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I'M GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, AS YOU WERE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 1ST, 20, 2314 TO ORDER.THE INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY REVEREND STEVE REEVES OF CORNERSTONE ASSEMBLY OF GOD AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY OUR DEPUTY MAYOR.
LADIES, GENTLEMEN, GET ON THE MIC.
HOW ABOUT NOW? THAT'S A LOT BETTER.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.
AS I WAS COMING OVER HERE TONIGHT.
GOD PUT SOME THINGS IN MY HEART THAT.
WE NEED TO HAVE PEACE AND COMFORT.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS? LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.
ADAM. I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU BREATHE A REFRESHING INTO EACH AND EVERY HEART HERE TONIGHT.
PLUMBING, THE ANXIETIES AND THE TRIBULATIONS AND GIVING US COMFORT AND PEACE.
WE BLESS OUR LEADERS BY THE FAITH THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US WITH WISDOM AND STRENGTH, KNOWLEDGE, COMPASSION AND HOPE, AS THE ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT HERE TONIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, LORD.
ARE DEALT WITH IN THE SPIRIT OF LOVE AND LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR.
THE LORD AS I PRAY THAT OUR WORDS AND MEDITATIONS OF OUR HEARTS ARE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT.
IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR MERCY AND GRACE, HELP US THROUGH EACH AND EVERY TASK.
AND WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME, WE PRAY.
HALLELUJAH. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. ONE VACANCY ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTING A LARGE STUDENT MEMBER POSITION.THREE TERMS EXPIRING ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENT REAL ESTATE, PROFESSIONAL, ESSENTIAL SERVICE PERSONNEL, AND AN EMPLOYER WITHIN THE CITY.
ANYONE WISHES TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS CAN APPLY AT PALM BAY FLORIDA.ORG OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT (321) 952-3414. THANK YOU.
[AGENDA REVISIONS]
AGENDA REVISIONS.MS.. SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO ANNOUNCE UNDER REVISIONS.
UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE CONDITIONS IN ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 25 HAVE BEEN REVISED RELATING TO JUPITER BAY PUD FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE SECOND ITEM IS ITEM TWO.
UNDER NEW BUSINESS, THE REQUEST FOR A MID-YEAR BUDGET WORKSHOP IS BEING CHANGED TO A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2122 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
YES, MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
A MEMO HAS BEEN PROVIDED FROM OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL RELATING TO CITY COUNCIL SEAT FIVE VACANCY.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY OTHER REVISIONS? WE ARE NOW ON PROCLAMATIONS AND.
[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
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YOU JUST MOTIVATED ME.POPPY. AND HIS TEAM ARE RECREATION FOLKS.
MINOR. ISN'T THAT GREAT? HIS LAST NAME IS MINOR, BUT HIS TITLE SERGEANT MAJOR.
I ALWAYS GOT A KICK OUT OF THAT.
HE SERVED OUR UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
GIVE IT UP FOR SERGEANT MAJOR.
MINOR. ACTUALLY IT WAS OVER 40, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP HIS AGE.
KIDS TO PARKS DAY, MAY 20TH, 2023.
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
NOT THE MAYOR, NOT THE COUNCIL, BUT THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT CITY.
HELD ANNUALLY ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF MAY.
AND. WHEREAS, KIDS TO PARKS DAY EMPOWERS KIDS AND ENCOURAGES FAMILIES TO GET OUTDOORS, VISIT LOCAL PARKS, PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS.
AND. WHEREAS, WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO LEAD A MORE ACTIVE LIFESTYLE TO COMBAT ISSUES OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION.
AND. WHEREAS, KIDS TO PARKS DAY WILL BROADEN CHILDREN'S APPRECIATION FOR NATURE AND OUTDOORS.
AND. WHEREAS, KIDS TO PARK DAY WILL RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF RECREATING RESPONSIBILITY OR RECREATING RESPONSIBLY WHILE ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF THE OUTDOORS.
AND. WHEREAS, I DECLARE KIDS TWO PARKS DAY NOW, THEREFORE, I.
RON MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY IS SET OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 20TH, 2023, AS KIDS TWO PARK DAY IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO MAKE TIME ON MAY 20TH TO TAKE THE CHILDREN IN THEIR LIVES TO A NEIGHBORHOOD, CITY, STATE OR NATIONAL PARK.
NOW, I SAY THAT WITH CAUTION BECAUSE I DON'T NEED YOU TAKING KIDNAPING CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARENTS FIRST.
THANK YOU, SIR. AS USUAL, IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY, TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT'S DONE BY THESE PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR THAT.
WE CAN'T DO ANY OF THIS STUFF ALL IN A VACUUM.
USUALLY I LIKE TO DO THINGS VISUALLY BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE RESPOND BETTER TO THAT.
IF YOU MISS ANY OF THAT STUFF, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ON PLAY.
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LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU THAT VIDEO DOESN'T SHOW THE INTANGIBLES, RIGHT? ALL THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN TOUCHED, ALL THE CHILDREN THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE HARD WORK THAT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PROVIDE FOR OUR CITY.SO WHENEVER THESE EVENTS TAKE PLACE, IT'S ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY.
IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING A SERVICE FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR YOUTH.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO KEEP THEM ON THE RIGHT PATH.
SO THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM.
THEY CIRCULATE THROUGH. THANK YOU, SIR.
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OKAY. THANK YOU FOR.SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION.
BUT THE WAY WE GET STARTED IN THE MONTH IS ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH OF MAY.
WE CELEBRATE AND WE GIVE THANKS AND GLORY TO GOD.
AND NOT ONLY DO WE PRAY, WE ACTUALLY HUMBLE OURSELVES.
WE COME TO A PLACE SO THAT HE CAN THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, HEAL OUR LAND AND HEAR FROM US.
COME ON UP. EACH AND EVERY MINISTER.
ARE YOU READY, AMANDA? I'M READY.
ARE YOU GUNG HO? READY? I NEED.
LORETTA DOZIER TO GET US FIRED UP.
WHEREAS THE FIRST NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WAS PROCLAIMED IN 1775 BY THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, SO THAT ALL AMERICANS OF EVERY RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION AND BACKGROUND MAY PRAY FOR GOD'S CONTINUAL LOVE AND MERCY UPON OUR LAND.
FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN PSALMS 33, VERSE 12 BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD.
AND. WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS AN ANNUAL OBSERVANCE HELD ON THE FIRST THURSDAY IN MAY.
IT IS BASED ON A FEDERAL STATUTE 36 UNITED STATES CODE STATUTE 119, WHICH WAS FIRST SIGNED INTO LAW BY HARRY S TRUMAN IN 1952.
THAT STATUE READS AS FOLLOWS THE PRESIDENT SHALL ISSUE EACH YEAR A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE FIRST THURSDAY IN MAY, IN MAY AS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, ON WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY TURN TO GOD IN PRAYER AND MEDITATION AND CHURCHES IN GROUPS AND AS INDIVIDUALS.
AND. WHEREAS, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, SIGNED BY THE UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ON JANUARY 18TH, 1777, SEVEN ESTABLISH OUR NATION'S HUMBLE BEGINNINGS ON THE BELIEF THAT OUR CREATOR HAVE ENDOWED US WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
THE CITY OF PALM BAY WAS INCORPORATED IN JANUARY 16TH, 1960 FOR THIS VERY SAME PURPOSE, AS STATED IN THE PREAMBLE OF THE CITY'S CHARTER. AND.
WHEREAS, ALL OF US HAVE THE FREEDOM TO PRAY AND EXERCISE OUR FAITHS OPENLY.
AND. WHEREAS, WE PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, FOR THEIR LOVED ONES, FOR THEIR SPEEDY RECOVERY OF OUR WOUNDED WARRIORS.
LET US ALSO PRAY FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS.
WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO PROTECT THEIR FELLOW AMERICANS.
LET US ALL COME TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR PEACE, GOODWILL, AS WE WORK TO MEET THE GREAT CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROBERT MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 4TH, 2023, AS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, FLORIDA, AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO GIVE THANKS.
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AND PROTECTION AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FOURTH DAY 2023. CONGRATULATIONS, MADAM HERNANDEZ.THANK YOU, MAYOR MEDINA AND MEN AND WOMEN.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
AND I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE CROWD AND SAY THAT PRAYER IS AN INCREDIBLE GIFT GIVEN FROM OUR GOD.
AND THE WORD FERVENTLY JUST MEANS TO CONTINUE ON.
THINGS ARE HARD AND THINGS ARE TOUGH IN OUR LIVES AND IN OUR NATION.
BUT WE HAVE THE GIFT AND THE HONOR AND THE BLESSING OF COMING BEFORE GOD AND CRYING OUT TO HIM.
AND I ENCOURAGE EACH ONE OF US TO DO THAT, NOT JUST ON MAY 4TH, ALTHOUGH THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE DAY TO GATHER WITH LOVED ONES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO JUST IN YOUR OWN TIME.
CRY OUT AND COME BEFORE HIM AND ASK HIM TO HEAL OUR LAND, HEAL OUR COMMUNITIES AND EVEN OUR HOMES.
THANK YOU. YOU READY? YOU READY? YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, LORETTA? LORETTA. SO, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
GOOD EVENING AND GOOD EVENING.
SO LIKE AMANDA SAID, THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS MAY 4TH.
AND PRAYERS GOING AROUND IN THIS COUNTY FROM THE NORTH AREA ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH AREA.
PRAYER IS GOING ON ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
PRAYER IS GOING ON IN CITY HALLS.
PRAYER IS GOING ON AROUND FLAGPOLES.
PRAYER IS GOING ON IN HOMES AND CHURCHES AND IN EVERYWHERE.
SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU, PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME ASIDE THAT DAY TO PRAY FOR AMERICA, TO PRAY FOR AMERICA SO GOD WOULD HEAL OUR LAND.
SECOND CHRONICLES 714 SAYS IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN.
I WILL FORGIVE THEIR SINS AND I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.
SO PLEASE AVAIL YOURSELF TO ONE OF THE PRAYER GATHERINGS.
WE HAVE OVER 50 PRAYER GATHERINGS THROUGHOUT BREVARD COUNTY, AND WE WANT YOU.
WE WANT YOU TO PRAY FOR OUR NATION, OUR COUNTY, OUR LEADERS.
SO THERE'S 50 ORGANIZED PRAYER MEETINGS.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.ORG.
LOOK UP ALPHABETICALLY BY CITY IN BREVARD COUNTY.
PUT IN YOUR ZIP CODE AND YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT PRAYER EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED IN YOUR AREA.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE PRAY REGULARLY FOR YOU.
IN ALL HONESTY. SO KNOW THAT YOU'RE PRAYED FOR.
PUT YOUR ZIP CODE IN. YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT'S IN YOUR AREA.
COME ON. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.
SACHSE REMIND YOU OF. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? PUT HIM DOWN.
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ACTIONSCRIPT.HERE DID YOU WANT TO GET? THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING HER.
WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]
DEPUTY MAYOR. YES, MAYOR.WE HAVE A FEW, STARTING WITH MR DAVID KERNS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS DAVID CAIRNS.
AND OF COURSE I TOLD YOU THAT I'M NOT REALLY HAPPY WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
UM. I PRAY THAT YOU, SIR, READ THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WHEREIN IT IS WRITTEN THAT THERE IS A FIRM SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.
I PRAY THAT MY FELLOW PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SEATS IN THE COUNCIL FIND THE STRENGTH TO STAND UP AND REBUKE YOU WHEN YOU GO OFF SCRIPT AND START SAYING ABSURDITIES LIKE YOU DID AT THE MEETING WHERE YOU FAILED TO FILL SEAT FIVE.
AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN JESUS INVOKED AS A REASON OR AN EXCUSE NOT TO DO YOUR JOB. WE HAVE SEAT FIVE THAT REMAINS UNFILLED.
AND YOU WENT ON 23 MINUTES TO SAY THAT GOD HAD TOLD YOU NOT TO FILL THIS COUNCIL MEMBER SEAT AND THEREBY ACCRUING MORE POWER TO YOURSELF.
I HAVE SEEN SOME CRAZY STUFF IN THIS TOWN UNDER THE NAME OF GOD.
HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT JESUS AND GOD MANY TIMES HE'D COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING.
OKAY. WE HAD A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER WHO STARTED A PROSTITUTION HOUSE TWO MILES FROM MY HOME.
HE TALKED TO GOD ALL THE TIME, TALKED TO JESUS, AND HE HAD A PROSTITUTION HOUSE WHERE HE WANTED TO SET HIMSELF UP AS THE MAYOR BY BRIBING OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ALSO FREQUENTLY INVOKED GOD AND JESUS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WE HAVE A UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
THIS IS A CHAPEL OF GOVERNMENT.
AND WE, THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY, DESERVE SOMEONE SITTING IN SEAT FIVE.
AND I'VE COVERED SEBASTIAN CITY COUNCIL.
I'VE COVERED PALM BAY CITY COUNCIL, I'VE COVERED TITUSVILLE, I'VE COVERED THE COUNTY COMMISSION.
AND SO I THINK REALLY THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE REBUKE.
START PRAYING OVER THE CONSTITUTION, SIR.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE WELCOME HERE, INCLUDING AGNOSTICS, INCLUDING.
I DIDN'T SEE A RABBI UP THERE.
I DIDN'T SEE ONE MUSLIM PREACHER WITH THIS GROUP.
WE ALL NEED TO FEEL WELCOME IN THE CHAPEL OF GOVERNMENT.
MA'AM, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN.
DUMBARTON CIRCLE. I WOULD ECHO WHAT MY HUSBAND SAID.
I JUST WAS BLOWN AWAY BY OUR EARLIER PRESENTATION AND I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THE LITTLE VIDEO THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SHOWED BECAUSE IT DID HIGHLIGHT THE MULTICULTURALISM OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND THAT I'VE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME, AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M VERY HAPPY TO LIVE HERE.
I HEARD YOUR COMMENTARY THAT MY HUSBAND REFERENCED.
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EVERYBODY IN PALM BAY IS A CHRISTIAN.PEOPLE MAY HAVE OTHER FAITHS OR THEY MAY JUST, LIKE NOT BE RELIGIOUS.
AND DO YOU FEEL THAT SOMEONE WHO'S MUSLIM OR HINDU OR JEWISH OR JUST DOESN'T GO TO CHURCH WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL WITH THEIR CONCERNS WHEN THEY KNOW THAT YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS NOT BASED ON WHAT'S BEST FOR A PARTICULAR RESIDENT OR THE CITY AT LARGE, BUT ON WHATEVER RELIGIOUS GOD TELLS YOU TO DO.
WE SHOULD. THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY SHOULD STRIVE FOR INCLUSIVITY.
MR. MORE FOULS BY BILL BATTEN.
GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. FILLMORE, PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE THIS EVENING? UM, I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S A MONDAY EVENING.
WE USUALLY DON'T HOLD REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS ON MONDAY EVENING, BUT SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE WHO CRIED THAT WE SHOULDN'T MOVE THE MEETING TO 6:00 ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT WERE OKAY WITH NOW AND POTENTIALLY HERE FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF UNTIL COUNCILMAN FOSTER IS ABLE TO ATTEND WITH US SHUFFLING MEETINGS AROUND AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND, KNOWING WHAT DAY IT'S ON OR NOT KNOWING ANYTHING.
BUT HAVING NOW THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHEN IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE QUORUM SEEMS TO BE OKAY WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME CRY ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET AT SIX OR CHANGING THE MEETING TO SIX.
WHEN WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN A GOOD TIME? WELL, WHEN YOU HAD THOSE SPECIAL MEETINGS BEFORE YOU MADE THAT APPOINTMENT, THAT'S WHEN YOU COULD HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP.
SO YOU HAD A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE AMENDMENT WAS ABOUT, BUT YOU CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT.
AND THAT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT, IS THAT YOU PROCLAIM YOURSELF YOUR SELF PROCLAIMED LEADER.
WELL, THE LEADER SHOWS UP TO MEETINGS, SO IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP TO THE MEETING, YOU CAN'T LEAD.
SO YOU CAN'T PROCLAIM YOURSELF TO BE A LEADER IF YOU'RE NOT AT THESE MEETINGS.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT I WANT TO GIVE THE DEFINITION OF A THEOCRACY.
A THEOCRACY IS A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH PRIESTS RULE IN THE NAME OF GOD OR GODS, AND THAT IS COMPLETELY ANTITHETICAL TO WHAT AMERICA STANDS FOR.
AMERICA IS RULED BY OUR CONSTITUTION AND HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY OUR CHARTER.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ADMITTEDLY SAYING THAT YOU WEREN'T GOING TO FOLLOW THE CHARTER BECAUSE OF WHAT YOUR BELIEFS ARE, REALLY SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING OR HOW YOU'RE ACTING AS A MAYOR.
AND I REALLY WANT YOU TO REFLECT ON THAT AND HOW YOU NEED TO PROCEED.
BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST TOWARDS THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
RICHMOND COVE, I UNDERSTAND, IS COMING, GETTING CLOSER TO BEING.
AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE PLANS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT COMING IN, I NOTICED THAT THEY ARE RUNNING WATER MAIN ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM BOMBARDIER UP THROUGH TO THE END OF TO SAXONY OVER TO DEGROOT, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
BUT WHAT MY QUESTION IS, ALONG WITH FIRE MAIN ALSO TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE IN THE SOUTHWEST DON'T HAVE WATER AND SEWER AND THIS POTENTIALLY WILL GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO POSSIBLY HOOK UP.
HOPEFULLY YOU NEVER MAKE IT DOWN TO MY ROAD BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD THE $200 A MONTH UTILITY BILL.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND TRY AND BRING IT OUT NOW BEFORE THEY START PRESENTING THEIR PAPERWORK, THAT I DON'T WANT THIS COUNCIL SAYING, OH, THIS IS A GOOD DEVELOPMENT AS WE START RUNNING A MILE AND A HALF OF WATER MAIN FOR THEM AND THEY ONLY PAY FOR THEIR FAIR SHARE, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS WHEN WE COULD HAVE RUN IT OUT THERE.
BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S A DEVELOPER AND THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.
BUT WE'RE RUNNING A MILE AND A HALF OF WATER AND SEWER FOR A DEVELOPMENT.
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PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF 100% OF THE COST.THANK YOU. MR. TAMBLYN FOLLOWS BY KELLY KERVIN CURVIER.
TIM BLAND, 1992 LYNBROOK DRIVE SOUTHEAST PALM BAY.
AS I YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, RIGHT? I MEAN, IS THERE A PLAN IN PLACE OF WHAT THE POPULATION OR RESIDENTS. TOP IS TO BE.
BABCOCK BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONSTRUCTION DOWN SOUTH, IT WAS CRAZY, ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
SO IS THERE A PLAN IN PLACE TO KIND OF EITHER LIMIT THE DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON AROUND HERE OR TO INCREASE THE INFRASTRUCTURE? AND WHEN I SAY INFRASTRUCTURE, I MEAN POLICE, FIRE, WATER, SEWER, ROADS.
BABCOCK NEEDS TO BE FOUR LANES.
IT'S CRAZY. I WHEN I GO PLAY GOLF EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY AT THE HABITAT, EVEN THOUGH I LIVE ON THE MAJORS, IT TAKES ME 25 MINUTES TO GET THERE.
WHEN I GO PAST THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL, THE TRAFFIC IS JUST CRAZY.
I, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS KEEP APPROVING ALL THIS OTHER DEVELOPMENT.
YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THEM COMING UP TONIGHT.
WHERE'S EVERYBODY GOING? WHERE ARE THEY GETTING EAT? WHERE ARE THEY GETTING WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO RECREATE AGAIN, THIS CITY, LARGEST CITY IN BREVARD COUNTY, IN POPULATION AND LAND MASS, IS THE ONLY CITY IN BREVARD COUNTY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A GOLF COURSE, DOESN'T HAVE A GOLF COURSE.
I DON'T SEE MUCH HAPPENING HERE, BUT THE MAJORS ARE STILL THERE.
AN ARNOLD PALMER DESIGNED HE'LL NEVER DESIGN ANOTHER GOLF COURSE.
HE WON'T PERSONALLY, HIS GROUP WILL, BUT HE WON'T.
AN ARNOLD PALMER DESIGNED GOLF COURSE IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS KELLY.
ADMITTEDLY, I'VE BEEN A BREVARD COUNTY RESIDENT SINCE I WAS TEN MONTHS OLD, LIVING IN PALM BAY NEARLY EXCLUSIVELY, EXCEPT FOR WHEN MY HUSBAND ACTIVELY SERVED IN THE ARMY AND WE MOVED AWAY AND WHATNOT.
WE KEPT OUR FLORIDA RESIDENCE.
NORMALLY I WATCH VIA LIVE STREAM.
NORMALLY I KEEP MY DISTANCE, BUT I WAS HORRIFIED AT THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE OUR MAYOR CHOSE RELIGION OVER HIS JOB. I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE A MARINE.
YOU WENT AWOL ON PALM BAY? NOT ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES.
IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.
THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
YOU WENT AGAINST YOUR OATH TO PROTECT NOT JUST ABROAD, BUT ALSO DOMESTIC.
I MIGHT BE ONE OF THE ONLY NOT SUPER RELIGIOUS PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.
AND I COMPLETELY, 100% APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO'S RELIGIOUS.
AND I DON'T CARE WHAT FAITH YOU HAPPEN TO PRACTICE.
BUT AS THE MAYOR OF PALM BAY, YOU ARE A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.
IF YOU ARE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS SO STRONG THAT THAT COMES BEFORE YOUR DUTY TO OUR CITY, THEN
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YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE OUR MAYOR, PERIOD.YOU DO NOT GET TO BE ABSENT FOR NO REASON.
I WILL BE HERE JUST LIKE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, WHETHER I'M IN THIS ROOM OR NOT.
I PERSONALLY, YOU MIGHT KNOW MY FACE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
THAT'S WHERE I SPEND THE MAJORITY OF MY TIME DEALING WITH THE MESS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
NOW THERE'S A MESS IN MY CITY.
GOING AWOL ON THE CITY OF PALM BAY WAS NOT OKAY.
EVER. THE SECOND YOU CHOSE NOT TO SHOW UP FOR US WAS NOT OKAY.
AND I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE REBUKE THAT MR FOSTER.
I HOPE YOU RECOVER AS QUICKLY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE IF THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO SHOW UP, THEY AT LEAST HAVE OUR SUPPORT. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE MINE.
AND YOU PROMISED THIS CITY TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST.
AND YOU BROKE MINE IRREVOCABLY.
GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES.
YOU CITY AMAZE ME CONSISTENTLY WITH YOUR ABILITY TO DO YOUR JOB AND RUN YOUR CITY SO EFFECTIVELY IN THE FACE OF A HOSTILE TAKEOVER ATTEMPT BY A MAN ELECTED TO BE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE. THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE TALKED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
YOU'RE MANAGING TO FIND $6 MILLION THAT WAS PULLED FROM THE FUNDING REQUEST FROM YOUR STATE BY THAT SAME REPRESENTATIVE TO MEET THOSE VERY NEEDS POLICE, FIRE AND THE HIGHWAYS.
THANK YOU FOR DOING YOUR JOBS.
THE GOD THAT I KNOW AND LOVE IS CONSTANT AND DOESN'T CONTRADICT HIMSELF.
I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN FLANKING YOU AS WELL AS MR FOSTER PERSONALLY.
I'VE PRAYED WITH EACH ONE OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER SAW THE MIDDLE EAST ACTION.
WE WERE FIGHTING THEOCRACIES THERE.
THE TALIBAN HAS DESTROYED BEAUTIFUL CULTURES AND DEMOCRACIES IN THE NAME OF THEIR GOD.
SO WHEN YOU CONVENIENTLY USE GOD AS YOUR SCAPEGOAT, WHEN YOU'RE FACING AN ACTION THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO, WHILE I FIND YOUR ACTIONS REPREHENSIBLE, I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD THAT JESUS TOLD YOU TO SKIP THE SEVERAL MEETINGS CALLED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL VACANCY AND THEREFORE NULLIFY THE WILL OF THE VOTERS IN 2022. SO A FEW QUESTIONS.
ARE YOU ASSUMING THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOUR COUNCIL DOESN'T ALSO PRAY BEFORE MAJOR DECISIONS? I ASSURE YOU THEY DO.
PERHAPS YOU BELIEVE THAT 63% OF THE VOTERS IN YOUR IN YOUR CITY WHO VOTED IN 2022 ARE NON BELIEVERS.
FINALLY, WILL YOU BE REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO NULLIFY ALL THE OTHER 2022 ELECTIONS FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY OR JUST THE ONE THAT YOU FOUND UNCOMFORTABLE? ALLAN MINK.
BUT PLEASE TAKE WHAT THEY'VE SAID SERIOUSLY.
WE'VE CAUGHT PEOPLE GOING 70 IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY NEIGHBOR MOVED TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS SON'S BASKETBALL WAS STRUCK SO AGGRESSIVELY THAT IT EXPLODED BECAUSE HE KNEW HIS SON COULD HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO THAT BASKETBALL WHEN IT WAS STRUCK AT THAT SPEED.
I CAN'T TAKE MY CHILDREN OUT FOR A SUNSET WALK IN A STROLLER.
I HAVE A SIX MONTH OLD AND A TWO YEAR OLD AND THEY LOVE THEIR LITTLE TWO PERSON STROLLER.
I CANNOT TAKE THEM OUT ON THE STREET BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS.
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ANOTHER 2 OR 3 YEARS FOR A STOP SIGN AT A FOUR WAY INTERSECTION THAT HAS HAD 3 OR 4 ACCIDENTS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, INCLUDING FATALITIES.SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THIS TO YOU.
I COLLECTED 11 SIGNATURES ALLEGEDLY.
I NEED 49 TOTAL TO MEET OUR REQUIREMENT FOR THE 80% OF BRICK STREET.
AND THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT A RESIDENT OF BRICKELL STREET.
WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO UTILIZE BRICKELL STREET TO GAIN ACCESS TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHTFULLY SO, AND THEY ARE SUBJECTED TO THIS TRAFFIC.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT.
WE NEED TO RESPECT THEM AS RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT ALL TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE ADOPTED.
THOSE ALL COULD BE CHANGED, ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
WE SPOKE TO MR FRANK WATANABE AND HE SAID ALL OF THAT VERBIAGE WAS ADOPTED.
SO ALL OF THAT COULD BE REVIEWED AND ALL OF IT COULD BE CHANGED.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING FOR, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF EMAILS, AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF BEGGING, COLLECTING ALL THESE SIGNATURES, WHICH IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLY UNSAFE FOR A WOMAN, BY THE WAY.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME TO YOU SCREAMING AND BEGGING TO BE SAFE ON OUR STREETS.
YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE OVERFLOW AND DEALT WITH IT SOONER.
THANK YOU. SO, MA'AM, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT WORKING WITH FRANK WATANABE.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON? YOU'RE GETTING A PETITION? YES. WE HAVE THE PETITION.
IT'S ALREADY STARTED. WE'VE ALREADY GOT 11 OF THE SIGNATURES.
MINE'S MISSING, SO WE'LL SAY 12 OF THE SIGNATURES THAT WE NEED.
BUT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HOUSES ON BRICK STREET, WHICH IS AN EXTREMELY LONG CUT THROUGH TO GET PAST THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY HOUSES, THERE'S ALMOST 60 HOUSES.
SO I NEED A LOT OF SIGNATURES AND IT'S TAKING ME SOME TIME.
AND IT'S IT'S EXHAUSTING AND IT'S FRANKLY A LITTLE DANGEROUS AND STRESSFUL.
AND AND ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS WERE ADOPTED INTO THE CHARTER.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CITIZENS HELPING YOU, ANY OF YOUR NEIGHBORS? YEAH. YEAH. SO WE ALL CAME OUT LAST WEEK AND SPOKE IN FRONT OF A GATHERING, I BELIEVE THAT WAS LIKE AN ADVISORY BOARD FOR YOU GUYS.
I EVEN HAD A LITTLE JOKE EMAIL THAT SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THIS MEASURE IS PUT IN PLACE, HOPEFULLY SOON, LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TRAFFIC AND HAVE A COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE. SINCE THERE'S 900 PEOPLE DOWN OUR STREET A DAY AS AN AVERAGE.
SO LET ME ASK YOU, HAVE WE WORKED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL? YES. SO WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY LAW ENFORCEMENT PRETTY REGULARLY.
THEY'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY PATROLLING THE STREETS.
THEY'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY PUTTING OUT SPEEDING MONITORS.
AND THEN BRIEFLY, WHEN WE WE DID SOME SURVEYING OF THE STREET, THEY PUT IN THE SPEED SIGNS THAT ALSO MONITORED THE SPEED, BUT THEY PUT THEM INTO THE END OF THE STREET.
YOU CAN'T EVEN GET UP TO THE SPEED AT THE END OF THE STREET.
SO IT WAS IT WAS A IT WAS A POORLY PLACED ITEM.
SO I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU SPEAK TO THE CHIEF.
MAYBE WE COULD RELOCATE THAT WHERE YOU FEEL IT WOULD BE MOST EFFECTIVE.
AND THEN I ALSO WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TO HAVE FRANK.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO NOT DIE WHILE I'M DOING SO.
THAT'S MY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
GO AHEAD AND SPEAK WITH THE CHIEF, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
MR PHILLIPS CORCORAN AND FOLLOWS BY VICTOR OF.
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GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. PHILLIP CORCORAN 1878 LYNBROOK DRIVE.RYAN DO YOU HAVE MY FILE? I'M GOING TO STEP ASIDE WHILE THEY DO.
YOU COULD RAISE THE LECTERN UP SO THAT.
WHENEVER YOU SPEAK, YOU CAN SPEAK INTO THE MIC.
THANK YOU. COULD YOU GO TO THE LAST PAGE, PLEASE? YEAH. BECAUSE SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT IN MY IN MY VIEW.
WE PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS, THE FAMILIES AND THE POLICE TO BRING CLOSURE TO THIS CASE.
NEW YORK CITY HAS 36,000 POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY CANNOT PROTECT 400 843 ACRE CENTRAL PARK.
SADLY, WE CANNOT EVEN PROTECT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW CAN WE PROTECT 1900 ACRES IN THE COMPOUND? WE FEEL THAT WE AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE BUILD A POLICE STATION IN THERE AND WITH A FIVE MINUTE MAXIMUM RESPONSE TIME, POLICE PRESENCE SHOULD BE SIGNIFICANT AND VISIBLE.
WE SHOULD LIMIT CARS AND TRUCKS FROM ENTERING AND EXITING THE COMPOUND THROUGH THREE CORRIDORS.
WE SHOULD USE CAMERAS AND DOCUMENT THE TAGS OF THE VEHICLES ENTERING AND EXITING.
RYAN, COULD YOU GO TO TWO NOW, PLEASE? PAGE TWO. COMPOUND AS WE, AS IT EVOLVES, OFFER SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND SOME NEW UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE COULD CREATE A OFF ROAD ATV PARK IN CONJUNCTION WITH BOMBARDIER AND THEIR CAN-AM DIVISION.
IT WOULD BE A SAFE RECREATION AREA.
I THINK WE SHOULD PROVIDE PROVISIONS FOR THAT.
AN ENTERTAINMENT VENUE WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
AND THERE WAS A MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB THAT FLIES OUT THERE.
SO THE SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO BIFURCATE THE COMPOUND, LOCATE THE RECREATION TO THE WEST SIDE OF SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY AND THE HOUSING TO THE EAST SIDE.
THREE. BRIAN, PLEASE. WE CAN ALSO USE THE COMPOUND TO SOLVE SOME OF OUR CITY TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, WHICH WE'VE HEARD ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES HERE TONIGHT. WE COULD WIDEN SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY TO FOUR LANES, TWO IN EACH DIRECTION, ALL THE WAY UP TO 192 AND HOPEFULLY DOWN TO THE NEW INTERSECTION ON ROUTE 95.
THIS WOULD ESTABLISH A HURRICANE CORRIDOR FOR EVACUATION.
AND IT WOULD HELP TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO WE COULD ALSO DO SOME THINGS IN THE COMPOUND TO HELP INCENTIVIZE BUILDING OVER THERE, LIKE TAX INCENTIVES TO SELL OUR LAND AND OTHER OWNERS AND TO PROVIDE AN AREA FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING, WHICH WE HAVE WE STRUGGLE WITH IN OUR CITY.
I'D LIKE TO SAY FIRST THAT I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO TAKE SUCH A BEATING.
THAT'S WHY I NEVER RUN FOR OFFICE.
JUST TO BE AN AMERICAN AND SAY WHAT I GOT TO SAY.
BUT ANYTIME YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT GOD, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD.
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS CAN DO IT.
YOU CAN DO IT. AND IF MY MONEY SAYS GOD, THEN I BELIEVE GOD SHOULD BE MENTIONED, NOT RELIGION GOD.
YOU SENT HER OVER THERE. I BELIEVE IN WHAT SHE'S DOING.
IT'S CALLED THE VOTE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL END IT.
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NOT REPAIRING BEFORE A HURRICANE'S COMING.I HAVE SENT STUFF TO YOUR TO YOUR OFFICE.
I'VE SENT STUFF TO THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
YOUR SYSTEM WITH YOUR OFFICE STAFF DOES GREAT JOBS.
YOUR PEOPLE THAT I CONTACT IN THESE POSITIONS THAT TAKE CARE OF THIS.
THEY EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE.
YOUR OFFICES AND NO DISRESPECT, NEVER CALLED ME AND SAY MR FORGET OUR OFFICE IS TAKING CARE.
AND IF YOU KNOW, THEN I KNOW THAT IT CAN'T.
THAT'S ALL I'M LOOKING FOR TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE WHEN THAT HURRICANE COMES, THOSE POLICEMEN AND THOSE FIREMEN AND RESCUE UNITS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND GOODWILL PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE BECAUSE THOSE POLES WERE GOING TO COME DOWN AND THOSE LIVE WIRES WILL BE ON THE GROUND AND THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT BECAUSE AT&T DOES NOT WANT TO REPLACE THE LEANING POLES.
I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD DO THIS OR I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU ALL THE PICTURES THAT I'VE TRIED TO SEND TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SHOW HOW MANY POLES WE HAVE LEANING, AND THEY USE THE WORD SUFFICIENT.
AND I TOLD YOU THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, SUFFICIENT IS NOT THE WORD.
IT SHOULD BE A GOOD CONDITION.
THEY'RE LEANING BECAUSE THE GROUND IS SINKING AND THEY DON'T WANT TO REPLACE IT.
AND IN MY OPINION, FROM WHAT I READ IN THIS COUNTRY, THEY ALWAYS WANT TO PAY FOR THINGS.
I'M SAYING FEMA PAYS FOR EVERYTHING AFTER THE STORM.
WELL, I WANT THIS NAME FIXED BEFORE THE STORM COMES.
AND I HATE TO TELL YOU, WE'RE NOT DOING IT.
THEY'RE NOT ON THE GROUND. SO PLEASE.
IF PEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR JOBS, THEY NEED YOUR HELP.
YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THAT PIECE OF PAPER SAYING, WHY AREN'T YOUR PEOPLE PUTTING THESE POLLS IN FOR OUR PEOPLE? WHAT MORE CAN I TELL YOU IS I CAN BE LIKE JOHN THE BAPTIST JUST GOING AROUND TALKING ABOUT NOTHING.
AND YOU BELIEVE IT OR YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT.
THEY DID A HELL OF A JOB AND YOU DON'T NEED TO BE RIDICULED BY THAT.
HOPE YOU GET THE POINT, MA'AM.
DEPUTY MAYOR, MADAM SHERMAN, HAVE.
CARRY ON. MA'AM, WOULD YOU JUST BRIEF US? YES, SIR. I'LL GET WITH STAFF FOR THE LATEST UPDATE, BUT BASED ON THE EMAIL TRAIL I HAVE, THERE HAVE BEEN STAFF CONTACTS AND DISCUSSIONS ON THIS MATTER.
I ALSO KNOW THAT AT&T HAS ACTIVE WORK ORDERS IN TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE POLES THAT ARE LEANING.
NEXT SPEAKER. MISS JOSEPHINE HUNTER.
JOSEPHINE HUNTER WITH MEDICARE 2175.
PALM BAY ROAD, PALM BAY, FLORIDA 32905.
I AM HERE TO GIVE AN INVITE AND I TEXT THE MAYOR.
I AM NOT SURE IF HE GOT IT BECAUSE I NEVER GOT A RESPONSE, BUT IT IS TO A FUNDRAISER.
THERE IS A FASHION SHOW GOING ON ON MAY 7TH, WHICH IS NEXT SUNDAY.
FROM 3 TO 7 DINNER IS INCLUDED.
AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE MAYOR OF COCO COUNCILMAN GOINS FROM COCO.
WE HAVE COUNCILMAN HERMAN COLE FROM TITUSVILLE.
WE HAVE COUNCILMAN TIM THOMAS FROM MELBOURNE.
WE HAVE ATTORNEY KENDALL MOORE, MR, ROBIN FISHER, SEVERAL PEOPLE, BUT WE HAVE NO ONE FROM PALM BAY TO REPRESENT PALM BAY. AND SO I EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO MAYOR MEDINA, AND I KNOW IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE, SO I'M NOT SURE IF NOW IT'S A GOOD TIME, BUT I DID EXTEND THE INVITATION AND I'M ASKING FOR REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
POST 191, THEY ARE REPLACING THEIR ROOF AND THEY HAVE COME UP WITH THIS PRE MOTHER'S DAY TREAT.
IT IS AN ALL MEN'S FASHION SHOW.
AND SO EVERYONE SHOULD BRING THEIR WIVES, THEIR MOTHER, THEIR DAUGHTERS, THEIR SISTERS.
IT WILL BE A NICE EVENING OUT MAY 7TH AT THE SUZANNE ACROSS FROM IGALI HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT TO BE PART OF THAT FASHION SHOW? WELL, ORIGINALLY THEY ASKED THE MODELS TO SELL TEN TICKETS OR SECURE A TABLE.
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BUT AT THIS LATE POINT, WE JUST WANT REPRESENTATION.AND IF YOU'D LIKE TICKETS, WE DO HAVE TICKETS.
WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOME.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, JUST THAT YOU COME AND YOU'RE PREPARED.
THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES CASUAL BUSINESS AND ROMANCE, AND WE'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOUR INTERPRETATION.
IT COULD BE A SMOKING JACKET, A DINNER JACKET.
LEATHER. WE WOULD BE THE MODEL.
YES. IT'S AN ALL MEN'S FASHION SHOW.
EXACTLY. THIS IS A PRE MOTHER'S DAY TREAT.
THESE ARE THIS IS FOR THE LADIES, FOR THE MOTHERS.
THIS IS FOR THE LADIES. AND THAT THAT.
THAT IS SUNDAY, RIGHT? SUNDAY THE SEVENTH.
BECAUSE IT'S THE FASHION SHOW AND DINNER IS INCLUDED.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL EVENING OUT AND EVERYONE IS INVITED.
OKAY. IT WILL BE ON BECAUSE BOBBY JUST TOLD ME HE'LL PUT IT.
SO ANY ANY ATTIRE WITH THE JACKET IS YES.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A CHANGE OF CLOTHES OR THREE CATEGORIES? NOW IF YOU ONLY WANT TO MODEL IN ONE, THAT'S UP TO YOU.
I KNOW PASTOR HARRIS IS ONLY MODELING IN ONE, SO THERE ARE THREE SCENES.
I'M A I'M A TERRY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT TELL KATHY TO PUT IT ON MY ON MY CALENDAR.
THANK YOU. BELONG TO THIS AFTER CHURCH, MA'AM.
WE NEED REPRESENTATION FROM PALM BAY, AND I GET TO CHOOSE MY OWN.
IF YOU CAN CONFIRM IF YOU GOT THE EMAIL OR SOMEONE, MAKE SURE I HAVE HIS NUMBER.
I'LL MAKE SURE THE COORDINATOR SPEAKS WITH YOU BECAUSE SHE WANTS MISS LADY MODEL.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MARY, IF I MAY.
I FELT SOME KIND OF WAY I DIDN'T RECEIVE A TEXT FROM HIM.
LISTEN, OKAY? I KNOW. YEAH, WELL, YOU CAN AS WELL.
YOU HEARD ME SAY THAT WE'RE NOT A COUNTRY, BUT YOU HEARD ME SAY THAT THAT MAYOR BLAKE, MIKE BLAKE, AND COUNCILMAN GOINS ARE BOTH MODELING TIM THOMAS FROM MELBOURNE.
SO YOU BOTH CAN COME IF YOU LIKE.
BUT I WAS JUST GIVING. I FIGURED IT WOULD BE GREAT.
KENNY? KENNY, YOU HEAR THEM? I HEARD THAT, DIDN'T I? HEARD THAT. SEE, I GOT TO COACH SOCCER.
PARDON ME? I HAVE TO COACH SOCCER.
OH, I'VE COACHED THREE YEAR OLDS.
OH, REALLY? AND THEY'LL KNOW. LADY, YOU GOT RIGHT.
YOU GOT THE MAYOR TO COMMIT, MA'AM.
I'LL BE THERE. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.
I THINK YOU THREE ARE MODELING ALREADY GOT BOW TIES, ALL TYPES OF TIES.
KENT DELGADO, 104 ANGELO ROAD, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY.
AND TO DEFEND THAT, WHETHER WE AGREE WITH IT OR NOT IS JUST IT'S JUST WONDERFUL.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I REALIZE THERE'S A LOT OF OF STATEMENTS GOING ON.
AND BECAUSE THERE'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH, PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD READ HISTORY.
AND BESIDES THAT, I THINK HISTORY IS IMPORTANT.
I THINK IF A REPORTER WERE TO DO DUE DILIGENCE, HE'D FIND OUT THAT WASHINGTON, IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS PRESIDENT SAID, IT IS A DUTY OF NATIONS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROVIDENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD, TO OBEY HIS WILL, TO BE GRATEFUL FOR HIS BENEFITS, AND TO HUMBLY TO IMPLORE HIS PROTECTION AND FAVOR.
IT'S NOT ESTABLISHING A THEOCRACY.
HAS THEOCRACY. THEOCRACY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR DECISION.
IT IS YOUR FAITH THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO, AS IT IS FOR ANYBODY.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
AGAIN, GRANDSTANDING, A LOT OF LOT OF STATEMENTS BECAUSE OF OF EMOTIONAL POSITIONS.
I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP IN 2024 OR HOWEVER THEY INTERPRET IT.
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AND SO OR 2020, YEAH.NEXT YEAR. AND SO THE PROCESS IS STILL MOVING FORWARD LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.
I THANK GOD THIS IS A REPUBLIC, NOT JUST A PLAIN DEMOCRACY.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO REMIND US WHAT WE SAYS, WHAT IT SAYS IN THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION ON THE PREAMBLE.
AND AND AND LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS.
RANDY FOSTER, HE'S GETTING BETTER AND AND I THANK GOD FOR FOR EACH EVERY ONE OF YOU AS YOU FOLLOW YOUR FAITH AS IT IS BEING EXPRESSED IN YOUR POSITION, WHICH YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO SO.
AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STANDING UP FOR THE REPUBLIC.
I'M BOB LEWELLEN, 841 FIRESTONE STREET, NORTHEAST PALM BAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING YOUR JOBS.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCE OF OPINION IN THIS ROOM AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR TRYING TO DO THAT AND TO MAINTAIN CIVILITY EVEN WHILE YOU RECEIVE A BARRAGE OF CRITICISM. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING TONIGHT.
THAT. EVEN THOUGH WE ALL HAVE INDIVIDUAL CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUE OF RELIGION.
THIS NATION, AS WAS JUST POINTED OUT, AND ALSO THIS STATE DO HAVE GODLY.
INFLUENCES THAT SOME CHOOSE TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM, EVEN IF THEIR GRANDPARENTS OR THEIR GREAT GRANDPARENTS WERE MINISTERS, THEY THEMSELVES MIGHT HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT GOD EITHER DOESN'T EXIST OR THAT HE'S AWAY ON A TRIP, OR HE IN SOME OTHER WAY, DOESN'T APPLY TO THEM.
AND WHILE THEY'RE WELCOME TO THOSE OPINIONS, OBVIOUSLY OPINIONS MATTER.
AND AS WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, WE WERE TALKING SOMEONE ELSE WAS TALKING ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN AND BEING SAFE ON BRICKELL STREET, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND WE WE WANT THE POLICE TO BE OUT THERE AS NEEDED TO CATCH THE VIOLATORS.
WHY ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLATORS? BECAUSE A VIOLATOR IS SOMEONE WHO IS DECIDING THAT HIS RIGHT.
UH, TRUMP'S SOMEONE ELSE'S RIGHT.
AND THAT THE PERSON THAT'S WALKING OR WISHING TO WALK WITH THE CARRIAGE THAT SEATS TWO DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME POSITION OR CONSIDERATION THAT THE SPEEDER HAS.
AND SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE ALL OF THIS.
AS POLICEMAN OR COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE WE ARE ALL HOPING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOLDEN RULE, WHICH SAYS DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE OTHERS DO UNTO YOU.
SO EVEN THE PEOPLE WITH WHOM I MIGHT DISAGREE.
THERE IT IS. COMPLETE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARINGS.[PUBLIC HEARINGS]
SMITH. ORDINANCE 20 2311 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.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MADAM SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES. THIS ITEM WILL BE INTRODUCED.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
AGAIN. THIS IS HERE WE ARE AT THE FINISH LINE.
A LOT OF HARD WORK, AS YOU KNOW.
I WILL WARN YOU, IT'S THE SAME EXACT PRESENTATION.
THE GOOD THING IS WE HAD A WONDERFUL MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC, THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND IT WENT IT WENT ABSOLUTELY GLOWINGLY.
NO COMMENTS BACK FROM THE STATE AGENCY REVIEW, WHICH WE WERE HOPING FOR.
AND SO IF I HAVE THE PRESENTATION, BRIAN, I THINK IS LOADING IT UP HERE.
IF YOU WISH TO HAVE ANY OF THAT BROUGHT BACK UP AGAIN, WE JUST GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHANGES TO THE ELEMENT, WHICH WAS A FULL REORGANIZATION.
WE CONSOLIDATED A LOT OF THE POLICY LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY.
OF COURSE, THERE WERE A LOT OF INCREMENTAL CHANGES OVER TIME THAT WERE REALLY MORE DEVELOPED, DEVELOPER FOCUSED, AND WE UTILIZE THE THE WISHES AND THE DESIRES THAT WE THAT WE HEARD DURING THE VISIONING PROCESS FROM THE PUBLIC. AND THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO DEVELOP THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT.
AND THAT WAS BEFORE YOU DURING TRANSMITTAL.
AND THAT'S ALSO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING FOR ADOPTION.
SO AGAIN, NO CHANGES TO WHAT WE PRESENTED DURING THE TRANSMITTAL HEARING, THE EXACT SAME DOCUMENT.
WE DO HAVE THE REMAINING ELEMENTS COMING IN, WHAT, TWO WEEKS FOR THE MAY 18TH MEETING.
THERE WILL THERE MAY BE A COUPLE MINOR TWEAKS TO THOSE.
WE ARE WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR THOSE EITHER.
BUT WE'RE STILL KIND OF WAITING FOR THE REVIEW AGENCIES TO TO GIVE US ALL THEIR INFORMATION.
SO I THINK AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WE'RE GOOD.
SO WE'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING A REORGANIZATION OF THAT DOCUMENT, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT PROVISIONS IN THE CODE THAT THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN, BUT ALSO ADD IN ANY ZONING DISTRICTS THAT MAY BE WARRANTED BASED ON NEW CATEGORIES OR THE RESHUFFLING OF SOME OF THOSE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES.
WELL, CHRIS, THE FIRST THING IS I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
RIGHT? I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP.
AND THEN FURTHERMORE, I TRULY APPRECIATE.
THE STEPS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN.
THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO LAST FOR SEVERAL YEARS DOWN RANGE.
AND AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR STAFF IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
SO THE METHODICAL APPROACH THAT YOU'RE TAKING, I APPRECIATE COUNSEL.
DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? THE ONLY COMMENT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT CHANGING FROM THE BAYFRONT MIXED USE TO THE URBAN MIXED USE, LIKE THAT'S IMPLEMENTING WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR THE FUTURE OF PALM BAY. ABSOLUTELY. I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WORK ON THAT.
SO AND YOU CAN USE IT IN ANY PLACE IN THE CITY.
WE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE OTHER NODES OF ACTIVITY IN THE CITY THAT WE WANT TO TO ADDRESS.
SO AND THAT WAS THAT METHODICAL APPROACH I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
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OKAY. WE WILL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.BUT WE HAVE A CONFLICT THAT EVENING, SO.
THANK YOU. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. THANK YOU, SIR.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? MADAM SHERMAN. OKAY.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? MASTER CHIEF, YOU'RE UP FIRST.
ANYONE ELSE AFTER HIM? YOUR SECOND MR CALL.
OR PHIL BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I JUST HAVE TWO QUICK ITEMS ON THIS ONE.
WHERE WILL THE PAPER COPY BE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE OF THE COMP PLAN? BECAUSE THAT'S THE TYPE OF PERSON I AM.
I LIKE TO WALK IN AND SAY, 20 YEARS AGO I BOUGHT THIS, RIGHT? THE SECOND QUESTION IS HOW MUCH IS THAT COPY GOING TO BE? AND THE THIRD QUESTION WITH THAT IS, WILL I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AFTER PAYING FOR IT TO PAY FOR MY CITY TAXES? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PHYSICALLY, YOU COULD USE IT ON YOUR IPAD.
CARRY ON. PHIL PHILLIP CORCORAN 1878 LYNBROOK DRIVE.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WRITING OF THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO I HAVE CALLED FOR A SUPERMAJORITY TO CHANGE ANY FUTURE USE PLANS IN THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE CAME HERE, WE WE SPOKE TO MANY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MANY OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
AND FORTUNATELY, THE FUTURE USE MAP IS UNCHANGED AND WE WOULD LIKE IT TO REMAIN THAT WAY.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
SEEING NONE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
GOT A MOTION. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
OKAY. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY, AS YOU WERE, BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY NAYS? PASSES. FOUR ZERO.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE.
PUBLIC HEARINGS. AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBERS TWO, THREE, SIX AND SEVEN.
COUNSEL SHOULD DISCLOSE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION BY DISCLOSING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON, GROUP OR ENTITY WITH WHOM THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE.
THE ORDER OF THIS PROCEEDING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.
ANY OTHER PERSON MAY SPEAK FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE ALLOWED CONCLUDING REMARKS FOR A MAXIMUM OF TEN MINUTES.
THE HEARING WILL THEN BE CLOSED AND NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY OR ARGUMENT WILL BE ALLOWED.
THE COUNSEL WILL THEN DELIBERATE IN PUBLIC AT THE END OF DELIBERATION.
A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE A MOTION ON THE APPLICATION TO BRING THE MATTER TO A VOTE.
EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS THEN FREE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION.
ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 23 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF PROPERTY FROM LEE LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSING DISTRICT AND CC COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO GC GENERAL COMMERCIAL
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DISTRICT. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY SOUTH OF MALABAR ROAD, EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND WEST OF BABCOCK STREET, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.THANK YOU, MAYOR. SIOBHAN, THIS I HEAR BUSINESS ADDRESS IS 4450 WEST O'GALLEY.
MELBOURNE, FLORIDA. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT ALAN CAPITAL.
THE FIRST ONE. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE TONIGHT, AND WE'RE REQUESTING A ZONING AMENDMENT ON THIS ONE FROM CC LEE TO GC GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
I DON'T WANT TO WASTE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, SO I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.
COUNCILOR, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.
ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO MAP FOR THIS, MADAM SHERMAN ANY ANY COMMENTS.
OKAY. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
SIR, I WOULD SAY IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.
COUNCILMAN. FOSTER. ANY. COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.
MADAM SMITH ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 24 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF PROPERTY FROM CC COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO GC GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTH OF MALABAR ROAD, EAST OF INTERCHANGE 95 AND WEST OF BABCOCK STREET, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
THIS IS THE LAST ITEM WE'RE REQUESTING A ZONING AMENDMENT FROM CC TO GC.
AGAIN, I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.
COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN. FOSTER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY ANY COMMENTS, MADAM SHERMAN? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY.
SPEAKER CARDS. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX OR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ANY COMMENTS, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
MADAM SMITH. ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17. LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 170 CONSTRUCTION CODES AND REGULATIONS SUB-CHAPTER BUILDING CODE A MODIFYING THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS REFERENCING THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK MRS SHERMAN.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? OKAY. 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.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? COUNCILMAN. FOSTER. ANY COMMENTS? NO. NO COMMENT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? AYE. ALL RIGHT.
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PASSES FOUR ZERO.WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, MADAM SMITH.
ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 15, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 21 BLOCK 1865 PORT MALABAR UNIT 41, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 21 PAGES 36 THROUGH 42 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS NICK MIGLIACCIO 1808 HOLBROOK ROAD.
WE ARE REQUESTING A PORTION OF OUR REAR EASEMENT TO BE VACATED FOR THE PLACEMENT OF A SHED.
THAT PORTION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS 150FT².
I CAN FIELD ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS LIKE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL OF THE APPLICANT.
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 ANY.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CALL THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
ORDINANCE 20 2325 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE KNOWN AS JUPITER BAY PUD IN PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF JUPITER BOULEVARD AND BREVARD AVENUE AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR A COMMENCEMENT PERIOD PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL.
MISSED YOU GUYS. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE.
YOU USED TO USE SITTING OVER THERE.
IT'S BEEN THAT LONG? YES, IT'S BEEN THAT LONG.
YES. SO IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THIS THIS PROJECT THAT I WAS HERE ON LAST.
SO WE'RE AT THE WE'RE AT THE VERY END.
WE YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH YOU FOR THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT'S BEEN SCRUTINIZED BY STAFF.
WE PUT EVERYTHING THAT WE AGREED TO DO ON THE PLAN.
SO WE HAVEN'T ADDED ANY MORE UNITS.
WE HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON THERE.
WE'RE SHOWING THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO JUPITER BOULEVARD.
AND SO THIS IS THE LAST STEP SO WE CAN GET GOING.
SO I'M HERE TO REALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
JOHNSON. I WAS GOING TO ASK REGARDING THE 30,000 UNIT.
FOR THE COMMERCIAL. DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT? WHAT TYPE THEY'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING THEIR POINT IN TIME? NO, WE DO NOT. NO.
SO THE CONDOS ARE ON TOP OF THE COMMERCIAL? YEAH, LIKE THAT TRADITIONAL TYPE OF DOWNTOWN STUFF.
COMMERCIAL, FIRST FLOOR, RESIDENTIAL UP TOP.
YEP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DEPUTY MAYOR. COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? I'LL TAKE THAT AS A NO. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, ANY.
ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS? DEPUTY MAYOR? YES, MAYOR.
OKAY. STAND STAND BY, MR. MOYER, FOR A REBUTTAL.
BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
FIRST, I HATE TO SEE THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DISAPPEAR.
SO THAT CAN'T CRY OVER SPILLED MILK.
SO TWO OF THE A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE THERE, BUT THAT WAS THE NEGATIVE SIDE.
ON A POSITIVE SIDE OF JUPITER BAY PUD IS THE FACT THAT THE DEVELOPER MADE SOME CONCESSIONS, WHICH I APPRECIATE, AND THE BIG ONE BEING EXPANSION ALONG JUPITER BOULEVARD.
BUT TRAFFIC WARRANTED THOSE DECISIONS BEING MADE AND THAT'S A PLUS.
SO NOW WE HAVE CARS PARKED AT THE ENTRANCE.
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WHAT'S GOING TO YOU SEE THE PROBLEM I'M STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT ALSO BEING SAID, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE NOT TO BE CHANGING ANY OF THE PLANS THAT ALLOW THE TRAFFIC THAT BACKS UP ALONG JUPITER TO JUST GO AHEAD AND HEAD NORTH UP ALONG BREVARD AVENUE, BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULD MAKE THE CORNER ALL THE WAY UP AND IT WOULD JUST BE ONE SINGLE LINE THAT WOULD STILL JUST KEEP RIGHT ON WORKING AND YOU COULD STILL COME IN AND ROUTE THE TRAFFIC RIGHT UP TO IT.IT'S JUST A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO HELP ALLEVIATE A CATASTROPHE THAT WE SEE COMING.
THAT BEING SAID, HATE TO SEE THE R&R GO, BUT IT'S THERE.
DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER? YES, SIR. OKAY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO REBUT MR. MOYER? YES.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, UH, I GUESS REALLY JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT HE MADE.
IT'S BEEN AN INACTIVE GOLF COURSE FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT'S NOTHING TO THE CALIBER OF THE MAJORS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER PLAYED THERE, BUT I HAVE WITH THE KIDS.
THEY HAD FUN, BUT IT WAS YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN ABANDONED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, WE DID TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT BOVARD AVENUE AND IT WAS YOUR IDEA.
THEY WERE AGAINST THAT. SO, YEAH, I THINK NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED SINCE WE STARTED.
SO I'M HOPING. RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL.
UM. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. I LIKE THE PROJECT.
IT'S AN AREA THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW.
MORE OF A LIABILITY, MORE OF A LIABILITY THAN ANYTHING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BECOMING MORE POPULAR.
I LIKE THAT IT'S BEEN FINE TUNED AND LOOKED AT BY STAFF AND CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS.
ALONGSIDE WHAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SAID, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENT THIS PROJECT WILL BRING TO THIS INTERSECTION. IT'S BEEN.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT CAN BE WORSE.
I CAN ONLY SEE HOW THIS PROJECT CAN IMPROVE IT AS FAR AS THE INTERSECTION AND EXTEND THE.
SO I TRULY LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND SEE WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO THE AREA.
COUNCILMAN. FOSTER. ANY COMMENTS? AS LONG AS THEY WORK WITH THE SCHOOL.
IS NOW GOING TO BE A TRAFFIC JAM IN THE MORNING.
BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.
IT'S GOING TO GIVE A LOT OF DIVERSITY TOWARDS THE CITY, SO I WILL SUPPORT IT.
BUT I ENCOURAGE THEM TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS, SIR? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
SO I'LL BEGIN WITH WITH MY COMMENTS.
AS YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THIS.
THE THE THE DENSITY WAS ALWAYS A QUESTION.
I I'M LIKE MASTER CHIEF BATTEN, THE, YOU KNOW, THE ONE ACRE LOTS.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY IF THEY WOULD HAVE COME IN AT HALF ACRE LOTS.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE PROJECT.
I LOVE THE CONDO ASPECT OF IT.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU DID SOMETHING.
YOU HEARD COUNSEL AND YOU MADE CONCESSIONS AND WORKED THROUGH THAT.
I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED LESS DENSITY AND I STAND BY THAT.
BUT AS FAR AS THE CONCESSIONS THAT YOU MADE, I WANT TO MAKE IT PUBLIC.
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I APPRECIATE IT.I STILL FEEL THAT THAT CORRIDOR IS IS A DEVASTATING CORRIDOR, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
RIGHT. THE IDEAL SITUATION IS THOSE COMMERCIAL TRACKS ARE SUCCESSFUL AS YOU BUILD UP.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON A ON A WELL DONE PROJECT.
I STILL WILL VOTE NAY ON THIS BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE I TRULY MEAN THIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONCESSIONS.
AND YOU WERE LISTENING TO COUNSEL AS FAR AS THE OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU MADE THOSE CONCESSIONS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION.
DID YOU VOTE ON THAT? COUNCILMAN FOSTER? YES, I SAID HI.
THANK YOU. WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO I THINK WE PRETTY MUCH EATEN THE WHOLE PIE.
SO THIS IS THE. THIS IS THE LAST THING.
THIS IS TO GET THE ACTUAL ZONING.
AND I DO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I DO I DO APPRECIATE AND I WANTED COUNCILMAN FOSTER TO KNOW THAT THAT THIS PLAN INCLUDES THAT TURN LANE EXTENSION ALL THE WAY TO BREVARD AVENUE.
SO WE THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PLUS FOR THIS.
SO THIS IS REALLY JUST THE ZONING PART.
AND SO WE'RE I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY ANY MUCH MORE TO TALK ABOUT.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO REQUEST APPROVAL RESPECTFULLY.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? STAFF ANY COMMENTS.
ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS? DEPUTY MAYOR? NO, SIR.
OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ANY COMMENTS, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY. COUNCILMAN.
I DIDN'T HEAR YOU VOTE COUNCILMAN.
THANK YOU, SIR. HEY, COUNCILMAN.
LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE COMING OFF THE CALL.
ALL RIGHT, SIR? YEAH, I'M GONNA TRY TO HANG.
I HAVE BACK SURGERY TODAY, SO.
THANK YOU. SO WE'RE NOW ON CONSENT.
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MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL.SO WE KNOW NOBODY'S PULLING ANY.
MOTION ANY ANY ITEMS BEING PULLED.
OKAY, SO WE'RE PULLING ITEM NUMBER TEN.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO PULL? SEEING NONE. I NEED A MOTION NOW.
MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER TEN.
SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR OR DEPUTY MAYOR.
FELIX SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TEN.
[10. Consideration of allocating General Fund Undesignated Fund Balance for a replacement drone for the survey team within the Public Works Department ($15,000).]
DEPUTY MAYOR, MR. BILL BATTEN. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF STRANGE THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY BECAUSE OF WHERE SOMETHING IS MADE, AND I JUST THOUGHT I'D BRING THAT OUT.
IT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND I UNDERSTAND WHY WE USE IT.
EVERYTHING IS DONE BY AIR NOW.
BUT IT GENERATES TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE, HOW MUCH WAS THE OLD DRONE THAT WE PURCHASED AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH IT IF WE CAN'T FLY
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IT FOR THE CITY? IS IT GOING TO BE SOLD AS EXCESS OR, YOU KNOW, RECOUP OR SOMETHING RECOUP THE COST? BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, I CAN FLY OVER THE CITY HALL LIKE THEY FLY OVER ME.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
YOU YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT? YES, SIR. STAFF TELLS ME THE ORIGINAL DRONE WAS AROUND $10,000 AND WE WILL BE SELLING IT THROUGH OUR SURPLUS PROCESS, AS WE TYPICALLY DO, TO RECOUP SOME FUNDS. THANK YOU.
WILL YOU JUST BRIEFLY MENTION FOR THE RECORD WHY WE'RE MAKING THIS PURCHASE? YES, SIR. SO THE THE RULES, THE REGULATIONS THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA CHANGED NOT TOO LONG AGO.
WE'RE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO USE THOSE DRONES IF THEY WERE PURCHASED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA STATUTE DEFINITION IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY OF CONCERN, EITHER MANUFACTURED PARTS DESIGN, THEY'RE BUILT, THEY'RE COMPANY BASED, THEY'RE ETCETERA.
SO THAT'S A NEW RULE FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND SURVEYING THAT WE NEED WITHOUT A DRONE.
SO IT WAS AN UNBUDGETED ITEM, BUT WE'RE RECTIFYING THAT TONIGHT, HOPEFULLY.
SO IT'S IT'S MADE IN AMERICA IS WHAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR OR BE MADE IN ONE OF THE COUNTRIES ON THE LIST THAT OUR STATE HAS ESTABLISHED THAT ARE ESTABLISHED AS AS A FOREIGN COUNTRY OF CONCERN.
OKAY. BUT THE ONES WE WE PURCHASED FROM ARE ALLIED FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
I WOULD ASSUME SO. I'M JUST GOING BY THE DEFINITION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T USE IT IF IT'S BOUGHT MANUFACTURED PARTS MADE IN ANY OF THESE LOCATIONS TRACKING THAT. OKAY.
IS THAT CLEAR THERE, MASTER CHIEF, I NEED A MOTION.
MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF ALLOCATING GENERAL FUND UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE FOR THE REPLACEMENT DRAWN FOR THE SURVEY TEAM WITH WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT $15,000.
SECOND, A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
ANY DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN. SIR, WE HAVE TO DO THIS BY STATE.
OKAY, SO I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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SIR, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE BROUGHT BACK, CERTAINLY WITH THE EXPIRATION OF THE 60 DAYS AND THERE NOT BEING AN APPOINTMENT.THERE WERE QUESTIONS AS FAR AS WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WERE GOING TO BE.
IN PARTICULAR, WHEN A SPECIAL ELECTION COULD OCCUR.
AT THE LAST MEETING, CITY MANAGER SHERMAN SUBMITTED A MEMO, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF TODAY'S PACKET THAT CONTAINED A NUMBER OF OPINIONS THAT I HAD ISSUED ALONG THE WAY.
IN ADDITION, THERE WAS AN AGENDA REVISION IN WHICH I DID SEEK OUTSIDE COUNSEL OPINION AS FAR AS THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CHARTER AS TO WHEN THE SPECIAL ELECTION COULD OCCUR, AND EVEN HAD HIM ADDRESS A MORE NOVEL QUESTION INQUIRY I HAD AS FAR AS IT NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THIS YEAR, BUT BEING SOMETIME TIME NEXT YEAR, MARCH WITH THE PRIMARY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHETHER THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER DATE OTHER THAN THE NOVEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION, CONSISTENT WITH MY OPINION AND THE BOTH I AND THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL ARE OPINING BASED UPON THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THE CHARTER PROVISION THAT THE SPECIAL ELECTION SHOULD OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REGULAR SPECIAL REGULAR ELECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WOULD BE NOVEMBER OF 2024.
I'M NOT SURE. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS.
NUMBER ONE, WHEN I SAID LAST TIME WE WERE IN THE LAST MEETING THAT THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT.
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IT WAS JUST IN RESPONSE TO THE OTHER PERSON'S STATEMENT THAT IT WAS CORRUPT.AND SO I JUST PLAYED OFF OF THE WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
WE MADE A BIG CHANGE IN THE CHARTER WITH NO REAL PROCEDURAL STATEMENTS ON HOW THE WHOLE PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN BE DONE AS AN ADDENDUM AND WORK THROUGH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHARTER.
NUMBER TWO, I PROBABLY WILL BE ASKING FOR DETAILS HOW WE GOT FROM THE MOMENT WE MADE THAT DECISION, HOW WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE SPECIAL ELECTION WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN NOVEMBER.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WE GOT FROM FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD AT IT AS IT BEING.
IF IT WASN'T FILLED IN 60 DAYS, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE SPECIAL ELECTION AS WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ON THE PREVIOUS ONE AND ALL THE ISSUES THAT THAT CREATED, ETCETERA.
BUT BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW WE GOT FROM POINT A, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD WE WERE DOING TO POINT B AS THE ATTORNEYS ARE DEALING WITH THE NEW INTERPRETATION OF WHAT SPECIAL ELECTION MEANT AND VERSUS HAVING ONE THIS YEAR, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE HOW WE GOT TO THAT PLACE.
THE OTHER SPEAKER CARDS. THAT'S IT.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. THERE'S NO MOTION NEEDED, CORRECT? NO, THIS WAS.
WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING. OKAY, WELL, I UNDERSTOOD IT THE SAME WAY.
SO THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS? MAYOR OKAY.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? NO. MY COMMENT REMAINED THE SAME, ALTHOUGH THE CHARTER.
THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
MAYOR SO, ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, LET ME, LET ME JUST SHARE.
THIS IS, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE, WE HAVE THE POWER TO FIX, RIGHT? UM, LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU SOME, SOME THOUGHTS HERE.
UM, THE VERY FIRST THING I WANTED TO SHARE IS AND LET ME GET TO IT.
THE ACTUAL REFERENDUM THAT PEOPLE VOTED ON.
RIGHT. AND THAT THAT CHARTER AMENDMENT GOVERNING THE PROCESS FOR FILLING VACANCIES.
SHALL SECTION 3.062 OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY CHARTER BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE EVENT OF A VACANCY ON THE CITY COUNCIL, A MAJORITY OF THE REMAINING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL APPOINT A PERSON TO FILL SUCH VACANCY UNTIL THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.
RIGHT. AND THAT IF THE CITY COUNCIL FAILS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITHIN 60 DAYS, A SPECIAL ELECTION SHALL BE CALLED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FILLING THE VACANCY.
WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT TO ME AND I SHARED THESE CONCERNS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY THINKING SPECIAL ELECTION. YOU'RE NOT THINKING OF GENERAL ELECTION.
A SPECIAL ELECTION TO ME WAS WAS JUST THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION.
IF YOU GUYS LOOK THAT LOOK AT THAT.
IT READS WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS ON COUNCIL ARISES AS A RESULT OF DEATH, RESIGNATION, ILLNESS, DISABILITY, WRITTEN COURT ORDER, FORFEITURE OF OFFICE OR OTHER LAWFUL WRITTEN ORDER OR ACTION SUCH AS VACANCY.
SUCH VACANCIES SHALL BE FILLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED BY THE ORDINANCE BY APPOINTMENT OF THE MAJORITY OF THE REMAINING MEMBERS WITHIN 60 DAYS.
IF THE MAJORITY OF THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FAILED TO FILL THE VACANCY THROUGH APPOINTMENT WITHIN THE 60 DAY PERIOD, COMMA, A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY SHALL BE CALLED AND HELD IN A MANNER COORDINATED BY THE CITY CLERK AND THE SUPERVISOR OF A OF ELECTIONS AND ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.WE WENT PAST THE 60 DAYS AND WE CAN ADOPT A RESOLUTION.
TO ME, WHEN THOSE ELECTIONS RUN CONCURRENT, IT'S LIKE, UH, WHAT IS IT? THE MAYOR AND TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, RIGHT? THREE ON 2024 AND THEN IN 2026, THERE ARE TWO OTHER POSITIONS.
THE INTENT WHEN I HEAR CONCURRENT, THAT'S WHEN IT OPENS UP.
SO IF WE WERE TO APPOINT SOMEONE, IT SEEMS TO ME AND I'M NOT A LEGALESE, I'M JUST SAYING AS A LAYMAN, WHEN I VOTED, I THOUGHT OF 60 DAYS, 60 DAYS THAT AND YOU AND I, WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT, UM, DEPUTY MAYOR.
BUT HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, GENTLEMEN, THIS, THIS CAUSES ME EVEN MORE CONCERNS.
RIGHT. UM, BUT HERE'S MORE OF A CONCERN WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO FIX THIS BECAUSE.
WE ARE ON UNCHARTED TERRITORY.
THIS COUNCIL HAS NEVER DEALT WITH ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
RIGHT. EXTRAORDINARY VACANCIES.
NOW HEAR ME OUT THAT SECTION 3.064.
IN THE EVENT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE REMOVED BY DEATH, DISABILITY LAW OR FORFEITURE OF OFFICE, THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT AN INTERIM COUNCIL THAT SHALL CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION 3.062. SO THE THE GOVERNOR IF AND WE'RE NOT FAR FROM THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ONLY THREE OF US THAT ARE FUNCTIONING HERE.
PRAISE THE LORD YOU'RE STILL ALIVE.
YOU'RE VIRTUALLY BUT WE'RE WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO THIS.
SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ONE OF US, THE CITY WON'T BE ABLE TO FUNCTION.
AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, IN NUMBER TWO, IF AT ANY TIME THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL IS REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUORUM, THE REMAINING MEMBERS MAY BY MAJORITY VOTE APPOINT AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER.
RIGHT NOW, IF IF ONE OF US GOES DOWN, THERE'S ONLY TWO OF US.
SO WE WE REALLY HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO TO TRY AND FIX WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
THESE ARE UNCHARTERED GROUNDS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE PROCESS I SHARED WITH YOU.
IT WAS FLAWED AND I FELT THAT IT WAS FLAWED.
AND AND NOW I EVEN SEE THERE'S EVEN MORE CONCERNS.
GENTLEMEN, I KNOW THAT WE DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR ANYTHING, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU GO BACK TO 3.62.
IT READS THAT WE CAN, AFTER A PERIOD OF 60 DAYS, IF THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL, THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FAIL TO FILL THE VACANCY THROUGH APPOINTMENT WITHIN THE 60 DAY PERIOD, A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY SHALL BE CALLED AND HELD IN A MANNER COORDINATED BY THE CITY CLERK WITH THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS AND ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
PERIOD. WE CAN TAKE ACTION AND CALL FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION.
I THINK THAT THERE IS ERROR THAT HAS OCCURRED HERE AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IN ERROR.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS ERROR IN THE FAVOR OF OUR RESIDENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S I BELIEVE THAT GIVE THE POWER BACK TO THE PEOPLE.
LET'S EMPOWER THE PEOPLE TO VOTE.
THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS.
WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS? SO I THINK THIS DISCUSSION IS ALREADY OVER WITH AND DONE BEING THAT THE 60 DAYS HAVE ALREADY PASSED, I'M GOING TO LEAN ON THE ATTORNEY AND THE OUTSIDE ATTORNEY'S OPINION, WHICH IS WHAT MY PERCEPTION OF IT WAS AS WELL.
SO FOR IT TO OCCUR IN 2024 MAKES IT A SPECIAL ELECTION, WHICH IS HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT.
SO I'M GOOD WITH I APPRECIATE THE DIALOG, BUT I'M GOOD WITH MOVING AS SUCH.
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THE ATTORNEY GAVE HER OPINION AND SHE EVEN WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND SAID, HEY, IF MY OPINION IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, LET ME GO OUTSIDE.SO I'M GOING FORWARD WITH THAT.
MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR, I APPRECIATE IT.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, HERE'S HERE'S MY STRUGGLE.
YOU YOU MADE SOME STRONG CONSIDERATION IN WHICH I WANT TO VALIDATE.
I KNOW WE WE HAVE THAT DIALOG BEFORE WE DISCUSS THAT.
I HAVE A HARD TIME TAKING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO HEART.
THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP.
AND AS I SAID, YOU LET ME DOWN.
YOU LET 24,000 VOTERS DOWN BY NOT SHOWING UP.
MOREOVER, YOU HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT SAME DIALOG PRIOR TO.
I'M SORRY. ALL PRIOR MEETING ON THE SIXTH.
WHENEVER THAT VOTE WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE, YOU HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.
YOU PURPOSELY BYPASSED THAT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE? I TRULY BELIEVE I WANT TO VALIDATE WHAT YOU SAID, YOUR ARGUMENT.
YOU HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY PRIOR TO THAT.
SO WHATEVER ARGUMENT YOU JUST TRIED TO MAKE, I HAVE A HARD TIME ACCEPTING IT AS THERE'S ANY.
YOU KNOW, A WAY TO IT BECAUSE YOU HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT PRIOR TO OUR SELECTION.
YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR THREE MEETINGS.
I MEAN, I HAVE A HARD TIME ACCEPTING ANYTHING YOU TRY TO BRING FORWARD NOW.
I'M SORRY. IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE NO COMMENT.
WE NEED TO MOVE ON AND WAIT TILL 2024.
THAT'S WHERE I SEE IT. AND THE VOTERS COULD GET TO VOTE ON THIS.
AND WE DON'T WE DON'T APPOINT NOBODY TO VOTERS, APPOINT WHOEVER GET ELECTED.
AND ALL 33 APPLICANTS COULD RUN FOR SEAT FIVE AND THEY HAVE A GOOD SHOT AT IT.
BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO I REALLY DON'T WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS.
I SET OFF TO SAY LAST MEETING.
THANK YOU. SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, GENTLEMEN, I'LL JUST SHARE THIS.
YOU KNOW, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS, BUT.
70% OF THE PEOPLE VOTED NOT TO GIVE US RAISES.
AND YET YOU DECIDED TO GIVE OURSELVES GIVE YOURSELVES A RAISE.
70% OF THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU DECIDED TO GIVE YOURSELVES A RAISE? I'M NOT WALKING AROUND HERE WITH $3,600 IN MY POCKET.
I REFUSE TO TAKE THAT RAISE BECAUSE 70% OF THE PEOPLE DECIDED NOT TO TO GIVE YOU RAISES.
NOW, ALL DUE RESPECT, WE HAVE AN ISSUE HERE.
ARE WE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD? ARE WE GOING TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THIS PLACE? WHAT WE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS HAVING THE PEOPLE DECIDE.
I DON'T WANT TO BRING THINGS UP THAT YOU YOU WERE CONVICTED, BUT WHAT WHAT IS IT? WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO FIX IT.
I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT PERHAPS WE SHOULD START DISCUSSING THIS.
MADAM ATTORNEY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT.
CAN WE ASK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON HER DEFINITION? BECAUSE I REMEMBER A CITY ATTORNEY THAT SAT ON THIS DAIS SAID NICK SAMUELS ONCE SAID IN LISTEN, OPINIONS OR OPINIONS, HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO IT HAS TO BE UNTIL IT'S CHALLENGED.
AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS, IS THERE AN A AN OPINION WE CAN ASK FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REGARDING THE DEFINITION? CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A SPECIAL ELECTION BEFORE 2024? SIR, TYPICALLY WHEN SOMEONE WANTS AN INTERPRETATION OF A BALLOT SUMMARY, YOU CAN SEEK AN OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
BUT THAT IS DONE PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.
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APPROVED. ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINIONS ARE PERSUASIVE.THERE IS NOTHING THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN SAY THAT CAN INVALIDATE THIS CHARTER PROVISION.
AND SO LONG AS IT'S HERE, WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY IT.
CERTAINLY, IF ONE WAS SEEKING TO INVALIDATE IT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN BY A COURT, BECAUSE IN ESSENCE, WHAT YOUR INTERPRETATION, AS YOU WERE STATING BEFORE, WOULD SEEK TO DO, WOULD ESSENTIALLY MAKE THE ALL VACANCY ELECTIONS WILL RUN CONCURRENT WITH THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY ELECTION.
THAT WHOLE SENTENCE BE MEANINGLESS BECAUSE YES, IT SAYS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TO PASS A RESOLUTION.
COUNCIL STILL WILL HAVE TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT'S REQUIRED FOR ANY SPECIAL ELECTION.
WE'RE JUST SAYING AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO NEED TO PASS A SPECIAL ELECTION IN MAY OF 2023 WHEN THE ELECTION CAN OCCUR UNTIL NOVEMBER 2024.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE TIMING.
FOR 2024 IS THE WAY THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'D RATHER EMPOWER THE PEOPLE.
TO MAKE TO MAKE A CHOICE ON THIS ELECTION.
AND THEN I WAS LIKE, OH, LET'S APPOINT SOMEBODY FOR A LITTLE BIT.
EVEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAID, HEY, WE'RE WORKING JUST FINE WITH FOUR PEOPLE AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN FOR THE NEXT YEAR, HOWEVER MUCH SO I'M GOOD WITH THE TEAM WE HAVE NOW. UM, AND THAT'S WHERE I STAND.
DEPUTY MAYOR, YOU WANTED TO END? OKAY. OKAY. MY POSITION HASN'T CHANGED.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
THANK YOU. STAFF IS REQUESTING TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2122 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
YEAH. OKAY. WE GOOD WITH THAT OR COUNCILMAN? ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? COUNCILMAN.
OKAY. MONDAY THE 22ND AT 6 P.M..
OKAY. WE'RE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS.
[COUNCIL REPORTS]
FOSTER. COUNCILMAN FOSTER.THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT FOR ALL BOARDS AND THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL AND STAFF AS WELL.
TAKING CONSIDERATION MAY BEING NOT AVAILABLE AS OF TOMORROW FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS.
I WILL BE OVERSEAS MOVING THAT SCHEDULE MEETING TO TODAY.
I DO APPRECIATE THE, YOU KNOW, EFFORT TO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I THINK ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS MENTIONED THAT REGARDING MOVING IT TO A MONDAY.
BUT THESE ARE THESE ARE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, RIGHT.
AND SO WE GOT TO TRY AND FIT EVERYONE'S SCHEDULE.
AND AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, SIR, OR NO? NO. ONE OTHER THING I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO DO IS HAVING THE ABILITY TO GO ON OVERSEAS MISSION TRIPS.
SO I WILL BE GOING TO SENEGAL, AFRICA TOMORROW FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS TO FOR OUTREACH PURPOSES AND AND MEDICAL AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK THE NATIVE LANGUAGE THERE WHILE BEING ABLE TO SPEAK FRENCH.
SO I THINK I'LL BE QUITE USEFUL WITH THE TEAM TEAM OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND OUTREACH AS WELL.
MORE MORE IMPORTANTLY, MY 22 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER VOLUNTEERED TO GO WITH ME, SO I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT.
THAT'S AWESOME. I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
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SO AS FOR ME, I WANTED TO JUST SAY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'LL WE'LL MEET BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY.SO HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE.
AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HONORING AND POLICE CHIEF MARIO DJALO IN HONORING OUR FALLEN OFFICERS OFFICERS GROGAN AND AND JOHNSON.
YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY WE WE DO THIS AS SACRIFICE PARK.
AND I TRULY BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE A RENEWED SACRIFICE PARK IN THE FUTURE.
SO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, SIR.
THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT PROTECT US EACH AND EVERY DAY.
YOU AS WELL. FIRE CHIEF HOGUE, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TEAM MEMBERS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORTS.
STARTED WITH. NOTHING FURTHER.
THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM SMITH, SIR.
OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANY SPEAKER CARDS OR WHO ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE STEP UP, MA'AM.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]
AND. MISS EILEEN.EILEEN SEP 1230 RAIL ROAD NORTHEAST.
LIKE I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, THAT AMENDMENT VIOLATES THE CODE OF ETHICS, THE CHARTER AND THE SUNSHINE LAWS AND THE WAY IT WAS ENACTED WHEN THE AMENDMENT WAS CREATED.
IT DID NOT SAY HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE EXECUTED.
THE METHOD THAT YOU CHOSE IS A CORRUPT METHOD.
THE LAW. THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT A VALID AMENDMENT.
IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION.
I HAD SUGGESTED THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE HAVE ELECTIONS, EACH OF YOU CHOOSE SORT OF LIKE A VICE PRESIDENT TO YOUR POSITION AND PEOPLE GET TO VOTE ON THE ALTERNATE.
IN THE EVENT THAT YOU CANNOT PERFORM YOUR DUTIES, THERE'S SOMEONE WHO CAN STEP IN.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, PEOPLE GET SICK, THEY MOVE, THEY LOSE THEIR JOBS, WHATEVER.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A SENSIBLE SOLUTION AND IT HAS TO COMPLY WITH OUR OWN PALM BAY CITY CODE OF ETHICS AND THE CHARTER AND THE SUNSHINE LAWS THAT MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE OF PALM BAY NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU COME TO YOUR DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BRUSH IT ASIDE AND SAY, GO ALONG WITH THIS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO WAIT TILL 2024, BUT IF THAT'S IT, FINE.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED AHEAD OF TIME.
SEVERAL CITIZENS HAVE TRIED TO REACH HIM.
HE DOESN'T RESPOND WHEN YOU ASK QUESTIONS ON HIS WEBSITE.
THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THE SUNSHINE LAWS, AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN ETHICS VIOLATION AGAINST HIM FILED WITH THE STATE BECAUSE HE'S HURTING PEOPLE AS FAR AS WE KNOW.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT THAT WAS NOT HIS REASON, BUT HE'S NOT GIVING A REASON.
I HEAR FROM HIS FRIENDS THAT HE SAYS, WELL, HE HAD OTHER REASONS FOR IT.
WHAT ARE THEY WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR DENYING THIS CITY WHAT IT NEEDS? AND LASTLY, ON THAT WHOLE ISSUE OF RELIGION, I'M SORRY, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK BEFORE THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED? SEEING NONE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.