ONE, TWO. ONE, TWO. [00:00:01] IT IS NOW 1800 HOURS. [CALL TO ORDER:] YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL. OKAY. SO GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 20 2426 TO ORDER. THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY DEACON PATRICIA MASTERSON OF CHURCH OF THE BLESSED REDEEMER. AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE GIVEN BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX PATRICIA MASTERSON. THANK YOU. MA'AM. PLEASE RISE. IT'S ACTUALLY MASTER MAN, BUT THAT'S OKAY. WELL, IT'S A TYPO, MAN. I KNOW IT HAPPENS A LOT. AS YOU WERE, MAN. IT HAPPENS A LOT. WOMAN OF THE MOST HIGH. GOD. HOW'S THAT? IN LIGHT OF THE DEVASTATION WROUGHT BY HURRICANE HELENE, I ASK THAT WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF THE MANY LIVES LOST FOR THOSE FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO BEGIN ANEW, AND FOR THOSE WHOSE HOMES WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. MAY GOD HOLD THEM WITH LOVE AND SAFETY AND PEACE IN THE HOLLOW OF HIS HANDS. AMEN. AMEN. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THE MEMBERS OF PALM BAY CITY COUNCIL AS YOU GUIDE THEM DURING THIS MEETING, TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY. HELP THEM DISCERN WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL CONCERNED AND FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF ITS PEOPLE. WE ASK YOU TO SEND DOWN THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM, CHARITY AND JUSTICE THAT THEY MAY FAITHFULLY SERVE THEIR OFFICES TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE. AMEN. AMEN. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ALONG WITH OTHER DENOMINATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, ARE CURRENTLY CELEBRATING THE SEASON OF CREATION, WHICH BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER THE 1ST. THROUGH TOMORROW, OCTOBER 4TH. SO IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THE PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS, WHO IS THE PATRON SAINT OF ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. WORSHIP INSPIRED BY THIS FEAST TYPICALLY INCLUDES PET BLESSINGS, PRAYERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION, AND A CALL TO A LIFESTYLE BASED IN SIMPLICITY AND SERVICE TO OTHERS. LET US PRAY. LORD, MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE. WHERE THERE IS HATRED, LET ME SOW LOVE. WHERE THERE IS INJURY. PARDON? WHERE THERE IS DOUBT. FAITH. WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR. HOPE. WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS. LIGHT. AND WHERE THERE IS SADNESS. JOY. O GOD, GRANT THAT I MAY NOT SO MUCH. SEEK TO BE CONSOLED AS TO CONSOLE. TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS TO UNDERSTAND. TO BE LOVED. AS TO LOVE. FOR IT IS IN GIVING THAT WE RECEIVE. IT IS IN PARDONING THAT WE ARE PARDONED. AND IT IS IN DYING THAT WE ARE BORN TO ETERNAL LIFE. AMEN. AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO A PET BLESSING AT BLESSED REDEEMER SATURDAY. WELL, MA'AM, WE'RE ABOUT TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THIS FLAG. OKAY, DEPUTY MAYOR, PLEASE FACE THE FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HURRAH! WE'RE NOW ON ROLL CALL, MADAME LEFLER. MAYOR. MEDINA. MAYOR. MEDINA. PRESENT. DEPUTY MAYOR. FELIX. HERE. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. WEINBERG. HERE. MISS SHERMAN. HERE. MISS SMITH. HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR. THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. [ANNOUNCEMENTS:] YES, MAYOR. THREE VACANCIES ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENT ADULT MEMBER POSITIONS. ONE VACANCY ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. REPRESENT BANKING INDUSTRY POSITION. ONE TERM EXPIRING ON THE MELBOURNE TILLMAN CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD. ANYONE WISHING TO SERVE ON THOSE BOARDS CAN APPLY AT PALM BAY. FLORIDA. ORG OR CAN CONTACT THE CITY CLERK OFFICE AT (321) 952-3414. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. MADAM SHERMAN. [00:05:01] ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I HAVE THREE ITEMS TO ANNOUNCE. THE FIRST IS A RECOGNITION OF THE LIFE SAVING EFFORTS OF BILLY LEBLANC TO AN ACCIDENT VICTIM. HAS BEEN ADDED AS ITEM NUMBER FIVE UNDER PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE HAD A REQUEST TO MOVE PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE VACATING AN EASEMENT. FINAL READING TO MOVE THAT BEFORE PRESENTATIONS IN YOUR AGENDA. AFTER. AFTER PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. YES, MA'AM. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT. AND THE SECOND REQUEST IS TO MOVE NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLANS TO MOVE THAT AFTER PRESENTATIONS BUT BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. SEE THAT? MA'AM, I NEED A MOTION, GENTLEMEN. SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEINBERG. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO. MADAM SMITH, ANY AGENDA REVISIONS? NO, SIR. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING RIGHT TO PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. [PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS:] BUT I WANTED TO AND I KNOW IT'S NUMBER FIVE AND WE JUST ADDED THIS, BUT I WANTED TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ABOUT RECOGNIZING A GENTLEMAN THAT HAS, IN MY OPINION, SAVED A LIFE AND WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS CALL OF DUTY AS A AS A CIVILIAN, AS A CITIZEN, AS HE'S WORKING AS A DOORDASH MEMBER. HE RAN INTO A VICTIM ON THE ROAD. AND I'LL LET YOU I'LL LET BILLY LEBLANC SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. BUT HOW CRITICAL IS IT THAT EVERY TIME A PERSON IS IN NEED, SOMEONE CAN REACT TO THAT NEED? SOMEONE CAN FILL THAT AVOID. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS WE GO THROUGHOUT OUR DAY, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'LL FACE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO FACE DANGER, TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE. AND THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING STORY OF A YOUNG MAN THAT CAME TO THE AID OF SOMEONE THAT WAS IN DIRE NEED AND LEFT TO DIE ON THE STREETS OF 192. SO AS I PREFACED ON EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1ST, BILLY LEBLANC WAS WAS MAKING HIS DOORDASH DELIVERIES. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO PLACE YOU IN HIS SITUATION. WHEN HE SAW A MAN LYING MOTIONLESS, FACE DOWN ON THE ROAD ON 192 AND DERRY ROAD. A MOTORCYCLE HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER. MR. LEBLANC WAS ABLE TO GET THE MAN BREATHING AGAIN BY DOING CHEST COMPRESSIONS. HE STAYED WITH THE VICTIM AND TALKED TO HIM, LIFTING HIM UP, ENCOURAGING HIM UNTIL THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED. HIS QUICK THINKING AND HIS HEROIC EFFORTS HAVE SAVED THAT MAN'S LIFE. THIS DRIVER, THE DRIVER WAS LATER APPREHENDED. I'M SURE YOU SAW IT ON THE NEWS AND WAS ARRESTED A FEW DAYS LATER. I'M GOING TO CALL UP THIS YOUNG MAN AND HIS FAMILY. IT IS AN HONOR FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE THIS YOUNG MAN. BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT PALM BAY PROUD IS ALL ABOUT. THIS IS WHAT OUR CITY IS ALL ABOUT IS RESTORING AND LIFTING UP LIVES. BILLY. COME ON UP HERE, SON. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO BE UP HERE. HERE YOU GO, BILLY. BILLY, COME ON UP AND JUST SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT ON THAT SPECIFIC DAY. YEAH, THAT WAS TERRIFYING. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME EVER HAVING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M GLAD I WAS OUT THERE AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE CAME FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES. SO HE WAS HE WOULD HAVE BEEN LAYING THERE FOR A LONG TIME BY HIMSELF. JUST A MESSAGE. JUST TO BE CAREFUL ON THE ROADS, MAN. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE DRIVING AND BIKES AND HOMELESS PEOPLE, AND. AND THEY'RE JUST ALL OVER THE ROADS. JUST BE CAREFUL. KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD AND TRY TO STAY OFF THE CELL PHONES. MAN, IS HE NOT SUCH A HUMBLE YOUNG MAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BILLY. THANK YOU MAN. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. BY RAISING A GOOD LAUGH, I THINK SO. GOD BLESS YOU, COACH. GOD BLESS YOU. COME ON. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE. YEAH. COME ON. GET ON THIS OTHER SIDE, MAN. [00:10:03] GENTLEMEN. YOU'RE BUSY. THAT'S GOOD. GENTLEMEN, ARE YOU READY, BILLY? ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEY. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU? YES. HOW ARE YOU? IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU. IT'S GOOD TO SEE. YOU TOO. OKAY. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION. IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY I'M DRESSED IN PURPLE, IT'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH OR PREVENTION MONTH. WE HAVE A HUGE BLESSING HERE TODAY AS I'M GOING TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. I'M GOING TO CALL UP CATHY BRITTO AND THE ENTIRE TEAM. CATHY, COME ON UP. DANA PACKARD, COME ON UP. AND THE ENTIRE SERENE HARBOR TEAM. COME ON UP. UP HERE. WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU SPEAK. WE WANT YOU TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED. OKAY. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH OCTOBER 2024. IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. THAT'S RIGHT. I KEEP SPEAKING OF PALM BAY, FLORIDA, BREVARD COUNTY. WHEREAS NEARLY 1 IN 3 WOMEN AND 1 IN 4 MEN IN OUR COUNTRY HAVE SUFFERED PHYSICAL VIOLENCE BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER. AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IMPACTS PEOPLE OF EVERY AGE, ETHNICITY, NATIONAL ECONOMIC STATUS AND BELIEF. AND WHEREAS VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE DEPRIVED OF AUTONOMY, SECURITY FACES THREATS TO THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND IN MANY INSTANCES FIND THEMSELVES LEFT WITH SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INSECURITY. AND WHEREAS CRIMES LIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INHIBIT OUR COMMUNITY FROM REACHING ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL, AND ALTHOUGH GREAT PROGRESS IN BRINGING AWARENESS TO AND PROVIDING PROTECTION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS BEEN MADE MUCH WORK STILL REMAINS. WHEREAS THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S VICTIM SERVICES UNIT DIRECTS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS DISTURBING STATISTICS REGARDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ADVOCATES FOR TOUGHER SENTENCES ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, AND PARTNERS WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND LOCAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE PROVIDERS SUCH AS SERENE HARBOR TO ENSURE THAT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DO NOT EXPERIENCE FURTHER HARASSMENT OR ABUSE. AND WHEREAS, THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S VICTIM SERVICE UNIT IS CELEBRATING ITS 26TH ANNIVERSARY AND ITS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS CAUSE BY BEING THE FIRST ADVOCACY PROGRAM TO BE PART OF A FIRST RESPONDER TEAM IN BREVARD COUNTY. DANA, HAVE YOU BEEN HERE FROM THE INCEPTION? ALL RIGHT. WOW. SHE STARTED WHEN SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD. WOW. WHAT? WHEREAS THE CITY REAFFIRMS ITS DEDICATION TO PROVIDING A COMMUNITY WHERE NO ONE SUFFERS THE PAIN AND HARDSHIP CAUSED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND RECOGNIZES AND ADVOCATES VICTIM SERVICES PROVIDERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND EXTEND HOPE AND HEALING TO SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND WHEREAS, VICTIMS SHOULD HAVE HELP TO FIND THE COMPASSION TO FIND THE COMFORT AND HEALING THEY NEED. AND DOMESTIC ABUSERS SHOULD BE PUNISHED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. PALM BAY BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2024 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH AND URGE THAT WE ALL REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO UPHOLDING THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHT TO A FREE TO BE FREE FROM THE VIOLENCE AND ABUSE. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024. [00:15:05] MRS BRITTO. WELL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KATHY BRITTO. I KNOW WE'RE ALL AWARE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOW PREVALENT IT IS, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THE SERVICES THAT VICTIM SERVICES HAS SUPPLIED ALL THESE YEARS. AND MANY PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT AWARE AT ALL. AND I WOULD NEVER I KNEW NOTHING, NOTHING LIKE THAT EVEN EXISTED UNTIL 20 YEARS AGO. I WAS A VICTIM. MY HUSBAND SHOT ME FIVE TIMES, AND DANA WAS BY OUR SIDE FIRST. MY FAMILY. SHE MADE CONTACT WHILE I WAS SEDATED AND ON A VENTILATOR FOR A FEW DAYS. SHE MADE CONTACT WITH MY FAMILY, SO SHE WAS A GREAT SUPPORT FOR THEM AND THEN FOR ME AFTERWARD, OF COURSE. AND WENT THROUGH YEARS OF COURT HEARINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I KNEW IT WAS SUCH AN INVALUABLE SERVICE. AND FOR ME AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD HAVE GOT THROUGH IT, CERTAINLY NOT AS WELL AS WE DID WITHOUT THEM. AND BECAUSE I KNOW HOW VALUABLE IT WAS, I THEN I VOLUNTEERED WITH VICTIM SERVICES, AND THEN FOUND OUT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT I WOULD BE IN CONTACT WITH THEM HAD NO IDEA ABOUT VICTIM SERVICES EITHER. SO ANYONE LISTENING OR HEAR OR KNOW OF ANYONE YOU. VICTIM SERVICES IS HERE TO HELP. THEY DO. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE ALREADY CALLED THE POLICE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A REPORT. YOU CAN JUST CALL VICTIM SERVICES WITH QUESTIONS. THEY CAN HELP WITH FILING INJUNCTIONS, SAFETY PLANS, QUESTIONS. JUST THERE'S HOPE. THERE'S SUPPORT. THEY COME ALONGSIDE YOU. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ALONE. AND I MEAN, A LOT SOME OF THESE THINGS COULD BE PREVENTIVE. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR HAVING THIS SERVICE. I NEVER REALIZED HOW LONG WE HAD THIS SERVICE. AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL AND GRATEFUL FOR IT BECAUSE HOPEFULLY IT COULD SAVE LIVES LIKE LIKE MINE. SO VICTIM SERVICES, THEY HAVE A DIRECT LINE ONLINE. AND IF YOU'RE NOT, JUST CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'LL DIRECT YOUR CALL TO VICTIM SERVICES. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC. AND AND WHAT WE WITNESSED HERE TODAY IS A WOMAN THAT SURVIVED THAT VIOLENCE. AND SHE SURVIVED BECAUSE OF A TEAM EFFORT. SHE SURVIVED BECAUSE THAT WAS SERVICES. SERENE HARBOR HAVE COME ALONGSIDE OF US. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE MENTION THAT EVEN THOUGH AND IF YOU'RE LISTENING AND YOU ARE SUFFERING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US. DANA HAS THOSE RESOURCES. DANA PACKARD FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE CAPACITY TO POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND EVEN HOLD YOUR HAND AND GET YOU WITH FOLKS THAT WOULD NEED YOU WOULD NEED TO COME AND HELP YOU SO THAT EVEN YOURSELF AND THE CHILDREN THAT ARE SUFFERING THROUGH SUFFERING, THROUGH THIS CRISIS ARE HELPED THROUGH THIS. SO I WANT TO AGAIN, THANK EVERYONE, BECAUSE THIS IS TRULY SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR NATION AND IT COINCIDES WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET REALLY CLOSE TOGETHER SO THAT EVERYONE'S IN THE PICTURE. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. COME ON. OH LET ME TAKE OFF MY SHIRT. COME ON. HERE WE GO. OH, THERE WE ARE. ONE. TWO 123. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SHE WAS. SIX YEARS. OLD. [00:20:18] SO I'M GOING TO SWITCH UP THE CLIMATE A LITTLE BIT HERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. SO LET'S GET TO JAMMING LET'S GET TO JAMMING ON SOME SALSA. I'M GOING TO ASK SAMANTHA LOPEZ BICKMAN TO COME ON UP AND HER WHOLE TEAM. COME ON UP, SAMANTHA. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW THEY NEED YOU. HELLO. HI. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. HELLO. HEY. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. SO WE'RE CELEBRATING, AS YOU KNOW, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, IF YOU REALIZE HISPANICS KNOW HOW TO PARTY. AND I'M NOT BEING BIASED, BUT THEY. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH GOES FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH. AND THEN IT GOES ON A LITTLE BEYOND THAT. SO WE TAKE TWO MONTHS. JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH, 2024. PUERTO RICAN DAY OCTOBER 6TH, 2024. IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, PALM BAY, FLORIDA. WHEREAS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE MANY AMERICANS OF HISPANIC DESCENT WHO HAVE MADE OUTSTANDING ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR NATION. AND WHEREAS SPECIAL EVENTS ARE TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE NATION IN OBSERVANCE OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, CELEBRATING THE RICH CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND REMARKABLE IMPACT ON AMERICAN SOCIETY MADE BY THE HISPANIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S PARADE, FLORIDA'S 27TH ANNUAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6TH AT 10 A.M. IS HOSTED BY UTB UNITED THIRD BRIDGE INCORPORATED EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL FUND, WHICH CREATED TWO LOCAL SAM CASIANO LOPEZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND HAS DEDICATED THIS PARADE TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYAMON. WHERE IS BAYAMON, YOU MAY ASK? BAYAMON IS IN PUERTO RICO. IT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL OF SAN JUAN. FOR YOU FOLKS THAT STUDY GEOGRAPHY. WHEREAS ON MARCH 3RD, 1917, THE JONES ACT WAS SIGNED DECLARING ALL PUERTO RICANS. LET ME JUST SAY THAT AGAIN. THE JONES ACT WAS SIGNED, DECLARING THAT ALL PUERTO RICANS ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. AND IN 1952, THE COMMONWEALTH STATUS WAS PROCLAIMED AND HAS BEEN UPHELD SINCE 1960. WHEREAS UNITED THIRD BRIDGE, A CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THE ADVANCEMENT OF MINORITIES IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND EMPLOYMENT, WAS FOUNDED IN 1977 BY SAMUEL C LOPEZ, WHO WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, OF TO PUERTO RICAN PARENTS WHO MOVED TO BREVARD COUNTY IN 1993 AND ESTABLISHED BREVARD COUNTY'S ANNUAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA, HOSTED BY UNITED THIRD BRIDGE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL FUND, AND AS A PUERTO RICAN TRADITION AND AS A GIFT TO ALL HISPANIC DESCENTS, WHICH HAS GROWN INTO THE LARGEST COUNTY CELEBRATION OF PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE. WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S PARADE THEME AND HISPANIC HERITAGE HERITAGE THEME IS BUILDING HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY. UTB INVITES ALL CITIZENS TO LEARN AND CELEBRATE THE TRADITIONS AND ANCESTRY OF HISPANIC AMERICANS. UTB WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY ON SAMUEL'S LEGACY AND VISION THROUGH THEIR STRONG TRADITION OF SERVICE TO HISPANIC AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. PALM BAY, FLORIDA, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, 2024 AND PUERTO RICAN DAY, OCTOBER 6TH, IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND INVITE ALL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE. PARTICIPATE IN THIS EXUBERANT, MONUMENTAL CELEBRATION. [00:25:08] I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024. SAMANTHA, COME ON UP. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT. IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO COME UP HERE, ESPECIALLY SINCE MY FATHER PASSED AWAY. AND IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT HE'S NO LONGER WITH US. BUT I KNOW THAT HE'S LOOKING DOWN, AND HE'S SMILING AT US. ALL OF US. ALL OF US HERE. THE COMMUNITY, EVERYONE WHO GATHERS AND CONTINUES HIS LEGACY. SO I'M JUST SO EXCITED FOR THE COMING WEEK. AT THE SAME TIME, I DO FEEL IN MY HEART FOR THE DEVASTATION THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE CAROLINAS AND IN FLORIDA AND IN TENNESSEE. EVERYONE IS SUFFERING. GEORGIA. AND WHILE I FEEL IN MY HEART THAT IT'S HARD TO CELEBRATE RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT I ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE HELP, PLEASE, ANY WAY YOU CAN. I REALLY WANT YOU TO TO KNOW I HAVE A HOME IN IN THE CAROLINAS I DROVE DOWN, I JUST GOT IN LAST NIGHT. WE WERE ALL AFFECTED. I WAS BLESSED, MY HOME WAS BLESSED, BUT MY NEIGHBORS WEREN'T SO FORTUNATE. SO I GOT TO SEE IT FIRSTHAND. AND AGAIN, I JUST. I JUST ASK ANYTHING WE CAN DO AT THIS EVENT THIS WEEKEND. I'VE HAD I'VE BEEN TAKING CALLS AND ANYONE AND ANYONE WHO CAN HELP, I WILL HELP GET DONATIONS, ANYTHING. I WILL HELP HERE. HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL ANY OF US OR SPEAK TO ANYONE I KNOW. I'M TALKING TO THE CITY AS WELL. ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO TO HELP, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN. OUR OUR PARADE AND OUR FESTIVAL IS SUNDAY AT FRED POPPY REGIONAL PARK. AND IT WILL BEGIN. THE PARADE WILL BEGIN AT 10 A.M. AND WE NORMALLY DO IT HERE. UNFORTUNATELY, AS EVERYONE CAN SEE, THERE'S CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. SO WE MOVED TO TO FRED POPPY REGIONAL PARK. SO THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR THERE. BUT I'M EXCITED. AND AND AS LONG AS THE WEATHER WILL PERMIT AND I THINK IT WILL. I'VE BEEN WATCHING REALLY CLOSELY. WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WONDERFUL FESTIVAL. AND WE HAVE TITO PUENTE JR COMING. YES, WE HAVE. WE HAVE TWO ORCHESTRAS, MARCOS HERNANDEZ, JC COLON. WE HAVE A LOT OF PERFORMERS COMING. SO PLEASE, IF YOU CAN COME OUT, IT'S A FREE EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. COME ON OUT. LET'S CELEBRATE. WE HAVE LOTS OF EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE AND INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS COMING. NONPROFITS, BUSINESSES. THIS YEAR WE HAVE A HEALTH AND WELLNESS SECTION AND A KIDS CORNER AS WELL. SO LET'S COME OUT AND LET'S CELEBRATE. AND I CAN'T THANK. I CAN'T THANK THE CITY OF PALM BAY ENOUGH. I THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHOW ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU TO TELL YOU TITO PUENTE JR. WHO DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD. THIS IS OUR ENTERTAINMENT COORDINATOR. I'LL LET HER TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. JR WAS KNOWN AS THE KING OF MAMBO. HE'S VERY, VERY FAMOUS. AND HE'S PASSED. HE'S PASSED. TITO PUENTE HAS PASSED. SO HIS SON, TITO PUENTE JR IS CARRYING ON HIS FATHER'S LEGACY. HE HAS BEEN HE'S HE'S AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN IN HIS OWN RIGHT. HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, HE'S ON TOUR CELEBRATING HIS FATHER'S 100 YEAR LEGACY. AND ONE OF THE STOPS HE'S MAKING IS HERE TO PALM BAY, FLORIDA. WEPA. SO, YEAH, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM. AND OF COURSE, HE'S GOING TO SING HIS FATHER'S PROBABLY MOST FAMOUS SONG, IF YOU ALL KNOW IT. ALMOST EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS SONG AND IT'S CALLED HOY COMO VA, SO HE'LL BE SINGING THAT. SO. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM AND WE HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU CAN COME OUT, SHARE THIS CELEBRATION WITH US AND AND HAVE A GREAT TIME AND GREAT FOOD AND YEAH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL, HE SHOULD COME OVER HERE. COME OVER HERE. COME OVER HERE. COME OVER HERE. COME OVER HERE. DON'T BE SHY. YEAH. NO. OKAY. AND. DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR CHAIRS TOO. THERE'S 123123. THANK YOU, THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND. [00:30:03] AND SEE YOU. TWO. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. HI. HI, GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. YES, YES, YES. ISN'T THAT GREAT? OH, YEAH. WE SHOULD HAVE QUEUED. THE MUSIC. THE MUSIC? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL WE DO LOVE TO PARTY IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. SO OUR NEXT ONE IS. IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE IT CREATES JOBS, RIGHT? IT'S ABOUT JOBS. AND JOBS CREATE PROSPERITY FOR OUR FAMILIES. SO WE ARE CELEBRATING NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. SO. I'M GOING TO ASK ROB SOLOMAN FROM FIT TO COME ON UP WITH HIS TEAM. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY NANCY, YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP AS WELL. YOU REPRESENT THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER AND AND YOUR STAUNCH SUPPORT OF MANUFACTURING IN OUR CITY. IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. WHEREAS NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY IS AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT CHANGED THE PERCEPTION OF CAREERS IN MANUFACTURING TO REFLECT ITS TRUE STATUS AS THE MOST ADVANCED HIGH TECH INDUSTRY IN THE COUNTY. THERE YOU GO. JUST SAYING. WHEREAS NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO REESTABLISH THE US AS THE GLOBAL LEADER IN MANUFACTURING EDUCATION. AND WHEREAS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, FLORIDA RANKS AS NUMBER ONE FOR HAVING THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN THE NATION, ACCORDING TO US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. AND WHEREAS THE SPACE COAST IS THE EPICENTER FOR MANUFACTURING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WITH OVER 500 MANUFACTURERS THAT CALL OUR REGION HOME. NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 4TH AS NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF OUR MANUFACTURERS AND THE IMPORTANCE THEY SERVE IN OUR CITY, IN OUR STATE AND OUR NATION. AND WITNESS HEREOF I'VE SET MY RIGHT. EYE, SEE MY RIGHT HAND. BUT I SET MY HAND TO BE AFFIXED THIS THIS THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024. ROB. THANK YOU SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF FLORIDA TECH'S PRESIDENT, DOCTOR JOHN NICKLOW, AND OUR INDUSTRY AND WORKFORCE PARTNERS, THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF FOR THE HONOR OF ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION AND SUPPORT OF MANUFACTURING DAY AS BREVARD'S HOMETOWN, WORLD RENOWNED STEM UNIVERSITY. FLORIDA TECH HAS CERTAINLY BEEN BUSY DEVELOPING A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, A NEW CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, WORKING WITH INDUSTRY AND DOD PARTNERS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WELCOMING OUR LARGEST INCOMING CLASS EVER. EARLIER THIS YEAR, AN OUTSIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT FLORIDA TECH HAS A $1.6 BILLION ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT. DYNAMIC IMPACT. BUT LET ME HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW ONGOING PROGRAMS OF DIRECT PALM BAY INTEREST AND CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY'S PROCLAMATION FOR MANUFACTURING DAY. FLORIDA TECH'S BOUNDLESS BREVARD BOUNDLESS OPPORTUNITY GRANT PROVIDES ELIGIBLE BREVARD COUNTY STUDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TUITION AND FEES AND THE STUDENT'S OTHER GIFT AND SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE, SUCH AS THE PELL GRANT. AN ELIGIBLE BREVARD COUNTY STUDENT WHO ENROLLS AT FLORIDA TECH, WILL OWE THE UNIVERSITY $0 FOR TUITION AND FEES. LAST MONTH, MORE THAN A THOUSAND K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS. MANUFACTURERS ARE SCREAMING FOR WORKFORCE, AND THIS IS PARTLY WHERE IT STARTS. LAST MONTH, MORE THAN A THOUSAND K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS FROM BREVARD COUNTY AND BEYOND CAME OUT TO FLORIDA TECH'S STEM POWER DAY FOR A DAY OF DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION AND HANDS ON EDUCATION AND STEM. DUE IN LARGE PART TO MY COLLEAGUE MARIANA'S EFFORTS AS AN ENGINEER AND AN EDUCATOR. THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDED FLORIDA TECH $1 MILLION FOR A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO BE CONDUCTED AT THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND [00:35:06] INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN PALM BAY. AND THIS, THIS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON EMPOWERING YOUTH THAT ARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE TO PURSUE CAREERS IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND MICROELECTRONICS. L3 HARRIS, RENAISSANCE AND ROGUE VALLEY MICROELECTRONICS IN PALM BAY HAVE SHOWN GREAT INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR FLORIDA TECH'S WE, VENTURES AND KEMET HAVE EARNED AN SBA AWARD TO SUPPORT UP TO FIVE COMPANIES FOR THEIR MANUFACTURING, DESIGN, AND BUSINESS NEEDS THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED TECH ACCELERATOR. THAT'S GOING TO BE ONGOING, AND IT COMBINES THE BUSINESS, MENTORSHIP AND MANUFACTURING DESIGN CAPABILITIES FROM WE VENTURE AND CAMDEN. THIS WILL BE HAPPENING IN PALM BAY NEXT WEDNESDAY. ALL RIGHT. CAM. I'M SORRY. YEP. YEAH. CAM IS LOCATED ON PALM BAY ROAD AT THE END OF PALM BAY ROAD, RIGHT ACROSS FROM L3 HARRIS. YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE NEXT WEDNESDAY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAREERSOURCE BREVARD CAM, IT IS HOSTING BREVARD'S ANNUAL MANUFACTURING JOB FAIR AT THE END OF PALM BAY ROAD, ACROSS FROM L3 HARRIS IN PALM BAY. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET LOCAL MANUFACTURERS LOOKING FOR TALENT. AND THEY'RE HIRING NOW. THE PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REGULARLY HOLDS ITS SPACE COAST ALLIANCE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AT CAMERON. THANK YOU, NANCY, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND TYING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. CAM HAD SUPPORTED THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH FOCUSED ON GROWING BUSINESSES IN PALM BAY, INCLUDING THE MANUFACTURERS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR SUPPORT OF MANUFACTURING, AND FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AS FLORIDA TECH PRESIDENT DOCTOR JOHN NICOLAOU IS FOND OF SAYING. FORWARD TOGETHER. BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COME ON, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. LET'S EVEN IT OUT. LET'S GO ON. COME ON. COME OVER HERE. ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH. YEAH. GET ON. YEAH. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TO HAVE WOMEN ON THAT SIDE, TOO, THERE'S ONLY THREE OF US. IT'S GOING TO BE UNEVEN AT SOME POINT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO OVER THERE. OKAY. IT'S LIKE IT'S COOL. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH MY GOODNESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO CALL UP DOCTOR JOYCE TAYLOR BECAUSE WE ARE WE ARE CELEBRATING WHITE CANE AWARENESS DAY. COME ON UP, DOCTOR JOYCE. AND AND YOU COULD BRING YOUR WHOLE TEAM. YES. OKAY. YES, PLEASE. LET'S. YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR BAGS THERE. NOBODY'S GOING TO TAKE THEM. ARE YOU SURE WE CAN'T SEE? WELL, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A MINISTER HERE. I'M SURE SHE'LL. SHE'LL POST. SHE'LL GUARD IT. CAN YOU HELP THEM TO. OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY, OKAY. SHE GOT IT. OKAY. HERE WE GO. RIGHT AROUND HERE. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. SO IT'S WHITE CANE AWARENESS. KNOW FEDERATION OF THE BLIND WHITE CANE MONTH. IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY. THE GREATEST DAYS. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHEREAS THE WHITE CANE IN WHICH EVERY BLIND CITIZEN IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY HAS THE RIGHT TO CARRY, DEMONSTRATES AND SYMBOLIZES THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE A FULL AND INDEPENDENT LIFE WITH THE CAPABILITY TO WORK PRODUCTIVELY IN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT. AND WHEREAS THE WHITE CANE ALLOWS EVERY BLIND PERSON TO MOVE FREELY AND SAFELY FROM PLACE TO PLACE, AND FURTHERMORE MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR THE BLIND TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN AND CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY AND TO LIVE THE LIVES THAT THEY WANT. AND WHEREAS EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE LAW REQUIRES THAT MOTORISTS, CYCLISTS EXERCISE APPROPRIATE [00:40:10] CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING A BLIND PERSON CARRYING A WHITE CANE. AND WHEREAS FLORIDA LAW ALSO CALLS UPON EMPLOYERS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, TO BE AWARE OF AND UTILIZE THE EMPLOYMENT SKILLS OF OUR BLIND CITIZENS BY RECOGNIZING THEIR WORTH AS INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES. AND WHEREAS PALM BAY FLORIDA, THROUGH ITS PUBLIC AGENCIES AND WITH THE COOPERATIVE ASSISTANCE OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF FLORIDA, CAN AND SHOULD FACILITATE THE EXPANSION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GREATER ACCEPTANCE OF BLIND PERSONS IN THE COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET. NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROBERT MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM WHITE CANE AWARENESS DAY, OCTOBER 15TH. THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND WHITE CANE MONTH FOR OCTOBER 2024, IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO INCREASE THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF THE WHITE CANES AS A TOOL OF INDEPENDENCE FOR BLIND PEDESTRIANS ON OUR STREETS AND OUR HIGHWAYS. AND DO CALL UPON OUR SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO OFFER FULL OPPORTUNITIES TO BLIND PERSONS. I ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO UTILIZE THE AVAILABLE SKILLS OF COMPETENT BLIND PERSONS, AND TO OPEN NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BLIND IN OUR RAPIDLY CHANGING SOCIETY AND WITNESS HEREOF, I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024. CONGRATULATIONS, DOCTOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COME ON OVER HERE. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. RIGHT HERE. YEAH. RIGHT HERE. YEAH. LET ME BRING THIS UP A BIT. AND HERE IS THE MICROPHONE. AND THE MICROPHONE. NO, NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO HOLD IT. HELLO? HELLO, EVERYONE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. IT IS SO GOOD TO BE HERE TONIGHT. AND WE WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE. I AM DOCTOR JOYCE TAYLOR AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF MELBOURNE SPACE COAST CHAPTER, RIGHT HERE IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA. WE ARE NOW RESIDING AT JAVIER MOLINA'S THE BREVARD HISPANIC CENTER, 4670 BABCOCK STREET. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE MEETING, HAVING OUR MEETINGS EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. SO IF ANYBODY EVER WANTS TO COME IN, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC JUST TO COME AND SEE WHAT WE DO. WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION ON TONIGHT, AND WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THE WORK WE ARE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 21ST FROM 9 TO 11. WE'RE ALL GATHERING TOGETHER AT THE PUBLIX PARKING LOT, 4711 BABCOCK STREET, AND WE'RE GOING TO CROSS FOUR LANES BLIND. WE HAVE ORIENT ORIENTATION MOBILITY INSTRUCTORS THAT ARE GOING TO ASSIST US, AND JAVIER IS SEEKING TO GET THE POLICE PATROLMEN TO ALSO STOP THE TRAFFIC SO WE CAN DO THIS CROSSING. WE'RE ASKING. WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU JOIN US FOR THIS EVENT. IT'S GOING TO BE A IT'S A WONDERFUL, WELL PLANNED EVENT. AND CAMILLE TATE, PAST PRESIDENT, HAS PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT. AND SHE'S THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT. AND SHE JUST THREW ALL THIS STUFF ON ME. SO, SO PRAY FOR ME. PRAY FOR ME AS I PRAY FOR YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH I'M EXCITED. SHE DID MENTION THAT THERE WILL BE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTING IN THAT CROSSING OF LANES. WE ALL HAVE WHITE CANES. COME ON. OH, WAIT. COME ON. COME CLOSER. CLOSER. OKAY. STRAIGHT. STRAIGHT. I WANT YOU TO HOLD THE THE OTHER SIDE. GET OVER HERE. MORGAN, DO YOU WANT TO GET YOUR PICTURE IN THERE? THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THERE. I GOT YOU. THERE YOU GO. YOU GOT IT. BRING IT DOWN BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BLOCK HER FACE. I'M GOING TO CALL YOU JOYCE. YEAH. OH, WE COULD, YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. MA'AM. YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. YES. YOU'VE GOT YOUR SHOULDER ON MY FRIEND'S SHOULDER. HERE, LET ME MOVE HIM INTO THERE. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO IN THE PICTURE. BECAUSE YOU'RE THE BETTER LOOKING GUY. MORGAN. OKAY. 123. CHEESE. CHEESE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. COME WITH ME. I AM NOT THE BEST LOOKING GUY, YOU KNOW. YOU'RE BETTER LOOKING THAN ME. I MUST HAVE LOST MY EARBUD. HANG ON. OH. I'M SORRY. DID I KNOCK THAT? NO NO NO, NO, IT'S MY FAULT. [00:45:01] WHAT ARE THEY DOING? THEY'RE GOING TO COME DOWN. OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. COME ON, WE'RE GOING. STOP COMING DOWN! ALL RIGHT, TURN AROUND. SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME DOWN, AND I WANT YOU TO. I WANT YOU TO SHAKE THEIR HANDS. OKAY. JUST DRAGGING ME WITH HER. I. OF COURSE. THIS IS. THIS IS DEPUTY MAYOR DANNY FELIX. YEAH. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. DOCTOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THIS IS KENNY JOHNSON. I KNOW IT WAS REVEALED IN THE HOUSE. YEAH. GOD BLESS YOU. HE'S GROWING A BEARD. IS HE REALLY? NO. HE DON'T LOOK GOOD WITH IT. I'LL TRIM IT DOWN. OKAY. HE'S LOOKING A LOT OLDER. YEAH. HE IS. YEAH. MY SHIRT. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOOD. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU TOLD HIM I DUMPED EVERYTHING ON YOU. YEAH, THAT WAS A BAD CHOICE OF WORD. COME ON. LISTEN. SEVEN YEARS OF HARD WORK. IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO COPY THAT. OKAY. GUIDE HER. SOMEBODY HAS TO TAKE US DOWN SO THEY CAN KEEP GOING. YEAH. JAVIER. LET'S GO. OKAY. COME ON. WE GOT THIS. OKAY, JOHN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR. I'VE GOT YOU RIGHT HERE. TURN AROUND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. WHERE'S MY CHAIR? OH, NO. I THINK YOU'RE STUCK. DON'T STEAL THAT. NO, I THINK YOU'RE AT THE OTHER END. ARE YOU LEAVING THE BUS? THE BUS IS HERE. THE BUS IS HERE. LET'S GO. YES. LET'S START THIS MORNING, GUYS. OH, OKAY. JOYCE. JOYCE. THANK YOU. I HAVE TO FIND HER. JOYCE IS DOWN TOWARDS MY RIGHT. DOWN AT THE END. JOYCE, I HAVE YOUR PURSE. THAT'S MY MARIA. ALRIGHT, SEE YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. BYE, JOYCE. YES. OKAY, I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. MORGAN CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE, AND I'M COMING UP. [PUBLIC HEARINGS:] MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 2024 DASH 53, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR AND SIDE 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS LOCATED WITHIN LOT FOUR, BLOCK 2408, PORT MALABAR. UNIT 45. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 22, PAGE 12 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. DO YOU WANT TO GO THIS TIME? HI. I'M GOING TO LET HIM SPEAK. OKAY. THIS IS HIS HE SHED. OKAY. THANK YOU, MRS. MARRERO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL STAFF. SO AS THE FIRST MEETING WENT BY, WE'RE LOOKING TO VACATE A PORTION OF THE REAR OF OUR PROPERTY AND THE SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME LANDSCAPING THAT WE PUT AS A PRIVACY HEDGE FOR OUR POOL. INSTEAD OF PUTTING UP A TYPICAL PRIVACY FENCE, WE FELT THE LOOK WAS MORE APPEASING FOR US. AND OVER TIME MY KNEES HAVE GROWN BEYOND THE SMALL GARAGE THAT WE HAVE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO USE THE OTHER PORTION OF THE VACATE ON THE SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY TO CONSTRUCT A METAL GARAGE TO WHERE I CAN CONTINUE MY HOBBIES WITH TINKERING WITH CARS AND WOODWORKING AND HONEY DO LISTS AND SOMETIMES MY TIME OUT CORNER. IF I DO THINGS THAT AS GUYS DO MESS UP, HE HAD TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN. WELL YES, SIR. THAT'S GOOD. YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK I, I WANT TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS AS, AS COUNCIL. RIGHT. THE FIRST READING. WE SHOULD HAVE MOVED THIS UP. YOU STOOD SO LONG FOR FOR THIS ITEM TO COME BEFORE. AND I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS TIME AROUND. SO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE. WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT. WE DIDN'T SEE THE YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T THINK AHEAD IN COUNCIL. SO ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO LABOR THROUGH THAT FIRST MEETING, BUT I'M. I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE AT THIS TIME, SIR. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION. [00:50:02] SO MOVED. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY. EXCUSE ME, DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEINBERG. MADAM. MADAM ATTORNEY, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY? I WASN'T SURE IF I MISSED IT. DID YOU ASK IF ANYBODY WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OH, I DID NOT. OH, AS YOU WERE. OKAY, SO REMOVE YOUR SECOND, MR. WEINBERG. YES. OKAY. SO. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEINBERG. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I. PASSES FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON PRESENTATIONS. [PRESENTATIONS:] SHERMAN. MADAM SHERMAN. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO CALL UP NANCY, BUT MADAM SHERMAN, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE NANCY PELTONEN. OKAY. SO I HAVE NOT PROVIDED AN UPDATE SINCE JANUARY, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT THAT'S HAPPENED AT THE GREATER PALM BEACH CHAMBER SINCE THEN. THE MISSION, AS WE ALWAYS SAY OF THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IS TO SERVE, ADVOCATE AND PROMOTE AS THE TRUSTED VOICE FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE BRING TOGETHER BUSINESSES SO THAT WE CAN DO COLLECTIVELY WHAT WE CAN'T DO BY OURSELVES. WE ARE A MEMBER BASED ORGANIZATION OF BUSINESSES SEEKING TO FURTHER THE COLLECTIVE INTERESTS WHILE ADVANCING THE COMMUNITY, REGION, STATE AND NATION. THIS YEAR, WE WERE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LEADERS TEAM THAT WENT UP TO TALLAHASSEE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF BREVARD COUNTY. IT WAS A LONG BUS RIDE. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MEET NOT WITH JUST OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT WE HAD SESSIONS WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, FLORIDA OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATIONS, MELANIE GRIFFIN, SECRETARY OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION. LAURA DIBELLA, SHE WAS THE PRESIDENT AND IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FLORIDA COMMERCE. AND JOHN DAVIS, THE SECRETARY OF FLORIDA LOTTERY. IT'S, I THINK, VERY INTERESTING WHEN THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO SHOW OUR COLLECTIVE INTEREST. UP IN TALLAHASSEE, WHEN IT'S FACE TO FACE, IT DEFINITELY IS A DIFFERENT IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN MEETING THEM HERE LOCALLY AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. THE CHAMBER WENT WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WE VISITED THE OFFICE OF OUR SENATOR, RICK SCOTT, AND WE ACTUALLY SAW SENATOR SCOTT AND THEN THE OFFICE OF SENATOR MARCO RUBIO. WE MET WITH NASA, THE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, LOCKHEED MARTIN, JACOBS, NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, THE BOEING COMPANY, THE OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE BILL POSEY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT, AND THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. WHEREVER WE GO, WE'RE NOT ONLY REPRESENTING OUR CHAMBER PARTNERS, BUT THE CITY OF PALM BAY. WE ACTUALLY HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL DIRECTOR, WHICH WAS PRETTY FASCINATING. HE REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO HAVE THAT KIND OF ACCESS AND BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY OF PALM BAY WAS WAS PRETTY AMAZING. THE SPACE COAST ALLIANCE FOR TECH AND INNOVATION, ROB SALONEN HAD ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE'VE MET EIGHT TIMES AT FLORIDA TECH'S FACILITY, AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT PARTNERSHIP. DURING THIS TIME, WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM. EACH MONTH, THE CITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS IN FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE HERE IN OUR CITY, SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO COME TO PALM BAY AND GROW THEIR BUSINESS. THE CHAMBER HAS BROUGHT TO PALM BAY REPRESENTATIVES FROM NASA, LOCKHEED MARTIN WORLDWIDE ENTERPRISES, LEIDOS, ALLUVIONI SOLAR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN THE BUILDING 11 SERIES, ENERGY IN SCRIPT AND SPHERO UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE. CYBER ATTACK INVESTMENTS SATCOM. ALLIANCE CYBER ROWE LIGHT T L3 HARRIS COIE. THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION AND BOEING. NEXT MONTH WE ARE HAVING A PANEL DISCUSSION ON OPTICS AND PHOTONICS WITH BARON MILLS. HE IS REPRESENTING THE FLORIDA PHOTONICS CLUSTER AND A PANEL FEATURING DOCTOR DARREN HUDSON. HE'S THE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF OPTICS AND PHOTONICS FROM THE COLLEGE OF I KNOW I SAY THIS. OPTICS AND PHOTONICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, WE HAVE CATHERINE LOGAN, THE SENIOR SCIENTIST FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING AT L3 HARRIS, AND DOCTOR SHEILA BREEDLOVE, THE PHOTONICS ENGINEER AT CRITICAL FREQUENCY DESIGN. THE OPTICS AND PHOTONICS ARE IN EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMPUTERS AND OUR PHONES. [00:55:05] IT IS SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND OR KNOW ABOUT. IT WAS FUNNY THAT MAYOR OF WEST MELBOURNE, PAT BENTLEY, CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, WHEN I WAS AT L3 HARRIS, THAT'S WHAT I WORKED ON. I SAID HE SHOULD COME AND BE ON THE PANEL, BUT BUT I THINK A LOT OF US DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE THAT IT IS OCTOBER 24TH, I THINK IT'LL BE A FASCINATING PANEL. OUR FINAL EVENT WILL BE THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SIMULATION. DOCTOR NEIL FINKELSTEIN, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. EXCUSE ME. WILL BE MODERATING A PANEL ON SIMULATION. CENTRAL FLORIDA IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AREAS FOR SIMULATION. AND SO THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT MAYBE HAVING SOME OF THEM COME OVER TO OUR AREA. THEY REALLY DO HAVE A LOT OF HIGH END JOBS AND ARE VERY CRITICAL TO MANUFACTURING AND GROWTH. SO WE'VE BROUGHT ALL THESE COMPANIES INTO PALM BAY, AND THEY'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM PALM BAY'S DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IS PRETTY SPECTACULAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WE HAVE TO GO TO ALL THESE EVENTS YOU'RE NETWORKING IN AND WITH US BRINGING THESE HIGH END COMPANIES INTO PALM BAY AND HAVING THAT ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION, IT REALLY DOES PROVIDE, I THINK, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PALM BAY TO BRING SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES AS THEY'RE GROWING HERE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE SPACE COAST SYMPOSIUM WAS JUST A GREAT SUCCESS. WE HAD 500 ATTENDEES AT THE ASTRONAUT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION CENTER FOR EDUCATION AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER DEALING WITH 500 PEOPLE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE WAS A FEW LOGISTICS INVOLVED WITH THAT. BUT WE HAD THE MOST AMAZING LINEUP. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS JANET PETRO, THE DIRECTOR OF NASA AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. WE HAD BRIAN HUISMAN WITH AMAZON, PROJECT KUIPER, AND A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH FLORIDA TECH'S PRESIDENT, DOCTOR NICK LOWE, MODERATING ADAM MCCULLOUGH AND MICROSOFT'S SENIOR HE'S, THE MICROSOFT SENIOR AI SOLUTION ARCHITECT, AND SAURABH GUPTA. HE WAS OR IS THE AMERICAS STRATEGY SECURITY STRATEGY LEAD? SO TO HAVE MICROSOFT'S HEAD OF AI AND CYBERSECURITY AT A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH DOCTOR NICOLA WAS WAS PRETTY AMAZING. WE ALSO HAD PANELISTS FROM CANAVERAL PORT AUTHORITY, THE MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE, ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SPACE COAST TPO, USF, USF SPACE LAUNCH, DELTA 45, MSU, PORT CANAVERAL NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST UNIT, AIR FORCE TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS CENTER, USS F STARCOM, BOEING, L-3 HARRIS, NORTHROP GRUMMAN, LOCKHEED MARTIN, AND JACOBS. FOR ME, IT WAS THE EVENT OF MY CAREER, I HAVE TO SAY. AND STAR CON OR SPACE.COM PARTNERED WITH US. THEY SAW THE CALIBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THAT EVENT. SO THEY HAVE INVITED US TO HAVE A BOOTH OVER AT THE ORLANDO CONVENTION CENTER ON JANUARY 27TH TO 30TH, WHERE ABOUT 5 TO 10,000 PEOPLE OR MORE WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE, AND I'M INVITING THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO PARTNER WITH US ON THAT FOR THE BOOTH AND TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE PALM BAY TO ALL THESE COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO THIS. AND WE'RE ALSO ON THE REBRANDING LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST. THE PUSH HAS GOT TO GET THE BRAND WIDESPREAD, SO I'M HOPING TO ALSO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AT THE SPACE. COM. I WAS ALSO VERY THANKFUL TO BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BUSINESS LEADERS RECEPTION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN DELEGATE THAT CAME JUST LAST WEEK TO WELCOME THEM TO INVEST IN BREVARD COUNTY. IT WAS AUSTRALIAN SPACE COMPANIES, AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM AND PALM BAY AND HOW MUCH SPACE WE HAVE. SO HAVE SOME BUSINESS CARDS FROM THEM, AND THEY SEEM VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR AREA. I ALSO HAVE SAT ON THE CAREERSOURCE BREVARD INDUSTRY WORKFORCE BOARD, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOW MERGED INTO CAREERSOURCE, BREVARD, FLAGLER, FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA. SO I'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE ON THAT. OUR PROSPERITY INITIATIVE IS TAKING OFF. WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT ZIP CODES WITH POVERTY, THE ROOT CAUSES. WE MEET ONCE A MONTH. WE ARE HAVING GREAT, I'D SAY AN IMPACT. WE HAVE A LANDING PAGE. IT'S CALLED HEARTBEAT. IT'S ON OUR CHAMBER PAGE. ANYONE CAN SIGN UP. IT'S NOT JUST NONPROFITS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO REALIZE THAT THE ROOT CAUSES IMPACT THEIR FUTURE. JOB CANDIDATES IMPACT OUR FUTURE HERE IN BREVARD COUNTY, AND IT HELPS YOU WHEN YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS FOR PALM BAY, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT ZIP CODES, WHAT IS THEIR CHALLENGE? BECAUSE NOT EVERY ZIP CODE HAS THE SAME CHALLENGES. [01:00:01] SOME HAVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, SOME IT'S HEALTH, SOME IT'S JOBS, SOME IT'S HOUSING. SO LOOKING AT THAT WE ARE IMPROVING, WHICH IS NICE TO SEE. AND YOU CAN CHECK THE UPDATE ON THE FLORIDA SCORECARD AT ANY TIME. AND IT DRILLS DOWN NOT JUST FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA INTO EVERY COUNTY AND THEN EVERY ZIP CODE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE OUR NEW BUSINESS DIRECTOR AND COMMUNITY GUIDE. WE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING THAT SHORTLY. CONSUMERS, THEY HAVE FOUND THAT CONSUMERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BUY FROM CHAMBER MEMBERS BY 63%. AND FELLOW BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ARE 59% MORE LIKELY TO BUY GOODS AND SERVICES IF THEY KNOW YOU'RE A CHAMBER MEMBER. THE CHAMBERS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1566. WE HAVE MORPHED, AS YOU CAN SEE, WITH ALL THIS TECH, I'M SURE THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS COMING BACK IN 1566. BUT I BELIEVE THAT WITH OUR 151 NEW PARTNERS THIS YEAR, WE'RE ALMOST AT THE 600 LEVEL. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO EXPLODE OUR MEMBERSHIP. WE ARE REALLY A RELATIONAL CHAMBER. I THINK IF YOU COME TO ANY OF OUR EVENTS. YOU FEEL THAT THAT EVERYBODY IS WELCOME AND PART OF IT. WHEN YOU'VE GONE TO ONE CHAMBER, YOU'VE GONE TO ONE CHAMBER. THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. SO WE'RE HERE FOR NOT JUST PALM BAY. WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM SEBASTIAN ALL THE WAY UP TO TITUSVILLE AND NOW ORLANDO AND BEYOND. BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE IS THAT WE REALLY ARE COLLABORATING AT A COUNTY LEVEL. THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? WELL, I HAD ONE. WE HAVE OUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY GALA COMING UP. SO I WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THAT. THAT IS ON NOVEMBER 15TH AND NEXT MONTH, WE ACTUALLY, FOR OUR NOVEMBER 6TH SPEAKER. I'M, I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS HAPPENED, BUT WE HAVE THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA PRESIDENT DOCTOR ALEXANDER AND CARTWRIGHT WILL BE OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT OUR LUNCHEON. SO IT'S THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. SO THAT WAS IT. WELL, THANK YOU, MA'AM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. BUT EVEN MORE OVER TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS, THE JOB CREATORS OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. THEY ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR ECONOMY. AND SO I AM AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. YOU TRAVEL THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND BEYOND RECRUITING AND SHOWING HIGHLIGHTING THE CITY OF PALM BAY EVERY CHANCE YOU GET. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS COUNCILMAN WEINBERG? YEAH. NO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE SOME OF WHAT THE MAYOR SAID. I MEAN, IF ANYBODY WAS LISTENING TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED IN AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY, I MEAN, IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. YOU DO A TERRIFIC JOB. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. YES, MAYOR. QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW, MISS, I KNOW MRS. LUCKY HAS SENT AN EMAIL TO COUNCIL TRYING TO COORDINATE HAVING IT IN PALM BAY. WHERE? WHERE WHAT HAPPENED THAT IT ENDED UP IN MALABAR. SO CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT THIS. AND ARE WORKING ON THAT. SO WE WHEN I WAS GONE, THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A MELTDOWN. SO LOVE THEM TO DEATH, BUT YEAH. AND SADLY, WE LOST TWO EMPLOYEES AT THAT TIME. AND SO IT REALLY WAS A CHALLENGING TIME. AND I THINK THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT PULLING OFF, EVEN JUST THE ONE WE HAD YESTERDAY. SO WE ARE WORKING ON IT. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT, AT THE CITY OF PALM BAY AT THE I THINK IT'S GETTING A NAME CHANGE, BUT THE SENIOR CENTER AND WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE NEXT MONTH, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ZOO AND WE, BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH YELLOW DOG. WE'RE NOT SURE FOR DECEMBER WHERE THAT IS GOING TO BE. THEY ARE PROVIDING THE FOOD AND SO WE CAN'T GO TO A HOTEL. THEY WILL NOT LET YOU BRING IN OUTSIDE FOOD, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH YELLOW DOG CAFE. SO WE JUST HAD A MEETING TODAY. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW WITH THEM. AND LOOK AT OUR PLANS FOR THAT. BUT WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED. AND I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW OFTEN. SO, YEAH, WE ARE WE ARE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. I JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO FOLLOW UP WITH SUZANNE. WE, YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT BACK LAST WEEK AND WE KIND OF GOT IT GOT INTO A LOT ALREADY. SO. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND PART OF THAT MADAM CHAIRMAN CAN WEIGH IN. SHE'S HAD EXTENSIVE DIALOG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE GREATER PALM BAY SENIOR CENTER. RIGHT. MADAM CHAIRMAN, CAN YOU JUST PROVIDE JUST A SHORT, BRIEF ON THAT? YEAH, THE SHORT, SHORT, BRIEF IS THAT I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. I'M ACTUALLY ATTENDING A COUPLE OF THEIR BOARD MEETING AND FULL MEMBERSHIP MEETING COMING UP HERE IN THIS MONTH. OUR TARGET, AS I SHARED WITH, WITH NANCY WHEN WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THIS, IS TO FREE UP THE FIRST WEDNESDAYS OF EVERY MONTH AT THE SENIOR CENTER. [01:05:02] FUTURE TO BE CALLED PALM BAY CENTER. FOR THEIR EVENTS. AND SO THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE TARGETING TO START THAT IN JANUARY. JUST TO GIVE TIME FOR THAT TRANSITION AT THE CENTER. YEAH. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR QUESTION, SIR? DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT YEAH, ON THE PRETTY MUCH TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S QUESTION. NANCY, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG SUPPORTER. I DON'T THINK I'VE MISSED AN EVENT. I TRIED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO BE PART BECAUSE THE QUALITY AND THE VALUE ADDED. I BELIEVE THE CHAMBER OFFERED TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. I THINK I TRIED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT YOUR PROGRAMING. I THINK EVEN MOVING FORWARD, AS WE. I THINK WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE WE WE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE ON OUR SPACES, LIKE ON OUR FACILITIES AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SENIOR CENTER OR COMMUNITY CENTER, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. THE FUTURE NAME IS. I THINK YOU GUYS DO SUCH A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF PUTTING EVENTS TOGETHER. THE CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE LEAN ON GETTING YOU GUYS INVOLVED BECAUSE YOU DO WHAT YOU DO IT WELL. BIG SCALE, LARGE SCALE, MEDIUM SCALE EVENTS, AND IT'S ALWAYS A SUCCESS. HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, EVEN NOT JUST FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT ON FIRST WEDNESDAY, BUT MOVING FORWARD? HOW CAN WE POTENTIALLY UTILIZE YOUR EXPERTISE TO TO MAXIMIZE ON THE UTILIZATION OF THAT SPACE? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE MAY BE ABLE TO A PARTNERSHIP OF SOME, SOME DEGREE. AGREED. I, I MEAN, I HAVE A JOB IF I DIDN'T, I HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS OF HOW TO HELP THE SENIOR CENTER BECAUSE I REALLY THINK IT COULD BE A MONEY MAKER. I REALLY THINK THAT THERE AREN'T FACILITIES IN IN PALM BAY. THERE'S A FEW ISSUES WITH IT. I HAVE TO BE HONEST. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO IN, IT'S VERY UTILITARIAN. YOU'VE GOT YOUR BEIGE WALLS. IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A GYM. THE PARKING ISN'T GREAT. IT'S CALLED A SENIOR CENTER. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE COMPETING WITH GOING UP TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER INTO THAT REALM. I MEAN, BECAUSE IT IS. WE LOOK THROUGHOUT BREVARD COUNTY WHERE WE'RE HAVING OUR EVENTS. IT APPEALS YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO DECORATION IN THERE. YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING YOU I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS, BUT YOU DO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE INTIMATE TO MAKE IT. PUT SOME PIPE AND DRAPE IN THERE, SOME DECORATIONS, SOME, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND SOME MONEY ON IT. LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. IF YOU WANT TO TRY AND HAVE WEDDINGS THERE, BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY CENTRAL LOCATION. THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR IT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND SOME MONEY BECAUSE JUST CHANGING THE NAME AND THEN MAKING IT JUST WHAT IT IS NOW, I'M NOT A FAN OF THAT, JUST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. OF COURSE WE WANT TO HAVE EVENTS IN PALM BAY. BUT OUR MEMBERS COME FROM ALL OVER BREVARD COUNTY. I, YOU KNOW, AARON CAME FROM TITUSVILLE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MALABAR ON WEDNESDAY, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AS WELL. AND WHEN YOU'RE COMPETING WITH HOTELS AND OTHER LOCATIONS, EVEN KAMID, I MEAN, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. THEY HAVE TOP NOTCH SOUND SYSTEMS AND YOU'RE COMPETING. THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. YOU'RE COMPETING WITH OTHER VENUES AND BRINGING IT UP TO THE LEVEL WHERE YOU CAN COMPETE. I THINK WILL MAKE YOU MONEY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR PLACES. BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR PLACES, BUT THEY WANT THE SCREEN THAT PULLS DOWN. THEY WANT GOOD SOUND SYSTEM. THEY WANT TO HAVE PROJECTORS THAT ARE ALL READY TO GO. THEY THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE A LIST OF CATERERS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THE WORK. THERE'S THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO BE HONEST. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. BUT THERE'S MAYOR, JUST TO CONCLUDE. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA. INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING ABOUT DISCUSSING ONE EVENT A MONTH, GETTING YOU GUYS TO COME, I THINK THE DISCUSSION SHOULD SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO THAT DEGREE. HOW CAN YOU USE DO WHAT I BELIEVE? LIKE I SAID, YOU DO IT WELL. AND HOW CAN WE CAPITALIZE ON THAT PARTNERSHIP AND MAKE IT SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER? YEAH, BECAUSE YOU CAN MAKE MONEY AT THIS. I KNOW FOR SURE. THANK YOU. WELL, YOU KNOW, RIGHT. RIGHT ALONG THAT SAME VEIN, I THINK THIS COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT AND WE DID SPEAK ON INVESTING IN THAT CENTER JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THERE, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A A GEM IN THAT CENTER. THE CAPACITY ISSUE IS THERE. WE HAVE THE CAPACITY. IT'S JUST HOW DO YOU SCHEMATICALLY CHANGE THAT FLOOR PLAN? [01:10:01] AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN GIVEN THAT DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON HOW WE COULD BRING ADDITIONAL EVENTS THERE, NOT ONLY EVENTS, BUT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES FOR OUR CITIZENS, NOT JUST SENIORS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE YOUTH, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A CAPITAL INVESTMENT. WE DID DISCUSS THAT. WE ALSO AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING, MAN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT ESTHETICS IS CRITICAL TO WHENEVER YOU GO INTO A PLACE, ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT THAT WE'RE COMPETING, BUT WE WANT THESE EVENTS IN PALM BAY, RIGHT? RIGHT. NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE'RE COMPETING. SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU MENTIONED HERE AND DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX HAS JUST OPENED UP THAT DISCUSSION PUBLICLY IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WHILE YOU ARE ON VACATION, IS WHAT? AND PART OF THAT WAS DROPPING THE NAME OF THE SENIOR, IN OTHER WORDS, THE PALM BAY CENTER. THAT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED. SO WE'VE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AND WE'VE GIVEN THAT TYPE OF DIRECTION. SO THE DIALOG WITH YOU AND THE CITY MANAGER THAT HAS BEEN PAID AND THE ABSOLUTE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST INTO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE HAS ALSO BEEN PAID. SO WITH THAT, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR CITY, AND WE ARE PALM BAY PROUD THAT YOU GUYS, WHAT YOU GUYS DO TO ENHANCE OUR OUR JOB CREATIONS IN OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL. SO WE ARE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE, MADAM SHERMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS IS A PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR CONSULTANT ES TO DISCUSS THE WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR YOUR REVIEW. COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CLAYTON MCCORMICK. I'M A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITH THE FIRM OF INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTION SERVICES. WE'RE A MELBOURNE BASED CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING FIRM. OUR FIRM SPECIALIZES IN SERVING MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR UTILITY SYSTEMS IN BREVARD COUNTY, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND EMPLOY LOCAL FOLKS. I'VE BEEN A PALM BAY RESIDENT OF 2000 SINCE 2006, AND I'VE BEEN SUPPORTING UTILITIES SINCE 2006. I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE THAT HONOR TO HELP YOU HELP THE CITY MOVE FORWARD. SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE I'M HERE TO REPORT THAT THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IS THINKING AHEAD. THEY'RE BEING PROACTIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TRAFFIC ISSUES. WE HAVE NEW RESIDENTS COMING IN. WE'RE A GROWING CITY. AND I'M HERE TO REPORT THAT UTILITIES HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. SO ES HAS PREPARED A MASTER PLAN. BOTH A WATER AND A WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN. THE MASTER PLAN. REALLY, THE PURPOSE OF THE MASTER PLAN IS TO IDENTIFY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH INTO THE FUTURE, AND TO IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECT COSTS. UTILITIES THEN USES THE INFORMATION IN THE MASTER PLAN IN ORDER TO DEVELOP FUNDING MECHANISMS. HOW DO WE PAY FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN HOW WE SHARE THOSE COSTS WITH OTHERS, PARTICULARLY IN IMPROVEMENTS THAT MIGHT BE SHARED BY MULTIPLE ENTITIES OR MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTS? THE MASTER PLAN TAKES A BOTH A SHORT TERM LOOK AT IMPROVEMENTS AND A LONGER TERM LOOK AT IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE TALK ABOUT A FIVE YEAR, A TEN YEAR AND A 20 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON. THOSE AREN'T NECESSARILY CALENDAR YEARS. THOSE ARE WHAT WE CALL PLANNING HORIZONS. BECAUSE IF THE CITY GROWS FASTER THAN WHAT THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT PROJECTS, WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO BE DONE IN FIVE YEARS COULD BE THREE YEARS. OR IF GROWTH SLOWS DOWN, IT COULD BE SEVEN YEARS. THE MASTER PLANS ALWAYS START WITH POPULATION. SO HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO GROW OVER TIME? YOUR DATA FROM THE COP COMES FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE KNOWN TO BE GOING FORWARD. THE MASTER PLAN IS IDEALLY UPDATED APPROXIMATELY EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO UTILITIES HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE ORGANIZATION. I THINK THE FIRST MASTER PLAN I WAS AWARE OF WAS ABOUT 2008. AND SO THIS IS A REGULAR UPDATE OF THE MASTER PLANS. AND THE MASTER PLAN IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. AND I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES. HOW THIS DOCUMENT IS INTENDED TO BE ABLE TO BE MODIFIED AS NEEDED AS WE GO FORWARD. THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS. THE FIRST THING WE START AT IS A IS A CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THE FACILITY. SO WE WALK THE FACILITIES, WE UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONS OF THE FACILITIES. WE ALSO ESTIMATE THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE ASSETS. SO WE LOOK AT A PUMP. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE PUMP IS OF 30 YEAR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND IT'S BEEN IN SERVICE FOR TEN YEARS. IT HAS ABOUT 20 YEARS OF SERVICE LIFE, AND AT THE 20 YEAR TIME HORIZON, WE WOULD HAVE A PROJECT TO REPLACE IT. AS I TALKED ABOUT, THE POPULATION PROJECTIONS COME FROM THE CITY. THEY COME FROM GROWTH MANAGEMENT. THAT'S THE BASIS OF OUR OF OUR STUDY AND OUR WORK. [01:15:03] WE USE GIS DATA THAT THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT ALREADY MAINTAINS. THE CITY HAS A ROBUST GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM THAT'S A COMPUTERIZED DATABASE OF ALL OF YOUR ASSETS, ALL OF YOUR PUMPS, ALL OF YOUR PIPES. SO WE USE THAT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO BUILD THE HYDRAULIC MODEL OF THE SYSTEM. SO IN ORDER TO PROJECT THE FUTURE WE DEVELOP A HYDRAULIC MODEL. IT'S A COMPUTERIZED PROGRAM OF THE SYSTEM. SO WE UNDERSTAND THE PIPES, THE PUMPS, THE VALVES ALL THE DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SYSTEM. IN OUR INDUSTRY WE CALL THAT A DIGITAL TWIN. THAT'S KIND OF THE BUZZWORD OF THE DAY. BUT WE USE THAT COMPUTER MODEL IN ORDER TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. SO IF WE PUT IN, FOR EXAMPLE, A 12 INCH LINE DOWN BABCOCK STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, GOING SOUTH AND A LARGE DEVELOPMENT COMES FORWARD, MAYBE WE NEED TO TEST THAT. WE'LL SEE IF THE IMPACT OF IT IS 12 INCH BIG ENOUGH. MAYBE WE NEED A 16 OR A 24, FOR EXAMPLE. AND SO WE USE THE MODEL TO TEST THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS, AND MR. BOWDEN HAS SPOKEN ABOUT THIS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, ARE THE IMPACT OF FUTURE REGULATIONS. WE'RE AWARE OF THE IMPACT OF THE BMAP ON THE CITY. WE'RE AWARE OF SEPTIC TO SEWER GOING FORWARD. WE'RE ALSO AWARE OF THE PFAS ISSUE, WHICH MR. BOWDEN TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER MASTER PLAN FIRST. WE ALWAYS START WITH THE POPULATION I MENTIONED THAT PREVIOUS. SO THOSE ARE THE FUTURE POPULATION PROJECTIONS FOR THE CITY. WE TAKE THOSE POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND CONVERT THEM INTO NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS. SO HOW MANY OF THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE PART OF THE UTILITY SYSTEM? HOW MUCH OF THE POPULATION IS SERVED BY THE WATER UTILITY? CURRENTLY, IT'S ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE CITY IS SERVED BY THE WATER SYSTEM, AND THAT PERCENTAGE IS GOING TO GROW A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AREAS WILL HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE WATER SYSTEM. AND THEN FROM THAT WE CALCULATE THE FLOWS. SO THE FLOWS RIGHT NOW IN THE SYSTEM ARE ABOUT 7 MILLION GALLONS, 7.5 MILLION GALLONS. THOSE FLOWS WILL DOUBLE. WE'RE PROJECTING THOSE FLOWS TO DOUBLE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. SO THIS IS A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE MASTER PLANS PROJECTS WE HAVE. WE HAVE DEVELOPED 70 PROJECTS FOR THE WATER SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. THIS IS KIND OF A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECTS. THE SUMMARY INCLUDES PROJECTS TO INCREASE WELL CAPACITY. SO THAT'S THE WATER WE PULL OUT OF THE GROUND THAT SERVES AS THE SOURCE WATER TREATMENT CAPACITY. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF THE SOUTH REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THAT EXPANSION JUST WENT FORWARD. ADDITIONAL EXPANSION OF THAT FACILITY WILL BE NECESSARY INTO THE FUTURE. AND MR. BOWDEN HAS TALKED ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF THE NEW ROSE OR THE NEW ROWE SYSTEM IN THE NORTH. AND MR. BOWDEN HAS PROPOSED TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD A LITTLE BIT. SO WHAT WAS PROJECTED IN THE SUMMER AS A TEN YEAR PROJECT MAY END UP ACTUALLY BEING LIKE A FIVE YEAR PROJECT, BECAUSE THE IMPACT OF PFAS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY THE DOCUMENT IS LIVING. IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT. WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TO IT AS WE NEED TO. SO IN THIS CASE, A NEW REGULATION HAS COME FORWARD AND THE CITY RECOGNIZES THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE PROJECTS. AND THEN YOU SEE PUMPING CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS OR WATER STORAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS. SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE COSTS OF THE PROJECTS. BASED ON THE COST ESTIMATES WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER. IT'S ABOUT A $400 MILLION PROGRAM OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS. AND YOU CAN SEE BY THE TABLE THAT ABOUT HALF THOSE COSTS ARE RELATED TO PLANT EXPANSION. SO WE HAVE TO PRODUCE MORE WATER. AND UNFORTUNATELY, PLANT TREATMENT PLANT CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GOING UP VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE OF INFLATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND LABOR ISSUES AND SUCH. SO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY. AND THEN THE OTHER HALF, APPROXIMATELY THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROGRAM IS WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS, BOTH REPLACING EXISTING WATER LINES AND NEW WATER LINES. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT'S CONTAINED IN OUR REPORT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF CIP. THIS HAPPENS TO BE A FIVE YEAR CIP. NUMBER SIX I BELIEVE THIS IS A WATER LOOPING PROJECT. SO WE'RE CONNECTING WATER LINES THAT RIGHT NOW AREN'T CURRENTLY CONNECTED IN ORDER TO CIRCULATE THE FLOWS AND ELIMINATE DEAD ENDS. SO ALL OF OUR SIPS HAVE A GRAPHIC LIKE THIS TO SHOW WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS TO DEVELOP A COST. AND SO WE'VE DEVELOPED DETAILED COST ESTIMATES FOR ALL 70 WATER SYSTEM PROJECTS. THE BENEFIT OF THIS TO THE CITY IS WHEN UTILITY STAFF GO INTO BUDGET SEASON, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP WHAT THEIR SIPS ARE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO ESTIMATE WHAT THE COST OF THE PROJECTS ARE. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT FOR THEM. AND SO THEY HAVE BACKUP DONE BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING FIRM THAT SAYS WHAT THESE PROJECTS SHOULD COST. SO IT SHOULD HELP THE THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE PROJECT. AS THE PROJECT GOES TO BID, YOU HAVE BETTER COST ESTIMATES OF THE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM AGAIN. VERY QUICKLY WE START WITH POPULATION. WE THEN GO TO NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM IS GOING TO ALMOST DOUBLE OR OVER DOUBLE. IT GOES FROM ABOUT 4 MILLION GALLONS TO ABOUT 11 MILLION GALLONS OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS. [01:20:05] AGAIN, OUR SERIES OF PROJECTS, WE HAVE PROJECTS FROM TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL CATEGORY. WE HAVE PROJECTS IN BOOSTER PUMP STATIONS. SO THESE ARE THESE ARE STATIONS. THERE'S A STATION ALONG MALABAR ROAD FOR EXAMPLE, THAT BOOSTS THE FORCE MAIN PRESSURES. WE HAVE MAIN REPLACEMENTS AND WE HAVE SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSION PROJECTS. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSION PROJECTS. I PUT ON THAT SLIDE UP TO 2300 SEPTIC TO SEWER CONNECTIONS I PUT UP TO, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT THE SEPTIC TO SEWER PROGRAM IS BASED ON FUNDING, AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING. AND SO IF THE FUNDING ISN'T ABLE TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE STATE OR FROM OTHER AGENCIES, THOSE PROJECTS MAY NOT GO FORWARD BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO DO THEM. AND THEN IN TERMS OF CAPITAL COSTS, AGAIN, SIMILAR TABLE, SIMILAR BREAKDOWN OF PROJECTS. IN THIS CASE, ABOUT 40% OF YOUR PROJECTS ARE RELATED TO TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSIONS, MORE FLOWS IN THE SYSTEM. THOSE FLOWS HAVE TO BE TREATED AND THE AND THE BALANCE IS DIVIDED BETWEEN PIPE WORK FORCE MAINS AND THE SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSIONS. SO THIS IS ABOUT A $375 MILLION PROGRAM OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS. AGAIN, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A CIP. THIS HAPPENS TO BE A PROJECT THAT'S LOCATED IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE AREA THAT'S AN AREA LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF BABCOCK AND PALM BAY ROAD, BEHIND THE PLAZA THERE. THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE WE'RE REROUTING FLOWS FROM A LIFT STATION TO REDUCE PRESSURES IN THE DOWNSTREAM GRAVITY SYSTEM. AND AGAIN, A COST ESTIMATE. THIS IS ABOUT A 300 OR $350,000 PROJECT IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN TO ADDRESS A CAPACITY ISSUE WITH THAT LIFT STATION. AND SO JUST IN SUMMARY, THIS IS THE MASTER PLAN THAT THE CITY INTENDS TO OR UTILITIES INTENDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. UTILITIES USES THIS MASTER PLAN FOR FUNDING, FOR IDENTIFYING PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD AND ANTICIPATING THE GROWTH OF THE CITY INTO THE FUTURE. AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO. MR. BOWDEN AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS WITH THIS MASTER PLAN. AND I THINK LAST, LAST MEETING WE DISCUSSED RECLAMATION WATER. AND DID I JUST MISS THIS? MISS IT IN THE PLAN HERE? NO, NOT AT ALL. THE MASTER PLANS. THE MASTER PLAN. SCOPE OF OUR WORK WAS THE WATER SYSTEM AND THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM, NOT THE RECLAIM SYSTEM. THE RECLAIM THERE IS A RECLAIM MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DONE BY THE CITY ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. EXACTLY. YEAH, EXACTLY. AND SO I VOLUNTEERED TO SIT WITH MR. BOWDEN AND GET HIM UP TO SPEED ON THE RECLAIM SYSTEM AND TO UPDATE THAT IF THE CITY SO DESIRES. YEAH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I, I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK, BUT I THINK THAT WAS THE DIRECTION COUNCIL GAVE MR. BOWDEN. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. COUNCIL BEFORE WE GO FURTHER. MOVING FORWARD, THIS BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS THAT'S PART OF THE VISION. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VISION AND 20 YEARS DOWN RANGE, THEN WE MUST INCLUDE THE RECLAMATION PLAN. ABSOLUTELY. WE AGREE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMAN WEINBERG. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. JUST ONE QUESTION. YOU HAVE IN THE IN THE CAPITAL. WASTEWATER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. YOU SHOW IN OVER FIVE YEARS. 2300 SEPTIC TO SEWER CONNECTION. AGAIN, THAT DEPENDS ON FUNDING. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK. YOU KNOW, JUST. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT THEN A TEN YEAR PERIOD AND THE 20 YEAR PERIOD, YOU SHOW NO SEPTIC SEWER CONVERSIONS. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING, BASED ON THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON PROTECTION PLAN, THAT ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR PLANNING HORIZON. IF THAT CHANGES, IF THE STATE RELAXES THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THOSE PROJECTS COULD BE PUSHED. AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. IN A FEW YEARS, WE COULD CHANGE THE DOCUMENT AND DELAY THOSE PROJECTS. CERTAINLY. OKAY. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE STATE IS MANDATING AT LEAST CURRENTLY MANDATING THAT THAT THAT WE CONVERT, YOU KNOW, SEPTIC TO SEWER AND NOT JUST OVER, NOT JUST OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BUT THE CITY IS UNDER UNDER UNDER AN ORDER I UNDERSTAND FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO PROCEED WITH THAT PROGRAM. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE'S THAT. AND THEN THE AEROBIC SEPTIC SYSTEM THAT THEY WANT US TO TO SWITCH TO. RIGHT. BUT BUT THIS WOULD BE THE SMARTEST WAY TO GO MOVING FORWARD. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF COUNCILMAN WEINBERG, HAVE YOU HAVE YOU SEEN WITH SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSIONS, WHERE IF CITIES PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS FOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN PUTTING UP LEGISLATION TO TRY TO GET SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE? YEAH. I'M NOT I'M NOT CERTAIN WHAT OTHER FOLKS ARE DOING. I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH. I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITIES IN BREVARD COUNTY ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. UNFORTUNATELY, PALM BAY HAS A LOT OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS RELATIVE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTY. [01:25:06] AND SO THE ISSUE HERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MELBOURNE OR ROCKLEDGE OR ANOTHER ANOTHER AREA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR? YEAH. AGAIN, THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GLAD TO BE HERE. SO DEPUTY MAYOR, ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM. NEW BUSINESS NUMBER ONE. MR. BATTEN. MR. CHIEF, PLEASE. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PACKET, I SAW NOTHING. WHAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP WAS CONNECTION FROM THE EXISTING SCATTER. LOTS OF CONNECTING TO EITHER THE CITY WATER OR THE CITY WASTEWATER. THERE WAS NOTHING OF AN ACTUAL PLAN OF ATTACK ON THAT. AND I AGREE WITH YOUR CONCERN ON THAT. AND THE OTHER THING THAT CAME TO LIGHT ON THIS ONE WAS WHEN I SAW THAT YOU'RE PLANNING 18 MILES OF REPLACEMENT WATER AND SEWER LINES AND POTENTIALLY NEW DEVELOPMENTS. BUT ONE MORE TIME, I POINT OUT THAT SAME EXPENDITURE OF 18 MILES. YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE EXACT SAME PROCESS OF DIGGING SOMETHING UP, PUTTING SOMETHING NEW IN. MAKE THAT SAME PLAN OF ATTACK ON OTHER AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE IT. SO YOU APPROACH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT GET THERE. NOW, I PERSONALLY NEVER WANT TO SEE CITY WATER OR CITY SEWER ON THE PATENT BILL RANCH, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO NEED THAT. SO I'M SPEAKING IN THEIR BEHALF BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M WATCHING WATER MAINS AND SEWER LINES COMING IN THAT ARE LITERALLY FIVE FEET AWAY FROM RESIDENTS HOMES. WILL THEY BE ABLE TO HOOK UP? IT'S ALL BRAND NEW FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT WILL THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU'VE JUST PASSED, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO HOOK UP TO THAT LINE? BECAUSE IT IS ALL COMING RIGHT OFF THE MAIN, AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE IF WE CAN PLAN SOME OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE EASY FOR THEM AND A LOT LESS EXPENSE TO THE CITY IN THE LONG RUN. IF YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY'RE MAKING THE RUNS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, DO WE HAVE ONE? OKAY, GREAT. MADAM SHERMAN, ARE YOU GOING TO CALL UP MR. BELDEN? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. CLAYTON, MAYBE SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL. BUT WE ARE PURSUING SOME AREAS THAT HAVE NO SEWER LINES RIGHT NOW. AND SOME OF THOSE SCATTER LOTS TO BRING IN WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOME AREAS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO RUNOFF AREAS. CLAYTON AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON GETTING US SOME FUNDING FOR THE FIRST OF, I WANT TO SAY, FIVE AREAS, CLAYTON WHERE WE'LL BE TRYING TO EXPAND WASTEWATER SERVICE ON SOME OF THOSE SCATTERED LOTS. BUT YOU SEE, WHAT WHAT MASTER CHIEF IS TALKING ABOUT IS, IF WE'RE PLANNING IT, WE IT SHOULD ALL BE ON ON THAT HORIZON WITH THE PLAN AS WELL. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AWESOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. AND NO SPEAKERS? NO. OKAY. I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX OR DEPUTY OR COUNCILMAN WEINBERG. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? COUNCILMAN JOHNSON? SURE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO. WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENTS. [PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES:] MR. GARCIA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. DISTINGUISHED PANEL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE TODAY AND SPEAK MY MIND. I KNOW MY PROBLEM IS PRETTY TRIVIAL, BUT IT CONCERNS 80 HOMES THAT RUN OFF OF RIGHT OFF RIVIERA DRIVE. I KNOW THEY DID A GREAT JOB IN REPAVING RIVIERA DRIVE. HOWEVER, THEY SCRAPE THE ENTRANCE TO RIVIERA KEY HOUSING AREA, AND THEY HAVE YET TO REPAVE IT, AND IT'S FULL OF POTHOLES. AND WE HAVE 80 HOMES IN THERE. AND IT'S LIKE SWISS CHEESE TRYING TO NAVIGATE, TRYING TO NAVIGATE AND TRYING TO GET OUT OF THERE. AND I CALLED THE CITY MANAGER AND THAT AKEELA WORKS FOR THE CITY MANAGER. SHE RECOMMENDED I COME OVER HERE AND VOICE MY CONCERN. THERE'S A SIGN POSTED AS YOU EXIT THE THE HOUSING AREA THAT SAYS PLEASE BOMBARD THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY CAN SHOW SOME CONCERN. MAYBE IT'S AN OVERSIGHT BY THE FOLKS THAT DID THE THE ROAD AT RIVIERA DRIVE. BUT IT'S GETTING REAL BAD WITH ALL THE RAIN AND EVERYTHING, AND AND I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN DO TO TRY TO HELP MITIGATE THE SITUATION WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE [01:30:09] RESIDENTS OF RIVIERA KEY. AND I THANK YOU FOR HEAR ME OUT TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIRMAN, COULD YOU SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT AND WHY? WE HAVEN'T WORKED ON THIS? YES, SIR. I HAVE GOT AN UPDATE FROM STAFF. MR. GARCIA, I BELIEVE IT IS. THANK YOU FOR CALLING TODAY. IT'S ALREADY BEEN ON THE CONTRACTOR SCHEDULED TO PERFORM. WE HAVE HAD SOME WEATHER DELAYS ON SOME THINGS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY MAY BE ACTUALLY PAVING IT TONIGHT. SO THEY'RE DOING NIGHT WORK IN THAT AREA. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH. AND I GUESS WE'VE HAD SOME SUBSTANTIAL RAIN, MR. GARCIA. AND YOU CAN'T PAVE WHEN? WHEN IT'S RAINING. SO PERHAPS THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN THE CONTRACTORS. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY, BUT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. YOU SEE THOSE TWO YOUNG GENTLEMEN OVER THERE IN THE. YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET WITH THEM. OKAY. THIS EVENING. AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. I JUST DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO GET BOMBARDED WITH A BUNCH OF PHONE CALLS, AND I CAN GO BACK OVER THERE AND SAY THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. THEY'LL GET IT DONE SOON, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A WEEK, MAYBE. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR FOR LETTING ME COME OVER HERE AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS TODAY. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. AND MAYBE I'LL SEE YOU AT CHURCH OR NOT. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SIR. BECAUSE I HEARD YOU GO OVER THERE. YES, SIR, I HAVE I HAVE ACTUALLY PREACHED THAT AT THAT CHURCH. PASTOR BRANDON, THEM FOLKS. OKAY, SIR. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BATTEN. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO BRING UP. THE FIRST ONE, I'M CONGRATULATING THE CITY OF PALM BAY ON THE GIS I DID, CONGRATULATING YOU ON A GOOD JOB ON THE GIS MAP FOR THE INTERACTIVE GIS MAP FROM THE CITY'S WEBSITE, BECAUSE BEFORE THE BREVARD AERIAL MAP PORTION WASN'T WORKING. AND WHEN I GO THROUGH THE AGENDA PACKET, ANY ANY ADDRESS THAT COMES UP IN THE AGENDA PACKET. I LIKE GOING TO MY CITY WEBSITE AND BRING IT UP AND IT GIVES ME THE AERIAL. BUT I HAD TO DO THREE LINKS. I HAD TO GO BACK TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, BACK THROUGH TO LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE I REALLY DO DO MY HOMEWORK. I KNOW YOU DON'T THINK I DO, BUT THE GIS MAP ON THE CITY WEBSITE. CITY MAP INTERACTIVE IS NOW WORKING AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS YOU USED TO HAVE A GIS INTERACTIVE MAP THAT TALKED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE COMING IN ALL OVER THE SITE. THERE WAS A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN THAT LISTED EVERY ONE OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND WHAT THEIR POTENTIAL GROWTH WAS GOING TO BE, THE NUMBER OF HOMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT SITE. THAT SITE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. AND I TRIED LOOKING AT IT AND I STARTED TO CALL. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH DEPARTMENT I WENT THROUGH. I WAS TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE GIS DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF I COULD FIND SOME INFORMATION OUT ON THAT MAP, BECAUSE I ALL THOSE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE WATER MAIN RUNNING, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE SEWER LINES COMING IN. AND JUST LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I'D LIKE TO DO MY HOMEWORK. AND THIS WAS AN EASY WAY WHERE I COULD SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AND THAT MAP IS NOW NOT WORKING OR I COULDN'T EVEN FIND IT. SO HELP ME OUT SO I CAN BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE TO ADDRESS MY CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY INDICATION WHERE THAT MAP WENT, MA'AM? I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT, BUT I KNOW JOAN JUST INDICATED THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON BRINGING IT BACK. SO AS YOU. OKAY, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT MASTER CHIEF. NEXT. NEXT SPEAKER. MR. STICE. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL ROBERT STICE, 1796 WINBURN DRIVE SOUTHEAST. I WANT TO CHAT ABOUT WHAT THE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE PROPOSED EDEN GOING IN ON BAYSIDE. AND RATHER THAN GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC. WE ALREADY WE HAD ABOUT 2500 PEOPLE IN BAYSIDE LAKE. I THINK THAT NUMBER IS NOW BETWEEN 3000 AND 3500 FOLKS. YOU HAVE STARBUCKS GOING IN OVER THERE. IF EDEN GOES IN AND LET'S JUST SAY THE NUMBER IS ANOTHER 300 HOMES. REMEMBER THE MATH. TIMES TWO VEHICLES TIMES 2.8 FOLKS PER HOUSE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE TWO ENTRANCES OR EXITS NOT TO EXCEED 1000FT, ALL SPILLING OUT ON BAYSIDE LAKES. OKAY. WE KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THAT CURVE IS FROM A 90 DEGREE CURVE. MR. SHERMAN WAS ABLE TO GET A STUDY DONE. THAT'S AN L SHAPED CURVE. SO YOU GOT STARBUCKS. YOU GOT MACY TIRE. YOU GOT ALL THAT STUFF GOING OVER THERE. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE TO THE EAST OF THAT. IT IS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS, AND IT'S INHERENTLY DANGEROUS TO KEEP TO KEEP PUTTING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ON THERE. [01:35:03] I I TOOK SOME VIDEO THIS MORNING OF THE MORNING TRAFFIC. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SPEED INDICATORS WERE DOWN THERE. I KNOW THEY'RE TOUGH TO MAINTAIN. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS. I'VE TALKED TO EVERY ONE OF YOU. EVERYONE KNOWS THE DANGER OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE. I MEAN, IF YOU DEVELOP THAT AREA, YOU ESSENTIALLY CRUSHED BAYSIDE LAKES AS A COMMUNITY. WE ALL KNOW THAT. THE ONE THING THAT'S CONCERNING WITH THIS, WELL, WITH THE WITH THE RECENT DISASTERS, I MEAN, IF ANYBODY WATCHES THE WEATHER CHANNEL, WE KNOW THAT WATER IS THE ULTIMATE TERROR IN STORMS. IT'S NOT THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE A COMPONENT OF THAT, LIKE TORNADOES. AND WHAT HAPPENED? IT'S WATER. YOU PUT A BUNCH OF ASPHALT THERE. IT'S NOT GOING TO MOVE WATER VERY WELL. WE ALREADY HAVE ISSUES WITH MOVING WATER RIGHT NOW. THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS, IS OUR DEVELOPMENT OR OVERDEVELOPMENT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT PINK APARTMENTS ON JUPITER. AND I UNDERSTAND THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL APPROVED THAT THESE THINGS ARE FOUR LEVELS HIGH TIMES 80 APARTMENTS. 80? YEAH, 80 APARTMENTS IN THAT AREA. I'VE BEEN HITTING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OVER FOUR YEARS NOW. THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS STARTING TO REALLY DEGRADE. YOU'RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC. EVERY PLACE YOU GO IS CROWDED. AND WE CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE THAT WHEN WE CONTINUE TO BUILD. OKAY. AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IMPROVING ANY KIND OF STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. SO WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY? KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT. WE GOT TO REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, MISS DALPRA. I DON'T THINK SHE'S HERE. I THINK SHE MAY HAVE LEFT. OKAY. OH, MR. ANTON EVANS. GOOD EVENING. 1681 WICHITA BOULEVARD. SOUTHEAST. PALM BAY. THANKS FOR COUNCILMAN. FELIX. HE CAME OUT AND HE SAW WHAT I'D BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR SOME TIME. AND THAT IS TO SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER GET THAT TRAFFIC SQUARED AWAY. THE DRAINAGE IS A PROBLEM. AND HE CAME OUT AND HE DID A GOOD JOB AS FAR AS TRYING TO HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET DONE FOR SOME TIME NOW, SO I APPRECIATED HIM COMING OUT. SO HE TOOK A VIDEO OF THE PROBLEM OUT THERE, AND WITH HIS HELP, MAYBE SOMETHING WILL BE DONE NOW. AND I'M ELATED BECAUSE THE OFFICER CALLED ME AND TOLD ME PUBLIC WORKS WOULD BE OUT THERE, BECAUSE ON BOTH SIDES OF ME, I'M GETTING REJECTION AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO KEEP GOING OR GIVE UP, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO STOP BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE. I STAYED IN FOUR COUNTIES DADE COUNTY, BROWARD COUNTY, PALM BEACH COUNTY DUE TO MY JOB. SO I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO HELP THE HOMELESS. SOME KIND OF WAY. AND I'M NOT GOING TO STOP NOW AFTER. IF I GET EVERYTHING DONE, MAYBE I'LL MOVE. BUT I WAS ADVISED THAT I SHOULD MOVE. WELL, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M ON A MISSION. AND THE HOMELESS AND KIDS, THAT'S OUR FUTURE. THOSE KIDS, WE'RE GOING TO RETIRE. WE'RE GOING TO DIE. AND WHO'S GOING TO TAKE OVER? SO WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR ME TO CONTINUE, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE. AND I LIKE I SAID, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TODAY. AND THE OFFICERS THAT THAT CALLED ME, I APPRECIATE IT. YOU KNOW, HIS HIS HELP. EVERYBODY WAS SUPER NICE. THEY REALLY WERE. AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH, BUT LONG OVERDUE, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO GET THESE KIDS THAT BUS ONE DAY CAME UP AND THEY WERE STANDING IN THE RAIN THAT WAS POURING. THE BUS WAS LATE AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I CALLED 911. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THEY SAID THEY WELL, THEY SAW AN ACCIDENT FOR HOW MANY AND THE CLOTHES THEY HAD ON. [01:40:07] WELL, I SAID THEY NEED HELP. I SAID, I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING EVERYBODY HAS DONE EVERYBODY. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I WANT TO SAY THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR, YOU WANT TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT? YES. ABSOLUTELY. MAYOR. THANK YOU. MISTER EVANS, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. AND I CERTAINLY KNOW WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT THAT UP OVER MAYBE A YEAR PLUS AGO. AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. IT'S ONE OF OUR LONGEST STRETCH FROM SAN FILIPPO, WICHITA. SAN FILIPPO TO BABCOCK. IT'S REALLY A LONG STRETCH, ESPECIALLY AFTER WE PAVED THAT ROAD. I MEAN, THIS IS VERY ONE OF MY WE'VE LIVED THERE WITHIN THE NEXT SANTOS RIGHT OVER, OVER NEXT YEAR. IN FACT, MY PROPERTY IS SAME NUMBER AS YOURS. 1681 SANTOS. SO YOU'RE ON THE NEXT STREET DOWN. I UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY THE THE DANGER, THE SAFETY ISSUE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. AND AND I KNOW FOR A FACT MAYBE THAT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PUBLIC WORKS. AND, MR. CHAIRMAN, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT AS TO WHERE WE ARE. WITH THE SIDEWALKS PROJECT IN THAT AREA. I WENT TO MR. EVANS PROPERTY, AND I KNOW FROM FROM BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION I GOT, THE BUS STOP IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, AND I TOOK A COUPLE PICTURES, AND I CAN TRULY IMAGINE HOW CRAZY THAT IS AND THE EXPOSURE TO THOSE KIDS HAVING TO STAND THERE IN THE MORNING. AND TO BASICALLY THEY HAVE TO UTILIZE THE STREETS, NOT ESPECIALLY AFTER IT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S WET, THEY CANNOT STAY ON THE SIDE ON THE GRASS. SO DEFINITELY I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS IN THE PIPELINES IN TERMS OF PROJECTS, BUT I KNOW FUNDING IS APPROPRIATE. WE ALREADY PUT SOME MONEY ASIDE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ALL WE NEED, BUT PARTIAL IS, IS SOME FUNDING IS PUT ASIDE FOR THAT PROJECT. YES, SIR. THE LAST I HEARD IS THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON IS FINAL HUD APPROVAL. IT'S A NEW FISCAL YEAR PROJECT, SO IT'S IT'S BUDGETED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. START OCTOBER 1ST. THE LAST UPDATE I HAD FROM STAFF, I BELIEVE, WAS SEPTEMBER 19TH, AND THEY WERE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK ON HUD'S APPROVAL TO USE THE CDBG FUNDING THAT OUR FUND IS FUNDING THAT SIDEWALK. SO STAFF IS CONTINUING TO FOLLOW UP ON IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING RELEASED YET TO DO THE JOB YET. OKAY. SO WE ARE MUCH CLOSER. IS THAT. YES, SIR. MUCH CLOSER THAN WE WERE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT AND WE HAVEN'T GIVEN UP OR ABANDONED THE PROJECT, SO. OKAY, WELL, I DO APPRECIATE THE UPDATE, BUT CERTAINLY YEAH, IT IS. IT IS TRULY CRITICAL. AND THE VISUAL REALLY PAINT THE PICTURE. WHAT WHAT MR. EVANS BEEN TALKING ABOUT SEEING THAT FOR ME, I HAD TO GO ON SITE AND TO SEE IT BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A FACT PEOPLE DO SPEAK WITHIN THAT STRETCH OF ROAD. AND I HAVE TO THANK STAFF AS WELL BECAUSE THEY DO. THE STRIPING IS DONE. THEY STRAPPED IT PROPERLY, WHICH IS GREAT. WHICH WASN'T THE CASE A YEAR PLUS AGO BEFORE PRIOR TO THE PAVING. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. WELL, I KNOW THAT WE WE WE GAVE THIS APPROPRIATION FOR THE SIDEWALK, RIGHT? WE WE GAVE DIRECTION FOR THAT A LONG TIME AGO. SO HERE'S MY QUESTION NOW IS, IS THE SIDEWALK GOING TO GO WHERE THE BUS STOP IS ON THE SIDE OF OF THE STREET WHERE WHERE'S THAT SIDEWALK GOING TO GO? BECAUSE IF IF WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT THEN WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THAT VISUAL THAT HE'S SAYING. SO MY, MY QUESTION IS, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PLACE THAT SIDEWALK? IS IT GOING TO COINCIDE WITH WHERE THE BUS STOP? I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER. SO I'D ASK STAFF TO SEE IF THEY KNOW OFFHAND. JOHN, DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS? I KNOW, I KNOW THE AREA, YEAH. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. THE DESIGN THAT I SAW WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET. SO SEE YOU AGAIN. THE DESIGN THAT I SAW WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET. AND WHERE'S THE BUS STOP? ON THE SOUTH? ON THE SOUTH SIDE. BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT. OKAY. SO AND HERE LIES THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE. RIGHT. SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MOVE THE BUS STOP. SO WE WOULD. YEAH. SO LET'S COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL. SCHOOL BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THE BUS STOP WILL BE WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS GOING TO BE. [01:45:02] IF WE COULD START WORKING ON THAT TODAY, THAT WAY WE'RE WE'RE READY TO MOVE WHEN THAT SIDEWALK IS ALREADY GOOD TO GO. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, YEAH, JUST JUST TO CLARIFY. SURE. THE IDEA IS, AND WHEN THIS IDEA CAME TO US IS OUR YOUTH ARE ACTUALLY WALKING ON, ON THE CORRIDOR OF THE STREET, AND TRAFFIC IS COMING THROUGH, AND WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN HARM'S WAY BECAUSE THERE IS NO SIDEWALK. SO NOW, TO COINCIDE WITH THE RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSIGNED THE THE BUS STOP WHERE THE SIDEWALK WILL BE IMPLEMENTED. IF IT'S THE NORTH SIDE, THEN THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE. YEAH. MAYOR, ON THE SAME TOPIC. GOOD. GOOD. I MEAN GOOD. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. YEAH. SO. SO I'M. I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT SHOULD BE AN EASY FIX, BUT AGAIN. YES. YES, SIR. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. SURE. ON THAT SAME TOPIC. YEAH. I'VE BEEN GETTING COMPLAINTS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT DO REALIZE I LIVE IN ONE OF THE BAYSIDE COMMUNITY. A STORM BRIER. SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HAVING SOME MAJOR, MAJOR CHALLENGES WITH THE ENTRANCE OF OF STONEBRIAR, WHERE IT'S BEING SERVED AS A AS A STOP BUS STOP AS WELL. ONE WAY. IN ONE WAY. ONE WAY, YOU KNOW, NORTH. AND SO THAT CREATES A MAJOR, MAJOR SOMETIME BACKLOG FOR OVER SEVEN MINUTES WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EXIT ANY OF THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH COLGAN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX. YES. SO SOUTH OF THAT, WE HAVE AN ENTRANCE TO STONEBRIAR THAT SERVE AT LEAST 3 OR 4 COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING WHERE I LIVE. IT'S BECOME MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE AND MORE OF A PROBLEM. NOT ONLY THAT, IN THE TIME SAFETY AS WELL. SO THE ONE OF MY WHAT CAME TO MIND, THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX BEING SO CLOSE COULD THERE'S A THE CONVERSATION COULD BE WHERE WE REACH OUT. CAN WE SERVE THIS THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX PARKING LOT EARLY ENOUGH WHERE THEY'RE NOT OPEN UNTIL 9:00? COULD IT BE A CONVERSATION WHERE WE ASK TO ALLOW THE SCHOOL BUS COULD BE A A PICKUP AND DROP OFF LOCATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING? THAT WOULD CERTAINLY ALLEVIATE HUNDREDS OF CARS IN AND OUT. AND THE SAFETY ASPECT AS WELL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LITTLE KIDS AS YOUNG AS FIVE YEARS OLD. SIX YEARS OLD. HAVING TO WAIT EARLY MORNING IN THAT CORRIDOR CREATE NOT ONLY A TRAFFIC ISSUE AND A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL. SO THE CHILDREN ARE MEETING AT THE CORNER OF STONEBRIAR AND. CORRECT. WHAT IS THAT? COLGAN. COLGAN? RIGHT AT THAT CORNER. CORRECT. AND THEN THE TRAFFIC CAN'T FLOW. TRAFFIC CAN'T FLOW. AND YOU HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PICKUP. YOU HAVE THE THE YOUNGER KIDS ELEMENTARY, ELEMENTARY KIDS AND THE, THE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO YOU HAVE THAT BACK TO BACK. THERE'S TIME. PERSONALLY I CLOCK AT SEVEN MINUTES JUST TO EXIT AND FIGURED, YOU KNOW, IT'S A ONE WAY AND ONE, ONE WAY OUT. SO THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX TO SEE THAT PARKING LOT IS EMPTY IN THE MORNING. SO I'VE SEEN PARENTS THAT STOP THERE AS WELL. SO IN THE MORNING. SO YOU PROPOSE IN THAT CITY. CITY MANAGEMENT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO THAT SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE REQUEST, RIGHT? IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH. I THINK THE PARENTS WOULD WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO DO THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MA'AM, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE TO TO WORK ON THIS? THANK YOU. THAT. THAT'S VERY WELL CONSIDERED. DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. MISS CONNOLLY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT VOTING. OKAY. WELL, COME ON OVER. WE DON'T NEED TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO OUR ELECTIONS ARE LESS THAN FOUR AND A HALF WEEKS AWAY. AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR MULTIPLE OFFICES. SO AND OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS. AND OUR STATE ELECTIONS ACTUALLY ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE IMPACT OUR LIVES EVEN MORE THAN THE FEDERAL ELECTION. THE CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM HAVE BEEN PUTTING ON A SERIES OF CANDIDATE MEET AND GREETS. THE LAST OF THESE WILL BE HELD OCTOBER THE 5TH. THIS IS THE FLIER, AND I WILL BE PASSING THESE OUT LATER TONIGHT. [01:50:02] THE CANDIDATES COMING WILL BE SEVERAL PALM BAY CITY SEAT FIVE CANDIDATES. SEAT TWO CANDIDATES AND SEAT THREE CANDIDATE, AS WELL AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER CANDIDATE. A FLORIDA SENATE CANDIDATE AS WELL. I THIS WILL BE AT THE CASA DE VENETIAN BENEDICTION, 351 AMERICANA BOULEVARD IN PALM BAY. AGAIN THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 1 TO 5. MAYOR, YOU'RE MAKING ME A FACE, AM I? AM I TALKING TOO FAST? I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LOCATION, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD GO OVER THE THE ADDRESS AGAIN. OR MAYBE I COULD READ IT. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, IT WAS CASA SOMETHING, RIGHT? CASA DE B E N E D I C I O BENDICION. THANK YOU. MAYOR. OKAY. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, CITIZENS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. BUT WHAT'S THE ADDRESS? THREE, FIVE, ONE AMERICANA BOULEVARD, NORTHWEST PALM BAY. SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 5TH, ONE 2:05 P.M.. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. I ENCOURAGE US ALL TO COME AND VOTE. MEET THE CANDIDATES. AND OUR VOTE IS OUR VOICE. THANK YOU. MA'AM. AND THANKS FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT CITIZEN AND ADVOCATE. IN OUR PATRIOTIC DUTY. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR US, MAN. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE ARE NOW ON CONSENT, OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:] YES, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE FOLLOWING EIGHT AND NINE. SECOND. EIGHT AND NINE. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX. WELL, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO PULL ANY OTHER ITEMS? NO. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS. OH, MADAM ATTORNEY, ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS. [UNFINISHED AND OLD BUSINESS:] YES, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MISS JESSICA LAVELLE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. REPRESENTING AT LARGE POSITION. IS JESSICA LAVELLE HERE? OH. WOULD YOU WANT TO COME UP, MA'AM? I SAW YOU SITTING THERE. I FIGURED I'D GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. RIGHT. YES, MA'AM. I'M JESSICA LOVELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I'VE BEEN CHECKING THE WEBSITE FOR OPENINGS AND SEEING THAT THE TIMING OF LINE. SO EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE. WELL, WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OUR CITY. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU OFFERING YOUR TIME AND EFFORT TO ENHANCE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. SO THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX SECOND. I GOT A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE, MA'AM? NO, I'M JUST EXCITED. THANK YOU. I'VE PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD IN THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, SO. OKAY. I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS THERE ON CITY INITIATIVES AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING PALM BAY. WELL, WELCOME TO PALM BAY, MA'AM. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER TWO. MADAM SHERMAN MAYOR, WE ACTUALLY YOU ACTUALLY NEEDED TO GO INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA AS YOU WERE. OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON CONSENT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. [CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA:] MR. BATTEN. GILBERT 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PACKET, I NOTICED THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE DIVIDING UP ANOTHER, ADDING ANOTHER DIVISION WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THAT GENERATED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR ME. ONE IS ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE I GUESS THEY'RE CALLING THEM STAGING AREAS. AND I AND I WAS TOLD THEY'RE GOING TO BE CALLED SUBSTATIONS. RIGHT. SO THE INDIVIDUALS, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BE AT LEAST SOMETHING WITHIN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT YOU KNEW THAT MIGHT BE A SAFE HAVEN AREA, WHICH THAT'S THE WAY I KIND [01:55:05] OF LOOK AT IT. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, COULD THAT SOMEHOW BE PUT ON THE CITY MAP? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS UNTIL JUST TONIGHT, THAT WE ALREADY HAD SOME SUBSTATIONS THAT WERE ALREADY OUT THERE, THAT IF THEY COULD BE ON A MAP, THAT SOMEBODY WOULD SAY, OH, LOOK, THERE'S A SAFE, A SAFE HAVEN AREA, POSSIBLY WITHIN ANY AREA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO. SO I'M ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A NEW SUBSTATION FOR THE NEW DIVISION, FOR THE NEW AREA? AND COULD WE HAVE THOSE PUT ON THE MAP SOMEHOW SO WE COULD SEE WHERE THEY WERE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL HAVE OUR CHIEF COME UP AND ADDRESS THAT. THANK YOU. CHIEF. ANGELO, SIR. GOOD EVENING. SO. YES, I SPOKE WITH MR. BATTEN BEFORE COUNCIL'S MEETING STARTED THIS EVENING. SO HE'S CORRECT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. SO WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE SUBSTATIONS OUT THERE. WE DO HAVE ONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY OFF MAIN STREET. BUT THE PLAN AND DISCUSSION WITH CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY STAFF IS TO CREATE WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, HAVING SUBSTATIONS AND WHAT THOSE SUBSTATIONS ARE GOING TO DO. THEY'RE NOT FULLY OPERATIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE OUR HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS HERE, BUT IT IS TO PROVIDE AN AREA FOR LOCAL CITIZENS WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO GO AND TRAVEL SHORT DISTANCES TO THOSE SUBSTATIONS AND NOTIFY AND SEE IF THERE'S A POLICE OFFICER THERE. BUT ALSO THEY'RE CONNECTED TO OUR COMM CENTER AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO OFFICERS MEET THEM THERE RATHER THAN DRIVE 25 MINUTES TO HEADQUARTERS TO MEET WITH POLICE. WHAT THAT ALSO DOES IS SO JUST TO CLARIFY, WE DIDN'T CREATE ANOTHER DIVISION OR MORE DIVISIONS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE CREATING ANOTHER SQUAD WITHIN OUR DIVISIONS. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR TOTAL DIVISIONS WITHIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR DAY SHIFT AND NIGHT SHIFT OFFICERS. SO WHAT THIS DOES AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE SQUADS WITHIN EACH DIVISION AND NORTHEAST NORTHWEST AND THE SOUTHEAST SOUTHWEST. SOUTHEAST. SOUTHWEST IS A VERY LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. SO WE'RE DIVIDING IT. SO WE CREATED DISTRICTS DISTRICT ONE TWO, THREE. DISTRICT THREE AND FOUR ARE DIVIDED IS GOING TO BE WALDEN IN WYOMING WHERE IT'S GOING TO DIVIDE DISTRICT THREE SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST AND DISTRICT FOUR ALL THE WAY TO THE PARKWAY. AND BABCOCK FOR DISTRICT FOUR. AND THE PURPOSE FOR THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE PROVIDING THE BEST PUBLIC SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO BE EFFICIENT AND TO BE EFFICIENT. A BIG COMPONENT OF THAT IS RESPONSE TIMES. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUT TREMENDOUSLY. WE'VE ALREADY CUT, AS I MENTIONED IN JULY IN OUR PRESENTATION, 30S OFF OUR RESPONSE TIME. THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT IT EVEN MORE AND EVEN BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT CHIEF. OUTSTANDING JOB SIR. I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR. FELIX. HE BEAT YOU THERE, COUNCILMAN WEINBERG? THAT'S OKAY. JUST ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I. PASSES FOUR ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, MR. BATTEN. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PACKET, I NOTICED THAT THIS WAS A GRANT FOR $2.4 MILLION, WHICH IS A THAT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. BUT THEN BILL BATTEN, BEING THE DOUBTING TOM THAT HE IS AND THE GLASS IS NEVER HALF FULL, I'M GOING TO FIND FAULT WITH THAT. AND THE FAULT WOULD YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE ON EMERSON ROAD. EMERSON ROAD ALREADY HAS A SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE. WE ALREADY HAVE. BUT YET WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF BUS STOPS WITH NO SIDEWALKS WITH NO LIGHTING. RIGHT. MY MY SOLUTION OR MY SUGGESTION? NOT SOLUTION. MY SUGGESTION IS YOU LOOK TO SEE WHERE THESE BUS STOPS AND WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SIDEWALKS. MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME LIGHTING AT THESE BUS STOPS TO COINCIDE WITH THE SIDEWALKS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN FOR THE FOR THE STUDENTS. THAT WOULD BE MY APPROACH. INSTEAD OF PUTTING SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF ONE ROAD. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GOING TO ACCOMPLISH. IT'S GOING TO PUT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF EMERSON ROAD. ME BEING THE PERSON WHO DOESN'T LIVE ON THAT. I SEE THE RESIDENTS THAT I, I LIVE AROUND THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, DON'T HAVE LIGHTING, AND HAVE TO STAND IN THE TALL GRASS ON THE SIDEWALKS WAITING FOR THEIR BUS. SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTION WITH THAT 2.4 MILLION. I KNOW THIS GRANT CAME IN AND THIS IS WHAT YOU USE TO GET THE GRANT. YOU HAD TO HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION IN ORDER TO QUALIFY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE COULD ALSO HAVE, FOR THAT SAME FUTURE PLANNING, THE SAME PLAN OF ATTACK TO SHOW THAT THIS IS WHAT IT WAS FOR, FOR THE SAFE, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, THAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH THAT. RIGHT. SO TO PUT IT IN, MY DADDY WOULD ALWAYS SAY SOME FOR MANY. SOME FOR MANY IS BETTER THAN A LOT FOR A FEW. [02:00:04] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. I AGREE WITH MR. BATTEN. OUR DESIRE IS, AS COUNCIL KNOWS AND HAS DISCUSSED REGULARLY TO EXPAND SIDEWALKS AND STREET LIGHTS STREETLIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE ARE VERY MUCH BEHIND ON THAT. SO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT ON EMERSON, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDS CAN'T BE REALLOCATED. IT WAS A GRANT THAT WAS APPLIED FOR. BUT STAFF ALSO SHARED THAT THIS WAS PART OF A SPACE COAST TPO VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED TARGETED SAFETY CORRIDORS THAT NEEDED TO BE IMPROVED BASED ON THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA, THE POPULATION, ETC.. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CORRIDORS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE VISION ZERO REPORT. A LOT OF OUR LOCAL ROADS WITH A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF TRAFFIC, EVEN SOME WHERE THE BUS STOPS ARE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS LIST. IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT EQUALLY IMPORTANT THOUGH. AND YOU KNOW, STAFF HAS GOTTEN DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ALREADY. WE'RE EVALUATING WHEN IT COMES TO STREET LIGHTS. WE'RE EVALUATING THE THE PROGRAM THAT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT TAKES US OUT OF THE FPL WORLD BECAUSE IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET NEW STREET LIGHTS PUT UP BY FPL. WE'RE EVALUATING THAT. WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT THE ABILITY TO BEGIN SERIOUSLY FUNDING SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY EACH YEAR, BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVEN'T MADE THAT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT. AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE, AS YOU ALL KNOW. WE'VE EVEN BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATE SIDEWALK TREATMENT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ASPHALT AND ALL STAFF HAS SOME DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK. BUT EITHER WAY, THE GOAL AND THAT'LL BE PART OF OUR CAPITAL LIST THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IS TO PUT MORE MONEY THAN WE'VE EVER PUT BEFORE INTO SIDEWALKS THIS YEAR AND KEEP DOING THAT EVERY YEAR. WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SIDEWALK MASTER PLANNING, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY WAIT ANYMORE. WE JUST NEED TO FUND SOMETHING EVERY YEAR. SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. YES, MA'AM. AND THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT, BECAUSE IN THAT LAST PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD IN IN SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE COUNCIL DID GO DOWN THE PATH OF SAYING, OKAY, SO WE CAN'T DO THIS IN CONCRETE, LET'S INCREASE THAT CAPACITY WITH ASPHALT. SO THANKS FOR AGAIN FOR EXPLAINING THAT. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? I NEED A MOTION, SIR. SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEINBERG. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I. I. PASSES FOUR ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS, ITEM NUMBER TWO. [NEW BUSINESS:] MADAM CHAIRMAN, I THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS A CO-SPONSORSHIP APPLICATION FROM THE WEST INDIAN CARIBBEAN CULTURE AND SPORTS INC GROUP. AND I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MISTER GARY. SURE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU. YES, MA'AM. YES, SIR. YOU WANT TO STEP FORWARD, MISTER GARY? SHARE YOUR VISION WITH THIS CO-SPONSORSHIP, SIR. GOOD NIGHT. COUNCIL AND STAFF. ALFIE GARY FROM 1680 MAIN STREET NORTHEAST. PALM BAY. ACTUALLY, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION. LOCALLY HERE IN PALM BAY. AND I MUST SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY OF PALM BAY. GIVE US THE PRIVILEGE TO USE THAT LOCATION FOR THE PAST YEAR. WE THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB AND IT'S A FREE EVENT. THAT THAT FIRST WORD FREE WAS LEFT OUT ON THE ON THE PAPERWORK. BUT THIS IS A FREE FAMILY FUN DAY EVENT THAT WE ACTUALLY DO. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED IN A WAY THAT A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS EVENT, AND THEY SUPPORTED IT. SOMETIMES WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD SUPPORT WITH OUR CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE THAT LOCATION WHERE WE HAVE THAT PLAY TILL, YOU KNOW, KIDS PLAY HERE. AND I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THIS APPROVAL THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SPEAKER CARDS. DEPUTY MAYOR, MR. BATTEN. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET. AS ALWAYS, I HAVE TO SPEAK WHAT I FEEL. AND I SEE THIS AS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT WHEN YOU'RE PROVIDING FOR SOME BECAUSE OF WHAT THEIR TAX RATE OR TAX STATUS IS THAT ARE DEPRIVING OTHERS THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT TAX STATUS. SO I LOOK AT THAT AS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. RIGHT. EVEN THOUGH I'VE KNOWN THIS, THAT THE FUN DAY EVENTS, I KNEW WHEN THEY WERE GOING ON AT THE BEACH AND HE WAS PAYING FOR EVERYTHING AND SETTING IT UP, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M QUESTIONING. I'M JUST QUESTIONING THE SPENDING OF THE OF THE CITY FUNDS, EVEN THOUGH IN THIS CASE IT'S ONLY THE USE OF THE BUILDINGS. [02:05:07] IT'S NOT NO STAFF INVOLVED AT ALL, WHICH I GREATLY APPRECIATE. RIGHT? BUT TO SHOW THAT I TRY TO STAY TRUE TO MY WORD ON PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. LAST NIGHT I ALSO SPOKE OUT ON SOMETHING FOR THE VETERANS ON PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, AND THAT WAS THAT THE VETERANS WERE ENTITLED TO A $250 DISCOUNT ON BUILDING PERMITS. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE A HYPOCRITE. AND I SAID, NO, THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ME BECAUSE I MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THAT. BUT I SPOKE OUT AGAINST THAT ONE UNDER PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT ALSO BECAUSE IT WAS BASED ON WHAT YOUR PREVIOUS JOB WAS OR PREVIOUS JOB, OR YOUR CURRENT JOB IS THAT IT WAS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. NOT SAYING THAT YOU WEREN'T ELIGIBLE, WEREN'T QUALIFIED TO DO IT. YOU COULD STILL PAY INTO IT. BUT THIS VOTE, THIS IS TO SUPPORT MY GOVERNMENT OF MY CITY OF PALM BAY, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M FIGHTING FOR, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REVENUE COMING IN THAT CAN SUPPORT MY CITY. OTHERWISE, SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY TO SUPPORT MY CITY. AND THIS WAS A REVENUE MEANS. SO I TRY TO STAY TRUE TO WHO I AM AND TRY TO ALLEVIATE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. THAT BEING SAID, HAVE A FUN DAY AT FUN AT FUN DAY EVENT. IT'LL BE IT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN. ESPECIALLY WHEN I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS BOOZE PROVIDED. THANK YOU. MADAM SHERMAN THE FEES. THIS ISN'T I JUST WANTED TO. TO MAKE LIGHT AND HIGHLIGHT. THERE'S $2,745 FOR 12 EVENTS. 12 FREE EVENTS? IS THAT CORRECT? FOR THE YEAR, MEANING OCTOBER TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY. AND THOSE. THAT'S NOT MONETARY. IT'S JUST WE'RE NOT CHARGING HIM. WE'RE LETTING HIM USE THE FACILITY FEE WAIVERS AT NO CHARGE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND HE, IN TURN, IS PROVIDING A SERVICE TO OUR CITIZENS. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE, RIGHT? THERE'S NO CHARGE. YES, SIR. FOR THIS. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD HAD ALL THE THE FACTS HERE. COUNCIL. I NEED A MOTION, AND I GUESS SO. MOVED. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. SECONDED AGAIN. I SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. I HAD THE MOTION. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE HE BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT UP LAST YEAR IN REGARDS TO IT SAYS FREE DRINKS. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SODA OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WATER? YEAH, BECAUSE I ASKED LAST TIME AND IT WAS TOLD THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ANY ALCOHOL. YES. RIGHT. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? YES, SIR. OKAY. I DO REMEMBER THAT. YEAH. SO. SO THERE. YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN WE PARTNER AND THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S. I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS WHEN WE PARTNER WHEN THEY'RE CO-SPONSORSHIPS. AND I'M A BIG ADVOCATE AND LIKE THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA, BUT IT IT IS WE DON'T PROVIDE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS WHETHER THEY'RE CHARGED OR NOT. PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP IS THAT THERE BE NO ALCOHOLIC DRINKS. IS IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING, OR IS THAT NOT PART OF THE POLICY? THEY CAN HAVE DRINKS AS LONG AS THEY THEY DON'T CHARGE. THAT'S NOT PART OF THE POLICY. IT'S JUST THAT IT HAS TO BE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN'T CHARGE. SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. THEY CAN HAVE ALCOHOL AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT CHARGING THE RESIDENTS FOR THE ALCOHOL. CORRECT. HOWEVER, IF THEY DO CHARGE THE RESONANCE IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CO PARTNERSHIPS. I WANT TO HEAR THE RESPONSE TO THAT. APOLOGIES. JULIET MOSCONI, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. SO THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CHARGE ANYTHING FOR THE EVENT ITSELF. I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE POLICY AND I'M LOOKING THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF THEY CAN STILL CHARGE FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGES, BECAUSE WE DO. I'M THINKING ABOUT OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE OUR VETERANS EVENT WHERE THAT'S PART OF THEIR FUNDRAISING, WHERE THEY. SO IF YOU ALLOW ME A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE POLICY, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON YOU WEIGHED IN ON THAT LAST YEAR. SO WHAT ARE YOU WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WELL, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR IT NOT TO BE SERVED. SO THAT'S ALL I'M GOOD WITH. I'M GOOD WITH APPROVING IT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. SO YOU DON'T WANT IT SERVED. WHETHER WE. WHETHER IT'S FREE OR NOT. [02:10:02] MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR. I'D LIKE TO GET SOME INPUT FROM FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY IF WE IF WE CO-SPONSOR THIS EVENT WHERE ALCOHOL IS SERVED AND THEY'RE NOT CHARGING FOR IT, OR WHETHER THEY CHARGE FOR IT OR NOT. WOULDN'T THAT POSSIBLY CREATE SOME LIABILITY PROBLEMS FOR THE CITY? WELL, IF YOU IF YOU GO BY BILL BATTEN'S ISSUE, YOU GO BACK AND FORTH, RIGHT? BUT, MADAM ATTORNEY. NO, NOT FOR OUR CO-SPONSORSHIP IS WE'RE JUST ALLOWING THEM TO BE AT A VENUE. WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY ACTIVELY INVOLVED. WE'RE NOT CONTROLLING, WE'RE NOT DIRECTING. SO ANY LIABILITY IF SOMEBODY'S GETTING ALCOHOL IS BECAUSE THEY'VE PROVIDED IT, THEY PROVIDE IT TOO MUCH OR THAT PERSON GOES OUT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE JUST BECAUSE WE LET SOMEBODY HAVE A PAVILION ANY MORE THAN IF WE RENTED IT TO SOMEBODY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE WE COULD DO THAT. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. I HEAR YOUR POINT. WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT THE ALCOHOL POLICE, PERHAPS. I DON'T KNOW. BUT WE'RE NOT. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S ATF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS. RIGHT? AS LONG AS LONG AS YOU SERVE RED STRIPE. WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THERE. NO, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THERE. WE'VE WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS, SIR. YOUR TIME FOR DISCUSSION CEASED A WHILE AGO. SO GO AHEAD. NO. GO AHEAD. JULIET, I THINK. DID YOU JUST REVIEW IT? GO AHEAD. MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL. I WAS JUST STOLEN FOR YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. SO THEY CANNOT CHARGE A FEE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. AND THIS INCLUDES EVENTS WITH ADMISSION FEE, TICKET FEE, OR ANY OTHER TEAM. INDIVIDUAL ENTRY FEES AND INCLUDES BENEFIT WALKS, RUNS, CHALLENGES WHERE A PARTICIPATION FEE OR TEAM FUNDRAISING TAKES PLACE. SO ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR, AND IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN IMPROVE UPON. THE IDEA IS THAT THERE ARE NO CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH A CO-SPONSORED EVENT. OKAY. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR COUNCILMAN JOHNSON TO HAVE DISCUSSION WITH IN THE FUTURE. IN THE MEANTIME, RIGHT NOW, I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX. ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT, SIR? ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I. I. PASSES FOUR ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS. AND I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN WEINBERG. [COUNCIL REPORTS:] OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH. I'VE GOT JUST TWO, TWO THINGS BRIEFLY. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING A RIBBON CUTTING AT BRP, WHICH HAS BEEN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. IT'S. IT'S BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS. RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS. IT'S AT THE END OF BOMBARDIER BOULEVARD, WHICH IS HOW BOMBARDIER GOT ITS NAME FROM THE THE THE FOUNDER OF THIS COMPANY. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THEY MANUFACTURE SEA-DOO WATERCRAFT BOATS CAN-AM MOTORCYCLES AND FOUR WHEELERS, ATVS AS WELL AS ALUMACRAFT BOATS. THEY ALSO MANUFACTURE SNOWMOBILES, WHICH, OF COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE HERE, BUT BUT IT'S REALLY THEY HAD A $15 MILLION EXPANSION OF THEIR OF THEIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. IT'S AN WE WENT ON A TOUR OF THE ENTIRE FACILITY. JOAN BROWN WAS THERE AS WELL, AND IT WAS SENATOR MAYFIELD AND SEVERAL OTHER DIGNITARIES WERE THERE. IT WAS REALLY IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE FACILITY. YOU KNOW, THEY LIKE I SAID, THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS. THEY CONTRIBUTED A GREAT DEAL TO TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY. THEY HAVE 60 EMPLOYEES, AND IT'S IT'S REALLY A GREAT ADDITION TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS WE ALL GOT AN EMAIL ABOUT THE MIDWESTERN DENTAL ARTS, WHICH RECEIVED AN AD VALOREM ABATEMENT FROM THE FROM THE CITY. UNFORTUNATELY THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T MEET THE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OF THE AD VALOREM. THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CERTAIN BENCHMARKS THEY HAVE TO ACHIEVE, WHICH THEY DIDN'T. SO THEY WERE REQUIRED TO REPAY THAT ABNORM TAX ABATEMENT THEY RECEIVED, WHICH WAS $50,000, AND THEY HAVE REPAID THE CITY IN FULL. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WEINBERG. AND THAT JUST PROVES THE SYSTEM WORKS. WE'RE GIVEN INCENTIVES. YOU DON'T PERFORM THE PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES. AND IF YOU DON'T PERFORM, THEN WE WE TAKE OUR MONEY BACK OR THEY DON'T RECEIVE THAT BENEFIT. AND THAT'S WHY I'M. I'M GLAD OF THE RESULT. WE WE HAD A TOUCH AND GO SITUATION THERE FOR A SECOND, BUT I'M GLAD THAT COUNCIL STOOD FAST AND SAY, HEY, YOU DIDN'T PRODUCE THE JOBS, SO THEN YOU DON'T GET THAT BENEFIT. SO I'M GLAD ABOUT THAT. THEN SECONDLY, I WILL THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THAT EVENT BECAUSE I, I HAD TO I WENT TO A WEDDING, MY COUSIN GOT MARRIED AND I COULDN'T BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE AT ONE TIME. BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THEY HAVE BEEN A BIG STAKEHOLDER IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES, AND IT'S EXCITING THAT THEY DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY. [02:15:02] $15 MILLION. AND AND I'M I'M EXCITED ABOUT ADDITIONAL JOB CREATION. MR. JOHNSON OR COUNCILMAN JOHNSON? YOU'RE GOOD, SIR. JUST QUICK. TWO THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO GO BACK FROM PARKS AND FACILITIES TO PARKS AND RECREATION. AND THE SECOND ONE IS GIVING STAFF DIRECTION FOR A HOMELESSNESS WORKSHOP. THE BILL WENT ACTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, BUT JANUARY 1ST IS WHEN EVERYTHING CAN GO DOWN WITH HOUSE BILL 1365. WE HAD THE MEETING LAST MONTH AND WITH BREVARD'S HOMELESS COALITION, AND THEY HAD TEN DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITIES TO LOOK AT AND FOR THEM TO GATHER DATA FROM THEIR CITY, FROM THEIR CODE ENFORCEMENT. POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, OTHER ENTITIES OR DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE INTERACTIONS WITH THE HOMELESS. TO FIND PRETTY MUCH AN ECONOMIC COST OF HOW MUCH IT IS TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS OR DEAL WITH HOMELESSNESS. SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY'S BEHIND THE BALL. THIS IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE FROM THE STATE OF A CITY'S. Y'ALL FIGURE IT OUT, BUT THERE'S NO DIRECTION. SO WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND THAT DIRECTION. AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO SEE NONPROFITS. I WANT TO SEE CHURCHES. AND WE NEED TO SEE CHURCHES STEP UP. WE NEED TO GET TO STREET OUTREACH. SO WE NEED EVERYBODY INVOLVED. SO I WOULD LIKE ALL THE NONPROFITS INVOLVED, ALL THE CHURCHES IN PALM BAY INVOLVED. ANYBODY WHO HAS A HEART FOR THE HOMELESS, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED LET'S LET'S GET THIS HANDLED BEFORE IT GETS UGLY. SO THAT'S ALL, MAYOR. SO LET'S DISSECT THAT FOR A MINUTE THERE. THE HOMELESS WORKSHOP. I KNOW THE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS COALITION, AND I WANT TO GET SOME INPUT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE. MAYBE THE BEST THING TO DO AT THIS POINT IS SEE WHAT THE HOMELESS COALITION AND STAFF IS COMING AND INCLUDE THAT IF A WORKSHOP, BECAUSE PART OF THE DISCUSSION I THINK THAT SHOULD BE HAD IS THE RFP THAT WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT OR THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED REGARDING OUR OPIOID CRISIS, THAT FUNDING, AND IT'S FUNDED EVERY YEAR. I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE SOLUTION. RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE THE ANSWER IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLETE HOMELESSNESS, LET'S TALK ABOUT LET'S DISSECT IT AND SEE WHAT ARE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. WHAT'S THE ROOT PROBLEM. WHAT'S THE HEART PROBLEM. AND SO I THINK THAT OPIOID FUNDING IS A MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING SOURCE THAT IS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS. RIGHT. THAT WE COULD MAKE A DENT. SO PART OF THAT DISCUSSION HAS GOT TO ENSUE. I'M GOING TO ASK STAFF TO WEIGH IN AND SEE HOW WE COULD ALL. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK I DON'T WANT MY MY ISSUE IS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. YOU'RE SPOT ON, RIGHT. LET ME JUST SAY THAT. BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. I WANT TO TRY AND GET ALL THAT DONE SO THAT WE COULD SEE WHICH WAY WE'RE GOING, BECAUSE I LIKE I WANT TO USE THAT. I THINK THAT FUNDING IS A HUGE MECHANISM TO PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS. RIGHT TO SOURCING THAT. IF, IF DO YOU SEE THAT OR. NO, I SEE IT AS ONE COMPONENT. BUT WE PUT WE PUT MILLIONS TOWARDS WITH ARPA FUNDING AND HOMELESSNESS HASN'T IMPROVED THAT MUCH AND THAT WAS MILLIONS. SO WITH THAT, WE NEED MORE EFFORTS FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. I'M CALLING NONPROFITS OUT BECAUSE THERE'S NONPROFITS THAT HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF FUNDING AND I'M SEEING MINIMAL IMPROVEMENT. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET ALL THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I KNOW IN THE SAME ROOM. PART OF THE SAME? YES. NO, NO. I'M TRACKING THAT. BUT YOU JUST SAID THAT, RIGHT? I'M. AND I, I THINK WE'RE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE, BUT I BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. RIGHT. IT IS A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. YES, SIR. RIGHT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO IT. IT'S AN UNDERGROUND ISSUE TOO. RIGHT. REMEMBER YOU'VE GOT THE THE ELEMENT THAT WANTS TO REMAIN HOMELESS. YEAH. WE CAN'T FORGET THAT. THEN WE. RIGHT. EXACTLY. SO IT IS A COLLABORATION. SO I WANTED TO ASK STAFF, AND MAYBE ONCE THEY GET ALL THOSE DUCKS IN ORDER IS ALL I'M SAYING BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO I, WE GAVE THEM DIRECTION ABOUT THE OPIOID FUNDING. SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG COMPONENT OF THIS AS WELL. IT'S JUST A SMALL PIECE, BUT EVERYONE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY OVERALL. BUT MADAM SHERMAN, HAVE YOU CAN YOU BRIEF ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND AND GETTING THE HOMELESS COALITION ON BOARD WITH OUR WORKSHOP OR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? HOW CAN WE COLLABORATE WITH ALL OF THIS AND THE OPIOID FUNDING THAT I KNOW WE SEND OUT FOR REQUESTS, REQUESTS FOR SERVICES ON THAT, RIGHT. YES, SIR. YES. WELL, REGARDING OPIOID, THAT ACTUALLY IS COMING BACK TO YOU AT THE OCTOBER 17TH COUNCIL MEETING. THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MET YESTERDAY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS IN THERE THAT INCLUDE TREATMENT PROGRAMS WHICH COULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE AN EFFECT ON THOSE THAT ARE IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION. [02:20:09] SO THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU FOR SOME DECISIONS AT THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH. WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH BREVARD HOMELESS COALITION AND WE'VE STARTED A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THEM. IT'S A ACTUALLY A COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS INVOLVED IN THOSE, SO HE'S VERY MUCH AWARE. BUT FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL. OKAY. WE HAD THE FIRST MEETING. THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING NEXT FRIDAY. THE GOAL IS TO MEET OVER LIKE 4 OR 5 TIMES, BASICALLY. AND WE STARTED OUT THE DISCUSSION AND THIS IS I SHOULD CLARIFY, THIS IS A MEETING THAT INVOLVES REPRESENTATIVES FROM MULTIPLE CITIES. BREVARD COUNTY AND BREVARD HOMELESS COALITION IS TAKING THE LEAD TO TRY TO WORK COLLECTIVELY WITH US. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT ARE THE COSTS TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT SERVICES? THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE LIST ARE KIND OF RANGE FROM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO WORK ON SHELTER BEDS TO CASE MANAGEMENT TO WRAPAROUND SERVICES. IT'S A VERY LONG LIST OF THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT. BUT THE THE GOAL ACTUALLY, IN ALL OF THIS IS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER THAT WILL REQUIRE FUNDING FROM, I THINK, ALL THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY AS THEY'RE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE. I MEAN, I THINK KNOWING COUNCIL'S INTEREST IN THIS ISSUE, I COULD SEE US MOVING IN A DIRECTION OF PROVIDING SOME FUNDING BASED ON WHATEVER THE ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OUT OF THIS TASK FORCE GROUP, THIS WORKING GROUP, AS THEY CALL IT. SO TO THAT ARGUMENT, MA'AM I'M GOING TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SAID. THESE CHURCHES AND NONPROFITS SHOULD BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION HERE LOCALLY. I'D LIKE. PERHAPS WE COULD SEND. I KNOW WE HAVE A LIST OF THEM THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD BE INVITING THEM TO THE TABLE. WITH THESE DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'RE HAVING ALSO WITH THE COALITION, START INVITING THEM. PART OF THAT DISCUSSION IN PARTICULAR, THAT EFFECT. PALM BAY. SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD START SENDING THOSE DISCUSSIONS? THERE'S A THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU MAY BE AWARE OF. WE EVEN HAVE A MINISTER IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY THAT HAS ACCESS TO SEVERAL MEMBERS THAT I'M SURE WOULD WANT TO BE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION. I THINK THE IDEA OF INCLUDING THE CHURCHES AND OTHER NONPROFITS IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT AND VERY, VERY CRITICAL TO WHAT GOES FORWARD. I BELIEVE WHAT BCC IS TRYING TO DO IS THIS HAS BEEN A STOP AND START TYPE OF ISSUE, AS I THINK COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WAS ALLUDING TO. YOU KNOW, WE PUT FUNDING INTO THINGS THROUGH DIFFERENT GROUPS AND THERE'S BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT, BUT THEN IT KIND OF SLACKS OFF. SO BC IS ACTUALLY THEIR CORE INTENTION IS TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION. SO NOT ONE THAT'S TOTALLY RELIANT THAT THE COUNTY THAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO. I BELIEVE AT LEAST FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY STANDPOINT, THERE IS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE CONTRIBUTING SOMETHING ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH COUNCIL'S DIRECTION. OKAY, I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT OPIOID FUNDING, ALTHOUGH THAT CAN BE A PIECE OF IT. I'M NOT TALKING ONLY ABOUT CDBG FUNDING, ALTHOUGH THAT MAYBE COULD BE A PIECE TOO. GROUPS COULD APPLY, ETC. BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, ARE WE MOVING IN A DIRECTION WHERE YOU WANT TO USE GENERAL FUND REVENUES TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING AND CREATE A FOUNDATION? AND THEN CERTAINLY WE WANT TO TRY TO GET PARTNERS TO COME ALONGSIDE OF US. BUT WHAT WE FOUND, EVEN WITH A COLD NIGHT SHELTER EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE MISSION OF DIFFERENT GROUPS CHANGES, THEIR ABILITIES CHANGE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY IS SUSTAINABLE. WE CAN GO FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT GROUP. SO THAT GROUP IS NOT CURRENTLY OPEN TO MULTIPLE ENTITIES. IT'S INTENTIONALLY A GOVERNMENT WITH BC BECAUSE THEY'RE THE THE LEAD AGENCY IN BREVARD FOR HOMELESSNESS. SO THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY IN PLACE. CORRECT? CORRECT. SO IT'S INTENTIONALLY NOT STRUCTURED TO JUST BE OPEN FOR EVERYONE TO TO JOIN RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S UP TO YOU ALL. I MEAN, KIND OF THE VISION THAT BC CAME TO US WITH ANYWAY WAS AT THE END OF THIS THIS WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND THIS WILL END IN THE FALL, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND DO A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL ANYWAY. AND WHEN IS THIS? I THINK OUR LAST MEETING IS SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER. SO IT WOULD BE SOMETIME AFTER THAT. I'D HAVE TO GET THE EXACT DATE FOR YOU. BUT IF YOU WANTED TO DO A WORKSHOP AFTER THE. THOSE THINGS ARE CONCLUDING. I MEAN, IF YOU WANTED TO DO IT NOW, I WOULDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY ANSWERS FOR YOU OTHER THAN. AND THAT'S MY CONCERN, PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. BUT ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT OR ARE YOU LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING? HAVE A WORKSHOP AND THEN WE'RE JUST IDLE UNTIL. YEAH, IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND BECAUSE. YEAH, EFFECTIVELY JANUARY 1ST. BUSINESSES CAN START SUING THE CITY IF THEY IF THEY CAN SHOW THAT THEY'RE FINANCIALLY IMPACTED FROM HOMELESSNESS IN THEIR AREA. SO THAT RACETRACK RIGHT OFF OF MALABAR AND BABCOCK OR OTHER AREAS. SO I'M JUST LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WE NEED TO SPEED IT UP. AND A LOT OF THE CITIES ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT WITH US. WHEN IT WAS OPEN DISCUSSION OF EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER, WE WERE TALKING WITH ROCKLEDGE AND OTHER CITIES IN GOLDEN OF THE COUNTY WAS THERE. [02:25:03] WE WERE ALL TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT TOGETHER. BUT EACH CITY IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR OWN, SO THAT'S THAT'S MY OWN THING. SO WHILE WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM, WHAT PALM BAY NEEDS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM TITUSVILLE. SO I'M JUST AND WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE GOING TO BE? IT'S STILL WE'RE STILL GOING TO USE THAT BC BC INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT. OR WHAT. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT CREATING OUR OWN. SO AT THIS POINT THERE IT WAS TEN RECOMMENDATIONS. I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THEM. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT STREET OUTREACH, TEMPORARY HOUSING, AND THEN EVENTUALLY TRANSITIONING THEM TO PERMANENT HOUSING. SO TEMPORARY HOUSING COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN BIG ON TINY HOMES OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE OR REESTABLISHING A COLD NIGHT SHELTER. I KNOW I LOST IT DURING THE FIRE, BUT I'M JUST. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS. BUT I FEEL WE CAN BE THE FACILITATORS WITH BRINGING IN ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THAT WANT TO HELP THE THE CHURCHES THAT WANT TO HELP. AND HONESTLY, I FEEL THE CHURCHES IS THE BIGGEST COMPONENT BECAUSE THAT SPIRITUAL HEALTH CAN HELP THAT MENTAL HEALTH. SO THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. SO THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. BUT THAT'S ALL JUST OPEN FOR ANY DISCUSSION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT MAN OR LET'S OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. I DEFINITELY WANT TO JOIN YOUR EFFORT BECAUSE I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. THE CHURCH, I'VE WITNESSED SOMETHING SATURDAY MORNING. WE HAVE CHURCH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. I HAD NO IDEA. JUST HAPPENED TO DROP BY. I'VE SEEN SOMETHING GOING ON AND CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. WE HAVE A CHURCH FROM WEST PALM BEACH THAT BEEN SERVING OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY HERE FOR MONTHS NOW. THEY HAVE A SISTER MINISTRY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. HAPPENED TO BE A HAITIAN AMERICAN CHURCH AS WELL. CAME UP HERE FOR MONTHS NOW THEY'VE BEEN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE PICTURES AND I DID A FACEBOOK LIVE SHARE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MINISTER. THEY HAVE A SMALL CHURCH. I BELIEVE THEIR NAME IS VICTORY AS WELL. VICTORY WORSHIP CENTER HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE ON PALM BAY ROAD. THEY HAVE THEY JOINED JOINT FORCES WITH A MINISTRY IN WEST PALM BEACH. FOR MONTHS NOW. THEY'VE BEEN EVERY OTHER SATURDAY RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF BABCOCK AND MALABAR, RIGHT BACK THERE. THAT CAMP BACK THERE, THE RACETRACK. YEAH. NO, NOT THE RACETRACK. THE OPPOSITE SIDE. YEAH. BUT THEY GO BACK AND FORTH. YES. YEAH. BUT TO TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT RACETRACK IS NO LONGER FRIENDLY BACK THERE. SO THEY, THEY MIGRATE MIGRATE OVER. IT REALLY I SPENT SOME TIME WITH THEM AND SPEAK WITH, WITH THE, THE ONE OF THE THE LADY THAT LEAD THE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY HOW ARE THEY THERE AND AND SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OF THEM THE HOMELESS FOLKS AND ALSO THE MINISTRY AND AND JUST TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU SAID, I THINK THE CHURCH HAS, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY CAN BE A GREAT, GREAT PARTNER. MAYOR, I WOULD SAY THE WORKSHOP IS DEFINITELY WARRANTED. LET'S INVITE ALL CHURCHES. I THINK WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION WITHIN. AND I KNOW THE THE BREVARD HOMELESS COALITION, THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY AN INFRASTRUCTURE OR MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATION. MY CHALLENGE IS AND AND THAT MAY COME ACROSS A BIT NEGATIVE. WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN? WHY DOES IT TAKE THIS NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYBODY'S MOVING. THEY HAVE THE FUNDING. THEY HAVE THE SOURCES, RESOURCES OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS FOR MONTHS NOW. WE'VE PUT MILLIONS INTO THIS IN THE EFFORT TO DO YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SOLUTION, OBVIOUSLY COUNTING ON SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, SOME OF THE THINGS WE GOT BACK, THEY THEY REALLY DIDN'T MEET OR WHAT REALLY THE CORE OF THE ISSUES. SO I DO AGREE. LET'S BRING EVERYBODY BACK TO THE TABLE. LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION. DESPITE WHAT? THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY. I MEAN, THE BREVARD HOMELESS COMMUNITY IS DOING. LET'S LET'S HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. I WOULD SUPPORT IT. OKAY. I DON'T THINK THE QUESTION OF THE WORKSHOP WAS WAS IN QUESTION. IT WAS JUST THE TIMING OF IT. BUT GO AHEAD. YEAH, A COUPLE A COUPLE OF THINGS, MR. MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, TO BE BLUNT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR FOR FOREVER. BUT WE WE NEED TO DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN AS A CITY. BUT I AGREE WITH WITH WITH WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON THAT I THINK THAT CHURCHES AND NONPROFITS HAVE TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF, OF OF DEALING WITH [02:30:05] ALONG WITH THE CITY. I THINK WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF OF, OF, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM, SOME KIND OF PLAN THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT AS, AS, YOU KNOW, POSITIVELY AS POSSIBLE AND HOPEFULLY HELP THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMELESS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED, IT WAS ALLUDED TO, IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE HOUSE BILL 1365, WHICH IS IN EFFECT, AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO AS A CITY AND WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYTHING TO TO ENFORCE THE LAW? OKAY. I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT. AND, YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AS A CITY. I MEAN, NOT JUST FOR MONTHS. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS. IT COMES UP AND WE TALK ABOUT IT. THEN IT GOES AWAY AND IT COMES UP WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT AND GOES AWAY. SO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP. WE NEED TO INVITE YOU KNOW, THE CHURCHES AND THE, THE ALL THE, THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS AND, AND HAVE A SERIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THIS ONGOING NOT JUST OKAY, TEMPORARILY AND WILL, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE'RE DOING THIS. WE WE GOT TEN BEDS FOR FOR HOMELESS. THAT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANYTHING. SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOING FORWARD THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT. COPY THAT. SO A WORKSHOP MOVING FORWARD, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW SOON TO GET THESE CHURCHES INVOLVED? BECAUSE FEEDING FEEDING THE HOMELESS IS ONE, ONE, ONE PART OF THIS. RIGHT. AND I'VE EVEN SEEN CITIZENS DO THAT IN THAT SAME AREA, GO INTO DIFFERENT HOMELESS LOCATIONS, PRIVATE CITIZENS GOING TO TO FEED. AND I KNOW I'VE SEEN THIS, I'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT. BUT TO THAT POINT, IT'S A DIFFERENT SCENARIO OF SHELTERING. AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT WITH HCI. RIGHT. SO HOW DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF ALL THESE CHURCHES JUST ALONE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, MADAM SHERMAN, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR LOCAL CHURCHES AND COME UP WITH A WORKSHOP THAT BECAUSE TO COME UP JUST WITH A WORKSHOP. WE WOULD NEED BC THERE. WE WOULD NEED 501 C3 THAT PROVIDES SERVICES, BUT A STRONG COMPONENT COMPONENT TO THIS RESOLUTION TO THIS IS THE CHURCH. AND HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE FOR YOU TO REACH OUT TO THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FAITH BASED, TO GET THEM TO THIS TABLE? WE ALREADY HAVE QUITE AN EXTENSIVE DATABASE OF NONPROFITS AND GROUPS FROM OUR VARIOUS CDBG AND OTHER INITIATIVES. I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY THE THAT WOULDN'T BE THAT DIFFICULT TO DO. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A DATABASE. WE WHAT WE'D WANT TO TRY TO DO IS LOCK IN A DATE THAT WORKS FOR YOU ALL. FIRST SEE IF WE CAN GET BK COMMITTED TO A SPECIFIC DATE THAT WORKS FOR THEM. AND THEN WE'D PROBABLY WANT TO SEND OUT INVITATION LETTERS TO ALL THE THE CHURCHES. SOME OF THEM WE MIGHT HAVE THEIR LIKE EMAIL ADDRESSES AND THINGS. SO AGAIN, TO MOBILIZE THAT WHAT TIMEFRAME. AND WE'D WANT TO GIVE THEM SOME ADVANCE NOTICE, YOU KNOW. SO, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T SAY, YOU KNOW, SEND THEM A LETTER AND IT'S NEXT WEEK, BUT, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM SOME ADVANCE TIME TO. WE COULD EVEN TRY TO GET AN RSVP BACK TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN COMING, YOU KNOW, GET A RESPONSE FROM THEM. LET US KNOW THAT THEY'RE COMING. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO WE KNOW HOW MUCH INTEREST AND CERTAINLY ANY, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE DO THAT, ANY WORD OF MOUTH THAT YOU WILL, ANY INTERACTION YOU HAVE WITH THE CHURCHES, ANY NONPROFITS THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE IT AND SAY, HEY, PLEASE COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO AND BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. I MEAN, WE CAN START WORKING ON THAT. IT WOULDN'T BE THAT COMPLICATED. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE MIGHT NOT BE READY TO TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REACHED THE END OF THAT. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING. I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M TRYING TO GET A TIME FRAME COMMITMENT, I THINK. WELL, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. I'LL SPEAK UP. SO WHILE WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE HERDING CATTLE, WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE THE MEETING NEXT FRIDAY WITH BCC SO WE CAN KEEP THEM UPDATED. HEY, THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE'RE LOOKING AT TOWARDS, WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO REACH OUT TO CHURCHES, TO NONPROFITS. MID-NOVEMBER. YEAH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S I APOLOGIZE. YOU WANTED AN ACTUAL DIRECT ANSWER. LET ME LET ME START WITH LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE. WELL, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WANTS TO. SO I'M LOOKING AT A A TIME FRAME HERE. YES. I LIKE TO HONE IN ON THINGS WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MID-NOVEMBER. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. OKAY. YEAH. FOR THANKSGIVING OR. MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE THIS THING IT SHOULD BE SCHEDULED AFTER THE SWEARING IN OF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. YEAH. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THAT'S ANOTHER COMPONENT TO TO WHAT'S HAPPENING. RIGHT? WELL, NOT ONLY WILL I BE GONE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO NEW MEMBERS. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT SHOULD CERTAINLY BE SCHEDULED AFTER THE SWEARING IN. [02:35:05] ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. SO IF WE COULD START FOCUSING, I GUESS THE TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. AT LEAST TO RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE THEM FOCUSED ALREADY. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AFTER THE SWEARING IN. DO YOU. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE RESULTS WILL BE CERTIFIED YET. THAT'S YEAH, I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT'S A FACTOR. ALL RIGHT. FIRST, ARE YOU FIRST MEET IN DECEMBER? WELL, YEAH, IT'S LAST YEAR. IT WAS NOVEMBER 28TH. WAS THE SWEARING IN. SO THE THE THE, YOU KNOW, ELECTION IS CERTIFIED SOMETIME AFTER ELECTION DAY WHEN USUALLY ABOUT A WEEK OR SO. SO SO YOU CAN GO BY LIKE AT LAST YEAR'S SWEARING IN WAS NOVEMBER 28TH. SO THIS YEAR, BY THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, IT WILL CERTAINLY BE THE SWEARING WILL CERTAINLY BE DONE. SO ANYTIME EARLY DECEMBER WOULD WOULD MAKE SENSE. ARE YOU LIKE THE SECOND COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? I'M. THAT'S WHAT WE GOT. OKAY. ARE YOU ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE SECOND WEEK IN DECEMBER. SO IT WOULD BE OFF SCHEDULE FROM THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT AT LEAST IT SHOWS US THE WE'RE LINING THINGS UP AND WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. SO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO ALREADY KNOW THIS IS COMING UP ON THE HORIZON. IT WOULD BE PART OF YOUR BRIEFINGS ANYWAY, CORRECT? YES, SIR. ARE WE GOOD? COUNCILMAN JOHNSON THEN THE PARKS AND FACILITY. MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT DOWN RANGE AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE WHAT WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THAT. MAYBE YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT DOWN RANGE OR WHAT IS THE VISION WITH THAT? I'VE, I'VE HAD TO REFER PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. GO HERE, GO THERE. AND AGAIN, GETTING A FEW SOME CONFUSION WITH IT IN THE MANNER WITH IT IN THE TEMPLATE IS THEN AS PARKS AND FACILITIES. SO I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT, LET'S, LET'S START FRESH. TO START OVER. I UNDERSTAND. YES, SIR, I UNDERSTAND. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO. AND THIS IS GOOD CONSIDERATION. THIS IS GOOD DIALOG. AND WE HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR. WE'LL BE HAVING A NEW RECREATION DIRECTOR COMING ON BOARD. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, COME ON BOARD AND THEN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS? YES, SIR. OKAY, THAT'LL BE FINE. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. SO THAT THAT SETTLES THAT. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR. ALL RIGHT, DEPUTY MAYOR, YOUR REPORT SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T HAVE MUCH. I DEFINITELY WANTED TO WEIGH IN. AND WHAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS THE HOMELESS. SO WE CAME UP WITH ALTHOUGH I TEND TO, TO SOME DEGREE DISAGREE, I DON'T THINK TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THAN IN THAT SENSE, WE HAD TO WAIT. BUT BUT I YIELD TO THE MAJORITY. THIS IS NOT MORE OF A BUDGETARY ITEM. IT'S MORE OF A SOMEWHAT CONSENSUS FOR US TO TAKE A BITE AS A POTENTIAL AND THAT'S UPON US. JANUARY 1ST, I SAID, I THINK THE QUICKER WE CAN TAKE THE STEP FORWARD TO YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING THEM. WE GOT QUITE A FEW PRIOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER WEIGH IN IN BUDGETARY ITEMS AND THINGS IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN UP TO WAIT, BUT AGAIN, I YIELD ON THAT. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE NEED TO TACKLE THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YEAH. THAT'S ALL. I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE THIS PAST SATURDAY. THIS ORGANIZATION COMES FROM A FAR OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY TO COME AND SERVICE THIS COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THEY DO EVERY OTHER SATURDAY. WHAT AN EXAMPLE FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATION TO TO FOLLOW. AND REALLY WHAT THEY DO, NOT ONLY THEY THEY FEED THEM, THEY CLOTHE THEM. AND ALSO MORE SO THEY PRAY WITH THEM AND SHARE THE GOSPEL AND VERY EFFICIENT. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO AND I HAVE THIS ON VIDEO OF A SUCCESS STORY OF CAMP GRADUATE OUT OF THAT CAMP, GOT A JOB AND SHE'S BACK SERVING NOT ONLY SERVING THEM WITH HER TIME AND BROUGHT MONEY BACK TO THEM. AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH HER AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER. THOSE ARE THE SUCCESS STORIES. AND AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF CHURCH, SMALL MINISTRY AND HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT THEY HAVE. AND PEOPLE LINED UP SIT SITTING DOWN VERY OF A VERY BEHAVED REAL WELL. AND THEY LOOK FORWARD EVERY OTHER SATURDAY FOR THIS GROUP TO COME IN AND BRING THEM A WARM PLATE WATER, CLOTHING AT TIME AND PRAY WITH THEM. SO IT WAS VERY NICE. SO I THINK WE CAN DO IT. [02:40:03] BREVARD. THE BREVARD COALITION CAN DO WHAT THEY DO. AND AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THINGS AMONGST US WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT HAVING TO WAIT TO AN INSTITUTION ESPECIALLY GOVERNMENT FUNDING INSTITUTIONS. SO JUST WANTING TO SHARE THAT. AND CERTAINLY WE NEED TO CONTINUE PRAYING FOR THOSE THAT IMPACTED FROM THE HURRICANE. HUNDREDS OF I MEAN, FAMILIES ARE IMPACTED, IF NOT THOUSANDS. SO THE DRC WILL BE CONDUCTING A MEETING IN THE NEXT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. HOPEFULLY THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WILL HAVE AN ITEM TO TO FOR THE MUNICIPAL FOUNDATION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH. NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY MY PART OF THAT REPORTS. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR, IF YOU HAD ALREADY PLANNED A MEETING LIKE THAT BECAUSE OUR SISTER CITIES IN BIG BEND, THAT THAT WHOLE AREA IS DEVASTATED. SOME SOME SAY THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE REBUILT AGAIN. SO THAT IS PART OF THE THE CONCERN. WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL UNDER MY REPORTS RIGHT NOW, I THINK THIS IS WORTH MENTIONING AND I HAVE TO A YEAR AGO DEPUTY MAYOR, IT WAS YOU THAT AND I. YOU STOLE MY HEART BECAUSE I WAS GOING DOWN THIS PATH WHERE YOU SAID, WE NEED TO AND WE MUST STAND WITH ISRAEL. WHEN WE MET AFTER THE OCTOBER 7TH TERRORIST ATTACK WHERE THE ANNIHILATION OF SO MANY JEWS DURING THAT TERRORIST ATTACK KILLED SINCE THE HOLOCAUST ON RECORD. NOT THAT MANY. THAT WAS THE MOST THAT WERE KILLED. SO IN THAT I STILL WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT THIS CITY DOES STAND TO WIN ISRAEL. AND I REMEMBER YOU BRINGING THAT UP AND SAY, HEY, AS A CITY, WE SHOULD STAND WITH ISRAEL. SO WHAT I PROPOSE WE DO AS A AS AN EFFORT, AS A SYMBOL OF US STANDING WITH ISRAEL. LET US FALL. LET US FLY THE ISRAELI FLAG AT CITY HALL UNDERNEATH THE AMERICAN FLAG. AND I'M PROPOSING THAT WE GIVE A CITY MANAGEMENT DIRECTION TO FOR THAT ONE DAY OF OCTOBER 7TH, WE FLY THE ISRAELI FLAG AS A AS AN EFFORT TO SAY WE STAND WITH ISRAEL. AND I WOULD I WOULD GET THAT FLAG TO CITY MANAGEMENT SO WE COULD FLY IT FOR THAT ONE DAY. IN OTHER WORDS, IT'D BE YOU KNOW, FLOWN UNDERNEATH THE AMERICAN FLAG FROM ZERO 800 TIL TILL THE END OF THE DAY. AND THAT'S WHAT I PROPOSE WE DO AS A COLLECTIVE BODY TO SAY THE CITY OF PALM BAY STANDS WITH ISRAEL. SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN WEINBERG. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THOUGHT AND I CERTAINLY WOULD SUPPORT IT 100%. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. I'M A LITTLE CONFLICTED. I DON'T WANT TO SAY I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, BUT I WILL SAY I DON'T THINK EITHER SIDE IS INNOCENT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING VERY RESPECTFUL AND INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY IN OUR CITY AND EVERYBODY WHO IS FOLLOWING THE LAW BECAUSE LAND IS BEING TAKEN OVER THERE AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT US TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. OUR OATH. I ARGUE THE SAME THING WITH UKRAINE. WE SENT SO MUCH MONEY TO UKRAINE, AND NOW WE SEEM LIKE WE HAVE NO MONEY FOR THOSE IN NORTH CAROLINA. WE'RE LOOKING TO GIVE $750 TO PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA. SO I JUST WANT US TO BE MINDFUL OF HOW INVOLVED WE GET WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WHEN WE HAVE SOME ISSUES IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY CONCERN. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT STANDING AGAINST TERRORISM, SIR. YEAH. DEPUTY MAYOR, MAYOR, I WOULD I WOULD SUPPORT IT AS WELL. SO WE WE'VE GOT CONSENSUS. MA'AM, I WILL GET YOU THE FLAG. COMING UP. I'LL SEE IF I COULD GET THAT TO TO YOUR OFFICE BY TOMORROW OR SATURDAY. SO IT COULD BE FLOWN ON MONDAY, JUST FOR OCTOBER 7TH UNDER THE THE UNITED STATES FLAG. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCIL. WE DO STAND WITH ISRAEL, AND I'M PROUD OF THAT. AND SO THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. AND AT THIS POINT I'M ASKING FOR MADAM SHERMAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL REPORTS? [ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS:] YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I HAVE THREE THINGS. FIRST OF ALL WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST THAT YOU ALL APPOINT A NEW MEMBER OF OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. WHO'S DEBBIE FLYNN, A NEWLY HIRED SENIOR PLANNER. [02:45:01] SHE WAS WORKING FOR SPACE COAST TPO, BUT WE'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY APPOINT HER TO BE A MEMBER OF THE TPO TAC, REPRESENTING THE CITY OF PALM BAY. WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PUBLIC WORKS ATTENDANCE AS WELL, SO WE'LL HAVE BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT REPRESENTED. DEBBIE IS A GREAT ASSET TO OUR TEAM, HIGHLY QUALIFIED, BEEN IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BUSINESS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON THE TEAM. SO REQUESTING TO BE ABLE TO APPOINT HER TO TPO TAC. DO YOU NEED THAT IN THE MOTION? JUST CONSENSUS IS FINE. YOU GOT A THUMBS UP. OH, YEAH. IF I'M IF I MAY, I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER PERSON TO SERVE ON THAT. I MEAN, SHE'S BEEN WORKING FOR THE TPO. SHE'S INCREDIBLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT ALL THE ISSUES FACING BREVARD COUNTY TRANSPORTATION. SO WHAT A GOOD, GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. YOU'RE GOOD. SO YOU HAVE CONSENSUS ON ITEM ONE. THANK YOU. NUMBER TWO IS JUST AN AWARENESS FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THIS SATURDAY HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M., WE'RE HAVING A CAREER FAIR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU CAN SEE IT ACTUALLY, ON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FACEBOOK PAGE, BUT 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS THIS SATURDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE YOU KNOW, PROMOTING AND LOOKING TO HIRE FOLKS AND GET THEM IN THE PIPELINE FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS, SWORN AND CIVILIAN AS WELL. SO IT'S A CAREER FAIR RIGHT HERE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN PALM BAY. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I COULD YOU COULD CERTAINLY COME BY. YES, SIR. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST KIDDING. CARRY ON. THANK YOU SIR. AND THEN MY LAST THING IS, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WONDERING AND AND INQUIRING, THE THE CLEARING THAT IS GOING ON AT THE INTERSECTION OF A MALABAR ROAD AND EMERSON. IT'S THE NORTHEAST CORNER THAT IS BEING CLEARED FOR FUTURE CHIPOTLE DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT COMMERCIALS. AND THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. CHIPOTLE. ALRIGHT. MADAM SMITH. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE ARE ON COMING. PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY SPEAKER CARDS? [PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES:] DEPUTY MAYOR? YES. MR. WARREN. EXCUSE ME, BUT YOU RAN TO 19 TRENTON AVENUE. I'M LOOKING FOR AN UPDATE ON THE CROSSING LIGHT THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR QUITE A WHILE. RIGHT OUT HERE AT DEGROOT AND AT THE LIBRARY CROSSING. YEAH. WITH THE MINTON SPEEDWAY OUT HERE NOW, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEDESTRIANS TO GET ACROSS THERE EACH MORNING IF YOU CARE TO CHECK IT. ABOUT 8 TO 830. THERE'S TWO GENTLEMEN IN WHEELCHAIRS THAT'S GOING GROCERY SHOPPING. ALL THAT TRAFFIC. THEY JUST SIT BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH COURTESY DRIVERS HERE IN FLORIDA, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO STOP. BUT A GUY IN A WHEELCHAIR CROSS. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SACRIFICE PARK. IT WAS BROUGHT UP MENTIONED, AND NOW WE'RE SEEING IT COME TO REALITY. THIS LIGHT. I'M NOT SEEING ANY ACTION ON IT. WE'RE NOT HEARING ANY ACTION ON IT. THE OTHER THING. THE SIDEWALKS ON JUPITER. LET ME GET MY DIRECTIONS RIGHT HERE. SOUTH SIDE, EASTBOUND TOWARD THE GRADE SCHOOL ARE FLOODED, AND THE KIDS HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO COME OUT TO THE STREET OR UP IN THE YARDS. WHERE? WHERE I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT ADDRESS. IT'S BEFORE THE DAYCARE CENTER ABOUT A QUARTER MILE BACK WEST. JUPITER'S CHILDREN AREA. I'M SORRY. IT'S JUPITER AND CHILDREN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I THINK SO, YEAH. UP THERE, UP IN THAT AREA. AND AS FAR AS THESE SCHOOL BUSSES THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOLS. SO THAT WOULD BE TURNER ELEMENTARY. YES. AND SOUTHWEST. OKAY. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND IT'S IT'S BEEN THAT WAY NOW FOR I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN, BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE HAS DRAINED EXCEPT THAT SECTION, THAT LITTLE PATCH THERE. EXACTLY. THE OTHER THING YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY GETTING WITH THE COUNTY TO ASK THEM TO CHANGE THEIR WORKING HOURS. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE CITY WHERE THE SCHOOL BUSSES ARE CAUSING TRAFFIC JAMS AND THE KIDS ARE STANDING ON THE CORNERS WITH NO SIDEWALKS? MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY CHANGING THEIR WORKING HOURS. WHAT? DID I HEAR SOMETHING WRONG? DID I NOT HEAR YOU SAY YOU WANT TO JUST CHANGE IT? CHANGE THE LOCATION. NO NO, NO. WELL, BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT GETTING WITH THE COUNTY. YEAH. FOR THE COMPLEX TO CHANGE THEIR WORKING HOURS, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. IT WAS IT WAS PUBLIC. THEY OPENED AT NINE. SO HE WAS SAYING IT'S YOUR WORKOUT TIME. OH, THEY OPEN AT NIGHT? YES, SIR. [02:50:01] YES, SIR. I THOUGHT HE WAS ASKING THEM TO CHANGE IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MA'AM, WE HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP. YES, SIR. TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE WANT TO SEE THAT TO FRUITION. WHATEVER WE COULD DO ON THAT CROSSWALK. SO WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? I THINK THE LAST UPDATE I GOT WAS THAT STAFF HAD SENT IT OUT TO AN OUTSIDE ENGINEER TO GET THAT STUDY DONE FOR US PRIOR STAFF. WAS NOT RECOMMENDING IT FOR SAFETY REASONS, BUT WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE ENGINEER NOW REVIEWING IT. I DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHEN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DUE BACK. VALENTINO. EVEN A BALLPARK RIGHT NOW, NOT A SPECIFIC DATE. OKAY, MAYBE WE CAN CHECK WITH HIM. SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT TO GIVE US THE. YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD WE DESIGN THIS SAFELY FOR PEOPLE TO CROSS THAT MAJOR CORRIDOR, THAT ENGINEERING STUDY. OKAY. AND JUST TO REEMPHASIZE, SACRIFICE PARK HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND WE HAD THE STUDY OR THE BLUEPRINT, IF YOU WILL. SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD NOW THAT WE HAVE THE FINANCES AND AND IF YOU WANTED TO HEAR STATUS ON THAT, I KNOW THAT WE'RE AWARDED THE CONTRACT HERE. YES. IN THE CLEARING ACTUALLY STARTED THIS WEEK. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT NOW, IT'S COMPLETELY ALL THE OLD PARTS AND PIECES ARE GONE. IT'S EVERYTHING'S BEEN DEMOLISHED, I THINK, EXCEPT FOR SOME PIECES OF CONCRETE THAT WERE MOVING. SO IT'S A CLEARED SITE NOW. JULIET, DO YOU WANT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON TIMING? SURE. THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. THERE WILL BE JUST A FULL TRANSPARENCY, A LITTLE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THERE WILL BE AN UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE ASKED TO SHORE UP THE PROJECT COVER CONTINGENCY. REMEMBER THAT WE DID EXPAND THE PROJECT TO ADD THE MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER AS WELL TO THE PROJECT. BUT WE HAVE WE RECEIVED THREE BIDS. THE LOW BID IS A RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER THAT WE'VE USED BEFORE, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU IN TWO WEEKS. OUTSTANDING. WELL, THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? SO I'VE GOT YOU, SIR. MASTER CHIEF, YOU'RE NEXT. AND WRAP IT UP WITH MISTER GARY. ROBERTS. TERESE 1796 WINBURN DRIVE, SOUTHEAST. GOD'S CHILDREN, THE STATE OF ISRAEL, SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE. BY NATIONS WHO DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO EXIST. 6 MILLION, OVER 6 MILLION HAVE BEEN KILLED. IF YOU EVER GET OVER IN EUROPE OR IN POLAND PLACES LIKE AUSCHWITZ WILL HUMBLE YOU DOWN TO YOUR SOCKS. EVEN BILL CLINTON SAID, HOW DO WE STAND BEFORE GOD AND NOT SUPPORT THE STATE OF ISRAEL? THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE DO NEED TO RECOGNIZE THEM, AND IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING HOW THEY RESPOND TO WHAT WERE THE 200 BALLISTIC MISSILES THAT WERE DROPPED ON THEM. AND I PRAY THERE'S NOT A WAR, BUT ISRAEL IS VERY POWERFUL. WE'VE GOT TO HOLD ON RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE PRAY ON ISRAEL EVERY DAY. ONE OF MY A COUPLE OF MY RESIDENTS I SHARED WITH YOU. A LADY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHO STOPPED BY AFTER SHE HAD TO LEAVE HER OUR RV IN ASHEVILLE. $400,000 RV. THAT WAS JUST TOAST. BUT ANYWAY, COVERED WITH MUD. COULDN'T GET IT OUT. ANYWAY, ONE OF THE THINGS SHE ASKED ME JUST BEFORE SHE LEFT AND SHE LIVES ON YELLOWWOOD BEAUTIFUL. WHAT USED TO BE A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OUT WITH THE POND. AND THEY'RE ASKING ME, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TREAT THE PONDS? WHEN IS THE OWNER GOING TO TREAT THE PONDS ON THE MAJORS THAT ARE FULL OF LILY PADS? AND WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE CATTAILS? I MENTIONED THIS A MONTH AGO OR SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND ONE OF THE ISSUES I HAVE THERE, CAN YOU GUYS HELP ME OUT, THAT IF I MAKE A COMPLAINT OR SHOW A PICTURE OR TALK TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY SAID THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF IT? I NEVER GET ANY INFORMATION BACK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WHY THAT IS, BUT. SO YOU WANT TO IF WE GET SEVERE FLOODING, TEN, 12IN OF RAIN OR WHAT HAVE YOU. YOU HAVE ALL THESE LILY PADS. WHAT DO TURTLES, GATORS, WHATEVER DEBRIS IS IN THERE. NOW, THE SYSTEM OF HOW WE MOVE WATER BECOMES OVERLOADED. LOOK AT ALL THE STATES THAT GOT HIT AND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THEY HAD. I KNOW SOME COULDN'T BE HELPED, BUT THIS IS AN EASY FIX. SO IF WE CAN ENSURE. BECAUSE IN THE AIR WE HAVE SEVERAL PONDS, WE HAVE TO TREAT THAT. AND I THINK THE THE GOLF COURSE SHOULD DO THE SAME TO KEEP US SAFE WITH SOME OF THESE 100 YEAR STORMS, 200 YEAR STORMS. [02:55:09] SO IF YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, I APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. IN REGARDS TO THESE RETENTION PONDS, IN PARTICULAR IN THE GOLF COURSE AREA, BAYSIDE LAKES, YOU OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT THERE IS IS CRUCIAL AND DEFINITELY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WATER SURFACE ISSUES IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO WHAT CAN WE DO? IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO? WELL, I BECAME AWARE OF IT TODAY FROM MR. STICE. AND ALSO WE HAD AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT THAT WAS FORWARDED TO ME. SO I WAS NOT AWARE THAT YOU HAD FILED A COMPLAINT WITH CODE AND THAT THAT WASN'T BEING HANDLED. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT. I JUST SENT THE EMAIL TONIGHT WHILE WE WERE SITTING HERE. SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD, SIR. MASTER CHIEF, YOU'RE NEXT. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. I'VE GOT THREE ITEMS TO ADDRESS. THE FIRST ONE IS. I'M GLAD YOU WENT DOWN TO BOMBARDIER. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT BILL BATTEN. I WENT TO BOMBARDIER WHEN I WORKED AT FIT, AND I WAS LUCKILY ENOUGH, LUCKY ENOUGH TO DO SPEED SPEED TRIALS WITH MY SENIOR SENIOR DESIGN CLASS, WHERE WE WERE DOING SPEED TRIALS ON ON THEIR SEA-DOOS THAT THEY PROVIDED THAT WE MADE MODIFICATIONS WITH OUR SENIOR DESIGN CLASS. TORE MY TRUCK UP TRYING TO LAUNCH HIM, BUT THAT WAS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER TWO. DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT TRUCK? NO, I DO NOT. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER TWO. JUST BECAUSE OF THIS LAST STORM, WE'RE NOW SEEING THAT THERE'S A FEMA SHORTFALL IN FUNDING. I JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY. BECAUSE IF THERE'S A IF THERE ALREADY HAVE A FEMA SHORTFALL, I WON'T START BLAMING. I HAVE MY PERSONAL OPINIONS, BUT I WON'T BE BLAMING ANYBODY OR ANYTHING IN THIS ONE, BECAUSE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL IN HURRICANE SEASON. AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT FUNDING ON HOW TO RECOUP FROM IT, IT MIGHT BE A LONG TIME JUST IN CASE FOR OUR BUDGET, THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT, BECAUSE WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED. JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. AND ITEM NUMBER THREE UNDER FOR THE HOMELESS. THERE'S I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE THAT THE MILITARY HAS FANTASTIC TEMPORARY TENTS THAT CAN BE SET UP. I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE THE HOME THAT THEY LIVE IN OR ANYTHING ELSE. BUT LIKE FOR COLD NIGHT SHELTERS, YOU CAN SET THESE TENTS UP. THEY'RE MADE WITH AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING, AND THEY HAVE COOK STOVES. THEY HAVE ALL THE ABILITIES THAT CAN BE THERE, EVEN WITH THE CAMP COTS ON IT, FOR JUST FOR THAT EMERGENCY TIME FRAME. THEN THE ONLY THING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE PRICE OF THE OF THE TENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET THEM REALLY CHEAP, RIGHT? YOU THEN HAVE THE COST OF THE SETUP, WHICH YOU HOPEFULLY COULD BE OFFSET BY, BY CITY OF PALM BAY OR WHOEVER'S VOLUNTEERING TO KNOW. THEY HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO DO IT RIGHT. AND THEN ON THE STAGNANT TIME WITH IT, YOU HAVE TO STORE PROPERLY STORE THEM, WHICH TAKES UP SPACE. RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE THAT'S A TEMPORARY THING FOR THE COLD NIGHT SHELTER ONLY. THAT'S ALL I'M TALKING ABOUT. NOT LONG TERM, BUT IT'S A SOLUTION A SOLUTION. THE OTHER THING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT COMING UP FROM, FROM THE JANUARY 1ST, WHEN THE LAWSUITS CAN COME INTO EFFECT, BECAUSE IF ANYONE SAYS, OH, I GET TO SUE THE CITY OF PALM BAY, YOU CAN PRETTY WELL BET SOMEBODY'S GOING TO SAY, I WANT FREE MONEY AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. SO MY SUGGESTION IS, HOW CAN WE START LOOKING NOW AT HOW WE HAVE A LEGAL, LEGAL MECHANISM THAT'S ALREADY PROTECTING US? COULD SAY, LOOK, WE STARTED TAKING SOME KIND OF ACTION. HERE'S OUR LEGAL FORM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE, BUT I DO SEE HOW LAW WARFARE IS NOW JUST A MECHANISM FROM ALL OVER, FROM OUR GOVERNMENT TO OUR LOWEST INCOME. THAT LAW WARFARE IS HOW WE'RE FIGHTING BATTLES NOW, INSTEAD OF TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE AND SOLUTIONS. HOW CAN WE START PLANNING NOW FOR FOR THAT LEGAL LAWSUIT? BECAUSE YOU CAN PRETTY WELL BET SOMEBODY'S GOING TO APPLY FOR IT. THAT BEING SAID, WE ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT BRINGS UP MADAM SMITH. YOU'RE UP RIGHT NOW. WHAT WHAT CAN WE PUT IN PLACE? JUST OUR DISCUSSIONS OR, YOU KNOW, THAT CONCERN IS WARRANTED. WITHOUT GETTING INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO DO TONIGHT. I AM ACTUALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED. THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING, AND THE CITY MANAGER, AS WELL AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE, AND I ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TALKS AS FAR AS THE CITY'S APPROACH, BUT WE ARE WELL AWARE OF IT AND CERTAINLY HAVE SOME IDEAS, SOME THINGS THAT ACTUALLY CAME UP WHEN I WAS AT THE INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE THIS PAST WEEK. SO THERE ARE SOME IDEAS, NOTHING THAT I'M WILLING TO DISCUSS UNTIL WE'VE ALL COME TO AN AGREEMENT, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT. [03:00:04] WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON TOP OF THAT, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. AL GORE, 1680 MAIN STREET, NORTHEAST PALM BAY. FIRST, I MUST SAY THANKS FOR THE APPROVAL. THAT WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO, STILL, YOU KNOW, KEEP ON MAINTAINING OUR CULTURAL EVENT AT THE FRED POPPY REGIONAL PARK. I THOUGHT WE HAD BEEN QUALIFIED FOR THIS CO-SPONSORSHIP BECAUSE THE MAIN TWO THINGS ON THE APPLICATION WAS IT GOT TO BE A FREE EVENT AND IT GOT TO BE YOU GOT TO BE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CITIZENS. AND I THINK I QUALIFY IN THOSE TWO WAYS, YOU KNOW, AS MISTER BILL BARTON SAID, I USED TO KEEP IT ALL OVER TOWN, OVER THE BEACH, IN MELBOURNE, ALL OVER. AND IN 2020, I THINK WE NEED TO COME TO PALM BAY TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE THE COVID WAS REAL BAD AND EVERYBODY WAS KIND OF GETTING DEPRESSED AND LOCKING THEMSELVES AWAY. AND I DECIDED TO DO A FREE EVENT AND INVITE THE CITIZENS TO COME OUT. DON'T TAKE YOUR WALLET. COME ON OUT AND HAVE A FUN DAY. JUST TO GET YOU OUT. SO THAT WAS MY OBJECTIVE AT THAT TIME. AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WE TRY TO MAINTAIN. HERE'S A FEW THINGS. LIKE THE SENIOR CENTER IS IN QUESTION RIGHT NOW. I THINK, LIKE MR. NANCY WAS SAYING EARLIER ON, WE NEED WE NEED A PALM BAY COMMUNITY CENTER, JUST LIKE O'GALLEY'S CIVIC CENTER OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW IF THE THE SENIOR CENTER IS GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR THESE MODERN TIMES, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHEN YOU GO TO THE HILTON, YOU HAVE A NICE, PLEASANT SURROUNDING AND YOU CAN MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE CITY DONATE A SUITABLE PROPERTY AND ZONING TO ME, AND I'LL BUILD A CENTER. SO I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO THINK ABOUT THAT. DONATE A SUITABLE PROPERTY IN AND ZONING TO ALFIE, AND I'LL BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THIS CITY. AND YOU WOULD SURRENDER IT BACK TO BE IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY? WE WE WE WE'VE BEEN A PARTNER. I'M GOING TO. I GOT 13 GRANDKIDS HERE NOW. YOU PIQUED MY INTEREST. WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE? WHAT'S THAT VISION? WHAT'S THAT VISION? THE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, 10,000FT² BUILDING. OKAY. OKAY. YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, 20 SOMETHING. YES. AT LEAST 10,000. SOMETHING COMPATIBLE TO THE HILTON. OKAY. COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD WORK ON, MADAM? ATTORNEY BECAUSE IF WE IF WE FIND THIS, THE LAND CAN AND HE'S WILLING TO BUILD IT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WORK ON? THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES. IT'S GOING TO TAKE. IT COULD. IT COULD HAPPEN. IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER. IT'S NOT SOMETHING CERTAINLY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THERE. AND AS FAR AS WHAT HAS TO BE DONE. SO IT'S CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THAT I COULD, YOU KNOW, TELL YOU HOW EXACTLY WE DO WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES. CERTAINLY THE CITY MANAGER HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING. WE'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME CAREFULLY DRAWN CONTRACTS. BUT IF IF IT WERE AVAILABLE AND, YOU KNOW, HE WERE WILLING TO MEET SOME OF THE CONTRACTUAL STIPULATIONS, WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT. OKAY. WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD DONATE IT. I MEAN, IT COULD WORK A WAY IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROVIDE SOME LAND AND YOU WOULD BUILD SOMETHING UPON IT AND THERE WOULD BE SOME PARTNERS, SO IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO YOU. BUT THERE COULD BE A METHODOLOGY WHERE WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING. WELL, AT LEAST WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT, SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. WE NEED WE DEFINITELY NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE CITY. IT'S A SHAME WE I WENT TO THE, THE THE CHAMBER YESTERDAY, WEDNESDAY. AND IT WAS A SHAME TO KNOW THAT WE HAD THE CHAMBER OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD IT IN WEST MELBOURNE. NO, THEY GONE TO TO MALABAR AND THE CONVENIENCE WAS NICE. IT WASN'T THAT GREAT. SO WE'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. [03:05:02] IT'S WORTH THE DISCUSSION. OPEN DIALOG. WE COULD DEFINITELY. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY NO TO 10,000FT². ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.