OK, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL COUNSEL MEETING TWENTY TWENTY ONE, THIRTY TWO TO ORDER.
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I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCILMAN FOSTER TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.ALL RIGHT. WE BY THE UNITED STATES IS SAYING ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FROM RAW.
SO WE HAVE MADAM MADAM JONES ROLL CALL.
MAYOR MEDINA, MAYOR JOHNSON HERE, COUNCILMAN, FOSTER, COUNCILMAN, FELIX HERE, MS. SHERMAN, BURAK, MS. SMITH HERE.
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SO WE HAVE ONE ITEM UNDER BUSINESS AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MADAM SHERMAN.THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED ACTUALLY BY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JOHN YOUNG, CARLA BROWN.
WHAT WE INTEND TO DO FOR FOR COUNCILMAN AS WELL FOR THE PUBLIC IS KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF ARPA ON WHAT IS ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS JUST TO KIND OF REFRESH ON ALL THAT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT PREVIOUSLY.
WE WILL GO THROUGH WHAT WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED FUNDING TO DO BASED ON COUNCIL'S PRIOR VOTES. WE WILL ALSO PRESENT TO YOU THE THINGS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT TO YOU AS ITEMS YOU COULD CONSIDER AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER CONVERSATION COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FURTHER ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDING.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JONI.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I'M GOING TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION OVERALL, BUT I WILL DEFER ANY REGULATORY QUESTIONS AND I WILL TAG TEAM THAT.
SO OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER, BRITTA KELLNER IS HERE.
MANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE REQUESTS FOR FUNDING BY THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE HERE AS WELL.
SO I WILL RUN THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION.
OK, SO WE RECEIVED EIGHT POINT, WELL, ROUGHLY $18 MILLION THE FIRST DISBURSEMENT, AND THESE ARE DONE TWO EQUAL TRANCHES.
THE FIRST DISBURSEMENT WAS RECEIVED BY THE CITY JUNE 17 IN THE AMOUNT OF $9 MILLION.
THE FUNDING THROUGH ARPA HAS TO BE EXPENDED BY DECEMBER 31ST.
I'M SORRY, COMMITTED BY DECEMBER 31ST.
TWENTY TWENTY FOUR AND THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE FULLY EXPENDED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
SO UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS, STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS ELIGIBLE USES, THERE ARE FOUR PRIMARY SECTIONS.
THESE ARE RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OR ITS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFITS, OR AID TO IMPACT IMPACTED INDUSTRIES SUCH AS TOURISM, TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY.
RESPOND TO WORKERS PERFORMING ESSENTIAL WORK DURING COVID 19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY BY PROVIDING PREMIUM PAY TO ELIGIBLE WORKERS.
THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE EXTENT OF THE REDUCTION IN REVENUE DUE TO COVID 19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RELATIVE TO THE REVENUES COLLECTED IN THE MOST RECENT FULL FISCAL PRIOR BAILEY FISCAL YEAR PRIOR TO THE EMERGENCY.
AND FINALLY MAKE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS IN WATER, SEWER OR BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THESE ARE THE FOUR CATEGORIES THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING DURING THE PRESENTATION.
UNDER THAT FIRST SECTION, THE ELIGIBLE USES OF THESE FUNDS INCLUDE ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLD FOOD ASSISTANCE, RENT MORTGAGE, UTILITY PAYMENTS, COUNSELING AND LEGAL AID TO PREVENT EVICTION AND HOMELESSNESS AND JOB TRAINING, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHER SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS FACING HOMELESSNESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESS AND NONPROFITS SUCH AS LOANS AND GRANTS TO MITIGATE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FACED BY BUSINESSES DURING COVID MITIGATION AND PREVENTION TACTICS.
TO INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS TO ENHANCE OUTDOOR SPACES SUCH AS PATIOS, PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, COUNSELING AND OTHER SERVICES THAT ASSIST WITH BUSINESS PLANNING NEEDS.
AID TO IMPACTED INDUSTRIES, TOURISM, TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ADDRESS THE DISPARATE IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON CERTAIN POPULATIONS AND GEOGRAPHIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, UNHOUSED AND LOW TO MODERATE INCOME QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACTS.
UNDER PREMIUM PAY, WE HAVE PREMIUM PAY FOR ELIGIBLE ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AND THESE INCLUDE THOSE WORKERS AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS TO INCLUDE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY GRANTS TO THIRD PARTY EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE PREMIUM PAY TO ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND RETROACTIVE PREMIUM PAY FOR WORKERS WORK PERFORMED BY THESE INDIVIDUALS DURING THE PANDEMIC. REVENUE LOST DUE TO COVID, SO THIS IS CALCULATED BASED ON A FORMULA THAT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH THE U.S.
TREASURY. THE CALCULATION CAN BE DONE ANNUALLY IN AFTER DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.
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TWENTY TWENTY ONE, TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND TWENTY TWENTY THREE.SO THE CALCULATION FOR REVENUE LOSS FOR DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 IS A TOTAL OF FOUR MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR DOLLARS.
FUNDING THAT IS PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS FUNDING INCLUDE BUSINESS, I'M SORRY, BUILDING OF NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AS A PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES, MODERNIZATION OF CYBERSECURITY, INCLUDING HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND THE PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AS PART OF THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES, MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, OR PAYGO.
SPENDING FOR BUILDING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING ROADS AND PROVISION OF POLICE, FIRE AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
SO I JUST WANT TO STOP HERE FOR A MINUTE TO SHARE THAT THIS 4.8 MILLION IS LESS THAN NINE MILLION IN THE FIRST TRANCHE, THE FIRST DISBURSEMENT WE GOT.
SO OVERALL, WE THE CITY WAS ALLOCATED 18 MILLION THROUGH ARPA.
THE FIRST TRANCHE WAS NINE MILLION.
OF THAT, NINE FOUR POINT EIGHT IS ELIGIBLE TO BE ALLOCATED TO THOSE PROJECTS LISTED BELOW. AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE LAST ITEM, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALL KNOW TO BE THE GENERAL ELIGIBLE USES WHERE THEY FOCUSED A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE INTERIM FINAL RULE IS THE INVESTMENT IN WATER, SEWER, BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THOSE ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER QUALITY INVESTMENTS IN WATER AND SEWER THAT ALIGN WITH ELIGIBLE PROJECTS UNDER EPA'S DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND AND CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND CYBERSECURITY, PROTECTING WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE BROADBAND PROJECTS WITH RELIABILITY DELIVERING MINIMUM SPEEDS OF 100 MEGABYTES PER SECOND.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS STANDS FOR.
THANKS, SEAN. DOWNLOAD AND UPLOAD WITH A FOCUS OF THE WHAT THEY FOCUS ON THE UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES.
AND THE FINAL NOTATIONS ARE JUST TO STATE THAT ARPA MAY BE USED TO COVER THE COST INCURRED FOR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS PLANNED.
OR STARTED PRIOR TO MARCH 3RD.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE. AND PROVIDED THE ALL COSTS WERE INCURRED AFTER MARCH 3RD, TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND THEN THE FINAL CAVEAT THERE IS THAT FUNDS MAY COVER THE PORTION OF PAYROLL AND BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES CORRESPONDING WITH THE TIME SPENT ON THESE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.
SO THIS SLIDE IS A BIT DETAILED, I'M ACTUALLY PROBABLY CAN'T SEE THAT, SO LET ME JUST GET TO MY PAGE HERE.
THIS IS THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF WHAT WHAT COUNCIL HAS ALREADY AUTHORIZED OUT OF THIS FIRST DISBURSEMENT.
SO AGAIN, THE FIRST DISBURSEMENT IS ROUGHLY NINE MILLION, AND WE HAVE TWO SECTIONS FOR WHICH THE FUNDS ARE ELIGIBLE.
ONE IS UNDER REVENUE LOSS AND THE OTHER IS UNDER GENERAL REVENUE LOSS AGAIN IS 4.8 MILLION. AND THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
AND THOSE INCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE BODY CAMERA UNITS FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED HARDWARE AND LICENSING FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. AND THAT IS TO THE TUNE OF NEARLY SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.
THE SECOND ITEM IS OUR SORRY, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE ITEMS APPROVED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
AND THOSE INCLUDE INCLUDE TWO MILLION FOR BUILDING E AND TWO MILLION FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE CITIES OF THE CITY WIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM, WHICH IS OUR HTC.
THE BALANCE OF THAT REVENUE LOSS THROUGH THE FIRST DISBURSEMENT IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
MOVING ON TO GENERALLY ELIGIBLE PROJECTS AT THIS TIME THAT BALANCE LESS, THE REVENUE LOSS IS ABOUT FOUR POINT ONE M.
THE ITEMS ALREADY APPROVED BY COUNCIL AS A GENERAL GENERALLY ELIGIBLE EXPENSES INCLUDE THE 80 HOURS OF COVID LEAVE BANK, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE ADDITIONAL 40 HOURS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL TO DATE AS OF THE LAST PAY PERIOD ENDING IN NOVEMBER 19.
THE CITY HAS EXPENDED A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS IN ARPA FUNDS FOR ELIGIBLE COVID LEAVE.
AND THEN THE BALANCE OF THAT FIRST FIRST DISBURSEMENT LESS, THE REVENUE LOSS IS FOR ROUGHLY FOUR MILLION.
SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY, OUT OF THAT FIRST TRANCHE OF FUNDING OUT OF THAT FIRST DISBURSEMENT AND REVENUE LOSS, WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE DOLLARS AND 14 CENTS, AND STAFF IS SEEKING COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TO USE ARPA FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SMARTPHONES AND CASES TOTALING EIGHTY FIVE, I'M SORRY, EIGHTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT DOLLARS AND 12 CENTS.
AND THAT SUPPORTS THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM, WHICH WAS THE BODY CAM CAMERA UNITS.
IT WOULD BE A REMAINING BALANCE OF ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS AND TWO CENTS.
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OUT OF THE BALANCE OF THE FIRST DISBURSEMENT, WE HAVE THE FIRST DISBURSEMENT BEING ROUGHLY FOUR MILLION. WE HAVE A REMAINING BALANCE OF THREE POINT FOUR MILLION AFTER STAFF'S REQUEST FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF WHAT IS GENERALLY ELIGIBLE.FOR ARPA, AND THAT'S TO INCLUDE TWO ITEMS RELATED TO CYBERSECURITY, AND ONE IS DISASTER RECOVERY SITE CLOUD SOFTWARE.
TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THERE IS A NOTE IN HERE AND I WILL ASK BRITTA KELLNER TO CONFIRM THIS BECAUSE SHE AND I HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION.
THERE IS A ANNUAL RENEWAL OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THIS SOFTWARE.
IT'S I HAVE HAVEN'T HERE, WHICH IS NOT ELIGIBLE USE OF ARPA FUNDS, BUT I'LL CONFIRM WITH KORYTA TO IDENTIFY WHETHER THAT'S ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENTS A TOTAL OF 300000 OR THE REMAINING THREE YEARS OF THE CITY'S EXISTING FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.
SO AGAIN, OUT OF THE FOUR MILLION REMAINING IN THE FIRST DISBURSEMENT.
LESS THESE TWO REQUESTS, THAT'S ROUGHLY THREE POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.
JUST WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS LATER THIS THIS EVENING.
THE SECOND DISBURSEMENT WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE CITY IN JUNE, AND THAT'S FOR THE EQUAL AMOUNT OF NINE MILLION.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALCULATE REVENUE LOSS AGAIN, AND WE CAN USE THE REVENUE LOSS FIGURE FOR ITEMS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ELIGIBLE UNDER THE GENERAL EXPENSES.
THERE IS A SPECIAL CAVEAT THAT WE CAN USE THESE ITEMS ON OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE WATER, SEWER, BROADBAND.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE USE THEM ON BODY CAMS. VERY SIMILAR. WE CAN USE THEM, USE THE REVENUE LOSS AND OTHER THINGS.
BALANCE FOR THE GENERALLY ELIGIBLE PROJECTS WILL BE BASED ON THOSE REVENUE LOSS CALCULATIONS. SO IF WE DO REVENUE LOSS CALCULATION AGAIN, IT WILL BE LESS THAT NINE MILLION. THE BALANCE OF THAT WE CAN APPLY TO ANYTHING THAT'S GENERALLY ELIGIBLE.
TWO THINGS TO KEEP IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS, WE'VE TALKED BEFORE WHEN WE HAD THIS PRESENTATION A FEW MONTHS BACK, WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIAL USE OF ARPA FUNDS TO PROVIDE FUNDING ASSISTANCE FOR PRIVATE CONNECTION TO THE CITY'S WATER AND SEWER.
AND THAT'S IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO EXPLORE MANDATORY CONNECTIONS.
AND THE FINAL ITEM IS SENATE BILL THREE ZERO ONE ONE INCLUSION OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AS INELIGIBLE USE OF ARPA FUNDS NOT TO EXCEED 30 PERCENT OR 10 MILLION OF THE ARPA ALLOCATION, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
QUESTIONS. OR THAT COUNCILMAN FELIX ANY QUESTIONS ON YOUR.
HAPPY, MAYOR. I'M GOING TO START WITH THE LAST THING MENTIONED, SENATE BILL THREE ZERO ONE ONE. WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY PASSED.
I WOULD THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT TO SEE HOW THAT KIND OF UNFOLDS OR WE COMMIT ARPA FUNDING TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO GO TO THE STATE, CORRECT AND THEN US OR.
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. WELL, I'LL DEFER TO BRITTA ON THAT, SHE'S BEEN TRACKING THAT, BUT WHAT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS WOULD BE REALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FOR THE SECOND TRANCHE OF FUNDING. SO THE SECOND DISBURSEMENT, WHICH WON'T OCCUR UNTIL JUNE, SO WE HAVE SOME TIME TO SEE WHERE THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING IS GOING.
AND ALSO, I'LL ADD AND YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS, JOAN.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE SENATE AND HOUSE BILL.
THEY'VE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEIR COMPANION BILLS OR WHATEVER, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT.
AND SO WHAT THESE WOULD DO IS THESE ARE IN ADDITION TO THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING THAT AT SOME POINT WILL COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE THINK TO THE STATE, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL COME DIRECTLY TO CITIES.
THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED. BUT THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO USE ARPA FUNDING, ESSENTIALLY ALL THEY'RE SAYING.
UP TO $10 MILLION OF YOUR ARPA ALLOCATION, OUR CASE, IT'S LIKE YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER NINE MILLION STILL TO COME UP TO 10 MILLION COULD BE USED FOR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
SO YOU'D HAVE LIKE TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES, BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE CERTAINLY CAN WAIT TO SEE HOW THAT ALL SHAKES OUT. UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'M EXCITED ABOUT BUILDING E THE BODY CAMERAS. COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE MORE ON THE.
THE SMARTPHONES, YES, PLEASE, I WILL ACTUALLY DEFER TO OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, NELSON MOYA.
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GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMAN MS., MAYOR, HER DEPUTY MAYOR.SO IN TERMS OF THE CELL PHONE, ONE THING THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY CAPITALIZE WHEN WE PUT OUT THE TEENY RIGHT IS THE ABILITY FOR US TO UPLOAD INTO EVIDENCE AND TO EVIDENCE THAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR OFFICERS ROUTINELY COME INTO CONTACT WITH.
SO CURRENTLY THEY TAKE PICTURES WITH OLD-SCHOOL CAMERAS.
THEY RECORD USING DIGITAL RECORDING DEVICES, RIGHT? ALTHOUGH EFFECTIVE, NOT AS EFFICIENT IN TODAY'S AGGRESSIVE POLICING, THROUGH BODY CAMERAS AND THROUGH INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY, IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO UPLOAD EVIDENCE DIRECTLY INTO EVIDENCE WITH THE USE OF IPHONES THAT ARE INTEGRATED WITH ACCENT'S TECHNOLOGY, THEREBY GIVING US THE ABILITY TO TO RECORD, TO TAKE STATEMENTS TO PHOTOGRAPH EVIDENCE ALL IN ONE STOP SHOP WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE THUMB DRIVES, WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE DVDS, AS WE STILL CURRENTLY DO.
UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN THOUGH THE TECHNOLOGY IS FAR BEYOND, SO THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE THAT TECHNOLOGY INTO AXON BODY CAMERAS THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF LAUNCHING AS WE SPEAK.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS BASED ON THOSE CAMERAS OR THOSE PICTURES THAT WILL BE TAKEN.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT AND PLACE IT ON YOUR LAPTOP AND SEND IT FORWARD TO THEM INSTEAD OF DOING IT DIRECTLY WITHOUT THE USE OF AN IPHONE.
NOT THE USE OF THE IPHONE WITHOUT THE USE OF THE IPHONE HAS TO ACTUALLY BE DONE SEPARATELY, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO USE A SEPARATE DEVICE, RIGHT? LOG IT AS WE HAVE DONE FOR YEARS, WHILE THERE IS A PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS US TO INTEGRATE IMMEDIATELY AUTOMATICALLY, IT'LL BE UPLOADED.
YES, SIR. AND LET ME ADD TO IT JUST FOR INFORMATION THAT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR FOLKS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FLIP PHONES.
CURRENTLY, OUR WORKFORCE USES FLIP PHONES.
WHY? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND RIGHTFULLY SO, TO BE CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATING WITH OUR VICTIMS OF CRIME.
OUR WITNESSES OR COMPLAINANTS OR FOLKS ARE EXPECTED TO FIELD AND RETURN PHONE CALLS WHILE WORKING, AND THEY HAVE FLIP PHONES.
SO THEY USE THE TECHNOLOGY WE FEEL IS NOW A LITTLE AHEAD OF US, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT WE FEEL IS A RELATIVELY REASONABLE COST TO TAKE THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. COUNCILMAN FOSTER MS., I GOT A LITTLE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I.
IT'S BEEN AN EXPERT WITNESS CONSULTANT, I'VE BEEN TRAINED ON EXACTLY WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, EXXON EVIDENCE WHERE YOU COULD DOWNLOAD AND SEND IT RIGHT TO THE TO THE WEBSITE AND. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY.
AND BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, CHIEF CHAIN OF CUSTODY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE COURT OF LAW.
ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN WIN A CASE AND CAN LET SOMEBODY FREE.
IF THE CUSTODY OF THE EVIDENCE IS NOT MAINTAINED.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS A SMART THING TO HAVE FOR CRIME FIGHTING AND PRESENTING A GOOD CASE INVESTIGATION TOOL TO HAVE.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS.
THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON THAT.
I WENT TO THE EXXON HEADQUARTERS IN PHENIX, ARIZONA, AND TOOK THEIR TRAINING.
ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT REFERENCE, AS YOU KNOW, THE USE OF IPHONES.
IT CAN BE A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD IF NOT USED PROPERLY, RIGHT? SO IN TERMS OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY, THERE IS POLICY ALREADY IN PLACE CITY POLICY THAT GOVERNS THE PROPER USE OF OUR ISSUED DEVICES.
TEXT MESSAGING WILL BE LIMITED TO BUSINESS ONLY AND ARCHIVED IN THIS PHONE IS NOT A PERSONAL PHONE THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IN FACT, THERE'S THERE ARE STRICT POLICY MANDATING THE SEPARATION OF BUSINESS AND PERSONAL, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR PERSONAL DEVICES.
IN FACT, OUR CURRENT POLICY SAYS YOU CAN'T EVEN USE YOUR PERSONAL DEVICES FOR BUSINESS BECAUSE IT BRINGS INTO PLAY OUR RETENTION AND PUBLIC RECORDS.
WELL. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.
THANK YOU. THE ANSWER? THANK YOU. YES, SIR.
OK, THANKS. HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
YES, SIR. OK. ACTUALLY, IF MS. BRITISH COULD COME UP AS WELL, THIS QUESTION IS FOR THE THREE OF YOU, SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW. OK, THANK YOU. I'LL I'LL HAVE YOU ALL GIVE YOUR YOUR INPUT ON IT.
GO AHEAD, MARY. WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK BECAUSE JONI, IN A PRESENTATION ALLUDED TO
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RITA WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WHETHER QUALIFIED.SO I WANTED TO SEE IF SHE WOULD ANSWER THAT AS WELL.
CARRY ON, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DEBBIE MATER, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THE QUESTION YOU'RE POSING IS WITH REGARD TO GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF YES AND THE INTERIM FINAL RULE GIVES WIDE LATITUDE WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEFINITION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
AND IT DOES INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DOES NOT PROHIBIT THE PAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES. SO THAT WOULD BE COUNCIL'S DETERMINATION TO DECIDE IF THEY'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO.
THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU, CHIEF MOYA, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND BRITTA.
ANY ONE OF YOU CAN ANSWER FIRST REGARDING HOMELESSNESS.
WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THAT WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN.
CHIEF YOUR MEN AND WOMEN ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE WITH THEM.
YOU'VE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH REGARDING HOMELESSNESS, BOTH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ELSEWHERE. SAME WITH YOU, MS. BRITTO.
SO BEING THAT AS MAYOR, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, JOB TRAINING, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, SO MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS TO IT WITH THE FUNDING.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY OPINION ON IT.
BUT WITH THE FUNDING, WHAT DO YOU SEE? SO AS ONE OF THE BETTER ROUTES OR YOUR YOUR OPINION OF ROUTE TO TAKE? YES, SIR. OBVIOUSLY, AS A AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY, THAT IS A DECISION.
THAT TOUGH DECISION THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE IN TERMS OF FUNDING, RIGHT AND WHERE THE FUNDING GOES. WHAT I CAN OFFER YOU IS A PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY RIGHT NOW.
CLEARLY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIALOG AND MONTHS LEADING UP TO TODAY WITH OUR PARTNERS IN TERMS OF HOMELESSNESS, OUR ROOT CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS.
WE'VE LOOKED AT EVERY ASPECT OF THIS PROBLEM, RIGHT, BECAUSE IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY PROBLEM. BUT ONE THING THAT I WANT TO JUST REITERATE IS THAT WE CANNOT DESPITE WHAT ROUTE WE TAKE RIGHT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS AND PREVAILING ON THAT LIST OR THE TWO ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY DAY. THOSE ISSUES ARE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
THEY ARE INTEGRATED AND AS A RESULT OFTENTIMES IS WHY YOU SEE HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE AS THE DIALOG CONTINUES, AS YOU HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE ALSO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THOSE CAUSES BECAUSE MY.
MY STATEMENT TO YOU ALL IS WE CAN COME UP WITH A LOT OF IDEAS ON WHAT TO CONSTRUCT, WHAT TO SUPPORT. BUT IF YOU IGNORE THE ROOT CAUSES, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS PERMANENTLY. THAT'S MY MY INPUT.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO TAG UP ON THAT AS THE CHIEF AND I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THIS AND AND I'VE WITNESSED THIS AS MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE DONE RIDE ALONGS WITH OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN, AND I'LL TELL YOU AN EXPERIENCE I HAD.
THERE WAS A CALL OF AN OVERDOSE.
AND WHEN UPON ARRIVAL, WE WE WITNESSED THAT INDEED IT WAS AN OVERDOSE, BUT IN THE DISCUSSION OF NARCAN BEING USED, THE ACTUAL PERSON THAT WAS INTOXICATED OR, YOU KNOW, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM WAS HIGH, SHE REFUSED IT.
AND AND THAT'S WHAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
WHAT HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT? SO AND THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER STOPS THAT I'VE WITNESSED WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD ABOUT THOSE THOSE QUESTIONS.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, BECAUSE I THINK SYSTEMICALLY WE HAVE TO GET TO THE ROOT OF IT, AND THAT IS THE ROOT OF OF THE ISSUE THAT WILL HAVE TO REALLY CONSIDER.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD REGARDING THAT SYSTEMIC PROBLEM AND THE CHALLENGES THAT YOUR EVERYDAY MEN AND WOMEN FACE, IN OTHER WORDS, THE RESOURCES THAT ARE LACKING AS AN EXAMPLE? YEAH.
HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. WE CAN HAVE A DIALOG THAT LASTS FOR HOURS ON END ON THIS ISSUE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SYSTEMIC ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT LACKS RESOURCES.
UM, OTHER CITIES HAVE STARTED TO SUPPLEMENT FUNDING.
REALLY, LOOKING AT THE SOURCES OF AND THE ROOT CAUSES AS WE DISCUSS AND TRYING TO MAKE PROGRESS THERE, WE FIND OURSELVES IN A VERY REACTIVE MODE IN TERMS OF POLICING.
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WE ARE AT THE FRONTLINE OF MENTAL HEALTH, OFTENTIMES AS MUCH AS OUR PROVIDERS THAT YOU SEE HERE, BECAUSE THEY'RE OFTENTIMES IN OUR CAMPS DEALING WITH IT AS WELL.WE GET IT AS A RESULT OF A CALL FOR SERVICE.
OFTENTIMES WHEN SOMEONE IS IN ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS.
AND SO THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHAT WHAT DO WE DO RIGHT? DO WE? WE ARE MANDATED BY STATUTE TO DELIVER A PERSON THAT MEETS THAT CRITERIA UNDER THE BAKER ACT LAW.
AND AND THEN FROM THEN ON, WE ARE DISCONNECTED.
AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE ARE DISCONNECTED FROM WHAT HAPPENS.
THEN IT BRINGS INTO PLAY HIPA AS WELL.
AND SO WE OFTEN SEE A HIGH DEGREE OF RECIDIVISM IN TERMS OF THOSE THAT ARE ARE MENTALLY ILL. CERTAINLY, THOSE THAT ARE SICK FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO IT.
THERE'S EVERYTHING FROM FUNDING ENTITIES THAT WILL THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO MUCH LIKE MUCH LIKE POLICE OFFICERS.
YOU SEE TEAMS OF FOLKS THAT THAT ARE THAT WOULD GO OUT TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS.
AND YOU'RE SEEING A HYBRID APPROACH WHERE WHERE TEAMS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE DISPATCHED ALONG WITH POLICE TO TRY TO TO TRY TO NOT ONLY DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM AT HAND, BUT ALSO TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF IMMEDIATE SERVICES, ALL WITH THE INTENT AT PROVIDING A REAL SERVICE, RIGHT, SO THAT WE LET ME STOP YOU RIGHT THERE, CHIEF THAT HYBRID APPROACH.
WHEN YOU SAY TEAMING UP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, HOW DO YOU ENVISION SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AN INDEPENDENT SOCIAL NETWORKS, PSYCHOLOGISTS OR IN-HOUSE? THERE ARE VARYING APPROACHES TO THAT.
SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY BETTER FUNDED, SOME SOME CITIES HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH AND ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIMENTING WITH IN-HOUSE DEPLOYMENT.
BUT THAT'S A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING, AS YOU BRING IT IN CLINICAL WORKERS THAT THAT ARE PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE IN HAND IN HAND, RESPONDING ALONG WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
IT BRINGS INTO PLAY THE TRIAGING OF INCOME AND CALLS FOR SERVICE, SO TRAINING OUR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS IS ALSO INTEGRAL.
THERE ARE CITIES WHO ALREADY HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE, AFTER TRIAGING, DEFER SOME OF THOSE CALLS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT RESPONDED TO BY POLICE OFFICERS CONDUCTED BY CLINICAL PROFESSIONALS. SO THE JURY'S STILL OUT ON A LOT OF THAT.
IT'S STILL EARLY ON AND SOME OF THE EVOLUTION OF HOW THIS IS BEING HANDLED.
BUT ONE THING I CAN SAY IS THAT I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME ATTENTION THAT IS FINALLY BEING PAID TO THE PROBLEM, A VERY LEAST OF MENTAL HEALTH AND AND THE POLICE'S INVOLVEMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
APPRECIATE THAT THE HYBRID APPROACH SAY IT'S NOT IN-HOUSE, RIGHT? AND THERE'S AN RFP AND WE SEND A CONTRACT AND WE COME INTO A CONTRACT.
SO NOW YOU HAVE A CIVILIAN ENTITY, INDEPENDENT RIGHT WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT HOW YOU ENVISION IT, IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME TODAY NOT HAVING FULLY DONE ALL THE RESEARCH, BUT WITH MY EXPERIENCE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT TO ME TODAY, A HYBRID APPROACH WOULD BE ONE THAT IS PREFERRED BY BY ME, ONE THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY OWNED OR UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE ORGANIZATION, BUT RATHER ONE THAT IS WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH US AS WE CALL RESPOND AND CERTAINLY HAVE FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE THAT NEED SERVICES, ALL AIMED AT REDUCING RECIDIVISM AND PROVIDING SERVICES.
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, SIR. YES, SIR.
AND LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
AND SEVENTY TWO HOURS OF HOLDING SOME.
HOW WOULD THAT PLAY INTO? THIS HYBRID APPROACH, SO IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL SOME CONSENSUS MOVING FORWARD CURRENTLY BECAUSE THIS IS COVERED UNDER HIPA, WE ONCE WE DELIVER A PATIENT TO, FOR EXAMPLE, CIRCLES OF CARE.
SADLY, AND PERHAPS EVEN FOR GOOD REASON, BECAUSE WE DISCONNECTED, SO I CAN'T ANSWER THE REASON. SADLY, WE SEE WHERE WE BELIEVE SOMEONE IS IN ACUTE DISTRESS.
WE BELIEVE THAT THEY MEET THE CRITERIA FOR BAKER ACT AND SIX HOURS LATER, WE GET A CALL BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT AGAIN.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT CAUSES US SOME SOME CONCERN, BECAUSE TO US, THIS PERSON IS IN NEED OF LONG TERM ASSISTANCE, AT VERY LEAST A 72 HOUR WINDOW WHERE THEY CAN DIFFUSE AND GET THAT
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ACUTE ISSUE UNDER CONTROL.BUT OFTENTIMES WE END UP HAVING TO DEAL WITH THEM AGAIN WITHIN THAT WINDOW.
AND SO THERE'S CLEARLY NEED FOR SOME REFORM THERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I JUST DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AS TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE IT REALLY LAYS WITH A LOT OF OTHER ENTITIES BEYOND JUST THE POLICE.
SO PART OF THAT SCENARIO IS, LET'S SAY WE HAVE A HYBRID APPROACH, RIGHT? I'M JUST THINKING DOWNRANGE AND WE HAVE FOLLOW UP, BUT YET SOMEONE GETS BAKER ACT.
HOW DO THEY COMMUNICATE TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE HIPA LAWS, CORRECT? THE THE ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON SAYING YES, I WANT TO.
I WANT TO GIVE MY MY RECORDS TO SOMEONE SO THAT THAT SEPARATE ENTITY.
IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULD IMAGINE THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME, SOME DEGREE OF THAT.
BUT I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHERE I THINK WE WOULD SEE VALUE IS ON THE CONCEPT OF CASE MANAGEMENT. I THINK CONTINUUM OF CARE.
YES, SIR. SO THE LACK OF CASE MANAGEMENT AND CERTAINLY THE LACK OF OF A NEXUS BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THOSE THAT ARE OFFERING RESOURCES BECAUSE THERE IS THAT DISCONNECT.
NEITHER ENTITY KNOWS WHAT GAME PLAN.
WE'RE ALL MOVING IN. AND SO IDEALLY, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE A UNIFIED SYSTEM WHERE THERE IS CASE MANAGEMENT, ALL WITH THE INTENT OF PROVIDING SERVICES AND ALLEVIATING PERHAPS NOT NEEDED RESOURCES.
CERTAINLY NOT ALWAYS A POLICE ISSUE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE SAID.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THE CHIEF? WE HAVE HIM ON THE LECTERN.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER THANK YOU, CHIEF.
THANK YOU. REALLY ENLIGHTENED US TODAY.
THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF TELL ME.
I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD OR RESEARCH WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH RELATIVE TO HOW WE ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
OK. SORRY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT.
SO WE HAD A SERIES OF PROBABLY TWO OR THREE HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HELD IN THE PAST REGULARLY MONTHLY.
THE LAST THREE THAT WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ARPA FUNDS.
THAT'S THE BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S THE CITY GOING TO DO WITH THEIR ARPA FUNDS AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING? SO AS WE STARTED HAVING THESE DIALOG, SOME SOME THINGS CAME UP AND I SEE SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM, SO FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THEM.
BUT WE WE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY THREE TIERS OF ASSISTANCE THAT'S PROVIDED FOR ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
AND THE FIRST IS THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICES, AND THAT'S A BAND-AID.
TO BE HONEST, PUBLIC SERVICES, WE DO UTILIZE OUR CDBG ALLOCATION TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO OFFER PUBLIC SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNHOUSED.
THE SECOND TIER IS REALLY THAT EMERGENCY TRANSITIONAL, TEMPORARY HOUSING, AND THAT'S REALLY TO GET FOLKS OFF THE STREET TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE WITH IDENTIFICATION, THINGS LIKE JOB SKILLS TRAININGS, ET CETERA.
THE THIRD TIER IS THE LONG TERM PERMANENT SOLUTION, WHICH IS PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PALM BAY. SO REALLY, I WANT TO I WANT TO SPEAK TO TWO THINGS HERE.
ONE IS THE CITY'S ABILITY TO INFLUENCE.
AND THE OTHER IS THE OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION'S ABILITY TO INFLUENCE.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE THREE TIERS, THE FIRST ONE IS A PUBLIC SERVICES CITY HAS THESE ALLOCATIONS, ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS THROUGH HUD, THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THAT FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THOSE FACES FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO GO OUT AND ASSIST THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE FACING HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE THERE HAVE A BILL AND HAVE AN ABILITY TO ADDRESS THAT FIRST TIER.
WE HAVE A UNIQUE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE THIRD TIER, WHICH IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THAT WE CAN LOOK AT OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND SAY WE WANT TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR.
AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? WELL, WE DO THAT BY ALLOWING FOR INCREASED DENSITY, ALLOWING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS TO GO IN AREAS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ALLOWED OR PERMITTED WITHIN CERTAIN DISTRICTS LIKE COMMERCIAL.
SO WE HAVE THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE AND PROVIDE ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN PALM BAY THROUGH THOSE TWO TIERS.
THE ONE PIECE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO REALLY INFLUENCE AND WE CAN WITH THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE THROUGH ARPA IS THE SECOND TIER.
SO WE HAVE RECEIVED AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY IN THE TASK FORCE HAS HAS IS AWARE OF AND IT'S ON THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR MIND.
SO HOW DO WE USE THAT FUNDING TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
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WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT WHETHER WE WANT TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER OR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH IS HOUSING WITH CASE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES THAT ALLOW THOSE FOLKS TO ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW THEM TO GO BACK INTO SOCIETY, GO BACK INTO JOBS AND BECOME A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF SOCIETY.SO THAT'S KIND OF THE CONVERSATION THAT CAME OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS, AND I'LL LEAVE THAT WITH YOU AS INFORMATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE COME UP, BUT MOST OF THE FOLKS ARE HERE IN THIS ROOM. THE QUESTION.
YEAH, I HAVE TO COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
I THINK THE TASK FORCE HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.
PUBLIC SERVICE, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, EMERGENCY SHELTER AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
ALL MY YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
SINCE I WAS 18 YEARS OLD AND GROWING UP IN NEW YORK CITY, I SEEN HOMELESS PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. AND MY LAST YEAR IN D.C., D.C.
GOT A HOMELESS, SERIOUS HOMELESS PROBLEM.
UM, RIGHT NEAR THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TRY TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM, BUT.
NOT THEY'RE NOT TACKLING IT LIKE YOU JUST LAID OUT, SO.
THIS TASK FORCE IS HOMELESS TASK FORCE THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE THE CITY PROVIDED TO THAT TASK FORCE TO TACKLE THESE PROBLEMS? YOU KNOW, SO I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND THEN I'LL DEFER TO SUZANNE.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE CITY AND TALK ABOUT WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS OR WAYS THAT ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AS A GROUP CAN ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
BECAUSE A LOT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE VARIOUS SERVICES.
SOME OF THEM OVERLAP, BUT EACH ONE IS INDIVIDUAL AND WHAT THEY PROVIDE.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT SHOULD BE PROVIDED.
IS SHE'S CORRECT, IS TO MY KNOWLEDGE AS WELL, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY ACTUAL CITY EXPENDITURES OF DOLLARS.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAS COME OUT OF THESE MEETINGS AND SOME OF THE BUILDING OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE NONPROFITS HAS BEEN AN INCREASED AWARENESS OF AND AN APPLICATION TO PROGRAMS LIKE CDBG THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY FUND SOME OF THEIR INITIATIVES. WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE INCREASE THERE.
OH, IT'S NEVER BEEN ANY PALM BAY DOLLARS HAS BEEN FEDERAL GRANTS CBG MONEY, RIGHT? AM I CORRECT? WELL, CORRECT BECAUSE IT'S A TASK FORCE KIND OF AD HOC AT THIS POINT.
I WOULD SAY YES, YES AND NO, BECAUSE SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PART, THEY'RE NONPROFITS. BUT I SERVE ON THE CDBG, SO I'VE SEEN THEM BE AWARDED.
SO THE HOMELESS, YES, THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE ITSELF, NO.
BUT MEMBERS AND NONPROFITS WITHIN THE TASK FORCE? YES. YEAH. BUT IT HAD BEEN AWARDED CBG GRANT MONEY, WHICH IS FEDERAL DOLLARS.
AS INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION POINTS INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS RIGHT REGARDING HOMELESSNESS, IN SOME CASES, YES.
YES. AND OFTEN, OFTENTIMES, YES.
WELL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT DEPUTY MAYOR.
BUT THAT'S WHY I'M GETTING TO MY POINT.
MY POINT IS THE REASON I SAID THAT THE REASON I PUT THAT IN THE ATMOSPHERE, BECAUSE HERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE ARPA FUNDS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S FEDERAL MONEY, BUT IT'S IN OUR GRASS THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING BIG WITH IT. AND AND SO THE REMAINING BALANCE IS THREE POINT FOUR MILLION.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. SO LET ME GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE HERE.
THE REMAINING BALANCE TODAY IS THAT TOP NUMBER JUST OVER FOUR MILLION.
THERE ARE TWO ASKS OF STAFF, WHICH ARE THE TWO BULLET POINTS THERE TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
IF COUNCIL APPROVES THAT, THEN THE REMAINING BALANCE WOULD BE THREE POINT FOUR, ROUGHLY THREE POINT FIVE MILLION.
THANK YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, GENTLEMEN, I REALLY LIKE WHAT THE CHIEF HAD TO SAY, THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES ARE WITH WITHIN OUR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SO I WAS GOING TO, IF I MAY.
YEAH, I WAS. YEAH. JOAN, WOULD YOU COME BACK? I I DO APPRECIATE THE CLARITY BECAUSE YOU LAID IT OUT.
GIVE US A LITTLE HISTORY OF OF THE TASK FORCE AND ALL.
TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE TASK FORCE THAT TASK FORCE WAS IN PLACE, HOW LONG AGO.
I HAD BEEN SITTING IN ON IT AS KIND OF A RESOURCE FROM A DEPARTMENT HEAD LEVEL, AND I'M SEEKING FOR MORE CLARITY BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE TASK FORCE
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THAT WAS PRE OPA FUN, RIGHT? I'VE SEEN SOME HEAD NODDING SHAKING.SO MY POINT BEING IS ASIDE FROM.
THE PUBLIC SERVICES, THE NORMAL STUFF THAT WE OFFER, THE WAY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST NON-FOR-PROFIT AND SO ON.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I MEAN, IT'S NOT ENOUGH PER SAY FOR THE NEED. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER SEE AGAIN.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE.
I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS IS APPROPRIATION WHAT ALL OUR PRIORITIES.
BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES.
I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT THAT HOMELESS, THAT THAT THAT ASPECT OF THE PEOPLE ASPECT, I THINK WE NEED TO ABOVE ALL.
THE NEEDS ARE GREAT, AS I SAID, BODY CAMS ARE GREAT, CELL PHONES ARE GREAT, BUT I WE JUST NEED TO START INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE.
AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY OR HOMELESS, THIS COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING GREAT AND REALLY TAKE TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT.
AND ASIDE OF THE THE YEARS OF CONVERSATION, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS, PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING.
TO DO SOMETHING GREAT, THAT'S SOMETHING GREAT CAN BE DEFINED, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON ON THIS ASPECT WHERE WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, MAKE, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST REALLY TACKLE IT IN A WAY THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. BUT I'M SAYING IT.
LET'S INVEST. LET'S INVEST A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY.
LOOKS FOR IDENTIFY THE PARTNERS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE THREE TIER PUBLIC SERVICE, EMERGENCY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND LONG TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I'D SAY FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER THREE, THE CITY CAN TAKE THAT AND THEN RUN WITH IT AND LET'S WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS.
OR NUMBER TWO. WHERE WE EMPOWER THEM, WE EQUIP THEM, WE GIVE THEM THE TOOLS.
TO DO WHAT THEY DO, LET'S PROVIDE THE THE LET'S PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE FOR THEM.
WE HAVE I'M SURE WE HAVE PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES THAT WOULD SHOULD WE PROPOSE SOMETHING GREAT. THAT THEY WOULD PUT THEIR NAME ON IT.
SO I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE WORK PART OF IT PUBLIC AND OR NONPROFIT DO SOMETHING GREAT. LET'S INVEST A COUPLE OF MILLIONS.
I'M JUST JUST THROWING A NUMBER, BUT I JUST TO TELL YOU WHERE MY MIND IS.
LET'S PALM BAY THE LARGEST CITY IN THE IN BREVARD COUNTY MOST POPULOUS CITY IN BREVARD COUNTY. LET'S LET'S RUN WITH IT, AND WE HAVE GREAT PARTNER.
I KNOW WE HAVE PARTNER IN THE ROOM.
LET'S DO SOMETHING I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO.
THAT WAS MY MESSAGE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND I'M STICKING TO IT.
UM, SO LET ME TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, WE TALKED ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED AS A COUNCIL.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE THREE DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT THINGS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT? IT SHOULD BE ABOUT PARTNERSHIP, WHAT THEY CAN DO.
THEY CAN DO A LOT MORE EFFICIENT THAN WHAT WE COULD HAVE A POSSIBLY DREAM OF.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT TO THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE AN ISSUE.
THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ISSUE.
THE SECOND THING IS THERE'S THERE'S FOLKS THAT REALLY NEED A HAND UP TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT NEED THAT, THAT NEED.
AND THEN THE THIRD COMPONENT, WHICH MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT, IS THE CRIME ELEMENT. PEOPLE WANT TO STAY IN THE GROUND.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS WHOLE ISSUE.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC AND LET'S SEE WHO WANTS TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO COME UP AND AND SPEAK.
JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND I CAN CALL YOU UP.
WELL, NOT EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME, PLEASE, LET'S FORM A LINE.
HERE. WELL, YES, HE'S APPROACHING, MAN.
COME ON UP. MENTAL HEALTH IS CERTAINLY AS THE CHIEF WELL, YOU KNOW, LAID OUT FOR US, MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS CERTAINLY TO TWO AREA CRITICAL AREA.
BUT I BELIEVE IT STARTS WITH HOUSING, IT STARTS WITH HOUSING.
WE WE IF WE PROVIDE HOUSING, I THINK PART OF THE MENTAL HEALTH WILL BE HANDLED AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE WILL BE HANDLED.
I THINK HOUSING INSIDE THE VERY THE FUNDAMENTAL THAT THE BASE OF EVERYTHING I THINK
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STARTS WITH HOUSING. I THINK WE NEED TO PUT SOME A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THIS TONIGHT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.WELL, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN FELIX, I'VE SEEN I'VE SEEN MENTAL MENTAL ISSUES BEING PROVIDED. I'VE SEEN HOUSING PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
AND WITHOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE BEING ADDRESSED, THE HOUSING GOES BY THE WAYSIDE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN IT, I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT.
AND SO WE COULD WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK IN AND FURTHER CLARIFY THAT.
BUT I'M GOING TO ALLOW THIS GENTLEMAN TO SPEAK.
AND THEN SECOND UP WOULD BE BISHOP CLARKE, AS COUNCILMAN FOSTER TOLD ME HE INVITED HIM SPECIFICALLY TO SPEAK.
GOOD AFTER. GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.
COUNSEL. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS PHIL MOORE, PALM BAY FLORIDA, AND THIS IS LOUD.
AND AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOW YOU WANT TO SPEND THIS MONEY TONIGHT, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY TOUCHED UPON IT.
SOME OF THE MOST AFFECTED PEOPLE DURING COVID ARE THOSE THAT ARE MOST UNDERREPRESENTED, AND I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE ADVOCATING FOR THE HOMELESS TONIGHT.
I MYSELF WORKED AS MUCH AS I COULD WITH A LOCAL COMMUNITY MUTUAL AID BREVARD TRYING TO HELP SOME OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE HERE DURING THAT TIME.
WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE WHO WERE HOMELESS DURING THAT TIME BE AFFECTED EVEN MORE DURING COVID.
WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE THAT BECAME HOMELESS DURING THAT TIME DURING COVID.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT WITH AND I WOULD ALSO REQUEST THAT YOU LOOK AT A MAJOR TRANCHE OF WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT OVER TO BE PUTTING TOWARDS HOMELESS AND HOMELESS SHELTERS AND LOOK TOWARDS IN THE FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
NOW HOW DO YOU DO THAT? I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS IS AS THAT THREE TIERED APPROACH, I SEE MENTAL HEALTH AS A LONG TERM.
YOU HAVE TO GET PEOPLE THERE FIRST.
YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SHELTER AND THEN BE ABLE TO HANDLE THEM AND PROVIDE THE SERVICE FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IN IN SOUTH NEVADA, AT LEAST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LOOK AT IS AS WE'RE MOVING INTO THE HOLIDAYS, A COLD NIGHT SHELTER, SO WE NEED TO PROVIDE A PLACE.
AND IF WE TOOK A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT AND MAYBE PURCHASED A BUILDING AND THEN RENTED IT OUT, AT LEAST IT OUT TO A NONPROFIT SO THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE THE SERVICE. BUT WE NEED TO KICK START THAT YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD WITH HOMELESS, UNDERREPRESENTED AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THE SERVICES.
WE CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICES HERE IN THE CITY THAT THEY NEED.
I KNOW THE CHIEF CALLED IT A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, BUT I ALWAYS LOOK AT IT HOMELESSNESS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AND AND MENTAL HEALTH IS PART OF THAT.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK OUT FOR THE HEALTH OF A HUMAN BEING WITH HOMELESSNESS.
SO I ALWAYS LOOK AT IT AS COVID BEING A HEALTH CRISIS UP IN AN EPIDEMIC AND A PANDEMIC.
I LOOK AT THAT BRIEFLY AS I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT.
FLORIDA TODAY HAD AN INTERESTING ARTICLE TODAY ABOUT A HOMELESS CAMP THAT THEY HAD.
AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO THEIR ADDRESS IS THE HOMELESS CAMP.
THE CITY, WHICH WILL REMAIN NAMELESS, I DON'T THINK IS HANDLING THIS PROPERLY, AND I DON'T THINK THEY'VE HANDLED A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN THEIR COMMUNITY PROPERLY, BUT NOW THEY'RE KICKING THEM OUT FOR TRESPASSING.
AND YET THAT'S THE PLACE THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE FOR THEIR PROBATION.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE BREAKING THEIR PROBATION BY BEING TRESPASSED ON A PLACE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUT DOWN AS THEIR HOME, THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN, WHICH IS A HOMELESS CAMP.
SO WE REALLY DO NEED TO ADDRESS THIS HERE IN PALM BAY.
WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE ON ANYBODY ELSE'S PROBLEMS. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE OUR OWN.
YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY MIGHT LOOK TO KICK OUT OR MOVE OUT THE COMMUNITY, THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT APPROACH.
WE REALLY NEED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO HERE.
THANK YOU. THANKS. BISHOP CLARK, PLEASE.
GOOD MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR AND ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS HERE.
UM, OUR CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AS YOU KNOW, I JUST RECENTLY HAD A TRAGEDY ON PALM BAY ROAD.
THE LOSS OF OUR ANNEX ON LAST TUESDAY, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 30TH OF NOVEMBER.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR TWENTY SIX YEARS, TWENTY SEVEN YEARS, STARTING IN OUR LIVING ROOM AND MUSHROOM TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHERE WE'RE TOUCHING AND TRANSITIONING PEOPLE FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT.
NOT ONLY AM I TASKED WITH MAKING SURE THAT I SATURATE NOT ONLY PALM BAY, BUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY WITH THE GOSPEL, THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS.
HAVE YOU HEARD ANY GOOD NEWS LATELY? WE NEED TO PASS THE GOOD NEWS TO THE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN GET FAITH OR THEIR FAITH WOULD RISE. AND A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR
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FAITH. SO I'M A REMINDER THAT WE NEED FAITH IS THE BEDROCK.IT IS THE FOUNDATION AS IT WERE TO ALL STABILITY, FAITH, FINANCE, FAMILY THEN FUND.
SO I'M REMINDED IN OUR COMMUNITY OF THE ESSENTIALS OF THAT, IF YOU WANT A COMMUNITY TO GROW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FAITH ELEMENT WHERE OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, OUR ANNEX BURNED DOWN.
WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY IS IS THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. RISING OUT OF THE ASH THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THIS COMMUNITY IN SPITE OF.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO COME FORWARD.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FEED THE HUNGRY AND CLOTHE THE NAKED, VISIT THE JAILS, THE PRISONS AND THE NURSING HOMES.
THIS IS WITHOUT ANY FEDERAL FUNDS OR WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE HERE.
THIS IS THROUGH FREE WILL OFFERING AND TIGHT FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP.
I NEED SOME HELP BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE WORK.
WE HAVE A MERCY HOUSE WHERE WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRANSITIONING.
THEY'RE TRYING, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET INTO THEIR OWN FACILITY.
WE ESTABLISH THAT OUT OF OUR POCKET, A MERCY HOUSE.
IT CAN EXPAND BIG TIME AND THEN WE WRAP AROUND THESE INDIVIDUALS INSTEAD OF JUST TELLING THEM TO PULL THEMSELVES UP BY THEIR OWN BOOTSTRAPS WHEN THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE BOOTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE THESE CENTERS THAT THEY NEED, NOT ONLY THE CLOTHING THAT WE ARE PROVIDING AND THE SHOES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN THE SOCKS FOR CHILDREN AND FOR VETS, EVEN MS. FOR THIS. BUT WE'RE ALSO A FAITH ELEMENT, SOMEONE THAT BELIEVES IN THEM.
SOME LADIES THAT WE'VE DEALT WITH, ALL THEY NEEDED WAS SOME AFFIRMATION AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE WORKING THIS SITTING OUT HERE RIGHT NOW, DOING THIS WITHOUT ANY AID, WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE, BECAUSE WE LOVE THE CITY.
AND WHEN I CAME HERE 26 YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE THE MOTTO OF PALM BAY WAS PROGRESS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS. I STILL MAINTAIN THAT I KNOW IT'S A PERFECT PLACE TO GROW.
BUT WE'RE THE PARTNERSHIPS, AND I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO PARTNER WITH ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SUN NOT ONLY SET BUT RISE AGAIN ON THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK WE CAN DO SOME GREAT THINGS IF WE COME TOGETHER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT OLD CREDIT UNION, THE SPACE COAST CREDIT UNION, NOW OUR ANNEX, NOT ONLY WITH OUR CHURCH, A CHURCH PURCHASE THAT BUT I HAVE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED THE HELPS COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TUTORING KIDS MAN, TAKING THEM OUT. THE STARBASE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ALL OF THESE VOLUNTEERS HELPING US TO DO THE WORK OF MINISTRY SOUP KITCHEN PEOPLE MAKING SURE WE'RE ABOUT TO OPEN UP ANOTHER YEAR OF THE COLD NIGHT SHELTER THERE.
I'M GLAD THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE.
IT WILL BE REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO STAND BEFORE YOU IF A CHILD WAS IN THAT BUILDING.
SO WE WANT TO BUILD BACK BETTER, WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT DO IT BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE I INHERITED THAT FROM THE CREDIT UNION AND TRIED TO PUT A NEW ROOF ON IT OURSELVES. MAKE SURE WE HAVE STORM GLASS WINDOWS IN IT OURSELVES TO MAKE SURE NEW AC UNIT WAS PUT IN THERE OURSELVES TO REDO THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL OURSELVES.
AND IT'S GONE. I'M NOT CRYING OVER THAT.
I WANT TO BUILD BACK BETTER AND I SOLICIT THAT.
YOU ALL CONSIDER OUR ORGANIZATION AS A BEACON OF LIGHT IN THIS COMMUNITY TO DO SOMETHING IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
MAN, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THE WORLD TO DO IT WHEN WE CAN DO IT OURSELVES, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
ALSO EMPHASIZE A QUESTION FOR YOU, BISHOP, I'M BISHOP, HOW MANY COAL NIGHT SHELTERS IN BOVARD COUNTY? HOW MANY? NO, NO, NOT IN SOUTH BREVARD.
AND YOUR SHELTER TRUTH REVEALED SHELTER WAS THE ONLY ONE.
AND. THE BUILDING BURNED DOWN, BUT YOU HAD DONATIONS IN THAT BUILDING.
CORRECT. RIGHT, ESPECIALLY SOCKS AND SHOES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THOSE WHO REALLY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH NOTHING.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, THE COMPUTERS IN THE HARDWARE, I'M TALKING ABOUT THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO WEAR. WE HAD MOTHERS THAT WERE STITCHING SCARVES.
OH, THINK ABOUT THAT STITCHING SCARVES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING IN THE WINTER, AS WELL AS COMPUTERS AND HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.
GO AHEAD. AND ALSO, HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW LONG THE SHELTER WAS OPEN AND HOW MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE YOU SERVICED?
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YOU HAVE A NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.WELL, I KNOW IT OPENED UP LAST DECEMBER.
THAT WAS OUR FIRST TIME AT IT.
WE HAD MOSAIC AND SEVERAL OF THE CHURCHES WORKING WITH US.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE EVEN IN EXISTENCE NOW, BUT WE KEPT IT GOING, I THINK, TO THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS.
I'M NOT SURE THE NUMBERS SOME OF MY STAFF IS HERE ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT WE DEALT WITH. BUT WE BELIEVE THERE'S THIS.
WHATEVER'S BEFORE ME, I GIVE IT MY ALL RIGHT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO LIKE A DOCTOR WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO PAY HIM, HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO MAKE SURE THE BILL IS PAID.
BUT WHILE HE'S OPERATING, I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I GIVE YOU MY ALL.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE TRY TO DO.
EVERY PERSON COMING THROUGH OUR ORGANIZATION OR OUR SYSTEMS OR OUR OR OUR OUR PROGRAM, WE MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM OUR ALL.
AND THAT IS, WE WANT THEM NOT ONLY HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE AND SOME HOPE WHEN IT'S DONE, PROVIDE THEM WITH RESOURCES AND WITH SOME EDUCATION, AS WELL AS SOME CLOTHES ON THE BACK.
AGAIN, IT'S A IT'S A CRUEL VISE TO ASK SOMEONE TO PULL THEMSELVES UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS AND THEY DON'T HAVE BOOTS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE TAKING PLACE. YOU DID PROVIDE COUNSELING ON THE RELIGIOUS SIDE.
ABSOLUTELY. ONE ON ONE, WE CALL IT THE WRAPAROUND.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN A PERSON IS THERE, WE ASSIGN SEVERAL PEOPLE TO WRAP AROUND THAT PERSON. THAT'S GOING TO MAKE SURE EDUCATION IS THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET SOME, SOME SUSTENANCE.
WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO DO GO ON AN INTERVIEW AND BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS THEY DO THAT AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS, AS WE WRAP AROUND THAT, THEY'RE TALKING TO ME BACK THERE. BUT I GOT THE MIKE WITH THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING LIKE WHEN THE BUILDING WAS GOING UP IN FLAMES.
THEY THEY WERE STAGGERING, CRYING BECAUSE THEY JUST PUT ALL OF THAT ENERGY INSIDE.
I GRIEVE FOR THAT, BUT I'M NOW LOOKING BEYOND THE ASH AT WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP. I JUST WANT TO SAY BEFORE YOU WALK AWAY, I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONGREGATION THROUGH FREEVILLE AND ALL THE YOUR SUPPORTERS BEHIND YOU, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVING OUR FELLOW MAN.
I WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED WITH ME.
A LEADER THAT HAS A STEADY HAND DURING TIMES OF TURBULENCE OR TURBULENT TIMES IS THEN QUALIFIED TO STEP INTO THE NEXT DIMENSION AND LEAD.
I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THESE WOMEN AND THESE MEN WHO SUPPORT THE WORK.
I'M THE VISIONARY AND WHERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH.
WHERE THERE'S NO WORKERS, THE VISION WILL DIE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
THEY PUT THEIR HANDS TO THE PLOW.
IS THAT WHAT? I'M ABSOLUTELY. DON'T TURN BACK.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK? PLEASE STEP FORWARD. MR. MAYOR, MR. VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BISHOP CLARK, IT'S AN HONOR TO FOLLOW YOU.
I CAN'T SAY I LITTLE TREPIDATIOUS TOO, I HAVE TO ADMIT.
YEAH. LAST TIME I WAS HERE BEFORE YOU COUNSEL, I PERHAPS LIST YOUR NAME, YES.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M JEFF NUSS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DAILY BREAD.
AND LAST TIME I WAS HERE BEFORE YOU, I HAD THE HONOR OF STANDING NEXT TO MAYOR ALLFREY, WHO AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE WAS TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, AND I REALIZED HE WAS PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT FROM MELBOURNE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TO COMMEND YOU AGAIN AND EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE OPENNESS TO DO SOMETHING BIG.
THIS IS A MOMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN SOUTH BREVARD TO DO SOMETHING BIG TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND THE TASK FORCE OF WHICH I'VE HAD AN HONOR TO BE A PART WITH.
WITH SO MANY OF THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS BEHIND ME AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY, THE WAY YOU, YOU PINPOINTED WHAT WHAT WE CAN DO NOW WITH THESE FUNDS, I THINK ZEROING IN ON THAT SECOND TIER, WHICH IS EMERGENCY HOUSING GEARED TOWARDS PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE MADE A TRANSITION IN DAILY BREAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO BE A HOUSING FOCUSED HOMELESS OUTREACH CENTER, MORE THAN A SOUP KITCHEN, PROVIDING OTHER RESOURCES, BUT NOW MORE AND MORE ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES AND DOING THE HARD WORK OF HELPING PEOPLE FIND A HOME AND THEN MAKING THAT SUCCESSFUL.
SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF UNDERLYING ISSUES IN HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ADDICTION ISSUES, OTHER ISSUES THAT THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED ALONG THE WAY. THESE ISSUES CAN BE SO MUCH BETTER ADDRESSED WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A ROOF OVER THEIR
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HEAD. TWO THINGS ARE NECESSARY FOR A PERSON TO OVERCOME THEIR HOMELESS SITUATION, WHICH IS SHELTER.A HOUSE. AND SUPPORT CASE MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY AND THAT CASE MANAGEMENT THAT WALKS WITH THAT PERSON TO FIND THAT SUCCESS, GETTING THEM THROUGH THEIR YEAR, A BIG MOMENT FOR US IS NOT JUST THE MOVING DAY, BUT THE RENEWAL DAY.
WHEN YOU GET TO THAT FIRST YEAR AND YOU'RE RENEWING YOUR LEASE, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE TIME I WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT, THAT WE'VE MADE A HOUSING SUCCESS.
WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION.
THIS IS A MOMENT FOR US AS A COMMUNITY TO TO SAY, LET'S DO THIS TOGETHER AND BUILD SOMETHING THAT CAN CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
LET ME REMIND YOU THAT THAT MAYOR ALFRED HIS HAS ASKED THAT WE DO THIS TOGETHER AS AS MELBOURNE AND PALM BAY AND IN MELBOURNE HAS PUT FORTH $2.5 MILLION TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS SITUATION AND WOULD LOVE TO TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING BIG.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS THAT DAILY BREAD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT WE'RE PUTTING SOME PLANS TOGETHER AND SOME HOPES AND DREAMS, AND WE'LL WANT TO PUT THAT FORWARD WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY COMES.
MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT OUR HEARTS IN THIS COMMUNITY ON THIS COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL IN MELBOURNE WILL BE OPEN TO INSPIRATION.
SO THANK YOU. SO JEFF, LET ME ASK YOUR QUESTION.
THE CITY OF MELBOURNE ALLOCATED $2.5 MILLION.
TO YOUR ORGANIZATION, SO ALLOCATED MIGHT BE TOO STRONG A WORD, OK? I THINK THE PHRASE THAT THEY USED WAS SET ASIDE.
THE IDEA IS THEY WANTED TO SET ASIDE TWO POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS BEFORE IT WENT THROUGH THE OTHER ALLOCATION PROCESSES TO SAY WHAT CAN DAILY BREAD DO WITH THIS IN A MOVE AND IN AN EXPANSION TO INCREASE IMPACT? SO JUST SO THAT I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND? YEAH. SO PLEASE LET ME ONE OF THE JUST, WELL, A LITTLE BIT INTO THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? OF COURSE, WE'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, RIGHT? HOWEVER, IS THERE LIKE AN RFP THAT'S PART OF THAT PROCESS, LIKE FOR YOU TO OBTAIN THAT THESE ARE THE SERVICES THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WILL BE AN RFP DOWN THE ROAD AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO TO DO SOME KIND OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FROM ONE CITY THAT COULD THEN BE FOLLOWED UP BY ANOTHER CITY. SO THERE COULD BE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT GOES THROUGH PALM BAY MS. PROCESS AND THEN IS FOLLOWED UP BY BELMONT'S PROCESS.
SO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN COLLABORATION FOR THAT SAME FUNDING? HMM. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? THAT'S POSSIBLE.
WHAT I ENVISION IS OR WHAT MY HOPE WOULD BE IS WHEN, WHEN YOU ALL DECIDE WHAT AMOUNT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS, TO ADDRESSING THIS CHALLENGE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THERE'LL BE AN RFP OR SOME PROCESS THAT SAYS WHO HAS A GOOD PLAN TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR THE GREATEST IMPACT.
AND HOWEVER, PEOPLE COME FORWARD WITH A PLAN THAT THAT COULD THEN ALSO GO TO CITY OF MELBOURNE TO SAY WITH THAT PLAN, FOR INSTANCE, WE EXPECT TO HAVE A $10 MILLION PLAN FOR FOR DAILY BREAD. SO WE WE WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR WHATEVER SUPPORT WOULD COME FROM THAT.
MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT THE FUNDS WOULDN'T BE DISTRIBUTED PIECEMEAL, BUT THAT A BIGGER IMPACT WOULD COME BY ALLOWING SOME ORGANIZATION OR A GROUP OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME TOGETHER TO SAY, WE WANT TO GO FOR IT, WE WANT TO TO HAVE A BIG VISION AND A BIG PLAN THAT CAN USE THE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING TO PALM BAY AND TO MELBOURNE, AND THEN HOPEFULLY MAYBE GO TO THE COUNTY LEVEL AND LEVERAGE OTHER FUNDS TO SAY THIS IS HOW WE CAN MAKE A GENERATIONAL SHIFT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE NUTS AND BOLTS CAN WORK ON THAT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CITY STAFFS HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT WORK.
AND I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THIS COUNCIL IS IS AND IT'S BEEN ALL ALONG IS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE EXCHANGING THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH A CASE MANAGEMENT COMPONENT TO IT.
SO THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
I WASN'T CERTAIN HOW THE CITY OF MELBOURNE HAD HAD DONE THAT, SO THEY REALLY DIDN'T ALLOCATE IT TO DAILY BREAD.
IT'S IT'S JUST SITTING ALLOCATED SOMEWHERE TO SEE WHAT OTHER PARTNERS CAN POOL THEIR RESOURCES. LIKE THE COUNTY, THIS CITY? MY UNDERSTANDING? YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
THEY DID. THEY DID SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT THAT'S GEARED TOWARDS DAILY BREAD.
WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OVER THE YEARS THAT I UNDERSTAND IS
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DIFFERENT FROM OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH PALM BAY.AND THAT'S WHY IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MELBOURNE IS KIND OF SITTING BACK AND LETTING PALM BAY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, RESPECTING THAT THE CITIES ARE DIFFERENT, THE STRUCTURES ARE DIFFERENT, BUT STILL WITH THAT HOPE THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING BIG TOGETHER.
SO ONE LAST QUESTION, JEFF, WHAT WHEN WHEN THEY ALLOCATED THOSE FUNDING AND IN YOUR VISION OF DAILY BREAD TODAY, WHAT WHAT IS THAT VISION RIGHT NOW? YEAH. MM HMM. SO OUR VISION IS TWOFOLD.
EXCUSE ME, IS TO HAVE AN OUTREACH CENTER IN A BETTER LOCATION.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE.
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO EXPAND, SO WE NEED TO BE IN A BETTER LOCATION.
HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED ANY LOCATIONS YET? NO, NOT SPECIFICALLY.
ARE YOU SHOPPING AROUND? WE ARE. WE ARE.
WE'RE VERY OPEN TO BEING IN PALM BAY.
A LOT OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION IS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN MELBOURNE AND PALM BAY.
I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR US TO BE IN THIS LOCATION.
SO WE WOULD HAVE A AN EXPANDED OUTREACH CENTER, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A BIG HOMELESS SHELTER, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS, BUT TARGETED FLEXIBLE HOUSING THAT CAN BE EMERGENCY HOUSING AND BRIDGE HOUSING.
SO MAYBE IT'S A 20 UNIT 30 UNIT COMPLEX THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE OUTREACH CENTER THAT PROVIDES A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE PREPARING FOR AN ENTRANCE INTO A PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE'RE USING A LOT OF HOTELS FOR THAT PURPOSE RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 HOTEL UNITS BEING USED FOR THAT PURPOSE NOW.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THOSE ON SITE, BUT TO HAVE FIVE UNITS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCIES THAT THE POLICE COULD BRING SOMEBODY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HAVING A CRISIS TO OUR CENTER.
WE WOULD BE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY AND HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY FOR THE CRISIS, WHICH OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THE SECOND ASPECT IS BUILDING MORE HOUSING.
WE NEED TO BUILD A RHYTHM OF THAT.
AND ARE YOU ARE YOU EQUIPPED WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT TO THAT TODAY? SO A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN PARTNERSHIPS.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BECOME ANOTHER CIRCLES OF CARE.
BUT BUT WHAT WILL IT MEAN TO PARTNER BETTER, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO SUBSTANCE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS? WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE THAT BE PART OF IT AS WELL.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR US TO PROVIDE THE HOUSING COMPONENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PERHAPS MEDICALLY TREATED ADDICTION AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES? RIGHT NOW, THE WAY WE WORK WITH CIRCLES OF CARE IS WE DO HAVE THOSE CONSENT FORMS SIGNS SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE.
SOMETIMES IT WORKS BETTER THAN OTHERS.
I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S OFTEN BREAKDOWNS IN THAT COMMUNICATION.
BUT BUT BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, I THINK, IS THE WAY THAT WORKS.
THANK YOU, JEFF. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THIS.
NO, NO, I APPRECIATE IT. DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I WANTED TO GET YOUR VISION AND WHAT THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
MM HMM. MM HMM. I PROMISE TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
I THINK WE HAVE A MASTER CHIEF WAS NEXT.
CHIEF. BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTH WEST, I HAVE FOUR ITEMS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS ON THIS ONE.
ONE. ALL ARPA FUNDS SHOULD BE USED IN TANGIBLE IDENTITIES, SO YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S SPENT, YOU CAN SEE IT.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH IT AND SMELL IT, BUT IT'S AN IDENTIFIABLE, TANGIBLE IDENTITY.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, CITY LAND COULD BE USED WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR SURPLUS LAND THAT COULD BE PART OF THE STEPPING STONE TO START SOME OF THESE IDENTITIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO WITH BECAUSE WE HAVE WE HAVE SEVERAL IDENTITY THAT WE'RE CALLING SURPLUS, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SELL TO GET MONEY FOR TO OFFSET THE CITY ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND.
WELL, THAT THOSE PARCELS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE USED TO BE THIS BUILDING BLOCK FOR SOMETHING ELSE TOWARDS SOLVING SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT NOW IT'S A TANGIBLE IDENTITY.
IT'S SITTING THERE. IT'S IT'S EMPLACEMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE THE THE NUMBER OF SURPLUS PROPERTIES THE CITY HAS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE BIG AND SOME ARE SMALL, BUT THEY'RE DEFINITELY SOME SURPLUS LAND THERE THAT YOU THINK START LOOKING AT.
THE CITY OF PALM BAY HAS 800 MILES.
IF YOU ONLY HAVE ROADS WITHIN JUST A CITY OF PALM BAY, THAT'S NOT EVEN TALKING MELBOURNE BEACHSIDE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
JUST TO GET TO ONE SITE, YOU COULD ALMOST CONSIDER HAVING SET DIFFERENT SATELLITE SITES THAT COULD BE MULTIPLE MULTITASKING AREAS, BUT IT WOULD BE AGAIN ONE MORE TIME INTO A TANGIBLE IDENTITY.
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NOW, THE OTHER THING WITH THAT ONE IS WE COULD USE PART OF ARPA FUNDS TO LOWER CITY DEBT.I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE, WELL, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BENEFIT A WHOLE BUNCH, BUT IT REALLY WILL, BECAUSE BY LOWERING THE CITY'S DEBT THAT LOWER, THAT INCREASES OUR ABILITY TO DO MORE BECAUSE OF OUR CREDIT RATING WITHIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE LINES WITH WHICH WE'RE QUALIFYING FOR.
SO THOSE ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO.
BUT NUMBER ONE FOR BILL BATTEN, WHO'S TRYING TO WATCH EVERY TAX DOLLAR, I WANT TO SEE IT INTO TANGIBLE IDENTITIES, IF POSSIBLE.
NEXT, YOUNG LADY, YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.
YOU CAN IF YOU COULD LINE UP IN THE FRONT, YOU'RE COMING UP, MA'AM.
COME ON UP. ANYONE ELSE? COME ON, COME ON CLOSER SO THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK? WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I AM A PART OF TRUTH REVEAL AND A PART OF HCI HELPS COMMUNITY INITIATIVE.
I DID IF ANYONE WANTS TO VIEW MY PAGE.
JOSEPHINE PETERSON HUNTER I DID INTERVIEW MAYOR ALFIE ON MY RADIO PROGRAM THREE WEEKS AGO AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PLANS HE HAD COMING UP.
BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DID WITH A COLD NIGHT SHELTER AND WHAT WE DO AT MERCY HOUSE, THE COLD NIGHT SHELTER.
SO AS YOU HEARD, BISHOP SAY, WE DID USE IT FOR OTHER THINGS WITH THE YOUTH AND STARBASE AND MENTORING AND TUTORING AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE ON SUNDAYS.
BUT AS A COLD NIGHT SHELTER BEING THE ONLY ONE BETWEEN HERE AND TITUSVILLE LAST YEAR, WE HAD PEOPLE COME IN.
WE HAD, YOU KNOW, I CAN REMEMBER ONE NIGHT WE HAD 16 THERE.
WE HAD SOMEONE THAT CUT THEIR HAIR.
BISHOP HAS A HEART FOR PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GIVE AWAY TOP CLOTHES, BUT NOT UNDERCLOTHES. SO OUR CONGREGATION HAD TAKEN UP OFFERINGS.
WE HAVE BRAND NEW SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR AND UNDERSHIRTS AND YOU KNOW, THE MITTENS AND THE THINGS THAT THE LADIES HAVE BEEN MAKING, BUT THEY COME IN AND GET A HOT MEAL THE NEXT MORNING. THERE THEY GET A HOT MEAL BEFORE THEY LEAVE.
BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT SOME DIDN'T WANT TO BE HOMELESS.
WE HAD A 52 YEAR OLD FEMALE RIDING A THREE WHEELER PULL IN A WHEELCHAIR.
WE HAD SOMEONE AGE OUT OF FOSTER CARE.
19 YEARS OR SO WE FOUND OUT IF WE COULD GET A PLACE WHICH BECAME THE MERCY HOUSE AND THEY'LL FOLLOW THE RESOURCES.
BUT YOU CAN START WORKING WITH THEM AND THEY LEAVE AND YOU CAN'T FIND THEM TO FINISH THE CASE MANAGEMENT OR THE CASEWORK.
SO WE FOUND THE MERCY HOUSE WERE ABLE TO BRING FOUR OF THEM IN AND HELP THEM, WHETHER IT'S DISABILITY, WHETHER IT'S SSI HELPING GET THE HELP RESTORE THEM SO THEY GO FROM BEING CONSUMERS TO PRODUCERS.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THEM FROM STREET TO HOME.
OUR WHEELCHAIR BOUND PERSON NOW HAS HER HOME.
SHE'S LIVING IN ROCK VILLAGE, YOU KNOW, TOOK A COUPLE OF KITTENS.
WE'VE HAD A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM THAT WE MET AT FIFTH AVENUE PARK.
YOU KNOW, THEY BECAME HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY HAD A VALET SERVICE.
BUT WHEN EVERYTHING HAPPENED AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN WITH THE PANDEMIC, THEY LOST THEIR BUSINESS, THEIR HOME, THEIR CHILDREN WENT TO FOSTER CARE.
IN THREE WEEKS, WE BROUGHT THEM INTO THE MERCY HOUSE, ABLE TO HELP HER GET A JOB AT EVANS. HE HAD DISABILITY.
WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM IN THEIR OWN HOUSE IN MERRITT ISLAND, REUNIFICATION WITH THE KIDS SUPERVISED VISIT AND HAVE THEIR HOME WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE DO AND OUR SHELTER BURNT DOWN.
WE'LL DO THE WORK. WE HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT PEOPLE.
WE'VE GOT ONE, WE HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT.
WE JUST NEED A PLACE AS CRYSTAL'S RIGHT THERE.
THE OLD ON PALM BAY ROAD, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 FAMILIES.
WE'VE HELPED, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE IN HOTELS NOW, YOU KNOW, USED TO BE $275 A WEEK.
IT'S LIKE 500 A WEEK IN A HOTEL.
BUT IF WE HAD A HOTEL OR SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN USE FOR A SHELTER OR TO BE ABLE TO HELP TRANSITION PEOPLE TO HELP THEM GO FROM STREET TO HOME, WE TEACH THEM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CAREER DEVELOPMENT, EVERYTHING WE HAVE, THE PIECES WE JUST NEED THE PLACE.
SOME PARTNERSHIP, SOME FUNDS, SOME HELP.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CARA BAIRD, I'M PALM BAY RESIDENT THREE SIXTY THREE ROYAL STREET SOUTHEAST.
AND I COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR HAVING THIS MEETING TODAY, AND YOU DID HIT ON SOME VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. SO AS FAR AS EMERGENCY SHELTER GOES, I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME MOBILE SHELTERS AS WELL.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IN WORKING WITH THIS POPULATION FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW IS THAT IT TENDS TO EBB AND FLOW AND MOVE SO WHERE IT MIGHT BE DENSE ONE TIME IT CAN COMPLETELY
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CLEAR OUT AND BE DENSE IN ANOTHER PLACE.SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE A SHELTER FROM PLACE TO PLACE WHEREVER THAT NEED IS, WHETHER IT'S FROM CITY TO CITY IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK THAT AS A CITY, WE SHOULD LOOK AT.
AND ARE YOU A PROVIDER? YES, I AM A PROVIDER.
I WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF FLORIDA.
AND SO I'M ALSO GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN PALM BAY. SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THING IS WE HAVE A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH A MEMBER OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO EVEN PLACE THE VOUCHERS THAT THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE THESE EMERGENCY VOUCHERS THEY HAVE.
THEY CAN'T PLACE OTHER VOUCHERS.
THERE'S NOWHERE TO PLACE THEM.
SO THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A HUGE ISSUE.
AND THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU GUYS CAN BRING DEVELOPERS, NOT JUST VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, BUT OTHER DEVELOPERS INTO THE CITY.
AND SOME OF THOSE I'VE BEEN WORKING AND TALKING WITH JOAN ABOUT.
SHE MENTIONED EARLIER ARE THROUGH HOUSE BILL ONE THREE THREE NINE THAT ALLOWS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WITHOUT REZONING IN COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR ZERO LOT LINES, LESS PARKING SPACES, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE CITY CAN IMPLEMENT TO ATTRACT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
OFFICER COMMANDER MOIA ALSO BROUGHT UP THE MENTAL HEALTH CHIEF.
I DON'T WANT TO DEMOTE THEM, MA'AM.
I'M SORRY. THE CHIEF, YOU TYPICALLY PROMOTE PEOPLE.
I DON'T DEMAND TO CARRY ON, MA'AM.
ANYWAYS, HE HAD BROUGHT UP THIS THE MENTAL HEALTH.
WELL, THERE IS AN UPCOMING RFA THROUGH THE FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION THAT SPECIFICALLY TARGETS SUPER UTILIZERS, AND IT IS FOR 30 UNITS AND IT REQUIRES A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL MANAGING ENTITY WHEN WE HAVE A GREAT MANAGING ENTITY FOR BREVARD COUNTY.
AND SHE IS THE STAFF THAT I'VE TALKED WITH.
THEY ARE VERY ADAMANT OF TRYING TO BRING THIS TO BREVARD COUNTY.
IT REQUIRES THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE M.E.
AS WELL AS A LOCAL DEVELOPER, PREFERABLY A NONPROFIT DEVELOPER, SO THAT BREVARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT. WHEN YOU SAY THE MANAGING ENTITY, IT'S CENTRAL FLORIDA CARES.
SO THEY'RE THE MANAGING ENTITY FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH.
THEY HAVE FUND A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THROUGH CIRCLES OF CARE, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO FUND FULLY FUND THE CASE MANAGEMENT FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS IF WE CAN BRING IT TO PALM BAY.
I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT DOING.
BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE BROUGHT UP EARLIER THAT ARE A REAL SERIOUS ISSUE, AND I AGREE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE BROUGHT UP.
YOU CAN BRING HIM INTO HOUSING, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PROPER CASE MANAGEMENT THAT ADDRESSES AND KNOWS HOW TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH, THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THOSE ITEMS, THEY WILL FAIL IN HOUSING SO IT IS REQUIRED.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE BOTH THOSE THINGS.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
ANYONE ELSE? THOUGHT I SAW ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS THAT STEPPED FORWARD.
I'M JORDAN, I'M A PALM BAY RESIDENT, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VERY SMART PEOPLE THAT HAVE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE IN THE PAST.
ONE OF THEM THAT WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING FOR YEARS IS SEEDAT CRISIS THE ANSWER MISSION.
AND IN MELBOURNE THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
THEY TAKE IN HOMELESS, THEY TAKE IN DRUG ADDICTS AND OTHER OTHER.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE THOSE KIND OF ISSUES, AND THEY COULD BE A VALUABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION IF YOU COORDINATE WITH THEM TAKING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TRACK.
WITH THIS KIND OF $18 MILLION COMING IN WITH A WINDFALL, IT'S IT'S VERY EASY TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT YOU SEE IT IN IN THE NEWS EVERY DAY ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SCAMMED FROM THIS OR THE OTHER.
ESPECIALLY WITH THIS EPIDEMIC THAT'S BEEN GOING AROUND AND THESE ALL THESE MONIES, THAT'S JUST FREE FLOWING.
SOME PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
SO YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE CONSIDERING IS IS THIS ISSUE OF OF THE SEWER.
I NOTICED THAT THERE'S A PROPOSAL PERHAPS OF OF PAYING PEOPLE TO THEIR HOOKUPS.
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I THINK THAT'S THE ABSOLUTE WRONG TRACK TO TAKE.I THINK IF THE CITY DECIDES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN A SEWER, THEY SHOULD MAKE IT MANDATORY AND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING THE SEWER SHOULD PAY FOR IT.
PEOPLE THAT ALREADY HAVE A SEWER.
WHY SHOULD THEY PAY FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO GET A SEWER WHEN THEY'VE ALREADY PAID FOR THEIRS? SO THE FACT THAT.
THE NATURALLY, JUST BY HAVING A SEWER AND WATER, AN APPRAISAL, A REPORT THAT I READ SAYS THERE'S 15 TO 20 THOUSAND DIFFERENCE IN COMPARABLE HOMES WITH ONE THAT HAS SEWER AND WATER, BUT ONE THAT DOESN'T.
SO IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE GETTING AN ADVANTAGE BY HAVING SEWER AND WATER AND HAVING THEIR PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE, THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN HOOKUP BECAUSE WHEN THEY SELL THEIR HOUSE, THEY GET MORE MONEY FOR IT, SO THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, IN MY OPINION. I THINK THAT THOSE MONIES WOULD BE BETTER SPENT ON PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON DIRT ROADS. AND I MUST ADMIT THAT I LIVE ON A DIRT ROAD.
AND THE FACT THAT ONE THAT'S $150 MILLION WAS DECIDED ON.
THEY HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE WHOLE NORTHEAST QUARTER, WHICH WAS NOT EVEN INCLUDED.
SO THERE'S RUMORS THAT THEY WON'T EVEN GET AROUND TO UNIT 49, WHICH IS THAT HAS THE WORST ROADS NOW IN THE CITY.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE THINGS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND HANDLED BECAUSE YOU PROMISED EVERYBODY A NEW ROAD, A GOOD ROAD.
AND I THINK SOME OF THAT MONEY SHOULD GO TO THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JORDAN. AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE WE ALL VOTED FOR THAT, RIGHT? WE VOTED FOR OUR ROADS.
SO EVERYONE IN PALM BAY THAT VOTED THAT WE SHOULD BE HELD, OUR FEET NEED TO BE HELD TO THE FIRE, SO TO SPEAK.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
SIR, STEP RIGHT UP, PLEASE GIVE YOU A NAME.
I'M WITH THE BREVARD HOMELESS COALITION.
WE ACTUALLY SPOKE VERY BRIEFLY EARLIER TODAY.
HERE'S HOW I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES HERE, WHICH IS AWESOME TO SEE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT PEOPLE DOING GREAT WORK WHO HAVE SAID AMAZING THINGS.
AND ONE OF THEM, KYRA, ACTUALLY MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANT TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE ON AND HIGHLIGHT, WHICH IS THAT WE HAVE VOUCHERS WHICH HAVE FOR A VERY LONG TIME BEEN. A REALLY POWERFUL SOURCE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE.
BUT THEY'RE ALMOST USELESS NOW THAT WE HAVE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS AND.
OF THOSE, WE HAVE THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY UNITS AVAILABLE IN BREVARD COUNTY.
WHICH ONLY SEVEN QUALIFY FOR THE VOUCHER, SO.
AND THERE'S NOT MANY AVAILABLE OUT THERE IN THIS PRICE RANGE AND.
WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IS INCENTIVIZING.
DEVELOPERS TO BUILD MORE HOUSING, BECAUSE THAT IS THE BIGGEST NEED THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. I UNDERSTAND THAT MENTAL HEALTH AND HAVING THAT CONTINUUM OF CARE BE A HUGE PROPONENT OF THIS.
AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO MORE HELP IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE IN HOUSING.
A LOT OF OUR CASE MANAGERS ARE SPENDING A LOT OF THEIR TIME TRYING TO FIND THE HOUSING.
SO IF WE COULD FREE UP SOME OF THAT TIME TO GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO SERVE THE POPULATION A LITTLE BIT BETTER, I THINK IT MIGHT HELP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. ROSCOE. HIM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA BECAUSE YOU HAVE DEFINITELY HELPED VETERANS IN NEED, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH YOU REGARDING THAT.
SO THANK YOU, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM.
I'M A RETIRED MELBOURNE POLICE OFFICER.
I AM ALSO A MEMBER AND A MINISTER AT TRUTH REVEALED INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES.
SO I'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND RIGHT NOW I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY HELPS INITIATIVE.
THAT'S WITH TRUTH REVEALED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
I JUST WANT TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT MY PARTNER SAID EARLIER LADY J.
YES, ABOUT THE COLD NIGHT SHELTER AND THE MERCY HOUSE.
WE GET VERY LITTLE FUNDS, AND MOST ALL OF US ARE VOLUNTEERS.
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WE DON'T GET PAID.BUT WE'RE OUT THERE, WE'RE IN THE WOODS, WE'RE GOING WHERE THE HOMELESS IS GOING.
WE'VE WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH VOA, WE'VE GOT A PARTNERSHIP WITH DAILY BREAD AND WE'RE ALL WORKING VERY HARD.
EACH ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD AND.
WHETHER IT IS MELBOURNE OR WHETHER IT'S PALM BAY, SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOSING HOPE.
WE HAVE MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN.
IN THE SUBURBAN HOTEL THAT WE'VE BEEN USING CDBG MONEY TO PAY THEIR RENT.
HIS CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY HAVE A PLACE TO STAY ONCE THEY GET OUT OF SCHOOL.
I'VE HAD PARENTS BEG ME, PLEASE DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO HELP ME, SO I SO MY CHILDREN WILL HAVE A PLACE TO STAY.
AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE THAT I WAS ON ONE SIDE WHERE WE WERE MOVING THE BUMS OUT OR THE HOMELESS OUT.
NOW I'M ON THIS SIDE WHERE I CAN SEE THE GREAT NEED AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR CITY, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE USED AN OLD HOTEL AND REFURBISHED IT, SO THEY WOULD HAVE A PLACE FOR THE CASEWORKERS TO FIND THE PEOPLE, TO GET THEM THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
WHEN THERE IS SO TRANSIENT, WE CAN'T FIND THEM AFTER A WHILE, SO THEY JUST MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE UNTIL THEY'RE TRESPASSED AND THEY CAN'T GO TO THAT PLACE ANYMORE OR THEY'RE KICKED OUT AND THEIR CAMPS ARE TOTALLY KNOCKED DOWN.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY GO, ALL OF US THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING CAN GO AND WE CAN HELP THEM WITH SSI, WITH FOOD STAMPS, WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO GREAT WORKS.
AND I THINK THAT THIS PANEL, THIS IS THE RIGHT PANEL FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO GET SOMETHING BIG DONE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRICE.
JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL, AS AN ARMY SOLDIER AND AS A THANK YOU.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ROLLING UP YOUR SLEEVES, YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
OH, ONE MORE THING. JUST REAL QUICK, I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER FOR OUR CROSSWALK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING THAT OUT THERE.
WHAT DO YOU DO, MADAM SHERMAN, YOU JUST STOOD AS A AS A CROSSING GUARD.
I JUST COORDINATE A GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE OVER HERE SO THAT THEY GOT IT DONE FOR YOU, THAT OK, WHO'S NEXT? WHO'S SPEAKING NEXT? ENDER. NO ONE, NO ONE ELSE.
OK, SO GENTLEMEN, I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SAID.
I LOVED IT. MR. JORDAN MENTIONED THE OF MISSION.
YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT 501 C 3S CAN LITERALLY COME TOGETHER, AND SO WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? WHAT, HOW, WHAT IS IT THAT WE ASK REGARDING AN RFP PROCESS? KEEPING IN MIND CONTINUUM OF CARE IS CRITICAL.
I LOVE WHAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION I LOVE WITH MASTER CHIEF SAID ABOUT WE HAVE LAND.
SOMETIMES THE ISSUE IS NOT IN MY BACKYARD, RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, JOAN, BEFORE WE START DISCUSSING, I LIKE THAT.
ASK YOU. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT ANY PROPERTY THAT WE MAY HAVE THAT THIS MAY BE A FIT OR FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY HAS.
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ARE THAT THE.
SIZABLE PIECE OF PROPERTIES ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THEY'RE IN THE CENTER OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO ZONING SPOTS, OWNING ALL OF THAT THING BRINGS INTO PLAY.
THE OTHER PARCELS WE HAVE ARE A LOT SMALLER.
SOME ARE, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY RESERVED PROPERTY FOR DRAINAGE THAT PUBLIC WORKS NO LONGER NEEDS. THE PROPERTIES JUST AREN'T IDEAL FOR THIS.
THE OTHER CHALLENGE WE'VE FACED PREVIOUSLY, AND THIS HAS COME UP MANY TIMES OVER JUST THE LAST TWO AND A HALF THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE IS THE LOCATION.
SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE FOLKS WHO ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE UNHOUSED ARE THEY'RE
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SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE NEAR A BUS ROUTE.WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE DUAL ROUTES SO THEY'RE NOT TAKING A BUS TO PUBLIX AND, YOU KNOW, 30 MINUTE DRIVE AND THEN HAVING TO GO IN A TWO HOUR LONG CIRCLE TO COME BACK AND BEING CLOSE TO DAYCARE FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT NOT JUST MYSELF BUT OTHER STAFF HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
AND THERE JUST ISN'T AN IDEAL PROPERTY THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT.
SO COUNCIL JUST A TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON.
WE CAN AT LEAST GIVE DIRECTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON WITH THE WITH THE DISCUSSION ON THE HOMELESS ISSUE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
WE HAVE SOME ASK FROM OUR STAFF.
I'D LIKE TO TRY AND ENTERTAIN DEALING WITH THAT ISSUE FIRST BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
YOU ASKED THAT YOU SEE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT WITH THAT ISSUE BEFORE WE SPEAK FURTHER ON ANYTHING ELSE? OK, LET'S SEE.
OH. YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S A FEW ASK IF YOU REMEMBER THE THE SMARTPHONES AND.
THE EFF IS SEEKING OK, IF WE COULD GET THAT ASK TAKEN CARE OF.
BEFORE WE GO FOR MOST OF THE APPROVED PURCHASE OF 120 SMARTPHONES AND CASES TO SUPPORT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ACQUISITION OF 151 BODY CAMERA UNITS, ALONG WITH DISASTER RECOVERY SITE CLOUD SOFTWARE AND CYBER SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS AND A SECOND THAT.
OK, SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND.
I JUST WANTED TO KEEP COUNCILMAN FOSTER ABREAST OF WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
ADAM SHERMAN JUST ONE CLARIFICATION.
SO WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY COME BACK TO ANSWERING THE QUESTION FOR THE DISASTER RECOVERY SITE CLOUD SOFTWARE. THERE WAS A NOTE IN THE SLIDE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE RENEWAL RATE OF $200000 A YEAR, AND WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT AN ELIGIBLE USE OF ARPA FUNDS.
SO THE ONLY ADDITIONAL ASK ON THIS THAT WE WOULD MAKE CLARIFYING THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR A SECOND YEAR, THAT TWO OR THREE YEARS, I'M SORRY.
IT'S TWO HUNDRED A YEAR I THOUGHT I READ THE SOFTWARE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YEAH, THE INITIAL UPFRONT FIRST YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE IF WE APPROVE THIS TWENTY TWENTY TWO, WE WOULD SPEND TWO SEVENTY FIVE AND THEN IT'S AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND OR TWENTY TWENTY THREE. THAT'S CORRECT.
AND ACTUALLY, SEAN IS OUR ACTING DIRECTOR FOR IT AND BRIAN ROBINSON'S ABSENT ABSENCE.
DO YOU RECALL IF IT WAS ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS FOR THE ANNUAL? THE AD COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.
SO THAT WAS THE CLARIFICATION THAT YOU COULD FUND AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS OF MAINTENANCE IF YOU SO CHOSE TO DO SO.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF THE TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND B INITIAL FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENTS, THE SECOND ITEM THERE.
SO WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS ESSENTIALLY BRING YOUR REMAINING NUMBER DOWN TO THREE POINTS OR EIGHT MILLION THREE POINT THREE POINT FORTY EIGHT MILLION.
SO WE'D TAKE ANOTHER FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OFF IF YOU CHOSE TO DO THAT.
WE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION THAT IT DOES QUALIFY, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO THERE.
I'M GOING WITH THAT GENTLEMAN.
SO DOES THE A MOTION INCLUDE THAT OR DO WE HAVE TO AMEND IT? MADAM ATTORNEY. IF THE MEANT THAT I WOULD SAY AMEND IT TO INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, AMENDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL VERBIAGE.
HE'S REMOVED IT AND NOW ALL THE MY EMOTION TO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL VERBIAGE.
AND GOOD ENOUGH. MADAM MADAM CLERK, IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? YES. OK.
IS THERE A SECOND I CAN WRITE I GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND.
WE'RE DEALING WITH THE STAFF ASKED FIRST.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? EMOTION IS ALL RIGHT.
SO THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE 120 SMARTPHONES FOR THE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE BODY CAMERAS AND FOR THE DISASTER RECOVERY SITE CLOUD SOFTWARE.
THESE ARE SLIDES NINE AND 10, AS WELL AS THE CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENTS.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE DISASTER RECOVERY SITE CLOUD, THERE'S AN ANNUAL RENEWAL OF 200000. SO THE FIRST YEAR IS 270 FIVE AND THEN IT GOES DOWN TO 200000 FOR RENEWAL.
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EVERYTHING THAT STAFF THE ISSUE WAS WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY QUALIFIED, BUT WE GOT CONFIRMATION. YOU KNOW.YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION TO RENEWALS ON ON CYBER.
DISASTER RECOVERY SITE CLOUD SOFTWARE.
WHAT WOULD BE OUR REMAINING BALANCE? SO HE SAID. THREE POINT FOUR, BUT I THINK NO, IT'S THREE POINT THREE MILLION, FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND, MAYBE I SAID THAT WRONG WOULD BE THE THREE MILLION, AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE FIRST TRANCHE.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER NINE MILLION COMING NEXT YEAR.
YEAH, I GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR. OR IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO LET'S TACKLE THE HOW DO WE RFP THIS? DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? THE CONTINUUM OF CARE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO AND I KNOW A LOT OF DISCUSSION WAS MADE WITH THE HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT TO IT AND RECRUITING DEVELOPERS, I THINK JONI WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
SO WHAT ARE YOU SAY THE SECOND BULLET HAS TO DO WITH, IS IT? THAT INCLUDED IN THE A MOTION.
CYBER ENHANCEMENT TOTAL OF HUNDRED THOUSAND.
YES. OH, WAS THAT INCLUDED, OK? YEAH. SO, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, YOU WANTED TO SAY YES, MAYOR, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SPEAK.
I SPOKE ABOUT IT YEARS AGO AND THEN THAT WAS UNDER MR BRADLEY'S WATCH IN REGARDS TO VOLUNTARY INCLUSIONARY HOUSING BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF FUNDING, ACTUALLY.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF HOUSE BILL.
WE SPOKE JOHNSON SUZANNE HOUSE BILL SEVEN ONE ZERO THREE FROM 2019, WHERE WE WEREN'T NO LONGER ABLE TO DO MANDATORY INCLUSIONARY HOUSING.
WE HAD TO DO VOLUNTARY INCLUSIONARY HOUSING, WHICH INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, THINGS SUCH AS DENSITY SETBACKS OR, YOU KNOW, ASSISTING THE DEVELOPER IN RECOUPING FUNDS THROUGH WAYS LIKE CHANGING FROM AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURAL USE TO RESIDENTIAL USE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, DO THE TWO GO HAND IN HAND WHEN I LOOK AT HOUSE BILL ONE THREE THREE NINE AND HOUSE BILL SEVEN ONE ZERO THREE? AND WELL, LET'S ASK THAT QUESTION FIRST.
ONE IS ONE WAS MANDATORY AND THE OTHER IS VOLUNTARY.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES IN THOSE, AND I THINK THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY THE ZONING, THE DENSITY, THE I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE REGARDING IMPACT FEE WAIVERS. SO MY GENERAL THOUGHT ON THAT IS, YES, IT'S BEEN SOME TIME SINCE I LOOKED AT THE MANDATORY INCLUSIONARY HOUSING, BUT I WILL DEFER IF NANCY, BUT OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HAS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
OKAY. AND MY NEXT QUESTION REGARDING IT, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THIS IS A WHILE AGO, THERE'S REALLY NO FUNDING NEEDED TO DO THIS.
YEAH. OK. BECAUSE THAT THAT THAT TAKES CARE OF ONE OF THE THREE TIERS THAT WAS JUST SPOKEN ABOUT WITH YOU.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT PROVIDES MORE FUNDING FOR WHATEVER IT IS WE WANT TO PROVIDE IT FOR.
SO. AND I BROUGHT IT UP BACK THEN.
I DIDN'T PUSH IT AS HARD AS I.
I SHOULD HAVE PUSHED HARDER, BUT I THINK I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THIS ROUTE IN REGARDS TO INCLUSIONARY HOUSING.
SO WE CAN THEN FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH OR.
AND I'LL SAY IT, BISHOP DIDN'T GET INTO IT, BUT MENTAL HEALTH AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH, IF YOU WERE BELIEVE IT, THEY GO HAND IN HAND.
SO. YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY BIG ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I THINK THIS IS A WAY WE CAN DO IT FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT WHILE HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND STILL JUST TAKING CARE OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S MY FIRST THING, MAYOR.
THIS IS A WAY WE CAN DO IT FOR FREE, FREE, FREE AND AND STILL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE FUNDS AND APPROPRIATE ELSEWHERE.
UNLESS UNLESS STAFF SEES THERE'S A NEED, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE ORDINANCES AND SOLIDIFIED THAT TO SOLIDIFY THAT TO.
AND, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO BE THAT.
ALL RIGHT. AND I'LL I'LL SUPPORT THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR JUST BAILEY ARTICULATE,
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ARTICULATED. I THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DAYS, A COUPLE OF ASPECTS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE.OK, WE WE HAVE AN ISSUE AT HAND, BUT TO ME, WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THAT ASPECT IS A GREAT ASPECT, BUT THE IMMEDIATE ISSUE? WHAT ARE WE DOING? THE HOMELESS ISSUE WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT THAT'S MORE LONG TERM.
NUMBER THREE. BUT CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THIS ISSUE AT HAND.
WE HAVE THESE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS IT NOW AND EVENTUALLY GO TO EMERGENCY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO A LONG TERM HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING? SO THE FIRST PART OF IT, WE'RE NOT TOUCHING STILL.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT TONIGHT, IT'S A COMMITMENT FROM THIS, FROM MY COLLEAGUES SAY, OK, WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO SET ASIDE IF I SHOULD USE THAT THOSE TERM. LET'S SET ASIDE X AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND TO TO ADDRESS WHAT'S AT HAND NOW, THE CURRENT CRISIS WE HAVE.
THEN, OF COURSE, CERTAINLY WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR MENTIONED THAT WILL COME AFTER I WILL FOLLOW. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW.
HE WAS JUST SETTING THE TONE FOR THAT AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS CORRECTLY.
NO, NO, NO. THAT'S I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YEAH, AND I GET IT AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO TO BE TO TO TO GET TO WITHOUT WILLIE GOING AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, SPEND TOO MUCH TIME BRINGING OTHER TOPICS YIELD TO COUNCILWOMAN REAL QUICK.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, BECAUSE COUNCILMAN FELIX.
I'M JUST SAYING RIGHT NOW, AS A AS A BODY, WE CAN HAVE ESTABLISHED LANGUAGE AND ORDINANCE AND LAW.
SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE READY TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE IN REGARDS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE ALREADY HAVE IT THERE.
BUT I'M SAYING WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT ALLOCATING ANY ARPA FUNDS THERE, BUT WE COULD ALLOCATE OUR FUNDS TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SERVICE AND, YOU KNOW, ITEMS WANTING TO.
I'M JUST SAYING THREE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO RIGHT HERE.
SO. SO THAT KIND OF REMOVES THAT PORTION OUT OF THE EQUATION SO WE CAN FOCUS MORE ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT'S WHAT.
YES, I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
YEAH, YEAH, I'M RIGHT THERE WITH ME.
HE'S HE'S PROCEDURALLY GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS, SO WE'RE GOOD.
DO WE NEED? DOES SHE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? ARE WE GOOD? OK.
MS. JONI, DOES SHE DOES SHE? I THINK WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED IS THAT WE AS A STAFF WOULD HAVE TO BRING BACK ORDINANCES TO AMEND OUR CURRENT LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OR CURRENT CODE OF ORDINANCES.
AND, MADAM ATTORNEY, YES, AS FAR AS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YES, THERE IS PROVISIONS AND STATUTES ONE SIXTY SIX POINT ZERO ONE FOUR ONE FIVE ONE AS FAR AS MUNICIPALITIES, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE US HAVING AN INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE AND THAT ORDINANCE ESSENTIALLY.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS INVOLVED BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A PROJECT AND WE SAY, YES, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE THIS PROJECT, BUT YOU HAVE TO SET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT PROJECT ASIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEN IN EXCHANGE FOR YOU SETTING THAT ASIDE, WE'RE GOING TO FULLY COMPENSATE YOU.
AND THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS WE MAY GIVE YOU MORE DENSITY.
WE MAY DO IMPACT FEES, OTHER INCENTIVES.
BUT. OR YOU GET THERE, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO FIRST HAVE THAT DEVELOPER, YOU HAVE THAT THE ORDINANCE FIRST, BUT THEN YOU GOT TO HAVE THAT DEVELOPER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THOSE SET ASIDE AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT ALL WORK.
SO IT IS A PROCESS AND IT IS A FRAMEWORK, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PIECES IN MY.
HE'S NOT. I THINK AT LEAST WE HAVE CONSENSUS HERE.
WELL, OK, SO LET'S TACKLE LET'S GO TO.
HOW HOW DOES THIS COUNCIL ENVISION THAT RFP PROCESS WITH OUR DISCUSSIONS HERE AND PROVIDING THAT COUNCILMAN FELIX, I'M GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK FIRST.
HOW DO YOU ENVISION THOSE RFPS WITH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, THE THE THE SETTING ASIDE SOME OF THE FUNDING, OF COURSE, BUT HOW DO YOU SEE THAT? IF I MAY, MAYOR, LET ME ASK.
MS. SHERMAN, A QUESTION IN REGARDS OF WHAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH, FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE SENIOR CENTER? WHAT DOES THAT CONTRACTUAL CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT LOOK LIKE, WHERE WE PARTNER WITH A
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NONPROFIT? WE OWN THE FACILITY, THEY PROVIDE THE SERVICES, THEY THEY IT'S A GREAT SERVICE TO A HUGE COMMUNITY IN IN OUR CITY, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AT IT WHERE THEY THEY THERE'S A CONTRACT SOMEWHAT.WHAT IS THAT LOOK LIKE? MAYBE THEN I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH.
SO LET ME JUST ADD THAT WE WE RECEIVE THE THE SENIOR CENTER FROM THE COUNTY.
THE CITY DIDN'T BUILD THAT OUT.
WE RECEIVED IT FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, JUST LIKE WE RECEIVED FRED'S POPPY REGIONAL PARK. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
YEAH, YOU'RE CORRECT. SO IT IS.
WE HAVE A LEASE WITH THE PALM BAY SENIOR CENTER GROUP.
THEY ESSENTIALLY ARE THE OPERATORS OF ALL THE RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR THE SENIORS THAT FLOW OUT OF THAT OUT OF THAT BUILDING.
THE STRUCTURE DOES WORK WELL FOR US.
THE THE WAY ESSENTIALLY IT'S IT'S ESTABLISHED AND WE ACTUALLY RENEWED THEIR LEASE A YEAR OR SO AGO. BUT THE WAY IT'S SET UP IS THERE'S VARIOUS THINGS THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THE BUILDING, THINGS THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
MOST OF THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
SO WE ARE SUBSIDIZING WHAT THEY DO TO AN EXTENT, BUT WE DO ALLOW THERE IN THE CASE OF THE SENIOR CENTER GROUP THEIR REVENUES TO FLOW BACK INTO THEIR PROGRAMS. SO IT KIND OF REGENERATES ITSELF IN THAT SENSE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT THE MODEL HAS WORKED WELL FOR US, AND WHAT IT HAS FREED US UP FROM DOING IS NOT HAVING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL CONTINGENT OF RECREATION FACILITIES, TYPE STAFF MEMBERS TO HANDLE THOSE PROGRAMS AND RUN THAT FACILITY.
WE'VE ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED THE LOCATION AND THEY DO WHAT THEY DO FOR THE.
ANOTHER WORD WE WE PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES TO ALL COMMUNITY, TO A SEGMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. WELL, IT'S NOT COSTING THE CITY.
IT'S NOT ON ON COMING FROM OUR BUDGET PER SAY.
WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PROVIDE LABOR OR OTHER SYSTEM IN THAT SENSE.
THE ONLY THE ONLY REAL TRUE COST TO US EACH YEAR ARE THE COSTS WE FOR THE MAINTENANCE WE PROVIDE FOR THE BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, NOT REALLY FOR THE PROGRAMS. SO THOSE ARE OUR MOST MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENSES.
THERE ARE THINGS LIKE ROOFING AND AIR CONDITIONING.
YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING BREAKS A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WE FIX.
WE'RE THE LANDLORD, ESSENTIALLY.
AND WHAT IS THAT CONTRACT LIKE? WHAT IS THE LEASE? IF I MAY ASK I I MIGHT BE A LITTLE OFF ON THIS, BUT I BELIEVE WE DID A FIVE YEAR LEASE THIS LAST TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF WE INCLUDED SOME RENEWALS.
YEAH, SO WE DID IT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD ONCE WE UPDATED THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
CERTAINLY NOT. NOT NOT REGULAR MARKET MARKET.
I KNOW THEY HAVE THE DOLLAR A YEAR PLAN, I BELIEVE.
OK. JUST JUST JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
SO, MAYOR, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
HOW DO I ENVISION THIS? YEAH, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.
LET'S PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
LET'S PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO.
I SEE IT AS IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
PERFECT EXAMPLE WHERE GOVERNMENT COME TOGETHER WITH A NONPROFIT WHERE WE ARE SERVICING OUR COMMUNITY. EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE, I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WHERE GOVERNMENT CAN COME ALONGSIDE.
NON-FOR-PROFIT. THEN POTENTIALLY DRAG FOR PROFIT ENTITIES TO CONTRIBUTE.
WHAT I SAY IS TO PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND STEP TWO IS TO THAT'S WHERE THE CHARITIES COMES IN, WHERE THEY PROVIDE THE SERVICES.
RATHER, IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH AND JUST WHAT WE DISCUSSED. BUT LET'S TAKE THE FIRST STEP PROVIDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND COME ALONGSIDE, HAVE THE CHARITIES COME IN WHERE THEY OPERATE, JUST LIKE THE SENIOR CENTER? AND CERTAINLY DRIVE A CONTRACT WHERE THEY PLAY THEIR PART, AND SO, SO ARE WE.
AND THAT I THINK THIS SHOULD WE GO IN THAT DIRECTION? I THINK WE CAN REALLY FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL BAILEY SOLVE THIS ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THERE'S THERE'S LIKE MR. JORDAN MENTIONED, THE SEED OF MISSION.
BAILEY BREAD AND AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ORGANIZATION, RIGHT? THEY HAVE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CONTRIBUTORS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RESOURCES.
AND SO I WOULD SEE IT WHERE WE COME.
LIKE YOU SAID ALONGSIDE OF THEM AND DO IT IN AN RFP PROCESS.
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I'M NOT SURE WE BUY IN A FACILITY TO HOUSE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE DAILY BREAD OR THE SEED OF MR..I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT WOULD PAN OUT WELL IN RELATIONS TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
YOU'VE GOT ONE ORGANIZATION AND THERE ONE MISSION IS IS FOR SENIORS.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, CERTAINLY THAT, YOU KNOW, TO HOUSE DIFFERENT ENTITIES. I SEE WHAT MELBOURNE DID.
ACCORDING TO JEFF, THEY ALLOCATED X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AND TO SEE WHAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS GOING TO DO SO THAT WE COULD PULL THOSE RESOURCES AND SEE WHAT OTHER ENTITIES CAN PARTNER UP. IF IF WE GET INTO BUYING OR BUILDING, I SEE IT BEING EXPONENTIALLY A LOT LARGER THAN THE $2 MILLION.
WE WE DISCUSSED A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF HOUSING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
PERFECT EXAMPLE. I THINK ONE OF THE SPEAKER TALKED ABOUT THE CITY OF ORLANDO, WHAT THEY DID. THEY TOOK AN OLD HOTEL AND REFURBISH IT.
I'M NOT CURRENTLY SURE THE STATUS OF THE OLD HOTEL RIGHT IN THE CORNER OF PALM BAY ROAD IN BABCOCK. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SITE IS.
MAYBE A STAFF CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION IF THEY DO KNOW.
THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THE CITY CAN INVEST IN.
YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE THE HOTEL THAT TURNED INTO A ASSISTED LIVING ASSISTED LIVING THAT IT'S CURRENTLY IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR OVER A YEAR NOW.
THAT COULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE INVEST IN AND HAVE A HAVE A NON PROFIT, RUN IT AND PROVIDE IT, HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO TO DO A FEW THINGS, PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND ALSO BE ABLE TO USE IT AS A RATHER, IT'S AFFORDABLE, MAYBE NOT LONG TERM, BUT AS A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO SERVE AS THIS COMMUNITY IS THAT PROPERTY FOR SALE? DO WE KNOW? HAVE WE RESEARCH THAT? BRING TO CRYSTAL PALACE.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER THAT'S WORKING ON A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
MY UNDERSTANDING, OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT HE SHARED WITH US, IS THAT HE OWNS THAT PROPERTY, SO I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S FOR SALE.
SO AGAIN, PERHAPS LIKE COUNCILMAN FELIX MENTIONED, WE COULD AT LEAST TAKE A STEP IN A SET ASIDE AND THEN DISCUSS WHAT THOSE ARE OF PEACE AND HOW THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND GET STAFF TO GET BACK WITH US.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
YOUR THOUGHTS, RIGHT? WELL. I THINK WE NEED TO, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCILMAN FELIX IS SAYING.
THIS IS THIS COUNCIL DECISION FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WE COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT COUNCIL AND WANT TO TEAR UP THE LEASE.
AND WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM ALL OVER AGAIN.
THAT'S MY CONCERN, BECAUSE THEY COULD DO IT WITH THE SENIOR CENTER.
THEY COULD. WE COULD. ANOTHER COUNCIL COULD COME IN AND DON'T RENEW THEIR LEASE.
I THINK THE REMAINING BALANCE THAT WE HAVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SET ASIDE THAT THREE MILLION FOR THE HOMELESS OR HOMELESS SHELTER.
I PROVIDE HOMELESS SHELTER, A HOMELESS SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ONE SHELTER.
BUT I LIKE TO SET ASIDE THAT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
IN THE FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I LIKE TO SET THAT ASIDE FOR EMERGENCY USE DURING THIS WINTER.
WE WE LIVE IN IT BECAUSE IT'S WARM NOW, BUT JANUARY MIGHT BE FREEZING COLD AND THERE'S NO COLD NIGHT SHELTER OUT THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SET ASIDE THAT $48000 TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF SHELTER FOR PEOPLE WHO NEEDS IT. IT COULD BE A VOUCHER.
IT COULD BE WHATEVER A NONPROFIT COME UP WITH.
I LIKE TO SET ASIDE THAT 48000 IMMEDIATELY.
OR. PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS IN NEED OF SHELTER DURING THE COLD NIGHTS.
BUT THE $3 MILLION I LIKE TO DO AN RFP PROCESS, GET ORGANIZATIONS TO COME AND PRESENT
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THEIR PLAN TO THE CITY AND THEN.WHAT THEY COULD DO AND THEN MAYBE WE PROVIDE NOT ONE PROFIT, BUT MAYBE TO OUT OF THAT THREE MILLION. SO THAT'S MY THOUGHTS.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS AND GET.
IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THESE OPERA FUNDS, YOU'RE GOING TO DO X, Y AND Z WITH THAT MONEY, I WANT AN AGREEMENT.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAND OUT THESE OPERA FUNDS WITHOUT GETTING SOMETHING WRITTEN DOWN THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE WITH THESE FUNDS, I.E., PROVIDE SHELTER, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING OF YOU, A SOUP KITCHEN, A FOOD PANTRY.
SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE THOUGHTS.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD FACTOR IN.
SOMEONE A STAFF THAT'S GOING TO SUPERVISE THAT TYPE OF RFP.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE THAT LARGE AMOUNT OF THAT OR EVEN SUBSTANTIALLY LESS, WE NEED TO BE THINKING ON THAT WAS A COMMENT THAT SAID, HEY, WE GOT TO BE REALLY GOOD STEWARDS.
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THERE PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES IN THE LAND FOR ALL THE MONEY FOR THEM, RIGHT? I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON THINKING ABOUT THIS.
SO MY MIND GOES TO, YOU KNOW, I SERVE ON THE CDBG.
SO WE AWARD FUNDING EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, TO SOME OF THE SAME NON-PROFITS THAT ARE HERE, SOME SAY NON-PROFITS THAT AREN'T HERE.
AND MY THING HAS ALWAYS BEEN EVEN ON THAT.
BOARD IS LIKE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS LIKE SOMETHING MEASURABLE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CONTINUALLY ASKING FOR MORE MONEY, BUT ARE YOU SHOWING MORE OR LESS HOMELESS OR ARE WE SHOWING MORE HOMELESS? SO JUST HAVING TANGIBLE EVIDENCE SHOWING THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST WORKS BEFORE WE ALLOCATE SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY? THAT'S REALLY WHERE I'M AT, AND THAT KIND OF GOES TO WHAT MR BATTEN WAS, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE WHILE WE'RE HE SAY HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KIND OF IN CONTROL AND WE CAN BY, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THESE FACTORS ARE, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGED AND LOOKED AT BEFORE ANY AWARDING OF ANYTHING IS SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IF I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, WE'RE LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES AND OUTCOME MEASURES.
YES, SIR. IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, I I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS BECAUSE YOU VERBALIZE THAT VERY WELL.
APPRECIATE IT. VERY. I WOULD SAY I'M NOT PREPARED FOR THE THREE, BUT I AM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ALL COME INTO AGREEMENT.
THE RFP PROCESS IS IS IMPORTANT.
UH, THE BEST PRACTICES, OUTCOME MEASURES, KEEPING IN MIND, SOMEONE'S GOT TO SUPERVISE THIS, THIS HUGE GRANT OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE REALLY GOOD STEWARDS, RIGHT, GENTLEMEN.
SO I'M NOT PREPARED FOR THE THREE.
WHAT ARE YOU PREPARED? I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION ONE MILLION STILL, BUT I ALSO I SEE STAFF TALKING AS WELL.
Y'ALL WANT TO SHARE WITH US MAYOR.
BURAK. I'LL START. AND THEN JOAN, YOU CAN ADD.
SO FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN ELIGIBLE, ALLOWABLE USE OF FUNDS TO HAVE TEMPORARY STAFFING TO HELP SUPPORT INITIATIVES.
SO IF WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE'LL CERTAINLY COME TO COUNSEL AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STAFF TO HELP WITH THE INITIATIVE.
YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATION, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANTED TO DO WHETHER IT'S A MILLION OR TWO MILLION OR THREE MILLION, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS FOR AN RFP, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE NEED IN TERMS OF DIRECTION IS WHAT YOU WANT US TO COVER IN THAT. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME MOVEMENT TOWARD.
ROOMS THAT COULD HELP TO ASSIST WITH HOUSING PROBLEMS. SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THERE'S MAYBE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS WE COULD STRUCTURE INTO AN RFP. DIFFERENT GROUPS COULD POTENTIALLY RESPOND TO THAT BASED ON A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL. IT COULD BE STRUCTURED TO MEET DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING NEEDS, YOU KNOW, SO IT COULD BE. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT LIKE HOTEL VOUCHERS.
IT COULD BE THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT OF COURSE, THERE HAVE TO BE HOTELS AVAILABLE.
IT COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY BE LONGER TERM INVESTMENTS IN, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO, I GUESS, THE MERCY HOUSE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, PURCHASING OF PROPERTIES THAT PEOPLE COULD THEN USE FOR LONG TERM HOUSING.
THERE'S THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD GO DOWN THIS PATH, BUT CERTAINLY WE WOULD WANT TO STRUCTURE AN RFP SCOPE FOR YOU TO REVIEW BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, SO WE WOULD TAKE THAT NEXT STEP.
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BASED ON TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION AND BACK TO THE COMMENT ABOUT THE $48000 FROM COUNCILMAN FOSTER SHERMAN, IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY NOW AND TRY TO DISTRIBUTE IT FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, WE WOULD DO AN RFP PROCESS AND I WOULD LET JOAN TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.BUT THOSE WOULD BE MY INITIAL THOUGHTS, AND JOHN, YOU CAN ADD TO WHATEVER YOU LIKE ON THAT. I WAS REFERRING TO THE RFA, I WAS ACTUALLY REFERRING TO THE HOUSING PROJECT, MY MISTAKE AND MY ONLY THOUGHT ON THAT IS WITHOUT A SCOPE PROVIDED FOR AN RFP, HOW WE HANDLE CDG, FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE PUT IT OUT THROUGH A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS AND WE ESSENTIALLY ASK THAT APPLICANTS PROVIDE TO US THEIR PROPOSAL ON HOW THEY WOULD USE THE MONEY WITH CDBG. WE TYPICALLY SAY, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE ELIGIBLE USES AS IDENTIFIED IN OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
SO IT HAS TO BE LIKE PUBLIC SERVICES FOR HOMELESSNESS OR YOUTH OR SENIOR.
SO WE WOULD WANT SOME PARAMETERS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF WHAT COUNCIL IS WANTING TO SEE THIS MONEY GO TOWARDS.
SO BUT THAT ALSO GIVES US FLEXIBILITY.
YOU KNOW, MY MY COMMENTS, GENTLEMEN, I THINK WE'RE GOING.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF EVERYTHING, CERTAINLY WE COULD ALLOCATE SOME FUNDING, BUT I WOULD WANT TO SHARE MY HEART WITH.
UM, AND I KNOW THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT TO THIS IS A HUGE.
AND I WANTED TO JUST GO BACK TO WHAT OUR CHIEF POLICE CHIEF SAID AND THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DEAL WITH WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
SO PERHAPS WE CAN INCLUDE IN THAT.
ALLOCATION, A HYBRID PROGRAM THAT HE SPOKE OF AS PART OF THAT, THAT RFP TO WORK WITH HIM, CERTAINLY INDEPENDENT, HE DIDN'T SAY HE WANTED IT UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA, BUT SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES THAT THAT'S I THINK IS IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE DAILY BREAD.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY PROVIDE.
HOW THEY FEED THE HOMELESS, AND I DO KNOW ABOUT THE CRISIS, THE ANSWER, THE MISSION, AND THEY PROVIDE NOT ONLY A WAY OF RESTORING THAT MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT, BUT THEY GIVE THEM WORTH THEY'RE ABLE TO SELL OR SELL ITEMS OR PURCHASE ITEMS AND AND CREATE THAT SELF-WORTH AS PART OF THAT CONTINUUM OF CARE.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEHOW WE INCLUDE THAT HYBRID COMPONENT THAT THE CHIEF WAS SHARING. I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, THAT'S ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF LEVEL OF SUPPORT. AND I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING YOU COUNCILMAN FOSTER BECAUSE BECAUSE YOU WELL, NO MORE. I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHIEF IS SAYING ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SCARES ME IF WE GO IN THAT ROUTE AND THE REASON WHY. BECAUSE SHE'S DEALING WITH PEOPLE HEALTH YOU'RE DEALING WITH, YOU'RE DEALING WITH. HIPPO LAW AND.
THAT SHOULD BE FOR NONPROFIT OR HEALTH PROFESSIONS TO DEAL WITH THAT.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH, YOU COULD HIRE A SOCIAL WORKER FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY COME UPON THAT PERSON WHO'S WHO'S HAVING THAT.
SOME POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING THIS AND WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO COULD ADDRESS THAT, SAID A POLICE OFFICER ADDRESSING THAT.
BUT. THE REASON WHY I SAID THE MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT MAYOR TO THE HOMELESS, BUT.
ALSO IMPORTANT, YOU GOT A LOT OF HOMELESS KIDS, A LOT OF HOMELESS MOTHERS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS AND THEY DON'T HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, THEY HAVE HOUSING ISSUE PROBLEMS AND.
SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO HELP THEM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP EVERY HOMELESS PERSON, BUT WE NEED TO GO BIG.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THREE MILLION MELBOURNE DID 2.5 SET ASIDE.
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AND GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS WHERE THESE NONPROFITS COULD COME, SHOW US THEIR PLAN, AND THEY MIGHT HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT IN THEIR PLAN TO QUALIFY FOR THIS.PART OF THAT THREE MILLION, I'M NOT SAYING GET ONE NONPROFIT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
I'D BE CRAZY, BUT WHAT I AM SAYING THAT WE MAKE DIVIDE THAT UP TO TWO OR THREE NONPROFIT TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM.
THAT'S HOW BIG I WANT TO GO BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE SHOT AT THIS.
THESE MONEY'S NEVER GOING TO GET THIS MONEY AGAIN.
PROBABLY AS LONG AS I LIVE TO SEE, I'VE NEVER SEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DROP $19 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AND SO, SO WE NEED WE NEED TO WE NEED TO DO IT BIG.
WITH HIS PROBLEM, WE JUST SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE BODY CAMS. YOU SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS ON A BODY CAMS AND WE NEED A HUMAN LIFE IS WORTH MORE THAN A BODY CAM. WE'VE BEEN OPERATING THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT BODY CAMS. AND THAT'S A GOOD TOOL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BELIEVE ME, I WANT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HAVE BODY CAMS, I'M NOT TALKING AGAINST IT, BUT WE JUST WE SPENT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS ON BODY CAMS UP OF FUNDS.
WHY NOT INVEST IN PEOPLE? THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY IF WE GOT ONE SHOT AT THIS AND WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER NINE MILLION COME.
ANOTHER NINE MILLION IS COMING, SHE SAID, IN JUNE.
THEY'RE GOING TO DROP ANOTHER NINE MILLION AND THEN WE GOT THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO PASS AND WE GOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL THIS MONEY COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WE CAN'T SPEND THREE MILLION ON.
PEOPLE THAT LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT SLEEPING IN CARS, SLEEPING IN TENTS, LIVING IN THE WOODS GOT TO FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO EAT TODAY. SO THAT'S WHY I SAY THREE MILLION, A MILLION DOLLARS DOESN'T DO IT FOR ME.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A LONG TIME WHEN WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO SET ASIDE A MILLION DOLLARS.
THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, THE MORE IT BOTHERS ME.
WE GOT TO, WE GOT THREE MILLION REMAINING.
WE COULD WE COULD HELP OUT PEOPLE WITH THE FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND OVER THIS WINTER MONTHS, IT WAS EIGHTY ONE DEGREES TODAY.
THE TIMBERS COULD DROP BY CHRISTMAS COULD BE 40 DEGREES, 30 DEGREES, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE FREEZING OUT THERE.
THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO IS NO HOME.
IT'S NO COLD, NICE SHELTER IN BOVARD COUNTY, IT'S NO COLD NIGHT SHELTER AND PALM BAY.
AND WE HAVE MONEY TO HELP SOMEBODY TO KEEP THEM WARM.
THAT'S WHY I SAID FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE WE HAD THE 400000, I WOULD SAY 400000.
BUT IF WE DON'T USE THAT MONEY, THAT FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND WE COULD PUT IT BACK AND ADD IT TO THE THREE MILLION. BUT WE GOT TO SPEND THAT MONEY.
NO, NO BETTER PLACE TO SPIN IT ON IS PEOPLE THAT IS NEEDED, AND I HELP, THEY NEED OUR HELP RIGHT NOW. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
I HAVE TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU, I DIDN'T ARTICULATE MYSELF VERY WELL BECAUSE WHEN I SAID THE HYBRID COMPONENT, THE HYBRID COMPONENT TO SUPPORT THE CHIEF PART OF THE RFP PROCESS, SO IT'S NOT FOR HIM TO HAVE THAT DIRECTION.
WHAT I WHAT I THOUGHT I HAD SAID, AND PERHAPS I I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT AND DIDN'T COMMUNICATE IT.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, NO, IT'S OK.
I JUST WANTED TO JUST LET YOU KNOW.
I PROBABLY DIDN'T ARTICULATE THAT CORRECTLY.
WHAT I LOVE TO SEE IS THAT RFP PROCESS TO INCLUDE THAT HYBRID COMPONENT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH WOULD BE PART OF THE.
EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU GO BY, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO EXHIBIT A.? THE FIRST FIRST SECTION? PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND NEGATIVE.
SO SECOND, BULLET POINTS SAY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHER SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS FACING HOMELESSNESS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BULLET POINT PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
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SO MY UNDERSTANDING STAFF WANTS SOME SORT OF SCOPE, RIGHT? WE'RE THROWING A LOT OF NUMBERS AROUND.WE GOT $3 MILLION TO TO TO LAY AWAY.
IF IF I MAY SAY THAT, I THINK JUST THAT THAT SECTION TALKED ABOUT THE HOMELESS, YOU KNOW, HOUSING HOMELESSNESS, PRETTY MUCH.
AND SERVICES, RIGHT? SO TOUCHING BASE ON JUST WHAT WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK 1.5 MILLION CAN GO TOWARDS A SHELTER.
NO. ANOTHER HALF A MILLION CAN GO TOWARDS SERVICES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH WHICH WOULD ASSIST OR A POLICE CHIEF OR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO WON ONE MILLION.
THE OTHER MILLION CAN GO TOWARDS SUBSIDIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MEANING FINDING DEVELOPERS THAT ARE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY IN DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S CURRENTLY THINGS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO HELP, MAYBE IN A WAY TO ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS WELL, THEY PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. SO ONE POINT FIVE TOWARDS A INFRASTRUCTURE, A BUILDING OF SOME SORT OF SHELTER.
I SAID HALF OF A MILLION TOWARDS SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ANOTHER MILLION TOWARDS PROGRAM THAT'S JUST THAT WOULD COVER ALL THREE MILLION IF IF MY COLLEAGUE WOULD, YOU KNOW, STAY WITHIN THAT, THAT THAT FRAME OF WORK, THAT WOULD HELP ALL STAFF TO TAKE IT. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEY'LL BE MORE OF A CLEAR DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE CAN SPEND ANOTHER TWO HOURS HERE.
NO, I AGREE. BUT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING IS I HEAR THREE MILLION ON ON MY LEFT AND I WANTED TO GET WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SAID.
IF HE'S BECAUSE HE WASN'T GOOD WITH THE THREE MILLION AND I'M LEANING TOWARDS NOT BEING GOOD WITH THE ENTIRE THREE MILLION.
SO I WANT TO HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUE IS THINKING.
SO I'LL START FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT.
SO COUNCILMAN FELIX I I FEEL WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, THE ONLY THING AND THE WAY YOU CATEGORIZED IT, I'M WITH THAT.
I JUST WOULDN'T WANT TO LOCK IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS RIGHT NOW.
WHEN THE RFP PROCESS CAN SHOW, YOU KNOW THAT IT MIGHT BE LESS NEEDED FOR THIS OR MIGHT BE MORE NEEDED FOR THAT, RIGHT? CERTAINLY IT CERTAINLY IT'S A FRAME.
IT'S A FRAME, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M JUST JUST SO WE CAN.
YEAH, SO. BUT I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT MOVING TOO SLOW, RIGHT? BUT SO.
I'M I MEAN, CERTAINLY THIS NUMBER CAN CAN BE LESS I MEAN, WE CAN GO A MILLION HALF OF A MILLION AND HALF A MILLION.
SO NOW NOW THAT YOU SAY THAT? WHY DON'T WE AGREE ON ONE POINT FIVE AND THEN WE COULD COME BACK SEE WHAT THE RFP WOULD LOOK LIKE AT THE ONE POINT FIVE AND THEN TAKE IT FROM THERE AND STILL HAVE THAT ONE POINT FIVE CUSHION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO JUST ALLOCATE IT ALL IN ONE SHOT.
RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE'RE TYING OUR HANDS BECAUSE WE CAN COME BACK WITH MORE CORRECT, LIKE IF WE DID AT ONE POINT FIVE NOW AND THEN THE ONE POINT FIVE LATER OR TWO.
AND IF YOU LIKE THE MODEL OF THE RFP OR RFA AND WHAT WE GOT OUT OF THAT AND YOU WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN, WE COULD USE THAT SAME MODEL AND DEDICATE MORE FUNDING TOWARD IT OR BECAUSE JUST BEING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, IF WE DO THE ONE POINT FIVE AND THEN WE SEE THAT OWN MORE IS NEEDED, WE COULD BUMP IN.
AND WE CAN EXPAND IT, CORRECT OR SAY WE DO.
ONE POINT FIVE BUT WE'RE SEEING LIKE TO DO THE SCOPE OF WORK SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING YOU NEED TO EXPAND TO TWO OR THREE MILLION.
I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM BOTH SIDES, SO.
AND I JUST WANT I WANT TO SHARE IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, AS WE HAVE, AND I'M USING CDBG AS A CONTEXT, IF YOU PUT IT OUT FOR A VERY SMALL AMOUNT AND I SAY SMALL UNDERSTANDING, IT'S ONE POINT FIVE. BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE GRAND SCHEME OF CONSTRUCTION OF A FACILITY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, REALLY, THAT IS.
WELL, IF WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING OR PUBLISHING AN RFA AND OUR FEE AND OUR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, THERE'S A TIMELINE FOR THAT.
THERE'S EVALUATION REALLY LOOKING AT AN EXTENDED PROCESS.
SO TO HAVE TO PUT IT BACK OUT AND RE SOLICIT, YOU'RE ASKING FOLKS TO AGAIN RESUBMIT AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AGAIN.
THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT IF WE DO DO THREE MILLION AND THEN WE SEE THAT NOT ALL OF THAT'S NEEDED, THEN WE CAN TAKE BACK AND REALLOCATE TO ELSEWHERE OR I'M JUST ASKING.
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I'M JUST I'M JUST ASKING ALL THESE HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS, SO THERE'S SCENARIOS IN WHICH WE HAVE PROPOSALS OUT AND WE STATE THAT THIS IS THE PROPOSAL WE WANT.SUBMIT IT AND TELL US WHAT YOUR REQUESTED AMOUNT IS.
WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH OUR PHASE.
SO IF COUNCIL SAYS WE WANT TO SET ASIDE THREE MILLION PUT SEEK PROPOSALS AND APPLICATIONS AND THEN WE CAN SELECT IT NOT TO EXCEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT WILL PROBABLY BE EASIER AND MORE FLEXIBLE AND NOT HAVE STAFF GOING BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS MULTIPLE TIMES, WHICH DELAYS THE PROJECT AND DELAYS OUR ABILITY TO COMMIT FUNDS AND EXPEND FUNDS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A TIMELINE TO ACTUALLY COMMIT THESE AND EXPEND THEM.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING THAT IS CONSTRUCTION BASED, THAT'S REALLY GOING TO PUSH THE TIMELINE OUT WITH OUR LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE PAST WHERE WE MIGHT, MAY OR WE MIGHT ALLOCATE 500000 AND THE APPLICANTS KNOW IT'S 500000.
YOU HAVE THAT APPLICANT APPLY FOR ALL 500000 OR WHATEVER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE SAY ONE MILLION, THEY'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR ONE MILLION.
IF WE SAY THREE MILLION APPLY FOR THREE MILLION.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY, YOU KNOW, FIND THE NEED FOR THE LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO I WANT TO WORK WORKING TOGETHER.
SO I JUST WANT US TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS.
WE HAVE ONE CHANCE OF I'M COMFORTABLE.
ME PERSONALLY WITH TWO MILLION.
I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTRETCH AND GO TOO HIGH, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE MILLION MIGHT NOT EVEN GET IT DONE. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M AT PERSONALLY, MAYOR.
YOU KNOW, I'LL I'LL SUPPORT THAT.
COUNCILMAN OR DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND THE REASON? OH, I'M THINKING I LIKE THAT HYBRID COMPONENT, PART OF THE RFP PROCESS, I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT BASED ON MY MY KNOWLEDGE WITH WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO ADD VALUE TO THEIR JOB PERFORMANCE AND IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY ASSIST IN THE CALLS. WELL, COUNCILMAN FOSTER, YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING.
I KNOW THAT YOU WANT THREE MILLION.
WE'RE TRYING TO COME INTO, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS I AGREE THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.
I HAVE TO. OR TO WHAT, TONY, JOHN, COLIN BROWN? VERY INTERESTING. AND IT STRUCK ME.
SO THAT THAT HAD ME RETHINK THE PROCESS.
JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GO BIG WITH THREE MILLION, BUT I CAN LIVE WITH TWO MILLION.
LONG AS IT DEDICATED TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS.
BUT ALSO WANT THE FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND TO GO TO EMERGENCY PEOPLE FOR SHELTER, FOR PEOPLE IN NEED OF EMERGENCY IN THESE COLD DAYS, THAT'S COMING AHEAD.
SO. WHAT WOULD THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? BARBARA? FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND THAT'S LEFT.
THE FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND WE'VE STILL GOT A MILLION FLOATING OUT THERE SOMEWHERE IF WE GO WITH TWO MILLION, BUT THE 48000 FOR THIS WINTER MONTHS, WE MIGHT NOT USE ALL OF THAT.
IF AN ORGANIZATION COMES, YEAH, I CAN PROVIDE SHELTER FOR PEOPLE WHOSE.
IN NEED OF SHELTER DURING THE COLD NIGHT, I CAN ARREST THE 48 THOUSAND, YEAH, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE COVID LEAVE BANK EFFECTIVE THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A BALANCE TO FUND THAT IF WE DO GET ADDITIONAL WEST RELIEF? SO THAT'S JUST SORT OF A SIDE COMMENT WE DIDN'T BRING UP EARLIER, BUT JOAN RAISES A GOOD POINT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT IN OUR COVID LEAVE BANK, SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T SET ASIDE LIKE A MEANING.
WE TAKE ALL. THREE MILLION, FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND NOW, AND WE JUST DEDICATED TO THINGS JUST SO, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE TO COME BACK.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, SAID, WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE IN THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF THE FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND AND TO HAVE OUR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER JULIA MOSCONI, COME UP BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS WHAT OUR PROCESS NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE FROM A PROCUREMENT STANDPOINT.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAYING, LET'S SET ASIDE FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND, OR MAYBE WE SAY
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FORTY THOUSAND JUST TO BE GIVE US A LITTLE CUSHION ON THAT FORTY THOUSAND COLD NIGHT SHELTER, TRY TO MEET THAT NEED MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY.I'LL ASK HER TO COME UP AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH WHAT OUR PROCUREMENT POLICIES ARE, HOW WE COULD DO THAT FOR YOU. BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR PROCESS TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND IN THOSE SHELTERS ARE PRETTY MUCH NEEDED NOW TO RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO I'M TRYING TO SORT OF WORK THROUGH THAT.
GOOD EVENING. JULIETTE MOSCONI CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER SO A COUPLE OF THINGS STAFF BEEN TALKING IN THE BACK THERE.
FIRST OF ALL, I WILL MENTION THAT SPECIFICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS FUNDS TO NON-PROFITS.
SO THERE IS AN OPTION FOR COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO NONPROFITS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A FORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
NOW WHERE WE SEE THAT NORMALLY IS, YOU KNOW, SMALL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUPS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT OFFER TO COME IN AND DO AN ANALYSIS.
FOR US, IT'S USUALLY FOR SERVICES.
I REALLY ALMOST THINK THAT THIS IS SLIGHTLY OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF PROCUREMENT, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS A GRAND PROCESS, SO WE KEEP USING THE TERM RFP.
AND I ACTUALLY THINK WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT THE THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DOES, WHICH WOULD LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH CDBG FUNDS, THEY DO A REQUEST FOR APPLICANTS FOR PROPOSALS AND RFA.
ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE EXPERTS OUT IN YOUR AUDIENCE AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND RIGHT NOW, UNDERSTANDABLY, YOU'RE STRUGGLING TO ALLOCATE THOSE FIGURES.
ONE THING YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER DOING IS A VERY SIMPLE WHAT PROCUREMENT CALLS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FORMAL.
YOU COULD PUT OUT A ONE PAGE FORM TO YOUR NON-PROFITS AND SAY, WHAT PROJECTS WOULD YOU DO AND HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD IT BE? YOU COULD DO IT FOR A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND THEN GATHER THAT DATA TO HELP YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE FOR NONPROFITS.
THERE'S ALSO CITY OF GAINESVILLE JUST TWO DAYS AGO RELEASED AN RFP FOR A CONSULTANT TO HELP MANAGE THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
NOW, THEY ALLOCATED $7 MILLION OF THEIR THIRTY TWO MILLION, SO THEY HAD A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT THEY ARE ENGAGING A CONSULTANT TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ALLOCATING THE MONEY THEY'VE SET ASIDE FOR NONPROFITS TO THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW WHEN WE WHEN COVID HIT, WE HAD THE COUNCILMAN, THE COUNTY GAVE US MONEY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. WHY COULD WE USE THAT SAME PROCESS FOR COLD NIGHT SHELTER ACTION, THE DEPUTY? THAT WE MANAGED FUNDS WE RECEIVED, WHERE WERE FEDERAL DOLLARS.
THEY WERE THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS AND IT WAS REQUIRED TO BE ADMINISTERED BY STAFF TO ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS. IT WAS A VERY CUMBERSOME PROCESS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION AND WHAT HAVE YOU THAT STAFF HAD TO COLLECT AND MONITOR IN ORDER TO PAY EACH MONTH RENT, MORTGAGE OR UTILITIES, SOMETIMES RENT AND UTILITIES, MORTGAGE AND UTILITIES.
WHAT JULIETTE IS IS HAS SHARED THE RFA OR RFI PROCESS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH CDBG, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT ARPA IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT ARPA HAS, WHICH IS THEY'VE GIVEN US AN ALLOCATION JUST LIKE WE GET ANNUALLY WITH CDBG AND WE PUBLISH A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS AND WE SAY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT HAS TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS AND SUBMIT US YOUR. ROSELL CENTRAL AREA REQUEST FOR FUNDS AND TELL US HOW YOU'RE GOING TO USE THEM.
OK, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I HEAR AND I HEARD THE RFI PROCESS MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT.
PUT OUT AN RFI RIGHT AT $2 MILLION A GENTLEMAN AND SEE WHAT COMES BACK AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK BEFORE US.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND I THINK WITH THE RFI, YOU DON'T ACTUALLY TELL THEM SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE BUDGET PARAMETERS ARE, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO AND HOW MUCH THEY SAY THEY NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, 10 NONPROFITS AND THEY CAN ALL DO SOME PORTION OF THIS.
SO WHAT WE CAN DO IF YOU LIKE IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SETTLE ON THE NUMBER, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE IN THE TWO MILLION RANGE, POTENTIALLY.
BUT IF YOU SETTLE ON THAT NUMBER TONIGHT, THEN WE WILL BRING BACK TO YOU AT A VERY LOCAL COUNCIL MEETING, KIND OF LIKE US, AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE STRUCTURE OF THIS PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE THROWN OUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT TERMS. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE YOU A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT WE COULD ROLL OUT.
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I DO LIKE THE RFI IDEA THAT JULIET BROUGHT UP.I THINK IT GIVES US MORE INFORMATION TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS, AND IT ALSO WILL GIVE US A BETTER SENSE OF HOW MUCH MANAGEMENT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT THREE BIG NONPROFITS AND THEY ALL CAN KIND OF SCOOP UP THE MONEY AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HAS GREAT POTENTIAL, OR IF WE HAVE 30 NONPROFITS, THAT REALLY CHANGES THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE MANAGING AND TRYING TO HANDLE IT A STAFF LEVEL.
YEAH, AND THAT IS AN AREA OF CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, DOT OUR I'S AND CROSS OUR T'S SUPERVISING THOSE GRANTS, RIGHT? SO GENTLEMEN, ARE WE GOOD WITH AN RFI? AND WE'RE GOOD WITH.
DID YOU WANT US TO SET THE TWO MILLION MARK OR WE DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO AT THIS POINT, I MEAN, WE'LL JUST DO THE RFI AND YEAH, WE'LL JUST DO THE RFI.
LET'S SEE WHAT WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH.
ARE WE GOOD? COUNCILMAN ALL RIGHT.
SO DO YOU NEED THAT IN THE A MOTION, MA'AM? OR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? JUST CONSENSUS IS GOOD ENOUGH.
ALL RIGHT. I LOVE THE DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN.
WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I DO LIKE THE HYBRID IDEA, THOUGH, AS PART OF THAT RFI.
MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT TO IT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES, MA'AM. COME ON UP.
MS.. HELLO, MAYOR MEDINA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPROACH.
I BELIEVE IN SETTING ASIDE A LARGE AMOUNT SIMILAR TO MELBOURNE AND NOT RUSHING IN TO ALLOCATE OR NOT RUSHING IN TO FUND PROGRAMS IMMEDIATELY.
I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING ALREADY IN PLACE THAT WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, AND THIS IS A PROGRAM THROUGH THE FLORIDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I HAD MENTIONED THIS TO YOU ALL BEFORE THE FLORIDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS STARTED A PROSPERITY INITIATIVE, AND THIS INITIATIVE IS FOR ALL THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN FLORIDA TO COME TOGETHER TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP TO HELP THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
CHIEF TO BECOME NUMBER 10TH IN WORLDWIDE ECONOMY AND A CHAMBER.
THE CEO OF THE FLORIDA CHAMBER REALIZES THAT IN ORDER FOR ALL OF US TO PROSPER, I MEAN FOR FOR PROSPERITY TO HAPPEN, ALL OF US MUST PROSPER, MUST PROSPER.
AND SO THEIR IMMEDIATE GOAL TO ACHIEVE PROSPERITY IS TO END GENERATIONAL POVERTY BY THE YEAR 2030.
AND SO THEY HAVE PUT INTO PLACE THE WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY.
AND THE WAY IT IS DONE IS COLLABORATIVELY THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING.
EVERY ORGANIZATION HAS A PIECE OF IT, BUT NOBODY HAS COME TOGETHER TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND TO SEE WHERE THE OVERLAPS ARE INTO MORE EFFECTIVELY USE WHAT ALREADY IS IN PLACE IN ORDER AND TO NOT LEAVE OUT THE ROOT CAUSES.
WE ALL SEEM TO START SUPERFICIALLY RATHER THAN MAKING THAT CHANGE.
UM, I'M NERVOUS, AND THIS IS SUCH A BIG THING, AND I'VE SEEN IT FOR SO LONG.
SUZANNE. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, SO I THINK A WAY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THIS IS TO FIRST SET ASIDE THE MONEY AND NOT SPEND ANY MONEY AND TO TAP INTO THE CHAMBER.
FOR SOME REASON, OUR LOCAL CHAMBER, WE HAVE SEVERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S HERE.
AND FOR SOME REASON, I'VE TALKED TO NANCY PELTON AND.
MAY I HAVE MORE TIME? THANK YOU. I'VE TALKED TO NANCY PELTON, I'VE TALKED TO MARCIA CADEC, I'VE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WITH THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAM, BUT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY.
MOVEMENT TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER AND ALL THE FLORIDA CHAMBER IS SAYING IS WE NEED PEOPLE
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LOCALLY WHO WILL ORGANIZE, WHO WILL MAYBE HAVE A DIRECTORY OF PEOPLE OR JUST BRING EVERYBODY LOCAL LEADERS TOGETHER.WHAT CAN YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, SO TO SPEAK? WHAT CAN EACH OF US BRING? AND COLLABORATIVELY THE ANSWER WILL BE THERE.
THERE ARE OVER 900 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN BREVARD COUNTY ALONE.
NINE HUNDRED. WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE PROGRAMS. SO THAT IS ONE THING TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS SKILLED AND CAN PULL TOGETHER WHAT THE FLORIDA CHAMBER ALREADY HAS IN PLACE, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE TECHNOLOGY FOR FIVE YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN PULLING TOGETHER AND HAVE IDENTIFIED ALL THE HIGH DENSITY POVERTY AREAS.
THERE'S 150 CITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST POPULATION OF CHILDHOOD POVERTY, AND PALM BAY AND TITUSVILLE AND COCOA ARE IN THOSE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CITIES.
AND THEIR IDEA IS START WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY THEY'VE IDENTIFIED.
THEY'VE GONE INTO SCHOOLS AND THEY HAVE TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU CAN GO AND FIND SCHOOLS AND FIND OUT DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS, 3RD GRADE READING, LEVEL INCOME, LEVEL OF PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE CITIES.
ALL THESE THINGS THAT IMPACT AND PROVIDE FACTUAL DATA.
THEY HAVE HANDED IT TO US AND FOR SOME REASON.
IT IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT ORGANIZING OURSELVES SUZANNE, PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS THERE ARE TOWNS ALREADY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER SUCCESSFULLY AND ARE MAKING HEADWAY, AND THEY ARE ORGANIZING BEST PRACTICES AND SHARING THIS.
THEY'VE GOT THE WHOLE NETWORK OF THE FLORIDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
NOT ONLY THAT, GOVERNOR DESANTIS IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM.
GOVERNOR DESANTIS AT THE SUMMIT THAT JUST HAPPENED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO IN ORLANDO FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TALKED ABOUT THE PROSPERITY INITIATIVE BECAUSE IT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS COMING TOGETHER.
THE FLORIDA CHAMBER HAS DONE ALL THE THINKING THEY HAVE PRESENTED THIS.
FOR SOME REASON, IT IS NOT WORKING HERE IN BREVARD COUNTY.
THANK YOU, SUZANNE. MADAME SHERMAN, DID YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON ON THAT INITIATIVE? AND, WELL, I CAN CERTAINLY SHARE I MEAN, I PARTICIPATE IN.
THERE WAS A ESSENTIALLY LIKE A WEBINAR THAT THE FLORIDA CHAMBER PUT ON A YEAR OR MORE AGO, PROBABLY AT THIS POINT, AND THEY HAVE.
I PULLED UP THEIR WEBSITE, BUT THEY HAVE GOALS TO DO THINGS LIKE MS. CONNELLY'S MENTIONING, LIKE REDUCING CHILD POVERTY AND TRYING TO SOLVE SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSE ISSUES. THE CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT ORGANIZED HERE IN THE COUNTY HAS BEEN EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE DESCRIBED, AND THAT IS, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, INCLUDING A VERY VISIBLE AND STRONG PRESENCE, NOT JUST BY CHAMBER ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ALSO BY BUSINESSES.
IN NON-PROFITS AND GOVERNMENT ALL WORKING TOGETHER IN JOB CREATION OR HOW TO SUPPOSED TO CREATE A HOLISTIC IT'S A IT'S A LITTLE BIT INVOLVED, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO CREATE A HOLISTIC, PROBLEM SOLVING PARADIGM, BASICALLY TO GET EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER, DOING DIFFERENT PIECES OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM, ESSENTIALLY.
AND IT'S IT'S A IT'S IT'S VERY INTERESTING WHEN YOU READ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHAT WE WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS TO FIND.
I'VE THOUGHT AND THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION, WE NEED TO FIND A SERIES OF PEOPLE WHO WILL CHAMPION AND WORK TOGETHER IN EACH OF THOSE.
IT INDUSTRY GROUPS, IF YOU WILL, AND PERHAPS THEN WE COULD GET IT OFF THE GROUND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS CONNOLLY HAS DONE A LOT OF GROUND GROUNDWORK LEG WORK WITH THE CHAMBERS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAKE THAT UP.
BUT I THINK WE'RE MISSING SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT HELP BRING THAT TO FRUITION.
POTENTIALLY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT I KNOW.
THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT, SIR.
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. AND SO IS OUR CHAMBER LOOKING AT MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION THAT WE KNOW OF. I HAVEN'T HAD REALLY DIRECT CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY, I THINK SUSAN HAS.
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COPY THAT. COPY THAT.THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNSEL ANY OF THE SPEAKERS.
THE LAST THING MAYOR I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE IT LOOKS GOOD.
I LOOKED AT THE WEBSITE, IT LOOKS GOOD ON THE WEBSITE.
BUT ARE THERE ANY CITIES THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DONE THIS IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT? ANYTHING ELSE? NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.