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ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 6 P.M..
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THIS IS REGULAR MEETING 202 5-01, VERY FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. CHAIR. PRESENT.
VICE CHAIR. GUITAR. PRESENT. BOARD MEMBER. JANAE.
BOARD MEMBER. HERTZEL. HERE. BOARD MEMBER. JOHNSON.
HERE. BOARD MEMBER. MAUREEN. MR.. MAUREEN. OH, HERE.
BOARD MEMBER. DOCTOR. LIVINGSTON. PRESENT. BOARD MEMBER OF CZYZEWSKI.
PRESENT. BOARD MEMBER. WALKER. HERE. THANK YOU.
OKAY, SO FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ADOPTION OF MINUTES.
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BUT THOSE OCTOBER 16TH MINUTES ARE ACTUALLY NOT AVAILABLE YET.NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? I AM SEEING NONE. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS THE FINAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRIORITIES.
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I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO STAFF. GOOD EVENING.SO PURSUANT TO HOUSE BILL 1339, ADOPTED DURING THE 2020 FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION, EACH AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR THE OTHER, KNOWN AS AHAC, MUST NOW ANNUALLY REVIEW THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, ESTABLISHED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, ORDINANCES, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND RECOMMEND SPECIFIC ACTIONS OR INITIATIVES TO ENCOURAGE OR FACILITATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHILE PROTECTING THE ABILITY OF PROPERTY TO APPRECIATE AND VALUE THE SHIP.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR THE AHAC PRIORITIES, WERE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD BACK ON MAY 15TH OF THIS YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING ARE THE SUMMARIES OF THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO AMEND THE FOLLOWING.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES. THERE WAS DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD OF AMENDING THE AHAC PRIORITIES.
INCENTIVE TO ADD INCENTIVE ONE. THE CITY HAS EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCESSES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT DO REQUIRE CITY FUNDING, AND FOR THE EXPEDITED PERMITTING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PRIVATELY FUNDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
THIS AMENDMENT HAS BEEN MADE TO THE AHAC PRIORITIES INSTEAD OF ONE.
THE REPORT WAS DUE TO FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ON DECEMBER 31ST, BUT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT AND A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE'RE HAVING TONIGHT, AND THAT WAS DONE THROUGH THE PAPER.
AND TODAY IT ENDS HERE AT THE MEETING. THE COMMITTEE IS REQUIRED TO VOTE ON THE INCENTIVE STRATEGIES AND TO SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE REPORT AS IT'S BEING CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION. THE REPORT IS ATTACHED AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CHANGES WERE MADE BASED ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WAS DONE EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND WE DO HAVE STAFF FROM PLANNING, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE WENT OVER THIS BACK IN MAY AND AGAIN EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
OKAY. SO YES, WE DISCUSSED THIS BACK IN MAY. DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE REPORT OR ANY OF THE OTHER INCENTIVES? MADAM CHAIR? YES, SIR. AS TRIVIAL AS IT MAY BE, I NOTED THAT IN THE ATTACHMENT WERE ALL DRAWN OUT BY NAME, AND MY NAME IS MISSPELLED. SO JUST A SLIGHT SCRIVENER.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. ABSOLUTELY. ALSO, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, REAL QUICK, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS LIST AND LIST AND JUST LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR NAMES AND KIND OF OUR BACKGROUNDS OF THE CATEGORIES WE REPRESENT AND WHAT HAVE YOU, I JUST REALLY GOT THIS FEELING OF JUST GRATITUDE TO YOU GUYS.
LIKE LAST TIME WAS MY FIRST MEETING, JUST MEETING ALL YOU GUYS AND GETTING PART OF THIS, BUT I JUST REALLY WANTED TO START OFF THIS EVENING BY THANKING ALL OF YOU GUYS AND THANKING YOU FOR THE HONOR OF JOINING. AND JUST WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, THIS IS COMMUNITY BUILDING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT.
WE'RE PUTTING IN THE WORK. SO KUDOS TO ALL OF US.
AND I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. SO YEAH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. DID ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE INCENTIVES AND THE REPORT? NONE. OKAY. WE DON'T GO THROUGH THESE ONE BY ONE AT THIS POINT. YES, SIR.
OH, YES. HERE. YEAH. WE DON'T GO THROUGH THESE ONE BY ONE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DID BEFORE.
RIGHT? OKAY. SO WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR ADOPT.
APPROVE? YES. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE RANDALL HAD THE SECOND, I THINK.
YEAH. OH, OKAY. WE HAVE THE SECOND ON THE END.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I'M HEARING NONE. I VOTE AYE, AND THAT MOTION PASSES.
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YES. GOOD EVENING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 24 CFR, THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS 91.1 05C, THE CITY OF PALM BAY HEREBY PROPOSES TO REALLOCATE LEFTOVER FUNDS FROM COMPLETED PROJECTS, CANCELED TWO PROJECTS, AND ALLOCATE FUNDS TO PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THAT CURRENTLY NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS BECAUSE THEY ARE READY TO START AND PROPOSE ESTABLISHING A HOUSING SPECIALIST POSITION. THE DETAILS WERE PROVIDED TO YOU IN THE PACKET.WE TRIED IT. WE TRIED TO SPACE THAT OUT AND GIVE YOU A BETTER VIEW OF IT THIS EVENING.
AMENDMENT ONE IT'S A FUNDING REDUCTION AND YOU PROBABLY CAN TURN TO THAT IN YOUR PACKET.
THE PROJECT IS BEING CANCELED BECAUSE IT IS INELIGIBLE, DOESN'T MEET THE 51% LOW DEMAND REQUIREMENT.
PARKS AND RECREATION, PARKS AND FACILITIES ASKED US TO MOVE THE MONIES FROM THE AQUATIC CENTER, SINCE WE HAD TO CANCEL THAT PROJECT AND MOVE IT TO LIBERTY PARK, BECAUSE THERE WERE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED THERE.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TO THEN MAKE UP THAT $50,710.
AMENDMENT THREE. AND WE'RE ALSO DOING IT. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY YEAR IS WE HAVE TO MEET AN EXPENDITURE GOAL. HUD DOESN'T ALLOW DOESN'T WANT COMMUNITIES JUST TO GET MONEY IN THE COMMUNITIES AND NEVER EXPEND THE FUNDS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THEY GIVE US A GOAL EVERY YEAR AND WE CAN HAVE WE CAN HAVE NO MORE IN OUR BALANCE, IN OUR LETTER OF CREDIT, THAN ONE AND A HALF TIMES OUR ONE YEAR ALLOCATION.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND THIS YEAR.
IN FACT, WE HAVE TO SPEND $776,737 TO MEET HUD'S GOAL.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE DOING THIS SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT THREE WOULD BE A NAME CHANGE. AND THAT'S JUST A REQUIREMENT WHERE THAT PARK IS BEING WAS RENAMED TO KEN GREEN PARK AND WE HAVE TO PUT THAT IN OUR AMENDMENT. AMENDMENT FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
ASKED FOR A PROJECT LAST YEAR. IT'S NOT DESIGNED YET.
AND WE'RE CANCELING THE ORIGINAL ONE SAN FILIPPO, FROM WICHITA BOULEVARD TO ELDRON.
AND THAT WILL HELP US BY DOING THIS AND MOVING IT TO WICHITA BOULEVARD.
AND THEN FINALLY, AMENDMENT FIVE WOULD BE ESTABLISHING A HOUSING REHABILITATION SPECIALIST.
THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN HOUSING REHABILITATION SPECIALIST.
AND WE HAVE NO FULL TIME PERSON. SO IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE GET SOMEBODY ON BOARD WHO WILL BE THERE WATCHING THESE PROJECTS, LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PEOPLE'S HOMES, PREPARING COST ESTIMATES. AND IS A CITY EMPLOYEE.
SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE AMENDMENTS? YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. WILL THIS BE AFTER THIS YEAR? WILL THE FUNDING FOR THIS SALARY FOR THIS POSITION? IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE GRANT FUNDED. GOT IT.
THANK YOU. YES, IT'S TOTALLY GRANT FUNDED. THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND.
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IS FAMILIAR WITH THESE CDBG AND SHIP FUNDED PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO WORK ONLY ON THESE PROJECTS.AND I THINK IT WILL BE GREAT THAT THEY'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY FOCUSING ON THIS.
AND ALSO GIVE YOU GUYS THE DEDICATED SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS, GET THE PAPERWORK DONE. THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
AND SO I HAVE SOMEONE THERE LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING ALMOST DAILY TO SOMEONE'S HOME.
THAT IS CRITICAL. YES. AND I THINK IN SOME OF YOUR MORE HIGHLY CONCENTRATED AREAS WHERE WE'RE WORKING IN THE SAME PARTS OF THE CITY AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'LL BE THEY'LL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE RESIDENTS AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS THE AQUATIC CENTER, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WHEN WE APPROVED THAT, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS INITIALLY ELIGIBLE AND IF THEY WERE IN THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AND WE WERE ASSURED THAT THEY WERE. SO I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT THAT'S NOW BEING REMOVED AS NOT ELIGIBLE, BECAUSE ANOTHER PROJECT COULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN THERE FROM THE START.
SO NOT NOT A QUESTION, JUST MORE OF A STATEMENT THAT I FEEL LIKE WE DID HAVE THIS CONVERSATION BACK WHEN THAT PROJECT WAS, WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED. SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT A LITTLE CLOSER IN THE FUTURE SO THAT WE'RE NOT AT THE LAST MINUTE TRYING TO DO AMENDMENTS SO THAT WE MEET THE EXPENDITURE DEADLINES. YES, WE WE ARE. ELAINE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON LOOKING AT SERVICE AREAS.
OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DID ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE OTHER AMENDMENTS OR COMMENTS? NONE. OKAY. SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THAT ONE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I'M HEARING NONE. I VOTE AYE, AND THAT MOTION PASSES.
DO YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF STAFF, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST START CALLING NAMES? DO WE JUST GO OFF THE LIST? OKAY, SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO OFF THE LIST, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN THE ORDER THAT YOU GUYS ARRIVED.
SO FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY TO EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MY FAVORITE MEETING OF THE YEAR, TO GET TO MEET EVERYONE AND HEAR ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND PRESENTING YOUR PRESENTING YOUR ORGANIZATIONS AND YOUR PROJECTS TO US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH FIRST ON THE LIST, WHICH AND I APOLOGIZE IF I DON'T GET ANYONE'S GET SOMEONE'S NAME.
INCORRECT. JACKIE YEARBY FROM ANGELS BRIDGING GAPS.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE DOING A THREE MINUTE YES, THREE MINUTE PRESENTATION, PLEASE.
OH, SURE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE.
I'VE GOT MY PARTICIPANTS AND OUR FAMILIES HERE.
ANGELS AND GAPS. I HAVE A 25 YEAR OLD SON. RAISE YOUR HAND, OMARI.
SAY HI. HI. WAIT, WAIT. CAN YOU. CAN YOU WAIT JUST A MINUTE? CARMEN, ARE YOU SETTING THE TIMER? YES. OKAY.
I DON'T WANT HER TO START AND THEN LOSE HER TIME.
WE CAN. CAN WE START HER OVER? OKAY. OKAY. CARMEN? YES, SURE. OKAY. DO YOU GET YOUR FULL THREE MINUTES? I APPRECIATE IT SINCE WE WERE WAVING. NO DON'T WORRY.
THAT WAY THEY DON'T DISTURB YOU DURING. YEAH. NO. YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. WAIT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO COME OUT AND HEARING ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION. ANGELS BRIDGING GAP STARTED IN 2008 AS A CRY TO WHEN WE MOVED HERE TO BREVARD COUNTY, FINDING OUT THAT THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH SUPPORTS IN PLACE FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE KIDS WITH DISABILITIES AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THEM IN PLACE. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE INTER-AGENCY COUNCIL, BREVARD SCHOOLS.
I'VE BEEN CHAIR OF THAT COUNCIL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I'VE WORKED WITH THE COUNCIL FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
SO I KNOW WHAT'S HERE IN BREVARD COUNTY. I KNOW WHAT'S NOT.
WE JUST HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT TODAY IN OUR SESSION. I GO TO MALABAR BAPTIST CHURCH AND OUR CHURCH ALLOWED US TO US TO USE THAT SPACE TO START MY PROGRAM BACK IN 2008 WHEN WE STARTED. WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE WE ACTUALLY SERVICE ALMOST 30 YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.
WHEN YOU ENTER A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY, ESPECIALLY AN ADULT, WE DON'T HAVE SERVICES IN PLACE FOR CHILD CARE OR ADULT CARE, I SHOULD SAY. AND THEREFORE PARENTS CAN'T WORK.
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I HAD TO REINVENT MYSELF. SO I TOOK THE CHALLENGE ON TO TAKE A DIFFICULT POPULATION, WHICH IS THE 22 TO 64 POPULATION.IT'S THE POPULATION THAT ISN'T FUNDED THROUGH STATE PROCESSES AND FUNDING.
SO THEREFORE MOST OF THESE YOUNG ADULTS WOULD BE SITTING AT HOME NOT DOING ANYTHING AT ALL, AND DEALING WITH BOTH POLICE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING, BEHAVIORAL CRISIS ISSUES AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING AS WELL.
WHEN OUR YOUNG ADULTS FEEL DISPLACED AND NOT SEEN BY THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM, IT CAUSES THEM TO FEEL INWARD. AND IN THAT THEY WIND UP WIND UP HAVING MORE BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AND THINGS HAPPENING.
SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY AGAIN. I KNOW THIS IS GOING ON.
NO, I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS IS NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW.
OH, IT'S JUST SLOW. BUT ANYWAY. BUT ANYWAY, WE SERVE THE POPULATION AGAIN, PRIMARILY 22 AND UP.
AND GIVING THEM INFORMATION, RESOURCE, INFORMATION AND STRUCTURE TO THEIR LIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER PROGRAMS FOR THEM. SO AGAIN, THIS IS GOING REALLY SLOW.
WE CHANGED IT. OH, OKAY. OKAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE AGAIN THAT THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION, AGAIN, DOESN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR JOBS AND LONG TERM SUCCESS IN THOSE JOB SPACES.
WE TRY TO CREATE JOB TRAINING. WE TRY TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON A GROUND TO TABLE CONCEPT RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO FUND. IF YOU GUYS DECIDE TO GIVE US THE FUNDING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL ALLOW US TO SERVE THIS POPULATION IN A WAY THAT IS BEING UNDERSERVED CURRENTLY. AND THIS POPULATION, AGAIN, IS BOTH ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED AND IT'S SOCIALLY CHALLENGED.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE OR PROGRAMS THAT WOULD FILL THAT NEED AND THAT GAP.
EXCELLENT. IT'S DEFINITELY WE SAY THAT THE EPIDEMIC IS COVID.
IT'S THIS POPULATION AND THE LACK OF SERVICES.
THANK YOU. COULD YOU JUST REAL QUICK WRAP UP.
COULD YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR FUNDING REQUEST ACTUALLY IS? OKAY. IT TAKES ABOUT $80,000 TO FUND ABOUT 30 YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.
WE SPEND ABOUT 12 $1,200 PER STUDENT PER YEAR IN ADDITION TO PAYING VERY MINIMAL SALARIES.
AND SO IT TAKES ABOUT $80,000 IN TOTAL. WE HAVE A GAP OF ABOUT 35,000.
NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT, MA'AM, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED TO SEE THIS.
THIS IS WHAT NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND LOOKS LIKE.
SO I'M ENCOURAGED BY WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD.
THESE ARE THE TYPE OF PROJECTS I FEEL WE SHOULD FUND BECAUSE YOU'RE TEACHING THEM HOW TO FISH.
YOU'RE TEACHING THEM HOW TO. YOU KNOW, HOW TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES WHEN THE YOU KNOW OTHERS AREN'T.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU, MA'AM, BECAUSE YOU ARE BEING AN ANGEL FOR THE KIDS. SO I'M JUST ENCOURAGED, BUT I JUST WANT JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD PROJECTS LIKE THESE WHERE WE'RE TEACHING AND NOT JUST HANDING OUT.
THESE ARE THE ONES I FEEL WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE.
WE AREN'T LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT, AS HE SAID. WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN UPWARD MOBILITY FOR THEM AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO LEARN DIFFERENT TRADES, BE ABLE TO CREATE THOSE TRADES AND TURN IT INTO A REAL JOB OPPORTUNITY.
NOT FOR JUST THEM THOUGH, BUT ALSO FOR THEIR CAREGIVERS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET ABOUT THE CAREGIVERS, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, I THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROGRAM. I'M REALLY EXCITED.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT TO SUPPORT HER TONIGHT.
SHE DID A GREAT JOB. OKAY. SO NEXT WE HAVE DREW WARREN FROM COMMUNITY OF HOPE.
IF THAT'S OKAY. IT'S UP TO YOU. LET ME LEAVE THAT THERE.
I'LL TAKE IF I COULD GIVE I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT TALL. SORRY. IF I COULD GIVE A HANDOUT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
SURE. DO YOU WANT TO PASS IT UP? AND I'LL HAND THEM OUT? YEAH.
THANK YOU. I THOUGHT THAT I HAD ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I SEE YOU HAVE GROWN YOUR BOARD.
THIS IS FOR STAFF. OKAY? SO COMMUNITY OF HOPE IS A PALM BAY BASED NONPROFIT
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WITH 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.WE'RE A COMMUNITY BASED, A CHOTO, A COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, ONE OF ONLY FIVE, I BELIEVE, IN THE COUNTY WE HAVE SERVED. WE SERVED OVER 400 HOUSEHOLDS LAST YEAR.
WE'LL SERVE MORE THAN THAT THAN THAT THIS YEAR. WE DO EVERYTHING FROM SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, ALL THE WAY UP TO PERMANENT HOUSING, AND WE'RE EVEN GETTING INTO SOME HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
THE NEED FOR SENIOR HOUSING, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR WITH THIS, IS REALLY A GROWING THING.
HUD WOULD SAY THAT THAT THE CURRENT FAIR MARKET RATE FOR A TYPICAL HOME IN A TYPICAL ONE BEDROOM IN PALM BAY IS $1,340. I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THAT'S AN UNDERESTIMATE FOR WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON THE MARKET.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT IS UP FROM $760 IN THE YEAR 2000.
SO SENIORS ON A FIXED INCOME JUST AREN'T ABLE TO REACH THAT.
LAST WEEK. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, PETER FOUND HIMSELF.
HE'S A, A A FIREFIGHTER, RETIRED FIREFIGHTER, FOUND HIMSELF IN HIS DISABLED WIFE LIVING IN A CAR BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD THE RENT INCREASES. AND WE WERE ABLE TO USE SOME FUNDING THAT WE HAD TO GET THEM HELP AND GET THEM INTO ONE OF THE FEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SENIOR HOUSING IN THE AREA.
BUT THAT'S HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MEET THAT NEED.
BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU GUYS. SO THE OPPORTUNITIES IS THAT WE RECENTLY PURCHASED 1945 AND 1975 PALM BAY ROAD, WITH THE INTENT OF CREATING THE GALE CENTER FOR HOPE TO HOUSE NOT ONLY OUR OFFICES, BUT ALSO A NEW THRIFT STORE THAT WE USE TO HELP FURNISH OUR PLACES FOR FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE, BUT ALSO OTHER SERVICE ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WE WANTED TO DO THREE UNITS OF AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING THERE.
THERE'LL BE ONE BEDROOM UNITS. WE'RE ASKING FOR $294,705, WHICH IS BASED ON THE PROFORMA THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. THE IF ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE NEEDED, WE WILL WE WILL FIND THOSE THROUGH EITHER FINANCING SOURCES OR OTHER GRANT SOURCES.
AS A RESULT, YOU'LL END UP YOU'LL END UP WITH THREE SENIOR HOUSING UNITS.
SORRY. ONE MORE SECOND. THREE SENIOR HOUSING UNITS.
THAT WILL BE PRETTY MUCH IN PERPETUITY, BUT CERTAINLY FOR THE 20 YEARS OF THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, SERVING 25 TO 35 SENIORS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMUNITY OF HOPE? I KNOW I HAVE ONE. YES, SIR. THE CENTER OF HOPE COMPLEX YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU ALREADY OWN THAT TO YOU? YES. WE JUST PURCHASED THE BUILDING THAT LAST MONTH.
SO HOW MANY SQUARE FEET DOES THE THE WHOLE BUILDING HAVE? IT'S ACTUALLY TWO BUILDINGS. ONE IS 9000FT² AND THE OTHER IS AROUND 12,000FT².
THE 12,000FT² FOOT UNIT IS CURRENTLY LEASED BY A SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.
SO WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THAT POPULATION AS WELL AND HOPE TO HOPE TO DO MORE OF THAT.
WHO'S GOING TO BE YOUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR? DO THE REMODELING.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO PUT OUT TO TO RFP.
SO THAT'S HOW YOU SORT OF GOT THE BALLPARK FIGURES OF HOW MUCH.
YEAH. YEAH. AND AND THAT'S BASED ON, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR HISTORY AND WHAT WE KNOW THE COST WILL BE.
AND I'VE ALSO WORKED A LOT WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
RIGHT. THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HELP US WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD THOSE UNITS.
SO WE CAN GO UP TO THE HOME RENT LIMIT, WHICH IS A IS GOOD FOR FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM CASH
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FLOWING, WHICH AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE IN THE PROFORMA, THEY DO CASH FLOW AND THAT MAKES THEM SUSTAINABLE.BUT THERE ARE TIMES THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WILL SERVE CAN'T AFFORD EVEN THE HOME RENT LIMIT, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN EVERYONE ELSE IS ELSE IS PAYING, SO.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT.
ALSO, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU GUYS OWN THIS PROPERTY AND THAT IT'S ALSO A BASICALLY LIKE A REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, THAT YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BLIGHTED AND GOING TO IMPROVE IT.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DOUBLE DOUBLE WHAMMY THERE.
THAT IS THAT IS OUR GOAL. YEAH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, MADAM CHAIR. SO WHAT IS LIKE I GUESS THE CIRCULATION BECAUSE IT'S THREE UNITS.
YOU SAID 30, 25 TO 35 PEOPLE. YEAH. SO SO I'M BASING THAT ON JUST KNOWING THE POPULATION.
KNOWING THAT TYPICALLY THEY'LL BE IT'S ONE BEDROOM.
SO WE'RE I BASE IT ON 1.5 ON AVERAGE STAYING I BELIEVE I DID THE MATH BASED ON THREE YEARS STAY.
IT ISN'T A TRANSITIONAL FACILITY UNIT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO, TO TO LEAVE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THIS IS AN AGE IN PLACE TYPE OF THING.
BUT WE DON'T THINK THE TYPICAL SENIOR IS PROBABLY GOING TO STAY, YOU KNOW, MUCH LONGER THAN THAT.
BUT THEY MIGHT. SO IT'S REALLY A I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE DEALING WITH FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE GOING INTO ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND THAT KIND OF THING, AND I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME TURNOVER. SO THAT'S WHERE I GOT THAT MATH.
YOU MENTIONED THERE WOULD BE SERVICE PROVIDERS WITHIN THE COMPLEX.
YES. WHAT ARE YOUR PROPOSED SERVICE PROVIDERS AND HOW ARE YOU ADDRESSING TRANSPORTATION.
SO TRANSPORTATION. WELL, LET ME START WITH THE OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS.
BUT WE HAVE EMPTY SPACE RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO TO LEASE OUT TO OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AND WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT WHO THEY'RE GOING TO BE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, AND AS FOR TRANSPORTATION THERE ARE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR FOR PEOPLE, SENIORS. THROUGH I BELIEVE IT'S THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION DOES THAT, BUT ALSO WE WE WORK A LOT WITH WITH MEALS ON WHEELS.
THERE'S A SENIOR CENTER THAT'S JUST RIGHT JUST RIGHT UP THE ROAD.
WE'LL BE WE'LL BE PROVIDING. AND BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT THERE ON SITE, WE'LL BE HELPING TO ARRANGE THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS FOR THEM. SO IT'S LIKE A FULL SERVICE.
THAT'S THE GOAL. YES, MA'AM. WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
YES. EXCELLENT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M HEARING NONE.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT THESE ARE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY PROPOSALS, HOME PROPOSALS AND THEN ALSO NONPUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY PROPOSALS MIXED TOGETHER.
SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME BUCKETS OF MONEY.
SO OKAY SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGING MATTERS IN BREVARD.
TOM HAMMOND I'M SORRY. I KNEW I WAS GOING TO DO THAT.
OKAY. GOOD EVENING. I'M TOM. OKAY. I WAS A LITTLE CLOSE.
THAT'S OKAY. I'M USED TO IT. I'M THE CEO OF ASIAN MATTERS.
AND BEFORE. ALL. YOU MIGHT NEED SOME NEW BATTERIES.
ELENA, I WAS WORKING. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. OH, OKAY.
OOPS. OKAY. SO ASIAN MATTERS. WE WERE INCORPORATED IN 1965.
WE HAVE HARVARD COUNTY'S LEADING SENIOR SERVICES AGENCY.
OUR SERVICES FOCUS ON NUTRITION. OF COURSE. THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.
SENIORS AT LUNCH. PALM BAY. WE HAVE OUR CAPTAINS HOUSE.
IS OUR SITE HERE IN PALM BAY. TRANSPORTATION.
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SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. IN JANUARY 2012, WE CHANGED OUR NAME TO AGING MANAGEMENT BREVARD FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL.OUR GOAL IS TO BASICALLY KEEP A SENIOR IN THEIR HOME FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
MAXIMIZING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES LIKE CDBG GRANTS ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY, AS WE LEVERAGE OTHER FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE QUANTITY OF SENIORS SERVED, INCREASING SERVICE CAPACITY WILL REDUCE FOOD INSECURITY, INCREASING THE SENIORS CAPABILITY OF EATING WELL-BALANCED MEALS DAILY, IMPROVING AGING IN PLACE STATISTICS, AND REDUCING ISOLATION AND INCREASING SAFETY CHECKS IN FOR HOMEBOUND SENIORS.
SAFETY CHECKS IS REALLY VITAL. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER CORPS OF 143 VOLUNTEERS THAT DELIVER MEALS ON WHEELS, AND THEY DO THAT SAFETY CHECK. THEY CHECK ON THAT SENIOR EVERY DAY. IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, THEY'RE THERE FOR THAT SENIOR.
THEY MAKE A CALL TO US AND WE'RE CHECKING WE'RE DOING THAT EMERGENCY CHECK.
WE'RE CHECKING WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, MAKING SURE THAT THAT PERSON IS OKAY.
WE CAN'T TOUCH THE FAMILY MEMBER. WE CAN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH THAT SENIOR.
WE'RE DOING A WELLNESS CHECK, OKAY? WITH THE SHERIFF, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MAKING SURE THAT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, NOTHING IS WRONG. THANKFULLY, MOST OF THE TIME IT WINDS UP BEING THAT JUST SOMEBODY WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER.
SOMEBODY WENT TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, JUST FORGOT TO CALL US AND CANCEL THEIR MEAL.
BUT EVERY YEAR WE SAVE A LIFE. WE SAVE A LIFE.
SOMEBODY IS ON THE FLOOR, SOMEBODY IS IN TROUBLE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM HELP.
AND OF COURSE, OUR REACH IS DEFINITELY A HUGE REACH HERE IN PALM BAY.
CURRENTLY, WE'RE SERVING 250 CLIENTS IN PALM BAY.
OUR WAIT LIST IS 115 CLIENTS. 26 OF THOSE CLIENTS ARE AT A LEVEL FOUR.
OF COURSE, THE FOUR ZIP CODES IN PALM BAY ONE OF THOSE CLIENTS IS A IS A LEVEL FIVE.
NOW A LEVEL FIVE WE HAVE A SCALE OF 1 TO 5. AND THAT'S AN ATTRITION SCALE.
SO THAT LEVEL FIVE IS THE HIGHEST NUTRITIONAL NEED.
AND THEY THEY NEED US THE MOST. AND WE USUALLY PUT THAT WE PUT THEM RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE ON THE WAITING LIST THEY GO FIRST. THIS PAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE HAD TO ACTUALLY HAVE FIVES, PUT ON A WAIT LIST WHERE THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO ON IN THE PAST.
SO THIS YEAR ONE OF MY STORIES IS WITH MISS HAZEL.
MISS HAZEL PALM BAY WAS PLACED ON MEALS ON WHEELS WAIT LIST IN DECEMBER 9TH OF 2024 DUE TO DECLINING HEALTH, INCLUDING DEMENTIA, WEAKNESS AND WEIGHT LOSS, AND A BROKEN ARM, AND SHE NEEDED DAILY HELP WITH TASKS LIKE BATHING AND DRESSING AND OF COURSE, NUTRITION. HER HUSBAND IS THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER AND HE ACTUALLY WAS STRUGGLING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
WHEN WE STARTED OUR NEW CONTRACT, WE COULDN'T WAIT. WE COULDN'T WAIT FOR THE CDBG TO COME ACROSS.
COULD YOU JUST WRAP IT UP FOR US WITH WHAT YOUR FUNDING REQUEST IS? SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO FEED 58 CLIENTS WITH THE CDBG MONEY AT 3.95 PER MEAL AND A TOTAL OF 707,063 MEALS IS $27,900. AGAIN, BY PARTNERING WITH AGENT MATTERS IN BREVARD, WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE SENIORS, ENSURING THAT THEY'RE REMAIN INDEPENDENT. AND WE'RE PART OF A PALM BAY VISION OF A PERFECT PLACE TO GROW FOR ALL AGES.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR AGING MATTERS.
I'M SEEING NONE. ALL RIGHT. OH, I'M THINKING ABOUT IT.
YEAH. HAVE YOU FOUND WAYS I'M SEEING MORE ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ELDERLY.
FIND WAYS TO INCORPORATE WITH THE YOUTH BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEY'RE SHOWING EVIDENCE OF WHEN ELDERLY ARE ABLE TO JUST HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, UNCLOG THE MIND AND JUST HAVE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU SEE THEM KIND OF GET THEIR SPRING BACK AND, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR SPIRIT BACK. SO I'VE SEEN SOME ORGANIZATIONS WHERE THEY STARTED WORKING WITH SCHOOLS OR WITH JUST OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH YOUTH.
I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING I EVER CONSIDERED.
WE SEE SOME OF THAT INTERACTION IN SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE THEY'RE DOING SUMMER PROGRAMS. YES, A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S SOME CROSSOVER IN THERE AND THEY'LL DO SOME ACTIVITIES THERE. AND YOU'RE CORRECT. YOU DO YOU INVOLVE CHILDREN TALKING WITH SENIORS? WE BRING IN, YOU KNOW, BRING IN PETS AND DO ANY OF THOSE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES WHERE IT JUST STIMULATES THE MIND.
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THEY'LL START BRINGING THEIR CHILDREN OR THEIR GRANDCHILDREN WITH THEM INTO THE HOME.OH MY GOD, IT'S JUST LIKE WILDFIRE. IT'S LIKE WILDFIRE WITH THE WITH THE WITH THE CLIENTS.
I FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT YOU GUYS DO GREAT WORK. AND I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WITH SOME OF THESE ELDERLY RESIDENTS, YOU ARE THE ONLY INTERACTION THEY MAY HAVE THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. SO IT'S SUCH A VITAL SERVICE. SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHTY. GOOD EVENING. I'M DANIEL. WAIT. I'M THE ACTING RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR CITY OF PALM BAY.
SO THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SUMMER CAMP.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS, SUMMER CAMP IS TEN WEEKS LONG HERE IN BREVARD COUNTY.
WE DO HAVE TWO CENTERS THAT RUN SUMMER CAMP. EACH OF THEM AVERAGING JUST UNDER 70 KIDS PER WEEK.
SOME CONTINUOUS STATISTICS HERE. OUT OF THAT NUMBER, THERE ARE 296 UNIQUE, WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, KIDS DO TAKE MULTIPLE WEEKS. WE DO HAVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE THAT ATTEND CAMP FOUR WEEKS OR MORE.
IN OUR PROGRAM. 88% OF THE CAMPERS ARE PALM BAY RESIDENTS, AND 40% OF THOSE ARE ON SOME TYPE OF REDUCED PRICING OR DISCOUNTS THAT WE OFFER, WHICH GO TO THE REDUCED SCHOOL LUNCH OR THEY'RE ON EBT. SO OUR CURRENT RATE RIGHT NOW IS $90 FOR THE CAMP.
WE DON'T INCLUDE THAT IN OUR RATES. WHICH GOES I'LL GET A LITTLE MORE ON THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT 70% OF THE CAMPERS ON THE REDUCED PRICING CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE FIELD TRIPS WITH THAT FEE.
THEY'RE ALREADY ON A 50% DISCOUNT, SO THEY'RE PAYING $45 A WEEK.
AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO GO ON TO THE FIELD TRIPS.
SO WE ARE HAVING TO SEPARATE OUR CAMPS OR WE'RE REDUCING, TRYING TO FIND LOWER COST FIELD TRIPS FOR THE WHOLE GROUP SO EVERYONE COULD GO ON OUR CAMP ACTIVITIES. LIKE MOST SUMMER CAMPS, WE GOT ARTS AND CRAFTS, PHYSICAL FITNESS, READING TIME, OUTDOOR TIME. WE TAKE TRIPS TO THE AQUATIC CENTER, THE SANCTUARY, AND WE DO A FEW MORE THINGS AROUND TOWN AT A LOWER COST, LIKE MOVIES AS WELL WITH THE THEATERS. WE ARE LOOKING AT MOVING TO AN ALL INCLUSIVE PRICING TO INCLUDE THE FIELD TRIPS.
WE ARE REQUESTING 90 SCHOLARSHIPS PER WEEK. WE ARE PROJECTING THAT IF WE DO ADVERTISE, IF WE DO RECEIVE THIS GRANT, WE ARE GOING TO GET AN INCREASE IN OUR CAMP ATTENDANCE AS WELL THAT ARE GOING TO APPLY TO BE ON THE PROGRAM.
IT WILL INCREASE OUR STEM RELATED ACTIVITIES AND TRIPS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE FOR THEM.
AND IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES FROM OUR CAMP FROM THIS PREVIOUS SUMMER.
LOOK AT. ALL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST QUICK QUESTION.
SO YOU OFFER A 40% DISCOUNT FOR CITY EMPLOYEES THAT BRING THEIR KIDS TO KNOW.
SO THE CITY EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS 25%. OKAY. BUT WITH THIS GRANT, THEY DEPEND ON THEIR INCOME LEVEL.
THEY MAY NOT QUALIFY. SO OKAY. OKAY. THIS IS GOING TO GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT APPLICATION.
WHICH I WAS TALKING WHICH IS I WAS TOLD THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OF THE 80% LOWER.
SO DEPENDS. EACH APPLICANT IS GOING TO BE SEPARATE.
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THAT IT WAS ALWAYS A MAD RUSH AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER BECAUSE YOU HAD YOU HAD TO PAY UP FRONT AT THE CAMPS HE USED TO GO TO.AND I REMEMBER TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO PAY FOR 12 WEEKS OF CAMP.
IS THAT STILL SO? WE DO ALLOW CAMPERS TO BOOK UP TO TWO WEEKS AT A TIME.
OKAY. SO WHAT WE ARE SEEING, EVEN WITH THE THE 50% OFF AT $45 A WEEK, WE HAVE PARENTS THAT COME IN AND ARE ASKING US IF WE COULD GIVE THEM MORE OF A DISCOUNT, OR THEY'RE TAKING THEIR KID OUT OF THE CAMP ON MONDAY BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THEY NEED THAT MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
SO THIS GRANT. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO FUND THEM FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK AND THEN THOSE THAT REPEAT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SUMMER SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO TURN ANYONE REMEMBER ALWAYS BEING WORRIED THAT, LIKE I HAD PAID FOR ONE WEEK AND I WASN'T, MY SPOT WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN FOR THE NEXT WEEK BEFORE I COULD PAY.
LIKE, AND IT'S LIKE, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY CHILD? SO, MR. JOHNSON. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. TWO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SIR. ONE CAN YOU SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE STEM? I'M ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. Y'ALL ARE DOING MORE STEM THIS GO ROUND.
SO WITH THE STEM PORTION OF IT THIS KIND OF GOES INTO THE FUNDING WE HAVE FOR CAMP.
BECAUSE OF THE DISCOUNTS THAT WE ARE GIVING OUT, OUR BUDGET FOR CAMP IS RAZOR THIN.
OKAY. LAST QUESTION. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, SAY A SCHOLARSHIP IS GIVEN OUT AND THEN THE PARENT JUST DOESN'T SHOW UP AND THEN THAT SPOT IS WASTED. HOW DO WE PREVENT THAT? SO I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH DENISE.
CITY OF MELBOURNE HAD A SIMILAR PROGRAM TO THIS.
SO THAT WILL BE WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL AND WE WILL BE USING A LOT.
AND I DO KNOW WHAT SHE DISCUSSED. THEY DID HAVE SOME PROCEDURES IN PLACE FOR THAT TYPE OF.
YES. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SUMMER CAMP FOR 20 YEARS.
SHE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE. SO IT'S ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
SO WHAT THEY DID WAS WE JUST MADE SURE AND WE TALKED TO THEM BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND A LOT OF THE PARENTS WOULD THEN SEND THEIR CHILDREN ONLY ON THE DAYS THAT WERE TRIPS. RIGHT? AND SO IT REALLY WASN'T A GOOD USE OF MONEY.
RIGHT? SO WHAT THE WHAT THE EMPLOYEE STARTED DOING WAS KEEPING TRACK OF THE ATTENDANCE, AND WITH THE ATTENDANCE, THEY WOULD ONLY SEND US THE ONES THAT WERE FIVE DAYS.
OKAY. AND IF THE PEOPLE DIDN'T, THEN THEY DIDN'T GET REIMBURSED.
SO AND I THINK IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, MELBOURNE TYPICALLY HAD A WAIT LIST, DIDN'T WE.
FOR FOR BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MANY SPOTS. AND SO THERE TYPICALLY WAS MORE KIDS THAN THERE WAS.
YES. SPOTS. SO YEAH. AND I WILL SAY CURRENTLY WE WE DON'T HAVE A WAIT LIST RIGHT NOW.
OUR CAPACITY IS UP TO 100 KIDS PER LOCATION. BUT LIKE I SAID, OUR EXPERIENCE THERE HAVE BEEN PARENTS THAT PULLED THEIR KIDS OUT ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING FOR A REFUND BECAUSE THEY NEED THE MONEY. SO JUST CURIOUS, ARE ANY OF THE FIELD TRIPS SERVICE ORIENTED, COMMUNITY SERVICE ORIENTED? SO WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT.
OH, SO WHAT THAT IS, THAT IS A COUNSELOR IN TRAINING PROGRAM.
ONCE THEY'RE AT AGE AT 16, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BECOME A COUNSELOR.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. YES, SIR. I DO WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF YOU, MA'AM.
I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. BACK TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE ABOUT AGING MATTERS.
YOU KNOW, GETTING THE KIDS INVOLVED AND EXCITED AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING PRIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
YEAH, THEY COULD VISIT A SENIOR HOME. IT COULD BE SOMETHING SIMPLE OR EVEN SOMETHING ENVIRONMENTAL.
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THAT'S WHY I KNOW, LIKE TURKEY CREEK IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO TONY ROSA.SO THEY'VE DONE CLEANUPS THROUGHOUT TURKEY CREEK.
YEAH. ON THEIR WHEN THEY GET THEIR GUIDED TOURS AND EVERYTHING.
SO. EXCELLENT. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE DISABLED STUDENTS INVOLVED IN YOUR CAMPING? AGAIN, THAT'S A SERVICE AREA OR POPULATION THAT NEEDS MORE SOCIALIZATION.
MORE SO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN MY AT LEAST MY TIME HERE WITH THE CITY, WE HAVE NOT RUN INTO THAT.
WE DO HAVE AN ADA WHERE SOMEONE DID COME IN AND ASKED FOR THAT SERVICE.
WE DO HAVE WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO REQUEST THAT AND HAVE SOMEONE HERE TO ASSIST THAT CHILD IF NEEDED.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. YOU WILL HAVE ONE APPLICATION, RIGHT? JUST ONE. OKAY. YEP. SO NEXT WE HAVE MISS TONYA HOLDER FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR CDBG FUNDING FROM THE CONSTRUCTION AND NONPUBLIC SERVICES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. THE SAN FILIPPO DRIVE SIDEWALK PROJECT IS TO CONSTRUCT AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF SAN FILIPPO BOULEVARD, FROM WICHITA BOULEVARD TO EL GRANDE BOULEVARD.
IT IS APPROXIMATELY 0.65 MILES IN LENGTH, AND IT WILL CONNECT THE EXISTING SIDEWALK TO THE PLANNED SIDEWALK ON WICHITA BOULEVARD THAT'S PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR.
THE TOTAL PROJECT COST FOR THE SAN FILIPPO DRIVE SIDEWALK IS APPROXIMATELY $700,000.
WHERE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ASKING CBD FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000.
IF WE ARE AWARDED THE PROJECT, WE WILL ASK CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO USE TO USE LOCAL FUNDS FOR THE REMAINING $400,000 NEEDED FOR THE THE PROJECT. THE SAN FILIPPO DRIVE SIDEWALK PROJECT IS LOCATED IN A LOW TO MODERATE INCOME BLOCK 071339 ALONG SAN FILIPPO DRIVE BETWEEN WICHITA BOULEVARD AND ELDRON BOULEVARD.
FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WILL ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY OF PALM BAY, BECAUSE IT IS PART OF A PLANNED SIDEWALK PHASING TO ADD PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS, IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF OUR PEDESTRIANS, AND IT WILL ALSO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THIS PROJECT WILL BE READY IF FUNDING IS AWARDED.
THE CITY WILL OVERSEE THE DESIGN, TESTING AND SURVEY WORK REQUIRED FOR THE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH.
CONSTRUCTION WILL START IS EXPECTED TO START IN OCTOBER OF 2025, WITH AN EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE OF APRIL 30TH, 2026. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR SAN FILIPPO DRIVE SIDEWALK PROJECT FROM WICHITA BOULEVARD TO EL GRANDE BOULEVARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS THIS THE SAME SIDEWALK PROJECT THAT WAS REMOVED IN THE AMENDMENT EARLIER IN THE AGENDA? YES. OKAY. SO WHAT WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHEN IT WAS REMOVED AND IT'S IT'S STILL NOT DESIGNED COMPLETE.
IT'S STILL IN DESIGN. RIGHT. SO WHAT? YES, IT WILL BE.
IT WILL. THE DESIGN WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD LAST YEAR, RIGHT? SO TELL ME WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN DIFFERENT BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR? I WILL HAVE OUR MISS CHRISTINE. I'M SORRY.
SHE KNOWS I LOVE THE SIDEWALKS, THOUGH. CHRISTINE SULLIVAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING LAST YEAR.
WE DID NOT REALIZE THE SIDEWALK HAD TO BE DESIGNED IN THAT TIME.
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THIS YEAR, WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN THE DESIGN. IT IS IN PROCESS.OKAY, OKAY. SO THE DESIGN IS ALREADY STARTED.
SO THAT ARE YOU PAST THAT PHASE AT THIS POINT OR THAT'S STILL UNDETERMINED.
I DON'T RECALL THE CONFLICTS. I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. YEAH. I THINK WE JUST WERE ASKING, WERE WE AWARE IF THERE WERE UTILITY CONFLICTS, AWARE OF ANY CONFLICTS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD DRIVE UP THE PRICE OF THE PROJECT.
SO. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? GOOD JOB.
THANK YOU CHRISTINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO A PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY.
WE HAVE. SHAWN, IS IT AUTO? BREVARD. ALZHEIMER'S.
ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION. DID I SAY IT CORRECTLY? IS IT AUTO OR I? IT'S ODLE. ODLE. OKAY. I'VE HEARD WORSE.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SHAWN ODLE. I'M THE BREVARD ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION. WE'RE HERE ASKING FOR $30,000 TO PROVIDE 3000 MIXED TRIPS TO PALM BAY RESIDENTS. IT'S FOR OUR SENIORS SAFE RIDE PROGRAM.
IT ALSO DOES NOT ONLY DOES SENIOR TRANSPORTATION, BUT IT ALSO DOES FOOD DELIVERY.
WE HAVE A LARGE THE LARGEST MOBILE PANTRY IN THE COUNTY.
IT'S JUST ONE OF OUR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
BREVARD ALSO OFFERS FOUNDATION. OUR MAIN SERVICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR JOE'S CLUB ADULT DAYCARE THAT PROVIDES DAYCARE TO INDIVIDUALS PRIMARILY WITH SOME KIND OF COGNITIVE DEFICIT.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM THAT TAKES PEOPLE TO AND FROM OUR DAYCARES.
ALSO DOES DOCTOR TRIPS. AS WELL AS, LIKE I SAID, THE THE FOOD, THE MOBILE FOOD PANTRY.
WE ALSO HAVE A SENIOR UTILITY PROGRAM. WE HAVE I'M HAVING A BRAIN FOG HERE. BUT BACK TO THIS PROGRAM. SO THE THE CITY OF PALM BAY RESIDENTS, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE PROVIDING 3000 MIXED TRIPS.
AGAIN, BEING ANYWHERE FROM DOCTOR'S VISITS. ONE SECOND, PLEASE.
DOCTOR'S VISITS. THE FOOD, THE MOBILE FOOD PANTRY.
IT HAS TO BE FOR NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES. THEY ARE PROVIDED BY STAFF.
STAFF TRAINED STAFF STAFFED DRIVERS WHO ARE FDOT TRAINED? WE HAVE OUR MIXTURE OF OUR OWN VEHICLES AS WELL AS LEASED VEHICLES FROM FROM SCAT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 12 VEHICLES RIGHT NOW. TWO OF THOSE BEING LEASED FROM SCAT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE WAY FOR THIS YEAR.
TO ALSO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. WE RUN OUR SENIOR SAFE RIDE PROGRAM OUT OF OUR MELBOURNE OFFICE, BUT WE HAVE WE WE COVER THE COUNTY. PALM BAY WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE PALM BAY AREA THAT ATTEND NOT ONLY OUR MELBOURNE, OR EXCUSE ME, OUR MELBOURNE CENTER, BUT ALSO OUR BAREFOOT BAY CENTER AS WELL.
DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVE. BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR UTILITIES PROGRAM? WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT ENTAIL? SO WE HAVE A. YEAH.
SO WE GET STATE FUNDING. THAT PROVIDES UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS.
THAT, THAT MEET A CERTAIN INCOME LEVEL, AND IT'S PROVIDED THROUGH THE STATE.
AND WE ARE THE BASICALLY THE HOLDER OF THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE YOU ARE A NONPROFIT, OR DO YOU GET ANY DISCOUNTS OR SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR YOUR SENIORS? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? JUST CURIOUS, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
DO THE UTILITIES WORK WITH YOU TO PROVIDE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE, ECONOMICAL UTILITY SERVICES POSSIBLE? NO. UNFORTUNATELY NOT. IT'S THE IT'S JUST THE REPAYMENT OF THEIR THEIR UTILITY BILL.
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COOLING UNITS AS WELL AS DUCTWORK AND STUFF LIKE THAT.SO THAT IS A DIFFERENCE FROM OURS AS OPPOSED TO LIKE THE LIHEAP PROGRAM THAT THE COUNTY RUNS.
THAT'S STRICTLY UTILITIES AND FOR LOW INCOME.
BUT BUT OURS DOES DO LIKE THE THE ACTUAL UNITS THEMSELVES AS WELL.
AND SOMETIMES WE GET BREAKS ON CERTAIN COMPANIES AND COMPANIES AND THINGS THAT WILL INSTALL THOSE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'VE JUST I'VE GOT ONE COMMENT.
SO YOU'RE REQUESTING 30,000 AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO 3001 WAY TRIPS.
IT'S LIKE $10 A TRIP. THAT'S SORT OF CHEAP, ISN'T IT? CORRECT. YEAH. SO OUR OUR COSTS ARE OFFSET BY BY OTHER GRANTS AND BY STATE FUNDING AS WELL.
WE BASICALLY THROUGH A GRANT CALLED 5310, WE WE PAY ABOUT 10% THE COST OF A, OF A VEHICLE.
AND THEN DOT BASICALLY TRACKS US AND MONITORS THINGS, OUR MILEAGE, OUR TRIPS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT WE ALSO VEHICLES ARE BEING USED. I'M SORRY, WHO OWN THE VEHICLES THAT ARE DOING THESE 3000 SO WE OWN WE OWN TEN OF THEM, AND THEN WE LEASE TWO OF THEM FROM SCOTT.
OKAY. SO AND YOU IN-HOUSE CHANGED THE TIRES OR WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM.
SO WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH GHATTAS AND CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND THEN I SEE DREW NODDING HIS HEAD OVER HERE.
YOU ARE ALSO A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER TO WORK WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES.
SO OUR SAFERIDE PROGRAM IS DEFINITELY A VERY VERY UTILIZED PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATELY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LIMITED BY, YOU KNOW, OUR FUNDS AND OUR VEHICLES, HONESTLY. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SO MANY, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE USUALLY USED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF TEN AND TWO FOR THE MOST PART, BECAUSE THOSE SAME VEHICLES ALSO TRANSPORT OUR DAYCARE CLIENTS.
SO WE HAVE THAT DEAD TIME THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO UTILIZE.
SO WE DEFINITELY USE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE SOME SMALLER VEHICLES LIKE KIA SOULS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN USE.
YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE TEN AND THE 10:00 TIMEFRAME OR AFTER THE 2:00 TIME FRAME.
BUT FOR FOR THAT PROGRAM, MOST OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE, LIKE I SAID, OUR STAFF DRIVERS.
THE ONLY TIME THAT WE USE VOLUNTEERS IS FOR OUR MOBILE FOOD PANTRY, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT WE ALSO PARTNER WITH SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKS, AND THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE FOOD TO US AND WE JUST DELIVER IT THROUGH THE COUNTY.
HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE? YEAH, I MEAN, A LOT OF IT'S WORD OF MOUTH.
WE ARE ON TWO. ON ONE. I KNOW JOE STECKLER, THE THE ORIGINAL JOE FROM JOE'S CLUB, YOU KNOW, WITH HIS HIS HELPING SENIORS PROGRAM. THEY REFER TO US AS WELL AGING MATTERS.
YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WORK WITH MANY OTHER PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTY TO, TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WORK ALONG EACH OTHER, SO. EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I'M HEARING? NONE. OKAY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
SO NEXT WE HAVE JOSH FROM PARKS AND FACILITIES.
AND I'M SORRY JOSH, I CAN'T READ YOUR HANDWRITING.
SO YOU HAVE TO TELL ME YOUR LAST NAME, MADAM CHAIR.
HE HE SAID HE WOULD GO BETWEEN 9 AND 10 MINUTES.
THAT'S FINE. YEAH, HE'S GOT MANY APPLICATIONS, SO WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME.
THANK YOU. DON'T HAVE TO RUSH SO MUCH. YEAH. YOU'RE GOOD.
YOU READY? YEAH. WE'RE READY WHEN YOU ARE. JOSH HUDAK FROM PARKS AND FACILITIES.
I'M THE PARKS DIVISION MANAGER. THIS PROPOSAL AND THE THE ALL THE PACKAGE WAS AN ENTIRE TEAM PROJECT WITH OUR ENTIRE LEADERSHIP STAFF, GREG MINOR, THE PARKS AND FACILITIES DIRECTOR, STEVE WHITTON, PARKS AND FACILITIES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MYSELF, LARRY LORENZO, THE FACILITIES DIVISION MANAGER ERIC SHERMAN, PARKS SUPERVISOR.
KEVIN LUCAS, PARK SUPERVISOR. AND TOMMY HOLMES, FACILITY SUPERINTENDENT.
SO FIRST OFF, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PAST YEARS CDBG FUNDING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT UP HERE. THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET DONE.
WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN HAVING A GOOD TRACK RECORD.
ON GETTING PROJECTS DONE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND UNDER BUDGET.
LOOK AT THAT ONE. NO GOOD. YEAH, THAT ONE LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
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WE HAVE GREAT GREG. WE HAVE GREAT CONTRACTORS THAT WE WORK WITH THAT UNDERSTAND OUR GOALS AS WELL.THIS IS LAST YEAR'S GOOD PARK PROJECT. FINALLY, THIS IS THE VETS PROJECT FROM LAST YEAR.
THE MULTI-USE FIELD. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE FOR A VERY LOW COST, UTILIZING SPRIGS IN OUR LANDSCAPE TECHNICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN SPORTS TURF. SO WE DID ALL THE IRRIGATION IN-HOUSE.
WE DID. WE LAID ALL THE SPRIGS. OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT WENT OUT THERE AND LAID THE SPRIGS DOWN.
THE BATHROOMS WERE DONE UTILIZING OUR TRADES WORKERS AND SKILLED WORKERS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO FOUR RESTROOMS IN THAT PARK.
THE FENCE RIGHT THERE, THAT'S OUR ARE ONLY DEDICATED GAME FIELD IN THE CITY.
THAT'S TANNER FIELD. WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE STAFF TO INSTALL THAT FLEET FENCE.
SO WE HAVE STAFF THAT CAN THAT IS SKILLED IN FENCING FOR OUR UPCOMING PROJECTS.
JUST LIKE OUR LAST PROJECTS. ALL OF OUR PROJECTS ARE SHOVEL READY.
OUR TEAM IS GOAL ORIENTATED AND WE WE OUR GOAL IS TO OR TO REVITALIZE OUR PUBLIC SPACES.
OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS GOING TO BE VICTORIA PLAYGROUND AND SUNSHADE.
THIS PLAYGROUND IS 22 YEARS OLD, WAS BUILT IN 2003.
THE STRUCTURE HAS OUTLIVED ITS LIFE EXPECTANCY.
THE CITY IS GOING TO DO ALL THE REMOVAL OF THE STRUCTURE AND DISPOSAL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE SUNSHADE. IT'S GOT HEAVY RUST ON IT.
WE CAN NO LONGER REMOVE THAT SUNSHADE. SO WHEN A HURRICANE COMES, THAT STRUCTURE WILL THAT STRUCTURE WILL PROBABLY BE DAMAGED AND THE SHADE WILL DEFINITELY BE DESTROYED. AND WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT BACK UP.
THE THE ASK ON THIS PROJECT IS 210,000, AND THE CITY WILL LEVERAGE $23,292 IN IN-HOUSE LABOR.
VETERANS PARK PROJECT IS OUR NUMBER TWO PRIORITY.
THE TWO PAVILIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE HAVE BOTH BEEN REMOVED.
THE CITY ALREADY OWNS THE MATERIALS TO INSTALL THOSE PAVILIONS, WHICH IS $36,000 IN MATERIALS.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN THE FUNDING FOR THESE TWO STRUCTURES.
YOU CAN SEE ON THAT LOCK. THAT LOCK IS PRETTY MUCH GROWN INTO THE TREE. THAT LOCK IS PROBABLY BEEN THERE 20 YEARS OR NOT THE LOCK, BUT THE ASSEMBLY TO THE LOCK. THE THIRD PART OF THIS FUNDING IS FOR NEW LED LIGHTS.
NEW LIGHTS WILL BE LED FIXTURES. WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT 100% IN-HOUSE WITH MASTER ELECTRICIANS.
THE TOTAL ASKED FOR THIS PROJECT IS 89,000 $690,639, WITH A LEVERAGE OF 51,644 FOR MATERIAL AND LABOR COSTS. OUR THIRD PRIORITY IS LIBERTY PARK DUGOUT.
THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL DUGOUTS FOR THE PARK. THEY'RE OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
THEY'VE OUTLIVED THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY. THEY ARE IN CONSTANT NEED OF REPAIR TO REPLACE THEM.
WE'RE ASKING FOR 156,800 TO GET THIS PROJECT COMPLETED.
THE CITY WILL LEVERAGE $34,697 IN AN IN-HOUSE LABOR.
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THIS PROJECT IS A CONTINUATION TO THE LIBERTY PARK PROJECT FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO ENHANCING THIS PART.PRIORITY NUMBER FOUR DRISCOLL PARK. RESTROOMS AND DOORS.
THE THE DOORS ARE HEAVILY RUSTED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED ALL THE WAY TO THE FRAME.
WE'RE GOING TO USE THE SAME TILES. WE WILL KEEP THAT FOR OUR NEW PARK STANDARD.
AGAIN, THIS WILL BE 100% IN-HOUSE LABOR. WE'RE ASKING 37,000 WITH A LEVERAGE OF 19,790.
OUR FIFTH PRIORITY IS GOING TO BE GOOD PARK, FLOATING DOCK, AND CAPTAIN'S HOUSE.
THE FLOATING DOCK IS NEXT TO THE GOOD PARK. BOARDWALK AND PIER THAT YOU SAW EARLIER.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH. WE WERE NOT. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET IT WITH CDBG FUNDING LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT THIS YEAR TO TO FINALIZE OUT THAT SECTION OF THE PARK.
WE'LL REPLACE ALL THE DECKING AND THE STRINGERS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.
AND THE BUMP RAILS. THIS IS OUR NUMBER ONE USED BOAT RAMP IN THE CITY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO. THIS ONE IS HEAVILY USED WEEKLY DAILY EXTREMELY ON THE WEEKENDS.
AGAIN WE HAVE GREAT CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE OUR GOALS IN MIND.
THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS THE CAPTAIN'S HOUSE.
IT'S USED DAILY WITH THE MEALS ON WHEELS. WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE ALL THE FLOORING, ALL THE AMENITIES AND THE KITCHENS AND THE BATHROOMS. UPGRADE THE TILE IN THE RESTROOMS, NEW NEW EXHAUST VENTS AND FANS INTERIOR AND INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PAINT.
UPGRADE THE WINDOWS AND DOORS TO HURRICANE RATED, ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS AND DOORS.
THE ASK ON THIS PROJECT IS $183,064. WE'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE $250,673.
WE'RE GOING TO THROW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN LABOR AT THIS.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE BEFORE BY THE TIME FUNDING NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LOT OF OUR SKILLED WORKERS AND AN UNSKILLED OR SEMI-SKILLED WORKERS, WHICH WILL LEARN A LOT ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL. OUR LAST PRIORITY THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT IS THE LAGOON HOUSE BOARDWALK IN HVAC.
THIS IS THE LAGOON HOUSE THAT MRC UTILIZES. THIS IS THE BOARDWALK THAT GOES AROUND ALONG THE RIVER.
IT'S 210 LINEAR FEET. THE. WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE ALL THE WOOD THERE.
WE'LL UPGRADE THE THE POST, THE SIX BY SIX POST.
IT WILL REDACT. WE'LL PUT ALL THE NEW DECKING AND STRINGERS WE'LL USE, WE'LL REUSE THE EXISTING RAILING THAT WE CAN AND THIS WILL BE DONE WITH 100% IN-HOUSE LABOR. THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS A HVAC SYSTEM.
THEY WON'T WARRANTY IT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, SO IT'S TIME TO TIME FOR IT AGAIN.
THIS WILL BE USED WITH IN-HOUSE LABOR. WE HAVE TWO HVAC, HVAC TECHS.
THE TOTAL ASSETS OF THIS PROJECT IS 53,142. WE'RE LEVERAGING 15,538.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE PROVEN THAT WE HAVE A GREAT TRACK RECORD ON SPENDING THE MONEY AND GETTING THE WORK COMPLETED. THE TOTAL LEVERAGE WAS COUNTING WAS $93 OF EVERYTHING WE'RE ASKING TODAY. AGAIN, OUR PROJECTS ARE SHOVEL READY AND WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I JUST JUST A QUICK COMMENT. I THINK IT'S GREAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN APPLICATIONS AND REQUESTED FUNDING BECAUSE YOUR PROJECTS HAVE BECOME MORE OF A WHOLE PARK UPGRADE PROJECTS PHASED OVER THE YEARS.
AND SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT EACH YEAR THAT INVESTMENT CONTINUES.
OKAY. AND THIS MONEY REALLY UPLIFTS THE PARKS.
IT'S THEIR HIGH VISIBILITY. THE PARKS ARE HEAVILY USED.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FUNDING. YES. THANK YOU.
YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. THREE THREE QUESTIONS. FIRST OFF GREAT PRESENTATION, SIR.
THANK YOU. GREG, YOU YOU CAME WITH IT AGAIN. APPRECIATE YOU.
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ALWAYS DOES. FIRST QUESTION. HAVE YOU FOUND OR LOCATED ANY OTHER AREAS IN PALM BAY THAT YOU FEEL ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF SUN SHADE STRUCTURES? IT'S IT'S ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE REQUESTED ITEM WHEN IT COMES TO PLAYGROUNDS.WE JUST GOT THE FUNDING FOR REGIONAL PARK PLAYGROUND.
EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A $480,000 PLAYGROUND. WE PUT IT OUT TO ALL THE BIDDERS.
WE GAVE THEM THE AMOUNT, TOLD THEM TO GIVE US BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK.
THAT PLAYGROUND HAS SUN SHADES BUILT INTO IT, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE DEDICATED STRUCTURES.
IN THE DOCUMENTS YOU GUYS HAVE WITH THE WITH VICTORIA PARK THAT ACTUALLY HAS A 20 BY 20 SUN SHADE.
THE ESTIMATED COST TO TO TO BUY IT AND INSTALL IT IS AROUND 70,000 AND IT ONLY COVERS 20 BY 20.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT YOU GUYS MAY NOT KNOW IS THOSE SUNSHADES HAVE BIG HOLES IN A PLAYGROUND.
YOU'RE REALLY LIMIT THE SPACE BECAUSE EVERY EVERY APPARATUS HAS A USE ZONE.
SO YOU ZONE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR. VERY FEW THINGS OVERLAP.
SO IF YOU PUT A POLE OUT THERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THINGS, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THE PLAYGROUND BIGGER, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL SURFACING AND PLAYGROUND BORDER TO MAKE IT BIGGER.
OKAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO PLANT TREES. WE CAN GET SHADE NEAR THE STRUCTURES, BUT THE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM HAVE SOME TYPE OF SHADE STRUCTURE BUILT INTO IT, JUST NOT A DEDICATED SUN SHADE STRUCTURE LIKE THIS ONE DOES.
OKAY, SECOND QUESTION, I'M GOING OFF OF TANGENT ON THIS.
AND THIS ISN'T IN HERE, BUT BEAR WITH ME, MADAM CHAIR, RIVIERA DOG PARK.
I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT. WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? SO WE FINALLY GOT THE PERMITTING DONE. OKAY. THE CONTRACTOR TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE MOBILIZING FRIDAY.
OKAY? HE CONTACTED ME ON MY WAY INTO HERE SAYING THAT THEY'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
THEY'LL BE MOBILIZING TOMORROW. OH, THAT'S DOING A WALK.
SO IT'S STARTING. OKAY. DO YOU SAY DOG PARK? YEAH.
WE HAVE A NEW DOG PARK ON RIVIERA, WHICH IS NOW KEN GREEN PARK.
THAT WAS FUNDED WITH IMPACT FEES. THE ENTIRE PARK IS ESSENTIALLY BUILT OUT MINUS A PAVILION, A SIDEWALK TWO PADS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE DOGGIE WATER FOUNTAINS AND DOG WASH STATIONS.
ONCE THAT'S ONCE THE CONTRACTOR IS DONE WITH THAT, THAT PARK WILL BE READY TO BE OPENED. WELL, THE LAST THING IS MORE OF A COMMENT. WITH THE LAGOON HOUSE, THAT WILL BE MY LEAST PREFERENCE TO FUND.
ESPECIALLY BEING THAT IT'S. WE'RE RENTING OUT THESE LOCATIONS.
OKAY. YOU ALREADY FOLLOW ME. I GOT WHERE YOU'RE GOING. OKAY. NEVER MIND. I'LL BE QUIET. HOW ARE THEY? A DOLLAR YEAR LEASE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, IT IT'S IT IS PRIORITY NUMBER SIX IS THERE.
SO FOR THEY'RE NOT. I'M SORRY NOT TO INTERJECT. NO, NO. YOU'RE FINE. SO THAT TYPE OF LEASE AGREEMENT I KNOW WITH THE ONES I TYPICALLY DEAL WITH, OUR TENANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE BUILDING.
IS THAT NOT THE WAY THAT THAT LEASE AGREEMENT IS? I DON'T I'M NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH THE LEASE AGREEMENT, BUT THERE IS A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
OKAY. AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S STILL IT'S STILL A CITY OF PALM BAY.
IT IS, BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO A TRADE OFF OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NOT PAYING.
THEY'RE NOT PAYING FAIR MARKET VALUE TO RENT THAT STRUCTURE.
AND IT IS A BALANCE BECAUSE THEY'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THE MAINTENANCE IS KIND OF THE OFFSET. THE LAGOON HOUSE IS ALSO ADJACENT TO EYES LOOKOUT PARK, WHICH THAT PARKING LOT WHERE THE BOARDWALK ENDS, THERE'S A WOODEN TRAIL THAT GOES ALONG A BOARDWALK OR A WALKING LOOKOUT TRAIL.
IT'S DIVINE TIMING THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THAT UP.
OR LEASE UP AND I JUST. YEAH, THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE FOR TOMORROW.
SO SORRY. NO. COULD YOU WITH. I DON'T KNOW IF HOW IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
IF YOU CAN AFFORD THE DOCUMENTATIONS OF THE ONE OF THE ONES YOU DO WITH MELBOURNE.
OKAY. BEFORE 6:00 TOMORROW. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS YOUR CALCULATED SAVINGS ON THE LED LIGHTING VERSUS THE LIGHTING THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE? I'D HAVE TO REFER TO OUR FACILITY SIDE ON THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME FOR THE COST SAVINGS.
ENERGY COST SAVINGS. I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION AS WELL WITH REGARDS TO THE NOT THE LAGOON HOUSE, BUT GOODY PARK AND THE CAPTAIN'S HOUSE. YES, MA'AM.
WE RENT THOSE SPACES OUT, DON'T WE? YES, MA'AM.
I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY THAT FACILITY HAS TAKEN SO LONG TO BE FIXED, GIVEN THAT WE DO RENT IT AND WE COLLECT FUNDS, WE DO WE DO DO MAINTENANCE TO THE FACILITY.
BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD A OVERALL LIKE WHERE WE'RE REQUESTING HERE.
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SO THEY THEY DID REQUEST FUNDS TO REHAB THAT.MY MY QUESTION WAS WHY ARE WE NOT SETTING ASIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS BASED ON RENTING THE FACILITY TO KEEP IT AND REPAIRED? RECEIVED. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. YES, SIR, IF I MAY.
DO ANY OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO FACILITATE SOME SOME VOLUNTEERISM WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY? A COUPLE GROUPS COME TO MIND. JUST, YOU KNOW, YOUNG ASPIRATIONAL PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THINGS, I DON'T KNOW, THE BOY SCOUTS OR WHAT OR WHAT HAVE YOU. I THINK THEY HELP IN TURKEY CREEK IN SOME CAPACITY.
BUT ALSO, MOREOVER, I WAS THINKING BACK TO MY TIME AS A YOUTH HERE.
I WENT TO PALM BAY HIGH CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
I WAS IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. SO THE PALM BAY HIGH BASEBALL PRESS BOX NEEDED A NEW STAIRCASE.
WE BUILT IT. THEY NEEDED A DUGOUT. WE BUILT IT.
THAT'S HOW WE LEARNED OUR TRADES AND PRACTICED OUR TRADES.
IS THERE OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S WITH PALM BAY HIGH OR IF THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE SIMILAR PROGRAMS TO WORK AND BRING THESE KIDS OUT, WHETHER IT'S DURING A SCHOOL DAY, YOU KNOW, A FIELD TRIP, OR IF IT'S ON THE WEEKEND TO LITERALLY GET THE LABOR DONE, BUT ALSO TO PASS TO THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE THE TRADE THAT THAT THEY'RE CHOOSING TO BE EDUCATED IN AND TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT.
IF ANY OF THE WORK WOULD BE DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNER.
THEY HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH US IN THEIR SELECT PARKS WHERE THEY CAN DO DO WORK.
LOOK, I COULD REACH OUT TO OUR HR DEPARTMENT. WE USED TO ACCEPT VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS IN PARKS.
WE HAVEN'T DONE IT, I DON'T THINK, SINCE COVID, BUT I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO IT.
YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND MY ONLY OTHER FINAL COMMENT, JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF, MR. JOHNSON, AS FAR AS THE SUNSHADES ARE CONCERNED, THOSE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FOR DAP FUNDING FROM FDEP.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU MAYBE TO PURSUE THAT TO HELP YOU.
OKAY. THEY'RE A LITTLE LABOR INTENSIVE PAPERWORK WISE, ON THE FRONT END.
FREE MONEY IS FREE MONEY. BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S FREE MONEY.
AND MELBOURNE, WE DID A COUPLE OF THOSE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I THINK, AT WELLS PARK.
TO PUT THOSE SUNSHADES UP. SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY ONCE YOU GET THROUGH IT'S, IT'S MOSTLY THE SITE CONTROL PORTION PROVING THAT YOU OWN THE PROPERTY AND ALL OF THAT DOCUMENTATION AND DEEDS. THAT'S A LITTLE TIME CONSUMING IN THE BEGINNING, BUT THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD PROGRAM.
AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN FUNDING THAT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THEY KIND OF WEREN'T FOR A WHILE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SO THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING FROM STAFF. I APPRECIATE SEEING ALL OF YOU.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE. OKAY. SO NEXT WE HAVE WOMEN'S CENTER, BECKY LUNDSTROM.
HEY THERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THE WOMEN'S CENTER HAS BEEN IN BREVARD COUNTY SINCE 1975.
I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO MOST OF YOU, BUT IN CASE THERE'S SOME NEW FACES.
I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE US. WE BELIEVE THAT NO VICTIM SHOULD BE WITHOUT A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE.
WE ASSIST VICTIMS THROUGH FOUR PROGRAMS VICTIM SERVICES, WHICH IS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND WE ARE THE RAPE CRISIS CENTER FOR BREVARD.
SO WE ASSIST PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT.
WE HAVE A FREE COUNSELING PROGRAM FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A PREVENTION PROGRAM TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THE VIOLENCE.
WHERE AT FC BREVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SOME YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING DOWN HERE WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY STAFF.
IN FACT, WE THINK OUR PREVENTION COORDINATOR WAS HERE FOUR TIMES IN DECEMBER, AND WE HAVE A HOUSING PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHAT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT.
OUR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY YOU GUYS IN THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS SINCE WE'VE HAD THE PROGRAM IN 2004.
WE'VE HAD AN 85% SUCCESS RATE, WHICH WE COUNT AS SOMEONE LEAVING OUR PROGRAM TO TO PERMANENT HOUSING WITH INCREASED INCOME IN MAINTAINING THAT HOUSING. THERE'S A GREAT NEED FOR THE PROGRAM.
THERE'S A BIG INTERSECTION BETWEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS.
AND WHEN I WAS WRITING MY APPLICATION, I TALKED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO MID DECEMBER, PALM BAY HAD HAD 789 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES REPORTED AT THAT TIME.
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THEN OUR PROGRAM IS CRUCIAL TO SOMEONE REBUILDING A LIFE AFTER A CRISIS LIKE THAT.WHILE IN OUR PROGRAM, OUR CLIENTS NOT ONLY HAVE A SAFE AND STABLE HOME, THEY ALSO GET A COMPREHENSIVE SUITE OF SERVICES FROM CASE MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL LITERACY, CREDIT REPAIR. A LOT OF TIMES IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, PEOPLE ARE ECONOMICALLY ABUSED ALSO. AND SO THEY AREN'T, AREN'T, WELL LITERATE WITH BANKING AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO WE HELP THEM WITH THAT, HELPING THEM TO TRY TO MOVE AND GET READY TO MOVE AS SOON AS THEY COME IN THE DOOR TO US, BECAUSE WE NEED THEM TO BE STRONG. AND BEING ECONOMICALLY INDEPENDENT IS A BIG INDICATOR OF THEM NOT GOING BACK TO AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. AND WE WOULD NEVER WANT SOMEONE TO DO THAT JUST BASED ON FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THOSE SERVICES, WE ALSO OFFER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH CHILDCARE, TRANSPORTATION, CAREER AND EDUCATION EXPENSES. AND WE ALSO HAVE A FOOD PANTRY, HOUSEHOLD ITEM PANTRY AND BABY ITEMS THAT WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE OUR. OH MY GOSH. OKAY. OUR CLIENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
SO THAT'S MY THREE MINUTES. CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU OR TELL YOU ANY MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM? ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY, OTHER NON-PROFITS THAT YOU COLLABORATE WITH? OH YEAH, WE WORK WITH BREVARD COUNTY LEGAL AID.
WE WORK WITH SERENE HARBOR, WE WORK WITH UNITED WAY.
WE WORK WITH. A LOT OF PEOPLE. BREVARD HOMELESS COALITION.
IS SANTA ON YOUR LIST OF AND WE WORK WITH SANTA.
YES, YES, WE COLLABORATE WITH THEM WITH SOME HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
THANK YOU. ISSUES. I'VE GOT ONE QUICK QUESTION.
WAS SUSAN HOPKINS EVER INVOLVED IN? I BELIEVE SO.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE MARTHA JONES FROM POWELL.
GOOD MORNING. WELL GOOD EVENING. ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS MARTINEZ, JONES, GREATER MELBOURNE POWELL. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE OUR GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE PALM BAY AREA THROUGH THE MENTORING PROGRAM.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE PAST YEAR.
THE BENEFIT OF THE MENTORING PROGRAM. THE BENEFIT OF THE MENTORING PROGRAM IS TO HELP MEET THE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS OF LETTING YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE MATTER, THEY MATTER AND THEY ARE NOT ALONE.
85% OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE MENTORING PROGRAM SAY THAT THIS KEY RELATIONSHIP HAS HELPED THEM WITH THEIR ISSUES, TO RELATE TO SCHOOL AND THEIR EDUCATION. 58% OF OUR MENTORS SAY THAT THEIR MENTORS MENTEES HAVE HELPED THEM SUPPORT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. SINCE OUR PROGRAM, WE'VE NOTICED THAT THE NUMBERS OF THE YOUTH HAVE INCREASED.
WE'RE SERVING KIDS AGES 7 TO 17. OKAY. THE PURPOSE IS TO CREATE A BETTER MINDSET BY SHOWING A GLOBAL LEADERSHIP TEAM BUILDING PLATFORMS THROUGH EMPOWERING YOUTH.
OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE PALM BAY AREA TO LIVE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, TO LEAD THEMSELVES AND OTHERS IN CHARACTER AND DEMONSTRATE MUTUAL RESPECT AND HIGH INTEGRITY. OUR GOAL IS TO INFLUENCE THE YOUTH BY PROVIDING LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND CHARACTER BUILDING THROUGH THE CAL RIPKEN FOUNDATION.
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE MENTORS IN THOSE SCHOOLS AS WE SPEAK NOW.
WE'RE OVERSEEING ABOUT 27 YOUTH NOW. WE HAVE TEN MENTORS AT THIS TIME.
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WE'RE MEETING ALSO IF WE CAN'T MEET IN THE SCHOOL, WE'RE MEETING OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL.I DID TALK TO TONY ROSA FACILITY TO SEE CAN WE MEET THERE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK? FOR THOSE KIDS WHO CAN'T MEET IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, IN THE LOCAL SCHOOLS WITH A SUCCESS STORY WE HAVE.
JALEN WAS A YOUNG MAN FROM A LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES.
GROWING UP, HE LIKED THE MENTORSHIP AND ROLE MODELS THAT COULD GUIDE HIM TOWARDS HIS POTENTIAL.
HE WAS REFERRED TO THE MENTOR PROGRAM BY HIS GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT STONE SCHOOL.
HE WAS PAIRED WITH ONE OF OUR MEN MENTORS WHO IS AN EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL, AND HE TOOK JALEN UNDER HIS WING, HELPING HIM WITH ACADEMIC CHALLENGES, CAREER ADVICE, AND EVEN LIFE SKILLS SUCH AS TIME MANAGEMENT AND EMOTIONAL INTEGRITY.
SO HE'S GOING TO BE AN ENGINEER. HE'S TAKING HIS ENGINEERING DEGREE AT FIT HERE LOCALLY.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT OUR BADGES TO BASEBALL CURRICULUM.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE WEEKLY LESSON PLANS THAT WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT FOR THE KIDS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE ASKING FOR 23,800 FOR 28 YOUTH.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS JONES? YES, SIR.
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU GO OVER YOUR MEASURABLE OUTCOMES FOR THE BOARD.
I DIDN'T HAVE THEM HERE WITH ME. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THE WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, YOU CAN CONFIRM.
YES. 90% GRADUATION RATE. YES. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.
0% DROPOUT. YES. OKAY. 80% IMPROVED ATTITUDES AND REDUCED REPEATED SCHOOL DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS. YES. SO YOU ALL MONITOR LIKE WE DO THROUGH THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS.
WE CHECK REPORT CARDS. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, PERFECT.
AND 80% OF SENIORS ENROLL IN COLLEGE OR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
YES. AWESOME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR MISS CARTER.
AND IN ORDER TO GET FUNDING THE NEXT YEAR, THEY HAD TO HAVE AN INCREASE IN THEIR LEVEL.
YEAH. IT'S NOT JUST POWELL, IT'S IT THAT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC SERVICES.
SO EVEN IF IT'S ONE MORE PERSON IT'S AN INCREASE.
SO THIS REQUEST MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT THOUGH.
YES. OKAY. YEAH. WE INCREASE OUR NUMBERS. OKAY.
YES WE DID. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LAST QUESTION I APOLOGIZE. YOU MADE ME THINK OF IT.
SO THE 23,800, IS IT TO PAY THE MENTORS OR HOW IS IT BEING ALLOCATED? WELL, IT'S BEEN ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE MENTORS AND AND ALSO SOME TRIPS THAT WE TAKE AS WELL.
IT'S $850 PER KID THAT WE'RE CHARGING. OKAY. HAVE YOU HAD ANY LUCK? JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TRIPS, HAVE YOU HAD ANY LUCK WITH VOLUNTEERS? THAT'S ONE THING I TRY TO ENCOURAGE NON-PROFITS TO TRY TO INCORPORATE. YEAH, WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS. WE HAVE SEVEN VOLUNTEERS RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID OR ANYTHING.
THEY'RE. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE COMING OUT, LIKE PROBATION OFFICER MR. ROBBIE MITCHELL. HE COMES OUT, DEDICATE HIS TIME TALKING ABOUT BULLYING.
SO THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE DOING THE CURRICULUM FOR US. OKAY. GOT IT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. AND IT LOOKS LIKE LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN READ THIS. CONKLIN.
DAVIS, CENTER. IS THIS PETER JACKSON? DID I GET IT? KINDERGARTEN. FIRST. SECOND. THIRD. UPPER ELEMENTARY.
YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAM AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING OR WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO, WHAT WE WILL DO IF WE ARE GRANTED THE 35,000 THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR TO SERVE 35 INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE, WHO ARE RESIDENTS HERE IN PALM BAY. THE MISSION OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOSING THEIR SIGHT, WHO MEET THE DEFINITION OF LEGAL BLINDNESS OR LOW VISION, TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN SKILLS SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE AT AN OPTIMUM LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE. WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS.
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WE DO THIS THROUGH CURRICULUMS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND THAT ARE VERY ASSISTIVE.THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE WORK THROUGH ARE OUR INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS PROGRAM, OUR ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A VR PROGRAM WHICH ASSISTS INDIVIDUALS WITH PREPARING TO GO TO WORK AND BE READY TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY. WE ALSO HAVE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM AND A TEEN PROGRAM AS WELL AS BABIES, SO WE SERVE FROM INFANTS THROUGH SENIOR CITIZENS.
I WANT I'M SORRY I DIDN'T INTRODUCE MY COWORKER HERE.
THIS IS ERIC PORTER. ERIC LIVES IN IN BREVARD COUNTY, I BELIEVE, HERE IN PALM BAY.
IS THAT RIGHT? AND I LIVE IN MELBOURNE. OH. IN MELBOURNE.
OKAY. BUT ERIC WORKS DOWN HERE. WE WE DEPEND ON HIM FOR A LOT OF THINGS.
HE TEACHES INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS CLASSES FOR US.
HE ALSO ASSISTS WITH TEACHING SOME ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
AND IF THAT WERE NOT ENOUGH, ERIC ALSO IS IN CHARGE.
HE IS THE COORDINATOR FOR OUR CHILDREN'S PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME, I WANT TO TURN THIS OVER TO ERIC AND THEN WE CAN TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO STEPS. THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM HAS TWO AREA, TWO AGE GROUPS STEPS, WHICH IS 5 TO 13 AND TRANSITION, WHICH IS 14 TO 21. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE AGES.
AND SO WHAT WE DO IS PROVIDE WE SERVICE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED WITH ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING ORIENTATION, MOBILITY AND ALSO ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS, WHICH IS IT'S JUST IT'S JUST LIKE EVERYDAY LIVING THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO LEARN TO MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE, TO INSTILL THE INDEPENDENCE IN THEM, TO ALSO ENHANCE THEIR INDEPENDENCE.
SO AND WE ALSO TEACH THEM ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
SO THAT MEANS LIKE SCREEN READERS AND THINGS.
SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE THEIR PHONES AND TECHNOLOGY.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEAT BASEBALL TOO. AND GO BALL.
SO ALSO SO THEY CAN GET OUT THE HOUSE AND SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. EXCELLENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ONE QUESTION. YES, SIR. HAVE YOU FOUND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN THE ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR DISABLED? YES. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT OCCURS WHEN INDIVIDUALS LEARN THAT THEY HAVE A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE THEM TO GO BLIND, IS THEY GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THEIR EYE DOCTOR.
AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WHAT DO I DO WITH THAT? WHERE DO I GO TO GET SOME HELP? WHO CAN GIVE ME PROPER ASSISTANCE? THEY ARE OFTEN LEFT WITHOUT OPTIONS OR I WON'T SAY OPTIONS, BUT THEY OFTEN DON'T KNOW WHERE TO WHERE TO TURN.
AND I THINK THE WAY WE GET MANY OF OUR CLIENTS IS THAT THEY GO ONLINE AND THEY DO FIND OUR ORGANIZATION, OR THEY FIND THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF BLIND SERVICES.
AND THEN THEY CONNECT THAT WAY. BUT IS THAT THE QUESTION? AM I ANSWERING THE QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING? THAT WAS PERFECT. MA'AM. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT? I KNOW I CAN GO ON FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I CAN SEE WE'RE PROBABLY AT THE END.
PLEASE TAKE CARE AND HAVE A TERRIFIC REST OF THE MONTH.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT WAS OUR LAST PRESENTATION.
DENISE, COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A QUICK RUNDOWN OF, LIKE, WHAT OUR PROCEDURE WILL BE FOR FUNDING, LIKE, FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, LIKE, FOR SCORING AND, LIKE WHEN WE'LL DO THAT AND EVERYTHING.
YES. AND MOST OF YOU ALL, IF YOU APPLIED, EVERYBODY THAT APPLIED RECEIVED AN EMAIL TODAY FROM OUR OFFICE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR CALENDAR.
AND I THINK MOST OF YOU ALL HAVE YOUR CALENDARS IN THE PACKET.
WE THE NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE OUR OUR STAFF WILL BE MEETING AND OUR STAFF CHANGED OUR DATE TO JANUARY 29TH, BUT WE SENT THAT OUT TO YOU WITH A COVER LETTER SAYING WE CHANGED OUR DATE TO JANUARY 29TH.
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL THEN BE COMING TO YOU TO THE BOARD.
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SO WE ARE ASKING BOARD MEMBERS TO TO ATTEND THIS MEETING.AND THEN PRIOR TO THAT TIME, YOU'LL RECEIVE A BOOKLET.
AND THEN YOU GET TO VOTE, AND THEN WE'LL COMBINE THE TWO.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL STAY AT THE MEETING. WON'T BE LONG.
AND THEN THOSE, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL THEN GO TO COUNCIL ON APRIL THE 3RD.
SO THAT WILL BE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. SO PLEASE JUST FOLLOW THE CALENDAR THAT WE SENT YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GIVE YOUR COMMENTS.
AND THEN THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE IN JULY, ON JULY THE 3RD.
AND THAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THE FUNDING. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS OUR INFORMATIONAL STAFF REPORT.
I HAVE A DID YOU DID WE GET A MOTION ON THE OTHER ONE? WHICH ON THIS SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT. YES WE DO.
YES A MOTION. OKAY. I DON'T REMEMBER THE MOTION.
OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO ASK CARMEN? NO. WE GOT A MOTION ON THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.
RIGHT. SECOND. OKAY. I'M PRETTY. I'M PRETTY SURE WE DID.
I THINK RANDALL WAS. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY MYSELF. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
YEAH. UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. YEAH. WE'RE GOOD. CARMEN.
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WOULD YOU LIKE A FEW THINGS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION ON THE, OH, I WANTED TO POINT OUT UNDER PUBLIC SERVICES, WE GIVE YOU A REPORT, SO YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THAT.IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DO SO BY NOW OR GO BACK OVER IT.
THAT WILL HELP YOU, I THINK, WITH MAKING YOUR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN UNDER SHIP, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ON THE WAIT LIST.
CURRENTLY OUR WAIT LIST IS AT 235 PEOPLE, AND WE CLOSED IT.
SO ON JANUARY THE 1ST, IF YOU GO ON OUR WEBSITE, WE CLOSED IT SO NO ONE CAN APPLY FOR HOUSING REHABILITATION FOR A WHILE, AND WE CLOSED IT SO THAT WE COULD ADDRESS THE WAIT LIST AND ADDRESS PEOPLE AND NOT GIVE PEOPLE ANY FALSE HOPE.
AND THEN BEING ON THE WAIT LIST FOR SO MANY YEARS.
SO THIS WILL HELP. AND THEN ONCE WE REDUCE IT, REALLY GET IT DOWN, THEN WE CAN OPEN IT BACK UP AND HOPEFULLY GET THE HOUSING REHAB SPECIALIST. YEAH, I THINK THAT WILL HELP YOU A LOT.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING ON THE INFORMATIONAL STAFF REPORT? YES, MADAM CHAIR. AND I THINK SHE MAY HAVE ALREADY LEFT.
SO I GUESS I'LL ASK STAFF. WITH GREATER MELBOURNE PALM BAY ATHLETIC LEAGUE, THEY WERE FUNDED $22,950, BUT AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY ONLY EXPENDED 5100.
THEY ARE OKAY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE HADN'T TURNED THEIRS IN.
GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOTTEN THEIRS APPROVED.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. SEEING NONE. ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN DENISE DID GO OVER THE THE SCHEDULE.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY TAKES A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE. I JUST WANT TO ALSO ASK THAT WHEN YOU GET EMAILS FROM STAFF AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETINGS, IF EVERYONE COULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RESPONDING, CONFIRMING ATTENDANCE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL VERY DEADLINE DRIVEN. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE COMING OUT, THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH SO THAT WE CAN HOLD THE MEETING. SO JUST IF YOU COULD RESPOND TO THOSE EMAILS, IF YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE AND CARMEN OR SOMEONE GIVES YOU A RING, PLEASE TAKE THE CALL AND MAKE SURE YOU YOU CALL THEM BACK AND LET THEM KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE OR NOT.
SO DID WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SCHEDULE HEARING? NONE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AGAIN FOR COMING OUT. I LOVE SEEING EVERYONE EVERY YEAR.
YOU GUYS ALL PROVIDE A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AND HEAR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU. AND WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:40 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.