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YOU.ONE. I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.
YOU MEAN THEY WERE AWESOME? I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE.
HERE. THAT WAS SOME FUN STUFF THERE.
SEE. WHAT ELSE DO WE LIKE THAT WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE DOING? THANK THE T SHIRTS.
EVENTS THAT WE CAN WITHDRAW OUR.
NOT. SO THAT AND I THINK THE FACT THAT IT WAS ON CITY HALL AND THE.
LOCATED HERE. EVENT COORDINATOR.
THE. ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE.
IT GAVE US A PRESENCE THAT LED I THINK IT MADE IT OBVIOUS.
THOUGHT THE SPEAKERS WERE REALLY GOOD.
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DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT SERIES GOING.AND THE RAIN BARRELS. WE COULD HAVE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF RAIN BARRELS.
PEOPLE WERE JUST WAITING FOR THOSE.
SO I HAD ONE OF THE GUYS TALK ME OUT OF THE ONE THAT I GOT.
I GOT TO DELIVER IT TO HIM NOW.
HE GOT TO. BUT I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THE SPEAKER SERIES WAS GREAT.
EVERYTHING WAS PERTINENT. EVERYTHING WAS DEFINITELY PERTINENT TO WHAT WE WE WANTED IT TO BE.
I'M REFERRING TO THE WORKSHOPS.
YEAH, THE, THE, YEAH, THE SPEAKERS.
AND INITIALLY I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE WAS THERE WAS GOOD ATTENDANCE FOR ALL OF THE ALL OF THE SESSIONS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS FROM THE THE PLAN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS AND WITH THE GARDEN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS KIND OF MAYBE, MAYBE A SHORT WORKSHOP ON, HEY, THESE ARE THE FIVE EASY THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO TO GET STARTED.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'LL BE FOR FUTURE.
BUT DEFINITELY THE SPEAKERS WERE GREAT.
SOME. DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY.
REALLY, REALLY JOYFUL. I AGREE.
RAIN BARRELS I THOUGHT WERE STELLAR.
REALLY LOVE TO HAVE THAT GROUP BACK.
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME THEY WENT BY.
BUT AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY, REALLY LIKED WAS THE LOCATION.
I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WE HAD KIND OF LIKE THAT WAS.
WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAVE THOUSANDS.
FOR A FEW YEARS AND THAT'S OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS JUST A PERFECT LOCATION FOR IT.
AND IT FELT GOOD TO DO SOMETHING HERE AT CITY HALL.
SO I WAS REALLY, REALLY HAPPY.
UM, I AGREE WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS HAD A CHANCE TO INTERACT IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY REALLY WERE FRIENDLY.
AND THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I THINK THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY LAST MINUTE AND FOR THE RECORD, WE CAN BLEND TOGETHER.
SO WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT MAYBE WE DID THAT WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T DO AGAIN? THAT, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE.
ENOUGH. WELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE FOOD TRUCKS, MORE FOOD TRUCKS NEXT TIME BECAUSE.
STICK AROUND FOR ALL THE CLEANUP.
RAISING QUESTIONS FROM SEVERAL OF US WAS THE BUBBLES, YOU KNOW, THE FOAMY STUFF THAT WAS LIKE ON THE LAWN AND DIDN'T SEEM TO BE. NATURAL.
BUT WE. THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO SEND A LIST OR KRISTEN WAS GOING TO RESEARCH THAT.
I THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE INVITED TO THE EVENT.
BUBBLES PRESENT A CONFLICT BETWEEN ME AND MY CHILDREN.
THE PROBABLE. UM, I'M STILL BUYING GROCERIES, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO ONLY SAY IT REMINDED ME OF APRIL UP NORTH WHEN THE SNOW WAS FILTHY. BUT IT'S STILL THERE BECAUSE KIDS ROLL ALONG AND GET DIRTIER AND DIRTIER AND JUST LIKE, WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT?
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MY KIDS WERE GROSS. THEY WERE.I WONDER WHAT THEY WHAT THEY ARE.
I WAS YEAH, BUT IN TERMS OF THE ZERO WASTE, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TAKES SOME PLANNING AND I, I WONDERED THROUGHOUT AND THEN LOOKING AFTERWARDS, WE USED YELLOW TOP BINS.
WHICH INDICATE TO MOST PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE RECYCLING BINS, BUT THEY THEY WERE NOT.
THE TWO GENTLEMEN, TWO BOYS THAT WERE THERE WERE AMAZING.
THEY WERE THEY THEY WERE JUST READY TO TO DO ANYTHING THAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME SOMEONE MONITOR THAT.
THERE WOULD BE NEED TO BE MORE SIGNAGE.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAIR YELLOW TOPS WITH GREEN TOPS TO TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY WHAT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO RECYCLE, BUT WE HAD NO INTENTION OF THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE BAGS INSIDE OF THE BINS AND.
THIS OBVIOUSLY OUR FIRST SHOT, BUT.
YEAH, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE MAYBE A ALLOWED TO HAVE COMMITTEES LIKE A SUB.
I EVEN TALK WITH, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH BROOKLYN OR WHOEVER TO.
IT LIKE LOOK AT A PLAN FOR THAT.
IT REALLY IS. BUT YOU I MEAN, IT CAN BE DONE.
AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF WASTE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF PACKAGING AND WASTE.
IT WAS LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, A LOT A LOT OF WATER BOTTLES AND THEN JUST WHAT LITTLE WAS.
AND WE WE SPOKE EARLY ON ABOUT MAYBE SUGGESTING TO THESE VENDORS THAT THEY TRY TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR THEM, IT'S CHEAPER TO GO ZERO WASTE IF THEY IF THEY MINIMIZE THEIR PACKAGING, IT'S CHEAPER FOR THEM.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD CALL OUT.
I THINK I WAS GOING TO BRING UP AS WELL.
MY SON BEING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO THROW THIS AWAY, DAD.
AND BUT IT WAS IT WAS CONFUSING.
IT WAS LIKE. CYCLING BINS LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
THOSE ARE RECYCLING BINS. GOOD CATCH.
WHAT OTHER THINGS, IF ANY? WE THINK THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULDN'T REPEAT.
THE THINGS I HAVE DOCUMENTED ARE WE'D LIKE MORE FOOD TRUCKS IN THE FUTURE.
SO I GUESS IT'S MORE OF A START, BUT SAME IDEA.
A LITTLE IFFY ON THE BUBBLE, UH, GROUP AND THEN MAKING SURE WE HAVE MORE CLEAR SIGNAGE AND MORE APPROPRIATE BINS FOR DISPOSAL OF WASTE.
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS? BETTER AS FAR FROM A MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
ALWAYS HAVE VOTER REGISTRATION.
AND BEFORE YOU MADE THAT COMMENT, I WAS RAN THROUGH MY HEAD ABOUT THE SITE LOCATION.
I THOUGHT IT I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AND I'M KIND OF SEMI FAMILIAR WITH THE CAMPUS, BUT.
I MEAN, THE ONE THING ABOUT THAT AREA OUT THERE IS IT'S LITERALLY IN THE OPEN WITH NO SHADE.
AND IT FELT LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THE DAY, I WAS I WAS TOAST.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IF THERE IS ANOTHER LAYOUT BECAUSE I KNOW IT GETS SHADIER AS YOU.
CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH PARKING.
PARKING SEEMED FINE. AND THAT'S A BIG THING, I THINK.
BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT A AGAIN, I'M SEMI FAMILIAR WITH THE CAMPUS, BUT IF THERE WERE IF THERE WERE A WAY TO HAVE HAVE IT MORE SHADED.
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AND THAT THAT WAS JUST AN AN OLD MAN OBSERVATION AFTER THAT MANY HOURS OUT IN THE SUN.AND MY PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE? I'M LIKE, I THINK THAT'S FAIR.
BUT IT WAS STILL SUCH A GREAT DAY THAT THAT THAT IS NOT ON THE TOP OF THE.
I WOULD EVEN SAY EVEN IF WE DIDN'T MOVE LOCATIONS, IT COULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
IN THE TIME OF THE YEAR ISN'T THE WORST.
MAYBE FANS. LIKE A PLACE TO COOL OFF.
PARKS LIKE SHOOT WATER AT YOU AND YOU'RE LIKE.
SACHSE. UM, THAT SMELLS LIKE IRRIGATION, BUT STILL HEAVEN.
I HADN'T FULLY EXPLORED IT AND I STILL HAVEN'T.
SOME ACTIVITIES IN THERE IF WE EXPAND IN SIZE.
BUT THE. AS ITSELF HAS ROOM FOR US TO EXPAND INTO STILL.
I'D BE A LITTLE CONCERNED, JUST THROWN OUT THERE TO IMPACT VISIBILITY ON THE ROAD.
BUT. THIS IS A GOOD OBSERVATION.
UM, MOVING A LITTLE BIT INTO NOW THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE NEXT YEAR.
AND ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT I'LL THROW OUT TO START THE CONVERSATION IS, UM.
CURRENTLY WE'RE HOLDING THE EVENT IN APRIL, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
I WONDER IF WE COULD MOVE THE EVENT TO THE LAST SATURDAY OF MARCH.
I KNOW. I'M. I KNOW I'M HERETICAL FOR A MOMENT.
WALK THROUGH THIS WITH ME. IT COULD BE OUR WAY OF BRINGING IN.
WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD BEAT THE RUSH OF EVENTS.
WE WOULDN'T REALLY BE COMPETING WITH EVENTS BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD A FEW DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE AT ANOTHER EVENT EARLIER THAT DAY OR OR THEY JUST MENTIONED OTHER EVENTS GOING ON THAT THAT DAY.
AND I KNOW WE'D HEARD FROM STAFF THAT IT WAS A BIT TOUGH TO GET VENDORS THAT DAY.
SO I'M WONDERING WHAT OUR THOUGHTS WOULD BE.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE BOARD.
I THINK THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WE MAY EVEN HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO IF WE WANTED TO.
WE'LL DOCUMENT IT NOW, AND MS..
SHERMAN CAN LET US KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING MORE SERIOUS THAN THAT.
BUT WHAT WOULD OUR THOUGHTS BE ABOUT MOVING IT TO PERHAPS PERMANENTLY OR AT LEAST TRYING IT NEXT YEAR TO THE LAST SATURDAY OF MARCH? HITTING THE PRE EARTH.
RUSH. IS THAT A THING? IT IS A THING.
NOW. I'M SURE IT'S A THING AMONGST VEGAN FOOD TRUCKS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ALL RIGHT.
WHAT ARE OUR THOUGHTS? IDEA AND WE COULD AMP IT UP WITH.
DOING EVERYTHING EARLY, LIKE ARBOR DAY.
EARLY. MOVING THE WHOLE MONTH OF APRIL.
AND TO MARCH TO JUST GET A JUMP ON IT.
I WAS AMAZED HOW MUCH WAS GOING ON THAT WEEK.
AND ABOUT EARTH DAY EVERY DAY.
A. I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY COOL.
AND IT LINES UP GOOD NEXT YEAR.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD WORK OUT WELL.
THE ONLY THING IS IF IT GETS TO LIKE A SATURDAY.
MIGHT BE WEIRD, BUT I THINK EITHER WAY, IT'S COOL TO OPEN UP.
AND TO BRING THAT, HEY, THESE ARE GOODS THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
PRACTICE. CYCLING IN THOSE KIND OF EFFORTS.
I LIKE THE IDEA. THOUGHT MAY HAVE CROSSED MY MIND.
I. THIS WOULD BE A DECISION I DO WANT US TO THINK ABOUT.
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ALTHOUGH IT WORKS OUT PERFECT NEXT YEAR, LET'S CONSIDER IT ON YEARS IN WHICH IT'S SIX DAYS AWAY.I PERSONALLY STILL THINK THAT'D BE FINE.
I DON'T. AVERAGE AUDIENCE CARES THAT MUCH.
WOULD EVEN MAKE THE MENTAL CONNECTION OR PROBABLY THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T NEED THE EVENT.
KIND OF LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION FOR THOSE.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING IN MY HEAD, LIKE EVEN IF IT WAS SIX DAYS AWAY.
IT TIES IN WITH OUR PROCLAMATION.
HE MADE THE PLAQUE PROCLAMATION.
ILLUMINATE THE FACT THAT IT'S A MONTH.
AND PERHAPS HAVING A KIDS BAND COME IN AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
PERHAPS WE COULD. BRING THAT IDEA AROUND AGAIN IF IT'S IN.
OTHER THINGS WE WANT TO START. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE CONSENSUS AROUND LAST SATURDAY OF MARCH.
WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT MR. I'LL WANT TO KNOW IF WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.
BUT BEFORE WE COME BACK TO THAT, OTHER THINGS WE WANT TO SEE ADDED.
ANYTHING BETTER WHEN YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF, LIKE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS HITTING DRUMS. OUR CHAIRPERSON OH, WERE YOU GOING TO HAVE THAT POSITION? CHAIR WE HAVE A MASCOT COSTUME.
I JUST GOT A NEW ONE. IT'S RC, THE RECYCLING CAT.
YOU MIGHT BE. I MIGHT FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR YOU TO BE CHAIRMAN THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
SO NOT INCLUDING THAT ON THE NOTES.
ANYTHING ELSE WE'D LIKE TO INCLUDE NEXT YEAR? YES, I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE, I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO DID THE VIDEO.
I WOULD LIKE TO BOOK THEM IN ADVANCE.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHO THEY WERE, BUT WE DO NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
THEY DID A. JOB WITH THAT VIDEO.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US USE THAT VIDEO THIS YEAR, I THINK.
ERIC ENOUGH THAT WE CAN DO THAT AND.
SO. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THEIR NAMES.
THEY STAFF. IT'S A VENDOR WE HAVE A CITY CONTRACT WITH THEIR THEIR NAME IS ONE FOR TWO PRODUCTIONS.
WE USE THEM FOR LOTS OF CITY EVENTS.
SO WE WOULD USE THEM AGAIN NEXT YEAR ANYWAY.
A GOOD GROUP. THEY WERE GOOD TO WORK WITH.
KNOW ABOUT A LOT. BUT ONE MORE THING.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID AT FLORIDA-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPE THAT TIES DIRECTLY INTO THIS IS WE HAD DONATIONS OF NATIVE PLANTS AND WE GAVE AWAY UPWARDS OF 5050 PLANTS AND IT WAS A FREE RAFFLE. SO IT GAVE IT GAVE EVERYONE A REASON TO STAY TO THE END, ESPECIALLY THE HARD CORE PEOPLE.
AND THEY WERE ALL DONATED BY, BY VENDORS AND.
SO IT'S DOABLE. IT WOULD JUST TAKE, YOU KNOW, SOLICITING THOSE NATIONS.
AND IF WE HAVE MORE NATIVE PLANT VENDORS PRESENT, THEN THAT'S THAT'S EVEN ALL THE MORE BETTER.
EVEN RAFFLE OFF OTHER ITEMS. I'D LIKE TO SEE US.
I DON'T. I DIDN'T REALLY LOOK AT THE VENDOR LIST.
BUT THAT'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE TODAY.
THAT WAY WE COULD CITY STAFF AWARE THAT 11 MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
AND WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'D LOVE TO DO NEXT YEAR? WEREN'T DOING THIS YEAR.
WE'RE FINISHING THE DISCUSSION.
MEMBER ZIEGLER FEEL THAT AND I DON'T KNOW THIS.
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WELL, I DID HELP UNLOAD THE RAIN BARRELS FROM THE TRUCK WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT CITY HALL DAY BEFORE THE EVENT.I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD SEE ASKED THE CITY IF THEY NEED HELP AND FIND OUT WHAT WE COULD DO EVEN AS MEMBERS WITHOUT ASKING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO VOLUNTEER.
IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT I ARRIVED THEN, BUT I WAS HAPPY TO DO IT.
THE IDEA OF MOVING THE EVENT TO THE END OF MARCH.
ALSO, I THINK THAT IT IS A VERY.
TO KEEP PROMOTING THE LOW IMPACT.
YOU SEE IF WE COULD SECURE NOW OR PLAN NOW FOR THERE TO BE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL AND WHAT OUR CITY'S DONE AND BY GOD'S GRACE, PERHAPS WILL HAVE AN EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, OF A DEVELOPER THAT'S USED THAT THOSE METHODS.
THAT'S. I HOPE THAT'S NOT A PIPE DREAM.
I HOPE THAT THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT PANS OUT AND WE CAN EVEN HAVE, EVEN IF IT'S JUST LIKE AN INFORMATIONAL BOARD SAYS, LIKE, LOOK WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW? LOOK, THEY'RE TREES, AREN'T TWIGS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
LIKE. UH, IT'S A GOOD CALL OUT.
OR. OUT OF THE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE KNOW THE DATE, WHICH I THINK IS GENIUS, SETTING IT EARLY.
WE KNOW THAT. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN START A BIT OF COMPETITION? WE WILL HIGHLIGHT OR HAVE A BOOTH.
A MOTION SOMEBODY THAT IS WORKING WITH THE CITY IN A IN A WAY.
ENCOURAGING. SOMETHING THAT WE CAN.
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I THINK IT'D BE COOL THAT WITH A LOT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS.I ALWAYS SAY LIKE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A BROAD.
UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE COOL TO LIKE, INVITE SOME OF THE DEALERSHIPS WHERE IT'S THE HYBRID.
LET'S. I THINK IT WOULD BE COOL TO HAVE, LIKE, A NICE LITTLE DISPLAY.
SURE. CHARGING STATIONS, STUFF LIKE THAT, AND KIND OF PROMOTE THAT ASPECT.
WAYS TO HAVE A MORE ELECTRIC, FRIENDLY OR ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY.
LIKE. UM, BUT I THINK THAT'D BE A COOL.
AND IF WE'RE DONE AT FRED, POPPY.
SEVEN. I'M JUST SAYING, I THINK IT'S A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT CALL OUT.
ONE SMALL, ONE SMALL THING IN TERMS OF THE FLOW.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE TENTS WERE, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OF INCIDENCES WHERE THE INSTRUCTOR FELT LIKE THEY WERE ON ANOTHER GRID FROM WHERE THE CROWD WAS, AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE RAIN BARREL WORKSHOPS, SHE KIND OF WALKED OUT AND KIND OF STOOD OUT IN THE SUN.
JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING LIKE THE TENT, BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE THERE'S LIKE 12FT OF SPACE BETWEEN.
I AGREE. AND IF WE DO, I DO IMAGINE WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE TO A PARK, PROBABLY PAVILIONS INSTEAD.
AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT COULD.
I'M TRACK WITH YOU. AND I AGREE WITH THE DELAY.
WELCOME. I CANNOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT.
THEY JUST TOLD ME WHERE TO BE. BUT BUT YES, I AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT WORKED OUT GREAT.
I'D ACTUALLY I KNOW THIS MAYBE ISN'T.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE THINGS THAT YOU TOO, AS WELL SAW THAT YOU THOUGHT WENT REALLY WELL.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE OR START NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE TWO OF YOU.
CHRIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? THANK YOU.
JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, WE DID BROOKLYN, DANIEL AND MYSELF.
WE DID HAVE AN AFTER ACTIONS MEETING TO DISCUSS, SO WE'RE KIND OF ON THE SAME.
IDEA ABOUT MOVING IT INTO THE END OF MARCH.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SMILING BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS.
WE WERE THINKING THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
UM, WE ALSO THOUGHT THE TIME THAT WE ALL AGREED ON FOR THIS FAIR WAS GOOD FOR FAMILIES.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST.
YOU KNOW, OUR TURNOUT WAS GREAT.
I'D I'D ASK DANIEL, I'D ASK BROOKLYN.
I WAS WALKING AROUND I THINK MAYBE A COUPLE HUNDRED ALTOGETHER CAME THROUGH.
SO THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, STAYING ON THAT TIMEFRAME.
WE DID ALSO DISCUSS THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING E AND WHERE WE MAY CONSIDER NEXT YEAR.
JUST IDEAS BEING THROWN OUT WITH NO BACKGROUND.
JUST LIKE JUST COMING UP WITH IDEAS.
IF THERE'S EVEN A WAY TO DO IT.
IDEA. OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS HAVE RED POPPY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO THINK OF.
AND IT TIES EVERYTHING IN TOGETHER.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.
DEFINITELY. ALSO PRE VOLUNTEER MEETING IDEA WITH GETTING EVERYONE MORE INVOLVED AND HAVING.
DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED AS WELL.
I CAN GET THEIR INGREDIENT PAPERWORK THAT I WAS PROMISED.
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I FORGET THE LADY'S NAME, SUPER FRIENDLY, FOLKS, BUT I DID DO MY OWN INVESTIGATION BECAUSE I WANTED TO FIND OUT MYSELF.DANIEL HAD SIGNED THEM ON LAST, LAST MINUTE, AND I'D ACTUALLY SEEN THEM A WEEK BEFORE AT THE.
SO I WAS LIKE, I KNOW YOU FOLKS.
GOOD AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
I KNOW I DID PROMISE TO GET THOSE.
AND I DO HAVE HER CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND I THINK I HAVE NOTES HERE, IF ANYTHING ELSE.
ONLY THING THAT REALLY STICKS OUT.
ANYTHING. I WILL ONCE I LEAVE.
BUT THOSE WERE THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT I HAVE TO ADD IN.
MUCH. AND I DO LOVE THE IDEA OF TURKEY CREEK, MAYBE EVEN LIKE, GUIDED TOURS.
JEREMY, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AS WELL.
AND I THINK MY BIGGEST REFLECTION ON ALL THIS, AS YOU ALL ARE VERY AWARE, IS WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE TIME TO PREPARE AND PLAN THIS TIME AROUND, WHICH MEANS WE CAN MAKE IT AN EVEN BIGGER EVENT, A MORE SUCCESSFUL EVENT, AND ADD A LOT MORE TO IT.
LIKE I SAID, I WAS ALREADY TRACKING THAT TIME FRAME WHEN WE SPOKE WITH DANIEL IN BROOKLYN, SO.
AND OF COURSE, I KNOW THAT HE ALREADY KNOWS WHAT NEXT YEAR'S EVENTS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE MORE INFORMATION YOU WALK AWAY WITH, THE EASIER LIFE IS.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, WOULD WE ALL BE GOOD WITH TURKEY CREEK? THAT WAS A GOOD LOCATION WE COULD SECURE NOW.
TWO IF WE COULD EXPAND OUR THINKING TO.
UH, HAVING TURKEY CREEK DAY INSTEAD OF HAVING ALL THESE.
HAVE REPETITIVE. THEY? COEXIST. DOING.
YOU. I APPRECIATE THE DESIRE FOR UNITY, AND I SELFISHLY DON'T LIKE THE IDEA BECAUSE I WANT TO DO OUR OWN THING AND BE REBELLIOUS YOUTH.
BUT I WONDER IF STAFF WOULDN'T MIND INVESTIGATING THAT AND JUST SEEING IF THAT'D BE A GOOD IDEA.
OH, SUSAN, I WANT IT MY WAY OR NO WAY.
I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M JUST KIDDING.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH, REALLY? I MEAN, I HADN'T TOLD THEM I WAS ON THE SUB OR ANYTHING.
SEE ANY TOOTING OF OUR OWN HORN AT OUR EVENT, THIS RECENT EVENT.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE.
SIGNAGE SAYING, WE DID THIS, WE'RE DOING THIS.
ALSO. WE HAVE IT AT TURKEY CREEK.
WELL, ACTUALLY, ANYWHERE WE HAVE IT, I'D LIKE TO SEE A WORKSHOP ON COMPOSTING.
YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FANCY CHICKEN WIRE.
EVENT SUSAN AND I WENT TO AT FIT.
UM, I WANT TO SAY AT LEAST ONE, MAYBE TWO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAD A TABLE.
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MUMBLING. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS PLASTIC, BUT SOME BLING.BUT IT JUST CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE COMING UP SAYING, WHAT IS THIS THING? DOING, AND IT WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE PLAN.
BUT HE PROBABLY ALREADY HAS SOME OF THAT STUFF.
OR PALM BAY. I'LL ONLY PUSH BACK AND SAY I'D RATHER NO BLING THAN PLASTIC BLING.
I JUST WANT THAT NOTED. BUT, UM.
BUT I DEFINITELY HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NATIVE PLANT DEMO GARDEN UPDATE.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD DEBRIEF.
I KNOW OUR STAFF IS WALKING AWAY WITH A LOT OF GOOD NOTES.
AMAZING ACTION ITEMS AS FAR AS LIKE BEING ABLE TO GRAB A LOCATION AND A NEW DATE.
THAT ALONE WILL MAKE THE PLANNING SO EXCELLENT.
BUT BUT AS WE MOVE ON, I REALLY WANT TO REITERATE.
STAFF DID A FANTASTIC JOB PUTTING TOGETHER AN AMAZING EVENT.
ABSOLUTELY. AND ALSO, I AM REALLY PROUD.
I MEAN, THIS BOARD HAS GOSH, I REMEMBER THESE.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR AMAZING GUEST.
I'D LOVE TO MAKE TIME FOR YOU BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
AND THAT'S LIKE BREAKING SOME RULES.
BUT AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TELL ANYBODY, I WON'T TELL ANYBODY.
HAVE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THIS ROOM BEFORE.
MY VOTING PRECINCT IS AT THE LIBRARY, SO I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER SPENT ANY TIME HERE, SO.
FRUSTRATED BY MY HOA, I FEEL LIKE THE RESTRICTIONS PREVENT ME FROM HAVING AN ECOSYSTEM IN ANY WAY. THEY DON'T ALLOW NECESSARILY FOR PLANTS THAT WOULD ATTRACT WILDLIFE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE CAN BE NUISANCE, BUT WE LIVE IN AN ECOSYSTEM, SO I EITHER ADHERE AND DISRUPT THE ECOLOGY BY USING THE HERBICIDES AND THE PESTICIDES OR I DON'T.
AND I RUN THE RISK OF GETTING A CITATION FROM MY HOA IF I HAVE TOO MANY WEEDS IN MY YARD.
I UNDERSTAND IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IMMEDIATELY, BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PALM BAY HOUSING IS WITHIN AN HOA AND OF THE HOA FEES? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ALLOW RAIN BARRELS? COMPOSTING? EVEN GROWING MY OWN FOOD IS A PROBLEM.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ALL A PART OF LIKE A BASIC PLANT EDUCATION, WHICH I THINK WE NEED IN ORDER TO MOVE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW MUCH OF PALM BAY IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO COMPOST? MAKE USE OF THESE WONDERFUL SUSTAINABILITY CLASSES AND.
ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT THREE MINUTES.
YOU DIDN'T START A TIMER? I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, DON'T TELL ANYBODY.
I ACTUALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO START THE TIMER.
OH, I'M SORRY. THIS IS AN EXCEPTION.
SO AFTER OUR MEETING, WE CAN FOLLOW UP AS WELL.
OKAY. AND IT'S RIGHT THERE. RIGHT OVER THERE.
BUT I KNOW STAFF WOULD BE WILLING TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
AND SO THAT IS DEFINITELY HEARD.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT.
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AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO TELL US ABOUT IT.AND I KNOW STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU MORE SPECIFICALLY ON YOUR SITUATION.
I'M SO GLAD TO BE HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE.
SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU. ANYBODY HAVE A RESPONSE FOR THAT? ARE WE ALLOWED TO RESPOND? YES. OR SO.
ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT FLORIDA FRIENDLY.
ACTIONS OR THERE THERE ARE LIMITS TO.
I'M NOT. BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED AT AT OUR EVENT A FEW WEEKS BACK.
BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME PROTECTIONS OUT THERE FOR YOU THAT THEY CAN'T COMPLETELY OVERSTEP.
SO NOT YOU'RE NOT COMPLETELY IN THE.
I DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM GROWING FOOD ON YOUR LAND AND IN FRONT OF OUR BACKYARD.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S I DON'T THINK THEY'RE ALLOWED TO PROHIBIT YOU FROM.
TECHNICALLY, THERE'S A STATE STATUTE THAT WOULD PROTECT IT, BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR.
SORRY, AM I ALLOWED TO DO THIS? SORRY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE A REBELLIOUS GROUP AROUND HERE.
RIGHT. IF MY HOA DOESN'T WANT ME TO CREATE AN ECOLOGY THAT WOULD BRING, YOU KNOW, BUTTERFLIES EVEN, OR BIRDS OR SQUIRRELS, SURE, THOSE ARE PESTS, BUT FOOD WILL ATTRACT THOSE THINGS.
IF I'M NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYTHING THAT WOULD ATTRACT A PEST, I CANNOT GROW FOOD.
ISN'T BASED ON YOUR STANCE RIGHT NOW.
I'M ASSUMING YOU WENT BEFORE THE BOARD AND MADE SPECIFIC REQUESTS FROM THEM.
NO. SO BECAUSE OF FLASHBACK, I'LL CONFESS TO A GORILLA ZUCCHINI.
ALL RIGHT. BUT NO, I WANT MORE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT I'LL HAVE ANY STANDING WITH THE HOA BECAUSE THEY USE SO MUCH HERBICIDE AND PESTICIDE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CITED FOR HAVING TOO MANY WEEDS IN THEIR LAWN. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SIDE WITH ME.
BE SOMETHING TO FOR US TO TALK ABOUT PROVIDING.
SO MAYBE WE CAN ADD THIS TO OUR NEXT MONTH DISCUSSION.
BUT, UM, WHAT KIND OF DOCUMENTATION? AND WE RESEARCH.
EVERYONE, FORGIVE ME, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY IF YOU'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT IT, THERE'S 100 PEOPLE BEHIND YOU NOT EXPERIENCING THE SAME DIFFICULTY. AND SO MAYBE WE CAN PROVIDE HOA COMMITTEES WITH DOCUMENTATION PRESENTATION.
ACCOMPLISH THEIR DESIRE FOR RELATIVELY UNIFORM COMMUNITY THAT THEY'VE ALL AGREED TO.
THEY CAN COEXIST. WE'LL HAVE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING IT UP.
I'LL SAY SO I HAVE A BACKGROUND WITH AGRICULTURE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
LITERALLY. I PURCHASED A HOUSE HERE OR AN HOA.
I THINK I WAS CRAZY ENOUGH TO THROW MY NAME IN THE HAT TO BE ON THE BOARD.
I'M NOW THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA.
AND THAT FIRST MEETING WITH COVID AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THE ISSUE IS ALWAYS THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ANGER AND UPSET AT THAT MEETING.
BUT HAVING THAT COMMUNICATION ASPECT IS ALWAYS GOOD AND IT CAN BE FEARFUL.
BUT I STILL AT TIMES HAVE TROUBLE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE THAT I DON'T KNOW.
AND FRUIT FOODS AND FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO I THINK THERE IS AN AVENUE.
IT MIGHT BE HARDER, BUT I WOULD JUST COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
AND I WAS CALLED CRAZY WHENEVER I THREW MY NAME IN THE HAT.
BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF IS WHAT IT IS IN THAT SENSE.
BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY TALK TO THEM.
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AND I THINK GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY AND WHAT THE HOA LOOK LIKE AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.HOA HAVE SPECIFIC LAWS AND STATUTE AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT I THINK BRINGING THAT AWARENESS AND COMMUNICATING IS ALWAYS A POSITIVE NOTE.
SO LET'S TABLE THE REST OF THE CONVERSATION FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MIGHT COME UP WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THAT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR NATIVE PLANT DEMO GARDEN UPDATE AND.
MY UPDATE IS I DID TAKE THIS TO THE CONRADINA BOARD IN TERMS OF THE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH OF HAVING CONRADINA BE THE NON PROFIT THAT WOULD.
MANAGE THE PROJECT, BUT ORGANIZE THE FUNDRAISING ASPECT OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEY WANTED THEY WERE OVERALL SUPPORTIVE.
THEY WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON LOCATION OPTIONS AND KIND OF HOW HOW THIS WOULD PLAY OUT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE STILL DO NOT HAVE A LOCATION SET.
WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT MEETING UNLESS KRISTIN WANTS TO SHARE SOMETHING ELSE WITH ME.
I WAS JUST UPDATED BY GREG MINOR.
WE WERE A LITTLE DELAYED DUE TO SOME PERSONAL CONCERNS, SO I'VE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING, BUT I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED WITH HIS FOLKS THAT POTENTIAL IDEA WOULD BE MORE OUT TOWARDS PD.
AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST NEXT DOOR HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE EXACTLY HE'S DISCUSSING, BUT HE'S.
DONE THE WALKTHROUGH AND TALKED WITH HIS FOLKS AND FEELS LIKE THAT MAY BE OUR BEST OPTION.
JUST HAPPENED LIKE YESTERDAY OR SO.
AVAILABLE. KNOW THAT THOSE WERE SOME OF THE.
BUT I CAN FIND OUT MORE DETAIL BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE HE'S HAD HE'S HAD HISTORY OF WORKING WITH SCENARIO LIKE THIS ALREADY, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, LIKE NATIVE PLANTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SPEED WITH THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED, MORE OR LESS.
HOW? I GUESS POTENTIALLY IT WOULD BE INVOLVED OR SOMETHING, OR I, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, CAN BE MORE INVOLVED WITH THAT. YEAH.
SO LET US JUST AT A STAFF LEVEL, MAKE SURE THIS LOCATION WORKS.
I'M GOING TO LOOK AT IT AND TALK TO STAFF.
SO WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A QUICK LIKE 30 MINUTES TO WALK THROUGH BECAUSE THE ONLY CONCERNS I HAVE THAT I THINK WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THAT LOCATION IS THE VISIBILITY FOR THE PUBLIC WHO COMES TO VISIT THE SITE, WHICH IS WHY I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THE BUILDING E AREA BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PULL OUT WHAT WE PUT IN.
SO LET ME TALK THROUGH THAT WITH WITH THE TEAM A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN BY THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL HAVE WE WILL FIGURE THAT OUT.
BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM IF YOU WANT TO ONCE WE'VE FIGURED OUT LIKE A LOCATION OR MAYBE THERE'S A COUPLE OPTIONS TO MEET WITH YOU, JANE, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE AND TALK THROUGH IT A LITTLE MORE DETAILED.
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EDUCATION, PRIMARY PURPOSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN.
MY ASSUMPTION WOULD BE THAT AS PEOPLE EXIT AND ENTER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU MEAN LIKE THAT JUST WOULDN'T BE LIKE THE YOU'D GET EMPLOYEES, BUT THAT MAYBE WOULDN'T.
WOULDN'T BE THE AND I SAY THIS WITH EMPATHY NOT LIKE BUT THE STATE OF MIND.
UM. THROUGH SOME THE TARGET AUDIENCE WOULD DEFINITELY BE.
ALL. I WOULD STILL HAVE THEM GENERALLY IN.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT NEXT MONTH.
THAT'D BE GREAT. SO WE'VE BEEN SPENDING MONTHS NOW WITH OUR PRIMARY FOCUS ON PROVIDING DIRECTION, ADVISEMENT AND MOVING THINGS FORWARD ON THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR. RIGHT.
AND WE'RE NOW ALSO HAVE THE PLANT DEMO GARDEN ON OUR AGENDA AND MINES AS WELL, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
UM, WE CAN OF COURSE, PULL FROM OUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN.
THAT WOULD BE, OBVIOUSLY. I DON'T THINK.
UM, I'D LOVE TO HEAR SOME THOUGHTS IF THERE'S ANYTHING ANYBODY'S BEEN RUMINATING ON.
KIND OF OPEN UP FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION.
AND THE GOAL, IF POSSIBLE FOR TODAY, WOULD BE TO HAVE A MOTION.
LIKE THE GUIDELINE IDEA FOR THE HOA IS TRYING TO SET UP SOMETHING.
I THINK THAT AT ONE POINT WE HAD.
VERSION OF OUR PLAN STUFF ABOUT HOYAS, BUT I THINK THAT WAS ALL.
GOOD LATER. OBVIOUSLY, THESE BIG DEVELOPMENTS.
HAVE A HUGE IMPACT AND WATER QUALITY.
THERE. THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE PUTTING EXCESS POISONS ON THE LAWN THAT'S GOING TO RUN OFF INTO THE CANALS AND THE LAGOON IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE TO ME, JUST INTOLERABLE TO THINK ABOUT EVEN.
I THINK ORLANDO HAD 70% APPROVAL FOR IT AND GOT IT ON THE BALLOT AND.
AND THEY GOT IT ON THE BALLOT.
IT'S IT'S SOMETHING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT WE SEE THAT.
YES, THEY ALL SUPPORT THIS, BUT THEN THEY ALL SUPPORT THE OPPOSITE OF THIS.
THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORDS IN IT.
THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED EXCEPT FOR LAND.
INITIALLY IT WAS A PROGRAM WHERE THEY PAID A $30 SUBSCRIPTION FEE FOR MONTH PER MONTH.
YOU GET A FIVE GALLON BUCKET, THEY COME PICK IT UP WEEKLY, I BELIEVE.
AND THEN YOU'RE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO FREE COMPOST THAT COMES IN A BIG BURLAP BAG.
UM. COMPLETELY SOLVES HER ISSUE.
AS IT WOULD BE A FIVE GALLON BUCKET THAT YOU WOULD SET OUT ONCE A WEEK.
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AGAIN, FINDING THE LAND IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME LAND IN PALM BAY, I THINK.AND SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, A CONVERSATION.
NEEDS TO BE HAD AT LEAST EXPLORING THAT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FINDING WAYS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S IN LAND DONATED IN TITUSVILLE NOT TO KBB, BUT TO OTHER COMPOSTING OPERATIONS.
IT WAS ONE OF THE WORM GUYS THAT WAS AT THE FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPE.
WASTE THAT NEEDS TO BE DIVERTED.
THAT IS FOOD WASTE IS VERY, VERY HIGH TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 50%.
WELL, I JUST I WOULD SAY THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE NEW CONVERSATIONS WITH KEEPER OF OUR BEAUTIFUL.
I DON'T KNOW, KRISTEN, IF YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING.
THEY WERE JUST BUILDING THEIR PROGRAM AT THE TIME WE TALKED TO THEM.
SO IF THINGS HAVE CHANGED, WE'RE READY TO EXPAND AND WE'RE READY TO TALK TO THEM AGAIN.
HOW LONG AGO WAS THIS? OVER A YEAR OR TWO. OVER A YEAR? YEAH. YEAH. SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY CHOMPING AT THE BIT FOR SPACE.
I'M TRYING TO FIND SOME UP NORTH FOR THEM AT ONE OF OUR SITES UP THERE THAT WE'RE BUILDING A TRANSFER STATION AND WE'RE HOPING TO THEY'RE READY RESIDENCE IN PALM BAY, BE A PART OF THEIR PROGRAM BECAUSE BEFORE THEY WEREN'T EVEN READY TO SPREAD THAT FAR.
AND AGAIN, WE YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TALK TO BRIAN.
BUT EVERY CONVERSATION I'VE HAD WITH HIM RECENTLY IS IS ALLUDING TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE READY.
THEY'VE THEY'VE BUILT UP GRANT MONEY.
THE PROGRAMS IN WEST WELLBORN ARE FREE NOW THERE IS NO $30 SUBSCRIPTION FEE NOW THEY FOUND THE MONEY TO I KNOW INITIALLY THEY GAVE AWAY 200 FREE. SUBSCRIPTIONS, AS THEY CALL IT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY FILLED THEM ALL, BUT I THINK THEY HAVE.
AND IN THERE THEY'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH, I BELIEVE, NATURAL RESOURCES FOR SARGASSUM TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMPOSTING SOME OF THE SEAWEED THAT THEY'RE SO THEY'RE GROWING AND THEY'RE READY.
I MEAN, THEY IT WAS INITIALLY IT WAS A SLOW BUILD BUT I THINK BRIAN AND THEY HAVE A COMPOST COORDINATOR NOW UM, THEY DEFINITELY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO IT.
IT'S JUST A MATTER THE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE LAND IS THE ISSUE.
BUT WE'D LOVE TO HAVE UPDATES.
THEY'RE GEARED TO COME PRESENT TO US ANYTIME.
I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE READY TO PRESENT.
YES, ABSOLUTELY. I ACTUALLY WAS LIKE AT THAT EARMARKED AS LIKE HOPING WE WOULD PUT THAT ON OUR, UH.
SO YOU GUYS ARE READING MY MIND.
BUT YEAH, I'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES AND I'LL MAKE SURE MOVING FORWARD WE HAVE IT ON OUR AGENDA.
AD INVITING COUNCILMAN DAN DANIEL MCDOWELL FROM WEST MELBOURNE.
ALREADY AVAILABLE. THE CITY IS GOING TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING UP WITH US ON THIS.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
I'M INCREDIBLY GLAD YOU SAID SOMETHING.
UM. WE'RE NOT TAKING THAT OFF THE TABLE.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO ASSUME WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
THAT'S DIRECTLY IN OUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN, LITERALLY THAT.
WITH GABE. I THINK HE'S IN OUR PLAN.
LIST OF. RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES TO PROPOSE THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAYBE.
OR WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT LIKE IT'D BE EXPLORING THAT IDEA CREATIVELY WITH STAFF AND.
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LIKE ANY OTHER IDEAS? QUESTION. SO I'M GOING TO PULL THE NEWBIE.I'M USING IT. IT'S EITHER THAT OR THE LITTLE OLD LADY CARD.
I GOT BOTH OF THOSE. UM, SO OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN, HOW ARE WE? UH, EDUCATING AND INVOLVING THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S GOING.
THEY ALL READ THE PLAN OR HOW IS THAT? ABOUT BEING. NO, THEY'VE NOT ALL READ THE PLAN.
I CAN SAY THAT WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE.
SO WE'RE WE'RE PARTIALLY LIMITED BY THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A STRONG.
TEAM OF PEOPLE DEDICATED TO SUSTAINABILITY AS THEIR ONLY FUNCTIONS IN THE CITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON MY LIST TO RECTIFY AND THAT THAT WILL COME.
BUT NO. SO FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'RE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND SOME OF THE ACTIONS AND THE GOALS THAT YOU SET IN THERE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TOWARDS THOSE GOALS BUT WE DO NOT HAVE AND I DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE STAFF CAPACITY TO TAKE ON A HOLISTIC VIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY FROM ALL OF MY DEPARTMENTS CITYWIDE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THINGS WITH HYBRID AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
WE'RE DOING THINGS AS IT PERTAINS TO.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
SO STORMWATER TYPE PROJECTS AND THINGS IN THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT WITH OUR WATER AND OUR SEWER TYPE THINGS, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE HOOKED UP TO THE SEPTIC TANKS MOVE INTO.
UM, CITY SEWER. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF, LIKE PROJECT SPECIFIC THINGS.
I'M JUST NOT PREPARED YET WITH CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
APPRECIATE THAT. WHAT CAN WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? WHO? UH, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT AND PRESENT.
ABILITY ACTION PLAN SECTION FOUR AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH.
UM, NO, I WOULD ACTUALLY RECOMMEND.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL NEED TO DO.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE ORGANIZATION.
THE OTHER REASON THESE ARE NOT AT THE VERY, VERY TOP OF OUR LIST RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BUILDING WHAT WE CALL FOUNDATIONAL BUILDING BLOCKS WITHIN CITY GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE JUST TO DO CORE BASIC THINGS THAT OUR CITIES SHOULD DO AND DO WELL.
AND A SMALL EXAMPLE OF THAT IS DEVELOPING A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT'S WORKING THROUGH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT'S WORKING ON OUR LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT MANUAL.
IT'S ALL THE SORT OF THE FOUNDATIONAL PIECES THAT GUIDE WHAT WE DO.
SO WE'RE MOVING INTO, I HOPE, IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO A PLACE WHERE ALL OF OUR FOUNDATIONAL PIECES ARE SET AND THEN WE CAN START GROWING INTO THINGS THAT CHANGE THE CULTURE OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND START SHIFTING SOME OF OUR CAPACITY TO TACKLING SOME OF THESE THINGS.
NO. INHERITED QUITE A CHALLENGE HERE WITH.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN BE DOING.
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AND I ACTUALLY WILL NOT KEEP THAT FAR FROM MY MIND.THAT'S ALWAYS A HUGE ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LAGOON AQUIFER, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO I PUT THAT I WROTE THAT DOWN THE GRANT PROGRAM.
SOMETHING THAT COULD BE LIKE A PRESENTATION HERE.
THERE'S GRANTS OUT THERE. AND I THINK A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S GRANTS OUT THERE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S COST ON THE HOMEOWNER THEMSELVES.
BUT I THINK IT'D BE COOL TO HAVE THAT IN LIGHT AND KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT THE PROGRAM IS.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK RECENTLY HERE, AND I THINK IF WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, IT'S PERFECT FOR EVEN IF THEY'RE AT HOME WATCHING OR THEY'RE KIND OF PROMOTE THAT LIKE AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING I WAS THINKING IF WE CONTINUE THE PRESENTATIONS LIKE WE'VE HAD THE BEER COMPANY COME.
LISTEN TO US OR WATCH THE MEETING CAN SIT AT HOME AND LEARN ABOUT.
IT FEELS, AND THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'LL MONOPOLIZE THE FLOOR.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE BABBLED A LOT TONIGHT, BUT IT'S JUST YOU GUYS GOT ME FIRED UP.
IT FEELS LIKE THE FAIR WAS THE FIRST THING WE AND AT LEAST IN MY TIME HERE, IT'S THE FIRST THING WE ACTUALLY PUT OUR NAME ON AND STOOD IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHO WE ARE AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
AND AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE OTHER BOARDS ARE DOING THIS IS THEY'RE TABLING EVENTS.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW OUR LIMITATIONS ON HOW HOW WE GO OUT.
BUT I MEAN, AT A MINIMUM, A TABLECLOTH WITH WHETHER WE HAVE A LOGO OR YOU HAVE THE PALM BAY LOGO WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD IN A FONT BELOW THAT THAT JUST SAYS WE EXIST.
THIS IS THIS IS THE FORM WE ARE IN.
IT CAN BE LITERATURE. IT CAN BE JUST JUST LISTENING, HAVING A SIGN UP, HEY, PUT YOUR NAME ON THIS LIST AND EMAIL ME YOUR CONCERNS OR WHATEVER. BUT JUST A MORE SUBSTANTIAL VISUAL PRESENCE.
WE ALL SEEMED LIKE WE ALL DO FOR A LIVING, KIND OF.
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND I'VE BEEN THINKING.
WHAT'S THE INFLUENCE THAT WE CAN HAVE BASED ON THE FORMAT OF OUR PLATFORM? RIGHT. AND I CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THIS IDEA.
MAYBE. MAYBE I'M JUST TOO FOCUSED, BUT.
GETTING OUR NAME OUT THERE IS IMPORTANT.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT A LOT AND I'M GOING TO PROBABLY CONTINUE IS I CARE MORE ABOUT GETTING I LIKE GETTING OUR NAME OUT THERE, NOT CONTRADICTING. YES AND YES.
AND. GETTING OUR NAME INTO ENVIRONMENTS THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE COME TO US.
GETTING OUR MESSAGE OF EASY, PRACTICAL WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN.
AUDIENCE MEMBERS WHO WILL NOT BE AT THE EVENTS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS LIKE WHEN WE WERE THERE, WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON IT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN.
BUT FOR ABOUT A YEAR. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WITH THE IDEA OF OUR BOARD DISCUSSING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HOA'S THROUGHOUT PALM BAY USE TO ADOPT AS GUIDELINES FOR THEIR HOA AND THEN OUR BOARD GOING TO HOA MEETINGS.
FIGHTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM. I KNOW THAT'S A BIT OF A JOURNEY.
WE'LL HAVE TO WORK PRETTY CLOSELY WITH STAFF, UNDERSTAND? A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS.
IDEALLY, WE'D BE ABLE TO GET AN ADVISORY BOARD, SO IDEALLY WE'D BE ABLE TO GET WE'D ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE SOME ACTION THAT'S ADOPTED FROM THAT.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING AROUND MANDATING ANYTHING THESE HOA THAT WOULDN'T THAT WOULDN'T.
SORRY, BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
BUT BUT I THINK I DON'T THINK HOA COMMITTEES ARE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
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SITTING AROUND PLOTTING WAYS TO DESTROY THE.SO I THINK THAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER THINGS THAT WE COULD TAKE TO A COMMITTEE AND SAY, HERE ARE SOME GUIDELINES, HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT WOULD GET YOU THE END RESULT OF THE WAY YOU WANT.
AND. THESE ARE A GROWING PERCENTAGE OF OUR HOMES HERE IN PALM BAY.
MR. I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE BOARD AS WELL.
I THINK YOU'RE THINKING SOMETHING.
SO LET US FIGURE OUT WHO THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE TO TALK TO US ABOUT IT.
LIKE I LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPIC IS I BELIEVE THAT.
PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS.
SO WE NEED TO GET THROUGH WHAT'S LEGAL, WHAT CAN WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE? CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE BE THE KEY WORD.
BUT THEN THE OTHER THING, JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, NOT TO.
AND WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT AND LET ME GIVE THIS SOME THOUGHT.
I'M NOT PREPARED TO SPEAK TO IT FULLY RIGHT NOW.
DOES YOU DOES HAVING THE TEAM, THE BOARD TEAM GOING OUT INTO COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SPEAKING ON THINGS LIKE THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTS YOU TO DO? IS THAT PART OF YOUR CURRENT MISSION AS A BOARD? IF IT'S NOT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DECIDE AS A BOARD, YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND ASK THEM FOR THAT EXPANDED RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT THEN THE SIDE SIDE PART OF THAT IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT REPRESENTING THE CITY, THEN YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE POLICY, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. SO WE JUST HAVE TO TIE THOSE PIECES TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT.
BUT FIRST, LET'S START WITH SOME GETTING SOME KNOWLEDGE ON HOA RULES, STATE OF FLORIDA LAWS ABOUT GROWING VEGETABLES IN YOUR BACKYARD AND HOW THE HOA REGULATIONS BECAUSE IN A LARGE PART THEY'RE AN HOA IS FORMED.
AND WE WE AS A CITY DO NOT HAVE.
AS MUCH AUTHORITY OVER THEM AS WE DO.
I THINK ON THE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE CITY, IT'S TRUE.
WE'RE ADDING A LOT OF NEW HOMES.
YOU'RE 100% RIGHT. BUT IN THE CORE OF THE CITY, THE THE LARGEST PART OF THE CITY TRULY STILL WE'RE SEEING SO MUCH INFILL DEVELOPMENT IN OUR OLD GDC PRE PLATTED LOTS.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GROWING IN TWO WAYS.
WE'RE GROWING IN NEW HOMES THAT HAVE VARIOUS RULES.
AND THE REGULATIONS FOR ALL THOSE OTHER THOSE HOUSES ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR FIVE BACKYARD CHICKENS AND YOU CAN GROW WHATEVER VEGETABLES YOU WANT AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T CAUSE A MESS IN THE FRONT YARD TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW? BUT YEAH, SO THERE'S A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
BUT ANYWAY, SO WE CAN LET'S LOOK AT THAT AT A STAFF LEVEL A LITTLE BIT FIRST.
I THINK UF IFAS IS ONE OF THE RESOURCES WE'LL LOOK AT FOR SOME OF THAT TOO.
VERY NICE. UM, BUT THEY'D BE PROBABLY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WE'D REACH OUT TO AND SEE ABOUT MAYBE A CONSULTATION ON MAYBE BRINGING YOU A PRESENTATION, WHAT THEY CAN DO, WHAT THEY CAN'T DO, WHAT THE LAWS ARE, ETCETERA.
IF WE'RE IF IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN'T.
UM, WE COULD AT LEAST PUT TOGETHER A INFORMATIONAL BOOKLET OF ALL OF THESE ITEMS. MAY IS ENCOURAGING.
ANYWAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PURPOSEFULLY.
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OUR. UH, THE BUDGET IS PROBABLY NOT FOR CREATING BROCHURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.THAT'S PROBABLY NOT AS BIG OF A DEAL OR CONCERN RIGHT NOW.
BUT, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT, I PULLED IT UP.
I CAN READ WHAT YOUR YOUR STATED MISSION IS PER COUNCIL'S ORIGINAL CREATION OF THE BOARD.
IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME, I COULD DO THAT FOR YOU.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LENGTHY, BUT IT SAYS THE BOARD SHALL IDENTIFY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING AFFORDABLE STRATEGIES ASSOCIATED WITH CONSERVATION, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
DEVELOP AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FOR CITY OPERATIONS WITH A GOAL OF ACHIEVING 100% CLEAN ENERGY BY 2035 AND CITY OPERATIONS. DEVELOP AN ASSESSMENT PLAN TO TRACK ACTIVITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON ACTIVITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.
WHAT WE HAVE. WHO WRITES THE REPORT.
ANNUAL REPORT. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I'M. I'M JUST GRATEFUL YOU VOLUNTEERED.
WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COMES FROM US.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT MONTH IT WAS? WE ADOPTED THE PLAN.
SO WHY? WAS JULY, WASN'T IT? SO WE'D BE COMING UP ON OUR YEAR TIMEFRAME TO PREPARE THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO START PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER.
I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP IF IT'S ON.
AS ALWAYS, THAT IS EXCELLENT INFORMATION.
I'M GOING TO. TYPICAL FEEL FASHION.
IT'D BE GREAT IF NEXT MONTH, BUT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS PROBABLY, YOU'RE BACK.
IT WOULD BE GUIDANCE. IT WOULDN'T.
WE KNOW WE CAN'T MANDATE GUIDANCE THAT WE COULD PROVIDE TO HAS.
AND. GOING OUT INTO HOA COMMUNITIES, PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE.
TALK TO THEIR. UH, THEIR THEIR BOARDS.
I THINK, TOO, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SINCE IT SAYS ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND SERVICES THAT YOU ALL COULD DO BASED ON COUNCIL APPROVING, IT WOULD WE PROBABLY WOULD DO IS PUT TOGETHER WE DO OUR RESEARCH, WE COME UP WITH OUR PLAN.
THIS IS WHAT WE WE WANT TO RECOMMEND.
CAN'T MANDATE RECOMMEND, PUT TOGETHER WHATEVER OUR MARKETING IS, ETCETERA.
BUT THEN WE COULD BRING THAT TO COUNCIL AS A PRESENTATION FROM THE BOARD.
YOUR COUNCIL? WE'D LIKE TO DO THIS.
CAN WE HAVE YOUR BLESSING? BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MAYBE BEYOND THE SCOPE AND THEN GO FORWARD.
YOU WANT TO DO ANYWAYS? I THINK IT.
MORE IMPACTFUL THAT HE WAS AND SAY, LOOK.
HALF OF YOUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION BOARD AND YOUR CITY COUNCIL.
WHAT WE RECOMMEND. AND LET'S MOVE AWAY FROM THESE FERTILIZERS.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR BACK FROM THAT.
THIS IS IN MY HEAD PANNING OUT TO MAYBE WE AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH OUR NEXT INCENTIVE OR INITIATIVE TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD STILL LOVE TO KEEP THE DOOR OPEN FOR LONGER.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PUT OUT YET? LIKE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONSIDER THIS.
SUMMERTIME, AND THAT'S GOING TO START HAPPENING.
NOT REALLY. BUT KIND OF HOW THAT OPERATION I KNOW THAT'S A COUNTY THING.
I WONDER IF THAT'S A PRESENTATION WE CAN HAVE AS WELL FOR INFORMATION AND.
FLYSWATTERS ARE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
THEY THE CANAL SYSTEM AND ALL THAT.
AND WHAT WHAT ARE THE. LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.
VERY BIG. THEY EVEN HAVE A TRAVELING TRAILER WITH.
AQUARIUMS WITH MOSQUITO FISH AND.
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TOP NOTCH. THEY DO A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB.I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE WOULD BE THE.
THEY ARE A COUNTY DEPARTMENT THING.
WE HAVE THEM COME PRESENT. SO NOT NECESSARILY LIKE AN INITIATIVE FOR.
DRIVE IN. I CERTAINLY WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I USED TO WORK FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL PRIOR TO COMING HERE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. SO I'VE BEEN LIKE CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GET THEM TO COME OVER.
SO I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BECAUSE.
SO MAYBE AT SOME POINT YOU TALK ABOUT COMPOST.
MOSQUITO CONTROL TO TALK ABOUT.
I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT, GREAT ONES.
ANY ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE GETS CONSIDERED AS FAR AS LIKE OUR NEXT BOARD? PRIOR TO MOVING ON TO UPCOMING MEETINGS, MAYBE DISCUSSING OTHER SPEAKERS.
PRESENTERS. NATURAL RESOURCES HAS A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT TOPICS THEY COULD HIT.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A PRESENTATION EVERY MONTH.
THAT. WRITING ON EVERYTHING YOU DO, SIGN UP FOR NOTIFICATIONS.
MAYBE THE. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE THE ANSWER IS I LOVE IT, BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SEND IT FOR NOTIFICATIONS.
WHAT DO YOU WHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT THESE LIKE TEXT NOTIFICATIONS.
EMAIL LIKE WHAT? WHAT'S GOING ON? CITY OF PALM BAY WEBSITE.
YOU CAN NAVIGATE TO REQUEST NOTIFICATIONS AND IT'S FOR PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING.
IT COULD BE FOR LIKE HAPPENINGS AT THE AQUATIC CENTER.
IT COULD BE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING.
BRILLIANT. SO, MISS CONNOLLY, WHAT YOU'RE INDICATING IS THAT FOR FUTURE EVENTS AND ANY MATERIALS THAT WE HAND OUT, WE WANT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET NOTIFICATIONS FOR.
THE. NOTIFIES PEOPLE, BUT ALSO AS MUCH IN DEPTH AS WE.
I THINK I. I THINK EVIDENCE THAT WE NEED TO HEAR MORE FROM THE DIFFICULTIES THAT.
CITIZENS ARE RUNNING INTO LIKE, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THEY'RE FACING? PERSPECTIVES PROVIDE US.
I DO AGREE. MAYBE WE COULD ADD THAT FOR OUR AGENDA.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE DISCUSSION.
OUR BOARD. AND THEN COME UP WITH SOME ACTION ITEMS THAT WE CAN ASK THE CITY FOR OR TAKE ON.
UH. MAYBE WHEN THEY DO THE PRESENTATIONS ON THE COMPUTERS AT HOME, DOES IT SHOW THE SLIDES? FACEBOOK LIVE. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE A FACEBOOK LIVE FEED? THEY DO, YEAH. IF THEY OR THE OFF THE WEBSITE IF THEY DO THE PRESENTATIONS ARE WE ABLE TO SHOW LIKE THE SLIDES WHILE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT OR THAT KIND OF I THINK KIND OF
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DAMPENS THAT.I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH IT. I FEEL LIKE THAT IS PART OF WHAT GETS SHOWN.
IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM AND YOU'RE YOU'RE WATCHING IT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THE CAMERAS ARE INTEGRATED WITH THE VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPANY OFF SITE THAT RECORDS IT AND HANDLES IT FOR US.
SO I BELIEVE THOSE DEFINITELY SHOW THE.
SLIDES, BUT I'D HAVE TO FIND OUT FOR YOU.
SO FACEBOOK LIVE, IS IT THE SAME? SURE, IF IT'S THE SAME FEED.
THEN FACEBOOK HAVE NEVER SHOWN SLIDE DECKS.
WHEN I'VE WATCHED WHEN I BEFORE I JOINED AND I WAS CALLING IN.
BUT I'VE NEVER WATCHED OFF THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
CAN'T. SOMEBODY OPERATING THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY.
IS THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
PROBABLY AT BEST WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE SLIDES ARE PART OF OUR AGENDA PACKETS BECAUSE THEN IF YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, NOT ON FACEBOOK LIVE, BUT IF YOU GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND YOU GO TO SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, YOU WANT TO SEE THE VIDEO, IT ALSO POPS UP THE AGENDA.
AND THEN FOR THE AGENDA, YOU COULD SEE THOSE SLIDES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO I'LL START MAKING AN EFFORT TO WHEN WE INTRODUCE OUR PRESENTERS TO PUT A REMINDER OUT THAT YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE. YOU CAN GRAB A SLIDE DECK.
IT'S A REALLY GOOD. NINE TO UPCOMING MEETINGS, EVENTS OF INTEREST.
I JUST LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW I WON'T BE HERE NEXT MONTH.
EVERY MAY. ME AND MY WIFE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 11TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, ONE THAT FOLLOWS THE 10TH.
JUST HEADS UP. I WON'T BE HERE IN MAY, SO MR LOOSE.
WHEN I WATCH THE RECORDING, YOU BETTER HIT IT.
I'LL BE SO UPSET. BANG THE GAVEL.
OKAY, SO THAT BEING PUT ASIDE, WHAT ARE SOME UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS OF INTEREST THAT WE ALL NEED TO KNOW? IS THIS WHERE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT THE MAKE A GREEN NOISE EVENT THAT WE ATTENDED FOR? WE WERE ATTENDING? KIND OF. A SUSTAINABILITY BOARD AND.
SO EVERYBODY'S GOT THE PACKET.
OUR SPEAKERS WERE JUST ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
I KNOW KRISTEN IS TRYING TO GET THE GROWERS.
LYNN JENKINS. REVELING AND EVERYTHING.
SO I MENTIONED IT TO HER AS WELL WHEN I WAS THERE AND SHE SAID, YES, SHE'S SHE'S TRYING.
UM, BUT THE, THE INSIGHTS THAT WE SENT OUT AHEAD OF TIME.
GUESS WHAT I'M CURIOUS IS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
IN THE ROOM, I REALLY FELT WERE LOOKING AT US LIKE, WHAT IS TOM DOING ABOUT THESE THINGS? BUT. TO.
TO. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTEXT FOR I REMEMBER SEEING SOMETHING ABOUT AN EVENT HAPPENING.
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THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW AND I'VE STAFF IS AWARE OF THIS AS WELL.SO THE GARDEN IS POTENTIALLY A TEMPORARY CONCEPT FOR THAT SITE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVEN'T BEEN BY THERE.
I'LL BE THERE NEXT WEEK. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE ACTUALLY STARTED THE GARDEN YET.
SO THEY'VE BEEN LEASING THE PROPERTY FOR I THINK MAYBE TWO YEARS NOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY STARTED THE GARDEN.
BUT YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE TOLD THOSE THAT HAVE TRIED TO BUY THE PROPERTY THAT WE CAN'T RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATING THE STORMWATER NEEDS AS THE CITY DEVELOPS AND WE FIND THAT KEEPING THE LAND THE CITY DOES OWN IS IMPORTANT FOR FUTURE STORMWATER NEEDS.
ALL PROPERTIES. PRETTY MUCH RESERVING EVERYTHING, BECAUSE AS THE CITY GROWS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE FOUND IS THE DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, PRE-PLANNING, BETTER PLANNING WAS DONE, BETTER DIFFERENT TIMES THAN OTHERS.
RIGHT. AND ONE THING WE DON'T WANT TO SHORTCHANGE OURSELVES IS NOT JUST THE STORMWATER NEEDS OR THE GREEN SPACE NEEDS FOR OUR CITY, BUT ALSO FUTURE UTILITIES NEEDS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE WATER AND SEWER ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO PRETTY MUCH THERE'S A HOLD ON ALL CITY OWNED PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THERE'S SOME EXCEPTION BECAUSE IT REALLY WE CAN'T GET TO IT OR IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY PURPOSE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN WHAT WAS ON OUR SURPLUS LIST PREVIOUSLY, WE'VE SOLD THOSE THAT WERE ALREADY DEDICATED AS SURPLUS AND WE'RE NOT ADDING MORE TO THAT LIST.
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THE AGENDA KIND OF LIKE A DEBRIEF OF THAT CONVERSATION YOU HAVE.I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO ATTEND OTHER MEETINGS, AND THAT'S ONE OVERARCHING GROUP IS THE BREVARD SUSTAINABLE WORKING GROUP THAT MEETS MONTHLY.
KRISTIN HAS ATTENDED CITY OFFICIALS.
EVERYONE ELSE TAKING BREAKS IN MAY, I GUESS.
I'M SORRY, BUT THE CITY OF MALABAR IS HAVING A BIG MEETING ABOUT THE SCRUB JAYS.
NEIGHBORHOOD IN GENERAL TO TRY TO FINALLY RESOLVE.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THE MALABAR SCRUB SANCTUARY? SOMEDAY. SO.
WHO? I THINK OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK OUR MEETING IN JUNE.
MISS SHERMAN, YOU SAID THAT I CAN TEST DRIVE THE FORD F-150 LIGHTNING.
THAT I DO NOT RECALL THAT BEING PLACED ON THE RECORD.
I THINK THERE WAS PRETTY SURE.
NO, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I THINK YOU MENTIONED LAST NIGHT.
IS THAT IS THAT UP AND GOING NOW? I ACTUALLY SAW IT YESTERDAY, RIGHT.
IT WAS FULLY MARKED PALM BAY LOGO, BEAUTIFUL TRUCK.
I KNOW PICTURES WERE BEING TAKEN.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HAVE IT.
YOU BRING THIS THING TO THE MAIN MEETING WHERE I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE.
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FAIR ENOUGH. FAIR ENOUGH.I THINK IT'S. IT'S THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW WE CAN SEND YOU PICTURES.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT AN IN-PERSON VISIT YET, BUT WE'LL SEE.
BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, AS WE END, I'LL JUST KIND OF SAY, LOOK, FOLKS.
A LOT OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN CONCEPTUALIZED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS COME TO FRUITION.
YOU KNOW, I'M HAS PURCHASED HIS FIRST ELECTRIC VEHICLE.
WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST SUSTAINABILITY FAIR AT THE FAIR.
I WAS APPROACHED BY SOMEONE ON THE BOARD OF UM, ON THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, UM, WHO TOLD ME THAT HE WAS STUDYING OUR PLAN AS THEY'RE CRAFTING THEIR OWN AND.
PRETTY EXCITING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE EXACTLY.
I'M HOPING THAT YOU ALL CAN DECIDE THAT IN MAY AND TELL ME AND.
AND WE'LL SEE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GARDEN HERE AT THE CITY HALL SOON.
EIGHT LOCATION FOR OUR NEXT FAIR.
I JUST. I JUST THINK THIS BOARD SHOULD BE PROUD.
GOOD WORK. THEIR MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.