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I'M GOING TO CALL OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2020 3-03 TO ORDER THE INVOCATION.
WILL BE LED BY ELDER TROY HUBBARD FROM TRUTH REVEAL MINISTRIES.
A GRACIOUS AND OMNISCIENT FATHER.
THEIR MINDS, SO THAT THEY MAY RECEIVE A GRAFTED WORD, FATHER, THAT WILL CAUSE THEIR MINDS TO NOT SIMPLY SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE AND AS CHOIX, BUT TO SEE THINGS THAT NEVER WERE AND ASK, WHY NOT? FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THOSE WHO ARE HERE TODAY, FATHER.
GIVE PROTECTION TO THE AGENCIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED, FATHER.
GIVE SAFETY TO THE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR STREETS, FATHER.
AND PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES.
THE PROTECTION THAT THEY NEED. FATHER.
ESPECIALLY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ABLE, FATHER.
OF COURSE YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS.
THINGS THAT WE COULD NOT EVEN THINK OF.
I PRAY THIS IN YOUR MATCHLESS SONS.
AMEN. ALLEGIANCE 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.
MAYOR MEDINA. DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX HERE.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER? YEAH. COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO HERE.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX AS MAYOR.ONE VACANCY ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS A LARGE STUDENT MEMBER POSITION.
ANYONE WHO WISHED TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD CAN APPLY ONLINE AT PALM BAY FLORIDA DOT ORG.
OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK OFFICE AT 9523414.
MADAM SHERMAN AGENDA REVISIONS.
[AGENDA REVISIONS]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE ONE REVISION TO ANNOUNCE.THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS REQUESTED THAT CASE.
PD, DASH 36, DASH 2022 BE CONTINUED TO THE FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU. ALSO, I NEED A MOTION TO INCLUDE A DATE CERTAIN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER THREE FROM PUBLIC HEARING TO FEBRUARY 16, 2023.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCIL COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MISS SMITH, ANY AGENDA REVISIONS? NO, SIR. OKAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THE AUDIENCE, ANYONE THAT WAS HERE FOR PUBLIC HEARING, ITEM NUMBER THREE, THIS HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO FEBRUARY 16TH.
SO NOW WE'RE ON PROCLAMATIONS.
[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
AND THE VERY FIRST ONE IS A PROCLAMATION REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH IS IN JANUARY.YOU HAVE ANYONE ELSE PART OF YOUR YOUR TEAM THAT'S WITH YOU? OK YOU WANT TO CALL THEM UP WITH YOU? I'M ACTUALLY WAITING FOR A FEW MORE PEOPLE.
OH, ARE THEY? WELL, WE'RE KIND OF.
THAT'S WHY I WASN'T GOING TO COME UP.
OKAY, BUT YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO CALL THEM UP.
PART OF YOUR TEAM. OK HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH.
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIM BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
YOU KNOW, I KEEP SPEAKING THOSE THINGS AS THOUGH THEY ARE.
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BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT MY WORDS ARE SPIRITUAL CAPSULES AND THEY ARE CREATING THIS CITY TO BE THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.SO JOIN WITH ME IN DECLARING THAT OVER OUR CITY.
WHEREAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS THE ILLEGAL TRADE OF HUMAN BEINGS, A PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMANITARIAN ISSUE, A FORM OF MODERN DAY SLAVERY AND A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY THAT VIOLATES THE MOST BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEPRIVES VICTIMS OF THEIR FREEDOM.
AND. WHEREAS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS THE RECRUITMENT, HARBORING, TRANSPORTING, PROVIDING AND OBTAINING OF A PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF A COMMERCIAL SEX ACT, A LABOR OR SERVICES INDUCED BY FULL FORCE FRAUD OR COERCION, OR IN WHICH THE PERSON INDUCED TO PERFORM SUCH ACTS HAS NOT ATTAINED AGE 18 YEARS OF AGE.
WHEREAS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 45 MILLION PEOPLE ARE BEING TRAFFICKED WORLDWIDE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, BEING THE NUMBER ONE CONSUMER OF SEX WORLDWIDE AND ONE OF THE TOP THREE NATIONS OF ORIGIN GLOBALLY FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. WITH AN ESTIMATED 199,000 INCIDENTS OCCURRING EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
IS THAT AMAZING? WHEREAS FOR THE RANKS THIRD IN THE UNITED STATES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE CENTER, WITH THE CENTRAL REGION HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED TO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AS HUMAN TRAFFICKERS REGARD FLORIDA AS ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE DESTINATIONS AND TRANSIT POINTS FOR THEIR VICTIMS. AND. WHEREAS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY AS THE FASTEST GROWING AND SECOND LARGEST INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE NEXT TO ILLEGAL DRUGS AND ARMS TRADES GENERATING OVER $150 BILLION, SPECIFICALLY INVOLVING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, MATERIAL PORNOGRAPHY AND ONLINE EXPLOITATION, AND OFTEN INVOLVES FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE PERSONALLY KNOWN TO THE VICTIM.
AND HALF OF ALL TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ARE CHILDREN.
WHEREAS A NEW LIFE INTERNATIONAL, A NEW IS A LOCAL FAITH BASED, NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SERVING AS A TRUSTED PARTNER TO RAISE AWARENESS, REDUCE VULNERABILITY AND PROVIDE RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO VICTIMS SURVIVORS IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2023 AS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND URGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE AND END HUMAN TRAFFICKING THROUGH CONTINUED PREVENTION, PROSECUTION, EDUCATION, AWARENESS, AND SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO THOSE PERPETRATORS THAT FLORIDA HAS ZERO TOLERANCE IN THIS STATE AND ALL FORMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING VICTIMS RIGHTS AND RESTORING THE DIGNITY, THEIR DIGNITY AND FREEDOM.
RESPECTED CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.
AS THE MAYOR SHARED, JANUARY WAS THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH.
LOTS OF ACTIVITIES WERE CONDUCTED.
AND IF ANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN THOSE, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THAT.
YOUR PARTICIPATION ALONE HELPED TO SAVE LIVES, HELP TO RAISE AWARENESS.
SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU AS WELL.
AS A MAYOR SHARED, HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS KNOWN AS MODERN DAY SLAVERY.
MORE HUMANS ARE BEING ENSLAVED AND COMMODITIZED TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE IN HISTORY.
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THE UNITED STATES IS NUMBER ONE FOR BOTH ORIGIN AND CONSUMER ISM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.83% OF VICTIMS ARE UNITED STATES CITIZENS.
AND AS THE MAYOR ALSO SHARED, IT'S OFTEN PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW.
THEY'VE BEEN RECRUITED ONLINE.
IT'S A GIRLFRIEND. IT'S A FAMILY MEMBER.
AND AS I SHARED LAST YEAR, I COULD GO DOWN ALL THE STATISTICS, BUT MY NUMBER ONE HEART FOR YOU GUYS AS CITIZENS, AS PARENTS, AS GRANDPARENTS, AS AUNTS, UNCLES, PASTORS, SISTERS, BROTHERS.
KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING ONLINE.
IF WE CAN REDUCE THE VULNERABILITY OF OUR KIDS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ADDRESSING THEM, APPROACHING THEM AND ATTEMPTING TO EXPLOIT THEM ONLINE THROUGH THEIR CELL PHONES, THROUGH THEIR GAMING, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
ONCE THEY TURN TEN, THEY'RE BEING APPROACHED ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY.
YOUR KIDS ARE DELETING MESSAGES, HOPEFULLY.
BUT IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO KNOW WHO THEIR FRIENDS ARE.
IT'S UP TO YOU TO SHARE WITH THEM THE REALITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
NOT TO FREAK THEM OUT, BUT DEFINITELY TO PUT SOME HEALTHY FEAR IN THEM THAT THERE REALLY IS STRANGER DANGER WHEN THEY'RE ON LINE AND THEY'RE PLAYING GAMES ONLINE AND EVEN TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONES.
TELL THEM NOT TO ACCEPT FRIEND REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE THEY'VE NEVER MET IN LIFE.
THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
FROM 2007 TO 2014, THERE WERE 3462 REPORTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND THAT IS WONDERFUL TO HEAR AND WONDERFUL TO KNOW.
IT STINKS THAT THAT'S EVEN A THING.
BUT THANKS TO YOU GUYS WERE HELPING TO END THIS.
SO WHAT IS A NEW DO? WE WORK WITH SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO GET RID OF THEIR CRIMINAL RECORDS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN RECOVERED AND THEIR SURVIVORS.
MOST OF THEM COME OUT OF THAT LIFE WITH CONVICTIONS.
SO FLORIDA HAS AN EXPUNGEMENT LAW.
WE CAN EXPUNGE THOSE RECORDS FOR THEM AS IF THEY NEVER HAPPENED.
WE ALSO HELP SOME OF YOU FIND YOUR KIDS.
WE JUST THERE ARE 17 YEAR OLD WAS JUST RECOVERED LAST WEEK AFTER BEING GONE FOR 14 DAYS.
WE'RE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF WE DO BEHIND THE SCENES.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON FOUR DIFFERENT CASES, SO I ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR SUPPORT AS WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND GIVE THESE SURVIVORS A TRULY FRESH START AFTER THE LIFE.
WE HAVE OUR GALA COMING UP ON MARCH 9TH.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH THAT AND.
I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, GUYS.
YOU HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WERE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
AND SOME NEED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ON MY TEAM AND OTHER TEAMS. I HAVE WONDERFUL, TRUSTED COLLEAGUES THAT WE'RE BATTLING EVERY DAY ON THE STREETS FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN.
SO THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
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I'M OKAY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SHOW.THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, KIM CURRIE.
NOW THE NEXT PROCLAMATION I JUST HAVE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
AND BACK IN THE 113TH CONGRESS, CONGRESSMAN POSEY SPONSORED A BILL.
H.R. 1726 THAT BECAME LAW, PUBLIC LAW 113, DASH 120.
TODAY WE HAVE BEFORE US A MEMBER, A PROUD MEMBER OF OF THAT UNIT.
AND SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HONOR RUBÉN SALAZAR.
WHEN WOULD YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE? AND BRING YOU. YES.
WHEREAS, RUBÉN SALAZAR, AS RUIZ, WAS BORN JANUARY 15, 1932.
I'M SORRY. I'M SHARING YOUR AGE.
AND IN RINCON, PUERTO RICO TO MY MY KALEENA RUIZ, PEDROZA, E FRANCISCO TORRES, MERCADO. OH, YOU LIKE THAT LITTLE ACCENT THERE, HUH? WHEREAS RUBÉN GREW UP DURING A TIME OF EXTREME POVERTY.
HE OFTEN RECOLLECTS FOOD BEING A LIMITED BEING LIMITED.
HIS MOTHER DOING HER BEST TO STRETCH MEALS TO ENSURE THAT HER CHILDREN WERE FED.
AND. WHEREAS, RUBÉN ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN 1951 AT THE AGE OF 19, IN AN EFFORT TO BETTER SUPPORT HIS FAMILY, HE COMPLETED THREE MONTHS OF BASIC TRAINING IN TOTAL TO WORLD TRAINING CAMP.
NOW, I WANT YOU I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THAT PLACE.
THESE MEN WERE GIVING SURPLUS FROM WORLD WAR TWO.
THESE MEN WERE FROM PUERTO RICO.
THEY WERE ALL FROM THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO.
USED TO TROPICAL WEATHER VERY MUCH LIKE US.
AND THEY WERE SENT TO BELOW FREEZING WEATHER IN KOREA TO FIGHT ON BEHALF OF OUR NATION.
WHEREAS MANY SOLDIERS OF HIS UNIT WERE OVERCOME WITH FROSTBITE DUE TO BRUTAL EFFECTS OF WEATHER.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND AMPUTATIONS AND EVEN DEATHS OF SOLDIERS IN HIS PLATOON.
WHEREAS RUBÉN WOULD BE HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER SERVING 22 MONTHS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND SOON THEREAFTER OPENED UP A GYM AS A COMPETITIVE BODYBUILDER, EARNING HIM THE TITLE OF MR. PUERTO RICO IN 1954.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, HE WAS DIESEL, YOU UNDERSTAND? WHEREAS RUBIN'S MOST CONSTANT PURSUIT IN LIFE WAS TO FURTHER HIS EDUCATION.
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WHO WERE CHOSEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF PUERTO RICO TO ATTEND WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY IN MACOMB, ILLINOIS, TO STUDY ENGLISH FOR A YEAR.HE WENT EVEN FURTHER TO HIS EDUCATION PURSUITS AND GRADUATED FROM THE INTER-AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO WITH HIS BACHELOR'S OF ARTS IN EDUCATION.
AND. WHEREAS, RUBÉN WOULD STEP INTO HIS CALLING AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER WHO DEDICATED 34 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO ENRICHING MANY YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGHOUT HIS TEACHING CAREER.
WHEREAS RUBEN HAS LIVED A LIFE COMMITTED TO SERVING OTHERS AND WAS HONORED ON MARCH 16, 2018 TO RECEIVE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS HIGHEST HONOR, THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL, ALONG WITH HIS FELLOW BOARDING PIONEERS OF THE 65TH INFANTRY REGIMENT.
AND. WHEREAS, WE HONORED WHEN SERVICE AND SACRIFICE TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY, AND WE ARE PALM BAY PROUD TO HAVE A TRUE AMERICAN HERO LIVING IN THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE RUBEN, SAUL, TORRES, RUIZ, AND WITNESS HEREOF.
CONGRATULATIONS. PROVING I WANT YOU TO COME FORWARD AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
SEE IF I COULD BRING THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
CAN BRING IT DOWN. GET US SOME.
THEY WENT AWAY. WHY DID YOU LET ME COME OVER? LET ME GET. GIVE ME A SECOND, FOLKS.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET HIM CLOSER TO THE MIC.
YEAH. I CANNOT SPEAK IN SPANISH.
BECAUSE THAT'S MY NATURAL LANGUAGE.
MY. NOTICE OF A HAIR IF I MAKE ANY MISTAKE.
BUT I PREFER TO TALK IN SPANISH.
MY SISTER ALSO SAID AGAIN HE WAS VERY PROUD OF BEING PUERTO RICAN.
HE SAID HE'S PROUD OF BEING PUERTO RICAN.
SEE YOU. I SPENT ALL DAY TODAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT I'M BEGINNING TO THINK.
HE SAYS THAT HE FEELS HONORED IN THE NAME OF HIS SMALL, BEAUTIFUL ISLAND.
A. IMAGINE THE LAWYERS FOR ME FAMILIAR TO ME IN THEY BEING HANDLED THE ANGER YOU FOR THE 20.
I GO OUT ON MY SHOW ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
SHE'S HELPED ME A LOT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING IN, YOU KNOW, HERE IN FLORIDA.
MENTIONED. JUST TO BE CLEAR, I MEAN, THE MAN OBVIOUSLY, THOUGH, THE MAN SAYS HE FEELS HE FEELS VERY HAPPY AND PROUD OF ALL OF YOU FOR GIVING HIM THIS HONOR.
AND I'M HERE SAYING I'M THE CREATOR AND I'M THE DEPUTY TO SON, SUNDOG.
AND I THANK HIM IN THE NAME OF GOD AND JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WITH YOU ALL.
HEY, COUNSEL, I WANT EVERYONE TO COME DOWN.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.
LISTEN, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SAID, AND I'LL PROBABLY GET THE EXACT QUOTE, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST SAY I'M GOING TO PARAPHRASE.
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I WISH I HAD MORE LIKE THEM, AND I'LL GET YOU THE EXACT QUOTE.BUT IT IS IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES THAT THESE MEN LAID ON ON THE FOUNDATION OF FREEDOM AND THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED WITH THESE MEN.
SO NOW WE'RE ON PRESENTATIONS AND PRESENTATION.
[PRESENTATIONS]
NUMBER ONE. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MADAM SHERMAN.I WILL GET THAT QUOTE FOR YOU FROM GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR.
IT'S PART OF MY TALKING POINTS IN THE FUTURE ANYWAY, SO I'LL LOOK FOR IT.
SO WE HAVE ATTENTION ATTENDING VIRTUALLY TONIGHT.
MAURICE KURLAND WITH ALCALDE AND FAY MORRIS WILL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL AS HE WILL TEE UP PRE TONIGHT OUR FOUR FEDERAL PRIORITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED LATER IN THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO, MAURICE, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
GOOD EVENING. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME LOUD AND CLEAR.
WE CAN HEAR YOU. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THANK YOU, MAYOR MEDINA, DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX AND ALL OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS YOUR CITY MANAGER, MAYOR SHERMAN, AND YOUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS AND THIS UNCLE OF BROWN AND MOSCONI.
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CONGRESS, THE 118TH CONGRESS.
YOU ALL WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT YOUR CONGRESSMAN, MR. POSEY, OF COURSE, NOW, UNDER THE NEW MAJORITY IN WASHINGTON, HIS INCREASING IN HIS SENIORITY ON THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, WHICH OF COURSE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE ONE HAND.
AND OF COURSE, WITH YOU ALL BEING ON THE SPACE COAST AND AT THE SAME TIME, BOTH SENATORS RUBIO AND SENATOR SCOTT IN EVEN MORE SENIOR POSITIONS NOW GOING INTO THIS CONGRESS ON BOTH HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS AND THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT THEY SERVE ON, INCLUDING THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING, WHICH BOTH OF THEM SERVE ON WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF SENIORS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH REGARD TO YOUR FEDERAL AGENDA.
I'VE HAD LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY STAFF.
WE ARE WE ARE AWARE OF OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
AND SO WE WILL BE PURSUING EVERY POTENTIAL AVENUE FOR YOU ALL TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND WE KNOW THESE ARE MAJOR AND LARGE PROJECTS, BOTH THROUGH CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, AS YOU ALL MAY HAVE ALL HEARD, BACK AT THE END OF 2021, THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW WAS PASSED AND THERE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED AND EXPANDED FUNDING FOR ROADWAY PROJECTS.
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AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU ALL ARE POSITIONING THESE TWO PROJECTS, MALABAR AND SAINT JOHN'S PARKWAY, FOR PURPOSES OF FEDERAL FUNDING, THAT IS OPPORTUNISTIC AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE BOTH TO CONGRESSMAN POSEY AND OR TO SENATORS, BUT ALSO DIRECTLY FOR FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING DOWN THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.THIRD, WE KNOW THAT WATER QUALITY IS IS IMPORTANT AND YOUR YOUR INDIAN RIVER LAGOON AND TURKEY CREEK. THOSE ARE ASSETS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME FOR ECO TOURISM, THAT ARE UTILIZING THOSE WATERWAYS, THAT ARE ENJOYING THEM FOR RECREATION AND AND JUST IN GENERAL.
AND OF COURSE, HAVING THAT CLEANED UP IS A PRIORITY OF THE CITY.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, THERE IS A SERIES OF DIFFERENT COASTAL REHABILITATION GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE DIRECTING TO.
THE CITY'S ATTENTION. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AS A AS A FOLLOW UP.
PUBLIC SAFETY CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.
I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR YOUR FIREFIGHTERS.
FLORIDA BEING A STATE AND AND YOU ALL WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED.
HURRICANES, STORMS ARE ALWAYS AN ISSUE.
SO YOUR FOURTH PRIORITY, OF COURSE, IS TO HAVE THE P25 INTEROPERABLE RADIO SYSTEMS THAT THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR YOUR FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.
TO BE APPLYING FOR THOSE FUNDING TO MEET THAT THAT EQUIPMENT NEED.
AND I WILL ALSO JUST MENTION AND THEN I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
YOUR FIRE CHIEF, WITH REGARD TO SECURING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OXYGEN TANKS, WHICH OF COURSE YOUR FIREFIGHTERS NEED WHEN THEY TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO GO INTO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, WHETHER THERE'S BURNING FIRE, SMOKE, ETC., THEY NEED THAT.
YOU ALL ARE POSITIONING, I BELIEVE.
INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUR FIRST RESPONDER INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE WAY I WOULD PUT IT, AS STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED PROJECTS AMONG THE MANY OTHERS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS FOR THE CITY.
AND WE ARE POSITIONING PALM BAY TO GO AFTER FEDERAL FORMULA AND COMPETITIVE AND DISCRETIONARY GRANTS TO SECURE THAT FUNDING. SO WITH THAT, WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW CONGRESS.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PROBABLY READING ABOUT IT.
IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THEM TO GET A SPEAKER POSITION AND SOME OF THE COMMITTEES.
BUT BUT I CAN SAY THIS WITH CONFIDENCE.
THE PALM BAY CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IS VERY WELL POSITIONED WITH THEIR ADDED SENIORITY.
AND SO WITH THAT MANY, WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THEM.
AND I'M I WOULD LIKE TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
SO I'LL START OFF AT COUNCILMAN.
FILIBERTO, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD, SIR? NO QUESTIONS, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT THESE FOUR THINGS ARE ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE RESIDENTS NEED AND THE RESIDENTS WANT.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
AND NOW, COUNCILMAN FOSTER, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. SIR, I ENJOYED MY CONVERSATION WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU WHEN I GET TO D.C.
I THINK YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.
AND AND WORKING WITH OUR LOBBYISTS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, SIR, FOR PRESENTING.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR.
SO MY QUESTION, I APPRECIATE THE FOUR PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE PUSHING FORWARD.
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LITTLE LEGWORK INTO REGARDING GETTING THESE PASSED? IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION NOW, THEN, WITH REGARD TO THE FOUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS.AND WHAT MIGHT WHAT WHERE WE MIGHT SEE THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY.
THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. YOU KNOW, IN MY ESTIMATION, I BELIEVE YOUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ARE ARE ARE THOSE THAT ARE THAT ARE, OF COURSE, SIGNIFICANT.
AND YOU ALL HAVE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THESE.
SO WHEN YOU'VE GOT CRITICAL NEED ON THE ONE HAND AND ON THE OTHER HAND, CONGRESS AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TRYING TO MEET THESE NEEDS. AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THOSE ARE OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST SO WELL POSITIONED.
PRIOR TO TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN WASHINGTON ABOUT HAVING A LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND WE CAN ALL DEBATE ABOUT HOW LARGE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND WHERE EXACTLY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DIRECTED.
BUT BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN FUNDING FOR LARGE AND NECESSARY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, ROADWAY PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR.
SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE.
IN THE BILL I MADE HISTORICALLY, GOING BACK TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS ONLY BEEN FUNDED AT 500 BILLION A YEAR AND UNDER THE LAST PART OF THE LAST ADMINISTRATION. AND GOING INTO THIS ADMINISTRATION IS CURRENTLY AT 1.5 BILLION.
NOW IT'S HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, BUT THE IDEA IS AT LEAST THE PIE IS MUCH BIGGER.
AND SO FOR ANYONE THAT'S TRYING TO GO AFTER THOSE DOLLARS, THERE'S A GREATER LIKELIHOOD.
VERSUS THE 500 NOW AT 1.5 BILLION.
AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE, WHICH IS JUST ADDITIONAL FUNDING DOLLARS.
THAT IS THE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
WHAT I THINK WAS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS THE FACT THAT THERE'S FORMULA DOLLARS COMING DOWN TO THE STATE, F TO F DOT AND WORKING WITH YOUR YOUR, YOUR PO, YOUR SPACE COAST CPO TO MAKE SURE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE COMPETITIVE GRANTS, WE HAVE TO APPLY TO ALSO BE TALKING TO FDOT AND TALKING TO YOUR MPO TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S THESE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS COMING, WE'VE GOT THESE TOP NEEDS.
THANK YOU, SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX NO QUESTION, MAYOR.
SO I'LL JUST SEND IT WITH SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, SIR.
AND I KNOW THINGS ARE VERY FLUID UP IN THE D.C.
AREA, SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, SIR.
AND IN PARTICULAR WITH HOW EVERYTHING IS SO FLUID AND CHALLENGING, KEEPING UP WITH THOSE THINGS.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AS WELL.
THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I APPRECIATE IT. AND I AM AVAILABLE AND MY WHOLE TEAM IS AVAILABLE TO YOU HERE IN WASHINGTON.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING COUNCILMAN FOSTER IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK.
AND WE'RE EXPECTING GREAT THINGS FROM COUNCILMAN FOSTER ON THAT TRIP.
ABSOLUTELY. SO NOW WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE PRESENTATIONS.
LUIS IS HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO GIVE US OUR FIRST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS IN FINAL DRAFT AS ONE OF YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. SO, LUIS, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR THE INVITATION TO BE HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL STAFF.
I ONLY HAVE RIGHT NOW WORK WITH JOAN, DANIELLE AND NANCY.
BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALL GREAT.
WE KNOW THIS IS THE GREATEST CITY ON EARTH.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONFIRM THAT THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.
TODAY WITH ME, I ALSO HAVE EDWIN RIVERA.
HE'S OUR PLANNER ONE, AND HE ALSO WORKED ON THIS PROJECT.
SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO START A PRESENTATION BY STATING WHO WE ARE.
WE ARE THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
FOR THIS REGION, WE TAKE ACTUALLY CARE OF EIGHT COUNTIES.
WE HAVE BREVARD, LAKE, MARION, ORANGE, OSCEOLA, SEMINOLE, SUMTER AND VOLUSIA COUNTY.
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SO WE COVER A VERY LARGE REGION.AND FOR OVER 60 YEARS WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO BOTH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN A VARIETY OF AREAS, INCLUDING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, RESILIENCY AND, OF COURSE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
MY OPINION I'VE BEEN NOW IS GOING TO BE THIS YEAR'S GOING TO BE 20 YEARS OF ME AS AN URBAN PLANNER.
WE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES TO JUST CONSIDER AS A DISTRACTION.
BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A HOLISTIC PROCESS.
SO WHAT WE CREATE IS A FRAMEWORK CALLED PEOPLE, PLACES AND PROSPERITY.
SO EVERY TIME WE LOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE LIKE TO LOOK ALL OF THE DIMENSIONS OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS JUST NOT ABOUT OPENING NEW BUSINESSES. IT IS ABOUT IMPROVING THE PROSPERITY OF THE PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND TO DO THAT, YOU NEED A HOLISTIC APPROACH.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE DID, WE ACTUALLY DID AN EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS.
WE ALSO SAT DOWN AND IDENTIFIED EIGHT ECONOMIC CORRIDORS OF SIGNIFICANCE.
AND FINALLY, WE LOOK AT THE CITY'S ECONOMIC STRUCTURE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS YOUR COMPETITIVE EDGE AND WHAT MAKES YOU THE GREATEST PLACE ON EARTH, RIGHT? SO AFTER WE FINISHED THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, WE ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE SECOND PART OF THE REPORT.
IT WAS A SWOT ANALYSIS, STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO AFFIRM HERE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES, THESE ARE FACTORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOSTLY COMPLETELY WITHIN YOUR CONTROL. SO WELL, YOU HAVE A STRENGTH.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO REINFORCE THAT STRENGTH.
WHEN YOU HAVE A WEAKNESS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT WEAKNESS.
HERE WE EITHER PREPARE FOR CHANGES OF OPPORTUNITIES OR WE PIVOT FROM PERCEIVED THREATS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO.
THAT'S THE SCOPE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.
SO WE TALK ABOUT YOUR MAJOR STRENGTHS.
YOU HAVE A VERY YOUNG AND DIVERSE POPULATION.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT YOU ALL OF YOU LIVE HERE ALL YOUR LIVES.
THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU ALSO HAVE VERY LITTLE DIRECT ACCESS TO I 95 AND YOU BELIEVE I HAVE THREE OR FOUR, WHICH THAT THAT'S ANOTHER STRENGTH THAT YOU REALLY HAVE. AND FINALLY, WHAT MAKES YOU THE GREATEST PLACE ON EARTH? YOU ARE A HIGH TECH COMMUNITY.
IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAVE TO INTERNALIZE THAT WE ARE A HIGH TECH COMMUNITY.
MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS MY REGION AND AGAIN I SERVE EIGHT COUNTIES, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A LARGE SUBSIDIARY OR LARGE PRESENCE FOR A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY LIKE L3 HARRIS.
AND WHEN WE ACTUALLY ESTIMATED WE LOOK AT ALL YOUR BUSINESSES, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE ABOUT A LITTLE MORE THAN 8000 HIGH TECH JOBS ALREADY LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO YOU HAVE A STRAIGHT LINE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO REINFORCE IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO MAYBE SOME INCENTIVES TO TRACK MORE BUSINESSES LIKE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COMPANIES HAVE THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THEM GROW AND PROSPER RIGHT HERE IN PALM BAY.
THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO WEAKNESSES, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE USUALLY DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, BUT THAT WE HAVE TO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF OURSELVES UNTIL WE ADDRESS THESE CONDITIONS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THAT YOUR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT TENDS TO BE MUCH LOWER THAN THE COUNTY.
PART OF THAT IS THAT WE KNOW BREVARD COUNTY, IT'S A VERY IT'S A CENTER OF NASSAU.
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THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH PHDS, MASTER'S PROGRAMS HERE.SO DEFINITELY THAT AFFECTS YOUR ENTERTAINMENT WHEN YOU COMPETE WITH ALL THE COMMISSION BREVARD.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE AWARE OF.
SENSE OF PLACE. YOU ARE A VERY LARGE COMMUNITY.
THIS MORNING, EDWIN AND I WERE ACTUALLY IN DELTONA.
AND THE FUNNY THING I ALWAYS, WHEN I THINK OF PALM BAY, I THINK OF THE TORN APART.
YOU WERE DEVELOPED BY THE SAME COMPANY AND YOU'RE BOTH THE LARGEST CITIES IN YOUR COUNTY.
AND DO DEFINITELY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS THAN YOUR COUNTY DOES.
SO THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT ABOUT THAT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE HAVE A CENSUS OF PLACE, WE SOMETIMES DON'T HAVE THE DESTINATIONS THAT RESIDENTS AND OUTSIDERS WANT TO GO TO.
AND I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HAVING PROBABLY DEVELOPED A NEW DOWNTOWN.
PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE COME UP FROM THE REASON THAT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CORRIDORS, BUT NONE OF THEM SEEMS TO BE AN ACTUAL DESTINATION BY THEMSELVES.
PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE SOME OF THESE CORRIDORS ARE REALLY WEAK.
AND WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AREA OF MALABAR, LIKE WE SAW ANY LINGERING ISSUE OF BUSINESSES.
AND THIS HAPPENS ALL THROUGH THE CITY.
OH, THIS IS COOL. YOU WILL HAVE YOUR BUSINESS HERE.
THEN YOU WILL HAVE EITHER RESIDENTIAL ON TOP.
THAT SORT OF BREAKS THE CORRIDOR CONTINUITY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE STRATEGIES.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT'S A PROBLEM.
SO IT'S REALLY AN ASSOCIATE'S, BUT A LOT OF SHORT TERM COURSES AND SHORT TERM DEGREES.
THAT'S ACTUALLY AN ADVANTAGE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.
IT'S LIKE, HOW DO WE GET THAT HUMAN RESOURCE THAT'S COMING OUT OF THOSE COLLEGES? I'M MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY'RE GOING TO DO THESE ARE YOUR FUTURE BUSINESS OWNERS.
THESE ARE YOUR FUTURE EMPLOYEES.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU ALSO HAD A LOT OF VACANT SPACE.
A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN GLORIFIED, BUT THERE'S ENOUGH VACANT SPACE THAT I THINK THAT IF WE PUT THE RIGHT STRATEGIES TOGETHER, WE CAN ACTUALLY CREATE SOMETHING MEANINGFUL OUT OF THERE, INCLUDING NOT JUST WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BUT LAND THAT CAN BE ANNEXED ON THE OUTSKIRTS THAT COULD PROBABLY BE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
THE OTHER THING IS BUSINESS SCALING.
WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOUR STAFF EARLY ON.
WHEN WE LOOK AT YOUR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS, I WAS VERY SURPRISING TO US HOW MUCH OF YOUR BUSINESS SPACE IS ACTUALLY HOME BASED BUSINESSES. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE THESE HOMEBASE, THIS ITERATION OF WHAT THEY CALL MICRO-BUSINESSES? ONE OR TWO PEOPLE OPERATIONS.
SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES AND A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT HIGH TECH.
AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU FOCUS ON THEM.
A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES, GIVEN THE RIGHT RESOURCES, CAN ACTUALLY GROW AND BECOME LARGER OPERATIONS AND EMPLOY MORE PEOPLE.
AND I MEAN, IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORLD NOW FOR LIKE TEN YEARS, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LOOK AT THAT EVERY TIME THEY LOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JUST HIGH TECH, HIGH TECH, HIGH TECH.
A LOT OF BUSINESS ARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES SERVICES.
OR IF YOU HAVE 10,000 OF THESE BUSINESSES AND YOU GET THEM TO AT LEAST HIRE ONE PERSON.
YOU HAVE HOW MANY JOBS? 20,000. RIGHT. SO THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE.
THERE'S THIS THING IS CALLED THE RISE OF LOW WAGE JOBS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE NATIONALLY JUST TO DRINK.
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AND WE SAW THIS ALSO IN PALM BAY.SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO WATCH OUT.
IT'S GREAT, BUT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT PAY THE BILLS.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT FORMULA OF HOW IT WORKS WITH THE TAX BASE.
SO WHAT HAPPENS HERE, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC PARCELS THAT ARE SEPARATED FOR A NON RESIDENTIAL OR A JOB PRODUCING LAND USE? IT IS OUR DUTY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PIECES OF PROPERTY ARE ACTUALLY PROTECTED.
AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE WAS THAT WE CAME UP WITH THE WHOLE THING.
WE HAVE THE SCHOLARS AND VOLUSIA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPLAIN THAT SOME OF THEIR BEST PARCELS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THEY COULD USE BECAUSE THEY HAVE RESIDENTIAL RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHERE YOU'RE SEEING.
THESE LAND USE CHANGES AND YOU'RE APPROVING THEM THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, TOO, BECAUSE DEFINITELY WITH A LOT OF ROADS COMES A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO.
THE OTHER ONE IS CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION.
YOU CANNOT REALLY DO ANYTHING WITH THAT.
BUT WE KNOW THAT AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I LEAD THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
WE USED TO BE THE HEADQUARTERS OR THE HARRIS COMPANY.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED? HARRIS MERGED WITH L3 AND THEN THEY MOVED TO NEXT COMMITTEE OVER.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT UP.
I USED TO LIVE I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN A SMALL TOWN IN PUERTO RICO, AND I TELL THE STORY TO MY STUDENTS BECAUSE I ALSO TEACH AT UCF ABOUT HOW MY MY TOWN IN THE NINETIES HAS HAD A LOT OF MEALS.
AND ONCE NAFTA CAME ALL THOSE MEALS IN TWO OR THREE YEARS, THEY WERE GONE.
MIKE TOWN WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT.
SO WHAT WE GET, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK.
YES, SIR. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, SIR.
OUR PRESENTATIONS ARE 10 MINUTES OR SO.
THIS. THIS IS ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
OKAY. I JUST WAS TRYING TO FIND A TIME TO.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. YEAH.
SO, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T, BUT I DO.
WE DO HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS, MAYOR, SO.
I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN YOUR SWOT ANALYSIS.
THAT WAS A GREAT, HONEST TRUTH.
IF A COMPANY IS LOOKING TO MOVE HERE AND THEY'RE WILLING TO BRING THEIR EMPLOYEES HERE TO PALM BAY, THEY LOOK AT OTHER ASPECTS SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY OR SCHOOLS OR FAMILY ASPECT OF THE CITY ITSELF. PUBLIC AMENITIES.
THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.
YOUR PARKS. WHY CAN'T IF I'M A YOUNGER FAMILY, WHAT? I'M GOING TO TAKE MY CHILDREN, RIGHT? THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.
THERE WAS THIS BOOK, THE RISE OF THE CREATIVE CLASS, AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT.
THERE ARE SOME VENUES YOU WANT TO DO FOR A CITY YOUR SIZE.
WHAT I USUALLY WERE RECOMMEND.
IT'S MORE LIKE A PLACE MAKING A TACTICAL URBANISM TYPE OF STRATEGY.
IT'S LIKE VERY LOW COST PROJECTS THAT COULD HELP ACTIVATE SOME OF THESE CORRIDORS.
AND WE PRESENTED THAT TO YOUR STAFF ALREADY.
SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WITH YOU.
IF A COMPANY DOES WANT TO MOVE HERE, THEY DO LOOK AT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SERVICES ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU, SIR. WHEN? ENFORCER. THANK YOU, MARY.
AND THOSE IN YOUR SLIDE YOU DIDN'T GET TO YET.
BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE REBRANDING THE CITY AS A HIGH TECH LOCATION? YOU MENTIONED THAT AND EARLIER IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
WHAT WE WANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT.
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IN A WAY, JUST LIKE YOU'RE REPEATING YOURSELF.YOU'RE THE GREATEST COMMUNITY IN EARTH, PALM BAY AND YOU KEEP REPEATING THAT.
YOU NEED TO KEEP REPEATING THAT.
AND THAT HAS TO BE PART OF EVERYTHING YOU DO.
BUT WHEN PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOK AT YOUR COMMUNITY, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE A SOURCE OF HIGH INCOME, HIGH TECH JOBS FOR THE REGION.
AND I THINK THAT BEING A LARGE CITY LIKE YOU ARE AND SO DIVERSE, SOMETIMES THAT MAKES US GET LOST.
EXACTLY. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, TOO.
ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND I'M DONE.
WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED, YOU SHOWED DIFFERENT CORRIDORS.
WHAT'S THE LIKELY WE CAN WHAT'S THE LIKELY HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THEM? CORRIDORS AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE CITY, FOR OUR TAX BASE? YEAH. THE WAY WE ACTUALLY WE SORT OF DID THIS ANALYSIS IN THE PLAN.
ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE DID, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS THE TRADED INDUSTRY, WHICH IS AN INDUSTRY THAT IS EXPORT AND EXPORT INDUSTRY, VERSUS WHAT IS A NON-TRADED INDUSTRY WITH A LOCAL CONSUMPTION INDUSTRY.
THAT'S PART OF YOUR MATRIX IF YOU LOOK AT.
I LOVE THIS ACTUALLY BECAUSE IT ZOOMS IN.
I THINK AROUND HERE IS THE RENAISSANCE.
WE CALL IT RENAISSANCE, WHERE NOBODY, YOU KNOW WITH THE NAME.
WHEN WE ACTUALLY ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF SALES GENERATED BY THAT SPECIFIC QUARTER, THAT'S ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES WHILE YOUR OLDER QUARTERS DECIDE WHAT DID YOU HAVE THERE.
L3 HARRIS RENAISSANCE ELECTRONICS, WHICH IS A MICRO, IT'S A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANY AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESSES IN AVIATION THAT SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 20 METRICS WE DON'T MIND.
MEANING WE HAVE A VERY GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR STAFF.
WE DON'T MIND GOING BACK, LOOK AT THESE CORRIDORS AND PROVIDE YOU OTHER TOOLS TO JUSTIFY.
BECAUSE FOR US, WHEN I SEE SOMETHING LIKE RENESAS, IT'S LIKE, THAT'S A JEWEL.
THAT'S DEFINITELY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND A QUARTER LIKE THAT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE OF THE REGION.
AND THAT'S WHY THE REBRANDING THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED ABOUT REBRANDING.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK, PLACEMAKING IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.
THIS IS OUR HIGH TECH CORRIDOR, AND IT NEEDS TO BE BRANDED LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO PICK UP WHERE COUNCILMAN FOSTER LEFT OFF WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT CORRIDORS.
BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE BABCOCK CORRIDOR.
BUT IF YOU GO SOUTH, IT'S EITHER VACANT LAND OR SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME RESIDENTIAL.
AND I FEEL THAT BABCOCK GOING SOUTH TOWARDS FELLS MIRROR IS A PRIME AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHERE IT CAN BE A COMMERCIAL OR BUSINESS CORRIDOR AS WELL. BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THAT.
I WAS HOPING IF YOU FEEL THAT WAY WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO THE PROCESS WE FOLLOW.
SO WHAT'S THERE? YOU KNOW, I TRY NOT TO DO ANY SPECULATIVE TYPE OF WORK.
WE DON'T MIND. AT SOME POINT, I GUESS I'LL TALK WITH JOAN, THEN MAYBE WE CAN REVISIT THAT MAYBE OUT OF NINE CORRIDOR AND JUST ADD THAT, BECAUSE IF THERE'S CERTAINLY AN INTEREST FROM THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT THAT, WE'RE A PUBLIC AGENCY, SO WE USE OTHER RESOURCES FOR THAT.
I THINK I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY STANDS AS WELL.
YOU KNOW YOUR STADIUM MUCH BETTER THAN WE DO.
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AND THERE WAS SOME.BUT IN OUR OWN FLORIDA STYLE SILICON.
SO I USUALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO.
I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE, ORLANDO.
FOR YEARS, USE HOLLYWOOD EAST.
THEY KIND OF TRY TO BROWN THEMSELVES.
I THINK THE BIGGEST MOVIE THAT THEY HAD WAS PARENTHOOD.
MAYBE THEY HAD A BEETHOVEN LIKE FIFTH OR FOURTH THAT NOBODY STILL WENT STRAIGHT TO VIDEO.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.
I DO THINK, THOUGH, BREVARD COUNTY AND PALM BAY ARE VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE AN A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WHEN IT COMES TO AEROSPACE.
OUT OF ALL THE COUNTIES THAT I VISIT, THE ONLY ONES THAT I SEE SOME LARGE PRESENCE ARE ACTUALLY REEBOK, WHICH INCLUDES YOU, AND IT'S RENESAS MAINLY. AND THEN YOU HAVE NEW YORK CITY, WHICH IS NEW SOLAR COUNTY, AND THAT'S BASICALLY ON DIAPERS RIGHT NOW.
SO THERE'S DEFINITELY AN ADVANTAGE THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE TO OWN IT.
THANK YOU. LAST QUESTION IS REGARDING TO THE WEAKNESS FOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.
WHILE WHILE THE STRENGTH IS DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND DIVERSITY AND YOUNG PEOPLE MYSELF AND I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN FILIBERTO CAN SPEAK TO IT. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM HERE THAT LEAVE AND GET THEIR EDUCATION AND GET THEIR DEGREE, THEIR MASTERS.
A LOT OF THEM DON'T COME BACK.
SO IF WE WERE TO PROVIDE MORE OF ENTERTAINMENT, WHETHER IT'S TOP GOLF OR BIG SHOTS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE AND PALM BAY TO ATTRACT FAMILIES AND ATTRACT, YOU KNOW, YOUNGER THE YOUNG WORKFORCE TO STAY, TO LEAVE PALM BAY GET THEIR DEGREE AND COME BACK.
I THINK THAT CAN HELP WITH THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.
BUT I WANTED TO HEAR YOUR TAKE ON IT.
I DO THINK THAT AND AGAIN, THERE ARE TWO ISSUES HERE.
THERE IS THE ISSUE OF THE BRAIN DRAIN, WHICH ACTUALLY IS A FLORIDA PROBLEM, BY THE WAY.
A LOT OF COLLEGE GRADUATES TO THE EAST COAST AND TO OTHER PLACES.
IT DOESN'T THAT IS NOT A UNIQUE PROBLEM TO PALM BAY.
SO DEFINITELY, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO BRING THOSE SORT OF AMENITIES, YOU WILL MAKE IT MORE EXCITING FOR PEOPLE TO STAY HERE.
EDWIN AND I WERE IN TITUSVILLE AND I GUESS I ORDERED THEM.
SO THEY HAD A LOT OF HIGH TECH, TOO.
THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO NASSAU OR IT'S LIKE THEY'RE A PASS THROUGH TOWN IN A WAY.
SO BRINGING THOSE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN MEET WILL HAVE FUN.
SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO DRINK, MAYBE HAVING THOSE TYPE OF LIKE DESTINATIONS.
I KNOW THAT AN INTEREST IS STILL TO DEVELOP YOUR WATERFRONT.
HAVING A LOCATION LIKE THAT, OR EVEN A DOWNTOWN WILL REALLY HELP.
THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, IS THAT.
IT'S SCARY TO GO ABOUT THE BRAIN DRAIN.
BUT ALSO THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STAYING HERE IN PALM BAY, TOO.
THEY MADE A COMMITMENT AND THEY EITHER BOUGHT A HOUSE OR THEY RENT.
THEY'RE RAISING THEIR FAMILIES HERE.
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST FORGET THOSE PEOPLE EITHER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN I DO A JOB I'VE BEEN DOING JOB TRAINING ON THE SIDE AS A VOLUNTEER WITH A CHRISTIAN MINISTRY FOR OVER TEN YEARS AND DEVELOPING SOMETHING LIKE JUST DEVELOPING CAREER PATHWAYS FOR SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A TWO UP TO LIKE LAKE APPROACH YOU CAN FOLLOW.
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BUT I WILL DEFINITELY THINK THAT DON'T FORGET THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY MADE THE COMMITMENT TO BE HERE.DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I BELIEVE MY COLLEAGUES PRETTY MUCH TOUCH ON EVERYTHING.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID.
A LOT OF A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED ON THIS DYESS.
WE WE ALL VERY CONSCIENTIOUS OF OF OF SOME OF THE KEY POINTS YOU JUST BROUGHT UP.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PALM BAY SINCE INCEPTION, WE WE REALLY THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE I WOULD SAY WAS NOT SET UP PROPERLY FOR US TO SUCCEED.
NOW HERE WE ARE SIX YEARS LATER PICKING UP THE TAB.
I MEAN, PICKING UP THE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO RUN WITH IT.
BUT THE LAST, I GUESS, 50 YEARS.
RIGHT. SO BUT BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE RIGHT MIX BETWEEN THE ELECTED AND THE IN STAFF.
FOLKS LIKE YOU, AGENCIES LIKE YOU.
I THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT SUPPORT.
I'M VERY HOPEFUL AND VERY ENCOURAGED.
I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO REACH THE POWERS IN THE STRUGGLE.
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE MY NEW SLOGAN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO OWNING THAT, YEAH, YOU DEFINITELY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I BRING BACK DELTONA, BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME SITUATION.
FIRST OF ALL, NOT LIKE THEY HAD A HIGH TECH ECONOMY OR THERE WERE CREATIVELY, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE THING THAT THEY DID IS THAT GERRY KIND OF KEPT TALKING AND REALLY WORKING WITH THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS TO TRACK A HOSPITAL, BECAUSE WITH 90,000 PEOPLE, DELTONA DIDN'T HAVE A HOSPITAL.
AND THEN WHEN HALIFAX OPEN HAD BEEN HELD, LOOK AT THEM AND SAY, OH, I WANT TO BE THERE TO.
BEFORE THEY HAD THE AMAZON DEAL AND THEY HAD THE AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER.
HE HAD TO WORK CREATIVELY BECAUSE AGAIN, HE HAD A LOT OF LOTS THAT WERE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
LOOKING AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A HOLISTIC WAY AND TAKING OWNERSHIP OF IT.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE THE RIGHT STUFF TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
BY THE WAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I DO APOLOGIZE ABOUT A TEN MINUTE LIMIT.
Q IT'S FINE. IT WAS A 91 PAGE PLAN, SO I DID MY BEST.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAY I FOLLOW UP ONE MORE QUESTION, SIR.
ONE MORE COMMENT. YES, ONE MORE.
THANK YOU, SIR. YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN ALL AROUND FLORIDA, MAN, AND I REALLY ADMIRE THAT.
WE HAVE A PARTICULAR SITUATION HERE ABOUT 12 SQUARE MILES, I BELIEVE.
YOU CAN SPEAK WITH STAFF ABOUT IT LATER.
FOLLOW UP WITH THEM ON THAT. I DON'T WANT DISCUSS IT HERE ON THE DYESS.
SEE IF YOU'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE AND SEE WHAT IDEAS I'VE HAD TOWARDS THAT.
WE JUST BASICALLY I WORKED OFF THE KIND OF LIKE.
YEAH IT WAS A SENSITIVE TOPIC SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
WE'VE SAID WE'RE GETTING RID OF THIS BEDROOM COMMUNITY STIGMA.
WE'VE WE'VE ACTUALLY ACCEPTED THAT.
AND WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THAT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AND THE HIGH TECH CORRIDOR.
SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HERE ON THIS DAIS BEFORE THIS PRESENTATION.
WE'VE TAKEN THIS OWNERSHIP AND WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO IF ANYTHING, THE REBRANDING, THE HIGH TECH CORRIDOR, WE'VE DISCUSSED IT.
WHAT WAS IT THAT WE DISCUSSED AT ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS, AND I WANT TO PUT THIS ON THE RECORD, IS WE SAID NASSER TAGS PALM BAY FOR MISSION TO MARS.
KEEP THAT IN MIND. REMEMBER THAT, GUYS.
OKAY, SO WE'RE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENTS AS MAYOR.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]
WE WILL START WITH MR. BLAND. FOLLOWED BY BILL BATTEN.WAS. TIM BLAND, 1992 WHEN DRIVE SURPRISED THEM FIRST.
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WEEK AGO AND ALL THE CHIEF AND ALL THE COMMANDERS THAT SHOWED UP, YOU KNOW, HUMAN BEINGS, SENSE OF HUMOR AND VERY APPRECIATIVE TO THE VOLUNTEERS THAT SERVE OUR CITY.SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THAT BECAUSE MY WIFE'S A COP.
SECONDLY, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I DO LIVE ON THE MAJORS GOLF COURSE.
THAT WILL HAVE A HOPEFULLY A VERY ROBUST ATTENDANCE AND CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
VERY NICE. THANK YOU, SUZANNE.
GETTING THAT AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING THAT DONE.
IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN IT DID.
MY CONCERN WOULD BE WITH THE ATVS AND THE MOTORCYCLES RUNNING THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
THAT CREATES A SPARK AND THE GRASS IS REALLY DRY.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY RAIN, SO I HOPE OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS READY TO FIGHT A GRASS FIRE IF THAT SHOULD OCCUR.
AND HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPEDE UPON THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS.
THE GOLF COURSE IS SURROUNDED BY HOUSES, SO VERY, VERY DRY CONDITIONS COULD BE VERY, VERY DANGEROUS.
REGARDING THE MARCH 7TH MEETING, WE HOPE TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I TOLD MY WIFE, PACKED THE HOUSE WITH RED SHIRTS AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T GET SOMETHING WORKED OUT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OWNERS OF THE MAJORS AND THEY WANT AN ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ACCORDING TO THE VISION 2040, WHICH MAY BE 2045.
ANY CHANGES OVER THERE FROM FIVE ACRES PER RESIDENTIAL IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN EITHER.
SO WE'RE AT A STALEMATE HERE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER AND COME TO A REASONABLE RESOLUTION TO THE ISSUE OF THE GOLF COURSE, BECAUSE IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE JACK, AND I THINK YOU ALL AGREE.
RIGHT. YOU LIVE ON THE GOLF COURSE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
AND I'LL SEE YOU THE NEXT MEETING AND CERTAINLY SEE YOU ON MARCH 7TH.
THANK YOU. GIVE ME MR. BATTEN. OKAY.
THE BATON. 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I USED SOME STATEMENTS THAT I WAS CHALLENGED ON.
AND THE TERMINOLOGY THAT I USED, I WAS CHALLENGED ON.
SO I USE THE TERM ALIENS AND ILLEGAL ALIENS IN MY CONVERSATION.
SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FACT, NOT FICTION.
UNDER FEDERAL LAW, ANY NON US CITIZEN IS AN ALIEN.
ALIENS WHO HAVE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT PERMISSION OR WHO HAVE VIOLATED THE TERMS OF THEIR ADMISSION ARE IDENTIFIED UNDER THE LAW AS ILLEGAL ALIENS.
ALIENS? THIS IS A FACT, NOT AN ISSUE FOR DEBATE.
THE TERM ALIEN MEANS A PERSON, NOT A CITIZEN OR NATIONAL OF THE UNITED STATES THAT COMES UNDER UNITED STATES CODE TITLE EIGHT, SECTION 1101.
AND ILLEGAL ALIEN IS ANY ALIEN WHOSE MOST RECENT ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES WAS WITHOUT INSPECTION, OR WHOSE MOST RECENT ADMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES WAS AS A NON IMMIGRANT AND WHOSE PERIOD OF AUTHORIZED STAY AS A NON IMMIGRANT EXPIRED OR WHOSE UNLAWFUL STATUS WAS KNOWN TO THE GOVERNMENT BEFORE THE DATE OF A COMMISSION OF CRIME FOR WHICH THE ALIEN IS CONVICTED.
THAT COMES UNDER UNITED STATES CODE TITLE EIGHT SECTION 1365.
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BRAVO. SO WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, I'M LOOKING FOR TRIGGER WORDS TO GET A STATEMENT, I COME UP HERE WITH A KNOWLEDGE BASE OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. I THINK I ALMOST HAVE AN APOLOGY COMING FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO SWORE AN OATH TO FOLLOW THE LAWS UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.THAT WAS AN OATH THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL TOOK.
I'M NOT GOING TO CALL THEM OUT BY NAME, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE IMPOLITE.
BUT THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS.
SO IF YOU'RE WORRYING ABOUT HOW YOUR COMMENTS IMPACT ON PEOPLE, HERE'S A CASE OF HOW YOUR COMMENTS ARE DETRIMENTAL TO MY RESPECT, BECAUSE I DO COME UP HERE KNOWLEDGEABLE BEFORE I ADDRESS MY COUNSEL.
AND WHEN I AM WRONG, I'M MAKING A PUBLIC APOLOGY.
THANK YOU. KEN DELGADO, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT STICE.
I MISSED YOU ALL. GOOD TO BE BACK.
KENDALL GOT A15 FOR ANGELO ROAD SOUTHEAST IN THE GREATEST CITY OF THE EARTH, PALM BAY.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT IN ONE OF THOSE CORRIDORS, WE'RE CLOSE TO HARRIS L THREE AND OUR CEO.
JESUS IS VERY HIGH AND REAL TECHIE.
HE'S STILL MAKING STARS, AND HE MAKES SURE THAT WE'RE OKAY OVER HERE.
AND SO I'M GLAD TO BE IN THAT CORRIDOR.
JESUS, THE CEO CAME ON IN, MATTHEW, AND HE SAID, I'M CALLING A STAFF MEETING.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT STAFF MEETINGS.
HE SAYS, I'M CALLING A STAFF MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO TALK FOR A MINUTE.
AND HE ASKS THEM A QUESTION, ISN'T THAT A GREAT STAFF MEETING WHERE THE PERSON IN CHARGE ASKS A QUESTION, AN OPPORTUNITY, AN ISSUE? HE ASKS A QUESTION.
HE SAYS, WHO DO THEY SAY THAT I AM? IMMEDIATELY SOMEONE SPEAKS UP AND SAYS, YOU'RE JOHN THE BAPTIST AND YOU CAN JUST SEE IT.
IN A STAFF MEETING. SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING AND THEY ROLL THEIR EYES.
SOMEONE ELSE SAYS, OH, HERE HE GOES AGAIN.
SOMEONE ELSE SAYS, OH, WE KNOW HE'S JEREMIAH.
AND YET IN ALL OF THESE CASES, JESUS NEVER SAID, WHAT A STUPID COMMENT.
HOW CAN YOU EVEN ENGAGE YOUR MIND HERE FOR A MINUTE? NO, BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO BRINGS UP AN IDEA, HOWEVER BAD IT MAY BE.
HE'S THINKING, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO THINK SO IN THIS STAFF MEETING, HE'S TRAINED THEM TO SAY NO.
IF SOMEONE HAS A SUGGESTION, NO MATTER HOW BAD IT IS, LET'S ALL SMILE AND SAY, WOW, HE'S THINKING.
FINALLY, AFTER A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED, THE LEAST ONE THAT THEY THOUGHT KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, PETER SAYS, YOU ARE THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.
AND HE CAME UP WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER.
NOW, JESUS, THE LEADER, ALREADY KNEW WHO HE WAS.
AND SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE WHO LEAD STAFF MEETINGS SAY, ME, I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER.
WHAT AN EXCITING STAFF MEETING THAT WAS.
AND FINALLY HE SAYS, THAT'S IT.
AND UPON THIS STATEMENT, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THE VISION OF THE BEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, PALM BAY, THE HIGH TECH PLACE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL ON THE STAFF MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOUR GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT BOY, THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE YOU CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORD OF GOD AND REALIZE, WOW, THEY EVEN HAVE STAFF MEETINGS IN THE BIBLE AND HOW TO CONDUCT A STAFF MEETING AND APPRECIATE EVERY OPPORTUNITY, NO MATTER HOW BAD THE SUGGESTION IS THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST. THAT'S HIS DECISION.
I MEAN, THAT'S HIS END OF HIS MEETING.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT HE IS STILL THE SON OF GOD.
JESUS CHRIST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
GOOD TO BE BACK. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
YOU. YOU KNOW, WHEN I HAVE PEOPLE ON MY HOUSE, I NEED TO TELL THEM TO PULL UP A ROCK.
RIGHT? THAT THAT'LL STAY WITH ME A WHILE.
ROBERTSON 1796 WHEN BROOK DRIVES SOUTH EAST.
I HAVE A COMMENT AND A QUESTION.
COMMENT IS WITH, AS YOU KNOW, THAT I'M BACK TO THE MAJORS AS WELL.
PLEASE KEEP THAT A FIVE ACRE LOT.
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THEN COME BACK TO THE CITY.AND WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO HAVE A GOLF COURSE BACK THERE? ONE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION, ACCORDING TO 20 300073, WHEN YOU COME INTO MY HIGHWAY, YOU HAVE MY HOUSE IS TWO EMPTY LOTS BEHIND ME. THE GOLF COURSE OWNS THOSE TWO EMPTY LOTS.
MYSELF AND MY WIFE HAVE BEEN MOWING, I THINK, FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW.
I'M NOT GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF THERE.
BUT THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE THE OWNER OWNS.
SO JUST A HEADS UP TO TO YOU SHERMAN, IF YOU CAN KEEP THAT IN MIND.
ONE QUESTION I HAVE PROBABLY IS GOING TO GO TO FRANK WATANABE.
I NEED TO GET IT SETTLED IN MY HEAD.
WHAT IS MUCH DEVELOPMENT AS WE HAVE? HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, IF WE HAVE 2000 HOMES GOING INTO DEVELOPMENT HERE AND LET'S SAY SIX MONTHS LATER, A YEAR LATER, WHATEVER THE TIME IS, WE HAVE ANOTHER 1200.
NOW YOU DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY UP FRONT, BUT AFTER THESE ARE IN AND ESTABLISH, IT'S A BIG BURDEN ON THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE. RIGHT. TRAFFIC, SCHOOLS, EVERYTHING ELSE IS ALWAYS IT JUST GETS CONGESTED.
WHAT IS THE PLAN NOW? ONCE YOU PUT 2700 HOMES HERE AND 1200 HOMES HERE AND THEY START MATURING A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE ROADS ARE SO INADEQUATE NOW TO MOVE TRAFFIC, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STUFF DEVELOP RIGHT NOW.
SO AS THIS GETS SETTLED UP, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO KEEP THE FOLKS FROM GOING CRAZY AND SCREAMING ABOUT TRAFFIC JAMS THAT WE'VE CREATED BECAUSE OF ALL THE DEVELOPMENT? SO IF SOMEONE CAN EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
RANDALL, YOU KNOW MR. FRANK WATANABE. AND SO I'M SURE YOU COULD LINK UP WITH HIM.
CARRY ON, SIR. RANDALL CHESKY, FOLLOWED BY BUTCH WARREN.
GOOD EVENING. THE CITY OF PALM BAY TRADED ONE OF MY CAR.
RANDLE OLSZEWSKI THREE FOR EIGHT BROOK ED STREET, NORTHEAST.
SO I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING ALL IN ONE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH GRATITUDE.
SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO JUST BE STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
AS HEALTHY AS I AM, AS AS, AS TALL AS I AM, AS FAT, SKINNY, WHATEVER.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.
AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER AND MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
WE COULD SEE TWO FIRE HYDRANTS.
WE CAN LOOK IN OTHER DIRECTION.
ON THE OPPOSITE DRIVEWAY, THERE'S ANOTHER FIRE HYDRANT.
IT'S NOT EVEN FOR THE NEEDS OF MY FAMILY.
IT'S FOR THE NEEDS OF MY COMMUNITY.
IT'S FOR THE NEEDS OF MY MY NEIGHBORS.
AND TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I AM LIKE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, LIKE COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO, SOMEONE THAT LEFT THE CITY TO GET EDUCATED, CAME BACK, LEFT THE CITY AGAIN UNDER A CORPORATE SITUATION, SAID, I'VE GOT TO GET BACK BECAUSE I LOVE THIS LITTLE CITY.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU AND IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE SAVE NORTHWEST PALM BAY, SAVE NORTHWEST PALM BAY FROM THE SPRAWLING DEVELOPMENT THAT IS OCCURRING ON THE ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY. THAT IS NOT STRATEGICALLY ENOUGH PLANNED OUT TO MEET EVEN THE VISION OF 2045, WHICH WILL SNEAK UP ON US BEFORE WE KNOW IT OR FURTHER OUT, SAVE NORTHWEST PALM BAY FROM 1200 MORE ACRES GOING RESIDENTIAL, WITH NONE OF IT DEDICATED TOWARDS ANY SORT OF COMMERCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL USE.
THERE'S NO ALLOCATION OF LAND FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY CORRIDOR.
NOW, THE CITY STAFF WILL RESPOND.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS THAT PIECE OF LAND FURTHER NORTH ON THE PARKWAY.
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WE NEED A PIECE OF LAND FOR A FIRE STATION.YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THESE HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT, YOU'RE ON FIRE.
CHIEF HAS TOLD YOU, ME AND ALL OF US THIS ARE TINDER BOXES.
THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
PLEASE SAVE NORTHWEST PALM BAY THE NEXT CHANCE YOU GET.
PUT YOUR RAND TO 19 TRENTON AVENUE.
I MEAN, IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO GET TO 95.
THAT'S WITH THE LIGHTS WORKING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THE OTHER THING. HIGH TECH COMMUNITY.
I LIVE TWO BLOCKS FROM CITY HALL.
I GOT TWO BARS FOR TELEPHONE RECEPTION TO.
YOUR CELL PHONE RECEPTION GOES TO CRAP.
EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT DOES.
MITTEN ROAD. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO REPAVE THAT? THAT'S A MAJOR CORRIDOR.
THROUGH OUR CITY, AND IT'S LIKE DRIVING ON A BACK ROAD SOMEWHERE.
NEW HOMES BEING BUILT IN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR COMING IN AND OPENING UP THE DRAINAGE DITCHES THAT THEY FILL UP AS THEY BUILD THE HOUSE? THE DRAINAGE PIPES UNDER THE DRIVEWAY IS ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES OFF.
AND I'M SPEAKING FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I STAND IN MY DITCH AND LOOK AT THE ONE THEY JUST BUILT, AND IT'S OFF TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT.
IT'S JUST IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
LAST THING FOR THE MARCH 7TH MEETING.
YOU GUYS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER A LARGER BUILDING.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST ONE YOU HAD, IT WAS FULL HOUSE.
YOU DON'T TAKE YOUR BIKE FOREVER TO GET THROUGH SPEAKING.
ALL RIGHT, SIR. WHO'S NEXT? EARL. BUT HE NEVER WON. THE HONORABLE MAYOR.
I LIVE AT 1527 RANGER ROAD, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
I LIKE TO BOUNCE ON SAVING THINGS AND LIKE WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING ABOUT SAVING THIS AREA.
I'M COMING IN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA.
AND ONE THING I HAVE NOTICED AS I'VE BEEN HERE.
A POMELO PALM IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL PLANT.
AND. I KNOW PROGRESS IS IS INEVITABLE TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
AND THE MORE I SEE THE HOUSES COMING IN, THE APARTMENT APARTMENTS ARE GONE.
AND THE MORE YOU DO THE BUILDING, THEY'RE GOING TO DISAPPEAR.
AND I HAVE A FEW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING PRETTY SOON.
NEVERTHELESS, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOME OF MY MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND THERE ARE THREE OTHER HOUSES ON THAT BLOCK ALREADY SPEAKING TO THEM.
YES, WHERE I LIVE OUT ON RANDALL ROAD.
DURING THE HURRICANES, THE POWER GOES OUT, WHICH IS TYPICAL NORMAL DURING HURRICANES.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE POWER IS RESTORED, THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE WAY, THEY WILL.
THEIR POWER IS ALWAYS BACK ON BEFORE IT TAKES US 3 TO 4 DAYS TO GET OUR POWER BACK ON.
SO I SPOKE WITH THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I ASKED THEM WOULD THEY MIND FOR ME TO GO DOWN TO CITY COUNCIL AND PRESENT THIS ISSUE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ASKED TO SEE IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO IT AND FIND OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THAT DISCREPANCY WITH THE POWER.
THE NEIGHBORS HAVE POWER WHEN POWER IS RESTORED AND WE ARE WITHOUT POWER FOR 45 DAYS.
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THE SECOND ISSUE I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, I ONCE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE ON PINEWOOD DRIVE OVER HERE OFF OF PALM BAY ROAD. AND WHILE I WAS THERE, I NOTICED THAT THE CHILDREN, WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO SCHOOL, THERE WERE NO MARKERS IN THE ROAD FOR THE CHILDREN TO TRAVEL. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE KIDS TO TRAVEL WITH VEHICLES AND SO FORTH.SO WHAT I DID, I WENT OUT AND.
I'LL PUT TOGETHER A PETITION AND I HAD IT SIGNED BY SEVERAL RESIDENTS, AND THE LAST TIME I PRESENTED IT TO THE COUNCIL, THEY SAID THERE WAS NO MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR IT.
SO. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS PETITION TO THE TO THE BOARD AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT AREA, TO SEE IF YOU COULD MAKE IT SAFER FOR THE CHILDREN OVER THERE, IF NOTHING ELSE, THE CHILDREN.
THE VERY FIRST QUESTION I HAVE.
DID YOU CHECK WITH FPL REGARDING WHY? NO, NO, I DIDN'T CHECK. SO.
MADAM SHERMAN, IF YOU COULD TAKE A NOTE OF THAT AND.
AND LET'S REACH OUT TO FPL AND SEE WHAT WHAT CAN BE DONE, IF ANYTHING.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO LEAVE THAT PETITION.
YES. WITH WITH OUR STAFF, AND WE'LL LOOK INTO HOW WE CAN MAKE THOSE IMPROVE.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT EVENING. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET HIS CONTACT NUMBER TWO FOR ME.
YES, HE HAS GRAY HAIR, BUT HE'S STILL YOUNG.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUTSTANDING.
SO NOW WE'RE ON PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER ONE.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS]
MS. SMITH ORDINANCE 2023, THAT'S ZERO ONE.AN AUDIENCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST OF MEEKER ROAD, VICINITY SOUTH OF DOTY DRIVE.
ILLEGALLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING FOR A FILING A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE WITH THE BREVARD COUNTY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF BREVARD COUNTY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT'S THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
HIS ADDRESS IS 2651 WEST GALLOWAY BOULEVARD.
CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT.
THIS IS A SECOND READING, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW EVIDENCE TO PROVIDE TONIGHT.
BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, ASK THAT OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION BE ENTERED INTO.
JUST WANTED TO BRING UP, SINCE WE HEARD IT EARLIER TONIGHT, MR. NEVES RUIZ, WITH THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PLANNING COUNCIL, BROUGHT UP A LOT OF VERY GOOD IMPORTANT POINTS AND LISTENING TO THE THINGS THAT HE SAID.
PROJECT LIKE THIS ONE CHECKS EVERY BOX, IN OUR OPINION.
SO I THINK YOU HEARD A GREAT TESTIMONY EARLIER TONIGHT ABOUT WHY A PROJECT LIKE THIS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN YEARS IN THE PLANNING AND WILL STILL TAKE YEARS TO COME TO FRUITION CAN BE JUST AN AMAZING ASSET TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE THE DEVELOPER, MR. DIX, WHO YOU MET LAST TIME.
JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS AS WELL.
THAT'S. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M SORRY TO GET IT, THOUGH, SO I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT WE HAVE OUR PROJECT CALLED ASHTON PARK.
I'M JAMES DIX. I'M THE CEO OF DIX DEVELOPMENTS.
I TOLD YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE ASHTON PARK AND AND THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
AND THIS IS A LONG TERM INVESTMENT.
SO I WANT TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME SOME OBJECTIONS.
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR SOME PEOPLE SPEAKING FOR OR AGAINST OR SO FORTH.
KNOW, THESE RESIDENTS REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CAME TO THE CITY AND SAID, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO? WE HAVE 1400 ACRES.
IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PALM BAY, AWAY FROM ALL THE TRAFFIC.
WE'RE NOT GENERATING MORE TRAFFIC DOWN MALABAR OR ANYTHING ELSE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A DESTINATION.
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I MEAN, I READ IN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUILDERS THAT FOR EVERY 1000 NEW HOMES THAT YOU BUILD, IT BRINGS ABOUT 2900 NEW JOBS AND ABOUT $150 MILLION OF ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE AREA.PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LIVE HERE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVE IN TRYING TO GET US TO COME OUT.
AND THEY REALLY WANT TO POTENTIALLY DO THEIR FIRST K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL.
WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN CHARTER SCHOOLS.
YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO BE THERE.
AND WE WANT THOSE FAMILIES TO BE THERE.
AND WHY? BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE HIGH TECH PAYING JOBS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
AND SO IF YOU JUST BEAR WITH ME FOR A COUPLE MINUTES, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME THINGS I WANT TO JUST KIND OF JUST COVER REAL QUICK, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'LL PROBABLY BE QUESTIONS AND I'LL RESERVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR MAYBE REBUTTALS.
BUT THIS PROJECT IS PERSONAL TO ME.
WE'VE HAD NOTHING BUT GREAT PARTICIPATION FROM THE CITY.
I WISH ALL MY OTHER PROJECTS WERE AS SMOOTH AS THIS.
WE NEED A NAME. AND I LOOKED AT A REAL GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS ON THE TEAM, AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO US COMING TO THAT MEETING, HIS 12 YEAR OLD NEPHEW WAS HIT BY A CAR AND KILLED IN MAITLAND.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS HIS NAME? AND HIS NAME WAS ASHTON.
I SAID, WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE PROJECT.
WHY? BECAUSE THAT HELPS THEM MAKE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
IT'S A PLACE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS TO COME WITH.
DOG PARKS IS A PLACE THAT THEY CAN COME AND GET AWAY FROM THAT.
WHEN WE BUILD SIDEWALKS, WE'RE NOT BUILDING FOUR FOOT SIDEWALKS.
I'M A MARATHON RUNNER, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO RUN ON THE ROAD.
I WANT TO RUN ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE I'M NOT GOING TO GET RUN OVER.
I ALWAYS RUN INTO TRAFFIC WHERE I CAN SEE THEM TEXTING AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
SO WE LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND THEY'RE THEY'RE SUPER IMPORTANT TO US.
AND WHAT WE DELIVERED WAS BASICALLY WHAT THE CITY SAID, HEY, THIS IS OUR WISH LIST.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT SOME PLACE THAT, HEY, CAN WE HAVE A MAIN STREET WITH A PARADE? YES, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE 40 ACRES OF A TOWN CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT.
I'VE HEARD THAT ENOUGH OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND I'M SURE THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE BY THERE HAVE.
SO I SEE THOSE SAME PROBLEMS. BUT YOU CAN'T COMPARE APPLES TO ORANGES, RIGHT? THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TODAY.
WE DON'T JUST GO OUT AND BUILD STREETS AND THEN THEY JUST SIT THERE.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BUILT A STREET THAT THAT DIDN'T PUT UTILITIES UNDER.
WE WANT TO CONNECT TO UTILITIES.
THOSE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE WORK WITH SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.
AND YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF YOURS.
AND SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
ROADS, I HEAR ABOUT THE ST JOHN'S PARKWAY.
IT MIGHT AS WELL. YOU MIGHT AS WELL RIDE MOTORCYCLES AND GO HUNTING.
AND I KIND OF JOKINGLY SAID, IF ANYBODY'S RIDING MOTORCYCLES, IT'S ME, RIGHT? I'M A MARINE. I DON'T OWN ANY PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T HAVE FENCES.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE DOING THINGS THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
AND WHY? BECAUSE THAT LIABILITY DROPS ON ME FIRST.
SO I MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
I MEAN, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE TAKEN GREAT STRIDES TO MAKE SURE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF SERVICES THAT DON'T NECESSARILY AFFECT THE CITY AS FAR AS COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE, INDUSTRIAL, THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE, MIXED USE IN THE PROJECT SO THAT THOSE SERVICES AREN'T BANGED ON THE CITY WHERE 911 IS BEING KILLED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE LOOK FOR A HAPPY MEDIUM IN THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE YOU SEE A MIX OF MULTIFAMILY, YOU SEE A MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY AND SOME TOWNHOMES.
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AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS.I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT COME UP, BUT I AM EXCITED TO BE BUILDING ASHTON PARK.
AND I WANT TO HELP CONTINUE TO SEE THAT GROW.
ANY QUESTIONS I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS I MADE A COMMENT WHEN YOU CAME BEFORE US.
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME THAT WE LEARN FROM.
ONE OF THE GREATEST MASTERPLANS THAT I'VE SEEN HERE LOCALLY IS IN VIEIRA AND HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO NOT ONLY INCORPORATE THAT DOWNTOWN FIELD THAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING, BUT THEY ALSO INCORPORATED THE INSTITUTIONAL COMPONENT TO WHAT I, WHAT I ENVISION IS THEY HAVE A SYNAGOGUE, THEY HAVE A CATHOLIC CHURCH, THEY HAVE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WORSHIP.
TO ME, A COMMUNITY CANNOT BE A COMMUNITY IF THERE'S NO FAITH BASED INITIATIVES WITH IT.
YOUR BATON. 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE IT'S HEARD TWICE.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY, MR. DIXON, WHEN I CALL PEOPLE OUT, I'M PERSONALLY NOT ATTACKING YOU.
I'M ATTACKING THE PROCESS BY HOW WE GOT HERE.
THE SAME THING COULD HAPPEN ON MICO.
4.3 MILES AS THE CROW FLIES ARE SIX MILES BY ROAD, CURRENTLY ON A TWO LANE ROAD THAT'S A LONG DISTANCE TO TRAVEL FOR A FIRE THAT'S AT THE END OF THIS ANNEXATION.
THAT'S A LONG DISTANCE TO TRAVEL AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
THREE THESE ARE THE SAME DEVELOPERS OR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING ON TO.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THE SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE SAME KIND OF IMPACT HAPPEN.
HAPPEN WITH THE OTHER SIDE OF SAINT OF 95.
IT SAYS NO UNDERDEVELOPMENT OF THIS, NO FINGERS IN.
WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, WHEN YOU'RE GOING SIX MILES DOWN A TWO LANE ROAD THAT'S ONLY A HALF A MILE WIDE, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU CALL IT, THAT'S A FINGER THAT JUTS OUT AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF PALM BAY.
THIS IS IT GOES FROM FROM EAST TO WEST, FROM BANGKOK.
THIS COULD BE DEVELOPED UNDER A CITY.
BAREFOOT BAY RUNS RIGHT UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S WELL DEVELOPED, BUT IT'S UNDER COUNTY INSTEAD OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TAKEN ON THAT COMMITMENT. 2005, 18 YEARS AGO.
THAT'S ONE THIRD OR 33% OF THE AGE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THIS HAS BEEN ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
NOT THIS PARTICULAR SPOT, BUT THE OLD MICO PRESERVE.
THAT'S ONE THIRD OF THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN A CITY, AND YET WE'VE SEEN NOTHING AS A RESULT OF IT.
SO. HOUSING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD IS THEY'RE GOING INTO ASTON PARK.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CROSS THE ROAD.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRAFFIC IMPACT.
SO BOTTOM LINE, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, WHERE'S THE COMMERCIAL THAT CAME WITH ANNEXATION? I HAVE YET TO SEE ANY.
ANYONE? ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK? OKAY, THERE'S MRS. STICE, AND THEN THERE'S SOMEONE NEXT TO MRS..
STEP FORWARD, MR. STICE. THE FORWARD AND.
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ROBERTS DIES 1796 WHEN MERCK DRIVE SOUTHEAST.SEEMS LIKE A GRAND PROJECT, REALLY, YOU KNOW, A GOOD PROJECT, BUT.
GENTLEMEN LAST NIGHT OR AT THE ZONING MEETING JUST THE OTHER DAY.
BUT REFERRED TO IT AS HE'S BUILDING A CITY NOW COMING FROM THE EAST COAST.
WE WERE KIND OF IN SIMILAR NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT TOOK FOREVER TO GET THAT TIME.
BUT HE'S A MARINE, JUST LIKE YOU'RE A MARINE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE A BULL IN A CHINA CLOSET.
I HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE.
BUT YOU'RE ABOUT TO MAKE A HUGE DECISION OF APPROVING THE CITY.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS GRASP THE ENORMITY OF THAT.
I HEARD THE OTHER NIGHT THAT EVERYTHING GOES WELL.
THEY'LL BURY GROUND ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW.
WHERE ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO BE IN 40 YEARS? AND I'M SORRY, IN A YEAR OF 2040, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WHAT DO PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE WITH IN THAT AREA? SO ANYBODY IN THAT AREA, 24, THAT'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION.
I'M JUST SAYING I HOPE IT WORKS.
I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
I'D LOVE TO SEE PALM BAY GROW EFFICIENTLY, PROFESSIONALLY AND REALISTICALLY.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE APPROVING SOMETHING AS LARGE AS THIS, I NEED TO REALLY THINK YOU REALLY NEED TO GIVE THIS A LOT OF DUE CONSIDERATION, DO A LOT OF HOMEWORK ON THIS.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN AREAS OF 40 ACRES, IF I READ THE MAP CORRECTLY.
HOW DO YOU PUT A FENCE AROUND 40 ACRES? I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE OF THAT.
IT LOOKS AND SMELLS AND TASTES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE SUPER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IS IT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO MAKE SUCH A ENORMOUS DECISION.
HE'S BUILDING ANOTHER CITY ON YOUR CITY.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR? AGAINST THIS ITEM? JUST TO KEEP.
THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE BACK FILL AND THEN YOU.
BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS PART OF THE ANNEXATION.
THIS ISN'T THE ACTUAL DOWNTOWN THAT HE'S HE'S HE'S BRINGING UP.
SO IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE SIR, WOULD YOU WANT TO REBUT AS YOU RECALL, OR DID YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR THE.
ACTUALLY, I'LL PROBABLY DO BOTH.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR, I'D LIKE TO REBUT WHAT WE JUST HEARD AND THEN I'LL REFRAIN TO THE REST.
SO, I MEAN, THIS DID COME UP THE OTHER DAY.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES.
I DO CHARGE THE HILL AND I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD TEAM BEHIND ME AND WE GET A LOT ACCOMPLISHED.
I WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I CAN.
AND I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 23 YEARS.
I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE MY WIFE GETS ME.
BUT WE'RE BUILDING THE 3000 PLUS.
WE'RE BUILDING 40 ACRES OF A COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD IT ALL AT ONE TIME.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S PHASED OUT.
IT DEPENDS ON ABSORPTION RATES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND AS FAR AS FENCING GOES, THERE'S ALREADY A FENCE AROUND 1400 ACRES.
I CAN PUT UP A FENCE AROUND 40 ACRES IN ABOUT FOUR DAYS.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO.
THE COMPOUND, I MEAN, WE WE I CONTINUE TO HEAR THOSE COMPARISONS.
LISTEN. THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BRING 70 MILLION PLUS DOLLARS IN IMPACT FEES.
AND THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF ALL OF THAT.
SO I'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE ON, SIR.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE SEED PORTION OF THAT THAT WE'LL PAY.
YOU GUYS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN ROADWAY.
YES, SIR. AND THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL AS WELL FOR CONSIDERATION.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? LET ME START. LET ME START ON YOUR LEFT.
COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO AND THEN COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
WE DO CHECK A LOT OF THE SAME BOXES HERE.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I'M HOLDING YOU TO THEM.
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YOU'RE GOING TO INCLUDE. AND IT IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT, WHICH YOU ALSO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC.YOU'RE ALSO INCLUDING THAT AS WELL.
I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO HOLD YOU TO ALL THAT STUFF.
I'LL BE HAPPY. YOU SURPRISED ME AS WELL AROUND HERE, MAN.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GIVING 30 ACRES TO A SCHOOL.
I'M HOLDING YOU TO 30 ACRES TO A SCHOOL.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. I SEE YOUR MASTER PLAN HERE, AND THOSE THINGS COULD SHIFT AROUND.
BUT IF YOU TELL ME YOU'RE PUTTING A SCHOOL THERE, I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THAT, SIR.
THAT'S WHAT I HOPE. I HOPE YOU RESPECT THAT.
GOT LOTS OF ROOM FOR THAT, SIR.
YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW.
I'M A VETERAN, TOO, AND I SEE TWO NAVY PEOPLE GOING UP AGAINST A MARINE THAT'S OUTNUMBERED HERE.
SO. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT BUT I SAY THAT JOKINGLY BECAUSE I LOVE VETERANS, WHETHER YOU'RE A MARINE OR A NAVY AIR FORCE OR ARMY OR COAST GUARD. BUT THE FACT THAT YOU SAID I'M A MARINE.
THAT TOUCHED ME BECAUSE YOU ALSO ARE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN AND BUT YOU PUT IT DOWN TO THAT THAT THAT DRIVE THAT THE MARINE CORPS HAS THAT THAT DISCIPLINE THAT THAT SO.
BUT I'VE BEEN IN THE MILITARY FOR A LONG TIME, SO I KIND OF TRUST.
THANK YOU, SIR. JUST THE FACT THAT YOU SAID THEM WORDS AND.
WELL, LIGHTING IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
THE WALKABILITY, THE PARKS, THE.
ALL OF THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
I HEAR THE RESIDENTS TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER COMPOUND.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER COMPOUND.
THE COMPOUND IS UNIQUE AND HAS BEEN EXISTING FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU SAID 70 MILLION AND IMPACT, ECONOMIC IMPACT.
THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT, SIR.
A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT. SO YOU GOT A LOT OF SKIN IN THE GAME, I'M ASSUMING.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THEM COMMENTS AND STREET LIGHTING.
SAFETY AND ESPECIALLY DRIVING AT NIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH LIGHTING IN THE CITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
ESPECIALLY DOWN THERE, WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE LIT UP PRETTY WELL.
MUCH TO ADD, EXCEPT I'M ENCOURAGED BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PRE DISCUSSION OUT OF THE WAY TONIGHT.
WHAT'S BEFORE US, THE 302 ACRES ANNEXATION THAT SAID SO THAT THAT MEANS ALL NEXT FUTURE MEETINGS WILL BE A LOT SHORTER BECAUSE WE GOT THEM ALL OUT OF THE WAY NOW. CERTAINLY THAT'S HOW I WANTED TO ADD.
COPY THAT. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.
SO. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? GENTLEMEN, YOU MADE THE MOTIONS.
BEFORE WE GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
YOUR MAYOR'S TAKEN A RECESS OF 5 MINUTES.
COUNSEL, I'M ROUNDING YOU BACK UP.
I'M ON THE TIME SCHEDULE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
MISS SMITH, ORDINANCE 2023, DASH ZERO FOUR, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, RAN IN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AVALANCHE EXEMPTION TO ROGUE VALLEY MICRO DEVICES INC TO BE LOCATED AT 2301 COMMERCE PARK DRIVE NORTHEAST.
SPECIFY THE ITEMS EXEMPTED PROVIDING FOR THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE EXEMPTION, FINDING THAT THE BUSINESS MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION ONE 96.19 95.
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SUBSECTION EIGHT FOR A STATUTE PROVIDED FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT BY ROGUE VALLEY MEDICAL DEVICES INCORPORATED, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.HEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
FOR. GOOD EVENING, NANCY KEENAN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
SO TONIGHT, WE'RE PRESENTING AN AD VALOREM TAX ABATEMENT FOR ROGUE VALLEY MICRO DEVICES.
THEY ALSO CAME BEFORE YOU FOR FIRST READING.
THEY ARE A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANY AND RELATED MANUFACTURING BASED OUT OF OREGON.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO RELOCATE TO 2301 COMMERCE PARK DRIVE.
THEY PLAN TO CREATE 30 JOBS IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS AND POTENTIALLY 75 JOBS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WITH AN AVERAGE WAGE OF 65000 TO 67.
THE FIRST THREE YEARS, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 59,900.
THEY ALSO PLAN TO INVEST $25,000 IN NEW CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO I WANTED TO JUST REITERATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR CATCHING THAT.
I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, BASED ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN PRESENTATION THAT YOU ALL HEARD FROM LOUISE, IRONICALLY, WE ACTUALLY NEVER HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH HIM ABOUT ROGUE VALLEY.
SO WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE RENAISSANCE CORRIDOR AND THE MICROCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES, HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY BEING PRESENTED AND THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO WORK WITH THE COMPANY IN ORDER TO BRING THEM HERE.
CURRENTLY AT SIX YEARS, IT'S 60%.
BUT BASED ON THEIR CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF THE 25 MILLION AND ALSO THE JOB CREATION OF 75 POSITIONS WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AT AN AVERAGE WAGE OF 65000 TO 67, THERE IS THE OPTION OF THE SEVEN YEAR 70% OR THE EIGHT YEARS 80%, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SCORE THEM. I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT JESSICA GOMES, THE OWNER, IS HERE AS WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE FOR HER TO SPEAK.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, LINDA, WEATHERMAN FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND SEVERAL NANCY PELOTON AND FROM THE CHAMBER I'M SORRY, FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND NANCY PELOTON FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ABSOLUTELY. WE LOVE TO WHICHEVER ORDER THEY WISH TO SPEAK.
SO ARE YOU ARE YOU PREPARED TO YIELD TO THEM? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.
OKAY. WE'LL START WITH THE CHAMBER THEN.
AND I JUST MET JESSICA TONIGHT.
I'M SADDENED THAT AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN IS BEING PLACED ON THE SHOULDERS OF PALM BAY CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK WE WERE ALL SURPRISED WHEN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DID NOT, I DON'T THINK, DO THEIR JOB REPRESENTING THEIR CONSTITUENTS BEST INTERESTS OR FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNCIL.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, THOUGH, OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE CITY HAS HAD IN THE PAST.
I GAVE YOU THE ONE VOTE COUNTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT LITTLE PAMPHLET AND THAT WAS A COMPETITION TO LAND EMBER.
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IT HAS CERTAINLY SURPASSED PROBABLY ALL EXPECTATIONS OF THE GROWTH THAT IT HAS BROUGHT IN, AND IT'S BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.AND WE NOW HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY HERE IN PALM BAY.
IT CAN BE A GAME CHANGER FOR US.
I KNOW AD VALOREM TAXES ARE ONE OF THE MAIN SOURCES OF INCOME FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THEY ARE BASED ON THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AND CHOOSING TO REDUCE OR EXEMPT ROAD.
VALLEY MICRO DEVICES FROM TAXES FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD WILL CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE JOB CREATION.
THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 25 MILLION IS A HUGE INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE COMPANY WILL BE IN THE HIGH TECH CORRIDOR THAT ALREADY IS HOME TO L3 HARRIS COMMIT, OF WHICH THE CITY INVESTED WITH A GRANT BECAUSE THEY KNEW THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. SO YOU'VE ALREADY SHOWN YOUR INTEREST IN THAT TECH CORRIDOR RENESAS, RAYTHEON, LAWSON MOTORSPORTS, THEY'RE ALREADY THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE AQUA APARTMENTS, WHICH ARE CLOSE BY.
PHASE TWO IS GOING TO OPEN SHORTLY.
THERE'S A NEW PROJECT FROM AVALON CAPITAL, WHICH IS NOW BEING BUILT BY THE CHAMBER.
THAT AREA IS JUST READY TO JUST EXPLODE.
I THINK WHEN YOU GET THESE TYPE OF INDUSTRIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN US, I MEAN, THE FACT THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO COME TO PALM BAY IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THEY SEE THE IMPACT THAT THAT AREA ALREADY HAS, IT'S IT'S A HIGH PAYING TECH INDUSTRY THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND MAKE SENSE FOR PALM BAY.
IT'S A PERFORMANCE BASED TAX ABATEMENT FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF YEARS.
COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND JOB CREATION ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE LONG TERM TAX BASE OF PALM BAY, AND I ONCE AGAIN RECOMMEND A YES VOTE FOR THIS INCREASED TAX ABATEMENT FOR ROGUE VALLEY MICRO DEVICES.
MS.. HOLLI TANNER, 2300 AVOCADO AVENUE, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.
I'M JUST HERE TO AGAIN SUPPORT NANCY AND THE EDC FOR THIS AD VALOREM TAX ABATEMENT.
AS THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE AD VALOREM TAX ABATEMENT CONSIDERATION AND RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ROGUE VALLEY MICRO DEVICES INC..
I LIKE THE ORDER. I LIKE THE ORDER.
GO AHEAD. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LINDA FOR YEARS.
I GET IT. MY NAME IS NEIL JOHNSON.
I ACTUALLY LIVE AT 21, 90, 24, 91 CROOKED ANTLER DRIVE IN MELBOURNE.
BUT I ALSO KNOW I'M IN SALES AND KNOW IS ALWAYS THE SECOND BEST ANSWER.
SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE STILL BELIEVE IN THIS PROJECT.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE AN INCREASE A BIT.
WOULD YOU LIKE MY ADDRESS OR OC 11530 DRAGON POINT DRIVE, MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA.
THERE'S A LOT OF BEEN SAID AND WE DO HAVE THE PRESIDENT HERE.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM HER IN A MINUTE.
BUT WE WE ADDRESSED AND MENTIONED THE DEFICIT AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE REQUESTING 70 YEARS FOR 70%.
AND THAT WILL HELP IN PART BY 50% ADDRESS THE DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE.
THIS EDC WILL COMMIT TO THE BALANCE OF THAT DEFICIT AND ADDRESS IT.
SO IT WILL BE WHOLE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS.
AND I USED TO SAY PARTNERSHIP MEAN YOU HAVE NO MONEY.
WELL, IN THIS CASE, WE BOTH DO.
AND I THINK IT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE, ADDRESSING THE DEFICIT AND THE EDC IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE WE SECURE THIS COMPANY THAT MANY PLACES IN THIS STATE AND THIS NATION WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING OUR PROPOSAL.
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YOUR FULL NAME AND.YES, THANK YOU. SORRY, JESSICA GOMEZ.
I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF ROGUE VALLEY MICRO DEVICES.
WE'RE BASED IN MEDFORD, OREGON, RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN RUNNING A CAPACITY.
WE SERVE A GLOBAL CUSTOMER BASE.
I STARTED IN THIS INDUSTRY AS A COLLEGE KID.
I WAS GOING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, STRUGGLING TO PAY BILLS AND DECIDED THAT I COULDN'T GO FULL TIME.
AND I SAID, I'LL DO WHAT? I'LL WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT, I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
I JUST NEED A FULL TIME JOB SO I CAN PAY FOR SCHOOL.
AND THAT WAS THE START OF A REALLY INCREDIBLE CAREER.
AND THOSE FIRST FEW WEEKS WERE REALLY IMPORTANT.
I ACTUALLY DIDN'T THINK I WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THAT JOB.
I TOOK A WHOLE BATCH OF WAFERS AND DUMPED IT OUT ON THE TABLE BY ACCIDENT.
BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINING ME WERE SO INCREDIBLY PATIENT AND AND REALLY DID THE WORK IN HELPING BRING ME ALONG INTO THAT CAREER.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES TODAY.
THAT'S MY HUSBAND AND I STARTED THIS COMPANY ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.
WE'RE HEAVY, HEAVILY FOCUSED ON ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.
HE'S STILL IN THERE WORKING ON EQUIPMENT AND FIXING THINGS.
AND I STILL GO INTO THE FAB AND SHOW OUR PEOPLE HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT THEM.
HERE'S WHAT A WAFER IS, HERE'S HOW YOU PICK IT UP, HERE'S HOW YOU PROCESS IT, AND IT TAKES THEM ABOUT A YEAR TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT IN THEIR OWN CAREER.
AND WE PUSH THEM TO REALLY DEVELOP THOSE SKILLS SO THAT THEY CAN BE WITH OUR COMPANY LONG TERM.
WE FIND THAT BARTENDERS ARE REALLY GREAT.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WE REALLY ARE EXCITED ABOUT PALM BAY.
AND SO AND WE REALLY, WE REALLY THINK THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FEEL VERY SUPPORTED.
AND SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND AND WE HOPE YOU VOTE AND VOTE I AND WE CAN COME AND JOIN YOU.
SO THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION NOW.
THESE ARE HOW MANY NEW JOBS WOULD YOU STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD? SO WE HAVE 30 THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING FOR LIKE THE NEXT THREE YEARS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS TO A YEAR OF ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. THERE'S A LOT OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT THAT HAS TO BE INSTALLED.
WE HAVE TO RECONFIGURE THE BUILDING.
THERE'S A TON OF INVESTMENT THERE THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
AND THEN ADD TO THAT, WE THINK ACTUALLY IN THAT BUILDING WILL PROBABLY TAP OUT AROUND 100 EMPLOYEES REALISTICALLY AND BUT IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS.
IT COULD BE MORE ONCE YOU BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE.
THAT'S THAT'S THE THING THAT WE NOW KNOW.
AND WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN WE BUILT OUR FIRST FACILITY.
WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WE'LL BE HERE IN THIS.
TINY LITTLE SPACE. AND AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET BIGGER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN KIND OF REALLY CONSTRAINED.
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OUR GROWTH HAS BEEN CONSTRAINED BY THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL SPACE.SO ONCE WE FIND A LOCATION AND MAKE THAT INVESTMENT, THAT WILL REALLY BE OUR FLAGSHIP.
IT'LL BE FOUR TIMES TO SIX TIMES THE SIZE OF WHAT WE ARE TODAY.
AND WE'LL REALLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GROW AND THRIVE WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
SO WE WOULD EXPECT THAT FACILITY TO BE HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME.
IN FACT, YOU CAN USE THE RENAISSANCE AS AN EXAMPLE.
I THINK THAT THAT FACILITY WAS BUILT IN THE SEVENTIES, LATE EIGHTIES, SO.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CHOOSING BAY.
COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR.
THANK. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN FOSTER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT.
AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU LIVE IT IN YOUR BUSINESS FOR YOUR FUTURE WORKERS.
HE WAS TO PROVE IT IN PALM BAY.
I HOPE YOU CONTINUE DOING THAT THE WAY YOU GOT STARTED.
FOR OUR KIDS IN EASTERN FLORIDA OR FLORIDA TECH COMES AND WORK IN YOUR BUSINESS.
YEAH. THANK YOU. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PIECE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW HOW VITAL THAT IS.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THERE.
DO YOU SEE YOUR YOU STILL IN OREGON, RIGHT? YEAH. DO YOU SEE I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO GET A VISION OF WHAT THIS PALM BAY LOCATION.
DO YOU SEE THAT BEING YOUR HEADQUARTERS OR AND ALSO WHAT OTHER OTHER BUSINESS WOULD YOU NEED TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU DO? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO IN ORDER TO HAVE A TO TO, I GUESS, INCREASE THE HEALTH OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE TWO FACILITIES THAT THEY CAN MANUFACTURE CHIPS IN.
AND SO THAT WILL BE THE STRATEGY IN THIS WAY AS COMPANIES AND CUSTOMERS GROW, THAT THEY WILL HAVE TWO OPTIONS IN THE CASE THAT WE HAVE A NATURAL DISASTER OR SOMETHING HAPPENS HERE, WE DIVERT WORK TO THE OTHER FACILITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A HEALTHY REVENUE STREAM TO KEEP ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES GOING.
AS FAR AS THE OTHER SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR.
IT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION IN OUR INDUSTRY.
WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE WE REQUIRE THINGS LIKE SPECIALTY GASES AND CHEMISTRIES.
WE WE NEED ELECTRICAL SUPPORT FROM EXTERNAL VENDORS.
WE NEED PEOPLE WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE FACILITY IS IS STRUCTURED.
WE NEED WELDERS, WE NEED PLUMBERS AND ALSO PARTS.
ALSO, HAVING ACCESS TO A COMPANIES THAT CAN WELD IN PVC OF PLASTIC MATERIALS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MAINTAINING THE PARTS OF PARTS OF THE MANUFACTURING FACILITY AND MAKING FIXTURES TO RUN, TO RUN THE SILICON WAFERS THAT WE HAVE.
SO HAVING AN AREA LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE HERE WHERE YOU'VE GOT SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY BEING DEVELOPED, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE SPACE X, YOU HAVE BLUE ORIGIN, YOU HAVE UMBRELLA, YOU HAVE ALL THESE REALLY AMAZING COMPANIES HERE THAT UTILIZE THE SAME TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE NEED ACCESS TO IS A HUGE BENEFIT AND SOMETHING THAT WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR.
SO YOU GET YOU APPLY FOR A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS TO OR WHAT IS YOUR COMPETITION OR HOW? YEAH, THANK YOU. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY VERY FEW COMPANIES IN THE WORLD THAT MANUFACTURE THE STYLE CHIPS THAT WE MAKE.
SO WE'RE COVERED UNDER THAT SEMICONDUCTOR UMBRELLA, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT BROAD UMBRELLA.
BUT THE STYLE CHIPS THAT WE MAKE REQUIRE A DIFFERENT MATERIAL SET.
WE USE GOLD, WE USE PLATINUM, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED MOBILE IONIC CONTAMINANTS.
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SO YOU CAN'T MANUFACTURE THE SAME THOSE CHIPS THAT USE GOLD AND SILVER IN A SEMICONDUCTOR FACILITY.SO IT REALLY LIKE TAKES OUT HALF 90% OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO CUSTOMERS THAT ARE THAT NEED SERVICES.
THERE'S A COMPANY IN SANTA BARBARA THAT OFFERS SERVICES.
THERE'S A COMPANY IN EDMONTON, CANADA, THAT OFFERS THE SAME TYPE OF MANUFACTURING THAT WE DO AND A FEW OTHERS THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND MAYBE ONE MORE IN THE US.
BUT IT'S IT'S THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF CAPACITY RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE THINGS LIKE THE CHIPS ACT COMING ON BOARD, WHETHER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS VERY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THAT SUPPLY CHAIN IS PROPERLY DEVELOPED BECAUSE IT'S NOW BECOMING NOT JUST FOR SEMICONDUCTOR, BUT FOR THE REST OF THESE TYPES OF CHIPS. THE ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY, IF WE CAN'T HAVE SOME LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN THAT IS ABLE TO PRODUCE THESE TYPES OF CHIPS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED FLORIDA TECH.
ROB SOLOMON IS HERE IN SUPPORT.
SORT OF YOU JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN HE'S PART OF FLORIDA TECH STAFF, SO.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO COME AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE? OK. RANDALL.
HIGHWAYS FILL OUT CARDS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SOMETIMES THEY TAKE THEM, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
RANDAL OLSZEWSKI 348 BROOKE STREET, NORTHEAST.
AND I ADMIRE YOU FOR IT, MA'AM.
THE AGENDA DOESN'T MENTION SEVEN YEARS.
THE AGENDA DOESN'T MENTION EIGHT YEARS.
IT MENTIONS 30 JOBS IN THREE YEARS AND SIX YEARS WORTH OF TAX ABATEMENT.
THIS IS THE FINAL READING NOW ON THE FLY.
WE'RE GOING TO POSSIBLY GIVE SEVEN YEARS OR EIGHT YEARS.
HOW IS THAT LEGAL? HOW'S THAT LEGAL? IT'S NOT ADVERTISED.
IF I PULL UP THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW, IT HAS NO MENTION.
HOW IS ANY OF THIS LEGAL? ALL THAT SAID, THIS AREA IS A FANTASTIC AREA TO COME MANUFACTURE THESE PRODUCTS.
THIS AREA IS A FANTASTIC AREA TO COME.
TO SUMMARIZE ALL THE REASONS WHY ANY HIGH TECH COMPANY WOULD LOVE TO MOVE TO OUR CITY.
THAT SAID, WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ABATEMENT AT HAND HERE, AND THE ABATEMENT AT HAND WAS DENIED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND IT WAS DENIED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION BASED ON THE PREMISE OF MATH, TAKING THE NUMBERS, RUNNING THE NUMBERS AND SAYING WE ARE GOING TO FOREGO THIS MUCH REVENUE FOR THIS MUCH RETURN. NOW AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE HERE.
IN A FINAL READING THAT COULD BE SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO THE MATH TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH MORE OF A BURDEN DOES OUR CITY NEED TO TAKE ON TO ACCOMMODATE THIS ABATEMENT THAT NOW TO MAKE UP BECAUSE THE COUNTY SAID, NO, NO, NO, NO.
LET US TAKE PAUSE AND LET US DO MATH AS WELL, LIKE THE COUNTY COMMISSION DID AND LOOK AT IT.
30 JOBS. IS IT NOT ENOUGH TO SPEND THESE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN POTENTIAL REVENUE? NOW, I WELCOME THIS COMPANY.
LET'S ALL CALL A SPADE A SPADE.
THEY CAN COME WHETHER OUR LITTLE CITY GIVES UP REVENUE OR NOT.
NOW THAT A COUNTY SAID NO, A CITY SHOULD EXTEND ITSELF FURTHER.
THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IS SUBSIDIZING THIS.
THE STATE GOVERNMENT IS INDIRECTLY SUBSIDIZING THIS.
THAT COUNTY HAS SAID NO FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I TOO, AS A CITIZEN OF PALM BAY, HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT THE BEST OF IDEAS.
PLEASE GET THAT CLARITY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK? MASTER CHIEF. GILBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET
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SOUTHWEST RANDALL HIT A KIND OF RIGHT ON THE HEAD WITH THE COUNTY DISAPPROVAL OF THIS.SINCE IS THIS IS FINAL FINAL READING.
RIGHT. THE BIGGEST THING, WHILE I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS ABATEMENT IS THE FACT THAT AD VALOREM TAX, IF THEY DON'T PAY IT, THAT PUTS THE BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE.
WE STILL HAVE THAT BOTTOM LINE THAT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH.
SO THAT PUTS THAT BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, I GAVE 22 YEARS TO FLORIDA TECH, ALSO AS A FIELD ENGINEER TECHNICIAN.
SO I'M MORE THAN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY GO THROUGH.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THEY'RE COMING HERE.
THAT THAT FALLS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT.
ARE THEY GOING TO SAY, BUT FOR OUR BUSINESS, WE WANT TAX ABATEMENT ON IT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS MANY EMPLOYEES SO THEY'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR TAX ABATEMENT? WHERE'S THE REVENUE? TAX REVENUE COMING IN? IF YOU GIVE EVERY BUSINESS THE TAX ABATEMENT, YOU GENERATE NONE FROM YOUR COMMERCIAL.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? MR. WEINBERG. PHIL WEINBERG 466 SCANLAN ROAD.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE OWNER OF THIS COMPANY SAID, WELL, SHE REALLY LIKES PALM BAY GUESS WHAT? YOU AREN'T A COMPETITION FOR THESE TYPE OF BUSINESSES IF YOU DON'T GIVE SOME KIND OF INCENTIVES, SHE'LL GO TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
YOU WON'T LIKE PALM BAY SO MUCH.
AND WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS WHERE THE MAN AND THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE EDC GO SO STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THIS? THERE'S A REASON THEY UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS KIND OF COMPANY.
SHE WOULDN'T WANT TO COME HERE IF L3 HARRIS WEREN'T HERE, FOR INSTANCE.
THEY DON'T GET THE TAX ABATEMENT.
THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN BENCHMARKS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THAT TAX ABATEMENT.
AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY MENTIONED THAT.
I DON'T QUOTE ME EXACTLY, BUT I THINK I SAW THE ECONOMIC ESTIMATE.
ECONOMIC IMPACT IS I THINK WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE $25 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT THEY'RE MAKING.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF BUSINESS WE WANT.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW THEM THAT YOU WANT IT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. WEINBERG. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR SOME TIME? ANYONE ELSE. YOU KNOW WHAT, MA'AM? I WON'T. I WON'T ALLOW THAT.
THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE WAY THAT A TAX ABATEMENT DOES WORK, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW THIS BUILDING IS VACANT AND A TAX ABATEMENT OF THIS KIND IS MEANT AS LIKE AN ENTICEMENT BENEFIT BEING IF WE COME HERE AND WE SPEND THE MONEY, THEN THEN WE GET ACCESS TO A TAX ABATEMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT THE MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE SPENT, LET'S SAY INTACT, CAN GO RIGHT BACK TO OUR EMPLOYEES TO HELP TRAIN PEOPLE, TO HELP BUILD OUR FACILITY AND PUT VALUE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.
WE ARE HEAVILY INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE IN.
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WE INTEND TO BE INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS.WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO CONTRIBUTE, TO GO OUT AND VOLUNTEER, TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE UNIVERSITIES, TO GET INVOLVED WITH OTHER LOCAL NONPROFITS.
THESE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE REINVESTED IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE INVESTORS AND YOU HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE HEAVILY INVESTED IN OUR SUCCESS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE AND THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF OUR FUTURE EMPLOYEES, OF OUR FUTURE CUSTOMERS.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.
BEFORE BEFORE WE MOVE ON COUNCIL, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SPOKE ABOUT THE LEGALITIES OF THIS AND OF CONSIDERING SOMETHING HIGHER THAN WHAT THE FINAL THAN WHAT WE INITIALLY APPROVED.
SO I WANTED TO SEE IF OUR CITY ATTORNEY CAN.
YES, SIR. YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE A CHANGE TO AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING.
AND ANY OF THESE PROPOSALS WILL CONSTITUTE A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE.
THIS WILL BE YOUR NEW FIRST READING.
YOU WILL THEN HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER ARENA, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THIS, YOU HAVE TWO HEARINGS.
IN THE TWO HEARINGS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MATCH.
SO ALTHOUGH HIS FINAL READING IS FINAL READING, IF YOU PASS EXACTLY WHAT YOU PASS THE FIRST TIME.
BUT IF YOU MAKE A CHANGE, THIS IS NOW YOUR FIRST READING AND YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER HEARING.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM ATTORNEY.
SO RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO I'M GOING TO IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M GOING TO PASS THE GAVEL TO MY DEPUTY MAYOR, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS BE CONSIDERED OUR FIRST HEARING.
AND I'D LIKE TO INCREASE OUR ABATEMENT BY FROM FROM 60% TO 70%.
SO THE FIRST FOUR YEARS, 70% ABATEMENT YEAR FIVE WOULD BE 60 YEARS, SIX WOULD BE 50, AND THEN YEAR SEVEN WOULD BE 40%.
SO I MOVE THAT THIS BE CONSIDERED AND I NEED A SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
LISTEN, THIS IS THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT IS GOING TO COME IN AND INVEST IN OUR CITY.
AND WHAT WE'VE PROMISED OUR CITIZENS ARE JOBS.
NOW, THE COMMENTS OF ANYONE COMING HERE REGARDING GETTING THE SAME TAX ABATEMENT, NO, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TO DENY THAT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE IT.
THIS IS WHAT I SEE AND THIS IS WHY, FRANKLY, I'VE BEEN HERE 35 YEARS NOW.
THAT'S RIGHT. MY ANNIVERSARY, JUST 35 YEARS IN PALM BAY.
I WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
I WANT TO SAY TO THIS COMPANY, WELCOME TO PALM BAY.
BUT EVEN MOREOVER TO SAY WE'RE WILLING TO INVEST IN OUR PEOPLE, THIS IS GOING TO CREATE JOBS.
AND YES, I SEE THAT IT'S 30 JOBS.
BUT JUST LIKE OUR THE OWNER SAID, MS..
GOMEZ, THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF INCREASING TO 100 EMPLOYEES.
THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL, AND I THINK WE'RE HITTING ON THE COST OF THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY INCREASING AND MAKING A STATEMENT TO THIS TECHNOLOGY, TO THIS SAME CORRIDOR THAT PALM BAY IS WILLING TO.
WANTS YOU TO COME TO PALM BAY.
WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT OUR CITY, GENTLEMEN, IS WE ARE ONLY 63 YEARS OLD NOW.
WE DON'T EVEN QUALIFY FOR MEDICARE.
THINK ABOUT THAT FOR ONE SECOND.
HOW YOUNG THIS CITY IS AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WE HAVE TO INCREASE IN THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY.
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SO THAT'S WHY I MADE I PASSED THE GAVEL.MAYOR, YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.
AND WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTING HIGH TECH JOBS.
LIKE THE TIMING COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY PERFECT.
BUT TO THAT SAME POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I HEARD MS..
WEATHERMEN SPEAK ABOUT ALSO OFFSETTING THE COST OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
I JUST SAY AND I SEE YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, BUT OFFSETTING THE COST, YOU KNOW, GOING TO 70%.
THAT IS STILL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDC TO COME ON.
AND CONTINUE THAT THAT PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE AT 70%, WE'RE JUST CLOSING THE GAP A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT WAS DENIED BY THE COUNTY.
SO TO YOUR POINT, THERE IS STILL THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SHE WILL BE ABLE TO FILL THAT GAP AS.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. WELL, SUZANNE, IF YOU COULD, I SHOT YOU AN EMAIL.
YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.
I AGREE WITH EVERY WORD THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU MADE YOUR MOTION.
AND PHIL WEINBERG COULDN'T SAY.
I COULDN'T SAY BETTER THAN WHAT HE SAID.
AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE EDC WEATHERMAN IS HERE.
AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO COME HERE AND WORK WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY BECAUSE YOU SEE HOW MUCH WORK THIS DIOCESE IS DOING, THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DOING TO TRY TO ATTRACT BUSINESS HERE AND NOT LIKE THE COUNTY.
OK. MATTER OF FACT, THE MAYOR INCREASED IT.
YOU KNOW. SO, MA'AM, I LOVE YOUR STORY.
I ASKED THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWERS THAT YOU GAVE WAS.
AND I AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
I THINK YOU HAVE A UNIQUE BUSINESS.
THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING IS A FEATURE OF TECHNOLOGY AND PALM BAY NEEDS TO LEAD THE WAY.
AND I HOPE YOU BECOME A PART OF THIS LEADING THE WAY.
AND PALM BAY, I JUST THINK THAT YOU HAVE 30 JOBS IS NOT A LOT OF JOBS, BUT IS A LOT.
WHEN SOMEBODY DON'T HAVE A JOB AND THE AMOUNT THAT YOU PAY IN.
THE AMOUNT OF YOU PROJECTED TO PAY IN SALARY.
THAT'S PEOPLE THAT THAT LIVING IN PALM BAY OR SPENDING MONEY IN PALM BAY OR BUYING HOUSES IN PALM BAY OR BUYING CARS IN PALM BAY OR SHOPPING IN GROCERY.
LET'S SEE. SHE'S SHAKING HER HEAD.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN UP HERE TWO YEARS.
I HAVE. YOU KNOW, ANY COMPANY THAT WANT TO INVEST 20.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR $25 MILLION.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I MEAN, COME ON.
OF AND LIKE BILL BATON SAYS, ARE WE GOING TO GIVE ABATEMENT OUT TO EVERYBODY? I DON'T THINK SO.
BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE A HIGH TECH COMMUNITY.
AND THE MAYOR ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET ELI MUSK TO COME HERE.
WHEN. FILIBERTO THANK YOU, DEBBIE.
MER. SO JUST TO BE SURE HERE, I'M NOT GOING TO GO WITH THIS.
I WAS. I WAS COOL WITH THE ORIGINAL ABATEMENT.
YOU KNOW, MRS. GOMEZ, I DO WELCOME YOUR COMPANY HERE.
YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE TO GRACIE ON THE FACE OF EARTH.
THAT IS PALM BAY AND WITHIN THE FREE STATE OF FLORIDA.
SO. BUT I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE.
AND I DIDN'T SUPPORT YOUR ORIGINAL ONE.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL ABATEMENT.
WELL, PASSING PASSING THE GAVEL.
I FELT MORE EMPOWERED TONIGHT, BUT.
BUT ALL JOKING ASIDE, I MEAN, I WELCOME THE THE, YOU KNOW, THE MOTION TO TO START OUT WITH
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YOU GENTLEMEN ALREADY MENTIONED QUITE A BIT THAT I WANTED TO SAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS.YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN A LOT MORE VALUE ADDED TO TO TO US GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, MS..
WE DON'T GET, YOU KNOW, CELEBRITIES, YOU KNOW, BUT BUT YOU AS WELL, SIR.
I THINK PALM BAY IS ON THE WINNING SIDE TONIGHT.
AND AND IT WAS SAID EARLIER, THAT'S WHY SINCE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT'S WHY DISCOUNTS HAVE BEEN ECHOING IN ONE VOICE THIS TYPE OF JOBS ENOUGH OF WE WELCOME THE GAS STATION.
WE WELCOME, YOU KNOW SOME OF THE RETAIL BUT THIS THIS IS THE TYPE OF JOB AND WE SEE WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES HERE, NOT JUST THAT ONE COMPANY. THIS, AGAIN, WOULD ATTRACT OTHERS.
AND JUST ON ON ANOTHER NOTE, JUST THAT VERY AREA, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. MY OFFICE IS IN THAT AREA.
I FREQUENTLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE.
WE HAVE ALL THE BUSINESSES STRUGGLING BUSINESSES, RETAIL STORES, RESTAURANTS, THE EVANS CENTER NON-FOR-PROFIT IS CURRENTLY HAVING A HARD TIME. OKAY.
ONE OF THE AREA OF THE MARKET IS THEIR HOT FOOD SECTION RIGHT NOW.
BASICALLY, I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY THE SOME OF THE EXECUTIVES THERE.
SO I CAN SEE A COMPANY LIKE THIS.
GO THERE. GET A HOT, HOT PLATE ON THEIR BREAK.
SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE JUST TO TELL YOU THE BENEFIT OF AN INSTITUTION LIKE THAT, HOW IT CAN THE RIPPLE EFFECT CAN CAN IMPACT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I SAID ALL THIS TO SAY, YES, I WILL SUPPORT THIS, SIR.
YOU KNOW, ALL IN ALL, WE HAVE A MOTION.
SO THIS SECOND HEARING WILL NOT OCCUR AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I'M ATTORNEY. AND I'M PASSING BACK THE GAVEL.
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING PALM BAY.
RAW. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
AN AUDIENCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 183 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGULATIONS SECTION ONE 83.01 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBSECTION D ADOPTION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP FIVE AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP PROVIDED FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT'S THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
EVENING AGAIN. JAMES DIX CO DIX DEVELOPMENTS.
I REALLY JUST WANTED TO CARRY ON FROM THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION.
I ONLY HAD ONE LITTLE SMALL THING AND THEN I'LL DEFER TO JAKE.
THIS IS A BIG INVESTMENT FOR ME.
SO, I MEAN, WHEN I LEAVE, THIS THING IS COMPLETED.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HEARD HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO DO IT SOONER, BUT I HAVE MY OWN BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN IN PLACE.
MY SON, EIGHTH GENERATION FLORIDIAN WHO JUST GRADUATED FROM UCF, KNOWS ALL ABOUT MARINES.
HE HASN'T BEEN TO THE MARINE CORPS, BUT HE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN.
SO HE'S PREPARED TO TAKE ON ANY ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, WE'RE HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL, JUST LIKE THE CITY, AS YOU SAID, MR. MAYOR'S, YOU KNOW, BEEN AROUND FOR 60 YEARS AND YOU'RE STILL GROWING AND BUILDING AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THING.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.JAKE. THIS ADDRESS IS 2651 WEST VALLEY BOULEVARD.
CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT.
JUST WANTED TO JUST REITERATE A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT.
THIS VOTE IS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE ENTIRE 1435 ACRES.
YOUR PREVIOUS VOTE WAS THE ANNEXATION OF THE THREE ACRES.
WE HAVE OVER 90 ACRES OF RECREATIONAL AREAS, GREEN SPACE, OPEN SPACE.
AND INSTITUTIONAL. DID YOU SAY? WELL, JUST GETTING THERE, THAT'S MY THIRD NOTE.
AND SO THAT ALL WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WE WILL HAVE SOME AMENITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF MECO ROAD FOR THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT WILL BE WHAT WE CALL POCKET PARKS INSIDE THEM AS WELL FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND JUST TO REITERATE ONE MORE TIME, THE NAME OF THE PROJECT IS ASHTON PARK AFTER A 12 YEAR OLD BOY THAT WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED CRYING ACROSS THE STREET.
I CAN'T REITERATE HOW CRITICAL LIGHTING SAFETY PEDESTRIAN INTERCONNECTIVITY IS NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THAT TRAGEDY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE KEY TO THAT.
SO THERE WILL WE HAVE CUTTING THROUGH HERE.
YOU GUYS SAW THE LAST MEETING, THE OVERALL MASTER PLAN, 120 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH THE HEART OF THE PROJECT, 120 FEET SO THAT WE CAN HAVE EXTRA WIDE SIDEWALKS, BOULEVARDS, THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT CAN HAVE CAFES, RESTAURANTS HAVE THAT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY.
WE'VE TALKED CLOSELY WITH STAFF ABOUT HAVING A DOWNTOWN FIRE STATION.
WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT A POLICE STATION, A FIRE STATION, MR. FILIBERTO, HOLDING OUR FEET TO THE FIRE ON THE 30 ACRES FOR SCHOOL.
I WON'T GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE STAFF REPORT.
IT DETAILS THROUGH MULTIPLE PAGES OF HOW THIS PROJECT COMPLIES WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ELEMENTAL GOALS OF THAT. SO YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
IT WILL BE MAINTAINED PRIVATELY.
IT WON'T BE UP TO THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THESE FACILITIES AT ALL.
THAT WILL BE A BENEFIT TO THE ENTIRE PUBLIC.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP LAST NIGHT.
WE WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD FOR THIS SAME ITEM YOU'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW.
IS THIS THE RIGHT TIMING? WE BROUGHT UP. VIEIRA YOU MENTIONED VIEIRA EARLIER TONIGHT, TOP EIGHT MASTERPLAN COMMUNITIES, THE ENTIRE US.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS NOT THE SAME SCALE AS VERA, BUT IT'S A SIMILAR IDEOLOGY TO CREATE THAT DOWNTOWN DISTRICT TO CREATE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL USES. WHEN THEY STARTED VERA, THEY HAD NO IDEA THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE APARTMENTS NEXT TO A MALL.
AND THIS PROJECT, THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT WITH THIS LAND USE GIVES US THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR THAT LONG TERM SUCCESS, JUST LIKE WE'RE SEEING IN VERA. SO IF YOU CAN'T FEEL THE PASSION FOR US ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE FEEL.
NOT ONLY FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT FOR THE WHOLE REGION.
AND THIS IS THE VERY SOUTHEASTERN END OF THE CITY TO THE SOUTH OF US AS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.
IT IS THE SAN SEBASTIAN PRESERVE.
IT WILL BE PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY.
SO OUR ENTIRE SOUTHERN PERIMETER IS GOING TO BACK UP TO THIS HUGE, BEAUTIFUL PRESERVATION LANDS NORTH OF OUR ENTIRE PROJECTS IS BREVARD, EELS, PROPERTY PRESERVATION LANDS.
SO WE'RE NOT ONLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO INTERNALLY, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THIS PROJECT AND WHAT A GREAT ASSET WE THINK IT WILL BE FOR FUTURE RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY AND WILL DRIVE THE SUCCESS OF OUR COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL USES HERE.
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SO SIR, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT REALLY THE WHEN YOU SAID THE ST JOHN, THE EXTENSION, YOU'RE SAYING THAT EXTENSION IS GOING TO BE PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WILL BUILD THE ROAD LEADING ONTO ST JOHN'S EXTENSION, CONNECTING TO EMERALD EMERALD LAKES? YEAH, THIS PROJECT CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL.
THE EXTENSION OF THE PARKWAY AND THE UTILITIES THAT WOULD GO DOWN THAT SAME CORRIDOR.
KAREN I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IN FACT, ONE OF OUR CONDITIONS THAT WILL BE COMING UP WILL BE THAT WE HAVE A DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ALL PART OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT.
SO THANK YOU FOR REITERATING THAT POINT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU'VE SEEN THE PROJECT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ALREADY.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, APPRECIATE A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS ALREADY IN OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION, SIR.
THANK YOU, SIR. I WANT TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK.
ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE STEP FORWARD, MASTER CHIEF.
GILBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
THEY DO ALL TIE TOGETHER AS PERTAINS TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
SINCE YOU'VE SINCE YOU DID APPROVE THE ANNEXATION, IT STILL GENERATES THE ONE SAFETY QUESTION THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF BOTHERING ME, AND THAT'S THE RESIDENTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MICO ROAD COMING OVER TO THE AMENITIES AND STUFF THAT ARE IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.
THEY HAVE TO CROSS THAT PRIMARY ROAD.
SO JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THIS LAND ABUTS UP TO MASSIVE PRESERVES.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU.
YOU CAN SAY THIS 100 TIMES IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I HAVE TO. THE BIGGEST CITY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
I HAVE TO LEAVE THE CITY LIMITS IN ORDER TO RIDE MY HORSE.
SO I'VE BEEN SAYING, WHERE'S THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN THE CITY WHERE WE CAN HAVE OUR HORSE TRAILS? THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY IF THIS GETS PASSED.
AND WHEN PUTTING IT IN THEIR PLANS NOW, BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CONSIDER HOW THEY CAN ACCESS BOTH OF THESE EELS AND THE PRESERVE, BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM ALREADY CURRENTLY HAVE HORSE TRAILS ON THEM.
I'M NOT SAYING THEY WANT ME TO PARK IN THE LAND DESIGNATED FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS TRAILS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY OK.
AND REMEMBER, THAT'S JUST NOT A TEN BY TEN BLOCK.
THESE HORSE TRAILERS ARE 40 FEET LONG AND SOME OF THEM CARRY 15 HORSES APIECE.
SO. IT NEEDS SOME SPACE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MAY 15, 2024, COUNCIL MEETING, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME AND THIS IS WHY I'M SO OUTSPOKEN AGAINST STUFF LIKE THIS, THAT'S THE COUNT.
TEN. YEAH. VERY APPRECIATE THAT.
SPOKEN ABOUT THIS, I WAS TOLD.
THAT. THE BUILDER WAS GOING TO COVER THE EXPENSE FLAT TO MY FACE.
GUESS WHAT? $9 MILLION LATER I WAS PAYING.
AND I WANT TO KEEP PUSHING IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STAYS.
THAT'S IT. THIS COULD TURN INTO A GORGEOUS PROJECT, AND I HOPE IT DOES.
GO AHEAD, SPEAKER. RANDALL CHESSIE AND BETH.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.
COUNCIL. RANDALL OLSZEWSKI, 348 BROOK STREET, NORTHEAST.
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I COME ON ON THIS ITEM IN PARTICULAR, AND I SKIPPED THE ANNEXATION ITEM BECAUSE I JUST REALLY LIKE TO DRAW SOME ATTENTION AND SHINE SOME LIGHT AND GAIN SOME UNDERSTANDING AT THE BLISTERING PACE THAT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS IN RELATION TO OTHER PROJECTS.SO, YOU KNOW, I SIT ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
WE SAW THIS EXACT BUSINESS ITEM.
I'VE COME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS CONTINUOUSLY FOR 25 MONTHS NOW.
I AM JUST NOW SEEING PROJECTS THAT I SAW MY BEGINNING ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION.
I KNOW THE PACE THAT THINGS WORK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I KNOW THE PACE OF HOW THINGS GO FROM PADDY INTO CITY COUNCIL, INTO FINAL READINGS AND SO ON.
SO I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT UP AT P AND Z LAST NIGHT.
BUT THE IDEA THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ITEM BEFORE THE LAND WAS ACTUALLY ANNEXED IN WE'RE JUST AN ADVISORY BOARD SO I CAN SEE HOW, HOW THAT CAN GET THROUGH IN A TECHNICAL SENSE. YOU GUYS ARE NOW LOOKING AT IT.
IT'S ALREADY ANNEXED IN OKAY, AGAIN, I CAN SEE HOW TECHNICALLY WE CAN GET THROUGH, BUT LIKE WE SHOULD FOR TRANSPARENCY IN ALL OF OUR PROCESSES AND ALL OF EVERYTHING AND I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING SHADY IS GOING ON HERE.
I'M NOT INSINUATING THAT AT ALL.
IF ANYTHING, I'M SAYING THAT THE ASSERTIVENESS OF HAVING A MARINE SEMPER FI, SIR, IS OBVIOUSLY A POSITIVE THING FOR A PROJECT, BUT I CAN'T COMPREHEND HOW THIS PROJECT IS ABLE TO FOLLOW THIS TIMELINE.
THESE FOLKS ARE GOING TO SPEAK AFTER ME.
THE ROAD THAT THEY LIVE ON IS NAMED AFTER THEM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY GENERATIONS THEY'VE LIVED OUT THERE.
HOW LONG HAVE THEY EVEN KNOWN THAT? CONCEPTUALLY, YOU'LL SAY 15 TO 18 YEARS.
THEY'VE KNOWN CONCEPTUALLY SOMETHING WAS COMING TO MICCO PARK.
BUT HOW LONG HAVE THEY KNOWN THAT A SERIOUS SEMPER FI, A SERIOUS DEVELOPER, WAS COMING AND GETTING THINGS DONE? HOW MUCH PUBLIC ADVERTISEMENT DID THEY HAVE? THERE'S NOT. THERE'S PROBABLY THEY'RE PROBABLY THE ONLY NEIGHBOR, RIGHT? THERE'S NOT THAT MANY NEIGHBORS THERE.
BUT JUST TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS FOR ABSOLUTELY EVERY CASE THAT WE SEE.
HOW DID THIS PROCESS MOVE SO BLISTERINGLY QUICK? HOW DID WE GO FROM ANNEX TO HALFWAY ANNEX? SO WE'LL THROW IT IN FRONT OF P AND Z TO EVERYTHING'S GOOD NOW TO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
I GOT TO KNOW I GOT TO GAIN SOME UNDERSTANDING, SO PLEASE HELP ME OUT.
ALL THAT SAID, PROJECT IS FANTASTIC.
I WISH IT NOTHING BUT SUCCESS.
I'LL BE PUTTING MY POSITIVE VIBES AND GOOD ENERGY.
I'LL CHECK IT OUT AS IT PROGRESSES.
I HAVE NOTHING BUT POSITIVE ENERGY, BUT WHERE MY NEIGHBORS HAVE APPREHENSION IN THE IDEA OF A RAPID EXPANSION AT A QUICK RATE, IS IT AS UNPRECEDENTED THAT SOMEONE DOES IT SUCCESSFULLY? SO I WISH FOR SUCCESS FOR THIS PROJECT SO THAT I CAN SET THE PRECEDENT OF, HEY, IF YOU PLAN A PROJECT AND YOU'RE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU GET AFTER IT AND YOU PUT THE ESSENTIAL LIFE NECESSITIES WITHIN YOUR PROJECT, THAT WILL CREATE THE MARKET APPETITE, THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DEVELOP IT IN A TIMELY FASHION.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS BETH SHREVE AND I LIVE AT 4300 SHREVE LANE, WHICH IS.
YOU GOT TO COME BACK AND SPEAK INTO THE MIC, MAN.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE BOARD MEMBERS AND STUFF HAVE HAD THE PLANNINGS AND THE PAPERWORK AND PAGES UPON PAGES OF PLANS FOR MONTHS.
I WROTE DOWN WHAT I WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE I GET NERVOUS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT TO SINGLE RULE FAMILY HOMES WITH HALF ACRE LOTS RIGHT NOW THERE THERE ACRE OR TWO AND A HALF ACRES, WHICH IS WHAT IT USED TO BE. WE DON'T NEED A DOWNTOWN IN SOUTHERN BREVARD.
PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED, WHO LIVED AND ARE MOVING HERE DID SO BECAUSE OF THE QUIET LIFESTYLE, THINKING IT WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, NOT MOVIE THEATERS, STORES, APARTMENTS AND SO MUCH TRAFFIC OR EVEN PARADES.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE AS I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF AN EAGLE IN MY PHONE FROM THE LAST TROPICAL STORM WE HAD SITTING ON OUR FENCE POST AND ON THE GROUND NEXT TO THE FENCE.
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PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.THERE ARE PROBABLY ONLY FOUR OF US THAT WERE NOTIFIED THAT LIVE WITHIN 500 FEET OF THIS AREA.
ALSO KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER WHAT A FEW PEOPLE WANT, AS OPPOSED TO MONEY COMING INTO THE CITY.
WHICH SIDE NOTE WASN'T PALM BAY? WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED HERE AND WE RAISED OUR DAUGHTER HERE, WHO'S 25, AND NEVER ONCE DID WE THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE A DOWNTOWN IN SOUTHERN BREVARD RIGHT IN BETWEEN TWO NATURAL PRESERVES AND TO KEEP IT SINGLE FAMILY USE AND NOT MULTI USE.
I GUESS IT'S WHERE THE INTERCHANGE COMES OFF.
AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK.
EARL SIMMONS 1527 RANGE OF ROAD SOUTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PROJECTION VISION AND I'M SAYING.
WHAT IS THE VISION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL CREATION OF PALM BAY? WHEN I LOOK NOW, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I'M COMING FROM A DIFFERENT CITY.
SO SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE COME FROM A DIFFERENT CITY, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND IF YOU ARE NATIVE, YOU'RE HOLDING ON TO THE NATIVE THINGS.
AND SOMETIMES THE NEW PEOPLE COME IN, THEY PUSH IT.
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE MELBOURNE MALL.
AND I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN IS PROPOSING.
MAGNIFICENT. IN CONTRAST TO MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE MALL, THIS EVENT IS GOING TO GROW.
NOW, WHERE IS PALM BAY GOING TO GROW TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR RESIDENTS? I LIKE TO SAY.
IN LINE WITH THIS PROPOSAL TAKING CONSIDERATION THE NATIVES.
IS TAKING CONSIDERATION THE NATIVES.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK? AMONG. BARBARA SHREVE, 4300 SHREVE LANE MICCO, FLORIDA.
I JUST WANT TO BE KNOWN THAT WE'RE NOT AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THE PROJECT IS A GREAT IDEA.
YOU SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MICRO JUST YET.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. NOT AGAINST THE PROJECT.
IT'S CLEARLY VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
THE PLACEMENT IS JUST NOT WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
IF IT WAS FURTHER NORTH, MORE CENTRALIZED IN THE CITY, MORE CLOSE TO THE EMERALD LAKES AREA OR THE ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY, SOMETHING THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.
IT WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER PLAN BECAUSE THERE'S EASIER WAYS TO PUT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE AS OPPOSED TO ON MICCO ROAD, WHERE THE COUNTY IS GOING TO HAVE TO EAT A LOT OF THE COST FOR THE ROAD AND THEN ALL OF THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE FUNNELED EITHER TO BURFORD BAY AND TO US, ONE TO THE EAST OR OUT TO THE WEST, TO BABCOCK, OR THROUGH THE NEW PARKWAY TO THE NORTH.
SO MAYBE I COULD MAYBE I COULD START WITH.
WITH CROSSING MICO ROAD RIGHT NOW.
I'VE SEEN IT'S ACTUALLY IN VIERA, RIGHT WHERE YOU COULD BUILD UP A ROAD AND THEN MAINTAIN THE THE LOWER LEVEL ROAD FOR EVEN ANIMALS TO CROSS OVER AND PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS OVER.
IN OTHER WORDS, LIFT A KIND OF LIKE A BRIDGE, IF YOU WILL.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE CONSIDERED? IT'S KIND OF LIKE A CROSSOVER.
SO YOU ALL SAW THIS MASTER PLAN LAST HEARING.
WE HAVE THE 300 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MICO ROAD.
AND SO WE HAVE A CORRIDOR THROUGH HERE.
THAT'S A VERY LARGE, WIDE CORRIDOR.
IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IT'S ABOUT 200 FEET WIDE.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CROSS MICO ROAD? WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DECIDE.
YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON.
THE COUNTY DID APPROVE THAT IN VIERA AS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING.
WE DID IT AS PART OF THE CROSSING SATELLITE CANAL, AND WE DID EMERALD LAKES, FOR EXAMPLE.
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SO IT'S SOMETHING WE WORK WITH THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WOULD BE THE COUNTY.ARE YOU CONSIDERING THAT KIND OF LIKE A LIKE.
YEAH. SO THAT DEFINITELY WOULD BE.
BUT THE INTERCONNECTIVITY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD, OF COURSE, THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT I'VE SAID EARLIER AND WHAT MR. DICKS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IS ABSOLUTELY THE MOST THE MOST CRITICAL ASPECTS OF THIS.
ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT ALREADY IS TRYING TO SLOW DOWN THE SPEED OF MECO ROAD.
IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, IT'S A TWO LANE ROAD.
THEY DRIVE A LOT FASTER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT OUT THERE.
AND SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC CROSSINGS WOULD HELP WITH THAT AS WELL.
I TOOK ALSO A COUPLE OF NOTES, RIGHT.
GREAT. WHAT ABOUT THE HORSE TRAILS? SO I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I REALLY ANYWAY, CARRY ON.
SO SO ONE OF MY OTHER PROJECTS, I THINK MR. BARTON GOT HIS FIRST EVER TICKET RIDING A HORSE, IF I REMEMBER THE STORY RIGHT.
OKAY. SO AS SOON AS HE BROUGHT IT UP, THE FIRST QUESTION ASKED OF ME WAS, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO RIDE HORSES IN THE EELS PRESERVATION LANDS AND THE SEBASTIAN PRESERVE? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
SO THAT WAS PART OF THIS CORRIDOR THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER WAS FOR THE INTERCONNECTIVITY.
AND IF IT IS ALLOWED, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT, GREAT ADDITIONAL ASPECT TO THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE DONE SOME PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
UNBELIEVABLY, IN MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTY, WE HAVE ALMOST NO WETLANDS.
WE DON'T HAVE SCRUB JAYS AND WE DON'T HAVE CARRIERS ON THIS PROJECT.
BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE'RE IN THE VERY INFANCY OF THE PROJECT AS FAR AS STARTING OUR APPROVAL PROCESS.
WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE MORE, MORE DETAILED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION AND THE RESIDENT THAT CAME UP AND SHE SHOWED WHERE SHE LIVED IT.
WILL THERE BE A BUFFER IN IN ESSENCE, TO PROTECT HER, HER NEIGHBORHOOD OR.
YEAH, YOU CONSIDER THAT WHAT? YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE LIVED UNTIL TONIGHT.
THEY SPOKE LAST NIGHT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY LIVED.
SO WE'LL ABSOLUTELY SPEAK WITH THEM AFTER THE HEARING AND SEE.
SEE ABOUT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.
AND JUST THE PUBLIC PROCESS, EVERY ADJACENT PROPERTY WITHIN A 500 FOOT RADIUS WAS NOTIFIED.
SO THEY DID ATTEND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
AND SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT.
THEN SHE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE ZONING, WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A LITTLE SOON TO TO REFLECT ON THAT, BUT HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WHAT SHE WANTED TO KIND OF LIKE KEEP IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD, LEADING TO HER NEIGHBORHOOD, KEEPING IT ZONED, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATELY WHERE SHE IS? YEAH. SO WE AS WE GO FURTHER TO THE EAST WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, WE GET LESS AND LESS INTENSE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT BUFFERING AND THINGS AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS OF OF THE APPLICANT, GENTLEMEN, OR.
I'VE GOT COUNCILMAN FOSTER AND THEN COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
GO AHEAD. COUNCILMAN FOSTER, THE DEVELOPER.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST PROJECT HE'S DONE, CORRECT? HE'S DONE MANY. PROJECTS AND BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR COMPLETING THEM.
AM I CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.
AND. ON THE PROJECTS THAT HE HAD PREVIOUS DEVELOP.
ANY ISSUES OR ANY PROBLEMS THAT YOU KNOW OF.
SO I WAS NOT THE ENGINEER FOR OTHER PROJECTS.
I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK. OKAY.
IF YOU COULD SPEAK ON THAT. I CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK INTO THAT.
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES OR PROBLEMS? ABSOLUTELY. I'LL WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING.
THERE'LL BE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS.
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I MEAN, THAT'S THE NATURE OF OUR BUSINESS.BUT WE SOLVE THEM, RIGHT? AND I CAN'T I MEAN, I'D HEARD THE SPEED OF WHICH THIS IS GOING AND SO FORTH.
I MEAN, I JUST FOLLOW THE PROCESS.
I HAVE A PROJECT DOWN THE ROAD IN ANOTHER CITY THAT'S BEEN TWO YEARS.
BUT MY FAMILY'S BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME.
I MEAN, WHEN I GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT RIGHT TO BUSINESS WITH THE THE WITH MY UNCLES.
PHILLIPS MARKET CENTER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS IN ORLANDO, WE DID THOSE PROJECTS.
I'VE LOST LOTS OF MONEY ON PROJECTS, MADE LOTS OF MONEY ON PROJECTS.
AND I THINK THAT EVERY PROJECT I DO, I GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT I'M BETTER TODAY ON THIS PROJECT THAN I WAS 15 YEARS AGO.
THUS, THE REASON I HAVE MY OWN BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANS.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, SIR.
IT DOES, AND I FIGURE YOU WAS ANSWERED IN THAT MANNER AND I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO LIGHT.
THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
MR. WEISS. THANK YOU. SO WE JUST GO THROUGH THE SAME LINE AGAIN.
YOU DO PLAN TO PUT PLUS OR -30 ACRES AWAY FOR A SCHOOL? YES, SIR. YOU DO PLAN TO PUT AWAY PLUS OR -91 ACRES FOR GREEN SPACE SLASH RECREATION.
SIR. YOU DO PLAN TO PUT AWAY PLUS OR -2.5 ACRES FOR FIRE AND POLICE.
WHATEVER SIZE OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED.
WORD FOR WORD FROM THE GENTLEMAN WHO JUST SPOKE.
WHATEVER SIZE THEY NEED, WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE A FIRE STATION DOWNTOWN.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY COOL ASSET.
I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN IN NEW ENGLAND AND MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO WALK US TO THE LIBRARY AND HE USED TO WALK US THE FIRE STATION AND THEY WOULD LET US SLIDE DOWN THE FIRE POLE AND THEY WOULD LET US CLIMB IN THE FIRE TRUCK.
AND I'M GETTING GOOSEBUMPS JUST TALKING ABOUT I WANT TO RECREATE THAT.
AND WE'VE MENTIONED PARADES EARLIER.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE WANT TO CREATE.
AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE HOOKING UP THE CITY WATER AND SEWER.
YES. WE CAN'T DO THE PROJECT WITHOUT THE EXTENSION OF THE UTILITIES.
ALL RIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE SCHOOL THING.
I MEAN, I BELIEVE, AS MR. DICKS HAD MENTIONED, HE CAN PUT A K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL IN THERE, WHETHER IT'S CHARTER OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
YOU GUYS JUST DIDN'T PULL THAT OUT OF THIN AIR.
YOU ALL LOOKED AT THE SCHOOL IMPACT ANALYSIS AND YOU SAW THAT BAYSIDE HAD ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR YOUR DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN YOU SAW THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DID NOT HAVE CAPACITY FOR YOUR DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU BOTH. WE ACTUALLY TOOK IT ONE STEP FURTHER.
THEY WERE ON TEAMS AS PART OF THAT PROJECT.
AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BROUGHT UP THE K TO EIGHT.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS SITE TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO DO THAT.
AND THE 30 ACRES IS MORE THAN THEY NEED.
SO THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THIS FROM GO.
I MEAN, THEY'RE PRESSING LIKE THEY WANT TO CLOSE.
THEY WANT TO CLOSE IN JANUARY, THEN THEY WANTED TO CLOSE IN JUNE.
NOW THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE IN NOVEMBER AT NO FAULT OF MINE.
BUT THAT'S SOME OF THE SLOWNESS AND SOME OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE DEAL WITH.
SO, I MEAN, THE K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL, IF THE COUNTY CAN DO IT, THEY WANT TO DO IT.
AND WE WERE EXCITED THAT THEY BROUGHT THAT UP TO US.
THE PROCESS AND HOW QUICK IT WAS ADDRESSED.
YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS SO QUICKLY COMING FOR US FROM P AND Z LAST NIGHT TO TO TODAY? SURE. I CAN HAVE OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR ALEX BERNARD COME UP AND TALK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HOW THIS ONE WENT THROUGH IT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. WELCOME, ALEX.
DR. ALEX BERNARD, GIRTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.
SO LAST NIGHT IT DID GO BEFORE P AND Z, AND TONIGHT IT IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE USUALLY. IT IS NOT UNHEARD OF.
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AND THIS IS A VERY WORTHY, WORTHWHILE PROJECT.THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF, GENTLEMEN? THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVE. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
BEN JOHNSON. EVERYBODY'S HIT IT ON THE HEAD, MAN.
DEPUTY MAYOR, I THINK EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID WHERE WE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM QUITE A BIT.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MS.. SMITH. ORDINANCE 2020 3-06, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 169 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE MODIFYING PROVISIONS RELATED TO CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLANS.
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU, SIR. I'M ALSO GOING TO DEFER TO OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, ALEX BERNARD.
GOOD EVENING. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A TEXTUAL AMENDMENT FOR THE CITIZENS PARTICIPATION PLAN.
THIS IS THE WAY WE GET THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE PRIOR TO MAKING APPLICATION TO OUR OFFICE.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS PROPOSED TEXTUAL LANGUAGE FOR THAT.
ONE THING I DID WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT IN THE PROPOSED TEXTUAL LANGUAGE SECTION TO ACT LIKE COMPLICITY LETTER, OUR NUMBER ONE, IT SAYS WE REVISE THE LANGUAGE TO SAY EVERY APPLICATION UNLESS SPECIFICALLY EXEMPT FROM THIS SUBCHAPTER.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY QUESTIONS THE STAFF MAY JUST WANT.
STAKEHOLDERS WERE INFORMED OF THIS.
STAKEHOLDERS BEING DEVELOPERS, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, MR. WISE. EVERYTHING LIKE THAT? YES.
SO OBJECTIONS WE HAVE, WE'VE WORKED WITH MR. WISE AND OTHERS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? THANK YOU, MA'AM. SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, ASKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2023, DASH OH SIX.
SECOND TO STAFFS REVISIONS FIRST READING.
IF THE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL WORKING ON THIS.
WE WORKED ON IT PRIOR AND NOW WE'RE JUST MAKING ADDITIONAL REVISIONS.
SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK FOR ALL THE STAFF.
SO I'D LIKE TO SAY I LOVE THE ENGAGEMENT PART AND THAT IT'LL BE CONDUCTED IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
ANYWAY, SO I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SINGING BY COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I AND HE OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
HERE. MR. BILL BATTEN.HOLD ON. I'M SORRY, BUT WHAT ITEMS ARE WE PULLING? ONE, WE'RE PULLING ONE IN.
NUMBER TWO, WE'RE PULLING ITEMS ONE AND TWO ON CONSENT.
COUNSEL ANY ANY ONE WISH TO PULL ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS? MAYOR NUMBER SEVEN, IF YOU WANT TO PULL NUMBER SEVEN.
AS YOU WERE HOLDING A ROUTINE MAYOR ALONG.
YOU'RE PULLING ITEMS. ONE, TWO. NO, NO, I'M SORRY.
WE ARE PULLING ITEM NUMBER 13 AND COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO PULLED ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 13 AND SEVEN SECOND MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
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ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? THE ANON I'M CALLING IN. QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.WE'RE GOING ON TO NUMBER SEVEN.
[7. Consideration to add a funding appropriations request for improvements to the memorial at Sacrifice Park to the City's 2023-2024 state legislative priorities.]
COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR, I KNOW THIS SACRIFICE PARK PROJECT IS VERY.
YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, AND IT IS SPECIAL, AND IT'S GOING TO GET DONE, SIR.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT WAY WITH IT RIGHT NOW OF RAISING FUNDS.
MAYORS BALL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S NOTICED, BUT OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTED YOU 100%, SIR.
BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW AT LEAST TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR THIS SACRIFICE PARK.
I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD WITH YOU ON ON FUNDRAISING, ETC..
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I PULLED THIS ITEM, SIR.
AND RESPECTFULLY, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS.
MADAM SHERMAN. SIR, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THIS? NOT UNLESS COUNSEL HAS SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR NEEDS INFORMATION.
SO LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU.
NOTHING. NOTHING IS GUARANTEED.
WHAT IT IS, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM ANY OTHER OF OUR OTHER ITEMS. AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO KNOW NO STONE UNTURNED WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A MEMORIAL.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE IN DOWN THE SAME PATH OF FUND RAISING, OF COURSE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ESTIMATED $240,000 OF WHICH WE HAD TO PAY WITH THE FIRST MAYOR'S BALL WE RAISED. THOSE FUNDS WERE USED FOR THE RENDITION AND THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING.
AND THAT WAS FUNDING THAT I HAD TO PAY TO GIVE THE VISION OF HOW THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO I WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IF, IF REPRESENTATIVE FEIN CAN CAN SOMEHOW GET THAT APPROPRIATION, I WOULD WELCOME THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND THERE'S STILL A GAP OF OVER CLOSE TO $100,000.
BUT IN THAT SENSE, SINCE YOU MENTIONED SACRIFICE PARK, I'VE ALSO MET WITH INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WOULD TRY TO DO IN-KIND SERVICES AND BRING THE COST DOWN AS AN EXAMPLE OF A PERSON THAT HAS A MARBLE BUSINESS THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE IN-KIND SERVICES.
SO YEAH, I'M EXHAUSTING EVERY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND THIS IS PART OF THAT EQUATION, GENTLEMEN.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT.
I LIKE THE IDEA THAT RANDY FINE IS GETTING INVOLVED.
TRYING TO HELP OUT THE CITY OF PALM BAY WITH THIS.
WHAT ARE THE MOUNTAIN IS HE'S TRYING TO ACHIEVE FROM THE STATE? 150,050 THOUSAND AND.
GET IT DONE. GET THE WORK DONE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ESTIMATING IT A $240,000.
AND THIS THIS PARK IS GOING TO BE FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED AND SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES.
AND NOT JUST IS IT JUST PALM BAY OR COUNTY WIDE.
AND IN THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN AWARE, BUT IN MY ACTIVITIES I'VE MET WITH THE FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION IN BREVARD COUNTY.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PULLING ALL MONIES FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S OUR MY RESPONSIBILITY AND THE TEAM'S RESPONSIBILITY TO EXPLORE EVERY EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL THIS MISSION THAT WE ALL WENT ON.
WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY.
AND I LIKE THAT. SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HERE ALONGSIDE COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
I WOULD SAY I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD FAITH OFFER.
DOESN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY ANY OF ALL PRIORITIES.
SO TO ME IT'S, YEAH, IF WE CAN GET EXTRA STATE APPROPRIATION, WHY NOT?
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IT'S IT'S LESS EFFORT IN A SENSE.YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TURNING ANY CONTRIBUTION AWAY.
BUT IF THAT CAN CARRY US, MAKE IT MAKE THE PROJECT BECOME REALITY A LOT SOONER.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.
ESPECIALLY FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE THERE TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND.
AND I THINK IT'S PUT A UNIQUE THAT'S A UNIQUE PLACE.
YOU KNOW, JUST A HUNDRED YARDS FROM HERE.
AND IT JUST GOING TO SHOW HOW SERIOUS.
THIS COUNCIL IS AN HONORING A MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED THIS COUNTY, ESPECIALLY THE CITY.
I THINK WE NEED TO SUPPORT THIS AND SUPPORT OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM.
YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO ROUND IT OFF BY SAYING I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND LIKE.
COUNCILMAN FELIX OR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX JUST MENTIONED.
THIS DOESN'T COMPROMISE OUR OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE SUBMITTED ALREADY TO OUR STATE LOBBYISTS.
RIGHT. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE AN ADDED PLUS.
AND I DO TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY TO TO HONOR.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THE TWO OFFICERS THAT WE LOST IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED IS REALLY THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CITY.
THAT'S ONLY 60, 63 YEARS OLD NOW.
AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE VISION.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
GENTLEMAN, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I BELIEVE YOU WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING.
YES, MAYOR, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM, BUT I'M ALSO WITH COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO ON THIS.
THE ONLY THING I'M I'M WEARY OF AND I'M OPEN DOESN'T HAPPEN IS THOSE FALL TO THE WAYSIDE AND THEY DON'T HAPPEN BUT SAY HEY WELL WE GOT YOU 150,000 FOR SACRIFICE PART ON.
BUT IF WE CAN GET ALL OF IT, WE CAN GET ALL OF IT.
BUT THAT'S JUST MY ONLY HESITANCY WITH THIS.
BUT I DO SUPPORT THIS AND I'M WITH YOU THERE TOO.
I WOULDN'T COMPROMISE THAT AT ALL.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO COMPROMISE THAT AT ALL.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT COMPLEXITY OF IT.
AND I GOT TO COME IN, REPRESENTATIVE FINE, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, BECAUSE FOR HIM TO SAY, HEY, I WANT TO DO THIS, I'M WILLING TO DO THIS, HE ALSO WAS THE ONE THAT IS WILLING TO DO OUR SEPTIC TO SEWER GRANTS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER SINGING BY MAYOR MEDINA.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ALL OPPOSE, SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY.
[13. Consideration of the final draft of the City's Economic Development Strategic Plan.]
BUTTON. BILL BATON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.CONSIDERATION OF FINAL DRAFT CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLAN.
I FIND THIS STRANGE THAT IT IS NOW.
930 AND WE TALKED UNTIL 7:00 ON.
THIS PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE WE HAD THE PRESENTATION, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TEN MINUTE PRESENTATION.
THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS BEING HELD FROM A PRESENTATION TURNED INTO CONSENT.
AND OF COURSE, I HADN'T SUBMITTED ANY PAPERWORK TO ADDRESS IT AT THAT TIME.
SO NOW THAT THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE PROCESS IS ALMOST OVER, I GET ADDRESSED MY MY CONCERN WITH IT.
SO TO MY REASON WHY I SUBMITTED MY PAPERWORK WAS THE FACT.
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THAT. SOME OF THE AREAS IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPROMISED TO BEND HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF COMPROMISE ALREADY EVEN BEFORE WE'VE APPROVED THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BECAUSE YOU CHANGE THE LAND MASS OF THOSE AREAS AND SOME OF THEM WERE PRIMARY INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT TURNED INTO RESIDENTIAL AREAS BECAUSE A DEVELOPER SAID, I WANT TO DO THIS HERE.SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF STRANGE.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN APPROVED IT YET.
AND IT'S ALREADY IN SOME SOME PROPONENTS OUTDATED.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN, YOU CAN'T GET THERE.
SO SOME PLAN IS BETTER THAN NO PLAN, I GUESS.
BUT WHEN WE TALK FOR ALMOST AN HOUR ON SOMETHING THAT WAS STILL ON THE AGENDA.
WE DIDN'T FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE ON HOW WE GOT THERE.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE OF AIR? MADAM CHAIRMAN, ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. I NEED A MOTION.
MOTION TO CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
WANT TO SHARE? HEY, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD, EXCEPT THAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IN A PRESENTATION EARLIER, I THINK THIS ADDRESS SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH IN COMPARISON TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH WHICH TWO DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
I THINK MR. BATTEN MAY HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SOME OF THE DISCUSSION AS FAR AS ALL LAND CHANGES AND STUFF.
YEAH, I SECONDED THE MOTION, BUT I WANTED TO JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES.
RIGHT. INTEGRATE PALM BAY RESIDENTS INTO THE CITY'S CIVIC LIFE.
INCREASE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT BY ELIMINATING WORKFORCE BARRIERS.
DEVELOP SPACES THAT FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
USE THE CITY'S NATURAL ASSETS TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
DIVERSIFY THE CITY'S ECONOMIC BASE.
STRENGTHENED THE CITY'S COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX AND SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE ARE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE.
[NEW BUSINESS]
MADAM SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.I'LL BRING UP OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, ALEX BERNARD, TO COVER THIS ITEM AS WELL.
IT'S BERNARD. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET YOU A SEAT RIGHT UP FRONT AND CENTER.
ALEX BERNARD GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR THIS ITEM IS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF A PROPORTIONATE FAIR SHARE AGREEMENT WITH DEVELOPER PARTNERS LLC FOR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT KNOWN AS PALM BREEZE APARTMENTS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM TO GET TO THIS SPOT, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE HERE TONIGHT WHO CAN PROBABLY ANSWER A LOT OF THE DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY.
AND. YEAH, AND YES, MR. BATTEN. ABOUT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST 670,000. THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE.
THAT'S UNDER THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ON IT.
SO WHAT I DIDN'T SEE WAS ON A.
THE ROAD ITSELF, MAKING A LEFT TURN LANE, COMING INTO THE ROCK, COMING INTO THE PROPERTY.
IF THERE WAS A LEFT TURN LANE FOR THE TRAFFIC HEADING NORTH.
RIGHT, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD PREVENT THAT WILL PREVENT TRAFFIC BACK UP ON ONE OF THE MOST BUSIEST ROADS WE HAVE IN PALM BAY. SO ALL TRAFFIC HAS TO STOP FROM THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC.
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UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I MEAN, NOT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.SORRY ABOUT THAT. UNDER THE STRATEGIC FAIR SHARE PORTION, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBLE WAY THAT WE GET A LEFT TURN LANE SO AS NOT TO BLOCK THE TRAFFIC THAT'S ON SANFILIPPO DRIVE.
THERE'S ENOUGH LAND THERE LOOK TO TO WORK IT.
IN FACT, IT'S ALREADY IN THE PARTICIPATION TO EXPAND THAT, TO EXPAND THAT.
BUT I'M HOPING THAT SOMEHOW BECAUSE BILL BOUGHTON SO CHEAP WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY'S MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT THAT EXPENSE BECAUSE IT'S THERE DEVELOPMENT ON THE DEVELOPER SOMEHOW MAKE IT FIVE LANES RIGHT? OH YEAH. ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
NO, I'M ONLY ASKING FOR THE FAIR SHARE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
BUT IT DIDN'T SAY THAT IN THIS AGREEMENT.
SO I HOPE THAT IT'S NOW WE'RE MAKING A SIGNATURE ON IT.
IS IT TOO LATE FOR A PRESENTATION LIKE THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I HOPE THEY'LL JUST JUMP UP AND SAY WE WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'LL MAKE IT EASIER ON THEIR RESIDENTS.
HOLDING. MR. BATTEN, MASTER CHIEF HAS A REALLY EXCELLENT POINT, AND I SHARED THAT WITH MADAM SHERMAN IS MAYBE MAKING THAT A FIVE LANE IN THAT AREA TO TURN IN.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE MAKING IT AS YOU TURN RIGHT.
I KNOW THAT. THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT.
UNLESS WE CREATE A FIFTH LANE OR WE CREATE A TURN LANE THERE.
I'M GOING TO HAVE FRANK SPEAK TO THAT.
AND HOW MANY UNITS ARE THERE? 200. YEAH, IT'S 200 AND JUST OVER 200.
AND I SHARED WITH MADAM SHERMAN, WE'LL HAVE FRANK COME UP OUR CITY ENGINEER, FRANK WATANABE.
WELL, IT'S WEST OF SANFILIPPO.
THE REFERENCE THAT ALEX IS MAKING IS TO THE INTERSECTION OF JUPITER AND SANFILIPPO.
YOU'RE ON JUPITER FACING EAST.
THESE ARE EASTBOUND LEFT TURN LANES TO GET ON TO SAN FILIPPO.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY IT'S, IT'S EASTBOUND.
BUT THE TRAFFIC'S NOT GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX ONTO JUPITER.
IT'S GOING TO COME. NO, THAT'S PHILIPPE.
WE'RE MENTIONING THE GRAMMATICAL ERROR.
ONE OF THE, UH. IT'S A CORRECTION.
A SCRIVENER'S ERROR. THANK YOU.
OKAY. ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENT I'M TRACKING, SIR.
NOT TO CAUSE CONFUSION. SORRY.
AS YOU WERE. I'M STILL HOOKED ON THAT.
MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM SAN FILIPPO ONTO THE YECHURY ANSWER AGAIN.
FRANK WATANABE, THE CITY ENGINEER.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN THAT AREA.
THERE'S ALSO DEFICIENCY FROM WHEN HITS MALABAR ROAD, MALABAR TO 95 THAT'S DEFICIENT.
AND THEIR STUDY SHOWS THAT THEIR PROJECT DOESN'T TRIGGER SUFFICIENT TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE FOUR LANING OR THE FIVE LANES BECAUSE SOME OF THAT IS ALREADY IS EXISTING RIGHT NOW.
SO SO PORTIONS OF SANFILIPPO, EVEN PORTIONS OF JUPITER IS DEFICIENT TODAY OF CURRENT TRAFFIC.
SO WE CAN'T BE THEN REPLACING DEVELOPERS THAT WE HAVE EXISTING DEFICIENCIES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.
SO THERE IT IS PAYING FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT WAS PART OF THE PROJECT'S IMPACTS.
THAT'S WHY THEY SIGNAL THE MALABAR ROAD, SOME SIGNAL TIMING, THE REASON WHY THE LEFT TURN AT JUPITER AND WE QUESTION WHY IS IS THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION, WHICH IS DOUBLE LEFT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THAT INTERSECTION HAS WHAT THEY CALL A SPLIT PHASE.
SO WHEN YOU COME IN ON JUPITER, IF YOU'RE COMING OFF OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF COMMUNITY PARK, EITHER SIDE CAN'T GO AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THE LEFT TURNS DON'T THEY DON'T, THEY CAN'T WORK CONCURRENTLY.
SO ONE SIDE GOES, THEN YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT AND THE OTHER SIDE HAS TO GO.
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SO THAT EATS UP ALL THE SIGNAL TIMES.SO THAT DROPS THE CAPACITY, THE INTERSECTION THAT MAKES IT MORE DEFICIENT BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT.
ADDING JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE THROUGH TRAFFIC, WE CALCULATED THAT THE HAS IMPACTED THE INTERSECTION SO TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS IS TO MAKE IT RUN CONCURRENTLY THE LEFT ON EAST AND WESTBOUND AND AT THE SAME TIME WHY DIDN'T THE EASTBOUND TO HAVE IT A DOUBLE F BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CAPACITY ONCE YOU GET ON SAN FELIPE BECAUSE THERE'S TWO LANES THERE TO CONTINUE FORWARD.
AND I GET THAT, FRANK, BUT HELP ME OUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HERE I AM.
I GET THAT AND I KNOW THOSE IMPROVEMENTS STAND TODAY.
IT'S GOING TO ADD IT ON TO SANFILIPPO.
CORRECT. SO MY MY ISSUE IS THAT EVEN BEFORE THIS PROJECT COMMENCES, WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT LEFT HAND TURN COMING FROM THE SOUTH.
THE LONG TERM, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT.
WE NEED TO WIDEN THAT CORRIDOR, FOUR LANES AND WE WIDENED IT.
THE FOUR LANES IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT CENTER LANE FOR LEFT TURNS.
YEAH. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS PART OF THIS OVERALL PROJECT.
THIS IS JUST ONE COMPONENT OF THAT CORRIDOR.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAJOR CORRIDORS THAT GOES UP TO MALABAR THAT TURNS THEY ALL GO DOWN 95.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE TWO CORRIDORS AND MALABAR ROAD.
I'LL THAT HAS AN OVERALL SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT INCREMENTALLY.
WE NEED TO DO ONE FOR THIS AREA AS WELL.
IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE THAT TRAFFIC.
THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING YOUR EYES ON THAT ONE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
CANON HUSSEIN KIMLEY-HORN ASSOCIATES.
7341. OFFICE PARK PLACE, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.
I'M A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FOR THE PROJECT.
JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
WE DID A SIGNIFICANT ANALYSIS FOR THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE AFFECTED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE LEFT TURN LANE OR SORRY, THE NORTHBOUND LEFT.
THE SIGNIFICANCE ANALYSIS AND THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE REVEALED THAT 11% OF TRAFFIC WOULD BE MAKING A LEFT TURN AS IT RELATES TO THE PROJECT LOCATION AND THE CONNECTION TO, I BELIEVE, BY 95.
MOST OF THE TRIPS WOULD BE COMING, TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND, NOT NORTHBOUND.
THANK YOU. I STILL BELIEVE WE NEED A LEFT TURN LANE, WHETHER IT'S 11% OR 50%.
THANK YOU, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS? FOR FOUR. DO WE HAVE.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.
THIS WILL EVENTUALLY I GET THE STUDY SHOWS THAT, BUT.
BUT EMERALD LAKES AND ALL THESE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
SO THAT'S GOING TO CREATE SOME SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I HAVE TWO KEY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, WHICH SOMETHING I WILL ASK OF EVERY MAJOR DEVELOPMENT.
NUMBER ONE IS, IS HOW MANY UNITS OR WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR PROJECT WILL BE WORKFORCE HOUSING? NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, YOU HAVE A REPORT OF A POSITIVE IMPACT, ECONOMIC IMPACT THIS WOULD BRING TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THESE TWO QUESTIONS.
SO, DEPUTY MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE'RE HERE IN A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CAPACITY ROLE ONLY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WAS JUST THE PROPORTIONATE FAIR SHARE AGREEMENT THAT'S COMING IN FRONT OF YOUR COUNCIL TONIGHT, NOT THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION OR THE ENGINEERING PLAN APPLICATION. WE'RE NOT THE CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT THAT'S DOING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE, JUST THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PORTION OF IT.
I DON'T HAVE THOSE. THAT'S QUITE THAT'S FINE.
MAYBE YOU CAN PASS IT, PASS ON THE QUESTIONS OR THAT WAY THEY CAN COME PREPARED.
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OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. I APPRECIATE IT.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, I GUESS I'LL JUMP IN REAL QUICK.
WELL, WHILE WE HEAR FROM OUR ENGINEER AND YOU HEAR FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN FELIX, I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY CONCERNS WITH THE AREA AS WELL WITH THE LEFT TURN LANE TWO, BECAUSE WE SEE WE SEE IT COMING.
WE DRIVE DOWN THESE ROADS EVERY DAY, SO WE SEE POTENTIALLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SAY POTENTIALLY IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO HAPPEN DOWN THE LINE.
THANK YOU, SIR. LET'S SPEAK OF DEPUTY MAYOR OK.
I NEED A MOTION ALSO TO APPROVE THE PROPORTIONATE, PROPORTIONAL AND FAIR SHARE AGREEMENT WITH DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS LLC FOR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT KNOWN AS PALM BREEZE APARTMENTS TO INCLUDE STAFF'S GRAMMATICAL REVISION.
SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND JUST TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THEM BY TITLE, WE HAVE MALABAR ROAD WIDENING THE ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY, WIDENING TURKEY CREEK WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND FEMA ASSISTANCE OF FIREFIGHTERS GRANT FOR THE P 25 RADIOS.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY SPEAKER CAN'T STOP MR. BATTEN. BILL BATON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I NOTICED THAT ON ONE OF YOUR ITEMS YOU HAD THE SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY, WHICH I AGREE.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO DISPUTE THE FACT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE WIDENED.
BUT MY QUESTION WAS WHY ONLY FROM MALABAR? IF YOU'RE GETTING THIS CREST REQUEST FOR MY TAXPAYER MONEY TO COME INTO THE CITY, WHY ONLY REQUESTS FROM MALABAR ROAD TO EMERSON? SINCE IT'S CONSIDERED AN EVACUATION ROUTE, WHY NOT EXPAND THE EVACUATION ROUTE, WHICH GOES FROM MALABAR ALL THE WAY TO 192? OTHERWISE, WE'VE JUST GOT ANOTHER BOTTLENECK HALFWAY UP THE ROAD AND SO WE WASTED OUR MONEY AGAIN.
BUT WHO KNOWS? I KNOW IT'S ONLY MY TAX DOLLARS, SO IT'S OKAY.
MADAM SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WERE NO PLANS TO PURSUE WIDENING AT THIS TIME, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN PURSUE FUNDING FOR OUR PORTION.
MAYBE NOT SPECIFIC TO EVACUATION, BUT GOOD FOR DAILY COMMUTE AND THINGS.
I NEED A MOTION. SO WE'LL GET A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE AND I'LL PRESENT THIS ITEM MOST AT LAST MEETING I BOUGHT UNDER REPORTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR AGENDAS COME OUT ON THURSDAY EVENING OR THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO OUR STAFF AS WELL.
IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO OUR CITIZENS.
SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR CLERK'S OFFICE TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S HOW I PRESENT THIS DEPUTY MAYOR.
ANY COMMON CARDS? NO, SIR. SO I NEED A MOTION.
SO MOVED. SECOND, A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SINGING BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
YOU WISH. COUNCILMAN FOSTER OH, YOU SAID IT ALL.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
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AND MISS LEFLER, I GUESS MAYOR STUFF IS REQUESTING COUNCIL CONSENSUS TO SCHEDULE THREE WORKSHOP MEETINGS.FIRST WILL BE FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 6 P.M..
THAT'S AN UPDATE ON REPUBLIC SERVICES.
THE SECOND IS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 7TH AT 6 P.M..
AND THAT'S ON THE DISCUSSION OF THE AREA KNOWN AS THE COMPOUND.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ONE? DEPUTY MAYOR. SO, COUNCIL.
ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? SHE NEEDS CONSENSUS.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING? SOMETHING DID COME OUT IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY IS THE ABILITY PERHAPS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HOLD B B AT A LARGER FACILITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE THE MAJORS GOLF COURSE.
SO WANTED STAFF TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE NEED TO GO DOWN TO THAT EXTREME, BUT ARE WE PREPARED TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE SERVICES HERE, BUT ALSO MAYBE PIPE IN THE THE MEETING OUTSIDE, MAKE SURE THAT ALL THROUGHOUT WE WE HAVE THE ABILITY THAT PEOPLE CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AND AND MAYBE HAVE A ROTATION OF FOLKS SO THAT WE NEED TO START CONSIDERING.
MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'LL GO WITH THE DATES TOO.
AND I FULLY SUPPORT YOUR REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE REGARDING THE MAJORS GOLF COURSE.
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS HELD AT BAYSIDE LAST TIME, SIR.
NOW, ALSO IN FORCE THERE. ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? NO, I'M GOOD WITH THE SCHEDULE.
IF YOU GO TO BAYSIDE, IT'S GOING TO COST US ADDITIONAL MONEY.
WE COULD USE OUR COMMUNITY ROOM OR WE COULD PITCH A TENT.
UM. NO DISRESPECT FOR THE RED SHIRTS.
I KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE A GOOD ARGUMENT TODAY EXPRESSING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO WORK THIS ISSUE OUT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE THE FUNDS, IF I WANT TO SPEND IT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT ALSO.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SHOW UP.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT, LOOK MORE INTO IT, WHAT'S THE BEST? FACILITIES AND TIME TO HAVE THAT MEETING, BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN COMING HERE EVERY EVERY THURSDAY FOR THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE, SIX MONTHS.
AND THEY NEED TO BE HEARD AND.
AND WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE TIME TO HAVE THEM EXPRESS OR COME UP WITH IDEAS.
AND AND SO THE STAFF COULD COME UP AND EXPLAIN.
WHAT'S THE BEST ROUTE TO MOVE FORWARD? SO THANK YOU.
WHAT DO YOU WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON? I'M GOOD WITH THE DATES.
I THINK THIS IS THE BEST VENUE.
IT'S A VENUE WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS.
AND I WAS HERE WHEN THE STORMWATER ISSUE.
THERE WAS NO MEETING I'VE SEEN IN MY TIME AS PACKED AS THAT MEETING.
BUT PEOPLE STILL ALL GOT THEIR CHANCE TO SPEAK AT THAT MEETING.
SO THAT EVERYBODY'S GETTING THE SAME EXACT INFORMATION, WHETHER THEY'RE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE.
FOR THIS MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO DEBATE THIS WITH YOU REGARDING THE STORM WATER.
I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU WERE ON COUNCIL.
SO THAT THAT WAS LIKE FULL CAPACITY EVEN ON OUR CAMPGROUNDS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF THAT.
BUT I'M GOOD. LIKE I SAID, I'M GOOD WITH THE DATES.
IF, IF COUNCIL SO WANTS TO HOLD IT HERE AS LONG AS THE SPEAKER SYSTEM IS GOOD TO GO.
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YES, MADAM SHERMAN SO THAT THAT PART IS GOING TO BE A CONTINUED CHALLENGE.SO THE SAME SITUATION THAT'S BEEN REPLICATED HERE ON SITE BEFORE, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT THE BEST, I DON'T HAVE A WAY TO PIPE IN THE THE AUDIO OUTSIDE TO FOLKS WITH ANY KIND OF EXTERNAL SPEAKERS.
SO THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO AT THIS LOCATION AT THIS TIME.
WITH TECHNOLOGY TODAY, IT'S ALL IN ORDER.
SO I WANT TO SEE IF WE COULD EXPLORE THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH US MOVING FORWARD HERE.
IF PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE LISTENING.
AND SO I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WITH TECHNOLOGY TODAY THERE ARE BLUETOOTH SPEAKERS.
MAYBE WE COULD START IP OWING THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE, PROBLEM AND OPPORTUNITY.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES, SIR.
I'LL TAKE BACK WHAT I JUST SAID.
I DON'T WANT NOBODY SITTING OUT THERE IN THE HEAT WANTING TO SPEAK AND PASSING OUT OR AND HAVING ALL KINDS OF ISSUES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS.
I REMEMBER THE THE THE STORMWATER.
AND I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT THE RED SHIRTS TO GO THROUGH THAT.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GO THROUGH THAT.
YOU KNOW, GET THE HIGH SCHOOL AND AND AND AND GIVE THEM AN EXTENDED TIME.
EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD.
I THINK THAT'S MORE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
SO LET'S LET'S LET'S GET THIS DONE ONE TIME AND LET THEM BE HEARD AND GET EVERYBODY AT ONE LOCATION.
YOU KNOW? SO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM COUNCIL IS IF WE CAN'T TYPE IN THE THE THE THE SOUND WITH A BLUETOOTH OR WHATEVER TECHNOLOGY, THEN WE SHOULD BE LOOKING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AM I. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING STAFF A CLEAR DIRECTION.
TERRY OR THE DATES AND STAFF UNDERSTANDS.
SO NOW WE'RE ON COUNCIL REPORTS, AND I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO.
[COUNCIL REPORTS]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. GIVE ME ONE SECOND.SO I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR.
BASS PRO DRIVE BETWEEN SPORTSMAN LANE AND RIVIERA.
I BELIEVE THAT ROAD IS STILL CLOSED DUE TO WORD WORK.
I WAS JUST SAYING, IF. DO WE HAVE A TIME FRAME OR WHEN THIS WILL BE REOPENED? WELL, GOOD THING YOU CAUGHT FRANK BEFORE HE LEFT, BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE.
ACTUALLY, THE PIPES ARE IN, THE INLETS ARE DONE, THE TOPS ARE BACK IN.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR PAVING. WE HOPE TO GET IT PAVED TOMORROW AND OPEN TOMORROW.
ALL RIGHT, FRANK, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU.
ALL RIGHT. I JUST NOTICED AN OFF FORMALWEAR BOULEVARD.
WAS THAT ALL REJUVENATED RECENTLY? THE ROADS OFF MALABAR BOULEVARD? YES, SIR. OK WAS A LITTLE EARLY FOR REJUVENATION.
OR WAS IT RIGHT, LIKE, RIGHT, RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S WHY. THREE YEARS.
THANKS VERY MUCH, SIR. WELCOME.
THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT, SIR? MR. FOSTER, YOU'RE OR CONGRESSMAN OR COUNCILMAN FOSTER YOUR YOUR CONCERNS, YOUR REPORT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE REAL BRIEF.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP TO D.C.
AND TO REPRESENT THE CITY AND WITH THE LEAGUE AT CITY.
I'VE BEEN IN ZOOM MEETINGS AND AND EMAILS BACK AND FORTH WITH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES.
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THERE'S A DELEGATION OF 50 COUNCILMEN AND MAYORS FROM FLORIDA, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THE FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, ALL THE COUNCIL CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.THAT BILL THAT SENATOR RUBIO IS SPONSORING TO MAKE GRANT THE GRANT PROCESS SIMPLE AND EASIER FOR LOCALS TO APPLY.
THE GRANT PROCESS IS A COMPLICATED LONG.
PROCEDURE AND HIS BILLS WOULD MAKE IT SIMPLE AND EASY AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE.
WHOEVER. ADMINISTRATION, BY ADMINISTRATION, WHOEVER.
GOES STRAIGHT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND. AND THE PROCESS WOULD BE STREAMLINED AND A LOT FASTER.
AND THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THE MAYOR WRITE A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THAT BILL.
TO SENATOR MARCO RUBIO AND ALSO SENATOR SENATOR SCOTT IS SPONSORING THAT BILL.
AND I THINK THAT BILL WILL HELP FLORIDA LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES STREAMLINE THEIR GRANT PROCESS.
IT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES GOING UP THERE AND AND LOBBYING FOR TO GET THIS BILL PASSED FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ALSO THE LAST ONE IS THE CYBERSECURITY.
CYBER SECURITY, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
GAVE 3.9 MILLION TO THE STATE TO SO STATES COULD GET FUNDING FOR CYBERSECURITY.
FOR SOME SOME REASON, THE STATE OF FLORIDA DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT ANY MONEY FOR CYBERSECURITY.
SO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES HAS A MEETING WITH THE WHITE HOUSE, WHICH I'M GOING TO BE A PART OF.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT MONEY TO BE SENT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BYPASS THE STATE AND SEND IT TO THE COUNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WHO WANTS TO APPLY FOR THAT CYBERSECURITY GRANT MONEY.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS I'M GOING TO BE.
I GET A CHANCE I'M GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND LOBBY FOR THAT.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THERE MAYBE SUZANNE SHERMAN CAN SEND THAT LETTER OUT OR IS THAT IS THAT GOOD? OR MAYBE THE DEPUTY MAYOR CAN SIGN THAT LETTER.
SO, DEPUTY MAYOR, YOU SIGNED THAT LETTER, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. SO WHAT DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT, SIR? YES, SIR. YOU DO HAVE CONSENSUS.
AND DEPUTY MAYOR WILL BE SIGNING THAT LETTER.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, YOUR REPORT.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, IF YOU GUYS WOULD.
MISS SHERMAN GOOD NOTE AND PASS THAT ON.
THE IDEA OF OF BIG SKILL PROJECTS SUCH AS APARTMENT.
THE CONSIDERATION TO JUST GIVE.
YOU KNOW, PASTOR'S REQUEST NOT ASKING.
IN MOST CASES, WE'RE NOT ASKING MUCH OF THESE APPLICANTS.
WHAT I'D LIKE STAFF TO DO IS TO, NUMBER ONE, THOSE TWO KEY QUESTIONS AS WE YEAH, ALTHOUGH WE STILL LESS THAN 50% DEVELOP, BUT PRETTY SOON WE'LL BE AT 80 90% WITHIN THE NEXT MAYBE 20 TO 30 YEARS HOWEVER IT TAKES.
AND THE QUESTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS STILL REMAINED.
RIGHT NOW THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUES.
EVERY CITY, MUNICIPALITY, COUNTIES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THIS.
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I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO APPROACH IT NOW IN SUCH A WAY WHERE WE ASKING THOSE PROJECTS, HEY, YOU WANT ME TO APPROVE YOUR 300 UNITS OR 200 UNITS? WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE? HOW MANY UNITS WOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING? THAT'S NO, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THIS DISCRETION.BUT WE'RE PUTTING THAT DEMAND.
BEFORE WE CAN APPROVE YOUR PROJECT.
CONSIDERING NOT JUST MARKET MARKET RATE, BUT HOW MANY? WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO.
YOU KNOW, SAVE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.
WELL, LET'S TACKLE THAT ONE FIRST.
NUMBER TWO, PUT OUT THERE THE SAME, SAME LINE.
WHAT ECONOMIC IMPACT? POSITIVE IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE ON ON OUR COMMUNITY? WHAT IS IT BRINGING? SO THESE TWO ITEM, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I WOULD.
IF MY COLLEAGUE WOULD CONSIDER HAVING STAFF WORK ON THOSE APPLES.
MY, MY, MY CONCERN IS HOW YOU WORDED THIS, RIGHT.
THE WAY THE WAY YOU PRESENTED THIS IS.
IT'S NOT AN ASK IS LIKE, IF YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS HERE, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.
AND I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
YES. I DON'T HAVE IT UP THE FOR ME AS FAR AS THE STATUTE, BUT YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE THE HESITATION YOU HAVE IS KIND OF LIKE THE. SAY THE FLORIDA WAY AS FAR AS PROPERTY RIGHTS.
SO THERE IS A STATUTE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO COMPEL THEM TO, HEY, THEY HAVE TO DO THIS.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM SO MUCH ELSE.
SO ESSENTIALLY THEY GET THEIR BUSINESS EXPECTATION.
THEY'RE GETTING THEIR. VALUE OUT OF IT, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT MORE TOWARDS THE.
TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO IT VOLUNTARILY BECAUSE.
IS NOT SO SIMPLE AS YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, AND THAT'S IT.
SO YOU HAVE YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY HAPPENING TO MAKING THEM WHOLE IN OTHER WAYS.
BUT THERE'S QUITE A FEW CRITERIA.
I CERTAINLY WILL GO THROUGH THAT AND I'LL PROVIDE IT.
I KNOW WE LOOK BACK THROUGH THAT AND WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT SOMETIME LAST YEAR WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, WHICH IS WHY WE KIND OF WENT THE WAY TOWARDS THE VOLUNTARY. BUT I WILL PULL UP MY NOTES AND PULL UP THE STATUTE.
BUT THAT REALLY IS IT'S NOT SIMPLISTIC AND IT CERTAINLY IS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE MADE WHOLE IF WE MAKE THEM DO THAT.
AND THERE'S A LOT MORE INVOLVED AND THAT THAT IS FINE.
I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO BECAUSE WE ARE NOT.
WHAT I JUST SAID IS CURRENTLY MANY MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE AHEAD OF US, THAT THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, 60, 70, 90% DEVELOP.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT WAYS, CREATIVE WAYS.
HOW CAN WE WORK WITH DEVELOPERS THAT WANT TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY IN OUR CITIES? IT'S BEEN IT'S TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.
AND I KNOW I CAN GIVE YOU A LIST OF MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS IT IN THEIR BOOKS, SO WE MAY WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK AND SEE HOW BEST YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE JUST GIVING STAFF DIRECTION. YOU GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS, SO I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
YOU GUYS WOULD WANT STAFF TO LOOK INTO IT.
IT STARTED WAY BACK AT 2019 WHERE I WAS LOOKING TO DO MANDATORY INCLUSIONARY HOUSING.
BUT AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, THAT STATE LEGISLATION, THAT STATE LED LEGISLATION SESSION, THEY MADE IT WHERE IF YOU DO MANDATORY INCLUSIONARY HOUSING, YOU HAVE TO YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS TO COVER THE COST ON WHATEVER ELSE THERE IS.
BUT IF THERE'S ALREADY LANGUAGE THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE IN PLACE AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, YOU KNOW, HAD TO DEAL WITH THE STATE ON THAT, THEN I'M DEFINITELY FOR LOOKING INTO IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
YEAH, I'M NOT. I'M NOT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT CONVINCED.
I DON'T I LIKE THE VOLUNTEER ASPECT TO IT, AND I LIKE PROVIDING INCENTIVES TOWARDS THAT.
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I THINK IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE IF YOU'RE YOU'RE TRYING TO.MANDATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I HEAR WHAT YOU GOING DEPUTY MAYOR.
YEAH THEY WE GIVE THEM ARPA FUNDING BUT VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT WHERE WE CAN REALLY ENCOURAGE THOSE TYPE OF PROJECTS. RIGHT, WITHOUT TRYING TO FORCE SOMEONE'S HAND.
SO I'M. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE GOING DOWN THIS THIS PATH AND AND IT'S FOR THE REASONS THAT I SAID BUT THAT THAT'S THAT'S A MAYOR I WAS ENCOURAGED WHEN COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SAID HEY WE WE CAN GO DOWN THIS PATH ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS BECAUSE THAT SPURS THAT TYPE OF PROJECT.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT, AT THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL SERIOUSLY WILL HAVE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH HOUSING.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK AHEAD.
IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN ASK AND YOU RAISE A GREAT QUESTION, BECAUSE SINCE THE VOLUNTEER ASPECT THAT DEPUTY OR COUNCILMAN JOHNSON BACK THEN WAS DEPUTY MAYOR WORKED ON, SINCE THAT, HAVE WE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION OUT? HAVE WE RECRUITED INDIVIDUALS, PASS OUT THAT INFORMATION, A VOLUNTEER? THERE'S SOME INCENTIVES. HAVE WE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE IS MY QUESTION.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN A MORATORIUM SINCE THAT PERIOD.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE REASON WHY IT HASN'T COME TO FRUITION YET.
AND THAT'S AND I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THIS CONVERSATION HERE.
I FEEL EVERY MAYOR THAT THIS THIS.
THAT'S MY HONEST OPINION ON IT.
SO I'M I'M GOING TO STICK WITH THE MAYOR ON THIS.
AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO AND MAYOR B COUNCILMAN FELIX.
I'M NOT EVEN I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO SAY LIKE, SORRY.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF.
WELL. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE STAFF LOOKING INTO IT, BUT I'M KIND OF WITH THE MAYOR AND FILIBERTO. I DON'T WANT TO.
IF YOU'VE GOT TO MANDATORY FOR SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING.
THAT'S THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE TWISTING SOMEBODY'S ARM TO GO ALONG WITH YOU.
SO VOLUNTEER IS MORE BETTER BECAUSE NOW.
THEY WANT TO DO IT. AND DEPUTY MAYOR.
WE ALREADY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HOUSING.
LIVING IN PALM BAY GOT MORE EXPENSIVE OVER THE LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS.
AND I DON'T WANT PALM BAY TO BECOME A CITY WHERE YOU GOT TO HAVE A CERTAIN INCOME TO LIVE IN THERE.
OKAY. SO OR IT MOVED PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN PALM BAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM LOOKING INTO IT.
AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION LATER.
ONE LAST THING, MORE ON A POSITIVE NOTE.
JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CONSENSUS IS TO LOOK INTO IT.
SURE. THANK. THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
ACTUALLY, YESTERDAY AND TODAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THIS.
THE FLORIDA SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY EXPO HELD IN THE CITY OF COCOA.
YOU KNOW I GREATLY BENEFITED FROM IT AND WHAT MAKE ME MORE EXCITED THE FIRST DAY YESTERDAY WHEN I WENT WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS, IT WAS SUCH, YOU KNOW, VAST AND SUCH GREAT INFORMATION THAT WAS BEING SHARED.
I'M LIKE, WHY IS ALL FLEET MANAGER? DIRECTOR WAS IN THE ROOM AND I JUST HAPPENED.
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HE WAS THERE.LATER ON AFTER LUNCH, WE HAD A CHANCE TO SIT TOGETHER, DISCUSS QUITE A BIT, AND I KNOW HE HAD A NOTE THAT TOOK A LOT OF GOOD NOTES, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, GENTLEMEN, WHAT A GREAT, GREAT EVENT THAT WAS.
WE HAD THE BEST AND THE GREATEST IN THAT INDUSTRY IN THE ROOM.
SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, F DOT A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION.
ORLANDO UTILITY COMMISSION, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
THE BEST AND THE GREATEST AND THE CENTRAL FLORIDA CLEAN CITIES COALITION.
A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION WAS SHARED, A LOT OF GREAT COMPANY.
I WOULD CERTAINLY NEXT YEAR ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL.
THE MORE OF US THAT CAN ATTEND I WILL GET WITH STAFF SHARE SOME OF MY INPUT AS WELL A LOT OF.
FUNDING FEDERAL FUNDING STATE FUNDING IT'S AVAILABLE FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THAT THAT YOU KNOW SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY. SO I WAS TOLD WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS DON'T BE SURPRISED.
AS YOU TRAVEL ON MALABAR ROAD, YOU MAY SEE A CAR DRIVING ITSELF DOWN THE STREET.
THAT'S HOW FAST THE TECHNOLOGY IS ADVANCING.
IT'S ADVANCING A LOT FASTER THAN THAN, YOU KNOW, THAN I WOULD THINK.
ORLANDO, CURRENTLY THE FLEET MANAGER FROM ORLANDO, ONE OF THE YOU KNOW, IS MORE THAN THE FLEET GUY.
BUT SOME OF THE THINGS HE SHARED.
I DON'T NEED THEIR FACILITIES.
AND THEY'RE THE CARS, EVERYTHING THEY OPERATE OVER 92% ARE COMPLETELY EVS.
THAT'S ALL FAST AHEAD THERE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ADOPTING THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.
SO THEY ARE DEFINITELY A MODEL TO FOLLOW.
THEIR BUILDINGS ARE COMPLETELY 100% OF THE GRID, BUT THEY ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT WITH SOLAR.
CERTAINLY WE CAN LEARN A THING OR TWO FROM THEM, SO THEY DO IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT WAS A VERY GOOD $75 WORTH.
I WANTED TO POLICE A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT I BEGAN TO SAY AND CLARIFY THAT QUOTE TODAY WE HONORED A MAN, A HERO FROM THE KOREAN WAR THAT WAS A COMBAT MEDIC.
WHEN THE KOREAN WAR BROKE OUT IN 1950, THE 65TH INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS A SEGREGATED UNIT.
DESPITE PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S ORDERED THIS DESEGREGATING THE MILITARY TWO YEARS BEFORE, ARMY COMMANDERS DUBBED THE PUERTO RICAN TROOPS, CALLING THEM RUM AND COCA COLA SOLDIERS, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO USE SEPARATE SHOWERS FACILITIES.
THEY WERE TOLD TO SHAVE THEIR MUSTACHE UNTIL THEY GAVE PROOF OF THEIR MANHOOD.
THEY WERE EVEN ORDERED NOT TO SPEAK SPANISH UNDER THE PENALTY OF COURT MARTIAL.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE WANT THAT CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL DID IN WRITING THEM WRONG.
THEIR ACTIONS EARNED THE HIGH PRAISE OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, AND THIS IS HIS QUOTE.
I WISH THAT WE COULD COUNT ON MANY MORE LIKE THEM.
AND SO WHAT THAT GENTLEMAN ENDURED TODAY, 92 YEARS OLD, THAT WE WE HONORED, THAT IS THAT IS THE TYPE OF HERO THAT REPRESENTED THIS THIS GREAT NATION DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
I ALSO WANTED TO JUST BRING UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE A TRAINING FACILITIES FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO BE WELL PREPARED, WELL TRAINED BECAUSE OF EFFORTS FROM THIS COUNCIL, BECAUSE OF EFFORTS FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF AND OUR CITY MANAGER.
SO I WANTED JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EQUIP OUR FIRST RESPONDERS SO THAT THEY REACT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND REACT TO SAVING YOUR PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO KUDOS TO OUR FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT AND THAT ENDS MY REPORTS.
I'M GOING TO ASK IF MADAM SHERMAN HAS ANY LEGAL REPORTS OR ANY ANY ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT.
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AND LEGAL REPORTS FOR MS..SO NOW WE'RE ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND I'VE GOT A HOST OF HANDS THAT ARE VERY FAMILIAR TO ME.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]
SO I BELIEVE MASTER CHIEF BATTEN JUST BEAT YOU BY A FRACTION OF A SECOND.MR. STICE SO IF YOU MOVE UP FRONT, WE'LL BE READY TO ENTERTAIN YOU NEXT.
IL BATON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I HAVE THREE ITEMS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.
THE FIRST ONE IS A THANKS TO STAFF.
UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE WAS AN ELEMENT ELEMENT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UNDER SPA NUMBER FOUR, BUT IT JUST REFERENCED AN ORDINANCE OF 2010. AND IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT PERTAINED TO THE MICO DEVELOPMENT TO MICO PRESERVE.
IT WAS ALL PERTINENT TO WHAT WAS IN, BUT IT ONLY SAID A REFERENCE NUMBER AND IT WAS VERY PERTINENT.
BUT IT TOOK ME DAYS TO GET EVERYTHING I NEEDED.
STAFF RESPONDED AND THEY WERE WORK WITH ME AND SAY, BILL, WE'RE HAVING.
I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS ON MY COMPUTER.
THEY FOUND WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT I STILL GOT WHAT I NEEDED.
SO I'M JUST I'M THINKING THAT 100%.
THE CLERK, SHE DID FANTASTIC GOD STUFF.
AND JUST FOR A SIMPLE REQUEST, JUST EXPLODED.
THEY ACCOMPLISHED THAT OBJECTIVE AND THEY DESERVE THEM.
THEY DESERVE THE THANK YOU ON THAT ONE.
SOMEPLACE IN THE MEMORIAL WHEN THEY EVER COMPLETED THE NEW ONE SOMEPLACE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS.
WE DON'T WANT THIS MEMORIAL TO DISAPPEAR SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE THIS MEMORIAL.
PEOPLE, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THEY WERE LISTING STUFF UP IN CONLON BOULEVARD AND STUFF THAT WAS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR COMMERCIAL BECAUSE IT WAS A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
SO I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I COULD BE WRONG AGAIN, BUT I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT I WAS SAYING.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
MISS SHERMAN, COULD WE GET AN UPDATE ON THE TRAFFIC RECOMMENDATION PART OF OF BAYSIDE LAKES BOULEVARD IN THAT CAR? I'D LIKE TO GET THAT IN WRITING SO I CAN PUT THAT IN OUR NEWSLETTER AND THEN SHARE THAT WITH THE OTHER.
THE SECOND THING IS WITH REGARD TO THE MARCH 7TH MEETING, ONE MAN'S OPINION AND CHATTING WITH PHIL AND YOU KNOW, PHIL, MYSELF AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE REALLY DRIVE THIS. I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE 300 AND 350 PEOPLE THERE, WHATNOT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT ENVISIONING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ARE PARTNERING WITH US.
THIS IS ABOUT YOU ALL TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
AND I'M NOT A GOLFING JUNKIE AS THE GENTLEMAN NEXT TO ME BACK THERE IS.
OKAY. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT.
I'M LOOKING AT THIS AS AS A PARTNERSHIP.
AND A HUGE CROWD OF 350 PEOPLE.
SO IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN OUT HERE, THAT MAY BE THE BEST THING.
I KNOW THE SAFETY THING TO DO IS TO GET THAT.
GET THAT FACILITY AT THE THEATER OVER THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PAYING ON THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL TRY TO WATCH OUR PENNIES.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IN MY MIND, YOU KNOW, YOU SIT DOWN AND HAVE A MEETING.
YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THAT AND YOU WANT TO GET SOME POSITIVES.
AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE THREE OR 400 PEOPLE IN THERE.
SO IF THAT'S OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT.
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WELL. YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE YOU WILLING TO WORK WITH US WITH THAT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? BECAUSE IT IS IT CAN BE PROFITABLE.I MEAN, THAT'S STILL A GOLF COURSE UP THERE.
THAT IS ON THAT L CURVE FOR HIS NEWSLETTER.
YES, SIR. I'M GOING TO HAVE FRANK EMAIL HIM.
BUT I'LL HAVE FRANK GIVE US A BETTER UPDATE ON.
AND IS THAT YOU KNOW THE CURVE LIKE THE DAYTONA 500 IS WHAT I REMEMBER.
A LESSER VERSION. A LESSER VERSION.
WELL, OF COURSE, THE LEISURE VERSION.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK FOR? ADDRESS US BEFORE I ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.