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[00:00:02]

OKAY. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS BAYFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING TO ORDER.

[CALL TO ORDER]

2020 4-02.

AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY MISTER JOHNSON.

PLEASE RISE.

PLEASE TURN TO 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.

HOORAH! OKAY.

DO WE ROLL CALL.

CHAIRMAN MEDINA PRESENT.

VICE CHAIRMAN FELIX HERE.

COMMISSIONER JOHNSON HERE.

COMMISSIONER FOSTER.

COMMISSIONER WEINBERG HERE.

COMMISSIONER. PARKS.

BAYFRONT. CRA.

ATTORNEY PATRICIA SMITH HERE.

THANK YOU. MA'AM.

ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE. WE'RE GOING INTO THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES.

[ADOPTION OF MINUTES]

MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

THE BCRA REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 21ST, 2023.

OKAY, SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY 2024.

ACTUALLY, MR. WEINBERG, SECONDED BY MR. JOHNSON. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO.

WE'RE ON COMMISSIONER REPORTS.

[COMMISSIONER REPORTS]

I'LL START WITH YOU, MR. WEINBERG.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN.

YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHAME.

I'M SORRY TO SEE THIS THIS AGENCY SUNSET.

BUT I KNOW CITY COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE STARTED.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, YOU DIDN'T GET THAT MUCH DONE, BUT I THINK WE SET THE TABLE FOR A LOT.

WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN A LOT MORE GROUNDBREAKING AND SO ON.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO COME.

AND I KNOW CITY COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE STARTED.

I ALSO I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING ON THIS BOARD WITH AND YOU KNOW, ALL THE MEMBERS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS.

AND I WANT TO THANK DANIELLE FOR ALL HER HARD WORK AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

DID YOU WANT TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DANIELLE? YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ME SING? OH, COPY THAT, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. AS YOU WERE, VICE CHAIR.

THANK YOU. SIR I WOULD ECHO EVERYTHING.

COMMISSIONER WEINBERG JUST MENTIONED.

YEAH. IT'S DEFINITELY SAD TO SEE THIS AGENCY SUNSET.

HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE A DAY WHERE WE MAY BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, GET IT REOPENED AND SO FORTH.

BUT LET'S CONCLUDE MY REPORT, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIRMAN.

FELIX MR. JOHNSON. YES, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. I SPOKE TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IT, BUT COCOA AND MELBOURNE, THEY HAVE MORE THAN ONE OPPORTUNITY ZONE.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT AS A COUNCIL OR COUNCIL CAN LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.

WE ESPECIALLY THE SIZE OF PALM BAY, IF COCOA HAS 2 OR 3 MELBOURNE HAS A FEW.

WHY CAN'T PALM BAY HAVE 4 OR 5 IN CERTAIN QUADRANTS OR CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY? SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL, CURRENT COUNCIL, FUTURE COUNCIL STAFF, EVERYBODY TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SORRY. WELL, MR. JOHNSON I'M RIGHT ALONG THERE WITH YOU.

I TOTALLY, AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE, I'VE SAID IT PUBLICLY IN THE PAST.

I BELIEVE IN EMPOWERMENT ZONES, IF YOU WILL.

YES. OPPORTUNITY ZONES, ECONOMIC ZONES.

SO AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, I REALLY WELCOME THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE DOWN THAT LANE.

AND AND THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

SO WITH THAT, LET ME LET ME END THIS MEETING BY SAYING MR..

MR. WEINBERG. WE TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO, NOT JUST ON THIS BOARD, BUT THE COUNTLESS OTHER BOARDS THAT YOU'VE SAT ON FOR TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

YOU'RE A TRUE DEFINITION OF VOLUNTEERISM AND HOW MUCH YOU TRULY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU HAVE SO MUCH THAT YOU SOW INTO THAT.

I REALLY BELIEVE YOUR HARVEST IS ABOUT TO COME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.