Oct 05, 2023 Council Meetings - Regular

HEY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

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[CALL TO ORDER]

THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR PAUL FOURNIER.

PAUL, ARE YOU HERE? I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU. FROM LIFEPOINT CHURCH.

PAUL, ARE YOU HERE WITHOUT THE INVOCATION? WE'RE NOT GETTING STARTED.

OKAY, SO IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, THE BLESSING AND BEING MAYOR IS.

I COULD IMPROVISE, I COULD ADAPT AND I CAN OVERCOME.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASTOR KEN DELGADO WILL LEAD US IN AN INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY OUR DEPUTY MAYOR, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. PASTOR KEN FROM THE HOUSE CHURCH IN PALM BAY, PLEASE RISE.

I BELIEVE THAT'S CALLED VOLUNTOLD.

YES, SIR. FATHER, WE DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY.

WE TRUST IN WE RELY ON WE PRESS INTO YOUR WISDOM.

WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR PEACE TO GOVERN ALL THE PROCEEDINGS.

WE ASK THAT YOU IMPART THE WISDOM THAT WE NEED AS DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.

WE ASK THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE AND THAT YOUR KINGDOM BE ESTABLISHED IN THIS PLACE.

WE RECOGNIZE, FATHER.

I RECOGNIZE AT THIS POINT THAT WE CAN DO NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, NOTHING THAT PRODUCES LONGEVITY AND LONG LASTING FRUIT. SO RIGHT NOW, FATHER, WE ASK FOR THAT WISDOM THAT COMES FROM ABOVE.

MINISTER TWO HEARTS BRING PEACE INTO THIS PLACE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY.

IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. AMEN.

PLEASE FACE THE FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

YOU MAY BE SEATED. WE'RE ON ROLL CALL.

MAYOR MEDINA PRESENT.

DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX HERE.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON HERE.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER HERE.

MR. BROWN.

HERE. MISS SMITH.

HERE. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

[AGENDA REVISIONS]

MADAM BROWN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE SEVERAL CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO ORDINANCE 20 2361 FOR ITEM FIVE UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS.

CONDITIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN ADDED TO ORDINANCE 20 2364 FOR ITEM EIGHT UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS.

HOWEVER, CONDITION TWO FROM WITHIN THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN REMOVED.

THIS IS LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE CONDITIONS SET BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.

THE RECOMMENDATION TO ELIMINATE A DRIVEWAY ACCESS ON HEALD ROAD.

AND THE REASON THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT THAT ACCESS.

THANK YOU. COUNTY ROAD CARRY ON ITEM 12 UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED TO CASE V 20 3-00006 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT.

OKAY, THAT IS THE RIVER'S EDGE CASE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD LAST NIGHT.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE LEGISLATIVE MEMORANDUM RELATED TO CASE FS 20 3-00005 FOR ITEM 13 UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS.

STAFF IS REQUESTING TO CONSIDER ITEMS NINE, TEN AND 11 UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS PRIOR TO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THAT'S NINE, TEN AND 11 BEFORE ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING, IS THAT CORRECT, MA'AM? THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCIL WOULD NEED A MOTION FOR THAT.

SO MOVED. SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

ANY DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL RIGHT.

PASSES FOUR ZERO.

THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL AGENDA REVISIONS INCLUDE ITEM FOUR UNDER CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE WAS A SCRIVENER'S ERROR TO THE TOTAL FOUR YEAR COST OF PROFESSIONAL AUDITING SERVICES.

THE TOTAL SHOULD BE 313,750 RATHER THAN 313,250.

ITEM 12 UNDER CONSENT AGENDA.

AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST FOR VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED RELATING TO THE USE OF POLICE IMPACT FEES.

ITEM 13 UNDER CONSENT AGENDA.

THE FUNDING APPROPRIATION REQUEST ON NUTRIENT REMOVING BAFFLE BOXES WAS CORRECTED TO 1.5 MILLION WITH A CITY MATCH OF 500,000.

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THANK YOU, MA'AM.

MADAM SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA REVISIONS? NO, SIR. THANK YOU.

[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]

CAN YOU CALL FOR PROCLAMATIONS? WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS FOR PROCLAMATION NUMBER ONE AND THREE.

DEPUTY MAYOR MR. BILL BATTEN. ONE AND THREE.

BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

AHRENS WATER SERVICES.

VERY GOOD SERVICE.

FANTASTIC. HOWEVER YOU RECOGNIZE THEM AT THE JULY 20TH MEETING.

DOES THAT MEAN THERE ARE NO OTHER BUSINESSES TO BE RECOGNIZED UNDER YOUR PROCLAMATIONS? SO WE NOW HAVE TO START REPEATING OUR LIST.

THAT WAS TONGUE IN CHEEK.

IT'S JUST HOW IT APPEARS WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT PROCLAMATIONS.

YOU'RE SEEING THE SAME NAMES REPEATEDLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND ITEM NUMBER THREE, WOULD YOU WANT TO COVER ALTOGETHER BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

YOU READ A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WHERE YOU GAVE A SHOUT OUT TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAD THE AUDACITY TO SUE THE CITY.

SO MUCH FOR GIVE AND TAKE.

NOW. NOW WE ARE HERE 13 DAYS LATER WITH ANOTHER PROCLAMATION WRECKING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

YET THIS CITY HAS FAILED TO RECOGNIZE OTHER ETHNIC IDENTITIES.

I RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT REMEMBER IMPACT VERSUS INTENT OF YOUR ACTIONS.

HOW IT APPEARS MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU WERE INTENDING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKER CARDS FOR PROCLAMATION.

SO I'LL GO DOWN AND ISSUE THE FIRST PROCLAMATION.

SUPPOSEDLY THREE.

SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT KNOW, WE CELEBRATED A BUSINESS 50 YEARS AND IT HAPPENED TO BE OUR NICE SOFT WATER, 50 YEARS DOING BUSINESS IN A CITY THAT'S ONLY 63 YEARS OLD.

THAT'S AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID BACK IN JULY.

THE BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS WE HONOR THEM.

HONOR ONE BUSINESS EVERY QUARTER.

NOW, ALL BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY ARE WELCOME TO APPLY.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE ONE SELECTED THIS TIME WAS AHRENS SOFT WATER.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION BECAUSE IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO HAVE A BUSINESS HERE.

THAT'S THE NAME STAPLE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

FOR ANY BUSINESS TO SURVIVE TEN YEARS, 20 YEARS, BUT TO SURVIVE 50 YEARS AND BE A BUSINESS THAT THE COMMUNITY STANDS BY, IT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF OF THE NOT ONLY OWNERS OF THAT BUSINESS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME HOW MUCH THE CONSTITUENCY LOVES THAT BUSINESS.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK MR. WILSON, ROBERT WILSON, TO COME ON UP WITH HIS FAMILY BECAUSE IT IS AN HONOR THAT THEY WERE SELECTED AS THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.

IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, WHICH I SAY IS THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

WHEREAS OUR NASSAU WATER SERVICE INC.

IS RECOGNIZED AS THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM RECIPIENT FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2023.

AND. WHEREAS, OUR SOFT WATER SERVICES LOCATED AT 4520 BABCOCK STREET, HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BUSINESS IN PALM BAY SINCE 1973.

NOW, SOMETHING THAT I HOPE MR. WILSON COVERS IS THE TRADITION OF WHAT THIS FAMILY BROUGHT TO OUR CITY.

WHEREAS AHRENS WATER SERVICE INC.

HAS SHOWN BUSINESS GROWTH AND INCREASED REVENUE, CUSTOMERS AND WORKFORCE, THEY HAVE GROWN TO TWO FROM TWO EMPLOYEES TO 17 AND HAVE REMAINED FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT AND.

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WHEREAS AHRENS WATER SERVICES INC.

HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN PALM BAY FOR DECADES.

ITS FORMER PRESIDENT, MR. WILLIAM WILSON, WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

HIS SON IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, ROBERT WILSON, AND HE CONTINUES TO STAY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SUCH ORGANIZATIONS AS THE SHINE, THE MOOSE LODGE AND THE AMERICAN LEGION.

AND. WHEREAS, AHRENS SOFT WATER SERVICES HAS BEEN A STAPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND A BRAND RECOGNIZED BY OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROBERT MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH HERE, HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT AHRENS SOFT WATER SERVICE, INC.

IS THE CITY OF PALM BAY'S RECIPIENT FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE YEAR 2023 FOR THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.

I'VE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER 2023.

MR. WILSON, CONGRATULATIONS.

WE STAND BEHIND YOU WITH YOUR BUSINESS.

THANK YOU, BROTHER. I KNOW YOU WANT TO SAY IT.

I HAD JUST BROUGHT THIS.

WE GET ON THE MIC. WELL, FIRST OFF, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE THE AWARD.

ANY TIME WE GET AN AWARD LIKE THIS, COMMUNITY RELATED, IT IS QUITE AN HONOR.

I DO SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES OUT HERE, A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

AND WITHOUT YOU GUYS AND OUR CUSTOMERS, THERE IS NO SENSE.

WE WORK HARD IN THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.

I WANTED TO SHOW KIND OF OUR ORIGINS.

THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF PALM BAY ROAD AND BABCOCK, AND THIS SHOWS OUR BUSINESS AT ONE OF THOSE CORNERS.

IT'S CURRENTLY THE CVS AND WE ACTUALLY OWNED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE ACROPOLIS.

MY FATHER DID.

AND. TO SEE THIS AND TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT NOW IS ALWAYS HUMBLING FOR ME BEING THE SECOND GENERATION.

I WAS ALWAYS TOLD WHEN I WAS LITTLE THAT I'M DOOMED FOR FAILURE, THAT MOST BUSINESSES THAT ARE GENERATIONAL DON'T SURVIVE.

AND I'VE MADE IT MY LIFE MISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BUSINESS SURVIVES.

WE'VE WORKED TOO HARD.

WE'VE PUT TOO MANY YEARS IN THIS COMMUNITY TO TO LET IT GO.

BUT I ALWAYS GET A KICK OUT OF THIS.

AND THIS THIS IS THE FIRST THING THAT I SEE EVERY MORNING WHEN I GO INTO MY OFFICE AND EVERY TIME I LEAVE MY OFFICE BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME TO JUST TRY TO DO THE BEST I CAN TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND. IT'S JUST TRULY A BLESSING.

THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

AND I THANK OUR CUSTOMERS OUT THERE.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT A CUSTOMER, GIVE US A TRY.

ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SET UP? HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS GOING? COME ON OVER. HOLD ON A SECOND.

IT'S A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS, RIGHT? COME ON. COME ON.

CAN YOU FIT US? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU READY? OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU I APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE HAVEN'T. SPEAKING OF CUSTOMER SERVICE, OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS EXACTLY THAT.

I LIKE TO CALL UP MICHAEL GRIFFIN.

MAIN TEAM AND TEAM.

COME ON UP, TEAM.

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IT IS CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK.

IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

WHEREAS CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK WAS FIRST HELD IN 1988 AND OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY CONGRESS AS A NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION IN 1992. AND.

WHEREAS, THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER SERVICE EMPLOYEES ARE A VITALLY IMPORTANT SEGMENT TO THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.

AND. WHEREAS, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE EMPLOYEES ARE A DEDICATED TEAM THAT CAN CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATE A STRONG COMMITMENT TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. COME ON, GUYS, SMILE.

YES. CAN YOU SEE THAT? SERVICE WITH A SMILE.

WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S TEAM TEAM SERVICE IS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT NO MATTER WHERE THE FRONT LINE REPRESENTATIVES ARE WORKING, WHAT THEIR JOB TITLES ARE, NOR HOW THEY SERVE THEIR CITY.

EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE IS ON THE SAME TEAM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2ND THROUGH OCTOBER 6TH AS CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK.

AND I CALL UPON ALL OUR CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HONOR THE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS FOR FRIENDLY AND COURTEOUS ASSISTANCE THEY PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY AND WITNESS HEREOF.

I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER.

SO, MICHAEL, ARE YOU THE SPOKESMAN TODAY? HUH? GO AHEAD.

COME ON OVER. OVER HERE.

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THE GREATEST MAYOR OF PALM BAY.

FOLKS, EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN INSTANT OF WHAT WE SEE IN THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN AVERAGE, GIVE OR TAKE, 450 PEOPLE MOVING INTO PALM BAY A MONTH.

WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? AND THEN WE HAD THE GREATEST MAYOR OF THE THIRD FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

HOW ABOUT THAT? GIVE IT UP TO PALM BAY.

EVERYBODY'S HERE FOR A REASON, RIGHT? BUT IT'S IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP FOR THIS CITY.

AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU TO MOVE HERE.

AND WHATEVER YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR, DO IT AND SHOW SOME CUSTOMER SERVICE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD JOB.

GO OVER HERE. MICHAEL, OVER HERE.

SINCE YOU'RE THE SPOKESMAN OVER HERE, WHAT DO YOU WANT? YOU WERE IN THE AIR FORCE? YES, LADIES.

COME ON. COME ON OVER.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO. GOOD JOB.

COME. WAS.

RIGHT NOW.

MISS WRITING FAMILY.

MORE. THERE'S TWO OUTSIDE THAT.

THEY DON'T LET THEM IN. BUT IT'S OKAY.

IT'S. TWO FAMILIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE THAT JUST WANT.

IS THAT YOU, SAM? YEAH. OKAY.

OKAY. OKAY, I'LL GET STARTED.

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IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT WHEREAS DURING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE AND PAY TRIBUTE TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND OF MORE THAN 62 MILLION HISPANICS WHO ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MAKING OUR NATION STRONGER EVERY DAY.

OUR HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY.

WE CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AND ADVOCACY FOR A STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE AND PROSPEROUS SOCIETY FOR ALL.

AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF PALM BAY UNITED COALITION COUNCIL INC.

AND THE FLORIDA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC.

JOIN OUR NATION IN COMMEMORATING HISPANIC CULTURES BY PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING TODOS SOMOS SOMOS UNO, WE ARE ALL WE ARE ONE.

AND. WHEREAS, IN 2023, UNITED COALITION COUNCIL INC.

AND THE FLORIDA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS PARTNERED WITH PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, THE DEFENSE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, KNOWN AS THE OMI.

DIAME. DIAME.

OKAY. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY STRATEGIC OFFICE TO SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE IN SOLIDARITY.

NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH DURING SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2023, AND OCTOBER 15TH, 2023.

AND. WHEREAS, ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2023, UNITED COALITION COUNCIL, INC.

AND THE FLORIDA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC.

WILL BE HOSTING THE FIRST NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION AT PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, OFFERING SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY THE WIDELY ACCLAIMED SALSA SINGER CANDELO AND THE UP AND COMING NEW YORK SENSATION FELICIA FELIZ, ALONG WITH CENTRAL FLORIDA'S OWN DJ BOBBY BOY.

AND. WHEREAS, THE UNITED COALITION COUNCIL INC.

AND THE FLORIDA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND THE HISPANIC CONTRIBUTION TO OUR MILITARY, SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND SENSITIVE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS ON DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN.

WE SALUTE ALL OF OUR ARMED FORCES.

HOORAH. AND.

WHEREAS, WE WISH TO RECOGNIZE THE PATRICK SPACE FORCE COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP, MASTER SERGEANT SIDNEY MCSWAIN, MASTER SERGEANT CARLOS GOMEZ AND PERLA BRITO, WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION AT PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE.

AND. WHEREAS, EACH YEAR, TOGETHER AS A NATION, WE OBSERVE NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH BY CELEBRATING EDUCATION, CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY HISPANICS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I.

KENNY JOHNSON, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROB MEDINA OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY, SAID OFFICE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM UNITED COALITION COUNCIL INC.

AND THE FLORIDA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ITS FOUNDER, SANTA ISABEL WRIGHT, FOR THE COMMITMENT TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF HISPANICS AND MINORITIES AND PASSION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER 2023.

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.

GETTING OLDER. I NEED GLASSES.

MUCHAS GRACIAS.

TO MAYOR MEDINA, DEPUTY MAYOR.

FELIX COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND COUNCILWOMAN FOSTER AND MISS SHERMAN, WHO'S NOT HERE.

AND THE STAFF. MI GENTE, TODOS SOMOS SOMOS UNO.

WE ARE ALL ONE.

WE ARE ONE.

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH ALLOWS US TO FOSTER RESPECT, OPEN MINDEDNESS FOR OTHER CULTURES, CELEBRATING OUR DIFFERENCES AS WELL AS OUR COMMON INTERESTS, WHICH UNITES AND EDUCATES US.

HISPANIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CULTURE, OUR ECONOMY AND THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION CANNOT BE DENIED AS WE ARE STRONGER.

BEING MORE INCLUSIVE, MAKING US A PROSPEROUS SOCIETY FOR DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH.

TODAY, I'M HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UNITED COALITION COUNCIL AND OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE OCTOBER 11TH, 2023 EVENT AT PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE.

THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING AND IMPORTANT EVENT.

NOT ONLY WILL WE BE CELEBRATING OUR HISPANIC CULTURE AT OUR MILITARY BASE, BUT WE WILL BE EMBRACING ALL CULTURES THAT DAY AND HONORING OUR SERVICEMEN. IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE AND THE DEFENSE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, KNOWN AS DOMA.

THE DEPARTMENT OF DIVERSE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND THE OFFICE OF ACCESSIBILITY STRATEGIC OFFICE HAS JOINED US TO SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE SOLIDARITY ON NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

I INVITE ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE MILITARY ACCESS TO THE BASE TO COME.

THERE WILL BE DELICIOUS HISPANIC FOOD, A PASSPORT TO TRAVEL TO THE 21 HISPANIC COUNTRIES RAFFLES SPECIAL PERFORMANCE AND SPECIALLY BY ACCLAIMED SALSA PERFORMER CANDIDO, WHO HAS JOINED US HERE TODAY.

AND THE UP AND COMING NEW YORK SENSATION WHO HAPPENS TO BE A MARINE WHO WILL BE JOINING US AS WELL WITH OUR OWN DJ FROM ORLANDO, DJ BOY,

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I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE PATRICK SPACE FORCE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALLY OPENED THE DOORS TO OUR CULTURE AND CELEBRATING THIS MONTH.

THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR NATION AND FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ONE ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND ONE NATION.

MASTER SERGEANT SYDNEY MCSWAIN.

MASTER SERGEANT CARLOS GOMEZ AND PERLA BRITO, WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING THIS FIRST NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION AT PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE.

THE WILLINGNESS AND INCLUSIVITY OF THIS EMERGING, EMERGING, DIVERSE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PROVEN BY THE CURRENT COMMANDER OF THE BASE. DIVERSITY BREATHES LIFE AND MEANING INTO OUR IDENTITIES.

OUR KNOWLEDGE OF WHO WE ARE, IN A WORD, IS HERITAGE.

IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND AGAIN THE INVITATION TO ALL OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SUPPLIED OUR FREEDOM THROUGH OUR MILITARY TO JOIN US IN THE CELEBRATION.

ESTAMOS MUY AGRADECIDOS.

MUCHAS GRACIAS.

AND WE RECOGNIZE THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY AT THE BASE.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

AND I WANT YOU TO SEE THE DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE.

AND THESE ARE SPONSORS OF OUR EVENT.

THEY HAVE PROVIDED MONEY, SUPPLIES AND THINGS.

THIS WHOLE EVENT HAS BEEN 100% FREE TO OUR GOVERNMENT.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR MILITARY AND OUR CULTURE.

AND I HOPE THAT ALL YOU THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT THINK THAT THIS IS TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH.

EVERYBODY'S CULTURE NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU.

AND I HOPE THAT THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED COME ON AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.

HOLD ON A SECOND.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS ON.

AND.

THIS IS OUR LAST PROCLAMATION.

HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO CALL UP CHIEF STOVER AND THE GANG.

COME ON UP, GENTLEMEN.

AND THE TEAM. ALL RIGHT.

SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T TAKE THE BRONX OUT OF THE BOY, HUH? COME ON UP, GUYS.

HERE ARE YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

SO WE ARE CELEBRATING NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION MONTH.

IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

COME ON, YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO HAVE THAT DOWN PACK BY NOW.

THE CITY OF PALM BAY. WHEREAS THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL THOSE LIVING IN AND VISITING OUR CITY.

FIRE IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.

HOMES ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT THEIR GREATEST RISK FROM FIRE.

AND. WHEREAS, HOMES HOME FIRES KILLED MORE THAN 2800 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2021.

AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES RESPONDED TO 338,000 HOME FIRES WITH COOKING AS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOME FIRES IN THE UNITED STATES.

PLUS, SOME WOMEN SAY GIVE UP COOKING.

I DON'T THINK THE HUSBANDS LIKE THAT TOO MUCH.

WHEREAS TWO OF EVERY FIVE HOME FIRES START IN THE KITCHEN WITH 31% OF THESE FIRES RESULTING FROM UNATTENDED COOKING AND MORE

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FIRE INJURIES OCCUR WHEN THE VICTIMS TRY TO FIGHT THE FIRE THEMSELVES.

AND. WHEREAS, CHILDREN UNDER FIVE FACE A HIGHER RISK OF NON FIRE BURNS ASSOCIATED WITH COOKING THAN BEING BURNED IN A COOKING FIRE AND PALM BAY RESIDENTS AND PARENTS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT.

THE 2023 FIRE PREVENTION THEME, COOKING SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU.

PAY ATTENTION TO THE FIRE PREVENTION EFFECTIVELY SERVES TO REMIND US TO USE CAUTION WHEN COOKING.

AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF PALM BAY FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF HOME FIRES AND EDUCATION, AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY, RESIDENTS ARE RESPONSIVE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION MEASURES AND CAN TAKE PERSONAL STEPS TO INCREASE THEIR SAFETY FROM THE FIRE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RON MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, BY VIRTUE OF THE SAID AUTHORITY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION MONTH AND URGE ALL THE PEOPLE OF PALM BAY TO CHECK THEIR KITCHENS FOR FIRE HAZARDS AND USE SAFE COOKING PRACTICES DURING FIRE PREVENTION MONTH 2023, AND TO SUPPORT THE MANY PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES AND EFFORTS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.

I THANK YOU TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS AND I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER 2023.

CHIEF STOVER, COME ON UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

ARE YOU GOING TO MARSHAL FIRE MARSHAL? COME ON UP, YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. IT'S BEEN DELEGATED.

IT HAS BEEN DELEGATED. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

IT ALL ROLLS DOWNHILL. YES, SIR.

YES, I'M GLAD YOU'RE LEARNING.

YES, COME ON IN.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO THANK MAYOR MEDINA, THE COMMISSION COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, INCLUDING THE FIRE CHIEF AND ALL OF OUR COMMAND STAFF, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH, YES, FIRE PREVENTION MONTH IS OCTOBER AND YOU HEAR ABOUT IT REALLY IN THE NEWS, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, IS THAT THE IMPACT THAT ALL THESE GUYS AND THE LADIES THAT ARE ALSO ARE AT OUR OUTLYING STATIONS AS WELL AS MY OUTSTANDING STAFF WITH FIRE PREVENTION IS THAT WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, WE DO HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOU GUYS.

AND I CAN SAY THAT ALTHOUGH THE NUMBERS SEEM VERY SCARY WITH THE AMOUNT OF STRUCTURE FIRES AND COOKING FIRES, IS THAT WE AS A CITY, OUR NUMBERS ARE SO MINIMAL THAT WHAT WE ARE TEACHING AND TEACHING THE KIDS OUT IN THE SCHOOLS.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST OUR MINIMAL CONTACT WITH YOU GUYS, THE CITIZENS IS DEFINITELY PREVENTING FIRES AND KEEPING YOU GUYS SAFE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KEEPING US TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU. THANK THESE GUYS UP HERE.

DEFINITELY. THANK YOU.

LISTEN UP, CHIEF.

COME ON UP FOR A SECOND.

I JUST WANT TO TOUCH BASE.

YOU HAD A TEAM THAT WENT OUT AND PROVIDED SERVICES? YES, SIR. IN RESPONSE TO THE HURRICANE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS UP NORTH.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT PART OF THE TEAM THAT WENT? YEAH, WE WE SENT TWO CREWS OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD.

THEY WENT UP TO THE BIG BEND AREA OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO HELP WITH RECOVERY EFFORTS FROM THE STORM THAT WAS UP THERE.

THEY DID EVERYTHING FROM FIGHTING STRUCTURE FIRES, EXTRICATING PEOPLE OUT OF VEHICLES RUNNING MEDICAL CALLS, DELIVERING FOOD AND SUPPLYING WATER TO THOSE IN NEED UP IN THE AREA. THEY GOT TO A POINT TO WHERE THEY WERE STATIONED AT A CHURCH WAS WHERE THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO FOR THEIR SLEEPING QUARTERS.

DURING THAT PERIOD, THEY WENT OUT AND THEY CUT THE GRASS IN THE CHURCH AND THEN THEY WENT ACROSS THE STREET WHEN THEY HAD SOME DOWN TIME AND THEY CUT THE GRASS IN THE CEMETERY.

THEY LEFT THAT AREA MUCH BETTER THAN THEY FOUND IT WHEN THEY WENT UP THERE.

SO THAT'S IT'S FIRE PREVENTION AND IT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE DO AS RESPONDERS.

ONCE WE GET OUT THERE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COMMUNITY.

YOU'RE JUST LESS THAN WHERE YOU HAVE THIS GROUP PROTECTING YOU.

WE GOT TO SHOW THE REST OF THE STATE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE THESE MEN AND WOMEN PROTECTING YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

WE APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGEMENT CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

THANK ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH.

THESE ARE OUR FRONTLINE HEROES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE.

MORE. HOW YOU DOING? COME ON.

AND. ALL RIGHT.

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YOU'RE FREEZING. TELL ME ABOUT THAT STORY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

SO. OKAY.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS.

OUR NEXT ITEM WILL BE.

[PRESENTATIONS]

AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MISS MADAME BROWN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING IAN NOLAN WITH SENATOR MAYFIELD'S.

OFFICE TO PRESENT A CHECK TO THE CITY FOR FUNDING APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 2023 2024.

THE LEGISLATIVE BODY HAS AWARDED THE CITY FUNDING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF 5 MILLION, AND THAT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF THE FOUR LANE WIDENING OF SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY.

SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSIONS.

IMPROVEMENTS TO THE REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY, ALSO KNOWN AS THE RANGE AS WELL AS SACRIFICE PARK.

AND I JUST WANTED TO PREFACE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND GO AHEAD AND I'LL JUST CONCLUDE WITH SOME COMMENTS.

WELL, I KNOW YOU'D ALL RATHER HEAR FROM SENATOR MAYFIELD, SO I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TO MAYOR MEDINA.

BUT I WANT TO THANK MAYOR MEDINA, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF SENATOR MAYFIELD WISHES SHE COULD BE HERE AND IS HONORED YEAR AFTER YEAR TO BE ABLE TO BRING CRITICAL PROJECTS, CRITICAL FUNDING TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

AND SHE SHE REALLY DOES HOPE TO CONTINUE TO DO SO NEXT SESSION AND KEEP BRINGING, LIKE I SAID, THESE IMPORTANT PROJECTS BACK TO THE CITY.

SO HERE TONIGHT, I DO HAVE A CHECK TOTALING $5 MILLION FOR AS COUNCIL MEMBER HAD HAD MENTIONED, IMPORTANT PROJECTS LIKE SEPTIC TO SEWER, EMERGENCY RADIO EQUIPMENT, TRAINING GROUNDS AND GUN RANGE LANE WIDENINGS AND MORE.

IT'S AN HONOR TO PRESENT THIS CHECK ON SENATOR MAYFIELD'S BEHALF TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH. YEAH.

OKAY. GOING TO SET THE.

SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS.

THE VERY FIRST THING IS SENATOR MAYFIELD REALLY WORKED EXTREMELY HARD THIS PAST SESSION INASMUCH AS THE $5 MILLION THAT WERE APPROPRIATED TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY THIS PAST SESSION IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT WE'VE EVER RECEIVED FROM A STATE LEGISLATIVE BODY.

SO YOUR DELEGATION DID WORK EXTREMELY HARD.

SHE WAS IN LEADERSHIP AND SHE TOOK IT ON THE CHIN FOR US.

SHE KEPT PUSHING IT.

AND THEN ON THE HOUSE SIDE, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, BOTH BOTH HOUSES HAVE TO AGREE AND THE GOVERNOR HAS TO SIGN IT.

AND SO WE WERE BLESSED MORE SO THAN EVER BEFORE.

SEPTIC TO SEWER, WATER QUALITY ISSUES IS IN THE FOREFRONT.

SO I WANT TO COMMEND NOT ONLY SENATOR MAYFIELD, BUT THE HARD WORK OUR DELEGATION DID.

BUT SENATOR MAYFIELD ACTUALLY LED THAT CHARGE.

IT TOOK SEVERAL PHONE CALLS.

OUR STAFF REALLY WORKED HARD ON GETTING THOSE APPROPRIATION REQUESTS.

THEN OUR LOBBYISTS WORKED HARD AS WELL.

AND WE STOOD IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT PROCESS, IT IS DIFFICULT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE APPROPRIATION REQUESTS.

AND I'LL HAVE TO SAY, SENATOR MATTHEW, SENATOR MAYFIELD, YOU CAME THROUGH FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

THE ENTIRE BREVARD DELEGATION CAME THROUGH FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT TREND CONTINUES FOR OUR NEXT DELEGATION AND OUR NEXT SESSION.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO ASK MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME ON DOWN SO WE COULD TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO WAIT ON JOE.

COME ON DOWN. YEAH.

I NEED JONI DOWN HERE AS WELL.

I THINK, MR. JONES.

THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD.

THANK YOU. DON'T SMILE.

THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING,

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AGAIN. THANK YOU, SENATOR MAYFIELD.

THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE BREVARD DELEGATION.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.

SO NOW WE ARE ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]

YES, MAYOR. MISTER ROBERTS, THIS.

FOLLOWS BY MR. BILL BATTEN. GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL ROBERT STILES, 1796, WINBURN DRIVE SOUTHEAST.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IN IN MY OPINION.

YOU KNOW, WE STILL, STILL WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON THAT EMPTY SPOT THERE FORMERLY IN THE MAJORS.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW PHIL, PHIL CORCORAN IS BEING SUED BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAJORS.

AND IN MY OPINION, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST I GUESS I'M JUST SADDENED THAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS HAVING AN ISSUE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

THAT'S TERRIFIC. I PRAY TO GOD THAT'S NOT THE START OF THINGS TO COME.

BUT MOVING ON, ON THIS, 100 PEOPLE A MONTH ARE MOVING TO PALM BAY.

SO THE IMPACT FEES ARE GOING TO BE THERE.

AGAIN, I WANT YOU TO FOCUS AND I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR OVER A YEAR.

PALM BAY IS A CENTRAL PARK, A BAYSIDE LAKES.

YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AROUND AND THE OTHER DAY I GOOGLED BEST PLACES TO LIVE IN PALM BAY.

THE ONLY ZIP CODE THAT CAME UP WAS 32909.

THAT'S BAYSIDE LAKES.

OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE MAP.

WE'RE NOT BETTING ANY PLACE ELSE, BUT WITH HARRIS COMING IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE.

AND SOME PEOPLE WHO WORKED THEIR WHOLE LIVES WANT TO BE MORE OF A UPPER MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE THAT CAME OUT OF THE STREET.

SO I NEVER FORGET WHERE I CAME FROM.

THAT BEING SAID, I NOTICED SO MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING UP HERE INDIVIDUALLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT I REFER TO AS SUBURBAN GRIDLOCK.

I MEAN, IT'S GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.

NOW, WHAT I'M ASKING YOU, GENTLEMEN, IS WHEN PEOPLE COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THAT, ALL I HEAR YOU SAY, SIR, IS THANK YOU AND YOU MOVE ON.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT DISCUSSION IS GOING.

IS THAT DISCUSSION GOING? YOU CAN REACH A POINT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT GETTING ANY BIGGER RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. SO YOU HAVE I HAVE A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS TRYING TO GET ON PALM BAY ROAD AND TOOK A 32 MINUTES FROM BAYSIDE LAKES.

NOW, IT WAS DURING RUSH HOUR, BUT IT BETWEEN THAT AND TRYING TO GET OFF I-95 AT ABOUT 5:00 YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO WORK WITH US ON THAT.

THAT'S A HEALTH ISSUE.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT WHEN YOU'RE IN A ON A SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND PEOPLE ARE GOING BY YOU AT 75 AND 80, THAT'S AN ISSUE.

I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE GRIDLOCK AND TAKE IT SOMEWHERE FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR PRIORITY LIST AND MOVE IT TOWARDS THE TOP, BECAUSE GRIDLOCK IS GOING TO RUIN THE CITY AS MUCH AS YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A STEP BACK.

PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO COME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

OVER THE WEEKEND. WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY NOTICED THAT OR NOT, BUT THAT GENERATED A QUESTION FOR ME WITH THE ROAD CLOSURES AND THE CULVERTS THAT WASHED OUT, I WAS THINKING BY CHANCE, DID WE HAVE TO USE THE HIGH WATER RESCUE VEHICLE THAT CHIEF HOGUE GOT FOR THIS CITY FOR $1? I'M JUST CURIOUS, DID WE HAVE TO USE THE VEHICLE? TO ME, THAT'S GOOD MANAGEMENT.

WHEN YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY SPEND $1 AND THEY SEND OUT A HIGH WATER RESCUE VEHICLE TO AID THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.

SO MAYBE NOBODY ELSE RECOGNIZES.

BUT I RECOGNIZE WHAT CHIEF HOGUE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A $1 HIGH WATER RESCUE VEHICLE.

BRAVO, ZULU.

JOB WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MISS DIANE HEWITT USING THAT.

DIANE HEWITT.

I'M AT 306 HAWTHORNE LANE, NORTHEAST.

[00:45:04]

MY PROPERTY SITS IN A SMALL AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE SEWER AVAILABLE.

AND I GUESS MAYBE SOME OF WHAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT IS BEING ADDRESSED.

I OWNED I OWN AN OLDER HOME THAT WAS SURROUNDED PRIMARILY BY UNDEVELOPED LOTS WHEN I PURCHASED IT.

IN RECENT YEARS, ALL OF THESE LOTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH HOMES THAT ARE ELEVATED MUCH HIGHER THAN MINE.

NOW WHEN WE GET A LOT OF RAIN, MY BACKYARD, ALONG WITH MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT OWN OLDER HOMES, GET SATURATED AND FLOODS TERRIBLY, WHICH NEVER USED TO HAPPEN UNTIL ALL OF THE NEW BUILDING THAT HAS COME WITH ALL OF THE INFLUX HERE IN PALM BAY.

WHEN THIS HAPPENS, UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, MY SEWER OR MY SEPTIC SYSTEM FAILS.

I CANNOT FLUSH MY TOILET, I CANNOT BATHE, I CANNOT WASH LAUNDRY, COOK, CLEAN, WHATEVER.

UM, IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, I HAVE INVESTED $16,000.

I HAVE PUT IN A ENTIRELY NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM, WHICH WAS ALL DONE TO CODE.

AND THIS YEAR I HAVE ADDED ADDITIONAL SAND OVER THE DRAIN FIELD, PUT IN SWALES, ALL THAT KIND OF THINGS TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE WATER SATURATION IN THE BACKYARD.

ALONG WITH PUTTING GUTTERS ON MY HOME.

WE STILL HAVE PROBLEMS. EVERY TIME IT RAINS.

I CAN NO LONGER USE THE FACILITIES IN MY HOME AND THIS IS HAPPENING, I BELIEVE, AROUND ME AGAIN ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF NO SEWER AVAILABILITY IN OUR AREA.

UM, I WANT TO KNOW WHY ALL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS ALLOWED WITHOUT BRINGING SEWER LINES INTO OUR AREAS, CONSIDERING US OLDER HOMEOWNERS, AND ALSO BECAUSE ALL OF THESE NEW HOMES THAT WERE BUILT IN THIS AREA ALSO.

HAVE SEPTIC SYSTEMS, WHICH IS TOTALLY BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE FOR US HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN PAYING OUR TAXES AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS FLOODING PROBLEM IN OUR AREA.

WE ALSO HAVE A HOMEOWNER THAT LIVES KITTY CORNER TO US THAT WAS ALLOWED TO BUILD A CONCRETE PAD IN HIS BACKYARD.

IT WAS STATED AS A PATIO.

IT TAKES UP AT LEAST ONE THIRD OF HIS BACKYARD.

AND EVERY TIME IT RAINS, WE HAVE A RIVER THAT FLOWS INTO MY BACKYARD AND MY NEIGHBORS BACKYARDS THAT ALSO SIT LOWER IN THE PROPERTY AREA.

SO JUST AS A HOMEOWNER, I'M VERY UPSET, AS YOU CAN TELL, AND HOPING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED MAYBE WITH SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GETTING.

SO, MA'AM, I'D LIKE FOR FOR STAFF TO TO TAKE YOUR YOUR INFORMATION.

AND SO THAT WAY WE CAN START WORKING ON THAT.

AND I WANT TO GET A REPORT TO COUNCIL TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE NOT ONLY FOR THIS YOUNG LADY, BUT FOR THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I THINK SHE'S GOT YOUR INFORMATION.

SHE'S JOTTING IT DOWN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, PASTOR KEN DELGADO.

KENDALL GOT A154 ANGELO ROAD SOUTHEAST OF PALM BAY.

I'M NOT TOO THANKFUL FOR THE REPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT COOKING, BUT I AM GLAD THAT MY WIFE WAS NOT HERE TO HEAR IT. HOWEVER, IF IF MORE MEN IF THEY FOUND OUT THAT MORE MEN WERE DOING THE COOKING AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM, THEN COME ON, BRING IT ON.

LET US KNOW ABOUT IT AND KEEP US UP TO DATE ON THAT ISSUE.

I JUST WANT TO A QUICK THOUGHT.

IN THE BEGINNING, GENESIS ONE ONE, GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.

THE EARTH WAS WITHOUT FORM AND VOID AND DARKNESS WAS OVER THE FACE OF THE DEEP.

BUT THE SPIRIT GOD HOVERED OVER THE FACE OF THE WATERS.

YOU CAN SAY IT WAS A PRIMORDIAL SOUP, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT.

BUT GOD SPOKE AND SPOKE ORDER INTO EXISTENCE.

ORDER THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND WE ARE DISCOVERING LIKE THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS.

THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS ORDER.

THINGS THAT WE ARE DISCOVERING THAT BRINGS ORDER LIKE THE LAW OF GRAVITY.

YOU KNOW WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN.

SPINNING WHEELS GOTTA GO ROUND TALKING ABOUT YOUR.

OH, I'M SORRY. I GOT MOVED OVER THERE A LITTLE BIT, BUT BRINGING ORDER.

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HE CREATED THE FIRST FAMILY.

AND I'M JUST HERE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY ABOUT THE VALUE OF A WHOLE FAMILY.

THE LATEST REPORT IS THAT NOW WE ARE OVER 50% NOT HAVING THE NUCLEUS FAMILY THAT'S OUT OF ORDER.

WHEN THINGS ARE NOT ORDER, IT WOULD BE LIKE ME BRINGING A BAT.

I KNEW THE POLICEMAN WOULDN'T LET ME BRING IT IN, BUT LIKE BRINGING A BAT AND A BALL AND WANTING TO PLAY INSIDE HERE, THAT WOULD BE OUT OF ORDER.

SOMETHING WOULD BREAK SOMEONE WOULD GET HURT.

WHEN THINGS ARE OUT OF ORDER, THERE ARE PROBLEMS. MY PARENTS WERE DIVORCED.

MY WIFE'S PARENTS WERE DIVORCED.

WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DIVORCED HAD NOT ORDER COME IN BY GIVING OUR HEARTS TO JESUS CHRIST.

AND I THINK THE FOUNDATION OF ALL OF THAT IS TO HAVE GOD IN YOUR LIFE.

SO I'M JUST HERE TO PROMOTE THE FAMILY YEAR.

I MEAN, WE GOT HISPANIC MONTH.

WE'VE GOT THIS MONTH, THAT MONTH.

I WANT TO SAY THIS IS THE FAMILY, THE YEAR OF THE FAMILY AND AND THE IMPORTANCE OF REALLY BUILDING UP THE FAMILY UNIT SO THAT THINGS WILL ACTUALLY PROSPER IN THE WAY.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT A SINGLE PERSON CAN'T DO GOOD AS A FAMILY, BUT TWO ARE STILL BETTER THAN ONE.

AND WHEN THE NUCLEUS IS CORRECT, THE MAN AND THE WIFE COMING TOGETHER IN A MARRIAGE THAT HAS GOD IN IT, THAT WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ED GILBERT. CLAPPING BECAUSE YOU GET MAD SPEAKING THE TRUTH.

GOOD EVENING, EDITOR GILBERT 2930 JUPITER BOULEVARD.

I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH PALM BAY'S ENGINEERING INSPECTOR FOR OVER A YEAR NOW ABOUT THE CULVERT PIPE RUNNING THROUGH MY BACKYARD. I AM OFF OF, UH, JUPITER BOULEVARD BETWEEN LUCIDO AND CABALLERO, WHICH THIS PAST SUNDAY WAS CLOSED BY THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR EXCESSIVE FLOODING.

ALL OF THAT WATER RUNS THROUGH THE CULVERT PIPE THAT GOES THROUGH MY BACKYARD, AND IT HAS BEEN FAILING AT AN ALARMING RATE.

IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ON THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WAS REMOVED FOR ANOTHER JOB.

IT'S CREATING SINKHOLES.

MY CENTER BACK OF MY YARD DROPPED AN INCH AND A HALF OVERNIGHT SUNDAY MORNING FROM THE EXCESSIVE WATER GOING THROUGH THE FAILING PIPE.

I'VE ALSO GOT ANOTHER SINKHOLE STARTING 30FT CLOSER TO CABALLERO WEST, WHICH WENT FROM MAYBE TWO INCHES DEEP TO NINE INCHES DEEP AND 32IN WIDE OVERNIGHT.

I HAVE PICTURES. I HAVE A COPY OF MY PLOT PLAN SHOWING WHERE THE I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED WHERE THE CULVERT PIPE GOES THROUGH INTO A DRAINAGE CANAL.

THAT DEAD ENDS IN THE MIDDLE OF MY PROPERTY AT THE BACK YARD.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO CHECK OUT THE PICTURES.

CARRY ON. KEEPS ME CONCERNED.

YOU'RE ON THE TIMER.

I'VE ONLY. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS IN THE SAME HOUSE.

I'VE ONLY SEEN THIS MUCH WATER ON CABALLERO AND JUPITER BOULEVARD THREE TIMES.

HURRICANE FRANCES, HURRICANE JEANNE AND TROPICAL STORM FAY.

AND THEY WERE EACH DAY'S LONG RAIN EVENTS.

I WAS ENTERTAINING FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THE BACKYARD SATURDAY EVENING UP UNTIL 11:00.

AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENING AT 830 IN THE MORNING.

THE ROAD WAS SHUT DOWN.

FOR THAT. AND THAT WAS NOT 16, 18, 20IN OF RAIN THAT WE GOT LIKE IN THE HURRICANES.

THAT WAS A LOT LESS, WHICH TELLS ME THAT CULVERT PIPE IS PROBABLY 80 TO 90% FAILED AND ALL STEVE EVANS HAS BEEN HELPING ME OUT QUITE A BIT.

BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS ON THE ON THE BUDGET AND THEN IT WAS REMOVED.

I JUST IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT AND SLEEVED.

AND THE CITY ACTUALLY GOT THREE OUTSIDE ESTIMATES FROM CONTRACTORS BECAUSE THE LENGTH AND AMOUNT OF PIPE IS TOO BIG TO BE DONE IN HOUSE THAT WAS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF.

[00:55:02]

NOT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, MADAM BROWN.

PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE STAFF LOOK AT THIS AND THEN GET BACK TO US.

BECAUSE IF THIS WAS ALREADY ON, ON ON THE SCHEDULE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT'S BEEN REMOVED, IF THAT'S ACCURATE.

BUT THERE'S A STAFFER.

YES. IF YOU COULD GET A CARD FROM VALENTINO PEREZ.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. BLAND FOLLOWS BY THOMAS GARCIA.

MR. GARCIA. HELLO, TIM BLAINE.

1992 LYNBROOK DRIVE, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT PALM BAY WAS THE THIRD LARGEST GROWING CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

WOW. THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

SO THE STATE OF FLORIDA MOTTO IS THE GOLF COURSE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

BREVARD COUNTY IS THE 10TH LARGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND PALM BAY IS THE LARGEST CITY IN LAND MASS AND POPULATION IN BREVARD COUNTY.

YET WE DO NOT HAVE A GOLF COURSE.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME STATS FROM SOME LOCAL GOLF COURSES.

MIKE YEARGAN, THE GENERAL MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF GOLF FOR THE HABITAT AND SPONSOR HOLLAND, WHICH IS MANAGED BY BREVARD GOLF, LLC, SENT OUT A RECENT YOUTUBE VIDEO TALKING ABOUT HOW GROWTH HAS BEEN AT THOSE TWO GOLF COURSES, AS WELL AS COMPARING TO TWO OTHER GOLF COURSES WITHIN A 20 MILE RADIUS.

SO AT THE HABITAT ITSELF, OCTOBER 1ST OF 2022 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2023, THEIR ROUNDS OF GOLF GREW TWO AND ONE HALF TIMES FROM 24,000 ROUNDS A YEAR. THEIR CALENDAR YEAR TO ALMOST 61,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF.

SAME STATISTICS OVER AT SPESSARD HOLLAND BETWEEN HABITAT SPESSARD, HOLLAND, SAND RIDGE AND SEBASTIAN, OVER 300,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF IN ONE YEAR.

AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING GOLF IS NOT PROFITABLE.

WE CAN'T HAVE GOLF IN PALM BAY.

BOOM. THIS IS CRAZINESS.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR ROUNDS OF GOLF IS 35,000 PER GOLF COURSE IN 2022, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL GOLF FOUNDATION.

13,000 GOLF COURSES THAT REPORTED THEIR ROUNDS OF GOLF AVERAGED 40,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF IN 2022.

GOLF IS PICKING UP.

THIS CITY IS GROWING.

I JUST HEARD IT. THIRD LARGEST CITY.

THIRD GROSS CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

WHAT ARE YOU OFFERING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING HERE? BY THE GOLF COURSE.

REFURBISH IT.

IT'LL MAKE MONEY.

IT WILL MAKE MONEY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND MR. GARCIA? THOMAS GARCIA.

MADAM BROWN, ARE YOU AWARE THAT IF THAT GOLF COURSE IS FOR SALE, WAS IT OFFERED TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY? THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE CITY AND SOME ADDITIONAL DUE DILIGENCE BY THE RECREATION DIRECTOR AND HIS STAFF ON WHETHER IT WAS COST FEASIBLE FOR THE CITY TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.

CURRENTLY, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS WORKING WITH AN ENGINEER AND A LAND PLANNING GROUP TO IDENTIFY USES OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEY DO HAVE THEY HAVE PRESENTED TO STAFF CONCEPTUAL SITE PLANS.

WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP ON TUESDAY.

ALL OF THIS IS CONCEPTUAL, BUT WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE ENGINEER.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

NEXT SPEAKER. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. SO NOW WE.

MADAM SMITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO OVER THE PROCEDURES FOR KWAJALEIN OR DO I GO TO ITEM NUMBER NINE FIRST? IT'S PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER NINE FIRST.

OKAY, COPY THAT.

[01:00:02]

SO WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, MADAM SMITH.

ORDINANCE 2023, DASH 96, 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 NINE BLOCK 31 PORT MALABAR COUNTRY CLUB UNIT FOUR, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 24, PAGE 26 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.

[PUBLIC HEARINGS]

THANK YOU. PRETTY BASIC.

I'M ASKING FOR.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND.

OH, I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS CHRIS AT 1304 WAYSIDE COURT NORTHEAST.

AND I'M ASKING FOR A VACATION OF EASEMENT ON THE REAR PROPERTY LINE.

I'VE CURRENTLY GOT A 20 FOOT EASEMENT INSIDE OF MY PROPERTY LINE, AND I'M ASKING THAT IT BE VACATED TO TEN FEET, WHICH WOULD PUT ME AT THE STANDARD SETBACK.

I'VE SUBMITTED ALL THE PAPERWORK, DONE ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE WITH THE AS YOU AS YOU'VE GOT ALL THE PAPERWORK THERE, ALL THE UTILITIES ARE FINE WITH IT.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER MY REQUEST.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? ANYONE? SEEING NONE.

I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

DEPUTY MAYOR? NO, I JUST.

OKAY. COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

ANY COMMENTS? NONE.

ALL RIGHT, SIR, I'M CALLING IT FOR A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATS. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TEN.

MS.. SMITH. ORDINANCE 2023, DASH 97, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACANT AND ABANDONED A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 11 BLOCK 2023 PORT MALABAR UNIT 46, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 22, PAGE 62 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 PRESENT THEIR CASE.

SHANTEL JACKSON.

WE CONTINUE. MISS JACKSON.

SO I NEED A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING.

THE APPLICANTS NOT HERE.

OKAY, SO I NEED A MOTION, GENTLEMEN.

MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE OCTOBER 19TH 6 P.M.

COUNCIL MEETING. SECOND.

GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON TO CONTINUE.

SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL RIGHT.

PASSES FOUR ZERO.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER 11.

MISS SMITH. 2023 DASH 98, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.

VACATE AND ABANDON A PORTION OF THE SIDE 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 24 BLOCK 427 PORT MALABAR UNIT 11 ACCORDING TO THE PLOT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 15, PAGE 37.

THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE ITEM NUMBER 11.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL.

TREY WILLIAMS REPRESENTING LGI HOMES.

WE'RE LOCATED AT 2187 SAN FILIPPO.

THIS HOUSE IS LOCATED AT 1051 BRICKELL STREET.

THERE'S A 20 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT ON THE SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY, AND WE NEED TO TAKE FOUR FEET OF IT IN ORDER TO BUILD A HOUSE.

PUBLIC UTILITIES GRANTED US UP TO TEN FEET.

SO NOW THERE'S A TEN FOOT EASEMENT ON THERE.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HOUSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

GREETINGS TO YOU, GENTLEMEN.

SAY YOUR NAME, MA'AM. AND ADDRESS NAME IS ESTHER MARTIN.

I AM AT 1039, WHICH IS NEXT TO 1051.

AND BRICKELL.

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AS I LOOK OUT AND I DID BRING THIS UP WITH THE BUILDERS BEFORE AND THE PLOT WAS HIGH ALREADY AND THEY PUT EXTRA FILTER ON IT A LONG TIME AGO.

THEY SAID THAT THAT WAS OKAY BY YOU COUNCIL PEOPLE.

ANYWAY, IT'S SO HIGH THAT HER HOUSE IS LOW.

I'VE HEAR PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AND A LOT IT IS THE HIGHEST HOUSE IN THIS AREA AND THERE ARE A LOT MORE THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE AREA THAT'S HIGH AS A RESULT OF THEY BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS FINE BECAUSE OF SEWAGE.

BUT IT IS IT WILL AFFECT OUR LOT WHEN THE WATER WHEN IT RAINS, IT'S GOING TO FLOOD OUR OUR LOT.

AND WE WANT TO PREVENT THAT BEFORE THAT STARTS.

AND THAT'S MY CASE FROM BEGINNING.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

HE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

THE OTHER THING THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE IT, THEY NEED TO PUT ON DRAINAGE AROUND THE.

AROUND THE HOUSE.

WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? GUTTERS, GUTTERS, GUTTERS.

YOU GO BUILD. IS IT HERE? OKAY. GUTTERS.

THAT WOULD HELP. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

YOU'RE NEXT, SIR.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TOM LUKEHART.

I'M A 1063 BRICK BRICKELL.

AND THE.

I GOT A NOTICE OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, BUT IT'S VERY UNCLEAR BY THE PICTURE BECAUSE THIS IS A VIEW BEFORE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE DOING OR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE CANAL.

IF THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT ANY KIND OF DRAINAGE ON THE CANAL OR WILL IT AFFECT I'M SORRY, WILL AFFECT MAINTENANCE OF THE COUNT, I MEAN, I ASSUME PART OF THE EASEMENT IS TO ALLOW CITY OF PALM BAY TO COME IN AND TRIM AND DO THE CANAL AND KEEP IT UP TO DATE, WHICH IT'S NOT.

BUT BUT I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY WANT TO EXTEND THEIR PROPERTY LINE AND TAKE PART OF THE THE CITY AND HOW MUCH ROOM IS GOING TO BE LEFT THERE.

WHY WHY DO THEY NEED TO DO THAT? THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES NOT AFFECT, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE IN THAT CANAL.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HERE 30 SOME YEARS AND 12 YEARS AGO THAT CAN NOW TOTALLY FILLED UP AND WENT OVER THE BANKS AND OVER THE ROAD.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING BEING DONE THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE DRAINAGE IN THAT IN THAT AREA.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.

AND HE'S GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT.

YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT AT THIS TIME, SIR.

ANY WELL, BEFORE YOU DO, I WANT YOU TO TAKE NOTES.

IS THERE ANY ELSE, ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? OKAY. YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, SIR. THERE ARE A FEW QUESTIONS.

SO TO ADDRESS THE FIRST QUESTION ABOUT THE ELEVATION, WE ARE MANDATED BY FLORIDA BUILDING CODE TO HAVE A FINISHED FLOOR.

SO CAN YOU GET ON THE MIC SOMEHOW, DRAW IT CLOSER? THERE'S A BUTTON.

YOU'RE TALL INDIVIDUAL.

THERE'S A BUTTON TO BRING IT UP.

THANK YOU. IT'S BETTER.

YES, SIR. WELL, YOU'RE TALL.

WONDERFUL. SO BY FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SET HOUSES AT A CERTAIN FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION.

OUR SURVEYOR DICTATES THAT THAT GETS APPROVED BY THE CITY.

AND THAT ELEVATION OF THAT LOT WAS DICTATED BY THAT.

AS A BUILDER, WE DON'T WANT TO BRING IN MORE DIRT THAN WE HAVE TO BECAUSE IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE ON COST.

SO WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO BY FLORIDA BUILDING CODE.

AS FAR AS THE DRAINAGE OF THAT LOT.

WE ARE MANDATED TO CUT SWELLS AND DRAIN WATER AWAY FROM OUR HOUSE.

WE CANNOT PUT IT ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY SO A SIDE SWELL WILL BE CUT IN OR A BACK SWELL AND THAT'S INSPECTED BY THE CITY AS WELL.

A SIDE SWELL SIDE SWELLS, REAR SWELLS.

HOWEVER, THAT WATER'S GOT TO DRAIN.

WE HAVE TO DRAIN IT AWAY FROM THE HOUSE AND CAN'T GO ONTO SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL INSPECTED.

OKAY. AND SO WHAT ABOUT THE GUTTER ISSUES? IF THE GUTTER IS REQUIRED ON A SEPTIC DRAIN FIELD TO GET WATER AWAY FROM A DRAIN FIELD, WE HAVE TO PUT THAT ON THERE.

AND THAT'S INSPECTED AT FINAL INSPECTION IN ORDER TO GET SEO.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE MONEY, MAYOR.

SO I'M GOOD. OKAY.

THE ISSUE IS BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT'S BEFORE US TODAY.

YOU HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS THAT ARE REALLY CONCERNED AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

SO WE'VE GOT A LOT WE'VE HAD A DOWNPOUR.

AND SO ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO APPEASE THE NEIGHBORS, IT WOULD GO A LONG WAY.

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AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY MORE UNDUE STRESS ON A FAMILY THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS.

AND THEIR EXPERIENCE, AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE'VE GOT SOME SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT TIMES.

AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE CONCERN AND I WOULD PREFER TO GET MORE OF AN ASSURANCE FOR THE NEIGHBORS.

AND IF THAT'S GUTTERING AND, YOU KNOW, TO INCLUDE GUTTERS, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

I'M A LITTLE COMFORTABLE WITH YOU CREATING A SWALE, BUT IS IT GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THAT SWALE DOESN'T DO ITS FUNCTION RIGHT? SO WHERE'S THAT SWALE GOING TO LEAD THE THE STORMWATER RUNOFF? WHERE IS THAT GOING TO GO? HOW CAN WE GUARANTEE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD? CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BETTER? SO SURE. ON THE SIDE SWELLS WHEN THAT WATER GOES AWAY FROM THE HOUSE, WHETHER IT'S GOING ON THE SIDES OR THE REAR, THAT SWELL IS CUT IN THERE AND IT DIRECTS THE WATER EITHER TOWARDS THE FRONT OR TO THE BACK TO ANOTHER SWALE THAT DIVERTS THAT WATER.

AND IS THAT BY ELEVATION? CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO WATER WATERSHED'S VERY EASILY.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, IF WE HAVE 6 TO 10IN OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, WATER WILL POND.

BUT THAT WATER SHOULD PERCOLATE OVER TIME, WHICH IS ALSO WHY WE HAVE TO PUT NEW CULVERTS IN.

I MEAN, NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION IS, YOU KNOW, FAR SUPERIOR TO THE CULVERTS THAT ARE FAILING OUT THERE.

I MEAN, WE SEE THAT AROUND THE HOUSES WE'RE BUILDING NOW WHERE WATER IS PONDING IN OUR YARDS WITH A BRAND NEW CULVERT WHERE EXISTING HOMES HAVE DAMAGED CULVERTS.

SO IT'S PONDING IN THERE.

THE NEW HOMES GUTTERS CAN BE REQUIRED, BUT WHEN YOU DIVERT WATER FROM A GUTTER TO A SPECIFIED DOWNSPOUT, YOU'RE CONSOLIDATING WATER TO ONE LOCATION, WHICH CREATES EROSION.

SO IF WE HAVE TO PUT ONE ON THE SIDE OF A HOUSE DUE TO A DRAIN FIELD, WE WILL DO THAT.

THAT'S FLORIDA BUILDING CODE AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT MANDATES THAT.

BUT GUTTERS AROUND THE ENTIRE HOUSE DICTATED TO 1 OR 2 DOWNSPOUTS.

THAT'S CREATING MORE OF AN ISSUE.

I SEE. BUT IF IT'S REQUIRED, 100% WILL DO IT.

I SEE. AND WHAT ABOUT WHAT THE GENTLEMAN SAID ABOUT THE DIVERTING IT TO THE CANAL? WE CANNOT DRAIN INTO A CANAL.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A SIDE SWALE IN THERE TO GET THAT WATER TO EITHER THE FRONT OR BACK.

BUT WE CANNOT DRAIN WATER INTO.

WE WOULD NEVER PASS INSPECTION.

OKAY. THANK FOR BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

WOULD LOVE TO MEET HIM OUT THERE AND GO OVER WHAT OUR PLAN IS AND SHOW IT TO THEM.

OKAY. COUNCIL ANY? YES. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR, WOULD YOU TELL US AND THANK THE MAYOR TRIED TO GO THERE WITH HIS QUESTION.

TELL US WHY YOU ALL REQUIRED THIS THIS FOUR-FOOT EASEMENT.

ABSOLUTELY. SO WE PERMITTED THIS HOUSE.

IT WAS APPROVED.

AND WE WE WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN A TEN FOOT SIDE SETBACK OR A 15 FOOT.

AND OUR HOUSE WAS 16.9, 16.09FT AWAY FROM THE 20 FOOT SETBACK.

SO WHEN IT GOT FLAGGED, WE WENT TO THE CITY AND SAID, ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN VACATE A PORTION OF THIS.

WE DON'T NEED 20FT.

SO WE WENT OUT THERE. SAID WE NEED FOUR FEET OF IT TO GET WITHIN THAT, TO GET WITHIN 16FT OF IT.

AND THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT SAID, NO, TAKE TEN OF IT.

WE ONLY NEED TEN.

SO THAT'S WE ONLY NEEDED FOUR.

BUT EVERYONE ELSE SAID TAKE TEN.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE ORDINANCE WAS FOR.

SO STAFF IS COMPLETELY OKAY WITH THAT? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, WE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE CITY.

THE CITY BROUGHT THIS UP TO US AND WE SAID, TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

WE ONLY NEED FOUR FEET.

AND IT CAME OUT TO BE TEN FEET.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. SO, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE BEING NEIGHBORLY AND AND LETTING THE NEIGHBORS KNOW WHAT STEPS, WHAT PRECAUTIONS YOU'RE TAKING IF THIS IF THIS MATERIALIZES BEFORE WE MOVE ON.

I WANTED TO AFFORD COUNCILMAN FOSTER, WHO'S ON THE PHONE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO WEIGH IN IF HE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, SIR. COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT, SIR, THANK YOU SO THANK YOU FOR THE REBUTTAL.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? OKAY. THANK YOU. CARRY ON, SIR.

AT THIS TIME. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? NO. OH, I'M SORRY.

YEAH, I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.

I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION, SO MOVED.

SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, GENTLEMEN? OKAY. YOU COVERED IT. WE COVERED IT.

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR.

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL RIGHT.

PASSES FOUR ZERO.

MA'AM, TO THE NEIGHBORS, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, THEY WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST THEY'LL THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARINGS.

NUMBER ONE, MADAM SMITH, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE.

PUBLIC HEARINGS, AGENDA ITEM NUMBERS ONE, FIVE, EIGHT AND 13.

ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY ON SUCH A MATTER MUST SIGN A SPEAKER CARD WHICH CONTAINS A SWORN OATH TO TELL THE TRUTH.

ANY INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL MUST STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND CONFIRM THAT A SPEAKER CARD HAS BEEN SIGNED.

ATTORNEYS WHO ARE APPEARING ON BEHALF OF A PARTY AND NOT PROVIDING TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE ARE NOT CONSIDERED WITNESSES AND NEED NOT BE SWORN.

COUNSEL SHOULD DISCLOSE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION BY DISCLOSING A 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.

FIRST, THE APPLICANT WILL MAKE HIS PRESENTATION.

FOLLOWED BY STAFF COMMENTS, FOLLOWED BY ANY AGGRIEVED OR ADVERSELY AFFECTED PARTY THAT HAS COMPLIED WITH SECTION 59.03.

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 QUASI JUDICIAL BODY MAY MODIFY THE TIME LIMITS ON ITS OWN MOTION OR UPON REQUEST OF A PARTY TO THE PROCEEDING.

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.

ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 92 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA APPROVING A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE KNOWN AS CHAPARRAL AMENITY CENTER WITHIN THE CHAPARRAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF ADJACENT TO ABILENE DRIVE IN THE VICINITY SOUTH OF MALABAR ROAD AND EAST OF FLYING YOUTH LANE AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING FOR A COMMENCEMENT PERIOD PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YEAH. AND HE'S NOT HERE.

APPLICANT ISN'T HERE.

DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS? DO WE MOVE TO CONTINUE? WE CAN KEEP GOING. CAN WE KEEP GOING? MADAM ATTORNEY. YES, YOU ARE.

IT IS FINAL READING.

WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE, YOU ALL CAN PROCEED TO VOTE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING.

YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME NEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

YOU'RE CERTAINLY YOU COULD CONTINUE IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT YOU ALSO ARE FREE TO VOTE ON IT BECAUSE SO LONG AS THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, YOUR VOTE SHOULD BE THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST TIME. I'M TRACKING THAT, MA'AM.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? DEPUTY MAYOR? NO, MAYOR.

OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

ANYTHING TO ADD? NOTHING, SIR.

DEPUTY MAYOR. NOTHING, SIR.

COUNCILMAN. FOSTER. ANYTHING TO ADD? NO. ALL IN FAVOR? SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO.

WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.

MADAM SMITH.

ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 93, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.

AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17.

LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 170 CONSTRUCTION CODES AND REGULATIONS SUBCHAPTER WALLS AND FENCES BY MODIFYING 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.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MADAM. MADAM BROWN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS A FINAL READING OF A TEXTUAL AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 170.

SECTIONS 170 .113 AND 170 .119.

REGARDING FENCES AND WALLS, THE TEXTUAL AMENDMENT SEEKS TO REQUIRE THE WALLS AND FENCES TO BE MADE OF

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THANK YOU. AND PART OF THE DISCUSSION, WELL, I'LL SEE WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK.

BUT THERE WAS ISSUES ABOUT BARBED WIRE AND THIS DOESN'T AFFECT THAT.

SO, OKAY.

ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? MASTER CHIEF, WHEN I.

WHEN I SAID BARBED WIRE, I THOUGHT YOU.

MASSACHUSETTS. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT STAFF POINTED OUT THE FACT THAT BARBED WIRE, BECAUSE I LIVE ON A FARM AND RANCH AND HAVE LIVESTOCK, ALL THAT MADE SENSE.

I'M JUST ADDRESSING IT WASN'T JUST FOR ME THAT I COME UP AND ADDRESS THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

I LOOK AT OTHER THAN JUST HOW THINGS IMPACT ON ME.

THAT BEING SAID, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, RIGHT? JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS CODE OF ORDINANCE IS TO ELIMINATE OWNERS FROM UTILIZING DIFFERENT MATERIALS TO IMPROVE THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY. THAT GENERATES QUESTION NUMBER ONE, WHO DETERMINES WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL, RIGHT, RIGHT.

RIGHT. THAT LEADS TO OTHER TO OTHER SITUATIONS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL NEGATIVES WITH THIS CHANGE THAT I SEE.

NUMBER ONE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SIX FOOT SOLID FENCE IN YOUR BACKYARD TO PARK YOUR TRAILER.

THAT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR NEW PARKING REGULATION.

SO NOW I HAVE TO HAVE A SIX FOOT STOCKADE FENCE IN THE BACKYARD, BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE A SIX FOOT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO, BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE A SIX FOOT STOCKADE FENCE IN YOUR FRONT YARD.

SO NOW YOU'RE CONFLICT.

YOU'VE ELIMINATED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO MEET ONE OBJECTIVE FOR THE CITY, BUT I'M HINDERED ON THE OTHER SIDE.

YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR EGGS AND AND NOT CRACK IT OR AN OMELET WITHOUT BREAKING AN EGG HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT.

OKAY, THAT LEADS TO THE NEXT ONE.

BECAUSE THE WAY THE THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE TYPE OF FENCE.

SO FOR A PERSON NEXT TO ME, THEY WANT THEY HAVE A TRAILER IN THEIR BACK, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR STOCKADE FENCE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A DOG.

THEY WANT TO HAVE RUN IN THEIR FRONT YARD, WHICH MAKES SENSE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIBLE PERSON.

THEY CAN HAVE THEIR DOG IN THE FRONT YARD.

SO A BEAUTIFUL CHAIN LINK FENCE KEEPS THEIR DOG IN THE FRONT YARD.

RIGHT. MAKES SENSE TO ME.

BUT THIS WILL NOW BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS NEW ORDINANCE BECAUSE YOU CANNOT MIX FENCING TYPE.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO APPROVE THIS CHANGE.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE. IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME.

WHAT BROUGHT THIS CHANGE TO BE WAS NEIGHBORS STARTED COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS.

WELL, I DON'T LIKE THE WAY YOUR FENCE LOOKS.

AND TO THEM IT WASN'T BEAUTIFUL.

BUT TO THE PERSON THAT WANTED A CHAIN LINK FENCE IN HIS FRONT YARD AND THE STOCKADE FENCE IN HIS BACK TO PROTECT HIS TRAILER, IT MADE PERFECT SENSE.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO APPROVE THIS CHANGE.

AND I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU POINTED OUT THAT I CAN HAVE MY BARBED WIRE AND MY FENCE TO PROTECT MY LIVESTOCK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

MADAM BROWN.

TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION ON FENCE HEIGHT, THE CODE IN CHAPTER 170 .114 REGARDING RESIDENTIAL AREA LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON HEIGHT SPEAKS TO THE LIMITATION OF THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE NO MORE THAN FOUR FEET WITHIN THE FRONT SETBACK.

SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE REQUIRED SETBACK IS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL, WHETHER IT'S 5FT OR 10FT INTO THE PROPERTY LINE FROM THE FRONT.

SO IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE ON THE SIDE, MIDDLE OF THE HOME SETBACK WHERE THE TRAILERS SHOULD BE PARKED AND FENCED IN.

SO THAT WOULD BE A MAX OF SIX FEET.

SO IT IS STILL CONSISTENT, BUT WE WILL LOOK AT IT, MAKE SURE WE AREN'T IN CONFLICT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATES, SO I'VE FLAGGED IT.

I'LL LOOK INTO IT FURTHER TO SEE IF WE'RE IN CONFLICT ELSEWHERE IN THE CODE.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO, UM, WHAT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, HIS TERM OF BEAUTIFICATION? BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, IS THAT ESTHETICALLY PLEASING? WOULD THE TERM APPLY AT THAT POINT? WHAT ABOUT THAT TERM? WHO DETERMINES WHAT'S BEAUTIFUL? MADAM? MADAM ATTORNEY, THAT'S THE PURPOSES IN THE MEMO.

IT'S NOT A STANDARD BY WHICH IS ADOPTED INTO THE ORDINANCE.

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BUT IT'S NOT A CRITERIA UPON WHICH THEY EVALUATE THE FENCES.

OKAY. AND THAT'S JUST YOU CAN STILL HAVE DIFFERENT FENCES.

IT'S JUST ONCE YOU DECIDE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHAIN-LINK FENCE, WHEN YOU REPAIR IT, YOU'RE GOING TO REPAIR IT WITH A CHAIN LINK FENCE.

IF YOU HAVE A WOODEN FENCE, YOU REPAIR IT WITH A WOODEN FENCE.

IT'S TO STOP PEOPLE IF YOU HAVE A WOODEN FENCE FOR REPAIRING IT BECAUSE SOMETHING'S BROKE AND INSERTING ANOTHER TYPE OF FENCE INTO THAT FENCE, THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF IT.

UNDERSTOOD. OKAY.

SO DID YOU NEED MORE TIME, MADAM? AND BROWN TO SEE HOW THIS APPLIES TO OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

NO, I DON'T THINK THAT THE PROHIBIT PROHIBITING THE MIX OF MATERIALS IMPACTS THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCES, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT MR. BATTEN BROUGHT UP. WE LIKE I MENTIONED, WE ARE DOING OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE AND IN ALL THE AREAS WHERE WE SEE WE ARE IN CONFLICT WITH OUR OWN CODE, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, NOTING AND THEN TRYING TO ADDRESS IT DURING THAT UPDATE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF COUNCIL? OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

NOTHING, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, SIR.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, MA'AM.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT.

PASSES FOUR ZERO.

DID YOU VOTE, SIR? OKAY. ITEM NUMBER THREE, MS..

SMITH. ORDINANCE 20 2338.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.

PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF AND ADJACENT TO MINTON ROAD IN THE VICINITY NORTH OF PALM BAY ROAD AND SOUTH OF HALE ROAD, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDED FOR FILING A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE WITH THE BREVARD COUNTY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF BREVARD COUNTY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE.

GOOD EVENING, COLE OLIVER, 1901 SOUTH HARBOR CITY BOULEVARD.

ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANTS, BOTH AFFORDABLE SUPPLY INC AND THE NEXT APPLICANT, WEST MALABAR PROPERTIES LLC FOR THE JOINT ANNEXATION OF THE 6.5 ACRES.

THEY'RE BEING HANDLED IN TWO SEPARATE HEARINGS AS THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE OWNERS.

BUT MR. KAUFMAN AND AFFORDABLE SUPPLY INC IS CURRENTLY IN BREVARD COUNTY, ZONED B ONE AND THEY'RE ASKING TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE COMMERCIAL ZONE DISTRICT FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND CONNECT TO YOUR ALL'S UTILITIES AND BE A PART OF THE CITY AS GENERAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

WE THANK THE STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR REVIEW.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

IF THIS WEREN'T TO BE ANNEXED THEN WOULD IT STILL BE DEVELOPED? BUT WITH BREVARD COUNTY.

IF THIS PROPERTY WEREN'T TO BE ANNEXED INTO PALM BAY, WOULD IT STILL BE DEVELOPED? MR. KAUFMANN I DON'T KNOW HIS PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S SEPARATE THAN THE OTHER APPLICANT AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT.

HE'S EXPRESSED NO INTEREST IN CHANGING HIS USE AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU.

DEPUTY MAYOR. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN FOSTER? NO, NO QUESTIONS.

SO RIGHT ALONG WHAT? THE QUESTION OF IF IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED, THE PURPOSE OF ANNEXING THIS PROPERTY OR WANTING TO COME INTO THE CITY IS SOLELY BASED ON UTILITIES. IT'S BOTH THE ACCESS TO THE UTILITIES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND WHATEVER HE MAY PLAN TO DO.

AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW OR WHOMEVER FUTURE OWNERS MIGHT BE.

AND SECOND, HE IS HONORING A PROMISE THAT HE MADE TO THE PRIOR LANDOWNER, MR. MAGUIRE, WHO OWNED THE LAND TO THE SOUTH PREVIOUSLY, THAT IN THE EVENT THAT ANNEXATION WAS REQUESTED, HE WOULD AGREE TO THE ANNEXATION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR.

DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? AGAIN, I THANK THE STAFF FOR THEIR REPORT.

THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT SOME SPEAKER CARDS, SO YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND I IMAGINE WE MIGHT BE HERE A WHILE.

THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY, SIR.

MAYOR, I HAVE QUITE A FEW SPEAKER PEOPLE THAT FOLKS THAT WISH TO SPEAK.

OKAY. ITEM THREE THROUGH EIGHT.

UM, WE'LL START WITH MR. FRANK CAMPANA.

CAMPANA? FOLLOWED BY JOHN ZEMKE.

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YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF LIKE NEW TO WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON THERE.

I SAW THE POSTINGS UP THE PROPERTY THAT I OWN.

MY NAME IS FRANK CAMPANA.

I LIVE IN PALM BAY.

I OWN TWO PROPERTIES ON HEALD ROAD, AND I HAVE THREE GENERATIONS ACTUALLY ON THAT ROAD RAISING MY CHILDREN AND MY GRANDCHILDREN ON THAT ROAD.

THIS ANNEXATION, THE REASON WHY WE MOVED INTO ON HEALD ROAD IS TO IT'S A TWO AND A HALF ACRE MINIMUM FOR PRIVACY, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S A RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA AND YOU KNOW, THE AREA IS SLOWLY DEVELOPING INTO AN AREA THAT IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE TO WHAT WHY WE WANTED TO LIVE.

WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SUBURBAN GRIDLOCK.

WE TALKED ABOUT STRESS TO GOOD NEIGHBORS.

THE STRESS TO GOOD NEIGHBORS OUT THERE IS IMMENSE.

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF HEALD ROAD IS UNBELIEVABLE.

EMERGENCY VEHICLES WILL HAVE NO ABILITY TO GET INSIDE THAT.

IF THERE WAS GRIDLOCK LIKE THAT, THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY.

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT.

THAT'S IT. RIGHT THROUGH HEALD ROAD.

THE ABILITY TO TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S AN AGENDA HERE.

I BELIEVE THE AGENDA IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST THE ANNEXING THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND SO THAT HE COULD BE A GOOD FAITHFUL PRESENTATION TO THE PERSON THAT HE BOUGHT THAT AND TO KEEP HIS PROMISE.

THERE'S A BIGGER PICTURE HERE AND WE SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE AS WHAT THERE'S GOING ON OUT THERE.

THEY WANT TO BUILD A BIG DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S HOUSES BEHIND THERE.

NICE, NICE LITTLE PROPERTIES, HOUSES I THINK THEY WERE ALSO ANNEXED IN TO HAVE, I THINK, ONE ACRE.

BUT THAT ABUTS A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.

THERE'S A NICE GENTLEMAN UP THERE, TWO HOUSES DOWN THERE.

THEN HE'S GOING TO HAVE HIS PROPERTIES, WHICH HE WANTED BACK IN THE WHO KNOWS, 30, 30, SOME, MAYBE 40 YEARS AGO.

HE DIDN'T WANT HIS PROPERTY TO BE AGAINST ANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES LIKE THAT.

I SAY TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, KEEP IT SMALL.

I MEAN, YES, IF THE IF THE ROAD FRONTAGE IS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS SMALL, BUSINESSES IS FINE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE OUT THERE FOR.

SMALL BUSINESSES. YOU HAVE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE SMALL BUSINESSES INSTEAD OF ONE BIG HUGE STRIP MALL, THEY HAVE ONE ALREADY BEHIND THERE WHERE BEHIND LONG DAGGERS.

IT'S A NICE STRIPS DON'T STORE THERE AND THE PIZZA PLACE, IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THAT PLACE THAT THAT HAS THE BILLBOARD THERE TO BE RENTED OUT.

I MEAN IF IT'S JUST SUCH VALUABLE PROPERTY, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR SOMEBODY TO BUY THAT UP AND MAKE IT LOOK PRESENTABLE? YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE THIS AREA LOOK PRESENTABLE.

I DON'T WANT IT TO BE GRIDLOCKED.

I WANT NOT TO PUT THE STRESS ON THE NEIGHBORS THAT DID BUY PROPERTIES THAT ARE TWO AND A HALF AND FIVE ACRE PLOTS OUT THERE IN HEALD ROAD.

AND IT'S THE ONLY RURAL PROPERTY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IN THIS AREA.

IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY.

I WANT TO KEEP ITS HERITAGE.

I WANT TO KEEP WHAT IT WAS, WAS FOUNDED FOR A LOT OF HORSE PEOPLE, A LOT OF HOBBY FARMS OUT THERE, A LOT OF I THINK THERE'S ALSO A A VINEYARD OUT THERE.

I OWN A SMALL CITRUS GROVE OUT THERE, AND I'VE HAD IT FOR CLOSE TO 25 YEARS.

AND I WANT TO KEEP THAT THAT PRESENTATION.

AND I'LL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THE LINE BETWEEN 2 AND 8 TO OPPOSE THESE THESE ORDINANCE CHANGES.

I WANT TO KEEP IT JUST THE WAY IT IS.

AND I WANT TO KEEP THE BREVARD COUNTY AND PALM BAY AREA LOOKING BEAUTIFUL.

BUT THE GRIDLOCK IS IMPOSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THEY BUILT ALL THOSE APARTMENTS ACROSS THE STREET.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST IT IF YOU IF YOU HAD A TRAFFIC ENGINEER OUT THERE, THEY KNOW THE PROBLEM OUT THERE.

THEY KNOW IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

AND SO I'M NOT INTO ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE.

THANK YOU, SIR. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

SO. I HAVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ITEM NUMBER THREE.

AND I KNOW YOU WENT FROM 3 TO 2 THE WHOLE PICTURE, RIGHT? YES, SIR, I YOU GLANCED OVER THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED A QUESTION.

SO THE REASON THAT YOU WOULD OPPOSE TO ITEM THREE, WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY IS THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA THERE RIGHT IN YELLOW IS BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OTHER PROPERTIES.

THAT'S CORRECT. FACT THAT THAT.

BUT IF IT WERE ISOLATED, WOULD YOU STILL OBJECT? OF COURSE, YES.

YOU KNOW, KEEP IT AS WHAT IT IS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

YOU KNOW, THE THE INITIAL REASONING FOR IT WAS A REASON FOR THE MOST OF THE TIME IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE BEHIND THAT.

THAT'S WHAT THE INTENTION WAS FOR AND TO KEEP THE INTENTION OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF WHY THEY ESTABLISHED THAT IS WHY I WANT TO KEEP IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER. JOHN JOHN'S ZEMACH.

JUST. HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. JOHNSON 1590 STUDLEY DRIVE, PALM BAY, FLORIDA.

UM. WHAT? MR. CAMPANA JUST SAID.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT HOW THIS PIECE CONNECTS TO OTHER CONCERNS THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE.

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WOULD WE HAVE A CONCERN IF MR. KAUFMANN CAME TO THIS COUNCIL AND ASKED FOR THIS ANNEXATION AND ULTIMATE REZONING ON HIS OWN ACCORD INSTEAD? IN MY OPINION, HE WAS COERCED OR COMPELLED.

SORRY TO MAKE THIS REQUEST FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IN NUMBER FIVE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY, SO THIS CAN'T BE VIEWED AS HOW WOULD WE FEEL IF THIS WAS THE ONLY REQUEST? IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE ARE IN THIS ORDER AND THESE REQUESTS ARE BEING MADE TO GET TO THE ULTIMATE GOAL, WHICH IS ANNEXING EVERYTHING UP TO HEALD ROAD, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO CREATE A SAFETY HAZARD, A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS.

SO WE JUST ASK THAT YOU KEEP IN MIND IT'S THE ENTIRE PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO CREATE THE ISSUE WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR MANY YEARS.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT, WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO INVEST IN, THE ROADS, WHAT'S HAPPENED IN STORIES WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLES NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE ITS WAY IN.

MY WIFE, ACTUALLY YEARS BEFORE WHEN IT WAS JUST THAT LITTLE ALLSTATE OFFICE WITH MAYBE FIVE CARS A DAY COMING IN AND OUT OF IT.

ONE CAR CAME OUT AND HIT HER WHILE SHE WAS TRAVELING IN THE OTHER LANE.

SO THAT AREA IS NOT DESIGNED FOR WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

SO I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE SOME TIME BECAUSE I KNOW I'LL PROBABLY SPEAK IN OTHER FOR OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER LISA MILLS.

HI. LISA MILLS 3080 HEALD ROAD.

SO I'M ALSO ADDRESSING AREAS OF SECTIONS 3 TO 8.

WE CAN'T TAKE ONE ISSUE AT A TIME AS THEY'RE ALL LINKED TOGETHER.

IF YOU APPROVE ONE, IT BECOMES A SLIPPERY SLOPE OF ALL THE REST.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TALK.

I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THINGS AND I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WILL TOUCH ON IT BETTER.

BUT JUST UP FRONT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THERE IS AN AGENDA HERE AND THE AGENDA IS IGNORING OUR SAFETY AND THE YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT THE SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'LL TAKE YOUR TIME, MAN.

THERE'S NO NEED TO BE NERVOUS.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY BENEFITS FROM BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THAT AREA.

I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING I SAY IS GOING TO OVERRIDE WHAT YOU MAY CALL GOOD BUSINESS SENSE.

I SUPPORT BUSINESS AND MYSELF.

I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.

HOWEVER, I IMPLORE IMPLORE YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER THE LIABILITY BEING CREATED BY A POOR TRAFFIC DESIGN AS THIS COULD BE DESIGNED IN A SAFE MANNER.

BUT THE DEVELOPER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING THAT THEIR POTENTIAL TENANTS WILL NOT AGREE TO.

IT'S CLEAR THAT THE MONEY IS OVERSHADOWING THE LOGIC AND SAFETY AS A RESIDENT THAT DRIVES THAT AREA WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY IS ALREADY HAZARDOUS.

WE'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO HONKING, YELLING, CUSSING AND A ROAD RAGE SIMPLY BY TRYING TO TURN OUT OF OUR STREET.

EVEN COMING HERE TONIGHT SAT AT THE LIGHT FOR THREE CYCLES AS THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC FILLS THE INTERSECTION SO THAT NO ONE CAN EXIT NORTH OR SOUTH WITHOUT THE DANGER OF HAVING TO UNSAFELY GO AROUND VEHICLES.

AND THEN IT CREATES ROAD RAGE.

THE IDEA OF BRINGING MORE CONGESTION WITH A DRIVEWAY UNHEALED IS A LIABILITY WAITING TO HAPPEN.

MARK MY WORDS, SOMEONE WILL GET HURT.

AND THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY AND THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPERS, EVERYONE IS ON NOTICE.

SO WHEN SOMEONE IS HURT BY A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, ROAD RAGE, OR EVEN DUE TO AN EMERGENCY THAT THE FINE FIREMEN THAT WE HONOR TONIGHT WILL BE UNABLE TO TIMELY GET TO, IT IS KNOWN. SO I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS WE WILL PROVIDE PROOF OF THIS NOTICE IN ANY LITIGATION AND ANYONE ON NOTICE WILL BE DRUG INTO IT.

THAT MAY BE THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THIS CONDITION IS WHEN SOMEONE DOES GET HURT LATER ON HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT.

I JUST HOPE NO ONE HAS TO SUFFER A SERIOUS INJURY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO THE IDEA OF CHANGING THE ZONING AND ADDING THE DRIVEWAY TO HEALED IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

AND THE OWNERS ARE CLEARLY PUTTING MONEY AHEAD OF SAFETY.

KEEP IN MIND, THE OWNER AND THE GENTLEMAN SPEAKING HERE TONIGHT IS IS ONE AND THE SAME REPRESENTING CONFLICTING PARTIES THAT HE SHOULDN'T BE ACTING ON BEHALF OF ALL.

SO I BEG YOU TO HELP KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, MISS SANDRA READ.

SANDRA READ.

SANDRA REID, 1611 EMMAUS ROAD NORTHWEST.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HEARING US, AND I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO KEEP IT TO JUST THE ONE ONE AGENDA ITEM AT A TIME.

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR CONCERN IS ALL CENTERED AROUND SAFETY.

THAT IS OUR CONCERN.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR CONTINUALLY ON EACH ONE OF THE ISSUES.

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AFFORDABLE TRAILER IS ALREADY A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY.

WHY DO THEY NEED TO BE A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY? IT REALLY SHOULDN'T CHANGE THAT MUCH, EXCEPT IF YOU LOOK AT THE REST OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT.

THAT PROPERTY IS THE GATEWAY TO PALM BAY.

THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OF AFFORDABLE TRAILER IS PALM BAY.

EVERYTHING TO THE NORTH IS COUNTY, COUNTY.

AND THOSE BUSINESSES NEED THE UTILITIES OF PALM BAY.

THEY ALREADY TRIED TO GET IT FROM WEST MELBOURNE AND WEST MELBOURNE SAID NO WAY, WHY DON'T YOU GO TO PALM BAY? SO ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA, THAT IS OUR CONCERN, THAT IT ISN'T JUST AFFORDABLE TRAILER, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL BUSINESS, PROVIDES A WONDERFUL SERVICE, BUT WHY DOES IT NEED A DIFFERENT AND WHY DOES IT NEED TO BE DIFFERENT? WHY DOES IT NEED TO NOW BE IN PALM BAY? YOU'VE HEARD US SAY THAT WE'VE PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH WAS.

FOR THOSE OF US AND I REALIZE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE OUT HERE HAVEN'T LIVED IN THE PALM BAY AREA OF HEALD ROAD FOR 43 YEARS LIKE WE HAVE.

BUT WE DID PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH WAS WHEN WE MOVED THERE.

THE ROAD WAS SO ROUGH THAT EVEN THE PALM BAY FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT COME OUT.

THEY WOULD NOT SEND OUT THEIR LARGE TRUCKS.

THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WOULDN'T THEY WOULD SEND OUT A PICKUP TRUCK TO VERIFY THERE WAS A FIRE.

WE SAID WE'VE GOT TO HAVE PROTECTION.

THEY SAID, THEN YOU WILL PAY FOR IT.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE DIDN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.

SOME OF THESE PEOPLE PAID $20,000 JUST TO HAVE THE ROAD PAVED.

THAT'S WHAT THEIR PROPERTY COST.

SOME OF THEM, IT WAS 20,000.

SOME OF IT WAS 30,000.

ALL OF US PAID.

SOME PEOPLE WENT BACK TO WORK.

SOME PEOPLE SOLD THE PROPERTY OR SOLD PART OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY COULDN'T AFFORD THE ASSESSMENT.

BUT WE WANTED TO LIVE IN A SAFE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS ALWAYS BEEN OUR STAND IS SAFETY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

SO ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WE QUESTION AND IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING THE GATEWAY FOR THE OTHER PROPERTIES.

AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HAVE A MEETING.

YOU ASKED MR. OLIVER TO MEET WITH US.

HE DID MEET WITH US.

IT WAS A ONE DAY NOTICE.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IN THE COURSE OF THAT CONVERSATION, WE ASKED HIM, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THIS WAS HAPPENING IN YOUR PROPERTY? AND HE TOLD US HE WOULD BE DOING THE SAME THING WE'RE DOING.

THANK YOU. THERE ARE ALL THE THIS CONCLUDE NUMBER THREE.

THAT'S ONE MORE. THANKS.

ANYONE ELSE, PLEASE GO TO THE CLERK.

GOT IT. NO MORE.

SPEAKER FOUR NUMBER TWO.

NUMBER THREE, SIR.

THAT CONCLUDES NUMBER THREE.

YEAH. OKAY. THAT WAS NUMBER TWO.

THREE. OKAY, COME ON.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE MENTION THAT THE LAST TIME PALM BAY MOVED THEIR PROPERTY LINE, THE CITY LINE, THEY.

THEY TOLD US THAT ANYTHING NORTH WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING MORE THAN RESIDENTIAL PROFESSIONAL.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU BE HELD TO THAT.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS JUST A STEPPING STONE TO FOR A SHOPPING CENTER IN THAT AREA.

THE AREA CAN'T HANDLE IT.

THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM IS OBVIOUS.

BUT WHAT ALSO ISN'T OBVIOUS IS THAT WHEN THEY PUT IN THEY BEING NEW PEOPLE, WHEN THEY PUT IN SOMETHING THAT THAT IS A SHOPPING CENTER, YOU GOT TRUCKS COMING IN AT NIGHT, YOU GOT DUMPSTERS EMPTYING THEIR DUMPSTERS AND THERE'S NO CONCERN FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR NOW.

THANK YOU. SO JUST I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING SO I CAN HAVE A SEAT, SIR.

GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT. ON THIS ITEM.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE A PUBLIC SPEAKER CARD.

I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO RUSHING OUT TO SIGN THE THE SPEAKER CARD.

WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER? DEPUTY MAYOR. NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

OKAY. OPEN, MR. BAT. THEY DID TURN BECAUSE THEY WERE WATCHING THE BILL.

BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

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IT WAS A COUNTY ROAD.

THE CITY ANNEXED THAT PROPERTY INTO THE CITY LIMITS.

AS A RESULT OF THAT, IT ENDED UP COSTING THE RESIDENTS, FIRST OFF, $9 MILLION FOR A ROAD TO BE PUT IN.

IT'S ON. WE'RE PAYING FOR OFF OUR BACKS RIGHT NOW.

PLUS, THE FACT OF THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE'VE HAD TO EXPEND OUT INTO THE WIDENING OF BABCOCK AND THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, YET IT WAS STILL A COUNTY ROAD.

NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD TOPIC FOR YOUR CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. UM, YOU MAY.

YEAH. YEAH.

TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION ON WHETHER ANNEXATIONS BRING IN A PROPERTY INTO CITY LIMITS WOULD HELP FUND THE MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROAD. THE ANNEXATION ITSELF WILL NOT.

THE FUTURE LAND USE OR ZONING ITSELF WILL NOT THE ONLY.

THE RESULTING TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED THROUGH A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY FOLLOWING AN APPROVED SITE PLAN MAY DO THAT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE? ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR.

MR.. MR.. MIKE.

NO, SIR. COME ON UP, GRANDAD.

ACTUALLY. OKAY.

WELL, WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT ONE AFTER THIS.

JOHN CONNOLLY 3620 HILL ROAD.

ON THIS ITEM, IT ALL RELATES TO THE REST OF THE ITEMS. WE'RE CHANGING ZONING TO IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON ONE ITEM WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE AN UMBRELLA, BECAUSE WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT ITEMS, WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP OTHER ISSUES THAT THE CITY HAS, THE COUNTY HAS, WEST, MELBOURNE HAS.

SO I'M ASKING YOU TO KIND OF HOLD OFF YOUR VOTES TILL WE GET THROUGH ALL OF IT BECAUSE IT'S ALL ONE UMBRELLA.

I KNOW IT'S AN AGENDA, BUT I'M ASKING TO BE OUT OF THE NORM A LITTLE BIT.

SO I WOULD GET I'LL GET TO THE REST OF THE ITEMS WHEN WE COME TO IT.

BUT I WOULD THINK THAT I DON'T THINK YOU'VE HEARD THE WHOLE STORY OF WHY HE WOULD.

WE HAVE A BUSINESS THERE WHERE IT'S ALL BUSINESS THERE NOW.

SO TO CHANGE IT WOULD JUST ADD TO THE PROBLEM.

BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THAT, BUT I'LL WAIT TILL YOUR AGENDA COMES UP FOR IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE WISH YOU HAD A PUBLIC SPEAKER, MR. BRAMLETT? MIKE BRAMLETT.

I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT SOMEBODY ALREADY SAID, AND THAT IS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ALREADY COMMERCIAL.

THE GUY HAS A THRIVING BUSINESS THERE.

FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY HE WOULD WANT TO ANNEX INTO PALM BAY AND JUST HAVE TO PAY MORE TAXES.

HE'S STILL GOING TO PAY BOARD COUNTY TAXES, BUT NOW HE'S GOING TO ALSO PAY PALM BAY TAXES.

THAT'S ONE POINT.

SECOND POINT IS WHY WOULD PALM BAY EVEN WANT THIS? WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO IT? IT MAKES NO SENSE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT ONE.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? ITEM NUMBER THREE, SIR, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT.

THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, I GUESS STARTING WITH THE LAST SPEAKER, YOU KNOW, QUESTION IS, WHY IS PALM BAY? I THOUGHT WE ALL SPENT A BUNCH OF TIME CLAPPING OUR HANDS, TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT CITY OF PALM BAY AND WHY EVERYONE WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT.

SO TO IMPLY THAT A CITIZEN WOULDN'T WANT TO BE A PART OF YOUR CITY JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE SIMILAR ZONING IN THE COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS TAKE THAT HOW YOU WILL.

BUT THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL BENEFITS.

ONE IS THAT THERE'S ACCESS TO SEWER AND UTILITIES FOR THE FUTURE IF THEY EVER WANT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT PROPERTY.

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SIR. EXCUSE ME.

PLEASE. LET'S SHOW RESPECT TO EACH AND EVERY SPEAKER.

I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. CARRY ON, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SECOND, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE CLEAR STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD.

THERE'S NO COERCION WITH MR. KAUFMAN AT ALL.

THERE'S BEEN NO IMPLIED PROMISE OF ANY EXCHANGE OF MONEY TO MR. KAUFMAN AT ALL.

THEY'RE EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED.

SO JUST TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.

SECOND, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SAFETY, AND THIS IS GOING TO REALLY TIE IN MORE TOWARDS THE LATER HEARINGS.

I DON'T THINK THE SAFETY ISSUE NECESSARILY APPLIES TO THIS PARCEL BECAUSE THIS PARCEL HAS ONE ACCESS ON AND OFF OF MINTON ROAD AND THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE.

AND THERE'S BEEN NO IMPLICIT OR EXPLICIT PROMISE OF CONNECTION TO THE OTHER PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH FOR THIS PROPERTY.

YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY REQUIRES CROSS ACCESS, WE WOULD, OF COURSE, COMPLY.

IF YOU ALL WELCOME US INTO YOUR CITY AS GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND WE'LL FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE COUNCIL ON THAT TO THAT STATEMENT OF CONFLICTING PARTIES, I AM THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING IT.

AND I ALSO DO HAVE AN OWNERSHIP IN THE PROPERTY.

I HAVEN'T HIDDEN THAT FROM ANYONE.

I'VE MET WITH THE CITIZENS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION MEETING THAT THEY SAID WAS ON SHORT NOTICE, THEY'RE CORRECT.

IT WAS AND IT WAS AS QUICK AS WE COULD THE HEARING.

IT WAS TRYING TO GET IT IN IN TIME PRIOR.

AND THIS WAS THE THIRD CITIZEN PARTICIPATION OR THE THIRD MEETING WITH THE CITIZENS.

THERE WERE TWO CITIZEN PARTICIPATION MEETINGS IN JULY AND I BELIEVE EARLY AUGUST, WHICH THE SECOND ONE WAS TO CORRECT A MISSED ADDRESS ON MY OFFICE.

AND I TAKE THE BLAME FOR THAT.

I DIDN'T CHECK IT. SO THERE WAS A MISSED ADDRESS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, WE HELD A SECOND PARTICIPATION MEETING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S ORDINANCES, AND AT CITY STAFF'S REQUEST, WE AGREED TO HOST A THIRD LARGER MEETING THAT I STAYED AT FOR OVER TWO HOURS UNTIL EVERYONE HAD WAS DONE TALKING, AND I OFFERED TO STAY UNTIL THEY WERE DONE.

WE COULDN'T COME TO A RESOLUTION AND AS EXACTLY WHAT WOULD FIT.

AND THAT'S OKAY.

THAT HAPPENS TO THE STATEMENT THAT THE SPEAKER MADE THAT THEY ASKED WHAT I WOULD BE DOING IF I WERE IN THEIR SHOES AND IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY'RE RIGHT. I DID SAY I WOULD BE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I WOULD BE PARTAKING IN THE CITIZEN PROCESS, MAKING MY VOICE HEARD, AND THEN DEFERRING TO THE COUNCIL AS THEY VOTE AS THEY NEED TO, FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT ONE PORTION OF THE CITY.

AND AND I BELIEVE YOUR STAFF HAS ALREADY DISCUSSED THE POINT ON THE MAINTENANCE AND WIDENING OF THE ROAD.

I THINK SHE HIT IT ON THE HEAD.

ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO THIS PARCEL SPECIFICALLY BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE, THAT PARCEL WOULD UTILIZE THIS TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES AND ANY OTHER COSTS NECESSARY TO BRING IT UP TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS AT THAT TIME.

AND WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO DO THE BEST I CAN TO ANSWER THEM.

SO I DO HAVE A SIMILAR QUESTION.

IN YOUR MEETINGS WITH THE RESIDENTS, DID YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE POSSIBLE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS OF THAT INTERSECTION? WE SHOWED THEM THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PLANNED BY THE COUNTY.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT WE WERE STILL TRYING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IT SAFER.

WE FOR AGAIN THE WEST MALABAR PROPERTIES LLC, THE PROPERTIES JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS, HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED TO GIVING THE CITY EXCUSE ME, THE COUNTY, THE ADDITIONAL LAND THAT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE THE WIDENING THAT THEY'RE ALREADY PROPOSING.

WE'RE DONATING THAT LAND TO THEM.

THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE FOR CONSTRUCTION, DRILLING, PILINGS FOR THE FUTURE MAST ARM THERE.

WE ALLOWED THEM TO UTILIZE OUR LAND AS A LAYDOWN YARD, WHICH THERE WERE SOME CITIZENS EMAILS THAT CAME OUT.

I WAS GOING TO GET INTO THIS IN THE LATER ONES THAT WERE DIRECTED TO, I BELIEVE YOU ALL STATING THAT I PERSONALLY WAS DEFYING THE CITY AND TRYING TO OBVIATE MY RESPONSIBILITIES.

COME IN HERE AND GET THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS FROM Y'ALL AND STARTING CONSTRUCTION.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

WE OFFER TO UTILIZE OUR LAND TO STAGE SO THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO BLOCK HEELED ROAD WHILE WHERE THEY WERE BEGINNING THE IMPROVEMENTS ON HEALD ROAD THAT ARE BEING PAID FOR BY THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.

SO IT'S KIND OF A BIT OF THE NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND ALLOW THAT CONSTRUCTION TO BE OFF THE ROAD TO THE EXTENT IT COULD TO NOT BLOCK THE HEALD ROAD RESIDENTS COMING IN AND OUT WHILE THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS GOING ON.

AND WE COMMIT TO CONTINUING TO DO THAT.

SO THAT PROJECT OF THOSE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, THE MAST ARMS AND AND THAT EXTENSION OF OF THAT CORRIDOR OF HEALD ROAD,

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THE APARTMENT. MY TRAFFIC ENGINEER HERE IS HERE.

HE CAN SPEAK TO THAT. BUT THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WAS A CONDITION OF THEIR TRAFFIC STUDY WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THOSE APARTMENTS.

AND IN ORDER TO GET THEIR FINAL SEO, THEY HAVE TO FINALIZE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE WORKED WITH THROUGH BREVARD COUNTY AND CITY OF WEST MELBOURNE TO HAVE APPROVED.

AND THOSE APARTMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN TACT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I BELIEVE THEY HAVE.

I DO NOT BELIEVE ALL OF THEM HAVE RECEIVED THEIR CODES, BUT I'M NOT PART OF THAT PROJECT.

I UNDERSTOOD AND I WORKED WITH THEM, BUT MY TRAFFIC ENGINEER COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO IT IF YOU HAVE DIRECT QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE.

WELL, THE DIRECT QUESTION IS, DID HE WAS YOUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER PART OF THAT DISCUSSION FOR FOR THAT DEVELOPER FOR THAT? OKAY. SO I WOULDN'T MIND ASKING HIM A QUESTION.

COUNCIL, I WANT TO ASK, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, SIR? ARE YOU DOING JOSH LASSER TRANSPORTATION GROUP? 1049 EBER OKAY, SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MIC ABOUT THAT.

SO ANYWAYS, SO YES, WE WERE INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT WHEN THE APARTMENTS COMPLEX CAME INTO CAME TO BE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS AN EXISTING DEFICIENCY WITH THE INTERSECTION AND WE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN BREVARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WEST MELBOURNE TO FUND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING TAKING THAT INTERSECTION FROM THE CURRENT STRAIN WIRE TO A MAST ARM, CONVERTING IT TO A SMART TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND ADDING A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE, WHICH THEN ALLOWS THE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT ARE ABOUT THAT TRAFFIC.

THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE NEXT PROBABLY 4 TO 5 MONTHS.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS BASED ON HOW LONG HAVE THOSE APARTMENTS BEEN UP AND RUNNING? I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE STILL AWAITING THEIR LAST SEO, A CEO FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OR A BUILDING OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

OKAY. WHAT KIND OF BUILDING? LIKE AN APARTMENT BUILDING FOR INHABITANTS OR AMENITIES FOR INHABITANTS.

OKAY. SO HOW MANY BUILDINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEALED WOULD YOU HAVE EXCEPT FOR THE LAST ONE? OKAY, SO WHEN YOU SAY EVERY ONE, HOW MANY? I COULDN'T TELL THAT. NUMBER THREE.

CAN YOU GUESSTIMATE MUCH MORE THAN THAT? FOUR. FIVE, SIR, PLEASE.

I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 5 OR 6.

OKAY. 5 OR 6 HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

THEY'RE ALREADY INHABITED.

WE HAVE RESIDENTS THERE.

AND SO HOW LONG AGO WAS THIS? UM, I BELIEVE THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO.

OKAY. I'M SAYING, HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN IN EXISTENCE? I'D SAY FOR SIX MONTHS.

SIX MONTHS OR SO. OKAY.

AND IN THOSE SIX MONTHS, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVEN'T BEEN MADE.

CAN CAN YOU JUST SENSE THE FRUSTRATION OF THE RESIDENTS ON HILL ROAD? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

AND I CAN EXPLAIN SOME OF THAT TO PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING WITH THAT PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WAS UTILITIES.

THERE'S A LOT OF UTILITY CONFLICTS THAT WE RAN INTO ONCE WE GOT PAST THE DESIGN STAGE.

AND THEN THE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IS THE LEAD TIMES FOR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER CABINETS ARE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.

THE LEAD TIMES FOR THE MAST ARMS THEMSELVES ARE RIGHT ABOUT A YEAR.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR HAS CAUSED A LOT OF DELAYS.

NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT DEVELOPER CANNOT GET OUT OF THAT IMPROVEMENT.

THEY HAVE BONDED IT THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT AGENCIES, WHICH MEANS AS PART OF THE CITY OF WEST MELBOURNE'S DEVELOPMENT, THEY HAVE A BOND FOR THE PRICE OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THEN WHEN WE WENT IN FOR PERMITTING, THEY ALSO HAVE A BOND WITH BREVARD COUNTY TO COMMIT IT TO DO ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE HAPPENING.

THE FIRST MAST ARM WENT IN LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S MOVING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST A SECOND.

DEPUTY MAYOR, IF I MAY, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS GENTLEMAN QUESTION MAY BE FOR BOTH.

MR. OLIVER, MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

HOW IS THIS IMPROVEMENT, THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT? HOW DOES THAT TIE WITH YOUR PARTICULAR ASK YOUR REQUEST TODAY BEFORE US, ITEM THREE.

HOW HOW ARE THEY RELATED? I GUESS MY QUESTION MORE IS TO COULD IT BE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER OR THEY NEED TO GO TOGETHER OR SHOULD SHOULD THIS DOESN'T MOVE TONIGHT. DOES THE IMPROVEMENTS STILL TAKING PLACE? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO SHED SOME CLARITY FOR ME AS IT RELATES TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

THE IMPROVEMENTS I DON'T THINK ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED BECAUSE THIS HAS NO ACCESS TO HEAL.

BUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ON WHATEVER HAPPENS TONIGHT WITH ITEMS THREE THROUGH THREE, THE MAIN ONES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS GOING FORWARD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS RECEIVES APPROVAL FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

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AND THE CONSTRUCTION DELAYS, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THIS KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE SHUTDOWNS AND THE DELAYS.

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE. I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION, BUT THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING BUILT.

AND WE WOULD COMMIT FOR, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ITEMS SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT THAT BEFORE ANY CO IS ISSUED THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE TO BE IN.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

WE KNOW THEY'RE COMING.

OKAY. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO BEFORE YOU KNOW, YOU CONCLUDE WITH YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN FOSTER ARE YOU DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE ENGINEER OR THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? NO, MAN. I'VE BEEN LISTENING.

NO, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

SOME OF MY QUESTION WAS ALREADY ANSWERED BY.

BY YOU SPEAKING AND THE APPLICANT.

ALL RIGHT, SIR. JUST WANTED TO ENGAGE WITH YOU.

COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS CONCLUDE WITH YOUR COMMENTS, SIR? THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE.

I YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, SIR. SO AT THAT TIME, HE'S ALREADY PROVIDED HIS REBUTTAL AND I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.

WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? SO MOVED SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.

I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND FIRST, LET ME SAY I'VE RECEIVED THE EMAILS.

I'VE WENT OUT TO HILL ROAD MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO BY A FEW RESIDENTS.

I CAN'T PUT THE NAME WITH THE FACE ON THE EMAIL, SO I APOLOGIZE.

BUT I DID TRY TO GET BACK TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS I COULD.

BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO BE CAREFUL TO UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I DO HEAR THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS.

AND THAT DOES IT DOES SOUND A LITTLE FISHY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WITH THIS ITEM RIGHT HERE, I FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ANNEXATION.

I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD, MAYOR, BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON ONE THING AT A TIME, BECAUSE FOR THIS I DO FEEL COMFORTABLE ON WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THAT AREA.

LET'S TALK ABOUT HAMMOCK LANDINGS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT ANNEXATION.

PALM BAY DIDN'T WANT IT AT THE TIME.

WEST MELVIN TOOK IT AND NOW WEST MELBOURNE HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST MILLAGE RATES IN BREVARD COUNTY.

WHY? BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE COMMERCIAL.

AND YES, THIS ISN'T THE SIZE OF HAMMOCK LANDINGS, BUT IT IS A PORTION AND A PIECE THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I STAND WITH THIS PIECE.

MAYOR LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT GETTING AHEAD ON ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE OTHER ITEMS BASED OFF WHAT I SAW TOO.

BUT FOR THIS PROJECT, I DO SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I FEEL THE SAME WAY.

I'VE SHARED THE SAME SENTIMENT WITH MY COLLEAGUE.

I HEARD THE THE THE RESIDENT AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMIC WITHIN THAT INTERSECTION.

IT IS IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD ANY ANY TIME OF THE DAY.

JUST ABOUT ANY TIME OF THE DAY, AFTERNOON OR MORNING.

I TRAVEL THAT THAT ROAD QUITE A BIT FOR YEARS.

UM. AND TWO TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON POINTS THE ANNEXATION.

I TEND TO WANT TO SUPPORT IT AND I'D SAY WHY? I THINK THIS AREA, THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR NEEDS SOME BEAUTIFICATION, NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENT TO SOME EXTENT.

NOW WHAT WE PUT THERE, THAT'S THE KEY QUESTION.

UM, AND ALMOST WANT TO SAY PART OF ME SAID, CAN THE DEVELOPER WAIT TILL BREVARD COUNTY AND BRING THAT THAT THAT IMPROVEMENT AND I'M THAT THAT'S PART OF WHY I ASKED THE QUESTIONS.

I THINK THE CONVERSATION WOULD BE DIFFERENT AS THE IMPROVEMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AHEAD OF THIS APPLICATION CONVERSATION COULD BE THAT WOULD PROBABLY PUT THE RESIDENT AT EASE, SEEING THE IMPROVEMENT, SEEING IT AT WORK, SEEING IT.

YOU KNOW HOW THE TRAFFIC FLOWS AND SOME OF THE LIABILITY AND SOME OF THE SAFETY CONCERN THEY PROBABLY HAVE WOULD BE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

UM, I'M GOING TO STAY HERE, MAYOR STILL REALLY DEBATING HOW I'M GOING TO GO WITH THIS, THIS MY POSITION ON THAT.

AND I TOTALLY, TOTALLY SYMPATHIZE WITH THE WITH THE RESIDENT.

IF I LIVED ON HILL ROAD, I WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY.

UM, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND AS WELL THE BUSINESS ASPECT, THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

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THE PROPORTION OF RESIDENT VERSUS BUSINESS.

SO WE DO NEED MORE BUSINESSES INTO THE CITY.

BUT HOW WE GO ABOUT IT, IT'S IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

YES, MAYOR, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO MAKE.

I LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS THAT SPOKE AND I HEARD THEM AND I HEARD THE DEVELOPER.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT I RECEIVED SOME PHONE CALLS FOR AND AGAINST THIS MOTION.

SO FROM CITIZENS.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

AND SO I'LL CONCLUDE WITH MY COMMENTS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, TO EACH AND EVERYONE THAT SENT AN EMAIL, I RESPONDED BACK.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY MORE I GOT, BUT I, I TAKE IT AS AN HONOR TO SERVE YOU.

AND I TAKE IT AS A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE EMAILS, EVEN THOUGH SOME WERE DONE AT TWO IN THE MORNING.

I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.

I DO. I DO SLEEP AT NIGHT.

THAT BEING SAID, I CONCUR WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

DEPUTY MAYOR, WITH YOUR COMMENT, I BELIEVE IN TIMING IS EVERYTHING.

I BELIEVE ALSO THAT THE RESIDENTS FEEL SLIGHTED.

THEY PUT UP AN APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

IT'S CREATED SO MUCH TRAFFIC.

AND BY THE WAY, I PURPOSEFULLY GO THROUGH THAT AREA.

BUT TODAY I PURPOSELY WENT THROUGH THAT AREA DURING RUSH HOUR AS WELL.

AND IT IS A DEVASTATING SITE, AS WE ALL KNOW.

MINTON ROAD, WHICH IS A COUNTY ROAD, FOR THE RECORD, COULD DEFINITELY USE SOME IMPROVEMENT.

UM, GENTLEMEN, I AM.

REALLY IN A POSITION WHERE.

MY CONSCIENCE CANNOT SUPPORT THIS TODAY.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OF.

IT'S BECAUSE OF.

PLEASE. PLEASE.

IT'S BECAUSE.

GENTLEMEN, NOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A LEADER IN COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE.

COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY INTO OUR CITY.

AND YOU BRING UP EXCELLENT POINTS.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. YOU TRULY DO.

I WAS. I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN THE DISCUSSION OF HAMMOCK LANDING, AND IT WAS A TIME WHERE I THINK THE CITY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

BUT THIS ISN'T THAT.

UM, I JUST IN GOOD CONSCIENCE I CAN'T SIDE BECAUSE OF IT BEING SO PERSONAL.

IT IS TRULY A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY FEEL SLIGHTED.

I SAY THAT BECAUSE IF THE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD ALREADY BE IN PLACE, WE COULD LITERALLY BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. IT'S ABOUT WHAT THE VISUAL IS.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE AND SEE.

AND IN OUR BUSINESS IT PERCEPTION IS EVERYTHING.

WOULD I WANT A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE HERE? ABSOLUTELY. WOULD I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD ANNEX THIS? PERHAPS, IF THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WERE ALREADY COMPLETED.

AND THAT'S WHERE I'M AT TODAY, GENTLEMEN.

YOU BRING A GREAT ARGUMENT BECAUSE THOSE ARE MY ARGUMENTS AS WELL ON ANY ANNEXATION IN PARTICULAR ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.

BUT TODAY AT THIS TIME.

ON THIS SIDE. IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, I CANNOT APPROVE THIS ANNEXATION.

AND THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. PLEASE.

WE'RE CONDUCTING BUSINESS.

SO, COUNSEL, I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

I GOT A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

ALL IN FAVOR.

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY, NAY, NAY.

SO THE MOTION FAILS.

THERE'S A22 SPLIT.

THE MOTION FAILS.

WELL. YES, MA'AM.

OLIVER IS COMING FORTH.

THAT PARCEL WAS NECESSARY BEFORE WE COULD ANNEX THE OTHER WITHOUT BEING ANNEXING THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL.

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THANK YOU, MR. COLE. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TIME THAT I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION.

AND BEFORE MRS. SMITH COULD SPEAK, I WAS GOING TO SAY WE'D BE WITHDRAWING THE REST OF THE ITEMS FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

BUT. SO. MR. COLE, IT IS DEFINITELY A TIMING SITUATION.

I BELIEVE IT IS ON OUR SIDE, TOO.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT PATH.

AND IF IT'S WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO BE A PART OF THE CITY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OBLIGATIONS FOR OUR INVESTORS THAT WE HAVE TO PURSUE.

SO THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING PALM BAY, SIR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ALLOW EACH AND EVERY ONE.

WE'RE NOT HEARING ANY OTHER ITEMS ON HILL ROAD.

I'M GOING TO ALLOW THIS CHAMBERS TO.

YOU CAN GO HOME BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU'RE INTEREST SHOULD BE AT HOME.

I'M GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS HERE.

I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL TO COME ON UP.

WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE.

WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE.

RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

WELL, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE AFTER THEY TAKE A BREAK.

I'M READY. WE'RE DONE.

I THINK HE JUST WENT TO THE RESTROOM.

HOLD ON. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE AT THIS TIME.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER 13.

AND I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.

GOOD EVENING. I'M JASON KENDALL AT 113 PELICAN DRIVE, MELBOURNE BEACH.

I'M HERE IN CASE NUMBER 13.

WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE CYPRESS BAY COMMERCIAL PHASE NUMBER ONE SUBDIVISION.

WE'VE WORKED WITH STAFF ON THIS PROJECT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

IT'S GONE VERY WELL.

THE SITE PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED.

IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR THE FINAL PLAT.

I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS. COUNSEL OF THE APPLICANT.

DEPUTY MAYOR. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MADAM BROWN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE IS ONE ITEM OF NOTE.

THAT IS A CONDITION, IF YOU WILL, OF THE APPROVAL, AND THAT IS THAT THE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FINAL EXECUTION.

AND RECORDATION OF THE CONVEYANCE AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT COUNCIL APPROVED AT THE SEPTEMBER 19TH COUNCIL MEETING BY RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 28, THAT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT MUST BE FULLY EXECUTED AND RECORDED BEFORE THE FINAL PLAT CAN BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND THEN OF COURSE MUST BE RECORDED AS WELL.

OKAY. AND SO YOU WOULD NEED THAT AS PART OF THE MOTION OR.

YES, PLEASE. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY SPEAKER CARDS? DEPUTY MAYOR. ON ITEM 13.

YES. MR. BILL BARTON.

BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS WITH THIS ONE.

ONE, ARE THERE ANY CULVERTS UNDER CAPITAL DRIVE WATER CULVERTS? AND IF SO, WILL THEY BECOME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY OR REMAIN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOA? AND THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE OVER THE LAST WEEK WE'VE SEEN MANY CULVERTS FAIL AND IT CAME OUT COSTING US A BUNCH OF MONEY.

AND I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SAVE THE CITY SOME MONEY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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ALL RIGHT, MADAM BROWN.

THANK YOU. I WAS GETTING A HEAD NOD FROM FRANK WATANABE, OUR CITY ENGINEER.

THERE ARE CULVERTS UNDER CAPITAL DRIVE.

THEY WILL NOT BE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY.

THEY WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? NO, SIR.

CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK HIM FOR A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE CASE 20 3-00005 TO INCLUDE STAFF'S COMMENTS.

SECOND, THANK YOU. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN FOSTER? NO. NO COMMENT, SIR.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR.

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. HI. PASSES FOUR ZERO.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER 14.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK MADAM BROWN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF THE ASSESSMENT OF FAIR HOUSING PLAN COMMISSIONED AND ADOPTED BY BREVARD COUNTY'S HOME CONSORTIUM, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

THE ASSESSMENT AND THE PLAN TOOK INTO ACCOUNT SURVEY RESULTS FROM ALL OF THE HOME CONSORTIUM PARTNERS, WHICH INCLUDES PALM BAY.

AND THE SURVEY TOOK INFORMATION FROM RESIDENTS ON FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES AND PUTS FORTH RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THE HOME CONSORTIUM AND ALL OF THE THE THE CITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE CONSORTIUM MUST THEN TRY TO MITIGATE THE DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE, AYE.

PASSES FOUR ZERO.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER 15.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MADAM BROWN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR 2022 2023 CDBG FUNDING.

IT IS A REQUEST TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY FUNDED BY CITY COUNCIL AT $300,731.90. WE'RE SEEKING TO WE'RE SEEKING TO INCREASE THE FUNDING BY 130,000 FOR A NEW TOTAL BUDGET OF $435,731.90.

THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO FUND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FOR ELIGIBLE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

AND WE HAVE SOME PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.

YES. SO UNDER THAT UNDER A SEPARATE FUNDING PROGRAM WITH CDBG COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOR AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. YEAH.

COUNCIL I'M I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS IS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP AND AND THIS IS YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S PROSPERITY AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GROW IN THAT REGARD.

AS YOU KNOW, DEPUTY MAYOR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT IN MY HEART IS TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HELP FAMILIES BUILD THEIR PROSPERITY THROUGH HOME OWNERSHIP.

SO ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COUNCIL 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.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHO SAID IT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR.

ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

HI. HI.

PASSES FOUR ZERO.

WE ARE NOW ON CONSENT.

DEPUTY MAYOR, ANY ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PULLED?

[CONSENT AGENDA]

SEVEN? AND TEN.

OKAY. ANY ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE PULLED? COUNCIL. ANY OTHER ITEMS. I'M GOOD. SEEING NONE.

I NEED A MOTION. YES.

MOTION TO ADOPT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SEVEN AND TEN.

SECOND GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

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HI. OKAY.

SO FOR ZERO.

MAYOR. YES, MA'AM.

IF I MAY, ON PUBLIC I'M SORRY.

CONSENT 13 RELATED TO STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEEK COUNCIL'S CONSENT TO EXPLORE DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR THE STATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REOPEN THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES, TO CONSIDER THE COMPOUND AREA AS AN AREA THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR OPPORTUNITY ZONE.

THERE'S A BIG THUMBS UP FOR ME ON THAT ONE.

THERE'S A BIG THUMBS UP COUNCIL AND COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AS WELL.

DID I SEE YOUR THUMB, SIR? OKAY. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? YES, I AM. I'M GOOD.

AWESOME. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. UM, WE JUST PASSED THE CONSENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SEVEN AND TEN.

YES, SIR. SO WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

MR. BATTEN. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET

[7. Consideration of revisions to the Commercial Property Enhancement Program (CPEP) guidelines.]

WHEN YOU'RE OFFERING IT TO ONE, YOU SHOULD OFFER IT TO ALL.

AND THAT'S I BELIEVE THAT VERY STRONGLY.

SO WHEN I SAW THIS, I SAID, VERY GOOD, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I RECOMMENDED WHEN IT WAS FIRST BEING PRESENTED TO.

NOW SEE THINGS HAS BEEN CHANGED TO TO ALL BUSINESSES.

ALL I CAN SAY FOR COUNCIL IS GOOD JOB.

THAT'S THE TYPE OF RESPONSE I'D LIKE TO SEE.

I WISH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE OF MY ACTION, BUT I HAVE A FEELING IT WAS BECAUSE OTHER BUSINESSES STARTED COMPLAINING THAT THEY DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME FREE BOOKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS, COUNSELOR OR DEPUTY MAYOR? NO, SIR. OKAY.

SO I NEED A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE, AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO.

WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TEN, MR. BATTEN. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

[10. Consideration of Memorandum of Understanding between Brevard County and the City of Palm Bay for a Veteran Service Officer position.]

I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEED IS, AND I'M GLAD THAT IT WILL BE IN PALM.

THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE IN PALM BAY, BUT IT GENERATES MORE QUESTIONS WITH ME AS THE TYPE OF PERSON I AM ONE.

WELL, WE ALSO HAVE TO HIRE STAFF IN SUPPORT FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL'S POSITION.

OR WILL THEY BE A STANDALONE? THEY RUN EVERYTHING IN THEIR OFFICE THEMSELVES.

RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD BE AN EXPANDED COST, RIGHT? THE OTHER ITEM THAT COMES OUT OF THIS ONE IS WE'RE ALREADY SHORT ON OFFICE SPACE.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING READY TO BUILD BUILDING.

E SO WHERE DID THIS OFFICE SPACE THAT WAS AVAILABLE COME UP? AND IF WE'RE GOING TO AND IT'S AT A COST OF $20,000 TO BUILD THIS NEW OFFICE.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO QUESTIONS.

HOW COME WE HOW COME WE'RE GOING TO BUILD BUILDING E WHEN WE HAVE SPACE THAT WE CAN HAVE FOR A NEW HIRING COMING ON? AND WILL THIS INDIVIDUAL REQUIRE STAFF SUPPORT SO THAT THOSE ARE THE TWO QUESTIONS, RIGHT.

AND ITEM NUMBER THREE, WAS THIS A POSITION WHERE YOU WERE GOING TO BE GOING FOR AFTER YOU GOT OUT OF BEING MAYOR OF PALM BAY? THANK YOU. SO LET ME ANSWER THAT ONE FIRST.

TO BE A CERTIFIED VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, IT IS A JOB THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PASSION FOR, NUMBER ONE, NOT THAT I DON'T HAVE THE PASSION FOR IT, BUT IT BECOMES MORE ACTING AS AN ATTORNEY IN SOME REGARD.

AT SOME TIMES WHEN IT COMES TO APPEALS AND SUCH, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE A LOT MORE QUALIFIED THAN THAT.

AND SO I CAN I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I WOULD NOT BE APPLYING AS A VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, WOULD I ASSIST AS A VOLUNTEER.

THAT IS SOMETHING IF I RETIRE, THAT THAT IS A PASSION, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW WHAT OUR VETERANS HAVE SACRIFICED, I'LL ALWAYS BE IN SUPPORT OF REGARDLESS OF OF WHAT I DO AND THE MINISTRY OF WHAT I DO WHEN IT COMES.

AND I'LL HAVE STAFF ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTIONS.

BUT THE SUPPORTING STAFF OF THIS VSO WILL BE WITHIN BREVARD COUNTY.

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SO BUT I'LL LET STAFF ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES.

SO THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER WILL BE SUPPORTED BY STAFF AT BREVARD COUNTY BENEFITS, SALARY, HIRING.

ALL OF THAT IS ALL HANDLED BY BREVARD COUNTY.

SO WE JUST MAKE SPACE AVAILABLE WITHIN OUR CITY FACILITY.

AND TO THAT POINT, THE COST WAS ESTIMATED AT 20,000, BUT IT COULD EASILY BE LESS THAN THAT.

CURRENTLY IN COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THERE IS SOME SPACE THAT STAFF HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT BUILDING OUT INTERNALLY TO ACCOMMODATE EXISTING STAFF ALREADY, AS WE DO ALREADY.

OH, I GOT TO STOP.

NO, CARRY ON AS WE ALREADY HAVE SPACE NEEDS ANYHOW.

SO WE'LL ACCOMMODATE IT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

AND PART OF THAT WAS THE EQUIPMENT, THE LAPTOP AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT EMPLOYEE TO UPLOAD THOSE CLAIMS DIRECTLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME SECURITY CONSTRAINTS WITH WITH THEIR LAPTOP.

SO THAT WOULD BE BASED ON THE VSO.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS WORTH MENTIONING.

ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE CITY TO ACCOMMODATE A SPACE THAT IS PRIVATE FOR THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS AND THE REASON FOR THE OFFICE BEING NECESSARY, THE OFFICE NECESSARY, BUT THE LAPTOP AS WELL.

AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SCAN THOSE DOCUMENTS THEMSELVES DIRECTLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS.

SO. YES, SIR.

OKAY. SO I NEED A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

OH, I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ALL IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. HI.

AND THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, BECAUSE THIS IS FOR ONE BUDGET YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THE NUMBERS GO FOR NEXT BUDGET YEAR. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. SO WE ARE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS NUMBER ONE.

[NEW BUSINESS]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. EXCUSE ME.

THIS ITEM IS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF STORMWATER UTILITY FUNDS FOR THE CULVERT REPLACEMENT AT HIGHLAND AVENUE, ESTIMATED TO BE $450,000. THIS IS IN IN RESPONSE TO THE ROAD FAILURES AT WALDEN AVE, WELDON STREET AND HIGHLAND.

WALDEN AND WELDON HAVE ALREADY BEEN FUNDED.

WALDEN IS CONTRACTOR IS UNDER CONTRACT WITH TIM ROSE CONTRACTING.

THEY ARE ABLE TO MOBILIZE SOONER THAN NOVEMBER AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR WELDON STREET.

THERE IS A TEMPORARY REPAIR THAT WILL ENABLE THE ROADWAY TO BE OPENED REOPENED SOONER.

BUT FOR HIGHLAND AVENUE, WITH THE PROJECT NOT BEING IN THE NOT BEING FUNDED AND AND PLANNED.

STAFF HAS BROUGHT FORTH THIS ITEM UNDER AGENDA REVISION TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CULVERT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. SPEAKER CARDS.

DEPUTY MAYOR. ANY.

SPEAKER CARDS ON NEW BUSINESS, NUMBER ONE? NO. MAYOR OKAY, GENTLEMEN, ANY DISCUSSION? I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED.

SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

UM, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

DEPUTY MAYOR? NO, NOTHING, SIR. NOTHING.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

ANY COMMENTS ON ON THE COVER? CULVERT REPLACEMENT AT HIGHLAND? NO. NO COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE, AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO.

WE ARE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS.

COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

[COUNCIL REPORTS]

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX.

NOTHING TO ADD, SIR. AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO START WITH MY REPORTS.

THE VERY FIRST THING.

[ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS]

VERY FIRST THING I WANT TO SHARE IS I WANT TO PAY KUDOS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF THAT WORKS SO DILIGENTLY DURING THIS DOWNPOUR THAT WE HAD.

AND AND THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO ALL MY EMAILS.

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN JOHNNY ON THE SPOT.

OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN IN DIRE STRAITS AND AND YOU GUYS HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.

THEN SECONDLY, I WANT TO LET THE.

UP MY COUNCILMAN KNOW THAT WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING THE MAYOR'S BALL FOR 2024.

ISN'T THAT EXCITING? NOW THE RECIPIENT.

NOW, HOW MANY KNOW WHAT MONTH THIS IS? THIS IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MONTH.

SO THE RECIPIENT OF THE NEXT MAYOR'S BALL IS GOING TO BE SERENE HARBOR.

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AND THEN I WANTED TO ALSO CONCLUDE BY SAYING LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND COUNCIL, I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND AND START LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS.

LAST COUNCIL MEETING UNDER CONSENT, WE RECOGNIZED WE'RE LIKE $67 MILLION REGARDING OUR SHORTFALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR ROAD BOND, OUR GO ROAD BOND.

WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK IS FOR COUNCIL TO START CONSIDERING ON ON HAVING MORE CREATIVE WAYS OF HAVING MEETINGS, MAYBE HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS.

THAT'S THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR FOCUS PRIORITIES TO SEE HOW WE COULD MAKE THAT UP.

AND AND I WANTED TO GET A CONSENSUS ON ON WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE ON THAT.

WELL, I KNOW WE HAD THE ONE WORKSHOP AND I HAVEN'T HAD ANY FEEDBACK OR DATA BASED OFF THAT FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SEE A FOLLOW UP ON THAT TOO.

OKAY. SO SO I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A THUMBS UP FROM COUNCILMAN JOHNSON DEPUTY MAYOR.

MAYOR, I WOULD AGREE.

I THINK THIS IS WE MADE A PROMISE TO THE CITIZENS.

WE TOLD THEM IN 2016, ALTHOUGH MANY OF US AT THE TIME ELECTED OFFICIAL DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS.

A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH, A LITTLE BIT OF HARD WORK.

I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THE WORKING, WORKING, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT I DID BEST AT THE TIME AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND PUSHING THAT THAT THAT ITEM NOW NOW HERE I AM YEARS LATER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

I THINK IT IS A PROMISE WE MADE TO THE CITIZENS.

WE NEED TO WE NEED TO DELIVER ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

I DO AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR.

I SAID ALL THAT TO SAY THIS.

I SUPPORT ANY WAY TO WE GOT TO COME UP WITH THAT SHORTFALL SOMEHOW.

SOMEHOW. RIGHT.

I THINK YOU KNOW, THE MINDS EVERYONE'S EFFORT AND, YOU KNOW, WE COLLABORATIVELY WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON MAYBE SOMEBODY'S GOT THE ANSWER OUT THERE. THE PROBLEM, OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW IS THE COST OF EVERYTHING NOWADAYS.

SO. AND THEN COUNCILMAN FOSTER, DID YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THAT, SIR? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO I THINK WE GOT A CONSENSUS.

MA'AM. SO THAT AMONGST WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY, I REALLY AM APPRECIATIVE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS THAT END.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

MADAM BROWN, ANY REPORTS.

THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS AWARENESS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATES THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

SO IF YOU GO TO W WW.WPBF.ORG/LDC UPDATES, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE AVAILABLE.

THE PRESENTATION FROM THE PUBLIC WORKSHOP IS AVAILABLE AND A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH STAFF ON ANY CONCERNS.

QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THOSE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATES IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THAT WEBSITE.

SO AGAIN, W-W-W DOT PBS.ORG SLASH LDC UPDATES.

YEAH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO TAG TEAM ON ON THAT, MA'AM, BECAUSE I CAME TO THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND WE AND OF COURSE THE STORM THAT EVENING.

BUT THAT WAS ONE CONSTITUENT HERE AND I GOT TO PAY KUDOS TO MASTER CHIEF BATTEN BECAUSE HE WAS HERE, HE WAS LOOKING AND HE HE DISSECTED IT.

AND AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COLLABORATION ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU, MA'AM.

MADAM SMITH.

NOTHING FURTHER, SIR.

OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MR. BUTCH.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES]

IT'S NOT EVEN 9:00 YET.

MAYBE I'LL DRAG IT OUT LIKE YOU GUYS DO.

NO. BUTCHELL RAN TO 19 TRENTON AVENUE.

PALM BAY. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO ECHO YOUR THANKS TO THE CITY STAFFS AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

OUTSTANDING JOB.

NOW I LIVE IN UNIT 19.

UNIT 19, RIGHT BEHIND WINN-DIXIE HERE.

I HAD 18IN OF WATER ON MY FEEDER ROAD, AND I'LL CALL IT WELLWOOD.

IT DIDN'T DRAIN DOWN UNTIL MID DAY MONDAY.

I STILL HAVE LAKEFRONT PROPERTY AT MY HOUSE STILL.

REASON BEING THAT UNIT, THE DRAINAGE DITCHES, HAS NOT BEEN DRAINED IN 23 YEARS.

THAT'S HOW LONG I'VE LIVED THERE.

THE UNDER DRIVEWAY DRAIN PIPES ARE CLOSED UP.

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THE ENTIRE UNIT.

SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.

I KNOW THERE'S OTHER PRIORITIES IN THE CITY, BUT WHEN YOU'VE GOT 18IN OF WATER, GETS YOUR ATTENTION.

AND THE OTHER THING. LAST, LAST.

EXCUSE ME. LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

ASKED ABOUT THE RESURFACE ON MINTON.

THEY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE NOVEMBER.

IS THAT NOVEMBER OF 23 OR NOVEMBER OF 24? THIS YEAR IS WHAT MR. WATANABE'S POINTED TO THIS YEAR, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 23.

I GUESS THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT UNIT 19, MA'AM.

UNIT 19 IS NOT THE ONLY ONE DRIVE AROUND THE CITY.

YES, SIR. BUT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT WE JUST HEARD.

WELL, LOOK AROUND. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT.

I WAS INTERESTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE 20 YEAR DECLARATION OF IT NOT BEING CLEARED OUT, SO.

BUT THANK YOU, SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU, MASTER CHIEF.

NEW THANKS. YEAH.

OKAY. THANKS. BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

TWO ITEMS TO ADDRESS ON THIS ONE, AND IT DOES PERTAIN TO DRAINAGE.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I'VE SEEN THAT'S HAPPENING A LITTLE BIT NOW, I'M NOT A NEW RESIDENT OF PALM BAY, BUT AS THEY TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING THE NEW HOMES AND THEY HAVE DRAINAGE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO FROM THE FRONT, I MEAN, FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT IN THE SWELL AND THE SWELL OR FLOW OFF.

WELL, WHAT I'VE NOTICED PEOPLE DOING IS THEY'LL GO TO THE BACKYARD, THEY'LL FILL THAT SWELL IN, THAT SLOPES OUT.

YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DO IT ON, YOU KNOW, THEY FILL IT IN THEMSELVES.

SO IT'S A NICE BIG FLAT YARD INSTEAD OF A SLOPE TO MAKE THE WATER FLOW.

THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING IN THE SIDE FLOWS WHERE THEY BUILD THE HOMES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT FLOW TO THE FRONT IT.

IT'S GREAT IN DESIGN AND GREAT IN IN IDEAL.

BUT REALITY IS RESIDENTS HAVE A TENDENCY TO MAKE THAT NOT WORK BECAUSE THEY WANT A LITTLE MORE GREEN GRASS THAT THEY CAN EASILY MOW ON INSTEAD OF MOWING THE SWELLS TO THE WHERE THEY GO TO THE FRONT LAWN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN EVER FIGHT THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE MY BACKHOE OCCASIONALLY AND GO SOLVE THE PROBLEM MYSELF, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY GET ARRESTED, SO I WON'T DO THAT.

ITEM NUMBER TWO LEAD TIME FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND SYSTEM LIKE THIS WHERE THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY MELBOURNE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING A PROBLEM.

WE'RE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM GETTING LEAD TIMES TO GET THINGS COMPLETED ON OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

SO MY SUGGESTION IS WHEN WE HAVE THESE DEVELOPMENTS COME IN, WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY OR SOME KIND OF TRAFFIC IMPACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INSTEAD OF DOING THE OUT BUILD FIRST AND THEN IMPLEMENTING THE CORRECTION, LET'S IMPLEMENT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST AND THEN LET THEM COMPLETE THEIR BUILDS.

SO INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL IT'S TOO LATE BECAUSE I KNOW WELL, WE PUT A BOND UP, YOU'RE WE'RE SAFE.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS.

BUT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, EVERYBODY'S LIFE IS MISERABLE.

GO THE OPPOSITE ROUTE, CORRECT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE FUNDING TO DO IT.

IT'S BONDED RIGHT THERE.

DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST AND THEN DO THE BUILD.

WHICH COMES FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG TYPE SITUATION.

BUT I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

DEVELOPERS DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT MONEY OUT UNLESS BECAUSE IF THEIR PROJECT FAILS, WELL, THEY THEY'RE STILL OKAY.

THEY ONLY PUT A SMALL PORTION UP.

RIGHT? THAT'S JUST FOR FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND.

BUT WHAT DO I KNOW? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? STEP FORWARD, MA'AM. SANDRA REID 1611 MS ROAD PALM BAY.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING, FOR LISTENING TO US.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW PERSONALLY, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.

THIS IS NOT A OH, GREAT, WE WON.

NO, SAFETY WON TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF OUR OUR STREETS.

WHAT THEY CAN HANDLE, WHAT THEY CAN'T HANDLE.

SO IT'S NOT A WOO HOO.

WE WON. SAFETY WON TONIGHT.

SO I DO HAVE A SUGGESTION.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW OUR HEARTS.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE MET AT OUR HOME MANY TIMES.

WE'VE OPENED OUR HOME TO HAVE LATE NIGHT MEETINGS TO DISCUSS WHAT IS THE ISSUE.

THE ISSUE IS SAFETY.

SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO BUSINESSES ON MINTON ROAD.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT PALM BAY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BUSINESSES ON THAT ROAD.

WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO THAT.

WE ARE DEFINITELY OPPOSED TO A HIGH TRAFFIC ON THE CORNER.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN EVEN CONSTRUCT THAT CORNER TO BE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR A HIGH TRAFFIC IMPACT BUSINESS ON

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SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT PALM BAY WANTS TO DO.

IF THAT BECOMES PALM BAY, THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM AS LONG AS IT'S NOT A HIGH VOLUME IMPACT OF TRAFFIC.

SO I JUST THANK YOU.

THAT'S MY HEART.

I JUST THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US.

AND LIKE I SAID, THE WINNER TONIGHT WAS SAFETY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK BEFORE WE ADJOURN? SEEING NONE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.