[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. SO CALLING THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. REGULAR MEETING OF MAY. IT IS THE 22ND WEDNESDAY, 22ND 6 P.M. HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. GO TO CALL TO ORDER. AND THEN IF WE CAN DO A ROLL CALL. JANE HIGGINS. HERE, SUSAN PHILLIPS. HARDISON. SUSAN CONNOLLY. LOGAN LOOSE HERE. KEVIN SMITH HERE. REBECCA ZIEGLER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE QUORUM. [ADOPTION OF MINUTES] WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO INTO THE ADOPTION OF MINUTES. EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING. AND THEN. LOOKING FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 24TH. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. AND I VOTE I. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND WE'LL GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS ONLY. ROUGH CROWD. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE INTO OTHER BUSINESS. [OTHER BUSINESS] ITEM NUMBER ONE IS HARDING LANE POND BASIN 13 POND UPDATE. GET SOME PHOTOS. THERE. SO THIS IS ONE OF WE ONLY HAVE TWO PHOTOS ON HARDEN LANE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WE GOT SOME GRASS. IT'S ALL LOOKING GOOD. ERIC'S CREW'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. PULL UP THE SECOND ONE HERE FOR YOU GUYS. WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT THERE TWICE A WEEK AND FLOODING THAT LITTLE FINGER. SO EVERYTHING IS STAYING WET. WE'VE VERY LITTLE LOSS, SO IT'S LOOKING GOOD RIGHT NOW. WE JUST NEED RAIN TO COME AND REFILL THE POND. THERE WE GO. WE'LL CLOSE UP THERE AND EVERYTHING'S LIVING ON THE ON THE SHORELINE. MOST OF IT IS, YES. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LOSS, BUT WE WE HAVE THESE PLANTS PLANTED ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY WHERE WE COULD JUST TRANSPLANT THEM. BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE WATER TO COME BACK UP IN THE POND, AND THEN WE'LL REPLACE THOSE ONES THAT WE LOST. COOL. IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 90% SURVIVAL. YEAH, THAT'S. IF I HAD TO GUESS. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY, TOO. YOU WERE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE WILD, WET AND WACKY NURSERY. YES, DEFINITELY. YEAH, WE LIKE THEM. ALSO. AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE MEMBER JOINING US IF WE CAN REFLECT THAT, MISS SIEGLER. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ANY OTHER. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING GOOD. THAT'S EXCITING. GOT ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. HARD WORK. WORKING OUT SO SWEET. THANK YOU ALL. AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING UP WITH IT AS WELL AND KEEPING US UPDATED. NUMBER TWO SUSTAINABILITY FAIR 2020 FOR FOLLOW UP. KIND OF THE BRAINSTORMING PHASE. WE JUST DID A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE FROM THE TURNOUT OF THIS PAST ONE, THE SECOND ANNUAL. SO I THINK NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF IN THE BRAINSTORMING. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S MUCH TO TALK ABOUT ON IT YET. STILL GOT PROBABLY A HANDFUL OF MONTHS BEFORE HARDCORE PLANNING. BUT IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF ABOUT ANY PRE KIND OF JUST KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN FOR NOW WE ARE KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN. BUT WHAT I SUGGEST YOU GUYS START THINKING ABOUT IS, LIKE I SAID, WHAT I TALKED ABOUT LAST MEETING IS THINKING ABOUT A BUDGET FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT YEAR SO THAT YOU CAN PRESENT THAT TO CITY STAFF SO THAT WE CAN PUT THAT IN OUR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR AS WELL, WHICH WOULD BE GRATEFUL. OKAY. HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND THIS LAST TIME? THAT'S REALLY A HARD NUMBER, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE PIGGYBACKED OFF OF UTILITIES WITH THE MOVIE IN THE PARK, THAT THEY DID ALL THE PROMOTING AND MOST OF THE STUFF. SO OUR COST WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY MINIMAL. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP DOING THAT. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE THE VENUE, DO DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE NEED TO LIKE SHIRTS WAS ANOTHER THING YOU TALKED ABOUT. [00:05:01] WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW. SO WE DIDN'T GET TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. BUT THE FIRST YEAR IT WAS DONE BECAUSE UTILITIES HAD A BUDGET FOR IT. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRAINSTORM ABOUT AS TO WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO. FOR THE NEXT. I GOT A QUESTION. SO ARE WE. I HAD A THOUGHT, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE LEGALITY OF IT. I'VE DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH. I CONTACTED A LOCAL COMPANY ABOUT THIS. BUT WHAT? WHAT IF WE PAIRED IT? IF WE'RE STAYING AT FRED POPE, WHAT IF WE PAIRED IT WITH A FAMILY? FIVE K OR THREE K WITHIN THAT PARK. I KNOW WE CAN'T GENERATE FUNDS AS A BOARD, BUT I MEAN, CITY COULD THEORETICALLY GENERATE FUNDS FROM THAT AND FUNDS THAT FUNDS THAT ARE MADE COULD GO TO. FINANCE SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT EACH YEAR WE WHATEVER SEE WHAT KIND OF MONEY TURNS INTO I KNOW AND I KNOW IT'S IT'S A LOT, A LOT MORE THAN JUST SAYING, HEY, LET'S DO A5K BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S INSURANCE. AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASSUME YOU HAVE TO HAVE AMBULANCE CREWS AND ALL THAT. SO I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK. I ACTUALLY CONTACTED THE COMPANY THAT DOES MOST OF THE FIVE K'S IN THE COUNTY THE RUNNING ZONE. AND HOPEFULLY I'LL HEAR BACK FROM THEM PRETTY, PRETTY QUICK. BUT IT WOULD GET US IT WOULD GET US THE NON CHOIR TO ATTEND. THAT WAS THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT TALK AT THE END DURING THE MOVIE, THOSE PEOPLE WEREN'T THERE FOR THE FAIR. AND SO THOSE WERE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST REGULAR GARDEN VARIETY CITIZENS HERE. AND THAT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE AND AND I, I WATCHED AND, YOU KNOW, 80% OF THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY, THEY WEREN'T READY FOR A 20 MINUTE PRESENTATION BEFORE SEEING THE LORAX. BUT BUT IT WASN'T ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE PEOPLE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NEW, NEW TO THEM. SO JUST A THOUGHT. I'LL I'LL, I'LL TRY TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH WITH SOME INFORMATION, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. BUT YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT WAS A, A3K I'VE MY NAME, THE NAME I THOUGHT OF WAS THE SUSTAINABILITY SHUFFLE. BUT I'M NOT LIKE A DANCE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WELL, I DON'T RUN ANYMORE, MAN, SO WHEN I. WHEN I'M PRETENDING TO RUN, IT'S A SHUFFLE. IT AIN'T NO RUN. I HAVEN'T RUN SINCE THE ARMY, SO I DON'T DO THAT. BUT WEATHER. BUT BUT IT WOULD BE A FAMILY FRIENDLY THING. AND EVEN IF IT WAS YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT AND DO SOME LITTLE SPRINT RACES FOR THE KIDS OR WHATEVER AND SOME, YOU KNOW, PRIZES OR WHATNOT. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD WHATEVER THE I MEAN, SEEMS LIKE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU DO IT WHEN YOU DO IT, IF YOU THROW A5K UP IN THIS TOWN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE SHOW UP BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED TO FIVE K'S. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY AROUND THE EARTH DAY TIME. AND IT COULD BE AN EARTH DAY THEMED FIVE K BUT BUT YEAH, I'LL COME BACK NEXT MONTH WITH SOME BETTER INFORMATION. COOL. THANK WE WE DO HAVE CITY STAFF THAT PUTS THAT TOGETHER OFTEN A RACE. YEAH, SOME OF THAT STUFF. I CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND FIND OUT HOW THAT GOES AND WHAT WHAT IT ENTAILS. THAT'D BE AWESOME. YEAH. YEAH. AWESOME. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I ASSUME THEY GENERATE MONEY, I MEAN. I IMAGINE MOST OF THEM ARE 3040 BUCKS TO PARTICIPATE IN, AND OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE THE HIGH END OF. YEAH, THE ONES THAT ARE ABOUT THAT. YEAH, BUT I CAN ASK HER AND WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. THANKS, ERIC. YEAH. AND THEN OH. OH, I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS. I WOULD I, I'M PRESUMING WE NEED TO SEND IN A BUDGET. DO YOU NEED A JUST A FIGURE OR A FORM OR WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU NEED DETAIL TO IT OR. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW. LIKE IN STONE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF AN ESTIMATE AS TO, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU THINK THE SHIRTS ARE GOING TO COST. OKAY. OTHER LITTLE EVENTS, IF YOU'RE WANTING MORE KID ACTIVITIES AND THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SPEND SOME MONEY ON SOME OF THE VENDORS TO GET THEM THERE. THE OTHER THING IS REMINDER THAT WE'RE NOT WAIVING THE FEES NEXT YEAR. OH. YOU'RE NOT? NO. WELL, THEY'RE ONLY $10 OR SOMETHING. IT IS. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THE PARK'S WAY OF GETTING BACK FOR RECOUPING THEIR LOSS FOR, YOU KNOW, OKAY, STAFF THE OTHER THINGS. SO THEY DEFINITELY WANTED ME TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT WE COULDN'T WAIVE IT AGAIN. SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS, WE NEED TO START THINKING THAT THROUGH AND WRITING THOSE DOWN IS, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FOR THE BUDGETS, YOU KNOW? I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS TALKED A LITTLE BIT LAST MONTH ABOUT MAKING THIS MORE OF A RESALE RESOURCE FAIR TO. SO YOU'VE GOT TO KIND OF THINK THOSE THINGS OUT A LITTLE BIT OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT A RESOURCE DEAL, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO. AND THEN. RIGHT, WHAT ARE THOSE COSTS ASSOCIATED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IT IN OUR BUDGET SO WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. [00:10:06] WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A ONGOING AGENDA ITEM AND NEXT MONTH COME UP WITH A FIGURE BECAUSE THE BUDGET PROCESS. IT STARTED REALLY. AND SO WE CAN COME UP WITH THAT FIGURE, BUT ALSO TO HAVE A TIMETABLE AND TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS. THE DECISIONS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MADE IS I THINK IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL TO. CONNECT WITH THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IN WATER CONSERVATION AND THEN OF COURSE, EARTH MONTH AND SET OUR DATE. LET'S SET IT NOW SO WE CAN GET ON THE CALENDAR. I THINK IT WAS VERY GOOD THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO START ACTUALLY RIGHT AWAY FOR NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF GETTING OUR LIST ORGANIZED. YOU KNOW, OUR LIST WAS SHOULD BE BETTER, BUT IT'S STILL NOT THE BEST. AND START WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME HERE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL CONTACTED. I FOUND ONE OF THE GOOD OUTCOMES OF THAT WAS. PEOPLE CAME. THIS WAS THE SECOND YEAR, BUT I MET SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTUALLY CAME LOOKING FOR CONNECTIONS TO THE CITY AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WORKING ON THE LAGOON. SO I THINK WE CAN. HAVE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN? AND LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. ALSO TO KEEP THE THEME OF BE THE SOLUTION, BECAUSE THE MANDATORY SEWER AND WATER WILL BE IN PROCESS AND TO CONTINUE US AS A LINK BETWEEN THE CITIZENS AND THE CITY COUNCIL. THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS THAT I HEARD THAT IT WAS, I BELIEVE FRED POPPY PARK IS THE BEST LOCATION SPACE WISE. BUT THERE WAS PROBLEMS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SIGNAGE. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY FRUSTRATED. ONE PERSON ACTUALLY ENDED UP WRITING AN EMAIL BECAUSE HE COULD NOT FIND WHERE WE WERE. I COULD NOT, AND THEN THE UTILITIES WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARK. SO THESE LOGISTICALLY, I THINK, CAN GET HANDLED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE FOR OTHER BOARDS THAT I'VE. WORKED WITH EVENTS. I SAY SEPTEMBER SHOULD BE YOUR DEADLINE. THAT'S YOUR DEADLINE FOR KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. THAT SHOULD BE YOUR DEADLINE FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ON THAT FLIER, YOUR DATE SECURED, ALL THOSE THINGS. SO THEN THAT GIVES YOU THAT TIME FRAME. IF YOU'RE HOLDING IT IN APRIL, AGAIN, TO BE ABLE TO START PUSHING THOSE FLIERS OUT TO PEOPLE, THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET REACH PEOPLE AND AND GET MORE VENDORS TALKING WITH THEM. BUT FOR THAT EVENT. I WOULD SAY SEPTEMBER NEEDS TO BE Y'ALL'S DEADLINE TO HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, SOLIDIFIED BY THAT TIME SO THAT YOU DO YOU CAN START PUSHING THOSE THINGS OUT THERE AND GIVING YOURSELF A LOT MORE TIME TO ADVERTISE THE EVENT. YES, YES. MAYBE SO WE COULD, FOR NEXT MONTH, FOCUS IN ON THE BUDGET OR HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT. AND CAN YOU CONTACT THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND SEE IF THEY'VE SET THEIR DATE FOR THEIR WATER CONSERVATION EVENT OR FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO. AND I HOPE I'M SPEAKING FOR MORE THAN MYSELF, BUT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PEOPLE WHO TURNED OUT ON JUST A FAST TURNAROUND BY ALL OF US AND THE STAFF. YOU ALL ARE PHENOMENAL. BUT IT WILL BE NICE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING SPACE AND THINKING SPACE AND REALLY BE ABLE TO. DO A CREATIVE JOB RATHER THAN A RUSH JOB. AND IT'LL BE FUN. IT'LL BE A FUN DOING THE PLANNING AS WELL AS BEING AT THE EVENT. WELL, AND I LIKE THE SEPTEMBER IDEA AS WELL, BECAUSE FOR MOST OF US, OUR BUDGET'S DUE IN OCTOBER. THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO HAVE MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THAT CONFIRMED. RIGHT TIME FRAMES. IF WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON A BUDGET NEXT MONTH, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR BASIC LINE ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE BUDGET, LIKE [00:15:07] ADVERTISING. DO WE NEED T SHIRTS? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DO, BUT THOSE KINDS OF BROAD CATEGORIES SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THAT INDIVIDUALLY. OTHERWISE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, JUST GOING TO BE PLAYING A GUESSING GAME. IS THERE A BUDGET FROM THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE COULD KIND OF GO BY? YEAH. WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN CALL BROOKLYN UTILITIES AND SEE WHAT OKAY. MIGHT GIVE A LAYOUT. I FEEL LIKE I REMEMBER HER SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE AND I WANT TO SAY IT. ABOUT FIVE GRAND, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY DID THEY DID THE SHIRTS, THEY HAD THE I THINK THERE WAS EVEN SOME EVENTS FOR THE CHILDREN THAT THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER LIKE THE BIRD FEEDER. YEAH. RIGHT. THE BIG TENT, THEY BROUGHT A BIG TENT OUT. YEAH. THERE'S NO SMALL. YEAH. FEET CHAIRS, A LOT OF CHAIRS. WELL I WANT TO PUT A PLUG IN FOR THE T SHIRTS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US WEAR THESE T SHIRTS OUT AT OTHER EVENTS AND TO HAVE THEM CLEARLY SAY CITY OF PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DATE IT. THAT WOULD BE. BUT SOMETHING WHERE THAT HAPPENS AND I KNOW PROBABLY THOSE TEACHERS WERE A BIGGER COST, BUT. WE HAVE MORE TIME TO GET DISCOUNTS. WELL, AND IF IF FOR SOME REASON WE'RE ABLE TO PULL OFF A5K OR A3K, WHATEVER IT MAY BE THAT PEOPLE WON'T SEARCH FOR THAT. SO BUT I'M SURE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD KNOW ABOUT. PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF THEIR FIVE K SHIRTS. I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR EVERY MONTH, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A TWO MINUTE UPDATE OR JUST A, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. BUT BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF OUR THING. YEP. AND I FILLED TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. COMMENT FOR HARDING LANE POND IF THERE WAS ANY. NO. OKAY. AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NUMBER TWO, SUSTAINABILITY FAIR FOLLOW UP. NO. WE'LL GET YOU ON ONE OF THEM. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER THREE, NATIVE GARDEN UPDATE. I KNOW CHRISTINE IS ON VACATION THIS WEEK, BUT I WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY MORE UPDATES THAN FROM LAST MONTH. I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A ROLLING THING. I KNOW THAT YOU WANTED SOME KIND OF UPDATE FOR FPNL. ONE LIKELY WHAT WE'LL DO IS SEE IF WE CAN GET WITH SUZANNE SHERMAN, ANY OF THOSE, SEE IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE. WE MIGHT JUST HAVE TO EMAIL THAT TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT THEM. THAT'S FINE. FPL EMAILED ME FOR AN UPDATE, NOT SURPRISINGLY, AND I TOLD THEM THAT CHRISTINE WAS WORKING ON IT, BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE OUT THERE LIKE PROBABLY SIX MONTHS OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BARELY STARTED BUILDING HERE. SO AND I DID ASK THEM IF THEY WANTED THEIR FUNDING BACK, YOU KNOW, IF THAT. AND SHE WROTE RIGHT BACK AND SAID, NO, NO, WE DON'T NEED THE FUNDING BACK. AND JUST KEEP US UPDATED. SO I WAS KIND OF GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU COULD TELL CHRISTINE THAT THEY WEREN'T WORRIED ABOUT IT. I ASSURED HER THAT I'M THE TREASURER AND IT'S SAFE AND IT'S IN A RESTRICTED AREA OF OUR BANK ACCOUNT, SO IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. AND THEY SEEMED OKAY WITH THAT. BUT YEAH, ANY UPDATE WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE NATIVE GARDEN UPDATE? ALL RIGHT. NUMBER FOUR, NEMO GARDEN UPDATE. SHE HAS A PICTURE FOR YOU UP THERE. THAT WAS TAKEN TWO DAYS AGO. IT LOOKS GREAT. YEAH. EVERYTHING'S STARTING TO GROW BACK. WE. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING RECOVERED NICELY FROM THE FIRE BECAUSE THE FIRE TRUCK DROVE THROUGH OUR WALKING PATH. IT KIND OF OPENED IT UP WIDE. SO STAFF PUT A WOODEN RAILING UP THERE TO STOP VEHICLES FROM DRIVING BY. SOMEBODY IN THE, IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY PLACED THAT BUCKET, THAT FIVE GALLON BUCKET RIGHT THERE. AND EVERYBODY THAT WALKS THROUGH IT MUST BE DROPPING GARBAGE IN IT, OR THEY'RE IN THERE PICKING IT UP AND PUTTING IT IN THERE ON THE WAY OUT BECAUSE IT'S FULL OF GARBAGE. SO AND THERE IS NO GARBAGE OR TRASH IN THERE. THERE'S NO TIRE TRACKS IN THERE. YEAH. YOU CAN SEE A BIKE THAT YOU ACTUALLY YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE WHERE A BIKE'S BEEN DRIVING THROUGH THERE OR RIDING HIS BIKE THROUGH THERE OR SOMETHING. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S ALL THE GOPHER TORTOISE BURROWS ARE UNTOUCHED. [00:20:03] THEY LOOK ALL LOOK HEALTHY. YEAH. SO PROBABLY LIKE SOME NEW GROWTH THERE WHERE IT'S BEEN CLEANED OUT AND OPENED UP. SO. OH YEAH, THEY LOVE THAT FRESH GROWTH. AWESOME. SO IS THERE A LONG TERM PLAN OR ARE WE GOING TO JUST I MEAN, I'M HAPPY THAT WE GOT THIS FAR AND WE CAN KEEP ON DOING THIS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER PLAN COMING. I FORGOT TO ADD THAT THE WELL HAS BEEN CAPPED AND IT'S COMPLETELY MARKED OFF FOR FUTURE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE ALLOWING IT TO GROW BACK TO NATURAL STATE. AND I DON'T EVER WANT SOMEBODY TO GO IN THERE AND DO ANYTHING OR PLAN ANOTHER GARDEN OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE AND NOT KNOW THAT THAT WELL IS THERE. SO IT IS WELL MARKED, BUT CURRENTLY WE'RE JUST LETTING IT. I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO LET IT GROW BACK FOR RIGHT NOW AND THEN REVISIT IT LATER TO DECIDE WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. OR IF THE IF THE CITIZENS HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS. DO YOU THINK THE CITY WOULD BE OPEN TO PLANTING SOME NATIVE LIKE GOPHER APPLES IN THERE OR ANY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE NATIVE PLANTS IN THAT AREA? I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THAT WOULD BE A NICE THING TO DO. YEAH, I MEAN, I I'M JUST THOUGHT OF IT THIS MINUTE, SO I HAVEN'T ASKED ANYBODY. OKAY. YEAH. BUT I COULD ASK AROUND ABOUT IT. OKAY. YEAH, WE WE WOULD BE INTERESTED ANY WAY WE CAN HELP. AWESOME. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE WE GO. OH, WE GOT TWO. YOU GOTTA FIGHT FOR IT. ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. IF YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. MARK GORDON 985 PEACHLAND AVENUE PALM BAY. I LIVE OVER BY THE GARDEN. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR EFFORT TO GET OUT AND DO THAT. IT LOOKS GREAT. THE TURTLES ARE ACTUALLY BEFORE THEY WERE KIND OF BACK IN THE WOODS, AND NOW THEY'RE OUT. THERE'S SOME BIG TURTLES IN THERE. THEY'RE REALLY NICE SIZE. I THINK THE FIRE AND OBVIOUSLY CLEANING IT UP HELPED TREMENDOUSLY. BUT JUST TO TOOT YOUR HORN, YOU KNOW, AS I WAS JUST LOOKING UP ON YOUTUBE AND THE NEWS AND YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING POSITIVE ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN PALM BAY, YOU KNOW, ON YOUTUBE, YOU GET ON AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND ARRESTS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT STORY TO GET OUT AND SHOW HOW QUICK YOU GUYS RESPONDED AND WHAT YOU DID AND YOU KNOW, AND MADE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE AREA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL'S PUBLIC RELATIONS STUFF IS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, OBVIOUSLY I DIDN'T COME LAST MONTH BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN. BUT YOU KNOW, I TAKE AN INTEREST IN IT, BUT I THINK IF PEOPLE KNEW SOME OF THE SERVICES YOU PROVIDE AND I KNOW BUDGETS ARE A BIG DEAL, BUT WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN GET THE COMMUNITY BEHIND YOU SOMEHOW AND GET OUT AND ADVERTISE IT JUST SO SOMEONE ON YOUTUBE OR THE THE ONE POSITIVE THING I SAW ON YOUTUBE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD. SO THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD STUFF TO DO AND A LOT OF GOOD STUFF OUT THERE THAT YOU ALL DO. AND THE RESPONSE IS I'M, I'M NOT A I'M A HALF FULL GLASS, NOT A HALF EMPTY GLASS GUY. AND I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF, OBVIOUSLY. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU OUGHT TO SOMEHOW PROMOTE IT. SO ANYWAY, APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS. OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR THAT WE ARE HIRING IS STARTING ONBOARDING PROCESS ON FRIDAY. SO WE WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PERSON THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO HANDLE THINGS LIKE THIS AND DO MORE OUTREACH STUFF WITH CITIZENS AND STAFF AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THEY ARE WORKING ON ONBOARDING HER NOW. THAT'D BE GREAT, BECAUSE ALL YOU SEE ON THE NEWS IS A COMPOUND AND THIS OR THAT. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE BAD NEWS SELLS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS OUT THERE. SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. THE FIRST ONE WAS AFTER THE FIRE. THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MASSIVE GROWTH OF THE PEPPER TREES THAT THEY HAVE, MAKING SURE THAT THAT DIDN'T COME OUT. DID YOU HAVE LIKE A TEAM? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS DO THAT. DO YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT GO OUT AND HELP MITIGATE THE THE INVASIVE PLANT SYSTEMS? BECAUSE WHEN IT OPENS LIKE THIS, PEPPER TREES ARE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT COME BACK IN. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON THAT ONE. THAT'S THE FIRST ITEM. AND THE SECOND ONE WAS A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE NATIVE GARDEN FOR BUILDING E AND THE NEMO GARDENS. IS IT STILL GOING TO BE? IS CHRISTINE GOING TO BE LIKE ONE IN CHARGE OF TRACKING BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS OR, OR THE EVEN TIED TOGETHER WITH SOME KIND OF. [00:25:06] UMBRELLA PLAN? I DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU. I THINK THERE, I THINK THERE'D BE TWO SEPARATE BECAUSE ONE'S GOING TO BE HERE LIKE A GARDEN GARDEN WHERE FOLKS CAN, LIKE SIT AT WHILE THEY'RE AROUND CITY HALL AND ON CAMPUS HERE. AND THE OTHER ONE, I THINK IS GOING TO BE MORE SO NATIVE KIND OF RELAXING OR VISITING NATURE CENTER, NOT CENTER, BUT NATURE SPOT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'D BE UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT PURPOSES, I THINK. YEAH, I CAN TALK TO THE CONRADINA CHAPTER. WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW MEMBERS IN LOCHMOR. AND IN PALM BAY. I SAY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE MEMBERSHIP IS IN PALM BAY, SO WE COULD PROBABLY PERIODICALLY, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZE A WALK THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INVASIVES AREN'T COMING UP WHEN I WALK THROUGH IT. A LAST WEEK, I THINK I REALLY DIDN'T SEE ANY PEPPER TREES IN THERE. I'VE NEVER GONE. WHEN YOU WALK IN, I'VE NEVER GONE OVER TO THAT LEFT SECTION. THAT'S SOME BIG DITCH THING OVER THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OVER THERE, BUT THE PART YOU CAN WALK AROUND DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF INVASIVES, WHICH IS GREAT. YES. YOU'RE CORRECT. WHEN YOU WALK IN THE AREA TO THE RIGHT, THERE'S ALL THAT WAS BURNED. THE VEGETATION IS NOT REALLY GROWING BACK PEPPERS YET, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GAS LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE, THERE IS INVASIVE PEPPER TREES ON THAT SIDE. SO BAD AND IT SPREADS, SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO BE BROUGHT UP. THANK YOU. DO YOU ALL TRY TO DEAL WITH THAT OR IS IT JUST TOO HARD? WAS TAKEN PEPPERS OUT. YEAH. THE ONLY THING WE REALLY DO TO MANAGE PEPPER TREES WOULD BE TO SHRED THEM ON SITE, BUT THAT REALLY DOESN'T GET RID OF THEM. SO I MEAN, WE CAN LOOK INTO WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. YEAH, I KNOW IT'S HARD. IT'S LIKE A NEVER ENDING BATTLE. YEAH. SO WE'LL JUMP INTO ITEM NUMBER FIVE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. AND WE HAD 180 SOMETHING PAGE DOCUMENT SENT OUT. SO. ALL RIGHT. WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING FROM SUZANNE ON THE LED, BUT WE DON'T. BUT ALL OF Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE MANUAL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH. I THINK WE WERE HOPING THAT AT SOME POINT SHE WOULD, OR WHOEVER DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HER, WOULD LET US KNOW WHAT LIBBY HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW BUILDING DESIGNS. I THINK THAT SHE'S BEEN CHRISTINE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT PART, BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'S GOT ANY CONCRETE ANSWERS FOR YOU YET, BUT HOPEFULLY BY NEXT. MONTHS. MEANING? YEAH, AS WELL AS CONNECTING THE NEW ORDINANCES. BECAUSE I KNOW THE ORDINANCES ARE GOING THROUGH CHANGE AND UPDATES, AND I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING SPECIFICALLY. WHAT ONES? WE CAN INFORM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT. AND DEVELOPERS AS WELL. AND I NOTICED IN LOOKING THROUGH THE NEW MANUAL, THIS IS YES, I DID, I DID BECAUSE IT'S. HARD FOR ME TO USE THE COMPUTER. I'D LIKE TO TOUCH THIS AND READ IT LIKE A BOOK. THERE ARE SOME CHANGES. I HAVE MY LAST LED MANUAL THAT WHICH WAS THE VOLUNTARY MANUAL, AND I'M SEEING A LOT OF DRAFT PAGES IN THIS ONE, I'M PRESUMING. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW SOON WILL THOSE DRAFTS BECOME. PERMANENT AND AND KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A PLAN AND THEY'RE REALLY DOING A THOROUGH JOB. SO I WANT TO REALLY LET SUZANNE SHERMAN AND THE GROWTH AND LAND DEVELOPMENT KNOW. WE'RE SO PLEASED TO HAVE THIS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR CITY. MISS CONLEY. JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH GROWTH MANAGEMENT WITH THE. YES EXFILTRATION SYSTEMS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THERE'S THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT ONES, AND THERE ARE A FEW PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY RIGHT NOW THAT ARE GOING TO START. [00:30:05] THE DAIRY QUEEN, THE DAIRY QUEEN THAT'S GOING ACROSS THE STREET OVER HERE. REALLY? THEY ARE PLANNING ON HAVING THE EXFILTRATION SYSTEM. TO ADDRESS THEIR DRAINAGE ISSUES. THERE'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT I'M, I'M AWARE OF OVER OFF OF GORE CIRCLE THAT HAS ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS. AND IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHICH TYPE OF SYSTEM YOU'RE UTILIZING AND THE MAINTENANCE ON THEM. SO THERE'S THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THAT. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED AT OUR PUBLIC WORKS MANUAL MEETING THIS MORNING. TO GET THOSE ADOPTED INTO OUR PUBLIC WORKS MANUAL. SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT. WELL, THAT IS VERY EXCITING. EVEN MORE EXCITING. I KNOW IT'S A HARD, HARD JOB, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF EFFORT. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS, STARTING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND AND COUNCIL TO HOW MUCH I KNOW A LOT OF THAT GETS HANDLED A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PROCESS, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THIS EVEN EARLIER IN THE PROCESS, WHERE PEOPLE CAN START ASKING THESE QUESTIONS AND NOT LEAVE IT ALL TO THE AT THE TIME THAT IT GOES, AFTER IT'S APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. BUT TO START EVEN PRIOR TO THAT. SO YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DONE DURING THE REVIEW PROCESS BECAUSE THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS, YOU CAN ONLY PUT THEM IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THE SOIL CONDITIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE. SO THEY DON'T WORK EVERYWHERE. SO YOU CAN'T PUT THEM. THEY CAN ONLY BE PUT IN CERTAIN CERTAIN LOCATIONS. SO WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THAT OUTREACH THING IT'D BE GOOD TO SHARE SOME OF THAT ONES THAT YOU ALL THINK ARE WORTH, YOU KNOW, SHARING, WHETHER IT BE IN A NEWSLETTER OR, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEMO PART, YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THE THE GOOD ARTICLE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE GOING ON HERE. THAT'S GOOD. AND I KNOW GETTING THAT WORD OUT IS, IS PRETTY BIG. AND I DO KNOW THAT IN MY TRAVELS AROUND THE COUNTY, OTHER CITIES ARE I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD JEALOUS, BUT OTHER CITIES SEE US. AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT CITIES SAYING, MAN, I WISH WE HAD A SUSTAINABILITY BOARD. YOU KNOW, AND IT AIN'T. IT JUST SHOWS THAT IT JUST IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT PALM BAY AND WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE WILLING YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DO. Y'ALL ARE HERE AFTER HOURS, YOU KNOW, AND WHETHER IT'S VOLUNTEER OR NOT. BUT STILL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT JUST SHOWS THAT IT JUST SHOWS A LEVEL OF COMMITMENT. AND WHETHER, YOU KNOW, AS OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WE'RE GROWING. BUT HIGHLIGHTING THAT STUFF JUST TO SAY THAT, HEY, WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, AND I'LL BE HONEST, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON, I THOUGHT, ALL RIGHT, ARE WE JUST A BOARD THAT COMES AND TALKS ONCE A MONTH? BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE NOW. I THINK WITH THE ADDITION OF YOU GUYS AND JUST EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'RE WE'RE NOT THAT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GROUP OF ACTION. SO HIGHLIGHTING THAT WOULD BE GOOD. AWESOME. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT? ALL RIGHT. AND LAST ITEM NUMBER FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS OR EVENTS OF INTEREST. INFORMATIONAL. DID YOU TALK ABOUT TOMORROW? MR. LUCE. IF YOU'RE GOOD, I'LL GIVE YOU SUZANNE'S UPDATES. PLEASE. SHE COULDN'T ATTEND, SO SHE SENT THEM TO ME. SO SHE WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE ARE SIGNING AN AGREEMENT WITH BREVARD COUNTY FOR A PHOTO CATALYTIC GRANT UPDATE. THAT SHOULD GO TO SPECIAL COUNCIL APPROVAL ON THURSDAY. SHE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THE IT'S MALABAR ENERGY EFFICIENT CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT HAS BEEN. I'M SORRY. IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. THEY'VE SET THE BUDGET DOLLARS ASIDE. THE GOAL IS TO COMPLETE THIS WORK OVER THE SUMMER. THIS WILL PROVIDE IMPROVED TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG MALABAR CORRIDOR FROM JUPITER TO I-95, INCLUDING SAN FILIPPO. SHE ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR A BAFFLE BOX RETROFIT GRANT FOR NORWOOD. ERIC KNOWS A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS WHAT SHE'S GOT. A PROJECT THAT HAS WAS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, AND WE ARE LIKELY TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE STATE FDP TO SUPPORT. THIS WILL REMOVE THE TWO OLD BAFFLE BOXES AND CULVERTS, AND REPLACE IT WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF STORMWATER BY REMOVING ADDITIONAL SEDIMENT, [00:35:04] DEBRIS, TRASH AND POLLUTANTS. IT WILL ALSO ASSIST WITH LOWERING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS LEVELS AT THIS STORMWATER OUTFALL. SHE ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY IS USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY TO FOLLOW THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT'S WATERING RESTRICTIONS. THEY'RE OFFERING FREE LAWN MOISTURE METERS, WATER WISE KITS. TO HELP RESIDENTS DETERMINE IF THEY ARE WATERING TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE. THIS IS AVAILABLE AT THE PALM BAY UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION OFFICE AT 250 OSMOSIS DRIVE IN BAYSIDE. SHE ALSO WANTED ME TO EXPRESS HER. THANKS TO EVERYONE ON THE BOARD AND THE STAFF FOR THEIR GREAT WORK AT HARDEN AND NEMO. SHE WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT. THANK YOU. AND ALSO, WHILE I'VE GOT EVERYONE THE CHAIR OF INDIALANTIC SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY. THEY WANT TO HAVE A COUNTY WIDE SUSTAINABILITY MEETING. SO YOU GUYS ARE INVITED. THEY ASKED IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A COUPLE MEMBERS ATTEND ITS JULY 23RD. I PRINTED IT OUT FOR YOU, MR. LEWIS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THEIR INVITE. THANK YOU. CAN WE MAKE SURE THOSE COMMENTS GET INTO THE MINUTES? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANTED TO COMMENT THAT TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE THE. FLORIDA. THE FLORIDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS SPONSORING THEIR ANNUAL PROSPERITY AND ECONOMIC. OPPORTUNITY SOLUTION SUMMIT. AND WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT. IS THAT THE GOAL? THIS IS A PROGRAM COMING FROM THE FLORIDA CHAMBER THAT WORKS WITH THE LOCAL CHAMBER. AND OUR GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS VERY CONNECTED TO THIS PROGRAM. AND AND WORKING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO BRING MORE PROSPERITY. AND THE WAY TO DO IT IS TO COLLABORATIVELY FORM PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS. AND THE BIG GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO ELIMINATE POVERTY GENERATIONAL OR CHILDHOOD POVERTY BY 50% BY THE YEAR 2030. AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS DEAL WITH ROOT CAUSE PROGRAMS. THERE'S MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK. AND AT THE HEART OF IT IS THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE SUSTAINABLE AND REPLICABLE SO THAT OUR CITY SO EVERYONE IN OUR CITY CAN THRIVE. SO JOBS AND HOUSING AND NATURAL RESOURCES, EVERYTHING IS IMPACTED BY THIS AND IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND OUR CITY COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THIS AND IS ALSO PARTICIPATES JUST IN SUPPORT OF THIS. ANY OTHER UPDATES? THIS THIS SUNDAY, WE'RE HAVING A WORK DAY AT THE DEGROOT LIBRARY FOR THEIR LITTLE NATIVE GARDEN OUT FRONT. IT'S AT 830 IN THE MORNING. ANYBODY CAN COME AND HELP. I'LL BE THERE. AND THEN JUNE 9TH IS THEY HAVE A POTLUCK THAT'S ALSO A SUNDAY AT ERNA NIXON. THAT'S FOLLOWED BY A TOUR WITH A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON, NOT ME, BUT SOMEBODY WHO USED TO WORK THERE. ERNA NIXON HAS BEEN HAVING SOME DRAMA LATELY WITH STAFFING, SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL ALL GET FIXED SOON. SO THAT'S ME. AWESOME. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT COUNTYWIDE? JULY 23RD. MEETING. IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR IS FOR TWO MEMBERS TO ATTEND. IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION. I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO CALL HIM AND LET HIM KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO ATTEND. CAN MORE ATTEND IF WE GET. HE SAID HE'S LIMITING IT TO TWO MEMBERS FROM EACH GROUP, BUT IT WILL BE MADE. YOU CAN WATCH ONLINE. IT WILL BE LIVE, IT SAYS. OR YOU CAN WATCH FROM AS BE PART OF THE AUDIENCE. OKAY, COOL. IS THAT A WEEKEND DAY OR. YEAH. TUESDAY, JULY 23RD. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT'S AT? DOES IT SAY. I APOLOGIZE. HE DOES NOT SAY. HE JUST SAYS. TENTATIVE DATE OF JULY 23RD. OKAY, COOL. SO WILL THERE BE SOMETHING EXPECTED FROM US AS A PARTICIPANT, A REPORT OF SOME SORT OR A [00:40:04] PROBLEM? IS IT TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS OR. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST AN OPEN DISCUSSION. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY JUST WANT ALL THE BOARDS TO SHARE KIND OF THEIR GOALS OR FOCUSES FOR THE YEAR. DISCUSS WHAT WAS SUCCESSFUL FROM EACH BOARD. CHALLENGES. I THINK IT'S JUST AN OPEN DISCUSSION WITH ALL THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARDS. JUST KIND OF BRAINSTORM. OKAY, COOL. AWESOME. IS THERE A WAY TO SHARE THROUGH YOU ALL ANY INFORMATION ON THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO CONTACT THEM. BUT IF ANYTHING COMES OUT, CAN WE? TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECAUSE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALREADY. I MEAN, I'M NOT TO SAY THAT THERE. I THINK IT'S GOOD THEY'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING BOARDS TOGETHER. BUT THERE IS A BREVARD COUNTY GROUP THAT'S KIND OF INACTIVE RIGHT NOW. BUT YEAH, IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE PLAN IS IF THERE'S A FLIER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. I WILL RESPOND TO HIM TOMORROW AND SAY THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AND SEE WHAT HE'LL SEND ME. WE DON'T WANT TO SHOW UP LOOKING UNPREPARED. I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT TOMORROW. WE WON'T. ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER INFORMATION MEETINGS, EVENTS TO BE SHARED AGAIN, LIKE, THANK STAFF FOR YOUR TIME AFTER HOURS AND KEEPING US TOGETHER AND GIVING US UPDATES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TO WHERE WE CAN DO OUR PART FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT, SPEAKING TO US. IT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU. NO. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 641. NO. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.