[CALL TO ORDER]
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I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2020 3-04 TO ORDER.WE WILL BE LED BY THE BOY SCOUT TROOP.
HEAVENLY FATHER, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AT THIS MEETING.
MEN AND WOMEN, GOD OF THIS CITY.
I LIFT UP THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS IT.
GOD, WE LIVE HERE AND WE WANT IT TO BE A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
GOD, THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR CITY IN A POSITIVE WAY.
AND I LIFT UP THE PERSON WHO WAS CAUGHT IN A COMPROMISED SITUATION.
AND ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THEM.
GOD BE WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
I ASK THIS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
MAN SAYS ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
OUTSTANDING JOB, DAD TO FIVE, TWO, FIVE.
MAYBE A MEMORABLE MOMENT FOR YOU.
SO I DON'T WANT TO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. ONE VACANCY ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS A LARGE STUDENT MEMBER POSITION.ONE VACANCY ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD REPRESENT A LARGE POSITION.
ANYONE WISHING TO SERVE ON ANY OF THESE BOARDS CAN APPLY AT PALM BAY FLORIDA DOT ORG.
OR CALL THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT 9523414.
THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM SHERMAN.
[AGENDA REVISIONS]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE SIX AGENDA REVISIONS TO ANNOUNCE.ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
ITEMS ONE AND TWO UNDER PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN.
THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM FOUR UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 2022, DASH 60, HAS REQUESTED THAT THE CASE BE CONTINUED TO THE APRIL SIX REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
AND FOR THAT ONE, WE'LL NEED A MOTION SOURCE.
I'VE GOT. SO I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SINGING BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
DISCUSSION OF DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A LETTER TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR SUSPEND COUNCILMAN PETER FILIBERTO PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE 12.51 FLORIDA STATUTES HAS BEEN ADDED AS ITEM NUMBER THREE UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
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BUSINESS. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, MA'AM. MISS SMITH, ANY AGENDA REVISIONS? NO, SIR. OKAY.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS HERE AND WANTED TO.
TO GET AN APPETITE TO SEE IF COUNCIL WAS WILLING TO MOVE ITEMS THREE AND FOUR UNDER NEW BUSINESS TO RIGHT BEFORE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
OR WE CAN MOVE IT TO BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? AND DO I HAVE AN APPETITE FOR THAT? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS. NEW BUSINESS NUMBER THREE AND FOUR BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
COPY THAT, SIR. I'LL SECOND THAT.
BUT I A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.
SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL WE'LL CONDUCT IT.
WE'LL GO. NEW BUSINESS THREE AND FOUR PRIOR TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
SO NOW WE ARE ON.PROCLAMATIONS. AND THERE'S A PROCLAMATION FOR BLEEDING DISORDER AWARENESS MONTH, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE FOLLOWED BY RECOGNITION OF OUR DISASTER RELIEF COMMITTEE.
SO, DEPUTY MAYOR, YOU CHAIR THAT DISASTER RELIEF COMMITTEE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, I DO, SIR.
DO YOU SEE YOUR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE HONORING HERE TODAY? YES, ONE IS IN THE ROOM.
OKAY. SO WILL YOU JOIN ME WHEN IT'S TIME TO DO THAT? BECAUSE YOU ARE THE CHAIR.
I'LL BE GLAD TO SAY I AM, SIR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T TAKING MUCH.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL UP SAMANTHA NAZARIO.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, SAMANTHA? YOU'RE GOING TO BRING YOUR TEAM WITH YOU.
I GUESS NOT THERE. PHOTOGRAPHY.
SO HEMOPHILIA AND BLEEDING DISORDER AWARENESS MONTH, MARCH 2023.
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
WHEREAS HEMOPHILIA IS A RARE DISORDER IN WHICH YOUR BLOOD DOESN'T CLOT NORMALLY BECAUSE IT LACKS SUFFICIENT BLOOD CLOTTING PROTEINS, CLOTHING CLOTTING FACTORS.
AND. WHEREAS, IF YOU HAVE HEMOPHILIA, YOU MAY BLEED FOR A LONGER TIME AFTER AN INJURY THAN YOU WOULD IF YOUR BLOOD CLOT HAD NORMALLY CAUSING WEAKNESS OF THE VOLUNTARY MUSCLES.
WHEREAS SYMPTOMS OF HEMOPHILIA MAY INCLUDE UNEXPLAINED AND EXCESSIVE BLEEDING, LARGE AND DEEP BRUISES, PAIN AND JOINTS AND NOSEBLEEDS WITHOUT A KNOWN CAUSE.
AND. WHEREAS, THE BLEEDING DISORDER COALITION OF FLORIDA IS AN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY THE HEMOPHILIA FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA HEMOPHILIA ASSOCIATION TO BE THE VOICE OF THE FLORIDA BLEEDING DISORDERS COMMUNITY.
AND. WHEREAS, THE BLEEDING DISORDERS COALITION HAS BEEN SERVICING THE BLEEDING DISORDERS COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE BY OFFERING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SUCH AS MEDICALLY SUPERVISED CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS, ADVOCACY EFFORTS, EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT HEALTHIER AND MORE INDEPENDENT LIVES.
NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
YES, WE ARE THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY, SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2023 AS HEMOPHILIA AND BLEEDING DISORDER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND EXPRESS MY EXPRESS THE HOPE THAT THE SPECIAL OBSERVANCE WILL HELP BRING AWARENESS TO THIS BLEEDING DISORDER AND OUR COMMUNITY AND WITNESS HEREOF.
BEFORE I GIVE YOU THE MIC, MA'AM.
YOU ARE TRULY AN ADVOCATE FOR BLEEDING DISORDER AND THOSE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH HEMOPHILIA.
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SO MAY GOD BLESS YOU.I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, MA'AM.
YOU ARE. HI, MY NAME IS SAMANTHA NAZARIO.
FOR THOSE THAT I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF FACES IN THIS ROOM.
MY I AM I AM THE 2021 NATIONAL ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR FOR THE BLEEDING DISORDER NATIONAL FOUNDATION.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE TRAVEL TO PLACES LIKE TALLAHASSEE IN WASHINGTON.
MY SON WAS DIAGNOSED AT SIX YEARS OLD WITH VON WILLEBRAND'S DISEASE.
VON WILLEBRAND'S DISEASE IS A LACK OF VON WILLEBRAND'S PROTEIN TO CLOT PROPERLY.
AND THAT'S WITHOUT AN INCIDENT.
NICE YEAR. IF WE HAVE AN INCIDENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT UPWARDS OF 1 TO $2 MILLION A YEAR.
DURING OUR JOURNEY, I'VE LEARNED TO BECOME AN ADVOCATE FOR MY SON.
I IMPLORE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, LOOK UP HEMOPHILIA FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLORIDA.
COME JOIN US. ALL OF OUR EVENTS ARE FREE.
WE DO WALKS, WE DO NIGHTS AT BROADWAY.
WE DO A LOTS OF WONDERFUL EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH PALM BAY.
THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR GETTING THIS PROCLAMATION.
MY MENTOR, MR. LOPEZ, HELPED US GET OUR FIRST ONE WHEN WE WHEN MR. KLEBOLD MEDICAL BOARD THERE WAS STILL HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT, PALM BAY.
LET ME READ TIES AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR WEARING YOUR RIGHT SIZED EYES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BASIC INGREDIENT IN THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CITY IS THE WILLINGNESS TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND VOLUNTEER, ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY BY OUR PRIVATE CITIZENS.
EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE, HAS SOMETHING TO OFFER OUR CITY.
AND IT IS TO CONSIDER OTHERS MORE THAN THEMSELVES.
IT IS TO CONSIDER SERVICE NOT THINKING OF THEMSELVES, BUT HOW I CAN IMPROVE THE LIFE OF OTHERS.
HAVING CONTRIBUTE TO WELL-BEING, THE WELL-BEING OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS AND THE WELFARE OF ALL OUR CITIZENS BY GIVING TIRELESS OF THEIR TIME, ENERGY WITHOUT DESIRE OF RECOGNITION, RENUMERATION, OR ANY PERSONAL GAIN.
TODAY WE HONOR THESE MEMBERS THAT HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO US.
I'VE ASKED DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX TO JOIN ME BECAUSE HE CHAIRS A COMMISSION OR A COMMITTEE THAT IS THE DISASTER RELIEF COMMITTEE, AND THEIR EFFORTS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR, CALL UP THE INDIVIDUALS.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT SERVICE.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT PRIDE WHEN WE DRAW BLOOD.
SO TODAY, I'M GOING TO PIN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE MEMBERS AS A SIGN OF HONOR.
BUT I PROMISE NOT TO DRAW BLOOD.
IT'S JUST STEPHEN HAYES, KEITH MILLER, AND MISS PARK.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE COUNCIL, MEETING
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TO PARTICIPATING COMMUNITY.AND ALSO ALLOW ME TO VOLUNTEER FOR.
[NEW BUSINESS (Part 1 of 2)]
SO WE ARE NOW WE ARE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER THREE.AND I'M GOING TO YIELD TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
OR DID YOU WANT TO HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY? COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. OKAY.
MRS. SMITH, IF YOU CAN ALSO ELABORATE ON WHAT OUR ROLE IS AND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE FOR THOSE TUNING IN SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I DECIDED AND WHY COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT TAKING THIS APPROACH.
SECTION ONE, 12.51 FLORIDA STATUTES PROVIDES THE BASIS THE PROCESS BY WHICH A MUNICIPAL OFFICER MAY BE SUSPENDED OR REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
THAT PROCESS ESSENTIALLY PROVIDES THE MANNER IN WHICH THE GOVERNOR CAN REMOVE THE MUNICIPAL OFFICER OR SUSPEND THE GOVERNOR HAS THE AUTHORITY BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO SUSPEND FROM OFFICE ANY ELECTED OR APPOINTED MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL FOR MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE, NEGLECT OF DUTY, HABITUAL DRUNKENNESS, INCOMPETENCE, OR PERMANENT INABILITY TO PERFORM OFFICIAL DUTIES.
IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT WHENEVER ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL IS ARRESTED FOR A FELONY OR A MISDEMEANOR RELATED TO THE DUTIES OF OFFICE OR IS INDICTED OR INFORMED AGAINST FOR THE COMMISSION OF A FEDERAL FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR OR STATE FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR, THE GOVERNOR HAS THE POWER TO SUSPEND SUCH MUNICIPAL OFFICER OFFICIAL FROM OFFICE. WELL, IF THE GOVERNOR DOES CHOOSE TO SUSPEND, IT CREATES A TEMPORARY VACANCY IN SUCH AN OFFICE DURING A SUSPENSION.
LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT THE MUNICIPALITY MAY HAVE TO FILL THE SEAT PERMANENTLY WOULD APPLY TO THE FILLING THE SEAT ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
THE OFFICIAL WOULD NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY PAY OR MUNICIPAL BENEFITS DURING THE SUSPENSION.
IF THE OFFICIAL IS CONVICTED OF THE CHARGES.
BAN, THE GOVERNOR SHALL REMOVE THE PERSON FROM OFFICE.
IF, HOWEVER, THE OFFICIAL IS ACQUITTED, FOUND NOT GUILTY OR OTHERWISE CLEARED OF THE CHARGES THAT WERE THE BASIS OF THE ARREST OR THE INFORMATION, THEN THE OFFICIAL WOULD BE REINSTATED AND WOULD BE ENTITLED TO ALL BACK PAY AND BENEFITS TO WHICH THE OFFICIAL WAS PREVIOUSLY DEPRIVED.
AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE STATUES WORK IS CERTAINLY THE CITY HAS HOME RULE POWERS.
BUT IF THERE IS A STATE STATUTE THAT SAYS HOW SOMETHING MUST OCCUR, THEN THAT TAKES PRECEDENCE.
THE CITY CAN'T CREATE ITS OWN PROCESS.
IF THEY SAY IT SHOULD BE DONE IN A CERTAIN WAY.
THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO DEVIATE OR CREATE ITS OWN PROCEDURE.
SO THE ONLY PROCEDURE BY WHICH, AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO SUSPEND SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN ARRESTED.
OR IN THIS CASE ARE CHARGED WITH A FELONY.
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GOVERNOR AND THE GOVERNOR ALONE HAS THAT DISCRETION.AND SO THIS IS THE BASIS OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON IS ASKING, IS TO LET THE GOVERNOR, IF CERTAINLY IT IS THE COUNCIL'S DECISION, KNOW OF THEIR DESIRE FOR HIM TO USE HIS DISCRETION TO SUSPEND COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO BASED UPON THE INFORMATION CHARGING HIM WITH A FELONY AND STATE MISDEMEANOR.
THE GOVERNOR MAY OR MAY NOT USE THIS DISCRETION.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, ANYTHING YOU WANT.
YOU WERE TIRED. THE ONLY OTHER THING TO ADD IF MADAME ATTORNEY OR MRS. JONES WANTS TO ADD. WHAT ARE.
WHAT ARE THE RULES REGARDING COUNCIL MEMBERS MISSING COUNCIL MEETINGS.
YES. MARIN COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.063 OF THE PALM BAY CHARTER ABSENCE FROM FOUR CONSECUTIVE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.
AND THIS IS JUST REGULAR MEETINGS.
JUST LOOKING FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION FROM THERE.
OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. DEPUTY MAYOR.
SILVERTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I HAVE THREE ITEMS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS UNDER THIS TOPIC.
ONE. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT I LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE CONCEPT.
YOU ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
NEXT PART OF THAT ONE IS ANY IDEA WHEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ANY OF THE POLICE VIDEO? ITEM NUMBER TWO.
YOU HAVE NO POLICY ON HOW TO APPOINT AT THIS TIME TO FILL THE VACANCY.
IS IT GOING TO BE THE RESIDENTS REQUEST TO BE CONSIDERED OR IS IT GOING TO BE 100% YOU SELECTING YOUR BUDDY JOE FOR THE PAID JOB? ITEM NUMBER THREE.
THIS PROCEDURE SHOULD BE IN PLACE BEFORE YOU EVEN CONSIDER A LETTER OF SUSPENSION.
THIS IS ONE MORE TIME WHERE IT'S A CASE OF HISTORY, NOT A MEMORY HISTORY BEING REPEATED.
YOU'VE KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM BEFORE.
YOU TOOK NO ACTION IN THE PAST AND IT CAME BACK AND BITCH.
AND NOW HERE YOU ARE AGAIN WITH NO PROCEDURE ON HOW TO HANDLE IT.
YOU SAID, OH, WE CAN NOW APPOINT.
WE'RE GOOD. THAT BEING SAID, I THOUGHT AN INDIVIDUAL WAS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
THANK YOU. HERE IT IS CONCLUDE.
SO THE PUBLIC THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ARE NOT RELATED TO THIS.
NO, MA'AM. I CAN JUST CALL THEM UP.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL JUST CALL THEM UP.
MR. KEARNS, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
HI, MY NAME IS DAVID KERN. SIX, SIX, EIGHT, DUNBAR AND CIRCLE, NORTHEAST.
MR. BATTEN IS INCORRECT WHEN IT COMES TO MATTERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
THERE'S A HIGHER STANDARD FOR BEING ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO IS IN A COURT OF LAW AND IN A PROCEEDING, I BELIEVE THE POLICE.
I BELIEVE THAT THE POLICE SAY IN THIS CASE, MR. FILIBERTO OBVIOUSLY HAS A PROBLEM AND HE NEEDS TO BE CHECKED.
A CLUB 62 AND OTHER LOCALES WHERE ADDICTION IS DEALT WITH.
BUT HE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE COUNCIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE GOVERNOR NEEDS TO AFFECT THAT IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THE CITY ITSELF CAN HEAL.
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AND WE ALSO NEED TO GO FURTHER THAN THAT.WE NEED TO DEAL WITH AN UNDERLYING CANCER IN THE FORM OF A MEDDLESOME INDIVIDUAL WHO FOISTED MR. FILIBERTO ONTO US, STEAMROLLING OVER ANOTHER VIABLE CANDIDATE WITH HIS MEDDLING MENDACITY AND HIS MONEY.
AND THAT PROBLEM IS STATE REP RANDY FINE, A PRESENCE IN THIS CITY, OUR VERSION OF BOTH BARON HARKONNEN AND RUDY GIULIANI, WHO ALWAYS FINDS HIMSELF AT THE CITY'S AXIS OF EVIL. LET'S REVIEW SOME FACTS.
FINE WAS AT THE HEART OF THE CABAL, INCLUDING A FORMER DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, DAVID ZANARDI, WHOSE FUNHOUSE ON CANOVA STREET WERE INVOLVED WITH JOE AGUILAR AND OTHERS ACCUSED OF HIRING PROSTITUTES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TREY HOLTON AND JEFF BAILEY IN DRUGS.
AND THAT'S WHY JEFF BAILEY ENDED UP LEAVING THE CITY.
FINE HAS REPEATEDLY SOUGHT LEGISLATION TO REMOVE THE CITY'S PROTECTIONS FROM DEVELOPMENT.
THEN, THROUGH THEIR OWN INCOMPETENCE AND GRAFT, END UP DOING THE CITY HARM.
FINE HAS REPEATEDLY SOUGHT LEGISLATION AGAIN TO REMOVE THE CITY'S PROTECTIONS.
I SAY FINE PUTS PEOPLE IN POWER WHO FAIL ON A MASSIVE SCALE SO THAT HE CAN POINT TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND AT ITS ALLEGED INCOMPETENCE AND ASK FOR THE CITY GOVERNMENT DISSOLUTION.
AND NOW FINE IS INTERVENING FROM AN ARTICLE IN THE DAILY BEAST.
HE'S INTERVENING TO PREVENT THE GOVERNOR FROM REMOVING THIS COUNCIL MEMBER.
HE MISTAKENLY ASSUMES THAT PEOPLE OF PALM BAY TO BE TOO STUPID TO NOTICE THAT HE AND HIS COHORTS, MEN LIKE MAYOR PAUL ALFIERI, WHO IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SAVAGING THE CITY WITH HIS COMMENTS, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TRYING TO DESTROY PALM BAY TO REMOVE ITS PROTECTIONS.
THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE OFFICIALS OBVIOUSLY WANT SOMETHING UNDERNEATH MY FEET.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THIS IS SOVEREIGN SOIL AND THE PROTECTION AFFORDED TO ME BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY FINE MORE THAN MORE THAN ANYONE OTHER THAN PHILIP, WHO HIMSELF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR USHERING IN FILIBERTO.
AND NOW HE IS SEEING THE MEDIA TO TRY TO URGE FILIBERTO TO BRAZEN IT OUT LIKE JORGE SANTOS, BERNARD'S LARGEST WALKING, TALKING UNDER MINOR AND ARGUABLE CASE FOR RICO AND CORRUPTION HIMSELF NOW WANTS YOU PALM BAY TO ELECT HIM TO THE FLORIDA SENATE AFTER THIS LATEST FIASCO.
I SAID AS MUCH WHEN I RAN AGAINST HIM AND SOME OF YOU DIDN'T LISTEN.
I'M URGING YOU NOW NOT TO MAKE THE MISTAKE AGAIN.
AND LET US REMOVE FILIBERTO FROM OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT CALLED. THAT'S RIGHT.
I LIVE AT 858 BRISBANE STREET, NORTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON TO BLAME FOR THIS.
NO ONE ELSE CAN MAKE YOUR DECISIONS FOR YOU TO USE DRUGS OR NOT DRUGS.
I AM VERY PROUD OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MR. FILIBERTO HAS A DRUG PROBLEM.
I CAN STAND HERE TODAY AND VERY PROUDLY SAY THAT MY HUSBAND HAD A DRUG PROBLEM.
THIS IS A DAILY BATTLE THAT EVERYBODY FIGHTS WHEN THEY HAVE AN ADDICTION.
WE NEED TO SAY TO HIM, DO THE RIGHT THING.
HE NEEDS HELP AND WE NEED TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT HIM BECAUSE DRUG ADDICTION IS NO JOKE.
THIS IS THE FACT YOU GOT CAUGHT WITH 10.6 GRAMS OF COCAINE.
YOU FLED AND ELUDED A POLICE OFFICER.
THAT ALONE SAYS YOU'RE GUILTY TO ME.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU, MAYOR, FOR STEPPING UP AND SAYING WE ALL NEED TO GET TESTED, BECAUSE I WAS COMING HERE TO SAY WHO'S GOING TO JOIN ME AND DO A DRUG TEST? BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY THAT SITS UP THERE, JUST LIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE THAT GET HIRED AT ANY JOB, THERE HAS TO BE A BACKGROUND CHECK AND THEY HAVE TO BE A DRUG SCREEN.
THE NEXT ISSUE THAT I HAVE, WE ALL HAVE RUN FOR OFFICE, ALL OF US HERE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE RUN A TOTAL TEN TIMES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
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AND GUESS WHAT? I HAVEN'T BEEN ELECTED.WHY? WHO KNOWS? GOD KNOWS. BUT IF YOU'RE DOING AND YOU'RE RUNNING, WHY ARE YOU GUYS NOT DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS? WHY AREN'T YOU DOING CREDIT CHECKS? WHY ARE YOU NOT SEEING WHO IS NOT LIVING IN PALM BAY AND CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE? WE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF WHO WE ARE, OUR CITY.
YOU HAVE THAT HONOR THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO BE PUT THERE.
SO DO THE RIGHT THING RIGHT NOW.
THIS GOVERNOR IS CLUELESS BECAUSE I CALLED UP THERE.
HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
WE CANNOT LET ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTY TAKE CONTROL OVER THIS.
THIS IS OUR ISSUE, OUR FAMILY.
AND WE AS A FAMILY, THE CITY OF PALM BAY, NEEDS TO WORK TO GET HIM OFF.
WE DON'T NEED ANYBODY COMMENTING ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU. MR. STICE, ROBERT STICE, FOLLOWED BY REBECCA HARRIS.
I HAD A DIFFERENT TOPIC HERE, EVEN AS YOU WERE.
WE'LL CALL YOU. WE'LL CALL YOU AS YOU WERE.
MAYOR MEDINA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I LIVE AT 1950 VARE STREET, NORTHWEST PALM BAY.
I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND ON TOPIC HERE.
ARE WE? ARE YOU? I WAS JUST TOLD TO COME UP A DIFFERENT TOPIC AS YOU WERE, MA'AM.
OKAY. WE'RE ON TOPIC RIGHT NOW.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, REBECCA.
AND BY A SHOW OF HANDS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? MR. MOORE, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
THERE YOU GO. FILLMORE. PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
I HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW TO RUN AGAINST RANDY FINE AND MR. FILIBERTO IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES.
THIS IS MORE FOR THE AUDIENCE AND FOR PUBLIC RECORD.
WHAT YOU ALL DON'T KNOW IS WHEN I RAN IN THAT SPECIAL ELECTION AGAINST MR. FILIBERTO, I WAS MADE AWARE HE HAD A PRIOR DUI, SPEEDING AND OTHER TRAFFIC CITATIONS.
NOW, COME TO FIND OUT THAT HE HAS A HISTORY FAR WORSE THAN MINE AND LIE TO THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE OTHER ENTITIES THAT MIGHT KNOW ABOUT THIS INFORMATION AS WELL.
AND STILL THEY RAN THE CANDIDATE, MR. FILIBERTO, AND SUPPORTED HIM.
THAT IS WHAT CORRUPTION LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT YOU ALSO DON'T KNOW IS I CONFRONTED MR. FILIBERTO WHEN WE MET BY CHANCE DURING THE RUN UP IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION, AND HE WHOLEHEARTEDLY ADMITTED THAT HE WAS GOING TO CONTINUE SPREADING RANDY FINE'S LIES ABOUT ME CALLING ME A CRIMINAL FOR MY TRAFFIC CITATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SHARING THAT INFO.
THAT IS WHAT CORRUPTION LOOKS LIKE.
MR. FILIBERTO CONTINUED TO PERPETUATE RANDY FINE'S LIE THAT I DIDN'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
WELL, I HAVE MY DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT SHOWS THAT I LIVE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
BUT YET, WHEN MR. FILIBERTO WAS ARRESTED, IT DIDN'T EVEN SHOW.
HE LIVES IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THAT IS WHAT CORRUPTION LOOKS LIKE.
MR. FILIBERTO WENT ON SPACE COAST DAILY DURING THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND SAID, AND I QUOTE, I FEEL LIKE PALM BAY NEEDS AN INFORMED CANDIDATE FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION, ONE WHO IS WHO PROVIDES ACCOUNTABILITY AND WHO IS HONEST.
THAT IS WHAT CORRUPTION LOOKS LIKE.
AND I'M PROUD THAT I RAN A CLEAN CAMPAIGN, WHETHER AGAINST MR. FILIBERTO OR RANDY.
FINE. I DIDN'T SINK TO THE LOWS THAT FILIBERTO AND FINE DID.
I OWNED UP TO MY PAST AND DIDN'T THROW STONES THROUGH THE GLASS HOUSE.
I BELIEVE KARMA IS UPON YOU NOW, MR. FILIBERTO. AND SOME DAY, MAYBE NOT TODAY OR TOMORROW OR THE NEXT.
BUT KARMA IS GOING TO COME UPON RANDY FINE AS WELL.
AND IT WILL CONTINUE. WHO CONTINUALLY SPEWS OUT LIES ABOUT PEOPLE FALSELY CALLING THEM CRIMINALS.
BUT WHEN FACED WITH AN ACTUAL CRIMINAL LIKE NOW, CRICKETS, THAT IS WHAT CORRUPTION LOOKS LIKE.
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ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? THERE. I RECEIVED A FEW CARDS.I'M NOT SURE THEY REGARDING THIS ITEM.
HI, SIR. I MEAN, I'M A PASTOR AND THIS IS A MIKE.
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? WE'RE ON TOPIC, BUT WE ARE ON TOPIC.
I'M MAKING IT A HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF OF REALITIES OF DIFFICULTIES.
IS THROUGHOUT ALL THE PALM BAY.
IT'S EASY TO POINT THE FINGER AT WHAT SOMEONE DOES WRONG.
BUT IN FIRST CORINTHIANS, THERE'S A CONCEPT HERE.
THEN IF ONE MEMBER SUFFERS, I'LL SUFFER TOGETHER.
IF ONE MEMBER IS HONORED, I'LL REJOICE TOGETHER.
AND REGARDLESS, HE'S A HUMAN BEING.
AND THOUGH WE SHOULD LET WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN HAPPEN.
NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE'RE A FAMILY OF FAMILIES.
AND THE TOMBS THAT WERE NEXT TO JESUS CHRIST WERE BOTH GUILTY.
AND WE COULD SAY THEY DESERVED IT, AND THEY PROBABLY DID.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.
IT DOESN'T SAY. BUT ONE CAME TO JESUS AND SAID, PLEASE REMEMBER ME.
AND JESUS SAID I WOULD BE THERE.
SO LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THE WRONG IS STILL WRONG.
THE RIGHT THING IN THE MIDST OF WRONG.
WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP YOU TO BE OUT OF THE PROBLEM? BECAUSE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES AND I HAVE MY PAST, MAYBE PEOPLE HERE ARE ARE MUCH BETTER THAN I AM.
BUT SOMEONE REACHED OUT WITH A HAND.
AND NOW WHEREAS BEFORE, IF, IF AND SOME PEOPLE CAN CALL IT KARMA.
JESUS CHRIST STOPPED IT SO THAT NOW I COULD BE A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE RATHER THAN SUFFERING ALL THE CONSEQUENCES OF EVERYTHING I DID WRONG IN MY TEENAGE YEARS ALL THE WAY UP TO 28.
SO LET'S NOT FORGET THE REALITY THAT LOVE STILL CONQUERS ALL.
AND WHEN SOMEONE'S DOWN, IT'S EASY TO KICK THEM.
TAKES A LOT OF STRENGTH TO LIFT OUT A HAND AND SAY, NOW, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP YOU? THANK YOU. ORRIN.
I LOVE THIS SUBJECT ON THIS SUBJECT.
NOW. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME, SIR, AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 806 ACTON AVENUE, NORTH WEST PALM BAY, FLORIDA 32907.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WITH THE PASTOR.
I MYSELF AM A SPIRITUAL PERSON AND I BELIEVE MICAH SIX AND EIGHT AND NINE.
IT SAYS HE HAS SHOWN THE OLD MAN WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT THOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THE BUT TO DO JUSTLY, TO LOVE MERCY AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH THY GOD.
THE LORD'S VOICE, CHRIST UNTO THE CITY AND THE MAN OF WISDOM SHALL SEE THY NAME.
AND WHO HAVE APPOINTED IT ARE THERE YET THE TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS IN THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED AND THE SCANT MEASURE THAT IS ABOMINABLE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? OK SEEING NONE. STEP FORWARD.
I DIDN'T CATCH YOU. MY NAME IS PAT BELPRE.
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I LIVE AT 410 GEORGE'S AVENUE, NORTHEAST PALM BAY.GOOD EVENING. I DO WANT TO JUST SAY ONE QUICK THING.
IT REALLY SADDENS ME TO SEE THAT.
I ALSO AM SADDENED THAT WE ARE SO QUICK TO JUDGE.
NOW I CAN BRING UP ANOTHER SCRIPTURE.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT IT IS.
BUT I'M WONDERING, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE JUDGED ME OR HAVE JUDGED OTHERS AND WE NEED A WAY OF BEING RESTORED.
SO CAN WE DO THIS IN A WAY THAT'S PROFESSIONAL AND HOPEFULLY GET PETE TO TURN AROUND? HE NEEDS TO TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE, NUMBER ONE, TOO.
BUT. HE'S NOT THE FIRST PERSON AND NOR WILL HE BE THE LAST.
CAN WE COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE RESTORED WITHOUT SAYING YOU'RE GONE? OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? SEEING NONE I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND TOSS IT BACK TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL HAVE OUR DIALOG, GENTLEMEN.
SO FIRST, I WANT TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE OFFICER MORSE.
I KNOW THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN EASY FOR OFFICER TO HAVE TO PULL OVER A COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO SO CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEF, IF HE'S NOT LISTENING AND NOT LISTENING AND PLEASE SHARE.
WELL, PLEASE SHARE THE MESSAGE TO HIM BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY JOB.
ASIDE FROM THAT, JUST AS MANY OF OTHERS HAVE SAID, I GIVE MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO, TO HIS FAMILY, TO HIS LOVED ONES, EVERYBODY, SO THAT HE CAN GET THE ASSISTANCE THAT HE NEEDS.
THERE'S MORE TO IT. AND SOME OF US HAVE BEEN TOUCHED ON TODAY.
BUT THERE'S A THERE'S AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
MR. BRYANT, CAN YOU PULL UP THE PICTURE? THAT I EMAILED YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.
SO SINCE I'VE BEEN ELECTED IN 2018, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD.
SUZANNE HAS BEEN WORKING HARD.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING HARD.
EVERYBODY'S BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET THIS NEGATIVE LIGHT OFF OF PALM BAY.
BUT THERE'S ONE PERSON AND ONE MISREPRESENTATIVE WHO HAS ENSURED THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE NEGATIVE HEADLINES, CONTINUE TO THROW US THROUGH THE DIRT, CONTINUE TO BADMOUTH US ANY CHANCE HE CAN, AND HE'S IN HIS OWN SELF-INTEREST AND CORRUPT SUPPORT OF OTHERS.
WHEN THERE WAS ACTUAL CORRUPTION IN OUR RANKS, IT CAME FROM THE PEOPLE THAT EITHER WORKED FOR HIM, WORKED FOR HIS CAMPAIGN, SUPPORTED HIS CAMPAIGN, OR DID WHAT HE HAD DIRECTLY TOLD THEM TO DO IN THE CITY WHEN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS EITHER ADMITTED TO BREAKING THE LAW, GOT CAUGHT BREAKING THE LAW, OR CONVICTED.
HE DIDN'T CALL FOR THE REMOVAL.
HE DIDN'T CALL FOR INVESTIGATION.
HE DIDN'T CALL THE COMMUNITY TO CALL THEIR CELL PHONES.
HE DIDN'T DO NO NEWS PRESS CONFERENCES, NO MAILERS, NO ROBOCALLS, NO NOTHING.
SINCE I'VE BEEN ELECTED, I'VE BEEN THE VICTIM AND HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS.
I'VE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION, NOR HAVE I BEEN ARRESTED WHILE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
I'M NOT GOING TO SIT UP HERE AND SAY I'M PERFECT.
I'M NOT. BUT ONE THING'S FOR SURE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN BREAKING THE LAW WHILE I'VE BEEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST MAKE IT ABOUT ME BECAUSE THESE OTHER MEN NEXT TO ME.
MAYOR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX COUNCILMAN FOSTER THEY HAVEN'T EITHER.
BUT STEADILY WE HEAR THE TERMS THUGS, THUGS IN BOW TIE STAINS ON THE COMMUNITY, CORRUPT PEDOPHILE, VIOLENT SEXUAL PREDATORS, DEMONS, BOY AND ALL THESE OTHER DOG WHISTLING TERMS THAT ARE FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO SAY.
AND SINCE THESE PREVIOUS INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, HE'S BEEN WORKING RELENTLESSLY ON, YOU KNOW, DOING WHATEVER HE CAN TO GET PEOPLE IN PLACE THAT HE WANTS IN PLACE TO DO HIS BIDDING. AND NOW WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE WITH MY COUNCILMAN FILIBUSTER SUPPORTING AND ENDORSE BY MISREPRESENTATIVE RANDY FINE.
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AND IT TURNS OUT THAT HE'S PROMOTING SUPPORTS AND HAS CONSISTENT CHRONIC HABIT OF BREAKING THE LAWS HE SWORE TO UPHOLD.WHERE'S THE PRESS CONFERENCE, MR. FINE? WHERE'S THE FACEBOOK POST? WHERE'S THE HASHTAG? WHERE'S THE MAILERS? WHERE'S THE TEXT MESSAGES? WHERE'S THE LETTER TO PHIL ARCHER DEMANDING HIS INVESTIGATION? JUST LIKE THE SAME COUNCILMAN TONIGHT IS ABSENT.
WHAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO? NOT HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD.
IF IT'S NOT OBVIOUS, IT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE.
I'VE BEEN VERY SILENT AND MY PARENTS HAVE ALWAYS TAUGHT ME TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.
BUT I'VE RAN OUT OF CHEEKS TO TURN.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND ALLOW THIS SOCIOPATH, NARCISSIST, ADMITTED BULLY, EXTORTIONIST AND YES, RACIST, COWARD TO CONTINUE VICTIMIZE OUR CITY AND ANY OF US ANY LONGER. AND I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.
I SEE A COUNCILMAN FROM CITY OF WEST MELBOURNE RIGHT NOW.
HE'S GOING TO TRY TO THREATEN TO NOT GIVE US APPROPRIATION FOR FUNDS OR ANYTHING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE'S SHOWN TO DO FOR THE CITY OF WEST MELBOURNE BECAUSE THEY HURT HIS FEELINGS. SO HIS SILENCE IS LOUD AND CLEAR RIGHT NOW.
SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GIVE THE CITY ATTORNEY DIRECTION TO DRAFT A LETTER TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR SUSPEND COUNCILMAN PETER FILIBERTO PURSUANT TO SECTION 112.51 FLORIDA STATUTES.
SO, COUNCILMAN FOSTER, THANK YOU.
BECAUSE I LIKE TO SAY MY PIECE.
FIRST OF ALL. THIS WASN'T EASY FOR ME, MAYOR DINA, TO DO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, OVER A LONG TIME FAMILY.
I PICKED IT UP. BUT I DIDN'T MAKE A COMMENT IN THE PAPER.
THE PHONE CALLS I'VE BEEN GETTING FROM THE PRESS AND THE NEWSPAPERS WAS CRAZY FOR ME ALL WEEK.
AND THEY WANTED ME TO MAKE A COMMENT.
I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT I YOU CAN LOOK AT IT PUBLIC RECORDS OR WHATEVER.
I TEXT BACK. I MAKE MY COMMENT.
THE DICE. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO FEED INTO THIS MADNESS THAT IS GOING ON THAT COUNCILMAN HERE.
LAST WEEK. ABOUT EVERYBODY ON THIS.
MY INTENTION WAS TO GIVE THEM THIS GIFT OUT OF MY POCKET THAT I SPENT ON OTHER CITY FUNDS.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE A TEAM.
AND WE ARE A TEAM. HE'S STILL PART OF THE TEAM.
AND WHEN SOMEONE IS NOT PERFORMING.
YOU TELL THEM TO STEP UP OR STEP OUT? GET OFF THE TEAM. THIS IS A DIFFERENT TEAM.
BECAUSE WE ARE WE ARE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
WERE YOU A PUBLIC OFFICIAL? YOU ARE HELD TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF MORALS.
IF YOU'RE NOT A PUBLIC FIGURE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THE STAND THAT THEY CAN HOLD ME.
WHEN I WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR OVER 28 YEARS, I WAS HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
WHEN I WAS IN THE MILITARY, AIR FORCE SECURITY POLICE, I WAS HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
ANYBODY IN THE MILITARY IS HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON THE.
UNDER THE US CONSTITUTION, UNDER THE UNIFORM MILITARY CODE OF JUSTICE.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE UNDER THAT OK BECAUSE THEY DON'T GIVE YOU A BREAK.
BUT BEAR WITH ME. I'M GETTING TO MY POINT.
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SO YOU HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.PETER. WE TOOK AN OATH OF OFFICE, PETER.
THE UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES IN FLORIDA.
AND WHEN YOU VIOLATE A FLORIDA STATUTE, YOU'RE NOT UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTION OF FLORIDA.
NOW, MR. BILL, BIDEN SAID YOU'RE INNOCENT AND PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW.
YOU ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW.
AND THE STANDARDS THAT YOU HELD IN THE COURTROOM FALLS UNDER YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
WE DON'T PLAY BY THAT RULE HERE.
LOOK WHAT THE GOVERNOR THE GOVERNOR HAS REMOVED PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE AND OTHER PLACES, NOT JUST RON DESANTIS, BUT RICK SCOTT, CHARLIE CRIST.
DESANTIS REMOVED THE SHIRT DOWN IN AND PARKLAND.
THE SHERIFF BECAUSE OF THE SHOOTING.
YOU REMOVE. BECAUSE WE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
6:00. MR. PHILIP COUNCILMAN. PHILIP IS NOT HERE TO ANSWER TO YOU.
THE LADY SAID HE SHOULD APOLOGIZE.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING HE SHOULD HAVE SAID.
THAT'S MY ADVICE I WOULD GIVE TO.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO GO IN FRONT OF THE NEWSPAPER.
WHAT IS THE PRICE THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY HAVE TO PAY FOR HIS MISTAKES? WHAT IS THE PRICE? I WAS UP IN WASHINGTON, D.C..
ON TUESDAY, I GET A TEXT THAT THIS STORY IS IN THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
SO ALL MY TIME UP THERE WAS WASTED.
SO LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT NOW, BECAUSE NOW PALM BAY GOT TO.
I WAS UP THERE TRYING TO PROMOTE GRANTS FOR THE CITY.
I TALKED TO THE WHITE HOUSE, OUR CONGRESSMAN, OUR SENATOR.
OF DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY KNOW ABOUT PALM BAY, BUT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THIS INCIDENT.
IT'S NOT ONLY IN THE WASHINGTON TIMES IS IN THE NEW YORK POST.
WHEN THE WORLD STORY AND PALM BAY NEEDS TO BE IN THE NEW YORK POST.
THIS IS EMBARRASSMENT TOWARDS OUR CITY.
SO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICE.
THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS TO PAY.
THE RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY HAS TO PAY FOR HIS MISTAKES.
I WONDER A FEW PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM EVER ARREST SOMEBODY FOR THE DUI? IT'S NOT A PRETTY SIGHT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO.
THAT OFFICER, HE PUT THE PALM BAY POLICE OFFICER AND PALM BAY POLICE IN JEOPARDY.
BECAUSE THAT OFFICER HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.
THAT'S WHY WE GOT BODY CAMS. I WHEN A BODY CAN'T GET RELEASED AND GOD KNOWS IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT TO YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, IT'S GOING TO BE ALL OVER THE [INAUDIBLE] NATION.
BE HONEST. YOU. I WAS TAKING A LIKING TO FILIBERTO SITTING NEXT TO ME.
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SO I KNEW IT TOOK A LOT FOR ME TO.HOLD BACK MY COMMENTS FROM THE NEWS.
AND AFTER TONIGHT, THE NEWS COULD CONTACT ME BECAUSE I GET TO SPEAK TO PALM BAY FIRST.
AND I DON'T TELL HIM HOW TO DO HIS JOB.
AND I NEVER WOULD TELL HIM HOW TO DO THIS JOB.
SO. BO FILIBERTO P IF YOU'RE LISTENING.
MY ADVICE TO YOU. I'M CALLING FOR YOUR RESIGNATION.
I'M CALLING YOU TO RESIGN IMMEDIATELY TOMORROW MORNING.
IS WHY. NUMBER ONE, YOU HELD TO THE HIGH STANDARD.
NUMBER TWO, YOU TOOK AN OATH FOR OFFICE.
NUMBER THREE. YOU PUT SHAME ON THIS COUNCIL, ON THIS CITY.
YOU PUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN JEOPARDY.
CHALLENGE THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND GOD BLESS THEM, THEY DID THE RIGHT THING.
HE HAS A LOT OF FAMILY HISTORY IN THIS CITY.
DON'T DRAG YOUR FAMILY THROUGH THIS MUD.
NUMBER FIVE, YOU HAVE TO START HEALING.
MIGHT BE PART TIME, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE, SO.
LET IT GO. START HEALING BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GO BEFORE THAT JUDGE.
YOU KNOW, CORRECT THE ACTION THAT YOU DID.
I JUST KEPT BRINGING THE CITY THROUGH THIS MUD.
THAT'S WHAT THE PROSECUTOR GOING TO SAY.
YES, HE CAN SAY I RESIGNED AND START GETTING HELP FOR MY DRUG ADDICTION AND MY ALCOHOL ADDICTION.
THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION.
THERE'S NOT NOTHING TO DO WITH.
WHO'S GOING TO PUT THIS KIND OF POINT TO THE SEAT? THAT'S SO THAT'S NOT EVEN THE ISSUE.
THE ISSUE IS THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE PETA, PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING, RESIGN SO WE COULD GET THIS PAST US.
I DON'T WANT TO SEND THIS LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR.
THEN IT LEAVES US NO CHOICE TO DO THAT.
LET ME START BY STATING THE OBVIOUS.
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, RIGHT? IT, FILIBERTO. YOU NEED TO RESIGN IMMEDIATELY.
THAT'S THAT'S DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR YOURSELF, DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY THAT YOUR THE VOTERS, THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY DON'T DESERVE THAT.
WE ARE ALL BETTER COMMUNITY THAN THAT.
SO YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE PUT US THROUGH THIS.
DO THE RIGHT THING FOR YOURSELF, FOR YOUR HEALING, FOR YOUR FAMILY.
AS COUNCILMAN FOSTER MENTIONED, DO THE RIGHT THING BY THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.
I RAN AGAINST HIM OR HE RAN AGAINST ME.
OBVIOUSLY, I SAT HERE BEFORE I.
PAID FOR NO APPARENT REASON OR NO REASON.
IT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A REASON TO DO THAT.
FAIR GAME. WE WENT THROUGH THE PRIMARY OUT OF FIVE PEOPLE.
THE TWO OF US GAINED THE MOST NUMBER OF VOTES.
SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THROUGH A GENERAL ELECTION TO A RUNOFF.
AT THAT POINT, I THINK HE DID UNDERESTIMATE ME.
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BUT AT THAT POINT, HE STARTED TAKING ME SERIOUSLY.SO MAYBE A NATIVE PALM BAY AND DIDN'T MEAN A WHOLE LOT IN THAT SENSE BECAUSE WHERE IS THIS GUY'S FROM? HOW IS HE GOT THERE? BUT WHAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE WHILE HE WAS STILL LIVING IN SURFSIDE FOR SOUTH FLORIDA, WHICH I BELIEVE HONESTLY AND I HATE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE HE'S HE'S ISD STILL REFLECTING THE SAME ADDRESS.
SO THE QUESTION I BEG THE QUESTION, WAS HE ELIGIBLE TO RUN WHEN HE RAN IN 2020? SO THAT'S THE PAST.
ONE OF THE THINGS I DID, MR. FILIBERTO RAN MY NAME THROUGH THE MUD.
WHAT HE DID, HE WAS SO DESPERATE, WHAT HE DID TO ME.
I MEAN, WHO DOES THAT? YOU FABRICATING LIES.
I USED TO BE A BANKER AT WELLS FARGO.
I HAD A TENURE AT WELLS FARGO, AND THE MAN SOMEHOW FABRICATING THE LIE TOOK A PICTURE OF MINE SAYING THAT HERE IS ALL CANDIDATE USED TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OF WELLS FARGO OPENING FAKE ACCOUNT.
I'M LIKE, WHO DOES THAT? LIKE SERIOUSLY THAT DESPERATE AND AT THAT POINT THAT WELL THEY CHANGE MINE.
I USUALLY BY NATURE I GIVE PEOPLE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
I LOOKED AT IT YOU AS A MAN UNTIL YOU PROVE ME DIFFERENTLY.
I THINK YOU KNOW YOUR GOD CREATION, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
SO THAT REALLY CHANGED MY VIEW.
BUT WHAT I DID DO, I DIDN'T GIVE HIM THE SATISFACTION.
I LET IT RIDE. MY NAME IS SIDFORD FELIX INSTEAD OF DONNY, FELIX IS DESTINED FOR DECEITFUL FELIX.
I WOULDN'T CALL IT KARMA, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY SURE GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY, RIGHT? SO. BUT BUT I SAID ALL THIS TO SAY.
AND WHAT I DID DO AFTER FILIBERTO GOT ELECTED, BEFORE HE SAT ON THE VERY DAIS, I WAITED TO.
HIM AND I, WE HAD A LITTLE CONVERSATION IN THE BACK.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY I WILL SUPPORT YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO SIT RIGHT BESIDE BY ME.
WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
BUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, DID YOU KNOW IT WASN'T RIGHT? WHY DID YOU DO THAT? WHY YOU STOOD THAT LOW? WAS THAT NECESSARY? WE HAD A CONVERSATION.
I FORGAVE HIM THE DAY HE DID IT.
YOU KNOW, AND I SURELY AT THAT POINT RESTORE A RELATIONSHIP AND IS TRULY WILLING TO WORK.
AND WE HAVE BEEN AND AND CERTAINLY IT'S BEEN DISAPPOINTING.
IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN DISAPPOINTING.
AND AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, STARTED MY STATEMENT.
DO THE RIGHT THING FOR YOURSELF.
I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU GET BETTER.
DO IT FOR YOUR FAMILY AND GET HELP.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT REPRESENTATIVE RANDY FINE.
IT'S BEEN PART OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR 34 YEARS AND ON THIS COUNCIL SINCE NOVEMBER 2020.
AND IN THAT TIME, GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE WORKED HARD ON REPRESENTING PALM BAY AND RESTORING RELATIONSHIPS THAT WERE ONCE TORN APART. AND I TAKE PRIDE IN THAT.
REPRESENTATIVE FINE HAS HELPED THIS COMMUNITY WITH OUR BAFFLE BOXES.
REPRESENTATIVE FINE HAS TAKEN THE LEAD AND HELPED US WITH LEGISLATION.
AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THE POLITICS OF OF THOSE THINGS, BUT HE HAS HELPED OUT OUR CITIZENS, AND IT HAS BEEN MY JOB TO RESTORE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. WE ARE A TEAM.
WE WORK TOGETHER AND I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THE PALM BAY TEAM.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER, YOU YOU COMMENDED ME ON ON COMING OUT AND SPEAKING.
AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, SIR.
AS MAYOR, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO SHARE AND UPHOLD OUR COMMUNITY, TO LIFT OUR COMMUNITY UP.
AND I DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, GENTLEMEN.
AND WHEN I MADE MY STATEMENT, GENTLEMEN, IT WAS MY HEART.
BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE ARE HELD AT A HIGHER STANDARD.
WE SHOULD BE THE LIGHT TO EVERYONE ELSE.
NO ONE SHOULD HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT OUR SERVICE.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE SHOULD BE.AN OPEN BOOK TO EVERY ONE OF OUR CITIZENS.
IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US NOT ONLY TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS.
BUT IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO RESPECT OUR FATHER'S LAST NAME.
TO RESPECT MY FATHER'S LAST NAME.
THAT IS OUR LEGACY, OUR LEGACY ON THIS DIOCESE, HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE LIFE OF OTHERS.
WE ALL GO THROUGH SITUATIONS, GENTLEMEN.
WE'VE ALL ENCOUNTERED DIFFERENT DIFFICULTIES AS WE JOURNEY THROUGH THIS OUR LIFE.
E. THAT LIVES IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES.
IN THAT. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION.
OF HOW SOMEONE WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WAS NO DOUBT.
AND SOMEONE THAT I FOLLOW KNELT DOWN AND MADE A SIGN ON ON THE DECK OR THE DIRT.
I'M A NAVAL GUY, SO I'LL SAY DECK.
AND THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO CONDEMN.
BUT WHAT THAT INDIVIDUAL SAID NEXT WAS THEN GO AND SIN NO MORE.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A POINT WHERE WE ALL RECKON WITH OUR HEARTS.
WE HAVE GOT TO BE IN A POSITION TO SAY, DID I REPRESENT? THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.
AM I ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY? AND I SAY, YES, WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.
IT IS TRULY A BLESSING TO SIT ON THIS DAIS.
I AM BLESSED THAT YOU SELECTED ME TO BE MAYOR OF THIS GREAT CITY.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO DOING THE RIGHT THING, I WILL ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND YET I WILL BE STERN WITH THOSE DECISIONS.
BECAUSE I NOT ONLY SERVE THE PEOPLE, I SERVE THE MOST HIGH GOD.
I WAS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR STAFF.
THAT'S HOW SERIOUS THIS ISSUE WAS TO ME.
PUBLIC TRUST IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR ME.
THE UNFORTUNATE THING ABOUT THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT IS THERE IS.
SAY THAT WAS CAST UPON US UPON THE HARD WORK THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED HERE ON THIS DIET.
I'M PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE MOVED THE NEEDLE.
EVER SINCE WE SAID ON THIS COUNCIL.
ALL WE CAN DO IS ASK THE GOVERNOR.
TO SUSPEND OUR FELLOW COUNCILMEN.
I WANT TO MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR.
THAT'S ALL THIS COUNCIL CAN DO IS SUBMIT.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY.
NO AUTHORITY TO REMOVE A COUNCIL MEMBER.
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AND WE WILL SERVE YOU.THAT IS WHAT WE CAN DO ON THIS DEVICE AND GIVE THAT REASSURANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT CITY.
I ACTUALLY HAD A PHONE CALL IN.
AND BY THE TIME I GOT A HOLD OF HER, YOU HAD ALREADY PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT WAS MY HOPE.
THAT OUR FELLOW BROTHER UP HERE AND TEAM PLAYER.
WOULD OF. RESIGNED PRIOR TO THIS DAY.
I STILL WANT TO SHARE THAT OUR FELLOW COUNCILMAN DOES NEED HELP.
AND WE SHOULD ALL JOIN OUR HEARTS AND SAY WE WILL HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY.
HOWEVER, TO SIT ON THIS DAIS, THERE'S A HIGHER LEVEL OF EXPECTATION.
OF WHAT WE REPRESENT, AND THAT IS, IN MY EYES, GOD, HONOR AND INTEGRITY.
AND SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO NOW WE'RE ON NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
AND I BOUGHT THIS ONE UP AND IT'S IN THE SAME DIALOG.
I CAN'T MANDATE FOR YOU TO GO TAKE A DRUG TEST.
BUT WE OWE IT TO THE PEOPLE TO SAY, HERE I AM.
SO I HAVE RESEARCHED THAT THERE WAS A COUNCIL IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, AND THEY APPROVED BACK IN 2016, THEY HAD A COUNCIL PERSON THAT WAS CONVICTED OF ALCOHOL.
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS IT WAS COCAINE.
IT WAS YOU MIGHT WANT TO RESEARCH THAT.
IT'S JUNE 16 OR JUNE 2016 BY THE LA TIMES.
AND IN THAT ARTICLE, IT SAYS THAT THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO TRY AND GET A DRUG OR THAT THEY WERE CONSIDERING TO DO A DRUG TEST. BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT, THEY WENT AHEAD AND DID IT QUARTERLY.
SO I WANT TO I WANT COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THIS MAY BE A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, BUT THE FACT OF US DOING THIS TO SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY, HEY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO SHARE.
AND WE NEED TO RESTORE THE TRUST, EVEN THOUGH NO ONE ON THIS DIET.
THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU GENTLEMEN TODAY.
WE CAN SET THE POLICY HOWEVER YOU GUYS WOULD WANT.
THAT I WILL GO AND BE THE FIRST TO GO TAKE THAT DRUG TEST.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ENCOMPASSING OF OUR.
SO IF I WOULDN'T WANT TO PAY FOR THE DRUG TESTS EVERY TIME WE GET TESTED, I WOULD WANT TO FALL UNDER THE GUISE OF WE ARE STILL CONSIDERED PALM BAY EMPLOYEES. SO UNDER THAT GUISE.
SO MY MY, MY IDEA IS GENTLEMAN IS FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND SAY, HERE WE ARE, WE'RE CLEANSED.
OUR CITIES MOVING IN A IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY.
SO HOW DO WE DO? HOW DO WE LEAD OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT COME AFTER US.
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ARE ON THE UP AND UP.THAT THEY WE SET THE TONE THAT THEY DON'T.
FALL INTO THE SAME GRASS THAT OTHERS HAVE FALLEN.
I'M HOPING THAT I GET THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT.
I ACTUALLY I ACTUALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
SO DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS? BILL BOUGHTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
THIS IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE DRUG TEST WHEN YOU MAKE IT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE DAYS IN ADVANCE.
NOT THAT I WOULD HAVE BEHAVED ANY DIFFERENTLY.
ARE YOU GOING TO CONSIDER THE POLICY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES? NUMBER THREE, BY MY STANDARD, THIS IS JUST A SMOKESCREEN TO TO SAY, SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WHO WOULD SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT? YOUR ANALYSIS, IT WON'T BE PUBLIC.
OTHERWISE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN HEAP OF VIOLATION.
HOW ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE A MEDICAL HISTORY THAT THAT COULD BE PRESENTED AS A RESULT OF THIS? SO BY TO ME, IT'S IT'S A SMOKESCREEN TO SAY, SEE WHAT I'M DOING.
THAT LEADS TO ONE OTHER QUESTION.
IF THE INDIVIDUAL DID SHOW UP POSITIVE DURING A URINALYSIS AND IT BECAME PUBLIC, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CORRECTIVE ACTION? BECAUSE BEING POSITIVE IN A NON TEST, YOU HAVE NO ACTION THAT FOLLOWS THEREAFTER.
WHAT I AM SAYING IS LOOK AT THE TOTAL PICTURE.
THANK YOU. SO, MASTER CHIEF, THE FIRST THING TO YOUR YOUR QUESTION, THE HIPAA, YOU WOULD THE DRUG TEST, THE URINALYSIS IS THE SAME AS WHAT I WENT THROUGH THAT THE DOD.
RIGHT. YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GETTING TESTED, YOUR INFORMATION, YOU'RE GOING RIGHT? NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT HERE.
BUT THE HIPA VIOLATION YOU MENTIONED, WHEN YOU DO THE DRUG SCREEN, THERE IS AN EMPLOYEE PROGRAM.
IF THERE'S SUSPICION, THEN THEY SEND THE EMPLOYEE TO TO GO TAKE THE DRUG SCREEN.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, REGARDING HIPAA AND THE MEDICAL ASPECT OF IT, THE MEDICAL FACILITY THAT TESTS THE URINALYSIS, IT'S EITHER YOU PASS OR YOU FAIL.
AND THERE IS A MEDICAL OFFICER ON ON STAFF.
IF YOU'RE ON ANY TYPE OF PRESCRIBED DRUGS, THIS IS ILLICIT DRUGS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THE PROCESS ALL VERY WELL.
THERE ARE STANDARDS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE THAT AREN'T THAT WEREN'T BEING MET BY MR. FILIBERTO IF HE WERE JUST TO FOLLOW THE STANDARDS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION WE'RE IN.
A REMINDER, IT WASN'T JUST DRUGS MR. FILIBERTO HAD ISSUE WITH.
HE WAS ALSO BREAKING THE LAW, DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE FOR A THIRD TIME.
AND EVERYBODY SAYS THAT WE SHOULD GIVE HIM A SECOND CHANCE OR WE NEED TO.
HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR A NUMBER OF TIMES.
AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY I LOOK AT ANY OF YOU.
NOW FOR WHAT HAPPENED WITH ONE OTHER PERSON.
I LOOK AT EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, AND THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD TREAT EVERYBODY.
EVENING. ROBERTS DAY 1796 WYNBERG DRIVE SOUTHEAST.
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IT'S BEEN A TOUGH DAY. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL KNOW I'VE BEEN COMING UP HERE A LONG TIME, BUT I MANAGED A LOT OF YEARS WITH LARGE COMPANIES AND I AM A VET. BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW COME WE DON'T HAVE A CODE OF CONDUCT POLICY IN ANY COMPANY THAT I'VE BEEN IN, EVEN IF IT WAS THE THE OPTICS, WHETHER IT WAS AT&T OR COORS OR ANY COMPANY LIKE THAT, IF YOU GOT ARRESTED, EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T FOUND GUILTY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO GIVE UP YOUR JOB. I'M NOT ADVOCATING THAT.WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE SHOULD BE A CODE OF CONDUCT.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DRUG TESTING.
I MEAN, WE HAD BACKGROUND CHECKS.
I HAD FUTURE EMPLOYEES, HAD A RANDOM DRUG TEST, AND THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS.
DEPOSIT, I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY, AND THEN TRY TO TAKE IT IN AND HAVE THEM TESTED IT.
AND OF COURSE, THAT'S A THAT'S A IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
THEY CATCH THEM EVERY SINGLE TIME AND IT LEAVE THE COMPANY.
IN THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY WAS A TRASH INDUSTRY.
WE'RE NOT HOLD YOU GUYS UP TO THAT SAME LEVEL.
I MEAN, COME ON, YOU'RE COMPONENT OF POLICY IN PLACE.
I WAS SET UP TO DO A RANDOM IN JUST ABOUT ANY JOB I EVER HAD.
YOU KNOW, YOU ARE AS WE ALL ARE PART OF SOCIETY, YOU KNOW, DIVORCE, CRIME VICTIMS, YOU KNOW, DEPENDENCY, DRUGS, ALCOHOL. WE'RE NOT INFALLIBLE.
EVERY ONE OF US CAN GET HOOKED ON ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, KNOW IT'S LIFE.
SO YOU HAVE TO YOU GOT A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE YOU KNOW YOU'RE HIRING PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, WITH MR. FILIBERTO. I REMEMBER AFTER THE MEETING, HE SAID HIS TRUCK DRIVING HOME.
AND I'M THINKING NOW, WHEN YOU SAID IT'S HAD THREE PRIORS, YOU KNOW, WHO DO YOU HAVE ON STAFF AND YOU DON'T KNOW AS A HOUSE OF HORRORS AT THEIR HOME? I DON'T KNOW. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
OKAY. SO HOW DO YOU GET THAT? I THINK WHAT MOST DISAPPOINTED IS WE WERE DOING GOOD HERE.
AND NOW I'M HEARING SAME OLD PALM BAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH THE RINGER AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER.
HOW DO WE PICK UP THE PIECES AND MOVE FORWARD AND GET THIS DONE? SO THERE IS NO QUESTION YOU HAVE NO MEDIA IN HERE AND YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD AND DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM ATTORNEY.
THE CITY NOR THE CLERK HAS ANY ABILITY TO PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM BEING PLACED ON THE BALLOT OR TO STOP SOMEONE FROM BEING SWORN IN.
IF THERE IS SOMEONE THAT IT IS BELIEVED THAT THERE HAVE A FELONY OR OTHERWISE DISQUALIFIED.
YOU WOULD NEED A COURT ORDER OR YOU WOULD NEED SOMETHING THAT IS A CENSURE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
AND DRUG TESTS ARE CONSIDERED SEARCHES UNDER THE LAW.
I MEAN, IN CHANDLER VERSUS MILLER, WHICH IS THIS SUPREME COURT CASE IN WHICH GEORGIA WANTED TO TEST ALL OF STATE OFFICIALS, THE COURT SAID, NO, THERE ARE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TEST PEOPLE WITHOUT SUSPICION.
THOSE TYPICALLY ARE GOING TO EVOLVE WHERE THERE IS A THREAT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST BE ABLE TO RANDOMLY TEST ALL EMPLOYEES AND RANDOMLY TEST ALL MANAGERS WITHOUT HAVING SOME SUSPICION THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN SOME TYPE OF DRUG USE. IT'S JUST NOT CONSTITUTIONAL.
THAT'S WHY I SAID IT WAS VOLUNTARY.
THAT'S WHY THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE A VOLUNTARY FOR US TO BE VOLUNTARY.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. IF NOT, WE'LL FILL OUT ANOTHER ONE, MA'AM.
[01:25:03]
OKAY. ISABELLE.RIGHT. EIGHT, FIVE, EIGHT IS MY STREET NORTHEAST.
AND I AM MAKING A POINT TO SAY MY ADDRESS AGAIN SO EVERYBODY KNOWS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY'S FOCUSING ON.
THE ISSUE OF OF THE FELONY AND THIS AND THAT.
THE ISSUE IS THAT HE CANNOT HAVE HIS MIND CLEAR TO REPRESENT US.
HE IS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I APPLAUD YOU, MAYOR, FOR MAKING A SUGGESTION OF THE DRUG TESTING.
NOW, MY SITUATION IS WHY ARE WE NOT VETTING? AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT ON THAT APPLICATION IT SAYS, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ARRESTED? ARE YOU A UNITED STATES CITIZEN ON THOSE APPLICATIONS? WHY ARE WE NOT LOOKING INTO THAT? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING CORRECTLY AND YOU'RE NOT ON HONESTLY PUTTING IN THERE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, WHY ARE YOU SITTING UP THERE? WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FOR OFFICE? BECAUSE WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED, AM I A UNITED STATES CITIZEN, WHICH I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ASKED, THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ARRESTED? ANY FELONIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST.
WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IS VERIFY.
HAVE YOU BEEN ARRESTED? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A SITUATION HERE.
AND OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT GOING TO PUT THIS THIS QUESTION FORWARD.
BUT IF A CASE IS SEALED AND IS DONE AS YOU ARE AS A MINOR, THERE'S NO BUSINESS.
YOU'RE ASKING THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS.
ARE YOU RESPONDING TO IT? THE BUSINESS COMES TO POINT IF YOU'RE AN ADULT AND YOU HAVE COMMITTED A FELONY, YOU HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OR YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, YOU SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.
YES, BUT NOT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND I THINK THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT IS TO THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY, TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE.
AND RIGHT NOW, I CERTAINLY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANYBODY STEPPING UP AND SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMEBODY GET ON THE PHONE WITH THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE I WORK FOR SOMEBODY OR I DON'T WORK FOR SOMEBODY OR I KNOW SOMEBODY AND TAKE CARE OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT.
IF YOUR MIND IS NOT CLEAR, YOU CAN'T MAKE A DECISION, YOU CAN'T VOTE.
AND FOR THE LADY WHO SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KICKING THEM TO THE CURB, WE'RE NOT.
WE'RE TELLING HIM TO GET HELP.
HE THIS IS NOT A JOB WORKING IN AN OFFICE.
9 TO 5 TO ME, MA'AM, I UNDERSTAND.
I HAVE 7 SECONDS. IT'S NOT A JOB WORKING 9 TO 5.
YOU'RE YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT EVERYBODY.
OVER 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SO ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? WE'RE GOING THIS MAYOR.
ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT GENTLEMEN, I WANT TO STRESS MY POINT.
THEN I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION.
I'M GOING TO PASS THE GAVEL JUST SO THAT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS THIS IS.
WHAT I WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS THIS IS VOLUNTARY.
IF IF AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE SHOULD GET TESTED, PERHAPS WE CAN DO THIS EVERY QUARTER.
AND DISCLOSING NOT DISCLOSING ANY ANY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT WE MEDICALLY WERE TAKING.
THE WAY THIS WORKS IS IT'S EITHER YOU PASS OR YOU FAIL.
AND I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO GO TAKE THAT TEST EITHER TOMORROW MORNING, IF I CAN FIT THAT IN THE SCHEDULE OR MONDAY MORNING, WHICHEVER, WHICHEVER THEY. SO I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE VOLUNTARILY GET DRUG TESTED AND PERHAPS DO IT EVERY EVERY QUARTER OUR SECOND FOR DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT.
DEPUTY MAYOR, LET ME LET ME JUST SHARE.
OUR CITIZENS HAVE HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN ON THIS DAIS IN THE PAST WHERE WE'VE HAD OTHERS.
AND YES, IT'S AN ACTION THAT HAPPENED ON ONE INDIVIDUAL.
THIS IS NOT SMOKE AND MIRRORS.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE MAYOR.
THIS COUNCIL IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER COUNCIL, AND I WANT TO BE THE FIRST.
THIS IS HOW I WANT TO CHANGE THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
[01:30:03]
MAYBE WE COULD DO IT EVERY QUARTER.GENTLEMEN, IT IS VOLUNTARY AND AND MAYBE WE CAN DISCLOSE, PASS OR FAIL.
BUT THE POINT IS, IF THERE IS AN ISSUE.
IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE CAN SEEK HELP IN THAT ISSUE.
MAYBE THEY'LL BE A FORCE OF RECKONING WITHIN OUR LIVES.
RIGHT. BUT I WANT TO SAY, I REALLY WOULD HOPE THAT YOU ALL JOIN ME.
ACTUALLY, IT'S MORE OF A CHALLENGE.
LET'S DO THIS. LET'S LET'S SHOW THE PEOPLE, HEY, THIS COUNCIL IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PAST.
SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS THERE.
MAYOR. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON THANK.
A SECOND FOR DISCUSSION SO WE CAN HAVE SOME DIALOG ON IT.
YOU'LL COME IN FIVE IN THE MORNING.
FIVE IN THE MORNING. FIRST THING THEY TELL YOU IS GO, GO OUT BACK.
YOU'VE GOT TO PEE IN THE CUP AND YOU FIND OUT RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS IF WHAT THEY SAID.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? RECOMMEND ANOTHER LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR.
YOU KNOW, I SEE I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY DOING IT.
I'VE DONE IT THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT MY CAREER IN REGARDS TO ATHLETICISM AND SPORTS.
BUT WHAT'S THE FOLLOW UP WITH IT? I SEE, YOU KNOW, A SOLUTION.
BUT THE PROBLEM WAS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT TRYING TO PUT IT OFF ON EVERYBODY ELSE.
THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER THING I CAN SEE FROM THIS.
SO. I'M REALLY ON THE FENCE ON IT.
I'M LIKE, I CAN I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH DOING IT, BUT THERE'S NO ACTION AFTER IT.
SO YEAH. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, THE DEPUTY MAYOR.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, YOU'RE SPOT ON WITH THAT.
AND I'M WILLING TO DISCUSS WHATEVER YOU SEE FIT, WHATEVER POLICY, BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
BUT THE POINT IS, WHETHER IT'S THE PUBLIC OR WHETHER WHAT WE CAN DO IS HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY WORK ON A POLICY FOR US TO DO IT EVERY QUARTER. AND THEN WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT ACTIONS DO WE HAVE AFTER THAT? NOT BEING KICKED OFF THE TEAM, BUT HOW DO WE DISCLOSE IT? DO WE GO THROUGH COUNSELING? BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS ALL WHAT THIS PROCESS IS ALL ABOUT.
MAYBE WE COULD GIVE THAT DIRECTION.
BUT I'M I'M IN WHOLE AGREEMENT WITH YOU.
THERE SHOULD BE SOME FOLLOW UP TO THIS.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING A STEP BEYOND.
AND I'M I'M ON BOARD WITH THAT.
I'M TOTALLY ON BOARD WITH THAT.
CONCERNED. FOSTER YOUR WISH TO WIN.
I DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THIS DRUG TESTING, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY.
NOT TRYING TO DEBATE WITH YOU OR SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE TOWARDS YOU, BUT.
I STAYED 28 YEARS OF DRUG TESTING.
20 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OF DRUG TESTING.
AS TO CHIEF, THEY FIND SOMEBODY ON A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
A DRUG TESTING FELL A DRUG TEST.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PUT HIM IN A PATROL CAR.
IS MY POINT. THAT WAS A CONDITION OF MY EMPLOYMENT.
DID I WANT TO TAKE A DRUG TEST? NO. DID I EVER USE DRUGS IN MY ENTIRE LIFE? NO. HAVE I EVER BEEN ARRESTED FOR ANY DRUGS? NO. NEVER.
SMOKED MARIJUANA, SNORT COCAINE, INJECT MYSELF WITH HEROIN? NO. I SURE HAVE ARRESTED A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DID THAT.
POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND HIS ISSUE.
A YOU CAN'T GET NO MORE GUILTY THAN THAT IN YOUR SHOE IF IT WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OF HIS CAR.
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IT WAS IN HIS SUITCASE AT HOME.WHEN IT'S ON YOUR PERSON AND YOUR SHOE, MORE THAN LIKELY YOU COMMITTED THAT CRIME.
NOT ONLY YOU GET COMMITTED THE CRIME OF POSSESSING IT.
BECAUSE COCAINE JUST DON'T FALL OUT OF THE SKY.
AND IF I COULD IF I COULD TAKE A DRUG TEST TODAY.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? I'M POSITIVE. IT COULD BE ANY DRUGS.
WELL, IF IT'S IT COULD BE MARIJUANA.
I HATE MARIJUANA, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A RECREATIONAL DRUG.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE A MEDICAL USE.
I DON'T SMOKE IT AND I DON'T WANT NOBODY AROUND ME THAT SMOKE IT.
I DON'T WANT NO ONE IN MY CAR THAT SMOKE IT OR POSSESS IT.
AND I SURE IN THE HELL WON'T TAKE NOBODY TO GO BUY IT.
I TOOK AN OATH. I SAID THAT ABOUT PHILLIP TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHEN YOU USE AND BUY DRUGS, YOU VIOLATED YOUR CONSTITUTION, YOUR YOUR.
YOUR OATH. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP MY FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PROVE NOTHING.
MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BELONGS TO ME.
GIVE IT UP TO ANYBODY, EVEN THE POLICE.
THEY BETTER HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE.
AND WE STOP PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DRUGS IN COURT? NO. CAN I SEARCH IT? YOU KNOW WHAT I TELL PEOPLE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY NO.
YOU GIVEN UP YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND ONCE YOU GIVE THEM UP.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHO DROPPED SOMETHING.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHO PUT SOMETHING IN MY WATER.
I DRUNK THE WATER, AND THAT'S WHY I SHOWED UP IN MY UNIT.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, RANDY, YOU'RE CRAZY.
WELL, I DID DRINK WATER. DID NOT.
AND THEN I DID PISS IN THE CUP.
RIGHT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO BELIEVE THE TEST.
OR YOU CAN BELIEVE YOUR LYING EYES.
BUT IT'S THE TRUTH. IT'S REALITY.
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP MY I'M NOT GOING TO EVER.
AND I SUGGEST YOU NEVER GIVE UP YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
AND I SHOULD JUST STRONGLY SUGGEST, FILIBERTO NOT TO GIVE UP HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
IS HE LOOKING AT SOME SERIOUS CRIME? BUT I'M NOT GOING TO VOLUNTEER MYSELF BECAUSE HIS MISTAKE.
TO PROVE TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY THAT I'M CLEAN.
I WORKED. DO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK ON ME, PLEASE.
TO EMPLOYMENT. CHECK ON ME, PLEASE.
IF I HAD OVER 30 YEARS OF NOT USING IT, WHY WOULDN'T I? IF I. IF I USE DRUGS.
AND GET CONVICTED OF A FELONY, I WILL LOSE ALL MY VA BENEFITS, ALL MY MILITARY RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
MY POINT IS, I'M NOT GOING TO VOLUNTEER IF THE PUBLIC DON'T TRUST WHAT'S COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH.
IF YOU SEE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE WHAT'S COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH, DON'T VOTE FOR ME.
SO I DON'T NEED EVERYBODY VOTES.
SO. SO TRUST ME WHEN I SAY I'M DRUG FREE.
YOU TRUST ME ENOUGH TO PUT ME IN THIS SEAT? TRUST ME IF YOU SAY I'M DRUG FREE AND.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO VOLUNTEER.
YOU MIGHT I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO THAT LEGALLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE PROCESS OF OF PEOPLE APPLYING FOR A A AS A CANDIDATE BECAUSE WE HAVE STATE LAWS THAT GOVERNS THE CANDIDACY, SOMEBODY RUNNING FOR OFFICE EVERY YEAR.
THIS YEAR WE TAKE A FIX OF 4 HOURS FOR HOURS FOR OUR ETHICS CLASS.
WE TAKE A WE WE WE WE SUBMIT A FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
[01:40:02]
WELL, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA.I FOLLOW THAT EVERY YEAR AND IT'S OPEN TO YOU TO REVIEW IT AND SCRUTINIZE IT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
I TO MAYOR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I DON'T SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.
IN FACT, I DIDN'T THINK THINK MUCH OF IT.
I WENT HOME AND SHARED IT WITH MY WIFE.
THE BIG FENCE. HE DIDN'T QUITE LIKE IT.
SHE SAID, I MAY HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR.
AND I TRULY I FELT YOUR PASSION.
I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT WHY YOU WANT TO DO THIS.
FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
NEVER ONCE I HAVE ANY REASON TO EVEN, YOU KNOW, SUGGEST THAT I SHOULD DRUG TEST IT.
NEVER. SO I WILL TO SOME EXTENT I FELT SOMEWHAT OFFENDED. NOW.
I KNOW. I UNDERSTAND THE WEIGHT OF THE OFFICE.
I UNDERSTAND WHEN I ROSE MY RIGHT HAND AND SWORN TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE CHARTER, I UNDERSTAND. AS A GROWN MAN.
I KNOW WHAT WHAT I SIGN UP FOR.
I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS OFFICE.
I RESPECT THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY TOO MUCH TO JEOPARDIZE THAT TOO, FOR ANY REASON.
I DIDN'T DO IT IN THE LAST 25, 26 YEARS OF MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
COUPLE OF THINGS. I WANT TO ACCEPT ANYBODY TO STEP INTO PERSONAL DISRESPECT ME.
AND THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
I CAN CERTAIN I HAVE NO PROBLEM DRUG TESTING.
BUT TO MAKE A POLICY TO ME, I FEEL.
I MEAN, PALM BAY WE'VE KNOWN FOR A LOT OF THINGS, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO BE KNOWN FOR FOR THIS THAT THAT MUNICIPALITY, BESIDES EVERYTHING ELSE, WE DON'T NEED THIS. TO ME, IT'S SET OF OF NEGATIVE PRECEDENT.
CREATE A POLICY FOR SUCH THING.
RIGHT. BUT WE WE DON'T WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR THIS THE CITY THAT HAVE A POLICY IN THE BOOKS TO DRUG TEST THEIR ELECTED OFFICIAL WHY ELECT US.
RIGHT? YEAH. WHY ELECT US IF YOU GO IN THROUGH THE BALLOT BOXES AND GIVE US A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, THEN EVERY THREE MONTHS YOU EXPECT US TO JUDGE TO BE DRUG TESTED. WHERE'S THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU, THE VOTERS? TO ME, IT'S IT'S I GET THE INTENT AND I TRULY BELIEVE YOU DID IT FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASON.
BUT I DON'T SEE HOW IT SOLVES THE PROBLEM OR IT MAKES IT BETTER TO ME.
IT JUST PUT US IN A POSITION, CREATE A PRECEDENT WHERE WE'LL BE CONTINUED TO BE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF NOT JUST BREVARD COUNTY NOW ON THE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE, BECAUSE WE ARE INVOLVED.
I'M CONNECTED WITH ELECTED OFFICIAL ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATES.
WE TAKE PROUD WE NEVER MISS A FLORIDA LEAGUE CITY SELLING PALM BAY.
I'M SELLING PALM BAY 24 SEVEN.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR THIS THAT THAT'S WHY I CAN SUPPORT THIS.
I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
THIS TOWN OF ABOUT BURBANK IN CALIFORNIA, THEY THEY ACTUALLY MOVE THE DRUG TEST POLICY FORWARD.
SO NATIONALLY, THEY'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.
I THINK COUNCILMAN JOHNSON HITS ON SOME POINTERS.
MY MY GOAL IN THIS IS TO SET NOT ONLY THE YOU KNOW, HAVE THE CITIZENS UNDERSTAND WHILE WE'RE CHANGING OUR IDEOLOGY UP HERE.
THIS IS NOT ONLY THE FIRST TIME, RIGHT.
BUT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THE HEART OF THE MATTER IS TO PUT OUR COMMUNITY AT PEACE.
[01:45:02]
IT WAS NOT MY INTENT TO OFFEND YOU.PERHAPS THE WORDING WAS WRONG, BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW MY HEART.
I WANT TO CHALLENGE US TO DO BETTER.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS BEHIND THIS.
I WANT TO CHALLENGE US TO DO TO GO TAKE A URINALYSIS.
I WANT TO CHALLENGE US TO SET THE PRECEDENT.
YES. LISTEN, WE'RE WE'RE DIFFERENT.
THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING TO DO.
THAT'S WHY I PASSED THE GAVEL.
THAT'S WHY I WENT OUT AND AND WANTED TO SUPPORT THIS.
I SEE THERE'S NO APPETITE FOR THIS.
BUT WE JUST THE PREVIOUS RECORD, WHAT WE DID WAS WE SAID, OKAY, SO WE'RE SENDING A LETTER TO THE TO THE GOVERNOR. TO SUSPEND A COUNCIL MEMBER UNTIL THE CHARGES, WHATEVER HAPPENS.
SO THAT'S I ALSO SEE IT THAT WAY.
I WOULD STILL WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS.
IF NOTHING ELSE, I CAN HAVE IT.
PART OF MY FILE. IF IF ONE OF THE PUBLIC MEMBERS WOULD WANT TO CHALLENGE AND SAY, HEY, DID MEDINA EVER TAKE THAT DRUG TEST THAT HE PASSED, DID HE FAIL? I WOULD STILL WANT TO DO THAT, GENTLEMAN.
AND I WOULD I WOULD AT LEAST HAVE YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR, AS OUR OUR CITY MANAGER, IF THAT'S STILL A POSSIBILITY, EVEN THOUGH THIS FAILS.
ON THE DICE. IS THAT A POSSIBILITY, MADAM? SORRY. I JUST HAD TO CONFER WITH CITY ATTORNEY SO IT WOULDN'T BE A WE HAVE A FUNDING AVAILABLE TO DO DRUG TESTING AS WE DO FOR NEW HIRE EMPLOYEES, ETC.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, WE CERTAINLY CAN ARRANGE IT.
MA'AM, IF I MAY ASK, HOW WOULD IT BE REPORTED? WE COULD REPORT IT FROM THE DYESS OR HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WISHES.
IF IT DOES, IF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO ASK, THEY CAN CALL OUR LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT AND SAY, HEY, THE MEDINA EVER PASS THAT TEST? OR SO I JUST SAID, I WOULD AT LEAST WANT TO DO THAT.
ALTHOUGH WE USE IT FOR PURPOSES OF EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS.
OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD PROBABLY JUST WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO CREATE SOME SORT OF A A CONSENT FORM WHERE YOU WOULD BE CONSENTING FOR US TO RELEASE THAT INFORMATION IF ASKED. OR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
COUNSEL. CALLING THE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. HEY, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT, GENTLEMEN.
I APPRECIATE THAT. WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]
HE'S BUTCHERING.DO YOU GUYS NEED A BREAK? NEGATIVE, SIR. GO AHEAD.
PUT YOUR RAMP TO 19 TRENTON AVENUE.
THERE'S SOME KIND OF NEW RULING THERE.
I'LL GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT LATER.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY SHORTEN THESE MEETINGS? IS YOU GUYS HAVING A TIME LIMIT LIKE WE HAVE? GIVE YOURSELF SEVEN, 10 MINUTES JUST THERE.
CAN YOU PAUSE FOR A SECOND? IF EVERYBODY CAN BE RESPECTFUL OF MR. UREN SPEAKING AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HIS 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK TO US.
IF EVERYBODY CAN BE RESPECTFUL.
THANK YOU. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS, OH, THE NEW FLAG CITY FLAG.
I NOTICED IT FLYING OUT IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL.
BLACK WITH A WHITE BACKGROUND USED YOU BE YELLOW.
THERE USED TO BE ONE UPSTAIRS IN THE OLD BUILDING AND THEY USED TO FLY OUT FRONT THERE.
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MAYBE I JUST HAVEN'T NOTICED IT.THE BUILDING GOING ON JOHN THE PARKWAY.
THEY ARE TAKING THE TREES AND SHRUBS AND STACKING IT UP IN THESE BIG BUNDLES.
THEY'VE GOT BONFIRES BURNING OUT THERE.
DO THEY HAVE TO PULL A PERMIT FOR THAT? BECAUSE THE SMOKE IS EVERYWHERE.
STORM DRAINS. I WAS IN HERE LAST TIME I WAS HERE.
THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS LOWER THAN THE STORM DRAINS FOR THE HOUSES ON EITHER SIDE.
SO THE WATER HAS NOWHERE TO GO.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LOST INTERNET SERVICE FOR TWO DAYS.
BECAUSE THEY COME IN TO LAY THE SOD.
JUST RIP THE CABLES RIGHT OUT OF THE GROUND.
BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU HAVE TO GET SOME KIND OF CLEARANCE BEFORE YOU DIG.
OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HOW TO REALLY ASK THAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU DID TONIGHT.
MADAM SHERMAN, YOU'VE GOT THOSE NOTES.
ALL RIGHT. PLEASE RESPOND TO MR. OK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
MY ADDRESS IS 2601 TPI AVENUE, SOUTHEAST BAY, FLORIDA.
I WAS RAISED HERE IN PALM BAY.
I WENT TO BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
I LEFT, WENT TO COLLEGE, CAME BACK.
I'M NOW COMING BACK TO BRING BUSINESS TO PALM BAY.
I ACTUALLY STARTED A RADIO SHOW.
I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO GET GRANTS AND BE ABLE TO BRING THE BUSINESSES THAT I AM BRINGING OVER BECAUSE I SEE THEY BUILT THEIR BUILDING A WHOLE BUNCH OF HOMES, BUT NOT ENOUGH WORK FOR MY PEERS AND OTHER MEMBERS IN PALM BAY.
IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE GOING ON AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S HIS PROBLEM. BUT OUR PROBLEM IS THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH WORK.
YOU GUYS ARE WORKING VERY HARD FOR US.
I WONDER, CAN A WOMAN SIT ON COUNCIL? BECAUSE IF IF A WOMAN CAN, I WOULD LOVE TO COME AND SERVE OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND CHANGE THIS COMMUNITY AROUND AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS BRING POSITIVITY.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE BAD.
I HEAR EVERYBODY'S ANGER AND FRUSTRATION.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I WENT TO BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I REMEMBER I WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE TO KELLY CLARKSON, AND I'M GOING TO BREAK AWAY. I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
MAYBE YOU GUYS MIGHT LIKE WHAT WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER, INCLUDING THOSE BUSINESSES THAT I'M BRINGING.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ROBERT STICE, FOLLOWED BY MR. REBECCA HARRIS.
I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THE.
AND WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A YOU CALL IT A ROUNDTABLE WITH REGARD TO THE MAJORS, WHAT HAVE YOU.
I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
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YOU KNOW, I KNOW COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FISH TO FRY HERE, BUT THE MAJORS IS QUITE IMPORTANT AS WELL.WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS A ROUNDTABLE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE 200 ACRES MAINTAINING THAT YOU ALL VOTED TO MAINTAIN THAT A FIVE ACRE LOTS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET HEATHER LLC TO MOW THAT AREA AS WELL.
CENTRAL PARK. IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT YOU PUT 367 HOMES IN THERE.
LIKE THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS.
AND YOU BASICALLY HAVE CREATED SUBURBAN GRIDLOCK.
NOW YOU HAVE 333 HOMES THAT STONEBRIDGE JUST BUILT.
AND I THINK THERE'S APPROVAL BY THE CITY.
BUT THE PLAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR SO AS I'M VOTING AGAINST THAT, TO PUT ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT IN I THINK IT'S ON COGAN AND. OSMOSIS IN THAT AREA.
YOU ALREADY HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH.
YOU'VE ALREADY HAD A LOT OF DEATHS, ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE MY HOA AND SUMMERFIELD AND WHATNOT.
ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, HAVE ALL OF THOSE HOUSES OUT THERE.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER.
WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT IN THIS DISCUSSION.
OK GETTING A NINE HOLE FROM TOPGOLF TAKING OVER THREE OR FOUR ACRES.
IT'S A NICE INITIAL THOUGHT, BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE OTHER 197 ACRES? SO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO HERE IS MY TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH US, MA'AM.
ME AGAIN, BECCA HARRIS, 1950 BAR STREET, NORTH WEST PALM BAY.
I DO APOLOGIZE. I DID NOT SEE THE NEWS.
NOR DID I KNOW HOW HEAVY THIS MEETING WAS GOING TO BE.
SO I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR MY FAMILY THIS WEEK AS WELL.
I HEARD OUR CONCERNS AND HELPED US WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS INTRODUCE MYSELF ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY.
MY HUSBAND IS AT HOME WITH THE LITTLES, SO I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW U-PICK FARM HARRIS ESTABLISHMENT FARMS. IT'S A NEW FLOWER U-PICK ADVENTURE IN NORTHWEST PALM BAY.
AND BEFORE I GO THERE, I DID WANT TO SAY WHAT I DO LOVE ABOUT THIS CITY IS EVEN THOUGH WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, IT'S ONE THING WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON IS WE'RE ALL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS CITY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE DIFFERENT.
AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE TWO REASONS WHY WE CHOSE TO BUILD OUR FARM IN PALM BAY.
ONE, WE GREW UP IN THIS AREA AND WE REALLY HAVE A HEART FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SECOND, THE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES FROM THE CITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, EVEN WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON TODAY.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
GO AHEAD. WHERE'S YOUR BUSINESS? WHERE'S YOUR BUSINESS LOCATED? YEAH. WHERE'S YOUR BUSINESS LOCATED? 1950 VARE STREET, NORTHWEST.
DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE ALL THE WOODS ARE? ON EMERSON ROAD AND THE SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY? SO WE'RE BACK IN THERE.
SO IT'D BE EMERSON, AMADOR STREET.
IT'S RIGHT OVER OFF OF AMADOR.
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YEP. THERE WAS A STRAWBERRY FARM, WASN'T IT? NO, IT WAS CATTLE GRAZING.AND BACK IN THE DAY IT WAS CITRUS.
IT'S A PROCESS, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE THERE.
WE HAVE DONKEYS, ALMOST 90 CHICKEN.
WE SELL EGGS AT THE MARKET, TOO, AND FRESH GROUND, PEANUT BUTTER.
AND WE ALSO DO FIELD TRIPS AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO DO EDUCATION AS WELL.
WELL, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE EGGS ARE REALLY A TRULY A COMMODITY, AND I'M STILL $6 A DOZEN.
OUR FLOCK. YEP. SO WE'RE ABOUT 85 CHICKEN NOW AND WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED.
YES. SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE AND BE A PART OF PALM BAY.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANKFUL FOR YOU GUYS.
348 BROOK EDGE STREET, NORTHEAST.
I MAKE SURE TO SAY MY ADDRESS NICE AND SLOW, BECAUSE I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW IT'S A REAL ADDRESS.
IT'S A REAL PLACE. IT'S JUST RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THIS YEAR'S CITY HALL.
I ACTUALLY GREW UP OFF OF BRISBANE STREET, SO I LIKED HERE IN BRISBANE STREET.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY NORTHEAST, BUT YOU'LL HEAR ME TALK TONIGHT EVEN MORE ABOUT NORTH WEST.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WHAT I TRY TO DO.
I TRY TO STAY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AS A AS A PROUD PALM BAY PIRATE.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO TO BE ABLE TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS I DO WITH YOU.
FIND FOLKS. NOW, ALL THAT BEING SAID, I DO HAVE TO TAKE A SLIGHT SERIOUS NOTE AND JUST MENTION THAT IN THE NEAR SHORT TERM, THERE IS SOME VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN OUR CITY TO BE EASY.
WE CAN JUST MENTION A FEW WORKSHOPS, RIGHT? WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE VERY INVESTED IN THE REPUBLIC WORKSHOP, VERY INVESTED IN THE MAJORS WORKSHOP.
THEY'RE VERY INVESTED IN THE COMPOUND WORKSHOP.
ALL THESE THINGS ARE ARE RIGHT ON OUR IMMEDIATE HORIZON.
RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT NEED TO GET OVER THE LINE? WHAT ABOUT OUR MORATORIUM THAT'S ABOUT TO END IN THE FLOOD OF APPLICATIONS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THROUGH OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT TO PART.
THIS CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO WORK.
YOU DID A FINE JOB AS A FOUR PERSON BODY, BUT YOU NEED TO BE A FIVE PERSON BODY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN IN MY CORPORATE WORK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHEN DEADLINES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND ALL THAT, WE IDENTIFY A DATE X, RIGHT? SO I NEED TO WALK THROUGH A HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO AND HAVE YOU GUYS CLARIFY SOME THINGS FOR ME.
WE KNOW FROM THE CHARTER REVIEW AND I WAS GOING TO READ IT, I DON'T FEEL LIKE READING IT, THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, I SHOULD SAY THAT WITHIN 60 DAYS THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO APPOINT OR IT GOES TO A SPECIAL ELECTION.
SO LET'S ASSUME THAT DAY X IS IN THE NEXT TEN, 15 DAYS AND THEN YOU GUYS APPOINT WITHIN 60.
HOW LONG IS THAT APPOINTMENT? BECAUSE THE WAY THAT I READ THAT AND THE WAY THAT I READ THAT AMENDMENT WHEN I WAS ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION IN THE WAY THAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY VERBALLY.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU BETTER GET THINGS WRITTEN DOWN, IS THAT IT WILL GO TO THE NEXT ELECTION.
ELECTIONS ARE HELD IN NOVEMBER.
SO I JUST WANT I'D REALLY LOVE TO HEAR THE CITY ATTORNEY SAY IT SO WE COULD SET THAT LEGAL PRECEDENT THAT IF AND WHEN A RESIGNATION OR ANYTHING THAT CREATES A VACANCY THAT WILL FILL THE VACANCY AND THAT THE APPOINTMENT WILL BE UNTIL ELECTION DAY OF SUCH, JUST TO PUT ON THE RECORD AND LET EVERYONE KNOW SO THAT NO ONE NEEDS TO SPECULATE BECAUSE YOU GUYS GAVE US AS MUCH CLARITY AS WE NEEDED ON THAT END.
I'M JUST LOOKING TO SUPPLEMENT AND GET THAT LITTLE TINY BIT OF ADDITIONAL CLARITY ON THIS END.
I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.
MADAM TERESE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO.
WE BELIEVE IT'S NOVEMBER 20, 24 AND YOU ARE CORRECT, SIR.
IT'LL THAT SEED WILL GO TWO YEARS.
THEN GET BACK ON THAT CYCLE, IF THAT HELPS YOU, RANDALL.
MARCI CAMPBELL STILL WISH TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE SHOULD MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
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A. THAT CONCLUDES ON THIS.SATURDAY. IS SATURDAY STILL IN THE SATURDAYS? I APOLOGIZE. I DID CALL.
DOES SHE WANT TO GO? YES, GO AHEAD.
I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF UNFORTUNATE.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO GO TO THE CDBG MEETING IN ORDER TO DO A PRESENTATION FOR THE $10,000 THAT WE WERE ASKING FOR FOR THE SUMMER CAMPS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
I HAD A MEETING WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, MISS SHERMAN, THE CHIEF AND THE OTHER OFFICER.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, COMMANDER SPEARS DID NOT APPEAR THAT NIGHT.
WHATEVER. SO I AM HERE TONIGHT.
EVEN THOUGH I DON'T WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I WORK FOR THE CITY.
BUT I DO HAVE A PASSION FOR OUR KIDS.
AND I THINK OUR KIDS DESERVE TO GET THIS MONEY IN AND GO TO THE CAMP.
SO I HAVE GONE AHEAD AND DID A CONSIDERATION FOR TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PASS THIS SO YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT WHILE I DISCUSS IT.
I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT I DO APPRECIATE THE CHIEF AND HIS STAFF FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
I'VE STOOD HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS ASKING FOR THE PROGRAM TO BE REINSTATED IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS, WE'VE HAD ACHIEVED AS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED IT.
SO I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I WAS ABLE TO WORK OUT A TREMENDOUS PLAN, $100 PER CHILD.
AND THAT INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE TICKET, THE WATER PARK, A T-SHIRT, BUT LUNCH AS WELL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE 10,000, WE CAN HOLD FOUR CAMPS AND IT'S A ONE DAY CAMP.
AND I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE AN AMAZING THING.
I REALIZE THAT THIS IS OUT OF CONTEXT.
AND, NANCY, I THINK YOU WOULD BE THE BEST PERSON TO SEE IF THIS CAN HAPPEN.
BUT I DO PRAY THAT YOU GUYS TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND I STAND BESIDE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU AND ASKING YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LOOKING AT IT AND I HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT IT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING CDBG FUNDING IN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
SO MY MY, MY QUESTION TO STAFF.
THANK YOU. NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THE REASON I DID IT IN PUBLIC COMMENTS WAS SO YOU CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT FILE ANYTHING FOR THIS BECAUSE HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
THAT'S THE REASON I DID IT IN PUBLIC.
MY QUESTION TO STAFF ABOUT THIS SINCE.
IT. SO THIS HASN'T GONE THROUGH THE THE PROPER PROCESS.
MS. SHERMAN, I HAVE TO ASK CDBG.
I BELIEVE IT HAS. THIS IS RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
NOW, WE COULD OR WE COULD WAIT THAT WE COULD WAIT THEN.
THANK YOU. PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS.
SATURDAY, DIXIE HIGHWAY PALM BAY ABOUT YOUR DRUG TESTING.
AND I HEARD WHAT YOU GUYS SAID.
YOU HOLD THE CITY EMPLOYEES, THE POLICE, THE CITIZENS HERE, BECAUSE I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S HAD A DRUG SCREEN, BACKGROUND CHECK, SOME PROFESSIONS, FINGERPRINT CHECK.
I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD BE THE SAME.
HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER RAN FOR OFFICE, LET ALONE BE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SAME THING FOR BOTH BERTO AND ZANARDI.
THAT'S WHY WE KEEP FIGHTING OUR PLACE IN THE SWAMP.
IF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE HAD BACKGROUND CHECKS, DRUG TESTS.
ADDRESS ME, MA'AM. ADDRESS? I'M JUST SAYING. AND YOU CAN ASK THEM.
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WE'VE ALL HAD TO DO WHAT WE HAD TO DO TO KEEP OUR JOBS.WE VOTED FOR YOU IN, BUT YOU'RE STILL OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND YOU SHOULD BE THE HIGHER STANDARD, NOT HOLD US TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
AND YOU GUYS GOT A DIFFERENT ONE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. KATE, WHAT YOU DO? THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE? OH, MAYOR, THIS COMPLETE MESS.
MASTER CHIEF, COME ON UP AND THEN PASS THE KEN DELGADO.
MASTER CHIEF. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MIX THEM, WHEN YOU MIX THEM.
BUT THERE DEFINITELY IS A CARD UP THERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS UNDER BILL BATON.
I HAVE THREE ITEMS TO ADDRESS UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
NONE OF THESE ARE LISTED ON THE CITY CALENDAR BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO TELL SOMEBODY EXACTLY WHEN THEY WERE, BECAUSE I DON'T USE THE ELECTRONICS, I DON'T CARRY THEM OR ANYTHING ELSE.
NOTHING ON THE CALENDAR FOR THESE WORKSHOPS.
KIND OF BE NICE TO HAVE THAT OUT THERE.
PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, IT'S PUBLIC COMMENTS, IS IT NOT PUBLIC COMMENT? WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE HAVE A PROCEDURE OF FOLLOWING AN AGENDA, ONE ONCE IN A WHILE, MAYBE.
BUT IT'S NOW IT HAS TURNED INTO NORM THAT WE DISREGARD THE AGENDA THAT GETS PASSED OUT.
THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE WAITING FOR WHAT TIME IS IT NOW? 810 FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU MOVE THINGS ON THE AGENDA LIKE THIS, ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR THE LAST FOR THESE OTHER ITEMS WOULD GET TO SEE THE ENTIRE COUNCIL OPERATION. SO YOU'D HAVE A FULL HOUSE FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING TO KEEP YOUR CITIZENS INFORMED.
ALL RIGHT. LAST ONE IS WHEN I MADE MY COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
UNDER NEW BUSINESS, I ASK, SO WHERE IS THE POLICY THAT YOU HAVE CURRENTLY IN PLACE ON HOW TO SELECT WHO YOUR APPOINTEE IS GOING TO BE? I DIDN'T GET ANY RESPONSE ON THAT OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE WERE QUICK TO DO IT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
MAYOR. I WAS JUST GOING TO DEFER TO MR. REESE, IF SHE COULD SPEAK TO THAT.
I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING IN PLACE.
HAVE INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS, COMPLETE THE APPLICATION, AND THEN WHATEVER TIME FRAME IS SET BY COUNCIL AT THE END OF THAT TIME FRAME WILL BRING THOSE APPLICATIONS TO COUNCIL FOR A RANKING.
GIVE ME, MA'AM, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS OR PESKIN? AND WHO ELSE AFTER PASS THE CAN.
KENDALL GOT A15 FOR ANGELO ROAD, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO.
I'M SO SORRY FOR THOSE WHO RUN ON POLITICS, FOR THE RAM BRANDING OF OF NAME CALLING AND FALSE ACCUSATIONS, THAT'S A HORRIBLE THING. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, THEY DID THAT TO JESUS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT OR REMIND YOU THAT THIS THIS IS THE BEST CITY.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE.
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
I HAVE HAD PEOPLE SAY LIES ABOUT ME, TOO.
AND AND IT JUST COMES WITH THE TERRITORY.
AND I REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT WHAT THE NEWSPAPER SAYS OR WHAT SOMEONE ELSE SAYS.
WE KNOW WHO PALM BAY IS, AND WE CAN'T LIVE OUR LIVES BY THE OPINIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE.
BECAUSE HE KNEW WHO HE WAS AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE SO IF YOU'RE SO BAD SEEDS, YOU'RE GOING TO REAP A BAD RESULT BY ITSELF.
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WE KNOW THAT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE STILL REACH OUT WITH A HAND.JESUS REACHED OUT TO THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO REJECT.
WHY? BECAUSE THERE'S STILL REDEMPTION.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR HEARTS PURE.
WE CAN GET ANGRY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO SIN.
WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO UNFORGIVENESS.
AND WE IN ALL OF YOU, AND WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANTED TO END IT IN A GOOD NOTE AND SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING PALM BAY THE BEST CITY.
SO WHO CARES? YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
GOOD EVENING. I THINK AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, I'VE TOLD EACH ONE OF YOU.
HOW BLESSED I AM. I DIDN'T GET ELECTED.
ONE OF THE GREAT. SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO THANK GOD FOR UNANSWERED PRAYERS.
BUT THE REASON I CAME IN TONIGHT TO SPEAK WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HONESTY, INTEGRITY.
AND. AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVE THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL A PROMISE, BECAUSE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, EACH ONE OF YOU SAID PALM BAY NEEDS A COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.
THERE IT IS, STARING YOU IN THE FACE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT INTEGRITY AND HONESTY.
YOU TOLD THE CITIZENS WE NEED COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.
THEY COME BEGGING FOR TAX ABATEMENT.
WHO ARE YOU GOING TO SIDE WITH? BECAUSE. THERE'S OTHER BUSINESSES IN TOWN THAT DON'T GET THAT STEP UP.
YOU'RE CREATING AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD.
YOU SAY WE NEED A COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.
THERE IT IS, STARING IN THE FACE.
ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY? THANK YOU. HERE I CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS UNLESS THERE'S ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISH TO SPEAK.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE. I'M GOING TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS]
ORDINANCE 2020 3-07, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA VACATE IN ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITH LOT FOUR BLOCK 1186 PORT MALABAR UNIT 24, ACCORDING TO THE PLOT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT 16, PAGE 33.THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M OPENING UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING.
ACTUALLY, NOW, MY NAME IS EMILY FLAGG, 2920 TISHMAN ROAD, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? MADAM CHAIRMAN, ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
ANY. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? ANYONE. SEEING NONE.
I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ASKING FOR A MOTION SO MOVED.
SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.
PORTSMOUTH ORDINANCE 2020 3-08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY RIVERA COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE RARE 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT SIX BLOCK 470 MALABAR UNIT 11.
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT 15.
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ILLEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEN OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT'S THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. YES, MY NAME IS TAMMY LEE.
ADDRESS 901 VANTAGE STREET PALM BAY.
I'M JUST AGAIN LOOKING FOR A PORTION OF OUR BACKYARD SO WE CAN PUT IN A POOL.
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THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
MADAM SHERMAN, ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? NO, SIR. OKAY. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE OF THEM CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR EMOTION.
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.
FOUR ZERO. WHAT'S GOING ON? I NEVER LEARNED AMBER ALERT.
OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE AND THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MISS SMITH, ORDINANCE 2022, DASH 116, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 183 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGULATIONS SECTION ONE 23.01 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBSECTION D ADOPTION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP BY AMENDING FUTURE LAND USE MAP PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ASKED THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
TONIGHT, WE'RE BEFORE YOU FOR THE SECOND READING.
YOU HEARD THIS INITIALLY IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
THIS IS A LAND USE MODIFICATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 1200 ACRES, LOOKING TO DO A UNIFIED MULTIFAMILY ZONING CODE OR I'M SORRY, LAND USE CODE ON IT. IT WAS TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE'S OFFICE, CAME BACK WITH A FAVORABLE RESPONSE.
WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL READING AND REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
I DO KNOW OR AM AWARE THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AT THE LAST MEETING.
AGAIN, I THINK SO. SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE COMMERCIAL LAND USE CHANGE.
YOU'RE INCREASING THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT TO THIS PROJECT.
SO THE RED LINE ITSELF SHOWS WHAT THE FUTURE THE COMMERCIAL LAND USE IS, AND IT'S IN ROUND NUMBERS.
BEHIND THAT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THE SHAPE OF A STORMWATER POND.
THE GREEN LINE WORK WOULD BE A WETLAND AND THEN YOU CAN SEE GHOSTED IN THERE IS ACTUALLY PORTIONS OF THE PARKWAY EMERSON, THE EMERSON ROAD EXTENSION AND ANOTHER PUBLIC ROADWAY. AND SO THE PURPOSE OF SHOWING YOU THAT ISN'T TO KIND OF SHOW YOU ALL THE DIFFERENT SHAPES ON THE MAP, BUT TO SHOW YOU, IN FACT, OF THAT 45 ACRES OF LAND USE, THERE WAS TRULY A NET USABLE AROUND ROUND NUMBER OF 14 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL PARCELS THAT WERE ANTICIPATED TO BE USED.
SIMILARLY, I DID A COMPARISON OF THAT SAME ACREAGE, THAT SAME SHAPE ON THE PDP PLAN THAT WILL BE BEFORE YOU IN APRIL TO SHOW YOU THE CONFIGURATION IS THE SAME AND THERE IS IN FACT NO CHANGE TO THE ACTUAL COMMERCIAL ACREAGES OR PARCELS THEMSELVES.
IT'S STILL THE SAME 13.7 ACRES.
THE ONLY MODIFICATION WOULD BE THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FOR THE STORMWATER POND, THE EMERSON DRIVE EXTENSION, THE PORTION OF THE PARKWAY THAT YOU SEE IS STILL IN THERE AND THEN THE ACTUAL WETLAND BEHIND IT.
THE REASON FOR THAT MODIFICATION REQUEST WAS AFTER WE MET WITH SENIOR LEVEL PLANNING STAFF AND ACTUALLY MS. SHERMAN, IT WAS THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE LAND INVENTORY PROCESS, IF YOU WILL, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A MORE ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF WHAT YOU GUYS AS A CITY ACTUALLY HAVE, AS A COMMERCIAL LAND USE, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A LAND USE THAT COVERS A WETLAND OR A STORMWATER POND.
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FOLKS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT FOR THIS, THESE COMMERCIAL PARCELS.SO THEY HAVE THE OUTFALL THERE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE WILL BE LITTLE TO NO ACTUAL STORMWATER PONDS ON THE COMMERCIAL SITE, WHICH MEANS IT'S MORE NET USABLE ACREAGE AS OPPOSED TO A STANDARD COMMERCIAL SITE THAT WOULD HAVE ON ROUND NUMBERS.
20% OF ITS SITE WOULD BE DEDICATED TO STORMWATER.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S MORE AGAIN, MORE NET USABLE COMMERCIAL ACREAGE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
I'M CERTAINLY NOT TRYING TO DIMINISH THE COMMERCIAL USE OR CAPACITY.
IT'S WHAT WAS PROVIDED BEFORE WAS THAT SAME 13.7 ACRES AND WE'VE MADE THAT REMAINS UNCHANGED.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? I'M. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I'M GOING TO JUMP ON THE SAME LANE AS THE MAYOR ON THIS ONE.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. NOT TAKING AWAY, BUT LOOKING AT.
IT'S BEEN MONTHS SINCE WE'VE SEEN THIS.
BUT YOU HEAR THIS COUNCIL, THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IT'S WHAT WE WANT IS MORE COMMERCIAL.
THAT'S WHAT MR. GORE MENTIONED.
SO THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY OF RELOCATING IT IN A DIFFERENT VICINITY OF THE PROPERTY THAT YOU DO OWN.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON THE PROPERTY.
SOMEBODY ELSE IS OWNED. THEY HAVE THE COMMERCIAL BASE.
BUT I JUST. RIGHT. SO, I MEAN, IT'S A LAND USE THAT WAS DESIGNATED BEFORE.
AND THE REASON I MEAN, IT'S SORT OF A FUNKY GEOMETRY.
AND AGAIN, IT WAS IT WAS A SURVEY NOTION.
IT MATCHED THE SHAPE OF WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE, IF I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT LAZY, BUT IF THEY WERE DOING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR IT DIFFERENTLY, THEY WOULD HAVE PROBABLY JUST CARVED OUT THOSE TWO PARCELS.
BUT BECAUSE THE ROADWAY WAS GOING THROUGH IT, YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOT THE PARKWAY IN IT AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, IT WAS MEANT SIMPLY JUST TO CARVE OUT THAT SPECIFIC SHAPE.
YEAH. IT REALLY JUST MET THE GEOMETRY OF THE PLAN BEFORE.
THERE WAS NEVER ANY INTENT THAT THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE COMMERCIAL IMPROVEMENTS ON A WETLAND OR A STORMWATER POND OR A PUBLIC ROADWAY, FOR THAT MATTER, OTHER THAN THE THREE PARCELS THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED AND SHOWN IN THAT PREVIOUS PLAN AND CONTINUE TO BE THERE TODAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.
I'VE ALREADY SHARED MY THOUGHTS ON SOME ENFORCEMENT.
YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE ARE.
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I WENT TO.
EXCUSE ME. I'M. I DON'T FEEL THAT GOOD.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M I'M TALKING A LITTLE SLOW.
BUT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, I WENT TO HURGHADA HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I WALKED AROUND, WALKED AROUND THE SCHOOL WITH TEACHERS AND EVERYTHING.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THE ROADWAY.
AND I'M LOOKING AT YOUR STUDY THAT YOU.
I'M KIND OF INTERESTED AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS NOT GOING TO ADD ANY MORE STUDENTS, IT SAYS IN GENERATED BY NEWLY ISSUED.
IT SAYS ON THE PALM BAY JUST HAVE ASPIRATES.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN. SO ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE SCHOOL CONCURRENCY LETTER THAT CAME BACK? YES. SO THAT SPECIFICALLY THE REASON THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SCHOOL TRAFFIC, SO TO SPEAK, GENERATION FROM THE SITE IS BECAUSE ABOUT 75% OF IT IS AGE RESTRICTED.
SO YOU'D SEE FAMILIES, YOUNG CHILDREN AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SURE. AND WE COMING IN AND GETTING OUT.
YES, SIR. AND IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, PENDING AN APPROVAL THIS EVENING IN APRIL, WHEN WE COME BACK BEFORE YOU DURING FOR THE PDP DISCUSSION FOR THAT PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WE HAVE DETAILED INFORMATION THAT SHOWS THE ROADWAY NETWORK HOW THE THE THE DIFFERENT LAYOUTS OF THE UNIT MIX ARE AND CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK IN MORE DETAIL ON THAT ITEM, IF YOU LIKE.
SURE, ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A TRAFFIC STUDY AT THE MOMENT.
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WE ANTICIPATE IT'LL BE COMPLETED BY THE MIDDLE OF MARCH AND OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT SUBMITTED TO MR. WATANABE WITH PUBLIC WORKS, YOUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, TO REVIEW THAT PRIOR TO THE MEETING.IN THE NEXT. THE 18 AND SI 1917.
THESE PROPERTY DON'T BELONG TO YOU, RIGHT? CORRECT. WE RECENTLY I REPRESENTED THAT LANDOWNER.
WE RECENTLY REZONE THOSE TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
I THINK IT WAS MAY OR JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
OKAY. BUT THEY ARE COMMERCIAL.
THEY ARE COMMERCIAL? YES, SIR.
THANK YOU. YEP. DEPUTY MAYOR? DON'T HAVE MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS, MIKE? YOUR MIKE, SIR.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM.
SO, MA'AM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT 1198 ACRES, I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE THAT.
RIGHT. SO I'LL JUST I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS TO BE CONSISTENT IN IN THE WHOLE SCHEME OF THINGS.
THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? YES. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE THINGS ON YOUR MIND.
SO THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, OR MAYBE REMIND EVERYBODY IS THE 60 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL THAT ARE THERE TODAY THAT YOU SEE FLANKING BOTH SIDES OF EMERSON ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARKWAY. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER TWO ACRE PARCEL TO THE NORTH WHEN THIS OVERALL PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED, AGAIN, BACK IN THE 2000S AND THIS LAND USE WAS ASSIGNED TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IT WAS PART OF THE OVERALL WHOLE.
SO I'M GOING TO CALL THIS THE WEST SIDE, THE EAST SIDE BEING THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARKWAY.
SO IT WAS THOSE SPECIFIC PARCELS.
WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU BECAUSE THOSE PADS EXPIRED.
OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A MARKET SHIFT AND THE DEVELOPMENT DID NOT OCCUR, BUT IT WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL ACREAGE OUTSIDE OF THE 60 ACRES ARE ALREADY DESIGNATED THROUGH PARCELS TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN WORKED ON WITH OBVIOUSLY PREVIOUS STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION.
WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO STAFF, WE WERE HAPPY TO LEAVE IT AS FUTURE LAND USE COMMERCIAL.
I THINK MAYBE MR. BERNARD MIGHT WANT TO GET UP AND SPEAK, SPEAK TO THIS ITEM, BUT IT WAS STAFF SUGGESTION TO KEEP THE LAND INVENTORY MORE ACCURATE AND AND FOR THAT REASON WE MODIFIED THE REQUEST TO AGAIN ACCURATELY PORTRAY THE WETLAND, THE STORMWATER POND, THE ROADS AND SO ON, AND HAVE IT CARVE OUT THE ACTUAL PARCELS THAT ARE THERE.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 450 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL.
OF THAT 64 IS VACANT OR CONSTRUCTED, THAT EQUATES TO 288 ACRES WITHIN A FOUR MILE RADIUS THAT ARE NOT BUILT OUT OR THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THERE AS WELL. SO I SAY THAT NOT TO.
YOU KNOW, NOT TO BE NEGATIVE, BUT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THE 60 ACRES THAT WERE ALREADY DESIGNATED AND ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR AND COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, WOULD JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM.
BUT CERTAINLY WHEN I LOOK AT THAT WHOLE ST JOHN'S AREA, RIGHT, I COMPARE THAT TO ALL THESE HOMES THAT ARE GOING OUT THERE AND IN ALL THOSE HOMES I SEE THERE IS SOME COMMERCIAL.
I SEE. BUT WE WE DIDN'T THERE'S NOT A MASTER PLAN.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS.
SO TODAY I BELIEVE THAT I WANT TO KEEP EVERY COMMERCIAL A B, I LOVE WHAT THE VIERA COMPANY HAS DONE WITH THEIR MASTER PLAN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S DIFFERENT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING INSTITUTIONAL FOR FOR CHURCHES.
SO IT'S JUST THE OVERALL PICTURE THAT IS JUST ROOFTOPS.
AND THE MORE ROOFTOPS IS IS WHAT I CONSTANTLY SEE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE COMMERCIAL BALANCE TO THAT ROOFTOP.
SURE. AND I RESPECTFULLY I MEAN, THE 60 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL WAS PLANNED.
THERE'S STILL 60 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ZONED TODAY.
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THERE'S NO QUESTIONS TO IT.YOU ALREADY HAVE THE 60 ACRES THERE.
AGAIN, THAT WAS WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
YOUR COMMENT TO VEER, YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE ANIMAL THAT THAT A CITY IS.
SO YOU SAW US COME BACK AND FULFILL THAT.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND THAT SECTION IS VIABLE.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT IN THE CHURCH BUSINESS AND THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER IS NOT IN THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, WHICH IS AGAIN, WHY IT WAS DONE AS THE PD IN THE WAY IT WAS. AND THESE PARCELS WERE CARVED OUT FOR A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO YOU.
YOU HAVE THE 60 ACRES THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR.
SO I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR COMMENTS? ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR ME? I'D LIKE TO HAVE A CHANCE. YES, MA'AM.
ABSOLUTELY. ANY PUBLIC SPEAKER? DEPUTY MAYOR? GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. RANDALL OLSZEWSKI 348.
BROOK EDGE STREET, NORTHEAST RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
BUT I WON'T BECAUSE I FIGHT FOR MY NEIGHBORS.
THAT'S NOT IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. IT'S AN UNINCORPORATED BEAUFORT COUNTY.
UNLESS THAT FARM, ALL OF IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT IN WITH HOUSES AND NOTHING ELSE.
SO I'LL CHALLENGE I'LL CHALLENGE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT DOESN'T NEED MORE COMMERCIAL.
IT HAS 60 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL IN THE AREA.
THIS AREA OF 1200 ACRES SHOULD BE MIXED USE.
A MIXED USE WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE CHANGE AT THIS TIME FOR OUR CITY TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO FURTHER THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE REASON BEING ALL OF THIS WOODED AREA THAT'S ALREADY BEING BURNED OFF AND POLLUTING OUR AIR AND WHATEVER AND BEING BUILT AND SO ON.
NO, NO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THESE THINGS.
I'M MENTIONING THE 1200 ACRES IS THE LAST PIECE OF THE PIE.
THE CHECKERED LINE AT THE TOP OF CITY LIMITS.
SO IT'S THE LAST PIECE OF PIE FROM CITY LIMITS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MALABAR, ALL DEVELOPED WITH NOTHING OF AN INSTITUTIONAL NATURE, NOTHING OF A PUBLIC SAFETY NATURE.
SLOT. WE HAVE A NOW A PRECEDENT IN THE CITY ON THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF 1400 ACRES.
A. WALKING PAST THE FIRE STATION IN HIS YOUTH.
AND NOW HE WANTS TO RECREATE THAT IN THE SOUTH OF OUR CITY ON 1400 ACRES.
HE'S GOING TO INCORPORATE A FIRE STATION INTO HIS PLAN.
1200 ACRES, THE LAST 1200 ACRES.
WE NEED OUR COUNTY FIRE RESCUE OUT THERE.
AND THERE'S NOWHERE TO PUT THEM.
AS YOU JUST HEARD, THE MAJORITY OF THESE HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE 55 PLUS.
BUT WHO NEEDS FIRE RESCUE THE MOST OFTEN BESIDES THE OLDER POPULATION, YOU'RE CONCENTRATING FOLKS THAT HAVE NEEDS AWAY FROM FACILITIES THAT FACILITATE THOSE NEEDS.
IT DOESN'T MAKE LOGICAL SENSE.
AND THIS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY IN THIS QUADRANT.
NOW, THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS NOT PRESENTED TONIGHT IS IN THE AGENDA PACKET.
YOU CAN REVIEW IT. ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY IS JACKED.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THIS APPLICANT SAY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT THEY'RE GOOD FOR THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY MENTIONED THAT THE PDP IS NOT GOING TO COME UNTIL APRIL.
YOU GUYS JUST CONTINUED IT 2 HOURS AGO FOR MARCH AS WE'VE CONTINUED A HANDFUL OF TIMES.
AND NOW THEY JUST SAID CONVERSATIONALLY, WHEN IS IT COMING? WHEN CAN WE SEE IT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM, MASTER CHIEF.
COME FORWARD. BEAVERTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
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FIRST ITEM ON THIS ONE WAS SINCE THEY'VE PULLED RESOLUTION 2260, WHICH YOU SAID FOR MARCH, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SAYING IS GOING TO BE IN APRIL.SO THAT'LL BE ANOTHER MODIFICATION CHANGE IS THE FACT THAT WHY THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THIS WAS THE LAND USE CHANGE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW WAS THE FACT THAT IN THEIR PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THEY'RE SHOWING THREE ACCESSES ON TO ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY WITHOUT THE MECHANISMS FOR THE FOR THE TRAFFIC AND LIGHT MANAGEMENT WITHIN THAT PACKAGE.
THE SECOND ITEM WAS THEY WERE DEBATING AND DISCUSSING WITH YOU WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT.
YOU ALL UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE YOU HAD SOMETHING IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A MAP THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
VERY IMPOLITE AND INCONSIDERATE.
THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS THE FACT THAT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF YOU EVEN LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS LISTING THE NEW AND THIS COMING OUT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET. THE COMP PLAN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THESE CHANGES ON.
THIS IS THE LAST SEGMENT OF THIS.
SO WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT WAS YOUR PROPOSAL FROM YOUR COMP PLAN FOR THIS DESIGNATED LAND? I UNDERSTAND THE BUILDER AND DEVELOPER HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
WELL, THEY'RE CHANGING LEFT AND RIGHT ON WHAT THEY WANT.
WHY CAN'T THE CITY BE RESPONSIBLE AND CHANGE ON WHAT THEY WANT LEFT AND RIGHT ALSO? THAT BEING SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD CHOICE FOR YOU AND I'M EMPATHETIC FOR THE DEVELOPER, BUT I AGREE THERE'S MORE TO PALM BAY THAN JUST HOUSES.
ONE, TWO, THREE, NINE. VANCE. EL CENTRO.
EAST PALM BAY. FIRST TIME SPEAKING AT A COUNCIL MEETING.
WELL, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.
WE DO NOT NEED MORE HOUSES IN THIS NATURE IN PALM BAY.
MULTI, MULTIPLE FAMILY HOUSING IS INCLUDED IN THIS AND THIS PLAN, HOWEVER.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS JUST NOT THERE IN THIS PART OF PALM BAY THE TRAFFIC SITUATION, EVEN THOUGH I'M FROM THE NORTHEAST, IS STILL BAD IN IN THE NORTHWEST AND WESTERN PART OF OUR CITY AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
THIS ALSO NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH BUS ROUTES AND WORKING WITH SPACE COAST AREA TRANSPORTATION AND PALM BAY PALM BAY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO HELP CREATE BUS ROUTES FOR PEOPLE TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THESE THESE TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
ALSO, I'M BACKING OFF OF WHAT KAY MORAG SAID IN THE PLANNING MEETING FOR THE ZONING AND PLANNING MEETING THAT THERE WAS NO PLAN YET RELEASED TO ANYONE FOR FIRE OR POLICE STATIONS TO BE LOCATED NEAR THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND THERE ALREADY IS LONG RESPONSE TIMES IN THIS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY.
SO I WANT THAT TO BE ADDRESSED.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FORWARD AGAINST THIS ITEM? STEP FORWARD, SIR.
YOU. YOU WANT TO SPEAK AS WELL.
TERRY ANSWER. NATHAN WHITE 1301 SEABREEZE STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I WAS HOPING THE COUNCIL OR STAFF COULD ADDRESS FOR THE RESIDENTS HOW EXACTLY? 1200 ACRES WITH OVER 2000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS FITS IN TO THE BUILDING MORATORIUM BOX.
PART OF THE REASON FOR THIS IS THIS 2.25 MILE STRETCH OF ROADWAY SERVES AS THE REGIONAL CORRIDOR, PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS A HURRICANE EVACUATION ROUTE AND RELIEF FOR TRAFFIC FROM CONGESTED AREAS OR ACCIDENTS ALONG INTERSTATE 95 CURRENTLY.
NATHAN I'M GOING TO STOP THE CLOCK.
CAN YOU CAN YOU ADDRESS HIM BECAUSE HE'S INTERRUPTING? OKAY. CARRY ON, SIR.
THANK YOU. IT ALSO SERVES TO DIVERT TRAFFIC FROM CONGESTED AREAS AS WELL AS 95.
AND THIS STRETCH OF THE PARKWAY BEING TWO LANES SERVES EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING 13 NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ADDING APPROXIMATELY 6287 NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF AN ADJACENT TO THE PARKWAY.
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PUT A MORATORIUM IN PLACE.IT WAS SAID TO BE NEEDED TO AVOID.
YES, WE'RE DOING IT ANYWAY, WHILE THIS ROAD IS ALREADY OVERLOADED AND WE HAVE OUR OWN PROJECTIONS SHOWING JUST HOW MUCH MORE OVERLOADED IT WILL VERY SHORTLY BE.
SO MUCH SO THAT WE'RE SEEKING $5 MILLION, WHICH IS NOT THE TOTAL AMOUNT, BUT JUST AN AMOUNT TO HELP US WIDEN A LESS THAN THREE MILE SECTION OF THAT ROADWAY. BECAUSE 13 NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY.
OVER 6000 NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PARKWAY.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1200 ADDITIONAL ACRES AND OVER 2000 ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON TOP OF THAT, BRINGING US OVER 8000 UNITS. THIS IS THIS.
THIS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND TO OUR NEEDS.
AND I AGREE THE EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE THE GREATEST CONCERN.
THE ROADWAY IS HONESTLY THE SECONDARY CONCERN, ALTHOUGH ITS EFFECT ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS SEVERE AND NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED MUCH MORE CLOSELY, AS WELL AS THE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL AREA SIMPLY FROM THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? THIS IS NICE. YOU'RE TAKING NOTES, MAN.
HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GRIDLOCK, OVERCROWDING.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM JERSEY CITY.
OF. I CAME FROM COLORADO FOR THE LAST YEAR, SO I GOT OUT OF THAT HABIT.
ALL RIGHT. BUT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT GRIDLOCK.
YOU KEEP DEVELOPING ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, AND MAYBE I'M NOT ASKING IT PROPERLY, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE 2700 HOMES HERE AND YOU GET THAT APPROVED AND YOU GOT ANOTHER 1200 A YEAR.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY TO ME, AND IT'S MY OPINION TO WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN HERITAGE PARKWAY.
AND THEN ONE AREA, I THINK THE AMOUNT OF 4100 HOMES EACH HOME IS ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER.
AND NOW YOU HAVE THE FIRE CHIEF TALKING ABOUT HOW QUICKLY THE WITH THE CURRENT BUILDING MATERIALS, HOW QUICKLY THE FIRE IN YOUR HOUSE IS GOING TO BE CONSUMED AND HOW QUICKLY THAT'S GOING TO SPREAD.
WHAT ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE AS TO WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING PEOPLE AND WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE OR LACK THEREOF WE'RE HAVING? DON'T FORGET THE FACT THAT ACCORDING TO THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE, WHO I RESPECT TREMENDOUSLY, WE ARE 41 AT A 46 DISTRICTS IN RESPONSE TIME.
THAT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE.
THE ROADS AREN'T GETTING ANY BIGGER.
DOES IT HAVE TO BE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING? DOES EVERYBODY HAVE TO BE ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER? MY GOD, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE WE GET STORMS HERE, YOU GET SOME FIRES HERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED HELP FROM OTHER COUNTIES.
WHY AREN'T YOU GIVEN THIS THE CONSIDERATION? AND IT NEEDS TO BE WITH THIS KIND OF GRIDLOCK, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE PEOPLE? YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEY DRIVING TO? WHERE ARE THE JOBS AT? SO PLEASE LOOK AT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR.
THEY ALWAYS DO. THEY'LL BE GONE.
OKAY. WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.
SO FACTOR IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE AS WELL.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU PUT PEOPLE ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER, NOBODY LIKES IT.
AND YOU ARE ENHANCING THAT BEDROOM TYPE COMMUNITY THAT WAS SO DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET OUT OF.
SO IF YOU YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND YOU ARE AND I REALLY I TRUST IN YOUR INTEGRITY AND TRUST THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT YOU'RE NOT GIVING THIS ENOUGH THOUGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? TO ME LAST. I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN SHE FIRST CAME UP THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING EMERGENCY SERVICES OVER THERE.
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I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE CHURCH, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, BUT I HAVE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT PARKS FOR THE KIDS.WHAT ARE WE DOING OUT THERE? AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD ADDRESS.
WE HAVE IN PARKS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK, SIR? WHICH I AROUND 219 TRENTON AVENUE.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT.
THANK YOU. Q ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, MA'AM.
WANT TO STEP FORWARD AND ADDRESS? SO ONE, I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING EXHIBITS READY FOR ALL.
AND SO WE DEVELOPED THE EXHIBITS.
THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON THIS WEEK.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT TRYING TO ADD IN ONE MORE EXHIBIT TO GET IN IN TIME AND TRY AND SHOEHORN IT IN BECAUSE THERE WAS A DEADLINE TO GET THAT IN AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THAT DEADLINE. SO I APOLOGIZE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE THAT IN.
THE SECOND ITEM I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE MORATORIUM.
THE CONTINUANCES HAPPEN FOR A MYRIAD OF REASONS.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT DIDN'T GET ADVERTISED.
SO THE PDP COULD NOT BE HEARD IN ADVANCE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE, WHICH IS WHY IT GOT MOVED TO THIS MONTH'S MEETING AND IT SHOULD BE THE NEXT ITEM BETWEEN THE FEBRUARY MEETING. IN TODAY'S MEETING, THERE WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT REQUIRED THE NOTICING OF THE PDP TO BE DONE IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY, NOT JUST CONTINUED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING AS IT WAS DONE.
BUT THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE CONTINUANCE.
CERTAINLY THERE IS NO MALICIOUS INTENT.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.
THERE'S BEEN SOME CLERICAL ISSUES AND SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT HAVE CAUSED THAT.
SO OUR APOLOGIES RELATED TO THE FIRE STATION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A PROSPECTIVE FIRE STATION SITE CURRENTLY BEING DISCUSSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MALABAR AND THE PARKWAY, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF THIS SITE. SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THIS VICINITY.
THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS TO PARKS AND THE DENSITY IN THE THE INTENSITY OF USE OUT THERE AND IT BEING A MIXED USE FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THIS REALLY IS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, RECALL THAT THE COMMERCIAL AT ONE POINT IN TIME WAS PART OF THIS OVERALL PIECE WHEN THERE WAS A COLLECTIVE UNIFIED OWNERSHIP.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE COMMERCIAL, THE PDP, THAT AGAIN, ISN'T BEING HEARD RIGHT NOW, BOASTS OF MIXTURE OF 40, 50 AND 60 FOOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, DUPLEX TOWNHOMES AND VILLAS, FOUR AND SIX PLEX TOWNHOMES AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT MULTIFAMILY CONDOS.
SO THERE REALLY IS A MIXTURE OF USES OUT THERE WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE COMMERCIAL PART.
THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS OUR HOMES ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
IN THIS SCENARIO, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THEY'RE NOT.
THE DENSITY OUT THERE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS TWO UNITS PER ACRE.
IT'S A 30% DEVELOPMENT FOOTPRINT.
THERE'S OVER 370 ACRES BEING PRESERVED FOR OPEN SPACE, WETLAND PARKS, TRAILS, ETC..
IT'S A LITTLE MORE OF THE PDP ROUTE, BUT THERE IS THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY AGAIN IS NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE, BUT WE HAVE IN A COMMITMENT TO PALM BAY AND TO TO LET YOU KNOW HOW WE HAVE HEARD YOU IN THE VARIOUS MEETINGS PRECEDING THIS, THAT TRAFFIC IS A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CORRIDOR.
WE HAVE ALREADY HAD OUR TRAFFIC METHODOLOGY LETTER HAS BEEN APPROVED BY YOUR CITY DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT TRAFFIC STUDY UNDERWAY.
YOU HEARD ME MENTION EARLIER THAT THAT REPORT WILL BE COMPLETED THE BEGINNING TO MID MARCH.
IT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO MR. WATANABE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL UPON THAT REVIEW AND APPROVAL THE NEXT STEP, AND THAT IS THE PROPORTIONATE FAIR SHARE ANALYSIS, WHICH IS HOW MANY DOLLARS ARE BEING KICKED IN AND DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
PIGGYBACKING ON THAT FROM AN IMPACT FEE PERSPECTIVE, IF THAT'S INTERESTING, THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT WITH ITS APPROXIMATE 24 UNITS, 2400 UNITS PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY $8.6 MILLION FOR JUST ROADS.
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IT'S ANOTHER 900,000 FOR TRAFFIC OR FOR FIRE.I BELIEVE IT WAS $1.2 MILLION FOR FIRE.
AND IT'S IT WAS A STAGGERING NUMBER, HONESTLY.
FOR PARKS, IT WAS $2.9 MILLION FOR PARKS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THOSE, YOU KNOW.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE.
WE'RE HAPPY TO KEEP THE COMMERCIAL LAND USE ON THERE IF THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.
I'M HERE. WE'VE GOT OUR TRAFFIC CONSULTANT HERE.
THIS CAMERA IS HERE AND THE DEVELOPER'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE ALSO.
SO HOPEFULLY ONE OF US CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IF YOU HAVE ONE.
ALSO, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF FIRST AND THEN FOR THE DEVELOPERS.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER, I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOUR TRAFFIC PERSON.
JOSH, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP? SURE. THIS IS JOSH BLACK WITH LASSETER TRANSPORTATION GROUP.
YOU THE TRAFFIC PERSON FOR THIS PROJECT, RIGHT? THE TRAFFIC EXPERT.
CAN YOU GIVE ME AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND ANY REPORTS ON THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA? WELL, SO WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN MOST OF THE OF THE TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN FOR MOST OF THE PROJECTS IN THIS AREA.
SO THIS PROJECT WILL PAY THAT, SHE SAYS.
THAT FOR THAT 8.6 MILLION IS GOING TO GO ON EMERSON.
ABOUT 2 HOURS AWAY TO THE END.
WELL, IT WOULD IT WOULD BE THE SOUTH GOING THE SOUTH TOWARDS THE HIGH SCHOOL.
EIGHT POINT MILLION DOLLARS? YEP. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR FEDERAL PRIORITIES.
ONE OF THE SPEAKER, MR. WHITE, MENTIONED OUR FEDERAL PRIORITIES.
AND I'M VERY THAT'S WHY I WAS UP IN D.C.
TRYING TO TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO SPEND 2.6 MILLION, 1.6 MILLION ON THE ROAD.
I'M SORRY. I'M TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM US.
WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON THE TRAFFIC FLOW RIGHT NOW? 8.6 MILLION? YEAH, WELL, IT WOULD WIDEN BASICALLY TWO MILES OF ROADWAY, ESSENTIALLY DOUBLING THE CAPACITY.
AND SO AS THAT GETS EXCEEDED, THEN THE WIDENING IS ARE NECESSARY.
SO BASICALLY WITH JUST THIS DEVELOPMENT, YOU COULD WIDEN TWO MILES OF THE PARKWAY.
AND THEN WITH THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, ALL THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS COME FORWARD.
SO SO THE TWO LANE B FOR LANE, KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU PASS 192, IT OPENS UP TO A FOUR LANE, CORRECT.
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IMAGINE THAT.BECAUSE NONE OF US WAS ON THE DYESS WHEN THEY FIXED THE WHEN THEY DID THIS DEAL.
BUT SOMEHOW WHEN YOU WHEN YOU JUST PASS 192, IT COMES TO A TWO LANE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO PALM BAY.
CORRECT. AND IT WAS ALWAYS PLANNED FOR FOUR LANES.
AND THERE'S PLAN SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.
MY QUESTION IS FOR THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.
GOOD EVENING, ALEX BERNARD, GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.
WE HEAR ABOUT KEEPING THE PEACE COMMERCIAL? I DON'T WANT TO KEEP THAT SAME PIECE COMMERCIAL BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE DEVELOPED.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S WETLANDS.
IT'S LOOKING TO BE CHANGED TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IN THE DELIBERATIONS OR SPEAKING WITH THE APPLICANT OR ARE THERE ANY MENTIONS BY STAFF ON, HEY, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MIXED USE OR SO? SO WHEN WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND SO WE LOOK AT AND TRY AND DO AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OF PALM BAY AND ALSO WHAT THEIR VISION FOR THEIR PROPERTY IS.
I SEE. I SEE THE INCLUSIVENESS ON THIS.
BUT THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDE A LITTLE MORE AND I FELT A LITTLE MORE VALUE ON.
SO SEEING THE PROJECTS BECAUSE ALL THESE PROJECTS HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU.
AND I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT LIKE THIS.
COULD YOU SEE IT BEING A BETTER USE AS MIXED USE BEING REZONE TO MIXED USE OPPOSED TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE? I THINK THAT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS GOING TO BE REALLY SHARP AND I, I, I THINK HE'LL BE VERY PLEASED IF WE GET TO THAT SPOT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE TO HAVING WETLANDS IN AN AREA THAT'S DEVELOPING LIKE THIS? WHY DO WE NEED WETLANDS? WELL, IT I WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE AN ENGINEER SPEAK MORE TO THAT THAN I WOULD.
THIS HAS MORE TO DO WITH DRAINAGE THAN IT DOES DRAINAGE.
THE NATURAL DRAINAGE OF THE AREA.
MM HMM. I THINK THAT'S BETTER THAN STORM WATER.
I JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW ZONE COMMERCIAL TO DEVELOP PEOPLE HAVE DEVELOPED ON WETLANDS HAVE HAS IN THAT THEY HAVE I YES THEY HAVE DEVELOPED ON WETLANDS BEFORE.
THAT'S NOT A SMART THING TO DO, RIGHT.
OKAY. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC.
SORRY. SORRY. BECAUSE THAT'S THE HARD QUESTION FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT.
MALE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT.
OKAY. GOOD EVENING, GREG PETTIBONE FROM LENORE HOMES SERVICE TO GREG. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS PLENTY OF TIMES IN THE PAST, SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
SO MY QUESTION HERE, I'M ASKING ABOUT MIXED USE.
AND I'VE SEEN WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THE DIVERSITY IT BRINGS IN EVERYTHING.
GOING INTO IT? STAFF I ASKED STAFF ONE SIDE OF THE QUESTION I WANT TO ASK YOU, DID YOU, THE APPLICANT OR YOURSELF, LOOK AT MIXED USE IN REGARDS TO ADDING MORE VARIETY OR. SO.
SO OUR HOMES IS IS A RESIDENTIAL BUILDER.
SO I HAVE THE LENNAR HAS NOT ME, BUT LENNAR HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS COMMERCIAL PARTNER.
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THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP. WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITH THEM.I HAVE SEPARATE AGREEMENTS WITH THEM IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE DRAINAGE ACCESS.
WE'VE COLLABORATED FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVE OUR PROPERTIES FOR THE WATER AND SEWER.
THEY HELP TO CONTRIBUTE A PORTION OF THAT.
SO I HAVE AN OBLIGATION OF FORMS WITH THEM THAT THEY ARE THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER.
WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPER.
WE ALSO FROM AN AMENITY AND A USE PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT TOWN CENTER AND COMMUNITY CIVIC CENTER WITHIN THE PROJECT. THAT'S THE INTENTION IS AGAIN WITH THIS LARGER PORTION ON THE SOUTH BEING AN ACTIVE ADULT, TO BE A COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT CAMPUS COMPONENT FOR REC AQUATICS, CIVIC, OTHER THINGS THAT KIND OF A SELF INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SHOW THIS OR SHARE THIS WITH YOU, BUT I DO HAVE SEVERAL CONCEPTS FOR WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SITE PLAN THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU WITH. BUT FOR FOR US, THIS IS WHO WE ARE AS AS A BUILDER.
SO I TRULY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING FROM BEING A STUDENT OF THE INDUSTRY, THE DESIRE FOR MIXED USE.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS ON MULTIFAMILY USE.
SO, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN WHILE I VOTED ON IT THE FIRST TIME, MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW.
YES. AND I'LL TAKE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS BEFORE WE DELIBERATE.
I'LL HATE TO SAY YES. AND THEN.
SO THAT'S MY HESITANCY ON THIS, ON THIS PROJECT.
AND I'M JUST SPEAKING OUT LOUD TO COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO THEY CAN HEAR, HEAR, THEY HEAR THE QUESTIONS I'M ASKING.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M I'M REALLY ON THE FENCE ABOUT THIS WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRAFFIC.
Y'ALL ARE Y'ALL ARE LOOKING TO WIDEN THE ROADS OUT.
IT'S JUST GIVING UP TOTALLY OF THE, YOU KNOW, TURNING IT TO MULTIFAMILY THAT HAS ME CONCERNED.
WE THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A GOOD STRONG FIT FOR ON, AT LEAST FOR OUR PORTION, AN ELEGANT, NICE BUT ALSO VALUE PLAY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK EVERYONE'S PROBABLY SEEING THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'VE GOT THE FIRST PHASE OUT THERE.
EDGEWOOD WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT MOST VOTERS I THINK DO IN IN PALM BAY WITH KIND OF THE PRESERVATION OF TREES, THE PRESERVATION OF THE WETLANDS, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A RURAL AGRARIAN TYPE THEME.
SO I THINK THAT'S WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO WE DID A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STUDIES ON WHAT THE BEST USE IS FOR THIS PROJECT FOR OUR PORTION.
SO LET ME JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND.
WILL YOU? YOU WON'T EVEN CONSIDER DOING A MIXED USE AT THIS POINT.
DESIGNING A MIXED USE, OR YOU'RE INCAPABLE OF DOING THAT.
I'D LIKE TO NOT SAY I'M INCAPABLE OF MUCH, BUT WE HONESTLY SORRY.
IT'S LIKE ASKING FOR ID TO TALK ABOUT A PLANE.
WE'RE NOT A WE'RE NOT A YOU KNOW, THE AUTO INDUSTRY DOESN'T DO AVIATION.
THE AVIATION INDUSTRY DOESN'T DO AUTO.
WE'RE VERY MUCH OF A RESIDENTIAL BUILDER DEVELOPER.
LENNAR DOES SOMETHING TO THE TUNE OF 50, 60,000 HOMES A YEAR AROUND THE UNITED STATES.
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IT'S IT'S OUT OF OUR WHEELHOUSE, WHICH IS WHY FOR THIS PROJECT, DECADES AGO, WE BROUGHT IN A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER.BUT YOU DO SEE THE VALUE OF WHAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS BRINGING IS BRINGING THAT MIXED USE COMPONENT AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 198 ACRES, RIGHT.
1200 ACRES. CAN WE ROUNDED UP? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1200 ACRES AND MIXED USE MIGHT BE A BETTER FIT.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S A COMBINATION OF WE DON'T THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE AS A BUSINESS.
BUT ALSO IT'S IT'S A COMBINATION OF WE DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT.
AND THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE THAT WE FOUND AS A VIABLE COMPONENT WAS IS A NUMBER OF MIXED NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A DIVERSITY OF PRODUCT THAT APPEALS TO DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS, DIFFERENT AGES, THAT HAS AS MUCH OF A SELF SUPPORTING COMPONENT WITH A TOWN CENTER THAT HAS WALKING TRAILS, THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT WETLAND AND OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE FOUND WAS, YOU KNOW, CALL IT PUT ON THE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL HAT.
THAT WAS WAS OUR BREAKDOWN FOR THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FOSTER? YES. YOU TELL ME THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A HOME.
LAND OUR HOMES WHEN THEY BUILD OUT THERE.
WHAT WILL BE THE AVERAGE PRICE? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I HAVE SOME PROJECTIONS.
SO THE ANTICIPATION IS THAT ENTRY LEVEL PRODUCT WOULD BE PROBABLY IN THE HIGH TWOS.
BUT AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S KIND OF WHAT THE MARKET YIELDS.
SO WE HAVE A TOWNHOME PRODUCT, A SINGLE STOREY TOWNHOME PRODUCT, A SINGLE STOREY DUPLEX PRODUCT, 40 FOOT, 50 FOOT AND 60 FOOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ALL THOSE MEET A PRICE POINT.
SO AS YOU GO INTO AN ACTIVE ADULT NEIGHBORHOOD, AS YOU RETIRE OR PEOPLE ARE IN DIFFERENT MEANS.
SO ARE YOU PARTICIPATE IN MOST OF YOUR HOME BUYERS ARE.
WE DIDN'T BUILD THAT AS LENNAR.
WE BUILT THAT AS OUR WCI BRAND.
BUT AGAIN, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS IS A COMBINATION OF RETIREES MOVING DOWN FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, LOCAL RETIREES, PEOPLE MOVING INTERNALLY WITHIN THE STATE.
AND SURPRISINGLY, A STRONG NUMBER OF OF EXPATRIATES THAT HAVE RETIRED HERE TO THE US.
SO YOU'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN PALM BAY GOING OVER THERE TO PURCHASE A HOME? WELL, WE DO.
SO THAT'S THE LOCAL PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE.
THAT'S THE LOCAL PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING HERE AS WELL.
SO PROBABLY I WOULD SAY A THIRD OF THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD IS NON AGE RESTRICTED.
SO AND AGAIN, THERE'S DIFFERENT PRODUCTS IN DIFFERENT HOMES AND HOME TYPES FOR FOR THAT BUYER GROUP.
WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF AGE RESTRICTED HOMES OR DEVELOPMENT? I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT COUNT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY.
75% ACTIVE ADULT WILL BE AGE RESTRICTED.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
WE ALREADY DONE? WE ASKED. WE HAD ALREADY ASKED ALL THE QUESTIONS.
YOU ALREADY DID YOUR REBUTTAL, MAN.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT FOR THE SECOND READING.
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GOT A SECOND.I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER SINGING BY COUNCIL.
DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
YOU KNOW. KIND OF IRKS ME WHEN I DRIVE.
I DON'T LIVE TOO FAR FROM HERE.
AND I SEE THE TRAFFIC AND THEN I DON'T SEE THE TRAFFIC.
AND WHEN I DON'T SEE THE TRAFFIC, IT'S DARK AT NIGHT AND I STILL CAN'T GET DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU CAN'T PASS, GET AROUND A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE OR YOU PUT YOUR LIFE IN DANGER.
SO THE REASON I SAID THAT BECAUSE.
192 ABOVE IS A FOUR LANE VEHICLE IS A FOUR LANE EXCUSE ME, ROADWAY.
VERY LIT UP. BUT WHEN I COME PAST 192, IT'S A TWO LANE SHRINKS TO TWO LANE AND ALL THE WAY TO. GET OVER THE BRIDGE.
NOW YOU'RE IN PALM BAY AND IT'S STILL A TWO LANE.
TO ADVOCATE OUR FEDERAL PRIORITIES TO TRY TO GET THAT ROAD WIDENED.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A LOT OF MONEY.
I MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND I GAVE THEM A LIST OF OUR PRIORITIES.
AND I SAID, THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY TO GET THIS ROAD WIDENING AND MALABAR.
VOMITING ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M GOING TO STAY ON IT AND THE STAFF'S GOING TO STAY ON IT.
THIS COULD APPROVE. WE COULD WIDEN THAT ROAD.
3.66 MILLION FOR LANE ROAD THAT WILL EASE TRAFFIC THAT WAS SATISFIED IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I MET WITH HER AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WE GOT OUR REGIONAL PARK RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
WE COULD USE FOR THAT PART AND 1.9 FOR FIRE STATION.
THESE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, RIGHT? A FIRE STATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE PLANS TO PUT ONE AT THE ST JAMES ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY IN MALABAR MALABAR.
I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE IMPACT YOU GOT PALM BAY RESIDENTS, YOU SAID IT.
THAT I'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS.
THEY DON'T SAY THEY WOULDN'T BUY A HOME OVER THERE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN A TRAFFIC JAM.
THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH DOING.
WE GOT PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE BUYING HOMES THERE.
SO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS GOING TO BE HUGE AT THE END OF THIS ROADWAY.
WE'VE GOT A SITE FOR POSSIBLE SUPERMARKET.
AND THAT'S BEEN CLEAR BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THE COWS HANGING OUT NO MORE.
OKAY, SO IT MOVED THE COWS AWAY.
I LIKE LOOKING AT THE COWS FOR SOME REASON, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONE.
SO. I THINK THIS IS REALLY A NO BRAINER.
WOULD YOU SAY 70% AGE RESTRICTED, 75% AGE RESTRICTED.
THAT MEANS YOU'RE MORE SENIOR PERSON.
I GOT TO USE THE WORD SENIOR BECAUSE I'M CATCHING THAT AGE.
SO THE SENIOR PERSON, WHEN THEY REACH THAT LIFESTYLE, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO LIVE.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE THERE UNTIL THEIR DAYS ARE LONG.
SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS.
I HAVE MORE CONFIDENT NOW VOTING FOR THE SECOND TIME.
JUST IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN FOSTER REALLY TO JUST ABOUT EVERY POINT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON.
HE DIDN'T MAKE MENTION OF THEM.
I JUST WANT TO BRING THE ATTENTION TO.
WE TALK ABOUT PRESERVATION, WE TALK ABOUT GREEN SPACE, WE TALK ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT.
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BUT WE I DON'T THINK WE GIVE THIS PROJECT PROPER CREDIT.NEARLY A THIRD OVER A THIRD OF THE OF THE SPACE IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVATION TO YOU KNOW I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TO TO MENTION IT MAY NOT BE YOU KNOW NATURALLY YOU KNOW PART OF IT IS A LOT A LOT OF IT IS WETLAND OR EVEN IF THE DEVELOPER WANTED TO, THEY COULDN'T.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT TO ME IT'S CRITICAL AS WE BUILD, AS WE GROW THE CITY, THE PRESERVATION, THE GREEN SPACE IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST TO ADD TO WHAT MR. COUNCILMAN FOSTER JUST MENTIONED, THE IMPACT, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PROJECT, THE 8.6 WE OFTEN REFERRED TO THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S WHAT THE PROJECT WOULD DO.
IT WOULD HELP CONTRIBUTE QUITE A BIT.
MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 8.6 MILLION TOWARDS ROADS.
I THINK IT'S TRULY GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE OUT THERE.
I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE THAT FORWARD.
THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ALL OPPOSED.
ROLL CALL. DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY MODIFYING PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLANS, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MADAM SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS FINAL READING FOR THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE TO THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN PORTION OF OUR ORDINANCE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS REALLY MOVING OUR CITY IN A GREAT LIGHT AND MOVING IT FORWARD.
SO IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING IN MADAME SHERMAN.
OUTSTANDING. WELCOME ABOARD, NANCY.
GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
THESE ARE FOR THE 2020, 23, 2024 ALLOCATION, WHICH WE ESTIMATE TO BE ABOUT $725,266 AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.
WE HAVE TO RECEIVE INPUT AND DISCUSS OUR PRIOR PERFORMANCE, WHICH WAS ATTACHED IN YOUR PACKAGE.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD MET ON JANUARY 18TH TO REVIEW THE PROPOSALS.
THEY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FIVE ENTITIES.
$27,900. GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN.
$14,572.40. GREATER MELBOURNE PAL.
$21,250. SOUTH BREVARD WOMEN CENTER $38,500.
CITY STAFF HAS PROPOSED A PROGRAM WITH WORKING WITH THE SKATE BUS VOUCHER PROGRAM $6,567 AND THEN THE PALM BAY PARKS AND FACILITIES $461,086 FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AT THE GOOD PARK.
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THE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE THE 108,007 8994 PUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED UNDER THE GRANT AND THEN $145,053.20 IS A MAXIMUM ALLOWED FOR THE 20% OUT ALLOCATION FOR ADMINISTRATION.SO STAFF IS ASKING THAT YOU HOLD THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN THEREAFTER THE STAFF WILL WORK ON THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN, PROVIDE A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND BRING FORTH THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 18, 2023.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN, JUST BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT WITH MS..
ISABEL. RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS, MA'AM? NO, I HAVE. YOU WANT TO USE THIS ONE? OH, AS YOU WERE. SHE HAS ONE.
YEAH. BECAUSE AS WE BOTH KNOW, WE WERE BOTH AT THE MEETING, MISS NANCY.
SO. I GUESS WHILE I'M I'M A STRONG PROPONENT AND WE SAT DOWN TALKING ABOUT PALM BAY POWELL AND EVERYTHING.
IS IT TOO LATE TO SHIFT GEARS RIGHT NOW IN REGARDS TO REALLOCATING TOWARDS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR WHATNOT? BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T THEY WEREN'T THERE, BUT THEY ARE HERE NOW.
AND IF SO, THEN WHAT DO WE LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO AS A BOARD, WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL TO WHICH I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE SCAT BUS VOUCHER PROGRAM, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING THAT HELPS WITH HOMELESSNESS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO AND FROM YOUR JOB, THEN YOU HAVE MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE OF A MEANS TO SURVIVE AND MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, A PLACE TO LIVE.
SO I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE FROM THE REQUESTED AMOUNT.
BUT DOING SO, I KNOW AS A COUNCIL WE CAN REALLOCATE AS SUCH.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
CERTAINLY, YES, YOU COULD REALLOCATE IT THIS TIME.
THIS IS COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO YOU THE ONLY THING IS BECAUSE WE'RE CAPPED AT 108,007 8990, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE 10,000 FROM ONE OF THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT WAS RECOMMENDED.
THEY LET US KNOW THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE CONTINUING AS OF DECEMBER 31ST.
SO WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR FINAL INVOICE.
SO THERE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL REALLOCATION OF WHATEVER THEY HAVEN'T SPENT.
SO THAT WOULD ALLOW IF THE COUNCIL, WE WOULD COME BACK FOR A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT AND IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY FUNDING A SUMMER CAMP THIS YEAR, THEN THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
BUT THE ONLY WAY FOR THE 20 TO 2324 FUNDING WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY TAKE TAKE SOME FUNDING FROM THE CURRENT AGENCIES THAT ARE LISTED HERE. WELL, IF WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE MORE APPROPRIATE ROUTE BEING THAT THESE AGENCIES DID THEIR, YOU KNOW, DID EVERYTHING.
AND I SEE SOME OF THE AGENCIES HERE.
THE LAST THING I WOULD WANT TO DO IS AGENCY.
NOT YET. WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE IT BEFORE IT WAS ACTUALLY DUE JANUARY 10TH.
SO I'M ASSUMING BECAUSE THEY GOT AN ALLOCATION OF $50,000, THEY ONLY PROVIDED THOSE SERVICES FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST. WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT GETTING ABOUT 30,000 BACK.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, LAST QUESTION.
I'M SORRY, MAYOR. I'M SO SORRY.
IF WE HAVE DEADLINES, THEY SHOULD BE MET.
I KNOW I'M GOING OFF, BUT IF WE HAVE DEADLINES, THEY SHOULD BE MET.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO SINCE IF WE'RE WE'RE GIVING THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS OUT AND THESE DEADLINES AREN'T MET ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE ADDRESSED. WHAT MEANS DO WE HAVE IS THERE A MEANS WHERE WE CAN JUST REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS IMMEDIATELY OR.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE SOURCE. BUT IF THE DEADLINE IS THE DEADLINE, THEN.
I DON'T KNOW HOWEVER YOU WANT TO TAKE IT.
RIGHT. AND THAT GOES INTO THE PAST PERFORMANCE WE PRESENTED TO THE CDB BOARD.
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ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE CDBG FUNDS THAT WE HAD, WHAT THEY SAID, HOW MANY PERSONS THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ASSIST, HOW MANY THEY ACTUALLY ASSISTED, AND THEN THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT THEY WERE AWARDED AND THE FUNDING THAT THAT WAS REMAINING ON THE TABLE.AND THAT'S THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THERE WAS ALLOCATIONS LEFT OVER.
AND SO WE HAD TO DO ANOTHER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.
AND SO IT DELAYS THE TIMING OF THAT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE GO OVER AS FAR AS PAST PERFORMANCE.
WELL, THE GREAT PARTNERS AND I JUST WANT TO TAG ON YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK WITH THIS AND TO INCLUDE THE BOARD.
I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU YOU EVEN SAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO YOU HAVE TO HONOR THE PROCESS, HONOR THE POINTS THAT ARE EARNED.
AND FOR US TO TAKE AWAY FINANCES FROM ONE OF THESE AGENCIES IN PARTICULAR WHEN THERE MAY BE ANOTHER OPTION TO TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, WE'RE NOT SURE.
AND AND I'M IN AGREEMENT I WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM ANY OF THESE AGENCIES.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL DO YOU HAVE COUNSEL? COMES FROM FOSTER.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE DO HAVE SPEAKER CARDS.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CRAIG EDMONDSON.
MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CRAIG EDMONSON WOOD FROM AGING MATTERS AND REVERT.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF SENIOR NUTRITION, WHICH MEANS I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF LEADING MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY KITCHEN, MEALS ON WHEELS, BROWARD COUNTY, AS WELL AS OUR 12 SENIORS LUNCH DINING ROOMS. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR HEARING US.
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALWAYS BEING SUCH A GREAT PARTNER TO US.
AND FIGHTING SENIOR HUNGRY RIGHT HERE IN PALM BAY.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU THE HANDOUTS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BUT ESSENTIALLY OUR ASK IS THE 27,900, WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO PROVIDE 9300 MEALS TO 62 SENIORS IN PALM BAY.
PLEASE NOTE IT'S THE ACTUAL COST TO US IS OVER $9.
THE DIFFERENCE IS MADE UP FROM OLDER AMERICAN ACT MONEY AND.
THAT ALL COMES OUT OF OTHER FUNDING, NOT THE MONEY THAT WE REQUEST FROM FROM YOU.
THANK YOU. MY CLOCK DIDN'T START YET, SO I THINK I SAW 3 MINUTES.
IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT. BUT YEAH, THE GOALS AND THINGS THAT WE PRESENT TYPICALLY ARE THE SAME.
TO SAY THAT OUR OUTCOMES ARE ALWAYS CLEAR.
WE COMBAT LONELINESS, WE COMBAT SENIOR HUNGER, AND WE DO THIS EVERY DAY.
OUR NUTRITION PROGRAM IS TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN FOR OUR HOMEBOUND CLIENTS.
MEALS ON WHEELS. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.
THE NATIONAL LUNCH PROGRAM, WHAT WE CALL SENIORS AT LUNCH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE WHERE WE ARE CHALLENGING OUR FOLKS TO PROVIDE OUR DINING ROOMS THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY RIGHT HERE IN PALM BAY AT THE CAPTAIN'S HOUSE, A LOCATION WHERE OUR SENIORS CAN GO AND HAVE LUNCH EVERY DAY TO KEEP THEM MOVING AND TO NOT.
THERE'S A TIME AND A PLACE FOR MEALS ON WHEELS.
THE LONGER WE CAN DELAY THAT FROM PEOPLE BECOMING HOMEBOUND, THE BETTER.
SO OUR DINING ROOMS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
SO I ALWAYS NEED TO PLUG OUR DINING ROOMS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP PEOPLE MOVING IN.
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AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO TO SUPPORT US.HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND.
THEY'VE GOT BACK UP AND THE CEO IS HERE AS WELL.
OKAY. THANKS. GREATER MELBOURNE, POWELL.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RUFUS WILLIAMS. I'M PRESIDENT OF GREATER GREATER MELBOURNE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE, AND THIS IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MARTINA JONES.
WE'RE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE CURRENTLY SERVING YOU THIS YEAR, AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING ARE FOR THE KIDS OF PALM BAY.
WE'RE AT STONE WHERE THERE ARE PALM BAY KIDS THERE WHERE AT MALABAR ELEMENTARY.
AND WE JUST MET WITH RIVIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUST LAST WEEK.
SO WE'LL BE IN RIVIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WELL.
WE'RE ACTUALLY INSTILLING LIFE SKILLS IN THERE.
THE CURRICULUM IS TEACHING THEM TO IDENTIFY WHO THEY ARE.
WHO ARE YOU? I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR NAME MAY BE MARTIN, BUT WHO ARE YOU REALLY? JUST TELL ME WHO YOU ARE, I THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
WE'RE GETTING THE KIDS TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS WITH OUR MENTORS.
ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THE MENTORS TO UCF SCHOOL ON MARCH THE NINTH TO DO A COLLEGE TOUR.
WE'RE DOING TUTORING AND HOW WE IDENTIFY THESE CASES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS WHO ARE BEHIND IN SCHOOL, IN READING AND MATH.
WE'RE IDENTIFYING THOSE KIDS THROUGH OUR COUNSELORS.
SO YOU'RE YOU'RE TAKING HIGH SCHOOL KIDS TO.
RIGHT. RIGHT NOW TO MARCH TONIGHT, I'M TAKING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.
JUST A SECOND. YOU HAVE TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC.
YES, I'LL BE TAKING THE KIDS FROM STONE.
AND YOU'RE TAKING THEM TO THE UNIVERSITY? YES, I AM. INDOCTRINATING THAT.
SHOWING THEM THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN A UNIVERSITY.
HAVING THEM THINK HIGHER OF THEMSELVES.
THAT'S INTERESTING. ABSOLUTELY.
YES, SIR. YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID.
RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO CATCH THEM EARLIER.
WE HAVE TO SAY, OH, YES, YOU CAN.
SO WE TRY TO TAKE THEM TO EVENTS.
WE TRY TO TAKE THEM TO THE COLLEGES OR TECH SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT BECAUSE WE KIND OF SAID, OKAY, WELL, THESE SCHOOLS HERE ARE THE ONES THAT KIND OF ASK FOR SUPPORT, BUT THE OTHER ONES MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE. SO WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON THE COMMENT FROM CITIZENS COUNCIL AND REACHING OUT TO OTHER SCHOOLS AND SEEING IF WE CAN ALSO SUPPORT THEM OR SEE IF THEY HAVE A NEED BECAUSE NOT NECESSARILY ONES THAT RAISE THEIR HANDS ARE THE ONES WITH THE BIGGEST NEEDS.
SO I LOVE THE MENTORSHIP AND I LOVE YOU INDOCTRINATING THEM OR SHOWING THEM WHAT'S POSSIBLE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T SEE IT BEFORE THEM, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM POSSIBLE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ASPECT OF OF YOUR CURRICULUM.
THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER. I HAVE A QUESTION.
AND SOME ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.
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MY SON, WHEN HE WAS LIKE SIX YEARS OLD, WAS LIKE, DAD, YOU GOT TO PAY FOR MY COLLEGE.I LOOKED AT HIM LIKE HE WAS CRAZY.
WELL, I GOT TO PAY FOR IT. BUT NO, YOU'RE MY DAD.
YOU GOT TO PAY FOR THE COLLEGE AT SIX YEARS OLD.
RIGHT. WHEN YOU GOT IN THE NINTH GRADE.
HE'D STOPPED DOING WORK, RIGHT? SO I WENT FROM A DAD TO A DRILL SERGEANT.
AND IF YOU KNOW THE MILITARY, YOU DON'T WANT YOUR DRILL SERGEANT WAKING YOU UP IN THE MORNING.
IT'S NOT AN EXPERIENCE, SOMETHING YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE.
RIGHT. AND I WENT FROM FROM THE NINTH GRADE TO THE 11TH.
I HAD TO BE HIS DRILL EVERY MORNING.
RIGHT. TO MAKE THEM GET OUT OF BED.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT THAT PAYS OFF BECAUSE EVEN DURING THAT TIME, IT WAS A ROUGH TIME IN HIS TEENS.
I STILL COMMUNICATED WITH HIM.
YOU'VE GOT TO DO MORE. YOU GOT TO DO BETTER.
HE'S IN COLLEGE. HE'S GETTING ALL A'S.
I'M LIKE, MAN, THE MILITARY SHOULD HAVE PAID ME FOR THAT TRAINING.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET THEM AT A YOUNG AGE.
YOU GOT TO INTRODUCE HIM TO COLLEGE.
I DID THAT, I TOOK MY SON TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS.
SO AND HE'S GOING TO GRADUATE NEXT YEAR.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA WHEN EVERY TEAM HAS A ROUGH PERIOD.
I DIDN'T HAVE THAT ROUGH PERIOD BECAUSE I HAD A MOTHER WOULD BEAT ME UPSIDE THE HEAD.
OKAY. SO I WAS STRAIGHT AND NARROW.
BUT EVERY KID GOES THROUGH A ROUGH PERIOD, EVEN YOUR OWN.
AND SOMETIMES YOU GOT. I CALL IT.
EXCUSE ME. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE LOVE FOR EVERY KID, WHETHER IT OUR OWN OR SOMEONE ELSE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY TO TELL YOU THAT STORY.
KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
THANK YOU FOR SERVING PALM BAY LIKE THAT.
YOU GUYS INCREASING YOUR TERRITORY IN PALM BAY.
WE DO CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AS ARE FACING LOCATION? I WAS TRYING TO FIND A BUILDING BECAUSE A LOT OF KIDS CAN'T MEET DURING SCHOOL, SO THEY'RE ASKING ME WHAT ABOUT AFTER SCHOOL? I HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS SAY, HEY, WHAT ABOUT 5:00 WHEN I GET OUT FROM WORK? CAN YOU MEET WITH MY KID? SO WHAT I'M DOING NOW IS REACHING OUT TO A CHURCH ON PORT MALABAR BOULEVARD.
THERE'S A CHURCH THAT SITS THERE ON THAT CORNER.
AND I TALKED TO THE PASTOR THERE, AND SHE STATED THAT WE CAN UTILIZE HER FACILITY AFTER SCHOOL.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT LOCATION.
SO A LOT OF THOSE KIDS WHO ARE MISSING OUT ON, THEY CAN COME THERE AFTER SCHOOL SINCE I CAN'T REACH THEM IN SCHOOL BECAUSE A LOT OF THE COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS DON'T WANT YOU TAKING KIDS OR PULLING THEM OUT OF SCHOOL AT A CERTAIN TIME.
SO SO A LOT OF THOSE KIDS CAN COME THERE.
FACILITIES LOCATION IS A IS A CHALLENGE.
YES. HOW IS THE CITY OF MELBOURNE ASSISTED? WE HAVE A WE HAVE TWO FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
YOU DO HAVE PHYSICAL? YES, I DO. YES.
THAT'S WHERE THE CHALLENGE COMES.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE LOCATION FOR THE KIDS.
YES. JUST LOOKING FOR A LOCATION.
I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YES, I DO.
AND I'LL END WITH THIS QUESTION.
HOW DO YOU EXPECT THE CHILDREN TO GET TO THAT PORT MALABAR LOCATION? PARENTS WILL DROP THEM OFF.
IT WILL DROP THEM OFF 5:00 WHEN PARENTS ARE OUT.
SO YOU GO FROM 5 TO 8 OR FIVE TO 7 TO 7.
YES. COPY THAT. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THANK YOU. IT'S NOT A QUESTION FOR THEM, BUT.
TO JUMP WHERE DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX CAME UP WITH.
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, THE GREATER PALM BAY SENIOR CENTER.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE A PRIME LOCATION.
IT COULD BE THE GREATER PALM BAY COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT JUST EXCLUSIVE TO SENIORS, IS OPEN TO EVERYBODY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY ALREADY HAVE AN ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP AND CONTRACT WITH US.
WHY NOT EXPAND UPON THAT? SO THAT'S NOT FOR A VOTE RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID BECAUSE IT COULD IT COULD HAPPEN.
BUT WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION TOO.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT AND POSSIBLY DO SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
THAT WAY WE CAN SERVE THE KIDS AND NOT JUST THE SENIORS.
THEY'RE HAPPY THAT THAT'S NOT PART OF THE ITEM.
BUT THEY DO HAVE BREAKOUT ROOMS THERE TOO.
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HERE. I HAVE MISS BECKY LINDSTROM.THE WOMAN SENT HER. THEY'RE BECKY LYNCH FROM THE WOMEN'S CENTER.
WE'VE BEEN IN BREVARD COUNTY SINCE 1975 ASSISTING WOMEN, MEN.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT NO VICTIM OF VIOLENCE SHOULD BE WITHOUT CARE SUPPORT.
THEY NEED TO HEAL, LIVE A LIFE FREE FROM ABUSE, AND HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY.
WE HAVE FOUR MAIN PROGRAMS AT THE WOMEN'S CENTER.
VICTIM SERVICES, WHERE WE ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS WELL AS SEXUAL ASSAULT.
WITH ADVOCACY, IT'S A FULL CIRCLE PROGRAM THAT GOES FROM ONE END OF ASSISTANCE TO THE OTHER.
THOSE ARE OFFERED AT BOTH OF OUR OFFICES AS WELL AS WE HAVE TELEHEALTH APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE.
IF A PREVENTION PROGRAM TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THE VIOLENCE.
AND I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT JUST YESTERDAY OUR STAFF WAS PRESENTING TO CITY OF PALM BAY STAFF WHO HAVE ASKED US TO COME IN AND DO VIOLENCE, INTERVENTION AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP TRAINING FOR PALM BAY STAFF.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU GUYS AS WELL.
THEN WE HAVE OUR HOUSING PROGRAM.
THAT PROGRAM IS A 24 MONTH LONG PROGRAM WHERE OUR CLIENTS NOT ONLY HAVE A SAFE, SECURE, STABLE HOME FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY, BUT THEY ALSO GET A COMPREHENSIVE SUITE OF SERVICES THAT HELPS THEM MOVE FROM A POINT OF CRISIS TO BECOMING SELF-SUFFICIENT AND BEING SELF-SUFFICIENT AND ECONOMICALLY STABLE IS A GREAT INDICATOR THAT THEY WON'T RETURN TO THEIR ABUSER BECAUSE OF ECONOMICS.
SO THOSE SERVICES INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT, HELPING THEM BECOME FINANCIALLY LITERATE.
MOST OF THEM HAVE NOT HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF CONTROL.
SO WE HELP THEM WITH BANKING, BUDGETING, SAVING CREDIT SCORE.
IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES ASSISTANCE, WE GET THEM INTO THOSE.
WE HELP FINANCIALLY WITH CHILD CARE EXPENSES, TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES.
THOSE ARE ALL CRITICAL TO THEM.
BEING ABLE TO WORK EFFECTIVELY, HELP WITH MEDICAL COSTS THEY MAY HAVE AS WELL AS ANY CAREER BOOSTING COSTS, LIKE IF THEY NEED A CLASS, IF THEY NEED UNIFORMS OR A PHLEBOTOMY KIT TO BECOME A PHLEBOTOMIST OR WHATEVER, A VET TECH, WE HELP WITH THOSE EXPENSES AS WELL AS OFFER. THEY CAN COME TO OUR PANTRY, GET FOOD, HYGIENE ITEMS, HOUSEHOLD CLEANING ITEMS, AND THEN FURNITURE THAT WE HAVE, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS THAT KIND OF FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FROM OUR FURNITURE THRIFT STORE THAT WE HAVE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2004, AND HISTORICALLY WE HAVE A 85% SUCCESS RATE, WHICH WE COUNT AS OUR CLIENTS, LEAVING OUR PROGRAM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING WITH INCREASED INCOME AND SAVINGS.
AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE THE STATS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOR PALM BAY ACCOUNT THAT GETS PUBLISHED THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIFORM CRIME REPORT.
THEY HAVE NOT PUBLISHED A NEW LIST SINCE 2020.
UM, YOU HAVE A LIST OF ANY STATS I CAN SEND IT TO YOU.
I DID NOT. I DID NOT BRING THAT WITH ME IN THIS SPEECH.
I HAD IT IN MY. HOW MANY HOW MANY WOMEN AS YOU HELPED.
THIS YEAR. I MEAN, IT'S A SHORT YEAR, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER AMOUNT OF WOMEN YOU HELP.
YES. OH, I DO NOT KNOW THE NUMBER FOR 20.
23. WHAT ABOUT 2022? I KNOW IT'S ABOUT 3230 200 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, NOT FROM PALM BAY.
WHAT'S THE BIGGEST GROUP IN PALM BEACH? NEVER HAVE TO GET YOU THAT ANSWER.
OKAY, I DON'T HAVE IT. IF YOU COULD GET BACK WITH ME.
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THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I REALLY FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT.WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND TAKE CARE OF OUR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S IT'S NOT CHANGING.
EMAILS WITH THE PERSON THAT PUTS IN THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORT AND THEY PUT IN A GENERAL A GENERALIZED CRIME STATISTICS FOR 2021, BUT THEY NEVER UPDATED THE INDIVIDUAL ARRESTS AND OFFENSE DATA.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD, BUT THEY HAVEN'T.
BUT I CAN GIVE YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE IN 2022 AND WHAT CITY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT TO ME NOW.
LATER. I HAVE TO GIVE IT TO YOU LATER.
IT'S ISABELLE, RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ALL THESE AGENTS THAT ARE UP HERE ARE WONDERFUL.
THEY DO GREAT WORK FOR THE CITY.
WE ARE GIVING $21,000 TO THE MELBOURNE POOR WITH NO DISRESPECT.
I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR SEVEN YEARS TO BRING THE PAL PROGRAM TO PALM BAY FOR SEVEN YEARS.
I STAND HERE EVERY YEAR, MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR.
I MEET WITH YOU GUYS MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR AND IT'S ALWAYS A SITUATION.
NOW I ASK FOR THE $10,000 AND YOU BRING UP THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER.
WELL, LET'S ADDRESS THAT SITUATION.
NUMBER ONE, I MEET WITH NANCY AND HER STAFF IN OCTOBER, MAYBE SEPTEMBER.
I ASKED TO BE PUT ON THAT LIST BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MONEY GETS ACCOUNTED FOR FOR THESE MINORITY KIDS, MAINLY HISPANIC KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO ANYTHING. COME AND GO.
HEY, WHEN ARE YOU SENDING OUT THE PACKET? COME TO FIND OUT. THAT PACKET WAS SENT OUT.
COME TO FIND OUT. I'M NOT ON THE LIST.
OBVIOUSLY, WITH COVID, I COULDN'T DO MY PRESENTATION.
NOW WE MET AND WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THESE 10,000.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO FIND $10,000 TO SEND THESE KIDS BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT COMMANDER SPEARS WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND DID NOT GO IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT THIS COUNCIL IS NOT VOTING TO GIVE THESE $10,000 TO THESE KIDS.
AND IT'S DEFINITELY NOT THEIR FAULT THAT 80 KIDS CANNOT GO TO CAMP THIS YEAR, AT LEAST FOR ONE DAY.
I THINK THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND ADDRESS THIS ISSUE TODAY.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
YOU'RE NOT GIVING THE $10,000 FOR THESE KIDS.
YOU'RE NOT PUTTING THE PROGRAM INTO PLACE OR SOMETHING SIMILAR.
BUT WE ARE SAYING, WHICH WAS MY IDEA ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER, LET'S USE IT FOR THE KIDS.
I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT ALL ALONG.
SO NOW YOU'RE SAYING, HEY, LET'S BRING THE MELBOURNE POWER INTO THIS SITUATION AND LET'S FORGET ABOUT HAVING OUR OWN POWER PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS THE LARGEST CITY AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR POLICE STAFF AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
MELBOURNE HAS THEIR PAL SATELLITE BEACH HAS THEIR PAL ROCKLEDGE, EVERYBODY.
I UNDERSTAND ABOUT GIVING EXTRA MONEY TO SCOTT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THIS SITUATION.
AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO STAND HERE? DO I NEED TO FILL THIS UP WITH PARENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED? WE'RE ALL HERE TO SUPPORT YOU, BUT YOU NEED TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
MY HISPANIC COMMUNITY DOESN'T GET ANYTHING.
WE ARE NOT EVEN NOTIFIED OF THESE EVENTS.
WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE A SIT A SEAT AT THAT TABLE.
JAVIER, THE HISPANIC, HE WAS NOT NOTIFIED.
HE'S NEVER RECEIVED ANY FUNDS.
AND IF KAY IS HERE, SHE KNOWS THAT I ALLOCATED FOR THAT AND WE VOTED ON THAT.
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THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN YEARS WHERE THE CHURCHES, THE HISPANIC CHURCHES GET NOTIFICATIONS.HISPANICS ARE NOT VERSED IN ENGLISH MOST OF THE TIME AND DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PASSAGE.
BUT THE PASSAGE IS I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THEM AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME MONEY BECAUSE THIS IS ONLY FAIR FOR THESE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO GO.
SO I'M HERE BEGGING YOU, PLEASE DO SOMETHING FOR THESE KIDS.
NOT ALL THE MONEY NEEDS TO GO TO EVERYBODY IN THE PELL PROGRAM IN MELBOURNE.
WE HAVE KIDS HERE, WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE, WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS HERE, WE HAVE BUILDINGS HERE.
WHY THE HESITATION? THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MELBOURNE IS NOT INVOLVED IN 99% OF THE TIME.
THE SAME THING WILL GO WITH THIS DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CHIEF WHO'S CONSIDERING, PLEASE LET'S MEET AND LET'S TAKE CARE OF THIS, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THIS DONE, BECAUSE REALLY $21,000 TO THEM AND YOU CAN GIVE ME 6000 OR 10,000 FOR OUR KIDS THAT LIVE HERE, WORK HERE, THEIR PARENTS AND PAY TAXES HERE.
GOD BLESS YOU WERE THERE AND YOU TOLD ME, WAIT A YEAR FOR THE POWER PROGRAM TO REINSTATE IT, DID YOU NOT? AND I SAID, OKAY, LET'S WORK ON THOSE $10,000, SUZANNE.
YOU KNOW, $10,000 TO GET THESE KIDS TO THE CAMP.
AND WE ALL AGREED UPON THAT, MISS.
RIGHT. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION, BUT PLEASE DIRECT YOUR CONVERSATIONS.
I AM A DIRECTOR MYSELF TO YOU.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYOR? TWICE TODAY YOU'VE TOLD ME TO CUT MY.
EARLIER TODAY, YOU TOLD ME TO STOP TALKING.
AND IF I HAVE A MEETING WITH SOMEBODY, I EXPECT THAT MEETING TO BE TRUTH BECAUSE.
I SAY THE TRUTH AND I STAND HERE AS A TAXPAYER.
I STAND HERE AS A LEADER IN MY COMMUNITY TO REPRESENT EVERYBODY, NOT JUST HISPANICS.
BUT I DEMAND FOR YOU GUYS TO ANSWER ABOUT THESE 10,000.
SO, MA'AM, I NEVER CUT YOU OFF.
TO HER POINT ABOUT MEETING WITH MS..
BLUNT IN A IN A TIMELY MANNER AND NOT BEING PART OF THE PROCESS EARLY.
WRIGHT JUST SAID SHE'S BEEN REALLY CONSTANTLY MEETING WITH YOU REGARDING THE CDBG PROCESS AND MY UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, AND SHE WASN'T NOTIFIED OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
MS.. WRIGHT PREVIOUSLY WAS ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.
HER DAUGHTER CURRENTLY IS ON IT AS WELL NOW.
AND SO WE HAVE WE WE DID MEET WITH HER AND.
WE NORMALLY PUT OUT THEIR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS IN NOVEMBER AND THEN THEY'RE DUE AT THE END OF DECEMBER, JANUARY, THAT IS TYPICALLY ANNUALLY HOW WE HAVE THAT PROCESS. SO I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING SHE WAS ON OUR MAILING LISTS, WE DO PUT IT OUT IN THE LOCAL PAPER, WE PUBLICIZE IT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA EVENTS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LIST.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHY SHE DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, BUT SHE IS.
SHE WAS ON THE LIST WHEN SHE DID CALL ME IN THE END OF DECEMBER.
I APOLOGIZE THAT SHE DIDN'T GET IT.
AND SO SHE HADN'T RECEIVED IT.
BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID APPLY FOR THE YOUTH PROGRAM, THE YOUTH CAMP, OR FOR FOR WHAT SERVICES THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE. AND SO PART OF PART OF THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WHERE WE'RE AT.
BACK TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S POINT.
THERE'S BEEN A DEADLINE AND IT'S PASSED ALREADY.
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HOW SOON DO YOU THINK WE COULD GET A RESPONSE? REGARDING THE CONTRACT DOES ALLOW US THE CITY TO TERMINATE WITHIN 30 DAYS.SO I CAN CERTAINLY INITIATE THE TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
HOPEFULLY, I DID SPEAK WITH HIM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND HE TOLD ME THEY WERE WORKING ON IT.
AND WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TIME TO INSTITUTE? THIS PROGRAM THAT MS..
RIGHT IS THAT IT COME BEFORE US TO SEE IF WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THAT.
IS THERE ENOUGH TIME WITHIN THAT? WE WOULD ONLY NEED A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
SUBSTANTIAL. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK UP.
SO I MUST SHARE WITH YOU THE PROCESS.
OR THE PROCESS SOMEWHERE DOWN DOWN RANGE WASN'T VERY WELL COMMUNICATED.
RIGHT. AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER.
I'M SURE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND MADAME SHERMAN AND EVEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE THE PROCESS A FAIR PROCESS.
AND I WANT TO SEE THE CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING SERVED AS WELL.
SO ALL THAT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS TO SEE IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE SOME OF.
THAT. THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE YOUR MAYOR IS AT AT THIS POINT? YES. I THINK.
MADAM SHERMAN. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND.
BUT IF WE COME TO A PLACE WHERE THERE'S NOT APPROPRIATE FUNDING OR AVAILABLE FUNDING IN THE CDBG WORLD OR THE ETF WORLD, BUT WE'VE COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL SUPPORTS AND WE REALLY WANT TO DO FOR OUR YOUTH, THEN THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BRING TO EVEN AS POTENTIALLY A GENERAL FUND ITEM TOO, IF THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN FUND.
OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE HAS BEEN THE STAFFING COMPONENT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO OVERCOME ALL THAT.
CHIEF ADD A LITTLE EXTRA TO THAT AND I LOVE THAT CONCEPT BECAUSE SOMEONE DID REACH OUT AND I PASSED THAT ON TO YOU WHERE THAT THAT IS THEIR VISION HERE WITHIN THE CITY TO SERVE CHILDREN IN OUR CITY.
CARRY ON. CHIEF MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY MANAGER.
SO SO YEAH SO OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH DIRECTOR POPPY FROM THE RECS DEPARTMENT WITH PROGRAMS FOR SUMMER CAMPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. NOW THE NAMES AND, AND WHAT THAT ALL ENTAILS, COMMANDER SPEARS DOES HAVE IT, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE'S NO BLAME TO BE PUT AROUND TO ANYBODY OTHER THAN ME.
I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY AT THE CDBG MEETING WITH REGARDS TO THE MONEY.
BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, THERE ARE PROGRAMS OUT THERE, AND TO ME, I'M A PROUD CITIZEN IN PALM BAY.
I'M THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF PALM BAY.
I'VE RAISED MY FAMILY HERE IN PALM BAY.
SO TO ME, WE ARE HELPING OUR KIDS HERE IN PALM BAY.
WHETHER IT SAYS MELBOURNE, POWELL OR NOT, THIS THOSE KIDS ARE FROM PALM BAY.
I'M ALL ABOUT ALSO PARTNERING WITH THEM, PROVIDING THEM WITH SOME RESOURCES IN TERMS OF STAFFING, IF POSSIBLE, IN THE FUTURE UNTIL WE GET OUR PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING IN THE FUTURE. BUT TO ME, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT NAMES ARE ON THERE, AS LONG AS OUR KIDS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF AND BEING HELPED AND BEING MENTORED AND BEING TUTORED AND SCHOOLED AND PROVIDING A LIFE EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
SO THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH.
DIRECTOR POPPI WE HAVE WORKED WITH MS. RIGHT AND SPOKEN WITH HER.
I WAS AT THAT MEETING AND PAL PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING HERE IN THE FUTURE.
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OF OUR KIDS IN PALM BAY, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.I CAN'T MAKE ANY GUARANTEES ON WHEN THAT WILL BE.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT COMMANDER SPEARS AND HIS TEAM OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE IS WORKING WITH DIRECTOR POPPY IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS FOR THIS SUMMER TO WHERE WE EVEN PROVIDED A PAL OR A BUS FOR FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES.
SO THERE'S THINGS IN MOTION THAT WE CAN WE CAN START DOING AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO, CHIEF.
ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, TWO THINGS TO ADD TO THAT.
THANK YOU, CHIEF, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE SPOKE BACK AND FORTH.
BUT COMMANDER SPEARS ISN'T HERE TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF.
AND YOU SPOKE UP AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT RIGHT THERE IS TRUE LEADERSHIP.
SO I. I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING UP ON THAT.
AND TO THE OTHER POINT, YES, WE'RE NOT MOVING GOVERNMENT MOVES SLOW, MARY, YOU KNOW THAT.
I'VE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
YES. IT'S MOVING SLOWER THAN WHAT WE WOULD WANT, BUT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO WE'RE MAKING MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE GOAL.
ARE WE THERE YET? NO. BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
I LIKE IT VERY STRUCTURED BECAUSE I WANTED TO LAST.
AND IN FACT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MS..
SO I DON'T WANT THE MAYOR TO YELL AT ME FOR NOT LOOKING AT HIM.
BUT BUT WHEN WE DO THINGS, I WANT TO DO IT CORRECTLY.
I WANT TO DO IT TO LAST AND NOT JUST TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE WE WANT TO RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY PHILOSOPHY AND THAT'S HOW I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FOSTER, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR COMMITTING TO PILE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS IT WAS JUST RIGHT WHEN I'M SAYING LOPEZ WAS ALIVE AND I WAS IN THAT MEETING.
OR DEPUTY CHIEFS? SPEARS FISHER.
FISHER. I'M SORRY. WE'LL GET HIS NAME LIKE THIS BY THE END OF THE MEETING.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT YOUR NAME OVER.
I KNOW YOUR NAME. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT YOUR EYE COLOR IS AND YOUR HEIGHT AND WEIGHT.
BUT I WAS IN THAT MEETING, AND LOPEZ WAS VERY PASSIONATE.
SO WAS ISABEL, RIGHT? ISABEL? YEAH.
SO WE GOT YOU ON VIDEO AND I'M GLAD YOU COMMITTED TO IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE SOMETHING WITH IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO WITH HER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A PISS TEST AND NOTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I WANT OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO TRAIN OUR YOUTH.
THAT'S TRUE. AND WE'LL GET THAT.
YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID. ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE THE LEAD.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. APPRECIATE IT.
THANK KNOW. WE APPRECIATE YOU, SIR.
OUTSTANDING JOB. AND DEPUTY CHIEF LANCE FISHER.
HERE NOW. GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE MY NAME SO I COULD COME UP AND TALK.
I WOULD HAVE CALLED YOU, MA'AM.
I WOULD HAVE CALLED YOU. BUT THIS IS NATASHA WALSH.
SO THE NEED IS GREAT FOR THE GRANDPARENTS.
MOST OF THE TIME, WE DO GET OUR CHILDREN DUE TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
AND RIGHT NOW HE IS GROWN AND HE'S ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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SCHOOL AND TO GET A MEDICAL TREATMENT.BUT NATASHA'S GOING TO TELL YOU THAT OTHER SERVICES WE OFFER ALSO.
AND NOW YOU HAVE THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE ON A FIXED INCOME.
WE ALSO HAVE SIX SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS SO BIG.
WE HAVE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE ONE PARENTING CLASS PALM BAY, WE HAVE ONE PARENTING CLASS.
TO PAY FOR CAMP, FOR THE KIDS AND FOR FIELD TRIPS.
AND WE PAY A LITTLE TOWARD SPORTS BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE WHOLE FEE FOR CHEERLEADING.
SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE FAMILIES CAN COME IN AND GET 2 TO 3 GIFTS FOR THE KIDS FOR CHRISTMAS, FOR THEIR BIRTHDAY, SO THEY AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING THEN TO WE PARTNER UP WITH THE SHARING CENTER AND WE GIVE OUT THANKSGIVING BASKETS FOR THANKSGIVING.
AND WE ALSO KIDS WITHOUT CHRISTMAS HELPS US TO.
SO THOSE THOSE THAT'S THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE DO.
WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING SO MUCH BECAUSE THE NEED IS SO GREAT.
AND WE'VE FOUND OUT A LOT OF GIRLS GET ON THAT AT 14 OR 15.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING US TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE GLAD TO ANSWER.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
NO QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK? THE FORWARD. THE CHIEF.
ROBERT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
THIS RELATES TO THE PALS PROGRAM.
I'M GOING TO TIE ITEM SIX AND ITEM SEVEN TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY MUCH RELATED.
SO INSTEAD OF COMING UP TWICE, I'M ONLY GOING TO SAY IT ONCE.
THE FIRST QUESTION I HAD ON THIS WAS, WAS IT GOING TO TAKE ANY OF THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT OFF OF ROTATION WHILE THEY'RE TRYING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SYSTEM? THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION FOR ME.
BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE ALREADY SHORT STAFFED.
WHY LOSE SOMETHING FOR AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS? THE SECOND QUESTION THAT COMES INTO PLAY WAS WHEN THE CARES ACT FUNDING AND THE CDBG FUNDING.
SUNSETS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH THIS ON THE PAL'S PROGRAM.
THAT MEANS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STILL HAS TO BE ESTABLISHED.
WHAT WAS THE LONG, LONG TERM FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT FOR MAINTAINING OF THIS? I APPRECIATE THE FACT WHICH KIND THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ANOTHER CITY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UNDERSTANDABLY, IT IS A LONG DISTANCE.
BUT I ALSO HAVE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THE REASON THE CITY OF PALM BAY DOES NOT HAVE THEIR OWN PALS PROGRAM IS BECAUSE WHEN THE TIMES WERE GOOD, WE WENT A LITTLE BIT CRAZY AND WE WERE DOING A LOT OF STUFF IN THE NAME OF PALS FOR 20 PEOPLE.
THAT WAS ASTRONOMICALLY EXPENSIVE AND IT GAVE A BAD REPUTATION.
SO I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THAT HISTORY.
I WANT TO MAINTAIN IT AND I SEE THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE AND THEY'VE GOT GREAT TRACK RECORDS.
WHEN YOU SAY 80% GOING OF SENIORS GRADUATING, GOING TO COLLEGE.
THEY'RE. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING.
I'M JUST AFRAID OF SEEING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY UNDER THE GUILT COMPLEX.
WE FEEL SO BAD ABOUT OURSELVES.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A BAD DECISION.
BUT. THAT BEING SAID, THE PROJECT ITSELF IS GOOD.
BECAUSE IN PAL'S PROGRAM IN PALM PALM BAY AT ONE TIME DID GIVE US A BLACK EYE.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING QUITE A FEW BLACK EYES LATELY.
LIKE I SAY, WE RAN OUT OF FUNDING, SO THAT WAS THE REASON IT HAD TO GET SHUT DOWN.
BUT IT WAS KIND OF EXPENDITURE ON THERE ON CITY'S PART.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK OR AGAINST THIS ITEM?
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ROBERT STANFORD, 1796 LYNBROOK.BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO MENTION, THE GENTLEMAN WHO TALKED PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I DO MEALS ON WHEELS, AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO MAKE FOUR TRIPS TO JAPAN WHERE YOU REALLY SEE IN THIS SOCIETY HOW THEY HONOR THE ELDERLY.
IT IS OFF THE CHART, THE WAY THEY HONOR THE ELDERLY.
AND THE REASON WHY MY WIFE AND I DO THIS, IT'S IT'S A VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE THAT REALLY THEY PROBABLY SHOULD BE IN A ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AND THEY HANGING ON TO THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND WHAT HAVE YOU, IT JUST IT JUST TOUCHES YOUR HEART.
SO WE DELIVER TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HOSPICE.
ONE LADY ASKED ME TO PICK UP A MAIL OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A FOCUS, NOT ONLY IN A CITY, IN A COUNTRY AS A HOLD ON AN ELDERLY.
I HAD A SISTER THAT WAS IN ASSISTED LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND, YOU KNOW, SHE FELL OUT OF BED AND ALL I DID WAS STUFF HER BACK INTO BED AND THEN DIDN'T CHECK ON HER.
AND SHE HAD BLEEDING IN THE BRAIN AND DIED THREE WEEKS LATER.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IN THIS COUNTRY.
SO I WANT TO JUST CHAMPION THE MEALS ON WHEELS.
AND LIKE I SAID, WHEN YOU KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND IT'S VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
BEFORE WE GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, I JUST WANT TO POLICE SOMETHING HERE.
LESS THAN 40 OR 40 MINUTES TO MOVE THIS MEETING ALONG.
SO LET'S NOT REPEAT OURSELVES.
I'M GOING TO ASK THAT OUR SPEAKERS BE PROMPT AND DIRECT TO THE POINT.
EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO TIME LIMIT.
SO WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M ASSUMING YOU BRING IT UP THIS.
THANK YOU, NANCY. COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT FOR THE 2019 2020 ACTION PLAN.
THESE ARE ONE TIME CORONAVIRUS, ONE AND THREE FUNDS.
THE CITY RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $949,317, AND WE HAD ABOUT 127 FIVE 5675 THAT REMAINED FROM CONTRACTS WHERE THEY DIDN'T EXPEND ALL OF THE FUNDING.
SO WE AGAIN DID A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND THAT SAME CYCLE THAT WE DID, THE CDBG PROCESS AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD MET AND REVIEWED THESE PROPOSALS ON JANUARY 18TH.
SO THEY RECOMMENDED BREVARD ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION FOR 38,005, 56, $0.75.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA $30,000.
I'M SORRY, GREATER MELBOURNE PAL 22,000.
HELPING SENIORS OF BREVARD 37,000.
SO THIS WOULD DISTRIBUTE THE REMAINING FUNDS OF THE CARES ACT 127,556 AND $0.75 AS REQUIRED BY THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.
THERE WAS A FIVE DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND WE HAD RECEIVED NO COMMENTS AT THAT TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
MY NAME IS SEAN ALDERMAN WITH THE BREVARD ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION, ALSO KNOWN AS JOE'S CLUB.
GIVE YOU A LITTLE CHEAT SHEET THERE.
WE ARE ASKING FOR THE 38 556, I BELIEVE, FOR OUR OUR MOBILE MOBILE FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM. IT ACTUALLY WAS BORN OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
WE DELIVER MEALS TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS THROUGHOUT PALM BAY.
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CURRENTLY, WE'RE DOING 48 FAMILIES.WE'RE HOPING TO GROW THAT TO APPROXIMATELY AROUND 100 FAMILIES WITH THE INCREASED FUNDS.
BUT WE DELIVER. WE HAVE A SECOND HARVEST FOOD PANTRY PARTNERSHIP.
WE DELIVER BOXES OF NONPERISHABLE FOOD EVERY OTHER WEEK AND A PROTEIN BOX THAT WE JUST STARTED DOING LAST MONTH OF FROZEN, FROZEN PROTEIN, CHICKEN, BEEF, TURKEY AND ALSO SOME FROZEN VEGGIES AND FRUIT, AS WELL AS A PRODUCE BOX, FRESH PRODUCE THAT WE DELIVER ONE WEEK OUT OF THE MONTH AS WELL.
AND SO WE THE COST OF DELIVERING THESE THIS FOODSTUFFS TO THESE PEOPLE IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
JUST AS I WANT TO POLICE THIS, WE WE ARE POISED AND I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE ANYONE FROM SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM, BUT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN WHAT YOUR PROGRAM DOES.
SO I'M. I'M CHALLENGED BY TIME.
AND I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF IF THAT'S.
BUT I AM LOOKING AT THAT CLOCK.
SO IS THE YOU COULD EITHER SAY ENOUGH HAS BEEN SAID OR WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
OKAY. CATHOLIC CHARITIES GIVES US A THUMBS UP.
THINK. ENOUGH HAS BEEN SAID UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US.
WHO DO YOU REPRESENT? HELPING SENIORS.
THANK YOU. NANCY, DEAR, YOU'RE OFF.
WITH KERRY. ENOUGH HAS BEEN SAID.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? SEEING NONE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN? THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
DEPUTY MAYOR. ANY ITEMS TO PULL CONSENT NUMBER TWO.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
MAYOR CONSENT NUMBER TWO.THIS COUNCIL HAVE ANY ONE ANY ITEM TO PULL? SEEING NONE.
MOTION TO APPROVE A CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CONSENT NUMBER TWO.
SECOND, NOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX SECONDED BY.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE SIGNIFY ALL IN FAVOR.
SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[2. Award of Bid: Valve Insertion Equipment, Team Brand Only – IFB 16-0-2023 – Utilities Department (Consolidated Pipe & Supply - $120,925); and request to standardize the Team brand valve equipment.]
AND IF ANYTHING, I'M JUST PROGRAMED THAT WAY.STUFF ALWAYS. BILL BATTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE IDEA.
AND IN FACT, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE OF COMBINING USING ONE ONE RESOURCE IF YOU CAN GET IT LOCALLY.
BUT MY QUESTION THAT I'M LEADING WITH ISN'T BECAUSE IT COMES UNDER WATER AND SEWER.
AND YET I SEE NO ACTION LONG RANGE ACTION PLANS, AND IT'S NOT RELATING TO THE PURCHASE ITSELF.
THIS IS RELATING TO THE OVERALL CONCEPT OF OF THE UTILITIES, OF HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO GET WATER AND SEWER TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE NEVER HAD IT OR WAS NEVER EVEN PRESENTED IN.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO CONSTANTLY BE A CITY ON SEPTIC WITH NO WATER.
THERE'S NO I DON'T SEE ANY LONG RANGE PLANS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY WHAT CAN WE START THINKING ABOUT NOW? OR IF WE EVEN CAN, TO WHERE EVENTUALLY WE'LL INSTEAD OF HAVING 30% OF THE POPULATION ON CITY WATER AND SEWER BECAUSE IT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM INSTEAD OF THE OTHER THAT DON'T HAVE IT AVAILABLE, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY WHERE WE CAN HAVE IT AVAILABLE.
I KNOW THAT'S A BIG EXPENSE ON GOING DOWN ROADS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT THERE'S NO PLAN THEN.
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THERE IS NO GREEN IN THE CITY BECAUSE WE'LL BE AN ENTIRE CITY.GET IT? THE PRE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T GET IT.
AND THERE'S NO PLANS TO RUN WATER AND SEWER INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THE OUTSKIRTS WILL HAVE WATER AND SEWER ON THE INNER CITY, WHICH WILL BE 90% OF THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO LET'S START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ONE.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT? JUST VERY BRIEFLY, SIR.
SO IF TODAY I HAD ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD AND COULD EXTEND LINES EVERYWHERE, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM UNTIL I GET THE PLANTS THE WAY THEY NEED TO BE FOR STEP ONE. STEP TWO, WHEN IT COMES TO SEPTIC AND SEWER AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS IS A MANDATORY CONNECTION DISCUSSION WHICH WE'VE HAD HERE BEFORE.
BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FUNDING CHALLENGE.
IT IS OUR DESIRE TO HAVE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE CITYWIDE.
BUT STEP ONE, AS I SAID, IS GOING TO BE PLANT CAPACITY.
MA'AM. I NEED A MOTION TO MOVE.
SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO WE ARE NOW ON A NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE.
[NEW BUSINESS (Part 2 of 2)]
AND. AND GENTLEMEN, MS..JONES. YES, MAYOR, I HAVE THREE TRAVEL REQUESTS FOR COUNCIL THIS EVENING.
OR COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SAYS, NAY, I WILL.
DEPUTY MAYOR SAYS, YAY! YAY. AND COUNCILMAN FOSTER SAYS, YAY.
SECOND ITEM IS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONGRESSIONAL CITY CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C..
AT A COURT. I'M SORRY, WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO LET'S GO BACK TO NUMBER ONE, SINCE WE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE A MOTION.
WE DON'T NEED A MOTION. SO COME ON UP, SIR.
POINT OF ORDER. THE RECONSIDERATION OF BILL BATON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDING THE BLACK CAUCUS.
LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN KISSIMMEE AND.
THAT BEING THE WAY HE IS? I $465 A PERSON.
IF ALL OF YOU WOULD HAVE WENT, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GRAND TOTAL OF $2,325.
BUT MY COMMENT ON THIS ONE WOULD BE THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO ATTEND.
SO, HEY, I WANT TO GO DO THIS.
SO HERE'S YOUR HERE'S YOUR EXPENSE MONEY.
YEAH, USE YOUR EXPENSE MONEY, PAY FOR YOUR OWN TICKET AND GO AND ENJOY YOURSELF.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE GOT TO TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE ATTENDING THE SAME EVENT.
RIGHT. SO WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
THE COST PER PERSON IS APPROXIMATELY $3,700.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONFERENCE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT CONFERENCE WHERE.
I'M MEMBERS CITY COUNCILMAN AND MAYORS CAN ATTEND THIS LIKE A IT'S A HUGE SUMMIT AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AGENCIES FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
THAT YOU COULD GO AND ASK ABOUT GRANTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU GRANT OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION THAT COULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOUR FUTURE.
[04:30:03]
OPPORTUNITIES. I FOUND OUT WHEN I WAS THERE WITH FEMA.WE MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GET A GRANT FOR OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
WHICH WILL HELP TREMENDOUSLY ON THE TAX BURDEN.
MOST. A FEDERAL LOBBYIST WAS VERY GRACEFUL, VERY HELPFUL, AND GOT MEETINGS WITH THE DEPARTMENT AT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AS LONG AS WE DON'T SEND ANOTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL.
LET'S DO HERE. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND A MEMBER OF SUZANNE'S STAFF WANTED A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, PARTICULARLY DURAN AND BROWN.
AND THE REASON WHY EXCUSE ME, THE REASON WHY THE LOBBYISTS TALK VERY HIGHLY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEY'VE DONE SUCH GOOD WORK ON OUR GRANTS.
OH, THAT'LL BE DIFFICULT WITH MY SCHEDULE.
I CAN PROBABLY GIVE AN ANSWER TOMORROW.
IS THIS? THIS IS A FOUR DAY CONFERENCE BY FIVE.
YEAH. FIVE DAYS AND FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY.
THAT'S FIVE DAYS NOT WORKING FOR ME.
WELL, WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, BUT NOT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
AN ANSWER HAS TO BE DONE BY TONIGHT.
THERESE. MRS. JONES, I THINK THERE'S ALREADY.
YOU HAVE TIME. THERE'S A COST ALIGNED WHERE IF THEY ORDER IT TOMORROW.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE PACKET AND TO BE FOR COST EFFECTIVENESS, I'LL RATHER AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN FOSTER, I'LL RATHER YOU REPRESENT OR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX OR MAYOR MEDINA JUST FOR FOR THAT SAKE.
SO THAT WAY WE'RE. COST SAVINGS TO IF THAT'S.
I DON'T KNOW. DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX CAN ATTEND.
CAN YOU. OR CAN YOU? YEAH. NO, NO. WELL, YOU KNOW, I GOT IN TOTAL TRANSPARENCY.
I THINK THIS IS A WORTHWHILE CONFERENCE, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LEADERS.
AND I'M NOT SURE OF MANY OF THE ACRONYMS, AND I'M PRETTY GOOD WITH ACRONYMS, BUT THESE ACRONYMS GOT ME AT A BUT THERE WERE SOME THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING, LIKE TRAINING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTITUENCY GROUPS AND THOSE THINGS.
SO I AM INTERESTED I WOULD I WOULD ENTERTAIN IT IF I CAN HAVE A.
I'D HAVE TO CLEAR IT WITH MY BOSSES AND STUFF.
SO IF I CAN DO THAT, I'LL GET A RESPONSE TOMORROW.
SO I CAN SAY I CAN SAY, YEAH, ON A YOU KNOW, ON A TEMPORARY WAY.
BUT I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE EVENT.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, IN THE FUTURE, I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT BUDGETING THIS.
SO THAT WAY WE THERE'S NO THERE'S NO CONTENTION WITH THE FINANCES.
ALTHOUGH FIVE DAYS MAY BE A LOT.
YEAH, I LOVE THAT. TWO OF THOSE DAYS ARE WEEKENDS.
RIGHT. RIGHT. SO I THINK IT CAN WORK BECAUSE TWO OF THOSE DAYS ARE WEEKENDS.
I MEAN, I CAN I HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY WITH MY SCHEDULE.
I THINK THAT'S THE PLAN, MADAM TERESE.
IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? WE WOULD LIKE JODI GIANCOLA, BROWN AND EITHER DEPUTY MAYOR OR MYSELF, OR MAYBE IF WE CAN BOTH GO, WE COULD BOTH GO.
JUST REACH OUT TO OUR LOBBYISTS SO THEY CAN ASSIST YOU.
YOU DON'T NEED THOSE SYSTEM THERE, YOU KNOW, ALL AROUND HERE.
THANK YOU. IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH, MR. TERESE? YES, SIR.
[04:35:03]
DAYS. OH, I'M SORRY.OH. POINT OF ORDER, AS YOU WERE.
I GET OFF TRACK WHEN THERE'S NO MOTION NEEDED.
586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I'M SAYING THIS WITH TONGUE IN CHEEK LORD OF THE TIME, BUT IS STILL.
I'M STILL TRYING TO MAKE A POINT.
AND THAT'S WHY. WHY I'M DOING THIS.
OK NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
$3,700. THAT'S WHAT THE COST IS PER PERSON.
SO I UNDERSTAND US PAYING THAT SINCE THIS IS A VOLUNTEER FUNCTION.
SO BUT IF EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE WENT, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN $18,500 THAT WOULD HAVE COME OUT OF IT.
THAT'S WHAT PAID FOR THOSE PRESENTS YOU BOUGHT WHEN YOU'RE IN DC.
I REALLY DO, BECAUSE IF NO ONE WENT, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE GAINED THAT KNOWLEDGE.
FLORIDA LEAGUE CITY IS LEGISLATIVE ACTION DAYS IN TALLAHASSEE, APRIL 3RD THROUGH THE FIFTH.
COST PER PERSON IS APPROXIMATELY $500.
I'M. WELL, DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS? DO WE? DO WE HAVE THREE? OKAY, SO LET'S CALL THEM UP.
MR. BILL BATTEN, FOLLOWED BY HIS FRIGHT, IS GONE.
ALMOST GONE. BILL BATTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST $5,500.
I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE COME OUT OF YOUR EXPENSE ACCOUNT INSTEAD OF OUT OF THE CITY'S BUDGET.
BETWEEN ITEMS ONE, TWO AND FIVE THAT CAME TO.
WOULD HAVE COME TO IF EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE PARTAKEN TO A GRAND TOTAL OF $28,325.
THIS IS MORE OF A STATE LEGISLATIVE ISSUE AND I'LL BE ATTENDING THIS AS DEFINITELY I HAD ALREADY PLANNED ON THIS OF ATTENDING THIS.
SO I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO MR. FOSTER, WHO IS OUR LOBBYIST, THAT I WANTED TO GO BEYOND OUR OUR OUR DELEGATION.
EVEN SOUTH WITH SENATOR GRAHAM.
I THINK THE MORE WE BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STATE LEGISLATORS, THE BETTER THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE WHEN LEGISLATION AS A WHOLE AFFECTS THIS THIS CITY. SO I AM A DEFINITELY DEFINITELY YES ON THIS I EVEN GAVE.
I THINK. AND THEN IN FULL DISCLOSURE, I SPOKE WITH A MEMBER OF THE SATELLITE BEACH COUNCIL, MINDY GIBSON, WHO IS ALSO PART OF THE ADVOCACY TEAM.
AND SO SHE SAID SHE MAY HAVE AN EXTRA BLOCK OF ROOMS, MAYBE ONE OR TWO EXTRA FOR THE DOUBLETREE.
SO I JUST AND FULL DISCLOSURE, GENTLEMEN, I WOULD WANT TO GET THAT THAT PUT ON THE RECORD.
THE DEPUTY MAYOR? YES, FOR ME.
WE GET OUR ETHICS TRAINING THERE.
YES. IT'S IT'S NOT AN EASY DAY IN TALLAHASSEE.
AND WE NEED TO BE THERE AND LOBBY IT FOR IT.
AND MAYOR, YOU SAID YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AND GET MY ETHIC TRAINING.
AND I'M GOING TO GO AND LOBBY FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I'LL BE. MAYBE I'LL LET ROSEMARY KNOW IN THE MORNING.
IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH, MA'AM? OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE ON.
MR. FOSTER, YOU'RE LEADING IT OFF?
[COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL REPORTS]
YEAH. I'M GONNA TRY TO BE BRIEF.IF WE NEED MORE TIME, WE COULD EXTEND IT.
I KNOW. I WANT TO GO. I KNOW FULL WELL.
[04:40:02]
SO I WANT TO LEAVE TOO.I WENT TO D.C., I LEARNED THAT THIS IS THE THIS IS THE BEST TIME, GUYS, TO GET THESE GRANTS IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. CONGRESS IS NOT GOING TO GET NOTHING DONE.
THE MONEY IS ALREADY BEEN PROVEN ALLOCATED AND IS BEING SENT TO THE STATES.
AND SOME OF THIS MONEY IS COMING DIRECTLY TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THE LOBBYISTS THAT WE HIRED DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT I WAS AMAZED BECAUSE WHEN I WAS UP THERE IN DC, I DIDN'T WANT TO LIST.
AND I MET WITH CONGRESSMAN POSEY AND MAYOR.
THE BEST MEETING WAS WITH CONGRESSMAN POSEY.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO SAY HE DID, BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR BOSS, BUT HE GETS IT.
WE NEED TO STAY IN CONTACT WITH OUR CONGRESSMEN, AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT HIM.
WE NEED TO INVITE HIM TO OUR RIBBON CUTTINGS.
HE COMES TO OUR VETERANS PARADE.
I WAS AMAZED WITH CONGRESSMAN POSEY.
AND HIS STAFF HAD ME SO WHEN I WALKED IN THERE.
SO WE NEED TO. AND HE GETS IT.
IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG, TELL ME, MAN.
HE'S GOT A GREAT STAFF UP THERE.
WE GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND I. LOBBYIST IS REALLY GOOD WITH COZY STAFF, SO.
WE'VE GOT A TWO YEAR WINDOW AND WE CANNOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THE CITY HAS THEIR OWN AGENDA.
I WASN'T YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY THERE FOR PALM BAY.
SO LET'S NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT I DON'T NEED TO GO TO DC.
I WANT ONE OF MY OTHER MEMBER OF.
I WAS SO EXPIRED BEING THE US CAPITOL.
AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO SEE ALL THE GATES AROUND OUR U.S.
CAPITOL. TO ME, THAT WAS DISRESPECTFUL.
YOU BET IN THAT IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE CAPITOL POLICE DID A GREAT JOB.
A. THAT A COMMENT? IT JUST IT'S JUST I JUST FEEL A LOT OF PATRIOT.
WHEN I WAS OVER THERE, JUST RED, WHITE AND BLUE WAS FLOWING THROUGH MY.
AND I WALKED THROUGH THE HALLS OF CONGRESS, DIFFERENT STATES.
I JUST WAS. THE CHANCE TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF.
THIS MONEY CAME OUT OF MY BACK POCKET, BILL.
IT DIDN'T COME OUT. I DON'T COST THAT MUCH.
THAT'S. YEAH, I THOUGHT ABOUT.
NOT A. AND BEING A VETERAN MARINE.
BUT IS THIS TOUCH MY HEART? FIRST PERSON. I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS DESK IN CITY HALL.
THIS IS THIS IS A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO THE MARINE CORPS.
THIS IS I REALLY EVEN APPRECIATE JUST THE THOUGHT THAT YOU THOUGHT OF US AND WANTING TO GIFT US.
MADAM ATTORNEY, AM I ALLOWED TO ACCEPT THIS? I JUST. I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THE MONEY VALUE IS, BUT.
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OH, IF IT'S ON THE 25, I'M I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON THE 25.YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THE BOTTOM. OKAY.
I DIDN'T TAKE IT. IS IT UNDER 25.
SO ON THE RECORD, I CAN ACCEPT THIS.
COUNCILMAN FOSTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS WILL BE THIS WILL BE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU, BROTHER. THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.
MR. JOHNSON. ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE BRIEF.
ALL RIGHT, SO. SO A FIRST SEVERAL.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YEAH.
IT'S BEEN MONTHS. OR, YOU KNOW, REALLOCATING FUNDS.
SO THEN ALSO, TWO MORE THINGS.
HERE WE GO. THE DEADLINE FOR THE DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, WHEN THE KIDS DO THEIR PRESENTATIONS OF WATER QUALITY, THAT'S MARCH 1ST.
LASTLY, TO MR. OLSZEWSKI POINT, THE PALM BAY HI PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYS TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE FINAL FOUR LAKE.
SEE. IT'S THE NAME OF THE TEAM LAKE.
LAKE. SOMETHING PREPPED FOR LAKE.
AND THEY HAVE A YOUNG LADY THERE.
SHE'S ALREADY COMMITTED TO NOTRE DAME.
SHE'S PLAYING FOR THE ALL-AMERICAN MCDONALD'S TEAM.
THIS GIRL, SHE'S LIKE THE FEMALE LARRY BIRD.
SHE CAN PLAY. SO DEFINITELY, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT TO ORLANDO SUPPORT.
OTHERWISE, IT'S GOING TO BE TELEVISED ONLINE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY REPORTS.
MAYOR THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. DEPUTY MAYOR.
I KNOW WE AS A BODY, WE HAD TO DO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WHATEVER WAS SAID BEFORE MY HEART, MY PRAYERS WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
TAKE THE TIME, PLEASE REACH OUT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
THANK YOU. AND I'LL LEAD OFF WITH THAT AS WELL.
BUT YOU SAID IT SO ELOQUENTLY, SIR.
WE'RE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
WE WE DO HAVE TO RESPOND TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE FOR ME, COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO SAT ON THE EDC FOR THIS BOARD FOR OUR COUNCIL, AND I WANT TO TAKE OVER THOSE DUTIES.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR A CONSENSUS FOR THAT.
I'VE GOT A THUMBS UP FROM ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, SO I WANTED TO SEE HOW WE REACH OUT TO LYNDA WEATHERMAN AND LET HER KNOW THAT I'M REPLACING COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO ON THAT ON THAT BOARD.
YES, I HAVE ONE ONE BOARD APPOINTMENT I NEED TO MAKE.
REAPPOINTING WOODSON FENELON ON THE IAC BOARD.
SO NOW WE'RE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS.
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MISS SHERMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY? NO, SIR. THANK YOU.MISS SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANY? NO, SIR, NO. WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF ANYONE WISHED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]
PLEASE STEP FORWARD.348 BROOKSIDE STREET, NORTHEAST.
GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM DOING IT UP.
ANOTHER PALM BAY HIGH PRIDE POINT IS THEIR JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM, WHICH IS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS PROGRAM, WHICH WHEN I WAS GOING THERE, I'M SURE THEY STILL DO THIS, BUT I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE EVERY HOME GAME THEY RECREATED THAT STATUE YOU HAVE THERE ON YOUR DESK THERE.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL. SO I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT THAT IS THE MARINE CORPS MEMORIAL.
I HAD THE CHANCE AS A PALM BAY HIGH STUDENT TO GO ON A SPONSORED TRIP TO D.C.
AND VISIT THAT MEMORIAL IN PERSON.
ESPECIALLY I WENT TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. I HAVE TO CORRECT A POINT THAT A DEVELOPER MENTIONED EARLIER.
HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I CAN ONLY BUILD RESIDENTIAL.
THAT'S LIKE ASKING FOR ID TO BUILD AIRCRAFT.
WELL, YOUR COUNTRY DID ASK FOR IT TO BUILD AIRCRAFT TO SUPPORT WORLD WAR TWO.
THAT IS WHAT WE CALL THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM, MY FRIENDS.
AND YOU NEED TO LOOK UP WILLOW RUN PLANT IN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN, THAT PRODUCED THE B 24 LIBERATOR BOMBERS, MANY, MANY THOUSANDS OF THEM. SO WE CAN BUILD PLANES, WE CAN BUILD ANYTHING.
WHEN COVID HIT, WE BUILT WE MADE MASKS.
WE BUILT PAMPERS, WHICH ARE PERSONAL AIR PURIFICATION RESPIRATORS.
WHEN DUTY CALLS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU PRODUCE.
THAT'S WHAT GOOD COMPANIES DO.
THAT'S WHAT OTHER GOOD COMPANIES IN OUR WORLD DO.
THAT'S WHAT DEVELOPERS IN OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD DO.
SO DO YOU NEED ANY SORT OF ACCOMMODATIONS IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO FOLKS STAY OVERNIGHT IN KISSIMMEE ON MARCH THE SECOND? SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
THE LAST POINT IS JUST FOR FUN.
THE DOUBLETREE IN TALLAHASSEE, THE MAYOR MENTIONED IT.
IT BROUGHT BACK TO FOND MEMORY OF MY TIME, ANOTHER PRIDE POINT.
FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES, STANDING BEFORE YOU EDUCATED IN TALLAHASSEE, WORKED MY WAY THROUGH SCHOOL AS A FOOD RELOCATION SPECIALIST, AND I DELIVERED MANY SUSTENANCE TO FOLKS LIKE YOU IN THAT DOUBLETREE.
DO NOT LEAVE THAT LOBBY WITHOUT ONE OF THOSE DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES.
DON'T DO IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S A WARM ONE OUT OF THE DOOR.
OKAY, YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
SO THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNCILOR, COUNCILORS AND MAYOR AND, OF COURSE, CITY STAFF.
I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, WANT TO SAY I'M SO PROUD OF THE DECISION THAT YOU MADE TODAY.
IT SHOWS THAT YOU WERE THINKING OF THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.
FOR ANYBODY WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BREVARD, CARIBBEAN AMERICAN SPORTS AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
AND WE WANT TO INVITE YOU AND THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY TO OUR 2023 AFRICAN HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION IS GOING TO BE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, FROM 6 P.M.
AND ALSO I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WOULD BE A DOUBLE TRUCK.
NOW IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DOUBLES IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE STREET FOOD FROM TRINIDAD AND THE TRUCK IS COMING ALL THE WAY FROM ORLANDO AND IT WILL BE AT THE PICASSO CENTER AND THAT'S 2174 HARRIS AVENUE, NORTHEAST PALM BAY.
AND SO WE'RE INVITING YOU ALL TO COME OUT AS WE SHOWCASE AND HIGHLIGHT BLACK HEROES, MEN AND WOMEN.
AND I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU TO CHECK YOUR TAXES.
I SENT ALL FOUR OF YOU A TEXT MESSAGE INVITING YOU TO THE EVENT ON SATURDAY.
SO I DO HOPE YOU CAN COME AND THE REST OF YOU AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INVITATION.
BUT EVEN MORE OVER THAN THAT, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT COSTCO'S BEEN AROUND SINCE THE NINETIES.
AND WHAT YOU BRING, YOU BRING.
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I KNOW YOU SPEAK OF DIVERSITY AND UNITY, BUT NO, YOU BRING A CULTURE AWARENESS THAT AND YOU BRING US ALL TOGETHER THE BEST WAY I KNOW HOW IS BY BREAKING BREAD.GOOD NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COME AND SPEAK? SEEING NONE. WE JUST BEAT THE CLOCK.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.