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THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE JOINING.
[CALL TO ORDER]
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH A ROLL CALL.I'LL GO AND CALL TO ORDER AT 6:00.
ALL RIGHT. AND THIS IS THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING FOR JUNE 26TH, 2024.
IF WE CAN STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE MINUTES HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SKIP OVER THEM.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL HAVE THOSE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO NOW WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS: (Non-agenda items only) ]
DO WE HAVE ANYONE? ALL RIGHT. NO, MA'AM.BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY, SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
OVER WHERE I LIVE, THERE'S A 30 ACRE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
THEY SUBMITTED THEIR PLANS TO THE CITY AND SAID THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT TREES ON THE PROPERTY.
SO NO MITIGATION WOULD BE REQUIRED.
AS I DROVE BY, YOU COULD SEE BIG OAK TREES ON THE SITE.
SO I CONTACTED THE CITY AND THEY HAD ME MEET THE INSPECTOR ON SITE.
WE ONLY CHECKED THREE TREES OUT OF THE ENTIRE 30 ACRES, RIGHT? THEY WERE FOUR FOOT THREE INCHES.
SIX FEET, THREE INCHES AND A BEAUTIFUL TREE 15FT SIX INCHES IN RADIUS.
A TREE THAT BIG THAT TAKES THREE ADULTS TO PUT THEIR ARM AROUND.
IT'S NOT LIKE AS AN INVASIVE SPECIES OR A DANGEROUS TREE, IT'S AN OAK.
SO. THIS TREE BEING OVER 100 YEARS OLD.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AGE THAT IT'S NOT EVEN IN THE PLANS TO BE SAVED.
THEY TORE UP THE ROOTS ALL THE WAY AROUND IT.
SO THIS IS MY SUSTAINABILITY BOARD.
SOMEHOW THERE HAS TO BE A MECHANISM ON HOW TO CORRECT THIS TYPE OF FAILURE AND NOT JUST, OH, I'M SORRY AND DO BUSINESS AS NORMAL.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF REPERCUSSION FOR YOUR ACTION.
WHAT WAS THE PROCESS THAT DETERMINED THERE WAS NO TREES ON THE SITE? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT CERTIFICATION OF THE PLAN? AND A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE THERE.
ALL I CAN DO IS SAY SOMEBODY MADE A MISTAKE AND SOMEBODY FAILED.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
AND YOU CAN LOWER THAT IF YOU LIKE TO LOOK FOR HEIGHT.
BILL'S A LITTLE TALLER. I NEVER FEEL SHORT TILL I'M HERE.
SO, IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT BILL JUST SAID I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT SAVING THE TREES HERE IN PALM BAY.
I STARTED THIS BECAUSE THE LOTS WERE BEING CLEARED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT ALL STARTED BECAUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, A CORPORATION CLEARED A LOT AND THEN ASKED FOR A VARIANCE ON THE SEPTIC SYSTEM.
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SEPTIC VARIANCE.WHICH MEANS THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEIR SEPTIC, BECAUSE THE TWO NEIGHBORS ON EITHER SIDE HAVE WELLS IN THE BACKYARD, SO THEY CAN'T PUT A WELL BACK THERE BECAUSE IT'LL DRAIN THEIR WELLS AND THEY CAN'T PUT SEPTIC BACK THERE BECAUSE IT COULD LEACH.
BUT THE BIGGER ISSUE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT BILL IS TALKING ABOUT.
THERE'S ANOTHER HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET.
THE HOUSE IS SO HUGE THAT IT CONSUMES THE LOT.
AND I ASKED THE CONSTRUCTION CREW WHERE THE TREE IS GOING TO GO.
BECAUSE THEY KILLED ALL THE TREES.
THEY CLEARED THE LOT COMPLETELY, AND THE GUY IN THE CONSTRUCTION CREW LAUGHED AND SAID THERE'S NO ROOM FOR TREES BECAUSE THE SEPTIC AND THE DRAINAGE FIELD IS ALL IN THE BACKYARD AND THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY ROOM IN THE FRONT YARD.
AND HE SAID, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO PUT TWIGS UP.
AND AND SO AGAIN, I LOOKED AT OUR CODES.
AND OUR CODES SAY THAT WE VALUE OUR TREES.
AND THE LANDSCAPING CODE ACTUALLY SAYS VERY CLEARLY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE FOUR TREES AND TEN SHRUBS ON EVERY LOT IN PALM BAY, NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S UNDER ONE ACRE.
THEY I, I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE CODES TO ELIMINATE THE LESS THAN ONE ACRE CAN BE CLEARED, BUT THE LANDSCAPING CODE ON THE WEBSITE FOR PALM BAY ALSO STATES THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE SOME OF THE TREES AS THEY'RE CLEARING.
SO THESE BULLDOZERS THAT COME THROUGH AREN'T SUPPOSED TO LEVEL THE ENTIRE LOT.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT THE TREES THAT ARE THERE AND MAINTAINING THE NATIVE TREES.
AND PART OF THAT IS FOR THE HABITAT, FOR THE ANIMALS.
IT'S ALSO FOR THE SHADE AND THE LAND STABILITY AND ALSO TO SUPPORT OUR NATIVE TREES.
SO YEAH, IT SAYS FOUR TREES AND TEN SHRUBS.
AND AND IT JUST GOES ON AND ON ABOUT HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ENFORCING THIS.
AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, ON SEVERAL OF THE LOTS, THERE ARE NO TREES AT ALL.
SO I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SAVE OUR TREES.
ANOTHER GENTLEMAN ON JUPITER, JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM ME.
NOTHING'S EVER BEEN DONE ON THAT LOT, BY THE WAY.
AND I ASKED HIM, WHY ARE YOU TAKING OUT THE TREES IN THE BACK? SURELY YOU CAN LEAVE SOMETHING.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO CUT EVERYTHING DOWN.
AND HE SAID, OH, NO, THE CEMENT THAT THEY USE WHEN THEY COME IN TO BUILD AND SET THE PLATFORM.
WHATEVER CEMENT THAT THEY'RE USING IS GOING TO KILL THE ROOTS ANYWAY.
SO IF I DON'T TAKE THE TREE OUT NOW, IT'S GOING TO DIE ANYWAY ONCE WE BUILD THE HOUSE.
AND I THOUGHT, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS USING THAT'S GOING TO KILL THE ENVIRONMENT SO DETRIMENTALLY? THEY'RE ALSO NOT CHECKING FOR TURTLES.
I EVEN TALKED TO A CITY OFFICIAL AS THEY WERE CLEARING ONE OF THE LOTS, AND I SAID I WATCHED BIRDS FLYING IN AND OUT OF TREES AS THE BULLDOZER WAS TEARING THE TREE DOWN, AND THE CITY OFFICIAL JUST SAID, YEAH, WELL.
I WANT US TO BE A PLACE OF PEACEFULNESS, AND THE TREES PROVIDE SHADE AND EVERYTHING.
SO I HAVE A PLAN, AND I NEED YOUR HELP BECAUSE YOU'RE THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD, AND YOU'RE ALL ABOUT BEING SUSTAINABLE AND MAINTAINING THE BEAUTY OF PALM BAY.
THE ARBOR FOUNDATION HAS A DESIGNATION.
IT'S CALLED TREE CITY USA, AND THEY'VE DONE IT UP IN CAPE CANAVERAL.
THE PARTICULARS OF BEING A TREE CITY.
OUR CODES STATE THAT WE VALUE OUR TREES.
THAT PART I'M SKETCHY ON BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE FINANCES.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, WHICH OUR CITY LOVES TO DO IS PROCLAIM AN ORDINANCE, PROCLAIM OUR AN OBSERVATION OF ARBOR DAY, WHICH IS VERY EASY TO DO, AND WE COULD GET KIDS INVOLVED, AND WE COULD GET THEM HAVING A DAY TO PLANT TREES AND GET THEM RECONNECTED TO NATURE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT YOUR HELP ON.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL CAN DO, BUT I DO.
BUT I THINK PART OF WHAT YOU DO IS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
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AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO EITHER BECOME A TREE CITY, OR TO ELECT A BOARD OF PEOPLE TO HELP MONITOR THE TREES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
BECAUSE I HAVE EMAILED CITY OFFICIALS TO FIND OUT HOW THEY'RE ENFORCING THE LANDSCAPING CODE, AND I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE YET, SO I'M NOT FULLY PREPARED. BUT I HAD TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE I KEEP GETTING NUDGES FROM CERTAIN PEOPLE TO SPEAK UP, AND IT'S MY PASSION.
CAN I GET YOUR NAME? MY NAME AND ADDRESS? LISA JACKSON 589 TRUMPET STREET, SOUTHWEST, PALM BAY.
THANK YOU. ANY COMMENT? MAYBE. WHAT? OR DO YOU GO? YEAH.
SO I WANT TO KNOW CURRENTLY, HOW DO WE, AS A CITY ENFORCE ANY OF THESE ORDINANCES? BECAUSE, MISS LISA THAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME PERSONALLY.
A LOT WAS CLEARED NEXT TO MY HOME AND LITERALLY BIRDS.
AND THEY'VE ALL RELOCATED NOW TO MY PROPERTY, AND WE FEEL SO BAD.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T CUT DOWN ANY TREES IN MY YARD, BUT HOW DO WE HOW CAN CITIZENS ENFORCE THAT? DO WE CONTINUE TO CALL WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE FOR ME, TREES ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
SO I MAKE PHONE CALLS AND I SEND EMAILS CONSTANTLY.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M ALWAYS EMAILING THE CITY AND SAYING.
YEAH. YOU NEED TO GO UP TO THE.
YEAH. I MAKE PHONE CALLS AND I SEND EMAILS AND I DID IT BECAUSE THERE WAS A HUGE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE IN THE ROAD ON THE WAY HOME, AND I ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR THAT COMING FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION.
AND SO I WROTE AN EMAIL TO SOME PEOPLE AT CITY HALL AND I SAID, DO Y'ALL DO THIS? IS THIS BUILDING IS THIS LAND DEVELOPMENT? WHO IS THIS? AND THEY SAID, YOU NEED TO CALL THE POLICE.
AND SO I DID. AND I SAID, I JUST WANT TO KNOW.
AND THE POLICE OFFICER WAS WONDERFUL.
AND HE SAID THEY DO HAVE A PERMIT.
BUT DO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I CALLED THE VEHICLE WAS GONE WITHIN THE HOUR.
WHERE DO THOSE CALLS COME INTO.
WHAT DEPARTMENT DOES THAT END UP FLOWING THROUGH.
HOW DO WE HANDLE THOSE CALLS LIKE ON A CITY INTERNAL SIDE.
SO THE ACTUAL ZONING LANDSCAPE CODE IS ACTUALLY SET BY GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
SO THE FOUR TREES TEN SHRUBS IS SOMETHING THAT THE ZONING IN GROWTH MANAGEMENT REVIEWS.
YEP. THE ACTUAL FINAL INSPECTION WHICH IS DONE BY BUILDING.
YOU CANNOT PASS FINAL BUILDING INSPECTION WITHOUT YOUR FOUR TREES AND TEN SHRUBS.
SO YOU WILL FAIL THAT INSPECTION WITHOUT THOSE ON SITE.
AND THEY MUST BE BECAUSE THERE ARE HOUSES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GOT BUILT LIKE THAT, AND I GO BIKE RIDING AND WALKING ON THE STREET ALL THE TIME, AND THERE'S NO TREES AT ALL.
SO WHAT ARE, AS YOU MENTIONED, AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT CODE, BUT WHAT IS THE ORDINANCE OR WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE AROUND CURRENT TREES THAT ARE ON PROPERTIES THAT AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE? YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE MOVED, AND I HAVEN'T.
THE ONLY PLACE I'VE SEEN THAT IS IN MELBOURNE.
THEY TAGGED THE TREES THAT NEED TO STAY ON THE PROPERTY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT AT ALL IN PALM BAY, AND I'VE TALKED TO THE GUYS THAT COME OUT BECAUSE THEY STAND THERE CRYING SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY'RE TEARING THE TREES DOWN, THEY LITERALLY ARE CLAWING IT DOWN.
I'M LIKE, YEAH, BUT THINGS ARE LIVING THERE.
AND IT THE ARGUMENT GOES ON AND ON.
I SUGGEST WE PUT THIS ON OUR AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT I KNOW THAT SUZANNE SHERMAN, THE CITY MANAGER, HAS MENTIONED THAT PALM BAY USED TO BE A DESIGNATED TREE CITY, AND SHE IS INTERESTED IN REACQUIRING THAT DESIGNATION.
SO SHE'S AWARE OF THE PROCESS.
KIM. MAKE NOTE FOR TO BRING THAT UP AS AN ITEM.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? COULD WE GET EVEN A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC WITH THAT TOO? THAT MAYBE SOME INTERACTION COULD HAPPEN IN BETWEEN THE NEXT MEETING WITH SUZANNE SHERMAN AND GATHER SOME DATA? AND THEN KIND OF. DAD, ARE YOU REFERRING TO? WELL WHAT SUSAN PARKINSON SAID ABOUT I MEAN REBECCA ZIEGLER SAID THAT THERE IS
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FIRST, WE HAVE ORDINANCES THAT APPEAR NOT TO BE ENFORCED OR OVERLOOKED.AND THEN WE HAVE CITY MANAGER WHO HAS STATED THAT WOULD LIKE PALM BAY TO REDO THE TREE DESIGNATION.
TREE CITY DESIGNATION? IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ARBOR DAY PLAN IS AN EXCELLENT WAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO JUST ACCELERATE THE PROCESS, SO TO SPEAK.
ULTIMATELY, I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL MAY BE INVOLVED.
ANOTHER IDEA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO.
THAT HAS COME TO IS THIS BOARD.
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING TO THIS SUSTAINABILITY BOARD CITIZENS.
AND I THINK WE'RE JUST A BOARD OF FIVE PEOPLE HERE.
AND IT MIGHT BE TIME TO LOOK AT SUBCOMMITTEES OR SOME WAY OF REDESIGNING US THAT WE COULD BE MORE RESPONSIVE BETWEEN THE CITIZENS AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THAT.
AND I REALLY WANT TO EXTRA THANK THE CITIZENS FOR COMING AND SEEING THIS AS A PATHWAY.
WELL WE CAN'T MAKE PROMISES FOR SOME PEOPLE, UNFORTUNATELY.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY WITH THE NEW BUILDING.
BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY DO OUR BEST.
YOU ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST, AND IT SHOWS.
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JESSICA? YEAH. BERCEAU.WITH FERGUSON, WATERWORKS, GEO.
AND STORM WATER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
ALL RIGHT, NOW I HAVE TO PUT THIS UP.
ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT.
PERFECT. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
AND IT KIND OF GOES PERFECTLY WITH THE COMMENTS ABOUT TREES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO JESSICA CARUSO AGAIN, I'M THE GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIALIST FOR FERGUSON WATERWORKS.
SO FIRST, JUST TO KIND OF TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS.
WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE BASICS TONIGHT, RIGHT? LEARNING ABOUT EACH TYPE OF SOLUTION AND HAVING DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF THOSE AS WELL.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, RAIN GARDENS BIOSWALES WE'RE KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THESE TERMS. PERMEABLE SURFACES.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT TREES AS WELL.
SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND FIRST TO SO GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE ALL REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS RIGHT.
WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH CATCH BASINS AND GUTTERS.
WE'VE BEEN DESIGNING LIKE THIS FOR DECADES, OKAY.
AND IT'S ONLY GOTTEN US INTO ISSUES, RIGHT.
AND PROBLEMS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
BUT OF COURSE WE WANT TO REDUCE FLOODING.
THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING WITH STORMWATER IS LET'S REDUCE FLOODING.
LET'S MAKE SURE OUR ROADWAYS ARE CLEAR.
LET'S MAKE SURE EVERYTHING ELSE IS CLEAR SO PEOPLE ARE SAFE.
BUT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ALSO WANTS TO DO THE SAME THING.
WE WANT TO REDUCE FLOODING BUT IT'S GOING TO MORE CLOSELY MIMIC NATURE.
RIGHT. SO AGAIN LET'S FIND THESE AREAS TO INFILTRATE WATER AND SLOW IT DOWN OKAY.
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IT'LL STILL REACH A RECEIVING WATER BODY A LOT OF IT.BUT AT THE SAME TIME WHERE CAN WE FIND THESE LITTLE POCKETS TO AGAIN CLOSELY MIMIC NATURE? AND DEAL WITH THAT WATER.
SO WHY DO WE WANT TO USE THESE PRACTICES? THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT REASONS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THERE. WE WANT TO MITIGATE THAT.
WE WANT TO HELP RECHARGE OUR SURFICIAL AQUIFERS.
WE WANT TO COMBAT THAT SEA LEVEL RISE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
RIGHT. ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING NEAR A WATERBODY THAT'S BRACKISH.
RIGHT. SO IT CAN GET SALTWATER INTRUSION.
IT ACTUALLY DOES HELP TO ADD TAX REVENUE.
OKAY. I'LL GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE FROM COCOA BEACH ON THIS AND HOW THAT WORKS AS WELL.
NOW FOR DEVELOPERS IT WILL INCREASE THAT LOT YIELD.
BUT FOR MUNICIPALITY WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE BMAP CREDITS AND FOR THE NPDES MS4 PERMIT.
YOU KNOW, THE MORE AND MORE PAVEMENT WE HAVE, THE HOTTER IT GETS.
ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER. RIGHT.
AND YOU GUYS KNOW THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WALKING THROUGH A PARKING LOT.
THAT'S JUST ALL PAVEMENT VERSUS ONE THAT HAS A NICE CANOPY THROUGHOUT.
SAME THING FOR WALKING DOWN A STREET, RIGHT? IN THE SAME WAY, YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT NICE CANOPY AND IT DOES SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS FOR YOU.
WE ALSO LOOK AT THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE, RIGHT? SO IT'S A COMMUNITY AMENITY.
BUT REMEMBER THEY HAVE THAT DUAL PURPOSE TOO, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY HELPING TO DEAL WITH STORMWATER WHILE THESE OTHER THINGS ACTUALLY HELP THE COMMUNITY AND HELP THE PROMOTE PROMOTE WELL-BEING PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND EVERYTHING. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE POLLINATORS AS WELL INSECTS, OTHER ANIMALS, ETC.
AND I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE PLUG FOR TREES.
SO TREES DO ALL THESE FANTASTIC THINGS OKAY.
I CONSIDER THEM THE ULTIMATE STORM WATER BNP.
A BNP, BY THE WAY, IS A BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE.
SO AS THEY GROW, THEY INCREASE, RIGHT? THEIR VALUE INCREASES THEIR VALUE TO US.
AS FAR AS FLOOD REDUCTION, PULLING UP WATER WITH THEIR ROOTS, CREATING THAT SHADE.
SOIL AND GROUND STABILIZATION TOO, RIGHT? YOU DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO CLEAR A LOT UNTIL YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING STUFF ON IT.
OTHERWISE YOU JUST HAVE ALL THIS EROSION AND SEDIMENT PROBLEMS HAPPENING.
SO THEY HELP HOLD THAT GROUND TOGETHER, INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES AS WELL.
UTILITY COSTS, LOWER TEMPERATURE MODERATION.
SO ALL THESE FANTASTIC THINGS THAT TREES DO FOR US.
AND JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU TOO, THIS IS A REALLY COOL THING.
SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE NEVER CHECKED THIS OUT, PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE.
SO YOU CAN ZOOM INTO THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE ALMOST A MILLION TREES ON THAT MAP THAT HAVE BEEN LOCATED.
AND PART OF THIS, INCLUDING 537 DIFFERENT SPECIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE JUST A LITTLE SNAPSHOT FROM HERE.
SO WHAT DOES THAT CO-BENEFIT OF ACTUALLY HAVING CLEANER AIR RIGHT ON THE HEALTH OF THE CITIZENS.
SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN IN THE GROUND SINCE PALM BAY WAS, YOU KNOW, INCEPTED HERE? IT'S PROBABLY BEEN THE SAME UNLESS YOU HAVE MAJOR PROJECTS, BUT YOU'RE RIPPING UP A WHOLE ENTIRE ROADWAY, PUTTING IN LARGER PIPES, TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE STORMWATER SOMEHOW.
SO I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE REALLY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CAN HELP TO KIND OF PAIR WITH THAT AND DEAL WITH THE WATER THAT'S COMING DOWN WITHOUT HAVING TO TEAR UP EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE ROADWAY. WE CAN SEE IMPERVIOUS CHANGES, OF COURSE.
OKAY? WE DREDGED AND FILLED THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES HAPPENING WITH STORMWATER, RIGHT.
AND IT'S WHY IT'S BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT ON THE LAGOON.
RIGHT. BUT OF COURSE, IF WE TOOK AN AERIAL OF PALM BAY, WHAT WOULD WE SEE TO THIS WESTWARD EXPANSION? RIGHT. AND JUST MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AND EVEN IN THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR A WHILE, WHAT DO WE SEE?
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WE SEE LOTS BEING, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPED.SO WE SEE ALL THESE ISSUES AND OF COURSE MORE IMPERVIOUS LEADS TO MORE STORMWATER RUNOFF.
SO THE WATER IS ALWAYS GOING TO GO TO THE LOWEST POINT.
WATER WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO THE LOWEST POINT.
BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE HAVE FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE HAVE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE HAVE SEA LEVEL RISE THAT DOES AFFECT THE LAGOON AS WELL.
RIGHT. SO WE HAVE ALL THESE ISSUES.
RIGHT. SO OVER TIME YOU KNOW WE'RE HAVING WATER COMING UP FROM THIS WAY.
WE'RE HAVING WATER COMING DOWN FROM THIS WAY.
SO WE KIND OF NEED TO LOOK SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
IT'S LIKE, WHERE DO WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE SPOTS WHERE WE CAN PUT WATER? I LIKE TO CALL THEM KIND OF LITTLE, LITTLE BUCKETS.
CAN WE CREATE RAIN GARDENS HERE AND THERE THAT CAN RECEIVE SOME OF THIS WATER TO ALLEVIATE THAT STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY IN THE GROUND? CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS. THIS IS AGAIN JUST ALL FROM COCOA BEACH, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE CAN SEE THE BANANA RIVER AND THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON SYSTEM THAT WAS IN VERY UNSEASONABLE ALGAL BLOOM IN DECEMBER OF 2020. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SATELLITE PICTURE, WE HAVE BROWN, THE BANANA RIVER, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREEN AND THE INDIAN RIVER AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WE WANT TO LOOK AT THINGS THAT ARE SPACE EFFICIENT.
WE'RE IN A MORE URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
SO IT'S ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE ENTIRE AREA OF PALM BAY.
BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE AREAS.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK AROUND THOSE CONFLICTING UTILITIES BECAUSE WE ALWAYS KNOW.
RIGHT. YOU GUYS, IF PEOPLE GO INTO THE FIELD, THEY OPEN IT UP.
IT'S ALWAYS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE AS BUILTS.
NO, IT'S PROBABLY ALMOST NEVER THE SAME AS THE AS BUILDS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE FROM DECADES AGO.
RIGHT. SO WE COME UP WITH THESE SURPRISES, HAVE TO MOVE AROUND THEM.
WE WANT THINGS TO BE VERY, YOU KNOW, HIGH PERFORMANCE.
WE WANT TO ADDRESS BOTH STRUCTURAL AND WATER QUALITY NEEDS OKAY.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT MAINTENANCE AS WELL OKAY.
MAINTENANCE IS GOING TO BE PART OF THIS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT PRETREATMENT TO WHICH, WHICH HELPS OUT WITH MAINTENANCE AND REDUCES IT.
AND ALSO LOOKING AT RESILIENCE.
OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE.
THESE ARE KIND OF THE MAIN BUCKETS IF YOU WILL.
SO UNDER WATER UNDERGROUND STORMWATER STORAGE FILTERING OKAY.
THOSE DIFFERENT VEGETATIVE SOLUTIONS ARE GOING TO BE KEY OKAY.
SO IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF THINKING ABOUT WHERE CAN WE STICK THESE THINGS.
AND THAT MAKES SENSE. AND THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL.
SO IT DOES BECOME THIS AWESOME STORMWATER BMP.
SO UNDERGROUND STORAGE IN GENERAL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CREATE SPACE UNDERGROUND FOR STORM WATER TO BE STORED.
THIS IS EVERYWHERE. THIS IS DEFINITELY IN YOUR CODE.
SO WHEN SOMETHING GETS BUILT YOU KNOW X AMOUNT OF WATER HAS TO BE RETAINED ON SITE.
RIGHT. SO WHERE IS THE WATER GOING.
IS IT GOING TO A SWALE. IS IT GOING TO A POND A BIORETENTION AREA OR IS IT GOING UNDERGROUND? AND IN A LOT OF OUR MORE URBAN DEVELOPMENTS IT IS BEING PUT UNDERGROUND.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T FORMAT QUITE RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE IN THAT PICTURE THERE WE HAVE EXFILTRATION PIPE.
SO ALL OF THESE FUNCTION IN THAT WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS UNDERGROUND.
OKAY. SO YOU CAN SEE THESE MODULAR PLASTIC TANKS ESSENTIALLY.
SO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THE LARGE AREA LIKE YOU DO FOR THOSE BIG STICKS OF PIPE.
AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED LIKE HEAVY DUTY.
SO GOING UNDERNEATH A PARKING GARAGE WITH THE STORM WATER, WE CAN LOOK AT THESE CHAMBERS HERE.
THEY'RE CALLED VAULTS STORM WATER VAULTS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT AGAIN WE CAN MAKE USE OF THE AREA.
SO BUILDING PARKING GARAGE PUT THE WATER UNDERNEATH THE PARKING GARAGE.
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SO YOU GET TO SAY, HEY, CAN WE IMPLEMENT THIS SOMEWHERE? RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, HOW MANY PARKS DO YOU GUYS HAVE? RIGHT. SO CAN WE MAKE USE OF SOME OF THOSE PARKS? AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PUT SOME STORMWATER STORAGE UNDERNEATH A PICKLEBALL COURT OR AS YOU CAN SEE HERE UNDERNEATH THE PLAYGROUND.SO IT'S ALSO A WAY TO AGAIN BUILD FOR RESILIENCE.
WE'RE GETTING THESE THESE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND WE DO SEE THAT MORE AND MORE THE CURVES ARE CHANGING.
RIGHT. SO YOU KNOW, CAN WE KIND OF LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND BE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, CAN WE WHERE CAN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE? WHERE CAN WE PUT THIS UNDERNEATH THE PARK OR WHEREVER IT IS UNDERNEATH THE PLAYGROUND OR THE OUTFIELD OF A BASEBALL DIAMOND AND PUT STORMWATER THERE AND AGAIN, HAVE IT A LITTLE BIGGER, RIGHT? DON'T JUST THINK ABOUT TODAY.
RIGHT. YOU GUYS, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE AS WELL.
SO WE CAN HANDLE THAT WATER SO IT DOES NOT FLOOD THE AREA.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. THIS IS THE OUTFIELD OF THE BASEBALL DIAMOND GOES A LITTLE BIT DEEPER HERE.
THIS IS THIS ONE'S UP IN MASSACHUSETTS.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MORE DEPTH THERE BEFORE THE GROUNDWATER TABLE.
BUT WITH THESE KIND OF SOLUTIONS WE CAN ACTUALLY BE PRETTY SHALLOW AS WELL.
SO IT'S LIKE MAKING USE OF WHATEVER SPACE THAT THERE IS.
WE HAVE ADOPTED DRAINS WITH FABULOUS ARTWORK.
WE HAVE RED BALLOONS IF YOU'RE A CREEPY CLOWN.
BUT WE WANT TO SHOW, HEY, THERE'S A STORMWATER SYSTEM HERE, RIGHT? THESE DRAINS ARE GOING SOMEWHERE.
THEY ARE GOING TO BRING POLLUTANTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BRING TRASH. WHATEVER GOES DOWN THERE IS GOING TO END UP SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO WHAT ENDS UP IN OUR STORM DRAINS? WELL, THESE ARE ALL FROM FLORIDA, BY THE WAY.
WE HEAR A LOT OF THOSE STORIES.
SOMETIMES A LITTLE CUTE KITTENS AND OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE RESCUED.
BUT OUR BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT STORM DRAINS IS GOING TO BE SEDIMENT, RIGHT? TRASH. OTHER POLLUTANTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS HOW MUCH TRASH WAS CAUGHT IN THAT JUST FLOWING DOWN THE STREET, RIGHT? SO HOW DO WE DEAL WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS? RIGHT. BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE MORE COMMON THINGS.
SO SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS.
I BELIEVE PALM BAY, YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF BAFFLE BOXES.
BAFFLE BOXES ARE GOING TO BE THAT PICTURE THAT'S ON THE UPPER LEFT.
OKAY. SO BAFFLE BOXES ARE A TYPE OF END OF THE LINE TREATMENT OKAY.
THE TRASH LEAVES, DEBRIS GETS CAUGHT IN THE SCREEN ON TOP.
THE SEDIMENT ACTUALLY DROPS DOWN INTO THOSE CHAMBERS DOWN BELOW.
IT'S CALLED THE HYDRODYNAMIC SEPARATING CHAMBER.
SO AS THE FLOW OF WATER IS FLOWING, IT ACTUALLY HELPS THE WATER.
RIGHT? SO IT FLOWS THROUGH AND THE WATER IS CLEAN ON THE WAY OUT.
THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER TYPE OF BAFFLE BOX THAT HAS A FOURTH CHAMBER THAT WILL HAVE SOME SPECIALIZED MEDIA IN IT THAT HELPS TO REDUCE DISSOLVED POLLUTANTS LIKE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS. OKAY.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION WITH THOSE TWO.
BUT THESE ARE GREAT END OF THE LINE CENTRALIZED TREATMENTS.
SO WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER TYPES.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF BASKETS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GO RIGHT INSIDE THE CATCH BASIN.
SO IN THIS WAY YOU KNOW IT'S INDIVIDUAL CATCH BASINS.
RIGHT? SO CATCH BASINS NEED TO BE CLEANED OUT.
AND THEN IF STUFF GETS IN THE PIPES, IT NEEDS TO BE BACKED OUT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF MAINTENANCE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S MORE HEAVY DUTY MAINTENANCE.
BUT IF WE CAN KIND OF CAPTURE THINGS AT THE SURFACE, IT HELPS DOWN BELOW.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF CENTRALIZE THAT MAINTENANCE WITH FILTERS AND SCREENS.
YOU CAN SEE AS WELL THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE.
AND THAT IS A SPECIALIZED FILTER.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BRITA FILTER FOR A CATCH BASIN.
SO IN THE TOP YOU'RE ACTUALLY CATCHING YOU'RE STILL CATCHING SEDIMENT AND EVERYTHING.
RIGHT INSIDE THAT BOX IT GOES RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE GRATE.
BUT IT HAS THIS, THESE FILTERS IN THERE THAT THE WATER THEN FLOWS THROUGH.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF CARTRIDGES.
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THIS IS ALSO. THIS IS GREAT TOO.SO AS FAR AS AN EDUCATION PIECE GOES, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR STORM WATER.
AND OF COURSE, FOR THE MS4 PERMIT AS WELL.
EDUCATION IS A BIG COMPONENT OF IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE TRASH THAT'S BEING COLLECTED.
THIS IS A GREAT THING THAT THAT ALL PAIRS TOGETHER.
AS FAR AS BIORETENTION AND RAIN GARDENS, YOU GUYS, MAYBE.
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST FAMILIAR OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS HAVING THESE BIORETENTION RAIN GARDENS ESSENTIALLY.
VERY SIMPLY PUT, THEY'RE DEPRESSED AREAS OF PLANTS TO COLLECT STORMWATER, OKAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO HELP WITH INFILTRATION, NUTRIENT REDUCTION AND OF COURSE ESTHETICS.
SO WE CAN USE SOME NICE FLORIDA FRIENDLY PLANTS.
WE CAN USE FLORIDA NATIVES GET POLLINATORS IN THERE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS TO THESE.
SO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRACTICES BIORETENTION AREAS WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
BUT CAN WE MAKE THEM SO THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY YOU KNOW WITH PLANTS VERSUS JUST GRASS.
THAT'S THAT'S WHERE YOU KIND OF GO UP A NOTCH THERE.
RIGHT. SO THAT WAY THEY HAVE OTHER BENEFITS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
RAIN GARDENS CAN BE REALLY LINEAR TOO.
NOW WHEN YOU PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A COLLECTIVE EFFECT, RIGHT.
SO IT MAY LOOK SMALL ON THE SURFACE, BUT UNDERNEATH YOU CAN HAVE THIS LARGER AREA FOR STORMWATER.
WE CAN SEE TWO JUST JUST DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF VERY TIGHT SPACES.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SMALLER GARDEN SPACES, BUT THEN THE WATER ACTUALLY FLOWS UNDERGROUND INTO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT UPPER PICTURE WHERE YOU SEE ALL THOSE KIND OF BLOCKS THERE, THAT'S AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE CHAMBER, OKAY.
IT'S A GREAT USE. RIGHT? REMEMBER I TALKED ABOUT THE PARKING GARAGES BEFORE.
PUT YOUR STORMWATER UNDERNEATH THE PARKING GARAGE.
JUST ANOTHER WAY TO I LIKE TO TO I CALL THIS THE FUNCTIONAL TAKE ON PARKING LOT ISLANDS.
AS FAR AS LANDSCAPING GOES, EVEN TREES SOMETIMES.
AND YOU CAN YOU CAN PUT A TREE IN HERE TOO.
BUT THIS IS THE WAY YOU TURN IT INTO A RAIN GARDEN.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MOUNDED UP WITH MULCH THAT'S GOING TO GO EVERYWHERE DURING A RAIN EVENT, RIGHT? IT CAN BE FUNCTIONAL AND BE PRETTY AT THE SAME TIME.
OKAY. NOW BIOSWALES SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
OKAY. WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH SWALES.
THEY'RE ALL OVER HERE, RIGHT? THEY'RE COLLECTING THE WATER. THEY'RE MOVING THE WATER.
SO CONVEYANCE IS A BIG THING FOR SWALES.
RIGHT. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE THAT KEY THERE.
BUT YOU CAN DO THESE GRASS, BUT AGAIN, GO UP A NOTCH, VEGETATE THEM.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A MODULAR SWALE THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT'S UP IN GAINESVILLE.
BUT AGAIN LET'S MAKE USE OF THESE AREAS THAT WE HAVE.
ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT TREES HERE.
A LOT OF TIMES THIS IS WHAT WE DO WITH OUR URBAN TREES, RIGHT? WE CUT OUT A HOLE IN COMPACTED SOIL, STICK A ROOT BALL IN OF A TREE AND WE TELL IT, HEY, GOOD LUCK, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK BECAUSE PRETTY SOON WE'RE JUST GOING TO SEE THIS TREE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, LIKE LITTLE CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS TREE TRYING TO GROW, RIGHT? IT WANTS TO GROW. WE JUST NEED TO GIVE IT THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT TO DO THAT.
SO WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO CREATE MORE SPACE FOR THE TREES.
EITHER THEY'RE DEAD OR THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL AND THEY'RE PUSHING UP THE SIDEWALKS.
RIGHT. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO DEAL WITH THIS.
IF YOU SEE THE THE BOTTOM PICTURE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THIS IS A SOIL VAULT SYSTEM.
SO ESSENTIALLY THIS IS PLANTED AROUND THE TREE ROOTS.
THE TREE GOES KIND OF IN THE CENTER.
THE ROOTS ARE MEANT TO GROW INTO THAT THAT IS FILLED WITH SOIL, BY THE WAY.
IT'S WHEN IT ACTUALLY GOES IN THE GROUND.
IT'S JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU SCHEMATICALLY HOW THAT WORKS.
BUT THIS WAY, WHAT IT'S DOING IS THOSE TREE ROOTS HAVE SPACE TO GROW.
THE TREE CAN GROW INTO THE BEAUTIFUL STORM WATER BMP IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, AND HAVE ALL THOSE OTHER CO-BENEFITS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, THAT PLAZA, THAT PARKING AREA, THE WALKWAY, NOTHING'S GOING TO GET DISRUPTED RIGHT BY BY HEAVING BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THOSE ROOTS ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT SPACE WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED. WE CAN ALSO PUT STORMWATER IN THERE AND KIND OF USE A PERFORATED PIPE TO GO THROUGH THERE.
SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE REMEMBER, AGAIN, THAT'S FROM WATER.
THE TREE IS A GREAT STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE.
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WE CAN USE SOME OTHER ONES TOO.SO WE CAN USE SOME KIND OF LIKE CONCRETE MODULAR SYSTEMS. THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY MADE TO HANDLE STORMWATER.
SO YOU'RE NOT KIND OF CREATING A BIG CANOPY WITH THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THAT TREE PROBABLY ABOUT EVERY MAYBE FIVE YEARS, DEPENDING, BECAUSE IT CAN ONLY GROW SO FAR WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THAT THAT MODULAR NATURE.
BUT THAT IS TO ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY CLEAN THE STORMWATER.
YOU CAN SEE THE SOIL CELLS HERE.
RIGHT. AND THEN SOIL WILL GO IN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE.
AND YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY THE TREES THAT ARE PLANTED IN THE UPPER RIGHT, THOSE ARE IN THAT SYSTEM.
OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY END UP LOOKING LIKE.
JUST TO SHOW THE GROWTH OF THESE TWO.
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PROJECT THAT WAS DONE.
THAT'S HUGE CANOPY GROWTH IN JUST THREE YEARS.
THEY HAVE STUDIED THESE AS WELL.
I LIKE TO THROW SOME SOME DATA UP THERE AT YOU TOO, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
THERE WAS A CONTROLLED STUDY DONE BY BARTLETT TREE LAB WHERE THEY COMPARED COMPACTED CONTROL.
SO COMPACTED SOIL, WHICH IS THAT TYPICAL SOIL WE PLANT A TREE IN ON THE STREET DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRUCTURAL SOILS CONTROL, WHICH IS JUST TYPICAL SOIL AND THEN USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOIL CELLS.
OKAY. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING.
AND IF WE WANT TO PUT A VALUE ON THAT, THERE WAS A STUDY THAT WAS DONE.
THE TREE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS VALUED AT $510.
OKAY. THAT'S PUT IN A PARKING LOT KIND OF TRADITIONALLY.
RIGHT. KIND OF STUCK IN THERE.
OKAY. SO IT WAS GIVEN THE SPACE TO GROW.
THAT'S A REALLY THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL TREE.
AND IT'S VALUED AT 7305 OR $17,500.
ALL RIGHT, JUST A LITTLE CLOSER.
YOU CAN SEE KIND OF HOW THAT WORKS HERE, RIGHT.
IT'S DIRECTLY NEXT TO THAT CURB INLET OKAY.
SO THE WATER IS GOING DIRECTLY DOWN THERE.
AGAIN THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY FOCUSED APPROACH.
THIS IS KIND OF SMALLER AND YOU'D BE REPLACING THOSE TREES.
BUT AGAIN THIS IS GOING TO BE USED AS LIKE A STORMWATER BMP CLEANING THE STORMWATER GOING THROUGH.
THEY CAN BE USED FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF ROADWAYS.
PROBABLY NOT YOUR MAIN ROADWAYS BUT SIDEWALKS, PLAZAS YOU KNOW PARKING AREAS OBVIOUSLY.
AND AGAIN ALLOWING FOR THAT WATER TO INFILTRATE.
SO STABILIZING THE SURFACE AS WELL.
SO POROUS CONCRETE AND ASPHALT I DON'T THINK MY WHOLE THING CAME OUT HERE.
MY WHOLE LIST, BUT POROUS CONCRETE AND ASPHALT, I WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE OUT ASPHALT.
IT SHOULD TAKE OUT ASPHALT, ESPECIALLY FOR FLORIDA.
YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THAT HERE.
SO JUST KNOW THAT'S THAT'S NOT A REALLY GOOD ONE.
BUT OTHER THINGS PAVERS YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH KIND OF THOSE PERVIOUS PAVERS.
SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES HERE.
SO THE UPPER ONE ON THE UPPER LEFT THOSE TYPES OF PAVERS HAVE THAT JOINT FILL IN BETWEEN THEM.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THE WATER THEN PERCOLATES THROUGH.
IF WE GO KIND OF CLOCKWISE HERE THOSE ARE OPEN JOINT PAVERS.
BUT OPEN JOINTS, THEY'RE MEANT TO HAVE A QUARTER INCH OPEN JOINT.
THE WATER MOVES VERY QUICKLY DOWN.
WE HAVE THIS KIND OF MORE TURF STONE SOMETIME IN THE MIDDLE THERE.
SOMETIMES THOSE END UP GETTING A LITTLE COMPACTED OVER TIME.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THIS GRID SYSTEM.
IF WE LOOK ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT IS A RECYCLED PLASTIC THAT THAT'S MADE OF, IT'S LDPE.
SO IT'S RECYCLED CONTENT, VERY, VERY DURABLE.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY THIS PRODUCT IS USED ON MILITARY BASES AND OTHER THINGS.
SO YOU CAN HANDLE HEAVY, HEAVY LOADING FIRE TRUCKS.
GOOD FOR FIRE LANES, REALLY GOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, BOAT RAMP AREAS FOR PARKING.
SO KIND OF JUST THINGS LIKE THAT TO THINK OF.
YOU CAN FILL IT WITH GRAVEL OR YOU CAN PUT IT BELOW SOME GRASS.
A LOT OF OUR GRASS, LIKE SAINT AUGUSTINE, WON'T ROOT THROUGH THROUGH IT.
SO YOU COULD USE THIS AS A BASE AND KIND OF GO UP ABOVE THAT.
BUT THAT'S EXCELLENT FOR THINGS LIKE TRAILS AS WELL, ATV TRAILS, HORSE TRAILS, ALL DIFFERENT THINGS.
POROUS CONCRETE PANELS, THEY ARE PRECAST.
THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS IS WITH POROUS CONCRETE.
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A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU GET IT POURED IN PLACE, IT HAS TO BE MAGIC TO WORK OUT.IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT REALLY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE MAGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS TO DO POUR IN PLACE, OKAY? BECAUSE OTHERWISE A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL GET THIS SETTLING, THIS KIND OF DIFFERENTIAL SETTLING IT CAN CLOG AT THE BOTTOM.
SO THAT KNOCKS OUT A BIG PORTION OF OUR YEAR.
AND THEN IT HAS TO GET COVERED UP FOR ABOUT I WANT TO SAY IT'S 14 DAYS.
OKAY. SO THAT'S THE POUR IN PLACE POROUS CONCRETE.
BUT THIS ONE HERE THAT I'M SHOWING YOU IS MODULAR.
IT'S PRECAST. SO IT'S MADE IN A CONTROLLED FACILITY.
SO THAT QUALITY CONTROL IS KEPT REALLY GOOD.
IT'S GREAT FOR POROUS GUTTER LINES.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING. REMEMBER MAKING USE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
RIGHT. HOW CAN WE MAKE USE OF ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT THE CITY HAS.
SO THEY HAVE THESE POROUS CONCRETE PANELS DOWN UNDERNEATH THAT.
THEY HAVE SOME UNDERGROUND DETENTION KNOWN AS OUR TANK.
SO AS THE WATER KIND OF GOES DOWN THAT GUTTER LINE, IT'S ACTUALLY INFILTRATING AS IT'S FLOWING DOWN THE GUTTER LINE AND IT'S GOING TO THAT VOID SPACE UNDERNEATH THAT THEN ALLOWS IT THE TIME IT NEEDS TO INFILTRATE INTO THE GROUND.
OKAY. SO JUST AGAIN, DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THAT RIGHT OF WAY.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE GOING IN AS WELL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE. OH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE.
SO IF YOU LOOK UP THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS, YOU WILL SEE THEY HAVE THAT MODULE.
AND THEN UNDERNEATH IT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THAT.
AND YOU COULD USE THESE FOR, YOU KNOW GUTTERS, PEDESTRIAN RAMP WAYS IS ANOTHER BIG ONE.
I THINK I HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT COMING UP FOR YOU GUYS TOO.
SO ANYWHERE THAT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF IMPERVIOUS, RIGHT? WHERE CAN YOU CREATE THAT PERVIOUS.
RIGHT. WHERE CAN WE COLLECT THE WATER? AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE WHOLE THING.
THAT'S THE OTHER PICTURE OF THAT PARKING LOT.
RIGHT. AND SAME THING FOR ANY TYPE OF PAVER.
WE CAN JUST PUT THEM IN THE PARKING STALLS.
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE WHOLE THING.
RIGHT. THIS IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO HAVE THE WATER DIRECTED BASICALLY TO WHERE THESE ARE.
YOU CAN KEEP YOUR DRIVE LANES ASPHALT.
AND THIS IS THE INSTALLATION WE DID IN COCOA BEACH.
LONG TERM STANDING WATER ISSUE.
THE RESIDENTS WERE NOT VERY HAPPY THAT WERE THERE, RIGHT? OF COURSE, BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR PARKING AREA.
AND IN THE SUMMER IT WOULD RARELY GO AWAY.
RIGHT. BECAUSE EVERY AFTERNOON WE'RE HAVING THUNDERSTORMS LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY.
ACTUALLY, THERE'S ANOTHER SPOT THERE AND YOU CAN'T TELL IN THIS PICTURE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THAT THE CITY ENGINEER DECIDED NOT TO DO AT THE TIME.
RIGHT. SO IT WAS ANOTHER LOW POINT.
AND WHENEVER I'D GO OUT AND TAKE PICTURES OR CHECK OUT, THEY'D BE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? THE OTHER THING NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY, REALLY LOVED IT.
SO AGAIN, WHERE ARE AREAS THAT WATER TENDS TO, YOU KNOW, SETTLE, RIGHT.
SO THIS IS ONE DOWN IN DORAL, WHICH IS NEAR MIAMI.
SO BASICALLY THE WATER WOULD SETTLE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT IN THE CROSSWALK, WHICH MAKES IT DANGEROUS.
SO THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THIS AROUND THE RADII OF ROADS.
ALL RIGHT. NOW, HOW DO WE LOOK AT THOSE DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS.
RIGHT. SO WE'VE KIND OF DEALT WITH THE GROSS POLLUTANTS.
BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC MIXES CALLED BAM BIO ACTIVATED MEDIA.
AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TO DECREASE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS.
THOSE ARE THOSE KEY POLLUTANTS OF CONCERN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND HERE.
SO THIS MEDIA IS MEANT TO REDUCE THAT.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT BACTERIAL REDUCTION AS WELL.
I THINK I MENTIONED THAT BEFORE BUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRACTICES.
GOLD AND GOLD IS A REALLY BIG ONE.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF IT BEFORE AND IT'S HUGE IN THE STORM WATER WORLD.
SO THAT IS A TYPE OF MEDIA THAT WE TALK ABOUT A LOT AROUND HERE.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE CALLED WOOD PULP.
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SO THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS ON THAT.AND THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING CALLED BIOCHAR AS WELL.
BUT YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN USE THIS IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS.
EXFILTRATION TRENCHES, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PUT THAT IN THERE TOO.
SO IT'S USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LOT OF OTHER GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PRACTICES.
AND WE CAN SEE HERE TOO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT BAFFLE BOX IN THE BOTTOM.
LIKE I TOLD YOU GUYS, YOU CAN ADD THAT EXTRA CHAMBER.
THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS CALLED THE SIDE BANK FILTER.
BUT ESSENTIALLY AS THAT RETENTION POND FILLS WITH WATER, THE WATER WILL START TO FLOW THROUGH, JUST INFILTRATE THROUGH WHERE THAT FILTER IS, AND THEN IT WILL GET COLLECTED UNDERNEATH. ONCE IT GOES THROUGH THAT FILTER MEDIA AND THEN GET DISCHARGED CLEAN RATHER THAN HAVING EXTRA NUTRIENTS IN IT.
THESE ARE REALLY COOL. HAS ANYBODY SEEN THESE AROUND FLOATING WETLAND SYSTEMS? OKAY, AWESOME. SO THESE ARE BATS.
THEY HAVE MACROPHYTIC PLANTS ON THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE PLANTED THE WAY YOU SEE ON TOP, WHICH WOULD BE KIND OF A MIDDLE PART THAT WOULD HAVE THE HIGHER PLANTS. AND THEN THE OUTSIDE OUTER RING WOULD BE KIND OF LOWER PLANTS IN CASE ANY LITTLE DUCKS WANT TO GO OUT THERE OR WHATEVER HANG OUT.
SO THEY'RE ACTIVE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS. AS THEY GROW, THE ROOTS ACTUALLY PULL NUTRIENTS OUT OF THE WATER THAT ARE DISSOLVED IN THE WATER COLUMN, AND THAT'S WHAT HELPS THE PLANTS GROW, RIGHT? SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS, THOUGH, IS THEY DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS VEGETATION HARVESTING.
RIGHT. YOU GUYS KNOW HOW PLANTS GROW IN FLORIDA.
BUT IT HELPS WITH NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REDUCTION.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE BIG EXAMPLE HERE AT THE END, JUST TO HAVE YOU GUYS EVER BEEN TO MINUTEMAN CAUSEWAY IN COCOA BEACH? LOTS OF YESES. OKAY, GOOD.
THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE AFTER HER BUT STORMWATER UTILITY MANAGER THERE.
SO THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT OKAY.
DECREASE THE DISCHARGE VOLUME TO THE LAGOON, REDUCE THAT POLLUTANT LOAD AS WELL.
OKAY. INCREASE THE SURFICIAL AQUIFER RECHARGE.
OKAY. I MEAN, THAT GROUNDWATER TABLES RIGHT THERE BEAUTIFY THIS 1950S URBAN CORRIDOR.
AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME BEFORES AND AFTERS, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT COCOA BEACH USED TO LOOK LIKE BEFORE THIS PROJECT AND JUST CREATE A MORE PUBLIC WELCOMING SPACE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS, WHICH ACTUALLY TURNED OUT LOOKING LIKE.
OKAY, SO WHAT TYPE OF BMPS WERE IMPLEMENTED? THERE ARE 30 RAIN GARDENS I SHOULD TELL YOU TO.
STARTS UP AT THE BEACH AND THEN IT GOES WEST.
THERE ARE 28 PERMEABLE PARKING SPOTS.
SO ANYWHERE THERE'S ON STREET PARKING AND THOSE FIVE BLOCKS OF MINUTEMEN, THEY ARE PERMEABLE PAVERS.
SO THOSE YELLOW CHAMBERS, THEY'RE UNDERGROUND IN THE TOP THREE BLOCKS.
OKAY. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY BIG.
AND THERE ARE 43 TREE BOXES THROUGHOUT.
SO THOSE ARE PALMS AND BUTTONWOODS.
ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE CARVING THESE LITTLE SPACES OUT.
SO IT'S LIKE HAVING THESE PAVERS ON THE SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SIDEWALK. THERE IS ALSO PAVERS.
THOSE PAVERS ARE JUST TRADITIONAL NORMAL PAVERS.
BUT THERE ARE TREES THROUGHOUT.
RIGHT. THERE'S 43 TREES ON THAT FIVE BLOCK AREA.
AND THIS CREATES PLACES FOR THE WATER TO GO.
RIGHT. SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE SPACES FOR WATER TO GO TO.
PRETTY INTENSIVELY, THERE WAS A 98.5% HYDRAULIC EFFICIENCY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS 98.5% OF THE ANNUAL RAINFALL IS NOT GOING TO THE LAGOON.
OKAY. SO IT MEANS THAT THE POLLUTION IS NOT GOING OUT, RIGHT? THE NITROGEN, THE PHOSPHORUS, THE SEDIMENT, ALL THAT'S BEING COLLECTED BEFORE IT CAN REACH LAGOON AND ADD TO THE POLLUTION THERE.
THERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THAT LOOKING FROM WEST TO EAST.
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AND JUST SOME BEFORE AND AFTER FOR YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS DONE.AND I THINK HOW MUCH IT REALLY KIND OF BEAUTIFIED THAT AREA.
AND MADE IT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, BY THE WAY.
AND THOSE ARE ALL THE RAIN GARDENS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE PRETREATMENT BOXES.
ARE THOSE THINGS IN THE MIDDLE? IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER BEEN TO THE FAT DONKEY OR THE TINY TURTLE, THIS IS THAT BLOCK THEIR CITY HALL OR THE NEW CITY HALL IS GOING UP.
IS IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE I REALLY LIKE THIS ONE A LOT BECAUSE I MEAN, THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS, IS IMMENSE, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE HAD THIS JUST KIND OF WIDE BARREN ROAD, AND NOW WE HAVE AN AREA WHICH HAS SOME TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES AS WELL.
RIGHT. WE CREATED KIND OF A NICE THERE'S NICE SITTING AREAS THERE.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE COME IN ALSO.
AND THAT'S WHERE OUR FRIDAY FEST IS.
SAME THING WITH THIS, RIGHT? I MEAN YOU JUST HAD THIS LIKE STRETCH THAT WAS WIDE AND BARREN AND JUST WENT RIGHT TO THE BEACH.
RIGHT. SO AGAIN, MORE TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES, AWESOME ON STREET PARKING, RAIN GARDENS.
AND HERE WE ARE AT THE BLOCK THAT GOES TO THE BEACH.
SO EVEN HERE, EVERYTHING WAS DONE WITH PURPOSE.
THERE ARE TWO RAISED PLANTER BEDS.
AND THE REASON WHY THEY POSITION THOSE IS ACTUALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE ANGLED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN KIND OF CAN'T MAKE IT OUT FROM THIS PICTURE.
BUT IF YOU GO THERE, IF YOU LOOK ON GOOGLE MAPS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
BUT THEY ARE ANGLED THIS WAY, AND THAT IS TO KEEP THE WIND DRIVEN SAND FROM GOING AS FAR.
SO IT KIND OF GETS STOPPED IN THAT AREA AND THE GUYS HAVE TO THE GUYS HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND CLEAN IT KIND OF FREQUENTLY, BUT AT LEAST IT'S COLLECTED THERE AND IT'S NOT GOING BLOWING DOWN THE STREET, GOING TO THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM, ETC..
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I'D LOVE TO TO HEAR THEM.
OR IF YOU GUYS HAVE IDEAS OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS YOU CAN ALWAYS BOUNCE THEM OFF ME TO.
WE'LL SEE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
AND I LOVE THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY OF COCOA, COCOA BEACH AND PROMOTING BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO THE ECOLOGICAL AND SUSTAINABILITY WISE THAT COULD BE USED HERE IN PALM BAY TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY MORE IN DIFFERENT AREAS AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT.
I'LL PROBABLY COME UP WITH SOME, BUT I'LL LET THE BOARD ASK SOME.
YEAH. OH I MIGHT PUT A TIMER ON ME.
I'LL SET IT. SO THE MINUTEMAN CAUSEWAY WAS FERGUSON'S INVOLVED WITH THAT? DO YOU HAVE THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES? WE WERE NOT, I BELIEVE SO.
THERE'S SOME GOLD AND GOLD ON THERE, WHICH WE DO CARRY.
SO IT WAS A DIFFERENT COMPANY THAT CARRIED THAT BEFORE.
BUT SO ACTUALLY, MY BOSS CHRIS WAS, WAS INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT, SO.
OKAY. THE BEFORE AND AFTERS, I ACTUALLY, I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE FOR GOOGLE MAPS, SO.
OKAY. YEAH. WELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE PALM BAY BECOME PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
I THINK WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF SPOTS.
WHERE MY MIND IS GOING IS HOW CAN WE GET STARTED ON A SMALL BASIS? IT'S ALSO BUDGET TIME.
AND IF WE CAN THINK OF A WAY TO AND WE'VE GOT OUR MAINTENANCE PERSON HERE WHO ALREADY HAS BROUGHT IDEAS ON WAYS TO FILTER WATER ON ROADWAYS AND THINGS.
AND WHAT YOU WERE MENTIONING IS SOME WAY OF IDENTIFYING, FIRST IDENTIFYING THESE SPOTS AND THEN STARTING SMALL WITH THE RAIN GARDENS OR A NATIVE PLANTS.
START THINKING LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF OBJECTIVES AND AND.
AND IMPLEMENTING, YOU KNOW, THE BEAM MATS, ALL OF IT, THE UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION TOO.
BUILDING E, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING IN PALM BAY.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN WE EVEN KNOW.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE.
KIND OF HIGHLIGHT OURSELVES FIRST OF WHAT IS HAPPENING.
AND AND MY LAST QUESTION WILL BE WITH BIOCHAR.
THIS ONE WAS MORE GENERAL. WE DON'T CARRY BIOCHAR.
WE HAVE WE HAVE THE GOLD AND GOLD.
SO BUT I WANTED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE GENERAL TO GIVE YOU GUYS KIND OF THE BROAD.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? ERIC? WE'RE DOING IT. HAVE YOU HEARD OF BIOCHAR IN FLORIDA?
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THAT MUCH ORANGE COUNTY? ONE. YEAH, ONE PROJECT IN ORANGE COUNTY.YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN, I THINK BECAUSE GOLD AND GOLD WAS DEVELOPED IN FLORIDA AND, AND OF COURSE, ALSO USES, YOU KNOW, SAND THAT'S PLENTIFUL FROM, FROM THE RIDGE.
GETTING THAT I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN USED SO MUCH.
RIGHT. AND SO WIDELY BECAUSE IT WAS TESTED HERE AND SO MUCH TESTING WAS DONE WITH IT.
SO I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE HEAR IT MORE FREQUENTLY THAN, THAN OTHER THINGS.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO FERGUSON WATERWORKS.
AND YOU HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN YOUR IDEAS AND WAYS THAT MUNICIPALITIES THINGS PREFORMED AND EASY TO INSTALL.
AND IT JUST GOING FROM IMPERVIOUS TO PERVIOUS SEEMS LIKE NOT ONLY LOGICAL, BUT EASY.
YEAH, DEFINITELY. OF COURSE THERE'S A COST, BUT THERE IS, THERE IS.
RIGHT. I MEAN FOR SOMETHING LIKE SAY A PARK REDO AND HAVING PERVIOUS PARKING.
YES. THAT THAT GRID SYSTEM, I SHOWED YOU THAT ECO RASTER.
I MEAN, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ON PAR PRICE WISE WITH ASPHALT, RIGHT.
AND THEN YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO TO REDO IT ALL THE TIME EITHER.
RIGHT. YOU MAY HAVE TO PUT IN A LITTLE MORE ROCK IF SOMETHING GETS KNOCKED OUT, BUT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, MILL AND REGRADE AND DO ALL THE STUFF AND HAVE THAT GROSS TAR SMELL EVERYWHERE.
RIGHT. SO WHO'S ALL WORKING TOGETHER ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS? SO WHEN I HAVE, I HAVE CONVERSATIONS, I GO THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS LIKE STREETS AND STORMWATER OR SOME PARKS PEOPLE, SOME RESILIENCE PEOPLE AND KIND OF HAVING THE CONVERSATION TOGETHER BECAUSE THEN THEY COME TOGETHER AND MAINTENANCE PEOPLE, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY KEY, OKAY.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND DIFFERENT IDEAS LIKE, WHERE CAN WE TRY THIS, FINDING THOSE LOCATIONS TO, TO GIVE IT A TRY OR IF THERE'S ONE PROJECT GOING IN ALREADY, CAN THIS BE FOLDED IN SOMEHOW? RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT TOO, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVE THINGS RIPPED UP, THAT'S THAT'S THE TIME, THAT'S THE OPPORTUNE TIME TO DO IT RATHER THAN NECESSARILY A RETROFIT.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MASTER GARDENER GROUPS, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GROUPS ALREADY INVOLVED.
AND MAYBE SOMEHOW BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, IT WILL MAKE THE JOB A LOT EASIER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST ALL YOUR IDEAS.
AND THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION WAS EXCELLENT.
YOU THE NUMBERS YOU PRESENTED ON FROM NEW YORK CITY ON THE SAVINGS THE IMPACT TREES HAVE.
YEAH. DO YOU HAVE THAT ON A PER TREE BASIS? THAT WE COULD USE HERE FOR.
I'D HAVE TO CHECK AND SEE ON THEIR WEBSITE BECAUSE I PULLED THOSE FROM THE WEBSITE.
AND TREE SIZE LIKE HOW MUCH STORM WATER IS INTERCEPTED PER YEAR.
AND SO THERE'S SO DIFFERENT THINGS OUT THERE.
BUT IS THAT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION.
SO IF LET ME SEE I DON'T KNOW.
LET ME TRY TO. IT'S WAY BACK THERE IT IS WAY BACK.
I'LL KEEP GOING. BUT YEAH, WE CAN FIND THE WEBSITE IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT THAT WEBSITE.
THERE'S A PLETHORA OF INFORMATION.
IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING TO KIND OF AND THOSE YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO UPDATE THAT BECAUSE I PROBABLY GRABBED THAT PICTURE A YEAR OR SO AGO NOW, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE. THERE WE GO.
YEAH. TREE DASH MAP DOT NYC GOV PARKS.ORG OKAY LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN.
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I'M NOT THE FASTEST PERSON.AND ALSO DO YOU KNOW OF ANY GRANTS, FEDERAL, STATE OR WHATNOT TO HELP WITH IMPLEMENTING THIS FOR A CITY, FOR INSTANCE, FOR US? YEAH.
SO FDP, THEY HAVE THEIR 319 GRANTS.
AND THOSE ARE THAT'S IT'S A MATCH.
YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE AN EDUCATION COMPONENT FOR THAT AS WELL.
THE 319 GRANTS AND THOSE ARE STORM WATER.
AND IT'S THEIR STORMWATER, THEIR NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION.
SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, STORMWATER KIND OF COMING DOWN THE STREETS OR FALLING ONTO THE GROUND.
RIGHT? SO SO THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD.
AND THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
THOSE HAVE TO BE CONSTRUCTION READY THOUGH.
SO YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THAT PLANNING.
AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF GO FOR THAT ONCE YOU HAVE THAT ALL READY TO GO.
DEP ALSO THERE'S A RESILIENCE GRANT THAT DOES MORE FLOODING.
SO IT'S KIND OF IT CAN WORK HAND IN HAND, WHICH IS REALLY NICE FOR A STORMWATER PROJECT.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT NUTRIENT REDUCTION, THAT WOULD BE THE 319 GRANT.
AND THEN THE RESILIENCE GRANT HAS TO DO WITH FLOODING.
SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE PUTTING IN IF YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU'RE MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE DEALING WITH BOTH THINGS, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN PUT THOSE GRANTS TOGETHER.
I WOULD SAY TO AND, YOU KNOW, THE STATE REVOLVING FUND IS COMES INTO PLAY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE, MINUTEMEN AND KIND OF BREAKING DOWN THE COSTS OF THERE'S A STATE, STATE REVOLVING FUND WAS PART OF IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
I THINK THE IRL NEP WILL GIVE SOME SMALLER GRANTS TOO, BUT THEY'LL KIND OF MATCH IN THERE TOO.
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS IF WE CAN ADD THIS TO FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN I GUESS WE CAN ALSO TALK AT THAT TIME ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE PLANS OR HOW DO WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE PRACTICES.
WE ACTUALLY HAD MR. BEEMAN HERE DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT HIS BATS, SO THEY HAVE TO.
THE WATER HAS TO BE A CERTAIN DEPTH AND CAN'T FALL BENEATH THAT DEPTH, OR THAT THEY ROOT THEMSELVES.
AND THAT'S NOT GOOD. THAT'S NOT THE DESIRED OUTCOME.
SO IT WASN'T PRACTICAL FOR OUR STORM PONDS, RETENTION PONDS HERE FOR MOST OF THEM.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND I GUESS ONE ONE QUESTION IS WHEN YOU'RE HOLDING THE LIKE WITH THE WATER OR NOT THE WATER, THE IT'S ALL WATER, BUT THE YELLOW TUBES OR CONTAINERS UNDERNEATH THE THE GROUND, I'M SURE IT'S. IT. WHAT.
CONCRETED OVER FILLED WITH DIRT OR HOW SO? THE WATER. YEAH. SO IT'S GOING TO BE ON A BASE OF STONE.
IT'S USUALLY GRANITE BECAUSE YOU WANT IT TO NOT KIND OF DISSOLVE.
SO BASIC STONE AND DEPENDS ON WHATEVER SPECIFICATIONS THE ENGINEER SAYS AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE ARCHES ON TOP OF THAT AND THEN YOU HAVE MORE STONE, RIGHT? KIND OF SAME THING. SO THOSE MODULAR CONTAINERS THAT YOU SAW IN THERE, THEY'RE CALLED ARE TANK.
SO THOSE ACTUALLY HAVE A REALLY BIG BASE.
SO YOU HAVE TO USE LESS ROCK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO OVER EXCAVATE.
SO SOME OF THE OTHER ONES LIKE THE ARCHES OR THE PIPES, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF MAKE THIS BIGGER HOLE AND THEN PUT A LOT OF ROCK IN, WHICH COULD BE REALLY EXPENSIVE FOR THE PROJECT TO GETTING THE ROCK IMPORTED DOWN HERE.
SO THAT'S HOW YOU CAN KIND OF MAKE UP FOR THAT WITH THOSE.
YEAH. THERE'S I THINK THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND I THINK IT'S BEEN GOING ON WHERE THE WATER WARS OF FLORIDA, THAT WAS SO MANY PEOPLE MOVING TO FLORIDA, OVER A THOUSAND NEW RESIDENTS A DAY. THAT'S THE SIZE OF TAMPA A YEAR.
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AND THAT AND HAVING INITIATIVES LIKE THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE KEYS TO SUCCESS AND FINDING THAT WATER WAR, SO TO SPEAK.AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT IN PALM BAY AND MELBOURNE AREA.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND TAKING YOUR TIME TO SHARE WITH US.
YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH. AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS.
I'M HAPPY TO SEND YOU MORE INFORMATION OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE TOO.
ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE WILL GO INTO OTHER BUSINESS.
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WE HAVE HARDING LANE POND BASIN 13 POND UPDATE.THE RAIN LAST WEEK HELPED FILL THE POND BACK UP, SO IT'S GETTING BACK TO NORMAL.
EXCUSE ME. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
WE HAVE SO MANY CITIZENS HERE TONIGHT.
JUST GIVE THEM A SNIPPET OF WHAT? BASIN 13 IS OUR GREEN WATERWAY HERE.
YEAH. SO IT'S SO A COUPLE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, A MONTH.
TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN.
WE GOT TO DO A PROJECT WITH THE HARDIN LANE POND.
IT'S A RETENTION POND BY THE VETERANS PARK.
ON WHAT ROAD IS THAT? MALABAR. IS IT SO? MALABAR.
IT'S OFF THE CONNECT. OFF CONNECT ROAD.
IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN BACK IN THE BACK.
BUT OUR BOARD AND SOME FRIENDS WERE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND PLANT DUCKWEED.
I ALWAYS FORGET THE SECOND PLANT.
LET'S TEST. IT'S A SANDHILL CORDGRASS CORDGRASS.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO THERE'S A FINGER THAT GOES INTO THE POND, AND WE'RE ABLE TO PLANT THOSE PLANTS AROUND IT TO HELP ABSORB THE, THE NUTRIENTS AND THOSE KIND OF RUNOFF AS IT GOES INTO THE POND BEFORE IT GOES ON TO THE TURKEY CREEK OR THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.
BUT A REALLY COOL INITIATIVE WE GOT TO DO.
SO THANK YOU FOR UPDATING US ON IT AND CONTINUING TO GO OUT THERE AND WATCH IT AND MAINTAIN IT.
SO THAT'S CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? PUBLIC COMMENTS, I THINK KIND OF ROLL THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY FAIR 2024 FOLLOW UP.
ANY. I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS LAST WEEK, ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD OR CITY STAFF ON THAT? I DO GET A ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS GETTING SOME NUMBERS TOGETHER FOR YOU GUYS.
FROM THE FIRST FAIR TO SET, YOU GUYS CAN PUT THAT BUDGET TOGETHER.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM UTILITIES YET, BUT IT'S DUE TO COME.
I DID GET SOMETHING FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
BASICALLY, THEY WERE GIVING US FOR THE STAFF WAGES FOR SETUP AND BREAKDOWN.
THEY PRETTY MUCH HAVE THAT FOR THE STANDARD FEE.
THEY HAD FIVE STAFF MEMBERS ON THAT ONE FOR FIVE HOURS.
SO THAT CAME TO A TOTAL OF $625 FOR THAT PORTION.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR OWN TENTS, GARBAGE CANS, ETC.
WE ALSO UTILIZED OUR OWN TABLES AND CHAIRS.
THOSE ARE ALSO WHICH WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING ALL THOSE THINGS IN IT, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE EXPENSES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND WHEN WHEN IS THE BUDGET DUE? WHEN WE LIKE I SAID, WE BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE LAST MEETING.
WE WANT THAT THE DEADLINE IS FOR SEPTEMBER BECAUSE OUR BUDGET IS DUE IN OCTOBER.
SO THEN THAT WAY WE HAVE TIME TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT PUT INTO OURS.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO SEND THE EMAIL LIST THAT KIND OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU JUST READ AND THEN WHENEVER YOU GET THE UTILITIES ASPECT? YES. AND THEN I CAN EMAIL THAT TO THE WHOLE BOARD.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YES. ON THE BUDGET.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO THINK ABOUT THAT, AND I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
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CITIZENS WHO ARE ATTENDING.I'D LIKE TO SEE US PUT SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET THAT WOULD LET US DO SOME PRELIMINARY PROJECTS OR RESEARCH OR SOMETHING, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE START SETTING ASIDE MONEY, SEED MONEY.
AND ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, JANE HAD ASKED ABOUT GRANTS.
I THINK WE CAN START GETTING SMARTER ABOUT THAT, TOO.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO GET ON THE CITY'S BEFORE THE GRANT WRITERS OF THE CITY IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT SUSTAINABILITY OR RESILIENCE GRANTS? IF I IF I COULD HELP WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT.
THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD IS ENCOURAGED TO PRESENT ANY IDEAS TO THE TO THE PARDON ME.
TO THE PALM BAY CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY CREATES PROJECTS AND BUDGETS FOR THOSE PROJECTS FOR STORMWATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER STORMWATER PROJECTS.
SHE'S BEEN HERE FOR A VERY SHORT TIME AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER.
SHE'S VERY GOOD AT WHAT SHE DOES.
AND SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON MULTIPLE GRANT APPLICATIONS INCLUDING SOME OF THE ONES THAT WERE REFERENCED BY OUR PRESENTER.
SO WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON FINDING FUNDING, ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FOR FUNDING THESE PROJECTS.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW BUT WE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE OPENING THE PROJECTS.
WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HEAR YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO PUT ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LIST.
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THE INTENT IS TO PROVIDE THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD A BUDGET FOR HIRING CONTRACTORS AND DESIGNING PROJECTS.
OH, OKAY. WELL, MAYBE THE QUESTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN, WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING? AND IN IN A WAY, YOU HAVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECTS LIST.
WE HAVE MANY PROJECTS ON THE LIST.
ABOUT HALF STORM WATER AND HALF ROADS AND, WELL, LET'S SAY A THIRD, A THIRD, A THIRD, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE PROJECTS THAT DON'T FALL INTO EITHER OF THOSE CATEGORIES OR THEY'RE KIND OF A COMBINATION.
SO WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.
WE'RE REPLACING PIPES WITHIN UNITS PRIOR TO THE ROAD PAVING.
THAT INVOLVES ALL OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING INSPECTORS TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY PUT ICE ON THESE PIPES, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB. AND OUR OPERATIONS TEAM REPLACES SOME OF THEM.
AND SOME OF THEM THAT THEY CANNOT REPLACE FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.
SO SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WE DO BID OUT TO THE, THE LOWEST BIDDER.
WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE REMOVING PIPES UNDER.
UNDER UNDER ROADS THAT GO OVER CANALS.
THEY'RE NOT BRIDGES, SO TO SPEAK, BUT THEY ARE ROADS THAT HAVE LARGE CULVERT PIPES UNDER THEM.
SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE REMOVING THOSE OR REPLACING THOSE PIPES WITH BOX CULVERTS.
SO INSTEAD OF A THREE ROUND PIPES WE MIGHT HAVE ONE BIG BOX.
SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING.
WE JUST GOT SOME STATE ALLOCATIONS TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT.
AND AGAIN, AS I SAY, WE'RE WORKING ON APPLYING FOR SEVERAL GRANTS FOR STORM WATER QUALITY AND IN.
YOU YOU MENTIONED THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR BUDGET.
YES. AND OUR OUR BUDGET IS ALSO ONLINE.
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THE CITY HAS IT ONLINE.TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, YES.
I HOPE I'M NOT GIVING YOU BAD INFORMATION, BUT THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AT IT, I BELIEVE THEY WERE.
SO THIS YEAR THE UPCOMING BUDGET WOULD BE ONLINE? NO. OKAY. NOT THE 25 BUDGET.
SO COULD WE APPROVED FOR A WHILE IN THE PRESENTATION? COULD WE BE? IT'S. IT IS, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, IT'S AN ADVERTISED MEETING.
OKAY. THAT'S A BUDGET WORKSHOP.
GO TO THAT. I THINK THE BUDGET WORKSHOP LAST NIGHT GOT SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 8TH, I THINK.
I THINK THAT'S WHEN THEY BUDGETED.
SO COME IN AND VOICE YOUR OPINION TO TO THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO CHALLENGE MYSELF TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT LIST.
IS THAT SOMETHING I CAN GO ONLINE TO THE BOMBAY.ORG.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS ONLINE THAT ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IF OUR ENTIRE CIP IS LISTED ON THERE, I'M NOT THE ONE WHO UPDATES THAT WEBSITE.
I DID READ SOMETHING ABOUT REPLACING THOSE PIPES JUST RECENTLY, SO I'M ON SOME NOTIFICATION LIST AND AND THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET ON THE MAIL LIST TO BE NOTIFIED WHAT THE CITY IS DOING.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA, THE PORT MALABAR COUNTRY CLUB AREA? OVER. YEAH.
SO CURRENTLY WE'RE REPLACING ALL CULVERT PIPES WITHIN.
CULVERT REPLACEMENTS THAT I BELIEVE WE.
I BELIEVE WE JUST GOT THE BIDS BACK FROM.
AND I THINK WE'RE WORKING ON ON.
AND I THINK THAT WE'VE ALREADY BID OUT ANOTHER UNIT.
I BELIEVE IT WAS UNIT 45 FOR THEIR PIPE REPLACEMENT.
SO WE'RE EXPECTING BIDS TO COME BACK ON THAT, I BELIEVE, NEXT WEEK.
OKAY DO YOU HAVE ANY PROJECTS THAT DEAL WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT JESSICA WAS TALKING ABOUT? WHAT WOULD THIS BE UNDER LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL ON SUSTAINABILITY.
JUST TO STAY ON TRACK, WE'RE AT HOUR AND A HALF SO FAR.
YEAH. I WANTED TO STAY ON TRACK WITH THE AGENDA.
WE'RE GOING TO SHORTEN OUR AGENDA OR SOMETHING.
BUT JUST THE LAST THING AND WE CAN BRING IT UP THERE, TOO.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF WHAT PROJECTS ARE ALREADY IN PROCESS REGARDING LOW IMPACT, BUT YOU CAN SAVE YOUR ANSWER TO YOU'RE GOOD LATER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON SUSTAINABILITY FAIR? MR. SMITH ASKED ABOUT A5K AT THE LAST MEETING, SO I EMAILED CITY STAFF THAT SETS THAT UP.
AND THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED ON IF THE PROCEEDS FROM THAT COULD BE DONATED SOMEWHERE.
BUT SHE DID SAY THAT IT IS POSSIBLE.
OKAY. AND THEN HOPEFULLY MISS SMITH WILL BE HERE TO AND AND MOVE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A COOL ADDITION TO THE TO THE FAIR.
YEAH. I ALSO HAVE ONE MORE THING FOR YOU.
A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCITING NEWS.
WE DID GET OUR BRAND NEW VAC TRUCK IN A PUBLIC WORKS.
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ON THE SIDE OF THE VAC TRUCK TANKS TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD.ALSO, WE ALSO TAKE THE VAC TRUCKS TO A LOT OF TOUCH-A-TRUCK EVENTS AND PRESENT THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF KIDS AND DO LEARNING ACTIVITIES TO YOU KNOW, PROMOTE THIS STUFF.
SO, LIKE, YOUR GUYS IDEA WAS TO GET IT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
SO. WELL, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
DEFINITELY WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY IN AND TOOK WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, MAKING IT EVEN BIGGER IMPACT.
ANYONE ELSE? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL DIVE INTO NATIVE GARDEN UPDATE.
IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THAT? I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF ON PAUSE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
I KNOW THAT THEY WE'RE WAITING TO FIND OUT HOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ATTEND TO THE UNDERGROUND WIRING AND AND CABLES THAT ARE THERE NOW BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH DECIDING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
AND WE DO DISCUSS IT AT OUR AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS.
I'M THRILLED TO KNOW IT'S STILL ON THE AGENDA.
I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE IT ALL DUG UP, BUT I GUESS THOSE THE FIBER OPTICS PART OF THE BUILDING PROBABLY IS NOT IMMINENT.
IT'S PROBABLY LATER DOWN THE ROAD OR SOMETHING.
I THAT'S NOT REALLY MY STRONG POINT.
THE, THE UP AND DOWN THE VERTICAL BUILDING.
BUT I IMAGINE THAT THEY'RE USING THAT FIBER NOW, SO THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO MOVE IT YET.
WELL, WE'LL THIS ISN'T A GREAT TIME OF YEAR TO BE PLANTING ANYWAY, SO I'M GOOD TO PAUSE.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE NATIVE GARDEN? ALL RIGHT, NEMO GARDEN UPDATE ANY UPDATE ON THE NEMO GARDEN? NOT MUCH OF AN UPDATE.
WE'RE JUST KEEPING EVERYBODY OUT AND ALLOWING EVERYTHING TO GROW BACK AS NATURAL.
COOL. SO IT'S DOING THE BEST IT CAN.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREENERY BACK OVER THERE, SO IT'S ALSO ALL VERY LOW TO THE GROUND.
BUT PD AND EVERYTHING CAN SEE STRAIGHT THROUGH THERE NOW AND IT'S ALL OPEN.
SO I MEAN EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE PRETTY GOOD.
COOL. AND THE TURTLES ARE DOING GOOD.
AND NOW FOR THE LONG AWAITED OR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON NEMO GARDENS.
ALL RIGHT. NOW, THE LONG AWAITED LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.
ANY UPDATE ON THAT AND THEN BOARD COMMENT AS WELL.
WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR ARCHITECT FOR THE BUILDING, BUILDING E, AND THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE HERE ON AUGUST 28TH TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE PLAN IS WITH THE BUILDING AS FAR AS LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS THAT IS CONCERNED, COULD I JUST CHRISTINE WELL, WE HAVE THE FERGUSON WATERWORKS PEOPLE HERE.
IS THERE NOT SOMETHING THAT SUZANNE SHERMAN SAY? THERE IS SOMETHING UNDERGROUND FOR HOLDING WATER? I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
WELL, I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING EXCITING.
I'M SURE E AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR GUESTS TO BUT.
OKAY, I HAVE TO WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS WHEN IT COMES.
IT'S NOT QUITE AS FAR AS CHRISTMAS, SO I KNOW.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET, LIKE, A SNAPSHOT OF THE LID IN PALM BAY, JUST SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE EVENTUALLY CREATED, LIKE A ONE SHEET OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, ANY SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES THAT WE'RE DOING LIKE JUST SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT AS A BOARD, WE CAN TAKE THAT OUT.
WE CAN SHARE WITH OTHER THINGS.
WE ACTUALLY, AS PART OF OUR MATRIX OF AND THE LOW IMPACT INCENTIVES THERE WAS THERE THERE WERE PART OF THAT WAS SHOWING WHERE THE ACTIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN.
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WHAT ACTIONS SPECIFICALLY UNDER WHAT PART OF OUR PLAN, IF YOU'D LOOKED AT OUR ADVISORY, OUR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED, IT HAS WHAT ACTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN BY THE CITY AND HOW FAR ALONG THOSE ARE.AND PART OF THE PART OF THAT WAS THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF NEW MEMBERS HAD BEEN GIVEN A COPY OF THAT OR NOT, BUT WE'D HAD THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HERE REMEMBERS, BUT WE WERE GIVEN THAT AN UPDATE ON THAT.
WHAT THE WHOLE PLAN THAT WE HAD ADOPTED, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ADOPTED.
AND PART OF THAT WAS LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.
THEY INCENTIVE PLAN THAT WE WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT WAS SUCCESSFUL, AND WE HADN'T GOTTEN TOO MUCH BACK ON THAT, HEARD TOO MUCH BACK ON THAT YET. BUT THE AS FAR AS THE WHOLE OVERALL PLAN THEY WERE FOLLOWING, THEY WERE TRACKING WHAT WAS BEING DONE.
SO I THINK LOW IMPACT SPECIFICALLY IS JUST REALLY INTERESTING.
I THINK IT'S EASIER TO SPEAK TO AND I KNOW FROM HOW MY BRAIN WORKS, I JUST I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT AND I AM A NEWER MEMBER, SO I DIDN'T RECEIVE THAT FULL PLAN. BUT I HAVE READ WHATEVER WE HAVE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITES, AND I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE.
AND I THINK SUZANNE WAS GOING TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE.
I KNOW SHE'S VERY BUSY AND SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT WHATEVER.
CURRENT PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY THAT QUALIFY AS LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.
IT WOULD JUST BE GREAT FOR US TO HAVE AND HELP SPREAD THE WORD ON THOSE.
IN ADDITION TO THE HISTORICAL ONES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
I HOPE IT FILLS UP MORE THAN A PAGE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
WELL, I WAS ASKED IF WE HAD ANY PROJECTS ON THE BOOKS THAT AS FAR AS PUBLIC WORKS IS CONCERNED, THAT INCLUDE ANY OF ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION. AND WE HAVE INSTALLED WE INSTALLED, I BELIEVE, SEVEN NUTRIENT SEPARATING BAFFLE BOXES WITHIN THE TURKEY CREEK AREA.
EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WE JUST RECEIVED, AS I MENTIONED, AN ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE TO INSTALL ANOTHER SIX NUTRIENT SEPARATING BAFFLE BOXES. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE TOOLS WE USE TO TO MANAGE OUR STORMWATER QUALITY.
CHRISTINE WE ARE REALLY GIFTED WITH SUSAN.
IT LOOKS HARD BECAUSE THAT IS HER MARKETING IS ONE OF HER SKILLS.
IS THERE ANY WAY CHRISTINE BORN OR WE COULD START DOCUMENTING OR WORK WITH HER? I KNOW SHE IS THE PUBLICITY PERSON.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR CHRISTINA OR FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.
I CAN RELAY YOUR REQUEST TO CITY MANAGER.
I BELIEVE CHRISTINA WORKS DIRECTLY FOR HER.
WE CAN BEGIN SOME SORT OF DOCUMENTED EASILY.
YEAH, I THINK, AND I THINK THAT WAS WE TALKED A MONTH OR SO AGO.
I THINK WITH BRINGING ON, WASN'T THERE A NEW PERSON BRINGING ON FOR COMMUNICATIONS? WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE A MPDS COORDINATOR ON ONBOARDED, ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE LAST WEEK, UNFORTUNATELY SHE DID NOT RESPOND AFTER THE OFFER WAS MADE.
SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING AN NPDS COORDINATOR.
BUT HAVING THAT PERSON TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE MARKETING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, THAT WAS OUR HOPE.
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CITY. THE IN HER PRESENTATION ON IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED, THE ONE WITH THE EDUCATIONAL LID ON IT AND THE GLASS VIEWINGS.WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THOSE ON PORT MALABAR AT THE CORNER OF PORT MALABAR AND APOLLO CIRCLE.
STAFF KEEPS THE WINDOWS CLEAN AND IT'S THE BOX IS INSPECTED ONCE A MONTH.
WHAT IS THE ADDRESS EXACTLY? IT'S ON PORT MALABAR, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF APOLLO CIRCLE AND PORT MALABAR.
APOLLO CIRCLE? YEAH. ON THE EAST SIDE OF TURKEY CREEK.
THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT AND START PROMOTE AND ALL OF THAT.
I WISH WE COULD HAVE THAT HERE.
AND WE ALREADY DO. SO THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
AND WAS THAT DID DID WE USE WAS FERGUSON THE ONE WHO DID THAT OR.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE? GETTING QUIET. UPDATING OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
I WAS IT'S JUST A OPTION FOR A PRESENTER.
SO MY WORK IS ACTUALLY LOCATED HERE IN PALM BAY.
THEY'RE A MANUFACTURER OF A MARINE CONSTRUCTION COMPLIANCE AND OTHER KINDS OF THING.
THEY SEPARATE WATER. THEY HAVE WATER STORAGE SOLUTIONS ALSO I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE OF A LOCAL PRESENCE ALSO, BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S REALLY A POINT OF PRIDE TO HAVE A MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF THIS SIZE IN PALM BAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT AS MUCH.
BUT IT, IT I AM JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE IF ANYONE WANTED TO.
I KNOW THEY'VE DONE SOME STUFF IN PALM BAY.
I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ON THERE.
YEAH, THAT WAS A CASE STUDY FOR SPECIFICALLY A PROJECT THAT THEY DID IN PALM BAY.
THERE'S A FEW OTHER THINGS. THEY'VE WORKED ON PORT CANAVERAL.
THEY JUST ACQUIRED A COMPANY THAT WAS IN PORT CANAVERAL.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO DO MORE ALSO WITH THE PORT.
YOU KNOW, WE LIVE ON THE WATER.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO KIND OF TO REALLY BOOST COMPANIES THAT ARE YEAH, SUSTAINABLE AND LOOKING FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION.
SO I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF REACHING OUT AND SEEING IF WE CAN GET A PRESENTATION.
AND THEN THERE WAS JUST ONE OTHER THING THAT I HAD ALSO, IT WAS I THINK.
DO YOU HAVE THE OTHER PAGE? PLEASE SCROLL DOWN. SO THIS THE FIRST SCREENSHOT THERE, THAT IS A GRANT OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S FOR CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.
I LOOK THROUGH IT, I THINK SO THEY HAVE THE OLD, THE THE OLD THINGS ON THERE.
IT'S A GOVERNMENT GRANT AND IT WAS FROM LIKE 2014 TO 2022.
BUT WHAT WAS PRETTY COOL ABOUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE NEXT ARTICLE THAT I HAVE THERE IS FROM THE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL APPROVED PERMEABLE PAVING PROJECT, AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS SOME THAT WAS SOME RESULT OF THAT ACTUAL GRANT AND OH, NO, SORRY.
THE NEXT ONE WAS DELRAY BEACH AWARDED 2021 SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES RECOGNITION AWARD FROM AMERICAN CONCRETE PREVENTION ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER AGAIN KIND OF MARKETING, BUT KIND OF LOOKING INTO BECOMING A SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE CITY, LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET AWARDED ANY OF THESE THINGS.
WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS? WE MAY EVEN ALREADY QUALIFY FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT WOULD HELP US ON THE HUNT FOR MORE FUNDING FOR THINGS AROUND THIS.
SO JUST SENDING OVER SOME INFO, SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY UPCOMING EVENTS OR INFORMATION.
INDIAN RIVER LAGOON REGIONAL PLANNING PRESENTED BY MRC.
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IT'S JULY 24TH AND 25TH.ON THE 24TH IS OPEN TO ALL CITIZENS.
I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SEE IF ONE OF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER.
I WOULD JUST NEED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT I COULD LET MRC KNOW.
AND THEY WOULD INCLUDE YOU WITH US ON THE THE TWO DAY EVENT.
WHAT TIME IS IT? WHAT TIME DOES IT GO ON? 8 A.M.
TO FOUR THE FIRST DAY AND 8 A.M.
I THINK I RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FROM THE CITY.
WELL, THERE'S THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOT SENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
OKAY, THAT'S JUST THIS IS JUST THE.
THIS IS JUST THE ONE THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
OKAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK, SUSAN? ARE YOU GOING TO. CAN YOU DO THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO BOTH DAYS.
IS THIS THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH? NO, I HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE.
SO I WOULD I'D LIKE TO ATTEND IF POSSIBLE.
IT WOULD ONLY BE ONE DAY THAT I COULD ATTEND THOUGH I COULDN'T DO BOTH DAYS.
NO OKAY. ONE DAY IS BETTER THAN NONE OKAY.
BECAUSE I PLAN ON COMING TO THE, THE THE PUBLIC 8 TO 9 A.M..
I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU.
THAT'S ALL I NEED IS HER EMAIL ADDRESS SO I CAN EMAIL THEM TO GET HER ON THE LIST.
YOU GUYS GOOD WITH THAT? DO YOU. SO YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHICH DAY? THE 24TH. THAT'S THE DAY OF THE PUBLIC 8 TO 9.
THE 24TH IS WHAT? YEAH, THE 24TH. THE WEDNESDAY WOULD BE FINE.
WELL, WHAT IF I DID THURSDAY, THEN? IS THAT OKAY? DO YOU THINK THAT'S OKAY? DO YOU THINK WE COULD COMBINE A REPORT OR SOMETHING? SURE, SURE, WE CAN DO THAT.
OKAY. THE SO THAT I'LL GET ON THAT.
SO I WILL BE I CAN GO BY DURING MY LUNCH.
IT'S VERY CLOSE TO MY OFFICE, BUT IT'S 130 TO 330 ON THE 23RD.
THE NEXT NEXT MONTH? OBVIOUSLY NOT THIS MONTH.
SO IS ANYONE WE CAN BRING? TWO PEOPLE. I DO PLAN ON SWINGING BY DURING LUNCH.
FOR AN HOUR, BUT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO FOR THE WHOLE THING.
WOULD ANYONE BE ABLE TO GO? WE CAN HAVE TWO FOLKS.
IT'S WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? THE COMMAND CENTER, CRM, ID FLORIDA TECH.
SO IT'S RIGHT THERE ON PALM BAY ROAD, EAST OF THAT CIRCLE.
K ALWAYS HAS LIKE A, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A TARGET LOGO ON IT.
WHAT TIME IS JULY 23RD 23RD, 130 TO 3:30 P.M..
WHAT DO YOU THINK? I DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
THEN I WOULD TRY TO DO IT WELL, BUT I'M GOING TO BE PRESSED WITH THAT FIELD TRIP, SO.
DO YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE THEN, OR IS IT ME AND YOU? WELL, I WAS I WANT TO SWING BY DURING MY LUNCH.
AND ALSO THEY MENTIONED THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUMMARIZING, SENDING OUT, PLANNING ON HAVING A DOCUMENT SUMMARIZE A MEETING AND ACTUALLY MAY NEED MINUTES FOR SUNSHINE LAW AMONG WITH A PUBLIC NOTICE.
SO I THINK WE'RE FINE HAVING TWO PEOPLE THERE.
SO LIKE IF HE'S THERE 130 TO 230 I'LL BE THERE 230 TO 330.
DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY THEY WOULD HAVE ANY PROBLEM? I CAN TALK TO VINNY AS WELL WHO'S COORDINATING IT AND JUST SEE THAT WE'LL SEND TWO REPRESENTATIVES, BUT I CAN DROP IN FOR 40 MINUTES.
DURING MY LUNCH I WOULD ASK VINNY, OKAY.
AND THEN I'LL ASK MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ ABOUT SUNSHINE LAW.
IF IT'S IF WE DO OPPOSITE SHIFTS.
YEAH, WE JUST KIND OF OVERLAP A LITTLE.
WELL, LET'S PLAN ON THE TWO OF YOU LADIES.
Y'ALL GOING THAT WAY? WE HAVE PARTICIPATION IN TOTALITY.
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AND THEN I WILL CHECK WITH VINNY AND SEE.I'LL LET HIM KNOW THE TWO OF Y'ALL, AND THEN HAVE THAT IN THE NOTES THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE WEBSITE.
IF YOU WANT TO LIST ME, I DON'T KNOW IF OR I CAN LET YOU KNOW AFTER I TALK TO VINNY.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO SWING BY AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT. YEAH. SO CAN YOU SEND US THE INFORMATION? I DON'T I'LL SHARE THE I'LL SHARE THE EMAIL.
I CAN GRAB HER AND SHE CAN SEND IT TO US OR SOMETHING.
YES, BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE Y'ALL'S EMAILS IN HERE.
SO I'LL PUT THAT TOGETHER AND SEND OUT EMAILS AND I'LL COORDINATE THROUGH CITY STAFF WITH THAT.
SO THERE'S NO OKAY KEEPING IN THE SUNSHINE.
WELL, WHAT IF I OVER? CAN I OVERLAP? ON THE 24TH SOME.
ARE WE REALLY STRETCHING IT HERE AND MAKING IT CRAZY? KIND OF. ANY EVENT THAT YOU, MORE THAN ONE OF YOU ATTENDS AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO POST ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO IT HAS TO BE POSTED BY LEGISLATIVE THAT TWO MEMBERS HAVE ATTENDED AN EVENT TOGETHER.
OKAY. WELL, I'D RATHER GO AHEAD AND DO IT, POST IT, THAT I'LL BE THERE FOR BOTH DAYS, SUSAN, AND SEE IF I CAN OVERLAP WITH YOU AND. AND THEN I'LL PLAN ON BEING THERE.
AND THAT ALSO IS THE NIGHT OF OUR NEXT SUSTAINABILITY BOARD MEETING.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WOULD LIKE TO ALWAYS THANK THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT, OF COURSE, I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU ALL DO BEHIND THE SCENES. AND IT'S IT'S SO FUN TO HEAR.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY AND THANK EACH OF YOU PERSONALLY FOR MAKING ALL THIS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT TEAM AND I'M VERY PROUD TO WORK WITH THEM ALL.
REALLY THE KEY TO THIS BOARD BEING EFFECTIVE AND.
THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT AN APOLOGY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO END ALL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE START OF THE MEETING, JUST TO LIMIT EACH INDIVIDUAL TO RESPECT THE TIME LIMITS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ABIDE BY.
SO, YOU KNOW, MY APOLOGIES IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTED TO SPEAK.
NO. YOU'RE GOOD. I THINK WE'RE I THINK IT WAS.
I THINK YOU'RE GOOD. THANK YOU THOUGH.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS.
OKAY. FOR THE LOGO THAT YOU GOT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
SO THE LOGO THAT'S BEING CREATED.
I REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT THIS BOARD BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS AMAZING.
AND I THINK IT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED IN PALM BAY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LOGO ON A T SHIRT.
SO, YOU KNOW, MARKETING SO THAT WE CAN ADVERTISE IT AND TELL PEOPLE, HEY, THIS BOARD EXISTS AND THEY'RE HERE TO HELP US, AND THEY'RE HERE TO MAKE US MORE SUSTAINABLE. YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY WE COME HERE TO WORK TOGETHER TO BE SUSTAINABLE AND AND MAINTAIN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS IS THAT.
ALL RIGHT. HERE. NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
I CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:49 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.