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I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
OUR INVOCATION WILL BEGIN BY PASTOR TIM RITCHIE OF EASTWIND PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
HOWEVER, BEFORE BEFORE WE BEGIN, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF OUR VERY OWN COUNCILMAN FOSTER IS EXPERIENCING SOME MEDICAL CHALLENGES, SO PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK THAT OUR PASTOR INCLUDE A PRAYER SPECIFICALLY FOR HIM DURING OUR INVOCATION.
WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE? PROVERBS THREE, VERSES FIVE AND SIX TELLS US TO TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THY HEART AND LEAN NOT TO THY OWN UNDERSTANDING IN ALL THY WAYS. ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS.
LORD, WE THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR THIS DAY.
GOD, YOU WOULD BLESS THIS CITY.
WE BIND ALL EVIL IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
LORD, LET YOUR PRESENCE PREVAIL.
AND LET THERE BE REVIVAL IN OUR CHURCHES AND REVIVAL IN OUR STREETS.
A REVIVAL OF YOUR WORD AND A REVIVAL OF YOUR PRESENCE.
GOD GIVE THEM WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS.
LORD, WE THANK YOU, JESUS, THAT YOU'RE ON THE THRONE TODAY AND WE BECOME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
AND WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD TOUCH RANDY FOSTER TONIGHT.
WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE GOD THAT HEALS.
WE KNOW THAT YOU TOOK YOUR STRIPES UPON CALVARY FOR OUR HEALING.
AND BY YOUR STRIPES, WE ARE HEALED.
WE CLAIM HEALING FOR RANDY FOSTER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S POWER IN YOUR NAME.
WE PLEAD THE BLOOD OF CALVARY AND STAND UPON YOUR WORD IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS.
WE PRAY AND LET EVERYBODY SAY AMEN.
BAILEY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
OH, I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN FOSTER IS ABSENT.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
THANK YOU, MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, PLEASE.YES, MAYOR. ONE VACANCY ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTED LARGE STUDENT MEMBER POSITION.
FIVE ANY WISH ANYONE WISHES TO SERVE ON ANY OF THESE BOARDS CAN APPLY ONLINE AT PALM BAY FLORIDA.ORG OR CALL THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT 9523414. THANK YOU.
[AGENDA REVISIONS]
AGENDA REVISIONS.MISS SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I HAVE TWO REVISIONS TO ANNOUNCE.
THE FIRST IS THAT RESOLUTION 2020 307, WHICH IS CASE Q-6- 2022 IS LISTED FOR A REQUEST TO EXTEND THE COMMENCEMENT PERIOD OF A CONDITIONAL USE GRANTED FOR A SELF STORAGE FACILITY AND HAS BEEN ADDED AS ITEM NUMBER TWO UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
MISS SMITH. ANY REVISIONS, SIR? MA'AM, CAN WE. CAN WE AT LEAST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
WHY WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING THE BOARD APPOINTMENT PROCESS TODAY.
SHOULD SHOULD I ASK YOU THAT OR MISS TERRY? I'VE GOT INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE INTERESTED AND WE'RE THINKING THAT WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS IT.
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SO IT HAD TO BE ADVERTISED FOR THE TEN DAYS, AND THAT WOULD BRING IT TO THE MARCH 16TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.THANK YOU, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE IT.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS AND COUNCILMAN.
[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
JOHNSON. YOU'RE UP, SIR.NOTICE IN PROCLAMATION OF AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH, MARCH 2023.
THAT WHEREAS MARCH IS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH, A SPECIAL TIME TO CELEBRATE THE HUMANITARIAN SPIRIT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO HELP ENSURE NO ONE FACES A CRISIS ALONE.
AND. WHEREAS, CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER IS AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WHOSE SIMPLE ACTS OF KINDNESS THROUGH THE RED CROSS PROVIDE HELP AND HOPE IN PEOPLE'S MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS. CONTINUING THE LIFESAVING LEGACY OF CLARA BARTON, WHO FOUNDED THE ORGANIZATION MORE THAN 140 YEARS AGO TO PREVENT AND ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING.
WHETHER IT'S PROVIDING EMERGENCY SHELTER, FOOD AND COMFORT FOR FAMILIES DISPLACED BY HOME FIRES AND OTHER DISASTERS, DONATING LIFE SAVING BLOOD FOR CANCER PATIENTS, ACCIDENT VICTIMS AND PEOPLE WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND OTHER LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS, SUPPORTING MILITARY MEMBERS AND VETERANS ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS THROUGH THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF SERVICE USING VITAL SKILLS LIKE THE FIRST AID AND CPR TO HELP OTHERS SURVIVE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES OR DELIVERING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID AND RECONNECTING LOVED ONES SEPARATED BY CRISIS AROUND THE WORLD.
WE ASK EVERYONE TO JOIN IN THIS COMMITMENT.
NOW, THEREFORE, I COUNCILMAN JOHNSON ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROBERT MEDINA, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2023 AS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND MAYOR MEDINA ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
OUR REGIONAL CHAPTER IS FOR THE CENTRAL FLORIDA AND US VIRGIN ISLANDS.
WE ARE PROUD AND HONORED THAT WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY.
OUR COUNCIL AND OUR STAFF AND THE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN A SUPPORT AND A LIFELINE TO US.
FEEL FREE TO DO TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS MISSION THROUGHOUT YOUR COMMUNITY.
IF FOR ANY REASON YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW HOW TO BECOME A PART OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, FEEL FREE TO GO ON OUR WEBSITE AT REDCROSS.ORG AND JOIN OUR MISSION. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THIS GREAT HONOR.
SO I'M GOING TO CALL UP THE MAYOR.
OF THE TOWN OF MALABAR, WHO'S A WEE BIT FROM IRELAND, YOU KNOW.
COME ON UP, MR. RODNEY. OUR MAYOR.
WHEN DID YOU GET HERE? FROM IRELAND.
IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
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DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE ITALIAN, SIR.WHEREAS BY 1776, NEARLY 300 IRISH NATIONAL NATIONALS HAD EMIGRATED TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES AND PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN AMERICA'S WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE.
AND. WHEREAS, FIVE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WERE OF IRISH DESCENT AND THREE SIGNERS WERE IRISH BORN.
I'M WORKING ON THAT ACCENT, BUDDY.
WHEREAS 22 PRESIDENTS HAVE PROUDLY PROCLAIMED THEIR IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE.
AND. WHEREAS, IN 1792, IRISH BORN JAMES HOLDEN PROVIDED THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE AND SERVED AS ONE OF THE SUPERVISING ARCHITECTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAPITOL.
NOW, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE CAPITOL, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T IT? WHEREAS THE IRISH FIRST CAME TO SPANISH LA FLORIDA IN NINE IN THE 1500S, FIRST AS MISSIONARIES AND MERCENARY SOLDIERS AND THEN PLANTERS, TRADERS, BUSINESSMEN, DOCTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
WHEREAS, SINCE AMERICA'S INCEPTION, IRISH AMERICANS HAVE PROVIDED AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE NATION'S POLITICAL, BUSINESS AND RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS.
AND. WHEREAS, IRISH FLORIDIANS CAN LOOK BACK WITH PRIDE ON THE LEGACY OF THEIR IRISH FOREFATHERS.
WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE AMERICAN EDUCATION, TO BUSINESSES.
SPORTS. LITERATURE, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING.
OF THE HIBERNIAN HIBERNIANS, A NATIONAL STATE AND COUNTY, DIDN'T WANT TO MESS THAT UP.
ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENHANCE IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE AND IS COMPRISED OF OVER 200 MEMBERS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA AND THIS COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023 AS IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, AND URGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS TO OUR NATION.
HURRAH! HURRAH! THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR APPROVING THIS PROCLAMATION AND AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND OUR SAINT PATRICK'S DAY PARADE WILL BE MARCH 18TH, DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE, STARTING AT 1030.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME AND PARTICIPATE.
APPRECIATE YOU. IF ANY OF THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE.
YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COME ON DOWN, GUYS. I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL TO COME ON DOWN.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL UP THE PROCUREMENT TEAM, STARTING OFF WITH JULIET MOSCONI.
YOU WANT TO CALL UP THE TEAM, JULIET? YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT I CALL UP ALL OF COUNCIL BECAUSE WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.
WE WE UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF WHAT YOU BRING TO OUR CITY.
THAT COOL. OH, PRAISE THE LORD.
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE COMMITTED TO THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF HONOR AND INTEGRITY, TO MERIT THE RESPECT AND CONFIDENCE OF THEIR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC WHOM THEY SERVE.
ENSURING THE PRUDENT USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
YOU GUYS SHOULD ACTUALLY BE APPLAUDING ABOUT THAT.
AND AND MASTER CHIEF SHOULD BE THE FIRST ONE LEADING US IN THAT REGARD.
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EXECUTING AND IMPLEMENTING CONTRACTS, DEVELOPING FORECASTS AND PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES AND CULTIVATING WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUPPLIERS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.WHEREAS THE CITY OF PALM BAY PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS WHERE ALL ORGANIZATIONS ARE AFFORDED AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE FOR BUSINESS WITHIN OUR CITY.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF PALM BAY SUPPORTS AND PRACTICES THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTABILITY, ETHICS, IMPARTIALITY, PROFESSIONALISM, SERVICE AND TRANSPARENCY AS FUNDAMENTAL TENETS.
THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS OF PUBLIC PROCURE PROFESSIONALS SAY THAT THREE TIMES.
WHEREAS GNAGE HAS PROCLAIMED THE MONTH OF MARCH AS PROCUREMENT MONTH TO FURTHER EXPAND THE AWARENESS OF THE PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS ROLE TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, TO THE PUBLIC, TO BUSINESSES AND CORPORATE LEADERS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023.
IT IS PROCUREMENT MONTH IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN THE CITY COUNCIL IN RECOGNIZING THE ROLE OF PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION PROFESSIONALS WITH BUSINESSES, INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT AND WITNESS HEREOF.
I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY THIS SECOND DAY OF MARCH 2023.
WELL, GOOD EVENING. I'M JULIETTE MOSCONI.
I'M THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND I'M ALSO THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER.
I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE MY TEAM.
WE HAVE JENNIFER, NICK AND ZELDA, AND SUSIE'S WATCHING FROM HOME.
OUR PROCUREMENT AGENTS, WE HAVE.
YES, SHE GETS A PASS THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE BONNIE, OUR SUPPORT SERVICES MANAGER.
BONNIE JUST RECENTLY CELEBRATED 25 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE SUSAN BLAIR, WHO IS TWO DAYS INTO HER RETIREMENT.
SHE IS OUR FORMAL FORMER PROCUREMENT MANAGER.
SHE IS NOW THE RETIRED PROCUREMENT MANAGER.
SHE JUST RETIRED WITH NEARLY 19 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY.
I AM VERY, VERY PROUD OF THIS INCREDIBLE TEAM.
THEY ARE SELFLESSLY DEDICATED.
THEY HAVE THE UTMOST INTEGRITY AND ETHICS.
THEY'RE EDUCATED, THEY'RE CERTIFIED, AND THEY'RE COMMITTED TO OUR CITY.
I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
PROCUREMENT MONTH GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT PROCUREMENT DOES.
WE USE BIDS, QUOTES, PROPOSALS AND AGREEMENTS TO SUPPORT OUR FELLOW CITY DEPARTMENTS AND WISELY AND PRUDENTLY USE YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO DELIVER SERVICES BACK TO YOU, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE GRANT PAID FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE FOR TURKEY CREEK NAVIGATIONAL MARKERS.
WE PURCHASED COMPONENTS TO BUILD BRUSH TRUCKS FOR OUR FIRE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WE AWARDED OVER $25 MILLION IN ROAD BOND PROGRAM PAVING.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT WE GENERATE REVENUE TO WE WE SELL THE CITY SURPLUS PROPERTY.
AND I DON'T MEAN LAND, I MEAN OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT, THINGS THAT ARE NO LONGER USED BY THE CITY.
WE SELL THOSE AND COLLECT THE REVENUE.
AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR I GAVE YOU THE FIGURE OF $368,000.
THAT WAS OUR NEW RECORD LAST YEAR.
WE GENERATED $550,000 IN REVENUE LAST YEAR FROM SURPLUS SALES.
THAT'S A 50% INCREASE IN NEARLY COVERS OUR ENTIRE OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
I'M ALSO VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR COMMITMENT TO BEING OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
THIS IS TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WE CAN'T DELIVER THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT YOU.
THIS LAST YEAR WE MADE ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE DREAMS A REALITY, AND IN JANUARY WE HAD OUR FIRST LET'S DO BUSINESS OPEN HOUSE, WHERE WE OFFERED PROCUREMENT TRAINING AND ALSO OPENED THE FLOOR OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTER AND HAD A TABLE REPRESENTED BY EVERY DEPARTMENT WHERE KIND OF LIKE A REVERSE TRADE SHOW.
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AND THE CHAMBER WAS THERE AS WELL.NANCY AND HER TEAM WERE REPRESENTED AS WELL.
SO BETWEEN THAT AND THE TWO WEBINARS THAT WE'VE HOSTED IN THE LAST YEAR, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH OVER 600 BUSINESS PARTNERS THROUGH TRAINING AND EDUCATION THIS LAST YEAR. AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE CONTINUE TO BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
AND IT ALSO HAS OUR CONTACT INFORMATION SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS FOR SUPPORTING THE WORK WE DO IN THE CITY.
THERE'S MORE. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.
THERE WERE CHALLENGES WITH OBTAINING VEHICLES FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I WANT YOU TO TELL THE PUBLIC OFFICIALLY THE CHALLENGES AND HOW WE'VE OVERCOME THEM.
SO HAS ANYBODY DRIVEN BY A CAR LOT RECENTLY.
BUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD 44 VEHICLES, I BELIEVE THAT THEY NEEDED TO PROCURE.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THEY'RE PRETTY HIGH IN DEMAND.
SO INSTEAD OF USING THE TRADITIONAL METHODS WE'VE USED BEFORE, WHICH IS USING CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN SOLICITED BY THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION OR THE STATE, WE DID SOMETHING KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE VENDORS WE COULD THINK OF IN A FIVE STATE AREA.
SO WE INCLUDED GEORGIA, ALABAMA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ALL THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES.
WE MADE A HUGE LIST AND WE PUT OUT AN EMAIL AND SAID, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO BUY.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON THE LOT? WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR CANCELED ORDERS? WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN PRODUCTION THAT YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY'S NAME ON? AND WE WERE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY PROCURE AND PUT ON ORDER NEARLY ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THE LAST OF WHICH IS ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE. I THINK JONI'S GOING.
SHE'S LIKE. PRETEND THAT WE LIKE EACH OTHER.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING.
[PRESENTATIONS]
SO NOW WE ARE ON PRESENTATIONS AND MADAM SHERMAN.THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM KITTLESON AND ASSOCIATES.
WITH US IS ADAM BURGDORF, WHO'S THE PRINCIPAL ENGINEER WITH THE FIRM.
I'M GOING TO HAVE HIM COME UP AND GIVE US A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE PART ONE PRESENTATION THAT IS THE RESULT OF THE AREA WIDE TRAFFIC STUDIES WE'VE CONDUCTED FOR THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CITY, ALL TARGETED TOWARD LOOKING AT WHAT OUR PRIORITIZATION SHOULD BE FOR SOLUTIONS TO THE GROWTH AND THE TRAFFIC OF THOSE AREAS OF THE CITY.
ADAM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
COUNCIL. SO WE'LL START WITH A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PROJECT.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE TRAFFIC ON OUR SURROUNDING ROADWAYS.
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UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE CONCENTRATED ON TWO WHAT WE CALL QUADRANTS TODAY IN THE NORTHEAST AREA, AREAS BOUNDED BY.THERE WE GO. SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY AND MALABAR.
AND THEN DOWN HERE IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT EACH OTHER AT THAT POINT.
SO JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR APPROACH.
WE CODED THESE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS, SEVERAL OF THEM WITHIN TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL AND THEN MODELED IT TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD INTERACT TOGETHER AND THEN LOOK AND SEE HOW THE OPERATING CONDITIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN TRANSPORTATION IMPACT STUDIES SUBMITTED BY EACH INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT.
HOW WOULD THOSE WOULD HOLD UP AND WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE MORE IMPROVEMENTS OR WHETHER THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THOSE SHOULD BE INCREASED UPON? SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT TWO TIME HORIZONS, ONE FIVE YEAR AND THEN ONE A 20 YEAR.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE RIGHT NOW.
SO IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT, THERE'S SEVEN DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE APPROVED TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES.
FOUR OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY EITHER IN THE WORKS OR ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
SO A TOTAL OF 11 NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE CODED INTO OUR MODEL IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT.
DOWN TO THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT.
WE HAVE FIVE DEVELOPMENTS WITH APPROVED STUDIES.
AND THEN FOR ADDITIONAL THAT WILL BE UPCOMING SOON OR IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
I'M BACK UP TO THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT.
YOU CAN SEE THE STUDY SEGMENTS THAT WE ANALYZED.
THE BLUE DOTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT.
AND WE WANTED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THEM TO SEE IF THOSE CONCLUSIONS WOULD HOLD UP.
SIMILAR. WE HAVE BABCOCK STREET RUNNING NORTH TO SOUTH.
THE EXTENSION OF SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY DOWN TO MICCO AND THEN ALSO THE CYPRESS BAY EXTENSION FROM MIRA LOMA BACK DOWN TO THE SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY AREA THERE.
AND THEN A VARIETY OF NEW INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE.
NU NU, NU AND OR EXISTING INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN HERE.
ENGINEERS LOVE THIS THING. BUT WHAT, WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S A IT'S A MODEL THAT, THAT HAS THE ROADWAY NETWORK FOR ALL OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY AS THAT'S WITHIN THE SAINT JOHN'S OR WITHIN THE SPACE COAST TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
SO THOSE LITTLE RED DOTS THAT YOU SEE ARE JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THOSE ARE.
AND THEN WE EVALUATED THE INTERSECTION AND ROADWAY SEGMENTS TO EVALUATE THEIR LEVEL OF SERVICE OR THE QUALITY OF SERVICE AND HOW WELL THEY WOULD OPERATE USING INDUSTRY STANDARD PRACTICES, BUT ALSO PRACTICES THAT WERE EMPLOYED BY THE ORIGINAL TRANSPORTATION IMPACT STUDIES THAT HAD BEEN CREATED FOR THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENTS. AND THEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED BY DEVELOPERS AND VERIFIED WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE CONTINUED TO BE PURSUED OR IF ANYTHING ADDITIONAL SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED.
SO KIND OF LOOK AT THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT HERE.
WHAT WE SEE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE, THE DARK BLUE DOTS ARE WHERE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING IDENTIFIED.
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THEMSELVES. WE ALSO HAVE IDENTIFIED AND CONFIRMED THE NEED TO WIDEN THE ROADWAYS SHOWN IN RED.IN ADDITION, THE ROADWAYS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW WERE FORECASTED TO BE OPERATING SORT OF NEAR THE ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD. NOT QUITE TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE SHOULD WIDEN THAT OUT.
BUT AS DEVELOPMENT COMES THROUGH, THOSE ARE THE ROADWAYS WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY DO TRIGGER AN IMPROVEMENT NEED, THAT THE CITY CAN GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE INCLUDED WITHIN TRANSPORTATION OR TRANSPORTATION IMPACT STUDIES IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, ROADWAYS TO MONITOR IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THIS TABLE HERE IDENTIFIES VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS, AND THERE'S THREE COLUMNS.
ONE JUST SHOWING THE LOCATION OR THE TYPE OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THAT COULD BE A STRETCH OF ROADWAY OR AN INTERSECTION ITSELF.
THE MIDDLE COLUMN WHERE IDENTIFIED IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE DEVELOPERS, TRANSPORTATION OR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, WE CONFIRMED ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND THAT'S DOCUMENTED WITHIN OUR WITHIN OUR REPORT.
WE HAVE A WIDENING OF BABCOCK STREET, WHICH HAS BEEN A LONG PRIORITY OF THE OF THE REGION.
ON SEVERAL INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN THIS TABLE SIMILAR TO THE NORTHWEST.
WE HAVE A LOCATION THAT IS A ROADWAY SEGMENT AND OR INTERSECTION.
THOSE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE DEVELOPERS, TRAFFIC ENGINEERS.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IN ADDITION TO THE IMPROVEMENTS, THERE'S TRAFFIC ENGINEERS IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT.
AND SO WHEN WE SEE $5.3 MILLION NEEDED IN THE SHORT TERM, THAT'S TO SUPPORT THAT DEVELOPMENT.
THAT ROADWAY IS GOING TO NEED TO BE WIDENED SOON, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
FORTUNATELY, ONCE THAT ROADWAY IS WIDENED AND SOME OF THE OTHER RELATIVELY MINOR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, THOSE ARE ANTICIPATED TO LAST THROUGHOUT TO 2042.
SO THE NEXT STEPS, THESE STUDIES WERE PREPARED IN TWO SEPARATE REPORTS.
THE CITY IS IN POSSESSION OF THOSE FINAL REPORTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
BUT THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO LOOK AT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE CONDITIONS WOULD BE WITHOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS TO GET A BASELINE.
AND THEN WHEN WE ADD IN THE DEVELOPMENTS, WE CAN THEN IDENTIFY THE EACH INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT'S SHARE OF THOSE PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENTS OF THOSE PARTICULAR IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN WE CAN QUANTIFY WHICH PERCENTAGE OF THAT IMPROVEMENT COST SHOULD BE BORNE BY EACH DEVELOPER.
WE'RE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THAT ANALYSIS AND SHARE THAT IN APRIL.
AND WITH THAT. THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
RIGHT. I GUESS I'LL JUST START BY JUST GIVING GIVING OUR TEAM KUDOS BECAUSE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THESE AND PROCEDURALLY WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN IN HOW WE PRIORITIZE THIS.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALIGNING THIS AND CONFIRMING ALL OUR EFFORTS, BUT I'LL, I'LL YIELD TO MR JOHNSON HE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND THEN OUR DEPUTY MAYOR.
NO, YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.
MAYOR. MY THING IS, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THIS FINALIZED, I'M.
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I'M READY TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION SO WE CAN MAKE SURE, LIKE YOU SAID, WITH EMERSON, BECAUSE THAT THAT IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE INCREASE.I'M SURPRISED IT ALREADY WASN'T, YOU KNOW, GREEN OR RED PER SE.
YEAH, RED. BUT IT'S ALMOST THERE.
SO LET'S, LET'S GET AHEAD OF IT WHILE WE CAN.
SO I'M, I'M READY TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO MOVE TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS IN ALL OF THESE.
SO THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
JOHNSON AND BEING AS DILIGENT AS YOU WERE.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
GOOD MAYOR I THINK IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION, AS MY COLLEAGUES JUST MENTIONED.
EXACTLY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD ADD IS AND MRS SHERMAN AND I HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
IF THERE'S ONE THING IN MY JOB AS A COUNCIL ON COUNCIL IS, IS WHAT OFTEN TIMES THEY ASK ME, WHAT'S THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF YOUR JOB IS? YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR ROADWAYS.
IT'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE WITH JUST JUST ABOUT OVER 55% DEVELOP AS A AS A CITY.
AND TO TO START FACING THESE CHALLENGES ALREADY AT 55%, 130,000 PEOPLE.
AND THAT THAT REALLY KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT AS I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MOVE IN THE FUTURE? AND I KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO AND THERE'S SO, SO LITTLE FUNDING, RIGHT? SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAD THE FUND AND WE COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS. WE IDENTIFY QUITE A BIT OF IT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE HERE.
ONE THING WE NEED TO CONSIDER SHORTLY HERE IS SOME OF OUR EAST WEST.
ROADWAYS BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT MAY NOT YOU HAVEN'T PUT MUCH EMPHASIS ON IT.
THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER STUDY FOR ANOTHER TIME.
BUT WE LACK OF EAST WEST CORRIDORS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE START IDENTIFYING SOME OF THESE IS POTENTIALS AND HOW COULD I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE SURELY A HUGE DIFFERENCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT WOULD BE CERTAINLY SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMING COMING UP IN THE NEXT STUDY.
CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT THAT'S A GREAT THOUGHT PROCESS.
RIGHT? EAST WEST CORRIDORS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVEN WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT THAT MICRO ROAD, RIGHT? NICO ROAD GOING ALL ACROSS AND AND CONNECTING ALL OF THAT TO THE SAINT JOHNS AS WELL.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, PALM BAY ROAD IS INTERCEDED BY EMERSON, RIGHT? YOU GOT TO CUT THROUGH SO THAT THERE IS A LACK OF EAST WEST CORRIDORS.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT EMERSON ROAD IN THE NORTHWEST SECTION.
RIGHT NOW THAT'S ON THE CUSP OF BEING AT CAPACITY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S NOT RED YET, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK IN THIS, SIR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AGAIN. FRANK WATANABE, THE CITY ENGINEER AGAIN.
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE ON, WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE OTHER QUADRANTS IN THE CITY.
SO THAT WAY WHEN WE COME WITH THE FINAL CONCLUSION THAT YOU SHOWED, WE'RE AT MATCH.
ACTUALLY, WE'RE FINDING ACTUALLY ADDITIONAL STUDIES AND ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED WHEN WE FOCUS ON THE SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT PROPORTIONATE FARE SHARES.
SO IT'S WORKING LITTLE BY LITTLE.
THE DEVELOPERS, IT'S HARD, BUT THEY'RE WORKING.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ROADS ARE NEEDED.
AND SO IT'S VALID TO HAVE ADAM TO HELP US OUT, TO MAKE SURE WE QUANTIFY IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
THANK YOU, FRANK, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, BROTHER.
AND BEFORE WE GO ON TO ANOTHER TOPIC, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME WITH YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING, BUT IT'S THAT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE THAT'S GOING TO GENERATE A HIGHER TAX BASE FOR US TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
FRANK, YOU'RE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB, SIR.
SIR, YOUR DILIGENCE, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL, WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE, THIS COUNCIL REALLY IS GRATEFUL FOR YOU OVERCOMING THOSE CHALLENGES, SIR, SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'RE ON PUBLIC COMMENTS AND.
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DEPUTY MAYOR. AS MAYOR FIRST.STEP RIGHT UP TO THE PODIUM OR THE LECTERN.
I LIVE AT 570 SHERMAN STREET SOUTHEAST IN PALM BAY, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY TALKING IN WHOLE ABOUT THIS VACANCY TONIGHT, SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE GENERAL INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND THAT I BROUGHT A COPY OF THE 2020 CENSUS, WHICH REFLECTS THE POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS OF PALM BAY.
PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME, MY AGE, MY RACE.
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE HERE? GENDER. THANK YOU.
I KNEW THERE WAS ONE MORE THERE.
I'VE REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SEPARATELY.
JUST A SHORT MEETING TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND FOR YOU TO GET TO KNOW ME.
AND OUR SCHEDULES HAVE NOT PERMITTED THAT AT THIS TIME.
I'VE MET WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, WHICH I APPRECIATE, AND I HOPE TO SPEAK TO THE OTHER THREE AS SOON AS WE CAN, BECAUSE BEFORE YOU GET WRAPPED UP IN THE RATING AND ALL OF THAT BUSINESS, I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT YOU TAKE IN CONSIDERATION WHAT OUR CITY CONSISTS OF.
I'M SO TIRED OF THE S IN THEM AND I WANT IT TO BE US, ALL OF US.
SO IT WAS GREAT HEARING THE STUDY OF THE TRAFFIC.
I MEAN, EVERYONE HERE HAS DRIVEN AROUND PALM BAY INTERSECTIONS LIKE SAN FILIPPO, MALABAR MALABAR ITSELF, PALM BAY ROAD.
I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST DISASTERS.
BABCOCK WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT DOWN SOUTH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE MAJORS CLOSED NOW I GO TO THE HABITAT FOUR TIMES A WEEK.
IT USED TO BE TEN MINUTES, NOW IT'S 20 BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRAFFIC BY THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL AND THE STOPLIGHT THERE, PEOPLE TURNING LEFT AND HOLDING UP TRAFFIC.
AND IT'S IT'S JUST BEEN GETTING CRAZY.
I CLASSIFY IT AS OVERDEVELOPMENT AND UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I GREW UP OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO.
CRAZY, CRAZY AREA TRAFFIC WISE, DRIVING THE EISENHOWER EVERY DAY DOWNTOWN CHICAGO TO GO TO WORK.
UM, MY DREAM AFTER 50 YEARS OF WORKING WAS TO RETIRE WITH ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ON A GOLF COURSE WITH A POOL. SO I GOT THE HOUSE, I GOT THE POOL, AND I HAD THE GOLF COURSE.
TWO YEARS LATER, THE GOLF COURSE CLOSES DOWN AND IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP.
SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES HERE IN PALM BAY FOR ALL PALM BAY RESIDENTS, WHETHER THAT BE GOLF, PICKLEBALL, MINIATURE GOLF, BATTING CAGES, THE THE DRIVING RANGE, GET THE YOUTH INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER HERE.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NOTHING REALLY.
WHAT DO WE HAVE? TURKEY CREEK COMPOUND.
WHAT HAVE WE GOT? TO OFFER. SO JUST PLEASE STOP.
AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY CROWDED HERE.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET IT CROWDED, YOU GOT TO GIVE THEM ACTIVITIES TO DO.
IF I WANT TO GO SHOPPING OR MY WIFE WANTS TO GO SHOPPING, WE HAVE TO GO, YOU KNOW, WACO TO BABCOCK OR TO SAN FILIPINO AND MALABAR 95 AND GET UP TO MELBOURNE TO GO TO SAM'S, GO UP TO VIERA, GO TO COSTCO.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT HERE IN PALM BAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS GOT TO DO, BUT HOPEFULLY.
WE GET CHANGES AND WE START DOING IT HERE IN PALM BAY.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.RANDALL OLSZEWSKI 348, BROOK STREET, NORTHEAST.
I'M A DEDICATED FATHER AND A HUSBAND WITH A PASSION FOR MY COMMUNITY.
I MOVED TO PALM BAY WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD BEFORE I ATTENDED PALM BAY HIGH SCHOOL.
AS MOST OF YOU GUYS KNOW BY NOW.
I TOOK THAT INTO GRADUATING AND WORKING ARE EXCUSE ME, LEARNING AT BCC AND FINISHING OUT MY AA.
AND WHILE I DID, I WAS AN INTERN AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
WHEN I FINISHED THAT, I WENT TO FSU AND EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.
I HAVE A MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY, EXTENSIVE COURSEWORK IN ECONOMICS, BUSINESS AND FINANCE.
I DID ALL THAT STUDYING WITH THE INTENT TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL AND BECOME A LAWYER.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED? REAL LIFE HAPPENED AND I STARTED WHAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, FAMILY TOOK OVER.
SO I'VE BEEN JOINING YOU THE CITY COUNCIL, SINCE DECEMBER OF 2012.
AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS, EVERY SINGLE ONE I'VE SERVED ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD.
I SERVED ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AS A DISSENTING MINORITY, I MIGHT ADD.
I SERVE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
CURRENTLY, I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
I PARTICIPATED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET PROCESS, THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET PROCESS, AND AS THE CHAIR OF THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD, I'LL START MY PARTICIPATION IN THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET PROCESS NEXT WEEK.
MY PASSIONS ARE OUR EARTH, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY.
I SAY ALL THIS TO SAY TO NOT ONLY YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT MY ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THAT AS SOON AS YOU GUYS GET THE APPLICATION SITUATION SITUATED, I WILL BE AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND I WILL BE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR THE SEAT FIVE VACANCY AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD WITH YOU.
I MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOT SO YOU GUYS KNOW IT SO THAT ALL OF YOU KNOW IT.
I MADE A LITTLE EMAIL ADDRESS.
YOU CAN REACH ME AT RANDALL NUMBER FOUR, PALM BAY AT GMAIL.
SEND ME A NOTE. WE CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT I'M HERE.
WE CAN TALK IN THESE CHAMBERS.
SO WHEN I GET APPOINTED, GOD WILLING, I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO I AM.
SO HIT ME UP. LET'S TALK FOR A FEW WEEKS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, RANDALL.
THAT WAS A GOOD CAMPAIGN SPEECH.
CARRY ON. I'LL TALK TO THE PEOPLE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T VOTE, SIR.
BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST LINES REAL QUICK AT THE SPECIAL WORKSHOP THAT GOT CANCELED FOR REPUBLIC WORKSHOP, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO RESCHEDULE THAT OR IS IT STILL GOING TO HAPPEN? IF SO, WHEN? AND THAT WAS SIMPLE.
MAKE IT EASY ON YOU KNOW, I'M NOT RUNNING FOR THAT SEAT.
MADAM. MADAM SHERMAN, DO WE HAVE A DATE YET? WE DO NOT HAVE A DATE LOCKED IN.
I ASKED REPUBLIC TO LOOK AT SOMETHING NO MORE THAN A MONTH OUT TO KEEP IT ON OUR RADAR.
SO WE WILL STILL BE HAVING THE WORKSHOP.
YES. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.
AM ALFRED GARI FROM 1680 MAIN STREET, NORTHEAST PALM BAY.
I'M HERE TONIGHT BASICALLY TO RECOGNIZE AND I WILL SAY THE FIRST THING IS I REALLY APPRECIATE
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MR PETE FILIBERTO TO AT LEAST DO THE RIGHT THING AND RESIGN HIS POSITION INSTEAD OF JOGGING EXPERIENCE.I KNOW HIS PARENTS PRETTY GOOD.
HE WAS A FORMER MAYOR FOR THE CITY HERE ALSO, AND I THINK HE DID THE RIGHT THING.
THE SECOND THING IS, IS MR RANDY HERE? MR. RANDY FOSTER.
I KNOW HIM VERY LONG TO MYSELF.
UM, THE OTHER TOPIC I REALLY HAD TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, I HAD A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, W X.
I WAS GRANTED A CO-SPONSORSHIP IN NOVEMBER.
AND WHEN I MAKE THAT APPLICATION, I GUESS SOME OF THE PAPER THAT I SUBMITTED ON THE APPLICATION WAS MISLAID AND WASN'T PRESENTED.
WE WERE PLANNING TO DO OUR OR EVENT BEHIND THE TEDLOCK BUILDING ORIGINALLY, BUT WHEN IT WAS PASSED, I GUESS SOME OF THE STUFF DIDN'T CAME UP ON THE GRANTED AND THAT WAS A TENT AND SOME CHAIRS AND TABLE BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO PRACTICE, DO OUR EVENT BEHIND THE BUILDING, WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOMETHING FOR SHADE.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE SERVE FREE FOOD, FREE DRINKS AND SO ON.
SO WE WERE TRYING ON A SECOND TOWER TO USE THE THE CRICKET PAVILION.
WELL, IT DIDN'T WORKED OUT, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT I'M HERE JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN EXTENDED WHERE WE COULD GET A TENT TO USE BEHIND THERE JUST IN CASE OF THE RAIN OR SUN. YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT FOR THE CITIZENS TO SIT UNDER SOME SHADE TO HEAT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND I HOPE IT CAN BE RESOLVED WHERE WE GET A TENT.
MY EVENT IS SATURDAY, MARCH 4TH, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVE THAT EVENT.
THANK YOU. MADAM SHERMAN, CAN WE GIVE DIRECTION ON ON HOW HE SHOULD REAPPLY? I KNOW THAT WE APPROVED THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE EVENT.
AND NOW THE ONLY CAVEAT IS THE TENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THERE'S A TINY BIT MORE TO IT.
BUT YES, I'VE SPOKEN TO MR. GARY ACTUALLY TODAY.
SO WE RECEIVE THAT FROM HIM THIS MORNING AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
THAT ITEM WILL BE WORKED ON BY STAFF TO PREPARE IT TO BRING BACK TO YOU AT THE MARCH 16TH MEETING, BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY IT'S A REQUEST TO ADJUST AN EXISTING CO-SPONSORSHIP THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY GRANTED.
WE DON'T HAVE A PROCESS FOR THAT, SO I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WITH MR. GARY JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I BELIEVE HE GOT HIS INSURANCE INFORMATION INTO THE STAFF, SO THAT WAS GOOD.
I DID SEE A REQUEST FOR THE ABILITY TO SELL.
I BELIEVE IT WAS FOOD AND ALCOHOL.
SO. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S I'M SORRY.
THE ALCOHOL AND THE THE ALCOHOL WAS NEVER DISCUSSED.
THE FCC. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, ALCOHOL RELATED.
AND IF THAT'S A CAVEAT, THEN I'M NOT I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF OF DOING THAT AT THIS TIME.
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BUT I DON'T KNOW. I'M I'LL YIELD TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND DEPUTY MAYOR.YES, MAYOR, I WANTED TO HEAR FROM MR. POPPY ON THIS BECAUSE IT WAS SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS WERE MISSING FROM THE APPLICATION.
AND WE'VE KNOWN THAT FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS AS WELL.
SO I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY AND I KNOW MR. BATTEN MIGHT GET UP DURING THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS AND SPEAK ON IT.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME HICCUPS AND HEADACHES WITH THE CO-SPONSORSHIP, SO I FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT BE OPENING PANDORA'S BOX IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, OKAY, I WANT THIS NOW, I WANT TO REVISE THIS OR YOU KNOW, I WANT TO REVISE THAT.
MAYOR YOU KNOW, AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I'M JUST TRYING TO AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF WAS IT SUBMITTED, WAS IT NOT? WHAT I'M WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS COULD WE RESOLVE THIS AS A BLANKET? THE REQUEST OF A TENT AND TABLES AND CHAIRS IS ONE DYNAMIC.
TO INCLUDE ALCOHOL IS A WHOLE NOTHER DYNAMIC, AND THAT SHOULD COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO COUNCIL.
BUT I'M I'M, YOU KNOW, PUBLICLY SAYING I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
DEPUTY MAYOR. MR. SHERMAN. CAN, CAN, CAN, CAN WE BRING MR? PAPI? GOOD EVENING.
COUNCIL, FRED POPPY, RECREATION DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU, SIR. AS FAR AS TO MR. JOHNSON'S COMMENT, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU ELABORATE MORE? AS FAR AS I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY MISPLACED INFORMATION OR ANYTHING.
THIS WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WE BROUGHT FORWARD, WHAT WAS AGREED UPON THAT THAT THE COUNCIL AGREED UPON.
ALSO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PARTICULAR CO SPONSORSHIP IS NOT A ONE TIME EVENT.
SO WHATEVER'S BEING REQUESTED IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
IN TERMS OF THE ADDED ITEMS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NOT? YES, SIR. EQUIPMENT PACKAGE THAT THEY OFFER? YES, SIR. AND THOSE ITEMS WOULD IMPACT PARKS AND FACILITIES AS THEY WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SET IT UP.
SO SO THERE WOULD BE MORE LABOR INVOLVED THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO YOU.
AND THE. AND THAT COULD BE DONE.
WHEN IS THE EVENT? SATURDAY. YES, SIR.
THIS SATURDAY. AND SO BUT THAT COULD BE DONE LIKE DURING THE WORKDAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO MY COLLEAGUES, MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, MY THOUGHTS ARE THIS.
AND THE WAY IT WAS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL, IT WAS A FREE EVENT.
IF IF THAT CONTINUES AS A FREE EVENT AND NO ALCOHOL, THEN THEY CAN WE CAN CERTAINLY FIT WITHIN OUR SCHEDULE EITHER THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OR THURSDAYS TOO LATE.
BUT SOMETIME FRIDAY SET UP THE TENT AND TABLES JUST TO HAVE A COMMUNITY FREE EVENT.
HOWEVER, IF COUNCIL DECIDES NO, THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S 12 MONTHS.
BUT THE CAVEAT OF THE ALCOHOL, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SAY IT, IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP.
UM, NEITHER WAS THE TENT, BUT THE LOCATION WAS BROUGHT UP.
RIGHT. AND JUST TO REMIND COUNCIL, THE REASON THAT LOCATION WAS SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN WAS BECAUSE OF THE DILIGENCE OF FRED POPPY BECAUSE WE HAD RESIDENTS THAT WERE REALLY UPSET OVER THE OVER THE NOISE OF WHERE IT WAS BEING HELD BEFORE.
AND THIS WAS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND RESOLVE.
AND THAT ALLEVIATED OUR RESIDENTS THAT WERE AT PEACE.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW IT MAY BE CHALLENGING.
I'M JUST SAYING HE CAN STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE EVENT WITHOUT THE TENT.
I'M. BUT THE ALCOHOL AND THE FOOD SELLING A FOOD THAT WAS NEVER PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP.
SO IF SHE CAN ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT, TOO.
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YEAH. GET ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.SO I'VE SPOKEN AT GREAT LENGTH WITH WITH ALFIE AS WELL.
WE WORK TOGETHER. WHEN I WORKED AT THE COUNTY AND WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP, WHAT HE SUBMITTED TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT WAS A COMPLETE BUDGET OF HIS ENTIRE EVENT AND IT INCLUDED THINGS THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD PROVIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOOD AND, YOU KNOW, IN-KIND VOLUNTEER LABOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT ALSO HAD PORTLETS TENTS, TABLES, CHAIRS.
BUT I THINK WHERE THE THE CONFUSION IS AND WHERE THE MISCOMMUNICATION IS, IS.
SO I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE CONFUSION AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO RECTIFY.
SO MAY I ASK, AS I AS I PEEL BACK THIS ONION A LITTLE BIT, GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ALLOW ME.
RIGHT. PART OF HIS BUDGET INCLUDED TABLES AND CHAIRS OR TENTS, TABLES AND CHAIRS.
I DON'T THINK WE HAD A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF.
BUT ALSO, I'LL LET YOU KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE A RENTAL RATE FOR TABLES AND CHAIRS IN THAT TENT.
SO THE CALCULATION OF THAT COST TO THE CITY WOULD BE MANPOWER, WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS FOR A LARGE TENT, AS FRED NOTED, IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S NOT THAT WE CAN'T DO IT, IT'S JUST THAT WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE CITY SERVICES WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL. SO WE WERE GOING STRICTLY BY WHAT YOU ALL APPROVED IN THE COUNCIL MEMO.
SO THE MISCOMMUNICATION COULD BE THAT HE HAD IT LISTED, BUT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING FOR IT.
IS THAT AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY? THAT'S CORRECT. HE AND I ACTUALLY SPOKE ABOUT IT AND TALKED ABOUT EVEN IN THE AGENDA MEMO.
AND WE MUST NOT HAVE EVER TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE STAFF LEVEL.
THAT WAS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO HIM.
SO JUST SO THAT I'M CLEAR, HOW MANY HOW MANY HOURS WOULD IT TAKE TO PUT UP THE TENT AND CHAIRS? FRED, CAN YOU GIVE ME AN ESTIMATED TIME FRAME? I WOULD SAY AT LEAST A COUPLE OF HOURS.
HE SHOULDN'T SELL FOOD AND HE SHOULDN'T SELL ALCOHOL.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING. THIS PARTNERSHIP WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR ALCOHOL.
THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AND FOOD, AT LEAST WHEN I SAW THIS, IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ALCOHOL AND FOOD.
I. AM I CORRECT? I'M SORRY, SIR. CAN YOU RESTATE? ALCOHOL AND FOOD? I SAW JULIETTE SPEAKING TO YOU.
NO, THAT WAS AN EMAIL FROM TODAY OR YESTERDAY.
THAT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL REQUEST AS I UNDERSTOOD IT.
SO I KNOW THAT THIS HAS GOT TO COME BACK TO US, RIGHT, AS A AS A CO-SPONSORSHIP.
BUT I'M WILLING TO SAY, OKAY, IF HE GOES WITHOUT THE ALCOHOL AND AND AND FOOD, WE WE INVEST THREE HOURS OF PUTTING UP A TENT WITH TABLES AND CHAIRS.
THAT WOULD BE MY RESOLVE FOR TODAY IF COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO TO APPROVE THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I HEARD EARLIER.
NO, NO. SO FREE FOOD, FREE DRINK.
AND MAYOR, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, I'M OKAY WITH PROVIDING.
BUT IF THERE'S ALCOHOL OR IF THAT'S A CONTINGENT OF ALCOHOL OR SELLING OF FOOD, THEN THIS.
UNDERSTOOD. CAN I ADD ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE? I'M SORRY, SIR. MA'AM. YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN OR WEIGH IN? YES, MAYOR. I JUST I SHARE THIS SIX HOURS BECAUSE IT'S THREE HOURS PUTTING UP THREE HOURS PUTTING TAKEN DOWN.
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AND I JUST HAVE CONCERNS.THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN ON THIS.
SO I THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN IS.
MAYOR, YOU KNOW, AND I'M I WANT TO VALIDATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
COUNCILMAN AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE A PUBLIC THAT WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS FREE EVENT.
SO I'M I'M AND IT'S A CULTURAL EVENT, TOO.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M LEANING TOWARDS THAT, RIGHT? IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. IT'S A FREE EVENT.
PEOPLE CAN COME AND PARTICIPATE.
BUT MADAM SHERMAN, YOU WANTED TO SHARE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, JUST A FEW OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER.
SO FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT ADDS THIS TO THE AGENDA AGENDA FORMAL FORMALLY AS AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST TO MODIFY THE CO-SPONSORSHIP, WHICH IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH MISTER GARY, AND WE WOULD DO THAT FOR MARCH 16TH.
PART OF THAT IS TO KEEP OUR PROCESS THE WAY IT HAS BEEN, WHICH IS GO THROUGH A FORMAL PROCESS.
I DON'T HAVE THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS TO TELL YOU WHAT IT WOULD COST TO HAVE OUR STAFF DO THE SET UP YET, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE ON OVERTIME BECAUSE WE DON'T TYPICALLY FOR EVENTS LIKE THAT, PUT THE TABLES, CHAIRS AND TENTS UP AHEAD OF TIME JUST BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS.
YOU KNOW, WE'D WANT THOSE TO BE SECURE.
I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS TO SHARE WITH YOU.
THAT'S ONE CONCERN. BUT ALSO JUST MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE NOT TO SET A PRECEDENCE WHERE A CO-SPONSORSHIP THAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND FULLY VETTED BY YOU ALL AND STAFF HAS LOOKED AT ALL THE MATH ON IT.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, FRED. I APPRECIATE YOU, BROTHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND FRED, I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AND DULY NOTING THAT YOU WORKED HARD TO TO APPEASE THE RESIDENTS AT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT FRED POPPY REGIONAL PARK, YOUR NAMESAKE.
BUT AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT STAFF.
I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU, MR. JOHNSON. SO WE'LL JUST WE'LL JUST HAVE THEM GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN WE'LL VET IT WHEN WE SEE IT AGAIN.
WHO'S THE NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER? IS HELEN VAULT.
MY WRITING. HI, MY NAME IS HELEN VOLTZ AND I AM HERE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M HERE.
I WAS HERE LAST THURSDAY WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ORDINANCE.
YES, MA'AM. AND I COVERED THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IN THE EARLIER PART OF OUR MEETING, I SAW IT.
IT WAS JUST ON THERE AS AN APPOINTMENT.
THAT'S ALL. SO LET ME LET ME I'LL HAVE THE CITY CLERK READ RE-IDENTIFY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THERE'S A REASON WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE IT TODAY.
OKAY. THERE'S A TEN DAY ADVERTISING REQUIREMENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARSHA CAMPBELL.
I THINK WE SKIPPED. THAT'S CORRECT.
MADAM PRESIDENT. AND VICE PRESIDENT OF BACSKA.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M MARCIA CAMPBELL, 1386 PROSPECT CIRCLE NORTHEAST PALM BAY.
THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY IS JUST TO ADVERTISE UPCOMING EVENTS.
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IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAKABA, WE ARE HOLDING A WOMAN'S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION, CELEBRATING GREAT WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD.AND THIS IS SATURDAY, MARCH 11TH, FROM 6 P.M.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN EVENING OF HER STORY, DRAMA, POETRY, DANCE AND SONG.
AND THE ADDRESS IS 2174 HARRIS AVENUE IN PALM BAY.
ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WISH COUNCILMAN FOSTER A SPEEDY RECOVERY.
I KNOW IT'S ROUGH OUT THERE AND WE WISH THE BEST FOR YOU.
WE MISS YOU. AND UPCOMING EVENT, RETIRED JUDGE AL-MAJID.
SO HE AND HIS WIFE, MISS MAJID MRS, MAJID AND THE KAMAL FAMILY.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S STILL HERE.
I'M SURE YOU'D LIKE TO COME OUT AND LEARN IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN A GAME.
I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO TEACH HIM THE GAME.
WE WILL HAVE SOME JERK CHICKEN AS WELL.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU GUYS CAN COME ON OUT THESE TWO DAY EVENT AND CELEBRATE WITH US.
WE'LL HAVE FUN AND GAMES FOR THE KIDS.
SO THE GAME WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT 1130 AT THE FRED PEPE PARK, OF COURSE, AND A TEAM PALM BAY.
WE HAVE A REALLY NICE TEAM AND TEAM FROM NEW YORK.
TRI COUNTY CRICKET TEAM WILL BE CAPTAINED BY A FORMER WEST INDIAN AND GUYANESE GREAT CRICKET PLAYER.
SO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A PHOTO UP, GET PERHAPS SIGNED SOME AUTOGRAPHS.
AND IF YOU WANT TO LEARN THIS VERY SLOW GAME OF CRICKET.
ALL RIGHT. SO JUST HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE.
I HOPE WE'RE WISHING FOR A FUN FILLED DAY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AND WISH TO SEE YOU THERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING ON JERK CHICKEN.
ANYTIME. I'LL SAVE A PLAY FOR YOU.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MR ANTON EVANS.
HELLO, MAYOR. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE CITY OF PALM BAY CUT THE GRASS.
THE PEOPLE THAT CAME CAN CHECK IN AND BRIGHTEN THE DATES DOWN.
SINCE THE INCIDENT WITH ME AND MY NEIGHBOR TRYING TO RUN ME OVER, HE DIDN'T DO THAT TO THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN COMING EVERY TWO WEEKS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
THE PROBLEM NOW IS THE SPEEDING.
OKAY. IT HASN'T STOPPED WHEN THEY PUT THE MONITOR UP.
IT STOPPED FOR A WHILE ONCE THEY TOOK THE MONITOR DOWN.
ALL I WANTED YOU TO DO IS COME BETWEEN 730 AND 8.
THAT'S A BUS STOP FOR THE KIDS ON BABCOCK.
IF YOU GO TO SEEING SAN FILIPPO, IT'S A BUS STOP THERE FOR THE KIDS.
BUT GUESS WHAT? THEY HAVE A SIDEWALK AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR ME BECAUSE I HAD SIX KIDS.
THEY COULD DO TWO THINGS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
THEY CAN EITHER TAKE AND GO NORTH OF WICHITA BOULEVARD, 1681 WICHITA BOULEVARD SOUTHEAST, OR THEY CAN GO SOUTH OR NORTH OF IT. IT'S NOT A MAIN DRAG.
OKAY. BECAUSE OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S A MAIN THOROUGHFARE.
THOSE KIDS WILL NOT WALK ON THAT GRASS.
ALL THEY GOT TO DO IS SIT A MONITOR, AN UNMARKED CAR.
THEY THEY'LL SEE. THEY'LL SEE THE SITUATION.
FELIX. STAY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE OKAY? THEY'RE GOING TO GET ON THAT BUS WITH ALL THESE.
THAT FELLA IS A RED FLAG, MY NEIGHBOR THAT TRIED TO RUN ME OVER.
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THEY DID PREVIOUS THINGS.THEY WHEN THEIR FIRST INCIDENT.
HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, OFF OR AWAY FROM PEOPLE THAT THAT THAT THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, CALMNESS YOU SEND YOUR KID TO SCHOOL.
IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD A SPEED BUMP OR A MONITOR TO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ONCE THAT MONITOR WAS GONE, THEY STARTED BACK AGAIN.
THEY GAVE A COUPLE OF TICKETS, THE OFFICERS.
IF YOU CAN'T GET THERE IN AN UNMARKED CAR, THEY WON'T.
IF THEY SEE A POLICE CAR, THEY'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN.
BUT IF THEY HAVE AN UNMARKED CAR POLICEMAN THERE.
THANK YOU, SIR. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO FRANK ABOUT THE SPEED HUMPS THAT YOU MENTIONED? ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS ON BOARD WITH.
YES, BUT THE NEIGHBORS ON BOARD WITH IT? YES. YES, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
WELL, WOULD YOU SPEAK TO FRANK ABOUT THAT? YES. AND THEN OUR DEPUTY CHIEF IS IS RIGHT BACK THERE.
I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT HIS NAME BECAUSE NO ONE EVER MENTIONS HIS NAME.
OKAY. DEPUTY CHIEF LANCE FISHER.
AND THAT WAY YOU START WORKING ON SEEING ABOUT THE SPEED HUMPS AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISTER MAYOR.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, NUMBER ONE, MISS SMITH.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS]
YES, WE ARE. ORDINANCE 2023, DASH ZERO SEVEN, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT FOUR, BLOCK 1186 PORT MALABAR UNIT 24, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 16, PAGE 33 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK MISS FLAG TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
HI, GOOD EVENING, EMILY FLAG 2920 TISHMAN ROAD, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSELOR.
OR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. MR. SHERMAN. YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING? NO, THANK YOU. 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.
SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MS.. SMITH. ORDINANCE 2020 3-08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
VACATE AND ABANDON A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT SIX BLOCK 470 PORT MALABAR UNIT 11 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 15, PAGE 39.
IT'S A VACATING ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION SO MOVED.
ORDINANCE 2020 3-04 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
TO BE LOCATED AT 2301 COMMERCE PARK DRIVE, NORTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA 32905, SPECIFYING THE ITEMS EXEMPTED, PROVIDING THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE EXEMPTION, FINDING THAT THE BUSINESS MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION ONE 96.19 95 SUBSECTION EIGHT FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT BY ROGUE VALLEY MICRODEVICES INC.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MADAM SHERMAN.
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GOOD EVENING. THIS IS OUR ROGUE VALLEY MICRO MICRO DEVICES AD VALOREM TAX ABATEMENT REQUEST.THEY ARE A SEMICONDUCTOR BUSINESS BASED OUT OF OREGON, AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO RELOCATE OR OPEN UP A SECOND COMPANY AT 2301 COMMERCE PARK DRIVE NORTHEAST.
IT'S A 50,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.
THEY PLAN ON INVESTING $25 MILLION INTO THE BUILDING, AND THEY PLAN ON THE FIRST THREE YEARS, CREATING 30 NEW JOBS AT AN AVERAGE WAGE OF 59,900 BY YEAR FIVE.
THEY ANTICIPATE ADDING 75 JOBS AT AN AVERAGE WAGE OF $65,267.
SO THIS IS SECOND READING FOR A SEVEN YEAR ABATEMENT FOR 70%.
AND I JUST WANTED TO I HAVE A LITTLE CHART UP HERE.
AS YOU'LL SEE THE BOTTOM SECTION, TAXES PAID IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS FOR THE EXISTING BUILDING.
I ACTUALLY LOOKED ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND THEY ACTUALLY PAID $128,209.68.
THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, IF YOU GO UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, YOU'LL SEE THE PROPOSED TAXES.
AND THIS IS BASED ON THE BUILDING BEING OCCUPIED IN THE $25 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
SO OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, WE ANTICIPATE $1.30 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES, AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY. AND SO WITH THE SEVEN YEAR ABATEMENT, THE CITY WOULD BE WOULD BE AT 799,704, BUT WE WOULD RECEIVE $502,139.96. IF YOU COULD JUST SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ANTICIPATING AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES OF $373,930.28. BY APPROVING THIS ABATEMENT, ALONG WITH THE 75 JOBS OF AN AVERAGE WAGE OF 65,000 PLUS THE ADDITIONAL ANCILLARY BUSINESSES AND THINGS THAT WILL COME WITH THIS COMPANY, THOSE BUSINESS CLUSTERS.
ABSOLUTELY. OH, YOU MUST HAVE AUTHORED THIS.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I REALLY APPRECIATED THIS.
THIS THIS IS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT DOESN'T TELL THE STORY OF THE JOB CREATION AND THE BUSINESS CLUSTERS AND THE ECONOMIC UPWARD TREND THAT WE'VE BEEN ALL WORKING TOWARDS. RIGHT. SO THANK YOU, MA'AM.
YOU'RE WELCOME. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL OF STAFF.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKER CARD.
EXCUSE ME. WELL, THIS IS MY THIRD TIME SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE AD VALOREM TAX ABATEMENT.
I WAS HERE ON JANUARY THE 19TH AND FEBRUARY 2ND, AND ONCE AGAIN, ROGUE VALLEY MICRODEVICES IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BUT I'M HERE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THIS AD VALOREM TAX ABATEMENT.
I THINK THE NUMBERS SHOW IT ALL.
I'M SADDENED THAT MY COMMENTS ON FEBRUARY 2ND CREATED A BULLYING AND VERY UNPROFESSIONAL LETTER OR REACTION THAT WAS SENT FROM A COMMUNITY LEADER AND NOT SOMEBODY ON PALM BAY CITY COUNCIL. BUT I WANT TO STATE THAT REGARDLESS OF THE NEGATIVE LETTER SENT OUT, THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED AND WILL CONTINUE TO STAND UP FOR AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT WE FEEL ARE GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I APPLAUD THE PALM BAY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR TAKING AND MAKING A NEW MOTION ON FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING TO PROVIDE A LARGER ABATEMENT FOR ROGUE VALLEY MICRODEVICES RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT THAT THIS COMPANY WILL HAVE ON OUR CITY, I KNOW ONCE AGAIN THAT THE AD VALOREM TAXES ARE ONE OF THE MAIN SOURCES OF INCOME FOR THE CITY. BUT BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SAW FROM NANCY, IT JUST SHOWS THAT WHAT A BENEFIT THIS IS GOING TO BE TO OUR CITY.
AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'S NOT FREE MONEY.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THAT PERCEPTION.
IT IS A PERFORMANCE BASED TAX ABATEMENT FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND JOB CREATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE LONG TERM TAX BASE FOR PALM BAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS VALTONEN.
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HELP YOU? GOOD. I APPRECIATE THAT.FOUR, SEVEN, NINE, FOUNTAIN STREET.
I AM HERE TO APPLAUD YOU GUYS.
TRULY, I AM SO EXCITED BECAUSE, AS YOU NOTED, MAYOR, THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS DIRECTION.
WE COULD JUST. XEROX THIS EXPERIENCE A FEW TIMES.
NANCY AND NANCY BOTH STANDING UP AND SHOWING HOW THIS IS A PLUS FOR OUR CITY.
YES, WE'RE GIVING UP A LITTLE, BUT WE ARE GAINING VOLUMES AT THE END OF THE DAY.
OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? STEP UP. MASTER CHIEF BATTEN.
AND THEN ANYONE ELSE AFTER HIM.
BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS ISN'T A GREAT THING FOR THE CITY.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING AT ALL.
THE PART WHERE I HAVE THE CONFLICT WITH THIS WAS THE THING WAS WE NEED BUSINESSES TO COME IN AND THIS IS A BUSINESS COMING IN, BUT SAID WE NEED THAT TO OFFSET OUR TAX BASE OF THE THE RESIDENTS ON THEIR TAX BASE.
AND THIS IS GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT IN A LONG TERM.
THE PART WHERE I HAVE WHY I SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS IS THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THIS IS A COMPANY THAT'S GOING TO INVEST INTO THE CITY OF PALM BAY, WHERE I SEE THE DISPROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION IS WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT GENERATE JOBS, GENERATE EMPLOYMENT, GENERATE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU SAID WAS A GOOD THING. ALL THESE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING, BUT THEY DON'T GET A TAX ABATEMENT TO COINCIDE WITH IT.
SO MY DETERMINING FACTOR IS HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHICH BUSINESSES GET THE TAX ABATEMENT AND WHICH BUSINESSES DO NOT? IT'S JUST PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
AND ANYONE ELSE AFTER THEM, RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.
COUNCIL. RANDALL CHEVSKY 348, BROOK EDGE STREET, NORTHEAST.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
I SPOKE AT THE ORIGINAL READING, NOT THE INTERIM AND NOW HERE.
AND ORIGINALLY WHEN I SPOKE, MY WORDS WERE OF HESITANCY.
I WAS NEVER AGAINST THIS TAX ABATEMENT, BUT I WAS HESITANT ABOUT IT.
AND I CERTAINLY DO WELCOME ROGUE VALLEY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE GROWTH.
I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY GRANTED, THIS GOES THROUGH.
GRANTED, THEY COME TO REMEMBER THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MONITOR THIS PROGRESS AS WE CAN.
TONIGHT. THERE'S A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM LOOKING AT THE TWO ABATEMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND FRANKLY LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS FROM THOSE TWO CURRENT ABATEMENTS AND RELATING IT TO THE BANG FOR THE BUCK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET HERE AGAIN, THAT CLEAR WHAT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DISPLAY ON THE SCREEN COUPLED WITH THE WHY IT MAKES THE SITUATION MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES INFORMATION BECOMES MORE CLEAR AND SOMETIMES YOU MAY GO RIGHT OFF THE FENCE INTO CLARITY.
AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE SITUATION ON THIS ONE.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
DEPUTY MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL? I'M JESSICA GOMEZ. I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF ROGUE VALLEY MICRODEVICES AND I THOUGHT I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T COME UP HERE AND EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION THAT EVERYONE HAS PUT INTO TAKING A LOOK AT OUR PROJECT, REALLY GOING THROUGH THE WORK AND HELPING US WALK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
REALLY, I THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF YOU INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY BEING PART OF OUR FABRIC NOW, JUST YOUR MERE PRESENCE AS WE DISCUSS THIS. SO I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR SUCCESS.
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING PALM BAY THANK YOU.
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ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I AM PASSING THE GAVEL AND MAKING A MOTION.
WELL, THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF JOB INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE IN PALM BAY.
THESE ARE THE TYPE OF JOBS, HIGH PAYING JOBS, $60,000 A YEAR THAT WE WANT FOR OUR CITIZENS.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, THE BUSINESS CLUSTERS THAT IT WILL CREATE.
I OFTEN THINK OF EVERYONE SURROUNDING NASA, AND I THINK THAT WE CAN BE A PART OF THAT.
I THINK WITH THIS COMPANY COMING TO PALM BAY, IT'S GOING TO SET THE TONE.
IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT OTHER COMPANIES.
SO THAT IS WHY I MADE THE MOTION AND I I'M HONORED THAT THEY CHOSE PALM BAY.
I'D LIKE TO ADD A COMMENT, MAYOR.
I GOT THE GAVEL. YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M GOING TO KEEP IT SHORT.
I'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S OLD SAYING THAT SAYS PEOPLE PEOPLE LIE, BUT NUMBERS DON'T LIE.
YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
THE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MAYOR HAD SAID EARLIER THE NUMBER THE NUMBERS TELL THE STORY.
SO BY US GIVING, WE RECEIVING A LOT MORE.
SO FOR THAT FOR THOSE REASONS, I WILL SUPPORT THIS.
CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS.
GOD BLESS YOU. AND JUST BEFORE WE END, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO LYNDA WEATHERMAN FROM THE EDC.
KEEP BRINGING US COMPANIES THAT WANT TO INVEST IN OUR CITY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, MA'AM.
MAYOR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEMAN NEXT TO LYNDA AS WELL.
THANKS FOR THE THANKS FOR COMING, SIR.
THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AND I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK MISS SHERMAN TO PRESENT THIS CASE, THIS REQUEST.
OUR PLAN WAS ADOPTED OCTOBER 6TH BY 2022 BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO THERE ARE TWO AMENDMENTS THAT THE STAFF IS REQUESTING.
THE CURRENT BUDGET IS 142,904.
AND ONCE THEY BID OUT THE PROJECT BECAUSE OF OUR ACTION PLAN CYCLE, THE BIDS, THE QUOTES COME IN ABOUT JANUARY OF 2022. SO A YEAR LATER, THE PRICES ARE A LITTLE A LITTLE HIGHER.
AND SO THEY'RE IN NEED OF $8,021 IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT FOR A TOTAL BUDGET OF 150,925.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS FOR LIBERTY PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
THE CURRENT BUDGET IS 158,350 AND THEY ARE IN NEED OF 63,843 FOR A TOTAL BUDGET OF $222,173.
AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND NANCY, IS THAT A LIBERTY PARK? IS THAT ALSO INCLUDING THE BASKETBALL COURT? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S FOR.
THAT'S OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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WHITTAM SMITH ORDNANCE 2023 DASH 11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 183 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGULATIONS SECTION 183.01 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBSECTION C1A ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.YES. HOW DID YOU KNOW? I JUST ASKED. ALEXANDRA BERNARD OR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR WILL START US OFF.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT PRESENTED TONIGHT.
THERE ARE NINE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT YOU WILL BE HEARING ON MARCH 16TH, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST AND WE WANTED TO GET IT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY WHEN WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED. SO WITH THAT, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH OUR CONSULTANTS FROM THE INSPIRE GROUP AND WE HAVE CHRIS HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT THAT FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT LOOKS LIKE.
BEFORE SHE BRINGS CHRIS UP, WHAT WAS THE VOTE LAST NIGHT FOR? BECAUSE THEY VOTED FOR THE PLAN IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING.
I BELIEVE ALL THE OTHER ELEMENTS WENT TO PNC LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
I THINK PHIL WOULD HAVE SHARED THAT WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK AGAIN.
UM, TONIGHT IS THE CULMINATION OF A LOT OF HARD WORK, NOT JUST BY MY TEAM, BUT ALSO THE TEAM HERE AT PALM BAY.
A LOT OF LATE NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESSED EVERYTHING IN THE UPDATE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT.
HALF OF US HAVE BEEN HERE FOR EITHER 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 5 OF THE WORKSHOPS.
WE DID THIS ONE TO GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY SO THAT WE COULD GO THROUGH THE VISIONING PROCESS, BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T DO THIS, IF WE DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF THE STATUTES THAT HAD CHANGED SINCE 20, I THINK IT WAS I THINK IT WAS 2010 WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT UPDATE TO THE PLAN.
WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER TIME FRAME TO GO THROUGH THAT VISIONING PROCESS.
SO WE HAD A 12 MONTH LONG VISIONING PROCESS WHERE WE WE HAD MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS AND A SERIES OF THREE WORKSHOPS.
WE CAME UP WITH THIS VISION PLAN ADDRESSING A NUMBER OF TOPICS.
THESE ARE THE THE FIVE OVERARCHING TOPIC AREAS THAT HAD SOME RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES FOR EACH ONE.
AND OF COURSE, THE VISIONING IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR A PORTION THEREOF.
YOUR VISION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO TONIGHT YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT A COMPLETELY BRAND NEW FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT.
WE ESSENTIALLY HAD TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE ELEMENT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, OVER YEARS OF INCREMENTAL CHANGES AND REALLY WHAT WAS A DEVELOPER DRIVEN ELEMENT, IT REALLY NEEDED TO REFLECT THE DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO AS ALEX HAD MENTIONED, WE ARE ONLY ADDRESSING LAND USE OR THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT.
THE REST OF THE ELEMENTS WILL BE BEFORE YOU ON MARCH 16TH.
THOSE WERE THE SUBJECT OF THE LPA HEARING LAST NIGHT.
SO WHAT DID OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LOOK LIKE? AS I MENTIONED, THERE WAS A SERIES OF STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
WE WENT THROUGH WE'RE SHOWING FIVE WORKSHOPS BECAUSE THE THREE WORKSHOPS THAT OCCURRED DURING VISIONING AND THEN THE TWO THAT OCCURRED DURING THE COMP PLAN UPDATE WERE ACTUALLY A SERIES.
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AND WE JUST FINISHED THE LAST ONE IN NOVEMBER.SO WE ALSO HAD TWO PROJECT WEBSITES.
AND THROUGH BOTH OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS, WE HAD MULTIPLE EXERCISES FOR FOLKS TO DO.
THEY WERE VOTING FOR THEIR VISION.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS FOR FOLKS TO ENGAGE ON.
WE HAD ABOUT 9000 WEBSITE HITS, 118 SURVEY RESPONSES, NEARLY 170 DOCUMENT DOWNLOADS, 300, ALMOST 315 WORKSHOP ATTENDEES, 193 WEBSITE COMMENTS.
AND THAT'S WHETHER THEY COMMENTED ON THE MAP OR ON OUR IDEA WALL.
THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENTS IN PERSON AND ONLINE.
TO THE RIGHT IS A WORD CLOUD OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY OCCURRING WORDS OR TOPICS.
OF COURSE, COMPOUND SCHOOLS, WALKABILITY CENTERS OF ACTIVITY.
ALL OF THESE ITEMS WERE USED TO HELP ADDRESS THE UPDATE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT.
SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU? YOU HAVE AN ELEMENT WHERE WE'VE MADE SURE THAT WE'VE CLARIFIED A LOT OF THE THE DOCUMENT LANGUAGE MADE IT MORE RELATABLE, READABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
WE UPDATED THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES IN THE MAP.
WE HAVE NEW PLANNING INITIATIVES FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
AND THEN AS WE CONTINUE THIS PROCESS, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PHASE, WHICH IS THE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WILL BE UPDATING THAT AS THE FINAL PHASE. THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
SO AGAIN, ADDRESSING REDUNDANCIES, OUTDATED POLICIES, CONFLICTING LANGUAGE.
AS I MENTIONED LAST NIGHT, OVER TIME, AS YOU MAKE INCREMENTAL CHANGES TO THE PLAN, YOU END UP WITH CONFLICTING POLICIES OR INTERNAL INCONSISTENCIES.
SO WE MADE SURE TO ADDRESS EACH ONE OF THOSE AS THEY CAME UP.
WE PROVIDED FOR A NEW, FRESH, CLEAN, MODERN FORMAT.
THE NUMBERING SYSTEM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, NUMBERING GOT A LITTLE OUT OF KILTER, MADE SURE WE CLEANED ALL OF THAT UP AND THEN CONSOLIDATED A LOT OF THE THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS WHERE WE HAD KIND OF OUR OWN MINI COMP PLAN FOR THESE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS AND MADE SURE THAT IT MADE MORE SENSE.
SO VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK WITH A BURAK J.
HARRIS SUIT. SO THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
NO DOWN ZONING OF PROPERTY, SO TO SPEAK, IF ANYTHING.
AS WE ADJUSTED FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES, THOSE ENTITLEMENTS WENT UP.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE ON ON ON THIS SLIDE IS A NEW TABLE TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT CATEGORIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE. WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND IN THE IN THE OLD FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT.
NOW IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT THOSE CATEGORIES ARE FOR AND WHAT YOUR DENSITIES AND INTENSITIES WILL BE.
AND WE PROVIDE FOR A GENERAL PURPOSE.
SO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY OF THAT CLARITY BEFORE.
IT WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A HODGEPODGE.
AND SO NOW IT'S ALL CONCISE, CLEAR AND EASY TO READ.
FROM A MAP IN FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY STANDPOINT.
I DO HAVE THIS ON A ON A SLIDE BY ITSELF, BUT THIS SHOWS YOU WHERE WE CONSOLIDATED SOME OF THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES AND SHOWS THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'VE GOT THE THE BAYFRONT MIXED USE HERE.
WE NOW HAVE A NEW CATEGORY, URBAN MIXED USE.
SO THOSE SO AS WE WENT THROUGH THE VISIONING PROCESS, WE LEARNED THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL MIXED USE CATEGORIES, ONES THAT WEREN'T JUST GOING TO BE APPLIED TO A SPECIFIC AREA, I.E.
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THE BAYFRONT AREA.SO ONCE THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO OTHER ACTIVITY CENTERS IN THE CITY.
SO AS NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES ONLINE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE NOT JUST MORE DENSITY IN THOSE AREAS, BUT ALSO NON RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES, SO RETAIL OFFICE SPACE AND THE LIKE.
THESE ARE THREE OF THE NEW MIXED USE CATEGORIES.
SO WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, MIXED USE CATEGORY COMMUNITY, MIXED USE AND URBAN MIXED USE.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF A A A TIERED MIXED USE SCENARIOS.
NOW, NOT ALL OF THESE ARE APPLIED ON THE MAP TODAY.
AND WHEN WE GO, EXCUSE ME, IN THE FUTURE, AS WE START LOOKING AT THE CITY AND TALKING TO PROPERTY OWNERS, GOING THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UNDERSTANDING WHERE THOSE NODES ARE GOING TO BE.
AND WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA NOW WHERE THOSE CAN BE.
THE PROCESS WILL TAKE PROBABLY 6 TO 8 MONTHS TO START LOOKING AT CHANGING THAT MAP.
SO WE HAD THESE WHAT WE'RE NOW CALLING SPAS OR SPECIFIC AREAS.
WE'VE GOT THE CALUMET FARMS CENTER LANE, EMERALD LAKES, PARK VILLAGE.
THESE WERE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAD THEIR OWN STANDARDS.
AND SO THE THE PROPOSED PLAN IS TO NOT ALLOW ANY MORE SPORES, SO TO SPEAK, AND TO ALLOW NEW DEVELOPMENT TO UTILIZE OUR NEW MIXED USE CATEGORIES SO IT'S MORE PREDICTABLE.
SOME NEW PLANNING INITIATIVES.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY DRIVEN MASTER PLANS, ONE FOR THE OLD BAYFRONT CRA AREA AND FOR THE COMPOUND.
SO THOSE ARE TWO AREAS THAT NEED TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AT THE COMPOUND OR LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY CARRYING ON SOME OF THE IDEAS FROM THE OLD CRA AND APPLYING THOSE TO THAT GENERAL VICINITY OF OF THE CITY.
AND THEN WE PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE AND PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES AND POLICIES TO HELP DIRECT THE CITY IN AND HELPING PRESERVE YOUR CULTURAL HERITAGE AND HISTORIC PROPERTIES DOWN THE ROAD.
WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS, PARTICULARLY FROM THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THINGS, AS WELL AS OFFICE TAKING THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND REALLY PUSHING IT FORWARD IN LIKE TONIGHT, ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESS, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR NEW BUSINESS.
THAT IS IS KIND OF THE FOCUS AGAIN COMING FROM THE VISIONING PROCESS.
EQUITY. THIS WAS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT CAME UP DURING THE PROCESS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.
LOOKING AT CRITERIA FOR APPROVING LAND USES.
MAKING SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT IN A MORE HOLISTIC MANNER WHEN WE ARE MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
OKAY. FROM A LAND DEVELOPMENT REFINEMENT STANDPOINT, WE CLARIFIED THAT PODS ARE INTENDED FOR SUPERIOR URBAN FORM NOT TO BE RELIED ON AS THE ONLY ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY.
A LOT OF CITIES END UP USING PODS AS A CRUTCH.
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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WILL PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FROM A ZONING DISTRICT STANDPOINT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON PODS.AND THEN PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN USES, EXPLORING, INCORPORATING LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PROVISIONS THAT PROMOTE MORE SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES.
BUT WE'LL BE SENDING THE STATE AFTER IF YOU RECOMMEND TRANSMITTAL OF THE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT THAT WILL BE A 30 DAY REVIEW BY STATE AGENCIES.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING COMING BACK TO YOU IN IN APRIL TO TO DO THE ADOPTION HEARING.
WE'LL BE ADOPTING TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL FOR FOR THE REST OF THE ELEMENTS.
AND NOW QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
UM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
RIGHT? WE'VE PRETTY MUCH GROWN UP.
EXPONENTIALLY SINCE THE LAST COMP PLAN.
RIGHT. AND SO, UM, SOME, SOME OF THIS AND I REALLY LOVE THE.
THE URBAN MIXED USE COMPONENT TO IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU RELATE IT TO THE BAYFRONT.
I THINK THIS IS LIKE CREATING THAT TYPE OF TOWN CENTER THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN HOPING FOR.
I MIGHT HAVE MISSED SOMETHING, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THE PODS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DID WHERE ARE WE DISCUSSING ANY SEEDS OR WHAT THOSE THOSE THAT PROCESS IS AS PART OF THIS OR WE'RE NOT.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS ARE A FINANCING STRATEGY FOR PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT'S NOT PART OF YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE THING BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I SEE THE COMPOUND, RIGHT? IF WE COULD GET IF WE THAT'S THAT'S HOW I SEE IF WE GET SOME TYPE OF INVESTMENT OUT THERE.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY ANY QUESTIONS? JUST. THANK YOU, SIR.
THIS IS WHILE WE'RE NOT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE JUST YET, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU STAFF, FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THIS.
I'M EXCITED LIKE YOU, MAYOR, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE BAYFRONT IS GOING TO SUNSET.
SO THE URBAN MIXED USE ALSO THE THE DENSITY INCREASES TO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS OR POTENTIAL PROJECTS BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT YOU LOOK AT MELBOURNE BECAUSE YES, DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX MENTIONED WE'RE 55% BUILT OUT.
SO I DO LIKE WHAT I'M SEEING HERE.
CHRIS, THANK YOU. AGAIN, I'LL ECHO EVERYTHING THE GENTLEMAN TO MY LEFT SAID.
AND THE ONLY THING I'D I'D SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE REFER TO THE BAYFRONT COMMUNITY QUITE A BIT.
BUT WHAT THIS DOES, IT'S NOT JUST ADDRESSING THE BAYFRONT.
A WAY TO PUT IT AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE TO COME.
AND YOU KIND OF ADDRESSED THE QUESTION THAT I HAD IN TERMS OF TIMELINE.
WHEN WILL THIS BE COMPLETELY APPROVED GOING THROUGH A PROCESS? I KNOW IT HAS TO GO STATE.
YOU HAVE TO PUT THE STAMP OF APPROVAL AS WELL.
WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AGAIN? ABSOLUTELY. SO WE WE HAVE OUR FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT WILL TRANSMIT PROVIDED THAT YOU DECIDE TO TRANSMIT TONIGHT.
THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AFTER THEY'VE RECEIVED THEM.
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WE COULD RECEIVE COMMENTS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO ADDRESS.SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT ONE OF THE STATE AGENTS, ONE OF THE STATE AGENCIES SAYS, HEY, YOU HAVEN'T DONE THIS, OR WE REALLY WANTED YOU TO DO THIS. THAT'S UNLIKELY BECAUSE REALLY THEIR PURVIEW THESE DAYS IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT AREAS OF STATE CRITICAL CONCERN, WHICH YOU DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE ISSUES HERE.
IT'S LIKE THE GREEN SWAMP, OTHER VERY SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE STATE AND THEN STATE RESOURCES.
SO AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT IMPACTING THOSE AREAS, WE SHOULD BE OKAY.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SAYS, HEY, YOU DIDN'T UPDATE YOUR WATER SUPPLY PLAN BECAUSE WE DID OURS 18 MONTHS AGO AND HERE WE GO. THAT MAY COME UP, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT IMMEDIATELY.
WE DIDN'T ADDRESS THE WATER SUPPLY PLAN BECAUSE THAT WASN'T PART OF THE THE COMP PLAN.
IT'S A SUPPLEMENT SUPPLEMENT DOCUMENT TO THE PLAN.
AND THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE PERIOD AFTER ADOPTION, SO WE'LL COME BACK ADOPT IN EARLY APRIL.
BUT YOU STILL HAVE I THINK IT'S A 31 DAY EFFECTIVE PERIOD AFTER ADOPTION.
THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF, SO, ALEX, IF YOU CAN COME UP, I WANTED TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE.
AND I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO COME TO US.
RIGHT. BUT MORE OF THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, THOSE CORRIDORS AND THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO THOSE THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS MOVING FORWARD.
RIGHT? SO THIS IS THIS HELPS US BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR FOR MOVING FORWARD IN THAT STEP.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS WITH THIS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT TONIGHT.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S BEING DONE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS LEAD INTO ALLOWING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK.
ANYONE ELSE AFTER HIM? BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I HAVE FIVE ITEMS TO ADDRESS IN THIS ONE.
BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR.
I AM NOT SAYING DO NOT HOLD OFF ON SENDING THIS TO THE STATE.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS TO THE STATE.
DON'T DON'T READ ME WRONG ON MY COMMENTS.
THE OTHER ITEM WAS I WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE ZONING MAP ON THE CITY'S WEB PAGE SO I COULD MAKE SOME COMPARISONS, WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING SO I CAN MAKE SOME COMPARISONS BEING THE TYPE OF PERSON I AM AND THE GIS ZONING MAP DOES NOT WORKING, IT'LL SITE WILL COME UP, BUT THE MAP WILL NOT LOAD.
RIGHT? ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS PACKET, THERE WAS NO CLASSIFIED RURAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND I BROUGHT THIS UP LAST NIGHT AND THEY ANSWERED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
BUT I'M BRINGING IT UP NOW SO THAT YOU'LL BE AWARE OF IT.
IF I FOLLOW THAT PROCESS, I WOULD QUALIFY TO PUT 30 HOMES ON MY PROPERTY.
BUT THAT BRINGS UP CODE OF ORDINANCES 185031, WHICH ESTABLISHES RURAL, RESIDENTIAL AND CODE OF ORDINANCE 7818, WHICH PROVIDES ME EXEMPTIONS FROM OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE SAME CATEGORY, I.E.
THE ABILITY TO HAVE BARBED WIRE FENCE TO HOLD LIVESTOCK.
SO THERE'S SOME CONFLICTS THAT I'M SEEING THAT WAS IN THERE.
SPA SPECIAL PROJECT AREAS OF MICO PARK VILLAGE.
IT SAYS IN THE COMP PLAN, JUST REFER TO THE ORDINANCE.
SO I DID THAT BEING THE DUMMY, I AM.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE SAME THINGS CARRY OVER IN THE COMP PLAN.
I REALIZE THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO ALWAYS HAVE CONFLICTS LIKE THIS.
SO WE'RE ALREADY A DOCUMENT BEHIND ALREADY ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RIGHT?
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FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT 3.3 IS STATES NO SP, NO NEW SPA.AND THAT BRINGS BACK TO THE COMPOUND AREA.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT AS A SPECIAL PROJECT AREA? WELL, THERE'LL BE SOME TERMINOLOGY TO COINCIDE WITH IT.
AND THE LAST ITEM, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, WHICH ONE HAS PRIORITY, THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, WHICH IS COMING UP, OR THE ZONING ELEMENT WHICH YOU CURRENTLY ALREADY HAVE, OR YOUR CODE OF ORDINANCE, BECAUSE ANY ONE OF THOSE CAN BE IN CONFLICT.
IF I'M THE RESIDENT, I'M SAYING WHICH ONE DO I REFER TO TO SEE WHICH I'M IN VIOLATION OF? SO I COULDN'T GET THAT ANSWERED LAST NIGHT.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? ANYONE ELSE. IT'S BERNARD.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT ZONING, I THINK ABOUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND, DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES.
SO THE RURAL SINGLE FAMILY WILL ALLOW FOR RURAL RESIDENTIAL, SO THE RURAL SINGLE FAMILY FUTURE LAND USE WILL ALLOW FOR RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION.
BUT WE ARE STILL AT THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS YET.
THIS IS PURELY A FUTURE LAND USE.
I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE ALL THAT IS.
SO WE'RE HERE AND THEN WE GO TO ZONING AND THEN THE ORDINANCE MAKES IT BECOME LAW.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I'M LOOKING AT, PATRICIA? I THINK YOU PROBABLY IMPLIED, BUT THE JUST AS WE'RE AMENDING THE COMP PLAN WITH THIS NEW FUTURE LAND USE, WE WILL AMEND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ZONINGS ARE GOING TO MATCH THE COMP PLAN AS FAR AS BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE CONSISTENT AND WE'RE JUST HAVING TO DO ONE AT A TIME.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
NOTHING TO ADD, SIR. ALL IN FAVOR.
SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? AYE. ANY OPPOSED PASSES? 3 TO 3 ZERO.
THANK YOU, ALAN. ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT.
GOOD EVENING. SO THE PROPOSED TEXTUAL AMENDMENT IS AS YOU WERE GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MRS BERNARD ON THE PROPOSED TEXTUAL AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS CAME TO US BECAUSE WE HAD A RESIDENT WHO WAS LOOKING AT THE IMPACT FEES FOR BUILDING A MOTHER IN LAW SUITE ON THEIR PROPERTY AND THE IMPACT FEES WERE PRETTY STEEP.
WHAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED BEFORE YOU TONIGHT MAKES REFERENCE TO AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT BEING TREATED THE SAME AS MOBILE HOME AS FAR AS IMPACT FEE CLASSIFICATION, AND THAT WOULD CHANGE THE FEES FROM BASICALLY AROUND 5000.
THAT WOULD BE DUE TO AROUND 3500.
NOW. DID YOU NOTIFY THAT RESIDENT? I WE'VE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'VE SPOKEN TO THE RESIDENT OFF AND ON.
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SO SHE WAS APPRIZED AND ALSO OF WHAT OUR OUR PATH WAS.STANDING WELL, JUST JUST SO THAT OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING BUSINESS AND AND TAKING EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION OF THE CHALLENGES WITH IMPACT FEES AND AND THESE ISSUES.
SO MISS JONI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS, TOO.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, MA'AM.
ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ASKING FOR A MOTION SO MOVED.
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I DON'T HAVE ANY.OKAY. DOES COUNCIL WISH TO PULL ANY ITEMS? THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE, AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY OR PASSES 3 TO 0.
WE ARE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE.
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MRS SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD A PALM BAY MAKERS FAIR ON APRIL 29TH OF THIS YEAR.
TO 4 P.M. IT'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IT WILL BE A STEM TYPE EVENT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
IT IS A PARTNERSHIP EVENT WITH FLORIDA, WITH FIT.
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND WILL BE HELD AT THE CAMMED FACILITY ON PALM BAY ROAD.
IT DOES QUALIFY AS A CO-SPONSORSHIP ELIGIBLE EVENT BECAUSE UNDER OUR POLICY IT WILL PROMOTE THE CITY AS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE, VISIT AND DO BUSINESS. IT WILL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF SOME OR ALL RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND IT WILL PROMOTE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC AWARENESS WITHIN THE CITY.
THE TOTAL COST OF THE CO-SPONSORSHIP IS $1,405, WHICH INCLUDES A WAIVER OF $1,000 IN RENTAL COSTS FOR USE OF THE CITY'S STAGE AND BLEACHERS, $280 IN STAFF TIME AND FEES RELATED TO THE SETUP AND TAKEDOWN, AND ALSO A WAIVER OF $125 IN FIRE INSPECTION FEES.
AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY SPEAKER CARDS? ANY. ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
RESOLUTION 2023, DASH ZERO SEVEN, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 11, SECTION THREE BY EXTENDING THE COMMENCEMENT PERIOD OF THE CONDITIONAL USE GRANTED FOR A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY IN CC COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ZONING, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF AND ADJACENT TO MALABAR ROAD AND THE VICINITY WEST OF SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A REQUEST THAT WAS MADE BY THE APPLICANT.
THE CONDITIONAL USE WAS ISSUED EXACTLY A YEAR AGO ON THE SECOND FOR A SELF STORAGE FACILITY.
THEY HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH SITE PLAN AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN SITE PLAN REVIEW.
THEY'RE HOPING TO GET TO THAT FINISH LINE, BUT THEY'RE NOT THERE YET.
WELL, HAVE HIM HAVE THE APPLICANT STEP FORWARD.
DO YOU WANT TO STEP UP? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KENNETH LUDWIG WITH BSE CONSULTANTS.
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TO TO BREVARD COUNTY FOR FUTURE WIDENING OF MALABAR ROAD.SO OUR ORIGINAL SITE PLAN DIDN'T DIDN'T HAVE THAT FULL 37FT IN IT.
THE IT WASN'T A BIG IT WASN'T A BIG CHANGE TO THE SITE PLAN.
JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY MODERN LOOKING FACILITY.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW STORAGE FACILITIES SOMETIMES GET A BAD RAP.
IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY MODERN LOOKING KIND OF IT'S REALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
IT'LL HAVE A FENCE AND SOME NICE LANDSCAPING UP FRONT.
IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD USE FOR THAT.
THAT END OF MALABAR ROAD 34, 30 OR 40 TRIPS A DAY.
SO IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH WITH THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
AND AS ALEX SAID, WE ARE YOU KNOW, WE'RE CLOSE TO RESOLVING THE THE CITY STAFF COMMENTS AND WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT HERE'S HERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION, RIGHT.
AND YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH FAR ALONG IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
YES. YEAH. SO THE I KNOW THE EXTENSION SAYS ONE YEAR.
WE REALLY DON'T WANT IT TO BE A YEAR.
WE WANT IT TO BE JUST A LIKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AT MOST.
SO YOU BELIEVE A SIX MONTH EXTENSION IS WARRANTED? ARE YOU STILL LOOKING? YEAH, I THINK SIX MONTHS WOULD BE WOULD BE OKAY.
I JUST WE WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE.
I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEE AN EXTENSION.
I UNDERSTAND. I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.
YEAH, I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED, YOU KNOW, THOSE 37FT BEEN ADDRESSED TO, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
BUT. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS.
OKAY. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
AND A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR OF FELIX.
ARE YOU NOT COMFORTABLE? WELL, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SECOND THE MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.
I'M GOING TO SECOND THE MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON YOU ARE YOU.
IT'S JUST A YEAR OUT, RIGHT? YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH WE'RE LOOKING TO SHORTEN IT.
WELL, WITH, WITH THESE SELF STORAGE UNITS AND THE LOCATION.
I'VE ALWAYS HAD CONCERNS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THAT'S WHY I, UM, WAS WORKING ON WITH STAFF ON A TEXTUAL AMENDMENT, WHICH WE'RE MOVING ON.
BUT I LOOK AT THIS AND, AND LIKE YOU LOOK AT THE LOCATION, MAYOR LIKE THIS, I LOOK AT IT AS THIS IS A SECOND CHANCE FOR COUNCIL TO POTENTIALLY GET IT RIGHT IN REGARDS TO A PRIME.
UM, BEING THAT THE DUE DILIGENCE WASN'T DONE WITHIN THE 365.
SO I PERSONALLY CAN'T SUPPORT THIS.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? ANY ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN 2 OR 3 JOBS FOR SUCH A LARGE PARCEL? SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE MY MY CONCERN AND MY HESITANCY ON SUPPORTING THIS IS.
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU RENT THEM A SIX MONTH.
THERE'S NO TIME FRAME THAT I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
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SO THAT'S JUST ME, SIR.SO. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M. I'M. I THINK YOU'RE WINNING ME OVER.
IF YOU IF YOU PULL UP I DON'T KNOW IF SHE IF BRIAN CAN PULL UP.
IT'S SO FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T LOOKING IT'S A PRIME IT'S A PRIME SPOT ON MALABAR.
MALABAR ROAD. YOU'RE HEADING TOWARDS SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY.
UM, AND THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TIME I SUPPORTED IT GAVE THE 365.
BUT NOW THAT IT'S BACK BEFORE ME, I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW.
I CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT THIS TIME.
SO YOU ENVISION MORE LIKE A BIG.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, ONE OF MY DISCUSSIONS WAS ALIGNING THE REAR TO SAINT JOHN'S.
ALONG WITH THAT OTHER DEVELOPMENT.
YES, SIR. YEP. A FEW MONTHS BACK.
YEAH. GET A A DIFFERENT IN AND OUT FROM THE REAR IF YOU REMEMBER THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
ARE YOU VISUALIZING, LIKE, A RETAIL LOCATION OR SOMETHING? YES. LIKE THERE'S THERE'S SO MANY MORE POSSIBILITIES.
BUT IF WE GRANT THE EXTENSION, THEN THOSE POSSIBILITIES ARE.
OKAY. WE JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD THE FUTURE.
WE JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, WE VOTED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE.
WE JUST HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS JUST, YOU KNOW, 20 MINUTES AGO.
SO TAKING ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND LOOKING AT THIS, I CAN'T SUPPORT IT.
ALL RIGHT. YOU MAY HAVE A TOTAL.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A TOTAL DIFFERENT VIEW AND PERSPECTIVE ON THIS ONE.
NO. WE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AS WE WE THIS COUNCIL.
WE'VE ALWAYS AGREED THAT WE NEED MORE.
YOU'RE GETTING AN INVESTMENT THAT WOULD BRING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, WE SAID FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID YES.
WHAT HAS CHANGED? OUR VIEW IS COMMERCIAL.
WITH THE GROWTH OF THE OVERALL GROWTH OF THE CITY.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE I MEAN, TO SOME EXTENT.
YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUE I'VE GREAT RESPECT.
WE GOT TO REALLY THINK THIS THROUGH.
THIS IS. THIS IS A DEVELOPER OR AN.
SURE THEY HAVE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY INVESTED.
WHY WOULD WE SAY NO NOW? I MEAN, TO ME, THIS IS NOT BEING.
I WOULDN'T GO AS FAR AS USING THE WORD RESPONSIBLE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE MORE REASONABLE IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE WAY WE PROCESS AND THINK AND APPROVE ITEMS. FIVE COUNCIL AGREED.
NOW WE'RE BACKING AWAY THE ARGUMENT TO MEAN JOBS.
I WOULD DISAGREE BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WANTS THIS ITEM.
IF YOU DO A SURVEY, THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY ALL COME IN AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT PRODUCT.
THAT AREA IS VERY PRONE FOR A MIX OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
IF YOU LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY THAT I MEAN, HOUSING THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED IN THAT CORRIDOR OVER FOUR BY THE TIME IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WHAT 4 TO 6000 POTENTIAL NEW UNITS WILL BE IN THAT VICINITY.
IT'S NEEDED. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE JOB.
WHAT COULD IT MEAN FOR OUR TAX BASE? COMMERCIAL TAX BASE? IT IS COMMERCIAL.
AND THE OTHER ASPECT WE GOT TO CONSIDER IS, IS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT.
TRAFFIC IMPACT. WE NEED A NICE MIX OF PUBLICS ACROSS THE STREET.
WE WANT TO GENERATE QUITE A BIT OF.
WE NEED THAT IN TERMS OF TAX DOLLARS.
TAX INVESTMENT WE GOT TO TAKE ALL INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE TOTALITY OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS? I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE. YOU'VE TOUCHED MY HEART BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT.
IF ONCE THAT PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED AND IT IS COMMERCIAL, THAT IS INCREASING OUR COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.
SO SO I HEAR BOTH ARGUMENTS HERE.
SO I'M I WANT TO I WANT TO SEE IF WE COULD COME INTO CERTAINLY A YEAR EXTENSION MAY MAY BE TOO MUCH.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER REDOING YOUR MOTION TO GRANT A SIX MONTHS EXTENSION?
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AND THEN IF IT'S NOT DONE IN SIX MONTHS, THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS.BUT OUT OF RESPECT FOR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, I'M NOT GOING TO I WON'T WAVER ON THIS.
SO I DON'T WANT HIM TO HAVE TO HAVE TO AMEND HIS MOTION IF HE DOESN'T WANT.
OKAY. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO IF YOU KNOW THIS, WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE YOU STAND.
BUT I'M TELLING HIM WHERE I STAND.
WHERE I STAND IS, ARE YOU WILLING TO, IF I WITHDRAW THAT SECOND, ARE YOU WILLING TO SAY GIVE THEM SIX MONTHS? BECAUSE I THINK ALL THEY NEED IS A FEW MONTHS ACCORDING TO WHAT WAS.
SO ARE YOU WILLING TO DO THAT? ABSOLUTELY, MAYOR, I WOULD JUST.
YEAH. TO GET YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM, I THINK IT WILL DO GREAT.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE LIKE PERSONALLY.
IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.
WOULD IT HELP? PALM BAY THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS USED TO DO.
WOULD IT HELP? PALM BAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAX BASE INCREASE OR TAX BASE? COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.
YOU KNOW, WE LIKE YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LAUNDRY LIST OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE PERSONALLY LIKE.
SO. DEPUTY MAYOR I'M GOING TO.
APPLICANT NO, SIR. THIS IS CLOSED.
THIS IS CLOSED. WE NO, I'M FINE.
I WILL I WILL WITHDRAW MY SECOND RIGHT.
AND AS I WITHDRAW MY SECOND I'M SAYING IT PRIOR TO WITHDRAWING THAT I WOULD I WOULD SUPPORT SIX MONTHS EXTENSION. AT THIS POINT.
SO THE I WOULD SUPPORT THE THE SIX MONTH EXTENSION.
WHAT'S THE DISTANCE FROM THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MINTON AND MALABAR STORE STORAGE UNIT IN THIS ONE? OUNCE.
I FEEL. I FEEL THERE COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE OF A BENEFIT FOR THE CITY.
PREVIOUS COUNCILMAN I'VE VOTED IN SUPPORT OF A PROJECT IN THE FIRST HEARING AND THE SECOND HEARING I DID BECAUSE JUST IN LIEU OF FINDING NEW INFORMATION AND LOOKING AT NEW DATA, I FEEL THERE CAN BE A BETTER OR A BIGGER OR BETTER USE.
SO THAT'S THAT'S MY CONCERN BECAUSE ONCE ONCE IT'S GRANTED, THAT'S IT.
WE'RE CLOSED. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FELIX, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA, A SIX MONTH EXTENSION, AND I HAVE TWO TO SHARE WITH YOU. BOTH ARGUMENTS ARE LEGIT.
DISCUSSING AND PROMOTING ON THIS DICE, AND I REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
SO I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY, NAY PASSES 2 TO 1.
AS YOU WERE. WE'RE ON ITEM THREE.
THANK YOU, SIR. I'M GOING TO HAVE FRANK WATANABE, OUR CITY ENGINEER, INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
AGAIN. GOOD EVENING. FRANK WATANABE IS CITY ENGINEER.
THIS IS REALLY THE CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR THE TPO.
IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT ON THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AND SO THEY'RE ALLOWING US TO MOVE FORWARD.
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AND THIS WOULD BE FOR THE WIDENING OF THE SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY, WHICH WOULD BE FROM MALABAR ROAD TO OUR CITY LIMITS.ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF, GENTLEMEN? THANK YOU. ANY SPEAKER CARDS.
JUST MADAM SHERMAN, JUST TWO QUICK FOLLOW UP ITEMS. I BELIEVE FOR PURPOSES WHAT WE'RE DOING, THIS IS CONSIDERED THE PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE'RE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO.
NOW, AS PART OF THE APPLICATION, THERE'S A SET OF CRITERIAS AND OTHER CRITERIAS.
WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF PUBLIC MEETING OR SOME SORT OF AN OUTREACH.
ALSO, FRANK, SINCE YOUR BACK UP, CAN YOU DISCUSS THE WHAT STEPS THE TPO IS GOING TO WORK WITH US ON FOR THE AMENDMENT TO GET THIS ADDED IN? JUST TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, THE WAY THE COFFER PROJECT GOES IS THERE'S A SCORING AND THE SCORING PROCESS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN CRITERIAS.
I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO GEORGIANA.
THEY DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT GOES ALL THE WAY TO 182, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
BUT THE OTHER SECTIONS ARE IN THE COUNTY.
CITY OF MELBOURNE AND CITY OF WEST MELBOURNE.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET THAT ROAD ALL THE WAY TO 182.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT OUR PORTIONS TO GET IT ON THE PROJECTS.
AND ONCE WE SUBMIT IT, IT GOES THROUGH THE TECHNICAL RANKINGS.
AND THEN THE THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW IT, I THINK, IN JULY.
AND THEN THE ACTUAL BOARD WILL ALSO REVIEW IT IN JULY.
THAT'LL BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.
AND IF YOU HAVE TO POTENTIALLY MOVE IT UP ON THE RANKINGS, YES.
POINT TAKEN AS WE SIT ON THE TPO, CORRECT? WELL, AT LEAST TWO OF US SIT ON THE TPO.
RIGHT. SO THAT'LL BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY MOVE IT UP THE RANKS.
THANK YOU. HEY, LISTEN, I KNOW THIS IS UNRELATED, BUT THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT'S NEEDED ON SAINT JOHNS AND MALABAR, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THERE'S STILL A TRAFFIC LIGHTS UNDER THE SAINT JOHNS PROJECT.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE. THE ONE RIGHT THERE ON MALABAR.
MALABAR ROAD. YES. IT'S WE HAVE COMES FROM THE FROM THE COUNTY.
WE'RE ABOUT 90% DONE ON THE REVIEWS.
SO ONCE WE GET IT DONE BY THE REVIEWS, WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO THE COUNTY.
AND THE COUNTY HAS AGAIN, THERE'S THEY'RE REVIEWING IT FOR PERMITTING.
OKAY. HE'S GOT A SPEAKER CARD.
ABOUT IN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I WAS APOLOGIZED FOR NOT SUBMITTING PAPERWORK EARLIER.
IT JUST GENERATED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
BUT MR. WATANABE ANSWERED THE ANSWER TO IT.
I SAID, WHY ARE WE STOPPING AT CITY LIMIT? I UNDERSTAND OUR FUNDING SOURCES VERSUS SOMEBODY ELSE'S FUNDING SOURCE, BUT IF WE STARTED DOING OUR PLANNING WITHOUT WORKING WITH THE OTHER SOURCES, THEN WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE COULD STILL BOTTLENECK RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THEY SAY, NO, WE DON'T LIKE YOU ANYMORE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXPAND THE SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE END OF IT.
WE WOULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING.
BUT WE SPENT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND WE'VE SEEN STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPEN IN THE PAST.
YOU KNOW, YOU UPSET ONE GOVERNMENT IDENTITY.
THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO SAY, WELL, GUESS WHAT? WE'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER, BUDDY.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
AND I'M HOPING IT WON'T BECAUSE I LOVE THE COUNTY I LIVE IN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING PAPERWORK IN.
ANY OTHERS, SIR? OKAY. I NEED A MOTION.
FROM SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON DEPUTY MAYOR.
ANY COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS, SIR.
ALL RIGHT. AND I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE ARE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS AND MR JOHNSON.
[COUNCIL REPORTS]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM OF LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO ENTERTAIN ME ON.WE ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT WITH THE WITH THE APPOINTMENT, YOU KNOW.
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THE VOTERS. THE VOTERS HAD A CHANCE WITH THE SPECIAL ELECTION.NOW WE HAVE A CHANCE WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF SEAT FIVE, AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE POSSIBLY LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO OVER 20 APPLICANTS.
AND, UM, I HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS, BUT ONE OF THEM I WAS HOPING WE CAN ADDRESS THROUGH FIRST HAVING ON APRIL 6TH, WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, TABULATION OF ALL THE NUMBERS, AND FROM THERE, THE TOP FIVE MOVE ON TO A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 13TH WHERE IT CAN BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY ON THAT.
THAT WAY THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER ITEMS ON APRIL 6TH WHERE WE HAVE A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THE PUBLIC, YOU HEARD IT PUBLIC, WANTS TO ASK QUESTIONS.
SO AND I WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS.
TO ME AND MISS JANICE, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, DIALOG BACK AND FORTH.
AND YOU KNOW, DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN ASK QUESTIONS TOO.
AM I GOING TO SAY IT'S PERFECT? NO, I DON'T KNOW.
SO I JUST WANTED TO RUN IT BY YOU GENTLEMEN.
I WAS HOPING COUNCILMAN FOSTER WILL BE HERE TOO, SO WE CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM HIM.
BUT JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
AND THE APRIL 13TH STILL MEETS WITHIN THE 60 DAYS.
I'VE ALREADY CONFIRMED WITH THE STAFF, WITH MRS SMITH AND MRS JONES.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE HAVE TO WORK ON GETTING THIS RIGHT.
AND PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE CAN NEVER REPLICATE.
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS REPLICATE THAT.
HERE'S MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT IT TURNS INTO A CIRCUS, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE AND I DON'T MEAN I DON'T MEAN IT IN A IN A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION.
MY CONCERNS ARE GIVEN FALSE HOPE WHERE THE AUDIENCE IS GOING TO COME AND SPEAK FOR THIS ONE, FOR THAT ONE, WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A VOTE.
RIGHT. THE VOTE IS IS REALLY UP ON THIS DAIS NOW.
SO I DON'T WANT TO CREATE THIS FALSE HOPE.
I DO LOVE THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO BRING IT DOWN TO FIVE.
I'M SAYING NARROW IT DOWN TO THREE.
I LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE TOP THREE.
RIGHT. BECAUSE AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOP THREE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A RUNOFF.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS CREATING THAT ASPECT.
PERHAPS PERHAPS WHAT WE CAN DO IS HAVE THAT ONE MEETING WHERE WE SELECT THE INDIVIDUAL AS OPPOSED TO HAVING IT DURING A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
BECAUSE IF IF WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT YOU HAVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO COME SPEAK FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, THAT'S THREE MINUTES PER. WE COULD BE HERE A WHILE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS ALREADY THINKING.
I WAS ALREADY THINKING COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I WAS ALREADY THINKING. TAKING A DAY OFF AND FROM MORNING TILL EVENING, MEETING WITH EACH PERSON AND ASKING THEM POINTED QUESTIONS ON THEIR THOUGHTS ON HOW THEY SEE THE CITY, ON HOW THEY REPRESENT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THINGS THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. WHAT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, RIGHT? AND I WAS THINKING OF DOING THAT INSTEAD OF IN A PUBLIC LIGHT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A JOB INTERVIEW, YOU'RE QUITE FRANKLY, YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE PERSON IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT WHEN IT'S ONE ON ONE.
GOING TO SEE THE PERSON AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE GOING TO ASK FOR.
THAT DISCERNMENT TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME.
AND SO THAT'S HOW I SAW THIS PROCESS.
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YOU ALL KNOW MY MY MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.I LIKE THE PROCESS OF WINDING IT DOWN.
YOU SAY FIVE, IT COULD BE THREE.
IF YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT.
YES, SIR. I WANT TO HEAR FROM DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, BUT I FOLLOW THAT.
NO, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE ALL ALL THREE OF US ARE IN AGREEMENT.
WE SHOULD CERTAINLY NARROWED DOWN TO A SMALLER NUMBER.
A QUESTION, IF I MAY ASK MISS LAFLEUR A QUESTION.
HOW MANY APPLICATIONS HAVE YOU RECEIVED? WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING THOSE JUST BEST INTEREST.
WE HAVE A LIST RUNNING RIGHT NOW THAT 13 ARE CURRENTLY ON A LIST RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. SO SO THOSE ARE EXPRESSED INTEREST, RIGHT? SO 13 AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN RECEIVED THAT.
SO TAKING APPLICATION JUST I MEAN, I KIND OF KNEW THE ANSWER.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S PUBLICLY STATED.
SO THE PROCESS WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE OR THE RANKING PROCESS, THE RANKING SHEET PROCESS, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED 2 OR 3 PAGES.
WE TYPICALLY USE TWO ONE PAGE, RIGHT? SO REALLY IT WOULD MAKE IT VERY MESSY.
IT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE.
I DO AGREE WE CAN USE THAT PROCESS.
HOWEVER NUMBER WE HAVE THE TOP FIVE MAYOR SAID TOP THREE.
THAT'S EVEN WELL IT MAKES WOULD MAKE ALL YOU KNOW, ALL THE PROCESS A LOT EASIER BUT I'M OKAY WITH TOP FIVE THEN FROM THERE.
NOW HOW DO WE GO FROM THERE? I LIKE THE IDEA.
I PERSONALLY WOULD SUPPORT THE IDEA.
THOSE TOP FIVE JUST LIKE THE PROCESS OF SELECTING A.
A CITY MANAGER OR SAY SOME OF OUR YOU KNOW, AND IT'S CONDUCTED AS SUCH.
NOW, RATHER, THE PUBLIC SUPPORT ONE OVER THE OTHER.
AND I SEE THE CONCERN, MAYOR, BUT I, I PERSONALLY THINK IT WOULDN'T HURT TO STILL DO WHAT YOU DO IN TERMS OF MEETING THOSE INDIVIDUALS SEPARATELY. YOU KNOW, ONE ON ONE BASIS, WHICH I'VE DONE AS WELL.
AND WELL, I'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND I'M RIGHT OPEN ANYONE THAT APPROACHED ME.
I WILL MAKE THE TIME I MAKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY YOU ELECTED ME FOR I WOULD CREATE THE TIME, MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO MEET WITH YOU AND HEAR YOU OUT AND SHARE MY VIEWS OF THE POSITION AND HOW I WOULD WHAT MY VIEW IS OF THAT INDIVIDUAL, THAT COLLEAGUE I WOULD CALL A COLLEAGUE AND WORK TOGETHER TO ADVANCE PALM BAY.
I WOULD SUPPORT ONCE WE NARROW IT DOWN TO THAT FIVE OR OR 3 OR 5.
SEE, THERE'S THERE'S WHERE I, YOU KNOW, I'M TEETER TOTTERING AND I.
WHAT WE MAY HAVE MAY BE CREATING IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CAMPAIGN IN FRONT OF US.
AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT'S GOING TO BE A CAMPAIGN.
YOU'VE BEEN IN A CAMPAIGN IN FRONT OF MANY PEOPLE, BUT YET IT'LL BE A CAMPAIGN AND IT COULD TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK WE ARE CONSIDERING NOW.
MY CONCERNS IS WE'RE CREATING AN ARENA OF CAMPAIGN.
SO WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO TO MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT CREATED THEN? SO I LIKE BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO BRING LIKE I SAID, I WASN'T GOING TO I WASN'T GOING TO SAY IT WAS PERFECT, BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO BRING BRING SOMETHING.
I THINK I THINK NARROWING DOWN TO FIVE.
BUT KEEP IN MIND, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING AS A THREE.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING NARROWING IT DOWN TO THREE GENTLEMEN, BECAUSE IF YOU GO FIVE, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS MAY NOT WORK AT THIS TIME. RIGHT. BUT IDEALLY, OUR BROTHER COUNCILMAN FOSTER COME BACK AND IT'LL IT'LL HELP OUT.
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SO I THINK IF WE GO, HOWEVER YOU DECIDE 3 OR 5.I'M GOOD. EITHER WAY, I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE OPTION.
AND AND NOT TURN IT INTO A WHAT THEY'RE CAMPAIGNING I'M TALKING ABOUT AN INTERVIEW PROCESS.
WE SHOULD ALREADY COME UP HERE.
HAVING HAD THOSE INTERVIEWS IN OUR HEARTS, WE'RE GOING TO SELECT THE RIGHT CANDIDATE IN OUR HEARTS.
OKAY. NOT NOT NOT A CAMPAIGN ISSUE THAT'S GOING ON.
OKAY. BUT IN OUR HEARTS, THEY WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US.
SO I'VE MET WITH MISS JANICE AND, UM, AARON PA AND A FEW OTHERS.
I'M FINE WITH IT. I'M FINE WITH IT.
YEAH. SO WE JUST NARROW IT DOWN TO WHAT NUMBER DO YOU.
I SAY FIVE. BUT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN REGARDS TO THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT.
SO YES, SIR. SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? STAY, STAY WITH FIVE.
YES, SIR. OKAY. THEN WE'LL WE'LL GO WITH FIVE.
JUST. THERE WERE A NUMBER TO ME.
OKAY, YOU GOT IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH FIVE.
IT'LL DWINDLE DOWN TO FIVE AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO INTERVIEW THEM AND WE'LL MAKE OUR SELECTION.
I JUST I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
WE ARE GOING TO NARROW IT DOWN TO FIVE AT THE APRIL 6TH COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THEN ARE WE STILL HOLDING THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 13TH? WILL SOLVE THAT. ONLY SOLVE IT THAT SAME DAY OR I DON'T MIND MEETING.
I DON'T MIND HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING JUST TO.
THIS IS WHO? OR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? WE SOLVED IT THAT DAY.
IS IT AN ADVERTISING ISSUE? OH, NO.
SO ARE YOU GOING TO THAT DATE, SELECT THE PERSON OR ARE YOU GOING TO NARROW IT TO FIVE AND THEN HAVE THOSE FIVE COME BACK? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING CONFUSED.
SO. SO ARE YOU DECIDING NOT TO NARROW IT DOWN AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SELECT ON THAT DAY? MY MY THOUGHT MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS APRIL 13TH.
THE REASON AND WHAT I WAS THINKING, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON A DIFFERENT WAVELENGTH.
I HAVE FROM APRIL 6TH TO APRIL 13TH TO MEET WITH THE FIVE PEOPLE, SPEAK WITH THEM.
THE DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICATIONS, ALL THE APPS IS GOING TO BE MARCH 29TH.
OKAY. SO THE THE APRIL 6TH MEETING, IT WAS GOING TO BE THE.
AND IF WE'RE PUTTING ANY LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT HOW THE RANKING IS GOING TO GO, I BELIEVE.
I'M SORRY. I BELIEVE. I'M SORRY I MISSPOKE.
THE FINAL READING WAS GOING TO BE THE MARCH.
THE APRIL 6TH. SO WE MAY HAVE TO DO THE FINAL READING ON APRIL.
YES, IF WE MAKE A CHANGE BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY TALKED TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I AM NOT CLEAR, AS CLEAR AS MUD RIGHT NOW TO ME AS FAR AS WHAT EXACTLY YOU ALL ARE PROPOSING.
SO HERE, HELP ME A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE.
HERE, LET ME LET ME BREAK IT DOWN.
MADAM. MADAM ATTORNEY, WE ARE ON APRIL 6TH.
NOW, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, FOR THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BETWEEN MARCH 20TH 9TH OR MARCH 30TH AND APRIL 6TH OR FIFTH OR SIXTH FOR ME, I'M GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE APPLICANTS THAT.
BETWEEN THERE AND THEN THAT'LL HELP ME RANK MY TOP FIVE.
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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND THEN AFTER THE TOP FIVE, WE CAN COME BACK FOR A SPECIAL MEETING IF YOU WANT.OR WE COULD HAVE IT ON THE 16TH.
UH, IF THERE'S STILL TIME ON THE 16TH OF APRIL AND WE COULD MAKE THE SELECTION AT THAT MEETING.
OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I GOT CONFUSED ABOUT.
IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE GETTING RID OF THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, BUT WE HAD THIS RANKED TOP FIVE.
AND SO IF. IF YOU RANKED TOP FIVE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PICK.
SO I GUESS THAT'S WHERE WE AT.
SO WHEN ARE WE SELECTING? APRIL 13TH.
APRIL 13TH. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
WELL, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE 16TH.
WE'LL HAVE THE TOP FIVE RIGHT THERE.
YEAH. YEAH. IT MUST BE A SUNDAY FOR ME.
I KNOW. I MUST BE DOING SOMETHING ON THE 16TH.
WE'LL DECIDE FROM THE TOP FIVE.
APRIL 6TH, WE'LL HAVE THE TOP FIVE.
APRIL 13TH, WE WILL VOTE THE TOP FIVE.
RANDY FOSTER WILL BE PART OF THIS.
SO ADVERTISEMENT. WISE ARE WE GOOD? TERRY AND WE'LL DO ANOTHER FIRST READING ON THE ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE.
OKAY. SO THE FIRST SO WHAT WAS GOING TO BE THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE? ON MARCH 16TH? WE'LL DO A FIRST READING AGAIN, ADVERTISE IT FOR A SECOND READING ON APRIL 6TH.
MR JOHNSON. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT? DEPUTY MAYOR. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, AS YOU STATED BEFORE, ALL COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN FOSTER CERTAINLY ASKED THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
UM. AS HE IS GOING THROUGH THIS THIS TIME OF CHALLENGE.
MY SECOND POINT, I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO TO REALLY RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF.
OUR CHIEF. I'M BUILDING, OFFICER.
LITERALLY THE WORD I RECEIVED A TEXT SAID VAL IS THE MAN AND HE REALLY GOT THIS UNDER CONTROL.
SO, SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTED TO OUR CITY AND MAKE MAKING MAKING US BETTER.
BETTER. EVERY EVERY EVERY DAY.
CERTAINLY WE WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM MISS SHERMAN HER STAFF, BUT EXCELLENCE AND YOU TRULY ARE A TRUE EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT IS EXCEEDING EXCEEDING EVERY EVERY DAY AT WHAT YOU DO AND YOUR STAFF AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES SO FOR ME, GENTLEMEN, AS YOU ARE AWARE.
THERE'S THERE'S ALWAYS A DIFFICULT TIME THAT WE PUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN.
THEY'RE CONSTANTLY ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT PROTECTING LIFE.
THEY THEY CANNOT BE COMPLACENT WHEN THEY'RE OUT PROTECTING OUR CITY.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMMEND OUR SWAT TEAM FOR EXECUTING AND PROTECTING LIFE AND COMING THROUGH AND THOSE MEMBERS.
I KNOW IT TAKES THIS TOLL ON YOU AND THE FAMILY, BUT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR GREAT CITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND OUR SWAT TEAM AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.
AND NOW WE'RE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS.
[ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ACTUALLY HAVE THREE ITEMS, BUT EACH OF US ARE GOING TO TAKE ONE, SO IT'LL BE FUN.THERE IS A SENATE BILL 102 WITH COMPANION HOUSE BILL 627 THAT'S CALLED THE LIVE LOCAL ACT.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS DOING, IT IS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE SOME OF THE STATE REGULATIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE THEY CAN GO IN YOUR CITY AND WHAT IT SPECIFICALLY WOULD DO IF APPROVED AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, IS IT WOULD ALLOW FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO BE ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED IN ANY OF YOUR COMMERCIAL ZONES, ANY OF YOUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS WITHOUT COUNCIL OR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARDS
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HAVING ANY SAY. SO NORTHPORT REACHED OUT TO US AND ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF OUR CHALLENGES WE'RE ALL WORKING TO OVERCOME. WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT TONIGHT THAT ALL TIED TO OUR LIMITED COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS TO BEGIN WITH.AND SO THEY THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ASKED THE GDC COMMUNITIES IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO COME TOGETHER AND WRITE A LETTER OF REQUEST FOR SOME LANGUAGE CHANGE THAT ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDES THE GDC COMMUNITIES AND CALLS THEM OUT BY NAME, INCLUDING US.
SO EXCLUDES IT WOULD EXCLUDE US POTENTIALLY IF ADOPTED THAT WAY, EXCLUDE US FROM THIS PROPOSAL.
IT APPEARS THEY HAVE SOME SUPPORT TO POSSIBLY GET THIS DONE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO WORD IT.
AND ESSENTIALLY THEY SAY IN OUR PRE-PLOTTED MUNICIPALITIES, WHICH CURRENTLY HAVE VERY LIMITED COMMERCIAL SITES FOR DEVELOPMENT, THIS PREEMPTION OF CONTROL OVER SITES CURRENTLY ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USES WILL CREATE AN ACUTE CONFLICT BETWEEN OUR TWIN POLICY GOALS OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT VERSUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SAYING WE DON'T WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT WIPE OUT POTENTIALLY OUR COMMERCIAL THAT'S AVAILABLE AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A SAY AT YOUR LEVEL AS TO WHERE IT COULD GO IN THE FUTURE.
AND IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT, WE'LL GET THAT SENT OUT TOMORROW.
OKAY. AND. AND I'LL SEND AN EXTRA LETTER.
THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, JOAN.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, WE CAME BEFORE YOU FOR THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES SOME MONTHS AGO, AND ONE OF THOSE PRIORITIES WAS TO SEEK APPROPRIATIONS OR GRANT SUPPORT FOR THE RAYS GRANT.
AND THE RAYS GRANT WOULD BE INTENDED FOR THE SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE I'M SORRY, MALABAR ROAD WIDENING.
SO THE GRANT OPENED AND WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS, WORKED WITH OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE LOBBYISTS, WORKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS, AND IDENTIFIED A SECTION OF MALABAR ROAD FROM MINTON TO JUPITER FOR A FOUR LANE WIDENING.
UM, WE HAD ORIGINALLY PUT IN FOR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FOR ALL PHASES FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH, FROM MINTON TO JUPITER AND THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THE SEGMENT FROM MINTON TO I'M SORRY RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FOR MINTON TO SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PHASE FROM MINTON TO JUPITER BOULEVARD.
WITH THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION OF BEING 8.5 ALMOST 8.6 MILLION FROM 3 TO 907 AND 3 TO 908 TIFF.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE.
27.5 MILLION, ALMOST 28MM WOULD COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF AWARDED.
AND OUR MATCH WOULD ACTUALLY BE 6.99 OR ABOUT 7 MILLION IF YOU ROUND IT UP.
AND IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE NOT JUST RIGHT OF WAY AND CONSTRUCTION.
WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO FACTOR IN THE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING INSPECTION COSTS AS WELL.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR CHANCES ARE.
WE'VE HEARD THAT ONLY ABOUT FOUR, 3 OR 4 APPLICATIONS IN FLORIDA ARE TYPICALLY AWARDED.
SO THAT'S OUR UPDATE AS FAR AS THE GRANT APPLICATION GOES.
AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE CHANGE IN THE ALLOCATION OF THE TIFF.
YOU KNOW WHAT, MA'AM? I HAVE TO COMMEND YOUR HARD WORK IN THIS.
I KNOW YOU BURNED THE MIDNIGHT HOUR AND YOU BEAT THE CLOCK, MA'AM.
BECAUSE THIS OPPORTUNITY WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN.
BUT WE WOULDN'T BE IN IT IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
YOU ARE A TRUE BLESSING TO NOT ONLY OUR TEAM BUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS GIANCARLO BROWN.
THANK YOU. YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH, BUT I WAS GOING TO THANK HER.
THIS HAS BEEN A MARATHON EFFORT.
JOAN WAS LEADING IT. LOTS OF PEOPLE GOT PULLED INTO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, INPUT.
MASSIVE, MASSIVE APPLICATION PROCESS.
BUT YES, YOU HEARD THE GOOD NEWS.
THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED TO DEDICATE FOR THE MATCH CAN BASICALLY ALL COME OUT OF IMPACT FEES.
SO THAT WAS GOOD NEWS. NO GENERAL FUND NEEDED.
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SO THAT WAS EXTRA GOOD.BURAK. YOUR MARINE CORPS HUSBAND UNDERSTANDS THAT.
THANK YOU, SIR. AND LASTLY, I'LL HAVE JULIET GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME PROCUREMENT ITEMS. I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ALL THIS EVENING ABOUT OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WHICH I KNOW WE ARE ALL PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO.
SO WE ACTUALLY WENT AHEAD AND ORDERED PUT THE VEHICLES ON ORDER.
BUT THEN AS WE WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CHARGERS, WE RAN INTO A SLIGHT SNAG, WHICH IS THAT THE CHARGERS THAT WE HAVE THE BUDGET FOR HAVE TO BE LEVEL TWO CHARGERS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED FOR OVERNIGHT CHARGING.
SO INSTEAD, WHAT WE DID IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FACILITIES AND FLEET, WE WENT AHEAD AND MOVED FORWARD WITH PURSUING ONE ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND KEEPING THE CHARGING STATION OUT HERE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS A LEVEL TWO CHARGING STATION.
BUT PIVOTING TO A HYBRID, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE THREE F-150 HYBRIDS AND 15 HYBRID MAVERICKS AND STILL HAVE SAVINGS IN THE BUDGET AND STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR OTHER ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS, WHICH WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT LOCATIONS.
WE ALSO HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH FPL ON THEIR PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY COME OUT AND DO A FREE ANALYSIS OF WHERE THEIR WHERE BEST FIT FOR BOTH OUR CHARGING NEEDS, CURRENT POWER AVAILABILITY, ABILITY TO BRING IN TRANSFORMERS FOR MORE POWER, WHERE THAT WOULD ALL BE LOCATED IN THE CITY.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON PURSUING THAT.
IT IS GOING TO BE OFF THE SAME CONTRACT THAT YOU ALL LOOKED AT THIS EVENING FOR THE VOLUSIA COUNTY CONTRACT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION CONTRACT AND THE STATE CONTRACT, WHICH YOU PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED US TO USE FOR ANY VEHICLES.
IT'S NOT THOSE VEHICLES WERE NOT LISTED IN OUR REQUEST FOR APPROVAL.
YOU'VE APPROVED THAT CONTRACT TWICE BEFORE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE IT FOR YOU ALL.
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION AND GIVING YOU A THUMBS UP ON THE OUTSTANDING JOB.
SO HYBRIDS ARE THE WAY TO GO, HUH? HYBRIDS ARE THE WAY TO GO.
HYBRIDS ARE THE WAY TO GO FOR THIS OPERATION.
BUT WE ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A WAY TO BRING ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTO OUR FLEET.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, I COULD GO ON AND ON AND TALK ABOUT THIS.
IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO LEARN.
PUBLIC WORKS HAS A GREAT LOCATION WHERE WE COULD CONSIDER ADDING A CHARGING STATION, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER CHARGING STATION OUTSIDE OF THE GATES SO THAT THE PUBLIC COULD USE IT AS WELL, SO THAT IT COULD BE REVENUE GENERATING WHILE STILL CHARGING OUR VEHICLES OVERNIGHT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE STRATEGY WE'RE PURSUING.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. OUTSTANDING.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORTS, MADAM? THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH.
NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH.
ANY SPEAKER CARDS? ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK?
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]
A STEP FORWARD. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC, MA'AM? THERE'S A MIC RIGHT THERE.
362 LABA ROAD, PALM PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF REQUESTS THAT I'M MAKING.
I'VE JUST MOVED HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND MY MOM TOLD ME THAT.
IT WAS, I GUESS KENNY, SHE SAID.
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DID THE ROAD OF DE GROOT.IT WAS ALL A COUNCIL. WELL, I'M NEW TO THE AREA, SO.
NO, I WAS WAITING FOR IT BECAUSE I WAS THERE FOR A WHILE AND I COULDN'T SEE IT COME.
I'M NOT SURE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ROAD.
IT'S MALABAR ROAD, BUT THE CANAL THAT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF REPAIR.
UM, COULD YOU LOOK INTO THAT FOR ME, PLEASE? ALSO ROAD WHERE IT'S KIND OF JUST BY HERE.
THAT JUST BY THE CANAL GOING DOWN.
STRAIGHT AHEAD. SO THAT THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE ROUGH FOR A WHILE.
OKAY. ALSO, I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ATTRACT, LIKE, WHOLE FOODS TO THE CITY AND A SHOPPING CENTER LIKE ROOSEVELT FIELD MALL? UM. KIND OF MISS SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
AND I THINK THE COMPOUND, BECAUSE I LIVE CLOSER TO THAT AREA WITH THAT SPACE, THAT 200 MILE SPACE NOT BEING USED, I THINK THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER MAYBE A TANGO MALL OR ROOSEVELT FIELD.
YES, MA'AM. WE'RE WITH YOU ON THE WHOLE FOODS.
I HAVE TO DRIVE TO WEST PALM BEACH FOR THAT, AND I GO TO RIVIERA ON WEEKENDS TO SHOP, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND SOME MONEY IN THE CITY BECAUSE I LIVE HERE. WE DO HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT TRIES TO RECRUIT THOSE BUSINESSES.
BUT WE'RE RIGHT ALONG WITH YOU.
WE COULD USE, YOU KNOW, MY PERSONAL FAVORITES.
WHITE CASTLE HAMBURGERS, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S A SHAKE SHACK FOR ME.
YEAH. SO SOME OF THOSE WE COULD USE AROUND HERE.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, ARE YOU GUYS WORKING ON THAT OR.
YES, MA'AM. WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON.
WE TRUST US, WE WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE MORE COMMERCIAL.
AND BUT, YOU KNOW, MOREOVER THAN THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
LISTENING. GO 570 SHERMAN STREET, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY.
AND MY COMMENT HAS TO DO AGAIN WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT I WORKED.
SO THIS IS JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
WHAT THEY DID IS WHITTLE IT DOWN TO THREE AND THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THE WHOLE BOARD IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD SIT WITH EACH ONE OF THOSE THREE ONE BY ONE, AND YOU ALL ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS OF ALL THE APPLICANTS AND YOU'RE ALL HEARING THE SAME THING.
AND THEN YOU GET TO DISCUSS AFTERWARDS PROS AND CONS AND LIKE HOW YOU DO YOUR DISCUSSIONS HERE.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL.
ANYONE ELSE AFTER MR. OLSZEWSKI? OKAY.
YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
SOMEONE THAT COOKS. SOMEONE THAT COOKS.
RANDALL OLSHEVSKY ON TOP OF BEING VERY PROUD OF MY POLISH LAST NAME.
I HAPPEN TO LIVE AT THREE, FOUR, EIGHT BROOK STREET NORTHEAST.
I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT MYSELF FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES, BUT MAN, HOW ABOUT FORD MOTOR COMPANY? FORD MOTOR COMPANY COMING THROUGH.
ALWAYS PROVIDING FOR THE COMMUNITIES, FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES PURSUIT RATED VEHICLES, WHICH WE SHOULD LOOK INTO, THE HYBRID SUV, POLICE INTERCEPTORS.
SO LET'S GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE SITUATED.
LET'S GET HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN.
LET'S FIGURE OUT CHARGING STATIONS THAT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME LEVEL TWOS AVAILABLE AT THE COMMUNITY.
FORD DEALERSHIPS WILL TAKE CARE OF THE FAST CHARGERS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO KUDOS TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY.
THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO THANK YOU GENTLEMEN VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK THIS EVENING, ALL THE WORK YOU DO ON ALL THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT ALL YOUR WORK THIS EVENING ON NARROWING DOWN THAT APPLICATION PROCESS, MAKING IT THE MOST FAIR, THE MOST AMICABLE, THE MOST TRANSPARENT PROCESS POSSIBLE.
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I WILL SAY, MR. MAYOR, I WAS NOT INTENDING TO GIVE A CAMPAIGN SPEECH TO YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE EARLIER IN MY COMMENT SECTION, BUT SIMPLY BRINGING TRANSPARENCY IF ANYBODY COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS AND FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER DOESN'T KNOW WHO RANDALL OLSZEWSKI IS, I THINK THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE FOREIGN TO THE PROCESS.AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE LIST.
I THINK THIS IS JUST SOME SOME NICE PEOPLE THAT DECIDED TO HANG OUT.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR EVERY ONE OF MY BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
AND IF NOT TO YOU GUYS, PARTICULARLY A PSA TO EVERYBODY, COME PUT THE TIME IN.
OKAY? COME PUT IN THE HOURS AND PROVE THAT YOU ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE COMMUNITY.
PROVE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE ROAD BOND PROGRAM IS.
PROVE THAT YOU LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME CORRECTION TO MR. MAYOR. I NOTICE YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SELLING OF ALCOHOL AND STUFF LIKE THIS.
WE CAME IN THIS ORGANIZATION IN 2020 BASICALLY TO GIVE THE STUFF AWAY.
AND THAT'S MY HEART IN THIS COMMUNITY OF PALM BAY.
WHEN THE PANDEMIC WAS CRAZY AND PEOPLE WAS SHUTTING THEMSELVES OUT AND KIND OF GETTING DEPRESSED, I THINK, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM TO THE PARK ONCE A MONTH ON, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BRING THEIR WALLET.
I WAS TOLD BY THE PARK DEPARTMENT A FEW A FEW DAYS AGO, WELL BEFORE THAT, BUT A FEW DAYS AGO IT WAS CONSISTENT THAT I NEED TO GET A GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE WITH AN ALCOHOL COVERAGE ON IT.
SO I DID GOT IT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
SO WHEN I SUBMITTED IT, I ASKED THE QUESTION, IF I GOT THIS GENERAL INSURANCE BECAUSE I CAN SELL FOOD AND ALCOHOL BECAUSE I DIDN'T THOUGHT WE REQUIRED IT WHEN WE'RE GIVING THE STUFF AWAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE COSTING ME LIKE NEARLY $2,000 A YEAR.
SO I ASKED THE QUESTION IN AN EMAIL TO THE PARK AUTHORITY IF I GOT THIS POLICY FOR GENERAL LIFE POLICY, CAN I SELL FOOD AND LIQUOR AT THIS TIME? WE DIDN'T GET THE ANSWER YET, BUT THIS IS JUST A QUESTION I ASKED BECAUSE I HAVE NO INTENTION OF SELLING FOOD AND ALCOHOL IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE CO SPONSOR EVENT, BECAUSE I THOUGHT ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION GOT GET A CO SPONSOR.
PARTNERSHIP IN THIS CITY SHOULD NEVER SELL ALCOHOL OR FOOD TO OUR CITIZENS BECAUSE IT'S A YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S A GOOD THOUGHT OF THE CITY TO EVEN GIVE YOU THAT PORTFOLIO THAT YOUR CO SPONSOR SO YOU SHOULD NEVER SELL AT THAT EVENT IF YOU ARE DOING A CO SPONSOR EVENT, IF YOU'RE DOING A SPECIAL EVENT WHERE YOU KNOW, FUNDRAISING INVOLVED AND STUFF, THAT'S FINE.
YOU GET YOUR RIGHT PERMIT, GET YOUR RIGHT INSURANCE AND SELL WHAT YOU WANT.
THANK YOU. WELL, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU, I'M WELL AWARE OF HOW MUCH THOSE THOSE LIABILITY INSURANCE COSTS.
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AND SO I THINK YOU GOT A PRETTY GOOD DEAL IF THAT THAT WAS THE CASE.THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.