I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 20 2017 TO ORDER.
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THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR DAVID TREXLER OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY OUR DEPUTY MAYOR, DONNY FELIX.HOLY ONE KNOWN BY MANY NAMES AND BEYOND ALL NAMES.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY AND ABUNDANT BLESSINGS.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY.
WE PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL WHO FAITHFULLY SERVE OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
PUT PEACE IN THEIR LIVES AND JOY IN THEIR CALLING.
GRANT THESE LEADERS YOUR SPIRIT OF WISDOM TO GOVERN DURING THESE TRYING TIMES.
GIVE THEM A THIRST FOR JUSTICE AND MERCY WHERE THERE IS DISAGREEMENT.
POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT OF HARMONY UPON THIS ENTIRE ROOM.
OH, LORD, FILL THIS SPACE WITH YOUR SPIRIT OF LOVE.
LOVE THAT ALWAYS WORKS TOWARD THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS.
OH, GOD. BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR STRENGTH AND SALVATION.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HURRAH! HURRAH! HURRAH! YOU KNOW, IT NEVER IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME TO HEAR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH SO MANY FOLKS IN UNISON. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I FEEL LIKE RUNNING THREE MILES RIGHT ABOUT NOW.
MISS. NO, I THINK WE GOT TO WORK.
PRESIDENT. DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX HERE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR ANNOUNCEMENT.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. ONE VACANCY ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTS AT LARGE STUDENT MEMBER POSITION.ANYONE WISHES TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS CAN APPLY ONLINE.
OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT (321) 952-3414.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING INTO AGENDA REVISIONS RIGHT NOW.
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MISS SHERMAN. YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS TO ANNOUNCE.
FIRST IS THE ORDINANCE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REVISED ON ITEMS 20 AND 23 UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS.
ORDINANCE 20 2359 HAS CHANGED TO ORDINANCE 2023, 38 AND ORDINANCE 20 2362 HAS CHANGED TO ORDINANCE 20 2337.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. THE NEXT NEXT REVISION IS THE APPLICANT FOR ITEMS 20, 21 AND 22 UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS REQUESTED THAT THE CASE CASES BE CONTINUED TO THE AUGUST 17TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY VICE OR DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THE NEXT IS THE APPLICANT FOR ITEMS 23, 24 AND 25 UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS REQUESTED THAT THE CASES BE CONTINUED TO THE AUGUST 17TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MADAM. SO THOSE ITEMS, JUST TO RECAP FOR OUR AUDIENCE, THE HEALED ROAD ITEMS HAVE BEEN CONTINUED FOR AUGUST 17TH.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO DECIDE ON THAT.
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SO AUGUST 17TH, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE THE APPLICANT REQUESTED THAT WE CONTINUE THE ITEM.SO COUNCIL AGREED TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WITH YOU.
NUMBER. THAT IS CORRECT, MA'AM.
SO NOTHING WILL BE DECIDED UNTIL AUGUST 17TH WHEN THIS COMES BACK? WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? ONE SECOND, PLEASE.
THE APPLICANT REGARDING HEALED ROAD.
THE APPLICANT REQUESTED THIS BASED ON HIS REQUEST TO COMMUNICATE FURTHER WITH THE RESIDENTS.
SO IF THAT DOESN'T OCCUR PRIOR TO THE AUGUST 17TH, WE REQUEST THAT YOU CONTACT US, CONTACT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CONTACT THE CITY MANAGER SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT TYPE OF DIALOG HAS TO BE ENSUED FOR FURTHER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE APPLICANT.
OKAY, SO WE WILL NOT BE MAKING ANY DECISIONS REGARDING HEALED ROAD THIS EVENING.
THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE PROTOCOL FOR.
MOST OF THE RESIDENTS. SO WE WILL COMMUNICATE WITH ONE PERSON THAT'S IN CHARGE AND WE'LL PASS THAT INFORMATION ON.
BUT UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS REGARDING HILO TONIGHT.
NOW, UM, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL AUGUST 17TH.
I'VE GIVEN YOU ENOUGH INFORMATION.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE OUR MEETING.
THE LADY THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LEAD FOR THE RESIDENTS.
IF YOU COULD GIVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO JULIETTE RIGHT HERE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
MAYOR, DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT FOR A MOMENT OR CARRY? YEAH, IF YOU. IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO EXIT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND STAND FAST, GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES TO EXIT.
OKAY. THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER AGAIN ITEM.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO ITEM NUMBER 12 UNDER CONSENT AGENDA RELATING TO THE DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT CALL OUT OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
AND I ALSO HAD A REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT FOR PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER 18.
THE KINNEY AVENUE VACATING A REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION TO MOVE THAT UP FURTHER IN THE AGENDA.
OKAY. WE COULD MOVE IT TO NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER ONE, IF IF YOU HAVE AN APPETITE FOR THAT SO MOVE MOTION SO MOVED SECOND.
I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO WE'LL BE DISCUSSING ITEM NUMBER 18 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, NUMBER ONE.
WE ARE NOW ON PROCLAMATIONS, MAYOR.
YOU NEVER HAVE ANY AGENDA REVISIONS.
I DON'T. WELL, GOD BLESS IS TRULY AN UNFORTUNATE ONE.
NOT CONTINUED. JUST WITHDRAWN.
[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
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OKAY, SO WE'RE NOW ON PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART IS IS SMALL BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE THAT INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY TO CREATE JOBS AND AND BUSINESSES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO TODAY WE HAVE WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT OF THE QUARTER.
AND I'M GOING TO CALL UP GABRIEL.
COME ON UP. IS IT GABRIELA? YEAH. GABRIELA. GABY.
MISS GABY. SHE JUST PUT ME IN CHECK.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, CALL HER GABY.
AND. WHEREAS, SMOOTHY SOCIAL LOCATED AT 180 MALABAR ROAD, SUITE 111 HAS BEEN AN ESTABLISHED BUSINESS IN PALM BAY SINCE JUNE OF 2022. AND.
WHEREAS, SMOOTHY SOCIAL CAFE HAS SHOWN BUSINESS GROWTH AND INCREASED REVENUE, CUSTOMERS AND WORKFORCE SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT. AND.
WHEREAS, SOCIAL OR SMOOTHY SOCIAL CAFE OFFERS BOTH TIME IN AND ORDER AHEAD OPTIONS TO PROVIDE FULL SERVICE CONVENIENCE TO ITS CUSTOMERS.
WHEREAS SMOOTHIE SOCIAL CAFE PROVIDES EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION WHILE SERVING A VARIETY OF SMOOTHIES, COFFEE, TEA AND FOOD ITEMS ALL MADE FRESH DAILY.
THEY MAKE SURE TO USE THE FRESHEST AND HIGHEST QUALITY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR EACH SMOOTHIE TO ENSURE CUSTOMERS ARE GETTING THE MOST NUTRITIONAL VALUE POSSIBLE.
WHEREAS SMOOTHIE SOCIAL CAFÉ GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BY DONATING THEIR SPACE TO SO-CALLED NON TO SEVERAL NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS JUST RIGHT LIVING SO THEY CAN HOLD MEETINGS, SMALL GATHERINGS.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED GIFT AND DONATIONS TO THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNIT SPONSORED 2022 BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM.
GOT TO SPONSOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM NOW AND HAVE PROVIDED VARIOUS DONATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL CHURCHES, WHEREAS SMOOTHIE SOCIAL CAFE HAS MAINTAINED A HIGH RATINGS REVIEWS ACROSS WEBSITES SUCH AS, WELL, GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK.
THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN SPOTLIGHTED BY DESTINATION BREVARD.
NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY TO SET OFF, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THAT SMOOTHIE SOCIAL CAFE AS THE CITY OF PALM BAY'S RECIPIENT FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF YEAR 2023.
MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT AND WITNESS HERE.
I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY TO BE AFFIXED THIS 20TH DAY OF JULY 2023.
I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO MAYOR MEDINA.
I WANT TO HAVE I WANT TO HAVE YOUR YOUR GRANDPARENTS COME UP AND YOUR MOM COME ON UP.
THANK YOU. TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR THIS AWARD.
AND THAT PLANTED A LITTLE SEED WITHIN ME.
WELL, WHATEVER NEED. I'M GONNA SAY ABUELITA.
WHERE DO YOU WANT THE PHOTOS TO? OH, YEAH. WELL, THE CAMINO BUENO.
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HERE WE GO.YEAH. LISTEN, I FAILED TO MENTION.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, YOU HAVE TO VISIT.
I MEAN, FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE TURNED GOTTEN A LITTLE OLDER, WE NEED TO BE MORE HEALTH CONSCIOUS.
AND THEY HAVE SMOOTHIES THAT REALLY HAVE HELPED YOUR MAYOR.
SO THIS NEXT ONE, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS RIGHT NOW.
HOW MANY OF US KNOW HOW OLD PALM BAY IS? PALM BAY, 63 YEARS OLD.
ISN'T THAT EXCITING? 63 YEARS OLD.
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 50 YEARS.
OF THOSE 63 YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 50 YEARS.
ISN'T THAT EXCITING? I'M GOING TO CALL UP MR. WILSON. ROBERT, COME ON UP.
PRAISE THE LORD. COME ON OVER HERE, ROBERT.
AND. AND YOUR FATHER, GOD BLESS HIM.
GOD BLESS HIM. HE WAS THE MAN THAT STARTED THIS.
ARE YOU COMING UP, MISTER MAYOR? MAYOR OF MALABAR.
IT IS HEREBY RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
YES. THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF PALM BAY WISHES TO RECOGNIZE AND PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE BUSINESS CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOFT WATER SERVICE FOR OVER 50 YEARS IN OPERATION.
ISN'T THAT EXCITING? 50 YEARS ALMOST AS OLD AS YOU, MISS MASTER CHIEF.
WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF PALM BAY WISHES TO EXTEND AND EXPRESS CONGRATULATIONS AND APPRECIATION FOR ITS CONTINUED SERVICE TO PALM BAY CITIZENS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN BREVARD COUNTY AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES.
ISN'T THAT EXCITING? WHEREAS OUR SOFT WATER SERVICE HAS ASSISTED THE CITY OF PALM BAY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BY PROVIDING DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO THE CITY WITH ITS WATER SOFTENERS, WATER TREATMENTS AND IRRIGATION SERVICES.
ARE YOU GOING TO CALL YOUR FAMILY UP HERE? COPY THAT. NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE ARNAZ SOFT WATER SERVICE FOR THEIR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY.
WAY TO GO. I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED TO SAY, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND OBVIOUSLY ALL THE RESIDENTS OF CITY OF PALM BAY.
THIS IS KIND OF BITTERSWEET, OBVIOUSLY.
I WAS JUST BORN 50 YEARS AGO AND IT'S A GENERATIONAL BUSINESS.
AND A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH MY FATHER AND.
HE UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
BUT. I LOVE RUNNING A BUSINESS IN PALM BAY.
IT'S ALL THAT I'VE EVER WANTED TO DO IN MY LIFE, AND I'M DOING IT NOW.
AND. I WOULDN'T CHOOSE ANY OTHER CITY OTHER THAN PALM BAY TO HAVE OUR BUSINESS.
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SO THANK YOU, ROBERT.I WANTED YOU JUST TO BRIEF US A LITTLE BIT ON THE ANNEXATION OF THAT CORNER ON PALM BAY ROAD.
WOULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT HISTORY? THE CARRIER PROPERTY.
SO MY MY FATHER, WHEN LOOKING FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN PALM BAY, THE ORIGINAL PIECE OF PROPERTY HE WAS GOING TO BUY WAS AT THE CORNER OF PORT MALABAR AND BABCOCK, WHICH YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE WAS BASICALLY NOTHING THERE.
THE PROPERTY GOT SOLD OUT FROM UNDER THEM AND THEY TOOK THEM DOWN TO THE CORNER OF PALM BAY ROAD AND BABCOCK, WHICH IS WHERE THE CVS PHARMACY IS NOW. AND THERE WAS A LITTLE KIND OF FARMER STORE THERE AND THERE WAS ALREADY A BUILDING THERE.
AND THE FAMILY THAT OWNED THAT WAS RETIRING AND MY FATHER BOUGHT IT, BOUGHT ALL THE LAND AROUND IT, WHICH WENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE CARABAS AND ALL THE WAY OUT TO PALM BAY ROAD AND THE FRONTAGE ON BABCOCK.
AND BABCOCK WAS JUST A FOUR WAY STOP SIGN.
AND WE HAVE SOME AERIAL PICTURES AT OUR STORE IF ANYBODY EVER WANTS TO STOP BY.
BUT WHO WOULD HAVE EVER KNOWN THAT THAT INTERSECTION WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME THE BUSIEST INTERSECTION IN BREVARD COUNTY? WE DID SELL THE PROPERTY IN 1999 TO ECKERD DRUGS, WHICH IS NOW CVS.
I'VE WATCHED THAT INTERSECTION GROW AND.
IT'S JUST AMAZING WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND I DON'T PLAN ON GOING ANYWHERE.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
WE ALSO WANT TO PRESENT THIS PLAQUE TO YOU SO YOU COULD PROBABLY PLACE IT AT YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS.
TRANSCEND. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.
I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE IF YOU COME OFF THE DAIS AND SPEND WITH ME.
JUST A SECOND. 50 YEARS OF BUSINESS.
HOW DO YOU GO? ZOOM IN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS A LOT GUYS.
OR AS YOU WERE. I'M SKIPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE, AREN'T I?
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WE'RE ON PRESENTATIONS, MADAM SHERMAN.YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. WE'RE ON PRESENTATIONS.
SHE IS GOING TO PRESENT ABOUT MISSION SPACE COAST.
OH, THERE YOU ARE. I'M LOOKING IN THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROOM.
ALL RIGHT. SO, ANGELA, WELCOME.
HEY, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
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COUNTY TO CREATE A UNIFIED BRAND FOR THE COMMUNITY.AND IN CASE YOU'RE NOT USED TO IT OR FAMILIAR WITH WHAT A UNIFIED BRAND IS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT I LOVE NEW YORK OR KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD, THESE BRANDS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES AND REALLY TRANSFORMED COMMUNITIES AND HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE THROUGH A UNIFIED VOICE FROM THE OUTSIDE IN AND THEN ALSO FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO NOW.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE COMMUNITY KNOWS ABOUT IT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH ME TO DISCUSS THE BRANDING INITIATIVE.
AND THANK YOU, NANCY, FOR BEING HERE AND SUPPORTING THE INITIATIVE.
I'LL TELL YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW NANCY IS INVOLVED WITH IN A MINUTE.
BUT THIS IS AN EXCITING ENDEAVOR.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER TRIED TO GET A UNIFIED BRAND FOR BREVARD COUNTY.
AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF HISTORY AND SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST FOR DECADES AND REALLY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY POSITIVELY FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. SO I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO THROUGH THIS UNIFIED BRAND IS TO TELL OUR STORY AND REALLY IDENTIFY THE KEY ASSETS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER, WHAT MAKES US GREAT FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTION, WHAT MAKES US GOOD FOR A TALENT, ATTRACTION AND TOURISM, AND WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WHAT ASSETS DO WE WANT TO KEEP THE SAME? HOW DO WE KEEP THIS GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN BREVARD COUNTY AND JUST REALLY AMPLIFY THAT? AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TELL THE STORY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOGO, IT'LL BE A TAGLINE AND IMAGERY.
WE HOPE ONE DAY THAT PEOPLE AROUND THE ROOM ARE WEARING THE BRAND ON THEIR T SHIRT OR MAYBE A COFFEE MUG AND JUST REALLY PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY AND SHARING IT EXTERNALLY WITH WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
WE ALSO NOTICED THAT THROUGH RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE BREVARD COUNTY IS OR THE SPACE COAST IN RELATION TO FLORIDA. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN EASILY IDENTIFY WHO WE ARE AND THEY CAN DO THIS THROUGH THIS BRAND.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE MULTIFACETED IN ITS APPROACH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING RESEARCH RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITIES, TO BUSINESSES, AND WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL USE THIS BRAND SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEIR OWN BRAND.
WE HOPE THE MUNICIPALITIES WILL.
WE HOPE THAT THE BUSINESSES WILL, AND WE HOPE THAT IT HELPS EVERYBODY RISE TOGETHER.
AND WE'VE HAD JUST A TREMENDOUS RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY, AND AGAIN, THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND ALL THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, THE NONPROFITS.
JUST A REALLY NICE RESPONSE FROM IT.
AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS READY FOR THIS AND THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS.
I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL OF IT, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.
ONE THING I WANT TO REALLY REITERATE IS WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF TIME TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO IN OUR PHASE ONE, WE HAD OVER 40 COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE HEARD FROM OVER 800 RESIDENTS IN BREVARD COUNTY TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE DEFINES BREVARD COUNTY AND WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE NOT ONLY ACROSS FLORIDA BUT AROUND THE GLOBE.
SO THAT WAS PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.
WE ACTUALLY JUST STARTED NOT TOO LONG AGO, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE VISUALIZATION AND DESIGN.
AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO START SHARING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY VERY SOON.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, NANCY HAS BEEN A MAJOR SUPPORTER OF THIS INITIATIVE AND SHE'S PART OF OUR REPORTING BOARD, WHICH IS ANOTHER STEP OF CHECKS AND BALANCES FOR THIS INITIATIVE. WE HAVE ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ON THE REPORTING BOARD THAT ARE MAKING SURE THAT WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TOLD US AND THEN THE DATA THAT WE'VE FOUND FROM EXTERNAL IS ACTUALLY REPRESENTED IN THE BRAND.
SO WE JUST STARTED TO FINALIZE THE CORE VALUES AND WE HAD A POP UP FOCUS GROUP TO KIND OF TEST A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VALUES WITH THEM TO SEE WHICH ONES RESONATED MOST BEFORE WE DECIDED CONCRETELY ON THOSE CORE VALUES.
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SO A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.WE DON'T PLAN TO LAUNCH THE BRAND UNTIL JANUARY OF 2024.
AND SO TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED FOR TWO YEARS ABOUT SOMETHING IS THAT'S NOT POLITICS IS PRETTY.
IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO MAKE, AGAIN, FUN WAYS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ENGAGED.
AND SO WE HAVE POSTCARDS THAT WE'RE DOING WHERE YOU CAN DO A POSTCARD CONTEST.
AND SO I'VE BROUGHT SOME HERE TODAY.
IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH ME LEAVING SOME, IT'S JUST TO SHARE THE INITIATIVE A WAY FOR YOU TO SEND A NOTE TO A FRIEND OR FAMILY AND JUST SHOWCASE WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN BREVARD COUNTY AND THINGS THAT WE LOVE.
AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CONTEST STARTING IN AUGUST AND IT'LL GO THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST.
SO YOU COULD BE ON THE NEXT POSTCARD.
AND THEN WHOEVER WINS IS ON THE POSTCARD AND WE DISTRIBUTE THAT OUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
I MENTIONED THE POP UP FOCUS GROUPS AND THE PHOTO CONTEST.
AND HERE'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR NANCY.
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.
SO, ANGELA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
RIGHT. AND I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT I'M GOING TO DEFER TO TO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
THANK YOU, MA'AM, FOR UPDATING US.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR GETTING HER IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE SINCE, YOU KNOW, THINGS SLOWED DOWN IN THE EARLY 2000S, IT'S GOOD TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE SPACE INDUSTRY BOOMING THE WAY IT IS. AND WE'RE YOU KNOW, HOUSTON DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON US.
SO COME ON, MAN. SO SO I'M ENCOURAGED.
I'M EXCITED. YOU KNOW, MY MY SON, I TAKE HIM TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ALL THE TIME.
SO IT'S THIS THE SKY'S NOT THE LIMIT IN THIS CASE.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES FROM IT.
AND YOU HAVE THIS COUNCIL SUPPORT, SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
JUST LIKE TO ECHO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN SAID, THE SAME THING.
YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND SHARE WITH US.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS AN AS AN INSTITUTION TO, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENTLY LOOKED AT YOUR BRANDING AND KEEP IT FRESH, KEEP IT NEW, KEEP IT ALIVE.
SO THAT THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT YOU COME AND SHARE IT WITH US.
THANK YOU. YEAH. AND MY COMMENTS ARE RIGHT ALONG THE SAME LINE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST TO BRING AND HIGHLIGHT THE BRANDING THAT SAVED PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE TODAY. RIGHT? BECAUSE IN THE EARLY 2000, THEY WERE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF THE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACT.
BUT IT WAS THE THIS COMMUNITY LED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THAT TIME.
AND THEN THAT WAS GOING TO SHUT DOWN.
AND BECAUSE THESE BASES ARE STILL OPEN TODAY, WE'VE GOT AFTAC THAT'S RENEWED OUT THERE.
WE'VE GOT SOME LAUNCHES THAT ARE GOING ON.
WE EVEN HAVE LOCKHEED MARTIN WITH THE LONG RANGE MISSILES RIGHT HERE IN OUR COUNTY.
THEY MOVED FROM CALIFORNIA TO OUR COUNTY AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THEM.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE TRIDENT MISSILE IN ACTION, I'M SURE THEY'VE GOT VIDEOS.
AND I WAS SHARING, I HAD THE BLESSING OF SEEING THAT IN ACTION.
ONE TIME YOU'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN AND RIGHT OUT OF THE OCEAN.
IT'S LAUNCHED FROM A SUBMARINE.
AND AND THAT CAN HELP ANY MILITARY UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
BUT THANK YOU GO NAVY BEAT ARMY.
YOUR HUSBAND IS STILL ON ACTIVE DUTY.
YEAH, HE ACTUALLY RETIRES NEXT YEAR, SO WE'RE GOING TO PLANT OUR ROOTS HERE.
AWESOME. THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BRANDING.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED OF YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND GIVE LYNDA WEATHERMAN OUR REGARDS.
THANK YOU, GUYS. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
NEXT WE HAVE. WELL, MADAM SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE WHEEL? YES, SIR. NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE CITY'S FINANCIAL AUDITORS.
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MR. ANTHONY BRUNSON IS HERE TO GIVE AN POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 2022.MANAGER AND THE STAFF AND THE RESIDENTS OF CITY OF PALM BAY.
WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL 235 PAGE AUDIT REPORT THAT WE SUMMARIZE HERE IN 68 PAGES, WHICH WE PROVIDE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CITY'S ACTIVITY.
SO I THINK YOU MUCH PREFER THE SUMMARIZE PRESENTATION VERSUS THE 235 PAGE DOCUMENT.
OKAY. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCOPE.
THIS LIST, THE ACTUAL FUNDS THAT WERE AUDITED AND GENERAL FUND.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE FUND.
WE AUDITED THE BEEF BAYFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SOME IMPACT FUNDS, DEBT SERVICE FUNDS.
ET CETERA. THOSE ARE THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE.
SO THAT'S IT'S SEGREGATED IN THAT MANNER.
AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING THERE WAS A SEPARATE REPORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE BAYFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT'S AVAILABLE, A REVIEW OF THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTING PROCESSES OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS TESTING COMPLIANCE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE DISTINGUISHING FACTORS BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS OR NONPROFITS AND PRIVATE IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONTROL ENVIRONMENT NOT ONLY CREATED FOR THE FINANCIAL PROCESSES, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMPLIANCE PROCESSES BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDS THAT YOU RECEIVE.
OKAY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT AUDIT RESULTS, WHICH IS A CREDIT TO YOUR TEAM.
WE HAVE ISSUED WHAT'S KNOWN AS AN UNMODIFIED AUDIT OPINION.
THAT MEANS YOU MEET ALL OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE JUST ADDRESSED.
AND IT'S FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND ALSO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
REPORTABLE, REPORTABLE CONDITIONS FOR COMPLIANCE.
ONE OF THE HUGE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE PAST YEAR, IT'S CALLED THIS IMPLEMENTATION OF GASB 87, AND IT'S WHERE YOUR LEASES, WHICH ARE NORMALLY HISTORICALLY, I SHOULD SAY, REPORTED ON AN OPERATING BASIS.
THERE'S A GREAT EFFORT NOW TO CAPITALIZE ALL OF THOSE LEASES, PLACE THEM ON THE BALANCE SHEET WHERE THEY'RE NOW DESCRIBED AS ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, AND THEY GET AMORTIZED OVER THE PERIOD OF THE LEASE.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT, FIVE YEARS AGO WE'RE AROUND THREE POINT $5,000,000 BILLION.
I'M SORRY. AND THAT VALUE TODAY IS $5.3 BILLION.
SO THAT'S A HUGE GROWTH OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I'M SURE THE RESIDENTS ARE FEELING THAT IMPACT.
AND THOSE THAT HAVE THE THE HISTORY HERE HAVE ALSO SHARED IT.
BUT LAST YEAR IT WAS 4.8 BILLION.
AND AS AGAIN, THIS YEAR IT'S 5.3 BILLION.
SO IT'S INCREASED 10% JUST SINCE LAST YEAR.
OKAY. THIS IS THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES EARLIER.
SO AND ALL THE THE TREND OVER THE PAST CYCLES, JUST COLLECTIVELY IS
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REFLECTING THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON.YOU SEE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, SEWER HOOKUPS.
SO YOUR ASSET BASE IS IS GROWING IN THAT RESPECT.
AND THE IMPACT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GATSBY WE JUST MENTIONED GATSBY 87, WHERE THESE LEASES ARE NOW ON THE BALANCE SHEET VERSUS FLOWING THROUGH THE OPERATING STATEMENT.
AND I WENT FROM 26 MILLION TO OVER $63 MILLION.
AND IT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUTFLOWS.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PREPAID EXPENSE.
YOU KNOW, THE ACTUARY DOES ALL OF THESE CALCULATIONS AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE REALLY IN A IN A GOOD POSITION IN RESPECT TO ALL OF THOSE BENEFIT PLANS OF THE CITY.
OKAY. THE NEXT STATEMENT OF POSITION GETS INTO YOUR BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES.
AGAIN, YOUR WATER AND SEWER, YOUR WASTE AND THOSE ACTIVITIES AGAIN, GROWTH.
FROM 246 MILLION TO OVER $34 MILLION.
AGAIN, DRIVEN BY YOUR CAPITAL ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON THERE.
IT'S A GROWTH OF $34 MILLION COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND ABOUT 14%.
OKAY. WE'RE TAKING A LOOK HERE AT THE STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES.
AND YOU CAN DO THE COMPARATIVE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE OTHER.
LOOK AT YOUR CHARGES FROM SERVICES OR LOOK AT CONSISTENT OPERATING GRANTS.
AND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT.
YOU KNOW, 2.4 MILLION LAST YEAR, 2.4 THIS YEAR, THOSE CHARGES, 26 MILLION.
LAST YEAR, 26 MILLION THIS YEAR, CAPITAL GRANTS AND AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
LAST YEAR THERE WERE AROUND 2.181 MILLION.
KEEP IN MIND, WE HAD THOSE COVID FUNDS FLOWING IN THE PAST, SO THEY ARE GOING AWAY.
THE KEY, I THINK, ARE VERY NICE NARRATIVE.
YOU CAN SEE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES HAVE GONE ROUNDING FROM 40.1 MILLION TO OVER $47 MILLION.
AND THAT'S REFLECTING THAT TAXABLE VALUES.
AND PROPERTY TAXES ARE GENERALLY THE CORE ONE OF THE CORE ATTRIBUTES OF ANY CITY.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY GOING IN A PROPERTY OF THE PROPER DIRECTION.
OTHER TAXES AND JUST OTHER ITEMS. OVERALL, YOU SEE YOUR REVENUE LAST YEAR WAS OVER $109 MILLION IN THIS FUND.
THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS THIS YEAR IS OVER $117 MILLION.
SO, AGAIN, VERY POSITIVE NEWS FOR THE CITY.
OKAY. WE LOOKED AT THE REVENUE SIDE.
THIS SHOWS THE EXPENSE SIDE OF THE CITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
SO THOSE EXPENSES HAVE GONE FROM 72 MILLION TO OVER $94 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, IT'S GROWTH OF THE CITY.
GOVERNMENT. YOUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
GOING FROM 17.5 MILLION TO OVER 22 MILLION.
31 MILLION TO OVER 47 MILLION.
SO, AGAIN, REFLECTIVE OF THE GROWTH OF THE CITY BY THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. WE DO THE LIKE PRESENTATION FOR THE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES.
AGAIN, THE WATER AND SEWER FUNDS AND OTHER UTILITY FUNDS THAT ARE HERE.
SO ON THE REVENUE SIDE, OUR CHARGES FROM FOR SERVICES HAVE GONE FROM 59 MILLION TO OVER $65 MILLION.
KIND OF FALL OFF FROM SOME OF THE, I CALL IT COVERT ACTIVITIES OR UPPER ACTIVITIES.
KNOW WHEN THE FEDS WERE POURING MONEY INTO YOUR GUYS.
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YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE NOW BEGINNING TO SPEND IT IN 2022.SO THAT'S WHERE IT WENT FROM 13 MILLION TO OVER 18 MILLION.
OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUE HAS GROWN FROM 17.6 MILLION TO OVER $84 MILLION.
SO, AGAIN, REAL POSITIVE PICTURE OF THE CITY.
EXPLANATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXPENSES.
IN THE AGGREGATE, 45.9 MILLION WERE A LITTLE OVER 48.1 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT AREAS, WATER AND WASTEWATER, RELATIVELY CONSISTENT BUILDING INSPECTIONS, STORMWATER AND SOLID WASTE.
OKAY. WE CLOSE WITH SOME OF THE INTERNAL CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS.
KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES.
THERE'S WHAT'S DESCRIBED AS MATERIAL WEAKNESSES WHICH REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
THERE'S WHAT'S DESCRIBED AS SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, WHICH ARE.
YOU KNOW, CHECKS AND BALANCES MAY EXIST, BUT THEY AREN'T BEING ADHERED TO.
THAT'S HOW I LIKE TO DESCRIBE IT.
BUT THESE ARE JUST OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO IT MEETS NONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
THESE ARE JUST GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE OPERATING OPERATIONS OF THE CITY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS AND AND HOW SOME OF THE EFFORTS ARE BEING DONE.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT THE CITY KIND OF REEVALUATE THEIR PROCESS IN CALCULATING WHAT'S KNOWN AS.
YOU KNOW, THE MARKET VALUE VERSUS THE MARKET VALUE, THEIR UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES BETWEEN THAT.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU HOLD A STOCK, IT GOES UP OR GOES DOWN, BUT YOU'RE STILL HOLDING IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT CREATES THESE UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES.
SO WE JUST ASK THAT THEY REEVALUATE THEIR PROCESS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS NEW GATSBY.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS AS TIME GOES ON, GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THEY HAD A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LOOK, I THINK, PRIOR TO OUR AUDIT AS WELL.
AGAIN, THERE WERE JUST SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS.
UM, AUDITOR GENERAL CAME IN A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND THEY HAD THEIR SERIES OF FINDINGS.
AND AS A PART OF OUR RISK EVALUATION, WE JUST LIKE TO SEE HOW THE CITY IS HANDLING OR HAS HANDLED THOSE FINDINGS, AND MOST OF THEM HAD BEEN CORRECTED. SO WE JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AND LASTLY, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AT THE BAYFRONT, THE CRA MEETINGS, I DON'T THINK THEY WERE MAINTAINING OR RECORDING MINUTES, SO WE THOUGHT IT SIGNIFICANT THAT THEY GO THROUGH THE TYPICAL PROCESS, AS THIS COMMISSION WOULD, BY CREATING MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS, PREPARING THEM, REVIEWING AND REVIEWING, AND CERTAINLY MAKING THOSE AVAILABLE.
OKAY. I'D LIKE TO STOP HERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
I HAVE ONE LAST ITEM THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
IT'S AN ITEM OF RISK AND WE JUST WANT TO HAND OUT THE AUDIT OF GENERAL.
EACH YEAR THE INDUSTRY, EACH YEAR DOES AN EVALUATION OF YOUR BOOKS AND RECORDS.
IT'S IMPORTANT IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR RETAINING YOUR CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT.
SO WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CLERK PASSED IT ON TO.
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IT'S JUST ONE OF THE ITEMS. WAIT TILL YOU GET ON THE MIC.IT'S JUST ONE OF THE ITEMS WE KNOW OF, RISKS THAT WE CLEARLY WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
YOUR FINANCE TEAM IS CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE ADDRESSED IT.
I GUESS, CONCERNED ENOUGH ABOUT IT JUST TO BE SURE THAT THE TEAM, THE LEADERSHIP IS AWARE OF IT.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION.
WELL, MR. BRUNSON, I WANT TO THANK YOU IN PARTICULAR FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU GET FRESH EYES AND YOU LOOK AT IT.
I LIKE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, MORE INTERNAL CONTROL.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK IN THAT.
AND I'M SURE THAT OUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM IS GOING TO START IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE.
I'LL YIELD TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND THEN DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE RECAP ON EVERYTHING.
QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE I KNOW GASB 87 IS RELATIVELY NEW.
DO YOU SEE IT BEING AMENDED ANYTIME SOON WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO SWITCH GEARS? I WAS SAYING, DO YOU SEE GASB 87 BEING AMENDED ANYTIME SOON OR IS THIS.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE AMENDED ANYTIME SOON.
IT'S REALLY COMPLICATED AND IT TOOK THEM 3 TO 4 YEARS TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE PUSHBACK FROM THE INDUSTRY. BUT WE'VE CHARGED AHEAD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BRINGING ALL THOSE LEASES THAT THE CITY HAS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
MAYOR, THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND DO THIS FOR US.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOR FOR THIS BOARD AND THE PUBLIC TO TO HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS TO A DETAILED AUDIT OF ALL FINANCIAL STATES CURRENTLY.
IT'S CRITICAL BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUS WE HAVE AN ELECTION NEXT YEAR.
BUT THERE'S A NOTION OUT THERE IN THE IN THE IT'S A SMALL GROUP OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, PAINTING A DIFFERENT PICTURE THAN WHAT YOU JUST PRESENTED TO US IN TERMS OF OUR STATE OF THE CITY AFFAIRS AND OUR FINANCIALS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STATE THE FACT WE CANNOT GET DISTRACTED BY WHAT'S OUT THERE.
PETITIONS ARE BEING COLLECTED AS FAR AS WASTE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
I'D LIKE TO TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ARTICULATE IT WITH.
WELL, WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION.
CITY STAFF IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND WE AS A BOARD IS BEING VERY RESPONSIBLE TO WHAT THE RESIDENT ENTRUST IN US.
AND TO CLOSE THAT OUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF OUR CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT WE WE SPOKE OF.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THOSE CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS.
MADAM SHERMAN JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
I THINK GETTING FRESH EYES TO LOOK INTO OUR SYSTEM IS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY'S GROWTH.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT ON BOARD, MA'AM.
THANK YOU. AGAIN. AND I CLOSE WITH THE CREDIT TO YOUR TEAM.
IN ALL CANDOR, IT'S NO LONGER A LITTLE RURAL COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE 100 MILLION PLUS ORGANIZATION.
SO IT'S A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT TYPICALLY GOES UNNOTICED.
GOOD EVENING. WE ARE NOW AT THE PORTION OF THE
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AGENDA FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.MASTER CHIEF. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
AS YOU KNOW, I TRY TO PAY ATTENTION.
AND AFTER AFTER MEETINGS, I GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE AT THE VIDEOS AND REPLAY WHAT'S BEING SAID.
THE CITY USED TO HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA FOR VIDEO.
RIGHT NOW YOU JUST HAVE THE MAJOR CATEGORIES, RIGHT? SINCE YOU SWAP THE AGENDA READINGS AROUND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, IT MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO REVIEW COMMENTS MADE DURING THE
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MEETINGS WITHOUT HAVING TO WATCH THE ENTIRE MEETING AGAIN.COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE OLD FORMAT THAT LISTED LOCATION OF LINE ITEMS IN THE PACKET? IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR REVIEW.
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SPEND HOURS TRYING TO GO BACK AND FIND THE 2 OR 3 STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO COST ANY MORE MONEY, I DON'T THINK.
NEXT SPEAKER. MR. DANIEL COCHRANE.
I JUST GOT A THUMBS UP FROM OUR CITY CLERK.
GOOD EVENING. DANIEL CORCORAN 2124 LYNBROOK DRIVE SOUTHEAST.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.
EQUIPMENT WAS SEEN ON THE PROPERTY IN THE LAST TEN DAYS OR SO, FOLLOWING DELAYS ATTRIBUTED TO WEATHER AND MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. ON THE FLIP SIDE, OUR TEAM HAS REQUESTED THE PROPERTY OWNER OWNER TO ADDRESS A LIST OF TEN ITEMS, A COMBINATION OF OUR COMPLAINTS AND INPUTS WE RECEIVED FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.
THAT LETTER WENT OUT ON JULY 15TH AND WAS ACKNOWLEDGED ON THE 17TH LAST NIGHT.
JULY 19TH, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE OWNER SAYING THAT THE ITEMS HAD BEEN ADDRESSED.
WE AGREE THAT ONLY ONE OF THE TEN ITEMS ON THE LIST WAS COMPLETED.
AND THESE ARE THE EIGHT ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, SAND TRAPS HAVE NOT BEEN MOWED OR WEED WHACKED.
PEPPER TREES AND WEEDS GREATER THAN THREE FEET HIGH APPEAR IN ALMOST EVERY TRAP.
ITEM TWO WEEDS GREATER THAN 12IN HIGH AND NEED TO BE REMOVED AROUND TREES, FENCES AND SIGNPOSTS.
ITEM THREE THE FORMER GREEN NUMBER 15 HAS NOT BEEN MOWED.
ITEM FOUR TREE DEBRIS, BARK AND PALM FRONDS NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM BEHIND.
ITEM FIVE, SAME THING FOR THE AREA BEHIND 1996 WINBROOK.
ITEM SIX, SAME THING FOR CARP PATH AREAS SURROUNDING FORMER HOLES 13, 14 AND 15.
ITEM SEVEN AREAS ADJACENT TO EVERY POND SHOULD BE MOWED TO THE WATERLINE OR RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY EXISTS WHERE WEEDS AND OTHER VEGETATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO GROW AROUND THE EDGES.
THAT AREA IS VISIBLE FROM EVERY PROPERTY IN SUMMERFIELD PHASE TWO.
WE ALSO SUGGESTED TO THE OWNER THAT HER CONTRACT FOR MONTHLY MOWING WILL NOT LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO KEEP THE PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE DURING THE SUMMER, AND WE'RE ASKING HER TO CONSIDER A HIGHER FREQUENCY AS NECESSARY TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO BRING THIS TO YOU.
THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIRMAN, I TAKE A CODE IS CONTINUING WITH THESE DISCUSSIONS.
YES, WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND MR. CORCORAN. PHIL CORCORAN ACTUALLY SENT ME COPIED ME ON THE EMAIL THIS AFTERNOON WITH THOSE ITEMS SO WE CAN LOOK INTO THOSE FURTHER.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT SPEAKER.
DEPUTY MAYOR. MR. PHILLIP CORCORAN.
I AM BECAUSE IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS HIS PROPERTY.
SO I WANT TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF WHAT'S AHEAD AND SPEAK INTO THE MIC, PLEASE.
I COPIED DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX ON THAT NOTE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS HIS PROPERTY NOT SLIDING ANYBODY HERE, BUT THAT'S THE REASON WHY I COPIED HIM. OKAY.
IF YOU WANT IT, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU.
I TRY TO BE SENSITIVE AND NOT FILL UP EVERY ANSWER.
I TRY TO TRY TO BE SENSITIVE AND NOT FILL UP YOUR EMAIL.
PHIL CORCORAN, 1878 LYNBROOK DRIVE.
WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING VIA EMAILS DIRECTLY WITH MS..
JOYNER, THE FORMER OWNER OF THE GOLF COURSE.
I DO NOT IN ANY WAY WANT TO DISPARAGE CODE ENFORCEMENT AS THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE PROPERTY AT 1375 BAYSIDE LAKES BOULEVARD, WHICH HAS OVER 300 NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
THIS IS NOT EASY AND THEY ARE DEALING WITH AN EMS SYSTEM THAT IS NOT VERY USEFUL.
SO MY NEIGHBORS AND I VISIT THEM JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE DETAILS.
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SINCE JOY LLC HAS MOWED THE FAIRWAYS, GREENS AND TEES, MISS JOYNER HAS EMAILED CODE ENFORCEMENT, IMPLYING THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE.WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE INSPECTION IS SCHEDULED AND IF WE CAN BE PRESENT FOR THAT INSPECTION.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW ALL OR WHO ALL THE NEIGHBORS ARE WHO HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED AT THE TIME OF THE FINAL INSPECTION. I'D LIKE NOW TO CONTINUE WITH MY PRESENTATION THAT I STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THAT WAS A PRESENTATION OF THE 2040 VISION MEETING.
WE REQUESTED TWO ITEMS AT THAT MEETING MAINTAIN GREENSPACE AND RETURN RECREATION TO BAYSIDE LAKES SINCE WE'VE LOST IT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE CHANGES TO THE FUTURE USE OF THIS AREA.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PROPOSAL.
THE LAND THAT IS OWNED BY JOY LLC IS NOT CONTIGUOUS.
THAT IS HOLES 13, 14 AND 15 ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE MAIN GOLF COURSE.
THEY HAVE NO ROAD ACCESS AND THEREFORE HAVE NO AVAILABILITY TO BE DEVELOPED.
THE CITY OWNS OVER 200 ACRES IN THE COMPOUND.
WE SHOULD PROPOSE A TRADE FOR SOME OF THE LAND THAT THE CITY ALREADY OWNS OVER THERE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES.
THE FORMER GOLF COURSE PROPERTY CONTAINS ARSENIC AND IS A IS A RISK TO FUTURE RESIDENTS.
THE NEW PROPERTY WOULD BE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE MOWED.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, MR. ROBERT STICE.
YOU HEARD MY ADDRESS BY THE COCHRANE BOYS OVER HERE.
WHEN WE GET HURRICANES OR INCLEMENT WEATHER COMING IN, PULLING THEM TO THE FRONT.
OKAY. I'VE BEEN MOWING, I'VE BEEN PICKING UP STUFF.
I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A ROUND OF GOLF AT A FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
NOT THAT I PLAY THAT MUCH GOLF.
BUT THE POINT IS, GENTLEMEN, IS THAT SOONER OR LATER, THIS GOLF COURSE IS GOING TO CHANGE HANDS.
OKAY. I JUST LOOKED AT PRESENTATION.
WHAT APPEARS TO ME FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
ALL RIGHT. WHAT I'M ASKING YOU AND I THINK YOU ALREADY REALIZE THIS AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO READ MY NOTES, BUT THIS IS CRITICAL TO PALM BAY IT PUTS A FACE ON PALM BAY TO HAVE A GOLF COURSE IN HERE.
WE OWE THE GOLF COURSE CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY.
OKAY, STAND FIRM ON THIS, BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, WHAT ATTORNEYS DO AND WHAT PREVIOUS GOLF COURSE OWNERS DO IS ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO RUN RIGHT INTO THE GROUND.
SO RED SHIRTS ARE GOING AWAY OR WHOEVER THE PEOPLE ARE WILL GO AWAY AND DISAPPEAR.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AN OFFER TO YOU THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT? LOOK AT ALL OF THESE OTHER IMPACT FEES YOU'LL GET.
THE IMPACT FEES ARE GOING TO BE THERE.
I THINK WE STILL HAVE 40% OF PROPERTY TO DEVELOP.
OKAY. YOU HAVE HARRIS COMING IN HERE.
THERE'S GREAT NEWS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU'RE FROM THE CITY. I'M FROM THE CITY.
IT'S OKAY TO LIVE IN AN UPPER MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT A BLESSING THAT IS TO ME.
OKAY, LET'S KEEP THAT FOCUSED.
I SAID, GET THIS REAL BIG BRANCH IN HERE.
THERE WAS A PHONE CALL MADE AND THEY TOOK CARE OF THAT.
SHE'S MOWED THIS MAYBE 1.2 TIMES, BUT NOT EVER EFFECTIVELY OR EFFICIENTLY.
OKAY. WHY CAN'T WE HOLD HER ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING AND MOWING THE ENTIRE GOLF COURSE? TO PHIL'S POINT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE RIDE WITH THE INSPECTORS TO SAY, NO, NO, NO, YOU MISSED THIS AREA.
I'M SURE THERE'S AREAS AND ON HOLES THAT CANNOT BE SEEN FROM THE ROAD THAT HAVEN'T BEEN MOWED.
SO PLEASE RESPECT THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO LIVE AROUND HERE AND ARE DEALING WITH SNAKES AND ALLIGATORS AND FROGS AND BUGS AND RATS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THIS IS THIS IS GOOD FOR PALM BAY THAT WE SAVE THIS PART OF LAND.
THIS BIRD. WHAT'S THE FULL NAME?
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IM KIM BYRD.IF SHE MUST, DOES SHE LEAVE? WE KNOW FOR SURE.
OKAY. THIS THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT PUBLIC HEARINGS.
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OR AS YOU WERE 18.ORDINANCE 20 2358 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS KENNY AVENUE LINE BETWEEN ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL AND WATER DRIVE, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK TWO, PAGE FOUR OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
MY NAME IS SIOBHAN DESAI HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT AND WHICH IS PALM BAY MARINA, LLC.
WE HAD SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION A YEAR AGO AND IT WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED.
AND TODAY WHAT YOU GUYS ARE, WE'RE BASICALLY REQUESTING THE SAME THING.
IT IS AN UNUSED 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY RIGHT NOW ON OUR PROPERTY.
SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST AN EXTENSION.
SO WE WERE TOLD TO RESUBMIT THE ENTIRE APPLICATION AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE.
WE WANT TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
SO THE REQUEST IS TO VACATE THE 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY OF KENNY AVENUE PROPERTY.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. JUST BRIEFLY, YOU AGREE TO UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST? YEAH, WE ARE OKAY WITH ALL THE STIPULATIONS.
OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS, MAYOR.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS, MADAM SHERMAN? I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE APPLICANT.
YES? THE ITEM THAT WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE.
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT VACATING ITEMS. THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT THE THE EXTENSION ONE.
WE MET THE EXTENSION DEADLINE FOR THE SECOND ONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE STEP FORWARD. BUTTON.
HAVE A SEAT, SIR. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN AUGUST OF 2022 FOR ONE YEAR.
NOW, A NEW SUBMITTAL FOR ONE YEAR THAT WOULD PUT US INTO 2024.
BUT UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, THEY ARE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR EXTENSION.
SO SO DOES THAT REALLY MEAN THAT THE CITY HAS ANY REAL PLAN OR THESE DEVELOPERS HAVE ANY REAL PLAN OF WHAT THEY WANT? IF THEY'RE LOOKING THREE YEARS OUT AND ASKING FOR EXTENSIONS ON ON THIS TYPE OF INPUT.
JUST CURIOUS WHY YOU'RE ASKING FOR A THREE YEAR EXTENSION.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, SIR, WOULD YOU WANT TO REBUT? YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
LIKE STAFF SAID, THERE ARE TWO.
THOSE TWO ARE TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS ON THE LIST.
THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO EXTEND IS THE RIGHT OF WAY NORTH OF ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL.
AND THIS ONE IS BETWEEN ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL AND WATER DRIVE.
SO THERE ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ITEMS. YES, IT IS THE SAME OWNERS.
WE'RE WORKING CURRENTLY WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY, WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WITH ALL THE REVIEWERS.
THERE IS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, A RETROFIT POND OVER THERE AND THERE ARE JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS.
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THEY TAKE OVER A YEAR A REVIEW TIME.SO THAT'S WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD, MADAM SHERMAN? OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.
GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ORDINANCE 20 2339, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT SEVEN, BLOCK 802 PORT MALABAR UNIT 16, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 15, PAGE 94 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO STEP FORWARD.
I'M TRYING TO BUILD A POOL IN MY BACKYARD, AND I'M REQUESTING A VACATE OF THE PUD SO THAT I CAN HAVE EIGHT MORE FEET IN ORDER TO BUILD A DECENT SIZE SWIMMING POOL IN GROUND.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT COUNCIL? THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY JOHNSON, SECONDED BY FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
BUILD YOUR POOL. ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 40 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 17, BLOCK 2373 PORT MALABAR UNIT 45, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 22, PAGE NINE OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
I'M WAYNE STEVENSON, THE APPLICANT, AND I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT TWO WEEKS AGO AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS A VACATION OF EASEMENT FOR ABOUT ONE FOOT OF PROPERTY FROM A SCREEN POOL THAT WAS PUT IN IN 1989 AND A REPLACEMENT AS OF THIS YEAR, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE SURVEY WAS A SIX INCH ENCROACHMENT INTO THE PUD. AND WE'RE REQUESTING A VACATION OF EASEMENT AT THIS TIME.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION SO MOVED.
SECOND GOT A MOTION BY JOHNSON, SECONDED BY FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2353, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA GRANTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AD VALOREM EXEMPTION TO L3.
HARRIS HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
TO BE LOCATED AT 2400 PALM BAY ROAD, NORTHEAST UNIT 31 PALM BAY, FLORIDA 32905, SPECIFYING THE TERM THE ITEMS EXEMPTED, PROVIDING THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXEMPTION, PROVIDING THAT THE BUSINESS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION ONE, 96.19 95, SUBSECTION EIGHT, FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT BY L3 HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MAN. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEDINA DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, HOWEVER, WHEN MISS ANGELA NEAL GAVE HER PRESENTATION ON MISSION SPACE COAST, I DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS PICKED UP ON IT, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON SAID SKY'S NOT THE LIMIT. THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT SLOGAN THAT WE SHOULD ALL THINK ABOUT AS WE'RE EXPANDING OUR BUSINESS HERE IN PALM BAY AND BREVARD COUNTY.
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ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? STEP FORWARD, MR. CHIEF.BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
MR. JASON LAMBERT, VICE PRESIDENT, SPACE AND AN AIRBORNE DIVISION OF L3.
HARRIS AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, HE ADMITTED THAT THIS IS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
ALL RIGHT. AND I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
DEFENSE CONTRACTORS ARE MOSTLY FUNDED WITH MY FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS.
NOW YOU WANT ME TO COVER THEIR COSTS OF MY LOCAL TAXES FOR A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION? AS I HAVE STATED IN THE PAST, L3 HARRIS IS A FANTASTIC ASSET TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I AM JUST NOT A FAN OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY WHILE THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO PAY FOR $150 MILLION ROAD BOND BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE TAX REVENUE TO PAY TO PAVE OUR ROADS.
THAT BEING SAID, MR. LAMBERT, THANK YOU FOR DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
SEEING NONE. I'M PASSING THE GAVEL AND MAKING A MOTION.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED.
THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
TO BE LOCATED AT 2400 PALM BAY ROAD, NORTHEAST UNIT 32 PALM BAY, FLORIDA 32905, SPECIFYING THE ITEMS EXEMPTED, PROVIDING THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE EXEMPTION, FINDING THAT THE BUSINESS MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION ONE 96.19 95 SUBSECTION EIGHT FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT BY L3 HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THAT'S THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
MADAM SHERMAN, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OH, NO, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, CARRY ON.
SO THIS IS FOR THE SECOND PROJECT WE HAVE AS PART OF OUR PROJECT, LEO AND PROJECT SAM.
AND I'LL JUST SAY COMMENT IN GENERAL, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE PROJECTS, THE THE CREATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IS, AGAIN, 101 JOBS FOR PROJECT.
LEO 100 JOBS FOR PROJECT SAM WITH AN INVESTMENT OF $83 MILLION FOR PROJECT LEO AND AN INVESTMENT OF $121 MILLION FOR PROJECT SAM T THE JOBS WE'RE CREATING ARE GOING TO HAVE AN AVERAGE SALARY IN EXCESS OF $100,000 EACH.
AND. TO THE CITY AND TO THE ALL THE FOLKS THAT LIVE HERE IN PALM BAY.
IT'S A PERFORMANCE BASED PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE TO PERFORM TO ACHIEVE THIS INCENTIVE.
AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT AS WE GROW OUR BUSINESS HERE IN PALM BAY.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING. SEEING NONE.
I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M PASSING THE GAVEL.
I'M MAKING A MOTION. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO STATE THAT IT IS MERIT BASED AND IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITIZENS TO WORK HERE, WORK, LIVE AND PLAY IN PALM BAY.
AND THIS THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS THOSE JOBS.
SECOND. I MEAN, I'M CALLING THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE, AYE. ALL OPPOSED.
THEIR MOTION CARRIES THREE ZERO.
CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR RESIDENTS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY AS WELL.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE ORDINANCE 20 2316 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 D ADOPTION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP BY AMENDING FUTURE LAND USE MAP PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL
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OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.JAKE Y. CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT.
THIS IS SECOND READING. WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW INFORMATION, BUT IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
IT'S A 350 ACRE PLUS MIXED USE PROJECT.
IT'S A MIXED USE WALKABLE COMMUNITY.
IT'S GOING TO EXTEND THE PARKWAY AS PART OF THE PROJECT AND SOME VERY LARGE UTILITY MAINS THAT WILL NOT ONLY HELP THIS PROJECT BUT ALSO HELP THE WHOLE REGION PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. WE DO HAVE SCHOOL CONCURRENCY ALREADY APPROVED AND WE WILL BE BACK.
YOU WILL SEE US AGAIN WITH OUR PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
OUR ZONING TONIGHT IS JUST SECOND READING FOR FUTURE LAND USE, WHICH P AND Z UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND.
APPROVAL STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
AND YOU GUYS WERE PREVIOUSLY KIND ENOUGH TO UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS, MADAM SHERMAN? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, MR. CHIEF? MM.
BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
FIRST, ARE THEY MAKING ANY UPGRADES TO MICO ROAD AND BABCOCK INTERSECTION BEFORE THE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED? AND IF SO, WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON THAT BEING.
QUESTION NUMBER TWO, HOW LONG ARE THEY ANTICIPATING THIS TOTAL PROJECT TO TAKE? AND THE REASON I ASK THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR A $9 MILLION BOND FOR OVER FIVE YEARS NOW FOR THE SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? MR. WISE. WE ARE ANTICIPATING IT PROBABLY TO BE ABOUT A FIVE YEAR PROJECT.
PART OF THE PROCESS OF THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL, WHICH AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE ZONING WILL INCLUDE A FULL TRAFFIC STUDY.
THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
MOVED BY JOHNSON. SECONDED BY FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
ORDINANCE 20 2327 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA ESTABLISHING THE EVERLAND TWO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 190 FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR NAMING THE INITIAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE DISTRICT, ESTABLISHING THE NAME OF THE DISTRICT, DESIGNATING THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT, DESIGNATING THE POWERS AND SPECIAL POWERS OF THE DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.
RAMSEY. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ASKING FOR A MOTION SO MOVED.
SECOND. MOVED BY JOHNSON, SECONDED BY FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE.
PUBLIC HEARINGS. AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE AND 19.
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COUNCIL TO 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.
EACH WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES.
ANY SPEAKER MAY BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION BY THE COUNSEL OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY.
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 COUNCIL 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.
ASH 43, 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 IU INSTITUTIONAL USE.
DISTRICT TWO TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO GAYNOR DRIVE IN THE VICINITY NORTH OF FOUR ONE STREET, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO HAVE IT REZONE FROM IU TO R'S TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SPEAKER CARD.
BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
I KNOW THIS COULD BE SIX HOMES ON THE 1.3 ACRES, BUT WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE 150 HOMES ACROSS THE STREET AND THE 150 HOMES OF THE NEW PUD TO THE NORTH, NORTH, THAT IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON A LOCAL ROAD THAT YOU REMOVE THE TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICE ON THAT THE RESIDENTS PETITIONED THE CITY TO HAVE IN PLACE.
I'M NOT SAYING THE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD A HOME.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M CHALLENGING.
WHAT I'M CHALLENGING IS THE FACT THAT I WANT THE CITY TO BE RESPONSIBLE AS LEADERS IN HOW THEY'RE IMPACTING ON LOCAL ROADS.
AND YOU'RE ROUTING IT AS IF IT WAS A COLLECTOR ROAD FOR THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON IT WITHOUT MAKING ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IT THAT IT'S RUN ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS, SIR? DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND? YEAH. RIGHT NOW, THE BUYER, HE HAS NO PLANS TO BUILD ON IT.
BUT AT THE MOMENT, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE ONE HOUSE ON THAT PROPERTY.
BUT HE DOES WANT THAT OPTION MOVING FORWARD FOR HIS PROSPERITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVED. SECOND AND A MOTION BY JOHNSON SECONDED BY FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE, I'M CALLING THE QUESTION.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ORDINANCE 20 2345 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 BMV BAYFRONT, MIXED USE VILLAGE DISTRICT AND RM 20 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO BMU BAYFRONT MIXED USE DISTRICT, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO DIXIE HIGHWAY IN THE VICINITY BETWEEN KIRKLAND ROAD AND BAY BOULEVARD, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
JAMES MAYES, 214 POOCHY DRIVE, INDIAN HARBOR BEACH.
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WE'RE ASKING THAT THE CITY APPROVE THIS.THE MOVE FROM BMV AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO BMU.
WE FEEL THAT IT SUPPORTS THE OVERALL VISION OF THE GROWTH AND THE AREA AND THE BAYFRONT DISTRICT FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO EXPAND THE VISION OF WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED ON THE PROPERTY.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SPEAKER CARDS.
MR. MAZE. THAT'S THE APPLICANT.
NORTHROP. GOOD EVENING, VICKY NORTHROP TO BRING THAT DOWN, MISS NORTHROP TO 41 GARDNER THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE SPEAKING.
I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS RECENTLY WHEN I READ A LETTER THAT SOMEBODY WROTE TO SPACE COAST DAILY.
AS YOU KNOW, I WORKED DOWN THERE AND I'VE LIVED IN ALL FOUR QUADRANTS IN PALM BAY, AND I SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME IN THE BAYFRONT AREA AND RUNNING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
CASTAWAY PARK IS ONE OF OUR VERY FEW HIDDEN GEMS IN THE CITY.
WHAT DO WE HAVE? TURKEY CREEK AND CASTAWAY.
GENTLEMEN, I'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
I MEAN, JUST TO CARTE BLANCHE.
SAY YOU CAN GO UP TO 11 FLOORS IN THAT TINY LITTLE PARK WITH THOSE TINY LITTLE ROADS.
MY QUESTION TO YOU, HAVE WE DONE ANY IMPACT STUDIES TO TALK ABOUT THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON TRAFFIC, THE RESIDENTS? HOW'S THE PARK AMENITIES BEING AFFECTED? THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GO THERE FISHING AND PICNICKING, RECREATING, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THEM? HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE THEY GOING TO BRING IN, LET ALONE JUST THE TRAFFIC ALONE? I MEAN, THOSE ARE TINY LITTLE STREETS.
APPARENTLY, BACK IN 2010, THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT AT THE TIME CONGREGATED ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THE WHOLE BAYFRONT AREA TO WORK ON A PROJECT CALLED DISTRICT PLAN 2024.
AND THEY CAME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE LIST AND EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY WITH IT.
AND APPARENTLY THEY SPENT $100,000 ON CONSULTANTS.
EVERYBODY GOT INTO THEY SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS AND DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS COMING UP WITH A PLAN.
AND NOW WE'VE JUST THROWN THAT OUT THE WINDOW.
UM, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU TABLE THIS TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO IMPACT STUDIES AND MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE NOT ONLY TO ALL THE RESIDENTS IN PALM BAY, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE PEOPLE IN THE BAYFRONT AREA.
THEY DESERVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS EVEN GOING TO DO.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BACK.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THAT YOU TABLE IT AND LET'S LOOK AT IT, PLEASE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
NEXT SPEAKER, DEPUTY MAYOR SUSAN CONNOLLY.
SUSAN CONNOLLY 3901 DIXIE HIGHWAY NORTHEAST.
YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW MY ADDRESS BY NOW.
A PACKET THAT IS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
119 PAGES FROM CITIZENS IN WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY AND CITIZENS WHO ARE IN THAT AREA.
CITIZENS WHO ARE HAVE PRESENTED FACTUAL AND DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUES.
IF THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS TO BE APPROVED IN THIS AREA, I'M REQUESTING I AGREE WITH MS..
NORTHROP THAT TABLING IT IS A GOOD IDEA, AT LEAST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER VOLUME ALONE OF THE CITIZEN
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RESPONSE, BECAUSE OF THE DETAIL AND THE FACTUAL PRESENTATION FROM THE CITIZENS RAISING ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE. REALLY RAISED BY COUNCIL AND OTHERS.BUT WE HAVE COME BEFORE YOU SAYING THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH ISSUES TO AT LEAST TABLE IT OR VOTE NO. THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST TO VOTE NO TO DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.
IT IS ONLY A REQUEST TO PROVIDE TIME THAT MORE SITE PLANS MORE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
THIS IS A SMALL PARCEL OF LAND, FOUR ACRES WITH A POTENTIAL FOR THREE BUILDINGS.
AND AS MISS NORTHROP SAID, WITH THE CHANGE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING, THESE BUILDINGS POTENTIALLY CAN GO HIGHER, UP TO 11FT AND DENSER.
AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS AREA NEEDS.
YOU ALL KNOW THE THE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CASTAWAY POINT PARK AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.
AND THESE TWO THINGS ALONE WARRANT A SPECIAL.
LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
NEXT SPEAKER. MR. BILL BATTEN. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
NOW, THE REQUESTING WITH THE CHANGE, WITH THE CHANGE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS GOING TO BE.
SO, BILL BATTEN, BE THE BEING THE DOUBTING TOM THAT HE IS, I'M REQUESTING TRY TO SEE WHAT THEIR REAL PLANS ARE GOING TO BE INSTEAD OF AUTOMATICALLY JUST APPROVING THE CHANGE WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS THE CITY OF PALM BAY JUST HAD A MINI STORAGE UNIT THAT HAD REQUESTED A TWO STORY BUILDING. WELL, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MODIFICATION.
AND THEY STARTED BUILDING AN ADDITIONAL FLOOR.
AS A RESULT OF THAT, THIS BUILDER HAS NOW BEEN TASKED WITH THE STOP ORDER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PLANS IN IN WORKS WHEN THEY STARTED PROCEEDING. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T SAY, YEAH, THIS IS GOOD, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT NOW BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING AND WE HAVE STOP ORDERS BEING PLACED ON THE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE PLAYING WHEN THEY PLANNING WHEN THEY SUBMITTED IT.
SO THAT BEING SAID, LET'S DON'T HAVE A REPEAT OF THE OTHER ONES WHERE THEY REQUESTED A CHANGE AND WE ENDED UP HAVING TO PUT STOP ORDERS ON THEM BECAUSE BUILDERS DON'T LIKE STOP ORDERS.
IT HURTS THEIR DEVELOPMENT BIG TIME AND IT MAKES US LOOK BAD.
NEXT SPEAKER THIS CONCLUDE FOR THIS ITEM.
OKAY. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR.
SIR, DID YOU WANT TO REBUT ANYTHING AT THIS TIME, IF I MAY? SO WE WOULD NEVER OPERATE WITHOUT A PROPER PERMIT? THAT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT THE SITUATION MAY HAVE BEEN THERE.
WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A NEW SITE PLAN AS A PART OF THIS NORMAL THE NORMAL PROCESS AND THIS THIS TYPE OF HEARING. WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SPEND $200,000 ON A SITE PLAN AND DESIGNS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT STEP IN THE NORMAL PROCESS OF THIS.
THE AREA THAT'S IN BLUE THERE BELONGS TO THE CITY.
WHEN THEY ASK US TO DO THAT AS PART OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE BMU ZONING AS FAR AS TRAFFIC, INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, ALL THOSE THINGS.
I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO MEET VERY STRINGENT ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS WHENEVER WE SUBMIT A SITE PLAN THAT TAKES ALL OF THAT INTO EFFECT, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED PROBABLY TO REVISE THIS TRAFFIC STUDY AND IMPROVE TRAFFIC PATTERNS IN THE
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AREA. ALL THOSE THINGS WOULD BE A PART OF THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS.AND YES, THAT WOULD PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDE AND I WOULD ASK AGAIN THAT YOU APPROVE IT.
UM, THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO SHARE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE COMMENTS ABOUT THE PARK AND WE'RE INVESTING AT CASTAWAY PARK.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ENHANCING CASTAWAY PARK.
WE'RE INCREASING THAT CAPACITY AS WELL.
SO I WANTED TO TOUCH ON, ON THAT.
UM, AND I THOUGHT I SAW YOUR HAND GO UP.
I DON'T HAVE A, I THINK ONE DAY I'LL HAVE LIGHT SO THAT I SEE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK.
I'M SURE ONE DAY THAT'LL, THAT'LL OCCUR.
BUT AT THE MOMENT I DID SEE A TWITCH.
WHAT. WHAT'S YOU DOING. I WANTED, I WANTED JUST TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ENHANCEMENT AND, AND WHAT THE VISION IS IN 2010 AND THOSE COMMENTS. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE THAT.
MADAM SHERMAN UM, CAN YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS IN PARTICULAR WITH HOW THAT AREA AND WHAT OUR MISSION HAS BEEN FOR THE BAYFRONT? YES, SIR. I CAN JUST SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
AND CERTAINLY NANCY BOND, OUR ADMINISTRATORS HERE, IF YOU DESIRE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE THE 2010 REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS MENTIONED AND AND EVEN GOING BACK TO THAT PLAN, PERHAPS BEFORE THAT, ONE OF THE VISIONS OF THE CITY WAS DEFINITELY TO CREATE A DESTINATION.
WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE GOALS INCLUDED HAVING A MIX OF USES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, MULTIFAMILY, PARK AREAS, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT IN THE PLAN THEN AND ARE IMPORTANT TODAY TO THE CITY.
ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE BIG GOALS IN THE EARLIER PLAN WAS RELATED TO STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE OF THE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE NEED TO UPDATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE ENTIRE AREA OF THE BAYFRONT AND US ONE.
BECAUSE OF THE THE CONCERN ABOUT DISCHARGES INTO THE LAGOON.
THERE ARE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS EVEN BEYOND WHAT THE CITY DOES THAT WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO TAKE PLACE IF THEY CAN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE AND HANDLING THAT APPROPRIATELY AND PARKING.
SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE PART OF OUR OUR OVERALL PROCESS.
AND SO MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU IN THE IN RECENT YEARS HAVE BEEN TRUE DEVELOPMENTS INTEREST IN THE BAYFRONT AND ALONG US ONE THAT WILL BE.
REQUIRED TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS, TO CREATE THAT MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT, TO CREATE A DESTINATION TO DEAL WITH STORMWATER APPROPRIATELY, TO CREATE OPEN SPACES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND I AGREE WITH YOU AND WILL REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT CASTAWAY POINT PARK.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE CONCERNS AS A CITY AND WE'LL BE WATCHING CLOSELY ANY DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ONLY INVESTING IN IMPROVING OUR CURRENT FOOTPRINT OF THE PARK, BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER PARCEL THAT WE PLAN TO DEVELOP FOR ADDITIONAL EXPANSION OF OUR PARK.
AND SOMETIMES YOU GET A VISION AND AND AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS A HIDDEN GEM.
THE BAYFRONT IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS A HIDDEN GEM.
I SEE IT EVEN EVEN AS I VISITED CLEARWATER AND I BELIEVE I MENTIONED A COMMENT WHERE THEY HAVE A PIER AND YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE THE GULF.
THEY HAVE BUSINESSES LINED UP.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR GATHERINGS OF THE PUBLIC AND CREATING THAT TYPE OF ATMOSPHERE.
AND SO THAT THAT TO ME IS A DESTINATION.
AND SO WHEN I SAY DESTINATION, I SEE PEOPLE GATHERING OUR PALM BAY IS COMING THERE AND AND ENJOYING AN EVENING STROLL AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THAT TYPE OF CORRIDOR OR PATHWAY OR KIND OF LIKE A TOWN CENTER, IF YOU WILL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, I'LL USE THAT. BUT THAT THAT'S HOW I SEE IT.
NOW, DEPUTY MAYOR, I KNOW THAT YOU RAISED YOUR HAND.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO COUNCILMAN JUST AS YOU WERE COUNCILMAN BUT JOHNSON YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.
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MAYOR I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE MORE ELABORATION ON IF MISS SUZANNE CAN HAVE DOCTOR JESSE ANDERSON COME UP BRIEFLY TO ELABORATE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF STEPS AND PROCEDURES OUTSIDE OF CITY OF PALM BAY THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET.THAT'S PART OF WHY THE BCRA HAD THE DISCUSSIONS THEY HAD YESTERDAY, IS BECAUSE THESE DEVELOPERS, ESPECIALLY BY THE WATERWAYS, HAVE A HIGH STANDARD AS OPPOSED TO THOSE THAT ARE INLAND.
THEY HAVE TO. I'LL LET MISTER DOCTOR.
DOCTOR J ELABORATE IF YOU CAN JUST ELABORATE BRIEFLY ON THE PERMITTING AND THE PROCEDURES.
IF THIS WERE TO PASS THAT THIS APPLICANT OR ANY APPLICANT BY THE WATERWAY WOULD HAVE TO GET THROUGH BOTH IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND OUTSIDE OF. ABSOLUTELY.
JESSE ANDERSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
SO THERE WILL BE SEVERAL DIFFERENT HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS KIND OF ALLUDED TO SOME OF THEM, ONE OF THEM BEING THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AS WELL AS HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AS OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
AND WE ALL KNOW ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS PRETTY RESTRICTIVE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY DO ALLOW FOR.
AND IN REGARD TO MUCH OF THE HEIGHT DISCUSSION, THAT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, SHARED STORMWATER IS ONE OF THE LARGE ONES FOR THAT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX TO ACHIEVE IN GENERAL ANYWAYS.
BUT IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE FOR US TO GET A BETTER DESIGN AND OVERALL FRAMEWORK FOR THE GENERAL AREA, WHICH HAS BEEN CHANGED INTO THE URBAN MIXED USE DISTRICT, WHICH OF COURSE AT THAT POINT IN TIME DOES MEAN THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IT TO BE MORE DOWNTOWN TYPE FEEL FOR PALM BAY CREATING A DESTINATION TYPE PLACE THAT CAN BE SHARED BY A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS AND NOT ONLY THOSE THAT CURRENTLY RESIDE THERE.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? DEPUTY MAYOR? MAYOR.
BEFORE WE MOVE ANY FURTHER, I ALSO WANTED ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS APPROACHED A COMMENT REGARDING STOP WORK ORDER ON A ON ONE OF THE PROJECTS HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOW THAT OCCURRED.
AND AND IT'S THINGS IN PLACE TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'LL CALL DR.
J OR BUT MAYOR, SHOULD WE? HE BROUGHT IT UP, SO I JUST WANTED ITS PUBLIC COMMENT.
WELL, HE BROUGHT IT UP IN THIS QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THIS QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY SO IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON A SEPARATE PROPERTY IS INFLUENCING YOUR DECISION ON THIS ONE? YES, MA'AM. MY CLEAR.
I YIELD TO YOUR EXPERTISE, MADAM ATTORNEY.
THANK YOU. I ABSOLUTELY YIELD TO YOUR EXPERTISE, BUT I DO.
MADAM SHERMAN. I JUST WANT THAT COVERED AFTER THIS IS CONCLUDED.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVED. SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.
SO IT'S NOT JUST IF IT GETS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND THEY CAN START BUILDING, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF STEPS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND THE OTHER AGENCIES NAMED BY DR.
THE OTHER HEIGHT IS IF FOR OTHER COMPENSATIONS, AS YOU MENTIONED.
DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
LAST TIME THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE US, I WAS PRETTY CLEAR SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE APPLICANT AS FAR AS GIVING MY SUPPORT ON ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT YOU REALLY OPEN.
MORE DIALOG WITH THE WITH THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
THOSE CONCERNS ARE VALID CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO ME AND I WOULD I WOULD IMAGINE MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL, THOSE ARE VALID CONCERNS.
WE UNDERSTAND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THAT AREA WILL BE DEVELOPED AT SOME POINT.
BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE RESPONSIBLY.
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AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.J.C. ANDERSON CLEARLY STIPULATE THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PROCESS THAT YOU ALL YOU GUYS GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
AND AND ALSO, YOU UNDERSTAND THE THE WISH OF THE RESIDENT, THE WISH OF COUNCIL AS WELL.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN THE VISION FOR THAT AREA AND THAT YOU ALL WILL HONOR IT.
WE HAVE A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO TREAT THIS IN A CERTAIN MANNER.
SO THE RESIDENTS MUST UNDERSTAND WE CANNOT JUST SAY NO TO THIS ITEM JUST BECAUSE.
BUT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD TO TO PROCESS THIS IN A PROPER MANNER.
UM, SO I'LL STAND BY WHAT I SAID.
AND TRULY, AS THE REMIND THE APPLICANT AGAIN TO WE WILL BE LOOKING, STAFF WILL BE LOOKING.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
THE DIALOG WITH THE RESIDENTS IS CRITICAL.
SO I'M GOING TO CALL THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER NINE.
MISS SMITH OR DO YOU WANT TO GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE? OR DID YOU WANT MISS SHERMAN TO AS YOU WERE? THANK YOU, MADAM.
MADAM ATTORNEY, FOR YOUR GRACE.
THAT PARTICULAR SITE RECEIVED CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
THE APPROVAL WAS FOR A TWO STOREY 64,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.
THE APPLICANT, DURING THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH SITE PLAN REVIEW WITH STAFF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HAD ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF ADDING A THIRD STOREY TO MAKE IT A 96,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY AND THE APPLICANT SPECIFICALLY HAD REQUESTED OR ASKED STAFF AT THE TIME FORMER STAFF, WHETHER THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO GO BACK THROUGH A PROCESS, A CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS OR WHETHER THAT COULD BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
AND THE STAFF AT THE TIME INCORRECTLY ANSWERED THAT IT COULD BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
SO THAT WAS WHERE AN ERROR DID OCCUR AND THAT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION JUST RECENTLY.
AND SO THAT WILL BE COMING BACK THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING AND ACTUALLY BACK TO COUNCIL.
WITH REGARD TO THE PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF HOW THAT HAPPENS, CURRENT STAFF AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON PUTTING ADDITIONAL CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON.
IF IT COMES TO PLANS THEY PUT FORWARD TO YOU ALL IN AGENDA MEMOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT AND LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO PROVIDE CHECKS AND BALANCES.
SO THAT KIND OF A THING WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT DISCLOSURE.
SO THAT THAT COVERS THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED AT OUR LAST ITEM.
SO WITH THAT, NOW, WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ORDINANCE 20 2347 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 THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO H C HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO MAGNOLIA STREET, THE VICINITY NORTH OF PALM BAY ROAD, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE OF THE ZONING MAP, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HOLLY TANNER.
I'M 2300 AVOCADO AVENUE, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, AND I AM REPRESENTING THE OWNER OF VISION 43 LLC.
ALEX JUST TO VISION 43 IS A GARDEN CENTER AND ITS PRIMARY LOCATION IS LOCATED AT 2795 PALM BAY ROAD, JUST SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY BEING DISCUSSED.
DURING THESE PAST TWO YEARS, THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN GROWING AND IS.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS THE FINAL READING AND I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR PASSING IT DURING THE FIRST READING, AND JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? DEPUTY MAYOR. ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? NO. MAYOR. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK HIM FOR A MOTION SO MOVED.
SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TEN.
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 185 ZONING CODE SUBCHAPTER ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT PART TWO AMENDMENTS BY ESTABLISHING FACTORS OF ANALYSIS REQUIRED FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT OR MADAM SHERMAN.
YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS THE FINAL READING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL FACTORS THAT PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF CAN USE TO EVALUATE LAND USE AND ZONING CASES.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. LIKE ANY SPEAKERS, ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 185 ZONING CODE SUBCHAPTER CONDITIONAL USES BY INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATIONS AND REPEALING RELATED LANGUAGE FROM SUBCHAPTER ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT.
PART TWO AMENDMENTS PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MS..
AGAIN, FINAL READING ON THIS ONE.
AND THESE ARE SOME CHANGES TO CONDITIONAL USE SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE IN PART TO MOVE IT TO THE APPROPRIATE SECTION OF THE ZONING CODE, BUT ALSO TO ALLOW FOR TWO YEAR CONDITIONAL USE, APPROVAL TIMEFRAMES AND ONE YEAR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OF EXTENSION BY THE CITY MANAGER.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? AND NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, ASKING FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ORDINANCE 20 2350 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE FIVE LEGISLATIVE CHAPTER 55 POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS RETIREMENT PENSION PLAN BY MODIFYING PROVISIONS RELATED TO OPTIONAL FORMS OF BENEFITS AND MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS. PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS FINAL READING FOR SOME CHANGES TO OUR PENSION PLAN ORDINANCE THAT, AS WE DISCUSSED LAST MEETING, DO NOT HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT ON THE CITY'S FUNDING REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU.
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ANYONE IN THIS AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, ASKING FOR A MOTION.SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
TITLE 11 BUSINESS REGULATIONS CHAPTER 110 BUSINESS TACTICS SUBCHAPTER BUSINESS TAXES TAX RECEIPTS RECEIPTS BY REVISING PROVISIONS CONTAINED THEREIN PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MISS SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALSO FINAL, THIS IS SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT SECTION OF OUR ORDINANCE AND PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON UPDATING TO MATCH FLORIDA STATE STATUTE LANGUAGE.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? SEEING NONE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, ASKING FOR A MOTION SO MOVED.
SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ORDINANCE 20 2352 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING AND ALLOCATING FUNDS AS OUTLINED IN A ATTACHED EXHIBIT A, CONSISTING OF FOUR PAGES AND INCORPORATE IN ITS ENTIRETY HEREIN, RECOGNIZING THAT SUCH APPROPRIATIONS MUST BE MADE PURSUANT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
ADOPTING, RATIFYING, CONFIRMING AND VALIDATING THE ALLOCATIONS PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. MS.. SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. FINAL READING ON THE THIRD BUDGET AMENDMENT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION SO MOVED.
SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
VACATING, ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 21 BLOCK 2065 PORT MALABAR UNIT 46 ACCORDING TO THE THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 22, PAGE 70 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
I'M JUST REQUESTING JUST FOR BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY SPOUSE, TRACY WALKER.
WE'RE AT 2100 DIGBY ROAD SOUTHEAST, AND WE'RE JUST REQUESTING A TEN FOOT VACATE OF THE EASEMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO INSTALL A POOL IN OUR OUR NEWLY PURCHASED PURCHASE HOME.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT, GENTLEMEN? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.
I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON ONE THING.
YOUR COMMENT EARLIER WHERE YOU SAID SKY'S NOT THE LIMIT.
I'VE BEEN IN PALM BAY LIKE A YEAR NOW, AND PRIOR TO MOVING HERE, I WAS IN NEW JERSEY.
SO WE KIND OF DID A QUICK OVERVIEW AS FAR AS LIKE WHERE WE WANT TO PURCHASE LOT MOVE TO.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY THE LOT NEXT TO US IS EMPTY AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO OWNS THAT LOT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO PURCHASE IT AS WELL TO BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE FOR OUR IN-LAWS TO MOVE DOWN.
THANKS. SO WHERE DID YOU MOVE FROM ALABAMA NOW? NEW JERSEY. I KNOW.
OH, COPY THAT. WE HAVE NO GAMBLING HERE.
THANK YOU. I KNOW I HAD TO GIVE UP MY JOB THERE AS A MANAGER.
THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEE YOU? NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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CONGRATULATIONS, BILL.ORDINANCE 20 2356 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT ONE, LOT 49 PORT MALABAR UNIT 12 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 15, PAGE 53.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M OPENING UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN OPEN.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
PURSUANT TO THE CODE, SINCE THIS IS A SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING AND DUE TO THE ABSENCE AND UNEXCUSED ABSENCE OF THE APPLICANT, THE MATTER IS AUTOMATICALLY RESCHEDULED TO THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY.
SO MOVING ON. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
SO WITHDRAW YOUR YOUR YOUR SECOND.
I WITHDRAW MY SECOND, I WITHDRAW THE MOTION.
ORDINANCE 20 2357 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
VACATE AND ABANDONED A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN THE LOT 35 BLOCK SEVEN BLOCK 758 PORT MALABAR UNIT 16 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN THE PLAT BOOK 15, PAGE 97 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
HELLO, I'M PATRICIA HARDER OF 121, TWO, TWO, THREE VALENCIA STREET.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
SORRY TO HESITATE. ANNA SAUNDERS WITH BSE CONSULTANTS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK US.
OTHERWISE, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY SPEAKER CARDS? MAYOR OKAY, SO I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, ASKING FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OKAY, SO WE ARE NOW ON CONSENT.
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DEPUTY MAYOR. YES, MAYOR.ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS COUNCIL WISH TO PULL? SEEING NONE, I NEED A MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, NINE, 11 AND 13.
SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
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ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.ORDINANCE 20 2366 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA PROVIDING FOR THE NAMING OF A PRIVATE ROADWAY TO BE KNOWN AS ZINN WAY NORTHEAST, WHICH ROADWAY IS LOCATED WEST OF AND ADJACENT TO DIXIE HIGHWAY IN THE VICINITY NORTH OF WALDRON ROAD, NORTHEAST, PROVIDING FOR THE DRIVE TO REMAIN PRIVATE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 20 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 51, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS 2023, DASH ZERO TWO AND 2023 TEN.
RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[4. Ordinance 2023-65, extending the time period for meeting conditions for vacating the road right-of-way known as Kinney Avenue, lying between Orange Blossom Trail and Florida East Coast Railway (Case VRW-2-2022, Palm Bay Marina, LLC), first reading.]
ORDINANCE 20 2365.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 80, SECTION FOUR BY EXTENDING THE TIME PERIOD FOR MEETING CONDITIONS TO VACATE AND ABANDON THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS KENNY AVENUE NORTHEAST LINE BETWEEN ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL AND THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MASTER CHIEF. BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
THIS IS WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO FOR PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER 18.
AND WHY ASK FOR AN EXTENSION BEFORE YOU EVEN KNOW IF IT'S REQUIRED? IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A LOT MORE WORK FOR NOTHING TO BE PUTTING IT IN THERE.
WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT STORMWATER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WHERE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT PERMITTING AND ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS THAT TAKES PLACE AND OTHER PERMITTING AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY THAT ARE INVOLVED. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AS PART OF WHY THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING THESE THIS EXTENSION.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I NEED A MOTION.
GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[6. Ordinance 2023-67, amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 53, State of Emergency, Declaration, by modifying provisions related to the termination of a State of Local Emergency, first reading.]
ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 67 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.TITLE FIVE LEGISLATIVE CHAPTER 53 STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARATION, SUBCHAPTER AFFRAY, RIOT ROUT OR UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY AND SUBCHAPTER NATURAL MANMADE OR TECHNOLOGICAL EMERGENCY OR DISASTER BY MODIFYING PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE TERMINATION OF A STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY. PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT.
WHY HAVE ONE SECTION? OH, SORRY. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
WHY HAVE ONE SECTION THAT'S 72 HOURS AND THE OTHER SECTION IS FOR SEVEN DAYS? RIGHT. AND THEN SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT CONSTITUTES WHICH ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO? BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH FOR A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
I HAVE THE TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
JUST I JUST NEEDED SOME CLARIFICATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
I'LL NEED A MOMENT, SIR. I'M TRYING TO CHECK THAT OUT REAL QUICK.
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OKAY, WELL, CONFERRING WITH THE WISE PEOPLE NEXT TO ME.APPARENTLY THE 72 HOUR INCREMENTS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'VE EVER ACTUALLY ENACTED.
SO THE ORDINANCE SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY MAY PROVIDE ALSO PROVIDE FOR EXTENSIONS OF THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY AND 72 HOUR INCREMENTS BY ENACTING A RESOLUTION AT A SPECIAL OR REGULAR MEETING.
WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS DO THE FULL SEVEN SEVEN DAY PERIOD, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS.
AND PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY RESPOND.
THE ONE THAT HE'S MENTIONING AS FAR AS THE 72 HOURS TYPICALLY IS MORE OR LESS RELATING TO LIKE RIOTING, THOSE TYPE OF ITEMS, WHICH TO MY KNOWLEDGE WE HAVEN'T USED, BUT MORE LIKELY THAN NOT, BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE TEMPORARY IN NATURE UNLESS THERE IS STILL SOMETHING ACTIVELY GOING ON.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT THAT TO BE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
WHEREAS THE SOMETHING FOR A NATURAL DISASTER BY STATUTE, CERTAINLY WE CAN HAVE SEVEN DAYS.
CERTAINLY THE MAIN CHANGE HERE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD TERMINATE IT EARLIER.
BUT THE SEVEN DAYS IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE PREP BEFORE IF IT HITS AND AFTERWARDS.
BUT I CAN ONLY SURMISE THAT IT'S JUST NOT LIKELY THAT THERE'S A REALLY NEED IF THERE'S RIOTING AND JUST PUT OUT A BLANKET STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR SEVEN DAYS WITHOUT EVALUATING TO SEE IF THE CONDITIONS STILL EXIST.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD, MADAM SHERMAN? OKAY. THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION.
SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? NO, SIR. ALL IN FAVOR? SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? AYE. PASSES THREE ZERO.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER NINE.
HEY, AS YOU WERE. NUMBER EIGHT.
[8. Resolution 2023-21, amending Resolution 2022-52, as amended, adopting the Five-Year Capital Improvements Program for Fiscal Years 2022-2023 through 2026-2027 (third amendment).]
TRYING TO FLY THROUGH WHAT RESOLUTION 2023, DASH 21, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 2022, DASH 52, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS 2023, DASH ZERO THREE AND 20 2311, ADOPTING A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 THROUGH 2023 THROUGH 2026 THROUGH 2027 FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY, FLORIDA, RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.DEPUTY MAYOR, MR. BATTEN. MASTER CHIEF.
BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
THIS WILL BE A FUN ONE FOR YOU, MAYOR.
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE MILITARY STATIC DISPLAY? SINCE I WAS LOOKING AT THE SPENDING OF THE EXPENDITURE OF THE FUNDS, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF OUR MILITARY STATIC DISPLAY WAS.
SINCE WE'RE SPENDING THE FUNDS, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH IT? I HAVE NO IDEA.
MADAM SHERMAN. THANK YOU, SIR.
I'LL DEFER TO GREG MINOR, OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES DIRECTOR, TO TALK THROUGH THAT ONE.
GREG MINER, PARKS AND FACILITIES DIRECTOR.
WHEN THE INITIAL REQUEST WAS MADE FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE MILITIA MILITARY STATIC DISPLAY, WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF YEARS FOR IT FOR IT TO OCCUR.
WHAT YOU DO? WE SUBMITTED A REQUEST.
I CHECK ON IT ABOUT EVERY TWO MONTHS AND THERE UNTIL REALLY SOME ORGANIZATION STARTS TURNING IN EXTRA EQUIPMENT. SO IT'S IT COULD BE ON HOLD, THEY SAID, FOR FOR YEARS.
I APPRECIATE THAT SAW, MAJOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE IN TRYING TO LOCATE THAT.
SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
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ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER NINE.
[9. Consideration of a third amendment to the Interlocal Agreement with Brevard County regarding the St. Johns Heritage Parkway and Babcock Street intersection.]
DEPUTY MAYOR. MR. BATTEN. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.AND THIS ONE WAS CAN YOU PLEASE TELL THE RESIDENTS WHY THE CITY DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 DEADLINE AND WHAT HAPPENS? THIS IS THE SCARY PART.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE COUNTY DISAPPROVES THE CONSIDERATION? WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE IMPACT TO THE CITY? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
I'LL DEFER TO JULIET MOSCONI, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
JULIETTE MOSCONI, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
I'M GOING TO ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST.
THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN PRE-VETTED BY ALL OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR BREVARD COUNTY, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND PLACING IT ON THE AGENDA AT THIS POINT IS PRETTY MUCH A FORMALITY AS FAR AS THE REASON THAT THE PROJECT IS TAKING LONGER.
I CAN PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION, BUT FRANK WATANABE PERHAPS MIGHT BE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING UP, MR. WATANABE. AGAIN, FRANK WATANABE, THE CITY ENGINEER.
ORIGINALLY, THE REASON FOR THE EXTENSION POTENTIAL EXTENSION WAS THE SIGNAL POLES.
THE MANUFACTURER OF THE POLES TAKES ABOUT A YEAR.
SO THE POLES ARE ACTUALLY BEEN DELIVERED AND ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE.
THE POLES ARE UP EXCEPT FOR THE MAST ARMS. THE PROBLEM NOW IS THE UTILITY PROBLEM WE HAD WAS THE UNDERGROUNDING OF THE POWER POLES, BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH FIVE DIFFERENT UTILITY AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH FPL AND AT&T HAS BECOME MORE CHALLENGING, AND THAT'S BECOME THE BIGGER ISSUE NOW IN TERMS OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THEM ARE COORDINATED TO BE UNDERGROUND AND THAT TIME IS GOING TO PUSH US BEYOND THAT.
SEE THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. 11 AS YOU WERE 11.
[11. Consideration of awarding HOME Investment Partnership Program funds to Macedonia Community Development Corporation of South Brevard for the acquisition with rehabilitation of three (3) affordable rental housing units ($435,746.89).]
MR. BATTEN. I KNOW YOU GUYS HATE ME, BUT THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO KEEP THE CITY ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND MYSELF.WELL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, SIR.
BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.
HOW MUCH DOES A CURRENT RESIDENTS PAY FOR THEIR RENT? RENT? AND HOW MUCH WILL THEY HAVE TO PAY AFTER SPENDING $435,000? THAT'S WHAT THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE THE RESIDENTS PAYING NOW? AND AFTER WE MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR RENT FOR FOR MAKING AFFORDABLE HOUSING? RIGHT. SECOND STATEMENT WITH THIS ONE IS I LIKE THAT THE CURRENT RESIDENTS GET FIRST OPTION FOR THE RENTALS.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING THERE NOW, HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY AFTER WE SPEND $435,000 TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER? MAYBE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? JUST. NO, SIR.
THANK YOU, SIR. I'LL DEFER TO NANCY BUNT, OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
AWESOME. MAYOR. THE THERE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.
RELAX. NANCY BLOUNT, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
MACEDONIA IS ALSO HERE AS WELL.
JERRY PHILLIPS AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
HE STATED AT THE CITIZEN'S ADVISORY BOARD THAT COMMUNITY I'M SORRY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD, THAT THE CURRENT RENTS ARE $600 A MONTH AND HE WOULD MAINTAIN THAT AT $600 A MONTH, WHICH IS ALMOST HALF OF THE COST OF WHAT HE COULD BE RECEIVING.
AS FAR AS THE HOME RENT LIMITS, WHICH ARE ABOUT $1,200.
SO AND HE'S AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. WELL, HE'S WAITED HERE SO LONG.
AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU, SIR. MY NAME IS GERRY PHILLIPS.
I ADDRESS IS 1069 PINEAPPLE AVENUE, NORTH EAST PALM BAY.
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I'M HERE TO REPRESENT MACEDONIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.AND THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION THAT YOU WERE BEING ASKED ABOUT THE RENT.
THE RENT IS $600 WAS JUST RAISED TO $600 JUST RECENTLY BY THE CURRENT OWNER.
BUT WE HAVE AGREED THAT WE REMAINED AT $600 AND EACH TENANT HAD BEEN GIVEN THE OPTION TO REMAIN.
WE WILL RELOCATE THEM DURING THEIR IN THE RENOVATION.
MOST OF THEM. ALL THREE AGREED.
THEY WANT TO COME BACK AND WE WILL LET THEM COME BACK.
REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, SIR.
DEPUTY MAYOR MR. PHILLIPS, THANK YOU.
IT'S GREAT SEEING YOU AGAIN, SIR.
MACEDONIA IS A GREAT MINISTRY.
AND AND CERTAINLY IT'S NOT LIMITED BY JUST, YOU KNOW, CHURCH.
YOU GUYS ARE VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN MULTIPLE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SO ON.
I DO APPRECIATE I'M GLAD MASTER CHIEF MR. BATTEN PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO PULL IT I'VE QUITE HONESTLY, I HAVE A FEW CONCERNS AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE.
I THINK IT'S VERY HONORABLE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO, AND I'M 100% IN SUPPORT.
MY CONCERNS ARE THE USE OF IT.
MY CONCERNS ARE, ARE WE $435,000? IS IT THE BEST USE FOR THAT KIND OF FUND? CONSIDERING EVEN WITH THE PRICE OF CONSTRUCTION TODAY.
WELL, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE PER UNIT? DO YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 600 SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
I'M NOT LIKE, TOO SURE ON THAT, THOUGH.
TRIPLEX? YES. SO IT'S ABOUT 600 SQUARE FOOT PER UNIT, I'M GUESSING.
OKAY. SO SO THAT'S I I'M VERY, VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAVE A I WOULDN'T CALL MYSELF AN EXPERT, BUT I'VE DONE A FEW PROJECTS, MULTIFAMILY, PERSONALLY.
$287,000 INTO REHABBING A PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO ACQUIRE FOR 122, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO POUR IN 287.
IT'S JUST TO ME, THE MATH IS NOT MAKING A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.
I'M NOT QUESTIONING HOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO USE IT.
AND PART OF THE REASON I, IN MY OPINION, BASED ON WHAT I SEE, THERE'S MAYBE MORE TO IT.
I'M JUST I CANNOT IT'S NOT JUSTIFIED.
IT'S ALMOST TO ME WE PROBABLY BETTER OFF JUST TEARING IT UP.
I MEAN, FLATTENED AND BUILT UP, BUILD BACK UP BECAUSE.
THE BREAKDOWN AND HOW THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT.
I'M NOT CONVINCED WE'RE GETTING THE BEST THE BEST OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST WE COULD GET.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. AND AT THIS STAGE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT.
I MEAN, KNOWING WHAT I KNOW AND I UNDERSTAND CONSTRUCTION COST PER SQUARE FOOT FOR BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION, THIS TO ME, I CAN TELL YOU PERSONALLY, I CAN BUILD A BRAND NEW TRIPLEX UNDER HUNDRED 35 TODAY WITH TODAY'S COST.
AND. I SAID I'M NOT A LICENSED GC, BUT I HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE TO I CAN TELL YOU BASED ON WHAT I KNOW, THIS IS A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. I DON'T KNOW IF THE PROPER APPROPRIATE RESEARCH WAS DONE AND BY NO MEANS I WANT THE MINISTRY TO GET THE MONEY.
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IS YOUR GC HERE WITH YOU OR WHEREVER? PARDON? IS A IS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR HERE? NO. NO, HE'S NOT. OKAY, NANCY, ANYTHING YOU YOU WANT TO ADD TO TO MY CONCERNS? ABSOLUTELY. I CAN ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS.SO WE HAVE WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY HOUSING INITIATIVES.
THEY ARE BUILDING FOUR HOUSES FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY IN ON NORTHVIEW AND WASHINGTON.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE TIME FRAME IS TAKING SO LONG THAT WE ACTUALLY, WHEN WE WERE MONITORED BY BREVARD COUNTY, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FINDINGS WAS OUR EXPENDITURE DEADLINES WHERE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MEET BECAUSE REMEMBER, THESE ARE 2021 FUNDS.
WE SHOULD BE MORE CURRENT ON THEM.
AND SO STAFF DECIDED TO LOOK AT PROPOSALS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE EXISTING UNITS, WHERE WE COULD OFFER EITHER HOME OWNERSHIP OR RENTAL, AND IT WOULD JUST BE REHAB.
SO THE ACQUISITION IS GOING TO EXPEND A LOT OF OUR FUNDS IMMEDIATELY AND THEN THE REHAB, WHEREAS NEW CONSTRUCTION IS TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DESIGN THE HOUSE IN ORDER TO TO PUT IT FIT IT ON THE LOT.
SO ALSO REMEMBER, WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDS, THERE'S A CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
THEY HAVE TO BE ENERGY STAR RATED BECAUSE THERE IS A 15 YEAR LIEN ON IT.
WE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD KEEP IT AFFORDABLE FOR LONGER THAN THAT.
BUT HOME REQUIRES MINIMUM 15 YEARS.
ALL OF THE APPLIANCES NEED TO BE ENERGY STAR.
SO BECAUSE THESE UNITS ARE SO OLD, THAT'S WHY THERE IS A MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS IN IN REHAB.
THE POSITIVE SIDE ALSO, TOO, IS THAT HE'S HE WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THEM FOR 125,000 FOR THREE YOU KNOW A TRIPLEX THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD PRICE. YEAH.
I GET IT. THIS IS THIS IS NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STRINGS ATTACHED TO THESE FUNDS AND TIMING AND A LOT OF THIS, BUT THEY JUST I WANTED TO RAISE THIS CONCERN AS OF APPLICANTS COME BEFORE US.
RIGHT. TO SERVE THAT COMMUNITY.
TO ME, THIS THIS IS NOT A GOOD DEAL.
THIS IS JUST FLAT OUT NOT A GOOD DEAL.
I JUST WANTED WANT TO BE CLEAR.
WE JUST WE GOT TO LOOK FOR BETTER PROJECT AND PLAN AHEAD.
AND REALLY, THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT, YOU KNOW, 287 JUST TO REHAB.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I VOICED HIS CONCERN.
ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S FOR FUTURE APPLICANT AS WELL OTHERS TO TO KNOW WE WANT TO SEE AND SAME THING I EVEN GO BACK TO A CASE AN APPLICANT WE GAVE 2.3 MILLION FOR 14 UNIT.
I MEAN, I STILL I LOSE SLEEP OVER THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
ABSOLUTELY. AND WE DO TRY TO DIVERSIFY.
SO THIS WILL BE EXISTING UNITS RENTAL.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY TALKED WITH THE COUNTY OF DOING A COUNTY WIDE PROJECT TO MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT.
SO WE TRY TO HELP THE HOME OWNERS AND ALSO THE RENTERS AS WELL.
SO. THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS. I DIDN'T MEAN TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME, BUT YOU JUST.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM, RIGHT? YEAH. THANK YOU. SO.
YEAH. NO, I DO WANT TO JUMP ON BECAUSE YOU DO RAISE A GOOD POINT.
IF IF IT'S CHEAPER TO JUST BUILD FROM FROM SCRATCH, THEN THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
BUT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE COST GOES TO THE DEVELOPER.
THE PROJECT MANAGER GETS ALMOST 40,000 RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT'S A THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OUT OF OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
YEAH. OUT OF THE 287 38,692 GO TO THE PROJECT MANAGER AND THEN FOR
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CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY ALMOST $12,000.SO RIGHT THERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT 50,000 OUT OF THE 287 PROJECT.
SO I WOULD SAY MORE HONEST BALL FIGURE WOULD PROBABLY BE 237.
BUT EVEN WITH THAT, I'M WITH YOU ON THAT IF WE CAN, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
THE COVID FUNDS. WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? HELP ME OUT. ARPA.
YEAH, SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WITH HOWEVER MUCH WE HAVE, WE CAN REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS WITH WITH THIS PROJECT.
I SUPPORT IT. BUT GOING FORWARD, I DO SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO YEAH, AND YOU DO SERVE ON THAT BOARD, RIGHT? SO I WANT TO ECHO THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS WAS A SHIFTING OF WHAT WAS AVAILABLE.
SO LET'S KEEP ALL OF THAT IN MIND.
SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[13. Consideration of utilizing Undesignated Fund Balance for AUE Staffing as a budget amendment at the Palm Bay Aquatic Center.]
PULL THE ITEM. MR. BATTEN. MASTER CHIEF BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING $67,000 FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES, AND THAT FUND COMES FROM MY UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE.
YET THEY GET 8 MILLION OR 3% OF MY TOTAL BUDGET.
MADAM SHERMAN WANTED TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WHY WE'D LIKE TO OPEN UP ADDITIONAL HOURS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
YES, SIR. I'LL DEFER TO JULIET FOR THAT.
GOOD EVENING. JULIETTE MOSCONI, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
WE INITIALLY OPENED THE POOL THREE DAYS A WEEK FOR THE SUMMER.
AND AS I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE, PUBLIC OUTCRY WAS THAT WE WE, THE CITIZENS, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEVEN DAY A WEEK SWIM CAPACITY FOR OUR PREMIER SWIM DESTINATION.
IN ADDITION, WE HAD SWIM LESSONS AND THEY WERE ALL SOLD OUT.
AND STAFF CAME TOGETHER, CAME UP WITH A PLAN.
THEY DID UTILIZE AS MUCH AS THEY COULD FROM THEIR EXISTING BUDGET.
TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES AND THE RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN EXCELLENT.
AND STAFF IS ALSO TAKING DETAILED METRICS OF WHO IS ATTENDING ON WHAT DAYS AND WHAT TIMES SO THEY CAN BUILD THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SCHEDULE IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 BASED ON THEIR EXISTING BUDGET.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE IT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD, THE SWIMMING LESSONS ALONE CAN SAVE A CHILD'S LIFE.
AND THAT PALM BAY AQUATIC CENTER WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE EFFORTS OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY, WITHIN THE SCHOOL, EASTERN FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
AND SCOTT ELLIS, WHICH IS KNOWN AS A TAX WATCHDOG AT THE TIME, WAS LEADING AND SPEARHEADING THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT THAT THAT LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
AND YES, I WAS A STAFFER AT THE TIME FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSION WHEN THIS WHEN THIS ALL MATERIALIZED.
SO THAT BEING SAID, IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IN, IN SAVING A CHILD'S LIFE, MAKING SURE THAT WITH ALL THE POOLS THAT WE HAVE BEING BUILT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE ARE CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN THAT WILL PARTICIPATE.
GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE ARE NOW UNDER ITEM NUMBER ONE NEW BUSINESS.
[NEW BUSINESS]
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OF MADAM SHERMAN.THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO DEFER TO JULIET TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM AS WELL.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM IS DOING SEVERAL THINGS.
ONE, IT IS FORMALIZING THE VERBAL CHANGE THAT YOU ALL MADE TO THE SINGLE EVENT LIMIT BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, CHANGING IT FROM $10,000 TO $12,500.
WHILE WE WERE MAKING REVISIONS, WE WENT AHEAD AND MODIFIED A FEW MINOR THINGS.
ONE IS THAT WE EXTENDED THE TIME PERIOD TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FROM 35 DAYS TO 45 DAYS TO GIVE STAFF AMPLE TIME TO GO BACK AND FORTH WITH ANY APPLICANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE VETTING THEM TO THE STANDARDS OF YOUR POLICY.
HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS ARE THEY BRINGING TO PUT ON THEIR EVENT BOTH IN PLANNING, SETUP, BREAKDOWN AND CLEANUP? WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION OF WHETHER YOU WANT IN-KIND WAGES TO BE CALCULATED. WHEN WE'RE DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF CO SPONSORSHIP FOR TO BE JUST THE DAY OF THE EVENT OR IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE EVENT, IF THERE'S ANY PRE-PLANNING WORK, FOR EXAMPLE, SETTING UP TENTS, TABLES, CHAIRS, THE STAGE PRIOR TO THE EVENT, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT OCCUR DURING BUSINESS HOURS, WHEREAS EVENTS ARE USUALLY, USUALLY, NOT ALWAYS ON THE WEEKEND.
ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. OKAY.
YES, SIR. LET ME LET ME START WITH THE DISCUSSION, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, BECAUSE AND I KNOW, DEPUTY MAYOR, YOU AND I, WE'VE WE'VE ACTUALLY BOUGHT SEVERAL EVENTS BOTH IN THE MINISTRY AND AND AND AS A STAFFER.
RIGHT. SO THE WHEN IT COMES TO THE IN-KIND SERVICES, MA'AM, I BELIEVE THE IN-KIND SERVICES WOULD BE TALLIED THE DAY OF THE EVENT.
I BELIEVE RECREATION IS PART OF PROVIDING SUPPORT TO PARTNERS IN THAT IT IS PART OF THE THE JOB DUTIES.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM ON THAT.
SO I'LL START THE DISCUSSION WITH THAT.
BUT NOW I'LL YIELD TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND THEN DEPUTY MAYOR.
MR. MOSCONI, WHAT WERE THE BALLPARK FIGURES FOR THE PAST TWO FISCAL YEARS AND GENERAL FUND DOLLARS USED FOR CO-SPONSORSHIP EVENTS? NEED A MOMENT TO LOCATE THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 TOTAL.
I CAN GIVE YOU AT THIS POINT THAT WE ARE ROUGHLY AT 30,000 ON EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SO FAR.
OKAY. SO THAT'S WITHIN THE 50,000 CEILING THAT WE SET.
YES. AND I KNOW LAST YEAR WAS LESS.
IT WOULD JUST TAKE ME A MOMENT TO FIND IT.
I JUST I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN THIS ITEM MORE IN MY FIVE YEARS ON COUNCIL THAN ANY ITEM.
I WISH I JUST I DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST NEED TO SCRAP IT OR I'M UNSURE BECAUSE I IT'S, IT'S SEEMS LIKE WE KEEP MOVING THE GOALPOSTS, WHICH I FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE DOESN'T WANT.
IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE ITEM, THE PROBLEM WAS THERE WAS NO CONSISTENCY.
AND I KNOW STAFF IS TRYING TO FIND THAT.
I GOT THE CONTACT AND I TALKED TO MR. MOSCONI ABOUT IT AS WELL. THEY KIND OF DO LIKE A GRANT PROCESS WHERE EVERYBODY APPLIES, PUTS IN THEIR BEST EFFORT, AND THEN THEY GO FROM THERE AND IT'S JUST A ONE TIME DEAL.
AND WHATEVER PEOPLE APPLY, THEY, THEY PAY FOR POLICE FIRE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE INSTEAD OF
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COMING OUT OF OUR POCKET.SO I'M TORN ON THIS MAYOR, AND IT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT MORE AND MORE AGAIN.
SO YOU HEAR THE HESITANCY IN MY VOICE.
I'M JUST I'M NOT REALLY SOLD ON ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU BRING UP REALLY LEGITIMATE ISSUES, RIGHT? UM, AND I THINK BACK, I THINK BACK AT THESE EVENTS, RIGHT, AND THE VALUE OF THESE EVENTS AND I'M SAYING ALL OF THE EVENTS, I MAY BE PARTIAL TO ONE IN FULL DISCLOSURE, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT A BUDGET THAT SHE JUST MENTIONED.
WELL, DON'T DON'T LET ME GET SIDETRACKED BECAUSE I WANT TO DO TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE VALUE.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE INTANGIBLE THAT WE RECEIVE WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE CAN OPERATE LIKE THE CITY OF MARGATE. WE HAVE TO COME UP.
I COMMEND STAFF WITH THIS TO THAT ARGUMENT.
NOT ALL THE EVENTS ARE THE SAME.
THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.
I HEARD A FIGURE OF 41,000 FOR ALL THESE EVENTS.
IS THAT CORRECT? MS.. MS.. MOSCONI? 41 TO 42,041.
42,000. THAT'S THE PROJECTION.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA IN THIS LAST EVENT PRODUCED OVER $35,000.
SO ALL EVENTS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL.
SO I'M GOING TO AS PART OF THIS ITEM, I'M GOING TO ASK IF WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH, WHICH AT LEAST IS SOMETHING RIGHT TODAY, DOES IT NEED TO BE MASSAGED? I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU.
STAFF HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO FIND THAT BALANCE.
RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO SEE AS PART OF THE MASSAGE, A PLAN WHERE WE CAN WAVE AN EVENT THAT HAS PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND HAS INCREASED THEIR BUDGET TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN PROVIDING A SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT BEING SAID, I STILL STAND WITH IN-KIND SERVICES THE DAY OF THE EVENT LEADING UP TO THE EVENT.
I THINK IT'S PART OF RECREATION'S DUTIES.
I WAS ALSO A RECREATIONAL EMPLOYEE AND I WAS ALWAYS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY NOT ONLY LOOKING FOR EVENTS BUT PARTICIPATING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS TO BRING AN EVENT TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY.
THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE THE BREVARD COUNTY.
I'D LIKE TO SEE US COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT COULD BE A BALANCE, AS YOU SAID, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, THAT WE COULD HIT A SWEET SPOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S A BASEBALL TERM, BUT THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE FEELING OF OF SWINGING THE BAT AND KNOWING THAT WHEN YOU HIT THAT BALL, IT'S JUST THE SWEET SPOT.
AND I JUST YOU KNOW, THERE GOES MY, MY, MY BASEBALL DAYS.
DEPUTY MAYOR, YOU GO AHEAD AND WEIGH IN.
MAYOR, I'M PRETTY MUCH ALONGSIDE YOU IN SUPPORT OF THIS OF THIS SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM OR WHAT HAVE YOU, ORDINANCE WE PUT IN PLACE, BECAUSE PRIOR TO THIS COUNCIL, PRIOR TO 2020, 2020, WE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST LIKE A FREE FALL OR HOWEVER IT WORKS.
AND THIS GROUP MAY GET CERTAIN THING PRIVILEGE AND THIS DOESN'T AND SO ON.
SO I THINK WHAT WE DID, WE DID THE RIGHT THING.
YES, WE, WE, WE WE VISITED A COUPLE OF TIMES AS THINGS CHANGE AND CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU KNOW, CHANGES.
BUT I THINK WHAT STAFF IS ASKING US TODAY IS TO REALLY PUT A LITTLE MORE STRUCTURE ON IT.
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UM. AND AND I AGREE WITH YOU, THE IN-KIND HOURS SHOULD BE THE DAY OF THE EVENT.ARE ABLE TO TO SCHEDULE IT PART OF THEIR DAILY OR REGULAR ACTIVITY.
MORE SO THESE TWO GENTLEMEN'S HERE, MR. MATT MINER AND MISTER POPPY DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AND THEIR STAFF PROVIDING AND RESPONDING TO THOSE DEMAND AND AND.
PART OF WHAT MAKES A COMMUNITY GREAT IS THOSE SERVICES, RIGHT? RECREATION. RECREATION IS KEY.
THAT'S WHAT FAMILY LOOKS FOR AS THEY LOOKED AT A COMMUNITY TO MOVE TO.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE RED SHIRTS ARE LISTENING AND PAYING ATTENTION.
I AGREE. LET'S BRING THE MAJORS BACK OR SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT.
I GO TO THIS SLIDE HERE, THE AUDIT.
RIGHT. THE GENTLEMAN DID A GREAT JOB.
RIGHT. GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES.
RECREATION. I MEAN, IT WENT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 8%, 20, 21 TO 3%, 5.4 MILLION.
THAT'S WHAT WAS ALLOCATED OR SPENT.
CULTURAL SLASH RECREATION 2022.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WE PUTTING.
WE'RE PUTTING WE DOING PROVIDING SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S REALLY NOT REALLY BECOME MUCH OF A BURDEN ACCORDING TO THE TO THIS SLIDE HERE.
I HOPE I'M I'M LOOKING AT IT THE RIGHT WAY.
I'M MAKING SENSE OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
RIGHT. SO WE NOT YOU KNOW, WE WENT DOWN BY FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS.
YEAH. WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF OF STRUCTURING IT.
I THINK STAFF IS ASKING US DIRECTION WITH THIS ITEM.
YES. THE DAY OF THE IN-KIND HOURS.
UM, I THINK THERE'S OTHER ASPECT TO IT.
BUT IN TERMS OF INCREASING THE THE TIME INSTEAD OF THE 30 DAYS OR 45 DAYS, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
I KNOW. I MENTIONED COUNCILMAN.
JOHNSON. I'LL. I'LL KEY IN TO YOU AFTERWARDS.
I KNOW I MENTIONED SOME TYPE OF WAIVER, RIGHT? LIKE BREVARD COUNTY HAS.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS.
YOU COULD YOU COULD SAY THAT BASED ON THE ATTENDANCE BECAUSE THESE EVENTS AFFECT OUR RESIDENTS.
RIGHT. THESE EVENTS LITERALLY AFFECT EACH CHILD, EACH INDIVIDUAL.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN INTANGIBLE EFFECT FOR THE RESIDENTS.
SO I'M THINKING THAT ALONGSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE REVAMP IT, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE STAFF CONSIDER WAIVERS BASED ON ATTENDANCE, BASED ON THEIR VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THOSE THINGS.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON MAYOR, THE ASPECT OF TIME, WOULD YOU OKAY WITH INCREASING THE 30 FROM 30 DAYS TO 45 DAYS? I THINK THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF IT, YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT.
I THINK IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PLANNING.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS LIKE, LET'S SAY WHAT WE JUST EXPERIENCED, RIGHT? I KNOW IT MAY BE BURDENSOME ON SOME ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHT? 45 DAYS.
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THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MEETING IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.AND SO FOR AN ORGANIZATION TO COME FOR AN EVENT COMING IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, THEY GOT YOU GOT TO BE WELL, WELL PREPARED ON THAT RIGHT NOW. DO I DON'T LIKE PUTTING HANDCUFFS ON STAFF.
LET'S SAY, AND THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, WE HAD A CHURCH IN THE CITY IN THE I THINK IT WAS DRISCOLL HEIGHTS AREA THAT WANTED TO PUT ON MOUNT MORIAH.
YES. WANTED TO PUT ON A COVID VACCINE EVENT.
RIGHT. AND SO THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT I LIKE THE 45 DAYS SO THAT STAFF HAS ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN.
HOWEVER, IF THERE'S AN EVENT I DON'T LIKE HANDCUFFING STAFF THAT IF THERE'S AN EVENT THEY THINK THEY THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING TO US, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADD IT ON IN CASE WE COULD FIT, FIT IT IN OUR COUNCIL MEETING TO MAKE THAT EXCEPTION.
NO, I'M WITH THE 45 DAYS BEFORE I CAN MAKE A DECISION ON THE IN-KIND PART.
MS.. SHERMAN IF I COULD HEAR FROM MR. POPPY AND MR. MINER.
MY QUESTION FOR BOTH OF YOU GENTLEMEN.
HOW MANY STAFF HOURS WOULD YOU SAY YOUR STAFF OR YOURSELVES HAVE USED TOWARD SPONSORSHIP EVENTS? AND DO THESE HOURS TAKE AWAY TIME FROM OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES? A FOR ME, THE ANSWER IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
WHEN WE'RE PLANNING THESE EVENTS, THAT'S PART OF THE NORMAL DUTIES OF MY STAFF.
SO, I MEAN, THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON THESE EVENTS, THAT'S A LARGE PART OF WHAT THEY DO.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE THE EVENT WE JUST HAD EARLIER THIS MONTH, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING FOR THAT DOESN'T ISN'T JUST IN A SHORT TIME FRAME. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT GOES ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
BUT SO AS FAR AS MY STAFF, THAT IT'S PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO OUR MAJOR. FIRST OF ALL, I SUPPORT ALL THE EVENTS THAT'S GOING ON.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU ON THE PARK SIDE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WHEN THESE EVENTS ARE PUT ON, IT TAKES MANY, MANY MAN HOURS.
AND WE'LL USE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE LARGEST EVENT WE SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, IT TAKES ALMOST PROBABLY A WEEK TO GET EVERYTHING SET UP.
I MEAN, WE PUT UP HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF LINEAL FEET OF ORANGE FENCE, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO I BASICALLY HAVE 21 MAINTENANCE WORKERS, 35 PLUS PARKS TO MAINTAIN ON A SEVEN DAYS BASIS.
SO THE TIME THAT'S TAKEN, SUPPORTING, GETTING THESE EVENTS READY OR TAKING TIME AWAY FROM THE MANPOWER I HAVE OUT MAINTAINING THE PARKS.
DECEMBER IS BY FAR A BUSIEST MONTH.
BUT IT IS VERY LABOR INTENSIVE SUPPORTING BECAUSE AND THE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT IN-KIND THE DAY OF THE EVENT, BUT THE MAJORITY HOURS ARE BEFORE THE EVENT.
IN SET UP. SO BUT IT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON THE PARK SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
THANK YOU. AND THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING THAT, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WITH MR. AGUIRRE, WITH HIS EVENT, IT WAS TO HAVE OUR STAFF BREAK DOWN, PUT UP THE TABLES, OTHER STUFF.
AND THAT WAS THE DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT WHERE A DAY BEFORE THE EVENT.
SO WHEN I'M THINKING OF THIS, I'M LIKE, I TRULY FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
I APPRECIATE MR. POPPY'S STANCE ON IT, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO HEAR FROM BOTH BECAUSE THEY BOTH HAVE A SAY IN IT.
WE HEARD IT DIRECTLY FROM OUR PROFESSIONALS AND THEY'RE TELLING US THAT, HEY, IT'S CUMBERSOME AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME SO I CAN SUPPORT, UM, LIKE I SAID, I'M STILL ON THE FENCE IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM, BUT I COULD SUPPORT IT IF WE'RE INCLUDING IN-KIND OTHERWISE, WHICH WE ONLY HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, OF COURSE, BUT OTHERWISE I CAN'T SUPPORT JUST DOING IN-KIND THE DAY OF BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT.
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WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT PARKS DOES, WHETHER IT'S PARKS AND FACILITIES, WHETHER IT'S RECREATION.THAT'S WHAT PARKS IS IS RECREATION FOR THE CITY, THAT THAT'S THE MISSION, IN MY OPINION.
AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PLANNING, I CAN TELL YOU IN EVENTS PLANNING YEAR ROUND AND VOLUNTEER HOURS OF WHAT IT TAKES. I KNOW AN ORGANIZATION THAT NO ONE GETS PAID AND THEY PUT ON.
THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA DOESN'T GO ON IN THIS CITY.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE CITY RESIDENTS WOULD MISS IT.
I THINK BY HIS HIS HIS COMMENTS THAT THAT IT IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT FOR, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES.
I AGREE. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT PARKS AND RECREATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BRING THAT TYPE OF RECREATION, THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S GOING ALONGSIDE OF THE RESIDENTS OF OF STAFF AND SAYING, HEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT THIS THING TOGETHER LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION, YOU'RE DOING THAT ALL Y'ALL ON YOUR OWN WHEN THEY COME ALONGSIDE AND HELP US PROVIDE AN EVENT OF VALUE. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S GOT TO BE IT'S AN INVESTMENT.
IT'S AN INVESTMENT. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
I STILL BELIEVE IN KIND SERVICES THE WAY I FEEL.
I STILL FEEL THAT THAT'S IN-KIND SERVICES.
MAYOR. I PRETTY MUCH COVER EVERYTHING.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT THE WAY IT IS.
AND I GET COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S CONCERNS.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF OPINION AND ALL VIEWS MAYBE DIFFER TO SOME DEGREE, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WOULD WOULD AGREE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE EVENTS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE NEED THESE THESE THESE TYPE OF EVENTS.
THE STIGMA THAT PALM BAY HAS NOTHING TO DO.
BEING PART OF IT, TAKING OWNERSHIP.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE EXPENSE IS FAR EXCEED THE BENEFIT.
WHERE DO WE LIE? COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
CAN WE CONTINUE TO MASSAGE THIS OR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AS FAR AS THIS IS CONCERNED? UM, IT'S, IT'S, I SEE WHERE COUNCIL APPETITE IS.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S EITHER WE'RE GOING TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE EXPENSES AND JUST SHOW A FIGURE, A NUMBER FIGURE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VOLUNTEERS, BUT WE'RE ASKING FOR OUR STAFF TO VOLUNTEER ON DAYS BEFORE AND NOT ACCOUNT FOR IT.
UM, SO I HEAR WHERE COUNCIL IS GOING.
I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT, BUT WE CAN STILL GO FORWARD.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THE IN-KIND, RIGHT? AND YET WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AT 12,500, RIGHT? DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE ANY OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT EXIST? I THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT'S GOING TO JUST HOLD MORE NOT NOT SAYING FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS EVERY TIME ON TIME, BUT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WHAT I MENTIONED WITH THE BREAKING DOWN AND PUTTING UP TABLES THAT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT WHERE NONPROFITS HAVE TO BRING A LITTLE MORE VOLUNTEERS AND NOT JUST PUT IT ON OUR STAFF.
SO I THINK THAT THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE THAT'S PART OF IT IS THAT RIGHT WE ASKING ORGANIZATION TO. TAKE MORE OWNERSHIP, BRING MORE TO THE TABLE.
IS THAT CORRECT? PART OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING, WE'RE JUST ASKING THEM TO PROPERLY, FULLY DOCUMENT THE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHANGING WHO DOES WHAT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EVENT.
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SO WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO DO MORE IN TERMS OF SETUP OR ANYTHING.BUT I DID WANT TO COME BACK TO THE THE COMMENTS ABOUT SHORT TURNAROUND EVENTS WE STILL LEFT IN THE SPONSOR IN THE CO SPONSORSHIP POLICY, THE THAT THE CITY MANAGER CAN HAVE DISCRETION BASED ON PUBLIC PURPOSE, COMMUNITY NEED OR BENEFIT TO BRING IT SOONER.
I DON'T LIKE PUTTING HANDCUFFS ON YOU GUYS, SO YEAH, NO, THANK YOU, MA'AM.
UM, SO WHERE I'M AT IS I WOULD NOT WANT TO JEOPARDIZE ANY OF THE EVENTS THAT COME THROUGH.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT, DEPUTY MAYOR, BECAUSE TO ASK CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS TO DO MORE, I THINK WE'RE LOSING SIGHT OF WHAT VALUE THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROVIDING.
UM, WE CAN NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THAT IN MY EYES.
WE CAN NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR NONPROFITS.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW.
BUT I, I WANT TO, I WANT TO VALIDATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BROTHER COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I WANT TO VALIDATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT US TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE COME UP WITH A WAIVER.
A WAIVER OF CERTAIN EVENTS AND THAT WAY THAT WE CAN START LOOKING AT HOW THAT MATERIALIZES.
BECAUSE AGAIN, I GOT TO TELL YOU, OUT OF ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED, RIGHT, THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN MAYOR, I WOULD NOT WANT TO LOSE ANY ONE OF THEM. BECAUSE OF THE VALUE THAT THEY BRING, BECAUSE OF THE CULTURE THAT THEY BRING, THE MULTI PEOPLE GATHERING FROM DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES AND AND JUST GETTING ALONG.
I THINK WE NEED MORE OF THAT, QUITE FRANKLY.
I THINK THE IN-KIND IS WHERE I'M GOING TO STAY.
I DO AGREE WITH DEPUTY MAYOR, SO, UM, I'LL NEED A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER A REVISION TO THE CITY'S CO-SPONSORSHIP POLICY.
BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION, CORRECT.
SO I GOT A MOTION AND I WILL BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX AND I WILL SECOND IT.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? DEPUTY MAYOR, YOU MADE THE MOTION? NO, SIR. ANY ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD BEFORE JUST LET JUST LAST THING, BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S OPINION WE HEARD FROM OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES DIRECTOR LIKE IT TAKES TIME.
IT TAKES EFFORT. SO I DON'T SEE IT BEING AN OPINION.
HE HE BOTH THE GENTLEMEN KEPT IT HONEST WITH US.
BUT I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS.
ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? AYE. ALL OPPOSED.
ON, REPORTS MR. JOHNSON. MR. JOHNSON, WE HAVE A NEW BUSINESS.
AS YOU WERE. HEY, LISTEN, IN ALL FAIRNESS, I WAS UP AT ZERO DARK HUNDRED HOURS THIS MORNING.
I TRAVELED TO TAMPA AND I CAME.
SO? SO CUE THE VIOLIN MASTER CHIEF.
SO AS YOU WERE, ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE NEW BUSINESS.
CHEESE AND WINE. CHEESE AND WINE.
THE FISCAL ALSO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROPOSED OPERATING MILLAGE RATE, THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROPOSED DEBT MILLAGE RATE AND SCHEDULING THE DATES FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO ADOPT THE BUDGET.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS ITEM IS PART OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK AT THE THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH INCLUDES THE PROPOSAL TO ADVERTISE THE FY 2024 OPERATING MILLAGE RATE AT A PROPOSED RATE OF 7.5995, WHICH IS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 23 RATE.
HOWEVER, AS STATED, WE ARE WORKING ON BUILDING THE BUDGET AT THE CAP 3% RATE.
ALSO, THIS WOULD ADVERTISE OR EXCUSE ME, THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE US TO SET THE FY 2024 PROPOSED VOTED DEBT MILLAGE RATE AT 0.9084 AND ALSO WOULD INCLUDE SCHEDULING THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE BUDGET ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023 AT 6 P.M.
AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING DATE ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2023 AT 6 P.M..
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
ANY SPEAKER CARDS? OKAY. OKAY.
SO I'M TOSSING THIS TO COUNCIL.
[03:10:03]
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROPOSED OPERATING MILLAGE RATE AT 7.5995.GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I'LL SECOND IT. INCLUDE THE REST.
OKAY. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. SORRY.
AND THE SCHEDULE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023 AT 6 P.M.
AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2023 AT 6:00 PM.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
SECOND AND SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.
JOHNSON. I STILL STAND WHERE WHERE WE WERE AS A COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THE STAYING WITHIN THE 3% CAP.
BEING THAT WE'RE AT 133,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY ESTIMATE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, YES, WE FILLED ALL THE VACANCIES OR ALMOST ALL THE VACANCIES WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT AS THAT POPULATION GROWS, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THRESHOLD GROWS AS WELL.
SO BUT IT'S STILL MY INTENT TO STAY WITHIN THE 3% CAP.
BUT WE HAVE HURRICANE SEASON COMING UP AND OTHER THINGS.
SO I FEEL THIS STAYING AT THIS RATE IS A GOOD THING TO START OFF WITH.
I'M IN LINE WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S COMMENTS.
WE DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE AN ACTIVE SEASON.
SO FOR FOR THESE REASONS, I THINK IT'S IT'S A PRUDENT THING TO DO.
BECAUSE ONCE WE ONCE WE SET THE BAR LOW, WE CAN'T WE CAN'T GO BACK.
BUT FOR THE RECORD, JUST LIKE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I'M STATING, AND I TOLD THE CITY MANAGER I'M STAYING WITHIN THE 3% CAP, BUT TO SET IT AT THE 7.5995 IS WHAT WE SHOULD.
SO I'LL. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? AYE. AYE. PASSES THREE ZERO.
YES, MA'AM. THE ONLY REPORT I WOULD LIKE TO DO.
[COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL REPORTS]
I WOULD LIKE TO.I KNOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT EVENTS WHERE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THAT ASSIST US.
I THINK IT'S PRUDENT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE SENATOR DEBBIE MAYFIELD AND REPRESENTATIVE THAD ALTMAN HERE, WHETHER IT'S AUGUST, OCTOBER, WHENEVER, FOR GETTING US A NOT ALL OF IT, BUT A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING ESPECIALLY.
I WAS JUST THINKING IT WAS LIKE JUST PALM BAY AND MELBOURNE.
IT'S AND NOT JUST IN BREVARD COUNTY DOWN IN SEBASTIAN AS WELL.
SO I'M LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE MAKING A POSITIVE.
SO I THINK THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB DOING SO.
SO I JUST THINK WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS WELL.
WELL, YOU STOLE MY THUNDER FROM THE LAST TIME BECAUSE I DID SAY THE WHOLE THE WHOLE THING.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NOT ONLY REGIONALLY, BUT WHAT EVENTS CAN COME IN WITH THOSE FUNCTIONS THAT THE TRAINING FACILITY.
RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO SAVE US EVEN MONEY.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE HOSTING IT, WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THOSE REGISTRATION FEES, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
AND THEN MAYBE WE COULD GO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A FEW ROUNDS OURSELVES.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE? YES, SIR. UH, DEPUTY MAYOR.
MAYOR? I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD.
REPRESENTATIVE ROBBIE BRACKET AND THE ENTIRE DELEGATION, BECAUSE AS DEPUTY MAYOR OF FELIX KNOWS, WE WENT IN INTO EACH AND EVERY OFFICE DURING THE SESSION.
AND AND I AND DEPUTY MAYOR AND MADAM SHERMAN WERE THERE.
I LITERALLY ASKED REPRESENTATIVE ALTMAN TO TO PICK UP THE BATON.
AND AND I THINK I CALLED DEPUTY MAYOR BY SURPRISE BECAUSE HE HE SAID, MY GOSH, THAT WAS BOLD.
[03:15:06]
SO BUT IT MEANT THE GREAT DEAL TO ME.AND AND, GENTLEMEN, LET ME SHARE WITH YOU.
I THINK THAT'S THE MOST WE'VE EVER RECEIVED AS A CITY FROM OUR LEGISLATURE.
SO THAT WAS A RECORD YEAR OF WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR CITIZENS.
SO IT IS PRUDENT OF US TO CONTINUE TO TAKE THESE TRIPS TO TALLAHASSEE AND AND BRING THAT ON.
I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, GENTLEMEN, OUR OFFICER OF THE YEAR.
THEY WERE RECOGNIZED YESTERDAY AND THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GRADUATING OUT OF CORONADO.
THE GUY IS UNBELIEVABLE WITH WHAT WAS IT LIKE, THOUSANDS REDUCED DOWN TO 30IN.
JUST A FEW SELECT WERE ABLE TO IN THE NATION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TO CONTINUE THAT.
SO NOW ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS, MADAM SHERMAN.
[ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS]
MADAM SMITH.AN EXECUTIVE SESSION YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT.
AND I'M SURE YOU ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS CASE.
TO DISCUSS SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS PERTAINING TO FIRE RESEARCH VERSUS CITY OF PALM BAY AND EMILY TWO CASE ZERO FIVE 2020 CA ZERO 232, WHICH WILL LAST APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES.
ATTENDEES WILL BE MAYOR ROB MEDINA, DEPUTY MAYOR DON FELIX, COUNCIL MEMBERS KENNY JOHNSON AND RANDY FOSTER, CITY MANAGER, SUZANNE SHERMAN CITY ATTORNEY PATRICIA SMITH AND THE COURT REPORTER.
UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING? YEAH. I'M SORRY, MAYOR.
I WAS TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION BEFORE YOU CONCLUDE IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM IN REGARDS TO INVITING THE WHOLE DELEGATION, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S MORE OF A PARTICIPATION AWARD.
IT WAS SENATOR MAYFIELD AND REPRESENTATIVE THAD ALTMAN THAT DID THE HEAVY LIFTING.
AND TO YOUR POINT, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PICKED UP THE BATON.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THEM BECAUSE BY THAT STANDARD, THEN WE CAN JUST ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYBODY WHO VOTED YES ON THE APPROPRIATIONS, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CO-SPONSORED AND AND PUSHED IT FORWARD.
AND I'LL BE HONEST, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT REPRESENTATIVE FEIN IN REGARDS TO SACRIFICE PARK.
OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK REPRESENTATIVE FEIN BECAUSE HE DID HE DIDN'T FIGHT AGAINST OUR APPROPRIATIONS AND THAT CARRIED SOME WEIGHT.
SO I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING HERE SOON, UH, WITH THE BAFFLE BOXES.
SO I'M, I'M GOOD WITH SINGLING OUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THAT DID THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.
SO THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]
IT'S JUST ICE. MASTER CHIEF.I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE.
I'M HEARING FROM A FEW FOLKS AT THE AMERICAN LEGION AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AN OVEN IN THERE.
CAN SOMEBODY GIVE ME SOME GUIDANCE? MAYBE MISS SHERMAN ON WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP FACILITATE THIS.
THE FACILITATE. WHAT, SIR? THE AMERICAN LEGION POST.
ONE TO GET AN OVEN IN THE KITCHEN THAT THEY HAVE.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE AN OVEN.
WHAT POST IS THAT? 384, I BELIEVE.
YEAH. WHEN I TALK TO WHERE DO I GO? CAN I. CAN SOMEBODY SEND ME AN EMAIL OR.
YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY HAVE STAFF.
LOOK AT THAT. I'M NOT SURE, MADAM SHERMAN.
THEY WOULD NEED TO CONTACT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
[03:20:01]
IT'S A PERMITTING ISSUE, SO IF THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED TO HAVE KITCHEN TYPE OF ACTIVITIES IN THERE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO START WITH A BUILDING DEPARTMENT. WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS SOMEBODY HAD AND AGAIN, SOMETIMES IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSED, CONFUSING WHEN I GO THERE.BUT IS THERE A NUMBER I CAN CALL? BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A KITCHEN AREA WITH A REEFER REFRIGERATOR IN THERE.
BUT EVEN IF IT WAS AN ELECTRIC STOVE, THAT WOULD BE REAL HELPFUL.
I'LL. I'LL SEND YOU A CONTACT.
CAN YOU? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
I THINK. HOLD ON. MR. STICE MAY HAVE TO DO WITH MAYBE IT'S BEING LOOKED AT AS COMMERCIAL BECAUSE THE PUBLIC'S COMING IN.
AND SO THEREFORE, THE STANDARD IS A BIT DIFFERENT IN, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE LOOKING AT IT OKAY, YOU KNOW, IT JUST BRING A STOVE IN THERE OR BUT BEING A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, YOU'RE SERVING THE PUBLIC.
SO THE STANDARD IS DIFFERENT SAFETY AND SO ON.
SO THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER PERMITTING PROCESS.
YEAH. NO, THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
I'M JUST SOMETIMES THEY GET TURNED OVER IN THERE AND I THINK I'M ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS.
GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO ALLEVIATE THAT.
WAS THERE A CHANGE OF COMMAND THERE? NO. I THINK COMMANDER DAN IS STILL IN THERE.
YEAH. THEY SOMETIMES I LIKE HELPING OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN IN THAT AREA.
COPY THAT. WELL, WE APPRECIATE THAT, SIR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MASTER CHIEF.
SAME THING WITH OUR CO SPONSORSHIP.
THAT IS ALSO PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU CALL IT WHEN YOU TREAT SOMEBODY DIFFERENTLY.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW FOR.
JAY LOCKE WAS THE ONE THAT POINTED IT OUT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE GUIDELINES.
AND SO THAT'S WHY JAY LOCKE SAID THAT, RIGHT? SO IT'S PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
WELL, THIS IS A GOOD ORGANIZATION.
THIS ONE'S A BAD ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO REWIND SOME TAPES HERE AND WE'RE GOING ON MERIT.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH WHO'S ESTABLISHED AND WHO'S NOT ESTABLISHED, THAT SEEMS WELL, YOU GET A BREAK COMPARED TO THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL ONE MORE TIME PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. SO I'M GOING TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE HERE.
BILL BATTEN, MYSELF, HAS BEEN PAYING TAXES FOR 36 YEARS TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
ME. I'LL HAVE A GOOD DAY. AND I STILL LOVE THIS CITY.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ANY ITEM.
OR JUST FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.
THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.