY. OH, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
AND GOD BLESS OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVE THEM THE WISDOM TO DO THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
AND I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR THE NATION THAT WE HAVE AT THE TIME.
OUR NATION IS HURTING AND WE NEED GUIDANCE AND WE NEED GOD TO BLESS OUR LEADERS, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE. GOD WILL TOUCH THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR MIND TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE COUNTRY AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT PRAYER? AMEN, FATHER.
WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, LORD, AND WE THANK YOU AND I THANK YOU, LORD, FOR OUR LEADERS AND OUR MAYOR, AND WE PRAY FOR ALL COUNCILMAN AND THE AREA OF PALM BAY.
THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU WERE TOUCHED THEIR HEARTS TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
I PRAY FOR OUR NATION, OUR PRESIDENT AND OUR LEADERS, MY LORD, OUR SOLDIERS, OUR MILITARY, OUR POLICEMEN, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR VETERANS.
FATHER, WE PRAY GOD, THAT YOU WILL UNITE US AS A NATION.
WE NEED PRAYING IT IS NOW FATHER.
WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR PROTECTION UPON OUR LEADERS, THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR LOVED ONES.
FATHER, EVEN THE POLICEMEN THAT ARE WORKING LATE AT NIGHT AND THOSE THAT ARE IN IT PUT THEIR LIVES IN DANGER FOR US, FATHER.
WE PRAY FOR OUR SOLDIERS, OUR MILITARY, WHEREVER THEY ARE AND OUR VETERANS.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU LORD, FOR THIS DAY OF LIFE AND THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THROUGH YOUR MIGHTY NAME, FATHER.
WE PRAY TO GOD FOR THE PEACE OF OUR NATION, AND WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSING IN THIS.
AND TONIGHT, FATHER, GIVE WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING TO OUR LEADERS.
WE PRAY, GOD, THAT YOUR ANOINTING AND YOUR GUIDANCE WILL BE ON THEIR HEART.
MEN AND WOMEN FATHER THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN FATHER BECAUSE NOTHING MOVES WITHOUT YOUR DIVINE WILL. AND I PRAY OVER THEM, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM GUIDANCE AND LET THEM DO WHAT IS RIGHT BECAUSE WE NEED MEN AND WOMEN THAT WILL STAND UP FATHER FOR WHAT IS RIGHT IN THIS TIME AND THIS SEASON, FATHER, WE ACTUALLY IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
I HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER MEETING AFTER THIS.
RAISES THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN ADVANCE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY FOR ALL RAW. MADAM JONES, ROLL CALL, MAYOR MEDINA PRESENT, DEPUTY MAYOR, JOHNSON HERE, COUNCILMAN FOSTER, COUNCILMAN FELIX HERE, MS. SHERMAN YOUR MS. SMITH, YOU'RE DEPUTY MAYOR.
JOHNSON ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLEASE.
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YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION REPRESENTS AT LARGE POSITION.ONE VACANCY ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS AT LARGE STUDENT MEMBER POSITION.
ONE VACANCY ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS THE ADULT MEMBER 30 YEARS IN OLDER POSITION. ONE VACANCY EXPIRING ON THE BAYFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REPRESENTS THAT LARGE POSITION.
ANYONE WISHING TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS CAN DO SO BY APPLYING ONLINE AT PALM BAY FLOOR TALK OR VISITING THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE OR CALLING AT THREE TWO ONE NINE FIVE TWO THREE FOUR ONE FOUR. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, MADAM SHERMAN.
ANY AGENDA REVISIONS? ADAM SMITH. NOW, SIR, I WANT TO MOVE THE PROCLAMATIONS AROUND COUNCILMAN FELIX, I'D LIKE
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FOR YOU TO GO AHEAD AND HANDLE THE PROCLAMATION.THAT'S ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE PROCLAMATIONS.
I LIKE TO CALL MR JUSTICE KING.
BOARD. WHY NOT, MADAM PRESIDENT? PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GOING FORWARD.
IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO RECOGNIZE.
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SOMETHING NICE THAT THAT TOOK PLACE, AND THESE ARE GREAT CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND AS THEY CELEBRATE, WE WE WANT TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM.OK, SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO TO FOR THIS SPECIAL OCCASION.
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT WHEREAS THE DYNAMICS, THE DYNAMICS AND DIVERSITY OF BOARD BILLION AMERICANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR NATION'S STORY IS EXTRAORDINARY, WEIGHS IN IN EXTRAORDINARY WAYS, ENSURING THE BONDS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND BARBADOS REMAIN STRONG.
AND WHEREAS ON BARBADOS DAY WE CELEBRATE BARBADOS INDEPENDENCE, ITS INAUGURAL TRANSITION TO A PARLIAMENTARY PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC, WE CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF ALL OF BARBADIAN AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND WE REFLECT ON HOW THEY HAVE BOLSTERED OUR COUNTRY AND ENRICH OUR TRADITION.
AND WHEREAS OBEDIENT AMERICAN EXCELLED IN OUR UNIVERSITY, INSPIRE US AS ATHLETES AND MUSICIAN, GUIDE US AS AS COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS, AND KEEP US SAFE THROUGH DEDICATED SERVICE IN OUR ARMED FORCES.
WHEREAS PERSONAL BARBARIAN HERITAGE HAVE BEEN PILLARS OF BREVARD COUNTY AS PROPRIETORS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, WHEREAS BARBADOS BARBADIAN MEMBERS OF BREVARD COUNTY OF BREVARD, CARIBBEAN AMERICAN SPORTS AND CULTURE CASCO A CASCADE WRIT LARGE EMPOWER THE LIVES OF BREVARD COUNTY YOUTH AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING COMMUNITY EDUCATION, CHARITABLE SERVICES AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY.
ON BEHALF OF ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY OF THE FACE OF THE EARTH BY VIRTUE TO THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 20 21 AS BARBADOS ST.
IN THIS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, FLORIDA, ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CELEBRATION. IN WITNESS, THERE, ALL I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK IT'S TRULY AN HONOR.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT AS A CARIBBEAN COUNTRY AND IT JUST BECOME INDEPENDENT, SO IT'S SOMETHING WORTH CELEBRATING THIS RESIDENTS CONTRIBUTE QUITE A BIT TO OUR COMMUNITY, SO IT'S WORTH RECOGNIZING AS THEY CELEBRATE WITH.
GOOD EVENING, ALL. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FELIX.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE BREVARD CARIBBEAN AMERICAN SPORTS AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
IT'S A MOUTHFUL WE CALL OURSELVES BOKASSA.
ON BEHALF OF OUR PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS AND GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND FOR THAT PROCLAMATION.
YOU ALL KNOW THAT MCCASKILL IS COMPRISED OF CARIBBEAN AMERICANS WHO LIVE HERE IN BREVARD COUNTY AND PALM BAY.
I BELIEVE YOU ALSO KNOW THAT MCCASKILL MEMBERS LOVE BOVARD, WE LOVE PALM BAY.
AND WE CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR DIVERSITY, PROSPERITY AND WELFARE IN MANY WAYS.
YOU MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE, HOWEVER, THAT WE STILL LOVE OUR HERITAGE AND STRIVE TO CELEBRATE OUR NATION'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
ONE SUCH ACCOMPLISHMENT WILL OCCUR ON THE ISLAND OF BARBADOS ON THE 30TH OF NOVEMBER.
ON THAT DAY, WHICH, INCIDENTALLY, IS THE FIFTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF BARBADOS INDEPENDENCE. THE ISLAND WILL FINALLY COMPLETELY SEVER ALL OF ITS COLONIAL PAST AS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY AND BECOME A PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC.
WHAT THIS MEANS, ESSENTIALLY, IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL NO LONGER HAVE A GOVERNOR GENERAL AS HEAD OF STATE AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRITISH MONARCHY.
THE POSITION WILL BE REPLACED BY A BARBADIAN PRESIDENT AS HEAD OF STATE.
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE LED BY A BARBADIAN PRIME MINISTER.TASK UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF BARBADOS AT MIAMI WILL BE CELEBRATING THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION ON SUNDAY 21 NOVEMBER AT FRED POPPI REGIONAL PARK.
SO WE INVITE ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF BOARD OF PALM BAY.
TO JOIN US FOR A FUN FILLED FAMILY DAY WITH LOTS OF FOOD, MUSIC AND GAMES FOR BOTH ADULTS AND KIDS. BRING YOUR CHAIRS AND UMBRELLAS.
DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW COVID 19 PROTOCOLS.
I'D LIKE TO CALL UP ALVIN PAYNE.
CHRIS SIEBERT AND SUZANNE WAHLBERG UP TO THE PLATFORM.
OR ANY OF THOSE HERE? COME ON.
SO THERE'S MUCH TO BE SAID ABOUT TIME AND SACRIFICE OF TIME AND GIVEN OF YOURSELF.
FOR OTHERS, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WITHIN OUR MS. PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DO EXACTLY THAT, THEY CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY SERVE ON BOARDS.
AS YOU HEARD, THERE ARE SEVERAL OPENINGS TODAY.
BUT I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO HONOR YOU WITH YOUR ONE YEAR VOLUNTEER PIN.
SO A BASIC INGREDIENT IN THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CITIES IS WILLINGNESS TO MAKE TO TAKE INITIATIVE AND AND THE VOLUNTEER ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY AS A VOLUNTEER OF PRIVATE CITIZENS. EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS SOME CONTRIBUTION TO OFFER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS, AND YOU, AS A VOLUNTEER, HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WELL-BEING OF FELLOW RESIDENTS AND THE WELFARE OF ALL CITIZENS BY GIVING TIRELESSLY OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY WITHOUT DESIRE FOR RECOGNITION, RENUMERATION OR PERSONAL GAIN.
THE VOLUNTEER PIN IS BUT A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LOYAL AND DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE FAITHFULLY RENDERED TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND I AM TO TO PROVIDE THIS FOR YOU.
BUT I WANT TO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HONORING YOU TODAY.
I COULD EASILY JUST HAND YOU THIS PIN AND IT'D BE A SIGNIFICANT PIN.
BUT I BELIEVE THE GESTURE OF ME PRESENTING IT TO YOU AND PINNING YOU AS SO MUCH MORE TO THE VALUE OF HOW WE APPRECIATE YOUR SACRIFICE, MA'AM.
SO IF YOU ALLOW ME, MA'AM, I AM GOING TO PIN YOU, I PROMISE NOT TO DO IT LIKE WE DID IT IN THE MARINE CORPS, BUT I WILL PIN YOU, MA'AM.
THANK YOU. THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A.
DRESSED IN WHITE DRESS TO THE OCCASION.
NOW, I LIKE TO CALL UP THE NUMBER ONE ATLANTA BRAVES FAN IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
PATRICK MURPHY, WOULD YOU COME UP, PLEASE?
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APPLAUSE IS FOR THE BRAVES, NOT ME.THAT APPLAUSE WAS FOR, YOU KNOW.
PALM BAY. COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, WHEREAS CHANGE IS CONSTANT AND AFFECTS ALL CITIES AND TOWNS AND COUNTIES.
AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY PLANNING CAN HELP MANAGE THIS CHANGE IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES BETTER CHOICES FOR HOW PEOPLE WORK, LIVE AND PLAY.
AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY PLANNING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO BE MEANINGFULLY INVOLVED IN MAKING CHOICES THAT DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE FULL BENEFITS OF PLANNING REQUIRES PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS WHO UNDERSTAND SUPPORT AND DEMAND EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
WHEREAS THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH GIVES THE CITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THE PARTICIPATION AND DEDICATION OF ITS MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND OTHER SENIOR CITIZEN PLANNERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND EXPERTIZE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RA MEDINA MAYOR.
GREAT MS. PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SET OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER TWENTY TWENTY ONE AS COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND URGE ALL ITS CITIZENS TO JOIN AND RECOGNIZING THE MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY PLANNERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THE CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE BY THESE PROFESSIONALS.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE A FIX THIS 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ONE.
HE'S. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
DESPITE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES IN THE BULLPEN MIGHT THINK, I ACTUALLY DON'T LIKE MAKING SPEECHES. THEY'VE HEARD IT AT A FEW MEETINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE RESIDENTS, THE BUSINESS OWNERS, DEVELOPERS AND ALL THE PROFESSIONALS IN THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY AND PARTICIPATED IN OUR VISIONING WORKSHOPS.
WE HAD THREE OF THEM. WE HAD SEVERAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD INPUT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY COMING BACK WITH THE VISION PLAN TO PRESENT, TO COUNCIL, TO SHOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING IN THE NEXT 10, 15, 20 YEARS IN PALM BAY.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I'D LIKE TO ASK PHILIP WEINBERG, WHO CHAIRS OUR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, TO STEP FORWARD AND FOR THIS PICTURE OPPORTUNITY, THIS PHOTO OP.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, I'M GOING TO MOVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE THE PRESENTATION AT THIS
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TIME. SO DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE HAVE MAYOR GUYER.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.
I DON'T TALK WELL, STANDING STILL.
I USUALLY HAVE TO WALK AROUND WHEN I TALK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY MIKE IS HERE.
I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT I JUST WATCHED.
THE RECOGNITION OF CITY STAFF AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE JUST DONE.
AND THOSE MAGICAL WORDS, PALM BAY THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD.
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I COME HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE A REQUEST.AND BELIEVE ME, WHEN I TELL YOU MY TIME, I'M DONE.
YOU'LL UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN.
BECAUSE I'M THE LIVING PROOF OF HOW.
I APPRECIATE THAT TREMENDOUSLY.
THAT IS A TITLE THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO CARRY FOR LIFE.
THAT IS A TITLE THAT THE PEOPLE OF PALM BAY HAD GIVEN TO ME.
AND I AM PROUD TO WALK AROUND AND SAY THAT I WAS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CAN SEE IT, BUT I GOT MY LITTLE PALM BAY PIN ON MY COAT UP HERE AND IT SAYS JANUARY 1960, WHEN THE CITY BECAME A CITY.
NOW, BY NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO BE SAYING, WHAT CAN THIS GUY WANT TO REQUEST? WHAT CAN HE WANT? GOT A MINUTE, SIR. I GOT A MINUTE.
OK, I'M GOING TO SPEAK REAL FAST, THEN I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE ANOTHER MAN.
THAT YOU NAME THAT LITTLE ENTRANCEWAY, JUST THE ENTRANCE WAY.
I WATCHED THAT MAN COME UP AND DOWN THAT PATH A MILLION TIMES.
I WATCHED HIM STAND IN FRONT OF THIS MICROPHONE AND FIGHT FOR HISPANIC PEOPLE AND THEIR RIGHTS. I'M NOT ASKING FOR A LOT.
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER TWO THINGS.
ONE. PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER BY THE NAME OF MARCUS STROMAN ONCE SAID.
YOU CAN MEASURE HOW TALL I AM.
YOU CAN MEASURE HOW MUCH I WEIGH.
YOU CAN MEASURE HOW FAST I THROW A BALL.
BUT ONE THING YOU CAN'T MEASURE IS WHAT'S IN MY HEART.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TODAY ABOUT.
EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD HARD TIMES AND WE BUTTED HEADS.
THE RESPECT THAT HE HAD FOR ME AND THE RESPECT THAT I HAVE FOR HIM IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ONCE SAID.
IN THE END, WE WILL REMEMBER NOT THE WORDS OF OUR ENEMIES.
WHAT WE WILL REMEMBER IS THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS.
THERE IS NO GROUP THAT ASKED ME TO COME UP HERE TODAY.
I REACHED OUT TO SAM'S DAUGHTER AND ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO DO THIS OUT OF RESPECT. AND SHE SAID YES.
I REACHED OUT TO THE UNITED BRIDGE THROUGH THE OTHER SAMANTHA, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME THIRD BRIDGE MEMBERS HERE NOW.
THIS IS NOT A GROUP ASKING YOU FOR ANYTHING.
THIS IS A MAYOR WHO HAS SAT IN THAT CHAIR AND BUTTED HEAD HEADS WITH SOMEONE THAT BELIEVED IN HIS HEART, THAT HE WAS DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT.
THAT NEEDED HELP. I THANK YOU.
YES. WHEN YOU SAY WAY, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE ENTRANCEWAY TO CITY HALL HERE WHERE WE LIVE? LITTLE THE LITTLE ROAD THAT COMES UP FROM MALABAR ROAD TO WHERE THE.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE UTILITY DROPBOX.
IF I'M CORRECT, YOU CAN'T GO AROUND THE CIRCLE BECAUSE THEN YOU CHANGE THE ADDRESS OF CITY HALL. SO I BELIEVE YOU CAN ONLY GO UP TO THE BEGINNING OF THE CIRCLE.
THAT'S WHERE THE CIRCLE WILL STILL BE PART OF.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR GUY.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORTH, MADAM SHERMAN.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE AS AS COUNCIL? AND I'M I'D LIKE TO GET CONSENSUS AS A COUNCIL, OF COURSE.
BUT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WHAT CAN WE PROCEDURALLY DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IF COUNCIL SO
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CHOOSES TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION? WELL, MAYOR, I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE STAFF KIND OF LOOK THROUGH THAT.IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT TALKING ABOUT AN OFFICIAL EXISTING CITY STREET, BUT RATHER A DRIVEWAY.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S CERTAINLY WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND BRING YOU BACK SOME INFORMATION.
FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROTOCOLS AT THIS POINT FOR, YOU KNOW, NAMING DRIVEWAYS AFTER FOLKS.
BUT THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK THAT FOR YOU.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I GOT A THUMBS UP FROM DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND I HAVE ANOTHER ONE FROM COUNCILMAN FOSTER, SO I'M SURE COUNCILMAN FELIX.
I THINK WE'RE ALL IN CONSENSUS.
I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL IDEA WHEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DEBATING, I DO REMEMBER THE THE TIMES THAT WHEN MAYOR ED GUYER SAID SADDEN THIS CHAIR AND THERE WAS A WONDERFUL DISCOURSE IS HOW I'LL PHRASE IT.
SO I'M REALLY IMPRESSED BY YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. MAYOR, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORTH WITH THIS IDEA.
AND AND MADAM SHERMAN, WE'VE GOT A RESOUNDING CONSENSUS HERE ON COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? OK, SO SEEING NONE.
WE'RE WE'RE GOING BACK TO PRESENTATIONS AND MADAM SHERMAN, I'LL DEFER TO YOU.
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YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO HAVE MHOOL BURAK, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, COME UP THIS EVENING. HE'S GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TRANSITION PLAN OR ADA TRANSITION PLAN.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND GENERAL PUBLIC.
MY NAME IS MEDJOOL, I'M PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE 88 TRANSITION PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS FAR TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE A.D.A.
PLAN. SO THESE ARE THE SECTIONS FROM THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES THAT BASICALLY STATES THAT NO ONE SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATING AND BE DENIED THE BENEFITS OF, OR BE SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATION UNDER ANY PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
IT ALSO STATES THAT NO ONE SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATION OR IN OR BE DENIED IN BENEFITS OF THE SERVICES PROGRAM, ACTIVITIES OF A PUBLIC OR BE SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATION BY ANY SUCH ENTITY.
BASICALLY, THIS IDENTIFIES TWO AREAS OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR ALL THE CITY GOVERNMENTS AND THE AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND INFRASTRUCTURE LEVEL.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF IT AND THEN OUR IF YOU LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, WE ARE ALREADY ADDRESSING IT BY ALLOWING IT IN THE NEW BUILDING CODES AND EVERYTHING.
INFRASTRUCTURE WISE, ALL OF OUR SIDEWALK AND CURB RAMPS AND STUFF THERE ARE CONSIDERED PROGRAMS, SERVICES THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCORDING TO THE ADA GUIDELINES THAT HAVE CHANGED FREQUENTLY. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE OTHER BASICALLY, THESE ARE THE STATUTE THAT CAME OUT WHICH STATES THAT WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY AGAINST ANYONE BASED ON THEIR DISABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
CITY OF PALM BAY SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, A TRANSITION PLAN.
SO WE ARE DRAFTING A TRANSITION PLAN, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHING AFTER THIS MEETING, AFTER THE DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL.
SO IN SUMMARY, IT BASICALLY REQUIRES US A STATE GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS MORE THAN 50 MORE, 50 OR MORE EMPLOYEES TO DESIGNATE A RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYEE, GENERALLY KNOWN AS AN 88 COORDINATOR IN SYRIA PALM BAY.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE TWO AREA COORDINATORS.
THE MAIN IDEA COORDINATOR IS CHARLENE COX WITH OUR HR DIRECTOR AND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES SIDE.
WE HAVE MR. FRANK WATANABE WITH OUR CITY ENGINEER.
HE'S ALSO AREA COORDINATOR IN THAT IN THAT ASPECT SO WE CAN COVER BOTH SIDES OF THE PERSONNEL ISSUE. WHY IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE? IN ADDITION, IT REQUIRES US TO ADOPT AN IDIOT GRIEVANCE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, POSTING PUBLIC LOCATION AND OUR OWN WEBSITE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE PLANNING TO DO IN THE FUTURE, CONDUCT A SELF-EVALUATION OR DEVELOP A TRANSITION PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES A SCHEDULE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, SINCE THE CITY WAS DEVELOPED A LONG TIME AGO, A LOT OF BRANDS ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT ISD STANDARDS.
AND BASICALLY, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANSITION PLAN.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY EXISTING OBSTACLES THAT LIMIT ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OR DESCRIBE MATTERS IN DETAIL WHICH TO BE USED.
WE ARE GOING TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES, SPECIFY A SCHEDULE FOR IMPROVING EXISTING
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FACILITIES BY PRIORITIZING NEEDS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY AND INDICATE OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.SO CURRENTLY, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY OFFICIAL IN THAT POSITION.
GOING FORWARD, THIS IS THE ACTUAL STEP BY STEP PLAN THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO FLY.
WE'RE GOING TO PLAN THE WORK, CONDUCT A SURVEY AND INVENTORIES OF THE FACILITIES, DEVELOP REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATION BASED ON OUR SUMMARY OF FINDINGS INCLUDE PUBLIC INPUT.
AND IMPLEMENT A TRANSITION PLAN TO PERFORM.
ALL THESE TASKS ARE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORK STAFF OR ANY OTHER CITY STAFF IS NOT REALLY DOES NOT HAVE THE WAVELENGTHS TO GO THERE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HIRE A CONSULTANT AND BUDGET FOR THAT IN COMING YEARS.
THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD DURING OUR BUDGET HEARING.
SO OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW INCLUDES IT'S LIKE A 10 TO 12 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE CREATED THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE AS OF MONDAY.
AFTER THIS MEETING, SERIES A.D., ACCORDING TO I ALREADY TOLD YOU, MS. SHARINA COX AND MR. WATANABE ARE THE ISD COORDINATORS FOR THE CITY.
OUR NEW A.D.A. TRANSITION PLAN WILL BE IN EFFECT AS SOON AS THIS MEETING IS OVER.
INVENTORY OF SIDEWALK AND RAMPS AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS OUR OUR UPCOMING TRANSITION PLANS.
JUST TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, BRIEF HISTORY.
IN 2010, WE HAD AN OVERALL SIDEWALK PLAN FOR THE CITY THAT INCLUDED SOME MEDIA IMPROVEMENTS AND STUFF.
THIS PARTICULAR MAP IS NOT ACCURATE AS OF TODAY, SO IT WAS JUST IN OUR COMP PLAN SINCE 2010. I WOULD NOT GO INTO THE DETAILS OF IT, BUT THIS IS SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OUTCOME WE ARE LOOKING FOR FROM THE CONSULTANT WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US WHAT KIND OF FACILITIES WE HAVE. WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED AND HOW CAN WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT? AND HOW CAN WE GO ABOUT FUNDING THOSE TO TO FUND ALL THIS? THERE ARE A LOT OF GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE THAT WILL BE EXPLORING IN COMING MONTHS. I'M SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SO TODAY WAS THE PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL WILL COME.
WE'LL HIRE A CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT AN INVENTORY TO SIDEWALK AND RAMPS, IMPLEMENT PUBLIC OUTREACH AND GET INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND RETURN TO THE COUNCIL AS AN ANNUAL UPDATE.
I'M PLANNING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS WITH OUR BUDGET PRESENTATIONS ALSO SO THAT WE CAN COVER AT THE SAME TIME.
WITH THAT, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.
THESE PICTURES ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF CITY OF PALM BAY.
THESE ARE JUST GENERAL EXAMPLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIENCY WISE, YOU KNOW THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE THAT CAN BE FIXED WHERE YOU CAN SEE A PERSON WITH THE WHEELCHAIR ACCESS OR DISABILITY WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PASS THROUGH THE SIDEWALK THAT CAN BE EASILY FIXED.
AS I SAID, THIS IS NOT IN PALM BAY, SO IT IS ORANGE COUNTY.
YES. SO THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAVE AN 80 YEAR RAMP ON THE ONE SIDE, IT IS NOT DOES NOT HAVE A MATCHING RAMP ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO THESE ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT WILL NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED IN OUR INVENTORY PROGRAM.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY.
THAT'S WHERE OUR BIGGEST NEED IS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
SO WE HAVE RECEIVED QUITE A FEW REQUESTS AND WE ALREADY HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE DOING CERTAIN WORK OF IT.
HOWEVER, THIS INVENTORY IN THIS PROGRAM WILL LOOK AT AS A PROGRAM AS A WHOLE AND LOOK AT THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS PARTICULAR TASKS.
THESE ARE AND THIS IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE ASSESSMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE CITYWIDE. WE, OUR STAFF, ACTUALLY DOES IT FOR NOW, BUT AS OUR MEDIA TRANSITION PLANS, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN WRITING.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, HAS ACCESS TO NOWHERE AND YOU CAN FALL OFF OF THE RAMP ANY TIME.
I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SUBJECT.
COUNCILWOMAN FOSTER. THANK YOU.
THIS IS THIS IS WHERE I WE SAY THIS IS THE GREATEST CITY PALM BAY BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT ALL OUR RESIDENTS, WHETHER YOU'RE DISABLED OR NOT.
AND I THINK THIS WILL PUT US IN THE PATH FOR IT, FOR THE LEAST OF THESE THAT HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING AROUND AND I SEE THEM EVERY DAY WHEN I TRAVEL TO THE CITY.
SO LET'S MOVE FORWARD ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE YOU YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU DID A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FOSTER COUNCILMAN FELIX MAYOR YEAH, I WOULD AGREE THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION. ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU MAY HAVE COVERED, I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH IT.
NOW ARE WE LOOKING INTO AS A MASTER PLAN AS FAR AS THE SIDEWALK IS CONCERNED? YES, THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.
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SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND SEE WHERE WE ARE LACKING THE SIDEWALK SERVICES AND WHERE WE HAVE EFFICIENCY IN THE ISD RAMPS AND TRANSITIONS.AND OBVIOUSLY COME WITH A PLAN TO FULL FUNDING AS WELL, YES, NOT WAYS TO FUND BECAUSE IT'S IDEA THAT ARE LOTS OF GRANTS AVAILABLE MATCHING GRANTS TO IMPROVE.
SO FIRST, WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY, THEN COME UP WITH THE COST AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THE GRANTS BECAUSE GRANTS REQUIRED SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
AND SO ONE OBSERVATION I MADE AS I DRIVE AROUND THE CITY IS A CERTAIN AREA.
THE FAULT I MAY NOT KNOW NO APPARENT REASON OF A STRIP OF OF SIDEWALKS AND AREAS OTHER AREAS DON'T.
I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO MAKE SENSE OF IT.
WHY? WHEN SEN'S GOING SOFT ON UNDERGROWTH FROM A BAYSIDE BOULEVARD AS A STRIP, I'M NOT SURE I DIDN'T MEASURE IT. SO IT'S IT'S QUITE A LONG STRIP.
VERY NICE, FAIRLY NEW SIDEWALK, A CURVE.
SO JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF WHY PARTICULARLY THIS, THIS AREA, I HAVE IT UNDERSTAND THE SCHOOL. I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS AREA, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
SO BASICALLY, WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT COMES THROUGH THE CITY REVIEW PROCESS, WE REQUIRE THEM TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, THE CONNECTION SOMETIMES ARE NOT MADE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THAT, AND IT'S USUALLY THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT MAKES THE CONNECTIONS FOR THIS KIND OF SIDEWALK. SO IF THERE IS A SCHOOL, THERE IS A SEPARATE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT.
BUT AS I SAID, THE GAPS THAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY IS BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE WHO ARE DEVELOPING THE PROPERTIES.
THEY ARE CONNECTING THE SIDEWALKS WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY OR MAKING THE CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ROAD IS SOMETHING THAT CITY NEEDS TO LOOK AT.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I DEFER TO MADAM SMITH AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE, PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA
[PUBLIC HEARINGS]
NUMBER ITEMS NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, SEVEN, NINE AND 11.ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY ON SUCH A MATTER MUST SIGN 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 EX PARTE COMMUNICATION BY DISCLOSING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON, GROUP OR ENTITY WITH WHOM THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE. THE ORDER THIS PROCEEDING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS FIRST, THE APPLICANT WILL MAKE HIS PRESENTATION, FOLLOWED BY STAFF COMMENTS, FOLLOWED BY ANY AGGRIEVED OR ADVERSELY AFFECTED PARTY THAT HAS COMPLIED WITH SECTION FIFTY NINE POINT ZERO THREE AND EACH WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES.
ANY SPEAKER MAY BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION BY THE COUNSEL OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY FOR A MAXIMUM OF 15 MINUTES PER WITNESS.
ANY OTHER PERSON MAY SPEAK FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE ALLOWED CONCLUDING REMARKS FOR A MAXIMUM OF 10 MINUTES.
THE QUASI JUDICIAL BODY MAY MODIFY THE TIME LIMITS ON ITS OWN MOTION OR UPON REQUEST OF THE PARTY TO THE PROCEEDING.
THE HEARING WILL THEN BE CLOSED AND NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY OR ARGUMENT WILL BE ALLOWED.
THE COUNCIL WILL THEN DELIBERATE IN PUBLIC AT THE END OF DELIBERATION.
A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE A MOTION ON THE APPLICATION TO BRING THE MATTER TO A VOTE.
EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS THEN FREE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION.
WITNESS, TWENTY TWENTY ONE, THAT'S SIXTY EIGHT.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE KNOWN AS ST.
JOHN'S PRESERVE TOWNHOMES IN PMU PARKWAY MIXED USE DISTRICT ZONING, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF AND ADJACENT TO MALABAR ROAD IN THE VICINITY WEST OF ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A COMMENCEMENT PERIOD PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MISS SMITH, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M ON A SAUNDERS WITH BSE CONSULTANTS, A CIVIL ENGINEER REPRESENTING THE PROJECT.
THIS ST. JOHN'S PRESERVED TOWNHOME PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY THE FINAL PHASE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ST.
JOHN'S PRESERVE OVERALL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S LOCATED RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF MALABAR AND THE PARKWAY, SO THE NORTH WEST CORNER RIGHT THERE AND WE WOULD JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TOWNHOMES IN THIS AREA, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ADAM SHERMAN, ANY STAFF COLUMNIST, IS THE FINAL READING THINK ADDITIONAL, SIR? ALSO, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? THE DEPUTY MAYOR, A MOTION APPROVE ONE, IT'S TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH SIXTY EIGHT FINAL READING. SECOND, ON A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING IN MY COUNCILMAN FELIX.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? THE AND I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR, I THIS UNANIMOUSLY.
ADAM SMITH IS TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT SIXTY NINE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE KNOWN AS THE RESERVE AT COUNTRY CLUB AT ST.
LAKE ESTATES IN PUDI PLAN NEW DEVELOPMENT ZONING, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE IN THE VICINITY BETWEEN RIVIERA DRIVE AND PORT MALABAR BOULEVARD, LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDED FOR COMMENCEMENT PERIOD PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEN I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, MY NAME IS BRUCE MOYE WITH MBB ENGINEERING REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. WE HAD THIS OUR FIRST READING ON A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND AS PART OF THAT, WE AGREED THAT WE WOULD MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS ONE LAST TIME, WHICH WE DID, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING OF THE THREE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED. ONE BEING THE MAIL KIOSK.
WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE OTHER TWO REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE NEIGHBORS.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO AT THIS TIME IS PROVIDE A SUMMARY, IF I MAY.
OF ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE AGREED TO SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, SO I FIGURED IT MIGHT BE EASY IF I TYPED THAT ALL UP.
SO IF YOU MADE A MOTION, YOU CAN INCLUDE ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE DID DISCUSS AND THAT WE DID AGREE TO. SO I'M HOPING THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE SATISFIED THAT WE'VE MET THEIR REQUESTS AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AND SEE AND ALSO RESERVE MY TIME. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, I NEED TO COME BACK UP IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT IS NOT AGREED TO. BY THE BY THE PUBLIC, ALSO ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MOIR AT THIS TIME. YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO READ THIS OUT LOUD SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR OR UNLESS YOU WANT TO. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, OK? WITHOUT I MEAN, YOU CAN READ ON THAT, BUT I WANTED TO ASK IF ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WAS REMOVING LOTS 168 AND 171.
WAS THAT ADDRESSED? AND I HAVEN'T READ YOUR.
YES, SO SO DURING THE MEETING, THERE WAS SOME OPTIONS THAT WERE THAT WE DISCUSSED.
THERE WAS THREE OPTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE THE CONCERN OF THE DISTANCE FROM THE LOT TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND OF THE THREE, WE CAME TO THE CONSENSUS THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE THE 20 FOOT BUILDING SET BACK FROM THE WEST PROPERTY LINE AS A COMPROMISE TO MEET THE DESIRES OF ALL PARTIES.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THEY FULLY AGREED TO THAT.
WE'VE PROVIDED THAT AND THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE THE LOTS, BUT WE WILL BE MAKING SURE THAT THE BUILDINGS WILL BE SET BACK APPROPRIATELY.
YES, SIR. COPY THAT WELL, AND THE RESIDENTS ARE SATISFIED.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY WERE SATISFIED.
THAT WAS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAD THE MEETING AND WE TOLD THE CLIENT WHAT WE AGREED TO.
AND HE'S LIKE, NO, NO, WE CAN'T MAKE IT WORK WITH 20 FEET.
WE TOLD THE RESIDENTS THAT WE COULDN'T MAKE THE 20 FEET.
THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT.
WE TALKED TO THE CLIENT AGAIN AND HE SAID, OK, FINE, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE 20 FEET.
SO I BELIEVE THAT WITH THAT 20 FEET THAT WE WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT.
THANK YOU, MR. MOORE. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU WANT TO READ THAT? FOR THE RECORD, NOW DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON OH ONE INCREASED THE MINIMUM FLOOR AREA SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FROM 800 SQUARE FEET TO 16 SQUARE FEET TO INCREASE MINIMUM FLOOR AREA SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE DUPLEX MULTIFAMILY UNITS FROM 800 SQUARE FEET TO 1300 SQUARE FEET.
THREE RESTRICT ANY PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY HOME ALONG THE PERIMETER WHERE IT ABUTS EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO ONE STORY.
FOUR RELOCATE THE MAIL KIOSK TO THE INTERIOR OF THE PROJECT IF RELOCATION IS APPROVED BY THE POSTMASTER.
FIVE PROVIDE A SIX FOOT FENCE ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF IGTV FROM THE PROPOSED NORTH WATER LEVEL TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF THE MAIN PROPERTY, NOT INCLUDING THE
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ROADWAY SYSTEM, AND SIX PROVIDED 20 FOOT MINIMUM BUILDING SET BACK FROM THE WEST PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF THE ISD MAIN PROPERTY, NOT INCLUDING THE ROADWAY ST..THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
THANK YOU, MR. MOYER. DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
YOU'LL RESERVE YOUR TIME TO THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS CINDY CASANOVA.
I LIVE AT 14 11 ISLAND GREEN DRIVE IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA, THREE TWO NINE OH FIVE AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND GREENVILLE AS AOA.
TWO WEEKS AGO, SIX RESIDENTS OF ISLAND GREEN VILLAS, INCLUDING MYSELF, STOOD HERE BEFORE YOU TO MAKE A FEW REQUESTS.
YOU LISTENED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR WASN'T OUT OF LINE.
THE MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT SIXTY NINE INCLUDED COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PALM BAY GREENS, REPRESENTED BY BRUCE MOIR OF MV ENGINEERING, TO CONSIDER THESE REQUESTS.
WE GAVE THEM 11 DAYS AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING TO SET UP A MEETING WITH US, BUT WE HEARD NOTHING FROM THEM. THIS MONDAY, I SENT THEM AN EMAIL REQUESTING A MEETING.
WE MET WITH MR., MOYA AND BASTARD ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON OF THIS WEEK.
WE DISCUSSED OUR REQUESTS AND CAME TO AGREEMENTS ON ALL OF THEM, AS WAS JUST OUTLINED BY MR. MOIR. ON THE TOPIC OF RELIEF FOR THE 1100 BUILDING, WE AGREED TO A MINIMUM 20 FOOT SETBACK, ALTHOUGH THAT WASN'T HER FIRST OR EVEN OUR SECOND CHOICE.
OUR FIRST CHOICE WAS TO REMOVE FOUR LOTS BEHIND OUR BUILDING, WHICH THEY REFUSED TO DISCUSS. OUR SECOND CHOICE WOULD BE TO FLIP FLOP THEIR ROADWAY WITH THE DUPLEXES.
ALL OF OUR SOLUTIONS WERE LABELED NOT BEYOND THE PALE AND FEASIBLE BY PATRICK MURPHY AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
AT THE MEETING ON TUESDAY, WE ASKED MR MOYA AND MR. BASTARD IF THEY HAD SPOKEN WITH THE OWNERS AND HAD AUTHORITY TO MAKE THESE AGREEMENTS WITH US. THEY ASSURED US THAT THEY HAD.
TODAY, JUST EIGHT HOURS BEFORE THIS MEETING, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MR. MOIR STATING THAT THE OWNERS REJECTED THE 20 FOOT SETBACK AS THEY SAID IT WOULD RENDER THE LOTS UNUSABLE.
THEY GAVE US A COUPLE OF OTHER OPTIONS, NEITHER OF WHICH WERE ACCEPTABLE TO US.
WE RESPONDED TO MR. MOIR ONCE AGAIN, SUGGESTING REMOVAL OF FOUR OF THE LOTS BEHIND OUR ELEVEN HUNDRED BUILDING AND VOICING OUR DISAPPOINTMENT IN THEM GOING BACK ON OUR AGREEMENT AND WE QUESTIONED THE OWNER'S INTEGRITY.
MR. MOIA SAID THAT HE WOULD TRY AGAIN WITH THE OWNERS, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE CAME BACK TO US STATING THAT THEY WOULD, AFTER ALL, HONOR THE 20 FOOT SETBACK AGREEMENT.
I'M TELLING YOU THIS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT THE LAST MINUTE CHANGE INSTIGATED BY THE LANDOWNERS.
IF AT ONE MOMENT A 20 FOOT SETBACK RENDERS THE LAND UNUSABLE AND AN HOUR LATER, IT'S OK, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE REALLY AFTER.
IN CONCLUSION, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR TAKING OUR REQUEST SERIOUSLY.
NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU ENSURE THAT PALM BAY GREENS HONORS THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE MADE IN GOOD FAITH WITH THEIR AGENTS ON TUESDAY.
EVEN BETTER WOULD BE TO MAKE IT A CONDITION THAT AFTER PULLING THEIR ELEVENTH HOUR SHENANIGANS, THEY BE FORCED TO REMOVE THOSE FOUR LOTS WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LISTENING TO US.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KAREN SHRIMP.
I'M AT 13 15 ISLAND GREEN DRIVE PALM BAY.
I'VE BEEN AN ECG RESIDENT FOR 21 YEARS.
ISLAND GREENVILLE IS RECENTLY MET WITH THE LANDOWNERS, DEVELOP THE LANDOWNERS DEVELOPER MV ENGINEERING TO RESOLVE OUR LONG STANDING ISSUES.
I WISH TO SINCERELY THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REQUIRING THIS MEETING, OTHERWISE IT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED.
ONE TOPIC THAT WAS NOT DISCUSSED AT THIS MEETING WAS THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE AT THE CANAL. THE DEVELOPER JUST INSTALLED STAKES LAST WEEK, SHOWING US WHERE OUR BOUNDARIES ARE. JUST LAST WEEK, IN OUR NINETEEN EIGHTY SIX IGTV DEED, IT DEFINES THE NORTHERN
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PROPERTY LINE AS TO AND INTO THE WATERS OF A DRAINAGE CANAL.THE CANAL WIDTH IS SIGNIFICANTLY NARROW DUE TO THE BROKEN WILL WEAR ON THE LANDOWNERS PROPERTY. THIS WAS, UNFORTUNATELY HAS CAUSED CONFUSION AS TO THE EXACT LOCATION OF OUR PROPERTY LINE. AS RECENTLY AS OCTOBER TWENTY SIX, WE WERE ADVISED THE PROPERTY IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CANAL.
LAST WEEK THEY SAID NO, IT'S NOT.
IT'S MUCH CLOSER TO OUR BUILDINGS.
THIS CANAL IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO ESTABLISH OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARY, BUT IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES.
THE LOVELY WATER VIEW WILL ALSO BE ENJOYED BY THE NEW HOMEOWNERS IN THE NEW SITE PLAN.
THE ORIGINAL THIRTY FIVE FOOT WIDE EIGHT FOOT DEEP CANAL IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE NARROW AND SHALLOW AT THE EASTERN END TO ACCOMMODATE NEW DEVELOPMENT LOTS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THAT ON THE NEXT PAGE.
WE FEAR THAT THE SHALLOW DEPTH WILL CAUSE THE CANAL TO BE EMPTY AND ENCOURAGE WEEDS DURING THE DRY SEASON.
WE'VE MADE A REQUEST TO THE DEVELOPER TO PRESERVE THE ORIGINAL WIDTH AND DEPTH OF THIS CANAL FOR THE FULL LENGTH OF THE IGTV PROPERTY.
THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE CANAL, WHICH HAS ERRONEOUSLY BEEN REFERRED TO AS A DITCH.
IT'S NOT A DITCH, IT'S IT'S AN IT'S A CANAL THAT WAS A WATER HAZARD ON THE OLD GOLF COURSE, ON THE ON THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY ISSUES.
I'M REQUESTING THE CITY COUNCIL PUT A CONDITION ON THE APPROVAL OF THIS SITE PLAN THAT THE ISLAND GREEN VILLAS NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE ISSUE BE RESOLVED BEFORE.
AS IF IF THIS IS APPROVED, I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE A CONDITION.
THERE'S A SIMILAR CONDITION THAT WAS PLACED BY THE P AND Z ON THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN TO RESOLVE THE OF DRIVEWAY BOUNDARY.
I'M JUST ASKING IT TO BE DONE AGAIN ON OUR NORTHERN BOUNDARY, WHICH IS IN DISPUTE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ROBERT SMITH. FOLLOWED BY A NATA.
ACTUALLY, SIR, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY.
GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS ROBERT SCHREMPP, I LIVE AT 13:15 ISLAND GREEN DRIVE IN PALM BAY.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE MAILBOXES FOR THE CCL DEVELOPMENT.
I STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE DEVELOPERS CHOICE TO LOCATE 200 MAILBOXES ADJACENT TO THE ENTRANCE OF ISLAND GREEN VILLAS, WHEN A MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE LOCATION WOULD BE NEAR THE MAIN SUBDIVISION ENTRANCE ON RIVIERA DRIVE.
YOU CAN REFER TO THE MAP THAT I GAVE YOU A CENTRAL LOCATION WOULD BE MUCH MORE CONVENIENT FOR BOTH NEW AND EXISTING RESIDENTS IF APPROVED, AS IS, PEOPLE PICKING UP THEIR MAIL WILL FUNNEL VEHICLES FROM THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT ON A COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE.
THIS WILL CAUSE AN UNSAFE TRAFFIC SITUATION FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR ISLAND GREEN VILLAS.
IT WILL TURN THE DEVELOPMENT'S SECONDARY ENTRANCE ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE INTO A MAIN THOROUGHFARE. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN ASSURANCES OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT IT WOULD NEVER BE, THIS SHOULD NOT EVEN BE AN OPTION.
AT THE P AND Z MEETING ON OCTOBER 6TH, MOVIE ENGINEERING SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LOCATE THE MAILBOXES NEAR THE MAIN ENTRANCE ON RIVIERA BECAUSE IT WOULD CAUSE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
SO APPARENTLY IT'S OK TO DUMP THAT PROBLEM IN OUR LAP.
THE ONLY REASON THE DEVELOPER CHOSE THAT LOCATION IS SO HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GIVE UP A LOT OR TWO NEAR THE MAIN ENTRANCE FOR MAILBOX ACCESS.
IS THAT REALLY SO MUCH TO ASK? AND THE DEVELOPERS REPEATED STATEMENTS OF THE POSTMASTER WILL DECIDE.
IT'S REALLY OUT OF MY HANDS IS COMPLETE HOGWASH.
THE DEVELOPER DECIDES WHERE THEY WILL GO AND THE POSTMASTER APPROVES OR REJECTS IT.
DO NOT BLAME THE POST OFFICE FOR A DECISION BASED SOLELY ON PROFIT.
SO I I WOULD NOT LIKE TO EVEN SEE AS AN OPTION THE CURRENT MAILBOX KIOSK LOCATION FOR THE ABOVE REASONS.
IF THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS GOING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, THEY COULD PUT THE MAILBOXES
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ANYWHERE THEY LIKE. BUT WHEN IT'S CRAMMED INTO THE MIDDLE OF AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, SOME CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 40 YEARS.THANK YOU, COUNSEL FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
SIR, I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.
SURE. SO AND I'M NOT SURE YOU SAW THE MEMORANDUM THEY JUST PROVIDED US.
BUT ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON ITEMIZED FOR THE RECORD, IT STATES RELOCATE THE MAIL KIOSK.
TO THE INTERIOR OF THE PROJECT, IF SELECTION IS APPROVED BY THE POSTMASTER.
ACCORDING TO THIS, THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE IT TO THE INTERIOR OF THE PROJECT, AND THAT IS UNSATISFACTORY AT THAT POINT FOR YOU AS WELL.
IT I'M SAYING THAT THE CURRENT PROPOSED THING IS SHOULDN'T EVEN BE AN OPTION.
AND IN THE POST, OFFICES SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION BECAUSE IT'S IT'S UNSUITABLE FROM THE GET GO.
WELL, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, WE RECEIVED THE MEMORANDUM FROM MPV ENGINEERING. THAT ITEM NUMBER FOUR STIPULATES THAT THEY WILL RELOCATE THAT MAIL KIOSK TO THE INTERIOR OF THE PROJECT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU BE AWARE OF THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE THIS.
NO, WE DIDN'T. WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS ALWAYS WHERE THEY HAD PLANNED FOR IT TO BE. AND IF THAT WAS ADDED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE LAST MINUTE ALONG WITH THE OTHER CHANGES, THEN WE'D BE MORE SATISFIED IF IT INDEED WAS MOVED.
MM HMM. ARE YOU JUST SAYING THAT AGAIN, SIR, IT IS, RAGHUNATH.
YES, THANK YOU. BEFORE WE EVEN START, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ASKING AND YOUR CONCERNS REGARDING MY SISTER AT OUR LAST MEETING.
MY NEIGHBOR OR NEIGHBOR, KAREN, CAME TO MY RESCUE AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO ADVENT.
ADVENT MADE THE I KNOW MY CLOCK'S RUNNING, BUT IF YOU COULD DO A RESET TO MAKE THE TRANSFER. SO I DO APPRECIATE IT.
CONCERNING THIS MATTER AT HAND WITH ISLAND GREEN VILLAS, AGAIN, MY NAME IS ANANTA DRAGONET. I'M AT 11:13 ISLAND GREEN PHYLLIS.
IT IS WITH GREAT INTEREST THAT WE I ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LOOK AT DELETION OF THE FOUR LOTS FOR THESE REASONS.
ONE, THE WE HAVE AN 1100, 1200, 300 400 BUILDING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT, WALTER OR I SHOULD SAY POND IMPROVEMENTS TO FOUR OF THE OF THE FIVE BUILDINGS, WHICH ADDS GREAT VALUE TO THOSE UNITS.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN MY UNIT, WILL DEPRECIATE, WON'T DEPRECIATE NOW CREATING GREEN SPACE AND THESE TWO LOTS ARE THE LOT.
168. I THINK IT WAS A REMOVAL OF THE TWO LOTS.
I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME HERE.
TO ME, WOULD CREATE VALUE OR AT LEAST BE AT PAR WITH THE REMAINING BUILDINGS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THE OTHER FULL BUILDINGS.
NOW THAT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED, I BROUGHT IT UP AT OUR LAST MEETING ABOUT THE VALUE TO MY BUILDING. NO ONE'S ADDRESSED HOW WE WOULD RECOUP OR HOW I WOULD RECOUP THE LOSS AND VALUE OF MY BUILDING. WE TALK ABOUT FENCING, BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T ADDRESSED ABOUT THE EQUITY AND THE LOSS OF EQUITY.
MY BOARD HASN'T ADDRESSED THAT, NOR HAS THE MOVIE ADDRESSED THAT.
I BELIEVE IT IS WITH STRONG INTEREST THAT WE DO ADDRESS AND THAT WE DO KEEP THE GREEN SPACE AT THE REAR OF MY BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN EQUAL EQUITY OR AT LEAST A FAIR EQUITY AND VALUE AS THE REMAINING BUILDINGS IN MY COMMUNITY.
I REALIZE THAT IT MAY IMPACT MR. MOYA'S CLIENTS BY $800000, BUT THAT'S A DROP IN A BUCKET AND COMPARED TO THE GRAND SCALE OF 30 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS.
SO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, PLEASE.
AGAIN, AS A SMALL BUILDER HERE IN PALM BAY, I AM ADDING TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO KEEP EQUITY IN MY HOME.
I DO PLAN ON LIVING IN THAT COMMUNITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I JUST MOVED HERE WITH MY WIFE AND I, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, FAMILY DYNAMICS AS IT IS THAT IT HAS CHANGED.
SO I, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT I NEED TO IRON OUT BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WITH MY FAMILY, WITH THE PASSING OF MY SISTER.
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AND AGAIN, I'M NOT IN THE INTEREST OF MOVING, SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE VALUE OF MY BUILDING OF WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.THE QUESTIONS FROM STAFF AT THIS POINT, COUNCILMAN.
YES. DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, IF I HAD I HAD STAFF PULL UP THE MAP, IF YOU CAN.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE IT ON THE RECORD, IF YOU COULD JUST POINT TO SHOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO RELOCATE THE MAIL KIOSK, BUT THEN COME SPEAK ABOUT IT ON THE ON THE MIC.
NOT A GOOD ENOUGH MAP TO SHOW OR DO WE NEED TO ZOOM IN? THEY'RE DIRECTLY IN THE CENTER.
ALL RIGHT. OK. SAY THAT ON THE RECORD, SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE CONTACTED THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, WE HAVE SENT HIM THAT OPTION AND WE WERE WAITING FOR HIM TO AGREE TO THAT. THE OPTION WE HAVE SENT HIM.
YOU KNOW HOW SOON OR WE'RE TALKING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? I'M SURE THEY HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE.
THAT WAS THE OPTION THAT WE SENT THEM.
OK, SO IF IF THEY AGREE TO THAT, THAT IS WHERE WE WILL BE RELOCATED.
DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND REGARDING THE LOT, THE ELIMINATION OF THE LOTTS? OUR LAST SPEAKER, YOU KNOW, IS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS EQUITY AND THE VALLEY OF HIS.
MR. MAYOR, I'D BE GLAD TO SEEING THAT WE WERE BEING LAMBASTED FOR OUR TIMING.
THIS AND I DO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS OR I.
HE IS THE NEW GUY ON THE SCENE, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M EVEN HEARING OF THIS CONCERN I'VE SEEN.
I KNOW THIS IS QUASI JUDICIAL.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WILL DEVALUE HIS PROPERTY AT ALL, AND MORE LIKELY, IT WILL INCREASE THE VALUE OF HIS PROPERTY.
SO WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE POINTING TO THE CONTRARY, I CAN'T ADDRESS THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERTIZE, AND I DON'T THINK HE DOES EITHER.
SO HE WAS AT THE MEETING THAT WE HAD ON TUESDAY.
WE ALL LEFT THE MEETING WITH NO OBJECTIONS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WAS BROUGHT UP NOW BECAUSE IT WAS NOT BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WE WENT AHEAD AND AGREED TO THE SETBACK.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE PROPERTY IS, IS IS PROPOSED.
OUR LOTS JOIN THERE, LOTS OF THE ANGLE, SO THAT 20 FOOT WILL BE THE CLOSEST OF BUILDING WILL GET IT WOULD BE AS FAR AS 30 FEET BY THE TIME IT GETS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A STRAIGHT WALL, BUT THE ANGLE OF THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO IT'S JUST A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE BUILDING THAT WILL BE 20 FEET, THE REST OF IT WILL BE 30 PLUS. SO WE THINK THAT THAT'S MORE THAN ADEQUATE 20 FOOT SETBACK WILL BE THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM AND THAT'LL BE AT THE BASICALLY AT THE CORNER.
AND AS THAT WALL STAYS STRAIGHT AND RUNS NON PARALLEL TO THE LINE, IT JUST KEEPS GETTING FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING.
THANK YOU. WHY ARE YOU THERE? I WANTED TO MS. KAREN SHRIMP.
I'LL JUST SAY, KAREN, I DON'T WANT TO RUIN HER LAST NAME, BUT SHE BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE CANAL BEING 35 FEET WIDE AND EIGHT FEET DEEP.
YES. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? YES. THERE WAS TWO TWO.
IF I REMEMBER, THERE WAS KIND OF TWO POINTS TO THAT CONCERN.
ONE WAS THE PROPERTY LINE DISPUTE THAT'LL BE ADDRESSED AT THE FINAL PLAT WHEN ALL THE TIDAL REPORTS ARE FINALIZED, THAT WILL ALL BE DONE IN THE PLAT AND THAT'LL BE REVIEWED BY YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF SO THAT THAT LINE WILL BE DECIDED WHEN THE PLAT GOES TO RECORD.
AND THAT COMES BACK TO YOU GUYS FOR RECORDING AND THEN FOR THE WIDTH.
YES, WE ARE REDUCING THE WIDTH SOME, BUT IN EVERY OTHER DIRECTION, WE'RE INCREASING IT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WAY MORE THAN WHAT THE WIDTH IS NOW.
SO WE ARE REDUCING IT IN A VERY SMALL AREA, BUT WE'RE INCREASING IT EVERYWHERE ELSE.
SO. AND KAREN'S BEEN VERY CONSISTENT.
SHE'S BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING, AND WE DID AT ONE POINT IN TIME HAD THAT PIPE AND WE TOOK THAT PIPE OUT TO MAINTAIN THE WATER SYSTEM.
SO THERE WILL BE WATER IN THERE AND THE WATER LEVEL OF THE LAKES ARE CONTROLLED AT A LEVEL TO WHERE THAT WILL ALWAYS BE WET.
NOW, MAYBE IN A DROUGHT CONDITION, MAYBE IT'LL BE DRY.
IT MIGHT BE DRY IN A DROUGHT CONDITION NOW, BUT.
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FOR THAT LITTLE TINY BIT, WE'RE REDUCING IT A FEW FEET OR INCREASING IT 100 FEET MORE TO THE WEST OF THEM, TO THE EAST OF THEM.SO I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO ENJOY MORE WATER VIEWS THAN THEY HAD IN EXISTING.
WHEN YOU SAY A LITTLE, CAN YOU JUST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIRTY FIVE FEET.
WHEN YOU SAY REDUCE A LITTLE, CAN YOU JUST BE A LITTLE MORE EXPLICIT WITH YOUR? I WOULD SAVE LIVES HERE. HE WOULD KNOW FOR SURE, BUT I'D SAY IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY 20 FEET WIDE INSTEAD OF 35.
SO 15, 15 FEET? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.
BUT LIKE I SAY, IT'LL BE MUCH BIGGER ON EITHER SIDE, 20 FEET WIDE, EIGHT FEET DEEP.
IT WON'T BE. I WILL NOT BE EIGHT FEET DEEP, WHICH IS 20 FEET WIDE NOW.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, FOUR FEET, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS OF MR. MOY COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN FELIX, THE FOUR LOTS IN REFERENCE.
BUT PRIOR TO THE CHANGE THAT TOOK PLACE, HOW CLOSE WERE THEY TO BUILDING 11 ELEVEN HUNDRED? OF ABOUT 13, I THINK.
YEAH. THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE, WHAT CONVERSATION ABOUT A FENCE? YES, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S IN THERE.
ABSOLUTELY. WE ALL AGREE TO THAT.
AND HEIGHT AND LOCATION, WE AGREE TO THAT, AND THAT'S THAT'S ON THE MEMO.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF COUNSEL, I HAVE A QUESTION OF STAFF, MR MURPHY OR MADAM SHERMAN, WOULD YOU? YES, SIR. IT'S A MURPHY.
THIS 20 FOOT SETBACK, AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S SOME RESIDENTS THAT ARE FINE WITH THAT. THEN THERE'S THERE'S ONE THAT SEEMS TO THINK THAT ABOLISHING THOSE LAST, YOU KNOW, COUNCILS DIRECTION WAS TO ELIMINATE THOSE LAST THREE.
BUT YET THEY AGREED ON THE 20 FOOT SETBACK.
DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT WOULD COMPROMISE THE PROJECT? HAVE THEY JUST ELIMINATED THOSE, THOSE THREE LOTS? I DON'T THINK A COMPROMISE EITHER WAY.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SETBACKS IN THESE PDS, EVERYTHING'S NEGOTIABLE.
THERE'S NOT SET STANDARDS OF DISTANCES LIKE THERE ARE AND YOUR OTHER DISTRICTS.
THE REMAINDER OF THE FOUR PHASES IN THIS PROJECT WERE ALL ESTABLISHED UNDER AN R.S.
ONE ZONING CATEGORY, WHICH HAS SET TWENTY FIVE FOOT REARS AND FRONTS AND 8S FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ISN'T A PUDDY.
THERE ARE NO STANDARDS A DEVELOPER BRINGS THOSE FORWARD, AND COUNCILMAN DECIDES IF THOSE ARE ACCEPTABLE OR NOT.
THEY HAVE MET WITH THE RESIDENTS.
SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE COME TO SOME AGREEMENT, SO I DEFER THAT BACK TO THE WISE JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCIL. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT ANY QUESTIONS YOU.
I HAVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU'RE READY, UNLESS YOU HAVE.
I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I'M ASKING FOR A A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT SIXTY NINE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX THAT WERE LISTED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON TWENTY SOMETHING MINUTES AGO.
I'VE GOT A MOTION IN THAT MOTION.
THE MEMORANDUM THAT WAS PROVIDED BY MPV THAT ITEMIZED THOSE SIX ITEMS FOR APPROVAL OR NOTED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
YES, MA'AM. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
JUST JONES, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON FIRST OFF, RESIDENTS, I APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT.
I APPRECIATE YOU STILL COMING TO THE FINISH LINE TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE, MR. MOIR, LET'S GET WITH THE RESIDENTS SOONER, IF YOU CAN, OR IF IT'S ON THE YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE. I WAS AWAY FOR A WHOLE WEEK.
BUT YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS ARE BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MINUTE, IT COULD.
THIS COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY.
THIS COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY.
SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE AND WE WORK ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE PAST AND PRESENT AND POSSIBLY FUTURE.
BUT JUST GOING FORWARD AND THIS GOES FOR ANY DEVELOPER, ANYBODY LISTENING IN THE AUDIENCE OR ONLINE OR WHATEVER, JUST WORK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.
AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU TELL THE GENTLEMAN.
I APPRECIATE WHAT HE DID AS WELL AS MY MAIN THING WAS THE MAILBOXES.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SEE WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE ON THE MAP.
YOU POINTED IT OUT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY I'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO THANK YOU. I WANTED TO THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH COUNCIL, AND THEN
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I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK MR. MOYER FOR ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.I THINK DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I'VE GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX, ALL IN FAVOR.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE KNOWN AS CYPRESS BAY WEST.
PHASE THREE AND PUDI PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF MARUYAMA BOULEVARD AND BABCOCK STREET, THE VICINITY BETWEEN WILLOWBROOK STREET AND COGAN DRIVE AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A COMMENCEMENT PERIOD PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
THANK YOU. SORRY, I HAD TO FACE THE CROWD THERE FOR A MINUTE.
AND THE SECOND YEAR FOR THE PROJECT, JAKE WISE BUSINESS ADDRESS IS TWENTY SIX POINT FIFTY ONE WEST OF GALILEE BOULEVARD.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW EVIDENCE TO PRESENT.
THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF AN ALREADY APPROVED MASTER PLAN PROJECT.
WE HAVE THREE PHASES ON MASTER IN CYBERSPACE THAT ARE ALMOST DONE WITH CONSTRUCTION WHERE IT'S GOING THROUGH OUR FINAL CERTIFICATIONS NOW.
SO TORRES-SPIVEY WEST PHASE ONE IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.
PHASE TWO IS CLOSE TO FINAL APPROVAL AND THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF ALL OF IT SO THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
WE DID RECEIVE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL FROM PAD Z, FROM MS. COUNCIL AND FROM THE STAFF.
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO MENTION VERY QUICKLY WAS MHOOL.
WHEN HE DID HIS PRESENTATION EARLIER TONIGHT ABOUT THE 88 TRANSITION PLAN, WE HAD A MEETING ON TUESDAY WITH HIS ENTIRE TEAM AND WE WENT THROUGH PROJECT AFTER PROJECT AT THE PROJECT. AND THE ONE THING THAT THEY HIT US HARD ON, INCLUDING EMERALD LAKES AND OTHER PROJECTS OF OURS, IS THAT SIDEWALK CONNECTION.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE CODE SAYS ONE THING HE WAS ASKING US IF WE COULD GO ONE MORE LEVEL AND MAKE THOSE SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS, DON'T LEAVE THOSE GAPS JUST LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER TONIGHT.
AND I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND THAT THEY'RE REALLY DOING WHAT THEY'RE TELLING YOU ON A DAY BY DAY BASIS ON OUR PROJECTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND PUBLIC WORKS ON DOING THAT WITH US SO THAT BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AND ALSO ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE KNOW ABOUT.
BILL BATTEN, FIVE EIGHTY SIX, OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN.
THIS IS ONE HUNDRED AND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY ACRES.
WAS SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN DOLLARS.
LAST YEAR, 2021, THAT SAME ACREAGE SITE WAS ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
THAT'S LESS THAN WHAT BILL BATTON HAS TO PAY ON SIX ACRES.
I'M NOT SURE HOW IT'S ABLE TO HOW THEIR TAXES ARE ABLE TO GO DOWN BY SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT WHILE MY TAXES ARE GOING UP, WHILE THE CITY'S MILLAGE RATE IS DID GO DOWN THIS YEAR, BUT FOR THOSE PREVIOUS YEARS FROM 18 TO 21, IT DID NOT GO DOWN, BUT YET THEIR TAXES DID.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THERE'S ANYTHING A LITTLE BIT SHADY OR ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE I KNOW THE REAL ANSWER, BUT I'M HOPING.
IF THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME KIND OF ROUGH IDEA, WHAT'S GOING TO BE GENERATED IN THE TAXES AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM $6000 TO $1000 AND WHAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE INCREASING OUR TAX REVENUE COMING INTO THE CITY WITH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS? THROUGH THE APPLICANT WANTS TO RESPOND TO THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. WELL, THIS PHASE ALONE HAS FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
ALL THREE PHASES COMBINED OVER THIRTEEN HUNDRED.
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DON'T KNOW THE MILITARY OFF THE TOP.MY HEAD AND I DON'T KNOW THE MATH, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THANKS. WANT TO SPEAK TO MADAM SHERMAN, YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND THE TAXES? WELL, I THINK BASED ON THE THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A TO PROVIDE A GOOD ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, BUT CERTAINLY THIS THIS WHOLE PARCEL HAS BEEN DIVIDED, SOLD IN DIFFERENT CHUNKS OVER TIME.
AND SO THE THE TAXABLE VALUE HAS ALSO CHANGED DURING ALL THOSE TIME.
SO I NEED A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT MR. BATTEN IS SPECIFICALLY ASKING, I GUESS.
I THINK THAT, MA'AM. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF AT THIS POINT? OK. IN CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A A MOTION A MOTION IMPROVE ON ITS TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH SEVENTY FINAL READING GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING IN MY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? THE ONLY ONE I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, SIR.
OK. THE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, ALL IN THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR, I PASS UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'RE ON NUMBER FOUR, GENTLEMEN OR MADAM SMITH WITNESS.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE SEVENTY ONE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, LIMITING THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING AND ALLOCATING FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT A. CONSISTING OF SEVEN PAGES, AN EXHIBIT B CONSISTING OF NINE PAGES INC.
IN ITS ENTIRETY HEREIN, 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.
ADAM SHERMAN, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, MADAM SHERMAN, THANK YOU, SIR.
NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD THIS IS FINAL READING.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF COUNSEL? NO QUESTIONS, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK HIM FOR A MOTION A MOTION PROVED ONE IS TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND SEVENTY ONE.
FINAL READING. SECOND, ON A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING AND BY COUNCILMAN FELIX, ALL IN FAVOR HIGH PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ORDINANCE TWENTY TWENTY ONE, SEVENTY TWO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
VACANT AND ABANDONED A PORTION OF THE REAR, 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOTS. THIRTY EIGHT AND THIRTY NINE BLOCK FIVE OH NINE PORT MALABAR UNIT 12, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT.
BOOK 15 PAGE 50 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT, MRS. SANCHEZ. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, THE REASON FOR ME COMING UP TO THE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY IS TO REQUEST THE COUNCIL FOR VACATING THE LAST 10 FEET OF THE EASEMENT FOR MY PROPERTY.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FREE FLOATING POOL ON THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE IS RIGHT THERE AT THE EDGE OF THE EASEMENT AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A ENCLOSURE ON THE POOL AND WE HAVE TO PUT THE FOOTER AROUND THE.
THE THE THE POOL, SO TO SQUARE IT OFF FOR THE CAGE, AND THAT WILL TAKE ME ONE FOOT INTO THE EASEMENT, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE TRYING TO BACK 10 FEET OF THE EASEMENT AND WE REQUEST. ORIGINALLY, WE REQUESTED FOR THE RIGHT AMOUNT, BUT THE PERSONNEL AT THE THE DRAINAGE OFFICE AT THE PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE THAT THEY ADVISE US TO REQUEST IT MORE JUST IN CASE WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE AND THERE.
IF ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT COUNCILMAN.
BECAUSE. I'M SHERMAN ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, I JUST SAID STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE REQUEST. THANK YOU.
I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVED ORDINANCE.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH. SEVENTY TWO.
NOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
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ALL IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.WE ARE AN ITEM NUMBER SIX ORDINANCE TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT SEVENTY THREE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER ONE EIGHTY THREE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING REGULATIONS SECTION ONE EIGHTY THREE POINT ZERO ZERO ONE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBSECTION D ADOPTION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP BY AMENDING FUTURE LAND USE MAP PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M OPENING UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING THE APPLICANT TO STEP FORWARD. THANK YOU.
CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT, JAKE WISE, WE HAVE JEFF WEST WITH US HERE TONIGHT, WHO IS WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AND ONE OF THE LEADING EXPERTS IN SOLAR TECHNOLOGY, AND HE'S HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION.
JUST BRIEFLY, THOUGH, THIS PROJECT, THE FIRST PHASE ALONE, CAN GENERATE ENOUGH POWER FOR FIFTEEN THOUSAND HOMES, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PHASES FOR THIS PROJECT, POTENTIALLY. AN EARLIER PROJECT JUST TO THE EAST OF THIS AREA WAS EVEN CLOSER TO RESIDENTIAL. THIS ONE'S MUCH FURTHER AWAY, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES WITH THE NEIGHBORS AT ALL.
THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM ARE BOTH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF LAND USE AND THE REZONING.
AND SO JUST BRIEFLY, WE DO MEET ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF LAND USE CHANGE.
WE MEET ALL FOUR ITEMS FOR THE REZONING PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OBJECTIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL LET OUR TIME GO FOR MR. WEST TO BUILD A PRESENT FROM FPL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS JAKE SUGGESTED, MY NAME IS GEOFF WEST, THANK YOU. ON THE PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, AS JAKE SUGGESTED, WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL TO TRANSMIT OUR COMPLAINT, AMENDMENT AND REZONING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR REVIEW.
BY THE WAY, MY ADDRESS IS 301 HASTINGS ROAD, ST.
AUGUSTINE, THE SECOND GREATEST CITY ON EARTH.
SO. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE I HAVE A SHORT LITTLE PRESENTATION, I'LL BE QUICK BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT ALREADY, BUT I JUST KIND OF I KNOW DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON WAS HERE FOR THE FIRST PROJECT AND THERE'S SOME NEW FACES.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PRESENTATION THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW FPL IS ADVANCING SOLAR ENERGY IN FLORIDA AND KEEPING OUR OUR CUSTOMERS RATES COST EFFECTIVE AS WE DO THAT.
OUR MISSION, OBVIOUSLY, IS TO DELIVER SUPERIOR VALUE TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDE THE CLEANEST, MOST RELIABLE POWER IN AMERICA.
AND WE DO THIS BY MAKING LONG TERM SMART INVESTMENTS IN CLEAN ENERGY.
SOLAR IS SIMPLY, IT MAKES SENSE.
SINCE 2001, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE OUR CUSTOMERS OVER $11 BILLION IN FUEL COSTS AND PREVENT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE MILLION TONS OF CARBON EMISSIONS.
OH, WE DO THAT BY REDUCING OUR BASICALLY REDUCING OUR CARBON FLEET, SO IN TWENTY TWENTY, WE REMOVE THE LAST COAL PLANT IN FLORIDA, DOWN IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND OUR CO2 EMISSIONS ARE 30 PERCENT LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
WE OPERATE ONE OF THE SMARTEST GRIDS AND RELIABLE GRIDS IN AMERICA.
WE HAVE 60 PERCENT BETTER RELIABILITY THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
AND THEN WE'RE KEEPING OUR BECAUSE WE'RE INVESTING IN THESE TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES, WE'RE KEEPING OUR CUSTOMER BILLS LOW.
SO WE'RE THIRTY FIVE PERCENT LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN NORTHEAST OR EVEN IN THE WEST IN CALIFORNIA, BUT THEIR RATES ARE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THAN OURS HERE IN FLORIDA.
OUR EXISTING SOLAR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE INSTALLED NOW ARE SAVING OUR CUSTOMERS $400 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, OUR PROJECTS, OUR SOLAR PROJECTS ARE MEANT TO SAVE OUR CUSTOMERS MONEY AND PROVIDE CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY.
WE HAVE THE LARGEST ENERGY COMPANY IN FLORIDA, WE OPERATE IN FORTY THREE OF THE 67 COUNTIES. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 5.6 MILLION CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS SPREAD FROM MIAMI ALL THE WAY TO PENSACOLA. PALM BAY HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THAT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP.
UH, THE COUNTY ALONE HAS 324 THOUSAND CUSTOMERS OF THAT ONE HUNDRED AND ABOUT A HUNDRED
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AND TWENTY THOUSAND OUR CUSTOMERS IN PALM BAY, SO ROUGHLY A THIRD.WE HAVE FOUR EXISTING PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE COUNTY.
WE FOCUS A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS IN THIS COUNTY AND JUST SOUTH AND INDIAN RIVER IN ST.
LUCIE COUNTY. WHERE WERE THE POPULATION LOADS ARE AND THE LOAD CENTERS ARE? BUT WE BUILT ONE OF OUR FIRST SOLAR ENERGY CENTERS AT THE SPACE COAST NEXT GENERATION SITE IN IN 2010.
IT WAS A SMALL, SMALLER PROJECT, 10 MEGAWATTS IN SIZE.
WE BUILT OUR MOST RECENT PROJECT, AS YOU KNOW, IN PALM BAY, JUST ADJACENT TO THE SITE THAT I'M PROPOSING TONIGHT AND THAT CAME ONLINE EARLY.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE, AND THAT'S A SEVENTY FOUR AND A HALF MEGAWATT PROJECT, AS JAKE MENTIONED. THAT'S ENOUGH POWER EQUIVALENT FOR FIFTEEN THOUSAND HOMES OR EMISSIONS REMOVAL, ABOUT FOURTEEN THOUSAND CARS FROM THE ROAD ANNUALLY.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE FIVE SOLAR TREES AND CANOPY SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY.
A COUPLE OF THEM ARE JUST RIGHT THE SIDE IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL HERE.
WE HAVE INSTALLED EIGHT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND THREE ELECTRIC VEHICLE WORKPLACE CHARGING STATIONS, AND WE HAVE ONE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE FAST CHARGING STATIONS SO THAT CAN I CAN CHARGE A VEHICLE FROM DEAD TO 80 PERCENT IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
WE'RE MAKING FLORIDA LEADER IN SUSTAINABILITY AND CLEAN ENERGY, AND WE DO THAT BY A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS. THESE ARE A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE COME TO FRUITION SINCE THE LAST PROJECT I BROUGHT TO YOU AND I THINK IT WAS TWENTY EIGHTEEN.
SO THESE ARE NEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE TAKING OFF AND THEY'RE HELPING FLORA BECOME A LEADER.
OUR 30 BY 30 GOAL IS BASICALLY 30 MILLION PANELS BY 20 30.
THAT'S 30 PERCENT OF OUR GENERATING PORTFOLIO WOULD BE FROM SOLAR.
WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THERE NOW.
WE'RE AT ROUGHLY 10 PERCENT OF OUR NAMEPLATE NAMEPLATE CAPACITY IS FROM GENERATED FROM SOLAR. I EXPECT AFTER THIS YEAR, WHEN WE BUILD ANOTHER EIGHT PRODUCTS, WE'LL BE CLOSE TO 12 PERCENT AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY MEET OR EXCEED OUR GOAL CLOSER TO THE MID OF THIS DECADE FOR THAT 30 BY 30.
UM, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE INITIATED CALLED SOLAR TOGETHER, IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN THE U.S., SO IT ALLOWS CUSTOMERS PRIMARILY TO CNI CUSTOMERS, OUR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS TO MEET ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR ENGINEERING ENERGY GOALS FROM SOLAR ENERGY.
THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, IT'S OUR REGISTRATION ALWAYS FILLS UP VERY QUICKLY. WE JUST WERE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO DO ANOTHER SET OF SOLAR TOGETHER PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
WE'VE ALSO ARE COMPLETING THE WORLD'S LARGEST INTEGRATED SOLAR BATTERY SYSTEM IN MANATEE COUNTY. WE'VE REPLACED TWO OF OUR OLDER NATURAL GAS PEAKING UNITS.
THESE ARE WINTER PEAKING UNITS WITH A BATTERY THAT'S CHARGED BY THE SOLAR FACILITY.
THIS BATTERY WILL BE DISCHARGED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF SEVEN AND 10 A.M.
IN THE WINTER MONTHS TO MAKE UP FOR THOSE NATURAL GAS PEAK HOURS.
SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE TURNING ALL THEIR ELECTRIC HEATERS ON AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THESE THIS BATTERY WILL PROVIDE THAT ENERGY AND WILL DECOMMISSION THOSE THOSE NATURAL GAS SPEAKERS.
NOW WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING ONE OF THE FIRST INNOVATIVE GREEN HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES JUST DOWN IN OKEECHOBEE. SO WE'RE USING SOLAR TO GENERATE AN ELECTROLYZER THAT WILL CREATE HYDROGEN FROM FROM WATER.
WE'RE GOING TO STORE THAT HYDROGEN IN TANKS UNTIL WE NEED TO USE IT TO BLEND WITH OUR NATURAL GAS AT THE GAS FACILITY RIGHT THERE IN OKEECHOBEE.
AND WE'RE TESTING THAT WE'RE TESTING THAT TECHNOLOGY, AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY EXPECT TO SEE IT EXPAND ACROSS ACROSS FLORIDA.
WE USE AT OUR OTHER GAS FACILITIES WERE INCREASING OUR EV CHARGING STATIONS THROUGH OUR EVOLUTION PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE BUILDING A THOUSAND NEW ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS ACROSS THE MAJOR CORRIDORS AND THOROUGHFARES IN FLORIDA.
SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE EVERY 50 MILES AND BE ABLE TO CHARGE A VEHICLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THAT'S OUR HOPE.
WE OPERATE CURRENTLY FORTY TWO OF OUR UNIVERSAL SOLAR FACILITIES, THAT'S OUR SEVENTY FOUR AND A HALF NAMEPLATE CAPACITY SOLAR FACILITY IN TWENTY TWO DIFFERENT COUNTIES, AND YOU CAN SEE THE MAP THERE.
A LOT OF THEM ARE FOCUSED HERE AND AROUND THE ST.
LUCIE INDIAN RIVER BREVARD COUNTIES.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME UP IN THE PANHANDLE AND THAT TERRITORY AS WELL.
WE HAVE EIGHT NEW SITES UNDER CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
THEY'RE COMING ONLINE VERY SOON.
THEY'RE ALMOST FINISHED AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED IN JACKSON, ESCAMBIA, HENDRY COUNTIES, MANATEE ST.
IT IS SOLAR PRODUCER OF ELECTRICITY IN THE STATE.
SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SOLAR INSTALLED COMES FROM FPL.
OUR FACILITIES CREATE JOBS AND IT SPORTS OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE WE LOOK TO HIRE LOCAL ENGINEERS LIKE JAKE'S FIRM.
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WE USE LOCAL SURVEYORS, PLANNERS, SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS TO DO THE STUDIES BEFORE WE DEVELOP OUR SITES.WE, OUR CONTRACTORS HIRE LOCAL LABOR.
IF YOU LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WITH SOLAR FACILITY, CHANCES ARE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT HAS WORKED AT ONE OF OUR FACILITIES AND THOSE JOBS ARE GOING TO OTHER REGIONAL AREAS IN THE STATE AND WE PROVIDE ON SITE JOB TRAINING.
BUT WE ALSO OUR PROJECTS, I KNOW TAXES CAME UP, OUR PROJECTS PROVIDE TANGIBLE PROPERTY TAXES WITH VERY LITTLE NEED FOR RESOURCES FROM THE CITY.
SO WE DON'T REQUIRE WATER SEWER SCHOOLS.
SO EACH SOLAR FACILITY OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT PROBABLY ADDS ABOUT $7 MILLION TO THE TO THE TAX BASE.
AND WE ALSO SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH LONG TERM PARTNERSHIPS, DONATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
OUR FACILITIES ALSO MADE GREAT NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY'RE QUIET, THEY'RE VIRTUALLY SILENT.
DON'T USE WATER, WE DON'T USE PESTICIDES.
WE INCORPORATE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS. LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN INVESTMENT.
AND WE'VE ALSO WORKED TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT THE SOLAR FACILITIES ARE INCORPORATED IN THE TYPE OF COMMUNITIES WHERE WE DEVELOP THEM.
WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE MOVING TO DIFFERENT FENCING.
PREVIOUSLY, MOST OF OUR FACILITIES HAVE HAD CHAIN LINK FENCING WITH THAT THREE STRAND OF BARBED WIRE, VERY INSTITUTIONAL LOOKING.
WE'VE CHANGED THE WAY WE'VE DEVELOPED THE SITES TO BE COMPLIANCE WITH FERC AND NURK REGULATIONS. WE CAN ACTUALLY DO OTHER THINGS IN THE SITE TO MAKE IT SAFER AND ADD ADDITIONAL SECURITY SO WE CAN KEEP THIS FARM FRIENDLY FENCING.
THIS ALLOWS FOR WILDLIFE MOVEMENT STILL THROUGH OUR SOLAR FACILITIES, AND IT ALSO IS MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE WORLD RURAL LANDSCAPE.
HOW DO THEY HOW DO OUR FACILITIES WORK? WELL, THESE ARE PHOTOVOLTAICS SOLAR FACILITIES, SO THEY BASICALLY CAPTURE THESE ARE THIS SITE WOULD BE A FIXED TILT FACILITY, MEANING IT DOESN'T MOVE.
WE ANGLE THE PANELS TOWARDS THE SUN AND THE SOUTHWEST DIRECTION, AND THEY COLLECT THE SUN'S ENERGY. THE ENERGY IS COLLECTED AND TRANSMITTED VIA DIRECT CURRENT.
WE DON'T USE DIRECT CURRENT IN OUR HOUSES AND OUR OFFICES, SO WE HAVE TO CONVERT THAT TO ALTERNATING CURRENT.
AND SO WE USED TRANSFORMERS LIKE YOU SEE TRANSFORMERS AND INVERTERS ON THE BLUE BLOCK TO CONVERT THAT ENERGY TO AC, AND THEN THAT ENERGY IS MOVED TO OUR COLLECTOR SUBSTATION.
AND THEN IT'S PUT ONTO OUR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM SO IT CAN GET TO YOUR HOMES AND OUR OFFICES. WE'RE ALSO INCORPORATING BATTERY STORAGE WITH A LOT OF OUR SOLAR FACILITIES.
THAT HELPS WITH TWO THINGS GRID STABILITY, BUT ALSO SO WE CAN STORE POWER AND GENERATE ELECTRICITY AT NIGHT.
BASICALLY, DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR FACILITY IS VERY SIMPLE, WE CALL IT CONSTRUCTION LIKE OR CIVIL LIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LITTLE WE NEED TO DO.
WE INSTALL THE PILES IN THE GROUND, BASICALLY THE POST AND THEN WE INSTALL THE RACKING THAT YOU SEE IN THE TOP RIGHT PICTURE AND THEN WE SIMPLY FASTEN ON THE PANELS TO THE RANKING SYSTEM.
THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS OUR INVERTER AND TRANSFORMER, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE OUR WORKERS INSTALLING THE PANELS, BASICALLY BOLTING IT ONTO THE RACKING SYSTEM.
WE CAN BUILD SEVENTY FOUR AND A HALF MEGAWATT SITE IN ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS FROM START CONSTRUCTION. THIS SITE, THE IBIS, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT STARTING SOMETIME AND BEGINNING OF THREE AND FINISHING BY FIRST QUARTER OF TWENTY TWENTY FOUR.
THE PROPOSED LOCATION, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE MAP, YOU SEE THAT THE RED AREA IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE MAP INTO CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY SINCE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY BREVARD COUNTY LAND USE MAPPING.
THAT'S THE RED AREA THAT WE'RE WE'RE BRINGING INTO PALM BAY MS. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE WHITE OUTLINE WHAT WE CALL THE IBIS SOLAR ENERGY CENTER IS WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DEVELOPING FOR THE NEXT PHASE.
IT SITS DIRECTLY ADJACENT WEST OF THE PALM BAY SOLAR ENERGY CENTER.
SO IT'S ROUGHLY A 500 ACRE SITE.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE LAYOUT TOGETHER, DOING THE ENGINEERING WORK.
WE'LL SUBMIT OUR PERMITS LIKE THE DEP PERMIT AND THEN WORK ON OUR SITE PLAN WITH YOUR WITH YOUR STAFF. THAT'S ALL I HAD.
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I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.I HAVE A QUESTION, AND IT'S MORE OF CURIOSITY, HOW DURABLE ARE THESE PANELS LIKE IN A HAILSTORM? DO YOU HAVE TO REPAIR THEM OR REPLACE THEM? THEY'RE VERY DURABLE, ACTUALLY.
THEY'RE MADE TO WITHSTAND PRETTY GOOD SIZED HAIL.
ACTUALLY, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF HURRICANES PASS OVER SOME OF OUR FACILITIES DOWN IN THE IN COLLIER COUNTY WITH VERY LITTLE DAMAGE TO THEM.
SIMILARLY, UP IN THE NORTH, WHEN WE HAD SOME OF THE STORMS LIKE MATTHEW MICHAEL ROLL THROUGH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DAMAGE AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE ENGINEERING THAT GOES INTO THEM. WE DESIGN THEM FOR THE WIND LOADS.
THE REASON WE'RE PUTTING A FIXED FACILITY IN THIS LOCATION IS BECAUSE A TRACKER TECHNOLOGY FACILITY, ONE THAT FOLLOWS THE SUN, THE WIND LOADS ARE JUST TOO MUCH FOR THAT TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THIS AREA.
IT MAY GET BETTER TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN CAN USE TRACKER IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE USING FIXED.
SO WE'VE HAD VERY LITTLE PANELS DAMAGED BY HURRICANES HAIL ANY OTHER MAJOR EVENTS.
THE BIGGEST PANEL BREAKAGE IS FROM A MOWER THROWING A ROCK AND CRACK AND CRACK IN ONE PANEL HERE AND THERE, MAYBE ONCE A YEAR.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER. AND HOW QUICK CAN YOU RESPOND? THAT OLD FEEL THAT SOLAR PANELS THAT YOU PROPOSED IN THE BILL GO DOWN.
TURNS TO A BATTERY WITH A BATTERY BACKUP STATION, GO UP.
OR HOW WOULD THE CUSTOMERS RESTORE? HOW QUICK CAN YOU RESTORE POWER TO CUSTOMERS? IF YOU HAVE A INCIDENT AT THAT LOCATION OR DAMAGE TO YOUR SOUL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE WAY WE BUILD OUR FACILITY IS, IF I GO BACK, I'LL SHOW YOU THE INVERTER THERE AND THE THE BOTTOM LEFT WE'LL HAVE IN A FACILITY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE TOP LEFT.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A STRING WHERE YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PANELS IN A ROW.
SO YOU'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF PANELS THAT SEND THEIR ELECTRICITY TO A WHAT WE CALL A COMBINER BOX AND THAT COMBINED A BOX THEN GOES TO THE INVERTER.
WE MIGHT HAVE TWENTY FIVE TO 30 INVERTERS ON A SITE IF ONE OF THOSE INVERTERS GOES DOWN.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE ENTIRE SITE GOES DOWN.
IT JUST MEANS THAT STRING OF PANELS GOES DOWN.
SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THAT KIND OF REDUNDANCY ON THE SITE IN TERMS OF MULTIPLE INVERTERS, SOME SITES THAT PUT OUT JUST ONE LARGE INVERTER FOR THE ENTIRE SITE.
SO IF THAT INVERTER GOES DOWN, FOR SOME REASON, YOU LOSE THE WHOLE SITE.
WE WON'T. WE WON'T HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
ALSO, DURING STORMS AND OTHER EVENTS, IF WE LOSE, FOR SOME REASON, TRANSMISSION LINES, ALL OF OUR TRANSMISSION LINES, THESE FACILITIES ARE HARDENED AND THEY'RE LOOPED INTO THE SUB INTO OUR TRANSMISSION LINES.
SO WE HAVE SOME REDUNDANCY THERE AS WELL.
BUT IF ANYTHING GOES DOWN, OUR MAIN PRIORITY IS TO GET OUR GENERATION BACK UP AND RUNNING. THAT WAY, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING POWER TO HOSPITALS, SHELTERS AND OTHER CRITICAL FACILITIES.
SO THOSE WOULD BE THE FIRST THINGS THAT COME ONLINE AND GET THOSE TRANSMISSION BACK UP.
IT WOULD BE OUR FIRST PRIORITY.
MM-HMM. YOU KNOW, IN THE FELIX.
THE SOLAR TOGETHER, PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION, TALKING ABOUT ALLOWING CUSTOMERS TO MEET 100 PERCENT OF THEIR ENERGY NEEDS BY SUBSCRIBING TO F.B.L SOLAR TOGETHER NOW WITH THIS PROJECT. WOULD THAT? ALSO ALLOWED THAT PROJECT ALLOW FOLKS IN THE AREA, GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBSCRIBE IN THIS. YEAH, SO WE WE PICK A NUMBER OF PROJECTS FROM OUR PORTFOLIO THAT WE'RE BUILDING THAT WOULD BE DESIGNATED AS SOLAR TOGETHER PROJECTS AND THEN.
THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE USED FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS THAT THAT REGISTER.
IS IS NOT ONE OF THE SOLAR PROJECTS YET THAT WE HAVEN'T DEFINED IT YET COULD BE, BUT WE SPREAD THEM OUT ACROSS THE STATE.
WE'RE EVENLY DISTRIBUTE THOSE PROJECTS.
BASICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CUSTOMERS PAY TO BUILD THOSE PROJECTS.
SIMILARLY, IF YOU WERE PUTTING SOLAR ON YOUR HOUSE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A RATE OF RETURN AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
YOU'RE GOING TO OUTLAY THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND THEN MAYBE 10, 12 YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT AND THAT SOLAR IS GOING TO START PAYING YOU BACK.
WITH THE SOLAR TOGETHER PROGRAM OUR CUSTOMERS PAY INTO THE PROGRAM, THEY MAY PAY A LITTLE BIT OF PREMIUM FOR THE FIRST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, BUT THE VALUE PROPOSITION OVER TWENTY FIVE, THIRTY YEARS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A HOTEL OR BUSINESS THAT HAS A LONG VALUE
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PROPOSITION, YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE OVER THAT TIME A LOT OF MONEY ON YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL.THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS, BUT WE WHAT I'VE HEARD, IT'S NOT SO MUCH RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER OR MORE BUSINESSES, IT IS.
IT'S FOR BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW, IT'S COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AND WE'VE PRE-REGISTERED FOR RESIDENTIAL.
OUR HOPE IS WE'VE WE'VE ALREADY RELEASED THE FIRST.
FIRST SET OF SOLAR TOGETHER PROJECTS AND HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THE PSC JUST APPROVED OUR SECOND GROUP OF SOLAR TRACKER OTHER PRODUCTS FOR OUR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL. OUR HOPE IS THAT THAT SUCCESS WILL BLEED OVER INTO THE RESIDENTIAL MARKET.
THAT'S OUR GOAL. BUT MY LAST THING IS THE EV CHARGING STATION.
IN AUGUST, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU AS FAR AS A COUPLE IN FRONT OF A BUILDING.
YEAH, NO. HONESTLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING MORE, ESPECIALLY AT WORKFORCE WORKFORCE PLACES. WE WE PUT IT IN AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER.
SO FBI WILL PAY FOR THAT, THAT INSTALLMENT.
AND THEN BASICALLY, IT'S UP TO YOU, YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY, YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT AS A BENEFIT TO YOUR YOUR EMPLOYEES, THE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY OR YOU CAN JUST CHARGE THEM LIKE WE WOULD CHARGE. HUGH, THANK YOU.
NOTHING FROM STAFF, THANK YOU.
HE WENT IN THE AUDIENCE WISHED TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST HIS SIDE OF THE FORWARD MR. CHIEF. TRUSTEE.
GILBERT AND 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST, I HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THIS ONE.
FIRST, I SAW THIS PRESENTATION EARLIER AND FLORIDA POWER LIGHT AND SPRING.
WHEN I SAW THAT PRESENTATION, I RECOMMENDED THAT THEY GET WITH CITY MANAGER TO GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY BOARD BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT INPUT.
I MEAN, THE KNOWLEDGE THAT GAINED OUT OF THIS ONE, AND I'M HARD TO IMPRESS, BUT THIS THIS ONE DID IMPRESS ME.
AND THEN. IT IS RIGHT, AND THIS ONE DID IMPRESS ME.
THEN I ASKED FLORIDA POWER LIGHT REPRESENTATIVES IF THEY'D GET IN TOUCH WITH CITY MANAGERS AND WHERE THEY COULD GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY BOARD AND PRESENT TO THEM TOO, BECAUSE IT'S WE CAN EXPAND ON THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD.
SO BRAVO ZULU TO THEM ON THAT.
THE SECOND ONE WAS I ADDRESSED THE TAXING PORTION OF INDIVIDUALS LIKE THIS.
THIS ORGANIZATION LAST YEAR, WE MADE A COMPARISON FROM ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR VACANT LAND. THIS COMPANY PAID ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR LAND THAT'S DOING JUST SITTING THERE.
THAT'S WHAT BILL BURTON WANTS TO SEE OUT OF DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF SOME PEOPLE PAYING NOTHING AND EXPECTING A BIG RETURN.
THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US SOMETHING, NOT USE A LOT OF RESOURCES AND THEN END UP PAYING BIG TAXES, TOO. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S A GREAT THING I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AND ONE LAST ITEM FOR THE THREE ITEMS WAS, I WANT WHEN I WENT TO THEIR WEBSITE AND WAS DOING SOME MORE RESEARCH, I NOTICED THAT THEY WERE DOING THEIR LAWN MAINTENANCE AROUND THEIR SOLAR PANELS WITH SHEEP.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK OR? PRESENT. THANK YOU, I'M SUSAN CONNOLLY WITH PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.
I'M SO EXCITED, I CAN'T STAND IT.
AND HOW DO I SIGN UP? HOW DO I TELL PEOPLE, IS IT COMING TO PALM BAY? I'M CONFUSED.
SO ARE WE GOING TO GET SOLAR? I DON'T. SO I I JUST WANT TO MEET THESE GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU, BOTH OF YOU.
AND WHAT I SUZANNE, WE NEED TO HAVE THEM COME TO OUR BOARD AND ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO AS A INDIVIDUAL.
I'M ALSO A PRESIDENT OF A CONDO WHICH IS CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL AND I GET SOLAR TOGETHER.
YES. NO. WELL, I'LL TALK TO YOU THEN VERY SOON, SO THANK YOU, COUNSEL.
THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING MOMENT FOR ME, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE ARE FINALLY LOOKING TO SOLAR TECHNOLOGY.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK OR AGAINST ASYLUM?
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IN NONE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK COUNCIL FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVED ORDINANCE. TWENTY TWENTY ONE TO SEVENTY THREE FIRST READING.I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING IN MY COUNCILMAN FELIX ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY I ENCOURAGE COUNSEL OR REACH OUT TO BART OR WHOEVER YOU KNOW AND DO A TOUR, DO A TOUR OF THE PLACE, THE CURRENT ONE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OR THE ONE THAT'S COMING UP.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S QUICK IN AND OUT, BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORTH FOR YOU ALL TO SEE OR FOR YOU TO SEE MS. CONNOLLY. SO THAT'S ALL.
GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON COUNCILMAN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? THE ANON I'M CALLING TO QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR, I PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WE ARE AN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
AUDIENCE TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT SEVENTY FOUR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF PROPERTY FROM GENERAL USE OF OUR COUNTY G.
YOU CAN ONLY USE HOLDING DISTRICT, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN SOUTH PALM BAY AND VICINITIES WEST OF BABCOCK STREET AND NORTH OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LINE ILLEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NO, THANK YOU, MA'AM.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
THANK YOU, JAKE WEISS, ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT.
WE JUST WANTED TO PUT THE SAME EVIDENCE ON RECORD FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM AS A PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM. I DON'T THINK THE WEST WANTS TO DO THE SAME PRESENTATION AGAIN.
I THINK WE'RE GOOD. AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE THIS PROJECT AND THE SUPPORT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED AND CITY STAFF.
IT IS THE QUIETEST, CLEANEST NEIGHBOR I COULD IMAGINE.
SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING HERE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS AS EXCITING AS THAT TECHNOLOGY IS, I HAD NO IDEA THIS PODIUM WENT UP AND DOWN AUTOMATICALLY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF MY COOLEST TECHNOLOGY PART OF THE NIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION ALL THESE YEARS, YOU NEVER DO THAT.
YOU'LL BE USING IT NOW MORE OFTEN, MR. WISE. LET ME SPEAK ACCORD'S DEPUTY MAYOR, JOHNSON.
YOU HAVE NOTHING. OK, COUNSEL, I NEED A MOTION.
A MOTION IMPROVE EARNINGS, TWENTY TWENTY ONE DEATHS AS YOU WERE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, I NEED A MOTION.
GOT IT MOST OF THE ITS TWENTY TWENTY ONE SEVENTY FOUR FIRST READING SECOND AND MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ORDINANCE TWENTY TWENTY ONE TO SEVENTY FIVE IN ORDER TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, MEANING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER ONE EIGHTY THREE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING REGULATIONS SECTION ONE ANY THREE POINT ZERO ONE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBSECTION D.
ADOPTION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF AUDACITY AND CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEN I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STATE THEIR CASE.
GOOD EVENING, ANNA SAUNDERS WITH BSE CONSULTANTS, A CIVIL ENGINEER REPRESENTING THE PROJECT. JAKE, I KNEW THAT.
I KNEW THAT IT WENT UP AND DOWN.
I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN, BUT I'M ALWAYS SO NERVOUS TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT THE BUTTON THAT I'VE JUST IGNORED IT BECAUSE THERE'S THE TIMER THERE, AND I JUST I'VE JUST MADE DO SO ANYHOW.
AS WRITTEN IN YOUR STAFF REPORT AND SUMMARIZED VERY WELL BY STAFF.
THIS IS THE PALM BAY SIMMENTAL PROJECT.
PALM BAY IS SORT OF THE LEGACY NAME OF THE PROPERTY, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT FROM YEARS PAST BACK IN TWO THOUSAND FOUR.
THERE ARE, CRISTOBAL SAID, TO SET THE LAND USE AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
TODAY'S MARKET IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, SO WE'RE ASKING TO MODIFY THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE, MULTIFAMILY MEANS TOWNHOMES AND VILLAS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEING SLATED FOR THIS PROJECT AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE FOR YOU.
YOU, MA'AM, YOU'RE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE APPLICANT.
THE QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR STAFF COMMENTS, MADAM SHERMAN, NO COMMENTS, THANK YOU.
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THE MAYOR, JOHNSON. BECAUSE KNOW SPEAKER CARDS, OK, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK HIM FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVED ORDINANCE.TWENTY TWENTY ONE SEVENTY FIVE FIRST READING, SECOND ON A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? YOU KNOW, I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.
TERESE THAT. ITEM NUMBER NINE.
RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE, THAT'S SIXTY FIVE.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, GRANTING APPROVAL FOR A PLAN NEW TO DEVELOPMENT AID DELIVERY DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN AS MEDLEY AT EVERLANE'S AND PUDI PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST CORNER OF PAICE DRIVE AND ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDED FOR FILING OF THE FINAL PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AS THE APPLICANT TO STEP FORWARD.
GOOD EVENING, ANNA SAUNDERS WITH BSE CONSULTANTS, THE ENGINEER REPRESENTING THE PROJECT AGAIN, WE'RE GRATEFUL AND EXCITED TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT FOR THIS PARTICULAR REZONING. THIS, AGAIN, IS A LEGACY PROJECT FOR US AND FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY BACK WHEN IT WAS FIRST DREAMT IN 2004.
TODAY WE'RE IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THE PUDDY EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY UNITS AS IT FALLS ACROSS THE PROPERTY, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AT THE SOUTHERN AND ALONG PACE BOULEVARD.
AND THE MULTIFAMILY TOWNHOME AND VILLAS, AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE CLOSER TO EMERSON.
HAVE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
THIS IS BASICALLY EXTENSION OF THE EVERLANE'S PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF PACE AND THE PARKWAY AS WELL.
SORT OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE PROJECT TO COME.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT STAFF? YES, MARY, IF I MAY, SO THE VILLAS AND THE TOWNHOMES, ALL THEY HAVE OF GARAGE BUILDING GARAGES, YES, SIR.
EVERY SINGLE ONE, EVERY SINGLE ONE.
NOW ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT IT WAS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, F.B.L DID THEIR PRESENTATION.
HMM. THE DIRECTION WE'RE MOVING IN AND INTO THE CHARGING STATIONS AND THEN THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN YOUR GRAND PLAN.
ANY EV CHARGING STATIONS, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY SPECIFIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
ALTHOUGH I WILL TELL YOU SOME OF OUR DEVELOPERS AND REPRESENTATIVES IS HERE THIS EVENING.
HE MAY SPEAK TO IT OR JUST GIVE ME A NOD, BUT WE HAVE SEEN AN EFFORT TOWARDS PUTTING A CHARGING STATION AND MAYBE AROUND THE AMENITY CENTER, WHICH THERE WILL BE AN AMENITY IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.
A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS, THOUGH, WHICH THESE ARE IT'S NOT A RENTAL COMMUNITY, WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO INSTALL THE CHARGING PORTS IN THEIR GARAGES FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL USE.
I THINK IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE MOVING INTO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MORE A RESIDENT WILL BE OWNING A, YOU KNOW, ELECTRIC CARS, THINGS ONLY APPROPRIATE TO, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF REACTIVE, BE MORE PROACTIVE.
ABSOLUTELY. FROM A DEVELOPER STANDPOINT, EVEN I'M I WOULD SUGGEST THAT CONSIDER MAYBE PRE WIRING, MAKE IT AN OPTION PER SAY TO TO THE TO THE HOME BUILDING, THE HOMEOWNERS.
I THINK FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT WOULD BE MAYBE A GOOD ADD ON OR GOOD INVESTMENT.
AND THE PROBLEM IS BECAUSE ONCE, ONCE IT'S DONE, TRYING TO DO IT AFTERWARDS BECOME A LOT MORE COSTLY. ABSOLUTELY.
OH, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
THANK YOU. IT'S A GREAT POINT. MAY WANT TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND NOT NECESSARILY MANDATE, BUT YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WOULD DEVELOP? I WOULD 100 PERCENT HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN THEY MAKE SENSE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? BECAUSE. THOSE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION A MOTION APPROVED SPEEDY DASH 20 ONE DASH 20 20 ONE SUBJECT TO THE STAFF COMMENTS CONTAINED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
SECOND, ON A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN, JUST THAT ON COUNCILWOMAN FELIX.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING TODAY.
SO THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'D BE GOOD FOR COMMERCIAL, MORE SO AS THEY CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT, YOU KNOW, PLUG IN LIKE OUR OUR NEIGHBORS IN WEST MELBOURNE, THE PLAZA THAT SHOULD BE PALM BAY. THEY HAVE A ANYWAY.
ASK. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FELIX, ALL IN FAVOR BY PASSES
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UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER 10.YOU WITNESSED TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT SEVENTY SIX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, OMITTING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 183 COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING REGULATIONS, SECTION ONE EIGHTY THREE POINT ZERO ONE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBSECTION D.
ADOPTION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP BY AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORTIZ'S A CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEN I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STEP FORWARD, THANK YOU FOR SITTING UP FRONT, MAN.
ANNA SAUNDERS WITH BSE CONSULTANTS, A CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT, AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO THE DISCUSSION WE JUST PREVIOUSLY HAD OR HAD ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
THIS IS THE PIECE OF PROPERTY JUST NORTH OF EMERSON AND EAST OF THE PARKWAY.
CRYSTAL BALL BACK IN THE DAY WAS PRETTY SHARP AND NOW WE'RE JUST HONING IN THAT THAT THAT VISION AS WELL AND ASKING TO REVISE THE LAND USE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR CURRENT PLAN IS AND CHANGE SOME OF THOSE FACTORS TO ALLOW THE SINGLE FAMILY USE.
MA'AM, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT STAFF? YOU MEAN? AND SHERMAN, ANY COMMENTS YOU WANT TO? YES, MARY, I'D JUST LIKE TO, FOR THE RECORD, STATE THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD DID MEET THIS PAST MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THIS REQUEST.
MANY QUESTIONS, THE STAFF COUNCIL.
HE WON IN THE AUDIENCE, WISHED TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE SIDE.
YOU KNOW, NO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A A MOTION MOTION APPROVED ORDINANCE, TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH, SEVENTY SIX, ONLY ONE READING REQUIRED.
AT A MOTION, MY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING ABOUT COUNCILMAN FOSTER CALL INTO QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR, I GUESS IS UNANIMOUSLY.
RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT SIXTY SIX.
A RESOLUTION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, GRANTING APPROVAL FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AID, PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN AS PALM VISTA AT EVELYN'S PUDDY.
PHASE TWO AND PUDI PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY NORTH OF EMERSON DRIVE BETWEEN ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY AND AMADOR AVENUE IN LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDED FOR FILING OF THE FINAL PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STEP FORWARD. LAST TIME THIS EVENING, I PROMISE ON A SAUNDERS WITH PSC CONSULTANTS, A CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT JUST TO REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF OUR THE PUDI REQUEST FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. THE ONE? I GUESS CLARIFICATION I WOULD MAKE AT THE PNC MEETING, THERE WAS A QUESTION WHETHER THIS WAS AGE RESTRICTED OR AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY OR NOT, IT IS NOT THIS PARTICULAR PHASE.
THE SCHOOL CONCURRENCY WAS SUBMITTED CORRECTLY AND DID INDICATE THAT IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, CREATE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, SO TO SPEAK, OR HAVE AN IMPACT TO THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY IT.
ONE OTHER ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP OR LET YOU KNOW IS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
THE CITY REQUIRES US TO HOLD A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN MEETING, AND WE HAD THAT AND I JUST WANTED TO REPORT BACK TO YOU, AS I DID TO PLANNING AND ZONING, THAT THAT MEETING DID EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO A FEW WEEKS AGO, MET WITH A COUPLE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO DECIDED TO COME OUT THAT EVENING AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH ME.
WE'RE ABLE TO MEET SPECIFICALLY WITH MR. AND MRS. HARRIS, WHO WERE IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING.
THEY'VE GOT A PROPERTY THAT IS SORT OF AN ENCLAVE TO OURS THAT WE'RE WRAPPING AROUND THEM TO AN EXTENSION OR TO TO A PORTION.
AND THEY INDICATED TO US THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME MAINTENANCE WORK AND SOME OTHER ITEMS OUT THERE ALONG SOME OF THE EXISTING DITCHES BETWEEN CITY.
PALM BAY OWNS A FEW OF THEM THE MELBOURNE TILLMANN AS WELL, AND THAT SOME OF THAT WORK HAS CAUSED SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES FOR THEM.
AND SO WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY, IN A COOPERATIVE SPIRIT, KIND OF JUMPED IN WITH BOTH FEET TO TRY AND HELP THEM SOLVE THAT ISSUE.
SO I'M BRINGING IT UP TONIGHT SO THAT CITY MANAGER, IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEAK WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND TRY AND SCHEDULE A MEETING OF SOME SORT TO GET THAT ISSUE SORTED OUT FOR THEM. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND CONTINUE OUR REPUTATION OF BEING SUCH IN THE COMMUNITY, SO WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR HELP TO HELP THEM SOLVE THAT ISSUE.
AND IF ANYTHING, WE CAN DO IN THAT, WE WOULD CERTAINLY STEP FORWARD TO DO SUCH.
IF THAT MAN, YOU REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THAT GOES A LONG WAY, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS COUNCIL, REALLY APPRECIATE THE GOOD NEIGHBORLY ASPECT, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY COUNCILMAN ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILWOMAN FOSTER, PLEASE, THIS IS NOT A.
YOU SAID IT, NOT AGE RESTRICTED.
IS THERE ANY COMMERCIAL ON THIS?
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NOT ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE.THERE IS A MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT, BUT NOT IN THIS AREA.
THERE ARE SOME COMMERCIAL AREAS AROUND IT.
SO ON THE SOUTHERN END ADJACENT TO EMERSON, THERE'S A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR THERE.
THERE IS A TWO ACRE COMMERCIAL PIECE JUST TO THE NORTH ALONG THE PARKWAY, BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT.
YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALSO OR SECURITY? NOT SPECIFICALLY, MY FIRM IN PARTICULAR, IS DEALING WITH THOSE.
WE DO REPRESENT THOSE PROPERTIES, BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OR THIS CLIENT. YES, SIR.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN. OK, MADAME SHERMAN.
I THINK MARRIAGE JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, AS WAS ALREADY COMMENTED, THAT PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD DID MEET NOVEMBER 15TH AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE REQUEST.
ALSO, AS THE APPLICANT HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, THERE WAS A CORRECTION TO OUR STAFF REPORT, SO IT NO LONGER WOULD READ THE ALL AGE RESTRICTED.
AND ALSO, THE SCHOOL CONCURRENCY ITEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AS WELL, SO I THINK WE'RE ALL CAUGHT UP ON STAFF SIDE.
AND IF WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE TO GET THE CONTACT INFO FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED, WE WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THEM.
EVERY MAYOR, ANY COMMON, ANY SPEAKER, MR. GREG HARRIS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THANK YOU, ANA.
MY NAME IS GREG HARRIS, 1950 VAST STREET NORTHWEST.
SHE BROUGHT UP OUR CONCERN ONE OF TWO, AND CURRENTLY WE'RE BUILDING A HOUSE ON A 20 ACRE PARCEL THAT IS KIND OF TUCKED IN.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 50 EIGHT HOME LOTS THAT SURROUNDS OUR PARCEL.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF RAIN EVENTS THIS LAST YEAR, A COUPLE OF SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN AND ONE OR TWO WEEK. AND OUR CURRENT RELIEF FOR DRAINAGE IS THROUGH SOME OLD FARM CANALS THAT GO THROUGH WHAT LENNAR WILL BE DEVELOPING.
WE HAVE A PALM BAY CANAL THAT IS DIRECTLY TO OUR EAST.
WHEN THEY DUG THAT CANAL, MY ASSUMPTION IS ORIGINALLY THEY BURNED UP THE DIRT ON WHAT IS CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON.
SO WE HAVE NO ACCESS TO THAT CANAL.
SO OUR ONLY RELIEF IS CURRENTLY THROUGH WHERE LANIER WILL BE DEVELOPING.
SO IT'S JUST A CONCERN OF OURS.
WE'VE DUG WHAT WE CAN WITH PONDS AND DITCHES TO MANAGE WHAT WE CAN, BUT WE ALSO GET THE NEIGHBORING NORTH PROPERTIES FLOWING THROUGH US.
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO WANT TO FLOW SOUTH.
SO THAT WAS ONE CONCERN I GREATLY APPRECIATE.
GREG AND ON I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD AT JUST TALKING TO US ABOUT THIS, BUT WOULD WANT TO SEE SOMETHING DONE BEFORE LAND IS FULLY DEVELOPED AND ALL THAT.
AND SECOND IS, I'VE GOT A SMALL FAMILY, A COUPLE OF YOUNG KIDS, FIFTY EIGHT HOME SITES.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS TO FIFTY EIGHT FAMILIES WATCHING US EAT THANKSGIVING DINNER.
THEY MENTIONED PUTTING IN A HEDGE AND ALL THAT AND SOME SOME TYPE OF VISIBILITY BARRIER AND JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT CONSIDERATIONS WE CAN HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS SET IN STONE AND WHATNOT.
OTHERWISE, I MEAN, IT'S THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD AND WE'RE LOVING THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE PUTTING OUT. SO THAT'S IT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK ON HIS SECOND POINT IN REGARDS TO HEDGE OR A FENCE.
SURE. SO I APOLOGIZE LIKE THE THE STORMWATER RUNOFF THAT HE BROUGHT.
SO HERE'S MY GUESS WITHOUT HAVING BEEN OUT THERE WHEN YOU CLEAN A DITCH.
YOU KNOW, YOU CLEAN IT WITH A BUCKET AND YOU TURN AND YOU DROP IT.
AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU DROP IT, IT ENDS UP CREATING A DAM AND IN EFFECT WITHOUT IT BEING SPREAD.
SO THAT'S THAT'S MY GUESS AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENED.
BUT CERTAINLY, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY AN EASY FIND THROUGH A SITE VISIT WITH MYSELF AND PROBABLY MR. WATANABE OUT ON SITE AND JUST TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THERE'S REGULATIONS AND STATE STATUTES IN PLACE THAT DON'T ALLOW PROPERTY TO DEVELOP AND DAM OFF OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.
SO WHEN I SAY THAT, I MEAN THIS DEVELOPMENT, IF THERE'S RUNOFF COMING THROUGH AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE GOING, IT'LL BE UP TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE ITS PATH SO THAT WE DON'T IMPACT AND IMPOUND WATER ON THEIR SITE.
YOU'RE WELCOME AND THEN TO THE LANDSCAPING POINT, AND I APOLOGIZE, GREG, FOR NOT BRINGING THAT UP. SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY I'LL CALL IT AN EXHIBIT, BUT IT WAS REALLY MY ATTEMPT AT DRAWING ON A PDF VIEWER SHOWING WHERE THERE ARE SOME WIDER LANDSCAPE AREAS, SOME SOME BUFFERING AREAS ALONG AND AROUND THEIR PROPERTY THEY ALREADY HAVE ARE IN PROCESS OF INSTALLING A FENCE ON THEIR SIDE.
WE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
WE WANT TO PUT A FENCE ON OUR SIDE AS WELL AND THEN LANDSCAPE IT JUST AS THEY DON'T WANT US LOOKING AT THEIR THANKSGIVING DINNER.
WE DON'T WANT THEM LOOKING AT OURS EITHER, RIGHT?
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THEN THAT'S SORT OF HOW THAT WORKS.SO ON THE THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE, THERE ARE BUFFERS SHOWN ON THERE THAT ARE DELINEATED, DELINEATED.
I'M SORRY. AND THE MINIMUM WIDTHS ARE SHOWN.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I THINK IT SAYS 20 FEET, BUT IT'S LATE AT NIGHT AND MY EYES ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY ONCE WERE.
SO IT'S 15 TO 20 FEET IN THE MOST NARROW AREA.
LENNAR HAS COMMITTED TO HEAVILY LANDSCAPING THOSE AREAS SO THAT THERE'S NOT ANY SENSE OF INTRUSION. AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND CONTINUE THAT EFFORT IN EFFECT.
GREG, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE ME TO SAY TO THAT EFFECT OR IS THAT? GREG, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, I APOLOGIZE.
GREG PETTIBONE WITH LYNAM, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE COME TO THE I APOLOGIZE.
YEAH. GOOD EVENING, GREG PETTIBONE FROM MOLLAND, OUR HOMES KNOW JUST TO TO RESPOND, WE WE HAVE THE SAME CONCERN.
SO THE COMMITMENT IS NOT A AN EFFORT TO PLACATE ITS WE LEGITIMATELY WE HAVE TO SELL THOSE SAME HOMES. A BIG FAN OF THE BELIEF THAT GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL LIVE NEXT TO SOMEBODY UNLESS YOU'RE FORTUNATE TO LIVE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. AND SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO NOT SEE AND HEAR AND SMELL WHAT YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE COOKING. SO WE WE DO HAVE THAT SAME SAME DESIRE TO BUFFER AND SCREEN.
AND THEN JUST CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION, SIR.
THIS THIS ONE PHASE IS IS NOT ACTIVE ADULT, BUT THE PHASE THAT WAS APPROVED EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE 840 IS AGE RESTRICTED.
MR. CASE, THERE IS ANY AMBIGUITY TO THAT.
ONE FINAL THING JUST TO ADD, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH MR. MS. HARRIS, BUT JUST TO POINT IT OUT OR MAKE SURE THAT IT'S KNOWN, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST STEP IN THIS PROCESS.
WE'RE SHOWING THE BUFFERS ON THE PLANS AND SHOWING THAT GREEN SPACE.
WE REALIZE WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH NOT ONLY THE SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS, BUT ALSO THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROCESS THAT HAS A MORE DETAILED MAPPING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE WOULD COME TO YOU PROBABLY WITH A MORE DEVELOPED CROSS-SECTION OF WHAT THAT BUFFER LOOKED LIKE WITH SOME PROPOSED PLANTINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT ESTHETIC IS, AND WE'VE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE HARRISES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE BOTH HAPPY WITH. THANK YOU, MA'AM, I REALLY APPRECIATE ESPECIALLY THE THE COMMENTS REGARDING THANKSGIVING AND HOW YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOK, AND I HAVE 10 GRANDCHILDREN IN AND SEVEN OF THEM TYPICALLY SHOW UP FOR MY THANKSGIVING DINNER.
AND ALTHOUGH I LOVE THEM ALL, THEY'RE RAMBUNCTIOUS, BUT I DON'T THINK MY NEIGHBORS ARE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM VERY MUCH SOMETIMES.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE ONE DAY OUT OF THE YEAR, RIGHT? I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THOSE RAMBUNCTIOUS KIDS DO.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, OUR NEIGHBORS ARE GOOD SENSE FOR LETTING OUR KIDS PLAY AROUND IN THEIR YARD. SO I HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WHEN IT CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVED CASE, DASH 40 NINE, DASH 20 TWENTY ONE, SUBJECT TO THE STAFF COMMENTS CONTAINED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OR SUBMITTAL WITH THE FINAL POD APPLICATION.
SECOND, AT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING AND MY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? YOU'RE A NUN. I'M CALLING THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.IT'S PULLED ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ALL.
ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? OK, I NEED A MOTION SO MOVED.
I'M A MOTION BI DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING, IT IS BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
YES, MA'AM, AS HE WOULD CARRY ON.
RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT SIXTY SEVEN A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTIONS 98.
THAT'S FIFTY FIVE AND NINETY NINE.
THAT'S 13 BY REVISING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM PROVIDED FOR ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR BUSINESSES WITHIN SPECIAL DISTRICTS, PROVIDING FOR A PROCEDURE TO EXPEDITE THE REVIEW PROCESS.
STREAMLINING THE APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED FOR A REVISED PERCENTAGE OF EXEMPTION BASED ON YEAR PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, OH, THERE YOU GO.
BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM.WELL, HE WOULDN'T GETS A TAX BREAK ALWAYS MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
SO FIRST QUESTION, WILL THE EXEMPTION INDIVIDUALS THAT GO FOR THE EXEMPTION STILL HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE APPROVED? OR WILL IT STILL WILL IT BE A STAFF IDENTIFIED IDENTITY? AND ITEM NUMBER TWO WAS HOW DO YOU RECOUP REVENUE ONCE IT'S GONE? BECAUSE I SAW THAT IN THE UP, ONCE THE REVENUE'S GONE, HOW DO YOU RECOUP IT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, MADAM SHERMAN.
I THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL ACTUALLY ASK NANCY BUNTER, COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, TO COME AND SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. YES, MA'AM.
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, NANCY BUNKED, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS, YES, EVERY APPLICATION WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL.
IT WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY RESOLUTION.
SO YOU WILL SEE THE APPLICATION, THE TYPE OF BUSINESS, THE SCORING CRITERIA AND RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL AMOUNTS AS FAR AS THE EXEMPTION.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS HOW WILL THIS FUNDS BE RECOUPED? WELL, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND THIS IS ALSO IN THE FLORIDA STATUTES, IS THAT IT MUST BE. UM, I CAN'T.
IT MUST BE, BUT FOR SO THIS EXEMPTION MUST BE GIVEN ONLY IF THAT'S THE REASON THE BUSINESS IS COMING TO PALM BAY.
SO IF THEY'RE ALREADY HERE OR THERE, THEY'RE ALREADY PLANNING ON IT.
THEY'VE ALREADY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AD VALOREM TAX ABATEMENT.
WE ARE GIVING THEM THE EXEMPTION, BUT FOR THEIR NOT BEING ABLE TO GO HERE OR TO WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO YOU WOULD LOSE THAT REVENUE, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE BUSINESS.
AND SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU WOULDN'T RECOUP IT, IT'S THAT YOU ARE GETTING ACTUAL JOBS, CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND YOU WILL HAVE SOME TAX TAX FROM THIS BUSINESS.
AD VALOREM TAX, WHETHER IT DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU GIVE THEM A FULL 100 PERCENT AND THEN IT'S SCALED DOWN, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND HOW MANY JOBS THEY PROVIDE. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT THAT YOU WOULDN'T RECOUP IT, IT'S THAT YOU WOULDN'T GET IT AT ALL IF YOU DIDN'T PROVIDE THIS MANY ADDITIONAL COSTS.
THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX TO ATTRACT BUSINESS COMMERCIAL BUSINESS TO PALM BAY, AM I CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. MY NEXT QUESTION IS HOW ARE YOU GETTING THE WORD OUT MARKETING AND GETTING THE WORD OUT? WE NORMALLY WORK WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WITH OF OUR COUNTY.
THEY USUALLY GET THE LARGER LEADS AND THEY BRING THEM TO US.
THEY ALSO HAVE AN AD VALOREM TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, THEY PAY CITY TAXES AND COUNTY TAXES.
THEY SOMETIMES DO COME DIRECTLY TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
USUALLY, THESE BUSINESSES WILL KNOW THEY'LL COME TO THE CITY, ASKING WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVES CAN YOU PROVIDE? SO WOULD THAT BE THE EDC? YES, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I SEE AN AMAZON TRUCK DRIVE BY ME ON SUNDAY, I GET KIND OF UPSET BECAUSE AMAZON IS IN MELBOURNE, NOT IN PALM BAY.
IT SEEMED LIKE ALL THEIR TRUCKS ARE IN PALM BAY RECENTLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY NOTICED THAT.
WE WILL CERTAINLY WORK ON BRINGING AN AMAZON MANUFACTURING CENTER HERE.
IT'S. THEY'RE DRIVING ALL OVER PALM BAY AND THEN MERCEDES BENZ TRUCK, SO THEY EMPLOY THREE HUNDRED TO FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE, SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE SOME JOBS.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL I THINK STAFF NEEDS TO.
YOU KNOW. USE IT TO ATTRACT BUSINESS LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. IN A MOTION COUNCILMAN MOTION APPROVED RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH, SIXTY SEVEN SECOND ON A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECONDED MY COUNCILMAN FOSTER. ALL IN FAVOR.
AND WE'RE NOT ITEM NUMBER ONE, AND I'M GOING TO ASK MADAME SHERMAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
[NEW BUSINESS]
THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF DISSOLVING THE CITY OF PALM BAY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.THIS DISTRICT WAS CREATED BACK IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN AND IT WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, PROGRAMS, OPPORTUNITIES AND INITIATIVES THAT GENERATE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.
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THE THE THE STRUGGLE THAT WE HAVE HAD SINCE THIS WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED IS THERE'S BEEN SOME DIFFICULTIES ACTUALLY FILLING THE POSITIONS, GETTING TO A QUORUM.BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN HOW THIS BOARD WOULD ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE THE ACCRETION DOCUMENTS WITHOUT ANY FUNDING SOURCE.
SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING CONSIDERATION FOR DISSOLUTION OF THE BOARD.
COUNCIL HAS ALREADY BEEN PUTTING IN MOTION, AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH THE SVT PROGRAM, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESSES TO DEVELOP AND COME HERE.
SO THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION WE HAVE PRESENTED IN THIS ITEM.
THE SPEAKER CARD'S DEPUTY MAYOR.
I NEED A MOTION A MOTION TO STAFF TO PREPARE AND BRING FORTH ON DECEMBER 2ND 20 21 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ORDINANCE DISSOLVING THE CITY OF PALM BAY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IN FAVOR, I PASSED HIS UNANIMOUSLY ITEM NUMBER TWO.
IN A MS., I'M SORRY, MADAM TERESE THAT A MOTION WAS BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA. ITEM TWO.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST OF COUNSEL TO FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS RELATED TO A PARCEL THE CITY OWNS.
THIS IS A PARCEL OF THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT OWNS OFFICIALLY AND IT IS LOCATED NEAR THE MALABAR ST. JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY INTERSECTION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MALABAR.
WE ARE REQUESTING PERMISSION FROM COUNSEL TO, FIRST OF ALL, DESIGNATE THIS PROPERTY AS SURPLUS. IT IS ABOUT 13 ACRES AND WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS FOR ULTIMATELY BECAUSE IT'S A LONG MALABAR SLUM SALE AS A COMMERCIAL TYPE PARCEL.
SO THE SURPLUS REQUEST IS PART ONE OF OUR REQUEST.
THE OTHER PART IS WE DISCOVERED THAT IN THE TRANSITION OF RECEIVING THIS PROPERTY BACK IN 2003, THE PROPERTY WAS NEVER ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.
SO IT'S STILL IN BREVARD COUNTY, SO WE WOULD LOVE TO ANNEX IT IN WITH YOUR PERMISSION.
AND IN THE OTHER PART THAT I DID ADVISE COUNSEL, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME, WE'RE GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING WITH NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET SOME RIGHT AWAY FOR THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF THE ST. JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY IN THE AREA, AS WELL AS MALABAR ROAD, RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE WIDENING IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE'LL BE DOING ALL THOSE SORT OF PIECES AS WE GO FORWARD IF COUNCIL IS AMENABLE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK A CARD MR. BILL BATON. ABOUT IN 586, OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST GOT TWO ITEMS ON THIS ONE. FIRST, I AGREE I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF ANNEXING PROPERTY IN THE CITY BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE TOO BIG FOR THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WE DO GENERATE ALREADY.
BUT IN THIS CASE, DEFINITELY ANNEX THESE 13 ACRES ON MALABAR ROAD THAT'S IN PALM BAY INTO PALM BAY. THAT MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.
SECOND ITEM WITH THAT WHEN YOU DON'T SELL IT FOR ANY LESS THAN ONE POINT NINE MILLION BECAUSE 13 ACRES ON MALABAR ROAD, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TRY TO JUMP ON THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT, A DEVELOPER IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER THINKING THAT THIS IS A GREAT THING TO HOLD YOU.
BOTTOM BY THE SHORT HAIRS RIGHT NOW, NOTHING LESS THAN ONE POINT NINE MILLION, OKAY.
MAYBE MORE, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL IT WAS APPRAISED AT.
YOU COULD EVEN GET MORE MY OPINION.
ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER? YOU KNOW, NO NEED A MOTION A MOTION APPROVED CITY OWNED REAL ESTATE, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 2300 BLOCK OF MALABAR ROAD WEST TAX ACCOUNT TWO NINE SIX ONE FIVE SIX TWO TO BE A DESIGNATED AS SURPLUS AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO BRING FORTH A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION REQUEST AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING.
I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING, ANYBODY COUNCILMAN FOSTER ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN, ON THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR HIGH AS IS UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE STAFF COME UP FOR THIS ONE.
WE ARE. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNSEL OFF AND ON AND HAVE TALKED ABOUT A BUILDING PERMIT FEE REBATE PROGRAM.
SO I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO HAVE A VALENTINO PRES OR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL COME ON UP, AND I KNOW NANCY BUNTER, COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, DID SOME WORK ON THIS, SO THEY'RE BOTH. BE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL ASK VALENTINO, GIVE YOU AN INITIAL KIND OF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE TONIGHT AND LET YOU ALL GIVE US
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YOUR FEEDBACK ON OUR PROPOSAL.GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMAN VALENTINO PEREZ, CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE REQUEST IS TO CREATE A BUILDING PERMIT FEE REBATE PROGRAM.
AND IT'S OBVIOUS WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES HERE, AND I FELT THAT THIS IS ONE WAY. PROBABLY, PROBABLY NOT, NOT SAYING NOT NOT THE BEST WAY, BECAUSE IN MY MIND, LIKE I'VE EXPRESSED TO SUZANNE, I ALWAYS THINK THAT MEETING THE CUSTOMER NEEDS IS WHAT'S GOING TO REALLY ATTRACT BUSINESSES.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT INCENTIVE FOR SPECIFIC BUSINESSES THAT EMPLOY MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE, AS AS WAS STATED IN THE REPORT.
AND SPECIFIC BUSINESSES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSES THAT CAN LET US HAVE THAT COMMERCIAL BASE START COMING HERE AND LOOKING LOOKING AT US.
IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE WE WORK ON IMPROVING THE OTHER ASPECTS OF WHAT I JUST MENTIONED, CONTRACTORS WANT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS DON'T WANT TO SAY THE NECESSARILY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MONEY, BUT THEY WANT TO GET SHOVELS IN THE GROUND.
AND IF WE MEET THAT IN THE MEANTIME, THIS IS THIS IS I THINK IT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE TO TO TRY TO HELP IN THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT'S WHERE KIND OF WHERE I'M AT WITH THE WITH THIS PROGRAM.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS ITEM AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER, YOU SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX.
I'M EXCITED THAT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES DON'T HAVE THIS TOOL AND IT IS A WAY OF ENTICING OTHER BUSINESSES WHERE WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH COMMERCIALS.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I WANT THAT MESSAGE TO GO OUT FAR AND WIDE OF WHAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS DOING TO BRING BUSINESS HERE FOR OUR CITY.
SO ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I'VE BEEN FORCED. IT WAS TO PASS THIS ITEM, HOW HOW HOW CAN YOU IMPLEMENT? AS FAR AS YOUR DEPARTMENT.
HOW WOULD YOU USE IT TO TRACK THIS TERESE? UM, WELL, AS NANCY MENTIONED THROUGH THE AVENUES THAT ARE OUT THERE TO ATTRACT THOSE BUSINESSES, BUT THE IMPLEMENTATION, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE WE HAVE SITE PLANNED MEETINGS INITIALLY WITH THESE DEVELOPERS.
THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM, THEY'RE GOING TO ASK FOR IT AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR IT RIGHT FROM THE GET GO.
AND I'LL BE OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT THE APPLICATIONS AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE THAT INCENTIVE ONCE THEY MEET ALL THEIR CRITERIA, THAT'S THERE AND IT'S LAID OUT ON THE ON THE APPLICATION. I THINK THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCILMAN I JUST WANT WANTED TO ADD, THANK YOU. YEAH.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A QUESTION, BUT MORE OF A COMMENT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT YOU SAID.
WHEN WOULD YOUR OPENING STATEMENT STATED THAT IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE MONEY, THE SERVICE, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE? I THINK THAT THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, SERVICE GOES LONGER, FURTHER AND THEN SAVING A FEW FEW DOLLARS FOR BUSINESSES BECAUSE OF FRUSTRATION.
A LACK OF SERVICE CAN REALLY DRIVE PEOPLE CRAZY.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, BOTTOM BOTTOM LINE, IF THAT'S GOING TO HELP THAT BOTTOM LINE, CERTAINLY THAT'S THAT'S ICING ON THE CAKE.
REBATE, I USUALLY UNDERSTAND REBATE IS MORE SOMETHING THEY WOULD PAY AND THEY WOULD GET IT BACK SHOULD THEY MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, IT'S MORE OF A SAVINGS ONCE THEY MEET THE CRITERIA.
SO IT WOULD PAY IT UP FRONT AND THEN GET IT BACK ON THE BACK.
THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. IT'S AN ODD QUESTION, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE WHOLE CREDIT FOR IT. NANCY DID A GREAT JOB INVESTIGATING OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES, MOSTLY RELATED TO LIKE COVID 19 INITIATIVES, BUT I THINK THIS IS MORE THAN THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT.
ALSO, LONG ENTERTAINER A MOTION, WE HAVE A SPEAKER.
GILBERT AND 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I'VE GOT THREE ITEMS ON THIS ONE.
FIRST ONE, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF A FEE REBATE BECAUSE THE STAFF AND SERVICES STILL HAVE TO BE PROVIDED FOR THE INDIVIDUALS COMING IN THERE.
USING THAT RESOURCES, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY.
THAT'S AN OUTLAY THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR.
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WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE SALARIES FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.ITEM NUMBER TWO AND YOU ADDRESS THIS ONE ON ON THAT WAS, IF APPROVED, FIRST COLLECT THE FEES. THEN AFTER THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED AND THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN HIRED, THEN GIVE THE REBATE BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE WE THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING BUILT OR BUILDINGS DONE.
WHO'S TO SAY WHEN IT'S FINALLY COMPLETED? WE HAVE THE EMPLOYEES NOW MAKE FROM THEIR EMPLOYEES NOW GETTING A PAYCHECK.
THAT'S WHEN THEY GET THE REBATE.
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE RIGHT NOW.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR REBATES, FOR DEVELOPMENTS.
WE JUST HAD FLORIDA POWER LIGHT COME IN HERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 10 EMPLOYEES.
THAT WAS A WHOLE LOT OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMING INTO THE CITY AND THEY'LL MEET THAT CRITERIA AND THEY COULD MORE THAN AFFORD TO PAY IT.
BUT UNDER THIS GUIDELINE, THAT MIGHT BE THAT FOR AVENUE REVENUE, THAT WE JUST LET IT GO BECAUSE THEY WILL DEFINITELY QUALIFY FOR THIS AND THEY WOULD WHEN THEY WERE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF BEING ABLE TO PAY IT.
BUT JUST BECAUSE JUST REMEMBER, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK WHERE THEY CAN SAVE THE BUCK, ALWAYS WHEN YOU SAVE IT MEANS YOU MIGHT NOT BE PUTTING IT IN YOUR WALLET TO BUY AN ITEM NUMBER THREE. I FIND IT STRANGE.
WE JUST REVISED THE COST OF THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES.
WE JUST RAISED IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MAKE ENOUGH IN THE CITY'S REVENUE TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET. SO WE RAISED FEES TO BE COINCIDING WITH THE COST OF INFLATION IN THE COST.
NOW WE'RE TALKING, HOW CAN WE LET PEOPLE NOT HAVE TO PAY IT OR GIVE THAT, GIVE IT BACK TO THEM? SO IF THAT WAS THE CASE, WHY DID WE RAISE IT IF WE CAN AFFORD TO GIVE IT AWAY? IT'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT, FOLKS.
ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS? NINA A MOTION. MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE BUILDING PERMIT FEE REBATE PROGRAM AND DIRECT STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE RESOLUTION AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON DECEMBER 2ND, TWENTY TWENTY ONE SECOND.
AND A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW IF MADAM SHERMAN WANTED TO ADDRESS ANYTHING THAT MR..
I'D LIKE TO, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
HE SPOKE ABOUT THE FEE REBATE.
THERE IS A JOB CREATION COMPONENT, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO CREATE 10 FULL TIME JOBS.
WE ALSO LIMITED THE ZONING DISTRICTS IN WHICH THIS REBATE WOULD FALL UNDER.
SO IT'S HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL, LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
SO WE ARE REALLY SEEKING OUR MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES, HIGH TECH BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE CREATING JOBS WITH A CAPITAL INVESTMENT SO THE SOLAR ENERGY WOULD NOT FIT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T CREATING 10 FULL TIME JOBS.
ALSO, THE ONES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY EXPANDING, LET'S SAY YOUR BUSINESS IS DOING SO GREAT.
AND SO BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE, YOU WOULD BE EXPANDING YOUR BUSINESS, ADDING NEW EMPLOYEES. AND THEN AS FAR AS RAISING THE FEES WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT BECAUSE WE'RE AGAIN CREATING MORE MORE JOBS, MORE BUSINESSES IN THESE ZONING DISTRICTS, WE'D ACTUALLY BE CREATING MORE REVENUE.
WE'RE NOT INCLUDING IN THAT, IT'S JUST THE BUILDING PERMIT FEE.
SO THE PLAN REVIEW FEE, THE FIRE INSPECTION FEE, ANY FEES THAT ARE RELATED TO RE INSPECTIONS, ALL OF THOSE OTHER FEES, THE SITE PLAN AND ANY FEES THAT ARE THROUGH GROWTH MANAGEMENT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED, IT'S PURELY JUST THE BUILDING PERMIT FEE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM, COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
I KNOW ABOUT THAT FIRE INSPECTION FEE ME MR. FELIX. BECAUSE THEY CAME BY MY OFFICE TODAY AND I GOT TO PAY THAT FEE.
SO YEAH, WE DO COLLECT FEEDS AND I'LL BE PAYING MINDS NEXT WEEK.
BUT I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL.
I'M EXCITED LIKE THE MAYOR IS ABOUT IT.
HOW MANY CITIES DID YOU FIND? THIS THE DIRECTOR, WE WE FOUND FIVE CITIES, BUT FOUR OF THEM WERE ALL RELATED TO COVID 19. THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OFFERED SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT IT WAS IT WAS A 100 PERCENT FEE WAIVER, BUT IT HAD TO BE LESS THAN TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE VALUATION OF THE PERMIT. SO IT WOULD BE MOSTLY LIKE REMODELING THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT I ACTUALLY FOUND THEY HAVE WITHIN THEIR CODE UNDER ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, A SIMILAR PROGRAM. AND SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT I MIRRORED BECAUSE IT WASN'T RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC. IT WAS PURELY AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE.
AND THAT'S WHY I GATHER THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
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SO I AGREE.THANK YOU. MM HMM. AT A MOTION, ANY OTHER SPEAKER, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA, ALL IN FAVOR.
WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, MADAM SHERMAN, A LONG AWAITED ITEM.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE LONG AWAITED ITEM? YES, SIR. SO THIS FIRST ITEM, FOUR AND FIVE ARE BOTH GOING TO BE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FOR BOTH F2P.
AND IF THIS FIRST ONE IS FOR THE POLICE, FOR THE FOP AND THIS COVERS ALL THREE UNITS POLICE OFFICERS, SERGEANTS AND LIEUTENANTS, A LOT OF THE DETAILS ARE LISTED OUT IN HERE, BUT I'LL JUST GIVE SOME VERY QUICK HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE WERE SEEKING TO ACCOMPLISH.
YOU WILL SEE IN BOTH CONTRACTS, THE GOALS REVOLVED AROUND MAKING BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS AND PAY ADJUSTMENTS TO SUPPORT BOTH ONGOING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PRIORITIES, WHICH ARE VERY CRITICAL IN THIS DAY AND AGE FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS AND FOR OUR CITY.
THESE WILL BE THREE YEAR CONTRACTS FOR BOTH A SPECIFIC TO THE FOP.
SOME OF THE ITEMS I WILL MENTION HERE IS THAT REGARDING LONGEVITY, WE HAVE ADDED SOME CHANGES. FIRST OF ALL, ADDING BACK IN WHAT'S CALLED A LONGEVITY PAY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A FLAT FEE RELATED TO HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY.
WE'VE ALSO MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO SICK AND VACATION LEAVE ACCRUALS, AND THOSE ARE TIED TO YOUR TIME, YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY.
WE HAVE ADDED IN A DIFFERENTIAL PAY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WHO WORK THE NIGHT SHIFT. AND WE HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED THE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN TO INSTEAD OF BEING A FIXED CONTRIBUTION DOLLAR AMOUNT FROM THE EMPLOYEES.
NOW THEY WILL HAVE A PERCENTAGE THAT THEY SHARE OVER TIME IN THE HEALTH PLAN.
AND OF COURSE, THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THIS IS THE ADJUSTMENTS TO SALARY SYSTEM AND WAGES, AND IT'S KIND OF OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACT.
BUT FOR FOP, ESSENTIALLY A THREE PERCENT PAY INCREASE WAS ALREADY BUILT INTO THE BUDGET STARTING OCTOBER ONE, SO THE EMPLOYEES HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THAT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE PROPOSED A THREE PERCENT STEP PLAN ADJUSTMENT TO APRIL 1ST AND THEN IN THE OUT YEARS THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL INCREASES BOTH TO THE STEP PLAN AND TO THE ACTUAL PAY OF THE EMPLOYEES.
ALL THAT IS LISTED OUT HERE FOR YOU AND THE FULL ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL FISCAL IMPACT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT'S AN ESTIMATE THAT WE PUT IN HERE.
WE EXPECT IT TO VARY BASED ON RETIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THERE WERE ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL EDITS TO THE CONTRACTS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS MINOR LANGUAGE CHANGES. THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND HE'S SPEAKER CARD.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH FOP, FOUR OFFICERS, SERGEANTS AND LIEUTENANTS UNITS AND AUTHORIZED PAY AND BENEFIT INCREASES FOR A COMMANDER AND DEPUTY CHIEF POSITIONS, INCLUDING CHANGING THE GRADE OF THOSE POSITIONS.
SECOND. MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.
THE DISCUSSION, THE. ALL IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH THE IF THE FIREFIGHTER GROUP, IT IS INCLUDING BOTH THE RANK AND FILE AND SUPERVISORS UNITS.
A SIMILARLY, WE HAVE A THREE YEAR CONTRACT HERE.
SIMILAR CHANGES REGARDING THE INTENTION TO SUPPORT ONGOING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FOR EXISTING STAFF. SO INCLUDED IN HERE ARE SOME SIMILAR CHANGES TO SICK AND VACATION LEAVE ACCRUALS. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMPENSATION CHANGES OR LISTED OUT HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT AGAIN. SIMILAR TO FOP, WE HAD ACTUALLY BUILT IN A THREE PERCENT PAY INCREASE OCTOBER ONE, BUT THIS INCLUDES A SIX PERCENT PAY INCREASE, WHICH WOULD BE HAPPY TO THE PLAN.
THAT'S ALL. OCTOBER 1ST AND THEN THERE WERE ADDITIONAL PAY INCREASES BUILT IN FOR THE FUTURE YEARS IN THE CONTRACT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE INCLUDED A PAY INCREASE FOR THE DISTRICT CHIEFS IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP PROPER SEPARATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND POSITIONS WITHIN THE THE TEAM.
THIS CONTRACT ALSO DOES INCLUDE LONGEVITY SIMILAR TO THE FOP, AND WE ADJUSTED SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT RELATES TO MANDATORY OVERTIME.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT STAFF HAD REQUESTED TO ADJUST.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE.
THE FISCAL IMPACT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR WAS TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND AGAIN, WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU MAY HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS, COUNSEL.
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A MOTION AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH AIA WITH IAF FOR RANK AND FILE AND SUPERVISORS UNIT'S SECOND MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NONE, I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR, I PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER SIX MRS JONES.
MADAM JOAN MS., THANK YOU, MAYOR.
COUNCIL CURRENTLY SERVES AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS OTHER AGENCIES AND I ASKED THAT THOSE APPOINTMENTS BE REAFFIRMED OR MODIFIED AS DESIRED.
ROBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON ALL THESE EXTRA BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, NOT ONLY FROM STAFF, FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT ALSO FROM STAFF THAT AS THEY THEIR TANDEM ALSO BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR TIME, ENERGY AND EFFORT.
GRANTED, YOU GAIN A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE BY DOING IT, BUT IT STILL IS ALWAYS A TIME EXPENDITURE ON THAT INDIVIDUAL.
AND I KNOW SOMETIMES YOUR TIME GETS A LITTLE BIT TIGHT.
SO I'M JUST SAYING THANK YOU AND I DON'T DO THAT VERY OFTEN TO YOU.
BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST SITTING HERE.
I KNOW THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT GO ON BEHIND THE SCENES SOMETIMES.
AND STAFF THAT HAVE ALSO HAD TO ATTEND THEM TO THANK YOU.
WHAT CONSIDERATION WOULD YOU WANT? I KNOW. DID YOU WANT TO DISCUSS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SAME PLAN WE HAVE IN PLACE TODAY? YEAH. ME PERSONALLY, I'M FINE WITH JUST THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.
IF Y'ALL, I THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THE SPACE COAST TPO, ESPECIALLY HOW Y'ALL MOVED UP SEVERAL THINGS.
BUT IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, Y'ALL NEED TO SWITCH AND NEED ME TO MOVE UP, I WILL.
BUT I THINK THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE NOW ON THE SPACE COAST TPO IS PERFECT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, GENTLEMEN? COUNCILWOMAN FELIX. I WOULD I WOULD AGREE WITH DEPUTY MAYOR'S COMMENTS.
THE. REPRESENTATIONS STAY AS THEY ARE.
OH, THAT'S FINE. WHAT? REINFORCED.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THE SPACE COAST TRANSPORTATION PLANNING OR RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
UM, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO SWITCH.
WOULD YOU? DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON? YES. AND I KNOW THAT I'M I'M THE ALTERNATE AT SPACE COAST LEAGUE OF CITIES AND YOU'RE THE ALTERNATE ON SPACE COAST TPO.
WOULD YOU WANT TO SWITCH WITH ME? ALLOW ME TO BE THE ALTERNATE ON THAT SPACE COAST TPO.
AND YOU BE THE ONE OF THE THREE.
SO SWITCH SPACE COAST PEOPLE ALTERNATE TO ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THREE WITH FOSTER FELIX YOU FOSTER AND FELIX.
OK. AND THEN I'D BE THE ALTERNATE IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT.
YOU JUMP IN. OK, I CAN DO THAT.
I THOUGHT, Y'ALL, I THOUGHT, YOU DID GREAT.
BUT MARIO'S DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH, SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
OK, WELL, IF IF, IF YOU FEEL THAT WAY, I'M GOING TO HONOR.
I'M AN HONOR. YOUR YOUR REQUEST.
I'M GOOD WITH WHAT YOU'VE BEEN.
WHATEVER YOU REQUEST, LIKE, I'M SUPPORT YOU, SO I'LL SPEAK REAL QUICK.
OK. IT WAS OUTER SPACE COAST LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING THAT ANDREA YOUNG FROM CITY OF WEST MELBOURNE SPOKE ABOUT THE THREE OF YOU GENTLEMEN.
OF COURSE YOU ALL CAN TELL ME.
BUT SHE SPOKE ABOUT THE THREE OF YOU GENTLEMEN AND HOW YOU ALL.
AND COMMISSIONER ZANKA WERE DILIGENT IN MOVING A LOT OF THE PALM BAY PROJECTS THAT IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS AND YEARS WHERE I WAS ON COUNCIL AND YEARS BEFORE THAT, WE'RE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
SO THAT RIGHT THERE JUST SHOWS THE LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK YOU ALL HAD INFLUENCE YOU HAD.
NOW I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
I FEEL YOU'RE RIGHT, SIR, BUT WE'LL KEEP IT AS IS.
I'LL I'LL MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
BUT AT ANY MOMENT, IF ROSEMARY JUST LET MS. ROSEMARY KNOW AND I'LL BE THERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU WANTED TO, BUT WE'RE GOOD.
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I JUST, YEAH, I'M GOOD.IF I MAY ONE, IF I MAY ADD ONE MORE THING, I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S THE IS THE IS THE RELATIONSHIP, THE YEARS OF RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU BRING, YOU'RE BROUGHT TO THE TEAM.
I THINK MOST OF THOSE FOLKS ARE FOLKS THAT YOU GO WAY BACK 30 SOME YEARS.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T LOOK A DAY OVER 30, BUT YOU GO, YOU'RE GOING, YOU HAVE A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S MY OBSERVATION AS YOU, YOU, YOU SPEAK AND AS SOME VALUE TO IT AND AS WE SPEAK, THERE'S SOME VALUE TO IT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND POINT TAKEN WELL, WE'LL KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME NOW.
THE MUNICIPAL DISASTER RELIEF.
THAT'S YOU, RIGHT? COUNCILWOMAN FELIX. OK, YOU'RE DOING WITH IT DOWN AND LET SOMEONE KNOW THAT THAT'S GOOD.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH MS. SHERMAN THAT MRS. BROWN WOULD CONTINUE TO SERVE AS WELL.
YES, SHE'S COMPLETELY FINE WITH THAT.
THANK YOU. SO MOTION'S NOT NEEDED, YOU HAVE A CONSENSUS, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING INTO COUNCIL REPORTS.
I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN FELIX.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO START A THOUGH, NANCY NANCY'S NOT HERE, NEITHER REPRESENTED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAMBERS OR PRESENT, BUT WHAT A GREAT EVENT THEY HAD AT THE LAWSON MOTOR SPORT MOTOR SPORTS FACILITY.AND I TELL YOU WHAT, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THAT PLACE.
THIS IS MY FIRST CHANCE HAVING TO GO THERE AND THEN REALLY GO ON A TOUR.
BUT IT COULD. IT WAS AGAIN TOWARD CHAMBER, REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB.
AND SECONDLY, JUST WANT TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO WISH STAFF AND MY COLLEAGUES AND THE RESIDENTS A HAPPY HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FELIX COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN REAL BUSY, AND I THINK THE MAYOR AGREE WITH THAT.
WE STARTED WITH THE VETERAN PARADE.
THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PARADE, AND I ENJOYED IT.
AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, I SEE MR. GARY PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE.
AT THE SENIOR CENTER, WHERE YOU GAVE A GREAT SPEECH DURING THAT TIME.
A FINNISH IMO TRAINING, ELECTED OFFICIALS, TRAINING MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICIAL TRAINING THIS PAST WEEK, BUT WE ONLY ON THE 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT AND THEN RIBBON CUTTINGS, RETIREMENTS AND DO A COUPLE OF FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENTS.
YET MR. BILL GILBERT IS MORE THAN JUST SITTING UP HERE THAT WE DO, AND PEOPLE DON'T SEE THAT. AND.
BEING LAST MONTH WAS NOT A GOOD MONTH FOR ME, I LOST TWO PEOPLE TO CLOSE FRIENDS OVER 20 YEARS, I KNOW, AND THEY PASSED AWAY, BUT THIS MONTH WAS A GREAT MONTH FOR ME.
SO THE SUN, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T RAIN EVERY DAY.
THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS A GREAT MONTH BECAUSE MY BIRTHDAY IS IN 10 DAYS AND AND I'M PRAYING TO GOD I SEE IT.
SO I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND PALM BAY AND BEYOND.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER DEPUTY MAYOR, JOHNSON THANK YOU, MAYOR.
TWO THINGS YOU KNOW, WE AS A COUNCIL, WE LOOK AT ANY CHANCE WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE EITHER THE MEETINGS OR IMPROVE OUR CITY OR HOW WE GOVERN.
AND I FOUND ONE OPPORTUNITY IN MY EYES THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SO.
I TASKED MRS JONES AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH ME.
BUT SHE LOOKED INTO OUR CHARTER, THE CODE AND OUR POLICIES REGARDING OUR MEETINGS, AND THERE'S NOTHING. SHE LOOKED ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1970, AND THERE'S NOTHING SAYING THAT.
OUR MEETINGS ARE SET AT SEVEN P.M., SO I WISH TO GET CONSENSUS FROM COUNCIL TO MOVE OUR MEETINGS TO 6:00 P.M..
WE HAVE STAFF WHO'S HERE FROM, YOU KNOW, EIGHT A.M.
SOMETIMES EARLIER, ALL THE WAY TO FIVE P.M.
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AND THEN THEY'RE HERE TWO MORE HOURS WAITING TO, YOU KNOW, SIT HERE AND SERVE WITH US.WE ALL HAVE FAMILIES. YOU HAVE 10 GRANDCHILDREN, MAYBE MORE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK THIS COULD BE A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY.
BUT THE MAIN THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE DO DO IT IMMEDIATELY, WHICH I WOULD PREFER FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS SOME AGENDA ITEM ON DECEMBER 2ND, I THINK WE SHOULD PERSONALLY REACH OUT TO THEM EACH EACH PERSON ON THE ITEM SO THEY DON'T THINK IT'S AT 7:00 AND COME AT SEVEN P.M. AND MS. THEIR ITEMS. SO. UM, THAT'S THE FIRST THING, SO I WAS LOOKING AT CONSENSUS ON THAT, SO I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA ON PAPER.
YES. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY MY FIRST REACTION IS, YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT AN EARLIER MEETING WOULD BE.
BENEFICIAL, BUT WHAT AM I PUTTING MYSELF IN A POSITION THAT I WOULD BE HERE LATE? THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, I WOULD WANT TO BE FULLY COMMITTED TO THAT DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK IT'S A WELL-INTENDED IDEA.
I JUST THINK. IT MAY PUT ME IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN'T.
NOW, IF COUNSEL WANTS TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
I JUST HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR ME AT THIS PRESENT TIME.
NOW. HE LOOKING DOWN RANGE AND AND MAYBE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS, THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING I COULD INQUIRE.
HOWEVER. IT MAY BE PUTTING ME IN A BOX, AND IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR ME, BUT I LOVE THE IDEA. YEAH, I REALLY DO.
AND I AGREE, I THINK IT IS BECAUSE I WENT HOME TODAY, I'M LOOKING AT MY TIME, BUT IT FELT IT WAS LATER.
DEPUTY MAYOR OR IS IT MORE DUE TO THE TIME CHANGE OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT SET IN STONE ONGOING REGARDLESS? I'M SAVING IT. WOULDN'T IT WOULDN'T CHANGE YOU.
YEAH, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT TIME SAVING, BUT YOU KNOW, OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE IT AT 6:30.
I'M OPEN TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, TRYING IT AT 6:30 AND MARRIAGE.
YOU CAN LOOK TO SEE IF YOU KNOW, I LIKE 6:00 P.M.
BUT I'M COOL WITH 6:30 FOR THE TIME BEING AND SEEING HOW THAT DOES.
BUT BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CHARTER OR POLICIES OR CODE LIKE SHE.
I APPRECIATE MRS. JONES BECAUSE I KEPT GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH HER, LIKE, DID YOU FIND ANYTHING? AND SHE SAID NOTHING.
DEPUTY MAYOR SO WOW, SHE DIDN'T SOUND JUST LIKE THAT.
I'M THE ONLY THING THE THREE OF US WERE JUST DISCUSSING IS THAT THERE ARE LEGAL ADS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR PLANNING AND ZONING AND COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT THEY ARE ADVERTISED FOR SEVEN O'CLOCK RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT SURE IF JANUARY HAS BEEN ADVERTISED YET.
OK, SO IF COUNCIL DESIRE TO CHANGE THE MEETING DATES, WE COULD PROBABLY START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. BOARD COUNCILMAN FOSTER FINISH WELL WITH THE IDEA OF 6:30 FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUR MAYOR, IF THAT.
THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER, I WOULD SUPPORT THE 6:30 I.
UM. THIS IS YOUR MEETING, MAYOR.
I MEAN, YOU DO YOU CONTROL THE MEETING, THIS IS YOUR MEETING AND WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING WITHOUT YOU. WELL, WE CAN, BUT WE SHOULDN'T.
WE SHOULDN'T. I KNOW WE GET A QUORUM, BUT EVEN WE HAVE A QUORUM.
I WANT YOU HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE THE MAYOR AND YOU CONTROL THE MEETING.
I WILL BE HERE ON THAT TIME, BUT I UNDERSTAND.
AND IF I WAS IN YOUR POSITION, I WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY.
SO I WOULD GO ALONG WITH 6:30 IF IT'S IF IF IT'S OK WITH YOU, IF YOU COULD ACCOMMODATE
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THAT, IF YOU CAN'T.WE SAY SO, AND I WOULD STICK WITH SEVEN, BUT.
THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND GENTLEMEN, I APPRECIATE THE GESTURE AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.
I CAN'T COMMIT TO 16, YOU KNOW, 18, 30 OR 1800 HOURS.
WHAT I CAN SAY TO THIS COUNCIL IS LET ME LET ME LOOK DOWNRANGE AND BUT I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES THAT 1830 WOULD.
I KNOW I'M COMMITTED TO 19:00 HOURS.
AND AND WITH THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT TAKE PLACE THAT I I DON'T DISCLOSE, RIGHT? BUT THEY'RE JOBS THAT I'M CALLED TO DO THAT ARE REALLY DEMANDING.
AND THERE'S SOME TIMES THAT I'M I'M GETTING HERE AT 18 30, AND IT'S BECAUSE I I NEED TIME TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.
I NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT MIND FRAME COMING FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND ZONING IN ON WHAT THE JOB IS AT HAND COMING FROM A DIFFERENT TYPE OF JOB, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO PLEASE, I APPRECIATE THE GESTURE AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.
AND THEN MAYBE WE COULD DISCUSS THIS EARLY NEXT YEAR.
OK. SO AND I WOULD SAY I PREFER 1800 IF YOU CAN, IF YOU GET IT.
YEAH, YOU CAN SPEAK TO SPEAK TO THAT.
BUT 1830, SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL I WANT TO REITERATE, MAYOR, AND THEN WE'LL TALK NEXT YEAR.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, I KNOW EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS OUT OF THE QUESTION, OK, I KNOW I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO LEAD YOU ON, OK, I THINK EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS, DEFINITELY OUT OF THE QUESTION.
WHAT I WOULD ENTERTAIN AND PROPOSE IS 1830.
BUT IT IT'S A DIFFERENT MIND FRAME WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING ELSE TO SWITCH THAT OFF AND WORK AS ME.
YEAH, SO BUT I WILL LOOK INTO THE 18 30.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. AND DOES THAT COMPLETE YOUR REPORT? OH, NO, LAST THING.
MR. BILL BRATTON. I APPRECIATE YOU, SIR, AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I DIDN'T.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED BEFORE IN THE PAST, BUT MONDAY NIGHT, SIR, I APPRECIATE YOU STANDING UP FOR THE BOARD.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID BECAUSE THOSE ARE VOLUNTEERS, JUST LIKE WE AWARDED THE ONES WE'RE TRYING TO AWARD THE ONES UP HERE, THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS.
ME, THE MAYOR, COUNCILMAN, FELIX, COUNCILMAN, FOSTER, WE CAN TAKE THE BEAT DOWNS.
WE'RE OK. WE SIGNED UP FOR IT, YOU KNOW, BUT THEM, THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS.
THEY WANT TO HELP THE CITY JUST LIKE WE DO, JUST LIKE YOU DO.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR.
I KNOW I'LL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU.
I'LL LEAD INTO MY REPORTS BY, YOU KNOW, I LOVE CELEBRATING LIFE.
IT'S A IT'S A GREAT TIME TO PAUSE AND BE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE AND BEING GRATEFUL.
I'M GRATEFUL AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE THAT COUNCILMAN FELIX WELCOMED HOME HIS SON AND I WAS SO HONORED AND ENCOURAGED TO BE ABLE TO PRAY OVER YOU AND AND YOUR CHILD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? WE JUST HAVE A NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY, NOT ITS NEPHEW.
IT'S MY IN-LAWS GOT A NEW BABY AND BABY BOY, BEAUTIFUL BOY.
AND THEY'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, PRAYING FOR A LONG TIME, EXPECTING FOR A LONG TIME, OVER 15 YEARS OF RELATIONSHIP.
WITHOUT THAT COMPLETE THAT THAT AT ANOTHER LITTLE BODY IN THE IN THE HOUSE.
SO THE WHOLE FAMILY IS REJOICING.
THANKS FOR MENTIONING. I DO APPRECIATE.
THANK YOU. WE WERE ALL EXCITED.
THANK YOU. THAT IS EXCITING UNDER MY REPORTS.
YOU ARE THE REASON THAT OUR FAMILY STILL PUT TOGETHER.
YOU ARE THE MATRIARCH OF OUR FAMILY.
DON'T WORRY, I'M COMING HOME AND I'LL END MY REPORT.
WITH THAT, I'LL GO ON ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS MADAM SHERMAN.
[ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ALSO WANT TO JOIN COUNCIL IN WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.[02:55:05]
I ALSO WANTED TO JUST FOR THE RECORD, FOR ANYONE WHO ARE LISTENING OR THOSE WHO ARE STILL HERE, REMIND FOLKS OF OUR UPCOMING HOLIDAY EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HELD IN THE CITY.SO JUST BRIEFLY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE 3RD, WE WILL HAVE OUR MOVIE IN THE PARK EVENT OUT AT REGIONAL PARK, BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES OUR TREE LIGHTING EVENT.
SO COME OUT FOR THAT THAT SATURDAY, DECEMBER THE 4TH WILL BE OUR HOLIDAY PARADE AT 6:00 P.M. EASTERN FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE TO SANFILIPPO, TO MALABAR TO CITY HALL.
SO MAKE SURE YOU JOIN US FOR THAT THREE MILES OF PARADE AND YOU CAN LINE UP ANYWHERE AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE DOING THE LIGHT FEST AGAIN, LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR WITHOUT THE LONG BACKUP ON MALABAR ROAD, OF COURSE, AND THAT WILL BE THE TWO WEEKENDS AFTER THE PARADE WEEKEND.
SO THAT'S DECEMBER 10TH THROUGH 12TH AND THE 17TH THROUGH 19 SIX TO NINE P.M.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, ALSO AT REGIONAL PARK.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
YES, MAYOR, I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU ALL KNOW, WAS COMING FORTH.
WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT THE OPIATE LITIGATION, YOU KNOW, MICHAEL CONN, I'VE BEEN KEEPING YOU ABREAST AS FAR AS SOME OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS.
AND LET'S LET YOU KNOW WE HAD BEEN REGISTERED FOR WHERE I WOULD BE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT COMING FORTH.
ERIC ROMANO JUST CONTACTED ME.
THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WILL COME FORTH AT THE NEXT MEETING WHERE WE ASK FOR AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO IT, BUT IT'S COMING SOON.
AWESOME. THAT'S GREAT NEWS, MAN.
I DO HAVE. WELL, MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP ONTO MY REPORT, BUT.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, I KNOW THERE WAS CONSENSUS WITH COUNSEL REGARDING OUR.
AND CAN YOU GIVE ME A STATUS ON THAT, MA'AM? YES. WE DRAFTED HIM AND WE'VE GOT THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO PASS.
AS FAR AS THE TRANSITION, THERE'S ACTUALLY A MEANING THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED TO TALK ABOUT THAT, AS WELL AS ANOTHER SECTION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED.
BEEN WORKING WITH MS. MS. GHANI AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO PUT MAYBE AN RFP OR RFQ.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT IT AS FAR AS HIRING THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, BUT WE'VE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS ON IT. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS?
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]
THE COMMENTS ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.PLEASE STEP FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
REAL QUICK, MAY I FORGOT I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT MARY JANE RUSSELL TO THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD? CONGRATULATIONS, MR. RUSSELL. O MR., MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
BILL HAS BROUGHT ME UP TO SPEED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW WHEN TO COME UP AND WHERE NOT TO COME UP, IF YOU REMEMBER ME FROM THE LAST TIME.
ANTON EVANS FROM ONE SIX EIGHT ONE WICHITA BOULEVARD, WHERE WE HAVE ALL THE SPEEDY AND I LIKE TO THANK MR. YOU. WELL, IF HE'S HERE, THE CHIEF, MOYER, YES, YES, HE'S HERE.
HE HE HAD AN OFFICER GIVE ME A CALL TWO WEEKS AFTER I MADE MY LITTLE SPEECH, AND I APPRECIATE IT. I CAME TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS DONE.
THEY PUT UP A TRAFFIC MONITOR AND HE TOLD ME THEY WOULD.
SO THE OFFICER THAT CALLED ME TOLD ME WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO.
I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME, BUT I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS BEING DONE. I KIND OF LIKE TO GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU.
I'M ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WICHITA BOULEVARD, AND THE NORTH SIDE IS AN EMPTY LOT.
THAT EMPTY LOT TAKES UP FOUR HOUSES.
MY, WHEN THEY TURN AND COME OFF THAT CORNER UP HALF COURT, IT'S AN EMPTY LOT AND THREE HOUSES. SO WE'RE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
BUT I NOTICE A VAN WOULD COME WITH EQUIPMENT AND I WATCH IT BECAUSE I'M RETIRED AND THAT VAN WOULD HELP EQUIPMENT ON IT TO CUT THE YARD.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, BUT THEY WOULD GET OUT WALK.
PICK UP THE PAPER, STAY FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND LEAVE.
AND THIS IS WHY THAT GRASS IS GROWING IN THE CONDITION, IT IS.
SO WHAT I DO, I GET ON MY RIDING LAWNMOWER AND CUT A LITTLE PATH SO THAT RIGHT TO THE CORNER, BABCOCK, SO THOSE KIDS CAN WALK WITHOUT GETTING THAT HIGH GRASS.
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THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY BUILD A NEW HOUSES WITH SIDEWALKS, BUT THIS STREET NEEDS IT TRULY.AND ALL I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL OR OFFICER TO DO IS SIT THERE FOR 15 MINUTES AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEY ALWAYS COME THROUGH BETWEEN, I SAY, BETWEEN 7:30 AND 8:30.
THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING PICKS UP.
TRAFFIC GETS VERY, VERY, YOU KNOW, IN THE MORNING.
YES. OH YES. THAT'S WHEN THE KIDS A BUS COMES.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT TIME, BUT COMES THERE ON BABCOCK AND MALLARD WICHITA AND STOPS AND PICKS HIM UP RIGHT THERE.
SO. KIND OF GAVE ME AN IDEA, IF YOU SAW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU UNDERSTAND.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN JUST HAVE AN OFFICE IS 15 MINUTES, IF THAT AND THEY'LL SEE.
THANK YOU. YES, I APPRECIATE IT.
I TRULY APPRECIATE THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR LISTENING TO ME.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M REALLY CONCERNED AND I REALLY THINK AND I WANT TO COME.
I COULDN'T MAKE IT LAST MONTH, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK.
I WANT TO MEET AND SEE THE PEOPLE HERE.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST SEE IT ON THE VIDEO.
I WANT TO ACTUALLY GET TO MEET EVERY ONE OF YOU.
TFR. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD SPEAK WITH OUR CONSTITUENT AND SEE HOW ELSE WE CAN ASSIST AND MAYBE A WHOLE COULD COULD ALSO DISCUSS WITH HIM ABOUT ANY ANY.
RATH SAID THAT MAY BE NEEDING TO BE SERVICED OR IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, GO IN AND SPEAK TO THOSE. YES. GENTLEMEN, THANKS AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OK.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK? MASTER CHIEF. AS FOR YOU KNOW, THE RECORD MASTER CHIEF IS ACTUALLY A SENIOR CHIEF, BUT HE'S BEEN PROMOTED TO MASTER CHIEF.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S ONLY THE NAVY GOBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE CHANGING OF YOUR OF YOUR MEETINGS AT THE TIME.
AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STAFF AND I'M, I FEEL, FEEL BAD FOR HIM BECAUSE I KNOW THESE MEETINGS GO A LONG TIME SOMETIMES.
I ALSO FEEL SORRY FOR YOU ALSO BECAUSE YOU HAVE FAMILIES AT HOME, SOME OF YOU HAVE EVEN YOUNG ONES AT HOME, WHICH REALLY YOU MISS OUT ON THAT TIME.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ALSO THE PUBLIC HAS TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS ALSO, AND THEY WORK ALSO.
AND I CAN SPEAK FROM THE DAYS WHEN I DID HAVE TO WORK FROM PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE IN ORDER TO GET BACK HERE TO ATTEND TO SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETINGS.
SOMETIMES IT WAS CUTTING IT REAL, REAL CLOSE, BUT SOME PEOPLE TRY HARD AND ARE WILLING TO RISK THE TICKET. BUT IT'S IT'S THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT.
IT'S NOT JUST YOU, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF PUBLIC THAT HAS TO BE HERE ALSO TO BE PRESENT WITH IT. I'M NOT SAYING DON'T I LIKE TO GO TO BED AN HOUR EARLIER, BUT IT'S ALSO ON THERE HARD FOR THEM TO.
THAT BEING SAID, I LOVE THE CITY.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING, NONE. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.