[00:00:01] ALL RIGHT. WE ARE CALLING THIS. [Disaster Relief Committee ] IT IS 601. WE ARE CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. MISS LOEFFLER, ROLL CALL, PLEASE. CHAIRMAN FELIX HERE. VICE CHAIR MILLER HERE. MISS BELKIN HERE. MR. GALBREATH HERE. MR. HAMER. HERE. MR. EDWARDS. HERE. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SEEING NO BODY IN THE AUDIENCE, LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT. LET'S GO TO THE MINUTES. I'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW IT. IF NOT, IF WE'RE ALL GOOD, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION. PLEASE JUST ONE QUESTION. DID WE HAVE ALTERNATING MONTHS FOR THE CORNHOLE? PICKLEBALL IS THAT. I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN HERE. MAYBE I'M MISSING IT. THAT THAT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. IT'S ALTERNATING CORNHOLE VERSUS PICKLEBALL, RIGHT? GOOD. GOOD CATCH. MISS LEFFLER, WOULD YOU LOOKED INTO IT? YES, I BELIEVE I HAD PUT THAT IN THE PARAGRAPH BELOW. LET'S SEE, I DID HAVE IN THERE THE POSSIBILITY OF ALTERNATING CORNHOLE. CORNHOLE TOURNAMENTS AND PICKLEBALL MIXERS. AND THAT THE BOARD CONCURRED. SO IT IS ACTUALLY STATED IN THERE YOU SAID IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, TERRY. YEAH, IT'S ON PAGE THREE. BUT I CAN ALSO AND IT IS ACTUALLY IN THE MOTION ON PAGE FOUR. OKAY, OKAY. ALTERNATE TO IMPLEMENT ALTERNATING CORNHOLE AND PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. SEE? THERE WE GO. MOTION. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING. IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED IN THE MEETING THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET SPONSORSHIP PACKETS TO GO AND GET SPONSORS FROM BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVEN'T GOT YET. OKAY, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH DANIEL. [00:05:01] WAS DANIEL PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER? I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH DANIEL AND THEN GET BACK WITH THE BOARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IS THAT THAT NOTED? MISS LAFLEUR. THAT'LL BE UPDATED INTO THE MINUTES. YEAH, IF I CAN PUT THAT ALSO IN THE MINUTES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. YEP. I CAN ADD THAT. AND THEN I CAN HAVE YOU SIGN THAT AT A LATER TIME. AWESOME. OKAY. MIKE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ALSO SECOND THAT? I SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? NO. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. IN THE AGENDA, THERE ISN'T REALLY A SPACE FOR TO WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBER. NOT OUR NEWEST MEMBER. ACTUALLY, SHE'S BEEN APPOINTED. SHE JUST COULDN'T MAKE THE LAST MEETING. FIRST AND LAST FIRST MEETING. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MISS DENISE TO OUR BOARD. THANK YOU. DENISE, COME UP WITH SOME EXPERIENCE YOU SERVE ON ON A COUPLE OF BOARDS BEFORE. ONE WAS THE BRICK RACK. THE RECREATION PARK AND RECREATION BOARD. FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SO WELCOME TO OUR BOARD. I THINK YOU'LL BE A GREAT. YOU'RE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR BOARD. ANYTHING YOU YOU WANT TO SHARE OR SAY OR. NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. NOT AT THIS TIME. I'LL PLAY SHY ON US. I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO. WELCOME. ALRIGHTY, GUYS. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GET ON TO NEW BUSINESS. PER THE REQUEST OF MR. HAMMER. I THINK WHEN WE MET LAST TIME, WE WERE RIGHT. I THINK WE WERE AT THE TIME UNDER HURRICANE WATCH ALREADY. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE GOVERNOR HAD ALREADY ANNOUNCED A STATE OF EMERGENCY, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BECAUSE DEBBIE WAS PRETTY MUCH UP IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA HEADING, WELL, THE GULF, I SHOULD SAY HEADING. HEADING WEST. SO HEADING NORTH TO WEST, I SHOULD SAY SO. AS WE KNOW, IN AUGUST AUGUST 5TH, THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 5TH, IT MADE LANDFALL. SO WHAT WAS STARTING TO BE AS A HURRICANE WAS MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY ONE AND SHORTLY AFTER TURNING INTO A TROPICAL STORM. SO I DID DID SOME RESEARCH. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. AND CERTAINLY, I DON'T KNOW, MIKE, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TO DO ANY RESEARCH OR LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF IMPACTS WE KNOW THAT IT HIT HAD THE THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WENT NORTH TO WEST TO GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS. BY ALL ACCOUNT, I KNOW THERE'S I THINK I'VE READ SOMEWHERE IT CAUSED FOUR DEATHS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT IT DIDN'T GIVE ME ANY SPECIFIC I DON'T RECALL SEEING ANY SPECIFIC AREA, BUT REALLY, ONCE IT HIT AT A CATEGORY ONE AND IT QUICKLY DIES OUT TO BE MORE OF A TROPICAL STORM. THE THE MOST I GOT OUT OF IT. SOME FLOODING AND SOME AREA. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE I DIDN'T SEE ANY PARTICULAR AREA OR CITY OR STATE THAT IT DID TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DISASTERS. CERTAINLY. YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE BOARD HAS TO SAY. IF YOU GUYS SAW ANYTHING DIFFERENT OR, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IT'S TIME TO SHARE IT. WE CAN MAKE A DECISION FROM THERE. YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE NEW MEMBER. AND I KNOW MIKE, YOU'RE FAIRLY NEW TO THIS BOARD AS WELL. YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING HOW WE MOVED. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS THE VERY REASON THIS BOARD WAS CREATED IS REALLY DISASTER RELIEF COMMITTEE IS REALLY TO TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THAT HELPING HAND AREA OR SITUATION WHERE THERE'S MAJOR YOU KNOW, DISASTER. SO I JUST WANTED A QUICK REMINDER AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, MAKING A DECISION, WE WE JUST WANT TO MOVE PROCEED WITH. WITH WHERE? NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, EVERY DISASTER IS A DISASTER, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S REALLY WARRANTED, PER SE. RIGHT? SO JUST, YOU KNOW, FLOOR IS OPEN. CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO YOU KNOW. YEAH, I DID DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON WHAT HAPPENED. AND I SAW THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FLOODING ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA. BUT I DID SEE THAT IT WASN'T ANYTHING THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREAS COULDN'T HANDLE. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN REACHING OUT FOR ANY KIND OF HELP FROM ANYBODY. [00:10:01] I DON'T THINK THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS CALLED IN. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING, ANYTHING MAJOR TO THAT WAS AT THE AREA I WAS LOOKING AT. THE ACTUAL PLACE THAT IT HIT WASN'T EVEN THE PLACE THAT GOT FLOODED. I THINK THE PLACE THAT GOT FLOODED WAS KIND OF SOUTH OF TAMPA IN THE NAPLES AREA. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT THE THAT THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY WASN'T, WASN'T HANDLING ALREADY. I GOT THE GIST OF WHAT WE DO IS KIND OF WHEN, WHEN THESE PLACES DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PROVIDE. SO YEAH, I THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY A GOOD, GOOD POINT THAT THAT'S ONE ASPECT. BUT YOU KNOW, ALSO IT'S REALLY I THINK THAT WE GOT TO ALWAYS LOOKED AT IT BY A CASE BY CASE BASIS, REALLY UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES. YOU KNOW, WISELY. AND AS NEEDED, YOU KNOW, THE AREA OR THE NEEDS THAT ARE REALLY WARRANTED OF OUR HELP. SO. YEAH. CAN YOU HEAR ME? SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I WAS IN THE MIDST OF THE HURRICANE. SARASOTA GOT HIT REALLY BAD. THE BEACHES IN NAPLES, LIKE YOU SAID. TAMPA. THEY REALLY DID GET HIT. SO I WAS WONDERING, WHAT ABOUT EROSION? DO WE THINK ABOUT. AND CAN WE OFFER ANY OF THESE COMPANIES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ASSIST WITH THE BEACHES OR WATER ENVIRONMENT? ENVIRONMENTAL, SOMETHING ENVIRONMENTAL, BECAUSE THAT AFFECTS EVERY COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, ON A GRANDER SCALE VERSUS JUST DAMAGES TO PEOPLE'S HOMES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. DOES THIS BOARD HELP WITH THAT OR HAS IT EVER HELPED WITH THAT? I MEAN, YES AND NO. SO THE. THIS BOARD WAS CREATED. YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY PROMPTED THIS IDEA OF A MUNICIPAL. MUNICIPAL FOUNDATION IS WHEN MARIA HIT PUERTO RICO OUT OF CATEGORY FIVE, YOU KNOW. IF YOU REMEMBER, I MEAN, CATEGORY FOUR, I BELIEVE BY THE TIME WE MADE LANDFALL. AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY PROMPTED THE, THE THE WAS SOMETHING IN HAITI AS WELL. YEAH. EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT SPAWNED THE IDEA OF, OKAY, WHAT CAN. WE DO. AND WE HAD RESIDENTS OF GOOD HEARTED RESIDENTS THAT CALLING THE CITY. HOW CAN WE HELP? THEY WANTED TO HELP. SO. IDEALLY THAT'S WHEN THE IDEA OF CREATING, NOT THROUGH THE TAXPAYER DOLLAR, BUT CREATE AN ENTITY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO COLLECT DONATION AND IN TURN, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO, TO ASSIST. RATHER IT'S, IT'S HERE AT HOME OR ELSEWHERE. RIGHT. SO IDEALLY WE WANT TO LOOK AT OKAY, WHAT WHAT IS THE IMMEDIATE NEED. YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE DYING FOR FOOD OR CLOTHING SHELTER. SO WE WANT TO THOSE ARE THAT'S THE VERY REASON. AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, THIS THIS THING WAS CREATED. SO WE WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE VERY, VERY LIMITED FUNDING. AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THIS BOARD. WE FINALLY NOW CREATING BE CREATIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, CREATING A PLATFORM WHERE WE CAN START RAISING SOME FUNDING ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS BOARD, IT WAS NEVER ANYTHING LIKE THAT OKAY. EXCEPT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAN BECOME CHAIRMAN, WE START, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HELP OF BOARD MEMBERS WE START, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, SO YOU CAN REALLY PRIOR TO, TO US, YOU KNOW, STARTING IT WAS REALLY DEPEND ON ON THE MAYOR'S BALL SINCE THE MAYOR'S BALL SHIFTED, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. TO THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW IF YOU WILL, THAT AUTHORITY TO TO DICTATE WHERE HIS THE PROCEED OF THE MAYOR'S BALL GOES. I THINK THIS BOARD, SINCE INCEPTION, SINCE MAYOR CAPOTE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OR WAS PART OF THE THE THE IDEA HE CONTRIBUTED ONE OF THE YEAR CAN'T REMEMBER. WAS IT 2015 OR 16? THE PROCEED OF THE MAYOR MAYOR'S BALL CAME CAME TO THE THE THIS ORGANIZATION. SO THAT'S WHAT REALLY YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE WELL FUNDED, THE ORGANIZATION. OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW. WHAT WHAT OTHER IDEA? HOW DID WE RAISE MONEY? [00:15:01] I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY. YEAH, THAT WAS IT. RIGHT? JULY 4TH. SO, YEAH. JULY 4TH THAT WE RECENTLY STARTED THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS JUST, WELL, A DONATION FROM THE GOOD CITIZENS AND THE MAYOR'S BALL. REALLY? FROM WILLIAM CAPOTE. SO THAT'S WHY. SO WITH THE LITTLE BIT OF RESOURCE. SO IF WE EVER TO COME TO A POINT WHERE WE, WE ARE ABLE TO RAISE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHICH SHOULD BE THE AIM OF THIS, THIS BOARD, BECAUSE IT IS REALLY FUNDING THAT WILL GO TO GOOD, GOOD CAUSES. AND MAYBE WE CAN OPEN THE SCOPE LOOKING AT OTHER OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO, TO FUND. BUT THAT'S GOOD. GOOD. IT'S GOOD DISCUSSION. IT'S GOOD. GOOD QUESTION THOUGH. OKAY. I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO TO LOOK AT THAT AS I WOULD NEVER TURN DOWN FUNDING FOR THAT IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE THAT, OR EVEN IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE A LOT OF OF MOMENTUM TOWARDS, TOWARDS PUTTING YOUR EFFORTS INTO ACTION. IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEARHEAD AND COME UP WITH AN EVENT TO DO THAT, I WOULD BE I WOULD BE BEHIND. I WOULD BE BEHIND YOU 200%. OKAY. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK ON THAT WITH YOU. AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY ACTUALLY ACTUALLY DESIGNATE THE FUNDS FROM THAT TOWARDS HOW SHE FEELS. I'M, I'M 200% MIND YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOPE. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY THOUGHTS ON AS FAR AS SHOULD WE MAKE A DECISION? YAY OR NAY I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE SMALLER FOCUS OF THE BOARD UNTIL, YOU KNOW, IF WE ACTUALLY GET OUR PLANS IN MOTION AND WE ACTUALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT FUNDING ACTUALLY REALIZED, I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE ON THE PATH THAT WE'RE ON CURRENTLY WITH THE FOCUS MORE SO OF, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL EVENTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH FUNDS TO HELP WITH THOSE ISSUES. AND THEN IF WE GET, YOU KNOW, FLUSH WITH CASH, GREAT. WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT OTHER ISSUES. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DENY ANY ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE TOWARDS THE HURRICANE DEBBIE ANY EFFORT. RELIEF EFFORT TOWARDS CAUSED BY HURRICANE DEBBIE. OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT THE MOTION WOULD BE. YES. I'M NOT MAKING IT TO SOMEBODY, BUT I SECOND WHAT HE HAS TO MAKE IT WORSE. NO, I HAVE TO MAKE IT. OKAY. YEAH. CHECK THE CHECK. I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO DENY ANY RELIEF FUNDS FOR HURRICANE DEBBIE AT THIS TIME? I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? NO. WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHTY. I DON'T THINK I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MEETING ADJOURNED THAT WAS QUICK. TODAY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.