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IT IS 6:00 BY CITY HALL TIME, 602 BY ANYBODY ELSE'S TIME.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WE ARE GOING TO GET IT GOING.
[CALL TO ORDER:]
WE'RE GOING TO DO A CALL TO ORDER.AND WOULD YOU MIND TAKING THE ROLL CALL? PHILIP SNYDER PRESENT.
ALL RIGHT. LOOK AT THAT OLD HOUSE TONIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD THEN AND MOVE TO THE ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
[ADOPTION OF MINUTES:]
AND EVERYONE'S GONNA BE REALLY SAD.UM, SO WHEN REVIEW THOSE AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A MOTION.
THE PROOF. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I. MOTION CARE.
ALL RIGHT. NOW IS THE MOST EXCITING PART OF OUR TIME THIS EVENING.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS:]
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENT.AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONLY ONE.
WE ARE GOING TO FOREGO THE TRADITIONAL THREE MINUTE RULE FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMENT UNLESS THE.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL PUT IT LIKE A 20 MINUTE CAP.
NO, NO, NO. BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.
AND COULD YOU PLEASE REMIND ME OF YOUR NAME ONE MORE TIME? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
I'M UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THE EMPTY PERMIT AND PHASE TWO.
AND WE HAVE GIVEN THE WE ARE COUNTYWIDE.
WE HAVE PROCURED A GRANT TO DO 15 OF RAIN BARREL WORKSHOPS.
THROUGHOUT BREVARD COUNTY, AND WE WANT TO INCLUDE PALM BAY.
BASICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR VENUES.
THE BARRELS WILL BE FREE, THE EDUCATION WILL BE FREE AND MOST LIKELY WILL BE IFAS.
WITH SALLY AND KELLER AND BETH AS WELL.
ALL WE NEED IS THE VENUE AND HELP PROMOTING IT AND AND SOME MINOR LOGISTICS.
IT'S GOING TO BE ALL OVER BREVARD COUNTY FROM TITUSVILLE TO COCOA.
SO I WAS TALKING TO TO KRISTEN AND SUSAN AND AND I THINK THAT APRIL 15TH WERE THE POSSIBLE DATES.
AND SO I'M LOOKING FOR A VENUE.
SO I'M HERE TO SAY CAN YOU HAVE US THIS IS CONTINGENT ON YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS.
SO IT'S CONTINGENT I SHOULD KNOW IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS WHETHER OR NOT I GET THE BARRELS OR NOT.
I'M WORKING WITH THE MARINE RESOURCES COUNCIL AND WITH DR.
WE CONTRACT THEM TO DO OUR EDUCATION AS WELL.
SO I MANAGE THAT CONTRACT AS WELL FOR STORM WATER EDUCATION.
SO THEY DO A LOT OF WORK FOR US, BUT THEY SELL RAIN BARRELS.
AND THEN ALSO, SURE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO CLEAN THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO BUY THEM A FOOD GRADE USED AND WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN THEM UP INTO THE TOP, CLEAN THEM AND MAKE THEM READY WITH THE YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE IS THE BLOCKS.
SO I HAVE TO DO 15 OF THOSE THROUGHOUT BREVARD IN TWO YEARS.
SO HOPEFULLY I'LL COME BACK HERE IN 2024.
THAT IS THE GOAL. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HERE.
IT COULD BE AT THE MOVIES OF THE PARK.
POPE I'M PLANNING TO DO TWO MORE IN PALM BAY AT THE LAGOON HOUSE.
I WANT TO GET PEOPLE FROM PALM BAY, MALABAR AND.
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US TO DO PART OF THEIR STORMWATER EDUCATION.WE RUN THEIR MEDIA PROGRAMS THAT PHASE TWO AND ALSO WEST MELBOURNE.
THERE'S EIGHT MUNICIPALITIES THERE.
SO BUT MY GOAL IS TO DO AT LEAST FOUR OF THOSE 15 IN PALM BAY.
PALM BAY IS PRETTY BIG AND I'M TRYING TO GO CENTER WEST AND ALSO EAST.
AND SO THAT'S THAT'S MY MY PITCH.
AND HOPEFULLY, AGAIN, THIS IS CONTINGENT ON GETTING THOSE.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS.
BUY SOME FROM ONE VENDOR OR SOME FROM ANOTHER VENDOR.
THE PRICES ARE GOING TO VARY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CHOICE.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE HERE AND I DO A LOT OF OTHER EVENTS.
I GO TO THE SCHOOLS. I HAVE A LITTLE MODEL OF A OF A CITY IS CALLED THE INBAR ESCAPE.
DEGROOT. NOT THE LIBRARY DOWN HERE, YOU KNOW.
BUT IT'S STILL GOOD. WE'RE STILL CATERING TO THE RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY.
OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE GOOD THING.
SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE AT LEAST THOSE FOUR AND THAT'S AND THEY HAVE MY CONTACT.
KEVIN WORKS IN THE SAME BUILDING THAT I WORK.
SO AND WE SEE EACH OTHER IN OTHER MEETINGS.
SO, SO. AND I LIVE IN PALM BAY, TOO.
I'M ABOUT A MILE FROM HERE, SO I JUST LIKE TO KEEP INCOGNITO.
NO, I'M PRETTY BUSY, BUT YEAH, THAT'S IT.
AND I MET SUSAN AND KRISTEN AT THE LADY CONFERENCE, ACTUALLY THE ONE BEFORE.
AND THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE IN APRIL, WHICH IS.
IT'S NICE MEETING YOU. I'LL HANG OUT BACK HERE AND LISTEN TO YOU GUYS, I TO SAY AS WELL.
SO BUT YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THAT APRIL 15TH, IT'LL BE GREAT.
I HAVE ANOTHER ONE HOPEFULLY IN COCOA IF I GET THE BARRELS ON THE 22ND OF APRIL.
SO YEAH. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERYONE WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S NOT TRADITIONAL, BUT WOULD YOU BE OKAY IF WE JUST ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS? THAT'S NOT NORMAL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I THINK IN THIS.
WELL, THAT'S FINE. YEAH, PERFECT.
I KNOW THIS GROUP. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS.
YEAH, WELL, DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THE CONCEPT OF A RAIN BARREL IS? EVERYBODY DOES. OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
I JUST. I DON'T KNOW YOU, SO THEN.
OKAY, SO GO AHEAD. WE'VE BEEN AROUND.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE THE FIRST QUESTION? WHAT? WHAT CONSTITUTES BEING PART OF YOUR CONSORTIUM? YOU MENTIONED A NUMBER OF FORMS. MONEY, BASICALLY, THEY PAY US AND THEN.
AND MARKETING. LIKE THE PAMPHLET THAT I GAVE YOU FOR LOOKING LOYAL.
THAT'S PARTLY PAID BY THAT CONSORTIUM.
AND THAT IS UP TO THE IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND AND TO YOU GUYS.
AND YOU GOT TO LOOK WHAT IS MORE EFFICIENT IN A SENSE.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OTHER CONTRACTS, ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS WITH WEST MELBOURNE, MALABAR AND GRANVILLE CARRIER BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY SMALL. SO WE ALSO, WHEN THEY GET AUDITED, WE'RE THE ONES WHO GET AUDITED FOR THEM AND WE DO I DO A LOT OF STUFF EXTRA THAT I DON'T DO, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR MELBOURNE.
FOR MELBOURNE WE ONLY DO EDUCATION AND THEN BASICALLY WE GOT PEOPLE TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND THAT WILL COUNT FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THERE ARE CERTAIN POINTS THAT ARE THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR PERMIT AND THOSE ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY THAT CONTRACT.
AND RIGHT NOW I COME HERE BECAUSE THEY COUNT FOR THE COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO ALL THE SCHOOLS IN PALM BAY FROM SUNRISE TO PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY TO TO JUPITER ELEMENTARY. ACTUALLY, I WAS THERE TWICE LAST, YOU KNOW.
BUT THEY COUNT FOR US BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE NOT IN THE CONSORTIUM.
BUT IT'S NOT BAD OR IT'S GOOD.
YOU JUST GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT IS MORE EFFICIENT ECONOMICALLY AND, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.
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YOU KNOW, FOR STORMWATER AND THE SIZE OF YOUR TOWN, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GETTING BIG.SO, YOU KNOW, AND YOU DO CERTAIN THINGS.
MELBOURNE IS OUR BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR OF ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES.
THERE'S COCOA AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WITHIN THE HOUSE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS.
IT'S CONVENIENT FOR US IF IT'S CONVENIENT, FUN IF NOT.
SO, YEAH, WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S A GOOD CONSTRUCTION.
YOU KNOW, WE IT HELPS US DEVELOP THE THE WHAT USED TO BE CALLED BEFORE BLUE LIFE IS NOW THE GOOD LOYAL PEOPLE COULD NOT RELATE TO BLUE LIFE BEFORE AND THE LAGOON SO YOU GOT TO PUT THE WORD LAGOON IN THERE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY HIRE ME AND IT'S JUST REPETITION.
YOU SEE THAT ON MY IF YOU GO BACK HERE, YOU SEE A TRUCK, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE DRAIN.
LIKE A BRANDY BRAND THAT LIKE COCA-COLA, YOU KNOW THIS RED.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT COCA-COLA, STRAIGHT IN WHITE.
SO THE SAME THING WILL BE BLUE.
AND THEN KEVIN HAS SOMETHING SIMILAR, WHICH IS RECYCLED, RIGHT? OKAY, YOU CUT ME FOR ME WITH THIS.
AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO TO KNOW THAT.
AND KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, A GOOD, LOYAL, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, I TOOK A PICTURE.
I GOT IT HERE ON MY POCKET THAT I SAW THE BOSS ON THE BUS AND IT WAS IN FRONT OF ME.
AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY. AND WHEN I STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT, I WAS ABLE TO GET A PICTURE.
BUT EVERYTHING HAS THE SAME COLORS.
YOU WILL SEE ALL THE BILLBOARDS.
WE HAVE THEIR SIGNS, YARD SIGNS.
SO EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE BLANKETED WITH THE SAME COLORS AND THAT'S GOOD.
AND YEAH, WE, WE DO STUFF IN MAYBE WE DO A LOT OF STUFF ON BAY ALREADY, BUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE SERVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY STORMWATER SO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE IN OUR CITY.
LIKE IT REALLY DOES MEAN I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE'RE GRANDFATHERED IN OUR COUNTY.
YEAH, WELL, YEAH, IT IS A LOT OF FUN TO GO OUT THERE AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE.
AND ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO BE IN PALM BAY AGAIN, AT LEAST FLORIDA NEXT THURSDAY FOR THE CARE FAIRS.
I CAN GIVE YOU THE CONTACT FOR DR.
BAIRD. AND THEY DO ALL FOUR CAMPUSES, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THEM.
ALL. YOU CAN DO PALM BAY, BECAUSE PALM BAY, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO TITUSVILLE.
I HAVE TO DO THEM ALL, YOU KNOW, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING EVERY DAY NEXT WEEK.
BUT THE PALM BAY ONE IS GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 2ND FROM 10 TO 1.
AARON BAIRD. I HAVE THE CONTACT FOR HER.
SHE'S A SERVICE LEARNING PERSON.
I USED TO WORK AT EASTERN FLORIDA, BOTH IN COCOA AND THEN I WAS HERE IN PALM BAY.
I MEAN, I CAN'T KEEP A JOB, BUT I KNOW I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR FIVE YEARS AND IN THIS OFFICE.
BUT YEAH, I WAS AT EASTERN FLORIDA AND I WAS CERTIFIED BEFORE, SO I KNOW HER.
IT'S SHE'S A FRIEND OF MINE, TALL LADY.
AND. YEAH, AND IT'S PRETTY IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
SHE RUNS THE ROTARY ACT, WHICH IS THE ROTARY CLUB FOR STUDENTS.
AND THEN SHE'S BASED IN COCOA.
BUT WE DO THIS STUFF ON ALL THE CAMPUSES AND TWICE A YEAR THEY SHE DOES IT.
AND THAT'S A GOOD WAY OF, YOU KNOW, SPREAD YOUR MESSAGE.
POINTS FOR THE SERVICE, LEARNING AND CREDITS.
SO YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THE CITY HAS SOME VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
IT JUST MATTER WHETHER OR NOT IT FITS YOU.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S UNIQUE.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE PAINTING WITH A BROAD BRUSH.
THAT'S WHY I WAS TELLING THEM, YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, COCOA BEACH AND SATELLITE BEACH ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN PALM BAY BECAUSE THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY WATER.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE DEMANDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE PALM BAY.
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BUT, YEAH, THAT'S IT'S A LOT FUN.HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE IT A LOT OF FUN.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE 60 BARRELS FOR THOSE TWO AT LEAST.
AND THEN BECAUSE I HAD TO DO THREE MORE IN THE SUMMER AND SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND THEN HOPEFULLY COME BACK HERE, MAYBE DO ONE AT THE IN THE FALL, I'LL DO THE ONE AT THE AT THE IN PALM BAY BACK AT THE LAGOON HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, GET MISSY INVOLVED WITH THAT.
AND I LIKE TO REWARD THE PEOPLE THAT.
AND I WANT TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR.
SURE. NO, I'M HERE. I'LL HANG AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE IF YOU GUYS GOT ANY QUESTIONS.
THEY HAVE MY CONTACT AND SUSAN HAS MY CARD.
KEVIN KNOWS YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.
SOLID WASTE. SO WE'RE IN SEVERAL OTHER THINGS, LIKE SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION ALLIANCE, AND.
AND NOW HE'S HELPING US OUT WITH THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON DAY, WHICH YOU GUYS PARTICIPATE.
SO THE CITY OF PALM BAY ALSO HELPS WITH THAT.
TRADITIONALLY, YOU DID IT, WAS IT NOT JUST BROOKE, THAT WAS SUMMER BEFORE.
AND AND THEN JULIE, JULIE DIMMOCK, SHE STILL HANGS AROUND HERE.
SO PALM BAY HAS TRADITIONALLY HELPED WITH THOSE TWO EVENTS EVERY YEAR.
MOST OF THE TENANTS TO THE TO THE FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING SEMINAR ARE FROM PALM BAY BECAUSE WE ASK WE TAKE THEIR PALM BAY RESIDENTS IT'S HELD AT OAK ALLEY USED TO BE AT THE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THE OAK VALLEY CIVIC CENTER.
AND BROOKS SHOULD HAVE A FLIER, IF NOT AN EMAIL.
YOU WON. IT JUST THEY JUST HAD TO EDIT IT IN THE LAST MEETING.
SO BUT IT'S JUST BEEN EDITED AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ELECTRONICALLY AND SHE SHOULD HAVE IT.
BUT PALM BAY'S THEIR LOGO IS THERE.
YOU CAN POST IT AND ADVERTISE.
AND AGAIN, TRADITIONALLY THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS, THE PARTICIPANTS OF THAT 400 PEOPLE, 450 PEOPLE THE LAST TIME AT THE OAK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE THE CIVIC CENTER AND ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY ARE RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY.
YOU CAN ASK MISS HIGGINS, MS..
I'VE BEEN TO A RAIN BARREL WORKSHOP AND ON HIATUS, PUT ALL THE TICKETS AND THINGS ON OURSELVES.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO GIVE A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF YOUR PROGRAM.
YES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU.
THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE DONE BY MERCY.
MOST, YOU KNOW, TO CLEAN THEM AND PUT THEM.
AND THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO WE CONTRACT IFAS THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WE PAY THEM TO DO.
IT'S NOT THE BUDGET TO DO THIS.
SO YEAH, I'M MOST LIKELY I WASN'T ENVISIONING PEOPLE PUTTING THEM.
HOWEVER, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIND GET IS THE.
THE ELEVATION, THE THE BLOCKS.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING. BUT WE'LL EXPLAIN WHAT TO DO, WHAT NOT TO DO, ETC., ETC..
A LOT OF THE STUFF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE.
FINALLY, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE AS A BIOCHEMIST THAT OUR ATMOSPHERE IS 75% NITROGEN.
AND THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS, OH, REDUCE NITROGEN AND REDUCE NITROGEN, YOU KNOW, SO.
SO THE RAIN BARRELS ARE GOOD BECAUSE YOU'RE USING THAT WATER FOR PLANTS.
IT'S ISN'T OUR PROTEINS, YOU KNOW, GAZILLIONS OF MOLECULES OF NITROGEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, ON IT, I TAUGHT ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY IN COLLEGE AND BIOCHEMISTRY.
I'M MUCH SMARTER, MAN, THAN I AM.
I DO REALLY QUICK, MR. SMITH, ANY QUESTIONS? JUST TO CONFIRMATION.
SO YOU'LL CAP IT AT 30? WE'LL CAP IT AT 34.
THAT'LL JUST BE AN OPEN REGISTRATION.
THERE'S A DESIGN. THERE'S NO COST FOR THE PEOPLE.
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LIKE WE DO THE FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING SEMINAR SO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A WAITING LIST WE SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY WHO SIGNS UP.THAT HAPPENED TO ME TWO YEARS AT THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON DAY.
AND THEN I WAS JUST GIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, YEAH, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM TO PEOPLE.
AND I ONLY GAVE 20 THAT TIME, SO.
BUT ARE YOU TYPICALLY FILLING UP THE WORKSHOPS? I MEAN. ARE YOU TYPICALLY FILLING UP THESE WORKSHOPS? I KNOW YOU HAD ONE AT EARL DAY I.
YES. WE'RE GOING TO NOTICE HOW MANY WE MADE THAT DAY.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. WE NEED PROMOTION, YOU KNOW, AND SO AND SO OUR CUSTOMERS, THEN THEY, THEY AND THIS IS MAYBE ARBITRARY, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT IT THROUGH, BUT THEY GET TO CHOOSE THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING BASED ON THEIR HOUSE.
AND BECAUSE AS SUSAN IS TALKING ABOUT THE.
WHERE THEY HOOK UP TO IS MAYBE DIFFERENT FOR EACH HOUSEHOLD.
AND SO YOU'RE COMING WITH A THAT'S THE WORKSHOP.
THAT'S WHAT THE WORKSHOP IS FOR, RIGHT? TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE TOP IS OPEN AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SCREEN AND THEN THE GUTTER.
BUT THEY WILL THEY WILL SHOW YOU IDEAS.
AND AND HE HAS TEN RAIN BARRELS.
AND I THINK I HAVE PICTURES HERE TO A POCKET.
YOU KNOW, HE GOT FOUR ON ONE SIDE FOR AND THE OTHER AND TWO IN THE BACK AND HIS YARD.
HE DOESN'T HAVE FENCE. IT'S ALL PLANTS.
HE'S FROM VIETNAM A TIE AND WE RIDE BICYCLES AND THEN SO BUT I WOULD SO WHERE I USED TO GO TO THERE BEFORE YOU KNOW WHEN HE WAS BUILDING THE HOUSE AND THEN HE GOT HE'S GOT YOU SEE THE BARRELS IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE PLANTS NOW, YOU KNOW.
SO HE PUT TEN OF THEM AND HE CONNECTED ONE TO EACH OTHER.
FILLS UP, IT GOES TO THE OTHER ONE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US TODAY.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT OUR BOARD NEEDS TO DO TO ENCOURAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT STAFF CAN PROVIDE ALL SUPPORT NEEDED TO ENSURE THESE WORKSHOPS HAPPEN WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS? NOTHING YOU NEED TO DO MY HEARING.
YEAH. AGAIN, IF IT'S FINANCIALLY, IT MAY NOT BE FINANCIALLY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I DON'T WANT TO DISPLACE IT INTO A JOB OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT BUT IT MAKES IT EASIER BECAUSE THEN THE THE AWESOME VIA THE C I MANAGE THAT CONTRACT SO I MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE DELIVERABLES ARE THERE.
WE WE HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE CHARGE THE PARTNERS.
NOW EVERYBODY PAYS A FLAT RATE PER DELIVERABLE POINTS.
AND THAT COVERS THE COST OF THE PAMPHLETS, NOT JUST THE PAMPHLETS, WHICH IS CALLED MARKETING.
FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE ALL THE CONTRACTS, EXTRA CONTRACTS IN MALABAR, GRANVILLE, CAREY AND WEST MELBOURNE, AND I DO ALL KINDS OF PAMPHLETS AND I COUNT THEM FOR THEM EVERY YEAR AND THEN I SEND THEM, I GOT A REPORT FROM CAROLINA.
I COUNT ALL THE OLD MY PAMPHLETS THAT I GIVE.
I JUST GAVE YOU ABOUT SEVEN PAMPHLETS, BUT THEY WILL COUNT FOUR HERE, FOUR FOR THE COUNTY.
NOW YOU WERE THERE AND SATELLITE BEACH, YOU KNOW, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SUDDENLY BEACH ITS ITS OWN ANIMAL IN A SENSE.
NICK IS VERY NICE, BUT THEY'RE VERY PROPRIETARY.
YOU KNOW, I WENT TO THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE BECAUSE A COWORKER OF MINE, HIS AUNT, WORKED THERE AND SHE REQUESTED THE I WENT THERE AND NICK WASN'T TOO HAPPY.
HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THIS IS NOT THE POLICE.
WE'RE NOT INVESTIGATING CRIME.
WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE SAME.
THE THING, BUT THEY USED TO BE IN OUR THING.
I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO SEE WHAT YOU GOT TO LOOK AFTER THE BEST OF PALM IN A SENSE, YOU KNOW.
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BUT IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE WE GOOD TO HAVE YOU.AND I HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN SAYING TO THE DOCTOR SORT OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE AMONG OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, TITUSVILLE, THEY DON'T THEY'RE WAY OUT THERE IN THE WAY, YOU KNOW, SO I MSC DOES MOST OF THE STUFF DOWN HERE.
AND I MOST OF THE TIME GO TO TO TITUSVILLE, TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS OUT THERE AND TO THE I WAS AT MIMS THE OTHER DAY AT THE LIBRARY THERE TALKING TO THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY, FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. IT'S A PRIVATE GROUP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, SO I HANDLE A LOT OF STUFF ON THE NORTH BECAUSE THIS PART HERE, BECAUSE OUR CONSORTIUM IS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF IN A SENSE, YOU KNOW, AND BUT I DO COME TO PALM BAY A LOT.
I WAS SITTING AT JUPITER TWICE FOR CAREER DAY AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
DID THEY EVER ESCAPE? AND I WAS A.
AND I'VE BEEN TO THE LIBRARIES HERE BECAUSE THE LIBRARIES ARE COUNTY.
SO THEY CALL ME AND I GOT A GUN TO ALL THE LIBRARIES.
WELL, I REALLY CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN PALM BAY.
I'M EXCITED TO HEAR MORE FROM CITY STAFF AT A LATER DATE AS TO HOW WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT YOU.
WE DO HAVE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. YES. I'M GOING TO LET ME FINALLY GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THE BARRELS.
I'M WORKING WITH STEVE SHARKEY AND DR.
SOTO. AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW BECAUSE I JUST GAVE HIM ALL MY CONTACTS FOR RAIN BARRELS BECAUSE WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON OUR OWN ON THE COUNTY. SO GIVING THEM ALL THAT CONTACT TO THEM BECAUSE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE THE ONES ALSO FIXING THEM AND CLEANING THEM.
I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO STUFF.
VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE AS A TIME GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD BEYOND PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I THINK I TECHNICALLY TO ASK, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? THING. SURE.
ALL RIGHT, AUDIENCE OUT THERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO NEW BUSINESS.
[NEW BUSINESS:]
AND THE FIRST OF WHICH IS GOING AHEAD AND SELECTING A BOARD VICE CHAIR AS OF NOVEMBER, THAT IS NOW A VACANCY.AND SO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND.
SO I THINK THE PROCESS WORKS WHERE YOU CAN DISCUSS, IF YOU LIKE, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE MOTION.
NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR THAT ROLE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION, AND I'LL START DOWN HERE ON THIS END, BECAUSE I.
I KNOW WE DISCUSSED IT LAST TIME AND I THINK IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT.
MAKE A MOTION TO LOGAN TO BE VICE CHAIR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT STILL STANDS, BUT I SUPPORT THAT 100%.
SO IF THAT IS STILL THE CASE, THEN I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT.
BUT I'LL WAIT AND SEE WHAT EVERYONE HAS TO SAY.
I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO GO AHEAD AND I WILL MAKE THE MOTION THAT LOGAN LEWIS WOULD BE OUR VICE CHAIR.
OUR NEW VICE CHAIR. I'LL SECOND THAT ALL IN FAVOR.
I LOVE SUSTAINABILITY. I LOVE THE ENVIRONMENT, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO I ACTUALLY DO IT FOR A FULL TIME JOB.
SO I'M EXCITED TO, ONE, BE ON THIS BOARD.
I KNOW ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS AND I'VE HAD A FEW CANCELED MEETINGS, BUT I'M EXCITED FOR THIS.
AND CAN YOU CONTINUE THE ROLE HERE AND THROUGHOUT PALM BAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. LEWIS. I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN MY VACATION DAYS ARE, AND YOU CAN TAKE OVER ON THE DAY.
VERY EXCITED. MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR NEXT ELEMENT OF NEW BUSINESS.
IT IS A NATIVE PLANT TEST GARDEN DISCUSSION.
I'M GOING TO MAKE AN ASSUMPTION THAT PERHAPS MS..
SHERMAN HAS KIND OF A LAUNCH FOR US ON THAT POINT.
OR. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW, AND THEN YOU TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD KNOW, I GUESS.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BRIEFLY.
I KNOW THAT FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, WE'RE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THE IDEA WITH YOU ALL.
I THINK, JANE, MAYBE IT WAS AN IDEA THAT KIND OF CAME OUT OF DISCUSSION WITH YOU.
SO REALLY, IT'S ABOUT GETTING A LITTLE MORE FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT YOU ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT.
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ACQUIRING THEM, I JUST NEED TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH SOME LOGISTICS WITH YOU ALL, WHAT YOUR VISION IS.AND PROBABLY THE THE BIGGEST PART OF THIS IS FINDING THE LOCATION.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
PICK A CITY PARK. YOU'LL FIND THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES.
RIGHT. AND SO I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING TO KRISTIN ABOUT IT LAST WEEK OR WHATEVER.
AND I WAS THINKING THIS IS ONE OF MANY, MANY SUGGESTIONS.
I KNOW OUT IN FRONT OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING ON MALABAR ROAD MANY YEARS AGO, THEY USED TO ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE ESSENTIALLY A RAIN GARDEN IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, AND THAT WAS UP AGAINST THE BUILDING SIDE.
THERE'S A PARKING LOT, THERE'S WHERE THE RAIN GARDEN WAS AND THEN THERE'S THE ACTUAL MAIN BUILDING.
THAT WOULD BE ONE OF MANY IDEAS.
AWESOME. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS IN OUR ACTION PLAN INITIALLY.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL OPEN IT UP.
I'M ASSUMING WE ALL HAVE KIND OF THOUGHTS, SHARE FLIP FLOPPING OR WHATEVER THE LAST TIME.
GO AHEAD AND START WITH MISS CONNELLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SAID THAT BEFORE.
PROBABLY NOT. BUT I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PANELISTS ON HERE THAT HAVE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
IT JOINED THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY.
I HOPE THAT THE CITY ARE BUILDING.
E WILL USE THAT GROUP WITH VERY ACTIVE AND VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.
WELL PAST. GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE.
BECAUSE YOU MAY BE ONE OF THOSE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT.
SO IN TERMS OF GETTING VOLUNTEERS, WE COULD EASILY GET VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE A LARGE MEMBERSHIP BASE FROM PALM BAY BEING THE LARGEST. ME.
SO NOT A PROBLEM GETTING THE VOLUNTEERS.
IF YOU WANT A BUTTERFLY GARDEN, IF YOU JUST NEED A HABITAT TYPE GARDEN FOR WILDLIFE AND GENERAL BIRDS, ETC.. AND.
YES. WE DEFINITELY NEED SIGNAGE.
MAYBE I KNOW NEXT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING IS THAT.
WAY DOWN THE POWER LINES THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC HERE THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO DRAW THEM IN.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE.
I WAS ALSO THINKING ABOUT ASKING TIM AND ANNA, WHO ARE PALM BAY RESIDENTS.
THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HELPING WITH THE DESIGN ONCE WE GET SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES LAID OUT.
NEED A DESIGN. HE COULD DONATE LOTS OF PLANTS FROM THE CHAPTER.
I WOULD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GARDEN IS.
TENTATIVE OF WHAT YOU WANT VERSUS A BUNCH OF DONATED.
I WANT TO START WITH MY BACKYARD.
BUT NATIVE PLANTS ARE PRETTY CHEAP, AND TIM AND ANNA WOULD PROBABLY GIVE US A BREAK.
WELL THAT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHTS ARE EASILY PITCH IT TO THE CHAPTER.
PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FIGURE OUT SOME.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE OVER TO MS..
ZIEGLER. DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR IDEAS YOU WANT TO SHARE? YEAH. I THINK WITH NATIVE PLANTS, IT'S IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LOCATION AND WHETHER YOU WANT SOMETHING WITH A FORMAL LOOK OR AN INFORMAL LOOK BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE BOTH.
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THERE'S SOME PLANTS THAT WORK, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU A THREE TIERED DIMENSIONAL LOOK VERSUS A WALKING THROUGH A PATH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A BUTTERFLY GARDEN, FOR INSTANCE, WHICH IS ALL LIKE HIP HEIGHT.SO LOCATION DESIGN, I DON'T THINK THE PLANTS WILL BE THAT MUCH OF A PROBLEM TO SECURE IF THEY AND.
SO THAT'S HOW THE PROCESS HAS TO WORK FOR DESIGNING THE GARDEN IS KNOWING.
WHAT IS SUITABLE FOR THE LOCATION.
BUT I, I THINK THAT, YEAH, I LOVE VOLUNTEERING FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS TO DO.
I HAVE A SHIRT THAT SAYS, GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY.
AND IDEALLY, THIS FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE, AND THEN WE COULD PUT THEM IN IN OTHER LOCATIONS AND GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GARDENS.
MR. LOOSE. GOING THROUGH AGRICULTURE LIKE A LOT OF INVASIVE SPECIES.
SO IT'S GOOD TO HIGHLIGHT THE NATIVE PLANTS.
ALSO, IT'S LIKE WATERING THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK IT'S THERE WAS LIKE A CORRAL AREA.
AT A PUBLIC BUILDING WHERE IT'S IT CAN PROVIDE THE LANDSCAPING FOR THE BUILDING WHICH.
OF THE MAINTENANCE CITY MAINTENANCE, BUT ALSO.
AMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION.
WE HAVE A SPACE COAST HERE, SO WE'RE ALWAYS DOING BEACH CLEANUPS AND STUFF.
SO WE DEFINITELY. AND HANDS WE DO HAVE.
IT'S A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND OFTTIMES WE HAVE A BUDGET.
SO IF I TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. BUT WE COULD PROBABLY HELP.
NOW. BE ABLE TO PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND MAYBE NATIONALLY ABOUT CITIES THAT ARE.
NATIVE TYPE THINGS, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR THE SHOW.
LIKE INSTEAD OF GETTING A BUNCH OF FABULOUS OR EXTRA PLANTS AROUND CITY HALL AND WHEREVER.
I'M GOING TO TAKE IT OVER TO MR. SMITH. AND THEN AFTERWARDS I HAVE A DIRECT QUESTION FOR THE BOARD.
ONE, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WALKWAY THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC.
UM. I THINK A LOT OF THE POINT, OR AT LEAST FOR ME FOR THIS, IS TO LET THE NORMAL EVERYDAY PERSON KNOW THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN IMPLEMENT IN YOUR LIVING SPACE.
HORTA, YOU KNOW, A HORTICULTURE EXPERT'S APPROACH.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A PLANT SOCIETY TO TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO THESE DIFFERENT AS IF WE WANT TO CALL THEM BAPS, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE SOME CONNECTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WITH THE LID.
AND SO IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS FOR THESE DIFFERENT GARDENS, OBVIOUSLY THE COSTS ARE NOT SUPER INTENSIVE UNTIL YOU START GETTING INTO THE STORMWATER STUFF AND WHEN YOU'RE REALLY TRYING AND, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THESE.
BUT SO IN TERMS OF THE LOCATION I LOVE.
RED HOPE HAS A LOT OF DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF PEOPLE THAT ATTEND EVENTS THERE.
I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO ANYONE, SO DON'T.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AND ORDER HERE. BUT I THINK WHEN I IMAGINE WHAT'S THE BOARD'S ROLE IN THIS PROCESS, IT WOULD BE KIND OF HELPING TO IDENTIFY TO STAFF WHAT WE THINK THE PURPOSE OF THE GARDEN SHOULD BE.
SO THE STAFF WOULD END UP DOING THE NITTY GRITTY RESEARCH FOR THAT TO WHICH WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.
SO LET ME ASK THE BOARD WHAT WOULD WE SAY OUR VISION OR THE PURPOSE OF A GARDEN DOING A TEST GARDEN? WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH AN IMAGE OF ONE GARDEN AT FIRST.
WHAT WOULD WE IMAGINE WOULD BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FOR OUR LONG TERM ENDEAVORS AS A CITY? ALL THAT.
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I WOULD SAY I WOULD SUGGEST STAYING AWAY FROM A PARK AT A CITY.THAT'S WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO. THAT WAY IT'S EDUCATING.
THEY HAVE A MEETING AT CITY HALL AND THEY COME SIT DOWN AROUND THIS NATURAL NATIVE PLANT AREA.
ONCE THAT GOES ON, THEN WE COULD IMPLEMENT.
MAYBE. ADD NATIVE TREES AND MAKE A LITTLE.
ANOTHER. WOULD BE TO HELP EDUCATE SOME OF THESE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE THE GROUNDS AND.
AND AND WHAT WHAT THAT MEANS TO BECAUSE.
OF PALM BAY. BUT WHEN THEY SAW OFF THE COUNTIES OUT IN THE MEDIAN HERE, IT JUST DRIVES ME NUTS.
SO WE KNOW WE'VE WE'VE GOT SOME EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
AND IT KIND OF WOULD BRING IT BACK TO THE SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY PLAN, TOO.
THAT'S GOING TO TOUCH SO MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
WELL, THAT AND I'LL HAVE A PREVIEW FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES BY DEPARTMENT.
A LITTLE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, HOW THAT FITS IN.
I'LL BUILD ON THAT. I VERY MUCH.
JUST THE IDEA OF WHEREVER FOOT TRAFFIC IS.
NOT JUST. IT IS EDUCATION, BUT IT'S EDUCATION WHERE ACTION IS REALLY EASY TO GET A HOLD OF.
NOT ONLY AM I, AM I WALKING UP TO CITY HALL TO PAY A BILL.
WALKING BY THESE PLANTS AND SIGN NATIVE PLANTS.
AND THERE'S A QR CODE NEAR EACH OF THE PLANTS.
THAT TELLS ME WHAT THAT PLANT IS, YOU KNOW, AND MAKES IT EASY FOR ME TO PURCHASE THAT PLANT FROM HOME DEPOT OR A LOCAL, YOU KNOW, NOT HOME DEPOT.
JUST JUST WHEREVER THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL WE WANT THAT INDIVIDUAL TO GO FROM.
AND MAKING ACTION REALLY EASY.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD.
I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE I'M VERY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WITH.
YES, AND IS YES AND MAKE ACTION REALLY, REALLY EASY.
AND THE QR CODE JUST SOUNDS LIKE A VERY 2023 THING TO DO.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THERE'LL BE SOMETHING NEW BY NEXT YEAR.
BUT THE IDEA OF IT'S ONE STEP AWAY FROM.
HAVE A DRONE DROP IT OFF MY HOUSE BY THE TIME I GET HOME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, JUST SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE.
SO WE DID QR CODES AT THE LANDSCAPING TOUR LAST YEAR, SO WE'VE GOT THAT FIGURED OUT NOW.
I'M NOT I'M NOT FIRST TO THAT GAME.
I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS A LITTLE ARDUOUS, BUT I THINK WE GOT IT.
WE'LL SAY IN PARTNERSHIP. IF THERE WERE PLANTS DONATED TO GARDEN, I THINK IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.
SURE, THERE'S LEGAL HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH.
HAVE QR CODES THAT LINK DIRECTLY TO A PURCHASE PAGE AT A LOCAL VENDOR THAT IS DONATING THOSE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
GARDEN IS MAINTAINED BY THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
I MEAN, I'M JUST GOING TO BE ON REPEAT.
MAKE EDUCATION AND ACTION VERY TANGIBLE WHEREVER THE GARDEN ENDS UP ENDING UP.
IS EQUALLY. ONE OF MY IDEAS EARLY ON WAS TO HAVE A BUSINESSES SPONSOR IN FRONT OF THEIR SOW AND THEIR SIDEWALK LAWN STRIP OR IN THE MEDIAN STRIP IN FRONT WITH A SIGN SAYING SUPPORTED BY, YOU KNOW, THIS NATIVE PLANT GARDEN SUPPORTED BY.
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BUT. I THINK THAT.OUR FIRST ONE HAS TO BE GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY WANT TO BUY INTO HAVING AT OTHER PLACES.
YEAH. THE MEDIAN IS DOES IT DEPEND ON COUNTIES, CITY, STATE, WHO HAS JURISDICTION INSIDE OF THEM? THAT'S PART OF IT. BUT ALSO THE REASON WE'VE AVOIDED ANY REAL ACTION IN THE MEDIANS.
EXCEPT FOR THE HANDFUL OF SPOTS LIKE THE COUNTIES I'M VERY MUCH AWARE OF IS BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE THAT'S INVOLVED AND A LOT OF OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS, WE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE OF THE DEMANDS OF A GROWING CITY AND NOT HAVING AS MANY STAFF MEMBERS AS WE'VE NEEDED, WE'VE ACTUALLY HIRED OUTSIDE CONTRACTING FIRMS TO JUST DO THE BASIC MAINTENANCE ON A LOT OF OUR MAJOR ROADWAYS SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND THINGS.
SO I WOULD I WOULD DEFINITELY PROMOTE.
THAT'S THAT FOR ME IS A LONGER TERM GOAL TO DEAL WITH MEDIA.
DEFINITELY I THINK A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO START.
I THINK WE ALL FIGURED OUT THE TECHNOLOGY A LITTLE BIT MORE SO.
MY ONLY ADDITION JUST THOUGHT I WAS HAVING WHILE YOU WERE SPEAKING IS PROBABLY GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
BUT JUST JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATION REALLY GEARED TOWARDS HOMEOWNERS AND SOLVING HOMEOWNER PROBLEMS. I REMEMBER WE HAD THAT PRESENTATION TALKED ABOUT LIKE A TREE, 60% OF THE WATER THAT HITS IT.
AND I LITERALLY PLANTED A TREE THAT WEEKEND BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I COULD USE THAT.
AND SO THIS WILL PAY DIVIDENDS IN A FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS COULD BE, YOU KNOW, TREE OR PLANTS THAT ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT.
I COULD FIND A PLANT THAT COULD GET ANTS OUT OF MY HOUSE.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GO. I'M SAYING, LIKE, WE FIX WE FIX HOMEOWNER PROBLEMS. THAT MIGHT JUST BE A GOOD WAY TO THINK ABOUT EDUCATION, YOU KNOW? I'LL KNOW. THIS BOARD IS INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED TO SAVE THE PLANET.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE PASSIONATELY CARE ABOUT, BUT OUR TARGET AUDIENCE MAY NOT SHARE.
VALUES. SO MY INDUSTRY, WE ALWAYS ASK THE QUESTION.
WHICH SOUNDS MAYBE A LITTLE BASS, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY.
IS THERE ANY IS THERE ANY MOTION THAT YOU MAY NEED FROM US TO PASS IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS FORWARD? NO, BUT IT WOULD BE I GUESS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU ALL HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED ON THIS.
LIKE, DO YOU WANT LIKE OBVIOUSLY THE CITIZENS HAS A CONNECTION WITH THE COORDINATE DNA GROUP.
DO YOU WANT ME TO WORK WITH ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD AS WE START TO MAKE OUR PLANS? WOULD YOU LIKE US JUST TO DO A LITTLE MORE GROUNDWORK? COME BACK TO YOU? BECAUSE AT SOME POINT I LIKE THE IDEA OF WORKING WITH SOMEONE WHO KNOWS MUCH MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO.
I WOULD I WOULD LOVE THAT HELP.
AND REALLY, I THINK FROM THE START, AS WE'RE CONSIDERING NARROWING DOWN OUR LOCATION OPTIONS WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE FROM THOSE THAT DEAL WITH THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
WHEREAS A MOTION WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL.
HEARD THAT. NUMBERS ON THIS BOARD THAT.
I'M TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
NO, IT'S. IT'S OKAY. YEAH, I MEAN, REALLY, IT'S THIS.
I MEAN, BECAUSE THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE THREE STORY BUILDING C FROM MALABAR IS WHERE UTILITIES CUSTOMER SERVICE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST VISITED LOCATIONS. AND THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THAT BUILDING THAT PEOPLE COME TO SEE ALL THE TIME.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC AND THE MOST DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH.
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WELL, NOT TRADITIONALLY THE PARK, BUT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS HAVE SO MUCH ACTIVITY.THOSE WOULD BE LIKE SECOND TIER LOCATIONS.
BUT WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IT'S GOING TO BE HERE AT CITY HALL.
WE HAVE WE HAVE A THERE'S A COUPLE OF PLACES I CAN THINK OF THAT MIGHT BE GOOD.
WE WE'RE PLANNING FOR BUILDING E, AS WAS MENTIONED.
SO WE KIND OF ALREADY KNOW WHERE THAT'S GOING TO GO AND WHERE THE WORK SITE STUFF'S GOING TO BE.
SO WE HAVE I HAVE A COUPLE IDEAS OF PLACES WE COULD PUT IT THAT KEEPS IT VISIBLE.
IT KEEPS IT FROM HAVING TO BE RELOCATED.
I'M NOT CLEAR. OH, YEAH? WELL, WE CAN'T. I MEAN, WE CAN'T.
SO, NO, DON'T FEEL ANY PARTICULAR RIGHT.
IT'S A LOT. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WHICH CAN OF COURSE BE CORRECTED BY MS..
SHERMAN, IS THAT IF IT'S RELATED TO ANYTHING BOARD BUSINESS.
I'M CANNOT HAVE A DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE.
TECHNICALLY, WE REALLY SHOULDN'T EVEN REPLY ALL EMAILS.
BY FLORIDA STATE LAW THAT'S COMMUNICATING.
OUTSIDE OF LAW FIRMS TO SUNSHINE.
REGARDING BOARD. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS RELATED TO BOARD BUSINESS IS HERE.
I WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MY BIRTHDAY PARTY.
TOTALLY APPROPRIATE. SO HOW'S YOUR DOING? PROBABLY NO LONGER APPROPRIATE, WHICH SOUNDS SILLY.
SHERMAN DID I EXPLAIN THAT PROPERLY? YES. AND THE ONLY THING I'D ADD FOR FURTHER CLARITY AND I HAD I HAD TAKEN NOTE OF AND WAS GOING TO COME BACK TO THE IDEA OF A SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO WE REALLY CAN'T EVEN DO THAT UNLESS THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS JUST YOU'RE YOU'RE ALL INDEPENDENTLY DOING RESEARCH AND YOU COME BACK AND REPORT HERE AS PART OF A TASK THAT YOU ASSIGN YOURSELVES.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WE END UP DOING IS IF ONE BOARD MEMBER OR EVEN IF TWO, WE'RE WORKING ON A PARTICULAR PROJECT, YOU WOULD JUST BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH MYSELF AND CHRISTINE ONE ON ONE, AND THEN WE WOULD ALL SORT OF INDEPENDENTLY GATHER INFO AND REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD.
REMEMBER MISS SHERMAN, THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO CAME ON HER OWN VOLITION AND SAID SHE HAD A WALKWAY AND.
JUSTIFY IT. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE.
UH, BUT SHE WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT LINK.
LIKE THAT. TALK TO HER BECAUSE SHE'S.
ARE YOU ALREADY WORKING WITH HER? IS THIS THE BEE LADY? SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE MENTIONING IT.
WAS IT THE LADY THAT WAS SITTING RIGHT BACK THERE? SO SHE WASN'T SHE SHE CAME ON HER OWN, CAME TOTALLY ON.
YEAH. SO SHE WOULDN'T BE IN THE MINUTES OR ANYTHING.
BUT YEAH, IT WAS, IT WASN'T HER.
BUT I REMEMBER HER THREE MINUTE PRESENTATION.
SO. DO THIS OF YOUR OWN VOLITION, BUT.
SO I WILL SAY WE JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
PART OF THE SUNSHINE LAW WOULD INDICATE THAT WE JUST CAN'T HAVE CONVERSATIONS THROUGH INDIVIDUALS.
SO I COULDN'T SPEAK TO KRISTEN AND HAVE KRISTEN SPEAK TO.
SO I'M JUST I'M NOT SAYING THIS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT.
YOU KNOW. WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT.
ON THE RECORD, I'LL SAY VERY ANNOYING, BUT.
BUT IT IS REALITY AND WE WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, SO.
I'LL LET YOU ALL. YOUR OWN DISCRETION REGARDING THAT.
NONE OF MY BUSINESS. BUT I DO WANT TO JUST SHARE.
AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NEW MONEY, SO MAYBE WE'LL PASS IT.
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GROW IN THAT CAPACITY.GOOD INFO. DON'T MAKE A JOKE THAT JUST IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
SO SO COMING BACK, THOUGH, WE WE NEED TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE TO STAFF REGARDING NEXT STEPS.
AND I THINK MAYBE THE FRONT RUNNING IDEA WOULD BE SAGAN'S OR SOMEONE ELSE.
UM. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES. SO CAN I ASK? IT SEEMS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING INITIALLY WOULD BE TO NARROW DOWN A LOCATION.
SO TELL ME IF I'M WRONG. THIS CAMPUS IS LARGE ENOUGH AND DIVERSE ENOUGH TO WHERE IT PROVIDES YOU.
SOME FLEXIBILITY ON WHAT TYPE OF GARDEN WE START WITH.
AM I AM I WRONG IN SAYING THAT? THINK SO. I THINK WE WOULD NEED PROBABLY SOMEBODY TO TELL US WHAT AREAS ARE OFF LIMITS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT LITTLE SOLAR GARDEN AREA IS OFF LIMITS FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET ALL EXCITED ABOUT.
OUR AREA, BUT HOPEFULLY WITH WHAT'S OFF LIMITS, THERE'S PLENTY OF.
WOULD LOVE. IN TERMS OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE GARDEN.
I'M WITH YOU IN THAT I THINK THIS THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS AND ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES WITH WHAT THIS WHOLE THING IS KIND OF REVOLVES AROUND IS CHANGING PERCEPTIONS ON WHAT A YARD SHOULD LOOK LIKE GOING FROM ORNAMENTAL TO PRAGMATIC AND MORE RESPONSIBLE AND RECOGNIZING THAT THEY'RE JUST AS BEAUTIFUL, BUT THEY'RE HIGHER FUNCTIONING IN TERMS OF PROTECTING, PROTECTING OUR WATER AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO IDENTIFY A LOCATION AND THEN DECIDE IS IT GOING TO BE OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO THROW A BUTTERFLY GARDEN IN THERE? AND I'M SPEAKING KIND OF IGNORANTLY HERE BECAUSE I'VE NEVER, NEVER WORKED ON A GARDEN LIKE THIS.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF STORMWATER STUFF IN THE PAST, BUT, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO HAVE A STORMWATER COMPONENT? DO WE HAVE THE LOCATION HERE ON THE CAMPUS SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE MOVING BETWEEN NOW AND WHENEVER AND DO SOME WORK ON OR AT LEAST AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEARHEADING MOST OF THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE MORE OF THE EXPERT, BUT.
WHAT DO WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE FIRST? BECAUSE IT DOES THE FIRST ONE DOES NEED TO BE IT DOES NEED TO HAVE IT DOES NEED TO HIT DIFFERENT AS THE YOUNG FOLKS SAY THEY THEY NEED TO BE ABLE PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT AND SAY, HEY, THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN DO.
AND THIS IS WHY IT'S GREAT THAT I DO IT AND THIS IS WHY THE EFFORT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO I REALLY NEED TO BE SAYING THAT.
BUT YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW IT.
IT'D BE NICE TO GO AHEAD AND PICK A LOCATION.
BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION.
IT'S UP TO YOU. LIKE, WE CAN EITHER PICK LOCATIONS INDEPENDENTLY OR WITH CONSULTATION.
SO WITHIN SUNSHINE, THEN YOU COULD YOU COULD KIND OF DO A TOUR OF THIS PLACE AND MAYBE COME BACK WITH SOME IDEAS TO US AND SOME, SOME OF YOUR OPINION ON WHERE WE WOULD GET BANG FOR THE BUCK IN TERMS OF WHAT FEATURES WE WANT THE GARDEN TO HAVE ON THIS SITE AND THEN WE COULD DISCUSS FROM THERE.
AND I HAVE A TENDENCY TO GO BIG.
I THINK WE WANT IT TO BE GOOD.
I DON'T THINK AREAS NOW AT ALL WHERE THAT WILL TAKE OFF.
WE'RE. AND INCLUDE IN THE MOTION, TOO, THAT THERE WOULD BE AN UPDATE AT EVERY PROCEEDING MEETING.
YOU HAVE A COMMENT? IS THERE ANYTHING MATRIX IN.
BUT. IDEA IS TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF DO THIS AND THE CITY WORKS WITH YOU.
THE DEVELOPMENT. THAT WOULD BE VERY.
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THAT. IF WE'RE DONE WITH DISCUSSION, CAN I MAKE A MOTION? SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.JANE WORKS WITH THE CITY AND WITH CON RADINA TO IDENTIFY A SITE AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT A GARDEN WOULD LOOK LIKE IN EACH OF THE SITES.
THEY INCLUDE THAT IN THE MOTION OR.
WELL, I THINK THE FEEDBACK WOULD HAVE TO BE AT A MEETING.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES? ALL RIGHT. I'M REALLY EXCITED.
MS.. HIGGINS CANNOT WAIT FOR UPDATES.
I'M CONFIDENT IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING GOING TO ONE OF OUR.
A LITTLE BIT LONGER STANDING INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR DISCUSSION.
I FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT CITY STAFF HAS SOME UPDATES ON THAT.
AND SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OVER TO YOU, MS..
KRISTEN, DID YOU WANT TO START OR LET ME COVER IT ALL? SO I DIDN'T WANT TO STEAL THE THUNDER BECAUSE I KNOW KRISTEN'S BEEN WORKING HARD ON THIS, SO.
ALL RIGHT. SO JUST REAL QUICK.
SO WE WE'RE DEFINITELY A GO FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 15TH.
NO QUESTION. WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT AT CITY HALL, AS HAS BEEN THE DISCUSSION WE ARE RIGHT NOW INTENDING TO MERGE. MERGE THIS NEW EVENT WITH WHAT ESSENTIALLY WAS AN EARTH DAY EVENT THAT OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENTS HANDLED SEPARATELY.
I THINK WE'VE ALL KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN INFORMED ABOUT THIS, BUT WE'VE MADE A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT IN OUR ORIGINAL APPROACH, WHICH WAS INVOLVING GOING TO THE PALM BAY MUNICIPAL FOUNDATION AND RUNNING THINGS THROUGH THROUGH THERE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE THAT THIS JUST BECOMES A FOR NOW WE'LL CALL IT A JOINT CITY SUSTAINABLE CITY STAFF SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD TYPE OF EVENT. WE WON'T MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.
SO WE'VE WE'VE ALREADY OUR STAFF HAS ALREADY WORKING ON PLANS FOR WHAT THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR TYPE.
ACTIVITIES AND THINGS COULD LOOK LIKE.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS, AS I KNOW YOU ALL DO.
WE'RE FULLY PREPARED TO DO THAT.
HISTORICALLY, WHEN WE JUST DID THE EARTH DAY EVENTS MOSTLY RUN BY UTILITIES, THEY WOULD DO A MOVIE IN THE PARK AT THE END, AND WE CAN DO MOVIES HERE ON THIS CAMPUS AT CITY HALL STILL. BUT WHAT WE NEED TO SORT OF VET OUT WITH YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT IS YOUR VISION FOR DO YOU WANT THIS TO BE? AND IT CAN TAKE ANY NUMBER OF FORMS, I GUESS.
ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IS DO YOU WANT TRULY WANT TO HAVE A BUNCH OF SPEAKERS, EDUCATIONAL TYPE SEMINARS AND THAT BE A PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS EVENT VERSUS LOTS OF VENDORS TEACHING PEOPLE LOTS OF LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE ALWAYS ARE GOING TO HAVE KID ACTIVITIES THAT ARE RELATED TO CONSERVATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THE REASON I ASK THAT IS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT LOGISTICS OF.
THINGS THAT WOULD HAPPEN HERE ON THIS CAMPUS IF YOU'RE DOING.
I WANT TO DO THE MOVIE IN THE PARK.
THAT WOULD BE AN EVENING EVENT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS TO BE AN ALL DAY EVENT.
RIGHT. IF WE'RE STARTING AT 4:00, LET'S SAY.
RUNNING IT THROUGH EVENING, EARLY EVENING.
THERE WILL BE VERY BRIGHT AREA OVER HERE.
MAKING IT JUST A COUPLE HOUR BLOCK OF PRESENTATIONS AND THEN GOING INTO MOVIE IN THE PARK.
BUT A LOT OF THIS IS REALLY JUST.
GET A LITTLE SENSE OF YOUR VISION.
EVEN GOING SO FAR AS TO SAY WITH FOOD TRUCKS, YOU WANT THEM TO USE CERTAIN SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS.
WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO SAID, THEN WE WOULD BE ON A MISSION TOGETHER.
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AND I WOULD ASK THAT ANY OF YOU WHO KNOW OF VENDORS, SPEAKERS.GROUPS YOU THINK WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR THAT YOU.
BUT ALL THAT KIND OF STARTS WITH THE QUESTION OF.
IN PARTICULAR VISION THOUGHTS FOR HOW YOU WANT THE FAIR, THE FIRST FAIR TO BE STRUCTURED.
AND ALSO WE COULD TRY SOMETHING THIS YEAR AND CHANGE IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
THIS WILL NOT BE OUR FIRST ONE.
SO OR I SHOULD SAY OUR ONLY ONE WILL BE OUR FIRST.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL DO A LITTLE MORE STRUCTURE BECAUSE I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN EVERYONE.
YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. SO IT WOULDN'T CURRENTLY BE TIME.
ARE. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND I VIOLATED THE SUNSHINE LAW BY HITTING REPLY ALL BUT SO.
SO. BUT I WOULD BE EXCITED TO GET THE FLORIDA WILDLIFE HOSPITAL DOWN HERE.
AND IF YOU CAN OPEN UP THIS ROOM, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL PROBABLY FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE, MY GOSH, HALF A DOZEN, MAYBE SIX OR EIGHT OR TEN AMBASSADORS THAT NOT BE RELEASED BACK TO THE WILD THAT ARE.
DIDN'T WANT TO COMPETE WITH ALL THE OTHER.
EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE A BIG ENOUGH HITTER THAT WE'LL MAKE PEOPLE COME TO US.
BUT. OF COURSE, I'M WILLING TO BE HERE FOR CONRAD DNA AND.
YOU DO LOTS OF KIDS ACTIVITIES LIKE COLORING PAGES.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT PEOPLE SELLING PLANTS.
THAT WOULD REALLY BE MORE ANNA BUT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO.
I THINK THAT FAMILY FRIENDLY KIND OF, UM, IS AT ODDS WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING A LOT OF SPEAKERS OR REALLY HIGHLY SEMINAR KIND OF FORMAT.
AND PLUS WE COULD PEOPLE CAN FIND STUFF AT MEETINGS.
A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE.
I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE OTHER EVENTS LIKE THAT FOR FAMILIES AND DIFFERENT PARKS.
EASIER AND MORE PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO COME BACK THE NEXT YEAR IF THEIR KIDS HAVE FUN.
SLUICE. IT'S SERVANT LEADERSHIP.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP. I LIKE THE I LOVE THE IDEA OF.
A LIFE COMING. I THINK HOSPITAL.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM WITH OUR COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM WITH THEM.
SO A REALLY GOOD ORGANIZATION.
I KIND OF THINK THAT THIS ROOM, IF THERE'S DOING SEMINARS.
I KNOW THAT TAKES AWAY THE ROOM FOR WILDLIFE WITH THE ANIMALS.
BUT I WAS THINKING, LIKE AT LIKE FRO THE PARKING HAVE.
I'M SURE WE WOULD USE A STAGE.
THAT KIND OF STUFF? I DON'T KNOW.
ARE THERE ROOMS WHERE THERE COULD BE LIKE.
TRACK. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE RAIN BARRELS OR.
LIKE THAT HERE. THAT WOULD. I'M NOT THAT WOULD REALLY BE CONDUCIVE TO THAT.
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IF YOU WANTED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE WOULD BE BETTER SERVED USING ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS.AND IN FACT, I WAS GOING TO COME BACK TO IT.
SO LIKE THIS ROOM, THERE'S A VARIETY OF RULES AND REGULATIONS.
SO THAT WOULD THAT WOULD MOVE ME TO DO SOMETHING IN.
HALL CALLED THE ANNEX COMMUNITY MEETING ROOM.
IT'S THE FIRST FLOOR MEETING ROOM ACROSS FROM.
IT COULD BE THE SAME SETUP. ACTUALLY, IF WE'RE OUT FRONT THERE, THERE'S A THERE'S A MEETING SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR THAT INSTEAD OF THIS FACILITY. WHAT? SAFETY. YEAH, I THINK AN AREA AWAY TO WHERE PEOPLE COULD GRAB THEIR SNACKS AND GO AND SIT DOWN AND LISTEN.
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. I ALSO HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING A BOOTH OR A TABLE.
LOOK. I THINK HAVING VENDORS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE OR HAVE.
SUSTAINABLE. THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL.
BUT I DO THINK IT SHOULD BE HERE BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER EVENTS HERE.
GO TO CITY HALL. LET'S HAVE A. ALSO.
ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I HAD ON MY LIST WAS A POSSIBLE SCREENING OF.
LOTS OF THEM OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHTS ARE TO THOSE THINGS.
I KNOW A LOT OF THEM ARE ON YOUTUBE.
AND HAVING THIS ROOM CREATES A VERSATILITY BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE NOT EVEN JUST KID FRIENDLY OUT THERE, BUT LIKE PEOPLE FRIENDLY LIKE ADULTS GET THEY LOSE THEIR ATTENTION SPAN TOO. AND WE WANT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO THAT'S NOT THE CHOIR.
AND WE WANT THE NON CHOIR PEOPLE TO BE HERE.
SO THAT GIVES GREAT VERSATILITY IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING THERE.
SO IN MY MIND, THERE ARE TWO TWO THINGS.
THERE ARE VENDORS AND THERE ARE LIKE OUTREACH FOLKS.
EASY TO IDENTIFY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
I MEAN, IF YOU SEE THE LIST, HE PROBABLY HAS FOUR EARL DAY ALL THE NORMAL PLAYERS ARE AVAILABLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE EARLIER WE START LOOKING FOR THOSE PEOPLE, THE BETTER.
BUT SO TALKING ABOUT THE SCREENING OF A DOCUMENTARY OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, IF THERE WAS A QUICK SHORT ONE BEFORE THE MORE KID FAMILY FRIENDLY MOVIE, WHETHER IT BE THE LORAX OR.
AND IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE AN ABILITY MOVIE.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE HERE, THEN WE HAVE THEIR ATTENTION FOR LONGER.
ONE OF TWO OR TWO OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALSO IS POSSIBLY INVITING FARMER'S MARKET TYPE PEOPLE TO TO HAVE FOOD. UM, WHETHER I GUESS YOU CAN SELL STUFF, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU CAN DO ALL THAT, RIGHT? AND SO THAT AS WELL AS THERE'S A LADY NAMED MARCIA BOOTH.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW HER, BUT SHE RUNS A RECYCLE RIVARD.
AND SHE. SHE'S KIND OF A CATCH NET FOR HARD TO GET RID OF ITEMS. AND SO SHE IF SHE'S AVAILABLE OR SOME OF HER VOLUNTEERS, SHE COULD COME OUT AND WE COULD ADVERTISE TAKING SPECIALTY ITEMS LIKE WHETHER IT BE TERRACYCLE THINGS OR SHE HAS.
AND ALSO GOING BACK TO THE FARMER'S MARKET THEME SHE SHE HAS BEEN COLLECTING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, BUT YOU'RE NOT.
BLUEBERRY CONTAINERS ARE NOT RECYCLABLE.
I'VE BEEN MISSING THAT ONE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LIKE A, A GOOD DOWN HOME, DOWN TO EARTH SWAP TYPE SET UP.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD LOOK.
WE WOULD HAVE HAVE TO KIND OF DO SOME HOMEWORK ON THAT.
BUT THOSE THOSE BRANCHES OF SUSTAINABILITY ARE WHERE THE TOWNS THAT REALLY GET IT AND THE YOUNGER FOLKS THAT REALLY GET IT, THOSE THOSE SMALL EXTRA EFFORTS FOR A LOT OF THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE NOT EFFORTS.
IT'S JUST HABIT AT THAT POINT.
SO IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A REUSE OR SWAP TYPE THINGS.
I COULD GO REALLY BIG WITH THIS WHOLE THING AND.
AND GETTING GRASSROOTS PEOPLE IN HERE, BUT.
BECAUSE THOSE WERE KIND OF THE BIG THINGS.
ONE, MAYBE EXPLORING THE DOCUMENTARY, FINDING ONE THAT'S NOT TRUE.
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UM. SO THOSE WERE THE REALLY BIG.OH. ANOTHER THING AND THIS MAY BE A LITTLE AMBITIOUS FOR THIS YEAR, BUT ONE THING, IF WE HAVE THE VIDEO CAPABILITY, IF WE COULD ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS OF ALL AGES TO CREATE SUSTAINABILITY.
PROBABLY MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE A BIG.
ON TEST. THIS ONE OBVIOUSLY MAY OR MAY NOT BE A CONTEST.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING AWAY MONEY, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY SHOWCASE THEIR VIDEOS WHILE THEY'RE ALL THERE, YOU KNOW, AND AND THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING TO THINK THROUGH. BUT. BECAUSE ARE TIK-TOK JUNKIES LIKE ME.
IT'S ALL THERE. AND SO THAT IT'S A POSSIBILITY TO BRING IN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS.
OLD SCHOOL YOUTUBE WAS GETTING SIMILAR.
MISS KYLIE, I KICK BACK OVER TO YOU, AND THEN I'LL.
I'LL THROW OUT MY THOUGHTS. WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AT THIS POINT THAT IS.
OUR FIRST SUSTAINABILITY FAIR OUTGROWTH OF WHO WE ARE ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY.
STOP. HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
DOING THIS. A LOT OF STAFF AND.
IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S A TON OF UNITY HERE.
I THINK VENDORS FOR SURE ARE KID FRIENDLY, FOR SURE.
ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. LOVE THE DOCUMENTARY IDEA A LOT.
I'LL EVEN JUST THROW OUT LIKE, JUST SOMETHING FIRST HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT MOVIE.
THOSE KIDS WILL ALL WATCH IT IN SCHOOL.
THE FRIDAY BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
AND SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW.
I THINK THE ONLY MAYBE POINT AT WHICH THERE IS NOT FULL UNITY IS KIND OF THE QUESTION ABOUT PREVENTERS AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, MY $0.02 WOULD BE, I THINK, MOST OF THE I THINK THE BEST LEARNING WILL HAPPEN.
FOR THE NON CHOIR FOLK THE TERMINOLOGY AT THE BOOTHS.
AT THE VENDOR. I DO THINK IT IS GOING TO BE FLORIDA.
IT MAY. IT MAY BE ADVANTAGEOUS PRIOR TO THE SUN GOING DOWN TO HAVE A ROOM THAT'S ASID AND IN THAT ROOM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT THAT COULD FEEL NON-CONFRONTATIONAL, PROVIDE THEM, YOU KNOW, BRING YOUR FOOD IN HERE, WATCH A MOVIE, SOME AIR CONDITIONING, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS OR MEDICAL NEEDS, THAT COULD BE A REAL GREAT AID.
AND SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING.
I AM ABSOLUTELY NOT AGAINST HAVING PRESENTERS BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
I THINK A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD COME TO SIT AND LISTEN WOULD BE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE.
SO I THINK FOR AT LEAST STAFF'S TIME AND ENERGY OUT, MY IDEAL WOULD BE THAT THE FOCUS IS ON VENDORS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF OTHER EVENTS.
SOME OF THOSE VENDORS WILL SO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
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I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS GETTING AMAZING OUTREACH PARTNERS.UM, RIGHT EDUCATION AT THE MOMENT.
YOU KNOW THOSE TYPES OF OF ACTIONS.
AND THEN ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED, BUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND I THINK SO BE GOOD IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRAWS IS IS KIDS ARE PERFORMING SO REACHING OUT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR PERFORMANCES BECAUSE GOSH DARN IT, KIDS PLAYING MUSIC ARE CUTE AND THEY'RE AWESOME AND LIKE, COME ON, WHO DOESN'T? WHO DOESN'T WANT TO WATCH THAT? I'LL WATCH THAT. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL 30, 40 KIDS THAT PERFORM FOR MAYBE ONE OR TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
BRING THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR GUARDIAN OR LOVED ONES, SIBLINGS AND.
AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A NATURAL ELEMENT TO THAT.
SO I THINK WE'RE ALL PROBABLY IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
BUT I WANTED TO SAY IT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
OTHERWISE, I MEAN, VERY EXCITED KIND OF WE CAN CONTINUE DISCUSSING, BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE A MOTION OR AN ACTION THAT YOU NEED FROM US? IS THIS MOSTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? I THINK IT'S CLEAR THE DIRECTION, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK YOU IS IF YOU IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER LIKE I WAS THROWING OUT TWO WEEKS WHEN I AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, LIKE FROM THIS DAY, TWO WEEKS OUT, IF YOU COULD, EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, AND IF YOU HAVE NOTHING, IT'S OKAY TO.
BUT SEND US FROM FROM YOU EACH INDIVIDUALLY, JUST TO US, NOT TO EACH OTHER.
WE WILL ALSO BE KIND OF FILTERING THROUGH OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT, SO THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.
BUT WE ALSO GET A NAME AND A PHONE NUMBER THAT WE COULD PROVIDE SOMEBODY ELSE, AND MAYBE WE'RE TALKING TO THEM AND WE CAN SAY, HEY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL SO-AND-SO AT THE SUMMER? AND THAT WAY I COULD HAVE THAT ON HAND.
COULD COULD THAT EMAIL ACCOMPLISH BOTH THOSE THINGS? CHRISTINE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT.
TO GET IT TO A SOONER. THAT'S EVEN BETTER, ACTUALLY.
WE'LL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH ALL THAT.
SO. WELL, I GUESS I'M GOING TO GO FOOD TRUCK HOPPING.
PERFECT. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
IS THERE ANYTHING REGARDING THE FARE THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IS VOICED THAT YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE JUST YET? YOU REALLY LIKE SUSAN'S IDEA OF THE CONFERENCE WITH OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES? AND WE TABLE AND WE COME BACK TO THAT AFTER THE FAIR AS SOMETHING MAYBE WE HELP ORGANIZE OR.
SO I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
DISCUSSING. OR ACTUALLY WE COULD DO OUR APRIL AGENDA.
ABOUT. LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT MANUAL AND OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT.
CITY SHOULD HAVE A BOOTH AT THE FAIR.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT MAYBE, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACT OR THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PLANNED AND WHY, HOW AND HOW HOMEOWNERS CAN IMPLEMENT ELEMENTS OF THAT IN THEIR.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. WHAT I HAD IN MIND.
OUT OF THAT I WOULD LOVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE.
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AND. SELLING.PATIENT ON IT. I'M SO PROUD OF OUR.
I'M GOING TO BE A BOMBAY RESIDENT.
WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS? UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD, AND IF WE CAN, UM, IF THERE'S A MOTION, WE'LL ADD TO THE APRIL AGENDA.
KIND OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
WHAT WHAT FOLLOWS THIS? I DO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO ENSURE IT ENDS UP ON THE AGENDA.
OTHER BUSINESS WOULD JUST BE PEOPLE TELLING US OR SHARING WITH ONE ANOTHER.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE UNDERNEATH.
IS THERE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR.
OH, MR. SHERMAN HAS HAVE TO CLARIFY.
SO CAN WE ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE ITEM IS THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK? BECAUSE I HEARD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT.
WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR? I THINK IT'S JUST TO FIGURE OUT THE NEXT STEPS AFTER.
ALL IN FAVOR. I AND HE OPPOSED.
YES, I DO THINK THAT ALSO PROBABLY BRINGS AN END TO OUR SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.
[OTHER BUSINESS:]
WE'LL START WITH THE BOARD AND THEN I'LL.THAT WE WANT OTHERS ARE NOTIFIED OF.
WE'VE GOT. AN INVASIVE PLANT REMOVAL THEY PROJECT AT TURKEY CREEK ON.
RIGHT AFTER THE 14TH, WHICH IS OUR NEXT MEETING THAT'S IN PALM BAY.
THURSDAY, TOMORROW EVENING AT FIVE.
JUST. YEAH, BECAUSE IT SAVE OUR SHORES BY SENDING ASSEMBLING SEAGRASS.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO NOTIFY US OF? THE ONLY THING I HAD ON MY LIST WAS AND IT'S ALREADY YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING SEMINAR.
IT'LL BE A. HIDE EARTH DAY SUSTAINABILITY AND ALSO ARBOR DAY.
THE REASON I SHARE THAT IS ARBOR DAY IN.
RESEARCH. ARBOR DAY IN FLORIDA IS TECHNICALLY JANUARY OR A LITTLE WINDOW.
SO I'M GOING TO DO A NICE EVERYTHING'S TOGETHER BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON IS LOOKING AT STEPS YOU HAVE TO TAKE TO BECOME A TREE CITY USA COMMUNITY, WHICH THE CITY WAS YEARS AGO.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IS.
THAT'S THE EASIEST STEP, BY THE WAY.
HAVE A PROCLAMATION AT SOME POINT.
SO I SHARE ALL THAT WITH YOU. TO SAY THAT APRIL 6TH AT 6 P.M.
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AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, AS MANY OF YOU ALL WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND BE PART OF THAT PROCLAMATION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.EACH APPEAR WITH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE FAIR.
I THINK THAT'D BE KIND OF FUN.
SOME OF THESE ADD TO NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
JUST WEAR THE SAME COLOR, BLUE OR GREEN.
I KNOW WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
OH, MY GOSH. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.
MOVING ON. UH, ANY ANY OTHER EVENTS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT? EVERY NIGHT. IS THAT IT? LITERALLY MIDNIGHT. OK.
I NEED TO ADD THAT TO MY MY PHONE.
BECAUSE. IT REALLY TERRIBLE BECAUSE THIS ENTIRE.
OR IT IS WAITING ON ME TO ENTER THIS.
SAY SPACE COAST IS NOT ON BAY, BUT WE'RE DOING A BEACH CLEANUP ON SUNDAY STARTING AT FIVE.
THAT PARK IN THE ATLANTIC OR AFTERWARDS ONE OF THE SITES.
DOING A GOOD DEED INTO THE SEA GRAPES AND.
I DRIVE A WHITE JEEP. BE ON FACEBOOK.
I HAVE A SPACE COAST FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE'RE GROWING. SO USUALLY WE HAVE ABOUT 15 PEOPLE COME TO.
IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME. THERE'S A NEW ONE.
NEW LITTLE TWIST. IF THERE'S NO OTHER UPDATES, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
HI. ANY POSE? BUT IT'S STILL MY FAVORITE PART.
IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET OLD.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.