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I MUST TELL YOU, AS YOU MAY, I AM SO ENCOURAGED THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE HERE TODAY. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 20, 20 TO ZERO FOUR TO ORDER THE
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INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY BISHOP MERTON, CLERK OF TRUTH REVEAL INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN RANDY FOSTER.WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE TONIGHT.
LET US ALL JOIN TOGETHER IN UNITY.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS MOMENT IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY.
WE GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMAN.
CITY MANAGER, CLERKS AND CODE COMPLIANCE.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE FINANCIAL MAKEUP OF THE CITY AND ENGINEERING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE THANK YOU FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
WE GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER IN UNITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN, SCHOOLS, ALL TEACHERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE PRAY THAT UNITY WILL BE WHAT PREVAIL IN PALM BAY AND THAT PEACE WOULD ABIDE IN THIS CITY. WE COME AGAINST DESTRUCTION HURRICANES THIS YEAR.
WE THANK YOU FOR PROTECTION OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS BLACK, WHITE, RICH, POOR, BOND, FREE, MALE, FEMALE, JEW OR GENTILE.
LET IT BE SO AND TO MATCH THIS NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME, OUR MAN.
BOARD. BUT REALLY? RIGHT. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I MUST ADMIT, HEARING EVERYONE IN UNISON REGARDING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG WAS NOT ONLY INSPIRING BUT ENCOURAGING, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.
ROLL CALL, MADAM JONES, AIR MEDINA PRESIDENT, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON HOEGER, COUNCILMAN FOSTER COUNCILMAN FELIX HOEGER MS. SHERMAN HERE, MS. SMITH HERE, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON THANK YOU, MAYOR.
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WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS LOW INCOME IN ESSENTIAL SERVICES PERSONNEL POSITIONS.ONE VACANCY ON THE BAYFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REPRESENTS AT LARGE POSITION.
THREE VACANCIES ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS ADULT MEMBER 30 YEARS IN OLDER POSITION. ONE VACANCY ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS AT LARGE POSITION ONE VACANCY ON THE DISASTER RELIEF COMMITTEE.
THREE VACANCIES ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS AT LARGE STUDENT MEMBER POSITIONS.
TWO TERMS EXPIRING ON THE POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS PENSION BOARD OF TRUSTEES REPRESENTS CITY RESIDENT POSITIONS.
ANYONE WISHING TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS CAN APPLY ONLINE AT PALM BAY FLORIDA DOT ORG OR VISIT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE OR CALL THREE TWO ONE NINE FIVE TWO THREE FOUR ONE FOUR.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR AGENDA REVISIONS AND I LIKE FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN THAT THOROUGHLY.
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MADAM SHERMAN, THANK YOU.SO FIRST AGENDA REVISION IS GOING TO BE RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS REQUESTED THE CASE BE CONTINUED TO THE MAY 5TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNSEL IF YOU'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT.
THE DATES AGAIN AS MAY 5TH TWENTY TWO THAT'S REQUESTED.
I LIKE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS THIS WILL BE HEARD MAY 2ND, THE NEXT ONE.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING IN MY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
OK, THE NEXT AGENDA REVISION IS ACTUALLY FOUR ITEMS, EIGHT AND NINE UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS. THIS IS THE ITEM THAT IS RELATED TO THE PROPERTY ON KRASSNER DRIVE.
SO IF ANYONE'S HERE FOR THAT, THE APPLICANT FOR BOTH ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS REQUESTED THE CASES BE CONTINUED TO THE MARCH 3RD REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD ASK THE MAYOR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THAT.
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? I NEED A MOTION.
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I'VE GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING AND MIKE COUNCILWOMAN FELIX.I THINK WE'VE HEARD THE DISPLEASURE OF THE RESIDENTS, RIGHT? I THINK THIS HAS THIS BEEN CONTINUED BEFORE MADAM SHERMAN.
YES, SIR. I BELIEVE IT WAS EARLIER IN JANUARY.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT WAS ON AT FIRST MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND FOR THIS EVENING, THE APPLICANT IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
OK, MY MY CONCERNS ARE THAT HOW MANY TIMES CAN THEY CONTINUE? THIS IS THAT IS THAT YOUR CALL? MR. RESOURCES, THAT IS COUNCIL'S DECISION AS FAR AS CONTINUANCE IS, THE ONLY PROVISIONS WE HAVE IN THE CODE IS RELATED TO WHEN, IF THEY ARE LIKE AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE, LIKE THEY JUST DON'T SHOW UP AND COUNCILWOMAN.
OK, COUNSEL, I'M GOING TO REFER TO YOU.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I CONTINUE THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE WANTING TO SPEAK ON IT. SO I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO GIVE THE APPLICANT THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
BUT AFTER THIS, I'M MAKING IT CLEAR I'M NOT CONTINUING IT ANYMORE.
SO. COUNCILMAN FELIX, YOU MADE THE YOU SECONDED THE MOTION, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE, SIR? WELL, I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, TAKE TIME IN THEIR AFTERNOON TO BE HERE AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO TO.
DEPUTY MAYOR'S POINT, I MEAN, WE'LL GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THIS TIME, AND I WOULD AGREE THAT EVER HAPPENED AGAIN.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SECOND CONTINUANCE.
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH FOR US PRESIDENT? I'M SORRY, SIR. HE'S DIRECT QUESTIONS TO ME, BUT WE'RE NOT ENTERTAINING QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, SIR. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
THIS IS THE SECOND CONTINUANCE.
AND EVERYBODY DESERVES DUE PROCESS IS A CAUSE, I BELIEVE, RIGHT? WE HAVE A KARZAI.
EVERYBODY DESERVES DUE PROCESS, SO DO THE RESIDENTS THAT'S HERE TO SPEAK.
I PERSONALLY, I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE IT, BUT.
UH, THE FAIR THING TO DO IS TO ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND THEN WHEN THEY COME BACK, YOU COULD SPEAK AGAIN.
SO. YOU COULD SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THE APPLICANT CAN'T REBUT WHAT YOU SAY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HERE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ON PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I WILL CONTINUE THIS AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I CONTINUE.
BUT MY SUGGESTION? I KNOW YOU'RE UPSET ABOUT IT.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO YOU, BUT YOU COULD SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE'LL LISTEN.
AND THEN WHEN THIS COMES BACK, YOU CAN SPEAK AGAIN.
SO THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT, MAYOR, THANK YOU, I'M GOING TO ALLOW.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOSTER, I'M GOING TO ALLOW.
I THINK OUR CITY ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN.
MADAM. YES, MAYOR, CERTAINLY ANY RESIDENT CAN SPEAK ON ANYTHING AS FAR AS PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT IF THEY ARE WANTING THEIR COMMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED AT AS FAR AS THE ACTION YOU ARE TAKING, THAT REALLY SHOULD OCCUR DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHICH WE WON'T GET TO. SO IT'S NOT IT WON'T BE IGNORED.
IT JUST IS NOT GOING TO HAVE THE LEGAL SIGNIFICANCE IT WOULD HAVE IF IT OCCURS DURING THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARINGS.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULDN'T BE PART OF THE RECORD.
AND IT CERTAINLY COULDN'T BE ANYTHING THAT COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER AS COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE WHEN COUNCIL IS DETERMINING WHAT MAKING THEIR DECISION, PARTICULARLY IN THE QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER.
BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ANYBODY THAT SPEAK IN PRESENT SO THAT THE OTHER SIDE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY SO DESIRE TO EITHER REFUTE OR CROSS-EXAMINED.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE INTERESTED WITH THE KRASSNER.
ITEM ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND NINE.
WE. I THINK COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON ALREADY EXPRESSED THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST TIME HE WOULD DO THAT, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN FOSTER THAT WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
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HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT CAN'T PRESENT THEIR CASE.SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MOTION.
AND JUST SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, YOU CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL RETAIN THAT INFORMATION.
BUT WHAT'S UNFORTUNATE IS IT WON'T BE PART OF THE RECORD AND YOU WOULD WANT YOUR COMMENTS TO BE PART OF THE RECORD.
HMM. SO THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, MARCH 3RD, I BELIEVE WAS THE DATE.
AND I HAVE A SECOND BY A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND THE SECOND BY.
COUNCILWOMAN FELIX, I GOT TO TELL YOU, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
I WANT TO GIVE THE APPLICANT THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
BUT IF COUNCILMAN COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT TODAY, THAT'S ALL TELL TELLING MS. SUZANNE. IF COUNCIL REALLY FEELS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
I JUST I WANT TO HEAR BOTH SIDES, SO I WOULD PREFER TO HEAR BOTH SIDES.
BUT IS THAT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL SO I CAN GO EITHER WAY? IF IF MAYOR, IF YOU'RE IF YOU FEEL VERY STRONG ABOUT DOING IT TONIGHT, LET'S DO IT TONIGHT. BUT LIKE, OK, SO CAN WE GET SOME LEGAL GUIDANCE ON THAT? CAN WE GET? I THINK THEY'RE CONSULTING DEPUTY MAYOR.
NOW WE. SO WE WANTED TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD WEIGH IN IF THE APPLICANT ISN'T HERE TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY, HOW HOW WOULD THAT WEIGH? THE APPLICANT HAS THE BURDEN OF PROOF.
IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE DIFFICULT, PARTICULARLY IN THE QUASI IF IT MADE IT TO THE QUASI FOR THE APPLICANT TO MEET THAT BURDEN WITHOUT BEING HERE TO PRESENT WITHOUT HERE, FOR ANYBODY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE.
ALL YOU WOULD HAVE IS ESSENTIALLY THE APPLICATION AND WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE RECORD.
CERTAINLY, YOU COULD ASK QUESTIONS OF CITY STAFF.
BUT. DEPENDENT UPON WHAT COUNCIL WANTED TO DO AND IF IT WAS JUST THE PUBLIC HEARING OR IF IT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PUBLIC HEARING BEING FOR THE LAND USE OR QUASI JUDICIAL FOR THE ZONING REZONING, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A LOT HARDER.
PARTICULARLY FOR A QUASI JUDICIAL TO HAVE THE APPLICANT NOT BE PRESENT EVEN INITIALLY, IT'S ONE THING WHEN YOU HAVE THE APPLICANT PRESENT AT THE FIRST HEARING, THEY'VE MADE THEIR VERDICT.
THEY'VE MADE THEIR CASE BECAUSE WHATEVER COUNSEL IS DECIDED AT THAT CASE WOULD STAY ON UNLESS THERE IS SOME TYPE OF SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT HAS CHANGED.
THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GO FORTH.
I MEAN, YOU COULD PROBABLY START IF IT IF IT IF YOU MADE THE LAND USE, START THE REZONING AND CONTINUE IT, BUT JUST HAVE THE FIRST PART OF THE HEARING.
BUT I WOULD CAUTION AGAINST ACTUALLY CONCLUDING IF IT IF YOU DID DO THE LAND USE, INCLUDING THE REZONING, WITHOUT HAVING THE APPLICANT MAKE A PRESENTATION.
UM, HE DID AT THE BEGINNING, SO, MA'AM.
IF. IF THE APPLICANT CAN'T PRESENT THEIR CASE, SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
WHAT WAS THE EXCUSE THE APPLICANT REQUESTED TO TO MOVE THIS FORWARD? JAKE WEISS IS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS CASE, AND HE EMAILED AND SAID THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THOSE THAT ARE SUSPENDED CASE.
OK, SO SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE THAT YOU COME BACK MARCH 3RD SO THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE PART OF THE RECORD IN WHOLE TO GIVE THE APPLICANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR CASE AND REBUTTAL ANY ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THAT WOULD BE THE FAIR THING TO DO.
NOW THAT BEING SAID, MARCH 3RD, ALL YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE PART OF THE RECORD.
HOWEVER, TODAY, TODAY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE MAKING ANY DECISIONS AND YOUR CONVERSATION, YOUR COMMENTS WILL NOT BE PART OF THE RECORD SO THAT I WANT TO END IT AT THAT POINT.
YOU CAN COME AND ADDRESS US DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT OF THE SEGMENT OF OF OUR MEETING.
HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HANDLE THIS ITEM TODAY.
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WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE IT TOWARDS MARCH 3RD AND WE HAVE A SECOND.THEY ARE READY IN CASE THERE'S NO CASE THAT CAME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL.
THEY PRESENTED THEIR CASE TO COUNCIL.
IF YOU WANT YOUR COMMENTS TO BE PART OF THE RECORDS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
DO YOU LIKE YOUR COMMENTS TO BE PART OF THE RECORD? PLEASE COME BACK MARCH 3RD AND ON MARCH 3RD, THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT QUESTIONS. OTHERWISE IF WE CONTINUE THIS ON, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A SOUND DECISION.
SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RETURN TO MARCH 3RD.
WE WANT TO MAKE A SOUND DECISION THAT'S FAIR FOR BOTH PARTIES.
IF ON. YEAH, IF IF IF COUNCILMAN FELIX IS WILLING TO WITHDRAW HIS SECOND, I WITHDRAW MY FIRST.
OK, YEAH, I'LL WITHDRAW MY FIRST.
OKAY. COUNCILMAN FELIX MAYOR, IF I MAY.
NO, I'M NOT WILLING TO DO THAT AND I'LL EXPLAIN.
I THINK AS YOU JUST CONCLUDED, IT'S FAIR.
IT'S FAIR TO MAKE IT FAIR TO EVERYBODY.
THE APPLICANT, YOU KNOW, DESERVE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
I THINK AS A CITY, AS A GOVERNMENT BODY SENDING THAT MESSAGE, IT WOULD BE A IT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD PRECEDENT.
SO I BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD DO TONIGHT IS MOVE FORWARD AND AS YOU JUST CONCLUDED, IS TO INVITE THE RESIDENT.
I UNDERSTAND. BUT I THINK IT'S FAIR.
IT'S FAIR TO THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO INVEST IN OUR CITY.
WE NEED TO GIVE THEM JUST THE SAME RESPECT AND TREATMENT AS WE DO FOR RESIDENTS WITH NO COUNCIL. THE DEPUTY MAYOR, JOHNSON.
COUNCILMAN FELIX WILL NOT WITHDRAW, YOU MADE THE MOTION.
I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY IS WILLING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR CITY CLERK.
STARTING THIS. JUST AS FAR AS THE MOTION, EVEN THOUGH MR. COUNCILMAN FELIX DID NOT WITHDRAW HIS SECOND, YOU WITHDREW YOUR MOTION.
YEAH. OK, SO YOU STILL NEED A MOTION ON THE TABLE? ALL RIGHT. I'M GOOD.
DID YOU WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? OK, SO RIGHT NOW AND I WITHDREW MINE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
COUNCILMAN FELIX. BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US IN REGARDS TO THESE TWO ITEMS. AND I'VE LOOKED THROUGH IT, SO.
YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO GO FOR IT.
YEAH, SO SO SO WE HAVE THE MOTION WITHDRAWN, MADAM SHERMAN, WE'RE STILL ON THE AGENDA REVISIONS, SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE UNDER PUBLIC HEARING.
MAYOR YES. BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM EIGHT AND NINE. SO I MADE THAT MOTION.
I THINK FOR I HAVE A COUNCILMAN, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
WE CONTINUE TO MARCH 3RD SECOND.
NOW I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN FELIX, I THINK AT THIS POINT.
COUNCILWOMAN OR DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I SAID IT LIKE WE HAVE WE HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION.
CAN I EXPLAIN MY EMOTION? YES, SIR. YOU KNOW? I SAID MY COMMENTS.
I SUGGESTED YOU MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU COME BACK AND YOU MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT, PUT IT ON THE RECORD. WE GOT TO GIVE THEM DUE PROCESS, JUST LIKE WE'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU DUE PROCESS TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
AND WHEN WE WHEN WE STRAY AWAY FROM THAT AND I THINK WE ARE IN DEEP WATERS OF NOT BEING FAIR, SO DUE PROCESS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND IT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO YOU.
AND THAT'S WHY I MADE MY MOTION.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION.
BUT. OF WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
THE PERSON IS NOT HERE, THIS IS THE SECOND CONTINUOUS.
I THINK EVERYBODY AGREED TO THAT, SO THEY DON'T SHOW THE NEXT I GOT I'M SORRY, SIR.
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THIS IS A COUNCIL DISCUSSION TIME.YOU'LL YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
I WANT TO VALIDATE WHAT YOU AND COUNCILMAN FELIX ARE SAYING.
I'M ALSO VALIDATING WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON IS SAYING.
AND THAT'S WHERE I'M HAVING A DIFFICULTY WITH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY THAT OCCURRED, BUT I'M GOING TO MY MY VOTE'S GOING TO BE ME. SO IT APPEARS THAT THIS WILL BE A TWO TWO TIE AT THIS POINT, PROBABLY ONE OF THE RARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE REALLY NEED A THIRD PERSON HERE, RIGHT? AND I THINK THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE VERY FIRST TIME SINCE WE HAD COUNCILMAN BAILEY.
RESIGN. SO I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
I. I THOUGHT YOU WERE RIGHT, I KNOW DEPUTY MAYOR NAMED ROB MEDINA NAY.
SO IT'S A TWO TO TIE THE MOTION FAILS.
WE'LL BE HEARING ITEMS NUMBER EIGHT AND NINE.
MADAM MADAM SHERMAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR, I HAVE ONE FINAL AGENDA REVISION TO ANNOUNCE IT IS RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 10 UNDER CONSENT.
THE EXECUTED CONTRACTS FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION WITH CYPRUS BAY FARMS AND WATER STONE HOLDINGS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
IN ADDITION, THERE IS A CORRECTION TO THE ACCOUNT NUMBER.
UNDER THE FISCAL IMPACT, THE FUND SHOULD BE APPROPRIATED TO ACCOUNT NUMBER ONE NINE NINE DASH 70 50 DASH FIVE FOUR ONE SIX ONE ZERO ONE PROJECT TWENTY ONE P.W.
YOU SAID YES, SIR. UNDER CONSENT.
SO, MADAM SMITH, ANY REVISIONS? OK, THANK YOU. WE'RE ON PROCLAMATIONS AND DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
CAN I HAVE THE FAMILY OF AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS AND FRIENDS TO COME UP, PLEASE? WE HAD TO SWITCH IT UP.RECOGNIZING GUSTA WILLIAMS JR, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT WHEREAS CARTER G.
WOODSON, A HARVARD PH.D., THOUGHT THAT IF BLACK PEOPLE COULD GO ON A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND ETHNIC CELEBRATION, THEY COULD OVERCOME THE RACIAL REALITIES OF NINETEEN TWENTIES AND NINETEEN TWENTY SIX.
DR. WOODSON PIONEERED THE CELEBRATION OF NEGRO HISTORY WEEK.
THE WEEK OF RECOGNITION BECAME ACCEPTED AND HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO A FULL MONTH OF FEBRUARY, NOW KNOWN AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND WHEREAS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE VAST CONTRIBUTIONS OF PAST GENERATIONS AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING THE AMERICAN DREAM ALIVE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. IT IS ALSO A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN EVERY FIELD, FROM SCIENCE AND ARTS TO POLITICS AND RELIGION, AND WE'RE ASKED AUGUSTA WILLIAMS JR., A RESIDENT OF PALM BAY, HAS A 50 YEAR WRITING CAREER WHICH PRODUCED THOUSANDS OF POEMS, PLAYS SONGS AND SHORT STORIES THAT HIGHLIGHT AMERICAN HISTORY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. AND WHEREAS HIS WORK IN MANY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PLACES TO INCLUDE GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY, STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
MARTIN LUTHER KING LIBRARY IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.
MOORE MEMORIAL PARK IN MIMS, FLORIDA.
HARRY TIMORE, A UNITED STATES POST OFFICE IN COCOA, FLORIDA, AND KING CENTER FOR NONVIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
AND WHEREAS HIS WORK HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO MANY WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE OF OUR TIME TO INCLUDE FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA, PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA, DAMON WAYANS, JAMIE FOXX, LARRY HOLMES, DIZZY GILLESPIE, DR.
BETTY SHABAZZ, YOLANDA KING, ROSA PARKS AND MANY CONGRESSMEN, DIGNITARIES AND ELECTED OFFICIAL. AND WHEREAS AUGUSTA WILLIAMS JR.
WAS HONORED BY SPACE COAST CULTURAL ARTS AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, WHO HAVE NAMED THEIR ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST IN HIS HONOR.
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AND WHEREAS, DESPITE FAILING HEALTH, AUGUSTA CONTINUED AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED THIRD BRIDGE, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE PUERTO RICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AS WELL AS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING LIBRARY AND PLAYWRIGHTS WORKSHOP OF RIVER.NOW, THEREFORE, I KENNY JOHNSON ON BEHALF OF MAYOR OF PALM BAY, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. ROY, BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. TWENTY SECOND AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY IN FLORIDA AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CELEBRATION AND LEARN MORE ABOUT BLACK HISTORY AND WITNESS HEREOF.
I HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED IN THE 17TH DAY, FEBRUARY TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO IS HERE AND A COUNCILMAN, AS YOU CAN HEAR, MY FATHER DID OUTSTANDING THINGS FOR PALM BAY AND MELBOURNE AS WELL.
I JUST PERSONALLY WISH THAT HE WAS HERE IN PERSON TO RECEIVE IT, BUT HE IS HERE WITH US IN SPIRIT. THANK YOU.
HELLO, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS ISABELLE WRIGHT.
I'M A FRIEND OF GUS, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR ALL HIS EFFORTS THAT HE HAS DONE FOR OUR CITY AND REALLY OUR COUNTY BECAUSE AS A 50 YEAR HISTORY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HIM AS A KIND HEARTED PERSON, AND I AM VERY BLESSED THAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WAS WILLING TO DO THIS PROCLAMATION FOR US.
IT'S TIME THAT WE RECOGNIZE OUR COMMUNITY AND THE MEMBERS THAT LIVE HERE THAT HAVE DONE SO MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT MAYBE YOU AND I ARE NOT AWARE OF.
BUT IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO HAS HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BRING IT UP SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY KNOWS THE KIND OF PEOPLE AND THE CALIBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE VERY WEALTHY, IN KNOWLEDGE AND IN KIND HEARTED PEOPLE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND OF COURSE, MS. SHERMAN FOR ALLOWING US TO GET THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY.
THANK YOU. AUGUSTA WILLIAM WAS A BRIDGE BUILDER.
HE WAS THERE IN THE GENESIS STAGES WHEN WE FOUND THAT THE CHILDREN HUNGER PROJECT WITH BOB BURNS AND HIS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, DR.
YOU MENTIONED THE THIRD BRIDGE ASIAN COMMUNITY.
WHAT HE FELT, HE PUT IT INTO WRITINGS.
AND HE WANTED ALL FOLK TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE.
YOU MENTIONED THE PROMISED LAND.
ALTHOUGH WE WILL GET THERE AS ONE.
AS FOOLS. AUGUSTA WAS MY CO LABOR IN THE FIELD IN GORE'S VINEYARD.
THE CLOSE FOLK WHO DIDN'T HAVE.
HE GAVE WAY MORE THAN HE TOOK.
IF I WOULD DESCRIBE AUGUSTA WILLIAM JR.
WE'LL SAY THAT. HE'S A GREAT MAN, A HUMANITARIAN.
OH, PEOPLE. YOU NEVER MET A STRANGER THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE.
BUT I CAN TALK FOREVER ABOUT AUGUSTA, SO I'M TALKING, HE BROKE IN.
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RIGHT.THIS IS THE PART OF OUR AGENDA WHERE WE HONOR THOSE THAT HONOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, RIGHT? THE ONES THAT PUT SERVICE BEFORE SELF.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK, IS PETER FILIBERTO? WHEN IS HE HERE? THEN I'M GOING TO ASK ALBERTA CLINKS, KLINK'S SCALES, ALBERTA, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON UP.
SO MS. ALBERTA HAS CONTRIBUTED HER TIME VOLUNTEERING FOR OUR CITY FOR A YEAR, AND I JUST WANT TO READ WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, BUT IN THE MILITARY AND AND THERE'S SOME OF YOU THAT ARE VETERANS WHEN YOU PIN ON A RANK OR WHEN YOU PIN ON WHETHER IT'S YOUR RANK OR SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED IN LIFE AND CONQUERED IT, THERE'S VALUE TO IT.
WHAT ADDS VALUE IS SOMEONE ACTUALLY HONORING AND PINNING IT ON YOU NOW.
MS. KLINGLE. I AM NOT GOING TO PIN IT ON YOU AS THOUGH YOU WERE A UNITED STATES MARINE, BUT I'M GOING TO HONOR YOU TODAY AND PIN IT ON YOU BECAUSE I VALUE THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU'VE MADE SERVING OUR CITY.
SO A BASIC INGREDIENTS INGREDIENT IN THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CITY IS THE WILLINGNESS TO TAKE AN INITIATIVE AND THE VOLUNTARY ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN PRIVATE CITIZENS.
EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS SOME CONTRIBUTION TO OFFER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS.
THAT MEANS YOU. AND YOU, AS A VOLUNTEER, HAS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WELL-BEING OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS AND THE WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS AND GIVING TIRELESSLY OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY WITHOUT DESIRE FOR RECOGNITION, RENUMERATION OR PERSONAL GAIN.
THIS VOLUNTEER PIN IS BUT A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LOYAL AND DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE FAITHFULLY RENDERED TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND AS MAYOR, IT'S MY HONOR TO PIN THIS ON YOU.
I MUST ADMIT, IF IT WAS IN THE SERVICE, I WOULD SO FIND EVERY, EVERY INTO ME, BUT PLEASE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND GREETINGS.
WOW, BOY, THIS WAS TRULY UNEXPECTED.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOLKS, AND IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR.
WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY, I AM A CARDIOVASCULAR REGISTERED NURSE AT HOLMES REGIONAL. I AM A COMMUNITY SERVANT.
I'VE BEEN SERVING IN BOVARD FOR OVER 28 YEARS NOW, DOING IN VARIOUS ROLES WITH CHILDREN AND ADULTS. AND SO I GUESS I'M JUST HONORED, YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN LOOK FOR RECOGNITION.
I'M SURPRISED. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. IT'S ALWAYS MY HONOR TO GIVE FOR MY HEART, SOUL AND SPIRIT, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR SERVING.
THE. NEXT, I'M GOING TO CALL UP SUSAN CONNOLLY AND IS PHILIP SNYDER IN?
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SUSAN CONNOLLY SERVES ON OUR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, THAT'S A BOARD THAT WE'VE REALLY HAD GREAT STRIDES WITH ALL THEIR EFFORTS, THE TIME THAT THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED ALL THEIR ADVICE AND MAKING OUR CITY SUSTAINABLE.BUT THE SAME THING APPLIES IF, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, MS. CONNOLLY IS PROBABLY HERE AT EACH AND EVERY MEETING, EACH AND EVERY WORKSHOP, AND SHE TRULY CARES ABOUT OUR CITY.
IT GOES BEYOND THE FACT THAT SHE SERVES ON THIS BOARD.
AND IF SHE WANTED, SHE PROBABLY WOULD SERVE ON ON SEVERAL OTHER BOARDS.
SO I JUST WANT TO HONOR YOU AS WELL.
A LOT MORE IS WHAT I MEANT TO SAY.
AND SO WHAT I WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IS I TRULY VALUE.
OR YOU SACRIFICE CONSIDERING OTHERS MORE THAN YOURSELF, MA'AM.
AND SO I'M HONORED TO PIN THIS VOLUNTEER PIN ON.
I THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECOGNITION.
IT'S MY HONOR TO SERVE PALM BAY AND.
I'M I'M GRATEFUL AND LOOK FOR ME AND FOR YEARS, MAYOR WHEN I COME BACK FROM MY FIVE YEAR PIN, WELL, PRAISE THE LORD.
AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT I'M HERE TO PIN IT ON HER.
WHO ELSE WAS GOING TO ASK BEFORE I IS HOEGER? IT. AND MARIE FRASER.
INFRASTRUCTURE BANK AND MARIE ARE FEWER OR MORE.
SO AGAIN, THE SAME THING APPLIES, I'LL READ IT TO REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY, I REALLY APPRECIATE. I'VE SEEN YOU AROUND.
THAT'S A GREAT LOOKING SHIRT, BY THE WAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR CITY, SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T MIND A BASIC INGREDIENTS IN THE FOUNDATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CITY IS THE WILLINGNESS TO TAKE AN INITIATIVE AND VOLUNTEER WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY BY OUR PRIVATE CITIZENS.
EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS SOME CONTRIBUTION TO OFFER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS, AND YOU AS A VOLUNTEER, HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WELL-BEING OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS AND THE WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS BY GIVING TIRELESSLY OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY WITHOUT DESIRE FOR RECOGNITION, RENUMERATION OR PERSONAL GAIN.
I MEAN, THAT GOES, THAT'S HUGE.
WE COULD NEVER REPAY YOU FOR WANTING TO SERVE THIS CITY.
IT'S A IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE, RIGHT? AND SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR SACRIFICE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT LEADERSHIP IS ALL ABOUT.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.
NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE THE HONOR OF PINNING.
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT, MA'AM, BECAUSE YOU'RE WEARING A DRESS LIKE THAT.
BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE THE LIBERTIES OF PINNING MY BROTHER FIRST.
NOT NOW WITH MEN, IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO.
BUT IT'S IT'S A IT'S A JUST IN THE SERVICE OF OF ENDEARMENT AND ACCOMPLISHMENT.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION I AM SUPER, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE YEARS NOW FROM SOUTH FLORIDA, RAISED, BORN AND RAISED, WE HAVE AN AWESOME AND AMAZING CITY.
I JUST ASK THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP, CONTINUE TO SPEAK, CONTINUE TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE AND WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
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THANK YOU, GUYS. IF YOU.ALL RIGHT. JUST WANT TO SAY FIRST, THANK YOU, GOD, FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE WITH YOU GUYS IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD AND THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR, I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THROUGHOUT MY TIME HERE.
I'VE BEEN HERE NINE YEARS AND LOVE PALM BAY AND I'M HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE IN SMALL WAYS. THANK YOU.
LISTEN, THIS IS WHAT MAKES PALM BAY PROUD.
IT'S THESE VOLUNTEERS THAT STEP UP EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR US.
BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY LEFT ALREADY, BUT ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOL WAS HERE AND THEY WERE IN.
THERE ARE DEEP AND WE STILL GOT STUDENT RIGHT HERE.
WHAT'S UP? THANK YOU FOR COMING TO LEARN ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THANK YOU TO MR. THOMAS REDMAN FOR BRINGING THE STUDENTS OUT.
GETTING THEM INVOLVED BECAUSE THE EARLIER YOU GET INVOLVED, THE BETTER.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE STUDENTS FOR COMING OUT AND DOING THAT.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES ]
ROBERT STICE. ROBERT STICE.UM, THE STATES USE THE MICROPHONE.
SORRY. GOOD EVENING, I'M SORRY.
AS I'M LOOKING HERE OVER THE SUMMER AND THROUGH AUGUST, WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ON SOMERVILLE BAYSIDE LAKES, WE'VE HAD FOUR DEATHS IN THE FIRST FOUR YEARS.
I MOVED HERE FROM TWENTY SEVENTEEN, TYPICALLY COMING FROM THE SOUTH, AND WE HAVE A 90 DEGREE TURN CURVE, I SHOULD SAY, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SUMMERFIELD HIGHWAY.
LOOK TO IF MALE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
HE MENTIONED THAT THE AREA RIGHT THERE IS THE TOP THREE AND PERHAPS THE FIRST MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTION IN PALM BAY.
THAT'S HUGE. SO WE'VE NOT NOT.
IT'S NOT JUST THE FOUR DEATHS THAT HAPPENED.
WE'VE ALSO HAD AN ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC.
WE'VE ALSO HAD AT LEAST 15 ACCIDENTS IN LIGHT POLES.
AND YOU KNOW, THE WORK IN WHICH FRANK WATANABE, WE LOOKED AT THE SPEED LIMIT AVERAGING ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
NOW WE'LL TELL YOU AS A SIDE NOTE, MY WIFE AND I WALKED AT A CAFE THIS MORNING DOWN BY I CAN'T THINK OF THE STREET WHERE THE DMV IS ON.
WHAT IS I'VE STREET ORGAN? THANK YOU. EVERYBODY KNOWS COGAN.
SO WE WALK THERE AND PEOPLE ARE GOING ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WALKING THERE WITH MY WIFE AND MY DOG, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM ARE DOING THIS RIGHT.
SO WHAT'S IN THEIR HAND, THE CELL PHONE AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO, THEY'RE GOING TO GO MORE THAN 12 FEET, 15 FEET, OK, IF AROUND THEIR CURVE, AND IT'S IT'S DANGEROUS.
SO WE TOOK A LEFT BEHIND THE STORAGE.
THE NEW STORAGE UNIT THAT WENT UP THERE WENT BY SEVEN 11 ACCIDENT TO ACCESS THE CAFE.
NOW IF IF SOME OF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE, PLEASE GET THERE AND LOOK AT THIS.
OK, NOW FRANK SENT ME SOME PROPOSAL A WHILE BACK AND I WAS KIND OF IN LIMBO THERE WITH KNEE REPLACEMENT FOR A WHILE.
BUT FRANK SENT ME SOME DOCUMENTATION BECAUSE WE HAVE SPEEDERS COMING DOWN ON THE STRAIGHTAWAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
NOW WE DID HAVE AN ACCIDENT THERE ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
THAT'S NOT WHERE THE DEATHS ARE OCCURRING.
THAT'S NOT WHERE THE MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS ARE OCCURRING.
OK, SO WE GOT TO I'M WILLING TO HELP OUT.
I'M SPEAKING OF WORK WITH YOU.
I'LL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO WORK WITH YOU.
WHAT I ALSO WANT YOU TO CONSIDER IS ST.
BRYA, BY THE WAY, THERE IS A CATTLE GATE THERE, AS YOU REQUESTED.
SO THE EMTS CAN GET DOWN THERE PER YOUR REQUEST.
YOU HAVE THE BALANCE PROBABLY ABOUT TWENTY FIVE AND THE THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT HOUSES, OK ARE COMPLETED.
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NOW, IF I DON'T KNOW IF I DID THE MATH RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE'S TWO POINT NINE PEOPLE PER HOUSE IN PALM BAY FROM THE CENSUS FROM TWENTY FIFTEEN TO TWENTY NINE FIFTEEN.OK, SO NOW YOU'RE ADDING IT THE EXISTING TRAFFIC.
OTHER THINGS I'M GOING TO MENTION IS, FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. SO WE'RE THIS PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'M GOING TO DIRECT YOU TO OUR CHIEF AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT ISSUE.
I KNOW THAT WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL, BUT I WANT TO GIVE OTHER FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
YOU KNOW, CHIEF MOYA IS RIGHT OVER THERE, SIR PHILIP COCHRANE, FOLLOWED BY JIM CANNON.
I AM PHIL CORCORAN. EIGHTEEN, SEVENTY EIGHT, WHEN BROOKE ARRIVED BACK IN SEPTEMBER, MANY RESIDENTS OF BAYSIDE LAKES NOTICED SAMPLE SOIL SAMPLE IS BEING TAKEN AT THE MAJOR'S GOLF COURSE AND BECAME CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD BE SOLD IN DEVELOPED.
I SPOKE TO YOU AT ONE OF THE SEPTEMBER MEETINGS AND AT THAT MEETING I MET WITH SOME SENIOR PLANET PLANNERS. HE GAVE ME A CONTACT AND IT WOULD NOTIFY ME OF ANY APPLICATIONS FOR REZONING OR SUBDIVIDING THE GOLF COURSE.
RECENTLY, THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, I BECAME AWARE OF AN APPLICATION TO CONFIRM THE REQUEST.
I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, I, NEIL EMAILED THE SENIOR PLANNER AND MY EMAIL CAME BLACK BACK SAYING IT WAS BLOCKED.
SO THE SENIOR, THE THE PLANNERS TYPICALLY DO NOT RETURN CALLS.
AND SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNICATION THAT'S GOING TO BE PUT IN PLACE BETWEEN RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON FURTHER.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A SHORT REVIEW OR THE RECENT HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY OWNED BY JOY LLC, WHICH IS THE GOLF COURSE IN JANUARY OF 2020.
THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED FOR BY JOY LLC FOR ABOUT $2 MILLION IN JUNE OF 2020.
BAILEY LLC SIGNED A DEAL WITH UPLAND VENTURES INC.
TO DEVELOP THIRTY ONE ACRES, BASICALLY THE DRIVING RANGE AREA OF THAT GOLF COURSE.
THE PROJECT WOULD BE TO BUILD 300 TO 400 UNITS.
UH, IN THAT THIRTY ONE AND 31 ACRES.
AND THIS IS PERHAPS MAYBE 60 OR MORE PEOPLE PER ACRE.
THIS WAS THE STATED GOAL TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF FROM TWO MILLION TO FIFTY TWO TO $92 MILLION. THIS IS ONLY ONE SIXTH OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS DENSITIES LIKE YOU MIGHT FIND IN NEW YORK CITY.
UM. THESE FUNDS WERE TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN UPLAND VENTURES AND JOY LLC.
SO THIS THESE TYPE OF DENSITIES MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF JOY LLC HAS NO REGARD FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN BAYSIDE LAKES.
WE KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE BECAUSE THEY SIGNED A TERM SHEET IN JUNE OF 2020.
WHEN JOY LLC BOUGHT THE MAJOR'S GOLF CLUB, THEY KNEW IT WAS ZONED FIVE ACRE LOTS BAILEY LLC MANAGEMENT IS ON RECORD AS SAYING THE PROPERTY WAS FOR SALE THE DAY THAT SHE BOUGHT IT. REZONING THE REZONING IS SIMPLY A PLAN TO ENRICH THE OWNER AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN BAYSIDE LAKES REZONING.
THE PROPERTY WILL NEGATIVELY NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT, TRAFFIC, SAFETY, NOISE AND PROPERTY VALUES, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS IN BAYSIDE LEGS.
AS I STATED AT THE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, THERE IS A PARCEL OF LAND 2800.
WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS, BUT THIS ITEM IS NOT BEFORE US.
BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND WE'LL WE'LL ENTERTAIN ALL THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE VIA EMAIL REGARDING THAT.
OK. THAT ISSUE THAT WILL BE COMING UP.
I DO WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE BLOCKING OF YOUR EMAIL, I THINK IT MIGHT BE.
I KNOW THAT WE HAD TWO TWO NEW EMPLOYEES OR TWO RESIGNATIONS IN THAT DEPARTMENT, SO I WANTED TO SEE IF OUR CITY MANAGER CAN ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THE BLOCKING OF THE EMAILS IS OCCURRING OTHER THAN THE EMAILS MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THESE EMPLOYEES ARE NO LONGER HERE.
BUT I'LL I'LL ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO ADDRESS THAT.
OK, THANK YOU. IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT THERE'S SIR SIR.
OK, I'LL JUST ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS FROM FROM HERE.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES SINCE SEPTEMBER.
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WE'VE HAD TWO FOLKS WHO ARE ON OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US AND WE'VE HAD A NEW DIRECTOR COME INTO THE DEPARTMENT.WE THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY PROBLEMS WITH EMAILS BEING BLOCKED.
YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED SOME SORT OF OUT OF OFFICE MESSAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH IS USUALLY WHAT WE DO WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES THE CITY.
WE DO THAT KIND OF A MESSAGE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHO TO CONTACT.
BUT WHAT I'LL TELL YOU, WE CAN DO TO CHECK THAT IS BRIAN ROBINSON IS OUR IT DIRECTOR RIGHT OVER HERE AT THE COMPUTER.
SO IF YOU GIVE HIM YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, HE CAN CHECK FOR YOU.
AND ALSO JUST FOR EVERYONE HERE WHO MAYBE IS INTERESTED IN INFORMATION ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY IT IS.
IT IS CORRECT THAT WE JUST RECENTLY, I BELIEVE, RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM A GROUP OR, I GUESS, FROM JOY LLC, WHATEVER THE COMPANY'S NAME IS.
OR THE THE CHANGE TO THAT PROPERTY, WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT TO ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT THE SIMPLEST WAY, PROBABLY FOR YOU TO GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION FOR RIGHT NOW IS TO CONTACT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
CITY MANAGER AT PALM BAY FLORIDA.
ORG AND WE'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS TO THE RIGHT FOLKS WHO CAN HELP OUT WITH THAT.
BUT WE ARE GOING THROUGH SOME TRANSITION IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND CERTAINLY WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP GET THAT INFORMATION OUT AS PEOPLE NEED IT.
ALSO JUST FOR EVERYONE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NOT AN ACTUAL SCHEDULED DATE FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT THAT'S LOCKED DOWN YET. I'M LOOKING AT MY GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR TO CONFIRM.
BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT AS SOON AS THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE AS WELL.
THAT'S ALL FOR ME, MAYOR, THANK YOU.
A CITY MANAGER AT PALM BAY FLORIDA MORGUE.
WELCOME EXTENT, MR. JIM CANNON, FOLLOWED BY MS. SUZANNE CONNOLLY. MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR, COUNCIL.
GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS JIM CANNON.
JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF BEFORE I GET TOO FAR DOWN THE PATH THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO THROW A HEARTY SEMPER FI TO THE MAYOR WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PINNING RANK ON IT BROUGHT BACK SOME MEMORIES FROM 30 YEARS AGO.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE TWO TIMES I PICKED UP LANCE CORPORAL, BUT THAT'S THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOU.
WE HAVE TIME. WE'LL GET THERE.
WE'LL GET THERE. IT'S IT'S NOT AS INTERESTING AS IT SOUNDS.
I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I AM THE NEW INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR WITH THE DISTRICT I TOOK OVER FROM ABBY JOHNSON. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WORKED WITH ABBY OR KNEW HER.
I SHOULD SAY, KNOW HER. SHE'S STILL AROUND.
SHE'S IN MELBOURNE, SO SHE'S STILL LOCAL.
SHE DEFINITELY SET THE BAR PRETTY HIGH IN TERMS OF HER WORK ETHIC AND HER EFFORTS.
AND I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO MEET THOSE.
MY AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY EXTENDS ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, BOVARD, VOLUSIA AND THEN SLICES OF OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE, SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GROUND TO COVER. AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, THE DISTRICT'S OFFICE, THE DISTRICT LOCAL OFFICE, IS HERE IN PALM BAY, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES FROM HERE.
SO WE'RE WE'RE LOCAL, WE'RE IN YOUR BACKYARD.
BUT MY ROLE REALLY IS TO SERVE AS A LIAISON SORT OF A BRIDGE INFORMATION HUB FOR ALL OF YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE DISTRICT DOES PERMITTING, YOU NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY.
THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND THEN MOREOVER, IF YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, IF YOU HAVE BUSINESS CARDS ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE ON COUNCIL, THAT THAT'D BE REALLY USEFUL.
ABSOLUTELY, YOU SHOULD. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND SHARING.
DURING THAT, YOU'RE THE PERSON THAT'S TAKING OVER FOR ABBY.
ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD EVENING. SUZANNE CONNOLLY, FOLLOWED BY PASTA DELGADO.
I'M SUSAN CONNELLY, THIRTY NINE, OH, ONE DIXIE HIGHWAY, NORTHEAST, OF COURSE, PALM BAY AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT WE THE PEOPLE.
THE LAST TIME I HAD ATTENDED A MEETING, THE MAYOR SAYS I DO ATTEND MANY AND HAD THIS MANY PEOPLE AND MORE.
IT HAD TO DO WITH HAVING OUR SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL OUR SEAT NUMBER FIVE.
AND PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND THEY VOICE THEIR OPINION THAT THEY WANTED AN ELECTION RATHER THAN AN APPOINTMENT, AND WE HAVE AN ELECTION MARCH THE 8TH, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE, THE PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP AGAIN AT THE POLLS, THE ELECTION.
THERE'S ALSO MAIL BALLOTS, WHICH I HAVE WON THAT ARE DUE TO BE MAILED BY FEBRUARY 28TH, SO THEY GET COUNTED.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE FOUR WONDERFUL CANDIDATES FOR ALFRED
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AGUIRRE, JIMMY BACKUS, PETER FILIBERTO AND PHIL MOORE.I DID IT ALPHABETICALLY, SO THERE'S NO I HAVE HEARD AND MET I'VE EVERY ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES, AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT IN MY OPINION, THEY ARE EQUAL IN THEIR DEDICATION TO WANTING TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO TO TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
A DONE BY WE THE PEOPLE AGAIN, THERE'S A GROUP CALLED THE RIVARD PATRIOTS, AND THEY HELD TWO SATURDAY SESSIONS WHERE THEY ASKED EACH OF THESE CANDIDATES TO COME AND SPEAK, AND THE RECORDINGS OF THOSE ARE ON THE YOUTUBE.
AND ALSO THE CANDIDATES CAN BE FOUND ON A PROGRAM CALLED PALM BAY LIFE.
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE, THE PEOPLE AND THE CANDIDATES BROUGHT FORTH THAT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SHARE HAVE TO DO WITH FOLLOWING OUR CONSTITUTION CONCERN WITH THE INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS, INTEGRITY OF CANDIDATES VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT THE GO ROADS PROGRAM AND THE MAINTENANCE AND ALSO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
MAKING SURE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEANS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT HAVE ANY INCOME, MAY NOT HAVE A JOB AND ARE IN TRULY NEED OF OF HOUSING.
AND FINALLY, ANOTHER AREA IS IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT THAT OUR CITY FOLLOW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SET ASIDE GREEN SPACES AND ALSO FOLLOW THE PLAN WHERE IT SETS ASIDE FOR AGRICULTURE.
THANK YOU. PASS THE KINDERGARTEN, FOLLOWED BY ISABEL, RIGHT? KEN DELGADO AT ONE FIVE FOUR ANGELO ROAD, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY, AND SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN, IT'S BEEN TOO LONG.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND THANKFUL FOR EACH ONE OF YOU.
THIS IS JUST A BIBLE THOUGHT THAT I LIKE BRINGING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, AND I'M BRINGING IT FROM 1ST JOHN CHAPTER FIVE IN VERSE 13 AND FOLLOWING IT SAYS I WRITE THESE THINGS TO WHO YOU BELIEVE TO YOU WHO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
AND THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE TOWARDS HIM THAT IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US.
AND IF WE KNOW THAT HE HEARS US AND WHATEVER WE ASK, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE ASKED FROM HIM YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER, AS YOUNG AS I AM. I USED TO GET BOXES AND THINGS IN IT, AND I JUST GO AT IT AND TRY TO PUT IT TOGETHER UNTIL I HIT A STOP.
AND THEN I WOULD PULL OUT THE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET AND FIGURE OUT WHAT I WAS DOING WRONG.
TODAY, I'VE LEARNED I RECEIVED ANOTHER PACKAGE.
NOT TOO LONG AGO, I TOOK OUT THE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT THE THING TOGETHER. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, GOD GAVE US WHAT I CALL THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.
I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE MAYBE WERE LIKE ME THAT WERE TRYING TO DO LIFE WITHOUT OPENING UP THE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET? AND THEN WE ASK AND WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN LINE TO THE CHARTER THAT WAS GIVEN TO US IN THIS BOOKLET. AND SO IT'S VERY SIMPLE THAT IF WE DO FIND IN THE LEGAL DOCUMENT SOMETHING THAT HE HAS GIVEN US AND WE OPEN IT UP AND WE FIND OUT THIS IS THE WILL, THEN WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT IF WE ASK HIM WHATSOEVER, WE ASK ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.
WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT HE WILL HEAR US.
AND IF HE HEARS US, THEN WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE THE PETITIONS THAT WE ASK.
AND I HAVE FOUND THIS PASTOR SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING, BUT THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE WILL IS.
SO I JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE JUST THE PEOPLE OF PALM BAY AS I COME HERE BEFORE YOU ALL TO OPEN UP THE WILL AND TESTAMENT THAT WAS ENACTED WHEN HE DIED AS THE LAST WILL.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, HE JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE TESTATOR, THE PERSON WHO MAKES SURE THAT THE WORD THAT HE GAVE THE WILL IS ACTUALLY PLACED AND FULFILLED, ACCORDING TO HIS WORD. AND SO JUST A THOUGHT OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOU ALL.
THANK YOU FOR SERVING OUR CITY.
THANK YOU. THAT WAS GOOD LAST MS., ISABELLE, RIGHT?
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INSTRUCTION BOOKLET, HOW CAN I FOLLOW THAT? THANK YOU, PASTOR. IT'S BE PERFECT.SANTA, RIGHT AT FIVE EIGHT BRISBANE STREET, NORTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED COALITION COUNCIL AND WE'RE PROUD TO PARTNER UP WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY ON THE 15TH FOR A COVID VACCINE CLINIC.
THIS IS THE SECOND ONE THAT WE HOLD IN PARTNERSHIP.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON FOR REACHING OUT TO GET THIS STARTED AND MS. SHERMAN FOR ALLOWING US TO TO USE THE CHAMBERS.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID 15 VACCINES.
OUT OF THOSE 15 VACCINES, WE HAD 10 BOOSTER SHOTS, WHICH WERE AMAZING.
WE HAD TWO KIDS, ONE MY GRANDSON, FIVE YEARS OLD.
HE GOT HIS FIRST COVID VACCINE AND WE HAD ANOTHER CHILD THAT CAME IN AGE 10.
WE ALSO HAD EIGHT PCR TESTS AND WE HAD TWENTY FIVE RAPID TESTS.
WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM CITY EMPLOYEES THAT CAME BY TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND THEY WERE VERY HAPPY THAT WE WERE HAVING THIS EVENT AGAIN.
WE ARE OPEN IF COUNCIL SO WANTS IT, AND WE CAN DO THIS AS OFTEN AS YOU WANT IT TO TO BE DONE. JUST LET ME KNOW.
AND MALABAR DISCOUNT PHARMACY, WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED ALL THE TESTS, ALL THE VACCINES FREE OF CHARGE TO EVERYONE, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING ON ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT CITY. AND AND I'M SURE MADAM SHERMAN UNDERSTANDS HOW SUCCESSFUL IT IS AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HER AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES AS AS YOU CAN.
THANK YOU. ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY BEFORE I GO, I WANT TO SAY TO CHIEF MOIR THAT WE ARE SO SAD TO HAVE HIM LEAVE US.
HE IS A BLESSING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND I DO WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. BUT I DO HOPE THAT WE LOOK WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT FOR OUR FUTURE CHIEF.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE, OUR COMMUNITY, KNOWS THE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO TAKE OVER IN THAT DEPARTMENT. I'VE ALWAYS STOOD HERE WHEN WE LOSE A WONDERFUL CHIEF AND SAY THE SAME THING WE'VE GOT TO FIND WITHIN OUR HOME BEFORE WE GO OUT AND LOOK FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND THANK YOU, PASTOR, FOR THAT WORD.
THANK YOU. SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME AND MADAM SMITH.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS]
YES, MIA. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE.PUBLIC HEARINGS, AGENDA ITEMS, NUMBERS ONE, FIVE, SIX, NINE, 12 AND 13.
ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY ON SUCH A MATTER MUST SIGN A SPEAKER CARD, WHICH CONTAINS A SWORN OATH TO TELL THE TRUTH.
ANY INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL MUST STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND CONFIRM THAT THE SPEAKER CARD HAS.
THE SIGNED ATTORNEYS WHO ARE APPEARING ON BEHALF OF A PARTY AND NOT PROVIDING TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE, ARE NOT CONSIDERED WITNESSES AND NEED NOT BE SWORN.
COUNSEL TO DISCLOSE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION I TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON, GROUP OR ENTITY WITH WHOM THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE. THE ORDER THIS PROCEEDING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS FIRST, THE APPLICANT WILL MAKE HIS PRESENTATION, FOLLOWED BY STAFF COMMENTS, FOLLOWED BY ANY AGGRIEVED OR ADVERSELY AFFECTED PARTY THAT IS COMPLY WITH SECTION FIFTY NINE POINT ZERO THREE EACH WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES.
ANY SPEAKER MAY BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION BY THE COUNSEL OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY FOR A MAXIMUM OF 15 MINUTES PER WITNESS.
ANY OTHER PERSON MAY SPEAK FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE ALLOWED CONCLUDING REMARKS FOR A MAXIMUM OF 10 MINUTES.
THE QUASI JUDICIAL BODY MAY MODIFY THE TIME LIMITS ON ITS OWN MOTION OR UPON REQUEST OF A PARTY TO THE PRECEDING HEARING WILL THEN BE CLOSED AND NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY OR ARGUMENT WILL BE ALLOWED.
THE COUNCIL WILL THEN DELIBERATE IN PUBLIC.
AT THE END OF DELIBERATION, COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE A MOTION ON THE APPLICATION TO BRING THE MATTER TO A VOTE.
EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS THEN FREE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDERS OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF PROPERTY FROM EIGHT C HIGHLY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO B MOVIE BAYFRONT MIXED USE VILLAGE DISTRICT, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST
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OF AND ADJACENT TO DIXIE HIGHWAY AND WEST OF AND ADJACENT TO RIDGE ROAD, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MA'AM.I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
GOOD NIGHT, MR. MAYOR, GOOD NIGHT, COUNCIL AND STAFF.
I'M OLIVER GARDE OF 16 180 MAIN STREET, NORTHEAST PALM BAY.
I'M HEREBY PRESENTING MY CASE ORDINANCE 2020 TO LAST 17.
AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS THIS COMMUNITY IS BASICALLY TERESE AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE CITY STAFF FOR THIS REZONING.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? THE PREMIER. THANK YOU, ANGUS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? I NEED A MOTION. OR LET ME CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, I CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. I NEED A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 20 20 TO DASH 17 FINAL READING AT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? WE JUST SAW THIS ALL IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WE ARE AN ITEM NUMBER TWO.
WITNESS, TWENTY TWENTY TWO, 18 AUDIENCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER ONE EIGHTY FIVE ZONING CODE SUBCHAPTER DISTRICT REGULATIONS BY INCLUDING CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE SAYS AS A PERMITTED USE IN H.
S. HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ZONING PROVIDED FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HERE AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STEP FORWARD AND PRESENT THEIR CASE.
RAY LAFFERTY. IT IS THE FINAL HEARING, GENTLEMEN.
OK. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ANY SPEAK OF CARDS? OK, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ASKING FOR A A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 20, 20 TO 18 FINAL READING.
SECOND, THE MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
WITNESS, TWENTY TWENTY TWO DEATHS, 19 AUDIENCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, BAILEY CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER ONE EIGHTY FIVE ZONING CODE SUBCHAPTER DISTRICT REGULATIONS LIKE INCLUDING K-9 TRAINING AND SIMILAR USES AS A PERMITTED USE IN C NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ZONING, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDED FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
MY NAME IS KIM MAYS, I OWN ROCK AND DOGS, AND WE'RE LOCATED AT THIRTY FIVE FORTY JUPITER BOULEVARD AND PALM BAY.
I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TONIGHT FOR THE COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL? YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
HAVE YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? OK, I'M CLOSING UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION A MOTION APPROVAL, AND IT'S TWENTY TWO TO 19.
FINAL READING. SECOND MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECOND BOARD COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR, I GUESS IS UNANIMOUSLY ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
THAT'S ZERO ONE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF AND ADJACENT TO MALABAR ROAD, EAST OF AN ADJACENT TO MELBOURNE TILLMANN WATER CONTROL DISTRICT CANAL SEVEN ILLEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDED FOR FILING A COPY OF THE ORDERS WITH THE BREVARD COUNTY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF BREVARD COUNTY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE PROVIDED FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HERE AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT
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THEIR CASE. A JACK KIRSCHENBAUM TO A SEVEN ANTIGUA DRIVE, COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA.I'M GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE WHEN I SAY THIS IN COCOA BEACH AND I TOLD THE MAYOR THIS ALREADY. YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH A SENSE OF COMMUNITY HERE.
IT'S JUST AMAZING SEEING THIS ROOM AND THE VIBE IN IT.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ONE HECK OF A JOB OF CREATING COMMUNITY DOWN HERE.
AND WHEN I GO BACK TO COCOA BEACH, I'M GOING TO GET IN BIG TROUBLE FOR SAYING THAT I JUST HAD TO SAY IT TO YOU.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT, IF YOU HAVE ANY WITH REGARDS TO THE ANNEXATION AND THE PRESENTATION THAT WE PRESENTED LAST.
WE HAVE AVAILABLE IF IT'S NECESSARY TO GO THROUGH IT, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE A LONG AGENDA.
HE QUESTIONS GENTLEMEN VERY FIRMLY.
SURE, MARTIN FELIX, MY QUESTION DID DID FROM THE LAST MEETING DID WAS IT HOW WAS THE FEEDBACK FROM THE THE RESIDENT WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS? WE'VE HAD NO FEEDBACK, NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK WHATSOEVER AS FAR AS I CONTACT THE OFFICE OR.
NO, SIR, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
THANK YOU. WELL, MY COMMENT IS I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ANNEX THAT PROPERTY AND LIKE MASTER CHIEF SAYS, WHO WE'RE GOING TO RECOUP THOSE IMPACT FEES AS OPPOSED TO THEM GOING TO THE COUNTY.
UH. THE APPLICANT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF, ANY ANY PUBLIC SPEAKER. OK, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC AS YOU ARE.
GILBERT BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I THINK THIS IS A FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COULD RENT.
IT'S GOING TO SOLVE A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS. BUT, YOU KNOW, BILL BATTEN WITH EVERY POSITIVE, THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE.
SO SOME THINGS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT SINCE WE ARE ANNEXING IT INTO THE CITY OF PALM BAY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT TAX REVENUE AND THIS IS GOING TO GENERATE A LOT OF TAX REVENUE INTO THE CITY.
BUT SINCE WE'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING LAND RIGHT AWAY AND ACCESSING ALL ALONG MALABAR ROAD, I WAS TRYING TO CONFIRM THAT THEY WERE IF THEY WERE DONATING LAND OR IF IT WAS GOING TO BE TAX, TAX ABATEMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE CONFRONTING ALONG MALABAR.
AND WITH THAT IN MIND, AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO START LOOKING AT THE PLANNING FOR THE MALABAR EAST OF ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY, SINCE WE HAVE THAT SMALL PORTION TO THE WEST, IF WE CAN ALSO START LOOKING AT THE PAVING OF OF THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'RE DOING OUR MALABAR. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GET ONE SECTION NOT COMPLETED PLAN FROM THE BEGINNING, COMPLETE THE ENTIRE PROJECT INSTEAD OF GOING ONE PORTION AND HAVING TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. RIGHT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THEIR FAIR SHARE INTO THE TIFF FUNDING'S TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE FUNDS.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
AND SINCE WE'RE GETTING READY TO SPEND THAT ON MALABAR ROAD, LET'S JUST SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DONATE A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR LAND.
HOPEFULLY THEY ARE BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD PROJECT TO THE CITY AND THAT WE CAN PAVE AND GET IN THE PLANNING FOR THE PROCESS ALONG MALABAR.
THAT BEING SAID, I LOVE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SOLVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY BUT STILL WANT TO HAVE A NICE PLACE TO RENT, BUT KIND OF BE LIKE THEIR OWN LITTLE HOME.
THANK YOU, MR. CHIEF. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THAT, THAT FULL IMPACT OUT THERE IN THE WEST.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? OH, CERTAINLY, AND I WILL SAY REGARDING THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR MALABAR, AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME IN, INCLUDING THIS ONE, WE CERTAINLY REQUIRE THAT THEY HOLD THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE FUTURE WIDENING AND THAT IS THE CASE WITH THIS ONE AS WELL.
UM, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION? WEST OF THERE, THAT OH YES.
SO ACTUALLY, THE STUDY THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE TEPO PROGRAM AT PRESENT RUNS THE WIDENING PROCESS FOR THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN FROM THE INTERSECTION OF MALABAR AT THE ST.
JOHN'S RIDGE PARKWAY TO MINTON.
UM, BUT ACTUALLY, THE CITY ENGINEER AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL TO GET THAT EXTENDED BEYOND SO FURTHER WEST AT THE END OF MALABAR, THAT IS THE COUNTY'S PORTION OF THE ROAD. BUT WE HAVE A CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE TPO LEADERSHIP TEAM NEXT FRIDAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BRING THAT UP AS A DISCUSSION POINT.
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UH, COUNCILMAN FOSTER.I DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, I THINK WE NEED TO EXTEND THAT ALL THE WAY TO HIGH SCHOOL. UM, TO GET THAT.
WELL, WHITING, BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC WITH THE SCHOOL BUSSES AND SOME MORE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO GO DOWN THE ROAD PAST ST.
JOHN HERITAGE PARKWAY AND BUSINESSES ARE COMING IN THAT LOCATION.
IT'S GOING TO BE ONCE IT'S ALL DONE, IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE AREA IN PALM BAY TO SHOP AND LIVE.
SO I'M JUST ENCOURAGING CITY MANAGERS TO SEE FREAKY WHITE IN THAT ROLE ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ASYLUM? RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, HEY, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A A MOTION.
SO MOST OF THE IMPROVEMENT IS TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
ONE FINAL READING, SECOND ON A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECOND ABOUT COUNCILMAN FOSTER. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NOT ALL IN FAVOR.
WITNESS, TWENTY TWENTY TWO, TWENTY ONE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, OMITTING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF PROPERTY FROM A NEW AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL, OUR COUNTY TO OUR AM TEN SINGLE TO MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF AND ADJACENT TO MALABAR ROAD, EAST OF AN ADJACENT TO MELBOURNE TILLMANN WATER CONTROL DISTRICT CANAL SEVEN ILLEGALLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
YEAH. KIRSCHENBAUM TWO A SEVEN, AND HE COULD DRIVE COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA.
I'M READY TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
THANK YOU. MADAM SHERMAN, ANY COMMENTS, I THINK FURTHER, MAYOR, THANK YOU, SPEAKER AND DEPUTY MAYOR, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A A MOTION MOTION APPROVED ORDINANCE. TWENTY TWENTY TWO DASH.
TWENTY ONE FINAL READING SECOND ON A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING IN MY COUNCILMAN FOSTER ALL IN FAVOR, I PASSED THIS UNANIMOUSLY.
WHAT IS TWENTY TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF PROPERTY FROM BEING MOVIE BAYFRONT MIXED USE VILLAGE DISTRICT TO BE AMU BAY FOR A MIXED USE DISTRICT.
WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THISTLE AVENUE AND DIXIE HIGHWAY AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL BRUCE MOYE, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT FROM ONE TWO FIVE ZERO VESTAL GALLI BOULEVARD.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR REBUT IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL, MR. MOYER. THANK YOU, SIR.
ANY SPEAKER CARD'S DEPUTY MAYOR.
SEEING, NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION A MOTION APPROVED ONE IS TWENTY TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE FINAL READING.
I CAN ADD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECOND TO MY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ALL IN FAVOR, I GUESS AS UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ORDINANCE TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
SO. YES OR NO, IT'S TWENTY 20 TO DEATH, ZERO SEVEN IN ORDER TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 183 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGULATIONS SECTION ONE EIGHTY THREE POINT ZERO ONE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBSECTION D.
ADOPTION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND LEASE FAP PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
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YES, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO STAFF ABOUT THIS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY.THERE IS A RIGHT AWAY THAT WE HAD THOUGHT WAS VACATED THAT HAS NOT BEEN VACATED AND WE ARE MAKING APPLICATION FOR THAT.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ITEM SEVEN TWENTY TWENTY TWO TWENTY FIVE, RIGHT? THIS IS FOR THE.
YEAH, FOR ORANGE. YEAH, WE ALREADY TABLED IT, SIR.
YOU ALREADY TABLED IT. OK, GOOD.
OK. I THOUGHT SO. THAT WAS MY MISTAKE.
ITEM SEVEN BUT WE ARE BACK EARLY ON ITS ITEM EIGHT.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANT WASN'T AVAILABLE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS AS WE VOTED ON SO FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH SINCE THE APPLICANT, NOT HERE AT THIS TIME.
IT IS NOW OPEN AND I'M GOING TO ASK.
OR SPEAK SPEAKER CARDS, CHARLES BYERS, FOLLOWED BY STEVE DUNHAM.
ALSO. STEVE DUNHAM, FOLLOWED BY JAMES CROTZER.
YES, SIR, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THE APP INTO THE MIXER, JUST LIKE THE MIKE, CLOSER TO THE APPLICANTS WANT TO CHANGE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL TO MULTIFAMILY.
UH, THIS IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE 32 SINGLE HOMES JUST ON KRASSNER DRIVE.
WITH 15 HOMES UNDER VARIOUS FORMS OF CONSTRUCTION JUST ON KRASSNER DRIVES, ALL OF THE STREETS ADJACENT ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND IF IT GETS CHANGED TO UNDER, YOU KNOW, TO MULTIFAMILY, THEY CAN ACTUALLY BUILD 15 UNITS PER ACRE.
NOW, WHEN THEY WENT BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD, THEY SAID THEY WERE TRYING TO GET IT CHANGED FOR CONDOS OR TOWNHOUSES.
BUT ONCE IT'S CHANGED TO MULTIFAMILY.
THERE CAN BE APARTMENTS BUILT THERE.
AND THAT CAN BE UP TO 15 UNITS PER ACRE.
THIS IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR THIS AREA.
EVERY TIME THE INVESTORS THAT OWN THE PROPERTY FROM THE WEST COAST.
UH, EVERY TIME THE REAL ESTATE MARKET ESCALATES A LITTLE BIT, THEY PUT IT ON THE MARKET.
I AM A LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.
THE LAST TIME WHEN THE MARKET ESCALATED, THEY PUT IT ON THE MARKET FOR EIGHT, OVER $800000.
NOW, THE LAST TIME THEY PUT IT ON THE MARKET, THEY PUT IT IT ON FOR $1.4 MILLION.
I CALLED THE AGENT FOR ONE OF MY INVESTORS AND.
WHAT HE INFORMED ME IS THAT'S ACTUALLY A REDUCED PRICE.
WE WERE GOING TO ASK ONE POINT SIXTY FIVE MILLION FOR, BUT WE FIGURED WE'D REDUCE IT TO ONE POINT FOUR MILLION.
SO THE BUYER COULD RUN WATER AND SEWER POINT EIGHT MILES.
INVESTORS FROM OUT OF OUR COUNTY COME IN, BUY UP LAND.
WE DON'T WANT APARTMENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S NOT RESIDENTIAL IN THIS AREA IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SIX POINT FIVE ACRES IS A CHURCH.
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OUT THERE IS.
TO. WHICH UNDER OUR EYES, TOO, YOU CAN BUILD A SMALLER HOME, YOU CAN BUILD A 1200 SQUARE FOOT HOME WITH A ONE CAR GARAGE.
I, AS ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, HAVE THANK YOU.
NO OFFERS. CAN I HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE SO.
SO WE'LL WE'RE GOING TO ENTERTAIN OTHER FOLKS TO SPEAK.
ALL RIGHT. HOWEVER, YOU MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION.
YES, SIR. YOU, YOU WOULD ENTERTAIN TOWNHOMES, BUT NOT APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
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ONCE YOU CORRECTLY, I UNDERSTAND ONCE YOU MAKE IT MULTIFAMILY.WHEN THEY WENT BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD, WHO DID NOT RECOMMEND IT, THEY SHOT IT DOWN.
ONCE YOU LET IT BECOME MULTIFAMILY, THEY CAN TELL YOU THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD CONDOS OR TOWNHOUSES.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS KEEP WITH THE IRS TO MINIMUM 1200 SQUARE FOOT.
THANK YOU, MY NAME IS BOARD WALTON, AS HE SAID, I LIVE WITH FIFTEEN POINT SEVENTY SEVEN.
GEISINGER IN MY PROPERTY IS PALM BAY.
OF COURSE, NORTHWEST IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE PROPERTIES IN QUESTION.
AND THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT IS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TWO THINGS SAFETY AND PROPERTY VALUE, FOREMOST SAFETY AND PROPERTY VALUE.
WHEN, IF AND WHEN THEY SHOULD CHANGE THIS TO MULTIFAMILY UNIT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, YOU WOULD BRING IN WHO KNOWS WHAT.
AND AND RIGHT NOW, OUR PROPERTIES WHERE I SIT AND AND PEOPLE AROUND ME, I THINK I CAN TALK FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY HERE.
WE'RE LIKE GEMS OF REAL ESTATE THAT SITS IN AMONG THE COMMUNITY COMPARED TO THE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE THE NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THERE, THEY'RE LIKE LITTLE SHOEBOXES OR CIGAR BOXES THAT ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
YOU CAN HAND SOMEBODY TO SOMETHING THROUGH THEIR WINDOW NEXT DOOR JUST LIKE THIS.
SURE, THEY MIGHT BE GATED COMMUNITIES, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF SECURITY. BUT AS A RESIDENTIAL AREA, WE HAVE SECURITY THROUGH THE POWER OF NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH KNOWING EACH OTHER.
BUT WE HAVE PROPERTIES THAT SIT LIKE I SAID, LIKE TINY LITTLE ESTATES, WHERE OUR HOUSES ARE FAIRLY NICE SIZE ON NICE SIZE PROPERTY, BUT A DECENT DISTANCE IN BETWEEN EACH OTHER.
SO WE LOOK EXTREMELY GOOD THE WAY WE ARE.
IF YOU TAKE THAT AWAY AND YOU PUT IN A GIANT APARTMENT COMPLEX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU BRING IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ANY VESTED INTEREST IN THEIR PROPERTIES LIKE WE DO.
SO THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO PERHAPS TAKE CARE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR TO OR IT MIGHT BRING IN CERTAIN ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BEFORE YOU AS TO JUST EXPRESS THESE DESIRES AND WANTS FOR THE MAJORITY OF US HERE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE COMMUNITY WHO SUPPORT ALL OF YOU.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, AND I'D LIKE TO JUST PUT MY HAT IN THE RING, SO TO SPEAK, AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT IT.
I DON'T WANT IT. WE DON'T WANT IT.
VOTE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR PROPERTIES AS A RESIDENCE.
WE'D LIKE TO KEEP OUR RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE BOUGHT INTO THE SAME AS IT HAS BEEN.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN PLACES THAT ARE PUT SET ASIDE FOR APARTMENTS AND SO FORTH, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT THERE NESTLED IN AMONG US, IF YOU WILL.
I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, I DON'T MEAN THAT ANYTHING NEGATIVE TOWARD ANYBODY.
I JUST MEAN, IF YOU, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, BUY INTO A CERTAIN THING, YOU WANT IT TO STAY THAT WAY. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY, AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME.
JENNY HILL. FOLLOWED BY AVERY PEARL.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, I'M JENNY YOUNG.
MY ADDRESS IS 15:24 KISSINGER COURT NORTHWEST PALM BAY, OUR HOME THAT WE'VE BEEN IN FOR 13 YEARS, IS LIKE TWO LOTS SOUTHEAST OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AREA.
AND WHEN WE MOVED HERE, IT WAS QUIET, THE LOTS WERE LARGE.
IT WAS VERY NICE. AND LIKE MORT, I WOULD LIKE IT TO STAY THAT WAY.
THE SALE OF MY HOUSE WHEN I CAN NO LONGER LIVE THERE WILL SUPPORT ME AND I WOULD LIKE IT NOT TO BE DEVALUED BY A MULTIFAMILY, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED AREA.
NOT TOO FAR. I TOO AM CONCERNED WITH CRIME AND I'M CONCERNED WITH TRAFFIC ON KRASNER.
KRASNER IS ALREADY A BUSY STREET AND IT'S NOT REALLY ABLE TO HANDLE A WHOLE LOT OF TRAFFIC. THEY JUST GOT THROUGH RESURFACING IT, AND THAT'S VERY NICE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD LAST IF WE HAD A WHOLE RAFT OF PEOPLE DRIVING UP, SO I WOULD LIKE MY PROPERTY NOT TO BE DEVALUED BY HAVING THAT MULTIFAMILY THING.
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I'M SORRY THAT THE CHANS DECIDED TO HAVE THAT ZONED AS COMMERCIAL, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT. THEY'RE BAD DECISION.I REALLY DON'T. IF THEY HAVE A IF THEY HAVE A BIG APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE, WILL THEY HAVE TO HAVE CITY WATER? WILL THEY HAVE TO HAVE SEWER? I CAN'T AFFORD THAT.
I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO BE ON.
I'M ON A LIMITED INCOME AND I DON'T WANT TO BE SADDLED WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY BECAUSE THE CHANS WANT TO GET THEIR INVESTMENT BACK.
HMM. IT'LL BE TOO MUCH LATE AT NIGHT FROM THE PARKING LOT.
I REALLY DON'T WANT THAT EITHER.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME REGARD IN AN APARTMENT.
IF YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT, YOU DON'T HAVE THE REGARD FOR A COMMUNITY LIKE PEOPLE WITH HOMES THAT THEY HAVE TO CUT THE GRASS.
THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE TREES TRIMMED.
THEY HAVE TO. THEY TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR HOMES.
AND IF YOU'RE IN AN APARTMENT, YOU DON'T GIVE A RIP.
REALLY, THE MOST YOU CAN DO IS CALL YOUR LANDLORD AND SAY, MY PIPES LEAK OR WHATEVER.
THAT'S I'M SORRY, THAT'S I DON'T WANT THAT.
AND IF THEY DECIDE TO PUT IN MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS ON THESE LOTS, IT SETS A PRECEDENT.
AND THERE ARE LOTS OF GREEN AREAS THAT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER USED FOR HOMES.
IF IT STARTS HERE, WHERE DOES IT STOP? THERE ARE PLENTY OF GREEN AREAS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD LOOK TERRIBLE IF HE HAD A LUNCH, A BUNCH OF MULTIFAMILY.
HERE HE IS THERE, PLUS BEING DEVALUED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND I WAS THINKING, IF ITEM FIVE WAS APPROVED, WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER MULTIFAMILY? THANK YOU, MA'AM. OK.
IT'S AVERY PEERS, MY HANDWRITING IS JUST A LITTLE SLOPPY, BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. AVERY PIERCE I LIVE ON EIGHTEEN SIXTY FIVE REDBUD CIRCLE RIGHT OFF OF KRASSNER NEXT TO ALL THESE OTHER FAMILY AND INDIVIDUALS.
I SPEAK ON MYSELF AND MY WIFE AND MY FIVE YEAR OLD SON WHO LIVES IN THIS EXACT NEIGHBORHOOD. I VOTE AGAINST MOVING FORWARD WITH MAKING THIS A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. AS FOR SAFETY AND CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AS ALL THESE OTHER INDIVIDUALS HAVE SPOKE ON BEFORE ME.
RESIDENTIALLY, WISE AND AS SHE JUST SPOKE ON THE ROAD, WAS JUST REPAVED TWO YEARS AGO, MAYBE CREATING A NEW CITY, WATER, SEPTIC OR SEWAGE, ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO MEAN THAT THE ROAD WOULD BE REDONE.
ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF CAUSING MORE FINANCIAL BURDENS ON ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SURROUNDING THE AREA.
IF A MULTIFAMILY OR APARTMENT BUILDING APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHERE TO GO IN AND ANOTHER REASON WHY I CHOSE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS I'M ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY, I'M A STAFF SERGEANT IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, AND I CHOSE TO LIVE 30 MINUTES AWAY BECAUSE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SPACED OUT HOW EVEN THOUGH THERE'S APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES AND COMMUNITIES GOING IN ALL ACROSS THE ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY ACROSS MALABAR COMPLEX, I CHOSE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMUNITIES OR GATED COMMUNITIES AS THEY SAY, THAT ARE NEXT DOOR.
YOU CAN REACH YOUR ARM OUT AND TOUCH ANOTHER WINDOW THROUGH IT.
I HAVE THE SPACE, I HAVE THE THE PEACE IN MIND FOR MY FAMILY AND ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS, AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK ON ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF MY DIRECT NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ALSO EITHER ACTIVE DUTY OR VETERANS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT THAT'S WHY THEY CHOSE TO MOVE INTO THIS AREA IS FOR THE PEACEFULNESS OF WHAT IT IS.
EVERYBODY HAS A FAMILY CONNECTION OR A COMMUNITY CONNECTION WITH THEIR NEIGHBOR WITHOUT THE ENTIRE STREET AND THE WHOLE POPULACE OF THE KRASSNER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND HAVING APARTMENTS OR OTHER SUCH BUILDINGS ENTERING THIS COMMUNITY WOULD, I THINK, DISRUPT ITS PEACEFULNESS AND THE HERITAGE BRINGS TO EVERYBODY LIVING THERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. DID YOU SAY, STAFF SERGEANT? YES, SIR, YOUR STAFF SERGEANT.
WELL, STETSON PIERCE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
APPRECIATE IT FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR NATION AND JUST SAT AT A GP.
I'LL TELL YOU, GENERAL GENERAL PURDY WOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
HE'S A GREAT GUY. HE'S A GOOD GUY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM THAT
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FORWARD, SIR? MY NAME IS TRACEY BROWNFIELD, I'VE I'VE FOR CACTI COURT.I CAME DOWN THREE TIMES LOOKING FOR AN AREA TO LIVE IN.
I CHOSE WHERE I AM NOW FOR THE EXACT SAME REASONS THIS MAN JUST SAID THE PEACE AND QUIET, AN OLD GROWTH NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE INVESTED THEIR MONEY.
ALL THEY WANT IS THEIR MONEY BACK AND MORE OF IT.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE. ALL WE NEED TO DO IS HAVE A NICE, SIMPLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU'VE GOT AN AREA THAT WAS DISPLAYED HERE.
THIS MAN OVER HERE IS WORKING FOR WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A RENT TO OWN MULTIFAMILY COMPLEXES. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.
MOST HOMES ARE GREAT, APARTMENTS ARE WONDERFUL.
HELL, THEY'RE FLYING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE AROUND HERE NOW.
GREAT. THEY DON'T NEED TO BE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT THE HELL? THIS LET US BE REFUSE THAT IF THEY WERE TO BUILD HOUSES, I'M ON BOARD.
DON'T MIND AT ALL. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THEIR GOAL IS TO GET AS MUCH MONEY OUT OF THIS AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE IN BUSINESS AND THAT'S WHY THEY CHOSE THIS LITTLE PIECE OF DIRT. IT'S NOT FOR US, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BENEFIT US.
YES, YOU MAY GET SOME MORE TAXES.
OK, YOU GOT A LOT OF LAND TO GET TAXES OFF OF AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO STEP FORWARD, SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? HELLO, MY NAME IS KIM BOTELHO.
I LIVE IN 1897, PINDELL COURT AND PALM BAY I'VE LIVED.
I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 20, ALMOST 29 YEARS, SO I'VE BEEN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A LONG TIME JUST BEFORE IT WAS DIRT ROADS.
BUT IT'S KRASSNER THAT LITTLE UNIT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON KRASSNER.
THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN.
WHEN I PRINTED OFF ALL THIS DECEMBER 1ST WAS THE FIRST MEETING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING 15 UNITS PER ACRES THAT WOULD MAKE 97 UNITS, THEY THOUGHT FOR THIS SMALL PIECE OF SIX ACRE PROPERTY.
IT'S NOT THAT I'M OPPOSED TO HAVING ANY KIND OF HOUSING THERE, AND I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES BECAUSE EVEN PEOPLE IN APARTMENTS DO CARE ABOUT WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHAT THEY WHAT THEY HAVE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE JUST OPPOSED TO THAT MANY BEING ON SUCH A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY, SIX ACRES, THAT'S A LOT OF HOUSING FOR REALLY SMALL STREET.
WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS ON THAT CROWN.
KRASSNER IT'S A VERY IT LEADS RIGHT UP TO THE PARK.
THE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BRIDGE WAY OVER TO OUR FRED POPPY PARK.
IT'S A GREAT PARK, SO IT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO WALK.
BUT THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS THERE.
IT'S A LOT OF HOUSING FOR JUST A SMALL UNIT OF OF OF LAND.
SO ALL THAT PLUS THE HOUSE IS THAT BACK UP TO THAT UNIT TO WOULD ALSO BE RIGHT ON IN SOME KIND OF A BIGGER COMPLEX.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT SOME HOUSING THERE, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO MAYBE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING OR MAYBE SOME PATIO TYPE HOMES, BUT JUST WHAT YOUR PRESENTATION WAS BEFORE THIS, THIS STELLAR HOMES, I ASKED MR. KIRSHENBAUM HOW MANY PLACES WOULD BE GOING THERE.
HE SAID 266 RENTAL UNITS, JUST A MILE DOWN THE ROAD FROM KRASSNER.
SO THERE'S OH, THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSING GOING UP THERE, A LOT OF RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T WANT SOME KIND OF HOUSING THERE, BUT NINETY SEVEN UNITS IS A LOT OF HOUSING FOR JUST ONE SIX SIX EIGHT SIX ACRE PROPERTY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OK.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE STEP FORWARD, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, DAVID MOALLEM, SIXTEEN SIXTY THREE, GEORGIA STREET, NORTHEAST.
I OWN SEVERAL PIECES OF VACANT LAND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY PAID ANY ATTENTION TO THIS REQUEST TILL NOW.
UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
HE'S AS BAD AS IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THIS SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOTS AND THEN YOU GOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
AT LEAST THAT WOULD SERVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PUDDING APARTMENT COMPLEX OVER THERE.
IT IT GENERATES SUCH A CRAZY TRAFFIC COMING AND GOING AND DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY DID SAY A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
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SO IT SERVES THE NEIGHBORS.A ABIDJAN, THE ARMY KNOWS CONVENIENCE STORE, SOMETHING THAT.
LOWER THE TRAFFIC SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME ELSEWHERE TO BUY SOMETHING.
APARTMENT COMPLEX IS GOING TO DISRUPT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO DESTROY IT.
THEY CAN SELL IT AS COMMERCIAL SALE IS VALUABLE PROPERTY.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ASYLUM? GOOD NIGHT AGAIN, COUNCILMAN, MR. MAYOR. NO DISRESPECT.
NO DISRESPECT TO THE COUNCIL, BUT ONE OF THE SITUATION I SAW OVER THE YEARS IS WE NEED TO TRY AND FOCUS ON ZONING AND KIND OF SEPARATE THE ZONING.
IF WE HAVE LIKE A RESTAURANT AREA WHERE WE LOOK ABOUT MCDONALD'S OR ANY KIND OF CHAIN RESTAURANT, WE HAVE A ZONING FOR THAT.
WE HAVE A ZONING FOR INDUSTRIAL.
WE HAVE A ZONING FOR COMMERCIAL.
YOU KNOW, OUR ARE SO ON AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO WE SHOULD DEVELOP A ZONING FOR THESE MASSIVE HIGH-RISE BUILDING APARTMENT AND STUFF AND TRY, DON'T PUT IT ALL OVER THE CITY.
IT'S JUST LIKE POLLUTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THE CITIZEN ON THIS TOPIC TO DENY THIS REQUEST.
THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ASYLUM? SEEING, NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE APPLICANTS NOT HERE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IF STAFF HAD ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
YES. I'M LOOKING AT STAFF UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
THE REPORT INCLUDES STAFF'S COMMENTS ON IT, SO.
AND WHAT WAS THE PLANNING AND ZONING VOTE WAS FOUR TO TWO DENYING REQUEST? THANK YOU. WELL, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND.
ASKING COUNCIL TO VOTE FOR A MOTION EITHER WAY HERE.
MOTION TO DENY IN ITS TWENTY TWO DASH 07, I'LL SECOND THAT ONE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF VALID POINTS MADE, BUT I ALSO WANT THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT PROPERTY RIGHTS GO FOR FOR BOTH SIDES.
SO SO I'M GIVING THE WHOLE SCOPE OF IT.
YOU KNOW, PROPERTY RIGHTS GO FOR BOTH SIDES, SO I WANT US TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. BUT TO THAT POINT, THIS COUNCIL HAS DEFINITELY DONE A GREAT JOB IN REGARDS TO TRYING TO PROVIDE DIVERSE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SAW IT JUST EARLIER ON ITEM FIVE.
AND YOU SEE IT ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND OTHER AREAS.
BUT I JUST DON'T SEE THIS AREA BEING, YOU KNOW, A SUITABLE AREA FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE CONDUCIVE IN THIS AREA.
AND THAT'S WHY I CAN'T SUPPORT IT, AS IS MR..
MOALLEM, YOU MADE A GREAT POINT IN REGARDS TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS A DOMINO'S OR SOMETHING, OR EVEN IF IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE CONDUCIVE FOR THAT AREA.
BUT AS IT SITS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW, I CANNOT SUPPORT IT.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, I GOT A I SECONDED THE MOTION BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, SAFETY IS CRITICAL IN MY VIEWS ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? AND SO KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE TRAFFIC IS ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT IN THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS REGARDING THE SAFETY AND TRAFFIC ISSUES.
COUNCILWOMAN FOSTER FELIX MAYOR.
I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THIS ITEM, AS MUCH AS I AGREE PARTIALLY TO A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS COMMENTS.
I WOULD. HAS AGREED TO SAFETY BECAUSE BASED ON STUFF COMING.
COMMERCIAL WILL GENERATE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC AND BAN THAN RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, HAVING A COMMERCIAL BUILDING THERE OR COMMERCIAL, SOME SORT OF RETAIL BUSINESSES WOULD GENERATE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC, AND THAT'S BEEN PROVEN.
THAT'S FAT. SECONDLY, IN TERMS OF PROPERTY VALUE, THERE'S NO WAY.
CAME A FORM IT WOULD IMPACT THE PROPERTY VALUE.
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NONE WHATSOEVER. NOW MY MY QUESTION WOULD BE MY CONCERN.I GOT I GOT SOME CONCERN WITH THIS.
I DO AGREE THAT WITH THE DENSITY.
HAVING THAT MANY UNITS ON THIS SMALL PORTION OF PROPERTY, WHAT WE CAN CONSIDER SMALL OR OVER 90 UNITS, I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE.
I DON'T THINK SAFETY IS NECESSARILY IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC.
I MEAN, I'M NOT THE APPLICANT BY ANY MEANS OR M10, REDUCE THE DENSITY OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, I THINK WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE THAN OUR M15.
BUT. IN THAT SENSE, I WOULD GO ALONG WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL OR AGAINST IT, JUST SHOW THE DENSITY ALONE, BUT IN TERMS OF UNIFORMITY, I THINK.
THE TOWNHOMES MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE PUTTING A DOLLAR GENERAL, FOR EXAMPLE.
I GUARANTEE YOU YOU ALL WOULD BE YELLING AND SCREAMING, PUTTING A DOLLAR GENERAL BACK.
RIGHT. WOULD YOU AGREE? SO CURRENTLY, IF I MAY SPEAK TO THAT? LET'S LET'S BE, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY HERE.
A DOLLAR GENERAL, I GUARANTEE YOU IT WOULD RAISE THE SAME CONCERN FROM THE RESIDENT.
SO IN MY VIEW? TO ME, HAVING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AGAIN, THE DENSITY I SPOKE TO THAT I THINK IT'S QUITE A BIT OF M10 WOULD PROBABLY MAKE MORE SENSE.
I'LL TAKE 60 UNITS, OVER 90 UNITS.
BUT IN TERMS OF HAVING COMMERCIAL THERE AND COMMERCIAL, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH RESIDENT TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL RETAIL COMMERCIAL IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S A DEAD END.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET TRAFFIC FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVES ON MALABAR OR ANY OTHER AREA TO GO IN THERE TO SHOP.
SO, SO IN THAT SENSE, COMMERCIAL TO ME IN A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, AGAIN, TO DEPUTY MAYOR'S POINT. I MEAN, PROPERTY RIGHTS GOES BOTH WAY.
SO I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD THE FACT THAT FOR THE DENSITY ASPECT, I THINK IT M10 WOULD MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE.
BUT IN TERMS OF SAFETY OR PROPERTY VALUE, I DON'T I DON'T SEE IT.
THEY'LL BE NICE, NOT APARTMENT PER SAY.
AND DEFINITELY, I GUARANTEE YOU I WOULD HOLD THEM TO THAT AND TOWNHOMES WOULD OFFER OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DISCOUNTS ARE ENCOURAGED.
NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD A $300000 HOUSING, AND I TALKED TO ALL YOUNG POLICE OFFICER, OUR YOUNG TEACHERS, BASED ON THEIR SALARY TODAY.
AN AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY IN PALM BAY TODAY, IT'S ABOUT 300000.
WHO CAN YOU KNOW MOST OR PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, WORKER, IT CAN AFFORD THAT.
SO I THINK HAVING BRINGING DIVERSITY IN OLD HOUSING.
WOULD WOULD WOULD HELP A PROJECT LIKE THAT, A LOWER DENSITY WOULD MAKE COMPLETE SENSE IN THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S MY VIEW, AND MAYBE THAT'S THAT'S WELL AND I APPRECIATE YOUR VIEW.
BUT COUNCILMAN FELIX TO THAT ARGUMENT, YOU JUST MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT I WAS MAKING REGARDING SAFETY, RIGHT? BUT YOU SAID COMMERCIAL TYPICALLY INCREASES THE TRAFFIC.
AND TYPICALLY, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
BUT BY YOUR SECOND STATEMENT OF SAYING THAT PEOPLE FROM MALABAR ON A COMMERCIAL, IF THAT IS COMMERCIAL LIKE A WHAT WAS IT, A DOMINO'S THAT YOU SAID, I SEE THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD USING THAT COMMERCIAL.
BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT THAT MALABAR ROAD.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY DRIVING FROM MALABAR INTO THAT COMMERCIAL SPACE.
BUT I DO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVING THAT COMMERCIAL ENTITY OR THAT COMMERCIAL BENEFIT WITHIN THAT. OR IT'S SIMPLY SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH HOUSING TO SUPPORT ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL, EXCEPT IF IT'S IF IT'S A DENTIST OFFICE, THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, MAYBE.
BUT IN TERMS OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL, YOU NEED A LOT MORE HOUSING, A LOT MORE TRAFFIC TO SUPPORT ANY TYPE OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL.
I GOT THAT. BUT YOU HAD SAID IT WOULD INCREASE TRAFFIC.
I WOULD SEE IT BEING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THAT TRAFFIC WOULD BE CONFINED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS WENT AWAY? YEAH, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AND.
AND. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
UH, IF THERE WAS TO PUT WHATEVER AT THAT LOCATION.
BUT I DO AGREE WITH THE RESIDENTS.
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BECAUSE I'VE DRIVEN DOWN THAT STREET IS DEAD INTO THE VERY POPPY PARK.BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE HOUSES ARE SPREAD OUT.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES GOING UP THERE THAT'S GOING TO ADD TO THE BEAUTY OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
PEOPLE DO TAKE PRIDE WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN CRASH AND YOU CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE TAKE PRIDE AND THEY AND THEIR PROPERTY.
TWO THINGS. THE DENSITY THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD WANT TO PUT ON THAT PROPERTY.
OK. I DON'T THINK TRAFFIC IS THE SAFETY, I THINK THE SAFETY PART IS IF WE HAVE A FIRE OR EMERGENCY. THAT'S THAT'S THE SAFETY PART OF GETTING DOWN THAT ROAD IS EASY, BUT TRYING TO GET INTO A A 97 HOME, 97 TOWNHOMES.
WE DO NEED TOWNHOMES IN THE CITY.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DENSITY AND THE CHANGING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE REASON I MADE MY MOTION TO CONTINUE BECAUSE OF DUE PROCESS.
AND THE REASON I SAID AT THE BEGINNING THAT YOU SHOULD MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN COME BACK AND MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT BECAUSE THAT WAS YOUR RIGHT TO DO.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON A RECORD, IT WOULD HAVE WENT THROUGH MY EARS.
OK. YOU KNOW, I COULD SAY THE CUP IS BLUE, BUT THAT'S NOT ON THE RECORD.
BUT WHEN IT GETS TO THE COURTROOM, THE CUP IS BLUE NOW IS ON THE RECORD.
BUT I HEARD IT WHEN YOU SAID IT THE FIRST TIME.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT.
WHERE AIR FORCE. YOU WON ME OVER.
IT WON'T BE OVER BECAUSE AT THIS POINT.
WE NEED. OK, I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.
BOARD DECISION. UM, NOT YOU CAN'T GO ON YOUR MOTION.
BUT I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AREA.
I KNOW I DON'T WANT NO COMMERCIAL THERE.
I WON'T DRIVE THERE TO GET ANYTHING.
NO ONE WOULD DRIVE THERE TO GET ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. DOLLAR GENERAL WILL BE HORRIBLE AT THAT SPOT.
A GAS STATION WOULD BE HORRIBLE AT THAT SPOT, BUT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LIKE THE ONES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE NICE.
OK, BUT ANY OTHER ANY COMMERCIAL THERE, IN MY OPINION, WOULD NOT ADD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO BASED ON WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME.
I CAN'T SUPPORT THE CHANGE IN THE ZONING, SO COUNCIL, I'VE GOT A MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST, SAYING IT DIDN'T BY THE MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR OF JOHNSON, SECONDED BY RA MEDINA. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? THE ANONYMOUS CALL INTO QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE DENIAL.
SO. SO, GENTLEMEN, SINCE IT WAS DENIED ITEM NUMBER NINE, THERE'S THERE'S NO NEED WE'RE GOING TO ITEM NUMBER 10 WITNESS TWENTY TWENTY TWO DASH 14, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A CYPRESS BAY WEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 194 FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR NAMING THE INITIAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE DISTRICT.
ESTABLISHING THE NAME OF THE DISTRICT.
DESIGNATING THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT, DESIGNATING THE POWERS AND SPECIAL POWERS OF THE DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
MY NAME IS. EARLY WINE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
WE HAVE WITH US ALSO ROGER VANOCUR FROM FOUR STAR.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH KIDS.
I THINK YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED THREE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
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QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT COUNCILMAN.THE SPEAKER CARD'S DEPUTY MAYOR.
NONE. OK, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND AS YOU WERE, COME ON UP, SIR.
MS. THE CHIEF. BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST, I HAD TWO QUESTIONS WITH THIS ONE.
WELL, THE DEDICATION TO A CD ELIMINATE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO THEIR SHARE OF THE DEDICATED TIFF FUNDINGS FOR THE ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY PHASE THREE.
SECOND, SECOND ITEM WAS COULD THE CITY SEE ANY NEGATIVE SIDES TO A CD IN THIS AREA? I COULDN'T FIND ANY.
I KIND OF LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO TAX THEMSELVES EVEN MORE AND INSTEAD OF EXPECTING THE RESIDENTS TO PAY FOR THE DEVELOPER'S DEVELOPMENT, I KIND OF LIKE IT, BUT I COULDN'T THINK OF ANY. BUT IF THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO COULD TELL ME A NEGATIVE SIDE ABOUT A CD FROM A BUILDER, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BEING PASSED ON TO ME.
CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING NEGATIVE OR.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO I CAN'T, BUT I'M NOT FAR AS LEGALLY, ESSENTIALLY TYPICALLY WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS THAT WE HAVE AND I THINK THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE AS WELL IS THE MEANS FOR THEM TO PROVIDE SOME FINANCING, USUALLY FOR SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
DOWNSIZE TO THE CITY, DEALING WITH THE ISD.
YOU KNOW, I TYPICALLY RESOLVE THAT WHEN WE DO OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY IS PROTECTED BECAUSE OF THEIR STATUSES, AND I'VE DONE THAT IN OTHERS.
SO THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT COULD COME ACROSS, BUT I'M WELL VERSED IN THOSE AND I MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT HARMS US.
SO THEY THEY HAVE THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEIR MEANS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE CITY AS A MEANS OF APPROVING THE PROJECT AND KNOWING THAT THE PROJECT CAN GET DONE.
SO THUS FAR, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY DOWNSIDES TO THE CITY.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ASYLUM? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO. AND WHAT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING? I SEE PEOPLE MOVING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE RAISING THEIR HANDS AT THAT TIME, SO I PAUSED. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION APPROVAL, AND IT'S TWENTY TWENTY TWO TO FOURTEEN.
FIRST READING, I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON THINKING ABOUT COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
THANK YOU, SIR. THEY'RE GOING TO BUY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER 11 MS. SMITH OR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER ONE EIGHTY THREE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGULATIONS SECTION ONE EIGHTY THREE POINT ZERO ONE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBSECTION D.
ADOPTION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP PROVIDED FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HERE AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STEP FORWARD AND PRESENT THEIR CASE.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, DAVID MAALIM, SIXTEEN SIXTY THREE, GEORGIA STREET. THIS IS A PORT MALABAR UNIT 40, WHICH IS THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF MALABAR AND BABCOCK.
THAT SECTION WAS PRETTY MUCH ENTIRELY ACCEPT MALABAR ROAD FRONTAGE WAS PREVIOUSLY MULTIFAMILY. SOME 20 YEARS AGO, I WAS IMPLEMENTED BY ASKING CHRIS NORTON AND DAVE WATKINS TO CHANGE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD INTO COMMERCIAL, WHICH WAS THE RIGHT MOVE. THEY DID THAT AND WE ENTIRELY CHANGED AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT SECTION INTO COMMERCIAL, WHICH HAS SERVED THE PALM BAY PRETTY WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY, MULTIFAMILY SMALL UNITS HAVE BEEN A DRAG ON THAT AREA.
IT'S BEEN CREATED A RUNDOWN AND I WISH THE ENTIRE THING WAS ACTUALLY COMMERCIAL, WHICH WE ARE PRETTY SHORT IN THE CITY AND THIS IS A VERY GOOD LOCATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TOO MUCH CLOSE TO I-94.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES ARE ACTUALLY SURROUNDED CURRENTLY IS LAND USE, ZONING, MULTIFAMILY. BUT THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL TO THE EAST, TO THE WEST AND TO THE
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NORTH. UH, I'M SORRY TO THE SOUTH IN THE NORTH, ONLY AT ONE POINT THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE MULTIFAMILY.A, I HAVE SOLD THE PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE VEST.
THE DEVELOPER ACTUALLY WANTS TO DO A LARGER COMMERCIAL AND JUST THE PIECES ARE MISMATCHED, SO.
I REQUEST THAT THIS BE ALSO CHANGED INTO THE COMMERCIAL, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO WHEN WE REQUESTED TO THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE CHANGED.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMMERCIAL, BUT SOMEHOW WAS NOT.
I JUST ASK THAT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONSIDER CHANGING THIS TO COMMERCIALS TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.
IF YOU ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT COUNCIL COUNCILMAN FOSTER, SIR, DO YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL THE DEVELOPER IS LOOKING TO? I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DEVELOP IT INTO A.
A PARKING AREA WITH SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE TRUCKS PARKING OR BOATING PARKS AND SO FORTH.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO 95 AND THERE IS A BIG SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE HAVE THESE THINGS THAT THEY CANNOT PARK IN THEIR HOUSES.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD IN MIND.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO FOLLOW THE CODE, WHATEVER THEY ARE.
THE OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN.
SPEAKER. HE WENT IN, THE AUDIENCE, WISHED TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
THE GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL NORMALLY DON'T DO THIS ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PROJECTS, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING PROCESS WITH THE PROPERTY JUST TO THE SOUTH.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME? SIR BRUCE MOYO WITH NB ENGINEERING.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO, YEAH, SO WE'RE DOING A COMMERCIAL PROJECT JUST TO THE SOUTH.
SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY PREFER TO BE UP AGAINST A SIMILAR COMMERCIAL IN THE AREA.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU DREW A LINE, EVERYTHING SOUTH OF THAT COMMERCIAL LINE SHOULD BE SHOULD BE COMMERCIAL.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? THE FORWARD, SIR. MAL HOWARD, THIRTEEN THIRTY ONE, SOUTH HARBOR CITY BOULEVARD, AND I'M THE CURRENT COMMERCIAL BROKER FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I AGREE WITH THE MR. MOYA AND MR MOALLEM.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND GOOD INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES FOR GUYS THAT WANT TO BUILD A SMALL COMPANY AND A WAREHOUSE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT WHOLE AREA SHOULD BE WHERE IT WOULD BE.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ASYLUM? SEEING, NONE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION A MOTION TO PROVE ONE IS TWENTY TWENTY TWO TWENTY SEVEN.
ONLY ONE READING REQUIRED A SECOND THAT MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY I'VE MEDINA. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? HEY, SEEING, NONE, I'M CALLING IT ALL IN FAVOR, PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ORTON IS TWENTY TWENTY TWO, TWENTY EIGHT, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, A CHANGE IN THE ZONING OF PROPERTY FROM AROUND 20 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, THE GC GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO MARTIN ROAD AND WEST OF AND ADJACENT TO THIRD AVENUE, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
DAVID MALDEN, YOU JUST APPROVED.
PREVIOUSLY, THE LAND USE CHANGE FROM MULTIFAMILY TO COMMERCIAL.
THIS REQUEST? IT'S PARALLEL TO THAT, AND IT WILL CHANGE THE ZONING TO MATCH THE COMMERCIAL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK. AND SPEAKER CARDS ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM, I'M
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GOING TO SAY IT'S QUITE THE CARD HAS TO BE.ALL RIGHT. CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOST IMPROVED WARREN IS TWENTY TWENTY TWO DASH TWENTY EIGHT, FIRST READING, SECOND GOT A A MOTION BY JOHNSON SEEING BY MEDINA, ALL IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 11 OR AS YOU WERE 13.
THAT'S TWENTY NINE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE KNOWN AS RICHMOND COVE PD AND PUDDY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST OF IT, ADJACENT TO GATOR DRIVE AND THE VICINITY NORTH OF OCEAN SPRAY STREET, ILLEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A COMMENCEMENT PERIOD PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M AN OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL BRUCE MOYER WITH NB ENGINEERING REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
THIS SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.
THIS IS A PORTION OF A PEEVED THAT WE HAD APPROVED A LITTLE WHILE AGO, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE CONTRACT FELL THROUGH ON THE NORTHERN PART.
SO WE'RE BACK TO YOU WITH JUST THE SOUTHERN PART.
SO IT'S A SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER OUR DENSITY IS IT'S ALLOWED AT FIVE UNITS PER ACRE.
WE'RE LESS THAN THREE UNITS PER ACRE.
THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT IS 25 PERCENT WERE AT 40 PERCENT.
WE'RE PROVIDING ALL KINDS OF RECREATION FACILITIES.
WE ARE BASICALLY NOT IMPACTING ABOUT 99 PERCENT OF AN EXISTING WETLAND ON THE SITE.
KEEPING THAT INTO CONSERVATION AND THEN JUST DOING A RESIDENTIAL PUDDY WITH ALL THE UTILITIES AND DRAINAGE AND STORMWATER AND OPEN SPACE THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CITY.
SO WE WOULD REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. AND HE QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT, COUNCILMAN.
THANK YOU, SIR. AND YOU SPEAK SPEAKER.
BILL BURTON. BILL BURTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST, I HAVE A LOT IN THREE MINUTES, I WISH I COULD HAVE HAD MORE.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BOARD, YOU SEE THE PROPERTY AND YOU SEE FIVE PIECES OF PROPERTY. THIS WAS ALL THE PROPERTY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED.
I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME FOR RURAL RESIDENTIAL LAND.
ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THAT CHART, THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH WHICH HE'S TALKING.
IF YOU LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER TWO, YOU SEE THAT LITTLE SQUARE THAT'S SURROUNDING IT.
THAT'S A PERSON THAT BOUGHT RURAL RESIDENTIAL LAND.
AND THIS BECAUSE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, THEY'VE COME IN AND THEY'VE CHANGED THAT INTO A PUDI FOR MAXIMUM DENSITY POPULATION.
THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO PEOPLE IN THERE, SO THAT INDIVIDUAL SHOULD HAVE HIS PROPERTY TURNED BACK TO RURAL RESIDENTIAL INSTEAD OF KEEPING IT ZONED, AS IS BECAUSE HIS CONTRACT FELL THROUGH. ALL RIGHT.
BACK TO OUR THAT'S GOOD PLANNING AND ZONING DENIAL ON THE ORIGINAL CASE OF THIS, WHEN IT WAS BOTH PIECES OF PROPERTY RECOMMENDED DENIAL ON THIS ON THIS PLAN.
NOW WE SAID IT. AND IF YOU GO BACK AND REPEAT YOUR HISTORY, I POINTED OUT WHAT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WERE. THOSE ARE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT LED TO THE FAILURE IN THIS AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN. SO HISTORY DOES REPEAT ITSELF, EVIDENTLY IN PLANNING AND ZONING.
THEY THEY MADE THE STATEMENT THAT GAYNOR DRIVE WAS A COLLECTOR ROAD MINOR COLLECTOR ROAD.
IT IS NOT, IN FACT, CITY COUNCIL WHO SAID WE USE IT AS A CUT THROUGH TO GET TO THE ACTUAL COLLECTOR ROAD, WHICH IS GARVEY.
SO THERE'S ONE MORE TIME WHERE THE INFORMATION WAS PUT OUT WRONG AND A DECISION WAS MADE ON THAT ONE. WHEN I ATTENDED THE PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING THE CHANGES IN THIS ONE, I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THE CITY OWNED NO RIGHT OF WAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF FALLS CHURCH AND GAINER CITY HAS NO RIGHT AWAY ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO I ASKED, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE WATER TO THIS DEVELOPMENT? THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WAS TOLD, YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
THAT WAS THE ACTUAL ANSWER I GOT.
I EXPECTED COMING FROM A DEVELOPER.
ALL RIGHT. MAJOR WETLANDS, IF I CAN SEE THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE, BEFORE I RUN OUT OF TOWN, SEE HOW THAT BLACK SHADED AREA.
THIS COMES FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM CITY OF PALM BAY THAT IS THE WETLANDS IN THIS AREA. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE ONE MORE. YOU SEE THE GREEN AREA THAT IS ALL THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL THERE HASH MARK. THAT IS THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
JOHN'S WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS EVERYTHING TO THE WEST.
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I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT, EVEN THOUGH THEY COME, IF IT DOES HAPPEN. OF HOW MUCH LAND MASS THEY ARE TRYING TO SAVE.BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT, THE REASON THEY'RE SAVING IT ISN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD SAMARITANS OF THE LAND.
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S DEDICATED WETLANDS AND THEY CAN'T USE IT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S HAPPENING THIS WAY.
EIGHTY SIX HOMES, IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK ON THE BUILDABLE LAND MASS, IT'S PACKED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAD TO GET AS MUCH IN THERE IN THREE MINUTES AS I COULD.
MASTER CHIEF. AND THE OTHER SPEAKER CARDS.
AS YOU WERE. COME ON, STEP FORWARD.
YEAH, I DON'T REMEMBER SAYING A MAGIC WAND, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM, BUT MAYBE I WASN'T THERE, BUT THE DEVELOPER WILL BE BRINGING WATER AND SEWER TO THIS PROPERTY. QUITE THE EXPENSE BY BRINGING IT FROM THE SOUTH UP TO THIS PROPERTY.
AND ONE THING I REALLY LIKE ABOUT YOUR PDS, IT ALLOWS US TO BE TO REALLY LOOK AT THE AREA AND BE CREATIVE AND ACTUALLY HAVE A PURPOSE FOR THE DESIGN.
SO IF YOU LOOK WHERE WE HAVE THE THE WETLANDS AND THE POND IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE BUDDING, THAT RURAL RESIDENTIAL.
SO WE'RE REALLY CONSCIOUS TO KEEP THE THE THE LOTS TO THE SOUTH WHERE THEY BUT, YOU KNOW, SMALLER LOTS AS OPPOSED TO PUSHING THEM ALL THE WAY UP TO THAT EXISTING RESIDENT AS WE'RE OVER MAYBE 400 SOMETHING FEET FROM HIS PROPERTY TO ANY OF OUR LOTS.
SO HE HAS, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE A NICE BUFFER.
IT'LL BE A NATURAL WETLAND WILL BE MAINTAINED, THERE'LL BE A NICE POND THERE AND THERE IS A DITCH BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND THERE.
SO THERE WON'T BE ANYBODY GOING BACK AND FORTH AND WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN RECREATION.
SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO GO MILLING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO FIND SOMETHING TO DO. SO THAT'S WHY WE LIKE THE PWD.
WE MAINTAIN, LIKE I SAID, 40 PERCENT OPEN SPACE AS OPPOSED TO JUST CLEARING OUT THE WHOLE PROPERTY AND FILLING IT WITH LOTS.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU'RE SO HAPPY WITH THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD AT THE WHAT ORIGINALLY GOT APPROVED JUST ON A LOT SMALLER SCALE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL.
A DEPUTY MAYOR. YES, MAYOR, I'LL BE BRIEF AND I APPRECIATE THE LOWER DENSITY.
THE ONLY THING I HAVE A COMMENT ON MR BATTEN CAN BE A STICKLER, BUT I HAVEN'T KNOWN HIM TO BE A LIAR. SO AND THAT TERM THAT HE SAID, HE SAID YOU DIDN'T SAY IT, BUT WHOEVER IT WAS THAT THAT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY UNACCEPTABLE, MAN.
AND YOU UNDERSTAND, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S I LIKE TO KNOW WHO SAID IT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, MR BATTEN.
I DON'T THINK HE WILL DO THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANY MAGIC BALANCE THAT GETS ANY UTILITIES EXTENDED.
BUT THAT'S HOW YOU TURN OFF RESIDENTS.
YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS ANY CHANCE OF BRIDGING THAT GAP AND BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT THAT THAT TAKES THE WIND FROM THE SAILS.
SO IF YOU YEAH, WE WE PRETTY MUCH TALK AFTER EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE IN ITEM TOGETHER ON. SO I'M SURE I'LL BE TALKING TO HIM IN THE PARKING LOT AFTER TONIGHT.
I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT, DEPUTY MAYOR.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
YOU KNOW. MASTER CHIEF SPOKE ON.
THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I REMEMBER HIM SAYING, AND I'M I'M READING WHAT HE SAID BEFORE, 80 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE THE THREE PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA AND THEIR ZONE. THEY CAN HAVE LIVESTOCK AND AGRICULTURE.
AND I REMEMBER I MADE COMMENTS AS TO AND I REALLY WANT TO KEEP THAT COMPLEXITY THERE, THAT RR, RIGHT, THAT WAS BIG ON THAT.
AND I THINK AS I READ ON THE NOTES, YOU AGREE, DEPUTY MAYOR.
BUT HE FELT THAT YOU COULDN'T YOU COULDN'T VOTE AGAINST IT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT'S THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
I STILL FEEL THAT WAY THAT WE I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME RR.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THE COMP PLAN SHOULD INDICATE THAT.
BUT. WE HAD THAT ALREADY ZONE.
SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, GENTLEMEN.
A MOTION APPROVE ORDINANCE TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH TWENTY NINE.
FIRST READING, I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
SECOND, I GOT A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? ON NOTHING ELSE, MAYOR, LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE THE LOWER DENSITY, AND I ADDRESSED THE COMMENT THAT I HAD WITH MR. MOYER, THAT WASN'T. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT, SIR, YOU'RE ALWAYS PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECOND BOARD COUNCILMAN FOSTER, ALL IN FAVOR I NAY
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PASSES THREE TO ONE ITEM 14.YOUR THOUGHTS, SIR, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MADAM SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, SIR. SO I'LL ASK NANCY, BUT OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE THIS ITEM FOR US.
GOOD EVENING, NANCY, BUT YOU NEED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF THE CARES ACT SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 TO 2020 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED BY THE CDBG S.B.
THREE. SO AS YOU RECALL, THE CITY IS AN ENTITLEMENT CITY FOR CDBG AND THROUGH THE CARES ACT, WE RECEIVED CTB, CDBG, CV1 AND ALSO CDBG S.B.
THREE. THE AMOUNT WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN DOLLARS. THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THIS.
IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE PLAN OR THROUGH THE ACTION PLAN.
BUT ON OCTOBER TWENTY FIRST TWENTY TWENTY ONE, THE CITY RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL NOTICE OF TERMINATION FROM FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS WE VENTURE.
THEY WERE AWARDED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FOUR DOLLARS AND TWENTY CENTS.
SO THEY STATED TO US THAT THEY HAD PLANNED ON HAVING TWO PART TIME BUSINESS COACHES AND BOTH OF THOSE DURING THE TIME THAT WE DID THE PUBLIC PROCESS AND GOT APPROVAL FROM HUD.
AND THEN DURING COVID, THEY ENDED UP BOTH RESIGNING SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFF.
SO WE, AS REQUIRED BY OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN, WE HAD TO RE ADVERTISE THE FUNDS AND WE RECEIVED FOUR PROPOSALS.
THESE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD REVIEWED THE PROPOSALS ON JANUARY 19.
TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING THREE AGENCIES BOVARD ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION FOR $20000.
GREATER MELBOURNE POWELL FOUR.
SPACE COAST CULTURAL ARTS AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATION CHARITIES INC FOR FIFTY THREE THOUSAND, AND THAT'S A TOTAL OF NINETY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO THERE'S STILL A REMAINING SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FOR TWENTY, WHICH WE'LL HAVE TO RE ADVERTISE AND SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR.
WELL, ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL.
BOARD COUNCILMAN FELIX, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM, FOR FOR THE UPDATE.
DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND YOUR STAFF.
ONE OF THE QUESTION I HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH CITY MANAGER PRIOR DURING ALL CONVERSATION, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND ALSO FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE WATCHING ONLINE NOW THESE ENTITIES THAT WE DONATE TO.
BE SERVING PALM BAY RESIDENTS.
YES, FOR THE CDBG CV, THEY HAVE TO SERVE PALM BAY RESIDENTS, AND IT ALSO HAS TO BE TIED BACK TO THE CORONAVIRUS, SO THEY HAVE TO BE PROVIDING SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S JOB TRAINING, HOMELESSNESS, HELPING PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS, PROVIDING SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT'S SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THE CARES ACT.
SO AS FAR AS CHECKING BALANCE, WE HAVE SOMETHING IN SOME SOME SORT OF REPORTING, CORRECT? MM HMM. THAT CAN BE VERIFIED NOW, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT DOES DIRECTLY TO STAFF IS THAT THAT REPORTING IS THAT DIRECTLY TO? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
THEY REPORT TO US MONTHLY AND THEN WE REPORT IT TO HUD THROUGH OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE THROUGH HUD. SHOULD SOMEBODY SEE SHOULD THAT INFORMATION? CAN CAN THAT INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED OR VERIFIED? ABSOLUTELY. YES, IT'S ON PUBLIC RECORD.
WE HAVE WE HAVE TO CONSULT CONSOLIDATED AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
IT'S OUR CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
MM HMM. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
THERE WAS NO ORGANIZATION THAT CAN SERVE THE HOMELESS.
AND THE RFP WAS OUT AND WAS NOTIFIED ALL OF THE AGENCIES THAT WE NORMALLY WORK WITH, BUT THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND THAT OUT AGAIN AS WELL IF THEY WANT TO. THERE'S CURRENTLY AGENCIES THAT ARE RECEIVING THE CDBG, CV1 AND CV THREE.
THIS IS JUST THE REMAINING AMOUNT THAT WE VENTURE RETURN BACK TO US.
SO THERE'S HOMELESS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RECEIVING FUNDS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME. YES, EITHER THROUGH CDBG ONE KB THREE.
AND. YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE GREATER MELBOURNE, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE SERVING PALM BAY
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KIDS, CORRECT, THEY HAVE TO.AND THAT HAS TO BE VERIFIED BY ADDRESS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPERATING IN MELBOURNE OR ALL.
BUT WHEN THEY SPOKE BEFORE AND THERE MAY BE SOMEONE HERE, SINCE IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, WE INVITED ALL OF THE AGENCIES.
THEY WANT TO MAY SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, BUT I BELIEVE AT THE CDHB BOARD, THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO ACTUALLY HAVE A LOCATION HERE AND BEING ABLE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS HERE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
THAT'S WHAT'S THE LOCATION OF THAT.
IT'S ACTUALLY LOCATED IN MELBOURNE, RIGHT? RIGHT. CAN YOU GIVE A COUNCILMAN FOSTER OF DESCRIPTIVE LOCATION OF THE ADDRESS? SO HE HAS THE GENERAL IDEA OF THE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE THEY MAY BE HERE.
THEY CAN SPEAK TO IT. WOULD YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO STEP FORWARD? I LIKE FOR HIM TO ENVISION THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW PALM BAY RESIDENTS ARE BEING AFFECTED. YES, THIS IS RUFUS WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT, GREATER MELBOURNE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE. WE HAD GRANT SWAGIT PALM BAY BEFORE SUMMER CAMPS AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
THIS ONE IS RELATED TO CIV THREE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TUTORING.
AND SO WE'RE ALREADY TIED IN WITH THE STUDENTS AT ST.
MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE ARE TIED IN WITH PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE ARE SUPPORTING STUDENTS AT PALM BAY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO WHAT? WE'RE WITH THIS MONEY HERE, SINCE IT HASN'T BEEN AUTHORIZED YET, WE'RE ALREADY TIED IN THOSE. WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND INTO OTHER SCHOOLS.
WE'RE ALREADY MARTINA JONES, WHO IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
IT'S ALREADY QUALIFIED ON SITE AT SCHOOLS.
AND WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT IS DURING TUTORING.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO GET WITH THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS.
AND I THINK AT THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM, ST.
MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS ONE THAT PUSHED US THE MOST COME OUT, COME OUT, COME OUT.
SO SINCE SO MANY KIDS FROM PALM BAY GO TO THAT SCHOOL AND THAT'S CLOSEST TO OUR HOME BASE RIGHT NOW IS AT JOE DAVIS CENTER.
THAT'S WHERE OUR OFFICE IS, BUT IT'S JUST A SMALL OFFICE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY OUT IN THE FIELD.
WE HAVE NORTH END, WE HAVE DOWN SOUTH END, WE'VE RUN, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT LEAGUES, WE RUN SUMMER CAMPS. SO THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON AND WE'VE DONE PALM BAY BEFORE.
WE I THINK WE SUPPORT IT 20 TO 25 KIDS FOR SUMMER CAMP.
SO ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS PARENTS HAVE TO FILL OUT THE FORMS, GIVE THEIR ADDRESSES, GIVE THEIR QUALIFIED INCOME.
ALL OF THAT'S THERE WITH THIS ONE HERE IS GOING TO BE CV RELATED.
SO WHAT? WHEN WE SPOKE WITH WITH SANDRA BEFORE ABOUT THIS ONE HERE, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE WHAT I WOULD SAY.
COVET SLIDE IS WHAT THE TERM WE KIND OF USE IS KIDS THAT ARE FALLING BEHIND RELATED TO COVID. IT HAS TO BE COVID RELATED.
IT CAN'T JUST BE MENTORING, SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT ONE ON, I THINK, THE NEXT ITEM FIFTEEN THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING, WHICH IT'S MORE MENTORING, GOING IN, TRYING TO WORK WITH THE KIDS ATTITUDES AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
THIS ONE HERE IS MORE ON TUTORING.
WE ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE WHAT'S THE REC CENTER THERE ON PORT MALABAR ABOUT GETTING A ROOM IN THERE, POTENTIALLY FOR TUTORING TEACHERS KIND OF SAID IT'S BETTER TO TRY TO DO IT AT THE SCHOOLS.
KIDS DON'T TEND TO COME THERE, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE DETAILS.
SO WHEN THE MONEY GETS AUTHORIZED, WE'LL HAVE A PLAN.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED MONTHLY ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT THIS IS PALM BAY KIDS AND ALSO MONEY ONLY SPENT ON PALM BAY.
PALM BAY HIGH PALM BAY ELEMENTARY, YOU WILL BE PROVIDING TUTORING AT THOSE SCHOOLS.
YES, YES. AND AND TO EXPAND OUTSIDE OF THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALREADY GOING IN TALKING TO THOSE KIDS AND ALSO HERE, AS WE GET MORE COUNSELORS OR TEACHERS OR DIFFERENT PEOPLE INVOLVED, WE'LL EXPAND THE MORE SCHOOLS AND PALM BAY AND DO IT THAT WAY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING IT, THE LIBRARY, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THE CENTER.
SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF WHERE THE TUTORING AND WORKING WITH THE KIDS WILL BE DONE AT.
BUT WE'RE ALREADY TIED IN WITH THOSE SCHOOLS.
AND SO THAT'S THE ONES THAT I SPOKE OF.
ARE THE MONIES PAID TO THE TUTORS OR SAY THAT AGAIN.
THE TWENTY THOUSAND IS PAID TO THE YEAH, PART OF IT GOES TO PART OF IT, GOES TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PART OF IT GOES TO TUTORS AND TEACHERS.
AND I THINK WE'RE SIGNED UP FOR 30 KIDS THAT WE SUPPORT FOR OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. AND ALSO THE KIDS WILL COME AND GO AS AVAILABLE.
BUT WE'LL BE THERE SUPPORTING THE KIDS.
AND SO WE'LL BE PAYING FOR TEACHERS, TUTORS, DIFFERENT COMPUTERS, WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO.
ONE THING WE'VE LEARNED IS A LOT OF TIMES YOU BRING FOOD, YOU BRING SNACKS, YOU GET KIDS PARTICIPATION A LOT BETTER WITH THINGS LIKE THAT.
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SO THEY'LL JUST PAY TO FUND THE PROGRAM.MM HMM. AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF ANY OF THE OTHER APPLICANTS COUNSEL? DEPUTY MAYOR. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING, NONE.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A A MOTION MOTION TO CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARINGS TO OBTAIN CITIZEN INPUT AND COMMENTS ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS PROOF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CDBG, CVE THREE ISD CDBG PROGRAM FUNDING AND APPROVED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO P 20 19 DEATHS.
20 20 CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
I CAN A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
I NEED ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN.
I. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
FIVE MINUTE RECESS BEFORE WE COME BACK FOR ITEM 15.
OK, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
CAN WE JUST SETTLE DOWN, PLEASE? WE JUST SETTLED DOWN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER 15, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK MADAM SHERMAN TO PRESENT THIS REQUEST.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK NANCY TO COME UP AGAIN AND INTRODUCE THIS ITEM AS WELL FOR US.
NANCY, BEFORE YOU START AND I MEANT TO SAY THIS AT THE LAST ITEM, YOU HAVE AN IMPECCABLE REPUTATION. I WANTED TO TO RELAY THAT AS WE ALL TRAVELED TO TALLAHASSEE.
YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL REPUTATION WITH ANYONE THAT YOU WORK WITH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY. I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH.
SO THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
TWENTY TWENTY TWO TWENTY TWENTY THREE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED BY CDBG FIRST HEARING.
SO THE CITY OF PALM BAY ANTICIPATES RECEIVING SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY SIX DOLLARS FROM OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
THE CDA IS MAKING THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS I AM MINISTRIES DOING BUSINESS AS THE SOURCE FIFTY THOUSAND GREATER MELBOURNE PALM BAY TWENTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS SOUTH BREVARD WOMEN'S CENTER THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS CITY OF PALM BAY PARKS AND FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS AT LIBERTY PARK.
THREE HUNDRED I'M SORRY, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS IMPROVEMENTS AT VETERANS PARK.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS.
AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY PHASE TWO DESIGN AND STUDY FOR THE DRAINAGE AT DRISCOLL HEIGHTS.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DOLLARS CDBG ADMINISTRATION IS 20 PERCENT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE FOUR THOUSAND OF THAT WILL GO TO FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES.
I HAVE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCILMAN, ANY QUESTIONS OF NANCY I'VE STAFF? THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE IN THIS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS THIS ITEM. THE FORWARD.
SURE. ANTHONY ZEROUAL, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOURCE I MINISTRIES, JUST PERSONALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDING THE FIRST MOBILE EMERGENCY SHELTER IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I ACTUALLY BROUGHT SOME FRIENDS WITH ME.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, THESE GUYS ARE REALLY DOING THE BACKBONE OF THE WORK FOR US.
THEY'RE DOING ALL THE REGISTRATION.
THEY'RE COLLECTING THE TWO DOLLARS PER NIGHT PER INDIVIDUAL TO PAY.
THIS FIRST WEEK WE STARTED, WE LAUNCHED LAST SUNDAY.
WE HAD 46 INDIVIDUALS RIDE THE BUS, SO WE TOOK 46 PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.
SO WE HAD TO PAY FOR HOTEL ROOMS. FOR 46 PEOPLE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN $4600.
SO THEY ACTUALLY TURNED OVER A CHECK TO ME TODAY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE, WE'RE PAYING FOR THE BUS.
SO IT COSTS THE RESIDENTS $92.
SO PRETTY GOOD INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING.
THEY WANT SOME SAFE PLACE TO STAY.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM, WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN, MARCOS, WHO WAS THE FIRST RIDER LAST SUNDAY, 18 YEARS OLD, GRADUATE FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY PALM BAY HIGH SCHOOL, BUT BECAME HOMELESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE HAVE VALERIE, WHO IS ON FIXED INCOME AND NEEDS A SAFE PLACE TO STAY.
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I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY THAT SHE PAID HER LAST TWO BUCKS TO RIDE THE BUS TONIGHT.SO THE BUS IS IN THE PARKING LOT.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE BUS AS SOON AS WE LEAVE HERE.
AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING TO COVER THE REST OF THE NIGHTS.
SO I WILL BE COVERING PUBLICLY COVERING THE REST OF HER NIGHTS FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH SO SHE HAS A SAFE PLACE TO STAY.
WE HAVE OUR TWO BUS DRIVERS THAT ARE DRIVING THE BUS HERE IN PALM BAY.
THEY ARE FULL TIME DRIVERS THAT ARE HERE, SO THEY REGISTER EVERYBODY.
VINCENT DE PAUL AND PALM BAY ROAD, AND THEY GO TO AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION HERE IN PALM BAY, SO THEY GO TO A SAFE, UNDISCLOSED LOCATION FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
SO THEY'RE USUALLY ASLEEP IN ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES.
SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO BRING PEOPLE HERE SO THAT IT'S JUST NOT ME TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO ASK THEM ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUS, HOW SAFE THEY ARE ON THE BUS, AND IF IT'S NEEDED BY ALL MEANS, ASK THEM AS MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A BENEFICIAL THAT YOU HEAR FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE USING THIS SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ANY ANY ONE OF THEM CAN SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST SOCIETY.
SURE. YEAH. I IS TO FOSTER, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
OR EVERYONE ON THAT FIRST ROW IS STAYING ON THE BUS.
THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS RIGHT HERE, JUST THE TWO OVER HERE ARE FROM ST VINCENT DE PAUL THAT DO ALL OF THE REGISTRATION FOR US DURING THE WEEK.
OKAY. SO YOU HAVE JUST TWO PEOPLE ON THE BUS TONIGHT.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. THESE ARE JUST TWO PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS.
OK, SO THERE ARE 16 BEDS AND THEY'VE BEEN AVERAGING.
I THINK THE HIGHEST THEY'VE GOTTEN WAS ABOUT 12 13.
THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT CAME IN AT COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WANTED TO COME TODAY.
OK. I GOT KIND OF LUCKY WITH SOME FUNDS.
I WANT TO DONATE 20 DOLLARS FOR THIS GENTLEMAN AND TWENTY DOLLARS FOR US TO PAY.
I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU TO PAY FOR.
WELL, YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TO ST VINCENT DE PAUL CAN'T GIVE IT TO ME BECAUSE THEY GET UPSET, SO GIVE IT TO THEM.
SO SHE GOT $40 ON HER BOOKS THEN BECAUSE I DONATED 20.
I'M GOING TO DONATE IT TO SO I'M GOING TO DONATE 20 FOR THIS YOUNG MAN AND.
SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE.
COME ON. ALL RIGHT. YOU COULD GET THROUGH.
YEAH. SO I WENT THROUGH SOME CHANGES.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, BUDDY? MARCOS TORRES-SPIVEY.
I'M 18, AND I GRADUATED AGED 17.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR HONOR AND THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
THAT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO TAP INTO, BUT I COULDN'T BECAUSE MY CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT'S TWO BUCKS A NIGHT YOU CAN'T BEAT.
IT BEATS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY A HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLAR HOTEL JUST FOR ONE NIGHT.
I GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE THE OWNERS OF THE ST VINCENT DE PAUL.
IT'S IT'S VERY SAFE ON THE BUS, GOT A ROOF, CAMERAS TO WATCH AND MAKE SURE WE'RE SAFE, NICE AND WARM.
YOU COULD TELL IT YOU COULD TAKE A SHOWER ON THE BUS.
NO, THEY DON'T HAVE SHOWERS ON THE BUS EVERY FRIDAY.
YOU GOT STREETSIDE SHOWERS EVERY FRIDAY.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. JUST STAND BY.
WE HAVE COUNCILMAN THAT WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND STAY.
ALL RIGHT. HE'S GOT A QUESTION.
YEAH. EITHER WAY, QUESTION, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S TRULY A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE.
TENDS TO MEET MARCUS IN ACTION.
I WAS, YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY WENT THERE, HE HAD NO CLUE WHO I WAS, AND THE AFTERNOON AFTER CHURCH I WAS IN THE AREA.
I SAID SOMETHING, SOMETHING'S GREAT GOING ON OVER THERE, SO I STOPPED BY AND.
WELL, ONE, ONE, 30 OR SO, AND WE WALKED OVER AND MARCUS WAS IN ACTION.
FOSTER DAVIS AS WELL FROM THE EXISTING COLLABORATION.
I KNOW YOU LIKE THIS WORD A LOT, BUT IT WAS REALLY INACTION.
SEEING CITIZENS OF ALL COMMUNITY HELPING EACH OTHER.
ESTHER DAVIS FROM DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE.
DAILY BREAD BRINGING PEOPLE IS VERY NICE CAR AND BRINGING FOLKS OVER ON MELBOURNE TO COME REGISTERED. THIS YOUNG MAN, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
HE WAS THERE AS WELL, HELPING AND ASSISTING THE GREAT FOLKS FROM ST VINCENT OF PAUL AND PAUL. I WENT TO THE WINDOW AND INTRODUCED MYSELF AND AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
A BUCKS, WAS IT EIGHT, EIGHT BUCKS FOR TONIGHT?
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I TELL YOU, HERE'S WHAT I'LL DO TONIGHT.I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO 10 EXIT.
I'M GOING TO INDEX YOUR LAST EIGHT BUCKS.
THAT'S SUCH A SELF SELFLESS ACTION FOR YOU TO DONATE, AND I'VE SEEN IT IN ACTION, HE HANDED OVER. AND I JUST KIND OF WALK OVER WALKING INTO THE CONVERSATION.
HE HAD NO CLUE. I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, COME IN AND SAY HELLO.
THAT'S THE POWER OF COMMUNITY.
HOW IT WAS JUST BLOWING MY MIND.
YEAH. GET ON THE BIKE TO SPEAK, THOUGH.
THAT'S THAT'S THE POWER OF COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S NOT ABOUT HIM STANDING OUT THERE PANHANDLING WITH A SIGN THAT'S HIM GIVING HIS LAST EIGHT BUCKS. IT WAS JUST RIGHT.
IT WAS POWERFUL. AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DON'T HEAR.
THEY DON'T HEAR THAT AND SEE THAT.
SO WHEN I HEAR IT AND SEE IT, I SAID, Y'ALL GOT TO HEAR IT AND SEE IT.
YEAH. SO NOT ONLY I'VE SEEN THEM IN ACTION, ALSO THE FOLKS FROM ST.
VINCENT OF PAUL, THEY WERE JUST WORKING AND DO THEIR DO WHAT THEY DO RIGHT SERVING.
IT WAS JUST, I MEAN, IT WAS SUCH A SUCH A QUITE A QUITE AN EXPERIENCE.
AND I JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE.
OH, COUNCILMAN TERESE, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I HAD AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION, ENDED UP HOMELESS, WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SLEEP IN THE WOODS, WENT TO THE DAILY BREAD AND AFTER DAVIS SAW ME.
DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO STAY? NO.
DO YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF BUCKS? DO YOU WANT TO GO ON THIS BUS? I SAID, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I HAVE A LOT OF PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
THAT'S WHY I'M A FIXED INCOME.
IT'S HARD TO FIND HOUSING, BUT TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE AS A SINGLE FEMALE AND NOT HAVE TO SLEEP OUT IN THE WOODS.
THAT'S NICE AND WARM AND EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD.
IN FACT, I'VE TRIED TO GO A STEP BEYOND WITH COMMUNITY AND HAND OUT FLIERS AS I RIDE THE BUS ROUTES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, REACHING OUT AND SEEING HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY MADE A HUGE, HUGE DIFFERENCE.
YEAH, AND I REALLY THINK THEY SHOULD MARK THIS.
THANK YOU. SO I'LL JUST END WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT SOME MORE PEOPLE COMING, ST.
OK, I'M GOING TO GO SIT DOWN AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING TO COME FROM. THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM.
YEAH, AS I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE THAT TALK TO YOU TONIGHT CAME TO US THE FIRST DAY WITHOUT A CLUE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
THEY CAME IN AND TOLD US A STORY, AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, MARCUS HAS BEEN A SUCCESS STORY THAT WE CAN'T ALWAYS TOUCH.
EIGHT, 10 HOURS A DAY TRYING TO GET THIS PROBLEM SOLVED.
THIS YOUNG MAN CAME IN, WE TOLD HIM HE HAD A PATH TO FIND HE FOUND IT.
HE GOES EVERY DAY TO WORK AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
HE GETS OFF AND HE CALLS ME, SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY NEED SOME HELP.
AND I WORKED FOR SOMEBODY ELSE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU NEVER GET CLOSER TO THE MIC, SIR.
EVERY NIGHT, HE COMES OVER AND TRIES TO HELP SOMEBODY IN THAT GROUP TO PAY FOR ANOTHER DAY FOR THEM TO GET ON THE BUS.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE REALLY FOUND A PATH AND A HOME FOR THEM TO BE ON AND AS LEAVES THE PEOPLE FROM BEING SAFE.
IT LEAVES THEM FROM BEING IN A TENT AT, FROM BEING ON A BENCH AT CUMBERLAND FARMS AND THEIR SAFE, SECURE AND ABLE TO LIVE IN A PLACE OR STAY IN A PLACE EVERY NIGHT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING ROBBED, RAPED OR KILLED.
AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE SUCCESS STORIES IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH TONY AND THROUGH THESE YOUNG MEN AND LADIES THAT ARE HERE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S EFFORT TO HELP WITH THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? THE FORWARD? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
HI, THERE, MY NAME IS BECKY LUNDSTROM, AND I'M FROM THE WOMEN'S CENTER, AND FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS FANTASTIC.
YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, BAD SITUATIONS EVERY DAY AND IT'S SO HEARTWARMING TO HEAR. I'M SURE FOR YOU.
BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN FOR US TO, IT'S IT'S FANTASTIC.
SO THE WOMEN'S CENTER HAS BEEN IN BOVARD SINCE NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE WERE COMING UP ON OUR FORTY SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO STILL BE GOING ON. AND WE BELIEVE THAT NO VICTIM OF VIOLENCE, DESPITE THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, SHOULD BE WITHOUT CARE AND SUPPORT.
THEY NEED TO LIVE WITHOUT ABUSE AND HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR FAMILY.
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WE ASSIST CLIENTS AT THE WOMEN'S CENTER THROUGH FOUR PROGRAMS VICTIM SERVICES, WHICH DEALS WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.WE PROVIDE PROVIDE ADVOCACY, HELP WITH INJUNCTIONS FOR PROTECTION, SAFETY PLANNING, SEXUAL ASSAULT, WHERE THE CERTIFIED RAPE CRISIS CENTER FOR BREVARD COUNTY, DEALING WITH SEXUAL ASSAULTS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, THAT KIND OF THING.
IF A COUNSELING PROGRAM WHERE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE RECEIVE FREE COUNSELING THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN. WE HAVE A YOUTH AND PREVENTION PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE ON ALL FOUR FC CAMPUSES DOING VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
AND JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I FOUND OUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY DOING VIOLENCE PREVENTION FOR YOUR STAFF.
THEN WE ALL HAVE ALSO HAVE A HOUSING PROGRAM, EMERGENCY SAFE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IMMINENT AND IMMINENT, DANGER ESCAPING, FLEEING FROM A VIOLENT SITUATION AND THEN TRANSITIONAL SAFE HOUSING.
AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM THAT WE WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON.
AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO COME AND TELL YOU ABOUT IT AND SAY, THANK YOU.
THE CITY'S BEEN A GREAT TEAMMATE OVER THE YEARS.
SANDRA, THAT WE WORK WITH NOW.
SHE'S AWESOME. SHE KNOWS SO MUCH, AND IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD TO WORK WITH, SO IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH HER. THERE'S CONTINUES TO BE A NEED FOR THE PROGRAM DESPITE ALL THE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE. THERE'S A LARGE INTERSECTION BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND IN LET'S SEE THE 2020 FDLE UNIFORM CRIME REPORT, WHICH IS THE LATEST ANNUAL REPORT THAT'S OUT. IT SHOWED THAT PALM BAY HAD 905 TOTAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARRESTS, INCLUDING A MURDER, TWENTY TWO RAPES AND SIXTY FOUR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
SO OUR AGENCY AND THE SERVICES THAT PROVIDE PROVIDED BY THE PROGRAM ARE CRUCIAL TO SOMEONE REBUILDING THEIR LIFE AFTER VIOLENCE.
SINCE STARTING THE PROGRAM IN 2004, WE HAVE A NINETY TWO PERCENT SUCCESS RATE, WHICH WE DETERMINE BY OUR CLIENTS LEAVING US AND MOVING TO A PERMANENT HOUSING WITH INCREASED INCOME AND SAVINGS.
WE DO THAT BY NOT ONLY PROVIDING A SAFE, SECURE HOUSE FOR THEM OR HOME FOR THEM APARTMENT, BUT IT ALSO COMES WITH A SUITE OF SERVICES THAT REALLY HELPS THEM RECOVER FROM CRISIS. THEY MEET WITH THE CASE MANAGER WEEKLY AND THEY WORK ON A LOT OF THEM HAVEN'T HAD ANY BANKING EXPERIENCE, NO CHECKING ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNT.
HOW TO MAKE A BUDGET SO THAT THEY CAN START BUILDING, THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR INCOME.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AFFORDED THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THEIR OWN FINANCES.
WE HELP THEM WITH BECOMING BETTER EMPLOYED, MORE FULLY EMPLOYED, YOU KNOW, THROUGH TECH TRAINING. WE JUST HELPED ONE OF OUR CLIENTS GET CERTIFIED AS A VET TECHNICIAN WITH LIKE A LIKE A COURSE AND THEN PAID FOR HER CERTIFICATION FOR THAT.
OUR CLIENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN GET WEEKLY COUNSELING IF THEY WANT AND THEY NEED IT.
AND WE ALSO OFFER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH CHILD CARE SO PEOPLE CAN WORK OR EARN AN INCOME. TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND MEDICAL CARE COSTS.
SO ANYWAY, ALL OF THOSE SERVICES WRAPPED TOGETHER ARE WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL.
SO ANYWAY, I'M JUST HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT.
SAY THANK YOU AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE FOR US.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
I BROUGHT SOME BROCHURES I FORGOT TO BRING THEM UP, BUT I'LL LEAVE THEM UP HERE WITH THE CLERK. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? NATHAN WHITE, 13, AND ONE SEABREEZE STREET, SOUTHWEST, I WILL BE BRIEF.
AND I DO NOT MEAN THIS IN ANY WAY TO TAKE AWAY FROM ANY OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN DISCUSSION BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL DOING AMAZING WORK.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THAT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING, VOLUNTEERING IN VARIOUS ASPECTS WITH REGARDS TO THE HOMELESS FOR FOR SOME TIME. AND.
IN MY YOUTH CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO IT, IF IT WEREN'T FOR PREVIOUS BLESSINGS, GOD HAS GIVEN MY FAMILY, THAT PREVENTED THAT FROM BEING THE END RESULT.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN ORGANIZATION.
AS INCREDIBLE AS EFFECTIVE AND AS DEDICATED TO THE TRUE CORE CAUSE.
AS THE SOURCE THERE, WORK WITH THE HOMELESS IS INSPIRING, AND I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER
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USE FOR THOSE FUNDS. THANK YOU.ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ASYLUM? THE NOT CLOSING PUBLIC HERE AND ASKING FOR A A MOTION MOTION TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO OBTAIN CITIZEN INPUT IN COMMENTS ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON FISCAL YEAR.
TWENTY TWENTY TWO TWENTY TWENTY THREE.
CDBG PROGRAM FUNDING AND PROVIDE NOTICE TO SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENT AND NOTICE OF FINAL PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 19.
TWENTY TWENTY TWO. SECOND, ON A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY QUICKLY SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR, I PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE FOR CONSENT ITEMS, OK?
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEMS EIGHT, NINE, 10 AND 11.AND 11. AND ALSO ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU WISH TO PULL? THE NONE. ADAM SMITH.
YES, MERE WITNESS 20 20 TO DASH 30, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. WE'RE GOING AND BUYING AS YOU WERE.
MA'AM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THOSE MOTION TO APPROVE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE REMOVAL OF ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 11? SECOND, CAN ADD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECOND, MIKE COUNCILWOMAN, FOSTER, ALL IN FAVOR. I PASSED HIS UNANIMOUSLY.
NOW MADAM SMITH, I'M SORRY, ORDINANCE 20 22.
THAT'S 30. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, MEANING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE NINE GENERAL REGULATIONS CHAPTER NINETY THREE REAL PROPERTY NUISANCES, SUBCHAPTER UNSIGHTLY AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS.
MODIFYING PROVISIONS CONTAINED THEREIN.
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE ORDINANCE 2020 TO DASH THIRTY ONE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE NINE GENERAL REGULATIONS CHAPTER NINETY THREE REAL PROPERTY NUISANCES SUBCHAPTER CHRONIC NUISANCES REPEALING THE SUBCHAPTER IN ITS ENTIRETY PROVIDED FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PASS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FORUM FOR DELETION FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WITNESS, TWENTY TWENTY TWO, THAT'S THIRTY TWO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, MEANING THE CODE OF ORTIZ'S TITLE NINE GENERAL REGULATIONS CHAPTER NINE EIGHT THREE REAL PROPERTY NUISANCES BY CREATING A SUBCHAPTER TO BE KNOWN AS CHRONIC NUISANCES, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR POWERS OF ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDED FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDED FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WE'RE ON ITEM EIGHT.
[8. Consideration of the Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) award for the purchase of rifles and associated hardware for the Police Department]
FROM THE CONSENT, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND HE SPEAKS CARS THERE.BILL BATTEN. BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I'M ON I'M THE ONE WHO PULLED OFF FOR, SO I'LL BE REAL QUICK ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
I WAS CURIOUS IF FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE LONG RIFLES, IF ANY OF THAT WAS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE UNDER GOVERNMENT SURPLUS BUYING THROUGH THE CITY.
IF SO, I'D LIKE TO PUT A BID IN TO SEE IF I COULD PURCHASE SOME OF THEM.
SURE. AND WE ANSWER THAT, MADAM SHERMAN.
COPY THAT I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
IN MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE THE PGA FISCAL YEAR, TWENTY TWENTY ONE BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT, BETTER KNOWN AS JACK AWARD, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ITEM NUMBER NINE MR. BILL BATTEN. GILBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST, $7 MILLION COMING OUT OF.
[9. Consideration of utilizing Traffic Impact Fee funds for the design phase of the Malabar Road widening project ($7,000,000); authorization to submit to the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization's Call for Projects.]
UP TO FUNDING.MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE WAY SINCE WE'RE SPENDING $7 MILLION, WE CAN EXTEND THAT ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF MALABAR, SO WE'RE NOT LEFT HALFWAY, HALFWAY COMPLETED.
IT JUST MAKES SENSE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS JUST THE PLANNING PORTION.
IT JUST LET'S GO AHEAD AND START GETTING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE EIGHT BALL INSTEAD OF BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL, ESPECIALLY FOR $7 MILLION.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHIEF, MADAM SHERMAN.I'VE, THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH, SO BASED ON PRIOR DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL EARLIER IN THIS MEETING, WE'RE HAPPY TO EXTEND WELL, CHANGE OUR REQUESTS ESSENTIALLY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PART OF THIS MOTION TONIGHT IS NOT JUST TO DEDICATE THE FUNDING TO THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO TO PUT IN OUR APPLICATION WITH SPACE COAST TPO.
SO IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE US TO AMEND THAT TO EXTEND BEYOND THE ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY MALABAR INTERSECTION, WE CERTAINLY CAN.
FRANCOIS NUMBER, CITY ENGINEER, IS HERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT DISCUSSION? UH, GOOD EVENING, FRANK WATANABE, THE CITY ENGINEER, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, THE CURRENT PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS IT'S THE PG&E STUDY THAT THE LIMIT STARTS FROM MITTON TERMINATES AT ST. JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE CURRENT STUDY WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND THE LIMITS THEY'RE ALREADY SET IN PLACE IN STONE.
IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO GO BACK TO EPCOT BECAUSE THE ACTUAL PD NEEDS 90 PERCENT DONE. WE WERE EXTENDING IT BASED ON PUBLIC HEARING, EXTEND IT BASED ON OTHER ISSUES, HOPING TO GET THE DESIGN FUNDED.
SO THAT WOULD WE STAY IN MOTION? SO OUR CONSULTANT SUGGESTED THAT WE BREAK UP THAT LITTLE PIECE IF WE WANTED TO AND DO A SMALLER STUDY AND THEN COMBINE THEM ALL AS PART OF THE DESIGN SO IT CAN BE DONE.
BUT WE NEED TO KEEP THE PD AS INTACT AS A WHOLE TO END THAT PROJECT AND THEN DO A SMALLER STUDY FOR FROM THE REMAINING PIECE, WHICH WOULD BE THE PIECE UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS STILL WITHIN. I CONSIDER THE CITY ROADWAY SYSTEM BECAUSE AFTER IT BECOMES DIRT ROAD.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I TALKED TO A CONSULTANT.
HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA IF YOU WOULD LOOK INTO IT AND THEN WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE TPO AND DISCUSSED IT WITH THEM.
AND MADAM SHERMAN, YOU KNOW, AS OUR DISCUSSION AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN FOSTER EVEN MENTIONED IT AT LEAST TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF HOMES OUT THERE AND IT MAY BE IT IS PRUDENT FOR US TO DO THIS.
SO THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO BREAK IT UP.
AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN FOSTER AND I KNOW MYSELF, BUT I THINK COUNCIL AS A WHOLE WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. LET'S LET'S GET IN FRONT OF THIS.
CERTAINLY, IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE MOTION THAT'S IN THE MEMO TO HAVE US EXPLORE OPTIONS TO GET THAT EXTENDED BEYOND THAT INTERSECTION TO THE WEST, WE CAN.
YEAH, WELL, I'LL I'LL ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE ALLOCATION OF SEVEN MILLION FROM THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE TO FUND THE DESIGN PHASE OF MALABAR ROAD, WIDENING FROM MINTON ROAD WEST TOWARD ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO SUBMIT TO THE FISCAL YEAR.
TWENTY TWENTY TWO CPO CALL FOR PROJECT FOUR DESIGN OF MALABAR ROAD WIDENING AND TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL IDEAS AND EXPLORATIONS ON FUNDING AND.
WHEN WEST GOING WEST AS FAR TO THE DIRT ROAD.
WE'LL EXPLORE, WE'LL EXPLORE WEST, EAST OR WEST, HE SAID.
ALL RIGHT. IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? THE A MOTION, I'VE GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, I'LL SECOND.
THEY'RE GOING TO BUY COUNCILMAN FELIX ALL IN FAVOR, HIGH PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[10. Consideration of utilizing Transportation Impact Fee funds for the acquisition of right-of-way from Cypress Bay Farms, LLC, for the widening of Babcock Street at the intersection of the St. Johns Heritage Parkway per the Interlocal Agreement between the City of Palm Bay and Brevard County ($568,000).]
ABOUT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO MAKE WIDENING OF THE ROAD, AND YOU CAN SEE IT AS SOON AS YOU DRIVE IT. MY CONCERN IS WE'RE SPENDING FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR LAND THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO YOU COULD HAVE BOUGHT FOR $10 AN ACRE, ALMOST NOT QUITE THAT CHEAP, BUT PRETTY CHEAP WHEN IT STILL CATTLE.
AND WE WERE DOING ALL THE PLANNING.
THE PREVIOUS ITEM SAYS WE NEED TO PLAN IN ADVANCE INSTEAD OF PLANNING AFTERWARDS BECAUSE THE LAND DESIGNATION CHANGED.
SO THIS IS WHY IT'S GOING TO COST US MORE LAND.
AND JUST REMEMBER THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THERE'S MY HISTORY LESSON SPENT $10 MILLION FROM THE TAXPAYERS FOR ROAD.
OTHERWISE, THESE DEVELOPMENTS WOULD NOT BE THERE AT ALL.
I'M JUST WISHING THAT SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE NOW GETTING READY TO REAP THE BENEFITS INSTEAD OF CHARGING US HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR SOME FOOTAGE OF RIDE AWAY, THEY WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE APPRECIATIVE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE FACT WAS THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BUILT THE $10 MILLION ROAD.
AND WE ARE NOW PAYING IT JUST WE FORGET THE HISTORY.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE.
$10 MILLION DOLLARS OFF THE BACKS, WE WOULD THINK THAT SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE BILLIONS LITERALLY WHEN THIS IS DONE.
IT HAVE COME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CHARITY TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THANK YOU, MY CHIEF. WHAT ELSE?
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ADAM SHERMAN. I'M NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD ON THIS ONE, EXCEPT FOR JUST ITS STATED IN THE MEMO, BUT THIS IS THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SEVEN PARCELS THAT NEED TO BE ACQUIRED FOR THE THE FULLY WIDENED INTERSECTION AT BABCOCK IN THE PARKWAY.SO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS TO COVER FIVE OF THE SEVEN PARCELS, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS COMING TO YOU AT FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS TO CLOSE THOSE DEALS ON THE OTHER TWO. BUT THE AGREEMENTS FOR THE TWO NEW OWNERS OF THESE FIVE PARCELS ARE ALSO ATTACHED TO THIS AS AN AGENDA REVISION.
MA'AM. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL? IT A MOTION A MOTION AUTHORIZED THE ALLOCATION OF FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND IN TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE FUNDS FROM NEXUS ZIP CODE THREE TWO NINE OH NINE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF NECESSARY RIGHT AWAY ALONG BABCOCK STREET, SECOND AT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[11. Consideration of allocating available General Fund contingency dollars for review of Community Asphalt's contract for the design/build of the St. Johns Heritage Parkway ($60,000)]
WELL, THAT 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.I PULLED THIS ONE SO THAT IT COULD BE DISCUSSED IN THE SUNLIGHT.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE CONSIDERING SPENDING $60000 TO LOOK INTO A COMPANY THAT PAVED THE ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY.
YOU HEAR ME SAY THIS ALL THE TIME.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO FORGET HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND SO IF THEY JUST UNDER A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, NOBODY WOULD KNOW WHY WE'RE GETTING READY TO SPEND THE $60000.
SO I'M JUST. THEY COULD PLEASE TELL WHY.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M PULLING IT, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T KNOW IT.
I'M JUST SAYING. DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE, THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET TO.
THANK YOU, MASTER CHIEF MADAM.
AND WE HAVE OH, WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER.
NATHAN WHITE. NATHAN WHITE, 13, AND ONE SEABREEZE STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM AND SEEING HERE THIS.
THE REASON BEHIND THIS THIS IS THE CITY CONTRACTOR WITH COMMUNITY ASPHALT TO DESIGN AND BUILD THE ST. JOHN HERITAGE PARKWAY CITY AND COMMUNITY ASPHALT HAVE A DISAGREEMENT REGARDING COMMUNITY ASPHALT ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR DELAYS THAT OCCURRED DURING CONSTRUCTION.
AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $60000 TO REVIEW THE BOOKS, ESSENTIALLY.
WOULD THIS OR WOULD THIS NOT HAVE BEEN COVERED IN THE.
JOHN HERITAGE PARKWAY PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED IN MARCH OF 2020 AND THEN LATER CANCELED.
U. M. SHERMAN, ANY OF THE SPEAKERS.
OR COUNCILMAN FOSTER, YOU WANTED TO WEIGH IN BEFORE WE.
YEAH. THIS WANT TO COMMENT ON MR. BATTON COMMENT? HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
BUT WHEN SOMEONE IS WATCHING THIS, THIS COUNCIL MEETING, IT WASN'T THIS COUNCIL THAT DID WITH, MR BATTEN SAID, I SAT IN THEM CHAIRS.
MR. BATON AND WATCH THE LAST COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL BEFORE THAT MADE THESE DEALS.
NOW IT'S IN MY HANDS, AND WHAT SHOULD I DO, VOTE AGAINST IT? THAT I STOPPED THE PROGRESS OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE THAT'S GOING TO BRING PALM BAY A LOT OF MONEY. AMBASSADOR RATE THE SITUATION MAKE IT WORSE, SO I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT, EXCUSE ME, NOT PUBLIC.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS SITTING HERE ON THIS STARS DIDN'T CREATE THESE LAST TWO PROBLEMS. SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING.
YOU KNOW, MR BATTEN IS CORRECT.
YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WITH THESE THREE GENTLEMEN AND MYSELF. BUT NOW IT'S IN OUR LAP.
SO IT'S EASY I DON'T WANT TO SPEND.
I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THE PARCELS LIKE MR BATTEN SAID, THE DEVELOPERS SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT. I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THIS 600 60000 THE DEVELOPERS SHOULD.
THIS IS THE THIS IS WHERE WE AT.
AND WE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD AND CORRECT A WRONG.
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SO. UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT AREA PAYS OFF IN THE LONG RUN FOR THE RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY AND HOPEFULLY GET OUR TEN MILLION DOLLARS BACK.
SHERMAN, CAN YOU ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS? I KNOW THAT THERE'S. SO I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO START, AND THEN I CAN ADD CERTAINLY A NEW.
THE PART OF THE DISPUTE THAT BETWEEN THE CITY AND COMMUNITY, ASPHALT IS THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH WE THINK IS CLEAR THAT IS A COST PLUS FEE ARRANGEMENT. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS IS THAT WHEN THEY SET OUT THE FEES, THEY CAME UP WITH CERTAIN VALUES THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE AND WAS A COST PLUS FEE.
IF THERE'S MONEY, IT COMES DOWN CHEAPER.
THE SAVINGS IN THIS, THESE TYPE OF ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD GO BACK TO THE CITY.
SO THE CITY SHOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT, AND THERE WERE CERTAIN DELAYS, THERE WERE SOME TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE AGREED TO CHANGE ORDERS, THERE WERE CERTAIN OTHER DELAYS THAT WE BELIEVE WERE ENTIRELY COMMUNITY ASPHALT FAULT AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE ENTITLED TO LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.
SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT MODELS OF MONIES THAT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT ENTITLED TO.
AND AS FAR AS REALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY SAY THAT REALLY SHOULD HAVE GONE TO US, THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS US TO AUDIT THEIR BOOKS.
AND SO WE TRIED TO MAKE SOME SEE IF WE COULD COME TO SOME AGREEMENT AND WE WERE VERY FAR APART. SO IT WAS REALLY BELIEVED THAT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO IS TO HAVE SOMEONE GO IN THERE AND LOOK AT THE BOOKS AND SEE REALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THEY PAID WHAT SAVINGS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN. AND AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO BRING THAT FORTH AND MEDIATION AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING THAT'S FAR MORE REALISTIC THAN WHAT WE THE NUMBERS THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROWING OUT BEFORE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM, MADAM SHERMAN.
CAN YOU HIGHLIGHT JUST THE ACCOUNTING THAT STAFF CONDUCTED DURING THE ENTIRE PROCESS? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT, I WAS GOING TO SPEAK OF THE FORENSIC AUDITS AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS ANSWERED, THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER THE FORENSIC AUDIT WOULD HAVE COVERED THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO.
THIS IS RELATED TO REALLY THE CLOSEOUT OF AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, SO IT'S MORE OF A FINANCE ACCOUNTING THAT ENDED UP IN A DISAGREEMENT WITH OUR CONTRACTOR OR VENDOR OVER WHAT THEY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE PAID.
WHEN I MEANT ABOUT THE THE ACCOUNTING PART OF IT IS THE THE INSPECTORS DOCUMENTING EVERYTHING THAT WAS CONDUCTED THAT PUT US IN A IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE WE FOLLOWED UP AND THAT THERE IS MONEY THAT'S DUE US INSTEAD OF US PAYING THEM, I GUESS. SO WE'RE CONFIDENT IN THE DATA THAT WE HAVE THAT STAFF HAS BEEN COLLECTING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS DURING THE ACTIVE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION AND EVEN AT THE CONCLUSION.
AND WE'RE WE'VE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT NUMEROUS TIMES WITH EXPERTS AS WELL, AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WHERE WE'RE AT.
THE MOST MOTION APPROVED THE ALLOCATION OF 60000 OR THE CITY MANAGER IN REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY ASPHALT CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN AND BUILD OF THE ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY. AT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER, THE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MAYOR, BEFORE BEFORE WE LEAVE CONSENT, I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE CYPRESS BAY ITEM NUMBER 10. I APOLOGIZE.
WE DID NOT HAVE IN THE MOTION A REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE RIGHT OF WAY AGREEMENTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO CHECK WITH THE CLERK OR THE ATTORNEY TO SEE IF THEY THINK WE NEED TO ADD THAT IN. NO, IF WE WERE LOOKING TO HAVE YOU SIGN THEM, I WOULD SAY YES, BUT THE MAYOR COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE MAYOR WOULD BE ABLE TO SIGN ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL WITHOUT FURTHER A MOTION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE FOLLOW UP AND THANK YOU FOR DOUBLE CHECKING THAT WE ARE NOW ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
AND I'LL DEFER TO DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON I MAKE A MOTION APPOINT RENTAL OLSZEWSKI AND K
[UNFINISHED AND OLD BUSINESS]
MARAJ TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.AT LARGE MEMBER POSITIONS LIKE.
I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM TWO. DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
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MAKE A MOTION NO POINT, REBECCA ZIEGLER, TO THE AT-LARGE POSITION FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. SO AT A MOTION BAILEY, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING ABOUT COUNCILMAN FELIX ALL IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.DENISE AMADOR TO THE AT-LARGE MEMBER POSITION OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD.
SECOND MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING IN MY COUNCILMAN FELIX, ALL IN FAVOR HIGH PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, I MAKE A MOTION NO POINT RENT OLSZEWSKI TO THAT LARGE POSITION OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
THE. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEING IN MY COUNCILMAN FELIX, ALL IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER NEW BUSINESS MS. JONES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
[NEW BUSINESS]
THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES WILL BE HOSTING THEIR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ONE IN KISSIMMEE, MARCH 11TH AND 12TH.ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING JUST NEED TO ANNOUNCE IT AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. WE'LL BE ATTENDING.
I'LL BE ATTENDING. I'D LOVE TO ATTEND, THIS IS ONE THAT I THAT I WOULD LOVE TO THINK OF THIS FRIDAY OVER THE WEEKEND, AND IF I CAN JUST DOUBLE CHECK, I WOULD ATTEND.
SO IS THAT ALL YOU NEED, MA'AM? THANK YOU. THANK.
WE'RE UNDER COUNCIL REPORTS, AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN FELIX HOEGER.
[COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL REPORTS]
I APPRECIATE IT. LET ME GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY.I'VE A COUPLE OF ITEMS LIKE TO REAPPOINT MS. MRS. LEADER JORDAN TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, AND ALSO ZACHARY GENE TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD ON THIS TOPIC.
I'D LOVE FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER THIS IS ONE BOARD THE TERM LIMIT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT. I'M GOING TO SAY IT ANYWAY, SO THE TERM LIMIT IS ONE YEAR.
I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT PART OF THE CHALLENGE WE'RE HAVING WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BOARD I'VE I'VE IN SUCH A SHORT TERM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THE MEMBER THE YOUTH MEMBERS CAN GET ON AS A NINE GRADE NINE TO 12, SO THAT'S HOW ABOUT YOU? OK? SHOULD WE EXTEND FROM ONE TO TWO YEARS, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THIS YOUNG MAN.
I APPOINTED HIM LAST YEAR, NEVER.
I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND ONE MEETING.
SO AS WE NOW HERE I AM AGAIN, WHERE YOU POINT THEM FOR ANOTHER TERM, SO LET'S EXTEND FROM MRS. CLARKE, YOU CAN WEIGH IN ON THAT.
LET'S EXTEND THAT FROM ONE TO ONE YEAR TO TWO YEARS TERM, JUST LIKE MOST OF THE OTHER.
IF YOU GUYS WOULD ENTERTAIN THAT.
I WOULDN'T HAVE PERSONALLY NOW LET THE OTHER COUNCIL FOLKS WEIGH IN, BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, ACTUALLY.
TO GET SOME. CONTINUITY ON THE BOARD, RIGHT? SO, YEAH, I'M GOING WITH THAT, I GOT A THUMBS UP FROM THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND ANOTHER ONE FROM COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
MY QUESTION IS, MADAM MADAM JONES, THERE'S THAT.
ARE. WE DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE, YES, SIR, I WOULD BRING BACK A MODIFICATION TO THE ORDINANCE NEXT MEETING.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
FOR YEARS SCHOOL, THEY CAN SERVE TWO TERMS DURING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL.
THE SECOND THING IS, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT REALLY TO CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUES AS FAR AS THE ACTION DAYS IN TALLAHASSEE.
HOW WE COME TOGETHER, WE MADE THE MEETINGS, IT WAS QUIET.
IN ESSENCE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT ORGANIZED CHAOS, BUT IF YOU EVER THAT'S THAT'S MY INTERPRETATION OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SO MANY THINGS GOING ON.
BUT YET I THINK WE WENT THERE.
EVERYBODY WAS ON TASK AND WE ATTEND MEETINGS.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE WE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, VERY FRUITFUL FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
SO I WANT THE CITIZEN TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A COUNCIL THAT OUT THERE IN UNISON, OUT THERE TO TALLAHASSEE AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF AND TRYING TO BRING GOODS BACK TO THE CITY.
VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT TEAM AND MS. SHERMAN AS WELL. SHE TAGGED ALONG WITH US AND WE DO APPRECIATE.
COUNCILMAN FELIX, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
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THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY.WE THIS JOB IS MORE THAN JUST SITTING ON THE DICE AND IT WAS IN TALLAHASSEE.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO BE THIS BE THERE, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER, TO ENGAGE WITH OUR STATE SENATOR AND OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES AROUND THE STATE TO.
PROMOTE LOCAL VOICES, LOCAL RULE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ALL ABOUT, SERVING THE PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY UP HERE. ARE SERVING PALM BAY RESIDENTS.
AND WE DID A GREAT JOB, AND THAT'S NOT SEEN ON A.
SO I WANTS TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES.
CITY MANAGER FOR A GREAT JOB IN TALLAHASSEE.
AND THE CITIZENS NEEDS TO REALLY GET ENGAGED WITH YOUR STATE SENATOR AND YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES. IT COVERS PALM BAY, RANDY FINE AND EVERY MAYFIELD.
THEY SUPPORT SOME OF OUR ITEMS, SO.
IT ENGAGE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER BILLS UP IN TALLAHASSEE THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOU.
SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT I KEEP SAYING THAT SOMETHING I WASN'T IN SUPPORT OF ON THE RECORD.
BUT I WIND UP VOTING TO KEEP THE ORDINANCE THE WAY IT IS.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION MARCH 8TH.
MARCH 8TH AND THE VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS WENT OUT.
PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP TO VOTE BY MAIL.
0.9 PERCENT PALM BAY, WE SPENT OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND TO HAVE THIS SPECIAL ELECTION. RIGHT NOW, FOUR POINT NINE PERCENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I FIND THAT UNSATISFACTORY.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR NAME AS A CANDIDATE.
AND TAKING TIME OUT OF THEIR LIVES TO TO SERVE ON THIS DIET, AND THAT IS AN HONORABLE THING TO DO, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE AND IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK.
AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET YOU TO DO IS.
UM, WELL, POINT NINE PERCENT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S TODAY, FEBRUARY 17? MARCH 8TH? THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE LESSON ELECTION THAT WE PAY FOR IT IN THE HISTORY OF PALM BAY. A WRONG SOMEBODY NEED TO CORRECT ME SO.
PLEASE GET YOUR MAIL BALLOT SHOW UP.
GO VOTE. WE ALSO NEED YOU TO ENGAGE IN OUR VACANCY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF VACANCIES TO SERVE ON OUR.
ADVISORY BOARD. NEED TO FILL THEM VACANCIES.
NOW, MEXICAN CITIZENS ARE PALM BAY TO.
ON PALM BAY BOARD AND SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO SERVE ON THESE ADVISORY BOARDS.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO SEARCH LONG AND HARD TO FIND SOMEONE.
WE JUST APPOINTED HIM TO TWO BOARD.
HE SERVED ON THE I THINK THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, RIGHT? NO, AND I THINK, RANDAL, FOR PUTTING HIS NAME OUT THERE TO SERVE TAKES DEDICATION.
LIKE THAT, BUT HE WANTS A BETTER CITY.
AND I'M ASKING CITIZENS TO STEP UP LIKE RANDALL STEPPED UP TONIGHT AND HE GOT APPOINTED.
HE'S. IT'S NOT JUST US REPRESENTING PALM BAY.
I WANT YOU TO ENGAGE AND REPRESENT PALM BAY AND.
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THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FOSTER, DEPUTY MAYOR, JOHNSON YES, MA'AM.
REAPPOINTING PHILIP WEINBERG TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD IN THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS, YOU ADDRESSED IT AND AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN BAILEY A YEAR AGO.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T FORGET IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE RECORD AND THAT IT HAPPENS IN REGARDS TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
WE HAVE A CHARTER REVIEW MEETING COMING UP, AND I THINK AN INSPECTOR GENERAL WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP A YEAR AGO, AND I REMEMBER YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE A TIME FOR A CHARTER.
SO HERE WE ARE. SO I'M MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF PROVIDES THE LANGUAGE TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE TEAM SO THAT THEY CAN REVIEW IT AND WE CAN GO FORWARD AND PROVIDE IT TO THE VOTERS.
SO THIS WILL BE AN ADDED LAYER OF TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT THE HALLS OF CITY HALL.
I JUST WANTED CONSENSUS, I GUESS, TO GIVE STAFF THE FINALE A THUMBS UP ON THAT AS YOU, YOU KNOW. YEAH.
AS YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN FELIX.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON KNOW? DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON IS TRYING TO GET CONSENSUS TO HAVE STAFF MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT FOR THE CHARTER, FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
ESSENTIALLY, IT WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL STAFF, ANOTHER CHARTER OFFICER WHO WOULDN'T ANSWER TO ANY TO ANYBODY EXCEPT FOR COUNSEL.
OH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION IT WAS.
YEAH. SO, SO AND WE'VE WE'VE HEARD IT TONIGHT IN REGARDS TO FORENSIC AUDITS, OPERATIONAL AUDITS. BUT, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY WE HAVE PUT MEASURES IN PLACE WITH LIKE THE WHISTLEBLOWER AND OTHER OTHER THINGS, BUT JUST TO KEEP IT AS CLEAN OF A PROCESS AS POSSIBLE, IT'S BEST.
AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO MS. SUZANNE ABOUT IT AND SHE SHE AGREES TO THAT.
IT'S BEST THAT IT'S SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OR SOMEBODY WHO YOU KNOW THAT WAY.
THERE'S NO. EVEN PERCEPTION THAT THE SYSTEM IS FLAWED OR OR IS BEING MISUSED IN ANY SENSE OF FASHION, THEY WOULDN'T REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
IT WOULD BE A. SO THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE A CHARTER OFFICER, ESSENTIALLY THAT ANSWERED COUNCILMAN, YES, WE OK GOD, THAT'S FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER.
AND THEN IF THEY AND THEN BRING IT TO US AND THEN BRING IT TO THE VOTERS.
THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL I GOT HERE.
I THINK WE'VE GOT THREE GOOD WITH THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE MY COMMENT ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN SERVING IN THE MILITARY, YOU KNOW WHAT IG DOES, IT'S OK.
AND YOU KNOW THAT I WHEN I SHOW UP, EVERYBODY LOCK AND LOCK AT ATTENTION.
I'M A LITTLE. ON THE FENCE WITH THIS, IT'S WHEN I RAN FOR COUNTY COMMISSION BACK IN 2016. I WAS PUSHING FOR IG.
I SAW THE COUNTY BUDGET AND THINGS IN THAT NATURE AND SOME OF THE WASTEFUL SPENDING THAT I SAW AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, BREVARD COUNTY.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING TO WASTE IN PALM BAY, SO THAT'S WHY I'M LITTLE, I THINK OUR BUDGET IS TIGHT.
A GOOD JOB SINCE WE'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.
NOW, HAVE YOU TALKED TO BILL BRATTON ABOUT PREVIOUS.
INCIDENT, YEAH, YOU NEED AN IG.
YOU NEED AN IG. BUT GOING FORWARD, WE MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE HERE.
THEY MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT CITY MANAGER, WE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS. THE TIME TO HAVE AN IG IS WHEN WE STARTED THAT, GOLD WROTE ON.
BECAUSE THAT'S TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON THE LINE.
SO. YOU KNOW, THE HORSE HAS LEFT THE BARN.
BILL BURTON, WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP TO THAT HORSE.
I'VE NO WHISTLE BLOWER COMMITTEE.
UM, WE HAD ETHICS TRAINING, RIGHT MR. MAN. WE DID ALL OF THAT.
AND WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT OUR IG.
AND REALLY. THERE'S NO MS., AS I KNOW, NO MS..
MS. INAPPROPRIATE FUNDS OR BACKWARD DEALS GOING ON IN THE CITY.
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SO I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD DO A WORKSHOP.AND IN THE CHARTER REVIEW, IF WE DO AN ECG, IT NEEDS TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SOME TYPE OF INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIENCE AND IT NEEDS THE ONLY ANSWER TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOAL AND.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A RESTRUCTURE.
UM. BECAUSE SOME THINGS THE IG AND I HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO AND.
THEY SHOULD HAVE. YOU KNOW, TOTAL ACCESS TO SHOULDN'T BE ASKING PEOPLE PERMISSION TO LOOK AT FINANCIAL RECORDS OR THE.
DEAL WITH THE WHISTLEBLOWER COMMITTEE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO I THINK WE SHOULD.
UM, THE CHARTER REVIEW IS NOT A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SIT DOWN AND FIGURE THIS OUT.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A WORKSHOP BEFORE THE CHARTER REVIEW IS OVER AND GET THIS RIGHT BECAUSE WE GOT ONE TIME TO GET IT RIGHT.
THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS JUST TO HEIGHTEN, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY, BOARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT, RIGHT, THEY THEY HAD AND THEY STILL HAVE THE CLERK OF COURTS THAT KIND OF FIT IN THAT ROLE.
I'M ENCOURAGED BY MY COLLEAGUES LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE THIS YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD TODAY WE'RE DOING WELL, BUT WHO KNOWS DOWN RANGE, RIGHT? SO YEAH, I'M I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
LET'S DEAL WITH THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE.
BRING FORWARD AND THE LANGUAGE.
SO WE HAVE WE HAVE CONSENSUS AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
IT HAS TO BE A SEPARATE ENTITY.
THEY HAVE TO BE BEHOLDEN TO TO THIS.
BUT YES, IT WOULD CREATE A DIFFERENT ARM, BUT AN ARM THAT CAN PROTECT.
I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT CHECKS AND BALANCES.
SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT DEPUTY MAYOR.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, THERE IS CONSENSUS FOR THAT.
ADAM JONES, DID YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE TO BRING BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE? RIGHT, THANK YOU, MA'AM.
WAS THAT DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR.
YEP, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
SO MY REPORT IS THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS I'LL BE REAPPOINTING RAINIER WARNER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK HE'S DONE AND AND I'M HONORED HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE.
THEN SECONDLY, I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS.
THE FIRST BEING A FEW WEEKS AGO, A DEPUTY MAYOR, JOHNSON YOU AND I WERE AT AND THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF WERE AT THE DEMOLITION OF FIRE STATION ONE, THE OLD FIRE STATION ONE.
AND IN THAT REALLY GOOD CELEBRATION OF THE CAMARADERIE OF THOSE FIREFIGHTERS, RIGHT? AND THEN I WITNESSED HOW THEY GATHERED AND I LOOKED AT THE MURAL THAT WAS PAINTED FIRE STATION ONE, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING.
AND THEN THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THAT MURAL WAS GOING TO BE TORN APART.
YOU KNOW, THE COUNTLESS HOURS IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN TO PAINT THAT.
AND THEN I LATER DISCOVERED, GENTLEMEN, THAT THAT MURAL BECAME A PATCH AND IT'S WHAT'S CURRENTLY LOGO OF THE FIRE STATION.
SO ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ACTUALLY THE GENTLEMAN THAT PAINTED THAT HIS NAME IS BOB YOHO. HE IS A RETIREE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS.
AND SO AS AS I PEELED BACK THE ONION, RIGHT, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE OTHER RETIRED FIREFIGHTERS THAT THAT HAD.
AND SO WHAT I'M I LIKE TO DO IS THIS NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS I WANT TO HONORED BOB HOSTS AND SOME OF THE RETIREES WANT TO PROVIDE A PROCLAMATION.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOU GUYS KNOW I'M ALL ABOUT HONORING OTHERS AND HOW COULD WE NOT HONOR? I COULD HAVE ONLY IMAGINED I WOULD HAVE PAINTED THAT THAT BEAUTIFUL MURAL.
YOU HAD A WITNESS OF IT, RIGHT? AND THEN IT'S NO LONGER THERE.
SO PERHAPS THAT MIGHT ENCOURAGE HIM TO PAINT IT AGAIN, RIGHT? SO I JUST WANT TO LET COUNCIL KNOW ABOUT THAT.
SO THEN THAT ENDS MY REPORTS AND MADAME SHERMAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'M LOOKING FOR COUNCIL CONSENSUS.
THREE MEETINGS AGO, YOU ALL APPROVED THE FEDERAL PRIORITIES AND I'D LIKE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION FOR LETTERS TO COME FROM MY OFFICE ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THOSE FEDERAL PRIORITIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
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YOU GOT A THUMBS UP FROM DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND ONE FROM ROB MEDINA, AND YOU GOT A UNANIMOUS THUMBS UP TO HAVE ALL THOSE LETTERS SENT OUT.THANK YOU, MA'AM. MADAM SMITH.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND SPEAKER CARDS, I SEE NOT ANYONE WISH TO WEAR ON PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANYONE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL STEPPED FORWARD.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES ]
SUZANNE YOU OR SUSAN, YOU CAME.YOU JUST BEAT OUT MASTER CHIEF BY THE AIR.
UH, EARLIER TONIGHT I STARTED MY COMMENTS WITH WE THE PEOPLE, AND I'M GOING TO END THEM WITH WE THE PEOPLE.
NOW, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF OUR PEOPLE HAVE GONE, BUT I WANTED TO WELCOME AND THANK RANDALL OLSZEWSKI FOR GETTING ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT BILL MOORE, WHO IS ONE OF OUR CANDIDATES, IS ALSO ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS WE, THE PEOPLE.
AND I WANT TO SAY TO WE THE PEOPLE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET GOOD REPRESENTATIVES IN THIS COMMITTEE HAS EXCELLENT REPRESENTATIVES.
BUT WHAT IT ALSO NEEDS IS WE THE PEOPLE TO SHOW UP.
AND ONE OF THE VERY ISSUES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIAL ELECTION IS ONE OF THE THINGS BEING CONSIDERED.
I KNOW PHIL MOORE HAS PROPOSED A CHANGE OR A.
NOT REALLY A CHANGE, BUT IT'S AN ISSUE THAT IS BEFORE THE FORE, BEFORE THE CHARTER REVIEW. AND SO WE NEED TO SHOW UP IF WE HAVE A CERTAIN BELIEF ABOUT HOW THIS SHOULD BE, WHETHER TO APPOINT OR TO ELECT IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
SO I ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW CITIZENS TO COME AND VOICE YOUR OPINION.
IT IS HEARD AND IT WILL BE FOLLOWED.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS THESE MEETINGS ARE NOT ADVERTISED.
I'VE MISSED THE FIRST TWO BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM.
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ON EVERY MAILING LIST, BUT AND SO I JUST I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE MAY HAVE MISSED HIM TOO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK.
PLEASE GET THEM ON THE CALENDAR.
THEY DON'T APPEAR ON THE CALENDAR.
PLEASE DO SOME EXTRA PROMOTION OF THEM BECAUSE THIS COMMITTEE WON'T BE HERE FOREVER.
AND I KNOW THE THEY MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS AND THAT THAT'S CHANGING IN MARCH DUE TO THE SPECIAL ELECTION. SO I WANT TO COME.
YOU ARE WE THE PEOPLE TOO? AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT THIS COUNCIL DOES FOR US.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING, MA'AM.
WHEN YOU SAY THESE MEETINGS, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT AREN'T ADVERTISED.
MR. CHIEF. NO, YOU KNOW, IT'S SENIOR CHIEF.
FOUR PERCENT MAIL BALLOTS MAKES THIS THE MOST EXPENSIVE SPECIAL ELECTION.
IF YOU'RE THAT FOUR PERCENT, IT'S STILL YOUR ELECTION.
NOW, IF THAT BEING THE MOST EXPENSIVE ELECTION, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER FOR THE CITY AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS ALSO THE MOST EXPENSIVE, EXPENSIVE CITY COUNCIL WE'VE EVER HAD.
IT'S WHEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMPARING EVERYTHING'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE, SO YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE ONES BEFORE YOU.
AND THEN THEY WERE EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE ONE BEFORE THEM.
SO EVERYTHING DOES GO UP, BUT THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS STILL THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
AND YOU'VE HEARD ME, YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT, BUT THEY HEARD ME VOICED THAT OPINION AT THE CHARTER REVIEW.
RIGHT. WHEN MORE CHARTER OFFICER AND STAFF.
THAT'S A BIG BUDGET, WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE THIS COUNCIL THAT MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, AND IT'S A THAT'S A BIG TOPIC TO BE FOR YOUR CHARTER REVIEW.
AND I AGREE. THERE'S GOING TO BE A PLUS AND A MINUS ON IT, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE I'M AT YET WITH IT, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY SEE THAT IT WILL DEFINITELY BE A COST AND FOR A POSITIVE NOTE.
I HAD NO IDEA HOW SUCCESSFUL THE SOURCE WAS UNTIL I STARTED HEARING THAT FOR NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, THEY WERE TAKING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET FOR TWO BUCKS A NIGHT AND MAKING THEM
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COMFORTABLE. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT AND THEN I WAS ALSO VERY HAPPY TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS DID AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THEM.THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMEBODY SLEEPING WELL TONIGHT, TONIGHT, MAYBE NOT TONIGHT, BUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN IT WAS ICE COLD.
I WISH WE WOULD HAVE HAD THREE BUSSES FOR PALM BAY AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO SPEND $3 MILLION. THAT RIGHT THERE WAS INSTANTANEOUS GRATIFICATION, EVEN IF IT WASN'T USED THE ABILITY TO HAVE IT THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, STUFF LIKE HAVING TANGIBLE ITEMS WITH WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THIS MONEY ON.
THANK YOU. YOU ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? IT'S A GOOD NIGHT AGAIN FOR THE GUARD FROM 16 80 MAIN STREET ARTISTS.
YOU KNOW, THE HOMELESS SITUATION, AND IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED IN A VERY NICE WAY.
WHAT I HAVE ONE SUGGESTION I THINK HOMELESS IN OUR CITY OR IN THE STATE OR EVEN THE COUNTRY OF OURS.
IS MAINLY CAUSED FROM MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND I THOUGHT WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO A MENTAL TREATMENT FOR ESPECIALLY THE HOMELESS, BECAUSE THE HOMELESS IS IN A SITUATION TO ME THAT THEIR MINDSET IS NOT A WAY TO REALLY HAVE ANY BETTER OUTLOOK OR IF WE SPEND A HUNDRED OR A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY ON THE HOMELESS. I AM NOT DISAGREEING OF HOMELESS BECAUSE I SUPPORT HOMELESS AND I EVEN CONTRIBUTE TO HOMELESS SITUATIONS.
WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO LOOK AT MENTAL ILLNESS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH YOU ALMOST YOU SPEND ON THE HOMELESS IN THE IN THE WOODS.
YOU TAKE THEM OUT. YOU TREAT THEM THE BASIC END.
FIRST CHANCE THEY GET, THEY GET, THEY GO BACK IN THERE AND IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THAT MINDSET PROPERLY.
AND I WOULDN'T MIND IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW, THE COUNSELOR AND STAFF CAN LOOK INTO MENTAL ILLNESS. WE ARE THE LARGEST CITY IN BREVARD AND WE DON'T HAVE A MENTAL INSTITUTION OR ANY KIND OF ORGANIZATION THAT TREATING MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE SCHOOL.
THE SAME THING, THE SHOOTING AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY.
IN MY EYES, I THINK MENTAL ILLNESS IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS.
UM, SO I WOULDN'T MIND IF SOMEONE COULD LOOK INTO THAT.
THE SECOND THING IS, I KNOW WE NEED SOME CARS FOR THE POLICE TO MOVE AROUND IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY BECAUSE I OVERHEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT CARS AND MOBILITY BREAKDOWN AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT I SAW THREE OR FOUR POLICE CARS.
THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO THE CITY MANAGER DIRECTLY SITTING IN A YARD, ONE BLOCK FROM WHERE I'M LIVING ON MAIN STREET FOR, I DON'T KNOW, TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
I WOULDN'T MIND KNOWING WHY THE REASON THEY ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, PAINTED AND PUT IT ON THE ROAD. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A COUPLE OF MY CONCERN AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, SO.
GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
JUST WANTED TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MS. GARY. WE AS COUNCIL, WE'VE HAD A WORKSHOP REGARDING THE CARES ACT AND PART OF THAT DISCUSSION HAS BEEN THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION THAT HOMELESSNESS COULD BE MENTAL HEALTH.
IT COULD BE THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT LITERALLY NEED A HAND UP, RIGHT? THERE'S SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT FACTIONS AND AND WE'RE ABOUT TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
SO THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THAT END.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE MENTAL HEALTH IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO THAT WHOLE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS.
YES, SIR. AND MENTAL ILLNESS IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE HAVE.
IF YOU IF YOU LISTEN TO THE RADIO OR THE TV, THE MOST ADVERTISE ILLNESS AND MEDICATION IS FOR DEPRESSION. SO THAT'S JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTION THAT THAT'S BEEN GOING, IT'S REALLY ALARMING.
SO YOU NEED TO, YOU KNOW, I SAY, NEED TO ADDRESS AND WE ARE THE LARGEST CITY AND WE NEED A MENTAL INSTITUTION OR, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING.
MADAM SHERMAN, DO YOU WANT? DID YOU WANT TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS OR PERHAPS YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH MR. GHANI REGARDING THE VEHICLES ON MAIN STREET? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT.
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ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? PLEASE STEP FORWARD, SIR. ETHAN WHITE, 13, ONE, SEABREEZE STREET, SOUTHWEST.I WANTED TO TOUCH, ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T ORIGINALLY PLAN THIS ON SOMETHING, MR. HOEGER SAID, I'VE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOURCE MINISTRY AND ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING.
NOT. FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF THEIR MINISTRY THAT THEY SPOKE TO ME ABOUT WAS THAT WHEN THE HOMELESS IN THEIR ENTIRE TIME SERVING THEM SINCE THEY WERE FOUNDED, WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THERE, WHAT CAUSED THEM TO BECOME HOMELESS, YOU GET A LOT OF THE STANDARD, SOMEWHAT GENERAL ANSWERS.
BUT WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF CATALYST EVENT, THAT WAS THE TURNING POINT, SO TO SPEAK, THAT LED THEM TO TOWARDS THAT END GOAL OR PUSH THEM IN THE DIRECTION OF THAT END SITUATION. THE NUMBER ONE ANSWER WAS A LOSS OF LOVED ONES LOSS OF FAMILY MEMBERS.
IN A SENSE, A LOSS OF COMMUNITY FAMILY.
THOSE CLOSE TO THEM, BE IT BY DEATH OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, SIMPLY BEING REMOVED FROM THEM, IN SOME CASES, BUT THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE ANSWER BY FAR.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS INSPIRING TO ME ABOUT THE SOURCES MINISTRY IS THEIR ENDEAVORS, SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVORS TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY AND CONNECT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY SERVE WITH OTHERS, BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF THAT COMMUNITY, SO THAT THEY HAVE THAT THING THAT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY.
THAT IS IN COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE THAT SPARK THAT KEEPS THEM MOVING FORWARD, THAT KEEPS THEM UPRIGHT AND KEEPS THEM OUT OF THAT SITUATION IN THE FUTURE TO THE MOST OF THEIR ABILITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE MORE PRAISE FOR THE SOURCE THERE, IT'S A FUN STATEMENT. BUT I WOULD ECHO COUNCILMAN FOSTER COMMENT THAT WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING.
WE SHOULD OURSELVES AND WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING ALL THAT WE KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW IN PALM BAY TO GET OUT AND VOTE MARCH 8TH OR SOONER IF YOU HAVE THE MAIL IN BALLOT OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
AND I WOULD ALSO AGREE WITH MR BATTEN THAT EVEN IF IT WAS JUST FOUR PERCENT IN THE END.
WELL, THAT THAT'S FOUR PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED THEIR VOICE HEARD AND WHO REPRESENTED THEM, AND THEY DESERVED THAT.
THAT IS HOW ALL OF THIS WORKS.
BY THIS, I MEAN, ALL OF THIS WORKS.
I CERTAINLY HOPE IT IS MORE THAN FOUR PERCENT IN THE END, BUT IF IT WERE.
I HAVE TO SAY IT IS STILL WORTH IT IS STILL THE BEST USE OF THAT MONEY BEING SURE THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ELECTED.
AND I HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME JUST BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT I'M RUNNING FOR A SEAT AND THEY GOT A MAIL IN BALLOT THAT THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THE PEOPLE ON IT.
SO I'VE BEEN DOING WHAT I CAN TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE ELECTION, ABOUT THE DATES AND WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION ON THE PEOPLE.
JUST WANTED TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE SOURCE.
THE SOURCE HAS BEEN DOING THIS DOWN IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND AND THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT PALM BAY AND THEY'RE WELCOMED HERE.
AND IT WAS BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THIS COUNCIL.
AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT THEY HEAR ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK.
BEFORE I ADJOURN, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
TO THANK. THE BEST POLICE CHIEF IN BREVARD COUNTY FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR CITY WHEN HE FIRST STARTED DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, HE WAS A LOT YOUNGER THAN YOU, SIR.
HE SERVED THE CITY WITH HONOR DISTINCTION.
MY GOSH, HE MADE IT TO THE RANK OF CHIEF OF POLICE FROM PATROL OFFICER.
YOU CAN TELL, YOU KNOW, I'M UP THERE IN AGE, I'M WISDOM, IN AGE, AND I'VE KNOWN THAT YOUNG MAN FOR A VERY LONG TIME WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.