I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. 2024 2020 5-04 TO ORDER.
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THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR MARK MILLER OF VICTORY CHRIST JESUS MINISTRIES, AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY OUR DEPUTY MAYOR, MIKE JAFFE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OFFICIALS, CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.MAN, WE JUST CELEBRATED 11 YEARS AS A CHURCH.
AND SO WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE HERE TO PRAY THIS MORNING OR THIS EVENING.
SO LET'S DO THAT. HEAVENLY FATHER, I THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER THAT OVER TIME HE BECAME COMFORTABLE AND FORGOT WHERE HE CAME FROM.
UNTIL ONE DAY HIS BROTHER SHOWED UP KNOCKING AT THE DOOR AND REMINDED HIM.
BUT INSTEAD OF RUNNING BACK INTO THE PROTECTION OF THE PALACE AND SHUTTING THE DOOR, HE SAT DOWN.
HE WEPT. HE PRAYED. HE FASTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS TO BE RESTORED.
AND THEN HE WENT TO THE PEOPLE. SO TONIGHT, LORD, AS I LOOK OUT ON THIS GREAT CITY AND THIS GREAT NATION, I TOO WEEP, I TOO PRAY, AND I TOO FAST FOR OUR PEOPLE.
I DO PRAY AND FAST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS TO BE RESTORED.
AND ALONG NEHEMIAH'S PRAYER, O GOD OF HEAVEN, THE GREAT AND AWESOME GOD WHO KEEPS HIS COVENANT OF UNFAILING LOVE WITH THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND OBEY HIS COMMANDS. LET YOUR EARS BE ATTENTIVE AND YOUR EYES OPEN TO THE PRAYER OF YOUR SERVANT THAT IS PRAYING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
NIGHT. FATHER, I CONFESS WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU.
YES, ME AND EVEN MY OWN FAMILY AND GENERATIONS BEFORE.
WE'VE SINNED BY NOT OBEYING THE COMMANDMENTS, DECREES AND THE REGULATIONS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN.
SO TONIGHT I ASK YOU TO REMEMBER WHAT YOU TOLD YOUR SERVANT MOSES.
IF YOU'RE UNFAITHFUL, I SHALL SCATTER YOU. BUT IF YOU RETURN TO ME AND OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS AND LIVE THEM, I WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THE PLACE I HAVE CHOSEN.
SO, FATHER, LET YOUR EARS BE ATTENTIVE TO THE PRAYER.
LET YOUR LOVE AND YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GRACE REIGN TRUE THIS EVENING AND FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
YOUR WORD REMINDS US THAT GOD IS LOVE. AND IF WE DON'T KNOW LOVE, WE DON'T KNOW YOU.
AND LOVE CERTAINLY COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS.
LET US HONOR YOU TONIGHT IN OUR HEARTS, IN OUR WORDS, AND IN OUR ACTIONS.
SO LEAD US, GUIDE US, AND RESTORE US AS PER YOUR DIVINE PROVIDENCE AND YOUR WILL.
IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN. GOD BLESS. 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 ARE NOW ON ANNOUNCEMENTS. DEPUTY MAYOR, ROLL CALL.
MAYOR. OH! AS YOU WERE. ROLL CALL. MAYOR. MEDINA.
PRESENT. DEPUTY. MAYOR. JAFFE. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN.
JOHNSON. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. HAMMER. PRESENT.
COUNCILMAN. LEVIN. PRESENT. MR.. MORGAN. PRESENT.
MISS SMITH. PRESENT. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS:]
DEPUTY MAYOR, ONE VACANCY ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD TO REPRESENT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FIELDS RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.TWO TWO TERMS EXPIRING ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD REPRESENTS AT LARGE POSITIONS.
TWO TERMS EXPIRING ON THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
THESE REPRESENT AT LARGE POSITIONS. ONE VACANCY.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. NOW WE'RE ON AGENDA REVISIONS.
[AGENDA REVISIONS:]
AND MR. MORGAN. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.JUST A COUPLE OF REVISIONS FROM ME. MINOR ITEM, THE THE LEGISLATIVE MEMORANDUM AND ATTACHMENTS FOR CONSENT ITEM 13 HAVE BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE INITIAL AGENDA WENT OUT A WEEK AGO.
AND THEN, MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM SIX UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS REQUESTED THAT THE CASE BE CONTINUED TO A TIME DATE CERTAIN TO MARCH 6TH.
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DATE CERTAIN OF MARCH THE 6TH. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S ITEM SIX UNDER PUBLIC HEARING.THANK YOU, MR. MORGAN. COUNSEL, I NEED A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO MARCH 6TH, 2025.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.
MISS SMITH, ANY REVISIONS? NO, SIR. SO RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO ASK THE AUDIENCE.
WAS ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC HEARING? ITEM NUMBER SIX? IF SO, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO MARCH 6TH.
WE WON'T BE DISCUSSING THAT. SO JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY.
HOWEVER, WE WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING YOUR ITEM TODAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE AN ITEM HERE. SAY IT AGAIN.
I HAVE AN ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO MOVE UP. AGENDA REVISION.
YEP. YOU HAVE AN AGENDA? YES, SIR. OKAY. NEW BUSINESS ONE.
OH. YOU WANT TO MOVE SOMETHING UP? YES, SIR. OKAY.
CARRY ON. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MOVE NEW BUSINESS NUMBER ONE AFTER PRESENTATIONS.
THAT'S A MOTION. I GOT A MOTION TO BRING IN NEW BUSINESS NUMBER ONE, THE GREATER PALM BEACH CHAMBER.
AFTER THE EDC PRESENTATION. YES, SIR. ANY. ANY SECOND.
AND THEN I'VE GOT A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER.
ANY DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO, SO CONSIDER THAT DONE.
WE WILL DISCUSS THAT NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE AFTER PRESENTATIONS.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON PROCLAMATIONS AND ITEM NUMBER ONE, COUNCILMAN HAMMOND.
[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS:]
YOU HAVE ALL DONE ALL THE THINGS DONE BY JOHNSON.I GOT A GOOD VOICE. GET ON THE MIC, SIR. FOR THE TV.
I WANTED TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THAT WERE PART OF THAT.
THAT'S IT SHOWS GOD IS ACTUALLY THERE, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
WE HAD A CITIZEN THAT WAS DRIVING BY AND HE WORKS FOR FPL AND SAW FPL.
POWER LINES AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT. SO HE STOPPED AND HE SAID SOMETHING.
AND I THANK YOU GUYS BEYOND ANYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN.
FIRST PERSON I WANT TO CALL IS RYAN AKER.
JUST STAND UP HERE. YOU GOOD BRO? OFFICER TONY WILLIAMS. OH, THAT'S MY TONY. THAT'S NOT TONY. HOLD ON A SECOND.
THAT'S NOT TONY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHO ELSE YOU GOT? BRIAN. BRIAN AND CAMERON. OKAY. LIEUTENANT CHARLES ROGERS.
NO. OKAY. ENGINEER KEVIN REYNOLDS.
THANK YOU, SIR. FIREFIGHTER EDWARD ENDS.
THANK YOU. FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL ABSTON. THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FIREFIGHTER CAL SAINT JUST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT SWIFTLY WERE THERE FOR A LADY THAT WAS TURNED OVER IN HER VEHICLE. AND. AND I CANNOT THANK YOU GUYS MORE THAN ENOUGH.
I AM EXTREMELY PROUD TO SIT UP ON THIS DAIS KNOWING YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE PROTECTING US.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WRONG. THANK YOU.
GOOD LUCK. ALL RIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. OH. YOU'RE OKAY.
COME ON. MIKE, SMILE. SOUND LIKE YOU LOVE ONCE.
ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR HEROES. THANK YOU.
SIR. THANK YOU. ANY NUMBER HERE ON THAT NUMBER ONE BECAUSE YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
COME ON, GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. I'M PROUD OF YOU, COUNCILMAN HAMMER, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO CALL NIA OR LEAH NEPO.
ALRIGHT, COME ON UP. GIVE IT UP FOR NIA.
NIA IS WITH SERENE HARBOR AND TODAY WE ARE HONORING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS PREVENTION MONTH.
AND I'LL BE TOUCHING ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON TODAY.
COME ON OVER HERE, NEAL. DON'T BE SHY. I'M NOT GOING TO BITE YOU.
I KNOW. WHEREAS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT 1 IN 3 TEENS IN THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL, AND VERBAL ABUSE FROM A DATING PARTNER BEFORE THE AGE OF 18.
AND THESE HARMFUL EXPERIENCES CAN HAVE LONG TERM EFFECTS ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, THEIR EDUCATION, AND FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS. WHEREAS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD OR MINIMIZED, LEAVING MANY VICTIMS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO ESCAPE THE CYCLE OF ABUSE.
SOCIAL PRESSURES. A LACK OF AWARENESS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND WHEREAS TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE TEEN DATING VIOLENCE BOTH PERVASIVE AND HIDDEN AND HAS INCREASED THE RATES OF VIOLENCE AND STALKING. WHEREAS THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S VICTIM SERVICE UNIT WORKS DILIGENTLY TO COLLABORATE WITH SCHOOLS, YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS AND FAMILIES TO EDUCATE TEENS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE EXPERIENCING ABUSE. WHEREAS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SERENE HARBOR AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN EMPOWERING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND DIRECT SERVICES IS AIMED AT PREVENTING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AND SUPPORTING SURVIVORS. AND WHEREAS, RAISING THE AWARENESS ABOUT EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF ABUSE SUCH AS CONTROLLING BEHAVIORS, EXCESSIVE JEALOUSY ISOLATION IS ESSENTIAL TO HELPING TEAMS RECOGNIZE AND AVOID AN UNHEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF PALM BAY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT PREVENTING AND ELIMINATING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE
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REQUIRES A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT INVOLVING PARENTS, EDUCATORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ADVOCATES WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A CULTURE OF RESPECT, A CULTURE OF TRUST AND OPEN COMMUNICATION.WHEREAS ALL YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE TO GROW AND THRIVE IN RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE BASED ON MUTUAL RESPECT, EQUITY OR EQUALITY AND FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE OR COERCION.
NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA. AND YES, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2025 AS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH AND CALL UPON ALL OUR CITIZENS OF PALM BAY TO SUPPORT EFFORTS THAT RAISE AWARENESS OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE, PROMOTE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS PRACTICES, AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THOSE AFFECTED SO THAT EVERY TEAM CAN LEAD A LIFE FREE FROM FEAR AND ABUSE. IN WITNESS HEREOF, I SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025. COME ON UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
THANK YOU. WELL, I'LL JUST SAY A VERY FEW WORDS BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH I WROTE, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A RESIDENT OF PALM BAY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND I'M IN A UNIQUE POSITION WHERE I WORK FOR SERENE HARBOR, A CERTIFIED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER SERVING ALL RESIDENTS OF BREVARD.
AND I GET TO WORK WITH TEENS DAILY IN PREVENTION.
AND BEING ABLE TO HELP THEM IN A UNIQUE SPOT AND SEE THEIR WORTH BEFORE IT EVER GETS TOO FAR AND THEY'RE IN OUR SHELTER, IS SOMETHING I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY HERE, AND I APPRECIATE MAYOR MEDINA AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COME ON OVER. SO YOU WERE TEAM WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED? NO. NO. I DO LOOK LIKE A TEEN, BUT NO.
123121123. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. OH. JESUS.
CHRIST. YOU KNOW, AS I WAS READING THAT PROCLAMATION, AS I WAS READING THAT PROCLAMATION, I KEPT THINKING, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN A TEEN AND HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND THE ABUSE THAT OUR, OUR, OUR YOUTH ARE FACING TODAY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATIONS. AND MISTER MORGAN, I'LL DEFER TO YOU.
[PRESENTATIONS:]
YES, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE TRUDY MCCARTHY, THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST, FOR A VERY OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION ON THE UNIFIED BRAND FOR THE SPACE COAST.WELCOME, TRUDY. GREAT TO SEE YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. WE HAVE SOME SLIDES. AND WHAT I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HEARD WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, I'M TALKING ABOUT FLORIDA SPACE COAST, BECAUSE WE, AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING ALL OF FLORIDA SPACE COAST.
BUT WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UNIQUE MUNICIPALITIES, AND EACH MUNICIPALITY HAS ITS OWN CHARACTER AND ITS OWN WAY OF OF GOING ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO LIVE AND WHAT THEY FEEL PROUD OF.
SO THE EDC IS THIS OKAY? GREAT. SO FLORIDA SPACE COAST IS A WHAT WE CALL A COMMUNITY BRAND.
AND WE DID NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY. WHAT WE DID IS WE DECIDED WHAT WAS IT WE WERE TRYING TO DO? WHAT'S THE REASON AND WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S SUCCESSFUL? SO REALLY THE CHALLENGE WAS TO DISTINGUISH OUR COMMUNITY AS A COMMUNITY OF CHOICE, A COMMUNITY OF CHOICE FOR PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES TO WANT TO BE PART OF.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHO WE ARE FIRST BEFORE WE CAN TELL OUR STORY.
SO WE TOOK ABOUT THE THE JOB OF DETERMINING WHO WE ARE, WHAT IS THE VISION OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE.
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AND THEN, OF COURSE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT TELLING THAT STORY? THAT'S OUR STRATEGY. SO BUILDING THE SPACE COAST BRAND WAS PART OF A COMMUNITY EFFORT.WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND INTERVIEWED AND HAD ROUNDTABLES WITH ORGANIZATIONS, EDC, INVESTORS, THOSE WHO WERE PART OF PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THOSE WHO WERE NOT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT IT WAS THEY KNEW ABOUT US, TO SEE WHAT THEY FELT WAS WHAT MADE US GOOD, BUT ALSO WHAT MADE US DIFFERENT.
THE PROCESS TOOK APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS. WE DID SURVEYS.
WE DID EXTERNAL SURVEYS. WE DID INTERNAL SURVEYS, FOCUS GROUPS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT. WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, 20, 25 MINUTE PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE CAME UP WITH AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE ASKING OF YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF AND HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THE BIGGER, BROADER MESSAGE OF OUR COMMUNITY AS A COUNTY IS A GREAT PLACE, AND HERE'S WHAT MAKES PALM BAY MORE UNIQUE AND WHY YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF PALM BAY VERSUS ANOTHER PART OF OUR COUNTY.
BUT OVERALL GOVERNMENT LINES, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE AS A COUNTY, THEY LOOK AT IT AS A HOME. SO ALL OF US HAVE GREAT HOMES AND I'M PROUD TO BE WHERE I'M FROM.
I'M A MERRITT ISLANDER. AND WHEN I LOOKED FOR ANOTHER HOME, I CHOSE MERRITT ISLAND.
AND WHEN WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT ALTOGETHER, OUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD LOUDER.
AND THIS IS THIS IS REALLY IT WAS UNIQUE TO ME BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, I WAS LIKE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE FLORIDA SPACE COAST. WHEN WE'RE DONE, WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH THIS REALLY GREAT, WONDERFUL DEFINITION OF WHO WE ARE.
AND AFTER WE TALKED TO EVERYBODY, THEY SAID, NO, WE ARE FLORIDA SPACE COAST.
HEAR THAT IS THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DETERMINED MAKES US UNIQUE.
WE ARE A COMMUNITY. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW.
YES WE ARE. SPACE COAST. YES, WE HAVE LAUNCH PADS, BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE.
SO THE PORTION OF OUR BRAND THAT IS PART OF HOW WE TELL THAT STORY REALLY COMES DOWN TO A VISUAL.
SO WE HAVE AN ICON. THIS ICON WAS CREATED THROUGH REPORTING BOARD.
THE REPORTING BOARD CONSISTED OF MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH TO DECIDE WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? MANY DIFFERENT ICONS AND LOGOS WERE WERE PRESENTED.
SO WE HAVE THE YELLOW, WHICH TO ME IS THE SUN, BUT IT ALSO REPRESENTS THE ROCKET CONTRAILS.
THE GREEN IS OUR GREEN SPACE. THE BLUE TO ME IS THE WATER.
BUT SOME PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THIS AND THEY'LL SEE A SEE A SURFBOARD.
FS AND C FOR FLORIDA SPACE COAST. NOT EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT I CANNOT.
AND THE COLORS? WE DIDN'T PICK THE COLORS RANDOMLY.
WE WERE VERY CAREFUL TO CHOOSE THE COLORS. THE COLORS DO TALK ABOUT WHO WE ARE.
THEY GIVE YOU A FEELING WHEN YOU SEE THE COLORS.
THAT HELPS RESONATE WHAT THE STORY IS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE VALUES. IF WE'RE TELLING A STORY, WHAT ARE THE VALUES WE WANT TO HOLD WITHIN THAT STORY, NO MATTER WHO TELLS IT? WHAT ARE THE VALUES WE WE BELIEVE AS A COMMUNITY MAKE US SPECIAL.
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE. WE TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE, WE CHOOSE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I'M SEEING TONIGHT WITH A FULL HOUSE HERE.
THIS COMMUNITY DEFINITELY BELIEVES IN THAT. OUR COMMUNITY IS DRIVEN BY DISCOVERY.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW. WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHAT? WHAT CAN WE DO NEXT? WE DEFY COMPLACENCY. WE DON'T LET THINGS JUST STAND.
WE WILL LOOK FOR MAKING IT BETTER AND HUMBLE.
SO THAT IS OUR STORY. THAT'S THE BASIS OF IT.
BUT HERE'S THE TRUE STORY. IT'S A SHORT VIDEO WHERE IT TAKES THIS AND IT PUTS IT INTO WORDS AND VISUALS, WHICH WHEN YOU SEE IT, I THINK YOU'LL FEEL WHAT I FEEL, WHICH IS PROUD TO BE HERE.
AND THIS IS THE STORY THAT WE WANT TO GET OUT TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW GREAT WE ARE. I THINK YOU NEED TO HIT IT.
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THERE'S BEEN A LINE IN THE SAND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, AND IT'S READ AS FOLLOWS.GO NO FURTHER. THE SPIRITED MEN AND WOMEN OF AMERICA HAD BEEN CONSUMED BY THE SINGULAR GOAL ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN. CROSS THAT LINE. TODAY, THAT SPIRIT CONTINUES WITH THE COLLECTION OF REBELS, A NEW KIND OF REBEL, AND THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA.
THIS PIECE OF PARADISE WITH SOFT SANDS AND WIDE SKIES IS FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST.
IT IS FUELED BY A COLLECTION OF INNOVATORS, AND IT'S HOME TO 72 MILES OF PRISTINE COASTLINE.
BREAKFASTS ARE SPENT ON THE SEASHORE, AND THE SUNRISE ALWAYS HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
JOIN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S DRIVEN BY DISCOVERY.
TAKES THE SCENIC ROUTE, CHOOSES COMMUNITY, AND DEFIES COMPLACENCY.
NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION HUMANITY TAKES NEXT.
KNOW THAT OUR LAUNCH PAD IS FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST.
TOMORROW, LAUNCH IS HERE. I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB CAPTURING WHO WE ARE.
WHAT I JUST HANDED TO EACH ONE OF YOU. AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU DO HAVE THIS.
THIS IS A PIN. THIS IS THE PIN THAT WE ARE USING.
MA'AM, STAY ON THE MIC. THIS IS THE PIN THAT WE ARE USING TO HELP OTHERS SHOW THEIR PRIDE.
BUT ALSO WHEN YOU'RE WEARING THE PIN BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE, THEY'RE GOING TO ASK YOU, WHAT IS THAT? AND THAT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE STORY OF.
THIS REPRESENTS WHERE I LIVE, AND HERE'S WHY I'M PROUD OF WHERE I LIVE.
AND HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND OUR ASK HERE TONIGHT IS THAT THE EDC IS WORKING TO PROMOTE THIS THROUGH SOME ADVERTISING, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, BECAUSE IT'S THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL REACH THE LARGER CROWD AND IT WILL MAKE IT VERY NATURAL.
IT'S A COMMUNITY BRAND, A COMMUNITY STORY. WE DO HAVE A MAGAZINE THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH, EVERYTHING BREVARD, WHERE WE GET TO PROMOTE OUR STORY IN AN ANNUAL PUBLICATION.
WE USE THAT AS PROMOTIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN DOING BILLBOARDS. SO AS PEOPLE ARE DRIVING IN TOURISTS, OTHERS, THEY CAN SEE THE BILLBOARDS AND GO, WHAT'S THAT? AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT GETTING THEM TO ASK, WHAT'S THAT? WE HAVE DONE THAT MOVIE THAT WE JUST SAW AT LOCAL MOVIE THEATERS.
WE DID IT OVER THE SUMMER. WE DID IT AGAIN OVER THE HOLIDAYS.
WE'LL PROBABLY LOOK AT DOING THAT AGAIN. AND THEN THERE'S THE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT OUR PARTNERS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS CAN SHARE THE STORY BY ADOPTING SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF OUR BRANDING INTO YOUR BRANDING.
IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR BRANDING. THE INTENT IS FOR IT TO COMPLEMENT YOUR BRANDING.
SO WHEN YOU SAY CITY OF PALM BAY, LOCATED ON FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST, PROUD TO BE PART OF FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST, THAT WILL HELP MAKE THE CONNECTION OF WE ARE TOGETHER.
WE ARE ONE. WEARING THE PIN, AS I JUST EXPLAINED, HELPS YOU TELL THE STORY.
BUT YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME WE'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO GET THE PINS IN THE STORY OUT THERE.
WE WILL BE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR ANOTHER 3 TO 4 YEARS.
THIS IS THE LONG GAME. WHAT THE CITY COULD DO IS WE HAVE CO-BRANDED BANNERS THAT OUR PARTNERS HAVE BEEN USING AND THEY PUT UP IN THEIR FACILITIES. IF THE CITY WERE TO HAVE A CO-BRANDED BANNER IN THEIR LOBBY, AS YOUR RESIDENTS COME IN, THEY WILL SEE THAT AND THEY TOO CAN ASK. PERHAPS THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BOWL WITH SOME PINS OR SOME CARDS TO HELP THEM LEARN THE STORY.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE YOU KNOW THAT YOU THINK IS A GREAT STORY ABOUT WHAT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND WHY IT'S SO GREAT FOR BREVARD COUNTY AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL HELP SHARE THAT STORY. THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, JUDY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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TO THAT END, MR. MORGAN, IN PARTNERING, SHE SAID A BANNER AND PERHAPS DISPLAYING SOME OF THESE PINS.DID YOU NEED COUNCIL TO TO HAVE CONSENSUS OVER THAT OR IS IT JUST CAN WE JUST PLAN ON DOING THAT? BUT IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TOO.
WELL, THERE'S A THUMBS UP FOR ME HERE, AND I THINK SO.
WE'VE GOT A UNANIMOUS THUMBS UP. I CAN'T SEE THE OTHER END.
YES, SIR. OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT IT. THANK YOU, MISS TRUDY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MA'AM. OKAY, NOW WE'RE ON NEW BUSINESS NUMBER ONE. YES, MAYOR.
[1. Consideration of a co-sponsorship request from The Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce for the Annual Palm Bay Makers Faire to be held on March 8, 2025, at Fred Poppe Regional Park.]
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. JULIET MOSCONI FROM OUR OFFICE.MARCH 8TH AT FRED POPPE REGIONAL PARK. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. MORGAN. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL.
WE HAVE BEFORE YOU A CO-SPONSORSHIP FOR THE ANNUAL PALM BAY MAKERS FAIR.
THIS IS GOING TO BE AT FRED POPPY REGIONAL PARK ON MARCH 8TH.
IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY STAFF AND MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP POLICY, AND THAT IT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ENHANCES OUR COMMUNITY. THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THIS CO-SPONSORSHIP IS A LITTLE OVER $6,000, WHICH COVERS IN-KIND WAGES FOR STAFF FROM PARKS, RECREATION AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN ALSO LOST REVENUE FROM WAIVED FEES.
AND AS MR. MORGAN MENTIONED, WE HAVE A GREAT CONTINGENT FROM THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER HERE, AND I'M SURE ONE OF THEM WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE FAIR SOME MORE, OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? SEEING NONE.
GO AHEAD AND CALL UP THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CHAMBER.
YES. SO, NANCY OR WHOEVER YOU WANT TO HAVE COME UP HERE WOULD BE TERRIFIC.
HI. WE WE'RE ACTUALLY. IT'S NOT THE CHAMBER EVENT.
AND A FEW YEARS BACK, THE CHAMBER WAS INVOLVED IN WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON TO HAVE A STEAM DAY.
AND THAT HAS BEEN A FOCUS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO TRY AND HAVE A STEAM PROGRAM OR SOMETHING IN PALM BAY AND ATTRACT THE YOUNGER AUDIENCE TO COME OUT AND SEE THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE DID A MAKER FAIRE TWICE. IT WAS, I THINK 18 AND 19, 22.
AND SO AND IT WAS AT CAMD AND THEY WERE MINI MAKER FAIRS, BUT THIS IS THIS IS THE FULL ON, FULL BLOWN MAKER FAIRE. IT IS MARCH THE 8TH. AND SO THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ALREADY SIGNED UP.
THEY HAVE A STEAM THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE STEAM MUSEUM.
VERTEX OF COURSE. THE FIRST ROBOTICS GROUP IS ALREADY REGISTERED.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY, AND MAY REFER WITH FLORIDA TECH'S VERTEX.
ORGANIZATION CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE. SHE'S ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THIS.
RIGHT? WE HAVE A LIST OF INCREDIBLE MAKERS, NOT ONLY ENGINEERS, BUT ARTISTIC PEOPLE, RIGHT, THAT WANT TO SHOW THEIR SHOWCASE WHAT THEY DO AT HOME.
AND THAT INCLUDES ALSO LOCAL VENDORS WHO WANT TO BE THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILY.
SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A FAMILY EVENT AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE INVITED.
WAS THIS THE EVENT ALSO THAT YOU HAD THAT HUGE TELESCOPE? YES. CORRECT. STANDING WHERE YOU COULD YOU COULD GO SEE THE.
YES. CORRECT. WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT FOR SURE.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BACK.
OH, MAN. IT HIT A RUT WHEN COVID HAPPENED, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS COMING BACK. MY ONLY QUESTION.
WERE WE ABLE TO ADVERTISE OR MARKET WITH BREVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT ALL? WE HAVE THE FLIERS TO SEND OUT TO THEM. WE'RE WORKING ALSO WITH CAREERSOURCE BREVARD.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE GROUPS THAT WE'RE SENDING IT OUT TO.
AWESOME. I ALREADY GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM LOCAL BREVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS ABOUT DOING ACTIVITIES LIKE THAT, SO I'M SHARING THAT WITH THEM RIGHT AWAY. AWESOME.
THANK YOU. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL?
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OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY SPEAKER CARDS, SIR? NO SPEAKER CARDS.MAYOR. NONE ON ON NEW BUSINESS NUMBER ONE. SHE SPOKE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED.
GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. I'LL SECOND IT.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
ONLY THING I LIKE TO ADD, I DO LIKE THE REVISION STAFF SHOWING THE LOST REVENUE FOR THESE EVENTS.
SO THAT WAY IT CAN BE SEEN THAT THERE IS A LOSS IN FUNDS FROM HOSTING THESE EVENTS.
BUT WHEN I THINK OF CO-SPONSORSHIP, IT'S THINGS LIKE THIS, THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO EMPOWER PEOPLE, EMPOWER THEM TO DO MORE. BECAUSE ONE THING MY FATHER ALWAYS SAY, YOUR LEVEL OF EXPOSURE CAN DETERMINE YOUR LEVEL OF SUCCESS.
SO BEING ABLE TO SHOW THESE KIDS THEY CAN BE MORE.
SO I SUPPORT THIS. I'M APPRECIATIVE OF Y'ALL BRINGING IT BACK AND LET'S HAVE A GREAT EVENT.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. YEAH, I CONCUR WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
THANK YOU. JUST FOR THE RECORD THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA DOES NOT HAVE A LOSS.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.
THANK YOU. WE ARE. NOW GIVE ME A SECOND HERE.
SO I'VE GOT A STATEMENT I'D LIKE TO READ, AND THEN I'M.
I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO TO BE COURTEOUS AS I SPEAK.
AS MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND SHARE THE LOVE THAT'S IN MY HEART.
AS EVERYONE KNOWS, I AM UNABASHEDLY A JUDEO CHRISTIAN, A CHRIST FOLLOWER.
WE ARE TAUGHT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER JUST AS CHRIST LOVES HIS CHURCH.
I LOVE THEM BECAUSE EACH ONE IS AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF OUR BELOVED CITY, THE CITY OF PALM BAY, OUR COMMUNITY. AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY RESPECTS, EMBRACES ALL FAITHS AS WELL AS THOSE WITHOUT A RELIGIOUS FAITH.
AS PEOPLE ADDRESS THIS COUNCIL TONIGHT. AND LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN, AS PEOPLE ADDRESS THIS CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU SEEK TO RESPECT THOSE WHO DIFFER FROM YOU, EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
PALM BAY IS A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES, DIFFERENT RACES AND BACKGROUNDS, AND ALL WHOM CONTRIBUTE TO THIS BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC THAT WE CALL HOME.
INDIVIDUALLY, WE OFTEN EXPRESS OUR OWN VIEWPOINTS, POINTS, BUT ONLY COLLECTIVELY IN THESE OPEN AND PUBLIC MEETINGS DO WE MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR MUTUALLY BELOVED CITY.
I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR DISPLAYING THE DECORUM AND THE RESPECT THIS EVENING, AND I END WITH THIS. THERE IS NO SHAME IN MY FAITH.
MANY THAT KNOW ME, I SAY, JESUS CHRIST IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR.
AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE MANY FRIENDS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS.
I HAVE MINISTERED TO A FAMILY THAT WAS CATHOLIC AND MUSLIM.
I HAVE EVEN MINISTERED TO A FAMILY THAT WAS CATHOLIC AND JEWISH.
BECAUSE THERE IS LOVE AND WHO I WHO I REPRESENT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE AND HIS GRACE. PASTOR MARK MILLER NAILED IT BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN CEMENTED IN MY IN MY HEART ALL WEEK LONG. LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS, AND
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I WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND. THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED ON THE FACT THAT WE CAN PRACTICE ANY TYPE OF RELIGION FREELY WITHOUT ANY PERSECUTION.AND THAT IS WHAT THE GREAT NATION WE CALL THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, DEPUTY MAYOR, PLEASE WELCOME OUR VERY FIRST SPEAKER.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES:]
FIRST SPEAKER IS FOR A STORY.ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS A GREAT ORATORY. BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT GARBAGE.
IF YOU COULD CYCLE THROUGH SOME OF THE PHOTOS SO THEY COULD SEE WHAT I HAVE TO DRIVE PAST, YOU'LL GET AN IDEA WHAT I'M HAVING TO DEAL WITH.
I MET WITH MR. MORGAN THIS PAST TUESDAY, AND I.
OH, YEAH, AND I GAVE YOU A PACKET SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE WHAT I WAS DEALING WITH.
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN I DRIVE TO MY PROPERTY.
I OWN TWO RENTAL UNITS AT 2000 AGORA. NOW, ON A HAPPY NOTE, YOU HAVE 11 PHOTOS THERE. TEN OF THEM ARE PICKED UP AND TAKEN CARE OF.
BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THESE PHOTOS HERE ARE IN EMPTY LOTS.
AGORA CIRCLE. I DON'T EXPECT YOU GUYS TO KNOW IT WELL IS NOT VERY WELL DEVELOPED.
MOST OF IT IS EMPTY LOTS. AND YOU GUYS DO PATROL YOUR EASEMENT AND MOW IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND BASICALLY I'M LOOKING AT PEOPLE'S BEDROOM SETS ROTTING AWAY.
BUT LIKE I SAID, MR. MORGAN HAS TAKEN CARE OF NINE OUT OF 11.
PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER TEN IN YOUR PACKETS. WHAT GOT MISSED? I DON'T KNOW THE REASON FOR THAT. I CAN ONLY SURMISE.
MAYBE THE TRUCK JUST GOT TOO FULL. BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR.
BUT EITHER WAY, EVERYBODY'S CALLING REPUBLIC ABOUT THIS ON MY BLOCK.
I JUST TALKED TO A GUY. I WAS WALKING HIS DOG JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND IT'S THE LOGICAL THING TO DO, AND THEY SEEM TO IGNORE IT. AND WHEN I CALL ABOUT ADDRESSES THAT HAVE AN ADDRESS, LIKE MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, 2010, IN THE PHOTO THERE, WHO HAD THAT COUCH? THEY JUST SIMPLY SAY, WELL, YOU'RE NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER.
YOU'RE NOT THE ACCOUNT HOLDER. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR YOU.
THEY HAVE TO CALL. WELL, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, WHO HAD LIVED THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, OR. WELL, HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY LIVE THERE. HE LIVED IN SATELLITE BEACH, BUT HE OWNED THAT PROPERTY, AND HE RENTED IT OUT. HE SOLD. AND HE ALSO OWNED SOMETHING ON SOMETHING ON MERCURY AS WELL.
AND SO NOW WE HAVE OWNERS THAT ARE DOWN IN MIAMI.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MORGAN. HE SAID YOU COVERED NINE OUT OF 11 OR 10.
TEN OUT OF 11. SO MOVING FORWARD, THE THE ISSUE IS WHEN PEOPLE DO ILLEGAL DUMPING, I WOULD IMAGINE THIS IS ILLEGAL DUMPING AT SOME POINT IN OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.
YES. YES. WHAT? DO WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO TRY AND FOLLOW UP WITH THAT OR.
YEAH, IT'S REALLY GOOD. WHEN PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS LET US KNOW THESE THINGS.
OBVIOUSLY, IF POLICE IS OUT HERE PATROLLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THEIR REGULAR PATROLS.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN ALSO LET PUBLIC WORKS KNOW ABOUT THAT FOR SO THE PUBLIC CAN CAN DO WHAT THEY DO, AND THEN WE CAN DO WHAT WHAT WE CAN DO. AND AGAIN, KEEPING THE AREA MOWED IS IMPORTANT THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WISH I HAD THAT GOOD A BATTING AVERAGE WHEN I WAS IN LITTLE LEAGUE.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE GEORGE HAD THAT GOOD A BATTING AVERAGE WHEN HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL.
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BUT WE SEEK TO BE A BATTING A THOUSAND AND NOT 900.SO WE'LL KEEP WORKING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT IS AN EXCELLENT BATTING AVERAGE.
I THINK IF GEORGE WAS HITTING OVER 300, HE WOULDN'T BE WITH US TODAY, SIR.
BUT NEXT SPEAKER, DEPUTY MAYOR MARK MILLER. MARK MILLER, 898 NELSON AVENUE, PALM BAY. AMERICA WAS BORN AND PROSPERED AS A CHRISTIAN NATION FROM THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT IN THE 1600S.
IT SAYS, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
WE COMBINE OURSELVES FOR BETTER ORDER AND PRESERVATION.
THE NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERATION CONSTITUTION SAYS, HEY, WE ALL CAME HERE WITH ONE IN THE SAME END.
WE CAME HERE TO SAVE OUR SOULS, TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
AND EVEN IN OUR U.S. CONSTITUTION, WHICH IS BASED ON THE PRECEPTS IN THE WORD OF GOD.
AND THE RESULT OF THIS IS A BIBLICALLY BASED, DIVINELY INSPIRED CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC.
THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
IT OFFERED FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY THAT IS HARD TO FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
NOW, SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY THE US IS NO LONGER THE BEST.
IN FACT, IT'S A MESS. WELL, WE STARTED OPERATING OUTSIDE THE LINES OF THE CONSTITUTION.
WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH LAWS WE WANT TO FOLLOW.
WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHO THE LAWS APPLY TO AND WHO THEY DON'T.
AND WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO PLACE THEMSELVES ABOVE THE LAW.
AND IT'S NO WONDER WE'VE STARTED TO FALL APART.
OKAY. WE STRAYED FROM THE ORIGINAL, DIVINELY INSPIRED INTENT OF OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS THE US CONSTITUTION MADE FOR A RIGHTEOUS AND MORAL PEOPLE. JUST LIKE NEHEMIAH, WE GOT COMFORTABLE IN THE PALACE.
WE FORGOT WHERE WE CAME FROM. AND JUST LIKE NEHEMIAH.
NEHEMIAH PRAYED AND FASTED AND GOT OFF HIS BUTT AND WENT OUT INTO THE PEOPLE IN THE LAND.
WE TOO NEED TO GET OFF OUR BUTTS AND RETURN TO THE CONSTITUTION.
RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M HEARING, BUT HERE'S WHAT I'M SAYING. NOT EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO AMERICA WAS A CHRISTIAN, NOR DO THEY HAVE TO BE. NOR SHOULD THEY BE. NONE OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WERE PERFECT.
NEITHER WILL WE. BUT DESPITE OUR INIQUITIES, THE FOREFATHERS UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIETY OPERATING WITHIN A MORAL FABRIC OF THE WORD, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BRIEF BELIEF AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS SUCH AS FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE, AND OF COURSE, FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
PEOPLE ARE FREE IN THIS GREAT NATION TO WORSHIP ANY GOD OF THEIR CHOICE, INCLUDING THEMSELVES AS GOD, AND TO EXERCISE THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR LAWS.
AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO RETURN TO THE CONSTITUTION, REMEMBERING THAT BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS LORD, AND RETURN TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
RESPECT AND HOLINESS IS OUTLINED IN THE WORD OF GOD.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER BILL BATTEN. OKAY. OKAY.
THERE'S ANOTHER COMMENT. AND I BELIEVE THAT TWO OF THE CHAMBER ARE SUPPOSED TO BE INDEPENDENT.
BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF ITEMS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.
THE FIRST ONE IS I HAVE TWO ITEMS UNDER CONSENT.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE COUNCIL ADDRESS IF THEY CAN CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER NINE AND CONSENT ITEM NUMBER 13. ON NUMBER NINE IS THE COST OF THE UTILITIES.
WHAT WOULD THAT BE? A NUMBER 13. HOW ARE THEY GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS THESE THIS ACTION.
AND WHAT WILL IT IMPACT WILL BE ON THE PARK. THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO WE HAD AN ELECTION NOVEMBER 5TH. IT'S NOW FEBRUARY I'VE TRIED CONTACTING ONE OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS BY PHONE NUMBER (321) 210-9365. WE'RE NOW IN THE SECOND MONTH AFTER THIS ELECTION, AND I STILL CAN'T CONTACT THAT INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE THERE'S NO VOICE MAIL CAPABILITY.
ITEM NUMBER THREE. I NORMALLY WOULD HAVE SPOKE OUT AGAINST NEW BUSINESS NUMBER ONE BECAUSE I DON'T I
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DON'T LIKE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. AND I AND I THOUGHT THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD PAY.THE REASON I DID NOT THIS TIME WAS I WAS TRYING TO STEP BACK AND SO EVERYBODY WOULDN'T LOOK AT ME AS THE POOP HEAD I AM, BUT INSTEAD SAYING, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE AT.
BUT THIS WAS ALSO BENEFICIAL TO THE YOUTH, AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I DID NOT SPEAK FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND IN THE MEETING.
ITEM NUMBER NINE AND NUMBER 13. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HE'S GOT QUESTIONS. MR. MORGAN, ON THE COST. REGARDING COST OF UTILITIES ON CONSENT, ITEM NUMBER NINE AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT CONSENT ITEM NUMBER 13.
CAN YOU ADDRESS THOSE, PLEASE? SURE. ON THE COST OF UTILITIES.
AND JUST FOR BACKGROUND, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THIS IS A PROPOSED LEASE OF PROPERTY FOR A TEMPORARY FIRE STATION IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF PALM BAY.
IT'S ON THE SITE OF A FORMER MODEL HOME SALES LOT.
SO THE TEMPORARY FIRE STATION, WHICH THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED TO PURCHASE, WILL BE ON THE GRASSY AREA, AND THEN THE AND THEN THE ASPHALT AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS PARKING FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS.
IN TERMS OF THE UTILITY COSTS, WE HAVE AN ENGINEER UNDER CONTRACT FOR THAT SITE WORK.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE FOR THAT YET.
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY BEFORE WE CONDUCT THAT WORK, BRING THAT ESTIMATE BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU SIR. NEXT. SPEAKER NUMBER 13. YES. I'M SORRY.
I ALSO DIDN'T ADDRESS NUMBER 13. THAT IS THE ONE WHERE WE HAVE A A LESSER LETTER OF SUPPORT.
AND THE REASON IT WAS LISTED IN THE AGENDA. THE WAY THAT IT IS IS A LETTER OF COMMITMENT, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THE ZOO WAS ASKING US AS THEY APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR THE COUNTY TO PLANT OYSTERS AS A PART OF CLEANING UP THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.
SO THE OYSTER BEDS WOULD NOT BE ON ON CITY SUBMERGED LANDS.
AND SO NORMALLY THAT WOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM.
WE WOULDN'T TAKE THE COUNCIL, BUT SINCE IT WAS ALREADY ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA, I DECIDED TO LEAVE IT THERE WITH A LESSER COMMITMENT BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE TO TRAVERSE OUR UPLAND. THE VOLUNTEERS THAT PLANT THE OYSTERS TO TO CROSS OUR CITY PROPERTY.
IF THE ZOO IS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE GRANT.
SO I THINK AS STAFF, WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD ITEM.
BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE A LETTER OF COMMITMENT.
NOW IT'S JUST A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION.
THANK YOU SIR. NEXT SPEAKER, CHRISTINE JUDAICUS.
AWESOME. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS.
CHRISTINE JUDAICUS, 792 LEE ROAD, SOUTHWEST PALM BAY.
FIRST, I TOO, WOULD LIKE TO OFFER MY THANKS TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
MY HUSBAND WAS IN A PRETTY BAD ACCIDENT YESTERDAY DOWN THE STREET.
UNFORTUNATELY, DRIVING MY CAR, WHICH ENDED UP TOTALED.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE OFFICERS THAT ASSISTED YESTERDAY.
BOMBAY'S FINEST, BOMBAY'S FINEST. HARD AT WORK.
GREATLY APPRECIATED. NOW ON TO THE NOT SO NICE.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER GOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAYING WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT TO, AS LONG AS THEY DO IT WITHOUT PALM BAY COMMISSIONER NEXT TO THEIR NAME, YOU CAN DO IT.
AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, YOU'VE GOT WAY TOO MANY CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU ANSWER TO.
I'M TALKING TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. I JUST TEND TO GLANCE OVER THAT WAY I APOLOGIZE.
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NO WORRIES. IT'S JUST I WAS TAUGHT TO SPEAK TO MY AUDIENCE.SAY WHAT YOU WANT. USING YOUR OWN PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA.
DO NOT DRAG THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF PALM BAY INTO YOUR RACIST FOOLISHNESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOU UP THERE IDOLIZE THE ORANGE FELON IN CHIEF. SO BE IT. NOT ALL OF US DO. YOU'VE GOT CONSTITUENTS THAT DON'T SUPPORT THAT KIND OF HORRID INFORMATION BEING PUT OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THAT AN ENTIRE POPULATION OF INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THIS COUNTRY. THAT'S THE MOST ASININE THING I'VE EVER HEARD, ESPECIALLY OUT OF A LOCAL COMMISSIONER.
YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES. NEXT SPEAKER.
POINT OF ORDER, PLEASE. KELLY. THANK YOU. CALLING.
THE POLICE. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KELLY, 1554 ELMHURST CIRCLE.
PALM BAY. YOU MAY RECALL I SPOKE HERE NOT LONG AGO.
I AM SKIPPING CLASS TO COME CHASTISE THIS COUNCIL ON IGNORANCE FOR A SECOND TIME.
I APPRECIATE MAYOR ROB'S SPEECH ON LOVE, BUT HE IS NOT THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO BE INTROSPECTIVE.
COUNCILOR LANGEVIN, YOU'RE THERE. YOUR INCENDIARY COMMENTS SHUNNING MUSLIM AMERICANS, AMERICANS AND ADVOCATING FOR BOMBING LEBANON AGAIN, PROMOTE BASELESS FEAR MONGERING. IT IS UNJUSTIFIABLE AND BLATANTLY UN-AMERICAN.
I'D LIKE I'D LIKE AN APOLOGY FROM HIM INSTEAD OF A VAGUE SHIELDING OF THIS COUNCIL'S INTENT.
THE BASIS OF THIS COUNTRY IS THAT WE CAN COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES, WORSHIP DIFFERENT WAYS, AND WORK TOGETHER TOWARD A MORE PERFECT UNION.
NOT A MONOLITH, BUT A UNION. I'M AFRAID THAT QUOTING ACTUAL FOUNDING DOCUMENTS OF THIS COUNTRY IS MOOT, SINCE YOU'RE SINCE THE COUNCILMAN'S COMMENTS INDICATE NOT JUST AN IGNORANCE, BUT A BOLDFACED ANTAGONISM TO WHAT THIS COUNTRY ACTUALLY STANDS FOR, A GENUINE FOLLOWER OF CHRIST PRINCIPLES DOES NOT FEAR PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS, OR ADVOCATE FOR VIOLENCE, OR CELEBRATE A MILITIA THAT ADVOCATED FOR SLAVERY.
A REAL AMERICAN DOES NOT WANTONLY WISH FOR WAR AND VIOLENCE, WHICH HARMS NOT ONLY INNOCENT PEOPLE HALFWAY AROUND THE GLOBE, BUT ALSO NEEDLESSLY RISKS THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MENTAL WELLNESS OF OUR TROOPS.
I HAD TO CHASTISE THIS COUNCIL ON ITS SUBSERVIENCE TO ONLINE CONSPIRACY THEORIES, AND NOW I AM BACK AT IT, AT THE COST OF MY EDUCATION, TO BEG YOU TO HAVE EITHER COMMON SENSE OR BASIC DECENCY.
ON A CLASSIC AMERICAN PRINCIPLE THAT DIVERSITY MAKES US STRONGER AND NOT MORE FRAGILE.
AND HONESTLY, I WANTED TO WARN MICKEY MOUSE THAT HE'D BE COMING FOR EPCOT ANY DAY.
I AM NOT YOUR MOTHER, BUT SINCE YOU SEEM TO BE IN DIRE NEED OF GUIDANCE COUNSEL, LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO YOUR CORE, NOT ONLY FOR HAVING THESE BELIEFS, BUT ADVOCATING FOR VIOLENCE IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
I PRAY THAT YOU CLEAN UP YOUR ACT. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SKIP CLASS ANOTHER TIME, BUT I AM A REAL AMERICAN AND I WILL NOT TOLERATE UNINFORMED RHETORIC, PROMOTING VISCERAL HATE AND CALLING IT PATRIOTISM.
I AM NOT WELL READ ON THE WHITE POWER MESSAGE BOARDS, BUT I DID PAY ATTENTION IN HISTORY CLASS, AND I LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO TEACH YOU HOW YOU HOW THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED NOT ON CHRISTIANITY'S DOMINATION, BUT ON THE ABILITY TO LIVE FREELY AND IN PEACE.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. DAVID KEARNS.
BOY, THAT WAS A GOOD SPEECH. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL PROBABLY GET A RISE OUT OF SOME.
OF COURSE. FIRST AMENDMENT IS REAL. IT EXISTS.
YOU CAN'T STEAMROLL OVER IT. IT'S NOT GAZA AFTER ALL.
AND IT CLEARLY STATES CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION.
IT'S NOT EVEN DEBATABLE ANYMORE. IT'S SETTLED LAW.
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BUT WHAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF, IN ADDITION TO THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH THE BOARD HAS SULLIED TWICE NOW.THE STATE ALSO HAS ETHICS RULES, WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT Y'ALL SHOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING OR SAY ANYTHING USING THE OFFICIAL MONIKER OF THE CITY BESPEAKING A PREFERENCE FOR ONE RELIGION OR RACE OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION.
SINCE LAST YEAR, THE WORDS RINGING IN MY EARS HAVE BEEN GOD TOLD ME NOT TO FILL SEAT FIVE MAYOR, AND NOTHING WAS DONE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO QUOTE ME, QUOTE ME CORRECTLY.
IT DRAGGED THE DRAGGED THE ENTIRE CITY ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
OUR. WE'VE BEEN DEFAMED AND SULLIED. YOU'VE FRIGHTENED AND INTIMIDATED NEIGHBORS OF MINE WHO HAVE BEEN GREAT NEIGHBORS FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. OKAY, HE COULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW HE'S WORKING IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT.
HE'S WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTORS TO KEEP OUR NATION SAFE.
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT ANYONE WHO CANNOT CORRECTLY AND WITH AN HONEST.
I READ THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD NOT BE A MEMBER OF A CITY COUNCIL AND SHOULD BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY.
LIKELY THAT WON'T HAPPEN. MY PEOPLE CAME FROM IRELAND.
OKAY, THIS IS APPALLING TO READ THESE KIND OF COMMENTS FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
AND I SUSPECT MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD ALSO HAVE IRISH ROOTS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M READING IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY, AND THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE OUR RELIGION AT THAT DOOR AND AT THAT DOOR WHEN WE COME IN HERE TO DO THE CITY'S WORK. THE FACT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HONOR, BUT THEN WE TALK ABOUT IT LATER.
WE PLACATE PEOPLE BY SAYING, WELL, YEAH, WE'RE ALL MULTICULTURAL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
WHILE I APPLAUD YOUR WORDS, IT'S TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER BY SALLY.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SALLY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AND I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH A HEAVY HEART, BUT ALSO WITH DEEP SENSE OF HOPE.
RECENTLY, HURTFUL AND DISMISSIVE WORDS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THESE WORDS DO NOT REPRESENT WHO WE ARE. THEY DO NOT REFLECT THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY, NOR DO THEY SPEAK FOR THE COUNTLESS PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN RESPECT, INCLUSION, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON THE IDEA OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
THE VERY FIRST SETTLERS WERE PILGRIMS THAT CAME FROM THIS LAND FLEEING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.
THEY SOUGHT A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD WORSHIP FREELY WITHOUT FEAR OR DISCRIMINATION OR OPPRESSION.
WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO SEE THEIR POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS.
TAKE ALI MASJID, FOR EXAMPLE. IT'S ONE OF OUR PARKS IN OUR CITY, NAMED AFTER A PATRIOTIC AMERICAN MUSLIM WHO MADE A LASTING IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS DECADES LONG SERVICE AS A BREVARD COUNTY JUDGE.
I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ON THE ON THE ON HIS DEDICATION AND SERVICE AND LOVE TO THIS COMMUNITY VALUES THAT WE ALL SHARE OR CONSIDER.
DOCTOR IMAN EMAMI, A MUSLIM PHYSICIAN WHO ESTABLISHED THE FIRST TRAUMA CENTER IN BREVARD COUNTY.
HIS WORK HAS SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES AND CONTINUES TO BENEFIT EVERY RESIDENT, REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION OR BACKGROUND. SO WHEN HATEFUL RHETORIC IS SPREAD SUGGESTING THAT MUSLIMS DON'T BELONG HERE, WE HAVE TO ASK, WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? HOW CAN ANYONE IGNORE THE CLEAR, POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR MUSLIM NEIGHBORS? THIS RHETORIC DOESN'T COME FROM FACTS, AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T COME FROM ANY PLACE OF MORAL LEADERSHIP.
IT COMES FROM FEAR, IGNORANCE, AND REFUSAL TO SEE THE TRUTH THAT DIVERSITY MAKES US STRONGER.
THERE IS NO EXCEPTION TO THAT COMMAND. IT DOESN'T SAY LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR UNLESS THEY BELIEVE DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU. IT DOESN'T SAY LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR ONLY IF THEY LOOK AND WORSHIP LIKE YOU. IT SIMPLY SAYS TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR FULL STOP.
IF WE CLAIM TO HOLD THESE VALUES, WE MUST LIVE THEM OUT.
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NOT JUST WHEN IT'S EASY, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HARD.HATE HAS NO PLACE HERE. FEAR AND PREJUDICE ONLY DIVIDES US.
IT WEAKENS US AND MAKES IT HARDER FOR US TO THRIVE AS A COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY IS RICHER BECAUSE OF YOU AND NO HATEFUL WORDS CAN CHANGE THAT TRUTH.
SO LET'S TURN THIS MOMENT OF PAIN INTO A CALL FOR ACTION.
LET'S CHOOSE TO BE LOUDER IN OUR LOVE THAN IN OTHERS HATE.
LET'S REACH OUT TO THOSE AND BUILD BRIDGES AND REAFFIRM THE VALUES THAT TRULY DEFINE US.
RESPECT, KINDNESS AND UNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.
ANTHONY. ANTHONY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
I AM DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO. I WISH I WAS HERE TO TALK ABOUT GARBAGE.
I'M NOT. I WISH I WAS HERE TO SAY THAT OUR LOCAL LEADERS ARE HERE TO BRING US TOGETHER.
BUT INSTEAD, I'M HERE TO CALL OUT DANGEROUS RHETORIC.
DIVISIVE AND UN-AMERICAN RHETORIC OF CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
RECENTLY, THIS INDIVIDUAL, AS WE'VE ALREADY HEARD, CLAIMED THAT MUSLIMS DON'T BELONG HERE IN THIS GREAT NATION AND EVEN ADVOCATED FOR THE BOMBING OF LEBANON, AS WE'VE HEARD. LET'S BE CLEAR.
THIS IS EXTREMIST RHETORIC. IT FUELS HATE.
IT INCITES VIOLENCE UNNECESSARILY. WE'VE SEEN IT ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WHAT ABOUT THE MUSLIM OWNED BUSINESSES IN PALM BAY? A SIMPLE SEARCH I FOUND MANY RESTAURANTS. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT JUDGE MAJID.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT DOCTORS AND HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS. I'VE WORKED WITH MANY AT HEALTH FIRST.
THERE'S MANY IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW. THAT DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR BELIEF.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THEY DON'T BELONG HERE? HAVING BEEN A PRODUCT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM MOST OF MY EARLY CHILDHOOD, I HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TRUE POWER LIES WITHIN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
I WAS MOVED AROUND A LOT AS A KID. AND THESE SHORT TERM PARENTS, I LIKE TO CALL THEM MANY DIFFERENT FAITHS CULTURES LOOKED AT ME NO DIFFERENTLY THAN THEIR OWN CHILDREN.
AND SO I CAN SAY FOR A FACT, WE ALL BELONG. THIS ISN'T ABOUT FAITH OR PATRIOTISM.
AND YET, WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP? I HEAR I HEARD NO ANNOUNCEMENTS YET.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. JAMES. MONACO.
JAMES MONACO, 811 CHICKASAW AVENUE, MELBOURNE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD BMX STATE SERIES DOWN IN OKEEHEELEE FOLLOWED IT UP.
GOOD ON THE MIC, PLEASE. FOLLOWED IT UP WITH THE A WORLD QUALIFIER AND IN THE NATIONAL.
SO WITHIN TEN DAYS. I WAS HOPING SOMEBODY WENT DOWN, CHECKED OUT THE BMX.
SEE HOW THAT WAS GOING? SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE.
SEE HOW IT BROUGHT REVENUE INTO THE COMMUNITY OF OF PALM BEACH?
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YOU KNOW, AS THERE ARE BMX TRACKS AROUND THE STATE, YOU KNOW, SOME ARE IN AREAS LIKE ORLANDO.ORLANDO DOESN'T SEE IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE MICKEY MOUSE, THEY HAVE UNIVERSAL.
THEY HAVE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS GOING ON. BUT IN PALM BAY, IT WOULD BE GREAT IN PALM BAY.
EARLIER THE THOUGHT OF, OH, WE HELPED AND SUPPORTED SOME SOME OTHER EVENTS THAT LOST MONEY.
DID THEY REALLY LOSE MONEY? OKAY. THE CITY PUT OUT A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT HOW MANY NEW PEOPLE DID IT BRING TO THE AREA? HOW MANY NEW PEOPLE DID IT BRING? EVEN IF EVEN IF IT WAS ONE FAMILY.
BUT YOU BROUGHT IN ONE NEW FAMILY THAT MOVED IN.
THEY SAID, HEY, PALM BAY IS AWESOME. I WANT TO.
WHY DON'T YOU COME MOVE HERE? OKAY, SO MAYBE THEY BROUGHT ANOTHER FAMILY.
SO THAT INVESTMENT ON ANY PROGRAM THEY HAD GOING ON WHICH IS ALWAYS A BLESSING AND A BONUS TO THE CITY. SO AGAIN, THIS WEEKEND IS OLDSMAR BMX STATE QUALIFIER.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEW THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE.
I KNOW IT'S A COUPLE HOUR DRIVE, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND CHECK IT OUT, SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE IT BRINGS IN. IT'S GOING TO BE A WORLD QUALIFIER OR NO, IT'S NOT A WORLD QUALIFIER.
IT'S GOING TO BE A PRO CHALLENGE. SO A LOT OF THE PROS ARE GOING TO BE THERE.
AND IT'S LIKE A START OF THEIR SEASON, SO. ALRIGHTY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JAMES, I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE YOU LEAVE AND IT'S A YES OR NO RESPONSE.
HAVE YOU APPROACHED MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL? YES WE HAVE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU, COUNCILMAN.
THANK YOU. LIEUTENANT, COLONEL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK WITH THIS YOUNG, YOUNG MAN.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, CHRISTY REED. LIEUTENANT COLONEL, RAISE YOUR HAND SO CHRISTY CAN SEE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE LAND. OKAY. I JUST WANTED YOU TO.
YEAH, I ALREADY I'VE BEEN WITH PARKS AND REC UP THERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE LAND NECESSARY TO BUILD A BMX TRACK.
MY NAME IS CHRISTY REED. I AM, I LIVE IN MELBOURNE.
I AM HERE ABOUT BMX. LIKE MY PARTNER SAYS, WE HAVE A RACE THIS WEEKEND.
SO FAR WE HAVE 300 RACERS IN THERE. COUNCILMAN HAMMER, YOU HAVE A FRIEND THAT RACES.
WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU OUT TO THE TRACK NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT IN SAINT CLOUD.
COME OUT. WE'LL PUT YOU ON A BIKE. WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
STAY ON THE MIC, MAN. SO UNLESS YOU HAVE SEEN THIS SPORT, MOST OF YOU ARE THINKING, YEAH, THIS IS THE GUY THAT DO BACKFLIPS AT THE SKATE PARK, AND THEY'RE DOING THIS.
NO, WE ARE NOT THOSE GUYS. WE ARE PEOPLE SUCH AS JAMES THAT HE HITS THE START GATE.
BY THE TIME HE'S DONE THAT FIRST HILL, HE CAN BE DOING UPWARDS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR ON A BICYCLE.
A 20 INCH BICYCLE. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY THEY CAN DO THAT? CAN YOU DO IT ON A ROAD BIKE? CAN YOU DO IT ON A MOUNTAIN BIKE? YOU GO DOWN HERE, THE GRAPEFRUIT TRAILS, WHEN THEY'RE DOING DIRT JUMPS, SOME OF THESE GUYS ARE DOING 30, 35 MILES AN HOUR ON A BICYCLE. YOU TELL ME, WOULD YOU RATHER SEE THEM OUT ON A TRACK WHERE THEY'RE BRINGING PEOPLE IN, WHERE WE CAN HAVE 30, 40 MOTOS ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WHICH IS BRINGING IN 150 PEOPLE, AND WE CAN DO THAT ON THREE DAYS A WEEK, FOUR WEEKS A MONTH, 50 WEEKS A YEAR.
BECAUSE USA BMX SHUTS YOU DOWN FROM DECEMBER 15TH TO THE 1ST OF JANUARY.
SO WE GET POINTS TOGETHER, BUT WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING RIDERS IN OUR DISTRICT.
FOR BMX WE HAVE EX-PROS THAT ARE RIDING, WE HAVE SOME PROS, WE HAVE ONE PRO THAT'S OUT OF ALABAMA THAT HE JUST CAME HERE AND DID FOUR CLINICS AT THREE TRACKS.
HE DID THAT OVER A FOUR DAY PERIOD, AND BARRY NOBLES IS THE NUMBER ONE BMX VET PRO IN THE WORLD, AND HE LOVES COMING DOWN HERE TO RACE AND WORK WITH THE KIDS, AND THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.
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HE GETS THOSE EIGHT AND TEN YEAR OLD KIDS OUT THERE, TEACHES THEM DISCIPLINE, TEACHES THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.WE ALSO WITH USA BMX WE HAVE OUR USA BMX FOUNDATION WHICH IS A STEM PROGRAM.
WE HAVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS WHERE WITH BMX THERE ARE 13 SCHOOLS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY THAT WILL GIVE A BMX RIDER A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP IN ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DO.
IT IS NOT PHYSICAL EDUCATION. IT IS NOT. THEY COULD BECOME ENGINEERS, THEY CAN BECOME DOCTORS, BUT THEY HAVE FULL RIGHTS. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU.
NEXT. HEY, ONE QUESTION MA'AM. WHERE'S THE ONE ON FRIDAY NIGHT? IT IS ON. IT IS ON PEGHORN WAY IN SAINT CLOUD, RIGHT BEHIND THE SAINT CLOUD HOSPITAL.
IF YOU COME DOWN ALL THE WAY THROUGH TOWN, THERE'S ACTUALLY A SIGN THAT LEADS YOU INTO IT.
BUT IF YOU SEE THERE'S A MCDONALD'S, AND THEN THERE'S THE HOSPITAL AND A BANK ON THE CORNER.
YOU COME DOWN THERE AND FOLLOW IT TO THE CITY DUMP.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, IT'LL BE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE'RE CLOSED TOMORROW NIGHT. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER.
LANCE FISHER. OH, MAN. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
HELLO. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I'M LANCE FISHER, 130 MALABAR ROAD.
I AM DEPUTY CHIEF PALM BAY PD. RETIRED. FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T AWARE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS HIRED THE FIRM OF RUMBERGER, RUMBERGER AND KIRK OUT OF ORLANDO TO INVESTIGATE CHIEF MARIANO ARGUELLO WHEN COCOA BEACH HIRED AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO INVESTIGATE THEIR CHIEF.
HE WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR OVER FOUR MONTHS SO THAT THE FIRM COULD INVESTIGATE OR CONDUCT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND SPEAK TO EMPLOYEES WITHOUT FEAR OF RETALIATION. IT BAFFLES ME THAT CHIEF ARGUELLO IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO HARASS, RETALIATE, AND DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OFFICERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WHILE THE CITY CONDUCTS AN INVESTIGATION INTO HIS UNLAWFUL AND UNETHICAL LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS.
I WILL PROVIDE AN ELECTRONIC PACKET TO EACH OF YOU WITH TEXT MESSAGES, EMAILS, REPORTS, PHOTOGRAPHS SO THAT SHE CANNOT STAND BEFORE YOU AND SAY THAT I'M SAYING UNTRUTHS OR THROWING SHADE, AS HE SAID ON NOVEMBER 5TH.
HOPEFULLY THE FIRM WILL ASK THESE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
ASK THE CHIEF WHY HE AND DEPUTY CHIEF SPEARS BERATED LIEUTENANT CLIFF GRAVES IN A PROMOTIONAL INTERVIEW A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND THE NEXT DAY RETALIATE AGAINST HIM, REMOVED HIM FROM THE SWAT COMMANDER POSITION AND REMOVED HIM FROM TRAINING AND SENT HIM BACK TO PATROL.
HE ORDERED A COMMANDER TO REPLACE MR. ZENKO THROUGH A HIRING PROCESS AS NORMAL.
BUT YOU WILL SELECT DIANA BLACKLEDGE ONCE IT'S COMPLETE.
ASK THE CHIEF. WHY DID TWO COMMANDERS LEAVE THE AGENCY YEARS EARLIER THAN THEY ANTICIPATED? HE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE THAT WAS HIS PURPOSE. ASKED THE CHIEF, WHY DID THE DEPARTMENT ALREADY BELIEVES THAT SHANE MERTENS IS THE NEXT LIEUTENANT BEFORE THE HIRING PROCESS IS EVEN COMPLETE? COMPLETE? ASK THE CHIEF WHY THERE ARE NO BLACK OFFICERS ABOVE THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT.
AND WHY HE? WHY HE HAS AN ALL WHITE MALE COMMAND STAFF.
MELBOURNE LIEUTENANT CHAPMAN WROTE A SCATHING SUPPLEMENT REPORT BASED ON UNPROFESSIONAL ACTIONS AND INTERFERENCE DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION BY CHIEF AJELLO, ASKED THE CHIEF WHY HE INTERFERED IN HIS DAUGHTER'S INVESTIGATION AND CONFRONTED PFD PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION.
ASKED THE CHIEF WHY HE CONFRONTED PFD PERSONNEL THAT WERE UPSET WHEN HIS DAUGHTER WAS HIRED, DESPITE FAILING THEIR PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT TESTS.
ASKED THE CHIEF WHY HE BELITTLED PATRICIA SMITH IN A TEXT MESSAGE TO COMMAND STAFF.
ASKED THE CHIEF, WHY DOES THE COMMAND STAFF USE PERSONAL CELL PHONES FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS SO THEY CAN AVOID THOSE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS? ASKED THE CHIEF WHY HE ALLOWED HIS DEPUTY CHIEF TO CALL AN OFFICER UP ON FMLA AND ASKED HIM TO TAKE OFF.
TAKE HIS NAME OFF THE PROMOTION LIST. ASKED THE CHIEF WHY HE ALLOWED HIS DEPUTY CHIEF TO BULLY A HISPANIC FEMALE TO FORCE HER TO RESIGN AFTER I WOULDN'T ALLOW HIM TO TERMINATE HER. NEXT SPEAKER, CHRISTINE LANSANA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE. COUNCIL MEMBERS. AS A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF THE PALM BAY AQUATIC CENTER, I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE FACILITY, BUT INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. WE MUST PRIORITIZE ACCESS TO WATER SAFETY EDUCATION.
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FLORIDA LEADS THE NATION IN CHILD DROWNING DEATHS.SWIM EDUCATION SAVES LIVES. I URGE THE CITY TO EXPAND SWIM PROGRAMS, CREATE COMPETITIVE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS, AND INCREASE ACCESS TO WATER SAFETY EDUCATION.
PERHAPS EVEN CONSIDERING THE ADDITIONAL THE ADDITIONAL AQUATICS FACILITIES.
I'D LIKE THE NEXT ITEM I'D LIKE TO BRING AWARENESS TO IS TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC INPUT ON SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS. BEFORE I CONTINUE, CAN I ASK EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP TONIGHT IN OPPOSITION OF THE CITYWIDE SURVEILLANCE TO PLEASE STAND? THANK YOU.
THE SHOW OF SUPPORT REFLECTS A DEEP CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW. ONE OF THE CITY, ONE THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE PROPERLY ENGAGED IN BEFORE IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM.
PALM BAY FIVE YEAR LEASE ON THE FLOCK. CAMERAS APPROVED IN 2021 WILL REQUIRE A RENEWAL DECISION.
THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. NOW, IF THE SYSTEM IS TRULY BENEFICIAL, THE CITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE DATA ON HOW MANY CRIMES HAVE BEEN SOLVED AS A RESULT OF THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM.
HOW MANY MISSING CHILDREN HAVE BEEN RECOVERED USING THIS FLOCK SYSTEM, WHAT THE FINANCIAL COST OR SAVINGS HAS BEEN TO THE TAXPAYERS, AND HOW THESE RESULTS COMPARE TO TRADITIONAL POLICING METHODS THAT DO NOT INFRINGE UPON OUR RIGHTS.
IN MATTERS THAT AFFECT CIVIL LIBERTIES, CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH THE FACTS BOX AND BE PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS, RATHER THAN HAVE THEM MADE FOR THEM BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
TONIGHT'S AGENDA INCLUDES APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY SOFTWARE, WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED OPENLY IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS. ADDITIONALLY, THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS HAVE ALSO UNDERGONE VARIOUS PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY, BUT PUBLIC AWARENESS SHOULD BE A PRIORITY, NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT. WITH THIS IN MIND, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL WILL THE PUBLIC BE ENGAGED IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE RENEWAL OR EXPANSION OF THIS PROGRAM? WHAT CHANNELS CURRENTLY EXIST TO RAISE AWARENESS AND ALLOW THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HAVE AN INPUT ON HIGH STAKES ISSUES SUCH AS THIS? I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FINAL MOMENT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THOSE WATCHING. IF YOU THINK THIS DOESN'T AFFECT.
IF YOU'RE THINKING THIS DOESN'T AFFECT ME, I'M JUST ONE PERSON, THINK AGAIN.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT TOGETHER WE HAVE THE POWER TO CREATE CHANGE.
THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS, OUR PRIVACY, AND OUR FUTURE.
AS WE STAND TOGETHER, THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN STOP US.
THERE ARE REAL ISSUES AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY DESERVE ACTION, NOT JUST DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. MAYOR, I DO FEEL IT'S NOT.
IT'S WE'RE NOT ASKING TOO MUCH TO GET THAT DATA.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT. SO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, RIGHT.
THE PERCEPTION THAT THESE FOG CAMERAS ARE USED INAPPROPRIATELY IS BEYOND WHAT I CAN EVEN DESCRIBE.
THESE FOG CAMERAS IS A TOOL THAT DOES SOLVE CRIMES.
AND AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE LICENSE READERS.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'LL CALL UP THE CHIEF IF IF SCOTT.
SCOTT, WOULD YOU ALLOW THE CHIEF TO COME UP? YES.
I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS. I THINK THIS HAS COME UP IN THE PAST, BUT YEAH, I THINK THE CHIEF IT CERTAINLY HAS REITERATE, BUT IT'S IT'S A PASSION THAT I, THAT I HAVE IN PROTECTING THE LIFE OF, OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY IN CRIME FIGHTING.
THAT'S SO FAR FROM THE TRUTH. CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO GET.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, AND I'M SURE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON HAS A FEW QUESTIONS.
MY QUESTION IS, THESE FOG CAMERAS THAT ARE IN QUESTION TODAY THAT WERE JUST DISCUSSED.
THEIR PURPOSE IS TO MONITOR ON A CONTINUAL BASIS.
OR IS IT THAT WE USE IT USE IT AS A CRIME FIGHTING TOOL.
AS SOMEONE STEALS A CAR, THEY MONITOR THOSE THOSE LICENSE PLATES.
EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. SURE. SO IT'S.
THEY'RE NOT CCTVS. THEY'RE NOT RUNNING LIVE FEEDS 24 OVER SEVEN.
SO THESE ARE THESE ARE LICENSE PLATE READERS.
THAT'S IT. IT'S NOT REAL TIME. IT'S NOT MONITORING 24 OVER SEVEN TO OUR OFFICERS.
OR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS RUNNING TO SEE WHAT. OH, LOOK, I JUST SAW THEM CROSS THE STREET.
I JUST SAW THE VEHICLE DRIVE PAST. NO, THESE ARE SNAPSHOTS.
JUST A SYMBOL. IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE TOLLS IN FLORIDA, YOU DON'T PAY YOUR TOLL.
IT TAKES A PICTURE OF YOUR TAG. IT'S THE SAME THING. SO.
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SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. I UNDERSTAND THE WELL, I KIND OF DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS WITH IT, BUT BUT THE TOOLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IS INVALUABLE.WE'VE HAD THEM OVER ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW. THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY MANAGEMENT.
WITH IT, YOU KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, YES.
YOU KNOW, FOR ME, FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT'S NOT JUST PALM BAY, IT'S BREVARD COUNTY.
IT'S NOT JUST BREVARD COUNTY, IT'S THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
OKAY, SO MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION HAS, HAVE THOSE CAMERAS ASSISTED IN ANY CRIME INVESTIGATIONS? MANY. SO SUCH AS. SO THERE'S FIVE RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT I'LL TELL YOU THAT ARE ALL FIVE WERE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS OVER THE LAST.
THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME, SIR. CARRY ON. YOU FIVE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS.
CORRECT? THAT'S NOT COUNTING ANYTHING ELSE. CARRY ON.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. AND I WASN'T SAYING THAT THEY DON'T WORK. I WAS JUST I HEARD HER SPEAKING, AND SHE WAS JUST ASKING FOR THE DATA TO BACK WHAT WE WERE SAYING, AND. UNDERSTANDABLE, SIR. AND SO LAST WEEK OR THIS PAST WEEK, DEPUTY CHIEF SPEARS SPOKE WITH MELANZANA OVER THE PHONE, PROVIDED PERSONAL INFORMATION. EVERYTHING WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION. SO I UNDERSTAND. YES, SIR. BUT THEY ARE NOT RUNNING CAMERAS.
THEY ARE NOT LIVE FEEDS. THEY'RE TAKING A PICTURE OF YOUR TAG. JUST DRIVE THROUGH, SIR. JUST ONE.
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME, SIR.
AND I VOWED TO PROTECT THE SANCTITY OF LIFE IN THIS CITY.
AND THIS IS A CRIME FIGHTING TOOL THAT OUR INVESTIGATORS DRASTICALLY NEED.
AND THIS IS NOTHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE NATION IS.
THIS IS NOT AN NSA OPERATION. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
THANKS FOR COMING UP. WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT SPEAKER BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
ONE SECOND. I WAS ALSO I WAS ALSO INFORMED IT WAS GOOD WITH FINDING MISSING CHILDREN THAT YOU.
SO. YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. SO MISSING CHILDREN, WHICH WE WE HAD ONE RECENTLY, A COUPLE RECENTLY RUNAWAYS MISSING AND ENDANGERED ELDERLY SENIOR CITIZENS THAT HAVE MEDICAL CONCERNS THAT ARE WITH THE STRESS THAT ARE TAKE OFF WITH THEIR VEHICLES.
WE'VE LOCATED THEM BECAUSE OF FLOCK. WITHOUT THEM, WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD WE HAD A VICTIM OF A SEXUAL BATTERY, A JUVENILE A WEEK AGO.
BECAUSE OF WHAT? WE WERE APPREHENDED AND ARRESTED. THE SUBJECT THAT WAS INVOLVED, THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS THE PERPETRATOR FOR IT. SO THESE ARE PROTECTING AND SAVING THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY AND BRINGING JUSTICE TO FAMILIES AND VICTIMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, HENRY MARTIN.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS HENRY MORAN.
I'VE LIVED IN PALM BAY FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
THE MAIN REASON I'M BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD NEWS, IS I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT'S HOLDING UP THE DAIRY QUEEN ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S SORT OF JUST SITTING THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S HOLDING IT UP IS FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO A LOT OF DETAILS.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME, BUT I WANT TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ON THE PROJECT HAS REALLY BEEN FAVORABLY IMPRESSED WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, IN PARTICULAR, ANGELA BULL, THE ARCHITECT WHO I'VE WORKED WITH NOW, ALSO FELT THAT OUR CITY DID A GOOD JOB WORKING WITH HIM.
I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HECTOR FRANCO AND JOHN AND JOHN MCCALL HERE.
HE THEY HAVE HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY WITH FLORIDA POWER, LIGHT AND CITY GAS.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, CITY GAS DID NOT WANT TO GRANT A PERMIT UNTIL THEY GOT A FLORIDA D.O.T.
RIGHT AWAY. A PERMIT. IT TOOK HECTOR FRANCO AND JOHN MCCALL TO LET THEM KNOW.
MALABAR ROAD IS A CITY ROAD IS NOT A FLORIDA ROAD.
SO ANYWAY, WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WHILE I'M TALKING US UP REAL GOOD, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SOLD THREE SEPARATE SITES TO THREE SEPARATE DOCTORS ON MALABAR ROAD IN THE RC ZONING, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL GET SOME PROJECTS DONE SOON. ALSO, JUST RECENTLY CLOSED ON A SALE TO AN INSURANCE AGENT.
IT'S NOT SOME BIG OUT OF TOWN CORPORATION. SO THAT'S REALLY ABOUT IT.
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I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY HANG UP NOW AND NOT WASTE ANY MORE TIME.BUT WELL, I THINK I'M GOING TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TANYA RAMOS IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SHE'S ALWAYS REALLY, REALLY BEEN HELPFUL TO ME.
AND WELL, TIM ROBERTS, PALM BAY UTILITIES, HE REALLY HELPED ME OUT ON THE INSURANCE AGENT SALE. SO I THINK WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD TEAM WORKING, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD TO DO WHAT I CAN TO HELP OUR CITY. AND I STILL OWN EIGHT PROPERTIES ON MALABAR ROAD.
I WANT TO GET DEVELOPED. THANK YOU, MR. MORAN.
MR. MORAN, YOU STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FPL AND DAIRY QUEEN? I'M SORRY. WHAT'S THAT? SIR, DO YOU STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FPL ON THERE REGARDING THE DAIRY QUEEN ON MALABAR ROAD? OR IS THAT TAKEN CARE OF? I THINK WE'RE GETTING THE ANSWER IS WE STILL ARE BEING. WOULD YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I'LL SEND IT TO OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS CONTACT? IS THAT MICHELLE MORRELL? YES IT IS. I WENT TO HER BACK IN DECEMBER.
COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE. AND I'M JUST AFRAID THAT NOW WE'RE GETTING RETALIATION.
LET LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU, MR. MORAN. NEXT SPEAKER.
KEN MORROW. I THINK WE ALL KNOW HIM. WE JUST DON'T KNOW HIM.
KEN MORROW. I'VE LIVED AT 128 HURST ROAD FOR ROAD FOR THE PAST 23 YEARS.
I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT ON A GOOD NOTE AND HOPE THIS GETS ALL YOUR ATTENTION.
FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS, TO NO AVAIL, WE'VE BEEN PLEADING WITH YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ABUNDANCE OF TRAFFIC COMING DOWN OUR ROADS INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE OF THE PINEAPPLE COVE PARENT LOOP. I THOUGHT YOU ALL WERE SUPPOSED TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS, BUT IT'S JUST NOT THE CASE. EVERY TIME WE COME HERE, YOU TELL US THE SAME OLD STORY THAT THESE PROBLEMS TAKE TIME AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO RECTIFY THEM. THE REALITY IS NOT MUCH HAS BEEN DONE AND THE TRAFFIC STILL CONTINUES.
MANY SUGGESTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY MYSELF AND OUR NEIGHBORS, BUT NONE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
IF YOU WORKED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND TOOK THREE YEARS TO RESOLVE A PROBLEM, YOU'D PROBABLY ALL BE FIRED? IT'S BECOMING PRETTY CLEAR THAT ALL YOU'VE BEEN DOING IS BLOWING A LOT OF SMOKE, TRYING TO APPEASE US AND MAKE US GO AWAY.
I THINK YOU REALLY JUST DON'T CARE. AND DON'T SAY IT'S A MONEY ISSUE.
I'VE TRIED AND TRIED TO GET SOME RESULTS, BUT HONESTLY, YOU WORE ME DOWN.
IT'S THE LAST TIME I'M GOING TO COME HERE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED. HOPEFULLY OTHER PEOPLE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE STILL WILLING TO GO ON WITH THE FIGHT AND NOT LET YOU CONTINUE TO GET AWAY WITH THIS. SOME ACTION NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND FIX THIS MESS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MORGAN. I KNOW THAT YOU RECENTLY WE HAD A MEETING OR YOU HAD A MEETING SCHEDULED REGARDING PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY OVER THERE BY LOCKHART.
YES. EARLIER THIS WEEK INVITED A COUPLE OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE AND STILL REMAIN ACTIVE, PLUS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SCHOOL TO SEE IF THERE ARE SOME SOLUTIONS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
AND ONE OF THOSE OUTCOMES WAS PUTTING TOGETHER ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SCHOOL WITH ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS MADE SOME SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS TO THE SCHOOL TO CONSIDER. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT OUTCOME, BUT THAT MEETING, THAT PART OF THAT MEETING WAS WAS FAIRLY PRODUCTIVE. SO MR. MURROW, IF WE COULD JUST KEEP HIM BRIEFED ON ON WHAT OCCURS WITH YOUR MEETINGS WITH PCA? YES.
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AND AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE WHO ARE PRETTY WELL SPOKEN AND AND PASSIONATE.AS, AS THIS GENTLEMAN IS TO, TO MEET SORT OF DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES TO TRY TO, TO DO SOME THINGS. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT EFFORT.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND A LONG TIME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WENT BY THERE THIS MORNING. I KNOW THERE'S A MORNING PEAK AND A AND A PICKUP PEAK AND AND BUT CERTAINLY I THINK THE STAFF IS SYMPATHETIC TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO, TO MOSTLY PALM BAY STUDENTS.
SO I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO, TO DO WHAT WE CAN AND I JUST APOLOGIZE FOR THE LENGTH THAT THAT'S TAKEN, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL WE'LL SEE SOME RESULTS, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THOMAS. REESE.
SORRY. HERE. I AM. THOMAS REESE FROM 114 HORSE ROAD.
I'M ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PINEAPPLE COVE.
I KNOW I JUST HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL THAT POSSIBLY THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF MOVEMENT.
I, TOO DON'T LIKE THE TRAFFIC. IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS, AND IT'S VERY HECTIC.
IT'S VERY STRESSFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND AND I LIKE TO SEE HAVE THE SCHOOL AGAIN HAVE A MEETING AGAIN WITH THE RESIDENTS IN THE LOCHMARA STATE AREA. TO TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
SO FAR WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANY RESULTS ON IN THE LAST THREE YEARS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
NOW, NOW, FOR THREE YEARS, WE'VE HAD OUR 4 OR 500 CARS GO BY EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY 5000 CARS A WEEK. YOU KNOW OUR STREETS ARE GETTING TORN UP.
THEY'RE DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DRAINAGE AND STUFF, BUT I KIND OF ASSUME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME PAVING DOWN THE ROAD, BUT I WAS I WAS HERE GOING TO BE HERE. JUST TRY TO GET MAYBE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER OR SOMEBODY, SOME OFFICIAL FROM THE FROM HERE AT THE CITY HALL.
I WAS WONDERING IF I CAN GET I WANTED TO DO A SURVEY THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE.
I'LL HAVE A COUNCIL PERSON OR MEMBER OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND BASICALLY GO THROUGH A SURVEY, YOU KNOW, TALK TO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH ON HEARST AND PIONEER AND NESBITT AND SEE WHAT THEIR OPINION IS AND ASK THEM A FEW QUESTIONS AND SEE IF THEY BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS OR REALLY VOICE THEIR FEELINGS AND STUFF. SO I THOUGHT MAYBE, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SURVEY DONE THROUGH THE THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE THE TRAFFIC.
AND I KNOW THAT I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THEY DON'T LIKE, LIKE, THE TRAFFIC AND I REALLY HAVEN'T THERE'S, THERE'S ACTUALLY RESIDENTS THAT GO TO SCHOOL THERE.
SO I KIND OF ASSUME THAT THEY ALREADY LIKE THE TRAFFIC, SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY.
THANK YOU SIR. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
RIGHT. AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG PROBLEM. THE SURVEY ASPECT.
WE HAD TOWN MEETINGS AND PRETTY MUCH HAD THOSE SURVEYS.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU PARTICIPATED IN THOSE. THOSE WERE BEFORE OUR CURRENT INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BUT THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL SINCE NOVEMBER AND NOVEMBER, AND OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOL WAS PASSED AND BUILT LONG BEFORE MYSELF AND A FEW OTHERS ARE SITTING ON COUNCIL.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE PINEAPPLE COVE. I LIVE IN LOCK MAR.
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CAN THE CITY ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING OR ARE WE JUST ARE WE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT IT? IS THERE ACTUALLY ANYTHING THE CITY CAN DO? AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO, CAN WE JUST TELL THE RESIDENTS THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT AND THAT THE BURDEN FALLS ON PINEAPPLE COVE THEMSELVES TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE? CAN ANYBODY ANSWER, MR. MORGAN? IN THE CURRENT SITUATION? MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED, IT WAS A SCHOOL HISTORICALLY.AND PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY PURCHASED IT.
AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THE ENROLLMENT THAT THE OTHER SCHOOL HAD A MUCH LOWER ENROLLMENT, AND THIS IS A SCHOOL WITH A LOT HIGHER ENROLLMENT. AND THAT IS NOT ANYTHING THAT THE THAT THE CITY CONTROLS.
AND BUSSING. AND AGAIN, IT'S A, IT'S A SCHOOL THAT I THINK IN THE PAST, THE CITY OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE MAYOR, HAVE SUGGESTED SOME ALTERNATIVES FOR FOR THE SCHOOL TO CONSIDER.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NO REGULATORY POWER OF THE CITY THROUGH OUR LAND USE CONTROLS THAT COULD COMPEL A PRIVATE ENTITY TO, TO PROVIDE BUSSING SERVICE.
I THINK THERE'S SOME LIMITED EFFORTS, BUT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT UNHAPPINESS THAT THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN SATISFACTORY TO THE NEIGHBORS. BUT I THINK IN BASIC ANSWER TO THE DEPUTY MAYOR'S QUESTION IS IN THE CURRENT SITUATION THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING THE CITY CAN DO. WHEN WE MET WITH WHEN I WAS SORT OF BROKERING THE THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN SOME NEIGHBORS AND THE PCA REPRESENTATIVES. THEY DID INDICATE THAT THEY ARE POTENTIALLY MOVING WITH A MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE STREET.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME THROUGH OUR PLANNING PROCESS AND INVOLVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR, FOR THAT TO PROCEED. I THINK OUR PLANNING, OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IS VERY CAPABLE OF MAKING SURE THAT CITIZENS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT SO THAT IF THEY MAKE THAT APPLICATION AND IT ULTIMATELY COMES TO THE COUNCIL FOR DECISION YOU WOULD HAVE INFORMATION ON WHICH TO BASE SUCH A DECISION, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN APPLIED FOR.
BUT THAT WAS DISCLOSED FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE THE RESIDENTS THAT THAT IS A PLAN THAT THEY MORE LIKELY THAN NOT PLAN ON PURSUING. ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS INITIALLY DISCUSSED WAS TO EXTEND MAKE A TURNING LANE ON EMERSON. AND INITIALLY THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SWITCHED ON THAT.
RIGHT. BUT I STILL FEEL THAT THAT ALTHOUGH MAY NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE, BUT IT CERTAINLY SHOWS THAT THE CITY HAS DONE MADE AN EFFORT TOWARDS THAT AND WHERE THAT ENDED UP, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WAS REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US EXPLORE THAT, EVEN IF WE PARTNER SOMEHOW TO GET THAT DONE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IT MAY NOT SOLVE THE WHOLE SITUATION, THE DEPUTY MAYOR, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS WORTH EXPLORING AND WORTH MOVING FORWARD ON. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A DIFFERENT SHIFT WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
BUT I KNOW THAT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAD AGREED WITH ME.
LET'S GO DOWN THAT AVENUE. AND AND NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE YET.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. FOR AT LEAST THAT TO BE EXPLORED.
MAYBE YOU COULD BRING THAT BACK AND BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH BUT AT LEAST EXTENDING THAT TURNING LANE OFF OF EMERSON, GETTING THE, SOME CARS OFF THE ROAD IN THAT CAPACITY, MAYBE THAT WOULD DIVERT SOME OF IT.
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THE ACTUAL SCHOOL USING THEIR FREE SPACE THAT TO THIS DATE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY USING IT, BUT THAT WAS PART OF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOME TYPE OF FIELD.
AND I, I'VE GONE BY THERE AND I DON'T SEE IT BEING USED AS A FIELD EVEN TO THIS DAY.
SO PERHAPS WE COULD ASK THEM TO EXPLORE THAT IN A COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO THINGS.
MAY MAY GET US TO A BETTER PLACE THAN WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS, GENTLEMEN. NOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
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IF WHAT GETS APPROVED? ACROSS THE STREET? WELL, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DIVERTING.I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND I'M NOT.
I'M NOT EVEN PREPARED TO DISCUSS ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
OKAY. YES. WE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A AN APPLICATION INTO OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THAT.
ALTHOUGH, AGAIN, IN THE MEETING THAT, THAT WE HAD WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS DISCLOSED BY THE SCHOOL THAT THAT THEY MAY VERY WELL START THAT PLANNING PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, THE IDEA THERE IS COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
THE SCHOOL EXPLAINS THEIR PROPOSAL AS PART OF THAT COMMUNITY MEETING.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WILL COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE THE FORMAL HEARING. AND SO I GUESS I WOULD ECHO THAT IN THIS, THAT ONCE THAT PLANNING PROCESS STARTS, THE COUNCIL WILL SORT OF END UP BEING THE JUDGE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
BUT THERE'S A PROCESS THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. SO I GUESS I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO AWAIT IF THAT COMES TO YOU TO AWAIT THE FINAL HEARING SO THAT WE DO THINGS CORRECTLY AND ACCORDING TO THE LAW. WELL, AND I JUST.
IF THAT IS THE CASE, I WANT THOSE PROMISES DONE BEFORE.
BEFORE ANYTHING. I WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IF I WOULD EVEN ENTERTAIN SOMETHING TO PUT MORE HARM INTO THAT COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT COMMUNITY HAS DONE HAS BEEN HARMED ENOUGH.
OKAY. HOW YOU DOING? DAVID JONES, 1107 MERRICK AVENUE, NORTHWEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.
WHEN I TRAVEL AROUND THIS NATION FOR WORK, I DO WEAR MY SPACE COAST PIN.
IT DOES GET YOU STOPPED AND PEOPLE ASK ABOUT IT, SO IT IS A PRETTY COOL THING.
SO, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE GREATER PALM BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR RENEWING YOUR CITY'S TRUSTEESHIP WITH THE CHAMBER AND FOR CONTINUING THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO SERVE AS THE GATEWAY TO BUSINESS ON FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST. YOUR SUPPORT IS MORE THAN JUST A LINE ITEM.
IT'S A COMMITMENT AND AN INVESTMENT TO PALM BAY ECONOMIC FUTURE.
THE CHAMBER PLAYS A UNIQUE ROLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
NOT ONLY DO WE ADVOCATE FOR BUSINESSES, FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH AND BUILD STRONG PARTNERSHIPS, BUT SOMETHING THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW IS WE SERVICE THE OFFICIAL WELCOME CENTER FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY VISITORS, NEW RESIDENTS, DEVELOPERS, AND NEW BUSINESSES.
HIS ANGLE. BUSINESSES LOOK TO INVEST IN OUR CITY, WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS, AND IT'S THE CHAMBER'S JOB TO ENSURE THAT THEIR FIRST IMPRESSION OF PALM BAY IS ONE OF OPPORTUNITY, INNOVATION AND HOSPITALITY.
WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND THE LEASE.
THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE WHEN DECISIONS IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, THEY DESERVE A THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION.
HERE'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE. WHILE OUR CHAMBER MAY HAVE A SMALL STAFF AND OUR BUILDING MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST, THE IMPACT THAT WE CREATE IS UNDENIABLE. FROM CONNECTING SMALL BUSINESSES TO RESOURCES, TO BRINGING IN INDUSTRY LEADERS TO REPRESENTING PALM BAY ACROSS THE REGION AND BEYOND, WE DO IT ALL WITH A LEVEL OF REACH AND INFLUENCE THAT FAR THAT FAR OUTWEIGHS OUR FOOTPRINT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT, NOT JUST TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE, BUT TO BUT TO AFFIRM WHAT WE KNOW TO BE TRUE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, WHEN WE INVEST IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, AND WHEN WE SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DRIVE BUSINESSES FORWARD, PALM BAY THRIVES. OUR CITY IS GROWING AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE EXPANDING, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH YOU TO ENSURE THAT PALM BAY REMAINS A PLACE WHERE BUSINESSES FLOURISH, WHERE INNOVATION IS WELCOMED, AND WHERE OUR COLLECTIVE SUCCESS IS SOMETHING WE CAN ALL BE PALM BAY PROUD OF.
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AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THANK YOU ALSO FOR CONTINUING THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL ATTENDED.IT WAS FANTASTIC. MY FAVORITE PART OF IT WAS MY DAUGHTER SAID, DADDY, HOW DO YOU KNOW THE MAYOR? IT WAS A FUN CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER, NANCY PELTONEN. SO I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR YOU, THE COUNCILMAN AND SOME IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ALL THAT THE CHAMBER DOES TO SUPPORT THE CITY THAT IS FAR BEYOND THE COST OF OUR TRUSTEESHIP AND RENT.
OF COURSE, THE CHAMBER IS LOOKING AT LONG TERM AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS, WHETHER IT'S A LARGER BUILDING, A DIFFERENT LOCATION OR NAME. WE ARE CONSIDERING EVERYTHING WE HAVE WORKED HARD IN THE LAST NINE YEARS TO GAIN RESPECT, TRUST AND BE SEEN AS LEADERS ON THE SPACE COAST.
SO WE INVITED TO THE TABLE WHEN BIG DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.
I WEAR MY NAME TAG GREATER PALM BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO EVENTS FROM MIAMI TO DAYTONA OR ORLANDO, REPRESENTING THE CITY WITH GRACE AND PROFESSIONALISM, ALWAYS PROMOTING THE CITY AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN PALM BAY.
BEING AT A AT A ROUNDTABLE WITH U.S. SENATOR MARCO MARCO RUBIO ARE BEING INVITED TO LEADERSHIP DINNER TO FORMER GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT'S TALLAHASSEE TALLAHASSEE MANSION. LAST WEEK, WE WERE THE ONLY CHAMBER IN THE STATE INVITED TO A BOOTH FOR THREE DAYS AT SPACE.COM, BEING SEEN BY THE 5000 PLUS PARTICIPANTS AT THE SHOW.
NASA HAS REACHED OUT TO US TO PARTNER WITH US FOR OUR 2025 SPACE COAST SYMPOSIUM.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO PLUG AND PLAY WHEN SPACE FORCE ASSOCIATION, VERTEX, THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SIMULATION, OPTICS AND PHOTONICS GROUP, AND MANY OTHERS FORMING PARTNERSHIPS AND DISCUSSIONS FOR FURTHER COLLABORATION.
NASA TOOK US SERIOUSLY WHEN THEY HAD THEIR DIRECTOR OF KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, JANET PETREAUS, SPEAK AT OUR SYMPOSIUM ALONG WITH VP'S AND DIRECTORS FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN, NORTHROP GRUMMAN, BOEING, JACOBS, AMAZON, L3, HARRIS, MICROSOFT, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
WE HAD TWO OF THE TOP 500 COMPANY LEADERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA BILL YEARGIN, CEO OF THE BILLION DOLLAR PLUS COMPANY, AND UCF PRESIDENT DOCTOR CARTWRIGHT, TAKE US SERIOUSLY WHEN THEY CHOSE TO SPEAK AT OUR CHAMBER LUNCHEON.
MEDIA PARTNERS FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA, SUCH AS THE ORLANDO BUSINESS JOURNAL AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA CORP., COLLABORATE WITH US. WE REPRESENT ALMOST 600 CHAMBER PARTNERS WHO BELIEVE IN US AND OUR MISSION, AND FIND THE VALUE WE BRING TO THEIR BUSINESSES, THE BEDROCK OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I CAN SAY I RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS FROM PARTNERS AFTER THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
THEY WANTED TO COME TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW MUCH THE CHAMBER HAS IMPACTED THEIR BUSINESS.
THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER HAS TRULY BECOME A GATEWAY TO BUSINESS, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL, ON FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST. THANK YOU NANCY. ISN'T IT COOL THAT YOU MENTIONED SENATOR MARCO RUBIO? THE 72ND SECRETARY OF STATE, JUST HANGING OUT WITH US LOCALLY.
THAT WAS WONDERFUL. CARRY ON. NEXT. KENNETH DELGADO.
THANK YOU. NANCY. WHEN I'M THANKFUL FOR THE DAIRY QUEEN, IT'S IN WALKING DISTANCE TO MY HOME.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE EXTENSION OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT THE AT THE PALM BAY REGIONAL PARK.
THAT MEANS IT'LL ONLY TAKE ME TWO HOURS TO GET TO THE.
THE EXPANDED PARK ON THE WEST, AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT FIRST OF ALL NUMBER ONE, I FOUND THIS IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 53.
IT SAYS ALL OF US, LIKE SHEEP, HAVE GONE ASTRAY.
WE HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM HIS OWN WAYS. AND THE LORD HATH LAID UPON JESUS HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL.
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HE WAS OPPRESSED. HE WAS AFFLICTED. HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH.HE IS BROUGHT INTO THE AS A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER.
AS A SHEEP BEFORE HER SHEARERS IN DEATH. SO HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH.
ALL THIS SPEAKING OF JESUS CHRIST. AND. AND SO JESUS IS SHOWING US A BETTER WAY.
LOVE NEVER FAILS. I'M NOT FORGETTING THE FACT THAT JESUS LOOKED AT A WOMAN THAT WAS IN ERROR.
WHILE EVERYBODY WANTED TO STONE THEM, HE SAID, IF YOU'RE WITHOUT SIN, PICK UP THE FIRST STONE.
AND SO WHY? BECAUSE HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES.
THE CHASTISEMENT OF OUR PEACE WAS UPON HIM, AND BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.
HE'S SAYING, I HAVE A BETTER WAY OF DOING THINGS.
ANOTHER GROSS ERROR SINCE IN CONGRESS THEY PRAY BEFORE THEY START THEIR SESSION.
NO LOVE IS THE ANSWER. PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMY. IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE AN ENEMY, PRAY FOR THEM.
UNITED STATES WAS MADE FOR ALL PEOPLE. IT'S ALSO WAS FOUNDED ON CHRISTIAN FAITH, WHICH GIVES US THE LIBERTY OF FREE WILL TO WORSHIP GOD AS WE WANT. AND SO LET'S NOT FORGET THE REALITIES THAT JESUS DIED AND TOOK THE PAIN FOR ALL OF OUR SINS.
FIRST, MAKE SURE MY HEART'S RIGHT, HOPEFULLY ENGAGE MY MIND AND HEART BEFORE I OPEN MY MOUTH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, TASHARA LIVELY.
SEE YOU AGAIN, SIR. MISS LIVELY.
TO SHARE A LIVELY OWNER OF PROFESSIONAL GRADE FENCE FOR 70 MARTIN ROAD SOUTHEAST.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN OPERATING OUR BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY SINCE 2004.
EVERY YEAR, WE RENEW OUR CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY WITH BREVARD COUNTY AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFICATE TO THE CITY BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO PULL FENCE PERMITS. TO THIS DAY, MY LICENSE IS STILL REQUIRED TO PULL PERMITS.
PROHIBITING UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS FROM WORKING IN PALM BAY WILL SAFEGUARD THE INTEGRITY OF THE CITY AND ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF ITS ON MONDAY, I DISCOVERED THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY BUILDING OFFICIAL JOHN PEARSON IS ALLOWING UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS TO PULL PERMITS.
THE DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL WAS ALSO KIND ENOUGH TO INFORM ME THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND BREVARD COUNTY ARE TWO SEPARATE JURISDICTIONS, AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY DOES NOT FOLLOW COUNTY REQUIREMENTS.
MR. PEARSON'S ACTIONS DO NOT APPEAR TO ALIGN WITH THE INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.
THERE ARE 16 MUNICIPALITIES IN BREVARD COUNTY.
15 OF THEM REQUIRE A COUNTY LICENSE TO OPEN TO PULL A FENCE PERMIT.
THE CITY OF PALM BAY, ACCORDING TO MR. PEARSON, IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T.
AS THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE LARGEST IN BREVARD COUNTY.
THE GREAT CITY OF PALM BAY SHOULD BE SETTING THE STANDARD, NOT OPERATING BELOW IT.
THE CITY OF PALM BAY SLOGAN THE PERFECT PLACE TO GROW.
NOT FOR THE SMALL, FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS OPERATING IN PALM BAY.
WE WILL BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS IF UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO WORK IN OUR CITY.
SO THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY OFFER A LOWER PRICE. PALM BAY PROUD.
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RAISE YOUR STANDARDS. REQUIRE THE BREVARD COUNTY CERTIFICATE FOR SPECIALTY TRADES, AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE.THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. MR. MORGAN? YES. THIS IS A FAIRLY TECHNICAL AREA, SO I WOULD CALL UP OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL TO PROVIDE A REPLY.
SO I WOULD JUST. SHE QUOTED STATE STATUTE AND WE COMPLY OR SHE SAID THAT.
MR.. COME ON UP, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND THEY COVERED ITEMS INCLUDING THINGS LIKE PAINTING AND AND TILE AND ALL KINDS OF ITEMS THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT EXCESSIVE AS FAR AS THE STATE WAS CONCERNED. SO THAT LOCAL LICENSING IS SLOWLY BUT SURELY BEING PHASED OUT IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, WE HAVE NEVER DONE LICENSING OURSELVES. BUT AT ONE TIME THERE WAS AN WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN PALM BAY AND BREVARD COUNTY.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT AGREEMENT ANY FURTHER. WE, IN FACT, JUST RELY ON THE STATE'S LICENSING.
AND ANY ENFORCEMENT OF LICENSE ISSUES GETS REFERRED TO THEM.
SO WE DON'T BECAUSE WE DON'T DO ANY LICENSING.
WE CANNOT REQUIRE THAT. AND THEN NOW WHAT WE'RE WE'RE DEALING WITH AND IT'S GOOD LESS REGULATION.
GOVERNMENT SHOULD LESS REGULATE. THIS IS YOU KNOW, THIS IS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
THIS IS AFFECTING A LOCAL BUSINESS. WELL TO BE CLEAR ON SOME OF IT THE SAME INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS ARE NECESSARY FOR ANYONE THAT PULLS THE PERMIT. SO THE CONTRACTOR THAT SHE'S REFERRING TO DOES HAVE INSURANCE.
THEY DO HAVE WORKER'S COMP, ALL THE THINGS THAT ANY OTHER BUSINESS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE.
SO THAT IS REQUIRED. YES. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
YEAH. CARRY ON WITH HAVING THIS SPECIAL LICENSE.
DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO DOCUMENT WHERE YOU PUT THE THE PRESSURE TREATED WOOD THAT YOU TAKE FROM A JOB SITE? BECAUSE LOOKING AT THESE TRASH PICTURES, MULTIPLE OF THESE ARE PRESSURE TREATED FENCES.
SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE SOMEBODY IS DOING A JOB ON THE SIDE AND DUMPING THE FENCE.
SO THERE ARE NO SPECIALTY LICENSES REQUIRED FOR FENCE CONTRACTORS AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR THAT JUST SPOKE HAS A RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE.
SO THEY HAPPEN TO DO FENCES, BUT THEY DON'T NEED THAT TO DO FENCES.
THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE A CONTRACTOR AS WELL. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE EXEMPTS SIX FENCES THAT ARE SIX FEET AND UNDER FROM EVEN REQUIRING A BUILDING PERMIT. THEY DO GET A ZONING APPROVAL.
AND THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS, LIKE FOR A POOL AREA AS AN EXAMPLE.
DO YOU THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR US TO FOLLOW WHAT THE WHAT THE COUNTY IS DOING AND THE OTHER CITIES FROM INSIDE OUT? I MEAN, EVEN EVEN LOOKING AT ALL THIS ILLEGAL DUMPING, DO YOU THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD PREVENT A LOT OF THAT? WELL, FOR ONE THING, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED AS A MUNICIPALITY TO REQUIRE A LICENSE THAT THE WE'VE NEVER HAD REQUIRED IN THE PAST.
THERE IS A HOUSE BILL THAT SPECIFICALLY DEALT WITH THAT.
SO THERE'S NO WAY THAT I'M NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
THESE ARE THINGS WE CAN BRING UP TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE, MONIQUE MILLER, OR WHOEVER ELSE WE WANT TO, BUT THEY'RE CLEARLY AFFECTING OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HERE IN PALM BAY.
YEAH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER ANTHONY RENZETTI.
HE JUST PULLED UP. SAY AGAIN, SUSAN CONLEY OKAY.
HOW MANY MORE WE GOT? FIVE. FIVE MORE. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
I'M SUSAN CONNOLLY, 3901 DIXIE HIGHWAY, NORTHEAST.
I'M PROUDLY WEARING MY PIN THAT THE MAYOR PUT ON ME.
MY FIRST YEAR, I SERVED ON THE PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH WAS FIVE YEARS AGO.
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POINT PARK. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. THE LETTER OF COMMITMENT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TONIGHT.BUT I THINK YOUR INTENTION IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS A CITIZEN AND PARTICULARLY AS AN ACTIVE CITIZEN WORKING FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY.
WHEN THE SHORELINE GETS IN, I'LL BE POSITIVE.
IT WILL JOIN THE LOOKOUT POINT PARK, WHICH IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD, WHICH IS A PARK OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND WHERE THE LAGOON HOUSE IS AND WHERE IT HOUSES MARINE RESOURCE CENTER THAT HAS 1500FT OF SHORELINE LIVING SHORELINE. ALSO ALONG THE SAME STRETCH IS WHERE I LIVE, WHICH IS CASTAWAY COVE CONDOMINIUMS. AND WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE SHORELINE AT OYSTER BED TWO.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, UNDER OUR DOCK AND ALONG OUR SHORE.
AND IT WAS EXCITING THEN, AND IT'S EXCITING NOW AS WE LOOK AT THE MATURE OYSTERS.
SO I WANT TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THIS CITY TO GIVE THE GIFT OF A LIVING SHORELINE.
IT'S A GIFT FROM OUR CITY NOW, BUT THE ENDURANCE OF IT WILL BE FOR OUR CITY IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RUTH. COUNCIL.
OKAY. THE SHORT GIRLS UP HERE GO DOWN. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.
AND A LOT OF THE TIMES, THINGS DON'T HAPPEN THE WAY WE WANT IT TO HAPPEN.
THIS PAST WEEK, WHEN I HEARD OF THE DISRESPECT AND CRAZY RHETORIC GOING ON FROM SOMEONE FROM OUR DIOCESE, VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS ALSO PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT MY FAMILY IS A PART OF.
THIS IS MY DAD. SO THAT PERSON HAS DISRESPECTED MY DAD.
THAT PERSON HAS DECIDED TO TAKE IT UPON HIMSELF TO DO TOM HOLMAN'S JOB FOR HIM.
SO IN AMERICA, WE ARE GODLY AMERICA. GOD CREATED THIS NATION AND BELONGS IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR COUNTRY, STATE, AND CITY. I REQUEST THAT THIS DISRESPECTFUL MEMBER OF THIS DAIS SEEK THE COUNSEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS OF THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY AND ALL OF BREVARD COUNTY AND ANYONE THAT HE SPEAKS TO. IN SOME LOCATIONS, YOU COULD LOSE YOUR JOB FOR JUST THAT WORD OF DISCRIMINATION AND DISRESPECT.
I'M SURE MY DAD, WHO WAS A GUNNY SERGEANT, WOULD HAVE HAD OTHER TYPE OF HARSHER DISCIPLINE FOR MOST MARINES UNDER HIS COMMAND. OUR CITIZENS, BORN OR BORN OR NATURALIZED.
AND JUST AS MY GRANDMOTHER WORKED SO HARD TO BE HERE AS A NATURALIZED CITIZEN, I FIND IT VERY DISRESPECTFUL THAT THIS MEMBER OF THIS DAIS CHOSE THIS DISCUSSION. THE MEMBERS ACTIONS HAVE DISRESPECTED OUR MILITARY AND MY FAMILY.
IF YOU ARE NOT PROMOTING PATRIOTISM IN OUR EFFORTS TO REBUILD OUR CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY.
JUST SHUT UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PAT DALPRA.
GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL AND STAFF. PAT DALPRA, 14 GEORGE'S AVENUE NORTHEAST PALM BAY.
I'M GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. I'M A VISUAL PERSON, SO I WOULD LIKE TO STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT AS WE GO FORWARD WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE USE BEAUTIFICATION ALONGSIDE, BOTH SHOULD GO TOGETHER.
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CONCERNING ROADS, SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, WATERWAYS, MEDIANS, THE CURBING, PARKS, RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS WE NEED TO CONSTRUCT SO THAT IT'S VISUALLY APPEALING, THAT WE INCLUDE OUR LANDSCAPING TREES WHEREVER.INSTEAD OF CUTTING EVERYTHING DOWN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START BEAUTIFYING OUR AREA.
I DRIVE AROUND AND I'M I'M REALLY GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S UGLY, OKAY? EVEN THOUGH IT'S WINTER. SO AND IT'S JUST LIKE PARKS.
IF PARKS LOOK GREAT, PEOPLE TEND TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
WHEN THEY DON'T LOOK GOOD, THEY TEND TO GET TRASHY AND PEOPLE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THEM ANYWAY.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS THAT TYLER CYRUS IS WORKING ON GETTING $91 MILLION TO WIDEN ELLIS ROAD. SO I'M ASKING AGAIN, WHERE'S THE MONEY FOR OUR ROADS? ALSO, NUMBER TWO, I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE BUILDING HOMES AND APARTMENTS, TOWNHOUSES OR WHATEVER INSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THREE, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR OUR MASTER PLAN AT FRED POPPY.
AND I WANT TO REMIND THE CITY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH ROADS, ENOUGH PARKING, AND WE CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THAT PARK, BECAUSE I'M NOT DRIVING FROM NORTHEAST PALM BAY ALL THE WAY OUT TO WEST PALM BAY.
30, 40 MINUTES JUST TO PLAY AN HOUR OF PICKLEBALL.
SO IF THAT'S NOT HAPPENING RIGHT AWAY, OR A YEAR OR TWO DOWN THE ROAD, WHY CAN'T WE BUILD PICKLEBALL COURTS AT VETS AND FRIENDLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE? ALSO, I HEARD THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TIME FOR PALM BAY HIGH SCHOOL AND CALVARY CHRISTIAN TO USE OUR TENNIS COURTS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND EVENING FOR THEIR PRACTICES.
SO THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO DO THOSE COURTS QUICKLY.
ALSO, WE NEED TO ADD TENNIS COURTS TO THE MASTER PLAN AT FRED POPPY.
THANK YOU. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. THANK YOU. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
SO A FEW THINGS. THE ELLIS ROAD HAS BEEN ON THE SPACE COAST TPO FOR FOR.
I REMEMBER FROM THE 2000 WHEN I WORKED FOR A COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
RIGHT. EVEN WAY BEFORE THEN. AND NOW THIS SPACE COAST TPO PRIORITIZE THAT.
SO BUT RIGHT ALONG THAT VEIN, GENTLEMEN AS YOU GO TO YOUR MEETINGS, LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE WE DID GET SOME PDA FUNDING FOR THAT. SO AND AS WELL AS HERITAGE PARKWAY.
JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE SERVING ON THE TPO.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF FOR THE TRAIL FROM 805 DOCKSIDE DRIVE.
I WANT TO START WITH A QUOTE FROM THE LATE, GREAT MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY, AND HE SAID THAT INTELLIGENCE RULES THE WORLD AND IGNORANCE BEARS THE BURDEN. SO WITH THAT SAID, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FRED POPPY RESTORATION, AND OUT OF THAT WE WERE REMINDED THAT WE ARE OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL. WE HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP OUR CITY.
NOW NOW, AFTER THREE WEEKS, HERE WE ARE. AND THE REASON WHY? WELL, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE.
HONEST. I'M NOT HERE TO CONDEMN ANYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE US AS A PEOPLE, TO RAISE OUR CONSCIOUSNESS FROM A FIXED MINDSET TO A GROWTH MINDSET SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS A PEOPLE.
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NOW, THE ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, MADE A REMARK THAT WAS STATED THAT MUSLIMS DON'T BELONG IN THIS GREAT NATION AND ADVOCATING FOR THE BOMBING OF LEBANON TO RESTORE CHRISTIAN MAJORITY.SO IF WE ARE CHRISTIANS, HOW CAN WE SAY WE ARE CHRISTIANS ON ONE HAND AND ON THE OTHER HAND, WE ARE USING RHETORICS TO PROMOTE HATE. JESUS PROMOTED LOVE WAS ABOUT LOVE.
PHILIPPIANS FOUR VERSE EIGHT SAYS, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE LOVELY, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE GOOD, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE HONEST, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE PURE.
THINK ON THESE THINGS. SO NOW THERE IS A SITUATION.
AND WHEN WE KNOW BETTER, WE DO BETTER. SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF STATES OF MIND? BECAUSE THIS IS A STATE OF MIND PROBLEM, AND WE NEED TO ELEVATE OUR STATES OF MIND SO THAT BECAUSE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND NOT SELF.
WE HAVE TO BE REMINDED, COGNIZANT OF THAT. SO WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE? I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS BEHAVING RECKLESS? WHAT KIND OF CONSEQUENCE IS THERE GOING TO BE BECAUSE THERE HAS TO BE A CONSEQUENCE.
IT'S CALLED CAUSE AND EFFECT, BECAUSE IF THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCE, THEN WHAT IS GOING TO PREVENT THE ACTION FROM OCCURRING? SO MY QUESTION IS TO THE MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE ACTION, THE CONSEQUENCE FOR SUCH RECKLESS BEHAVIOR? THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. ALBERTA CLINKSCALES.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALBERTA CLINKSCALES, 500 BERNARDO AVENUE NORTHEAST.
I AM ALSO THE CEO FOR THE COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION ALLIANCE, AND I THINK IT WAS NIGHT TWO, 2019 THAT I CAME TO THE CITY ABOUT BECOMING A CITY FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND UNDER THE CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND AND WHAT THAT FUND IS IT IS IT SUPPORT MAYORS AND LOCAL LEADERS IN CITIES AND COUNTRIES IN THE UNITED STATES TO LEVERAGE MUNICIPAL ENGAGEMENT TO IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS BY EMBEDDING FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES INTO LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE. THE FUNDS THE FUND WORKS WITH MAYORAL ADMINISTRATORS AND THOSE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THEM, LIKE THE COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION ALLIANCE TO IMPLEMENT AND ITS PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES AND MEASURES, AND ALSO USE THE FUND TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM.
THEY ARE UNDER THE THE KEYS TO FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT.
THIS PROGRAM HAS FOUR MAJOR FEATURES AND ONE IS ASSET BUILDING.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF IT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT. I'LL GIVE YOU THE WEBSITE BANKING ACCESS.
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION. AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND COUNSELING FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
IT COMES WITH FUNDS. IT COMES WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC FUTURE.
SO HAVING AN ECONOMIC FUTURE ALSO MEANS THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNOW HOW TO MANAGE MONEY AND HAVE DISCRETIONARY INCOME SO THAT THEY CAN INVEST IN OTHER LIFESTYLE LIFESTYLE FUN THINGS AS WELL. SO THAT'S SO THE WEBSITE, THE WEBSITE IS CDFI FUNDING.
EXCUSE ME. CDFI FUND.ORG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.
NEXT SPEAKER. THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKER CARDS, MA'AM.
COUNCIL IS NOT INDICATIVE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND THERE WAS ALSO A COMMENT MADE ABOUT AND I'LL SUMMARIZE ACCOUNTABILITY.
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IT'S APPLYING THE GRACE THAT GOD HAS APPLIED US.UNMERITED FAVOR IS WHAT GRACE IS. SO I APPLY LOVE AND GRACE AND EXPECT THAT THESE COMMENTS, WHETHER THEY WERE PERCEIVED BY US IN A CERTAIN WAY, MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG.
THE WAY WE PERCEIVE IT, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DELIVERED WRONG.
I'M NOT HERE TO DISCUSS THAT. WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY IS THIS COUNCIL, THIS CITY DOES NOT CHASTISE ANY RELIGION, AND I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF BREVARD COUNTY IS HERE, AND YUSUF IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT I CALL A FRIEND THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED AND PARTNERED WITH. OUR CHRISTIAN MISSION IS HERE OBSERVING THIS.
AND SIR, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, I SHARE WITH YOU, WE HONOR YOUR RELIGION, SIR.
YOU'RE FREE TO PRACTICE. THIS IS OUR GREAT NATION.
JUST LIKE I COULD SAY. JESUS CHRIST IS LORD. YOU CAN SAY MUHAMMAD.
SO THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU, SIR.
I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. CARRY ON. AND I APPRECIATE THE SISTER OUT BACK FOR SPEAKING ON CONSCIOUSNESS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO. I'M GOING TO SHARE A QUICK STORY.
AND YOU SPEAK ABOUT GRACE, SIR. AND THIS IS JUST FOR EVERYBODY LISTENING.
COUNCILMAN. I LOVE YOU, BROTHER. I LOVE EVERYBODY UP HERE.
I LOVE EVERYBODY IN THIS AUDIENCE. WE TALK ABOUT LOVE, BUT LOVE IS AN ACTION VERB, SO WE HAVE TO SHOW IT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO SHOW IT WITH OUR WORDS. AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT I'M LEARNING MORE AND MORE IN MY FAITH AND IN MY WALK.
AND THE QURAN SPEAKS ABOUT IT. THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT IT ALL THE TEXTS SPEAK ABOUT THE POWER OF OUR WORDS, THAT THERE'S LIFE AND DEATH IN OUR WORDS. BUT I WANT TO GO TO A TIME.
AND I WAS AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, WHOA, OKAY, BUT WHAT DO YOU DO? I WENT TO HIS MOSQUE. I WAS INVITED, AND I WENT, I PARTOOK, I PRAYED TO JESUS, I PRAYED TO GOD, BUT I PARTOOK IN EVERYTHING AND TO MY JUST TO MY SURPRISE, THEY SPOKE UP ABOUT BEN, ADAM, HUMAN BEING. THAT'S WHAT IT TRANSLATES FOR. THEY SPOKE ABOUT MOSES.
THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE LEADING OUT OF EGYPT. THEY SPOKE ABOUT A LOT OF SIMILAR THINGS.
AND THAT'S ONE THING. RELIGION IS MAN MADE. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IN 1776, THE QUOTE, THE QUOTE THAT WAS ADOPTED. WAS E PLURIBUS UNUM OUT OF MANY ONE.
AND WE ARE ALL ONE. WE ARE ALL CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
YOU CAN CALL IT ALLAH. YOU CAN CALL IT YAHWEH YESHUA.
SO MANY NAMES, BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE DIVINE CREATOR.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE IS NO, YOU KNOW, LOVE YOUR ENEMY.
WE'RE ALL ONE. LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR IS LOVING GOD.
LOVING THE PERSON FROM A DIFFERENT RELIGION IS LOVING GOD BECAUSE GOD'S WITHIN THEM.
SO HOW CAN WE AWAKEN THE GOD WITHIN THEM IF WE'RE NOT SHOWING LOVE TOWARDS THEM? SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE COUNSEL. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY HERE BEFORE WE TURN A BLIND EYE TO ONE ANOTHER.
AND WE SEE CONTROVERSY EVERYWHERE ELSE. WE DON'T HAVE TO BE CONTROVERSIAL IN OUR OWN CITY.
SO I'M HOPING TO SPEAK TO ANYBODY ABOUT THIS.
I APPRECIATE THE DIALOG EVERYBODY'S HAD. I KNOW COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, I'VE HAD LUNCH WITH COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, AND WE'VE SPOKEN ON SEVERAL HOT TOPICS. I'LL HAVE LUNCH WITH ANYBODY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WORK TOGETHER AS ONE.
SO, MAYOR, I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING. PASTOR MARK.
PASTOR KENDALL, GOD, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SPEAKING BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE SPEAKING THE TRUTH. MA'AM, IN THE BACK ON THE CONSCIOUSNESS IS REAL. I'M WITH YOU, SISTER, SO I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING TO BUT LET'S LET'S WORK TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO. SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME, MAYOR.
CARRY ON. I'M DONE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'RE ON CONSENT.
DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO PULL ANY ITEMS?
[APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:]
I WOULD LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 13. OKAY. I NEED A MOTION.SO MOVED. MOVE CONSENT WITH THE ITEMS. REMOVE AN ITEM.
NUMBER 13. IS THAT THE MOTION? OKAY. I'LL SECOND.
I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 13. WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARINGS, NUMBER ONE.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS:]
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MADAM SMITH. AND BEFORE I GET TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, I'M GOING TO READ THE CAPTIONS OF THE RESOLUTIONS YOU ALL JUST APPROVED GETTING ALONG.YES, MA'AM. RESOLUTION 2020 505, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CLASSIFICATION AND PAY PLANS IN THE POSITION CONTROL PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 THROUGH 2025, RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
RESOLUTION 2025 SACHSE 09A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING RESOLUTION 2025.
DASH ZERO FOUR CONVEYING PROPERTY AS RECORDED IN PLAT, BOOK 4537, PAGE 422 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE 20 2020 5-02 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS VALDES AVENUE AND TASMAN AVENUE LINE BETWEEN UNDERHILL AVENUE AND BABCOCK STREET AND SOUTH OF FOUNDATION PARK BOULEVARD.
PLAT AT JASLOW STREET, AS RECORDED IN PORT MALABAR.
UNIT 15 PLAT BOOK 15, PAGES 72 THROUGH 79, AND UNNAMED 25 FOOT ONE HALF RIGHT OF WAY LINE BETWEEN UNDERHILL AVENUE AND BABCOCK STREET, AS RECORDED IN PORT MALABAR.
UNIT 56 PLAT BOOK 30, PAGES 60 THROUGH 67. BOTH OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MR. MORGAN. YES. THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE THAT YOU CONSIDERED LAST TIME.
AND SO I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU OPEN THE HEARING AND, AND CONSIDER THE MATTER.
OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? NO QUESTIONS.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. STEP RIGHT UP, MASTER CHIEF. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. I JUST HAD TWO QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE WAS WHY DID WHY DID WE NEED THIS? NEED THIS? AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS WHAT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE PROPERTY? I COULDN'T FIND THAT IN THE PACKET OF WHAT WE'RE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS FOR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. MR. MORGAN. YES, I THINK PUBLIC WORKS.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED.
I'LL SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
THE SECOND CAME FROM LANGLEY, COUNCILMAN. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
PUBLIC HEARING, MISS SMITH, ORDINANCE 2025, DASH ZERO FIVE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE 2024.
DASH 33, WHICH CREATED TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY MODIFYING PROVISIONS WITHIN CHAPTER 172 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES AND CHAPTER 173 ZONING PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ALL RIGHT, MR. MORGAN, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO YOU. PRESENT THIS AGAIN A SECOND READING OF A MATTER YOU WOULD CONSIDER CONSIDERED BEFORE? WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING HERE, ANY TESTIMONY THAT MAY BE RECEIVED AND CONSIDER THE MATTER.
OKAY. I'M GOING TO ASK THE AUDIENCE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY STEP RIGHT UP.
MR. CHIEF. BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. AT LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I MADE A PUBLIC BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY IN IN THIS WHERE IT WAS ON ORDINANCE 2020 505, EXHIBIT A, WHICH IS IN THE PACKET.
AND YOU KNOW ME, BILL BATTEN GOES THROUGH THESE PACKETS.
HE READS THEM. I MEAN, THIS IS MY ENTERTAINMENT, RIGHT?
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TABLE 173, DASH ONE, PAGE TWO. I HAPPEN TO LIVE ON RURAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, RIGHT? I CAN HAVE HORSES AND COWS ACCORDING TO THIS.I HAVE TO GIVE LISA FRAZIER ACKNOWLEDGMENT TONIGHT, SHE SAID.
BILL, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. BUT BILL BATTEN HAS LEARNED OVER THE YEARS THAT WHEN GOVERNMENT HAS SOMETHING THEY COULD PULL OUT AND SHOOT ME WITH, THEY MIGHT DO THAT. SO SOMEBODY ON COUNCIL MIGHT SAY.
BILL BATTEN HAS CHICKENS. AND ACCORDING TO THIS CHART, THIS TABLE, HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO.
SO I'M GOING TO SEND CODE OUT ON AND GET HIM.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST VINDICTIVE PEOPLE MIGHT DO THAT TO ME, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE POSSIBILITY.
SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT TO ATTENTION. AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, LISA FRAZIER REALLY DID SAY, BILL, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. BUT I HAVE TO CALL IT OUT BECAUSE I CHECKED JUST BEFORE I CAME HERE TONIGHT.
IT WAS STILL IN THE ORDINANCE ON THAT WAY. RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU HAVE ROOSTERS, SIR? DO I HAVE ROOSTER? YEAH. JUST ONE. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM, OKAY.
CARRY ON. SIR. WE'D LIKE TO BRING UP LISA FRAZIER TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MR. BATTEN POINTED OUT AN ADDITIONAL ERROR THAN THE ONES WE SAW BEFORE.
SO TO CONFIRM. GOOD EVENING. IT PAINS ME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BILL BATTEN WAS CORRECT.
AND I DO THANK HIM FOR POINTING THIS OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS TABLE WAS INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED IN EXHIBIT A IN ALL OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS AND ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS. IT WAS JUST 173217331731, WHICH IS IN THERE. IS IN REGARD TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT USES AND WE WEREN'T WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING THAT TABLE, SO I APOLOGIZE. WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING THROUGH THE THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE, IS THAT IN YOUR MOTION? YOU COUNCIL, IF YOU WISH TO PROCEED WITH THE OPTION THAT YOU EXCLUDE.
TABLE 1731 FROM YOUR MOTION. FROM EXHIBIT A, THAT IS OUR REQUEST.
AND AGAIN OUR APOLOGIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL NEED A MOTION.
THE MOTION IS TO EXCLUDE 173.1 A FROM THE EXHIBIT.
SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.
I. PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, MISS SMITH.
ORDINANCE 2025. THAT'S ZERO SIX. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING AND ALLOCATING FUNDS IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT A, CONSISTING OF FOUR PAGES, INCORPORATING IN ITS ENTIRETY HEREIN.
CHAPTER 35 ADOPTING, RATIFYING, CONFIRMING AND VALIDATING THE ALLOCATIONS.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU MA'AM.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND AGAIN, MR. MORGAN. YES. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THIS IS AGAIN, THE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE THAT YOU'VE CONSIDERED.
IT'S THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO OUR YOUR ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2425 BUDGET, AND WOULD RECOMMEND YOU TAKE ANY TESTIMONY FROM ANYONE WISHING TO BE HEARD DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SCANNING. CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVED. I'LL MAKE A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH.
QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. YES, SIR. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE.
PUBLIC HEARINGS. AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBERS FOUR AND FIVE.
ANY SPEAKER MAY BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION BY THE COUNCIL OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY.
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THE ORDER OF PROCEEDING WILL BE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.FIRST SOUTH WILL MAKE ITS PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY THE APPLICANT, THEN ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY.
THE COUNCIL WILL DELIBERATE IN PUBLIC AT THE END OF DELIBERATION.
A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE A MOTION ON THE APPLICATION TO BRING THE MATTER TO A VOTE.
I ASK THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER DISCLOSE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION BY DISCLOSING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON, GROUP, OR ENTITY WITH WHOM THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE.
RESOLUTION 2020 5-06A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 20 2441, WHICH GRANTED A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY IN CC COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONING BY CORRECTING A SCRIVENER'S ERROR TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED UNDER SECTION TWO, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU MA'AM.
THANK YOU MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK MR. MORGAN. YES. STAFF, PRESENT THE CASE OR HIMSELF.
YES. AGAIN, JUST TRULY A SCRIVENER'S ERROR. IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION 2020 506, IT DOES CORRECT A CUTTING AND PASTING ERROR FROM YOUR ADOPTED RESOLUTION 20 2441.
YOU ADOPTED NOVEMBER 7TH OF LAST YEAR, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER REPORT THAT WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONDUCT THE HEARING AND CONSIDER ANY TESTIMONY. THANK YOU. COUNSEL. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY APPROVED. WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST CORRECTING SOME OF THE LEGAL.
IT WAS A CUT AND PASTE AS YOU SAID. OKAY. THANK YOU.
OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE LEGISLATIVE MEMORANDUM TRYING TO OPEN IT UP.
YES. THOSE THOSE APPLIED TO A DIFFERENT PROJECT, WHICH IS WHY IT'S A CUT AND PASTE.
SO THOSE THOSE PROVISIONS, YOU CAN SEE A C AND D RELATED TO A DIFFERENT PROJECT. JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS THE USE OF THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST? COME ON. IT LOOKS FROM THE EXHIBIT THAT IT'S VACANT, BUT I CAN'T.
THAT'S THE EXISTING USE. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR ZONING FOR THAT MIGHT BE, BUT I'M SEEING ON THE EXHIBIT IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, IT'S VACANT.
CAN WE HAVE LISA COME UP? JUST SAYING, SIR, I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN COUNCILMAN.
JEFF OR DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE GETS HIS RESPONSE.
AND THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE LEFT, TO THE WEST.
THE WEST, I APOLOGIZE. THE FUTURE LAND USE AND THE ZONING MAP IS IS COMMERCIAL.
COMMERCIAL USES, BUT IT'S NOT DEVELOPED. AND AGAIN, I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE RESIDENTIAL.
NO, THAT WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THAT.
AND AGAIN WE APOLOGIZE. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
BUT THAT THAT PROPERTY HE MENTIONS IT WAS THAT ALREADY IS THAT APPROVED FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ALREADY? I BELIEVE SO YOU'RE DID IT COME BEFORE US ALREADY? IT ALREADY CAME BEFORE YOU. YES. OKAY. AND SO? AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ANOTHER GAS STATION. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THIS ONE WAS.
GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
SAY AGAIN THIS ONE IS A SELF STORAGE. NEXT ONE IS THE RETAIL AUTOMOTIVE GAS.
OKAY COPY THAT MA'AM. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR.
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SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
RESOLUTION 2025, DASH ZERO SEVEN, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 20 2442, WHICH GRANTED A CONDITIONAL USE FOR RETAIL AUTOMOTIVE GAS FUEL SALES IN CC COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONING BY CORRECTING A SCRIVENER'S ERROR TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED UNDER SECTION TWO, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MR. MORGAN AGAIN. YES, AS WAS THE LAST ITEM. AGAIN, TRULY JUST A CUTTING AND PASTING ERROR FROM A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT ENDED UP IN SECTION TWO OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 7TH.
SO THIS CORRECTS THAT BY TYING THAT SECTION TO THE STAFF REPORT THAT ACCOMPANIED THAT COUNCIL AGENDA ON NOVEMBER 7TH. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MORGAN, ANY SPEAKER CARDS, SIR? NO SPEAKER CARDS, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, SO I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.
SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL OR DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER 13 FROM CONSENT. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND.
[CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA:]
YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST OPEN THIS FOR DISCUSSION, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.I AM AN AVID BOATER, AND SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID, I'VE LOVED PLAYING IN THE RIVER.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO EAT FISH FROM THE RIVER IN A LONG TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOT ONLY I THINK WE CAN'T SUPPORT IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THEM TO BUILD THIS OR TO DO THIS ON CITY PROPERTY IF WE CAN CHANGE THAT TO AN INVITATION.
AND IF WE CAN FIND SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO DO THE OYSTER BEDS.
I THINK WE DID TWO YEARS AGO AS SUZANNE CONLEY OR SUSAN CONLEY DESCRIBED.
WHY WHY WAS IT I DON'T REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF WHY THEY'RE GOING TO TO BREVARD COUNTY OR IT'S JUST SOUTH OF US, RIGHT. BUT CAN YOU GIVE US THOSE DETAILS? YES.
I THINK THAT TYLER SOROS IS HERE FROM THE BREVARD ZOO AND HE'S PROBABLY THE MOST FAMILIAR WITH.
THAT'D BE GREAT IF HE COULD COME. COME UP. OUTSTANDING.
YEAH. SO GOOD EVENING. YOU COULD BRING THAT UP, SIR.
OR THE WHOLE. THERE'S A BUTTON. YOU COULD. THIS YOUNG MAN IS GOING TO.
YES, HE IS YOUNG STILL. YEAH. JUST. THERE YOU GO.
SO IT WILL STILL BE IN THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE MOUTH OF TURKEY CREEK.
SO IT'LL STILL BE VERY CLOSE, ACTUALLY, TO CASTAWAY COVE AND IN CASTAWAY POINT PARK.
SO COOL. THANK YOU. IS THAT GOOD? IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING? MORE LIKE IN THE ROCKY POINT AREA? YEAH. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A UPCOMING PROJECT THAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO NEAR RUM COVE AS WELL.
WHICH IS KIND OF CLOSE WHERE WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME OF OUR SEAGRASS CLAMP CLIENT PROJECTS AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET A THUMBS UP FOR FOR FOR AN INVITATION.
BUT. YEAH. YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH. WE'RE GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, SO I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND.
WE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HAMMOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.
WE'RE NOW ON PROCUREMENT ITEM NUMBER ONE, MR. MORGAN. YES. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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THIS IS AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT TO HANDLE A TERRIBLE WASHOUT.OUT THAT OCCURRED DURING HURRICANE MILTON. AND AT THAT TIME, OUR CITY CREWS DID A REALLY GREAT JOB. DURING DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, ADDRESSING A LARGE SANITARY SEWER SPILL
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THAT WAS A RESULT OF THE WASHOUT AND MADE IT, FOR THE TIME BEING, SAFE.WE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED TO GET A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR OUT THERE TO DO THE WORK.
AND SO, UNDER THE AUTHORITY THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS, DURING SUCH A DECLARED EMERGENCY AND THE MAYOR HAD SIGNED THAT ORDER ON OCTOBER THE 8TH, THE MANAGER HAS THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY ENTER INTO THE EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, WHICH I HAVE DONE. OUR CONTRACTOR THAT WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH IS DON LUCCHETTI CONSTRUCTION AND WANT TO REALLY THANK THEM FOR FREE FOR RESPONDING TO OUR EMERGENCY NEED AND PUTTING TOGETHER A VERY GOOD QUOTE FOR US.
ALSO, OUR CITY TEAM, GEORGE BARBER AND PROCUREMENT, GABRIEL BODEN AND HIS TEAM AND UTILITIES ARE ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CHRISTINE SULLIVAN AND HER TEAM WORKING TOGETHER.
FROM THE TIME THAT I DISCOVERED THE STATUS OF THIS TO HAVING A CONTRACTOR UNDER CONTRACT FOR A $3.1 MILLION CONTRACT, WE JUST COULD NOT AFFORD THE RISK WITH THE RAINY SEASON IS GOING TO BE UPON US.
BEFORE WE KNOW IT, WE COULD HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH RAW SEWAGE AND ALSO WITH A FINISHED POTABLE WATER SUPPLY LINE THAT SERVES A GREAT NUMBER OF OUR CITY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
AN EVEN GREATER NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES SERVED BY A AT RISK RAW WATER SUPPLY LINE.
SO A VERY DANGEROUS AND DICEY CONDITION THAT THE EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS ALLOWED ME TO DO THIS.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGE THIS EMERGENCY CONTRACT.
AND IN ADDITION BECAUSE THIS PROJECT WAS IN THE BUDGET BUT IT REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT TO BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT. THE GOOD NEWS HERE AGAIN, IS I WAS FEARFUL, HAVING NOT BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THE LEAD TIME FOR THE MANUFACTURED CONCRETE.
CONCRETE BOX STRUCTURES THAT WILL CONVEY THE STORMWATER USED TO BE A VERY LONG DELIVERY TIME, AND NOW THAT DELIVERY TIME HAS COME DOWN. AND SO BY DOING THIS EMERGENCY CONTRACT WE'RE ABLE TO BEAT THE, THE RAINY SEASON. AND AGAIN, THANKS TO DON LUCCHETTI CONSTRUCTION FOR BEING ABLE TO MOBILIZE VERY QUICKLY ON THIS.
AND SO A VERY MUCH A TEAM EFFORT TO ADDRESS A VERY BAD PROBLEM.
STAFF DID PUT SOME PHOTOS IN THERE. I KNOW SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TO THE SITE AND SEEN THAT, BUT I REALLY WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT BROUGHT THIS FORWARD FAIRLY QUICKLY AND TO GET THEM UNDER CONTRACT.
SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND TO APPROVE THE BUDGET CHANGE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TO COMPLETE THE PAYMENT TO THE CONTRACTOR FOR THAT WHICH WE'VE ENTERED INTO.
WELL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. MORGAN. AND MOREOVER, THANK YOU.
EVEN THOUGH YOU USE YOUR EMERGENCY POWERS. RIGHT.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. ANY SPEAKER CARDS, DEPUTY MAYOR? NO, SIR. OKAY. I HAVE A COMMENT. YES, SIR. JUST TWO COMMENTS.
JUST THIS IS THE WORLD I CAME FROM. AND JUST.
YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO TO APPROVE? YES.
YEAH, I THINK WE SAW DISCUSSION ON IT. YEAH. OKAY.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR.
JAFFEY. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER. SO JUST TWO THINGS, YOU KNOW, ONE, NUMBER ONE, I ACTUALLY HAD SENT THIS QUOTE OUT TO SOME ESTIMATORS I KNOW, JUST FOR, LIKE, PEACE OF MIND. AND IT. ALTHOUGH IT'S AN EMERGENCY REPAIR, LIKE, IT ALL FALLS IN LINE WITH, LIKE, CURRENT STANDARDS OF PRICING AS THIS DATE.
BUT ANOTHER QUESTION. ARE WE ABLE TO CAPTURE ANY DIRECT PURCHASE ORDER.
SAVINGS ON THE LARGER TICKET ITEMS AND THAT WE DETERMINED FOR THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE AND THE SIZE OF THE CONCRETE STRUCTURES AND THE TIMING OF THAT, WE ARE NOT IN THIS PARTICULAR, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IT WAS A WASHOUT DURING THE DECLARED EMERGENCY,
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WE THINK WE HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING SOME FEMA REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOME PORTION, SOME UNKNOWN PORTION.AND AGAIN, I SORT OF THANK THOSE, BUT I WILL GIVE A THANK IN ADVANCE TO OUR DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF, WHO'S VERY GOOD AT PROVIDING OUR FEMA REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE AND THIS IS A LEGITIMATE WASHOUT THAT HAPPENED DURING A HURRICANE.
AND SO I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE'RE LIKELY TO GET BACK.
BUT I KNOW WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION.
AND OUR FEMA REP IS ALSO VERY GOOD. SO WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME DOLLARS BACK AT A FUTURE DATE.
I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT WILL BE. THANK YOU.
GOOD. YOU MADE THE SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? YEAH.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OR A PROPONENT OF OUR WATER.
I LOVE OUR WATER. AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PROTECT IT.
WHEN I WAS RUNNING, AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I SAID TO OUR CITY MANAGER WAS HOW MUCH OF A LIABILITY THIS IS? AND I WANT TO THANK HIM. OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THIS AND AND MAKING THIS AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, MY INTENT IS TO MAKE THE NEWS FOR GOOD THINGS, NOT FOR BAD THINGS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A STEP IN, IN BEING PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIVE.
AND IT'S A STEP IN STAFF THAT I LOVE SEEING. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SIR. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.
I. PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
MR. MORGAN? YES. THIS IS A PIGGYBACK PURCHASE FOR CURETON PLACE.
WORK FOR 34 UNIQUE DRAINAGE SITES. AND SO HOW WE DO THIS IS ANOTHER PUBLIC AGENCY IN FLORIDA.
GETS US UNIT COSTS FOR THE DIFFERENT PIPE SIZES.
AND THEN WE BID THE THE MOBILIZATION. AND SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE'RE PIGGYBACKING AND WE HAVE A PROVIDER THAT'S QUALIFIED FOR THIS WORK. HINTERLAND GROUP JUST ABOUT JUST UNDER 1.1 MILLION.
THIS IS REALLY GOOD WORK THAT PROLONGS THE LIFE OF OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM REPLACING THESE PIPES.
THIS EXTENDS THE LIFE SIGNIFICANTLY. IT PROVIDES FOR BETTER TRANSMISSION OF STORMWATER THROUGH THEM.
AND SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB, BUT 34 DIFFERENT UNIQUE SITES FOR THIS WORK. AND AGAIN, A SHOUT OUT TO TO PROCUREMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR DOING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, WHICH A LOT OF TIMES IS JUST IMPORTANT, IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN CONSTRUCTING NEW.
THANK YOU SIR. IT APPEARS GEORGE BARBER IS BATTING A THOUSAND TODAY.
DEPUTY MAYOR, ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO SPEAKER CARDS.
OKAY, I NEED A MOTION, GENTLEMEN. SO MOVED. SECOND.
GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. PASSES FIVE ZERO.
WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE. MR. MORGAN. OH, WAIT, I THINK.
OH. I'M SORRY. I THINK THERE WAS A SPEAKER CARD ON THAT ONE.
APOLOGIES. I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU HEAR THE THE CITIZEN CAN.
I CAN'T SPEAK ON IT SINCE YOU CLOSED IT. CAN I OPEN IT AGAIN SO I CAN SPEAK ON IT? YEAH.
GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO THIS, GUYS.
HERE WE GO. THANKS. CARRY ON. DO WE NEED A MOTION TO OPEN IT BACK UP? WE COULD RESCIND THE SECOND AND THE VOTE. JUST GO AHEAD.
YES. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. BILL. BATTEN.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. I TRIED TO GET YOUR ATTENTION, BUT NOBODY SAW ME.
ALL RIGHT, BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH THIS ONE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS, DO WE HAVE ANY ESTIMATED TIME COMPLETION? BECAUSE IT WAS 34 SITES. SOME WERE BIG, SOME WERE SMALL.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M JUST LOOKING TO SEE ABOUT WHAT TIME IT IS BEFORE THE RAINY SEASON. AFTER THE RAINY SEASON, JUST FOR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TYPE SETUP. THE OTHER THING I LOOKED AT WHEN GOING THROUGH THIS, IT WAS 4272FT, LINEAR FEET OF OF PIPING AND BUT THE ESTIMATED COST CAME OUT AT $342 A LINEAR FOOT. AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A GOOD PRICE BECAUSE I BECAUSE THE PRICES RANGED DECIDING ON THE DIAMETER OF THE PRICE.
AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I KNOW THE FACT THAT WE IT'S TWO THIRDS THE COST FROM TEAR UP,
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AND YOU CUT THE TIME IN HALF THE TIME OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO TEAR IT UP.SO IT'S A GOOD IDEA. I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT PRICE RANGE BECAUSE I HAVE SEVERAL PIPES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I HOPE IT'S A GOOD PRICE AND HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE US.
THANK YOU. CAN WE ANSWER THAT? YES. SO OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS COMPETITIVELY BID.
AND SO IT DOES REFLECT CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS.
WITH RESPECT TO MR. BATTEN'S QUESTION ABOUT EXPECTING COMPLETION DATE, I DON'T KNOW IF PUBLIC WORKS HAS THAT ESTIMATE LOOKS LIKE NINE MONTHS, 90 DAYS. SO THEY ARE READY TO MOBILIZE ONCE THEY MOBILIZE, THAT'S A VERY GOOD TIME FRAME.
BUT AGAIN. THAT REALLY IS IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE BID IS THE MOBILIZATION AND WHERE WE ARE VERSUS OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DOING THIS SAME KIND OF WORK.
SO IT'S A GOOD PROVIDER 90 DAYS COMPLETION ONCE THEY START IS VERY GOOD.
MAYBE BILL CAN PIGGYBACK OFF THAT SAME CONTRACT AND SEE IF HE COULD GET ANY WORK DONE.
WHEN HE SEES IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD, HE CAN HE CAN TALK TO THE FOREMAN ON THE.
ALL RIGHT, SIR, JUST MAYBE WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THEM WHILE THEY'RE IN THE AREA.
SO I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT.
PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, MR. MORGAN. YES. WE WILL SEE IF MR. BARBER IS INDEED GOING TO BE BATTING A THOUSAND.
I HOPE SO THIS IS ANOTHER REALLY GOOD THING THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS BEING OUT IN FRONT AND BEING PROACTIVE AND BEING DILIGENT WITH THE DOLLARS THAT THE PUBLIC HAS GIVEN US TO ADDRESS OUR STREET PAVEMENT CONDITION. SO THIS IS A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE, AGAIN, KIND OF A UNIT PRICE THING WHERE WE'RE WHERE WE'RE USING ANOTHER AGENCIES CONTRACT, AS HAPPENS TO BE THE CITY OF PLANTATION.
AND THE VENDOR IS PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGY. THE PRICE IS JUST UNDER A MILLION AND A HALF.
THIS PROVIDES A TREATMENT TO RELATIVELY RECENTLY PAVED STREETS UNDER OUR GO ROAD PROGRAM.
SO THE BEAUTY OF MAKING THIS APPLICATION NOW ON STREETS THAT ARE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 YEARS OLD IS THAT EXTENDS THE USEFUL, EXPECTED, USEFUL LIFE OF THE STREET BY 7 OR 8 YEARS.
VERY COST EFFECTIVE USE OF OUR RESOURCES. AND SO THAT JUST IS SETTING UP THE STAGE FOR A FUTURE GENERATION THAT OTHERWISE AFTER EXPECTED FUTURE LIFE. IT WAS EXTENDED.
IT IT ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE PAVEMENT NEEDS.
THIS IS HOW GOOD PAVEMENT PROTECTION IN IN IN LIFE WORKS.
SO AGAIN, I, I THINK OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, AND IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LET MR. BARBER ABOUT 1000 TONIGHT.
COPY THAT. SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
DEPUTY MAYOR, ANY SPEAKER CARDS? ONE SPEAKER CARD, BILL BENTON.
THANK YOU. SIR. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. FIRST OFF, THIS REJUVENATION IS COMING OUT OF THE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND AND NOT OUR ROAD FUND.
JUST SO WE HAVE A DESIGNATED FUND TO KEEP OUR ROADS IN BETTER WORK SHAPE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S SO EASY TO SAY, WELL, I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD TODAY AND IT'S AND IT WAS GOOD.
SO WE DON'T WE CAN TAKE THIS MONEY AND PUT IT SOMEPLACE ELSE ON THE MAINTENANCE.
IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. I'VE LIVED HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET THEM FAIL.
ALL RIGHT. THE OTHER ITEM WITH THAT ONE WAS THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE ROADS THAT WERE NOW IN,
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YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AFTER THEY'VE BEEN REPAVED OR HAD THE ROAD WORK DONE UNDER THE ROAD BOND, THAT WE'VE HAD LINES CUT THROUGH THEM FOR WATER AND SEWER AND STUFF LIKE THIS.SO NOW WE'VE HAD THE FAIL. SO THAT MAKES FOR A FAILED PART WITHIN THE ROAD.
WE HAVE A FAILURE AND YOU SEE IT EVERYWHERE. YOU DRIVE DOWN TO GROOT, YOU DRIVE DOWN, YOU DRIVE DOWN ANY OF THE ROADS WHERE YOU'VE HAD THE ROAD REPAIR WORK AND IT FAILS. IT COLLAPSES. IT COLLAPSES IN. SO I HAVE TWO REQUESTS.
ONE, STOP TEARING UP THE BRAND NEW ROADS. TWO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE PATCH BIG ENOUGH THAT IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT THE CAR BEFORE WE SPEND THE MONEY, WHICH IS $1.4 MILLION ON REJUVENATION ON A FAILED ROAD.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND PREP IT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND.
THANK YOU SIR. I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND.
GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER.
ANY DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN? YES. DOES THIS DOES THIS ADDRESS THE STRIPING WHEN YOU APPLY THIS? SO WE'LL SEE ANOTHER PROPOSAL FOR STRIPING COME ACROSS OR.
THIS DOESN'T DAMAGE THE DAMAGE THE STRIPING, DOESN'T AFFECT IT.
OKAY. AND I GUESS I JUST WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS MR. BATTEN. LIKE GEORGE BARBER, I THINK HE'S BATTING A THOUSAND TONIGHT.
HIS NOTION OF USING THESE FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE AND HAVING THE COUNCIL DO THAT IS VERY GOOD.
AND THEN HIS NOTION OF DOING THE UNDERGROUND WORK FIRST BEFORE WE DO PAVEMENT, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, ALL THAT WORK IS, YOU KNOW, FOR AREAS THAT ARE FUTURE PAVING.
YES. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? YEAH. THE LINING. THE NEXT MEETING.
NEXT MEETING. PARDON ME. IT'S AN ADVANCE ON ON YOUR ON YOUR FEBRUARY 20TH MEETING THAT WE'RE DOING UNDERGROUND FIRST BEFORE WE THANK YOU. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.
AND THE MAYOR'S TAKING A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. YES, MA'AM.
I'M CALLING THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER. WE ARE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER TWO.
MR. MORGAN. YES, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
[NEW BUSINESS:]
THIS IS A ACCEPTING A STORMWATER AGREEMENT. THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER GRANTED TO US SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN BETTER THE STORMWATER SYSTEM FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE EASEMENT WITH H.W.INVESTMENTS, LLC. AS INDICATED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
DEPUTY MAYOR, ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO, MAYOR. I NEED A MOTION.
SO MOVE. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE.
JJ ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.
WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, MR. MORGAN. YES.
IT HAS QUITE A HISTORY. SO I THINK OUR FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, JOAN BROWN CAN PROVIDE SOME BASIC INFORMATION TO SUPPLEMENT THE STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU, MADAM BROWN. THANK YOU. MAYOR.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE BRIEF OVERVIEW FOR COUNCIL'S AWARENESS AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO ARTIE, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
AS YOU ALL RECALL WE DID HAVE COUNCIL DIRECTION TO PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN YOUTH SERVICES AND IN THE CAPACITY TO CAPACITY TO PROVIDE YOUTH SERVICES AT EVANS CENTER, WHICH THE CITY ACQUIRED IN, I BELIEVE, OCTOBER OF 2024. THERE WAS WE RECEIVED THREE RESPONSES AND WE GOT DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO PUT OUT THE REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS THAT WENT OUT, AND IT ALSO WENT TO ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO DID RESPOND TO THE RFI.
WE RECEIVED THREE APPLICATIONS. TWO ARE NOT FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
ONE IS INELIGIBLE. THEY DID NOT ATTEND THE MANDATORY WALKTHROUGH.
THE SECOND PULLED THEIR APPLICATION FROM CONSIDERATION.
SO THAT LEAVES US ONE APPLICATION FROM CLUB ESTEEM.
AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS BERARDI.
THANK YOU JOAN. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL.
CITY MANAGER. SO CLUB ESTEEM DID PROVIDE THEIR APPLICATION TO US.
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THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.CLUB ESTEEMS APPLICATION PROPOSES TO SERVE 60 PALM BAY YOUTH ANNUALLY AGES 16 TO 24.
THROUGH THEIR HARD WORK PAYS OFF. CAREER READINESS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
CLUB ESTEEMS PROPOSAL IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH TWO OTHER AGENCIES, MECA, SERVING STUDENTS SINCE 2017 AND HAS ASSISTED OVER 400 STUDENTS, AND CR E HAS BEEN SERVING YOUTH SINCE 2014.
WAS INCORPORATED IN 2015. AND THEN OF COURSE CLUB ESTEEM, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1991 AND HAS BEEN SERVING YOUTH SINCE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS AS WELL.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A MOTION FOR COUNCIL TO DELIBERATE AND AWARD THE USE OF THE EVANS CENTER FACILITY TO ONE OF THE RESPONSIVE NONPROFIT AGENCY, PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE LEASE RATE AND FREQUENCY, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND DRAFT IT AND DEFINITELY LOOP IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU MA'AM. AND SO IS THE IS THE MEMBER FROM CLUB 16 COMING UP AFTER YOU? IF YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL DESIRES THAT IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY CAN ANSWER SPECIFICALLY.
YES THEY ARE CLUB ESTEEMS ELAINE LITTLE IS HERE.
AND ALSO ALBERTA CLINKSCALE IS ALSO HERE FOR CRA.
SO ALBERTA, ALBERTA IS PART OF THIS WITH CLUB ESTEEM AS WELL.
YES. SO CLUB ESTEEM IS THE LEAD AGENT. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY MY MY QUESTION.
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. YES. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
THANK YOU MAYOR. ONLY QUESTION I KNOW I THINK IT WAS PREVIOUS COUNCIL THAT SPOKE ON IT, BUT WITH WHEN WE PURCHASED THE EVANS CENTER, WE ACQUIRED EVERYTHING WITHIN THE EVANS CENTER, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, CULINARY ITEMS. YEAH, I WAS WONDERING, DO WE STILL HAVE THOSE ITEMS TO BE USED BECAUSE I SEE IN THEIR APPLICATION THAT THEY WILL BE DOING CULINARY TEACHINGS? YEAH. SCHOOL IS CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NICE.
SO THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT SAME TYPE OF MENU.
CORRECT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE MENU, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.
SO IT WAS WORTH A SHOT. OKAY. I'M JUST ASKING WHAT THE MENU WOULD BE AT THAT POINT, BUT ANY ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE. YEAH. GO AHEAD.
IT SAYS WE ARE GOING TO APPROACH THE CITY COUNCIL OF PALM BAY AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF PALM BAY AND CORPORATIONS TO FUND INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS, HARDWARE COSTS, AND EQUIPMENT MARKETING AND ADVERTISING FOR THIS.
WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? US PROVIDING FOR THEM? WHAT PAGE IS THAT I DON'T RECALL THAT. WELL, JUST WAIT.
IF THEY'RE COMING UP, DO YOU HAVE THE RESPONSE FOR THAT? IT'S ON THE RFA NUMBER 12. OKAY, SO HAVE THEM COME UP.
SO NEITHER. OH. GOOD EVENING. FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING.
ELENA LITTLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CLUB AUSTIN.
WE'RE NOT AWARE OF THAT LANGUAGE, SO I'M NOT SURE IT'S ON THE RFA THAT'S SUBMITTED THE SOMETHING I SAW. WE HAVE A COPY WITH US. YEAH. ON THE REQUEST FOR THE APPLICATION ON NUMBER 12, IT SAYS THAT IT SAYS REVENUE STREAMS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SIR? GO TO THE RFA. YEAH. AND IT'S NUMBER 12 ON THE RFA WHERE IT EXPLAINS WHO THE FOUNDER IS, WHAT THEY DO, EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU SEE IT? OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED AND ONE OF THE RESPONSES.
SO IT WAS A QUESTION THAT WE HAD FROM THE AGENCY.
AND SO THE CITY HAD TO RESPOND. AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ANSWERS.
WHO I GUESS HIS QUESTION IS WHO RESPONDED TO THAT.
WE DID. THE CITY CITY STAFF THE CITY RESPONDED TO.
SO THE CITY IS SAYING, WE THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THE MAYOR FOR THESE THINGS.
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INCLUDING FUNDING, SOURCE AND AMOUNT. WE BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM WILL BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT FUNDING SHOULD NOT BE A CHALLENGE.WE ARE GOING TO APPROACH THE CITY COUNCIL OF PALM BAY, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF PALM BAY AND CORPORATIONS TO FUND INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS, HARDWARE COSTS, AND EQUIPMENT MARKETING AND ADVERTISING FOR THIS PROGRAM.
CAN I SEE WHICH ONE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? YEAH.
I'M READING REVENUE STREAMS. ITEM NUMBER 12. DIFFERENT ONE.
THAT'S THE ONE. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. OKAY.
SO CLARITY AND VISIBILITY. THAT IS ONE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING.
OKAY. OH COPY THAT. BECAUSE THE THE REVENUE STREAMS I'M, I'M LOOKING AT IS IS GENERATED BANK OF AMERICA, UNITED WAY UNITED WAY OF BREVARD HEALTH FIRST FOUNDATION, SPACE COAST HEALTH.
TERESE. SO, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES THAT HE'S LEADING THOSE PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S THAT'S RFA I'M READING. OKAY. AND THE FUNDING SOURCE.
SO I GUESS THAT WAS SOMEONE ELSE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. I WAS JUST THINKING IT WAS ONE OF THE THREE THEY WERE SAYING ARE INVOLVED IN THIS. IS THAT NOT ONE OF THE THREE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND BY THE WAY, LIEUTENANT COLONEL MARCUS SMITH IS IS ONE OF OUR LOCAL HEROES.
SO I THANK HIM FOR THAT, FOR HIS SERVICE. PHENOMENAL.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. QUICK QUESTION.
I'M GLAD COUNCILMAN HAMMER SAID WHAT HE SAID. I JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW, I'VE SHARED MY MY THOUGHT ON, YOU KNOW, LEASING. CITY BUILDINGS IN REGARDS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF IT.
WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF MAINTAINING THE BUILDING? THE CITY. BUT YEAH, IN FACILITIES. BUT THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S OUR BUILDING. BUT. WELL, I MEAN, SO WHEN YOU LOOK.
WHEN YOU LOOK. YEAH. IN THE LEASING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIKE WHAT I SENT OUT TO STAFF A FEW MONTHS AGO, I BELIEVE, OR NO, LAST MONTH, ACTUALLY, THE CITY OF MELBOURNE WITH A LOT OF THEIR LEASING AGREEMENTS, THEY HAVE IT WHERE THE PERSON WHO'S IN THE BUILDING IS THE ONE MAINTAINING THE BUILDING, WHICH IS WHAT I WANT FOR THE GREATER PALM BAY SENIOR CENTER, WHICH IS I WOULD LIKE FOR MRC AND I, YOU KNOW, GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WITH THE GREATER PALM BEACH SENIOR CENTER, WE PUT LIKE ALMOST $1 MILLION OF OUR MONEY INTO A BUILDING THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS USING.
SO THAT'S ALL. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I WANT TO I WANT TO PEEL BACK THE ONION.
RIGHT. CERTAINLY UTILITIES LIKE FPL AND MORE THAT THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT. RIGHT. BUT RIGHT ALONG THAT SAME VEIN, WHEN YOU SAY MAINTENANCE, ARE YOU REFERRING TO, LIKE, THEIR OWN CLEANUP, THEIR OWN JANITORIAL SERVICE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO. I'M SAYING SO, LIKE, FOR THE GREATER PALM BEACH SENIOR CENTER, THEY HAD TO GO FOR CDBG FUNDING FOR AIR CONDITIONING UNIT TO BE REPLACED. NOBODY IN THE CITY IS USING THAT AIR.
NOBODY IN THE CITY IS USING ANY OF THOSE SERVICES.
IT'S THE NONPROFIT THAT'S MAKING A PROFIT OFF OF THAT.
SO THAT'S MY POINT. JUST I WANT TO BE CONSISTENT ALL ACROSS ON WHO'S GOING TO MAINTAIN WHAT.
SO YEAH. AND I AND I GET THAT. SO I GUESS MY QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE DIRECTED TO YEAH.
TO THEM MY MY VERY FIRST QUESTION IS, MA'AM, IF YOU CAN COME BEFORE US AGAIN MY MY VERY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS TOWARDS THE 60 YOUTH AT RISK YOUTH THAT YOU'LL BE PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THAT THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS INVALUABLE. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
IS THERE A CHARGE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING THESE YOUTH? NO. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS VERY RELEVANT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE USAGE.
AND IN OUR PROPOSAL, I DID STATE THAT WE WERE ASKING THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO CONSIDER THE MAINTENANCE. AND WE'RE THANKFUL CLUB ESTEEM IS ALREADY UTILIZING THE US COASTAL AUXILIARY BUILDING.
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AND I REMEMBER MEETING WITH JULIET MOSCATI AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE ABOUT THAT.AND AND WE DON'T WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF ANY OF THAT.
SO WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS US TO PUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING AND OUR PROGRAMING.
RIGHT. AND PROVIDING OVERSIGHT FOR THE BUILDING.
RIGHT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THE ADMINISTRATION, EXPENSES, THE MANAGEMENT, ALL OF THAT. BUT CERTAINLY WHEN WE'RE STARTING OFF AND WE WANT THIS PROGRAM TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AND THE FACILITIES AND AND ALL OF THAT.
CERTAINLY WE UNDERSTAND THE PHONE AND THE WEB, YOU KNOW, THE THE INTERNET.
BUT THE OTHER PART WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER, CONSIDER.
SO MY MY NEXT QUESTION IS YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION.
RIGHT. AT RISK YOUTH. THEY IDLE TIME IS WELL IS IS IS FOR OUR YOUTH IS TROUBLED TIME. RIGHT. SO WHAT ARE YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION? SO THE HOURS OF OPERATION, I THINK WE SAID FROM EIGHT UNTIL NINE.
BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'RE SERVICING STUDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT OF SCHOOL AS WELL.
THEY WOULD COME AFTER HOURS, BUT THE TRAINING PART OF IT WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE IN THE MORNING FOR THE MOST PART BECAUSE DOCTOR JONES DID SAY THAT SHE HAS SOME STUDENTS THAT GO IN THE EVENING AS WELL. SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT ABOUT THE MORNING? WELL, I WAS GOING TO JUST ADD SOME OF THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AS WELL THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BUT SOME OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT EVEN READY FOR THAT.
THEY GET THEY GET TO THE JOB AND THEY CAN'T EVEN SUSTAIN IT.
AND WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS IN THE NORTHEAST AREA AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS SOUTH MELBOURNE. SO BUT WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THESE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS SO THEY CAN HELP US TO CONNECT WITH THE RESIDENTS AND GIVE US INPUT ON WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN JUST GIVING SOMEBODY A JOB.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
SO SO MY MY NEXT QUESTION, MA'AM, IS ALONG THE LINES OF AS YOU PROVIDE THESE, THESE SERVICES.
RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU RESTRICTED TO THAT 8 TO 8 OR ARE YOU OPEN TO KEEPING IT OPEN LATER FOR WHEN, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE SOME TROUBLE TIME GET THEM OFF THE STREETS IS WHAT I'M.
ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE OPEN TO THAT. BECAUSE OUR VISION IS FOR IT TO BE A COLLABORATIVE SPACE.
AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE REACHING OUT TO US OFFERING DIFFERENT PROGRAMING.
SO WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THE MOST IDEAL TIME.
BUT WE'D LIKE SOME FLEXIBILITY CERTAINLY WITH THAT, IF THAT'S A NEED THAT WE HAVE ALREADY ASSESSED IN THE COMMUNITY, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THAT. SO IF THAT MEANS STAYING LATER, THEN YES, WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT.
OKAY. YES. GO AHEAD, GET ON THE MIC AND THEN WE CAN.
YES. THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. GO AHEAD. YEAH. YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE BOXING CENTER.
YOU MEAN GLOVER? GLOVER. CITY. CORRECT. WE'RE WORKING WITH ROBERT GRAY.
OKAY. TO MAKE THAT A SPACE. SO THEN SOME OF THE YOUNG MEN, ESPECIALLY CAN COME IN THERE DURING THOSE HOURS AFTER SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THERE ALREADY. AND HIS CHILDREN ARE ALREADY GETTING WHAT ARE THEY, LIGHTWEIGHTS.
AND WE'RE THINKING SOME OF THE YOUTH I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE AGES OF THESE CHILDREN WHAT HE DOES WITH LIKE 13 SO THEY COULD BE FEATHERWEIGHTS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING CORRECT? OKAY.
IT'S ERIC AND KAMARA I BELIEVE THEY'RE THEY'RE 16 AND 17 OKAY.
16. AND ALL RIGHT. IS THAT THE AGE FOR THE TO COMPETE.
NO THAT'S JUST WHAT THEIR AGES ARE. YES HE'S TALKING ABOUT 16.
YEAH. SO. SO OUR JOB IS TO FIND REVENUE, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM WE WANT TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING.
BUT WE THINK THE FIRST 3 TO 5 YEARS, LIKE ANY BUSINESS IS, IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
AND THEN OUR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS AS WELL.
IF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS WHERE ARE YOU TODAY.
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WHAT DO YOU HAVE BRICK AND MORTAR TODAY. YES.OKAY. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. WHERE ARE YOU TODAY? SO TODAY WE'RE IN. SO HE HAS AN ANNEX INSIDE OF THE EDDIE LEE TAYLOR COMMUNITY CENTER.
SAY THAT AGAIN. IN THE ANNEX OF THE EDDIE LEE COMMUNITY.
OKAY. EDDIE LEE TAYLOR COMMUNITY CENTER. RIGHT.
SO THAT'S US. THAT'S. THAT'S US. SO YOU DON'T PAY.
WHAT DO YOU PAY THERE? NOTHING. OKAY. SO WE. AND AND THAT WAS THROUGH.
SO THE CITY OF MELBOURNE TAKES CARE OF THE FACILITIES, THE MAINTENANCE.
WE JUST HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE AC THE OTHER DAY.
THEY GOT THE AC OUT THERE. IT WAS A CONTRACTOR BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER GENTLEMEN.
RECENTLY PASSED. SO THEY GOT A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE.
WE'RE BACK IN OPERATION. BUT AGAIN IF YOU LOOK AT CLUB ESTEEMS BUDGET, YOU KNOW, OVER 80% OF OUR OVERALL AGENCY BUDGET GOES INTO PROGRAMING. AND SO THAT'S THE SAME MODEL THAT WE WERE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO DO AT THE EVANS CENTER.
AND ALSO IN THE PROPOSAL, WE HAVE OVER 60 PARTNER AGENCIES, WHICH INCLUDES THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER, SERENE HARBOR. THEY WERE JUST AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN AUSTIN ON FRIDAY WITH THE TEEN SUICIDE AND DATING PREVENTION.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH SO MANY PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO IS WORRY ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND THE WATER, THAT KIND OF THING. SO CERTAINLY IF YOU GUYS COULD WORK WITH US AT LEAST FOR FIVE YEARS IF, HEY, WE GET A LOT OF FUNDING OR WHATEVER, AND WE WANT TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOOD, YOU KNOW, BUT CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO REALLY BE WORRIED ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
SO LET ME PEEL THAT ONION BACK A LITTLE BIT. RIGHT.
YOU MENTIONED SELF SUSTAINING RIGHT. WHAT IS THE VISION OF THAT SELF-SUSTAINMENT.
IF, YOU KNOW, SINCE RIGHT NOW FOR THE MAINTENANCE COSTS AND ALL OF THAT.
WHAT IS THAT VISION? IS THERE A NUMBER THAT YOU ENVISION TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING? ABSOLUTELY. AND WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS HERE. THAT'S GREAT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS, BECAUSE PART OF PART OF KOREA'S CONTRIBUTION TO THIS PROJECT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DIVERSIFIED FUNDING AS WELL AS SUSTAINABILITY.
SO I'LL LET ALBERTA TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.
YEAH. YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. SO THAT'S OUR ROLE.
COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION ALLIANCE IS TO BE THE SUSTAINABILITY PART OF THE PROJECT.
AND THAT MEANS WE'RE ALWAYS SEEKING DIVERSIFIED FUNDING.
AND WITH THAT MODEL, WE GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN TERMS OF HOW DO YOU REACH OUT TO CORPORATIONS AND YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT OTHER FOUNDATIONS. I'M TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL FOUNDATIONS.
SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK UP PURPOSE BUILT COMMUNITY, YOU CAN GO TO PURPOSE BUILT COMMUNITIES. ORG.
AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA. SO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS AREA, NORTHEAST PALM BAY AND SOUTH MELBOURNE ARE BEING VETTED TO, TO AS A PURPOSE BUILT MODEL, LIKE A LIFT ORLANDO MODEL.
SO I KNOW EVERYBODY HEARD OF LIFT ORLANDO. AND SO WE WILL HAVE OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM PURPOSE BUILT WILL BE HERE IN THIS MONTH. WE HOPE WE ASK FOR THE 21ST. SO, YOU KNOW, WE MEET WITH THEM.
THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH US. AND SO WE ARE PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS MOVING INTO MEMBERSHIP.
AND SO THAT COMES WITH A LOT OF A LOT OF POTENTIAL FUNDING RELATIONSHIPS, COPY THAT KIND OF THING.
SO I'M TALKING. I WANT TO HEAR A NUMBER. WHAT? WHAT? SO WHAT NUMBER? RIGHT NOW. IF WE LOOK AT OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.
SO IF I LOOK AT MONTHLY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT MONTHLY IS $6,120 TO BREAK EVEN.
I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST WITH THE COST OF ELECTRIC, WATER, JANITORIAL, GROUND MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES AND THINGS THAT WE THINK WE'LL NEED IS 6120 PER MONTH. SO THAT COMES TO 73,000 A YEAR. THAT'S JUST FOR JUST LIKE I JUST MENTIONED TO YOU, THAT'S THE GOAL IN IN FIVE YEARS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, OR IS THAT THE GOAL RIGHT NOW WILL BE GROWING IN FIVE YEARS? THIS IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THE NEXT YEAR. I GAVE YOU AN A AN ANNUAL.
YEAH. BUT MY MY QUESTION ALBERTA IS RIGHT NOW THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
LIKE WHAT WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE. WHAT'S YOUR PROJECTION, YOUR GOAL SO THAT YOU'RE SELF-SUSTAINING SUSTAINED AND TO BE HONEST IN THAT, IN THAT BUILDING BECAUSE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON HAS CONCERNS OVER THE MAINTENANCE ASPECT OF IT.
RIGHT. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THAT THAT NUMBER IN YOUR HEAD TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
YES. I REALLY JUST LOOKED AT WHAT WE NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
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WELL, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR, MAN.I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE QUESTIONS TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCIL? SO I'M JUST JUST FOR FOR CLARITY.
SO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AN RFP OR AN RFP WAS SENT OUT WITH QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR UTILITIES? THE ANSWER THE AGENCY SELECTED WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO COVER THE COST OF UTILITIES. ANOTHER QUESTION WAS, HOW MUCH WILL THE COST FOR THE LEASE OF THE EVANS CENTER BE? THE ANSWER? COUNCIL HAS NOT CONTEMPLATED THE VALUE OF THE LEASE OR WHETHER LEASE FEE WILL BE CHARGED. IT WILL BE WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE JANUARY 16TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S MY MEMORY.
NO, WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE DISCUSSING THE LEAKS AND ALL THAT RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S THE DATE IS WRONG.
THE DATES WRONG. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. SO JUST FOR CLARITY, IS THE NONPROFIT THEY'RE ASKING FOR NO RENT, AND THEY WANT THE CITY TO COVER UTILITIES. YES.
AND MAINTENANCE. YEAH. WHAT ABOUT INSURANCE? NO.
PLEASE SAY NO. YEAH, WE HAVE INSURANCE. RIGHT.
AND THEN THE. WELL, HER ORGANIZATION HAS INSURANCE. WE HAVE OUR OWN LIABILITY INSURANCE AS WELL.
SO WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DIDN'T PUT THAT TOGETHER.
BUT. YEAH. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M I'M ALSO ASKING FOR IS THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY CURRENTLY WITH OUR USAGE OF THE US COASTAL GUARD BUILDING AND SEEING THAT WE COULD GO IN, WE'RE IN THAT BUILDING AND MAKING A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WITH AT RISK CHILDREN.
THIRD GRADE READING LEVEL CHILDREN IN POVERTY.
AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING. OKAY. SO.
WATER AND AND LIGHT. LIKE THE FPL BILL AND SUCH.
YOU GUYS CAN'T COME UP WITH THAT. YEAH I HAVE THAT.
OKAY. SO YOU GUYS WOULD WOULD PAY FOR THAT. HE'S HE'S PAYING FOR IT.
YEAH. NO WE HAVE THE NUMBERS ON IT. YEAH. BUT I'M JUST.
YEAH. AVERAGE WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, HONESTLY.
IT'S IT'S NOT AS IF WE COULD NOT. I CAN'T SAY THAT WE COULD NOT COME UP WITH IT.
CONTACT SOME OF OUR SPONSORS THAT WE HAVE NOW.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING. NOT INDEFINITELY.
OKAY. COUNCIL. WHAT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I HAPPEN TO HAVE SAT ON THE EVANS CENTER BOARD.
I MEAN, I JUST I WOULDN'T BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF, OF, OF AT LEAST SIMILAR TO THE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE UTILITIES, MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE BUILDING.
AND FURTHERMORE, WOULD EVEN ASK, LIKE FOR LIKE SIX MONTHS OF PROOF OF FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE THAT LEASE IS EXECUTED, THAT YOU HAVE THE BANDWIDTH AND THE OVERHEAD TO, TO SUPPORT YOUR MISSION.
SO I, I WHAT I'M HEARING IS WATER FPL RIGHT, AND WI-FI.
RIGHT. YOU GUYS, THAT WOULD BE ON YOU? YEAH. FOR SURE.
RIGHT. AND THEN TO THAT ARGUMENT OF GIVING YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND THIS IS A ONE YEAR LEASE WITH AN OPTION FOR ANOTHER YEAR THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE. THAT WAY, YOU GOT THAT ONE YEAR YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ABLE TO JUDGE WHETHER WE COULD HAVE A PLUMB LINE, AND WE'LL KNOW MORE OF HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE BEING SERVED.
THAT'S HOW I SEE THIS. I'M A PRODUCT OF THE BOYS CLUB IN THE BRONX.
YEAH. FOR SURE. AND I, I DEFINITELY WENT DOWN THE MARINE CORPS PATH BECAUSE OF THEM.
RIGHT. AND AND THE SEA CADETS. SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
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I'M GOOD WITH THEY PAY THEIR WATER AND THEIR INTERNET AND ALL THAT.NOW ALONG THAT IF THEY, IF THE A C BREAKS THAT THAT WOULD DEFINITELY SINK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR A WHILE. RIGHT. SO I WOULD CONSIDER DOING THAT LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE ON THE YEAR.
AND THEN WE COULD REEVALUATE IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
IT'S AT COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. OKAY. I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP PROGRAM TO AN EMPTY BUILDING THAT THE CITY OWNS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO TO YOUTH THAT ARE LITERALLY AT RISK.
YEAH. SO I'M I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW COUNCIL FEELS ABOUT THOSE COMMENTS.
BUT I'M, I WOULD I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. SO I'LL START OFF.
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS? I'LL BE FINE WITH THAT, MAYOR.
ESPECIALLY BEING THAT THE OTHER CONTRACTS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. I DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE FAIR EITHER, SO I'M GOOD, BUT UTILITIES WILL BE COVERED. AND, YEAH, THEY WOULD PAY FOR UTILITIES.
LIKE WATER. YEAH. WATER. FPL AND THEIR INTERNET.
OKAY. RIGHT. LIKE SPECTRUM OR WHOEVER THE COMPETITOR IS.
OKAY. I'D BE OKAY WITH THEM COVERING THE UTILITIES.
OKAY. YEAH. I THINK IT'S A FAIR DEAL. OKAY. AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE PART.
I MEAN, IF SOMETHING BREAKS LIKE THAT, THAT HUGE, WE WE THEY WOULD GO UNDERWATER AND THEN THAT PROGRAMS AND THE 60 CHILDREN THAT THEY'LL BE SERVING IS FOR NAUGHT. SO THAT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WITH THAT.
YEAH. I MEAN, I JUST DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. LIKE, ARE WE GOING IN AND CHANGING THE AIR FILTERS EVERY MONTH? IF IF SOMEBODY CLOGS THE TOILET AND FLOODS THE BUILDING, WE'RE WE'RE PAYING FOR ALL THAT.
JUST JUST REAL, YOU KNOW, TENANT LANDLORD QUESTIONS THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED.
YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. WE'RE NOT USING THE BUILDING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THERE. SO ARE YOU GOING TO CHANGE THE FILTERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PLUMBING IS GOOD FILTERS? OKAY. SO WE'RE GOOD. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT BIG TICKET ITEM OF THE AC.
YEAH. THAT COULD THEY COULD GO UNDER QUICKLY FOR THAT.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING AND ALL OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE ON THE JOB EXPERIENCE.
SO THAT'S GOOD TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S GOOD.
WE HAVE HUSBANDS. THANK YOU. SLEEP RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S GOOD OJT THAT'S GOOD OJT. THAT'S GOOD.
PUT THEM TO WORK. YEAH FOR SURE. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF. CLUB ESTEEM AND PARTNERS WITH. I'LL SAY THE CAVEAT OF UTILITIES INTERNET AND FPL TO BE COVERED BY THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, BUT FOR $1 A YEAR FOR 111 ONE FOR ONE, ONE FOR ONE FOR ONE YEAR. YEAH.
AND THEN WITH IS THERE A MONETARY AMOUNT THAT HE HAS TO PUT ON THAT.
IT'S USUALLY $10. $10. YEAH $10 ANNUAL FEE. RIGHT.
AWESOME. IS THAT ENOUGH? IN THE MOTION, LADIES? YES. ENOUGH ON THE MOTION. OKAY, I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
NO. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'RE EXCITED. WE'RE READY TO WORK. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
MR. MORGAN. YES. THIS IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO RECEIVE A REPORT THAT WAS GRANT FUNDED.
AND JOAN BROWN CAN PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW. THANK YOU, MR. MORGAN. SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE, AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE ROOM WHO IS HERE WITH US FROM EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.
AND THE ASSESSMENT IS A ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.
AND THEY LOOK AT THE PLANNING HORIZON OF 2100 YEAR 2100.
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SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BRENDA DEFOE SUPERNAUT WITH THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.IS THERE? NEVER MIND. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.
IS THE PRESENTATION CUED UP? I APOLOGIZE. WE DID SUBMIT A DESK, BUT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S ON THE COMPUTER SO I CAN SEND IT OVER.
OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT VERBALLY. YEAH. THAT'S FINE. I CAN SPEAK TO IT.
WE LOOKED AT ALL YOUR CRITICAL ASSETS PER STATE STATUTE.
AND IN ADDITION TO 2100, WE LOOKED AT MORE NEAR TERM.
SO 2070 OR 2040 AND 2070. PALM BAY IS A LITTLE MORE INLAND, BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME COASTAL EXPOSURES.
SO SEA LEVEL RISE, STORM SURGE, THOSE THINGS.
AND ONE OF THE OF THE THINGS YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ALSO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS ASSESSMENT, IS HOW YOU KIND OF PRIORITIZE THE FUNDING AND WHAT FACILITIES YOU MIGHT WORK ON, BECAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A BIT THAT MIGHT BE EXPOSED.
AND THE UNDERLYING THING THAT WE LOOK AT ALSO IS NOT JUST THE THE ASSET.
THERE'S FOUR CATEGORIES PER STATE STATUTE. SO IT'S TRANSPORTATION.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE REAL HIGH LEVEL. THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT TO LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES TO TRY TO ALIGN THOSE FOR THESE FUTURE CONDITIONS. AND A BIG NEXT STEP, LIKE I SAID, IS TO FIGURE OUT INTERNALLY WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AS FAR AS WHAT ASSETS YOU WANT TO PRIORITIZE FOR ADAPTATION. WELL THANK YOU MA'AM.
ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL? THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN, MA'AM. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD TO SEE YOU.
ANY SPEAKER CARDS, DEPUTY MAYOR? NO, SIR. I NEED A MOTION.
SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY SECOND COUNCILMAN HAMMOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. PASSES. PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, MR. MORGAN. YES. THIS IS THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING THE CITY'S 2526 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION WITH OUR NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSMAN FROM THIS AREA.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
JOAN BROWN HELPED HELP COORDINATE THIS ACROSS ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE SOME ROAD THINGS AS DIRECTED BY THE COUNCIL.
OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO YIELD TO DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE, WHO JUST FLEW IN.
SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS HE'S BEEN TOURING THE WHOLE WORLD PRACTICALLY LATELY.
BUT HE JUST FLEW IN THIS EVENING FROM DC. SO, NUMBER ONE, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE ON OUR BEHALF, BUT WHAT WHAT I'D LIKE TO GET YOUR TAKE ON, ON THE PROJECTS AND AND SINCE YOU MET WITH MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIVES UP THERE. WHAT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW ME TO GO UP THERE AND SERVE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. I LEFT MONDAY MORNING AND CAME BACK THIS AFTERNOON.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING HOME LATER. I MET WITH YOU KNOW, OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE CHALLENGING ON THE HILL RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A LOT OF SPENDING CUTS HAPPENING. AND AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST AT THE DIRECTION OF, OF OUR MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, I WENT OVER THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND POINT BLANK.
THEY THEY SAID, TAKE OFF THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS SITE SELECTION. DON'T EVEN DON'T EVEN PRESENT THAT.
THEY SAID IF YOU WANT TO BRING FORTH MINTON ROAD WIDENING, COME WITH FOUR FUNDING SOURCES CITY, COUNTY, STATE. AND THEN THEY'LL CONSIDER FEDERAL FUNDING.
TAKE OFF STREET LIGHTS, MASTER PLAN. SAME DISCUSSION WITH STATE ROAD 514.
GET MATCHING FUNDS FROM OURSELVES COUNTY, STATE AND THEN FEDERAL WILL CONSIDER.
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THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE SYNOPSIS OF THE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD UP THERE.SO THAT THAT'S GOOD DETAILED INFORMATION, RIGHT? SO KIND OF LIKE LET'S SEE HOW MANY STAKEHOLDERS YOU HAVE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. RIGHT. SO I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK SO MAYBE HONE IN ON LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STATE ROAD 514.
RIGHT. WE DO HAVE FUNDING THERE FROM FDOT, RIGHT.
SO WE'LL IF WE REQUEST. SO THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP THERE.
THAT MIGHT MEET SOME OF THAT CRITERIA. THE ONLY THING I SEE IS DID THEY GIVE YOU A FUNDING SUGGESTION? WAS IT LIKE, OUT OF CAP? NO. OR THEY SAID, OKAY.
SO MAYBE WE FOCUS ON AND. OH, HE ALSO DID SAY RANK YOUR PRIORITIES BECAUSE.
ONE. TWO. THREE. RIGHT. RIGHT. TOP THREE. I WOULD ASSUME RIGHT? YEAH. RANK THEM. THANK YOU. SIR. AND YOU GOT THAT FROM MULTIPLE MULTIPLE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, CORRECT? CORRECT. YES, SIR. I'M TRACKING THAT, SO.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT SO HE SAID, FORGET THE STREET LIGHTS.
AND AND THE POLICE WHICH THE POLICE THING SURPRISES ME, RIGHT? BUT WHEN IT COMES TO. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS, THE MINTON ROAD WIDENING PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE.
DID WAS THAT THIS DISCUSSED BECAUSE THAT'S A CITY ROAD.
THERE'S NO COUNTY PARTNERSHIP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
NO, THAT WASN'T THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED TO DEATH.
OKAY. THAT SHOWS THAT SHOWS WHAT WE COULD PUT IN.
OUR TIME WAS LIMITED WITH WITH EVERY MEMBER. IT'S OKAY.
IT'S PRETTY. IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF MEETINGS HAPPENING UP THERE.
ALRIGHT. SO THESE ARE MY THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
WE'VE HAD A LOSS OF LIFE ON ON 95 GENTLEMEN. AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET THAT FDOT $3.5 MILLION FOR THE PDA STUDY MOVED UP DRASTICALLY, THAT EVEN OUR FORMER TRAFFIC ENGINEER SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID WITH THE TPO, THEM HELPING US ALONG THAT WITH SECRETARY FDOT.
SO I'D LIKE TO PERHAPS PUT THAT AS NUMBER ONE IN MY VIEW.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO WOULD BE THAT MINTON ROAD, BECAUSE THAT'S DIRECTLY WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
WE'VE GOT $1 MILLION OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES.
IF WE COULD GET FIVE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN I'M, I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER ELSE YOU GUYS SAY.
WHAT ABOUT PARTS OF BABCOCK STREET? SEE THAT? THAT'S THE ONE. AND THAT. THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF COUNTY, STATE AND CITY ROAD.
SO THAT'S A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU, THE INTEL YOU JUST BROUGHT BACK.
THEY WANT TO SEE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THERE.
AND WE REALLY DON'T NEED A STAKEHOLDER FOR ROAD BECAUSE THAT'S OUR OWN.
RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. THOSE ARE MY TOP TWO.
BUT WHAT YOU PROVIDED TODAY, MY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE, IS CRITICAL INFORMATION.
THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS, GENTLEMEN. YOU GUYS HAVE DISCUSSION.
I'VE DISCUSSED ENOUGH, MAN. I'M GOOD WITH ALL OF THAT.
CURRENTLY, IT'S NOT FEASIBLE FOR US. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THE STATE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE FROM BACK IN 2023 OUR LOBBYIST, MAURICE KIRKLAND KIRKLAND, RECOMMENDED THAT WE TAKE IT UP TO THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
SO HERE WE ARE. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
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YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, THE INTEREST EARNED BY INVESTORS ON MUNICIPAL BONDS ARE TAX FREE.SO I THINK ALSO DRAFTING A LETTER, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY IN OPPOSITION OF, YOU KNOW, LOSING THAT TAX EXEMPTION IS IMPORTANT. OKAY.
THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GREAT DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN.
WE'RE ON BOARD WITH THAT. AND THAT THAT LETTER.
I'M VERY COMFORTABLE. YOU SIGNING THAT LETTER? DEPUTY MAYOR. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IT'S EVERY YEAR HAS BEEN ME BRINGING UP OPPORTUNITY ZONES FOR FIVE YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN NO MOVEMENT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING.
AND WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO THAT'S ALL. SO TO THAT ARGUMENT THOUGH, RIGHT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, THERE WERE OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
THERE WERE THERE WERE OPPORTUNITY ZONES. AND THEN WE HAD A CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION.
PALM BAY IS ALL GREEN. YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T DEVELOP ON IT.
SO IT'S A MOOT POINT. SO I NOTICED IT A FEW YEARS AGO.
BROUGHT IT UP TO STAFF AND YOU KNOW. SO WHAT DO YOU LIKE? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE THAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON MAKE IT IN THE COMPOUND.
SO I JUST THINK IT'S COMMON. IS IT IS IT POSSIBLE TO SUGGEST WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES COULD BE.
I'M SPEAKING TO STAFF AT THIS POINT. YES, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THIS YEAR SINCE THEY ARE OPENING UP THE TAX ACT AND POTENTIALLY EXTENDING THE THE DEADLINE FOR THE TAX CREDITS TO THE DEVELOPERS.
WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY PUT IN FOR MORE LOCATIONS FOR OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS WITH THE COMPOUND.
IT'S A ZERO POPULATION LOCATION, AND WHEN THEY LOOK AT LOCATIONS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE, THEY LOOK AT AREAS THAT HAVE LOW INCOME CENSUS TRACKS.
THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS EMPOWERMENT ZONE, CENSUS TRACK, HUBZONE AND HUBZONE CENSUS TRACKS, CRA CENSUS TRACKS. SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT IF WE WERE TO RECOMMEND THE WHAT WAS FORMERLY THE BAYFRONT CRA, IT WOULD LIKELY GET SOME SUPPORT. MORE SPECIFICALLY, PROBABLY THE NORTHEAST AREA.
BUT YEAH, WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHETHER OR NOT IT GETS ACCEPTED IS A DIFFERENT STORY, BUT I DO THINK WE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
OKAY. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS IF THEY LOOK AT THE COMPOUND, THEY'LL SAY BUT IF WE USE THE BAYFRONT, IT'S IT'S A LARGER IT INCREASES THE OPPORTUNITY.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT IN BOTH BECAUSE ONE OF THE THE TOPICS WE DISCUSSED LAST SESSION WAS THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE THIS AREA THAT IS UNDEVELOPED, HAS NO POPULATION, AND THEREFORE WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO WE HAD NO ABILITY PREVIOUSLY WHEN OPPORTUNITY ZONES, THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKING FOR THOSE LOCATIONS TO SUBMIT THE COMPOUND BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POPULATION.
SO WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS UP AND WE DISCUSSED THE NOTION OF, YOU KNOW, AREAS IN PALM BAY THAT HAD SIMILAR SITUATIONS TO US BEING FORMER GDC COMMUNITIES. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF.
SO, I MEAN, I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT PROPOSES THE COMPOUND AND THE CRA AND JUST LETTING THEM REMINDING THEM THAT WE HAVE THIS SITUATION IN THE CITY. THEN I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD. BECAUSE I SEE A BIG POTENTIAL WITH THE BAYFRONT WITH THAT EMPOWERMENT ZONE THERE.
COUNCIL, I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF COUNCIL.
I'M GOING TO TOUCH KIND OF ON ON WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I REALLY WANT TO SEE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT BABCOCK.
THAT'S HUGE ON ME AND ON MY COUPLE TRIPS TO DC.
ME AND DEPUTY OR DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE ARE ALSO ON THE TPO.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN OUR TPO, EVERYBODY HAS A REPRESENTATIVE.
AND BECAUSE OF OUR SIZE WE HAVE THREE. RIGHT.
SO I ASKED, WHY ISN'T PALM BAY ON THERE? AND THEY HAVE A FIVE YEAR.
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BABCOCK'S NOT EVEN ON THE 20 YEAR OR ON THE NEWEST UPDATE.WE HAD A PLAN FOR IT. IT WAS PALM BAY PUTS FORTH OR PALM BAY MAINTAINS IT FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION GOING ON ABOUT IT, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BROUGHT BACK WHETHER IT'S NOT WHETHER IT'S NOT AT LEGISLATIVE SLIDE, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE BABCOCK CORRIDOR. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS STATE ROAD.
IT'S MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL. THEY'VE DONE IT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND I SHARED THAT. AND THAT WAS MAYBE EVEN THE LATEST WAS EVEN SEVEN MONTHS AGO WHEN I WAS ON THERE.
AND I ASKED FOR IT AGAIN. AND I THINK IF RECORD WE SENT A LETTER REQUESTING THAT OR A MEETING TO TAKE PLACE, AND I BELIEVE OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER HAD THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL SITUATION.
IF THEY TOOK THAT, THEN THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR ARGUMENT TO DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE'S ARGUMENT IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE STAKEHOLDERS, THE FEDS ARE JUST NOT GOING TO LOOK AT IT. I MEAN, THEY JUST TOLD US THAT, SO.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WITH SUNTERRA COMING IN.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT ALL THESE ALL THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON BABCOCK.
IT'S IT'S JUST NOT. COULD THEY APPROVE THAT? RIGHT.
MAYBE THE COUNTY COULD, BUT WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO BE THE UTILITY PROVIDER.
YEAH, I GET THAT. SO MAYBE WE HAVE SOME LEVERAGE FOR NEGOTIATION.
YEAH, YEAH. OKAY, SO WE'RE BACK ON. WE'RE BACK ON THE TOP THREE.
RIGHT? SO WHERE ARE WE? I ALREADY GAVE MY $0.02.
RIGHT. I SAID 514 I 95 IMPROVEMENT I MENTIONED MINTON ROAD.
AND THEN WE COLLECTIVELY, FROM WHAT I HEAR, IS EMPOWERMENT ZONES TO ADD THAT TO OUR TOP THREE LIST.
RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I DO LIKE THE I-95 THING SOMETIMES.
SOMETIMES I-95 IS BACKED UP ALMOST TO PALM BAY ROAD EXIT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY EASY TO PUT OVER.
AND THIS IS ALL FOR STUDYING ON ON THE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO IT'S A MIXTURE OF COUNTY, STATE AND CITY. SO.
ALL RIGHT. SO IS THAT ENOUGH? DID DID YOU NEED THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION? MR. MORGAN? YEAH, I THINK WE HEARD THE DISCUSSION, BUT EMOTIONS CONSISTENT WITH WITH THE DISCUSSION.
OKAY, SO ARE WE ON AND THE LETTERS AND. YES. OKAY.
ARE WE ALL IN AGREEMENT THEN WITH 514 MIN ROAD AND THEN THE TWO EMPOWERMENT ZONE LETTERS OR.
YEAH. MAY I ASK? SO THE PART OF WHAT I HEARD GET ON THE SPEAKER, PART OF WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY, DEPUTY MAYOR, WAS THAT THEY EXPECT THE CITY TO PROVIDE SOME CONTRIBUTION FOR THE MALABAR.
SO IS THERE A MOTION OR DISCUSSION ON WHAT THAT CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE IF WE WERE PUTTING FORTH THIS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THEY'D BE WILLING TO CONSIDER IT IF WE DON'T HAVE A SKIN IN THE GAME.
YEAH, THEY WANT SKIN IN THE GAME. WELL, WE GOT ABOUT 3.5 MILLION, MR. SCOTT. WHAT WHAT WHAT CAN WE COMMIT? I CAN JUST USE AN EXAMPLE IN WEST MELBOURNE WITH THE PARKWAY SEGMENT THAT WAS WEST MELBOURNE, AND ALTHOUGH THAT WAS PRIMARILY COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY, WE KICKED IN $1 MILLION. SO WE HAVE IMPACT FEES.
I THINK IF WE OFFERED THAT, IF IT MAKES IT MORE ATTRACTIVE, THAT WOULD BE $1 MILLION WELL SPENT.
OKAY, SO $1 MILLION FOR 514 INTERCHANGE, ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS FOR MINTON ROAD PROJECT.
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IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? YEAH, I'M NOT THE. WELL, I GUESS I IN TERMS OF THE ZIP CODES.YEAH. 329. OH, THE ONE YOU HAVE LISTED HERE. 32908 LOOKING AT LARRY, I JUST LOOKED AT IT TODAY.
BUT BUT WITHOUT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE IMPACT FEES THAT WE HAVE BY ZIP CODE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THOSE ARE IF YOU'D LIKE.
AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DEMAND ON I'LL CALL IT THE THE NORTH WEST.
SO WE'RE TALKING IN DIFFERENT AREAS. BUT THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE FUNDS ARE IN THE NORTH WEST AREA.
YEAH. BUT THIS WOULD BE AND THAT'S THE PARKWAY.
AND YEAH THIS IS THREE TWO 907 WHERE THE THE I 95 AREA IS.
SO, SO IF WE GET THAT THAT BOTH PROJECTS WHAT ARE THE ZIP CODES THAT ARE 320732908 OKAY.
AND THE ANSWERS ARE 32907 HAS A BALANCE UNENCUMBERED OF 11.2 AND 32908 HAS AN UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF 9 MILLION. AND THAT'S AS OF NOVEMBER 2024.
AND SOME OF THAT IS COMMITTED TO THE COUNTY IN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WHERE THE COUNTY IS CONTRIBUTING AND WE'RE CONTRIBUTING FOR A SEGMENT, AND WE'RE ALSO MEETING WITH THEM TO TRY TO SEE WHAT SEGMENTS ARE ADVANCED.
OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOOD WITH THE MATCH IF EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH THAT $1 MILLION FOR 514.
AND THE WAY IT READS CURRENTLY WITH MINT ROAD, WE ALREADY HAD A MILLION MATCH FROM 3 TO 908.
SO I'M I'M GOOD WITH THAT. AND THOSE TOP TWO.
RIGHT. AND THE TAX TAX IS ON THE BOTTOM BETTER.
AND THE TAX EXEMPT BOND LETTER TO BE SIGNED BY DEPUTY MAYOR.
OKAY, OKAY, I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.
WE'RE NOW. ON ITEM SIX. YES, YES.
YES. I'M GOING. MADAM LEFLER. I NOMINATE MAYOR MEDINA TO GO.
WE'RE ALL GOING. OH, WE'RE ALL GOING. YEAH, WE'RE ALL GOING.
I'M ALREADY GOING TO BE UP THERE FOR SOMETHING ELSE. WELL, WE'RE ALL GOING.
YEAH. GO AHEAD. MADAM LEFLER, PRESENT THE ITEM.
OKAY. AND WE DON'T NEED A WE'RE NOT VOTING. ARE WE UP THERE THIS TIME? OKAY. NO, I SAY YES, I'M GOING. THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHERE WE GO.
AND WE LOBBY OUR STATE LEGISLATORS. AND THEN WE WANT TO DISCUSS ABOUT OUR SEPTIC TO SEWER PROGRAM, THAT AGGRESSIVE EPA PROGRAM THAT THEY WANT TO PUT ON ON THE CITY.
BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR WE WE HAVE OUR FACE TO FACE WITH OUR ELECTED STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
OKAY. SO YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST FOUR OF THE FIVE, I THINK, GOING BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT AS WELL, DEPUTY MAYOR. YEAH, I'LL BE UP THERE, SO I'LL JUST JOIN US.
OKAY. DEEMS FIT. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
THIS SUGGESTED DATE IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH AT 6 P.M..
FEBRUARY 27TH, 6 P.M.. I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD. WHAT NIGHT? THURSDAY NIGHT. IT'S A THURSDAY NIGHT. WE'RE ALL GOOD.
YEAH, WE'RE ALL GOOD. I WON'T, BUT I'VE BEEN TO IT.
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I GOT WORSE. DON'T DON'T BE, DON'T BE OBSTRUCTIONIST.NO. GOD BLESS YOU. ALRIGHT, SO WE GOT CONSENSUS.
WE'RE NOW ON REPORTS COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. ALL RIGHT.
[COUNCIL REPORTS:]
CAN MISS KOFFEL, WILL YOU COME UP? IT'S UP TO YOU.YOU DON'T HAVE TO. OKAY. SO YOU ADDRESSED UNDER YOUR REPORT.
YOU'RE GOING TO COMMEND HER? NO. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
DO YOU REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEN YOU SENT OUT AN EMAIL THROUGH THE CDF THAT MISINTERPRETED CASTLE DOCTRINE THAT SAYS WE SHOULD SHOOT ALL HAITIAN MIGRANTS AS THEY ENTER THE UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY? I DIDN'T SAY THAT. WELL, YOU DID.
I GOT THE EMAIL. AND OUR DEPUTY MAYOR AT THE TIME, DEPUTY MAYOR FELIX, WAS VERY UPSET ABOUT IT.
HE CALLED ME ABOUT IT. THAT'S ALL. YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT.
WELL. THANK YOU. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT THAT'S HAPPENED TONIGHT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE A THEOCRACY. IT MEANS THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF OUR NATION'S FOUNDING, WE HAD MEN WHO WERE GOOD CHRISTIANS, AND THEY CREATED AN IDEA IN OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WAS BASED OFF A LOT OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES GRACE, FORGIVENESS. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE DUE PROCESS AND THE ABILITY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR BILL OF RIGHTS AS FAR AS THE RIGHT TO ADDRESS YOUR ACCUSER.
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ET CETERA. ET CETERA. WHAT MAKES US A CHRISTIAN NATION IS OUR CONSTITUTION.
AND SO ANYBODY'S WELCOME HERE. WE HAVE THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
THAT'S FINE. WHEN YOU COME HERE, YOU COME HERE ON THE IDEA THAT YOU LEAVE YOUR OTHER POLITICS BEHIND AND THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE CONSTITUTION. YOU CAN PRAY HOWEVER YOU WANT. YOU CAN BELIEVE IN WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BELIEVE.
YOU CAN BE FROM WHEREVER YOU WANT TO BE. BUT THE LAW OF THE LAND IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.
AND OF COURSE, THE ARTICLE THAT EVERYBODY IS REFERENCING SAID SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE ACTUAL TWEET OR EX POST, AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THAT. I SAID THAT THE IDEOLOGY OF ISLAM, PARTICULARLY THE POLITICAL COMPONENT, DOES NOT BELONG IN THE UNITED STATES. IF YOU WANT TO COME HERE, THAT'S PERFECTLY OKAY.
AND I'M SAYING THIS MOSTLY FOR MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT DIDN'T REALLY ASK ME WHAT I SAID, AND ALSO FOR STAFF TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT JUST SOME THAT THEY'VE GOT TO WORK WITH SOME TERRIBLE RACIST PERSON THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH ANYMORE.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING THIS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IF YOU WANT TO DISAGREE WITH ME AS A RESIDENT, THAT'S FINE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I SAID. AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT WITH SAYING THAT.
AND SO, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE. AND. YEAH.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT IN THAT MOTION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP GOING FORWARD ON THE CITY'S BUSINESS.
AND HOW THEY MANAGE THEIR FINANCES. AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY WAS RANKED THIRD TO LAST.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY WHEN I HIT US ON THINGS LIKE LAST MEETING WITH THE PALM BAY CHAMBER IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WITH ROADS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, EXPANDING OUR FORCE AND GETTING A NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND BUILDING THREE NEW FIRE STATIONS. AND WE'RE TALKING MORE ABOUT BUILDINGS THAT WE WANT TO GIVE TO NONPROFITS THAN WE ARE ABOUT THE BASICS.
I DIDN'T CAMPAIGN AT ALL ON SOME OF THESE OTHER ITEMS THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS.
I WANTED TO BRING IT UP, TO TRY TO MAKE IT UNDERSTOOD THAT.
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THAT'S WHY I'M ADDRESSING THOSE IN THAT MANNER.AND I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN CAN SEE IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL DISAGREE WITH ME SOMETIMES, BUT I HOPE WE CAN FIND SOME MIDDLE GROUND ON THAT AND TRY TO REALLY HYPER FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT THE VOTERS SENT US UP HERE TO DO, WHICH IS ROADS AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND BRINGING HIGH BRINGING HIGH PAYING JOBS, AND WE ARE DOING SOME OF THAT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING TONIGHT AND LAST WEEK, THE EVANS CENTER, THE PALM BAY CHAMBER, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS. THE CPAP PROGRAM BEFORE IT'S LIKE THOSE WE HAVE A 3% CAP.
SO WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON MAKING EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR COUNT IN THIS CITY.
AND WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE I'M KIND OF BEING AGGRESSIVE IN SOME OF OUR FISCAL POLICIES, THAT'S WHY.
AND I JUST WANT TO WANTED TO KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT IN MY COUNCIL REPORTS.
I'LL CLOSE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HAMMER. YEAH.
I'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT BABCOCK AND IN MIRALOMA.
AND ALSO, IS THAT GOING TO BE FUNCTIONAL ONCE OUR NEW FIRE STATION IS PUT IN THERE? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO GOING TO BE A NECESSITY. THANK YOU, MR. MORGAN. YES. AGAIN, I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING, ONE OF OUR CITIZENS ASKED FOR KIND OF A GENERAL UPDATE OF SOME OF OUR CURRENT WORK TOWARDS ROAD CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS AND ALSO FOR OUR ROAD PAVING IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE THIS IN OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW. AND ONE OF THOSE IS OBVIOUSLY THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
THE COUNTY IS WORKING TO TRY TO GET THE DEVELOPER TO REPLACE SOME SIDEWALK THAT WAS PULLED OUT.
SO IT'S NOT READY FOR ENERGY BECAUSE OF OF THAT.
BUT OTHERWISE IT'S IT'S VERY CLOSE IS WHAT WE'RE TOLD.
AND AGAIN, I THINK I HEARD FROM THE DISCUSSION OF THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, YOU KNOW, A DESIRE FOR TO FOCUS ON BABCOCK WITH OUR PARTNERS.
AND SO MAKING AN EFFORT TO MEET WITH THE COUNTY AND TPO MANAGEMENT HERE TO SEE EARLY NEXT WEEK, AS I RECALL EARLY IN THE MORNING TO TRY TO ADVANCE SOME OF THOSE SEGMENTS FOR THAT. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
THE COUNTY'S ALSO GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HELPS US WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO DO THESE THINGS ACROSS JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, TO JUST SAY, WE'LL JUST CALL THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AND SO I SORT OF CRAFTED OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON THAT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE COUNTY IS WORKING ON THAT, AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM TO DO SO. BUT BUT IF I HAD TO RANK A CURRENT CITIZEN COMPLAINT, I WOULD PROBABLY RANK THAT ONE TOP. SO WE'RE AWARE OF IT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MY NEXT ONE IS I WANTED TO COMMEND OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER FOR THE CLEANING OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ON PINEWOOD.
I SAW THE VILLAS. THERE IS CONSTRUCTION STARTED BACK.
THE APARTMENT SIDE. I DON'T THINK THEY'VE DONE ANYTHING YET, BUT THE SIDEWALK WAS WAS NOT NAVIGABLE.
AND NOW IT IS. THANK YOU TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS.
KNOW THAT THE ROI OR R O W IS ALL CLEARED. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND LASTLY, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ROBERT MATOCHA ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
WHEN I STARTED AT THE CITY OF PALM BAY, I STARTED IN PUBLIC WORKS AND I STARTED AS JUST A GUY THAT DUG YOUR DITCHES AND I MADE IT UP TO FLEET, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH ROBERT FOR TEN YEARS.
AND HE IS HE IS RETIRING THIS FRIDAY. SO I WANT TO ASK EVERYBODY TO I WOULD SAY WISH HIM WELL. WISHES. YOU KNOW, HE HAD A HE HAD A GREAT CAREER WITH US AND A HECK OF A GUY.
AWESOME. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. YES, MAYOR.
I DIDN'T HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. I MEAN, PUBLIC COMMENT.
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I DIDN'T HAVE A I DIDN'T HAVE A COUNCIL REPORT.AND I WOULD HAVE WAITED TILL AFTER THE MEETING, BUT SINCE IT HAPPENED PUBLICLY, I HAVE TO ADDRESS IT PUBLICLY AS SOMEBODY WHO HAD BEEN ON COUNCIL AND BEEN PUBLIC TARGET NUMBER ONE BY MANY RESIDENTS, BY MANY PEOPLE.
COUNCILMAN LANDRUM, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY NOT TO PINPOINT OR TARGET OR HAVE A GOTCHA MOMENT WITH RESIDENTS, BECAUSE IT NEVER WORKS OUT. AND IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T SIT WELL.
AND I'M NOT COMING AT YOU. THIS IS COMING FROM EXPERIENCE.
I HAVEN'T DONE IT. I'VE DONE IT TOWARDS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING BECAUSE WE SIGNED UP FOR THAT JOB. SO ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL BROTHER. BECAUSE MISS CALDWELL, SHE'S SHARING HER OPINION.
YES, WE SHARE OUR OPINIONS. BUT IN THAT, IN THAT MANNER, I, I JUST THAT DOESN'T SIT RIGHT.
SO HERE'S DEPUTY MAYOR. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR.
YEAH. JUST I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THAT RESPECT.
I DON'T THINK IT BENEFITS THE CITY. I DON'T THINK IT BENEFITS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
I RESPECT THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. AND I AND I DON'T BELIEVE IN IN CENSORSHIP EITHER.
I BELIEVE MR. COUNCILMAN CAN SAY WHAT HE WANTS, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ASK HIM IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THIS GOING TO DO TO MY COLLEAGUES? WHAT IS THIS GOING TO DO TO THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY? AND IS THIS IS THIS GOING TO HELP THE CAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED HERE? AND FURTHERMORE, I BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED WITH MISS CAULFIELD IS AN ABUSE OF POWER.
AND AND I JUST I WAS EMBARRASSED THAT THAT THAT HAPPENED.
THE REST OF THE COUNCIL REPORT THAT SOMETHING I LIKE TO STAFF TO LOOK INTO IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SCHOOLS AND, LIKE, OUR FACILITIES, TENNIS COURTS, FOR EXAMPLE.
THEY'RE BEING RENTED OUT BY BY SCHOOLS IN PALM BAY OR ACTUALLY NOT IN PALM BAY ONES IN MELBOURNE, ONES IN WEST MELBOURNE. AND THEY'RE RENTING OUR THEY'RE RENTING OUR TENNIS COURTS AT PRIME TIME.
AND OUR RESIDENTS AREN'T ABLE TO USE THESE COURTS.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM, ONE OF THEM IS A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND ANOTHER IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL. AND I FEEL LIKE THESE OTHER ENTITIES ARE KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND NOT PROVIDING THE FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRING FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND PUTTING THE BURDEN ON, YOU KNOW, US AT PALM BAY AND OUR TAXPAYERS. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO APPLY A LITTLE PRESSURE BACK TO THESE THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WANTING TO RENT OUR FACILITIES AND LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE. THERE'S WE'RE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS.
AND NOW AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I PLAYED TENNIS, I PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS.
I USED THESE FACILITIES, I UNDERSTAND IT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE HIGH SCHOOL I WENT TO RENTED FEE AVENUE.
THEY HAVE LIKE 20 TENNIS COURTS OVER THERE. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE A HUGE BURDEN ON MELBOURNE.
THOSE, THOSE TENNIS COURTS SPACE COAST MARINA, WHAT CAN THE CITY DO TO HELP EXPEDITE THIS PROJECT ALONG? WE SOLD THE PROPERTY BACK FOUR YEARS AGO, AND WE'RE LIKE, WHERE DOES IT STAND? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP HELP THIS DEVELOPER HELP US? WE NEED TO HELP HIM. HELP US REALLY LIKE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.
AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, LIKE WHERE WE'RE AT AND GET A GET A REPORT? GET AN UPDATE.
AND WHAT? AND WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY TO GET BEHIND HIM? THE LAST ITEM. I JUST WANT TO APPOINT PETER ALBERTO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
THAT CONCLUDES MY COUNCIL REPORTS. THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, I'LL GET STARTED WITH A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A DEVASTATING FIRE IN ONE OF OUR CONDOS, AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF LIFE. IT WAS DEVASTATING.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN I WENT AND I EVALUATED THAT SITUATION WHAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WHAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS ACCOMPLISHED WAS IMPECCABLE.
FOR THAT FIRE TO BE CONTAINED RIGHT WHERE IT WAS.
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IT WAS EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE. THEY, THEY, AS I, AS I CAUGHT BRIEFINGS FROM THE TEAM, IT WAS LIKE TRAINING CAME INSTANTANEOUSLY. AND I BELIEVE, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'M A BELIEVER, BUT I BELIEVE GOD HAS HIS HAND IN IN THEIR CAPABILITIES, IN THEIR TRAINING. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE AWARE, BUT THEY TRAINED FOR THAT SAME SCENARIO THAT SAME DAY.OH, WOW. THAT'S NOT BY COINCIDENCE. THEY TRAINED FOR THAT SAME SCENARIO THAT SAME DAY.
SO I REALLY I WANT TO THANK THE CHIEF AND EVERYONE INVOLVED BECAUSE THE TRAINING CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR OUR FIRE FIREFIGHTERS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS IS PROVING TODAY, AND I WANT TO KEEP PUSHING THAT ENVELOPE FORWARD BECAUSE THE NECESSITY IS GREAT AS WE REPRESENT 140,000 PEOPLE.
SO TO STATION ONE, STATION FIVE, STATION TWO, THAT RESPONDED.
EVEN MELBOURNE RESPONDED. AND AND THE TOWN OF MALABAR.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND SAVING US. THEN I WANT TO END WITH THIS.
GRACE AND LOVE MUST ALWAYS BE PROVIDED. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
YOU SHARED YOUR PIECE TODAY AND IN WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, NOTHING WAS ASKED BECAUSE THE WORDS THAT WERE SPOKEN OR WRITTEN WAS A PERSPECTIVE THAT WAS RECEIVED. AND THAT'S WHAT I MEANT WHEN I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO WHAT YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS WAS.
IT JUST CAME OUT WRONG. AND THERE'S A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY AS WE SERVE 140,000 PEOPLE TO BE RESPECTFUL, TO BE MINDFUL OF HOW YOUR WORDS COULD LIFT FAMILIES UP OR TEAR DOWN AND DIVIDE US.
FOR ME, I BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.
CONSIDER THIS DAIS MORE THAN YOURSELF. CONTROL, YOU KNOW AND COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SAID, LIFE AND DEATH IS IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE. WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL WHAT WE SAY TO NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH AND EVERYONE WE DEAL WITH.
AND I COULD TRULY SIT ON THIS DAIS AND SAY, I LOVE YOU, MAN.
I COULD TELL YOU THAT AND LOOK RIGHT IN YOUR FACE.
I COULD TELL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, I LOVE YOU.
MY SPEECH WILL ALWAYS LIFT YOU UP. IT WILL NOT TEAR DOWN.
I'VE LEARNED THAT WITH WORDS. THEY HAVE SUCH POWER.
THEY CAN EDIFY AND ENCOURAGE AND BUILD PEOPLE UP.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY MY REPORTS. MR. MORGAN, ANY REPORTS? YES. JUST ONE UPDATE ON JOB. ONE FOR ME IS YOUR INTERIM MANAGER, AND THAT'S THE CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT PROCESS.
SO LAST THURSDAY, I ATTENDED THE FIRST DAY OF THE OF A TWO DAY WINTER INSTITUTE TRAINING.
WE HAD 100 CITY MANAGERS, COUNTY MANAGERS, DEPUTIES FROM THROUGHOUT FLORIDA.
SO IT WAS MY OPPORTUNITY TO MEET IN PERSON WITH SOME PEOPLE.
I'VE BEEN REACHING OUT BY PHONE TO ENCOURAGE THEIR APPLICATIONS, AND SOME OTHERS THAT I WAS PLAYING PHONE TAG WITH TO ENCOURAGE THAT ALSO. AS OF CLOSE OF OR AS OF A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME.
TODAY WE HAD 69 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. THE CLOSE OF APPLICATIONS REMINDER IS FEBRUARY 28TH.
WHILE I WAS THERE, I ALSO COMPLETED THE RECRUITMENT OF THE RETIRED CITY MANAGERS FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR GEOGRAPHY IN FLORIDA TO HELP US BY PLACING THE ALL THE PAPER APPLICATIONS INTO THREE CATEGORIES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, COMMENDED, RECOMMENDED AND NOT SO MUCH.
AND AND SO JUST SORT OF IN ADVANCE FOR COUNCIL PLANNING.
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THAT WILL HAPPEN ON MARCH 7TH. SO JUST AS QUICKLY THEREAFTER, I'M GOING TO GET YOU THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THOSE THREE CATEGORIES OF ALL THE APPLICANTS THAT HAVE AND TO BE PREPARED FOR THE MARCH 20TH MEETING TO DISCUSS WHO YOU WOULD WANT TO INVITE FOR INTERVIEWS. SO TRY TO USE THAT PAPER SCREEN TO COME DOWN TO A NUMBER.AND IF EVERYBODY PREPARES IN ADVANCE IN THOSE 12 DAYS INDIVIDUALLY, COME WITH YOUR FOUR OR 5 OR 6 HOWEVER YOU THINK IS APPROPRIATE. I THINK YOU'LL BE SURPRISED HOW MANY AGREE HOW MUCH AGREEMENT, AND THAT WILL PROBABLY GO REASONABLY FAST AND AIR ON THE SIDE OF INVITING MORE, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WILL DROP OUT IN THAT INTERVENING PERIOD.
SO YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING UP FASTER THAN WE THINK.
AND, AND I'VE GOT SOME THOUGHTS TO, TO HELP CANDIDATES WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THEIR TURN TO MEET WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS TO GET TO KNOW. SO WHOEVER YOU END UP SELECTING AS A FINALIST, AND WE GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND AND WHO COMES ON BOARD AS OUR NEW CITY MANAGER THAT THEY'VE HAD SOME CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AS PART OF THAT PROCESS WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THEIR TURN.
SO I THINK IT'S COMING TOGETHER. WELL, WE'LL KNOW A LOT MORE ON THE 28TH IN TERMS OF THE FINAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME GOOD CANDIDATES IN THERE, WHICH IS, AGAIN, MY JOB ONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO TRY TO TRY TO HELP.
BUT THAT I KNOW IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND AND SO I THINK WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL ON THAT SO FAR.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH.
YES, SIR. SO AS WE ADJOURN, I WANT TO I WANT TO END ON A REALLY POSITIVE NOTE.
THE CITY OF PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE MOST OUTSTANDING POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S BEING LED BY AN OUTSTANDING POLICE CHIEF THAT HAS GARNERED TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AN INDIVIDUAL COMING HERE TO TO TO SAY BAD THINGS TO HIM. WELL, CHIEF, I'M PROUD OF YOU.
THIS COUNCIL IS PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR BUILDING A CULTURE WHERE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT PROTECT US REALLY RESPECT YOU.
WITH THAT SAID, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.