I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2022 DASH TEN TO ORDER ON MAY 5TH, 2022.
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THE INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY PASTOR KEN DELGADO OF THE HOUSE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY OUR DEPUTY MAYOR, KENNY JOHNSON.HAPPY, BLESSED NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
AND I'M SO HONORED TO LEAD THIS INVOCATION.
AND YET I'D LIKE TO READ WHAT THIS SUPPOSEDLY NOT VERY RELIGIOUS MAN HAD TO SAY AS WE OPEN UP WITH PRAYER, HE SAID IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CONTEST WITH GREAT BRITAIN, WHEN WE WERE SENSIBLE OF DANGER, WE HAD DAILY ROOM, DAILY PRAYER IN THIS ROOM FOR DIVINE PROTECTION.
OUR PRAYERS, SIR, WERE HEARD AND THEY WERE GRACIOUSLY ANSWERED.
ALL OF US WHO WERE ENGAGED IN THE STRUGGLE MUST HAVE OBSERVED FREQUENT INSTANCES OF A SUPERINTENDING PROVIDENCE IN OUR FAVOR TO THAT KIND OF PROVIDENCE, WE OWE THIS HAPPY OPPORTUNITY OF CONSULTING IN PEACE ON THE MEANS OF ESTABLISHING OUR FUTURE NATIONAL FELICITY.
AND HAVE WE NOW FORGOTTEN THIS POWERFUL FRIEND? OR DO WE IMAGINE THAT WE NO LONGER NEED HIS ASSISTANCE? WE NEED HIS ASSISTANCE.
AND FATHER, WE ARE HERE TODAY IN THIS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WHERE, INDEED WE ARE HERE CONSULTING IN PEACE ON THE MEANS OF ESTABLISHING OUR FUTURE CITY.
FELICITY. WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU.
WE ASK FOR YOUR DIVINE INTERVENTION.
WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPERINTENDING PROVIDENCE.
FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY.
FOR ALL THOSE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
FOR ALL THOSE WHO LEAD THIS BEST CITY IN ALL THE WORLD.
I SAY IT'S THE GREATEST CITY BECAUSE IT IS A CITY THAT HONORS YOU.
OPENLY. HE HAS NO FEAR OF DECLARING JESUS AS THE ONE WHO CAME TO SAVE THE WORLD.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSING.
TODAY, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PEACE THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR VOICES TO THOSE WHO LEAD US.
IT'S JUST ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ROLL CALL. MAYOR MEDINA PRESIDENT.
MS.. JACOBS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS HERE.
HOW ENCOURAGING AND MOTIVATING IT WAS FOR ME TO HEAR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THIS FLAG, THE FLAG OF THE GREATEST NATION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, THE UNITED STATES.
DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS ADVOCATE FOR LOW INCOME AND CENTRAL SERVICE PERSONNEL FOR PROFIT PROVIDER ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN HOME BUILDING OR A NONPROFIT PROVIDER.TWO VACANCIES ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS AT-LARGE STUDENT MEMBER POSITION.
TWO VACANCIES ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS ADULT MEMBER 30 YEARS AND OLDER POSITION.
ONE VACANCY ON THE CITIZEN'S BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD.
[AGENDA REVISIONS]
YES. GENDER REVISIONS, PLEASE.THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE AN AGENDA REVISION REGARDING ITEM NUMBER ONE.
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UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE TO THE MAY 19TH, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.HEY, COUNCIL, I NEED A MOTION.
SO MOVED. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
SECOND AND SECOND COUNCILMAN FELIX ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ANYONE HERE? THAT WAS FOR THAT ONE ITEM.
PLEASE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CONSIDERED AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO WE ARE NOW ON PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.
[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
THE VERY FIRST ONE IS A PROCLAMATION REGARDING THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.ANY GREAT THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IT'S PRAYER THAT KEEPS THIS NATION GOING.
I LIKE TO CALL UP BOB LLEWELLYN AS HE AND BOB WOULD YOU COME UP.
THAT WHEREAS THE FIRST NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WAS PROCLAIMED IN 1775, IN THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, SO THAT ALL AMERICANS OF EVERY RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION AND BACKGROUND MAY PRAY FOR GOD'S CONTINUAL LOVE AND MERCY UPON OUR LAND.
FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN PSALMS 33, VERSE 12.
BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD, AND THAT EVERY YEAR THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS PROCLAIMED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND. WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS AN ANNUAL OBSERVANCE HELD ON THE FIRST THURSDAY IN MAY.
IT IS BASED ON A FEDERAL STATUTE 36 UNITED STATES CODE 119, WHICH WAS FIRST SIGNED INTO LAW BY HARRY TRUMAN IN 1952. A LITTLE BEFORE MY TIME.
THAT STATUTE READS AS FOLLOWS THE PRESIDENT SHALL ISSUE EACH YEAR A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE FIRST THURSDAY IN MAY AS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, ON WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY TURN TO GOD IN PRAYER AND MEDITATION, AT CHURCHES, IN GROUPS AND AS INDIVIDUALS.
AND. WHEREAS, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, SIGNED BY THE UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN JANUARY 18, 1777, ESTABLISHED OUR NATION'S HUMBLE BEGINNINGS ON THE BELIEF THAT OUR CREATOR HAVE ENDOWED US WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
THE CITY OF PALM BAY WAS INCORPORATED IN JANUARY 16, 1960, STILL BEFORE MY TIME FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE, AS STATED IN THE PREAMBLE OF THE CITY CHARTER.
AND. WHEREAS, ALL OF US HAVE THE FREEDOM TO PRAY AND EXERCISE OUR FAITHS OPENLY, YES, OPENLY.
WE CAN SAY, JESUS CHRIST, ISN'T THAT GREAT? OPENLY. LET US GIVE THANKS TO THE FREEDOM TO PRACTICE OUR FAITH AS WE SEE IT, WHETHER INDIVIDUALLY OR IN FELLOWSHIP.
AND. WHEREAS, WE PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, WE PRAY FOR THEIR LOVED ONES, THEIR SPEEDY RECOVERY FOR OUR WOUNDED WARRIORS. LET US ALSO PRAY FOR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO PROTECT THEIR FELLOW AMERICANS.
OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE GREATEST CITY.
AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO GIVE THANKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN FAITH FOR THE MANY FREEDOMS AND BLESSINGS, AND IN ASKING FOR GOD'S CONTINUED GUIDANCE, MERCY AND PROTECTION AND WITNESS HEREOF.
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I HAVE HERE ON SET IN MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FIFTH DAY OF 2022.THANK YOU. COME ON, STEP FORWARD, MR. LLEWELLYN. I WANT TO READ YOU SOMETHING. AMERICA IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE GREATEST NATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
IT HAS ALSO BECOME ITS LONGEST ONGOING CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC.
ITS ORIGINAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOW ENDURED FOR WELL OVER TWO CENTURIES.
HOWEVER, AMERICA'S LONGEVITY IS ONLY AS STABLE AND SECURE AS ITS FOUNDATION.
SO WHAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT? POLITICAL SCIENTISTS NOW KNOW THAT THE GREATEST SINGLE SOURCE OF POLITICAL INSPIRATION FOR OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WAS THE BIBLE.
WHICH WAS CITED IN 34% OF THE QUOTATIONS FROM THE FOUNDING ERA OF EIGHT 1760 THROUGH 1805.
THIS DISCOVERY, WHILE IT MIGHT SURPRISE MANY TODAY, WOULD HAVE COME AS NO SURPRISE TO THE FOUNDERS.
IT WAS JOHN ADAMS WHO EXPLAINED.
THE PRINCIPLE, THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THE FATHERS ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE WERE THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIANITY. THANK YOU.
AND I THOUGHT IT FITTING THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION PERSONALLY AND WE HONOR HIM TODAY.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT PROBABLY HE WAS BEFORE MY TIME ALSO.
PROBABLY. FOR FOR 28 YEARS, I WORE A MASK OF OF NO JESUS CHRIST.
BUT I GOT I GOT INFECTED BY HIM AT THE AGE OF 28.
AND NOW I'M FULLY INDOCTRINATED OR INFECTED WITH NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER OPPORTUNITIES AND EVERY OTHER OPPORTUNITY I HAVE TO SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST.
I'M THANKFUL THAT OUR PRESIDENTS, OUR FOREFATHERS, UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF PRAYER, THE VALUE OF TRUSTING IN PROVIDENCE, IN THE GOD OF LOVE, AND THE GOD THAT SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.
AND I'M THANKFUL TO BE HERE TODAY IN.
YOU GET IT? THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
WHEN IT COOLED DOWN. DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
I'M GOING TO CALL UP BREVARD NURSING ACADEMY AND ANYONE HERE FOR THE LATE GREAT MARIE.
NATIONAL NURSES WEEK, MAY 612, MAY SIX THROUGH 12, 2022.
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT WE'RE ASKED THE NEARLY 945,000 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES AND 1.5 MILLION CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS IN THE US COMPRISE OUR NATION'S LARGEST HEALTH CARE PROFESSION.
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AND. WHEREAS, THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE LICENSED NURSING PROFESSION MEETS THE DIVERSE AND EMERGING HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF AMERICAN AND LOCAL POPULATION IN A WIDE RANGE OF SETTINGS. AND.WHEREAS, PROFESSIONAL NURSING HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE AN INDISPENSABLE AND NECESSARY COMPONENT IN THE SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE OF HOSPITALIZED, HOMEBOUND AND BEDBOUND PATIENTS. AND.
WHEREAS, THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION HAS DECLARED MAY SIX THROUGH 12TH AS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK WITH THE THEME NURSES ROOTED IN STRENGTH AND CELEBRATION AND HONOR OF PRACTICAL NURSES AS LEADERS IN HEALTH CARE, AS THEY STRIVE TOWARDS UPLIFTING MEDICAL STANDARDS AND COURAGEOUSLY MARCHING FORWARD AS FRONTLINE WORKERS WILL EXCEED EXPECTATIONS IN OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
AND. WHEREAS, THE DEMAND FOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES AND CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANCE SERVICES WILL BE GREATER THAN EVER AS THE AMERICAN POPULATION AGES, HEALTH CARE NEEDS TO INCREASE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES AND HOME CARE SERVICES GROW.
AND. WHEREAS, MORE QUALIFIED, LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES AND CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS WILL BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE TO MEET THE INCREASINGLY COMPLEX NEEDS HAVE PROVEN TO BE INSTRUMENTAL DURING THE CURRENT COVID 19 PANDEMIC WORLDWIDE AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS THE CAMPUS FOUNDER OF BREVARD NURSING ACADEMY IN PALM BAY, EMORY PRENDERGAST, SHOWCASE HER DEDICATION IN PROVIDING THE TRAINING OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND POSTHUMOUSLY DESERVES UNIVERSAL REGARD AND APPRECIATION FOR PROVIDING A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE TO THE PATIENTS AND FAMILIES IN OUR GROWING COMMUNITY AND COUNTY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, KENNY JOHNSON, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROB MEDINA, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY SIX THROUGH 12, 2022 AS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO GIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE STAFF, INSTRUCTORS AND NURSING GRADUATES. BREVARD NURSING ACADEMY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT.
AND ALSO, I'D LIKE TO THANK ANY NURSES THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
YOU SHOULD GIVE A HAND TO YOURSELF.
YOU REALLY HELP THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.
MY MOTHER STARTED BURFORD NURSING ACADEMY TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND TO HELP NURSES.
AND I'M SO GLAD AND PROUD TO BE HELPING NOW WHERE SHE WAS.
THANK YOU. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
I'M SURE MANY OF YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO THIS WOMAN IS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF YOU LOOK IN YOURSELF, THAT SHE'S THE FRIEND THAT ALWAYS HAD YOUR BACK. SHE WAS THE FRIEND WHO SACRIFICED HERSELF FOR YOU.
SHE WAS THE FRIEND WHO WOULD LISTEN TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE SAD.
SHE WOULD RATHER HEAR ABOUT YOUR DAY, THEN TELL YOU ABOUT HER DAY.
SHE'D COME HOME EVERY SINGLE DAY AND JUST ASK ME ABOUT HOW IS HIGH SCHOOL OR SOME TRIVIAL THING, KNOWING THAT SHE HAD JUST FOUGHT MILLIONS OF WARS TO GET HER DREAM OFF THE FLOOR BECAUSE SHE'D RATHER HEAR ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE THAN HERSELF.
SHE WAS ALSO THE FRIEND TO BORROW YOUR CLOTHES AND NEVER GIVE IT BACK.
SHE REALLY CARED ABOUT PEOPLE.
SHE WAS A RECEPTIONIST AT HEALTH FIRST AND SHE SAW.
THE NEED FOR NURSING AND THE NEED FOR QUALITY TRAINING AND JUST DOVE INTO IT.
AND SHE'S THAT KIND OF PERSON.
YOU KNOW, SHE THIS WASN'T HER DREAM FROM THE DAY SHE WAS BORN.
HER DREAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND SHE REALLY FOUND HER PLACE IN NURSING.
AND I'M SUPER HAPPY TO SAY THAT SHE'S MY MOM BECAUSE SHE WAS A REALLY GREAT PERSON.
THANK YOU. SHE ALSO GAVE MANY YOUNG INDIVIDUALS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CAREERS IN NURSING.
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I'D LIKE TO CALL UP DEBORAH SMITH.SO THIS IS WOMEN'S LUNG HEALTH WEEK.
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIM BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU WARM MY HEART.
WHEREAS LUNG CANCER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS FOR WOMEN AND MEN.
AND. WHEREAS, LUNG CANCER SCREENING SAVES LIVES, AND ADVOCACY AND INCREASED AWARENESS WILL RESULT IN MORE HIGH RISK INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS GETTING SCREENED.
AND. WHEREAS, PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH FUNDING WILL RESULT IN BETTER TREATMENT METHODS FOR NEWLY.
NEW EARLY DETECTION METHODS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY SAVE LIVES.
NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
BY VIRTUE OF SAID AUTHORITY, OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH, 2022, AS WOMEN'S LUNG HEALTH WEEK IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LUNG CANCER, MORE ABOUT ITS RISKS, RISK FACTORS AND SCREENING OPTIONS, AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FIFTH DAY OF MAY 2022.
MY NAME IS DEBORAH SMITH, AND I AM THE FACE OF LUNG CANCER, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AT THE AGE OF 55.
FOUR YEARS AGO, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR LUNG CANCER, AND I'VE NEVER SMOKED A DAY IN MY LIFE.
HE HAS TO MOVE IT UP BECAUSE OF ME.
EVERY 2 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS, SOMEONE IN THE COUNTRY IS DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER.
IN THE TIME I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT, SOMEONE HAS JUST BEEN DIAGNOSED.
IF YOU HAVE LUNGS, YOU CAN GET LUNG CANCER.
LUNG CANCER IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER, AS THE MAYOR JUST SAID, OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE COUNTRY.
20% ARE NON SMOKERS JUST LIKE MYSELF.
I WAS NEW TO ALL OF THIS FOUR YEARS AGO.
MY CANCER IS TREATABLE, BUT NOT CURABLE.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING, LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.
WHEN SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DON'T JUST IGNORE IT.
COME ON IN THE PICTURE. COME ON IN.
I'D LIKE TO CALL UP OUR WONDERFUL CITY MANAGER, MADAM SUZANNE SHERMAN.
THAT'S A LOT BETTER. BUT SUZANNE'S STILL.
BEAUTIFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE BACK HERE.
OKAY, WELL, YOU WANT TO CALL HIM BY NAME.
OKAY. SO YOU COULDN'T CALL THEM ALL BY NAME?
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OH. BROOKLYN, HUH? HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU. HEY, TIM.THANKS FOR COMING. AND THESE GUYS, THEY GET THE JOB DONE.
YOU ACT LIKE YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
THIS IS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, MAY 15 THROUGH THE 21ST.
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND. WHEREAS, THE SUPPORT OF AN UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMED CITIZENRY IS VITAL TO THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF PUBLIC WORKS SYSTEMS PROGRAMS SUCH AS STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND DRAINAGE FLEET MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING SERVICES.
WHEREAS THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE FACILITIES, AS WELL AS THEIR SURVEYING, ENGINEERING, PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE ARE VITALLY DEPENDENT UPON THE EFFORTS, SKILL AND COMMITMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PERSONNEL, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RIGHT BESIDE ME. AND.
WHEREAS, THIS YEAR'S THEME, READY AND RESILIENT.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A NAVAL, BUT I WON'T GO THERE.
THERE WOULD BE NO COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE PUBLIC WORKS PROVIDES.
THERE WOULD BE NO COMMUNITY TO POLICE AND PROTECT.
NO PUBLIC TO LEAD OR REPRESENT.
PUBLIC WORKS ALLOWS THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT TO BE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY THE VIRTUE AND AUTHORITY SET OFF, IS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 15 THROUGH THE 21ST AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND I CALL UPON ALL OUR CITIZENS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN PROVIDING OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH PUBLIC WORKS PERSONNEL MAKE EVERYDAY TO OUR HEALTH, TO OUR SAFETY, FOR OUR COMFORT, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE TO ASSURE THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS DOWN TO EARTH.
YES, IT'S DOWN TO EARTH AND UP TO GREAT THINGS.
NOW IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY 2022. MADAM SHERMAN, DID YOU WANT TO COME AND SHARE? AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PULL ON ONE OF THESE VICTORIOUS LEADERS.
SO THESE GUYS GET A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF ME THAN MAYBE THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO JUST EMPHASIZE WHAT THE MAYOR JUST READ AND WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T MAYBE REALIZE IS WE HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS TEAM OF ABOUT 120 MEMBERS, AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE MANY GROUPS THAT I CONSIDER TO BE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE CITY, BECAUSE THESE FOLKS BEHIND ME AND MANY, MANY MORE WHO ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT DO SO MUCH DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THIS CITY THAT KEEPS US REALLY IN A IN A GREAT WORKING CONDITION.
SO A LOT OF MOWING, A LOT OF CLEARING STUFF GETS IN THE ROAD AND BLOCKS IT.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GO OUT AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
A TREE FALLS DOWN, THEY TAKE CARE OF IT.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.
THEY TAKE CARE OF MAINTENANCE ON ALL OF OUR CANALS.
THEY HELP WITH THE STORMWATER MAINTENANCE.
SO ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF THAT WATER FLOWS SOMEWHERE THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT SOMEWHERE.
I'VE GOT A HUGE TEAM OF FOLKS THAT IS HANDLING ALL OF OUR FLEET.
THE STREETS THAT WE RIDE ON, THE SIDEWALKS WE WALK ON, THE STREETLIGHTS THAT ARE FUNCTIONING IN OUR CITY, THE LIST IS VERY LONG, BUT THESE GUYS AND GALS ARE PART OF THIS TEAM. I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.
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SO THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY ANYTHING WITH THAT.I MEAN, HERE. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET READY.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO THIS WAY.
HOTEL. YOU KNOW. WE ARE NOW ON A MISSION.
[PRESENTATIONS]
AND MADAM SHERMAN.THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT BY OUR CODE CODE SUPERVISOR.
SO CODE COMPLIANCE IS ACTUALLY PART OF OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO ALEXANDRA BERNARD IS ALSO HERE.
BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TONIGHT IS A CULMINATION OF DIFFERENT COMMENTS AND REQUESTS.
WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM COUNCIL WHERE WE'VE BEEN REQUESTING.
AND THAT'S THAT'S THE PATH WE'VE BEEN ON FOR MANY YEARS BASED ON PRIOR DIRECTION.
IN LISTENING TO COUNSEL AFTER VALERIE PRESENTS AND LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS FROM ANYONE WHO COMES UP TO SPEAK IS THAT WE WOULD GET A LITTLE MORE DIRECTION AS TO WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE US DO GOING FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO VALERIE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME. I'VE BEEN BATTLING A COLD ALL WEEK, SO I'M A LITTLE NASALLY.
SO AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
WE ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TAKE ON THE PROACTIVE ROLE.
AS LONG AS THAT'S THE DECISION THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO PROCEED WITH.
SO THE FIRST SLIDE YOU SEE SHOWS THE MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BROKEN OUT INTO SIX ZONES.
EACH OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT IN DIVISION HAS A ZONE ASSIGNED TO THEM AS WELL AS MYSELF.
I AM ALSO THE SUPERVISOR, BUT A ACTING CODE OFFICER AS WELL.
SO WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN ZONES.
THIS SLIDE BASICALLY SHOWS YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE TOP 16.
MOST COMPLAINTS THAT WE ADDRESS HAS THE SECTION NUMBER FOR THE ORDINANCE, HOW MANY WE'VE TAKEN IN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND THEN 2022 TO DATE.
I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BEFORE I SWITCH THE NEXT SLIDE.
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NOW THIS NEXT SLIDE, EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE SENATE BILL 60 THAT PASSED JULY 1ST OF LAST YEAR, WHICH STATES THAT YOU CANNOT FILE A COMPLAINT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO RESPOND TO UNLESS YOU PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.FROM JULY 1ST TO PREVIOUS AND CURRENT.
NOT IN HALF, BUT THEY HAVE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT DO NOT LIKE TO LEAVE THEIR INFORMATION, ONLY IN FEAR OF RETALIATION THAT WHEN THEY CALL TO FIND OUT, WELL, WHO TURN ME IN AND WE TELL THEM WHO THE PERSON IS, THEY'RE IN FEAR OF RETALIATION.
SO THE COMPLAINTS HAVE DROPPED.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE.
AND THAT WAS NOT PURPOSELY DONE IN GATOR COLORS, BY THE WAY.
IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE THAT WAY.
SO. I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE BOTTOM.
YOU SEE WHERE THE ACTUAL CASE TYPE IS.
I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY HARD FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF SMALL, BUT IT'S THE CASE TYPE.
SO WE ALSO HAVE NUISANCE PROPERTIES NOW.
COUNCIL HAD GRANTED US PERMISSION TO START ADDRESSING THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE NUISANCE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE EXTENDED ALL AVENUES AS FAR AS FINDING THEM, LEANING THEM THERE, ACCRUING FINES PER DAY.
WE HAD ONE PARTICULAR CASE THAT WENT THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS.
WE WERE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY AS FAR AS WE HAD A CONTRACTOR LINED UP.
WE WERE GOING TO HAVE IT CLEANED UP.
THE OWNER DECIDED, I GUESS I BETTER DO SOMETHING.
SO HE CLEANED UP THE PROPERTY SO WE DIDN'T NEED TO TAKE THE ACTION.
WE ARE ESTABLISHING A LIST OF CONTRACTORS THAT ONCE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY FROM THE JUDGE TO GO AND CLEAN THE PROPERTY, WE WILL REACH OUT TO ONE OF THESE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE ON OUR LIST AND THEY WILL GO OUT AND CLEAN THE PROPERTY.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT LIST PUT TOGETHER.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE HAVE PROBABLY 8 TO 10 CASES ALREADY THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO GO AHEAD AND PURSUE THROUGH THE COURTS TO GET THE PERMISSION TO GET THEM CLEANED UP.
AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE INFORMATION.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CONTACT CODE COMPLIANCE, WE HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE REACTIVE PROACTIVE.
COUNCIL I WANT TO GIVE DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
SO IT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THE CODE COMPLIANCE BUDGET.
AGAIN, WE'VE GOTTEN TO THAT POINT WHERE WE FIND AND WE'VE LEANED THEM AND THE PEOPLE, THEY JUST DON'T CARE BECAUSE IN THEIR EYES THEY'RE GOING TO STAY THERE TILL WHENEVER THEY'RE NOT SELLING. SO THEY DON'T CARE THAT THERE'S A LEAN ON THE PROPERTY.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON? YOU HAVE A SPEAKER CALLED, YOU SAY OR.
SO I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, BUT PROBABLY ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I GET EMAILS ABOUT ARE CODE COMPLIANCE, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, OR REPUBLIC, IT'S ONE OF THE TWO. SO I DO THINK FINDING A PROACTIVE WAY WHILE WITHOUT INFRINGING.
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BUT JUST WE ALL NEED TO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR CITY.SO I DO THINK A MORE PROACTIVE WAY WOULD BE EFFICIENT.
ONE THING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SENATE BILL 60, I GOT THE INFORMATION TO YOU LATE, SO I KNOW YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T ABLE TO REVIEW IT, BUT I GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY REGARDING HOW THEY HOW THEY HANDLE THINGS FOR SENATE BILL 60.
AND THEY WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND SAFETY COMPLAINTS CAN BE ANONYMOUS, BUT COMPLAINTS THAT ARE RECEIVED FOR THEM, THEY REQUIRE NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL ADDRESS SO THEY CAN CONFIRM THE PERSON.
BECAUSE I CAN BE IN GEORGIA CALLING AND SAY, I LIVE AT THIS ADDRESS.
SO THAT'S ONE THING THE COUNTY DID.
THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE.
OR BEFORE I SAY I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR TAKE ON THAT, I GUESS SO I WOULD LIKE TO REFER THAT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS FAR AS THE LEGALITY ISSUE, BECAUSE THE SENATE BILL SAYS THEY ONLY HAVE TO PROVIDE A NAME AND ADDRESS.
AND IT'S IT'S PRETTY GRAY AREA BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE THAT JUST GIVE US A FALSE NAME AND A FALSE ADDRESS JUST TO FILE THE COMPLAINT. SO I WAS DEFER IT TO LEGAL FIRST TO FIND OUT, OKAY, ARE WE ABLE TO GO THAT ROUTE? AND THEN IF SO, THEN WE WOULD MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO TRY TO VERIFY THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO ADD MORE TO THE ADMIN STAFF TO HAVE TO VERIFY THIS PERSON WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SO-AND-SO AND THIS IS HIS ADDRESS OR HER ADDRESS. GOTCHA. OKAY.
AND WHAT I'LL DO BECAUSE I GOT THE INFORMATION LATE, LIKE I SAID, FROM THE COUNTY.
SO I'LL SEND IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE REVIEW IT.
BUT I LOOK AT IT ON BOTH SIDES.
SO SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, MISS VALERIE.
YES. SO WE HAVE THE VACANT HOMES.
SO WHEN WE HAVE A FORECLOSED HOME THAT'S VACANT, WE NORMALLY GET A REGISTRATION THAT THEY PAY $100.
SO LIKE I SAID, THEY PAY $100 AND IT IT'S GOOD FOR A YEAR UNLESS IT'S SOLD.
AND THEN WE CLOSE IT OUT BECAUSE SOMEBODY OWNS THE HOUSE NOW WE TYPICALLY HAVE.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ABOUT 50 TO 75.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR, BECAUSE I'M RIGHT ALONG WITH YOU.
I WANT TO REMIND THIS BOARD THAT THERE WAS A CASE THAT VALERIE ELOQUENTLY PUT.
IT WAS GOING ON FOR TEN YEARS, A DECADE.
AND THIS COUNCIL DECIDED TO SAY, NO, THIS THIS IS ENOUGH.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. AND IN THAT DISCUSSION, WE WE HEARD FROM EVEN MASTER CHIEF ON ON DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT THAT HINDER THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR CITY.
SO WE'VE PUT IN PLACE A MAGISTRATE NOW THERE IS NO CIVILIAN BOARD.
AND SO WE'VE TAKEN A PROACTIVE APPROACH ON THIS.
AND I'M FOR KEEPING THE BEAUTY OF THIS CITY AND MAKING IT SHINE AND GIVING THEM THE TOOLS, GIVING OUR STAFF THE TOOLS TO TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. SO FOR FOUR YEARS, THIS WAS ONGOING.
I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS CAME TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT FRESH IDEAS.
AND WE'VE HEARD IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN FROM OUR CITIZENS, RIGHT? WE'VE HEARD THAT WE JUST GOT TO GIVE THEM ENOUGH TEETH.
THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT THAT TYPE OF ABILITY TO GET GET A RESULT TO GET FOLKS TO COMPLY.
RIGHT. SO I'M ALL ABOUT ASSISTING IN THAT AVENUE.
I'M ALL ABOUT GETTING OUR CITY TO BE BEAUTIFIED.
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RIGHT. SO I'M IN AGREEMENT.THAT WHATEVER WE DECIDE, WE HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF.
WE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE A MAGISTRATE.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS MOVING FORWARD.
YES. MAYOR, ONE MORE QUESTION.
THE STAFF EVER FEEL UNSAFE WHILE OUT? THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN AREAS THAT WE KNOW THAT IS UNSAFE.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN GIVEN ACCESS TO A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO INPUT AN ADDRESS AND IF THERE'S ANY RED FLAGS WHATSOEVER, WE CONTACT POLICE AND THEY SEND SOMEBODY WITH US.
IF WE'RE UNAWARE, WE GET OUT THERE AND WE FEEL SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
WE NEVER GO ANYWHERE AND WE TRY NOT TO GO KNOCKING ON DOORS UNLESS WE FEEL IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THAT DOOR ANYBODY'S DAY.
YOU DON'T KNOW. AND WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ALONG THAT VEIN.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
SO THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO UNRAVEL AND PEEL BACK THE ONION.
OF COURSE, WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER, YOU JUST TOOK THE QUESTION OUT OF MY MOUTH WHEN IT COMES TO NARCOTICS.
YOU KNOW, ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THAT.
AT THAT PROPERTY. THERE MIGHT BE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE, BUT.
SO I WANT YOU TO REALLY WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ABSOLUTELY. AND BE SAFE WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE.
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT BOTHERS ME.
WE PUT LIENS ON THESE PROPERTIES.
YOU SAID WE'RE GOING TO PUT A SECOND LIEN, BUT THE PERSON DOESN'T COMPLY.
I MEAN. IT'S LIKE BEATING YOUR HEAD UP AGAINST THE WALL.
IF A IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE AND THEY HAVE TWO LIENS, TWO CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN.
CAN THE INDIVIDUAL COME IN AND REMOVE THAT LIEN? A STRANGER FROM ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY OR OUTSIDE THE STATE COULD COME AND SAY, I'M GOING TO PAY THEIR LIEN.
I WOULD BELIEVE ANYBODY CAN PAY ANYBODY'S LIEN.
DO THEY HAVE POSSESSION OF THAT PROPERTY? I WOULD NOT THINK SO.
OFFERED TO THAT THAT CORRECT PAYER.
YOU JUST DID THE PERSONAL FAVOR, RIGHT? SO AFTER WE GOT TO THREE OR FOUR LIENS ON ONE PROPERTY.
DO THE CITY TAKE POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY? THE CITY HAS IN THE PAST PENDING ON THE MARKET VALUE OF THE HOME AND WE HAVE FORECLOSED ON PROPERTIES.
I KNOW WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT RECENTLY.
THAT'S THE DIRECTION I WOULD LIKE TO GO.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP PUTTING LIENS ON PROPERTY.
WE'RE WASTING OUR TIME. WE'RE SPENDING THE WILL.
AND THEN THE HOUSE STAYS THE SAME.
THEY'RE JUST RACKING UP FINES.
THERE'S A LEAN ON THE PROPERTY AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING FURTHER.
AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE LIVING IN HELL.
CORRECT. BUT THIS WHOLE NUISANCE AVENUE WE'RE TAKEN IS GOING TO HELP BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TAKE THESE CASES TO COURT. THE JUDGE IS GOING TO GRANT US PERMISSION TO GO ON THE PROPERTIES AND HAVE THEM CLEANED UP.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY AND THE CITIZENS THAT ARE KEEPING THEIR PROPERTY NEAT, CLEAN AND, YOU KNOW, IN VIOLATION, YOU KNOW, OUT OF VIOLATION.
AND THE PALM BAY RESIDENCE IS PAYING FOR THIS.
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YES. WE'RE JUST AS FRUSTRATED AS THE CITIZENS ARE, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THE PROPERTY.THAT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING FOR IT.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE GUIDELINES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO FORECLOSE.
WE ARE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER COUNCIL AND MAYOR WANTS US TO DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR VALERIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO, YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
AND I'VE SEEN YOU GUYS ON THE STREETS ALL THE TIME.
SOMETIMES I EVEN PICK UP THE PHONE CALL, CALL THE OFFICE.
BUT GREAT. WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
FOLLOW UP TO WHAT COUNCILMAN FOSTER WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK IN SOME CASES, EXCESSIVE SITUATION.
WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THIS AVENUE.
THE ONLY THING IS, I KNOW UNCLE SAM'S ALWAYS GOT FIRST POSITION, SO WE GO AND PROCEED IN THAT ROUTE.
SO BECAUSE UNCLE SAM'S ALWAYS FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY WILL GET PAID BEFORE WE DO SO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOR PARTICULAR VA LOANS OR VA LOANS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PARTICULAR PROPERTY AT 837 SATURN CIRCLE.
SO BUT YEAH, THAT'S ONE ASPECT I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
AND I ENCOUNTER SITUATION WHERE I KNOW FOR A FACT BECAUSE OF SITUATION WHERE I WAS TOLD, OH YEAH, UNLESS PEOPLE CALLED, YOU GUYS DON'T REACT.
THAT'S CORRECT. IT CAN BE VERY FAIR.
BUT IF YOU DON'T GET THAT PHONE CALL, YOU DON'T REACT, WHICH I THINK.
YEAH, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
RIGHT. AND I WILL SAY THIS, WHEN AN OFFICER IS OUT IN THE AREA DOING AN INSPECTION, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT IS SAFETY, HEALTH OR WELFARE, THEY WILL WRITE IT UP AND IT GOES ON A ROUTINE PATROL.
THREE SITES, I SHOULD SAY, WAS A NEW CONSTRUCTION SITE.
AND THEY WERE THEY WERE JUST FINE.
STOP ALL CONSTRUCTION BUT SAME SITUATION.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
WELL THAT JUST ONE PARTICULAR SITUATION THEY IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO TO YOUR DEPARTMENT.
RIGHT. BUT THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT YOU YOU TALKED ABOUT WAYS YOU CAN BE PROACTIVE.
WOULD YOU GIVE US A FEW EXAMPLES? SO TO US, BEING PROACTIVE, IF WE'RE GOING TO AN INSPECTION AND WE GO DOWN A ROAD AND WE SEE ALL THESE VIOLATIONS, INSTEAD OF GOING LIKE THIS, WE'RE GOING TO GO LIKE THIS AND START WRITING PEOPLE UP.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHEN WE GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND THEN WE WRITE SOMEBODY UP AND THEN THE WHY DIDN'T YOU WRITE THIS PERSON UP? WELL, WE DIDN'T GET A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT PERSON.
SO WE ARE ALL FOR BEING PROACTIVE AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE SUPPORT AND BACKING WHEN BECAUSE AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT EXACTLY ONE OF THE TOP DIVISIONS.
SO WITH US BEING PROACTIVE, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE THE CITIZENS TO BE MORE, WELL, WHY ARE THEY BULLYING US? WHY ARE THEY COMING UP AND DOWN OUR STREETS WRITING EVERYBODY UP? WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO PROBLEM BEING PROACTIVE.
MAYOR, IF I MAY WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING.
JUST AS YOU SAID, WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE.
DON'T DON'T PUT OUR BLINDERS UP AND CORRECT.
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE EQUAL EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT IN SUCH A WAY WHERE WE'RE STILL PROVIDING A SERVICE.
RIGHT? CORRECT. CUSTOMER SERVICE BEING VERY STRATEGIC.
WE'RE NOT OUT THERE TO POLICE YOU PER SE, BUT WE TRYING TO HELP.
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YEAH, WE WILL EDUCATE.THAT'S CORRECT. WE ARE CURRENTLY UPDATING OUR PAMPHLET OF THE TOP TEN CODE VIOLATIONS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WRITE THEM UP.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO EDUCATE THEM AND SAY, HERE'S A PAMPHLET.
YOUR GRASS IS KIND OF GETTING TALL.
YOU MAY WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS KEY TO ABSOLUTELY PEOPLE.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YES, THANK YOU. AND MA'AM, I JUST WANT TO TAG A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, COUNCILMAN FELIX.
MY QUESTION IS MORE OF WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU? WHAT WHAT ELSE CAN WE EQUIP YOU WITH? BECAUSE THIS SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A CONSENSUS HERE.
WE WANT TO, NUMBER ONE, BEAUTIFY THE CITY.
RIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MENTIONED THE GRASS.
RIGHT. SO IN MY VISION, THE NUISANCE PROPERTIES AREN'T WHERE THEY FAIL TO CUT THEIR GRASS, YOU KNOW, FOR THREE WEEKS IN THE SUMMERTIME.
NO, MY MY IDEA OF A NUISANCE IS WHEN THEY PUT WASHERS AND DRYERS ON THEIR PROPERTY OR.
OR OTHER BIG ITEMS. I KNOW, I KNOW.
I KNOW. MR. BATTEN IS WELL FAMILIAR WITH HIS PROPERTY ON OCEAN SPRAY.
THAT IS ONE OF THE ONES ON OUR TOP TEN LIST TO TURN INTO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE TRIED TO WORK WITH THIS GENTLEMAN.
WE HAVE VERBALLY TALKED TO HIM.
HE JUST IT'S JUST NOT SINKING IN.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS.
AND ANOTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS BECAUSE I GUESS I DEAL WITH MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
RIGHT. AND WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED IS WHEN IT GETS TO BE THAT IT CAN BE BUREAUCRATIC IN NATURE, DIFFERENT AGENCIES NOT SPEAKING TO ONE ANOTHER.
AND I'M SURE THAT COUNCILMAN FOSTER HAS HAD EXPERIENCE LIKE THAT BEING A FEDERAL AGENT.
SO IT WOULD BE TO KIND OF COLLABORATE, MAKE SURE THERE'S THERE'S DIALOG WITH WITHIN THE AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND NOT NOT SEPARATE FROM ONE ANOTHER DURING THIS PROCESS.
CORRECT. AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING WHEN WE SAY THE SUPPORT AND BACKING OF THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL IS WHEN YOU DO GET THOSE COMPLAINTS THAT, OH, CODE ENFORCEMENTS OUT HERE AND THEY'RE JUST BULLYING US OR THEY'RE PICKING ON ME OR HARASSING ME, IT'S THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE YOU SAID, OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY.
WE ARE NOT OUT THERE TO MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES MISERABLE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HAVE EVERYBODY UNIFORMED.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE THE FIXER, SO WE JUST NEED TO SUPPORT THAT.
WHEN YOU DO GET THOSE COMPLAINTS THAT YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE CITIZENS HAPPY AND TRY TO GET EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY BACK TO WHERE A STATE IT SHOULD BE.
I'LL BE THAT MAN, COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AGREE WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS TO SAY UP HERE.
A PROACTIVE APPROACH IS THE WAY TO GO.
COUNCILMAN FELIX MENTIONED IT WITH EDUCATE.
SO WE EDUCATE THE PROPERTY OWNER.
WE GIVE THAT PROPERTY OWNER A CHANCE TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION.
I DID WANT TO ADDRESS COUNCILMAN FOSTER'S COMMENTS ABOUT FORECLOSURES AND THE CITY TAKING PROPERTY.
I DO WORRY ABOUT THAT IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION OFF BIANCA AND EVERYTHING, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 40, 50 YEARS AND THEY'RE OLDER NOW AND THEY CAN'T MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY. SO I DO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO KICK AN OLD PERSON OUT OF THEIR HOUSE FOR A CODE VIOLATION.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE THERE.
THEY'RE COMPLAINING, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST WANT COUNCIL TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PHILLIP, FOR SAYING THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO KICK AN OLD PERSON OUT OF THEIR HOUSE EITHER.
THAT'S WHERE EDUCATION AND USING DISCRETION.
YES. WAS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER NEEDS TO USE.
SOMEONE IS ELDERLY AND CANNOT CUT THE GRASS OR OR CANNOT PROVIDE THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET COMPLAINTS EITHER WAY.
WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE THE WORD ENFORCEMENT.
I GOT TO GET BACKGROUND ON THAT.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN WITH THIS FORUM OR AGAINST THEM.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMPLAINT.
SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO. WE CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY.
THAT IS CORRECT. WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELDERLY PERSON LIKE COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
USE, YOU KNOW, DISCRETION, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION.
REACH OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS, FAMILY MEMBERS.
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JUST DON'T PUT A LEAN ON.FIND THEM. NOW, THERE'S A PROCESS.
IT DOESN'T GO STRAIGHT TO A LIEN.
AND WE TYPICALLY WORK WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
WE DON'T JUST GIVE THEM, OH, YOU HAVE 20 DAYS AND THAT'S IT.
THEY CALL US, HEY, CAN WE GET MORE TIME? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE NEVER DENIED ANYBODY AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO FIX A VIOLATION.
YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE TO CHANGE IT TO CODE ENHANCEMENT.
I MEAN, THAT SOUNDS NICER TO ME.
WELL, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO ENFORCE THE CODE, RIGHT? YOU STILL GOT TO ENFORCE THE CODE.
WHAT? WHAT IS IT? AND I THINK YOU WANTED TO TAP INTO SOMETHING, MA'AM.
YES. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK.
BUT FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO SAY TO THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT DISCRETION.
AND VALERIE SAID IT VERY WELL.
YOU KNOW, HAVE MORE EFFORTS ON THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, TO VALERIE'S POINT, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF US CHANGING OUR OUR PERSPECTIVE AND NOT JUST BEING REACTIVE, NOT JUST SPENDING MOST OF OUR TIME ON THE CALLS THAT COME IN, BUT ACTUALLY BEING OUT THERE A LOT MORE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL WAS OKAY WITH THAT FOR THE REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN STATED.
FIRST THING IS, IF WE START ACTIVELY PURSUING CLEANUP OF THE NUISANCE PROPERTIES, THEN WHY DON'T YOU ASK WHAT YOU WOULD NEED, WHAT WE WOULD NEED FROM COUNCIL. ONE THING WE WOULD NEED IS YOUR SUPPORT.
WHEN WE BRING FORWARD BUDGET REQUESTS LATER FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL BE PUTTING IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COVER THINGS LIKE THE COURT COSTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN GOING THROUGH AND GETTING THE COURT TO GIVE US PERMISSION LIKE THEY DID ON THE OTHER ONE, TO GO AND CLEAN IT.
THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE SOME COSTS RELATED TO THE ACTUAL CLEANUP.
WE WILL PUT THOSE IN THERE AS BUDGET REQUESTS.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWED BY STATE LAW TO DO ANY KIND OF FORECLOSURE.
THOSE WOULD BE THE KIND WE WOULD DO FORECLOSURE ON.
BUT FOR EITHER OF THOSE CATEGORIES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE CHANGE OUR APPROACH, THAT WE BRING INFORMATION BACK TO COUNSEL SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO FOR EXAMPLE, VALERIE MENTIONED A LIST OF LIKE EIGHT OR SO PROPERTIES THAT SHE HAS RIGHT NOW.
AS WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, WE CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE AND YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE THE ONES WE'RE TARGETING AND MAKE SURE THAT MATCHES WITH YOUR EXPECTATION OF WHAT WE REALLY FOCUS IN ON.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS JUST THE OVERALL CONCEPT OF BEING MORE PROACTIVE.
WE ALREADY HAVE OUR LIST OF WORKLOAD THAT COMES FROM EVERYBODY THAT CALLS IN COMPLAINTS.
BUT WE CAN START A MORE AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN OF GOING STREET BY STREET.
IT'LL TAKE US TIME, BUT STREET BY STREET TO LOOK AT EVERY EVERY PROPERTY AS WE GO.
BUT MY THOUGHT IS, RATHER THAN TRY TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE NUANCE OF CODE VIOLATIONS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD JUST BOG US DOWN AND WE WOULD BE ON EVERY STREET FOR DAYS AND DAYS, POTENTIALLY. IT'S BETTER THAT WE FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE VISIBLE, MORE OR OBVIOUS TO LIKE.
YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER, MORE OBVIOUS ISSUES.
SO IN TERMS OF A PLACE TO START, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
YOU KNOW, VALERIE MENTIONED THE LIST OF LIKE THE TOP TEN CODE COMPLAINTS.
WE COULD EVEN JUST USE THAT THAT PARTICULAR LIST TO GUIDE US.
BUT WE'RE JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FITS WITH WHERE COUNCIL WANTS US TO GO.
AND IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED.
APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION ON THAT.
I'VE SEEN DISHWASHERS AND AND DRYERS IN FRONT OF IN FRONT OF PROPERTIES I'VE SEEN.
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BOTHERING ALL THE NEIGHBORS. MAYBE A GOOD EXAMPLE, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE LESSER DOWN ON THE NUISANCE LIST.IT'S JUST THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILDING UP LIENS.
MAYBE NOBODY'S COMPLAINING, BUT IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A MESS.
OR THEY HAVE ALL THE VEHICLES, JUNK VEHICLES PARKED AROUND.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S PART OF THAT PROCESS.
BUT DO YOU NEED US NEED THIS IN A MOTION? THIS IS JUST A PRESENTATION.
SO FILIBERTO I CAN BARELY SEE.
YES, SIR. IF I MAY ADD TWO THINGS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO, WHICH I BROUGHT UP TO YOU EARLIER ABOUT RENTING RENTAL PROPERTIES.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY RENTAL PROPERTIES OUT HERE AND MS..
SHERMAN, IF YOU CAN ALSO ADD THAT LANGUAGE TO WHATEVER COMES FORTH.
BUT DON'T DON'T UPDATE THE MAILING ADDRESS ON PROPERTY APPRAISER IF THEY DON'T LIVE THERE.
SO THE NOTICE IS OF A VIOLATION, THE WARNING THAT WE MIGHT BE FINDING YOU AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE IF YOU DON'T RESOLVE IT, THOSE NOTICES GO TO WHATEVER ADDRESS IS LISTED ON THE BREVARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEBSITE.
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ON A CONSTANT CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON.
ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SPEAKER? C.J. JOHNSON.
STAY CLOSE BY, VALERIE, JUST IN CASE.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL. MR. MAYOR.
I'M FROM THE GREAT CITY OF MELBOURNE, RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
I AM THE FOUNDER OF BREAKPOINT LAW.
AND WHAT WE DO IS ON THE REGISTRY SIDE IS THAT WE WILL MONITOR ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE CAN FIND, AS IN FORECLOSURE AND VACANT AND THE DATA THAT WE GET. WE MONITOR EVERY LIST IT'S FILED WITHIN THE CITY.
WE ALSO MONITOR ALL THE UTILITY DATA THAT WE CAN RECEIVE AND US VACANCY DATA.
SO WE KNOW EVERY EVERY PERSON FROM THE LIST, PENDANTS THROUGH ANY SERVICER, PROPERTY PRESERVATION COMPANY, WE HAVE A CONTACTS WITH HUNDREDS OF BANKS SO WE CAN GET TO THE RIGHT PERSON QUICKLY.
WE SEND OUT ALL OF THE NOTICES OF VIOLATION, NOTICES OF HEARING.
AND THIS TOUCHES A LITTLE BIT ON THE LEAN SIDE.
WE WILL ALSO PLACE LIENS, BUT UNDER CHAPTER 162.
SO IF IT'S A PROPERTY WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO KICK OUT AN OWNER THAT MAY BE AN OLDER PERSON, WE CAN GO TO THE VACANT PROPERTY SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY AND DO A FORECLOSURE ACTION BASED UPON A LEAN HERE IN PALM BAY.
AND I THINK IT COULD BE A GREAT TOOL FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
BUT GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
SIR, HAVE YOU WORKED WITH OTHER CITIES IN WHAT YOU PROPOSE JUST NOW? HAVE YOU WORKED WITH OTHER CITIES IN OUR COUNTY? WE'RE NOT IN BREVARD COUNTY.
I CURRENTLY WORK WITH THE CITY OF APOPKA.
CITY OF SANFORD. SEMINOLE COUNTY.
PASCO COUNTY. FLINT, MICHIGAN.
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HAVE YOU. I KNOW THIS IS A RHETORICAL QUESTION.I'M ASSUMING YOU HAD SUCCESS AT HELPING THEM CITIES WITH THE.
PROCESS AS FAR AS FORECLOSURES OR LIENS.
WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS A LOT OF THE BANKS DO NOT PAY ON PURPOSE.
SO THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND SOME OF MY CLIENTS ARE USING IT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THEY'RE USING IT FOR FOR OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT HELP BEAUTIFY THE CITY.
SO IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
DO YOU SEE VALUE TO A SERVICE LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE? HMM. HAVING FULLY.
GET ON THE. AM I NOT ON? GET IT CLOSER TO YOU, MAN.
I HAVEN'T. I RESEARCH THE PRODUCT OR WHAT WHAT GENTLEMAN'S OFFERING TO DO.
I THINK MR. EDWARDS IN MY OFFICE, HE HANDLES MOST OF THE REAL ESTATE FOR THE CITY ANYWAY IN HOUSE.
I'M. PROBABLY THE BEST PERSON TO ADDRESS IF THERE'S OVERLAP BETWEEN WHAT IS ALREADY BEING PROVIDED TO THE CITY OR WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND AN OUTSIDE VENDOR.
AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS, CORRECT? I BELIEVE IT WOULD.
OKAY. ALL OF MY CONTRACTS OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS.
SO WE HAVE NOT EVER GONE THROUGH A BID PROCESS.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING THROUGH AND LETTING US KNOW.
PERHAPS, MADAM ATTORNEY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE BEAUTIFICATION TEAM OF CODE ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENT.
IS THAT ALL, MR. JOHNSON? YEP. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIRMAN, SPEAKING OF PROCUREMENT.
THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, VALERIE.
I THINK WE ARE ALL SET. APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL.
SO NEXT WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
FOUR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT FOR YOU, BUT TWO MORE AT THIS POINT IN THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST WILL BE WE'VE BEEN GIVING DEPARTMENT UPDATES TO COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC.
SO THIS NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE OUR PROCUREMENT.
AND I'LL ASK HER TO COME ON UP.
GOOD EVENING. I'M JULIET MOSCONI.
I'M THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT PROCUREMENT AND WHAT OUR ROLE IS IN THE CITY.
SO PROCUREMENT OVERSEES ALL THE PURCHASES IN THE CITY, BUT WE'RE MORE THAN JUST BUYERS.
AND THEN ANY TIME WE HAVE A GRANT, THEY HAVE INDIVIDUAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE GRANTS.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR STAFF IS CERTIFIED AND EDUCATED IN OUR FIELD.
OUR VISION IS TO SERVE AND CONNECT ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND WE HAVE WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER THREE CUSTOMER BASES.
WE SERVE OUR CITIZENS BY PROTECTING THEIR VESTED INTERESTS AND MAXIMIZING TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
WE SERVE OUR DEPARTMENTS, AS I MENTIONED, BY HELPING THEM DELIVER PUBLIC SERVICES.
AND WE SERVE OUR VENDORS BY FORMULATING PARTNERSHIPS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY.
AND WE DO ALL THIS WITH A MINDSET OF VALUE ADDED.
AND I HAVE THAT SIGN THERE ON THE RIGHT, HANGING ON THE WALL OF MY OFFICE.
AND OUR MISSION AND VISION WILL BE NOTHING WITHOUT OUR VALUES.
AND THEY ARE ETHICS, ACCOUNTABILITY, SERVICE, IMPARTIALITY, PROFESSIONALISM AND TRANSPARENCY.
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WE HAVE SEVEN FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, ALMOST ALL OF WHOM ARE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL STAFF, AND WE HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.I DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE CREDENTIALS OF OUR STAFF.
WE HAVE CERTIFICATIONS FROM NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND ACCREDITED PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CERTIFIED PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OFFICER AND CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC BUYER. WE'RE EDUCATED, WE'RE EXPERIENCED, AND WE'VE WORKED AT MULTIPLE AGENCIES IN THE STATE AND ALSO EVEN IN THE COUNTRY.
SO THAT ALLOWS US TO BRING BEST PRACTICES HERE TO THE CITY.
SO THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR OFFICE DOES.
ON A DAILY BASIS, WE'RE DOING MANY TASKS LIKE CREATING PURCHASE ORDERS, SOLICITING FOR BIDS, QUOTES AND PROPOSALS WHERE SOURCING NEW VENDORS, MANAGING MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR EXISTING ONES.
WE REVIEW ALL PURCHASING RELATED CONTRACTS.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
WE DO NEW CONTRACT SETUP RENEWALS.
WE ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL AND POLICIES.
WE NEGOTIATE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND RATES FOR ALL OF OUR NEW CONTRACTS.
ALMOST EVERY MEETING WE HAVE RELATED TO A SOLICITATION IS A PUBLIC MEETING.
WE DO STRATEGIC INITIATIVES LIKE SOURCING AND ENGAGING IN LONGER TERM CONTRACTS.
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO PROTECT THE CITY FROM INFLATION.
AND WE DO MARKET RESEARCH AND COMMODITY AND SERVICE WATCH.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS NEGOTIATING DOWN THOSE COST INCREASE.
MY FELLOW DIRECTORS IN HERE ARE PROBABLY SICK OF HEARING ALL THE TRAINING THAT WE DO.
WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST INTERNAL TRAINING PROGRAM AND WE ALSO DISPOSE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY.
THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THAT THE CITY CAN NO LONGER USE.
AND LASTLY, WE MANAGE THE CITY'S CREDIT CARD PROGRAM.
HERE'S SOME STATISTICS FROM OUR OFFICE, JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.
AND LAST YEAR WE HAD A RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF PURCHASE ORDERS WE ISSUED AND PURCHASE ORDER VALUE.
AND WE ALSO GET A REBATE FROM CERTAIN CONTRACTS WE UTILIZE LIKE HOME DEPOT.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF INITIATIVES THAT WE DO.
WE STARTED IN 2020, DURING THE PANDEMIC AS JUST A RESULT OF OPERATIONS ACCEPTING QUOTES THAT PROCUREMENT DOES SO BETWEEN 25 AND 100,000 ELECTRONICALLY. AND WE FOUND THAT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD PRACTICE.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY INCORPORATED THAT INTO OUR POLICY.
AND NOW ALL QUOTES UNDER 100,000 CAN BE RECEIVED ELECTRONICALLY.
WE'VE ALSO UPDATED MOST OF OUR DOCUMENTS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH IT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ADA COMPLIANT.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE'RE DOING, I'M CALLING SIMPLIFY THE SUBMITTAL, WHICH IS ELIMINATING FORMS, FORMS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR DECADES, SOME OF THEM WHICH REQUIRE A NOTARY.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO IS WE'VE IMPROVED, OF COURSE, OUR ORDINANCE AND ADMIN CODE.
WE HAVE REALLY UPDATED OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON OUR WEBSITE.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY VIDEO CLIPS.
THERE ARE FIVE OF THEM. THEY'RE 4 TO 7 MINUTES IN LENGTH.
THEY BREAK DOWN EACH PART OF OUR PROCESS AND IT ALLOWS VENDORS TO FIND OUT HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY ON THEIR OWN TIME, ON DEMAND, BECAUSE THEY ARE BUSY AND THEY OFTEN CAN'T MEET WITH US DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR DOING BUSINESS WEBINARS THAT WE LAUNCHED IN FISCAL YEAR 2022.
WE HAD OVER 400 VENDORS PARTICIPATE IN OUR LAST WEBINAR.
WE DO VENDOR EVENT GUEST SPEAKING.
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NEXT ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.AND IF ANY BUSINESS ORGANIZATION IS LISTENING AND WOULD LIKE ME TO COME OUT, I LOVE TALKING ABOUT PROCUREMENT AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO COME TO YOUR NETWORKING EVENTS AND TALK ABOUT DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.
AND LASTLY, WE USE VENDOR LINK.
I LOVE VENDOR LINK. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST INITIATIVES WE LAUNCHED IN 2020.
ONE OF THE VIDEOS THAT I DID WAS A STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON HOW TO REGISTER WITH VENDOR LINK.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF OTHER AGENCIES IN BREVARD THAT ARE ALSO USING VENDOR LINK, IF YOU WANT TO BE DOING BUSINESS WITH GOVERNMENT IN BREVARD COUNTY, YOU SHOULD REALLY BE REGISTERED FOR THAT SERVICE.
I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT AND JUST GOING BACK TO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON SOME OF THOSE FORMS THAT I TALK ABOUT, AND IN THE FUTURE WE HOPE TO HAVE AN IN-PERSON EVENT AND MOVE EVENTUALLY TO FULLY ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT. IT'S CALLED E-PROCUREMENT.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO LAUNCH THAT.
IT'S ACTUALLY BUILT INTO VENDOR LINK.
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY TO MOVE TO THAT.
IT'S JUST A LOT OF PLANNING AND PROGRESSION, SO WE'RE HOPING TO LAUNCH THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND WHILE I HAVE THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION, I JUST WANTED TO DO A LITTLE SHOUT OUT ABOUT OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE MANY WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US.
YOU CAN CLICK ON DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY FROM THE CITY'S HOMEPAGE.
WE ALSO WORKED WITH IT TO DEVELOP SOME FRIENDLY LINKS THAT ARE EASY TO REMEMBER.
WE POSTED ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS THAT JUST HAPPENED THIS YEAR.
AND IT MAKES OUR PROCESS BETTER, BUT ALSO IT MAKES PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS NON-EXISTENT.
IF YOU NEED THE CONTRACT, THERE IT IS.
IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. OF COURSE, WE'RE HAPPY TO GUIDE PEOPLE TO HOW TO ACCESS IT.
AND LASTLY, THERE'S A SHOT OF HOW TO CONNECT WITH US.
WE ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
I REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND I MEAN SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU ALL SAY THAT THE CITY IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND I MEAN THAT WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH OUR VENDORS AS WE WE ACTUALLY HOSTED A CLASS THIS MORNING FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS ON MANAGING VENDOR PERFORMANCE.
SO. SO, JULIETTE, I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING A PUBLIC SEMINAR OF OF SOME SORT.
MAYBE THE EDC AND OTHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHETHER THEY'RE MELBOURNE OR PALM BAY, TO BE INVOLVED, MAKE IT A REALLY BIG PUBLIC EVENT, SO TO SPEAK, WHERE YOU COULD PASS ON THAT INFORMATION.
IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE PLANNING IN THE NEAR FUTURE? I'M KIND OF THINKING OF THOSE AS TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
SO FOR OUR EVENT, WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS WE CAN CONNECT WITH VENDORS AND HELP VENDORS CONNECT WITH DEPARTMENTS AND SERVE AS THAT GO BETWEEN. AND WE OFTEN DO.
AND I'VE ACTUALLY WAS TALKING TO A STAFF MEMBER ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING.
WE WERE PLANNING IT A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN YOU WOULD GO TO ANOTHER ROOM AND THERE'S A TABLE WITH EVERY KIND OF DEPARTMENT THAT YOU'D WANT TO INTERACT WITH THAT HAS A STAFF MEMBER THERE SO THAT YOU CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS AND WHAT THE CITY'S NEEDS ARE AND KIND OF PAIR THEM UP.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF TWO SEPARATE THINGS, IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
MA'AM, SINCE YOU'VE GOTTEN THIS ROLE YEARS AGO, YOU'VE BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
YOU'VE REALLY INCREASED THE ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW YOU JUST RECENTLY GOT VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AS WELL.
YES. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
BUT I JUST YEAH, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN DOING AMAZING JOB.
SO I'M JUST HERE TO SING YOUR PRAISES, SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WELL, THAT WASN'T MUCH OF A SONG, THOUGH, SIR.
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JOB. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.JUST FROM MY PAST EXPERIENCE, THE PE CARDS, HOW DO WE KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE CARDS AND MAKE SURE THE PURCHASE IS OFF FOR THE CITY AND NOT FOR INDIVIDUAL HOCKEY? YEAH, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
SO PICARD'S HAVE PROS AND CONS.
PICARD'S FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT IS OUR CREDIT CARD PROGRAM.
SO OF COURSE THEY PROVIDE A GREAT AMOUNT OF EFFICIENCY, RIGHT? AND IF THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT NEEDS A PART TO MAKE A REPAIR THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IN STOCK, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TWO DAYS FOR AN ORDER OFF A PURCHASE ORDER IN THAT PART TO ARRIVE, THEY CAN GO TO A LOCAL VENDOR AND MAKE THE PURCHASE.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WITHOUT VERY CLOSELY MONITORING, IT, OF COURSE HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE.
SO WE DO A LOT OF THINGS TO MONITOR OUR CARDS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN RUN A REPORT AT ANY TIME THAT TELLS ME IF SOMEBODY WENT TO THE SAME STORE TWICE IN ONE DAY AND PERHAPS VIOLATED THE SINGLE TRANSACTION LIMIT, WE CAN RUN IT FOR THINGS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE PROHIBITIONS ON ANYTHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE BOUGHT FOR THE CITY.
SO YOU CAN'T USE YOUR P CARD TO BUY ALCOHOL, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE'VE ACTUALLY RUN INTO PROBLEMS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE A LEGITIMATE NEED, LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BUY SOME AMMUNITION AND THEY CAN'T PURCHASE IT BECAUSE IT'S IT'S CUT OFF AND WE CAN MAKE AMENDS.
BUT WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST AUDIT PROGRAM AS WELL.
WE ACTUALLY DO A PHYSICAL AUDIT OF P CARDS EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE IN TUNE WITH THE HR DEPARTMENT.
SO AS SOON AS AN EMPLOYEE LEAVES, WE CAN IMMEDIATELY CLICK A BUTTON AND SHUT THEIR PICARD OFF.
EVEN IF THEY GO IN FMA, WE CAN SUSPEND IT DURING THAT TIME.
WE DO SPOT CHECKS FOR SPEND CONTROL AND THEN EVERY YEAR EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD THROUGH THEIR PICARD REP AND THEIR OFFICE IS ASKED TO EXAMINE WHO THEIR CARDHOLDERS ARE, HOW MUCH SPEND LIMIT THEY HAVE, AND WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING.
WE RUN AN ENTIRE REPORT OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND WE ASK THEM TO REVIEW THAT AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO REIN IN SPENDING WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE REINED IN OR PERHAPS INCREASE IT WHERE YOU COULD GET GREATER EFFICIENCY.
A LONG EXPLANATION, HAVE WE HAVE YOU FOUND ANY ABUSE? I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY ABUSE, NOR DID J.
ARE WE PROMOTING LOCAL BUSINESS IN THE CITY LIMITS OF PALM BAY? HOW ARE WE REACHING OUT TO OUR BUSINESS IN THE CITY LIMITS OF PALM BAY? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE'RE TRYING TO ENGAGE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND IT STARTS HONESTLY WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN PALM BAY ARE NOT GOING TO BE PUTTING IN BIDS FOR VERY LARGE PURCHASES.
NOW WE HAVE A SEMI DECENTRALIZED THRESHOLD, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT LONG TERM IS THAT UP TO 10,000 THE DEPARTMENT CAN GET A QUOTE FROM ANYWHERE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
THEY DON'T NEED MULTIPLE QUOTES AND THEY CAN ENTER A PURCHASE ORDER FOR US TO PROCESS.
AND THEN ON OUR SIDE, THIS IS WHY I PARTICIPATE IN AS MANY EVENTS AS I CAN.
IT'S NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES.
DO YOU HAVE A LOCAL PREFERENCE OR A LOCAL SCORING CRITERIA WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR BIDS? NO, THERE IS NOT ONE IN OUR ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
BUT THERE WAS ONE PREVIOUSLY AND WE CHANGED IT.
SURE. IN THERE WAS A LOCAL PREFERENCE FOR THE CITY.
THERE WAS A BID PREFERENCE AND AN RFP PREFERENCE.
BUT THEY GUARANTEED THAT 50% OF THEIR STAFF WOULD BE PALM BAY RESIDENTS.
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SO IN 2020 I DID A WORKSHOP FOR COUNCIL AND I BROUGHT FORWARD SEVERAL PROCUREMENT ISSUES.IT WAS IT WAS 45 MINUTES OF THIS KIND OF FUN.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS LOCAL PREFERENCE.
I DID NOTE THAT AT THE TIME THE BID PREFERENCE WAS NOT EFFECTIVE.
IN FACT, IT HAD NOT IMPACTED THE OUTCOME OF AN AWARD.
THE RFP PREFERENCE HAD IMPACTED ONE AWARD, AND WHAT IT DID IS IT GAVE THE BUSINESS TO RAYMOND JAMES VERSUS I THINK IT WAS JPMORGAN. MORGAN BECAUSE RAYMOND JAMES HAPPENED TO HAVE AN OFFICE IN MELBOURNE AND THAT'S HOW THE PREFERENCE WAS BUILT.
ALL THEY HAD TO HAVE IS A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT IN THE CITY, SO IN BREVARD COUNTY IN THAT CASE.
SO IT DID ACTUALLY CHANGE THE AWARD OF THAT ONE.
WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL PREFERENCE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE STANDARD OR THE NORM.
THE MOST PUBLIC ONE WAS THE CITY OF TUCSON.
THEY WERE SUED FOR THEIR LOCAL PREFERENCE POLICY.
LOCAL PREFERENCES ALSO CHALLENGING AT A GRANT FUNDING LEVEL.
YOU CANNOT USE LOCAL PREFERENCE IF YOU HAVE ANY FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE ACTUAL PURCHASE.
AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA ACTUALLY HAS A PROHIBITION ON LOCAL PREFERENCE.
IF YOU HAVE STATE APPROPRIATED FUNDING OF ANY AMOUNT, YOU CANNOT USE LOCAL PREFERENCE.
AND THAT ACTUALLY JUST CHANGED BEFORE THAT.
IF YOUR PROJECT WAS 50% FUNDED BY STATE FUNDING, YOU COULDN'T USE IT.
NOW, IF IT'S $1 OF STATE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDING, YOU CAN'T HAVE A LOCAL PREFERENCE.
AND 2018 THE COUNTY BREVARD COUNTY REMOVE THEIR LOCAL PREFERENCE.
NOT TO SAY THAT THERE AREN'T OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE IT.
MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT FOR BIDS AND QUOTES, IT IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUE TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES FOR RFPS OR RFQ. IT COULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN NOT JUST COST IS A CONSIDERATION.
OUR LAST PRESENTATION FOR THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT UPDATE.
THIS IS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
SO BRIAN ROBINSON, OUR DIRECTOR, WILL COME UP AND PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO COUNSEL.
MY NAME IS BRIAN ROBINSON, IET DIRECTOR.
ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST, I LIKE TO START WITH OUR MISSION AND OUR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
WE PROVIDE SERVICES THAT SUPPORT ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEM THAT MEETS OR EXCEED AND OR EXCEEDS CITY GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO CITIZENS.
I.T DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IF IT'S FIRE, POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS COVERED THROUGH I.T., WE PROCURE AND WORK WITH OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO MEET THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR PROCUREMENT.
SO EVERYTHING FILTERS THROUGH IT FOR ALL OF THE TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY NEED FOR THE CITY.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SUPPORT HERE IS THE CITY WIDE NETWORK BACKBONE, OUR TELEPHONE SYSTEM, OUR DATA INTERNET AS WELL AS COMPUTER SERVERS, PERIPHERALS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
FOR APPLICATIONS, WE HAVE ABOUT 850 EMPLOYEES AND GROWING IN THE CITY.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHOW COUNCIL AND OUR RESIDENTS, THE HEROES OF OUR I.T.
DEPARTMENT, WITHOUT WHICH NONE OF OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE FROM IT PERSPECTIVE, WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
SO I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR GREAT WORK, THEIR INNOVATION, THEIR CREATIVITY, THE COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF AND DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS AMAZING.
SO I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK AND THE TIRELESS HOURS THAT WE WORK.
AND JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU WHETHER IT'S A DAY TO DAY OPERATION THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OR WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A HURRICANE TYPE ENVIRONMENT, OR WE HAVE TO MODIFY OUR OPERATIONS FOR COVID 19, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH VIRTUAL COUNCIL MEETINGS.
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INNOVATION. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS AND THANKS TO MY TEAM AND VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ACCOMPLISHING EVEN MORE.I ALSO WANT TO SAY, BEFORE I JUMP INTO OUR ACHIEVEMENTS HERE, NONE OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS HERE WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT COUNCIL SUPPORT, WITHOUT OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF SUPPORT FROM SUZANNE AND JOAN, AS WELL AS ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF AND, OF COURSE, OUR I.T.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY ROLLED OUT MULTIPLE SECURITY PRODUCTS.
OF COURSE, I CAN'T GET INTO DETAILS OF ALL OF THAT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY ENHANCING THE WAY WE PROTECT THE DATA OF THE CITY AND THE WAY HOW WE AUTHENTICATE THROUGH THE CITY.
AND THERE'S MANY OTHER PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO ROLL OUT HERE FURTHER THIS YEAR.
SO I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE'VE MOVED OUR UTILITY BUILDING APPLICATION TO SECURE APPLICATION, WHICH IS CALLED INVOICE CLOUD. AND SO NOW THAT GIVES RESIDENTS THE ABILITY FOR MULTIPLE WAYS TO PAY UTILITY BILL IN A FORMAT THAT IS MUCH MORE SECURED.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT TRANSITION.
WE ALSO SUPPORTED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE ROLLOUT OF THE BODY CAM PROJECT, WHICH ARE VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AND THAT IS ASSIST OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH CAPTURING EVIDENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF EVIDENCE INFORMATION.
WE ALSO ROLLED OUT OUR ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE APPLICATION THAT ALLOWS US TO AUTOMATE A LOT OF PAPERWORK, SUBMITTAL THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST.
SO NOW YOU'RE ABLE TO JUST GO ON YOUR COMPUTER, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.
IT GETS OVER TO THE HR DEPARTMENT.
IT'S PART OF OUR INITIATIVE TO GET THERE AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT.
SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS OUR DISASTER RECOVERY SITE.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO ROLL THAT OUT.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE SITE COMPLETELY UP AND RUNNING BY AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
SO THINGS ARE CHANGING AS WE'RE BUILDING WHILE IN FLIGHT.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO WANT TO MENTION HERE IS OUR ACHIEVEMENT FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE IMS PROJECT, AND THAT HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT, WOULD BEEN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, OF COURSE, PROCUREMENT, OUR CITY MANAGER TEAM AND OF COURSE COUNCIL SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS APPLICATION TO MOVE ONLINE AS WELL AS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND OUR TEAM.
AND SO WE'VE CHANGED OUR STRATEGY WITH THAT AND DO A PHASE APPROACH SO WE CAN AT LEAST MODEL SOME SUCCESS AS WE MOVE INTO THE SECOND ROUND SO WE COULD GIVE THE ATTENTION THAT'S NEEDED FOR EACH PORTION OF THE APPLICATION.
SO PHASE TWO, OUR KICKOFF WAS APRIL 27TH AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY NOW MOVED FORWARD.
SO THAT WOULD ALLOW ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THOSE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER.
ALL WILL NOW MOVE AWAY FROM BEING A PAPER BASED APPLICATION SYSTEM TO ALL BE AN ELECTRONIC.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND SO OUR GOAL FOR PHASE TWO WOULD BE THE END OF JANUARY OF 2023.
SO WE'RE QUICKLY ROLLING THAT OUT.
NEXT ACCOMPLISHMENT WE'VE ACHIEVED IS WE'VE LAUNCHED A MERCY NOTIFICATION CITYWIDE, AND SO THAT ALLOWS US TO NOTIFY OUR STAFF MEMBER WHENEVER THERE IS AN IMMINENT THREAT OR THERE IS SOMETHING THAT GOES ON.
AND WITHIN THE CITY WE CAN TAKE OVER THAT COMPUTER SCREEN OR YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND LET YOU BE AWARE INSTEAD OF ANNOUNCE IN THE PRESENCE OF A PERSON OR SOMETHING. SO WE CAN USE THAT AS A NOTIFICATION.
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WE ALSO USE THIS WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT TO SEND REMINDERS WHEN FOLKS NEED TO DO OPEN ENROLLMENT.SO THERE IS ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO JUST NOTIFYING STAFF OF SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP.
WE'VE ALSO REPLACED ALL OF THE CITYWIDE TIME CLOCK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CAMP, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT'S TOTALED ABOUT 20. THIS HAS BEEN AN INITIATIVE THAT THIS REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A HOME.
AND SO WE TOOK IT ON IN IT AND MOVED FORWARD THE SUPPORT OF OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A VERY BIG INITIATIVE WHICH IS OUR ADA COMPLIANCE.
SO WE'VE LOOKED AT SOFTWARE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE OR ANYTHING THAT WE PUT OUT AND IT VERIFIES IF IT'S COMPLIANT OR NOT, AND WE CAN SEE THAT PROACTIVELY. WE ALSO HAVE DONE SOME BASIC TRAINING, WHICH WE CALL ADA 101 TRAINING FOR SELECT CITYWIDE STAFF.
SO EVERY DEPARTMENT HAD THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVE THAT CAME TO THE 101 TRAINING THAT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE OUR STAFF AS TO WHAT ADA COMPLIANCE IS AND HOW DO WE DO THAT NEXT PORTION OF THAT, WE'VE ADDED AN OPTION TO NOW AUTOMATE THAT PROCESS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ROLLING OUT SOFTWARE WHICH WILL ACTUALLY ROLL OUT ONE PORTION OF OUR SOFTWARE SO FAR, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT TO ROLL OUT A SECOND VERSION OF IT THAT ALLOWS US TO AUTOMATE THE PROCESS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT PROCESS BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FOR INSTANCE, I'LL GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE, OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT TEAM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF P AND Z REPORTS AND THEY ARE VERY BIG DOCUMENTS.
SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST FOCUS ON THE PERSON MANUALLY DOING THAT PROCESS.
WE WANTED TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE AUTOMATE THAT PROCESS.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST TO MENTION THAT ALL OF OUR FINDINGS THAT WE HAD FROM JACQUE, WE'VE ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO ALL OF THEM AND WE'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS IN EVERY AREA THAT REQUIRED ATTENTION AND WE'VE COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING SO FAR.
SO JUST WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT.
AND AS A DEPARTMENT, AS AGAIN AN IT IS, WE'RE A SUPPORT STAFF OF PORT SYSTEM AND SO FOR OUR TEAM.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUALLY LOOK FORWARD IS TO HOW DO WE PROVIDE MORE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THINGS SIMPLER FOR OUR TEAM AND FOR THEM TO WORK HARDER FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
I WANT TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU HERE.
YOU'LL SEE HERE OUR CURRENT BUDGET IS ABOUT $3.53 MILLION, OF WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, 39% OF THAT GOES TO PERSONNEL AND 61% GOES TO OUR OPERATING.
AND YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, WOW, IT HAS 61% OF OPERATING.
WELL, THERE IS A LITTLE STIR BEHIND THAT.
SO ALL OF OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE ROLLS INTO THE IT'S BUDGET.
SO ANYTHING FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE, MOST OF WHICH ROLLS INTO IT.
SO WE ARE REALLY PROVIDING SUPPORT OR OUR OPERATING AS PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR ALL CITYWIDE STAFF.
SO THAT'S WHY OUR OPERATING COSTS MAY LOOK THAT HIGH.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR JUST APPLICATIONS THAT WE ROLL OUT, OUR WEBSITE MAINTENANCE, OUR SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR DISASTER RECOVERY INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ROLL INTO OUR OPERATING ANY APPLICATION THAT CITY WIDE DEPARTMENTS USE, THEY ALL PRETTY MUCH STAYS IN IT.
WE WORK THROUGH ALL OF THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU MAY SEE A DIFFERENCE THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR OPERATING COST LOOKS LIKE.
HERE IS OUR CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
AND SO WE HAVE A NETWORK TEAM, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION TEAM, WE HAVE OUR HELPDESK TEAM WHICH COMPRISES OF OUR FOUR INDIVIDUALS THERE, PLUS OUR MOBILE SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.
SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES FOR 2023 IS TO ADD TWO NEW STAFF MEMBERS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO GET AN OPERATIONS NETWORK, OPERATIONS MANAGER AND INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYST.
WE'RE CONTINUALLY GROWING AGAIN, OUR NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE WITH A FOCUS ON SECURITY.
AND SO WE NEED AN EXTRA EYES ON OUR NETWORK.
AND SO WE HAVE MORE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE DO FROM AN AUDIT PERSPECTIVE.
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WE ALSO HAVE AN FDLE AUDIT THAT WE WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH AS WELL.SO WE ARE ENGAGED WITH ALL THOSE AUDITS AS WELL FROM A CITY WIDE PERSPECTIVE.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AUDITS, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE DO FROM AN I.T.
PERSPECTIVE TO REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THESE TWO POSITIONS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SECURE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ADD TO OUR TEAM TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS OF THE CITY. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH ALLOWS US WHAT WE CALL TO CREATE A CREATE A RING.
ALL OF OUR MOST OF OUR SITE HAS FIBER RUNNING TO THEM AND IN AND PREDATES ME.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO LEARN THAT OUR TEAM ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY WENT OUT AND RAN FIBER IN THE CITY, WHICH I THINK IT WAS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR US BECAUSE WE SAVED THE CITY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OVER 200 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN OUR IT DEPARTMENT, THE PROFESSIONALLY.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE GROUP WE HAVE AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO GROW.
AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION.
I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO.
APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S REINFORCE THEM.
I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC KNOWS HOW VALUABLE THE IT DEPARTMENT IS.
OUR BIGGEST THREAT TO THE CITY IS CIVIL SECURITY.
YES, SIR. I GET ATTACK ON MY EMAIL ALL THE TIME FROM FAKE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET INTO MY I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CHOOSE ME, BUT IN SOME WAYS, YES, BECAUSE I GOT MY NAME ON THE INTERNET SO MUCH AND MY PHONE NUMBER AND ALL THAT.
AND I'M VERY CAREFUL WHAT I CLICK ON.
VERY, VERY CAREFUL WHAT I CLICK ON.
I MEAN, THEY ACTUALLY THREATEN ME.
YOU KNOW. MY CONCERN AND AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS.
AND OTHER CITIES HAS BEEN BLACKMAILED.
AM I CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND HELD RANSOM? MM HMM. I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO OUR CITY, SO I WANT TO.
I'M THE BIGGEST SUPPORTER OF YOUR YOUR DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE IF.
IF YOU GO OUT, THE CITY CAN'T OPERATE.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM.
FIRE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND THE CITY HALL WILL HAVE A PROBLEM IF YOU GO OUT, IF THE DEPARTMENT SHUTS DOWN. I MEAN, SO THIS IS OUR BIGGEST THREAT.
WE HAVE TO FUND YOUR DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE STAFF THAT THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT'S NEEDED.
COMPARED TO THE IT DEPARTMENT AND PALM BAY VERSUS PORT SAINT LUCIE.
THEY PROBABLY GOT A BIGGER DEPARTMENT THAN US.
SO I COMMEND YOU WITH THE WORK.
IT'S GOING TO HIT. WE NEED YOU UP AND RUNNING BECAUSE COMMUNICATION COULD SAVE LIVES.
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INFORMATION SAVED LIVES DURING A DISASTER.SO I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT.
I SAW IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
PLEASE GET THAT UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AND KEEP DOING THE OUTSTANDING JOB.
HOW DOES THAT IMPROVE OUR SECURITY? IS IT BASED ON THE FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE OR WHAT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? WHAT ELSE? SO ARE WE MISSING THERE? OH, ALL FOUR ACTUALLY TIES INTO THAT, PRIMARILY THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
BUT IF YOU GO FURTHER, DEEPER INTO THAT WOULD BE THE TWO PERSONNEL PORTION OF THAT.
SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT FUNDING FROM THE RPA TO INVEST MORE INTO WHICH IS THE OTHER PRODUCTS.
I WAS SAYING THAT IS GOING TO BE ROLLED IN OUT HERE SHORTLY.
ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO? YES, SIR. BRIAN, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED.
I MEAN, I LOVE THESE ACHIEVEMENTS HERE.
I KNOW THIS PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESS.
IT WASN'T EASY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE.
SAME WITH THE TIME CLOCK AND SNAP.
I MEAN, IT'S ALL IT'S ALL WELL, WELL DESERVED.
YOU AND I HAVE ALSO DISCUSSED THAT IN THE CYBERSECURITY HERE FOR OUR CITY IS A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR ME AND I SUPPORT YOU 100% OR WHATEVER YOU NEED, INCLUDING THE STAFF FOR YOUR FOR YOUR CYBERSECURITY ANALYST.
SO JUST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT'S PROOFING THIS WEBSITE JUST FOR PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT KNOW IS WHERE SOMEONE CREATES A DOMAIN AND MIRRORS THE CITY OF PALM BAY WEBSITE AND THEN IT SAYS IT'S OFFICIALLY PALM BAY WEBSITE AND THEY CAUGHT IT AND THEY DISABLED IT.
SO THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THAT CONTINUOUS MONITORING THAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON. SO NOW WE'RE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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ROBERT STYLES FOLLOWED BY PHILLIP COCHRANE.WHY AM I ALWAYS FIRST? THE FIRST ONE TO FILL OUT THE CARD.
AND WE REALLY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE GONE FROM DANGEROUS TO TO DEADLY.
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY THIS MORNING.
MY WIFE AND I, WE STOPPED AT A TRADITIONAL CAFE AND THEN WE'RE HEADING TO THE BEACH.
SO I'M. STOP THAT. COGAN RIGHT THERE.
THE LIGHT TURNS, PEOPLE PUNCH IT.
I THOUGHT I MAINTAIN TRAFFIC FLOW.
I GET UP TO ALMOST 55 MILES AN HOUR.
PEOPLE WERE STILL GOING BY ME.
ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S GOING TO EXASPERATE THE SITUATION, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN? AND I PUT IT ON ON ALL OF YOU.
TIMES TWO, WE WENT DOWN AND MADE A TURN ON JUPITER AND THEN YOU HAD THE SCHOOL THERE LINE UP OF CARS GETTING THERE, SO WE HAD TO GO DOWN.
SANFILIPPO IT IS JUST CRAZY AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE AREA IS EXASPERATING THE SITUATION NOW WHEN I HEAR ABOUT DENSITY, TO MY MIND THIS IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.
TO ME, THIS IS SUBURBAN CONGESTION.
PEOPLE ARE RIGHT ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER.
LOOK AT A TIME THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
I HADN'T SEEN A POLICE OFFICER FIRST.
POLICE OFFICER? ALL I SAW WAS ABOUT A HOSPITAL ON MALABAR.
I KNOW YOU HAVE 20 OPENINGS, 14 PEOPLE.
LAST TIME I HEARD ARE IN THE ALBANY ACADEMY.
IS THIS THE ATTITUDE OF FLORIDA DRIVERS TODAY?
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YOU SEE ANYBODY SLOWING DOWN? VERY FEW. THEY'RE ALL SPEEDING.THEY'RE ALL HEADING NORTH TO GET ON 95.
YOU'RE PUTTING AN AREA THAT HAS JUST SINGLE LANES, WHETHER IT'S LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE, WHERE THEY HAVE EMERSON IS TWO LANES. YOU GOT MALIBU ELDER ON JUPITER.
NOBODY GOES TO WORK TO THE SOUTH ON THE ANYBODY.
YOU GOT ALL THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIES UP NORTH, RIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE STACKING BODIES.
I'M GOING TO EXAGGERATE TO MAKE A POINT.
JUST PUTTING A RADAR LIGHT IN THERE IS NOT HELPING.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO KEEP US SAFE? ISN'T THAT ONE OF YOUR PRIMARY FOCUSES? AND I'M LOOKING AT EVERY ONE OF YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THIS, PLEASE.
THIS IS NOT A QUALITY OF LIFE.
THANK YOU. PHILIP COCHRANE, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN B CONNOLLY.
JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH ROBERT.
I WAS AT THE ZONING MEETING LAST NIGHT.
BUT TONIGHT I CAME TO YOU TO ASK ABOUT A PROCEDURE QUESTION.
GIVEN THAT COLTER HOMES ENJOY, LLC AND VSC CONSULTING WILL BE ABLE TO TALK AS LONG AS THEY WANT TO.
WE THINK THIS IS PRETTY UNFAIR.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR HOMES HERE, WHERE WE LIVE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT EACH SPEAKER GETS 10 MINUTES.
IF YOU CAN'T GIVE ME THAT LEEWAY, THEN IT'LL BE 3 MINUTES FOR GOD KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE.
SUSAN B CONNOLLY, FOLLOWED BY.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND STAFF ALVARO.
THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS MENTIONED AT ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS ON APRIL 7TH, THE CYPRESS BAY WEST.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY RECEIVED A $4.9 MILLION CREDIT ON THEIR $9 MILLION IMPACT FEES.
THEY APPEARED FOR A SECOND HEARING ON APRIL 21ST COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEY SHOWED A PICTURE OF THE ROAD THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR A ROAD THAT THEY BUILT.
AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE ROAD WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL.
I WANT TO KNOW IF COUNCIL WITH THIS $4.9 MILLION CREDIT.
DID YOU PURCHASE A ROAD FOR US TAXPAYERS? IS THAT OUR ROAD? IT GOES THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT.
WHO WILL MAINTAIN THAT ROAD? IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT GOES ANYWHERE EXCEPT FOR THE USE OF THOSE CITIZENS WHO WILL BE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT.
IT WAS A CREDIT. THAT'S MONEY THAT WAS SPENT FOR ONE ROAD FOR ONE DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SPENDING $4.9 MILLION TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE GREATEST NEEDS I SEE IN PALM BAY RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS HOUSING FOR CITIZENS.
FOR MANY CITIZENS, A LARGE POPULATION OF CITIZENS WHO WILL EARN LESS IN A YEAR THAN PEOPLE IN MANY OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL PAY IN A YEAR FOR THEIR MORTGAGES.
I THINK BY BALANCING ALL TYPES OF HOUSING.
THAT PALM BAY BE THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
MADAM, SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT? I BELIEVE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT FEE CREDIT.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL A MEETING OR TWO AGO.
YES. SO I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE NUMBERS TO PULL THEM UP.
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I THINK IT'S FOUR DIFFERENT ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE THINGS LIKE ADDING SIGNALS, ADDING WIDENED TURN LANES AT INTERSECTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK THERE'S ALSO AN EXTENSION OF ONE ROAD.SO THE TOTAL VALUE, I BELIEVE, OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO LET ME LET ME BACK UP FOR EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGE.
SO WHEN YOU DEVELOP, YOU HAVE TO PAY IMPACT FEES AS A DEVELOPER IF YOU DO.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS SITUATION IS THIS DEVELOPER DEVELOPER WAS RESPONSIBLE TO PAY EITHER PAY IN DIRECTLY PAY IMPACT FEES OR THEY COULD MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE CITY THEN DOESN'T HAVE TO BUILD, BUT THE DEVELOPER HAS TO BUILD AND THE VALUE OF THOSE OVER THEIR CONTRIBUTION, THE REQUIRED PER THE ORDINANCE CONTRIBUTION THEY DO GET IMPACT FEE CREDITS FOR THAT IS HOW THE THE STATE LAW AND THE ORDINANCES ARE WRITTEN AND STRUCTURED.
SO IF THAT IF THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT WAS DONE JUST AS WE WOULD DO ANY AGREEMENTS, IF THE REFERENCE WAS ALSO INTERTWINING THE COST OF THE SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY. WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE $9, I WASN'T CLEAR ON THAT.
I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM.
SITUATION, I GUESS, IF THAT HELPS YOU, MA'AM.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR ALVARO DE LA FUENTE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL STAFF.
MY NAME IS SALVADOR PUENTE AND I LIVE IN 1848 LYNBROOK DRIVE.
SO HEATHER JOINER IS CURRENTLY UNDER OBVIOUSLY THE OWNER OF THE MAJOR'S GOLF COURSE.
SHE WENT UNDER CONTRACT WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF BUYING THE PROPERTY.
SHE'S CURRENTLY UNDER LITIGATION WITH UPLAND FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT.
SO I JUST I'D LIKE TO COMMENT.
I JUST REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT WHEN WHEN THIS THIS PROCESS IS GOING THROUGH NEXT MONTH.
IN ADDITION BACK TO MY POINT, OBVIOUSLY JOY LLC DID NOT HAVE THE INTENTION TO KEEP THIS GOLF COURSE AS A GOLF COURSE FROM THE GET GO, BEING THAT SHE WON ON THE CONTRACT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING THIS.
AND I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO SPEAK TO PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE GOLF COURSE AND OTHER OWNERS OF GOLFERS IN THE AREA TO REFUTE THE IRRESPONSIBLE POINT THAT SHE'S MAKING, THAT THE GOLF COURSE DOES NOT MAKE ANY MONEY AND IS UNABLE TO MAKE ANY MONEY.
I THINK THIS IS JUST PURE MISMANAGEMENT.
AND OBVIOUSLY, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH LAND IN THE EAST I'M SORRY, IN THE WEST AND SOUTH OF BAYSIDE LAKES, HUNDREDS OF ACRES TO DEVELOP ON. I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE ONLY GOLF COURSE IN PALM BAY AS A GOLF COURSE, IN ADDITION TO THE MANY OTHER REASONS, SUCH AS TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ME IN THE FUTURE.
SO JUST TO CONCLUDE, WE WE WE NEED TO FIGHT TO KEEP THE ONLY GOLF COURSE IN PALM BAY, A GOLF COURSE.
THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. CHARLES SOTO, FOLLOWED BY ROGER CARTER.
FOUR ZERO, FOLLOWED BY ROGER CARTER.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE ALL BOUGHT HERE AT BAYSIDE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, BUT WE DIDN'T BUY INTO THE ENDLESS PITFALLS WE'VE HAD TO FACE, HOLDING ONTO OUR INVESTMENTS AND THE QUALITY OF OUR LIFE.
I KNOW YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE.
WHEN I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, I HAD A VIVID IDEA AS HOW TO THIS WOULD LAY OUT MY LIFE.
BUY YOUR HOME, YOU INVEST IN YOUR HOME, YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY.
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YOU PAY YOUR TAXES.THERE'S MORE PEOPLE COME INTO THE COMMUNITY.
INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT GROWS EXPONENTIALLY WITH COMPARABLE HOUSING, RECREATION, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WE LACK SEVERELY HERE.
THE FOCUS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT GOLF COURSE REASON BEING IT'S GREEN SPACE.
OUR OUR COMMUNITY WOULD GREATLY PROFIT BY A BUSINESS WELL RUN.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE IN HERE.
YOU'LL HAVE THESE PEOPLE COMING IN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS HERE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FAILURES HERE, TOO.
MAJORS IS THE ONLY GREEN SPACE WE HAVE.
WE MADE A CHOICE TO COME HERE.
PEOPLE COME HERE TO PLAY, HAVE LUNCH.
WITHOUT THE GOLF COURSE, WE LOSE THE VERY PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOVED HERE.
BUT THE VERY SAME REASON THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE AWAY.
I TALK TO THEM ALL DAY LONG AND THEY'RE NOT THREATENING.
THEY'RE JUST SAYING, I WANT TO LIVE ON A GOLF COURSE.
BOMBAY HAS NO DRAW, NO ATTRACTION.
IF THIS COURSE GOES COOKIE CUTTER HOMES, TONS OF ASPHALT, CONCRETE, OVERPRICED HOMES AND HUNDREDS OF BIKES, CARS CROWDED INTO WHATEVER BEAUTIFUL TRACK WE HAVE HERE AND KICK OUR RECREATION AND OUR RELAXATIONS THAT OCCURRED.
PLANNING AND ZONING NEEDS TO SEE THIS THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE THEY CHOSE TO SERVE.
DEVELOPERS ARE A DIME A DOZEN.
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT LEAVE A TRAIL OF MISFORTUNE AND UNKEPT PROMISES BEHIND THEM.
AND BY THE WAY, JUST AS A SMALL POINT, THESE HOUSES ARE ALL GOING UP.
WHERE IS THE RAIN GOING TO GO? THANK YOU. BARBARA CARTER, FOLLOWED BY PASTOR KEN DELGADO. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY INTENT HERE IS TO GET SORRY.
WATERMAN LANE, PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
THE LEGAL ADDRESS OF MY PROPERTY.
LOT 19 POINT WEST STATES FIRST EDITION.
MY INTENT IS TO GET CORRECTIVE ACTION REGARDING THE DRAINAGE ON A RECENTLY DEVELOPED LOT WITH HOUSE LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF MY PROPERTY. THAT PROPERTY'S ADDRESS IS 511 BARBA STREET IN PALM BAY.
THE LEGAL ADDRESS IS PORT MALABA LOT BLOCK THREE A DAY SINCE JUNE OF 21, I HAD BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH CITY REPRESENTATIVE JOANN AGUILAR REGARDING THE ELEVATION OF THE LOT IN QUESTION AND THE ASSOCIATED POTENTIAL FOR RUNOFF ONTO MY PROPERTY.
MORE RECENTLY, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN A TECHNICAL DRAWING THAT WOULD SHOW APPROPRIATE DRAINAGE PLANS FOR ADJACENT LOTS AT DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS.
BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE ANYTHING ON THE GIS WEBSITE TO WHICH I WAS GUIDED.
WE'RE NOT GRADING WAS COMPLETED.
I SUBSEQUENTLY HAD A TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY DONE ON MY PROPERTY.
WHEN THE SURVEY WAS COMPLETED, I CONTACTED THE CITY SURVEYOR, MR. JOE HILL ON JANUARY 13TH AFTER MY MESSAGE AS I WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK WITH HIM.
ON THE 17TH, I LEFT MR. HILL ANOTHER MESSAGE AS I WAS STILL UNABLE TO SPEAK WITH HIM.
AND I DID CONTACT MR. HALE ON JANUARY THE 24TH.
I WAS INFORMED THAT HE HAD A COPY OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OR GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH ME.
MY SUBSEQUENT CALL THREE WEEKS LATER ON FEBRUARY THE 18TH AND AGAIN ON MARCH THE SECOND TO MR.
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HILL FOR AN UPDATE OR BOTH ON RETURN, I CONTACTED THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MARCH OF 24TH AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MR. HILL RETURNED MY CALL CONCERNING THE MATTER.PRESENTLY, I HAVE RECEIVED NO UPDATE ON THE ISSUE.
I HAVE WILLINGLY INCURRED THE COST, SEVERE COST TO SHOW WHAT IS SELF-EVIDENT.
I'M THEREFORE ASKING COUNSEL'S HELP IN ADDRESSING THE SAID PROPERTIES LACK OF PROPER RUNOFF.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR. CARTER, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I HAVE COPIED DOWN YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, AND WE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU TOMORROW ON THIS.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH YOUR SITUATION SPECIFICALLY, BUT I DO APOLOGIZE.
IT'S TAKING YOU SO LONG TO GET A RESOLUTION.
SO ALLOW ME TO LOOK AT THIS AND GET BACK TO YOU TOMORROW.
PASTOR KIM DELGADO, FOLLOWED BY SANTA ISABEL.
RIGHT. AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS, I CAN REALLY SAY WE HAVE THE GREATEST CITY.
KEN DELGADO, 154 INCH ROAD, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
GOD HAS GIVEN YOU ALL OF THIS, BUT HE WON'T LET YOU HAVE THIS SMALL PORTION.
AND CONTINUE EMPHASIZING WHAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE.
AT THE EXPENSE OF ALL THAT SHE DID HAVE.
AND SHE CONCENTRATED SO MUCH IN ALL THAT.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE THAT REALLY WHAT SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD WAS NOTHING.
AND THAT GOD AND THAT SHE WAS MISSING ALL OF THIS WHEN REALITY, THIS LITTLE AMOUNT WAS A FULL GLASS.
AND THE APPLICATION IS VERY SIMPLE.
SO MANY TIMES WE ACCENTUATE WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AT THE EXPENSE OF ALL THAT WE DO HAVE.
YOU WON'T APPLY IT TO A MARRIAGE.
WE FORGET ALL THAT WE HAD WHEN WE FIRST MET.
OUR SPOUSES ACCENTUATED WHAT WAS WRONG UNTIL WE THOUGHT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE WHAT WE STARTED OUT, WHAT WE STARTED OUT HAVING, WHEN IN REALITY THE SAME PERSON HADN'T CHANGED.
THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED WAS OUR PERSPECTIVE.
WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT THE CITY.
TO THE POINT THAT WE THINK WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
WHEN IN REALITY OUR GLASS IS PRETTY MUCH FULL.
WE COULD LOOK AT IT AT AT THE BUDGET, TOO.
WE THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WHEN IN REALITY WE HAVE QUITE A BIT.
BUT JESUS SAID, COME TO ME IF YOU'RE THIRSTY.
WHAT WE THOUGHT WE DIDN'T HAVE UNTIL WE HAVE THE QUALITY LIFE THAT HE REALLY WANTED US TO HAVE.
AND SO HE SAID TO US, COME, IF YOU'RE THIRSTY TO ME AND DRINK.
THAT'S LIFE AND LIFE IN ABUNDANCE.
THANK YOU. YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY.
RIGHT. FOLLOWED BY KATE CONROY.
SO I AM HERE TODAY ON TWO ITEMS. I'M HERE BECAUSE FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A YOUNG MAN APPOINTED TO TWO OF THE BOARDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OPENINGS FOR.
NAME IS JERRY WILLIAMS. HE'S A GRADUATE OF BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY.
I'M WITH FINANCE AND MUSIC, AND I AM HAVING ISSUES WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, MISS URBAN NOT RESPONDING TO HIS APPLICATION. WHEN THEY FILL OUT THAT APPLICATION, IT SAYS VERY CLEARLY, WHY DO YOU WANT TO SIT ON THIS BOARD?
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YOU FILL THAT OUT AND THAT APPLICATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE PROCESSED.I SAT ON THAT BOARD FOR FIVE YEARS.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE CHANGING THE AGE LIMIT ON THE YOUTH BOARD BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES I WAS GOING TO DISCUSS, BECAUSE AS A 25 YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE, HE SHOULD SIT ON OUR BOARD.
HE HAS A LOT TO BRING TO THE TABLE.
THE 400,000 THAT THEY APPROVED THAT IS SITTING ON ON YOUR TABLE TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT FORWARD.
THEY CAN'T USE IT. IT'S TOO HOT.
WHOEVER MANAGED THIS DOES NOT THINK ABOUT KIDS IN THEIR NEEDS.
I'M I'M RUNNING SHORT ON TIME, BUT I FILLED OUT TWO CARDS.
SO I NEED TO KNOW IF AN AUDIT HAS BEEN DONE.
I NEED TO KNOW THAT AUDIT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS CITIZENS HAVE RIGHTS TO SEE THOSE AUDITS, BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING AND WHERE HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BECAUSE 400,000 ADDITIONAL TO CORRECT THE MISTAKE THAT SOMEBODY DID.
AND I'M SURE NOBODY HERE WANTS TO PAY FOR THAT.
AND IN THE END, IT IS OUR MONEY.
I'M SURE YOU WANT TO DISCUSS SOMETHING REGARDING THOSE COMMENTS.
SO THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO TAKE A MOMENT, I WILL TRY TO GO THROUGH THE LIST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, MY UNDERSTANDING WITH, UH, MR. JERRY WILLIAMS IS THAT STAFF WAS WORKING ON A CHANGE TO THE DEFINITION OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, WHICH IS.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF RULES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FOR THE USE OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT FUNDS.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF DISCOVERED AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON IS CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES PERSONNEL TO MATCH FROM CITY CODE TO OUR OUR ACTION PLAN.
AND THEY'RE WORKING ON FIXING THAT.
BUT WE DO WANT HIM TO BE ELIGIBLE IS IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
THANK YOU, SIR. ADDITIONALLY, REGARDING THE QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDITING THE CDBG PROGRAMS, WE WOULD HAVE TO I WILL REACH OUT TO MRS. WRIGHT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S ASKING FOR.
SO ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE AUDITED FINANCIALLY EVERY YEAR.
THE WAY THAT COUNCIL SPENDS THOSE FUNDS AFTER THE APPROVAL FROM CDA BY OUR ADVISORY BOARD, ALL OF THAT IS GOVERNED BY EITHER STATE OR FEDERAL RULES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. SO THE USES OF CDBG ARE THERE ARE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGES OF HOW WE CAN SPEND THOSE DOLLARS.
SO THE SENIOR CENTER IS AN ELIGIBLE USE OF CDBG FUNDS.
THAT IS WITHIN THE THE INCOME TRACKS THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO USE THAT FUNDING IN.
SO I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO MEET WITH MRS. WRIGHT AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HER CONCERNS.
BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS WE WE FOLLOW THE PROCESSES, WE GET OUR PROGRAMS AUDITED EVERY YEAR.
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SO I'M I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH HER AND WORK THROUGH THAT.ALL RIGHT, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND ALSO OUR PART COVERS COVERED IN THE CDBG AS WELL.
SO AN EXAMPLE FOR US HAS BEEN THE SENIOR CENTER BUILDING NEED A LOT OF RENOVATIONS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS, OLDER RESIDENTS WHO ARE USING THAT FACILITY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FIRST ROUND OF CDBG FUNDING WAS USED TO MAKE THAT BUILDING ADA ACCESSIBLE.
IT WAS OLDER. THE BATHROOMS WERE NOT SET UP WELL FOR THOSE THOSE WHO NEEDED ACCOMMODATION.
THIS NEXT ROUND OF FUNDING, THAT'S ONE OF YOUR CONSENT ITEMS TONIGHT.
THE MAIN FOCUS IS ACTUALLY IMPROVING THE OR REMOVING AND CHANGING OUT ALL OF THE VERY OLD AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. AND THAT'S PART OF THE QUALITY OF THE FACILITY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING IT TO HAVE QUALITY CLEAN AIR GOING ON IN THE BUILDING AS THEY DO THEIR ACTIVITY. SO ALLOWABLE USES IMPORTANT APPLICATIONS.
FROM OUR STANDPOINT, THE REASON WE WOULD NOT PUT IN FOR A CDBG APPLICATION, FOR EXAMPLE FOR THE COVERS FOR THE PLAYGROUNDS IS THAT WOULD ON MY PRIORITY LIST AND ON STAFF'S PRIORITY LIST BE A A SECONDARY ITEM TO SOMETHING THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE IN A BUILDING THAT IS ACTIVELY USED. THE SHADE STRUCTURES ARE IMPORTANT I THINK AND NICE TO HAVE HISTORICALLY THOUGH THE CITY IS NOT BUDGETED THAT AS A REOCCURRING CAPITAL ITEM.
AND SO MY ONE OF MY GOALS AND I WROTE THIS DOWN LAST TIME WHEN MRS. WRIGHT SPOKE WAS I ASKED STAFF TO PUT ON OUR CAPITALS TO MAKE SURE IT'S THERE.
THE REQUEST TO FUND PLAYGROUND SHADE STRUCTURES, AS YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE A LIST THAT WILL BE ON OUR LIST OF MANY CAPITAL ITEMS, WHICH IS A LOT OF VEHICLES AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE MAY DEEM TO BE MORE IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME BASED ON COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES.
BUT THAT WILL BE ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS LIST FOR THIS YEAR.
ONE MORE THING. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT, DEPUTY MAYOR.
BUT I ALSO AND I GUESS IT WILL BE UP TO COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN AS WELL.
YEAH. IF IT'S AN ELIGIBLE AREA.
MRS. WRIGHT'S POINT, THE GENTLEMAN, MR. WILLIAMS, HE WAS TRYING TO APPLY FOR THE LOW INCOME, LOW INCOME CATEGORY, AND HE PUT IN WHAT HE NEEDED, BUT THEN GOT RESPONSE BACK BECAUSE HE REACHED OUT TO ME.
BUT I SEND IT BACK OUT LIKE WORK WITH STAFF AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.
HE PUT IN HIS INFORMATION, BUT THEN STILL WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
REACH OUT TO HIM IF HE NEEDS CLARIFICATION.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS LAST MEETING REGARDING THE SHADES FOR THE PARKS AND AND I KIND OF ECHO THAT AS THAT I HAVE TEN GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVERAL OF THEM USE THE FACILITIES.
WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AT LENGTH FURTHER.
ALL RIGHT. KATE CONROY, FOLLOWED BY FLORIDA HOLBERT.
PLAN TO RICH CAUGHT SOUTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
I'M A PART OF THE GROUP AGAINST THE REZONING.
ON EMERSON OR IT'S NOT EXACTLY ON EMERSON.
THERE IS A FLAG THAT USUALLY FLIES AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
FOR A FEW DAYS, AND I WAS WONDERING IF ANYBODY KNEW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT.
AND IF THEY KNEW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT, WILL IT BE REPLACED IF IT'S MISSING? SO I KNOW THIS IS A SIDELINE.
IT PROBABLY HAS NOTHING. NO ONE ELSE IS INTERESTED IN IT.
BUT I LIKE SEEING THAT FLAG AND IT'S NOT THERE.
SO DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? I DO KNOW I RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT BEING FRAYED, SO I'D RATHER IT NOT BE FLOWN IF IT'S BEING FLOWN AS AFRAID TO FLAG.
I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS THAT.
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IF IT'S THE SAME ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S RIGHT ON EMERSON.CORRECT, MA'AM. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PARK, BUT IT'S ON THE EMERSON.
ON EMERSON. IT WAS A HUGE FLAG.
DO WE KNOW WHO OWNS THAT? MADAM SHERMAN. THAT.
THAT BIG TOWER? NOT OFFHAND, SIR, BUT I'M SURE WE COULD FIND OUT.
SO I'M GUESSING THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY FIND IS A REALLY LARGE FLAG.
SO MAYBE THEY HAVE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
OH, OKAY. TO HAVE IT REPLACED? I DON'T KNOW.
I'M WITH YOU, MA'AM. I LOVE TO SEE A LARGE GARRISON FLAG FLYING REPRESENTING OUR NATION.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME AND LISTENING.
Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.
SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE ARE ON ITEM TWO, AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MS..
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JACOBS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.ITEMS NUMBERED TWO, FOUR AND SIX ARE QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE.
ANY SPEAKER MAY BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION BY COUNSEL OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY.
AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON, GROUP OR ENTITY WITH WHOM THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE.
THE ORDER OF THIS PROCEEDING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE ALLOWED CONCLUDING REMARKS.
THE HEARING WILL THEN BE CLOSED TO NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY OR ARGUMENT WILL BE ALLOWED.
THE COUNCIL WILL THEN DELIBERATE IN PUBLIC AT THE END OF THE DELIBERATION.
A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE A MOTION ON THE APPLICATION TO BRING THE MATTER TO A VOTE.
EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS THEN FREE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF OR AGAINST THE MOTION.
ANYWHERE. BEGINNING WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO.
RESOLUTION 2020 220 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE FOR RETAIL, AUTOMOTIVE, GAS, FUEL SALES AND A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH A DRIVE THRU END CAP IN CC.
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ZONING, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BABCOCK STREET AND VICTORIA ROAD AND LEGALLY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN GRANTING THE USE AS A CONDITIONAL USE PROVIDING FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SITE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR A COMMENCEMENT PERIOD AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HERE AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STATE THEIR CASE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CROSSOVER COMMERCIAL GROUP 3860 CURTIS BOULEVARD, PORT SAID JOHN, FLORIDA.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT TONIGHT.
WE ARE REQUESTING THE CUP WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD APPROVED YOU CUP.
AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN WE WENT TO THE SITE PLAN PROCESS WITH STAFF, THE MAJOR OIL USER FOR THE GASOLINE SIDE OF THE GAS CONVENIENCE STORE CHANGE REQUIRED US TO COME BACK IN, CHANGE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SITE PLAN WHICH THEN REQUIRED US TO COME BACK IN AND RE APPLY FOR A NEW CUP.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU. THE SPEAKER CARDS.
SHERMAN YOU WANT TO ADD ANY STAFF COMMENTS? NOTHING FURTHER OTHER THAN WHAT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS? THAT OF STAFF COUNCIL.
NO SPEAKER CARDS. DEPUTY MAYOR.
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SECOND MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEE, AND NONE ALL IN FAVOR BY ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 49 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 183 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGULATIONS SECTION ONE 83.1 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBSECTION D ADOPTION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP BY AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEN I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, ASK THE APPLICANT TO STATE THEIR CASE.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS RIK PREBBLE, THE APPLICANT.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING IN SHORT, BECAUSE I HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY ON TURKEY CREEK.
I'VE SPENT THE LAST YEAR EXAMINING ITS EXISTING LAND USES, ALSO TRYING TO IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPE, TRYING TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF THIS PROPERTY. AND I ESSENTIALLY JUST WANT TO ENJOY IT AS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ON TURKEY CREEK, JUST LIKE MY NEIGHBORS.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I COULD ANSWER FOR YOU AT THIS TIME OR.
LET'S SEE. BUT I WILL SAY FOR THIS ITEM OF SPEAKER CARTER IS NOT NEEDED.
BUT I'LL CALL UP OLLIE JOHNSON FIRST.
MY NAME IS OLLIE JOHNSON AND THE.
HE ONLY WANTS TO USE IT FOR RESIDENTIAL AREA.
BUT AT THE AT THE P AND Z MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHEN HE WAS TURNED DOWN BY THE P AND Z OR TRYING TO CHANGE THE ZONING, HE WAS HE HAD TALKED ABOUT BUILDING A.
CANOE AND KAYAK, LAUNCH A BED AND BREAKFAST AND TWO RESIDENTIAL HOUSES ON IT.
AND NOW HE'S NOW WE'RE SAYING THAT HE JUST WANTS TO LIVE THERE.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON THAT HE CAN'T LIVE THERE.
AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TURKEY CREEK IS VITAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN HIS HIS IDEA OF DEVELOPING IT WITH A CANOE AND KAYAK LAUNCH, YOU KNOW, THE THE THE THE TURKEY CREEK IS ONLY THREE MILES LONG GOING FROM THE LAGOON OUT TO UP TO THE THE DAM IN TURKEY CREEK SANCTUARY.
AND ON THAT ON THAT THREE MILES OF OF A CREEK, THERE ARE FOUR PUBLIC LAUNCHES, FOUR CANOES AND KAYAK AND ONE PRIVATE ONE CASTAWAYS POINTE POLLACK PARK, GOOD PARK.
AND YOU KNOW, I SPOKE AT THE P AND Z MEETING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THIS LAND.
THERE'S THAT MUCH GREEN SPACE ON TURKEY CREEK ANYMORE.
WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE A FLOOD, A FLOOD CONSERVATION AREA TO A RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA AND CERTAINLY NOT A BED AND BREAKFAST. ALSO, I THINK THAT YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL HERE IN PALM BAY SHOULD BE AWARE THAT HE HAS CLEARED 300 FEET OF OF CREEK CREEK FRONT, THAT IT'S NOT HIS HE OWNS A SMALL PORTION OF OF THE LAND THAT WAS CLEARED.
AND WHEN HE FIRST STARTED THE CLEARING, IT HE DIDN'T PUT UP ANY KIND OF SILT, DAMS OR ANY ANY ANY BARRIERS TO KEEP SEDIMENT FROM FLOWING INTO THE CREEK AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS IN TROUBLE.
NOW HE HAS HE IS CLEARED OUT 300 FEET.
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THAT'S A FOOTBALL FIELD ALONG TURKEY CREEK, A CITY PROPERTY THAT'S CITY PROPERTY, NOT PRIVATE PROPERTY.THANK YOU. KAREN LUDEMAN, FOLLOWED BY DAN SMITH.
GOOD EVENING. I'M KAREN LUDEMAN AND I LIVE AT 911 SUN SWEPT.
I LIVE JUST NORTH OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LAND, VERY UNIQUE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE REZONING.
THIS IS THE FLOOD MAP THAT THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY.
HIS LAND IS ON THE LEFT OF THE WHITE LINE.
WHAT'S SHOWN IN LIGHT GREEN IS FLOOD ZONE.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THIS LAND IS WETLANDS AND FLOOD ZONE.
SO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE LIVED THERE, IT FLOODS A LOT.
WE NEED IT TO REMAIN FLOOD LANDS.
THAT'S THERE. WE WANT TO PROTECT THE LAND THAT'S AROUND IT.
AND THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT US FROM.
ALL THE NOISE FROM PORT MALABAR.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THE NOISE IF THAT WAS TO HAPPEN.
SO WHY SHOULD YOU OPPOSE? THERE'S REALLY THREE PRIMARY REASONS.
ONE, THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT.
WE HAVE MORE PETITIONS THAN THAT NOW.
SO THERE'S 199 PEOPLE WHO'VE SIGNED A PETITION OPPOSING THIS REZONING.
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES, THE FLOODING, THE WILDLIFE, THE LACK OF GREEN SPACE TO IT'S IN CONFLICT WITH THE CITY'S OWN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR FUTURE LAND USE.
THREE, IT DISPLACES PROTECTED WILDLIFE.
THIS JUST SHOWS THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THE LEFT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NOT MUCH GREEN THERE.
ON THE RIGHT IS A BLOW UP OF THE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE LAND AROUND.
JUST SOME PICTURES TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT DID LOOK LIKE BEFORE IT WAS CLEARED AND DURING THE CLEARING.
YOU CAN SEE SIGNIFICANT EROSION NOW COMPLETELY CLEARED.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN 2008.
THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE FLOODING.
MY KIDS WERE KAYAKING DOWN THE STREET.
AND JUST WHAT'S BEEN DONE THERE.
HI, I'M DAN SMITH FROM PADDLING PARADISE.
THE THE PLANS, THE IDEAS THAT I SAW WITH THIS PROJECT LOOKED GOOD.
I THINK FROM WHAT I SAW AND I TRAVEL THERE OFTEN, THERE WAS A LOT OF BRAZILIAN.
GONE. AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING.
OOF! TOO MANY OF THOSE OUT OF HERE.
THAT WAS GONE. THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY.
AND I THINK MORE OF THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LOT MORE.
NATURAL TREES BEING BROUGHT BACK INTO THAT AREA.
NO BUILDING GOING ON RIGHT ALONG TURKEY CREEK.
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THE AREA THAT WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED WAS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OFF.DEPENDING ON WHAT THE EXACT PLAN IS GOING FORWARD.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ASYLUM.
ANYONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE A.
I SEE THAT THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
ONE OF THEM IS RURAL, SINGLE FAMILY, AND THE OTHER ONE IS RURAL RESIDENTIAL.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
ONE OF THEM IS RURAL SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH IS ONE HOUSE PER FIVE ACRES.
SO YOU'RE IN YOU'RE INCONGRUENT OF WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT REQUESTS.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IN ANSWER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? YES. THANK YOU.
I HAVE SOME PICTURES I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU TO BRING CLARITY TO THE WORK I DID.
IS THERE A TELEPROMPTER THAT COULD ALSO PUT IT ON THE SCREEN? WE DON'T HAVE A TELEPROMPTER.
YOU. THE CITY ACTUALLY ENCOURAGES THE REMOVAL OF BRAZILIAN PEPPERS.
IT'S IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THIS IS AN UNDEVELOPED, VACANT LAND THAT HAS BEEN UNKEPT FOR DECADES.
THE FIRST PICTURE SHOWS YOU WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY A YEAR AGO.
PICTURE TO SHOWS YOU MY EFFORTS AND PRESSURE CLEANING THE BRIDGE.
SODDING YOU CAN SEE THE UNKEMPT NATURE OF IT.
OF COURSE IT WAS WINTER, SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT LEAVES ON THE TREES.
A NEW LITTLE RIVER CRUISE BOAT I ACTUALLY WANT TO PARK IT IN.
PICTURE SIX WAS FROM A DRONE IN THESE SHOTS ON THESE REMAINING PICTURES WERE OF TODAY.
THERE WAS A AREA THAT I DID CLEAR AND IT'S NOT REALLY FAIR TO SAY CLEAR.
I ONLY TOOK OUT BRAZILIAN PEPPERS.
THAT WAS WITH THE CONSENT OF SOUTH.
ST JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IN THE CITY CAN VERIFY THAT MY WORK WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE A COMPLIANCE LETTER TO THE EFFECT ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF MAPLES AND OAKS NOW THAT ARE THRIVING AND THAT ARE GREEN.
AND IT'S I GET COMPLIMENTS ALL THE TIME OF PEOPLE PASSING BY.
YES. PLANNING AND ZONING DID REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THIS APPLICATION? ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ONE SUPPORTING VOTE FROM THE PERSON WHO CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE STAFF FOR PLANNING FOR THE CITY SUPPORTS THIS APPLICATION. NOW, I'VE SPENT THE LAST YEAR REALLY LOOKING INTO THIS AND UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF FLOODWAY CONSERVATION.
THAT'S JUST THE NAME OF A ZONING THAT YOU DO HAVE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO HAVE A ZONING.
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BUT THERE ARE FOUR COMPELLING REASONS WHY THIS CONSERVATION ZONE PROPERTY IS UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER FLOODWAY CONSERVATION ZONE PROPERTY IN THE AREA WHICH DOES SURROUND MY PROPERTY.THE FIRST DIFFERENCE IS THAT THIS IS PRIVATELY OWNED.
THIS IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY LIKE ALL THE OTHERS.
SECOND, THIS IS NOT UNDER A CONSERVATION EASEMENT WHICH ALL THE OTHER CITY PROPERTIES.
ALL OTHER FLOODWAY CONSERVATION ZONE PROPERTIES ARE ACTUAL WETLANDS.
IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE AN UPLAND PROPERTY BE ZONED FLOODWAY CONSERVATION.
AND THE FOURTH COMPELLING REASON, IF YOU REALLY, AS I'VE LEARNED, WHAT THE MEANING OF THIS FLOODWAY CONSERVATION IS FOR YOU WANT TO PRESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WATER MOVE IN WHATEVER DIRECTION.
IT'S A LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE.
WATER WILL ALWAYS BE FORCED IN THE DIRECTION OF THAT BRIDGE.
THIS FLOODWAY CONSERVATION WILL ALWAYS BE CONSERVED BY THAT BRIDGE.
WATER. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO WATER WHAT THE ZONING IS.
IT RISES AND IT LEVELS OFF AND IT IT IT DOES ITS THING.
THE BRIDGE, OF COURSE, DIRECTS IT.
I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION AGAIN TO.
AND WHEN I LOOK DO YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS AS FAR AS WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE AS IT RELATES TO THOSE HOMES ON THE WATER? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT EITHER.
AND ALL I'M ASKING IS TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY FOR A RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
A COMMENT WAS MADE EARLIER ABOUT MY LONG TERM PLANS OR HOPE.
MY FIRST GOAL IS TO ENJOY THIS PROPERTY PERSONALLY AND FOR MY FAMILY.
A CLOSE SECOND IS TO SHARE IT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
IN THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, THERE ARE CONDITIONAL USES.
I MADE THE MISTAKE OF SPEAKING ON THOSE ISSUES AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PADDLING BOARD OR THE KAYAK LAUNCH POINT AND THE BED AND BREAKFAST, BUT THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS APPLICATION WHATSOEVER.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I SHOULD NEVER HAVE BROUGHT IT UP.
AND IT OPENED UP A CAN OF WORMS AND I CAUGHT A LOT OF GRIEF OVER IT.
THIS APPLICATION IS JUST TO KEEP IT AS OR TO CHANGE IT TO A RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
AND SO I CAN ENJOY IT PERSONALLY IN THE FUTURE.
I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT EVEN IF I DIDN'T MAKE THIS REQUEST, FLOODWAY CONSERVATION ACTUALLY HAS USES WHICH UNDER CONDITIONAL USE ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL ALLOWS ME AS A PRIVATE LANDOWNER TO ACT TO TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR A DOG, BY YOU ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP MY PROPERTY FOR SINGLE FAMILY PURPOSE.
YOU'RE BASICALLY PUTTING THE MEASURES IN PLACE FOR PROTECTING OUR TURKEY CREEK IN THE HANDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR ST JOHN'S.
I THINK THAT'S WHY STAFF ACTUALLY SUPPORTS THIS APPLICATION.
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AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THAT.AND I WISHED I HAD DISCUSSED THE COMPELLING DIFFERENCES AT THE LAST MEETING, WHICH I DIDN'T DO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON? YES, MAYOR.
SO IF YOU CAN GO BACK FOR ME, WHAT MADE YOU CHOOSE REZONING? OPPOSED TO YOU JUST SAID CONDITIONAL USE FOR A HOUSE.
ARE YOU ASKING ME WHY I'M ONE THREE ZONING IF THE CONDITIONAL USES WERE THERE? UNLESS I MISS HER. NO, NO.
IF IT WAS A PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY.
I COULD REQUEST THAT IF IT WAS A PWD, I CAN MAKE THAT REQUEST.
STAFF. DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION OR IS IT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE ALEX BERNARD, OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, COME UP AND SPEAK TO THAT.
I AM NOT CERTAIN IF THE EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING ALLOWS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE FOR RESIDENTIAL.
HI. ALEX BERNARD GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.
SO THE EXISTING ZONING DOES NOT ALLOW ALLOW FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AS IT SITS TODAY.
BUT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS NOT ONE OF THOSE USES.
WHEN HE SAYS THAT HE WANTS TO ENJOY AND I LIKE MAYBE A KAYAKING LAUNCH OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, IS THERE ANOTHER WAY HE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT INSTEAD OF CHANGING THE ZONING? WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS.
I MEAN, MR. PREBLE PRESENTED HIS CASE TO US AND IT MET ALL OF THE PARAMETERS, WHICH IS WHY IT WENT BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND IS WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
DEPUTY MAYOR. NO, NO, I'M GOOD, MAYOR.
I HAVE CONCERNS, BUT I REALLY JUST DON'T SEE IT.
I SEE THE ZONING BEING ADEQUATE AS THE WAY IT IS, BUT THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY.
WELL, DEPUTY MAYOR, I WAS GOING I THINK WHAT YOU'RE.
RIGHT SO THAT THAT'S MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IF HE WANTS TO ENJOY AND AND SET UP HERE OR KEEP IT IN THAT AVENUE OF ENJOYMENT, YOU KNOW, SETTING UP A LAUNCH IS, IS WHERE I WAS GOING.
NOT THAT THIS COUNCIL WOULD WOULD AGREE, BUT THAT'S THAT'S MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
CAN HE PUT A IS THERE A PROCESS FOR HIM TO PUT A PIER, SO TO SPEAK? I'M GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
I'M READING THE INSTITUTIONAL USE DISTRICT ZONING.
EVEN COMMUNICATION TOWERS AND FACILITIES.
THE ONLY CONDITIONAL USES ARE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
NONPROFIT TYPE USES, SOME HOSPITAL, NURSING HOMES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AS A SEPARATE ITEM TO WHAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD, MA'AM.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT THINGS OUT OF THE BOX, YOU KNOW, SO COUNCIL.
WELL, DID YOU? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. QUESTION.
NO, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU.
I DO HAVE I DO HAVE A QUESTION. ANY DOCUMENTATION? STAFF DID YOU RECEIVE ANY DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THE ST JOHN'S WATER MANAGEMENT AND APPROVAL OF THE CLEARING AND ALSO A.
SO WE DID HAVE THE LETTER WAS PROVIDED THAT HE HAD BEEN CLEARED BY AP AND HE PROVIDED A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS WHEN HE SUBMITTED FOR HIS APPLICATION.
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AND THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.ST JOHN'S WATER MANAGEMENT WAS I BELIEVE IT WAS FDP.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
I MEAN, THE FLORIDA CONSERVATION DISTRICT, I MEAN, WE HAVE IT.
WHY DO WE HAVE IT AND WHY DO WE NEED TO PROTECT IT? I MEAN, BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT'S COMING UP NOW IS HURRICANE SEASON AND ALSO THE HUNDRED YEAR STORM SURGE.
THIS APPLICATION. THIS APPLICANT MIGHT BE NEW TO OUR CITY, BUT I'VE SEEN THE CREEK RISE 15 FEET, ENCROACHING THE BACK OF SUN, SWEPT FROM MY VARIOUS YEARS OF BEING HERE, THE BACK PORCH ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BACK PORCHES, ALMOST INTO THE HOUSE.
I FEEL THE APPLICANT HAS ACTED IN A PRESUMPTUOUS MANNER WITHOUT REGARD TO THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE ENVIRONMENT, OR TO HIS NEIGHBORS AND UNJUSTIFIED SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT. HE CLEARED A FLOODWAY CONSERVATION AREA WITHOUT ASKING FOR PERMISSION, WHEREAS HE DID NOT NOTIFY THE PROPER CHANNELS OR FOLLOW ANY PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING CITY STAFF. I'LL GET TO YOU IN A SECOND, SIR.
I DON'T THINK IT SAYS WELL WITH COUNSEL EITHER.
MY SUGGESTION TO YOU, SIR, IN ALL HONESTY, IS TO GET A CIVIL ENGINEER.
I'M FINE WITH YOU DEVELOPING YOUR PROPERTY, BUT YOU NEED TO DO IT IN A PROPER WAY.
GIVE ME 1/2, SIR. JUST GIVE ME 1/2 TO FINISH.
AND AS FOR CITY STAFF, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY RISK CREATED BY THIS.
BY THE APPLICANT CLEARING THAT FLOODWAY AREA.
I DON'T WANT TO BE BILLED TO THE TAXPAYER.
I WANT TO BE BILLED TO MR. PREBLE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
OH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION OF SETH.
OKAY, GO AHEAD. COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN.
IS BERNARD. THE APPLICANT MENTIONED THAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
STAFF DID RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDED THE APPLICANT.
CAN YOU CAN YOU TALK TO THAT? SO IT FELL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE THE REZONING REQUEST.
HE FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION PROPERLY.
HE TURNED IN ALL OF HIS DOCUMENTS.
HE. HE CHECKED ALL THE BOXES TO.
THANK YOU, SIR. ACTUALLY, IT WAS COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO THAT BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION A POTENTIAL CONCERN THAT WE ARE NOW ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING AS TO WHETHER THE CLEARING THAT TOOK PLACE ON MR. BELL'S PROPERTY MAY HAVE ENCROACHED ON CITY PROPERTY.
I'LL BE SENDING OUR CITY ENGINEERS EXCUSE ME, SURVEYORS OUT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
SHE IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS SITUATION.
I'D LIKE HER TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION FOR THE RECORD AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. WELCOME TO THE LECTERN, NATALIE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND COUNCIL AND MADAM CITY MANAGER.
SO WHAT I CAN ADD TO THIS BODY OF INFORMATION IS, UNFORTUNATELY, MR. PREBBLE INITIALLY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE, THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT HE WAS DOING ON WHAT HE CONSIDERED HIS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND THAT WAS HE CLEARED BRAZILIAN PAPER, I BELIEVE, FROM WETLANDS, WHICH IS LAW.
WETLANDS ON SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS REGULATED BY THE FDP AND ACTUALLY NOT BY THE ST JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
THEY REGULATE WETLANDS ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
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WHICH I BELIEVE IT STILL IS, AND AT AT THE WETLAND LEVEL, FLOODWAY CONSERVATION.SO THERE WAS NO SINGLE FAMILY DESIGNATION AND THERE WAS NO COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION.
SO IT WAS KIND OF CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO BOTH DISTRICT AND DEP WENT TO THE PROPERTY.
FINALLY IT WAS DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE A DEEP CONCERN AND THEY PUT MR. PREBBLE ON A PATH TO REMEDIATING THE WETLAND.
SO TO REPLANT MORE INDIGENOUS PLANS TO BRING IT BACK NOW. AS FAR AS FLOODWAY CONSERVATION, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
THERE IS A PURPOSE FOR IT, FOR STORM SURGE AND A 100 YEAR STORM IS LITERALLY A 1% CHANCE OF OCCURRING IN ANY YEAR.
BUT IT'S AS LIKELY TO OCCUR AS NOT.
AND ONE OF THE RESIDENTS AT SUN SWEPT SPOKE TO FLOOD LEVELS RISING AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
SO I DO NOT MYSELF FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT AGREE WITH REZONING, FLOODWAY, CONSERVATION.
HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THAT IF MR. PREBLE WERE TO GO TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WHICH WOULD BE THE AGENCY TO GRANT A DOCK OF SOME KIND.
AND THAT ACTUALLY MAY BE IN LINE WITH FLOODWAY CONSERVATION CONDITIONAL USES, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THINGS OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE, SUCH AS WALKWAYS, THAT SORT OF THING CAN BE CONSTRUCTED.
SO I MEAN, THAT'S NOT REALLY OUT OF THE BOX THINKING.
I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT HE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS.
I DO NOT AGREE WITH REZONING AND REMOVING ALL RESTRICTION TO FILLING WETLANDS, WHICH WOULDN'T HAPPEN ANYWAY BECAUSE AGAIN, THE FDP IS STILL THE REGULATORY AGENCY.
HOWEVER, THE FLOODWAY CONSERVATION SERVES A PURPOSE.
SO IF MR. POSSIBLE WENT AHEAD TO THE FDP AND REQUESTED A DOCK AND THEY GRANTED THAT, THEN THAT COULD BE ALLOWED.
AS FAR AS DEVELOPING ON THAT FLOODWAY CONSERVATION PORTION, NO UPLAND.
THE ZONING RIGHT NOW IS INSTITUTIONAL, AND I BELIEVE THAT COULD BE CHANGED TO RURAL RESIDENTIAL AND, YOU KNOW, A HOME CONSTRUCTED THERE OR WHATEVER MR. PARNELL CHOOSES.
BUT I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE FLOODWAY CONSERVATION BEING RESUMED.
NATALIE, CAN YOU COME BACK? COUNCILMAN FOSTER HAS A QUESTION.
YES, SIR. SINCE THE PEPPER TREES WAS REMOVED.
YES. AND THAT WAS A PROTECTION FOR THE FLOODING.
RIGHT. MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WELL, THE PERPETRATORS WERE LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF A WETLAND.
BUT THE PEPPER TREES ARE GONE.
WILL THIS CAUSE MORE FLOODING TO THE RESIDENTS? IF IF THE WETLAND WAS NOT REPLANTED WITH INDIGENOUS PLANTS, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN EROSION.
SO BUT BECAUSE MR. PREBLE DID YET, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANT WITH THE FDP AND GONE ON A PROGRAM WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO RESTORE THOSE INDIGENOUS PLANTS, I BELIEVE HE'S RECTIFIED THAT SITUATION.
SO THE DPI APPROVED HIM TO REMOVE THE PLANTS? NO, HE HE OF HIS OWN VOLITION, DECLARED WITHIN THE WETLANDS HE THOUGHT HE WAS.
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SO HE THOUGHT HE WAS DOING A SERVICE.HOWEVER, NO ONE IN FLORIDA IS ALLOWED TO CLEAR WITHIN WETLANDS WITHOUT THE FDA AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
THE FDP CAME OUT AND AND OBVIOUSLY I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND WAS ABLE TO PUT MR. PREBLE ON A PATH TO RESTORING VEGETATION SO THAT THE WETLANDS DIDN'T DRY OUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WETLANDS HAVE THEIR OWN INDIGENOUS SPECIES.
AND SO THAT THEY HAD HIM REPLANT INDIGENOUS SPECIES.
SO THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF WITH THIS.
THIS WILL HELP PREVENT FLOODING BY REPLANTING.
IT WOULD HELP RESTORE THE WETLAND AND BY RESTORING THE WETLAND AND NOT ALLOWING IT TO BE FILLED IN.
YES, IT WILL ALLEVIATE FLOODING.
I SEE YOU'RE CONVINCED THAT I WAS ACTING ROGUE AND IN A NATURE THAT WAS IRRESPONSIBLE.
AND I CAN KIND OF FEEL THE CONSENSUS OF THAT FROM AROUND ME.
BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
FIRST, THE CITY PROMOTES THE REMOVAL OF PEPPERS AND YOU DO NOT NEED A PERMIT.
BUT NATALIE SABER IS THE ENVIRONMENTALIST FOR THE CITY.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S ACTUALLY A SPECIALIST WITH WETLANDS, BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS SHE SAID I DISAGREE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WANTS US TO REMOVE PEPPERS.
THAT'S SOMETHING I LEARNED THE HARD WAY.
I APPLIED FOR A DREDGING PERMIT.
ANOTHER THING THAT NATALIE HAD SAID THAT I DISAGREE WITH WAS THE LETTER IN THE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT ON WHAT I NEED TO DO TO RECTIFY IT. AFTER THEY INVESTIGATED THE REMOVAL OF THE PEPPER TREES, THEY ACTUALLY SAID, JUST REMOVE THEM ENTIRELY, CLEAN IT UP, AND WE'LL CLOSE THE CASE BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THE VALUE IN THE IMPROVEMENT TO THESE WETLANDS ARE SO MUCH BETTER NOW WITHOUT THE PEPPERS.
BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE TOXINS, DOES IT BLOCK OUT THE SUNLIGHT AND CHOKE OUT THE NATIVE SPECIES, JUST LIKE IT'S WRITTEN IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM THE CITY? WHICH I CAN SHOW YOU THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
IT JUST OVERALL IS AN IMPROVEMENT BY REMOVING THEM AS FAR AS GOING ON.
THE CITY PROPERTY COUNCILMAN ST JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CAME OUT AND SAW ME YESTERDAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SO MANY PHONE CALLS.
I HAVE NO INCENTIVE TO SPEND MONEY AND TO DO THINGS THAT ARE CONTRADICTORY OR GOING TO HURT ME.
AND I THINK THERE'S CONFUSION AND I JUST WANT THE CHANCE TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT ST JOHN'S DID DO WHAT I JUST SAID, THAT THE REMOVAL OF PEPPERS IS ENCOURAGED AND THAT I'VE BEEN A GOOD STEWARD OF THIS PROPERTY AND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND YOU DIDN'T NATALIE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT.
THE FLOODPLAIN, THE FLOODWAY CONSERVATION ZONE PROPERTIES ARE ALL WETLANDS.
IT'S NOT FAIR THAT I SHOULD HAVE UPLAND IN THAT AND NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT BE CONSIDERED.
ALSO, WE COULD DISAGREE ON THE HAZARDS OF IT, BUT MY ACTIONS WERE UPRIGHT AND I WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT KNOWN. IF YOU COULD PLEASE TABLE THIS MEETING FOR ONE WEEK AND I CAN GET YOU THIS INFORMATION.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL? VERY. ALL RIGHT, SO I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION TO DENY CASE CPW DASH NINE, DASH 2022.
SECOND. GOT A MOTION TO DENY LIKE DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING IT BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
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SO FILIBERTO COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO AS YOU WERE.IF I'M SIR, I WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOU.
I KNOW. I'M DENYING IT. WELL, I MEAN, I'M SPEAKING.
I REALLY DON'T THINK YOU HAD ILL INTENT IN WHICH WHAT YOU DID, SIR, I REALLY.
I BELIEVE YOU. I DO BELIEVE YOU.
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT ZONING AND THIS ADEQUATE.
I DO THINK THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO WHAT MR. FABER SAID IN REGARDS TO WHAT SHE MENTIONED.
BUT I DO FEEL THIS IS THE RIGHT ZONING.
I'M PRETTY GOOD WITH JUDGING OF CHARACTER.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU DID THIS ILL INTENT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, HARM EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW.
SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, SIR, BUT I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING IT TONIGHT.
YOU SUCK ON THAT, SIR. SO I JUST.
YOU HAVE TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL, SIR.
ARE CIVIL ENGINEERS? I HEAR THERE'S GREAT ONES WITHIN THE COUNTY.
PLEASE HIRE A PROFESSIONAL BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY TO YOU, SIR.
SO WE'RE THEY'RE JUST PROVIDING THEIR COMMENTARY.
IT'S NOT FOR DIALOG, BUT I WILL SHARE THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS THERE WAS ANYTHING MAL INTENTIONAL.
I THINK YOU JUST WANTED TO REMOVE AND IMPROVE.
PEPPER TREE. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO ALL IN FAVOR AND HE OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
BEFORE WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
OKAY. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO WATER, PLEASE.
ATTENTION ON DECK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
THIS MEETING IS NOW BACK TO ORDER AND WE ARE ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 183 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGULATIONS SECTION ONE 83.01 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBSECTION D ADOPTION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP BY AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ASK THE APPLICANT TO STATE THEIR CASE.
I'M WITH THE OFFICE OF LACY LYONS AND ROSENKER AND THE ROCKLEDGE OFFICE.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, THE BROWNSTONE GROUP.
A DEVELOPER THAT'S DOING A NEW STYLE OF OF HOMES.
I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
THEY'RE THE APARTMENT COTTAGE STYLE HOMES.
THEY'RE SMALL HOMES THAT ARE REALLY APARTMENTS.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING QUITE A FEW OF THESE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE THE BROCHURE, I BELIEVE.
DOES EVERYONE HAVE THIS? IT WAS DROPPED OFF.
COPIES WERE TO BE GIVEN TO YOU.
SO IN THIS PACKET, IT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE COMPANY.
IT TELLS YOU ABOUT THEIR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND HOW MANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS.
IT HAS. FOUR DIFFERENT ZONING LAWS, THREE DIFFERENT FUTURE LAND USES.
IT'S A VERY ODD PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT.
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I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD IT LOADED.SO THIS IS GREAT. SO, AS I SAID, THESE ARE COTTAGE STYLES, APARTMENTS.
AND HOW DO I WORK IT? HERE WE GO. THERE'S THE AREA WHICH YOU'LL SEE THAT'S ON PAGE FIVE.
THAT'S A BETTER CONCEPT PLAN OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT.
THE INTENT OF THIS PROJECT IS NOT TO IMPACT BIDDLE STREET TO THE NORTH AT ALL.
TO TO THE SOUTH ON MALABAR IS WHERE ALL THE AMENITIES ARE.
THE POOL, THE CLUBHOUSE, THE DOG PARK, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE NOISE AT THE BACK.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE NOISE TO THE TO THE EAST.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS.
THOSE ARE THE RENDERINGS OF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE THERE.
SOME ARE ONE STORY. SOME ARE TWO STORY.
THESE ARE MARKET RATE APARTMENTS.
THESE ARE THE TYPICAL COMMUNITY AMENITIES THE CLUBHOUSE, SWIMMING POOL, FITNESS CENTER, PICNIC AREA, WALKING PASS, PET PARK, WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN IN NEWER APARTMENT COMPLEXES TO TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE OF APARTMENT DWELLERS.
THE INTERIORS ARE OUR CLASS-A.
PRIVATE BACKYARDS, PRIVATE ENTRANCE.
AS I SAID, THEY'RE NOT NORMAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
THESE ARE THE TYPICAL FLOOR PLANS.
AND THESE ARE SAMPLE PRODUCTS OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN OTHER LOCATIONS.
AND THIS IS THE ONES THAT THEY ARE EITHER IN PROCESS OR HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED.
THERE'S 14 OF THEM AND THIS ONE IS ALSO LISTED ON THAT.
AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK IF I CAN GET THERE.
THIS PROJECT IS NESTLED IN TO A PROPERTY THAT IS UNIQUE.
IT. THE SHOW, THE RETENTION POND AT THE TOP THERE.
THERE ARE TWO PROPERTIES IN BETWEEN THAT IN THAT U-SHAPE.
AND THEN TO THE SOUTH IS AN ASSISTED LIVING MEMORY CARE LOCATION.
THERE'S A VACANT PARCEL THERE TO THE SOUTH OF THAT AS WELL.
AND THIS PROPERTY, THERE IS A TINY BIT ALONG THE ENTRANCE WAY.
THAT'S A REMNANT PARCEL. IT'S REALLY AN EASEMENT.
SO THIS WILL THIS WILL HAVE A ONE ACRE PARCEL ON THE FRONT.
THAT'S WHAT THE SELLER HAS ASKED FOR.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE THE BUYER DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO DO.
THAT'S OKAY. I JUST HAD A QUESTION.
WE'RE HERE ON TWO DIFFERENT MATTERS.
FIRST IS THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW.
YES. I BET THE PROJECT IS IMPORTANT SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE GOING TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO.
CURRENTLY, YOU HAVE THREE DIFFERENT LAND USES.
THE MULTIFAMILY IS ABOUT HALF OF THE PROPERTY.
AS TO I JUST PREFER TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
IT MAKES SENSE IF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE GETTING THERE.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TO TAKE TWO DIFFERENT BOATS.
THE ZONING IS GOING FROM FOUR ZONING TO TWO ZONING LAWS.
CURRENTLY, THE ZONING IS REM 15, OFFICE PROFESSIONAL RESIDENTIAL TWO AND HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL.
THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL IS ONLY A 0.25 ACRES.
YOU CAN'T BUILD ON IT. ACTUALLY, IT'S A NON-CONFORMING LOT.
THE RS TWO IS ABOUT FIVE ACRES.
THE OFFICE PROFESSIONALS 6.45 ACRES, AND THE REM 15 RESIDENTIAL 15 IS ABOUT 6.7 ACRES.
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WHEN YOU ADD ALL THAT UP, WHAT COULD BE BUILT ON HERE IS 129 UNITS BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY.THAT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE WHERE IT'S LOCATED NEXT TO A MEMORY CARE CENTER.
AND I REQUEST THE SAME OF YOU.
IF YOU'VE READ THE MINUTES, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ANY MORE CONTACT FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE CITY, BUT WHEN WE CAME TO PNC A MONTH AGO, WE DID NOT KNOW THERE WERE ANY CONCERNS BECAUSE SERIOUSLY, WE HAD NO ISSUE WITH BIDDLE.
WE WEREN'T GOING TO IMPACT IT. WE WEREN'T GOING TO RIDE ON IT.
WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE ANY DRIVEWAYS.
WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCES.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A 25 FOOT SETBACK.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THE NEIGHBORS WOULD HAVE SO MANY CONCERNS IF THERE WAS 16 OR 17 OF THEM HERE.
MR. MYERS DECIDED, LET'S HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING.
AND THEY DID SO. SO THEY DID HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING.
ON APRIL 20TH AT THE PALM BAY HOLIDAY INN, THERE WERE ABOUT 16 RESIDENTS THAT ATTENDED.
BUT MR. MYERS IS GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, FROM READING, THE MINUTES OF PLANNING AND ZONING CONCERNS WERE PRIVACY.
BUT THE CONCERN OF OF THE NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH WERE THE PRIVACY.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIX FOOT FENCE AND LANDSCAPING.
THESE ARE JUST THE CONCERNS THAT CAME UP AT PLANNING AND ZONING.
THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ACCESS ONTO BIDDLE, WHICH WILL NOT HAPPEN.
BUT IF THERE WERE SINGLE FAMILY, YOU'D HAVE DRIVEWAYS ALL ALONG.
BIDDLE YOU'D HAVE PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX MORE DRIVEWAYS ON.
BIDDLE IF IT WERE A SINGLE FAMILY.
ANY NOISE THAT WILL OCCUR WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ANY CITY CODE NOISE VIOLATION STANDARDS.
THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS IS NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT'S MARKET RATE. IT'S ABOUT $2 A SQUARE FOOT OF RENTALS FOR RENTAL SPACE.
RESIDENTS WERE CONCERNED AT PLANNING AND ZONING ABOUT SCHOOL CONCURRENCY.
THERE'S CAPACITY THAT DOES EXIST.
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
THERE IS NO REDUCTION IN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
THERE HAS BEEN A STUDY THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THE CITY AND MR. MOYA CAN ADDRESS THAT FURTHER.
THEY WERE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THAT.
IT'S NOT KNOWN FOR CRIME, ESPECIALLY AT THE MARKET RATE APARTMENTS.
WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK MR. RAMIREZ, COME UP AND TELL YOU ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND WHAT HE HAS AGREED TO DO, HOW HE HAS CHANGED THE SITE PLAN.
FROM. HE'S CHANGING THE SITE PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DO A NEW ONE.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JEREMY MEARS.
I'M ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS WITH BROWNSTONE.
AND LOOKING BACK ON THAT, THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A MISTAKE.
SO SO WE HAD OUR MEETING AND A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT THAT WAS WAS MENTIONING WAS THE FACT THAT PRIVACY CONCERNS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY ACCESS ON MIDDLE STREET, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH THAT IN OUR IN OUR IN OUR MEETING WITH THEM.
THE OTHER THING WHAT I'VE DECIDED TO DO FROM CHANGE IS WE DID HAVE SOME TWO STORY HOMES ALONG BIDDLE STREET AND ALSO TO THE EAST SIDE, WHICH WAS AFFECTING MISS GILBERTS PROPERTY, WHICH SHE'S HERE AS WELL.
AND SO WE DECIDED TO REMOVE ALL THOSE AND GO ALL TO SINGLE STOREY.
WE ARE 25 FEET OFF THAT BIDDLE STREET PROPERTY LINE WITH A 25 FOOT SETBACK.
SO I THINK BY PULLING THOSE HOMES DOWN AND KEEPING MORE THE TWO STORY HOMES ON THE INTERNAL PART OF THE PROJECT, THAT WILL REALLY HELP WITH, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY HAVING A WINDOW LOOKING DOWN ONTO SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOME OVER INTO BIDDLE STREET, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN.
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WE HAD. SO I'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT WITH THEM AS WELL SO THEY CAN SEE IT AND SEE IF THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THAT AND ALSO MS. GILBERT'S PROPERTY TO THE EAST BECAUSE THAT AFFECTS HER AS WELL.I TOLD MS. GILBERT THAT WE WOULD PLANT A BUNCH OF TREES IN HER YARD TO HELP SHIELD MORE AS WELL, AND I'D PRESENT THOSE TREES TO HER AND LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPING AND I PLANT THAT IN HER YARD. WE'D ALSO HAVE A SIX OR EIGHT FOOT FENCE THERE IF AN EIGHT FOOT IS ALLOWED.
SO. YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DISCUSSING THE FUTURE LAND USE.
YEAH, RIGHT. AND SO IF WE GET TO THE ZONING PORTION OF THIS, RIGHT, IF WE GET THERE RIGHT, THEN I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO RESTATE EVERYTHING, ALL THE AGREEMENTS THAT YOU'VE COME.
I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
SURE. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO KIND OF SAY THE REST OF THEM OR WE CAN DO IT THEN.
WELL, I THINK I THINK WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, SO TO SPEAK.
AND I KNOW MR. ZANKA LIKES TO.
HE'S VERY EFFICIENT AND I HONOR THAT.
I RESPECT THAT. BUT I HAD MORE QUESTIONS TOWARDS THE THE LAND USE, THE FUTURE LAND USE ON THAT.
AND I THINK WE JUST WE WENT INTO, YOU KNOW, THESE CONDITIONS.
AND THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, SIR, IS I COMMEND YOU FOR MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS HERE.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
RIGHT. EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO.
RIGHT. UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO.
BUT I YOU NEED TO BE COMMENDED FOR THAT.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT TIME THAT THAT THAT YOU'VE SPENT SO FAR.
BUT I WANTED TO ASK MORE ON THE THE LANE USE AND I WANTED PERHAPS TO ADDRESS KIM ON THAT BECAUSE OR.
MR. ROSENKER BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
SO FAR, THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNCIL IS GO COMMERCIAL.
SO OUT OF THE 18 ACRES, I KNOW THAT ONE ACRE.
SO I WANTED TO SEE IF IF THERE'S A CONSIDERATION TO MILK ANOTHER HALF ACRE OR ANOTHER ACRE IN THE COMMERCIAL PROCESS OF THIS, THOSE NUMBERS STILL WORK FOR FOR YOUR DEVELOPER.
AND THIS IS NOT A CONDITION OF COURSE, THIS IS SOMETHING ME SPEAKING OUT LOUD.
ARE YOU ARE YOU PURCHASING THE COMMERCIAL? NO, I'M NOT. HE'S NOT HE'S HE'S NOT PURCHASING THE COMMERCIAL PORTION.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE CHANGING THE MULTIPLE.
SO THAT'S THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
SO THAT'S IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TRYING TO GET ANOTHER EIGHT.
NEXT MONTH. NEXT MONTH, YOU'RE GETTING COMMERCIAL.
IF YOU AS AS YOU'VE I'M NOW LOOKED THROUGH THE REPORT THIS DOES MEET MANY OF THE POINTS OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT WITH THE HIGH QUALITY, DIVERSIFIED LIVING ENVIRONMENT, THE MORE VIABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS AS AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE COMMERCIAL AREA WITH THE ONE ACRE THERE ON THAT ROAD.
THERE'S NOT A THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING ON EITHER SIDE OF IT, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COME.
A NICE RESTAURANT OR A NICE RESTAURANT.
WITH WITH SOME ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
YES. SO ALSO THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
THERE'S NO VIOLATION OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
THERE'S UTILITIES THERE WILL BE PROPER DRAINAGE THERE, SCHOOL CAPACITY.
THEY'RE PROVIDING RECREATION ON SITE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
AND THERE WILL BE EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
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IT'S ACTUALLY AN EASEMENT, BUT IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED.HALF OF IT'S BEEN BUILT AND THEY WILL BUILD THE OTHER HALF OF IT.
SO INSTEAD OF A TWO LANE ROAD, IT'LL BE BIGGER GOING IN THERE TO TO THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT WILL ALSO SERVE THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ON THE EAST HAND SIDE.
ALSO WITH THE PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT, WHICH YOU'VE RECENTLY ADOPTED.
THIS OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT INFRINGE ON THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE APPLICANT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. ZANKA? THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU.
SO FOR ITEM FIVE, YOU DON'T NEED A CART.
BUT I'LL START WITH THE ONES THAT DID WRITE ONE.
MY FAMILY'S LIVED THERE FOR 31 YEARS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORT AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE SURROUNDING.
EXISTING LAND USES AND IT DOES HAVE MULTIFAMILY ON THERE BUT THAT PARCELS VACANT AND IF YOU GO BY RECENT HISTORY. YOU'RE CHANGING ZONING ALL THE TIME.
SO BY THE TIME THAT PARCEL IS DEVELOPED, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE MULTIFAMILY.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A FOUR AND A HALF MEETING LAST NIGHT FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, SO.
BASICALLY THE ONLY THING THAT'S AROUND THERE IS SINGLE FAMILY.
SO I JUST DON'T SEE HOW IT'S COMPATIBLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU WOULD ASSUME THERE'S GOING TO BE ELEMENTARY KIDS GOING TO PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY IF THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY ACCESS? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET THERE? THEY CAN'T GO DOWN MALABAR TO BABCOCK.
I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ELEMENTARY KIDS.
SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS.
GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.
I GO BY AND I LIVE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED BUILD AN ENTITY REQUESTING THIS ZONING CHANGE.
TO GIVE YOU A CLUE AS TO WHERE I'M COMING FROM, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY.
MY FAMILY MOVED TO BIDDLE STREET IN 1972 FROM HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA.
MY FATHER WAS A FIREMAN WHO GOT INJURED ON DUTY.
I WAS TEN YEARS OLD, SO THAT MAKES ME 60.
MY HUSBAND AND I THEN BUILT OUR FAMILY HOME IN 1996, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MY MOM AND DAD.
SO MY HOME IS 1902 BIDDLE STREET.
WE'RE IN THE INCONVENIENT U-SHAPED PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
SO I GRADUATED FROM PALM BAY HIGH SCHOOL AS A FIRST GRADUATING CLASS.
I LATER BECAME A PALM BAY POLICE OFFICER IN 1987.
I RETIRED AFTER 23 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
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AND MY HUSBAND SERVED 24 YEARS WITH PALM BAY PD.I DO NOT WISH TO SPEND MY RETIREMENT YEARS SURROUNDED BY MULTIFAMILY.
ENTERING AND EXITING BIDDLE STREET AT BABCOCK HAS BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
I WAS STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AT BIDDLE STREET AND WAS T-BONED BY A BICYCLE ON THE BIKE PATH.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO BE IF WE PUT ALL OF THESE HOMES IN.
I'M OKAY WITH COMMERCIAL ALONG MALABAR ROAD.
I THINK DEVELOPMENT IS A GOOD THING.
I DON'T THINK HAVING 170 UNITS TEN FEET AWAY FROM MY STEPDAUGHTER, MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S BEDROOM WINDOW WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO ANYBODY. TO ME, THE ZONING IS NOT AWKWARD.
BIDDLE STREET IS RACE TWO AND IT SHOULD REMAIN RC TWO.
YES, MR. MYERS HAS BEEN OPENLY COMMUNICATING WITH ME AND MY HUSBAND FOR SURE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU'RE WELCOME.
I'M NICK MAYRON. I'M NEXT DOOR TO BETSY, AS SHE JUST MENTIONED.
SO I'M THE ONE KIND OF SURROUNDED BY THE MOAT AND IN THE RENDERING.
UM. I MEAN, JUST TAKING A LOOK AT THE RENDERING, TO ME IT'S IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR WHY RS2 IS A LONG BIDDLE EVERYTHING GOING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT SCREEN BASICALLY TO THE NORTH IS RS TWO WHERE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BATTLES THE BOUNDARY ROAD, I GUESS YOU'D SAY, OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I GET THAT YOU HAVE 18 ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND AND THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.
IT'S NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGHT.
BUT EVERYTHING CLOSE TO THE MALABAR.
THAT'S FINE. MAKE IT COMMERCIAL OR HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
BUT AT LEAST THOSE 200 FEET OR SO THAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED RHS TO OFF BIDDLE.
I DON'T GET WHY WE WOULD CHANGE THAT AT THIS POINT.
I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
KEEP IT A NEIGHBORHOOD AND A COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, EVEN 25 FOOT SETBACK THAT'S CURRENTLY PROPOSED OFF OF BIDDLE.
THAT'S LIKE ME TO THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE PEOPLE TRYING TO COME THROUGH THE FENCE AND OUT.
AND IT'S A VERY BUSY ROAD RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY LINED UP WITH CARS FOR THE CARPOOL LANE.
I KNOW THAT IS THE PROMISE THAT THERE WON'T BE A ROAD THAT COMES INTO THAT.
YOU CAN'T EVEN USE THE SIDE OF YOUR YARD.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BUILDINGS.
SO FROM I MEAN, WOULD ANYBODY WANT THAT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD? WOULD YOU WANT SOMETHING WITHIN TEN FEET WHEN YOU'VE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE LIVED THERE FOR 50 YEARS? THE OTHER SIDE OF THINGS WHERE, LIKE I SAID, IT CAN BE DEVELOPED.
BUT I WOULD I WOULD STRONGLY URGE THERE TO BE THE BIGGER SETBACKS IF THERE IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THAT SECTION AND THEN COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS A VEGETATIVE BUFFER, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ALL WOODS RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, THERE'S INTERSTATE NOISE THAT ALREADY AFFECTS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE A HOSPITAL ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH THAT'S WHERE THE DIRECTION OF WHERE ALL THE WATER IS NEXT TO OUR PROPERTY, ALL THAT WOULD BE GONE AND IT'S GOING TO TRAVEL LOUDER ON THE WATER. EVEN THE LIFECARE CENTER BEHIND US, WHICH THEY'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS, BUT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT AND THEY HAVE AMBULANCES AND WHATNOT COMING THROUGH THERE ALL THE TIME.
IF THIS HAS TO GO THROUGH THAT PORTION THAT'S NOT ALONG.
BIDDLE JUST STRONGLY PUSH TO AT LEAST KEEP SOME OF THE MATURE TREES OR PUT IN THE LANDSCAPING.
AND I KNOW JEREMY DID SPEAK TO THAT.
THAT'S ALL WE'VE EVER KNOWN. WE JUST HAVE ANIMALS.
SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN DO THERE.
I THINK AT LEAST HAVING THAT 200 FOOT BUFFER OFF OF BIDDLE, THAT'S STILL RS TWO.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? YEAH. WHO? THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.THERE WEREN'T MANY COMMENTS HERE AS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE, BUT I UNDERSTAND I DO THE SAME THING AGAIN IN ORDER TO CREATE A PRODUCT THAT MAKES SENSE, THAT MEETS YOUR COMP PLAN WITH A VARIETY OF HOUSING, A VERY QUALITY PRODUCT, THAT ADDITIONAL ACREAGE IS REQUIRED.
AND AGAIN, IT'S FIXING AN ISSUE.
THERE'S CHANGES, TOO MANY CHANGES IN ZONING AND TOO MANY CHANGES IN A FUTURE LAND USE.
THE REST OF THE ISSUES I WILL DISCUSS AT THE IF WE GET TO THE ZONING MATTER.
SO MAY I ASK YOU, MA'AM, YOU SEE THE ENTRANCE DRAWING OF WHAT YOU HAVE THERE? RIGHT ON MALABAR ROAD? YES, SIR. SO WHAT IS THE WHERE'S THE COMMERCIAL PIECE TO THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN YOU GO UP THERE AND SHOW ME BECAUSE IT'S ONLY 300 FEET OF OR LESS THAN 300 FEET.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO A FRONTAGE.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE AFFECTED BY THAT ENTRANCE.
THAT ENTRANCE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE AN ENTRANCE TO THE COMMERCIAL.
OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MOYER. THAT'S SO COOL.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE LEARNING THE NEW GADGETS, MA'AM.
CARRY ON. THAT WAS MY MAGIC OF POWERPOINTS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE AFRICAN? CAN YOU ADDRESS THE THE BORDER OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR CONCERNS? OF THEIR HOMES.
WELL, AND I KNOW THIS IS I NOTICE AND IT'S LOOKING THROUGH YOUR CODE.
THE RS TWO ONLY REQUIRES AN EIGHT FOOT SETBACK AND NO FENCE.
THE AR TEN, WHICH WE'RE SEEKING, HAS AN EIGHT FOOT SETBACK BUT REQUIRES A FENCE.
SO THERE COULD BE A TWO STOREY SINGLE FAMILY HOME BUILT IN THAT LOCATION RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
MS.. GILBERT AND WE DON'T WANT TO IMPACT HER.
AND MR. MEARES HAS SPOKEN TO HER MANY TIMES AND WE DO UNDERSTAND AND HE WANTS TO HELP.
IF WE CAN DO AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE WITH A VARIANCE, WE CAN DO THAT.
HE'S GOING TO PUT ONLY ONE STORY THERE.
HE'S COMMITTED TO MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS AGAIN WITH THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
AND I WILL ENSURE THAT HE DOES, AS HE'S SAYING, BECAUSE HE HAS SAID THAT HE WOULD DO THAT.
WE? AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
DO YOU DO ZONING CONDITIONS? EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
SO WE HAVE A SECOND READING IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH TONIGHT SO WE CAN ADDRESS IT BEFORE THEN.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OKAY. WHEN I CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVED KCPE DASH 15, 20, 22. SECOND.
WE GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING ABOUT COUNCILMAN FELIX.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS IS ACTUALLY LOWER DENSITY THAN WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN AND IT'S GOING TO BE LESS OF AN IMPACT, AS MR. ROSENKER MENTIONED.
THIS THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR US TO GO FORWARD.
COUNCILMAN FELIX, YOUR COMMENTS.
MAYOR. THERE'D BE A MAYOR MENTIONED IT.
I MEAN, I WOULD AGREE IT'S THE LESSER DENSITY.
AND I SEE AS WELL A DEVELOPER THAT IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBOR, SHOW A LOT OF GOOD FAITH, WILLING TO MEET THE 25 SETBACK.
I THINK IT'S A FAIR COMPROMISE.
I MAY SAY THAT, BUT I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
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SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 20 FOOT, 25 FOOT SETBACK.RIGHT. THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE SEES AS AS A WAY TO TO WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT EVEN MOREOVER, I THINK HE WENT ON THE RECORD AND I'M GOING TO ASK HIM TO DO IT IF WE GET AS FAR TO THE ZONING WRITE ABOUT NOT HAVING THOSE REAR PROPERTY OWNERS BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE RESIDENTS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST ON BRITTLE TO GIVE THEM THAT TYPE OF BUFFER. SO THAT THERE AT LEAST THEY STILL CONTINUE TO BE PRIVATE IN SOME SOME FORM OF FASHION.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COMMENT? OKAY. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ALL RIGHT. AND HE OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND IF YOU FRAME THE QUESTION YOU HAD ABOUT CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, I'M HAPPY TO.
RESEARCH THAT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE 2020 252 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.
OUR M 15 SIGNAL TO MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, O.P.
OFFICE, PROFESSIONAL DISTRICT AND RS.
TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO LHC HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND R.M..
TEN SINGLE TO MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED BETWEEN AND ADJACENT TO MALABAR ROAD AND BIDDLE STREET AND LEGALLY DISTRICT DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AIRMEN OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED THE APPLICANT TO STEP FORWARD.
AND NOW WE CAN PUT EVERYTHING ON THE RECORD.
THANK YOU. MAYOR KIM ROSENKER WITH LACY LYONS ROSENKER ON BEHALF OF THE BROWNSTONE GROUP.
WITH ME IS JEREMY MEARS, THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNER, AND BRUCE MOYA.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE TRAFFIC QUESTIONS, MR. MIKE CAN ANSWER THEM. HE'S VERY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC REPORT THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT TO SPEAK COHERENTLY.
AND IT IT DOES SHOW HOW IT DOES SEEM WHEN YOU GO FROM THAT ALMOST REMINDS ME OF THOSE OLD ROCKET POPS, THOSE ICE CREAM POPS. IT DOES SHOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE CHANGED.
YOU WILL HAVE REM TEN WHERE ARM 15 IS.
BUT IT IS AGAIN, IT'S IT'S STILL MULTIFAMILY.
AS I HAD STATED EARLIER, UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, AS IS, YOU COULD HAVE 129 SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY HOMES HERE. YOU COULD HAVE 64,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE.
AS TO THE PROPOSAL, THE 25 FEET BUFFER ON BIDDLE STREET IS PROPOSED WITH LANDSCAPING, A VINYL FENCE, AND MR. MEARS CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT HE HAS AGREED TO.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE CUT THROUGH TO THE GATE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE FENCED IN TO THE TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THE SETBACKS FOR OUR WM TEN DO REQUIRE NOT ONLY EIGHT FT AS THE SAME WITH RS TWO, BUT THAT DOES REQUIRE A FENCE, AND THAT WILL BE PLACED AROUND AROUND THE BUILDING ADJACENT TO MS..
THERE WAS AN ISSUE RAISED ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP THE LANDSCAPING.
AND MR. MEYERS WILL TRY TO DO THAT, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, ALONG WHATEVER EVER BOUNDARIES HE CAN.
THIS IMPACTING THE NEIGHBORS TO BIDDLE STREET OR TO MS..
GILBERT. SO ESPECIALLY WITH THE FENCING AND THE LANDSCAPING, ANY OUTSIDE LIGHTINGS WILL BE TOO LOW.
THEY WON'T GO OVER OVER THE FENCE.
I WOULD ASK MR. MEARS TO DISCUSS ABOUT WHAT HE HAS AGREED TO DO IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
YOU CAN HAVE CONDITIONS OF ZONING IN YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR CITY DOES, BUT I DO IT IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND IT'S VERY COMMON.
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SO HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO HANDLE IT, HE CAN PUT IT ON THE RECORD.YOU CAN CONDITIONAL THE ZONING, ASSUMING IT'S ILLEGAL.
THANK YOU. WELL, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I THINK HAVING THAT 25 FOOT BUFFER COMING UP WITH MAYBE TRYING TO KEEP THE NATIVE PLANTS THAT ARE THERE DOING BERMS, SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, JUST TRYING TO FIND SOME NATIVE TREES TO PLANT.
WE DID SAY WE'D PULL BACK SOME OF THE SIDEWALKS THAT WENT INTO THAT 25 FOOT BUFFER AND ALSO AGREED TO REMOVE THE DUMPSTER THAT WAS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO BIDDLE STREET, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT BACKUP ALARM CAN GET FAIRLY LOUD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO RELOCATE THE DUMPSTER AS WELL.
SO THAT WAS ANOTHER CONCESSION WE MADE.
AND ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR MS..
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY AN EASY CONCESSION TO MAKE AND I THOUGHT WAS WORTHY OF DOING THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AS WELL.
AND ALSO REITERATED TO ALL THE RESIDENTS, THIS IS A SECURED COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE ACCESS GATES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FOB TO EVEN GET IN.
SO WE'LL THERE WILL BE REALLY NICE TENANTS THAT WILL BE LIVING THERE.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MOSTLY YOUNGER PROFESSIONALS BECAUSE IT'S MOSTLY ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS, SOME THREE BEDROOMS, BUT THEY'LL BE VERY GOOD NEIGHBORS AND I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE ANYBODY CLIMBING FENCES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO TYPICALLY IN THESE COMMUNITIES YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN THERE.
SO THAT'S OUR TYPICAL CLIENT OR SENIORS WHO LIVE IN THESE TYPE PROPERTIES.
THEY ALSO HAD CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE.
SO IT'S GOING TO DO NOTHING BUT IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'LL BE TAKING CARE OF THAT.
I THINK WHAT ELSE WE DECIDED TO DO, I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT IT MOSTLY JUST THE BUFFERING AND THE HOME HEIGHTS OF THE HOUSES AND ALSO JUST SOME REALLY GOOD LANDSCAPING AND MOVING A DUMPSTER AND JUST DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
BUT I'LL KEEP COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AS WE GET FURTHER THROUGH THE PROCESS.
ANY QUESTIONS? YOU SAY YOU'RE. YOU SAY YOU'RE FINE WITH THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
WELL, IT'S I DON'T THINK IT'S ALLOWED.
WE WOULD HAVE TO GET A VARIANCE TO DO THAT.
SO WE'D HAVE TO GET A VARIANCE FOR THAT.
CAN WE MAKE THAT A CONDITION? I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN COMMIT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO GRANTING A VARIANCE, BUT YOU CAN COMMIT THAT WE WILL APPLY.
YOUR OTHER ONE. I'M SORRY. I USED A DIFFERENT WORDS OF ADJUSTMENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE.
THAT'S. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION MOST OF THEM APPROVED CASEY 15 2022 TO INCLUDE 25 FOOT BUFFER, TO INCLUDE NATIVE PLANTS, PULL BACK THE SIDEWALKS, RELOCATION OF DUMPSTER ADDRESSING DRAINAGE, SINGLE FLOOR HOUSING AND EIGHT. LONG, BITTER, LONG BATTLE IN THE EAST.
YES, SORRY. MISS GILBERT'S PROPERTY AND EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
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SECOND. FUNGUS ALONG THAT SAME AREA.YES. IS THAT CLEAR? MADAM ATTORNEY. IS THAT GOOD? IF I NEED TO. NO, I UNDERSTOOD THE CONDITIONS.
OKAY. IS THAT GOOD? OKAY, SO I GOT A MOTION.
THANK YOU. THEN I REVISE TO MAKE A CONDITION FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR EIGHT FOOT VENTS.
EMOTION. OKAY, YOU HAVE A SECOND.
TAKE. AND A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? THANKS, MR. WEINBERG.
ALL IN FAVOR. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WHEN I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK MR. SHERMAN TO PRESENT THE REQUEST.
GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. NANCY FELDMAN, DIRECTOR.
THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 2020 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
ON JUNE 20, 2019, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ALLOCATION OF $527,158 TO PARKS AND FACILITIES.
WHEN THE BIDS WENT OUT, IT DIDN'T INCLUDE THE RENOVATIONS, THE EXISTING CHILLERS FOR THE SENIOR CENTER, OR APPROXIMATELY 27 TO 20, 20 YEARS OLD. AND THE AIR HANDLER IS 20 YEARS OLD.
THE OTHER AIR HANDLER IS FIVE YEARS OLD.
SO THERE IS A NEED FOR THE HVAC RENOVATIONS.
THERE WAS A REMAINING BALANCE OF 118,307.
SO THERE IS A REMAINING BALANCE NEED FOR THE FACTS OF 479 SIX 9250 SO THE STAFF IS ASKING THAT WE COMPLETE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT WHICH IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.
AND THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO MOVE FUNDS FROM UNALLOCATED FUNDS FROM VARIOUS YEARS PROGRAM YEAR 2017, 18, 19 AND 20. AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO FUND THIS PROJECT.
THE SENIOR CENTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE USED.
BEING ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE AIR HANDLERS AND CHILLERS MAY TAKE A WHILE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS WOULD BE FUNDED OUT OF GENERAL FUND.
SO PARKS AND FACILITIES IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
THANK YOU. COUNSELOR, ANY QUESTIONS? YOU. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, ASKING FOR A MOTION MOTION TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, TO OBTAIN ASSISTANT INPUT AND COMMENTS, AND APPROVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 TO 2020.
CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO ALLOCATE $397,942.50 FOR PIE TO 17 PIE TO 18 PIE 219 AND BY 2020 TO THE SENIOR CENTER PROJECT.
SO I CAN ADD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEE IN NONE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
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YES. MAYOR FOR CONSENT AGENDA.[CONSENT AGENDA]
FEW. AND EIGHT.THIS COUNCIL. ANY OTHER MEMBERS WISH TO PULL ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS FROM CONSENT? IN NONE. I NEED A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE REMOVAL OF ITEMS TWO AND EIGHT.
SECOND MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR, SAYS UNANIMOUSLY, WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
[2. Award of Proposal: Disaster Recovery Debris Removal Services - RFP 23-0-2022 - Public Works Department (Ceres Environmental Services, Inc. (primary) and AshBritt, Inc. (secondary)).]
BILL BENTON. ALBERT IN 586.OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S HAS TO READ THE ORDINANCE.
ORDINANCE 2022 DOES 53 AMENDING THE CARDINAL WARD CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 52 BOARDS, SUBCHAPTER YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD BY MODIFYING THE AGE REQUIREMENT FOR ADULT ADVISORY MEMBERS.
FIRST READING. CAN NOW HEAR MASTER CHIEF.
BILL BURTON, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS REQUEST IS.
I'M JUST REWINDING THE BILL BATTEN TAPES.
AND WHEN REPUBLIC WAS COMING INTO OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION, WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT QUESTION ABOUT HURRICANE PICKUP. AND AT THAT TIME, IT WAS SAID THAT THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO.
HANDLE IT, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE.
SO THAT'S BUT EITHER WAY, THAT ONLY LEAVES TWO CLAW TRUCKS TO PICK UP THE ENTIRE CITY.
BUT NOW I'M LOOKING AT THIS ONE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING ON THAT NOT BEING ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE JOB, YOU KNOW? I UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO DO IT.
I JUST AND I ALSO LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING SOME PRIOR PLANNING TO HAVE IT ON ON CALL, BECAUSE WHEN PAST EXPERIENCES, WE HAD TO GO OUT AND FIND SOMEBODY AND IT CREATED HATE AND DISCONTENT.
BUT THIS IS PRIOR PLANNING TO PREVENT PISS POOR, PISS POOR PERFORMANCE.
BUT IT'S STILL GOT I HAVE TO QUESTION IT AND CHALLENGE IT BECAUSE WHEN REPUBLIC WAS BEING PRESENTING THEIR CASE TO THE CITY, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU.
MADAM SHERMAN, IS THAT PART OF THE CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC? NO, SIR, IT'S NOT. AND I MAYBE MY RECOLLECTION IS NOT AS GOOD AS MR. BARTON'S, BUT FOR ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS FOR PICKUP RESIDENTIALLY, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A EXCLUDED SERVICE TO PICK UP AFTER HURRICANES.
SO FOR MANY YEARS, THE CITY HAS HAD A SEPARATE CONTRACT FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL.
SO THEY'RE INVOLVED IN REGULAR WEEKLY PICKUP OF YARD DEBRIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU. AND SO I MADE A MOTION.
OCEAN APPROVAL WATER FOR PROPOSAL CAN A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER ALL IN FAVOR AND HE OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[8. Consideration of a change order and utilizing Fire Impact Fees for additional foundation costs for the Fire Training Center Facility ($99,788).]
A BATON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S CAUSING THIS.
YOU DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE GROUND STABILIZATION TO TO BUILD ON.
HOWEVER, WE SPENT $73,000 PREVIOUSLY FOR AN UPGRADE, SO WE'D HAVE WHAT WAS CALLED A TURNKEY.
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PRODUCT FOR THE FOR THE BURN TOWER.WELL, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT DURING THAT TURNKEY PROCESS THAT PRIOR TESTING OF THE SOIL WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT $73,000 ON.
I KNOW IT'S ONLY $73,000, BUT WE START ADDING THEM UP.
SO NOW, AS A RESULT OF THAT PRIOR PLANNING, WHICH WAS NOT CARRIED OUT IN THE ENGINEERING PHASE.
NOT HERE'S THE KEY, BUT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND ANOTHER $100,000 TO MAKE IT WORK.
ADAM SHERMAN. I THINK YOU, SIR.
YES. UNFORTUNATELY, I UNDERSTAND MR. BARTON'S POINT. THE THE SOIL TESTING THAT WAS PART OF THE TURNKEY PART OF THE PROJECT DID RESULT IN ISSUES WITH THE SOILS BEING UNSUITABLE FOR THE CURRENT FOUNDATION THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE INSTALLATION.
WE DID ADDITIONAL SOIL TESTING TO SEE IF THE SITE HAD MORE SUITABLE LOCATION.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, I NEED A MOTION.
OCEAN, IMPROVE THE CHANGE ORDER AND UTILIZE THE FIRE IMPACT FEES FOR ADDITIONAL 99,788.
SO I CAN ADD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR.
WE ARE ITEM NUMBER ONE ON UNFINISHED AND OLD BUSINESS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT VICKI NORTHUP TO THE BCR A.
[UNFINISHED AND OLD BUSINESS]
SO I CAN ADD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[NEW BUSINESS]
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN THIS ITEM OVER TO OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, JOAN BROWN.SHE'S GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE ARPA STATUS.
I ALSO EMAILED YOU ALL DURING THIS MEETING A VERSION OF WHAT'S IN YOUR KIND OF LENGTHY AGENDA MEMO.
JOAN HAS CREATED A NICE LITTLE SNAPSHOT POWERPOINT TO HELP GUIDE THE CONVERSATION.
EVENING. MAYOR IN COUNCIL AGAIN.
JOAN BROWNE, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER APOLOGIES FOR THE VERY LENGTHY EMAIL.
I WANTED TO PUT A LOT OF THAT INTO PUBLIC RECORD INTO ONE FORMAT, BUT I DO HAVE A SUCCINCT SLIDE HERE OF APPROXIMATELY TEN DIFFERENT SLIDES, SO BEAR WITH ME AS I GO THROUGH THIS. SO JUST TO RECAP, WE DID RECEIVE A LITTLE OVER 18 MILLION UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS JUST FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THIS COMES TO US IN TWO EQUAL TRANCHES.
WE GOT THE FIRST TRANCHE IN JUNE 2021, APPROXIMATELY 9 MILLION.
OUR SECOND TRANCHE TRANCHE WILL BE DUE TO US THIS JUNE.
SO WE CAN DRAW THAT DISBURSEMENT AT THAT TIME.
WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2024 TO ASSESS FUNDING TO BE EXPENDED OR EARMARKED, ESSENTIALLY HAS TO BE EARMARKED BY 2024, ON DECEMBER 30, THIS OF DECEMBER 31ST.
BUT IT HAS TO BE FULLY EXPENDED IN 2026.
THIS SLIDE IS A RECAP OF WHAT IS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
AGAIN, IT'S TYPICAL EXPENDITURES RELATED TO RESPONDING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
OTHER ITEMS RELATED TO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THAT AND THE IMPACT TO HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES.
AND THEN RESPONDING TO PERFORMING ESSENTIAL WORK.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'LL COVER IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR EXPENDITURES ARE YEAR TO DATE FOR PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE EXTENT OF THE REVENUE REDUCTION OR I'M SORRY, REVENUE LOSS.
ONE ITEM OF NOTE REGARDING THIS PIECE IS THAT PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS A CERTAIN CALCULATION THAT YOU HAD TO USE OF YOUR TOTAL ALLOCATION, CALCULATED WHAT YOUR REVENUE LOSS WAS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER 4 MILLION.
RECENT US TREASURY FINAL RULING STATES THAT YOU CAN USE UP TO 10 MILLION OF YOUR ALLOCATION.
SO WHEREAS IT WAS 4 MILLION PREVIOUSLY, OUR FINAL RULING NOW SAYS 10 MILLION.
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AND THEN THE FINAL IS MAKING AND THESE ARE WHAT I CALL THE GENERALLY ELIGIBLE COMPONENTS OF THE OF THE ARPA FUNDS, AND THAT'S MAKING NECESSARY INVESTMENTS IN WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.OF THE TEN OF THE 18 MILLION THE CITY WAS ALLOCATED, 10 MILLION CAN GO TOWARDS REVENUE LOSS.
SO BUILDING OF NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AS A PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES, MODERNIZATION OF CYBERSECURITY, INCLUDING HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, OR PAY AS GO SPENDING FOR BUILDING OF NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE PROVISION OF POLICE, FIRE AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
AND THAT'S YOUR WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND.
SO I TRIED TO FIT THIS IN ONE SLIDE AND I'M GOING TO TRY AND.
STATE THIS SUCCINCTLY, AND I BROKE IT OUT INTO TWO DIFFERENT SLIDES.
THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 650 THAT WAS DEDICATED TO THE BODYCAMS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY COMPONENT OF THAT, ABOUT 80,000, THEN WE HAVE 2 MILLION THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR BUILDING EA CONSTRUCTION, ANOTHER 2 MILLION FOR REPLACEMENT OF OUR CITYWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
UNDER THE GENERALLY ELIGIBLE SECTION, WE HAVE THE COVERED LEAVE.
AND THEN THE DISASTER RECOVERY SITE CLOUD, WHICH BRIAN MENTIONED UNDER HIS I.T.
DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION, 275,000.
AND THEN THE OTHER CYBERSECURITY COMPONENT OF THAT, WHICH IS MORE RELATED TO SOFTWARE, IS 300,000.
OF THAT TOTAL 5.6 MILLION, 4.7 OF THAT IS OUT OF REVENUE LOSS.
YOU HAVE A REMAINING BALANCE OF YOUR FIRST DISBURSEMENT AT 3.3 MILLION.
THE TWO COMBINED IS A TOTAL OF 12.3 MILLION.
SO IN I THINK IT WAS DECEMBER.
AND THE DIRECTION ESSENTIALLY CAME FROM COUNCILMAN FELIX.
HOW TO USE OUR ARPA FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE PUT OUT THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND ESSENTIALLY SAID, TELL US HOW YOU BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE SPENDING THIS MONEY ON EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT WAS ADVERTISED I'M SORRY, THAT WAS PUBLISHED FOR A LITTLE OVER A MONTH.
WE HAD NONPROFITS AND FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
HENCE THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RANGE OF FUNDING REQUESTS.
SO OFF THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO GET DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT IS HOW DO YOU HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE STAFF GO OUT AND CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY TO FIND USES FOR ARPA? AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OUR MONTHLY HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE MEETINGS.
AND THOSE THREE TIERS ARE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE AND PERMANENT ASSISTANCE.
YOU QUICKLY PUT THEM IN A HOTEL ROOM.
THE SECOND IS THE TEMPORARY HOUSING YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THEM CASE MANAGEMENT.
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YOU CAN'T FIND THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE HOMELESS.SO THEY'RE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HOMELESS CAMPS.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE TEMPORARY HOUSING AND THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES COME IN.
AND I'M GOING TO REFER TO THAT AS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND THEN THE THIRD IS THE PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHERE WE CAN EFFECTUATE CHANGE AS A CITY IS THROUGH THE FUNDING THAT WE GET THROUGH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL HOUSING PROGRAMS. WE TALKED ABOUT CDBG TONIGHT.
WE HAVE SCHIP AND WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING PROGRAMS. SO WE ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICES TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AT THAT.
THE THIRD IS THE PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE HAVE WHAT'S COMING UP BEFORE YOU ALL IN JULY IS INCLUSIONARY HOUSING.
SO WE WE DO RIGHT NOW, WE CAN WORK WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER.
THEY WANT TO GO IN A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
WE CAN DO THAT. SO WE HAVE THOSE TWO POLICY AND AND FUNDING THAT WE CAN EFFECTUATE CHANGE FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND PERMANENT ASSISTANCE WHERE WE DON'T USUALLY FIND THAT FUNDING IS FOR THAT MIDDLE MISSING PIECE.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO SIT UP HERE AND PRETEND I'M AN EXPERT IN HOMELESSNESS.
THERE ARE FOLKS BEHIND ME THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT, TOO, SO I'LL LET THEM DO THAT.
BUT TIER TWO IS WHERE I REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON HOW WE GO FORWARD WITH USING ARPA FUNDS FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH IS AGAIN TEMPORARY HOUSING AND THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
CASE MANAGEMENT BEING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
IT'S IT'S A RANGE OF DIFFERENT SERVICES TO INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH.
SO GETTING BACK TO THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDING OUT OF BOTH THE THE FIRST TRANCHE AND THE SECOND TRANCHE OR DISBURSEMENTS, WE HAVE 12 MILLION. WE HAVE PROPOSED A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT USES.
THE FIRST ONE WE'LL LOOK AT GENERALLY ELIGIBLE.
SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT THROUGH 2026.
THE SECOND UNDER GENERALLY ELIGIBLE IS 2 MILLION FOR HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT IS A NUMBER THAT STAFF IS PROPOSING.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT COUNCILS WILL IS ABLE TO DISCUSS.
AND THEN THE THIRD IS THE REVENUE LOSS PIECE.
THE REVENUE LOSS, THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THAT 10 MILLION IS 5.26.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT THAT ALL TOWARDS BUILDING E.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE GONE UP.
AND SO THE COST OF BUILDING E HAS GONE UP.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING THE ENTIRETY OF THE REMAINING BALANCE OF REVENUE LOSS, PUTTING THAT TOWARDS BUILDING E SINCE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TYPICALLY IT WOULD TAKE US MANY YEARS TO SAVE AS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE CITY.
THERE IS A CAVEAT DOWN BELOW TO OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL NEED FOR FUNDING FOR THE CITY WIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
AND I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS.
BUT BRIAN ROBINSON IS HERE, SO IF WE NEED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
BUT I AM WAITING ON THE US TREASURY TO GET BACK TO ME.
WE ALL KNOW WE DEMOLISHED FORMER FIRE STATION ONE ON PALM BAY ROAD.
THAT'S A FUTURE NEED FOR THE CITY.
IT'S A HIGH GROWTH AREA FOR THE CITY.
SO THERE'S THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE FUND THAT? ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO FUND A FIRE STATION AND IT'S APPARATUS THROUGH GRANTS AND ALLOCATIONS FROM OUR LEGISLATORS.
QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
I WANTED JUST THAT CITYWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
PROPOSAL? TO ENHANCE OUR OUR MAINFRAMES AND MAKE A LOCATION FOR
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THEM. AND I'M TYING IN TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK COUNCILMAN FOSTER WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SECURITY OF OUR WHOLE INFRASTRUCTURE.RIGHT. EXCELLENT. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE CITYWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM, WE HAVE A FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1996, I BELIEVE, AND WE HAVE NOT REPLACED IT SINCE THEN. SO WE ARE WAY PAST OUR TIME OF USABLE USE OUT OF THE SYSTEM.
WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL OVER THAT OR EXECUTIVES WILL HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THAT.
SO WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL OTHER CITIES AND WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THIS AND WHAT WAS THEIR BEST PRACTICE AND ALSO SUCCESS RATE. AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT MOST OF THE COMPANIES THAT WE LOOKED AT OR ORGANIZATIONS WE LOOKED AT ACTUALLY HIRED A CONSULTANT TO HELP THEM WITH THE RFP PROCESS BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A MASSIVE PROJECT.
THIS ENTAILS SEVERAL APPLICATIONS CITYWIDE, SO IT WOULD BE A VERY MASSIVE PROJECT AND WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO DEDICATE TO THIS PROJECT SOLELY TO GET IT GOING. SO THEY THESE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD HIRE A CONSULTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE RFP PROCESS, BUT ALSO FOR THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS OF THE RFP AND ALSO MOVE INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGE.
BUT WE'LL FIND OUT THAT THERE WERE MORE SUCCESS.
AND AND YOU GIVE ME SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHAT THE GOAL WOULD BE USING THIS TO TO DO WHAT.
SO ALL OF OUR OUR CITYWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ARE REFERRING TO THE DATABASE THAT HANDLES ALL OF THE STAFF BEING PAID OR A PROCUREMENT MODULE FOR ALL THE PIECES AND PARTS OF PROCUREMENT HANDLES OR FINANCE TEAM OR ACCOUNTING TEAM PUBLIC WORKS WE HAD BUILT IN BEFORE IN IN USING THE SAME APPLICATION IT USE IT AS WELL.
APPLICATIONS SUCH AS THE NEWLY E PERMANENT APPLICATION IMS. ALL ALL OF THOSE THINGS CENTER BACK TO THIS ONE CONSOLE, WHICH IS THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
SO EVERYTHING COMES BACK HOME TO THIS BASE.
BUT AGAIN, IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO IT WAS IT'S COMPLETELY REPLACED IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
RELOCATING IT, NOT NECESSARILY RELOCATING.
SO WE HAVE OPTIONS FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WHICH AGAIN, TO ANSWER YOUR INITIAL PORTION OF YOUR QUESTION ABOUT SECURITY, IT WILL ENHANCE THE SECURITY OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS WELL. YES, BUT I THINK OUR BIGGER GOAL IS MORE CONTROL AND REPORTS THAT WE CAN PRODUCE OUT OF IT WITHOUT REQUIRING TOO MUCH HUMAN INTERVENTION.
SO OUR GOAL THERE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE WORKFLOW PROCESS AND ALL THAT BEING ANNOUNCED.
THANK YOU. I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN FOSTER HAS SOME QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS SAVE US MONEY BY UPGRADING THE SYSTEM? I THINK IN THE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A TRICK QUESTION.
I THINK IN THE LONG TERM FOR THE INVESTMENT, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BORROW A PHRASE FROM JULIET HERE.
I THINK IT'S THE VALUE ADDED THAT WE'RE MORE INTERESTED IN VERSUS NOT JUST NECESSARILY, OF COURSE, WE LOOK AT SAVINGS, BUT I THINK THE SAVINGS WILL COME IN AS IT MATURE OVER TIME, ALWAYS WITH APPLICATIONS, THE INITIAL INVESTMENT IS ALWAYS MUCH MORE COSTLY.
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BUT AS YOU GO, YOU'RE JUST PAYING MAINTENANCE FOR THE SYSTEM OR SUBSCRIPTION LICENSES, AND YOU MOVE FORWARD TO OVER TIME, YOU WILL GAIN THE SAVINGS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD.BUT THE INITIAL INVESTMENT IS ALWAYS MASSIVE VERSUS THE SYSTEM WE GOT NOW.
SO WHAT WE BUDGETED TODAY WILL KIND OF ROLL OVER INTO MAINTENANCE FOR THE NEW SYSTEM.
I DON'T WANT TO KIND OF PUT THAT OUT THERE TOO MUCH, BUT I WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT THERE ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONALITY THAT CAN BECOME AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE MORE SERVICES THAN WHAT WE DON'T DO TODAY, AND SO WE CAN AUTOMATE SOME OF THAT PROCESS.
WELL, IF HE WAS TO SPEND THIS MONEY ON THIS NEW SYSTEM.
IT'S GOING TO BE SOME UPGRADES TO IT, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME MORE MONEY.
WELL, NO. SO SO THE UPGRADES ARE ALL BUILT INTO THIS COST.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY EXTRA FOR UPGRADES.
SO THIS IS A ONE TIME REPLACEMENT.
AND THEN THE THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE PAY FOR INCLUDES UPGRADES AND HOT FIXES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO I WANTED TO GO BACK AND AND I HAD SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO I'D LIKE TO GO BACK I LIKE WITH HOW JOANIE BROKE DOWN OR MISS GIANCARLO BROWN, THE TEMPORARY HOUSING COMPONENT.
I KNOW THAT MOST OF US WE DISCUSS, LIKE SHE SAID.
COUNCILMAN FELIX WANTED TO TACKLE THE CASE MANAGEMENT ASPECT TO IT.
RIGHT. WE SPOKE ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNCILMAN FELIX WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE.
WE DISCUSSED THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT TO IT.
AND AND SO MAYBE IT WARNED US AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, RIGHT? MAYBE IT WANTS US TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS THIS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT? WHO ARE THE SPEAKERS? OH. FIRST SPEAKERS. JEFFREY NURSE.
I'LL PUT SOME SOME WORDS IN PASTOR KEN'S MOUTH BECAUSE I KNOW HE'D BE RIGHT WITH ME.
THE GREATEST, REMEMBER THE LEAST.
AND I JUST AM GRATEFUL FOR THE ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH WITH YOU MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REMEMBERING THE LEAST OF THESE AND REMEMBERING OUR LORD'S WORDS.
AND MATTHEW 25, WHEN I WAS HUNGRY, YOU GAVE ME FOOD.
WHEN I WAS NAKED, YOU CLOTHED ME AND WE CARRIED THAT OUT TO WHEN I WAS HOMELESS.
YOU DON'T JUST MAKE ME MORE COMFORTABLE IN MY HOMELESS SITUATION.
YOU HELP ME GET A HOME. WHEN I WAS HOMELESS, YOU HELPED ME GET A HOME.
AND THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND I THINK THE WAY YOU LAID IT OUT, JOAN, WITH THE THREE TIERS IS A VERY HELPFUL WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
AND THAT SECOND TIER IS A KEY PLACE THAT THAT WE'VE LEARNED AT DAILY BREAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, DOING MORE TO HELP PEOPLE GET OFF THE STREETS INTO A PERMANENT HOME, A HOUSING SITUATION.
THERE'S THAT TRANSITIONAL TIME WHERE THERE'S A KEY MOMENT OF STABILIZATION WHEN WHEN OUR CASE MANAGERS CAN CAN CAN GET TO KNOW AND WORK WITH SOMEBODY AND SEE WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT HAD THEM FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO WORK WITH TO OVERCOME THEM.
TALKED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES ARE DEFINITELY THERE.
I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH MELBOURNE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT LAND AND THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN PALM BAY.
AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THIS IS NOT DAILY BREAD MOVING FROM MELBOURNE TO PALM BAY.
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WE WANT TO TRANSFORM AND DO SOMETHING NEW.OUR STAND IN NAME FOR THE PLACE RIGHT NOW IS GRACE PLACE FOR PEOPLE THAT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE THAT THIS WOULD BE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN COME TO OVERCOME THEIR HOMELESS SITUATION. AND IT WOULD INCLUDE A TEMPORARY HOUSING.
IT CAN BE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN AN EMERGENCY.
THEY JUST NEED TO GET OFF THE STREETS FOR 30 DAYS TO STABILIZE.
AND THEN THEY CAN CAN MAYBE RECONNECT WITH FAMILY IN ANOTHER LOCATION AND GO AND MOVE AND LIVE WITH THEM TO GET THEIR FEET UNDER THEM FOR A WHILE AND THEN THEY'LL BE OFF AND RUNNING. WE ALSO WOULD INCLUDE UNITS TO BE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN RECOVERY, PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES. WE WOULDN'T BECOME A A A RECOVERY HOUSE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OUTPATIENT RECOVERY OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD PARTNER WITH.
CIRCLES OF CARE, BREVARD HEALTH ALLIANCE THAT THAT COULD COULD DO IT IN THAT WAY.
GLAD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TOPIC UP.
THANK YOU, JOAN, FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND THE STAFF ON ON THIS.
I'M DUE LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I'M 16, 15 GARDENS AND STREET.
SO. I'M ALSO THE THE CHAIR OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE OF THE HOMELESS COALITION, AND I SERVE ON THE CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD WITH THE HOMELESS COALITION.
SO, SO I'M WELL VERSED IN HOMELESS HOMELESSNESS, AND I ECHO MUCH OF WHAT JEFF WAS SAYING.
BUT I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS IS.
IN THE WORDS OF A MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH THE WITH THE FLORIDA HOUSING COALITION.
A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS.
THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN.
WE HAVE A VERY, VERY LIMITED SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
EVERYBODY. THIS ISN'T THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, IS NOT ABOUT JUST THOSE THAT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE POSTER OF HOMELESSNESS. THEY'RE THE THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE.
THEY ARE THE THE WOMAN THAT CAME TO ME LAST MONTH AGO WHO MAKES OVER $40,000 A YEAR.
SHE LOST HER JOB DURING THE PANDEMIC.
SHE HAD A PERIOD OF OF NOT WORKING.
SHE'S BACK TO WORKING, BUT SHE'S BEEN HOMELESS FOR A YEAR.
SHE HAS BEEN LIVING IN HOTELS.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE HOTELS BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THE THE I THINK AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHERE TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS, THERE'S LOTS OF PLACES WHERE YOU CAN ALLOCATE THE MONEY.
AND I WANT THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I WANT YOU ALL TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
I WANT YOU TO PUT MONEY IN THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE THE CITY MORE EFFICIENT.
SO LET'S LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AND I KNOW, MS..
JOAN, YOU'VE DEVOTED A LOT OF TIME TO THIS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE WE GO FORWARD BECAUSE WE HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD PROPOSALS COME TO US OR IDEAS OF WHAT SERVICES THEY WOULD PROVIDE.
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RIGHT. SO I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT AND SEE HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.THANK YOU. SO I'M HEARING EVERYBODY AND I'M LOOKING AT IT AND I'M LOOKING AT THE CITY OVERALL.
WHAT WOULD I THINK WOULD BE MOST FEASIBLE? POTENTIALLY. I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
AND I TALKED TO STAFF A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW. MOVE THE REMAINING BALANCE TO REGARDING.
TO ADDRESS LIKE TIER TWO AND THREE CONTINGENT UPON A WAITING U.S.
TREASURY OPINION ON CITYWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, IF THE U.S.
TREASURY OPINION SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T USE THE CITYWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM OR YOU CAN'T USE ARPA FUNDING FOR THE CITYWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM, AND ALL OF IT GOES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, CASE MANAGEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH.
BUT IF THEY DO SAY WE CAN USE.
AND THEN IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN PLACE THERE, RIGHT, WITH THE CASE MANAGEMENT COMPONENT TO IT.
ON THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT TO IT, THEN WE WE STAND TO GET SOME FUTURE FUNDING REGARDING THE OPIOID FUNDING, IF YOU REMEMBER TYING THAT IN TO THAT.
I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF GOING WITH BUILDING E AND GETTING THAT.
PUNDIT. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
BECAUSE THIS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY TRULY NEED AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE MY WELL, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
I DIDN'T THINK WE CAN USE IT ON BUILDING LIKE THAT'S THE MAX WE COULD USE.
SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, YOU HAVE 5.5 MILLION ROUGHLY OF THE TWO DISBURSEMENTS.
THAT'S AFTER YOU PUT ALL OF THE REVENUE LOST BALANCE TOWARDS BUILDING.
SO THAT'S THE MAXIMUM REVENUE LOSS WE CAN PUT TOWARDS BUILDING E 5.2.
OKAY. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS.
YES. UNDER GENERALLY ELIGIBLE FOR HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND YOU'RE SUGGESTING TAKING ANOTHER THREE FROM THE BALANCE OF BOTH DISBURSEMENTS? THAT THIRD BULLET POINT.
TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR HOMELESSNESS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE, WHICH WOULD LEAVE ANOTHER 2 MILLION.
AND IN THAT WAY, IF WE CAN USE IT FOR A CITYWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM, PERFECT.
IF NOT, THEN WE CAN FIND A DIFFERENT USE.
THAT'S ALL. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
OKAY, I. SO JUST SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR.
ALL RIGHT. JUST SO THAT I'M CLEAR HERE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TWO MILLIONS THAT WAS ELIGIBLE FROM OUR FIRST DISBURSEMENT.
RIGHT. CONCENTRATE THAT ON THESE AN INVITATION FOR SERVICES, RIGHT.
AND THEN THE BALANCE OF THE 5 MILLION THAT WE NEED FOR BUILDING.
WE ALREADY HAVE THAT ALLOCATED FOR, CORRECT? BICKERSTAFF YEAH, I'VE ALREADY SET THAT ASIDE.
SO LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
SO LET ME GO BACK AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WAS ALREADY.
APOLOGIZE. IT'S KIND OF SMALL.
THERE'S ALREADY 2 MILLION APPROVED BY COUNCIL FOR BUILDING E! THERE'S ALREADY 2 MILLION APPROVED BY COUNCIL FOR THE CITYWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
SO THIS IS ALL THAT COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED.
NOW, IF WE FAST FORWARD TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, THAT IS THE 50,000 FOR ENHANCED CLEANING, THE 2 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, AND THEN UNDER REVENUE LOSS.
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BUILDING E. ADDITIONAL FUNDING.THE PURPOSE. THE REASON WHY HOMELESSNESS IS IS ELIGIBLE IS BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING A VULNERABLE POPULATION OFF THE STREET WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC, HAD BEEN MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE PANDEMIC AND TO TO CATCHING COVID AND GETTING THEM OFF THE STREETS AND GETTING THEM BACK INTO STABLE AND PERMANENT HOUSING.
WHICH IS WHY I MENTIONED TIER THREE AS WELL, BECAUSE I'M BIG ON TIER TWO.
WE GOT TO GET TO THE ROOT OF IT, WHETHER IT'S DRUG OR MENTAL HEALTH.
BUT WE WANT TO GET TO THE FINAL.
SO THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY THAT.
MAYOR. SO I WASN'T TRYING TO SAY RULE OUT TIER TWO.
I WAS SAYING LIKE IT STARTS THERE, BUT WE WANT TO GET THEM PERMANENT.
AWESOME. FILIBERTO, I'LL START ON YOUR END.
MR. MAYOR, I'M STILL TRYING TO DIGEST ALL THIS.
SO IF YOU IF YOU WOULD IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STARTING OFF WITH COUNCILMAN FELIX.
YOU KNOW, TOTALLY SUPPORT DEPUTY MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO.
CONSIDER THAT AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION TOWARDS THOSE THREE TIER FOCUSING ON ON ON TIER TWO AS WELL AS TIER THREE, I BELIEVE AS MUCH AS WE NEED ALL THESE BUILDINGS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE COME FIRST.
LET'S TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE.
THAT'S THE CARE THAT NEED THAT NEED, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT COMPONENT FIRST.
BUT I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE COMPONENT THAT THAT SHOULD BE.
KIND OF ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF YOUR THINKING.
IN MY OPINION, WE NEED TO DO ALL THREE.
IF. YOU KNOW, IF WE JUST DO ONE, TWO AND THREE, THAT'S A CHAIR WITH JUST TWO LEGS.
AND. NORMALLY YOU DON'T STAND.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO ALL THREE GOING TO DO IT.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND TO HELP OUR CITIZENS HERE IN BREVARD COUNTY.
AS FAR AS WHAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR SAID ABOUT THE CITYWIDE SYSTEM, WE NEED TO DO THAT.
AND AND I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO SET ASIDE SOME MONEY FOR OUR FIRE.
I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT GRANTS AND ALL THAT, BUT THAT FALLS SHORT.
WE DON'T. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE GOT TO HAVE A FIRE STATION.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE FIREFIGHTERS AND FIREFIGHTERS SERVICE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
THE FIRST ONE GOING TO GET TO THAT HOMELESS PERSON WHO'S HAVE IT IN CARDIAC ARREST.
PROBABLY GOING TO BE A CITY FIREFIGHTER.
SO. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING ON HERE.
AND WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED TO CUT CORNERS.
SO EMERGENCY SHELTER IS IMPORTANT.
NO, I'VE BEEN ACTUALLY, I THINK I'VE.
SOMEBODY CALLED ME TO HELP SOMEONE.
WOMEN BECOME HOMELESS DURING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IT CANNOT GO BACK INTO A HOME WITH AN ABUSER.
I'VE BEEN TO THEM CALLS AS A POLICE OFFICER.
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AND AND I'M TELLING YOU, THAT'S A PERSON WHO WORKED EVERY DAY.IS IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION.
THE NEXT CALL COULD BE SOMEONE WHO'S MURDERED.
IT MIGHT BE THE GUY. SO THEY MIGHT NEED TEMPORARY SHELTER, EMERGENCY SHELTER.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER FOR WOMEN THAT HAVE TO LEAVE OR MEN.
TO SAVE THEIR LIVES OR TO SAVE THEIR KID'S LIFE SO THAT WE GOT TO DO ALL THREE.
AND IF WE'VE GOT MONEY TO HAVE PUT SOMEBODY IN A HOTEL SO ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER COULD HELP HIM. GET OUT OF THE SITUATION.
BECAUSE. OF FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING TO THE HOUSE.
A POLICE OFFICER RESPONDED TO THAT.
THAT SITUATION IS COSTING US MONEY.
AND THAT'S WHERE MY MINDSET AND I AGREE WITH YOU, MAN, THE MENTAL HEALTH.
BUT WE GOT TO THINK OF A SITUATION WHERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WHEN I THINK OF EMERGENCY SYSTEM HOUSING I THINK OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
OKAY. AND SO WE GOT TO DO ALL THREE AND AND WE GOT TO WE GOT ONE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS MONEY IS NOT COMING BACK, I DON'T THINK.
IN MY LIFETIME I HOPE IT WILL COME BACK.
I THINK WE GOT ONE SHOT AT THIS.
WE GOT TO GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
LEADERSHIP AND THINKING DOWN THE ROAD.
SO. MY MY ONLY CONCERN IS THE SUSTAINABLE.
THAT'S THAT'S MY CONCERN IS CAN WE CONTINUE THIS TO GO BEYOND.
THE CITY CANNOT DO THIS ALONE.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY.
SO. SO I'M FOR DOING ALL THREE TIERS.
IF YOU GO COUNCILMAN FOSTER IF YOU GO TO PAGE TEN.
YOU. YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS PROPOSED, RIGHT? THAT'S JUST LIKE.
AND I THINK IN ORDER TO DO ALL THREE, THEN.
RIGHT. THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU AS WELL.
WE ALREADY ALLOCATED $2 MILLION, RIGHT, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS TO GET IT STARTED.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT, I THINK.
I THINK WE MAY BE WE MAY WANT TO COMPLICATE THINGS.
BUT I THINK WHAT'S PROPOSED IS MAY BE EASIER TO NAVIGATE AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILMAN. FILIBERTO, I LIKE FOR YOU TO TO WEIGH IN NOW.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT HASN'T WEIGHED.
YES, SIR. AGAIN, I'M STILL DIGESTING THIS.
WE ORIGINALLY A COUNCIL ORIGINALLY APPROVED SOME OF THIS STUFF BEFORE I WAS HERE.
SO. SO I AM I'M COMING UP ON BOARD.
I MEAN, LIKE, JUST JUST BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T SEE THAT AS A AS A NEED HERE.
I MEAN, I, I WOULD HAVE DONE LIKE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE HAVE YOU.
BUT WE ALREADY, WE ALREADY ALLOCATED $2 MILLION TOWARDS BUILDING E HAS ALREADY BEEN EARMARKED.
SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I'M WILLING TO STICK TO WHATEVER STAFF THAT'S THAT TIER TWO AND THAT'S WHAT THE STAFF PROPOSAL TO FOLLOWING FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE OUR STAMPS ARE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOCATE 2 MILLION TO THE CITYWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM, DEPENDING
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ON U.S.TREASURY OPINION ON GENERAL ELIGIBILITY.
5.5 MILLION $269,391.02 TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING E.
ADDRESSING TIERS ONE, TWO AND THREE.
AND THE REASON WHY I DID IT THIS WAY, MAYOR.
ONE LIKE WE HEARD FROM OUR I.T.
IF IT'S NOT, THEN THE 2 MILLION CAN GO TO SOMETHING ELSE.
WE'RE ADDRESSING THE REVENUE LOSS FOR BUILDING E 50,000 FOR ENHANCED CLEANING AND FOR HOMELESSNESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS WHAT WE SEE HERE IN AMERICA, PALM BAY ALL OVER IS AN ISSUE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WE, LIKE WE SAID, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACT ON IT.
AND WHY NOT? LET'S LET'S LET'S STEP OUT ON FAITH AND LET'S DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO HOLD BACK SOME OF THE FUNDS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS IS WHAT IT'S REALLY BEEN MEANT FOR, IT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
SO THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION THE WAY I MADE IT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE TREASURY MAY SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T USE THE ON CITYWIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
THEN WE COME BACK HERE FOR THOSE 2 MILLION.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A PROACTIVE APPROACH ON ADDRESSING THIS.
SO THAT'S ALL. COUNCILMAN FELIX, YOU WANTED TO WEIGH IN.
DEPUTY MAYOR. I DON'T THINK I CAN ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
I THINK IT'S IT'S EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AGAIN. YOU KNOW, WE ALL WOULD AGREE THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.
THEY WERE STARTING AT 1 MILLION FOR FOUR FOR SERVICES.
AND I WENT TO TWO AND I WANTED MORE BECAUSE THIS IS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS IS A NATIONAL CRISIS.
IT'S NOT JUST THE QUESTION OF HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING, IT'S A NATIONAL CRISIS.
AND WE ARE WE'LL NEVER RESOLVE IT.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
FIRE STATION IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
AS ARE THE MEANS AND OTHER WAYS TO FUND THAT BUILDING E.
LET'S LET'S REALLY TAKE CARE OF WHAT'S AT AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
ALL THE OTHER SERVICES CAN COME.
LET'S TAKE CARE OF IT ONCE AND FOR ALL.
WELL, THE MOTION IS TO INCLUDE BUILDING E AND AND I THINK WITH THE WAY THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING NOW, THE THE PRICES, THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
SO I THINK A COMMITMENT TOWARDS THAT END GOES A LONG WAY IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF OF BUILDING THAT WAY THEY COULD START WORKING ON THOSE THOSE ISSUES TO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT, IF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM IS ACCEPTED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, THEN WE MOVE FORWARD.
OTHERWISE IT'S COMING BACK TO THIS COUNCIL OR DIFFERENT ALLOCATION.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S IN THE IN THE MOTION.
ANYONE ELSE WAS THE WEIGH IN? COUNCILMAN, FOSTER AND COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
YOUR MOTION INCLUDE ALL ALL THREE TIERS, RIGHT? OKAY, THAT'S ALL. WHEN FILIBERTO DOES SO.
THIS IS ALSO REMOVING THE THREE REMAINING 3.03 MILLION, GOING TO SUPPORT ALL THREE TIERS.
IT'LL LEAVE A BALANCE IS ZERO ZERO.
DEPUTY MAYOR. I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT.
I CAN SUPPORT THE FIRST THREE BULLETS HERE.
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I CAN'T SUPPORT THE 3.03 MILLION.I'M SORRY. I THINK JONAH'S MENTIONING WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO TAKE CARE OF ON THE.
THE AGENDA ITEM HERE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL IS AWARE OR THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION NECESSARY FOR THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT THIS OUT AS A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS SO EVERYONE KNOWS AND WE'LL PUT IT OUT FOR THE FULL AMOUNT AND WE WILL INCLUDE A SCOPE THAT IS ESSENTIALLY ALL THREE TIERS AND THE APPLICATIONS WILL COME BACK.
SO THIS IS FEDERAL FUNDING WILL TREAT IT VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE HAVE.
CDBG SO WE'LL DO THIS AS AN A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS.
ESSENTIALLY, IT'S A CALL FOR APPLICATIONS.
NOW AS PART OF THAT, I'M GLAD YOU BRING THAT UP.
SO HOW MUCH OF THAT IS GOING TO GO TO TIER TWO AND THEN SPLIT UP? IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THE MOTION? ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE TYPICALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS PUT IT OUT AND ASK THEM TO SEND TO US WHAT THEY WOULD PROPOSE THE USE BE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS IS OUR LAST ITEM.
AND NATALIE SHAPER, OUR ENGINEER FROM PUBLIC WORKS, HAS PATIENTLY WAITED FOR THIS ITEM.
I APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS OUR SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTING THE BUILD HEIGHT OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ON SCATTERED LOTS IN THE CITY.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF FACTORS, BUT.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO CONVEY TO YOU THAT THE CITY HAS VERY LITTLE CONTROL, ACTUALLY, OVER THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATIONS OF SCATTERED LOT HOMES.
AND THE PRESENTATION WILL GO THROUGH AN OVERVIEW OF THE REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION, WHICH IS PART OF THE SEPTIC SYSTEM OR ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT DISPOSAL SYSTEM, AS IT'S OFFICIALLY CALLED.
HOW THE REGULATION IS WORKED INTO THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE JURISDICTION AND WHAT WE HERE AT THE CITY AND ENGINEERING HAS TRIED TO DO TO SORT OF CAP THAT FINISH FLOOR ELEVATION WHEN WHEN WE FOOLISHLY FELT THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT QUITE AS WE HAD PLANNED.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH QUICKLY THE AGENCIES HAVING JURISDICTION.
SO IN 2021, THE FDP BECAME RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE FLORIDA STATUTES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING SEPTIC SYSTEM DESIGN.
PRIOR TO 2021, IT WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
AND ALSO IN 2020, PRIOR TO THE DPI BECOMING RESPONSIBLE, THE FLORIDA'S CLEAN WATERWAYS ACT WAS PROMULGATED BY AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR DESANTIS.
AND IN OUR CASE, OF COURSE, IT'S BREVARD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO WE HAVE DEP WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND THE CLEAN WATERWAYS ACT HAS BROUGHT ABOUT THE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 60 2-6, FHC.
AND WHICH IS PART OF THE PERMITTING REGULATION PROCESS.
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AND. 62.6.06. PART TWO PARENTAL TO WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY CHAPTER 64.
SO IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, OUR WATER TABLE IS VERY HIGH.
WHAT YOU SEE ARE A LOT OF WET PONDS, WHICH IS DIFFERENT IN MAYBE THE CENTER OF THE STATE WHERE THERE WILL BE MORE DRY PONDS BECAUSE THE WATER TABLE IS A LOT LOWER IN THE CENTER OF THE STATE.
SO WE HAVE A WET SEASON WATER TABLE THAT'S TYPICALLY 1 TO 2 FEET BELOW NATURAL GRADE.
SO PER THAT THAT RULE THAT I JUST MENTIONED, 62 60064 AND TO THE BOTTOM OF A SEPTIC DRAIN FIELD COULD BE AT OR ONE FOOT ABOVE NATURAL GRADE.
THIS. HERE IS A SAMPLE SEPTIC PERMIT AND.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE SLIDES IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T SEE THAT.
BUT THERE'S A LITTLE GREEN CHECKMARK AND A HIGHLIGHTED PORTION THERE, AND THAT PART OF THE PERMIT IS THE BOTTOM OF THE DRAIN FIELD.
AND THE BOTTOM OF THE DRAIN FIELD IS 25 INCHES ABOVE A CERTAIN REFERENCE POINT.
AND THE REFERENCE POINT IS A BENCHMARK ON THE ROADWAY.
AND HOW THAT'S CALCULATED IS THE THE REFERENCE POINT IS THE POINT ON THE ROADWAY.
IT'S, UH, WHAT'S CALLED A FIXED REFERENCE POINT.
OOPS. THAT'S PROBABLY NOT WHERE I WANT TO GO QUITE YET.
ACTUALLY, THIS THIS WILL PROBABLY HELP OUT THIS DIAGRAM HERE.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT FIXED REFERENCE POINT ON THE SEPTIC PERMIT, THE NEXT STEP THAT YOU GO TO, THE NEXT BIT OF MATH THAT YOU GO TO IS HOW HIGH ABOVE THAT REFERENCE POINT IS NATURAL GRADE.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES NATURAL GRADE IS IS RIGHT AT THAT REFERENCE POINT.
SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, A FOOT OR TWO ABOVE.
SO ONCE YOU DETERMINE YOUR NATURAL GRADE AND YOU ALSO KNOW FROM YOUR SEPTIC PERMIT WHERE THE SEASONAL LOW WHERE THEY THINK YOU.
SO YOU'RE NOW AT THE WET SEASON WATER TABLE AND NOW YOU'RE THE BOTTOM OF A SEPTIC DRAIN.
FIELD HAS TO BE TWO FEET ABOVE THAT, WHICH NOW BRINGS IT TO ONE FOOT, ONE INCH, BASICALLY ABOVE NATURAL GRADE. SO THE BOTTOM OF A SEPTIC DRAIN FIELD ALMOST TYPICALLY IN PALM BAY IS A ONE FOOT OR MORE ABOVE NATURAL GRADE.
AND THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE RULE THAT PROTECTS GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A SEPARATION OF TWO FEET BETWEEN THE WET SEASON TABLE.
AND THE BOTTOM OF THE DRAIN FIELD.
SO NOW WE HAVE THE BOTTOM OF THE DRAIN FIELD.
WHICH IN THIS LITTLE DIAGRAM AND THE SKETCH THAT THAT BOTH RECTANGLES REPRESENT DRAIN FIELDS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE HEIGHT OF A DRAIN FIELD IS TYPICALLY ONE FOOT, SO THE DRAIN FIELD IS NOW ONE FOOT ABOVE NATURAL GRADE.
THE HEIGHT OF THE DRAIN FIELD IS NOW ONE FOOT MORE.
SO NOW WE'RE AT TWO FEET ABOVE NATURAL GRADE.
WE ADD HALF A FOOT OF COVER BECAUSE THAT'S TYPICAL.
SO WE'RE NOW TWO AND ONE HALF FEET ABOVE NATURAL GRADE, AND THAT'S THE TOP OF YOUR SEPTIC FIELD.
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NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED PLUMBER'S FALL AND THAT'S TYPICALLY 20 INCHES.SO NOW WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 1.67 OR 1.7 FEET ABOVE.
SO WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP, A NEW HOME FINISHED FLOOR COULD EASILY BE TYPICALLY BE 4.17 TO 5.17 FEET ABOVE NATURAL GRADE OAK.
SO. THAT'S WHEN THINGS ARE DONE, RIGHT.
TYPICALLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HIGH HOMES IN FLORIDA.
WHEN WE GET COMPLAINTS IS WHEN WELL, HOW COME THAT HOUSE IS SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THE HOUSE RIGHT NEXT DOOR? SO THE PROBLEM THERE COMES IN WITH NOT JUST THE REGULATORY THAT THAT GOVERNS WHERE THE FINISHED WELL THE GOVERNANCE WHERE THE DRAIN FIELD IS GOING TO BE AND WHERE THE FINISHED FLOOR IS GOING TO BE.
AND AT EACH POINT ALONG THE WAY, THEY MAY NEVER SPEAK TO EACH OTHER.
AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE SAME PLAN TO, TO DESIGN A DRAIN FIELD TO BE PERMITTED BY THE THE BREVARD COUNTY DRAINAGE AND.
HONESTLY, THEY SELDOM SPEAK TO EACH OTHER.
ERRORS INTRODUCED WITH THE REFERENCE POINTS OR BENCHMARKS THAT I SPOKE OF.
IF TWO HOMES ARE USING VERY DIFFERENT BENCHMARKS.
I'VE SEEN EXAMPLES WHERE THEY'RE A FOOT APART.
THE ONE WITH A HIGHER BENCHMARK IS MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO END UP THE HIGHER HOUSE AND THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND THAT'S WHEN WE RUN INTO PROBLEMS. ADD TO THAT, WE HAVE THESE LITTLE DATA MISUSE.
WELL, IN 1929, THERE WAS INDEED THE NATIONAL GEODETIC VERTICAL DATUM, AND THAT WAS THE RULING DATUM WHEN GDC, OUR WONDERFUL GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPS THAT DESIGNED THE CITY OF PALM BAY CAME ABOUT.
AND FOR YEARS THE CITY HAS USED A GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPS 1960S PLANS BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY DID DESIGN THE ENTIRE CITY AND THEY DESIGNED IT IN THAT DATUM.
THE STANDARD USED TODAY IS NO LONGER AND GVHD.
29 NOW IT'S A NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM 1988.
AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AVERAGES AT ABOUT 1.4 FEET IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
HUMANS. THE ENGINEER, THE SURVEYOR, THE SEPTIC SYSTEM INSTALLER ARE THE CONTRACTOR.
BUILDER GETS THEIR DAYTIMES MIXED UP.
WE COULD HAVE 1.4 FEET COMPOUNDED ONE WAY.
WE COULD HAVE IT GO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND IT AND YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW OFTEN IT HAPPENS.
I MEAN, I SEE IT NOT JUST IN THIS REALM BUT IN THE REALM OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND YOU KNOW, THESE ARE HIGH TICKET PROJECTS WHERE DATA BECOMES REALLY IMPORTANT AND REALLY CAN TOTALLY MESS A PROJECT UP IN TERMS OF ELEVATION.
SO IF THE WRONG DATUM IS ASSUMED BY EITHER THE ENGINEER OR THE SURVEYOR OR CONSTRUCTED BY EITHER CONTRACTOR, THE ERROR WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1.4 FEET.
THE ERROR WAS MADE BY ONLY ONE OF THOSE CONTRIBUTORS.
I RECENTLY CAME ACROSS, I, I HAVEN'T BEEN REVIEWING THESE FOR VERY LONG, SO I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FULL RANGE OF WHAT COULD GO WRONG.
AND IT APPEARS THAT IF IT CAN GO WRONG, IT WILL.
ONE HOME ON THEIR SEPTIC PERMIT.
THEIR NATURAL THE NATURAL GROUND WAS 18 INCHES ABOVE THE REFERENCE POINT.
SO A FOOT AND A HALF ABOVE THE REFERENCE POINT.
AND THEIR REFERENCE POINT, I BELIEVE WAS LIKE 24 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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AND MAYBE TWO DOORS DOWN SOMEHOW ON THE ON THE PERMIT, THAT HOME WAS ONLY ONE INCH ABOVE THE REFERENCE POINT.UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.
THESE WERE TWO SEPARATE PERMITS THAT WERE REVIEWED BY TWO SEPARATE REVIEWERS IN THE COUNTY D.A., WHICH THEY DIDN'T YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF ONE PERSON WAS ASSIGNED TO AN AREA AND MORE FAMILIAR, THAT KIND OF THING, THEY COULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT KIND OF ERROR, BUT THEY DIDN'T.
SO NOW WE HAVE YET ANOTHER HUMAN FACTOR.
NOW WE HAVE A REVIEWER WHO DOESN'T CATCH ERRORS.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT OUR STAFF IS OR IS PERFECT.
BUT I'M SURE THAT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN THEY MAKE ERRORS AS WELL.
SO THERE ARE JUST SO MANY PLACES TO MAKE THESE ELEVATION ERRORS.
ADD TO A FLORIDA STATUTE THAT IS IS AIMED AT PROTECTING GROUNDWATER RESOURCES.
AND WE HAVE NATURALLY HIGH HOMES, CASTLES ON THE HILL AND THEN SOME THAT JUST LOOK WAY OUT OF WHACK BECAUSE SOMEBODY MADE A MISTAKE.
SO YOU MIGHT ASK, YOU KNOW, SO CAN WE, THE CITY, REGULATE THE FINISHED FLOOR? AND AS I SAID, WE WE HAVE TRIED.
WE SAID, OKAY, WELL, IF THIS IS THE ISSUE WITH SEPTIC PERMITS, THEN CLEARLY IF THERE'S MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER AVAILABLE, THEN WE CAN CAP THAT FINISH FLOOR ELEVATION.
WE WERE FOOLISHLY OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE WHERE THERE'S MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER TODAY THERE WAS ONCE SEPTIC, SO THEIR HOUSES BUILT ON A HILL AND A NEW HOUSE COMING IN THAT'S CAPPED TWO FEET ABOVE THE CROWN OF ROAD.
TO THREE FEET BELOW THE EXISTING HOUSE, WHICH IS AGAIN AGAINST A CITY ORDINANCE.
SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN THE CITY BECAUSE AT SOME POINT EVERY HOUSE WAS ON SEPTIC AND AN EVERY FINISH FLOOR ELEVATION WAS BASED ON A VERY HIGH WATER TABLE AND A SEPARATION FROM THAT VERY HIGH WATER TABLE.
SO WHAT CAN WE SUGGEST? AND WE HAVE WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE THE GREATEST CONTROL OVER.
WE COULD GET INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
ACTUALLY, THE DATUM IS ABOUT TO CHANGE AGAIN, FROM WHAT I HEAR.
BUT BUT WE COULD USE THE DATUM THAT EVERYBODY'S USING SO THAT WE AT LEAST ELIMINATE THAT ERROR AND SWITCH TO NAV 88. THERE ARE SOME DRAWBACKS TO THAT BECAUSE AS I SAID, OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED BY GDC AND IT'S AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AND WE'D HAVE TO GET THE ENTIRE THING CONVERTED AND THAT'LL TAKE SOME DOING AND SOME MANPOWER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE SUFFICIENT SURVEY AND REVIEW STAFF TO CATCH SURVEY AND ENGINEERING ERRORS, BUT THAT'S ONLY ON OUR END. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE SORT OF FORENSICS ON SOME OF THESE AFTER THE FACT WHEN TWO HOMES, YOU KNOW, ARE BUILT LIKE THAT.
BUT BY BY THE TIME THE HOME IS BUILT, IT'S TOO LATE.
BUT IF IT'S IF THE BUILDERS WORK WORKING IN A DIFFERENT DATUM, WELL, HE'S BUILDING AND WE'RE NOT THERE SO THAT THAT ERROR IS JUST GOING TO GOING TO HAPPEN WITH NOBODY THERE.
SO WE COULD HAVE STAFF TO SORT OF MONITOR A BIT IN THE FIELD.
IF THAT WERE AT ALL POSSIBLE, THEN REGARDING THE SEPTIC SYSTEM REGULATION, WE COULD ENFORCE HOOKUP WHERE SANITARY SEWER IS AVAILABLE.
BUT AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WILL STILL RUN INTO WHERE THERE IS SEWER AVAILABLE.
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THERE WERE HOMES BUILT ON SEPTIC.BUT IT IS STILL A POSSIBILITY.
AND THEN THERE ARE GRANDS SORREL.
SAVE OUR INDIAN RIVER LAGOON OFFERS GRANT FUNDING FOR SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSION.
WE COULD LOOK AT THAT AND SEE.
AND AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE THAT THAT PROBLEM.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO STEP SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN USED SUCCESSFULLY IN OTHER COUNTIES.
AND THEY ARE A LESS EXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE TO HOOKING UP TO TO EXISTING SEWER. THAT IS ALL I HAD TO PRESENT AT 11:00 TONIGHT.
AND I HOPE YOU'RE STILL AWAKE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
WHEN WHEN IS THE NEW DATA OUT OR DID YOU SAY IT'S ALREADY UP? I UNDERSTAND FROM MY SURVEYING COLLEAGUES THAT THERE IS A NEW DATUM COMING, BUT THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE AN EXPECTED DATE.
HONESTLY, I THINK IF WE SWITCH TO NAV 88, WE'D BE PRETTY SAFE FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY UP TO FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE IT JUST IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO MAKE THAT KIND OF CHANGE AND FOR IT TO BE TO BECOME A STANDARD.
SO. BUT THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST ME THINKING AND BASED ON, LIKE I SAID, MY MY SURVEYING COLLEAGUES.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN WOULD IT WOULD IT HELP, AS YOU MENTIONED, BEING ONE OF THE POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO JUST CONVERT TO ONE SYSTEM INSTEAD OF HAVING USING TWO? I COULDN'T IMAGINE WE'RE STILL USING, YOU KNOW, GDC.
YEAH. ANYTHING ALL RIGHT? YEAH, IT WILL ELIMINATE.
I THINK WE. IF THAT WOULD HELP SOMEWHAT.
I MEAN, WE SHOULD CONSIDER DOING THAT NOW.
YOU KNOW, TO THAT END, SHE SAID IT WOULD BE A MONUMENTAL TASK, IS WHAT I HEARD.
IS THAT. WELL, MONUMENTAL WITH CURRENT STAFFING.
YES. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD OUTSIDE HELP, WHAT IT WOULD WHAT IT WOULD ENTAIL IS HAVING OUR OUR CURRENT PLANS, WHICH ARE PDFS, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS OUR PLANS ARE IN AUTOCAD, OUR REVIEWERS AND DRIVEWAY AND DRAINAGE.
ONE OF THEM IS IS CAD SAVVY AND SHE'S UPDATING THE OUR CAD AS AS THE PERMITS ARE ISSUED SO THAT CAD FILE THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY WOULD NEED TO BE CONVERTED.
UM, IT'S, IT'S FOR, FOR A COMPANY OR CONSULTANT THAT HAS THE RESOURCES, IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE A HUGE TASK FOR US THAT THE CITY. IT WOULD BE.
SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN OPTION AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD ONE.
BUT WHAT PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, THOUGH, COUNCILMAN FELIX, IS TO DO THAT SURVEY STAFF TO MONITOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE FIELD ON A WEEKLY BASIS? YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE TAXING AS WELL.
RIGHT. YEAH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS WHOLE RECOMMENDATION IS A SOLUTION.
AND TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, WE'RE REALLY GOT TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT, BECAUSE IF THIS IS THE BEST SOLUTION THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN CONTROL AS AS A CITY, THEN I, I GO WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS.
COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, SIR? I'M IN AGREEANCE WITH THE COUNCILMAN FELIX HERE.
AND YOU, MR. MAYOR, I DID WANT TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE DATUM.
SO IF A HOUSE WAS BUILT USING A.
29 AND HOUSE RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS BUILT USING ENVY NAVEED 88.
IS THERE GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION THERE? NO. NO.
ALL RIGHT. THE ISSUE IS, WHEN ON ON THE SAME DESIGN TEAM, THERE IS A SURVEYOR WHO MAY BE USING END GVHD 29 AND MAY NEGLECT TO PUT THAT ON HIS PLAN.
AND THERE'S A DESIGN ENGINEER WHO IS USING NAV 88 AND NOT SEEING ENGAGED
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29 ON THE SURVEYOR'S PLAN MAKES AN ASSUMPTION AN INCORRECT ONE.SO HE THINKS THE SITE IS 1.4 FEET HIGHER BECAUSE NGV 29 IS A HIGHER DATUM.
GOTCHA. SO THEY'RE BASICALLY USING TWO DIFFERENT MAPS.
SO YOU END UP SO THEY'RE ON THE SAME TEAM BUILDING, THE SAME HOUSE, BUT THEY'RE NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER VERY WELL AND MAYBE NOT DOCUMENTING THEIR STUFF VERY WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A RUSH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALSO THIS ENFORCED HOOKUP WHERE SANITARY SEWERS AVAILABLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD SUPPORT THAT FOR TWO SEWER CONVERSIONS, BUT I KIND OF ASSUME THAT COUNCIL ENCOURAGES THAT TO BEGIN WITH WITH ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT, EVEN IF IT'S A NEW, NEW HOUSE. SO, I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF ALREADY DOING THAT, BUT I'M OKAY WITH ALL THIS HERE.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR RESEARCH.
I KNOW THIS TOOK A LOT OF TIME.
YOU'RE WELCOME. WELL, IT WAS MY PLEASURE.
IT MIGHT. YOU SPEAK TO THE STEP SYSTEM? VERY QUICKLY, VERY BRIEFLY.
DEFINITELY NOT AN EXPERT ON THAT.
IT'S A LITTLE WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE OF AN EXPERT ON THAT, RIGHT? PROBABLY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE STEP SYSTEM IS BASICALLY A SMALL PUMP THAT'S USED AS A PRIVATE LIFT STATION AND IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE THAN ACTUAL HOOK UP TO TO THE SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND COSTS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TEN AND $12,000. A STEP SYSTEM IS LESS EXPENSIVE.
SO I CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE, BUT I KNOW IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE.
MM HMM. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN FOSTER, ANYTHING WE SAID.
SO, MADAM SHERMAN, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR.
BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
QUESTIONS WERE ACTUALLY ANSWERED BECAUSE I SEE IT JUST LIKE YOU SEE IT.
THE DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION FROM HOUSE SIDE BY SIDE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM? AND IF THAT'S WHAT BASICALLY IT SOUNDS TO ME MORE LIKE, IT'S JUST HUMAN HUMAN DECISION MAKING THAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM.
THAT'S IT WOULD HAVE MADE SENSE.
IT WAS DETERMINED YOU DID A PROTOCOL.
YOU SAW WHERE THE WATER TABLE WAS, WHICH IT CONSIDERED DRY SEASON, WET SEASON.
AND NOW IT ELEVATED TO HOW MUCH YOU HAD TO BRING IN TO RAISE THE SAME CALCULATIONS.
BUT NOW IT'S ONE CROWN OF THE ROAD OR FROM FROM A BENCHMARK DATUM.
AND THEN FROM THERE IS. THERE'S NO CONSISTENT.
SET A PLAN THAT WOULD MAKE IT WORK.
AND NOW, LIKE THE REASON I PUT THIS ACTION IN IT WAS, WELL, WHAT ACTION WAS THE CITY GOING TO DO? BUT I CAN'T SEE ANY ACTION THAT THE CITY CAN DO IN FIGHTING THIS, TO BE HONEST.
THE ONLY THING I COULD SEE IS IF HOPEFULLY OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS, WHEN THEY SEE THAT THE ELEVATION IS GETTING HIGHER, THEY START QUESTIONING IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, IF THEY COULD SEE SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING, JUST LOOKED RIDICULOUSLY OUT OF PROPORTION COMPARED TO EVERYBODY ELSE AND THEY COULD QUESTION IT.
WHAT WAS ELEVATED ABOVE GREAT FLOOD PLAIN IS NOW BELOW FLOOD PLAIN.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT 90% OF IT'S GOING TO CLEAR UNTIL THE WATER IS GONE.
OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY CITY ACTION THAT YOU CAN TAKE.
MY QUESTION IS, DO WE GO TO THE THE UPDATED DATUM? WE GO WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND IF IF COUNCIL IS AGREEABLE TO THAT, WE CAN JUST TAKE CONSENSUS.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND LOOK AT THE COSTS OF DOING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DON'T KNOW YET.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE CAN CONTROL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
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BUT TO NATALIE'S POINT, WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE INTERNAL CAPACITY BECAUSE WE'RE THROWING ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES AT PROCESSING THE PERMITS RIGHT NOW AND ALL THE WORK.RIGHT, THAT TO MONITOR ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
AND WE YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CERTAINLY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HAVE STAFF IN THE FIELD.
WEEKLY MONITORING CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE A TEAM OF SURVEY NOT I'M SORRY SURVEYORS INSPECTORS.
BUT THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO IS TREMENDOUS ALREADY.
MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY. AND THE SAME.
1/2. AND THE SAME WITH THE NEW DATA.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, BUT THERE WOULD BE AN EXPENSE.
I EXPECT THERE TO BE AN EXPENSE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE INTERNAL STAFF TIME.
SO I'D HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY ON THE OUTSIDE TO DO THAT.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT COST.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE SURVEYING PART, I MEAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE BUILDING STAFF WE'RE HAVING, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME STAFF OUT THERE THAT ARE TECHNICALLY SURVEYING ALL PALM BAY AND THAT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT.
SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON THIS, BUT IF THEY SEE SOMETHING FUNNY, THEY CAN REPORT THE BUILDING OR THEY CAN REPORT TO US OR THEY CAN REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE THERE.
AND IT GOES WITH THE COUNCILMAN HERE, TOO.
I MEAN, I'M DRIVING AROUND AND I'M LOOKING AROUND.
I REPORTED IT, YOU KNOW, I BRING IT HERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO ADD THOSE NOTES, SIR.
SO I THINK IF WE COULD JUST LOOK AT THAT DATUM.
YOU KNOW, TO WORK IN THAT EFFORT.
UNDERSTANDING THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, A MONUMENTAL TASK FINANCIALLY.
WE COULD SEND THAT TO HIM, BUTCH DURANT, SO THAT HE KNOWS WE'RE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AND MAYBE AN OVERVIEW OF OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED AND WHAT THE ISSUES IS AND THE LACK OF CONTROL THAT WE DO HAVE.
WELL, SEEING THAT WELL, YOU HAVE A CONSENSUS.
SO I'LL WE'LL GO RIGHT ON TO COUNCIL REPORTS AND I'LL START WITH MR. FILIBERTO. THANK YOU, MR.
[COUNCIL REPORTS]
MAYOR. JUST, JUST WANT TO REPORT ON THE ROAD BOND PROGRAM.FLORIDA AVENUE IS COMPLETE, DRISCOLL HEIGHTS COMPLETE.
FAIRVIEW IS WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW.
I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE ACCOLADES TO THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER BY THE NAME OF MISS JANET.
AS MOST OF YOU GUYS KNOW, THERE WAS A SCHOOL BUS FIRE IN PALM BAY HERE.
JANICE MALONE THAT NO REPORTS, SIR.
SO COUNCILMAN FELIX, I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD RECOGNIZE MISS JANICE WRIGHT, THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER, MAYBE SEND, WHAT DO YOU THINK, A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO THANK HER FOR HER SERVICES.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP, COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
THANK YOU, SIR. AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
ABSOLUTELY. IS THAT GOOD WITH COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT. OUTSTANDING MAN.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
I'LL BE THAT, SIR. COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
THE CITY MANAGER LOOKING INTO.
HAVING A SURVEY OR A DONE FOR SOLAR.
SOLAR ENERGY FOR THE CITY BUILDINGS ON THIS CAMPUS I RECENTLY PURCHASED.
LOOKED AT MY BILL FROM AUGUST TO THIS PRESENT MOMENT, AND I DONATED $1,400 TO THE PAL FOR THIS LAST MONTH.
MY ENERGY BILL WENT FROM 170 TO $172.
AND I GAVE BACK TO THE GRID 121 KILOWATTS AND CREDIT.
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AND I SAY, YOU KNOW, SO NEXT MONTH MY FP BILL SHOULD BE ZERO BECAUSE I PRODUCE OVER 415 KILOWATTS LAST MONTH AND I'M PROBABLY PROJECTED TO DO MORE.SO WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, I SEE THAT SUN.
I'M THANKING GOD FOR SAVING ME MONEY EVERY DAY.
SO AND I THINK HE COULD SAVE THE CITY OF PALM BAY SOME MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE PAY FOR ELECTRIC BILL.
I KNOW WE. WE JUST WENT UP TONIGHT IN THIS BUILDING.
BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A COST, I DON'T THINK IT'S A CAUSE.
IF WE COULD IF THE CITY PROCUREMENT COULD FIND SOME SOLAR PANEL SOLAR COMPANIES JUST TO GIVE US WHAT WOULD IT COST? WOULD WE SAVE MONEY IF WE GET A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT? I THINK THEY WOULD DO THAT FOR FREE.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A COST ANALYSIS.
YEAH, I'M I'M I'M GO WITH THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SEE BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
WE MIGHT THAT MIGHT BE AN ITEM THAT WE WANT TO SPEND IT ON.
DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO COST TO GET THEM PANELS.
I'M NOT SAYING SPEND THE MONEY NOW.
I'M SAYING HAVE A COST ANALYSIS AND THEN MAYBE WE COULD DECIDE IN THE FUTURE, DO WE WANT TO GO THAT WAY OR NOT? SO I THINK YOU HAVE CONSENSUS.
TO THAT END, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE WERE UP IN TALLAHASSEE THAT HAD PASSED.
NOW, DID THE GOVERNOR VETO THAT? SO THE GOVERNOR DID THE RIGHT THING? YES, SIR. OKAY.
YOU'RE HERE FOR ME. I'M PROMOTING RON DESANTIS.
I'LL BE THAT, SIR. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORTS, MR. FOSTER? YES, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
SO YOU HAVE ANOTHER MONTH TO APPLY SUBMIT.
DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY.
ASIDE FROM THAT, WE'RE SEEING THAT MR. ELON MUSK IS TRYING TO MOVE TWITTER HEADQUARTERS OVER TO THIS AREA.
SO WHY NOT STAY? WHY NOT BE IN BREVARD COUNTY? WE'LL ROLL OUT THE WELCOME MAT AND GET YOU HERE.
LASTLY, WE SAW A PRIME EXAMPLE TODAY OF WHY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION MEETINGS ARE IMPORTANT AND THE CITY OF TITUSVILLE HAS IT IN THEIR ORDINANCE, WHERE WITH US WE ONLY HAVE IT FOR THREE THINGS.
BUT CITY OF TITUSVILLE HAS IT WHERE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION MEETINGS ARE REQUIRED FOR EVERY APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OR LAND USE CHANGE, REZONING, MASTERPLAN OR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
YOU GOT? YOU HAVE? YEAH, I'M AS WELL.
YEAH, WE. YOU GOT A UNANIMOUS CONSENSUS BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE PART OF IT.
THAT'S IT. SO, SO, FIRST OF ALL, ON THE MY REPORTS, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CITY OWNED PROPERTY THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO BOMBARDIER.
RIGHT. I WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE THAT IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SEND HIM A LETTER, OPEN UP THAT DIALOG.
LET THEM KNOW, HEY, WE'VE GOT 33 ACRES OUT HERE AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS WHAT'S NEIGHBORING IT, RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME, NOT JUST ELON MUSK, BUT JEFF BEZOS.
I THINK HE DOES A GREAT JOB UP THERE AS WELL.
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SO I WANTED TO GET CONSENSUS REGARDING THAT.WE GO WITH THAT, MADAM JONI? YOU KNOW, I SPOKE WITH OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I HEAR OF THE $44 BILLION, ALL I COULD USE IS ONE. AND WE'D REDO THAT OLD REDO THAT WHOLE COMPOUND.
RIGHT. SO, ANYWAY, THOSE WERE MY THOUGHTS, GENTLEMEN.
YEAH. AND GET FINISHED THE PARKWAY AND.
BUT YES, SIR. SO THANKS, COUNSEL, FOR THAT.
AND THEN I KNOW THAT AND I THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO, BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT UP THE PROJECTS OF THE GO GO ROADS AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED BEFORE THEY COME IN BACK FOR A PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK 45 DAYS IS WHAT WE'VE SAID.
AND SO PART OF THAT IS I WANT TO KEEP THAT TRANSPARENCY, I WANT TO KEEP THAT FLOWING.
SO IF WE COULD GET THAT PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AGAIN AND AND MAKE THAT A CONSISTENT REPORT, NOT ONLY FOR COUNCIL BUT FOR OUR CITIZENS. SO YEAH.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, MA'AM.
IF, IF THAT CAN CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
I CLARIFY, SIR, YOU WANT YOU WANT A PRESENTATION EVERY 45 DAYS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, 45, 45 DAYS OR SO OR, YOU KNOW, 60 DAYS, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD JUST CONTINUALLY MONITOR AND SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC.
SO I COULD GIVE YOU SORT OF A STANDING CONTENT ITEM THAT JUST GIVES YOU INFORMATION.
YOU WOULDN'T BE VOTING ON ANYTHING BUT JUST TELLS YOU IT'S A LITTLE REPORT IN THERE.
THAT'S. I'M GOOD WITH THAT AS LONG AS WE WE COULD GIVE IT TO THE COMMUNITY.
YEAH, RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S I THINK WE NEED TO TO KEEP YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC TRUST.
WE SAID WE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM INFORMED.
AND SO I WANT TO I WANT TO KEEP BUILDING ON THAT.
SO PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU FREQUENCY YOU'D LIKE.
YES, MA'AM. THAT BE OKAY WITH THAT MAYOR ONCE A QUARTER, YOU KNOW, ONCE A QUARTER MAY BE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW.
FURTHER OUT. CAN WE JUST DO ONCE EVERY TWO MONTHS AND THEN ONCE EVERY 60 DAYS? AND THEN IF IT'S IF IT'S GETTING REDUNDANT, THEN WE COULD GO TO ONE ONCE A QUARTER.
WELL, WE'LL PUT THE FIRST ONE IN FOR THE.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ENTERTAINING THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S PART OF, YOU KNOW, RESTORING THE PUBLIC TRUST OR HAVING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, HEY, WE'RE REALLY BEING TRANSPARENT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I'VE NOTICED IS FOLKS WILL SEND ME EMAILS REGARDING THE ROAD BOND PROGRAM AND I HAVE TO REFER THEM TO THE WEBSITE.
BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S CONTINUALLY UPDATED IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
AND I THOUGHT I HAD SHARED THAT BEFORE, BUT THAT THAT ENDS MY REPORT.
I THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAVE ONE ITEM THAT HAS A COUPLE OF COMPONENTS TO IT.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC A VERY, VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON THE SPACE COAST.
TPO HAS RELEASED THEIR CURRENT DRAFT LISTS OF PROJECT PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ON THE REGIONAL PROJECTS THAT MALABAR ROAD WIDENING THE DESIGN IS THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT ON THAT LIST HAD THE MOST POINTS, GOT THE HIGHEST SCORE ON THE SECOND BELOW THAT IS THE THE BABCOCK WIDENING DESIGN.
THAT ONE'S OBVIOUSLY THAT SECOND ONE.
I WON'T TALK ABOUT A WHOLE LOT TONIGHT, BUT THAT ONE'S A LOT MORE CHALLENGING TO FUND.
IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE BROKEN INTO SEGMENTS.
BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL FOR IS REGARDING THE MALABAR WIDENING PROJECT.
YOU'VE ALREADY AUTHORIZED $7 MILLION TOWARD THE EXPECTED $10 MILLION COST TO DO THE DESIGN.
AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH GEORGIANA GILLETTE, SHE BELIEVES THERE IS A PATH TO DO THAT.
THAT IS CORRECT. SO WE WANT HIM TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND BE AWARE OF ITS IMPORTANCE.
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AND SO THE REQUEST I HAVE IS, IF COUNCIL WILL ALLOW US TO DO THIS, WE WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO SENATOR MAYFIELD, REPRESENTATIVE FINE, LOCAL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, GET AS MANY FOLKS AS WE CAN TO WRITE LETTERS OF SUPPORT, INCLUDING, OF COURSE, ONE FROM THE MAYOR.THAT'D BE GREAT. I'M ON BOARD WITH THAT.
I'D ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO THOSE FOLKS TOO.
RIGHT. SO THIS IS THIS IS SIGNIFICANT FOR US.
AND PART OF THAT, TOO, IS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I LEFT THE CONVERSATION, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT.
BABCOCK STREET IS MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL.
SO BABCOCK STREET GOES MALABAR PALM BAY THEN YOU HAVE MELBOURNE.
I MEAN, IT'D BE GREAT IF THAT WAS A STATE ROAD.
SO PERHAPS I COULD SEND THE LETTER TO THE DISTRICT FIVE NEW SECRETARY TO SHARE WITH HIM WHAT WHAT OUR THOUGHTS ARE AND THEN SHARE THAT WITH OUR OUR TPO.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT? YES. YES, SIR. I WOULD AGREE.
I MEAN, IT RUNS FROM ELLESMERE ALL THE WAY TO US, ONE IN ALBERT IN THERE.
SO IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT AS A STATE ROAD AND AND PERHAPS IT CAN HAPPEN THIS TIME AROUND.
I WANT THAT IN THE FORM OF TWO SEPARATE LETTERS.
OR DO YOU WANT TO BLEND THE TWO TOPICS TOGETHER? I THINK SEPARATE MIGHT BE BEST.
WE WANT TO WAIT TILL WE GET THE MONEY.
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT NOW? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, MA'AM, WHAT'S THE OTHER ISSUE? THE OTHER ISSUE IS, A, WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY OUR FEDERAL LOBBYISTS THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS WE CAN DO TO TRY TO SEEK ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE MALABAR WHITING PROJECT, AND I'M TALKING JUST BEYOND EVEN DESIGN AT THIS POINT, BUT IS TO REQUEST WRITE A LETTER TO THE COUNTY ACTUALLY, AND ASK FOR CONSIDERATION FROM THE COUNTY TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR ARPA FUNDING WITH US FOR ROADS THAT ARE, TO YOUR POINT, MULTIJURISDICTIONAL.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT BABCOCK IS A HIGHLY LIKELY CANDIDATE.
SO THE REQUEST IS REALLY JUST IF YOU WOULD ALLOW US FROM A STAFF LEVEL TO WRITE LETTERS TO THE COUNTY AND TO ASK IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER USING ANY OF THEIR ARPA TOWARD ROAD PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
SO ARE THEY IS THE COUNTY GOING TO DO WHAT THEY DID THE LAST WITH THEIR FIRST INITIAL PAYMENT OF OF ARPA? IS THE COUNTY GOING TO SAY EACH COMMISSIONER GETS $5 MILLION? BECAUSE IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN PERHAPS WE WE COULD LOBBY THOSE COMMISSIONERS ON A ON A ONE ON ONE BASIS.
WELL, WE HAVE TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE PART OF THE THAT AFFECT THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO START WITH OUR TWO LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES.
MS.. JACOBS. YOU HAVE NO LEGAL NEWS TO REPORT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND SO ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK? STEP FORWARD, MS..
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]
CONNELLY. COME.COME FORWARD. THIS PART WAS FIRST, AND THE NOT SO ENLIVENED PART WAS LAST.
I'M REALLY MOVED BY ARPA, ARPA DISCUSSION AND MY THOUGHTS ARE, YOU KNOW, WE THE CITY COUNCIL, MY PARTICIPATION ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING IT, JUST AS A CITIZEN ATTENDEE, WE ARE CREATING PART OF THE PROBLEM OF HELPLESSNESS.
THAT'S THE REAL EPIDEMIC HELPLESSNESS BY CONTINUING TO.
DO ALL THESE HIGH END DEVELOPMENTS.
WHERE ARE ALL THE REST OF THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY HOUSELESS BY THE COVID, BY THE SINGLE FAMILY MOTHERS, BY THE PEOPLE WHO HOLD TWO JOBS TO JUST BE A CHILD.
WE NEED TO BE PART OF THAT BALANCE, THAT WE NEED TO CREATE PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE NEED A PERMANENT CHANGE THROUGH PERMANENT HOUSING.
SAY THAT WE CAN'T DO IT ALL, BUT WE CAN DO SOMETHING GREATER.
[05:45:06]
WITH. THAT.WELL, I HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT THAT, ACTUALLY.
HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE? BUT I WANTED TO TALK TO JOAN ABOUT IS THAT I'M IN THE TRENCHES.
THERE IS EVERYBODY ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES, ORDINARY PEOPLE, COUNCILS, THE ISSUE HOMELESSNESS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS TOWN RIGHT NOW THAT ARE PROVIDING EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THERE ARE PEOPLE ARE DOING SOMETHING.
WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING IS THAT THE PERMANENT HOUSING, YOU DON'T SEE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS EXCEPT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA THAT CAME IN AND SAID THEY'RE BUILDING SOMETHING FOR NO INCOME PEOPLE.
SO I THINK WE CAN COMBINE OR DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD COORDINATE SOMETHING SOMEHOW OVERARCHING, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? LIKE A MASTER LIST? A MASTER RESOURCE LIST.
WE'RE JUST NOT UTILIZING THEM FULLY BY PULLING OUR EFFORTS TOGETHER.
IT'S IN THE PERMANENT HOUSING THAT I DON'T SEE ANYBODY DOING IT.
THAT'S THE CHIEF. NEXT, MA'AM.
GILBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I HAVE THREE ITEMS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT CAME UP DURING THE MEETING.
ALSO, WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS ON A DAILY BASIS THAT ARE DRIVING EVERYWHERE.
WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOING DRIVING OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND EVEN THE UTILITY.
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY OUT THERE.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND SOMEBODY SEES IT, SAY SOMETHING.
BUT THAT LEADS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT BEING PROACTIVE.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE OVERACTIVE AND GET A LITTLE TOO MUCH, LIKE IF THEY'RE OVERZEALOUS.
SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, THERE WAS NO MECHANISM.
I MEAN, AND I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT.
SO I HAD MEETINGS WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
I DID EVERYTHING TRYING TO GET PLEAD MY CASE.
SO I SAID, ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE END AND THE DAY I'M READY TO PAY MY FINE.
I'LL DO WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.
OKAY. RIGHT THROUGH YOUR PROCESS.
THEN I'LL MAKE IT FOLLOW THE PROCESS.
RIGHT? THE OTHER OPTION WITH THAT ONE WAS THAT THE CITY DUMPSTER, WE CAN RENT DUMPSTERS FOR RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVELY. SOME PLACES.
IF YOU RENT A DUMPSTER, THAT'S A SMALL PRICE TO PAY.
I JUST CAN'T HAUL IT AWAY OR CAN'T GET IT OUT THERE MYSELF AND THE NEIGHBORS THAT SEE IT LIKE I'VE HELPED THE PEOPLE BY ME, EVEN THOUGH I FIGHT WITH THEM, I STILL TRY TO HELP THEM. I'M STUPID, I GUESS.
PROVIDE. PROVIDE MATERIALS OF DUMPSTERS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST HELPS SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
ITEM NUMBER TWO WAS TALKING ABOUT ELON MUSK.
SO YOU WANT TO GET THAT PHONE CALL IN THERE.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER WHAT'S IN THE WHAT'S IN THE PIKE.
SO AND THEN LAST ONE IS ON YOUR REPORT FOR YOUR ROADS.
IF THEY COULD JUST TELL YOU HOW TO GRAPH TO SHOWS, WE HAVE 800 MILES OF ROADS, HAVE THAT MAP.
AND AS YOU'RE SLOWLY DOING IT, YOU JUST START MARKING IT OFF BECAUSE EVERY WEEK WE GET MORE.
EVERY WEEK TURNED IN AS COMPLETED, JUST A BAR GRAPH SHOWING HOW MUCH OF IT'S GONE.
MAKE A REAL SWEET. YOU CAN SHOW IT TO THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MASTER CHIEF.
[05:50:07]
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TERRY SMITH.I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR HELP.
GOOD MORNING. OH, GOOD MORNING.
I WAS GOING TO SAY TODAY IS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL LIKE TO SAY THAT PALM BAY IS THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD.
I WANT TO SAY TONIGHT THAT PALM BAY IS A CITY WITH A HEART.
AND I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT.
EMERGENCY HOUSING, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALREADY DO, TEMPORARY HOUSING, WHICH WE ALREADY DO.
BUT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED CASE MANAGEMENT.
WE NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
AND WE INCLUDED IN OUR PROPOSAL, YOU KNOW, REQUESTS FOR FUNDS FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WE ALSO INCLUDED A REQUEST FOR HOUSING FOR A SECOND HOUSE.
WE HAVE ONE HOUSE, MERCY HOUSE.
WE HAVE FIVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE AND WE WANT IT FUNDS FOR ANOTHER HOUSE TO TAKE CARE OF EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILMAN FOSTER WAS TALKING ABOUT, JUST FOR WOMEN AND WOMEN WITH CHILDREN.
BECAUSE, AGAIN, DURING THIS PAST YEAR, WE'VE SEEN WHAT THE NEED IS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
I HAD A GENTLEMAN COME TO ME JUST THIS WEEK, 71, 81 YEARS OLD.
GOT EVICTED FROM HIS HOME BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING UP ON THE RENT THE LANDLORD WANTS TO SELL.
HE'S BEEN SPENDING HIS SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY STAYING IN A HOTEL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW THAT BECAUSE HE'S PAYING FOR HIS OWN RENT.
SO WE HAD TO TELL HIM EXACTLY.
SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY AND THEN COME BACK TO US AND LET US KNOW.
AND WE CAN SAY YOU'RE HOMELESS AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET SOME HELP.
BUT THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR HIM IN THE END UP TO THIS POINT.
WE WANT TO MAKE THAT IN HELP AGAIN, TO CONTINUE TO HELP THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, AS YOU WERE SAYING AGAIN TONIGHT, THIS IS.
A ONCE IN A LIFETIME, ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT.
THAT WAS, AGAIN, ONE OF MY PRAYERS.
AND LASTLY, IF WE DIDN'T DO SOMETHING TONIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME HERE IN PALM BAY OR BREVARD COUNTY ARE THOSE THAT CAN AFFORD A TRIP TO THE MOON.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE TONIGHT.
I KNOW. JUST JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND THOSE RESOURCES ARE, YOU KNOW THAT.
THE FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE BUREAUCRATIC AND THEY DO TAKE THEIR TIME.
I AGREE, SIR, AND I TOLD HIM THE EXACT SAME THING.
AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH HIM AFTER THREE DAYS.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK? STEP FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
AT RUSS 2130 WIND BROOK AND BAYSIDE LAKES.
MS.. SHERMAN'S COMMENTS ABOUT MALABAR ROAD REMINDED ME THAT.
COUPLE OF ISSUES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
LAST NIGHT AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING, THERE WERE TWO PARCELS OF LAND THAT WERE BASICALLY SAID VOTED TO GO FORWARD IN THE BAYSIDE LAKES AREA WITH TRAFFIC BEING SENT OVER TO KOGAN.
AND YOU MENTIONED THE EXPANSION OF MALABAR ROAD.
[05:55:01]
COST OF PUTTING IN A STOPLIGHT.WHETHER IT'S AT KOGAN AND OSMOSIS OR WHETHER IT'S MIDDLE.
AND THOSE PEOPLE, IF ONCE THAT MALABAR ROAD IS TWO LANE, I MEAN FOUR LANES, THEN THEIR EXIT IS GOING TO GET VERY POUNDED.
SO IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE A STOPLIGHT OR RIGHT TURN ONLY.
THE ESTIMATED COST ON THAT THING, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WAS LIKE 180,000.
SO IT'S A PRETTY DARN EXPENSIVE THING THAT DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE PAYING FOR.
AND I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT THAT.
JUST SOMETHING THAT CAME UP TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? SO YOU. WELL, HIS WIFE COULD HAVE SPOKE, MEANING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.