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I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR MEETING 2020 2-03 THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD, 2022
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AT 6:00. ROLL CALL THESE.REMEMBER SNYDER? PRESENT MEMBER CONNOLLY MEMBER JACKSON MEMBER ZIEGLER AS AN.
I DON'T SEE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE ARE GOING STRAIGHT INTO OUR PRESENTATION, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE AN INTRODUCTION.
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ABSOLUTELY. BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU BRANDON SMITH, WHO IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST WITH BREVARD COUNTY.HE HAS BEEN WITH THE COUNTY 22 YEARS.
HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SEND ME A WONDERFUL BIO, WHICH I FAILED TO BRING WITH ME THIS EVENING. BUT I WILL MAKE SURE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU SO THAT YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THE EXPERTIZE WHO HAS COME TO PRESENT TO US TONIGHT.
AND SO HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF Q&A AFTERWARDS.
AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL GIVE YOU BRANDON SMITH.
ALL RIGHT, SO I WORK WITH THE SAVER INDIAN RIVER LAGOON PROGRAM, AND WE'LL.
CAN I JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON HOW THE PROGRAM CAME TO BE? SO BACK IN 2016, YOU RECALL THE MAJOR FISH KILL THAT WE HAD AND THEY PASSED A HALF CENT SALES TAX TO HELP SUPPORT THE LAGOON.
SO THAT FISH KILL, WE BELIEVE, WAS INSTIGATED BY A DIE OFF OF A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF THE PHYTOPLANKTON, THE ALGAE OUT IN THE LAGOON AND DROPPING THE OXYGEN LEVELS AND AS THE ALGAE BLOOM DECOMPOSES AND THEN CAUSE THAT FISH KILL.
SO THAT SORT OF SPURRED PEOPLE ON TO HELP PASS THE HALF CENT SALES TAX.
AND WE KNEW BEFORE THAT FISH KILL EVEN HAPPENED THAT IT WAS SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO DO TO HELP IMPROVE THE LAGOON BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF POLLUTANTS THAT GO INTO THE LAGOON.
SO IT'S JUST A BROAD PICTURE HERE SHOWING ALL THE DIFFERENT INPUTS HEADING OUT INTO THE LAGOON AND THERE'S NO ONE SOURCE OF POLLUTION GOING IN THERE.
SO WE HAVE THINGS COMING IN FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AGRICULTURE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE, STORMWATER SEPTIC SYSTEMS, SEWAGE SPILLS, MUCK LAWN CHEMICALS.
ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS ARE CONTRIBUTING POLLUTION TO THE LAGOON.
SO WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AND WE DEVELOPED WHAT WE CALLED THE FOUR R'S.
SO WE WANTED TO REDUCE THE EXCESS NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS POLLUTION GOING INTO THE LAGOON BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S FEEDING THOSE ALGAL BLOOMS OUT THERE.
AND THEN WE WANTED TO REMOVE THE LEGACY, LOAD THE MUCK THAT WAS OUT THERE THAT WAS LEACHING, THE TRAPPED EXCESS NUTRIENTS THAT IT HAD COLLECTED OUT INTO THE LAGOON, WHAT WE CALL FLUX ON A CONSTANT BASIS.
WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO RESTORE SOME OF THE NATURAL FILTERING HABITATS LIKE OUR OYSTER REEFS AND OUR SHORE PLANTS.
AND WE NEEDED NEW WE NEEDED TO RESPOND TO CHANGES.
WE COULDN'T JUST CREATE A STATIC PLAN, LEAVE IT AS IS, AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING ARE SUCCESSFUL AND ADAPT AND BE ABLE TO CHANGE THOSE AS NEEDED.
SO WE CHANGED THE PLAN EVERY YEAR.
WE REEVALUATE IT AND UPDATE THAT PLAN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
LOADING THAT YOU SEE IN THE LAGOON.
IF WE LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL LOADING IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, WE USED TO HAVE A LOT OF WHAT WE CALL POINT SOURCE POLLUTION.
WE COULD IDENTIFY WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM AND A LOT OF IT WAS COMING FROM OUR SEWAGE PLANTS THAT EMPTIED THEIR EFFLUENT DIRECTLY OUT INTO THE LAGOONS.
THEY TREATED THE WATER, BUT THEN DISCHARGE THAT TREATED WATER OUT IN THE LAGOON.
NOW, WHILE THEY REMOVED THINGS LIKE BACTERIA AND OTHER THINGS THAT WERE HARMFUL TO PEOPLE, IT STILL HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN IT, WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THOSE MUCK DEPOSITS AND TO THOSE ALGAL BLOOMS. NOW, IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHER SOURCES, TOO, SO.
ATMOSPHERE, SEPTIC STORM, WATER.
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE OUT THERE, BUT.
WHEN THEY PASS THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON ACT IN THE 1990S.
THAT STOPPED ANY DIRECT DISCHARGE OF THAT SEWAGE THAT TREATED SEWAGE WATER TO THE LAGOON SO THAT TREATED EFFLUENT COULD NO LONGER GO IN THERE.
AND WE SAW A DRASTIC DROP IN THAT POINT SOURCE POLLUTION.
WE ALSO HAVE SEEN DROPS IN OUR STORMWATER CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH A LOT OF STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS THAT STARTED IN THE 1990S AND ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION THROUGH THE CLEAN AIR
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ACT. THAT'S HELPED TO REDUCE SOME OF THE POLLUTION COMING IN THROUGH THERE.BUT AS OUR POPULATION INCREASES, WE SEE INCREASE IN OUR SEPTIC SYSTEM, ALSO CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MUCK AND WHAT WE CALL UNDIFFERENTIATED BASE FLOW, JUST THE GROUNDWATER.
AS POLLUTANTS SEEP DOWN THROUGH THINGS LIKE FERTILIZER AND OTHER THINGS SEEP DOWN IN THE GROUNDWATER AND CAN GET INTO THE LAGOON THAT MIGHT.
NOW WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE POLLUTION SOURCES AND SOME THINGS SURPRISED US WHEN WE WERE STARTING TO LOOK INTO THAT.
AND ONE OF THEM BEING WE KNEW SEPTIC WAS A PROBLEM, BUT WE LOOKED AT AREAS ACTUALLY IN PALM BAY AROUND TURKEY CREEK THAT WERE ON RECLAIMED WATER.
AND WE HAD A STUDY THAT WE DID THERE AND WE SAW THAT WHEN WE TESTED THE GROUNDWATER IN THOSE RECLAIMED WATER AREAS, THEY ACTUALLY WERE HIGHER THAN SOME OF THE SEPTIC NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THAT RECLAIMED WATER COMING FROM THE PLANTS HAS NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN IT.
SO IT WAS SEEPING DOWN THROUGH IF PEOPLE WERE OVER IRRIGATING AND GETTING DOWN INTO THE GROUNDWATER. AND SOME OF OUR PLANTS WERE ACTUALLY THE CONCENTRATION OF NITROGEN WAS HIGHER THAN WHAT THE GRASS COULD TAKE UP.
SO ANYTHING ABOVE THAT WOULD JUST GET DOWN INTO THE GROUNDWATER.
SO WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO UPGRADE SOME OF THOSE PLANTS.
AND THE PALM BAY PLANT WE HEARD IS GETTING READY TO JUST FINISH UP WITH THE UPGRADES THAT THEY THAT WE'RE FUNDING THROUGH THEM.
SO THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE COMPLETE SOON.
AND WE'VE HAD COCOA BEACH AND SOME OTHER ONES THAT ARE COCOA BEACHES COMPLETE AND THEN A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.
SO WEST MELBOURNE AND TITUSVILLE ARE BOTH WORKING ON SEWER PLANT UPGRADES AND WE KNEW SEPTIC WAS ALSO AN ISSUE AND WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO FIX ALL THE SEPTIC SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTY, WE DID SOME STUDIES TO SHOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF THE TOTAL SEPTIC SYSTEMS THAT ARE A PROBLEM.
AND WITHIN THAT FIRST 55 YARDS, THAT IS THE BIGGEST IMPACT TO THE LAGOON.
AND IF WE LOOK AT THAT 55 YARD AREA, WE ACTUALLY SEE THAT ABOUT 5000 OF THOSE SEPTIC TANKS THAT ARE IN REAL SANDY SOILS CLOSE TO THE LAGOON ARE CREATING THE BIGGEST IMPACT.
SO 10% OF THE SEPTIC TANKS IN THE COUNTY ARE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING ABOUT 48% OF THE SEPTIC POLLUTION.
SO WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO TARGET THOSE HIGH POLLUTING AREAS FIRST AND TRY TO GET THOSE SEPTIC TANKS OUT.
IN AREAS WHERE WE COULDN'T CONVERT THEM TO SEWER.
WE WERE DOING THINGS. WE'RE DOING THINGS LIKE SEPTIC UPGRADES SO THEY CAN PUT AN ADVANCED SEPTIC SYSTEM IN THAT TREATS MORE THAN WHAT A TRADITIONAL WOULD AS TRADITIONAL SYSTEM TREATS ABOUT 40% OF THE NITROGEN POLLUTION IN THAT SEWAGE THAT GOES INTO THE SEPTIC SYSTEM. WHEREAS THESE ADVANCED SYSTEMS HAVE TO TREAT 65% OR MORE OF THE NITROGEN.
SO DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT'S PUT IN AND THE SOIL TYPES AROUND IT, THEY CAN ACHIEVE EVEN INTO THE 90 PERCENTILE OF REMOVAL.
SO THESE SYSTEMS RECYCLE, RECIRCULATE THE WATER, USE AERATION AND OTHER CHAMBERS TO HELP TREAT THE WATER FURTHER AND REMOVE HIGHER AMOUNTS.
WE'RE ALSO TESTING MEDIA THAT HAS BEEN USED IN OUR STORMWATER PROJECTS, IN OUR SEPTIC SYSTEM. SO THIS IS BIO ACTIVATED MEDIA AND IT'S AN AREA FOR BACTERIA TO GROW AND HELP BREAK THOSE THINGS DOWN.
AND THERE WERE SOME THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR SEPTIC SYSTEMS, BUT SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE USE IN OUR STORMWATER SYSTEMS HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED FOR SEPTIC.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE TO GET THEM APPROVED FOR OUR SEPTIC SYSTEMS AS WELL.
AND THAT WILL HELP EXPAND THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP TREAT THE WATER GOING INTO THE LAGOON. OUR LEAKY LATERALS ARE ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE, AND WE LEARNED ALL ABOUT THAT DURING THE HURRICANES THAT WE HAD DURING HURRICANE IRMA AND FINDING THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE PIPES WILL HAVE CRACKS THAT ALLOW WATER TO GO IN AND OVERLOAD THE SEWAGE PLANTS, OR THEY CAN HAVE CRACKS THAT ALLOW SEWAGE TO SEEP OUT.
SO IT GOES BOTH WAYS AND BOTH ARE ISSUES.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING BOTH WITH THE COUNTY AND THE CITIES TO DO SMOKE TESTING IN MANY AREAS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THESE LEAKY LATERALS.
SO WHILE THE PIPES RUNNING THROUGH THE STREETS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, THE LATERAL LINES THAT RUN FROM THE STREET TO THE HOUSE.
SO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOMEOWNER, A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THAT UNTIL WE DO THE SMOKE TESTS.
AND SO WE CAN HELP IDENTIFY THAT.
AND WE HAVE GRANTS IN PLACE TO HELP THE HOMEOWNERS REPLACE THOSE LATERALS SO THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT THEY CALL IRONI THAT INFLUX OR INFILTRATION OF WATER.
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WE ALSO IDENTIFIED MANY PACKAGE PLANTS AROUND THE COUNTY THAT ARE BASICALLY A MINIATURE SEWAGE TREATMENT, BUT THEY'RE MORE AKIN TO SEPTIC SYSTEMS THAN THEY ARE AN ADVANCED SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.AND A LOT OF THESE WERE PUT INTO MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER SMALL COMMUNITIES.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IN SOME OF THESE, THEY ARE NOT VERY FAR AT ALL FROM THE LAGOON, THE ONE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT THERE.
THAT LITTLE WHITE PATCH YOU SEE JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, THAT IS WATER IN THE LAGOON AT THE DOCK IS STICKING OUT THERE.
SO THERE'S ONLY ABOUT A TEN FOOT SEPARATION FROM THEIR SEWAGE TREATMENT POND AND THE LAGOON. AND THEY HAD THAT BERM ACTUALLY BREAK DURING A MAJOR STORM ONE TIME.
SO THERE'S IT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO HAVE OUT THERE.
SO WE'RE GETTING THESE AREAS OFF OF THESE PACKAGE PLANTS AND CONNECTING THEM UP TO THE SEWAGE SYSTEM. WE'RE ALSO GETTING THAT LEGACY LOAD OF MUCK OUT THERE.
MUCK IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTING POLLUTANT LOADS OUT IN THE LAGOON.
AND SO WE'RE EMPTYING OUT THE LARGER AREAS.
WE DID TESTING TO FIND THE PRIORITY AREAS THAT ARE THE HIGHEST POLLUTING MUCK SITES, AND WE'RE WORKING TO GET THOSE OUT FIRST.
AND WE APPLY FOR GRANTS AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
WE CAN TRY TO EXPAND THAT OUT FURTHER, BUT WE'RE HITTING THE PRIORITY ONES FIRST.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY GETTING READY TO START WITH OUR SIKES CREEK MUCK DREDGING.
SO THAT'S ONE THAT WE JUST GOT CONTRACTED THIS LAST YEAR AND ARE IN THE PRELIMINARY PHASES TO RAMP THAT UP.
SO THAT SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY STARTING BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THERE'S A LOT OF STORMWATER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE AS WELL, AND THIS CAN BE ANYTHING FROM THE BAFFLE BOX LIKE YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT THAT HELPS TRAP THAT LEAF LITTER AND DEBRIS AND KEEPS IT FROM ROTTING IN THE WATER TO STORMWATER POND IMPROVEMENTS.
WE PUT IN SOME OF THAT MEDIA THAT WE'RE USING IN THE SEPTIC SYSTEMS INTO SOME OF THESE PONDS TO HELP TREATMENT.
AND WE'RE UPGRADING DITCHES AND OTHER THINGS AS WELL WITH SIMILAR MEDIA.
AND WE ADDED IN LATER INTO OUR PLAN VEGETATION HARVESTING.
SO IT WASN'T IN THERE INITIALLY, BUT WE HAD REQUESTS FOR IT AND INSTEAD OF SPRAYING PLANTS IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, WE CAN HARVEST THEM OUT AND REMOVE THE NUTRIENTS FROM THOSE PLANTS COMPLETELY OUT OF THOSE SYSTEMS. AND THEN WE ADD IN, IN MANY OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE HARVEST OUT, WE CAN PUT IN THESE MAPS, MANAGE AQUATIC PLANT SYSTEMS, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY A FLOATING MAT THAT YOU PUT PLANTS IN. THOSE MATS CAN BE HAULED IN AND OUT AND YOU CAN REMOVE THE PLANTS AND REPLACE THEM THAT WAY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GET A LOT OF HEAVY MACHINERY OUT THERE TO PULL OUT THE PLANTS. SO THAT CAN HELP REMOVE NUTRIENTS AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE MANY RESTORATION PROJECTS GOING ON.
WE'VE DONE SOME SHORELINE RESTORATION WITH MANGROVES, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF OYSTER PROJECTS. AND THIS LAST YEAR WE ADDED IN CLAM RESTORATION AS WELL.
SO ADDING TO THOSE FILTER FEEDERS THAT HELP REMOVE THOSE NUTRIENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM FOR OUR CITIZENS TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO ACTIONS IN THEIR OWN HOME TO HELP THE LAGOON AS WELL.
SO WHILE WE HAVE MANY PROJECTS GOING ON, OUR PROJECTS WILL MOVE OVER WHEN THEY'RE ALL COMPLETE ABOUT £1.3 MILLION OF NITROGEN ANNUALLY FROM THE LAGOON.
BUT WE NEED OUR CITIZENS TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AND AMPLIFY THAT REMOVAL EVEN MORE BY DOING SIMPLE THINGS IN THEIR HOMES.
SO WE CAME UP WITH THE LAGOON LOYALTY PROGRAM AND THE LAGOON WELCOME IS THE WEBSITE THEY CAN GO TO, AND IT GIVES THEM SIMPLE ACTIONS THAT THEY CAN DO AROUND THEIR HOME TO HELP REDUCE THEIR NUTRIENT LOADING.
SO WHETHER IT'S SETTING AN IRRIGATION TIMER, PLANTING SOME FLORIDA FRIENDLY NATIVE PLANTS, PICKING UP AFTER THEIR DOG, BLOWING THEIR GRASS CLIPPINGS BACK INTO THEIR LAWN, ALL OF THESE ACTIONS CAN BE REPORTED AND THEY ARE GIVEN POINTS FOR THAT, AND THEY CAN REDEEM THOSE POINTS FOR DISCOUNTS AND VARIOUS BUSINESSES AROUND THE COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE 70 SOME BUSINESSES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AND OFFERING DISCOUNTS TO OUR CITIZENS OUT THERE, AND WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITHIN OTHER INDUSTRIES.
SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THE SEPTIC CONTRACTORS TO TRY TO GET THEM A MAGNET THEY CAN GIVE TO PEOPLE WHO WHO THEY USE SERVICE CALLS TO AND GIVES THEM PROPER MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR SEPTIC SYSTEM.
BASICALLY THE THINGS, THE DO'S AND DON'TS OF HAVING A SEPTIC SYSTEM.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH REALTORS SO THAT WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE BUYING A HOME WITH A SEPTIC SYSTEM TO GET IT INSPECTED, MAKE SURE IT'S OPERATING PROPERLY, AND
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GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION AS WELL SO THEY KNOW HOW TO TREAT THAT SEPTIC SYSTEM AND KEEP IT RUNNING OPTIMALLY.WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO REDUCE THE USE OF FERTILIZER AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE USING IT PROPERLY WHEN THEY DO USE IT.
AND WE'VE PASSED AN ORDINANCE TO OR CHANGED OUR FERTILIZER ORDINANCE TO AMEND IT AND GET IN A FERTILIZER SIGN PART TO THAT ORDINANCE.
SO ALL BUSINESSES THAT SELL FERTILIZER ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE OF THESE SIGNS UP AND IT INFORMS THE CONSUMER OF WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO FERTILIZE, WHAT TYPE OF FERTILIZER THEY'RE REQUIRED TO USE WHEN THEY USE IT ON THEIR LAWN, AND SOME OTHER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR FERTILIZER.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH TESTING A PILOT AND SOME OF THE STORES WITH LABELING SOME OF THE LAGOON ORDINANCE FRIENDLY FERTILIZERS.
AND THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION WHEN THEY'RE BUYING IT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY BUY THE ONES THAT ARE APPROVED FOR OUR ORDINANCE.
SO WE'RE TESTING THAT OUT AND SEEING HOW THAT AFFECTS THE PURCHASING OF OUR FERTILIZERS.
AND IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, WE MIGHT EXPAND THAT OUT TO OTHER STORES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PROJECTS SO FAR.
WE'RE UP TO 57 COMPLETED PROJECTS.
WE HAVE 372 PROJECTS IN THE PLAN, AND THAT'S NOT COUNTING OUR SEPTIC UPGRADES AND QUICK CONNECTS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH SEWER.
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY ALONG A SEWER LINE CAN CONNECT AND CONNECT.
BUT YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, AND THEY RANGE IN ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS.
SO EVERYTHING THAT I'VE MENTIONED SO FAR, WE'VE COMPLETED A LITTLE BIT OF EACH.
SO JUST KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO CALL THEM ALL OUT, BUT WE'LL JUST RUN THROUGH AND SORT OF SHOW YOU THE LIST HERE OF THESE ARE OUR REDUCED PROJECTS.
SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REDUCING POLLUTANTS GOING INTO THE SYSTEM.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE BAFFLE BOXES BEING INSTALLED THERE YOU SEE ONE OF THE DITCH IMPROVEMENTS THERE WHERE THEY ADDED IN THAT BIO ABSORPTIVE ACTIVATED MEDIA ALONG THE DITCH BANK SO THAT AS THE WATER FLOWS THROUGH, IT GETS FURTHER TREATMENT.
AND ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MATS IS DEPLOYING ONE OF THOSE MATS OUT THERE IN ONE OF THE PONDS. AND SO THERE'S VARIOUS PONDS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT HAVE STARTED IMPLEMENTING THESE MAPS OUT THERE.
THEN WE HAVE OUR REMOVED PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE TAKING OUT THE POLLUTANTS, WHETHER IT'S THE VEGETATION THAT IS IN THE PONDS OR OUR MUCK REMOVAL.
POTENTIAL POLLUTANTS IN THAT VEGETATION AND POLLUTANTS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE IN THAT MUCK. YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS IN THE LOWER LEFT, AND THAT'S THE WHERE THEY PUMP THE MUCK, LET IT DRY OUT BEFORE THEY HAUL IT OFF FOR FINAL DISPOSAL. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE DREDGES IN THE CANALS AND COCOA BEACH.
AND THEN OUR RESTORE PROJECTS.
AND MOST OF THOSE HAVE BEEN OYSTER BAR RESTORATIONS.
SO WE HAVE THESE BAGS THAT WE FILL WITH OYSTER SHELLS BECAUSE OYSTERS PREFER TO SETTLE ON OTHER OYSTERS. SO WE PUT THOSE OUT INTO THE LAGOON AND IT ENCOURAGES OYSTERS TO THEN SETTLE ON THOSE AND GROW INTO A NEW OYSTER REEF.
AND WE'VE HAD PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS WITH THAT.
WE'VE BEEN SEEING BRIDGING WHERE THE OYSTERS ARE NOW, CONNECTING TO EACH OTHER, CROSSING OVER. AND WE'VE SEEN RECRUITMENT ON THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO RESPOND TO THE PROJECTS OUT THERE.
SO WE ARE DOING DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO ANALYZE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PICKING THE BEST SPOTS, THE PRIORITIZATION AND THAT MODELING THAT WE DID FOR OUR SEPTIC SYSTEM.
SO TESTING THE GROUNDWATER TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE PRIMARY SEPTIC AREAS.
WE HAVE 15 DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND YOU'LL SEE THE PALM BAY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY AT THE VERY TOP THERE.
LIKE I SAID, THAT ONE SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY BE COMPLETE SOON.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ONLINE AND COMPLETED.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER 41 PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONTRACT AND DESIGN.
SO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS CAN TAKE 2 TO 3 YEARS JUST FOR THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING PHASES, ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE THE SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSIONS.
THEY TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET STARTED, BUT ONCE WE GET THEM STARTED, THEN OFTENTIMES GET THEM DONE WITHIN A YEAR OR SO.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THEY EXPECT EVERYTHING JUST TO BE DONE AT ONCE.
WE NEED TO TAKES A WHILE TO ROLL THESE THINGS OUT.
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BUT WE'VE WE'RE GOING INTO THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE PLAN.SO WE REALLY STARTED TO RAMP UP THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE YOU'LL SEE ONE OF THOSE ADVANCED SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND THE PICTURE THERE, AND THAT'S JUST THE ONE OF THE AERATION CHAMBERS IN THERE TO HELP WITH THAT TREATMENT.
AND THEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TO RESPOND.
SO AGAIN, MORE OF THAT MONITORING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE ARE OPERATING THE WAY THAT WE EXPECT THEM TO, AND WE CAN USE THAT TO THEN IMPROVE UPON THOSE PROJECTS IF THEY AREN'T.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE DOING TO.
AND SO THE FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT, GRASS CLIPPINGS, OUTREACH, JUST TEACH PEOPLE NOT TO LEAVE THEIR GRASS CLIPPINGS IN THE STREET, SEPTIC MAINTENANCE, AND THEN OUR OYSTER GARDENING. AND THAT'S IT.
NOW TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVEN'T.
I SAW THE TERM BIOREACTOR WITH I THINK IT WAS REFERENCING WOODCHIPS.
SO THE BIOREACTOR THAT'S USING THAT BIO ABSORPTIVE ACTIVATED MEDIA AND THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OUT THERE. SO THERE'S SOME COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS THAT ARE ON THE MARKET THAT THEY CALL UKEF DEVELOP ONE CALLED BOLDON GOLD.
AND WE'VE USED THAT IN A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS.
SO IT'S A MIXTURE OF WOODCHIPS AND SAND AND TIRE DRUM CLAY, OTHER DEPENDING ON THE MIXTURE, THEY HAVE VARIOUS MIXTURES WITH DIFFERENT COMPONENTS DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN USING WOODCHIPS AND SAND MIXED TOGETHER AS A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE, BIO ABSORPTION ACTIVATED MEDIA.
AND WE TESTED OUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEDIAS ALL ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER AT ONE OF THE SITES.
AND THE WOOD CHIPS ARE OPERATING AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS, IF NOT SOMETIMES A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS.
SO IT'S A MEDIA WE'VE BEEN USING IN A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS.
AND SO THE BIOREACTOR IS JUST THE BASICALLY A TERM FOR THAT WHOLE SYSTEM THAT IS TREATING THE STORMWATER OR WHATEVER THE SYSTEM HAPPENS TO BE WITH.
SO IT'S NOT A HUGE LOAD REDUCTION, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT HELPS ABSORB THOSE NUTRIENTS IN THOSE PONDS, KEEPS SOME OF THE OTHER PLANTS THAT WE'VE REMOVED OUT FROM THEN PROPAGATING THROUGHOUT AND USING THOSE NUTRIENTS AND THEN DYING AND ROTTING OFF IN THERE.
SO WE CAN MANAGE THOSE PLANTS A LITTLE BETTER IN THOSE STORMWATER PONDS USING THOSE MATS.
AND IT'S A LITTLE CHEAPER THAN HAVING TO GO IN WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND.
DIG IT ALL OUT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS.
YEP. YEAH, WE'VE HAD SOME IN TITUSVILLE.
COCOA HAS PUT SOME OUT, WE'VE PUT SOME ON ON SOME OF THE COUNTY PONDS AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY PERFORMED ON WHAT WE ESTIMATED.
SO WE HAD TO USE JUST SOME BASIC NUTRIENT REMOVAL NUMBERS THAT WE HAD FOR DIFFERENT PLANTS AND TRY TO GIVE AN ESTIMATE.
SO WE KNEW HOW MUCH TO PAY FOR THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE WE BASE OUR PAYMENTS ON THE AMOUNT OF NITROGEN REMOVED.
SO BY GIVING THEM A, YOU KNOW, A FACTOR SAYING IF YOU.
REMOVE THIS MUCH VEGETATION, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THIS MUCH NITROGEN REMOVAL.
AND WE THEN HAD THEM BACK UP THAT WITH TESTING THE PLANTS THAT THEY REMOVED.
SO THEY HAD TO TAKE IT TO A LAB, SEE WHAT THE NITROGEN CONTENT IS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BIOMASS WAS.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A LOT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD ESTIMATED.
SO THEY ARE THEN ABLE TO ASK IF THEY WANT TO FOR MORE FUNDS SINCE THEY REMOVED A LARGER AMOUNT. SO WE'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN IN A COUPLE OF INSTANCES.
YEAH. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE INTERVAL IS.
PROBABLY IT'S DEPENDENT ON HOW THE NUTRIENT LOAD IN THOSE PONDS.
SO WHETHER IT'S A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR, ONCE A YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S UP
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TO THE GRANTEE TO MAINTAIN IT.SO THAT'S IN OUR CONTRACTS THAT IF THEY WANT TO PUT THESE SYSTEMS IN, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF IT.
CAN WE FIND THE SEPTIC MAINTENANCE PAMPHLETS THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE? GIVING OUT TO REALTORS.
I CAN SHARE THOSE AND HAVE THEM DISTRIBUTED.
I WOULD SAY THAT I WAS SPEAKING WITH A NEIGHBOR ABOUT THE SEPTIC CONVERSION AND HE WAS PRETTY DEFINITIVE THAT THE SEPTIC ISN'T THE PROBLEM.
HE'S CONVINCED IT'S THE FERTILIZERS, AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT WILL SWAY HIM THE OTHER WAY. BUT IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT MOST OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT CAN BE FIXED CLOSE BY FIXING THE PROBLEMS CLOSER TO THE LAGOON.
YEAH. AND TO AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST CLOSE TO THE LAGOON, BUT TO THE LAGOON AND ITS TRIBUTARIES, BECAUSE WE DID A SEPTIC CONVERSION OUT IN WEST MELBOURNE THAT'S ALONG A CANAL THAT FEEDS TO THE LAGOON AND.
SO PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A LONG DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE LAGOON AND STILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON IT.
THE WE JUST PUT IN A STORM WATER SYSTEM AND DID A RIBBON CUTTING THIS LAST WEEK FOR RAY BULLARD IN WEST MELBOURNE.
SO THE DISTANCE FROM THE LAGOON, BUT IT'S ON A CANAL THAT FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO THE LAGOON AND IS REMOVING OVER £1,000 A YEAR JUST BY PUTTING THAT SYSTEM IN.
I MAKE A QUICK RECOMMENDATION TO ABOUT THE SEPTIC MAINTENANCE PAMPHLETS.
MOST HOMEOWNERS HAVE A NOT JUST THE SEPTIC INSPECTED, BUT LIKE A WHOLE HOME INSPECTION, EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE SEPTIC INSPECTION.
WHY IS THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT LICENSES HOME INSPECTORS AND THEY COULD BE A SOURCE OF HANDING OUT THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
YEAH, I BELIEVE THEY'VE THEY'VE CONTACTED HOME INSPECTORS.
THEY'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE TITLE COMPANIES AS WELL.
SO THEY RECEIVE THOSE PAMPHLETS AND WE HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT'S FOUND ON THOSE PAMPHLETS IS ON OUR LAGOON LOYAL WEBSITE AS WELL.
SO JUST THE GENERAL CITIZEN CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION THERE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE ADDED UP THERE.
YEAH. SO WE TRY TO PUBLISH, WE HAVE A MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT AND WE PUT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THERE.
SO WHENEVER WE HEAR ABOUT THEM, WE CAN PUT THEM OUT THERE.
A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS, THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO GET INVOLVED JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
BUT SOME OF OUR PROJECTS, LIKE THE OYSTERS, IS WHERE THEY CAN GET INVOLVED.
AND THOSE PROGRESS REPORTS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE FOR SAFER LAGOONS.
SO WE PUBLISH THOSE EACH MONTH DURING OUR AGENDA FOR OUR CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO GET INVOLVED WITH THOSE OR ATTEND THOSE, THEY'RE THE THIRD AND FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH HELD AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER FROM 830 TO 1130.
THAT'S WHERE WE'LL GIVE OUR PRESENT ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PLAN AND SORT OF GIVE A PROGRESS UPDATE. AND THEN WE USUALLY HAVE SOME SPEAKERS IN ON DIFFERENT TOPICS.
IT'S LAST MONTH WE JUST HAD OR THIS MONTH WE HAD CHUCK JACOBY WITH THE SAINT JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SPEAKING.
AND THEN GUY MEANS, WHO WAS WITH THE FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
AND SO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT VARIOUS TOPICS LIKE HERBICIDES, PESTICIDES BEING USED IN LAGOON, HOW THINGS CAN INFILTRATE INTO OUR GROUNDWATER AND INTO THE LAGOON THAT WAY.
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I HAD JUST BEEN READING AN ARTICLE ON RIVERS AND HOW THE.LATERALLY. THE INTERACTION OF WATER IN THE RIVER IS SOMETHING LIKE 30, 30 FEET FROM THE BANKS OF THE RIVER.
FOR A LARGER RIVER, WHICH I WAS ASTONISHED BY.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE FLOWS IN.
SO THAT LABELING PROGRAM, WE GOT TWO DIFFERENT ACE HARDWARE'S TO PARTICIPATE AND THEY HAD THE RECORDS OF WHAT THEY SOLD IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO COMPARE THAT WITH HOW THAT COMPARES.
WHEN WE HAVE LABELS ON NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK BEFORE 2020 AND COMPARE WITH THAT BECAUSE THE 2020 DATA IS PROBABLY A LITTLE SKEWED.
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH ACE HARDWARE IT WAS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS ONE OF THE ONES IN PALM BAY AND ONE IN TITUSVILLE.
BUT I'M. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THAT. LIKE, I'M AWARE THAT MY NEIGHBORS DON'T KNOW WHEN TO FERTILIZE.
AND THEY JUST DO IT WHENEVER THEY THINK THEIR GRASS NEEDS IT AND THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT WASHING THEIR CARS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT WHEN I WAS IN HOME DEPOT, THE GENTLEMAN THERE, ONE OF THE SALESPEOPLE EDUCATING ME ABOUT THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR TO USE THE FERTILIZER AND WHAT KIND OF FERTILIZER.
NO, I THOUGHT THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE TO GO, IS AS HAVING THE PEOPLE IN HOME DEPOT AND LOWE'S IS EVERYBODY IS IN THE GARDEN CENTERS BUYING THE FERTILIZER, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, WHEN WE DID THE FERTILIZER SIGN ORDINANCE, WE CREATED A TRAINING VIDEO FOR THE HOME DEPOT AND THOSE OTHER BUSINESSES TO USE.
AND SO THEY CAN SHARE THAT WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES AND EDUCATES THEM ON HOW THEY CAN INFORM THE CONSUMER. EXCELLENT JOB, BY THE WAY.
WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDES? SO I SHOP AT.
THREE. I'VE BEEN TO THE FERTILIZER SECTION.
BUT LIKE, LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY, YOU WALKED IN AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE SIGNAGE UP. WHAT WOULD THE COUNTY DO? SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN GOING IN.
WE'RE TRYING TO GO TWICE A YEAR, ONCE BEFORE THE FERTILIZER BAN AND ONCE AFTER THE FERTILIZER BAN AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STORES HAVE SIGNAGE.
WHEN WE FIRST ROLLED OUT THE PROGRAM, OVER HALF THE SIGNS WEREN'T THERE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO WE DELIVERED MORE SIGNS AND WE CAME UP WITH THIS YEAR ADDING A STICKER ON THE BACK JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE APPARENT THAT THESE SIGNS CAN'T BE REMOVED.
IN SOME CASES, WE BELIEVE IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THE COMPANIES THAT COME IN TO STOCK THE SHELVES THAT ARE REMOVING IT.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE STORE THEMSELVES, BUT THE COMPANIES THAT STOCK THE SHELVES COME IN AND THEN THEY SEE IT JUST, OH, WE DON'T NEED THIS THINKING.
SO NOW THERE'S A BIG WHITE AND RED WITH RED LETTERING STICKER ON THE BACK OF THE NEWER SIGNS THAT JUST TELLS THEM, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS TO BE KEPT UP BECAUSE OF THE ORDINANCE MUST BE DISPLAYED. SO AND WE'RE MAKING ALL THE MANAGERS SIGN LETTERS SAYING THIS IS THE NUMBER OF SIGNS THAT YOU'VE AGREED TO TAKE ON.
AND AND WE HAVE INFORMATION ON THE BACK OF THOSE SIGNS, TOO, THAT IF THE SIGN GETS DAMAGED, CALL THIS NUMBER AND WE'LL BRING YOU A NEW SIGN.
BUT YEAH, SO WE TRY TO CHECK IT TWICE A YEAR.
BUT IF ANYONE SEES A STORE THAT DOESN'T HAVE SIGNS UP AND THEY WANT TO CONTACT US, WE'RE HAPPY TO THEN GET IN TOUCH WITH THAT STORE AND RECTIFY THAT.
YOU'RE LIKE A SIGN HUNTER NOW.
LIKE I'M IN HARDWARE STORES ALL THE TIME.
STICKLER, BUT SERIOUSLY, EXCELLENT WORK.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS YOU SAID IS THAT OBVIOUSLY IS A MULTIYEAR PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME.
BUT JUST HEARING THAT A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE RAMPING UP, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING I'VE LIVED HERE 30 YEARS AS BEING A CITIZEN AND IT'S IT'S HARD BECAUSE I'M SURE I NEVER KNEW THAT YOU WERE SITTING IN A ROOM PLANNING THESE THINGS.
I NEVER KNEW THAT YOU'RE SITTING HERE DESIGNING.
AND SO IT'S EXCITING TO KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE BECOME MORE VISIBLE TO THOSE WHO LIVE HERE IN THE COMING YEARS.
SO I'M HOPING AND PRAYING FOR YOUR SUCCESS.
AND THANK YOU. AND IT WILL TAKE TIME, THOUGH.
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IT'S EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON, RESTORATION IS A SLOW PROCESS.IT TOOK TAMPA BAY ABOUT 20 YEARS BEFORE THEY STARTED TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID. AND CHESAPEAKE BAY WAS ABOUT 27 YEARS BEFORE THEY SAW THE FIRST SEAGRASS COME BACK. SO IT'S IT'S A SLOW PROCESS, BUT IF WE JUST KEEP PLUGGING AWAY AND REDUCING THE NUTRIENTS AND THAT SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED IN MANY OTHER ESTUARIES.
AND SO IT SHOULD WORK HERE AS WELL.
I DID THIS MORNING ACTUALLY LIKE A LOT OF THE CATHEDRALS THAT YOU WOULD SEE.
WE'RE BUILT OVER A LIFETIME OR MORE.
AND SO IT'S IN LESS THAN A LIFETIME.
YOU KNOW, YOUR WORK AND THE WORK OF OTHERS AND RESTORE, IT'S AN AMAZING PART OF NATURE AND HOPEFULLY WON'T SCREW IT UP AGAIN.
AND YOUR WORK WILL LAST A FEW LIFETIMES.
WHAT IS IT? JUST IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE AT NO PRESSURE.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU SEE THE CITY OF BOMBAY? WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING THAT OUR CITY COULD DO TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS THAT THE COUNTY IS WORKING TOWARDS? THE ANSWER MAY BE NOTHING OR ALREADY DOING IT AND SLOWLY FIND BUY ONE, AT LEAST PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY. YEAH. IT'S WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WHAT'S THE ONE THING WE CAN DO? I HESITATE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT'S THE ISSUE BECAUSE THE LAGOON, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS.
AND SO WE NEED TO WORK ON ALL THOSE MANY THINGS.
AND IT SURPRISES ME SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PUT A POST UP ABOUT PICKING UP YOUR DOG WASTE AND PEOPLE JUST LOSE THEIR MINDS.
THEY'RE LIKE, OH, IT'S NOT MY DOG, AND IT'S THIS AND THAT.
AND THEY WANT TO BLAME SOMETHING ELSE.
AND IT'S LIKE, WE'RE NOT SAYING IT'S YOUR DOG, WE'RE SAYING IT'S ALL THESE THINGS TOGETHER. SO GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THE BIGGER PICTURE IS WE NEED TO WORK ON REDUCING WHEREVER WE CAN.
AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL ADD UP TO A BENEFIT TO THE LAGOON.
HE'S SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE ADOPTION OF OUR MINUTES FROM OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING.
[ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THOSE MINUTES? A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES.SECOND, THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR.
I. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY? OKAY. YOU'RE YOU'RE GIVING ME A LOOK.
DISCUSSION OF THE SCOPE AND PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY, FAIR TIMEFRAME AND FEASIBILITY.
[NEW BUSINESS]
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE FAIR, THE 1 TO 5 YEAR TIME FRAME IN THE MATRIX.PRETTY. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, TO OUR INTERN? AND YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THAT? I WONDERED IF YOU HAD AN INPUT ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR MIKE WAS ON.
RIGHT. SO CAN ANYONE REMEMBER FROM OUR LAST MEETING WHAT DISCUSSION WE WANTED TO HAVE IN REGARD TO SUSTAINABILITY? FAIR TIMEFRAME? OR WAS.
THIS MAY HAVE BEEN ONE WHERE WE SAID WE WANT TO MOVE IT.
AND BRITTA SAID, YOU NEED TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA SO WE CAN JUST VOTE ON IT.
I WAS HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY I MEAN, HAVING A SUSTAINABILITY FAIR KIND OF IMPLIES THE CITY IS GOING TO BE.
ORGANIZING A LOCATION OR SETTING ASIDE A LOCATION AND HOW THAT.
OKAY. IT'S THE BODY THAT THEY WANT TO UNDERTAKE AND THEN ASSIGN DIVIDE AND CONQUER, ASSIGN CERTAIN TASKS, ESTABLISH WHAT KINDS OF THINGS, WHO DO YOU WANT TO ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY? HOW IS IT LOOK? WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE HELD? THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
HOW DO YOU DECIDE AS A BOARD YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ON AS A PROJECT? SO ALL THESE FAIRS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THOSE ARE ORGANIZED BY A GROUP, NOT THE CITY. WELL, THERE'S LIKE THE MULTICULTURAL FAIR.
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I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES.YOU SAW THE CHAMBER THAT WAS A CHAMBER EVENT, A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE THE TIME FRAME AND BEGIN PLANNING THAT? SO IF WE WANT, I CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WHATEVER THAT IS, HOW IT WORKS, LIKE MAKE A MOTION AND THEN VOTE.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MOVES THE TIME FRAME FOR HAVING A SUSTAINABILITY FAIR TO THE 1 TO 5 YEARS AND THEN BEGINS THAT AS ONE OF OUR BOARD PROJECTS.
IMMEDIATELY WE BEGIN WORKING ON THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, AND IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT, WE CAN ESTABLISH A FORMAL DATE PLACE, MEANING PARTNERS, ETC..
DISCUSSION. WHAT TIME FRAME IS IT IN RIGHT NOW? I'M LOOKING AT THE MATRIX.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE THE MATRIX IN FRONT OF YOU TO SEE WHERE IT IS ON THEIR.
SO I DO UNDER EDUCATION HOSTED AN ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY FAIR THAT PROMOTES LOCAL CO-OPS, SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONS, SOLAR PANEL INSTALLERS, FARMERS, ETC..
WE ASSIGN THAT AS ONE OF OUR TOP THREE PRIORITIES FOR EDUCATION, BUT ON THE MATRIX IT IS FUTURE RATHER THAN SOMETHING CURRENTLY TO BE WORKING ON.
NO. YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION, IT'S JUST LICIT.
IT'S FUTURE, SO IT'S NOT GIVEN ANY GOOD.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. IT HAS BEEN.
OKAY. SO IT IS ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ASSIGNED TO IMPORTANCE ON THE MATRIX.
IT'S NOT SO. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE CALLING OUT LAST TIME.
YEAH. IN JUST TO I GUESS MAYBE KICK OFF OUR DISCUSSION.
SO THE THING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME LAST TIME WE LOOK AT THE MATRIX IS OTHERWISE I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BUT I FELT THAT SUSTAINABILITY FAIR IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A HIGH WIN OR AN EASY WIN, I GUESS, UM, FOR EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I'D RATHER START THE HABIT OF OUR CITY DOING THAT NOW VERSUS LATER.
AND I'M NOT SAYING NOW IS IN, IT HAS TO BE NEXT YEAR, BUT I WANT TO START WORKING ON IT.
SO MAYBE IF WE AIMED FOR 2023, BUT I WANT IT ON OUR PLATE WORKING ON IT AND SOMETHING THAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS ADAMANTLY AND IT MAY TAKE TIME AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE IT'S AN EASY WIN IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE EASIER TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEN. YOU'RE PAYING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR BARF BOXES.
I MEAN, LIKE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS TAKE.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO AND WE CAN MOVE ON NOW TO CREATE AWARENESS AND MOVE FORWARD. SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT BRANDON WAS TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS JUST THE THINGS OUR RESIDENTS NEED TO BE DOING IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND THEN JUST GIVING THEM EXPOSURE TO BUSINESSES IN OUR AREA THAT WOULD EQUIP THEM TO DO THAT.
WE WOULD USE THIS TIME TO FIND ARE THERE MAKING UP EXAMPLES? WE'LL HAVE TO TELL THESE, BUT ARE THERE LIKE LOCAL SOLAR PANEL INSTALLERS OR ARE THERE LOCAL SEPTIC TANK COMPANIES THAT, YOU KNOW, MOVE THEIR CUSTOMERS TOWARDS? UM. BETTER ASEPTIC PRACTICES AND INSTALL THOSE IN SEPTIC TANKS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IS THERE A SECOND TO HIS MOTION? I CAN'T. ACTUALLY, IT'S TWO MOTIONS, ISN'T IT? MOVE IT MATRIX.
AND THEN TO BEGIN ON THE MATRIX, YOU CAN MOVE IT FROM FUTURE TO THE ONE TO THE FIVE.
AND HE SAID TO START IMMEDIATELY, WELL, WE HAVE THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT AT THE NEXT POINT. BUT HIS MOTION WAS JUST TO MOVE IT TO THE END OF YEAR, A FIVE YEAR TIME FRAME.
AND YOU USED TO SING? I CHOSE. SO MY MOTION IS.
I THINK I'M GOING TO STICK WITH IT. IT'S MOVE IT TO THE ONE IN FIVE YEARS AND BEGIN WORKING ON IT STARTING AT OUR NEXT ADVISORY MEETING.
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I. BOTH.OKAY. SO THE NEXT THING WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO DISCUSS APPOINTING MEMBERS TO LEAD SPECIFIC ACTION PLANS WITH AND PROJECTS WITHIN OUR MATRIX.
AND WE DO HAVE THOSE AREAS WE ASSIGN PRIORITY.
SO AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE BELIEVE, AGAIN, PHILLIP, YOU HAD SUGGESTED WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA. AND CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND? YEAH, SO I WOULD I THINK I'M READING THE ROOM RIGHT WHERE A LOT OF US ARE FEELING LIKE, OKAY, WE'VE HAD THIS PLAN.
AND SO KNOWING THAT OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING, WE CAN'T WORK TOGETHER.
I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY A FEW THINGS FROM THE MATRIX THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEARHEAD, WHERE INDIVIDUALLY WE WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY TO MOVE THOSE INITIATIVES FORWARD AND REPORT OUR PROGRESS BACK HERE EACH MONTH.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WOULD DEPEND FROM PROJECT TO PROJECT.
UM, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD START THAT PROCESS OF SAYING, OKAY, I VOLUNTEERED TO LEAD THIS INITIATIVE. HONESTLY, WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
AT SOME POINT WE'LL MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS HERE, BUT IS A PART OF MOVING THAT FORWARD.
INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO TAKE SOME THINGS.
UM, I CAN JUST ADD A COMMENT AS YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECTS THAT ARE FEASIBLE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S A STAFF DECISION, CITY MANAGER LEVEL DECISION IN TERMS OF RESOURCES.
DO WE HAVE THE FUNDING? DO WE HAVE STAFF AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? AND WHERE IS IT IN OUR EXISTING PLANS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT? SO. WHATEVER IT IS YOU IDENTIFY WILL BE SUBJECT TO AN EVALUATION.
AND I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
AND WE MAY COME BACK AND REPORT, YOU KNOW, THAT BASED UP WORKING WITH THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ON HOLD UNTIL SUCH OR SUCH.
BUT I THINK. I'LL ALL FEEL BETTER PERSONALLY JUST TO KNOW THAT I CAN WORK ON SOME THINGS.
AND SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE THINGS LIKE, UM, SUSAN HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO CREATE AWARENESS AND SOME OF OUR OTHER BOARDS AND SO THAT WE COULD JUST PROVIDING WHO WE TASKED SUSAN WITH, SUSAN IS GOING TO TALK TO, I DON'T KNOW, BUT ALLOWING US TO DO SOME MOVEMENT IN BETWEEN MEETINGS. ALL RIGHT, I'M I'M DONE.
I'M NOT SUCCINCT TONIGHT, BUT I'M.
I AM ON BOARD IN THEORY, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE MATRIX.
THE THING, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE PUT A HIGH PRIORITY ON OUR VERY STAFF DRIVEN.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT.
I'M JUST POINTING OUT PROBLEMS. SO TO THAT PROBLEM YOU JUST POINTED OUT, THE CHAIR IS CORRECT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD.
SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IS AND IT IS THE CASE WITH ANY ADVISORY BOARD.
YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ADVISORY IN NATURE, AND IT MAY BE THAT CERTAIN PROJECTS DO OR ACCOMPLISH AT A STAFF LEVEL, NOT A BOARD LEVEL.
SO WHEN THE MATRIX WHEN THE PLAN CAME TOGETHER, I THINK WE ALL KNEW THAT A LOT OF THAT WAS GOING TO BE CONTINGENT ON BUDGET YEARS AND FUNDING AND STAFFING AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO. CHAIR BYRD IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT YOU POTENTIALLY COULD TAKE ON? BECAUSE I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE IF.
IF THE BOARD WANTED TO TAKE ON EV CHARGING STATIONS, THAT'S A STAFF LEVEL TASK ONE THAT THE BOARD WILL PROBABLY NOT BE INVOLVED IN.
WE WE DO. AND WE'LL REPORT BACK TO YOU.
AND I'VE GOT SOME NEWS LATER ON IN THE MEETING ABOUT THAT.
SO THE THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY COULD DIVIDE AND CONQUER AND TEAR APART AND GET DONE.
SO JUST AN IDEA OF WHAT'S DOABLE, WHAT CAN THE BOARD UNDERTAKE AND WHAT REALLY SHOULD BE DONE AS STAFF LEVEL? BRITTA, YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THIS STUFF THAN WE ARE.
AND I THINK YOU KNOW OUR HEARTS.
WHAT IS THERE? AND MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO US, WHICH IS FINE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE OTHER THINGS IN THE MATRIX OTHER THAN THE SUSTAINABILITY HERE? THAT THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE REALLY APPROPRIATE OR INDIVIDUALS ON A BOARD TO APPROACH.
[00:50:03]
AND AGAIN, YOU MAY NEED TO COME BACK AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.I WILL MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THINKING ABOUT YOUR OWN RESOURCES AS A BOARD.
YOU KNOW, YOUR TIME, YOUR PLANNING TIME, YOUR OTHER OBLIGATIONS, THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A A MUCH APPRECIATED VOLUNTEER HERE WITH THE CITY YOU'RE GIVING OF YOUR TIME.
IF YOU WERE TO IDENTIFY THREE PROJECTS TO START WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW REALISTIC HOW REALISTIC IS IT OF EACH OF YOU TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE A SECOND PART TIME JOB? BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT A PROJECT WOULD BE.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE SINCE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE SOMETHING THAT COULD TAG VERY NICELY WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, EARTH AND EARTH DAY EVENT EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS IN APRIL.
THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT PROJECT.
I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED FROM START TO FINISH, EVERY ASPECT OF IT. AND YOU CERTAINLY ARE CAPABLE OF BREAKING UP AND TAKE EACH TAKING A PIECE OF THAT AND START TO WORK ON IT. IT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD DO IMMEDIATELY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A PACKAGED FAIR.
YOU HAVE HERE'S OUR TEMPLATE HERE.
WE'VE COVERED ALL OF THESE. HERE'S HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
HERE'S WHAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO TO IMPLEMENT IT.
I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S A PRODUCT THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER.
SO WHEN YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT LOW HANGING FRUIT OR OTHER THINGS THAT YOU COULD WORK ON, I MEAN, JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU TAKE ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF I'M WORKING ON THIS PLAN FOR, WHAT, TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS, IT WAS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WERE EVER GOING TO FINISH.
WE'RE EVER GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING TANGIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR EFFORTS.
SO MAYBE IF YOU AS A GROUP TAKE A PROJECT AT A TIME AND FINISH IT OR MAKE SOME HEADWAY INTO IT, YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING SOMETHING DONE.
FORD IS AGREE ON A MESSAGE TO TAKE TO OTHER BOARDS.
EVEN IF WE TAILORED IT SLIGHTLY FOR EACH BOARD AND THEN BREAK UP, I DON'T KNOW THAT SUSAN AGREED TO DO ALL GO TO ALL THE OTHER ADVISORY BOARDS, BUT MEETINGS.
BUT YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD DO IS TAKE ON TWO OF THOSE. AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE AGREED ON A MESSAGE AND I ALSO AGREE THAT PLANNING A SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.
I WAS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG PROJECT, VERY TIME CONSUMING, AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET IT DONE IN A YEAR.
MAYBE, BUT MAYBE IT'S MORE LIKELY TO BE TWO TO CONSIDER PARTNERS.
PART OF THIS IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME CREDIBILITY AND NOBODY'S HEARD OF US YET.
SO IF WE GO OUT THERE AND GO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AFFAIR.
WILL YOU SUPPORT US OR BE LIKE, WHAT? SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TRACTION.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET SOME TRACTION ON THAT, I THINK, AND EVEN TO DISCUSS WHAT ALL WOULD BE REPRESENTED IN A SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.
I THINK WE SAW FROM THE KIDS ART THAT THEIR IDEA OF SUSTAINABILITY IS RECYCLING.
THAT'S ABOUT IT. THAT WAS THE ONLY THING.
SO IT'S GONNA WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT ALL WITHOUT OVERWHELMING OR HAVING TAKEN OUT TOO MUCH.
WHAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN A SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.
CITY HAD SOMETHING VERY MUCH LIKE AN AFFAIR IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
AND I CAME TO IT OUT HERE AND IT WAS BEFORE THIS BOARD EXISTED.
DONOR WAS IT A COMMUNITY GROUP THAT IT.
PROBABLY A COMMUNITY GROUP, BUT IT WAS A PULLING TOGETHER OF MULTIPLE.
IT WAS LIKE A VEGAN FOOD TRUCK AND THERE WAS SOLAR STUFF.
AND THERE WERE JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY GROUPS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WORKING INDEPENDENTLY ON ISSUES OF SUSTAINABILITY.
I DIDN'T DREAM THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO PULLED IT TOGETHER.
I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT IF WE HAD ANY IDEA WHO HAD DONE IT BEFORE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW BECAUSE IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN THIS FIELD.
THAT'S LIKE THE FIRST THING IS WHAT GROUPS ARE OUT THERE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BEING PRESENT AT THAT, IF NOT HELPING IN SOME WAY.
I'VE BEEN TO ONE, BUT IT WAS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
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ENVIRONMENTAL. EDWARDS HAVE THE BENEFIT OF WANTING TO DOWN THE TREES OF.SOLAR AND HAVING OUTDOOR SHOWERS AND GROWING ORGANIC FOOD AND HOW TO GET OFF THE GRID AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
WAS IT VERY BIG? IT WASN'T LIKE RIDES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
EVERY. A SUSTAINABLE, SUSTAINABLE IN THE WAY THEY RAN THE FAIR.
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? THE IRONIC PART OF IT WAS DURING THE FAIR, THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE.
AT THE TIME I WAS AT THE FAIR AND I WAS AT THE HOUSE FOR THE EARTHQUAKE AND HE SAID IT WAS REALLY AMAZING BECAUSE THEY KEPT POWER, BECAUSE IT WAS THEY WERE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY WERE AT A SUSTAINABILITY FAIR DURING THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE POWER WENT OUT ON THE GRIDS. SO.
FOR. VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT ANIMALS OF CATS.
ALL THAT. HAVE ANY IDEA THAT THIS.
AND AND KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING PRETTY ACTIVELY ON THE FAIR END TO PROJECTS. AND I THINK BRITTA, I THINK SHE'S A WISE LADY.
AND SO I'M WILLING TO LEAN INTO THAT WISDOM AND UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'LL START THAT DISCUSSION. IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH TO START THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE FAIR, AND I'M REALLY CONTENT WITH THAT.
AND CAN I MAKE ANOTHER SUGGESTION JUST TO HELP YOU MOVE FORWARD OR IF YOU CONSIDER IT HELP? SO TONIGHT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AND DISCUSS.
WELL, LET'S JUST GET SOME PRELIMINARY DO SOME PRELIMINARY RESEARCH.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
EACH OF YOU TAKE A PART OF THAT FAIR INQUIRY AND COME BACK AND REPORT TO THE REST OF THE BOARD. SO THE QUESTION IS SOME PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS.
HOW BIG DO WE WANT IT? WHEN SHOULD WE HOLD IT? HOW MUCH ARE WHAT KINDS OF COMMUNITY GROUPS DO WE WANT? AND YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT OUTREACH RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE JUST WORRIED ABOUT IDENTIFYING COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND PARTICIPANTS.
SO CHAIR BIRD COMES BACK WITH 50 COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO COULD POTENTIALLY PARTICIPATE OR MEMBER CONNOLLY COMES BACK WITH TEN FIRMS INVOLVED IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ELECTRIC CHARGING. COMMISSIONER FORD MEMBER ZIEGLER COMES BACK.
SORRY, I SPENT A LONG DAY WITH FOLKS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN WATER CONSERVATION, SO THE WHOLE THING IS YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND INFORM THE REST OF THE BOARD ON A PIECE OF THAT PROJECT. SO MAYBE TONIGHT DECIDE, HEY, WE'RE ALL GOING TO PICK SOMETHING AND COME BACK AND PRESENT IT AND THEN CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.
I NEED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT AT OUR LAST MEETING, THE CITY IS DOING SOMETHING FOR EARTH.
THEY. AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN GET STARTED WITH A.
SO. OUT THERE AND WHO'S ATTENDING.
THAT MIGHT BE THE VERY PEOPLE ATTENDING.
SO ORGANIZING THAT AGAIN, I FORGET WHO ORGANIZES THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE COULD, IN THEORY, PARTNER WITH UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO EXPAND ON THAT OR INVITE OR IN FUTURE YEARS.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
THE GAO. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE INTRODUCED TO IT AS YOU NEED TO TALK WITH.
SHE IS THEIR COMMUNICATIONS PERSON.
SHE IS A COMMUNICATIONS PERSON FOR UTILITY.
SHE HANDLES ALL THEIR OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE HERE ON THE UTILITY'S WEBSITE, THEY HAVE A VERY WONDERFUL VIDEO OF HER. SHE'S VERY ENGAGING.
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NOW, BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING TONIGHT, I'LL REMEMBER THE NAME.I'M JUST DRAWING A BLANK RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE GIVING ME AN IDEA? BRITTA HEY. FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
WHICH. HUH? MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL PERSON TO COME.
IT'S FUNNY, BUT I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA THAT WE GO AHEAD AND BEGIN AND AND GIVE OURSELVES SOME TASKS TO DO, GET TRACTION WITH MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT IS IN OUR CONTROL AND THAT WE CAN.
AND EVEN IF EACH OF YOU CAME BACK NEXT MEETING AND SAID WITH YOUR CONCEPT OF WHAT YOU THINK A SUSTAINABILITY FAIR LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT COMPONENTS GO ALONG WITH THAT.
SO EACH OF YOU HAS, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT I'M SEEING.
THIS, THIS IS AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING.
SO THAT STARTS YOUR DISCUSSION.
AND THEN FROM THERE YOU CAN START TO DEVELOP TASK LISTS TO TACKLE IT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CHALLENGE PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY.
THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND.
I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY EXPLORE.
YEAH. SO SHOULD THIS BE A MOTION TO ADD IT TO OUR AGENDA NEXT OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT I LOSE TRACK WITH YOU? BOARD MEMBER SNYDER SOMETIMES.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN CATCH UP HERE.
I BELIEVE YOU ALREADY AGREED THAT WE WOULD PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH, THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.
AND SO THAT OPENS IT UP FOR ANY KIND OF DISCUSSION YOU WANT TO HAVE.
EXCELLENT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS POINT OF ACTION PLAN PROJECTS WE CAN TAKE ON? OUR NEXT NEW BUSINESS IS TO VOTE FOR A VICE CHAIRPERSON.
ANYBODY LIKE TO NOMINATE? THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
SORRY. THIS POSITION MEAN TYPICALLY THAT WHEN CHAIRWOMAN BYRD IS NOT HERE, THE PERSON TAKES OVER OR SO THAT MEAN IN THE NEXT CYCLE.
THAT PERSON IS THE CHAIR? NO. SO THERE'S NO AUTOMATIC SUCCESSION TO TO CHAIR.
WHAT IN ACCORDING TO YOUR BYLAWS, WE HAVE CHAIR.
AND EVEN IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO RUN A MEETING, WE COULD THEORETICALLY HAVE ANOTHER MEMBER ASSUME THAT ROLE.
SO WE'RE NEVER WITHOUT SOMEONE TO RUN THE MEETING AS LONG AS WE HAVE QUORUM.
BUT THAT VICE CHAIR WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THE MEETING IN THE CHAIR'S ABSENCE.
NEVER MISSED A MEETING, SO AN EASY JOB.
SO YOU PROBABLY WILL BE VERY BUSY IF YOU'RE VICE CHAIR IN THIS BOARD, BUT.
YES, I HAD THE HONOR JUST BEING NOMINATED.
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, UPCOMING MEETINGS OR EVENTS OF INTEREST?
[OTHER BUSINESS]
I HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.JUST INFORMATIONAL, KIND OF BRINGING YOU UP TO SPEED ON THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, WITH REGARD TO LAST, BUT NOT LEAST FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, WE WILL HAVE TIM HUCKER, WHO IS OUR FLEET MANAGER, COME AND PRESENT TO YOU AND HE WILL BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON ALL OF HIS WORK AND RESEARCH, BRINGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO THE CITY.
HE HAS BEEN WORKING LIKE CRAZY AND I KNOW THAT YOU'D BE REALLY HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN. IN THE MONTH OF MAY, WE HAVE MARK ATKINS, WHO IS THE PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER FOR FP NAL AND HE WILL BE COMING TO PRESENT TO YOU ON ALL OF THEIR PROJECTS AND THE LATEST AND GREATEST WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
SO WE'VE GOT APRIL AND MAY PRESENTATIONS PLANNED AND CONFIRMED, JUST SO YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT. THE AN UPDATE ON THE ART CONTEST WE HAVE CHRISTIAN HAS REACHED OUT TO OBTAIN.
WE NEED TO OBTAIN RELEASES FROM THE STUDENTS IN ORDER TO DO ANYTHING WITH HIS ARTWORK, AND THERE IS A PARTICULAR FORM THAT HAS TO BE RETURNED.
WE'VE NOT GOTTEN ANY OF THESE FORMS BACK YET, SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THAT DONE. THAT'S OUR NEXT STEP WITH OUR STAFF WITH WHERE THE ART CONTEST IS CONCERNED.
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UM. LET'S SEE.STAY TUNED FOR LOCATION AND DATE.
TYPICALLY, IT'S LIKE A 9 TO 12 EVENT WITH MAYBE A HOT DOGS OR SOMETHING AFTERWARDS.
CRASH BASH THAT IS AN ANNUAL EVENT PUT ON BY KEEP OF OUR BEAUTIFUL IN RECOGNITION OF EARTH DAY. BUT IT'S HELD IN THE MONTH OF APRIL EACH YEAR AND I BELIEVE THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 25, 35, 40 YEARS.
AND SO THEY DEPLOY VARIOUS SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WITH VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE CAPTAINS, AS THEY CALL THEM, AND THEY PUT ON A TRASH COLLECTION EVENT.
YES. SO WE WILL BE HAVING ONE HERE AT THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
KRISTIN, IF I'M MISSPEAKING, LET ME KNOW.
BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THE PRECISE TIME AND EVENT DETAILS, AND THAT WILL BE POSTED ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AND PUSHED OUT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AS SOON AS THAT'S ESTABLISHED TO LET YOU KNOW. WANT TO SIGN UP.
JUST SHOW UP. WELL, I'LL SHOW UP.
IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF FUN. I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN TO THEM IN OTHER CITIES I WORKED FOR AS WELL. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO THINK OF I'D LIKE TO BE IDENTIFIED.
GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY EITHER WITH.
ADVISORY BOARD, BUT REMINDING US THAT WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER AT THIS EVENT.
WELL, YOU OUT IN PUBLIC DOES NOT TALK ABOUT BOARD BUSINESS, RIGHT? YEAH. ALTHOUGH, I MEAN, PICKING UP TRASH BOARD BUSINESS.
ALL RIGHT, WE CAN TALK, BUT WE JUST CAN'T TALK ABOUT PICKING.
YOU CAN'T TALK TRASH, PHILLIP.
THERE'S THAT POTENTIAL, BUT YOU'RE THERE.
I MEAN, A DAY OF CAMARADERIE FOR FOLKS WHO CARE ABOUT THE PLANET, REALLY.
SO I DON'T THINK YOU'RE IN ANY DANGER AS EVEN THERE IS LIKE A BUNCH OF SITES THROUGHOUT ON BAY OUR COUNTY THROUGHOUT ALL OF BREVARD COUNTY.
WE, WE HAVE STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO KBB TO TRY AND GET EVERYTHING ORGANIZED AND READY TO GO. SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE IN THE CITY. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT TRISH CASH? THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SPOKEN THIS MUCH.
JUST TO BRING YOU ALL UP TO DATE ON SOME IMPORTANT THINGS THAT AFFECT THE CITY ENVIRONMENTALLY AND OTHER MEANS.
OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION JUST ENDED WEEK BEFORE LAST MONDAY.
WHAT DATE IS WE BEFORE LAST? SO THAT'S WHERE ALL THE LEGISLATORS IN TALLAHASSEE ARE BUSY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH WHAT THEY HAVE.
THE CITY, OF COURSE, EVERY YEAR MAKES LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION REQUESTS.
THE CITY REQUESTED FUNDING FOR BAFFLE BOXES AND FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FIRE STATION OUT WHERE ONE USED TO BE IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE CITY.
WE HAVE RECEIVED A LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION AT $1.2 MILLION FOR FIVE BAFFLE BOXES WHICH WILL BE DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT WILL BE HEADING TO THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS SIGNATURE, BUT IT HAS PASSED THE SENATE BUDGET OR THE HOUSE, THE LEGISLATURE BUDGET, AND WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED $400,000 FOR CONTRIBUTION TO CONSTRUCT THE FIRE STATION.
AND COST OF THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN FOUR AND 5 MILLION.
AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, HAVING HAVING LIFE SAVING FACILITIES IS CERTAINLY PART OF SUSTAINABILITY IN A COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GOING TO BE EMBARKING ON SOME GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS THAT YOU SHOULD WILL NOTICE.
THE FIRST IS NEW MARKERS OUT ON THE TURKEY CREEK.
WE ARE REPLACING THE NAVIGATIONAL MARKERS AND SIGNAGE FOR THE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY, THE FOLKS WHO USE THE CREEK.
FIVE OF THEM ARE DOWN OF THE ORIGINAL 22 THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND THE OTHERS ARE IN VARYING STAGES OF DETERIORATION.
SO WE RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT TO REPLACE THEM.
YOU WILL ALSO SEE BAFFLE BOXES FROM LAST YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING IN. SO THE LEGISLATURE, SENATOR MAYFIELD AND REPRESENTATIVE FABIAN HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD TO US. ALSO CLOSING OUT IS THE TURKEY CREEK FEASIBILITY STUDY.
WE COMMISSIONED THAT STUDY ABOUT A YEAR GOING ON A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
AND THAT STUDY IS BEING PERFORMED BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING FIRM, FIRMS, I SHOULD SAY, TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE ARE IN THE TURKEY CREEK FROM A LOAD PERSPECTIVE AND EVALUATE WHAT OUR BEST PRACTICES ARE MOVING FORWARD, WHAT KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO BE
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UNDERTAKING. IS IT.WHEN DO WE NEED TO DO DREDGING? WHERE DOES THE DREDGING NEED TO HAPPEN? SPOIL OUR ISLAND REDUCTION? OTHER TYPES OF THINGS THAT WILL IMPACT THE QUALITY.
AND SO WHEN THAT STUDY IS COMPLETE LATER THIS YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A VERY CLEAR PATH FORWARD AS TO WHAT KINDS OF PROJECTS THE CITY WANTS TO UNDERTAKE.
AND THEN IT'S A MATTER OF FINDING THE FUNDING.
WE ALSO RECEIVED A GRANT AWARD FROM THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE AND YOU WILL SEE OVER THE NEXT YEAR SORT OF A REVITALIZATION OF CASTAWAY POINTE PARK.
WE ARE GOING TO CONVERT IT, TAKE THE PARKING UP PLAN SO THAT IT'S NOT IMPACTING THE LAGOON AND HAVE AN INFILTRATED PARKING SYSTEM AT THE TOP.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM WILL ALL BE GREENWAY WILL BE PUTTING IN LED LIGHTING WHEN WE'VE REHABBING THE BATHROOM AND WE'LL BE REPLACING ALL THE BOARDWALK AND DECKING OUT THERE AND SORT OF GIVING A HUGE FACELIFT.
WE'RE PUTTING SOME EDUCATIONAL KIOSKS OUT AT THE PARK, SO REALLY TURN IT INTO THE GEM THAT IT IS OUT THERE ON THE WATER.
THERE'S MY REPORTS. AND YOU REMIND US ABOUT THE EARTH DAY EVENT WITH THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. WHAT THEY.
I WOULD IMAGINE THEY FINALIZED THAT PIECE THAT.
BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK AND GET YOU OUT.
WHAT ELSE HAVE UPCOMING MEETINGS OR EVENTS OF INTEREST? YOU. WRITTEN REPORT.
OH, MY GOSH. THIS IS A POWERFUL STATEMENT ABOUT.
I'M JUST EXCITED. WELL, GUESS WHAT? ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS WATCH THIS VIDEO, AND YOU CAN.
YOU CAN VIEW IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
THAT'S GOOD. I AM SUPER, SUPER RETIRED.
WELL, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? THAT'S THE LAST BIT OF OUR BUSINESS.
I MOTION. WE ADJOURNED SO I CAN GO HOME FOR A SECOND.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.