WE CAN ALL SEE. IT IS THAT TIME AND WE ARE ACTUALLY SYNCED UP TO APPLE TIME NOWADAYS.
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LOOK AT THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.[CALL TO ORDER]
THIS IS THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING.WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH, 2025. WE'LL GO AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALRIGHTY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT CAUGHT UP WITH MINUTES.
SO IF EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF REVIEW THE MINUTES.
OH, JUST KIDDING. WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL HERE.
IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL HERE. REBECCA ZIEGLER HERE.
SUSAN CONNOLLY HERE. JANE HIGGINS HERE. JESSICA LAVELLE.
PRESENT. WE HAVE QUORUM. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, NOW, ADOPTION OF MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE FIRST UP, WE'LL BE REGULAR MEETING 12.
[ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
I GUESS THE 12TH, I DON'T KNOW. DECEMBER 10TH, 2024.IF NOT, WE CAN GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL IN A SECOND.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? OH, SECOND. AWESOME. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 10TH, 2024. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NO DISCUSSION. WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN, I VOTE. AYE. SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE HAVE THE WORKSHOP MEETING.
IF THERE'S NO CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS. DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT A MOTION.
APRIL 10TH, 2025. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. AND I VOTE AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
I DO HAVE A COMMENT. OKAY. AND THAT IS TO SAY TO PARTICULARLY JESS, OUR REPRESENTATIVE WHO DOES THE MINUTES THAT THESE MINUTES ARE VERY, VERY GOOD AND THEY REALLY CAPTURE WHAT WE DO HERE, WHICH IS TELLING OUR STORY FOR FUTURE BOARDS TO COME.
AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO CAPTURE THE DETAILS.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND ALSO REALLY, I'VE DONE MINUTES BEFORE. IT'S NOT THE JOB ANYBODY WANTS, SO.
THANK YOU. YES. MY PLEASURE. AND WE HAVE LAST UP ON THE ADOPTION OF MINUTES.
WE HAVE APRIL 23RD REGULAR MEETING, APRIL 23RD, 2025.
IF YOU'VE HAD TIME TO REVIEW I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. AND I VOTE AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE HERE. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
AT THE TIME THE ITEM IS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD.
THE CHAIRPERSON WILL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE BOARD TAKING ACTION ON THE ITEM. ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES EACH. DO WE HAVE ANY NON AGENDA ITEM? PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE BACK. NO. THOSE ARE EAGER.
NO. ALL RIGHT. SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
[NEW BUSINESS]
I THINK THERE WAS WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL DRAFT YET OR PRINTED OUT.IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON THAT. DO WE NEED TO POSTPONE THAT PORTION.
WE MIGHT NEED TO POSTPONE IT AT THE MOMENT. OKAY.
YEAH. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND POSTPONE. WELL, IS LET'S SEE.
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DO I HEAR A MOTION TO LAY THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN REVIEW FINAL REVIEW ON THE TABLE UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BUSINESS MEETING.AND INVOLVED IN THAT REVIEW. WHAT DOES THE FINAL DRAFT LIKE THE GOING OVER EVERY.
ALL THE CHANGES? YEAH. AND GOING DOING THE FINAL REVIEW.
CHANGING. THERE WAS SOME NOTES THAT WE'VE TAKEN OF MAKING SURE CERTAIN THINGS WERE IN CERTAIN.
YEAH. COMPARTMENTS OR WHATEVER. GOALS. HAS THAT BEEN DONE? DO WE HAVE A. I THINK JESSICA DID THE REVISIONS, AND WE'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT PRINTED AND COMPILED FOR THE REVIEW.
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HASN'T SEEN IT THEN.
CORRECT. OKAY. ONLY ONE PERSON AND STAFF. OKAY.
SO THE REVIEW FOR US WILL LOOK LIKE. IT'LL BE LIKE THE THE PACKET WE GOT AT THE BEGINNING, BUT IT WILL BE OUR REVISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE AND THEN THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT AND BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS, LIKE YOUR LIST, MAKE SURE THINGS LIKE THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED OR THAT IT'S NOT DUPLICATED AND ALL THAT.
OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT PART OF THAT REVIEW PROCESS THAT WE COULD START TONIGHT, BY THE WAY, IS THE MATRIX. THE MATRIX BEING OTHER CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES.
AND WE ACTUALLY DID IT WITH OUR ACTION PLAN IN 2010 IS A SUMMARY OF VISUAL SUMMARY WITH A TIMETABLE AND AN ACTION AND THE ACTIONABLE ITEMS. AND IT'S A WAY OF CAPTURING WHAT REALLY CAN BE DONE IN THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL OF US TO FOCUS ON THAT.
THAT'S REALLY THE HEARTBEAT OF THE ACTION PLAN.
YEAH, I AGREE THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE THAT IN THE LAST ACTION PLAN, RIGHT? THAT LAYOUT. NO. WELL, IN THE ACTION THIS I DIDN'T EVEN BRING IT IN WITH ME BECAUSE THE I DIDN'T LIKE THE MATRIX THAT WAS DONE THE LAST TIME.
BUT THE MAIN THING IS FOR US TO KIND OF PRIORITIZE.
SO THEN WE'RE BREAKING DOWN THE ACTION PLAN INTO A VISUAL.
AND THEN I THINK THAT WOULD GO TO COUNCIL. OKAY.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS. SO ERIC AND DEREK HERE GAVE US THE COPY OF THE MS4, WHICH ARE ALL THE OBJECTIVES FOR PUBLIC WORKS. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S IN MATRIX FORMAT FOR THE MOST PART.
DENNIS, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE ASKED ALL THE DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR OBJECTIVES AND HAS ANYONE.
IS THIS IT? IS THIS PRETTY MUCH IT FOR OBJECTIVES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FOR THE YEAR? WERE THOSE ARE THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE SIGNED BASED ON WHICH DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE INVOLVED? RIGHT. THE ONLY DIRECTOR I'VE HEARD FROM IS JOHN PEARSON, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WHO JUST BASICALLY SAID THEY FOLLOW THE BUILDING CODE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM LISA FRAZIER YET WITH ANY COMMENTS OR ANY OF THE OTHER DIRECTORS? BUT WHEN WE DID THE MS4, WE HAVE TO ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITY.
RIGHT. SO MY GUESS IS LISA HAS OBJECTIVES IN THE MS4.
RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY. SO FOR THE MOST PART, IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT THIS THE MS4, WHICH IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEP, IS THE MAJORITY OF OBJECTIVES RELATED TO WHAT THE DEP REQUIRES FOR SUSTAINABILITY. YES. OKAY, GREAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
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IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO READ ONLINE. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING THAT.THANK YOU. JANE, YOU HAVE HAD YOUR EYE ON THIS DOCUMENT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND HOW WOULD YOU SUGGEST TO ME AND TO THE OTHERS TO.
KIND OF DIGEST IT AND. RIGHT. WELL, I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO READ IT ONLINE, MOSTLY BECAUSE IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME. WHAT I WAS THINKING IS ABOUT GOING THROUGH THIS AND AND MAYBE THIS ALREADY EXISTS, SO PLEASE TELL ME IF IT DOES AND I CAN SAVE MYSELF THAT TIME.
WHATEVER SIGNED UP WITH WITH THE FLORIDA DEP IS WHAT IS IT IS WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AS A PRIORITY. WE WOULD LOVE TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD.
SO AND THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN INTO THAT PERMIT SPECIFICALLY.
FOR EXAMPLE, ANYTHING ABOUT SUSTAINABLE STORMWATER PRACTICES AND MANAGEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE TRACK THOSE THINGS AND GIVE THAT TO THE STATE.
RIGHT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATION GOALS IN HERE AS WELL.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE SEPARATE DOCUMENTS. COULD I PUT A TIMETABLE THEN ON WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO? THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. THE EXCEL MATRIX IS THAT DOES THIS EXIST IN EXCEL? I DON'T I MEAN, I'D BE RUNNING IT THROUGH ADOBE CONVERTER AND NO, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT EXCEL.
IT WAS A WORD DOCUMENT ORIGINALLY. OKAY. YEAH.
AND THEN IT WAS EXPORTED TO A PDF. OKAY. YEAH.
OKAY. SO I CAN DOWNLOAD IT FROM PDF TO EXCEL.
OKAY. YEP. I GOT THAT THING THAT SPECIAL PROGRAM.
YEAH ADOBE CREATIVE. LOVE IT. WELL, I WAS THINKING IF YOU DO THAT, IF THAT COULD BE SENT TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE EVEN BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING. RIGHT. I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO SEND IT TO JESS SO SHE CAN SEND IT TO YOU.
BUT YEAH, I WOULD I WOULD TRY TO DO THAT WITHIN THIS MONTH.
THE MONTH BEFORE WE MEET AGAIN. YEAH. WELL, EXTRA THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
AND I WANT TO SAY QUADRUPLE EXTRA THANK YOU TO JESSICA FOR REALLY GETTING US TO THIS POINT.
BOTH. YOU ALL HAVE SPECIAL SKILLS, AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
YES. ALL RIGHT. SO SINCE WE. SO I WOULD SAY THE METRICS AFTER THE FINAL AND THEN AND GOING OVER THE REVIEWING THE PACKET MISS SCORES. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD IMPLEMENT IN AND KIND OF DOUBLE CHECK.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE TO THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BUSINESS MEETING FOR THE FINAL REVIEW OF THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN REVIEW? CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? YES. SORRY. SO DOES MS4.
IS THAT PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT SOME POINT? I MEAN, ARE THEY AWARE OF THIS? I'M SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF IT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TO HAVE TO FUNCTION AS A CITY.
RIGHT? SO ONCE THE DEP SIGNS IT AND GIVES IT TO THE CITY, THAT'S USUALLY IT.
SO YEAH, I WOULDN'T THINK THEY DON'T NEED TO APPROVE IT.
I JUST MEANT MORE FOR, LIKE, VISIBILITY. SO WHEN I'M THINKING AHEAD TO WHEN WE PRESENT THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN, IT'S REALLY PRESENTING THE MS4 MATRIX GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, JULIET MOSCONI, HAS REVIEWED THAT AND SIGNED OFF.
OH, RIGHT BEFORE IT WENT TO FDEP. SO. OH, RIGHT.
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS AWARE OF IT. YEAH. OH, I'M NOT NOT SUGGESTING ANY OTHER APPROVAL IS NEEDED.
NO NO, NO. OKAY. JUST I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON THE PROCESS.
YEAH, I'M FULLY AWARE OF IT. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU.
[00:15:04]
OKAY. SORRY. DO I HEAR A MOTION? I GUESS I MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN REVIEW UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT A MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE TO THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BUSINESS MEETING OR BOARD MEETING FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN REVIEW FINAL REVIEW. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. I DO NOT. IF I'M THINKING BACK TO THE BIBLE, I DON'T THINK IT'S DEBATABLE OR AMENABLE.SO WITH THAT, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION TOO, BUT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. I VOTE AYE AND MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[OTHER BUSINESS]
OTHER BUSINESS UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS OF INTEREST.EXCUSE ME. TONGUE TIED TODAY. UPCOMING MEETINGS OR EVENTS OF INTEREST? INFORMATIONAL. I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT THE NEXT CONRADINA MEETING, JUNE 9TH, IS THE DOCTOR TALLAMY PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE TO THIS BOARD. IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED THE TITLE OF THAT IS WHY NATIVE PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT.
6 P.M. AT THE FIRST MELBOURNE NAZARENE CHURCH, 2745 BABCOCK STREET, ACROSS FROM FIT, WHERE WE JUST FINISHED A VERY NICE NATIVE GARDEN YOU CAN CHECK OUT TOO.
OKAY. ALRIGHTY. ANY OTHER? OH, YES. OH, YES.
THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING THAT I FIRST WANT TO THESE ARE EVENTS IN THE PAST, AND THEN I'LL GO INTO THE EVENTS COMING UP.
BUT BOTH JANE HIGGINS AND I PARTICIPATED IN THE SPEAK UP PROGRAM, WHICH IS THROUGH THE COUNTY, AND IT'S AN ANNUAL PROGRAM WHERE THEY ASK CITIZENS TO COME FORTH WITH ISSUES, WITH SOLUTIONS, AND THROUGH THE EFFORTS, A LOT THROUGH JANE AND CONRADINE CONRADINA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY.
ABOUT 20% OF THE SUBMISSIONS THIS YEAR HAD TO DEAL WITH LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT'S IT'S A VERY THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM, OF COURSE, IS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION.
SO THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. THE OTHER THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IS COUNCILMAN MIKE HAMMER HAS TAKEN FROM CITIZENS INPUT HAS TAKEN ON A REVITALIZATION OF NEMO GARDEN.
REMEMBER, WE WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT THAT AND FOR IT STARTED WITH A AS A COMMUNITY GARDEN BY CITIZENS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHAT COUNCILMAN HAMMER IS DOING IS MAKING IT LIKE A BOTANICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN PROJECT, AND HE'S PARTICIPATING HIMSELF, WHICH IS ADMIRABLE.
AND HE'S PURCHASING TOOLS AND INTENDS TO BUILD A SHED.
AND HE'S DOING THIS ON HIS OWN TIME. AND I THINK HE'S HAVING SOME FUN, BUT HE'S ALSO MAKING A MARK FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND CITIZENS WILL BE ENCOURAGED AND ARE PART OF THAT.
SO I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT MYSELF. THIS MORNING I WAS AT THE LAUNCH OF THE FIRST SOLAR LOW SPEED VEHICLE. THE ENTITY THEY CALL IT. AND COUNCILMAN HAMMER WAS THERE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY THE CAR OF THE FUTURE THAT IS HERE NOW.
AND IT WAS DESIGNED BY A PERSON IN PALM BAY. THE BUSINESS.
THE MANUFACTURE OF THESE WILL BE IN PALM BAY.
AND IT REALLY IS A CAR THAT I THINK A VEHICLE THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY NEEDS TO PURCHASE AND PARK IN FRONT OF BUILDING E, BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH SOLAR SOLAR POWERED AND MAKE POWERFUL STATEMENTS FOR WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT WE WANT IN QUALITY OF COMMUNITY. THE OTHER THING ARE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
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I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SHOW UP IN THE COMMUNITY.AND PART OF THE BIGGEST THING IN OUR ACTION PLAN IS EDUCATION.
AND ONE THING THAT IS COMING UP OUR CITY, PALM BAY, IS DOING A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, WHICH STARTS WILL START IN JULY. ANTICIPATED.
AND AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY FELLOW MEMBERS HERE TO THINK ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS, THAT IT IS A REVIEW OF ALL THE ORDINANCES, AND THIS IS WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR DIRECTING OUR CITY COUNCIL.
SO THERE WILL BE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES AND THAT THIS IS A WAY TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT IS HERE NOW AND TO PUT INTO OUR CODES WHAT WE WANT.
SO THAT WILL BE STARTING JUNE 11TH IS ANOTHER PROGRAM.
THANKS TO COUNCILMAN HAMMER AND COUNCILMAN JAFFE, WHO'VE BEEN ATTENDING THE SPACE COAST TRANSPORTATION TPO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AND THEY HAVE ELEVATED THE NEEDS HERE IN PALM BAY FOR TRANSPORTATION TO A PRIORITY. NOW, WITH THIS GROUP AND THERE IS A COMMUNITY MEETING SET THAT'S GOING TO DEAL WITH THE CONGESTION OF OUR HIGHWAYS, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF ROADWAYS LIKE THE MALABAR ROAD AND THOSE THAT WE KNOW.
OUR DEVELOPMENT HAS VERY MUCH EXCEEDED WHAT OUR ROADS WHERE OUR ROADS ARE.
SO THAT IS JUNE 11TH FROM 530 TO 730 AT THE COLLABORATION CENTER IN ROCKLEDGE.
WHICH AGAIN I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO COME. I PLAN TO BE AT ALL THESE THINGS BECAUSE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK AND TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE IN PALM BAY, AS WELL AS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE FUTURE.
THE FINAL THING IS ALL THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE OF MONEY.
AND TOMORROW EVENING IS A BUDGET. ONE OF THE FIRST BUDGET HEARING AT 6:00.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BUDGET THROUGH THIS BOARD, BUT WE HAVE MISSED THIS CURRENT BUDGET CYCLE. BUT IT IS STILL, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND TO BRING UP THE SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS AS WELL AS FOR US TO THINK OF NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE WILL START GOING THROUGH IN GETTING FUNDING FOR OUR SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT BEING FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. ALWAYS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
YES. YOU GOT A BUSY SCHEDULE AS WELL? YES. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER INFORMATIONAL OR UPCOMING EVENTS? NO.
I KNOW THERE WAS TALK ABOUT COUNCIL NOT TAKING OR NOT HAVING A MEETING.
SO WHAT? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BIOCHAR PRESENTER THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO A PRESENTATION ON BIOCHAR MATERIAL, AND HE WAS EXPECTING TO COME IN THE JUNE DURING IN JUNE AND DO THAT PRESENTATION.
SO WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO COORDINATE ACCORDINGLY.
YEAH. LAST MONTH I KNOW I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ANOTHER BOARD.
BUT WITH USUALLY WE MIRROR COUNCIL OF NOT DOING MEETINGS.
BUT KIND OF PLEASURE OF THE BOARD. WHAT YOU ALL THINK TYPICALLY WE WOULDN'T MEET IN JUNE.
SO B JULY WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE. YEAH. WE CAN PUSH IT.
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ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, WE CAN PUSH IT TO JULY JOURNEY.MY ONLY CONCERN IS WHERE WE MISS THE PLAN REVIEW TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, JUST EXTENDS IT. YEAH. B TWO MONTHS.
RIGHT. UP TO THE BOARD. NO, I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH WHAT YOU SAID.
PUSHING BACK THE FINAL REVIEW. EXCEPT MISSING SOMETHING.
YEAH, IT JUST WOULD PUT WHERE WE MISSED. THIS EVENING FOR REVIEW.
OH, THEN IF WE PUSH NEXT MONTH, THEN THAT WOULD BE TWO MONTHS.
JUST KIND OF. OF COURSE I'M FOR IT. SO I'M FOR GOING AHEAD AND MEETING IN JUNE INSTEAD OF MISSING SOME IN FAVOR OF KEEPING OUR SCHEDULED MEETING. EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT OR. IT'S MY PREFERENCE TO MEET IN JUNE ALSO.
THE THINGS SEEM TO COME ALONG AND INTERRUPT THE MEETINGS, AND WE LOSE OUR.
WE LOSE OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR TRACTION. SO I'M AMENABLE TO NOT MEETING.
BUT HAVING A BIOCHAR PRESENTATION WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THAT.
YEAH, I'M FOR IT, TOO. GOOD FOR JUNE. I GUESS WE'LL HAVE A MEETING.
JUNE, WHEN YOU MAKE A FORMAL MOTION OR. YEAH, PLEASE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE OUR NEXT OR. HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT? BECAUSE IT TYPICALLY WOULDN'T HAVE IT ON JUNE. SO MOTION TO HAVE A MEETING IN JUNE TO STAY THE COURSE.
YOU KNOW, REGULAR SCHEDULE STILL PERSISTING MOTION TO KEEP THE PRE-SCHEDULED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED. ALL RIGHT. SO MOTION MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION. YES. SO THAT AGENDA WILL BE VERY CRITICAL THEN.
BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION FROM BIOCHAR ON THE BIOCHAR.
BUT ALSO WE WANT TO START THE REVISION PROCESS TO VERY BIG THINGS THAT REQUIRE A LOT OF ATTENTION.
ARE WE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT AGENDA IS, WELL PLANNED IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH AN OUTSIDE PERSON. EILEEN. SEP. AND THERE'S ALREADY BEEN I MEAN, SHE'S TRYING TO WORK WITH THE COMPANY, AND SHE'S GOT A LOT OF LOGISTICAL WORK TO GET IN PLACE AS WELL.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE ALL OF US READY TO GO.
AND THAT WON'T EVEN COVER EVERYTHING SHE WANTS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD.
BUT. SO WE CAN DO THE PRESENTATION FIRST, AND THEN I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO.
IF THE STAFF. ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO ONCE WE GET THE REVISED PLAN IN PLACE TO SEND IT OUT BEFORE, SAY, SAY THE REVISED PLANS TO YOU TOMORROW, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO EMAIL IT OUT TO THE BOARD TOMORROW.
YEAH. OKAY, SO THEN EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A COPY.
TAKE TIME TO REVIEW IT. OKAY. SO THEN WE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER PREPARED.
OUR NEXT, NEXT MEETING. THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD IDEA.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
TEAMWORK THE STAFF IS DOING. AND NOW JANE IS DOING SO WELL.
BIG JOB EVERYBODY. YEAH. GOOD JOB. BIG VOLUNTEER POSITIONS.
YES. OH, I DO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE. DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION.
NO, BUT. ALL RIGHT. SO AFTER HEARING NO MORE DISCUSSION, WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.
AND YOU HAD ANOTHER. YES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON.
IT'S ABOUT OUR TWO VACANCIES. I'VE RAISED THIS NOW FOR MONTHS, AND AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IN MY THREE MINUTE COMMENT, I ASKED COUNCILMAN HAMMER AND COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, THEY'RE THE TWO.
THESE POSITIONS ARE APPOINTED, SO WE CAN'T REALLY CITIZENS CAN'T APPLY FOR THEM AS SUCH.
THE USUAL PROCEDURE, SO THEY'RE NOT ADVERTISED IS ALL THAT GOES BEHIND THE SCENES.
SO WHAT? WELL, I'M SORRY, BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PUBLIC CAN APPLY, BUT THEY JUST CAN'T BE ADVERTISED, THEY CAN'T BE ADVERTISED AND THE ETC., BUT THEY CAN BE ADVERTISED IN PUBLIC FORUM.
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RIGHT? SO LIKE JAMES OR JESSE, WHAT WAS HIS NAME? HE APPLIED. RIGHT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. OH.THE GENTLEMAN. GENTLEMEN HE MADE A FORMAL APPLICATION, BUT THAT APPLICATION LIES DORMANT UNTIL ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASK FOR IT, ASK FOR IT TO BE PRESENTED.
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER. IT'S REALLY IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S NOT ADVERTISED IN THAT WAY AS AN OPEN POSITION.
SO THE AGAIN, IT GETS BACK TO KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES WHO, YOU KNOW, AND AND BRINGING THEM FORTH.
DENNIS, I CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE. I THOUGHT THAT SO THE GENTLEMAN THAT APPLIED, DID THAT GO TO THE COUNCIL THEN? NO, IT DOESN'T GO TO THE COUNCIL. IT DOESN'T COME UP AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT HE HAS HE HAS THE THE APPLICATION THAT THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
DOES HE HAVE THE OR DO THEY BECAUSE THEY THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE APPLICATION.
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO IT. BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT THEY IDENTIFY THEIR, THEIR THE LEAD ON THIS, THAT THEY IDENTIFY PEOPLE AND THEN APPOINT THEM.
SO, DENNIS. YES. AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.
THEY'RE ALLOWED TO FILL OUT APPLICATIONS COUNCILS MADE AWARE OF THE APPLICATION.
BUT THE POSITION IS APPOINTED BY WHICHEVER COUNCIL PERSON HAS THE VACANCY.
SO IF WE HAD FIVE APPLICATIONS OF INTEREST THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO MIKE HAMMER AND MR. LANGEVIN, AND THEY COULD LOOK AT THEM AND IF THEY WANTED TO APPOINT THEM, OR IF THEY HAD SOMEBODY THAT THEY KNEW THAT THEY WANTED TO APPOINT, THEY COULD APPOINT. IT COMES DOWN IN THE END THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT FOR SOMEBODY TO FILL THEIR VACANCY ON THIS BOARD.
BUT AS FAR AS APPLICATIONS, YOU CAN EXPRESS INTEREST.
YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL PERSON AND SAY, I'M INTERESTED.
AND THEN IF THEY APPOINT YOU, THEY APPOINT YOU.
ONE COUNCIL PERSON CAN JUST APPOINT AND THEN HAVE THEM SITTING AT THIS BOARD.
AND SO, SUSAN, WHEN YOU WERE THERE, YOU HAD ASKED WHAT THE STATUS WAS AND DURING YOUR THREE MINUTES.
YES. AND WHAT WAS THEIR RESPONSE? I'M SORRY. WELL THEY DON'T RESPOND IN, IN THAT.
BUT THEY DO SOMETIMES THEY DO. WELL THEY DID NOT TO THAT.
THE IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT THEY WERE REMINDED THAT OF BECAUSE AND PART OF MY COMMENT WAS THAT THIS IS A PART OF THEIR JOB THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT, AND YET IT IS VITAL TO KEEP IT HEALTHY.
YES. SO I WANTED TO GO BACK TO MR. LEWIS. HE HAD AT ONE POINT WANTED TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL PEOPLE. I THINK ANYTHING WE DO AT THIS POINT TO KIND OF KEEP THAT IN THE FOREFRONT, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING NOW WITH THE CITY.
JESSE WAS WHAT THAT WAS SENT CORRECT? THAT LETTER FROM LOGAN? NO, IT WAS NOT. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT STAFF IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REVISIT? TO STAFF. YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO SEND A LETTER, YOU CAN PROVIDE STAFF WITH THE LETTER.
AND THEN WE CAN SEND IT OUT TO WHOEVER. JUST AS LONG AS EVERYBODY'S INCLUDED.
YOU ALSO HAVE A RIGHT BECAUSE YOUR CONSTITUENTS OF COUNCIL INDEPENDENTLY, YOU CAN SPEAK TO A COUNCIL PERSON AND DISCUSS THEM APPOINTING SOMEBODY TO THE BOARD. THAT DOESN'T VIOLATE THE SUNSHINE LAW AS LONG AS IT'S ONE AT A TIME.
IF IT'S TWO AGAINST ONE, THAT WOULD BE AGAINST SUNSHINE.
SO YOU CAN VOICE THOSE OPINIONS TO COUNCILMAN HAMMER AND COUNCILMAN LANG AND BRING PEOPLE UP.
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DO YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS, JESSICA, OR DO YOU HAVE.I THINK IF TO SUBMIT THAT LETTER. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO WHO SHOULD THAT COME FROM, THEN I KNOW THAT YOU'RE SAYING DENNIS, THAT IT COULD COME FROM US INDIVIDUALLY, BUT IF WE WANTED TO SUBMIT IT COLLECTIVELY AS A BOARD, AS WE HAD KIND OF INITIALLY THOUGHT TO DO, WHO FROM THE CITY STAFF WOULD BE SENDING THAT OUT? IF YOU JUST SEND THAT TO ME LIKE JANE DID, I WILL SEND IT OUT TO OKAY, LIKE I DID TO THE DIRECTORS, AND THEN I'LL JUST SEND THAT LETTER OUT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.
DOES THE BOARD STILL AGREE WITH THAT APPROACH? I MEAN, THAT WAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED. I'D LIKE TO, IF WE CAN BE COPIED ON THAT. WHEN THAT LETTER GOES OUT, KNOW THAT.
AND DOES ANYBODY HERE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? DO YOUR LIVES INTERSECT WITH THEM AT ALL OR YOU CAN.
YEAH. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. YEAH, YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING.
I MEAN, YOU FOUND YOUR WAY HERE AS A NEW CITIZEN.
IT WASN'T ADVERTISED. SO WE NEED A FEW MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
I'M SURE THEY'RE OUT THERE. YEAH, HOPEFULLY. YEAH.
YEAH, YEAH. ANY OTHER. ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF? NO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT.
A PRETTY MAJOR ONE, AND IT KIND OF IS GOING TO HURT YOUR 2 TO 3 KNOW.
SO THAT STILL WORKING OUT ONE FINAL LOGISTIC, IF THAT, MORE THAN LIKELY 99% IS HAPPENING.
SO WE'LL BE TEMPORARILY RELOCATING TO DC FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
I'VE TALKED TO MIKE JAFFE, WHO IS MY POINTER.
FOR THIS POSITION, HE TOLD ME TO RECOMMEND SOMEONE TO TAKE MY SPOT, SO HOPEFULLY IT WON'T SAVE.
I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE THE NEWS ADDRESS. DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS.
ALWAYS SOMETHING CLOSE TO MY HEART. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEMS. AND THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS BOARD WHERE WE'VE COME, WHAT WE'VE DONE.
THERE'S BEEN NEW MEMBERS. WE'VE LOST SOME MEMBERS. THAT KIND OF DEAL. STAFF HAS CHANGED.
WE'VE DONE PHYSICAL VOLUNTEER PROJECTS. WE'VE GONE THROUGH A WHOLE ACTION PLAN.
I WAS KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD TO FINALIZING IT OR GETTING CLOSER TO THE FINALIZATION.
FOR MOST LIKELY MY LAST MEETING. BUT JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT NEWS TO YOU ALL.
KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. SO IT'S NOT A RANDOM LETTER SAYING LOGAN'S NO LONGER HERE.
SO I'LL BE IN THE IMMEDIATE SECRETARY'S OFFICE IN DC.
SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS.
OTHERWISE THANK YOU. OTHERWISE, IT WOULDN'T BE LEAVING.
VICE CHAIR ELECTION. BUT I SHOULD KNOW FINAL DETAILS EARLY NEXT WEEK, AND THEN I'LL SEND OUT A LETTER, AND I'LL HAVE THEM SEND IT TO YOU ALL AS WELL.
BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL HAVE DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE ALL DONE. AND YOUR VOLUNTEERISM AND SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP HERE IN PALM BAY AND CONTINUING TO DO THE BIGGEST BIG THINGS HERE. I DO ASK AND ASK JAFFE AND ALSO COUNCILMAN JAFFE AND THE MAYOR, THE THOUGHT OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND PROTECTING WILDLIFE IN PALM BAY. AND SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ALL CAN CONTINUE TO PUSH, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
WELL, I THINK WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST LINE ITEM ON THE MATRIX.
THERE YOU GO. YES. SO CARRY THAT OUT IN MY MY MEMORY.
NO I WON'T. IT'S NOT FOREVER. IT'S IT'S THROUGH IF, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG I SAY.
BUT WE'D BE THROUGH HIS ADMINISTRATION, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SO IT'S NOT A FOREVER TYPE THING.
SO I'LL BE BACK IN BREVARD COUNTY. BUT EXCITED FOR THAT.
BUT IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FROM THAT, THEN WE CAN STAND ADJOURNED.
ALL RIGHT, SO MAYBE MY LAST MEETING ADJOURNED AT 640.
WAIT, WAIT. I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY. JUST KIDDING, JUST KIDDING. I RESCIND THE ADJOURNMENT.
SO. SORRY. SO IN REGARDS TO THE LETTER THAT LOGAN PROBABLY WON'T COME FOR ME NOW.
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OH, OKAY. OH, I DID. OKAY. TO SEND TO COUNSEL.SO I DID SEND IT TO OUR CITY CLERK. BECAUSE THAT'S THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE TO SEND IT THROUGH, AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD SEND IT TO COUNSEL, AND IF THEY WANT TO ADDRESS IT, THEN ONE OF THEM WILL HAVE TO BRING IT UP UNDER THEIR COUNSEL REPORTS IN A FUTURE MEETING.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO REMIND THEM WHEN OR SEE IF THEY CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, BUT SHE PROBABLY DID SEND I CAN UPDATE I CAN GET AN UPDATE FROM HER TO SEE IF IT WAS SENT.
BUT THE LETTER WAS SENT TO THE CITY CLERK'S. OKAY.
SO JUST KIND OF THE SAME PROCESS. I WOULD SUGGEST TALKING TO HIM PERSONALLY.
YOU SAID YOU DID CALLS. YOU MADE CALLS? YEAH.
YEAH. SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT THERE'S SOMEONE. YOU SAID JAMES WAS THE APPLICANT.
I WOULD SUGGEST HIM CALLING. REACHING OUT. CALL THE CLERK.
SHOW INTEREST. BUT PHYSICALLY SPEAKING TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
YES. JAFFEE. AND AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THE OTHER TWO AREN'T APPOINTING.
ONE OF THEM WANTED TO DISSOLVE THE BOARD, SO THAT MIGHT BE ONE REASON.
THE OTHER. I'M NOT SURE, BECAUSE HE WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE BOARD. BUT MAYBE JUST HAVEN'T FOUND THE.
RIGHT, SO MAYBE. JAMES, I THINK JAMES WILL REACH OUT TO HAMMER.
MAYBE SINCE YOU'RE IN THIS POSITION OF LEAVING.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DID WANT TO DISSOLVE THIS BOARD.
IF THERE IS ANY SORT OF FEELING ABOUT THAT, IF YOU COULD HAVE A DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILMAN JAFFEE. JAFFE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT, I DON'T THINK OR MAYBE WE CAN, BUT HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TALK TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT IT.
YEAH. SUNSHINE. YEAH. BUT I'LL I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HIM.
HE ASKED ME SPECIFICALLY IF I HAD ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO FILL THE SPOT.
YES. SO CONVERSATIONS CAN BE HAD WITH PROBABLY COUNCILMAN HAMMER TO FILL ONE MORE.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE OTHER ONE. WELL, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HARD TO REPLACE.
I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. Y'ALL WILL DO GOOD. I HAVE FULL FAITH.
ALRIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, LOGAN. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.
YOU'VE REALLY BROUGHT A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. WELL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.
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* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.