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OF OUR GRACE BIBLE CHURCH.AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY OUR DEPUTY MAYOR.
FATHER. WE. WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, FLORIDA, OR DO YOU HAVE BLESSED US? THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE AND WE KNOW WHY.
LORD, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOUR PRESENCE IS KNOWN HERE IN A POWERFUL WAY.
WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU'RE HONORED.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THESE FOLKS WHO HAVE OFFERED THEMSELVES IN SERVICE FOR THIS CITY.
AND I PRAY, FATHER, THAT WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR LOVING US.
AND WE KNOW THERE'S NO GREATER DEMONSTRATION OF THAT THAN THE GIFT OF YOUR SON.
AND WE COME TO OUR PRAYER IN THE NAME OF OUR SAVIOR WHO DIED FOR US AND ROSE AGAIN.
OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND JUST THIS RAH RAH.
COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO SHERMAN HERE.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS ADVOCATE FOR LOW INCOME ESSENTIAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, FOR PROFIT PROVIDER, ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN HOME BUILDING OR A NONPROFIT PROVIDER.ONE VACANCY ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS AT-LARGE STUDENT MEMBER POSITION.
MADAM SHERMAN AGENDA REVISIONS.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE ARE THREE.THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS REQUESTED THE CASE BE CONTINUED TO THE JUNE 2ND REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING DUE TO A PENDING REQUEST TO VACATE A RELATED ROAD. RIGHT OF WAY.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE APPLICANT UNDER EXCUSE ME, ITEM NUMBER 400 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THE CASE BE CONTINUED TO THE JUNE 16TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING DUE TO ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS AND ITEM NUMBER 16, UNDER CONSENT AGENDA RELATED TO BUILDING DEPARTMENT TRAINING AND TRAVEL HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
I CAN IN A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSE? AS SAYS UNANIMOUSLY, I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM FOR UNDER PUBLIC HEARING TO THE DATE OF JUNE 16, 2022.
SO I CAN ADD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
OKAY. SO WE'RE ON. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.
[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS ]
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THIS IS SO SOMBER IN HERE.IT'S NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, GUYS.
SO, LAURA, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STEP FORWARD, MISS MERTENS.
THE SPOUSE OF ONE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.
MR. MERTEN IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
BUT FIRST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR PRESENTATION OF COLORS.
OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING.
WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHTS OR THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING. AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE.
THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE.
OH, SAY, DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET? AVE OR THE LAND OF THE FREE.
WHAT AN OUTSTANDING RENDITION OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
THANK YOU, MISS LAURA MERTENS.
HER HUSBAND SAID HER HUSBAND, SHANE, SAID TO ME, SHE'S SHE'S VERY SHY.
WELL, YOU COULDN'T TELL, COULD YOU? SO NOW I LIKE TO CALL UP OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO CALL UP JOHN PASCOE.
YOU KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
WE DID HAVE SOME OFFICERS GO TO OUR NATION'S CAPITAL AND.
AND PART OF THAT, WE HONORED ONE OF OUR VERY OWN, SERGEANT FRANK TOWBAR.
COME ON UP, GUYS. YOU WANT TO BRING ANY OF YOUR DETAIL TO COME JOIN US? I'LL COME UP HERE IF Y'ALL WANT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S ALL BREAK THIS STAGE.
DID YOU HEAR YOUR CHIEF? HE JUST GAVE YOU AN ORDER.
SO THIS IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, MAY 11 THROUGH THE 17TH NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY.
WHEREAS THE CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DESIGNATE MAY 15TH AS THE PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY, AND THE WEEK IN WHICH MAY 15 FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
WHEREAS DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, COMMUNITIES RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF ALL UNITED STATES LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
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STATES HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, INCLUDING TWO OF OUR OWN OFFICERS, GERALD JOHNSON AND OFFICERS RONALD KROGAN.AND. WHEREAS, 617 OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2021, A 49% INCREASE FROM THE 414 KILLED IN TWO 2020.
I MEAN, LET THAT SINK IN FOR A SECOND.
617 DEATHS, SOME 439, INCLUDING ONE OF OUR OWN SERGEANT FRANK TOBER, HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CAUSED BY COVID 19, WHICH HAS SURPASSED ALL OTHER FORMS OF DEATH TO INCLUDE TRAFFIC, WHICH IS HISTORICALLY THE TOP CAUSE OF DEATH FOR OFFICERS, ACCORDING TO THE FBI.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED AND ASSAULTED DATA COLLECTION REPORTING IN 2020, 60,105 OFFICERS WERE ASSAULTED WHILE PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES SO FAR IN 2022.
THERE HAVE BEEN 105 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DEATH, OVER HALF OF THOSE BEING FROM COVID 19.
WHEREAS LOCALLY, FAMILIES OF THE SHIELD, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FORMED IN 2020.
2010, AS YOU WERE BY MELBOURNE POLICE OFFICER.
WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL CITIZENS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, THE HAZARDS, THE SACRIFICES OF THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, AND THAT MEMBERS OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RECOGNIZE THEIR DUTY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE BY SAFEGUARDING LIFE AND PROPERTY, BY PROTECTING THEM AGAINST VIOLENCE AND DISORDER, AND BY PROTECTING THE INNOCENT AGAINST DECEPTION AND THE WEAK AGAINST OPPRESSION.
AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS PROUD OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? GENTLEMEN, WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOUR SERVICE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO COMMEMORATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS PAST AND PRESENT WHO HAVE RENDERED AND DEDICATED SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALL ACROSS OUR NATION.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HERE ON TO SET IN MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS 19TH DAY OF MAY 2022.
MANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY FELLOW OFFICERS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
THE COMMUNITY OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
WE ARE THE COMMUNITY AND WE SHOULD BE PROUD.
WE STAND TALL, WE STAND BESIDE EACH OTHER.
IT IS TRULY A GREAT HONOR TO STAND ON STAGE WHERE SO MANY GREAT HEROES THERE ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS THEY PROUDLY SERVE. MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE TONIGHT.
YES, THIS IS ONCE A YEAR FOR A WEEK.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S A DAILY GRIND FOR EVERYBODY.
SO WE DO HAVE A GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM.
THEY WERE MULTIPLE HATS EVERY DAY.
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PASCO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU.
AND WHEN YOUR CHIEF SAID YOUR CHALLENGES EVERY DAY FROM CALL TO CALL.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE PRAY FOR YOU.
SHE'S GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE A BREAK.
OH, SIR, I WISH I COULD GO WITH YOU.
I'M GOING TO CALL UP FRED POPPY AND PSALM MAJOR MINOR IN THAT INTERESTING SA MAJOR MINOR THAT'S REALLY HIS NAME AND HE'S A RETIRED SERGEANT MAJOR IN THE ARMY.
I CAN TELL YOU I WOULD HAVE FUN WITH THAT ONE, SIR.
SO THIS PROCLAMATION IS FOR KIDS TO PART STATE.
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT WHEREAS MAY 21ST, 2022, IS THE 12TH ANNUAL KIDS TO PARKS DAY, ORGANIZED AND LAUNCH BY THE NATIONAL PARK TRUST AND HELD ANNUALLY ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF MAY.
AND. WHEREAS, WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO LEAD A MORE ACTIVE LIFESTYLE TO COMBAT ISSUES OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, AND OTHER SORTS OF DISEASES.
WHEREAS KIDS THE PARK THING WILL BROADEN CHILDREN'S APPRECIATION FOR NATURE AND OUTDOORS.
AND. WHEREAS, KIDS, THE PARKS DAY WILL RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF RECREATING RESPONSIBLY, RESPONSIBLY, WHILE ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF THE OUTDOORS, THE BENEFITS OF THE OUTDOORS.
I REMEMBER A TIME THAT'S ALL WE HAD TO DO IS PLAY.
I GUESS I DATED MYSELF THERE A LITTLE BIT, DIDN'T I? NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA MAYOR.
THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 21ST AS KIDS TO PARKS DAY AND CHALLENGE ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, STUDENTS, PARENTS AND RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATE IN KIDS THE PARKS DAY TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO LIVE A MORE ACTIVE LIFESTYLE AND WITNESS OF I'VE SET I HERE SET MY HAND TO CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS 19TH DAY OF 2022. FRED, COME ON UP AND GIVE US WORDS OF RIGHT HERE.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, IT'S ALWAYS FITTING THAT WE SEEM TO ALWAYS FOLLOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING SERVANTS AND APPRECIATION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.IT'S IMPORTANT. GREG MINOR, ALSO UP HERE IS HIS DEPARTMENT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO THE VARIOUS EVENTS THAT WE DO AND ALSO THEY MAINTAIN ALL THE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THIS SATURDAY AND WE'RE JOINING ABOUT FIVE, FIVE, FIVE OR 6000 OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT ARE DOING IT ON THE SAME DAY.
SO ONE THE FIRST ITEM IS GOING TO BE AT TURKEY CREEK SANCTUARY IN THE MORNING AND LATER IN THE DAY WE HAVE AN EVENT AT THE AQUATIC CENTER AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO END IT UP WITH A MOVIE AT REGIONAL PARK THAT NIGHT.
WE DO HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO SHOW YOU THOSE EVENTS.
WE MISS HER EVERY DAY, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF BEING AN EMPLOYEE, BUT SHE'S A GREAT PERSON AS WELL.
THERE HE IS. BIG UNIFORMS? YEP. COME ON DOWN, GENTLEMEN.
NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK, MAY 21ST THROUGH 27, 2022, IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
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AND. WHEREAS, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT BOTH NOVICE AND EXPERIENCED BOATERS PRACTICE SAFE BOATING HABITS, WHICH INCLUDE PARTICIPATING IN A SAFE BOATING COURSE, ENSURING THAT THE VESSEL HAS PROPER EQUIPMENT AND THAT ALL PASSENGERS WEAR A LIFE JACKET AND AVOID THE USE OF ALCOHOL.AND. WHEREAS, EVERY YEAR, HUNDREDS OF LIVES ARE LOST IN BOATING ACCIDENTS, THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES CAN BE REDUCED AND BOATING MADE MORE PLEASURABLE IF BOATERS WOULD EXERCISE KNOWLEDGE, CARE AND COURTESY NECESSARY FOR A SAFE BOATING.
AND. WHEREAS, THE SOUTH RIVER FLOTILLA 17 ZERO TWO UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ANNUALLY PROVIDES VESSEL SAFETY EXAMINATIONS AT PUBLIC PARK. NOW, THEREFORE, I DEPUTY MAYOR KENNY JOHNSON ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROB MEDINA OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 21 TO 27, 2022 AS NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND ENCOURAGED ALL CITIZENS WHO USE OUR WATERWAYS TO ACQUIRE THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ESSENTIAL TO PRACTICE SAFE BOATING AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HEAR, AND TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE FIXED THIS 19TH DAY OF MAY 20, 22.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR.
COUNCIL FELLOW CITIZENS REPRESENT THE US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY, THE VOLUNTEER ARM OF THE COAST GUARD. WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THROUGH.
EDUCATION AND PROVIDING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING TO THOSE CITIZENS THAT WE SHARE THE COMMUNITY WITH TO HELP WITH SAFE BOATING AND THE PRESERVATION OF OUR WATERWAYS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THESE ARE FORMER MILITARY PERSONNEL.
AND THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE, HE SERVED IN I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BRANCHES OF SERVICE, BUT I NOTICED THAT HE ALSO SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS BASED ON HIS GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT'S A MARINE RIGHT THERE.
YES. HOW'S THAT? SO NOW I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 394 IF THEY WOULD STEP FORWARD.
HOWEVER, LET'S BE REMINDED THAT.
MONDAY, MAY 30TH, IS A MEMORIAL DAY.
AND AS WE HONORED THE SACRIFICES OF THESE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, LET'S RECOGNIZE AND REMEMBER THAT WE ARE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD THAT WAS PLACED ON THE ALTAR OF FREEDOM BY EACH AND EVERY MEMBER THAT BELIEVED IN THIS NATION AND THIS CONSTITUTION.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY, BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY POPPY DAYS AND NOT FRED POPPY.
WHEREAS THE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF POPPIES BY THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT 394 HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AND ENDORSED BY GOVERNMENT LEADERS. AND.
WHEREAS, THE POPPY BECAME A SYMBOL OF THE SACRIFICE OF LIVES IN WAR AND REPRESENTED THE HOPE THAT NONE HAD DIED IN VAIN. AND.
WHEREAS, POPPIES ARE ASSEMBLED BY DISABLED VETERANS AND THE PROCEEDS OF THE WORTHY FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN ARE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF DISABLED AND IN-NEED VETERANS AND THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF DECEASED VETERANS.
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AND. WHEREAS, MEETING THE CONTINUING NEEDS OF OUR VETERANS SHOULD BE THE CONCERN OF EVERY AMERICAN WHO VALUES HIS OR HER FREEDOM. THE AUXILIARY PROMOTES THE POPPIES AS A SYMBOL OF THE SACRIFICES OF OUR MILITARY.AND WHAT THEY'VE MADE A SYMBOL TO OPEN PEOPLE'S HEARTS AND INSPIRE THEM TO DONATE.
WHEREAS ALL CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RECOGNIZE THE MERITS OF THIS CAUSE BY CONTRIBUTING GENEROUSLY TO ITS SUPPORT AND ACCEPTING POPPIES DURING THE DAYS SET ASIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS SYMBOL OF APPRECIATION FOR THE SACRIFICE OF OUR HONORED DEAD AND THOSE LIVING WHO HAVE SACRIFICED SO MUCH.
DO YOU HAVE A POPPY HERE TODAY? THAT'S GOOD. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SHOW A VISUAL OF WHAT THE POPPIES LOOK LIKE, AND I'LL LET YOU SPEAK ON THAT AFTER I CLAIM THIS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SET OFF, AS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, MAY 27 THROUGH THE 30TH AS POPPY DAYS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO WEAR A POPPY.
AS MUTE EVIDENCE OF OUR GRATITUDE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY WHO HAVE RISKED THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF OUR FREEDOMS, WHICH WE CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO ENJOY AS AMERICAN CITIZENS.
THANK YOU. Y'ALL COULD GIVE IT UP.
I AM THE SECRETARY OF THE AUXILIARY OF THE AMERICAN LEGION 394 ON COLGAN ROAD.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE AT ALL, STOP IN, PLEASE.
THEY'RE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL VETS.
WE DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM.
THERE'S DISABLED VETS THAT PUT THESE POPPIES TOGETHER AS PART OF THEIR REHAB, PART OF THEIR, I DON'T KNOW, JOB, SO TO SPEAK.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT GOES A LONG WAY.
IF THERE AREN'T ANY, WE'RE GOING TO BE AROUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE PLACES THE DUNKIN DONUTS THROUGH, LIKE IN THE FRONT OF THEIR PUBLIX, I THINK WALGREENS SIGGI'S ON MALABAR A FEW OTHER PLACES.
I THINK WHAT'S THE LITTLE WAL MART? YEP. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN THERE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T FOUND ANY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, COME DOWN TO THE POST ON COGAN.
MEET ANOTHER VET, SHARE SOME STORIES.
THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE IT.
THIS IS MY HUSBAND IS A SON OF THE AMERICAN LEGION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ON THE DICE.
I BELIEVE THOSE POPPIES LOOK REALLY GOOD ON YOU.
RAW. SO WE ARE ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES ]
DEPUTY MAYOR PASTOR KEN DELGADO.THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
KEN DELGADO 154 ANGELO ROAD SOUTHEAST.
ONCE AGAIN, I JUST HAVE A THOUGHT THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE, AND THIS ONE IS FOUND IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE PRODIGAL SON, WHICH IS A PARABLE, AND IT TALKS ABOUT A SON THAT TOOK TOOK AN INHERITANCE, WENT OFF AND SPENT IT ON.
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PIGS HAD FOR DINNER.I HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
INCIDENTALLY, OF COURSE, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG PERSON, I WAS A SAINT.
AND THAT'S WHY I JOINED A FRATERNITY, BECAUSE IT WAS SAINT FRATERNITY BROTHERS.
BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS, IS THAT THIS PARABLE, WE FIND THE FATHER SITTING AT HIS DOORSTEP, ALWAYS LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD, TRYING TO SEE WHEN HIS SON WOULD COME BACK HOME.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE SAW HIM WALKING DOWN.
AND IN THIS CULTURE, RUNNING WAS NOT SOMETHING THE ELDERLY DID.
IT WAS NOT IT WAS BENEATH HIM TO DO THAT.
BUT HE FOUND HIMSELF RUNNING TOWARDS HIS SON AND EMBRACING HIM ONCE AGAIN.
THE SON SAID TO HIM, I HAVE SINNED AGAINST HEAVEN.
AND BEFORE YOU NO LONGER AM I WORTHY TO CALL YOUR SON.
BUT THE SERVANT, THE FATHER SAID TO A SERVANT, QUICKLY, BRING THE BEST ROBE AND PUT IT ON HIM.
PUT A RING ON HIS HAND, SHOES ON HIS FEET, KILLED THE FATTED CALF.
ALL OF US WERE LIKE PRODIGAL SONS THAT LEFT AND LIVED OUR WAY, OUR LIFE, THE WAY WE WANTED TO.
BUT HE'S ALWAYS WAITING FOR HIS CREATION TO COME BACK TO HIM.
HE WANTS TO JOIN AGAIN WITH US SO THAT HE CAN BRING HEAVEN'S WILL HERE ON THIS EARTH, AND THAT THE COAT REPRESENTS THE COAT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT JESUS BOUGHT WITH THE PRICE OF HIS LIFE.
AND THE RING WAS THE AUTHORITY THAT WAS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
AND ALL IS HE DOING IS HE'S JUST WAITING FOR EACH ONE OF HIS CREATION TO COME BACK SO THAT HE CAN EMBRACE HIM AND SAY, LET'S PARTNER AGAIN AND LET'S MAKE EARTH WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED IT TO BE.
THANK YOU FOR LIVING, GIVING ME A LISTENING EAR.
KEEP DOING A GREAT JOB IN THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
I COME TONIGHT BECAUSE I WANT TO TELL YOU, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR STAFF AND ALL THE COMMUNITY, THAT THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY PERMANENTLY.
IT'S THE 2022 FLORIDA PROSPERITY AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY SOLUTION SUMMIT.
THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS, BUT THEY ACHIEVE WHAT THEY SAY.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE.
IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND MODEL.
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES, RIGHT HERE IN FLORIDA, TO TACKLE GENERATIONAL POVERTY.
THEY LOOK AT THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF POVERTY, ONE ZIP CODE AT A TIME, THEY CALL IT PALM BAY IS ONE OF THOSE ZIP CODES, ONE OF THE HIGHEST ZIP CODES.
THE SUMMIT FIND SOLUTIONS BY DEALING WITH ROOT CAUSES AND.
INTERESTINGLY, THE FIRST SPEAKER ON AFTER THE FLORIDA CHAMBER.
SHE IS THE ONE WHO WILL BE RIGHT HERE, A LEADER TELLING OTHERS HOW TO PARTNER WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WITH CITIZENS, WITH GOVERNMENT, WITH BUSINESS.
IT'S A WAY THAT WE ALL PROSPER.
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AND WITHOUT ALL OF US PROSPERING, REALLY, NO ONE PROSPERS.AND THAT IS ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE FLORIDA CHAMBER, IS THAT THEY HAVE REALIZED THAT THEY WANT FLORIDA TO BE A LEADER IN WORLD ECONOMY.
THEY WANT US TO BE NUMBER TEN.
AND THE WAY TO DO IT IS FOR, AGAIN, ALL OF US TO PROSPER JUST TO.
TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
SO I THINK JUST SOME OF THE AGENDA WORKSHOPS IN THE AFTERNOON ARE ROOT CAUSE JOBS PROGRAMING TO INVEST IN YOUR WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY SPONSORED BY THE WAL-MART ROOT CAUSE TRANSPORTATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LEVERAGING RESOURCES TO CREATE ACCESSIBLE HOUSING FOR YOUR WORKFORCE.
THOSE TWO ALONE CAN CREATE CHANGE HERE IN PALM BAY.
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ATTEND AT THE FREE SHOWING AT.
PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND NEW SHILOH COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
WHAT'S THE DATE? WEDNESDAY, MAY 25TH.
LOOK, WE'RE ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MISS SMITH.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS ]
FOLLOWING ITEM IS QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE.ATTORNEYS WHO ARE APPEARING ON BEHALF OF A PARTY AND NOT PROVIDING TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE ARE NOT CONSIDERED WITNESSES AND NEED NOT BE SWORN COUNSEL TO DISCLOSE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION BY DISCLOSING A SUBJECT MATTER OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON, GROUP OR ENTITY WITH WHOM THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE.
THE ORDER OF THIS PROCEEDING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.
FIRST, THE APPLICANT WILL MAKE HIS PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY STAFF COMMENTS FOLLOWED BY ANY AGGRIEVED OR ADVERSELY AFFECTED PARTY THAT HAS COMPLIED WITH SECTION 59.3. EACH WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES.
ANY SPEAKER MAY BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION BY THE COUNSEL OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY.
ANY OTHER PERSON MAY SPEAK FOR A MAXIMUM OF 3 MINUTES.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE ALLOWED CONCLUDING REMARKS FOR A MAXIMUM OF 10 MINUTES.
THE HEARING WILL THEN BE CLOSE AND NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY OR ARGUMENT WILL BE ALLOWED.
COUNSEL WILL THEN DELIBERATE IN PUBLIC THE END OF DELIBERATION.
A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE A MOTION AND THE APPLICATION TO BRING THE MATTER TO A VOTE.
EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS IN FREE TO VOTE, IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION.
AN AUDIENCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THAT'S 52. 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 15 SINGLE TO MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, OPP OFFICE, PROFESSIONAL DISTRICT AND RACE TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO H.C.
HOWARD, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND R.M.
TEN SINGLE TO MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED BETWEEN AND ADJACENT TO MALABAR ROAD AND BIDDLE STREET, ILLEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDED FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. MISS SMITH, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT IF SHE IS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEDINA, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
PALM BAY MY NAME IS KIM ROSENKER WITH LACY LYONS.
ROSENKER 1290 US HIGHWAY ONE ROCKLEDGE, FLORIDA.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BROWNSTONE GROUP, THE CONTRACT PURCHASER AND DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROJECT.
REPRESENTING THE BROWNSTOWN GROUP IS THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNER, JEREMY MEARS.
ALSO BRUCE MOYA WITH MHB ENGINEERING IS HERE.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT ON A REZONING, AS YOU MAY RECALL, FROM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THIS IS AN 18.44 ACRE PROJECT, CURRENTLY HAS FOUR DIFFERENT ZONING THINGS ON IT.
THIS WAS PROVIDED TO YOU AS WELL.
LOOKS KIND OF LIKE A A ROCKET POP, KIND OF A LAYERED LOOK HERE.
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IT'S GOT FOUR DIFFERENT ZONING LAWS ARE IN 15 OPPRESS TWO AND HHC WE'RE SEEKING A REZONING TO ONE ACRE OF H.S.WHICH IS LARGER THAN THE STATUS THERE NOW AND OUR AND TEN OF 17.44 FOR THE APARTMENT STYLE SINGLE FAMILY LOOKING APARTMENT STYLE COTTAGES WE DID THE POWERPOINT LAST TIME.
SO WHAT WE HAVE REQUESTED IS TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY WILL HAVE ALL THE SAME ZONING EXCEPT FOR THE COMMERCIAL ON NORTH MALABAR ROAD AND IT WILL HAVE NO ACCESS ON MIDDLE STREET.
IT WILL HAVE A 25 FOOT SETBACK FROM MIDDLE STREET.
AND AS YOU RECALL, WE'D HAD A COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND THE DEVELOPER, MR. MEIER, STOOD BEFORE YOU AND TOLD YOU WHAT HE WAS COMMITTED TO DO.
THOSE WERE PUT INTO YOUR ORDINANCE.
WE ACTUALLY ADDED TO IT TO FURTHER PROTECT MISS GILBERT, WHO'S HERE TODAY.
SHE'S THE ONE AT 1902 MIDDLE STREET, AND SHE IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
AGAIN, AS YOU'LL REMEMBER, THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC.
WE HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED.
MR. MOIR CAN DISCUSS THAT IF NECESSARY.
THIS IS NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT'S MARKET RATE APARTMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE ALONG BIDDLE STREET AND ALONG MS..
I'M CERTAIN YOU ALL REMEMBER ALL OF THIS AND WE WOULD ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE CPP'S 15 20002 ORDINANCE TWO OH 2252 FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RMB TEN FOR 17.44 ACRES AND THE H.S.
OF ONE ACRE ON NORTH MALABAR ROAD.
AND WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR.
WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, NO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
I'M GOOD WITH ALL THESE REVISIONS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM A STAFF.
OK STAFF IS GOOD WITH IT AS WELL.
SO NO QUESTIONS FOR ME, THOUGH.
COUNCIL MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN. FOSTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE TRAFFIC REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNSEL BRUCE MOIR WITH MBCHB ENGINEERING IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.
GOOD THING I JUST HAPPENED TO BE LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC REPORT SO I COULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE, OF COURSE, HIRED A LICENSED TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND THEY DID A REPORT COMPARING THE EXISTING ZONING TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN.
AND IF YOU COMPARE THE TWO BASED ON WHAT YOU COULD PUT THERE NOW AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT THERE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A REDUCTION OF ABOUT 20% OF THE PEAK HOUR TRIPS ON MALABAR.
BASED ON WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE COULD DO IF WE LEFT IT THE WAY IT IS.
I KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.
KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH THERE IS A TURNING LANE.
AND IF IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY, IT WAS THE MASTER PLAN FROM WAY BACK WHEN.
I THINK WHEN THEY BUILT THE HOSPITAL, THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE THIS A MEDICAL COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE ALREADY THEY BUILT A MASTER ENTRANCE FOR THE PROPERTY THAT'S THAT SURROUNDS.
IT DIDN'T REALLY PAN OUT THAT NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED.
FOR EVER SINCE THE HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN BUILT, NOTHING'S REALLY HAPPENED UNTIL NOW.
SO THE TURN LANES ARE THERE AND WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF TRIPS ON MALABAR ROAD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ANY SPEAKER CORDS.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE ANY STAFF COMMENTS YOU WANTED ADD? UH, NO, I'M LOOKING AT STAFF.
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STILL HAVE CONNECTIVITY FOR THE SIDEWALKS AND WALKABILITY IN THE AREA IT REFERENCES SIDEWALKS IN IMPEDE THE 25 FOOT BUFFER ADJACENT TO MIDDLE STREET SHALL BE REMOVED.SO PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE CLARIFICATION FROM THE APPLICANT AS TO WHAT THAT REFERS TO IF THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE MOVED, BUT STILL EXISTING, CONNECTED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOVED OUT OF THE 25 FOOT BUFFER, WHICH IS WHAT WAS REQUESTED FROM THE RESIDENT.
OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
MOTION APPROVE ORDINANCE 2020 252 FINAL READING TO INCLUDE THE REVISIONS OF 20.
A 25 FOOT BUFFER SHALL BE ADDED ADJACENT TO BIDDLE STREET TO INCLUDE NATIVE PLANTS, BE SIDEWALKS THAT IMPEDE THE 25 FOOT BUFFER ADJACENT TO BIDDLE STREET SHALL BE REMOVED. SEE, DUMPSTERS ADJACENT TO BIDDLE STREET SHALL BE RELOCATED.
RELOCATED RD DRAINAGE WILL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED SO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT SHALL RETAIN ITS OWN STORMWATER ALONG BIDDLE STREET, AS REQUIRED BY CITY CODE E NEW CONSTRUCTION ALONG BIDDLE STREET AND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1902 BIDDLE STREET.
NORTHEAST PALM BAY SHALL BE LIMITED TO SINGLE STOREY STRUCTURES ONLY, AND F APPLICANT SHALL APPLY FOR A VARIANCE FOR AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE ALONG BIDDLE STREET AND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1902 BIDDLE STREET.
PROMOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
I GOT A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? CNN. I'M CALLING THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR I AND ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNITED UNANIMOUSLY ITEM NUMBER TWO.
AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU. AUDIENCE 2020 253 AN AUDIENCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY OF OUR COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE FIVE LEGISLATIVE CHAPTER 52 BOARD'S SUBCHAPTER.
YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD ARE REMOVING BY MODIFYING THE AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADULT ADVISORY MEMBERS, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDED FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MS..
MAYOR IS SECOND READING, IF ANY.
IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER. WHAT'S THE AGE? SO IT'S GOING FROM 30 TO 24.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IN NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR OR HOLD ON AS YOU WERE.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IN UN. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVED ON ITS 22 ONE AND TWO DASH 53 FINAL READING.
SECOND, A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR.
AN AUDIENCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATE AN ABANDONED PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS KINNEY AVENUE, NORTHEAST LINE BETWEEN ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL AND WATER DRIVE, AS RECORDED IN A PLAT BOOK TO PAGE FOUR OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF A OUR COUNTY, FLORIDA ILLEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STATE THEIR CASE.
EVENING, MR. BERRIGAN AND COUNSEL BRUCE MOIR WITH MVRDV IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.
THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS TO VACATE A PORTION OF THE ROAD WHERE THERE IS NO ROAD.
I THINK IT WAS ASSUMED TO BE VACATED.
SO WE'RE REALLY KIND OF DOING THIS JUST TO REALLY MAKE IT OFFICIAL.
OUR CLIENT IS HAS A CONTRACT ON PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND IT WILL BE UNUSED.
SO I'M REALLY JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT COUNCIL.
MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
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MR. MOORE, I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU HERE.I KNOW THAT AVALON IS TRYING TO MAKE THIS AREA BEAUTIFUL, AND I LIKE THAT.
I WAS WONDERING IF WE VACATE THIS LAND TO YOU ALL.
IF YOU ALL WOULD MAY PLANT SOME PLANTS OR IMPROVE THOSE MEETINGS A LITTLE BIT ON US.
ONE IS OUR ENTRANCE WAY INTO THE CITY.
SO THIS IS PART ONE OF SOMETHING.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU.
SO EVENTUALLY WHAT THE PLAN IS, HOPEFULLY, IS TO HAVE PROPERTY IN THE AND THE PROJECT ON BOTH SIDES OF ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL AND TO DO TO MAKE ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.
SO THAT'S THAT'S IN THE WORKS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MOYER.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN FELIX SOMEWHERE YOU MENTIONED THAT IS A PROPERTY CURRENTLY BELONG TO THE COUNTY OR THE CITY? CITY. IT'S USED TO WELL THE PALM BAY THIS AREA OF THE PALM BAY, I GUESS ALL THE PALM BAY USED TO BE IN BREVARD COUNTY.
SO WAY BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THIS WAS BREVARD COUNTY, BEFORE PALM BAY EXISTED, THERE WAS A PUBLIC RECORD PAGE THAT ACTUALLY SAID THAT THEY WERE VACATING THIS RIGHT AWAY, BUT THEN THERE WAS NO FOLLOW UP THAT IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
IT JUST SAID THAT THEY HAD THE MEETING.
SO WE'RE JUST HERE TO REALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE OFFICIALLY IT'S GOING TO BE VACATED SO THAT IT'LL GO TO THE PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OWNED BY THE APPLICANT. YES.
MR. MOYER. APPLICANT HAS NO PROBLEM FOLLOWING PUBLIC WORKS.
ADDITIONS. CORRECT PROPERTY? CORRECT. THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
ANY STAFF COMMENTS, MADAM SHERMAN? NOTHING BEYOND WHAT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT.
THANK YOU, SIR. HOW MANY SPEAKERS? THE FORWARDNESS ABOUT.
IT'S ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN AFTER MR. BATTEN. BILL BATTEN.
586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I LIKE THE IDEOLOGY OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS.
I JUST HAD ONE CONCERN, AND THAT WAS THE FACT OF CURRENT DRAINAGE FROM THAT LOCATION ON THAT PROPERTY THAT THE EXISTING HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT ON THE EXISTING BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE ANY PLANS ON HOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO THE BUILDING, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES OF THE WATER FLOW THROUGH THAT AREA.
SO THEY CAN DEVELOP IT AND JUST KIND OF LET ME KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO REROUTE THAT WATER BECAUSE IT IS A NATURAL BUFFER THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM LATER.
THEY NORMALLY WON'T WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN.
BUT IF I CHECK IT NOW, I KNOW I'LL FEEL SAFER LATER.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SOMALIA. WOULD YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THE MESSAGE, MASTER CHIEF? YES, SIR. YEAH.
SO IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THAT WE WERE THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY ON THE POND.
THAT IS ACROSS THE STREET ON ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WATER STILL GETS TO THE RIVER.
SO BUT THIS IS STEP ONE TO GET THERE, OBVIOUSLY.
WHEN WE COME BACK FOR THE THERE'S, I GUESS, A ZONING THAT'S COMING ON YOUR AGENDA.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE'LL GET THE REZONING.
BUT WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DRAINAGE IN THIS AREA.
THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING. NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVAL.
AND IT'S 2022 DASH 55/1 READING TO INCLUDE STAFF'S CONDITIONS.
SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? IN NONE. AMONG ALL THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MS. SMITH ORDINANCE 2022 DIES 56 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY RIVERA COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATE AN ABANDONED PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 13 PLOT 1533 PORT MALABAR UNIT 31, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT
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17 PAGE 28 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STATE THEIR CASE.
BUT MY NAME IS PEDRO HERNANDEZ.
I LIVE AT 295 GASPER STREET, SOUTH WEST PALM BAY.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT'S COUNSEL? THANK YOU. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? ADAM SHERMAN. ANY STAFF COMMENTS? NO, SIR, THANK YOU. CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVE ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 56/1 READING.
I CAN. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANY DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MISS SMITH, WHAT IS 2020 TO DO AS 57? AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATE AND ABANDON A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 29 BLOCK 2082 COURT MALABAR UNIT 46, ACCORDING TO THE PLOT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 22, PAGE 71.
PREMIER MEDINA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE LIVE AT 2857 DERBY AVENUE, SOUTH EAST PALM BAY.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? ANY STAFF COMMENTS, MA'AM? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. OK SEEING? NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVAL IN ITS 2022 DASH 57/1 READING I CAN ADD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
WE ARE NOW ON ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR.WE HAVE ITEMS THREE, SIX, EIGHT AND NINE BEING PULLED FROM THE CASINO AGENDA.
SIX, THREE, SIX, EIGHT AND NINE.
THIS COUNCIL WISH TO PULL ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS. HEY, CNN. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE OTHER ITEMS. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE REMOVAL OF ITEM THREE, SIX, EIGHT AND NINE FROM CONSENT.
AND A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR.
PASSES. UNANIMOUS. ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
YES, MAYOR. RESOLUTION 2020 222.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY RIVERA COUNTY, FLORIDA, RESCINDING RESOLUTION 2016 DASH ZERO TWO, WHICH AUTHORIZED THE CLOSURE OF TRANSFER AVENUE BETWEEN SANDUSKY AND TAIWO STREETS, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ORDINANCE 2020 258 AN AUDIENCE TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY RIVERA COUNTY, FLORIDA, MEETING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE FIVE LEGISLATIVE CHAPTER 52 OR SUBCHAPTER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD OF REVISING THE COMPOSITION AND DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD PROVIDED FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES.
PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM THREE, BILL BATTEN.
[3. Resolution 2022-21, amending Resolution 2021-47, by revising certain rates, charges, and fees for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, established pursuant to the City of Palm Bay Code of Ordinances, Title III, Administration, Chapter 36, Recreation Department. ]
NEXT APPROACH IT. YEAH.CARRY ON, MAN. ON A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, OMITTING RESOLUTION 2020 147 PROVIDES INSERTING RATES, CHARGES AND FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 2022.
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ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE CITY PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE THREE ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 36 RECREATION DEPARTMENT RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS AND CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH.
I ALSO JUMPED ON THE FACT THAT IT SAID 25% DISCOUNT FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S THE ONLY GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I THINK SHOULD BE GETTING THAT CUT RATE.
THEN I ALSO FOCUS IN ON THE FACT THAT CURRENT CITY OF PALM BAY RESIDENTS, THE TAXPAYERS, PAY 3% OF THE CITY'S BUDGET, WHICH COMES OUT TO ROUGHLY AROUND $8 MILLION A YEAR TO PARKS AND RECREATION.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD CHUNK OF CHANGE, AND I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT UP LATER AS WE GO IN THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE PAYING $8 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE AT PARKS AND RECS.
SO. EMPLOYEES GET A FIVE 25% DISCOUNT, WHICH COMES DOWN TO PENNIES AND CENTS.
INFLATION'S GOING UP JUST TO PUT THAT IN EVERYBODY ELSE'S MIND.
I'M GOING TO BRING THAT BACK LATER AND OTHER ITEMS TONIGHT.
ANY COMMENTS? NO, SIR. UNLESS COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, I NEED A MOTION.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2020 221.
SO I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? THE ANON. I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[6. Ordinance 2022-59, amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 110, Business Taxes, Subchapter ‘Business Taxes; Tax Receipts; Receipts’, by revising provisions contained therein, first reading. ]
WE'RE BACK. SORRY.THANK YOU. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
THE NEXT QUESTION, I CAME UP AND THOUGHT, WELL, HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE CONDUCTING BUSINESSES FROM THEIR HOMES? AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE ACTUALLY TASKING PEOPLE TO DO THAT, WHICH I DIDN'T THINK.
SO IT'S IT'S ON I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT IT'S ON THE HONOR SYSTEM.
AND THE NEXT QUESTION I HAD WITH THAT ONE, IS THIS ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE YARD SALES THAT HAPPEN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OR REOCCURRING BASIS, WHICH WE JUST HAD MET ADDRESSED LAST COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE YARD SALES, WHICH FOR SOME PEOPLE IS AN ACTUAL BUSINESS FOR BRINGING REVENUE INTO THEIR HOUSE.
IS IT GOING TO BE ANY BUSINESS FROM THE HOUSE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DETERMINE IF SOMEBODY IS ACTUALLY IN NEED OF SUBMITTING THEIR BUSINESS REQUEST TO THE CITY AND OR YARD SALES INCLUDED IN THAT? THANK YOU.
ESSENTIALLY, THERE ARE MULTIPLE CATEGORIES OF BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS THAT APPLY FOR BOTH HOME BASED BUSINESS AS WELL AS BUSINESS IS LOCATED IN TRADITIONAL TYPE OF LOCATIONS, SO THERE IS NO SPECIFIC RESTRICTION ON HOME BASED BUSINESS.
SO THAT WOULD BE DEALT WITH ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
AND THAT WOULD MOST LIKELY HAPPEN TO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
IT IS UNFORTUNATELY A LITTLE BIT OF AN HONOR SYSTEM, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A HOME BASED BUSINESS AND YOU DON'T GET A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT, IT'S HARD FOR US TO KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.
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AND THEN THE QUESTION ABOUT YARD SALES, IT WOULD BE UNRELATED TO WHAT THIS IS DESCRIBING.THE YARD SALES ARE HANDLED SEPARATELY UNDER THE ORDINANCE THAT WE RECENTLY UPDATED.
YOU CANNOT GET A HOME BASED BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT TO CONDUCT YARD SALES AT YOUR PROPERTY.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
AND THIS QUESTION IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
IF SOMEONE WAS TO OPERATE A HOME BASED BUSINESS AND FAILED TO GET A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT OR TWO OR THREE YEARS, IS THERE ANY PENALTY OR DO THEY HAVE TO PAY BACK TAXES? BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT OFFHAND, LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR NANCY BLUNT.
I'LL ASK HER TO COME UP AND SEE IF SHE CAN ADDRESS THAT.
THE ANTIBIOTIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY START A NEW BUSINESS AND THEY THINK THEY DON'T.
THEY FORGET THAT THEY HAVE TO COME IN ANNUALLY.
SO THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND PAY THE FEE PLUS THE PENALTIES.
SO. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE THING WITH THE HOME BASED BUSINESSES.
THERE IS A NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT THAT THEY MUST SIGN, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA, LIKE THEY CANNOT STORE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, THEY CANNOT PARK ANY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. THEY CAN ONLY USE THE HOUSE FOR OFFICE ONLY THEY CANNOT HAVE ANY SIGNAGE.
AND SO THEY HAVE TO SIGN THAT AND IT'S NOTARIZED.
STEADFAST. COUNCILMAN, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
HOW MANY INVESTMENT PROPERTIES YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO BE.
CONSIDER A BUSINESS IN PALM BAY DO I NEED IF I HAVE FIVE INVESTMENT PROPERTIES IN MY BUSINESS OR INVESTOR? IF I HAVE, I NEED TO HAVE TEN.
BUT THE CITY DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE WHERE THERE ARE OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE A NATIONAL RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROGRAM WHERE YOU LIKE, IF ONE PERSON HAD A RENTAL UNIT, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY.
BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY WOULD NEED A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT NOW THROUGH IS THROUGH IF THEY HAD THEIR OWN BUSINESS LIKE TYPICALLY IT'S A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND THEY WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE RENTALS.
ALTHOUGH WE DON'T TRACK THOSE RENTALS, WE ONLY TRACK THAT THEY HAVE A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.
IN A RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROGRAM, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY TRACK THE RENTALS.
AND ARE YOU AWARE OF VETERANS BEING TAX EXEMPT? YES, ELDERLY.
THERE IS SOME CRITERIA WITHIN THE STATUTE THAT ALLOWS EXEMPTIONS FOR VETERANS.
I NEED EMOTION. MOTION APPROVAL IN ITS 2022 DASH 59/1 READING.
THEY CAN ADD EMOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING MY COUNCILMAN FOSTER ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR HIGH ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
[8. Consideration of a purchase offer for City-owned surplus real estate generally located at 1201 Sunswept Road NE (Tax Account: 2834976 and Parcel ID: 28-37-26-04-A-A) from buyer Joan Kundis ($20,000). ]
BILL BATTEN. GILBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.THIS DISK JUST MADE SENSE TO ME.
$16,000 FOR A NICE PIECE OF PROPERTY LIKE THAT THAT MADE THEIR MADE THEIR VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY GO ASTRONOMICALLY UP IN VALUE. THIS IS ONLY AS A GOOD THING.
THIS WAS JUST A GOOD MOVE ON YOUR PART AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THEY SAW IT THAT WAY ALSO.
ANY OTHER. IT'S MASTER CHIEF TO YOU, SIR.
MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A CONSENT AGENDA.
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20,000. SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? MR. CHIEF, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PULLING THAT ITEM, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO JUST TO MAKE A POINT, BUT.
TAKE TAKE YOUR LIBERTY, SIR, BECAUSE WE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT OCCURRED.
BUT THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THE HISTORY.
I DO AGREE WITH MASTER CHIEF MENTIONING THAT, BECAUSE WHAT THAT DOES IS IT MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF VALUE TO IN TERMS OF TO THE OPEN MARKET, BUT THE PROPERTY, IT'S NEARLY A QUARTER OF AN ACRE.
IT'S TRULY ADD VALUE, ESPECIALLY WITH TODAY'S PRICE OF REAL ESTATE.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET QUITE WHAT WE WHAT WE ASKED FOR.
JUST HAVE TO THANK COUNCILMAN FELIX FOR HIS DUE DILIGENCE.
ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER NINE SILVERTON.
[9. Consideration of reallocating previously approved funding for the Special Election for upgrades to the audio/speaker system in Council Chambers ($83,069). ]
BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTH WEST.83,000. THAT IN ITSELF IS A LOT OF A LOT OF MONEY BY, I THINK BY ANYBODY'S STANDARD.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM, WHERE THAT $83,000 CAME FROM, THAT WAS FROM THE EXCESS MONEY, FROM THE SPECIAL ELECTION THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN, BECAUSE I WATCHED THIS COUNCIL QUESTION IF WE SHOULD EVEN HOLD THE SPECIAL ELECTION BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SURE OF HOW MUCH IT WAS GOING TO COST.
I'M JUST REWINDING THE TAPES AND BUILD BATONS MIND.
AND THAT WAS A BIG DISCUSSION.
THERE WAS A BIG REPERCUSSION OF OF EVEN CONSIDERING THAT.
ALL RIGHT. SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU NOW YOU DESIGNATED SPENDING OF THAT MONEY.
BUT IT DIDN'T GO TO THE SPECIAL ELECTION.
AND SO NOW WE'RE SAYING, WELL, HOW CAN WE SPEND IT? BECAUSE WE SAID, OH, YEAH, HERE'S TOOK IT OUT OF MY WALLET AND WE PUT IT SOMEPLACE AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE GOING FOR.
IT'S GOING TO BE GOING FOR THE SOUND SYSTEMS IN THESE CHAMBERS.
AND I ATTEND ENOUGH MEETINGS TO REALIZE THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE A PROBLEM.
I TEND ENOUGH THEM TO KNOW THAT AND I DID GET A BREAKDOWN.
CITY CLERK GAVE ME A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WAS GOING TO BE REPLACED AND IT IS FOR A GOOD PURPOSE.
BUT BILL BATTEN IS STILL GOING TO QUESTION AND POINT AND POINT BACK AT YOU EVERY TIME WHEN IT WAS QUESTIONING BECAUSE OF A SPECIAL ELECTION THAT THE MONEY WAS EVEN GOING TO BE SPENT AND IT WAS QUESTIONED.
BY BATON STANDARD, THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS ALWAYS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT THE COST IS TO VOTE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, HERE'S HOW BILL BATTEN THINKS SHE SHOULD SPEND THAT $83,000 FOR EVERY RESIDENT THAT CAME OUT AND VOTED FOR THAT SPECIAL ELECTION. I THINK THAT WAS INDIVIDUAL SHOULD GET THE $83,000 BACK.
BUT THAT'S JUST HOW BILL BATTEN SEES IT.
THANK YOU, MASTER CHIEF NATHAN WHITE.
YEAH. WHY DO I HAVE TO FOLLOW BILL? NATHAN WHITE, 1301 SEABREEZE STREET SOUTHWEST, AS IS SO OFTEN THE CASE.
RESIDENT WATCHDOG BILL BATTEN HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THIS ONE.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO REPLACING THE SOUND SYSTEM OR THE SPEAKERS, WHATEVER.
THAT IS THE CASE. I ACTUALLY WORKED FOR SOME TIME WITH AN AUDIO VISUAL FIRM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A DECENT PRICE, ACTUALLY.
BUT LIKE BILL BATTEN SAID, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL REMEMBER THIS MONEY IS COMING FROM THE LEFTOVERS FROM THE SPECIAL ELECTION THAT IT WAS ARGUED FROM THE DAIS WAS NOT WORTH THE MONEY.
IT'S A SARCASTIC QUESTION, I ADMIT, BUT IT CAN'T STOP REPEATING IN MY HEAD.
IS THE SOUND SYSTEM WHAT WAS BEING THOUGHT OF? WHEN THEY SAID THE MONEY COULD BE BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE.
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NOW THIS CHAMBER.IT NEEDS A LOT OF RENOVATIONS.
IT DOES. AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM.
BUT I DON'T THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO FOCUS ON THEM.
SO I WON'T BE SUPREMELY UPSET IF THIS PASSES.
BUT WE CAN'T FORGET PRIORITIES.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER OUR PRIORITIES.
OUR PRIORITIES ARE TO THE CITIZENS, TO THEIR RIGHTS, TO THEIR PROTECTION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO NEED THE SOUND SYSTEM AND SUCH.
AND AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SAYING AND COUNCIL YOU MUST AGREE THAT SINCE WE'VE BEEN OUT, I'VE BEEN HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME. RIGHT.
HOW IS IT THAT I REFERRED TO IT AT MY HEADS ON A SWIVEL? BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THE ATTENTION OF EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT THAT I'M COURTEOUS ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, WHEN THEY WANT TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, I WANT TO BE THAT THAT TYPE OF CONDUIT TO ALLOW YOU AND GIVE YOU THAT FLEXIBILITY.
AND I'VE SHARED WITH YOU WHAT WOULD HELP ME IN THAT PROCESS.
SO I WOULD JUST WOULD LIKE AND I'M I'M I'M ENCOURAGING THAT WITH THAT SOUND SYSTEM THAT WE ALSO LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY OF SOME TYPE OF LIGHTING FORM THAT LIKE THE COUNCIL OR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS USE WHERE IT GIVES ME AN INDICATION OF WHO ON THE DIAS WOULD WANT TO SPEAK NEXT AND THAT WOULD REALLY ASSIST ME.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE REALLOCATION OF $83,069 IN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FUNDING FROM THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR UPGRADES, THE AUDIO SYSTEM AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I LIKE THE SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.
I'VE GOT MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
YES, MAYOR, I'LL BE I'LL BE BRIEF.
I AGREE WITH YOU. CITY OF COCOA HAZARD, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY COMMISSION, AS YOU MENTIONED.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT STEP TO GO TOWARDS AND I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO PURSUE THAT AS WELL.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO ADD, SIR.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE SPECIAL ELECTION.
AND WE HAD A SPECIAL ELECTION.
IT WAS GOING TO COST OVER $250,000, I BELIEVE.
I VOTED AGAINST HAVING A SPECIAL ELECTION.
AND I STILL FEEL THAT WAY TODAY.
WE HAD PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND SHOW UP AT CANDIDATES, PUT THEM IN HARM'S WAY TO CAMPAIGN OUT THERE.
WE'VE GOT TO BE SMART ABOUT SAFETY.
AND VOTING. VOTING IS OUR MOST SACRED RIGHT AS A CITIZEN TO EXERCISE.
BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE GOVERNOR GETS TO PICK.
GOT A WE'VE GOT A VACANCY ON A COUNTY.
WHO'S THE NEXT COUNTY COMMISSION? NOBODY WENT UP TO THE COUNTY TO RAISE HELL ABOUT THAT.
AND THE 250,000 WAS RIDICULOUS.
TO PAY FOR THE SUPERVISOR ELECTION TO CHARGE PALM BAY THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
LESS THAN 20,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
OKAY. SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS AN ELECTION.
DOING THAT SPECIAL ELECTION TIME.
SO. I BLAME THIS ON THE STATE.
WE HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION.
ELECTION COULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN.
DURING THE TIME THAT WE HAD AN ELECTION, WE WENT BEYOND THAT ELECTION DATE.
REMEMBER? AND THEY CHARGED US 200 AND OVER 250,000, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE FAR LESS.
THIS MONEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SPENT AT ALL.
THE WAY I SEE IT NOW WE HAVE THIS MONEY.
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WHERE SHOULD IT GO? SHOULD IT GO INTO IMPROVING? THE MONEY TO ME IS SPENT ALREADY.SO SHOULD IT GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND? MONEY THAT WE ALREADY HAD ALLOCATED THE SPIN ON AN ELECTION THAT WE COULD HAVE HAD DURING THAT ELECTION CYCLE.
ALL THE SPEAKERS. FORGET ABOUT THAT.
YET ELECTION CYCLE BEFORE THE SPECIAL ELECTION, AND WE COULD NOT HAVE AN ELECTION DURING THAT TIME.
AND JEFF BAILEY LEFT MONTHS BEFORE THAT ELECTION CAME UP.
IT WOULD HAVE COST US LESS THAN THAT $200,000.
SO DON'T LET'S GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSED THAT MONEY TO BE SPENT.
I WAS ALL FOR IT. WE HAD IT DURING THE ELECTION TIME.
WON'T COST THE CITY THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
BUT IT DID. SO NOW WE NOW WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT.
I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT I'LL BE PROTECTED.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT WHEN WE MADE THAT DECISION TO HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION.
SO I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS.
WELL THE WRONG WAY ABOUT THE SPECIAL ELECTION, HOW HAPPENED, HOW IT COST THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL IN FELIX? GET ON THE MIC, BROTHER.
DON'T LIKE TO STAY? YEAH, I'LL BE IN.
IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM SPENDING.
I THINK IT'S WELL, WELL, WELL OVERDUE.
THIS SYSTEM'S BEEN THERE IN AGES A LONG, LONG TIME.
IF WE GIVE YOU THAT GADGET, YOUR PROBLEM IS THE MEETINGS WILL BE IMPROVED.
I'LL VOTE. I'LL VOTE YES FOR IT.
AS LONG AS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY.
I JUST WANT YOU TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD.
WELL, I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD DEFINITELY AND IT FUNCTIONS VERY WELL.
I'M GLAD YOU WITNESSED THAT, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
DID YOU SAY IT IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL? IT'S A GREAT TOOL THAT THAT I WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE.
YES, SIR. OBVIOUSLY, I WAS I WAS OKAY WITH THE FUNDING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION.
I'M OKAY FOR THE FUNDING HERE.
THAT'S ABOUT IT, SIR. THANK YOU.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND NOW.
THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS HERE ON THIS COUNCIL THAT I HEARD WOULD BE GOOD WITH THE DEVICE THAT WOULD ASSIST IN SPEAKING.
HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THAT, MADAM SHERMAN? DO WE? BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF THE MOTION IS WHY I'M ASKING ACTUALLY STAFF BECAUSE COME UP BEFORE HAS ALREADY BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING SOME QUOTES.
SO IF YOU ALLOW US TO JUST GET THE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NUMBER IS, THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH AN AGENDA ITEM AND A REQUEST, AND WE CAN USE CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR THAT, WHICH ARE FUNDS THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE WITH EXTRA REVENUES THAT HAVE NOT YET GONE BACK TO FUND BALANCE.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND.
BUT AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE A PRICE YET FOR YOU, SO WE'LL COME BACK.
WELL, THANK YOU, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS AND THEIR DILIGENCE.
SO WE ARE NOW ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
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YES, MA'AM. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WYATT ROBERSON TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD AT LARGE.MEMBER GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SECONDED BY COUNCIL 16 ON SAME WE WE
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ALREADY PASSED THE. AND I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER ALL IN FAVOR AND HE OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.1/2. DO YOU WANT TO COME IN ADDRESS COUNCIL, SIR.
I'M REALLY HONORED TO HAVE THIS POSITION AND TO HAVE A ROLE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S GREAT TO BE A PART AND TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH MY CITY.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE AND I'D LIKE TO LIVE HERE UNTIL I DIE AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND DO WHAT I CAN TO INFLUENCE IT AND THE PEOPLE AROUND ME.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO ALLOW ME TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY SOMETHING I HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS AND IT MIGHT NOT ALL BE GOOD IDEAS, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO FIND OUT NOW. SO THANKS FOR GIVING ME THAT CHANCE.
NO, THANK YOU. AND AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING OF YOURSELF, CONSIDERING OTHERS MORE THAN YOURSELF.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.
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MS.. SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.
IT'S IN A DIFFERENT FORM THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR WE DID IT OUTDOORS AND SO THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH IT.
WE'RE DEALING WITH WEATHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL ACTUALLY IS FOR LESS WEEKS.
IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE FOUR WEEKS AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT INDOORS AT TONY ROSA.
SO WE'RE IN FAVOR OF DOING THIS.
THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT CAME ABOUT FROM THE ORIGINAL ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE.
AND THEY THEY DEAL WITH BASICALLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PORTION OF THEIR FUNDING.
SO I'M ASKED CHIEF TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THOSE FOR YOU.
SO, YES, JUST AS FRED SAID LAST YEAR, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE DID IT HERE IN PALM BAY.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WAS NINE WEEKS.
THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT FOUR WEEKS INDOORS.
LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR OVERTIME EXPENDITURE REIMBURSED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND.
SO I DON'T NEED AS MUCH LAST YEAR.
WE USE NINE OFFICERS EVERY WEEK WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE.
THIS YEAR WE'RE JUST LOOKING USE I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR, THREE OR FOUR.
AND BASICALLY IT'S THE DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN A TOLL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH CITY COUNCILS THAT WE HAVE FOR MEETINGS, WE HAVE OUR SECURITY NEXT DOOR, WE HAVE OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL THAT ADDS UP AND THAT ALL COMES OUT OF A BUDGET THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT SLOTTED FOR.
SO I'M JUST YOU'RE ASKING AND REQUESTING IT.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? NOW NOW PART PART OF GO AHEAD DEPUTY MAY PART PART OF WHAT WHAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR WAS.
NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING WITH THE COURT KINGS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH WITH OUR YOUTH OUT THERE.
SO I SEE THE VALUE OF THAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.
I KNOW I REMEMBER SEEING COUNCILMAN FELIX OUT THERE.
I PROBABLY ATTENDED THE MOST OF THEM.
I KNOW DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON ALWAYS OUT THERE.
SO THERE IS A WORTH AND A VALUE TO KEEP OUR OUR YOUTH OFF THE STREETS DURING THAT IDLE TIME
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OF THE SUMMER VACATION.YEAH. MR. MAYOR, DON'T GET ME WRONG, WE'RE STILL PARTICIPATING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
I MEAN, WE BELIEVE IN THE EVENT.
LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO RECOUP OUR BUDGET, OUR OVERTIME BUDGET.
AND THIS YEAR IT'S NOT IT'S IT'S NOT LISTED.
SO I'M JUST REQUESTING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER.
AND DO YOU HAVE A FIGURE FOR THAT? HAVE YOU SHARED THAT WITH THE.
YOU'LL IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME. SO THE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO THE AGENDA ITEM AS IT STANDS BEFORE YOU, AS THE, UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT, THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE IN-KIND SERVICES AND FEE WAIVERS FOR BOTH THE POLICE AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS AS AS IS IN YOUR AGENDA UNDER FISCAL IMPACT IMPACT WAS $5,555.60 BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE IMPACT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVERTIME BUDGET TOTAL TOTAL VALUE NOW IS 5850, $15.60.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT INCREASE THAT ADDITIONAL SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS.
TO MAKE IT EVEN SIMPLER THOUGH, FOR COUNCIL.
CORRECT. AND WHAT CHIEF IS SHARING IS A REQUEST FOR BEING ABLE TO FUND THAT IN SOME WAY.
SO CERTAINLY THERE'S UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE, BUT WE ALSO WILL HAVE UNSPENT FUNDING IN THE PERSONNEL BUDGET DUE TO VACANCIES WHICH CAN BE SHIFTED INTO THE OVERTIME LINE ITEMS. BUT THIS IS MORE FOR COUNCIL'S AWARENESS.
BE THAT. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN? AND I APOLOGIZE, IF I MAY.
IT'S JUST IT STARTS TO TOTAL UP EVERY YEAR FOR US.
AND IT'S IT'S TAKEN US IT'S TAKEN A TOLL AS FAR AS OUR OVERTIME EXPENDITURE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
GILBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I FIND IT ENLIGHTENING AND REWARDING SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS BECAUSE I PULLED THIS SO I COULD ADDRESS IT WHERE SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT WERE BEING ADDRESSED. SO I LOOK AT SOME OF MY NOTES.
FIRST QUESTION I HAD WAS, WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE CITY MAN HOURS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT SAYS WE WANT TO HAVE THIS BECAUSE IT'S FUN, EVERYTHING THAT'S FUN STILL COSTS MONEY OF THE CITY AND WHO WHO PUT THAT MONEY IN THERE.
SO IT WAS AVAILABLE SO THAT SOMEBODY COULD HAVE FUN.
THE TAXPAYERS THE TAXPAYERS ARE THE ONE THAT PAY INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S CALLED AD VALOREM TAX.
SO IT COSTS SOMEBODY FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO SAY, WELL, IT'S NOT MY MONEY.
LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT AWAY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE FUN, BUT SOMEBODY'S GOT TO PAY FOR IT.
AND JUST LIKE WE'VE JUST BROUGHT UP, BUDGETS ARE SET.
THEY'RE THERE. NOW, REMEMBER EARLIER ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, UNDER CONSENT AGENDA, LOOKING AT SOME UNDER PARKS AND RECREATION, THEY GET 3% OR $8 MILLION OF MY GENERAL FUND ANNUALLY.
THAT'S PAID FOR BY THE TAXPAYERS.
THAT'S WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM.
THERE'S ALSO PARKS AND RECREATION IMPACT FEES.
SO WHERE SO MY QUESTION IS, WHERE, WHERE IS THIS MONEY ACTUALLY COMING FROM THAT'S GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THESE CO SPONSORSHIPS? AND IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR A QUOTE FOR A CO SPONSORSHIP, YOU HAVE TO BE A TAX EXEMPT IDENTITY, WHICH MEANS YOU DIDN'T PAY TAXES INTO THIS SYSTEM TO BEGIN WITH.
NOT. AND I ALWAYS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
I'M JUST SAYING SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PAY FOR IT OTHER THAN THE TAXPAYER WHO'S GETTING IT.
THAT'S THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHOULD HAVE IT.
WE JUST HAD TO LOOK AT WHAT THE WAIVING OF COST THAT THE AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL HAS TO PAY FOR.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO GROUPS? I PAY MY TAXES AND THEY DON'T.
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THEY'RE TAX EXEMPT.THAT IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO GROUPS.
JUST REMEMBER, $8 MILLION IS A CHUNK OF MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF THE TAXPAYERS BUDGET.
NATHAN WHITE, 1301 SEABREEZE STREET SOUTHWEST.
I CAUGHT KING'S IS A FANTASTIC OUTREACH MINISTRY, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION EVENTS.
IT'S IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
AND I'M SO GLAD THAT THEY ARE IN PALM BAY.
THEY'RE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK.
AND I COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
I DO FEEL THE NEED TO MENTION.
PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN EXPECT TOO MUCH COMMENT BEFORE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INFORMED US THAT THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE OUT OF OVERTIME MONEY FOR AND THIS EVENT WILL FURTHER STRETCH THEIR RESOURCES, WHICH ARE APPARENTLY MORE LIMITED THAN MANY WERE LED TO BELIEVE BEFORE.
IF ONLY WE HAD 83,000 AND HAD STOPPED TO CONSIDER THAT MAYBE OUR POLICE FORCE MIGHT HAVE GOOD USE OF IT BEFORE WE GOT TO THIS PART OF THE AGENDA. THANK YOU.
SECOND. WE GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
SO DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT SINCE YOU MADE THE MOTION? DEPUTY MAYOR I UNDERSTAND WHERE MR. BATON IS COMING FROM IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME FORM OF SKIN IN THE GAME PER SAY, WHETHER IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, A PORTION PAYING A PERCENTAGE OR A PORTION TOWARDS POLICE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BENEFICIAL, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING POSSIBLY WE CAN LOOK AT SO THAT EVERYBODY'S TAKEN CARE OF.
GO AHEAD. OF COURSE, YOU MADE THE YOU SECOND THE MOTION.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. SLIGHTLY DISAGREE.
WITH MY COLLEAGUE AND I'LL SAY I'LL EXPLAIN.
MR. BIDEN BILL, SOME BRING SOME VALID POINTS.
AND WHEN I LOOKED AT OR KINGS TO FOR THE VALUE THEY BRING IN RETURN FOR WHAT WE GIVE.
YOU CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THAT WHEN THEY ARE MAKING SURE ALL KIDS ARE NOT OUT THERE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TO DO, DRAIN OUR RESOURCES FROM THE POLICE, HAVING TO CHASE THEM, PLACE THEM THERE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT'S VALUE.
HOW DO YOU PUT A DOLLAR SIGN ON THAT? SO THAT THIS IS MONEY WELL SPENT TO ME AS A TAXPAYER, AND THAT'S WHY WE CONTRIBUTE ALL RECREATION.
THESE ARE NOT FOR PROFIT, THEY VALUE ADDED.
THAT'S ALL PARK AND RECREATION.
SO HOW DO YOU PUT IT? EVEN WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT? TO ME. AND THAT'S MR. BIDEN'S RIGHT.
AND BUT I'LL SUPPORT THAT 120% IN ANY TYPE OF EVENT AS SUCH.
DID YOU GESTURE THE SPEECH, SIR? YES, SIR. BECAUSE.
YEAH, SEE, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE LIGHT SYSTEM.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT HERE IS FOSTER COUNCILMAN FELIX FOR YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I AGREE WITH WHAT BILL HAS TO SAY TOO, AS THE WATCHDOG, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CHIEF AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS EVENT WAS, I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT ONLY THERE FOR SECURITY, THEY'RE THEY'RE THERE FOR COMMUNITY POLICING.
SO THAT IS THE REASON AND THAT GOES FOR BOTH EVENTS.
SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY I'M GOING TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
THE COMMUNITY POLICING ASPECT OF IT IS GOLD TO ME.
SO THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN FOSTER POLICE.
COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT BECAUSE SHE TOOK SOME OF THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.
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WE HAVE CAUGHT KINGS AT TONY ROSSER AND SOMEBODY INTO THERE WITH A GUN AND NO POLICE OFFICERS ON DUTY.BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN BUFFALO.
BUT THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T WANT TO PASS.
BUDGET. THERE'S NO PRICE ON A LIFE.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CITIZENS AND NOT ONLY JUST SAFETY AND SECURITY.
I MEAN, I COME FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE OF MY BACKGROUND AND WHAT I EXPERIENCED.
TRUST ME WHEN IT COMES TO MY THINKING.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO NOT ONLY SECURITY BUT COMMUNITY POLICING, SO IMPORTANT IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE CITIZENS SAFETY. IN OUR COMMUNITY, ALL COMMUNITIES.
YOU WANT THAT YOUTH TO CONNECT WITH THAT POLICE OFFICER.
YOU WANT THAT YOUTH TO TALK, NOT TO BE AFRAID TO GO UP TO THAT POLICE OFFICER.
YOU WANT THAT YOUTH TO ESTABLISH A RAPPORT WITH THAT POLICE OFFICER.
YOU DON'T WANT THAT. YOU'VE ESTABLISHED RAPPORT WITH A CAREER CRIMINAL.
SPORTS IS A WAY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER OF ALL RACES, COLORS AND AGES TO ENJOY THAT MOMENT.
AND THEN YOU COULD ADD THE SECURITY AND THE COMMUNITY POLICING INVOLVED.
SO. MR. BATTEN, I DISAGREE WITH YOU AND RARELY.
BUT I UNDERSTAND WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, WATCH OUR BUDGET.
THAT'S WHY I MADE THAT STATEMENT ABOUT THE SPECIAL ELECTION.
UM, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SPENDING, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SPEND SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GIVE VALUE TO OUR CITIZENS AND PROTECTION, SAFETY, OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO JUST SAY.
MASTER CHIEF, YOUR YOUR PASSION IS WELL NOTED AND IT'S DULY NOTED.
I WILL SAY THAT WHEN IT COMES TO A RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THE VALUE THAT'S PROVIDED BY THIS COLLABORATION, IT'S HIGHER THAN ANYTHING THAT WE CAN PHYSICALLY SEE ANY ANY TANGIBLE EVIDENCE.
AND I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE STEP FURTHER, BECAUSE SOMEONE THAT SERVED AS A UNITED STATES MARSHAL HERE TO MY LEFT, COUNCILMAN FOSTER, HE BRINGS IT FROM AN ASPECT OF THE INTELLIGENCE, THE INTELLIGENCE VALUE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO PAY OFF IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE WHY YOU CAN'T EVEN PUT A NUMBER ON IT, THE COLLABORATION.
SO I AM I AM STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
I AM A BIG FAN OF COURT KINGS, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
AND THE WORK THAT THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS AND YES, I BRING UP THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS TODAY.
WE LOST HIS BROTHER LAST YEAR TO COVID.
BUT I WANT TO I WANT TO HONOR HIM.
AND PERHAPS IN THESE BASKETBALL GAMES, YOU HONOR YOUR BROTHER VICTOR DURING THESE SESSIONS, BECAUSE THIS THIS YOUNG MAN GAVE IT ALL.
FOR THIS EVENT AND FOR OUR YOUTH.
ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU, CORD KINGS, FOR PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM TWO.
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I THINK I'M GOING TO ASK OUR RECREATION DIRECTOR, FRED POPPY, TO RETURN AND DISCUSS THIS ONE AS WELL.THINK BEFORE I ADDRESS THIS, I GOT A QUESTION.
I THINK I'M MISSING SOME MONEY.
I DON'T THINK I'M ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT.
BUT. BUT ANYWAY, SO WE'LL GET TO THIS.
SO THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, THE CARIBBEAN HERITAGE EVENT, IS ONE THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR AS WELL.
THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE HERE IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
THIS IS SO IT'S BASICALLY LIMITED TO THE LARGE EVENT AT THE END OF THE MONTH WITH THE PARADE AND VERY SO BASICALLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. AND THEN A SMALL GATHERING AT THE CAPTAIN'S HOUSE.
THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON HERE.
SO THE THE OVERALL REQUEST IS IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN LAST YEAR'S.
AND AND WITH THIS ONE SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS REQUEST, PD HAD SOME ADDITIONS.
SO I'LL ASK THE CHIEF TO ADDRESS THOSE WITH YOU AS WELL.
WE'LL BE HERE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
WE GOOD? MADAM SHERMAN, DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE ADDITIONAL POLICE? YES, IF I.
THE ORIGINAL AGENDA MEMO REQUESTED A TOTAL WAIVER OF RESOURCES AND IN-KIND RENTAL, AS WELL AS STAFF TIME VALUED AT $6,716.25. THE ADJUSTMENT INCREASES THAT TO $6,888.25.
AND WHILE I KNOW I HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN SAVINGS BECAUSE OF VACANT PERSONNEL POSITIONS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT OUR OVERTIME LINE ITEM WE PROJECT AT THE END OF THE YEAR WOULD POTENTIALLY BE OVER BUDGET, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE EVEN MENTIONING THIS.
WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF AVAILABLE UNSPENT PERSONNEL DOLLARS TO COVER.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSPARENCY.
THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
SPEAKER YES, I THINK, UH, FRED HAS ANOTHER COMMENT.
IT'S THE POPPY. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THE THE POLICE FUNDING IS MAXED OUT.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE WE USE THE HIGHEST PAID.
SO THAT'S THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM IF EVERYBODY THAT SHOWED UP WAS AT THE MAXIMUM LEVEL OF PAY.
GILBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
BETWEEN THE TWO ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER ONE AND ITEM NUMBER TWO UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
IT'S EVEN INCREASED FROM WHAT I HAD IN MY NOTES.
NOW THE QUESTION IS, AND EVEN PRIOR TO THIS, WE HAD, WELL, LET'S MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE PAY LESS.
HUH? AND AS FOR THE STATEMENT OF $8 MILLION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, I GOT THAT RIGHT OUT OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY'S BANNER RIGHT HERE.
3% OF THE BUDGET IS $8 MILLION.
I WASN'T MAKING THESE NUMBERS UP.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BLOW SMOKE UP SOMEBODY'S REAR END.
I TRY TO DO MY HOMEWORK WHEN I ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THESE FUNCTIONS ARE NOT GOOD.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S NOT A BENEFIT TO SOCIETY.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT SHOWS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT WHEN YOU OFFER SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY THAT YOU DON'T OFFER TO SOMEBODY ELSE UNDER UNDER DEFINITION, THAT IS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS.
IT'S NOT THAT THESE AREN'T GOOD FUNCTIONS.
IT'S NOT THAT I'M A BAD PERSON AND DON'T SEE THE BENEFIT OF IT IN SOCIETY.
IT'S THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TREATING PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY BASED ON SOME IDENTIFIABLE FUNCTION THAT IN BUILD BATONS, MIND IS WRONG. SO I HAVE A SOLUTION FOR IT THAT'S GOING TO GOING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM FOR EVERYBODY.
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YOU WON'T LIKE THE SOLUTION.YOU'LL THINK THAT I'M A LITTLE BIT LOONY IN THE BRAIN.
BUT THE SOLUTION FOR THAT IS IF YOU'RE GIVING SOME PEOPLE THE BREAK AND DON'T CHANGE THEM THE WAY SO YOU DON'T NOT SHOW PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, IS THAT NOW YOU DON'T CHARGE ANYBODY? THAT MEANS WE WON'T NEED TO HAVE THE TAX THE PAY CHART THAT YOU REQUIRED FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO PAY.
WE'LL JUST DO AWAY WITH IT AND EVERYBODY GETS IT FOR FREE.
THAT'S THE SOLUTION WHERE YOU WILL NO LONGER HAVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN SOCIETY.
THERE YOU GO. THERE'S YOUR ANSWER.
I MIGHT PEOPLE THINK I'M COLDHEARTED.
BOTH OF THESE FUNCTIONS ARE REAL GOOD.
I'LL BE THE ONE SITTING OUT THERE EATING THE FOOD AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE CITY COUNCIL BE RESPONSIBLE.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? DEPUTY MAYOR KHALID MARAJ.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
I JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I APPLAUD BILL BATTEN FOR ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKING A POINT.
BUT AGAIN, YOU SAID IT COUNCIL.
YOU CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR VALUE ON SOMETHING THAT REALLY ADDS VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING FOR A COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE PALM BAY.
AND SO THAT MR. BANOS KNOWS AS WELL.
WE ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE BOOKED FROM SOUTH FLORIDA, FROM ORLANDO.
WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL STAFF THERE THAT IS LOOKING NOT TO NOT ONLY TO WORK WITH JUST PUTTING PARKS OUT THERE, BUT PUTTING ON PROGRAMS. AND THESE WILL HELP HELP NOT HURT OUR CITY AT ALL.
SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, OF COURSE, IT'S OVER BUDGET.
BUT AGAIN, ONE OF THE COUNCILMAN SAID YOU CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR VALUE ON WHAT IT ADDS TO OUR CITY HERE.
SO I DO HOPE THAT YOU WILL, OF COURSE, SUPPORT THIS EVENT AND, YOU KNOW, MORE TO COME.
AND WE CONTINUE TO KNOW, BECAUSE I WOULD SAY IT'S A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION AND OVER 90% OF THE PEOPLE THERE IN THAT ORGANIZATION ARE HOMEOWNERS AND ARE TAXPAYERS.
AND THEY ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THANK YOU. SO SO WHILE WE'RE ON THAT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF BUKOWSKI HERE AS WELL.
JUST WANTED TO TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, WHEN YOU SPEAK OF HEADS AND BEDS, THAT THAT IS AN ADDED VALUE NOT ONLY TO OUR CITY BUT TO THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A PROCESS AND PERHAPS I DO SIT ON THAT COUNCIL AND I'M JUST ENCOURAGING YOU TO PERHAPS LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS ON HOW YOU COULD MOVE FUTURE AS THIS EVENT CONTINUES TO GROW.
RIGHT. BECAUSE THE MORE HEADS IN BED THAT YOU THAT YOU BRING IN, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU BRING FROM SOUTH FLORIDA, YOU BRING FROM ORLANDO, EVEN WEST, BASED ON THE LAST THE LAST DISCUSSIONS THAT OR THE LAST TIME AND I DO PLAN ON ATTENDING AND I DO PLAN ON ATTENDING YOUR FLAG PARADE AS WELL.
I COMMEND THE PICASSO ORGANIZATION, BUT I'M JUST THINKING IT GETTING A LOT LARGER AND AND GETTING THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY GETTING BREVARD COUNTY AS A WHOLE TO RECOGNIZE WHAT BACKUS IS PUTTING ON AND THE VALUE OF PUTTING THOSE HEADS IN BEDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MENTIONING THAT, MAYOR.
AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY ON THAT BOARD AS WELL.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE FACT THAT IT WILL GROW AND THE GOAL IS TO INCLUDE ALL OF BREVARD COUNTY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE OF COURSE NOT ONLY CELEBRATING THE CARIBBEAN AND THE FRENCH, ENGLISH AND SPANISH SPEAKING CULTURES, BUT TO BRING ALL OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
AND WE JUST LOVE DOING THAT. SO THANK YOU.
I KNOW SHE DID NOT HAVE A SPEAKER CARD, BUT ARE THEY ABLE TO SAY SOMETHING? IF THAT'S OKAY, I'LL ALLOW IT BECAUSE SHE'S THE PRESIDENT AND IF SHE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT AS WELL.
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MR. COURTNEY, I'LL BE VERY QUICK.I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE BENEFITS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSITIVE VOTE.
THANK YOU. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL FROM STAFF AT THIS TIME.
SECOND AD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? IN NONE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OUR PARTNERS.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM THREE AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MRS. JOAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES WILL BE HOSTING ITS ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, IN AUGUST.
AND IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO ATTEND, PLEASE ANNOUNCE IT TONIGHT.
I WOULD ALSO REQUEST THAT YOU APPOINT A VOTING DELEGATE AS WELL.
I'LL BE THAT I DO PLAN TO ATTEND.
I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW AS MAYOR, I'LL ATTEND.
NATHAN WHITE, 1301 SEABREEZE STREET SOUTHWEST.
I SEE THE FISCAL IMPACT HERE IS $1,761 PER ATTENDEE.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUDGET.
ARE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS PLANNING TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY? CONSIDERING IF THAT'S ABOUT 14% OF A COUNCIL MEMBERS ANNUAL SALARY AND IF ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WENT, THERE WOULD BE OVER 70% OF A COUNCILMAN'S ANNUAL SALARY.
SO AT THAT POINT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL BUMP IT UP TO ANOTHER ONE.
BUT JUST CURIOSITY THERE IF ANYONE PLANS TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY.
ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARS? DEPUTY MAYOR. I DO PLAN ON ATTENDING.
I GOT A LOT OUT OF THE CONFERENCE LAST YEAR.
AND I DID HAVE TO WEIGH THAT OUT.
BUT I THINK THE VALUE THAT THAT I RECEIVED FROM GOING TO THIS THIS.
OR THE LEAGUE OF MAYORS IS IS REALLY ASSIST ME IN CONDUCTING BUSINESS AND MAKING SURE THAT I DO THE BEST JOB I CAN FOR OUR CITIZENRY. SO THAT BEING SAID, I'LL START AT THE OTHER END.
COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO WE JUST AT THIS POINT WE NEED A CONSENSUS IF YOU'RE ATTENDING.
YES, SIR. COUNCILWOMAN AS WELL, MAYOR.
AND. DEPUTY MAYOR SO YOU HAVE CONSENSUS OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL WILL BE GOING? MRS. JONES YES.
MAYOR. AND, AND SO NOW WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE DELEGATE.
YEAH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
CARRY ON. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MAYOR MEDINA AS THE.
DELEGATE FOR THIS COUNCIL SECOND.
NOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN OR, AS YOU WERE, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
USUALLY IT'S DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON.
ANY DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, I.
IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU, MADAM JONES? WE ARE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS AND MR.
[COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL REPORTS ]
PHILLIP OR COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO FIRST REPORT HERE.
JULY 1ST TO JUNE 30TH OF 2023 WILL BE CHILDREN'S DIAPERS.
2023 WILL BE BABY CLOTHES AND SHOES.
2023 WILL BE ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES, A GREAT TIME TO BUY APPLIANCE.
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JULY 1ST, 2022 TO JUNE 30TH.2024 WILL BE IMPACT RESISTANT WINDOWS, DOORS AND GARAGE DOORS.
ON JULY 5TH, 2022 TO AUGUST SEVEN, 2022 WILL BE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, CLOTHING, SHOES AND BACKPACKS.
SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2022 TO SEPTEMBER NINE, 2022 WILL BE TOOLS AND OTHER HOME IMPROVEMENT ITEMS. OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 TO OCTOBER 31ST.
2022 WILL BE THE FUEL TAX HOLIDAY, WHICH WILL BE REALLY FOR A LOT OF US WHO DRIVE OUT HERE.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, PALM BAY DID MAKE THE NEWS, NATIONAL NEWS.
I HAD SOME. I WANTED TO HEAR COUNCILMAN'S THOUGHTS ON THIS, BUT I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON IT MYSELF.
SO FIRST, I DID NOT KNOW THAT WE HAD A RENTAL COMMUNITY OUT THERE IN CYBERSPACE.
SO I JUST STARTED STARTED THINKING AND I KNOW WE HAVE AN INITIATIVE HERE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO MY IDEA HERE WOULD BE FOR ANY ZONING APPLICATIONS FOR A MULTIFAMILY OR EVEN RENTAL OR SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE AND SAY WITH FIVE OR 10% OF ALL RENTABLE UNITS BEING DESIGNATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT'S SPECIFIED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, VETERANS, NURSES OR WHOEVER WE MAY BE.
AND WE CAN MAKE THAT AN ORDINANCE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO HEAR COUNCIL'S THOUGHTS ON THE.
ON THAT AND ALSO THE NATIONAL NEWS THAT WE MADE.
AND ALSO JUST TO REMIND THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE OF KIDS TO PARK DAY THAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND.
YOU CAN FIND THAT OUT AT PLAY PALM BAY DOT ORG.
DID YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN? I WILL, YEAH. SO I'LL TIE IT ALL IN WITH MY REPORT AS WELL.
THAT IS THAT IS THAT WELL WITH YOU? ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR REPORT, SIR? YES, SIR. I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE. I HAVE ONE MORE I'M SORRY ABOUT.
OKAY. ARE YOU WERE YOU WEARING THE WEIGH IN? OKAY. I HAVE TO APPOINT MR. MICHAEL JAFFE TO THE UTILITIES ADVISORY BOARD.
COPY THAT. ARE YOU COMPLETE NOW, SIR? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN.
I DON'T. I MEAN, I SEE THE VALUE.
ONCE WE HAVE COMPANIES AS SUCH CONTROLLING BIG PORTION OF ALL CONTROL OF ALL RENTAL MARKET, A PROBLEM THAT MAY HAVE THEY ALSO CONTROL THE RATE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING COUNCIL GOT TO BE AWARE OF.
YOU GOT TO START PAYING ATTENTION.
SO IT'S A BIG PURCHASE, 47 OR 45.7 MILLION, OR WHICH THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT, 97 SINGLE FAMILY? THEY MAKE THE PRICE.
BECAUSE PART OF THE PROBLEM IS AS WE GROW, WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION OF BIG INVESTOR COMING AND CONTROL LARGE PORTION OF RENTALS BECAUSE AT THAT POINT THEY CONTROL THAT.
THEY MAKE THE PRICE, THE RENTAL MARKET, THEY CONTROL OUR RENTAL MARKET.
OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY. FOLKS THAT FROM HERE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING AS WE MOVE.
THAT'S WHY I KIND OF LIKE SOMEWHAT WHAT YOU PROPOSE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FURTHER DISCUSS IT.
THAT'S WHY I'M VERY ENCOURAGED.
WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR PUT MONEY ASIDE, 3 MILLION, AN EXTRA 5 MILLION TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SO ON.
I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCILMAN PHILLIP.
SO I JUST SAID SOMETHING. COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE HOW WE PROCEED.
OUR BIG INVESTOR, COME IN AND CONTROL THE RENTAL MARKET.
AND THAT. JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO.
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THE MONTH OF MAY IS HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH.I WISH, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WAS HAITIAN FLAG DAY OR THOSE OF US MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE AT THE SOCCER TOURNAMENT AND AS OTHER MEMBER FROM THE CARIBBEAN THAT SUPPORTED IT.
WE DO APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE TO SUPPORT THIS CULTURAL ACTIVITY AND WE ONLY GROW AS ONE WHEN WE REALLY JOIN TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, SIR.
FIRST, I WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO SAID ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS.
YEAH. AND THAT'S TO ME, THAT'S POWERFUL.
WE GOT SOMETHING. HERE IN PALM BAY THAT SOMEBODY WANTS.
OH, SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE A PART OF.
GOLDMAN SACHS WANT TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY HERE IN PALM BAY.
HOW MUCH WAS THE AMOUNT? 47 MILLION.
AND I HOPE THAT'S A GOOD TAX BASE THAT WE COULD GET FROM THAT 40, $47 MILLION.
SO BUT WE NEED, AS A COUNCIL, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEY'RE NOT PRICED OUT OR YOUR KIDS GROWING UP.
IF THEY WANT TO LIVE IN PALM BAY, THEY'RE NOT PRICED OUT.
RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS GOING UP.
CHEAPER TO LIVE IN A HOUSE THAN LIVE IN AN APARTMENT.
NOT EVERYBODY COULD QUALIFY TO BE A HOMEOWNER.
AND I GET EMAILS ALMOST EVERY OTHER WEEK.
THEY WANT. THEY WANT TO. THEY WANT TO BUY CASH.
MY HOUSE IS NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD.
YOUR HOME IS VALUABLE AND I SHOULD SAY, TAKE CARE.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
IS ABOUT THE SHOOTING IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
YOU KNOW, A SHOOTER. AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE VIDEO THAT WAS POSTED BY THE SHOOTER ONLINE.
I SAW IT. AND IT WAS VERY DISTURBING.
AND IF YOU'VE GOT A WEAK STOMACH, YOU SHOULDN'T LOOK AT IT.
I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT, AVOID LOOKING AT THAT, BUT IT WAS HORRIBLE.
AND WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE A SHOOTER WENT TO WINN-DIXIE YEARS AGO.
IF YOU HEAR SOME PERSON THAT WANT TO DO SOMEBODY HARM IN THIS COMMUNITY.
CONTACT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IF THE POLICE OFFICERS DON'T GET BACK WITH YOU, THE POLICE CALL THEM AGAIN.
WE DON'T WANT. ANYBODY OR ANY PERSON.
THIS PERSON THAT CAME TO BUFFALO DIDN'T LIVE IN BUFFALO.
THEY TARGET PEOPLE OF COLOR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE.
THEY RACE. AND THAT CAN HAPPEN TO ANY RACE OR ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE.
BUT I DON'T LIKE YOUR POLITICAL IDENTITY, SO I DON'T LIKE THAT.
YOU SEE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE YOUR RACE.
IT COULD BE SOME STRANGE PERSON OUT THERE.
DON'T TAKE. THE LAW IN YOUR OWN HANDS.
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UTILIZE YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT? COUNCILMAN FOSTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
THANK YOU. MADAM SMITH, CAN YOU SPEAK BRIEFLY? WELL, NOT BRIEFLY, BUT TAKE YOUR TIME TO SPEAK ON THE GOLDMAN SACHS ISSUE AND WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO IMPOSE THOSE TYPE OF RESTRICTIONS.
AND AS FAR AS MANDATORY INCLUSIONARY HOUSING, WHERE YOU MANDATE THAT DEVELOPERS SET CERTAIN PROPERTIES ASIDE, CERTAIN PERCENTAGES, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE GOVERNOR REALLY LOOKED AT.
SO AS FAR AS THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO.
BUT YOU CERTAINLY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE INCENTIVES OF INCENTIVES.
BUT THE OTHER THING, WE'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE MUCH ACTION AS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AS FAR AS WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY BUY PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO RENT IT OUT.
I'M ALREADY WORKING WITH STAFF.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE.
DO WE HAVE DATES? BUT YOURS IS VOLUNTEER.
WHICH IS DIFFERENT? YEAH. BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THE BILL AND I PULLED IT UP.
IT WAS IN 2019 WHERE HOUSE BILL 7103 YOU CAN LOOK IT UP IF IT IS MANDATORY.
RIGHT. SO TALKING WITH LARRY BRADLEY AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND PATRICK MURPHY AT THE TIME, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT THE COST BACK ON THE CITY, SO WHAT CAN WE DO? AND VOLUNTARY INCLUSIONARY HOUSING WAS THE ROUTE THAT WE TOOK, AND THAT WOULD BE BECOMING FOR P AND Z FIRST AND THEN COUNCIL NEXT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. RIGHT IN JUNE IS WHEN WE SCHEDULED THE UH P AND Z OC.
SO IT WILL BE FOR P AND Z JUNE AND THEN JULY FOR US FOR THAT ORDINANCE.
AND I THINK THAT IS THE, THE ACTUALLY THE UNDERLYING PREFERENCE THAT WAS FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LEGISLATURE THAT THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT IT'S SORT YOU INCENTIVIZE THESE DEVELOPERS TO DO IT.
YOU DON'T COMPEL THEM TO DO IT.
AND. AND I'VE SEEN THE ORDINANCE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING MADE SOME REVISIONS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING COLLABORATIVE.
OKAY. AND THEN ASIDE FROM THAT.
ASIDE FROM THAT, I'D LIKE TO APPOINT MR. CONRADO MARTINEZ, THE CITIZEN'S BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD.
ON THE LAST THING I WANT TO JUST ADDRESS REAL QUICK.
SO I SERVE ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WE HAD A WORKSHOP JUST YESTERDAY.
AND IN THAT WORKSHOP I LEARNED WE TALKED ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO $19 MILLION COVID RELATED EXPENDITURES.
YOU CAN. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GOOGLE PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RENTAL ISSUES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IF IT'S COVID 19 RELATED, ANYBODY CAN APPLY.
I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO COMMISSIONER RITA PRITCHETT BECAUSE SHE WAS ON THE CALL AS WELL TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUT AND JUST GET THE WORD OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND, YOU KNOW, A TEMPORARY SOLUTION IS HERE RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THANK YOU. AND I'LL START OFF WITH THE GOLDMAN SACHS COMMENT.
I'M QUITE FRANKLY, I'M EXCITED THAT A COMPANY INVESTED THAT KIND OF MONEY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK THEY SEE SOMETHING DOWN RANGE THAT PERHAPS WE'RE NOT EVEN AWARE OF YET.
RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT AVERAGES OUT TO OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OF EVERY HOME.
RIGHT. SO THAT THAT IS A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT.
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BUT LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING DOWN IN THAT SOUTHEAST CORNER.RIGHT. WE'VE GOT POLICY ABOUT TO BREAK GROUND SO WE COULD ALL BE INTERFACING.
RIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE THE THE INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE OTHER POINT, BECAUSE THAT'S CAPITALISM, RIGHT? YOU DON'T CONTROL CAPITALISM.
RIGHT. AND SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
HOWEVER, AT THE SAME TIME, I DO AGREE THAT WE DO NEED TO KEEP THAT IN THE HORIZON.
ONE OF THEM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR CITY MANAGER, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE CALLED BETHEL CONSTRUCTION AND THERE'S A COLLABORATION OF THE FAITH BASED COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER.
IDENTIFYING ONE BOULEVARD AS A WHOLE HAS IDENTIFIED IT'S ONE OF THEIR TOP GOALS HAS BEEN AFFORDABLE.
HOUSING IS ONE OF THOSE WHICH BEGAN OVER CITY FESTS A FEW YEARS AGO.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT.
SO ALL THESE CHURCHES GETTING TOGETHER, WORKING TOWARDS THAT END, SO THEY'RE COMING UP.
SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED ABOUT INCENTIVES, I THINK THAT'S THE THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE THOSE TYPE OF INCENTIVES AND SEE WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? HOW DO WE PARTNER WITH FOLKS THAT CAN COME IN AND INVEST AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? I LIKE THAT ASPECT TO IT BECAUSE IT'S CAPITALISM, RIGHT? AND IT AFFORDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO PARTNERSHIP SO THAT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ON THE PURCHASE.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT ON THAT ISSUE WITH BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE MENTIONED DOING THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT I THINK THERE'S A GROUNDSWELL EFFORT, LIKE I SAID, WITH ONE BOVARD AND THESE DIFFERENT MINISTERS, IF YOU WILL, DIFFERENT FAITH BASED OF THE FAITH BASED COMMUNITY, I SHOULD SAY.
THEN I WANTED TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WHAT MEMORIAL DAY IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT? A LOT OF US THAT SERVED, WE WE KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT NEVER GOT BACK, WHATEVER CONFLICT IT WAS.
RIGHT. BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IS MEMORIAL DAY IS FOR THOSE THAT THAT SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES, THAT THEY PAID THE PRICE FOR US TO BE ON THIS DAIS AND HAVE THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO COME UP AND AND SPEAK FILL OUT A COMMON CARD AND AND BE ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THEIR GOVERNMENT.
YOU DON'T SEE THAT ANYWHERE ELSE.
YOU DON'T SEE THAT IN OTHER NATIONS.
WE WERE FOUNDED ON THE CONSTITUTION BY BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES THAT APPLY TO THIS GREAT NATION.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT RAISE THEIR RIGHT HAND AND GAVE THEIR LIFE.
SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS ON MEMORIAL DAY.
MEMORIAL DAY, WE PAUSE AND WE HONOR THEIR MEMORY BY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE FREE BECAUSE THEY PLACED THEIR BLOOD ON THE ALTAR OF FREEDOM. AND SO I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY, GENTLEMEN.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS KNOW BY NOW, BUT IT HAS TO BE SAID AND IT HAS TO BE PUBLICLY SHARED.
AND I KNOW EVERYONE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT LET'S REFLECT ON WHY WE'RE FREE.
LET'S REFLECT AND UNDERSTAND THAT SACRIFICE AND FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
AND THEN I WANT TO END ON A GREAT NOTE, A POSITIVE NOTE, GENTLEMEN.
YOU KNOW, BACK IN 93 AND IN THE NINETIES, I COACHED BASEBALL AND WON.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT WAS WE WON THE DISTRICT TWO CHAMPIONSHIP.
NOW, IN LITERALLY, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, YOU GO TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.
THAT'S THE EPITOME OF OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP, RIGHT, FOR ALL LITTLE LEAGUERS.
RIGHT. YOU GO TO WILLIAMSPORT UP IN PENNSYLVANIA.
SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM.
SEE THESE TOURNAMENTS AS THEY WIN.
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THEY KEEP GOING AND THEN THEY MAY HIT REGIONAL AND THAT'S HOW THEY WIND UP GOING TO.AND IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR ME BECAUSE I LOVE BASEBALL AND I WILL SAY ANOTHER PLUG.
THE NEW YORK YANKEES ARE DOING OUTSTANDING.
GOD BLESS THE NEW YORK YANKEES.
THE METS, TOO. BUT THE YANKEES ARE DOING GREAT EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST TODAY.
BUT THAT'S OUR CONCLUDE MY REPORTS WITH THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO END ON A GREAT NOTE.
OUR LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM RIGHT HERE, PALM BAY, IS VERY YOUNG.
AND I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD DO SOMETHING TO HONOR THEM AS THEY CONTINUE TO GO, MAYBE BRING THEM UP BEFORE COUNCIL AND HONOR THEM AND COMMEND THEM FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND I'LL END MY REPORTS WITH THAT.
AND I'LL I'LL ASK MISS SHERMAN IF SHE HAS ANY ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS.
[ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS ]
NO, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.MADAM SMITH? YES, SIR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, I NEED TO SEEK YOUR ADVICE CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING LITIGATION MATTER.
PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO 86.0 11, SUBSECTION EIGHT FLORIDA STATUTES.
TRICIA SMITH VERSUS CITY OF PALM BAY.
CASE NUMBER 2019 SI 051922 HAVE COORDINATED A TIME WHEN COUNSEL IS AVAILABLE.
TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2022, AT 6:00 PM.
THE MEETING SHALL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES.
ATTENDEES WILL BE MAYOR ROBERT MEDINA.
SUZANNE SHERMAN CITY ATTORNEY.
RODNEY EDWARDS AND A CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES ]
BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.I HAVE THREE ITEMS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I REMEMBER SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, MAYBE EVEN MORE, MY MIND'S GOING THAT WE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE COULD HAVE VARIOUS REQUESTS FROM APPLICANTS THAT WANTED TO HAVE A VARIANCE INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM GO THROUGH THIS.
IT WAS GOING TO BE A STAFF WAS GOING TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE PRO AND CON WITH THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THAT EVER HAPPENING.
BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT STATUS OF THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO PROPOSE IT.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, TRYING TO KEEP THE FACTS STRAIGHT.
SPECIAL ELECTION DID NOT COST US 250,000.
FACT. THE PART OF THE DELAY OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION WAS THE FACT THAT CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERED CHANGING THE ORDINANCE PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT BLAME, WE ALL HAVE BLAME.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND OWN SOME OF WHAT THAT BLAME IS.
BUT LET'S TAKE OWNERSHIP IN WHAT PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS.
IT WASN'T EVERYBODY ELSE'S FAULT.
PART OF THAT FAULT CAME FROM HERE.
I KNOW. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY.
I KNOW. THAT'S MY AGE THAT DOESN'T KNOW SOMEBODY.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK? RAISE YOUR HAND IN.
MATT RESS 2130 LYNBROOK DRIVE.
I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF OUR MAYOR.
AT THE CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL LAST YEAR.
AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE IT, HE IS WEARING.
I LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT THAT CLUB, MR.
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POPPY, HAS ADOPTED OAK VIEW PARK AND ON THIS SATURDAY IS OUR CLEANUP DAY.WE WILL BE AT ONE OF YOUR CITY PARKS.
I'M BURGE AND THE REST OF THAT BOARD FOR LISTENING TO THE PLEA FROM THE FOLKS FROM BAYSIDE LAKES AND KNOW THAT IT WAS A FIRST STEP.
AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR TIME AND THEY'RE LISTENING TO US AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL COVERING THE COST OF HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING.
I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT WE HAD CLOSE TO 400 PEOPLE THERE LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
THANK THE BOARD FOR LISTENING TO US.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK BEFORE US? GOING ONCE, STEP FORWARD, PASS THROUGH.
DAVE I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL AWARE THAT ONE OF THE COACHES AND TEACHERS AT HERITAGE HIGH WAS IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT A WEEK AGO MONDAY AND.
THE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOL, HIS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, CHURCHES.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRAYING ALL OVER THIS WORLD FOR NATHAN, AND HIS RECOVERY IS MIRACULOUS.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE GOD GLORY FOR THAT.
AND ALL THOSE WHO STEPPED UP AND PRAYED AND SUPPORTED AND GAVE.
THANK YOU, PASTOR. THAT'S A GREAT REPORT.
I CAN'T SEE HOW WE CAN'T END ON SUCH A POSITIVE NOTE THAT MIRACLES ALIVE TODAY IN THAT EXCITING.
WITH THAT, WE WAIT. WAIT. MAYOR, IF MS..
SHERMAN CAN ANSWER THE VARIANTS, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE SOMETHING I WAS WORK.
THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS WORKING ON, BILL.
I WANTED TO END ON THAT MIRACLE, AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP.
I'M SORRY. MINE IS NOT AS EXCITING AS THAT.
I APOLOGIZE. BUT YES, THE SAME ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THE CHANGES FOR VOLUNTARY INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ALSO INCLUDE WE'RE INCLUDING THE EDITS TO ALLOW FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT GREAT REPORT.
AND WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.