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IT'S 6:00. I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.
SPECIAL MEETING FOR TODAY. LET'S START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND NOW WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL. LOGAN. LEWIS.
REBECCA ZIEGLER, PRESENT. SUSAN CONNOLLY. PRESENT.
JANE HIGGINS. PRESENT. JESSICA LAVELLE. PRESENT.
WE HAVE QUORUM. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
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OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. WELL, CAN I JUST BRING UP A FOLLOW ON FROM THE LAST MEETING? WHERE WOULD I BRING THAT UP? I THINK I THINK NOW IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. OKAY.SO AT THE LAST MEETING, JULIET SAID THAT SHE WAS FINE WITH OUR MEMO GOING OUT AND THAT DENNIS WOULD BE THE ONE TO SEND IT OUT. SO I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK DENNIS HOW IT'S IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT.
YES. AND AND FEEL FREE TO EDIT IT ACCORDINGLY.
BUT WE'RE I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING.
AND I MEANT TO ASK ERIC BEFORE WE SAT DOWN HERE.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU STAFF. THANK YOU. YES.
SO FOR NEW BUSINESS WE ARE TO REVIEW THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN, THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SECTION.
[NEW BUSINESS]
WE'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE HOPEFULLY TO LOOK AT SUSAN CONNOLLY'S SUBMISSION.FOR SOME TALKING POINTS. YES. AND I SENT OUT NOTES A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT THE SATELLITE BEACH HAS A AWESOME WASTE MANAGEMENT SECTION IN THEIR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WE COULD BE USING.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY GOT TO LOOK AT THAT. YES.
SO DO WE WANT TO START AT THE GOALS AND SEE IF WE AGREE WITH THAT? I THINK THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE TAKEN WITH THE OTHER SECTIONS IS TO DETERMINE IF WE WANT TO REMOVE THE LOCAL AND COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES, AND IF IT SHOULD BE PLACED UP ABOVE. YES. OKAY.
SO ARE WE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE WANT TO REMOVE THE LOCAL BUSINESS OBJECTIVES? BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW IT'S REDUNDANT FROM THE ABOVE SECTION.
I THINK WE DECIDED THAT LAST TIME, DIDN'T WE? I THINK WE DECIDED FOR CONSISTENCY ACROSS IF WE GOT RID OF IT IN ONE, WE WERE GOING TO PROBABLY ELIMINATE IT IN MOST OF THE OTHER SECTIONS TOO, BECAUSE SO WE'RE AGREEING THAT WE'RE REMOVING THE LOCAL AND THE COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES.
I THINK THERE WERE FROM MY NOTES, WHICH IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
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YEAH. OKAY. YOU GOT TO ROLL IT INTO THE CITY PART.YEAH. OKAY. SO THEN FOR FOR GOAL TWO, THAT WOULD BE THE SAME IDEA HERE THEN.
ALL RIGHT. SO THEN GOING BACK TO GOAL ONE, DECREASE AMOUNT OF WASTE GENERATED BY INCREASING USE OF REUSABLE AND COMPOSTABLE AND AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES. DO WE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THE WORDING FOR GOAL ONE? THE WAY THAT IT READS. OH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVERALL.
OKAY. WE HAVE A COMPUTER DOWN HERE, JESSICA, WITH THE SATELLITE BEACH GOALS.
SO WE'LL KIND OF LOOK AT THAT FOR IDEAS, TOO.
YEAH. OKAY. SO THE WORDING, ARE WE IS THERE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE WORDING FOR GOAL NUMBER ONE, THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH? NO. THE GOAL ONE DECREASE AMOUNT OF WASTE GENERATED BY INCREASING USE OF REUSABLE, COMPOSTABLE AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES. I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT. IS THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE WORDING.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES. OKAY, SO THEN WE WILL TAKE AND REMOVE CITY GOVERNMENT FROM THE TOP.
IS THAT OUR ONLY GOAL? NO, THIS IS OBJECTIVE A SO UNDERNEATH.
GOAL ONE DO YOU HAVE HERE? SO GOAL ONE IN A WAY.
LET ME JUST THROW THIS OUT TO EVERYBODY. I DON'T LIKE STARTING THINGS WITH DECREASE OR ELIMINATE OR.
WE'RE BACK AT GOAL ONE. SO YOU DON'T LIKE THE WORD DECREASE? I JUST KNOW I DON'T. I LIKE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT.
I LIKE THE WAY SATELLITE BEACH HAS THEIR FIRST GOAL.
FOCUS ON SOURCE REDUCTION TO REDUCE TOTAL LANDFILL CONTRIBUTION TO LESS THAN.
AND THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC GOALS TO LESS THAN 2 POUNDS PER PERSON PER DAY BY 2030.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE READY FOR SPECIFIC NUMERICAL GOALS, BUT I LIKE THE WORD FOCUS.
I DO TOO. YEP. I MEAN, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT WORDS.
FOCUS AND DECREASE OR REDUCE. I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF KEEPING SOMETHING THAT IS REDUCING, ELIMINATING. I MEAN, IF YOU FOCUS ON SOMETHING, YOU JUST LOOK AT IT.
LET'S JUST DO THIS REAL FAST. WHY DON'T WE START BY INCREASE USE OF REUSABLE, COMPOSTABLE, AND ELECTRONIC SOURCES IN ORDER TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE GENERATED BY.
THAT'S GOOD. SO INCREASE. SAY THAT AGAIN. INCREASE.
START BY. INCREASE THE USE OF REUSABLE COMPOSTABLE AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCE RESOURCES IN ORDER TO DECREASE AMOUNT OF WASTE GENERATED. IT'S JUST FLIPPING KEEPING EVERYTHING IN THERE.
AND THEN WE WILL ELIMINATE THE SECOND GOAL. RIGHT, EVERYBODY.
WE HAVEN'T GOT TO THAT YET. YEAH, I THINK WE JUST STICK AT GOAL ONE.
AND THEN WE'LL WORK TO LETTER A AND WORK DOWN.
THANK YOU. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING LETTER A.
ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT WORDING ELIMINATE. WE CAN REDUCE.
BUT I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO BE THE CHAMPION OF ESPECIALLY THE SINGLE USE PLASTICS WHERE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
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I'M PRETTY MUCH IN FAVOR OF ALL THOSE GOALS, EXCEPT GEE, I THINK THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT.AND UNTIL WE GET THE OTHER DEPARTMENT GOALS, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST A BIG IDEA LIST.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING ATTAINABLE. WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT LETTER A? I'M FINE WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT, SUSAN, WE'RE GOOD.
I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE ONLY ONE SUBHEADING, YOU HAVE AN A, AND THEN YOU HAVE A LITTLE A, THAT IT SHOULD JUST BE LIKE THE REST OF THEM ARE JUST THEY DON'T. YEAH. IS THERE ANOTHER WAY WE COULD SAY TO ELIMINATE.
I. IS THERE ANY WORD WE COULD SAY THAT WOULD EITHER BE MEASURABLE OR.
I DON'T THINK ELIMINATE IS ACHIEVABLE. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE USE DECREASE OR AWAY TO.
I WOULD SAY I WOULD TAKE OUT THE BIG A AND JUST HAVE THE LITTLE A AND SAY, TAKE OUT THE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND SAY CITY. CAN STRIVE TO USE COMPOSTABLE.
YOU KNOW, CAN TRANSITION TO COMPOSTABLE AND REUSABLE MATERIALS OR REUSABLE MATERIALS.
I CAN'T SAY THAT THEY DO USE THE THE LITTLE LETTERS FOR EXAMPLES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE KEPT THEM IN THE OTHER SECTION. SO IT DOES FOLLOW. OH OKAY.
OKAY. BUT JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, LIKE, HEY.
YEAH. POSSIBLE MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE COULD PUT WHERE POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY TO USE ONLY.
I THINK, YEAH. CITY CAN BEGIN TRANSITIONING TO COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS FOR.
TRANSITION IS A GOOD WORD. YOU GOT IT, JESSICA.
YEAH. IT'S IT'S NOT REALLY AN ACTION, THOUGH, LIKE THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY DO USE THE WORDS LIKE DECREASE AND ELIMINATES, BECAUSE IT'S AN ACTION FOR THEM TO TRACK, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE YOUR WORDING OF CHOICE, BUT TO TRANSITION TO SINGLE USE PLASTICS, TRANSITION AWAY FROM SINGLE USE PLASTICS.
I WISH THERE WAS SOME WAY TO SAY WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS RAISE AWARENESS AND BRING PEOPLE TO DO THIS ON THEIR OWN, IN A WAY TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF EMPHASIS ON SUSTAINABILITY, WHERE IT'S NOT US. CONTINUING TO PROMOTE IT OR TRYING TO ELIMINATE IT OR DECREASE IT.
IT'S A COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS, SO TO SPEAK. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WORKS IT INTO IF THAT TOUCHES, I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE ADVOCACY, RIGHT? OR PUBLIC CAMPAIGNING? I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTROL.
START THAT FIRST. RIGHT. OH, YES. YES, WE WOULD START IT, BUT IT WOULD BE A CONTINUAL THING UNTIL IT'S INTO THE CULTURE, UNTIL IT'S INTO THE. I AGREE WITH THAT.
YEAH. WHERE PEOPLE AND MAYBE WE COULD SAY SOMETHING SINCE IT SAYS EVENTS HERE.
MAYBE THERE. IT'S HARD TO. YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP BELABORING THINGS, SO.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD GO, LIKE ON A CHECKLIST OR SOMETHING.
THERE'S A LOT OF EVENT PLANNING THROUGH THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
I MIGHT LOOK AT YOU ALL OVER HERE. WHO DO EVENTS? AM I GOING DOWN A LANE THAT I KNOW FOR THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, THEY DID THE SAME THING.
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AND THEY STARTED WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS LETTER A, BUT THEN PART OF THEIR TACTICAL PLAN, LIKE, HOW ARE THEY ACTUALLY GOING TO ACCOMPLISH IT? THEN THEY WORK WITH THEIR PROCUREMENT OR THEIR FINANCE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENTS AND SAYING, HEY, WE'VE REWROTE THIS TO SAY IF EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN GET, LET'S LOOK AT SOMETHING SUSTAINABLE AND BE PART OF THEIR PURCHASING POLICY.IT HAS TO START THERE WITH THE POLICY. POLICY.
RIGHT. BUT THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE YOUR INITIAL TASK AFTER THIS.
THIS IS THAT KIND OF HIGHER LEVEL. SO WE WILL BE ADDING THEM.
ALL RIGHT. SO LETTER B UTILIZE E RESOURCES IN CITY GOVERNMENT INCLUDING NON PRINT MINUTES FOR OUR BOARD, ELECTRONIC SIGN UPS FOR PARK AND RECREATION, UTILITIES, ETC..
I DON'T REALLY KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THAT IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE TO DO.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT WAYS TO MAYBE PRINT IN BLACK AND WHITE AND PRINT DOUBLE SIDED. AND WHEN YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, DON'T PRINT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING TO NON PRINTED MINUTES FOR THE BOARD.
WE WERE WE TOLD AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THE CITY'S ALREADY DOING THAT.
GOING PAPERLESS, ARE WE? YEAH. SO I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO SHOW THAT WE'RE BEHIND THE TIME. IF THE CITY IS ALREADY GOING PAPERLESS, LET'S WRITE IT TO SUPPORT THE CITY EFFORTS OR TO IS IT NOT TO OUR BOARD? BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE GOT PAPER. SO I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS.
YEAH. SO I STILL THINK IT'S VALID TO KEEP ON THERE, BUT.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE PAPER. I MEAN, JUST AS NICE TO PRINT IT OUT, BUT IT'S ALL ONLINE.
EVERYTHING SHE GIVES US IS ONLINE. WELL, THERE WE BE BOLD AND SAY WE DON'T NEED THE PAPER.
WE'RE GOING PAPERLESS. WE SHOULD. WE'RE THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD.
I'M FINE WITH THAT. WHAT DO YOU THINK, LOGAN? CAN YOU DO IT? YOU'RE ALREADY PAPERLESS. YEAH, I GOT THE IPAD.
WE'RE GOOD. WE DON'T NEED PAPER. I'M THE ONLY DINOSAUR HERE.
OKAY, WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO BUILD ON AND SUPPORT THE CITY IN THEIR EFFORTS TO GO PAPERLESS, WHATEVER THAT IS. ALL RIGHT. SO. GOAL ONE LETTER C, ALL CITY PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE A WATER BOTTLE.
REFILLING STATIONS TO REDUCE THE USE OF PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES.
ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, THESE ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S THE THE BOTTLE WATER BOTTLE REFILLING STATION.
YEAH, YEAH. I'M GUESSING BUILDING E HAS IT. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF KEEPING IT.
I WOULD SAY TO STRIKE THROUGH LETTER THE EXAMPLE LETTER A UNDERNEATH.
AND THEN WE I WAS KIND OF WATCHING ON MY DRIVE HERE CUT OUT LOCAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY.
CORRECT. YES. I'M OKAY WITH C THE WAY. WELL I WOULD TAKE OUT THE THE LITTLE A THE FOR EXAMPLE. IT'S SEEMS UNNECESSARY.
WELL ARE WE ARE WE. EVERYONE GO WITH KEEP AND C AND THEN REMOVING THE LETTER A FOR EXAMPLE.
EVERYONE GOOD WITH THAT. YES OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SORRY. STRIKE THROUGH. YES. STRIKE THROUGH THAT.
YEAH, D AND E ARE BOTH COMPOSTING PROGRAMS. I KNOW WE HAVE A NEW COMPANY COMING IN DOING.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A BIG TREE. IS IT TREES? THEY'RE GOING TO BE. IT'S COMMERCIAL THOUGH. IT'S A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
YEAH I MEAN YEAH IT'S STILL COMMERCIAL BUSINESS FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
YES. I MEAN, THERE'S A PLACE FOR THAT TOO THOUGH.
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DROPPED OFF THAT CAN'T GO IN LANDFILLS. AND AREN'T COMPOSTABLE THINGS THAT ARE.LIKE ELECTRONICS. I KNOW THERE'S PLACES THAT TAKE BATTERIES BACK, BUT.
I LOST MY PLACE. THERE WE GO. BUT YEAH, I THINK I THINK WE SHOULD ROLL THOSE TWO TOGETHER INTO ONE.
THE TWO COMPOSTING ONES. IS THERE A SUSTAINABILITY WORKING GROUP COMPOSTING PROGRAM TO ASK THE SAME THING? THERE USED TO BE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL ACTIVE, BUT THERE WAS A.
REMEMBER, THERE WAS A PILOT PROGRAM, KEEP BREVARD BEAUTIFUL.
WEST MELBOURNE DID IT AND THEN THEY STOPPED IT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHY THEY DISCONTINUED IT. I THINK COMPOSTING IS VERY IMPORTANT THOUGH, AND JUST AS RECYCLING IS AS WELL.
BUT SO I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IN. JUST REWARDING A LITTLE BIT.
I'M IN FAVOR IF WE KEEP THE COMPOSTING. I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS TO. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THAT. BUT OF TAKING IN COMBINING THOSE TWO BECAUSE ONE IS TALKING ABOUT SITES, THE OTHER IS TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMS. I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO START WITH THE INTEREST OF HAVING A PROGRAM TO THEN IDENTIFY LOCATIONS.
JESSICA, WHAT DO YOU THINK IF WE JUST, SAY, CREATE CITY COMPOSTING SITES USABLE BY ALL RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, PERIOD. THAT THAT WOULD BE AN END GOAL I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND NOT GET INTO THE DETAILS OF IT. SO TAKE OUT D AND THEN JUST USE E.
TAKE OUT D. YEAH. YEAH. I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE KEEP THE TAPE.
THAT WHAT YOU HAD JUST SAID SUSAN FROM E AND PUT IT AT THE FOR EXAMPLE.
SO D THEN LETTER A AND IT SAYS FOR EXAMPLE, THEN USE YOUR SENTENCE.
AND THEN MAYBE END IT THERE. THERE WE GO.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOCAL CHURCH THAT HAS A PUBLIC COMPOSTING.
YEAH, I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THAT'S A COUNTY.
IT'S NOT CITY. COUNTY. OKAY, WELL, THAT SOUNDS GOOD ANYWAY.
D AND E. F. WE'VE RUN INTO. I MEAN, I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT RECYCLING WHO DO NOT RECYCLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY.
THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR AN ADDITIONAL BIN.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS.
I MEAN, THESE ARE FOR PROFIT COMPANIES THAT JUST DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT.
ARE YOU SAYING LEAVE OUT, ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS OR LEAVE IT IN? I JUST I MEAN, IF IT'S A CHOICE THAT PEOPLE RECYCLE OR NOT, THEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE MADE IT MANDATORY, MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY TO GO IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE BOTH.
I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW THE WHO MAKES THAT DECISION THAT THEY GET TO CHOOSE? I THINK USUALLY MAYBE JUST HOUSEHOLDS, MAYBE NOT BUSINESSES, BUT I THOUGHT YOU ALWAYS GET, LIKE, A GREEN AND A BLUE. YEAH, THAT'S FOR RESIDENTS.
BUT BUSINESSES PAY FOR THEIR THOSE BIG DUMPSTERS.
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SO IT'S SOMETHING. TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD.WOULD IT BE? I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE PUTTING OUT CONTRACTS, THE NEXT TIME WE PUT OUT CONTRACTS TO FIND OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE DISPOSING OF THE SAME AMOUNT OF STUFF. SO IS THERE SOME WAY TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO SAY, INSTEAD OF PICKING UP ONE OVERFLOWING BIN, HAVE A DISCOUNT ON THE RECYCLING BIN FOR BUSINESSES OR SOMETHING? OR A FEE FOR THE TRASH BIN AND NONE FOR THE RECYCLING BIN.
SOMETHING TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO USE TO GET THE RECYCLING BINS TOO.
PARTICULARLY FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS. SORRY. WHAT IF WE ADDED THAT? SO LETTER I EXPLORE WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE OR ORDINANCES TO REQUIRE COMPOSTING OF FOOD WASTE IN SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES. IF WE ADD COMPOSTING OF FOOD WASTE AND RECYCLING, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE WERE SAYING. YES, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH EQUITABLE BECAUSE THESE ARE FOR PROFIT BUSINESSES.
THIS IS A BUSINESS EXPENSE THAT'S DEDUCTIBLE FOR THEM.
IT'S A TAX DEDUCTION. SO IT'S LEAVE THAT OFF.
IT'S EQUITABLE. DOESN'T FLY WITH ME. OKAY. I LIKE VERY MUCH I DON'T LIKE THE WORD EXPLORE BUT I DO LIKE THE WORDS INCENTIVIZE OR ORDINANCE. HOW ABOUT WE USE PROMOTE WHAT YOU HAD SAID ORIGINALLY PROMOTE WASTE INCENTIVIZE OR ORDINANCES TO REQUIRE COMPOSTING OF FOOD WASTE AND RECYCLING IN SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES.
SO THEN WE'LL STRIKE THROUGH LETTER E THEN. BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING THAT TO LETTER I.
WITHOUT THE EQUITABLE ACCESS WELL OR STRIKE OUT F.
OR STRIKE OUT. F YES. STRIKE OUT. F I BUMPED DOWN OR UP.
SO STRIKE OUT. ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO WASTE MANAGEMENT.
YES. OKAY, BUT LEAVE IN. CREATE CITY COMPOSTING SITES USABLE BY ALL RESIDENTS.
BY RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. CREATE OR PROMOTE OR.
PROMOTE. YEAH. SO THEN BACK UP TO.
G. OLD G. YEAH, THE OLD G I'M TRYING TO JUST SAY THE OLD LETTERS NOW BECAUSE THAT IS CONFUSING, BUT I'M SEEING E ON MY SCREEN, SO. I WENT AWAY TO PER USE PROGRAM FOR WASTE THAT FINANCIALLY INCENTIVIZE INDIVIDUALS TO PRODUCE LESS TRASH. LESS TRASH PRODUCE EQUALS LESS COST. I THINK THAT'S TOO DIFFICULT FOR US. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MEASURE THAT.
YEAH, YEAH. BUT AGAIN, I THINK ALL THOSE INDIVIDUAL IDEAS CAN BE ROLLED UNDER. WAY. INCENTIVIZE OR ORDINANCE. PROGRAMS. COMPOSTING PROGRAMS, RECYCLING PROGRAMS. YEAH.
SUSAN, YOU HAD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS ON WHAT YOU SUBMITTED.
THOSE SHOULD ALL GET IN HERE. WELL, I THINK THEY CAN ALL I THINK INCENTIVIZE OR ORDINANCE THAT IS THOSE ARE POWER WORDS RIGHT THERE. SO YEAH WE CAN TAKE WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN AND JUST IN.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GET DOWN TO THE DETAIL WE WANT.
SITES AND WHATEVER. BUT AREAS WE WANT COMPOSTING THAT IS. FOR COMPOSTING PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS USE. WE WANT. SO ARE WE SAYING THAT WE WANT TO ADD RESIDENTS TO THE LETTER? I THINK IT WAS WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
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MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST SAY BUSINESS OH. MAYBE NOT.SO THE ORIGINAL JAY THAT WAS EXPLORE WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE IT NOW READS PROMOTE WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE.
BUT WE ADDED FOOD WASTE AND RECYCLING. DO WE ALSO WANT TO SAY FOR RESIDENTS, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES? THEY DID KEEP THEM SEPARATE.
BUT IF WE WANTED TO TRY TO LOOK AT WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE AND COMBINE THAT INTO THE ONE.
LETTER. WELL, WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE COMPOSTING.
SO ONCE CALLING OUT WASTE THE OTHER IS FOOD WASTE.
AND MAYBE FOOD WASTE WAS CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY JUST BECAUSE OF THE RESTAURANTS AND SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES, GROCERY STORES BEING FOOD, YOU KNOW, MORE FOOD WASTE.
SO I THINK THEY JUST HAD IT SECTIONED OFF. CATEGORIZED DIFFERENTLY IS ALL.
OKAY. READ US SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE GOT. AND I, I WOULD PREFER TO JUST START WITH INCENTIVIZE OR ORDINANCE. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO PROMOTE WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE OR ORDINANCE.
WHAT INCENTIVIZE OR ORDINANCES.
TRASH AND RECYCLING IN SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES.
AND RESIDENTS, I DON'T I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE.
YEAH. I THINK WE JUST SAY IN RESIDENCE BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND OTHER IN ALL AREAS.
DON'T GET DOWN INTO THE SPECIFIC OF FOOD WASTE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CALL OUT FOOD WASTE. I THINK WE JUST SAY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.
LET'S SIMPLIFY IT. JUST. YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GOING TO GO DOWN AND SAY GAS STATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, PET STORES AND. WELL, I THINK THEY WERE CALLING IT OUT BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT FOOD WASTE, THOSE ARE THE MAIN CATEGORIES THAT PRODUCE A LOT OF WASTE THAT JUST GET DUMPED IN THE TRASH.
RIGHT? I DO LIKE THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR THOUGH.
YEAH. SO YOU FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO JUST LEAVE IT WASTE MATERIALS, BUT TO SAY FOOD, FOOD WASTE AND THEN REGULAR WASTE OR WE JUST CALL IT TRASH OR REGULAR WASTE AND RECYCLING.
IT JUST SOUNDS LIMITING, JESSICA, TO ME TO USE TO PUT FOOD BECAUSE IT WOULD BE ELECTRONIC WASTE.
YOU GOT ALL TYPES OF WASTE. FOOD WASTE? WELL, THEN I WOULD AGAIN, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
THEN I WOULD SAY THAT WE REMOVE THE RESIDENTS.
YOU FOCUS IN IF YOU WANT TO USE HAZARDOUS WASTE WHICH I THINK WE HAD ON HERE SOMEWHERE AS WELL, IS LIKE TRYING TO GET.
MORE OF THE NON RECYCLED ITEMS. I THINK THAT'S GOAL TWO.
SO I THINK THAT'S SEPARATE. YEAH. LEAVE THE RECYCLING OUT.
YEAH. OR. OKAY. READ WHAT YOU HAVE.
PROMOTE WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE OR ORDINANCES TO REQUIRE COMPOSTING OF FOOD WASTE REGULAR WASTE AND RECYCLING IN RESIDENTS SCHOOLS BUSINESSES RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES. I AGAIN I THINK WHEN YOU SAY IT AND SAY WHERE IT'S TOO LIMITING. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD SAY THEN WE KEEP THAT, IMPLEMENT THE PAY PER PROGRAM AND JUST REWARD THAT ONE.
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WE KEEP THIS ONE SEPARATE. SO THEN THE SEPARATE ONE WOULD BE PROMOTE WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE OR ORDINANCES TO TO REQUIRE COMPOSTING OF FOOD WASTE AND RECYCLING IN SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP TO IMPLEMENT.WHERE AS A RESIDENT, IT'S NOT IT WOULD BE HANDLED DIFFERENTLY, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE, YOU CAN'T. WELL, I GUESS YOU COULD FOR A RESIDENT, BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE KIND OF LIMITED.
SO THEN IT WOULD BE INCENTIVIZE. WASTE.
I'M. JUST STOPPING THERE. SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE INCENTIVIZING PEOPLE TO DO WASTE.
YEAH. INCENTIVIZE INDIVIDUALS TO PRODUCE LESS TRASH.
OKAY, GUYS, THIS CAN'T BE THIS HARD, CAN IT? I THINK THE PAY AS YOU GO OR PAY AS YOU THROW, I DON'T THINK REALLY THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY WAY TO DO THAT.
YEAH. LIKE HOW DO YOU TRACK IT? ARE THE DUMP TRUCKS GOING TO HAVE WEIGHTS ON THEM AND THAT KIND OF DEAL? I THINK THAT WE DIDN'T WE ALREADY TALK ABOUT TAKING THAT OUT.
I EXPLORE AND IMPLEMENT PAY AS YOU THROW RATES.
YEAH. AND I THINK THE NUMBER OF TRASH BINS YOU HAVE IS HOW MUCH YOU PAY. I'M AN HOA.
SO WE HAVE OUR A BIG DUMPSTER AND THEN RECYCLING BINS.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT IT ANOTHER WAY? WHY DON'T WE JUST START WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND INCENTIVIZE THE CITY IN ALL WAYS TO PROMOTE, TO IMPLEMENT WHEREVER AND WHENEVER POSSIBLE? YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY WAYS THAT TO REDUCE TRASH OR SURE. RECYCLE MORE. THAT KIND OF STUFF. YEAH.
WHEN YOU GET INTO THE HOMEOWNERS, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE HARDER. YEAH, I THINK EVERYTHING HAS TO BENEFIT THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY. I MEAN, I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WE STRIKE THROUGH THIS ONE AND THEN SOME WAY TO BECAUSE I THINK, SUSAN, YOU SAID SOMETHING ON HERE WITH TO WORK WITH THE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS, AND. SHE'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION. OH.
SUSAN. YES? SPEAK INTO THE MIC OR. OH, YEAH. I WAS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO STRIKE THROUGH THE PAY AS YOU GO INCENTIVIZE PIECE. AND THEN THEN THEN WE CAN MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT THE RESIDENTS.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN YOURS. WHEN WE GET TO IT.
OKAY. YEAH, I'M LIKING BETTER TO KEEP IT ON THE CITY LEVEL.
LIKE USING REPUBLIC. AND SO. OKAY, SO ARE WE ELIMINATING PAY AS YOU GO AND G H A AND I THOSE ALL REFERENCE PAY AS YOU GO.
YES, I'M IN AGREEANCE WITH THAT. OKAY. I AGREE.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD WITH LIKE THE BATTERIES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
I THINK IT WAS MORE ON EARTH DAY. I THINK KB KIND OF DID THAT.
YEAH, I'M GOING TO KEEP THAT. YEAH, I THINK THAT HAVING THOSE DROP OFF EVENTS, THAT
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IS A WAY OF EDUCATING PEOPLE TOO, ABOUT WHAT OTHER OPTIONS THERE ARE FOR.I LIKE K, I LIKE IT. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE JUMPING TO GOAL TWO.
DID WE. DID WE CHANGE ANY. DO WE NEED TO CHANGE ANY OF THE WORDING FOR GOAL ONE.
WE WE DID THAT ALREADY. YOU DID THAT. OKAY. WE JUST TRANSPOSED THE SENTENCE.
OKAY. STARTED IT WITH INCREASING INSTEAD OF DECREASING.
I THINK THIS WAS KIND OF A REPEAT OF WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE DETAILED, BUT LET ME BACK UP.
ONE CREATE CITY COMPOSTING PROGRAMS IN FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.
AND THEN WE MOVED E TO A LIKE UNDERNEATH IT. CREATE CITY COMPOSTING SITES AVAILABLE OR USABLE BY ALL RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CREATE COMPOST FERTILIZER FOR CITY PROPERTIES USING YARD WASTE AND FOOD WASTE.
SO E BECAME THE THE SUB. OKAY. SHOULD WE ADD JUST TO GO BACK AGAIN? DESIGNATED AREAS FOR RESIDENTIAL. IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED BUSINESS IN THERE TO ME.
RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS. AND DO WE WANT TO SAY EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TOO? IT SOUNDS FINE, BUT. YEAH. SO THEN WHEN THE BUSINESS GETS CHARGED FOR EXTRA WASTE, THEY CAN COME TO THE COMPOSTING LOCATION AND JUST DUMP IT OFF THERE. I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT YOU JUST KEEP IT TO RESIDENTS.
YES. OKAY. OKAY. GOAL TWO INCREASE RECYCLING RATES AMONG CITY GOVERNMENT INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES.
GO AHEAD AND SCRATCH OUT LOCAL BUSINESS OBJECTIVES AND COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES.
OKAY. THANKS. OKAY. YES. I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE LETTER A INCREASE. RECYCLING CONTAINERS AT ALL CITY FACILITIES.
YEAH. I THINK LAST TIME WE SAID TO KEEP A AND B B TO CHANGE IT TO GO FOR ZERO. WASTE EVENTS INCLUDE RECYCLING CONTAINERS AT ALL CITY SPONSORED EVENTS.
PROMOTING ZERO WASTE. YEAH, I THINK HAVING RECYCLING BINS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
A LOT OF THE SPORTING EVENTS YOU GO TO WILL HAVE THAT AS WELL.
YEAH. CARDBOARD BOXES AND STUFF FOR RECYCLABLES.
YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW C IS SUPPOSED TO READ LIKE, IMPROVEMENTS. ARE WE? I THINK, JANE, I THINK WE CHANGED IT.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE DID ENHANCE COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF RECYCLING SPECIFIC MATERIALS THAT CANNOT BE PUT INTO THE SINGLE STREAM SYSTEM ON WEBSITE, APP OR SCANNABLE LITERATURE.
I THINK CAN WE USE INSTEAD OF WHAT WAS THE FIRST WORD ENHANCE.
IF YOU LEAVE IN THE WORDS IT TO ME IT BELONGS IN THE EDUCATION SECTION RATHER THAN THIS ONE.
I WANT IT IN THIS ONE. SPECIFIC MATERIAL. CAN YOU READ IT AGAIN? JUST CHANGING THAT FIRST WORD. HOLD ON FOR JUST A SECOND, BECAUSE YOU HAD SOMETHING ON YOURS THAT HAD SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TOO.
SO MAYBE WE CAN USE WHAT YOU HAVE. IMPROVE COMPLIANCE.
HERE'S. HOW ABOUT CREATE GOING ON MINE? THAT ONE. CREATE DOCUMENTS ON RECYCLING TO
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SIMPLIFY, CLARIFY AND IMPROVE INFORMATION. THEY HAVE PRETTY GOOD INFORMATION ONLINE ALREADY.EXCUSE ME IF I MAY JUST TO GO OVER SOME OF MISS CONNOLLY'S BECAUSE SOME OF THESE WE ALREADY DO.
OH, GREAT. SOME OF THESE ALREADY DONE. YES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE FLIERS AND BROCHURES ON RECYCLING AND REPUBLIC ITSELF THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY HAND OUT, HAND OUT. WE ALSO HAVE AT EVENTS, YOU MEAN.
YEAH. AND WE ALSO HAVE A WELCOME PACKET THAT WILL GO OUT EVERY TIME SOMEBODY SIGNS UP FOR WATER THAT COVERS NOT ONLY STORM WATER, BUT EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT REPUBLIC.
AND WE DO THAT ABOUT EVERY THREE MONTHS. WE SEND SOMETHING TO HER TO PUSH OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO ON THESE WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DEVELOP A FLIER THAT'S BEEN DONE AND THEN PROVIDING SIMPLER CLARIFICATION. WE'VE DONE THAT. WE'VE DONE IT IN TAKING THE CONTRACT, PUT IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS SO THAT THE PUBLIC WILL UNDERSTAND IT BETTER.
SO WE ARE ALREADY PUSHING ALL THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS BEYOND THAT.
SINCE THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, IS THERE ANOTHER GOAL THAT IS EMERGING? WELL, WE JUST CONTINUOUSLY EDUCATE. SO WE HAVE EDUCATION OF NEW PEOPLE COMING INTO CITY.
AND THEN ANYBODY WHO CALLS WITH A COMPLAINT, THEY GET EDUCATED.
IT ALSO ISN'T JUST THE CITY DOING THIS. REPUBLIC DOES THIS ALSO.
YOU KNOW, THEIR DRIVERS WILL STOP AND TAKE PICTURES OF BINS THEY CAN'T COLLECT TO SHOW WHEN THEY GET BACK TO THE OFFICE, OR MAYBE THEY SEND IT RIGHT AWAY TO SAY WHY THEY COULDN'T COLLECT THAT BIN AND THEY LEAVE A NOTE ON THE BIN.
THIS IS VERY TIME CONSUMING, BUT THEY'RE DOING THIS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC SO THEY'LL KNOW, HEY, WE DIDN'T JUST MISS YOU OR SKIP YOU. THERE'S A REASON YOUR BIN WASN'T PICKED UP.
SO THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE TRASH ALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY ARE DOING THEM.
LETTING PEOPLE KNOW BECAUSE THE PUBLIC TRIES.
SOME DRIVERS ARE GOOD. SOME DRIVERS DON'T PUT OUT TAGS.
WE GO OUT AND WE HAVE OUR OWN TAGS THAT WE STICK ON THE BIN AS WELL.
SO WE'RE DOING IT'S DOUBLE TIME BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.
SO WE ARE WE ARE DOING THAT NOW. WELL WE COULD USE OUR ACTION PLAN AS A WAY TO IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY WHAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE AND JUST THROW IN THE WORDS PROMOTE AND SUPPORT CURRENT CITY PROGRAMS AND THEN SPELL THEM OUT. DENNIS, ARE Y'ALL, MEASURING THE CONTAMINATION? SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE PUTTING THE WRONG STUFF IN THE WRONG BENDS, AND IS THERE ANY GUT LEVEL MEASUREMENT OF OF THAT AS A GOAL WE COULD WORK ON? NO, BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THE CONTRACT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR CONTAMINATION.
SO THEY DO GET SOME CONTAMINATION, BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO REALLY MEASURE IT.
I MEAN, ONE, ONE GLASS BOTTLE IN A RECYCLING LOAD CONTAMINATES THE LOAD.
ONE, RIGHT? ONE GALLON OF PAINT TOSSED AT THE BOTTOM OF A TRASH CAN CONTAMINATES THE LOAD UP.
THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT. THEY CLEAN IT, THEY PROCESS IT, THEY CLEAN THEIR TRUCKS.
AND IT'S VERY HARD TO MEASURE HOW MUCH CONTAMINATION.
YOUR, YOUR HIGH CONTAMINATION ZONE LIKE YOUR GASOLINE INSOLVENT, STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY WON'T EVEN PICK UP. THAT ALL HAS TO GO TO A DIFFERENT LANDFILL.
SO THE CONTAMINATION IS NOT VERY, VERY HIGH ANYMORE.
BUT THERE IS SOME. BUT THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO MEASURE IT BECAUSE THEN EACH DRIVER COMES IN, THE LOAD GETS CONTAMINATED, IT GETS SEPARATED, THEY HAVE TO CLEAN THEIR TRUCKS.
AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. AND IT'S VERY HARD FOR THEM TO COME UP WITH A SYSTEM TO DOCUMENT THAT TO US, BECAUSE THEY HANDLE IT INTERNALLY. WITH THE CONTRACTED SOLID WASTE COMPANY, WHICH IS NOW REPUBLIC TOTALLY BEACH HAS A LOT OF CONTAMINATION RATE
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MEASUREMENT GOALS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING, IS HOW THE HECK DO YOU MEASURE THAT? I MEAN, WELL, YOU USED RIGHT? SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, SAINT LUCIE COUNTY, THEIR FACILITY THEY DRIVE INTO THE LANDFILL, THEY DUMP IT, IT GETS SORTED THERE SO THEY KNOW THE WEIGHT OF THE LOAD.AND THEN WHEN THEY START SORTING, THEY KNOW THAT IT'S CONTAMINATED.
AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY WEIGH OUT THE CONTAMINATION SEPARATED.
WE DON'T HAVE A FACILITY IN BREVARD THAT DOES THAT.
THEN YOU GET A CONTAMINATED LIST BY WEIGHT. BUT THERE'S NOT ONE IN BREVARD.
YEAH. THAT'S AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. YEAH. THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
YEP. WELL COULDN'T THEY STILL TRACK JUST THE TRUCKS ITSELF AND NOT THE WEIGHT.
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW IF IT'S CONTAMINATED OR NOT.
RIGHT. THEY COULD PROBABLY TELL US HOW MANY TRUCKS THEY GET IN A MONTH THAT HAD A CONTAMINATION.
YEAH. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT COULD BE ONE SMALL THING THAT WAS EASILY CORRECTED.
THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO MEASURE THE SEVERITY. BUT IT'S ALSO NOT.
IT'S NOT IN THEIR CONTRACT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE A THIRD PARTY.
YEAH. I MEAN, I WOULD CHALLENGE US TO TO INCLUDE WHAT SUSAN HAD SAID.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD GOAL IS TO. I MEAN, BECAUSE I'VE JUST READING IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A COMMONALITY IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONTAMINATION IN RECYCLED MATERIALS THAT ACTUALLY A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE ACTUALLY GETS RECYCLED.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING NEW RECYCLING METHODS.
YOU KNOW, PALM BAY DOESN'T RECYCLE GLASS AND SUPPOSEDLY OTHER CITIES DO.
NO, THEY DON'T, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE TO RECYCLE GLASS IN THE STATE.
AND I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IF IT'S ON THE WEST COAST OR UP NORTH, BUT THE WASTE MANAGEMENT DOESN'T TAKE GLASS ANYMORE BECAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION TO HAUL GLASS TO THOSE FACILITIES THAT WILL NOW TAKE IT ARE ASTRONOMICAL.
SO THERE'S NOBODY UNLESS THEY'RE TAKING IT IN THEMSELVES.
SO IT'S JUST GOING INTO THE LANDFILL NOW? PRETTY MUCH.
YEAH. YEAH. IT'S NOT IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY BENIGN IN A LANDFILL.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT IT DOESN'T BREAK DOWN INTO ANYTHING TOXIC OR ANYTHING.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PRODUCTS THAT ARE USE, YOU KNOW, COME IN GLASS NOW AND FOOD PRODUCTS THEY GENERALLY DON'T USE, YOU KNOW, SECOND HAND GLASS. WENT UP THERE. BUT SHE'S CORRECT.
AND THEN WHEN IT GETS CRUSHED IT ACTUALLY GRANULATES AND GOES BACK INTO THE DIRT.
AND IT'S NOT. SO YEAH. SO THEY JUST FIGURED IT'S CHEAPER TO PUT IT IN THE LANDFILL.
WE COULD PUT SOMETHING SPECIFIC IN THERE TO ABOUT GLASS TO LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS PERHAPS. I LIKE THE OLD FIVE CENT DEPOSIT BOTTLES WHERE YOU TAKE THEM TO THE STORE AND YOU GET 5 OR $0.10.
OH, I MADE A LOT OF MONEY AS A KID DOING THAT.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A DOLLAR NOW FOR THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
SO CAN I GO BACK TO WHERE WERE WE AT B C I THINK? YEAH, C YEAH, GO TO C TO STRIKE THROUGH THAT AND PUT ONE OF SUSAN'S THAT SAYS IMPROVE COMPLIANCE BY SIMPLIFYING, CLARIFYING AND IMPROVING INFORMATION.
DOCUMENTS ON RECYCLING. HE SAID THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT.
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SO WE NEED TO SAY WELL, I THINK IT'S SUPPORT THE CITY OR EXPAND THE CITY EFFORTS OR.INCREASE AWARENESS OF INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE.
SITE PROMOTE UTILIZATION. HOW ABOUT THAT? PROMOTE THAT BE AN EDUCATIONAL GOAL I THINK TWO GUYS.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE AREA OF COMPLIANCE, CONTAMINATION AND GLASS THAT NEED THAT ARE THE WEAKEST POINTS. IN OUR PROGRAM THROUGH THE CITY.
HOW ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE CONTINUE EVALUATION AND CREATION OF SOLUTIONS.
FOR. RECYCLING. CONTAMINATION.
MAYBE LEAVE IT AT THAT. WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU HAD SAID BEFORE, RIGHT? PROMOTE UTILIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS OR OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE COMPLIANCE BY IMPROVING INFORMATION DOCUMENTS ON RECYCLING.
OR YOU COULD PUT THE WORD HARD TO RECYCLE PRODUCTS.
OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. GLASS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE COULD LOOK AT SOLUTIONS TO THAT AND EDUCATING MORE ON THAT.
THE HARD TO RECYCLE PRODUCTS. MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT IS TO.
WE COULD STILL GET IN THAT THE CITY SUPPORT THE CITY'S CURRENT RECYCLING PROGRAMS AND EXPAND.
TO A FOCUS ON HARD TO RECYCLE ITEMS. FOR EXAMPLE. EXPAND FOCUS. OH, GOOD. THAT'S A GOOD.
OKAY, SO YOU DO WE WANT TO, IF YOU LIKE, SUPPORT THE CITY'S CURRENT PROGRAMS. I WOULD LIKE TO NAME SOME OF THEM. AND THEN SAY EXPAND FOCUS TO HARD TO RECYCLE ITEMS. SO PROMOTE THE UTILIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE.
COMPLIANCE BY IMPROVING INFORMATION DOCUMENTS WHILE EXPANDING CITY.
PROGRAMS TO FOCUS ON HARD TO RECYCLE PRODUCTS.
THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. I THINK THE CITY THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THE CITY IS ALREADY IMPROVING COMPLIANCE BY THE MATERIALS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. WE ARE.
AND WE CAN WE CAN SPECIFY A LITTLE EASIER WHAT WE HAVE IN THE MAIN BROCHURE BUT GET MORE INTENSIVE, LIKE HAVE A GLASS BROCHURE OR, YOU KNOW, HAZARDOUS WASTE BROCHURE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO ANYWAY.
SO IT ACTUALLY HELPS YOU BY US LOOKING AT THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND THEN US GOING AHEAD AND MOVING THAT FORWARD INTO STUFF WE CAN DO. LIKE, I KNOW DEREK DOES MOTOR OIL AND STORM DRAINS AND STUFF.
I THINK THAT IS EXCELLENT. THEN THERE'S NO BUDGET, THERE'S NO FUSS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING TOWARDS THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT SUCCINCTLY? AND TWO BULLETS.
I'M SAYING YOU CAN LEAVE IT THAT WAY TO LIKE, ASSIST, YOU KNOW, TO DO THOSE, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN JUST ADD THAT INTO THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. YOU KNOW, IT'S IN YOUR PLAN THAT YOU GUYS ARE FOCUSING ON GLASS.
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WE CAN START DOING A BROCHURE FOR GLASS. WE CAN DO ONE.SO ASSIST HARD TO RECYCLE MATERIALS AND WE CAN ADD START GETTING THAT OUT.
AND THEN WE COULD USE THE PIO TO PUSH IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
PLUS WE ALSO HAVE A TV IN OUR LOBBY. WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN THE DOOR AND ALL OF OUR BROCHURES AND ALL OF OUR STUFF ARE IN BULLET POINTS IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. SO WHEN SOMEBODY'S SITTING OUT THERE WAITING, THEY CAN WATCH IT. DO YOU TRACK ANY METRICS ON HOW MUCH OF THAT INFORMATION GETS OUT THERE, BASED ON MAYBE THE PHONE CALLS YOU GET, OR HAVE GIVEN OUT 4000 FLIERS THIS YEAR? YEAH. FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SWALES BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
SO WE'VE GIVEN 4000. THAT INCLUDES ALL THE ONES WE'VE ATTACHED IN EMAILS.
AND THESE THOSE PEOPLE GET A DIGITAL COPY. AWESOME.
AND THEN WE HAVE SEVEN LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY THAT WE PUT OUR FLIERS, INCLUDING THE LIBRARIES.
WE HAVE THEM AT PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVE THEM AT CITY HALL.
AND THEN WHEN WE STAPLE THE WE'RE NOT PICKING UP YOUR RECYCLING BECAUSE IT'S THIS OR YARD WASTE.
WE ATTACH A FLIER TO THE OUR LITTLE STICKER AS WELL THAT WE STICK ON THERE.
AND IT'S BUILT UP SINCE. AWESOME. SO GOOD JOB.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID IS TO ASSIST. IN THE CONTINUING PROMOTION.
OF DOCUMENTS. HOW DO YOU WANT TO SAY THAT? EDUCATIONAL? YEAH. YEAH. IT'S JUST IN THE CONTINUED PROMOTION IN THE CITY'S CURRENT WHAT TO TO IMPROVE COMPLIANCE ON HARD TO RECYCLE PRODUCTS BY IMPROVING INFORMATION, INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS AND EXPANDING CITY PROGRAMS. BINGO. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? WELL, WE WANT TO ADD, THOUGH, TO WE'RE OKAY. SO FIRST WE'RE ASSISTING THEM WITH WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.
AND THEN WE WANT TO EXPAND OR RECOMMEND EXPANSION OF THESE MATERIALS INTO.
WELL, THAT'S ALSO ASSISTING YOU ASSISTING US BY TELLING US.
YEAH, I MEAN I THINK WE'RE GETTING CAUGHT UP ON THAT. I WOULD JUST KEEP PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE COMPLIANCE ON HARD TO RECYCLE PRODUCTS BY IMPROVING INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS AND EXPANDING CITY PROGRAMS. BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THE ASSIST IS ON ALL THESE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PARTNERS IN ALL THIS, RIGHT? YEAH. WELL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IN THE HARD TO RECYCLE PRODUCTS.
YEAH, I GOT IT. I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT. SO DO WE WANT TO STRIKE THROUGH THAT EXAMPLE, THE THE SINGLE WHERE ARE WE AT THE LETTER A FOR THIS ONE SINCE IT'S READING.
READING DIFFERENT. DO THEY HAVE RECYCLING CONTAINERS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE THAT SAYS THIS CAN INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO BATTERIES, ELECTRONICS, LIGHT BULBS, TIRES, ENGINE OIL AND ALUMINUM. I THINK WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN IS MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND WE CAN STRIKE THAT.
WHERE ARE YOU? RIGHT HERE. GO TO SEE A. TALKING ABOUT STRIKING THAT.
OH YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. OH WELL THAT'S IMPROVED RECYCLING.
THAT CANNOT BE PUT IN. NO. THAT'S REWARDED. PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE COMPLIANCE ON HARD TO RECYCLE PRODUCTS BY IMPROVING INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENTS AND EXPANDING CITY PROGRAMS. DO YOU SEE A WAY THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY IN PARENTHESES OR SOMETHING? WHAT WE MEAN BY HARD TO RECYCLE, SUCH AS GLASS AND HAZARD? HARD TO RECYCLE IS IS DEPENDENT ON THE CONTRACTOR ALSO.
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OFF OPTIONS AND YOU HAVE THESE OTHER. I THINK IT GETS COMPLICATED.IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OKAY, THAT'S FINE. WHAT IS HARD TO RECYCLE? POLYSTYRENE, BUT YOU CAN DROP IT OFF AT A STORE.
YEAH. OKAY. DO WE WANT TO ADD SOMETHING AS AN EXAMPLE THOUGH, AND LIST OUT A FEW THINGS OR.
I THINK WE'RE READY TO STOP. ALL RIGHT. SUSAN, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR STUFF GOT IN HERE? BECAUSE WE'RE WRAPPING UP YOUR SECTION. I MEANT JUST TO STOP WITH THIS ONE.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU MEANT THIS WHOLE SECTION. SO ON.
WAS THAT LETTER D? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE ON NOW? CITY.
CITY. GOVERNMENT. STAFF. ANNUAL REPORT. REPORT CARD.
YEAH. SUSAN, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD THAT ONE, TOO.
NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE MIGHT THINK OF THAT WE COULD SERVE A PURPOSE IS WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE EXTENT OF WHAT THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING. I THINK EITHER IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM SECTION OR SOME WAY OF.
HIGHLIGHTING AND IDENTIFYING. MAKING MORE PUBLIC.
INVISIBLE. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN WE GET THE DEPARTMENT GOALS BECAUSE OKAY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT THE GREAT WORK.
PALM BAY IS ALREADY DOING THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
JANE, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. WE SHOULD BE WRITING THESE TO WHERE WHEN WE DO THAT PROJECT TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT INFORMATION. WELL, I THINK WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN WE GET IT.
SUSAN, THAT WAS ONE OF YOURS. SO I THINK THOSE TWO ARE LINKED.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF KEEPING KEEPING THAT. I THINK THERE THEY GO TOGETHER.
WELL. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THE REPORT OR THE RECYCLING? ONE STOP. SAY IMP E IMPLEMENT RECYCLING. ONE STOP.
IS THAT LIKE A. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
I JUST THINK OF, LIKE, A SINGLE STREAM OR SOMETHING.
INTENTION. THERE IS A NONPROFIT, I THINK IT'S CALLED BREVARD RECYCLES, BUT IT'S WAY UP NORTH.
SPECIFIC THINGS BY THE MANUFACTURER OR BY THE BRAND NAME THAT ARE RECYCLED, LIKE RAZORS AND OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T RECYCLABLE, BUT A SPECIFIC BRAND NAMES, BUT THEY TAKE THEM BACK.
I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT IF THEY HAD, I CAN LOOK THAT UP.
BUT THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS OF THINGS DIFFICULT TO RECYCLE, OF EDUCATING PEOPLE.
BUT IT'S SUCH A LONG HAUL TO GET UP THERE TO DRIVE UP THERE.
YEAH, WE'VE I THINK I KNOW WHO YOU WERE SPEAKING.
I THINK IT'S RECYCLE BREVARD. WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM IN THE PAST WITH THE CAMPAIGN SIGNS FROM THE LAST ELECTION, AND WE'RE STILL IN TALKS WITH THEM ABOUT DOING OTHER THINGS.
BUT YEAH, THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME OUT AND PICK UP THE, THE HARD RECYCLABLES AND TAKE THEM UP TO, TO WHERE THEY CAN BE DEPOSITED. RIGHT? SO THEY WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO HAVE AT IF WE COULD WORK WITH THEM TO SET UP ONE DOWN HERE.
THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THE LOCATION DOWN HERE FOR THAT.
IF WE HAD THE IF WE HAD THE WILLING PEOPLE WILLING TO BE VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT.
WILLING AND ABLE. SO WOULD THAT BE THE THE ONE STOP OR DO WE STRIKE THAT OUT? I DON'T THINK ONE STOP IS PRACTICAL. I MEAN, WE HAVE BATTERIES, BULBS AND MORE.
THEY TAKE BATTERIES BACK AND IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU EVEN GET MONEY FOR THEM.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF I MEAN, IDEALLY WE COULD HAVE A ONE STOP, BUT IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.
YEAH. SO STRIKE. WELL, I LIKE WHAT REBECCA WAS SAYING ABOUT EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS LIKE THIS. BREVARD RECYCLES.
I MEAN, MAYBE IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING HERE. EXPLORE OR UTILIZE WHAT'S ALREADY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S SO FAR AWAY. IT'S PEOPLE AREN'T UTILIZING IT.
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WHAT IF WHAT IF WE EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND ADDITIONAL RECYCLING STATIONS FOR HARD TO RECYCLE ITEMS? OR EXPLORE. PARTNER. EXPLORE PARTNER. OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND ADDITIONAL RECYCLING STATIONS FOR HARD TO RECYCLE ITEMS. PARTNERSHIPS. YES. FOR WITH SUCH AS RECYCLE BREVARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.I LOVE PARTNER OPPORTUNITIES. OKAY.
ARE WE DEALING WITH WASTEWATER WATER RECLAMATION ANY OF THAT IN THIS SECTION? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. NO. WE HAVE A SEPARATE WATER SECTION.
YEAH, THIS JUST WASTES LIKE TRASH. SO WHERE DOES THE WATER COME IN? WHERE DO WE PUT THAT? WE DID THAT UP IN. SO WE DID A WHILE AGO.
WE DID IT. WAS THAT THE NATURAL RESOURCES? I THINK SO ONE OF THE FIRST ONES.
OKAY. I THINK I HAVE ONE TO ADD TO THAT. I WON'T WHERE TO CLOSE THE BOOK.
OH, WELL. AND IT'S IN INK. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO.
YEAH. AND SO SAVE IT. I WILL SAVE IT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.
IS THAT A JOKE, LOGAN? FLUSH. A FLUSH. OH, YEAH.
ONE FLUSH. NO PUN INTENDED. OR FINAL FLUSH. SO THEN WE'LL ADD ONE ADDITIONAL FOR LETTER F, THEN FOR GOAL TWO. AND THAT WAS FROM SUSAN'S.
DO YOU HAVE THE PARTNER OPPORTUNITIES IN THERE TOO? YES. SO EXPLORE PARTNER OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND ADDITIONAL RECYCLING STATIONS FOR HARD TO RECYCLE ITEMS SUCH AS RECYCLED BEVARD. AND THEN KEEP THE THE SAME WORD OR THE SAME GOAL VERBIAGE FOR TWO.
I'M GOOD WITH THAT. I DID WANT TO HOP BACK UP TO.
GOAL ONE AND PROPOSE TO ADD A NEW. IT WOULD BE LETTER G ON MY RECORD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE ON YOURS, BUT FOR MINE IT WOULD BE LETTER G.
PARTNER UP. SUSAN. PARTNER, I LIKE IT. PARTNER WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE REDUCE OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS SUCH AS KEEPER BAR. BEAUTIFUL. THE LITTER QUITTER PROGRAM.
BUT YEAH. PARTNER WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT AND REDUCE OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING TO ME. YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING SINGLE USE PLASTICS.
YOU'RE ENCOURAGING THE REDUCTION OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS, RIGHT? TO SUPPORT THE REDUCTION. YES. SO THAT'S WHAT THE LITTER QUITTER PROGRAM DOES.
THEY WORK WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS OR BUSINESSES TO HELP REDUCE KIND OF REPETITIVE THOUGH.
THAT READS VERY SIMILAR. BUT GOAL TWO WAS HARD TO RECYCLE ITEMS, WHICH I GUESS SINGLE USE WOULD BE, BUT THIS ONE IS FOCUSING ON SINGLE USE. WHICH WOULD BE GOAL ONE? WHAT'S THE SINGLE USE ITEM? SO THEY RAZOR BLADE? OH NO. THIS WOULD BE LIKE THE LITTER. QUITTER.
IS LIKE STRAWS, STYROFOAM, THE TAKEOUT CONTAINERS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT WOULD BE PLASTIC FORKS. PLASTIC FORKS. YEAH.
SO IT'S ALL YOU BASICALLY TARGET RESTAURANTS? WELL, IF I HAVE TO ASK, THEN WE NEED TO MAYBE CLARIFY IF WE'RE GOING TO USE TWO SEPARATE ONES.
WHAT WE MEAN BY HARD. HARD TO RECYCLE OR NOT RECYCLABLE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE ONES. AND SINGLE STREAM.
JUST A LITTLE EXPLANATION. YEAH, I CAN DO EXAMPLE.
YEAH. EXAMPLE. STRAWS. STYROFOAM. PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU THROW AWAY AFTER ONE USE. EXACTLY. I MEAN, IT'S WHAT SINGLE USE MEANS, BUT LIKE A ONE TIME WATER BOTTLE,
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YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST WASTE AFTER YOU'VE USED IT.DID WE LEAVE IN ABOUT THE STATIONS? THE WATER STATIONS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S POPULAR OR DOABLE AND USABLE? I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN THEM. THE WATER BOTTLE, BOTTLE FILLERS.
I'VE SEEN THEM. I'M GUESSING. I'M GUESSING HE HAS THEM IN THEIR WATER FOUNTAINS.
KIND OF STANDARD AT THIS POINT. DO YOU GUYS KNOW? HAS ANYBODY BEEN INSIDE OF EA YET? YEAH, I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF THE THE NEWER, FANCIER ITEMS. YEAH, I JUST CAN'T SAY HOW MANY OR WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
YEAH, SIGNAGE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT. A LOT OF PLACES STARTED UPGRADING DURING THE PANDEMIC AS WATER FOUNTAINS BECAME. THEY SHUT THEM AND THEY REPLACED THEM WITH WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS OR COMMENTS.
I THINK THAT WE DID A WONDERFUL JOB GOING THROUGH THESE.
SO IS THAT ONE OKAY? THEN THE.
THAT WAS OUR LAST SECTION. SO WE HAVE THE THE BUILD SECTION AS OUR LAST SECTION.
THE BUILD. OKAY. YEAH. SO IF WE WANT TO TALK THROUGH AGENDA TOPICS FOR NEXT TIME I GUESS.
YEAH. SO THAT'LL BE OKAY. SO BUILD WOULD BE THE NEXT AND THE LAST ONE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
WHEN IS THAT? 23RD, I BELIEVE. WELL, WE ALREADY HAVE A A SPEAKER FOR THAT MEETING SO WE CAN MAKE A DENT IN IT. OR MAYBE DO, LIKE THE FIRST GOAL.
THERE'S THREE GOALS. IT'S A PRETTY LONG ONE. FOUR PAGES LONG.
IT'S THE LONGEST. SO PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA. PROBABLY IF WE CAN DO THE SPEAKER AND THEN DO WHAT ELSE IS ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT OR FOR THE 23RD? JUST A SPEAKER SO WE CAN DO THE SPEAKER AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A DENT.
MAYBE UNTIL LIKE AROUND THIS TIME, WORK THROUGH IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET THROUGH.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO TRY TO SPLIT IT UP, BECAUSE IT IS NOT A DEAD SET OF GET THROUGH GOAL ONE, 2 OR 3 KIND OF DEAL, BUT MAYBE KIND OF LOOK AT THE TIME OF LIKE 730 OR AT LEAST BEGIN.
YEAH. YEAH. THE HARDEST PART IS BEGINNING. YEAH.
YES. I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION MEETING NEXT WEEK.
WE NEED TO PROBABLY FOCUS A LITTLE OUT OF ME.
YES, AFTER THE SPEAKER. AND THE SECOND. I CAN SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO START BUILD ENVIRONMENT SECTION.
AT NEXT MEETING. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.
I VOTE I. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEETING, BECAUSE IT'S UNUSUAL FOR US TO HAVE A SPEAKER THAT IS PARTLY EDUCATIONAL, BUT ALSO PARTLY WANTING TO ASK OUR BOARD TO LOOK AT A PRODUCT AND RECOMMEND USAGE, OR TO MAKE SOME FURTHER ACTION TO THE CITY FROM OUR BOARD.
AND BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN OUR BOARD UTILIZED IN THIS WAY, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT TO UTILIZE THE BOARD THIS WAY FOR US TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN HOW WE WANT TO USE OUR TIME AND WHAT TIME IT'S GOING TO TAKE ACTUALLY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UNLESS ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE THE THE SUBJECTS OF BIOCHAR, I'VE NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO BIOCHAR.
SO IT'S GROUND ZERO FOR ME IN LEARNING. AND THERE'S A A LOT OF SPACE BETWEEN
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LEARNING AND RECOMMENDING. YES. WHAT YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY DO IS YOU SHOULD HEAR THE PRESENTATION.BECAUSE BIOCHAR HAS MANY ASPECTS. THERE'S PRODUCTS, THERE'S PRODUCING IT YOURSELF.
AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT UP AS SOMETHING THAT WE MAY WANT TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO.
YES. I'M JUST SAYING LET'S MAKE SURE WE SPEND TIME DOING THAT.
BUILT INTO THE MEETING AND WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT EXTRA MEETINGS, I THINK.
YEAH. SO IT'S NOTHING THAT WE DIDN'T SET ANYTHING.
WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE.
YES. YES. AND YOU, YOU ARE FREE TO DO RESEARCH INTO BIOCHAR BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING.
YES. LEARN ABOUT IT. THAT IS RIGHT. YOU'LL BE OUT THERE WITH A TORCH, SUSAN.
WITH THE TORCH. SPEAKING OF, DO A DEMO. YEAH.
SPEAKING OF SPECIAL MEETINGS, DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT MAY AND REQUEST DATES FOR MAY? YOU MEAN EXTRA MEETINGS, JESSICA? ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING FOR US.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE ALREADY BEHIND TWO MEETINGS ON MINUTES.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THAT DONE BEFORE WE DO RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL AND STUFF.
SO WE MAY WANT TO START TO PACE OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH. I'M JUST CURIOUS TOO, BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN USE, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS SOME, LIKE, TALK TO TEXT STUFF, TOO. TO? I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY USES ANY OF THAT.
IT HAS TO BE APPROVED THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND TO MAKE IT BE ACCEPTED.
AND I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS UP BECAUSE I KNOW JESSE SCHEDULE, AND I KNOW SHE'S ALREADY BEHIND.
AND IF WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, THEN IT'S BEHIND.
AND IT'S JUST A LOT TO KEEP UP WITH WHEN WE'RE DOING TWO MEETINGS A MONTH.
I THINK MAYBE JUST HOLD OFF UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING AND SEE WHERE THINGS ARE ON THE 23RD.
AND I KNOW INSURANCE WISE IF I GET BEHIND, IT'S JUST PILES ON.
PILES ON. YEAH. SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE UNDER THAT BURDEN AS WELL.
AND I MEAN, WE ARE HELPING WITH THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLAN. SO IT'S JUST LITERALLY MINUTES.
AT LEAST IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO DO THAT.
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY WE COULD ASSIST OUR STAFF? I THINK CAN YOU MAYBE TALK LESS? COULD BE ASSIST.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT. THIS BOARD COULD NOT FUNCTION FIRST WITHOUT IT.
AND YOU DO. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN ASSIST BACK.
WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD PAYBACK TO AT LEAST KNOW THAT THE TIME WENT TOWARDS SOMETHING.
PROBABLY BE THE BEST THANK YOU. OR THE BEST SHOW OF APPRECIATION.
SO YEAH. AND I'M JUST CONCERNED TOO WITH GETTING TO LIKE JULY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE VACATIONS AND LIKE WHAT'S THE RIGHT.
BECAUSE I LITERALLY PROBABLY LIKE TWO MAYBE THREE LIKE A TOTAL OF THREE MORE MAYBE.
WHAT I WOULD THINK THREE MORE MEETINGS NOT NOT SPECIAL, BUT IN TOTAL.
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GOSH. YEAH. AS LONG AS WE CAN GET THE BILL DONE AND WELL, THE TWO THEN THAT WOULD LEAVE TIME TO COMB THROUGH AND THEN DO THE, THE, THE TACTICAL PLAN AND GET THEIR, THEIR CHART. WE HAVE TO HAVE A CHART. YEAH. I MEAN, IF Y'ALL WANT TO, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN SEE WHERE THE MINUTES ARE. IF CATCH UP, THAT KIND OF STUFF.OKAY. BUT THERE'S MORE THAN JUST ME HERE, SO.
I'M WITH JESSICA, BUT I WILL GO WITH THE FLOW OF.
BEING. YEAH. CAN CAN WE FIND OUT AVAILABILITY OF THIS ROOM? BECAUSE THIS. WASN'T THAT THE A BIG CONSTRAINING FACTOR? LAST TIME WE TRIED TO SET DATES THAT THIS ROOM WASN'T ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
YES, WE CAN LOOK AT AVAILABILITY FOR THE. AND BRING IT TO YOU FOR THE NEXT MEETING, RIGHT? IN CASE YOU DECIDE TO, TO LOOK AT THAT. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR BECAUSE THERE ARE WE'RE GETTING INTO BUDGET SEASON.
SO THERE'S BUDGET PRESENTATIONS. THERE'S GOING TO BE BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
BUT WE CAN DO THAT AND GIVE THAT TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.
RIGHT. THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A SUGGESTION.
THE COUNCIL DOES NOT MEET IN JUNE. SO IF WE CAN PERSONALLY COMMIT NOT TO TAKE A VACATION IN JUNE.
JESSICA, WE CAN GET THIS THING DONE IN JUNE. BECAUSE THERE'S NO COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WHAT'S THAT? I'M. I'M ALL FOR. YEAH. JUNE. JULY STARTS GETTING BUSY.
JUST OTHER STUFF. NOT VACATIONS, BUT OTHER STUFF.
I MEAN, I'M ALL FOR POWERING THROUGH, GETTING IT DONE, BUT ALSO, I MEAN, WE CAN STILL CAN WE STILL MOVE FORWARD, AS JANE WAS SAYING, CHECK WITH AVAILABILITY. AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING WILL HAVE A STATUS UPDATE.
JESSE, WHERE YOU'RE AT, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, IT'LL BE YOUR CALL AT THAT POINT.
IS THAT FAIR? YES, WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE HE'S LIKE, WHAT? AND GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. AND THEN YOU CAN STILL REVIEW THE NEXT CHAPTER AND MAKE YOUR NOTES AND SUBMIT THEM FOR WHEN WE DO HAVE THE MEETING.
BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO HELP. SO MISS CONLEY CAN SEND IN WHATEVER SHE COMES UP WITH AND ANYBODY ELSE, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT CAN KIND OF STREAMLINE IT.
AND AS THE CHAIRMAN STATED, MAYBE BY THE NEXT MEETING, DEPENDING ON HOW QUICK BIOCHAR GETS DONE, MAYBE WE CAN KNOCK OUT HALF OF THAT AND BE EVEN MORE.
IT JUST DEPENDS. BUT YOU GUYS CAN DO THAT AS WELL, WHICH WOULD HELP OUT.
NO, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE FASTER WE CAN DO IT ON NEXT MEETING VERY DIRECT, STREAMLINED, STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE CAN PROBABLY KNOCK OUT A GOOD BIT. SO HAVE YOUR IDEAS AND JUST DO ALL OF IT.
GET IT ALL DONE. EFFICIENT USE OF TIME. YEP. SO, I MEAN, WE ALREADY KNOW SOME STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO X OUT OR IF YOU KNOW THINGS YOU DON'T WANT IN THERE OR THAT WE'RE GOING TO. WELL, IF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE READ MY BUILD YET, BUT IT STARTED WITH REMOVE ENTIRE SECTION FROM PERFECT CURRENT PLAN.
I LIKE IT. SO IF SUSAN IF I, IF I COULD IF YOU REUSED ANYTHING, COULD YOU MAYBE JUST GO THROUGH AND NOTE THE ONES THAT YOU DID THAT WOULD BE EASIER TO LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT I'M. WHY I BROUGHT IT UP.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO DO LIKE WE DID ON THE OTHER ONE.
WITH THE ONES THAT'S ALREADY IN THE DOCUMENT, THAT'S GOING TO BE ON YOUR PAGE.
YEAH, YEAH. JUST GO BACK THROUGH AND LOOK AT THAT.
BUT I'LL ATTEMPT TO DO THAT. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
YEAH. RIGHT THERE. MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IT ALL DONE. NEXT MEETING AFTER.
SO ARE WE MOVING FORWARD WITH GETTING DATES THEN? AT LEAST. YEAH, WE CAN IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET DATES OF AVAILABILITY, HOPEFULLY WE CAN KNOCK IT OUT OR THAT KIND OF DEAL.
AND THE OTHER THING I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR ME IS ONCE WE GET THIS LAST CHAPTER DONE, I REALLY WANT US TO THINK ABOUT AN IMPLEMENTATION CHART THAT WE WILL ACCOMPLISH, AND I HOPE OUR TEAM HERE CAN HELP US WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT.
SO BUT I JUST DON'T WANT IT LEFT OUT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING TIRED AND WE WANT THE END.
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YES. SO ANY OTHER INFORMATIONAL ANYTHING FROM STAFF OTHER THAN THANK YOU AND YOUR SHIRTS ARE IN.I HAVE THEM HERE. THEM THERE. THIS IS THEM? YES.
NICE. GATOR BLUE AFTER A NICE NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
OH THAT'S RIGHT, WEARING GATOR SHIRTS EVER SINCE.
WOULD YOU MODEL ONE FOR US? NO. CAN YOU? THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT IN THE ROYALTY FEES.
SO. AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND GETTING THOSE TOGETHER.
WEAR THOSE. NOW, CAN WE GO TO EVENTS THERE JUST FOR LOOKS? JUST TO THERE. THERE TO THERE TO REPRESENT THE BOARD.
SO ANYTIME YOU DO ANY, ANY ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE ANY EVENTS OR ANYTHING, YOU CAN WEAR THEM.
I SUPPOSE YOU COULD WEAR THEM TO THE MEETINGS TOO, IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
POSSIBLY. WELL, I'M AT A LOT OF COFFEE. YEAH, I CAN HANG WITH ALL MY OTHER SHIRTS WITH LOGOS ON, BUT SO BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT, STOP AND SEE DEREK AND PICK UP YOUR SHIRT.
ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS? MAYBE I'LL START THERE, BECAUSE I TRULY AM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
DON'T BRING THEM TO THE BAR. YEAH. DID YOU SEE ME AT THE BAR.
YEAH. AND WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR TORCH THROWER. YEP.
OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SHIRTS.
WE COULD WEAR THEM TO THE BREVARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING. YEAH.
OH JANE WOULD YOU TALK. DO WE HAVE A MINUTE FOR JANE TO.
JUST ONE MINUTE. THREE MINUTES. -THREE MINUTES.
THAT'S PERFECT FOR EVERYONE. OH. ALL TOGETHER.
LUMP SUM. I, I I GIVE MY TIME. OKAY. YOU YIELD YOUR.
SO AS THEY WORK THROUGH WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE.
MAY 20TH IS THEIR DECISION DATE. ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP AGAIN REAL QUICK THAT AT THE MAY 12TH, CONRADINA MEETING, LISA FRAZIER FRASIER WILL BE THERE SPEAKING ABOUT LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'VE INVITED THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO THAT MEETING AND SEVERAL OTHER BOARDS TO HELP HELP THEM LEARN MORE ABOUT LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT LIKE WE NEED TO. SO. YEAH. SO THE SPEAK UP BREVARD REALLY IS A HIGH VISIBILITY PROGRAM FOR PALM BAY BECAUSE YOU INTRODUCE YOUR SUBMISSION BY WHO YOU ARE AND, AND ACTUALLY EVERY TIME JANE HAS SPOKEN ON LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, IT'S, IT'S GOTTEN QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE COME UP AND TALK TO HER ABOUT IT. SO IT'S A PHENOMENAL WAY TO EXPAND.
AND WHEN WE WEAR OUR SHIRTS, WE NEED A PHONE NUMBER, MAYBE GET A BUSINESS CARD, SUSAN, MAYBE A SUSTAINABILITY VAN FOR YOU GUYS TO YEAH. DRIVE AROUND. OUT THE MICROPHONE.
THE MEGAPHONE ON THERE. HERE COMES LIKE THE A TEAM, BUT THE S A B TEAM.
COULD WE GET A CARD? I WOULD LIKE A CARD. OKAY.
I SAID I WASN'T GOING TO TALK. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER INFORMATION OR UPCOMING EVENTS?
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I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PEOPLE AND THEIR ACTIVITIES, BUT THEY'RE HOLDING SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS, SOME MEETINGS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC INPUT ONTO THEIR LAND USE.I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IN PALM BAY. BUT CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE.
ARE YOU GOING, REBECCA? I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET.
OKAY. SO. YES. BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG ORGANIZATION.
WE HAD SOMEONE COME FROM THERE TO SPEAK TO US, AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
BUT THEY OWN A LOT OF LAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. NOTHING. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF? NO. GOSH. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. SORRY TO TO BOMBARD YOU WITH MINUTES.
I KNOW THAT HAS TO BE A JOY TO DO. THROUGHOUT THE WEEKS.
BUT YES. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TIME HERE AND HELPING OUT AND HELPING US GET ALL THIS THROUGH.
AND VERY EXCITED TO GET THE ACTION PLAN DONE.
AND THEN US UTILIZE IT. AND Y'ALL CAN REAP SOME BENEFIT OUT OF YOUR LATE EVENINGS HERE WITH US.
IT TAKES ABOUT 40 MINUTES, IS WHAT IT TOOK TODAY, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR GETTING GOING AND KNOCKING OUT PART OF IT.
OTHER THAN THAT MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR SHIRTS BEFORE ME, OR ELSE I'M GOING TO TAKE A SMALL.
AND ONE OF Y'ALL GET A LARGE. SO THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED AT 735.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.