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TESTING IS 7:00.[CALL TO ORDER]
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.IF WE COULD PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
NEXT UP, IF I CAN GET HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MINUTES.
[ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
BUT I WOULD NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE LAST, NOT LAST MONTH'S MINUTES, BUT THE MINUTES FROM APRIL.THERE WE GO. I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE APRIL'S MINUTES SINCE WE WEREN'T HERE LAST MONTH.
MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR APRIL.
I SECOND. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR APRIL.
THESE ARE REALLY LOW. I SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND SO WE'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.THIS IS JUST FOR FOOD, FOR THOUGHT FOR THE BOARD.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT PIPES IN WHERE THE SWELL AREA IS LOCATED.
WELL, I AGREE, BUT WE'VE SEEN HOW THE ONCE YOU TEAR UP A ROAD, IT NEVER COMES BACK TO THE SAME STANDARD AS IF YOU HAVE A NEW BUILT ROAD THAT'S PACKED ALL THE WAY, YOUR HARD PAN AND EVERYTHING AND SOLID.
SO ALONG WITH JUST SAYING, YEAH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PATCH IT AFTER WE TEAR IT UP.
MAKE SOME KIND OF PROPOSAL THAT SAYS WE SHOULD.
THE CITY SHOULD BENEFIT FROM THEIR ACTION.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THE CITY SHOULD BENEFIT FROM THEIR ACTION.
THEY SAY, WELL, THE CITY'S BENEFITING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET INFRASTRUCTURE IN THERE.
WELL, CERTAIN THINGS COME BEFORE THE ROADS.
IN OUR CASE, WE'RE PAYING $150 MILLION FOR ROADS.
AND NOW THEY'RE TEARING THEM UP THAT ARE NOT TO THE SAME QUALITY AFTER THEY MAKE THEIR REPAIRS.
THAT WHAT WAS THERE TO BEGIN WITH.
SO I'M SAYING OKAY, REPAIR IT.
THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR THE $150 MILLION THAT I JUST DID.
I DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT UP ON IT.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE THEN IS.
WHEN THIS DOES HAPPEN IS THERE A, A SET STANDARD THAT SAYS, OKAY, IF YOU ARE GOING TO TEAR UP THE ROAD WHEN YOU BUILD BACK LIKE IT HAS TO AT LEAST MEASURE UP TO.
WHAT IT WAS. IF IT'S A BRAND NEW ROAD OR LIKE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? WHAT DOES THAT STANDARD LOOK LIKE? WELL GOOD EVENING.
BOARD. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WE MAKE THEM PUT THE INTERSECTION BACK TO TOTAL COMPACTION.
THEY HAVE TO PASS DENSITY TESTING.
GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS, AND WE ACTUALLY MAKE THEM GO BACK 50FT.
EITHER SIDE OF WHEREVER THE CUT WAS IN THE ROAD.
AND IN THESE CASES WHERE BILL IS TALKING ABOUT IS THAT THE INTERSECTION? SO THEY'LL BE REPAVING THAT WHOLE MAT IN THE APRON.
BACK 50FT, AT LEAST AT A MINIMUM.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AT OUR DISCRETION HOW FAR BACK THEY'LL NEED TO GO TO MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT.
BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S RESTORED.
YOU WILL HAVE A JOINT. THEY'RE NOT FOND OF THOSE, BUT.
YEAH. I'VE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE IN TWO LOCATIONS.
SO I KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
AND I DON'T THINK I THINK THE INTEGRITY IS COMPROMISED TO A POINT IN THE BEGINNING.
BUT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IT LOOKS AFTERWARDS IT STARTS TO MATCH UP.
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YEAH, WE LIKE I SAID, WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN INSPECTOR OUT THERE ON SITE WHEN THEY'RE DOING ALL THE WORK AND MAKING SURE THAT THE COMPACTION TESTING IS BEING DONE.BUT HOW LONG AFTER THEY CUT IT, FOR EXAMPLE? AND WHEN YOU LEAVE JUPITER AND YOU TURN ONTO RIGHT THERE, WHEN YOU LEAVE YOU, YOU TURN RIGHT ONTO JUPITER, YOU TURN LEFT ONTO THIS MAJOR MAIN ROAD.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE MAIN ROAD? I KNOW, BUT IF YOU LEAVE OUT HERE AND YOU AND YOU GO ONTO MINTON AND TURN LEFT.
THEN YOU TURN RIGHT ONTO JUPITER AND LEFT AT THE STOPLIGHT UNDER THE ROUTE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THERE IS A INTERSECTION THERE WHICH WHICH THEY, THEY CUT ACROSS OVER A YEAR NOW.
AND IT'S A IT'S A BIG DIP WHEN YOU DRIVE ON IT.
THAT THAT WAS OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT THAT DID THAT WORK.
AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET THOSE REPAIRS COMPLETED.
MR. BILL HAS BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION PREVIOUSLY.
BUT WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE REPAIRS.
OKAY? AND THEY'LL BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD.
OKAY. WHEN THAT WHEN TWO THINGS WITH THAT.
WHAT YOU JUST SAID. IS THERE A TIMETABLE THAT COMES WITH THEM HAVING TO TO STEP UP FOR THAT REPAIR? WE LIKE TO TRY AND GET THEM DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAD A SOMETHING IN THE WORKS PREVIOUSLY, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE PIGGYBACK CONTRACTS FELL THROUGH.
IF. CHRISTINE, MAYBE YOU COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
WE DO HAVE TO FOLLOW GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT RULES.
AND DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT, WE NEEDED TO EITHER GO OUT TO BID TO GET A CONTRACT OR USE AN EXISTING CONTRACT TO GET THE ASPHALT COMPANY TO PUT THAT ASPHALT ON THE ROAD.
AND WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND A CONTRACT THAT WE COULD USE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? IT DOES. AND THEN I GUESS THIS ISN'T.
I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD ALSO BE IS.
WHEN UTILITIES HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO CUT THE ROAD AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AND REPAIR.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE THE ONES WHO WERE PAYING FOR THE REPAIR OF THE ROAD.
THE FUNDING DID COME FROM THEIR SOURCES, NOT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
CORRECT. AND NOT THE GO BOND WE CANNOT USE.
CORRECT. YEAH. THOSE FUNDS FOR REPAIRS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
[NEW BUSINESS]
THE FIRST ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS IS AN UPDATE ON THE MINTON AND WACO ROAD PAVING WITH MR. JOHN MCCALL. THANK YOU, SIR.AS IF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THE VMS BOARDS OUT.
THEY'RE ALL ALONG THE MAIN ROADWAYS.
THEY'VE ALL BEEN PUT IN PLACE.
TRY NOT TO INCONVENIENCE ANYBODY FOR THE HOLIDAY.
SO THAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS THERE.
SCHOOL'S STILL OUT, SO TRY TO AT LEAST IMPACT THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT IS FROM FROM MALABAR TO TO TO JUPITER.
MINTON RIGHT HERE. RIGHT. RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US.
WE'VE BEEN WANTING THAT ROAD FIXED FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THEN IF WACO, AS SOON AS THEY'RE DONE WITH MINTON, THEY'LL MOVE ON TO WACO.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT SPLIT UP INTO, LIKE, FIVE SECTIONS, IF I RECALL.
THAT WAY WE CAN GET THAT DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS BACK UP AGAIN.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
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NO. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ANOTHER ROAD, THOUGH.I BROUGHT IT UP A LONG TIME AGO IN SAN FILIPPO AND MALABAR.
THERE'S A BIG DIP THAT'S THERE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE BEFORE IT GETS WORSE? WE'RE MONITORING THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE FIXED AS PART OF THE UNIT.
I BELIEVE WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT BID DOCUMENT.
WE HOPE TO HAVE IT TO PROCUREMENT THE FIRST PART OF JULY.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE BID OUT IN JULY.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT THE PIPE UNDER THE ROAD THAT WAS LEAKING, THAT WAS FIXED.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS.
IS AN UPDATE ON THE WIDENING OF BABCOCK ROAD.
AND YOUR DEVELOPMENTS OF DEER RUN.
AND AGAIN, IT'S MR. JOHN MCCAULEY, PROJECT MANAGER.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW MY NOTES THAT I HAVE THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY GOING IN DOWN THAT WAY. ONE OF THEM, THEY'RE BOTH COUNTY PROJECTS.
I'M ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING.
SO THOSE COME BEFORE THAT, AND THERE'S BEEN ON THE COUNTY, SO THERE'S BEEN ONE OF THEM WHERE KIND OF WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS OF PALM BAY, OF DOING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATER, SEWER, THAT KIND OF STUFF TO GETTING UTILITIES OUT THAT WAY.
AND THEN ALSO BIG DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT COX ROAD.
IT'S IT RIGHT THERE WHERE IT'S RIGHT THERE, RIGHT ABOVE DEER RUN.
RIGHT. SPEAKING OF ASHTON PARK, THAT WOULD BE BELOW.
THEY BOTH OWN BOTH OF THOSE SUBDIVISION THINGS.
YEAH. THAT WAS THE NAME OF BOTH OF THEM.
I THINK THE SMALLER ONE IS JUST SOUTH OF THE DAVIS PROPERTY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT PROJECT IS ABOUT 124 UNITS.
THE OTHER PARCEL IS WAY LARGER.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY PLANNED HOMES IT WAS IN THE PAPER A WHILE BACK.
I THINK IT'S LIKE 2500 OR 3000 HOMES.
THEY WERE. BUT THAT IS COUNTY PROPERTY.
THAT'S COUNTY. THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THERE WAS CONVERSATION OF WORKING WITH PALM BAY, AND PALM BAY WAS PROVIDING INFORMATION SAYING THAT THEY WOULD, I GUESS, THROUGH THEIR LAWYERS THAT SPOKE TO US OR PRESENTED TO US THAT PALM BAY WAS GOING TO WORK TO GET UTILITIES OUT THERE OR SOMETHING.
THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
WE CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT.
BUT BABCOCK ROAD CAME UP ON THAT AS WELL AS ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND AS YOU'RE SAYING, MR.. BILL ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING DOWN THERE, WE DON'T HAVE THE ROADS FOR IT, THE SIZE THE TRAFFIC DEER RUN IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DENSITY IN THAT AREA.
YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE DETAILS.
PROJECTS. A WHILE BACK TO TO PLAN TO WIDEN BABCOCK.
WHICH SECTION ARE WE SPEAKING OF? WE'RE FROM. FROM ROAD? YEAH. FROM FROM MALABAR BACK DOWN TO DHEERAN.
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YEAH. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, SPEAKING WITH MR. WATANABE, THAT THE FUNDING DRIED UP FOR THAT.AND I'M NOT AWARE THAT THERE'S ANY FUNDING STILL AVAILABLE FOR THAT IN THE PRESENT TIME.
THAT'S THE COUNTY PORTION, RIGHT? YES, THAT. YEAH, THAT'S A COUNTY QUESTION.
WE REALLY CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF IT.
THERE IS A SECTION THAT THE CITY IS HAS AGREED TO FOUR LANE, WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON NOW, AND THE REST OF IT WILL DEPEND ON THE THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES.
EXACTLY. SO THOSE BOUNDARIES MAY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT CURRENTLY WE'RE FOUR LANING THE THE SECTION OF ROAD THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
LANE. WHAT SECTION IS THAT? THAT'S AT THE SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY.
BABCOCK AT THE PARKWAY GOING A LITTLE A LITTLE NORTH AND A LITTLE SOUTH.
I DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL DIMENSIONS.
I'M SORRY. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PLANS.
JOHN, CAN YOU GIVE THEM AN IDEA? IT'S BASICALLY IN BETWEEN WILLOWBROOK AND MERALOMA.
THAT'S THE PART WE'RE WIDENING AT THE PRESENT TIME.
OKAY. DOWN WHERE THE NEW PUBLIX IS GOING.
BUT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE PLANS FOR RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME STUFF IN THE FUTURE, BUT ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO PUT MORE STOPLIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, OR BY WHERE THEY HAVE THE DETOUR NOW IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO COME OUT ONTO BABCOCK FROM, FROM, FROM MANY OF THE ROADS IN PALM BAY BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC VOLUME ESPECIALLY OUTWEIGH ALL OF THOSE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS ARE AND AND THE 95 HAS BEEN OPENED THE THE TRAFFIC VOLUME AND BABCOCK COMING INTO TO TO MALABAR ROAD IS VERY HIGH.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO THAT NOW.
SO ARE THERE ANY PLANS, ESPECIALLY WHERE YOU HAVE VALKYRIA OR WHERE YOU USED TO DRIVE TO GO TO MISO? ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO PUT STOPLIGHTS IN THOSE AREAS? WE WE ARE.
ALAN, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS OR GO AHEAD? CURRENTLY THEY'RE LOOKING AT GRANT-VALKARIA AND BABCOCK.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE ABOUT A SIGNALIZED SIGNAL GOING IN.
ON THAT. THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT AND DOING TRAFFIC STUDIES ON THAT SECTION.
AGAIN, THAT IS A COUNTY SECTION WE OWN.
YEAH, WELL, ELDER ANZAAS GRANTS AND VALKYRIE AFFAIRS AND THEN BABCOCKS, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTIES, BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE IT.
BUT THEY DID HAVE A MEETING DISCUSSING WHAT THE COUNTY, WHAT KIND OF SOME EXPECTATIONS WERE GOING TO BE ABOUT THAT, AND TRYING TO GET A FEEL OF WHAT IT MIGHT OR MAY NOT COST TO DO THAT.
SO BECAUSE ELDRON TO BABCOCK IS IS IS THAT WHAT IT THAT'S ELDRON.
YEAH. IT'S A HIGHLY USED ROAD.
AND TO COME OUT AND TO BABCOCK KNOW TAKE SO MUCH TIME.
BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT CURRENTLY.
I KNOW WE REVIEWED CRASH DATA FOR THE INTERSECTION, AND I KNOW MR. WATANABE'S BEEN OUT THERE DOING VEHICLE COUNTS.
SO THEY ARE RESEARCHING IT AND GETTING IT.
THAT DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD ABOUT SIGNALIZING THAT INTERSECTION, WHAT THE TIME FRAME IS.
AND THERE'S NOTHING BEEN SET IN STONE ON THAT.
THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF PLAYERS IN THAT INVOLVED IN THAT.
HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
WHEN THEY PUT IN THE SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY FROM 95 TO BABCOCK, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
THEY PUT IN AN AGREEMENT FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE THAT IF FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THAT ALL THE ALL THE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE GENERATED IN THAT IN THAT AREA CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER LOCATIONS WITH, WITH BECAUSE EVEN YOUR OWN ZIP CODE THAT ALL THE ALL OF THAT HAS TO STAY IN THAT AREA.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY PUT A LITTLE BUG IN SOMEBODY'S EAR AND I SAY IT NOW SO THAT THEY REMEMBER THAT THE COUNTY CAN'T EVENTUALLY JUST SAY, OH, WELL, WE DECIDED TO USE OUR IMPACT FEES SOMEPLACE ELSE.
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BE USED IN THIS AREA ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.JUST DON'T WANT TO LET THAT SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS SOMEHOW.
THANK YOU. WE ARE MONITORING THOSE FUNDS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEM THAT THIS COUNCIL SEES THAT THEY WANT TO DISCUSS FOR THE NEXT MEETING? I HAVE TWO, AND THESE ARE PRIVATE BUSINESSES IN THE AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE, LIKE PARKING LOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS THE BUSINESS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE? YES, NORMALLY. AND IF THEY DON'T FIX IT, IF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
OKAY. THE CITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
SO THE OTHER I'VE NOTICED TWO THINGS.
ONE OTHER ADVISORY BOARDS ARE MEETING AT SIX.
AND HAVE LEARNED THAT THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS MEETING AT SEVEN IS NOW ALSO CURRENTLY MEETING AT SIX.
SO I'D LIKE TO PUT IT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA JUST TO TALK ABOUT US POTENTIALLY MOVING IT UP.
AND I LIKE TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
AND BECAUSE MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS I DON'T LIKE MEETINGS FOR THE SAKE OF MEETINGS.
DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE THAN MONTHLY, OR SHOULD WE KEEP IT MONTHLY? THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE WILL PUT IT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA FOR YOU OR I SHOULD SAY, THE NEXT AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYTHING WITH HAVING US BEING IN HERE? I KNOW SUSTAINABILITY MEETS IN HERE AT SIX.
DOES IS THERE ANYTHING ON THIS DAY OR THE WEEK OR WEEK OF THE MONTH THAT WOULD PROHIBIT US FROM STARTING AT SIX? WE WILL CHECK WITH LEGISLATIVE WHO KEEPS THIS CALENDAR, BUT WE GET HERE AT 630 FOR THESE MEETINGS, SOMETIMES A LITTLE EARLIER, AND WE DON'T KICK ANYBODY OUT OF HERE.
SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING A CONFLICT, BUT WE'LL VERIFY IT IF YOU'D LIKE US.
AND WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU AT THE NEXT, AT THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT YOU CAN DISCUSS IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE UPDATE ON THE THE PAVEMENT PROGRAM? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
IT SAYS. I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
YEAH. IF WE COULD HAVE, LIKE, FOR THE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
SO CERTAINLY THAT IS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ON THE SECOND MEETING OF EVERY MONTH, AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU AT EVERY MEETING, IF YOU'D LIKE.
THE NEXT ONE. JUST WANT AN UPDATE ON THE ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN PAVED AND.
SO. BECAUSE THE LAST SEVEN WE WERE 164 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT MILLION, WE WOULD BE SHOCKED.
AND THEN THEY WOULD PROPOSALS THAT IF YOU USE THIS, THIS NEW PAVING THING THAT THEY WERE TESTING OVER, OVER GORE, IT MIGHT REDUCE IT TO ABOUT 40 SOMETHING MILLION.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE.
CERTAINLY WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE UPDATES.
OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE GENTLEMEN YOU'D LIKE TO BUILD ON THE AGENDA? NO, THIS MIGHT BE A RECORD.
SO I BELIEVE THAT I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 724.
YES. SORRY. I'M SUSAN CONNELLY AT 3901 DIXIE HIGHWAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU CITIZENS WHO ARE SHOWING UP AND BEING ON THIS BOARD.
I CONSIDER THIS BOARD ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT, BUT RIGHT NOW, INFRASTRUCTURE IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE ISSUES COMING UP IN OUR NEXT VOTING, OUR OUR VOTING CYCLE.
I WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A CANDIDATE HERE, LOGAN LEWIS, AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, SERVICE OF CITIZENS LIKE YOURSELF. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THESE SEATS FILLED JUST BECAUSE OF THE POWER OF THE CITIZENS.
THIS IS A ADVISORY AND AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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THIS WAS A VERY GOOD MEETING.AND AS A CITIZEN, I JUST THANK ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COULD I JUST SAY SOMETHING, THOUGH? I NOTICED THAT YOU TWO ARE THE TWO OF THE ONLY RESIDENTS WHO WE SEE.
YEAH, CONSISTENTLY IN, IN, IN THE MEETINGS.
AND I ALWAYS SAY TO MYSELF, IT'S, IT'S A RARE THING TO SEE AND, AND SO WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU TWO OR INFORMED YOU ARE AND AND THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS HERE.
I THINK IT'S. I THINK IT'S IT'S KIND OF.
I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAVE CITIZENS WHO WHO KEEP US ALSO ON THE BALL AS WELL AND WHO ARE INTERESTED, AND THAT I'M ALSO HAPPY THAT IT'S NOT OVERFLOWING BECAUSE TYPICALLY, IF IT WAS OVERFLOWING WITH INDIVIDUALS, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.
AND SO AND SO IF WE'RE DOING THE JOB EXTRAORDINARILY WELL WE STILL NEED INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE JOB WELL, BUT HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T GET TO THAT POINT WHERE YOU SEE THE 85 PEOPLE SHOWING UP IN THE SAME COLOR SHIRT TO WE HAD THAT ON SUSTAINABILITY, BUT IT WAS A POSITIVE REASON. BUT I WAS KIND OF NERVOUS WALKING IN AND HE WAS FULL.
YOU WALKED IN, I WAS LIKE, OH, NO, I GOT A QUESTION.
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF DIGGING THE DITCHES? CLEARING OUT THE DITCHES, LIKE IN THE AREAS WHERE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITH THE DITCHES.
UPS. SO IT'S NOT PUBLIC WORKS.
OPERATIONS. IS IT? IS IT? I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THE RESIDENT.
NO, SORRY. YOU SORRY YOU'RE DURING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, DO THEY.
IF I, IF I RESIDENTS CALL AND SAY THAT THEY NEED THEIR THEIR DITCHES TO BE DIGGED.
OUR TRENCHING IS DONE ON A PER REQUEST BASIS.
SO NO BASIS ON A PER REQUEST BASIS REQUEST.
OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM BECAUSE THE THE VOLUME OF REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVE ESPECIALLY EVERY TIME OF YEAR, THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE GET HUNDREDS OF THEM, HUNDREDS OF THEM.
SO RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH GETTING CAUGHT UP AND READY FOR THE NEXT GO AROUND.
OKAY. BUT YOU ARE STILL DON'T, DO YOU? DON'T YOU WON'T GO UNDERNEATH THE DRIVEWAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE DO NOT DO THE LINE WASHING ANYMORE.
OKAY. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CLEANING THE CULVERTS? YEAH. THAT'S THE SERVICE THAT WE NO LONGER PROVIDE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT IN A WHILE.
I KNOW WE WERE LOOKING INTO POSSIBLY DOING THAT AGAIN, BUT NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE HAPPY TO INVITE OPERATIONS REPRESENTATIVES TO ANY MEETING YOU'D LIKE. IF YOU WANT ANY KIND OF UPDATE ON THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE HERE PRESENT TODAY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR SCHEDULES AND THEIR WHAT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE IN THE FUTURE. JUST GENERAL INFORMATION.
THAT'LL BE GREAT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I SEE THE THE FLOODS NOT GETTING ANY LIGHTER.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR OPERATIONS TEAM IS VERY PROACTIVE IN CONFIRMING THAT THE WATER IS FLOWING PROPERLY THAT THE DRAINS ARE BEING KEPT OPEN, THAT THE CULVERTS ARE ARE CLEANED AND OPERATIONAL.
OUR OUR OPERATIONS TEAM IS VERY PROACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DO NOT FLOOD.
SO OCCASIONALLY WE'LL GET A HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT, AND SOMEONE'S SWALE WILL FILL UP DUE TO POSSIBLY DAMAGED CULVERT UNDER A DRIVEWAY, POSSIBLY DEBRIS TRAPPED FROM SOMEONE TRIMMING THEIR TREES AND LEAVING IT IN THE SWALE.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS IN THE RUN WHICH MAY CAUSE THE WATER TO POOL IN FRONT OF SOMEONE'S HOUSE FOR 1 OR 2 OR MAYBE EVEN THREE DAYS, BUT TYPICALLY THAT WATER DISSIPATES.
OKAY. BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO SCHEDULE THAT, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO.
YEAH, YEAH. IF YOU COULD ASK IF THEY CAN COME OUT, WE'D HAVE TO PUT THEM ON THE AGENDA.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN KEEPING OUR CITIZENS DRY AND ABLE TO RIDE AND RIDE, DRIVE DOWN OUR ROADS EVEN AFTER A HEAVY DOWNPOUR YOU KNOW LAST WINTER WHEN IT'S NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE RAINING, WE HAD SOME PRETTY HEAVY
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RAINSTORMS IN OUR OUR TEAMS WERE OUT IN THE RAIN, CHECKING FOR BLOCKAGES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE ROADS WERE PASSABLE.AND WHEN THEY WEREN'T, THEY WERE MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE KEPT SAFE BY INCLUDING THE CITY OF PALM BAY EMERGENCY POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHOMEVER THEY NEEDED TO CONTACT.
BAD WEATHER HAPPENS, AND WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE IT NOT TOO IMPACTFUL TO THE CITIZENS.
SO SO WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:31 P.M..
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.