CONGRATULATIONS. IT IS NOW 1800 HOURS. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2025
DASH 14 TO ORDER. 
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THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR MARK MILLER OF VICTORY IN CHRIST JESUS MINISTRIES,
AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN CHANDLER LANGEVIN. ALL RISE. THANK YOU. MAYOR,
CITY COUNCIL. 
          HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR SO MANY NEW BEGINNINGS TODAY. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NEW DAY, THIS NEW MONTH,
AND THIS NEW START FOR OUR CITY. 
          FATHER, YOUR WORD IS CLEAR. TODAY IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE. 
          SO LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. AND WHAT A DAY IT'S BEEN BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT TO
REJOICE FOR TODAY. 
          FATHER, WE THANK YOU AS WE JUST WRAPPED UP THE BIBLE READING MARATHON AND WE SPOKE YOUR
WORD OVER THIS CITY FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION. 
          AND MAY THE BREAD OF LIFE AND THAT FRESH LIVING WATER THAT WAS POURED OUT UPON THESE
GROUNDS. 
          MAY IT PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT IN THIS CITY, SUCH THAT EVERY RESIDENT WILL BENEFIT BELIEVERS
AND NONBELIEVERS ALIKE. 
          TODAY, LORD, WE CELEBRATE IT. WE WORSHIP YOU. 
          WE PRAYED WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD IN THE 74TH ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY OF
PRAYER, COMING DOWN FROM OUR OWN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. FATHER,
WE PROCLAIM YOU AS LORD OVER ALL AREAS IN OUR LIVES OF THIS GREAT NATION, OVER OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS,
EDUCATION, MEDIA, MILITARY, FIRST RESPONDERS, EVEN OUR CHURCHES FOR SURE,
AND SO MUCH MORE. 
          TODAY, LORD, WE ALSO BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF PALM BAY WITH OUR NEWLY
APPOINTED CITY MANAGER, MR. MATTHEW MORTON. FATHER, IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT TODAY IS HIS FIRST DAY,
AND WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THIS MAN WITH THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM, THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON, AND THE STRENGTH OF SAMSON TO BE THE LEADER THAT YOU MADE HIM TO
BE, AND TO BE THE LEADER THAT THIS CITY NEEDS. FATHER,
WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL SEND YOUR ANGELS BEFORE HIM AND MAKE A WAY TO BRING THIS CITY OUT OF THE WILDERNESS AND LEAD US TO THE PROMISED LAND. 
          THERE'S NO DOUBT MR. MORTON HAS BEEN APPOINTED FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. 
          AND MAY HE LEAD US IN THE WAY WE SHOULD GO. FATHER,
I ALSO PRAY FOR ALL OF US WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN THIS CITY. 
          I PRAY THAT EACH OF US WILL BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION TO HELP MAKE PALM BAY BE THE SHINING
LIGHT ON A HILL FOR ALL TO SEE. 
          TO SET THE GOLD STANDARD ON RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PROSPERITY AND COMPASSION AND GROWTH. 
          AND AGAIN, MAY PALM BAY BE THE CITY YOU WANT. 
          THANK YOU FATHER. WE'RE REMINDED THERE'S A POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH IN THE TONGUE. 
          SO TONIGHT, STARTING RIGHT HERE, LET'S PLACE OUR HEELS ON THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE. 
          LET'S CRUSH THE ENEMY WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO STEAL,
KILL AND DESTROY. 
          AND INSTEAD LET US SPEAK LIFE INTO OUR FAMILIES,
OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND ALL THOSE WHO WORK, LIVE AND PLAY RIGHT HERE IN THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 
          LET US ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER TO BECOME WHO YOU CREATED US TO BE. 
          SO, LIKE MANY NEW BEGINNINGS TODAY, LET THE SPEAK LIVE CAMPAIGN START RIGHT HERE. 
          LET IT START RIGHT NOW. AND MAY WE NEVER FORGET HOW BLESSED WE ALL ARE TO LIVE IN A NATION
AND A CITY WHERE WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO PARTICIPATE, TO HAVE A VOICE AND TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT. 
          FATHER, I ASK THIS WITH REVERENCE AND HUMILITY FOR WHO YOU ARE,
BUT ALSO WITH A CONFIDENT AND BOLD FAITH BECAUSE OF WHO I AM IN YOU. 
          AND I ASK IT ALL IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. 
          AND LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          HURRAH! MISS LOEFFLER, ROLL CALL. MAYOR MEDINA PRESENT. DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. 
          JOHNSON. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. HAMER. PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN. LANGEVIN. PRESENT. MR. MORTON PRESENT. 
          MISS SMITH PRESENT. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR. ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          [ANNOUNCEMENTS:]
ONE VACANCY ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD TO REPRESENT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
FIELDS RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          BANKING INDUSTRY. RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDING. ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN HOME BUILDING OR FOR
PROFIT PROVIDER POSITIONS. 
          THERE ARE TWO TERMS EXPIRING ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. 
          THIS REPRESENTS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY'S POSITIONS. 
          ANYONE WISHING TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS CAN APPLY ONLINE AT PALM BAY FLORIDA.ORG,
OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT 9523414. 
          THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. WE'RE ON AGENDA REVISIONS. 
          AND BEFORE WE DO, TODAY IS THE VERY FIRST MEETING OF OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. 
          MR. MORTON. WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. YEAH. GO AHEAD. 
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REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, SIR. AND NOW TAKE IT AWAY WITH YOUR AGENDA REVISIONS. 
          [AGENDA REVISIONS:]
THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION. CAN'T HEAR YOU. I WAS
PUSHING JUST ONE TIME. 
          YOU DON'T. OH, THAT'S MY PROBLEM. THANK YOU,
HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BREVARD COUNTY FOR INTERSECTION AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AT BABCOCK STREET AND
ELDRON BOULEVARD, GRANT ROAD. IT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA AS ITEM NUMBER FOUR UNDER NEW BUSINESS. 
          THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR AGENDA REVISION,
SIR? YES. ALL RIGHT. MISS SMITH, ANY AGENDA REVISIONS? NO, SIR. COUNCIL. ANY AGENDA REVISIONS? THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE NOW ON PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. 
          [PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS:]
SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. OUTSTANDING. YOU GUYS JUST MOTIVATE ME. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN EVERYONE SAYS THE NATIONAL. I WAS GOING TO SAY SINGS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
          BUT WHEN EVERYONE IN UNISON SAYS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE,
IT JUST MOTIVATES ME. 
          IT REALLY DOES. JUST LIKE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
          LISTEN, I'M GOING TO CALL UP TODAY. I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF HONORING ONE OF OUR VERY
OWN. 
          AND JUST TO POLICE AN ITEM. NAILED IT. JUST TO POLICE AN ITEM. 
          DOUG AND KAREN MONDA, THE FOUNDERS OF SURVIVE FIRST,
WERE SCHEDULED TO BE HERE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. SOMETHING OCCURRED AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          SO I THEY BESTOWED THIS HONOR TO ME. SO I'M GOING TO CALL OFF OUR CHIEF,
MARIANO ARGUELLO, STEP FORWARD AND BRING YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY AND YOUR TEAM. 
          COME ON UP, GUYS. YES, I'M CALLING UP THE FAMILY. 
          YADIRA ARGUELLO. THANK YOU. I LOVE THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH YOUR HUSBAND,
MA'AM. 
          WOW, WHAT A BIG FAMILY. OUTSTANDING. YOU GUYS ARE JUST MOTIVATED. 
          YOU DIDN'T GET THE COLOR OF THE DAY. YEAH. NO. 
          STAY RIGHT THERE. SO. GOOD EVENING. IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THE LEADER
WHOSE SERVICE TRULY GOES BEYOND THE BADGE. I WANT TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO DOUG AND KAREN
MONDA, FOUNDERS OF SURVIVORS AND THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION,
FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THEIR THIRD ANNUAL FIRST RESPONDER GALA. SURVIVED FIRST HONORED CHIEF MARRIOTT ARGUELLO WITH THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD, THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION OF THE EVENING. JUST A SECOND,
BUT WE HAVE SOME FAMILY MEMBERS. 
          CHIEF MULDOON, YOU SHOULD BE UP HERE AS WELL,
SIR. 
          AND AND, MADAM BLACKLEDGE, YOU SHOULD BE UP HERE AS WELL. 
          THIS EVENT IS DEDICATED TO HONORING FIRST RESPONDERS,
ADVANCING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, AND RAISING LIFE SAVING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO SERVE. SURVIVE FIRST HAS LONG BEEN A VALUED PARTNER IN OUR MISSION AND CONTINUES TO
PROVIDE VITAL RESOURCES TO OUR OFFICERS DURING THEIR MOST CRITICAL MOMENTS. CHIEF AJELLO RECEIVED THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF HIS
EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO THE MENTAL HEALTH AND OVERALL WELL BEING OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          HE HAS LED WITH A HEART, WITH INTEGRITY AND PURPOSE,
AND UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, WELLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH HAVE BECOME CORE VALUES WITHIN THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT. HIS VISION AND COMPASSION HAVE NOT ONLY
STRENGTHENED OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT HAVE HELPED ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY ARE IN TURN PROTECTED AND
SUPPORTED. 
          CHIEF, ON BEHALF OF THE PALM BAY CITY COUNCIL AND THE ENTIRE PALM BAY COMMUNITY,
CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL-DESERVED DESERVED HONOR. WE ARE PROUD TO CALL YOU OUR CHIEF AND EVEN PROUDER TO CALL YOU FAMILY. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING FOR HIS UNWAVERING DEDICATION. 
          OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, MARIO AJELLO. 
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL FAMILY AND AND THE CITIZENS THAT WE SERVE AND MY PEERS. 
          SO THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME. AND I APPRECIATE THE APPLAUSE. 
          SO, FOUR YEARS AGO IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO INITIATE HERE IN PALM BAY. 
          BUT IT'S REALLY A NATIONWIDE INITIATIVE. TRULY,
TRULY, TRULY STARTED BY DOUG AND KAREN MONDA AND CHIEF DOUG MULDOON WITH THE SURVIVE FIRST FOUNDATION. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR ALL FIRST RESPONDERS,
NOT JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOR THE TRIALS AND THE TRAUMAS THAT THEY DEAL WITH BOTH ON AND OFF DUTY. 
          YOU KNOW, THESE MEN AND WOMEN SERVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN OUR COMMUNITY OUT THERE
KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ENDURE DAY TO DAY. 
          YOU KNOW, THE TRAUMAS THAT THEY ENDURE IN THE CITIZENS WORST CASE SCENARIO IN THEIR LIVES, AND THEN THEY BRING THAT HOME WITH THEM TO HAVE TO ENDURE THEMSELVES AS WELL. 
          SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT SWORN IN OVER THREE YEARS AGO HERE,
THE ONE THING THAT I SAID TO THE COMMUNITY HERE AND TO MY PEERS AND TO MY FAMILY WAS IN ORDER FOR ME TO PROVIDE A SERVICE, A PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE,
TO PROTECT AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE AND HAVE RAISED MY FAMILY HERE, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE THAT COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN OUR INITIATIVE EVER SINCE. I WANT TO THANK FIRST AND FOREMOST,
YOU KNOW, MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. WITHOUT HIM, NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE. 
          MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY, THEY ARE TRULY THE ROCK THAT KEEPS ME GOING,
YOU KNOW? AND YEAH, IT'S IT'S THESE MEN AND WOMEN HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE OUT THERE WORKING AND
THOSE THAT ARE HOME RESTING. 
          THEY GO THROUGH IT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE GOES THROUGH IT. SO WE GOT TO PROTECT THEM. 
          JUST LIKE WE PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE GOT TO GIVE THEM THE BEST,
JUST LIKE THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS US TO GIVE THEM. 
          SO IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, WE GOT TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND RESOURCES. 
          AND AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. YOU KNOW,
I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY. 
          YOU KNOW, SERGEANT TONY SHRUM STARTED THIS PROGRAM WITH US WHEN IT WAS JUST A SMALL LITTLE
IDEA THAT WE WANTED TO CREATE FOR WELLNESS. 
          AND THEN SHE PASSED THE BATON TO SERGEANT RON LUGO,
WHO THEN PASSED THE BATON TO OUR CURRENT WELLNESS COORDINATOR ASHLEY HARRELL. 
          SO THANK YOU TO THEM. THANK YOU TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU TO THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT THE. 
          I'M PRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS. I TRULY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OVER THERE. 
          NEXT TO Y'ALL. PRETEND LIKE YOU LOVE EACH OTHER. 
          OH YEAH. FEEL EVEN BETTER AFTER TONIGHT. OVER AND DONE. 
          ALRIGHT. READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. FISHING. TOMORROW. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO JAM TOO MUCH IN. YEAH, THAT WAS MY WEEK. 
          CONGRATS. SHOW YOUR STUFF. GOOD STUFF. GOOD SPEECH. 
          GREAT SPEECH. HE HEARD WHAT YOU SAID. YES, SIR. 
          YEAH, RIGHT. SEE YOU TONIGHT. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. 
          TAYLOR, RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          YOU LOOK FRESH TODAY. I MET OUR SWAT TEAM. IN THE LOBBY FOR THAT. 
          I JUST DID. SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          IT IS MAY 1ST. IT IS THE FIRST THURSDAY. OF THE MONTH OF MAY. 
          AND GUESS WHAT DAY THAT IS? IT'S NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. 
          PASTOR MARK, COME ON UP AND BRING YOUR TEAM. 
          WE'RE NOT A SCARY LOOKING. COME ON. IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. WHEREAS THE FIRST NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WAS PROCLAIMED IN 1775
BY THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 
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SO THAT ALL AMERICANS OF EVERY RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION AND BACKGROUND MAY PRAY FOR GOD'S
CONTINUAL LOVE AND MERCY UPON OUR LAND, FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN PSALM 33, VERSE 12. BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD,
AND THAT EVERY YEAR THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS PROCLAIMED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          AND WHEREAS. THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS AN ANNUAL OBSERVANCE HELD ON THE FIRST THURSDAY
IN MAY, IT IS BASED ON A FEDERAL STATUTE WHICH WAS FIRST SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT HARRY S
TRUMAN IN 1952. 
          THE STATUTE READS AND FOLLOWS. THE PRESIDENT SHALL ISSUE EACH YEAR A PROCLAMATION
DESIGNATING THE FIRST THURSDAY IN MAY AS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, ON WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY TURN TO GOD IN PRAYER AND MEDITATION,
AT CHURCHES AND GROUPS, AND AS INDIVIDUALS. AND WHEREAS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
SIGNED BY THE UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ON JANUARY 18TH, 1777, ESTABLISHED OUR NATION'S HUMBLE BEGINNINGS ON THE BELIEF THAT OUR CREATOR HAS ENDOWED US WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE,
LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. THE CITY OF PALM BAY WAS INCORPORATED JANUARY 16TH,
1960. 
          FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE, AS STATED IN THE PREAMBLE OF OUR CITY CHARTER. 
          AND WHEREAS ALL OF US HAVE THE FREEDOM TO PRAY AND EXERCISE OUR FAITHS OPENLY,
LET US GIVE THANKS FOR THE FREEDOM TO PRACTICE OUR FAITH AS WE SEE FIT, WHETHER INDIVIDUALLY OR IN FELLOWSHIP. 
          AND WHEREAS WE PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM,
FOR THEIR LOVED ONES, FOR THEIR SPEEDY RECOVERY OF OUR WOUNDED WARRIORS,
LET US ALSO PRAY FOR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO PROTECT THEIR FELLOW AMERICANS. 
          LET US COME TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR PEACE, GOODWILL,
AS WE WORK TO MEET THE GREAT CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROBERT MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH WE
CALL PALM BAY BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY TO SET OFF AND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 1ST AS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO GIVE THANKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN FAITH FOR THEIR MANY FREEDOMS, THEIR BLESSINGS,
AND IN ASKING FOR GOD'S CONTINUAL GUIDANCE, HIS CONTINUED MERCY AND PROTECTION AND WITNESS HEREOF,
I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FIRST DAY OF MAY, 2025. PASTOR MARK, COME ON UP, SIR. 
          I WAS GOING TO HAVE MY PAL MARCELLA COME UP AND ACCEPT THIS. 
          SO THERE'S NO SPEECH PREPARED. SO YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU PUT A MICROPHONE IN FRONT
OF A PASTOR. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO I DO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR. 
          I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE WHOLE CITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS EVENT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL EVENT TODAY. WE HAD FOLKS FROM ALL KINDS OF CHURCHES AND ALL
BACKGROUNDS AND EVERYTHING. 
          AND JUST REALLY, JUST REALLY THE SUPPORT FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND PRAY YOU KNOW,
THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED ON JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES. ITS FORM OF GOVERNMENT COMES RIGHT OUT OF THE
SCRIPTURES. 
          AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT AND DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT IT,
BUT MAN, IT IS THE TRUTH. AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE. 
          RIGHT. WE HAVE 140 SOME THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN PALM BAY,
AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE CHRISTIANS TO GET ENGAGED TO STAND UP. 
          AND THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WE PROBABLY HAD,
WHAT, MAYBE A HUNDRED IN HERE AND PRAISE GOD FOR THOSE HUNDRED THAT CAME. 
          BUT OUT OF 140,000, WHERE ARE THE FOLKS? MAN,
IF WE DON'T STAND UP AND PROCLAIM MAN AND TAKE THAT PROMISED LAND THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US FOR FAR TOO LONG, WE'VE SAT BACK AND AND LET THE ENEMY JUST TAKE WHAT
GOD HAS PROMISED. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE BELIEVERS,
RIGHT TO, TO TO STEP UP AND TO PRAY AND TO SEEK GOD'S FACE, 
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NOT JUST HIS HAND AND HIS BLESSING. HE'S NOT A GENIE IN A BOTTLE. 
          YOU DON'T RUB IT THREE TIMES AND SAY, PLEASE,
OH LORD, IT IS ACKNOWLEDGING HIM FOR WHO HE IS. 
          AND THEN IT'S US BEING DISCIPLES OF CHRIST AND CARRYING ON WHAT HE WOULD DO,
AND THAT IS TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. 
          AND WE NEED TO LOVE FOLKS. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF FOLKS. 
          WE NEED TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND HAVE EMPATHY. 
          BUT WE ALSO NEED TO STAND ON THE SOLID GROUND OF TRUTH. 
          AND SO IT IS AWESOME TO BE SERVING WITH SUCH AN AWESOME GROUP OF PROCLAIMED CHRISTIANS
FIRM BELIEVERS. 
          AND WHILE NONE OF US WILL EVER BE PERFECT ON THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN,
PRAISE GOD WE HAVE JESUS WHO WAS. 
          AMEN. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. HEY,
GUYS. 
          GOOD, SIR. OH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE YOU. 
          GOD BLESS YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU MISTER. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH! SHUT. 
          UP! I'M PROUD OF YOU. SO WE'RE CELEBRATING NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK,
SO I'M GOING TO ASK NANCY PELTONEN TO STEP RIGHT UP. 
          YES, I KNOW, I PRONOUNCED IT RIGHT. YES YOU DID. 
          NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, MAY 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH. 
          IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          WHEREAS MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS EITHER OWN OR WORK FOR A SMALL BUSINESS,
AND THEY CREATE ABOUT TWO OUT OF EVERY THREE NEW JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS PROCLAIMED NATIONAL
SMALL BUSINESS WEEK EVERY YEAR SINCE 1963. 
          WOW. FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE OLDER OR YOUNGER TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
AVAILABLE TO ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES. 
          AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF PALM BAY RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO SUPPORT LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS THAT
FOSTER JOB CREATION AND SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH. 
          FROM THE STOREFRONT SHOPS THAT ANCHOR OUR RETAIL CORRIDORS TO THE HIGH TECH STARTUPS THAT
KEEP PALM BAY ON THE CUTTING EDGE. 
          SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR NATION'S
PROMISE. 
          AND WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESSES SUPPORT ECONOMIES,
EMPLOY RESIDENTS, ENCOURAGE YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENGAGE IN PHILANTHROPIC, PHILANTHROPIC, AND CIVIC CAMPAIGNS,
AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE VIBRANCY OF PALM BAY'S NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY OF PALM BAY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AND JOIN IN ITS NATIONAL EFFORT TO HELP
AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESSES DO WHAT THEY DO BEST AND THAT'S GROW THEIR BUSINESS, CREATE JOBS, AND ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES REMAIN AS VIBRANT TOMORROW AS
THEY ARE TODAY. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING IN THE AUDIENCE AND I SEE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS RIGHT HERE. 
          I SEE JAVIER, I SEE ALTHEA GARVEY. THEY SHOULD BE STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU AS SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS THAT DO BUSINESS IN PALM BAY. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY OF PALM BAY CONTINUES TO HONOR THAT ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AND CELEBRATE
LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HELP PRESERVE OUR COMMUNITY'S UNIQUE CULTURE AND CHARACTER. NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROB MEDINA,
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND CALL UPON ALL OUR RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR
COMMUNITY'S LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE KEY ROLE THEY PLAY IN KEEPING OUR ECONOMY STRONG AND WITNESS HEREOF, I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM
BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FIRST DAY OF MAY, 2025. CONGRATULATIONS NANCY PELTONEN. PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          SO, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK IS HAS BEEN CELEBRATED FOR MORE
THAN 60 YEARS AND MAY 4TH TO 10TH ACKNOWLEDGES THOSE CRITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICA'S ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS. 
          MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS OFTEN GRAB THE HEADLINES,
BUT PEOPLE FORGET THAT THEY ALL STARTED OUT SMALL AND WITH AN IDEA. 
          SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR NATION,
DRIVING INNOVATION, CREATING JOBS AND FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. 
          THEY REPRESENT THE DREAMS AND HARD WORK OF COUNTLESS ENTREPRENEURS WHO STRIVE TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE. 
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FROM THE LOCAL RESTAURANT TO THE TECH STARTUP DEVELOPING GROUNDBREAKING SOLUTIONS,
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE EVERYWHERE, ENRICHING OUR LIVES IN COUNTLESS WAYS. THEY EMBODY THE RESILIENCE,
CREATIVITY, AND THE SPIRIT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 
          AS WE HONOR THESE BUSINESSES, LET US ALSO COMMIT TO SUPPORTING THEM. 
          THE GREATER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS CLOSE TO 600 PARTNERS,
AND MOST OF THEM WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THE CHAMBER IS A RESOURCE THAT ASSISTS WITH MARKETING,
MENTORSHIP AND PROVIDES SUPPORT TO HELP THESE BUSINESSES THRIVE. 
          TOGETHER, WE CAN ENSURE THEY CONTINUE TO FLOURISH AND DRIVE OUR ECONOMY FORWARD,
WHETHER IT'S BY SHOPPING LOCALLY AND SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THEM. 
          IT'S OUR JOB TO HELP THESE SMALL BUSINESSES TO KEEP THEM ALIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO LET'S CELEBRATE THE POWER AND POTENTIAL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN PALM BAY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT A WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION BY OUR PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. 
          THREE, SO IT GOES HAND IN HAND. IT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK. 
          IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          WHEREAS MORE THAN 100,000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR RELATED PROFESSIONALS WORLDWIDE ARE
COMMITTED TO CREATING, RETAINING AND EXPANDING TOP TIER OPPORTUNITIES THAT FACILITATE LONG TERM,
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY GROWTH. 
          AND WHEREAS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSION CULTIVATES THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS,
CHAMPIONS SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, BOOSTS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE,
AND BUILDS A ROBUST TAX BASE. 
          WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS OPERATE THROUGHOUT DIVERSE ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING RURAL, SUBURBAN, URBAN SETTINGS, LOCAL,
STATE, PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE,
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AMONG MANY SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS. 
          AND WHEREAS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS SERVE AS STEWARDS,
BRIDGING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS RESIDENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES,
AND EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIONS TO COLLABORATE IN PROMOTING JOB CREATION, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENTS,
AND AN OPTIMISTIC FUTURE. 
          AND WHEREAS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS CONTRIBUTE TO THE BETTERMENT AND THE PROGRESS OF THE
GREAT CITY OF PALM BAY WITHIN BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. WHEREAS SINCE 1926 THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL HAS BEEN A
LEADER AND DRIVING FORCE IN ADVANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES WITH A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO
FOSTERING GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN COMMUNITIES OF ALL SIZES WORLDWIDE THROUGH EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY,
RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND REMIND
INDIVIDUALS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS OF THIS COMMUNITY CELEBRATION WITH SUPPORTS EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTERING LIVES AND MOVING SOCIETY
FORWARD. 
          I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FIRST
DAY OF MAY, 2025. COME ON UP, DANIELLE. GOD BLESS YOU. ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE? ARE YOU GOING TO TELL JOHN? YEAH. I'M CALLING YOU UP HERE. 
          YEAH. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 
          WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS. I FEEL LIKE WE WERE JUST CELEBRATING THIS SO. 
          AND REALLY, IT'S A WEEK TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WHAT? WHAT WE GET TO DO EVERY DAY HERE AT THE CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          SO EVERY DAY IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DAY. TO US SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS IS A BROAD
TERM. 
          IT CAN MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE,
BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY AND, AND PROVIDE THAT STABLE TAX BASE. SO SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS,
IS KIND OF FOCUSING ON SOME OF OUR EXISTING INDUSTRIES THAT WE HAVE HERE, AND HOW CAN WE STRENGTHEN THOSE AND EXPAND ON THOSE. 
          AND THAT AND THAT WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS,
FOR QUALITY PAYING JOBS. 
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WE ALSO LOOK AT THE COMPANIES THAT CAN WE RETAIN THOSE AND SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT IN THE FIELD A LOT MORE VISITING SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES,
SAYING, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE'RE HERE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT YOU? AND IF WE
CAN'T, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY IN TANDEM WITH THE CHAMBER AND A LOT OF OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND AND YOU KNOW, PARTNERS THAT, THAT IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ASSIST THEM,
WE WE CAN WE MAKE THE CONNECTION FOR THEM. 
          SO WE'VE WE'VE FOUND THAT VERY HELPFUL WITH JUST GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING TO TALK TO
SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES. 
          I JUST THE OTHER WEEK, WE GOT TO VISIT A BUSINESS THAT HAS BEEN HERE FOR 15 YEARS. 
          IT WAS A TEST. TEST LAB. AND THEY DO MICROELECTRONIC TESTING. 
          I HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE HERE. BUT THEIR CAPABILITIES AND THEIR INNOVATION THAT THEY THAT
THEY HAVE RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD, I HAD NO IDEA. SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO GET OUT AND TALK TO THEM. 
          AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME FURTHER CONNECTIONS WITH THEM TO ASSIST. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT. 
          WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT. CITY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT CITY
OTHER STAFF WHO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS. AND LASTLY, I DID WANT TO CALL OUT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SPECIALIST, ROBERT MCKENZIE. HE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT,
BUT A LOT OF WHAT WE DO, THE INITIATIVES THAT WE DO, WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT HIS HELP. I DEFINITELY COULD NOT DO IT BY MYSELF. SO HE'S
WELL APPRECIATED. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN. COME ON, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. 
          YOU WANT TO BRING YOUR MAMA? WHAT ARE YOU, THREE? AWESOME. GOOD JOB. THANKS. 
          OKAY, SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'LL HAVE FIRE AND RECREATION AND ALL THESE FOLKS COME ON UP. 
          DID YOU WANT TO COME UP AS WELL? DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. 
          JULIETTE. IT'S NATIONAL WATER SAFETY MONTH. IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY OF PALM BAY RECOGNIZES THE VITAL ROLE THAT SWIMMING AND AQUATIC RELATED
ACTIVITIES SERVE TO PROMOTE GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS EDUCATION REGARDING THE TOPIC OF
WATER SAFETY IS CRUCIAL IN PREVENTING DROWNINGS AND RECREATIONAL RECREATIONAL WATER RELATED INJURIES,
AND WHEREAS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE RECREATIONAL WATER INDUSTRY ARE RECOGNIZED AS REPRESENTED BY THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE NATIONAL
WATER SAFETY MONTH COALITION IN DEVELOPING SAFE SWIMMING FACILITIES, AQUATIC PROGRAMS, HOME POOLS AND SPAS,
AND RELATED ACTIVITIES PROVIDING HEALTHY PLACES TO RECREATE, LEARN AND GROW AND BUILD CONFIDENCE WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR
COMMUNITY. 
          WHEREAS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, I THINK OF POOLS AND I GET FLASHBACKS OF MARINE CORPS BOOT CAMP
WHEN THEY DUMP YOU IN THE POOL WITH YOUR GEAR AND AND THEY TELL YOU TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT, SUCK IT UP AND AND YEAH,
I'M LOOKING AT MASTER CHIEF BECAUSE I'M SURE HE DID THE SAME THING. 
          WHEREAS THROUGH CONTINUED EFFORTS, I JOINED THE CORPS TO FIGHT,
NOT NOT TO SWIM. 
          WHEREAS THROUGH CONTINUED EFFORTS AND COMMITMENTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON AQUATIC RELATED
SAFETY ISSUES AND INITIATIVES BY INDUSTRIES RELEVANT TO WATER SAFETY, INCLUDING POOL, SPA, WATER, WATER PARK AND MUNICIPAL SECTORS. 
          MANY MORE LIVES WILL BE SAVED FROM WATER RELATED INJURIES. 
          AND WHEREAS THE CLEAR AND CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION OF WATER SAFETY RULES AND PROGRAMS TO
FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE. WHEREAS OWNERS OF PRIVATE POOLS,
USERS OF PUBLIC SWIMMING FACILITIES, VISITORS TO WATER PARKS OR PARTICIPANTS IN ACTIVITIES ON OUR WATERWAYS. NOW,
THEREFORE, I ROBERT MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF SAID AUTHORITY, I ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO VISIT AND VISITORS TO
RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER SAFETY EDUCATION AND TO COMMIT TO ACQUIRING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO ENSURE SAFE
AQUATIC EXPERIENCES FOR ALL. IN WITNESS HEREOF, I SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE
AFFIXED THIS FIRST DAY OF MAY, 2025. WHO'S RECEIVING THIS PROCLAMATION? YOU ARE. 
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OKAY. SHE. IS SHE THE LEADER OF THE AQUATIC CENTER? SHE'S ONE OF THE RECREATION. OKAY, GIVE ME THE LEADER. 
          ALRIGHT, PASS IT ON TO THE CAVE. YOU'RE UP. COME ON,
KATIE, YOU'RE UP. 
          I GUESS YOU'RE UP. YOU'RE UP. KATIE. THANK YOU. 
          KELLY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY TEAM REAL QUICK. 
          I HAVE, I'M KATIE STEWART. I'M THE AQUATICS SUPERVISOR OF THE PALM BAY AQUATIC CENTER. 
          I ALSO HAVE MY LEADERS, JENNA AND CARMELLA, BEHIND ME. 
          ALONG WITH FIRE. I DO HAVE WE'RE PARTNERING WITH BROOKE. 
          SHE'S WITH AQUATICS AND EDUCATION, AND SHE'S BEEN A FANTASTIC PARTNER WITH EDUCATING WATER
SAFETY. 
          AND IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING, ESPECIALLY BEING IN FLORIDA,
BEING SURROUNDED AROUND WATER AND POOLS. 
          DROWNING IS PREVENTABLE, AND WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION,
AND SHE'S A FANTASTIC ADVOCATE FOR IT. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE BROOKE. SHE'S GOING TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU KATIE. APPRECIATE IT. GOOD EVENING. 
          MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY. I'M HONORED TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY
WITH REPRESENTING AQUATICS AND EDUCATION AND THE FLORIDA SWIMMING POOL ASSOCIATION, TOGETHER WITH PALM BAY FIRE RESCUE AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION,
WE ARE LAUNCHING A SERIES OF INNOVATIVE WATER SAFETY PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND EDUCATION EVENTS TO JUST GET EVERYONE TOGETHER AND SPREAD THE
AWARENESS AS WE BEGIN THIS MONTH. 
          OUR INITIATIVE STARTED TODAY AT THE AQUATICS CENTER,
WHERE WE JOINED LOCAL FAMILIES IN THE WATER TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PROMOTE LIFE SAVING EDUCATION AIMED AT PREVENTING DROWNING INCIDENTS. 
          THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EFFORT, INCLUDING PARTICIPATION FROM OUR FIREFIGHTERS IN THE WATER AS
WELL AS OUR RECREATION WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTORS. 
          DROWNING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR OUR CHILDREN. 
          PER THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. CHILD FATALITY PREVENTION. 
          AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE ALREADY LOST 31 CHILDREN. 
          OUR COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORTS FOCUS PROVIDING EDUCATION THAT EQUIPS FAMILIES WITH THE
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO STAY SAFE AROUND THE WATER. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS STEPPING UP AND TAKING AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE TO
PRIORITIZE ACCESSIBILITY. THROUGH OUR NEW ESTABLISHED STATE BUILD PROGRAM, THE SWIM LESSON VOUCHER PROGRAM, WHICH AIMS TO INCREASE WATER SAFETY,
PREVENTING DROWNINGS BY OFFERING FREE SWIM LESSONS TO ELIGIBLE FAMILIES. 
          AQUATICS AND EDUCATION IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY REGISTERED PROVIDER IN BREVARD COUNTY,
AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT MORE PROVIDERS WILL JOIN IN ON THIS EFFORT TO EXPAND ITS REACH. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PALM BAY FIRE RESCUE AND THE AQUATIC CENTER FOR BEING SUCH GREAT
ADVOCATES AND OUTSTANDING SUPPORT. 
          THEIR CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT, INCLUDING THE FIREFIGHTERS JOINING IN ON THE WATER
ACTIVITIES, HAS BROUGHT A MEANINGFUL VISIBILITY AND IMPACT TO THE PROGRAM. 
          LOOKING AHEAD, WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE PLANNING FOR OUR UNDERWAY OUR 2025 WORLD'S
LARGEST SWIM LESSON. 
          THIS IS A GLOBAL EVENT DESIGNATED TO REINFORCE THE MESSAGE THAT SWIM LESSONS SAVE LIVES. 
          LAST YEAR'S EVENT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS UNITING ALL OUR FAMILIES. 
          ADDITIONAL DETAILS WILL TO COME. TO FURTHER REINFORCE THIS ADVOCACY,
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME FRIENDLY REMINDERS TO SHARE THESE ESSENTIAL LAYERS OF PROTECTION. SUPERVISION IS KEY. PHYSICAL BARRIERS. 
          LEARNING TO SWIM. COAST GUARD APPROVED LIFE VESTS. 
          LIFE JACKETS. KNOWING HOW TO CALL 911 OR RESPOND TO EMERGENCY WATER RELATED OR NON-WATER
RELATED DROWNING INCIDENTS HAVE A DEVASTATING RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO OFTEN FIRST WITNESS THESE TRAGEDIES. 
          THEIR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN BREAKING THE CYCLE,
TURNING EXPERIENCE INTO LIFE SAVING ACTION. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO PALM BAY FIRE RESCUE FOR THEIR
DEDICATED DEDICATION TO THIS PROGRAM. 
          PALM BAY AQUATIC CENTER SUPERVISOR KATIE STEWART AND HER AQUATIC STAFF,
AS WELL AS PARKS AND RECREATION ACTING DIRECTOR DANIEL FOR HIS UNWAVERING, UNWAVERING SUPPORT. WATER SAFETY IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          IT IS A COMMUNITY WIDE MISSION. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TO
THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK. YOU SHOULD BE OVER HERE. SHE'S TELLING ME. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LADIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU SIR. 
          OKAY, SIR. OH! OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR, WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES:]
LANCE FISHER. 
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I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED EVERYBODY LEFT. LANCE FISHER,
130 MALABAR ROAD. FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF, PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'VE BEEN SPEAKING SINCE SEPTEMBER 5TH, PROVIDING PROOF THAT THE CHIEF ANGELO'S LACK OF COMPASSION AND CARE
FOR HIS OFFICERS, CITY EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS. I HAVE PUT HIS WORDS ON THE SCREEN TO PROVIDE UNDISPUTABLE
PROOF OF HIS EGO AND LACK OF EMPATHY. 
          IF HIS WORDS ALONE HAVEN'T CAUSED THIS CITY COUNCIL CONCERN,
THEN MAYBE HEARING IT FROM OTHERS WILL. 
          THESE ARE THE WORDS FROM A PREVIOUS CIVILIAN SUPERVISOR. 
          I CAN JUST IMAGINE THE ATMOSPHERE HE'S CREATED. 
          WE SHARED A WALL ONCE. I HEARD THE HEATED CONVERSATIONS AND BERATING PEOPLE GOT FROM MARIO
HE'S, A FRUSTRATED BULLY, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. CULTURE. 
          GOOD OLD BOYS. IT'S THE GOOD OLD BOYS CLUB. YOU EITHER PARTICIPATE OR YOU GET SHUT OUT. 
          DESCRIBED AS AN AIR OF ARROGANCE, I OFTEN HEAR HIM YELL AT HIS PEOPLE. 
          IT BREAKS MY HEART TO KNOW THAT GOOD PEOPLE ARE BEING TREATED BADLY. 
          HERE'S A RETIRED OFFICER. I SAW YOUR COMMENTARY AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. 
          IT WAS TOO TRIGGERING FOR ME TO FINISH. BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO FLY BACK TO FLORIDA AND
SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF. 
          AND THIS IS LIEUTENANT CHAPMAN FROM THE MELBOURNE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          HIS WORDS ARE DOCUMENTED AND OFFICIAL POLICE REPORT REGARDING A DEATH INVESTIGATION. MARIO
ANGELO BECAME AGITATED AND VERBALLY AGGRESSIVE, STARTED QUESTIONING THE SUPERVISORS ON THE SCENE. 
          HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT,
WHO WOULD MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW AGENCIES WOULD RUN THE INVESTIGATION. 
          THE LIEUTENANT HAD TO REQUEST AN EXPEDITIOUS RESPONSE FROM DETECTIVES DUE TO MARIO'S
CONTINUING LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION. HE BEGAN YELLING AT SERGEANT, WHO WAS WORKING THE SCENE. HE LATER WENT BACK TO QUESTIONING HIS LEVEL OF TENURE AND
EXPERIENCE ALONE, AND MAKING VAGUE THREATS AT HIM BEFORE HE HAD,
BEFORE THE LIEUTENANT HAD TO INTERVENE, WHERE HE AGAIN EXPRESSED HIS DISPLEASURE AT THE SPEED OF THE INVESTIGATION, HE BEGAN CALLING MEMBERS OF THE PALM BAY OR THE MELBOURNE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. COMMAND STAFF CONTINUED HIS ESCALATION OF BEHAVIOR AND INTERFERENCE, AND LATER THE LIEUTENANT HAD TO WALK AWAY, SAYING THAT HE WAS AFRAID THAT MARIO WOULD
CONTINUE TO IMPEDE THE INVESTIGATION. 
          CHIEF ANGELO MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE THAT THEN HE WAS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE PALM BAY,
AND HE USED HIS INFLUENCE TO CONTACT TO CONTACT POLICE, MELBOURNE POLICE TO INTERFERE AND IMPEDE THE INVESTIGATION. 
          IF THIS DAIS WANTS TO PULL THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE,
EXPECT TO SEE CHIEF ANGELO THAT BRACES OFFICERS, CITY EMPLOYEES, SUPERVISORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SO MANY MORE. CHIEF ANGELO LATER MADE
GOOD ON THOSE THREATS AGAINST SERGEANT. HE CONFRONTED HIM AT A LEADERSHIP TRAINING SEMINAR, AND THEN AFTER SERGEANT LODGED A COMPLAINT ON CHIEF ANGELO,
MARIO ATTEMPTED TO GET HIM DISCIPLINED BY MELBOURNE CHIEF JOE GILLESPIE. 
          TODAY IS THE DAY THAT THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ASK FOR THE
RESIGNATION OF CHIEF AJELLO. AT A MINIMUM, HE MUST BE PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WHILE A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION TAKES PLACE. 
          I HAD GOOD MEETINGS LAST WEEK IN TALLAHASSEE,
AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS MATTER WILL GET RESOLVED WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR GUYS'S DIRECTION. I'M ALSO CONFIDENT THIS COUNCIL'S REFUSAL TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE ALLEGATIONS
I'VE MADE IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC WILL REQUIRE EACH OF YOU TO ANSWER HARD QUESTIONS AND LEAVE YOU LIABLE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T USE THE EXCUSE THAT YOU WERE NOT AWARE. 
          I HAVE HEARD THIS. I'VE HEARD COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY I'M ONLY ONE PERSON. 
          WELL, SO AM I. TODAY IS THE DAY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          THAT'S ALL I'VE BEEN ASKING SINCE MAY 9TH OF 2024. 
          IT WAS DISGUSTING TO LISTEN TO THIS PROCLAMATION,
KNOWING THAT I WENT OUT ON MENTAL WELLNESS AND THIS CHIEF DID NOT CARE. 
          MICHAEL. MICHAEL. 
          MICHAEL. MORIARTY. 742 CORNELIA AVENUE SOUTHEAST. 
          I GOT A SCHOOL ZONE VIOLATION AFTER SCHOOL. AFTER SCHOOL ZONE HOURS. 
          NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO. GOING 27 MILES AN HOUR PAST REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
MIAMI-DADE. 
          HOW GOOD IS YOUR SYSTEM HERE? I MEAN, YOU WANT ME TO PAY $100? FOR WHAT? I WAS GOING TO READ MY POST FROM THE OTHER NIGHT,
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE INTERNET, SO I'M JUST GOING TO GET ON WITH THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT? ARE PEOPLE GOING TO WAKE UP IN THIS CITY? THIS MAN'S BEEN UP HERE FOR SEVEN MONTHS MAKING CLAIMS,
AND YOU'RE GOING TO COST THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON DOWN THE LINE ON THE TAXPAYERS. I DON'T THINK THEM PHOTOS ON FACEBOOK WERE A JOKE OF HIM UP AT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE AND OTHER PLACES. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS. PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP AND STOP LISTENING TO HER
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE LAW. 
          SHE'LL BE DEALING WITH THE FLORIDA BAR SHORTLY. 
          ANOTHER THING. I MEAN, THIS PROPOSED THING IN OUR PROCEDURE OF CUTTING OUT THE AIRING OF
PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
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THAT IS A FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATION. I DON'T CARE WHO SAYS WHAT. 
          OKAY. YOU'RE IMPEDING ON PEOPLE AT HOME KNOWING THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS TO ENCOURAGE
THEM TO COME HERE. 
          BUT YET THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN. THAT'S PRETTY MIKE, YOU REALLY DISAPPOINT ME. PUTTING YOUR NAME ON THAT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU. 
          BILL BATTEN. BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. I HAVE THREE ITEMS TO ADDRESS. 
          FIRST ITEM IS I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW CITY MANAGER. 
          MR. MORTON. WELCOME ABOARD. I HOPE YOU SUCCEED IN YOUR MISSION. 
          I HOPE YOU GET SUPPORT OF THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL. 
          AND OVER TIME, UNLESS THEY SQUELCH MY ABILITY TO ADDRESS YOU,
YOU'LL PROBABLY GET TO KNOW ME. 
          WELCOME ABOARD. ITEM NUMBER TWO. LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A FIRE DOWN BY SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE
PARKWAY AND BABCOCK. 
          IT WAS NOT IN THE CITY CITY LIMITS, BUT THE CITY WAS TASKED WITH PART OF THE FIREFIGHTING, WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS
WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, OTHERWISE WE'D BE IN HARM'S WAY. BUT THE SIMPLE FACT OF IT WAS,
WE JUST ALSO VOTED PREVIOUSLY TO HAVE A YARD SAMPLE. 
          A YARD WASTE LIKE THIS ONE MOVED INTO THE CITY BEHIND LOWE'S,
AND THEY'VE HAD A FIRE AT THAT SITE ALSO. 
          SO THERE IS A REAL RISK. I'M JUST TRYING TO BRING THAT OUT. 
          I'M NOT TRYING TO STOP THE SMALL BUSINESS. I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS A
RISK WITH THAT. 
          RIGHT. AND THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS NOW TRYING TO WORK OUT WHO'S GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR
THAT FIRE BECAUSE IT WAS AN ILLEGAL BUSINESS OPERATING IN THE COUNTY RIGHT NEXT TO CITY OF PALM BAY, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A COUNTY COMMISSIONER THAT
THAT IS THEIR AREA THAT'S REPRESENTING THE CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          SO IT IS WITHIN OUR OWN NEST. RIGHT. SO HOPEFULLY WE GET OUR MONEY BACK. 
          ITEM NUMBER THREE UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS,
I NOTICE THAT THERE'S ONE ORDINANCE AND TWO RESOLUTIONS. 
          WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS UNLESS I TALKED ABOUT EACH ONE,
THE RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES ARE WHAT WE ARE GOVERNED UNDER IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. AND YOU DEPRIVE ME OF THE ABILITY TO TALK ABOUT IT,
EXCEPT FOR MY THREE MINUTES UNDER PUBLIC HEARING. SO AS I LOOK AT IT, YOU'RE DEPRIVING ME AS A CITIZEN OF PALM BAY,
THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS MY COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS BY WHICH I AM GOVERNED. 
          SO. IT'S ON THE WRITTEN AGENDA. THIS IS THE WRITTEN AGENDA. 
          I SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS MY COUNCIL BECAUSE IT IS ON THE WRITTEN AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MARK MILLAR. 
          MARK MILLAR, 808 NELSON AVENUE HERE IN PALM BAY. 
          REALLY JUST WANTED TO WELCOME ABOARD NEW CITY MANAGER MATT HORTON KIND OF REHASH WHAT I'VE
SAID AT THE LAST COUPLE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO, LET'S BE SURE TO SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS. RIGHT. 
          YOU GIVE HIM WHAT HE ASKED FOR DURING THE INTERVIEW? LIST OF TOP PRIORITIES. 
          WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS DO WE WANT TO SEE IN PALM BAY? AND AND A CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR AND STAFF THAT ARE HERE FOR PALM BAY,
RIGHT? NOT FOR WHAT'S COMING NEXT IN THE IN YOUR ELECTION CAREER,
BUT WHAT'S COMING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          AND AND GIVING US US, GIVEN THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOME INPUT. 
          SO ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT I ALSO WANT TO JUST ONCE AGAIN,
FOR THE THIRD TIME TONIGHT, SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CITY FOR MAN, JUST FOR,
YOU KNOW, YOUR SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AND TRYING TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT IN THIS COMMUNITY TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR EVERYBODY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. LESLIE LANCASTER. 
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HAD TO TURN IN TWO CARDS SINCE THIS WAS PUBLIC COMMENTS,
MA'AM. 
          LESLIE LANCASTER, 1351 SAXONY ROAD, PALM BAY,
FLORIDA. 
          WELCOME TO PALM BAY AND YOUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING. 
          CITY MANAGER MORTON. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FIRES TODAY. 
          RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU KNOW WHERE THE CLOSEST WATER TOWER TO WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW
IS. 
          YOU DO? OKAY. WHY IS THERE NOT ONE CLOSE TO THE COMPOUND WHICH WAS ON FIRE? HOW MANY TIMES WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS? I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN'T. 
          I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER. BUT THIS. THIS IS A RHETORICAL QUESTION. 
          I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO LOOK INTO PROVIDING ALL THESE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE
ADDRESSED AND RECOGNIZED ALL THE PASTORS IN THEIR CHURCHES, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, THE 140,000 CITIZENS, WE RELY ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A
RELIABLE, SAFE MEANS OF PUTTING OUT THE FIRES. WHAT HOW MANY ACRES ARE OUT THERE? BAZILLIONS IT LOOKS LIKE SERIOUSLY, FOR THEM TO NOT HAVE FIRE HYDRANTS OR A WATER TOWER
OUT THERE WITH WHAT? WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS YEAR. NOT ALONE. JUST WITH THE REGULAR LIGHTNING STRIKES WE GET
IN THE LATE SUMMER, THE WOODS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE CATCH ON FIRE FOUR TIMES A YEAR JUST DUE TO
LIGHTNING STRIKES. 
          THERE ARE NO FIRE HYDRANTS IN OUR FIRE. OUR OUR FIREFIGHTERS CANNOT EVEN DRAIN WATER FROM
POOL OWNERS TO TO SAVE THEIR HOMES DUE TO COUNTY A A BREVARD COUNTY LAW. AND I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON
WELLS AND SEPTIC WITH NO FIRE HYDRANTS OR THE COMPOUND NEEDS TO BE WITHOUT A RELIABLE STATE OF WATER I.E. 
          A WATER TOWER CLOSER TO THE COMPOUND, CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS PART OF THE CITY,
INSTEAD OF WAY UP NORTH WHERE THE WATER TOWER IS, WHERE WE SEEM TO CATCH ON FIRE ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ROBERT STICE. 
          GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. ROBERT STICE, 1796 LYNBROOK DRIVE,
PALM BAY. 
          AGAIN MR. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. I'M SORRY, MR. CITY MANAGER. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MAKE THE THE INTERVIEW. 
          I GOT RAZZED BECAUSE I DIDN'T MAKE IT. AND QUITE HONESTLY,
I TOTALLY SPACED IT OUT, SO THAT'S ON ME. 
          JUST A COUPLE THINGS IN MY MIND IS FOR FOR THIS AGENDA HERE. 
          WE USED TO HAVE A LOT OF PERTINENT INFORMATION ON THE VIDEOS HERE. 
          EXTREMELY PERTINENT INFORMATION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU WERE VOTING ON. 
          ANY OTHER. AND AGAIN, I'LL JUST SAY PERTINENT. 
          AND ALL I'M SEEING FOR THE MOST OF THE MEETING OF THESE RIGHT HERE,
I THINK WE WE GET THAT WITH WHAT THE DECORUM STATEMENT IS. 
          CAN WE PLEASE LOOK AT GETTING INFORMATION THAT WE'RE VOTING ON. 
          YOU'RE LOOKING AT REZONING OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          WE USED TO HAVE THAT ALL THE TIME. AND I MADE THAT REQUEST ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. 
          WE'RE DOING GREAT. SO WHY DO WE STOP ON THAT? IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT. SO FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS COMING HERE AND
I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HERE TILL 130 IN THE MORNING SOMETIMES. 
          RIGHT. 1:00 IN THE MORNING. BILL BATTEN IS THE ONLY ONE HERE THAT'S GOT A HEATED CHAIR AND
A CUSHION ON THERE. 
          OTHERWISE, I GOT TO GO IN THE BACK AND STAND UP. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ONLY ABOUT SIX OF US LEFT THAT ARE HERE AND DOING OR TRYING TO DO
OUR HOMEWORK EVERY DAY, WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXCEPTION AND ALLOW US THAT EXTRA THREE MINUTES? WE'RE INVOLVED IN THIS. A LOT OF WHAT YOU GIVE ME,
I TAKE BACK TO MY HOA WITH 172 HOUSES IN THERE, AND WE'RE MEETING HOA, THE 15 IS A MEETING ON A BASICALLY A REGULAR BASIS. 
          MR. MAYOR, YOU ATTENDED THAT LAST MEETING WE HAD. 
          THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. BUT WE CAN HELP THE TRANSPARENCY AND GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THE
22, 2300 RESIDENTS IN BAYSIDE LAKE. SO IT'S SIMPLE COMMUNICATION THAT WE CAN IMPROVE. 
          WE TAKE IT BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS AND AS WELL AS THIS HEAR,
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T COME HERE TO MEETINGS IN A ROW, BUT THE LEAST THEY CAN GET YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAD. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR TONIGHT. 
          I WISH YOU THE BEST. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. 
          AND SORRY I MISSED THAT INTERVIEW, BUT THANK YOU,
JUDY. 
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GOOD EVENING, JUDY CRANDALL, 751 PEBBLE BEACH AVENUE NORTHEAST. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO PALM BAY. 
          BUT BUCKLE UP. WE GOT ROUGH ROADS AHEAD. BUT I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE. 
          CONGRATULATE CHANDLER LANGEVIN ON HIS. I UNDERSTAND YOU GOT MARRIED. 
          WELL, I'M HOPEFULLY YOU AND JAY. OKAY. BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THAT GROWTH MANAGEMENT WEEK. YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT CREATING EXUBERANT TAX BASE. HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT PROPERTY TAX. 
          I'M LOOKING FOR THE CITY TO CREATE RETAIL SALES AND LOOK INTO SURTAX, ANYTHING BUT PROPERTY TAX. WE NEED TO LEAVE TO TO LEAVE THAT THOUGHT BEHIND US AND START THINKING IN TERMS OF BRINGING MONEY INTO THE CITY AND KEEPING IT IN THE CITY. 
          THE MORE WE BUILD RESIDENTIAL AND HAVE NO RETAIL OR NO ENTERTAINMENT TO SPEND THE MONEY,
ALL OF THOSE WORKERS ARE LIVING HERE PAYING PROPERTY TAX,
BUT THEY GO SPEND THEIR MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTHING. 
          SO I'M. I'M JUST ASKING FOR A NEW DAY, NEW MANAGER,
NEW THOUGHTS, NEW CREATIONS. 
          LET'S THINK. BRINGING IN OTHER MONEY. THAT'S ALL. 
          SO, JUDY WAS THOSE THOSE PROCLAMATIONS WERE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
AND IT WAS SMALL BUSINESS. 
          SO THOSE ARE PART OF BUSINESS. YEAH. THAT RUTH. 
          NOT AS TALL AS JUDY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL,
WELCOME, MR. MORTON TO PALM BAY AND STAFF. MY NAME IS RUTH CAULFIELD. 
          I LIVE AT 935 DOUGLAS STREET, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY. 
          AS A BREVARD COUNTY CONSTITUTION COACH, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT STAND UP ON THIS
ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. 
          I WANT TO READ A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY FOR YOU. 
          MANY HISTORIANS HAVE COMPARED PATRICK HENRY TO THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET,
AND FOR GOOD REASON HIS BOLD DENUNCIATIONS OF CORRUPT CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND HIS ARTICULATE DEFENSE OF THE COLONISTS
RIGHTS TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND ARE LEGENDARY. DURING THE CRITICAL YEARS OF 1765 THROUGH 1776,
THE AMERICAN COLONIES WERE FORCED TO ENDURE A LONG LIST OF ABUSES, INCLUDING TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION,
SEARCHES AND SEIZURES WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE, THE CONFISCATION OF FIREARMS, AND ON AND ON AND ON,
AND SUPPRESSING CITIZENS RIGHTS TO SPEAK. 
          DESPITE THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE COLONISTS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES STILL FAVORED
SEEKING RECONCILIATION OVER INDEPENDENCE, PATRICK HENRY WAS ONE OF THE MOST PASSIONATE AND FIERY ADVOCATES OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION AND REPUBLICANISM. 
          IT WAS HIS INFLUENCE THAT ROUSED VIRGINIA, THE LARGEST OF THE 13 COLONIES,
INTO MILITARY PREPAREDNESS. 
          NOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE GO INTO PHYSICAL WAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          THIS IS A SPIRITUAL WAR. NOW, IF YOU DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING FROM TODAY,
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. 
          SO WE MUST LEARN TO FIGHT THIS FIGHT TOGETHER. 
          WE MUST STOP THE THE CONFLICT, THE DRAMA THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ADEQUATELY RESOLVE THESE ISSUES THAT ARE IN THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN
MOVE ON WITH THE CITY BUSINESS. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MANY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED,
MANY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS THAT I KNOW OF, OF SOME PEOPLE, SOME CITIZENS SILENCING CITIZENS IS NOT GOING TO GET YOU ANYWHERE. 
          IT WILL JUST INCITE MORE CONFLICT, MORE DRAMA,
AND MORE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO DETRACT FROM DOING THE CITY'S BUSINESS. 
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THE DEPUTY MAYOR. DOES THAT CONCLUDE? PUBLIC COMMENTS. THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKER CARDS,
MAYOR. THANK YOU. 
          SO NOW WE'RE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          ANY. DID YOU TURN ONE? DO WE TURN? I TURNED TO CARDEN FOR NEW BUSINESS OR PUBLIC COMMENTS. PICK ONE. WELL? WELL,
MA'AM. 
          OKAY. STAND FAST. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? STAND FAST. 
          MA'AM. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? CHRISTINE. CHRISTINE. 
          IT'S FOR NEW BUSINESS THAT YOU TURNED IT IN. DID YOU WANT TO TURN ONE IN FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT? I'LL WAIT UNTIL NEW BUSINESS. I GUESS YOU'LL KEEP IT. WELL,
IT'S FOR THAT. 
          THAT AGENDA ITEM. I'M GIVING YOU THE OPTION. WOULD YOU WANT TO TURN ONE IN FOR PUBLIC
COMMENTS NOW? OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS,
SIR. 
          SO WE'RE NOW ON CONSENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'LL NEED A MOTION. 
          [APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:]
SO MOVED. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. 
          SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION,
GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          [PUBLIC HEARINGS:]
ITEM NUMBER ONE. MAYOR. YES, MADAM. SMITH, AS YOU WERE. 
          CARRY ON. ORDINANCE 2025, DASH 19, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE 20, UTILITIES CODE,
CHAPTER 200 UTILITIES CODE BY INCLUDING LANGUAGE FOR AN APPLICATION FILING FEE FOR UTILITY AGREEMENTS. PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT. 
          HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES. 
          PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          RESOLUTION 2025. THAT'S 19. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 20 2434, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION 2020 505,
ADOPTING THE CLASSIFICATION AND PAY PLANS AND THE POSITION CONTROL PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF
PALM BAY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 THROUGH 2025. 
          RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 20 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 20 2435, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION 2025 TEN. ADOPTING THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR
THE FISCAL YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2025. THROUGH 2028. THROUGH 2029. FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
FLORIDA. 
          RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          ITEM NUMBER ONE, MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 2020 5-08,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE 2045 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP
DESIGNATION FROM NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, BREVARD COUNTY AND RS ONE RESIDENTIAL ONE UNIT PER ACRE BREVARD COUNTY TO UMU URBAN MIXED
USE, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT,
HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU, MISS SMITH. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MR. MORTON. IMPORTANT. CALL UP MISS FRAZIER. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND HAPPY MAY DAY. 
          THIS EVENING, IT IS THE THE ADOPTION HEARING FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S A LARGE
SCALE. 
          I'M SORRY. LARGE SCALE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT FOR ASHTON PARK. 
          IT'S THE PART OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS PART OF THE ASHTON PARK DEVELOPMENT TO THE EAST. 
          WE'RE CHANGING THE DESIGNATION FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL,
WHICH IS A COUNTY DESIGNATION, AND RESIDENTIAL ONE, WHICH IS ALSO A COUNTY DESIGNATION TO UMMU THE CITY'S URBAN MIXED
USE. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT IS GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF MICCO ROAD,
0.13 MILES EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND COVERING APPROXIMATELY 133 
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ACRES. PLEASE RECALL THAT ON FEBRUARY 20TH, THIS COUNCIL APPROVED THIS CHANGE IN LAND USE
ON THE TRANSMITTAL HEARING, WHICH TRANSMITTED THIS DOCUMENT UP TO THE STATE. 
          THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, ALONG WITH THE REVIEWING AGENCIES,
HAVE COMPLETED THEIR REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. 
          IT WAS RECEIVED BY THEM ON FEBRUARY 24TH. AFTER 30 DAYS,
IT CAME BACK TO THE CITY. 
          THE REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE EXPEDITED STATE REVIEW PROCESS. 
          THE FLORIDA COMMERCE HAD NO COMMENTS. HOWEVER,
THE REVIEWING AGENCIES DID PROVIDE A FEW TECHNICAL COMMENTS WHICH THE APPLICANT ADDRESSED IN YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT, I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY ANY DINGS ON MY MONITOR. 
          SO THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THE APPLICANT. THE APPLICANT? YEAH. OKAY. SO IS MR. WEISS HERE? WHERE'S THE APPLICANT? THERE HE IS. THANK YOU. JAKE WEISS, CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT. 
          WE DID A DETAILED. YEAH. I LOVE THIS THING. WE DID A DEEP DIVE,
DETAILED PRESENTATION LAST TIME. 
          I PROMISE I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN TONIGHT. SO THIS IS THE WESTERN 133 ACRES OF THE OVERALL
1775 ACRE PROJECT. 
          THE REST OF IT ALREADY HAS THE SAME UNDERLYING LAND USE. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING FOR SECOND READING ON THE 133 ACRES TO THE WEST. 
          AS YOU'RE AWARE WE WILL BE BACK. WE'LL BE BEFORE YOU FOR OUR FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND
ZONING. 
          AND SO YOU WILL GET TO SEE US AGAIN AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. 
          SO WE JUST ASK THAT THE INFORMATION BE PRESENTED AT THE FIRST READING BE ENTERED INTO THE
RECORD FOR THE SECOND READING. 
          WE HAVE STAFF SUPPORT. WE MEET ALL TEN CRITERIA IN THE STAFF REPORT. 
          UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. 
          UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM YOU. THE FIRST READING. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. 
          AND IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THEM,
PLEASE. 
          YES, SIR. AND MR. WISE'S JUST FOR YOUR REMEMBRANCE. 
          BASEBALL FIELDS. FOOTBALL FIELDS HUGE NEED. THIS IS THE TIME FOR ME TO SAY THOSE THINGS. 
          YES. SO THANK YOU FOR DULY NOTING THAT AS YOU CONTINUE TO COME BACK,
MR. DIXON, NOT FORGET. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I HAVE COUNCILMAN HAMMER HAS A QUESTION. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF GROUNDBREAKING? BECAUSE,
AS WE KNOW, BABCOCK IS IS A ROUGH PLACE, AND I DO FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM DRIVING NORTH ON BABCOCK. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE COMING IN SOONER THAN THE MAJORITY OF THE
HOUSES OR. 
          YES, BECAUSE THE COMMERCIAL IS GOING TO BE A HUGE PART OF CONTROLLING THE TRAFFIC NORTH ON
BABCOCK, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW OUR GROWTH IS NOT A BABCOCK CAN'T TAKE IT. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE PLAN TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF OF BABCOCK. 
          YES. SO HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT? AND OFF 95 AS WELL? YEAH. RIGHT NOW, THE NORTH PORTION OF OUR SITE,
IT CUTS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT A LITTLE BIT FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT. 
          MICCO ROAD GOES STRAIGHT TO BABCOCK AS YOU JUST DESCRIBED. 
          SO ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC GETS BABCOCK. OUR PROJECT WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE
EXTENSION OF THE PARKWAY AT THE INTERCHANGE GOING EAST AND THEN SOUTH TO RIGHT AT OUR MAIN ENTRANCE, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE AT THAT 133 ACRES. 
          SO THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD IS WITH THAT PARKWAY EXPANSION. 
          WE HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH THE CITY STAFF TODAY. 
          I THINK ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT WAS REPRESENTED,
IF NOT EVERY DEPARTMENT, AND THEY EVEN FOUND A WAY TO HELP US MOVE FORWARD FASTER WITH THE PARKWAY EXTENSION PROJECT AND WITH THE UTILITY EXTENSIONS THE UTILITY EXTENSIONS THAT ARE
COMING ALL THE WAY FROM BAYSIDE LAKES, IT'S ALMOST AN 8 OR 9 MILE ROUTE. THAT PROJECT. 
          WE JUST AGREED ALSO THIS MORNING TO HAVE A KICKOFF PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING. 
          AND THAT PROJECT IS ALSO STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. 
          SO ALL THESE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ME COME TALK TO YOU ABOUT FOR ALL THESE YEARS,
ALL THIS MASTER PLANNING, THEY'RE THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM AT THIS TIME. 
          SO WHAT YOU DESCRIBED IS EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN. 
          WE'LL HAVE THE FOUR LANE ROAD COMING RIGHT TO OUR MAIN ENTRANCE. 
          WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF INTERNAL TRIP CAPTURE, TOO,
BECAUSE OF THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF IT WITH OUR OWN RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO ALL THAT TRAFFIC WILL NOW BE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT TO 95 AND BE ABLE TO ALLEVIATE
SOME OF THAT BURDEN THAT BABCOCK STREET TAKES ON TODAY. 
          AND WHAT HAS YOUR LUCK BEEN FROM YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH SCHOOLS? 
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WELL, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAVE A 30 ACRE SITE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR A
PUBLIC SCHOOL. 
          I MENTIONED IT THE LAST TIME WE PRESENTED ON THIS PROJECT. 
          THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DOING THE FIRST K TO EIGHT SCHOOL EVER IN BREVARD COUNTY AS A PUBLIC
SCHOOL. 
          SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. WE HAVE A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON VERY
CLOSE BY ODYSSEY, WHICH I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW VERY WELL, HAS BEEN RECEIVED UNANIMOUSLY OR MULTIPLE AWARDS
BY THIS COUNCIL IN THE PAST. 
          AND THEY'RE IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL,
JUST NORTH OF HERE WITH A NEW SCHOOL MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING WITH BOTH CHARTER AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A CRITICAL
NEED, ESPECIALLY THAT ELEMENTARY LEVEL RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU JAKE. NOW I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC,
AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK OUT. 
          THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ANYONE? OKAY, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          ASKING FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. 
          GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. I GOT TWO SECONDS. 
          EENY MEENY MINEY MO. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO,
MISS SMITH. 
          ORDINANCE 2025, DASH 17, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE 17, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 171 DEFINITIONS,
ABBREVIATIONS, AND ACRONYMS BY MODIFYING LANGUAGE CONTAINED THEREIN. 
          PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. 
          HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND,
MR. MORTON, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'LL HAVE LISA FRAZIER COME UP TO THE LECTERN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. THIS AGAIN IS THE FINAL READING OF THE MODIFIED CHAPTER 171 DEFINITIONS,
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS. PLEASE RECALL THAT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD A A WONDERFUL DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CHANGES
IN THE DEFINITIONS. 
          YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR PACKET THAT ONE CHANGE WAS MADE AND RECOGNIZED IN COMPLIANCE WITH
YOUR I'M SORRY, SIR. CARRY ON. OKAY. WITH WITH YOUR REQUEST. WELL WITH THAT I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR
CORRECTIONS COUNCIL. 
          I DON'T SEE ANY DINGS SO THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I'M GOING TO TEE IT. BACK OFF TO THE AUDIENCE. 
          ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. SEEING NONE. ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND,
BROTHER? ARE YOU HOLDING UP YOUR HAND BECAUSE YOU. IT HURTS. 
          I HOLD MY HAND. OH. COPY THAT SIR. I THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT INITIALLY. 
          THAT'S WHY I JUST IGNORED IT THE SECOND TIME. 
          SO THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. 
          SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON,
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO. 
          WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, MADAM SMITH,
ORDINANCE 20 2518, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 25. 
          BUDGET. BY APPROPRIATING AND ALLOCATING FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT A,
CONSISTING OF FIVE PAGES, AND INCORPORATED IN ITS ENTIRETY HEREIN. RECOGNIZING THAT SUCH APPROPRIATIONS MUST BE MADE
PURSUANT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          CHAPTER 35 ADOPTING, RATIFYING, CONFIRMING, AND VALIDATING THE ALLOCATIONS. 
          PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          AND, MR. MARTIN, YOU CAN CALL UP LARRY WOJCIECHOWSKI. 
          OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR OR JUST PLAIN OLD LARRY. 
          THAT SOUNDS GOOD TOO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          LARRY WOJCIECHOWSKI, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. THIS ITEM IS THE FINAL READING OF THE SECOND
BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FY 2425 YEAR. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF THEM FOR YOU. 
          COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS OF. I SEE NO DIGGING YET. 
          I DO. ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE. OKAY. SO. 
          YES. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND, HAVE YOU GOTTEN TO SPEAK TO MR. MARTIN ABOUT THIS AT ALL? OR IS IT JUST NOT ABOUT THIS BEING THIS FIRST TIME TONIGHT? OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? 
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SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC. 
          BROTHERS, STAY CLOSE IN CASE WE NEED SOME ANSWERS HERE. 
          ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND. EXCEPT FOR MY SOLDIER BUDDY OVER THERE. 
          OKAY. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON,
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN. SEEING NONE,
I. 
          OKAY. GO AHEAD. I WAS GOING TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING MR. MORTON WANTED TO LOOK AT FIRST BEFORE WE WE PUSH THIS THROUGH,
OR IF HE GOT TO LOOK AT IT. 
          AND, MR. MORTON, THERE'S A QUESTION FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? YES. SO THANK YOU. 
          I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ON WEDNESDAY TO SPEND THE DAY WITH MR. MORGAN BEFORE HE DEPARTED. AND WE DID SPEND SEVERAL HOURS GOING THROUGH,
AND HE BROUGHT ME UP TO SPEED CONTEXTUALLY ON THE ITEMS TONIGHT. 
          AS FAR AS THE FINE DETAIL OBVIOUSLY IN SOME OF THE DEEPER BACKGROUND,
IT IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS WITH STAFF. 
          BUT MR. MORGAN AND I CAME TO AGREEMENT. I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU SIR. SO RIGHT NOW I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN. 
          JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 20, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY,
FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT TWO, BLOCK 416, PORT MALABAR. 
          UNIT TEN. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 15,
PAGE 17 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GET MR. MORTON'S PERMISSION TO CALL UP MISS SULLIVAN. 
          MISS CHRISTINE. OUR ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL, THIS IS A REQUEST TO VACATE. 
          THIS IS VACATION OF TEN TEN FEET OF A 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITIES AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT. 
          FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A SWIMMING POOL WITH A SCREEN CAGE IN THE BACKYARD. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. MAYOR. YES. 
          QUESTION IS FOR. FOR FUTURE. CAN STAFF LOOK AT MAYBE A DIFFERENT POLICY WHERE THIS CAN BE
MORE ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED. 
          SO THESE ITEMS DON'T COME TO COUNCIL AS OFTEN? YEAH. WE DULY NOTED. IS THAT A QUESTION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO STAFF OR YOU'RE
YIELDING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY? THE CITY ATTORNEY PROBABLY COULD TALK TO THAT OR THE. 
          YEAH, YOU. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON ELOQUENTLY SAID THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN WEIGH IN ON THAT. 
          NOT FOR THESE VACATION OF DRAINAGE EASEMENTS. 
          WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE EASEMENTS ARE. SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          BUT WHEN WE'RE DRAINAGE CERTAIN EASEMENTS. BY STATUTE,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE NOTICE. BUT CERTAINLY IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ONES THAT ARE NOT GOVERNED BY
STATUTE, I'LL WORK WITH STAFF. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM CAN BE DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY. 
          UNDERSTOOD. BUT ARE YOU WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS? I THINK IS WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR IS LOOKING FOR,
MAN. 
          IS THAT OKAY? SO IT'S COUNCIL. GOOD WITH THAT. 
          DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, MORE OF A COMMENT. 
          WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS PREVIOUSLY, A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          BECAUSE I. I'M WITH YOU. YEAH, I'M WITH YOU,
DEPUTY MAYOR. 
          LIKE, FOR THINGS LIKE THIS. THIS SHOULDN'T TAKE THEM BEING HERE SOMETIMES THREE HOURS
BEFORE THEIR ITEMS HEARD ON SOMETHING THAT CAN BE HANDLED BY ADMINISTRATION. 
          SO I'M SURE MR. SMITH COULD LOOK BACK AT WHAT WE WORKED ON BEFORE AND JUST ELABORATE ON
THAT. 
          SO OKAY, THAT SHOULD WORK. THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH. 
          ANY OTHER CONVERSATIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER THINGS,
BUT AT LEAST YOU GOT A CONSENSUS FOR THEM TO TO WORK FURTHER. 
          AND I DO REMEMBER YOU WORKING ON THAT DETAIL WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
          AND I THINK YOU CAME TO THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY,
RIGHT? BUT EITHER WAY ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE STEP FORWARD, MASTER CHIEF. BILL BATTEN,
586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. 
          I WAS NOT PLANNING ON SPEAKING ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE I SOMEWHAT AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT'S
THAT IT SOMETIMES GETS HECTIC AND LONG FOR THE MEETINGS TO ADDRESS SOMETHING LIKE 
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THIS, BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN OVER ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS,
THAT WE'VE HAD SOME VARIANCES THAT WERE QUESTIONABLE, AND IT MAKES IT PUBLIC FOR THE CITIZENS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON INSTEAD OF EVERYTHING
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE A TENDENCY TO OVERSTEP THEIR BOUNDS AND ALWAYS ASK FOR A LITTLE
BIT MORE. 
          WE'VE HAD BUILDERS ASK FOR VARIANCES UP TO 100% OF THEIR OF THEIR LOTS,
JUST TO MAKE IT FOR CONVENIENCE FOR THEM. 
          AND IF WE START DOING THAT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS,
YOU'RE DEPRIVING THE CITIZENS OF KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY. 
          I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES OF THIS ARGUMENT, BUT IF YOU AUTOMATICALLY TAKE THAT AWAY,
THAT'S JUST ONE MORE REASON WHY WE WANT TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED. 
          GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? YES, SIR. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          PUBLIC HEARING, MISS SMITH. ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 21,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE 20 FOOT WIDE DRAINAGE
RIGHT OF WAY LINE NORTH OF LOT SEVEN AND 20 AND LINE SOUTH OF LOTS EIGHT AND 19. BLOCK 2051 PORT MALABAR. UNIT 46 AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 22,
PAGES 58 THROUGH 74 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN,
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AGAIN ASK MISS,
GET THE PERMISSION OF THE CITY MANAGER TO ASK MISS SULLIVAN'S TO STEP FORWARD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT WE VACATE A RIGHT
OF WAY. 
          A DRAINAGE RIGHT OF WAY. WE WILL NOT BE WE CANNOT. 
          I BEG YOUR PARDON? THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR THE FENCING OF EASEMENTS,
BUT NOT DRAINAGE. 
          RIGHT OF WAYS. WE WILL STILL HAVE ALL OF THE EASEMENT ACCESS TO THE DRAINAGE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          THE AREA HAS BEEN PIPED BY THE APPLICANT AND THEY'RE ASKING TO BE ABLE TO FENCE THEIR
YARD, WHICH IS THE REASON FOR THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE STEP FORWARD. HELLO, I'M THE APPLICANT. 
          I'M PHIL SILVER AT 2640 ONE EIGHTH AVENUE. YOU MAY. 
          I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR A WHILE. 
          YOU MAY REMEMBER ME FROM LAST YEAR. REQUESTED A USE PERMIT TO INSTALL THE PIPE. 
          I'M A RARE FRUIT TREE COLLECTOR, AND YOU'RE NODDING YOUR HEAD? YES. SO INSTALLED THE PIPE. IT'S A BIG PIPE,
MUCH LARGER THAN THE DOWNSTREAM AND UPSTREAM PIPES. 
          AND THERE'S DIRT ACROSS IT. AND I'D LIKE TO CONNECT MY FENCE TO SO THAT I CAN ACCESS BOTH
LOTS WITHOUT HAVING TO WALK OUT TO THE STREET AND BACK AROUND TO MY OTHER LOT. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE IT OFF SO THAT PEOPLE STOP HELPING THEMSELVES TO
THINGS THAT I'VE WORKED REALLY HARD ON. 
          YEAH. THIS WAS YOUR INVESTMENT TOWARDS THE. YOU PROVIDED THAT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS? YEAH. PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO THIS. I DO REMEMBER YOU GROW THOSE FRUIT TREES OR SOMETHING
ALONG THAT LINE. 
          I HAVE A I HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. 
          JUST A BRIEF QUESTION, SIR. YOU'VE BEEN AT THIS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SAW YOU UP HERE,
CORRECT? IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS. I'VE HAD A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH MOSTLY CONTRACTORS,
WHICH I GOT SOME HELP FROM MR. JAFFE ON YOU KNOW. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, BY THE WAY. 
          BUT, YEAH, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG,
LONG JOURNEY AND SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON IT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BE TOWARDS THE END OF IT. YEAH,
I REMEMBER WHEN THIS FIRST CAME TO US, AND I REMEMBER IT BEING SUCH A HUGE INVESTMENT ON YOUR PART. AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO IT. 
          MY WIFE IS HERE, SO I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I SPENT. 
          I'M SURE SHE KNOWS, SIR. I'M SURE SHE KNOWS. BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD. THANK YOU. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM,
PLEASE STEP UP. 
          BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. 
          THIS IS A CASE WHERE I CAN SAY GOOD JOB ON COUNCIL AND THE CITY. 
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THIS. IT WAS. IT WAS GREAT. THIS TURNED INTO A WIN WIN FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE
HOMEOWNER. 
          AND THAT'S THE WAY I THINK THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT SHOULD WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE
RESIDENTS. 
          I, I JUST HOPE THIS INDIVIDUAL FINALLY GETS TO ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT HE'S INVESTED INTO
THIS, AND PROTECT IT A LITTLE BIT BY HAVING THE FENCE THAT COMES IN NOW TO PROTECT,
PROTECT HIS VALUABLE CROP. 
          SO GOOD JOB ON THIS ONE AND IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. 
          THAT DID GET HELP FROM THE CITY FOR A RESIDENT TO ACCOMPLISH AN OBJECTIVE,
EVEN THOUGH IT DID TAKE THEM YEARS AND YEARS, WHICH WAS STRICTLY FOR A VARIANCE REQUEST. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. ASKING FOR A MOTION. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON PROCUREMENTS. 
          ITEM NUMBER ONE, MR. MORTON, CALL UP GEORGE BARBER. 
          [PROCUREMENTS:]
I WAS READY FOR THIS ONE. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A SIMPLE ONE. IT'S JUST A PIGGYBACK PURCHASE. 
          IT'S FROM A NATIONAL COOPERATIVE ACTIVE CONTRACT. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL? COUNCILMAN. I THINK I'M. I'M MISSING A THING. 
          SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS. I'M MISSING A THING HERE. 
          IF I DON'T SEE IT ON. NO. NO ONE'S SPEAKING. IF I DON'T SEE IT ON THE MONITOR. 
          I GOTTA GET. I GOTTA GET YOU. THERE YOU GO. I STILL DON'T HAVE IT. 
          THERE WE GO. COUNCILMAN. HAMMER. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS. 
          I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE BADLY NEED. AND WITH THE STORM SEASON COMING UP,
I. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND PUBLIC WORKS COMING THROUGH WITH THIS. 
          I KNOW WITH ALLOCATIONS LIKE THIS, IT IT'S A LOT. 
          AND THEN GETTING IT SOURCED AND HAVING IT BUILT BY,
BY THE BY THE MANUFACTURERS IS A LOT. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING,
BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE HUGE WHEN WE DO NEED IT. 
          IT IS. IT IS AN INTRICATE PIECE OF WHAT WE DO HERE IN PALM BAY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR. I, I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. 
          GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. THE SECOND CAME FROM COUNCILMAN HAMMER. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. 
          I'M CALLING THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSE? PASSES FOUR ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS. 
          ITEM NUMBER ONE, MADAM SMITH. RESOLUTION 
          [NEW BUSINESS:]
2025, THAT'S 21 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY SACRIFICE PARK MEMORIAL WALL, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU. MR. MORTON, WOULD YOU LIKE JULIET MOSCONI TO PRESENT THIS ITEM,
OR WHO WOULD YOU PREFER? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          JULIET MOSCONI, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. AS YOU KNOW,
ON MARCH 28TH, WE WERE VERY PROUD TO REOPEN OUR REMODELED SACRIFICE PARK, HONORING THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HAVE PROVIDED THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND COMMITMENT TO
OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY AND IN BREVARD COUNTY. 
          AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL AND MOVING WALL WITH THE ETCHED PLAQUES,
WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH NAMES CAN BE ADDED TO THE WALL. SO JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS. 
          THERE IS A RESOLUTION. FIRST OF ALL, WE WANTED TO FORMALIZE IT IN THAT WAY. 
          THIS IS ELIGIBLE TO ANY FIRST RESPONDER EMPLOYED IN A BREVARD COUNTY AGENCY. 
          IT DOES INCLUDE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL AND KENNEDY SPACE CENTER,
FOR EXAMPLE. 
          STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT HAVE A LOCATION WITHIN BREVARD COUNTY. 
          THE DEFINITION OF FIRST RESPONDER IS DEFINED IN FLORIDA STATUTE,
AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO AREAS OF ELIGIBILITY. ONE IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS
BENEFITS PROGRAM. 
          THEY HAVE A VERY CLEAR ELIGIBILITY PROCESS FOR A LINE OF DUTY DEATH. 
          AND WE'RE REQUESTING A SECOND OPTION. BY THE WAY,
THE SOB, THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER'S BENEFIT COVERS LAW ENFORCEMENT, 
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FIREFIGHTERS, BUT IT DOESN'T COVER FIREFIGHTER CANCER DEATHS. 
          HOWEVER, THAT IS CODIFIED IN FLORIDA STATUTE AS AN ELIGIBLE LINE OF DUTY DEATH WITH A
BENEFIT. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS TO HAVE THOSE FIREFIGHTERS THAT MEET THE ELIGIBILITY AS
DEFINED IN FLORIDA STATUTE 112 AND WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED AFTER JULY 1ST, 2019, TO ALSO BE ELIGIBLE. 
          IN ORDER TO BE ADDED TO THE WALL, IT WILL REQUIRE A RESOLUTION BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF
THE AGENCY THAT INCLUDES US. 
          AND IT WILL REQUIRE ALL THE BACKUP AND DOCUMENTATION TO BE SUBMITTED,
INCLUDING EVIDENCE OF THE RESOLUTION TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          CITY MANAGER WILL THEN ISSUE A LETTER TO THE AGENCY SAYING,
YES, THIS HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. 
          THE AGENCY WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PLAQUE AND WE WANT THEM TO USE OUR VENDOR. 
          SO THEY ALL MATCH. AND JUST IN CASE ANYTHING EVER HAPPENS TO THAT LOCAL VENDOR,
I'VE GOT ALL THE DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS. 
          THAT'S AN EXHIBIT TO THIS RESOLUTION. AND THEN WE WILL WORK WITH THEM. 
          OUR POLICE AND FIRE AGENCIES RESPECTIVELY, TO DO A CEREMONIAL PLAQUE UNVEILING FOR THOSE
THAT ARE HONORED ON THE WALL. 
          I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH CHIEF AJELLO AND CHIEF STOVER ON THIS,
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THEIR SUPPORT. 
          AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL. I DON'T SEE ANY DINGS. OH, WELL, YOU JUST CAME IN,
MIKE. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HAMMER. 
          THANK YOU. COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE THE POLICY THAT'S IN HERE AS FAR AS RELATION TO OFFICER
TOBER AND COVID? YES. THANK YOU. SO THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS PROGRAM HAS VERY CLEAR EMPLOYMENT
STATUS AND ELIGIBILITY. 
          IT REQUIRES EVIDENCE FROM BOTH THE WIDOWED FAMILY BECAUSE IT PROVIDES THAT PARTICULAR
PROGRAM FROM DOJ PROVIDES A DEATH BENEFIT, BOTH FOR THE FAMILY. AND ALSO THERE'S EDUCATION,
CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN ALONG THE ON ALONG THE WAY. 
          IT COVERS TRAUMATIC INJURIES AND NON-TRAUMATIC INJURIES. 
          AND THERE WAS A, A MODIFICATION TO THE PROGRAM THAT WAS PASSED UNDER PUBLIC LAW. 
          116 157. IT IS ENTITLED SAFEGUARDING AMERICA'S FIRST RESPONDERS ACT OF 2020. 
          AND IT ADDS, AS AN ELIGIBLE LINE OF DUTY DEATH,
THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS WHO SUCCUMBED TO COVID 19, AS LONG AS THEY WERE IN THE LINE OF DUTY FROM THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST,
2020 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2021. AND THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. 
          OFFICER TOBER WAS SUBMITTED BY THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICERS BENEFIT PROGRAM AND WAS APPROVED FOR THAT BENEFIT UNDER THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO UNDER THESE GUIDELINES, HE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND, THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY FIRST ONE. 
          AND SECOND ONE. I JUST WANTED TO GET ON RECORD. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY THAT HAS THEIR
PLAQUE ON SACRIFICE PARK, THEY CAN STILL HAVE A MEMORIAL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE CITY. 
          YES, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE THINGS I'VE SPOKEN TO THE CHIEF ABOUT THAT I'M WITH MISTER
TOVAR THAT I'M EXTREMELY ADAMANT ABOUT, AND I DO BELIEVE HE NEEDS TO BE ADDED. BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE IN HIS
MEMORY IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE HE WAS A VERY LARGE PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE. 
          HE STARTED IN FLEET AND HE MADE HIS WAY UP AND HE SHOULD BE MEMORIALIZED PROPERLY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I DID CONFIRM WITH CHIEF AJELLO THAT THERE ARE PLANS TO DO
ADDITIONAL NAMINGS TO HONOR OFFICER TOVAR, AND CERTAINLY THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT PRECLUDE ANYONE NAMED ON THE WALL FROM BEING
HONORED ON ANY IN ANY OTHER WAY. 
          NAMING OF BUILDINGS, ROOMS, STREETS, PARKS AND ALSO DOESN'T PRECLUDE THEM FROM BEING
HONORED ON ANY OF THE OTHER MEMORIALS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS THE THE POLICE HALL OF FAME IN TITUSVILLE AND THERE AND HE IS
ALREADY ON THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. YEAH. JULIETTE,
I JUST WANTED TO TO REALLY SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO IT. 
          AND WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH OUR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO'VE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY,
THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING AND SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS UP. AND YOU PUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR HEART AND SOUL IN THIS AND A HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM. SO I JUST
WANTED TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU. YES. AND I WANT TO ECHO THAT. HOWEVER,
I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS, AS I SHARED WITH YOU, 
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AND I'LL. I'LL SHARE WITH COUNCIL MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WHEN THEY DETERMINE AN LOD OR THE ACTUAL AGENCY, WHEN THEY DETERMINE AN LOD, SHOULD SUFFICE. HERE'S MY CONCERN. 
          MAYBE NOT TODAY, BUT MAYBE DOWNRANGE. THERE COULD BE A COUNCIL THAT HAS THE AUTHORITY NOT
TO ALLOW SOMEONE BE ADDED TO THAT. TO SACRIFICE PARK. I BELIEVE THAT AN LOD SHOULD NOT BE A
POLITICAL STATEMENT, SHOULD NOT COME TO A VOTE BY A GOVERNING BODY. 
          THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS, GENTLEMEN. I BELIEVE IT WOULD SUFFICE FOR ARE THOSE PROFESSIONALS? AND IT COULD BE A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, RIGHT? BUT YOU KNOW,
ON THIS DAIS, SOMETIMES WE WE COULD SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURES OF THE COMMUNITY,
OF THE POLITICS. 
          AND THAT'S MY ONLY ISSUE WITH THE GOVERNING BODY. 
          I THINK IF THE LOD IS IS HAMMERED THEN THEN WE SHOULD GO WITH THAT ASPECT OF IT. 
          THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. YOU. 
          YOU. YES, SIR. I'M. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, YOU PAGED IN A SECOND AS WELL? YEAH, SAME AS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I SUPPORT YOU. 
          I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND DOING IT FOR THE OTHER AGENCIES. 
          SO THAT WE REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THEIR CONSENT. 
          BUT WITH US, WITH IT BEING OUR OUR MEMORIAL,
AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 
          WE CAN KIND OF BE A LITTLE BIASED IN THAT REGARD AND SAY,
IF THEY'RE OURS AND THEY MEET THOSE STANDARDS, THEN THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE A VOTE. BUT AGAIN,
IT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE AND YOU PUT A GREAT STANDARD TOGETHER, JULIET. SO I STILL APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM HERE. YEAH. 
          AND TO, TO THAT EFFORT, COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN AND I KNOW WE CAN'T DISCUSS THIS YOU KNOW,
AS WE'RE AS JULIET IS WORKING ON THIS BECAUSE SHE YOU DID PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS, MA'AM,
AND I'LL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL. 
          EVEN SACRIFICE PARK. YOU WENT OUT AND WE ASKED YOU FOR SOME LAST MINUTE,
AND YOU GOT US $250,000 FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. SO I OWE A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THE ENTIRE CITIZENS. 
          OWE YOU THAT? BUT MY CONCERN IS, LET'S SAY SISTER CITY DOESN'T AGREE WITH US POLITICALLY. 
          RIGHT? AND THEY THERE'S SOMEONE THAT HAS A LINE OF DUTY,
DEATH AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND BY THEIR AGENCY. 
          BUT YET BECAUSE SOME POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE. I WOULD NOT WANT THAT TO DETER US HONORING A
FIRST RESPONDER FROM FROM BEING HONORED AT OUR SACRIFICE PARK SO THAT THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. 
          YES. COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN? YEAH. I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          SO I'D BE WILLING TO SUPPORT YOU IF YOU WANT TO MOVE ON THAT. YEAH. 
          WHAT? MADAM? WHAT? OH, THERE YOU GO. I THOUGHT YOU WENT BACK. 
          WHAT IS IT MORE OF A LEGAL MATTER NOW? I GOT THE CITY ATTORNEY WEIGHING IN. 
          IT IS NOT A LEGAL MATTER. THE POLICY. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT CHANGE,
I. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT WANTING IT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL,
IT'S PARTICULARLY FOR THE OTHER AGENCIES. 
          WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SPECIFY HOW IT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED. 
          BECAUSE TYPICALLY, IF YOU HAVE THINGS THAT AREN'T IN THE BUDGET LIKE THEY'RE HAVING,
THIS COMES UP AND WE ARE NOT BUDGETED. 
          IT WOULD COME TO YOU FOR SOME TYPE OF BUDGET AMENDMENT. 
          IS IT THAT YOU ARE WANTING THE POLICE, AS A PART OF THEIR BUDGET TO ALLOCATE A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF FUNDS, SO THAT WAY THEY COULD JUST GO THROUGH IT? I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO IF IT'S NOT THE INTENT
TO HAVE IT COME BACK, I WANT US TO THINK THROUGH SO WE DON'T HAVE IT COME BACK. 
          IF THAT'S YOUR INTENT. NO. THE SUPPORTING AGENCY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THAT PLAN. 
          WELL, IF THEY'RE NOT DOING A RESOLUTION. YEAH,
BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT GETS POLITICIZED AND THEY'RE SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO DO A RESOLUTION. THEY DON'T WANT TO DO A RESOLUTION. THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO PAY. I GET
YOUR POINT. 
          I GET YOUR POINT. YEAH. SO I GUESS THE OTHER AGENCIES WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE IT THAT SIMPLE. MY CONCERN IS I AND I STRESS IT IS THE POLITICAL
ASPECT OF IT, BUT I CAN SEE THEM NOT WANTING TO PAY FOR IT AND NOT NOT BE ABLE. 
          SO IF THAT IS THE CASE IF THERE IS AN LOD AS LONG AS THE AGENCY IS PAYING FOR IT. 
          I WOULD BE GOOD WITH THAT. IF IF THAT'S ALLOWABLE,
LIKE THE CERTAINLY THE SPONSORING AGENCY. 
          SO LET'S SAY IT'S COCOA PD AS AN EXAMPLE. RIGHT THEN COCOA PD PAYS FOR THAT OUT OF THEIR
BUDGET. 
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SO THAT THAT WOULD BE. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT,
MADAM ATTORNEY, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. ARE WE GOOD WITH THIS COUNCIL? OKAY. 
          DO. WHAT ELSE DO. OKAY. MISS COUNCILMAN HAMMOND. 
          SO WITH US DOING THAT, IS THERE AN RT LINE ITEM THAT ACTUALLY GIVES THE DEPARTMENT THAT
ABILITY TO PUT FUNDING TOWARDS THIS IF IT DOESN'T COME TO US? BECAUSE IF NOT, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER STEP WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO APPROVE FUNDING
FOR DEPARTMENT THROUGH A LINE ITEM FOR JUST THAT IN EACH DEPARTMENT FIRE, POLICE. AND I MEAN, IN SOME POINTS YOU WOULD CALL PUBLIC WORKS A FIRST
RESPONDER IF THEY'RE OUT, OUT AIDING IN A FIRE. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD MEET THE DEFINITION THAT WE HAVE TO
LOOK AT THAT. 
          BUT GREAT QUESTION. SO I MAY I ASK A QUESTION JUST FOR POINT OF CLARITY TO MAKE SURE I'M
UNDERSTANDING, YOU'RE ASKING THAT THE OTHER AGENCIES STILL CONTINUE TO PAY FOR IT,
BUT THAT NO AGENCY HAVE A RESOLUTION, OR THAT YOU'RE ASKING THAT THE OTHER AGENCIES CONTINUE TO PAY FOR IT. 
          AND ONLY PALM BAY ELIGIBLE FIRST RESPONDERS WON'T NEED A RESOLUTION THROUGH YOU ALL AGAIN. 
          IS THAT IS AM I MISUNDERSTANDING THAT? SO THIS IS THIS IS WHAT I WAS THINKING,
RIGHT? THAT NO ELECTED OFFICIAL SHOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DENY OR OR APPROVE ANYONE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AS A LINE OF DUTY DEATH THAT COMES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE. 
          IT COMES FROM THE STATUTE OF FLORIDA OR WHATEVER,
WHATEVER AGENCY. 
          SO IN THE DISCUSSION, FROM WHAT I GATHERED FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY WAS,
HOW WILL THEY PAY FOR IT IF THE GOVERNMENT BODY DOESN'T PROVIDE A RESOLUTION? USUALLY THAT'S THE THAT'S THE BUDGET. AND I,
I, I CONCURRED, BUT PERHAPS THAT AGENCY MEANING AND I USE THE CITY OF COCOA AS AN EXAMPLE COCOA PD WITHOUT A RESOLUTION. BUT THEY DO HAVE A LINE OF DUTY DEATH. 
          THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DETERMINED IT'S A LINE OF DUTY DEATH. 
          THAT SHOULD SUFFICE TO HONOR THAT MEMBER ON OUR SACRIFICE PARK. 
          IS THAT. YES. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN I'M PLEASED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THESE PLAQUES ARE
NOT OVERLY EXPENSIVE. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER OFF MY HEAD, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT THEY WERE AROUND $5,000. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT A BUDGET BUSTERS,
IF YOU WILL. 
          SO AND IF THEY'RE UNDER $5,000 THERE, AND I MIGHT LOOK TO LARRY FOR THIS,
THEY'RE NOT EVEN CAPITAL. 
          SO THEY COULD DO A BUDGET TRANSFER WITHIN THEIR OPERATING BUDGET INTO THE APPROPRIATE LINE
ITEM, AS DEFINED BY OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, TO PAY FOR THEM. 
          LET'S SAY THIS FISCAL YEAR. ALSO, IF THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE UPCOMING IN FUTURE FISCAL
YEARS, LIKE, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CASE OF OFFICER TOBER,
THEY WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH IN AUGUST. 
          MAYBE THEY WANT TO DO IT NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THEN OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WOULD
BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 
          I WOULD IMAGINE THAT OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR PROCESS,
WHETHER THEY NEED TO GO BACK TO THEIR AGENCY TO MISS SMITH'S POINT IN ORDER TO REQUEST THE FUNDING, THEN THEY WILL STILL NEED TO DO THAT,
AND WE JUST WOULDN'T BE DICTATING THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT. 
          YEAH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. IT JUST COMES OUT OF OPERATING AND NOT A SET LINE ITEM WITHIN
GREEN SCREEN. 
          YES. GREEN SCREENS GOING AWAY. SO SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WORK TOWARDS TODAY? MADAM ATTORNEY, AND I'LL LOOK AT YOU. IS WOULD THAT SUFFICE TO MOVE FORWARD IN SOMETHING
LIKE THAT? WE'RE FINE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CLEAR. SO IT OCCURS HOW YOU WANT IT. 
          WELL, THERE WOULD BE SOME MINOR CHANGES IN THE WORDING,
BUT I THINK WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL IS ASKING FOR AND WHAT THE MOTION WILL BE SO THAT WE CAN HONOR YOUR INTENT. GOT IT. THANK YOU,
MISS. 
          MISS MOSCONI. JUST STAND FAST BECAUSE WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS POINT. 
          YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MA'AM. LANCE FISHER. DO WE HAVE. 
          OKAY, JUST ONE CARD. LANCE FISHER 130. MILE ROAD,
FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF, PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT, RETIRED. ONCE AGAIN,
MAYOR MEDINA WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOUR COMMITMENT TO HONORING FIRST RESPONDERS WITH SACRIFICE PARK. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL TO THOSE THAT SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES FOR THE
GREAT COMMUNITY THEY SERVED. THOUGH I BELIEVE THIS PROPOSAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PARK SO THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT DESERVE TO BE ON
THE WALL COULD HAVE BEEN HONORED DURING THE PARK'S OPENING OR GRAND OPENING. 
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I'M EXCITED THAT FRANK TOBIN AND OTHERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED GET THE RECOGNITION THEY SO
DESERVED. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING, MY UNDERSTANDING. THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF PALM BAY FIREFIGHTERS THAT
SHOULD BE ON THE WALL AS WELL. I'M JUST NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THOSE CASES TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT THEM. I HOPE THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND ON THE NEXT
COUNCIL AGENDA. I HOPE TO SEE A RESOLUTION TO HONOR FRANK TOBER. 
          HE AND HIS FAMILY DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE VERY CITY THAT HE REPRESENTED SO WELL. 
          I WAS IN MEETINGS WHERE THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A CREATE A MONUMENT IN THE PARK TO
HONOR THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT TRAGICALLY TOOK THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF THE MENTAL TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR CAREERS. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT IS STILL BEING CONSIDERED. 
          LASTLY, WE MUST WE MUST FIND A WAY TO HONOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS. 
          THESE 911 OPERATORS ARE THE FIRST TO GET THE CALL,
AND THEY OFTEN NEVER GET CLOSURE. 
          THE OFFICERS ON SCENE MAY GET THESE OPERATORS BEAR THE SAME MENTAL TRAUMA AS OFFICERS DO
DURING CRITICAL CALLS. 
          THE CITY SHOULD LEAD THE WAY WITH THEIR LOBBYISTS TO GET THEM RECOGNIZED AS FIRST
RESPONDERS. 
          THEY DESERVE THE SAME BENEFITS AS PROVIDED TO THE OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE FLORIDA
PTSD LEGISLATION. 
          THEY ARE A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. JUST TO I WROTE SOME NOTES
DOWN BASED ON THE OTHER STUFF THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT. 
          I DO AGREE THAT THE SOB SHOULD BE THE CRITERIA. 
          I DON'T I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RESOLUTION. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. JUST FOR
REFERENCE FRANK TOVAR'S PAPERWORK WAS SUBMITTED BY ME THROUGH CHIEF MOYA, AND IT WAS APPROVED ALREADY, SO THAT PAPERWORK SHOULD ALREADY BE IN PROCESS. 
          I, I THINK IT'S KEY THAT THE THAT THE CITY RECOGNIZE THAT THAT THE SOB BE THE
RECOMMENDATION. 
          JUST REMEMBER WHY FRANK'S NOT ON THE WALL IS BECAUSE THIS VERY CITY FOUGHT AGAINST HIS
BENEFITS. 
          YOUR CITY ATTORNEY TO TO SO THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY THE BENEFITS. 
          THAT SHOULD NEVER BE. THAT SHOULD NEVER BE A DISCUSSION. 
          IF THE IF IF A IF A MEMBER IS HONORED THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY,
THEY DESERVE THE VERY HONORS FROM THIS CITY. 
          AND SO I LIKE THE I DO LIKE TO HEAR THAT THAT THAT THESE THAT THESE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS
SHOULDN'T HAVE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT TO HONOR THEM. BUT IT WAS THIS VERY CITY IS WHY HE'S NOT ON THE WALL TODAY. 
          SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS MOVING FORWARD. I APPRECIATE IT AGAIN,
MAYOR. 
          I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GREAT MEMORIAL FOR THOSE THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          I DO HOPE THAT FRANK. AND IF THERE ARE OTHERS THAT DESERVE TO BE ON THAT WALL,
I HOPE THEY GET THEIR THEIR MOMENT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO. MAYOR. MR. MOSCONI, THERE WAS A QUESTION REGARDING ANOTHER PROJECT WITHIN SACRIFICE PARK. COULD YOU RESPOND TO THAT? YES. ACTUALLY FORTUITOUS TIMING. DOUG MONDA FROM SURVIVE FIRST HAS MET WITH MYSELF AND
WITH CHIEF AJELLO SEVERAL TIMES TO TALK ABOUT AN INITIATIVE WHERE SURVIVE FIRST WOULD ACTUALLY FUND AN ADDITIONAL MONUMENT IN THE PARK TO
HONOR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIFE DUE TO SUICIDE. AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO HIS HEART. 
          HE WAS AT THE OPENING ON THE 28TH, AND WE TALKED AGAIN ABOUT SETTING UP A MEETING TO TO
MEET ON SITE AND WALK AROUND AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO THAT IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT THE CITY PLANS TO
WORK WITH ON THAT INITIATIVE. 
          BUT AGAIN, THE KEY COMPONENT THAT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS THE PLAN IS TO HAVE SURVIVE
FIRST FUND THAT PORTION OF OF THE EXPANSION OF THE PARK. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT A PHASE TWO. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT,
MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. 
          I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER. 
          AND DO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED? PART OF THE DISCUSSION FOR THE MOTION? OR DO WE HAVE TO SPECIFY? YOU SHOULD SAY. SO IT'S CLEAR. 
          I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MOTION IS THAT WE ARE CHANGING THAT YOU'RE APPROVING THE RESOLUTION
WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A HAVE A RESOLUTION COME FORTH. YEAH. AND THAT THE THE AGENCY,
THE AGENCY, IF IT'S LOD THAT THAT AGENCY PAYS FOR THE PLAQUE THAT'S, THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE RESOLUTION. 
          OKAY. SO I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE SPECIFIED CHANGES. 
          AND I SECOND. IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? YES. GOT IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER,
SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO. 
          WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, MADAM SMITH, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 2022,
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A CITY OF PALM BAY CO-SPONSORSHIP POLICY PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU. MA'AM. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MR. MARTIN TO HAVE EITHER DANIEL WADE OR JULIET
MOSCONI 
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PRESENT THIS ITEM. WE'RE GOING TO ASK JULIET TO COME UP. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THIS AS A
JOINT PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL. LANKY STAFF REPORT SEVERAL OPTIONS IN FRONT OF YOU,
BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. 
          A QUICK RECAP. THE CO-SPONSORSHIP POLICY WAS IDENTIFIED. 
          THE FACT THAT THE CITY WAS CO-SPONSORING EVENTS WITHOUT IT BEING PUT THROUGH ANY TYPE OF
APPROVAL OTHER THAN BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2019 JEALOUSY AUDIT. 
          AND SO ON JUNE 2021, COUNCIL ADOPTED THE INITIAL CO-SPONSORSHIP POLICY. 
          WE'VE MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THOSE OR COUNCIL HAS MINOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. 
          WE INCREASE THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THE PER EVENT CO-SPONSORSHIP VALUE FROM 10,000 TO 12,500. 
          AND THEN WE ASKED IN JULY 2023 FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE APPLICANT,
INCLUDING HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS ARE THEY BRINGING TO THE EVENT? AND WE ALSO MADE A KIND OF A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT WHERE WE ADDED A FILLABLE FORM WHERE THEY
REALLY HAVE TO CHECK ALL THE BOXES THAT THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. 
          THE DEFINITION OF A CO-SPONSORSHIP HASN'T CHANGED. 
          IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT IS PUT ON BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. 
          IT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE CITY DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY DIRECT FINANCING FOR
THESE EVENTS. 
          ONLY THE WAIVER OF FEES AND THE WAIVER OF LABOR AS IN-KIND SERVICES. 
          THEY MUST MEET THE CRITERIA AS EITHER PROMOTING THE CITY AS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE,
VISIT AND DO BUSINESS. 
          A VISITOR DESTINATION INCLUDING ECONOMIC IMPACT,
ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING, PROVIDING PRIDE IN BEING A MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY OR PROMOTING CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC
AWARENESS. 
          AGAIN, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THAT THE EVENT MUST BE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,
AND ACTUALLY INCLUDES THAT IT CAN'T BE EVEN A FUNDRAISING EVENT. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, A5K RACE THAT WOULD BE A FUNDRAISER WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A
COSPONSORED EVENT, AND YOU CAN'T USE IT TO PROMOTE ANY POLITICAL PURPOSE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, THE ANNUAL LIMIT FOR THE IN-KIND VALUE IS $50,000 AND THE PER EVENT LIMIT IS
12,500. 
          THE ISSUE WE RAN INTO THIS LAST YEAR IS THAT WE WERE PRETTY MUCH AT THAT ANNUAL CAP,
AND MAINLY THAT'S DUE TO INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF STAFF'S IN-KIND LABOR THAT'S BEING WAIVED. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE A A COST IN
THE FORM OF THE PREMIUM FOR OUR CITY'S SPECIAL EVENT INSURANCE POLICY. 
          IT'S APPROXIMATELY $14,000 PER YEAR, AND APPROXIMATELY 54% OF THAT PREMIUM IS DUE TO THE
CITY'S CO-SPONSORED EVENTS. 
          AND I'LL GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE. THE EASTER EVENT THAT WE JUST HAD,
WONDERFUL EVENT. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THIS YEAR THERE WAS NO HELICOPTER DROP. 
          THAT WAS THROUGH A VARIETY OF FACTORS. HOWEVER,
OUR INSURANCE PROVIDER ALSO SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER AN EVENT WITH A HELICOPTER THIS YEAR. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE. 
          JUST ON A SIDE NOTE. THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PUT THAT EVENT TOGETHER,
THEY HAD AN INSURANCE COST AS WELL. 
          WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, SIR. NO, I DON'T HAVE THAT. 
          BUT YES, THE THE EVENT SPONSORS AS PART OF THE SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION BECAUSE THEY DO
HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT AS WELL, ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INSURANCE THAT IS REVIEWED BY OUR RISK MANAGER AND HAS THE
CITY, WHEN APPROPRIATE, LISTED AS AN ADDITIONAL INSURED. 
          AND THAT IS A COST TO THEM. AND THAT'S USUALLY BASED ON WHAT ACTIVITIES YOU HAVE THERE. 
          SO THAT COST RUNS ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO $6000. IF YOU HAVE INFLATABLES,
IF YOU'RE GIVING AWAY FOOD FOR FREE. 
          SO IT I'M WELL AWARE OF THAT. THE SPONSORING,
THE VOLUNTEERS THAT PUT ON THE EVENT, THEY COME OUT OF POCKET FOR THAT AS WELL. CARRY ON. WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES,
AND UNLIKE SOME THINGS WHERE WE CAN KIND OF BORROW A BEST PRACTICE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. THERE WAS A WIDE RANGE OF OF HOW CO-SPONSORSHIPS ARE
DONE OR NOT DONE AT ALL IN OTHER AGENCIES. 
          AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE SEE THAT IN THE FORM OF FEE WAIVERS,
THE FLEXIBILITY GENERALLY COMES AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL. 
          SOMETIMES THEY HAVE GRANT PROGRAMS, BUT THEY'RE DETAILED IN THE MEMO. 
          BUT THERE IS NO STANDARD. OUR PROGRAM IS VERY ROBUST. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE IT PROVIDES SO MANY EVENTS TO THE CITY,
BUT IT IS THE MOST ROBUST PROGRAM OF THE ONES THAT WE LOOKED AT. 
          SO WE HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU. 
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AND HOW IT'S LAID OUT IS WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE WANT YOU TO DO,
NO MATTER WHAT, TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND PRACTICALITY OF THE PROCESS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR HOW YOU COULD HANDLE CO-SPONSORSHIPS GOING
FORWARD, RANGING FROM KEEP THE PROGRAM EXACTLY THE SAME AND WAIVE THE CAP TO ENDING THE PROGRAM AND
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. 
          AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT OPTION ONE, WHICH DANIEL IS GOING TO DESCRIBE,
IS THE BASIS OF THE RESOLUTION THAT IS ATTACHED TO THIS EVENT. 
          WE CREATED A RESOLUTION BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY THE CO-SPONSORSHIP POLICY WAS JUST ADOPTED AT A
COUNCIL MEETING VIA MOTION. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO FORMALIZE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          SO I'M GOING TO BRING DANIEL, WAIT UP OUR ACTING RECREATION DIRECTOR TO TAKE IT FROM HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO I WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THAT WILL GO WITH ANY OPTIONS THAT ARE DECIDED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OPTION FOUR. 
          ONE OF THE ITEMS WE WANT TO DO IS TO SET AN APPLICATION WINDOW TWICE PER YEAR. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE APPLICATIONS ARE ALLOWED TO COME IN 45 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT
AVAILABLE COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THIS CAUSES A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE STRESS, WITH LAST MINUTE APPLICATIONS COMING IN AND US
HAVING TO DROP THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THESE GET TO COUNCIL ON TIME WITH THE PROPER INFORMATION. 
          ANOTHER ITEM WE WANT TO RECOMMEND IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL. 
          THIS IS FOR A LOT OF THE SMALLER EVENTS THAT DO COME LAST MINUTE. 
          A COUPLE EXAMPLES IS THE FARM SHARE FLORIDA FOOD DISTRIBUTION THAT HAPPENED AFTER THE
HURRICANE? ANOTHER ONE IS THE VETERANS JOB FAIR WHICH THAT'S A GRANT FUNDED ONE. 
          SO ONCE THEY GET THAT GRANT MONEY, THEY REACH OUT TO US TO HAVE THAT BASED ON THE
HISTORICAL VALUE OF BEING ABLE TO APPROVE THESE WOULD BE AROUND $1,500. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THE CITY PROVIDING ORANGE SAFETY FENCING AROUND ANY
WATER FEATURES OR HIGH RISK AREAS FOR ALL THE LARGE CO-SPONSORED EVENTS. AND THEN AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING,
ADDING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO OUR FEE SCHEDULE. THERE ARE SOME MISSING ITEMS THAT WE DO PROVIDE THAT WE'RE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY
FEES FOR WHEN WE EVEN BRING SOME OF THE COSTS. ONE OF THAT IS THE RENTAL FOR A 20 BY 2010 INCLUDING THE LABOR TO PUT UP AND TAKE
DOWN THOSE ITEMS. SOME OTHER ITEMS. ARE THE PARKS AND FACILITIES LABOR FEE SCHEDULE. 
          THAT COST HAS BEEN THE SAME SINCE I GOT HERE THREE YEARS AGO. 
          BLESS YOU. GREG MINOR WILL BE ABLE TO ELABORATE MORE ON THAT,
BUT SALARIES HAVE GONE UP, SO THAT FEE SCHEDULE NEEDS TO CHANGE TO ADDRESS THE INCREASES IN SALARIES. SOME RESTRICTIONS ON SOME OF THE LARGE
ASSETS, SUCH AS THE STAGE AND BLEACHERS. STILL BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THEM FOR THE CO-SPONSORED
EVENTS BUT POSSIBLY NOT ALLOWING THEM TO BE USED FOR NON SPONSORED EVENTS. SO THAT WOULD BE JUST SOMEONE SUBMITTING A SPECIAL EVENT
APPLICATION AND RENTING OUT THAT EQUIPMENT. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE WITH THE. OPTIONS OPTION ONE IS TO MODIFY THE PROGRAM TO ALLOW THE WAIVER OF NON-LABOR RENTAL FEES ONLY. 
          SO ALL LABOR WOULD BE COVERED BY THE APPLICANT. 
          WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN IS THE FACILITY RENTAL COSTS. 
          THE RENTAL COSTS FOR, LET'S SAY, THE TENTS, THE STAGE,
THE BLEACHERS, THAT ALL WILL BE WAIVED. 
          BUT ALL THE DAY OF LABOR FOR STAFF TO BE THERE,
INCLUDING THE LABOR FOR SETTING UP THOSE BIG ITEMS SUCH AS THE STAGE AND THE TENTS A LOT ONE IS LOWERING THE PER EVENT LIMIT ON THAT. 
          BECAUSE OF US WAIVING THE NON-LABOR RENTAL FEES,
A LOT OF ALL THE CURRENT CO-SPONSORSHIPS WILL FALL UNDER THAT 10,000 PER EVENT LIMIT. KEEPING THE CAP AT 50,000. AGAIN,
A LOT OF THAT COST IS BECAUSE OF THE SALARIES RIGHT NOW HAVING THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL FOR THE SMALLER EVENTS AND AGAIN,
MODIFICATIONS TO THE FEE SCHEDULE. 
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SO BEFORE I GET HERE ON THE UNREALIZED REVENUE AND LOSSES. 
          JUST SO YOU KNOW, THESE ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON IF THESE CO-SPONSORS WERE TO CONTINUE THEIR
EVENTS WITH WHATEVER OPTION YOU CHOOSE. 
          SO WITH OPTION ONE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A UNREALIZED REVENUE RENTAL LOSS OF ABOUT 27,000. 
          AND YOU WILL SEE A REVENUE RECEIPT OF ABOUT 22,500. 
          COME IN OPTION TWO. THIS IS BASICALLY KEEPING IT AS IS WITH THE PREVIOUS STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          BUT REMOVING THE CAP COMPLETELY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MORE CO-SPONSORSHIPS AND ALSO FOR
ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE EVENTS TO EXPAND AND GROW. 
          BASED ON THOSE PROJECTIONS, WITH SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WILL GO INTO THE FUTURE FEE
SCHEDULE TO ESTIMATE IT ESTIMATED UNREALIZED REVENUES WILL BE AROUND 65,000 FOR THAT. OPTION THREE THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE CO-SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM,
BUT TO CHANGE THE CITY ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ADMINISTRATIVELY WAIVE FACILITY
RENTAL FEES FOR NONPROFIT EVENTS THAT PROVIDE A CLEAR BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. EQUIPMENT RENTALS AND LABOR FEES WILL WILL STILL BE THE APPLICANT'S
RESPONSIBILITY. 
          THERE WILL BE NO AUTOMATIC APPROVAL FOR THESE EVENTS. 
          THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE SAME SPECIAL EVENT PROCESS THAT EVERYONE ELSE DOES. 
          BUT THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO WAIVE FACILITY RENTALS AT THEIR DISCRETION. 
          BASED ON THOSE PROJECTIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ABOUT A $13,000 LOSS IN POTENTIAL
RENTAL REVENUE, BUT YOU'LL SEE A REVENUE RECEIPT OF AROUND 37,000. 
          OPTION FOUR MAKE NO CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM AND LEAVE IT JUST AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. 
          OPTION FIVE IS TO END THE CO-SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM COMPLETELY. 
          APPLICANTS WILL STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE NOT FOR PROFIT DISCOUNT RATE OF 25% OF THEIR
RENTAL FEES, WHICH IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN OUR FEE SCHEDULE. 
          SO AGAIN, ALL THOSE ESTIMATES ARE ASSUMING THAT THE CURRENTLY APPROVED CO-SPONSORS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE HELD AT OUR CITY OWNED FACILITIES. 
          NOW, STAFF WERE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY TAKE ON THESE EVENTS OR EVEN TRY TO FILL IN
DIFFERENT EVENTS TO COVER THE GAPS IN THIS THIS IS GOING TO CREATE A COST FOR INCREASED STAFF. 
          AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME DATA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL IN THE SHORT TIME. 
          SO BOCA RATON, THEY HOST 24 CITY EVENTS. THEY HAVE TWO SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATORS. 
          PORT SAINT LUCIE HOSTS 22 CITY EVENTS. THEY HAVE TWO COORDINATORS AND A MANAGER. 
          MOUNT DORA HOSTS 20 CITY EVENTS, AND THEY HAVE ONE MANAGER AND ONE COORDINATOR. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT,
WE DO CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, 22 CITY EVENTS. SO WE'RE KIND OF IN THE AVERAGE OF WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING. 
          BUT WE HAVE ONE SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATOR. ALL THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TWO. 
          NOW, IF YOU ADD THE CO-SPONSORSHIPS, WE HAVE 12. 
          THAT TAKES US UP TO 34 EVENTS. AND THEN SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED, WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED, CANCELED, DENIED OR UNDER REVIEWED. 
          THE SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATOR HAS PROCESSED. THIS IS SINCE JANUARY 1ST OF 20 2548 SPECIAL
EVENT APPLICATIONS. 
          THAT'S A COMBINATION OF ON CITY PROPERTY AND OFF CITY PROPERTY AS WELL. 
          SO. ANOTHER ITEM THAT YOU HAVE HERE IS WITH UNITED THIRD BRIDGE. 
          WITH THE SETTLEMENT THAT SETTLEMENT HAS THAT THE CITY MUST PROVIDE THE PARADE ROUTE THE
STAGING AREA FOR THE PARADE. IT INCLUDES POLICE, TRAFFIC, LOGISTICS FOR THE PARADE AND A LOCATION FOR THEIR
FESTIVAL. 
          NOW, ALL OTHER COSTS WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ORGANIZATION WHICH WOULD INCLUDE
ANY STAFFING FOR THE FESTIVAL AND ANY RENTALS OF OUR EQUIPMENT AS WELL, DEPENDING ON WHAT OPTION YOU CHOOSE. 
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AND SOME MORE DATA. BEFORE YOU GUYS DISCUSS THAT,
I WANT TO GO OVER. 
          AND THIS IS JUST FOR YOU TO SEE. HOWEVER YOU TAKE IT,
POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, THESE ARE JUST THE NUMBERS. 
          WITH THE 12 ALREADY APPROVED FISCAL YEAR 25 CO-SPONSORSHIPS BASED ON THEIR APPLICATIONS
THAT WERE SUBMITTED, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 5276 VOLUNTEER HOURS. TOTAL ANTICIPATED ATTENDANCE OF 37,800 ATTENDEES, A TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTION,
WHICH IS THE BUDGETS THEY SUBMITTED, WHICH IS WHAT THEY PUT TOWARDS THEIR EVENT $94,525 AND RUNNING A ROUGH ESTIMATE ON WHAT THE CITY WOULD COST WITHOUT STAFFING. 
          PUTTING ON THESE EVENTS WOULD BE BECAUSE OF THE CITY OWNING THE FACILITIES. 
          NOT HAVING TO PAY THE RENTAL COST WOULD BE ABOUT $66,000. 
          SO IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO $6,000 PER EVENT OR FOR IF THE CITY WERE TO
TAKE OVER PER SE, ALL 12 APPROVED CO-SPONSORSHIPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY APPROVED. 
          THAT'S JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA. IF IT WAS HANDED OVER TO US AND SAID,
HEY, WE HAVE TO DO THIS. 
          NO, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL STAFFING SUCH AS IF WE NEED IT,
YOU KNOW, MORE PART TIME STAFF, ANOTHER COORDINATOR. DOES THAT INCLUDE FOOD AS WELL? SO THOSE ARE BASED OFF THE NUMBERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. 
          IT'S THAT 94,000, GIVE OR TAKE, THE RENTAL AND FEE WAIVERS TAKEN OFF OF THAT,
WHICH IS AROUND 27,000. 
          SO. COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN HAS A QUESTION. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR. COULD COULD YOU TELL US SOME OF THE 22 CITY EVENTS FOR OUR CITY? YES. SO OUT OF THE 22 WE CONSIDER THEM MAJOR EVENTS WHICH ARE OVER A THOUSAND PLUS
ATTENDEES. 
          THAT INCLUDES THE FALL FESTIVAL. MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL,
KIDS DAY, PARKS DAY, THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION, HOLIDAY LIGHT PARADE. VETERAN'S DAY PARADE, TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY. 
          SIX MOVIES IN THE PARK. TWO SPRING GOLF TWO GOLF CLASSICS. 
          ONE IN THE SPRING, ONE IN THE FALL. TURKEY CREEK FIVE K. 
          WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO GO THIS FISCAL YEAR TO FOUR CONCERTS IN THE PARK. 
          THREE SEMI-FORMAL DANCES. THE PATRIOT DAY MEMORIAL EVENT FOR NINE OVER 11,
TURKEY CREEK SANCTUARY PARK AFTER DARK, TURKEY CREEK CRAFT SHOW THE TURKEY CREEK RUMMAGE SALE,
BREAKFAST WITH SANTA. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE VARIOUS EVENTS AT THE POOL AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND. I HAVE A LITTLE LAUNDRY LIST OF STUFF. 
          SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, IS I KNOW WE HAVE SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM A LOT OF
THE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          CORRECT. IS THERE AN OPTION TO MAKE A SPONSORSHIP BANK FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
WANT TO SPONSOR THESE THESE CO-SPONSOR EVENTS? SAY YOU GET X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND YOU LET THAT'S HOW MUCH
WE CAN CO-SPONSOR THAT YEAR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO CERTAINLY WE CAN DO WHATEVER COUNCIL DIRECTS US TO DO. 
          MY CONCERN WITH THAT IS WE ARE ALREADY WE ALREADY REQUEST SPONSORS FOR OUR EVENTS,
AND WE COLLECT THOSE FEES AND ACTUALLY HOLD THEM IN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR PUTTING ON OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. TO HELP US OFFSET OUR COSTS. 
          OF COURSE, WE NEVER COMPLETELY OFFSET OUR COSTS,
AND DANIEL AND I HAVE TALKED AT LENGTH THAT IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO GET SPONSORS FOR OUR EVENTS. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU SEE THRIFTY PRODUCE SPONSORING EVENTS? ALMOST EVERYONE. 
          WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING IS CREATING A MARKETING VIDEO WHERE WE USE SOME DRONE
FOOTAGE OF SOME OF OUR EVENTS TO SHOW, HEY, IF YOU SPONSOR AND YOU HAVE A BANNER UP THERE,
THIS IS THE IMPACT YOU COULD HAVE IN REACHING YOUR BUSINESS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO MY FEAR IS THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE TAKING ON SOME OF THE FUNDRAISING OF THESE
NON-PROFITS OURSELVES, AND POSSIBLY DETRACTING FROM THE NUMBER OF SPONSORS THAT WE COULD GET FOR OUR EVENTS. 
          WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT OPTION. EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          OKAY. AND MY SECOND ONE IS SAY WE DO AWAY WITH CO-SPONSORSHIP RIGHT NOW. 
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TONIGHT. ARE WE ABLE TO LET THESE GROUPS PIGGYBACK ON OUR EVENTS? SAY WE'RE HAVING A MULTICULTURAL LETTING SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE DO,
LET THEM PUT UP THEIR TENT, BOOTH, ETC., AT ONE OF OUR EVENTS. SO WE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY DO THAT NOW YOU KNOW,
ONE OF THEM WITH BECAUSE THEY'RE A BIG PART OF OUR MULTI CULTURAL FESTIVAL,
WE ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE. 
          I KNOW CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA WAS AT THE FALL FESTIVAL. 
          SO WE DO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A BOOTH AND PARTICIPATE. 
          YES. OKAY. AND ON MY LAST ONE, IS THERE AN SOP THAT YOU'VE SEEN AT OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY
DO A NOT A IMMEDIATE END, BUT A THREE YEAR. OKAY,
YOU'RE GOING DOWN THIS BIT. 
          YOU'RE GOING DOWN THIS BIT. NOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT YOURSELF. 
          OKAY. THE RESEARCH WE'VE DONE, I HAVE NOT COME ACROSS IT. 
          LIKE JULIETTE STATED EARLIER, REALLY, EVERY MUNICIPALITY AND COUNTY HAS A DIFFERENT FORM
OF THIS. 
          THERE'S NOT ONE COMMON PRACTICE. IT WAS REALLY HARD EVEN TO FIND ONE THAT CAME CLOSE TO
COMPARING TO OURS. 
          AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S STOPPING US FROM SAYING,
LISTEN, THERE'S 3 OR 4 THAT WE THINK ARE GOOD FOR THE CITY, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY 3 OR 4 WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          EVERYTHING ELSE IS DONE. IS THAT AN OPTION? I'M GOING TO SAY FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE,
NO, BUT I AM GOING TO ASK MISS SMITH, IS THERE ANY CONCERN TO COUNCILMAN HAMMER'S POINT IF
THEY SELECTED 3 OR 4 EVENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE JUST THOSE EVENTS. AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE OTHER CO-SPONSORED EVENTS IN THE
PROCESS. 
          FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, I JUST WANTED TO SO LONG AS THE EVENTS THAT THEY ARE SELECTED. 
          THERE IS SOME JUSTIFICATION. THAT JUSTIFICATION,
OF COURSE, ISN'T BASED UPON VIEWPOINT OR ANY OTHER ILLEGAL CONCEPT. 
          NO, I MEAN, THE CITY HAS SOME DISCRETION, BUT WE WOULD NEED STANDARDS. 
          YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING WHERE IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE UNFETTERED DISCRETION,
BECAUSE USUALLY UNFETTERED DISCRETION GIVES YOU SOMETHING THAT'S ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS. 
          BUT SO LONG AS WE HAVE SOME STANDARDS AND SO THAT THERE IS CLEAR WHY THESE ARE SELECTED,
IT MAY BE THE REVENUE. 
          IT MAY BE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. 
          AND THEN WE APPLY THAT AND WE ONLY GET A CERTAIN LIST. 
          THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WHEN YOU'RE NAMING OFF ALL THESE CITIES,
YOU'RE NAMING OFF CITIES THAT HAVE AMENITIES, AND WE DON'T. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROVIDING SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE TO DO AT THAT TIME THAT
WE DON'T HAVE WITHIN OUR CITY. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE A SISTER CITY THAT'S ABOUT TO HAVE A FAIRGROUND. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE THE OUTSKIRTS OF MELBOURNE SOON. 
          SO I STILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THINGS FOR OUR CITY,
BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE ARE ALREADY GOING OUT OF THE CITY FOR WORK. 
          I JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY. BUT AT THE BACKSIDE,
I DO KNOW THAT WE DO NEED TO CONSERVE WHAT WE DO HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. SO AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          BILL BATTEN. PLEASE STAY CLOSE BY. MR.. WAIT. 
          BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. 
          I HAVE FOUR ITEMS TO ADDRESS ON THIS ONE. THE FIRST ONE. 
          AS ALWAYS, I CHALLENGE CO-SPONSORSHIP BECAUSE I SEE IT AS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. 
          WHEN YOU TREAT ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY THAN ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE,
JUST BASED ON SOME BELIEF, THAT'S PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT AND THAT'S WRONG. 
          ITEM NUMBER TWO I'VE GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA EVERY YEAR,
EVEN THOUGH I'M AGAINST WHAT HAPPENED, THE PROCESS, EVERY YEAR I SEE THEM COME FORWARD AND PRESENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BACK INTO
THE CITY. 
          I'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM THAT RECOGNITION. THEY EARNED IT. 
          BUT THAT DOESN'T GIVE THEM A FREE LINE. NOW TO HAVE A SEPARATE IDENTITY. 
          ITEM NUMBER THREE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT PAGE A1 OF YOUR PACKET,
IT SAYS EXCEPT FOR THIRD BRIDGE, RIGHT. WHY DOES THIS ONE IDENTITY HAVE A WAIVER THAT DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE RULES
AND REGULATIONS SET FORTH AS EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          I KNOW WHY, BUT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ONE IDENTITY. 
          BECAUSE THEY SUED THE CITY, GET THIS RECOGNITION THAT WE NOW HAVE TO PROVIDE IT FOR THEM. 
          MY FEAR IS THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO SAY, OH,
YOU'RE PROVIDING THAT FOR THIRD BRIDGE. 
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I'M GOING TO SUE THE CITY ALSO, AND I WANT MINE GUARANTEED IN WRITING LIKE THEY DID. 
          WHY DID THAT HAPPEN? BECAUSE YOU ALLOWED PERIPHERAL PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN THE
BEGINNING, AND THEN IT CAME BACK TO HAUNT YOU LATER. THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS,
RIGHT? AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE TO SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
YOU PROBABLY WILL. 
          MY CHOICE IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE. PICK NUMBER FIVE. 
          THAT GIVES THE INDIVIDUALS A TO 25% BREAK IN WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST. 
          RIGHT. BECAUSE REMEMBER, THERE'S STILL POLICE,
FIRE, PARKS AND RECREATIONS THAT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS, FOR THEIR STAFF, FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. THAT COMES OUT OF THERE,
COMES OUT OF THEIR BUDGET. 
          THEY HAVE TO LINE ITEM THAT. AND THAT'S A COST TO THEM. 
          RIGHT. SO KEEP IT IN PERSPECTIVE. IT IS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. 
          I PREFER YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND COULD I PLEASE GET SOMEBODY TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC WHY THIRD BRIDGE GETS RECOGNITION
AS A SEPARATE IDENTITY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ASKING FOR CO-SPONSORSHIP? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM. ATTORNEY. YES, MAYOR. 
          IN 2007, UNITED THIRD BRIDGE FILED A 1983 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY. 
          ESSENTIALLY, THE LAWSUIT ALLEGED THAT THEY HAD PROVIDED THIS PARADE,
THERE WAS A CERTAIN ROUTE, AND THERE WERE CERTAIN EQUIPMENT AND PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT THE CITY PROVIDED. 
          THE CITY THEN MADE CHANGES, AND THOSE THINGS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE CITY FOR FREE WERE
THEN THE CITY SOUGHT TO CHARGE A FEE FOR. THEY ALLEGE THAT THE CITY DID THIS WITHOUT HAVING ANY TYPE OF STANDARDS,
YOU KNOW, POLICY PROCEDURES. ESSENTIALLY, THE CITY MANAGER HAD UNFETTERED DISCRETION. 
          AND THEY ALSO ALLEGE THAT THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE BEING NOW CHARGED FOR AT THAT TIME,
THAT THERE WERE OTHER GROUPS THAT WERE NOT BEING CHARGED FOR, AND THEY ALLEGED A DIFFERENCE IN HOW THEY WERE TREATED AS OPPOSED TO OTHERS,
AND THE UNFETTERED DISCRETION HAD TO DO WITH ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE OR SUPPRESS THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. 
          THE CITY ENTERED A MEDIATED SETTLEMENT, AND ESSENTIALLY PART OF THAT SETTLEMENT,
THE CITY AGREED TO A STAGING AND PARADE, RIGHT ROUTE, AND THAT UTB WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO PURCHASE ELECTRICITY FROM THE CITY,
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEAN UP AND PORTABLE TOILETS. 
          THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE POLICE AND WOULD PROVIDE THEM THE OPTION TO RENT THE STAGE BASED ON
THE STANDARD FEE SCHEDULE. 
          THE COURT ADOPTED THE MEDIATED SETTLEMENT. SO IT IS AN ORDER OF THE COURT. 
          SO WE CAN'T, OF COURSE, VIOLATE AN ORDER OF THE COURT. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S NO LIABILITY FOR US AS FAR AS WE'RE WE'RE FOLLOWING THE ORDER OF THE
COURT. 
          SO SOMEBODY SAYS, WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CHOICE. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT WE ALL AGREED TO BACK THEN. 
          SO THEY'RE BOUND BY WHAT THEY AGREED TO. WE'RE BOUND BY WHAT WE AGREED TO,
AND THAT'S WHAT THE COURT ORDERED. 
          SO IT IS A ACTUAL ORDER THAT GOVERNS BOTH THE UNITED THIRD BRIDGE AND THE CITY. 
          AS FAR AS HOW THE PARADE IS CONDUCTED. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. JAVIER MOLINA'S. EARTH. HI. HOW ARE YOU? IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU, BROTHERS. HERE,
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE IRON. 
          WELCOME. CITY MANAGER MARTIN AND I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND. 
          I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE THAT YOU CONSIDER KEEPING THE
CO-SPONSORSHIP TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT BELONG AND CONTRIBUTE TO PALM BAY. 
          I CAME HERE TO PALM BAY IN 1995. BEFORE I JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY,
WHEN I WENT TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY, I KEEP MY RESIDENCY HERE IN PALM BAY. I DIDN'T CHANGE IT TO FORT BRAGG OR FAYETTEVILLE. 
          I STAYED HERE IN PALM BAY. THEN I CAME HERE TO STUDY COMMUNICATIONS IN FLORIDA TECH. 
          AS A RESIDENT OF PALM BAY, I DID MY MASTER'S DEGREE AS A RESIDENT OF PALM BAY. 
          I STARTED WITH THE HELP OF MAYOR MEDINA AND CONGRESSMAN BILL POSEY,
THE VIVA BREVARD FESTIVAL IN 2012. 
          AND THEN I STARTED BREVARD HISPANIC CENTER, AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPED INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES IN AREAS OF EDUCATION, HEALTH, FAMILY ISSUES, IMMIGRATION HERE IN PALM BAY. 
          I RECENTLY ESTABLISHED THE BREVARD HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          YOU ARE A TRUSTEE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
SERVING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HERE IN PALM BAY. 
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I'M BEING ARRESTED. I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE IN PALM BAY IN 2020,
AND I'VE BEEN PAYING TAXES UNTIL NOW. 
          PROPERTY TAXES SERVING THE COMMUNITY. SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IS THAT YOU GIVE
PRIORITY TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HERE IN PALM BAY SERVING THE COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN DONATING SINCE NOVEMBER 2022. 
          $1,000 A PAGE IN ALDEA TODAY, WHICH IS A BUSINESS HERE IN PALM BAY FOR 20 YEARS. 
          $1,000 TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY. A PAGE THAT WE DO THE MEMBERS COLUMN EVERY MONTH. 
          SO THAT MEANS $12,000 A YEAR TO PALM BAY. SO I HAD THE VIVA BREVARD FESTIVAL,
AND I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT. 
          YOUR SPONSORSHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP. THAT FESTIVAL THAT IS FOR IS FROM OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SERVED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SINCE 2013 HERE IN PALM BAY. SO WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO
MAKE ANY RESOLUTION OR ANY MODIFICATION, PLEASE CONSIDER THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO PALM BAY,
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOCAL HERE IN PALM BAY. 
          NOT ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME FROM NEW YORK OR FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO DO BUSINESS HERE IN
PALM BAY TO MAKE MONEY HERE IN PALM BAY. 
          BUT THEY DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO PALM BAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, HANNA DIAZ. 
          GOOD EVENING. ANA DIAZ, 2245 SPRING CREEK. I COME TO YOU TONIGHT AS A RESIDENT OF PALM BAY
FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BREVARD HISPANIC CENTER AND BREVARD HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          OUR CITY HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL, AND THAT POTENTIAL IS IN THE UNIQUENESS OF THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVE AND THRIVE IN IT. 
          THE CITY OF PALM BAY CAN CONTINUE TO BENEFIT SIGNIFICANTLY FROM CO-SPONSOR SPONSORING
EVENTS LIKE BREVARD, AN EVENT THAT BRINGS BUSINESS AND SAFE FUN TO A TOWN YOUNG PEOPLE REFERRED TO AS BORING. 
          I DON'T DO THAT. THE KIDS DO. AN EVENT THAT INCREASES THE CITY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH,
ATTRACTS TOURISM, AND ENHANCES ITS REPUTATION. TOURISTS AND VISITORS WHO SPEND MONEY AND ON ACCOMMODATIONS,
FOOD, TRANSPORTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT DURING THIS EVENT,
GENERATING REVENUE FOR THE CITY THROUGH TAXES AND OTHER SOURCES. 
          FOR YEARS, THIS EVENT HAS FOSTERED A SENSE OF PRIDE AND COMMUNITY IN PALM BAY,
MAKING THE CITY MORE APPEALING TO LIVE AND WORK IN. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN A MODEL OF EXCELLENCE FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDES A
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, ARTISTS, ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE WITH EACH OTHER AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THEIR SERVICES IN A
STRESS FREE ENVIRONMENT. 
          THROUGH THE CONNECTION OF COLLABORATION, THE CITY OF PALM BAY NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO GROW
ITS VISIBILITY AND RAISE AWARENESS OF ITS ATTRACTIONS AND RESOURCES. THIS IS A FINANCIAL WIN FOR PALM BAY,
AS THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT ATTRACTS, ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND HOME BUYERS. 
          SUPPORTING THIS EVENT SUPPORTS YOUR MISSION AND SPECIFICALLY YOUR CORE VALUES OF COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, BUILDING TRUST AND FOSTERING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESIDENTS,
BUSINESSES AND VISITORS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ATTRACTING, SUPPORTING AND GROWING BUSINESSES TO CREATE A
THRIVING AND DIVERSE ECONOMY. 
          ALL WE WANT IS TO SUPPORT YOU TO LIVE YOUR CORE VALUES VALUES WE SHARE WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CITY AND DOING THE RIGHT THING. 
          THANK YOU. MARCIA. MARCIA CAMPBELL. 
          MARCIA CAMPBELL. 1386 PROSPECT CIRCLE, NORTHEAST PALM BAY. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME,
AS I JUST SAID, IS MARCIA CAMPBELL, AND I REPRESENT THE BREVARD CARIBBEAN AMERICAN SPORTS AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, BETTER KNOWN AS BACOCHO. 
          IT IS A NONPROFIT PROUDLY BASED IN PALM BAY. TONIGHT I'M HERE NOT JUST FOR BUT TO STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH ALL LOCAL NONPROFITS WHO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF
RESIDENTS, 
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AND FOR THE MANY YOUTH, SENIORS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE VITAL PROGRAMS
AND EVENTS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. 
          THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE MORE THAN JUST SHARED SPACE OR RESOURCES. 
          THEY REPRESENT A SHARED COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A STRONGER,
MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. 
          BORKOWSKI HAS PROUDLY SERVED THE YOUTH OF PALM BAY THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE CARIBBEAN
STORYTIME, CARIBBEAN ARTS ON THE RIVER, CRICKET WORKSHOPS,
AND STEELPAN AND DRUM CLASSES, OFTEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS LIKE PALM BAY ELEMENTARY. THESE PROGRAMS OFFER OUR YOUNG PEOPLE MENTORSHIP,
CULTURAL PRIDE, AND CREATIVE OUTLETS THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS TO. IN ADDITION TO OUR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT,
WE RUN INITIATIVE THAT SUPPORTS SENIORS AND WOMEN CREATING COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER WELL-BEING, CONNECTION,
AND DIGNITY. 
          AND EVERY JUNE, WE CELEBRATE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH RIGHT HERE IN PALM BAY. 
          NOT JUST TO HONOR CULTURE, BUT TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH FOOD,
MUSIC, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY. 
          OUR IMPACT AND IMPACT OF MANY NONPROFITS ACROSS THE CITY WOULD SIMPLY NOT BE POSSIBLE
WITHOUT THE CITY'S CO-SPONSORSHIP. 
          THIS PARTNERSHIP ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE FREE AND LOW COST EVENTS,
WORKSHOPS, AND RESOURCES THAT LIFT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          CO-SPONSORSHIP ISN'T JUST ABOUT SHARING COSTS,
IT'S ABOUT SHARING VALUES. 
          IT'S A STATEMENT THAT PALM BAY BELIEVES IN BUILDING COMMUNITY FROM THE GROUND UP,
AND THAT THE CITY SEES THE VALUE IN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS, WHO ARE DEEPLY WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF THIS CITY AND CARE DEEPLY ABOUT ITS PEOPLE. 
          PALM BAY HAS ALWAYS PRIDED ITSELF ON DIVERSITY,
INCLUSION AND GRASSROOTS ENGAGEMENT. 
          BY CONTINUING THESE PARTNERSHIPS, YOU ARE REINFORCING THOSE VALUES AND INVESTING IN THE
VERY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING TO SHARE A BETTER FUTURE FOR THIS CITY. WE ASK YOU NOT TO WITHDRAW THAT PARTNERSHIP,
BUT TO REAFFIRM IT, TO CONTINUE STANDING WITH US AS WE BUILD A CITY WHERE CULTURE, CONNECTION AND OPPORTUNITY ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. LET'S THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD NIGHT, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M ALFRED AGUIRRE FROM 1680 MAIN STREET NORTHEAST PALM
BAY. 
          WELL I CAN SAY, MARSHA, I JUST, YOU KNOW, SPOKEN THE WORDS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. 
          AND WE ARE, WE ARE. I'M HERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE NONPROFIT THAT'S IN PALM BAY. 
          I STARTED THIS MY W IX WEST INDIAN CARIBBEAN CULTURE AND SPORTS IN PALM BAY BASICALLY TO
PROMOTE SPORTS AND CULTURE. IN 2019, WE HAVE COVID AND WE START THIS THING JUST TO GET CITIZEN OF PALM BAY OUT IN THE PARK. MY ANNOUNCEMENT WAS,
PLEASE COME OUT AND MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE. THIS IS A FREE EVENT. DON'T COME WITH NO WALLET. 
          THIS IS A TOTAL FREE EVENT. AND I INVESTED IN THIS. 
          AND IT TAKE ON VERY WELL WITH THE CITY. OUR CITIZENS LOOKING FORWARD FOR THIS. 
          I PROMOTE SPORTS SOCCER. DOMINO AND STUFF LIKE THESE. 
          AND RIGHT NOW I EVEN HAVE A SIX VERSUS SIX COMPETITION IN PALM BAY RIGHT NOW THAT I'M
SPONSORING PUTTING IT ON. 
          WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT CO-SPONSORSHIP OF THIS IN PALM BAY IS THIS IS SOMETHING WE
HAVE TO BE SHARING WITH. WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
LIKE THE MULTICULTURAL EVENT. 
          IT COST ME MAYBE $4,000 TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT JUST TO HELP THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THEY PRESENT A GOOD CULTURAL SHOW. BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, ALL OF US HAVE DIFFERENT CULTURE, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, EQUITY BACKGROUND. AND THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. 
          WE WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE ON THIS PAPERWORK HERE. 
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I WAS GOING TO I BROUGHT IT HERE TO READ, BUT MISS,
MISS MISS JULIE HAD READ IT. 
          THE REAL REASON OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROMOTE OUR CULTURE,
OUR DIVERSITY, AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE A DECISION TO
KEEP THIS CO-SPONSORSHIP. 
          THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THE SHARING LOVE FOR THE CITY AND OUR CITIZENS,
AND WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD FOR THAT. 
          IT'S NOT LIKE LIKE MY CO-SPONSOR IS JUST THE LOCATION. 
          JUST THE LOCATION. IT MAY COST 3545 BUCKS EACH EVENT. 
          THAT'S ALL. NOTHING ELSE. I PROVIDE EVERYTHING ELSE FOR MY FOR MY EVENT,
BUT 35 BUCKS IS NOT THE THE WHOLE THING. WHAT IS IT? IT'S JUST TO SHOW THAT CLOSENESS WE HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, MARGARITA CHAVEZ. 
          MAYBE THE BAD GUY. HELLO. GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          ACTUALLY, I'M SURE THAT'S RIGHT. MY NAME IS MARGARITA CHAVEZ. 
          I'M WITH UNITED THIRD BRIDGE. I WORK WITH SOME OF YOU ON COUNCIL. 
          I'M A COMMUNITY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL CONCERNS WITH EVERYONE IN PALM BAY. 
          I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE IN THIS PROGRAM A MAN WHO STARTED OUR PARADE IN
PALM BAY 28 YEARS AGO BY THE NAME OF SAM LOPEZ. HE WAS NOT ONLY A FRIEND,
HE WAS MY TEACHER, AND I LOVE EXPLORING THE THINGS THAT PALM BAY NEEDED HELP WITH. HE LEFT THIS WORLD,
BUT HE LEFT THE REST OF US IN OUR UNITY TO CONTINUE US MEMBERS HIS LEGACY AND THE LEGACY IS TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN PALM BAY,
TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN BREVARD, BECAUSE THE MONEY HAS TO STAY HERE. 
          THE CO-SPONSORSHIP THAT WE HAVE IS AN IN-KIND CO-SPONSORSHIP WHERE WE HELP EACH OTHER,
NOT TAKE EACH OTHER DOWN. 
          WE HAVE BEEN GLAD TO BE PART OF THE MULTICULTURAL EVENT. 
          WE HAD THE THREE KINGS AND WE GAVE AWAY TOYS TO KIDS AT THE MULTICULTURAL. 
          PARENTS ARE HAPPY TO RECEIVE. THAT'S A FREE THING WE DID. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE PARADE, WHICH IS OUR MAIN EVENT,
STARTED OUT ON PORT MALABAR WHEN CITY HALL USED TO BE IN PORT MALABAR CITY HALL, BUT HE BROUGHT IT HERE BECAUSE HE WANTED THE PEOPLE TO LOVE THE CITY,
LOVE CITY HALL, LOVE WHAT IT STOOD FOR. 
          PALM BAY IS HISPANIC, ROUND A LOT OF IT. NOW,
IN ALL OF THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HERE AND ASKING FOR YOU TO STILL KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING. 
          IT'S A GOOD THING. IT'S NOT HURTING ANYONE. IT'S THE MONEY COMING FROM THE ACTUAL
RESIDENTS AS TAXES, AS COMMUNITY SUPPORT. THEY ALL WORK. AND YES,
WE NEED TO KEEP THE MONEY HERE RATHER THAN HAVING THEM GO ALL THE WAY TO TITUSVILLE. 
          THIS IS ALL STILL BREVARD COUNTY, BUT WE NEED TO KEEP THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THESE OTHER
COMPANIES HERE WITH US. 
          MY MAIN VENTURE HERE IS TO SAY TONIGHT IS THAT TURNING THIS TOTALLY OFF,
NOT HAVING ANYONE HAVE THIS SPONSORSHIP OF IN-KIND TO HELP THE COMMUNITY TO BRING THEM TOGETHER,
ALL THE MONEY STAYS HERE. 
          YES, PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT IN FROM OUT OF TOWN,
BUT THEY NEED EXPOSURE TO THEIR TALENTS AND EVERYBODY GETS TO ENJOY THEIR TIMES TOGETHER. 
          WE DO ENJOY GOING TO OTHER EVENTS, LIKE THEY LIKE COMING TO OURS. 
          AND YES, WE ALL NEED THIS. THIS LIFE NOW IS HARD AND EVERYBODY NEEDS A STRESS RELIEF
SOMEWHERE AND FREE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. SAMUEL LOPEZ. 
          GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SAMUEL LOPEZ. 
          MY ADDRESS IS 13,000 MUSTANG TRAIL. AND I DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
BUT MY DAD LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORING CITY. 
          HE IS THE GENTLEMAN THAT MISS MARJORIE MARGARITA CHAVEZ TALKED ABOUT. 
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AND THAT WAY IS MY DAD. THE UNITED THIRD BRIDGE. 
          THE UNITED THIRD BRIDGE IS MY DAD'S ORGANIZATION. 
          I AM THE PRESIDENT CURRENTLY. I'M ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA PUERTO RICAN HISPANIC
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          THIS EVENT IS WONDERFUL. THE SPONSORSHIP WHY YOU'RE HERE TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
TO SHINE AS MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO SHINE, BECAUSE AT THE BOTTOM LINE,
THIS IS 8:00 AT NIGHT. 
          YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY NOT EARNING A LIVING FROM YOUR FROM YOUR THIS JOB. 
          NEITHER DO NONPROFITS. WHAT THE PURPOSE OF NONPROFITS IS FOR IS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR VALUE SYSTEM. 
          THERE'S NO PROFIT IN NONPROFIT. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN PROFIT ARE YOU GUYS. 
          YOU GUYS GET TO SHARE YOUR VALUES. WHEN YOU WERE CANDIDATES,
WAS IT ASKED WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE GOING TO GET RID OF THE SPONSORSHIP? I HOPE IT WAS ASKED BECAUSE IT WILL CERTAINLY BE ON THE BALLOT NEXT TIME. 
          BY YOUR ACTIONS, HOWEVER, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO INCREASE THE SPONSORSHIP,
AS I HEARD, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT CO-SPONSORING
PARTNERING IS NOT A. 
          IT'S A CORE VALUE FROM THE PREAMBLE TO OUR CONSTITUTION WHERE WE FIGHT PROMOTE FOR THE
GENERAL WELFARE. 
          THIS IS WHAT THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING,
INSTILLING THE JESUS MOMENTS, THE OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE, TO MAKE IT UNFETTERED, UNFETTERED DISCRETION FOR A CITY MANAGER PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON
ONE PERSON WHO'S NOT ELECTED. 
          KEEP THAT IN MIND. I'M SO HAPPY THAT WHEN THIS EVENT,
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BEGAN ON THIS DAY, IT WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE CITY OF PRAYER. THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES. 
          THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO THE MONTH OF MAY,
THE HONORING OF MARY THE BLESSED MOTHER. 
          AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN 1917,
SHE APPEARED AS THE LADY IN FATIMA. 
          AND WHAT THAT ESTABLISHED WAS A COMMENT THAT INVOKED THE STATEMENT AS FOLLOWS. 
          RUSSIA WILL SPREAD ITS ERRORS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
RAISING UP WARS AND PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHURCH. 
          THIS IS THE WORDS OF THE BLESSED MOTHER COMING TO THREE YOUNG LITTLE BOYS IN THE AREA OF
PORTUGAL THAT WAS RECOGNIZED. 
          AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU GUYS, AS THE REPRESENTATIVES,
CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE COMMUNISM. 
          WE DON'T WANT THAT. WE WANT TO EXERCISE OUR FREE SPEECH. 
          I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST, YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOME THINGS THAT WERE BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS. 
          NO ONE WILL APPROVE OF THAT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE A BLESSED EVENING. THANK YOU. RUTH. 
          RUTH. 
          RUTH. 935 DOUGLAS STREET SOUTHEAST. I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS,
BUT I AM GOING TO DO IT NOW. 
          A COUPLE QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE ROI FOR THE CITY ON THIS CO-SPONSORING THING? SO I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY HEARD ANY SO FAR. SO THAT'S JUST A QUESTION TO YOU BECAUSE I'M NOT
ALL UP ON IT, BUT I'VE JUST BEEN LISTENING. HOW ARE THE CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES BEING CONTACTED BECAUSE
I HAVEN'T SEEN HOW THAT HAPPENS. 
          I'VE EVEN TRIED TO ADVERTISE EVENTS WITH THE CITY AND GOT REJECTED. 
          SO I WAS LIKE, I JUST WANT TO DO A CONSTITUTION CLASS. 
          I JUST WANT TO ADVERTISE IT WITH THE CITY. BUT I GOT TOLD IT WAS TOO POLITICAL. 
          SO THERE YOU GO. I'M SUGGESTING THAT YOU TAKE ALL THESE NON-PROFITS,
ALL THESE CULTURES AND ALL THESE PEOPLE AND HAVE ONE EVENT PER YEAR, AN AMERICAN EVENT. WE ARE AMERICA. WE ARE THE MELTING POT HERE. 
          IF WE KEEP SUBDIVIDING OURSELVES, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AMERICA. 
          IF YOU WANT TO BE IN AMERICA, SAY SO BE IT. ACT IT. 
          DO IT. DON'T SUBDIVIDE EVERYBODY YOU KNOW. REDUCE OR ACCEPT THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. MAKE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THESE THINGS. 
          WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF SPONSORING EVENTS FOR PEOPLE. 
          WE ARE IN THE CITY BUSINESS. THIS IS THE CITY. 
          I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY EVENTS UNTIL MY ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE FIXED. 
          I SAT IN TRAFFIC FOR AN HOUR FROM BABCOCK TO EMERSON. 
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I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE I CAN'T GET TO PLACES EFFICIENTLY. 
          SO I CAN'T SERVE MY STUDENTS. OF THE 400 STUDENTS THAT I HAVE TAUGHT IN THIS COUNTY. 
          THEY WANT TO SEE AMERICA RESTORED TO ITS GODLY POSITION AT THE TOP OF EACH CITY. 
          SO I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING, AND I DON'T SEE THAT THAT THIS IS GOING TO SOLVE ANYTHING. 
          SO UNTIL WE GET OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FIXED, WE SHOULD TIGHTEN THE BELT. 
          WE DON'T GET TO DO ANY EXTRA STUFF. JUST LIKE I CAN'T DO ANY EXTRA STUFF OUT OF MY BUDGET
UNTIL WE GET THINGS FIXED. 
          UNLESS YOU WANT TO COME OVER AND PAY FOR MY WATER SITUATION THAT'S GOING ON IN MY HOUSE
RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THOMAS. COM. 
          THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LORD. 
          THIS COULD TAKE A WHILE. IT'S KIND OF A CRUEL JOKE,
PUTTING ME RIGHT AFTER MRS. CAULFIELD. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THESE REMARKS ARE MY OWN AND NOT REPRESENTING THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD
OR MY POSITION ON IT. 
          ONE THING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP IS THE MEDIATED SETTLEMENT WITH UNITED THIRD BRIDGE. 
          THAT WILL GO ON IN PERPETUITY UNTIL IT'S CHALLENGED. 
          THE CITY ATTORNEY STATED THAT IT WAS PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE POLICY. 
          WELL, YOU'RE SETTING POLICY ALONG WITH SETTING THAT POLICY. 
          AND I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO GO BACK AND CHALLENGE THAT MEDIATED
SETTLEMENT AND PUT UNITED THIRD BRIDGE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. THE SECOND THING IS I'M AN AMERICAN. I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THE SAME. 
          STANDARDS ON OUR EVENTS THAT YOU WOULD PUT ON HOUSING. 
          CAN'T DISCRIMINATE RACE, COLOR, CREED, RELIGION,
CULTURE. 
          SO THEY SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE EVENTS, NOT EXCLUSIVE EVENTS. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I ASK IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THE POLICY,
MAKE IT INCLUSIVE AND MAKE IT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKER CARDS. 
          MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES SPEAKER CARDS. SO AT THIS POINT,
I JUST I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS OF OF OUR STAFF. 
          AND THEN I'M GOING TO GIVE MY MY FEEDBACK IN ALL OF THIS. 
          SO THE VERY FIRST QUESTION I HAVE, SHOULD I ASK YOU,
MISS JULIET, THE THE RENTALS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE TENT THE STAGE WHO PURCHASED THAT, WHO PURCHASED THE STAGE WAS THAT GENERAL FUND? ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT WAS CDBG FUNDING. NOT 100% SURE CDBG FUNDING. 
          OKAY. AND THE STATE GENERAL FUND AND AND THE STAGE. 
          SO ONE OF THOSE TWO SOURCES, THE EQUIPMENTS THAT WE'RE I REMEMBER US GETTING THOSE FLOOD
LIGHTS RIGHT. 
          PURCHASING FLOOD LIGHTS. PURCHASING THE. THE POWER GENERATOR. 
          RIGHT. WHO PAID FOR THOSE GENERAL FUNDS? THE TAXPAYERS PAID FOR THOSE. 
          OUR TAXPAYERS PAID FOR THOSE. AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE
HERE AT THIS POINT. 
          I'VE BEEN PART OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 38 YEARS,
AND IT'S BEEN NOT SO MUCH THE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT THAT'S BEEN HYPHENED ON OR QUOTATIONS MARK OF CO-SPONSORSHIPS THAT'S STIFLING VOLUNTEERISM. 
          I GOT HERE AFTER ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE, AND I PLUGGED MYSELF RIGHT IN. 
          AND IN THAT WE HAD BOXING EVENTS, VOLUNTEERISM,
RAN THOSE EVENTS, THOSE CO-SPONSORS EVENTS WITH OUR CITY, AND IT REALLY INCREASED THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER. 
          THE CITY PARTNERED WITH EQUIPMENT. THE CITY PARTNERED WITH FACILITIES AND NEVER THOUGHT
ABOUT CHARGING. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUTTING ON THESE EVENTS, THESE NONPROFITS,
IF THEY DO HAVE THE STAGE, YOU HAVE TO RENT AND PURCHASE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S GOING TO PORTRAY SOUND. CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN WE DO OUR EVENTS,
HOW MUCH YOU PAY FOR SOMEONE TO DO SOUND? CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT NUMBER? DANIEL WAIT TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. 
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SO THE COMPANY WE UTILIZE FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS ARE SOUND COST $750 PER EVENT,
$750. 
          AND WHAT IS THE OUTPUT OF THAT ATTENDANCE? BECAUSE SOUND IS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENT. 
          SO AS AN EXAMPLE, THE SOUND NEEDED FOR 15 TO 20,000 PEOPLE,
IT'S GOING TO COST ON AVERAGE OF 4 TO $5000. SO THAT IS WHERE I'M I'M AHMED. 
          WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PORTRAY. 
          SO 750 TO WHAT TYPE OF AUDIENCE. SO I THE LARGEST EVENT THAT WE USE THE SOUND FOR IS THE
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION. AND HOW MUCH? I'M NOT A SOUND ENGINEER,
SO I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. 
          WE RELY ON THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE USE FOR THE SOUND TO PROVIDE IT FOR THE AMOUNT OF
ATTENDANCE WE EXPECT. 
          OKAY. AND THEN HOW MUCH ARE THE BANDS? SO THE BANDS RANGE PRIOR TO COVID,
A LOT OF THE BANDS WERE ESPECIALLY LOCAL BANDS WERE UNDER $500. 
          SINCE I'VE COME HERE, EVEN LOCAL BANDS, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET A BAND UNDER $1,500 FOR EVEN
JUST TWO HOURS. 
          YEAH, JUST FOR TWO HOURS, LET ALONE A WHOLE DAY EVENT. 
          SO I JUST WANT COUNCIL TO REALIZE THIS. I'M GOING TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE 90S WHEN WE HAD
BOXING. 
          WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD AND FAMOUS BOXERS, BY THE WAY. 
          USA. WE HAD ONE THAT WON THE GOLD GLOVES WHEN ONTO THE OLYMPICS. 
          IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HE EVEN CAME OUT IN A ROCKY MOVIE. 
          BUT COULD YOU IMAGINE ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE I VOLUNTEERED DURING THAT TIME? THOSE WERE PARTNERSHIPS. CO-SPONSORSHIPS AND AND ONE OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES AS A VOLUNTEER
WAS VOLUNTEERING FOR THE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS RALLY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT,
BUT TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS RALLY. 
          WE HAD THE FIRST AND ONLY FEMALE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
DONNA BROOKS. 
          HER SON, AS WE LED THIS SUPPORT OUR TROOPS RALLY WAS PRESENT AT FALLUJAH WHEN WE RAISED
THE AMERICAN FLAG IN FALLUJAH, IN FALLUJAH IN IRAQ. THOSE THINGS WERE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS, GENTLEMEN,
YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON IT. 
          YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ROI. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUIPMENT AND STAFF THAT WE CURRENTLY
HAVE. 
          AND YOU HEARD STAFF SAY FOR THEM TO DO AN EVENT,
THEY CAN'T TAKE ON THESE EVENTS, THESE NONPROFITS. 
          IT'S NOT ABOUT PAYING THEM CASH. IT'S ABOUT THEM PROVIDING A SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO YES, HAVE I BEEN ENGAGED WITH THIS AS A CIVILIAN? I SAY AS A CIVILIAN. BUT BEFORE I GOT ON THIS DAIS,
MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I OVERSAW I OVERSEE AN EVENT THAT HAS GARNERED 20,000 PEOPLE. AND IT'S IT'S IT IS A CHRISTMAS EVENT. 
          SO MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS THAT IT COULD AFFECT THE FUTURE OF ALL THESE EVENTS. 
          THIS IS ABOUT GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. NOW,
IF COUNCIL WANTS TO CONTINUE DOWN THIS RANGE, I WILL SUGGEST THAT THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS THAT STAFF HAS SUGGESTED. 
          HOWEVER, I THINK WE COULD WORKSHOP WHICH ONES WE COULD PUT TOGETHER. 
          I LIKE WHERE YOU WERE GOING AS WELL, COUNCILMAN. 
          HAMMER, WHERE PERHAPS THERE ARE EVENTS OF VALUE THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO
PARTNER WITH. 
          BUT TO ASK THEM TO PAY FOR RENTING AN EQUIPMENT THAT THEY PAID FOR AS, AS PALM BAY AS THEY PAY TAXES TO. MOST OF THESE NONPROFITS ARE PALM BAY,
AND THEY PAID FOR THIS EQUIPMENT. 
          THEY PAID FOR THE TENT. THEY PAID TAXES. THEY PAID FOR THE STAGE. 
          THEY PAID FOR EVERY FLOODLIGHT, EVERY EQUIPMENT THAT IS USED. 
          I WILL SAY THIS, AND I SHOULD END BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE OF US TO TAKE AWAY THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF RECREATION IN OUR CITY. 
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PARKS AND RECREATION IS NOT A PROFIT DEPARTMENT. 
          IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT, THEN WE SHOULDN'T HAVE PARKS. 
          I'LL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE INVESTING. 
          I LOVE WHAT SOMEONE SAID. YOU'RE INVESTING IN CHILDREN. 
          YOU'RE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'RE IN. 
          LISTEN, I OFTEN SAID THIS, AND I'M A I'M A NEW YORK CITY CHILD THAT GREW UP IN THE INNER
CITY. 
          AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB,
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE SEA CADETS, IF IT WASN'T FOR FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE VETERANS THAT POINTED ME TOWARDS SERVICE BEFORE SELF. WHO KNOWS WHERE I WOULD HAVE ENDED UP. 
          AND THAT WAS ALL CONSIDERED. PARKS. CROTONA. PARKS. 
          BASEBALL FIELDS. THAT'S WHERE I GREW UP. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THAT,
WHO KNOWS IF I WOULD HAVE SURVIVED THE STREETS OF NEW YORK. 
          SO IN THAT WE TALK ABOUT POWER, WE TALK ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT ENTITIES. 
          BUT IF WE DON'T PROVIDE AND INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY,
WE'RE WE'VE MISSED IT. 
          WE'VE MISSED IT. AND AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IF YOU WANT TO START DOING THIS AND
ELIMINATING THESE COSPONSORSHIP WHICH I CALL CODE VOLUNTEERISM BECAUSE THERE'S INDIVIDUALS THAT DEDICATE SO
MUCH TIME AND EFFORT TO CREATING THESE EVENTS. IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING. 
          I COULD ONLY IMAGINE THE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS RALLY AND AND WE'RE CONDUCTING AND SUPPORTING
OUR TROOPS AND HAVING THAT EVENT. 
          DOC HOLLIDAY WOULD COME AND AND DJ AS WELL. AND WE HAD SO MANY GUESTS. 
          WE HAD FAMOUS COLONELS, COLONEL DANNY MCKNIGHT,
WE HAD SO MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD COME. 
          I COULD ONLY INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD COME TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY,
THAT THEY WAVED THEIR SPEAKER FEES JUST TO COME AND SUPPORT THE CITY AND SUPPORT THE VOLUNTEERS THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER. 
          I COULD ONLY IMAGINE. NO, WE GOT TO CHARGE YOU FOR THE SOUND. 
          I COULD I COULDN'T EVEN FATHOM THAT. SO AS I CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS,
GENTLEMEN, AND I'M GOING TO TOSS IT OVER TO YOU. 
          I COULD ONLY STRESS TO YOU THAT WE'RE ON DANGER GROUND HERE. 
          THIS THIS ISN'T ABOUT MONEY THAT WE'RE GIVEN THESE 501 C THREES THAT SOMEBODY ELSE MAY MAY
BE PERCEIVING. 
          AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE IS AN ROI. THE ROI IS LIFE. 
          THE ROI IS YOU'RE IMPACTING A LIFE. AND AND IT IS CRITICAL TO IMPACT A LIFE IN OUR
COMMUNITY. 
          I'VE SEEN IT, I'VE WITNESSED IT. I'VE FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS I OVERSAW AN ORGANIZATION. 
          AND IN THAT IN 2016, THE CITY OF PALM BAY RECRUITED THAT ORGANIZATION TO COME TO PALM BAY. 
          WHEN THEY WERE DOING IT IN BREVARD COUNTY, THEY WANTED IT HERE. 
          THEY WANTED IT TO AFFECT THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY. 
          AND NATURALLY, IT WAS A PERFECT FIT. BUT I'LL I'LL END MY COMMENTS THERE. 
          WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE AND I KNOW THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T LIKE WORKSHOPS,
BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THE WORKSHOP SO WE COULD DECIPHER WHICH ONE WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE FROM A TO B, BUT OTHERWISE THE OUR INCOME,
THE SALARIES HAVE INCREASED, EVERYTHING HAS INCREASED. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO BUMP
THAT UP. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. GENTLEMEN, I WOULD NOT ENTERTAIN CHANGING ANYTHING,
BUT I WOULD WANT TO SHARE THE VALUE IN ALL THE HARD WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE,
IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO GO DOWN A PATH OF A WORKSHOP TO SEE WHICH ONES WE WOULD KEEP. 
          AND ANOTHER THING, YOU KNOW, I'LL END WITH THIS. 
          IT IS MY PRAYER. IT IS MY HOPE. THAT IT'S NOT BECAUSE ONE OF OUR PARTNERS REFUSED TO
CHANGE CHRISTMAS INTO A HOLIDAY. EVENT. IT IS MY HOPE THAT THOSE RUMORS THAT HAVE COME BACK TO ME. BECAUSE YES, WE DO HAVE A HOLIDAY PARADE,
BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY NO WAY THAT THAT ORGANIZATION WOULD CHANGE IT AND NOT CHANGE IT TO A HOLIDAY EVENT. 
          IT WILL REMAIN A CHRISTMAS EVENT. SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS,
GENTLEMEN. 
          I DON'T SEE ANYBODY DINGING UP HERE, SO I'LL I'LL TOSS IT. 
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I THINK YEAH I THINK WE ALL DID. WELL, WELL,
WE NEED A MOTION FIRST. 
          TECHNICALLY I'VE GOT CHANDLER COUNCILMAN. ALL RIGHT,
WELL, TO TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S POINT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM TO A FUTURE WORKSHOP. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT. DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. KIND OF FEELS LIKE OPRAH WINFREY. 
          YOU'RE GETTING AN EVENT. YOU'RE GETTING AN EVENT. 
          YOU'RE GETTING AN EVENT I LIKE. I LIKE NUMBER FIVE,
BUT I WOULD SETTLE FOR FOR OPTION ONE. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE AND WHAT THE NONPROFITS DO AND WHAT THESE EVENTS CAN DO FOR THE
COMMUNITY. 
          I ALSO SERVE ON NONPROFIT BOARDS. I'VE PUT ON EVENTS. 
          THE FIRST YEAR IS ALWAYS THE TOUGHEST. THAT SECOND YEAR YOU SAVE SEED MONEY FOR THAT NEXT
EVENT. 
          TO THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE ON THIS DAIS,
I CAN CERTAINLY ATTEST I DON'T MAKE DECISIONS UP HERE TO WIN ELECTIONS. 
          I MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT I THINK IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          IT MIGHT NOT BE ALWAYS THE POPULAR THING. I CAN'T BE BOUGHT. 
          I CAN'T BE SOLD, IT CAN'T BE MANIPULATED, I CAN'T BE COERCED. 
          AND SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT IMPECCABLY CLEAR THAT THE DECISIONS I MAKE,
I THINK I PREY ON A LOT OF THEM. 
          AND DECISIONS I MAKE, I FEEL ARE THE BEST CHOICE AT THE TIME. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS. COUNCILMAN HAMMER. YEAH. 
          I HAD I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION FOR MISS MOSCONI. 
          IF I COULD ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO BRING HER BACK UP. 
          JUST TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING SOMEBODY SAID, SAY,
THIS GETS CANCELED TOMORROW. 
          THE MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON THIS CAN'T BE USED ON ROADS. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? CORRECT? CORRECT. IT'S IT'S WAIVER OF FEES. 
          YEAH. SO THOSE FEES GO DIRECTLY INTO GENERAL REVENUE,
AND I MEAN, SO THE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, I'M SURE, BUT THE REST OF IT IS ACTUALLY STAFFING AND THAT GOES DIRECTLY BACK INTO THOSE
DEPARTMENTS, INTO THE DEPARTMENT? YES. CORRECT. OKAY. AND ONE. 
          I'M GOOD. I WILL SAY I AM IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING IT HOW IT IS,
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TWICE A YEAR APPLICATIONS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A LOT OF WORK. 
          I THINK IT'S WHEN SOMEBODY DECIDES THEY WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING,
THEY CAN JUST CALL IN. 
          OUR CITY STAFF HAS TO JUMP AND TRY TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS AND TRY TO GET THINGS DONE. 
          I DO LIKE TWICE A YEAR. BUT I ALSO DO KNOW HOW MUCH MARKETING IS AND TO HAVE THE CITY POST
IT ALL OVER, ON EVERYBODY'S FACEBOOK, ON EVERYBODY'S INSTAGRAMS ALL OVER. 
          WE NEED POSITIVITY HERE IN PALM BAY. WE'VE WE'VE BEEN IN A BAD PLACE FOR SO LONG AND TO BE
OUT AT THESE EVENTS, AND I MEAN, ME BEING IN THE POSITION I AM, I GET INVITED TO ALL OF THEM AND TO SEE THE
PEOPLE ACTUALLY SMILING IS, IS, I MEAN, THE LITTLE BIT THAT WE ARE GIVING A LITTLE BIT THAT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION
DOES, I, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NICE TO SEE PEOPLE IN PALM BAY SMILING. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ARE DEALING WITH ROADS, WE ARE DEALING WITH PROBLEMS. AND IF WE CAN TAKE THEIR MINDS OFF OF THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT,
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'VE BEEN ON THIS ITEM FOR A WHILE NOW,
AND OPTION FIVE WAS MY NUMBER ONE PICK. 
          I'M TO THE POINT OF WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE SAID. 
          I WAS LOOKING AT OPTION ONE AS A SECOND CLOSE ONE. 
          MY MY THING. MISS CAULFIELD HIT ON A LOT RIGHT THERE. 
          LIKE, I JUST SEE WITH A LOT OF THESE EVENTS,
JUST A LOT OF DIVISION AND JUST CAUSING MORE. 
          DIVIDES AND JUST THIS INDIVIDUAL. THAT INDIVIDUAL. 
          ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THE FUNDING AND EVERYTHING. 
          THE EVENTS CAN STILL HAPPEN. IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT IT'S THE CITY NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT
ANYMORE. 
          AND THAT'S THE POINT I'M AT. THAT'S THE POINT I'VE BEEN AT. 
          SO OPTION ONE IS A CLOSE SECOND, BECAUSE IN THAT,
IN THAT CASE IT'S JUST A WAIVER OF NON-LABOR RENTAL FEES, WHICH IS WHAT MAJORITY OF CITIES THAT I'VE SEEN AND WHAT DANIEL WAITE AND JULIET MOSCONI
PROVIDED. 
          THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THEM DO. BUT EVEN WITH OPTION FIVE,
IF WE WANTED TO UP IT UP TO 50% OR 75% FOR NONPROFIT DISCOUNT FEES OR SOMETHING. BUT I JUST, I, I CAN'T GET BEHIND IT. 
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I KNOW I WOULDN'T JUST IF I'M TIGHT ON MONEY,
I'M NOT GOING TO JUST BEND OVER HERE BECAUSE IT'S A FEEL GOOD EVENT OR BEEN OVER THERE. 
          WE SPENT MORE TIME SPEAKING ABOUT CO-SPONSORSHIP POLICIES THIS YEAR THAN ROLL ROLL
IMPROVEMENT OR GO ROAD BONDS OR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO LIKE, THERE'S JUST SO MANY OTHER THINGS TO TACKLE. 
          AND WE SPENT AN HOUR ON THIS. SO I DEFINITELY WILL NOT BE IN SUPPORT OF TABLING IT BECAUSE
THAT'S JUST GOING TO ADD LONGER. 
          IF WE IF ANYTHING, WE NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THE ROADS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH
OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. MORTON, WHO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE ON BOARD WITH US. 
          BUT THIS YEAH, I'M GOING TO BE IN SUPPORT OF TABLING IT. 
          I'LL SAY THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. TO DEPUTY MAYOR'S POINT AND COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S POINT. 
          I'D BE AMIABLE TO TO STANDING WITH YOU ON THAT AND JUST GOING AHEAD AND VOTING. 
          BUT THE REASON THAT I MADE A MOTION TO TABLE IT AND WHY I WANT TO HAVE A DEEPER
CONVERSATION AND MAYBE WE CAN JUST GO TO THIS SIDE LATER IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT WE ALSO DISCUSSED CITY EVENTS TONIGHT AS WELL. 
          AND WHEN YOU PUT THE TWO TOGETHER, WE END UP HAVING MORE EVENTS THAN CITIES WITH A LOT
MORE MONEY THAN US, LIKE BOCA RATON AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I KIND OF FELT LIKE THE TWO ARE PRETTY,
PRETTY CLOSELY RELATED, AND WE SHOULD HAVE A REALLY IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER. 
          AND ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KIND OF THOUGHT OF AND WOULD HAVE PROPOSED,
MAYBE AT A WORKSHOP WAS WHAT IF WE SO JUST KIND OF AN IDEA AND IT COULD BE MODIFIED, BUT WHAT IF WE TOOK LIKE SAY,
HEY, AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH BUDGET YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE 12 EVENTS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE CITY EVENTS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO PICK THEM AS A CITY. HOWEVER,
WE WILL LEAVE AN OPTION ON THE TABLE FOR THOSE EVENTS TO BE A COSPONSORED EVENT INSTEAD OF A CITY EVENT. IF THERE'S ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO MODIFY IT INTO A CO-SPONSOR
EVENT. 
          AND SO I THOUGHT MAYBE AT A WORKSHOP WE COULD HAVE SOME GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT IF HEARING THAT YOU GENTLEMEN STILL WANT TO VOTE FOR EITHER 1 OR 5 TONIGHT,
I'M WILLING TO TO VOTE NO ON MY OWN MOTION, AND WE CAN HAVE THAT VOTE. OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW,
WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU GUYS WANT TO VOTE ON 1 OR 5, AND KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO JEOPARDIZE ANY,
ANY FUTURE EVENTS IN PARTICULAR, ONE OF THE LARGEST EVENTS THAT WE, WE HOLD HERE TODAY. OKAY. I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A WORKSHOP,
LIKE YOU SAID. 
          AND THE ONLY WAY YOU DISCUSS THAT WORKSHOP IS ACTUALLY GETTING DOWN TO THE THE NUTS AND
BOLTS OF WHAT EVENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. HOW DOES THAT EVENT YOU OPEN UP THOSE BOOKS AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE THAT EVENT
BRINGS AND THE PARTICIPATION OF THAT EVENT. 
          THAT'S WHY I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR US TO DO A WORKSHOP AND OPEN IT UP THAT WAY. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT A MOTION. YOUR MOTION WAS TO BEGIN A WORKSHOP. 
          AND I SECONDED IT, SO I GOT A MOTION FOR THE WORKSHOP. 
          I DIDN'T, MAYOR, CAN I? YES, SIR. SO BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WITH THE VOTE,
WOULD EITHER OF THE GENTLEMEN LIKE TO TO RESPOND TO THAT? I'D BE INTERESTED. SO I'VE GOT DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE. 
          I DON'T WANT TO WORKSHOP THIS AND I JUST THINK ABOUT,
LIKE, LITTLE LEAGUE. 
          WHY ISN'T LITTLE LEAGUE FREE? THAT'S SIX MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR
LIGHTS. 
          I MEAN, THE LIST CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON. 
          THE FACT THAT OPTION ONE IS KIND OF ATTRACTIVE IS WE HAVE THE FACILITIES,
THEY'RE THERE NO MATTER WHAT. 
          BUT WHEN YOU START ADDING LABOR AND THEN POLICE. 
          CHIEF NOW HAS TO DESIGNATE MORE EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLL THAT DAY,
AND MAYBE TAKE AWAY RESOURCES AND ALLOCATIONS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          SO I, I'M LEANING FOR OPTION ONE IF THERE'S ANY CONSENSUS THERE. 
          OKAY. VERY WELL. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. THEN IN THAT CASE,
YES. 
          ESPECIALLY FOR THE SAKE OF NOT HAVING A WORKSHOP. 
          I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GO WITH OPTION ONE. BECAUSE I DO SEE THE VALUE IN THESE EVENTS,
I, I ENJOY PARTAKING IN THESE EVENTS WITH THE FAMILY,
BUT IT'S JUST AT THE SAKE OF THE WHOLE CITY. 
          LIKE, WE KEEP CAUSING DIFFERENT GROUPS AND ALL THESE DOGMAS THAT SOCIETY PUTS ON US,
LIKE WE'RE ALL ONE. 
          WE'RE ALL ONE. SO LET'S RECOGNIZE THAT. I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU SAID COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN
OF SEEING WHAT EVENTS SOMEBODY CAN TAKE ON I LOVE THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA,
AND I LOVE THE OTHER EVENTS THAT BRING KIDS AND FAMILIES OUT THAT WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN IN 
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THEIR HOUSES, WATCHING TV AND BEING MINDLESS. 
          SO I LOVE THAT A LOT OF THESE EVENTS ARE GETTING PEOPLE OUTSIDE,
BUT JUST HOW WE GO ABOUT IT, THAT'S THAT'S THE CONCERN. SO I'M GOOD WITH OPTION ONE. 
          AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME STAFF PUT INTO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A YEAH THIS IS YEARS
GOING OVER JUST REVIEWING AND EVERYTHING. 
          SO THANK YOU JULIET. THANK YOU GREG. THANK YOU DANIEL. 
          THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR THIS. SO. BUT YEAH,
IF THE EMOTION WAS TO BE REMOVED I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF OPTION ONE MOTION. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND. I WILL SAY THIS I AM IN NO WAY,
SHAPE OR FORM IN SUPPORT OF OPTION NUMBER FIVE, BUT IN THE SAKE OF OPTION NUMBER ONE FAILING AND IT MOVING TO OPTION NUMBER FIVE. 
          I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF OPTION NUMBER ONE. OKAY. 
          RIGHT NOW I HAVE A MOTION TO COUNCILMAN LANDRY. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH. GENTLEMEN. SO I'M GOOD WITH THAT. 
          AND I'D STILL LIKE TO IN A FUTURE MEETING. THEN GO AHEAD AND AND DISCUSS CITY EVENTS AS
WELL. 
          BUT AS FAR AS TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND AND BE IN SUPPORT OF YOU GUYS. 
          AND ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS TO ME IS DEPUTY MAYOR HIT IT ON THE HEAD. 
          WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS. AND WITH OUR GROWING CITY OUR POLICE FORCE IS
OVERSTRETCHED. 
          AND THEY'RE REQUIRED FOR ALL THESE CO-SPONSORSHIPS. 
          AND THAT'S OVERTIME MONEY COMING OUT OF THEIR POCKET. NOW,
I WANT TO GIVE THE GUYS OVERTIME. WE HAVE AN OVERTIME BUDGET. BUT WHEN WE HAVE ARGUMENTS LIKE THE SPEED TRAP CAMERAS AND TRYING TO PUT OFFICERS IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS,
THE ANSWERS A LOT OF TIMES IS WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS. 
          WE'RE TRYING WE'RE ALLOCATING THE NEW POSITIONS. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO RECRUIT HIGH QUALITY INDIVIDUALS. 
          IT TAKES TIME TO DO THAT. AND SO FINE, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OVERTIME BUDGET,
I WANT THAT OVERTIME BUDGET SPENT IN OTHER AREAS DOING TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS JUST IN OTHER AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO,
TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE CITY. 
          SO THAT WAS A MAJOR FACTOR FOR ME IN THIS AS WELL. 
          SO, OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW I GOT A MOTION TO, TO WORKSHOP,
I BELIEVE WAS THE MOTION. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ALL OPPOSED SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY,
NAY. 
          MOTION FAILS. 4 TO 1. AND NOW I NEED ANOTHER MOTION. 
          MAYOR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          OPTION ONE MODIFY THE PROGRAM TO ALLOW A WAIVER OF NON-LABOR RENTAL FEES ONLY,
NOT LABOR. 
          ADOPT THE MODIFICATIONS THAT'S DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND. THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. 
          SECOND. GOT A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION,
GENTLEMEN? YES, MAYOR. THIS PASSES. I WOULD JUST STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT STAFF DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB
JUST REACHING OUT TO ANY PAST AND POTENTIAL FUTURE CO-SPONSORS TO MAKE THEM IMMEDIATELY AWARE OF THIS CHANGE. 
          AND ARE WE GOING TO PUT AN EFFECTIVE DATE ON THIS? IS THIS BEGINNING 2026? IS THIS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY? SO WHEN WE BROUGHT THE LAST ROUND OF CO-SPONSORSHIPS THERE WAS PART OF THAT MOTION TO NOT
MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY APPLICATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 UNTIL THIS DECISION WAS MADE. 
          SO I GUESS IT'S FOR 2026 THEN. IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? OKAY. STARTS TODAY. STARTS TODAY. YES. WHENEVER YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE. 
          RIGHT. THE RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN SAYS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. 
          THAT'S OUR STANDARD LANGUAGE. AS DANIEL MENTIONED,
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY CO-SPONSORED EVENTS. 
          AND WE HAVE WE HAVE HIT OUR LIMIT FOR ANNUAL CO-SPONSORSHIP. 
          SO BASED ON OUR CURRENT POLICY, WE COULDN'T HAVE ANY MORE EVENTS THIS YEAR ANYWAY. 
          AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE NEXT EVENT IS GOING TO BE THE PUERTO RICAN DAY,
BUT THAT'S ALREADY APPROVED. 
          SO THE NEXT ONE WE WOULD ANTICIPATE HISTORICALLY BEING SUBMITTED WOULD BE THE PUERTO RICAN
DAY PARADE, WHICH IS IN THE FALL. NO, THAT'S ALREADY APPROVED,
HE SAID. 
          FOR NEXT YEAR, FOR NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A FALL WINTER APPLICATION WINDOW. 
          SO IF YOU APPROVE THIS POLICY THIS EVENING AND AS MISS SMITH MENTIONED,
YOU CAN SET AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THEN WE WOULD OPEN THE WINDOW WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE SUMMER. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISE IT, REACH OUT TO OUR CURRENT EVENT HOLDERS AND THEN BRING
FORWARD OUR FIRST BATCH FOR FALL WINTER EVENTS TO YOU ALL. 
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SO THE FCC WOULDN'T BE WOULD BE FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          RIGHT. SO THEY WOULD APPLY IN THE IN THE FALL. 
          THE WINTER. I'M SORRY. COME ON UP, DANIEL. OKAY. 
          SO, YEAH. SO ALL THE CO-SPONSORSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR FISCAL YEAR 25,
THE NEXT CYCLE WILL BEGIN FISCAL YEAR 26TH OCTOBER FIRST. IN THE FALL USUALLY INCLUDES THE PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE. 
          VIVA BREVARD FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA, THE WICKS EVENT,
INDIAN KITE FESTIVAL. 
          WE ARE HEAVIER IN THE FRONT PART OF THE YEAR WITH FALL WINTER BEING BETTER WEATHER FOR
EVENTS. 
          SO THAT WILL BE THE HEAVIEST OF THE APPLICATIONS. 
          SO IT AFFECTS ALL THOSE. OKAY. THANKS. COUNCILMAN HAM. 
          YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT STARTING OCTOBER 1ST. 
          NOT YOU KNOW, IT STARTS NOW AND COMES BACK NOW NEXT YEAR. 
          I WANT THAT TO START OCTOBER 1ST. AND THEN IT'S EFFECTIVE FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO THE END OF
SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR. 
          I DON'T KNOW YOUR DATES THAT YOU WANT TO DO FOR YOUR APPLICATION DATES,
BUT IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT BEFORE THE FY, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT. IF IF COUNCIL LIKES THAT. 
          BUT I WOULD NOT SUGGEST ANY SPENDING UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST ON. 
          RIGHT? YEAH. SO THE PLAN FOR THE APPLICATION PERIOD WOULD BE TO START THIS SUMMER
RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FOR THAT FALL WINTER. ONE GOES INTO THE PLANNING FOR THE EVENT ORGANIZERS,
ONE TO KNOW IF THEY'RE APPROVED OR NOT, WITH MARKETING COSTS AND BOOKING ENTERTAINMENT AND ALL OF THAT. 
          SO THE PLAN WILL BE IF YOU WERE TO GO WITH OPTION ONE,
WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY ALL THE CO-SPONSORS THAT WERE APPROVED THROUGH OUR PREVIOUS YEARS OF THE NEW PROCESS. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICATION WINDOWS KIND OF SIMILAR TO
THE TDC WITH THEIR MARKETING GRANT PROGRAM. 
          AND CAN WE GET THAT ON OUR CITY SITE AS WELL TO OUR PIO AND EVERYBODY MAKE SURE IT GETS
OUT TO EVERYBODY. 
          THIS IS A BIG CHANGE. YEAH. IT'LL BE ADVERTISED FOR SURE. 
          YES. OKAY I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN OR DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. PASSES 4 TO 1. CONGRATULATIONS, GENTLEMEN. 
          WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE. MEREDITH'S MAKE A SUGGESTION. 
          I FEEL LIKE THIS ONE MIGHT GO LONG IF WE CAN TAKE A SHORT RECESS. 
          LET'S. LET'S. YOU WANT TO TAKE A BREAK? OKAY. 
          TAKE A FIVE, TEN MINUTE BREAK. YEAH. ALL RIGHT,
WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER. 
          WE ARE NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M CALLING THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER. 
          WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE. DEPUTY MAYOR. 
          CONSIDERATION OF REVISIONS TO CITY COUNCIL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR, REQUEST CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY
COUNCIL. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO HELP STREAMLINE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND TO REDUCE RISK OF PURPOSEFUL OR INADVERTENT VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION WITH
RESPECT TO DECENCY STANDARDS, WHILE ALSO ENSURING MAXIMUM FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH. 
          GUARANTEED PERSONS ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL. THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE
RECENTLY ADOPTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BREVARD COUNTY TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. 
          THE PROPOSED REVISIONS ARE SHOWN IN. STRIKEOUT AND UNDERLINE. 
          CONTINUE. YES, SIR. UNDER PRESIDING OFFICER,
THERE ARE CHANGES UNDER 7.1.2 DESIGNATED DUTIES. UNDER ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
          THERE ARE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE MEETING. 
          AND IF THE MEETING WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE TELEVISED OR NOT. 
          FOR THE NON-BUSINESS PORTION OF THE OF THE MEETING,
AND TELEVISED FOR THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING. 
          AND AND FINALLY PUBLIC COMMENTS. THERE ARE REVISIONS PROPOSED 
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TO THE VISUAL PRESENTATIONS BY THE BY THE PUBLIC UNDER ITEM 7.8.6. 
          OKAY. DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS, DEPUTY MAYOR? FIRST SPEAKER IS LANCE FISHER. 
          LANCE FISHER 130. MALABAR ROAD FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF PALM BAY RETIRED. 
          THAT WAS EASY. THAT WAS EVEN TOUGH FOR YOU TO DO. 
          COUNCILMAN JAFFE. ON SATURDAY, I STARTED RECEIVING PHONE CALLS OR WRITE IN RESPONSE TO
THIS PROPOSED POLICY CHANGE TO COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          MANY OF THOSE VOICES WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS PROPOSAL WAS TARGETED AT MY OPEN CRITICISM
OF CHIEF ANGELO, HIS COMMAND STAFF, AND THE FAILURE TO ACT BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS DAIS. 
          HERE ARE MY CONCERNS. THIS PROPOSAL INDICATES ITS INTENT TO STREAMLINE COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          LAST MEETING HAD FOUR PROCLAMATIONS AND THIS ONE HAD FIVE. 
          COUNCIL MUST OR CITIZENS MUST ENDURE PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS,
PRESENTATIONS, BUSINESS SPOTLIGHTS. 
          NOW LONG WINDED COMMENTS. WHEN YOU DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. 
          IT SEEMS EVERY TIME THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO STREAMLINE COUNCIL MEETINGS,
IT'S AT THE COST OF THE CITIZENS RIGHTS TO SPEAK. THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY INTERRUPT OR TERMINATE A PARTICIPANT'S STATEMENT, OR IF A PARTICIPANT PARTICIPANT STATEMENT THAT IS
IRRELEVANT. 
          THIS IS A VAGUE AND OBSCURE DEFINITION THAT IS LEFT AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE
PRESIDING OFFICER. 
          I CAN ONLY ASSUME, MOVING FORWARD, CRITICISM OF CHIEF ANGELO AND HIS COUNCIL WILL BE
DEEMED IRRELEVANT REQUEST, THE ASSISTANCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND THE REMOVAL OF DISORDERLY PERSONS WHEN
THAT PERSON'S CONDUCT INTERFERES WITH THE ORDERLY PROGRESS OF THE MEETING. I PREVIOUSLY BEEN THREATENED BY CHIEF OF THE PUBLIC COUNSEL,
MEANING THAT HE WOULD REACH OUT TO THE STATE ATTORNEY FOR WORDS. I SPOKE AT THIS PODIUM, OFFICER CELLO GRABBED MY WIFE'S ARMS AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTRAIN HER ON SEPTEMBER 5TH WHILE
WE SPOKE TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL DIRECTLY FOLLOWING THAT MEETING, THESE OFFICERS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR DECISION TO DETAIN OR ARREST AN INDIVIDUAL THIS PODIUM PLACES THEM
INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE. 
          THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO REFUSE ANY ORDERS THAT ARE UNLAWFUL,
AND THAT LANGUAGE IS PROPOSED IN. 
          THIS PROPOSAL IS VAGUE AND LIKELY WILL NOT STAND IN A COURT OF LAW. 
          OFFICERS USING THIS PROPOSAL TO FACILITATE AN ARREST DO SO AT THE RISK OF CRIMINAL AND
CIVIL LIABILITIES. 
          THE PROPOSAL ELIMINATES THE LIVE STREAMING OF PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF THE MEETING,
CITING POTENTIAL FCC VIOLATIONS. 
          THESE SAME VIOLATIONS COULD OCCUR DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS,
NEW BUSINESS, OR FROM ANY CITIZEN AT THE BACK OF THIS ROOM. 
          THIS PROPOSAL IS CLEAR. INTENT IS TO LIMIT CITIZENS EXPOSURE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          MANY CITIZENS THAT CAN'T ATTEND MEETINGS RELY ON THE VIEWING OF THE LIVE STREAM. 
          THIS COUNCIL ALSO OFTEN REQUESTS MORE CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE,
YET CONTINUES TO LIMIT THEIR FREE SPEECH. 
          REQUIRING CITIZENS TO SUBMIT ELECTRONIC PRESENTATIONS TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING IS
ABSURD. 
          VIRUSES ARE IMMEDIATELY SCANNED ONCE THE EMAIL IS RECEIVED,
AND IT SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES TO REVIEW A FEW SLIDES FOR OBSCENITIES, HATE SPEECH, OR IRRELEVANCE. IT'S SIMPLY TO ALLOW CITY COUNCIL TIME TO REPAIR OR SUPPRESS
POTENTIAL CRITICISMS DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          IT SEEMS THAT THIS COUNCIL CONTINUES TO GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO SUPPRESS ONE INDIVIDUAL'S
RIGHT TO SPEAK, WHILE PROTECTING ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FROM THAT SPEECH,
THIS COUNCIL MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE 140,000 CITIZENS, OR 900 CITY EMPLOYEES AND 300 ISH POLICE POLICE EMPLOYEES. 
          YOU CANNOT PROTECT THE MAJORITY BY PROTECTING ONE. 
          THIS COUNCIL MUST VOTE TO DENY THIS PROPOSAL. 
          ON JANUARY 25TH, THIS VERY COUNCIL SUPPRESSED TWO THIRDS OF ITS CITIZENS FREEDOM OF
SPEECH. 
          WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE ANOTHER MINUTE. IF YOU WANT TO SILENCE ME,
JUST DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          THAT'S ALL I'VE BEEN ASKING. NEXT SPEAKER. BILL BATTEN AND MR. BATEMAN SUBMITTED A FIVE MINUTE SPEAKER CARD TWO DAYS AGO. YOU GOT YOUR TIME SET. 
          MASTER CHIEF. SAY THAT AGAIN, PLEASE. SAY YOU GOT YOUR TIME SET. 
          OKAY. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST IN THE AGENDA PACKET. 
          7.8.2 UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS. ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING TO HEAR UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          THAT WAS IMPORTANT. NOT ON THE AGENDA. ITEM 7.8.2.. 
          BRAVO POINT FOUR. FILL IN THE BLUE CARD. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ORANGE CARDS. 
          ITEM 7.8.2. CHARLIE. ITEMS. AGENDA ITEMS LISTED UNDER CONSENT AGENDA. 
          RIGHT. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL MAY. PULL THE ITEM TO BE DISCUSSED. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT. MAY THAT COMES LATER WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE AS
THE CITIZENS HAVE AS RIGHTS. 
          ITEM NUMBER FOUR OF 7.8.2. CHARLIE. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY RECALL AN INDIVIDUAL TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL 
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INFORMATION OR ANSWER QUESTIONS. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I WAS DEPRIVED OF THIS RIGHT BY
COUNCILMAN JAFFE. 
          WHEN COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WANTED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT I HAD PULLED ON PUBLIC COMMENTS,
AND I WAS DEPRIVED OF THAT ABILITY TO ADDRESS MY COUNCIL BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DECIDED ON,
BUT IT'S IN YOUR RULES AND ORDERS. 
          ITEM 7.8.2 DELTA. WRITTEN AGENDA. SPECIFIC ITEMS ON THE WRITTEN AGENDA. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS THE WRITTEN AGENDA. 
          IT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT. IT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO GO BY. 
          THIS IS THE AGENDA, RIGHT? INDIVIDUALS. RIGHT. 
          SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT CONSTITUTES ON THE WRITTEN AGENDA? INDIVIDUALS MAY REQUEST TO SPEAK ON SPECIFIC ITEMS ON THE WRITTEN AGENDA. 
          SO I REQUEST THAT. AND YOU SAY NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S CONSENT AGENDA. 
          BUT IT'S RIGHT HERE IN YOUR POLICIES. ITEM 7.8.3 ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC. THE COUNCIL MAY RECALL AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE LECTERN TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. THIS INCLUDES CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. IF YOU WANT TO CALL US BACK UP AND TALK ON IT,
YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. 
          IT SAYS SO RIGHT HERE. SO I WAS DEPRIVED OF THAT. 
          ITEM 7.8.5 SPECIAL MEETINGS. PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          I'VE ATTENDED SPECIAL MEETINGS. OF THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME,
I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1987, AND I THINK I'VE MISSED SEVEN MEETINGS IN THAT TIME FRAME OTHER THAN WHEN I WAS DEPLOYED. I'VE ATTENDED SPECIAL MEETINGS,
AND THERE'S BEEN NO PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE I'VE ATTENDED MORE THAN MOST OF YOU, PROBABLY EVEN SOME OF YOU COMBINED HAVE THE MEETINGS I'VE ATTENDED HERE. 
          ITEM 7.8.6 VISUAL PRESENTATIONS. IN ORDER TO MEET THE CRITERIA THAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED HERE, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT IT BY 6:00 ON TUESDAY TO MEET THE 48 HOURS. 
          WELL GUESS WHAT? YOUR OFFICES ARE CLOSED AT 5:00,
EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO FOLLOW IT SO YOU COULDN'T MEET THAT CRITERIA TO MEET YOUR 48 HOURS, YOU'D HAVE TO DO IT THE DAY BEFORE. YOU'D HAVE TO MISS THAT TIME FRAME. 
          RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID, IF THEY FOUND SOMETHING THAT WAS WRONG IN YOUR VISUAL
PRESENTATION, WHERE'S YOUR REPERCUSSIONS TO CORRECT IT? THERE ISN'T ONE. 
          SO ALL YOU SAY, WELL, WE FOUND SOMETHING WRONG. YOU DON'T GET TO PRESENT ONE MORE REASON
THAT DEPRIVES THE CITIZENS OF THEIR ABILITY TO ADDRESS THEIR GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? THE NEXT ITEM WITH VISUAL PRESENTATIONS. 
          SO MUCH OF THIS IS THE INDIVIDUAL'S JUDGMENT ON WHAT CONSTITUTES YOUR STATEMENTS. 
          SO IT'S UP TO SOME INDIVIDUAL REVIEWING YOUR DRUNK DRIVER. 
          HOWEVER YOU PERMITTED IT AND SAID, WELL, YOU DIDN'T MEET MY CRITERIA. 
          WHERE'S MY REDRESS? BOTTOM LINE THIS IS MORE OF GOVERNMENT STIFLING PUBLIC INPUT FROM ITS CONSTITUENTS. THAT'S ALL THIS IS. YOU DECIDE. 
          AND I'M PROUD OF YOU FOR STEPPING UP THERE AND BEING MY GOVERNMENT. 
          AND I KNOW THAT TAKES A LOT OF SELF FORTITUDE,
BUT PART OF THAT WAS WAS THE ABILITY TO ALLOW US AS YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO ADDRESS YOU AS MY GOVERNMENT. SO THE MORE YOU DEPRIVE ME OF MY ABILITY TO ADDRESS YOU,
THE MORE IT HINDERS MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARK. MARK MILLER. 
          MARK MILLER, 808 NELSON AVENUE. THREE MINUTES IS NOT NEAR ENOUGH FOR THIS THING,
BUT GOING ON WITH MASTER CHIEF SAID SO GOING ON TALKING ABOUT THE VIDEOS REAL QUICK ON THE 48 HOURS,
THE ONE THING I DIDN'T SEE IN THERE IS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S DENIED, DO WE GIVE THE APPLICANT THE SPECIFICS IN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESUBMIT? AND DOES THAT HAPPEN ON A QUICK TIME FRAME? BECAUSE SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS AND SOME OF
THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE ON A TIME THEY CAN'T WAIT TWO MORE WEEKS, RIGHT? WE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY, SO I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT IF IT'S REJECTED FOR ANY REASON, THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO TWEAK THE THE
MESSAGE. 
          RIGHT. THEN THERE WAS THE PART I MIGHT, IF I MISUNDERSTOOD THIS,
LET ME KNOW. 
          BUT THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE THE BROADCAST OF THE CALL TO ORDER,
INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PROCLAMATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND, YOU KNOW,
I MEAN, IF WE'RE PAYING $1,000 AN HOUR FOR TV RIGHTS, OKAY, MAYBE IT'S WORTH SOME CONSIDERATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DO THAT. 
          FOR ME, THE INVOCATION, YOU'RE EITHER FOR ME OR AGAINST ME. 
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YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THEM OR YOU DENY ME. WHY WOULD WE NOT SAY THAT PUBLICLY? RIGHT. THERE'S NO SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. YOU CAN'T FIND THAT IN THE CONSTITUTION. 
          THERE'S A FREEDOM OF RELIGION, NOT A FREEDOM FROM IT. 
          PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
MAN. 
          IT ONLY TAKES ONE GENERATION TO FALL AWAY. WE DON'T WANT TO BROADCAST THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE THAT WE STAND BY THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PROCLAMATIONS. 
          THAT SHOWS WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO US,
RIGHT? NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WAS IMPORTANT. SOME OF THE OTHER ONES,
THE THE THE PROCLAMATIONS THEY SHOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT ON YOUR HEART. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU APPROVE EVERY PROCLAMATION THAT GETS SUBMITTED TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          OR MAYBE YOU DO, I DON'T KNOW, PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          MAN, THAT'S OUR ONLY CHANCE TO SPEAK. WE LOST THE THREE MINUTES AT THE END. 
          WE GOT THREE MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING, AND WE GOT TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT TO
SAY IN THREE MINUTES. 
          AND NOW THAT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE BROADCAST FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO BENEFIT FROM. 
          SO I DON'T REALLY SEE WHERE THAT HELPS. RIGHT. 
          IT HURTS. AND THEN ON THE DEFINITIONS AGAIN,
I WILL AGREE. 
          IT'S A IT'S AN ISSUE WITH FREEDOM OF SPEECH. IT'S REALLY VAGUE. 
          IT'S SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION. I MEAN QUITE HONESTLY OPPOSITION. 
          RIGHT. CONFLICT DISCUSSING IT'S A HEALTHY CONFLICT. 
          WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TREAT EACH OTHER LIKE HUMAN BEINGS. 
          BUT BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE CONFLICTING,
RIGHT? THAT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING. PICK SOME THINGS. 
          RIGHT. TALK ABOUT TAXATION. TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION. 
          TALK ABOUT DONALD TRUMP. RIGHT. THERE'S A DIVISIVE GUY,
RIGHT? WHETHER YOU LOVE HIM OR DON'T TALK ABOUT GENDER DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE. 
          LET'S GET INTO IT, MAN. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF. 
          I DON'T LIKE THE PORNOGRAPHY THAT'S IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
          AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OBSCENE AND, YOU KNOW,
SOME OF THIS KIND OF STUFF. 
          AND SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I GOT NINE SECONDS. BUT ANYWAY,
I JUST THINK IT NEEDS A LOT MORE WORK. 
          AND BEFORE IT GETS PASSED THE WAY IT IS. SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. LESLIE. LESLIE. LANCASTER. MAN. BUTCHER. 
          AND. EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL BUTCHER RAN 219 TRENTON AVENUE. YOU GUYS NEED TO GET KENNY A NEW CHAIR. 
          THAT'S DEPUTY MAYOR. YEAH. WHOEVER. ALRIGHT. EVERYBODY'S ALREADY TOLD YOU WHAT'S WRONG
WITH THIS THING. 
          NOW, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS. 
          THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION'S FLORIDA
CONSTITUTION 768 .25 ARTICLE ONE EVERY PERSON MAY SPEAK, WRITE AND PUBLISH SENTIMENTS ON ALL SUBJECTS,
BUT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ABUSE OF THAT RIGHT. 
          NO LAW SHALL BE PASSED TO RESTRAIN OR ABRIDGE THE LIBERTY OF SPEECH OR OF THE PRESS. 
          IN A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND CIVIL ACTIONS FOR DEFAMATION. 
          THE TRUTH MAY BE GIVEN IN EVIDENCE, IN A MATTER CHARGED,
AS DEFAMATION IS TRUE AND PUBLISHED WITH GOOD MOTIVES, THE PARTY SHALL BE ACQUITTED. US CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT ONE. 
          CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION,
OR PROHIBITING THE FREE SPEECH THEREOF. 
          OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR PRESS,
OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO PEACEABLY ASSEMBLE TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR REDRESS. IN 23, THE 11TH CIRCUIT COURT STRUCK DOWN THE
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE MOMS OF LIBERTY AGAINST BREVARD COUNTY. 
          THE ISSUE THERE WAS FOLKS READING OUT OF BOOKS THAT HAD INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE. 
          THEY HAD LANGUAGE THAT COME RIGHT OUT OF THE BOOK. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THEM BECAUSE YOU MAY THROW ME OUT. THE GOVERNMENT AND LET'S SEE. 
          JUDGE GRANT EMPHASIZED THE GOVERNMENT HAS RELATIVE BROAD,
BROAD POWER TO RESTRICT SPEECH IN LIMITED PUBLIC FORMS. BUT THAT POWER IS NOT UNLIMITED. SPEECH RESTRICTIONS MUST STILL BE REASONABLE,
VIEWPOINT NEUTRAL, AND BE CLEAR ENOUGH TO GIVE SPEAKERS OF NOTICE WHEN SPEECH IS PERMISSIBLE. 
          THE RULING REAFFIRMS THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS THE RIGHT OF. 
          HE SAID PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CRITICIZE SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND EXPRESS THE
VIEWS. 
          CONTROVERSIAL TO TOPIC OF THE MEETING. INSTITUTION FOR FREE SPEECH ALAN GURR. 
          GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE OFTEN OFFENDED BY CRITICISM,
BUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS THE RIGHT TO FREE POLITICAL EXPRESSION, 
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REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OFFICIALS APPRECIATE THAT SPEECH OR NOT. 
          THIS DECISION SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARDS CANNOT USE VAGUE POLICIES TO
SILENCE THE CRITICISM OF. 
          UN COMFORTABLE TOPICS. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. 
          PAT. DOBRA. 
          PAT. DOBRA, 410 GEORGE AVENUE NORTHEAST. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. 
          NEW CITY MANAGER. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO ADD. 
          ACTUALLY, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, PERSONALLY, WAS THAT I AM SEVERELY CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE
WE'RE HEADED WITH THIS NEW CHANGES OR AMENDMENT. 
          YOU ARE SITTING IN A POSITION WHERE YOU ALREADY HAVE AUTHORITY. 
          YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO SET THE TONE FOR THESE MEETINGS. 
          YOU CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF RESPECT AND HONOR OR NOT. 
          SO WE AS CITIZENS COME HERE AND WE WHEN WE TALK,
WE NEED TO RESPECT YOU AND YOUR POSITION. 
          BUT YOU AS A COUNCIL NEED TO RESPECT US SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SPEAK ON WHATEVER WE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          IF YOU AREN'T ALLOWING ENOUGH OF THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK,
HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE FEELING UNLESS THEY COME DIRECTLY TO YOU? AND MOST OF THE TIME, THE CITIZENS DON'T HAVE THAT CHANCE. 
          I FEEL LIKE THAT THIS THE STREAMLINING OF THE MEETING IS CONCERNING MORE OF THE CITIZENS,
THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY'RE TAKING UP VERSUS HOW MUCH TIME YOU AS CITY COUNCILMAN LIKE TO TALK. 
          SO I THINK THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK AT YOURSELVES AND SEE HOW MUCH TIME YOU'RE TAKING UP
IN THE MEETINGS VERSUS WHAT THE TIME WE'RE TAKING UP. 
          WE'RE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. MAYBE YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE A LIMIT. 
          AND ANYBODY WHO IS COMING TO THIS PODIUM TO SPEAK. 
          AND IF THEY'RE COMING HERE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
THAT MEANS CITY HAS FAILED THEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY, I THINK, WHERE THIS STANDS,
BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT KEEP COMING TO THE PODIUM AND TALKING. 
          SO I THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT SITUATION. 
          THANK YOU. RUTH CAULFIELD. 
          THE PEOPLE. RUTH CAULFIELD, 935 DOUGLAS STREET. 
          HELLO AGAIN EVERYONE. LET'S CONTINUE WITH PATRICK HENRY FOR JUST A SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. PATRICK HENRY ROSE UP DURING A SECOND VIRGINIA CONVENTIONS DEBATE ON WHETHER TO
DECLARE INDEPENDENCE OR NEGOTIATE WITH THE BRITISH AND DECLARED. 
          SHOULD I KEEP BACK MY OPINIONS AT SUCH A TIME,
I SHOULD CONSIDER MYSELF AS GUILTY OF TREASON TOWARD MY COUNTRY, AND OF AN ACT OF DISLOYALTY TOWARD THE MAJESTY,
MAJESTY OF HEAVEN, WHICH I REVERE ABOVE ALL EARTHLY KINGS. 
          THEN HE CALLED UPON HIS FELLOW COLONISTS TO TRUST GOD AND USE ALL THE MEANS THAT HE HAD
PLACED IN THEIR POWER. 
          3 MILLION OF PEOPLE ARMED IN THE HOLY CAUSE OF LIBERTY,
AND IN SUCH A COUNTRY AS THAT WE POSSESS, ARE INVINCIBLE BY ANY FORCE WHICH OUR ENEMY CAN SEND US. 
          BESIDES, WE SHALL NOT FIGHT OUR BATTLES ALONE. 
          THERE IS A JUST GOD WHO PRESIDES OVER THE DESTINIES OF NATIONS,
AND WHO WILL RISE UP FRIENDS TO FIGHT OUR BATTLES FOR US. 
          THE BATTLE, SIR, IS NOT TO THE STRONG ALONE. IT IS TO THE VILLAGE,
THE ACTIVE AND THE BRAVE. 
          SO IT IS AN ULTIMATE SLAP IN THE FACE TO OUR FOUNDERS AND THE CONTINUED SILENCING OF OUR
CITIZENS IN PALM BAY YOU WANT TO BE THE GREATEST CITY ON EARTH? WELL PROVE IT. LET'S SEE ABOUT HOW THE CITIZENS FEEL,
BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH WHAT'S BEING DONE IN THE CITY. 
          WE'RE THE ONE THAT'S FEELING IT. WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE ELECTING YOU. 
          SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK BACK AT YOUR CAMPAIGN CARD AND SEE IF YOU'RE FULFILLING ANY OF
THOSE BULLET POINTS THAT ARE ON THOSE CARDS, BECAUSE I HAVE SOME OF THEM LEFT OVER AND I'M NOT SEEING A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF. 
          SO YOU'VE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR THREE MONTHS. DO ANY OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL INTEND TO MEET
WITH CITIZENS? BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE WORKSHOPS. AS YOU ASKED US WHILE CAMPAIGNING,
YOU MET WITH US. 
          YOU HEARD US. SO WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN IS A BAD THING? 
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SO I'D LIKE TO SEE A TOWN HALL. I'D LIKE TO SEE A WORKSHOP ON CERTAIN ITEMS THAT NEED TO
BE HANDLED IN THIS CITY. 
          WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED. WE NEED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU'RE COMING TO US. YOU'RE NOT DOING A TOWN HALL. 
          I'VE OFFERED PEOPLE TO COME AND SPEAK. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU,
SO I'M OFFERING SOLUTIONS. 
          I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY ENGAGE. SO THANKS FOR COMING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRISTINE JUDAICUS. THOMAS GOMM. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          THOMAS GOMM, 1700, LANTANA COURT. I SENT A RATHER LONG EMAIL. 
          I TRUST YOU ALL HAVE READ IT. I WON'T GO OVER THE THINGS IN THE EMAIL. 
          WHAT I WILL DO IS I'D LIKE TO APPEAL TO THE MAYOR AS A FELLOW VETERAN,
TO COUNCILWOMAN LANGEVIN, AS A FELLOW VETERAN, AND TO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE VETERAN FAMILIES. 
          AS A VETERAN, WE PUT OUR LIVES ON THE LINE. WE WE SIGNED IN ORDER TO DEFEND THESE RIGHTS. 
          OUR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IS IN JEOPARDY WITHOUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT. 
          THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER. IT WAS WRITTEN THAT WAY FOR A REASON. 
          I'D LIKE TO GO BACK OVER THE HISTORY OF THE CITY. 
          BACK IN 2018, YOU COULD WALK INTO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A USB STICK IN YOUR POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION, PLUG IT IN, AND UNTIL I WENT AFTER ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SOME ACTS THAT
EVENTUALLY LEFT TO LED TO THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER GOING TO PRISON OR NOT GOING TO PRISON. EXCUSE ME. LET ME CORRECT THAT. 
          BEING CONVICTED. BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY CHANGED THE POLICY TO WHAT IT IS NOW TO WHERE YOU
HAVE TO SUBMIT IN ADVANCE. THE FIRST TIME I SUBMITTED,
IT WAS PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT MY POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WAS PASSED AROUND CITY HALL LIKE A JOINT AT WOODSTOCK. SO NOW YOU WANT TO TAKE IT FROM THE SAME DAY TO TWO DAYS BEFORE ON THE OTHER OBJECT, THE OTHER SUBJECT OF FOUL LANGUAGE OR WHATEVER BEING
BROADCAST, I THINK THE CITIZENS RIGHTS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN BROADCASTING THE CITY OVER SPACE COAST
GOVERNMENT TV, IF THAT'S THE BARRIER. THE ONE THING I DO AGREE WITH IS THESE COMMENTS SHOULD BE CITY
BUSINESS. 
          YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING. 
          YOU SHOULD HAVE TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN ACTUALLY
TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. 
          YOU SAY YOU WANT TO NOT BROADCAST THE NON-BUSINESS PART OF THE MEETING,
BUT THE CITIZENS ARE COMING UP HERE FOR BUSINESS. 
          THAT IS PART OF THE BUSINESS, PART OF THE MEETING. 
          ALL OF YOU CAMPAIGNED ON TRANSPARENCY, SAYING YOU WANTED TO REPRESENT US,
BUT YET YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM US. 
          IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE MEETINGS HAVE WENT FROM STARTING AT 7:00 TO 6:00,
MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW UP. 
          THE REASON WAS, SO YOU GET OUT OF HERE EARLIER. 
          GUESS WHAT? IT JUST MADE THE MEETINGS AN HOUR LONGER. 
          EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. IT ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING. 
          SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE DENY THIS. YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY MAKE THEM IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION, AND MAKE IT SO THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR FREE SPEECH AND FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKER CARDS. 
          MAYOR. OKAY. GENTLEMEN, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS BEFORE EMOTION IS MADE. 
          THE VERY FIRST THING IS, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THE SAME THOUGHT THAT I HAD WHEN WE DID CHANGE
THE MEETING. 
          AS SOON AS WE WALK IN THROUGH THOSE CHAMBERS. 
          THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S CHAMBER. THIS DOESN'T BELONG TO US. 
          WE GET TO SIT UP HERE. THEY PUT US HERE. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE CHAMBERS FOR DECADES AS
A CIVILIAN AND NOW AS MAYOR. I CAME TO THESE CHAMBERS BEFORE WE EVEN HAD LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTICIPATE IN THESE
CHAMBERS. 
          IT WAS JUST THE CITIZENRY. I'VE BEEN IN THESE CHAMBERS BEFORE. 
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WE CHECKED FOR ARMS. AND IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT THE CITIZENS AND THEIR TIME TO SPEAK AND THEIR TIME TO SHARE WITH COUNSEL WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE AND THE DIRECTION OF THIS
CITY. 
          I AM ONE THAT TRULY BELIEVES THAT ANYONE THAT SITS ON THIS DAIS SHOULD BE ELECTED. 
          AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO CURTAIL WHAT ANYONE SAYS. 
          AND YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. GOREM. I RAISED MY RIGHT HAND TO DEFEND THAT RIGHT. 
          AND EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT THEY HAVE. 
          I'VE BEEN CALLED VILE NAMES GROWING UP BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXION OF MY SKIN,
BUT I STILL WOULD FIGHT FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO SAY WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I AGREE, BUT WHAT MATTERS TO ME IS THAT THE PEOPLE GET TO SAY
WHATEVER'S ON THEIR MIND. 
          NOW, IT IS TRUE. I DO EXPECT THE LEVEL OF DECORUM. 
          BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU HAVE ON YOUR MIND. 
          AND I'M ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT BELIEVES THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE AT THE PUBLIC'S VIEWING PLEASURE, WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO AGREE WITH IT OR NOT,
FOR US TO CHANGE THAT. 
          I DON'T AGREE WITH. OKAY. THE SCHOOL BOARD DID THAT,
BUT WE'RE NOT THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          WE'RE WE'RE A CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY ENGAGES WITH US. 
          AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I DIDN'T LIKE. AND I VOTED AGAINST US GOING TO 6:00. 
          I PREFERRED 7:00. THAT'S HOW IT WAS FOR DECADES. 
          I DIDN'T LIKE WHEN WE PUT CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE TO. 
          WE CAN'T GO PAST MIDNIGHT BECAUSE NOW THAT WE'RE PRESSED IN,
IN ALLOWING THE PEOPLE TO COME AND SPEAK. 
          SO WE'VE DONE WHAT WE COULD. AND SO I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS. 
          AND I'M, I'M SADDENED THAT WE'RE EVEN CONSIDERING IT TONIGHT. 
          COUNCILMAN HAMMER, CAN I MAKE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION? SURE. WAS THAT IT? WAS THAT THE MOTION? OKAY. 
          SECOND FOR DISCUSSION. YEAH. BECAUSE TECHNICALLY,
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING A MOTION. 
          SO THE MOTION TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS,
NOT TO DISCUSS IT. 
          YOU HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DENY IT AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A YOU COULD YOU IF YOU
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT FOR DISCUSSION. IS THAT WHAT WHAT IS THE MOTION. 
          I WANT A DISCUSSION. YOU GOT A DISCUSSION. SO BY POLICY,
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO VOTE BEFORE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A MOTION BEFORE WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM. SO WHAT HE'S SAYING IS HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          JUST JUST TO DISCUSS. OKAY. SO YOU SECONDED THAT. 
          YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SIR. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. 
          YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF TOUCH ON. I UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS COMES FROM. 
          I COMING INTO THIS SEAT, I EXPECTED TO BRING MY ALL INTO SOMETHING AND BE ABLE TO POSITIVELY DO SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD. 
          THE DECORUM ON HOW WE'RE TREATED IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. 
          I HAVE HAD MY FAMILY BADGERED. I HAVE HAD THINGS HAPPEN FOR THINGS THAT HAPPENED WHEN I
WAS 15 YEARS OLD HERE. 
          AND I GET WHERE THIS IS GOING BECAUSE AND THE CRAZY PART ABOUT THIS IS I RECEIVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS,
AND THERE'S 15 PEOPLE HERE. 
          AND WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT THAT IS THESE PEOPLE ARE FEELING THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY'VE GONE SO
LONG TO WHERE THEIR VOICE MEANS NOTHING. 
          AND THEY, THEY PROBABLY THINK NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY,
WE HAVE OUR MINDS MADE UP. 
          BUT WHEN I GOT INTO THIS, I, I CAME AS SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING TO BE A VOICE FOR FROM THE
CITY, FROM THE PEOPLE TO THE CITY, AND NOT A VOICE FROM THE CITY TO THE PEOPLE. 
          AND I AM NOT GOING TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD,
SINCE IT'S OPEN, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT DURING CONSENT. 
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COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. YES, MAYOR. I'LL TACKLE A FEW ITEMS ON HERE. 
          FIRST WITH A 48 HOUR WINDOW. MR. GRAHAM, I APPRECIATE YOU SMILING BECAUSE WE WERE ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL AT THE SAME TIME WHEN THIS HAPPENED, SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT,
BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BEING SUBMITTED THE SAME DAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M. I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. 
          BECAUSE I BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAID TOO, AS WELL,
WITH IT GETTING PASSED AROUND. 
          BUT BUT YEAH, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE PUT MY FACE UP THERE ON,
YOU KNOW, WE SIGNED UP FOR IT. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. SO WITH THAT PORTION ANY,
IF ANYTHING WHICH I LOVE THE PROCLAMATIONS WE DID TODAY, BUT THAT TAKES UP 30 MINUTES OF TIME IN THE MEETING IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE MOVE THAT TOWARDS THE END SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THROUGH ALL THE
BUSINESS, THEN GO INTO THE PROCLAMATIONS OR, YOU KNOW,
FOR MYSELF THE SORORITY, DELTA SIGMA THETA, THEY CAME TO GIVE THANKS FOR THE PROCLAMATION THEY GOT. BUT I TOOK TIME OUT OF MY SATURDAY TO GO TO THEM TO HONOR THEM WITH THE
PROCLAMATION. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION AS WELL. JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE FOR COUNCIL,
BUT THAT I KEEP TRACK SOMETIMES PROCLAMATIONS WILL TAKE AN HOUR DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG WE'RE SPEAKING OR EACH EACH SPEAKER SPEAKING. 
          SO THAT'S A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION THAT'S NOT ON HERE. 
          I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD A YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A GOOD FLOW OF MEETINGS. 
          IF ANYTHING, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF A THREE MINUTE LIMIT FOR COUNCIL. 
          I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT EITHER, BUT IT'S MORE SO JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT
INHIBITING SPEAKERS WHILE THEY'RE SPEAKING, WHILE BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN INTERRUPTIONS WHILE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN UP,
AND VICE VERSA WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S THE MAIN THING. BUT I CAN GO EITHER WAY WITH THIS. 
          CAN IT BE FINE TUNED? YES, BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          BUT. THESE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN STREAMED FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. 
          THEY GOT STARTED STREAMING ON FACEBOOK SHORTLY AFTER I GOT ON COUNCIL. 
          I SPOKE TO THE THEN CITY MANAGER, LISA MORRELL,
BECAUSE FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY, TO THE POINT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA TO PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT THEN I SAW WHAT ALSO CAME WITH YOU PUTTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          SO THAT'S THAT'S THE DOUBLE EDGED SWORD WE HAVE. 
          BUT I CAN GO EITHER WAY WITH THIS. I THINK IT CAN BE IMPROVED. 
          I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT THE 48 HOURS REMOVED. 
          BUT. YEAH. SO I'M JUST. I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THE MOTION FOR DISCUSSION,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR. SO THAT'S ALL. MAYOR. SO. 
          I HAVE COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. THAT'S NEXT. BUT WHAT WAS YOUR COMMENT? 48 HOURS. YOU. I FELT THAT COULD BE SCRATCHED. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR. WELL, SINCE WE'RE JUST KIND OF HAVING SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION AND A COUPLE PEOPLE
MENTIONED IT RESPECTFULLY, TO EVERYONE WHO MENTIONED IT. I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL HAVING A THREE MINUTE WINDOW. 
          THIS IS. WE ARE THE COUNCILMAN, AND THIS IS THE COUNCIL MEETING,
AND WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS IMPORTANT ISSUES. 
          AND WE HAVE SUNSHINE LAW THAT IMPACTS US. SO A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE AND A COUNCIL MEMBER
CAN GO HAVE COFFEE AND CAN GO TALK TO THEIR HEART'S CONTENT. 
          YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TOPIC FOR HOURS, BUT WE CANNOT TALK OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING. 
          THIS IS OUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT BUSINESS. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, RESPECTFULLY, TO ANYBODY WHO DISAGREES. 
          I'VE SAID LESS ON THIS DAIS TONIGHT THAN AT LEAST 4 OR 5 MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE. 
          SO AND I DON'T MIND SAYING IT, SO I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          BUT NOW TO THE ITEM AT HAND. YOU KNOW, I, I'VE GENUINELY I PUT DEEP THOUGHT INTO IT THIS
WEEK AND I WENT BACK AND FORTH BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER AND YOU CAN YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH ITEM AND YOU CAN BE UPSET ABOUT
IT, BUT IT DOES NOT VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND IT DOES NOT VIOLATE STATE STATUTE. 
          I LOOKED INTO IT DEEPLY. I PUT DEEP THOUGHT INTO IT. 
          YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME UP AND SPEAK. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PETITION YOUR
GOVERNMENT TO REDRESS YOUR GRIEVANCES. 
          IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION. THE PRESS STILL HAS THE ABILITY TO COME IN HERE. IT
DOESN'T VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 
          YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT, AND THAT'S FINE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE IT,
BUT IT DOES NOT VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 
          AND IT DOES NOT VIOLATE STATE STATUTE, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN AS
WELL. 
          SO I WENT BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A PERCEPTIONAL THING. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WHILE I WAS,
I WAS KIND OF SPLIT AND I WAS 50, 
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50 ON IT. THERE HAS BEEN FCC VIOLATIONS, THERE HAVE BEEN HIPAA VIOLATIONS WHICH I DID NOT
APPRECIATE AS A, AS A NAVY CORPSMAN FOR 11 YEARS. AND, AND I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO
WANTS TO PETITION YOUR GOVERNMENT FOR, FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON VIDEO,
WE DON'T HAVE AN OPTION FOR YOU TO NOT BE ON VIDEO. 
          AND SO THAT COULD DETRACT PEOPLE AS WELL FROM COMING UP AND PETITIONING THEIR GOVERNMENT. 
          BUT YOU BEING ON VIDEO OR NOT, IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO TO TO GIVE YOU A,
A TAXPAYER FUNDED PLATFORM TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU'RE COMING UP HERE TO PETITION THESE INDIVIDUALS RIGHT HERE. 
          SO I WAS KIND OF SPLIT ON IT 5050, BUT THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH TO TO SWING ME IN FAVOR OF
VOTING TONIGHT. 
          SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THIS. COUNCILMAN. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YOU KNOW,
WE ARE A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM. 
          I BELIEVE IN GOOD GOVERNMENT. I BELIEVE IN GOOD,
ORDERLY DIRECTION. 
          WHAT INITIALLY GAVE ME THIS, THIS THOUGHT WAS THERE WAS SOME VERY FOUL LANGUAGE THAT WAS
SAID HERE IN THIS MEETING WITH CHILDREN PRESENT. 
          I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I BELIEVE YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT. 
          DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN. DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD SAY IT. 
          THERE WERE THINGS PRESENTED ON THAT SCREEN THAT WAS THAT WAS POOR LANGUAGE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO LAW THAT REQUIRES US TO PROVIDE ANY VISUAL,
ANYTHING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF IS VERY LIMITED IN RESOURCES,
AND I THINK A 48 HOUR TIME FRAME FOR THEM JUST TO ACCEPT IT, REVIEW IT, AND HAVE IT PREPARED FOR THE NEXT MEETING ISN'T UNREASONABLE. 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD A BOSS THAT SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW,
02:00 TODAY, YOU GOT TO DO THIS REPORT BY 6 P.M.. 
          LIKE, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? I KNOW I WOULDN'T APPRECIATE IT. 
          YOU KNOW, TO THE POINT OF COUNCILMAN, THERE WAS HIPAA VIOLATIONS. 
          THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT SPOKE ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS THAT COULD ONLY BE PRIVY AS A
DIRECT BOSS OF THAT INFORMATION, AND THAT WAS SHARED PUBLICLY. SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE VISUAL PRESENTATION BY
THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS REVIEW THE CONTENT FOR ANY MATERIAL THAT MAY INCLUDE COPYRIGHT
VIOLATIONS, OBSCENITY, INCITEMENT, FIGHTING WORDS OR TWO THREATS. SUCH CONTENT IS NOT PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION AND COULD BE GROUNDS FOR
DISQUALIFICATION. 
          DISQUALIFICATION. OF MATERIAL. THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE ADDED HERE BY STAFF THAT I
DIDN'T DIRECT, AND I ALLOWED IT JUST TO STAY IN JUST FOR FOR COUNSEL,
PLEASURE AND COUNSEL DISCUSSION. 
          AND A LOT OF THAT WAS LANGUAGE UNDER THE PRESIDING OFFICER. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY FEELINGS TOWARD A WAY. IF THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT,
THAT THAT WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT. 
          TURNING OFF THE CAMERAS DURING NON AGENDA PUBLIC ITEMS,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT EVEN REQUIRED TO TELEVISE. 
          THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT DON'T STREAM THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THEY'RE NOT AGENDA PUBLIC
COMMENTS APOPKA, DELTONA AND CLEARWATER JUST TO NAME A FEW. AND AGAIN GOING BACK TO THE NON AGENDA PUBLIC
ITEMS HERE AND ALSO AT BREVARD COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, THIS IS TYPICALLY WHERE AN SEC VIOLATION WILL OCCUR. 
          SO UNDER ORDER OF BUSINESS NOT AIRING THE NON BUSINESS AGENDA ITEMS. YOU KNOW, PASTOR MILLER MADE A GOOD POINT. I WOULD BE FOR NOT CHANGING THE THE ORDER OF
THE BUSINESS OF THE MEETING AND JUST NOT LIVE STREAMING AND AIRING THE NON-AGENDA PUBLIC ITEMS. JUST OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT THAT COUNCIL MADE TONIGHT. 
          I DO THINK WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT A PROCLAMATION POLICY. 
          IN 2024, THERE WERE 59 PROCLAMATIONS TO DATE,
INCLUDING TONIGHT. 
          WE'VE DONE 30. CLOSE TO 30. AND THEN I BELIEVE NONAGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD BE ONLY BY
CITY OF PALM BAY RESIDENTS OR STAKEHOLDERS, BUSINESS OWNERS OR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY RECEIVE OUR UTILITIES. 
          THERE'S THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY THAT RECEIVE CITY OF PALM BAY UTILITIES. 
          SO COCOA HAS THIS POLICY AND IT'S DONE ELSEWHERE. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I STILL MY COMMENTS ARE I STILL THINK WE COULD WE BROUGHT IN YOUTUBE, AND YOUTUBE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          AND I REMEMBER YES, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT UP THE THE FACEBOOK SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          BUT WE ALSO LATER ON I BROUGHT UP THE YOUTUBE. 
          YEAH, IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO, AND I THINK THAT THAT VENUE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ALSO. 
          IT'S NOT THE SAME TYPE OF VENUE, BUT PEOPLE GET TO SEE THE ENTIRE PROCESS. 
          AND I'M ADDRESSING YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE YOU SAID THE WHOLE SLING OF COMMENTS BASED ON,
YOU KNOW, 
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YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOUR CONCERN WAS ALL THESE COMMENTS AND YOU'RE THINKING,
WOW, I, I STARTED THAT RIGHT. 
          AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL THAT WAY BECAUSE,
NUMBER ONE, THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW IT IS TRANSPARENCY, RIGHT? AND THEN NUMBER TWO, ON ON YOUTUBE, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ACCESS TO TO GO TIT FOR
TAT. 
          SO WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION, AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE DOWN THAT RANGE AND ALLOW THE
PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT IS SAID. 
          ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE SAYING,
OUR CITIZENS. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I JUST AND I, I'M HEARING THAT I'M ALREADY OUTVOTED ON THIS. 
          I WOULD PREFER WE CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS THE WAY WE'RE DOING. 
          IF IF YOU DO WANT TO TWEAK A FEW THINGS BECAUSE BECAUSE NOW I HEAR DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING,
OKAY HE'S CONSIDERING WHAT PASTOR MARK MILLER SAID. SO I BELIEVE WE JUST CONTINUE AND KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          DO NOT CONSIDER CHANGING THIS WHOLE PROCESS. BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A
RIGHT TO KNOW AND SEEING EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON TO TAKE THAT AWAY. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S CHAMBERS. AND AND I DIDN'T AGREE WITH CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED. 
          YOU KNOW, TAKING AWAY THE TIME FRAME. MOST PEOPLE DO GET OFF OF WORK LATER AND,
AND SUCH. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I, I'M SAD TO HEAR THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO START LIMITING THIS. 
          BUT I MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE LET'S KEEP MOVING FORWARD. 
          YOU BROUGHT UP SOME CONCERNS REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA,
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CONSIDER THE YOUTUBE ASPECT TO THAT EITHER. 
          YEAH. SO I SAY WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH IF IF YOU WANTED TO DO ONE AND,
AND AIR THE WHOLE THING ON YOUTUBE AND THEN FLIP IT NOT SO MUCH ON FACEBOOK,
THEN MAYBE THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO GO. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLEASURE OF THIS, THIS COUNCIL IS AT THIS TIME,
BUT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD MAINTAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. 
          SO WE WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AND I'VE GOT A LIST,
DEPUTY MAYOR. YEAH, JUST TO THE THE POINT OF OF YOUTUBE. 
          ELDERLY OR ELDERLY? POPULATION NUMBER ONE. MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET OR OR KNOW HOW
TO USE A COMPUTER THAT WELL. 
          THE GOVERNMENT CHANNEL IS A FREE SERVICE THAT CAN BE JUST AIRED OVER YOU KNOW,
TYPICAL RABBIT OR ANTENNA. 
          THEY MIGHT, MAY NOT EVEN PAY FOR YOU KNOW, TELEVISION SERVICE. 
          AND THE POINT OF THE WHOLE HOW THIS ALL STARTED FOR ME WAS THE FCC VIOLATION. 
          THE FACT THIS IS AIRED ON ON TELEVISION, THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ACTUALLY ANY FCC
VIOLATION WHEN IT'S AIRED ON YOUTUBE OR FACEBOOK. 
          THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THAT. NO,
I MEAN, YOU HAVE ABILITY TO USE ALL SORTS. I MEAN, CERTAINLY YOU HAVE THE SAME CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION. 
          DEFAMATION OR WHATEVER. BUT LANGUAGE USUALLY IS NOT JUST AS YOU CAN HAVE LANGUAGE ON
CERTAIN CABLE TV. 
          YOU GOT THEY TEND TO BE A LOT FREER AND LESS RESTRICTED IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS THAN THE
THINGS THAT ARE COMING ON PUBLIC TV. 
          SO I THINK, DEPUTY MAYOR, YOU YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS. 
          I CERTAINLY DON'T AGREE WITH THIS, SIR. I JUST DON'T. 
          HOWEVER, YOU MAY HAVE THE REST OF COUNCIL THAT THAT'S SUPPORTING SOME ACTIONS OF OF WHAT
YOU WANTED TO DO. 
          I HEAR NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU GO WITH WHAT PASTOR MARK MILLER SAID UP TO A CERTAIN POINT. 
          SO MAYBE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. THAT WOULD BE MY MY SUGGESTION. 
          BUT AT THIS POINT, I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SUPPORTING THIS,
BUT YOU MAY HAVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS. 
          I THINK WITH WE'RE THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER,
THE BATHWATER WITH THE BABY. 
          AND WE'RE WE'RE INCLUDING THE WHOLE SHEBANG. I JUST I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS,
SIR. 
          I LIKE TO CALL IT A QUESTION. SO WE. I DON'T HAVE A MOTION ONLY TO DISCUSS. 
          YEAH, WE WE'RE DISCUSSING. SO THAT THAT WAS THE MOTION. 
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I DON'T HAVE A MOTION. YAY OR NAY AT THIS POINT. 
          SO THAT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. WELL, THEN I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION. 
          THEN. THEN I PULL MY SECOND. OKAY, AND I'LL PULL MINE. 
          I NEED A I NEED A MOTION. GIVE ME A SECOND. 
          I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL
POLICIES. 
          EIGHT PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND THE ONLY REVISION TO ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOT TO LIVE STREAM. 
          NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'LL SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. JUST JUST FOR CLARITY, YOU SAID ONLY EIGHT DEPUTY MAYOR OR. 
          ONLY ONLY EIGHT. AND THEN NOT LIVE STREAMED THE NON-AGENDA PUBLIC. 
          OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? COUNCILMAN. 
          I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. NAY. SO I WANT A ROLL CALL. I I'M DEFINITELY A NAY. 
          I MIGHT HAVE SAID DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE. I COUNCILMAN JOHNSON A COUNCILMAN. 
          HAMMER. NAY. COUNCILMAN. LANGEVIN. AYE. MAYOR. 
          MEDINA. NAY. SO PASSES 3 TO 2. OKAY, WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          MR. MORTON. OR ARE YOU GOING TO CALL MISS? DEPUTY MAYOR? YEAH, WE CAN CALL JOE. I WAS BRIEFED EXTENSIVELY. 
          YES, SIR. I WAS NOT IN THE ROOM FOR THIS MEETING,
AND I THINK IT SERVES YOU BETTER TO HEAR SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE MEETING. 
          COPY THAT SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M GOING TO DROP THIS DOWN. 
          SO, ON BEHALF OF FORMER INTERIM CITY MANAGER SCOTT MORGAN,
PUBLIC WORKS, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
THAT WAS DRAFTED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AS IT RELATES TO BABCOCK STREET, OR, SORRY, THE INTERSECTION AT BABCOCK STREET IN ELDRON OR GRANT,
DEPENDING ON THE JURISDICTION YOU'RE IN. 
          I WANT TO NOTE WE WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY ON JANUARY 31ST. 
          AND SCOTT, YOU KNOW, TELLS AND JOKES THAT IT WAS 30 MINUTES. 
          IT WAS 30 MINUTES. IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS WE'VE HAD WITH THE
COUNTY, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO WE'VE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE INTERSECTION,
AND IT INCLUDES THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORTATION. I'M SORRY, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS,
ALL OF THIS TO BE LED BY THE COUNTY, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BOTH BY THE CITY AND BREVARD COUNTY. 
          THE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE AN 8020 SPLIT, THE CITY TAKING ON 80%,
THE COUNTY TAKING ON 20%. 
          AND SO I'LL RUN THROUGH A COUPLE OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT,
AND THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANYTHING TECHNICAL? I'D PROBABLY ASK TO BRING UP MISS SULLIVAN. SO THE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AGREEMENT,
WE SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE'S ALREADY SUFFICIENT RIGHT OF WAY AT THE INTERSECTION. 
          WE'VE ALREADY ACCUMULATED ENOUGH TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES WITHIN THIS ZIP CODE,
32 909, TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED 2.5 MILLION IN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. 
          WE HAVE. WE'RE TAKING THIS TO YOU ALL TODAY. THE COUNTY IS GOING TO TAKE THIS TO THE
COUNTY COMMISSION ON MAY 20TH. 
          AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S AN 8020 SPLIT. 
          SO WITH THE OVERALL ESTIMATED PROJECT BEING AT 2.5 MILLION,
THE COUNTY SPLIT WOULD BE 500,000 FROM THEIR TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES FOR THAT ZIP CODE. AND FOR THE CITY, IT WOULD BE UP TO 1.5 MILLION,
DEPENDING ON THE OVERALL COST OF THAT AGREEMENT OR I'M SORRY, THE THE IMPROVEMENTS. SO AS THE COUNTY HAS MORE DEPTH AND CAPACITY AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY
HAVE THE OWNERSHIP AND JURISDICTION OF THAT INTERSECTION, THEY WILL TAKE THE LEAD. AND SO THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT
DESIGN, PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT WORK. 
          THE THE SEGMENT OF THE BABCOCK STREET, AGAIN,
IS WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION. 
          THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT WILL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED TO PALM BAY
STANDARDS, 
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AND THEN THE COUNTY WILL NOT BE CHARGED, WILL NOT CHARGE THE CITY FOR ANY ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS. 
          THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION WILL ALSO INCLUDE ANY PROJECT OVERAGES,
THOSE OVERAGES, AND THE STIPULATIONS IN THE AGREEMENT OF WHAT IT CAN AND CANNOT EXCEED, WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES,
AGAIN SOLELY FROM THE ZIP CODE 30,909, SOLELY FROM THE 50% COLLECTED FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THAT ZIP CODE,
BOTH FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. 
          SO, THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS WITH BREVARD COUNTY ON
BABCOCK STREET AND SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY, THE REQUIREMENT AND STIPULATIONS OF THAT AGREEMENT REQUIRE THE CITY TO COLLECT OR TO HOLD
50% OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES IN THAT ZIP CODE, AND THE COUNTY TO HOLD 50% OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES COLLECTED IN THAT ZIP CODE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVEMENTS ALONG BABCOCK STREET. 
          AND THEN FINALLY THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETE AND IN SERVICE BY DECEMBER
31ST, 2028, AND UPON COMPLETION, THE CITY WILL OWN,
OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THE REASONING BEHIND THAT IS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH BREVARD COUNTY
ON BABCOCK AND SAINT JOHNS ADDRESSES THAT THE CITY WILL TAKE OVER OWNERSHIP OF ANY SEGMENT OF BABCOCK STREET THAT TRIPS THE AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY TRIPS OF
SEVEN. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S 17,300 TRIPS. WE'VE ALREADY TRIPPED THAT IN SOME SEGMENTS OF BABCOCK. 
          THIS ONE WILL PROBABLY BE NEXT. SO WITH THAT,
THE COUNTY IS WILLING TO TAKE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THIS. 
          ONCE IT'S COMPLETE, IT'S INSPECTED. WE WOULD ACCEPT THE TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP AND
MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          SEEING NONE WE GOT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN. HAMMER,
IN OUR DISCUSSION WE HAD THE OTHER DAY I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS FUNDING THAT WAS BEING HELD BY THE CITY OF GRANT. 
          I THINK THEY SAID SOMETHING LIKE $250,000 THAT WAS DEEMED FOR THIS INTERSECTION. 
          DID WE FIND OUT ANY INFORMATION IF THAT'S TRUE? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE ON THE TABLE. I HAVE NOT,
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO GRANT AND INQUIRE IF WE CAN. 
          I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE,
BECAUSE THAT'S A NICE LITTLE CHUNK THAT WOULD THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP US. 
          AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALSO. AND ME AND MR. JAFFE ARE ON TPO AND WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR ANYTHING WE CAN GET IN PALM BAY. 
          AND ON ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID SAID AT THE MEETING WAS,
WAS THEY HAD ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS THEY'VE EVER HAD IN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES WITH YOU AND MR. MORGAN. SO I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I KNOW THERE'S 1263 PEOPLE ON A PETITION THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL. 
          AND I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE SOMETHING'S MOVING HERE TO ADDRESS THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE
ISSUE WITH. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. BILL. BATTEN. 
          BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. 
          I HAVE FOUR ITEMS TO ADDRESS ON THIS TOPIC. FIRST ONE UNDER ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          SINCE COUNTY IS THE PRIMARY IN THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT,
CHANGE OVER SEVEN SAYS COUNTY CHANGE ORDERS NOT TO EXCEED 500 K WHILE THEY'RE THE THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE ENTIRE PROJECT. 
          IF THEY START MAKING CHANGES, THAT ALWAYS A CHANGE. 
          ORDER COSTS MORE MONEY, BUT THEY CAN NEVER EXCEED 500 K. 
          THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP COVERING THAT INCREASE IN COST. 
          SO I'D SAY THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF THE CHANGE ORDERS. 
          THEY PRESENT THE CHANGE ORDERS. THEN THEY SHOULD HELP COVER THE COST OF THAT CHANGE ORDER. 
          THAT'S THE FIRST ITEM, RIGHT? ITEM NUMBER TWO. 
          WHY NO THIRD PARTY GRANT OR BANCARIA? I DIDN'T SEE THE FACT THAT THEY HAD POTENTIALLY. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT 250 K THAT WAS COMING FROM GRANT AND BULGARIA POTENTIALLY BEING
APPLIED INTO THIS. 
          THAT'S GOOD. BUT THERE WAS NO THIRD PARTY, WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN. 
          THE THIRD PARTY IN THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT HAD NO THIRD PARTY WITH IT. 
          RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER THREE. I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE SINCE WE HAVE A BRAND NEW CITY MANAGER. 
          HE WAS NOT PRESENT AT THIS MEETING. I DON'T KNOW IF HE DID GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS
INPUT BEFORE IT CAME TO CITY COUNCIL. 
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THAT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW ON WHAT HIS INPUT OF THAT WAS. 
          AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR WAS THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY SAID,
WELL, WHEN WE REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON ON THE ROAD, THEN IT AUTOMATICALLY TURNS OVER TO THE CITY OF
PALM BAY. 
          WELL, WHAT'S THE COUNTY PROPOSING? THEY'RE PROPOSING A MULTI THOUSAND HOME DEVELOPMENT
JUST SOUTH OF THERE. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM THAT INCREASE OF TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE COUNTY ON ON THE
ROAD. 
          BABCOCK RIGHT THERE JUST SOUTH OF SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY. 
          THAT'S THEIR MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT COMING IN. SO ONE MORE TIME THEY'RE SAYING,
OH THIS IS GREAT. 
          WE GIVE A LITTLE BIT AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS GOING TO PICK IT UP. 
          WHERE'S MY WHERE'S MY HIGH POWERED NEGOTIATORS WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT CONCLUDES THE CARDS, MA'AM. SO, MR. MORGAN,
THERE WERE FOUR ITEMS THERE. 
          THE VERY FIRST ONE THAT CAUSED THE CHANGEOVER. 
          MADAM JOHN BROWN, WOULD YOU FEEL THOSE QUESTIONS? YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO, MR. BATTEN IS CORRECT IN SECTION SEVEN THERE IS A LIMIT OF 500,000,
BUT IT ALSO STATES THAT IT MUST BE MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BY BOTH CITY AND COUNTY. AND THE THIRD PARTY. 
          SO THERE IS NO THIRD PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT. 
          AND WE LEARNED YESTERDAY DURING BRIEFINGS FROM COUNCILMAN HAMMER THAT THERE WAS 250,000 OR
SO SET ASIDE. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE TO INQUIRE WITH GRANT AND CITY MANAGER. 
          DID YOU LOOK OVER THIS AGREEMENT? YES. I LOOKED OVER THE AGREEMENT AND HAD EXTENSIVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND WITH SCOTT. 
          THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE OTHER THAN THE SURPRISE OF POTENTIALLY ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE
PROJECT THAT I'VE SEEN OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF GENERALLY WHAT I SEE IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN RESPECT TO THE CHANGE ORDER AND THE PROPORTIONAL COST SHARE FOR THE CURRENT
SITUATION OF THAT INTERSECTION. 
          OKAY. AND HIS LAST COMMENT WITH SANTANA. I THINK THAT'S THE PROJECT THAT'S SOUTH THERE. 
          SO YEAH, HE THAT IS A POINT. IDEALLY MAYBE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC WILL GO ON TO 95,
RIGHT? BUT THE AGREEMENT IS IS WHAT IT IS. SO OKAY. COUNCIL,
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE INTERSECTION
IMPROVEMENT OF BABCOCK STREET AND GRANT ELDRON BOULEVARD SOUTHEAST. 
          SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEY,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMOND. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN. I BELIEVE YOU KNOW,
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MR. MORGAN AND HIS STAFF REALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE MR. MORGAN TOOK OVER AS INTERIM AND YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE BRAND NEW,
MOSTLY BRAND NEW COUNTY COMMISSION BOARD AND EXITING COUNTY MANAGER. 
          I REALLY JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. 
          IT'S A COUNTY ROAD, BUT OUR CITIZENS SUFFER,
SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE LOOKING TO SAVE LIVES. 
          THIS IS A VERY DEADLY INTERSECTION. AND ONCE THE INTERSECTION IS IMPROVED,
IT WILL HELP THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. 
          NOBODY HAS THE MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF BABCOCK IN ITS ENTIRETY. 
          BUT IF WE CAN MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND STRATEGIC AREAS THAT WE ALL BENEFIT. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND. I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON ON HOW BIG OF A STEP THIS IS. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO DEAL WITH CAPACITY. 
          AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING. WHEN MR. MORGAN CAME IN, WE HAD THINGS WE WANTED TO SEE,
AND ONE OF MY BIG THINGS WAS TO ADDRESS CAPACITY AND ROAD SAFETY. 
          AND WE ARE FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL WITH OUR TPO. 
          EVERY SINGLE MONTH WE SHOW UP AND WE'RE TRYING TO BRING PROJECTS HERE TO PALM BAY. 
          AND I WANT TO SAY THREE MEETINGS IN, HERE WE GO. 
          WE HAVE ONE. THERE'S 40 SOMETHING PROJECTS GOING ON IN BREVARD COUNTY,
AND WE'RE THE WE'RE THREE TIMES LARGER THAN ANYBODY AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR, ANY MAJOR PROJECTS WHATSOEVER. SO I THINK THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          WE'RE WE'RE GETTING THE PROJECT STARTED. WE'RE PUTTING WE'RE PUTTING OUR FEET IN THE FIRE. 
          AND I I'M EXCITED TO SEE MORE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S COMING. 
          THANK YOU. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. 
          OPPOSE. PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS. 
          COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. ALL RIGHT. I GOT A COUPLE THINGS. 
          [COUNCIL REPORTS:]
FIRST ONE, GENTLEMEN, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY ABSENCE AT THE LAST MEETING. 
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AS YOU ALL KNOW, BUT WERE MADE AWARE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          I GOT MARRIED AND WENT ON MY HONEYMOON, AND IT WAS AMAZING. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY AMAZING,
BEAUTIFUL WIFE. 
          IT WAS SAID BY HER MAID OF HONOR IN THE SPEECH THAT CHANDLER CAN BE COMPARED TO CILANTRO. 
          SOME PEOPLE LOVE THEM, AND SOME PEOPLE THINK IT TASTES LIKE SOAP,
BUT BUT EVERYBODY LOVES JADE. 
          I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T LOVE JADE. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS. 
          SO I'M SUPER BLESSED. AND IT'S AMAZING TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE THAT I CAN
SHARE WITH. 
          SO AND THEN WELCOME, MR. MORTON, AS OUR WELCOME ON YOUR FIRST DAY. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOU AND TO HAVE A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER. 
          AND AND EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE, I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK SCOTT SINCE I WASN'T AT
THE LAST MEETING. 
          HE'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AND ALL THE STAFF WORKING WITH HIM,
SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. 
          WE GOT A BRIGHT FUTURE IN PALM BAY. NOW I DO HAVE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO BRING UP FOR
FOR COUNSEL TO SEE IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS AND GIVE CONSENSUS. 
          I DON'T MIND EITHER WAY, BUT A LOT OF YOU ARE ON BOARDS TPO AND SOME OTHER BOARDS SERVING
THE CITY AND ALTERNATIVE WAYS, GIVING YOUR TIME. A LOT OF YOU GIVE A LOT OF TIME TO THE CITY OUTSIDE OF THESE COUNCIL
MEETINGS. 
          I'M ONLY ON ONE BOARD. I'M ON THE RISK MANAGEMENT BOARD. 
          AND RIGHT NOW THE THRESHOLD IS AT A LEVEL THAT BASICALLY ALMOST RENDERS ME IRRELEVANT. 
          AND WE STILL JUST HAVE TO KEEP HAVING THESE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ANYWAY,
SO I'M OFFERING IF YOU GUYS WANT. 
          AND THERE'S COUNCIL CONSENSUS. IF YOU WANT TO RAISE THE THRESHOLD FOR WHAT CONSTITUTES THE
RISK MANAGEMENT BOARD, I WOULD BE I'D BE WILLING TO TO TAKE THAT ON AND ALLOW YOU A LITTLE BIT LESS EXECUTIVE
SESSIONS SO YOU CAN SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES OR COME INTO THESE MEETINGS A LITTLE LATER. BUT IF NOT, I DON'T MIND. I'M AT THE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ANYWAYS,
SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. 
          IF IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TONIGHT IF YOU
DON'T WANT TO, BUT SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          YOU'RE ON THE RISK MANAGEMENT. THE RISK MANAGEMENT BOARD RIGHT NOW IS,
I THINK, 50,000. 
          AND IF IT'S ABOVE THAT, WE HAVE TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LAWSUIT. BUT IF IT'S 50,000
OR LOWER, I JUST MEET ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER AND MAKE
THE DECISION. 
          SO YOU WANT TO RAISE THE BAR. SO IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT WHAT I,
I'D BE WILLING TO GO AS HIGH AS 150. 
          BUT IF YOU WANT TO MEET AT 100 WHATEVER THE COUNCIL THINKS IS A GOOD NUMBER,
BUT I JUST WANT TO SERVE IN A IN ANOTHER CAPACITY BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE ALL AT COOL COMMITTEES AND IT'S MY ONLY ONE. I'M GOOD WITH 100,
100. 
          I'M GOING WITH 100 COUNCIL. JOHNSON. SO YOU. YOU GOT CONSENT,
MAN. 
          OKAY. AND THEN. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF POSITIVE STUFF. 
          THE NEGATIVE STUFF, WE ONE THING WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF,
AND AND I LOST, BUT IT'S MY COUNCIL REPORT, SO I CAN STILL KEEP BRINGING IT UP. IS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF,
YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS I GOT OFF THE PLANE FROM MY HONEYMOON, BOOM, WE GOT HIT WITH MORE ISSUES WITH THE SPEED TRAP CAMERAS THE TICKETING SYSTEM. 
          AND THEN JUST THE OTHER DAY, WE HAD 215 TICKETS COME IN FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WHICH WAS
JUST A HUGE DISCREPANCY. 
          AND WHEN I WAS ON THE BREAK JUST NOW, A SINGLE MOM CAME UP TO ME WITH HER TEN YEAR OLD
CHILD AND SAID, I WAS DRIVING, NOT DURING SCHOOL ZONE HOURS. I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THEY DIDN'T WORK,
NOT DURING SCHOOL ZONE HOURS. 
          IT WAS DURING THE DAY BETWEEN SCHOOL ZONE HOURS,
AND SHE SAID I WAS GOING EXACTLY TEN, OVER WHICH SHE ADMITTED SHE WAS SPEEDING. 
          RIGHT. BUT BUT SHE WAS GOING 45 AND A 35. AND THIS SINGLE MOTHER,
WHO CAN BARELY AFFORD RENT, NOW HAS $100 TICKET, AND SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW IF SHE CAN MAKE HER RENT THIS MONTH. 
          HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THAT OR THE $100 TICKET. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THESE ARE REAL IMPACTS THAT WE'RE HAVING ON OUR CITY. 
          AND THERE'S TWO SIDES TO THE STORY. I UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE,
BUT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE HER STORY FOR HER TONIGHT. 
          AND YEAH. SO I THINK I'M GOOD ON THAT. YEAH,
I THINK I'M GOOD ON COUNCIL REPORTS. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I THOUGHT THE TRIP STARTED AT 11 ONCE THEY GO 11 OVER,
BUT YOU COULD DISCUSS THAT WITH THE CHIEF ON. 
          ON A SIDE NOTE, COUNCILMAN HAMMER. OKAY, I HAVE TWO THINGS. 
          FIRST, ONE IS I WOULD LIKE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE VOLUNTEERING MY
TIME. 
          I, I USUALLY DO 3 TO 5 EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY A WEEK. 
          I MEET WITH AT LEAST 1010 RESIDENTS WEEKLY. I. 
          I AM OUT AND ABOUT ALL THE TIME, BUT WHAT I AM GOING TO BE DOING IS I'M GOING TO BE
DONATING SOME OF MY TIME AND MONEY FOR THE COMMUNITY GARDEN ON NEMO. 
          I WILL BE POSTING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING. 
          IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DONATE OLD PLANTS OR ANYTHING,
I AM GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH HELPING OUT THERE. 
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SIR, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YES, I LOVE THAT. 
          I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IT WAS BROUGHT UP A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          BECAUSE THAT GARDEN IS TERRIBLE RIGHT NOW. YES. 
          SO. AND IT'S A FIRE HAZARD. SO THERE'S A AN ORGANIZATION,
LITTLE GROWERS, CAMILLE HATLEY. 
          THEY THEY WERE BIG ON, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY GARDENS AND ENVIRONMENT,
THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          I'M GOING TO GET YOU HER CONTACT NUMBER SO YOU CAN REACH OUT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. SHE'LL SHE'LL BE A BIG ADVOCATE WITH YOU. 
          AND I WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE HAVING A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH JUST ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO
SHOW UP. 
          COME UP WITH IDEAS AND. OKAY. IT IS A COMMUNITY GARDEN. 
          SO WE'RE ALL GOING TO COME TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW,
POSSIBLY DO SOMETHING POSITIVE. 
          SECOND, I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON WHAT COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN SAID WITH THE TRAFFIC CAMERAS. I AM. A LITTLE PERTURBED THAT WE ARE RECEIVING PROBLEMS WITH THEM AGAIN. I DO KNOW THEY DO HAVE A GOOD EFFECT. 
          I DO GET THAT. BUT WHEN WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH REPUBLIC,
WE OFFICIALLY REACHED OUT TO THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WE ARE HAVING AN ISSUE. AND I THINK WE SHOULD OFFICIALLY REACH OUT AND SAY THIS IS AN ISSUE AND SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THAT IS A LOT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SAYING WE DON'T WANT THE CAMERAS AND TO GET THEM OUT OF HERE
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT AND WE DO HAVE TO ABIDE BY THAT CONTRACT. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS ARE BEING ADDRESSED AND YOU OFFICIALLY REACH
OUT IN CAPACITY. 
          THEY DO GET TAKEN CARE OF AND YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT THEM AGAIN. 
          SO I WOULD HOPE WE CAN GET A CONSENT TO AT LEAST HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. 
          LET THEM KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. 
          IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A POSITIVE THING. 
          IT COULD BE A GROWING THING. BUT WE DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND. 
          YOU CAN'T HAVE A PROGRAM AND JUST NOT HAVE ANY FEEDBACK BACK TO THEM. 
          OKAY. MISTER. MR. MORTON? YES. I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE CHIEF COME UP. 
          YES, CHIEF. PLEASE. PLEASE COME UP. AND I'M TALKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY,
AND WE WANT WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE CAREFUL. ON THE RECORD. WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT,
BUT WE ARE APPROACHING THIS FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES. WE TOOK ACTION ON IT TODAY. SO. BUT THE CHIEF IS PREPARED TO TO BRIEF. WE DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AFTERNOON. 
          GOOD EVENING. I'M OUTSTANDING. CHIEF. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TIO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
          BUT COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN AND HAMMER RAISED THE QUESTION ABOUT HE SHARED ABOUT A MIAMI
CITATION. 
          AND THEN COUNCILMAN HAMMER'S EXPRESSING REACHING OUT TO THIS COMPANY. 
          HAVE YOU REACHED OUT ALREADY? YES, WE'VE WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THIS COMPANY ON SEVERAL
OCCASIONS. 
          MOST NOTABLY WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN WE PUT A STOP,
WE PUT A HOLD ON IT FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES, SOME GLITCHES, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY, ABOUT LACK OF A BETTER TERM TO CALL IT. 
          THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED. STARTED HAVING SOME MORE ISSUES IN TERMS OF INVALID
INFORMATION BEING PLACED ON THE CITATIONS THAT WERE BEING ISSUED. 
          JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES IN TERMS OF SYSTEMS FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE
THAT ALSO OPERATE WITH THIS ORGANIZATION WERE BEING PUT ON CITIZEN CITATIONS FROM CITY OF PALM BAY. SO THEY'RE AWARE WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM
IN MEETINGS WITH CITY MANAGEMENT AND ALSO DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY ATTORNEY. 
          SO IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS THE LEAD LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO
ENSURE THAT I, WE INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS RIGHTEOUS. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT PLEASED EITHER WITH THE PROGRESS OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING. 
          YES. I STILL BELIEVE IN THE COMPONENT OF THE COMPONENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR FOR OUR
KIDS GOING TO AND FROM SCHOOL. 
          BUT IT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. AND THEY WERE THEY'RE NOT. 
          WELL, I WON'T SAY THAT. IT'S NOT WHERE WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE AT THIS POINT. 
          FOR, FOR OUR CITIZENS. AND IT'S BECOMING A, A CONFIDENCE ISSUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND US. 
          AND I'M NOT GOOD WITH THAT. OKAY. AND SO YOU'RE IN DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM. 
          ARE THEY GOING TO COME DOWN OR WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? WELL, WE'RE TALKING WITH LEGAL AND WITH CITY MANAGEMENT ON THAT. SO. ALL RIGHT. 
          CARRY ON. THANK YOU SIR. MADAM ATTORNEY. MADAM ATTORNEY,
I WAS JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE AS FAR AS 
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DIRECTION, WE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH POLICE AND
MANAGEMENT. 
          THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM. MY OFFICE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM. 
          SO WE HAVE A COORDINATED RESPONSE. THERE REALLY IS NOT NEED FOR DIRECTION. 
          WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, AS CHIEF HAS SAID, YOU KNOW,
THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE HAVING AND ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS ARE AND WE ARE ALREADY ON IT. THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          OKAY. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR. YEAH. JUST ARE THOSE ONES THAT ARE COMING UP FROM MIAMI ARE
THOSE BEING WAIVED? YES. YES. OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMAN. 
          JOHNSON. I'M GOOD. MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER. THERE'S CONSENSUS,
LIKE, TO SEE IF STAFF COULD LOOK AT A POLICY FOR PROCLAMATIONS. 
          VOLUSIA COUNTY'S GOT A PRETTY SOLID PROGRAM THAT COULD BE BE LOOKED AT. 
          AND THEN A FEW WEEKS AGO I MADE A MOTION TO PULL AN AGENDA ITEM FROM ANOTHER COUNCIL
MEMBER. 
          AND AFTER A LOT OF THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          AND I WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT. AND IF COUNCILMAN LYNNHAVEN WANTS TO DISCUSS CHICKENS,
I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL. OH MY GOSH. OH MY GOODNESS. 
          THAT THAT THAT IS I JUST HAVE. YOU WERE HERE. 
          I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE. BUT YOU SAID ON THIS. DIAS,
SIR. 
          OH MY GOODNESS. YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE ANYTHING UNDER MY REPORTS,
YOU DID THE RIGHT THING, BUT I UNDERSTAND. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT. 
          AND IT WAS SAID EARLIER TODAY, OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED,
THEY WERE GETTING TAXED ON A ON A CONTINUAL BASIS OUT THERE AT THE COMPOUND AND EVERYWHERE ELSE. SO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR FOR WORKING. 
          AND THIS PAST SATURDAY, GENTLEMEN, PROFESSIONAL BOXING CAME BACK TO PALM BAY. 
          WHAT A WONDERFUL EVENT. BOX LIKE PROMOTIONS. IT. 
          IT WAS WE HAD A CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT. I WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. 
          I ALMOST PUT IT ON THE ON, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T RATE IT,
SO I DIDN'T GO WITH IT. 
          BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT AND PALM BAY VERY OWN. 
          AFTER A LONG HIATUS FROM BOXING. JOSHUA PAGAN WON A UNANIMOUS DECISION,
AND HE LOOKED REALLY SHARP IN THE RING. ANY ANYONE THAT HAS BOXED KNOWS THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF FOOTWORK
AND A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, LOWER BODY STRENGTH AS WELL. AND HE LOOKED REALLY SHARP. 
          AND SO NOW HIS PROFESSIONAL RECORD IS SIX AND ZERO. 
          IF HE CONTINUES THAT, I BELIEVE HE'LL, HE'LL HAVE I'M HOPING HE'LL HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP
FIGHT HERE SOON IN HIS WEIGHT CLASS. 
          SO KUDOS TO JOSHUA PAGANI. THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING,
ENDING. 
          STANDING ABOUT. THERE WAS SOME REALLY GOOD FIGHTS,
GENTLEMEN, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY PROUD THAT THAT WAS HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. SO NOW, MR. MORTON, YOUR REPORTS. I'VE GOT ONE ITEM JUST REALLY BRIEF. 
          [ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS:]
JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE MAYOR,
COUNCIL STAFF, FOR THE FOR THE WARM WELCOME AND THE KIND WORDS. 
          AND WE'VE DEFINITELY DOVE IN HARD ALREADY. IT'S ONLY BEEN A DAY AND A HALF,
AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN. 
          THERE'S A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS CITY IS UP FOR IT. 
          AND SO, SO I'M EXCITED. I'M GRATEFUL. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR DOING MY JOB FOR ME TONIGHT AT THE AT THE TIME AND
BAILING ME OUT. 
          SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SIR. MADAM SMITH, NO REPORTS. 
          THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.