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I'M GOING TO CALL THIS WORKSHOP TO ORDER.[CALL TO ORDER]
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.PLEASE RISE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[1. Discussion of the citywide strategic plan.]
NO TURNING IT UP.NOW THAT EVERY ONCE A WEEK. THANK YOU.
I'VE DONE MY PART. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY EXCITING DAY FOR US.
LONG TIME COMING, IN MY OPINION.
I KNOW WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND TODAY IS A VERY BIG DAY FOR US BECAUSE ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK IS CRITICAL TO US BUILDING THAT PLATFORM, THOSE FOUNDATIONS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY HELP DRIVE OUR FOCUS AND GIVE US A VISION AND THINGS WE CAN TARGET.
BUT WE'VE DONE SOME SURVEYS WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
WE'VE DONE SOME SURVEYS OF EMPLOYEES TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE DO HERE BECOMES A BUILDING BLOCK THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO DO EVERYTHING FROM NORMAL DAY TO DAY DECISION MAKING TO OUR BUDGETING TO HIGH LEVEL DECISIONS AT COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE MAKING IN THE FUTURE.
SO PLEASE STAY ENGAGED DURING THIS TIME.
I JUST CAN'T EMPHASIZE HOW VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT IT IS TO US.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHO'S KICKING OFF JACQUELINE, IF YOU WERE.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JACQUELINE.
SHE'LL KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU MORE ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
JACQUELINE MCRAE WITH BAKER TILLY.
WE ARE YOUR FACILITATORS TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO LEAD YOU THROUGH A LOT OF WORK IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
ONE IS THAT YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE INPUT THAT'S GONE INTO THIS SESSION, THAT IT'S OUR CULMINATING SESSION HERE TODAY. WE WANT TO REVIEW WITH YOU SOME BACKGROUND DATA AND INFORMATION IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN THAT YOUR STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER.
WE ARE GOING TO NOT ONLY DISCUSS, BUT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOME THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ABOUT A VISION, A MISSION AND ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES TO LEAD YOU IN DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEART STOP AT NOON FOR LUNCH, ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR.
WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER LUNCH BETWEEN LUNCH AND THE END OF THE DAY, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT THE END OF THE DAY ALSO AT 4:00, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FINISH UP BEFORE FOUR. YOU ALL ARE GOING TO WORK IN SMALL GROUPS.
YOU'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR PRIORITIES, A SHORT LIST OF PRIORITIES THAT YOU WILL COME UP WITH BEFORE LUNCH.
SO PLEASE INDULGE DALE SUGARMAN AND I IN OUR ROLE AS FACILITATORS, BECAUSE OUR ROLE IS TO KEEP YOU ALL MOVING FORWARD SO THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WILL HAVE MET OUR OBJECTIVES.
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YOU HAVE A WHAT WE CALL A WORKBOOK OR A BRIEFING DOCUMENT.IT HAS EVERYTHING IN IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH TODAY AND WE'LL HELP YOU TRACK THROUGH THAT.
AND ALSO, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ATTACHMENTS.
THE FIRST ATTACHMENT IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN.
SO ALL THOSE SLIDES ARE IN YOUR IN YOUR WORKBOOK AND THEY ACTUALLY START BACK ON PAGE 15.
AND THEN THE SECOND ATTACHMENT ARE THE RESULTS OF AN EMPLOYEE AND COMMUNITY SURVEY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THOSE.
BUT THE ENTIRE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY BEGIN ON PAGE 24 OF YOUR WORKBOOK.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR ANY POINTS HERE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN THIS OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, DR.
DALE SUGARMAN? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, JACQUELINE.
GOOD MORNING. IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE HERE.
ACTUALLY. IT'S NICE TO BE BACK.
I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN A MINUTE.
I AM DALE SUGAR, AND I GO BY DALE.
OVER MY CAREER, I HAD TO GIVE A PRESENTATION BACK IN 2019.
SO AND INTERESTINGLY, I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROOM BEFORE FROM 1990 TO HALFWAY THROUGH 92, THROUGH HALFWAY THROUGH 94, I WAS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
KNOW WHAT I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH IS AN EXPERIMENT.
SO BEAR WITH ME. HERE'S WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO DO.
I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A PEN OR A PENCIL.
AND A NICE SIZED PIECE OF PAPER, MAYBE EIGHT AND A HALF BY 11.
AND USE THAT PEN OR THAT PENCIL.
IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THAT PIECE OF PAPER.
EVERYBODY DOWN. YOU NEED MORE TIME.
FRIENDS ARE TO WRITE YOUR NAME.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, GOOD.
THANK YOU. PLEASE DO IT AGAIN THIS TIME.
I WANT YOU TO USE YOUR OPPOSITE HAND.
AND WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.
IT WAS EXCELLENT. I'LL GIVE YOU MORE TIME ON THIS ONE.
OKAY, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU NOTICE.
I WANT TO TRY AND GET EVERYBODY ENGAGED.
WHAT DO YOU NOTICE, TURNER? LIKE YOU'RE IN KINDERGARTEN.
ONE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT MORE LONGER, ONE LOOKS A LITTLE MORE ARTISTIC, ONE A LOT LESS ARTISTIC.
WHAT ELSE DID YOU NOTICE? IT TOOK MORE TIME TO DO IT WITH THE OPPOSITE HAND.
WHAT ELSE DID YOU NOTICE? THIS COMFORT, RIGHT? YOU HAD TO THINK A LITTLE MORE.
IT WAS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.
WITHOUT THINKING, WITHOUT LOOKING, WITHOUT FEELING, WITHOUT DECIDING.
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IT COMES NATURALLY.THE SECOND TIME YOU WERE FORCED INTO AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS? DOING NEW THINGS CAN BE HARD.
WHAT ELSE DID WE LEARN? AND THEN. YOU DON'T HAVE AS MUCH PRACTICE WITH THE OTHER.
FORCES YOU TO CONCENTRATE MORE.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WAYS TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO TODAY IS GET YOU OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE A LITTLE BIT.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THE WAY YOU ALWAYS THINK.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING, TO STRATEGIC THINKING.
BUT ONE OF THE ROLES TODAY IS, FRANKLY, TO GET YOU A LITTLE BIT OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE, GET YOU THINKING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, SPENDING SOME TIME LISTENING TO OTHERS. HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS IT MAY BE.
BUT WE'LL GET YOU THROUGH THIS, OK.
NOW WE HAVE JUST ONE RULE THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY STICK TO.
QUITE OFTEN YOU'LL HEAR INDIVIDUALS.
THAT SPEAK WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS OR DIFFERENT STYLES OR DIFFERENT APPROACH.
YOU'LL HEAR THE PHRASE I DISAGREE.
WELL, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE IN A NO, I DISAGREE ZONE.
TODAY. WE DO NOT WANT TO HEAR.
YOU LOSE, I WIN BECAUSE I DISAGREE.
INSTEAD, HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE? OH. A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING, A DIFFERENT WAY OF ACTING, A DIFFERENT WAY OF DECIDING.
SO WE ARE IN A NO, I DISAGREE ZONE, AND I'LL REMIND YOU OF THAT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE? AND JACQUELINE HAS ONE MORE THING SHE WANTS TO SHARE WITH.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO SOME WRITING.
I DON'T CARE WHICH HAND YOU USE, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
TAKE ONE MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT.
2027. WHAT'S THE HEADLINE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE SPACE COAST DAILY ONLINE EDITION? ONE HEADLINE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AROUND THE ROOM.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, IT'S 913.
NOW AT 914, WE'RE GOING TO GO AROUND THE ROOM AND WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THOSE HEADLINES.
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? OK. WHAT'S THE ONE HEADLINE YOU WANT TO SEE? AND THE SPACE COAST DAILY ONLINE EDITION OR OTHER PALM BAY.
MEDINA WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE LAST ONE TO GO? I CAN START. OKAY.
THE HEADLINE READS PALM BAY LEADS THE NATION IN TECHNOLOGY JOBS.
NASSER TAGS PALM BAY FOR MISSION TO MARS.
LEAD PALM BAY YOU LEAD IN TECHNOLOGY JOBS.
AND WHAT'S THE SECOND PART OF THAT HEADLINE? NASSER TAGS PALM BAY FOR MISSION TO MARS.
NASSER TAGS PALM BAY FOR MISSION TO MARS.
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THAT'S EXCITING.FELIX. FOR ME TO SEE THE FUTURE.
ON BAY, THE CITY OF THE FUTURE.
ALL RIGHT. BUT IT'S QUITE THIS WAY.
WELL, YOU STARTED ON THAT, AND SO YOU WENT BACK.
A VIBRANT, PROSPEROUS AND DIVERSE CITY OF PALM BAY CONTINUES TO BE A DESTINATION FOR ALL.
I WROTE MAJOR EMPLOYER EXPANDS OPERATION IN PALM BAY'S HIGH TECH CORRIDOR, BRINGING 400 NEW JOBS.
OH, COME ON, GIRL. YOU SAY THAT AGAIN, PLEASE.
AND YOU SAY THAT AGAIN. PLEASE, JOAN.
AND JUST A LITTLE SLOWER FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME.
MAJOR EMPLOYER EXPANDS OPERATIONS IN PALM BAY'S HIGH TECH CORRIDOR, BRINGING 400 NEW JOBS.
PALM BAY. MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC.
FOSTERING. GROWTH FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL IN OPPORTUNITIES.
GOOD PALM BAY RANKS TOP IN FLORIDA AS MOST DESIRABLE LOW OK.
PALM BAY RANKS TOP IN FLORIDA AS THE MOST DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.
YOU HAVE TO. CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIND? THAT'S. AND.
25,000 JOBS AND CAP ON THE $1 BILLION INDUSTRY.
COME ON. IT'S LIKE, OH, WAIT, THAT'S WITH A B.
OKAY. CHRISTOPHER AND A LITTLE SLOWER, PLEASE.
A LITTLE SELF SERVING AS WELL.
PALM BAY UTILITIES COMPLETES MAJOR EXPANSION OF SOUTH REGIONAL UTILITIES CAMPUS.
YES. SO MINE IS CITY OF PALM BAY SEEDS, QUALITY OF LIFE STANDARDS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
NOW FLORIDA'S TOP CITY FOR FAMILIES OK.
CHIEF. PALM BAY PALM BAY NAMED MODEL CITY FOR THE SPACE COAST FOR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC GROWTH.
AND THEIR GROWTH EXCEEDS ALL EXPECTATIONS.
THE LAST ONE WAS ABOUT THE LAST ONE.
MINE IS PALM BAY BOAT VOTED BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.
OKAY. OK THEY BUILD OUT ON TARGET AND THOUGHTFULLY DONE.
WELL, THAT'S HOT THERE. OK PALM
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BAY EXPANDS THEIR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL BY 50% AND LEADS FLORIDA IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR.THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS THE NATION'S PREMIER SMART CITY AS THE BEST PLACE TO WORK, LIVE AND PLAY.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO HOST THE NEXT FIFA WORLD CUP LEEDS, LEEDS, FLORIDA IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR.
GUESS I SHOULD ADD THEM TO THE NEWLY DESIGNED STATE OF THE ART STADIUM.
REPORTER CHRISTINA AT RED PUPPY PARK IN PALM BAY COMPLETES NEW DOWNTOWN AREA IN BAYFRONT.
PALM BAY SPAN'S COMMERCIAL BASE WITH PROJECT ADS WITH PROJECT X? YES. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST WORD? PALM BAY. OK.
IF YOUR THIRD WORD ARE SO BASE.
GIVE IT TO ME AGAIN, PATRICIA.
PALM BAY EXPANDS COMMERCIAL BASE WITH PROJECT X.
DOWNTOWN PALM BAY THE PLACE TO BE.
PALM BAY FINDS TO BE IN BITCOIN, NOT JUST.
PALM BAY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SET THE EXAMPLE FOR THE CITIES IN FLORIDA.
AN IMPROVEMENT OR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SET THE EXAMPLE OF ALL CITY.
DOWNTOWN PALM BAY FLOURISHES AND JOB CREATION IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH.
THOSE ARE GREAT HEADLINES, GUYS.
AND YOU'RE REACHING REALLY HIGH.
THESE ARE ALL REALLY GOOD STRETCH ASPIRATIONAL HEADLINES.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD BE.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THESE UP HERE BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VISION.
WE WANT TO REFER BACK TO THESE BECAUSE THEY REALLY GIVE SOME GOOD THOUGHTS ABOUT.
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS? AND I'M LOOKING. YOU DON'T WANT ME TO MENTION.
ALSO, WE HAVE A TOOL UP HERE CALLED THE BIKE RACK.
AND THE BIKE RACK IS REALLY A IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME MANAGEMENT TOOL BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME ITEMS THAT COME UP TODAY THAT YOU'LL WANT TO DISCUSS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY RELATED TO STRATEGIC PLANNING.
OH, THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR BACK HERE.
WE'RE LOCKED IN. OH, NO, WE'RE NOT.
SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW.
IT'S IT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
YOU'VE STARTED OUT GATHERING INPUT THROUGH INTERVIEWS AND SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS THAT DALE AND I HAD WITH ALL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO HEAR VERY CANDIDLY YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES.
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WE DID THE SAME THING WITH ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES.AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT IS REALLY KIND OF TAKE ALL THAT INFORMATION AND FUNNEL IT IN A WAY THAT REALLY RESULTS IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
YOU CAN USE YOUR RESOURCES MORE WISELY IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF OF WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
UH. SO, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SETS THE DIRECTION AT THE POLICY LEVEL AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE AROUND THE TABLE WANTS THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE SET.
YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING THOSE OUT.
THAT HELPS YOU FOCUS YOUR EFFORT.
RIGHT. AND IT ALSO HELPS YOU MONITOR YOUR PERFORMANCE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BENCHMARK TO GO BACK TO TO SAY, HOW ARE WE DOING? AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY.
SO WHEN I GET FINISHED HERE, A MEMBER OF YOUR STAFF IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN, ALL, ALL FORMS OF GOOD DATA THAT'S NEEDED TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR YOUR DECISION MAKING IN YOUR POLICY MAKING TODAY.
AND THEN DALE IS GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH VISION AND MISSION AND VALUES, THE VISION, YOUR YOUR ASPIRATIONAL STATEMENT FOR THE FUTURE, THE MISSION, WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY AS LEADERS OF THIS REALLY WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND VALUES, YOU KNOW, YOUR CORE OPERATING PRINCIPLES, WHAT GUIDES YOU IN YOUR ACTIONS. THEN WE'RE GOING TO RIGHT BEFORE LUNCH, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT ALL THE DATA YOU'VE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY AND YOURSELVES, COME UP WITH PRIORITIES.
YOU KNOW, 42 YEARS OF CITY MANAGEMENT.
IT'S TIME TO HAVE FUN IN LIFE, RIGHT? SO TODAY WE'RE CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY.
AND I'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO JOIN ME IN SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THEN BLOW OUT THE CANDLE.
SOME PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY LIKE TO BLOW OUT CANDLES AND THEN FOLLOW WITH HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
SO HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
WE'RE GOING TO SATISFY BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY.
WE'RE GUESSING. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
BLOW OUT THE CANDLES AND SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
SIX. HOW ABOUT SATISFYING MY FAMILY WHO PLAY ON YOUR FAMILY'S? GO PLAY ON YOUR.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ALL RIGHT, BACK TO WORK.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND STRATEGIC THINKING.
MOST ORGANIZATIONS WORK REALLY HARD ON STRATEGIC PLANNING.
YOU ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
YOU RARELY HEAR ABOUT STRATEGIC THINKING.
BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING BOTH.
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THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE, GREG.WELL, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? BUT GOOD.
SO STRATEGIC PLANNING IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TODAY.
IT'S SETTING GOALS, OBJECTIVES, HAVING IT BASED UPON A VISION, MISSION AND CORE VALUES.
IT'S THE PLAN, SO TO SPEAK, IS.
DOING THE HARD WORK OF SETTING THE GOALS.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF ARE INVOLVED.
BUT THE PROFESSIONALS AT THIS ARE TYPICALLY THE STAFF.
STAFF HAS TO DO A LOT OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING.
THEN AFTER WE HAVE A PLAN, ALL WANT TO THINK STRATEGICALLY.
HOW DO WE THINK STRATEGICALLY? WELL, WE BRING IN ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.
WE LISTEN TO EVERYBODY REMEMBER ABOUT RIGHT HAND LEFT HAND.
WE WEREN'T AS GOOD AT IT AS WE THOUGHT WE WERE.
WITH STRATEGIC THINKING, YOU'VE GOT TO BRING IN EVERYBODY.
AND THINK THROUGH AND LISTEN FOR THOSE THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF.
YOU MAY HAVE THE GREATEST PLAN IN THE WORLD, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT A.
CLEARLY, YOU WANT TO ROLL IT OUT WITH STRATEGIC THINKING.
YOU FOLKS WILL BE DOING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING.
BUT AFTER THE PLAN SET, IT'S NOT OVER.
THEN YOU GOT TO DO YOUR STRATEGIC THINKING AND BRING EVERYBODY IN AND LISTEN TO THE NAYSAYERS.
PEOPLE THAT GET UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FULL OF IT.
OKAY, SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES MUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE FUTURE AND NOT JUST REACT TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE PRESENT.
WE WANT YOU TO BE DOING STRATEGIC THINKING GOING FORWARD.
REAL QUICKLY. PAGES SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE IN THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE.
I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH THE THERE'S REALLY A GOOD SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HEARD WERE THE STRENGTHS OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE HEARD THAT AS A PART OF YOUR HEADLINES, THE CITY ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, THERE'S HARDWORKING, DEDICATED EMPLOYEES THERE, QUALITY ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS, YOUR CITY SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE, OUR STRENGTH, QUALITY EVENTS, GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE, GOOD PUBLIC SAFETY, YOUR COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTES OUR STRENGTH, LOTS OF COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTES.
WE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
FAST GROWING CITY, DIVERSE POPULATION, GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, GREAT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
ABUNDANCE OF PARKS AND GREEN SPACE.
IT'S AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE.
OPPORTUNITIES. SOME OF THE SAME THEMES CAME OUT AGAIN.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND WE HEARD THAT ALSO IN YOUR HEADLINES.
ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY ORGANIZATION.
COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTES ARE AN OPPORTUNITY.
DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, IS A KEY OPPORTUNITY AND INVESTMENT WAYS TO INVEST AND WHERE TO INVEST.
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MORE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER STRENGTHS OR OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE ROOM THAT.
OTHERWISE. I'M GOING TO GO ON TO CHALLENGES.
THERE WERE CHALLENGES. THERE ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGES.
THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES IN THE CITY ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE NOT INSURMOUNTABLE, BUT THEY'RE THERE.
YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF THEM AS AS DALE MENTIONED.
SO THERE ARE SOME CITY ORGANIZATION CHALLENGES, THERE ARE SOME DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES, AND THERE ARE SOME EXTERNAL FACTORS, PRIMARILY ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND ALSO GROWTH.
YOU KNOW, GROWTH IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
LASTLY, AS A SUMMARY OF ALL THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON AND HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION WITH YOU ABOUT RIGHT BEFORE LUNCH POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES WHERE YOU HAD IT.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING? AND THERE IS A LONG LIST.
AND AND THAT TABLE IS SUMMARIZED HERE IN THIS LITTLE GRAPHIC.
THE KEY POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOUR STAKEHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE TO DO WITH INFRASTRUCTURE, GROWING THE COMMUNITY IN A IN A WELL BALANCED MANNER, INCREASING PUBLIC SAFETY.
INCREASING COMMERCIAL GROWTH, IMPROVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK, WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
WE WANT TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.
THERE MAY BE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT COME OUT.
WE WANT TO HEAR PARTICULARLY FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE PRIORITY SETTING PORTION OF OUR DISCUSSION, BECAUSE AS THE POLICY MAKERS, THESE ARE WHERE THE GOALS FLOW FROM.
SO. AS SO KEEP THINKING ABOUT THOSE.
GOING TO GET TURNED OVER TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT. AFTER THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN, SOMEONE FROM STAFF IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SAY, OH, HI, THERE YOU ARE, NANCY, COME ON UP, LEAD YOU THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN AND JOT DOWN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
SHE'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD DATA AND INFORMATION HERE.
GOOD MORNING. SO THE CITY'S POPULATION IS 128,008 AND 93.
THAT IS ABOUT 20% OF BREVARD COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
FOR BREVARD COUNTY, IT'S 47.3 OVERALL.
SO WE HAVE A YOUNGER POPULATION.
OUR MEDIAN VALUE OF HOMES IS 193 658.
THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, I WOULD SAY.
BUT THIS THESE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON CENSUS DATA, AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA.
SO AS WE LOOK AT POPULATION BY AGE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A VERY YOUNG POPULATION.
OUR CORE WORKFORCE IS ABOUT 63.5%.
THOSE ARE YOUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE BETWEEN 16 AND 64.
AND THAT'S COMPARED TO THE BREVARD COUNTY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS A WHOLE.
SO THE PLUS TO HAVING A YOUNGER POPULATION IS THAT YOU HAVE A HIGHER LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, SO YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT CAN WORK.
SO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ENSURING THAT THE TRAINING, THE HIGHER EDUCATION AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE GET INTO. THEN WE ALSO HAVE ETHNICITY.
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BLACK AND HISPANIC.70% OF OUR POPULATION IS WHITE, WHEREAS WITH BREVARD COUNTY, IT'S 75%.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE A 2.1% ASIAN, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN STATEWIDE.
SO OUR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.
32.5% HAS AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR HIGHER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SOME COLLEGE NO DEGREE.
THAT IS A LITTLE HIGH FOR BREVARD COUNTY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THAT TENDS TO BE YOUR PERSONS WITH CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES THAT MAY ONLY NEED A YEAR.
SO WITH THE ASSOCIATES DEGREE, 11% WERE A LITTLE BIT, 11% LOWER THAN BREVARD COUNTY AS A WHOLE AND 8% LOWER THAN STATEWIDE.
OKAY. HOUSEHOLD INCOMES WERE GENERALLY RUNNING IN THE 50000 TO $75000 RANGE.
NO REAL SIGNIFICANCE THERE WITH HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
OF THOSE, THEY EMPLOY ABOUT 22,197 EMPLOYEES.
SO IT'S CALLED THE JOB TO HOUSING RATIO.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS 1.27.
SO IT'S THE JOB HOUSING JOBS TO HOUSING RATIO.
SO IT'S A NUMBER OF JOBS TO THE NUMBER OF HOUSES.
THE TARGET RATIO, ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, IS 1.3 TO 1.7 JOBS TO HOUSES.
MORE HOUSES AND NOT AS MANY JOBS.
SO THAT ALSO LEADS TO WITH US HAVING A LOWER JOBS TO HOUSING, WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE COMMUTING OUT.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS OUR RESIDENT OUTMIGRATION.
THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE OF ACTUAL PALM BAY RESIDENTS THAT ARE MIGRATING OUT.
25% OF THE RESIDENTS IN PALM BAY WORK IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
BUT THEN EVERYONE ELSE IS COMMUTING IN TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN OUR COMMUTING PATTERNS.
THE AVERAGE COMMUTE TIME IS 30 MINUTES ON AVERAGE.
THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME STATE OF FLORIDA AS 28.4 AND THE US IS 27.1.
SO THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS RIGHT AROUND THE AVERAGE 30 MINUTES FOR YOUR AVERAGE COMMUTING TIME.
OK. SO THIS IS WHERE THE PALM BAY WORKERS RESIDE WHEN THEY WHEN THEY COME INTO WORK FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY INTO THE CITY, I'M SORRY, 61% OF OUR PALM BAY RESIDENTS COMMUTE OUT.
SO DEFINITELY ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS PROVIDING THOSE JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
PART OF ALSO HELPING THAT IS TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION ATTAINMENT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS GRAPH, IT'S A LITTLE SMALL, BUT 61% OF OUR PALM BAY RESIDENTS COMMUTE OUT.
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ONLY 39% OF THEM REMAIN IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.AND THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST SLIDE THAT I SHOWED YOU WHERE 25% COMMUTE OUT.
THAT'S 25% OF THE PALM BAY RESIDENTS COMMUTE OUT.
39% OF THE ONES THAT HAVE OF THE EMPLOYMENT IS THE PALM IS IN PALM BAY.
IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO KIND OF GET THAT.
SO I WANTED TO GO THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR VACANT LAND, RESIDENTIAL IS 50%.
SO WHAT WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE IS OUR INDUSTRIAL INCREASE THAT WILL BRING OUR MANUFACTURING COMPANIES, BRING MORE JOBS, BRING MORE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, WHICH GIVES US A LARGER TAX BASE, WHICH ALLOWS US TO DO MORE THINGS, HIRE MORE POLICE AND FIRE, DO MORE INFRASTRUCTURE PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE WANT TO DEFINITELY INCREASE OUR INDUSTRIAL OF THE ACTUAL INDUSTRIAL THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE VERY LIMITED AVAILABLE INDUSTRIAL FOR WHEN WE LOOKED VERY LITTLE FOR SALE FOR FOR LEASE, SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE AVAILABLE HAVE SOME ISSUES, INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.
MANUFACTURERS WILL TYPICALLY LOOK FOR THE HIGHER ELECTRIC USAGE, WATER USAGE, HIGHER CEILINGS BECAUSE THEY NEED THOSE DROP LIGHTS DOWN.
AND SO WORKING WITH OUR OUR, OUR COMPANIES THAT ARE DEVELOPERS IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE DIFFERENT ACCOMMODATIONS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
THE REVENUES ARE TOTAL BUDGET IS 93,375,216.
PREDOMINANTLY, I WOULD SAY HALF OF IT IS PROPERTY TAXES.
SO OF COURSE, IF YOU INCREASE YOUR MANUFACTURING, YOU INCREASE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
EXPENDITURES BY YOUR BY BUDGET 282,839 33.
YOUR GENERAL FUND IS 93 MILLION APPROXIMATELY.
THAT IS YOUR MOST OF YOUR CITY EMPLOYEES, YOUR POLICE AND FIRE.
62 MILLION OF A $93 MILLION BUDGET.
ROAD MAINTENANCE IS ABOUT A MILLION.
WE WANT TO MAKE THAT. AND CAPITAL OUTLAY WAS ALSO 2.5 MILLION.
SO THESE ARE EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT.
OF THE 93 MILLION, ALMOST HALF, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MENTIONING PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO OF THE 2021 CALLS FOR SERVICE, WE HAD 108,145 TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE, 11,003 76 IN REPORTS.
BUT ALL OF THE OTHER VIOLENT AND PROPERTY OFFENSES SEEM TO BE TRENDING DOWN, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A GREAT THING BECAUSE YOU REALIZE THAT WE INCREASED POPULATION. SO WE'RE INCREASING POPULATION BUT DECREASING AND OFFENSES.
OH, HERE WE GO. SORRY, I WENT TO CLICK TOO FAST.
WE HAD 22 OFFICERS LEAVE DURING 2021, AND THE 20 CIVILIANS ALSO LEFT.
SO DEFINITELY NOT JUST WITH POLICE, BUT ALSO FIRE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT RETAINING AND INCREASING OUR WORKFORCE IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
OKAY. AND ARE YOU ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE QUESTIONS? ABSOLUTELY. CAN I TAKE YOU BACK TO THE VACANT LAND? YES. THE INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY OF 3.9% IS THAT THAT THE INDUSTRIAL IS CURRENTLY ZONED. ONLY 3.9% IS ZONED.
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ZONE, YES.FUTURE LIKE GENERAL FUTURE LAND USE.
OR. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ONCE FOR THIS SLIDE AS WELL.
THE SLIDE THAT WAS JUST ON THERE.
THAT'S PART OF WHY WE HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS CAN CHANGE WHERE A PORTION OF THAT RESIDENTIAL MIGHT GO FROM 49% TO 40% OR 35, WHICH WOULD CHANGE COMMERCIAL OR MIXED USE TO A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS LIKE THE COMPOUND WOULD BE AN IDEAL LOCATION WHERE YOU WHERE THE COUNCIL COULD LOOK AT COMMERCIAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AS THE SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY GOES THROUGH.
YOU COULD ABSOLUTELY REZONE THOSE SOMEWHAT.
IT MAKES IT MUCH, MUCH MORE VALUABLE TO THE CURRENT OWNER.
SO THOSE MANUFACTURING ONE BUILDING COULD GENERATE 300 TO $500000 IN PROPERTY TAXES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ON YOUR AVERAGE $2,000 IN PROPERTY TAXES, EACH HOMEOWNER, HOW MANY HOMES DO YOU HAVE TO BUILD IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT FOR THAT ONE BUILDING? AND THEN THE AMOUNT OF POLICE AND FIRE THAT YOU WOULD NEED FOR MANUFACTURING BUILDING WOULD BE SO MINIMAL COMPARED TO ALL THE HOMES THAT YOU HAVE TO BUILD.
SO AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAVE THE JOBS YOU'RE CREATING JOBS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE EVERYONE COMMUTING IN, COMMUTING OUT OF PALM BAY AND COMMUNITY IN. THEN IN ADDITION TO THEM COMMUTING, YOU ALSO DON'T HAVE YOUR LUNCH CROWD.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RESTAURANTS IN PALM BAY.
A LOT OF TIMES, WATER PEOPLE GET THEIR NAILS DONE AND THEIR HAIR CUT.
THEY USUALLY DO THAT EITHER DURING THEIR LUNCH HOUR, RIGHT BEFORE WORK, RIGHT AFTER WORK.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE JOBS HERE, YOU HAVE THOSE ANCILLARY BUSINESSES AS WELL, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL TEND TO DO THAT RIGHT BEFORE WORK, DURING WORK, OR RIGHT AFTER WORK.
BY THE TIME THEY COMMIT COMMUTE IN 30 MINUTES, THEY MOSTLY JUST WANT TO GO HOME.
HE GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY AND COMES BACK IN BECAUSE PALM BAY ROAD AND MALABAR ARE SO CONGESTED AND A LOT OF TIMES HE CAN'T EVEN GET OVER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ONLY IN THE IN THE OFF LANE, BUT THEY'RE ON I-95.
IF WE CAN KEEP OUR RESIDENTS HERE, THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY HERE.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR THEM TO GO OUT ONTO 95 AND DRIVE DOWN.
THEY THEY CAN THEY CAN GO TO THE GROCERY STORE HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE AREA.
THEY CAN GO TO THEIR DOCTOR, THEIR DENTISTS.
AND ONE LAST QUESTION. I'M SORRY.
AND I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS CORRECT.
THEY LOOK AT THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BUILD A BUILDING AND HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME BEING ABLE TO FIND THAT LABOR FORCE.
SO AND THAT'S A POSITIVE FOR US IS WE HAVE A LARGE LABOR FORCE.
WE ALSO NECESSARILY HAVE THE HIGHER AMOUNT OF DEGREES, BUT WE HAVE A LOT THAT HAVE COLLEGE, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS. SO YOUR HEALTH CARE, YOUR MANUFACTURING COMPANIES, THE TECHNICAL WELDING, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
I THINK YOU JUST ANSWERED MY MY QUESTION.
BUT OUR LABOR FORCE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH EASTERN FLORIDA COLLEGE.
EVEN FLORIDA TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
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A SCHOOL CAN TRAIN HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND A SKILL THAT ALL YOU NEED IS A LICENSE. YOU DON'T NEED A COLLEGE DEGREE TO GET CARPENTRY, AUTO MECHANIC AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO HOW DO WE SINCE WE'RE A CITY, WE DON'T EDUCATE.SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THESE TYPES OF EMPLOYEES THAT COME WORK WITH HOW DO WE CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT TO CREATE THESE EMPLOYEES FOR A MANUFACTURER OR COMPANY TO COME IN? THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S MY.
I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB NOW, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS, THE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND THEN ALSO JUST YOUR MANUFACTURING JOBS.
BAYSIDE HIGH HAS A WONDERFUL ENGINEERING PROGRAM.
SO THEY ACTUALLY GO OUT TO TO THE TO L3.
HARRIS THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND MY SON'S IN IT NOW AND IT'S BEEN GREAT.
HE'S LEARNED A LOT AND THEY REALLY TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE KIDS TO GET INTO LIKE A SUMMER PROGRAM, AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND TO TRY TO FIND PLACEMENT FOR THEM.
SO I THINK CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOLS TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING THE CHILDREN TO GO INTO THESE PROGRAMS AS ELECTIVES AND BEING ABLE TO LEARN THOSE DIFFERENT SKILLS.
I WAS THINKING, AND I THINK I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE CITY TO AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL SO WE COULD BRING IN COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEY COULD TRAIN WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE CITY AS AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. I WORKED AT A JURISDICTION THAT HAD THAT.
IT WAS A SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE, YEAH, I'M GOING TO BE A BIO TECHNICAL ENGINEER OR SOMETHING.
AND I'M LIKE, WOW, THEY JUST HAD THESE JUST THESE PHENOMENAL CAREERS THAT THEY WANTED AND AND THEY'RE LOW INCOME CHILDREN. SO IT WAS JUST AMAZING HOW THEY HAD SUCH ASPIRATIONS.
AND THOSE JOBS ACTUALLY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY WELDER, THOSE KIND OF MANUFACTURING POSITIONS.
SO BUT I THINK IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.
I KNOW THAT THE ONES THAT WERE IN UTILITIES, A LOT OF THEM LOVE BEING IN GES.
ACTUALLY, I HAD SOME THAT WERE IN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVED CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THERE WERE SOME EVEN IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SOMETIMES CHILDREN DON'T THINK ABOUT WORKING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
MY FATHER WAS IN THE AIR FORCE AND HE TOLD ME TO GO INTO PUBLIC SERVICE.
THING IS, I FOUND OUT THAT THEY ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER.
AND SO IT BECAME YEAR AFTER YEAR IT WAS, OH, YOU WANT TO WORK IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAPS THEY GET TO DO OR IT THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND SO PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED THE KIDS, REALLY ENJOYED IT.
THANK YOU. SO, NANCY, WHAT I'M HEARING EXCUSE ME, WHAT I'M HEARING IS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA WHERE WE 2040. RIGHT.
AND THAT'S A DIRECT IMPACT THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE BECAUSE THE THERE'S THERE'S OTHER CERTIFICATION PROCESS LIKE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL HAS WITHIN THE COUNTY HAS DONE A PROJECT WHERE THEY CERTIFIED INDIVIDUALS OR SPONSORED INDIVIDUALS FOR THESE SORTS OF THAT TYPE OF MANUFACTURING CERTS.
RIGHT. SO OUR POSITION SHOULD BE TO DIRECT AND LEAD FOR US TO CREATE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
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HAVE PROPER ZONING. IF WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOCK ARMS WITH THEM AND INVEST, LIKE YOU MENTIONED OUR COMPOUND, WHAT A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY HONE IN ON CREATING THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, CREATING THAT CORRIDOR BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SOUTH INTERCHANGE AND THE ACCESS TO 192 AT THE SAME TIME.SO. OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION, MA'AM, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL ALONG THIS IS WHERE THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN GOING AND THAT JUST GIVES US THE THE EVIDENCE AND THE PROOF OF WHERE WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
GUYS, THIS IS THIS IS FASCINATING TO ME BECAUSE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF GREATNESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I KEEP SAYING IT, THIS CITY IS THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MA'AM, I JUST THINK YOU DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
THANK YOU. I LOVE THE PRESENTATION YOU GAVE.
ONE THING I DID WANT TO SAY IS THE THE.
THE STAFF THAT WE DID LOSE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO OTHER AGENCIES IN 2021.
I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE UPDATED FOR 2022 YET, BUT HAVE WE SEEN A REDUCTION IN THAT? MAYBE THAT'S A BETTER QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF, BUT I WANTED TO PERHAPS GET A LITTLE UPDATE ON THAT BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT ARE HERE BEFORE THIS MORNING.
ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION ON THAT, ALMOST 100% REDUCTION.
IT WAS MORE SO THE TURNOVER WAS MORE SO IN OUR CIVILIAN SECTOR WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT WAS MAINLY FOR, YOU KNOW, MONETARY WAGES, SALARIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO COUNCIL AND STAFF, I WANT TO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU OUTSTANDING JOB.
AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO AN ARTICLE ON LAKELAND MANUFACTURING DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE LAND, WHICH LIKE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 11,000.
AND THEN THAT'S THE TAX REVENUE.
AND THEN BUT THEN THE THE TAX REVENUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR 241 NUMBER LOWER BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE THOSE MONIES IN ORDER TO FUND THOSE THOSE SERVICES THAT WE NEED.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE $1,000,000 STREET PAVING PROJECT PROGRAM.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A $5 MILLION BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THOSE TAX REVENUES FROM THIS.
VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, NANCY.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
I APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT VISION, MISSION AND ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES.
BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE WILL START WITH VISION AND WE'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK.
I WANT YOU ALL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE.
SO YOU'RE NOT THINKING YOU'RE GOING TO BE SITTING HERE STRAIGHT THROUGH TILL NOON.
A VISION ARTICULATES THE DESIRED FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
IT'S WHERE THE ORGANIZATION WANTS TO GO.
HERE IS THE CURRENT VISION OF THE CITY.
PALM BAY IS A CITY PREPARED FOR GROWTH WITH DIVERSE BUSINESS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
PALM BAY CITY GOVERNMENT IS FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE AND PROVIDES CUSTOMER FRIENDLY CITY SERVICES.
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PALM BAY HAS A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY UNITY AND PRIDE.CITIZENS ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING A BETTER COMMUNITY.
ARE SIMPLE ENOUGH TO BE REMEMBERED.
AND DO NOT REPEAT WHAT'S IN THE MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH COMES NEXT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT VISION.
IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT CHANGING IT, THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY TO APPROACH IT.
FOR ME, THE BEST EXAMPLE OF A VISION WHICH LOOKS TO THE FUTURE IS SIMPLE AND CAN BE REMEMBERED.
WAS A VISION THAT WAS CREATED BY JOHN F KENNEDY WITH HIS 1961 INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
NOW, SOME OF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO POSSIBLY HAVE REMEMBERED IT.
BUT HE HAD TWO VERY, VERY FAMOUS STATEMENTS IN HIS 61 INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
AND I KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU.
ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY.
WHO REMEMBERS THE SECOND FAMOUS STATEMENT FROM THE 61 INAUGURAL ADDRESS, WHICH WAS AN INCREDIBLY CLEAR AND SIMPLE VISION? ANYBODY. MAYBE I DIDN'T TALK WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT THIS.
BY THE END OF THIS DECADE, WE WILL PUT A MAN ON THE MOON AND RETURN HIM SAFELY.
WE'RE GOING TO THE MOON AND WE'RE COMING BACK SAFELY.
UM. JUMP AHEAD JUST FOR A SECOND.
WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT VISION FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS THE MISSION.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIDN'T DECIDE HOW THINGS WERE DONE.
INSTEAD, THEY CREATED MISSION CONTROL.
WHO DOES WHAT? HOW DO THEY DO IT? HOW DO THEY GET TO THE MOON AND RETURN SAFELY? SO THE VISION IS THE FUTURE WHERE WE'RE GOING.
WHEN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS VISION.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT MISSION.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE CURRENT VISION STATEMENT? AND IF YOU BELIEVE IT'S FINE, WE'LL LEAVE IT EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.
AND IF YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE THINGS ADDED, TAKEN AWAY, CHANGED.
AND IF YOU'RE DONE WRITING YOUR OWN DRAFT VISION FROM THE WORKBOOK, WE'RE NOW GOING TO DISCUSS THAT.
AND I'VE GOT BLANK PAGES HERE FOR THE VISION.
SO WHAT DO WE THINK OF THE CURRENT VISION? TOO LONG. WORDY, TOO WORDY.
ACTUALLY, I SAW IN THE BREAK ROOM.
THERE'S A. IS IT THE VISION STATEMENT OR A MISSION STATEMENT? I KNOW IT'S ON A PLAQUE, BUT IT'S SITTING ON THE FLOOR.
SO WHAT ELSE ABOUT THE CURRENT VISION? ARE WE GOOD WITH IT? WE LIKE IT.
WANT TO WORK ON IT? WORK ON IT. LET'S WORK ON IT.
SO WHO DID SOME HOMEWORK? WHERE DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING? WHAT'S THE FUTURE? MARS. MARS? WE'RE GOING TO MARS.
THAT'S VERY MEMORABLE AND SIMPLE.
SO DID ANYBODY DO ANY HOMEWORK? I WENT ONLINE.
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I THINK SO.SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY NEW WORDS NOW? WELL. REWORD IT, MAYBE.
I WAS ALSO THINKING WE PROBABLY COULD STRIKE OUT A SENTENCE OR TWO.
THAT GOING ON NOW OR THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO STRIVE FOR? I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING ON NOW.
ARE COMPLETELY TO START FROM SCRATCH.
WE'RE GOING TO START. YOU STARTED WITH SOME OF IT UP HERE.
A YEAR AGO WHEN WE HAD IT WAS MORE LIKE A MOTTO.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT IT NEEDS TO BE NECESSARILY THAT SAME THING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THEN IT REALLY LOSES THE WHOLE MEANING.
I MEAN, WE I KNOW WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT WE CREATED MOTTO THAT SAID WE WORK SO YOU CAN PLAY.
BASICALLY, THAT WAS IDENTIFYING IN THE RECREATION PARK SCHOOL, YOU KNOW.
SO MAYBE SOMETHING MORE ALONG THAT LINE IS MORE OF A MOTTO.
IT'S IDENTIFIABLE AND IT'S MORE.
EASIER FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO RELATE TO.
LET ME SHOW YOU A LITTLE TRICK.
ONCE WE CREATE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES.
YOU WATCH WHAT GOES ON IN THE CITY AND THERE'S AN ACTION OR AN EVENT OR SOMETHING IS HAPPENING.
ALWAYS ASK THE PERSON THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE EVENT THE ACTION OR WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
WHAT WAS IT THAT YOU ASKED QUESTIONS.
WHAT WAS IT THAT YOU DID THAT EXEMPLIFIED OUR VISION? YOUR BEHAVIOR MATCHED WITH OUR VISION.
BEHAVIOR MATCHED WITH OUR MISSION.
SO YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTION, DID YOU EQUAL VISION OR DID YOU EQUAL VISION? THAT'S HOW YOU WANT IT TO BE. SIMPLE.
BECAUSE FRANKLY, YOU'RE GOING TO CALL SOME PEOPLE OUT IF THEY'RE NOT LIVING UP TO THE VISION.
OR THE MISSION OR THE ORGANIZATION VALUE.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE. THE FATHER HAD BEEN THE NUMBER 12.
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO? I'VE ALWAYS REFERRED TO.
ARTICLE I PUBLISHED. MARKET TO FACE THE EARTH.
THIS IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
I MEAN, THE VISION IS TO BE THE PREMIER QUALITY RETAILER, FOOD RETAILER IN THE.
AS SIMPLE AS THAT. SO ANYONE WE LIVE AND WORK NOT EVERY DAY AS EMPLOYEES.
SO SOME OF US IDENTIFY WITH THE STORIES.
THEY KNOW HOW TO TREAT AND THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
YOU KNOW, YEARS LATER, I STILL REMEMBER I CAME FROM A STATE OF BOTH MISSION AND VISION, AND I SHOP AT PUBLIX, AND I THINK THE PUBLIX EMPLOYEES LIVE THAT VISION EVERY DAY.
I MEAN, THERE IS NO OTHER SUPERMARKET.
WHEN YOU ASK WHERE SOMETHING IS, THEY ACTUALLY WALK YOU TO IT.
ONLY POINT THAT'S A PREMIER SUPERMARKET.
RT JUST FOR THOSE ARE ONLINE AUDIOS.
THANKS, BRIAN. AND THERE WAS, OH, HERE IT IS.
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STILL FITS FOR PALM BAY.AND THAT'S THE HAVING A DIVERSIFIED TAX BASE, WHICH NANCY JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
IF WE HAD A DIVERSE TAX BASE, WE WOULD HAVE MORE TAX REVENUE AND WE'D BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN NEEDING TO DO, LIKE OUR INCREASING OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY, INCREASING OUR ROAD MAINTENANCE.
AND SO THAT CAN SUM UP A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I MADE SURE THEY MENTIONED BUILDING A DIVERSE, STRONG ECONOMIC BASE, NEED NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE QUALITY OF LIFE LIFESTYLE. SOMEONE ELSE WAS GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBER. YES.
YOU KNOW. IN THIS ATMOSPHERE THAT WE LIVE IN THIS CRAZY.
WHAT? THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING FOR YOU.
WHAT? OUR CITIZENS EXPECT PALM BAY GOVERNMENT TO DO FOR THEM.
BECAUSE WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.
WE PAY IT. IS YOUR TAX US THIS.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING FOR THEM.
AND. AND IN RETURN WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT.
AND I THINK ONCE YOU MARRIED IT TO TWO, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO.
DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS PLACE A GREAT CITY.
BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN.
STUCK TOGETHER THE CITIZENS AND OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FORGET ABOUT.
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PALM BAY, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT PALM BAY IS DOING FOR US.
CAN WE COUNT? CAN WE BE SAFE? CAN MY WATER, WHEN I TURN ON THE FAUCET WITH MY WATER, COME THROUGH TO THE.
COME TO MY HOUSEHOLD WHEN I DRIVE DOWN THE STREET, I WON'T HAVE A YOU KNOW, MY SUSPENSION WON'T.
WHAT IS MY TAX DOLLARS DOING FOR ME? AND THEN IF THEY SEE THAT, THEN THERE IS NO TAX DOLLARS BECAUSE I DON'T MIND PAYING.
THE SERVICE IS GREAT AND THE CITY IS PROSPEROUS.
ONE THING I'LL GIVE YOU EXAMPLE, THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING PARADE YESTERDAY AND THE CITIZENS CAME OUT AND THEY ENJOYED IT.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF VISION THAT WE NEED.
SOME OF THE WORDS I HEARD WERE.
BUT THEN I ALSO HEARD UP HERE INFRASTRUCTURE.
FAMILY. THESE ARE VISION WORDS THAT WERE SUGGESTED BY THE COMMUNITY IN THE SURVEYS THAT WE DID.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT AS SCRIBBLING HERE IS ARE WE TRYING TO.
RIGHT. AND WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES.
BUT WE NEED, I THINK, SOMETHING IN THERE, TOO, THAT SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORDS ON THOSE BOARDS, FAMILY GROWTH, INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFE COMMUNITY, THOSE ARE REALLY ABOUT NOT ABOUT ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, ALTHOUGH THAT'S WHAT GETS THEM THERE.
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BASE, WHICH NO ONE WANTS IN OUR BACKYARD, IS ACTUALLY THE KEY TO GROWING THE CITY THAT THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO LIVE IN.SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO TO COMBINE SOME OF THESE WORDS ABOUT SAFETY AND FAMILY AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WANT AND ALSO COMBINE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
AND MY LAST RAMBLING THOUGHT AND THEN I GOT TO STOP IS ARE WE GOING TO BE A DESTINATION FOR THIS? ARE WE BUILDING THIS OR ARE WE ALREADY THERE OR ARE YOU GOING TO DRIVE IT? RIGHT? IF WE DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT, IT'S NOT THERE YET, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
HOW DO HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT? SO PUT THAT ALL IN A SENTENCE BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE ON TARGET.
SO IN YOUR CURRENT VISION STATEMENT ALREADY SPEAKS TO IT SPEAKS TO GROWTH AND IT SPEAKS TO THE FIRST BUSINESSES AND IT SPEAKS TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
IT ALSO SPEAKS ABOUT THE PLACE.
TALKS ABOUT YOUR RECREATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT.
LIKE THAT FIRST PART JUST FOR THE VISION STATEMENT.
ATTRACTIVE, BEAUTIFUL CITY, WHICH IS THE SAFEST IN BREVARD COUNTY.
I THINK THAT. IT KIND OF HITS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, CHIEF, I SEE HIM WELL, AND I AGREE.
BUT I LOOK AT SAFEST CITY IN OUR COUNTY, AND I DON'T JUST LOOK AT FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT.
SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT. GOOD POINT.
BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON TO REMOVE.
NOT THE NOT THE FIRST SECTION OF THE VISION, BUT THOSE LAST TWO SENTENCES.
LET'S SEE HERE. THE TALKS ABOUT PALM BAY CITY GOVERNMENT AND PALM BAY, AS HAS HAVING A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND WHERE CITIZENS ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING A BETTER COMMUNITY.
DO YOU KEEP THOSE? DO THOSE GO AWAY? I HAVE A THOUGHT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT EACH OF THESE.
OH, I'M SORRY, DIDN'T I INTERRUPT SONY? OKAY, SORRY. IF YOU LOOK AT EACH OF THESE SENTENCES, THE FIRST THREE HAVE THE WORD IS YEAH.
AND THEN IT'S NOT FORWARD LOOKING.
RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE HAS A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY ARE INVOLVED.
IT'S ALL PAST TENSE OR WHAT WE ARE.
RIGHT. SO TO ME, A FUTURE STATEMENT WOULD BE WHAT WE WANT TO BE, RIGHT? PALM BAY A PREMIER CITY TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO YOU USE WORDS LIKE WILL BE.
WE'LL BE. THAT IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO TO. TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S POINT AND COUNCILMAN FELIX POINT.
LET'S JUST WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN.
IF WE GO WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S SUGGESTION TO ELIMINATE SEVERAL SENTENCES, I ENJOY THE CITIZENS INVOLVEMENT. RIGHT.
RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
IF IT'S REMOVED, THEN WE START FROM A CLEAN SLATE.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE DIFFERENT SENTENCES, THEN LET'S WORK ON ON HONING IN ON THAT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T WORK TWO SIDES OF THE PROBLEM HERE. I'LL FOLLOW YOU, MAYOR.
I'M GOOD WITH SCRATCHING IT ALL, BUT I LOVE PIECES OF EACH SENTENCE.
SO POSSIBLY THIS IS JUST ME THROWING SOMETHING OUT THERE.
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PALM BAY FOCUSES ON CREATING DIVERSE BUSINESS JOB OPPORTUNITIES.I DON'T JUST HEAR WHAT I'M TRYING TO GO LIKE.
ABSOLUTELY. SO WE COULD JUST SCRATCH IT.
YEAH, RIGHT. AND LET'S WORK ON LET'S ALL MAKE IT FORWARD THINKING LIKE, BECAUSE IS IS DEFINITELY PAST TENSE AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT PEOPLE HERE AND FA SHOULD EXPECT FROM PALM BAY'S.
I TALK ABOUT A LOT ABOUT VISION.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT.
YOU HAD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU COULD ACHIEVE IT AND GO IN THAT DIRECTION.
WE NEED TO SCRATCH IT AND COME UP.
YOU COULD TAKE SOME SOME SOME OF THESE STUFF THAT WE HAVE IN OUR VISION STATEMENT, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING NEW GOING FORWARD WHERE WE WANT READ GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY WANTS TO GO AND IT HAS TO BE ACHIEVABLE.
IT CAN'T HAVE A VISION TO GO INTO TO.
LUDO, RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE A ROCKET TO GET THERE.
BUT I WROTE DOWN SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THAT MISSION STATEMENT.
THE VISION IS SOMETHING THAT WORKS TO PRESENT THE PROMISE OF THIS KIND OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY DEDICATED TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND INNOVATION.
AND THAT AGAIN. ALSO DEDICATED TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND CULTURE AND RECREATION.
BUT THE PRESENCE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE A LITTLE BIT, EVERYTHING.
IT WORKS FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW AND THAT.
WELL, IT CERTAINLY HITS ALL THE POINTS, RIGHT? MAYBE WE SHOULD START CONSIDERING THAT.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS, BUT I LIKE HOW YOU HIT ALL THOSE POINTS, FRED.
I REALLY DID. NO, I LOVE THAT HE SAID CULTURE, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIVERSE BUSINESS.
AND MISS NANCY GAVE THE NUMBERS.
WE'RE HIGHER IN REGARDS TO MINORITIES HERE IN THE CITY.
SO YOU'RE SAYING CULTURE? I THINK THAT REALLY HITS HOME.
THE MISSION STATEMENT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON LATER IS GOING TO LOOK AT SPACE AND EXPAND ON IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO REACH THE VISION.
MISSION IS ABOUT REALLY VISION IS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING.
CLARITY OF WHERE WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.
MISSION IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
I'LL ADD ANOTHER ONE FOR YOUR LIST.
I'VE BEEN KIND OF WORKING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT TOO.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HIT SOME OF THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BUT ARE USING SOME WORDS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME IS PALM BAY IS A THRIVING CITY, AND WE'LL PURSUE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY TO SUPPORT A SAFE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY FOR ALL.
SO ONE MORE TIME FOR THE WRITING.
THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE WITH THAT SUDAN IS THE WORD IS.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW? YEAH, BECAUSE.
THERE WE ARE. FOR ME, I THINK WE ARE THRIVING.
CAN WE THRIVE MORE AND DO BETTER? YES. BUT COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE THINKING OF THE 22 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.
IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, THE IS VERSUS WILL.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S THE CONCEPT OF SPEAKING SOMETHING INTO EXISTENCE.
SO I KIND OF LIKE IS VERSUS WILL BECAUSE I THINK IT PROVIDES THAT OWNERSHIP.
WHERE YOU CAN GET BOTH IS AN PALM BAY IS AND WILL.
THEY'RE GOING IN. SO, YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY GETTING CLOSER.
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SO YOU'RE SAYING.I SAY, GREAT MAN. THANKS A LOT.
AND. HOME BASE TO BECOME A THRIVING COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A GREAT PLACE TO WORK.
RAISE A FAMILY. GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT ONCE BEEN SLOWER, PLEASE, SO THAT I CAN STRIVE IT ON BASE TO BECOME A THRIVING COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, RAISE A FAMILY, GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE TOWARDS A BETTER COMMUNITY.
CAN YOU ASK THE QUESTION OF SOMEBODY? ARE YOU DEMONSTRATING IT? ARE YOU DOING IT? IS ARE YOU CAN WE RELY ON YOU TO.
CAN YOU ASK THOSE QUESTIONS FROM THAT? YOU KNOW, RIGHT ALONG THAT SAME PAGE WE JUST RECENTLY DISCUSSED ON MAKING IT SHORT, SWEET AND MEMORABLE.
RIGHT. SO I THINK WE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
CERTAINLY THRIVING IS SUCH AN ADJECTIVE THAT CAN SPEAK TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
RIGHT. AND I REALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY SOMETHING THAT IS TODAY, BUT WHAT WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE IN OUR FUTURE.
I LIKE SHORTNESS SO THAT EVERYONE, EVERYONE IN 128,000 TEAM MEMBERS, EVERY ONE OF 128,000 TEAM MEMBERS COULD JUST RATTLE THAT OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU THINK OF SYNERGY AND HOW A FLEET OF SHIPS GO IN THE SAME DIRECTION, 128,000 STRONG CAN DEFINITELY SET THE TONE AND SET THE DIRECTION FOR THIS ENTIRE CITY.
I LOVE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND I THINK THE VISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MASSAGED ENOUGH.
I WOULDN'T WANT US TO CONTINUE TO OVERTHINK IT BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE ALREADY HIT THOSE KEY POINTS.
SO IF WE COULD JUST HONE IN ON ON THAT, I THINK WE'VE GOT A WINNER ALREADY.
ALL RIGHT. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE WE'RE GETTING REAL CLOSE TO HAVING A DEVELOPED THEME HERE.
IT SEEMS TO JACQUELINE AND TO ME THAT THREE OF THEM SEEM TO STAND OUT AND IT'S THE MOST.
OR ELSE WE HAVE. GROWTH WHITE PALM BAY IS AND WILL BE A THRIVING CITY, AND WE'LL PURSUE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY TO SUPPORT A SAFE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY FOR ALL.
WE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MARRY PIECES OF THEM.
HAVE WE CAPTURED IT? YEAH. IN THOSE THREE.
WHEN YOU SAY FOR ALL, IT INCLUDES THE CULTURE, RIGHT? YES. WHEN YOU SAY FOR ALL.
I THINK THAT TO ME IS SPOKE VOLUMES BECAUSE IT'S FOR EACH AND THE LISTEN, WE LIVE IN A GREAT CITY.
WE LIVE IN THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN A IN A COUNTY THAT'S OVER, WHAT IS IT, 600,000 STRONG.
AND SO WHEN YOU SAY FOR ALL I THINK IN AND OF ITSELF, THAT'S A GREAT STATEMENT.
MAN, I KNOW YOU WERE HOOKED ON THE CULTURE.
I'M I LOVE THE CULTURE PART OF IT.
BUT WHEN YOU SAY FOR ALL ANY IT'S ALL CULTURES.
OH YEAH. NOW EVERYBODY, THOSE ARE MY OWN.
ALL RIGHT. SO. SO HERE'S JACQUELINE JUST REMINDED ME IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR A BREAK.
SHE AND I WILL TAKE THESE LAST THREE AND WORK ON THEM.
WE WILL DO SOME WORDSMITHING BECAUSE, REMEMBER, IT'S NOT A BE ALL TO END ALL TODAY.
WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS IS A DRAFT REPORT FOR YOU.
AND THEN YOU GET ANOTHER SHOT AT WORKING ON ALL OF THIS.
SO I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TAKE THESE THREE.
ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL CALL IT 1035.
I'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE AT 1045.
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ALL RIGHT, SO HERE WE GO AGAIN.READY? SO I'M GOING TO TEASE YOUR BRAIN ONE MORE TIME.
HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. EVERYBODY.
EYES UP. READY? ALMOST. GUNS DOWN.
GUNS. HOLD YOUR ARMS. YEAH. I JUST. OLDER ARMS. I TOLD THEM THE OTHER WAY.
OK SAY SAME THING AS WRITING YOUR NAME WITH THE OPPOSITE HAND.
WE ALWAYS FOLD OUR ARMS THE SAME WAY.
BUT FOR THEM THE OTHER WAY, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
IT'S HARDER IF YOU USE YOUR BRAIN.
AND THIS ONE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT AT HOME TONIGHT.
THIS ONE'S REALLY GOING TO FLIP YOU OUT.
AND YOU'LL REMEMBER. YOU'LL REMEMBER ME TODAY.
EFFECTIVE MISSION STATEMENTS CLEARLY STATE WHY THE ORGANIZATION EXISTS.
ITS PURPOSE AND WHAT IT STRIVES TO DO.
AGAIN, WE WANT THEM TO BE EASILY REMEMBERED.
PALM BAY DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT.
OKAY. BASICALLY, THE MISSION IS WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO.
RIGHT. OF YOUR WORKBOOK, WE HAVE SOME SUGGESTED SUGGESTED MISSION PHRASES.
THESE CAME FROM THE INTERVIEWS THAT WE DID WITH STAFF AND WITH THE COMMUNITY.
CITY LEADERS VALUE EMPLOYEES COMMITTED TO SERVING AND ENGAGING RESIDENTS, AND PROVIDING NEEDED SERVICES EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO WORK. SO WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS OR MISSION FOR PALM BAY? WHAT YOU DO.
SO IF I WERE TO JUST TAKE THE THREE OF MY FAVORITE OUT OF THE MISSION PHRASES THAT YOU AND JACLYN PROVIDED, I LIKE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES.
THROUGH EMPLOYEES WHO ARE VALUED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE.
I DON'T. QUALITY SERVICE WHERE EMPLOYEES ARE VALUED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE.
IF YOU GO. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OKAY.
MINE'S REALLY SIMPLE. AND I KEPT IT TO A CITY TO PROVIDE.
TO PROVIDE A CITY OF OPPORTUNITIES AND EXCEPTIONAL STANDARD OF LIVING THAT WAY.
AND AN EXCEPTIONAL STANDARD OF LIVING.
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IT'S FOR MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE.WOULD IT BE TOO MUCH TO, SAY, EXCEED THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE? HA HA. GOOD QUESTION.
SO, SO SO BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER ABOUT SOMEONE BEHAVES OR DOES SOMETHING OR IS AN EVENT AND YOU ASK THE QUESTION, DID YOU EXCEED THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN WHAT YOU DID? THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THE MISSION.
SO DO YOU WANT TO SET A STANDARD WHERE THE TO DO IS TO EXCEED? MAYBE YOU DO.
AND THE REASON SO THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT, BECAUSE ALL OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT HERE, 9 TO 5, WE GO IN THROUGHOUT THE CITY, 9 TO 5, AND I'LL SEE IT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT OR GROWTH MANAGEMENT OR WHEREVER, WHERE EMPLOYEES WILL GO OUT OF THEIR WAY, LIKE GO RELENTLESS.
THEY MIGHT BE HAVING RUNNING LATE TO A MEETING, BUT THEY'LL GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKE SURE A PERSON FINDS THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT OR GETS HELP WITH THIS OR, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE AS GETTING MAKING SURE ELDERLY WOMAN CAN GET UP THE CURB.
YOU KNOW, THEIR JOB DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT, BUT THEY'RE EXCEEDING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE.
DID WE CAPTURE OR EXCEED OK? FRED COMMITTED TO SERVING, ENGAGING RESIDENTS AND PROVIDING NEEDED SERVICES EFFECTIVELY IN.
SLOWLY. COMMITTED TO SERVING AND ENGAGING RESIDENTS.
AND PROVIDING NEEDED SERVICES EFFECTIVELY IN.
WHAT OTHER IDEAS? WHAT OTHER IDEAS ABOUT A MISSION? BUT I WAS GOING TO TALK. BUT I GUESS I.
PROVIDE OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS WHICH IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
PRETTY SIMPLE. I'D LIKE TO SAY.
ENHANCING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
I REALLY LIKE THAT BOTH COLUMNS HAVE VALUING EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S WHO WE WANT TO REMEMBER THIS.
SO TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO PUT THAT ALMOST FIRST.
GIVE THAT TO ME AGAIN AT HALF SPEED SO WE CAN CAPTURE IT THROUGH OUR VALUED EMPLOYEES OR WITH OUR VALUED EMPLOYEES. EVERY DAY WE WILL EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR RESIDENTS.
TO SAFELY LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
REASON BEING, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE EMPLOYEES AND IF THEY'RE NOT VALUED, THEN WHAT VALUE CAN WE GIVE OUR CITY? SO IF I CAN ADD, LAURA PROVIDED ME SOME STATISTICS A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK, AND OF OUR OVER 800 EMPLOYEES, ABOUT 60% OF THEM LIVE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THOSE ARE COUNCIL'S VOTING CONSTITUENTS.
THEY LIVE HERE. THEY WORK HERE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THEM, TOO.
SO THIS MISSION AND VALUING OUR EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE CRITICAL TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
GOOD. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
IN ESSENCE, I JUST HAVE ONE ADD ON.
I ACTUALLY LIKE JULIETTE'S A LOT.
I WOULD JUST INSTEAD OF SEEING RESIDENTS, I WOULD SAY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT CAPTURES THE BUSINESS SIDE, TOO.
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WHAT ELSE? GOOD WORK, MAN.WE'VE GOT FIVE. REALLY? OUTSTANDING. THIS IS GREAT STATEMENTS TO MARRY TOGETHER, BECAUSE WE DID THAT IN 11 MINUTES.
LUNCH TIME. YOU GUYS ARE UNBELIEVABLE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD ADD, OR DO YOU THINK WE'VE CAPTURED THE ESSENCE? WE'RE GOOD. YOU WANT ME TO READ THEM OR YOU GIVE WITH THEM? YES, GO AHEAD. OKAY.
PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES WHERE EMPLOYEES ARE VALUED.
DO EXCEED THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OR RESIDENTS OR THE PERSON.
OH. NUMBER TWO, PROVIDE A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY.
TO PROVIDE OK FIRST ONE, PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES WHERE EMPLOYEES ARE VALUED TO EXCEED THE NEEDS OF EITHER THE PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITY, RESIDENTS.
NUMBER FOUR, PROVIDING OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PALM BAY RESIDENTS.
NUMBER FIVE WITH OUR VALUED EMPLOYEES EVERY DAY, WE WILL EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY TO SAFELY LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. THOSE ARE EXCELLENT.
I'M BLOWN AWAY. THAT'S EXCELLENT.
DID WE MISS ANYTHING? WE'RE GOOD. WE CAN MOVE ON.
SO THIS ONE ALWAYS ENDS UP BEING INTERESTING FOR ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES.
VALUES GUIDE THE BEHAVIORS OF STAFF, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS IN THE CITY.
AN EFFECTIVE SET OF VALUES IS SHORT ENOUGH TO BE REMEMBERED AND CLEAR ENOUGH TO DRIVE BEHAVIORS.
ARE YOU CATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING? SHORT CLARITY.
SO TO ME, THE WAY I THINK ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES TEND TO BE ONE WORD.
SINGLE WORD REFLECTING BEHAVIOR.
AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO NOW IS WE WOULD LIKE TO CAPTURE THE MOST THE MOST IMPORTANT SINGLE WORDS ABOUT HOW WE WILL BEHAVE GOING FORWARD.
SO LET ME HEAR WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU ABOUT VALUES.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU ABOUT BEHAVIOR? I MEAN, ONE WORD. INTEGRITY.
HONOR. I'M GOING SLOW SO JACQUELINE CAN WRITE.
TRANSPARENCY. YOU'RE GETTING FANCY WITH DIFFERENT COLORS.
GOOD FOR YOU. OTHER WORDS, INNOVATION, INNOVATION.
WELL, THE MILITARY ALWAYS USE SERVICE BEFORE SELF, SERVICE BEFORE SELF.
AND IT'S OKAY TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE WORD.
WELL, WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND GIVEN THE INNOVATION, INTEGRITY, COMMITMENT AND TRUST, ALL THOSE THINGS COME INTO PLAY.
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I THINK IT ENCAPSULATES PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.YOU KNOW, THAT'S BIBLICAL, FRED.
THROUGH THIS SERVICE BEFORE? SURE, IF YOU WANT ME TO QUOTE IT FOR YOU.
BUT. BUT I AGREE WITH MR. POP. I AGREE WITH MR. POPPY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT PROFESSIONALISM, IF YOU'RE DOING SERVICE FOR YOURSELF, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PROFESSIONAL IN YOUR RESPONSE.
SO HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT WITH ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES.
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO DEMONSTRATE THOSE VALUES WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING.
SO I NEED SOME MORE WORDS ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES.
WASTE AND TOLERANCE IN OPPOSITION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL AS WE.
I THINK ACCOUNTABILITY, I SHOULD SAY, BUT WASTE AND TOLERANCE, WE HAVE ANOTHER WAY OF DOING.
DO. THE COUNTERBALANCE OF WHAT WE DO AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THAT WAS WASTE AND TOLERANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY.
CAN I PROVIDE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE? YES, BECAUSE YOU DON'T YOU DON'T DISAGREE.
COULD YOU BRING THE FIRST ONE? I HAVEN'T HAD TO CALL ANYBODY OUT.
YEAH, I WOULD I WOULD REFER TO ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE WASTE THAT WORD ALREADY GIVES KIND OF A NEGATIVE.
I WOULD I THINK ACCOUNTABILITY HIGHLIGHTING ACCOUNTABILITY MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
CHRISTINA, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
EQUITY. THEY'VE GOT ROOM FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE MORE.
COMMITMENT. COMMITMENT? NO, WE GOT THAT SAME COMMITMENT.
THEIR LOYALTY IS NOT UP THERE.
I'M SORRY. ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IS WHAT YOU SAID.
LOYALTY IS ONE OF THE SUGGESTED VALUES.
I'M SORRY, MAYOR. LOYALTY IS ONE OF OUR SUGGESTED VALUES THAT ARE ON PAGE 11.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER.
I THINK WE MOVED TO IDENTIFY KEY PRIORITIES AND DEVELOP GOALS.
OKAY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO NARROW THEM DOWN RIGHT NOW.
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN YOU WANTED TO NARROW THEM DOWN.
OKAY. NARROW THEM DOWN WHENEVER YOU THINK.
IT. IT'S BEEN MAYBE 5 MINUTES TRYING TO SET.
SURE. OK SO DO WE HAVE DOTS? WE DO HAVE DOTS.
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NOW, EVERYBODY WOULD GET THESE DOGS.AND I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE GIVE THEM EIGHT THOUGHTS RIGHT AT THE LUNCH BREAK AND THEY'LL VOTE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE FUN NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FUN JUST BEFORE THE LUNCH BREAK.
SO JACQUELINE IS GOING TO TAKE YOU.
THROUGH IDENTIFYING KEY PRIORITIES AND DEVELOPING GOALS.
THIS IS OUR LAST HOUR BEFORE LUNCH.
WELL, NOT EVEN AN HOUR BEFORE LUNCH.
AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO, HAVE YOU DISCUSS RIGHT NOW IS REALLY THINK ABOUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT THIS MORNING ALREADY YOUR HEADLINES.
NOW WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE HEARD IN TERMS OF IS THIS IN ANYBODY'S WAY? I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE THAT BECAUSE I WANTED THEM TO LOOK AT OK.
ALL RIGHT. SO IN YOUR SURVEY, I MEAN, IN YOUR PACKET, THERE IS A TABLE.
AND THAT'S THE KEY PRIORITIES, RIGHT? THAT CAME FROM TWO PLACES, THE COMMUNITY.
AND THERE'S A OH, MY GOD, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF.
BUT THAT'S OKAY. SO THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND THE EMPLOYEE RESPONSE.
SO THE PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT.
THE. I JUST WANT TO READ OFF THE TOP OR.
THANK YOU, JOE. IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS WAS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY GROW THE COMMUNITY IN A WELL BALANCED MANNER SUCH AS SMART GROWTH, SMART AND STRATEGIC GROWTH.
INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY TO ENSURE A SAFE COMMUNITY.
AS WE'VE HEARD ALREADY THIS MORNING IS BROADLY CONSIDERED.
AND THEN IMPROVED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK.
AND AFTER THAT, IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF RESPONSES, THEY FELL WAY OFF, YOU KNOW, 21% DOWN TO 3% AND 23%.
SO IN YOUR IN YOUR WORKBOOKS AND THERE MAY BE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU'LL WANT TO DISCUSS, BUT BASED ON THE SURVEYS, THOSE WERE THE TOP PRIORITIES.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO GET DOWN TO A DEFINED LIST OF PRIORITIES.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU WANT TO WORK ON IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN A REALISTIC WAY SO THAT SUZANNE AND THE STAFF DON'T HAVE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TEN PRIORITIES AND A THOUSAND GOALS.
RIGHT? WE WANT TO KEEP IT REALLY KIND OF TIGHT.
I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL AS YOU SPEAK.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU THEN ARE, IS THIS ARE THESE THE TOP PRIORITIES TO BEGIN WITH? THE FIRST FIVE? ARE THERE OTHERS? MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN PARTICULAR.
THAT AREN'T ARE THERE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT AREN'T REPRESENTED ON THIS LIST? SO I GUESS I'LL START THE INCREASED COMMERCIAL GROWTH IS THAT THAT'LL BE SLASH LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
RIGHT. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT LISTED AS SUCH, BUT DEFINITELY INCREASE COMMERCIAL GROWTH, HIGHLIGHT THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL THAT WE JUST RECENTLY SPOKE OF IN PARTICULAR WITH OUR VISION 2040.
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BUT PART OF THAT ALSO IS THE TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR, RIGHT, TO HAVE THAT VISION.AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE SEE DOWN IN THE NEW INTERCHANGE PART OF THOSE PLANS, WHICH IS HOW I CAME UP WITH THE NATIONAL HEADLINES, RIGHT, THAT WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN HAVING THAT TECHNOLOGY AND THE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE RIGHT NEXT TO THE 95 CORRIDOR IT'S GOING TO AND THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OUT THERE EAST ALSO IS PART OF THAT VISION.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAYBE TECHNOLOGY BE PART OF THAT AS WELL.
THE WHOLE POINT THAT I CAN PUT ON THE CHART, SO IT WOULD BE THE INCREASED COMMERCIAL GROWTH TO ENCOMPASS NOT ONLY COMMERCIAL BUT THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR AND THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SECTOR.
OH, I SEE. MANUFACTURING THE LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY.
YES. OKAY. I ALSO THOUGHT I HEARD AND MAYBE I HEARD YOU WRONG, MAYOR.
THE TRANSPORTATION IS ALSO A PART OF THAT OR NO? WELL, THAT'S THE I-95 CORRIDOR.
SO THAT'S PART OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE.
MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO CREATE A DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
CREATE A DOWNTOWN DISTRICT? ABSOLUTELY. THAT CAN GO UNDERNEATH THE COMMERCIAL GROWTH AS WELL.
YEAH. YEAH. CHANCES ARE WE ENVISION TWO DOWNTOWNS WITHIN OUR CITY, THE BAY FRONT END AND THAT SAME CORRIDOR THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO AT THAT NEW INTERCHANGE.
THE BAYFRONT CORRIDOR LOOKS LIKE AN UPTOWN DOWNTOWN.
AND UPTOWN, DOWNTOWN, UPTOWN, DOWNTOWN JEFFERSON, THE BAYFRONT CORRIDOR.
EMERALD LAKES. THIS IS THE SECOND ONE.
EXCELLENT. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE WOULD CONSIDER BOTH.
OKAY. THESE ARE GOOD CLARIFICATION.
MILLENNIALS ARE REALLY BIG ON THE DOWNTOWN, IF YOU NOTICE.
OVER TO MY RIGHT EMPHASIZING THAT.
WHAT ELSE? THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING A BOY.
NO, NOT AT ALL. I'M ONE MYSELF.
THOUGHTS FROM OTHER STAFF AROUND THE TABLE.
WE HAVE THAT ONE. IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I KNOW MR. WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE REALLY TRULY AS WE GET OUT OF OUTLINE A REAL PLAN FOR.
EXPANSION. FOR FOR A SERVER LIKE SEWER.
WHAT DO I LOOK BACK WHEN WHEN WE HAVE 200,000 PEOPLE IN OUR CITY USING OUR CITY ROADS.
SAME WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE CURRENTLY, AS FAR AS WE HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO WATER, SEWER AVAILABILITY, WATER AVAILABILITY, LESS THAN 20% OF OUR CITY HAS SEWER READILY AVAILABLE.
SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? AND THESE ARE THINGS I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW.
BY THE TIME I'M CLOSE TO RETIREMENT, YOU KNOW, MY GRANDKIDS WILL LOOK BACK AND SAY, MAN, DAD, GRANDDADDY, WHAT DID YOU DO? TODAY, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH SEPTIC.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, AND I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING.
ADDING THAT TO OUR BECAUSE WE FAR FROM THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT? ST LUCY DID SOME.
GREAT. AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET THAT MAYOR THAT LED THAT MOMENT 23 YEARS AGO.
HE HAD THE POLITICAL COURAGE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND THAT.
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SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US SITTING HERE TODAY.I TRY AND PUT THAT INTO A BULLET POINT FOR YOU.
WELL, BECAUSE I LIVED THIS BACK IN THE NINETIES, BACK WHEN IT WAS STILL G.D., YOU KNOW.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING OUT WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT TO REACH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
OKAY. SO IF I CAN CAPTURE THIS, YOU GUYS ARE.
YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. I'LL ADD TO THAT.
NOT WATER AND SEWER AT AFFORDABLE RATE.
RIGHT. THAT'S A SUB POINT UNDER IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE.
RIGHT. BECAUSE I ALSO WANT TO ADD TO THAT, IF I CAN.
THIS ONE WAS ABOUT INCREASING COMMERCIAL GROWTH.
THAT'S CORRECT. THIS IS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES STILL ON SEPTIC.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES NOT EVEN SERVED AT ALL BY WATER.
GOT IT. IT'S EVERY MAN, FELIX.
I GOT TO. YOU GOT IT? I GOT IT. BUT NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.
BUT NO, DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX IS 100% CORRECT, BUT WE CAN EXPAND ON THAT EVEN MORE.
SO THE QUESTION I WANT TO ASK FOR EITHER NANCY OR CHRIS ON EXPANDING MAINLINE EXTENSIONS FOR FOR WATER OR SEWER, WOULD THAT MAKE US MORE ATTRACTIVE TO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES COMING TO PALM BAY? IS HAVING THAT WATER CAPACITY.
A LOT OF YOUR MANUFACTURERS ARE IN YOUR HEAVY WATER AND ELECTRIC YOU.
THANK YOU. TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM DIRECTOR HIS COMMENTS.
IF YOU HAVE. I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY COMMENTS ON THAT OTHER THAN YES, ON THE SERVER SIDE.
BUT THE SEWER AND WATER WILL BE AN EASIER FEAT TO ACCOMPLISH.
HOWEVER, IT WAS MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS.
MANDATORY CONNECTION IS KEY, ESPECIALLY FOR WATER.
WHEN I HAVE A GUARANTEED ABILITY TO RECOVER COSTS, THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT CAN PUT OUT MONEY TO EXTEND AND EXPAND THE SYSTEM. BUT WITHOUT MANDATORY CONNECTION, I CANNOT TAKE THE RISK.
TAKE OUT THE DEBT SERVICE WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO CONNECT TO THE SYSTEM.
ANOTHER THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE STORMWATER.
UM. WHO CAN ANSWER THAT? OUR STORMWATER AND THE CITY ARE IMPROVING OUR STORMWATER.
SO OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM NEEDS A LOT OF WORK.
WHETHER WE'RE ON A FEE OR AN ASSESSMENT TYPE SCENARIO, IT HASN'T BEEN IN PLACE THAT LONG.
THE WAY THE SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED ORIGINALLY WAS REALLY TO AVOID FLOODING.
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THAT STORMWATER RUNOFF.SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO.
I HAVE ON MY REALLY SCRIBBLED LIST HERE.
I HAVE. THE TOP FIVE IN THAT TABLE.
WITH, OF COURSE, SUB BULLETS TO IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND INCREASING COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL GROWTH. THEN THERE WAS AN ADDITION.
INCREASED COMMERCIAL GROWTH IS CREATING A DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
IS THAT A SUB BULLET DEAL OR IS THAT A NEW PRIORITY? THAT'S THE TONE. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE AS A NUMBER SIX.
AND SO THE QUESTION QUESTION I HAVE IS.
ARE THESE YOUR TOP SIX? DO YOU KEEP THEM ALL? OKAY, SO IT'S THE FIRST FIVE IN THAT TABLE.
PLUS CREATE A DOWNTOWN DISTRICT OF WHICH THERE WOULD BE TWO OF THEM.
DO ANY OF THESE GET COMBINED OR DO YOU KEEP ALL SIX? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION AND IT'S ALMOST 1125, IS BECAUSE YOUR PRIORITIES ONCE AGAIN WILL DETERMINE YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PUT THAT QUESTION ON THE TABLE.
SO I WANTED TO JUST TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
RIGHT. BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL HAS HAD A VISION OF THE BAYFRONT, RIGHT, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL AND THAT THAT IS CONTINGENT UPON PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND IT BEING MANIFESTED IN THAT IN THAT REGARD TO THE TUNE WHERE WE WE SOLD PROPERTY TO BUILD THE MARINA, THAT'S GOING TO IDEALLY ATTRACT OTHER BUSINESSES AS MOST OF THE MEMBERS THAT ARE ON COUNCIL SIT ON THE BAYFRONT REDEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE AS WELL THAT THAT SYNERGY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EMERALD LAKES, THE TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE VENUES THAT ARE PLANNED OUT THERE, THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DOWNTOWN.
RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE EFFORTS FROM OUR OUR PERSPECTIVE IS TO APPLY ANY MANUAL LABOR TOWARDS THAT END.
RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A VISION FROM THE DOWNTOWN.
SO MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT JUST TAKES HOLD OF ITSELF, RIGHT, BECAUSE OF THE PLANS THAT ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN THAT ARENA. I THINK THE TOP FIVE THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT, COUNCILMAN OR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, THESE TOP FIVE, THE INCREASED PUBLIC SAFETY, THE IMPROVEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO, AS MR. LITTLE SPOKE OF MANDATORY HOOKUPS IS A BIG COMPONENT TO THAT RIGHT THAT VISION BECAUSE WE AREN'T LOOKING AT THIS FROM A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
WE'RE LOOKING DOWN RANGE, WE'RE LOOKING TEN YEARS DOWN THE RANGE, WHICH AFFECTS PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S OUR GOAL.
EACH AND EVERY MEMBER ON COUNCIL AT OF EVERY MEMBER I THINK COUNCILMAN FORCER MYSELF ARE THE OLDEST EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T LOOK IT WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE MILLENNIALS. THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT THE DOWNTOWN PART OF IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SHOULD TAKE PLACE BASED ON OUR VISION.
YEAH, RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT APPLYING THE MANUAL LABOR.
THE MANUAL PART OF THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE INCREASED PUBLIC SAFETY, THE INCREASED COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR WITH TECHNOLOGY AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL THAT THOSE ARE THE BIG EFFORTS BECAUSE THAT OTHER IS GOING TO TAKE.
GOT IT. THOSE. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
ALL RIGHT. NOW, YOU ARE NUMBER FIVE HERE.
SO NUMBER FIVE, IMPROVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK.
THAT WHAT NUMBER FIVE IS THAT IS OKAY.
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THE NUMBER SIX IS A HIGHER. YOU'RE CORRECT.SO WE'RE KIND OF ALREADY DOING THAT.
WE'RE BUILDING CITY, YOU KNOW, CITY BUILDINGS AND PARKS TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO NEED TO WORK ON.
THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I'M SORRY HOW WE GAVE WRITTEN FEEDBACK.
YEAH. CHANGING THE POSITIONING OF IT.
RIGHT. IT MOVES UP ONE NUMBER SIX.
SUPPOSED TO BE A FIVE. THAT'S CORRECT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE.
SO, BUT STILL, IT'S ONLY A COMBINED IT'S ONLY 27%.
SO IT'S TRYING NOT TO GET TOO FAR DOWN THE LIST AS YOU CONSIDER PRIORITIES.
BUT IF IT'S REAL IMPORTANT TO THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, CERTAINLY YOU CAN ELEVATE IT.
BUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO I DON'T KNOW THIS.
I DON'T WORK IN ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAS THE TECHNOLOGY.
BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, FACILITIES OR OR I.T.
WHAT TECHNOLOGY WILL IMPROVE THE PROVIDING THE SERVICE? MAYBE A CITY MANAGER AND SEATTLE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER? YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND I WANTED TO ADD TO THAT COUNCILMAN.
I MEAN, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THEIR CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HELD RANSOM IN THAT CAPACITY.
SO THAT'S A THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.
AND I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT YOU IN THAT.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
DOES THAT GET INCLUDED, THEN, AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION TO THE NUMBER ONE, IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU WOULD THINK OF YOUR TECHNOLOGY AS TECHNOLOGY? YES, MA'AM. CORRECT.
YEAH, IF WE CAN, I THINK WE COMBINE THOSE TWO, I'LL BUILD CITY BUILDINGS AND PARKS TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH WITH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE COMBINED THOSE TWO SENTENCES AND I THINK WHAT SHE SAID, COUNCILMAN FOSTER, WAS THAT'S ALL PART OF IMPROVING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
YEAH, JUST CLARIFY AND CALL IT LIKE IMPROVING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN THEY'LL BE THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR CITY CITY PURPOSES AS WELL AS FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO, NUMBER ONE, IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO REVISE THE WORDING TO SAY IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IN PARENTHETICALLY WE WOULD SAY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.
YOU HAD A COMMENT, SIR? I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE PUTTING AN ELEMENT THERE FOR MAKING PALM BAY A SMART CITY? WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, WE TALK ABOUT LIKE MORE LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT AS AS WE'RE SEEING NOW, THE INDUSTRY IS MOVING TO MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES HAVE AN AREA IS KIND OF SET WHERE WE CAN ATTRACT FOLKS TO COME IN FOR CHARGING STATIONS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
WELL, PRIORITY, PRIORITY NUMBER TWO, WELL OVER 90%.
WELL THE COMMUNITY IN A WELL BALANCED MANNER, I.E.
SMART STRATEGY, GROWTH AND SUCH.
I THINK THAT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH.
SO IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY A HIGH UP IN THE PRIORITY ALREADY.
YEAH. ALONG THAT, BRIAN, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD CORRECTLY.
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WHEN IT CAME TO CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES.RIGHT. WE'RE CHARGING PEOPLE TO HOOK UP.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE AS ELECTRIC VEHICLES CONTINUE TO TO INCREASE IN NOT ONLY OUR FLEETS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
RIGHT. THE LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX THAT WE BENEFIT FROM, THAT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO AWAY.
SO THAT IS AN EXCELLENT FORWARD THINKING FOR US TO START RECOUPING SOME OF THOSE FINANCES.
IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND FOR FOR A LONG TIME.
IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A POPULATION THAT GOES MORE ELECTRIC AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR ROADS THE CRITICAL NEEDS THAT IT HAS. SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT FORWARD THINKING.
HOW DO YOU GAUGE THAT? I'M GOING TO I'M INTERESTED TO FIND OUT HOW THAT WORKS AND HOW DO YOU APPLY IT.
IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE AN FPL CHARGE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT KIND OF SURCHARGE, BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I'M I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE OF.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON THAT NOW? OKAY. OKAY.
OKAY. HELLO? YES, SIMILAR TO BUY.
MOST OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS THAT YOU SEE OUT IN THE WORLD NOW YOU DO PAY TO TO USE THAT.
SO DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURES, BUT THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
WILL INCLUDE A PAY TO USE FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO. AND YET THEY COULD GO UP TO NORFOLK LANDING AND GET IT.
SO WILL WE BE COMPETITIVE OR IS IT LIKE THE STANDARD RATE? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S COME UP BECAUSE COMPETITIVENESS IS YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT DRIVES OUR ECONOMY.
THAT'S YES, WE WILL NOT UNDERCUT OURSELVES FOR SURE.
CAN I WE'LL BE COMPETITIVE? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. AND IF I ACTUALLY I LIKED WHAT BRIAN WAS SAYING, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WHERE DO YOU WANT THESE? BUT I. I WAS SORT OF EXPANDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE ONE AGAIN.
LIKE, IT WOULD BE NICE FOR MY PERSPECTIVE.
AND JULIA HAD A GOOD CONTRIBUTION TO IF WE COULD DO IMPROVE SUSTAINABLE OR MAYBE DEVELOP, DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE AND INNOVATIVE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS, BUT LIKE ALL THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO ME IS WHATEVER WE DO FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AS A CITY AND WHATEVER WE DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IT SHOULD ALL BE SUSTAINABLE AND INNOVATIVE.
I THINK THAT'S THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TO ME ANYWAY.
I DID TRY TO CAPTURE BY USING WORD SMART TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS PERFECT.
ONE MORE THING TO ADD IS, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, SUZANNE, JUST TO TACK ON TO IT, YOU SAID PART OF THAT INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND CHRIS WILL AGREE WITH ME ON THIS ONE, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING THROUGH, THIS IS TO EXPAND OUR INTERNAL FIBER TO OUR FACILITIES.
THERE ARE SOME FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT ON FIBER.
BRYAN JUST GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXCELLENT GOAL UNDER THAT PRIORITY.
CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? IT'S FIBER OPTICS.
YOU SEE THE WORD 5G EXPAND EXISTING FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CITYWIDE BUILDINGS.
SO SO WE'RE I THINK WE'RE THERE.
I MEAN, YOU ALL ARE REALLY EXCEEDING ALL OF MY EXPECTATIONS IN A REALLY GOOD WAY, BECAUSE IT SEEMS AS THOUGH AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT I'M TAKING NOTES HERE AS YOU ALL ARE TALKING.
AND THEY AND YOU ALL MIGHT WORDSMITH THEM A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY'RE IMPROVING.
DEVELOPING THE SUSTAINABLE AND INNOVATIVE INTERNAL EXTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE AS THE FIRST ONE.
RIGHT. THE SECOND ONE HAS TO DO WITH GROWING THE COMMUNITY IN A WELL BALANCED MANNER, I.E.
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SMART AND STRATEGIC GROWTH.THE THIRD ONE IS INCREASING PUBLIC SAFETY.
FOR FOR SAFE CITY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND ABROAD WAY.
AND AND THE FOURTH ONE IS INCREASING COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL GROWTH.
AND REMEMBER THAT INFRASTRUCTURE HAS THOSE TWO BULLET POINTS UNDER IT RELATED TO.
TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY AND CITY BUILDINGS AND PARKS.
RIGHT. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO CREATING THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, IS THAT OUR.
IS THAT THE FIFTH ONE? YES. WELL, ME AND COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO JUST LOOKS AT EACH OTHER ON I GUESS THAT'S TECHNICALLY INCLUDED IN THE COMMERCIAL GROWTH OR NO.
OR. RIGHT. WHERE DOES THAT GO, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO I THINK THIS GOAL, AS FRED SAID.
SO IT WOULD BE LIKE A SUBPLOT, IF YOU WILL.
SO, CITY BUILDINGS AND PARKS IS NOT A PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
I GOT ONE THUMBS UP TO OTHER CITY BUILDINGS, BUT.
THE WAY I READ THAT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THIS GROWTH.
SO THE CITY BUILDINGS COULD BE FIVE FIRE STATIONS, COULD BE POLICE SUBSTATIONS, THE OTHER INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS THAT NEED TO ACCOMMODATE FOR GROWTH. BUT THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT A PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE? THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF IT AS.
SO WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, I WAS THINKING OF.
I DON'T TOUCH IT IN A STOPPED WORKING.
I WAS THINKING OF INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE BEING ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING SO HARD ON.
SO OUR BUILDING, OUR FIRE STATIONS, FUTURE POLICE STATION, YOU KNOW.
LOOK, IT'S COMBINED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY.
ALL RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE PARKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT. RIGHT. CITY COUNCILMAN.
THANK YOU, SIR. SO IF THERE IS AGREEMENT ON THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND START AND START TALKING ABOUT SMART GOALS AND.
WHAT IS IT? SO IF WE'RE DOING IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS ONE BECAUSE I THINK IT.
SORRY. NO OFFENSE TO YOUR MICROPHONE.
I THINK IF WE'RE DOING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, GROWING THE COMMUNITY IN A WELL BALANCED MANNER, INCREASING PUBLIC SAFETY TO ENSURE A SAFE CITY INCREASE IN COMMERCIAL GROWTH.
THOSE ARE FOR IF BUILDINGS AND PARKS, ETC.
ARE PART OF OUR INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THEN WOULD NUMBER FIVE NOT? WOULD THIS PRIORITY NOT BE A GOOD NUMBER FIVE? AND THAT IS THE IMPROVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK? BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REBUILD WITH THE COMMUNITY AFTER THE CITY'S MORE RECENT HISTORY AND ALSO WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER GOALS AND INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE DOING THAT CHRISTINA'S TEAM IS CHARGED WITH, AND THAT IS TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE CITY WELCOME, BOARD, CITY DIGITAL MESSAGING, A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO REALLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AGAIN.
YEAH, I'M RIGHT ON BOARD WITH THAT.
SO THERE'S YOUR THERE'S YOUR FIFTH ONE.
COUNCIL HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN THE STAFF.
WE'RE REACHING OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, CHRISTINA, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK BECAUSE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY OUT THERE, WHETHER IT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER ELSE YOU'RE ASSISTING, AND ESPECIALLY ME.
MA'AM, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN COMMUNICATING, ASSISTING ALL OF US HERE ON COUNCIL TO COMMUNICATE WITH AND ENGAGE WITH OUR CITIZENS. SO, YES, MA'AM.
HASHTAG PALM BAY. PROUD FOR YOU, MS..
CHRISTINA BOURNE. YOU ARE EXCELLENT.
THERE'S OUR FIFTH ONE FIFTH PRIORITY FIVE PRIORITIES.
EXCELLENT. SO LISTEN, WE'RE TAKING ACTION, RIGHT? OTHER INFORMATION IN THE OUTREACH.
UPDATES. UPDATES ON REGULAR UPDATES ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
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AND THAT IS THAT IS ONE OF THOSE COULD GET FOLDED IN AND BECOME AND BECOME GOALS.WELL. WELL, I'LL ASK THIS QUESTION.
WHO'S COORDINATING LUNCH AND WHERE? JOAN. AND WHERE ARE WE DOING LUNCH? OUTSIDE. OUTSIDE.
YEAH, WELL, NO, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THE NEXT 20 MINUTES, ACTUALLY, MAYBE 15, AND WE'LL BREAK AT 5 TO 12 BECAUSE THE MAYOR'S GOT A COMMITMENT AT NOON HE NEEDS TO GO FOR SO.
SO THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER LUNCH, I CAN TALK HERE THIS AFTERNOON AFTER LUNCH.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT GOALS, AND IT'S THE GOALS THAT WORK INTO THE PRIORITIES.
NOW, HERE'S THE THING ABOUT GOALS.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO SPEND MAYBE 5 MINUTES OR 10 MINUTES ON THIS CONCEPT.
WE LIKE TO USE A CONCEPT KNOWN AS SMART GOALS.
SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
IT IT'S A CONCEPT THAT IS OUT THERE IN THE TEACHING WORLD AND IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR WORLD.
AND IT'S ALSO SLIDE 48, I BELIEVE IN YOUR PACKET.
SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS A SMART GOAL.
NOT I DISAGREE, BUT I'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
OKAY. SO THIS IS THIS IS TO REMIND ME AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON.
SO SMART GOALS USES THE ACRONYM SMART S M R T.
A GOAL WE START OFF WITH HAS TO BE SPECIFIC.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THESE ARE PRIORITIES.
A GOAL IS WHAT'S GOING TO GET YOU TO ACHIEVE THE PRIORITY.
BUT IT HAS TO BEGIN WITH BEING SPECIFIC.
AND WE'VE GOT AN EXAMPLE IN YOUR PACKET.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A SPECIFIC GOAL.
TO HOST QUARTERLY GATHERINGS OF BUSINESS LEADERS TO DEVELOP A PATHWAY FOR SPACE COAST BUSINESSES TO LOCATE AND TO LOCATE THEIR OPERATION IN PALM BAY.
OKAY. SO AN HOUR, IT GOES TO ONE OF THE PRIORITIES.
IT'S WELL-DEFINED, IT'S UNAMBIGUOUS.
AND WHEN WE WORK ON GOALS, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO ASK EVERY SINGLE TIME IS, IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID SPECIFIC? DO YOU HAVE CLARITY? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE GOAL THAT'S BEING PRESENTED? AND I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GOAL.
WITH SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT MEASURES PROGRESS TOWARD ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE GOAL.
USUALLY MEASURABLE INCLUDES THINGS LIKE DATES AND NUMBERS.
MEETINGS WILL BE HELD DURING OR NEAR THE SECOND WEEK OF EACH QUARTER BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF 2023.
THAT'S MEASURABLE. WE KNOW WHAT THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY IS.
SO THE GOAL HAS TO BE SPECIFIC AND IT HAS TO BE MEASURABLE.
THE A IN THE ACRONYM, IS IT ACHIEVABLE? LET'S GO BACK TO KENNEDY BY THE END OF THE DECADE.
WE WILL PUT A MAN ON THE MOON AND RETURN HIM HOME SAFELY.
DID WE KNOW AT THE TIME IT WAS ACHIEVABLE? WE DIDN'T.
ALL RIGHT. SO YOU GOT TO KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND.
IS IT ACHIEVABLE? IS IT ATTAINABLE AND NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE? AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.
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AND IF POSSIBLE, EACH MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY A NEW BUSINESS LEADER.ALTHOUGH DUPLICATION WILL BE ALLOWED.
ALL RIGHT. SO, AGAIN, WE'RE BEING SPECIFIC, WE'RE BEING MEASURABLE AND WE'RE BEING ACHIEVABLE.
THAT'S ANOTHER COMPONENT OF A SMART GOAL.
YOU KNOW, PAVING ALL THE ROADS IN PALM BAY BY THE YEAR 2025 IS NOT REALISTIC.
AND I'LL ASK THAT QUESTION EVERY SINGLE TIME WE COME UP WITH A GOAL.
SO IS IT WITHIN REACH? IS IT REALISTIC AND IS IT RELEVANT TO THE CITY'S PURPOSE? FOR EXAMPLE, CONDUCT AND AGAIN, STAYING WITH THE SAME FORMAT, CONDUCTING THESE MEETINGS WILL DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO BEING A PART OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACE COAST.
AND THAT EVEN GOES BACK TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK.
WE'RE DEMONSTRATING THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN TIMELY WITH A CLEARLY DEFINED TIMELINE, INCLUDING A STARTING DATE AND A TARGET END DATE.
THE PURPOSE IS TO CREATE URGENCY.
IF DETERMINED VALUABLE, IT WILL CONTINUE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THROUGH CALENDAR YEAR 2024.
BUT THOSE GOALS HAVE GOT TO BE SMART GOALS, SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ACHIEVABLE, REALISTIC AND TIMELY.
AND I'LL KEEP YOU ON TRACK BECAUSE I'M AN EXPERT AT SMART GOALS.
BUT ALSO WE WANT TO DO WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW IS PREPARING JOBS.
SO YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN THAT AS YOU PREPARE? ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BREAK HERE A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
WE'RE GOING TO BREAK A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET EIGHT LITTLE TIPS.
OH, SIX. I THOUGHT YOU SAID EIGHT.
OKAY. EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET SIX LITTLE COLORED DOTS, STICKY DOTS.
AND DURING LUNCH OR DURING A BREAK, WHATEVER, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO UP TO THE CHART ON THE WINDOW, THE ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES, AND YOU'RE GOING TO PLACE YOUR SIX STICKY DOTS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES IN YOUR MIND.
AND THE RULE IS YOU MAY ONLY USE ONE DOT PER VALUE.
YOU MAY NOT USE ALL SIX DOTS ON ONE VALUE.
AND WE HAVE 11 MINUTES TO GET THE DOGS RIGHT NOW.
HOW ARE WE DOING? DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING? GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK WHERE WE ARE.
WE OK ANYBODY IN PAIN? YOU'RE HUNGRY. I UNDERSTAND THAT.
OK. HAVE WE BEEN CLEAR? OK. ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU'RE FREE TO GO.
AND JOAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LUNCH? IT'S OUT THERE. IT'S. OKAY.
THANK YOU, SIR. WE'LL SEE YOU AT 1230.
WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR LUNCH.
APPRECIATE THAT, JOAN. THANK YOU FOR SETTING UP LUNCH.
AND YOU FOLKS WERE DOING SO WELL ALL MORNING.
AND THEN FOUR OF YOU DIDN'T VOTE UNTIL AFTER I DID THE TALLY SHEET.
AND ONE OF YOU CAME UP AND I HAD TO REDO THE TALLY SHEET.
AND THEN TWO MORE CAME UP AND I HAD TO REDO THE TALLY SHEET AGAIN.
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YEAH. AND THEN I THINK JOAN CAME UP LAST BECAUSE SHE WAS WORKING ON GETTING US FED AND HAD TO CHANGE THE TALLY SHEET AGAIN.BUT WE DO WANT TO REPORT OUT TO YOU OUR FINDINGS.
AND JACQUELINE IS GOING TO MENTION THOSE.
YEAH. YEAH. SO YOUR SEVEN, YOU VOTED, EVERYONE VOTED.
YOU TOOK YOUR DOTS AND YOU PUT THEM ON ONE OF THE VALUES YOU CAME UP WITH SEVEN INTEGRITY IN ORDER.
RICHARDS HAS SEVEN INDIVIDUALS AND STANDS OUT IN THIS FIELD.
ALL RIGHT. SO HERE ARE YOUR VALUES IN ORDER TO.
COMMITMENT. SERVICE BEFORE SELF.
TRUST. ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONSISTENCY.
THOSE ARE YOUR VALUES THAT YOU VOTED ON? MM HMM. YES, I CAN.
COMMITMENT. SERVICE BEFORE SELF.
ANY COMMENTS OR REFLECTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? UM. ONCE WE HAVE THE DRAFT DEVELOPED, YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT AS AN ORGANIZATION SOME COMMUNITIES IN THEIR ARTICULATION OF THE VALUES THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SENTENCE OR TWO SENTENCES THAT REALLY EXPLAIN EACH OF THOSE VALUES SO THAT FOLKS REALLY KNOW WHAT THE INTENT IS BEHIND EACH WORD.
ANY. IT'S TIME FOR THE SMALL GROUP BREAKOUT.
WE HAVE THREE AREAS OVER HERE, THREE TABLES AND CHAIRS AND OVER HERE TO TABLES AND CHAIRS FOR YOUR FIVE PRIORITIES. WE WOULD LIKE TO LIKE TO HAVE YOU COUNT OUT.
AND JUST GO UP TO FIVE AND THEN START OVER AGAIN AT ONE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH.
YOUR ASSIGNMENTS FOR EACH TABLE, EACH OF THE FIVE PRIORITIES.
OK MAYOR, I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE ADDRESS THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OVER YOUR SHOULDER, PLEASE.
SO THE VERY FIRST THING I WANT TO WANT TO SHARE IS WE'RE ONLY HAVING SCHEDULED ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO MY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.
AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT COME IN LATER.
SO I WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS.
SO I APOLOGIZE. I MISSPOKE ABOUT WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD OCCUR.
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MA'AM, I CAN'T.IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR UNLESS I UNLESS I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WANT TO BE FAIR TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND IF NOW, UNLESS I MAKE THE DECISION TO HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS GIVEN.
SO, MADAM TERESE, ON THIS SCHEDULE, AM I ALLOWED TO GO AHEAD AND DO TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS? THAT WOULD BE UP TO COUNCIL.
SO IF YOU GET A CONSENSUS FROM COUNCIL, THAT'S FINE.
SO, COUNSEL, DO I HAVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS OR DO I HAVE ONE? I'LL START WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
MAY BEING THAT RIGHT NOW IS THE ONLY MADAM CURRENTLY IN THE ROOM, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND HAVE ONE FROM MADAME CONNELLY RIGHT NOW AND THEN ONE LATER ON FOR WHOEVER MAY SHOW UP.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AND A STRONG, PALM BAY PROUD CITIZEN.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU, MY COMMUNITY LEADERS, FOR PUTTING AS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IMPROVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK.
AND I THINK THIS IS A PRIORITY AND IT'S TIME TO BREAK OUT INTO THE SMALL GROUPS AND DEVELOP SPECIFIC GOALS AND HOW THIS CAN HAPPEN.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THIS VERY PROCESS, BECAUSE HERE I AM, I'M THE ONLY MEMBER HERE FROM THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK.
AND I AM LEFT OUT OF THE SMALL GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE VERY PEOPLE WHO ARE YOU KNOW, IT COMES FROM THE INTERACTION, NOT FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE LEADERSHIP TO US.
AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT I HAVE BEEN SEEING IS THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF DISCONNECT OR DISTANCE IN THAT THERE ARE CITIZENS LIKE ME WHO WHO ARE WANTING ENGAGEMENT, WHO DO SHOW UP, WHO DO WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
THERE'S NOT REALLY A MECHANISM FOR USING US FULLY AND WISELY, USING ALL OUR KNOWLEDGE AND OUR CAPABILITIES AND OUR OUR OUR WANT TO GIVE SERVICE AND TO TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I DON'T SEE THE 3 MINUTES, MAYOR.
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HELP ME, BUT JUST THIS VERY PROCESS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SURVEY IS WAS THE BASIS OF SETTING THE PRIORITIES FOR EVERYBODY TODAY TO START WITH.
I NEVER GOT THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
I WAS TOLD IT WENT OUT ON THE FACEBOOK.
I COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
HOW DID I MISS THE COMMUNITY SURVEY? SO I THINK THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT THERE ARE GOOD EFFORTS, GOOD PEOPLE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO RESPOND, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING NOT CONNECTING.
AND I THINK WHAT I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW, IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO BE WITH YOU ALL, TO REALLY SEE ALL OF THE LEADERSHIP HERE IN PALM BAY. AND WHAT A GIFT, A BLESSING.
YOU SHOW EVERYTHING THAT I WOULD HOPE FOR AND WANT IN THE LEADERSHIP.
AND I AM GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOU AND TRUSTING FOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
DALE, CAN YOU ADDRESS THE THE THE COMMENT, MISS CONNELLY ROSE, ABOUT GETTING FOLKS TO BE PART OF THAT SURVEY? ARE YOU ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT OR IS THAT OUR SET? WOULD THAT BE OUR SET, THE STAFF IN TERMS OF HOW IT WAS DISTRIBUTED? SO WE DID OUR I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PICKING UP OR NOT.
HELLO? OKAY. WE HAD IT PUT OUT ON.
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WE DID OUR WEBSITE FIRST, WHICH IS WHERE WE HOUSED THE QR CODE AND THE LINKS AND ALL OF THAT.WE HAD THE QR CODES ON THE TVS BEFORE COUNCIL.
WE HAD IT ON A FLIER ON THE FRONT OF CITY FACILITIES.
I KNOW WE PUT IT OUT MULTIPLE TIMES, CHRISTINA.
AM I FORGETTING ANY OTHER AVENUE THAT WE USE TO PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY SURVEY? WE ALSO HAD AN EMPLOYEE SURVEY, BUT THAT HAD DIFFERENT MECHANISMS. WE HAD IT ON LIBRARY FRONT DOORS.
WE HAD. IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE.
WE SENT IT TO A COMMUNITY CENTERS AND LIBRARIES AS WELL.
SO YOU KNOW, THE AREA CONCERN IS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
RIGHT. BUT THE AREA OF CONCERN IS MS..
SO THAT'S A HUGE AREA OF CONCERN FOR FOR THIS COUNCIL WHEN IT COMES TO ENGAGEMENT.
BECAUSE IF IF THERE'S A CITIZEN THAT ENGAGES US, IT IS TRULY.
RIGHT. THERE'S SEVERAL THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIZENS THAT WE'RE BLESSED TO KNOW THAT TRULY ENGAGE US.
JUST ABOUT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING AND THERE IS AN AREA OF CONCERN THERE THAT DIDN'T PARTICIPATE.
I JUST TALKED TO HER. I POURED IN HER THE EMAIL THAT WENT OUT.
CONNOLLY'S EMAIL ADDRESS TO THINGS BEFORE TO MAKE SURE SHE GETS IT BECAUSE OF HER LEVEL ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING WRONG THERE.
SOMETIMES THINGS CAN BE MISSED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS.
CARRY ON. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO? AM I MISSING ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC OTHER THAN MISS? OKAY. CARRY ON.
SO 1252, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK OUT INTO SMALL GROUPS AND WE HAVE FIVE TABLES.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A COUNT OFF FROM 1 TO 5.
EVERYONE THAT COUNTS OFF, THAT'S A NUMBER ONE IS GOING TO GO TO THIS FIRST TABLE BEHIND THE CHIEF.
THAT'S FOR THOSE THAT ARE NUMBER TWOS.
AND THEN BEGINNING HERE BEHIND LESLIE IS TABLE THREE, FOUR AND FIVE AT THE REAR.
SO WHEN YOU COUNT OFF, PLEASE JUST REMEMBER YOUR NUMBER WHEN YOU GET IN THE SMALL GROUPS.
WE WANT YOU TO ASSIGN A SCRIBE FOR THE GROUP.
YOUR PURPOSE FOR BEING IN THE SMALL GROUP IS THAT GAIL AND I WILL COME BY YOUR TABLE AND YOU'LL GET ONE OF THE FIVE PRIORITIES THAT YOU DISCUSSED THIS MORNING.
TABLE YOU'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, FIRST OF ALL, OUTCOMES.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE? RIGHT? WHAT ARE YOU AIMING FOR AFTER YOU DECIDE WHAT IN THE SCRIBE GETS DOWN, WHAT YOU'RE AIMING FOR, WHAT THOSE OUTCOMES ARE? YOU'LL DEVELOP GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
WHO KNOWS? TO REACH THE OUTCOMES FOR YOUR PRIORITY, THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK, TAKE A LITTLE BREAK AFTER THAT AT ABOUT 2:00 OR THEREABOUT.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO REPORT OUT TO THE GROUP THE IN A LARGE GROUP AND KIND OF VET, YOU KNOW, YOUR OUTCOMES, YOUR GOALS AND YOUR OBJECTIVES.
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO REPORT OUT.
ALL RIGHT, CHIEF, CAN YOU BEGIN THE COUNT OFF ONE I.
OR. OK, PLEASE MEET AT YOUR TABLES.
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UH. MAYBE I.SO. BOY, MY HEART IS ON THIS ONE.
AS YOU'RE STARTING TO GET SETTLED, LET ME LET ME DIRECT YOU TO OUR SCREENS, BECAUSE AS A SMALL GROUP, YOU WILL HAVE SOME SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM LOADED ONTO THE COMPUTER SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THOSE INSTRUCTIONS ONCE WE GET THEM UP ON THE COMPUTER.
AGAIN, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO I'LL COME AROUND TO EACH TABLE AND GIVE YOU YOUR ASSIGNMENT THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING YOUR GOALS AND YOUR OBJECTIVES FOR.
MAKE SURE YOU APPOINT A SCRIBE.
SO WE NEED SOMEBODY TO TAKE NOTES BECAUSE THE SCRIBE IS GOING TO THEN COME UP AND DESCRIBE FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AT THE SMALL TABLE.
AND JACQUELINE AND I WILL COME AROUND AND COACH YOU IF YOU NEED COACHING.
YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSIGNMENT.
CAN'T READ JACQUELINE'S NOTES.
WHAT'S THE NUMBER TWO ASSIGNMENT? OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, TABLE NUMBER TWO.
YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS THE SMART GROWTH PRIORITY.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY.
TABLE THREE NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
I'M SORRY. SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.
WHAT MIGHT YOU DO IT. SO IT'S JUST.
AND THE THIRD ONE IS INCREASE.
TABLE THREE IS INCREASED PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THE TABLE FOUR IS INCREASED COMMERCIAL GROWTH IN LIGHT INDUSTRY.
AND THEN FIVE IS IMPROVED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK.
I'M SORRY. I WAS. I WAS STRUGGLING.
YEAH, I KNOW. YEAH, JUST MINE.
RIGHT. AND SO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALSO ON THE ON THE THE BOARD.
SO YOU'RE ALWAYS SAYING, OH, THAT'S WHERE YOU RUN THE PLACE.
OH, I TO DECIDE. I READ YOUR BLOG.
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RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.THAT'S A GREAT GOAL. FOR EVERY.
THE FIRST PART IS A COMMON RESPONSE WHEN YOU GET BEHIND THE BURDEN OF ACCEPTING WHATEVER IS. SO IT'S NOT A BAD THING.
WAS. WHAT IS SURPRISE? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT.
THIS IS. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO.
WHAT IS IT? WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING, SO WE WANT TO LOOK AHEAD.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO CALL YOU MAYBE FOR GOOD REASON. I DON'T WANT TO MEET A STANDARD.
AND WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS DEVELOPING PARSER STANDARDS.
HOW MANY NEEDS IS 4000? THAT'S A STANDARD. THAT'S WHAT I THINK.
MY FIRST GOAL WAS TO PLAY HOCKEY.
I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED BECAUSE OUR TEAM BUILDING OUR NEW.
YES. SO HERE WE ARE, AS ALWAYS.
SO WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN A RESTAURANT, WE'RE. HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS? HOW DO WE WRITE IT DOWN? SOMETHING THAT'S SO.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE GAME WILL COME UP FOUL.
NOW, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO THOSE.
HOW DID YOU GET SOMETHING SO THAT YOU BE.
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ALSO. THE WHITE HOUSE. IT WAS JUST SUCH A MAJOR JOB TO GO OUT THERE AND JUST. YEAH.SO I WILL TELL SEE MOVIES LIKE THIS.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? LET ME. NO, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR LIVES. IS RIGHT.
WELL, WE CAN MAKE PLANS FOR SO.
IT'S ALWAYS FUN FOR I WAS JUST LIKE THIS FOR YEARS.
IT SOUNDS SO TRUE. WHAT MADE YOU WRITE SO QUICKLY? WE DIDN'T THIS.
PLENTY OF PEOPLE DON'T CARE FOR.
I THINK THEY ALL KNOW THAT'S PART OF IT.
YEAH, THEY CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS. YEAH. NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT CAMERAS.
YOU JUST NEED. ARE YOU DOING YOUR JOB NOW? THERE WAS ALSO.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU WELL KNOW, THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT I WOULD THINK WOULD BE STARING AT SOME OF THESE, I GUESS, IS THE BOTTOM LINE. SO SO MAYBE.
IS. SO, YES, IT IS SOME SORT OF.
WELL. WELL. WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME SERVICES.
YEAH. SO BE LIKE THE INITIAL THINGS.
AND THEN FROM THAT SORT OF GOES INTO THE ACTION OF REALLY RAISING AWARENESS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE ONLY.
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THAT'S THEIR GOAL. IT PRODUCES AT LEAST ONE.THAT WAS WHAT I WAS PREACHING.
I'M JUST GOING TO WRITE IT HERE.
WHAT? THESE ARE THE TABLE TOPPERS.
SO. AND I. AND IT HAS AN IMPORTANT US TO SHOW.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT THIS. AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT I.
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I GUESS.YOU. OUR FIRST CONVOY WAS COMPLETELY TAKEN OVER.
OKAY. AND SO I WAS LIKE, WELL, I WAS JUST.
THAT'S WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING NOW.
GEORGE. YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW WHAT I LEARNED TODAY? I LEARNED THAT'S.
CHRISTINE. YOU'RE READY TO VOTE? I THINK. I DON'T KNOW.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. HOW? HOW. YES.
SO THE ONE THING THAT CAN HELP YOU KEEP.
NOT A PROBLEM TO SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM.
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IT'S TIME FOR THIS CRISIS.I MEAN. YOU KNOW, I HEARD SORT SAYING THAT.
SO HOW? SO HOW DO YOU THIS? VERY NICE.
NOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
SO YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT ABOUT THAT, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, I DID IT RIGHT BEFORE THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION THIS.
I GO BACK. BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS.
WELL, NOW YOU SEE, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO STAFF MEETINGS.
SO WE HAD A MEETING AND THEN YOU RECEIVED THE MEMO THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THE INSIDE OF THIS PLACE.
I THINK I JUST READ THIS MORNING THE SON OF THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR.
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WE'RE NOT.YOU'LL BE SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
SO, YOU GUYS. SO I FIRST ABOUT.
AND. WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A LITTLE, I THINK, ONE.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION. HE'S SORT OF RESIST CERTAIN CHANGES IN HIMSELF.
BECAUSE OF WHAT? AND YOU TO HAVE RESTAURANTS. SO IT'S JUST FAMILY.
THEY KNOW THEY TO SPEND THE TIME SO.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THIS IS A CHANCE FOR INFORMATION AND IF YOU'RE.
I WOULD SAY IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO.
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MAKING.ARE YOU RIGHT? SO. SO THERE'S.
YOU'RE A BIG PART OF THIS STORY.
OW, OW, OW, OW, OW! WE HAVE TO STOP WITH PLACES LIKE THIS.
THESE GUYS ARE GOING THROUGH THE ICE.
WHY DO WE HAVE THIS? BECAUSE NOW WHEN THEY SAY, ARE YOU KIDDING ME AND
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SAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING, IT'S.IT'S A REALLY MASSIVE REGION, NOT A LOT OF PLACES. WE UP BECOMING REALLY SPECIAL.
THAT'S REALLY THE HEART. THAT'S RIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY. DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THREE OF THEM.
THIS IS MUCH MORE OF A CONCEPT, BUT I GUESS.
WE HAVE NO WAY. AT SOME POINT I HAD I GOT I GOT TO THE POINT AND I WAS SURPRISED, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
YES. SO I HAVE, LIKE, PROBLEMS. AND LOOKING ACROSS THE WORLD, YOU SEE THE.
I JUST WANT TO DO IT IN THE SEQUENCE THAT WE STARTED, WHICH I'M GOING TO DO IT IN THE SEQUENCE. IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY STILL CHASING INTEREST.
SO INSTEAD OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ONE AUDIENCE. MAYBE.
LET ME. IT'S ALMOST LIKE A VISION THAT'S.
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WE ARE HERE WITH THE MATRIX.HIS CLASSIFICATION IS SLOWLY AS WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? VALUES.
BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO GET FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN THE NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.
SO YOU. AND THEY'RE VERY SMART.
SO YOU KNOW HE THAT WE SHOULD.
OVER THE NEXT FOUR THE SERVICE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GOT ALL THIS.
OR. THE POINT IS PERFECTLY. I DON'T KNOW.
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TIME. 15 MORE MINUTES.I. SEE WHAT I'M WRITING RIGHT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GONNA SAY.
I DON'T KNOW. THIS SO, SO DIFFERENT.
BUT WE ARE TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO IS QUALIFIED.
ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY MEASURES.
CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT MATH? IS THIS NUMBERS? THAT'S FOR SURE. THIS IS.
THIS IS. SO THEN ONCE WE GET THE FUNDING FOR.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANT TO SORT OF DO IS ANALYSIS OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOKED AT. IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS. IT'S.
SO. IT'S REALLY GREAT. IT'S GREAT.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A CASE, WHY DON'T YOU? YES. YES, I CAN DO THAT.
WELL, HIS LITTLE GIRL WAS THE ONE WHO SHOWED THAT WE DIDN'T NEED ALL THE TOOLS.
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YEAH. BUT.SO I WOULD SAY, YES, IT'S THE SAME THING.
I DON'T. I KNOW EVEN SAID, SAY CORRECTLY, THAT YOU HAD TO SHOW THAT SOMETHING IS POSSIBLE.
AND FOR THAT SHE SAID, WELL, YOU'RE YOU'RE TELL YOU STORY.
I'M GOING TO. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE EDGE. WHY NOT ONE TIME? I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT.
WE DIDN'T. WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD.
DO YOU SAY? I THINK THAT SOMEONE.
DURING THE PROGRAM, WE WENT ON WITH THIS STORY.
EXACTLY. BUT MOST OF THAT'S STILL PRETTY FORMULAIC.
ME. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF BUDGET.
THIS IS WHAT I CALL. SUSTAINABLE DONORS FOR LAND REFORM TO CHANGE. YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT. FIRST ORDER FOR YOUR ENTRY WAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR.
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WE. THE.RATHER. YOU SEE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. UM.
WHAT ARE THE REASONS WE SEE 3 TO 6? BECAUSE THE JURY.
ONE OF THE. FOR SOME REASON, SHE'S SO. SO. ON.
NOT. EVERYBODY'S HAVING A GREAT TIME HERE.
YES. PLEASE KEEP WORKING IF YOU NEED TO.
IF YOU THINK YOUR TABLE IS DONE, THAT'S GREAT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK.
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SO I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO RECONVENE AT THE BIG TABLE AT 210.OKAY, FOLKS, LET'S COME ON BACK.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF COOL.
YOU KNOW, HE SAID IT WAS A VERY.
FOR YEARS. I WAS TELLING, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD GO.
REALLY HAWKS PROTESTING? YEAH. YEAH. HOW? JUST THIS ONE. TOTAL VOTES.
PESCA YOU PLAY BASEBALL? YEAH. GOLF? YEAH. I LOST MY BROTHER, BRIAN.
YEAH. WHAT I SAID THE NIGHT OF.
THANK YOU, BRO. HE'S TRYING TO GET US TO PLAY SOFTBALL.
EACH TABLE SEEMED TO BE WORKING REALLY HARD, SO I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE OUTCOME.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING WELL SCHEDULE WISE.
OUR COMMITMENT IS TO WRAP UP BY 345, IF NOT SOONER.
SO I THINK WE'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
SO. I'M TRYING TO FIGHT MY OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR.
SO RATHER THAN SAYING, ALL RIGHT, LET'S HAVE A REPORT OUT FROM GROUP ONE AND THEN GO TO TWO, AND THEN THREE, THEN FOUR AND THEN FIVE, I'LL JUST OFFER UP WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST UP.
AND IS THAT AND IS THAT GROUP.
IS THAT GROUP THREE? GROUP THREE. ALL RIGHT.
SO. SO TABLE THREE IS INCREASED PUBLIC SAFETY TO ENSURE A SAFE CITY.
NOW, TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN WHILE YOU REPORT OUT.
TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN WHILE YOU REPORT OUT.
ONE, I'M GOING TO PROBABLY ASK YOU TO REPEAT SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE IT UP HERE.
AND TWO, I AM THE SMART GOAL POLICE.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CRAFTING SMART GOALS.
SO TABLE THREE, YOU WANT TO REPORT OUT, YOU CAN DO COME UP HERE.
BUT NOW EVERYBODY HAS TO COME UP HERE.
I WANT TO HAVE MY SMART SHEET READY IF YOU'LL GIVE ME A MOMENT.
OKAY. I'LL GO TO THIS MICROPHONE OVER HERE.
HELP ME OUT, GUYS. WHAT PAGE IS THAT ON OUR BOOK FOR THE SMART AGE? 48 OR 2024.
SLIDE 48. PAGE 24 OF THE BOOKLET.
COULD YOU START WITH YOUR OUTCOMES? THANK YOU. START WITH OUR OUTCOMES AND NOT THE KEY PRIORITY.
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WELL, OF COURSE. TELL THEM YOUR KEY.OKAY. SO OUR KEY PRIORITY IS TO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY.
OK. WE WANT TO START WITH OUR OUTCOMES.
OUR OUTCOME WOULD BE TO REDUCE THE RESPONSE TIME FOR POLICE AND FIRE.
AND THAT WILL LEAD TO A SAFER COMMUNITY MEETING.
THE DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR COUNCIL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR CITIZENS.
SO I'M GOING TO GET INTO THE INDIVIDUAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE BOX BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT WE NEED FUNDING AND IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT WE NEED PERSONNEL, AND IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT WE NEED EQUIPMENT. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN SET THE MESSAGE FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT THEIR FUNDS ARE BEING USED APPROPRIATELY TO DELIVER A SAFE CITY.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ACTUALLY DO A MULTI LEVEL, MULTIFACETED PR CAMPAIGN.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVE STORIES THAT ARE OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE ACCOMPLISHING.
BEAR WITH ME, GIRL. I'M GOING TO GET YOU SOME THINGS, BUT NOT JUST THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S EASIER.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE KIND OF KNOW FROM THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN OUR ATTENDEES THAT OUR PUBLIC ALREADY IS COMMITTED TO INCREASING FUNDING FOR FIRE AND POLICE.
BUT WHAT THEY THINK IS THAT THEY THINK OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE WASTEFUL.
WE'RE JUST NOT TELLING THE STORY ENOUGH.
AND ONE OF THE GREAT EXAMPLES I CAN THINK OF IS OUR BODY CAMERAS THAT WE PURCHASED.
WE PURCHASED SIGNIFICANTLY LESS MONEY THAN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
AND WHEN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT REFINANCED OUR BONDS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LOW INTEREST RATES, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PULLED THE ITEM AND TALKED ABOUT HOW GREAT THAT WAS AT THE MEETING.
BUT WE DIDN'T DO ANY PRESS ON IT.
AND THERE'S LOTS OF EXAMPLES OF THAT, IF WE REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, OF FIRE TRUCK, EVEN THOUGH FIRE TRUCKS RIGHT NOW ARE A 24 MONTH BUILD TIME, 21 MONTH BUILD TIME, WE'RE GETTING A FIRE TRUCK IN FOUR MONTHS AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT ENOUGH.
AND WE THINK THAT IF WE CAN SHOW COLLABORATIVELY AND COLLECTIVELY CITYWIDE, THAT WE ARE ALREADY MAKING FISCALLY INTELLIGENT DECISIONS TO PROTECT THE VALUES THAT THEY HOLD.
IF WE'RE MORE TRANSPARENT, IF WE HAVE THAT COMMITMENT, IF WE HAVE THAT TRUST, IF WE HAVE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY GOING BACK TO OUR VALUES, WE'LL GET THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED. WE CAN DO THINGS STILL LIKE APPLY FOR GRANTS AND WE HAVE OUR FIVE YEAR CIP.
THAT'S THE PLAN SO THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO THAT AND HELP FUND IT.
BUT EVEN RECRUITING, WE'RE HOPING THIS THIS PRESS RELEASE CAMPAIGN WOULD ASSIST RECRUITING.
SO TO MAKE THAT MEASURABLE, WE'D WANT TO SEE MORE POSITIVE MEDIA STORIES PICKED UP BY THE MEDIA.
WE TALKED ABOUT CRAZY IDEAS LIKE BRINGING THE MEDIA HERE FOR A ROUNDTABLE AND FEEDING THEM AND SAYING, HEY, WE WANT TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO GETTING A MORE POSITIVE IMAGE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE CONNECTING WITH THEM AND BEING THEIR FEED WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF STORIES? HEY, WE'VE GOT GREAT STORIES LINED UP READY TO FEED THEM.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHAT ARE WE MISSING GUYS? YES, WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING THAT TO THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE.
WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING FOR CHRISTINA IN PRESS RELEASES THE POSITIVE FISCAL IMPACT.
ANYTIME WE SAVED MONEY, SHE DOESN'T KNOW THAT WE CAN TELL EVERYBODY A FIRE TRUCK OR WE BOUGHT 44 POLICE VEHICLES, BUT WE'RE NOT TELLING HER THAT WE ALSO SAVED MONEY WHILE DOING IT OR THAT WE SECURED VEHICLES WHEN NOBODY ELSE COULD.
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SHE NEEDS THAT INFORMATION TO DELIVER THE STORY AND SHE NEEDS PICTURES.SO IT'S KIND OF A LARGER PROJECTIVE THAT WE CAN DO POSITIVE A POSITIVE MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE APPLICATIONS, TO INCREASE INTEREST IN THE POSITIONS, AND THEN HOPEFULLY TO HAVE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL WHO REPRESENTS THE CITIZENS WHEN WE DO ASK FOR FUNDING.
SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT? THAT TELLS ME YOU HAVE CLARITY.
SO IS THAT MEASURABLE? SO WE TALKED ABOUT MEASURING THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE MEDIA STORIES, THE NUMBER OF SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTIONS, BOTH ON OUR PAGE AND ALSO LIKE IF A STORY GOT PICKED UP ON FLORIDA TODAY.
HOW MANY INTERACTIONS ARE ON THEIR STORY IF THEY SHARE IT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA? THOSE ARE KIND OF SOME OF THE MEASURES WE TALKED ABOUT.
IS THIS ACHIEVABLE? I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU AROUND THE TABLE.
THIS IS ACHIEVABLE. I'M SEEING A LOT OF NODS.
ALL RIGHT. I NEED ANOTHER VOLUNTEER.
CAN I GET YOUR NOTES? OH, YEAH. WILL YOU LEAVE YOUR NOTES WITH US? THE PICTURE OF THEM, PLEASE.
I DO. WHO WANTS TO GO? I'LL MAKE. I'LL MAKE. NICE.
WERE YOU ABLE TO? ABLE TO? YES. GOOD UNITY AND A WELL BALANCED.
WHERE AM I? GIVE ME JUST A SECOND.
I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN THE PRIORITY.
GIVE UP. IT'S RIGHT HERE ON THE FRONT OF THE PODIUM.
WE ALL CAN READ WHAT NUMBER TWO IS.
ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD AFTERNOON, ALL.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON REPRESENTING TABLE TWO, WHICH CONSIST OF WHERE ARE WE? THERE YOU GO, MR. LITTLE MAN.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? NORDICA.
JOHN. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE MAKEUP OF TABLE TWO.
AND OUR TOPIC IS, WHAT DOES IT SAY? LET'S READ IT ALL TOGETHER. GUYS HERE GROW THE COMMUNITY IN A WELL-BALANCED MANNER. THANK YOU FOR THE PARTICIPATION.
SO I'LL COME NUMBER ONE FOR A GROW THE COMMUNITY IN A WELL BALANCED MANNER.
WHAT WE ESTABLISHED WAS FOLLOW THE UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND WITH THAT THE FIRST GOAL WAS AVOID SPOT ZONING. AND THE REASON WHY I WANT TO GET INTO THAT IN REGARDS TO BEING SPECIFIC, REALISTIC.
WHILE GROWTH IS DEVELOPER DRIVEN, WE CAN GUIDE THAT GROWTH AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN A CASE WHERE SOMEBODY IS COMING IN, THEY MIGHT WANT TO REZONE SOMETHING THAT IS UPDATED AND SHOWN RESIDENTIAL, BUT THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT COMMERCIAL, THEN MAYBE THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT IF THEY'RE COMING IN AND THEY SEE THAT WE JUST UPDATED THE PLAN AND SOMETHING'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, THEY'RE LIKE, NO, WE WANT TO MAKE THAT A POD.
THEN THAT'S WHERE US AS COUNCIL HAVE TO BE STEADFAST IN PRESENTING.
I MEAN, PREVENTING A SPOT ZONING OR JUST CHANGING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE JUST DID THIS UPDATE OF PLAN, WHICH IS TO BE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, FEBRUARY 2023, IT WILL BE FINALIZED.
CONSISTENCY OK FEBRUARY, MARCH 2023 WITH A FIVE YEAR UPDATE.
NEXT GOAL IS TO CONTINUE CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS, MAKING SURE THINGS GET FROM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, TO GROWTH MANAGEMENT, TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
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YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, BECAUSE THIS NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GOING TO BE NEW FOR ALL OF US.AND IN DOING SO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO THAT WAY, WHEN WE COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE'RE FINE TUNED AND READY TO GO.
COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT WITH DEPARTMENTS.
WE DO HAVE COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE.
WE DO HAVE PRESENTATIONS BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, POLICE, FIRE, BUILDING DEPARTMENT HERE.
WE CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT CODE COMPLIANCE.
SO WE CAN SEE REALLY WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'LL GET WE GET THE EMAILS, CITY COUNCIL, WE'LL GET THE EMAILS WHERE SOMEBODY MIGHT SPEAK ABOUT DRIVEWAY AND DRAINAGE OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT I FEEL IF WE MEET WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS OR SEMIANNUALLY, WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE TWO CAN WE CAN BE THE MOUTHPIECES FOR OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS BECAUSE THEY DON'T THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T SEE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, THEY SEE US, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHEN THEY SEE US AND YOU KNOW FILIBERTO, WHEN THEY SEE US IN PUBLIC, THEY'LL PULL YOU TO THE SIDE, MAN, WHAT'S MY ROLE? GETTING FIXED? SO THAT'S WHAT WE CAN BE THE CHAMPIONS.
SO I'LL ASK THE QUESTION, WAS IT WELL, DOES ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? WE HAVE CLARITY.
IS IT MEASURABLE? I'M LOOKING AT COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
IS IT ACHIEVABLE? WELL, YES, I THINK SO.
REALISTIC. TIMELY? YES. GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
GO AHEAD. OH, MAN. I ALMOST MADE IT.
ALMOST MADE IT. IS IT ON? YEAH. OKAY, GOOD.
SO, COULD I JUST OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE WORDING? YES, PLEASE. INSTEAD OF AVOID SPOT ZONING, AVOID ZONING? THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THANK YOU. YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I APPRECIATE. I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
AND THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT THERE.
WERE WE SPECIFIC? WELL, DOES ANY I ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER.
DOES ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? DO WE HAVE CLARITY? IS IT SPECIFIC? THAT MEASURABLE? ALL RIGHT, SOMEBODY HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S MEASURABLE.
YEAH. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ALSO? WHAT DO YOU. YES.
YEAH. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ONE FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO REGARDING COUNCIL SPEAKING MORE SO JUST EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, SO BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE WEEDS AND THE INS AND OUTS OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OR UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR NEEDS MAY BE OR WHERE THEY ARE WITH DRIVEWAY AND DRAINAGE OR TRENCHING, YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY DON'T GET INTO THE WEEDS OF ON, YOU KNOW, IN A COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE WE'RE THERE TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND GO THROUGH THOSE.
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BUT I FEEL IT WOULD BE A BETTER SERVICE TO ALL, TO OURSELVES.WHEN SOMEBODY APPROACHES ME AT PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, IN PUBLIC OR SOMEWHERE IN THE PUBLIC.
SO. SO IS THIS GOAL ACHIEVABLE AND REALISTIC? YES. NOW.
IS IT TIMELY? YES. WE HAVE SOME MEASUREMENTS FOR THIS ON TIMING.
SO FOR TIMELY, I'M SAYING QUARTERLY BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE, AS YOU KNOW, QUARTERLY OR SEMIANNUALLY.
SO. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU DID SAY QUARTERLY OR SEMIANNUALLY.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, YOUR NEXT ONE.
FINAL ONE FOR OUTCOME NUMBER ONE IS CONTROLLED ANNEXATION.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE AS COUNCIL GIVE OUR CITY MANAGER DIRECTION, LIKE, HEY, IF IT'S A PROJECT WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MIXED USE OR FOR COMMERCIAL OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE COME BEFORE COUNCIL.
BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, FEASIBLE OR WE SEE, WE MIGHT NOT SEE AS FEASIBLE, WE CAN GIVE A DIRECTION LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, LET IT COME BEFORE A COUNCIL AND WE'LL DECIDE OR, YOU KNOW, NIP IT IN THE BUD.
WE'RE NOT EVEN INTERESTED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO REGARDING TIMELY IS KIND OF LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT'S PRETTY MUCH DEVELOPER DRIVEN SOME OF THESE, BUT THERE ARE CASES LIKE, I'M GOING TO BRING UP HIS NAME LEE FELDMAN. HE WAS MORE SO PURSUING ON ANNEXING LAND INTO PALM BAY.
PART OF IT IS DEVELOPER DRIVEN.
PART OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER DRIVEN AS WELL.
IS IT SPECIFIC? IF NOT, I CAN ADD SOME MORE.
DID YOU. DID I HEAR YOU SAY ANNEXING NORFOLK? IS THAT? DID I HEAR CORRECTLY? I JUST. OH, WAS I JUST.
SHE KNOWS NOT TO TRY TO ANNEX DEAR.
RUN EM, YOU KNOW, LEAVE THEM ALONE.
BUT ANOTHER PROJECT OR ANOTHER AREA OF BREVARD COUNTY MIGHT BE MORE FEASIBLE FOR US TO AN EXTENT.
SO GIVING CLEAR DIRECTION TO HER.
HOW IS THAT MEASURABLE? HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT? CASE BY CASE.
NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT. OKAY.
YEAH. NO, THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
HOW DO YOU MEASURE IT? BECAUSE THERE ARE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ANNEXATIONS OF.
IF WE DON'T ANNEX, THEN THE COUNTY WOULD APPROVE A PROJECT, SO TO SPEAK.
AND THEN THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE IMPACT FEES.
AND YET WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES OUT THERE.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS WELL TAKEN, RIGHT? WE RECEIVE IT WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE THAT THAT DIRECTION.
IT'S JUST WHERE WHERE IS IT? HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT? HOW DO WE WHERE DO WE STOP? WHERE DO. BECAUSE WHAT'S FRESH ON MY MIND IS THE ANNEXATION.
WE JUST RECENTLY EXPERIENCED THREE FORKS RIGHT OUT WEST.
YEAH. AND THEN THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES AS THE EMERALD LAKES CORRIDOR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, RIGHT? SO THAT I THINK THAT CLARITY WITH THAT GOAL IN MIND OF WHAT HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT IS WHERE I DON'T WANT TO SEND A MIXED STATEMENT TO THE CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY COULD BE IN A QUANDARY AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN MAYBE WE DO DO IT CASE BY CASE.
YEAH. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? BUT I'LL ADD TO THAT. YES.
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TYPE OF USE COMMERCIAL VERSUS MULTIFAMILY VERSUS, YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S THE THE THE.THE GOAL COULD BE TO CREATE A SET OF CRITERIA THAT WE USE TO DETERMINE WHAT TO PRIORITIZE.
AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER STUFF COULD COME.
SO. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY.
YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. YEAH.
BECAUSE WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE TYPICALLY PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, DO A FULL ON RESIDENTIAL PAD ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY, BECAUSE THEN WHAT THAT DOES, WE SELL THE 49% OF RESIDENTIAL.
SO SO COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY THAT THAT THING AND AND YOU MENTIONED PADS.
I THINK CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE HAS THIS NEWFOUND APPRECIATION FOR SEEDS.
RIGHT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS YEAH, SEEDS YOU'RE RIGHT.
CARRY ON JUST, JUST, JUST THREW IT OUT THERE.
ARE WE GOOD ON THAT? NOW I HAVE JUST A SUGGESTION IN TERMS OF THE WORDING.
I LIKE THAT WHAT IT SAYS IS TO YEAH, ASSESS US PROVIDE CRITERIA.
SO OUTCOME NUMBER TWO, I WILL NOTE THAT CHRISTOPHER LITTLE IS IN OUR GROUP.
NUMBER TWO IS EXPANSION SLASH UPGRADE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
STARTING WITH THE FIRST GOAL IS MANDATORY CONNECTION.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN AND AROUND PALM BAY SINCE 1992 WITH THE DISCUSSION OF MANDATORY CONNECTION.
HAS THAT DECISION BEEN MADE? NO, IT HAS NOT.
TALKING TO MR, TALKING TO PEOPLE FROM THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
IF IF MANDATORY CONNECTION WAS IN PLACE IN THE EARLY NINETIES, THE WHOLE CITY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO SEWER AND WATER AT THIS POINT IN TIME SO THAT I COULD CONFIDENTLY SAY, YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
FOR THOSE WHO NOT LOOKING, HE'S NODDING HIS HEAD.
SO TO THAT POINT, THAT'S ALSO WITH.
YEAH. SORRY. GIVE ME JUST A SECOND.
THAT KIND OF GOES INTO PROPER ORDER OF OPERATIONS.
MR. LITTLE SPOKE TO THE GROUP ABOUT IT.
YOU SEE THE PIPES ARE NOT REPLACED.
SO YOU HATE TO PUT THE ROAD IN AND THEN HAVE TO TEAR UP THE TEAR UP THE ROAD.
SO. SO IF I UNDERSTAND THIS GOAL, IT'S SPECIFIC TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT MANDATORY CONNECTION AND THAT YOU WANT THE DECISION TO BE MADE WITHIN SIX MONTHS AND THEN BEGIN IMPLEMENTING IT WITHIN ONE YEAR.
IS THAT THE GOAL? BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAVE CLARITY ON THAT.
DOES ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT? IS THAT SPECIFIC ENOUGH? IS THAT MEASURABLE? ATTAINABLE? WELL, CANDIDLY, AGAIN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S ATTAINABLE IF YOU MAKE IT MANDATORY.
CONNECTION. IT'S MANDATORY CONNECTION.
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REALISTIC. NO.IS THAT REALISTIC? OKAY. AND WE AND WE'VE GOT TIME TIMELY.
I WAS PRETTY I'VE GOT GOOD CLARITY ON THAT.
THAT'S A SMART GOAL. ALL RIGHT.
MR. LITTLE REALLY DID HELP OUT WITH A LOT OF THESE.
I MAY HAVE TO PHONE A FRIEND ON SOME OF THESE, SO.
PREP PREPARATION OF MASTER PLANS.
SO THESE WILL BE SIX MONTHS TO PERFORM WITH FIVE YEAR UPDATES, JUST LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ALL RIGHT, MASTER PLAN FOR WHAT? YES. LET'S BE SPECIFIC.
STORMWATER ROADS AND UTILITIES SPECIFIC.
THERE YOU GO. AND WE GOT THE TIME.
SO. MEASURABLE, RIGHT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
WELL, I HAVEN'T ASKED MY QUESTION.
DOES ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? DO WE HAVE CLARITY ON THAT GOAL? GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
IDENTIFY FUNDING SOURCES AND FAIR SHARE AGREEMENTS.
THIS WILL REQUIRE MEETING WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON THE MATTER.
TOM. TOM WISE THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH CASE BY CASE, I THOUGHT.
UH. THAT A SPECIFIC GOAL? DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? ANYBODY? OKAY.
NO HEADS? NO, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GOAL.
WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT, IDENTIFY FUNDING SOURCES AND HELP THEM OUT.
GO AHEAD. AND SO IN ORDER TO MEET OUR GOAL OR OUR PRIORITY.
OUTCOMES ARE OUTCOME OF EXPANDING OR UPGRADING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
AGAIN, THIS IS A LOT OF DEVELOPER DRIVEN DISCUSSION AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO OUTLINE PRIORITIES, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ON SOMETHING THAT COULD HINGE ON WHAT DEVELOPERS DO.
BUT IF WE CAN IDENTIFY THESE FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, MEET WITH OUR PARTNER REGULATORY AGENCIES SUCH AS ST JOHN'S, F, D, E, F, DOT, AND PURSUE FUNDING AT LEAST FROM OUR SIDE.
WE MAY PUT OURSELVES IN BETTER SHAPE TO EXTEND SERVICES TO AREAS THAT NEED IT.
AND YOU HEAR THIS. HOW ABOUT THIS? YEAH. ALL RIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO REPEAT THAT. ALL RIGHT.
SO. AND TO ADD TO THAT, I'LL ADD TO IT, SIR, THE FAIR SHARE AGREEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD DEVELOPERS COME BEFORE US AND THEY MIGHT, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE IN EXPANDING A ROAD THAT THE CITY WASN'T GOING TO AT THE TIME, BUT OR EXPANDING MAINLINE EXTENSIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
QUESTIONS. I'LL ASK THE GROUP ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY. BECAUSE I'M SURE I'M STILL NOT I DON'T HAVE CLARITY ON WHAT THIS SPECIFIC GOAL IS.
HERE'S WHAT I THINK I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT.
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HAVE OPTIONS OR EXPANDING INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY.AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF OPTIONS.
FAIR SHARE AGREEMENTS, MANDATORY CONNECTION GRANTS.
SO. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH.
THE. INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH IN A TIMELY MANNER ALL THE OPTIONS.
OR. ARE DOING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT GOAL.
THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE.
OOH. SO IF YOU JUST WANT TO HELP IDENTIFY AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES AND FAIR SHARE AGREEMENTS FOR CITY SLASH REGIONAL UTILITY OR INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION.
DOES THAT GET AT WHAT I WHILE WE'RE DISCUSSING.
YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT.
SO BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE, LIKE WE SAID, IF IT'S DEVELOPER DRIVEN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN LOCK IN AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN REGARDS TO THESE AGREEMENTS, AS WELL AS LOOK FOR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
SO THAT WAY WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
SO WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? WHAT'S THE TIMING NOW? THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE PUT MEETING WITH SUBJECT MATTERS.
SO LIKE WHERE WE HAD THE THE MAYOR HAD THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH THE BUSINESSES.
IT'S. I'M TRYING TO FIND A TIMETABLE.
REALLY. IT'S KIND OF IT'S PRETTY MUCH IN TERMS OF FUNDING.
THERE ARE PROCESSES TO GO AFTER THESE GRANTS, SO WE WOULD SUBMIT PRE APPLICATIONS OR APPLICATIONS.
AND MEET WITH THE ENTITIES REGARDING THEIR FUNDING.
AND DEPENDING ON THE AGENCY, YOU CAN HAVE A MEETING WITHIN A MONTH TO SIX MONTHS.
AND THEN MAKE IT ONTO THEIR LIST.
SO THAT'S AT LEAST TO GET US CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.
AND ANY CHANCE OF GEO BONDS AND REVENUE BONDS OR OPTIONS OR NOT.
IT'S A POSSIBILITY FOR I CAN SPEAK TO UTILITIES THAT OUR DEBT SERVICE IS PRETTY HIGH AT THIS POINT.
BUT FOR STORM WATER AND ROAD, THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.
ANY MORE HEADS GOING? NO. ALL RIGHT.
TABLE FIVE. SO OUR TABLE WAS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK AND WE CAME UP WITH FOUR GOALS TO DO THAT.
THE FIRST ONE BEING IMPROVING ENGAGEMENT WITH ADVISORY BOARDS, THE CURRENT ADVISORY BOARDS.
ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? OUR DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTING TO THE ADVISORY BOARD OR THE ADVISORY BOARD, TELLING THEIR MISSION TO THE DEPARTMENTS.
I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A COHESIVE KIND OF COLLABORATION, SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT STAFF WOULD PRESENT AS PART OF THE FORMAL MEETING AND THEN HAVE SAY, OKAY, THIS IS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE BOARD LOOKS LIKE AND THEN HAVE THEM PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO.
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IF IF WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT OR JUST AN ANNUAL CHECK IN THAT BE ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE ONLY THE DEPARTMENTS THAT LIAISON WITH THAT BOARD. I WOULD IT WOULD BE DEPARTMENTS THAT LIAISON WITH THAT BOARD.UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT COMES UP.
DOES ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? SPECIFIC. MEASURABLE.
AND DO WE HAVE TIMELINES FOR IT? OUR HEADS NODDING YES. THAT'S GREAT.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ONE.
THE SECOND IS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS BY HAVING RIDE ALONGS AND MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY JUST RIDE ALONGS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT RIDE ALONGS IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
FOR INSTANCE, HAVING YOUR OFFICE BE SHADOWED FOR A DAY BY A VOLUNTEER OR A RESIDENT WHO'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT GROWTH MANAGEMENT DOES ALL DAY, OR I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT PUBLIC WORKS, DOES ALL DAY AND HAVE THEM HAVE THEM SHADOW YOU THROUGH YOUR DAY.
ANOTHER WAY THAT WE LOOKED AT INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY IS ALREADY IN THE WORKS, AND THAT'S THE NEW MARQUEE SIGNS THAT ARE BEING ROLLED OUT. THE OTHER THING WAS, I GUESS MANY YEARS AGO THERE WAS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? WITH CLARITY SPECIFIC ENOUGH.
MEASURABLE. HOW WOULD WE MEASURE THAT? WELL, WE WOULD WE WOULD PROBABLY SET I'M ON THAT IN THAT GROUP WE PRICE SET TARGETS FOR HOW MANY THE NUMBER OF ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH EACH YEAR.
I THINK WE NEED I THINK WE NEED SOME SPECIFIC MEASUREMENTS FOR THIS GOAL.
ALL RIGHT. THE THIRD GOAL THAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY TOWN MEETINGS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LOOKED AT BY THE FOUR DIFFERENT QUADRANTS OF THE AREA, SO THE NORTHEAST, SOUTHWEST AND HAVE THAT START THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT IN MARCH OF 2023.
AND THIS WOULD BE MORE OF AN INFORMAL SETTING FOR RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS TO COME OUT AND SHARE WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT PALM BAY AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
THIS GOAL IS FOR THESE MEETINGS COMPLETELY OPEN ENDED.
ESTABLISHED FOR HOLDING OR CONDUCTING THESE INTERACTIVE MEETINGS.
ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? I HAVE A QUESTION.
IN THESE TOWN MEETINGS, WOULD THEY BE AT LIKE PUBLIC PLACES, LIKE RESTAURANTS WITHIN THOSE QUADRANTS? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY ABOUT RESTAURANTS, BUT I MEAN, I GUESS YOU COULD I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO BE FED IF WE'RE HAVING TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
SO MAYBE BAGEL SHOPS OR SOMETHING.
JUST JUST JUST THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX HERE.
MORRIS WELL, SO OUR MAJOR MRS IS A LOT BETTER THAN NOTHING, SIR.
SO IS IT IS THIS MEASURABLE? I THINK WE HAD SOME SPECIFIC DATES, DIDN'T WE? YES, WE SAID MARCH OF 2020.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, LEST YOU ALL BELIEVE THAT I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A FREE MEAL.
SO JUST WANTED IF IF IT IS AN INFORMAL MEETING THAT SHALL BE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
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THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.AND THEN FOOD CHOW, I MEAN, AND THEN OUR FOURTH GOAL TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK WAS TO RIGHT NOW, SUZANNE DOES A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER WITH THE EMPLOYEES.
AND THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD CREATE A DATABASE OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE WE NEED TO BRAG MORE ABOUT THE GOOD THAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD THAT IS BEING DONE AND WE ARE NOT TOOTING OUR OWN HORN ENOUGH.
SO DOES ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? DO WE HAVE CLARITY? IS IT SPECIFIC ENOUGH? THE MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY, MONTHLY, MONTHLY, MONTHLY NEWSLETTER.
HARD IT TARGETED TO THE HOMES AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
HOW WE CAN HAVE. THOSE ARE GREAT LOCATIONS FOR TOWN MEETINGS TO.
CHAO SO I BELIEVE THAT'S MEASURABLE OR IT'S ACHIEVABLE, IT'S REALISTIC AND IT'S TIMELY.
SO WE HAD A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THIS.
OUR TEAM WAS COMPOSED OF JOAN NANCY, CHIEF MARIO COUNCILMAN FOSTER AND MYSELF, SO WE KIND OF BROKE OURS UP INTO TWO SECTIONS INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS EXTERNAL.
SO WE HAVE FOUR INTERNAL GOALS AND WE HAVE SIX EXTERNAL GOALS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
YOU'LL SEE THERE IS SOME OVERLAP IN SOME PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS.
BUT THE FIRST ONE FROM INTERNAL PERSPECTIVE IS.
OKAY. SO THE OUTCOME FOR THE FIRST ONE IS, IS TO UPGRADE CITYWIDE TECHNOLOGY TO CURRENT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. SO HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT IS TO ONE LOOK AT WHAT CURRENTLY CURRENT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
WE'VE ALREADY HAVE CONVERSATIONS SO FAR WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNING THEIR NEEDS.
WE COULD DO THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MAYBE THERE IS A MANDATE CHANGE OR SOMETHING THAT'S COMING THAT WE NEED TO PLAN FOR THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS OUT. SO SO WE'LL HAVE ONGOING MEETINGS WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THEIR DEPARTMENT NEEDS ARE.
SOMETHING THAT MAY GET MEASURABLE IS TO TRY TO TARGET ONE MAJOR SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE SOLUTION THAT WE WOULD IMPLEMENT ANNUALLY TO MAKE ONE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. MOST TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY AFFECTS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
SO THIS USUALLY ISN'T JUST ONE DEPARTMENT WE'RE TARGETING.
SO MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM IT.
WE WOULD MEET INTERNALLY AGAIN LATER ON DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL AS LOOK FOR DIRECTION FROM CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR MAKING A PRIORITY IN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TARGET.
AND WE WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO START THIS BEGINNING FY 24.
GOLD NUMBER ONE. HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENTS? ONCE A YEAR. WILL BE ONCE A YEAR, BUT NOW WOULD BE LIKE A SCHEDULE, SOMETHING TO HAPPEN VERSUS JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION CASUALLY, NOT NECESSARILY PLANNED.
ONCE A YEAR, HAVE A CONVERSATION.
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WE TALK ABOUT CURRENT OR FUTURE TECHNOLOGY.I UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL, THAT SPECIFIC.
REALISTIC AND WE HAVE A TIME FRAME.
HE DIDN'T KNOW THE TIME FRAME FOR THAT ONE.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A BIG END DATE FOR SURE.
ALL RIGHT. BUT AN END DATE IS GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON FUNDING.
DO WE HAVE ONE? GET TO THAT. SO DOES DOES ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? AND TO GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN THE GOAL.
YES. YES, I HAVE ACCESS POINT.
DON'T KNOW WHEN. THAT DEPENDS.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE YESTERDAY, BUT THAT DEPENDS ON.
GETTING THE HARDWARE IN AT A CERTAIN TIME DEPENDS ON FUNDING.
THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE A CONSULTANT.
SO WE ALREADY DID STEP ONE ALREADY, WHICH WE START THAT PROCESS.
BUT PART OF THAT IS THAT WE WOULD EXTEND THE CURRENT CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO MAKE SURE IT INCLUDES ALL THE DETAILS FOR ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS TO AT LEAST TARGET ONE CITY FACILITY ANNUALLY.
THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE WOULD KIND OF LOOK AT HOW WE WOULD MEASURE AND CONTINUE TO GO.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEGIN THE CONVERSATION OR EVEN START THE PROCESS.
YOU'RE GOING TO DO ONE BUILDING AT A TIME.
YES. SO THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT ACCESS CAPABILITIES AT DIFFERENT SITES.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT MIXTURE NOW TODAY.
THEN WE MOVE TO THE NEXT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WHAT YOU MAY HAVE HAPPENING IS IT MAY EVENTUALLY TURN INTO MAYBE A PHASED APPROACH, DEPENDING ON THE COST, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A SMALLER BUILDING, THEN WE COULD PROBABLY PUT ANOTHER BUILDING WITH THAT.
OF COURSE, I WANT TO OVER SPEAK HERE.
WELL, THAT'S ONE ONE BUILDING.
SO JUST DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
CAN YOU TELL WHAT THE ACCESS CONTROL POINT IS, SIR? SURE, SURE.
SO ACCESS TO DOORS, ACCESS TO DIFFERENT AREAS, SENSITIVE AREAS THAT WOULD COVER ALL OF THAT.
WELL, WHEN YOU SAY NEW TECHNOLOGY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? FACIAL RECOGNITION? THAT'S CORRECT. FINGERPRINT? THAT IS CORRECT.
YES. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE YOUR CELL PHONE TO ACCESS THE DOOR.
ALL RIGHT. ARE WE GOOD ON THAT ONE? NUMBER THREE. NUMBER THREE IS TO EXPAND OUR FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE TO ALL CITY BUILDINGS.
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FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE.SO THE PLAN THERE IS WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THIS PROCESS WHERE WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR SIP AND WE ALREADY HAVE SOME POTENTIAL COST ESTIMATE, SOME NUMBERS, AND OF COURSE THAT NUMBER CAN CHANGE, BUT WE HAVE SOME POTENTIAL COSTS THAT IT WILL COST US TO BE ABLE TO FINISH WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER OUR FIBER RING. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE PHYSICALLY INTERESTED ENOUGH YEARS AGO, OUR DEPARTMENT, THE IT DEPARTMENT, ACTUALLY WORKED WITH SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS TO PUT THE FIBER THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THE GROUND. WE HAVE ACTUALLY PICTURES OF MY TEAM GO IN AND OUT AND LAY IN THE FIBER IN.
SO WE'VE SAVED SIGNIFICANT COSTS IN THE PAST BY DOING THAT OURSELVES.
BUT OF COURSE NOW IT'S A MUCH MORE COMPLICATED PROCESS, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
SO THIS GOAL IS TO REALLY IS TO AIM TO FINISH OR TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON OUR CURRENT INVESTMENT.
SO PART OF THAT IS AGAIN, TO REVIEW THE CIP PLAN AND DEVISE A PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GOING, WHICH PHASE WE'RE GOING TO DO FIRST.
AND OUR IMPLEMENTATION TIME FRAME WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS TO IMPLEMENT THAT BY DECEMBER OF 2024.
WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT, I WANT TO SAY, 80% AT THIS POINT.
BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL AREAS THAT WE STILL NEED A TARGET.
ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? WE HAVE CLARITY. SPECIFIC.
REALISTIC AND WE HAVE A TIME FRAME.
NUMBER FOUR. IT WOULD BE TO CONSTRUCT, SLASH, MODIFY CURRENT CITY BUILDINGS TO ADDRESS CURRENT AND FUTURE STAFFING NEEDS.
SO THAT IS CONSTRUCT MODIFY CITY BUILDINGS TO ADDRESS CURRENT AND FUTURE STAFFING NEEDS.
SO PART OF THAT PROCESS IS TO EVALUATE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SEE WHAT IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE TO GET THOSE BUILD IN THERE IN A BETTER POSITION FOR IN HURRICANE TYPE SITUATION.
AND ALSO LOOK AT AREAS WHERE WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT BUILDING, NEW BUILDING.
LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, I THINK THE ONE WE ALL TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT IS PUBLIC WORKS.
NO END GOAL HERE, BUT START TIME WOULD BE FOR THE FY 24 BUDGET DISCUSSION AS WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME BUILDING ENHANCEMENTS OR REPLACEMENTS OR JUST TO ACTUALLY BUILD AND REPLACE. IT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION TO START HOW WE WOULD PLAN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE.
I CAN'T TRULY SAY WE CAN START THE BUILDING PROCESS BECAUSE THERE IS SEVERAL PIECES THAT WOULD NEED TO COME FIRST, WHICH IS FIGURING OUT WHAT ARE THE NEEDS FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN ONCE WE FIGURE THAT OUT, THEN WE CAN START WORKING THROUGH A PLAN.
OKAY, HOW DO WE TARGET? CAN WE MOVE INDIVIDUALS FROM ONE BUILDING TO ANOTHER BUILDING? IS THERE SOME SOME AREAS OF SPACE THAT WILL BE LEFT UNOCCUPIED AFTER WE MOVED TO OUR NEW BUILDING? BUILDING? E SO YOU'LL HAVE SOME STAFF CHANGES.
THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS HERE OR, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS HERE.
I SHOULD SAY THAT YOU'LL HAVE SOME STAFF CHANGES THERE.
SO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, KNOWING THAT THAT'S GOING TO COME, HAVING SOME KIND OF PROACTIVE PLAN IN AND THEN LATER LOOK AT, OKAY, SO ONCE THESE STAFF CHANGES TAKE PLACE, WHAT BUILDINGS DO WE REALLY NEED TO BUILD AT THIS POINT? SO THIS IS A PLANNING GOAL.
THIS IS NOT A CONSTRUCTION GOAL, RIGHT? WE HAVE CLARITY.
ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT? SPECIFIC ENOUGH.
MISERABLE. I THINK YOU HAD A DATE IN THERE.
TIMELY. NEXT ONE WILL BE EXTERNAL.
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NUMBER ONE, AN EXTERNAL WOULD BE EXPAND RECREATION AREAS, SLASH OPPORTUNITIES.THAT WOULD INCLUDE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES SUCH AS PARKS PARK AT PARKS OR PASSIVE PARKS OR NATURAL TRAILS, WATER, RECREATION AREAS AND SO FORTH. SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATION WE WOULD HAVE IS TO.
OR EXPAND RECREATION AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
KNOW, THERE'S A FIFA STADIUM SOMEWHERE IN HERE.
RIGHT. AND WE WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND LOOKING AT EVALUATING PARKS IMPACT FEES PER ZIP CODE.
TO IDENTIFY AREAS IN WHICH YOU KNOW, HOW FUNDING WILL BE IDENTIFIED FOR THESE PROJECTS.
BUT ALSO IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO MEET WITH OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM VENDORS TO IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS WE COULD TAKE ON AND SOME OF THE VENDORS IN WHICH THEY MAY GIVE US SOME IDEAS ON WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO.
RIGHT. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE CITY AND THE THINGS THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY WORK WELL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ONE THING IS WE MAY HAVE SOME IDEAS, SAY, HEY, WE'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THIS.
AND IN TERMS OF THIS, WE WOULD SAY A POTENTIAL TIME FRAME IS TO TRY TO, FIRST OF ALL, LOOK AT THE ZIP CODE, LOOK AT AREAS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE.
MAYBE WE COULD SELECT A PARTICULAR ZIP CODE AND SAY, OKAY, BASED ON FUNDING, WE COULD TARGET A ZIP CODE AREA OR A CERTAIN QUADRANT OF THE CITY, AND THEN WE COULD TRY TO DO A ONE PROJECT IN THAT AREA.
TIME FRAME AGAIN STARTS AROUND THE BUDGET PROCESS.
TIME FRAME, FY 24 BUDGET PROCESS TIME FRAME.
JUST TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD ACCOMPLISH OR WHAT WE CAN TARGET TO ACCOMPLISH.
IF I HEARD YOU, THIS IS AGAIN, A PLANNING GOAL WITH MAYBE ONE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GOAL.
THIS TIME FRAME. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT OR I WOULDN'T SAY A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
I WOULD SAY MORE OR LESS MAYBE HAVING VENDORS THAT COME IN AND PROBABLY SHOWCASE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES THAT WE COULD DO AS A CITY AND THEN WOULD BE AN INTERNAL DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE CAN CHOOSE AS A POTENTIAL PROJECT TO TARGET FOR A PARTICULAR ZIP CODE.
AND THEN WE MAKE THAT A PRIORITY AND WE ACCOMPLISH THAT WHEN WE MOVE TO THE NEXT GOAL.
ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? YEAH. WHAT IS IT? I JUST SAY. MAY I MAKE A.
WHAT IS THE. WHAT IS THE THING THAT TO SAY? MAY I MAKE FOR A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE? THAT YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE? JULIET. MAY I PROVIDE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE? I THINK I LOVE THIS IDEA, AND I THINK ALL OF THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY A CONSULTANT PROVIDING A PARKS MASTER PLAN, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF AND EVERYTHING.
SO THEY COULD THEY COULD DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR HELP DEVELOP THE PLAN, MAKE A COMMUNITY SURVEY, TALK TO THE VENDORS PRESENT OPTIONS, DRAW CONCEPTUAL.
ONE GOAL OF DEVELOPING A MASTER PLAN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE, JULIET.
I APPRECIATE THAT. AND JULIA, WHEN AND WHEN CAN THAT BE DONE BY.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
FOR THAT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
FEEL LIKE WE'RE STILL GOT A COUPLE MORE TO GO HERE.
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SO THAT WAS NUMBER ONE.ESTABLISH SMART CITY INITIATIVES.
SUCH AS EV CHARGING STATIONS, STREETLIGHTS.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT AREAS WHERE BUS BUS STOPS ARE.
THAT IT COULD HAVE SOLAR PANEL ON THE ROOF.
THEY COULD BE AN AREA WHERE LIGHTING IS PROVIDED.
THERE'S A CELL PHONE CHARGING STATION THERE.
SO WHILE YOU'RE WAITING ON THE BUS, YOU'RE PLUGGING IN YOUR PHONE AND YOU GET YOUR PHONE CHARGE.
NOT TRYING TO BE A SALESMAN HERE OR ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S MARKETING. SO, YEAH, SO SO PART OF THAT, OF COURSE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT WILL INCLUDE LIGHT IN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF PALM BAY SMART LIGHTING AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES WITH SMART CITY.
FIRST IS NOT ONLY GIVE US IDEAS, BUT LOOK AT OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TELL US AREAS WHERE WE COULD START, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE MAY BE THINKING LIKE, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A SMART CITY CURRENTLY, AND THEY MAY COME IN AND SAY, OH YEAH, YOU ALREADY HAVE X, Y, Z TYPE, YOU KNOW, LIGHT POLES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE COULD JUST ADD THIS OR MODIFY WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AND YOU CAN MAKE THIS ZONE SMART.
AND SO WE COULD START SOMEWHERE.
AGAIN, MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS MORE PLANNING GOAL OR IS THIS AN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION GOAL? THIS IS A PLANNING GOAL.
THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO GET A CONSULTANT IN TO HELP US TO LOOK AT OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TELL US AREAS IN WHICH WE COULD PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND TARGET AND GIVE US IDEAS OF WHAT WE COULD DO IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
ANYBODY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? SPECIFIC ENOUGH.
MISERABLE. PART OF MEASURABLE IS THAT WE WOULD TRY TO TARGET A QUADRANT OF THE CITY EACH YEAR.
AND YOU DID GIVE US A TIME FRAME.
SOUNDS LIKE FY 24 BUDGET IS GOING TO BE VERY BUSY WITH A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL THEM GOALS.
MY FRIEND BRIAN MENTIONED HIRING A CONSULTANT.
BUT FROM OUR CONVERSATION WITH FPL, THEY DO HAVE AN APARTMENT.
THAT'S SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY DO.
THEY WOULD DO THE MASTER PLAN, THE STUDY, PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTAIN IT.
SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THIS GREAT COUNCIL, WE CAN BUDGET FOR IT NEXT YEAR, 2023 2024.
HOW'S THAT? THAT'S A GOOD GOAL.
TO START THE CONVERSATION WOULD BE BUDGET YEAR, FY 24.
NUMBER THREE CELL TOWER EXPANSION CITYWIDE.
AND WE HAVE A VERY AMBITIOUS GOAL HERE, WHICH IS TO ESTABLISH FIVE NEW CELL TOWERS BY 2026.
IN AREAS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT HAVE POOR CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY.
WE'VE HAD STAFF WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT PHONE CALLS DROP IN OR WHEN THEY GET ON THEIR COMPUTER.
YOU KNOW, THEY JUST PRETTY MUCH THEY HAVE NO CONNECTIVITY TO OUR NETWORK.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH, FOR INSTANCE, CURRENT SERVICE PROVIDER THAT WE USE TO ESTABLISH AT LEAST FIVE CELL TOWERS CITYWIDE BY 2026.
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AND WE MOVED THAT TABLE UP.CAN WE MOVE THAT TABLE UP? I GO. I KNOW IT TAKES QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO DO JUST ONE CELL TOWER, TAKE QUITE SOME PLANNING TO DO, AS WELL AS THE REGULATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO PASS FOR IT AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE FROM A PUBLIC WORKS PERSPECTIVE SURVEYS.
I MEAN, IT'S A VERY, VERY TEDIOUS PROCESS.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S REALISTIC.
THAT'S WHY I PUT THE GOAL AT TIME OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT.
SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE A THREE YEAR PROJECT PRETTY MUCH STARTING 2023.
SO TO TWO TOWERS PER YEAR IS THE GOAL AT A MINIMUM.
EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? IS IT SPECIFIC ENOUGH? MEASURABLE, TIMELY, REALISTIC.
ACHIEVABLE. START THOSE TWO TOWERS IN THE NORTHWEST SECTION, PLEASE.
BECAUSE THE CITY CONTROLLED THE LAND WHERE THE TOWERS CAN GO.
AT A ROADBLOCK. YES, I BELIEVE WE DO.
I KNOW WE HAVE PROPERTY IN NORTHWEST.
NUMBER FOUR IS IS IS PRETTY MUCH A A REPEAT OF WHAT WAS SAID BEFORE.
WE ACTUALLY HAD JUST EXPANDED CITY WATER, CITY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT I BELIEVE MOST OF THAT IS WAS ALREADY COVERED UNDER COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S REPORT OUT.
SO I WON'T SPEND ANY TOO MUCH TIME ON THAT.
NUMBER FIVE FOR US WAS CONTINUE THE EXPANSION OF ROADS.
SO THIS WOULD BE OUR ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CITYWIDE.
SO WE'RE TAKING IT TO THE NEXT PLANNING AREA, NEXT PLANNING STAGE.
ALSO TO REVIEW AND DETERMINE WHAT WHAT THINGS NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED BASED ON WHATEVER IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND AS WE KNOW, THERE IS AN EXPLOSIVE GROWTH HAPPENING WITHIN OUR CITY.
SO THINGS MAY CHANGE BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PLAN, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME ABOUT TIME.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A ROAD BOND PLAN ALREADY IN PLACE CURRENTLY.
SO THIS WOULD JUST BE A PLAN IN FOR THE FOR THE NEXT STEP AFTER THIS IS COMPLETED.
WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? RIGHT. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT MAINTAINING THE NEW ROADS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUT IN NOW.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO OTHER AREAS THAT ACTUALLY NEED NEW ROADS? RIGHT. SO ONCE WE FINISH THIS BOND, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SO THAT'S GOING TO LIKE THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION.
SO ARE YOU MAKING A DISTINCTION BETWEEN ROAD MAINTENANCE AND ROAD EXPANSION? IT'S IT'S GOING TO KIND OF TIE TOGETHER BECAUSE PART OF IT, WHEN YOU ESTABLISH A NEW ROAD, IS THAT YOU ALSO NEED TO HAVE A MAINTENANCE PLAN THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
SO WE'RE ABOUT EXPANDING AND MAINTAINING.
WHAT ABOUT THE EXISTING ROADS? AND WE ALREADY HAVE A MAINTENANCE PLAN IN PLACE FOR THAT.
AND WE'VE ALREADY WE'RE PUTTING ASIDE FUNDING EACH YEAR TO CONTINUE THAT MAINTENANCE PLAN.
SO THIS WOULD PRETTY MUCH BE TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT AND THEN LOOKING FOR THE FUTURE ON AREAS WHERE WE SHOULD EXPAND AND THEN ALSO MAINTAIN. EVERYBODY.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT GOAL? OF CLARITY. THE SPECIFIC.
WE HAVE DATES. YOU GIVE US DATES? BRIAN WHO? F Y 24.
BUDGET DISCUSSION AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MEASURE IT? WELL, FIRST, IT'S THE DISCUSSION.
LOOK AT HOW WELL WE'RE DOING, WHAT OUR CURRENT ROAD BOND PLAN AND THEN GET.
RIGHT. SO AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF IT IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS OF FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE JUST MOVED INTO A COMMUNITY THAT WE MAY NEED TO NOW START SAYING, OKAY, WE PROBABLY WE HAVE A DIRT ROAD HERE, BUT WE HAVE 30 NEW HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO TEAM, HELP ME OUT IF YOU KNOW I'M SAYING SOMETHING WRONG, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GOAL.
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OK NUMBER SIX.IT'S THE LAST ONE ON OUR LIST.
AND I THINK MOST OF THAT WAS ALREADY COVERED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
WE HAVE ONE TABLE LEFT OR TWO.
WE GOT FOUR REPORTS, RIGHT? ONE, THAT'S FOUR.
WE WERE THE ONLY GROUP WITH FOUR PEOPLE.
SO? SO WITH ME BEING LOW ON THE TOTEM POLE, I'M THE VOLUNTEER.
SO IN OUR GROUP, LARRY, PATRICIA AND COUNCILMAN FELIX, SO WE WERE CHARGED WITH INCREASE IN COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS SIMPLE BECAUSE WE GOT TO BE OUT OF HERE IN LIKE 15 MINUTES, RIGHT? NO, JUST KIDDING. SO BUT OURS WAS VERY, VERY, VERY SIMPLE IN THAT THERE'S TWO THINGS WE NEED TO ADDRESS, RIGHT? ONE IS HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THE THE ZONING OR REZONING NECESSARY TO TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN? SO THE OBVIOUS ONE THERE IS WE'VE GOT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S BEING WORKED ON SO THAT THAT TIME FRAMES IN COMING UP FEBRUARY, MARCH IS WHAT I'M HEARING. 2023 AND OF COURSE, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH THIS VISIONING WILL KIND OF MESH WITH THAT.
SO OUT OF THAT, WHAT WE THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THROUGH THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CREATION OF SOME INDUSTRIAL PARK OR PARKS.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ON SOME OF THE MAJOR CORRIDORS.
SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? SO IN THE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT LAND USE MAPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IDENTIFYING THOSE.
SO THAT'S THAT'S THE SIMPLE PART.
AND THEN THEN I THINK ONCE THAT'S IN PLACE.
OUR SECOND GOAL THAT WE IDENTIFIED IS HOW DO WE MAKE IT HAPPEN? WELL, THE WAY WE MAKE IT HAPPEN IS BY THE COLLABORATION OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, HEAVILY RECRUITING.
COMPANIES AND INDUSTRIES COMING INTO THE AREA.
SO THAT'S IT? PRETTY MUCH PRETTY SIMPLE.
WELL, IT'S MORE THAN THAT TO ADD ANYTHING NOW, FRED.
I NEED MORE SPECIFICS AND I NEED TIME FRAMES AND I NEED MEASURABILITY.
HELP THEM OUT. SO ONE OF THE DAY THAT.
THE COMPLETION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NEXT YEAR, FEBRUARY 2023.
THAT'S THE DATE WHERE AS WE GET A FINISHED A COMPLETE PRODUCT BASED ON THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE THE THE AREA OF THE CITY THAT ARE DEDICATED OR EARMARKED FOR INDUSTRIAL.
WITH THAT AS WELL WE'LL BE CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE COMMERCIAL THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL AREAS THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AND AS OF NEXT YEAR THAT'S YOUR DAY.
AND THAT'S AN ONGOING OBVIOUSLY, BUT THAT'S A STARTING POINT.
YOU MAY SEE 4 TO 6 MONTHS BEFORE YOU GET IT BACK.
CORRECT. IN FACT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN REALLY IS YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT BACK WITH AN INITIAL DRAFT AND AN INITIAL COMMENTS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REWRITE, I DON'T KNOW ANY SINGLE COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT GOT THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN APPROVED ON THE FIRST SUBMITTAL.
SO. SO IT MAY BE THROUGH LATE 2023 OR INTO 2024 WHEN YOU FINALLY GET AN APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEN TO ME THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS.
BUT ONCE YOU'VE CHANGED THE PERCENTAGES, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT?
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I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHEN THE KEY IS FOR THE STAFF TO TO GO AND AGGRESSIVELY GO GET COMPANIES AND.CREATE THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMERCIAL.
FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK GETTING APPROVED WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A GOAL.
I THINK IF WE DON'T HAVE IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
DONNIE BAKER SAYS IT'S STATE LAW.
ALL RIGHT, NOT NOW. WE'RE FOCUSED.
AND THEN ONCE YOU GET THE LAND USE CHANGES APPROVED AND AVAILABLE, THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? WE START MARKING IT.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR YOU TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC ON THIS GOAL.
WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, CREATING MORE TECHNOLOGICAL COMPANIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT COMING IN SO LIGHT AND HEAVY AND DUST. DUST.
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, CREATING CREATING SOME SOME INDUSTRIAL PARKS, BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP AS WELL WITH THAT, WITH NOT HAVING AS MANY CONFLICTS WITH OTHER TYPES OF.
LIKE ONCE WE ONCE WE HAVE ALL THAT LAND THAT NOW IS AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL THAT WE DON'T HAVE TODAY, THEN WE START SETTING SOME TARGETS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER SO MANY LEADS ON SO MANY TYPES OF BUSINESSES OR EVEN A GOAL TO RECRUIT TWO OR THREE NEW BUSINESSES IN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, SOMETHING THAT'S ATTAINABLE. AND INCENTIVES MAYBE, MAYBE.
SO INCENTIVES WOULD BE A GOOD TOUCH.
BUT THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? THE REASON THAT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL FOR US IS BECAUSE WE WE AS A CITY ARE LIKE WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE.
SO IT WAS SUCH A BIG DEAL FOR US TO GET THIS DONE, WHICH IS WHY IT HAS COME UP MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND AND WE NEED THAT CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE.
THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL FOOTPRINT OF THE CITY.
BUT. BUT WILL YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU GET THE APPROVED CHANGE BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING? THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO GO WITH THIS.
IT MAY TAKE A WHILE, BUT YOU'LL GET IT.
SO OUR ORDINANCES THAT WILL SUPPORT THESE THINGS, THAT WILL BRING MORE COMMERCIAL INTO.
ADD TO THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE PRIORITIES WAS UPDATE CITY ORDINANCES.
SO THAT PRIORITY ACTUALLY BECOMES A GOAL AND FALLS UNDER LINE WITH THAT.
WE HAVE CLARITY. WE HAVE CLARITY ON THAT ONE.
ARE WE SPECIFIC? ARE WE MEASURABLE? I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE MEASURABLE YET.
I THINK I THINK THE MEASURABLES WILL COME, RIGHT.
YEAH, BUT MY SUGGESTION IS JUST DON'T WAIT TILL YOU GET APPROVAL.
YOU GOT TO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE YOU GET BECAUSE YOU WILL GET APPROVAL.
YOU GOT TO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE YOU GET APPROVAL.
EDIT THAT, RIGHT? WOW, THIS IS GREAT.
YOU ALL HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TODAY.
WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO.
OBJECTIVES FOR YOUR GOALS BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME, BUT THERE WERE MOSTLY GOALS.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK TO DO.
SO FILLING IN ALL THE BLANKS AND GETTING THE WORDING RIGHT AND THEN WE'LL DEVELOP.
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AND AND EVENTUALLY COUNCIL WILL HOPEFULLY ADOPT IT SO THAT YOU CAN USE IT FOR BUDGET SETTING, BUDGET ALLOCATION.AND THEN AFTER THAT, ONCE THERE'S AN ADOPTED STRATEGIC PLAN, WILL PREPARE AN IMPLEMENTATION ACTION PLAN, WHICH GIVES YOU KIND OF THE STEPS TO BEGIN YOUR WORK PLAN. SO TO ONE MORE THING.
TOMORROW MORNING IN YOUR INBOXES, PLEASE LOOK FOR AN A LITTLE SURVEY MONKEY SURVEY TO EVALUATE HOW DALE AND I DID TODAY WITH YOU.
NOW WE ONLY GOT ONE SET OF NOTES FROM THE TABLES.
SO IF YOU CAN LEAVE US WITH YOUR NOTES OR IF YOU CAN EMAIL THEM.
YES. TURNED IN THEIR NOTES ALREADY.
ALL RIGHT. SEE IF THERE'S ANY.
AND, MAYOR, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO YOU FOR ANY CLOSING COMMENTS AND TO CONCLUDE THE MEETING.
WELL, THANK YOU. WE COUNCIL BY CONSENSUS, REQUESTED TWO PUBLIC HEARING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS US AT THIS TIME? MA'AM, YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO COME BACK.
OK SEEING NONE COUNSEL ANY ADDITIONAL DIRECTION YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? MAYOR? YES, I THINK I JUST SPEAK ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE.
ONE. YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB.
YEAH. YOU ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB.
AND ON A SECOND NOTE, I LOVE THIS.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I'VE LEARNED, EVEN JUST ALONG WITH MY TABLE, TOO.
BUT JUST HEARING THE DIALOG FROM.
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH MORE ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THIS SETTING.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS WALKING INTO THIS MORNING, BUT I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. SO. SO ANY DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO DISCUSS? SO REGARDING THAT MONKEY SURVEY, MA'AM, I MEAN, IT'S A RESOUNDING STANDING OVATION BY EACH AND EVERY MEMBER HERE.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IN SAYING I HAVE TO MY LEFT, I HAVE THE DEPUTY MAYOR. SO I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SAID AND HOW EXCITED I WAS TO KIND OF LIKE HAVE A REALLY GOOD WORKSHOP SETTING WITH YOU.
IT WAS MORE OF AN INFORMAL AND YOU WERE ABLE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITIES.
AND I EXTREMELY SHARED MY PERSONALITY.
I'M SURE EVERYONE, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, NOT YET KNOW, BUT I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD. IT WAS A GREAT TEAM EFFORT TODAY.
I'M QUITE IMPRESSED BY EACH AND EVERY ONE, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT I'M PART OF THIS TEAM.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY HAS ELECTED ME THEIR MAYOR.
SO WITH THAT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL? I TRULY THINK YOU SAID IT CORRECT THE WAY THE WORD YOU USED.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ONE ASPECT I WANTED TO.
I'LL PUT EMPHASIS ON IS THE FACT THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH THE STAFF.
UNLIKE. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON YOU KNOW, WE DON'T I MEAN, I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I DON'T GET TO INTERACT MUCH WITH WITH STAFF, BUT THIS IS TRULY AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, MOST COMPANIES, MOST MOST COMPANIES HAVE RETREATS, RIGHT, WHERE WE TAKE A WEEKEND THAT MAY BE A START OF A CONVERSATION, JUST ABOUT AN IDEA, MAYBE NOT WITH TAX DOLLARS, BUT BUT SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER, WHERE WE WILL TAKE THAT TIME AWAY.
SO WHAT WE TAKE JUST A THOUGHT.
SO TO ME, THIS IS I'M USING THIS FEW HOURS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND ENJOY GOOD COMPANY AND HAVE GOOD CONVERSATION AND TRULY LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL. ANY STAFFER WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE WITH FINAL COMMENTS.
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I THREW A CURVEBALL.GO AHEAD, BRIAN. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE BIRTHDAY GREETING.
THANKS. DID YOU LIKE THE SPANISH VERSION AND ALL THE VERSION OF THE SONG? THAT'S AWESOME. ANY OTHER DIALOG FROM FROM STAFF? SEEING NONE. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.