May 15, 2025 Council Meetings - Regular

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ALL RIGHT. ATTENTION TO DETAIL. IT'S 1800 HOURS.

[CALL TO ORDER:]

I'M CALLING THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. 2025 DASH 15 TO ORDER.

THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR TOM RITCHIE OF EAST WIND PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.

AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE GIVEN BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE.

ALL RISE. 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! PASTOR RITCHIE. READ A SHORT VERSE FROM PSALM OR ISAIAH, CHAPTER 43, VERSE TEN. IT SAYS, YE ARE MY WITNESSES, SAITH THE LORD, AND MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN, THAT YOU MAY KNOW AND BELIEVE ME, AND UNDERSTAND THAT I AM HE.

BEFORE ME THERE WAS NO GOD FORMED, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE AFTER ME.

I, EVEN I AM THE LORD, AND BESIDE ME THERE IS NO SAVIOR.

LET'S PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU AS YOUR WORD INVITES US TO WITH BOLDNESS TO COME UNTO YOUR THRONE, THAT YOU'RE THE EVER PRESENT HELP IN THE TIME OF NEED.

AND GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH US IN THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

I PRAY FOR THIS COUNCIL THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS.

WE KNOW, LORD, THAT YOU'RE THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS, AND THAT YOU PREVAIL OVER ALL THE EARTH.

AND WE'RE JUST PRAYING, OH GOD, THAT YOUR HAND WOULD BE UPON THIS CITY.

PALM BAY WE'RE PRAYING, OH GOD, THAT YOUR HAND WOULD MOVE UPON ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS PLACE.

LORD, WE LOVE YOU. WE BELIEVE IN YOU, AND WE'VE COME TO GIVE GLORY TO YOUR NAME.

THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU. MADAM JONES, ROLL CALL. MAYOR MEDINA.

PRESIDENT. DEPUTY. MAYOR. JAFFE. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. HAMER. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. LANGEVIN. PRESENT. MR. MORTON.

PRESENT. MISS SMITH. PRESENT. DEPUTY MAYOR. ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS:]

BANKING INDUSTRY. RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDING. ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN HOME BUILDING.

FOR PROFIT PROVIDER OR RESIDENT OF THE CITY. 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. WE'RE NOW ON AGENDA REVISIONS, MR.

[AGENDA REVISIONS:]

THANK YOU. UNDER ITEM FOUR, PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.

NUMBER FOUR WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE REQUESTER. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT ITEMS FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT BE CONTINUED UNTIL AUGUST 21ST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. I'M ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO REVIEW THESE FOR END TO END CONTINUITY WITH OUR BIGGER STRATEGIES AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST INTERNAL ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR BIGGER GOALS.

IT'S NOT A NOT A VALUE JUDGMENT ON THE WORK THAT'S DONE.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TIME TO ACTUALLY RENEW IT AND REVIEW IT.

UNDERSTOOD, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. SO I NEED A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION. BUT I NEEDED WITH A DATE.

CERTAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN TO AUGUST 21ST.

SECOND, I HAVE A I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE.

JAFFE. AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER OR LANGEVIN.

COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CARRY ON, MR. MORTON. THANK YOU. ALSO, YOU'LL FIND IN AGENDA REVISION.

I DON'T USUALLY LIKE AGENDA REVISIONS. HOWEVER, THIS ONE WAS UNIQUE.

WITHOUT PROCESSING THIS AGENDA REVISION. ARE YOU CONSIDERING IT TONIGHT FOR THE MOCK ALERT SYSTEM FOR THE FIRE STATION? WE COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY DELAYED THE STATION TWO MONTHS OR SO.

SO YOU WILL FIND THIS UNDER NEW BUSINESS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET TONIGHT. SO AGENDA ITEM THREE UNDER NEW BUSINESS.

YES. ALL RIGHT SIR. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH. ANY AGENDA REVISIONS.

NO, SIR. COUNCIL. ANY AGENDA REVISIONS? YES, MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, NUMBER ONE AND TWO BEFORE PROCLAMATIONS.

ON SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND A SECOND BY

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YES, SIR. THOSE ARE LIKE RESIDENT BASED PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARINGS NUMBER ONE, MISS SMITH.

[1. Ordinance 2025-20, vacating a portion of the rear public utility and drainage easement located within Lot 2, Block 416, Port Malabar Unit 10 (Case VE-3-2025, Leonard and LaVernice Miller), final reading.]

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 MA'AM, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK MR. MORTON TO PRESENT THE CASE HERE.

SO THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A ORDINANCE FOR VACATION, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE MISS FRASER HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

CHRISTINE. TONIGHT. CHRISTINE. MISS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL, THIS IS A SECOND FINAL READING OF THIS VACATING THE THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD LIKE TO VACATE A PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY SO THAT THEY CAN PUT IN A SWIMMING POOL WITH A SCREEN CAGE IN THEIR BACKYARD.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? OKAY. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE. SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

YES. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER TWO, 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 LYING NORTH OF LOT SEVEN AND 20 AND LYING SOUTH OF LOTS EIGHT AND 19.

LOT 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, I GUESS MISS SULLIVAN.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL, THIS IS ALSO FINAL HEARING FINAL READING ON THIS.

THIS PROPERTY OWNER WOULD LIKE TO VACATE A 20 FOOT DRAINAGE RIGHT OF WAY WHICH HAS BEEN PIPED SO THAT HE CAN JOIN HIS PROPERTY TOGETHER AND FENCE IT.

THANK YOU. MA'AM. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.

THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, ASKING FOR EMOTION.

SO, SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO WE'RE NOW ON PROCLAMATIONS.

[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS:]

BROUGHT HIM BACK. OH, YOU SHAKE MY HAND. YOU'RE NOT BLEEDING.

HEY, DAVE. OH! THE SUPERSTAR. COME ON IN, STEVE.

DON'T BE SHY. YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER. COME ON. HEY.

YEAH. I THINK THE THREE OF US HAVE THE SAME BAR.

IT IS. KIDS. KIDS TO PARKS DAY. IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

WHEREAS MAY 17TH, 2025 IS THE 15TH KIDS TO PARKS DAY, ORGANIZED AND LAUNCHED BY THE NATIONAL PARKS TRUST, HELD ANNUALLY ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF MAY. AND WHEREAS, KIDS TO PARKS DAY EMPOWERS KIDS AND ENCOURAGES FAMILIES TO GET OUTDOORS,

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NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY PROCLAIM MAY 17TH, 2025 AS KIDS TO PARKS DAY IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO MAKE TIME. ON MAY 17TH TO TAKE THE CHILDREN IN THEIR IN THEIR LIVES INTO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, STATE PARKS OR NATIONAL PARKS AND WITNESS HEREOF.

I HAVE SET MY RIGHT HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS 15TH DAY OF MAY, 2025. WHO'S GOING TO RECEIVE THIS? DANIEL. COME ON UP, DANIEL.

THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS QUICK. KIDS, DO.

PARKS DAY IS ALL ABOUT GETTING THE KIDS OUT TO THE PARKS.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK BACK WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG, HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS, WHETHER IT WAS PLAYING AT A PARK, FISHING, YOU KNOW, GOING IN THE WATER, PLAYING IN LEAGUES, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR OUR YOUTH.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE RECREATION TEAM.

YOU KNOW THAT WE WORK REALLY HARD EXPANDING OUR PROGRAMS. AND WE ALSO WORK HARD WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL.

I ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE VOLUNTEERS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT RUN A LOT OF OUR YOUTH LEAGUES IN OUR PARKS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, WHO ARE OUT THERE MAINTAINING AND MAKING SURE OUR PARKS ARE CLEAN AND SAFE FOR US.

SO WE HAVE A SMALL VIDEO JUST TO SHOW SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES COMING UP.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PARKS AND FACILITIES HAVE DONE THIS PAST YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT. HEY, LET'S GET TOGETHER.

YOU BETTER TELL NOBODY. ALL RIGHT.

CHEESEBURGER. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, BROTHER. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

TAKE CARE NOW. ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL GET HOME NOW.

OH, YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE.

YEAH. TAKE CARE LADIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU SIR. YES THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. DAN! THE MAN. COMMANDER. JOHN. COME ON UP.

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IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

WHEREAS MORE AMERICANS ARE HEADING TO THE WATERWAYS FOR RECREATION AND RELAXATION, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WATER ACTIVITIES EXPAND EACH YEAR. WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT BOTH NOVICE AND EXPERIENCED BOATERS PRACTICE SAFE BOATING HABITS.

AS I'M LOOKING AT THE CHIEF, IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T BE DRINKING AND BOATING, WHICH INCLUDE PARTICIPATING IN SAFE BOATING COURSES, ENSURING THAT THE VESSELS HAVE PROPER EQUIPMENT, THAT ALL PASSENGERS WEAR A LIFE JACKET AND AVOID THE USE OF ALCOHOL.

AND WHEREAS EVERY YEAR HUNDREDS OF LIVES ARE LOST IN BOATING ACCIDENTS.

THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES CAN BE REDUCED AND BOATING MADE MORE PLEASURABLE.

IF BOATERS WOULD EXERCISE KNOWLEDGE, CARE AND COURTESY NECESSARY FOR SAFE BOATING.

AND WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY FOCUSES ON BOATING SAFETY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SAFE BOATING EDUCATION CLASSES AND VESSEL SAFETY EXAMINATIONS. AND WHEREAS, THE SOUTH BREVARD FLOTILLA, 1702, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ANNUALLY PROVIDES VESSEL SAFETY EXAMINATIONS UPON REQUEST.

NOW, THEREFORE, I. ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BOMBAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD, 2025, AS NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS WHO USE OUR WATERWAYS TO ACQUIRE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND TO PRACTICE SAFE BOATING.

NO ALCOHOL AND WITNESS HEREOF I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS 15TH DAY OF 2025.

CONGRATULATIONS, COMMANDER JOHN. THANK YOU SIR.

AND PROMOTE THAT. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING SAFE BOATING WEEK.

BOATING IS A UNIQUELY AMERICAN HOBBY. EVERY OTHER COUNTRY ON EARTH CALLS IT YACHTING, AND IT'S OPEN ONLY TO THE VERY RICH.

IT'S OUR COUNTRY IS BLESSED ENOUGH TO HAVE BOATING AVAILABLE, EVEN PEOPLE OF MODERATE INCOMES, BUT WITH SMALLER BOATS. BUT IT'S STILL CREATES A PROBLEM ON THE WATERWAY BECAUSE THE SEA IS JUST AS UNFORGIVING FOR RECREATIONAL BOATERS AS IT IS FOR PROFESSIONAL MARINERS. WE DEDICATE OURSELVES AND A LOT OF OUR TIME, AND OUR PRIMARY MISSION OF THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY IS SAFE BOATING.

AND WE THANK YOU. AND FOR RECOGNIZING THAT. AND I WISH I HAD A REALLY COOL VIDEO LIKE THE PARKS AND RECREATIONS PEOPLE DID, BUT BUT I GUESS I JUST HAVEN'T GOT IT, YOU KNOW? SO. OKAY. AND I NOTICED YOU'RE PROUDLY WEARING AN EAGLE GLOBE AND ANCHOR, SIR, WHEN I WAS ENLISTED, I WAS A NAVY CORPSMAN WITH THE FLEET MARINE CORPS, FMF, AND SO WAS THIS YOUNG MAN OVER HERE.

COXSWAIN. YEAH. THAT'S IT. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE HERE.

OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO SHOW THAT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

SORRY. SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. THANKS, MAN. ANYTIME.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, SIR. OKAY. CHRISTINE, CALL UP YOUR TEAM.

EVERYONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS. FRONT AND CENTER.

ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT. COME ON, JUST KEEP MOVING. COME. COME ON, JUST KEEP MOVING.

I'M SORRY. LET'S FILL IT IN. FILL IT IN. KEEP MOVING.

COME ON. DON'T BE SHY. COME ON, FILL IT IN, FILL IT IN.

THERE WE GO, EVERYBODY. COME ON. JOE, WHERE ARE YOU? CHRISTINE, COME OVER HERE. THERE WE GO. PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.

WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES PROVIDED IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR CITIZENS EVERYDAY LIVES.

AND THE SUPPORT OF AN UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMED CITIZENRY IS VITAL TO THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF PUBLIC WORKS.

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WHO STAFF. PUBLIC WORKS. WHO STAFF. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS MATERIALLY INFLUENCED BY THE STAFF'S ATTITUDE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THEY PERFORM. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S THEME PEOPLE, PURPOSE AND PRESENCE THE THREE P'S AND IT'S NOT. HIGHLIGHTS THREE CORNERSTONE IDEALS THAT MOTIVATE PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS TO SERVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES EVERY DAY. WHEREAS MEETING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE IS WHAT GIVES PUBLIC WORKS ITS SENSE OF PURPOSE.

MANY TIMES, PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WILL NEVER MEET THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BECAUSE WHEN THINGS ARE GOING RIGHT, NO ONE KNOWS THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS IS THERE. YET, WITH OR WITHOUT FANFARE, PUBLIC WORKS IS EVER PRESENT, WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND TO ADVANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.

NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH AS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING THE ROLE OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL HEALTH, OUR SAFETY, AND ADVANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.

AND WITNESS HEREOF, I SET MY HAND AND AFFIXED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY THIS 15TH DAY OF MAY, 2025. CONGRATULATIONS, CHRISTINE. THANK. YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM CHRISTINE SULLIVAN, AND I'M THE ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, ALONG WITH ASSISTANT DIRECTOR NADINE MCLAUGHLIN.

MCLAUGHLIN. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

PUBLIC WORKS IS PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF THE PALM BAY FAMILY.

OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, AS THE MAYOR SAID.

WE PROVIDE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MITIGATION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY.

WE PLAN, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE MANAGE AN EFFECTIVE STORMWATER PROGRAM AND WE SERVE AS A STEWARD TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD AND PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS.

PLEASE ALLOW ME TO SHARE SOME STATISTICS. THIS IS PUBLIC WORKS BY THE NUMBERS.

WE HAVE SIX DIVISIONS, INCLUDING CONCLUDING OPERATIONS, SURVEY, TRAFFIC, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FLEET. WE HAVE 157 FULL TIME POSITIONS, 791 MILES OF ROADWAYS, 17.2 MILES OF CULVERTS, 1098 MILES OF SWALES, ONE 2736 INLETS, 1292. OUTFALLS 977. FLEET VEHICLES 52. TRAFFIC SIGNALS, 30,000 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS, 6500 SURVEY BENCHMARKS, AND 75 TO 100 CUSTOMER SERVICE CALLS AND EMAILS DAILY.

WE HAVE 60 FUNDED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

ALTHOUGH CITY MANAGEMENT HAS PROVIDED ME WITH THE HONOR OF ACTING AS THEIR VOICE WHILE WE AWAIT OUR NEW DIRECTOR.

THESE FOLKS, ALONG WITH THE FOLKS THAT COULDN'T BE WITH US FROM PUBLIC WORKS THIS EVENING, ARE THE REASON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFULLY CONTINUES ITS MISSION EVERY DAY, AND I THANK THEM.

CHRISTINE, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION, DURING A HOLIDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU HAD A TEAM OUT THERE WORKING TIRELESSLY ALL NIGHT LONG TO THE MORNING.

THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE OUT THERE SERVING THIS COMMUNITY, THE UNSUNG HEROES, IF YOU WILL, THAT REALLY, TRULY CARE ABOUT OUR CITY AND MOREOVER, WHATEVER IT TAKES, THEY'RE HERE ON THE CALL.

SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU. HERE. THANK YOU BROTHER. THANK YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. Y'ALL. Y'ALL GET HOME, MAN.

YEAH, MAN. YEAH, BROTHER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SEE YOU. HEY. GOOD TO SEE YOU. YEAH. YOU TOO.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT WAS GOOD. YEAH. VERY GOOD. GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK GOD. THAT'S RIGHT. OH, YEAH. GOD IS GOOD.

THAT'S RIGHT. GOOD. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

GOOD NIGHT. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. THANK YOU BROTHER. APPRECIATE YOU.

GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU SIR.

THANKS FOR GIVING ME MY RETIREMENT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WORKING FOR ME.

APPRECIATE IT. OH, PRAISE THE LORD. WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? HAIL. HAIL! OKAY. YOU GOT TO KNOW THAT GUY.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES:]

FIRST SPEAKER CARD IS BILL BATTEN.

BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE TODAY IS POLICE MEMORIAL DAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THIS, FOR THIS COUNTRY.

UNDER DIFFERENT TOPIC, I HAVE THREE ITEMS TO ADDRESS.

ONE UNDER THE FALSE FLAG OF FCC PROTECTION AND MEETING EFFICIENCY, YOU DEPRIVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

NUMBER TWO, SINCE YOU REMOVED OUR ABILITY TO DISCUSS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS SO THAT THE MEETING WOULD GO QUICKER, HERE ARE SOME FACTS. TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF $12,985,000, JUST SHY OF $12 MILLION WORTH OF OF BUDGET ITEMS, WITH NO PUBLIC DISCUSSION YET, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, YOU TALKED FOR 1.5 HOURS ON A $50,000 ITEM FOR THE TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.

I FIND THIS DISPLAYED BEHAVIOR VERY HYPOCRITICAL SINCE THE WHOLE PURPOSE WAS TO MAKE THE MEETINGS GO QUICKER.

ITEM NUMBER THREE. AS FOR NOT BROADCASTING THE ENTIRE COUNCIL MEETING SINCE THAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST ONE, HOW ARE THE CITIZENS WATCHING? NOT IN THE CHAMBERS.

GOING TO SEE HOW OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC CONCERNS.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FACILITATE YOUR OWN PHONE IN PARTICIPATIONS WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PRESENT FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS? AND WILL PUBLIC COMMENTS BE AVAILABLE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT? AND IF SO, HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SEE THAT? AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE FACT THAT UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU PULLED OFF THE AGENDA FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN BECAUSE I SPENT HOURS PREPPING THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS YOU AS MY SITTING COUNSEL. SO YOU WASTED MY TIME ONE MORE TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'LL LET YOU, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE THE MEETING GO FASTER.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, KEN ROSENKER.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KIM ROSENKER OF THE LAW FIRM OF LACEY ROSENKER.

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WITH ME IS MARY DORA, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT COMPANY.

I'M HERE TO REQUEST THE SCHEDULING OF AN APPEAL THAT I FILED ON APRIL 22ND, REGARDING STAFF DECISIONS REGARDING THIS PROJECT.

THERE'S BEEN A FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN STAFF AND THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AS TO HOW MANY UNITS PER ACRE AND HOW MUCH COMMERCIAL SPACE MUST BE ON THIS FOUR ACRES, WHICH IS THE TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.

THE PACKAGE I GAVE YOU THE FIRST THREE PAGES ARE WHAT SOME OF YOU SAW IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 FOR THE REZONING FROM INSTITUTIONAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.

AT THAT TIME, WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION BY YOUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR AT THE TIME THAT WE COULD HAVE 75 UNITS TO THE ACRE, AND THERE WAS NO COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL COMPONENT. IT WAS ALWAYS A LIVE LOCAL PROJECT WITH A TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT.

SO THESE ARE WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU. THE MAYOR LIKED IT SO MUCH HE MADE THEM ATTACH THE RENDERINGS TO THE TO THE ORDINANCE OF APPROVAL.

MR. JOHNSON WAS HERE AS WELL. WHAT I'VE PROVIDED TO YOU IS THOSE THREE ITEMS, THOSE THREE PAGES.

THEN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M SURE SENATE BILL 1730, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY BOTH HOUSES, NOT SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. SO CITIES CAN ONLY REQUIRE 10% FOR MULTIFAMILY.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLAY OR NOT. BUT RIGHT NOW THE CITY SAYS WE MUST HAVE 35% AND WE'RE SAYING WE CAN'T PUT 35%.

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND WE'RE AT A FUNDAMENTAL STANDSTILL.

THE DWELLING UNITS AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED WITH MR. RODRIGUEZ. HE HAD SAID INITIALLY 50 UNITS. THE ACRE CLIENT WAS FINE WITH THAT.

NOW WE'RE BEING TOLD 40 UNITS TO THE ACRE. IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT.

WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH SITE PLAN WITH THOSE FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENTS.

I FILED THE APPEAL. THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS SAID, OH, NO, YOU'RE NOT RIGHT.

BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU. WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR ORDINANCE WAS IN THE LAST PAGE OF THE PACKET, IT'S NOT UP TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

THERE IS NO DISCRETION UNDER 172 .01 FOR THE APPEAL IS TAKEN A REASONABLE TIME.

THEY MUST BE SET WITHIN 30 DAYS. THE CITY MANAGER SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE CITY CLERK ALL PAPERS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL HEAR THE APPEAL. IF THE CITY ATTORNEY DISAGREES WITH MY APPEAL, YOU CAN MAKE THAT DECISION. THAT'S YOUR DECISION, NOT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S DECISION.

AND WITH THAT, I DO PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION OF THE APPEAL THAT WE SUBMITTED THE DATE OF APRIL 22ND.

WHEN I SUBMITTED IT BY YOUR CODE, WE SHOULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON OR BEFORE MAY 22ND.

I'VE TALKED WITH MR. MORTON. HE'S BEEN VERY AMENABLE TO OUR ISSUES.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH IT. BUT YOU ALL GO ON BREAK HERE SOON, AND WE DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION.

WE CAN'T WAIT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF COMMENTS TO A SITE PLAN DENIAL, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE.

A SITE PLAN DENIAL. WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD. AND WITH THAT, WE'D ASK THAT YOU SCHEDULE IT OR GIVE SOME DIRECTION SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MR. MORTON. YOUR THOUGHTS? I THINK THOUGHTS ARE PROBABLY BEST ADDRESSED TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY AT THIS POINT.

COPY THAT, MADAM ATTORNEY. YES, SIR. THE SECTION THAT MISS ROSENTHAL CITES SAYS IT.

COUNCIL SHALL HEAR AND DECIDE APPEALS WHEN THERE IS ALLEGED AN ERROR IN AN ORDER, REQUIREMENT, DECISION OR DETERMINATION BY THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CITY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

THERE IS NOT AN ORDER REQUIREMENT, DECISION OR DETERMINATION BY THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE.

AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF THE PROPERTY THAT HAS TO BE DEVOTED TO COMMERCIAL.

SHE RECEIVED A COMMENT. IT IS NORMAL DURING PROCESS A BUILDER APPLICANT SUBMITS THEIR SITE PLAN.

STAFF MAKES COMMENTS. THEY RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS.

COMMUNISTS. CERTAINLY WE ARE WELL AWARE OF THE BILL AND THE RESPONSE SHOULD BE.

WELL, WE CAN'T DO 35%, BUT WE CAN DO 10%. WE'VE GOT THIS BILL AND THE BILL IS GOING TO LIMIT YOU TO 10% ANYWAY.

THERE IS NO ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES 35%. ESSENTIALLY, STAFF IS WORKING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PRIOR CITY MANAGER.

WE HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER, AND WE HAVE A NEW BILL THAT'S GOING TO LIMIT.

THAT IS NOT AN APPEAL. THAT IS, YOU HAVE A COMMENT.

RESPOND TO THE COMMENT. WORK IT OUT. AND MR. MORTON HAS SEEN CERTAINLY AMENDABLE.

THE OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR IS WELL AWARE OF THE BILL THAT HAS BEEN PASSED.

IT IS NO DECISION THAT REQUIRES YOU TO 35%. YOU RECEIVED A COMMENT AS FAR AS THE DENSITY.

THERE HAS BEEN NO DENIAL. AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU'RE IN A COURT CASE.

YOU GET AN ORDER FROM A JUDGE. YOU CAN APPEAL IT.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ORDER, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO APPEAL.

THERE IS A STATUTE THAT GUIDES HOW WE MUST REVIEW THESE PROCESSES.

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THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS WHICH CAN CONTINUE THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.

IF SHE WOULD RESPOND TO COMMENTS, WHICH WAS WHAT EVERY OTHER APPLICANT MUST DO.

THANK YOU MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR. I GOT A QUESTION.

I GUESS IF IF STAFF IS GIVEN DIRECTION, LIKE SHE MENTIONED, THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER WANTED SOMETHING.

WAS THAT COUNCIL'S WISHES AT THE TIME? AND IF AND IF THERE IS A DECISION NOT MADE OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A DECISION, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TELL THE APPLICANT THAT, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE A DECISION NOW YOU CAN APPEAL THIS SEEMS LIKE THIS PROJECT'S BEEN IN LIMBO SINCE 2023. IT'S A VERY BLIGHTED PROJECT.

THEY'RE TRYING TO RESTORE IT. IT'S GOT, YOU KNOW, VAGRANT HOMELESSNESS GOING ON THERE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE MAKING THE PROCESS SO CHALLENGING FOR THESE PEOPLE TO BE, TO TURN THAT PROPERTY AROUND FOR OUR CITY. OKAY.

SO YOUR QUESTION IS DIRECTED TOWARDS MR. MORTON.

SO I'M NOT SURE AT THIS POINT THE PROCESS IS CHALLENGING. AGAIN, I CAME LATE TO THE GAME. I WOULD JUST TEND TO AGREE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE APPEALING AT THIS POINT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EXHAUSTED ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDY.

I'M NOT YOUR ATTORNEY. I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN LAND USE.

I'VE SEEN THE DRAFT LAW. I'VE NOT SEEN A RESPONSE TO THAT DRAFT, LAURA, THAT I'M AWARE OF.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE ISN'T ONE. I KNOW THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN INVITED BACK, AT LEAST IN ESSENCE, TO COMMENT ON THE DRAFT LAW AND THE OTHER ISSUES SURROUNDING IT.

WE ALSO HAVE PENDING LEGISLATION NOW THAT MAY OR MAY NOT, AS WAS POINTED OUT, BE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR HERE SHORTLY, WHICH WOULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, WOULD AGAIN CHANGE THE DYNAMIC, I THINK, IN THE APPLICANT'S FAVOR. SO MY HOPE IS THAT THROUGH THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD, WE CAN AT LEAST GET SOME WORKING PROCESS TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE LORA FEEDBACK AND ANY PERSPECTIVE CHANGES, AND ALLOW STAFF THAT TIME TO WORK BACK AGAIN TO THE ATTORNEY'S POINT.

ANYTIME AN APPLICANT DISAGREES WITH THE LAND USE DECISION OR AN ORDER OR INTERNAL DOCUMENT, IT HAS TO BE IN THAT FINAL FORM. OTHERWISE, WHAT'S THE POINT OF GOING THROUGH A PUBLIC A PUBLIC PROCESS? SO WE'RE DEFINITELY COMMITTED TO RELOOKING AT IT, TO WORKING, MAYBE EVEN AS WE DISCUSSED A PHASE ONE.

I MEAN, WE'VE PUT SOME OPTIONS ON THE TABLE, AND I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO TO ADDRESSING THOSE MORE FORMALLY RATHER THAN JUST JUMPING TO, TO AN APPEAL OF OF, YOU KNOW, NOTHING AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, AN APPEAL ALMOST TO CIRCUMVENT THE PROCESS.

THAT'S NOT THE INTENT, BUT BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT OTHER THAN WE NEED TO FINISH OUT THE LAST PART OF THE PROCESS, IN MY OPINION.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. JUST BRIEFLY, MAYOR, FOR THE SAKE OF PUBLIC COMMENTS I AGREE WITH YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN IN LIMBO FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SIMILAR TO THE DOWNTOWN PALM BAY PROJECT.

BUT I JUST THINK EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN PRIORITIZED AND I FEEL THAT IT CAN BE MR. REACHED OUT TO ME PERSONALLY A FEW MONTHS AGO, SHARING HIS CONCERNS AND HIS HIS WORRIES ABOUT HOW THINGS WERE GOING.

SO I CONNECTED HIM WITH MR. MORGAN, AND I WAS HOPING THAT THIS WAS RESOLVED.

BUT WE SEE YET IT'S BEEN YET TO BE RESOLVED. SO I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR NEW CITY MANAGER FOR US TO HAVE EFFECTIVE CONVERSATIONS AND COMMUNICATION ON NOT WHAT YOU CAN'T DO, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO. SO THAT'S ALL, MAYOR. SO THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

NEXT SPEAKER. NURY. DORA.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE DECISIONS AND DETERMINATIONS ARE ALREADY RESPONSE, AND WE ALWAYS RECEIVE THE SAME RESPONSE FROM THE CITY AND WITH THE SAME DEMANDS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS. THEN I HAVE A.

I HAVE A A MY MY MY MAIN POINT HERE IS I WAS, FOR THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS WORKING WITH THE CITY TO TRY TO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE PROJECT TO THE CITY. WE HAVE A BUILDING EMPTY THAT.

I KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM FOR THE CITY, AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS.

118 UNITS AND AFFORDABLE PROJECT FOR CITY OF PALM BAY.

I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRY TO HELP US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

WE ARE HERE TO TRY TO HELP. WE ARE HERE TO TRY TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES TO HAVE WE HAVE ALREADY THE FINANCE AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING DONE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. PLEASE HELP US TO MAKE THIS A REALITY FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY OF PALM BAY.

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CAN WE HELP, MR. WEINBERGER? THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR.

YOU WANTED TO COME RIGHT HERE. DARRYL. WATTENBARGER.

YEAH. MAYBE I CAN GET OVER THAT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? NEGATIVE, SIR. SORRY.

DARRYL WATTENBARGER. MY WIFE AND I RESIDE AT 12 1234 WING ROAD, SOUTHWEST PALM BAY.

I'VE NEVER SPOKE TO YOU BEFORE, BUT I MET FEW OF YOU AT THE CANDIDATES FORUM AT OUR CHURCH.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I'M A RETIRED INSURANCE ADJUSTER, RETIRED FIREFIGHTER, ASSISTANT CHIEF FIREFIGHTER INVESTIGATOR, AND A AND A FIREFIGHTER LICENSED INSTRUCTOR.

I'M ALSO MY WIFE AND I ARE AFFILIATES OF THE SALT AND LIGHT, WHICH YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, AND IT IS A NATIONWIDE 3055013 THAT ENCOURAGES CHRISTIANS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FROM THE CITY TO THE STATE THEY ON UP TO THE NATIONAL.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M I'M APPALLED AT THE TYRANNICAL DECISION YOU ALL MADE, THREE OF YOU AT LEAST PROCLAIMING TO BE CHRISTIANS TAKING PRIVILEGES AWAY FROM ME. I CAN'T COME TO EVERY MEETING DUE TO MY AFFLICTION.

I HAVE AN INCURABLE BACTERIAL INFECTION. I'LL TAKE AN ANTIBIOTIC, REST MY LIFE.

BUT I DO LIKE TO LISTEN TO ALL MY CONSTITUENTS, CITIZENS LISTENING TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT.

YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TONIGHT TO MAKE THAT CHANGE THROUGH ANOTHER VOTE.

AND I HOPE YOU WOULD SEE THAT FIT SO THAT OTHER MAJORS DON'T HAVE TO BE TAKEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, MARK MILLER.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING, SIR. MAYOR. YES, SIR.

WOULD YOU MIND JUST CLARIFYING THAT FOR OUR PROCEDURE, WE ACTUALLY CANNOT MAKE THAT VOTE TONIGHT DUE TO IT NOT BEING ON THE AGENDA? YEAH, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA TO TO MAKE THAT VOTE.

HOWEVER, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT VOTED FOR IT CAN REQUEST TO BRING IT BACK.

RIGHT. ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT VOTED.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SIR? YES. THEY COULD. THEY COULD REQUEST TO BRING IT BACK.

SIR. THANK YOU. WE'RE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

I'LL BE HERE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. I UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR.

THANK YOU. MARK MILLER, 898 NELSON AVENUE. PALM BAY.

FIRST OF ALL, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT AWESOME STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.

THAT VIDEO WAS AWESOME. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REMIND US OF THE POSITIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT? WE HAVE THREE MINUTES HERE TO SPEAK, AND I'VE ALREADY WASTED 15 SECONDS WHERE SO WE DON'T GET A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT GREAT THINGS.

WE'RE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON THE THINGS WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BUILD ON THAT MOMENTUM.

KEEP SHARING THE VICTORIES. MAKE THEM PART OF YOUR COUNCIL REPORTS.

KEEP SHARING THE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN HEAR THE GOOD THINGS TO WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS HAVE SAID.

LAST WEEK, I SENT EACH OF YOU AN EMAIL REGARDING THE NEW CHANGES INTRODUCED TO THIS MEETING.

I ALSO OFFERED UP NOT JUST A CRITICISM AT ALL, BUT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OR ACTIONS THAT CAN HELP.

AND I TOO WANT TO ECHO WHAT DARRELL AND MASTER CHIEF SAID, THAT PRAYERFULLY, WE CAN COME BACK WITH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME MODIFIED REVISIONS TO THAT DECISION.

ON THAT NOTE, AND DARRELL JUST MENTIONED SALT AND LIGHT COUNCIL, WE HAVE JIM ABNEY COMING THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AT VICTORY IN CHRIST JESUS MINISTRIES THAT HOSTS THE EVENT 2865 JUPITER BOULEVARD. JIM WORKED ALONGSIDE PASTOR AND MAYOR JACK HILLIGOSS FROM LAKE WALES AND TRANSFORMED LAKE WALES. IN LESS THAN 18 MONTHS TRANSFORMED THAT CITY.

BUILDING TRUST. INCREASING COMMUNICATION. INCREASING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.

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I BELIEVE THIS LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE GREAT PEOPLE HERE IN PALM BAY CAN DO EVEN GREATER THINGS THAN LAKE WALES DID.

AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT. IT'S FREE.

IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S OPEN TO EVERYONE.

IT'S THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY NIGHTS. IT'S FREE.

COME ON OUT. MEET HIM. HE'S WILLING TO TAKE ALL THE QUESTIONS.

AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN LEARN FROM HIM. SOME THINGS THAT THEY DID WELL, SOME THINGS THEY DID NOT DO WELL. AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT.

I WAS PLANNING ON COVERING THIS ON PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER SIX, BUT IT'S NOT THERE.

I HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME ABOUT CHURCHES, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO TO SEND THOSE TO. DO I EMAIL YOU GUYS EMAIL? YOU CAN EMAIL US AND THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OUR CITY MANAGERS ARE WORKING ON, RIGHT? I KNOW YOU WANT TO REVIEW IT. I HAD A TON OF QUESTIONS.

AS MR. CHIEF SAID, I HAD DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH TO HAVE TONS OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING IT, I'D LOVE TO GET YOU MY MY THOUGHTS BEFORE WE COME TO A VOTE.

RIGHT. SO MAYBE YOU CAN INCORPORATE THOSE CHANGES. YES, SIR. OKAY.

AND WE WILL WE'LL SUBMIT THOSE. YEAH. SO I'VE GOT THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WHEN YOU CONCLUDE I'M I'M GOOD.

I THINK THAT'S PLENTY. UNLESS YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION OR NEED MORE INFO ON SALT AND LIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. MORTON. I WAS GOING TO SAY YES.

PLEASE SEND ME THE COMMENTS. AND WE WERE LOOKING TO CONNECT TO THEM.

I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS AND HIS AS WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE SOME TIME.

PERFECT. THAT'LL WORK. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, SPEAKER, HENRY MORAN. SIR, HOW MUCH WAS THIS ROBERT STICE.

GOOD EVENING. ROBERT STICE, 1796 LYNBROOK DRIVE.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, BUT ALL I'M HEARING, WHETHER I'M WHETHER IT'S MILITARY, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY OR WHETHER IT'S MEMBERS LAUGHING AT ME OVER HERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD IN MY LIFE IS COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE.

YOU'RE TAKING IT AWAY. YOU REALLY HAVE TO RETHINK THIS.

ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE ARE THE ONES OR YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE SIT HERE AND WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR FOLKS.

YOU CAN'T TAKE THIS AWAY WITHOUT BEING A SEVERE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOU BEFORE THE THE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COMMUNICATE, WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHY AM I VOTING FOR YOU? SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS. SWITCHING ON ANOTHER AREA.

FIRST OF ALL, I WORKED WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.

THEY HAVE A GREAT STAFF. I MEAN, I'VE ALWAYS THERE'S BEEN ONE PERSON, BUT I'VE ALWAYS, I'VE ALWAYS HAD.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THEM AND THEY ARE EXCEPTIONAL.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT REAL QUICK IS I MOVED TO PALM BAY EIGHT YEARS AGO NEXT MONTH, AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST, IN MY MY RESIDENTS ARE TELLING ME THE SAME THING IN AND OUT OF MY HOA.

OKAY, THE QUALITY OF LIFE FROM WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 2017 TO PRESENT DAY HAS DECREASED.

OKAY, WHAT IS THE CITY'S CHARTER? WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON DOING? HOW DO YOU WANT TO FOCUS? TO MAKE MY LIFE A LITTLE BIT NOT.

NOT PROSPEROUS, BUT MEANINGFUL. THE TRAFFIC IS AWFUL.

GETTING A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT SUCKS. I DON'T EVEN GO TO PUBLIX ANYMORE.

AND WE KEEP BUILDING AND BUILDING AND BUILDING.

WHAT IS THE SOLUTION ON THAT? I'D LIKE TO HAVE JUST A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.

I NOTICED 25,000 HOUSES GOING IN IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE.

AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER IN THE CITY. I MEAN, THERE'S ANOTHER 1200 GOING IN, PUTTING PEOPLE ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER.

YOU CAN'T AFFORD NEW INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY. HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE WANT TO HEAR.

AND I WANT TO HEAR EVERY ONE OF YOUR THOUGHTS. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? OKAY.

I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO COME UP HERE AND DISABLE AND SAY, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING, PUTTING FORTH HERE. I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS ONE ON ONE STUFF THAT'S IN ANY BUSINESS.

EVEN WHEN YOU GO TO BOOT CAMP, THIS IS ONE ON ONE STUFF ABOUT COMMUNICATING, AND YOU'RE REMOVING IT, YOU KNOW? SO HOW DO YOU DO THAT AND MAKE THAT EFFICIENT AS WELL? I MENTIONED BEFORE I HEARD GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS TALK ABOUT HE'D LIKE TO SEE EVERY CITY IN THE STATE ON DOGE.

HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT? HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THAT FROM A VERY FUNDAMENTAL ONE ON ONE TYPE STUFF.

THERE'S A LOT YOU CAN DO. YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN PROCLAMATIONS AND REWARDS AND RECOGNITION, BUT YOU GOT TO BE VERY COOL ABOUT YOUR BORDER LINING.

EVERYBODY GETS A TROPHY. A LOT OF WHAT I'M SEEING AND OTHER IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, THEY DO IT IN A MAYOR'S OFFICE.

SO CAN YOU RETHINK AND GET EFFICIENT AND INCLUDE YOUR CONSTITUENTS? THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. SUSAN CONNOLLY.

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YOU KNOW, A PART OF YOUR JOB IS GETTING TO A POINT, PEOPLE.

AND THIS APPOINTMENT IS IS OUR VOICE OF THE CITIZENS.

AND IT'S A PART OF YOUR JOB THAT WE DON'T OFTEN SEE AND MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN APPRECIATE.

BUT IT IS MUCH NEEDED. THE CHARTER REVIEW. TONIGHT YOU'LL GET TO APPOINT TWO PEOPLE EACH.

AND OUR BOARDS. YOU GET TO APPOINT ONE PERSON TO THE BOARDS.

THE PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD NEEDS TWO APPOINTMENTS FROM YOU.

COUNCILMAN HAMMER AND COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT SO WE CAN BE EFFECTIVE AND REPRESENT THE CITIZENS AND BE YOUR VOICE AS WELL.

I WANT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT HERE. I'M ALSO HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING VERY EXCITING TO ME.

AND THAT IS THERE IS A GENTLEMAN NAMED JULIAN FIELD WHO HAS DESIGNED THE FIRST SOLAR POWERED LOW SPEED VEHICLE RIGHT HERE IN PALM BAY. HE WILL SET UP A MANUFACTURING OF THIS VEHICLE.

I GOT TO TEST DRIVE IT. AND YOU HAVE ALL RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO BE AT THE VIP LAUNCH.

I HOPE YOU WILL BE THERE BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS TO ME INNOVATION SOLAR.

IT BRINGS THE FUTURE TO THE PRESENT. WE'RE NUMBER ONE.

WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN THIS. IT WILL ALSO GENERALLY BRING REVENUE AS THIS CAR GETS INTO PRODUCTION.

SO I WANT TO AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

AND WHILE I'M THANKING PEOPLE, I WANT TO GIVE AN EXTRA THANK TO THE PALM BAY PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE DEPARTMENT THAT SUPPORTS OUR BOARD, THE PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

AND THEY ARE. IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY DO. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. EDWARD STANFORD.

HELLO. I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE UPDATE, ESPECIALLY CITY COUNCIL, AND TO THE CAMERA.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS AROUND I THINK IT WAS MARCH 6TH.

I WAS REACHING OUT ABOUT MY SITUATION WITH MY INHERITANCE.

I'VE FALLEN INTO THE WRONG HANDS. I WAS TRYING TO RECOVER SOMETHING.

I REACHED OUT WHEN I REACHED OUT HEAVY, AND I REACHED OUT FAR.

WELL, UNFORTUNATELY A WOMAN CAME OUT LOOKING FOR ME AND SHE WAS SCAMMED AT THE WALGREENS ON PALM BAY ROAD, WHICH FALLS INTO THE MELBOURNE SIDE.

SHE'D BEEN LOOKING FOR ME AND INSTEAD OF THEM DIRECTING HER TO THE HOME, I SHARE AN ADDRESS AT THEY ASSURED HER THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE SAFE WITH THEM AND THEY WOULD BE SURE THAT I SEEN IT.

WELL, THEY STOLE IT BECAUSE I WENT. THE WORD WENT OUT EVERYWHERE.

IT WENT STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT TO MY PHONE. BUT IT WAS AFTER 9:00.

THE WALGREENS WAS CLOSED. I SHOWED UP THE NEXT MORNING.

THE LADY THAT THAT RECEIVED IT FROM THE ELDER SHE WASN'T THERE.

I WAS MET WITH ASSISTANT MANAGER NAMED GARRETT, AND HE AND A YOUNG LADY WITH BLACK HAIR.

SHE LOOKED MAYBE AGED AND. NOT ONLY DID HE SHOW IT TO ME? BUT HE SAID, I NEED TO COME BACK TO SEE ARLENE.

WELL, WHEN I LEFT, I IMMEDIATELY DIALED 911. I DIALED 911 THE DAY BEFORE WAS BEING THREATENED IN THERE.

IT'S JUST IT WAS A BIG SCAM. ALL MY DOCUMENTS, CASH A CHECK, SOME GOLD CHAINS, SOME PERSONAL LETTERS FROM MY DECEASED LOVED ONES.

THESE OLD LADIES, THESE THESE ELDERS. THEY HELD ON TO THIS STUFF FOR ME.

THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO SET ME STRAIGHT AND AND LET ME GO SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO LOOK BACK.

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EVERYBODY KNOWS. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. THEY SURE DIDN'T KEEP IT A SECRET.

WHEN I WENT IN THERE THE FOLLOWING MORNING. HE WAS SHOCKED THAT I CALLED 911 SAW ON MY FACEBOOK.

IT'S ALL ON MY FACEBOOK. I'M JUST REACHING OUT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW.

CAN I GET A BREAK, PLEASE? PLEASE. I DID 34 MONTHS IN STATE PRISON FOR GOING TO CHURCH AFTER BEING INVITED. THIS THIS PACKAGE WAS WAS FOR ME. THEY'RE NOT KIDS.

THEY CALL THEMSELVES KIDS. THEY'RE NOT KIDS. SOME OF THEM ARE 80 YEARS OLD.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE THAT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHRIS AND LANSANA.

GOOD EVENING, CHRIS AND LANSANA. NORTHWEST PALM BAY.

I HAVE THREE ITEMS TO DISCUSS TONIGHT. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO CORRECT THE STATEMENT I PREVIOUSLY MADE CLAIMING THAT THE FLOCK ALPR CONTRACT WOULD AUTO RENEW THIS FALL. AFTER REVIEWING THE AMENDED CONTRACT, I DISCOVERED THE RENEWAL WILL OCCUR IN JULY 2027.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC WHEN THE TIME COMES.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR PROCLAIMING MAY AS WATER SAFETY MONTH.

WHILE I LOVE SEEING THE RECENT PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO HIGHLIGHT A CRITICAL GAP THE NEED FOR YEAR ROUND ACCESS TO SWIM LESSONS AND AQUATIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

IF WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT WATER SAFETY IS A PRIORITY, THEN IT MUST BE TREATED LIKE ONE.

NOT JUST IN PROCLAMATIONS, BUT IN POLICY. BUILDING AN AQUATIC WORKFORCE MEANS REAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS AS LIFEGUARDS, INSTRUCTORS, AND SAFETY EDUCATORS. JOBS THAT ARE IN DEMAND BUT UNDERDEVELOPED LOCALLY, MEANING THAT PALM BAY COULD BECOME A HUB FOR AQUATIC EDUCATION, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

IMAGINE THE IMPACT WE COULD HAVE ON FLORIDA'S DROWNING STATISTICS IF, INSTEAD OF MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND OFFICE REMODELS, WE INVESTED IN AN INDOOR POOL TO ENSURE YEAR ROUND ACCESS TO SWIM LESSONS FOR THE WATER SAFETY EDUCATION.

LASTLY, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE DISAPPOINTING VOTE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS JOHNSON, LANGEVIN AND JAFFE AT THE LAST MEETING TO REMOVE THE PUBLIC BROADCAST OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S STILL BROADCASTING ON FACEBOOK AND THE CITY WEBSITE, SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE. BUT I KNOW YOU VOTED ON IT, AND I KNOW SEVEN RESIDENTS STAYED OVER 3.5 HOURS TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS DECISION.

AT THE LAST MEETING, THEY MADE TIME ON A WEEKNIGHT TO COME OUT AND BE HEARD.

THEY WEREN'T PAID, THEY WEREN'T ELECTED, BUT THEY WERE DEDICATED.

AND FOR WHAT? IN RETURN, A MAJOR ASPECT OF ACCOUNTABILITY WAS VOTED AWAY.

MANY RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS IN PERSON. THEY LISTEN WHILE COOKING, DRIVING, FOLDING LAUNDRY, AND NOW THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY BEING CUT OUT OF THE LOOP IN A MOVE THAT LEAVES RESIDENTS IN THE DARK ON COMMUNITY ISSUES.

UNLESS THEY'RE ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON OR WAIT TWO WEEKS TO READ THE MINUTES.

WE'RE TOLD THIS IS FOR LEGAL REASONS, CITING THE FCC, BUT THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A RED HERRING. AS WE'VE SAID, THE FCC DOES NOT REGULATE CITY RUN TV CHANNELS ON THE PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNELS.

THOSE FALL OUTSIDE OF THE FCC'S JURISDICTION.

OTHER ROUTES THAT YOU COULD HAVE TAKEN INCLUDE MUTING PROFANE WORDS FROM THE RECORDING, OR HAVING A DISCLAIMER THAT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED DON'T EXPLICITLY REPRESENT THOSE OF THE CITY. YOUR DECISION DIRECTLY UNDERMINES GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, AND EQUITY BY DISADVANTAGING THOSE WHO RELY ON LIVE STREAMS DUE TO DISABILITY WORK, CAREGIVING DUTIES, OR LACK OF TRANSPORTATION.

LET'S BE HONEST, THIS WASN'T ABOUT LEGALITY. THIS WAS ABOUT CONTROLLING THE PUBLIC NARRATIVE AND LIMITING SPECIFIC COMMUNITY VOICES.

COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN STATED THAT WE ARE THE COUNCILMAN AND THIS IS A COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCILMAN JAFFE PREVIOUSLY SAID, WE'RE THE ONES ELECTED, BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU GUYS WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT OUR VOICES, NOT TO RESTRICT THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

RUTH. RUTH.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS RUTH CAULFIELD.

935 DOUGLAS STREET. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE PALM BAY EMPLOYEES WHO ORGANIZED THE HEALTH FAIR YESTERDAY.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. WE HAD A GREAT TIME, AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES.

WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL OF WHAT THEY DO FOR THE CITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE SITUATION NUMBER TWO IS WHO GAVE WHO, WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE WAS THE AUTHORIZATION GIVEN TO DIG UP DOUGLAS STREET YESTERDAY? THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE ALL UP AND DOWN DOUGLAS STREET.

THERE WERE ALL THE FLAGS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE THE UTILITY PEOPLE WERE COMING OUT WITH IDENTIFYING WHERE ALL THE LINES ARE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

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SO THERE'S ALL THE FLAGS ARE OUT THERE, BUT I DIDN'T GET A NOTIFICATION ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

NEITHER DID MY. NEITHER DID MY NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY WERE ASKING ME ALL ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE THIRD THING THAT I HAVE TO SAY IS I WOULD HOPE THAT I HAD ALREADY GIVEN THIS QUESTION ONCE BEFORE.

DOUGLAS STREET, EMERALD AND COPLEY DO NOT NEED TO BE INVADED BY YET ANOTHER SUBDIVISION.

WE HAD THE MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER. WE DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY SAID.

WE DON'T WANT A SUBDIVISION THERE THAT IS GOING TO BE AN HOA.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN STREET.

THERE'S ONLY 20 HOUSES GOING TO BE PROPOSED THERE.

AND THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT THAT COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR SOME OF THE RETENTION OF SEWER AND UTILITIES IN THERE FOR THE CHURCH AS WELL. SO HOW IS THAT A DEAL FOR THOSE RESIDENTS? DO YOU PLAN TO GIVE THOSE RESIDENTS NOTICE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUYING? ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THEM NOTICE AND DISCLOSURES TO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT HOA? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT UNTIL WE STARTED GRILLING THE DEVELOPER.

SO I HOPE THAT THESE THINGS WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE NEXT PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I, I TRUST STAFF TOOK SOME NOTES ON THE QUARTER SHE MENTIONED.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE CARDS, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE ARE NOW ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL.

[APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:]

I'LL SECOND IT. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JAFFEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

ANY DISCUSSION? GENTLEMEN, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THREE AND TEN.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU WANT TO PULL ITEM THREE.

YES, PLEASE. AND ITEMS TEN. YES. I NEED A MOTION.

I'LL JUST RESET MY MOTION. I'LL RESEND MY SECOND.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

REMOVING ITEMS THREE AND TEN, GENTLEMEN. YEAH.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ITEMS THREE AND TEN. SECOND.

GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE NOW ON.

[PUBLIC HEARINGS:]

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. THANK YOU MA'AM.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MR. MORTON. THANK YOU COUNCIL. I NEED THAT, YES. CAN I GET THAT EVENTUALLY? THIS IS AN ITEM TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BY APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. STAFF DID DO AN INVITATION TO BID, AND IT WAS BROADCAST FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. THREE.

I THOUGHT WE WERE ON THIS ONE. SAYS 3 A.M. IN THE WRONG SPOT AGAIN.

WE'RE GOING TO CONSENT. APOLOGIZE. PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THREE IN THE WRONG SPOT. THIS IS FOR THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UTILITIES.

I DID SPEAK AT LENGTH WITH GABRIEL BODEN. WITH THIS, MY FEELING WAS THAT THIS ITEM IS ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR GCS AND OUR CAPITAL FACILITY CONNECTION AND VARIOUS CHARGES.

WE HAD STRATEGIZED AND THOUGHT THAT THESE BROADER DISCUSSIONS ARE BETTER HAD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF ASKING FOR AND RECONSIDERING IMPACT FEES, THOSE NEXUS OF IMPACT FEES, HOW WE APPLY THOSE AND WHAT THOSE RATES ARE, AND THAT THIS FEE JUST SEEMED LIKE ANOTHER ADD ON FEE TO A PROCESS AND FEE THAT WE'RE ALREADY ACCOUNTING FOR WITHIN THE CITY PROCESSES.

AND I KNOW GABE WOULD BE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THAT AS WELL TO YOUR FEELING AS WE DISCUSSED.

YES, SIR. COME ON UP, MR. MELTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FEES THAT PEOPLE PAY, AS. ARE YOU DOING A UTILITY AGREEMENT? CONNECTION FEE FOR WATER? $2,500. WASTEWATER, 3300 RECORDING FEE.

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AND A WATER METER FEE. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT.

AND THERE'S ALSO A MAIN LINE EXTENSION FEE THAT'S CHARGED PER FOOT.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF FEES. WE HAVE ABOUT 50 TO 80 UTILITY AGREEMENTS EACH YEAR.

THAT WE'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DOLLARS IN THIS, AND IT'S POTENTIALLY JUST A, A POINT OF GOODWILL FOR OUR DEVELOPERS BY CHARGING THIS FEE.

SO HAPPY TO GO EITHER WAY. HOWEVER WE GET A LOT FROM SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS TO TAKE CARE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MISTER? MISTER MORTON. AT THIS POINT, DO YOU NEED US TO TAKE ACTION FOR THIS, OR CAN WE JUST I THINK YOU CAN TAKE NO ACTION, OR YOU CAN TAKE NO ACTION OR MAKE A MOTION AND DENY THE.

YES. OKAY. SO I'LL NEED A MOTION TO DENY, GENTLEMAN.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DENY. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

SECOND. I GOT A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE.

DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSE? NAY. PASSES FOUR ONE. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT THE ONLY. NAY. PASSES FOUR ONE. OKAY.

WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. MADAM SMITH. YES.

THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE.

PUBLIC HEARING. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY IN SUCH A MATTER MUST SIGN A SPEAKER CARD WHICH CONTAINS A SWORN OATH TO TELL THE TRUTH.

ANY INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL MUST STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND CONFIRM THAT A SPEAKER CARD HAS BEEN SIGNED.

ATTORNEYS WHO APPEARED ON BEHALF OF A PARTY AND NOT PROVIDING TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE ARE NOT CONSIDERED WITNESSES AND NEED NOT BE SWORN.

COUNSEL SHOULD DISCLOSE ANY EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION BY DISCLOSING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON, GROUP OR ENTITY WITH WHOM THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE.

THE ORDER OF THIS PROCEEDING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.

FIRST, STAFF WILL MAKE HIS PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY THE APPLICANT, THEN ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY.

THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE ALLOWED CONCLUDING REMARKS.

THE HEARING WILL THEN BE CLOSED AND NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY OR ARGUMENT WILL BE ALLOWED.

THE COUNCIL WILL DELIBERATE IN PUBLIC. ANY SPEAKER MAY BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION BY THE COUNCIL OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY.

ANY OTHER PERSON MAY SPEAK FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES.

THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE ALLOWED CONCLUDING REMARKS.

THE QUASI JUDICIAL BODY MAY MODIFY THE TIME LIMITS ON ITS OWN MOTION, OR UPON REQUEST OF A PARTY, TO THE PROCEEDING. THE HEARING WILL THEN BE CLOSED AND NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY OR ARGUMENT WILL BE ALLOWED.

COUNSEL WILL DELIBERATE IN PUBLIC. AT THE END OF DELIBERATION, A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE A MOTION ON THE APPLICATION TO BRING THE MATTER TO A VOTE.

EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS THEN FREE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK MR. MORTON TO HAVE MISS FRAZIER. I WOULD IMAGINE.

COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. THIS EVENING, IT'S.

HERE WE GO. THIS IS A MINOR CHANGE TO AN ALREADY APPROVED FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

THE. THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2021.

AND AND THE FINAL PLAT WAS APPROVED IN, MARCH OF 2023.

THE APPLICANT HAS COME BACK. THIS IS UNDEVELOPED.

AT THIS POINT, THE APPLICANT HAS COME BACK TO MAKE A VERY MINOR CHANGE OF REDUCING THE OVERALL OPEN SPACE BY MOVING ONE OF THE LOT LINES OUT TEN FEET SO THAT THEY CAN SHOW A 60 FOOT LOT MODEL HOME.

AND THEY'D PREFER TO DO THAT IN THIS ENTRANCE AREA HERE.

IN ORDER TO MAKE ALL OF THE MODEL HOMES RIGHT AT THE END, THIS DOESN'T WORK.

SORRY. THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. ALL THE THREE MODEL HOMES RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TOGETHER.

AND SO THEY REQUESTED THIS MINOR CHANGE, WHICH REQUIRED THE THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE ADMINISTRATIVELY CHANGED AND BROUGHT BACK TO YOUR APPROVAL, AS WELL AS A REPLAT. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE THE APPLICANT COMES TO PRESENT.

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GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF. YOU CAN BRING UP THE LECTERN, SIR, BY THAT BUTTON.

YEAH. THANK YOU, SIR. CRAIG HOTOP FOR NINE ZERO CENTER LAKE DRIVE.

PALM BAY. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MODEL CENTER.

REPLAT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? GENTLEMEN? SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH ADMINISTRATIVELY DONE.

CORRECT. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS EVERYONE ELSE GOING TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THAT THE SAME PROPERTY SIZE, I SHOULD SAY, DOES EVERY, EVERY OTHER INDIVIDUAL BESIDES, BECAUSE THIS IS A MODEL HOME. CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS, AS YOU SELL THESE HOMES WITH THAT, THE VACANT LOT SIZE OR THE THE LOT SIZE IS EVERY CUSTOMER THAT COMES TO BUY A HOUSE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME SIZE.

I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A MISUNDERSTANDING WITH WITH THAT. WHAT WHAT THIS IS, IS OKAY.

SO GET ON THE MIC, SIR. OH. I'M SORRY. WHAT THIS IS, IS WE'RE LOOKING TO CONSOLIDATE THE THE THERE'S CURRENTLY TWO MODEL CENTERS OUT THERE.

ONE ON THE THE NORTH SIDE. DO YOU HAVE THE THE OVERALL.

PICTURE? WELL, I WAS GOING TO SHOW IT UP ON THE ON THE.

SORRY. I'M SORRY. LET ME HELP YOU. OH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. YES. SO WE WE WILL HAVE A SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS A 60 FOOT PRODUCT LINE.

AND THIS WILL MODEL THAT, HOWEVER, IT WILL CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THE MODELS.

SO THERE'S CURRENTLY ONE UP ON THE NORTH SIDE NEAR MIRALOMA.

WE'VE JUST EXTENDED ALL THE WAY AROUND SO THAT IT CONNECTS TO THE NEW JERSEY DRIVE.

AND THE SECTION KIND OF IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER WILL BE ALL 60 FOOT HOMES.

RESIDENTS WHO COME TO LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO STOP BY THE MODEL CENTER, BUT THEY'LL BE SOLD OUT OF THAT.

SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT THEY'LL HAVE AN OPTION TO EXPAND THAT LOT SIZE.

IT'S JUST WE'RE MODELING A 60 FOOT PRODUCT OUT OF THAT MODEL CENTER.

SO THAT'S MY I GUESS MY QUESTION IS YOU'RE MODELING A 60 FOOT PRODUCT, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO I'M GOING TO GO BY THIS I SEE THIS PRODUCT AND I CAN BUY THAT SAME PRODUCT WITHIN WITHIN THAT SUBDIVISION.

THAT'S CORRECT. THE EXACT SIZE. YES, SIR. YOU'RE NOT DOING A BAIT AND SWITCH ON ME? NO, NO THAT THERE IS A 60 FOOT MODEL WITHIN THE 60 FOOT LINE.

I THINK THERE ARE 180 SOMEWHERE IN THERE. IN THAT, IF YOU'LL PERMIT ME, I'LL WALK OVER.

AND IT'S NOT ON THAT PARTICULAR PLAN. THAT'S FTP TWO, BUT THIS WILL BE IN THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THREE, WHICH IS A LARGER. THIS DOESN'T SHOW THE ENTIRE.

OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY QUESTION, SIR, BECAUSE I WOULD I WOULDN'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO COME IN, SEE A HOME, SEE THE SAME IDENTICAL SIZE. AND THEN WHEN THEY ACTUALLY BUY THEIR HOMES, THEY'RE LIKE ZERO LOT LINES AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IT DOES MAKE SENSE.

BUT THAT IS NOT THE SITUATION HERE. OKAY, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU THAT THAT'S MY QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN HAMM. SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS PUT THE HOMES THAT ARE FURTHER BACK IN THERE IN THE FRONT.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE RANDOM PEOPLE COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S CORRECT. TO SHOW. OKAY. YEAH. WE'RE CONSOLIDATING. SO THE ENTIRE MODEL CENTER, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THERE'S CURRENTLY TWO MODELS.

SO, THE NEWLY OPENED BABCOCK DRIVE AT JOURNEY, RIGHT ACROSS FROM PUBLIX.

THAT'LL BE OUR PRIMARY ENTRANCE. THEY'LL STOP RIGHT THERE BY THE AMENITY CENTER WHERE THE MODEL CENTER IS WILL BE SITUATED.

AND THEN FROM THERE, SALES ASSOCIATES WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM VIA GOLF CART OR WHATNOT TO THAT ENCLAVE TO SHOW THEM WHERE THOSE PARTICULAR HOMES ARE.

SO IT KEEPS THE TRAFFIC OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THE FRONT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND I'M GOOD AS LONG.

WELL, I'M GOOD AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT BAITING AND SWITCHING.

BUT NO, SIR, IT WOULD NOT. ALL RIGHT. FOR THE RECORD.

ALL RIGHT, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? ANY SPEAKER CARDS? CRAIG, I THINK. WAS THAT.

WAS THAT CRAIG? HOT TOP. YEAH. HE SPOKE. YES.

NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO. MAYOR. ALRIGHT, OKAY.

COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND IT. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN OR DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED?

[01:15:02]

[CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA:]

I JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY GRATITUDE TO OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, TO OUR STAFF, TO EVERYBODY, FOR LISTENING TO WHAT WE SAID COMING INTO HERE OR NOT, WHAT WE SAID, BUT WHAT WE FELT THAT OUR CITY NEEDED WAS A GROWING INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT A LOT OF GROWTH THAT WE HAVE COMING ALREADY.

AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECONDED. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN? NO, SORRY. DEPUTY MAYOR. I YOU KNOW, I RESPECT THE STATEMENT MADE BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

I'D JUST SUGGEST MAYBE NEXT TIME. THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE SAFER.

COUNCIL REPORTS. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON CONSENT. ITEM NUMBER TEN.

COUNCILMAN HAMMOND, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY REALIZES BECAUSE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WAIT TILL THE END.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ON MY FIRST MEETING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, SCOTT MORGAN. AT THE TIME THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

IT HAD A LOT OF OF DETERRING FACTORS THAT COULD REALLY AFFECT OUR OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN I WAS SWORN IN I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF AND EVERYBODY FOR COMING FORWARD ON THAT.

AND I WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I NEED A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON NUMBER. UNFINISHED AND OLD.

[UNFINISHED AND OLD BUSINESS:]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL, WE ARE ESTABLISHING OUR CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.

PER THE CITY CHARTER, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER IS TO SELECT TWO ELECTORS OF THE CITY TO SERVE ON THE ON THE COMMISSION.

I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING IN MY MEMO. I DID LIST SOME TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION.

THAT IS NOT AN END ALL. BE ALL. AND I DID NOT NEGLECT THAT WE ARE GOING TO ALSO ADDRESS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ITEM.

YES, MA'AM. STAFF WILL BE REVIEWING THE ENTIRE CITY CHARTER WITH THE COMMISSION.

MEETINGS WILL BEGIN IN JULY, AND WE WILL CONCLUDE NO LATER THAN MAY OF 2026.

UNDERSTOOD. SO THAT THAT LIST IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

BUT THE ANY OTHER ITEMS, SINCE WE'RE, WE'RE ON THAT TOPIC COUNCIL ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU WOULD WANT TO AND IT'S NOT END.

ALL RIGHT. IN OTHER WORDS, I BELIEVE THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT, IS WHAT THE AUDITOR GENERAL WAS LEFT OFF, BUT IT WASN'T PURPOSEFUL, BUT THE INTENT WAS STILL THERE.

CORRECTNESS, MISS MRS. JONES. SO ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU THINK THE THE THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER? NOW'S THE TIME TO TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD. BUT EVEN IF THERE ISN'T UNDERSTAND THAT WE COULD ALWAYS BRING THIS BACK UP.

COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR, BUT I NEED TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL WITH MY WORDS.

AND I DO BELIEVE IT WAS INTENTIONAL. I DON'T KNOW FROM WHO, BUT YOU AND I BOTH MENTIONED IT MULTIPLE TIMES, MAYOR. FOR THAT TO BE ON THE LAST ONE, AND IT WASN'T.

SO THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT, SIR. THANK YOU. I, I MEAN, I'LL START OFF WITH COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN IF YOU HAVE YOUR TWO APPOINTEES. YES. AND BEFORE I DO THAT, CAN WE JUST CLARIFY WHAT YOU SAID AGAIN? SO THE THE FIRST MEETING IS GOING TO BE IN JULY.

DEPENDING ON EVERYONE'S AVAILABILITY, IT'LL BE SOMETIME IN JULY OR AUGUST.

OKAY. AND THEN YOU SAID THIS WILL BE WITH THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, AND YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE COUNCIL AS WELL.

ARE WE EXPECTED TO BE AT THESE MEETINGS AS WELL, OR IS THIS JUST OUR CHARTER MEMBERS? NO, THIS IS JUST YOUR APPOINTEES. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

AND THEN ONCE THIS KICKS OFF, SUNSHINE LAW APPLIES WITH THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION MEMBERS AS WELL.

CORRECT, CORRECT. I JUST WANT ALL THE DUCKS IN A ROW.

AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE GAVE THESE ITEMS, THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION REALLY HAVE A FREE REIN TO DISCUSS WHATEVER THEY WANT ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.

CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND WHATEVER WE. RIGHT.

[01:20:05]

COUNCILMAN HAMMER. MY TWO APPOINTEES ARE GOING TO BE PASTOR MARK MILLER AND THOMAS GAUME.

THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON EILEEN CEP AND RUTH KOFOED.

THANK YOU. WELL, OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES. DEPUTY MAYOR JORDAN CHANDLER AND PHIL WEINBERG.

OUTSTANDING. MINE IS GOING TO BE PASTOR DAVID MYERS AND PASTOR KENNETH WAYNE DELGADO.

SO WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO. I'M SORRY. MAYOR.

I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE ITEM REGARDING THE CHARTER REVIEW.

YES. AND ACTUALLY, IT'S GOING TO COME FROM OUR NEW CITY MANAGER.

HE JUST HAD A COMMENT. I JUST HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE CITY CLERK, IN MY EXPERIENCE, IN CHARTER REVIEWS, AND WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST STAFF GOING OUT AND FINDING A CHARTER REVIEW CONSULTANT TO HELP VERY LOW, VERY LOW COST, VERY INEXPENSIVE AND ADDS COORDINATION.

IT ADDS FACILITATION. IT DEFINITELY ADDS A LAYER OF TRANSPARENCY.

IT ALLOWS CITIZENS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO TALK.

THESE PEOPLE WITH PROFESSIONALS ARE VERY WELL VERSED IN GUIDING CITIZENS, HELPING THEM FORM CONSENSUS, HELPING THEM BREED IDEAS, KEEPING EVERYTHING VERY PUBLIC, KEEPING THE PROCESS ON TRACK. I THINK IT'S JUST AN EXTRA LAYER WE KEEP HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT. THEY WANT TO SEE THIS TRANSPARENCY, THIS OPENNESS, THIS FAIRNESS.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S A LOW COST WAY TO KEEP THE PROCESS ON THE RAILS AND ENSURE THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM THE THERESA'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO FROM THAT INDEPENDENT PERSON TO COME AND HELP GUIDE THE CHARTER REVIEW.

AND I WAS HOPING COUNCIL WOULD, WOULD ALLOW US TO GO OUT AND LOOK FOR SOMEBODY TO ASSIST IN THAT.

WELL, MR. MORTON, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE MY SUPPORT.

I'LL LOOK DOWNRANGE. I GOT ANOTHER THUMBS UP.

ANYONE ELSE WITH A THUMBS UP? HE SAID MINIMAL COST.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COST. YEAH, BUT. YES.

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER MINIMAL COST? BECAUSE THAT MAY BE SUBJECTIVE.

IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S BEEN $7,500 ON THE LOW END TO 12,000 ON THE HIGH END.

THANK YOU. THAT'S WORTH IT. YEAH. SO I HAVE A THUMBS UP MYSELF.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, DEPUTY MAYOR. I'M LOOKING AT COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

ANOTHER THUMBS UP. SO I THINK THERE'S A CONSENSUS HERE.

THANK YOU. I'LL WORK WITH. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER CARD.

MASTER CHIEF BILL BATTEN. BILL BATTEN, 186 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA AND I SAW THE TOPICS THAT WERE PICKED OUT OF WHAT THE PRIMARY LOOK WAS AT AND THE WAY AS PRESENTED TO ME IN THE PACKET, I DID NOTICE THAT IT SAID, AND THE STAFF WOULD BE REVIEWING THE ENTIRE CHARTER SO THAT THAT GENERATED SOME QUESTIONS. BUT THAT BEING SAID, BILL BATTEN IS GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THEM.

ONE. APPOINTMENTS. WELL, I'M GOING TO ADDRESS IT NOW.

I HOPE THAT THEY REALIZE THAT THE CITIZENS WANT THE APPOINTMENTS TO BE UNDER UNDER AN ELECTION, NOT APPOINTMENTS. TWO. WHO CAN RUN? IT'S ALREADY IN THERE.

WHO CAN RUN FOR COUNCIL WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY? IT'S ALREADY IN THERE. IT'S STATED YOUR RESIDENCE.

YOU HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT. TWO YEARS. YOU CAN'T.

AND THAT STATEMENT IS THERE. YOU CAN'T BE IN ANY FEDERAL VIOLATION.

OTHER THAN THAT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN. SO WHY WASTE THE TIME? THREE VOTING DISTRICTS. CONSIDERING VOTING DISTRICTS ACCORDING TO THE CHARTERS.

WE ALREADY HAVE IT WRITTEN. WE'RE ALREADY IN DISTRICTS.

IT'S IN SECTION 506. IT'S CALLED PRECINCTS. WE ALREADY HAVE THAT DON'T MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT NEEDS TO BE.

FOR SUPERMAJORITY, I CAN SEE PRO AND CON WITH SUPERMAJORITY BECAUSE I WATCHED THREE PEOPLE COME IN AND I WATCHED CITY MANAGER LEAVE EVERY TIME.

SO I HAVE CONFLICTS WITH THAT 3% CAP. I'LL TAKE THAT AS GIVE AND TAKE BECAUSE I HAVE MIXED VIEWS ON THAT.

ALSO. THE OTHER THING IS, MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE ADDING A NUMBER SIX FOR THIS LIST OF FIVE THAT YOU HAVE THERE, AND ON THAT LIST YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING CALLED PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL.

AND THAT MIGHT INCLUDE SOMETHING LIKE VIDEO HAVING A RULE AND REGULATION THAT YOU BROADCAST MEETINGS SO THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE AWARE OF WHAT'S BEING SAID IN HERE BY THE PUBLIC TO THE COUNCIL. THAT'S ONE THING.

THE OTHER THING YOU MIGHT HAVE IS THAT THE ABILITY FOR IF IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA, THAT THE CITIZENS CAN ADDRESS IT,

[01:25:04]

IT DOESN'T SAY THAT, BUT YOU REWROTE IT NOW AND MADE THE REQUEST.

THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN ONLY BE TALKED ABOUT BY THE CITIZENS.

IF YOU THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT INTO THE CHARTER.

IF IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT YOU HAVE TO DISCUSS IT DURING COUNCIL.

IT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT WE AS CITIZENS GET A CHANCE TO HEAR IT, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER SAVING YOUR $7,500 OR WHATEVER THE COST IS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU PUT ON THAT ON THAT CHARTER REVIEW ARE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE EVEN DONE IT FOR THE CITY THE ENTIRE PROCESS MORE THAN ONCE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LISTEN, JUST AS A RECALL THE SUPERMAJORITY THAT WAS LISTED, IT'S MY INTERPRETATION. WHEN YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, DEPUTY MAYOR WAS SUPERMAJORITY WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF A NEW BOARD.

SO IT'S NOT A DEFINITE SUPERMAJORITY THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AS AS COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE SUPERMAJORITY IS WHEN A NEW COUNCIL COMES IN AND WITHIN SIX MONTHS THAT IT WOULD TAKE A SUPERMAJORITY TO VOTE THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER OUT. IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN YOU BROUGHT IT UP? IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY, SO I JUST WANTED IT FOR THE RECORD.

SO WE'RE ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS NUMBER TWO.

COUNCILMAN OR DEPUTY MAYOR? IS THERE A SPEAKER FOR THIS ONE? OR APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD? REPRESENTS RESIDENT OF THE CITY. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER. OKAY.

REBECCA THIBERT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M REBECCA TIBER FROM 110 GLADIOLA ROAD NORTHEAST.

I'M HERE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.

SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

NOW, I THINK HAVE ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY I LIVE IN.

I WORK IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SO HAVE ENJOYED BRINGING THAT KNOWLEDGE AND AND INFORMATION TO PALM BAY AND BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT REBECCA ETHELBERT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.

I'LL SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? GENTLEMEN. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, MISS SMITH. MAYOR, THIS ITEM IS NOW MOOT, AS COUNCIL DID VOTE TO DENY PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER

[NEW BUSINESS:]

SO THERE REALLY IS NO NEED FOR THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY ESTABLISH THE FEE.

THANK YOU MA'AM. SO WE'RE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER TWO, MADAM MRS MRS JONES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL STAFF IS REQUESTING A BUDGET WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS PLANNING AND STRATEGIC GOALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526.

THE DATE PROPOSED IS TUESDAY, MAY 27TH AT 6:00 PM.

SO I HAVE A CONFLICT ON MAY 27TH. IF COUNCIL CHOOSES, I COULD DO MONDAY THAT DAY. OR EVEN WEDNESDAY.

BUT TUESDAY I'M NOT MONDAY'S MEMORIAL DAY. OH, AS YOU WERE.

SO YEAH, I, I COULDN'T WELL, MONDAY EVENING I I'M WORKING WITH YOU.

I KNOW THAT TUESDAY EVENING, I, I AM DEFINITELY NOT AVAILABLE.

I ALSO CAN'T DO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS.

YOU CAN'T DO TUESDAY. OR I GUESS IT'LL HAVE TO BE THURSDAY IF IF POSSIBLE.

THURSDAY THE 29TH. IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? YEAH, AND I HOPE THERE'S NO GRADUATIONS THAT WEEK.

THEN. GRADUATIONS ARE THE WEEK BEFORE, RIGHT? THE 21ST. SAY AGAIN? YEAH. SHE'S LOOKING TO DO A BUDGET WORKSHOP IN MAY.

MAYOR, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR HAS GIVEN ME THE THUMBS UP FOR THE 29TH.

OKAY, SO IS THAT LARRY? YES. OKAY, GENTLEMEN, MAY 29TH.

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ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. SO WE'RE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER THREE.

MR. MORTON. BECAUSE THIS WAS A AGENDA REVISION I REVISION.

I WOULD LIKE DOCTOR BRIAN ROBINSON TO COME UP AND PRESENT AS THEY COME TO YOU LAST MINUTE JUST TO EXPLAIN THE SCENARIO AND WHY THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GO AHEAD AND BRING THIS FORWARD, TO NOT DELAY THE FIRE STATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. SO THIS ITEM IS ABOUT OUR FIRE ALERTING SYSTEM, WHICH WE ACTUALLY USE WITH THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY HAS A PROPRIETARY SYSTEM THAT THEY USE WHICH IS CALLED MOCK ALERT.

ALL OF OUR FIRE STATIONS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THAT SAME SYSTEM.

SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH A SOLICITATION PROCESS IN TERMS OF JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE INSTALLATION PORTION OF THIS, WHICH WE USE A VENDOR FOR, WHICH IS CALLED PSI.

AND WE HAD A SOLE SOURCE FOR THAT DONE THAT WAS ON THE STREET FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

BUT THE PORTION OF THIS THAT CONCERNS THE HARDWARE PORTION, WHICH IS MOCK ALERT ITSELF, REQUIRES US TO GO AND PURCHASE DIRECTLY.

SO BECAUSE THIS DID NOT HAVE A PROCUREMENT VEHICLE, WE HAVE TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING HERE FOR A WAIVER OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS ITEM EARLY AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT WE CAN BE READY FOR TEMPORARY FIRE STATION NINE AS WELL AS FIRE STATION SEVEN, WHICH IS ALL RIGHT NOW IN IN THE WORKS.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE THE LAST MINUTE AGENDA REVISION, BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE AND MAKING SURE THAT AS SOON AS THE TEMPORARY FIRE STATION AND FIRE THE FIRE STATION SEVEN IS COMPLETED, WE WILL HAVE THE GEARS READY TO BE INSTALLED AND GO.

SO NO DELAY ON OPENING THE FIRE STATIONS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ROBINSON.

THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANYONE WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

THERE'S A PUBLIC SPEAKER CARD. BILL BATTEN. MASTER CHIEF.

BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

MR. ROBINSON ANSWERED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO BE ADDRESSING FOR THE COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE IT, BUT BILL BATTEN BEING THE WAY BILL BATTEN IS.

FIRST THING WE HAVE SOLE SOURCE. THAT MEANS ANYTIME WE HAVE SOLE SOURCE FOR ANYTHING, I'M ALWAYS IN CONFLICT WITH IT BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO START A MONOPOLY ON THAT PRODUCT. I'M ALWAYS AGAINST AGAINST THAT.

THE OTHER THING WAS, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT IT WAS COUNTY AND THE REST OF OUR FIRE STATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BUT HOW ABOUT THE NATIONAL FORESTRY SERVICE? BECAUSE THEY WERE CALLED OUT ON OUR LAST CALL.

OR THEY CAN. ARE THEY IN CONTACT WITH THIS ALSO? IS IT COMMUNICATING WITH THE FORESTRY SERVICE ALONG WITH THE COUNTY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED.

I'LL SECOND IT. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS.

COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. GOT NOTHING. COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

[COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL REPORTS:]

FIRST ONE ONE OF OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETINGS, I MENTIONED MOVING THE CROSSWALK TO IN FRONT OF THE GAS STATION IN FRONT OF VETERANS PARK, AND I WAS GIVEN A THUMBS UP. I'M TRYING TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS DONE ON THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET IT DONE BEFORE FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS.

AND I WAS SEEING WHAT THE DIRECTION LOOKS LIKE ON THAT.

WHAT'S THE STATUS OF IT? WHAT IS THE STATUS? STAFF, ANY ANY UPDATES ON THAT? I'M LOOKING AT DEPUTY CITY. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN, I BELIEVE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARK ON PORT MALABAR BOULEVARD.

THE CONFIGURATION OF THOSE CROSSWALKS AND THE TURN LANES MAKE IT INADVISABLE TO MOVE THE CROSSWALKS.

IF WE WERE TO MOVE THE CROSSWALK TO WHERE YOU WOULD WANT IT, WE WOULD BE GOING THROUGH A LEFT TURN LANE.

WE WOULD ASK YOU WE WOULD BE ASKING PEOPLE TO WALK THROUGH A TURN LANE TO GET TO THE GAS STATION.

I HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH OUR CONSULTANT CITY ENGINEER AND OUR OUR RESIDENT ENGINEER, HECTOR FRANCO, AS WELL AS OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS DIVISION MANAGER, AND ALL AGREE THAT IT IS NOT A WISE IDEA.

UNDERSTOOD. IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE? THERE IS CURRENTLY TWO CROSSWALKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THOSE TURN LANES,

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THE ONLY OTHER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO BE CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION OF THE TURN LANE, TURN LANES AND REMOVING ACCESS TO THOSE BUSINESSES FROM THOSE TURNS. WELL, MY QUESTION IS THAT IS JUST BECAUSE THOSE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ARE SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY'RE GOING TO CROSS THERE WHETHER THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IS THERE OR NOT.

THAT'S THE ISSUE IS WE'RE NOT MOVING IT THERE BECAUSE IT LOOKS BETTER.

WE'RE MOVING IT THERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE CROSS.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS IS MORE DETRIMENT.

NOT HAVING ONE THERE AND PEOPLE USING IT OR HAVING ONE THERE AND BRINGING AWARENESS.

SO I MEAN, WHERE I SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM ON THE BACKSIDE, OUR ANSWER TO THIS IS PEOPLE CROSSING THERE WITHOUT A CROSSWALK.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND IN SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CROSS AT THE GREEN AND NOT IN BETWEEN. RIGHT? SO THE ISSUE IS CHANGING THAT WHOLE TURN LANE.

IT'S CREATING A DANGER ZONE. AND YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME WHAT THEY'RE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM OUR STAFF IS IT'S NOT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE FOR US TO DO THAT.

AND IT COULD CREATE MORE OF A DANGER IF, IF UNLESS WE RECONFIGURE THE WHOLE CORRIDOR.

THAT'S WHAT I JUST HEARD. THERE WAS A CROSSWALK AT THE BUS STOP, AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE, WHICH WAS REMOVED WHEN WE PAVED THAT SECTION OF ROAD.

IT WAS REMOVED BEFORE WE PAVED THE SECTION OF ROAD, BUT YOU DON'T SEE IT NOW AT ALL.

THE REASON THAT WE CAN'T PUT A CROSSWALK WHERE IT'S NOT SAFE IS BECAUSE THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CROSS THERE.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO IS TO CROSS AT THE WALKWAYS THAT EXIST NOW, WHICH ARE WHICH ARE WELL MARKED AND NOT TOO FAR A DISTANCE.

I CAN'T I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT PEOPLE DO JUST AS I CAN'T SPEAK TO DRIVERS WHO DON'T OBEY TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND TRAFFIC SIGNS.

BUT THE THE CROSSWALK IS THERE FOR SAFETY REASON, AND MID-BLOCK CROSSES ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGING, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE THERE IN THAT AREA ARE THERE IN A, IN A SAFER PLACE AS THEY CAN BE.

COPY THAT. YOUR NEXT ITEM, SIR. MY ONLY OTHER ONE TO DISCUSS IS TO JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW WE HAD OUR OUR TPO MEETING THIS LAST THURSDAY WHERE I WOULD SAY A LOT OF PALM BAY BABCOCK NEEDS WERE ADDRESSED. THEY WERE PUT AS AS ONE OF THE TOP ITEMS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD AS WELL AS THE, THE FUNDING TO DO OUR ASSESSMENT FOR MALABAR AND 995 COUNCILMAN JAFFE AND MYSELF WENT TO SOME IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION AND OUR NEEDS WERE ADDRESSED. THEY WERE BROUGHT UP AND THEY ARE IN THE TOP TEN OF THINGS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH WITH OUR TPO.

AND BABCOCK WAS WAS AT THE BEHEST OF OUR CITY MANAGER, WAS MOVED INTO A PHASE PROGRAM TO WHERE WE CAN WE WE CAN DO IT IN DIFFERENT PHASES TO WHERE YOU'RE NOT TAKING JUST ONE BIG CHUNK CHUNK, AND YOU'RE DENYING EVERYTHING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT.

NOW YOU CAN DO LITTLE PHASES FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS AT A CERTAIN TIME.

SO I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW OF THE EIGHT PRIORITIES THAT THE TPO HAD PALM BAY WAS LABELED WITH SIX OF THEM AND A LOT OF THEM WAS BABCOCK. A LOT OF IT WAS ONE WAS MALABAR. AND WE ARE GETTING SOME HEADWAY WITH THEM.

SO JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT. AND OTHER THAN THAT EVERYBODY ENJOY YOUR JUNE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE AND COUNCILMAN HAMMER FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS ON THE TPO.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. YES, MAYOR. A FEW THINGS I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT AS WELL.

COUNCILMAN HAMMER WAS VERY HUMBLE ABOUT IT. DEPUTY MAYOR HE HE STARTED THE MOVEMENT, BUT COUNCILMAN BROUGHT THE HAMMER.

IT WAS HE. HE'S BEING VERY HUMBLE AND MODEST ABOUT IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, PALM BAY HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR MANY YEARS IN REGARDS TO THE SPACE COAST TPO. AND THEY WENT IN THERE AND THEY THEY HELD THEIR OWN.

THEY HELD THEIR OWN. AND I IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH BOTH OF YOU.

IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU. BUT THE WAY THEY HELD THEMSELVES IN REGARDS TO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAD MORE TENURE, WHO HAD MORE INFLUENCE, YOU WOULD SAY THEY SPOKE PERSONALLY.

COUNCILMAN HAMMER SPOKE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT I-95.

LIKE, HEY, LAST TIME I CHECKED, NOBODY WAS KILLED UP IN ANOTHER CITY WHERE WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE MURDER,

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WELL, GOT THE ADVOCACY NEEDED TO GET THEIR POINT ACROSS TO THE REST OF THE BOARD.

SO I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH BOTH OF Y'ALL. I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.

PASTOR MARK MILLER, I SAW YOUR VIDEO, SIR ON FACEBOOK ON THE CHRISTIANS OF BREVARD COUNTY THAT SPOKE TO ME, SIR. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT YOU APPOINTED HIM COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

LIKE, WE HAVE AN ALL STAR TEAM FOR THIS CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

BUT I ALSO WANT US TO MAKE SURE WE STAY DILIGENT AS A PEOPLE, STAY DILIGENT AS A NATION.

LET'S NOT LET ANY DOGMA OR DIVISION OR CLASSIFICATIONS CAUSE US TO FOCUS ON INDIVIDUALITY BECAUSE WE ARE ALL ONE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. AND WITH THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ME BE A LOT MORE INTENTIONAL WITH MY WORDS UP HERE IN REGARDS TO PROCLAIMING THAT AND PROCLAIMING THAT WE STAY ON ONE UNITED FRONT.

I WILL BE OPEN TO HAVING DISCUSSIONS IN REGARDS TO PEOPLE'S CONCERNS ON TRANSPARENCY AND POSSIBLY LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES.

TO THAT, AS MUCH I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS COUNCIL TO BE OPEN TO BRINGING UP TO THE SPACE COAST, LEAGUE OF CITIES, FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, OR EVEN THE STATE LEVEL IN REGARDS TO THE, THE SUNSHINE.

THE SUNSHINE LAW AND A FEW OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE I FEEL WE CAN GET SO MUCH MORE DONE IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING UNTIL JULY.

IF WE COULD SPEAK TO THE STATE LEGISLATORS DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THE REASON FOR IT IS BECAUSE OF PAST CORRUPTION.

BUT IF IT WAS TO BE IN A SENSE WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN MEET IN THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE WITH A RECORDING OF THEIR DISCUSSION, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. WE COULD STILL GET SO MUCH MORE DONE THAN MEETING EVERY TWO WEEKS AND FINDING OUT WHAT STAFF HAD DONE IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, AND FINDING OUT THE CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS IN THOSE PAST TWO WEEKS.

LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE CAN DO. AND TO YOUR POINT IN THE AUDIENCE, COMMUNICATION IS KEY.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING MY FATHER TOLD ME. IN THE MILITARY, WHEN THEY TRY TO TAKE SOMEBODY OUT, THEY TOOK OUT COMMUNICATION FIRST.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. AND IT'S A TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THE FEDERAL LEVEL WILL GIVE STATES JUST ENOUGH POWER TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN CONTROL.

AND AN EXAMPLE IS THAT, LIKE THE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATORS PASSED DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IN REGARDS TO KEEPING IT THE SAME BACK IN 2018.

THEY'RE WAITING ON THE CONGRESS TO PASS IT OR ACKNOWLEDGE IT, AND THEY STILL HAVE IT TO THAT SAME POINT RIGHT NOW.

I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY DID IT. BUT THE FLORIDA LEGISLATORS, THEY'RE BRINGING IT UP TO GOVERNOR DESANTIS IN REGARDS TO CLOUD SEEDING AND GEOENGINEERING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE CALL CONSPIRACY THEORIES BACK IN THE DAY.

BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THE SKY, AS YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE FACT THAT OTHER COUNTRIES AREN'T DOING IT, OTHER COUNTRIES AREN'T ALLOWING THE RED DYE AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE FOODS.

MY WIFE WORKS IN HEALTH CARE, AND SHE'S SEEING 30 AND 40 YEAR OLDS WITH CANCER, CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND ADHD LIKE NO OTHER.

LIKE WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. AND IT STARTS WITH US AS THE PEOPLE.

AND I KNOW I'M UP HERE IN THIS CAPACITY, BUT WE ARE THE PEOPLE, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL UNITED ON EVERY WAY.

SO PASTOR MILLER, I'M SAYING IT RIGHT HERE. LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN BE AN ASSET FOR THIS.

I APPRECIATE YOU FOR STAYING DILIGENT AND PATIENT, DEMONSTRATING THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT WITH US, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME TIMES WHERE SO. SO I APPRECIATE IT.

I WAS ABOUT TO CALL YOU PASTOR. MAYOR MEDINA.

SAME WITH YOU, SIR. SAME WITH PASTOR KEN DELGADO.

I APPRECIATE THE THE LOVE AND PATIENCE AND GRACE Y'ALL SHOW AMONGST YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

BUT THERE'S SO MUCH WORK TO GET DONE AND WE CAN GET IT DONE BY WORKING TOGETHER.

BUT I FEEL LIKE WE JUST NEED TO HAVE MORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US.

PUT A RESOLUTION TOWARDS THE SPACE COAST, LEAGUE OF CITIES, FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND THE STATE LEGISLATORS IN REGARDS TO REVISING THE SUNSHINE LAW. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A COMPROMISE.

BUT I'M NOT SURE THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BOTH AGREE ON.

ALL ALL PARTIES CAN AGREE ON WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN REGARDS TO PRIORITIZING TRANSPARENCY, BUT EFFECTIVENESS AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW GOVERNMENT MOVES SLOW BECAUSE IT'S BY DESIGN AND I SEE IT.

WE ALL SEE IT, BUT WE CAN EITHER SEE IT AND NOT SAY SOMETHING OR SEE IT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SO LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. BUT THAT'S ALL.

MAYOR, I KNOW I USUALLY DON'T TALK DURING COUNCIL REPORTS, BUT IT'S 745 AND I FIGURED I WOULD GO AHEAD AND LET IT GO.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

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SO GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT. AND WHAT PUT SOME PAPER OR PEN TO PAPER AND THEN COME WITH SOME ITEMIZED THINGS THAT MAYBE WE COULD ALL CONSIDER AT THAT POINT? DEPUTY MAYOR.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I WANT TO DISCUSS FOLLOWING UP WITH MR. BATTEN SAID ABOUT THE CHARTER REVIEW. YOU KNOW, THE HOPE, THE HOPE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH DISTRICTS IS AS WE REPRESENT A DISTRICT, BUT WE RUN AT LARGE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WOULD BE VOTING ON DECISIONS THAT ARE CITYWIDE, THE WAY THE CHARTER IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, WE ALL LITERALLY COULD LIVE IN BAYSIDE LAKES, OR WE ALL COULD LIVE IN TURKEY CREEK, OR WE ALL COULD LIVE IN LOCHMOOR.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SUCH A GREAT THING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN AS AS A FUTURE OF THE CITY.

AND CURRENTLY NOW WE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL RECEIVE A LOT OF EMAILS COLLECTIVELY.

WE CAN'T SEE EACH OTHER'S REPLIES. RESIDENTS ARE GETTING FIVE DIFFERENT REPLIES FROM FIVE DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS.

FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE FOUR AND FIVE DIFFERENT EMAILS TO STAFF, AND IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR RESIDENTS TO KEEP INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE.

AND IF WE ALL REPRESENTED THE DISTRICT, THOSE RESIDENTS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENTING THEM IN THAT DISTRICT.

FURTHERMORE, AS FAR AS THE QUALIFICATIONS TO RUN FOR CITY, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

RIGHT NOW YOU LIVE IN PALM BAY, YOU WRITE A SMALL CHECK AND YOU CAN RUN. I THINK IN THE PAST YEAR WE'VE HAD SOME VERY, VERY POOR QUALITY CANDIDATES RUNNING. AND I THINK OTHER CITIES HAVE IT FIGURED OUT WITH THE WITH THE PETITION PROCESS, YOU KNOW, GET SERIOUS CANDIDATES GETTING PETITIONS SIGNED, GETTING OUT EARLY AND GETTING RESIDENTS TO GET BEHIND THEM BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY EVEN FILE TO RUN FOR A CITY. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE HOPES AND VISIONS THAT I HOPE THE CHARTER REVIEW DISCUSSES THAT GETS BROUGHT FORTH TO US, THAT CAN BE BROUGHT FORTH TO THE RESIDENTS TO VOTE ON SO THAT I'LL CLOSE MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. SO I'VE GOT THANK YOU FOR YIELDING YOUR TIME TO ME BECAUSE I'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.

THE VERY FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THOSE PUBLIC.

AND I GUESS THIS IS DIRECTED TO MISS TERESE, THOSE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE ADVERTISE.

I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY IS IS CURRENTLY DOING THOSE.

HAVE WE EVER DONE A COST ANALYSIS TO TO WEIGH IN ON THAT SO WE COULD POSSIBLY JUST USE THEM INSTEAD OF ADVERTISING IT IN THE NEWSPAPER? YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS? YES.

ACTUALLY, WE JUST WE JUST HAD A BREVARD COUNTY CITY CLERK'S LUNCHEON THIS PAST MONDAY IN WHICH WE DID HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COUNTY THAT HANDLE THE LEGAL WEBSITE. MANY A FEW OF THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE NOT JOINED IN THAT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY COST EFFECTIVE.

SOME OF THE ADS RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE IT'S $125 PER AD TO PUT IT ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE.

BUT WE COULD PUT IT IN FOR TODAY FOR PROBABLY $50.

I SEE. YEAH, I WAS I WAS INFORMED THAT IT IS MORE OF A COST SHARE.

AND SO THE MORE THE MUNICIPALITIES ACTUALLY JOIN IN, THE THE COST WOULD BE REDUCED.

SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR. MONITOR THAT. THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY A COST ANALYSIS.

YES. SO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT MISSING OUT ON ON THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SECOND THING I WANTED TO SHARE IS FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST THANK JOANIE GIANCOLA BROWN, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THIS CITY.

THERE WERE MANY TIMES THAT YOU WERE CHALLENGED, ESPECIALLY LATELY, WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

YOU WERE JOHNNY ON THE SPOT. IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MANY HOURS YOU PUT IN, WHETHER IT WAS DAY NIGHT OR EVEN WEEKENDS.

AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. BEING THAT THIS IS YOUR LAST PUBLIC MEETING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, MISS GIANCOLA BROWN HAS DECIDED TO MOVE TO GREENER PASTURES, SO TO SPEAK. RETIREMENT IS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF LIFE.

AND SHE HAS SEVERAL YEARS INVESTED IN THE FRS, AND SO SHE'S GOING BACK INTO THOSE ROOTS.

BUT, MA'AM, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I WOULDN'T THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE, MA'AM.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WITH THAT BEING SAID IT IT LEAVES A VACANCY IN OUR EDC APPOINTMENT.

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I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR CITY MANAGER TAKE IN THAT ROLE.

MATTHEW MORTON SO IF COUNCIL GIVES A THUMBS UP, I THINK YOU'VE GOT UNANIMOUS CONSENT IN THAT.

SO, MATTHEW, YOU YOU ARE NOW TAKING ON THAT THAT ROLE.

AND THEN I JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

MOST OF YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T HERE FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, AND I JUST MOTIVATED.

LISTEN, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL SAY THEY'RE NAYSAYERS.

THEY'LL THEY'LL TEAR ANYTHING APART. BUT I'M HERE TO LIFT YOU UP.

I'M HERE TO MOTIVATE AND LIFT UP THIS CITY. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, BY GOSH, TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. WHERE WE'VE COME, WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.

THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT IN THIS GREAT CITY, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER THAT HAS DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO THIS CITY.

I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A STAFFER AND I DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK MY WIFE FOR MOTIVATING ME TO DO THIS CITY.

STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS. SHE'S THE ONE THAT MOTIVATES ME.

SHE'S THE ONE THAT IS GUNG HO. SO, LISETTE, I LOVE YOU.

THERE'S ANOTHER PERSON THAT I. I WAS REMISS BY NOT MENTIONING, BUT THERE'S A STAFFER THAT TRULY HELPS ME DURING THESE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR ME TO REFLECT A MESSAGE TO THIS GREAT CITY.

AND THAT'S CHRISTINA BOURNE, OUR PIO. SO GOD BLESS YOU, CHRISTINA.

I'M. I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T LIKE FOR ME TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT I'M SAYING IT NOW BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT HERE, SO IT'S ON TAPE. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO ON OUR BEHALF.

GOD BLESS YOU, CHRISTINA. AND THEN I WANT TO JUST END WITH COMMENTS OF WE RECENTLY LAST NIGHT, WE HAD A STRUCTURAL FIRE AND THERE WAS SOME LOSS OF, OF PETS.

AND WE HAD A FIREFIGHTER THAT WAS INJURED IN THAT, IN THAT FIRE.

COINCIDENTALLY, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT HE WENT THROUGH THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD, SO HE'S OFF PROBATION, BUT HE DID SUFFER AN INJURY.

HE'S DOING WELL. AND I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO STATION FIVE FOR RESPONDING TO THE FIRE.

AND MATT BOOTH. CONGRATULATIONS. GLAD YOU'RE STILL WITH US.

GLAD THAT YOU TOOK IT ON. REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY MY REPORTS. MR. MORTON, THANK YOU.

REAL BRIEFLY AND BRING IT BACK. AND WE KIND OF ENDED IT KIND OF QUICKLY.

ON THE LAURA, THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE LAURA COME TO COUNCIL.

STAFF COULD DIRECT OR COUNCIL COULD DIRECT STAFF, MEANING MYSELF, OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT STAFF, OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO GO AHEAD AND WORK THROUGH LAURA'S WITH APPLICANTS.

IF THERE IS AN APPEAL OF THAT LAW, IT'S STILL GOING TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD HELP FIX SOME OF WHAT IS PERCEIVED OR MAY IN ACTUALITY BE INEFFICIENT OR BROKEN IN THE PROCESS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS ANYTHING TO WEIGH IN ON IN RESPECTS TO THAT. NO, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID SUGGEST TO MR. MOORE AND WE MET EARLIER TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHERE WE CAN MOVE THE PROCESS FORWARD WITHOUT ACTUALLY VIOLATING ANY LAWS OR ORDINANCES.

AND HE SEEMED RECEPTIVE. CERTAINLY I'VE HEARD WHAT COUNSEL HAS STATED.

I'M LISTENING TO THE CITY MANAGER. IS MY INTENT TO COME UP WITH A PROCESS THAT COMPLIES WITH THE LAW AND MOVES IN THAT DIRECTION, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO, AND THAT MAY ACTUALLY ALLOW THEM IF WE COULD WORK THROUGH, EVEN IF WE HAVEN'T DEALT WITH ALL THE ISSUES, TO AT LEAST GET THROUGH THE PHASE, THE FIRST PHASE WHERE WE COULD HAVE THE ACTUAL LAW MAYBE BE MORE LIMITED IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED BEFORE.

IT'S JUST THIS COUNCIL HAS NEVER GAVE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY MANAGER COULD DO IT.

IT IS INTENDED FOR LIVE LOCAL FOR THIS PART OF IT TO OCCUR ADMINISTRATIVELY.

AND SO IF THE CITY MANAGER HAS THAT AUTHORITY, IT WOULD ALLOW THIS PROCESS, THE ENTIRE PROCESS TO GO ADMINISTRATIVELY, UNLESS THERE'S CERTAINLY THERE'S A NEED FOR AN APPEAL. I'M.

IS THAT CLEAR? GENTLEMEN, THAT WAS REGARDING OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. MORTON? JUST REAL BRIEFLY. I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WE GOT ARE YOU GOING TO. ARE WE GIVING THE CITY MANAGER? YES, THERE'S A CONSENSUS. EVERYBODY'S GOT THUMBS UP.

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SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT AN AGREEMENT, I CAN SEND IT.

WE CAN SEND IT THROUGH THEM. AND THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER HE HAD CONSENT.

DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO SIGN THAT AGREEMENT WITHOUT IT COMING HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM. MR. MORTON? YES CARRY ON.

[ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS:]

I'VE BEEN. I'VE BEEN HAVING TAKEN TIME, AS WE FIND IT, TO LISTEN, TO HEAR, TO UNDERSTAND MEANING.

WITH A LOT OF STAFF, MEANING WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY.

IT'S BEEN GOING REALLY WELL, AND I'VE REALLY BEEN EMBRACING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, TO HEAR FROM SO MANY PEOPLE, TO GAIN SO MANY PERSPECTIVES.

WE'VE JUST BEGUN. THERE'S A LOT MORE. I'VE JUST SET UP A FEW MEETINGS TONIGHT WITH SOME RESIDENTS, AND SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LET ME LISTEN TO YOU, TO LET ME HEAR YOU.

LET ME UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME ARE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH MORE OF YOU IN THE FUTURE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

I THINK YOU DID THAT, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. SO JUST JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I STILL NEED TO REACH OUT. THE TWO I'VE MISSED SO FAR.

AS I AS I HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR STAFF, FIRST I NEED TO MAKE MORE CONNECTIONS WITH THE COUNTY AND OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES. SO IF THEY'RE LISTENING, YOU'RE NEXT ON MY LIST, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU. ALL RIGHT, MADAM SMITH, YOUR REPORTS. OH. NOTHING FURTHER. ALL RIGHT.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.