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ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT IS GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE.
[CALL TO ORDER]
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR ROLL CALL.WE'RE READY. ALL RIGHT, PHILLIP SNYDER.
AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF THAT'S HERE WITH YOU.
AND I HAVE ERIC BLOUNT, THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH I SHOWED UP ON WEDNESDAY.
[ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE.I SHOWED UP AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND REALIZED I NEVER UPDATED MY CALENDAR.
SO I JUST APOLOGIZE PROFUSELY FOR THAT.
I HAVE SOME INPUT ON THE ITEM NUMBER ONE NATIVE PLANT DEMO GARDEN UPDATE.
THE FIRST SENTENCE THAT SAYS GRANT FUNDING HAD FALLEN THROUGH.
WE STILL HAVE $2,000 COMING TO US FROM CONRADINA.
SO I MEAN, I JUST WANTED THAT TO BE NOTED THAT NOT IT HASN'T ALL FALLEN THROUGH.
AND THE LAST LINE THAT SAYS NATIVE FLORIDA GARDEN THAT I THINK THAT IS INTENDED TO BE NATIVE BUTTERFLY FLOWERS. THE, THE THE GROUP WE'RE WORKING WITH.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE TWO COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. DO WE NEED TO AMEND THAT IF OR.
CORRECT. IS THERE A MOTION TO PASS THE MINUTES WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS? YES. SECOND.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
I BELIEVE WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.
MY PLEASURE. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I HAVE SIX ITEMS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS WITH YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I REALIZE THIS IS A 100% VOLUNTEER BOARD.
I UNDERSTAND THE PREMISE OF THIS ACTION.
WHAT I DID NOT SEE WAS ANY OBSERVATION OR DISCUSSION OF THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THIS ACTION.
THIS IS FROM THE BREVARD COUNTY GROUNDWATER MONITORING FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE SORRELLS SAVE OUR LAGOON PROJECT PLAN.
THIS IS FROM THE SUMMARY OF THAT REPORT.
SEPTIC AND RECLAIMED COMMUNITIES WERE EQUALLY POLLUTING IN THIS STUDY, BUT SEWER COMMUNITIES ALSO HAD HIGH GROUNDWATER NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS.
SOME SEWER COMMUNITIES HAD NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS HIGHER THAN THOSE IN SEPTIC COMMUNITIES.
OF THE FIVE SEWER COMMUNITIES INVESTIGATED AS PART OF THIS STUDY.
TURKEY CREEK HAD THE HIGHEST NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS.
THE TURKEY CREEK SEWER COMMUNITY HAD TWICE AS MUCH ORGANIC NITROGEN AS THE OTHER SEWER COMMUNITIES IN THE STUDY, AND THREE TIMES MORE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS.
IN FACT, TURKEY CREEK SEWER COMMUNITY HAD HIGHER ORGANIC NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS THAN THE SEPTIC COMMUNITY IN THE SAME REGION. ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES REVEALED NUMEROUS NITROGEN SOURCES IN THE TOUR IN THE TURKEY CREEK SEWER COMMUNITY.
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RIGHT. ONE SOURCE APPEARED TO BE THE HIGHLY ENRICHED WASTEWATER, POSSIBLY THE RESULT OF OF LEAKING SEWAGE LINES.BEFORE HOOKING SEPTIC TANKS TO SEWER LINES, THE SEWER LINES MUST BE CHECKED FOR LEAKS TO ELIMINATE THAT AS THE POSSIBLE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. FURTHERMORE, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT IS TREATING THE SEWAGE MUST BE UPDATED TO ADVANCE TREATMENT THAT WILL REDUCE THE NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS.
I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE THE CITY PART OF YOUR PROPOSAL YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF WAS THE WATER TREATMENT MANDATORY HOOKUP TO THE WATER, MANDATORY WATER HOOKUP ALONG WITH SEPTIC.
WHY THAT'S PERTINENT IS ALL THE WATER THAT GOES INTO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, ALL OF IT THAT GETS TREATED IF IT DOES NOT GET RECLAIMED IN THE RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM, WHICH IS VERY, VERY POLLUTED AS IT IS, IT GOES DOWN A DEEP WELL INJECTION.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT WATER THAT H2O THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE WHEN IT GOES DOWN A DEEP WELL INJECTION, IT IS NEVER RECOVERED BACK TO THE SURFACE FOR US TO USE AS WATER FOR OUR SUSTAINMENT OF LIFE.
THAT'S WHY THAT STATEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO THEY ARE NOT UPDATING THEIR WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
THEY'RE JUST SAYING, OH SEE WE'RE DOING GOOD.
WE'RE MAKING MAKING YOU HOOK UP, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUMP IT ALL DOWN THIS DEEP.
RIGHT. SO THAT DOESN'T SOUND VERY SUSTAINABLE TO ME.
I REQUEST OF YOU TO LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE BEFORE THEY GET A FULL SPEED AHEAD.
APPROVAL, BY PLACING THE BLAME SOLELY ON THE HOMEOWNERS.
A LOT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS ARE A DIRECTIVE OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM.
MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOU FOLLOW THEIR MONEY AND WATCH HOW THEIR PRIORITIES CHANGE.
WITH THAT, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND I UNDERSTAND THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT.
BUT REMEMBER, KNOWLEDGE IS THE TRUE POWER, NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS ALWAYS.
CAN I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? ARE WE ALLOWED TO? I KNOW IT'S KIND OF VARIES TECHNICALLY, SO LIKE ONE, TWO.
GO FOR IT OKAY. JUST NUMBER FOUR WITH THE DEEP.
WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN IT'S LIKE DEEP WELL INJECTION, IT GOES INTO THE AQUIFER.
WELL FLORIDA. SO HOW DEEP DOES IT GO TO BE.
IT DOES NOT GO INTO THE DEPTH.
I'VE ASKED CHRIS LITTLE TO EXPLAIN THIS TO ME.
AND IT GOES BELOW THE AQUIFER.
SO IT'S NOT CONTAMINATING THE AQUIFER.
BUT IF IT DOES WHAT'S HAPPENING IS IT'S HAVING SOME REACTIONS BECAUSE IT'S A HIGH ACIDIC WATER THAT'S HAVING AN INTERACTION, AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT IS ALL GOING ON AT THAT POINT.
WE DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO PUMP IT DIRECTLY INTO THE AQUIFER BECAUSE THE WATER IS SO CONTAMINATED.
THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T JUST THROW THE RECLAIMED WATER.
WE CANNOT JUST PUMP IT INTO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.
SO I ASKED CHRIS LITTLE, WHAT COULD WE DO TO WORK TOWARDS SOLVING THAT PROBLEM? AND HIS STATE'S RIGHT THERE IN YOUR DIRECTIVE IS THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT HAS TO BE UPGRADED TO A POINT THAT IT TREATS THE WATER TO WHERE IT'S USABLE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES.
THAT AND I SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? AND HE SAID, BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO ONE MORE TIME ARE SUPPOSEDLY ARE.
ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT IS BASED ON THE DOLLAR MORE SO THAN THE TRUE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THAT'S THAT'S THE CASE OF IT.
SO THEY SAY ONCE IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE.
AND WE ONLY HAVE THIS MUCH POTABLE WATER ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH.
I'M SURE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER I'M DEAD.
SO I SHOULDN'T REALLY EVEN BE WORRYING ABOUT IT.
BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IT.
ASK YOUR CHAIR. THAT WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS AND YOUR CONCERN FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AS WE ALL ARE.YOU SAID YOU HAD A SUGGESTION AND I TRIED TO WRITE IT DOWN.
MY REQUEST WAS THAT YOU GET GET A LITTLE BIT UNDER MORE UNDERSTANDING.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BOARD PURPOSE IS AND I'M A VERY JUDGING INDIVIDUAL, SHOULD I SAY.
AND I HAVE A TENDENCY TO WATCH BOARDS AND SAY, WELL, WHAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUSHING FOR MONEY, THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO PUSH PUSH THEIR AGENDA BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR FUNDING SOURCE.
SO THEY DON'T SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN.
AND MINE WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE.
SO EVERY TIME YOU HEAR A POSITIVE FOR YOURSELF, EVEN LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF IT'S GOING TO BE, AND I HAVE I BROUGHT IN SOME OTHER INFORMATION IF ANYBODY WANTED TO KNOW SOME OF MY RESOURCES.
I'M NOT TALKING FROM JUST UNINFORMED INDIVIDUAL.
WHAT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY NON MOTIVE DRIVEN.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO FIND IS BOTH SIDES.
AND SO MINE IS LOOK AT TWO SIDES OF EVERYTHING.
AND I'VE GIVEN YOU A COUPLE OF INFORMATIONS WHERE YOU CAN GO.
BUT I ALSO BROUGHT SOME MORE NAMES.
AND IF ANYBODY WANTED THEM AFTER THE MEETING WHERE YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION.
WELL THERE WAS A SPECIFIC SUGGESTION YOU SAID I SUGGEST THAT YOU FOLLOW THE OH, THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM.
OKAY. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM.
IT'S A GOOD STUDY IF YOU WANT TO GET ACTIVELY INVOLVED.
THAT'S WHERE YOU GO TO FOLLOW THE BOOKS, FOLLOW THE MONEY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISTER BENTON? THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS.
SERIOUSLY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, UNLESS WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
[NEW BUSINESS]
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE BEGINNING WITH A NATIVE PLANT DEMO GARDEN UPDATE.IS THAT WITH YOU, MISS HIGGINS? YES. AND WITH CHRISTINE, I WAS GONNA.
ACTUALLY, I CAN LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON GETTING A PURCHASE ORDER TO PURCHASE THE PLANTS, AND WE ARE FINALIZING THE MEMORANDUM OF OF UNDERSTANDING, WHICH WILL BE ENTERING INTO HOPEFULLY WITH CONRADINA.
SO I HOPE TO GET THE DRAFT OVER TO CONRADINA NEXT WEEK.
FOR THEIR REVIEW AND THEN IT STILL HAS TO COME BACK TO US.
SO FPL, I DID SPEAK WITH THEM THE NEXT DAY, AND ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT FUND THE GRANT WE SUBMITTED THROUGH SPACE COAST AUDUBON, THEY DID DECIDE TO FUND THE GRANT DIRECTLY TO CONRADINA.
SO NOT GOING TO THROUGH AUDUBON.
SO SINCE THE LAST MEETING, I'VE REGISTERED AS A VENDOR WITH THEM, YADDA YADDA, AND GOT THEIR CHECK.
SO WHEN THE CITY IS READY TO PROCEED, CONRADINA CAN CUT THE CHECK.
I BELIEVE WE AGREED FOR THE 4500 TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THAT PORTION THAT WE'VE RAISED FUNDS FOR.
SO I WAS VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THAT DOES MEAN THAT FPL WANTS TO BE ON, YOU KNOW, LOGOS AND SIGNS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ACTUALLY NEXT ERA, NOT FPL.
NEXT ERA IS THE NAME OF THEIR FOUNDATION.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE THAT'S ALMOST HALF THE FUNDING.
YES. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN THAT AREA.
THAT'S HUGE. AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL.
YEAH. AND I MEAN IT'S IT'S BEEN FUN.
I TALKED TO TIM AND ANNA YESTERDAY.
THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO GET GOING.
BUT ONCE THEY'RE READY, THEY'LL GET.
ONCE WE'RE READY, THEY'LL GET US BACK ON THEIR CALENDAR TO COME OUT AND DO THAT.
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I'LL GET YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT AS SOON AS I CAN.YEAH. THE OTHER THING I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY ARTISTIC PEOPLE IN THE GROUP, BUT WE HAD MENTIONED SUZANNE HAD MENTIONED BACK ALONG ABOUT PUTTING SOME KIND OF SIGNAGE OUT THERE ON THE SOLARIZATION SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHY IS THERE THIS PLASTIC ALL OVER THE PLACE AND SOMETHING TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON. SO I COULD TAKE A CRACK AT IT.
BUT IF ANYONE ELSE HAS CREATIVE POWERS, LOOK AT SUSAN.
I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS WAS SO COOL.
I'M LIKE, I FEEL A LITTLE INTIMIDATED.
OKAY, SO SUSANNA MENTIONED TOO THAT THE PALM BAY CITY WOULD HELP WITH THE SIGNAGE.
CHRISTINE. IS THAT HOW THAT WOULD WORK OR.
YES, PLEASE. OUR SIGN SHOP IS PREPARED TO.
CREATE ALL THE SIGNS THAT YOU NEED.
OKAY, I'LL WORK ON SOMETHING HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET ON TIM AND ANNA'S SCHEDULE IN DECEMBER, BUT I'M GUESSING THAT WE'LL.
WE'LL GET SIGNAGE AND ON TIM AND ANNA'S SCHEDULE AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
ANY OTHER? NOTHING'S CHANGED WITH THE BUDGET OR ANYTHING ELSE SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? JUST ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
LOTS OF WORK ON MANY PEOPLE'S BEHALF.
THANK YOU ALL. WELL, LET'S MOVE OVER TO OUR SUSTAINABILITY FAIR 2024 DISCUSSION.
I'LL JUST DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FLIER THAT CITY STAFF HAS WORKED ON.
CORRECT. YES. CITY STAFF PREPARED THE FLIER AND IT LOOKS GREAT.
WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THE DATE IS QUESTIONABLE AND YOU NEED TO DISCUSS THE THE DATE.
SO MARCH 31ST IS EASTER WHEN EASTER GOT MOVED OUT OF APRIL, I DON'T THIS IS REALLY THIS IS THIS IS LIKE A MENTAL THING FOR ME RIGHT NOW.
I'M LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I'M HAVING LIKE A TRICK PLAYED ON ME.
BUT, UM, SO THE QUESTION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, THERE'S KIND OF TWO PARTS HERE.
THING TWO WILL THEN BE DO WE WANT TO DISCUSS.
POTENTIALLY CHANGING THE DATE AND WHAT RAMIFICATIONS THERE MIGHT BE FROM THAT.
AND IF THE BOARD ESSENTIALLY APPROVES THIS CURRENT DESIGN.
SO. MR. LUCE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START WITH FEEDBACK? I THINK I THINK IT'S.
I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD. HAS ALL THE INFORMATION ON THERE.
I WOULD SAY THE FONT WITH THE BLACK LETTERS KIND OF BLEED TOGETHER.
THE ONLY OTHER THING WOULD BE THE BEACHY THEME.
BUT I LIKE THE VIBE WHERE IT'S LIKE BEACHY.
THE FONTS AT THE TOP AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO JUST KIND OF, I THINK IT'S JUST PREFERENCE.
SO IF EVERYONE ELSE IS COOL WITH IT, I LIKE IT.
BUT IT IS LIKE COLD TIME IN FLORIDA TOO.
WELL, WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE DOWN AND I'LL FINISH THIS OFF.
SHOULD I GO NEXT? YOU CAN GO NEXT.
I LIKE THE DIRECTION GENERALLY.
I AM CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, WHAT STANDS OUT IS 20, 24.
BE THE SOLUTION. WHICH, BY THE WAY, I LOVE BE THE SOLUTION.
SO GOOD. BUT I'D LOVE IF OUR BIGGEST WORD ON THERE WAS SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.
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SUSTAINABILITY FAIR GOING ON.BUT I THINK JUST POTENTIALLY CHANGING INSTEAD OF IT SAYING 2024 BE THE SOLUTION.
MAYBE LIKE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR OR PUTTING SECOND IN REALLY SMALL LIKE ABOVE IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE I NEED A WHITEBOARD NOW TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT I'M THINKING, BUT AND KIND OF DRAWING ATTENTION INSTEAD OF THE YEAR DRAWING ATTENTION TO THIS IS THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE ALL ARE COMING IN WITH THAT.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS IS. BUT I THINK IF SOMEBODY JUST SAW THIS IN THEIR MAILBOX OR SOMETHING, SAYING HERE SHOULD BE THE FIRST FOCAL POINT, SHOULD BE THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR. YES, YES.
AND THEN LIKE THE BUBBLY 70 LETTERS I LOVE IT.
BUT MAYBE THEY THEY COULD SAY SUSTAINABILITY FAIR I THINK WOULD BE MY FEEDBACK.
BUT AGAIN, LOVE THE LOGO, ESPECIALLY AS IT KIND OF TRANSPOSED ON TOP OF THAT.
BE THE SOLUTION. I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
SO NOW IS YOUR TURN TO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
SO I AGREE WITH WHAT PHILIP SAID MAKING THAT THE FOCAL POINT I REALLY CAN'T SEE BE THE SOLUTION.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT SHE NOT WRITE OVER SOMETHING UNLESS IT'S IN A BIG DRASTIC DIFFERENT COLOR.
BUT BE THE SOLUTION IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER THING YOU REMEMBER THE COLOR OF OUR T SHIRTS FROM LAST YEAR.
YOU GUYS, THAT BLUE LAGOON BLUE.
CAN WE GET THAT EXACT SHADE ON HERE OR CLOSE? AND DON'T YOU WANT T SHIRTS? EVERYBODY LAST YEAR DID.
NOT ONLY ARE YOU TRYING TO GET US SOME FREE SHIRTS, SO THIS IS REALLY ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
NO, I'M JUST CONTRIBUTE TO IT, I WILL I WOULD LIKE THE SHIRT TO WEAR WHEN I GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND OUT TO EVENTS, BUT THAT ONE WAS JUST EXCEPTIONAL.
LOGAN, YOU WEREN'T HERE FOR THAT.
BUT THOSE OF US THAT CHRISTINE FASHION.
SO IF YOU COULD, I'LL BRING IN MY SHIRT IF YOU NEED A COLOR MATCH.
OKAY. THE OTHER THING IS THIS VAN DOESN'T DO IT FOR ME ON SUSTAINABILITY.
YEAH, VW JUST ROLLED OUT THE ELECTRIC OKAY.
ACTUALLY DID THEY DID REALLY? THIS PARTICULAR VAN IS NOW AN ELECTRIC MODEL AS WELL.
BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN.
IT'S BE THE SOLUTION AROUND LOW IMPACT LIVING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER THING OTHER THAN THE VAN.
MM. BAFFLE BOX OR LOW END? WHAT IS LOW INCOME LIVING? WHAT WOULD LOW IMPACT? YEAH, LOW.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT LOW INCOME LIVING LIKE.
IMPACT LIVING. IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THE GRAPHICS.
AND MAYBE IT COULD BE LIKE A CARTOON PERSON HOLDING, LIKE SOME KIND OF NATIVE PLANT, RIGHT? LOW IMPACT.
RIGHT? NATIVE PLANTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I WOULD THINK A PERSON HOLDING SOME SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH. HOW DETAILED IT CAN GET OR WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE.
BUT IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING PLANTS WHERE PIPES ARE.
SO IF IT COULD BE SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE OF PERSON PLANTING A PIPE IN A.
IT SEEMS PRETTY DETAILED, I KNOW, BUT BE THE SOLUTION.
WHAT I THINK FOR NOW, IT'D BE SAFE TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT ARTISTS.
BUT YES, BUT I THINK OUR FEEDBACK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WOULD BE TO EDIT THE GRAPHICS IN A WAY TO EMPHASIZE THE SUSTAINABILITY ELEMENTS.
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THE SECOND ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE VAN, BUT TO HAVE A PERSON HOLDING A PLANT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
JUST HAVE A RAIN BARREL FEEDING A GARDEN OR SOMETHING.
I WAS LOOKING AT IT GOING, OH, SO SUSTAINABILITY FAIR SOMEWHERE? UM, YEAH, I OVERALL LIKE IT.
BUT IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MESS WITH IT, SOMETHING LIKE IT'S HARD TO ACTUALLY HAVE A GOOD, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF THE VAN, THERE COULD BE A GARDEN AROUND THOSE TREES, YOU KNOW, LIKE A GARDEN THERE.
AND YOU GOT THE WATER BACKGROUND.
IS RECOMMENDED. YEAH, IT COULD BE, BUT I LIKE I LIKE THE OVERALL SHAPE OF IT.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS I LOVE THE NATIVE PLANTS IDEA OR THE MANGROVES.
MAYBE YOU COULD PUT A LITTLE PLANET EARTH IN THERE, OR SOME BUTTERFLIES OR SOME CONNECTION TO SUSTAINABILITY IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST THE BEACH.
IT'S ABOUT THE ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY COMMENT.
CHRISTINA OF PLANTS TO WATER TO SOMETHING REPLENISH.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH, ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL GO TO THE THE ARTIST AND AND LET'S SEE WHAT SHE COMES UP WITH.
WE CAN SEND THE UPDATED ONE TO YOU VIA EMAIL.
SO WE WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE.
I WOULD LIKE A DISCUSSION WITH HER.
TELL HER. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT THE SAME RESULT FOR THE QR.
UM, ANY OTHER CONVERSATION REGARDING THE FLIER BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE DATE OF THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR? ONE LAST COMMENT ON THE FLIER.
SO LAST YEAR I LIKE PAPER AND I LIKE FLIERS A LOT, BUT IT WAS DRAWN TO MY ATTENTION LAST YEAR THAT IT IS MORE SUSTAINABLE TO THINK OF WAYS THAT WE CAN SEND THE FLIER OUT MORE ELECTRONICALLY.
SO I WANT TO JUST BRING THAT IDEA UP AND LET YOU ALL HELP ME AND HELP OTHERS BE THE SOLUTION.
AND YEAH, SO MAYBE WE CAN GET A LITTLE CREATIVE AND MAYBE THE DESIGNER CAN HELP US TO IN A WAY OF HAVING THOSE RESOURCES, RECOMMEND SOME RESOURCES TO US FOR THAT.
GOOD JOB. WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD IT TO TO THE WEBSITE FOR UPCOMING.
WELL, I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS PERHAPS WHAT IS THE MOST CONCERNING ELEMENT.
AND SO THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE REALLY IS, DO WE BELIEVE THAT WE MAY NEED TO ADJUST THE DATE OF THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR IN LIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY BEING EASTER? AND I'LL PUT IT OUT FOR DISCUSSION.
WHAT ARE OUR THOUGHTS? I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO ADJUST THE DATE.
IT'S NOT ON THE REGULAR CALENDAR.
AND. I FEEL LIKE IT FITS IN PERFECTLY WITH AN EASTER THEME OF RENEWAL AND REFLECTION AND CARE.
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I THINK THAT AS LONG AS SINCE IT'S NOT ON THE SAME DAY, I THINK IT'S FINE TO BE ON THE SAME WEEKEND AS EASTER.I THINK EASTER IS MORE OF A STAY AT HOME FAMILY TYPE THING, SO IT MIGHT BE LIKE A FAMILY WEEKEND, BUT AS LONG AS WE BELIEVE THAT FOLKS ARE STILL GOING TO COME OUT THE DAY BEFORE EASTER TO COME AND JOIN US, I THINK IT WOULD BE FINE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT JUST FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY.
MY OWN SENSE WOULD BE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE THE DATE, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE AN EASTER EGG HUNT.
AND I'M NOT ACTUALLY BEING FACETIOUS.
I JUST MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD JUST PROVIDE SOME FAMILY BASED ACTIVITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE POTENTIALLY THEMED APPROPRIATELY.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE COULD EVEN INCORPORATE SOME FORM OF, LIKE, LITERAL EASTER EGGS ON THE TURKEY CREEK TRAIL AND INVITE FAMILIES TO COME AND GET SOME FOOD AND WALK THE TRAIL.
SO WE'RE NOT LIKE, PRETENDING LIKE IT'S NOT ON THAT WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, LIKE LIKE WE HAVE A LITTLE LIKE SELF-AWARENESS, BUT WE SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE EASTER? YOU KNOW, GO OUT AS A FAMILY, LEARN ABOUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE IN, HAVE SOME FUN GAMES FOR THE KIDS, GET SOME FOOD AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS.
I THINK COULD COULD BE A DRAW, AT LEAST FOR SOME MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.
THAT'S RIGHT THERE TO HELP HOST SOME OF THOSE KID BASED EVENTS.
I, I BELIEVE THAT LIBRARY DOES SOME THINGS AROUND THAT TIME OF YEAR.
ANYWAYS, THE LIBRARY ME AND MY FAMILY ATTEND OR YOU WE VISIT.
I DIDN'T SAY THE CITY DO EASTER EGG HUNTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH PARKS AND REC, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, AND I HAVEN'T.
I'M ON THAT BOARD AND I HAVEN'T HEARD AS UPDATES OF DOING EASTER EGG HUNTS AND STUFF.
WE CAN SAY LIKE EASTER EGG HUNT OR SOMETHING, BUT WHERE IT'S LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT WHERE THEY HAVE TO FIND CERTAIN FACTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEN GET A LITTLE REWARD OR SOMETHING. WE SHOULD ALSO SEE IF THERE'S COMPOSTABLE EGGS, BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE ONE LITTLE BAD BRANDING TO THROW OUT PIECES OF PLASTIC EVERYWHERE.
WHEN THE KIDS CAN'T GET IT INTO THE TREES OR THEY SHOULDN'T STAY ON THE BOARDWALK.
WE HAVE A SCAVENGER HUNT THAT WE CREATED FOR THE KIDS PROGRAM AT CONRADINA, SO WE COULD MAYBE UPDATE THAT IF YOU WANTED. YOU KNOW, APRIL IS WATER CONSERVATION MONTH.
MARCH 30TH IS THE DAY BEFORE APRIL 1ST.
THAT BROOKLYN DAWSON IS AWESOME AND SHE IS CREATIVE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE HER GET TAKE ON THAT PROJECT OF THE CHILDREN AND THE WORKING IT INTO THE THEME, AND WE DEFINITELY NEED TO COLLABORATE ANYWAYS, JUST ONE DAY DIFFERENCE.
THEY HAD A BIG BOOTH AT OUR FAIR LAST YEAR, SO I LIKE ALL THE IDEAS AND LET'S SEE IF SHE CAN JOIN US OR BE INVITED FOR DISCUSSION OR SOMETHING MAYBE.
SO ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A MOTION IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE DATE, BUT I'M NOT SUPER COMFORTABLE WITH WITH HAVING A RELIGIOUS THEME ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR IN SOMETHING LIKE AN EASTER EGG HUNT, OR USING THAT TERMINOLOGY. EASTER ITSELF IS.
UM, OFTEN OVERSHADOWS EARTH DAY.
AND AND IT'S FUNNY TO ME BECAUSE THE WORD EASTER IS LIKE A A WORD THEY TOOK.
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SOME PEOPLE THINK IT WAS NAMED AFTER THEY TOOK IT FROM A FERTILITY GODDESS.EASTER. ORIGINALLY IT WAS ALL ABOUT SPRING.
IT WAS ABOUT THAT SEASON OF NEW LIFE IN THE EARTH AND IN THE ANIMALS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH AN EGG HUNT AND OR A SCAVENGER HUNT OF SOME KIND WITH OR ANY OF THAT, BUT I DON'T REALLY WANT TO.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE WHO AREN'T CHRISTIAN TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF I WORK WITH A LOT OF MUSLIM PEOPLE AS WELL AS A LOT OF CATHOLIC PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DO TRY TO PUT UP IN THE CLASSROOMS LIKE THE CELEBRATION FOR DIWALI, FOR INSTANCE, AND OTHER CULTURES, AS WELL AS THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
UM, SO JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE SENSITIVITY THAN THAT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW CITY STAFF USUALLY HANDLES THAT.
DO WE THINK CITY STAFF NEEDS ANY MORE INPUT IN THAT OR.
I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED.
WELL, YOU DIDN'T CHANGE THE DATE, SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT.
AND THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED ABOUT THE FLIER, WE WILL RELAY AND GET YOU A NEW DRAFT.
PERFECT. AND AS WE'RE CONSIDERING EVENTS, COULD WE CONSIDER FAMILY EVENTS THAT.
WELL, BASED ON YOUR FLIER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FAMILY EVENTS AT THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.
AND IF YOU WANTED TO JOIN, IF YOU WANTED TO ADD A SCAVENGER HUNT TO THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE, INCLUDING BOUNCE HOUSES, FACE PAINTING, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM AT ALL.
THAT'S THAT'S YOUR DECISION TO MAKE.
WE SHOULD HIDE KEYCHAIN SIZED RAIN BARRELS EVERYWHERE.
PERFECT. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS TO ADD TO OUR SUSTAINABILITY FAIR CONVERSATION TODAY? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I THINK WE'RE MOVING ON TO NEMO CIRCLE COMMUNITY GARDEN.
OKAY, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR YOU ON THAT.
ASHLEY AND I HAD A VISIT FROM A COUPLE OF VERY NICE LADIES WHO WERE A PART OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY COMMUNITY GARDENING PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2010 BY THE BOARD AT THAT TIME.
EXCUSE ME. THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.
AND AS PART OF THAT GARDENING PROGRAM, THEY CREATED A GARDEN AT NEMO CIRCLE. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S NORTHEAST PALM BAY OVER IN THE LOCHMOOR AREA.
THEY HAVE BYLAWS, THEY HAVE A TREASURY AND IT HAS FALLEN INTO THEY THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT, AND THE GUARD IS NO LONGER UP TO THE STANDARD THAT THAT IT ONCE WAS.
THE PURPOSE WAS VEGETABLE GARDENS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER, OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.
THERE'S A SHED ON THE PROPERTY.
IT'S CITY OWNED PROPERTY, BUT IT'S JUST FALLEN.
IT'S JUST BEEN NEGLECTED DUE TO DUE TO LACK OF INVOLVEMENT FROM THE NEARBY RESIDENTS.
THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF THE CITY COULD REVITALIZE IT IN SOME WAY.
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OUR STAFF CANNOT DO THAT, BUT I TOLD THE LADIES THAT WE WOULD BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT, TO FIND VOLUNTEERS TO WORK ON THIS AREA, THEN WE'RE JUST BRINGING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.MY UNDERSTANDING FROM YEARS AGO WAS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF RULES AROUND IT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO ESTABLISHED THE RULES, BUT RULES LIKE YOU HAD TO PAY FOR YOUR PLOT TO BE THERE.
YOU HAD TO PUT IN SO MANY HOURS, VOLUNTEER HOURS PER MONTH.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY PARENTS ENCOURAGE THEIR KIDS.
SO I GUESS I'D LIKE TO I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS RUN BY THE CITY OR THESE LADIES OR ANYTHING, SO I'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT IT.
I HAVE THE THE GARDEN BYLAWS, THE COMMUNITY GARDEN BYLAWS.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE CITY STAFF DID NOT RUN IT.
THEY THEY SUPPORT THEY SUPPORTED IT IN ALLOWING THE VOLUNTEERS TO USE CITY PROPERTY.
THIS PACKET, WHICH GIVES YOU THE BYLAWS, THE LEGISLATIVE MEMO FROM 2010, AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION I HAVE THE LADIES TELL ME THEY DO STILL HAVE SOME FUNDING IN THEIR TREASURY AND.
THEY'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO PASS IT OFF TO.
YEAH, AND LOCKHART DOESN'T REALLY HAVE AN ACTIVE HOA, SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SOLUTION IN THERE.
IS. IS THAT GROUP DEFUNCT? ARE THEY ARE THEY STILL HAVE MEETINGS OR.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE DOWN TO TWO LADIES.
WELL, AS YOU AS A BOARD KNOW, THE BYLAWS OF ANY BOARD CAN BE MODIFIED AND VOTED ON BY THE THE BOARD.
IT APPEARS THERE'S ONLY TWO MEMBERS REMAINING OF THE BOARD.
SO A NEW BOARD WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED AND BYLAWS COULD, AT THAT TIME, I IMAGINE, BE AMENDED BASED ON THE WANTS AND NEEDS OF THE NEW BOARD.
BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WE COULD VERIFY WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEYS.
AND THAT'S THAT'S THE INFORMATION I HAVE.
I'M NOT SAYING WE ARE GOING TO DO NOTHING.
I'M JUST SAYING PROVIDED WE DO NOTHING, DO YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? I'M ASSUMING THE BOARD WOULD JUST GO DEFUNCT OR THEIR GROUP WOULD GO DEFUNCT AND THEN THE LAND WOULD JUST OVERGROW.
I WOULD IMAGINE I AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEYS BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY GARDENING PROGRAM, SO I DON'T I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.
THESE ARE REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING, AND I APPRECIATE THEM BECAUSE IT GIVES ME SOMETHING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SO I CAN GET THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND AND REPLY BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.
YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD.
KEEP THEM COMING. SEND OUT THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE AND IT IS VERY OVERGROWN ALREADY.
I MEAN, IT'S NOBODY'S USING IT EXCEPT MAYBE TEENAGERS TO PARTY BACK THERE OR SOMETHING.
SO HOW HOW BIG IS IT, THE ACREAGE OR THE LOT SIZE.
I MEAN, THERE'S AT LEAST EIGHT PLOTS IN THERE, AND EACH PLOT IS, YOU KNOW, A GOOD CONFERENCE TABLE SIZE, MAYBE DOUBLE CONFERENCE TABLE SIZE THERE. YEAH.
SO, SO MAYBE 0.23 ACRES OR SOMETHING OR ZERO POINT.
YEAH I BELIEVE IT'S AN INSIDE CORNER, AM I CORRECT? IS IT REALLY TREE OR WOODY AREA? YES, IT'S VERY SHADY.
SO IT'S JUST ONE STREET. NEXT TO IT IS NEMO CIRCLE.
RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF OFF OF NEMO, AND IT'S LIKE A TRIANGLE ALL AROUND.
PROBABLY CITY PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO THERE AREN'T HOUSES SQUARING UP TO IT.
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I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.LET'S GO AHEAD. IS IT OKAY IF WE JUST MAKE A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO PROVIDE STAFF? AND THAT WAY, AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE CAN HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOMENT THEN.
AND YOU CAN THINK AND WE CAN GO IN ORDER.
UM, I PICKED ON MR. LEWIS LAST TIME, SO I'LL PICK ON MS..
HIGGINS THIS TIME. I JUST REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THE BYLAWS, AND.
AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE, THE NAMES OF THE TWO LADIES.
I'M NOT GOING TO BUG THEM OR ANYTHING.
I'M GUESSING WHO ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE.
AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER GARDENER TYPE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE MIGHT COULD APPEAL TO, BUT IT'LL BE HARD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH FAMILIES AND FAMILIES GROW, AND THEN THEY LEAVE AND THEY SELL THE HOUSE.
AND SO YOU REALLY NEED TO WE'D REALLY HAVE TO GO BEYOND JUST THE LOCAL FAMILIES FOR COMMITMENT, I THINK BECAUSE THE FAMILIES COME AND GO WITH THE KIDS.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S REALLY MY ONLY QUESTION IS JUST TO GET THE INFO THAT YOU'VE ALREADY GOT AND IF WHAT RESTRICTIONS THERE MIGHT BE FROM THE CITY ORDINANCE THAT CREATED THIS.
SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE STARTING WITH, WHICH CAN BE CHANGED BY MS..
MS.. ZIEGLER, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE STAFF TO TAKE AWAY AND HAVE ANSWERS FOR? UM, NOT ANYTHING TO ADD.
WELL. I AM HONORED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, THAT SOMEONE HAS COME TO OUR BOARD, THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME RECOGNITION, OR THAT THE CITY IS GOTTEN RECOGNITION, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VITAL TO THE INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY OF PALM BAY.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US ON THE PANEL BOARD HERE TO START THINKING OUT OF THE BOX ABOUT OUR CHARTER AND WHAT OUR ROLE IS, AND ABOUT HOW THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN START MAYBE FILLING THESE SEATS AND START INTERACTING FOR US TO GET OUT OF THESE SEATS AND GO INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TO BRING THE COMMUNITY INTO THOSE SEATS, TOO.
THE IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD THERE.
I THINK THE THEME BE THE SOLUTION A COMMUNITY GARDEN CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE.
ON OUR FAIR SOMEHOW, AND MAYBE THAT COULD BE A LAUNCH OF WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THE SUPPORT OR GET IDEAS OR GET VOLUNTEERS.
ONE SUGGESTION IS LITTLE GROWERS, WHO ALREADY IS AN ACTIVE GROUP HERE IN PALM BAY, MELBOURNE, AND THEIR LITTLE GROWERS DO PROJECTS.
THEY DO THE PROFESSIONALS IN COMMUNITY GARDENS.
SO MAYBE THAT'S A FIRST STEP, IS TO START GETTING THEIR INPUT AND SEE WHAT WHAT THEY CAN OFFER.
OR THEY MIGHT. EVEN KNOWING CAMILLE HADLEY, SHE COULD PROBABLY ORGANIZE THIS IN HER SLEEP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST YEAH, I GUESS I THOUGHT WHAT SHE WAS DOING WAS IN HER COMMUNITY.
WELL, WE'RE HER COMMUNITY, PALM BAY.
YEAH. WHAT WHAT COMMUNITY WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT? MELBOURNE. WHERE SHE'S LIVING.
SO FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY IN THAT AREA.
SO THERE'LL BE SOME TRAVEL INVOLVED TO THIS ONE.
WELL. EVERYTHING IS DOABLE, BUT SHE WOULD BE A GOOD START EVEN IF.
ANYWAYS, I THINK WE NEED TO REACH OUT AND IT WOULD BE GOOD COMMUNITY COLLABORATION.
AND UM, AND I GUESS A QUESTION I HAVE IS THIS THE ONLY COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT WAS DEVELOPED UNDER THIS PALM BAY ORDINANCE? WELL, I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY COMMUNITY GARDENING PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED, AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS
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IS THE ONLY ACTUAL COMMUNITY GARDEN AT THAT TIME THAT HAS BEEN ACTUALLY OPENED.SO TO SUSAN'S POINT, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE GROWERS ARE NOT UNDER THIS PROGRAM, AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS LIKE, WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF BEING UNDER THIS PROGRAM AND NOT BEING UNDER THIS PROGRAM TO HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN, YOU KNOW, JUST SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE THAT IMPACT AT SOME POINT? YEAH, I LIKE THAT.
AND AGAIN, THE DIRECTOR OF THAT PROGRAM, CAMILLE HADLEY, IS A GOOD ORGANIZER, A GOOD STRATEGIST, AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD CONVERSATION IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT, EITHER AT A MEETING LIKE THIS OR OFF, IF A GROUP OF US ALL VOLUNTEER.
SO I KNOW WE'LL PROBABLY DIVE IN DEEPER TO THAT IN OUR NEXT MEETING.
YEAH. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE STAFF TO RESEARCH IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN? NO, I JUST WHAT JANE SAID MAKES SENSE.
YEAH. IN ANY WAY THAT STAFF CAN SEE INTERCONNECTING US WITH OTHER OTHER GROUPS WITHIN THE CITY. EVEN SO, OTHER COMMUNITY GARDEN GROUPS.
CAN OTHER GROUPS GET INVOLVED? SO THAT'D BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, I THINK.
I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS CITY PROPERTY.
I GUESS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, IT'D BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT IS CITY'S OBLIGATION TO THE PROPERTY ANYWAYS? AND AND I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF, IF NOTHING HAPPENS, LIKE WHAT WOULD THE CITY WOULD OR WOULD NOT DO, AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO PROBABLY BE GOOD TO KNOW HOW MANY, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH FINANCES ARE IN THE TREASURY THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, MOVING ALONG.
IF THE CITY WAS TO TAKE OVER, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT THE BYLAWS DO SPECIFY ARTICLE FOR DISSOLUTION, THAT IF THE COMMUNITY GARDEN SHOULD BE DISSOLVED, ITS PROPERTY FUNDS AND OTHER ASSETS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY COMMUNITY GARDENING PROGRAM.
AND THAT PROGRAM STILL EXISTS.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT HAS NOT BEEN IT HAS NOT BEEN CANCELED.
LIKE, I LIKE, YOU NEED TO GET A CUP OF TEA AND THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
MR. LEWIS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU LIKE? I GUESS MY THOUGHT IS THERE'S LIKE TWO SCHOOLS THAT ARE VERY CLOSE.
SO MAYBE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS COULD HAVE IF THEY HAVE A CLASS OF THAT KIND OF I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE MAYBE A SCIENCE CLASS OR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M NOT SURE.
I FORGET, I THINK ONCE AN ELEMENTARY, SO THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF CLASS, BUT IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THEY CAN MANUALLY TILL UP SOME DIRT AND PLANT VEGETABLES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE IT COULD BE A BACKUP, WHERE IT COULD BE A COMMUNITY GARDEN, BUT LIKE THE SCHOOL COULD USE IT.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHT.
IF IT GETS DISSOLVED OR IF THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THEY WANT TO PARTNER WITH CLASSROOMS, AND THEN THERE'S NOT AS MUCH VOLUNTEER MANPOWER THAT NEEDS TO BE TO PLANT THE GARDEN, THAT KIND OF STUFF. ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN I GUESS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL ATTEMPT TO FIND THE.
PERHAPS I CAN FIND THE MEETING.
MINUTES TO THAT 2010 MEETING TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY KIND OF RESTRICTIONS OR QUALIFICATIONS, OR ANYTHING ELSE INVOLVED IN OPENING THIS PALM BAY COMMUNITY GARDENING PROGRAM.
COULD YOU FIND OUT? TWO IN THE HIERARCHY OF O OF THE CITY'S FLOWCHART.
WHEN YOU START A PROGRAM LIKE THIS NOW, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE.
WHO KIND OF IS OVER THAT, OR DOES IT FALL? OR HAS IT FALLEN OFF THE CHART? YEAH. I DON'T THINK I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I'M SORRY. YEAH, I WAS WONDERING IF IT'S ON THE CITY WEBSITE, BECAUSE I HAVE LOOKED THROUGH THERE AND I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT, BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT SOMEHOW I KNEW OF IT, AND I DROVE OUT THERE AND PASSED IT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO.
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I WAS LIKE, I DON'T SEE MUCH OF A GARDEN HERE.SO PLUS, YOU KNOW, NOW I FIND OUT IT WAS KIND OF A PRIVATE, YEAH, YOU KNOW, PAY TO PLAY GARDEN.
BUT YEAH, IT'S IT'S INTERESTING CONCEPT.
ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? MM. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE GOT ONE.
YEAH, I KNEW THAT. I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO SAY SOMETHING.
MR. BATTEN, COME ON UP TO THE MIC.
I KNOW THEY NEVER ACCUSED ME OF BEING A NICE GUY.
BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
WHEN THIS THIS IS YOUR PALM BAY HISTORIAN COMING OUT AGAIN.
WHEN THIS THING CAME TO BE, WHAT IT WAS WAS THEY WERE TRYING TO DO THE CHICKENS AND ALL THIS STUFF STARTED COMING IN AND PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT WE CAN DO THAT WAS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY, BUT YOU COULD DO AS YOURSELF WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS WAS PRESENTED.
AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
AND THEY SAID, WELL, YOU PRESENT IT AND THEY ENDED UP PRESENTING IT TO THE CITY.
AND THEY SAID, HE CAME UP WITH A LOT.
THAT'S A FULL, FULL LOT AND A QUARTER ACRE LOT.
AND WHAT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT CAME IN WAS, IT GOT TO WHERE IT WOULD TURNED INTO ARGUMENTATIVE, WHERE THE PEOPLE WORKED VERY HARD AND OTHER PEOPLE WERE STEALING THEIR VEGETABLES. AND THE USUAL THING THAT WOULD COINCIDE ON A SHARED GARDEN.
AND THERE WAS SOME LITTLE HATE AND DISCONTENT CAME INTO IT ALSO.
BUT ALSO WHAT WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS THE FACT, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD LOT, THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD DRIVE INTO THEIR LOT, BRINGING THEIR FERTILIZERS, THEIR ACCESS, THEY WOULD DRIVE UP ON THEIR VEHICLES.
THE RESIDENTS WERE GETTING A LITTLE BIT PERTURBED BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE PULLING UP IN THEIR YARD, TURNING IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS AND STUFF LIKE THIS, WHICH CAME AND SAID HERE WAS A GOOD THING, BUT YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS NOT SET UP TO IT.
I THINK IT'S GREAT. I WOULD THINK THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD JUST FIND THE LOT NEXT TO THEM AND CONTACT THE PERSON WHO OWNS IT AND SAY, CAN I GROW MY OWN GARDEN ON YOUR VACANT LOT? BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY STAGNANT LOTS AROUND PROPERTIES, BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS.
FOR OTHER PEOPLE COMING IN FROM ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAYING, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? IT'S A COMMUNITY ACCESS, BUT THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY PARKING.
THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR HISTORY CLASS.
I DO REMEMBER THAT LAST YEAR AT OUR SUSTAINABILITY FAIR OR EARLIER THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A PEOPLE GIVING A PRESENTATION ON GROWING VEGETABLES AND TREES AND HOW TO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY A TREE FROM AN EXPENSIVE NURSERY.
YOU CAN GET A TREE FROM CUTTINGS.
SO BUT WE HAVE EXPERTS ON THAT IN THE COMMUNITY TO.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO HARDEN LANE POND BASIN 13.
YES. WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR POTENTIAL.
PROJECT FOR FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.
I'M GOING TO LET ERIC GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS.
THIS IS A YOU HAVE A PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU WHICH WHICH HE'S GOING TO EXPLAIN.
HELLO. UM, I KNOW THE PLAN SAYS 2003, BUT AROUND 2005 2006, THE CITY TOOK THIS 2.5 ACRE PARCEL AND DECIDED TO TURN IT INTO HEARD. DO YOU NEED TO GO HEAR HIM STAND UP THERE? WELL, JUST SO, CAN THE CITY HEAR HIM? THERE YOU GO. IS THAT BETTER? UH, 2008.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO MISS ERIC.
I KNOW HIM, AND I'M LISTENING.
THE CITY DECIDED TO TAKE THE 2.5 ACRE PARCEL AND BUILD ESSENTIALLY A NATURAL BNP ON IT.
IT IT HAS A FINGER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POND.
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IT'S EXTENDED OUT FROM THE EMBANKMENT.THAT'S ABOUT HIGH WATER LEVEL MARK.
ALL THE NATIVE FLORIDA PLANTS THAT WERE PLANTED ON IT ARE NO LONGER THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOU GUYS.
WHEN THEY ON THE WHEN THEY STARTED FINALIZING THE POND, THEY SET IT UP TO HAVE AN EVENT WITH THE BOY SCOUTS THAT CAME OUT SO THAT THEY COULD INTERACT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF, CITY STAFF, TO LEARN ABOUT THE PLANTS THAT THEY PLANTED.
SO I BROUGHT IT UP TO CHRISTINE AND MISS SHERMAN AND NOW WE'RE HERE.
SO I BELIEVE WHAT ERIC WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS IF YOU ARE AWARE OF ANY, PERHAPS ANY COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH STAFF TO REPLANT THE FLORIDA NATIVE PLANTS ON THIS LITTLE FINGER TO.
TO COMPLETE THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
AND WHERE IS THIS POND? I'M SORRY I CAN'T GET MY BEARINGS ON THIS.
JUST. JUST NORTH OF, LIKE, TURKEY OR JUST LIKE.
OH, WASN'T IT JUST NORTH OF TURKEY CREEK? LIKE JUST WEST OF TURKEY CREEK? I GUESS. YOU CAN TELL.
UM, AN EASY WAY TO FIND IT WOULD BE.
IT'S IT'S NEXT TO 1801 HARDEN LANE.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY A DRAINAGE RIGHT AWAY.
AND YOU GO BACK INTO THE WOODS PAST THAT THAT FIRST PROPERTY TO YOUR LEFT.
AND IT'S RIGHT THERE ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE.
WELL, I'LL PUT IT OUT TO THE BOARD.
I THINK THE QUESTION IS, DO WE KNOW ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD WANT TO ADOPT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? I CAN'T SAY I DO, SO I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND OFFER IT OUT.
YES. AND I'M SURE I COULD COME UP WITH SOME IS THE INTENT.
I REMEMBER NATALIE, I THINK TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SHE LEFT.
IS THE INTENT THAT THE CITY WOULD BE PURCHASING THE NATIVE PLANTS FOR THIS AREA.
AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO DO THE PLANTING.
WHEN I SPOKE TO NATALIE ABOUT THIS AT THE TIME, SHE SAID SHE WAS AWARE OF A BUSINESS OR SOMETHING THAT DONATED THAT WOULD DONATE FLORIDA NATIVE PLANTS.
WELL, WHEN SHE MET NATIVE BUTTERFLY FLOWERS, WHEN THEY CAME AND PRESENTED THE DRAWINGS FOR THE PALM BAY NATIVE GARDEN, SHE GOT VERY EXCITED ABOUT, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
THEY'RE IN A BUSINESS TO SELL PLANTS AND THEY WILL INSTALL OR THEY WILL LET OTHER VOLUNTEERS INSTALL, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT DONATING PLANTS. AND THEY WOULD ALSO BE EXCELLENT, WHICH SHE WAS EXCITED ABOUT COMING OUT AND LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT PLANTS ARE ARE PROVIDED FOR THAT AREA.
BEING KIND OF A WETLAND IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN, SAY, MY YARD.
SO. SO IF I DONATED PLANTS, THEY WOULD NOT SURVIVE HERE.
SO SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M ASKING.
WE CAN GET GROUPS OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT NEED HOURS AND ALL KINDS OF VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE.
IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT, DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH THE RIGHT PLANTS.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAPER IN THE LITTLE SQUARE WHERE IT SAYS WETLAND PLANTING SCHEDULE.
IT ACTUALLY HAS A LIST OF WHAT'S PERMITTED TO BE ON THAT ISLAND.
THAT LITTLE FINGER, IT'S THE NAME OF THE PLANTS THAT THEY PUT THERE BEFORE IT.
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IT'S HARD TO READ, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AS SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO DO A SITE VISIT AND DETERMINE IF THOSE PLANTS ARE THERE.AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET RID OF THE GRASS GROWING OVER THEM.
I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED AT WHAT I FIND IN MY YARD.
THE FAKAHATCHEE GRASS DOES WELL IN THE WETLANDS.
IT DOES WELL IN MY VERY DRY YARD.
BUT IF THAT'S I MEAN, I JUST I KNOW THERE'S BEEN FRUSTRATION OVER THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, OVERALL IN THE PAST. SO TO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEING GEARED FOR SUCCESS, I WOULD THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH HAVING SOMEBODY LIKE NATIVE BUTTERFLY FLOWERS WHO'S EXPERT ON THIS STUFF, NOT ME.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT ACTUALLY COME OUT, LOOK AT IT AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IF WE DO OR NOT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, WE CAN REVISIT IT AT ANOTHER TIME.
YEAH, I THINK WE WE WOULD BE INTERESTED.
WE JUST WE WANT TO SET IT UP FOR SUCCESS.
IF YOU COULD JUST RELAY ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND WE CAN GET ANSWERS FOR YOU.
I HATE TO ADD MORE TO YOUR PLATE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH THE GARDEN AS WELL, BUT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BEST TO DO, LIKE A CONVERSATION WITH STAFF MORE DETAILED WITH SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING? I GUESS MY BIG QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THERE THE POSSIBILITY THAT PALM BAY COULD FUND NATIVE BUTTERFLIES TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT THIS AND DO THAT KIND OF ASSESSMENT? BECAUSE IF THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, I THINK WE COULD WE COULD BE ALL OVER IT.
OKAY. WE'LL GET THE ANSWER FOR.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CHARGE NOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING WE WANT WE'D LIKE TO ASK CITY STAFF TO INVESTIGATE FOR US.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A.
A THEME. PEOPLE ARE COMING TO US.
YEAH. THIS REQUIRES MORE OF US TO.
AND I WANT TO RISE TO THE OCCASION.
AND I WANT TO REALLY RECOGNIZE ERIC BLUNT BECAUSE I KNOW HE WENT TO THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.
AND I KNOW THE CITY IS LOOKING AT THE SWALES, AND HE'S GOT SOME IDEAS FOR PLANTS IN, IN THE MEDIANS AND, AND THINGS. AND I CAN'T WAIT TILL HE ROLLS OUT SOME OF THAT.
BUT SO FOR THE CITY TO COME TO US WITH THIS JUST IS SO INTERESTING.
AND I KEEP WANTING TO TIE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE NATURALLY BE THE SOLUTION.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVEN THE ANSWERS HERE.
WE JUST HAVE TO KIND OF CONNECT THE DOTS RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T WANT TO LET THIS ONE GO.
AND JANE, IF YOU WANT TO COMMIT WITH ME, I'LL DO THE FOLLOW UP.
OR IF IT TAKES, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME OUTSIDE THIS BOARD MEETING, THIS MONTHLY MEETING.
SO I'M WILLING TO TRACK IT DOWN, CHRISTINE, MAYBE WITH YOUR HELP, BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD REALLY EMBRACE BIG TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THE CITY, FOR HAVING THE CONFIDENCE IN US AND THE.
I'VE NOTICED THAT THIS MAP IS THIS PLOT PLAN IS FROM IT LOOKS LIKE OCTOBER OF 2003.
SO IT'S 20 YEARS AND I'M WONDERING IF SOME OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF IT BESIDES THE NATIVE PLANTS ARE LIKE THE GRADING, AND IF THOSE THINGS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION OR NOT AFTER 20 YEARS.
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SO SOMETHING TO AN EXPERIENCED, I WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT.DO YOU WANT TO DO A FIELD TRIP? WELL, I WAS PLANNING ON GOING ON MY OWN AND TAKING A LOOK AROUND, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE THE SKILLS TO KNOW IF THERE, YOU KNOW, IF THE REGRADE SWALE FOR POSITIVE FLOW IS STILL FLOWING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO MAYBE WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING JUST AS A FOLLOW UP.
REAGAN. THE QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP OF THE FLOW IN AND OUT OF THE POND.
WILL IT REQUIRE REGRADING ALONG WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE ALONG WITH THE PLANTING, OR IS IT GOING TO REQUIRE SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL WORK TO GET US UP TO A SUSTAINABLE POINT OR USABLE POINT, NOT SUSTAINABLE OR USABLE POINT? BECAUSE IF WE'RE JUST PLANTING PLANTS AND NOT WHERE WE NEED, THEN WE'RE SPINNING OUR WHEELS.
ONE OF MY REGULAR DUTIES WITH THE CITY IS OVER THE CANAL CLEANING GUYS AND THE SWELL.
IT'S MOWED ON A REGULAR BASIS ON OUR MOWING.
UH, SCHEDULE. SO ALL ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
THE STRUCTURES THERE ARE GOOD.
THAT'S AWESOME. IT'S GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU.
WELL, LET'S PUT THAT INTO TO MAYBE DOING A I KEEP TURNING MYSELF OFF.
YEAH. YOU'RE NOT TO SCHEDULE SOME TYPE OF.
WE JUST FOR THOSE THAT CAN WE COULDN'T BE OUT THERE AT THE SAME TIME, SO WE'D HAVE TO SUNSHINE.
WE GOT TO DO IT IN THE SUNSHINE SO WE CAN'T BE THERE TOGETHER.
BUT INDIVIDUALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY.
I'M SURE WE COULD DO THAT, BUT.
OKAY. ERIC. NO, NO, NO FIELD TRIPS.
UNLESS IT'S ON CAMERA WITH AN AGENDA, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE SEPARATE TRIPS OUT THERE.
NOW I AM 100% UP TO HELPING WHATEVER YOU GUYS NEED.
NOT A PROBLEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET AN UPDATE. AND PERHAPS.
MISS HIGGINS, ARE YOU TAKING IT AS A DUE OUT TOO, OR ARE WE.
I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR THE NEXT STEPS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONVERSATION AS IT RELATES TO HARDEN LANE POND? I GUESS ONE ONE QUESTION IS HOW OFTEN IS IT VERY WET ON THE ON THIS LITTLE PIECE OF LAND? UH, LAST I WAS OUT THERE PROBABLY TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THERE WAS STILL ABOUT THREE INCHES OF WATER OVER THE TOP OF THE THE LITTLE FINGER.
IT CAN TOLERATE STANDING WATER IF IT DRAINS RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY SOUND LIKE THAT MIGHT BE THE SITUATION OUT THERE.
IT'S NOT CURRENTLY BUT IT'S EASILY FIXED.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OTHER BUSINESS.
[OTHER BUSINESS]
[01:15:03]
ANY UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS OF INTEREST? I HAVE.KEVIN SMITH SENT ME A FLIER SINCE HE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD.
OH, THERE IS A NEW NONPROFIT IN TOWN.
LET'S BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THE LAGOON.
CATHERINE BOOTH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE SHE'S INVITED FOR OUR BE THE SOLUTION SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.
BUT SHE HAS A TEN MINUTE PRESENTATION THAT SHE ADAPTS.
HER SPECIFIC GOAL IS TO REACH OUT TO HOMEOWNERS AND CONDO ASSOCIATIONS TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR LANDSCAPING TO SAVE MONEY.
SHE SAYS UP TO 60% ON LANDSCAPING COSTS BY PLANTING NATIVE, BUT ALSO TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR PLANNING FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS ONGOING ONES TOO, BECAUSE THIS IS A PROCESS.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, SHE'S INVITED AS A VENDOR AND MAYBE EVEN SPEAK TO US.
PERFECT. AND I ALLOWED TO PUT EVERYONE ON THE BOARD ON THE CONRADINA NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION.
LIKE, I KNOW THESE TWO ALREADY ARE BECAUSE THEY BELONG TO CONRADINA, BUT I WOULD THINK I COULD.
IT'S A PUBLIC DOCUMENT, SO I COULD PUT THEM ON THERE, BECAUSE I'M JUST READING THE EVENTS OFF OF THE NEWSLETTER THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
TALKING ABOUT THE AQUARIUM PROJECT ON JANUARY 8TH.
ANOTHER THING THAT THIS GROUP MIGHT FIND INTERESTING JANUARY 20TH IS THE TRANSFORMING LANDSCAPES CONFERENCE THAT THE PELICAN ISLAND AUDUBON PUTS ON EVERY YEAR DOWN IN VERO BEACH, AND THAT'S ALWAYS AN AWESOME CONFERENCE WITH A FULL DAY OF SPEAKERS ON BASICALLY HOW TO ELIMINATE MORE OF YOUR LAWN AND GET MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE.
AND THEN THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER STUFF IN HERE, BUT THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE HIGHLIGHTS.
AND THEY'RE GIVING AWAY FREE TREES DOWN IN PELICAN ISLAND TOO, IF YOU NEED ANY.
THAT'S ON THE NEWSLETTER AS WELL.
I HAVE A COMMENT, NOT A INFORMATION THING.
UH, WOULD IT FALL UNDER OTHER BUSINESS, DO YOU THINK? I CAN MAKE IT GO FOR IT.
SO USUALLY WE GET AN UPDATE FROM SUZANNE SHERMAN.
WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF COMMUNITY OF PALM BAY ON SUSTAINABLE, SUSTAINABLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS JUST A ONE TIME THING, OR I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING WHERE SHE WOULD GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE, AND I HAVE KIND OF LOOKED FORWARD TO THAT.
BUT I ALSO WAS THINKING, WELL, INSTEAD OF IT BEING RED, WHY CAN'T WE ATTACH IT TO OUR AGENDA TOO AND START BUILDING A RECORD? THAT'S A LOT OF WORK TO INFORM US OF WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT IS EXCITING TO HEAR ALL THE THINGS THAT THE CITY IS DOING.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR WORKLOAD.
ANYWAYS, I'D LIKE TO KEEP UP THAT TRADITION WITH SUZANNE IF SHE COULD, IF SHE'S WILLING TO DO IT.
I THINK THE REPORT WOULD BE IN THE MEETING MINUTES RIGHT FOR THAT.
[01:20:01]
I THINK IT WAS. REMEMBER.SHE HAD BEEN GIVEN IT VERBALLY AND THEN.
YEAH, IT WAS VERBAL AND IT WAS IT WAS A LONG REPORT.
BUT I THOUGHT THE SHORTHAND OF THAT REPORT WAS IN THE MEETING MINUTES THAT WE APPROVED THE NEXT TIME I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW, I DON'T I'M NOT 100% SURE EITHER. YEAH.
WELL, BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE MAYBE A REQUEST FOR REGULAR CADENCE AND THEN DOCUMENTING.
YEAH. WHAT THE CITY'S BEEN DOING.
YEAH. AND I KNOW WE'VE ASKED FOR UPDATES TO.
THANK YOU. WELL, I HAVE ONE LAST OTHER BUSINESS.
TONIGHT IS MY LAST NIGHT ON THE BOARD.
I'M GOING TO BE STEPPING DOWN.
AND JUST LIKE MOST THINGS, THERE'S A SEASON FOR EVERYTHING.
SO I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU ALL WERE HERE DAY ONE AND I SHOWED UP, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR STICKING AROUND WITH ME FOR SO LONG.
THAT DOES MEAN THAT ON YOUR NEXT MEETING AGENDA SHOULD PROBABLY BE REPLACING ME.
I RECOMMEND MR. BILL BENTON, SO I'LL BE LOBBYING HIM.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING THIS EVENING? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON THE BOARD AND THROUGHOUT THE.
I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO I KNOW EVERYONE'S GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE ON HERE AND THE CITY AS WELL.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'LL BE MOVING ON TO BETTER THINGS BEING WITH THE FAMILY.
THANK YOU. BUT WITH THAT, I'LL MOTION TO ADJOURN.
AND I KNOW YOU STRUGGLED WITH IT.
AND YOU WERE A WRITER BY TRADE AND PASSION.
AND SO A LOT OF WHAT WAS WRITTEN CAME THROUGH HIM.
JUST. FOR THAT AND MORE, BUT I'LL BE BRIEF.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO NEED A SECOND OR WE'RE GOING TO SIT HERE ALL NIGHT.
OH, SECOND. SECOND TO THE MOTION.
HI. DIDN'T GET TO VOTE ON YOUR.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.