[CALL TO ORDER]
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IT IS NOW 6:00. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.
WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE ROLL CALL.
I SUGGEST THAT EVERYONE TURN THEIR MICS ON NOW AND LEAVE THEM ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING, SO THAT EVERYONE IN THE ROOM CAN HEAR EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING SAID FOR THE WHOLE MEETING.
EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO HEAR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LOGAN LEWIS. REBECCA. ZIEGLER. PRESENT. SUSAN.
CONNOLLY. PRESENT. JANE. HIGGINS. PRESENT. JESSICA.
LAVELLE. PRESENT. WE HAVE QUORUM. SO NOW IT'S THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES.
[ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
I HAVE READ THE ONES THAT WENT AROUND IN EMAIL, BUT WE'LL GIVE PEOPLE A MINUTE TO LOOK THEM OVER AND THEN MOVE.MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
NOW WE ARE. IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE JOAN.MELISSA, PARDON ME IF YOUR LAST NAME. THANK YOU.
GOTTA GET DOWN TO THE SMALLEST SIZE. IT RHYMES WITH GOODBYE.
WELCOME. THANK YOU. I'M A RESIDENT OF HERE IN PALM BAY.
IT IS NOT A SUBDIVISION THAT HAS BEEN UNIFORMLY DEVELOPED.
SO THERE WERE LOTS OF WOODED LOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH HAVE BEEN DISAPPEARING QUITE RAPIDLY.
THREE THIS WEEK ALONE. MY CONCERN IS THAT ALL OF THE VEGETATION IS BEING STRIPPED THERE.
WHEN WE MOVED HERE, THERE WERE RESTRICTIONS ON REMOVING TREES OF CERTAIN SIZES AND THAT, OF COURSE, HAS GONE BY THE WAYSIDE. AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE LOTS NEED TO BE BUILT UP, PERHAPS NOT AS HIGH AS SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME INCONSISTENCY THERE, BUT WHEN THEY PUT THE DIRT ON, OF COURSE THEY CAN'T BURY A TREE AND EXPECT IT TO SURVIVE, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER WHETHER THE TREE IS ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THAT.
THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE CONCERN FOR DRAINAGE IN THE AREA, WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLICATED BY THE REMOVAL OF THE VEGETATION, WHICH WOULD HAVE ABSORBED SOME OF THAT, PLUS THE FACT THAT SOME LOTS ARE BUILT AT STREET LEVEL.
AND NOW WE HAVE LOTS THAT ARE BUILT AT 6 OR 8 OR EIGHT FEET EVEN ABOVE THAT LEVEL.
SO THE WATER THAT USED TO FLOW OFF NOW FLOWS DOWN INTO NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME.
OF COURSE, THE WILDLIFE IN THE AREA HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THE STRIPPING OF THE LAND THAT THEY USE FOR HOMES AND FOR THEIR THEIR FOOD. AND THAT'S A CONCERN TO, I THINK, THAT WE NEED TO SHARE OUR SPACE WITH OTHER CREATURES.
SOMETIMES THEY AREN'T AS PLEASANT AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE.
I ALSO AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUILD UP THAT'S HAPPENING, WHICH IS CAUSING EXTREME CONGESTION ON THE ROADS THAT EXIST, AND I DON'T KNOW OF PLANS TO EXPAND THAT, OR EVEN HOW FEASIBLE SOME OF THE EXPANSION IS GIVEN THE SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE, SO THAT IF THERE WERE AN EMERGENCY WHERE EVACUATION WOULD BE RECOMMENDED, YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
BECAUSE EVEN NOW ON BABCOCK, IT MAY TAKE 2 OR 3 LIGHTS STOPS TO GET THROUGH THERE DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY, AND NOT NECESSARILY DURING RUSH HOUR. ON SAN FILIPPO, AGAIN, SOMETIMES THIS IS TOWARD THE EVENING.
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THERE'S TRAFFIC THAT'S LITERALLY FROM ONE STOPLIGHT BACK TO THE OTHER, AND IT'S QUITE SOME DISTANCE WELL OVER A MILE.THAT'S THAT WAY. SO THEY'RE BUILDING MORE APARTMENTS AND THINGS.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY THINK ALL THESE CARS AND VEHICLES ARE GOING TO GO.
SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE PLANS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IN THE AREA OR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PLANT LIFE IN OUR AREA. THANK YOU. I THINK WE ALL SHARE YOUR CONCERNS HERE.
WE HAVE I KNOW THE CITY HAS BEEN DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES.
ALSO, THERE'S VARIOUS ADVISORY BOARDS AND VARIOUS COMMITTEES WHERE THESE TOPICS HAVE COME UP, INCLUDING THE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THE CITY COUNCILMAN MEETINGS.
SO YOU CAN LOG YOUR COMPLAINTS WITH YOUR CONCERNS WITH THEM ALSO.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE ALL BEEN GRAPPLING WITH.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER CITIZENS ON THIS BOARD ABOUT THE CLEAR CUTTING OF LOTS AND HOW IT IMPACTS THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND HOW ABRUPT THE PROCESS IS, AND I KNOW THERE ARE POLICIES IN PLACE THAT STATE THAT THEY ARE NOT TO CLEAR CUT A LOT.
IF THERE ARE MATURE TREES THAT CAN BE SPARED, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SPARE THEM.
SO IT IS. YES. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ELIZABETH BLACKFORD.
TELL HER TO HIT THE TIMER. OH, DO YOU WANT TO HIT A TIMER? OH, I FORGOT TO HIT THE TIMER LAST TIME. I'M NOT SURE.
HOW DO WE START IT? YOU MUST HAVE SEEN ME BRING MY NOTEBOOK UP HERE.
FINE. GOOD EVENING. I'M ELIZABETH BLACKFORD. I LIVE ON NOGALES AVENUE IN PALM BAY, AND I'M HERE FIRST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS A MEMBER OF THE CONRADINA CHAPTER, NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF FLORIDA.
WE DO MORE THAN JUST PLANT NATIVE PLANTS. THESE ARE A GROUP OF CITIZENS THAT FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SEEING SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PLANT SOCIETY COME TO FRUITION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THIS BOARD.
THIS IS REGARDING THE SPEAK UP BREVARD WORKSHOP ON MONDAY AT 5:00.
05:00 UNTIL ZERO DARK 30. IN WHICH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT TOOK THE TIME AND EFFORT TO SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS TO SPEAK UP. BREVARD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FIRST TIME TO ADDRESS THE FULL BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND ELABORATE ON THEIR IDEAS. AND THERE IS A GROUP OF US MANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO COORDINATE THOSE COMMENTS SO WE DON'T BORE EVERYBODY TO TEARS.
IN PARTICULAR, MY INTEREST IS TO SUPPORT THE USE OF NATIVE PLANTS IN LIEU OF SOD AND TURFGRASS.
AND IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN WHAT WE OFFER RESIDENTS WITHIN AN HOA.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PLANT WHATEVER THEY WANT.
IF THEY WANT TO RETAIN THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEY'LL DO THAT JUDICIOUSLY.
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INTO ACCEPTING WHAT CONTRACTORS LAY DOWN TO COVER UP BARE DIRT.THANK YOU EILEEN. THANK YOU. BETH, I JUST I WANTED TO MENTION WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION ON LID BY LISA FRAZIER FROM THE PALM BAY DEPARTMENT OF GROWTH, AND SHE IS SCHEDULED TO DO THAT PRESENTATION TO CONRADINA AT THE MAY MEETING.
SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. OKAY. EXCELLENT.
WE HAVE EILEEN. OH. DID YOU WANT TO COME IN? WELL, I JUST THE FORMER THE FIRST SPEAKER.
THAT MIGHT BE GOOD BECAUSE SHE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH LEAVES WHAT IS NOT IN THE CODE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN ALL START MAKING SOME CHANGE.
SO THANK YOU. EILEEN. SEP. 1234 RAIL ROAD NORTHEAST. ONE OF MY BIG OBSESSIONS IS THE QUALITY OF WATER IN THIS COUNTY.
AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAVE 880 TOXINS IN IT.
AND APPARENTLY WE TOTALLY FLUNKED ALL FIVE WHATEVER PARAMETERS THEY HAD IN THE LAST TEST.
BUT COMING OVER HERE, I WAS REMINDED DURING THE CAMPAIGN, I WAS HELPING COUNCILMAN HAMMER, AND WHEN I GOT TO HIS HOUSE, HE WAS BURNING THE SWALES.
NOW, BIOCHAR IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL ANYWHERE THAT BLOCKS ANY TOXINS FROM GETTING IN THE MOSQUITO SPRAYING, ALL OF JUST EVERYTHING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S QUITE THE SAME LEVEL AS LAYING BIOCHAR, BUT WE NEED TO START WHEN WE HAVE DEVELOPMENTS, WHEN WE APPROVE THEM, THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO.
THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED THAT INSTEAD OF CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS AND IN SOME CASES, EVEN IN THE COMMUNITY ROADS, THEY USE PAVERS WITH THREE DIFFERENT SIZED GRADES OF GRAVEL THAT CLEANS THE WATER AS IT FILTERS THROUGH. YOU CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM PLANTING GRASS OR WHATEVER.
PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO BURN MY WHOLE LAWN, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S ME.
AND WHAT I FOUND DISTURBING ABOUT THAT WAS WE DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T EVEN TRY.
THEY COULD HAVE INCENTIVIZED HOMEOWNERS TO REPLACE THEIR CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS WITH PAVERS OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST DOING SOME OF THIS BIOCHAR STUFF THERE IS COMING UP DOWN IN STUART, A BIOCHAR DEMONSTRATION.
THEY HAVE NEW PORTABLE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU CAN TAKE IT ANYWHERE YOU CAN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS. I INTEND TO GO THERE AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO WITH THE LAGOON OR THE RIVERS OR WHAT'S IN THE CANALS, IT WOULD BE NICE TO JUST BURN THEM AS A START INSTEAD OF HAVING GOD KNOWS WHAT'S IN THOSE THINGS.
I JUST THINK WE REALLY NEED TO START SERIOUSLY ASKING DEVELOPERS TO MAKE USE OF THESE TOOLS.
THE SWALES WHERE I LIVE, IT'S. I'M IN THE NORTHEAST OF PORT MALABAR COUNTRY CLUB.
YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE SWALE ANYMORE. IT'S SO EVAPORATED.
I DON'T KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
BUT I'M HOPING THIS COMMITTEE CAN MAYBE TALK TO WHOEVER'S ON THESE OTHER COMMITTEES OR THE COUNCIL AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO MAKE THAT A PART OF IT.
THEY NEVER TALK ABOUT WATER WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS CITY AND ITS LIFE.
SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO. EXCUSE ME, WOULD YOU, WHEN YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE BIOCHAR DOWN IN STUART, COULD YOU SUPPLY THAT INFORMATION TO US? BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD VENDOR TO HAVE AT OUR FAIR.
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AT OUR SUSTAINABILITY FAIR. I HAVE INFORMATION ON THE GUY WHO OWNS IT.THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. YEAH.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND FOR COMING FORWARD.
WE WELCOME YOU AND WE TAKE YOUR COMMENTS VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE WISH YOU ALL WELL, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES THAT WILL ENCOURAGE YOU.
[NEW BUSINESS]
IT'S TIME FOR NEW BUSINESS. THE FIRST ITEM IS THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN.EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO THAT, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THIS WEEK REVIEWING ALL THE OTHER ACTION PLANS WE HAD THAT DENNIS GAVE US FROM COCOA, AND WE'VE GOT SATELLITE BEACH AND SUSTAINABLE SEBASTIAN AND ET CETERA.
ET CETERA. SEBASTIAN ACTUALLY GOT RID OF THEIR EDUCATION SECTION BECAUSE THEY INCORPORATED THAT INTO ALL THE OTHER OBJECTIVES. AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE WORK THAT WE DID AT THE LAST MEETING.
WE HAVE THE WORD EDUCATE IN THERE QUITE A BIT IN THE SECTIONS.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT ONE. THE FRONT SECTION, THE FIRST ONE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT TO MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A SEPARATE SECTION FOR THAT BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE WITHIN THE OTHER SECTIONS. THAT'S ONE THOUGHT, BUT ANOTHER MAJOR THOUGHT I HAD THIS WEEK.
KIND OF AN EPIPHANY IS LOOKING AT ALL THESE OTHER SUSTAINABILITY PLANS, ALMOST ALL THE ACTIONS ITEMS, WHEN IT GETS TO THE PART OF DOING A MATRIX OF WHO'S DOING WHAT, WHEN IS OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY DOING THE WORK. AND IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT WE HAVE NOT ASKED THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS. AND WE KNOW THEY'RE DOING A LOT BECAUSE WE HEAR THAT FROM ERIC AND WE HEAR THAT IT'S HAPPENING.
THEY MIGHT NOT BE CALLING IT, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABILITY, BUT REALLY THE OTHER CITY PLANS ARE ALMOST MORE A COMPILATION OF WHAT ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING IN ONE PLACE, LABELED SUSTAINABILITY VERSUS OUR BOARD SAYING, WHAT SHOULD OTHER DEPARTMENTS BE DOING? ITS WHAT ARE THEY ALREADY DOING AND HOW CAN WE HELP WITH THAT.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PUT THAT THOUGHT OUT THERE THAT I DON'T WANT TO I'M NOT TRYING TO STOP THE PROCESS OR DISRUPT THE PROCESS, BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS PUBLIC WORKS, ESPECIALLY PLANNING AND ZONING. AND WE'RE, WE'RE LIKE IN THIS VACUUM HERE THINKING THAT WE CAN WRITE A PLAN WITHOUT THEM, WHEN REALLY IT SHOULD BE. WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING IS PART OF THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN ALREADY.
AND WE CAN. HELP PROMOTE THAT. SUSAN, YOU'RE GIVING ME THIS LOOK.
YES, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I'M ALREADY THE MC.
OH, I HAVE IT ON. I JUST DIDN'T SPEAK INTO IT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND I THINK WE NEED TO INCORPORATE IT TONIGHT.
SOMEWHERE IN OUR PLAN WHERE WE IDENTIFY WHAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING FOR THE SAKE OF WORKING WITH THEM COLLABORATIVELY, AS WELL AS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FULLY EDUCATE WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY.
RIGHT. BECAUSE IF WE HAD THAT COLLECTIVELY, WE COULD HELP GET THE WORD OUT THERE.
IT'S NOT JUST PUBLIC WORKS TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE.
WE WOULD BE HELPING GET THE WORD OUT THERE. BRILLIANT.
SO WOULD COLLABORATE WITH INTER-DEPARTMENTAL AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS AND GRANT COST SAVINGS OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET YOUR NEED FOR THAT. RIGHT.
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THAT'S WHAT THIS IS SAYING. IDENTIFY EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS.RIGHT. BUT NOW WHAT? WHAT IS ON THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES? OH, THEY'VE ALREADY WRITTEN. SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THIS ACTION PLAN.
I THINK THAT ONCE WE GET THIS, OR AT LEAST THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ONCE THIS PLAN IS TAKEN CARE OF, THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH AND PICK THE HIGH PRIORITY ONES AND THAT BE ONE OF THEM.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE REMEMBER THE WHOLE FRAMEWORK THING, RIGHT.
THE NEXT STEP IS TO ALLOCATE OR ASSIGN THE DEPARTMENTS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
ARE YOU SAYING JUST STOP THIS NOW AND THEN START DOING THIS, DOING THAT, THAT PIECE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? WELL, I'M SAYING WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY WORKING ON FOR SUSTAINABILITY, WE'RE OVER HERE ACTING LIKE WE KNOW BETTER THAN THEM.
THERE WAS LIKE STANDARDIZATION ACROSS THE BOARD.
GOOD PRACTICES, BEST PRACTICES. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD.
BUT THIS ISN'T I MEAN, SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES WOULD RUN ACROSS INTER-DEPARTMENTAL, BUT IT IS MORE FOR OUR SPECIFIC COMMUNITY, NOT JUST DEPARTMENTS, BUT I UNDER I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOUR, YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS.
BUT LIKE, LET'S SAY ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES AND OUR THIS PLAN WE THINK WE CAN RIGHT, IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT PLANT LESS GRASS OR SOMETHING. RIGHT. IF, IF THAT ISN'T ALREADY IN THE WORKS BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY VIA CODE CHANGES OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE NOT PERSONALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
RIGHT. AND THEN WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH DEPARTMENTS.
RIGHT. BUT THEN BEING ABLE TO CONNECT IT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR NEXT STEP.
BUT WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING THROUGH THIS.
I DO SEE THAT THERE'S A A FINE BALANCE BETWEEN PUTTING THINGS IN THE PLAN THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING AND HAVING THEM FEEL LIKE, WELL, THEY DON'T THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMETHING OF A MOVING TARGET TARGET, THAT THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT, AND THAT WHILE WE'RE WRITING IT.
THE CITY IS STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR PRIORITIES.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP AND WAIT FOR US. BUT I THINK THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE WRITING THIS AS THEY ARE DOING THEIR WORK, AND SOME OF THEM ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND, YOU KNOW, THINKING, OH, OKAY, LET'S START ON THAT. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED IT, JUST OUR DISCUSSIONS DO HAVE AN IMPACT ON SOME OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
AND WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN OUR, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE VERY CLOSE. SO WE CAN JUST ASK THIS EVENING, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PUBLIC EDUCATION SO WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS ONCE WE COMPLETE OUR PLAN IS GOING, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER CITY HAS SOME LOVELY CHART, A MATRIX, A MATRIX. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT PART OF OUR PROCESS.
LET'S FINISH THIS. AND THEN PART OF DOING THE MATRIX WOULD BE TO GO THROUGH THE PLAN.
I'VE ALREADY GOT TWO THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE ACCOMPLISH IN A YEAR.
WE'LL HAVE A CHART FOR A YEAR, AND THEN FOR THE NEXT YEAR WE CAN DO IT NEXT.
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BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE SPEND TIME ON DOING SELECTING WHAT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE AND PUT DATES TO IT.BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET. NO, BUT JUST LIKE LAST MEETING, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
NOT THERE YET. WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN GET THERE.
SO THAT DOES NOT. AND WE CAN ADDRESS IN SOME COMMENTS THAT I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE ALL ARE OPERATING IN THESE INDEPENDENT ALL THE BOARDS, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF BOARD IT IS, THE DEPARTMENTS. IT'S A REAL ISSUE ON ON NOT DUPLICATING.
I MEAN I'M FINE IF WE WANT TO PROCEED TONIGHT, I DO THINK THERE'LL BE A LITTLE REWORK WITH PROCEEDING TONIGHT, BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THE OBJECTIVES OUT OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, LIKE PUBLIC WORKS, OBVIOUSLY A PUBLIC WORKS IS WORKING ON IT.
IT'S A PRIORITY FOR THEM. SO THEREFORE IT SHOULD SHOW AS A PRIORITY ON OUR MATRIX.
I'M SAYING IT'S OUR PRIORITY TO GET THOSE OBJECTIVES RIGHT.
PUT IT ON THE CHART, THE MATRIX. IT'S JUST A TIMING THING, I THINK, BETWEEN YOU AND I.
YEAH. MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION, PLEASE.
IF WE. SINCE WE'RE UNDER NEW BUSINESS, IF WE STICK CLOSELY TO THE AGENDA AND DO NUMBER ONE, DO NUMBER TWO WHEN WE DO OTHER BUSINESS, IF YOU DECIDE TO DO, LIKE THE BOARD REPORTS WHERE EVERYBODY CAN CHIME IN, IT KEEPS IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER ORDER. SO WE CAN DO NUMBER ONE, DO NUMBER TWO AND THEN OTHER UNDER UNDER OTHER BUSINESS.
THANK YOU. SO THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH WAS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. RIGHT. AND THAT WAS THE POINT THAT AT LEAST TWO OF THE OTHER CITIES DELETED THOSE SECTIONS FROM THEIR SUSTAINABILITY PLANS AND INCORPORATED THEM WITHIN EACH OF THEIR GOALS.
SO I JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. THAT ONE SECTION, THE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTUALLY IS PRETTY WELL DONE.
WHEN I READ THROUGH, I HAVE SOME ADDITIONS. SO JANE, I, I'M IN AGREEING WITH THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO GO AHEAD AND LEAVE IT AS A SEPARATE SECTION RIGHT NOW, BUT LET'S START THINKING ABOUT AN ANNUAL UPDATE LIKE WE COMMITTED TO.
AND PART OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND PART OF OUR FRUSTRATION AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW IS OR IF THERE'S ITEMS FROM THE ABOVE SECTIONS THAT SHOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATELY ALIGNED TO THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION TO TO PUT IT THERE, IF THAT'S THE CONCERN OF DUPLICATION AND OVERLAP THAT WE MAKE THE THE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SECTION SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE ITEMS, BUT I THINK IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT. IT GOES INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT YOUR CAMPAIGNING.
YOU KNOW, AROUND THIS, THIS BOARD, OUR FUTURE HAS THE FAIR INFORMATION IN HERE AS WELL.
SO I THINK IT'S I RECOMMEND TO KEEP IT THERE.
MADAM CHAIRMAN ALSO, JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE THE EDUCATION NOW TO GO ALONG WITH WHAT BOARD MEMBER HIGGINS SUGGESTED. THAT COULD BE PART OF YOUR EDUCATION AS WELL.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PRESENTATIONS, THAT'S WHERE YOU BRING IN THE BUILDING OFFICIAL JOHN PEARSON, FOR ONE MEETING TO DISCUSS WHAT HE'S DOING WITH THE BUILDING CODE.
AND THEN WE COULD BRING BACK LISA FRAZIER OR SOMEBODY FROM GROWTH MANAGEMENT SO WE CAN KEEP IT LIKE THAT NOW AND THEN WE COULD GIVE PRESENTATIONS ONCE THIS IS ALL DONE, AND THEN THAT WILL HELP YOU.
UPDATE. AS MISS CONLEY STATED, AND, YOU KNOW, ANNUALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE SO IT CAN ALL GO IN THERE BECAUSE SHE'S GOT A REALLY GOOD IDEA, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
PUBLIC WORKS AS A DEPARTMENT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT BUILDING AND STUFF IS DOING.
SO WE CAN COME THIS WAY. AND THEN FOR PRESENTATIONS AND EDUCATION TO THE BOARD, WE CAN BRING IN THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND HAVE THEM SPEAK TO YOU, AND THEN THAT WILL HELP YOU PLOT WHERE YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
DO WE WANT TO START AT THE GOALS AND WORK DOWN? YES.
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ARE WE GOING TO BE LEAVING IN THIS LANGUAGE? ARE YOU ALL OKAY WITH THAT LANGUAGE? WELL, FOR TONIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. LET ME GO THROUGH.YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO MARK OUT AND THEN SEND IT TO JESSIE.
BUT. YEAH, RIGHT NOW MAKE SURE THAT OUR GOALS.
I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT IS KIND OF FLUFF. RIGHT. BUT IT DOES KIND OF TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, BUT THE GOALS. SO ON PAGE 20 FOR THE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, DO WE WANT TO GO TO THE GOALS.
EACH ONE. SO THE COLLABORATE AND PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, BUSINESSES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR MISSIONS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT.
IS THERE ANY ISSUES WITH THE WORDING FOR GOAL ONE? ARE YOU GOING TO READ EACH ONE? OR IF YOU WANT TO DO IT ON YOUR OWN, WE CAN JUST.
OH WELL. I DIDN'T I GUESS I'M SAYING I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CHANGES.
OKAY. TO THAT. IF IF OTHERS HAVE CHANGES TO THE WRITTEN PLAN, LET'S INSERT THOSE FIRST.
OKAY. BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO GET TO MY NEW GOALS.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T THE ONLY REVISIONS THAT I HAD WAS ON GOAL TWO.
LETTER D WAS INSTEAD OF HOST MONTHLY EVENTS, IT PROMOTE LOCAL EVENTS HOSTED BY PARTNERS TO CHANGE THE WORDING ON LETTER D. B D AS IN DELTA D.
SAY IT ONE MORE TIME D AS IN DELTA AND IT WOULD BE PROMOTE LOCAL EVENTS HOSTED BY PARTNERS.
OKAY. I ENDORSE THAT CHANGE. DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT? WE DIDN'T LAST TIME, BUT WE DIDN'T.
NO. YEAH. AND THEN. GOAL. THREE LETTER. A THREE LETTER A AT THE END.
TO ADD. PUBLISH. ACTION PLAN. EXPAND THE SAB WEB PAGE.
WE HAVE A WEB PAGE. EXACTLY. EXACTLY. THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO REVISIONS I HAD FOR THAT ENTIRE SECTION.
SHOULD WE LEAVE IN PROMOTE RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES WHO ARE LIVING SUSTAINABLY, SUSTAINABLY? SINCE WE REMOVED A BUSINESS AND CIVIC OR COMMUNITY FROM THE OTHER SECTIONS.
I THINK THERE ARE PROGRAMS, AND THIS IS WHERE LISA'S TEAM WOULD COME IN.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, SO WE WOULD WANT TO VALIDATE WITH HER.
I DO BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOMETHING ALREADY IMPLEMENTED.
I LIKE HOW TO PULL OUT THE DEVELOPERS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
COULD WE ADD THAT? SO AFTER BUSINESSES ADD DEVELOPERS.
WELL, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES LIVING SUSTAINABLY.
YEAH. I'D LIKE TO SEE DEVELOPERS BE A WHOLE SEPARATE LINE BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH NOT THEM NECESSARILY LIVING SUSTAINABLY, BUT. OBSERVING AND CHAMPIONING LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR. IN THEIR PERSONAL COMPANIES.
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MAYBE WE PULL OUT THE BUSINESS. HERE'S HOW WE COULD DO IT.JESSICA IS PROMOTE RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING SUSTAINABLY, AND THEN PROMOTE BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPERS WHO ARE PRACTICING. SUSTAINABLE AND LOW IMPACT.
DEVELOPMENT. THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
DO YOU WANT TO PUT IN REBECCA, SOMETHING ABOUT A SPECIAL HONORING OR AWARD.
WHAT DID YOU SAY TO. I SAID CELEBRATING WE COULD GO WITH ACKNOWLEDGING OR SOMETHING.
YEAH. LET'S DO BETWEEN. WE CAN PROMOTE HOW YOU PROMOTE.
WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT ACKNOWLEDGING CERTAINLY WOULD BE SIMILAR IN THE ACTION PART OF IT.
IS THAT A WAY THAT WE CAN ADD THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND THEN MAKE AS AN EXAMPLE, NUMBER TWO ON SUSAN'S PAPER TO IDENTIFY ALL SUSTAINABLE FEATURES, PRACTICES, PROCESSES THROUGHOUT. SO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? YES.
OH WAIT, WERE YOU REFERRING TO MINE? YES. I DON'T WANT IT TO BE COMBINED.
WELL, IT WOULD BE ACROSS THE BOARD, RIGHT? LIKE WE WOULD WANT THIS.
IT WOULDN'T BE JUST FOR THE CITY. IT WOULD BE EVERYONE.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE CAN START FIRST IS WITH THE CITY.
IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO MY FIRST SUGGESTION, MY, THE THE BIG PART OF THAT IS TO MARK EACH ITEM AND ACTIVITY OR WHAT IS WITHIN OUR CITY WITH PERMANENT SIGNAGE.
SO THAT MAKES IT A SEPARATE. AND I KNOW IT'S PART OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT TOO, BUT PERMANENT SIGNAGE IS WHAT I'M AFTER. AND THAT TIES INTO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, JANE, AS WE IDENTIFY WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING THAT WE MARK IT WITH SIGNAGE OR SOMETHING THAT IS VISIBLE, OR SOME WAY OF RECORDING IT WHERE WHEN WE HAVE VISITORS, WE CAN TELL THEM AND OURSELVES AS WELL, WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHAT IS HAPPENING? MADAM CHAIR? MISS CONLEY, SORRY, IT'S MY CAT.
SUPPOSED TO GET MEDICINE NOW. SO THAT'S MY TIMER FOR ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN INCORPORATE THAT IS BASED ON MISS LAVELLE WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT CELEBRATING THAT IS YOUR WAY OF CELEBRATING IS THAT YOU COULD PUT UP THE PERMANENT SIGNAGE SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY CONDENSE THAT INTO BOTH CATEGORIES. YOU CAN HAVE THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WITH THE CELEBRATING, AND YOU CAN DO YOUR SEPARATE LINE OF DEVELOPERS AND STILL ADD CELEBRATE USING PERMANENT SIGNAGE. THAT'S JUST YOUR AWARD. THE SIGNAGE WOULD BE THE AWARD THAT YOU WOULD PUT ON THESE TYPE OF THINGS.
BUT WILL IT STAY IN THERE TO MARK EACH WITH PERMANENT SIGNAGE? THAT WOULD BE HOW YOU CELEBRATE THEM. I KNOW I WANT IT TO BE IN THE PLAN IN THE WORDS, SO YOU COULD SAY YES TO EACH ONE AND PROVIDE PERMANENT SIGNAGE. IT'S LIKE CELEBRATE WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE OLYMPICS.
YES, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A SIGN INSTEAD.
CELEBRATE WITH SIGNAGE. EXACTLY. JUST OKAY ON THOSE TWO.
AND IT KIND OF ACCOMPLISHES BOTH. OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
JANE. JANE, DID YOU HAVE ANY? NOPE. SUSAN, DID YOU WANT TO GET INTO YOURS THEN? SO WE. I'VE PUT IN. I'VE ALREADY MADE YOUR FIRST THE X.
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YES. YEAH. AND THEN I WENT AHEAD AND ADDED THE SECOND FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT SIGNAGE FOR DEVELOPMENT.DEVELOPER BUILDING PRACTICES, LOW IMPACT. THE THIRD ONE, I GUESS, CAN BE INCORPORATED, OR IT'S KIND OF REDUNDANT WITH PROVIDE INFORMATION.
WE CAN EITHER ADD THAT OR TO THE ONE WE JUST WROTE ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING RESIDENTS THAT.
YEAH, I AGREE THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE REPLACED IT WITH WAS PROMOTE RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING SUSTAINABLE, SUSTAINABLE, AND DEVELOPERS WHO ARE PRACTICING LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT SO WE COULD ADD, IF YOU WANTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO COMMUNITY AND.
ACKNOWLEDGE OR LEAVE IT OUT. I'M NOT WEDDED TO THOSE WORDS OR THAT PARTICULAR ONE.
SO FOR O, OUR PEOPLE LEFT, TWO OF OUR PEOPLE LEFT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO EXPLAIN TO OUR COMMUNITY CITIZENS HERE, WE'RE DOING IN THE MOMENT, REAL LIVE UPDATES TO THE ACTION PLAN. SO WE HAVE A MEMBER HERE WHO IS EXTREMELY SKILLED WITH TECHNOLOGY.
DOES NOBODY LOOK AT HER RIGHT NOW? AND SO OKAY.
ALL RIGHT I THINK WE CAN ADD THAT TO LETTER C OKAY.
INFORMATION TO COMMUNITY ON GOAL THREE. YES. THANK YOU.
GOAL. C I MEAN GOAL THREE C AND THEN WE'LL DO LETTER A.
YEP. COMMUNITY. OKAY. READY FOR THE NEXT ONE.
YES. SO I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT OUR THEME.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED MUCH ABOUT IT. MAYBE WE WILL.
FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR. BUT WE PUT INTO MOTION BE THE SOLUTION.
IT'S IT'S A IT'S KIND OF THE UNOFFICIAL WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.
BUT I WANTED TO ADD BE THE SOLUTION BY LEADING BY EXAMPLE OR SOME CONNECTION THERE, I THINK. LEAD BY EXAMPLE. THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE HOPING THIS CITY WILL DO.
TO BE VERY PROACTIVE IN SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND BE IN THE LEAD WITH THAT.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE IN HERE ABOUT THE LOGO. ON GOAL THREE LETTER A, I THINK THAT WE WOULD NEED LOGAN HERE TO TO BECAUSE I THINK WE WERE ALL TRYING TO BRAINSTORM ON THE SLOGAN.
THE ONLY THING THAT MY FIRST INITIAL RESPONSE WOULD BE THE SOLUTION.
TAKE THE LEAD. OH. GO AHEAD. WELL, THAT WAS ISN'T THAT THE STREET SWEEPER? ISN'T THAT THE STREET SWEEPER? THE BACK TRUCK. THE WHAT? THE VAC TRUCK. THE VAC VACUUM TRUCK? YEAH, THE VACUUM TRUCK.
IT'S A IS THAT A STREET SWEEPER, THOUGH? NO NO, NO.
WHAT'S A PARKING TRUCK? IT'S GOT A BIG. YEAH.
IT'S JUST LIKE A GIANT VACUUM CLEANER ON WHEELS.
WELL THAT'S GOOD. WE CAN. WHY DON'T HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW THE HISTORY BEHIND HOW THEY GOT THAT LOGO? I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY BEHIND THE LOGO. I JUST KNOW THAT IT WAS A LOGO THAT WAS VOTED ON AND APPROVED FOR THE BOARD.
AND THEN THE CITY TO HELP PROMOTE THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD.
WE EXPLAIN SUSTAINABILITY AND AND ONLY REIGN IN THE DRAIN.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S WHERE IT ORIGINATED.
WAS WITH THE BOARD. YES. YES IT WAS. WE HAD T SHIRTS AND YEAH, IT WOULD BE THE SOLUTION.
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SO THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE YOUR SLOGAN THEN. AND YES.THOSE ALL THEY DID IT. NO, BECAUSE THE BACK TRUCK IS A STORMWATER TOOL.
YEAH. SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JANE HIGGINS IS SAYING.
WE DON'T THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW ABOUT IT.
IT'S WELL, IT IS A NICE LOGO, AND THAT. THAT'S REASSURING.
I THINK IT'S NICE IF WE WERE TO PUT SOMETHING ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND HAVE IT KIND OF CONNECT THERE, THAT WOULD BE MY MY RECOMMENDATION, I THINK BEING THE SOLUTION DOES KIND OF IMPLY THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING SOMETHING AS AND ARE ALREADY AN EXAMPLE. IF YOU ARE BEING THE SOLUTION, YOU'RE ALREADY SETTING AN EXAMPLE LIKE THE CITY CLEANING, CLEANING UP BEFORE STUFF GETS INTO THE OKAY, WELL, LET'S HOP OVER THAT THEN.
YEAH. NEXT UP WE CAN PUT IT UP AGAIN THOUGH. YES, YES.
WE CAN PUT NUMBER FIVE UNDERNEATH. GOAL THREE, LETTER C, DEVELOP A WELCOME PACKAGE WITH SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATION FOR NEW RESIDENTS. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD, I LIKE THAT.
YEAH. NOW, JANE, HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN SHINE. THAT.
ACTUALLY. I WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE THAT ONE OUT, ACTUALLY, AND PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, JANE, ABOUT MORE IDENTIFYING SUSTAINABLE FEATURES WITHIN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS? YES. YEAH. BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENTS GO OUT AND DO A LOT.
YES. RIGHT. YEAH. SO LET'S EMPHASIZE THAT AND NOT WEAKEN IT WITH ANY OTHER THING.
SO DOES THIS NUMBER TWO CAPTURE WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY.
OR CAN IT BE TWEAKED. I'M NOT SURE IT NEEDS TO BE A GOAL AS MUCH AS IT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.
I MEAN, DO WE HAVE TO WRITE IT IN HERE? YES WE DO.
OKAY. AND WE DO, BECAUSE YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE ON THIS BOARD FOREVER.
BUT OUR WORDS WILL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT BOARD.
OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN ALL THE OTHER CITIES, BUT IF IT HELPS US GET STARTED.
SURE. THE OTHER CITIES DIDN'T HAVE. YOU KNOW, THEY ALREADY HAD IT HAPPENING.
THEY DIDN'T NEED IT. OKAY, WHATEVER. ALL RIGHT.
SUSAN, I ACTUALLY I LIKE YOUR YOUR FIVE OR YOUR SIX.
OH, YOU LIKE IT? YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, I'M I'M SUPPORTIVE.
I'LL LEAVE IT IN THEN. YEAH. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE AN INVENTORY OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS WOULD ALSO HELP WITH THE FAIR. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT.
I MEAN, IT CAN BE USED VERY WIDELY. OKAY, BUT WHERE DO WE WANT TO PUT IT? AND, MISS CONLEY, JUST ALSO FOR YOUR NUMBER FIVE, THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY ACHIEVABLE GOAL.
YES, IT IS DIFFERENT THINGS. WE COULD EVEN GIVE IT TO THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR THEIR WATER AND TRASH WHEN THEY'RE NEW COMING IN.
AND WE COULD IT'S A GOOD WAY TO OUTLAY INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY YOU JUST GAVE ME A GOOD IDEA TO AND THAT IS IN OUR OUTREACH TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND THINGS FOR RECEIVING THINGS FOR THE WELCOME PACKET. WE CAN ALSO FIND OUT EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING, MAYBE HAVE A LETTER THAT GOES OUT, DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE, MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. BUT ALSO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT ELSE ARE YOU DOING.
AND AND DEREK CAN GET WITH UTILITIES OUTREACH.
YES. AND HE CAN ALSO CHECK WITH CHRISTINA AND THE PIO.
YES. AND GET THIS INFORMATION. SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE THAT WAS LIKE SUPER EASY.
WELL, THAT MAKES IT FUN WHEN YOU SAY IT. IT SOUNDS LIKE I WANT TO DO IT TOMORROW.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL PUT NUMBER SIX BECAUSE WE ALREADY GOT NUMBER FIVE IN THERE.
NUMBER SIX, WE'LL PUT GOAL FOR LETTER D.
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IF YOU'RE IN AGREEANCE WITH THAT.REBECCA, ANY COMMENTS FROM DO YOU WANT TO ADD CORPORATE.
NO. I LIKE YOUR SUCCINCT SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT THROUGH THIS IN 30 MINUTES? THAT'S WONDERFUL. OH, I THINK WE DESERVE A LITTLE PERMANENT SIGNAGE.
WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR NEW BUSINESS? NOPE. WE.
WELL, COULD WE. DO WE NEED TO FORMALIZE? DO WE? OH. PARDON ME. GO AHEAD. PARDON ME. FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, ARE WE GOING TO SET A ANOTHER THE TRANSPORTATION AND DO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW? YEAH. I WOULD RECOMMEND IF WE CAN DO THAT LAST.
YEAH. EVERYONE ELSE IS IN AGREEANCE. SO WE'VE DONE THE INNOVATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT.
YOU WANT TO DO WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR THE MARCH.
THAT'S GOING TO BE WHEN MR. POTTS IS HERE. YES.
OKAY, SO WASTE MANAGEMENT. SO JUST A PROJECTION.
I'D LIKE TO SEE US FINISH THIS PLAN IN THIS MANNER.
WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, WE GOT A GOOD FLOW, AND THEN.
I'M SORRY. OH, YOU GUYS DO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP MARCH 13TH.
OH, BEFORE YOU ARE CORRECT ME, YOU ARE CORRECT.
YES. IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADD THAT. OKAY, LET'S LET'S SEE.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUT WASTE MANAGEMENT ON THE AGENDA FOR MARCH 13TH MEETING? WELL, I SAY GO BOLD AND LET'S PUT BOTH OF THEM IN THERE FOR MARCH 13TH.
SO WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND START WITH THE TRANSPORTATION.
WE'LL GET THAT ONE DONE FOR SURE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A NICE UNINTERRUPTED SESSION.
AND THEN IF WE CAN GET THE WASTE IN THERE, WE WILL.
BUT IF NOT, WE'LL DO IT WHEN MR. POTTS IS HERE.
OH, THAT'S NOT NICE, IS IT TO. YEAH, MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD APPROACH BECAUSE THE THE TRANSPORTATION IS LARGER THAN THE WASTE. SO THEN IF WE HAVE TO CARRY IT OVER, THAT I THINK IS REASONABLE.
YEAH. GOOD. GOOD CALL. SO THEN I WANTED TO WE HAVE THE MARCH MEETING THEN.
ONE WOULD BE WHERE WE KIND OF SIT, GET ALL THE CORRECTIONS AND LET US SIT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY FINAL, FINAL THINGS. AND THEN THE NEXT SESSION WOULD BE TO DO THE MATRIX TO EITHER FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND JUST ASK TO GET A SECOND DATE IN APRIL THEN? OH WELL.
WORKSHOP NOW? YEAH. IF YOU ALL CAN STAND IT. YEAH, YEAH.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO THE BUILD ENVIRONMENT? THAT SECTION IS HUGE. IT'S LIKE FIVE FOUR PAGES.
SO WE DIDN'T DO THAT ALREADY. NO WE DIDN'T DO THAT ONE.
OH YEAH. THAT'S THE LARGEST ONE. YEAH. YEAH WE THAT'S A BIGGIE.
WELL THEN MY I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT ONE NEXT.
OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. LIKE I SAID WE GOT A MOMENTUM.
LET'S LET'S LET'S KEEP GOING. JESSICA. YOU'RE A GOOD ORGANIZER.
YOU SAID IT. I JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUT ANYTHING.
BECAUSE AS OPPOSED TO IN A REGULAR MEETING. BUT ARE YOU WANTING A SPECIAL SESSION IN APRIL TOO? IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH IT. LET'S AGREE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON TRANSPORTATION MARCH 13TH,
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AND IF WE HAVE TIME, WE'LL REVIEW WASTE MANAGEMENT ALSO.AND I THINK THAT WE WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEETING TO DECIDE ON AN APRIL MEETING.
AN EXTRA ONE. YOU MEAN DON'T SCHEDULE THE EXTRA ONE, RIGHT.
DON'T SCHEDULE IT RIGHT NOW. UNLESS THE CITY ADVISES THAT WE HAVE TO BOOK IT RIGHT AWAY.
WE KNOW I, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT IF YOU SET THE AGENDA FOR THE MARCH MEETING.
RIGHT. LET'S GET THIS ON THE MOTION. LET'S GET A MOTION FOR THE MARCH 13TH MEETING FOR TRANSPORT, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. ANY SECONDS.
YOUR FACE. I'LL SECOND IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. WE GOT A PLAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS.
THIS WEARS YOU OUT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ITEM TWO SUSTAINABILITY FAIR AND FIVE K RUN UPDATES. A LITTLE BIT OF BAD NEWS.
OH, DON'T TELL ME IT'S ON THE RUN. ARE YOU GOING TO SAY THE RUN? NO. WELL, OKAY. I HAD A CONVERSATION TODAY WITH OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR.
THE CITY MANAGER WILL NOT SUPPORT USING FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE FAIR.
IT'S BELIEVED THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD SHOULD COME UP WITH THE FUNDING THROUGH PROBABLY, LIKE, SPONSORSHIP, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WE WON'T BE FUNDING. SO IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH IDEAS OF HOW TO GET THE, LIKE, MONEY TO SUPPORT THE COSTS, WE CAN STILL CONTINUE WITH THE FAIR.
THAT WOULD BE A DECISION THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE IF YOU WANT TO POSTPONE OR STILL MOVE FORWARD.
IF YOU CAN GET SPONSORSHIP. BECAUSE I THINK DEREK WAS WORKING ON COSTS.
SO WITH THE FIVE K WE, I BELIEVE IT'S A FLAT RATE OF $2,750 PLUS $2.50 PER REGISTRANT. THEY WERE LOOKING THEY WERE EXPECTING, BASED ON PAST RUN DATA, TO HAVE AROUND 150 PEOPLE.
THERE'S ALSO THERE WAS ALSO ONE ADDED FEATURE THAT WE WANTED TO PURSUE.
IT WAS AN EMAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT THEY LIKE TO DO.
SO THEY WOULD EVERY MONTH UP UNTIL THE EVENT, SEND OUT NEWSLETTERS OR, OR KEEP PEOPLE UP TO DATE ON ON THE EVENTS THAT THEY WERE PARTICIPATING IN, INCLUDING THE FAIR. I BELIEVE THAT WAS AN ADDED CHARGE OF 275 $300.
I WAS CREATING SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES. I HAD EVERYTHING FROM A $200 TIER, 500, 1000, 2000.
WE HAVEN'T SENT THOSE OUT YET BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO BRING IN FEATURES.
THINGS TO OFFER, INCLUDING THE FIVE K RUN, WOULD ALSO DO FREE COMP TICKETS FOR PEOPLE WHO.
BUSINESSES THAT WANTED TO PARTAKE IN THE HIGHER SPONSORSHIPS THEY COULD GET.
MAYBE LIKE 20. TICKETS OR TEN TICKETS DEPENDING.
SO THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES HAVEN'T GONE OUT YET, BUT THAT WAS A PLAN.
FOR US TO DO A SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE, I JUST CAN'T GUARANTEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL JUMP TO THE HIGHER.
WOULD BE PAID FOR OR WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING AT ALL.
NOW WHAT IT'S FROM, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THERE'S NO FUNDING AT ALL UNLESS WE WE YOU GUYS GET THE FUNDING IF WE FIND SOME WAY TO GET THE FUNDING FOR THE FAIR, WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR THE FAIR.
BUT HOW DO PEOPLE MAKE MONEY ON THE FIVE KS? BECAUSE I KNOW IT HAPPENS.
IS IT BECAUSE THEY'RE UPCHARGING THE RUN AND KEEPING THE DIFFERENCE? NO. THEY SO WHEN WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM, WE WE WERE ASKING IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF PACKAGES OR OFFERS THAT THEY, THEY EXTEND OUT TO CITIES OR MUNICIPALITIES, PEOPLE THAT THEY WORK WITH ON SPECIAL EVENTS.
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WHEN BENEFITS AND WELLNESS DO THEIR FIVE K RUNS AT TURKEY CREEK, THEY'RE OFFERED THE SAME EXACT THING.I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY GET. I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY SPLIT IT UP BETWEEN COSTS AND AND PROFIT WHATNOT. I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR BUSINESS PLAN IS, BUT THEY THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF DISCOUNT.
RIGHT. SO I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GAMBLE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REGISTER FOR A RUN, BUT IF IT WAS LIKE 100 PEOPLE, YOU DIVIDE THAT 27, 50 OVER 100.
THAT'S THE PER CHARGE PER RUNNER. AND THEN ANYTHING ABOVE THAT IS WHAT WE MAKE, RIGHT.
AND THAT COULD BE BECAUSE THEY BUT THEY ALSO CHARGE THE 250 FOR EACH RUNNER.
MOST PROFESSIONAL RUNNERS ARE LOOKING FOR HIGHER CHALLENGES.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP OR REGISTER.
SO SAME CHARGES IF IT'S A3K. YES. FROM THEM. YES.
WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED SOMETHING LESS EXPENSIVE, AND I THINK IT WAS THE COLOR RUN.
YES. SO WE HAD LOOKED INTO OPTIONS FOR THE COLOR RUN.
I KNOW PRESIDENT LEWIS WAS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT THE FIVE K RUN.
I TALKED TO THE COMPANY THAT DOES THE ACTUAL COLOR RUN.
THEY WERE THE ONLY COMPANY THAT DOES THE COLOR RUN.
IT IS THEIR THEIR THEIR EVENT. THEY DO NOT COME OUT TO PALM BAY.
THEY DO THE HIGHER METROPOLITAN AREAS. TAMPA, ORLANDO THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WAS UNABLE TO DO THAT. THEY DID ADVISE ME, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN COLOR RUN.
BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON THE CHEMICALS.
WE'D HAVE TO SET UP THE EVENT OURSELVES. RUNNING ZONE UNFORTUNATELY DOES NOT PARTAKE IN THAT.
THEY DON'T DO THE BUBBLE RUNS OR THE DO ANYTHING.
THEY TRY TO MARKET OUT TO PROFESSIONAL RUNNERS AND ENTHUSIASTS SO THAT THEY STAY AWAY FROM NOVELTY.
SO THE COLOR RUN WAS AN ALTERNATIVE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO PURSUE THAT OURSELVES.
UNFORTUNATELY. MADAM CHAIR IN LIGHT OF THE BAD NEWS THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BECAUSE SOME OF US WEREN'T AWARE OF THIS UNTIL JUST TODAY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DO FOR THE NEXT MEETING IN MARCH IS ALLOW THE OUTREACH COORDINATOR, DEREK, TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF SPONSORSHIP.
WE DO HAVE COMPANIES LIKE REPUBLIC AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO IN THE MEANTIME AND THEN COME BACK WITH A BETTER UPDATE, BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH THE FIVE K RUN IS GOING TO COST RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ZERO IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT.
SO EVEN IF WE COULD GET IT CHEAPER, WE STILL WOULDN'T HAVE A WAY TO PAY FOR IT.
I KNOW THAT HE DID CREATE PACKAGES FOR SPONSORSHIPS AND WE CAN GO AROUND AND KIND OF GET A CONSENSUS ON WHETHER PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO SPONSOR, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, IT'S FEASIBLE.
YEAH. AND JUST JUST FOR, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THIS, THIS MONEY WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED AND THAT WE ALREADY HAD APPROVAL THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR CONCERN. I THINK OUR LAST MEETING FROM THE COUNCIL.
RIGHT. TRYING TO DISSOLVE THIS BOARD, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TEN GRAND? YES, I THINK THE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT FUNDING STARTED WHEN SUSAN WAS HERE.
SO WE SO THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO FIND SPONSORSHIP AND FUNDING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
DOES THE FUNDING THAT WE DON'T HAVE, WOULD THAT DOES THAT INCLUDE OTHER DEPARTMENTS PITCHING IN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS COMES OUT AND DOES A LOT.
DO WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE PUBLIC WORKS? BUT WE'LL GET SOME HELP FROM RECREATION.
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LIKE WE WEREN'T EVEN HAVING TO GO TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND IT IN OUR BUDGET, LIKE MOVE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET TO FUND IT.
HE WOULD STILL HAVE TO APPROVE THAT TRANSFER, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHERE IT CAME IN, WHERE HE'S SAYING NO.
SO IT IS WITHIN OUR BUDGET. WE TRY TO FIND TO MOVE IT FROM ACCOUNTS TO PUT IT IN AN ACCOUNT.
RIGHT. I GET THAT. BUT LIKE TO HAVE YOU KNOW, THE YEAR.
PUBLIC WORKS CAME OUT AND DID THIS BIG RECYCLING THING.
I MEAN, IT WAS A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT ON THEIR PART.
NO MONEY. PROBABLY THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BUY STUFF, PER SE.
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S MOSTLY THEIR LABOR.
DO WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT, THEIR LABOR, OR IS THAT STILL PART OF THEIR OUTREACH? SO WE COULD STILL COUNT ON THAT COMMITMENT FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITH YOUR VOLUNTEERING AND GETTING OTHERS LIKE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS TO VOLUNTEER AND WE ASSIST IN.
YES. OKAY, GREAT. BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT I WOULD JUST HANG IT UP PRETTY MUCH.
RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH, THAT WOULD ALL BE TAKEN CARE OF.
IT'S JUST. YEAH. FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE AS THE EVENT.
BUT WE CAN GO TO OUTSIDE SPONSORS, LIKE LIKE I STATED, THERE'S SOME LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES AND STUFF WE CAN LOOK AT TALKING TO TO SEE IF MAYBE THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE A SPONSOR AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PRESENTED TO US HERE.
EXACTLY. AND WHAT'S WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD THEN? BECAUSE THAT WOULD IMPACT THIS, THE TIMING. RIGHT.
BECAUSE THE LONGER YOU HAVE FOR SPONSORSHIP, THE BETTER RESULTS YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
RIGHT. YEAH. CONSIDERING THIS IS MAY, THE AFFAIR WOULD BE IN MAY AND WE'RE WE'RE ALMOST IN MARCH.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE A DECISION BY THE END OF MARCH.
YEAH. WE SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE DATE OF MAY WITH NO IMPACTS.
IT WOULD JUST. WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO RUSH A LITTLE BIT TO GET EVERYBODY THERE.
BUT IT'S FEASIBLE. IT'S STILL 60 DAYS OUT. SO, YEAH, IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE.
AND WHAT'S OUR DATE IN MAY? I'M SORRY. MAY FOR THE FAIR.
IT WAS MAY 3RD. MAY 3RD. SO THAT'S STILL RESERVED.
THE VENUE IS STILL RESERVED. EVERYTHING IS STILL RESERVED.
NOW WE JUST GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A SETBACK THAT WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT.
BUT AS DENNIS SAID, IF WE CAN FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT BY MARCH, WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD, YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY THE DEFINING FACTOR IS BY MARCH, WE NEED TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
SO WE'LL PUT THIS AS AN AGENDA TOPIC FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, THEN MARCH 13TH MEETING.
YEAH. DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? YES A MOTION.
I'LL SECOND. THERE'S ALSO A DISCUSSION CONFUSION IN REGARDS TO THE TIME OF THE FAIR.
BECAUSE I SPOKE WITH LOGAN AND HE WANTS THE RUN TO BE.
IT'S BETTER IF THE RENT IS DONE IN THE MORNING.
NOT ONLY DID LOGAN SAY THAT, BUT WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING WITH RUNNING ZONE, THEY ALSO SAID THAT HAVING THE FAIR IN THE MORNING IS A BETTER OPTION, IT WILL DROP MORE PEOPLE. SO I KNOW ON THE FLIER WE HAD THE TIME FRAME BETWEEN 4 P.M.
IS THE PARK AVAILABLE? BECAUSE I'M GUESSING THERE'S SOCCER GAMES AND EVERYTHING OUT THERE ON A SATURDAY MORNING, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO. I'M NOT SURE.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAD IT IN THE EVENING WAS IT WAS A MOVIE.
IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A MOVIE. BUT EVERYTHING CHANGES NOW THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR FUNDING IS, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD ENTERTAIN CHANGING THE TIME UNTIL WE CAN ENTERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE THE EVENT AND HAVE SPONSORSHIP, BECAUSE WE MIGHT GET ENOUGH SPONSORS TO HAVE THIS.
COME BACK AND REPORT TO US ON OUR 1ST MARCH MEETING.
SEE IF IT LOOKS FEASIBLE OR NOT, AND THEN ADDRESS IT BY THEN.
THANK YOU AND REMIND US WHEN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR IS DUE, SO THAT WE CAN PUT IN LINE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY FOR A FAIR. WE'RE IN THE WE'RE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS NOW.
I THINK ALL BUDGETS ARE DUE IN MAY MAY OF THIS YEAR.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE MAYBE HAVE A YOU KNOW, TALK TO COUNCIL AND SEE IF THEY WOULD AGREE TO GIVE YOU FUNDING TO, TO SPONSOR THE DIRECT LINE FUNDING. DIRECT LINE.
DIRECT LINE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? TALK TO COUNCIL TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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YEAH. FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, I THOUGHT IT WOULD COME BACK TO.I WOULD JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION TO SEE HOW THEY WANT TO LIVE.
WE WOULD PUT IN FOR A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET, RIGHT? YEAH, WE WOULD MAKE A PROPOSAL. SO WHAT WE WOULD ASK THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY CREATE AN ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR YOU JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS AND THEN MONEY.
AND IS THAT WITHIN YOUR BUDGET. BECAUSE WE ROLL UP THAT WOULD BE A DECISION THAT THEY WOULD MAKE.
WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE IN, SAY, PUBLIC WORKS VERSUS SAY, CITY MANAGER.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IS THAT DUE? RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON BUDGET AND ALL BUDGETS ARE DUE IN MAY.
MAY 1ST LIKE AROUND MAY MAY, MAY 3RD IS LIKE I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THE DATE.
YEAH. BECAUSE WE'VE MISSED THIS DEADLINE EVERY YEAR.
SO THINK TWICE IF WE HIT IT, PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
WELL IN IN GENERAL WITH BUDGET TIME, THAT'S ALSO A TIME FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT THINGS, NOT JUST THE SUSTAINABILITY. SO I'M LOOKING HERE AND IT SAYS THE FINAL DEADLINE IS MAY.
MAY 5TH. MAY 5TH IS CLOSE. SO WE SHOULD PUT IT ON OUR AGENDA FOR OUR MARCH MEETING.
OR I THINK THAT WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION ON THE 13TH.
AND I THINK WE CAN INCLUDE WE CAN ADD THE BUDGET TO THAT BUDGET DISCUSSION TO GET THAT WRAPPED UP.
SO WE HAD A MOTION. WE WERE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT MOTION.
TRANSPORTATION AND BUDGET FOR NOT NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE FAIR, BUT FOR THE SAB ITSELF.
I WONDER IF WE SHOULD EXPLORE. LET'S JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR 10 TO $12,000.
SHOULD WE EXPLORE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE UTILITIES AND AND SOME OF THE OTHERS TO MAYBE INCLUDE? IT'S EASIER TO INCLUDE A COUPLE THOUSAND IN YOUR BUDGET THAN IT IS $10,000.
BUDGET TIME IS NOT AN EASY TIME. THINGS GET TAKEN OUT.
SO I DON'T SEE US BEING HAVING ANY MUCH. COULD WE KIND OF PIGGYBACK? I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECYCLING EVENT. CAN WE JUST PIGGYBACK ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THAT'S ALREADY. WHO DID YOU MEAN WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES? I THINK I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU. YOU HAD MENTIONED THE RECYCLING EVENT.
THERE WAS A COUPLE, LIKE A MONTH AGO OR SOMETHING.
WELL, THE UTILITIES THE MONTH OF APRIL IS WATER MONTH, AND THEY USUALLY DO.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY RECYCLING OR THEY DO. MAYBE JUST PUBLIC WORKS.
DO THEY? DO YOU ALL DO A RECYCLING EVENT? WELL, SO THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD CAN PIGGYBACK ON ANY UPCOMING EVENT THAT THE COORDINATOR COMES UP WITH. SO IF THERE'S A TOUCH A TRUCK AT A SCHOOL AND WE WANT TO SET UP SOME TABLES AND WE WANT TO DO SOME EDUCATION, YEAH, YOU CAN DO THAT. IF THERE'S A BIGGER EVENT, LIKE A RECYCLING EVENT.
SO YOU CAN JUST DO THAT KIND OF STUFF AND COME OUT WITH US AND WORK THE SUSTAINABILITY.
SO THAT CAN BE DONE YEAR ROUND DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST ONE BIG EVENT.
STUFF LIKE THAT. AND YOU NEED TO DO THAT. AND THEN WE NEED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
BUT EVEN IF NOT, THERE'S ALWAYS OTHER AVENUES TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON THE FARE FOR YOUR BUDGET, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE FARE.
IT'S ANYTHING YOU INTEND TO DO FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO OTHER EVENTS, AND YOU CAN ALREADY UTILIZE WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.
WE CAN BRING YOU ALONG TOO. SO IF I MAY JUST INTERJECT, IT'S IMPORTANT AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH YOUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN, TAKE NOTE OF EVERYTHING, EVERY IDEA THAT YOU HAVE AND JUST KIND OF ALSO IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, GO, OKAY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A COST THAT'S GOT TO BE ATTACHED TO THIS.
WHAT'S THAT COST GOING TO BE? SO THE THE BUDGET WON'T JUST BE THE FARE LIKE LIKE HE WAS SAYING,
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IT'S GOING TO BE EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO.SO AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN, TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
CAN ANYBODY HELP ME WITH PERMANENT SIGNAGE COST? I ON A LINE OF CONTINUE THE THOUGHT OF PIGGYBACKING.
I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD GET COMMITMENTS FROM PEOPLE TO DO BOARD MEMBERS TO COMMIT TO ONE PUBLIC EVENT LIKE THAT PER YEAR SO THAT AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN DEREK, WHEN WE GET NOTIFIED ABOUT WHEN IT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO AT LEAST ONE A YEAR, BECAUSE I GATHER IT WILL BE OUTSIDE OF SUNSHINE.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO BE ONLY ONE OF US THERE. RIGHT.
IS THAT RIGHT? ACTUALLY AN EVENT. THE SUNSHINE LAW DOESN'T COME INTO PLAY UNLESS YOU PLAN ON HOLDING A HEARING ON SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BOARD IN THE FUTURE.
SO IF YOU'RE JUST OUT THERE TO GIVE INFORMATION OR VOLUNTEER THEN YOU'RE WELCOME TO BE OUT THERE.
OKAY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP AT A NEXT MEETING, THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD GET HAIRY WITH THE SUNSHINE LAW.
BUT MOST OF THE TIME AND EVENTS ARE ALREADY PRE PRE PRE-PLANNED.
AND THEN YOU GUYS WOULD JUST BE OUT THERE VOLUNTEERING.
THAT'S GREAT. SO DOES THAT MEAN WE CAN DO THE RIDE ALONG EVENT WITH 2 OR 3 OF US. I WOULD NOT I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THE RIDE ALONG EVENT BECAUSE WHEN YOU STOP SOMEWHERE, IT'S VERY EASY FOR SOMETHING TO BE BROUGHT UP.
AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT COMES UP TO THE TABLE. SO FOR A RIDE ALONG LIKE THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO DO LIKE A ONE ON ONE, ONE ON ONE. BECAUSE THAT GETS THAT REALLY BLURS THE LINE.
SO. ALL RIGHT, I MEAN, ALL IT TAKES YOU TO DO IS SAY, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT WE HEARD FROM THIS PERSON, YOU KNOW, AND SO, YES, THE RIDE ALONG, I WOULD KEEP SINGLE, OKAY.
VOLUNTEER EFFORTS JUST TO PROMOTE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY DO NOT FALL UNDER THE SUNSHINE LAW AS FAR AS HAVING A HEARING, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.
DO YOU THINK WE COULD WRITE A LETTER, MAYBE TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND REQUEST THIS EXPAND THIS PIGGYBACK IDEA THAT WE THERE IS NOTHING OFF THE TABLE.
ANY IDEA THAT YOU COME UP WITH AS A AS A BOARD? YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO. YOU COULD WRITE A LETTER AND SEE IF ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE AN ENTERPRISE FUND IS WILLING.
YES. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO AND THEN THE OUTCOME IS WHATEVER THE OUTCOME IS.
YEAH. SO AT THIS JUNCTURE, SINCE WE'RE STARTING AT ZERO, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYTHING'S OFF THE TABLE OTHER THAN HAVING THE CITY GIVE US MONEY TO PUT ON THE EVENT. SO YES, YOU CAN CONTACT OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
OKAY. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.
I WAS THINKING OF THE BUDGET, AND MAYBE WE CAN DO BOTH.
YEAH. YOU CAN. I MEAN, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ANY DEPARTMENT.
AND I AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD SHOULD BE BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ADVISORY BOARD, YOU CAN GO OUT AND DO THESE THINGS AND ASK PEOPLE AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND YOU PROBABLY SHOULD.
IT'S PART OF YOUR DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYTHING YOU COME UP WITH IS PROBABLY AN OKAY IDEA.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE A LETTER ASKING WHAT ABOUT THEIR EVENTS OR THEIR MONEY.
WELL, THAT AND WHAT THEY DO SUSTAINABLY AND THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
ONE BIG LETTER, ONE BIG CIRCLE. BUT I'M JUST KIDDING IN A WAY.
BUT I'M NOT. I'M NOT EITHER. BUT SORRY. YES, IT'S HARD TO TURN YOUR HEAD, ISN'T IT? YEAH. WELL, LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT IDEA. WE CAN'T LOSE ANYTHING.
SO ARE WE, YOU KNOW, JUST LET ME KNOW HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.
WE CAN WRITE A LETTER THAT GOES TO ALL THE OTHER PALM BAY DEPARTMENTS ASKING FOR THEIR.
WHAT SHE JUST SAID. HOW? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN LOGISTICALLY? I MEAN, WHO WRITES THE LETTER? I DON'T MIND DRAFTING A LETTER.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO LOGISTICALLY MOVE.
OKAY, WELL, FIRST LET ME JUST SAY ANY EVENT THAT THE CITY PUTS ON IS ALREADY POSTED.
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HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE GENERAL FUND AND THEN WE HAVE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.UTILITIES IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND BUILDING IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
SO I THINK YOU NEED TO START AND THEN JUST SEE WHERE IT CARRIES US.
WOULD YOU WRITE THAT LETTER THEN? NO, I WOULDN'T, BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.
NOW YOU'RE GETTING INTO SOME BUDGET LEGALITIES.
IT WOULD HAVE TO COME JUST FROM YOU GUYS AS A BOARD.
FROM THE BOARD. OKAY. COULD YOU BE A GHOST RIDER? I THINK WE COULD. I DON'T LIKE RIDING. SOME OF US COULD DRAFT A POSSIBLE LETTER, AND WE CAN MAYBE DISCUSS IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
IF WE ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR THE MARCH 13TH.
BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST BE REVIEWING. AND IT WILL BE.
THIS WILL POSSIBLY COME AS A SURPRISE TO LOGAN, SO WE'LL SPRAY IT ON HIM.
LOGAN, SINCE HIS SIGNATURE IS GOING ON IT. YEAH.
OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL. THIS IS REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR.
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SO NOW WE'RE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS, WHICH I THINK WE'VE COVERED SOME OF NOW.OH, ARE WE STILL ON THE FAIR. DO WE JUST LEAVE IT? I WANTED TO ASK AN UPDATE ON THE NUMBER OF. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED VENDORS, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ON HOW MANY VENDORS RIGHT NOW ARE COMMITTED? BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TIME. IF WE'RE GOING TO BE WRITING LETTERS, LET'S GET SOME MORE VENDORS.
HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? JESS, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER OF VENDORS.
I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK THROUGH THE EMAILS AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW THROUGH EMAIL, HOW MANY VENDORS SAID, YES, THERE WE GO. BUT AS OF NOW, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER.
I THINK WE HAD SAID WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, I KNOW YOU'RE SUPER BUSY, BUT JUST SENDING A LIST OUT OF WHO HAS COMMITTED BECAUSE I KNOW ON MY LIST I DON'T REALLY KNOW ONCE I TURN THEM OVER IF THEY COMMITTED OR NOT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD BE FOLLOWING UP AND NAGGING THEM OR NOT.
SO I'LL GET THOSE OUT TO YOU THE END OF THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NOW OTHER BUSINESS. WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH A LOT.
WE'VE GOT SOME STUFF ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
DO WE HAVE I KNOW EARLIER SOMEONE MENTIONED THE SPEAK UP BREVARD EVENT.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE SUNSHINE. THAT'LL BE A PUBLIC EVENT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER THERE.
BUT THAT ONE, I HAVE SOME STUFF IN THE FUTURE.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT YOU DID NOT NEED TO REGISTER.
THEY WERE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO REGISTER, BUT IT WASN'T NECESSARY.
IT WASN'T REQUIRED. RIGHT. YES. WELL. AND THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING IS IF YOU SUBMITTED SOMETHING BY THE END OF JANUARY DEADLINE. THEN DO YOU KNOW THIS? YOU GET FIVE MINUTES, BUT IF YOU SHOW UP, YOU GET THREE MINUTES.
THERE'S 77 RECOMMENDATIONS. THOSE 77 RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THREE MINUTES.
OKAY. THAT'S A LOT OF TIME. WE'RE GETTING INTO HOURS.
SO THE INTENTION IS THAT CITIZENS THAT SHOW UP ARE DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT AND WANT SOMETHING TO SAY.
OKAY. NOW, WHETHER THAT HAPPENS, I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL TO SHOW UP NO MATTER WHAT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE WORKSHOP HAS BEEN HAD, AND THAT WILL SHOW THAT THERE'S MORE OF A NEED THAN AND THEY'VE ALLOWED FOR. SO I WOULD COME AND JUST IT'S A I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE LISTENING TO OTHER PEOPLE OF LIKE MIND AND AND BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION. WELL, I THINK BETH IS TRYING TO GROUP DO SOME GROUPINGS,
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LIKE YOU AND I SUBMITTED LIDDY AND WHO ARE MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE DID TOO, SO THAT WE DON'T ALL HAVE TO MAYBE USE OUR THREE MINUTES, BUT WE COLLECTIVELY CAN PRESENT SOMETHING. MAYBE WE SHOULD WRITE TO THE SPEAK UP BREVARD PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, LET'S GET ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER TO GIVE THEIR.THAT'S WHAT SHE'S DOING. BETH BLACKBIRD IS TRYING TO DO THAT.
SHE'S I SUSPECT THERE IS A LOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SOME CONCERNS.
SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT JANE HIGGINS, PRESIDENT OF THE CONRADINA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY, HAS SUBMITTED A RECOMMENDATION LIKE SHE SAID ON NATIVE LANDSCAPING, I HAVE SUBMITTED TWO RECOMMENDATIONS ONE DEALING DIRECTLY WITH THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON IN TERMS OF PREVENTION, NOT RESTORATION, GETTING TO PROGRAMS WITH PREVENTION, ROOT CAUSE AND ALSO THE DOGE, WHICH IS ABOUT EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
SO THE EXCITING THING IS IT'S ALL RELATED AND IT COMES BACK TO WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
SO VERY NICE, VERY NICE. THANK YOU. I ALSO SUBMITTED SOMETHING TO YOU.
YES I DID. OH MY GOD. I DID MENTION LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS CONSERVATION BECAUSE CONSERVATION YOU KNOW, CONSERVATION OF LANDS RATHER THAN YEAH, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE FUTURE THAT THE WETLANDS UP THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S DRIVEN UP THERE UP PAST COCOA AND UP, YOU KNOW? WOW. THOSE WETLANDS ARE JUST DISAPPEARING. SO.
YES. YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE YOU. OKAY. THERE'S ANOTHER PERSON PRESENTING ON WETLANDS, TOO. SO WE GOT GOOD SUPPORT. I WAS GOING TO ASK JESSE.
WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SAY? AS FAR AS SUBMITTING THE LETTER TO COUNCIL.
YEAH. WHAT WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THAT? I MEAN, I WAS WAITING FOR YOU GUYS TO FINISH SO I COULD SAY, OKAY, FOR THE VACANCY, FOR THE VACANCIES. THANK YOU.
SO I DID SEND THE LETTER THROUGH OUR LEGISLATIVE OFFICE, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO SEND THE LETTER TO COUNCIL, AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS IT IN THEIR UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS IF THEY SEE FIT.
I DID SEND AN INVITE FOR THE MARCH. FOR THE MARCH 13TH MEETING. AGAIN, IT WAS SENT THROUGH OUR LEGISLATIVE OFFICE.
THEY DID SEND IT OFF TO COUNCIL. MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE, HE WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
BUT HE DID SAY THAT IF YOU GUYS OR ANY OR LOGAN LEWIS WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT ANYTHING AT THEIR COUNCIL MEETING IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS, THEY'LL BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM YOU GUYS.
SO I SAY WE PRESENT. SO. OKAY, TO TO BACK UP.
SO HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEY'LL ACTUALLY LIKE RESPOND TO IT? IT'S AT THEIR DISCRETION. IT'S UP TO THEM IF THEY WANT TO.
YEAH. AND AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN MY THREE MINUTES, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED GOVAN AND THE OTHER GUY TO FILL THEIR VACANCIES OR AT LEAST POST POST THEM ONLINE, RIGHT? BUT ALLOW US TO POST THEM ONLINE. I AM SORRY.
I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL, IF FOR NOTHING ELSE, TO UPDATE THEM. SO JANE AND I WERE BOTH THERE.
THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WHEN THEY REVISED HAD THE FIRST READING.
THERE'S A SECOND ONE, REVISED OUR PURPOSE, AND THEY REMOVED THAT JUST ONE LINE ABOUT ACHIEVING SOME SORT OF 100% BY 20, 35, 100 RENEWABLE ENERGY.
SO THEY JUST TOOK THAT OUT AND WE BOTH SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AND TOOK OH, I TOOK ADVANTAGE AND MENTIONED THE RIDE ALONG PROGRAM AND ASKED COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN TO ACCOMPANY ME.
AND HE AGREED. AND AND OF COURSE, HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS MOST RESOLUTE ABOUT DISSOLVING US.
SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO TAKE THE THREE MINUTES PUBLIC COMMENT.
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WE CAN THERE'S SO MUCH WE'RE DOING IN OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS, THAT'D BE A GOOD TIME TO FUNNEL SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE HEARD THEM OVER AND OVER.BUT DID YOU SAY WE COULD GET AN AGENDA ITEM AS WELL IN THE CITY COUNCIL? YES. THE LETTER IS THE LETTERS IS AT LEGISLATIVE.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY SENT IT OFF TO COUNCIL.
THAT SPECIFIC LETTER. BUT AS FAR AS THE MARCH 13TH MEETING GO, I DID SEND AN INVITE FOR COUNCIL TO JOIN US. OH, TO JOIN US HERE? YES.
OH, RATHER THAN US JOIN THIS? I THOUGHT YOU MENTIONED THAT WE COULD GET ON THEIR AGENDA.
OH, YES. THAT'S FOR THE VACANCIES. OH, OH. I WANT THEM TO COME TO THE MARCH 27TH MEETING WHEN MR. POTTS IS HERE. COUNCIL? THEY ARE NOTIFIED EVERY TIME WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS.
THEY ARE NOTIFIED. AND THEY DO GET OUR AGENDA, SO THEY KNOW.
RIGHT. SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING.
WORK. YEAH. RIGHT. SO YOU WANT TO SEND A SPECIFIC LETTER JUST TO.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE YOU HAD MENTIONED SENDING A SPECIFIC INVITE FOR THE MARCH 13TH, IF THAT WAS JUST A NORMAL BUSINESS AS USUAL TYPE OF THING THAT YOU DID, THEN THAT'S FINE.
I WAS JUST SAYING THAT IF YOU SEND IT AND IT'S NOT NORMAL THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE WE'RE STILL IN THE WORKS OF BUILDING OUT THIS PLAN, RIGHT? IF WE WANT TO SEND OUT LIKE A FORMAL INVITE TO THEM, I THINK IT WOULD BE AT A POINT WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO PRESENT TO THEM OUR PLAN WHEN IT'S ALL BUTTONED UP. OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. YEAH.
SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY WORK THE SAME WAY. SO WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THE PLAN AND YOU WANTED TO, SHE COULD THEN DO ANOTHER LETTER SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT AND ASK THAT ALL THE COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY SHOW UP HERE SO THAT YOU COULD UNVEIL THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
AND SHE CAN DO THAT FOR ANY EVENT THAT YOU WANT TO PUT THINGS OUT.
I THINK IN THIS ONE, SHE JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT THEY COULD COME IN AND SEE THAT YOU'RE WORKING, WORKING ON YOUR BUSINESS AS USUAL. BUT YES, WE COULD DO A SEPARATE ONE WHEN YOU'RE READY TO ACTUALLY.
YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR THAT THEY'RE THAT WE'RE NOT READY TO PRESENT PRESENT TO THEM, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST WORKING THROUGH THIS. I JUST WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T WANT TO, LIKE, WASTE THEIR TIME, NOT WASTE THEIR TIME. BUT IT BE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE FOR THEM TO BE HERE. CORRECT. AND WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT.
AND WE WOULD EMPHASIZE THE LETTER THAT WAY THAT THIS IS A PRESENTATION.
THIS IS MORE OF JUST A AN INVITATION TO THE MEETING.
RIGHT. WILL YOU IS THERE A WAY WE FIND OUT IF THEY WERE PLANNING TO SHOW UP MARCH 13TH? I DID GET A MESSAGE REGARDING DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE NOT BEING ABLE TO JOIN MARCH 13TH, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS. YEAH, BECAUSE WE'D PROBABLY SWITCH IT UP A BIT ON OUR END IF THEY SHOWED UP. OH, I JUST THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO THEY ARE WELCOME.
OH, YEAH. NO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GOING TO BE A WORKING MEETING.
I AGREE WITH THAT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO GET STRAIGHT ON WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE MARCH 13TH, IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE COMING. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT JANE IS SAYING, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE MORE STRATEGIC AND BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THEIR TIME.
BUT IF IT'S IF THEY ARE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE THIS IS A WORKING SESSION, WHICH I DON'T I MEAN, I'D BE I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T THINK THAT THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO COME TO THAT.
BUT THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING AN EXTRA SESSION THIS THURSDAY ON ANTI-CORRUPTION.
SO THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THREE THURSDAYS IN A ROW.
TO COME FOR. SEVERAL HOURS. I MEAN, IF IT'S I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE DELICATE, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUST MENTION TO THEM, OUR MARCH 13TH MEETING IS A WORKING SESSION.
OR. AND JUST BECAUSE I'M STILL CONFUSED. DID THEY MAYBE REQUEST TO BE INVITED, OR WAS IT JUST.
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BOARD TO RUN, THEN THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, SAY, HEY, YOU GUYS NEED TO CHANGE THIS.JUST LIKE THEY SAID, THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT SPECIFIC LINE IN THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN.
THAT CHANGES IT TOTALLY. WELL, YEAH, BUT THAT'S THE SAME THING I TOLD THEM IN THE COUNCIL MEETING.
I SAID, IF YOU HAVE INPUT, PLEASE GET IT TO US IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WAS THE IDEA, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE EVERYTHING BUTTONED UP AND THEN PRESENT TO THEM SO THEN THEY CAN GET COMMENTS BACK.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO SHIFT FOCUS ON THIS MARCH 13TH.
IF COUNCIL COMES, THEN THIS REALLY WOULDN'T BE A WORKING SESSION UNLESS WE HAD TIME FOR WHAT DO WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION THAT IT WOULD BE MORE OF GATHERING THEIR INPUT THEN.
IF THEY COME, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS CITIZEN HERE COME.
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PUT CITIZENS WHO HAVE SPECIFIC THINGS TO GO INTO THE PLAN TO MINGLE WITH THE COUNCIL IN A WORKING SESSION, BUT WE'RE AWAY FROM THAT. CAN YOU SEND US A COPY OF THE LETTER THAT YOU SENT OUT, JESS? IS THAT POSSIBLE WHEN YOU DO THAT TO COPY US ON IT? SURE. I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAD THAT LETTER. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EMAIL THAT WENT OUT TO COUNCIL? YES. OKAY. THAT INVITE. AND ANY TIME YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN KNOWING.
DO WE WANT TO ADD THE POSSIBILITY OF THE COUNCIL BEING HERE AS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS BEFORE WE GET TO WHERE WE OR WE CONSIDER THEIR INPUT? OR WOULD WE CONSIDER THEM PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM SPECIAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUT THEM ON THREE MINUTES EACH? THAT IS VERY PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. THAT WAY IF WE PUT THEM ON THE AGENDA, THEN THEY CAN HAVE THEIR TIME UP FRONT AND AND MAYBE THEN WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON YOUR SUGGESTIONS.
THAT IS EXCELLENT. I MOTION FOR THAT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR, AND THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP.
YEAH. SO WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR IT. OKAY. IS EVERYBODY THROUGH TALKING? BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY. OH, DON'T LOOK AT THE CLOCK AND ME AT THE SAME TIME.
IT'S QUICK. ALL RIGHT. I GOT A LETTER FROM A CITIZEN TODAY THAT IS SHE WAS ASKING ME A QUESTION. SHE HAD RECEIVED AS A CITIZEN FROM THE PALM BAY UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
IT'S CALLED LEAD AND COPPER TAP WATER SAMPLING.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. DO YOU ALL? SHE'S ASKING ME. THE FIRST SENTENCE IN THE LETTER IS.
THE CITY OF PALM BAY UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO IDENTIFY EVERY SERVICE SERVICE LINE IN THE CITY. CREATE AND MAINTAIN AN INVENTORY OF SERVICE LINES AND REPLACE ANY THAT CONTAIN LEAD OR GALVANIZED MATERIALS. AND THE CITY WAS GOING TO SEND OUT PEOPLE.
THEY WERE JUST NOTIFYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THIS.
BUT THIS CAME SO DOES PUBLIC WORKS KNOW ABOUT UTILITIES AND THIS? WELL, THAT'S THAT'S A SPECIFIC UTILITY ISSUE.
BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE CHECKING THEIR LINES BECAUSE PALM BAY IS AN OLDER COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S A IT'S A PROGRAM THAT UTILITIES IS GOING TO DO.
SO WE HAVE NO INFORMATION ON IT. BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO OUT AND START TESTING ALL THEIR LINES TO SEE WHAT THEY NEED TO REPLACE AND, AND FIX BASED ON CONTENT. WELL, LEAD AND COPPER, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD AND SHOULD PIGGYBACK ON IN TERMS OF LIKE CITIZENS WHO COME BEFORE US. THIS CITIZEN HAS COME BEFORE US.
I'VE ASKED HER TO WRITE A FORMAL LETTER. THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE UTILITIES IS WORKING ON THIS MAJOR INVENTORY OF REPLACEABLE WATER LINES.
I'M SURE IT'S IN A BUILD UP TO THE MANDATORY HOOKUP, EVENTUALLY TO CITY SEWER AND WATER.
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TO A CITIZEN THAT APPEARS OR ALSO CONTACTS US THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IT.AND THIS IS WHAT IF WE ARE DOING SOMETHING TO I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE I GOT THAT LETTER ALSO.
OH YOU DID. AND MY THOUGHT WAS ARE THEY GOING TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS? ARE THEY GOING TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE OR. I MEAN, HOW DO WE FIND OUT WHEN AND WHERE THE RESULTS ARE? SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES TO CONSIDER THAT IF THEY SEND THIS LETTER, IT SHOULD INCLUDE SOME. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT US.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T REALLY JUDGE BY TASTE, SO I WASN'T TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT.
WELL, YOU NEED TO GO ON THE BILLBOARD THEN, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE SAYING.
UTILITIES. AND FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND THEN ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND EVERYTHING IS A PUBLIC RECORD.
SO ANY CITIZEN CAN REQUEST ANYTHING. I WOULD IMAGINE THEY WOULD PUBLISH THE RESULTS ON THE WEBSITE OR NOT, BUT EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T, YOU COULD REQUEST ALL THAT INFORMATION AND IT COULD BE GIVEN TO YOU UNDER 119 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES PUBLIC RECORD LAW.
WHAT ABOUT THIS IDEA, JUST TEMPORARILY, THAT WE WRITE A LETTER FROM THIS BOARD TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEM FOR DOING THIS? YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT AS WELL.
IF YOU IF YOU DRAFT THAT LETTER, WE CAN APPROVE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I NEED MY GHOSTWRITER. I MEAN, I. JANE, WILL YOU HELP ME? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. YES. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T GET THAT LETTER, THOUGH.
ARE YOU ALLOWED TO FORWARD IT TO ME? OKAY. I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
WELL, I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK MY FELLOW PEOPLE HERE FOR EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING AND ACCOMPLISHING IS REALLY GAINING MOMENTUM, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF US.
AND KEEP IN MIND WHO ELSE WE CAN RECOMMEND TO FILL OUR TWO SPOTS.
AND THANK THE OUR CITY, OUR MAIN PEOPLE. YES.
WE'RE REALLY. YES. PERMANENT SIGNAGE FOR ALL OF YOU.
PERMANENT SIGNAGE. CELEBRATORY. SIGNAGE. CELEBRATORY.
YEAH. SORRY. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? SO WE DRAW THIS MEETING TO A CLOSE. ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE END THE MEETING? I WILL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND IT. THANK YOU.
THIS MEETING HAS ENDED. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
AND THANK YOU, CITIZEN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.