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          IT IS NOW 1800 HOURS. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 2025 DASH 28 TO
ORDER. 
          [CALL TO ORDER:]
THE INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY PASTOR JIM CAMPBELL OF BAY WEST CHURCH,
AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN CHANDLER. ALL RISE. WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE? GOD, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE FACT THAT YOU GIVE US THE RIGHT TO GOVERN OURSELVES. AND,
LORD, I PRAY WE WOULD NOT TAKE THAT TAKE THAT INTO ANY WAY THAT WE WOULD NOT NOT RECEIVE THAT BLESSING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US. 
          LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST HELP US AS WE GO THROUGH THIS TIME THIS MORNING,
THAT WE WOULD REMEMBER THAT THE KING'S JOB, AS YOU SAY IN PROVERBS 20, IS TO WEIGH ALL THE EVIDENCE AND DISTINGUISH THE GOOD FROM THE BAD. 
          AND THAT GOES TO ALL OUR LEADERS IN ALL AREAS. 
          SO I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE OUR COUNCIL AND THOSE WORKING WITH THEM,
THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          LORD, WE KNOW YOU DETEST FALSE MEASURES OF ANY KIND,
SO I PRAY FOR FAIRNESS AND EQUITY IN DEALING IN ALL OF THESE MATTERS. 
          AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT TO PEOPLE ALSO. 
          WISE WORDS ARE IMPORTANT. THEY'RE MORE VALUABLE THAN RUBIES AND SILVER. 
          SO, LORD, WE PRAY THAT THAT WOULD JUST PERMEATE ALL THROUGH THIS CHAMBER TODAY. 
          YOU ALSO SAY THAT A CHILD IS KNOWN EVEN EVEN A CHILD IS KNOWN BY HIS CONDUCT,
WHETHER IT'S PURE. 
          SO I PRAY FOR PURE CONDUCT TODAY FROM THOSE ON THE PLATFORM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TO THE
LAST CHAIR IN THIS CHAMBER, LORD, THAT EVERYONE WOULD BE PURE IN THEIR CONDUCT AND WOULD REALIZE THAT IF SOMEONE ELSE
IS NOT, IT DOESN'T GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO BE THAT THEY SHOULD STILL HOLD THE STANDARD AND SET THE
EXAMPLE AND HOLD IT AS A RESPONSIBILITY AND A RIGHT AND A PRIVILEGE. 
          LORD, HELP US TO BE A WISE SOCIETY THAT DOES GOOD THINGS AND THEIR GOOD DECISIONS MADE
HERE TODAY. 
          IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          HURRAH! MADAM JONES. ROLL CALL. MAYOR. MEDINA. 
          PRESIDENT. DEPUTY MAYOR. JAFFE. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN.
HAMMER. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN. LANGEVIN. PRESIDENT. MR.. MORTON. MISS. 
          SMITH. PRESENT. THANK YOU, MADAM DEPUTY MAYOR. 
          ANNOUNCEMENTS. YEAH, WE HAVE MAYOR. WE HAVE ONE VACANCY ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY
BOARD, 
          [ANNOUNCEMENTS:]
WHICH REPRESENTS AN AT LARGE POSITION. ANYONE WISHING TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS CAN APPLY
ONLINE AT PALM BAY, FLU.GOV, OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT 9523414. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MORTON. WE'RE NOW ON AGENDA REVISIONS. 
          [AGENDA REVISIONS:]
YES. THANK YOU. WE HAVE SEVERAL. FIRST, WE HAVE AN ADDITION OF RECOGNIZING THE PALM BAY
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ACHIEVING EXCELSIOR STATUS FROM THE COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION. 
          IT'S BEEN ADDED AS ITEM NUMBER TWO UNDER PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. WE HAVE
CONSIDERATION OF A RELOCATION AND RECONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH ALL DIGITAL DAY, LLC TO CONVERT AN EXISTING ON PREMISE DIGITAL SIGN. 
          IT'S A DUAL PHASE SIGN NEAR I-95. WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OF AN AWARD PROGRAM AND MONUMENT TO
HONOR CITY RESIDENT SUSAN CONNOLLY. 
          IT'S BEEN ADDED AS ITEM NUMBER SIX UNDER NEW BUSINESS. 
          LASTLY, WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS THAT MAY APPEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE APPEARING IN THE
PUBLISHED AGENDA OR JUST YOUR AGENDA, BUT THEY'RE ITEMS EIGHT, NINE, TEN, AND 11 BY PROPONENT DAVID MUALEM. 
          THOSE ARE WITHDRAWN. THOSE WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE PNC. 
          SO THEY NEVER EVEN MADE IT TO THE PNC HEARING. 
          SO CONSEQUENTLY, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. SO THEY'RE WITHDRAWN
HERE AS WELL. SO, SIR THIS ISN'T LIKE THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED,
THESE WITHDRAWALS. 
          MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S THERE'S A VENUE WHERE PEOPLE COME IN,
THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEN THEY WITHDRAW, AND THEN THEY COULD COME BACK ANYTIME DURING THE GIVEN YEAR. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO GET COUNCIL'S TO WEIGH IN ON THIS. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO OR TRY TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROCESS OF THEM
GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEN WITHDRAWN AT THE LAST MINUTE WHERE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AND PAYING ATTENTION? OUR CITIZENS ARE ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ITEMS,
AND THEY WANT TO COME AND SPEAK. 
          AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE WITHDRAWING THE ITEMS ON A CONTINUAL BASIS. 
          IS CAN STAFF TRY TO POLICE THIS OR WHAT? WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST? YES, MR. MAYOR, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENT,
IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, IF THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED STAFF TO PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHETHER THEY WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN COUNSELED TO OR NOT OR WHETHER THEY BELIEVE IT'S READY
OR NOT, WE GET TO PUBLISHING AN AGENDA. THE PUBLIC NOW BELIEVES IT'S GOING TO BE HEARD. 
          WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES, AND AT THE LAST MINUTE THEY SAY,
HEY, WE WANT TO WITHDRAW THE ITEM. I WAS GOING TO GET WITH PATRICIA, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, TO MISS SMITH, TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND SEE IF WE COULD HAVE A SIMILAR
AGAIN, 
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IF EVERYTHING ELSE IS EQUAL, IT'S SIMPLY THE APPLICANT AT THE LAST MINUTE. YOU KNOW,
IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADVERTISED AND PUBLISHED LOOKING TO PULL SHOULD THERE BE SOME LENGTH OF PROHIBITION. SO THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE TO WONDER,
IS IT COMING BACK NEXT WEEK? IS IT COMING BACK IN A DAY? IS IT COMING BACK ON A HOLIDAY THAT THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A GAP FOR SIX MONTHS? THEY CAN GO GET THEIR THEIR BUSINESS IN ORDER AND THEN BRING IT BACK WHEN THEY'RE READY TO
PROCEED. WELL, AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. 
          SO MY, MY CONCERNS ARE I GUESS, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE? HAVE YOU DISCUSSED OR YOU HAVEN'T DISCUSSED? I HAVE NOT. SO BY CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL,
IF THAT'S OKAY, I WILL DISCUSS THAT AND BRING AN ITEM BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM. 
          I GOT ANOTHER THUMBS UP. COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. 
          YEAH. MAYOR, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING THIS UP ALSO,
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP. YEAH, I MY RECOMMENDATION WAS GOING TO BE YOU GET ONE OOPSY,
YOU GET ONE MULLIGAN. 
          AND IF YOU BRING IT BACK A SECOND TIME AND YOU REMOVE IT,
THEN IT WOULD JUST BE THE SAME AS IF WE. 
          IF WE DENIED IT. SO THEY CAN'T BRING IT UP FOR ANOTHER YEAR. YEAH. 
          I HAVE WE HAVE CONSENSUS. COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          RIGHT NOW I, I NEED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WEIGH IN ON THIS SO THAT WE DON'T OPEN UP A CAN
OF WORMS. MADAM ATTORNEY. NO, IT CERTAINLY ISN'T AN ISSUE. 
          IT WILL WORK ON THE LANGUAGE, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. I THINK WE HAVE CONSENSUS WITH THAT. 
          AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S ENTERTAINING THIS. 
          ANY ADDITIONAL REVISIONS, MADAM SMITH? NO, SIR. 
          COUNCIL. ANY ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO REVISE? OKAY,
WELL, SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO WITH THE 
          [PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS:]
PROCLAMATIONS. IS MR. SWISS HERE? THERE HE IS. 
          COME ON UP, MARINE. SO, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW,
MR. SWISS JOINED THE MARINE CORPS IN 2004, IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE NINE OVER 11 ATTACKS. 
          I'LL BE RIGHT THERE, BUDDY. IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE NINE OVER 11 ATTACKS. 
          AND HE'S BEEN DEPLOYED FOUR TIMES, INCLUDING TWICE TO IRAQ. 
          HE SERVED FIVE YEARS, SPLITTING TIME BETWEEN DESIGNATED MARKSMAN FOR THE FIRST FLEET
ANTITERRORISM SECURITY TEAM, WHICH WAS THE ACRONYM IS FAST. AND AS A TEAM LEADER FOR SECOND LAW,
MR. SWIFT MOVED TO PALM BAY IN 2009. HEY, GIVE IT UP FOR MR. SWISS. 
          LISTEN, THIS MARINE WAS DEPLOYED MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AND I'M. I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT THEM. 
          WHERE ARE YOU GOING? WE'RE DANCING A LITTLE BIT. I'M JUST EXCITED. 
          WE. WE ACTUALLY HAD HIM AS THE GRAND MARSHAL OF OUR VETERANS DAY PARADE. 
          HE SHOWED UP WITH HIS CHILDREN, MAN. AND THAT WAS AWESOME. 
          IT WAS A GREAT TIME. IT WAS A GREAT TIME. BUT LISTEN,
WE FLEW A FLAG IN HIS HONOR, AND I GOTTA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. 
          AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE I. I WANTED TO FLY IT THE DAY OF THE PARADE,
BUT THEN I THOUGHT COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN SAID, WAIT A MINUTE. THIS GUY'S A MARINE. WHY NOT CELEBRATE IT IN OUR 250TH BIRTHDAY? HOORAH, HOORAH. YOU GOT THE MIC, BUDDY? I GOT A FLAG FOR YOU. 
          HEY, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. I APPRECIATE BEING A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE VETERAN
COMMUNITY OF PALM BAY. 
          THAT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. DANIEL. KAYLEE PUT ON AN AWESOME SHOW. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LETTING MY NIECE AND NEPHEW RIDE IN THE CAR. THEY WON'T STOP TALKING
ABOUT IT. THAT'S NOT MY NIECE OR NEPHEW, BY THE WAY. THAT'S JUST. THAT'S MY BROTHER. BUT YEAH,
I YOU SAID AT THE AT THE PARADE, PALM BAY IS THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD, AND I HAVE I HAVE NO ARGUMENT WITH THAT. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR SERVICE,
BUDDY. 
          SURE. SO I JOINED SHORTLY AFTER NINE OVER 11. 
          NINE OVER 11 WAS PRETTY MUCH THE REASON THAT I JOINED. 
          I DECIDED TO RUN AWAY FROM NEW JERSEY AT 18. JOINED THE MARINES. 
          WHY NOT? RIGHT. I WAS WITH FIRST FAST OR, LIKE YOU SAID,
AND DID A COUPLE DEPLOYMENTS WITH THEM, THEN WENT TO SECOND LIGHT ARMORED RECON, DID A FEW DEPLOYMENTS WITH THEM,
AND GOT OUT, WENT TO A UCF FOOTBALL GAME, TOLD MY PARENTS THAT I WAS MOVING TO FLORIDA. THEY BEAT ME DOWN HERE. THEY CHOSE PALM BAY.
AND I HAVE IT'S THE BEST DECISION THEY EVER MADE. AWESOME, MAN. CONGRATULATIONS, BROTHER. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          THE FLAG WAS FLOWN RIGHT OVER CITY HALL. I LOVE IT,
I LOVE IT, LOVE YOU GUYS. 
          GOD BLESS. GOD BLESS. PALM BAY. HEY, GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS. 
          GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS. IT'S GOING TO GET A PICTURE TOO. BEAUTIFUL. RIGHT. 
          GOOD IDEA. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. 250 YEARS. YOU'RE RIGHT HERE. 
          OH. RIGHT HERE. I SAW THE FLAG. I'LL HOLD. 250 YEARS. 
          WE'RE GETTING OLD. YEAH, MAN. TRADITION. YEAH. 
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ALL RIGHT. LOVE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS. 
          AND NOW I THINK IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE. YOU KNOW,
JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, WE WE HAD CAKE. 
          I JUST LOVE TO EAT CAKE. MY BODY SAYS I SHOULDN'T HAVE IT,
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, I JUST LOVE TO EAT CAKE. 
          WE JUST CELEBRATED AN EXCELSIOR STATUS. OUR PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TRULY BEEN HELD
TO A HIGHER STANDARD, AND THEY'VE BEEN ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION COMMISSION. 
          AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THEY'VE ACHIEVED THAT EXCELSIOR ESTABLISHED. 
          SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS BRING UP CHIEF MARIO AJELLO AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM,
BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZING THIS CULTURE THAT THEY'RE CREATING OF EXCELLENCE. 
          THAT EVERYBODY. ARE WE GOING DOWN HERE? HERE WE GO. 
          COME ON. COME ON. TYLER! ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING. 
          TODAY MARKS A PROUD AND DEFINING MOMENT FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR PALM BAY POLICE
DEPARTMENT. 
          WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR OUR REACCREDITATION BY THE COMMISSION FOR FLORIDA LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 
          WITH THE ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR SECOND EXCELSIOR STATUS AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED. 
          AND YET LITERALLY ANOTHER FLAWLESS ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW BY THE COMMISSION. 
          THIS DISTINCTION REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALISM IN THE
STATE OF FLORIDA. THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE DEDICATION, INTEGRITY, AND EXCELLENCE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PALM BAY POLICE
DEPARTMENT, OUR SWORN OFFICERS, OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AND OUR SUPPORT PERSONNEL ALIKE. 
          EVERY INDIVIDUAL WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN UPHOLDING OUR
STANDARDS, STRENGTHENING OUR CULTURE, AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY WITH HONOR. 
          EVEN IN A TIME WHEN SOCIAL MEDIA OR KEYBOARD WARRIORS CHOOSE TO CRITICIZE,
MISREPRESENT, OR ATTACK THE SACRIFICES OF OUR MEMBERS. 
          OUR DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO RISE ABOVE. OUR TEAM STILL REPORTS FOR DUTY,
THEY STILL SERVE WITH HEART, AND THEY STILL PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY, AND THEY REMAIN WILLING TO LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR
EVERY PERSON IN THIS CITY, INCLUDING THOSE WHO MISUNDERSTAND AND MISREPRESENT THEM THE MOST. 
          THAT IS WHAT SETS THIS DEPARTMENT APART FROM THE OTHERS. 
          THAT IS THE MEANING, THE MEANING OF THIS RECOGNITION. 
          THAT IS THE STANDARD WE REFUSE TO LOWER. TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          YOU HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU CAN TRULY BE PROUD OF. 
          ONE BUILT ON EXCELLENCE, RESILIENCE, INTEGRITY AND UNWAVERING SERVICE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR SACRIFICES AND COMMITMENT. 
          THIS ACHIEVEMENT BELONGS TO YOU, TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST AND SUPPORT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE CFA COMMISSION FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
OUR CITY MANAGER, MATTHEW MORTON, AND THE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT. 
          AND TO OUR ACCREDITATION MANAGER WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. ALYSSA SNEDEKER,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING WORK AND LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 
          MAY GOD BLESS YOU. MAY GOD BLESS THE CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          THANK YOU. SO, MR. MORTON, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO STEP DOWN AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS AS WELL. 
          CHIEF? OKAY. YES. IF YOU CAN JUST LEAD INTO THE AUDIO AND THEN. SURE. SO, YES, I WAS GOING TO, YOU KNOW,
DESCRIBE THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S THE REAL DEAL. 
          IT'S A HIGH BAR. IT'S SET IT'S A SET CHALLENGE. 
          I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO WORK FOR CITIES FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS,
AND WE TRULY HAVE A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE. 
          AS THE CHIEF SAID, THIS BELONGS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
EVERY DAY WE'RE ASKING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO MORE AND MORE, MORE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THEY'RE NOT JUST POLICE OFFICERS OR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS. THEY'RE CRISIS INTERVENTION
SPECIALISTS, THEIR TRAFFIC DIRECTORS. 
          RIGHT. THEY RESPOND TO EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING THAT WE ASK THEM TO FLAWLESSLY WITH
PROFESSIONALISM, LIKE I'VE NOT SEEN BEFORE, WITH COURAGE AND WITH GRATEFULNESS. 
          THEY'RE GRATEFUL EVERY DAY FOR WHAT THEY DO. I HAVE NOT SEEN A SINGLE MEMBER OF OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT TAKE THE PRIVILEGE THEY HAVE FOR GRANTED, BUT RATHER THAN ME, EXPLAIN WHAT AN HONOR IT IS FOR THEM TO BE ACCREDITED 18 YEARS IN A ROW. 
          SECOND TIME EXCELSIOR STATUS. WE'RE GOING TO PLAY THE AUDIO FROM THE ACCREDITATION
COMMISSION REAL QUICK AND LET YOU HEAR IT IN THEIR OWN WORDS, BECAUSE IT IS A MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT. NEXT AGENCY UP FOR REVIEW WOULD BE THE PALM BAY
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
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GIVE ME SOME VOLUME, PLEASE. NEXT AGENCY UP FOR REVIEW WOULD BE THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LED BY CHIEF MARIANO ANGULO. 
          THE ASSESSMENT FOR RE-ACCREDITATION TOOK PLACE AUGUST 5TH THROUGH SEVENTH,
2025 BY TEAM LEADER RYAN LARKIN OF THE COCONUT CREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          NORMAN FITZGERALD OF THE NORTHPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT,
AND JENNIFER RIVERA OF THE DELRAY BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPLIED WITH 209 STANDARDS. 
          THEY HAD 21 STANDARDS NOT APPLICABLE, AND ZERO STANDARDS OUT OF COMPLIANCE. 
          ZERO COMMISSIONER HARVICK WILL LEAD THE REVIEW. 
          GOOD MORNING CHIEF. GOOD MORNING CHIEF. IF YOU DON'T MIND,
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF. OF COURSE, YOUR AGENCY MEMBERS THAT ARE WITH YOU TODAY. AND TELL US ABOUT THE CITY OF PALM BAY. YES, SIR. 
          MY NAME IS MARIO ANGELO MARIANO. ANGELIA. CALL ME MARIO SHORT. 
          SO I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR 26 YEARS. 
          WAS APPOINTED CHIEF OF POLICE, GOING ON FOUR YEARS AGO NOW. 
          WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE MY LEFT, DEPUTY CHIEF JEFF SPEARS,
AND TO MY RIGHT, COMMANDERS NEXT TO ME AND MICHAEL ROBERTS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY IS OUR ACCREDITATION MANAGER,
WHO WITHOUT HER, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. 
          I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT SHE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB FOR US OVER THE YEARS. 
          MRS ALYSSA SNEDEKER. SO KUDOS TO HER AND PROPS TO HER AS WELL FOR GETTING US THROUGH THIS
PROCESS. 
          SO THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS APPROXIMATELY WE HAVE ABOUT 155,000 POPULATION IN OUR
COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE GROWING. WE'RE ABOUT 90, 90MI². I HAVE A STAFF OF OVER 300 MEMBERS WITHIN OUR
DEPARTMENT, BOTH SWORN PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS AND PART TIME. 
          WE HAVE 206 SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITIONS. 
          AND AGAIN, WE ARE GROWING. SO AND ONE OF THE THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT YOU KNOW,
WE TAKE PRIDE IN IS OUR INITIATIVE WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE EXPOUND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH
AND WELLNESS UNIT. ABSOLUTELY. SO ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, THROUGH SOME PERSONAL STRUGGLES OF MY OWN I FELT THE NEED THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO EXPOUND
ON AND EDUCATE OUR MEN AND WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH THE STRESSORS AND THE TRAUMA THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS.
RIGHT. AND OUR FAMILIES AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF OUR CAREERS. 
          AND SO ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER THREE YEARS AGO ONE OF MY MENTORS AND PREDECESSORS,
CHIEF JIM ROGERS PASSED AWAY AND WITH HIS STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND TRAUMAS OF THE JOB OF A LONG CAREER. SO PART OF OUR INITIATIVE WAS TO ESTABLISH A WELLNESS
PROGRAM WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. AND SO WITH THAT WELLNESS PROGRAM WAS BRINGING IN A CERTIFIED WELLNESS
COORDINATOR CLINICIAN TO HELP WITH THE PROGRAM AND ALSO ESTABLISHING A FITNESS CENTER WITHIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE NAMED THAT FITNESS CENTER
PROJECT. 
          129 129 WAS CHIEF JIM ROGERS'S BADGE NUMBER. AND SO IT WAS,
YOU KNOW, TO HONOR HIM, TO HONOR THE SACRIFICES THAT HE HAS MADE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER AND ALSO TO HONOR HIS FAMILY AS WELL,
BUT ALSO TO REMIND OUR MEN AND WOMEN THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF YOURSELVES. 
          AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM AS WELL, WITH REGARDS TO THEIR OVERALL WELLNESS. 
          OUTSTANDING. CHIEF, I GOT TO COMMEND IT TO YOU TO STAND UP HERE TODAY,
YOU KNOW, AND TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR OWN PERSONAL BATTLES. I STARTED DOING THE SAME EXACT THING. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT GETS A BETTER BUY IN FROM YOUR AGENCY,
IN THE COMMUNITY. AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN GO DOWN THAT ROAD BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN THERE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING UP THERE TODAY. ON BEHALF OF TEAM LEADER RYAN MARKHAM,
OF COURSE, TO THE COCONUT CREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT. PHENOMENAL. REPORT. 
          OF COURSE. FOR YOUR AGENCY, I JUST WANT TO READ A COUPLE SENTENCES. 
          OF COURSE, IN HIS REPORT BY HIS TEAM, THE PALM BEACH,
THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS INGRAINED ACCREDITATION INTO EVERYDAY CULTURE. 
          IT STARTS WITH YOU, CHIEF. THIS WAS EVIDENT BY THE PROFESSIONALISM OF ITS MEMBERS,
AS WELL AS THEIR OVERALL KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION. 
          BASED ON THE OBSERVATIONS MADE BY THE FORMAL ASSESSMENT TEAM AND THE INTERVIEWS THEY
CONDUCTED, THE ORGANIZATION IS MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH ACCREDITATION STANDARDS. AGAIN, CHIEF GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO SPEND OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, FOR YOU TO STAND ABOVE. AND YOU HAVEN'T SAID ONE NEGATIVE WORD IN TWO DAYS, MY FRIEND. AND I'M GOING TO JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND SHERIFF
WOODS. 
          YOU'RE BETTER THAN WHAT WE ARE. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU,
AND I APPRECIATE YOU. THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF WHO YOU ARE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL LOOK TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS LEFT AND RIGHT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO BE MADE
BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION. YEAH, JUST A COMMENT. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOU'RE ON A PANEL WITH FPCA ON MENTAL HEALTH THAT
I CHAIRED A COUPLE CONFERENCES AGO. 
          AND YOU LAID IT ALL OUT THERE, PUT IT OUT THERE. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S SO VITAL NOW TO FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER MY COLLEAGUES
WITH NONE BEING HEARD AT THIS TIME, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE RE-ACCREDITED WITH THEIR
SECOND EXCELSIOR AWARD. 
          VASQUEZ SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS,
CHIEF. 
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CHIEF. I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE BY SAYING, YOU KNOW HOW SERIOUS THIS WAS. 
          THE ACCREDITATION BOARD REVIEWED COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
REVIEWED ISSUES AND ANALYZED THEM AND DIDN'T JUST DISMISS THEM. 
          THE ACCREDITATION BOARD WENT THROUGH STANDARDS FILE REVIEW EXAMINED AND REQUESTED PROOFS,
CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS, AND DID AN EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW OF THOSE COMPLAINTS. 
          AND HERE WE ARE WITH ZERO STANDARDS VIOLATED. 
          SO FOR THAT, CHIEF AJELLO, AS YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU. MY ONLY SADNESS IS THAT YOU'RE RETIRING SOON. 
          BUT I ALSO, BECAUSE I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN YOU,
BUT ALSO HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN OUR INCOMING CHIEF DEPUTY CHIEF SPEARS CURRENTLY. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. OUTSTANDING. 
          SO, GUYS, COME DOWN, COME ON DOWN. THE TALLEST ONE. 
          YOU ACTUALLY CAN'T SEE YOU. COME ON. COME ON. 
          COME ON UP HERE. TODAY. THERE YOU GO. I'M NOT THE SHORTEST EITHER. 
          OKAY. EVERYBODY GOOD? CAN YOU ALL SEE ME? ONE. 
          TWO. THREE. SORRY. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. 
          GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. I TOLD JEFF, I SAID YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING THIS YEAR,
RIGHT? DROP. ANY WORK? GOOD JOB MAN. OUTSTANDING WORK. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANKS. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON PRESENTATIONS. ITEM NUMBER ONE. 
          [PRESENTATIONS:]
MR. MORTON, THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL,
EXCITED TO INTRODUCE NOW NOT ACTING OUR OFFICIAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, ALTHEA JEFFERSON, TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE IT AN IMPERATIVE FOR US AS
STAFF FOR ME TO INCREASE AND ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY AT ALL TIMES AND EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IN THIS ORGANIZATION. TO WIT, THE CITY MANAGER,
COFFEY, THIS NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED AS A LISTENING SESSION. 
          USUALLY I TALK, THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN,
AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY WHAT TRANSPARENCY MEANS TO THEM AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY COMING OUT OF CITY HALL. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TO HEAR THAT THIS
IS A SIMILAR EFFORT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A FULL FLEDGED CITIZENS ACADEMY YET,
BUT AN ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE AND CONNECT BETTER WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS AN EFFORT TO CONDUCT A SORT OF CITIZENS ACADEMY,
BUT FOCUSED ON LAND USE ISSUES, FOCUSED ON GROWTH ISSUES, SHARING WITH THE RESIDENTS, WHAT WE DO, AND ALSO KIND OF THE LANDSCAPE OF GROWTH AND
GROWTH RELATED RULES AND LAWS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 
          I DON'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER. MISS JEFFERSON,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TO GIVE YOU THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE A NEW INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO
STRENGTHEN TRANSPARENCY, AS WE JUST SAID, AND BUILD OUR COMMUNITY WITH MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
PROCESS. 
          AND THIS IS A PASSION PROJECT FOR ME AND MY TEAM. 
          IN FACT, AS WE THOUGHT THIS OVER, THIS WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR IN THE SPRING,
WE DECIDED TO USE OUR LUNCH HOUR TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM. AND RIGHT IN THE NICK OF TIME, WE SAW IN A REQUEST FROM ONE OF THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS IN FACT, THE VICE MAYOR SAYING, HEY, WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR TRAINING? AND WE'RE LIKE, WE ALREADY HAVE IT. IT'S HERE,
IT'S HERE. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID, NEXT SLIDE THIS PROGRAM IS SET TO INTRODUCE AND INFORM THE COMMUNITY
BOARD MEMBERS, ALL OF OUR BOARDS. EACH MEMBER HAS BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE 18 REGISTRATIONS. WE HAVE CAPACITY FOR 35. 
          WE'LL HAVE THESE COURSES ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. 
          AND DON REID AND YOU CAN REGISTER NOW ONLINE. 
          WE'RE HOPING TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE HERE TODAY. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE A FEW STAFF THAT ARE REGISTERED. 
          SO WITH THE WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE SERIES AND WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THE
COURSES ARE SOME OF THE RUDIMENTARY LESSONS OF PLANNING. IN FACT, WE START THE SESSIONS OFF WITH A LAW LESSON ETHICS,
THE FLORIDA SUNSHINE, 
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BECAUSE ALL OF THAT COMES INTO PLAY. WE ALSO HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED
HERE AT THIS PODIUM ON CERTAIN PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, SUCH AS TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HOW THESE MEETINGS ARE RUN. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO THE PROGRAM GOALS, AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FIRST TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER. 
          WE WANT TO GIVE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS AND OUR EMPLOYEES PLAIN LANGUAGE
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PLANNING PROCESSES, OUR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, AND THE STEPS INVOLVED IN REVIEWING DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. 
          SECONDLY, WE WANT TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST BY OPENING THE DOORS TO THESE
CONVERSATIONS. 
          WE HELP THE PUBLIC SEE NOT ONLY WHAT DECISIONS ARE MADE,
BUT WHY THEY'RE MADE. 
          THIS SUPPORTS CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY'S PROCESSES AND STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          THIRD, WE WANT TO CLARIFY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          THE SERIES WILL HELP PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEGISLATIVE AND QUASI
JUDICIAL ROLES, ETHICAL STANDARDS, AND THE LEGAL PARAMETERS THAT GUIDE DECISION MAKING. 
          THIS IS ESPECIALLY VALUABLE FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND FOR RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO BE MORE
INVOLVED IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. 
          FINALLY, WE WANT TO SUPPORT INFORMED PARTICIPATION. 
          PARTICIPANTS WILL GAIN A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF ZONING,
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, IMPACT FEES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS, AND PUBLIC INPUT PROCEDURES SO THEY CAN ENGAGE CONSTRUCTIVELY
WHETHER THEY'RE REVIEWING APPLICATIONS, OFFERING PUBLIC COMMENT, OR SIMPLY TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW AND WHY THE CITY GROWS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO IN TERMS OF THE SESSION DETAILS. 
          IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL ACTUALLY GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION. 
          SO WE'VE GONE INTO ALREADY SOME PROMOTIONAL ITEMS USING THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE ARE GETTING HELP FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF HELPING US DO A PRESS
RELEASE. 
          WE HOPE TO SEE SOME INSTAGRAM VIDEOS, AND WE WILL ROLL OUT THIS PROGRAM AT THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT YEAR. 
          SO STARTING JANUARY 2026. THE FIRST COURSE, THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THAT MONTH WILL OCCUR NEXT
SLIDE. 
          TALKED ABOUT MARKETING PLATFORMS. THANK YOU. AND SO NOW THE PROPOSED MONTHLY TOPICS. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST OF YOU I KNOW YOU DON'T MAKE DECISIONS,
BUT YOU CAN PERHAPS LET THE CITY MANAGER KNOW. 
          IN HONOR OF MISS SUE CONNOLLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THAT PARTICULAR COURSE IN
REMEMBRANCE OF HER. 
          THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT COURSE, BECAUSE IT WAS HER PASSION. 
          SHE RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN A WORKSHOP THAT WAS HOSTED I'M SORRY,
PANELS BY OUR STAFF FROM PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS GROWTH MANAGEMENT. AND WE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE HER DEDICATING THAT PARTICULAR
COURSE TO HER ON LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT. BUT AMONGST THAT,
WE ALSO HAVE IMPACT FEE DISCUSSIONS. 
          AGAIN, INFRASTRUCTURE. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC. 
          WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH FOR APPROVING PROJECTS,
HOW THE APPLICANTS GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          WE'LL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT PLANNING JARGON,
BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WE FIND THAT PEOPLE CONFUSE LAND USE AND ZONING. 
          AND SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE LEAVES THIS COURSE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF
THE JARGON THAT PLANNERS USES. 
          MAKE IT MORE SIMPLIFIED. NEXT SLIDE. SO WHY PARTICIPATE? I'LL SAY, IN SHORT, THAT PLANNING MATTERS SERIES IS ABOUT BUILDING A MORE INFORMED,
ENGAGED, AND COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE IT WILL STRENGTHEN THE WORK OF OUR ADVISORY
BOARDS, IMPROVE COMMUNICATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, AND ENHANCE THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE
MEANINGFULLY IN SHAPING PALM BAY'S FUTURE. 
          SO I THANK YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING UPDATES AS THE PROGRAM PROGRESSES. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. WHAT TIME ON WEDNESDAY IS THIS? WE WILL BE STARTING. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE 5:00 5 P.M.. AND MY OTHER QUESTION IT MIGHT NOT BE FOR YOU OR FOR OUR
CITY ATTORNEY. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDING THIS? 
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THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN ATTEND. CORRECT? SURE. 
          THANK YOU. WE WILL BE POSTING ALL OF THE MEETINGS AS WE'VE INVITED MANY BOARD MEMBERS. 
          YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF IT. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SIGN UP FOR IT. 
          THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU MA'AM. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT. 
          AND THEN I THINK CONCESSIONS WISE I WOULD BE GOOD WITH NAMING LID AFTER IN HONOR OF MISS SUSAN CONNOLLY. AND I KNOW THERE'S AN ITEM COMING UP AFTER THAT. 
          SO YOU CAN PROCEED, MA'AM, WITH THAT, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE CONSENSUS HERE. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER TWO OF PRESENTATIONS,
MR. MORTON. I THINK. 
          NANCY IS HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR,
CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT'S REALLY A PLEASURE. TRULY A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE FOR THIS THIS ITEM TONIGHT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE DONE HISTORICALLY, FOR A LONG NUMBER OF YEARS IS TEACH AN INTERNAL
LEADERSHIP TRAINING ACADEMY. WE CALL IT LIGHT, LIGHT LEADERS IN TRAINING EXCELLENCE. AND THE WHOLE IDEA CAME OUT OF JUST THE THE BASIC
THOUGHT THAT SOCRATES TALKED ABOUT IN PLATO'S APOLOGY, WHICH WAS THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING. 
          SO LET'S STOP FOR A MINUTE. RIGHT? USUALLY IN ORGANIZATIONS ON WHAT HAPPENS AT TIMES IS WE
PROMOTE THE NEXT PERSON TO LEADERSHIP BECAUSE THEY'VE SAT IN A CHAIR A LONG TIME, OR BECAUSE THEY'RE THE NEXT IN LINE IS THE IDEA IS,
HOW DO WE START DEVELOPING AND CULTIVATING OUR NEXT GENERATION OF LEADER TALENT IN-HOUSE? HOW DO WE INSTILL THE VISION MISSION, THE VISION,
THE VALUES OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? AND REMEMBER, ANOTHER GREAT STORY I'LL TELL REAL QUICK BECAUSE I TELL IT TO THE LIGHT
TEAM. 
          THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING SOME SOME REALLY, TRULY AMAZING FOLKS IN MY LIFE. 
          AND ONE OF THEM WAS DAVID GERGEN, WHO IS PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR TO FORD,
REAGAN, NIXON AND CARTER. 
          AND I WAS HAVING BREAKFAST WITH DAVID GERGEN. HE WAS TELLING ME A VERY PERSONAL STORY
ABOUT HIS TIME WITH PRESIDENT NIXON IN THE OVAL OFFICE BEFORE THE WATERGATE SCANDAL. 
          AND HE SAID, DON'T EVER LOSE YOUR COMPASS. I THINK I SAID THIS DURING MY INTERVIEW WITH
YOU FOLKS. 
          NEVER LOSE YOUR COMPASS. IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR COMPASS IS,
YOU HAVE TO BE MARRIED TO YOUR UNEQUIVOCAL VALUES. 
          WHAT ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOUR VALUES? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE YOUR WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL MISSION
STATEMENT AND WHAT ARE YOU USING TO GUIDE YOURSELF? AND IF YOU KNOW THAT, AND YOU REFER BACK TO IT AND YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS THROUGH THAT
PRISM, YOU'LL ALWAYS MAKE PRETTY GOOD DECISIONS. AND SO THE WHOLE IDEA OF THIS CLASS IS TO EXPOSE
PEOPLE TO GREAT DECISION MAKING TOOLS THAT ARE TIME TESTED AND THAT WILL ALWAYS RELY ON THEIR VALUES. SO WE TALK ABOUT THE DECISION ARCHITECTURE FROM TODD ROGERS. 
          WE TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC TRIANGLE, WHICH HAS BEEN USED IN THIS COUNTRY FOR 50 YEARS,
DEVELOPED OUT OF THE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL. 
          WE TALK ABOUT HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION. IN FACT, VIRGINIA KIMBALL REALLY ENJOYED THAT SECTION
AND HOW WE DIALOG WITH PEOPLE. 
          WE TALK ABOUT PRINCIPAL NEGOTIATION, HOW DO WE CONDUCT PRINCIPAL NEGOTIATIONS. 
          AND WE TAKE 15 WEEKS. AND MY PROMISE TO THE STUDENTS,
AND I'M HOPING THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT TONIGHT IS REALLY PROMISES. IT'LL BE NOTHING LIKE YOU'VE EVER DONE BEFORE. 
          AND HANG IN THERE FOR THE FIRST 3 OR 4 WEEKS,
BECAUSE IF YOU GET SCARED OR YOU THINK THIS ISN'T FOR YOU, GIVE GIVE IT A MINUTE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SO I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT WE HAVE OUR FIRST GRADUATING CLASS FROM OUR
INTERNAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, IF YOU GUYS WILL COME UP TO THE FRONT. SO THESE FOLKS. 
          THANK YOU. YEP. SO IN ADDITION TO THEIR DAILY DUTIES FOR 15 WEEKS, THEY THEY CAME WE SPENT TIME TOGETHER. 
          WE WORKED THROUGH REAL CHALLENGES. WE TESTED THEIR CHARACTER. 
          WE TESTED THEIR ASSUMPTIONS. SORT OF LIKE THE STATEMENT WE'LL MAKE IN THE LEADERSHIP
SECTION, THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A LEADER. YOU MIGHT BE BLESSED ENOUGH TO HAVE MOMENTS TO
PRACTICE LEADERSHIP, BUT NO ONE IS BORN A LEADER. WE DON'T WAKE UP LEADERS. WE DON'T PUT OUR PANTS ON LEADERS.
RIGHT? DISAPPOINTING OUR LEADERS AT THE NUMBER 99. 
          THE REMEDIAL LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP IS DISAPPOINTING YOUR FOLLOWERS AT A RATE THEY CAN
ABSORB. BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE FOLLOWERS, YOU'RE JUST A LONE NUT YELLING. HOW DO YOU CULTIVATE FOLLOWERS? SO THESE ARE OUR FIRST NEW BATCH OF OF LEADERS. 
          REALLY PROUD TO HAVE THEM HERE TONIGHT GOING TO PRESENT THEIR CERTIFICATES. THEY'RE
CURRENTLY WORKING ON A PROJECT. 
          SO 15 WEEKS OF EDUCATION, TEN WEEKS OF A PRACTICUM PROJECT THAT WE WILL IMPLEMENT IN THE
CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          SO REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE AND A REAL WORLD BONUS,
THEY'RE PROVIDING ABOUT A $100,000 SERVICE, DOING A REALLY GREAT LOW BARRIER BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT FOR MALABAR. 
          AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THEM AND HAVE THEM COME PRESENT THAT AT A FUTURE SESSION. SO
TONIGHT I'M GOING TO PRESENT THESE CERTIFICATES AND THEN ASK THEM, A FEW OF THEM IF THEY WOULD MIND SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT THE EXPERIENCE MEANT TO THEM. AND ANY ADVICE FOR ANY FUTURE
STUDENTS FOR THE NEXT CLASS. 
          SO UNFORTUNATELY VIRGINIA KILMER COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. 
          CHIEF, I'M GOING TO GIVE THAT TO YOU BEFORE WE GO. IF WE CAN GET THAT TO VIRGINIA. YOU
WANT TO STAY ON THE MIC, SIR? JACOB? CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
SIR. 
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SHARON COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, CHIEF STOVER. WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU. ERIC. 
          SHERMAN. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. JONATHAN. 
          LET'S GO. JONATHAN. DENNIS. ALL RIGHT. DENNIS. 
          ANDY. ANDY. AND DEBBIE. FLYNN. ALL RIGHT. DEBBIE. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND WE DON'T NEED EVERYBODY. 
          IF IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE ANYTHING JUST FOR YOUR PEERS,
FOR THE COMMUNITY OR FOR COUNCIL THAT THEY SHOULD KNOW OR ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE, I THINK WOULD BE SUPER VALUABLE. AND IF NOT,
THAT'S GREAT TOO. 
          DENNIS IS UP FIRST. OKAY. DENNIS. DENNIS. OVER THERE. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT FOR ALMOST 32 YEARS,
AND I'VE ATTENDED MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE TRAINING CLASSES AND HOW TO BE A BETTER LEADER AND HOW TO APPLY DIVERSITY. 
          THIS IS NOTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS A COMPLETE,
LIFE CHANGING ORDEAL. 
          IT TEACHES YOU NOT ONLY HOW TO BE A GOOD LEADER AT WORK,
BUT HOW TO BE A GOOD LEADER AT HOME AND WITH YOUR FAMILY. 
          AND IT MAKES YOU THINK THINGS THROUGH AND COME UP WITH A PROGRESSIVE SITUATION,
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND APPLYING IT TO EVERYTHING. SO THIS IS NOT JUST A TRAINING CLASS. 
          THIS IS NOT JUST BECOMING A BETTER MANAGER OR DIRECTOR. 
          THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING EVENT THAT WILL MAKE YOU RETHINK EVERYTHING YOU DO EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY. 
          AND I THANK YOU. OUTSTANDING. AS MR. MORTON MENTIONED,
WE HAD TO DO A PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT OF WHAT LEADERSHIP MEANS TO US AND WHAT OUR VALUES AND
GOALS WERE. 
          I THOUGHT ABOUT MY VALUES AND GOALS WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE. 
          THEN MY FIRST JOB, AND THEN I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THEM AGAIN UNTIL THIS CLASS. 
          AND NOW I'M ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THOSE GOALS NOW,
AND PLANNING MATTERS WAS ONE OF THEM. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. AWESOME. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST I JUST WROTE A LITTLE SOMETHING DOWN. I WAS HONORED TO BE A PART OF
THE PALM BAY FIRST LEADERS IN TRAINING EXCELLENCE TEAM. 
          IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE AND A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH. 
          UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CITY MANAGER, MATT MORTON,
WE LEARNED NOT ONLY ABOUT LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING. 
          MR. MORTON'S PASSION FOR STUDYING LEADERSHIP AND FOR SHARING WHAT HE LEARNED WITH OTHERS
REALLY INSPIRED US ALL. 
          I THOUGHT ONE OF THE BEST PART OF THIS PROGRAM WAS WORKING ALONGSIDE THE TEAM MEMBERS FROM
SO MANY DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, I BUILT CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION THAT WILL HELP US ALL
WORK TOGETHER TO EFFECTIVELY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I LEARNED NEW TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS TO BECOME A BETTER LEADER,
GAIN CONFIDENCE IN MY ABILITY TO LEAD AND COLLABORATE. 
          I'M ALSO EXCITED TO CONTINUE WORKING ON OUR TEAM PROJECT LIKE HE SAID AND PRESENT IT AT A
FUTURE MEETING. 
          GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM AND THANKFUL FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, GROW, AND CONNECT WITH A WONDERFUL GROUP OF CITY LEADERS. 
          THANKS. 
          ALL RIGHT, GUYS, STAND UP. 
          OH, YEAH? SURE. 
          THANKS. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, DEPUTY MAYOR, WE'RE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES:]
THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE CITY COUNCIL PERMITS AND ENCOURAGES COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AVAILABLE
IN FRONT OF THE CLERK BY THE TV AND GIVE IT TO THE CLERK. 
          SPEAKER SHALL BE LIMITED TO PALM BAY CITIZENS,
OWNERS OF PROPERTY OR BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY, OR THOSE WHICH RECEIVE UTILITY SERVICES FROM THE CITY CONCERNING THOSE UTILITY SERVICES. 
          BE SURE TO CHECK THE BOX ON THE SPEAKER CARD TO AFFIRM THAT YOU MEET AT LEAST ONE OF THESE
CRITERIA. WHEN CALLED, GO TO THE PODIUM, SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE,
AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. EACH PERSON SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND ONLY ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONCE. OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS PAT DALPRO. 
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GOOD EVENING, STAFF AND COUNCIL. PAT DALPRO,
410 GEORGE'S AVENUE, NORTHEAST PALM BAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO A WONDERFUL WOMAN,
BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT, WHO SUCCUMBED TO INJURIES FROM A DEADLY HEAD ON COLLISION. 
          AND THERE IS A REPORT SAYING THERE'S LIKE ONE ACCIDENT HAPPENING EVERY 47 SECONDS. 
          THAT IS WAY TOO MUCH. HER NAME IS SUSAN CONNELLY. 
          MANY OF YOU KNOW HER, LOVED HER AND THANKED HER FOR HER ENCOURAGING WORDS. 
          CAMARADERIE. SERVING AND MENTORING A TROOPER. 
          AN ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND FOR BREVARD COUNTY. 
          SHE IS THE ONE THAT HAS ENCOURAGED NOT ONLY ME,
BUT MANY OTHERS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK OUR BELIEFS AND MINDS, AND HOPEFULLY TO HELP ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TO CONTINUE IN SERVING THE CITY AS BEST YOU
CAN. 
          SHE WAS ON THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD BECAUSE OF HER LOVE AND CONCERN FOR THE NATURAL
HABITAT OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND HOW IT'S BEING DESTROYED. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD NOT FORGET HER PASSION THAT SHE STOOD FOR. 
          AND I ASK YOU IF WE WERE WORKING ON SOME CODES AND RULES TO CHANGE FOR DEVELOPERS AND
BUILDERS AND ESPECIALLY FOR NOT ONLY THE LARGE BUILDERS, BUT THOSE WHO ARE BUILDING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          THERE'S NO RULE IN KEEPING THE TREES ON LESS THAN AN ACRE LOT OR A 180 BY EIGHT,
140 BY 80. 
          SO I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE CODES CHANGED. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING A SPECIAL MEMORIAL FOR HER OUT HERE ON THE THE CITY HALL
LAND AND THAT. ALWAYS REMEMBER, ALL WE HAVE IS TODAY. WE ARE NOT GUARANTEED TOMORROW. 
          SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PREPARED THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS A GOOD ONE. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER CAROLINE ABINGDON. 
          OKAY, SO I'M KIND OF NERVOUS BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING IN PUBLIC. 
          SO IF I'M NERVOUS, I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS DO IT. 
          TAKE YOUR TIME, DEAR. OKAY. SO GOOD EVENING,
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF PALM BAY CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE TODAY IS WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY. 
          AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT A CHILD FROM THE CITY OF
PALM BAY THAT NEEDS YOUR HELP. 
          MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM IS AN AMERICAN CHILD FROM PALM BAY,
WHO WAS ONLY 15 YEARS OLD WHEN ISRAELI SOLDIERS VIOLENTLY KIDNAPED HIM IN FEBRUARY 2025. 
          MUHAMMAD HAS BEEN UNJUSTLY IMPRISONED BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY FOR OVER EIGHT MONTHS,
AND HAS BEEN FORCED TO ENDURE INHUMANE CONDITIONS. 
          ISRAEL HAS NOT LET HIS PARENTS CONTACT MUHAMMAD THE ENTIRE TIME. 
          HE HAS A CLOSE KNIT GROUP OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN FLORIDA WHO MISS HIM DEARLY AND ARE
OUTRAGED BY WHAT ISRAEL IS DOING TO HIM. 
          HIS COUSIN, SEIFULLAH HE'S FROM TAMPA, WAS RECENTLY BEATEN TO DEATH BY ISRAELI SETTLERS. 
          MUHAMMAD IS CLOSE TO HIS COUSIN AND STILL DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS COUSIN. 
          RIGHT NOW, MUHAMMAD SHOULD BE WITH HIS FAMILY,
TALKING ABOUT HIS PASSION FOR CARS AND LISTENING TO MUSIC AND ENJOYING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          SO HE WAS KIDNAPED ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2025, WHEN HE WAS VISITING HIS FAMILY IN THE WEST
BANK. 
          THEY CAME OVER MORE THAN 25 SOLDIERS, CAME TO HIS HOUSE AT 3 A.M.,
KIDNAPED HIM, BLINDFOLDED HIM AND TIED HIM, AND THEN SENT HIM TO PRISON. AND HIS CONDITION IS DIRE. 
          THE LAST UPDATE FROM THE US EMBASSY, COUNCIL,
IS THAT HIS HEALTH IS VERY CRITICAL. 
          HE IS NOT DOING GOOD AT ALL. HE HAS BLACK CIRCLES ON HIS EYES. 
          MORE WEIGHT LOSS THAT GUARDS BEAT HIM WHEN HE TRIED TO WAVE TO HIS FATHER ON THE COURTROOM
SECURITY CAMERA. 
          HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS ON DECEMBER 12TH. 
          IT'S BEEN DELAYED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. AND HE'S BEEN THERE SINCE FEBRUARY 2025. 
          AND NOW YOU'RE WONDERING, LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE HELP HIM? WELL, AS AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
WHAT I'M ASKING FOR FOR YOU ALL, IS TO TAKE TWO CONCRETE STEPS, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE,
IS ISSUE A FORMAL RESOLUTION FROM THIS COUNCIL CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND SAFE RETURN OF MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM, AFFIRMING THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY STANDS WITH ALL ITS
RESIDENTS, INCLUDING MUHAMMAD, WHO DESERVE EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER US LAW. 
          NUMBER TWO IS TO SEND A LETTER FROM THIS COUNCIL TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
THE STATE DEPARTMENT, 
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AND OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION URGING AND URGING URGENT INTERVENTION BEFORE IT IS TOO
LATE. 
          SO, PLEASE, ANY ACTION WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS,
IF YOU WANT TO MEET WITH ME OR HIS FAMILY. 
          I WILL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION YOU KNOW,
WE'LL WELCOME TO TALK WITH YOU. 
          DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM, BUT I WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE VENUE FOR THAT. 
          WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS COUNCIL THIS HE'S FROM PALM BAY,
WE LIKE, IF, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. BILL BENTON. 
          BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. 
          I'VE GOT TWO ITEMS TO ADDRESS. BOTH OF THEM UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. FIRST ONE IS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. AND AS USUAL,
I WISH I COULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE, OR I WOULD HAVE HAD THREE MINUTES ON EACH ONE,
BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY ANYMORE. 
          THANK YOU. WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE WORK PACKET ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO,
EMERSON DRIVE AND SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY, I NOTICED AT ONE POINT IT SAID THE DEVELOPER WAS GOING TO BE DOING THE BUILDING FOR THE
FOR THE ROAD ON EMERSON. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT FROM A T T INTERSECTION TO A CROSS INTERSECTION SO THE
CONVENIENCE STORE CAN COME IN. 
          BUT GOING THROUGH THE PACKET, I NOTICED THAT IT SAID THE BUILDER WAS GOING TO BE PAYING
FOR THE BUILD, OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUILD. 
          THEN I GO THE NEXT SENTENCE AND IT SAYS FUNDING WILL BE COMING OUT OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACT
FEE FUND. 
          SO IT LEAVES A LITTLE BIT OF CURIOSITY, ARE WE HAVING THE BUILDERS AND THEIR DEVELOPERS
COMING IN THAT WANT THESE THINGS, OR ARE THEY DOING THE ACTUAL BUILD? ARE THEY PAYING FOR IT OR ARE THEY SAYING,
OH, WE WANT TO PUT A CONVENIENCE STORE IN. 
          WE'LL DO THE LABOR FOR YOU, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR IT. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE WHICH WAY THAT WAS GOING TO GO. 
          SO MAYBE YOU COULD CLEAR THAT UP FOR ME. THE OTHER ONE WAS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
FOUR. 
          YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT CO-SPONSORSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS. 
          BUT WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS, WHEN THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD CALL
OUT THAT THAT NEEDS RECOGNITION. 
          THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA DONATED MONEY BACK TO THE TO THE POLICE,
TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY, TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT FOR PART OF THEIR FUNDING SOURCE
FOR THE REINDEER RUN. 
          AND TO ME, I LOOK AT THAT AS PAYING FORWARD SOMEBODY WHO DID SOMETHING NICE AND JUST SAY,
HERE IT IS. 
          WE RECOGNIZE YOU NOW. YOU PAY IT FORWARD. IN THIS CASE,
IT LOOKS LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PAYING IT FORWARD, AND A COUPLE OF YOUNG KIDS ARE GOING TO ENJOY THE MONEY. 
          SO AS IT IS, I DON'T LIKE COSPONSORSHIP, BUT I LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
DOING WITH THE MONEY THAT THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA GAVE BACK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OR GAVE BACK TO THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DEBORAH BROCOLINI. THIS MORNING. DEBBIE BURAK, 1821 AGORA CIRCLE, APARTMENT SEVEN,
PALM BAY, FLORIDA. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DID OVER IN POLK PARK. 
          I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEKEND WITH THE FEEDING OF THE NEEDY. 
          THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT IS SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF. 
          IF I WANTED TO COME AND GET FOOD, IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES TO GET
FROM WHERE I AM TO THE PARK BECAUSE OF THE TRANSPORTATION. SO MAYBE WE CAN WORK ON THAT. 
          MAYBE WE CAN GET A LIST OF INVALIDS SO THAT WE CAN BRING THEM THE FOOD. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TAKING A BUS FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AND GETTING TURKEY. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO ASK OR SAY IS THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
COMING ON THOR AND AGORA. 
          THEIR PAPERWORK IS STILL NOT ALL SUBMITTED. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW LONG ARE WE SUPPOSED
TO WAIT FOR THESE DEVELOPERS TO GET THE PAPERWORK IN? SHOULDN'T THERE BE LIKE,
A TIME LIMIT ON THIS? I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT A DEVELOPER, BUT WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH FPL GOING UP
AND EVERYTHING. 
          IF THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP, THEN LET'S DO IT. 
          IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT, THEN WE SHOULD STILL TAX THEM. 
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WE HAVE AN EMPTY BUILDING ON PALM BAY ROAD FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS,
THE ROXY GRILL. 
          THOSE PEOPLE ARE TURNING AROUND. THEY'RE GETTING A TAX BREAK,
BUT THEY PAY A LITTLE BIT OF PROPERTY TAX. 
          WHY? WHY ARE SOME HOMEOWNERS PAYING MORE IN PROPERTY TAX THAN A BUILDING THAT'S BEEN
SITTING EMPTY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. 
          THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR, IF I MAY JUST MAKE A COMMENT REAL QUICK. 
          THE FOOD DRIVE WAS WAS ON PALM BAY PARK, BUT IT WAS HOSTED BY AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION,
SO PALM BAY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANY PART OR SAY IN THAT. 
          WE JUST WE JUST HOSTED THE VENUE AND THEN THE ROXY PARCEL THAT'S ACTUALLY A CITY OF
MELBOURNE PROPERTY THAT. 
          YEAH, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IN PALM BAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO JUST VISIT ITEM NUMBER TWO ON CONSENT THAT MR. BENN SPOKE ABOUT MR. MORTON? YES. THANK YOU,
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO HOPEFULLY HAVING SOME CLARITY. KEVIN, ARE YOU GOING TO COME UP AND DO IT? OKAY.
FANTASTIC. THAT'S EVEN BETTER. THANK YOU, MR. BRINKLEY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, KEVIN KEVIN BRINKLEY,
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. 
          I BELIEVE THE CONFUSION IS THAT THE DEVELOPER IS BUILDING THE ROAD PORTION OF IT. 
          THIS AGENDA ITEM IS THE SIGNALIZATION. SO THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT GO UP,
THE CITY IS PUTTING IN PLACE, AND THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO BE DOING THE ROAD PORTION OF IT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING
THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES FOR. 
          SO THE TURN LANES AND ALL ROADS THAT WILL BE BUILT OUT BY THE DEVELOPER,
WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. MORTON, I'M SORRY I ACCIDENTAL ACCIDENTAL HIT. 
          DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'LL JUST PULL IT. OKAY. 
          WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION. OH. YOU WANT. 
          SO I HAVE A QUESTION WITH THAT BEING DONE AT EMERSON AND HERITAGE PARKWAY,
THAT'S ALMOST THE EXACT SAME INTERSECTION AS EMERSON OR AS WAKE. 
          OR IS IT PACE AND HERITAGE? ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE ANY PART OF THIS DESIGN FOR
THAT INTERSECTION AS WELL, BECAUSE THESE ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL INTERSECTIONS ON THE SAME ROAD. 
          AND THEY THEY PROBABLY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRAFFIC. 
          BUT IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE AT A LATER BASIS AND NOT SPEND
THIS MUCH ON DESIGN? KEVIN. YEAH. NO. HE'S SAYING, CAN WE UTILIZE THE SAME DESIGN FOR THE NEXT PROJECT ON PACE AND HERITAGE? CORRECT. YEAH. WE COULD NOT UTILIZE THE SAME. 
          I WOULD USE A PHONE. A FRIEND HERE, I THINK. I THINK I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE WAS
ORIGINALLY THIS WAS GOING TO BE AROUND ABOUT DEVELOPERS PAYING FOR THE ROAD. NOW IN LIEU OF THE CITY. CORRECT. 
          THE DESIGN IS CHANGED AND UPGRADED. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING OFF THE HOOK JUST
CONSTRUCTING THE MAST ARMS. CHRISTINA, ARE YOU GOING TO PHONE A FRIEND? IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING? WE CAN'T USE THE SAME DESIGN FOR THE. NO,
SIR. 
          EACH INTERSECTION IS GOING TO BE HAVE TO BE DESIGNED INDEPENDENTLY. 
          THE PACE INTERSECTION IS GOING TO BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT INTERSECTION THAN THE EMERSON
INTERSECTION. 
          SO THE THE LAND REQUIRED THE SETBACKS, EASEMENTS,
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE UNIQUE FOR EACH INTERSECTION THAT WE BUILT. AND THEY HAVE TO BE DESIGNED INDEPENDENTLY. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANKS, MICHAEL. NEXT SPEAKER. 
          MICHAEL MORIARTY 742 CORNELIA AVENUE SOUTHEAST. 
          FIRST, I WANT TO COMMEND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR PALM BAY POLICE FOR THEIR AWARD,
ALL THE ONES THAT ARE VERY DESERVING OF IT. 
          MR. MORTON, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH, THOUGH I DO HAVE TO REHASH SOME ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES PARTICULARLY THE THUMB DRIVE FROM
LANCE FISHER, WHOM NONE OF THE CONTACTS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AS OF THIS DATE,
AND ALSO THE MORE THAN 200 PAGES THAT I PUT INTO YOUR LAP ALONG WITH ANOTHER PERSON ON SEPTEMBER 22ND. 
          WITH REGARDS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE CONTACTS THAT WERE ON THERE THAT WERE
NEVER CONTACTED, THAT HAVE BEEN CONTACTING ME, TELLING ME THAT THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO YOU BUT CAN'T GET A
MEETING. 
          WHEREAS I CAN COMMEND A LOT OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. I MEAN, WE HAVE A CITY RIGHT NOW,
A LOT OF A LOT OF YOUNG WOMEN AND A LOT 
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OF MINORITIES ARE ON EDGE WITH CERTAIN OFFICERS ON THAT ROAD. AND YOU KNOW WHOM I SPEAK OF? QUITE FRANKLY,
I WORRY ABOUT MY OWN DAUGHTERS. 
          I HAVE TWO FULL GROWN DAUGHTERS. AND GOD FORBID,
I HAVE TO GET A CALL BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN PULLED OVER, YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THEM VERY LEGAL, BOTH OF THEM VERY PROFESSIONAL IN THEIR FIELDS. 
          BUT AT THIS POINT, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN AND WHAT I'VE REALLY
RESEARCHED. 
          I FULLY BELIEVE, MATT, THAT YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB,
BUT YOU'RE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY. 
          OKAY. TO MAKE THIS CITY BETTER AND TO USE YOUR OWN WORDS A FEW A FEW MOMENTS AGO,
DON'T LOSE YOUR COMPASS BECAUSE THINGS NEED TO BE DONE IN THIS CITY. 
          PEOPLE NEED TO GO IN THIS CITY. I'VE SPOKE ON BAD SEEDS IN THE PAST AND HEY,
I'M NOT EVEN YELLING. 
          I'M NOT SCREAMING. I'M IN A GREAT MOOD. HI, FELLAS. 
          YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THINGS REALLY NEED TO GET DONE. 
          NOW, GOING BACK TO A REQUEST ON A JEALOUSY AUDIT. 
          THE OPPOSITION ON THAT. I TRULY FEEL THAT ALTHOUGH AUDITS HAVE BEEN GOING ON,
I THINK WE'RE OVERLOOKING POLICE AND FIRE. AND I THINK THAT THE THE COUNCIL HERE SHOULD REALLY
CONSIDER AN AUDIT. 
          THANK YOU. OR OTHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. ALL RIGHT GUYS. PASTOR KEN DELGADO. 
          KENDALL GOT A15 FOR ANGELO ROAD, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY,
FLORIDA. 
          THIS COMING WEEK IS THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING. 
          I THOUGHT IT'D BE GOOD TO READ A COUPLE OF QUOTES. 
          PROCLAMATION MADE BY PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I DO RECOMMEND AND ASSIGN THURSDAY,
THE 26TH DAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT, TO BE DEVOTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THESE UNITED STATES TO THE SERVICE OF THAT GREAT AND GLORIOUS BEING WHO IS THE BENEFICENT AUTHOR OF ALL THE GOOD THAT
WAS, THAT IS, AND THAT WILL BE. AND WITH THANKSGIVING COMING UP. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND MENTION THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL
FOR. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST, I AM THANKFUL FOR JESUS CHRIST,
WHO CAME TO GIVE LIFE TO ALL WHO BELIEVE. 
          AND HIS MERCY IS EVERLASTING AND HIS LOVE IS UNENDING. 
          NUMBER TWO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THAT PEOPLE CAME TO THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR
THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIPING GOD. 
          THEY DEDICATED THIS LAND TO GOD. I AM THANKFUL THAT THIS IS A REPUBLIC AND NOT A
DEMOCRACY, SO THAT THERE BE EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF ALL PEOPLE. 
          I AM THANKFUL THAT TODAY WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS BENT ON REDUCING THE GOVERNMENT'S SIZE
AND THE GOVERNMENT OVERREACH AND TRYING TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          I'M THANKFUL THAT EVERY STATE CONSTITUTION MENTIONS JESUS OR GOD,
OR BOTH, BECAUSE THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED ON CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES. I AM THANKFUL FOR SUSAN CONNOLLY,
WHO WAS BOLD ENOUGH TO SHARE HER THOUGHTS. TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS CITY. ON A LIGHTER NOTE,
I AM THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER MORTON, WITH THE GOLDEN SHOES THAT MATCHES HIS TIE. 
          I AM THANKFUL FOR BILL BATTEN, WHO BATTED AWAY THE SUPPORT OF THIS CITY FOR THE CHRISTMAS
EXTRAVAGANZA. 
          HE JUST KEPT ON TRUCKING UNTIL HE FINALLY REACHED HIS GOAL. 
          AND SO WE ARE THANKFUL FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          I AM THANKFUL. FINALLY, AND LAST AND LEAST, BUT EVER SO MUCH IMPORTANT THAT I HAVE A WIFE
OF 51 YEARS WHO HAS BACKED ME UP, PUT UP WITH ME, LOVES ME, BIRTHED THREE CHILDREN AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
11 GRANDCHILDREN. 
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AND SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY WIFE PUBLICLY AS THE BEST WIFE IN ALL OF THE WORLD. 
          THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY YOU HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING. 
          HAPPY THANKSGIVING. NEXT SPEAKER, ROBERT STICE. 
          THAT'S A MAN THAT LOVES HIS WIFE. ME TOO. I WAS WONDERING THAT FOR THIS NEW TRAINING
PROGRAM YOU HAVE, MAYBE YOU CAN SIZE UP THE FOLKS AND GIVE THEM GOLD SHOES,
TOO, BECAUSE THEY CERTAINLY DESERVE IT. 
          YOU WERE GOING TO GET HIT WITH THOSE COMMENTS,
YOU KNOW THAT. ROBERT, 1796 TWINBROOK DRIVE. 
          I WANT TO KEEP THE THE FORMER MAJORS ON THE BURNER. 
          THIS IS MY OPINION. PLEASE KEEP THE CURRENT ZONING. 
          IN THAT BAYSIDE LAKE IS LOOKING TO PUT 460 HOMES THERE. 
          AND RATHER THAN TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE TRAFFIC THAT DEVELOPERS COME IN AND
TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE GOOD, IT'S GREAT. YOU ALL KNOW THAT'S A BUNCH OF BS. 
          I MEAN, WHEN IT'S ALREADY OVERPOPULATED, OVERSATURATED IN ANYTHING FROM HEALTH CARE TO
MOVING WATER TO DOCTORS TO THE ONLY PALM BAY HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR AREA RIGHT HERE,
THAT THINGS DON'T GET BETTER. 
          SO LET'S LOOK AT IT ANOTHER WAY. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT THIS WAS APPROVED AND YOU START
BUILDING THESE HOUSES IN VERY, VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THESE BIG HOMES THAT ARE AROUND THE GOLF COURSE. 
          CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT PROPERTY VALUES WOULD BE? CAN YOU IMAGINE THE THE BIG PAUL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD,
THE NEGATIVITY, THE THE SADNESS THAT WOULD BE TO SEE THIS BEING CRUSHED? YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, JUST IMAGINE THAT GOING THROUGH. 
          WHAT WOULD IT DO TO THAT COMMUNITY WE WILL HAVE ABOUT 300 RED SHIRTS. 
          SO I HOPE YOU MAKE RESERVATIONS AT PALM BAY THEATER. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY. OKAY, THIS IS NOT THE FORMER. 
          I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF THE OTHER. THE OTHER GOLF COUNTRY CLUB. 
          THANK YOU. THIS IS NOT THAT. WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY. 
          NOW, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE FOR THIS. 
          WE'VE DONE SOME WONDERFUL THINGS IN THE CITY,
AND I TIP MY HAT TO ALL OF YOU. 
          I MEAN YOU KNOW, TRAINING INTERNALLY AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH STAFF AND HOW THEY RESPOND. 
          THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY. AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS IS GOING TO COME
UP. 
          SO PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH A GREAT AREA
AS BAYSIDE LAKES, WHICH YOU SAID, SIR, IS CROWN JEWEL OF PALM BAY,
COMPLETELY FLATTENED. 
          AND HAVING HOUSES IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY THAT ARE NOT COMPATIBLE,
WHICH IS WHAT YOU SAID AT THE AMERICAN LEGION CENTER. 
          IT'S NOT YOU CAN'T HAVE A HOUSE THAT'S 23,200FT² NEXT TO SOMETHING THAT'S GOT 1800FT². 
          IT DOESN'T WORK. SO IN MY OPINION, PLEASE KEEP THE ZONING. 
          ONE HOUSE PER FIVE ACRE. LOTS. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD THANKSGIVING. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, KRISTEN LANSANAH. 
          GOOD EVENING. PLEASE EXCUSE MY CRACKLY VOICE AND TEARS I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT MISS
CONNELLY. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW HER PERSONALLY, BUT SHE HAD THE KINDEST EYES,
AND I WAS REALLY HOPING TO GET TO KNOW HER BETTER. 
          KRISTEN LANSANAH, NORTHWEST PALM BAY. I'D LIKE TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE FLOCK CAMERAS,
A GROWING SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AFFECTING EVERY PERSON WHO DRIVES THROUGH PALM BAY. 
          AND WHILE AT THIS POINT IT SEEMS LIKE THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE. TONIGHT I WANT TO TELL THE
STORY OF HOW WE ENDED UP HERE, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WONDER ABOUT THOSE POLES IN THE SOLAR PANELS AND CAMERAS AND NEVER GO
DIGGING FOR ANSWERS. 
          AND I DO MEAN DIGGING, BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST REACHED OUT IN JANUARY TO FIND MORE
INFORMATION, I WAS MET WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. FIRST,
I ASKED THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY TOLD ME TO REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE DOT INFORMED ME THAT
THE CAMERAS WERE LIKELY LICENSE PLATE READERS INSTALLED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 
          THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD NOTHING RESPONSIVE TO MY REQUEST,
SO I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND OUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          MR. HAMER MISTAKENLY THOUGHT I WAS REFERRING TO THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS. 
          MR. JAFFE SAID IT WAS BEFORE HIS TIME IN OFFICE,
AND THE MAYOR ASKED FOR SOME MORE DETAILS WHILE LOOPING THE REST OF THE TEAM IN. 
          I THEN RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM MISS BOURNE,
WHO LET ME KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN ITEM PASSED AT THE AUGUST 19TH, 2021 COUNCIL MEETING. A FEW DAYS LATER, DEPUTY CHIEF SPEARS WAS REACHING OUT FOR A PHONE
CALL TO DISCUSS THE MATTER. 
          ON THAT CALL, HE INFORMED ME THAT THE CAMERAS WERE FUNDED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST
FUND, NOT TAXPAYER DOLLARS, AND I WAS ASSURED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD MAKE MORE INFORMATION
AVAILABLE, SUCH AS THE FLOCK CAMERA PURPOSE, THE FUNCTION,
DATA STORAGE AND ACCESS POLICIES. 
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BUT I HAVE NOT SINCE BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE IN THAT
REGARD. 
          I BEGAN ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY TO ASK FOR A TRANSPARENT DISCUSSION,
AND THIS IS THE NINTH TIME I'VE COME OUT FOR THIS ISSUE ALONE. 
          I'D PERSONALLY LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHEN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT OFFICIALLY BEGAN,
AND WHEN THE AGREEMENT OFFICIALLY ENDS, OR IS UP FOR RENEWAL BECAUSE THE CONTRACTS AND OUTGOING PAYMENT RECORDS THAT I RECEIVED
ARE NOT CLEAR ON THOSE DETAILS. 
          UPON REVIEWING THE RECORDING OF THE MEETING WHERE THE APPROVAL TOOK PLACE,
I LEARNED THAT IT WAS VIA THE CONSENT AGENDA, MEANING THERE WAS NO PUBLIC DISCUSSION EXCEPT FOR MR. BILL BATTIN, WHO RIGHTLY POINTED OUT THAT HE HOPED TO NEVER FIND HIMSELF IN THE CROSSHAIRS
IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, A POTENTIAL THE POTENTIAL DANGERS THAT HAVE BEEN WARNED WITH AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE
READERS HAVE BECOME REALITY IN DENVER. 
          AN INNOCENT WOMAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A FLOCK ALERT LABELED HER AS SUSPICIOUS,
EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS VIDEO PROVING THAT SHE WAS SIMPLY VISITING HER TAILOR IN AURORA. 
          A FAMILY WAS DETAINED FOR HOURS IN A WALMART PARKING LOT BECAUSE FLOCK MISIDENTIFIED THEIR
VEHICLE AS STOLEN. 
          HERE IN FLORIDA, MY DEAR FRIEND WAS PULLED OVER BECAUSE FLOCK INCORRECTLY FLAGGED HER AS
UNINSURED. 
          AND WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE PREGNANT WOMAN HERE IN PALM BAY WHO WAS VIOLENTLY CONFRONTED
BY AN OFFICER WITH A HISTORY OF EXCESSIVE FORCE TRIGGERED BY A FLOCK ALERT TIED TO SOMEONE ELSE'S EXPIRED LICENSE. THESE ARE NOT MERELY GLITCHES IN AN EMERGING SYSTEM. 
          THESE ARE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ENABLED BY A FLAWED TECHNOLOGY AND AMPLIFIED BY POWER
HUNGRY OFFICERS. 
          I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO REVIEW WHETHER THE RECENT FEDERAL SHARING VIOLATIONS BREACH OUR
CONTRACT, GIVING US GROUNDS TO TERMINATE EARLY AND PLACE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, ANDREA RODRIGUEZ. 
          GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANDRE. I AM A PART OF THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS OF
BREVARD COUNTY, AND I JUST WANTED TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF A YOUNG PALM BAY YOUNG MAN,
MOHAMED IBRAHIM. 
          CAROLINE BROUGHT HIM UP EARLIER, AND I KNOW MAYOR MEDINA SAID THAT IT'S MORE OF A STATE
MATTER, WHICH I UNDERSTAND. WE DO DO A PROTEST EVERY FRIDAY EVENING IN FRONT OF THE BREVARD COUNTY
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, IN FRONT OF REPRESENTATIVE HARIDOPOLOS OFFICE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, TO NO AVAIL SO FAR. SO WE'RE WE'RE COMING TO YOU BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF YOUR
CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SAY TO THE PEOPLE ABOVE US,
THE STATE, THE STATE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'LL LISTEN TO YOU IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO US. AND,
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO REPEAT WHAT WE HOPE TO YOU GUYS CAN HELP US DO THAT. 
          CAROLINE. ALSO MENTIONED IS TO ISSUE A FORMAL COUNTY RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE
RELEASE AND SAFE RETURN OF MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM, AFFIRMING THAT BREVARD COUNTY PALM BAY STANDS WITH ALL ITS RESIDENTS,
INCLUDING PALESTINIAN AMERICAN FAMILIES, WHO DESERVE EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER US LAW. AND HOPEFULLY,
YOU KNOW, THAT CAN GET THE ATTENTION OF OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE THE POWER TO TO BRING HIM HOME AND TO, YOU KNOW, JUST SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IT IS REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, EMPATHY IS THE WAY TO KIND OF FIX THE WAY THINGS ARE
IN THE WORLD, IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
COMING FROM PEOPLE IN POWER IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THAT MORE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE POEMS THAT I WROTE. 
          EVEN IF THE WORLD IS TELLING US TO HATE AND TO JUDGE,
WE HAVE TO STAND RESOLUTE IN OUR COMPASSION, WE CANNOT BUDGE. GRIEF IS LOVE FIGHTING TO STAY IN OUR HEARTS. 
          COMMUNITY IS WHERE THE HEALING STARTS. AND YOU KNOW HIS FAMILY IS OUR BUSINESS OWNERS IN
THE AREA. 
          AND SO THEIR FEDERAL TAXES ARE GOING TO THEIR SON WHO IS BEING HELD IN A FOREIGN PRISON. 
          THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO THAT COUNTRY. AND BASICALLY THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING TO HIS
IMPRISONMENT, TO HIS IMPRISONMENT. THAT SHOULDN'T THAT SHOULDN'T BE A THING THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. HE
WAS JUST VISITING HIS FAMILY ON THE WEST BANK, AND HE WAS KIDNAPED. 
          HE WAS BLINDFOLDED AND NOW HE'S EMACIATED. AND THIS IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. 
          THIS IS A CHILD FROM HERE. AND THE WAY I, YOU KNOW,
KIND OF BECAME MOVED BY IT IS BECAUSE MY MY BROTHER'S 18 YEARS OLD AND HE THIS THIS IS A 16 YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY ONE OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS,
YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN WRAPPED UP IN THAT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY IT ESPECIALLY HITS HOME. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY IF YOU CAN FIND IT
IN YOUR HEARTS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT IT AND SHOW THAT SOLIDARITY WITH ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS
AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          I THINK IT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO, YOU KNOW,
AT LEAST TRYING TO GET HIM HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO I THINK IT IS THE DUTY TO OF PEOPLE IN POWER LIKE YOURSELVES TO HELP THAT ALONG. 
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SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. DID HE WRITE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION? THANK YOU. I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU, SIR. THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM. 
          PARKER. ALLEN. THANK YOU. 
          PARKER ALLEN, 1989 STREET PALM BAY. I'D LIKE TO SHARE IN THE MAYOR'S ENTHUSIASM WHEN HE
REFERS TO PALM BAY AS THE GREATEST CITY ON EARTH. 
          I'D LIKE FOR THE REST OF THE NATION AND WORLD TO HAVE A SIMILAR POSITIVE PERCEPTION WHEN
THEY THINK OF PALM BAY. 
          A. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR REPUTATION REMAINS BLEMISHED DUE TO THE CONTINUED STUPID ANTICS OF A
RACIST ATTENTION WHORE. 
          HE CONTINUES TO LASH OUT AGAINST ANYONE WHO DOESN'T LOOK OR THINK LIKE HIM,
AND HE TAKES GREAT PRIDE EVERY TIME AN ARTICLE REFERS TO THIS. 
          THE LEVEL OF SELF-IMPORTANCE HE MUSTERS FROM HATING BROWN PEOPLE IS ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING. 
          CHARACTERIZING HIS BLOVIATION AS THE FIRST SHOT FIRED IN SOME DELUSIVE WAR AGAINST
IMMIGRANTS. 
          JUST A FEW OF THE WORTHLESS EXPRESSIONS FROM TODAY THAT PASS AS INTELLIGENT THOUGHT TO THE
AVERAGE CONFEDERATE BRAIN. 
          THE USA IS UNDER INVASION, AND LITERALLY NOTHING ELSE MATTERS RIGHT NOW. 
          SOMALIANS HAVE AN AVERAGE IQ OF 30. ISLAM MUST BE BANNED ENTIRELY. 
          HERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU WHY DOES AN ADULT FEEL THE NEED TO TEACH CHILDREN THAT OWNING
AND CONTROLLING OTHER PEOPLE'S BODIES IS MORALLY CORRECT? AFTER I HIGHLIGHTED HIS PREDATORY BEHAVIOR AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING,
THIS REPROBATE DOUBLED DOWN TO STATE HE WOULD TEACH CHILDREN WHY THE SOUTH WAS RIGHT, THAT THE SOUTH WAS RIGHT TO REBEL AGAINST AMERICAN LAW AND WAS RIGHT TO FIGHT TO UPHOLD
SLAVERY. 
          I CAN ONLY THINK OF A FEW REASONS AN ADULT MAN WOULD WANT TO TEACH CHILDREN THAT
DOMINATING THE BODY OF ANOTHER HUMAN IS MORALLY JUST, AND NONE OF THEM ARE GOOD. IN THIS POST WHERE I RAISED AWARENESS TO THESE PREDATORY
BEHAVIORS, THE CONFEDERATE REFERRED TO ME AS A ANTIFA ACTIVIST. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE EMPLOYED, I'LL PROVIDE A TRANSLATION. 
          IT'S A MASHUP OF THE WORDS TRANSGENDER ANTI-FASCISM. 
          HE'S GOT ONE POINT, RIGHT? I DO STAND AGAINST FASCISM. 
          AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'LL CONTINUE TO BE AT THESE MEETINGS WITH MY FOOT ON THAT SNAKE'S
NECK. 
          TRANSGENDER, THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE STRANGE. KIND OF WEIRD TO BRING THAT UP WHEN YOU MARRIED
SOMEONE THAT'S VISIBLY MORE MASCULINE, BUT YOU'RE NOT SHALLOW. YOU DIDN'T MARRY FOR LOOKS,
BUT FOR THE ACCESS TO CHILDREN. 
          AS A STAFF MEMBER AT THE FREEDOM ACADEMY HOMESCHOOL CO-OP,
WHERE HE'S KNOWN TO PRAY. 
          SO TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, IF YOU'RE TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THIS AND YOU'RE TIRED OF
HEARING ABOUT HIM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS. 
          HE'S NOT GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE SITUATION,
AND THE CENSURE WAS ALL BUT WORTHLESS. 
          SO IT STRIKES ME THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO HOLD A SPECIAL RECALL ELECTION. 
          SO IF YOU'D BE SO KIND TO CONFIRM THE ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF THESE FIGURES,
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IS IT 5% OF THE TOTAL REGISTERED POPULATION FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF PALM BAY? SO WE'D NEED ABOUT 4200 SIGNATURES FOR 84,000 PEOPLE. 
          ARE THOSE NUMBERS ROUGHLY CORRECT? THAT'S MY QUESTION TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. RUTH CAULFIELD. MAYOR. 
          THEY'RE TALKING A LOT. IT'S NOT LOUD. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME, MA'AM. SORRY. 
          YES. I'M GOING TO DRAW. YES, SIR. THIS MEETING TO ORDER WHERE YOU. 
          YOU DESERVE THE RESPECT OF EVERYONE IN THESE CHAMBERS. 
          SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS BE KEPT OUTSIDE OF THESE CHAMBERS. 
          CARRY ON MA'AM. THANK YOU SIR. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL,
CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF. 
          I'M THANKFUL TODAY FOR OUR CITY THAT IS ADHERING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THE CONSTITUTION OF FLORIDA. 
          THAT BEING SAID, LAST YEAR, A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE INSTALLED AS NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND SWORE AN OATH TO UPHOLD THESE CONSTITUTIONS. NOW YOU REPRESENT THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF PALM BAY,
MEANING YOU REPRESENT CITIZENS. 
          THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION IS LISTEN. 
          LISTENING IS A SKILL THAT MUST BE DEVELOPED. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN HEARING. 
          YOU CAN ONLY LISTEN WHEN YOU INVITE THE PUBLIC TO A TOWN HALL. 
          JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ELECTED TO YOUR SEAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE ALL KNOWING AND ALL SEEING,
AND HAVE SUPERNATURAL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN LESS THAN FIVE TOWN HALL MEETINGS BY ANY OF THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS. 
          AND THIS NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED. NOVEMBER IS WHERE THE CITIZEN WILL LOOK AT YOUR JOB
DESCRIPTION CREATED BY YOU THROUGH YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISES. 
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AND THOSE PROMISES NEED TO BE EVALUATED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER JOB. 
          SO THE CITIZENS WILL BE LOOKING INTO THE ACCOUNTABILITY,
THE PROMISES THAT YOU MADE AND AND THOSE SUCH THINGS, JUST LIKE ANY EMPLOYEE GETS A REVIEW ON THEIR JOB. 
          SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS HAPPENING. 
          REMEMBER, SILENCING CITIZENS VOICES WAS NOT SOMETHING I REMEMBER AS A BULLET POINT ON
ANYBODY'S CAMPAIGN PROMISES. 
          SO WHAT BASICALLY WANTS YOU TO JUST ELIMINATE THAT AND START WORKING WITH CITIZENS THROUGH
TOWN HALLS AND WORKSHOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, BUTCHER AND. 
          BUTCHER RAN 219 TRENTON AVENUE. TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC,
TRAFFIC. 
          I LIVE LOST LESS THAN THREE MILES FROM HERE. IT TOOK ME 20 MINUTES TO GET HERE. 
          THE INTERSECTION OF JUPITER AND MINTON IS SO BAD. 
          DRIVERS ARE. THERE'S THREE LANES THERE. THEY'RE TURNING OFF DE GROOT FROM THE MIDDLE LANE. 
          IF YOU CAN KIND OF FOLLOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THERE. 
          THEY THEY JAM UP THE ROAD. THEY PARK IN THE INTERSECTION. 
          SO WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGES, NOBODY CAN GO ANYWHERE. 
          MY QUESTION IS, HOW IS OUR TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN THIS CITY CONTROLLED? ARE THEY COMPUTERIZED? IS THERE SOMEONE THAT MONITORS THE TRAFFIC FLOW? OR IS IT THESE LITTLE CONTROL BOXES THAT ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT CONTROLS
THEM? AND HOW OFTEN IS THAT THESE INTERSECTIONS UPDATED WITH THE TRAFFIC FLOW? THE SECOND THING IS EMPTY HOUSES IN PALM BAY. 
          IS THERE SOMEWHERE A CITIZEN CAN LOOK AND SEE HOW MANY HOUSES HOUSES ARE IN FORECLOSURE? HOW MANY HOUSES ARE FOR RENT? HOW MANY HOUSES ARE FOR SALE? THERE'S FOUR IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN EMPTY FOR ALMOST A MONTH NOW. 
          MONTH AND A HALF. ONE OF THEM'S FOR SALE. THE OTHER ONE IS FOR RENT. 
          IS THERE A WAY THAT HOW IS THAT MONITORED WITHIN THE CITY TO KNOW HOW MANY EMPTY HOUSES IS
AROUND? AND THEN I HEARD THE GENTLEMAN TALK ABOUT THE MAJORS AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I GOT A LITTLE $180,000 HOUSE, BUT THEY BUILT A $400,000 HOUSE. 
          TWO LOTS DOWN FROM MINE, STILL FOR SALE. SO THAT'S MY QUESTIONS. 
          AND GO BILLS. SO MR. MORTON, IF YOU COULD GET STAFF TO SPEAK ABOUT ITS YOU COULD REACH OUT TO MR. LAURENT OFFLINE AND MAYBE JUST COPY AN EMAIL TO THE REST OF
COUNCIL. 
          AND THEN I KNOW THAT WE HAD RECENTLY DISCUSSED A COMPANY REGARDING FORECLOSURE. 
          THAT COULD BE PART OF THAT INFORMATION WE PASS ON. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. JENNIFER LEE. 
          GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS, HOPEFULLY,
THIS LAST TIME AS A MUSLIM AND A MOTHER OF A HIJABI DAUGHTER THAT'S 17 YEARS OLD. TODAY, SHE HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION OF LEAVING HER JROTC
PROGRAM AT PALM BAY HIGH SCHOOL. 
          NOT ME. WHICH HIGH SCHOOL? BECAUSE SHE FEELS LIKE A NUISANCE BECAUSE OF HER HIJAB. 
          SHE HAS BEEN TOLD MULTIPLE TIMES TO CHANGE COLORS OF HER SHIRT,
TO CHANGE COLORS OF HER HIJAB, THAT SHE'S DOING SOMETHING WRONG EVERY TIME SHE WEARS A UNIFORM. 
          I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I'M JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT MY DAILY LIFE AND
MY DAUGHTER IS EVERY DAY. 
          I DON'T HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I HAVE PEOPLE SEND ME STUFF WHICH OTHER PEOPLE HAVE POSTED
ABOUT WHAT IS AN AMERICAN? I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I AM A DESCENDANT OF ONE OF THE FOUNDING,
THE ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. MY FAMILY HELPED BUILD THIS COUNTRY. 
          THEY FOUGHT IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THE UNION,
WORLD WAR ONE, WORLD WAR TWO, KOREA. 
          AND MY BROTHER AND MY NEPHEW ARE IN THE MILITARY. 
          NOT ONLY THAT, BUT MY I HAVE A GRANDMOTHER WHOSE FATHER WAS ANOTHER FOUNDER OF HARTFORD,
CONNECTICUT. 
          THEY MIGRATED HERE FROM ENGLAND. MY FAMILY IS VERY KNOWN. 
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I AM A WADSWORTH. AND I BELIEVE MY FAMILY CAME. 
          AND THEY DEVELOPED THIS COUNTRY OUT OF FREEDOM AND NOT CONQUER. 
          AND I WANT MY CHILDREN AND MY GRANDCHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND THIS AS THEY GET OLDER,
THAT THEY HAVE A CHOICE OF THEIR RELIGION AND WHAT THEY SHOULD WEAR IS TO BE ACCEPTABLE. MY DAUGHTER IS A VERY AMAZING YOUNG LADY. 
          SHE WORKS HARD, SHE'S ON THE CHEERLEADING SQUAD,
SHE'S IN THE ROTC PROGRAM, SHE'S IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. 
          SHE'S SILENCED SO WELL AS A AS AN AMERICAN GIRL,
SHE JUST DOESN'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE A NUISANCE. 
          AND I'M TURNING 18 SOON. I HOPE SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. 
          LIKE, I AM NOT FIGHTING FOR HER CHILDREN. SO I JUST BEG AND PLEASE. 
          I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF MUSLIMS. WE'RE NOT BAD PEOPLE. 
          WE DO WANT TO DO THINGS LIKE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND CHRISTIANS AND JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU
DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I AM PART OF THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA. 
          MY FAMILY IS. I AM A WADSWORTH. I'M A PROUD WADSWORTH,
AND I'M A PROUD MUSLIM. 
          AND I JUST HOPE IN THE FUTURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND TO HEAR ME,
TO JUST GIVE THESE YOUNG CHILDREN A CHANCE TO PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION. 
          FREEDOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKER CARDS. 
          THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON CONSENT. COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:]
SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          NUMBER ONE, MISS SMITH, ORDINANCE 20 2550, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
BREVARD COUNTY, 
          [PUBLIC HEARINGS:]
FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING AND ALLOCATING FUNDS AS
IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT A, CONSISTING OF SIX PAGES, AND INCORPORATED IN ITS ENTIRETY HEREIN. 
          RECOGNIZING THAT SUCH APPROPRIATIONS MUST BE MADE PURSUANT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          CHAPTER 35 FINANCE. ADOPTING, RATIFYING, CONFIRMING,
AND VALIDATING THE ALLOCATIONS. 
          PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. MA'AM,
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MR. MORTON. THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL,
THIS IS A SECOND AND FINAL READING. 
          THIS IS A QUARTERLY BUDGET AMENDMENT WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ALL BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS COMPLETED
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ALL YEAR END ACCOUNT AND OR CATEGORY ADJUSTMENTS RESULTING IN AN INCREASE OR A DECREASE TO
INDIVIDUAL FUND AND OR INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, AND ALL PROJECT ACCOUNT CORRECTIONS AND OR PROJECT CLOSURES. 
          NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST READING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY CUES
FROM COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS. 
          SO I'M TURNING TO THE PUBLIC. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR
AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON,
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO,
MISS SMITH. 
          ORDINANCE 20 2551, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 28,
BLOCK 854, PORT MALABAR. 
          UNIT 17. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 15,
PAGE 103 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING,
MR. MORTON. THANK YOU AGAIN. HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS A VACATION OF AROUND 400FT² FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SWIMMING POOL AND DECK. 
          IT IS THE SECOND READING. FINAL READING. ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS QUEUED UP, SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME PRESENT THEIR
CASE. 
          MY NAME IS FRANK PUCCIONI. I'M AT 1073 WELCO. 
          I JUST APPLIED TO HAVE A PORTION OF THE EASEMENT AT THE REAR OF MY YARD VACATED TO
ACCOMMODATE A SWIMMING POOL. 
          BASICALLY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. SIR. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST
THIS ITEM? 
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SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. 
          GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. 
          ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PICCONE. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE,
MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 20 2552, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY,
FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS ROHINGYA DRIVE, LYING BETWEEN THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILROAD AND WILHELMINA COURT,
AS RECORDED IN SUBDIVISION PLAT BOOK 19, PAGE 128 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND,
MR. MORTON. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS IS A SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR THE FAR FACILITY TO VACATE BOTH
SIDES OF ROWENA DRIVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF STREAMLINING OPERATIONS, CONSOLIDATING PARCELS INTO INCREASED PUBLIC SAFETY AS PRESENTED AND CONDITION CONDITIONS. 
          STAFF IS. RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE VACATION. 
          THANK YOU. DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS QUEUED UP. 
          SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF THE APPLICANT WANTS TO COME PRESENT THEIR CASE. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO,
LIKE STAFF SAID, WE'RE REQUESTING THE VACATION SO THAT WE CAN PUT A GATE ACROSS THE ROWENA DRIVE TO ENHANCE THE SECURITY OF THE FACILITY. 
          AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, CONSOLIDATE THE LOTS TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU. MA'AM. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST AND STAND BY UNTIL
I'LL HAVE YOU. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ELSE. 
          OKAY. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? GO AHEAD. MA'AM. GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT, MA'AM,
AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT. 
          I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT FAR RESEARCH IS. OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANT TO KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? THAT'S IT. 
          OKAY. I'M SURE THEY COULD ANSWER THAT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO
SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? OKAY, COME ON UP, MA'AM. AND AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO RESPOND TO HER QUESTION. 
          OKAY, SO THE QUESTION WAS WHO IS FOR RESEARCH? WHAT IS FOR? OKAY, SO FOR RESEARCH IS A CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY. 
          AND SO I DON'T KNOW, I CAN HAVE BRIAN, WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE OF FAR GIVE MORE DETAILS. 
          COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS BRIAN SALTER, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR FAR CHEMICAL. 
          BASICALLY, IT'S A SMALL, LOTS SPECIALTY CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY,
MAKING VARIOUS PRODUCTS THAT GO INTO AEROSPACE, PHARMACEUTICALS, ADHESIVES, AND SO FORTH. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 20 2552. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. 
          SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION,
GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 20 2553, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY,
FLORIDA. 
          VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT
LOCATED WITHIN LOT 12, BLOCK 1475, PORT MALABAR. UNIT 31. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF,
AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 17, PAGE 27 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU, MISS SMITH. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING,
MR. MORTON. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL,
THIS IS A REQUEST TO VACATE APPROXIMATELY 200FT² FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE SLAB IN A BACKYARD. AT&T, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT SPECTRUM AND MELBOURNE TILLMAN WATER CANAL. 
          HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS VACATION REQUEST. STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS OR ADVERSE COMMENTS
TO THIS VACATION REQUEST. 
          OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS QUEUED UP FROM COUNCIL. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. 
          HECTOR AND AURORA GONZALEZ. HECTOR GONZALEZ,
2180 O'CONNELL AVENUE, SOUTHWEST. GOOD EVENING. CITY COUNCIL STAFF. I AM REQUESTING A VACATE OF THE EASEMENT TO
BUILD AN ENCLOSURE SO THAT I CAN 
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HAVE FAMILY OVER. AND YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO MY FIRST BARBECUE. 
          IT'S A LITTLE PLOY IN THERE. IT'S JUST TO HAVE THE FAMILY OVER. 
          IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN ENCLOSURE IN THE REAR OF THE HOUSE JUST TO HAVE THE SPACE TO,
YOU KNOW, PUT AN UMBRELLA, PUT A BARBECUE, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME TABLES OUT THERE AND JUST KIND OF
ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OF FLORIDA. 
          THAT'S BASICALLY IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. ANY ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. SECOND. I GOT A I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMOND,
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR,
SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. SIR, YOU GOT ONE MORE READING TO COME? ALRIGHT, SIR. ONE MORE. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
MISS SMITH, ORDINANCE 20 2554, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY,
FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT EIGHT, BLOCK 347,
PORT MALABAR, UNIT NINE. 
          ACCORDING TO THE PLAQUE THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 15,
PAGE NINE 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,
MR. MORTON. THANK YOU AGAIN, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. FIRST READING TO VACATE APPROXIMATELY 680FT² FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
SWIMMING POOL AND A DECK IN THE BACKYARD. 
          SIMILARLY, AT&T, FLORIDA GAS, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AND SPECTRUM,
AS WELL AS STAFF HAVE NO OBJECTIONS OR ADVERSE COMMENTS FOR VACATING THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT
THEIR CASE. 
          COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCILMAN COUNCIL PEOPLE. 
          MY NAME IS COREY MENDEZ. I'M STANDING ON BEHALF OF MY GOOD FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR,
ANTHONY MCLEAN, WHO CANNOT BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE HE'S IN THE HOSPITAL. BUT WE ARE REQUESTING,
LIKE IT WAS STATED WE WANT TO BUILD A POOL, OR HE WANTS TO BUILD A POOL IN HIS BACKYARD,
SO WE'RE REQUESTING PERMISSION TO DO SO. 
          WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN, SIR? COREY MENDEZ. COREY MENDEZ. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU YOU'RE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. YOU REALLY ARE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 
          I HAVE TO COMMEND YOU FOR THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY QUEUED UP,
BUT ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. 
          I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON,
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR WE'VE GOT ONE MORE IN. 
          LET THEM KNOW. I'LL BE PRAYING FOR ANTHONY MCLEAN. 
          THAT'S HIS NAME. CORRECT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT,
FOLKS. 
          THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SIX, MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 20 2555,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC
UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT EIGHT, BLOCK 1630, PORT MALABAR, UNIT 32. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF,
AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 17, PAGE 38 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. MR. MORTON. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL FIRST READING TO VACATE APPROXIMATELY
700FT² OF A BACKYARD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SWIMMING POOL AND A DECK. 
          SIMILARLY, AT&T, FLORIDA GAS, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AND SPECTRUM,
AS WELL AS STAFF HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO VACATING THIS REQUEST. 
          THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS QUEUED UP. I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO STEP FORWARD AND
PRESENT THEIR CASE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS RICHARD KNUDSON. 
          278 GATES STREET SOUTHWEST. LOOKING TO VACATE TEN FEET OF EASEMENT FOR A POOL AND AND SOME
DECK. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND HEARING ASKING FOR A MOTION. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? 
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PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE HEARING,
SIR. 
          ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MADAM SMITH, RESOLUTION 20 2543,
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICES,
PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS, ESTABLISHING A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AREA, PROVIDING FOR THE COMPUTATION AND IMPOSITION OF
STORMWATER UTILITY FEES TO FUND THE CITY'S PROVISION OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICES WITHIN THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AREA. 
          ESTABLISHING. ESTABLISHING THE METHODOLOGY PURSUANT TO WHICH STORMWATER UTILITY FEES WILL
BE IMPOSED AGAINST TAX PARCELS OF BENEFITED PROPERTY. 
          ESTABLISHING A MITIGATION AND AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION POLICY,
RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT. 
          HEREWITH. 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 AGAIN, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO US BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE IN RECOGNITION OF OF THE COMMUNITY'S
CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRESERVATION OF OUR DWINDLING OPEN SPACE AND PROVIDING MORE TOOLS TO PRESERVE, PRESERVE OUR OPEN SPACE IN THE COMMUNITY OF PALM BAY. 
          THIS ORDINANCE WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STORMWATER FEES PAID BY QUALIFYING AGRICULTURAL
PROPERTIES THAT ARE 20 ACRES OR LESS IN SIZE. 
          OF COURSE, THEY MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN THE INCORPORATED BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF PALM
BAY. THEY HAVE TO POSSESS A VALID AND CURRENT AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION AS RECOGNIZED BY THE COUNTY, OR THE STATE HAVE TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN GENERAL AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS,
WHICH IS VALIDATED BY POSSESSION OF THAT AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION AND THE PROPERTY CONTAIN CAN CONTAIN NO MORE THAN ONE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT IT WAS LIMITED TO PARCELS 20 ACRES
IN SIZE SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BE USED AS A LAND HOLDING BANK FOR LARGE DEVELOPERS. 
          IT WOULD CHANGE THE STORMWATER FEE FOR SMALL QUALIFIED FARM FROM THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT
WHICH I BELIEVE IS $5,602 TO 954. I'M READING THAT RIGHT. I'M READING THAT INCORRECTLY. 
          I'M SORRY. THESE PARCELS ARE CURRENTLY ASSESSED AT AN AVERAGE OF 7.29 EQUIVALENT
RESIDENTIAL UNITS. 
          AND THE REDUCTION WOULD, WOULD BRING IT BACK IN LINE WITH A SINGLE ER INSTEAD OF 7.2 ER
THROUGH CALCULATION, THE TOTAL FISCAL IMPACT TO THE CITY'S STORMWATER FUND WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $42,946. 
          IF EVERY PROPERTY QUALIFIED AND TOOK EXAMPLE OR ADVANTAGE. 
          EXCUSE ME OF THIS PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR, THIS IS LIKE THOSE FOLKS THAT CAME OVER HAPPY? YES, SIR, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER THAT OUTSTANDING JOB. 
          THERE'S CURRENTLY THREE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE THIS EXEMPTION IN THE CITY. THERE'S UP TO 42
THAT COULD QUALIFY, BUT CURRENTLY THERE'S THREE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE HAVE HAVE THE EXEMPTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL I DON'T SEE ANY QUEUED UP,
BUT I SAW YOURS. 
          THAT WAS MY SAME QUESTION BECAUSE I HAD ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO ONE OF THE GENTLEMAN MR. TORLAK FROM HAPPINESS HORSE FARMS, AND THEY KIND OF BEEN ON THE,
YOU KNOW, BUBBLE WAITING TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. 
          SO AFTER IF THIS PASSES, THEN THEY CAN APPLY AND GO FROM THERE. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR OR MR. MORTON, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ACTUAL APPLICATION PROCESS THAT
JUST CHANGES HOW WE BUILD. 
          YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT THEY CAN GET NOTIFIED,
I'M ASSUMING, OR. 
          YES. SOME VERY SIMPLE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE. 
          WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE TO VALIDATE IT ANNUALLY,
SIMILAR LIKE BREVARD COUNTY DOES, OR THE STATE WITH THE AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION CERTIFICATES. SO YES, IT SHOULD BE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM,
PLEASE STEP FORWARD. 
          I'VE GOT TWO. THIS GENTLEMAN BEAT YOU THIS TIME,
MASTER CHIEF. 
          COME ON UP, SIR. YOU WERE QUICK. NOT EVERYONE'S QUICKER THAN MASTER CHIEF BATON. 
          WELL, I MIGHT HAVE ANTICIPATED THAT HE'D BE JUMPING UP ON THIS ONE. 
          MATT GIBSON, 894 BIANCA DRIVE. PALM BAY. I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THE COUNCIL ON THIS
COMMON SENSE INITIATIVE. 
          THE WORK THAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR HAS DONE HERE WITH THE CITY MANAGER,
OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO BE PAYING OFF FOR SOME SMALL AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES, AND THIS IS SOME COMMON SENSE. DOWN HOME, SMALL TOWN LEADERSHIP THE STORMWATER SLUSH FUND HAS A
TERRIBLE REPUTATION. 
          SPEAKING AS A PUBLIC MEMBER WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM. 
          WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE IT GOES. YES. THERE HAVE BEEN MEETINGS HELD PUBLICLY TO MAKE
THESE ISSUES AVAILABLE TO US. 
          THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED, I'M SURE,
BY THE COUNCIL ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, AND THESE THINGS COME UP FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU'RE JUST GOING AHEAD AND DOING SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY
HAS ASKED YOU TO DO. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THE COUNCIL ON GETTING THIS SMALL THING DONE HERE FOR THE
CITY. THANK YOU. 
          MR. BILL BATTEN. MASTER CHIEF. ALRIGHT. SENIOR CHIEF. 
          [01:40:03]
SENIOR CHIEF BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET,
SOUTHWEST I AGREE THIS IS A FANTASTIC IDEA. 
          MANY OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW THAT HAVE GOT SMALL ACREAGES,
A LOT OF THEM THOUGH, ARE NOT DON'T CARRY AN AGRICULTURE PERMIT FROM THE STATE, BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY HARD THING TO OBTAIN FOR JUST A SMALL RESIDENTIAL FARM. 
          IT'S VERY HARD TO GET A STATE AGRICULTURAL WAIVER. 
          SO I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. I EVEN HAD TO BRING IN MY MY PAPERWORK FOR THE STATES TO THE
CITY. 
          SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS. IT'S VERY HARD TO GET THAT STATE DATE
CERTIFICATION. 
          BUT THAT BEING SAID, MANY OF THESE PARCELS, THEY'RE PART OF THE PRIMARY WATERSHED FOR THE
AREAS AROUND THEM. AND SO THEY'VE BEEN PAYING MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN PAYING $5,000 OR MORE ON,
ON THEIR LAND THAT THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP BEAUTIFUL AND NATURAL. THEY'RE PAYING $5,000,
AND THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE COMPLAINING BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY $35 FOR THEIR STORMWATER FEE, THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IN COMPARISON. SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD IDEA. 
          IT'S GOING TO HELP PROMOTE SOME OF THESE LANDOWNERS THAT WANT TO KEEP SOME OF THEIR SOME
OF THEIR LAND NATURAL IS GOING TO HELP PROMOTE SOME OF THAT OPEN SPACE AND BE BENEFICIAL. 
          RIGHT. SO THE AQUIFER IS GOING TO BENEFIT. HOPEFULLY SOME OF THESE LANDOWNERS ARE GOING TO
BENEFIT BECAUSE THEY WON'T HAVE TO SELL THEIR LAND JUST BECAUSE $5,000 HIT THEM AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH. 
          SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS. KEEP IT GOING. BUT I WOULD LOOK A LITTLE BIT HARDER AT HOW YOU
WHAT IS REQUIRED TO QUALIFY FOR STATE AGRICULTURE. 
          IT'S VERY HARD TO GET IT, BUT GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU THOUGH AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS MAYOR JUST FOR CLARITY,
IS COUNTY OR STATE. 
          IT'S NOT. AND SO THEY HAVE THE COUNTY EXEMPTION,
WHICH I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT MORE MANAGEABLE TO GET IT WOULD QUALIFY. 
          ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LET DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE MAKE THE
MOTION. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 2543. 
          SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE SINGING IT BY MR. HAMMOND. COUNCILMAN O COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON PROCUREMENT ITEM NUMBER ONE, 
          [PROCUREMENTS:]
MR. MORTON. THANK YOU AGAIN, ARNOLD. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS A WARD OF A BID FOR THE PALM BAY INDIAN RIVER LAGOON BAFFLE BOX 70. 
          ITB 25 IS THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          WE HAVE THE FABULOUS KEVIN BRINKLEY HERE TONIGHT,
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ESSENTIALLY, THE CITY WAS AWARDED $750,000 UNDER THE FDP'S WATER QUALITY RESTORATION PROGRAM FOR INDIAN
RIVER LAGOON BAFFLE BOXES AND STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. CITY'S MATCH ON THIS IS $237,000,
WHICH IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED IN THE STORMWATER UTILITY FUND. 
          THE BIDDER THAT IS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO AWARD TO IS TIMOTHY ROSE CONTRACTING OF VERO
BEACH, FLORIDA. IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, AGAIN,
WE DO HAVE MR. BRINKLEY HERE TO ANSWER THOSE TONIGHT. OKAY. SO I'VE GOT ONE IN QUEUE,
WHICH IS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. 
          YES, MA'AM. MY ONLY QUESTION IS FOR WHOEVER'S ON THE SUSTAINABILITY SIDE OF THINGS. 
          BECAUSE I GO TO TURKEY CREEK PROBABLY ONCE A WEEK WITH MY WIFE,
EXCEPT FOR THIS WEEK, WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO. 
          BUT EVERY WEEK I GO, I ALWAYS SEE THE THE GRASS CLIPPINGS AND THE THE MOWED LAWN IN TURKEY
CREEK. 
          AND I REMEMBER SPEAKING A FEW YEARS AGO WITH DOCTOR DUANE DEVRIES,
WHO IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVOCATES IN REGARDS TO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON. 
          AND HE WAS TELLING ME OF HOW MUCH OF A NUISANCE AND HOW COUNTERPRODUCTIVE IT IS TO HAVE
GRASS CLIPPINGS AND LAWN MOWING, GOING TO THE TURKEY CREEK AND GOING TO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON. 
          AND I'VE SEEN IT EACH WEEK. SO MY QUESTION IS,
WHAT CAN WE DO TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE KEEP THAT FROM GOING INTO TURKEY CREEK, WHICH IS THEN GOING TO GO TO INDIAN RIVER LAGOON,
BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY FOR THE BAFFLE BOXES. 
          BUT THEN THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE EASILY ADDRESSED. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE I DON'T. SO THAT'S I GUESS, THE HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION FOR STAFF OR COUNSEL
FOR WHOEVER. 
          BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'VE BEEN NOTICING OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. 
          ANYONE. MR. MORTON, THANK YOU. JUST THE BEST INFORMATION I WOULD HAVE WOULD BE CONTINUED
EDUCATION. 
          JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, SPEEDING, SIR, YOU KNOW,
AND WE NEED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY EDUCATING AND MAKING AWARE THE, YOU KNOW, THINGS FROM PESTICIDES TO GRASS CLIPPINGS AND THE THINGS THAT IMPACT THE TURKEY
CREEK. 
          [01:45:01]
SO, VERY WELL NOTED. AND I THINK THAT IS I'M GOING TO ASSUME SOMETHING SUSTAINABILITY. 
          I KNOW THEY HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE ABOUT HOW CAN THEY KEEP CONVERSATIONS GOING AND
ACTIVE. 
          I KNOW MRC HAS HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL. 
          HOW DO THEY KEEP CONVERSATIONS ACTIVE AND GOING? SO NOT JUST OUR EXISTING RESIDENTS,
BUT NEW RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE ECOSYSTEM AND ECOLOGY ARE MADE AWARE. 
          WHEN COUNCILMAN HAMMER DID HIS OPEN HOUSE AT CAPTAINS HOUSE,
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A BUNCH OF REALTORS SAID THEY WOULD LOVE TO TRY TO COMMIT TO WAS EDUCATING NEW HOMEBUYERS ABOUT THE GEM THAT TURKEY CREEK IS AND IMPACTS AND EFFORTS
THEY CAN DO TO ADDRESS WATER QUALITY. 
          SO I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH SUSTAINABILITY AT THE NEXT BOARD. 
          AND I KNOW THEY HAD THOUGHTS AND PLANS AROUND THAT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMAN HAMMER. 
          I HAVE A THREE PART QUESTION. FIRST IS FOR PUBLIC WORKS. 
          ACTUALLY, IT'S FOR PROCUREMENT FIRST. THE FIRST ONE IS I WAS READING ON THIS AND WE
AWARDED THIS BID JUST BASED ON PRICE, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO PAST QUALITY OF THE VENDORS WEREN'T ASSESSED IN THIS. 
          NO, SIR. IT WAS PURELY QUANTITATIVE ITB BASED BID LOWEST TOTAL WINS. 
          WE ALWAYS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION PAST PERFORMANCE. 
          WE DO REFERENCE CHECKS. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACT IN THE PAST,
BUT BEING THAT THIS IS THE MECHANISM WE CHOSE, THERE WAS NOTHING WE CAN DO AS FAR AS IF WE DEEM THEM NON-RESPONSIVE OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT. 
          AND DOES THIS HAVE A GUARANTEED PRICE? BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE PAST WAS WE
DIDN'T REALLY GET TO PRICE BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE TURNED DOWN OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE OF PRICE THAT HAVE SHOWN THEIR QUALITY
ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          SO I'M SEEING IF WE HAVE A GUARANTEED PRICE ON THIS,
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST FALLING BACK INTO THE SAME THINGS WE'VE FALLEN INTO IN THE PAST. SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEED PRICE LIKE WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS BEFORE. 
          LIKE A CMAA. THERE'S NO GMP GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. 
          AGAIN, THIS WAS A ITB TOTAL BASE BID. AND I KNOW WITH KEVIN AND THE TEAM,
THEY'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN IN THEIR POWER TO KEEP THEM AT THE COST. 
          IF YOU CAN SHARE THIS IS FOR PRE-FABRICATED BOXES. 
          SO ANY VARIATIONS IN PRICE WOULD HAVE TO BE PRETTY STRONGLY JUSTIFIED BY THE VENDOR FOR
THESE. 
          IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOX ON SITE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S
INSTALLATION OF A BOX THAT'S PRE PREFABRICATED. 
          OKAY. AND MY LAST ONE WAS FOR KEVIN. THIS THIS ADDRESSES THE BAFFLE BOX AT FLORIN. 
          CORRECT? YES. THE BOX FLORIN IS ONE OF THE FIVE. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH. JUST JUST FOR CLARITY. 
          LIKE GMP HAS GONE THROUGH A DESIGN BUILD PROCESS WHERE THIS IS ACTUAL AND HARD BID
PROCESS. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY THIS IS THE PRICE WE'RE GOING TO PAY UNLESS THERE'S A CHANGE IN SCOPE OF
WORK. 
          SO UNLESS THERE'S A CHANGE IN SCOPE OF WORK THERE'S NO CHANGE IN PRICE. 
          SO THE PRICE SHOULD BE IN THEORY GUARANTEED. OKAY I NEED A MOTION. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER,
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. WHERE? ITEM NUMBER TWO,
MR. MORTON. THANK YOU AGAIN. HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL,
COMING OFF THE HEELS OF THE GO RHODES PRESENTATION AT THE LAST MEETING, AS PROMISED, PUBLIC WORKS HAS BROUGHT FORWARD AN INTENT TO SECURE SERVICES FOR AN UPDATED
PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX. 
          IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS,
WE DO HAVE MR. BRINKLEY FROM PUBLIC WORKS HERE TO ANSWER THOSE. COUNCIL. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS QUEUED UP. 
          I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON,
SECOND, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER ONE,
MISS SMITH. 
          [NEW BUSINESS:]
RESOLUTION 2025, DASH 44, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY,
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OR CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION REGARDING THE DESIGN OF MALABAR ROAD WIDENING FROM MINTON ROAD TO SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY,
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          MR. MORTON, THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL,
I'M GOING TO ASK KEVIN BRINKLEY AND HIS TEAM TO COME UP AND GIVE A QUICK PRESENTATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, KEVIN BRINKLEY, PUBLIC WORKS. THIS IS TO AUTHORIZE US TO
EXECUTE A LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
          [01:50:01]
REGARDING THE WIDENING OF MALABAR ROAD FROM MINTON TO SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY. 
          IT'S CURRENTLY TWO LANE ROADWAY, THE PHD. THERE ARE THREE PHASES THAT YOU NEED TO GO
THROUGH PRIOR TO WIDENING THE ROAD. 
          ONE IS FOR THE WIDENING OF ROAD. ONE IS THE F-D-A STUDY TWO IS THE DESIGN PHASE AND THEN
THREE IS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PHASE HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. 
          THAT HAS A SHELF LIFE OF FIVE YEARS. 5 TO 7 YEARS,
TOPS. 
          AND THEN YOU NEED TO HAVE COMPLETED THE DESIGN PHASE,
OR YOU REPEAT THE FDA PORTION OF IT. 
          SO THIS IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FDA PORTION ALREADY BEING DONE. 
          P.D.A. AND THEN ACTUALLY MOVING ON TO THE DESIGN PHASE OF THIS. 
          COPY THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. 
          PUBLIC. ANY SPEAKER? NO CARDS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. ITEM NUMBER TWO, MR. MORTON. 
          THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I WILL JUST SAY THAT THE LAST ITEM IN THIS ITEM
ARE BOTH, AS YOU KNOW, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC. FORWARD LOOKING PROJECTS AIMED SPECIFICALLY AT TRYING TO GET OUR HANDS AROUND ADDRESSING TRAFFIC,
TRAFFIC MOVEMENT, TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE CITY. 
          SO THIS IS PART OF THAT MISSION, PART OF THAT MANDATE TO CONTINUE TO PRESS IN. 
          WE JUST HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH FDOT THE OTHER DAY,
AND WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR FOR TRAFFIC PROJECTS. 
          SO, MR. BRINKLEY, AGAIN, IF YOU COULD COME UP AND QUICKLY PRESENT THIS ITEM AND ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE. 
          YES, SIR. SO AS I EXPLAINED BEFORE, P.D.A. STUDY IS THE FIRST PHASE,
THEN DESIGN AND THEN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE WIDENING. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE THAT FIRST LEG, THE P.D.A PORTION OF EMERSON BETWEEN JUPITER AND SAINT
JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY, CURRENTLY TWO LANES. THIS WOULD BE TO WIDEN IT. 
          WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES THAT WE'VE COLLECTED IN THE AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR THIS
PORTION OF IT. 
          WE EXPECT THAT IT WOULD TAKE UP TO TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE THIS PHASE OF IT. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN TRAFFIC WITH THE WIDENING OF
SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY BY GETTING THE FIRST PHASE OF AN EMERSON WIDENING COMPLETED. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? THERE'S NOTHING QUEUED UP, SO THANK YOU,
SIR. 
          I WILL SAY, GENTLEMEN, THAT I DID PARTICIPATE IN THAT MEETING WITH STAFF. 
          I WAS GOING TO SAVE THIS ON THE REPORT, BUT SINCE MR. MORTON BROUGHT IT UP AND IT WAS A REALLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK REGARDING OUR INTERCHANGE ON
I-95 IN MALABAR AND THEN FUTURE FORWARD THINKING ON GETTING THE SECRETARY DOWN HERE. 
          BUT HE DID SEND HIS STAFF, AND I, I HAVE TO COMMEND STAFF AND AND THE FOLKS FROM FDOT FOR
LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THERE WILL BE IMPROVEMENTS MADE ON THE I-95 INTERCHANGE ON MALABAR ROAD. 
          AND FURTHERMORE, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT SECRETARY TYLER DOES WANT TO COME DOWN AND MEET WITH
STAFF, BUT I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE WHOLE MEETING AND ENCOURAGED THAT THEY WERE LISTENING. 
          AND THERE WAS EVEN FORWARD THINKING ON HOW WE COULD MOVE TRAFFIC FROM A TO B WITHIN THE
CITY OF OF PALM BAY OF COURSE, THESE THINGS ARE TALKS, BUT IT WAS EXCITING FOR ME TO ACTUALLY SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND AND
COMMEND SECRETARY TYLER FOR THAT INITIATIVE BECAUSE THAT PA, PD AND E STUDY REGARDING MALABAR ROAD IN 1995,
HE ELEVATED THAT BASED ON OUR CONTINUING RECOMMENDATIONS BEING ON THE SPACE COAST PLANNING
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SEVERAL TIMES AND COUNCILMAN JOHNSON YOU YOU KNEW HOW WE STRESSED THAT AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE. AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING ABOUT THE
SPACE COAST TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO SAY I TOOK A YEAR OFF, BUT I'M GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE THAT WANT TO
REPRESENT ON THAT, ON THAT PLANNING COMMITTEE, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE. 
          AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE PUTTING THE PEDAL ON ON OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IN
THE FUTURE. 
          I DO KNOW COUNCILMAN HAMMER HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ON THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS ITEM. 
          I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT YOU HAD ABOUT FDOT. 
          NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED IT, I WAS GOING TO MENTION IT IN MY COUNCIL REPORTS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD AND SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED. 
          SOME OF THE WORK THAT ME AND COUNCILMAN ARE DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN. 
          I'VE BEEN GOING TO CLASSES WITH FDOT TO LEARN AND,
AND AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR WILL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON. 
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AND I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD SAYING THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. 
          THE UNDERSTANDING THEY'VE HAD, THE EFFORT THEY'RE PUTTING IN,
AS WELL AS MATT'S EFFORT GOING FORWARD HERE WITH THIS, THANK YOU. ESPECIALLY MALABAR AT 95 AND HOW DETRIMENTAL IT IS TO THE SAFETY OF OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU. SO ARE THERE ANY COMMENT COMMENTS YOU SAID BILL BATTEN OKAY. 
          FOLLOWED BY RUTH CAULFIELD. THANK YOU. BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET,
SOUTHWEST. 
          $3 MILLION FOR PD AND E STUDY. AND. THE ROAD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMERSON TO SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY. 
          THAT'S ALL PART OF THAT BRAND NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WE JUST STARTED WITHIN SEVERAL YEARS,
YOU KNOW, WITHIN SIX YEARS NOW WITH THE BILL BATTEN WAY OF THINKING IS WE KNEW THAT THIS WASN'T
GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT WHEN WE WERE DOING THE INITIAL STUDY FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES,
WE KNEW IT WASN'T GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT, YET WE APPROVED IT. 
          SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND $3 MILLION ON HOW WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE MISTAKE THAT
WE KNEW WAS COMING DOWN THE PIKE. 
          IF WE WOULD HAVE STARTED IN THE BEGINNING. WE WOULD HAVE HAD A LOT OF THIS CORRECTED WHEN
WE, THE BUILDERS, WERE COMING IN WITH THEIR PROPOSALS. 
          SO I'M JUST SAYING THINK AHEAD BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE EVENTUALLY GOING
TO BE COMING IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          IF WE START PLANNING AHEAD FOR FOUR LANES RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
WE'RE GOING TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME. 
          INSTEAD OF BUILDING TWO LANES AND THEN TURNING AROUND TEN YEARS LATER AND START SAYING,
WELL, NOW WE HAVE TO CONVERT EVERYTHING TO FOUR FOUR LANE. 
          LET'S JUST GO PLAN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THE INTO THE FUTURE INSTEAD OF JUST WHAT'S
THE BARE MINIMUM RIGHT NOW TO GET US THROUGH, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN ON PACE,
WHICH IS COMING UP NEXT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE EXACT SAME THING. SO I'LL JUST SAY,
GRANTED, THE POPULATION IS GROWING, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MORE HOMES AND HOUSES AND ALL THAT STUFF. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND PLAN. 
          PLAN FOR THE BIGGEST GROWTH WE CAN HAVE, BUILD FOR THE BIGGEST GROWTH IN THE BEGINNING. 
          SO IT DOESN'T COST BECAUSE IT ALWAYS COSTS MORE TO ADD LATER THAN IT DOES TO BUILD IN THE
INITIAL LAYOUT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. JUST JUST FOR CLARIFICATION,
THIS IS A PD AND E STUDY ADDING TWO LANES FROM JUPITER BOULEVARD ON EMERSON WEST TO SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY. 
          NEXT SPEAKER ANSWER I'M GOOD. THAT CONCLUDES THE CARDS,
MAYOR. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON,
SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE,
MADAM JONES. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR. PRESENTED BEFORE YOU ARE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES ON WHICH
COUNCIL SERVES AS REPRESENTATIVES. 
          AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONFIRM THOSE APPOINTMENTS. 
          OKAY, SO WE'LL START WITH SPACE COAST, LEAGUE OF CITIES. 
          I'D LIKE TO STAY ON THERE. OKAY. SPACE COAST TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. 
          I, LIKE I SAID, I, I'D WANT TO BE ON THAT AS A DELEGATE RIGHT NOW. 
          WE DO HAVE DEPUTY MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN HAMMER ON THERE. 
          YOU GUYS STILL GOING WITH THAT OR. WELL, WE HAVE THREE SEATS. 
          THERE'S THREE. YEAH. SO. YEAH. NO, I'M. I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON. 
          YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON IT AS WELL. WELL,
I WOULD AS WELL TOO. 
          THAT'S I WASN'T AS PROACTIVE IN THE PAST YEAR,
BUT I SEE A MUCH DIFFERENT APPROACH IN REGARDS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION,
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OTHER COUNTRIES ARE DOING SO MUCH BETTER THAN US. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE PUTTING TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE,
WE COULD PUT A PORTION TOWARDS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND ALLEVIATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ALL THROUGHOUT BREVARD COUNTY, BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY'S SAYING THINGS ARE SLOWING DOWN,
BUT BREVARD COUNTY IS THE SPACE FORCE AREA AND THINGS ARE JUST GETTING STARTED AND RAMPED UP. SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD,
THAT'S SOMETHING I'M REALLY GOING TO START PUSHING. 
          EVEN IF I'M NOT ON THE BOARD, I'LL STILL COME UP THERE AND JUST HARASS Y'ALL. BUT BUT
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. 
          YOU LOOK AT OTHER COUNTRIES, LIKE THE WHOLE UNITED STATES IS BEHIND WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. 
          MASTER CHIEF WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING FORWARD THINKING AND GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE ROADS IS
THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. 
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WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SPACE COAST AREA TRANSIT OR JUST US LOOKING 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD OF
UTILIZING OUR OWN WAY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 
          BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED NOW SO THAT WE CAN PLAN PROPERLY FOR THE
FUTURE. 
          SO THAT'S MY MAIN REASON FOR WANTING TO STAY ON,
BUT I CAN GET THAT POINT ACROSS TO Y'ALL AND Y'ALL CAN TAKE IT TO THE TO THE BOARD. 
          SO IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. WELL, IF IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT,
JUST PASSING THAT ON. 
          BECAUSE I REMEMBER THEY, THEY DO DISCUSS THAT TYPE OF FORWARD THINKING. 
          MY, MY CONCERN IS THERE'S FOUR OF US THAT WISH TO TO BE ON THERE AND AND I'M I'M
COMMITTED. 
          I CAN ALWAYS JUST SHOW UP. STILL, I CAN STILL SHOW UP AND SPEAK ON IT. WOULD YOU BE FINE
WITH BEING AN ALTERNATE? YEAH. THAT'S FINE POINT. I DO WANT TO STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. 
          THERE HAS BEEN A COUPLE TIMES WHERE IT CAME DOWN TO WE NEEDED THAT THIRD PERSON EXTRA. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO EXTEND HOW IMPORTANT THIS THIRD POSITION IS. 
          WE'RE WE ARE MAKING ADVANCEMENTS HERE BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS OF WHAT IT WAS IN THE PAST. 
          YEAH, I DO AGREE WITH YOU. I DO BELIEVE OUR CITY MANAGER HIMSELF SENDS A WHOLE TEAM TO TO
BE THERE WITH US. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE I THINK WE'RE SHOWING NUMBERS,
WE'RE SHOWING FORCE, WE'RE SHOWING COMMITMENT. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS AN ACTUAL COMMITMENT TO THAT
BECAUSE WE NEED THAT THIRD PERSON THERE. YEAH. SO IF YOU'RE GOOD, I'M GOOD AS THE ALTERNATE MAYOR. 
          OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE I, I THINK I'M I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMAN HAMMER. 
          I DO BELIEVE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE HAD THOSE THREE VOTES CONSISTENTLY THERE,
AND IT MAKES A HUGE IMPACT. 
          SO. OKAY, EDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MR. MORTON SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY OR HIS DELEGATE. 
          COUNCIL, WOULD YOU WANT TO CONTINUE DOWN THAT PAGE? WITH MR. MORTON? YES. MR. MORTON, ANY COMMENT? I'M HERE AT YOUR PLEASURE. I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE HAVE A
FULLY APPOINTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR COUNCIL WISHES TO DO THAT AND ABSENCE OF THAT, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO CONTINUE. IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. I'M FOR IT. 
          SAY AGAIN. OKAY, I'M FOR IT. OKAY. SO, ARE WE GOOD WITH MR. MORTON, YOUR DELEGATE? I WOULD IMAGINE JASON OR WHOEVER. 
          YOU SEEM FIT. MR.. I THINK IT'S WE'RE VOTING ON WHO THAT PERSON ACTUALLY IS. 
          SO IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE MATT AND A DELEGATE,
RIGHT? OR JUST MATT, MATT, MATT, MATT, MATT, OR JUST MATT. 
          OKAY, SO MATT, YOU GOT IT. AND AND THE SAME AS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE? YES. THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. YES. OKAY. AND CAPITAL OUTLAY COMMITTEE AND AD VALOREM TAX
ABATEMENT. 
          SO ALL THREE. THAT ALARM IS THE ONE I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING ON. 
          OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO IS THAT YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR? CORRECT. AD VALOREM TAX. OKAY, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. 
          EVERYBODY ELSE, GO WITH DEPUTY MAYOR. OKAY. CAPITAL OUTLAY. 
          YEAH, I'M GOOD WITH ALTHEA. IF SHE WANTS TO GIVE A THUMBS UP. 
          ALTHEA, CONGRATULATIONS. I DIDN'T SEE A THUMBS UP. 
          I'LL BE WELCOME. YOU ARE NOW PERMANENT. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND NOW, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. 
          THAT WAS YOU, HAMMER LAST TIME, RIGHT? OR JOHNSON. 
          KENNY? WELL, I REMEMBER YOU SHOWED INTEREST,
SO I WAS GOING TO YIELD IF YOU WERE. 
          REMEMBER, YOU HAD SHOWED INTEREST. I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED. 
          BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THAT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. 
          SIR, ARE YOU SURE? I'M POSITIVE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY,
I GOT IT. 
          YEP. SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO. YEAH. AGAIN. NO. THE ROTATION. 
          YEAH, YEAH. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE BACK ON THAT. 
          I'VE GOT I'VE GOT THE CITY CLERK. WELL, I'VE GOT MR. MORTON BUZZING IN AND AND THE CITY CLERK. SO,
MR. MORTON HOPEFULLY I'M NOT OUT OF ORDER. I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO FINISH THESE APPOINTMENTS. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT DID NOT MAKE THE LIST. 
          AND IN OUR MEETING YESTERDAY WITH COREY SKEETS OF THE PALM BAY CHAMBER,
THE CITY OF PALM BAY HAS AN EX OFFICIO BOARD SEAT ON THAT CHAMBER. 
          AND THEY WERE WANTING ME TO ASK IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT THAT ROLE. 
          IF NOT, WE LIKELY SHOULD ASSIGN A STAFF PERSON IF COUNCIL. 
          YEAH, I KIND OF LIKE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS,
TO TAKE THAT ON DANIELLE OR EVEN DANIELLE OR JASON. 
          YES. BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, SIR. JASON. WELL,
I THINK WE WE. 
          YEAH. IT'S A TIME. YEAH. I WOULD LOVE JASON OR DANIELLE. 
          DANIELLE ATTENDS HIM A LOT TOO. SO IT'S I GO TO THE MEETINGS EVERY,
EVERY MONTH, SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT ATTENDS THEM EVERY SINGLE MONTH THERE. 
          [02:05:02]
SO I'D SAY EITHER JASON OR DANIELLE. OKAY. WELL,
IT'S IT'S UP TO THEM TO DECIDE. 
          THAT'S GOOD. SO, MADAM, MADAM ATTORNEY, YOU YOU HAD A COMMENT. 
          IF YOU'RE BUMPING ME UP IN PAY, I WILL CERTAINLY BE THE ATTORNEY. 
          OH, AS YOU WERE, MADAM. MADAM CLERK, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THE SPACE COAST LEAGUE OF
CITIES. 
          THE ALTERNATE. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT PART. IT'S JOHNSON. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEA IS THE CAPITAL OUTLAY COMMITTEE PERSON,
AND COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS THIS OR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD? IS THAT ALL? DOES THAT CONCLUDE? THAT IS ALL,
SIR. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR, DISCUSSION OF THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR CHARTER OFFICERS. 
          I BELIEVE MYSELF AND MAYBE POTENTIALLY ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP WITH
STAFF JUST FOR THE CONTRACT WITH MR. MORTON. HE'S DUE A REVIEW IN NOVEMBER, AND HERE WE ARE. 
          AND I'VE ALSO SUGGESTED IN THE SAME BREATH SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL AND ATTENDED
MEETINGS PREVIOUSLY, I DON'T RECALL EVER SEEING A REVIEW DONE BY THE OTHER OTHER CHARTER OFFICERS,
SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD JUST BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO CAPTURE THE ENTIRE CHARTER OFFICER GROUP FOR A REVIEW. OKAY. CAN COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. 
          YEAH. YES, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP,
DEPUTY MAYOR, BECAUSE I. 
          WELL, YEAH, BEING THE SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBER,
I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT WHO'S DONE A REVIEW WITH THE CHARTER OFFICERS. 
          BUT EVEN WITH THAT, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF AWKWARD. 
          BECAUSE WE WOULD DO THE REVIEWS INDIVIDUALLY,
BUT THEN THERE WILL BE NO DISCUSSION ON THE DAIS. 
          SO I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THERESA ON THE THINGS THAT SHE'S DOING GREAT ON THINGS
I'D LIKE TO SEE IMPROVEMENT ON, OR MRS. SMITH, I'LL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH HER. 
          BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE. 
          SO IT'S NOTHING LIKE DEPUTY MAYOR. OKAY. YOU AGREE THAT SHE HAS STRONG,
YOU KNOW, SUITS IN THIS AREA BUT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT IN THIS AREA OR MAYOR YOU SEE THIS LIKE, IT'S NEVER BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT. 
          SO YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON THE DAIS? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S THE PROPER WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. IT'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN INDIVIDUAL AND
THEN KIND OF JUST KEEP IT MOVING. 
          AND IT'S IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. 
          AND I'M MENTIONING YOUR NAMES, LADIES, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HERE FROM THE JUMP. SO Y'ALL
ARE GOOD. 
          Y'ALL ARE Y'ALL ARE ON THE HOT SEAT OR ANYTHING. 
          I'M JUST I CAN HEAR THE SILENCE OVER THERE. BUT BUT IT'S JUST I'VE DONE REVIEWS OVER THEM. 
          I'VE DONE THEM WITH OTHER CITY MANAGERS AS WELL,
BUT THIS IS WHO WE HAVE. 
          SO HAVE THEY BEEN DONE IN LIKE A WORKSHOP FORMAT? NO,
IT'S JUST IT'S JUST BEEN I WOULD SHOW UP IN THEIR OFFICE AND JUST SIT DOWN WITH THEM. 
          I'M SAYING, COULD IT BE DONE IN A WORKSHOP FORMAT? SO IT'S OPEN DISCUSSION? I THINK THAT
WOULD PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE BEST OPTIONS, BUT I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER THE COUNCIL OR MR. MORTON. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW HE'S DONE IT IN PALM COAST OR OTHER AREAS,
SO I'M OPEN TO FEEDBACK FROM ANYBODY. 
          WELL, RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT THE COUNCILMAN HAMMER ON CUE IN THE CITY CLERK ON CUE. 
          DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THE CITY CLERK FIRST? COUNCILMAN HAMMER. 
          SHE CAN GO FIRST. YEAH. MADAM CLERK. YES. I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS. 
          COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS CORRECT IN THAT THE EVALUATIONS WERE DONE INDIVIDUALLY,
BUT THEN I KIND OF SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING INTO A MEMORANDUM THAT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC MEETING. SO WE WOULD HAVE A WORKSHOP AFTER YOU RECEIVE
THESE. 
          IS THAT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO. IT WAS DONE AT A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING,
BUT AT A REGULAR COUNCIL. 
          SO IT COULD BE AN ITEM LIKE JUST FOR DISCUSSION. 
          YES. IT WAS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. I DON'T RECALL EVER HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          SO IT'S PROBABLY JUST BEEN KIND OF IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE. 
          YEAH. I THINK THE LAST ONE WAS LIKE 2019 OR. YEAH. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN. 
          I'M GOOD. COUNCILMAN HAMMER. YES, I REMEMBER THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BY COUNCILMAN WEINBERG
WHEN HE WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT OVER HERE. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP AT A AT MY COUNCIL REPORTS AS WELL BEFORE. 
          I AM FOR IT, I AM GOING TO BE AGAINST HAVING IT IN THE OPEN. 
          I LIKE HAVING ONE ON ONE. I LIKE HAVING ONE ON ONE WITH THE PERSON WHEN I'M DOING AN
EVALUATION, I THINK IT'S A STRONG, A STRONGER WAY TO HAVE AN OPEN CONVERSATION OR OPEN CONVERSATION,
OPEN DIALOG WITH THAT PERSON. 
          BUT WHEN WE DO COME UP WITH THE WITH THE RESULTS,
I AM FOR DOING THAT IN THE PUBLIC. 
          BUT I DO LIKE HAVING PRIVATE, PRIVATE EVALUATIONS. 
          [02:10:04]
I'VE NEVER HAD AN EVALUATION AT MY JOB WHERE ALL MY COWORKERS CAN CAN HEAR WHAT I'M BEING
EVALUATED ON OR MY DISCUSSIONS WITH IT. 
          IF IF I BROUGHT ALL MY PEOPLE THAT OR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH ME INTO EVERY,
EVERY REVIEW THAT I'VE HAD. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY PROFESSIONAL. I DO, I AM OKAY WITH THE FINDINGS BEING OUT THERE
AND HAVING THE FINDINGS SPOKEN ABOUT, BUT DOING THE REVIEW ITSELF AND THE EVALUATION ITSELF. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A HAVE MORE OF A ONE ON ONE WITH EACH,
EACH PERSON. 
          BUT THAT'S JUST ME. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ME LOOKING IN AND LOOKING AT THIS AS AS AS NOT
SOMETHING THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE FEARED AS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TIME FOR YOU TO CONNECT WITH THAT PERSON AND SHOW THEM HOW YOU FEEL AND
SEE THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN BUILD ON. 
          BECAUSE WHEN WE DO FIND SOMETHING THAT THAT PERSON'S NOT DOING,
MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW. 
          THAT'S HOW YOU FEEL. MAYBE, MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY FEEL THEY CAN CHANGE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED. SO I THINK WITH YOUR DOING AN EVALUATION ON SOMEONE THAT STAYS IN THEIR RECORD
FOREVER, EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY GO TO ANOTHER JOB, THIS IS GOING TO BE THERE. 
          SO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS IS THERE. AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE TAKEN VERY I'D SAY STRONGLY
AND HIGHLY. AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ONE ON ONES AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING
ABOUT IT. 
          WELL, COUNCILMAN, I'M GOING TO WEIGH IN ON THIS AND I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU. 
          AND THEN I KNOW I'M GOING TO TEE IT OFF TO THE CITY CLERK BECAUSE SHE'S SHE'S RINGING IN. 
          I'M TOTALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. YOU WANT TO HAVE PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS AND THE THE
MISSION OR THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS? THE GOAL OF THESE EVALUATIONS IS NOT ONLY TO IMPROVE WORK RELATIONSHIPS,
BUT IS IN PERFORMANCE AND IDENTIFYING WHAT WE CAN ALL IMPROVE ON, WHETHER IT'S COMMUNICATION OR SKILLS. 
          THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN IS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO BECOME POLITICAL AND,
AND TRYING TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO ATTACK. SO I'M GOOD WITH DOING IT INDIVIDUALLY AND IN CLOSED DOORS. 
          IF WE COULD DECIDE ON A ON A MONTH AS DEPUTY MAYOR SAID I'M GOOD WITH THAT,
BUT I'M, I'M GOOD WITH IT BEING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. AND WE COULD JUST PRESENT THOSE EVALUATIONS AND MAKE THEM
PUBLIC. 
          I WOULD HATE I WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT BEING OUT IN PUBLIC. 
          SO EVEN FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT COULD TURN INTO ATTACKS ON EMPLOYEES,
ON CHARTERED OFFICERS. 
          SO I'M NOT I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL I'M OUTVOTED ON THIS. 
          I COULD BE, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THE WAY TO REALLY EVALUATE PERFORMANCE,
THE MOST PRODUCTIVE WAY TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE IS HOW YOU COULD BUILD ON THAT WORK RELATIONSHIP AND,
AND ENCOURAGE AND AND BRING OUT THE BEST IN EMPLOYEES. 
          AND THEY ARE OUR EMPLOYEES. AND SO WE'VE ALL BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BEING AN EMPLOYEE. 
          SO I'LL CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS WITH THAT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY CLERK. 
          GO AHEAD MA'AM. MADAM, YOU KIND OF ANSWERED MY QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK,
SO I HAVE NO NO FURTHER COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. I'VE GOT A COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, SIR. YEAH,
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I AGREE WITH YOU AND AND COUNCILMAN HAMMER MAYOR. 
          OKAY, SO DEPUTY MAYOR, THIS IS YOUR ITEM, SIR? YEAH. I MEAN, I BROUGHT IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW,
BEST PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS AN EMPLOYEE, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE I STAND WITH THE PEOPLE I SERVE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S CLOSED DOORS AND THEN THE RESULTS ARE BROUGHT OUT TO THE
PUBLIC OR THE DISCUSSIONS HAD IN PUBLIC, I'M AMENABLE EITHER WAY. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE RESULTS TO BE POSITIVE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY DESERVE TO BE REVIEWED. 
          AND PER THE CONTRACT, WE OWE THAT TO MR. MORTON AS WELL. 
          COPY THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. 
          LAST THING, MAYOR. IN CLOSING AND I HAVE COMPLETE 100% CONFIDENCE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION,
THIS MANAGEMENT. 
          BUT I KNOW FOR SURE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, BASED OFF HOW VOTES HAVE GONE AND HOW THINGS HAVE
GONE IN THE PAST, THAT WITH PRIOR MANAGEMENT IN THE PAST IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A GAME OF TELEPHONE WHERE
DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE BEING TOLD DIFFERENT THINGS AND BEING PERSUADED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, OR BEING MISLED OR BEING MISGUIDED. 
          [02:15:01]
AND WITH THE SUNSHINE, YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU DISCUSS. 
          SO THE ONLY TIME TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE ON THE DAIS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF FEEL, WHICH I'LL GET MORE INTO IT DURING COUNCIL REPORTS OF WHAT
I'M GOING TO PROPOSE WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. 
          MAYOR WITH THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, BUT THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF JUST WANT TO HAVE THOSE OPEN
DISCUSSIONS, BECAUSE I KNOW FOR SURE THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE CONVERSATIONS WHERE I'M LIKE,
OKAY, I HEAR WHAT'S BEING SAID AND HEAR WHAT'S NOT BEING SAID. 
          AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S SOME MISINFORMATION OR A GAME OF TELEPHONE GOING ON AND
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WATCHING OR EMPLOYEES WATCHING KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT FROM PAST
ADMINISTRATIONS. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN HAS BEEN. MAYOR. BUT NOT TO KNOCK,
MR. MORTON, BECAUSE MR. MORTON AND I HAVE HAD PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS AND HE'S ALREADY BEEN
KNOCKING IT OUT THE PARK, ESPECIALLY WITH I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE THUNDER FROM HIM,
BUT WHAT HE'S GOING TO PROBABLY TALK ABOUT AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WHAT HE DID IN REGARDS TO A COMPANY, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I STAND. 
          THAT'S WHERE I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT HAVING AN OPEN DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE
SUNSHINE, SO WE CAN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER TIME. SO THAT'S ALL. 
          BUT I'M GOOD WITH MAJORITY OF WHAT THE COUNCIL SAID. 
          MAYOR THERE ARE ONE SPEAKER CARD, MISTER MARK MILLER. 
          OKAY, MR. MILLER, ARE YOU CALLING HIM UP NOW,
SIR? OKAY. YOU'RE DONE EARLIER. THANK YOU. MARK MILLER,
898 NELSON AVENUE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AS A CITIZEN HERE OF OF PALM BAY,
I I'M 100% IN FAVOR OF IT. 
          THOSE ARE THREE ESSENTIAL POSITIONS UP THERE BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER THE CLERK AND THE
ATTORNEY. 
          THANKFULLY, WE'RE BLESSED WITH THREE GOOD ONES THERE,
BUT BUT IT'S TO ME, THIS REVIEW PROCESS SHOULD BE ESSENTIAL. 
          FIRST OF ALL, ANYBODY WHO'S NEWLY APPOINTED,
I THINK WITHIN THE FIRST 90 TO 120 DAYS, THEY'RE OWED SOME SORT OF REVIEW ON ON CULTURE AND HOW IT'S FITTING AND HOW IT'S GOING. AND IT'S A,
IT'S A TWO WAY DISCUSSION. 
          I THINK IT SHOULD AT LEAST BE AN ANNUAL REVIEW. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF AT ANY TIME DURING THAT FIRST YEAR ANYONE'S FALLING AWAY OR
FALLING OFF THE TRACK, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THERE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS AND A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR SOME
SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT ARE TASKS OR, OR SOME COMMUNICATIONS AND WHERE SOMEONE MIGHT BE FALLING SHORT. 
          AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE REVIEW. WHAT I FOUND THAT WORKED REALLY,
REALLY GREAT FOR SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS THAT WORKED FOR ME WAS A 360 REVIEW. AND THE 360 IS 360 DEGREES. SO THERE'S THE FIRST ELEMENT IS A SELF REVIEW. 
          YOU REVIEW YOURSELF ON HOW YOU'RE PERFORMING AND YOU WRITE SOMETHING UP. 
          YOU HAVE YOUR SUBORDINATES, NOT ALL OF THEM,
BUT A COUPLE OF THEM GIVE YOU A REVIEW. 
          YOU HAVE YOUR PEER, YOUR EQUAL GIVE YOU A REVIEW,
AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR SUPERVISOR, WHICH WOULD BE YOU GUYS, RIGHT. GIVE A REVIEW AND YOU SEE HOW THEY LINE UP. 
          IT HELPS ELIMINATE A LOT OF THE POLITICAL STUFF PERSONAL AGENDAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND I'VE JUST FOUND IT TO WORK THAT 360 TO WORK REALLY WELL ESPECIALLY WITH A SELF REVIEW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MAY BE THINKING I'M DOING GREAT IN ALL THESE AREAS. 
          AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, YOUR SUPERVISOR COMES IN AND SAYS,
YEAH, BUT YOU'RE FALLING A LITTLE SHORT HERE, YOU KNOW, OR YOU'RE DOING AWESOME IN HERE WHERE I THINK I'M STRUGGLING. 
          AND SO THAT THAT THAT SELF EVAL THAT THREE 60 I'VE JUST FOUND IT TO WORK GREAT FOR SENIOR
LEVEL FOLKS. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY JUST CONSISTENTLY COMMUNICATE. RIGHT. 
          THOSE ARE THREE KEY POSITIONS, THREE KEY FOLKS FOR THE PROSPERITY AND OF PALM BAY. 
          SO GIVE THEM GOOD INFORMATION AND MAYBE WE CAN KEEP SOMEBODY FROM GETTING TOO FAR OFF THE
TRACK. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO, MAYOR. OKAY, GENTLEMEN,
I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS. 
          I'M AGAIN, I'M LEANING TOWARDS I HAVE DONE THAT THREE 60 APPROACH THAT HE'S REFERRING TO. 
          I LIKE GETTING INTEL FROM THOSE I OVERSEE. SO I THINK THAT WE WE MAY BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ON A, ON A ONE, ON ONE BASIS. I KNOW THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S GOT A SMALL
STAFF. 
          SO DOES THE CITY CLERK. BUT THE ONE THAT HAS THE LARGEST STAFF IS OUR CITY MANAGER. 
          SO HE MIGHT WANT TO GET SOME INTEL FROM HIS LEADERSHIP IN THAT PROCESS. 
          BUT I AM ABOUT CLOSED DOORS. YES. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EVALUATIONS PUBLIC THAT WE
HAVE ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE, I'M. THAT'S WHERE I WOULD BE. OTHER THAN THAT,
I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE OPEN DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC TRYING TO ATTACK OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          I WOULD NEVER EXPECT THAT OUT OF MYSELF, OR I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO ANYONE ELSE. 
          [02:20:01]
THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. SO I WOULD I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IN THE MOTION WE DO THE
EVALUATIONS ONCE A YEAR, TYPICALLY MAYBE NOVEMBER. FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR,
WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE IT NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31ST. 
          IF IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE IT ANNUAL FOR ALL THREE CHARTERED OFFICERS. 
          I KNOW, I KNOW, MR. MARTIN'S CONTRACT. IT WILL IS ANNUAL. 
          AND THEN I THINK MAYBE JUST ON THE ANNIVERSARY YEARS OF OF THE OTHER TWO,
I THINK ARE MAY AND APRIL, RESPECTIVELY. OKAY. SOMEWHERE ALONG THOSE LINES WOULD BE LIKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT I
WOULD HAVE. 
          OKAY. SO THERE WHEN WAS YOUR ANNUAL WHEN ARE YOUR ANNUAL. 
          TERESE. FOR MYSELF, IT IS IN APRIL. AND FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY,
IT'S IN MAY. 
          OKAY. SO THAT THAT'S GOOD. SO AND WE'LL MAKE IT ANNUAL FOR MR. MORTON AS WELL. WHEN DID YOU COME ON BOARD, SIR? APRIL. YEAH. SO THAT THAT KIND OF LINES UP WITH EVERYBODY. 
          YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT HE'S DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB. 
          SO I THINK WE COULD WE COULD DEFINITELY START WORKING ON THIS FOR APRIL OF 2026 AND THEN
MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO IS THAT THE MOTION? ARE WE DOING ONE NOW PER HIS CONTRACT? HE HAS. AND THE CONTRACT? THERE'S ONE. SO CURRENTLY I GUESS WE HAVE TO DO. 
          YEAH. YEAH. AND THEN WAITING FOR THE OTHER TWO FOR APRIL. 
          OKAY. YEAH. DO IT. DO IT ANNUALLY. SAY AGAIN? YEAH. ON THE ANNIVERSARY DATE. APRIL AND MAY. 
          THAT BOTH AND AND SO'S MR. MORTON'S. BUT, MR. MORTON, YOURS BY CONTRACT. IS THIS NOVEMBER CORRECT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GET IT DONE. YOU GOT A FEW DAYS TO FINISH THIS. 
          OKAY, I NEED I NEED A MOTION BECAUSE YOU GOT THANKSGIVING NEXT WEEK,
GUYS. 
          SO WE GOT A FEW DAYS TO FINISH THIS. ALRIGHT,
I NEED A MOTION. 
          MAKE A MOTION THAT WE WILL PERFORM OUR INDIVIDUAL REVIEWS WITH MR. MORTON FOLLOWING A PROCESS THAT WE INDIVIDUALLY FEEL NECESSARY. 
          AND REPORT BACK. OR ARE WE GOING TO REPORT BACK IN A,
IN A IN A PUBLIC MEETING OR. 
          NO, I'D RATHER JUST GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT THAT I,
I'VE DONE THE EVALUATION. 
          SO I'D SAY. IN THAT IN THAT MOTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS COMPLETED IN 30 DAYS. 
          OKAY. I'LL SECOND IT. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE,
SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A GENTLEMAN HERE THAT'S BEEN WAITING ALL DAY,
AND I THINK HE'S HE'S SLEEP DEPRIVED AT THIS POINT. 
          MR. MORTON. THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL,
THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF A RELOCATION AND AND RECONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH ALL DIGITAL ALL DAY, LLC TO CONVERT AN EXISTING ON PREMISE DIGITAL SIGN INTO A DUAL FACE,
OFF PREMISE INTERCHANGE SIGN. 
          WE DO HAVE STAFF, AND MAYBE MADAM SMITH WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT,
BUT THIS WAS BY REQUEST. 
          THE APPLICANT HERE TONIGHT DID HAVE AN APPROVED SIGN THAT RECEIVED PERMITS ALSO FROM
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          IT APPARENTLY IS BY THEIR REQUEST THAT THIS IS COMING FORWARD. 
          AND THIS IS PART OF THEIR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT COUNCIL CONFIRM THAT THE AUTHORIZATION
TO MOVE THIS SIGN AND RECONSTRUCT AS AS PRESENTED. 
          AGAIN, WE HAVE STAFF HERE FOR IF YOU NEED MORE CLARITY,
WE HAVE THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE HERE PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING IT. WE DID ASK THIS TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM AMENDMENT ONLY BECAUSE IT HAD SORT OF GOTTEN STALE HERE
AT THE CITY. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS BEFORE YOU AND MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR THE APPLICANT. 
          THANK YOU. SPEAKER CARDS. GILMORE. KENMORE. AND FOR QUESTIONS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ONLY IS WHAT HE PUT ON HERE. YEAH. 
          OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, MISTER MANAGER. 
          MADAM CLERK. MADAM ATTORNEY. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 
          I'LL WAIT ALL NIGHT IF WE HAVE TO. FOR THE RECORD,
MY NAME IS KENDALL MOORE. 
          PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS 895 BARTON BOULEVARD IN ROCKLEDGE HERE TONIGHT,
REPRESENTING ALL DIGITAL, ALL DAY. WHO IS THE PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT? AS WELL AS MIKE AND SUMMIT SHAW,
WHO ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES WHO ARE AT AT ISSUE HERE TONIGHT? THE MANAGER DID GIVE SOMEWHAT OF A KIND OF INTRODUCTION OF WHAT IT IS,
YOU SEE THAT THE AGREEMENTS ACTUALLY CALLED A RELOCATION AND RECONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT. 
          IN SHORT, THE CLIENT OWNS TWO PROPERTIES, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING ON THEM,
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS AT 1210 MALABAR ROAD. 
          [02:25:08]
THE ONE THAT THE MANAGER REFERENCED. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY AND PERMITTED FOR A TWO
PHASE DIGITAL BILLBOARD ON THAT SITE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE 1185 MALABAR ROAD THAT THEY OWN,
AND IN THAT PARTICULAR SITE TODAY HAS AN ON PREMISE DIGITAL SIGN. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR THE PERMISSION FOR THE SIGN APPROVAL. 
          THAT'S AT 1210 MALABAR ROAD TO BE RELOCATED TO 1185 MALABAR ROAD. 
          SO THEY WOULD BE GIVING UP THE SIGN PERMIT THAT EXISTS AT 1185,
AND I'M SORRY, AT 1210 AND MOVING THAT TO 1185. 
          SO THAT 1185 WOULD GO FROM BEING AN ON PREMISE LICENSED DIGITAL BOARD TO AN INTERCHANGE
SIGN. 
          SO IT'S THE CHARACTERIZATION OF WHAT IT IS. YOU WOULD A FEW THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT. 
          I THINK MAYOR AND COUNCIL NUMBER ONE, THERE IS NOT A PLUS ONE SIGN AS A PART OF THIS
PROCESS. 
          THEY ARE GIVING UP A SIGN AT THE ONE LOCATION AND MOVING IT TO THE SECOND LOCATION. 
          NUMBER TWO, JUST KIND OF FROM A PUBLIC POLICY STANDPOINT,
IT IS ACTUALLY MOVING THE SIGN CLOSER TO I-95 CORRIDOR, WHICH I THINK FROM A PUBLIC POLICY STANDPOINT IS WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THAT REGARD. 
          SO AGAIN, NO INCREASE IN SIGNS GIVING ONE TO BE ABLE TO GET ONE. 
          YOU'LL SEE IN THE AGREEMENT, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED WHEN THE ORIGINAL
SIGN AT 1210 WAS PERMITTED. 
          AND THAT IS THE THE NORMAL THINGS OF PUBLIC SERVICE ADVERTISEMENTS,
AMBER ALERTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT, WEATHER EMERGENCIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE THE CASE ON ON ANY SIGNS
NOT NECESSARILY UNIQUE TO THIS. 
          I THINK AS THE MANAGER BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU,
BECAUSE OF THE MOVE OF THE SIGN, THE REDUCTION OF THE FACE AND COMPLIANCE WITH FDOT, THIS AGREEMENT NEEDED TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING,
AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT HERE, SIR. SO WELL,
MAYBE HE'S TRYING TO, BUT. 
          NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER? NO. MAYOR. OKAY. I NEED A MOTION. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LET ME SAY TO THE MANAGER,
TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR. DILORENZO. AND, MISS JEFFERSON, WE APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S HELP TO GET THIS BEFORE YOU
TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS. 
          NO. ITEM NUMBER SIX. OH, AS YOU WERE. ITEM NUMBER SIX. 
          CARRY ON. OKAY, THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE EASY. I AM NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE CHARACTER OF
MISS CONNELLY. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE STRENGTH FOR IT. 
          I AM GOING TO SAY, AS AN AVID BOATER, AS AN AVID NAVIGATOR OF THE WATERWAY,
BEFORE I WAS ELECTED, I KNEW OF MISS CONNOLLY. I NEVER MET HER, NEVER HAD HAD A DISCUSSION WITH HER. 
          BUT I KNEW SHE WAS ACTIVE. I KNEW SHE WAS ALWAYS HAVING SOMETHING TO SAY,
SOMETHING TO HELP OUR WATERWAY, SOMETHING TO HELP THE FISH BE MORE HEALTHY. AND AFTER I GOT ELECTED,
I CAN HONESTLY SAY THERE'S TWO PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT I CAN'T DO MY JOB WITHOUT, AND SHE'S ONE OF THEM. 
          I AM NOT ONE TO HAVE MEMORIALS. I AM NOT ONE TO SAY EVERY TIME THERE'S A DEATH,
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO HAVE SOMETHING. 
          BUT I TRULY BELIEVE MISS CONNOLLY IS THE EXAMPLE OF THE PERSON WE NEED TO BE WHEN GOD MADE
HUMAN BEINGS. SHE IS. I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER GOING TO BE SOMEBODY THAT CAN REPLICATE AND
MATCH WHAT SHE BRINGS. 
          AND SINCE BEING ELECTED, I. I GREW A GREAT, GREAT,
A GREAT FRIENDSHIP WITH HER. 
          AND THE HARDEST PART ABOUT THIS IS I'VE DEALT WITH A LOT OF LOSS IN THE LAST PROBABLY 3 TO
4 MONTHS. 
          AND THE FACT THAT I'M USING HER ADVICE TO DEAL WITH HER LOSS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOWS ME WHAT KIND OF PERSON SHE IS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THE FIRST THING THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS IS THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD BEING ABLE TO GIVE OUT
AN AWARD TO AN EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUAL IN OUR COMMUNITY, KNOWN AS THE CONNOLLY AWARD. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR SUSTAINABILITY BOARD CAN TAKE A HOLD OF AND CAN SHOW OUR
COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING THE KIND OF 
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PERSON THAT SHE WAS AT ON A REGULAR BASIS. SECONDLY AS THE PICTURE SHOWS,
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE MY NEXT COUPLE CHECKS AND BUY A BENCH AND SOMETHING,
SOME KIND OF PLAQUE TO HONOR MISS CONNELLY AND HAVE THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD AND POSSIBLY OUR PUBLIC WORKS OR FACILITIES COME UP WITH
A NICE GARDEN IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA THAT SHE DID DISCUSS,
THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IN HER WORDS, PRETTY. SO PRETTY. SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP ONTO THE AGENDA TO SHOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS,
NOT ONLY TO ME, BUT TO SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SOME PEOPLE COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE, BUT I'M SURE THERE IS AT LEAST ONE PERSON OR TWO PEOPLE
THAT WANT TO DISCUSS HER, AND SHE IS NOT. SHE'S NOT HAVING A FUNERAL HERE. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS OUR WAY OF SHOWING OUR APPRECIATION FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE,
WHAT SHE'S PROVIDED TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT SHE'S PROVIDED TO OUR NATURE. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S I MEAN,
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ANYONE MORE DESERVING THAN HER FOR THIS. AND EVERY SINGLE TIME I WALK INTO THIS BUILDING
AND I COME ON OUR PROPERTY AND I SEE SOMETHING DESIGNATED TO HER, IT WOULD MAKE ME PROUD. AND THAT'S I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW Y'ALL FEEL
ABOUT IT. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, THE BENCH I WILL BE PAYING FOR MYSELF,
AND I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD TO SEE ABOUT GETTING EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF FOR THIS AREA. 
          O COUNCILMAN HAMMER, IF I IF I MAY. I THINK THAT'S AN ADMIRABLE SUGGESTION. 
          BUT HERE'S HERE'S MY CONCERN. NAMING AN AWARD,
THE CONNOLLY AWARD. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT I'VE BEEN ON THIS DAIS,
AND I'VE WITNESSED BOARDS GO, AND MY CONCERN WOULD BE IF THAT BOARD WERE EVER TO BE DISBANDED, THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THE CONNOLLY AWARD WOULD BE
DISBANDED. 
          SO PERHAPS IF COUNCIL IF YOU WANT TO NAME IT THE CONNOLLY AWARD,
MAYBE IT COULD BE HELD FOR AN OUTSTANDING CITIZEN THAT TALKS ABOUT LEADERSHIP WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT YOU ROUND THAT UP. I'M JUST MAYBE THE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND. 
          I'VE SEEN SO MANY BOARDS BEEN, YOU KNOW, DISBANDED,
THEN THAT AWARD WOULD BE DISBANDED. 
          SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT ON THE CONNOLLY AWARD. 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND GESTURE FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY PUT A BENCH FOR AND PUT HER NAME
ON IT IN MEMORY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A WORTHWHILE VENTURE FOR YOU. 
          I WILL SAY THAT APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS AGO,
PERHAPS 3 TO 4 YEARS AGO, WE HAD A CITIZEN THAT I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN HE MISSED A MEETING. 
          AND MR. BATON FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY. AND I'M SURE MR. BATON CAN CAN TALK ABOUT RICHARD SPELLMAN. WHO? WHO WOULD COME HERE ON A CONTINUAL BASIS EVERY DAY,
EVEN WHEN HE WAS IN HIS LATE 80S. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE PASSED AWAY. IT WAS IN THE 90S,
OR HE WAS IN HIS 90. 
          HE WAS EITHER 89 OR 90, BUT HE CAME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS UNTIL HE COULDN'T PHYSICALLY DO IT
ANYMORE. 
          SO I KNOW THAT COUNCIL BEFORE HAD SAID SUGGESTED TO STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO
DEDICATE IN HIS MEMORY AND THAT HAS YET TO BE EXECUTED. SO I,
I'D LIKE FOR STAFF TO LOOK AT THOSE MINUTES AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE. WHILE WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS, COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. 
          YES, MAYOR. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY TO THE POINT OF YOU KNOW,
USING THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD VERSUS NOT YOU KNOW, WE COULD JUST PUT IN THE MOTION THAT IF THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD WAS TO BE
DISSOLVED, THEN THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO THE THE AWARD WOULDN'T GO AWAY. 
          WE COULD PUT IT IN THE MOTION. BUT I MEAN, IF THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD'S REALLY
MOTIVATED AND OBVIOUSLY SHE WAS A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER OF THAT BOARD AND IT WAS NEAR AND 
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DEAR TO HER HEART. AND THEY WANT TO CHAMPION THIS FOR NOW. YOU KNOW,
I'D BE I THINK THAT'S A GOOD AVENUE TO, TO APPROACH IT FOR NOW. BUT WE COULD WE COULD DO THAT. 
          THAT'S A GREAT RESOLUTION, SIR. YEAH. MAKE IT PART OF THE MOTION. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR, WILL WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS? MAYOR? SO, I FEEL LIKE, OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A VOTE IN A DISCUSSION. 
          DOUG HOOK. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO CHOKE UP. OH,
I ALREADY STARTED. 
          DOUG HOOK, 1091 MARIPOSA NORTHEAST. HONORABLE MAYOR,
MAYOR, COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO SUSAN CONNOLLY,
I WAS INCREDIBLY HEARTBROKEN. 
          WE ALL KNOW. WE ALL KNOW WHAT SHE MEANT TO PALM BAY IN BREVARD COUNTY,
AS WELL AS ANYBODY OF THE OR ANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS SHE INTERACTED WITH. 
          IN LEARNING OF HER PASSING. ONE THOUGHT IMMEDIATELY CROSSED MY MIND HOW DO WE TAKE ACTION
TO HONOR SUSAN'S LEGACY AND FOREVER HAVE HER PRESENCE AS PART OF PALM BAY? RIGHT OUTSIDE THESE CHAMBERS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE POTENTIAL OF PALM BAY
FUTURE, A SIZABLE INVESTMENT THAT REFLECTS THE CITY'S GROWTH AND DONE IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY,
FEATURING ECO FRIENDLY PRACTICES, STORM RESILIENCE, NATIVE PLANT LANDSCAPING AND MANY OTHER POSITIVE FEATURES. 
          ALTHOUGH, AS BEFORE, MY TIME ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD,
I WOULD BE OR IT WOULD BE REMISS OF ME TO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS THAT LONG STANDING BOARD MEMBERS SUCH AS SUSAN, JANE AND REBECCA,
AS WELL AS OTHER PAST BOARD MEMBERS AND, OF COURSE, CITY STAFF AND LEADERSHIP PUT INTO THAT BUILDING'S DEVELOPMENT,
AS THAT BUILDING SERVES AS A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR THE PATH FORWARD FOR PALM BAY. 
          IT SHOULD ALSO FEATURE A REMEMBRANCE GARDEN THAT FOR HOW THAT PATH FORWARD SHOULD BE
TAKEN, A PATH THAT SUSAN CONNOLLY EXEMPLIFIED, LISTEN,
ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE. 
          AFTER HER PASSING, I LISTENED TO THE MESSAGES COMING FROM PEOPLE SURROUNDING SUSAN WHO
KNEW HER FAR BETTER THAN MYSELF. 
          EXPRESSING THEIR PROFOUND LOSS IN PAIN, IT IS CLEAR THEY WANT A WAY TO HONOR HER LOCALLY,
A SPACE TO VISIT AND SPEND TIME WITH THE PRESENCE OF THEIR FRIEND AND LOVED ONE. 
          EVERYTHING INSIDE OF ME WANTS TO ASSESS, VIA MY TIME AND ENERGY,
TO LEAD THIS PROJECT THROUGH ITS COURSE AS NOT ONLY A FRIEND OF SUSAN, BUT A CITIZEN OF PALM BAY AND A MEMBER OF ITS
SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. 
          TO THAT END, I HAVE ARRANGED A VARIETY OF RESOURCES TO R ARE TO BE READY SHOULD THE
PROJECT BE APPROVED. 
          I HAVE ADDITIONAL IDEAS TO EMPLOY SHOULD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ALSO BE NEEDED. 
          I ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL TO HONOR SUSAN'S LEGACY BY PERMITTING A SPACE NEAR THE ENTRANCE
OF BUILDING E TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO A REMEMBRANCE GARDEN DEDICATED TO SUSAN CONNOLLY, ONE FEATURING A SUSTAINABLE WATER FEATURE PROVIDED BY BREVARD CUSTOM AQUATICS. 
          A BENCH TO ENJOY TIME INSIDE OF IT, AND SURROUNDED BY THE NATIVE PLANTS AND WILDLIFE THAT
SUSAN CHAMPIONED. 
          NOT ONLY DID SUSAN DESERVE A LASTING LEGACY HERE IN THE BEATING HEART OF PALM BAY. 
          PALM BAY ALSO NEEDS SUSAN'S PRESENCE TO REMAIN HERE. 
          A SPACE FOR REFLECTION AND REMEMBRANCE, A SPACE WHERE WE CAN LISTEN BOTH NATURE AND ONE
ANOTHER. 
          A SPACE TO ASSIST US REMEMBERING WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER,
AND A SPACE TO ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE FORWARD IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, BILL BATTEN. 
          BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. 
          I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE CONNOLLY AWARD. I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO INVEST YOUR
OWN SALARY INTO THE BENCH. AND I'M SAYING WHETHER MY CONTRIBUTION GOES TO THE BENCH,
TO THE GARDEN, HIT ME UP. 
          AND THEN SINCE THERE'S NO MEMORIAL SERVICE HERE IN PALM BAY,
SOME KIND OF CONTACT TO HER FAMILY. 
          CAN I CALL YOU AND GET THAT? RUTH CAULFIELD. 
          RUTH CALDWELL, 935 DOUGLAS STREET, SOUTHEAST. 
          GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. AS FAR AS TALKING ABOUT SUZANNE,
IT COULD BE A LITTLE CHOKED UP, BUT I WANT TO 
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LET YOU KNOW THAT I WENT TO THE DISTRICT ONE. 
          WELL, BREVARD COUNTY TOWN HALL MEETING LAST WEEK,
AND THEY HAVE A GROUP THAT SUSAN WAS WORKING WITH THERE, AND THEY HAVE DECIDED TO PLANT A TREE IN HER HONOR UP IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          SO SUSAN'S INFLUENCE WAS NOT ONLY FELT HERE,
IT WAS FELT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE COUNTY. 
          SHE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD ALWAYS LOOK TO,
TO COUNT ON IF SHE WAS GOING TO ATTEND SOMETHING, 1 OR 1 WAY OR ANOTHER. WE TRIED TO SPLIT UP OUR TEAM HERE IN PALM BAY TO GO TO MANY PLACES
TO TO EFFECT CHANGE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS ARE BEING HEARD. SO IF WE WERE TO CREATE A CONNELLY AWARD,
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE NAME IT A CITIZENS ADVOCACY AWARD AND THAT THAT COULD BE EVALUATED ANNUALLY HOWEVER YOU SEE FIT OR WHOEVER,
BUT JUST SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE IT. 
          BUT SUSAN IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE MISSED. AND ONE THING THAT WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT MY OTHER TEAM MEMBER JUDY TRANDAHL,
IS LOOKING INTO HER ACCIDENT. IT'S NOT BEING HANDLED VERY WELL. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE IS NO INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PERSON WHO HIT HER,
AND WE CAN'T FIND. WE FOUND THE REPORTS. WE FOUND THE OTHER REPORTS SURROUNDING THAT ENTIRE WEEK. 
          SO THIS IS A PERSON WITH MULTIPLE CHARGES THAT HAS TAKEN SUSAN AWAY FROM US. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE LOOK INTO IT. THANK YOU. 
          MARK MILLER. 
          MARK MILLER, 898 NELSON AVENUE. JUST WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST PRAY FOR SUSAN
AND HER FAMILY. 
          I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. A ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL LADY INSIDE AND OUT. 
          SHE WAS ONE OF THE MOST GENUINE, HEARTFELT CONCERNING PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
WELL-BEING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO SUSTAINABILITY AND PROVIDING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR FOR
PALM BAY. 
          SO MAN, I JUST PRAY AND LIFT HER FAMILY UP. AND I'M JUST HERE TO SAY I SUPPORT YOU 100%. 
          COUNCILMAN. HAMMER. I PUT DOWN A TREE, A BUTTERFLY GARDEN SOMETHING JUST SOMETHING THAT
GROWS, RIGHT? AND SOMETHING THAT'S SUSTAINABLE. AND SO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN MIND IS EVEN WAY
BETTER THAN WHAT I HAVE HERE. 
          SO CERTAINLY WOULD WOULD SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU,
MATT GIBSON. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL. IN REGARDS TO THE MEMORIAL GARDEN SUSTAINABILITY IS KEY. 
          AND THIS IS NOT A VERY SUSTAINABLE LOCATION TO HAVE A NATIVE FLORIDA PLANT GARDEN TO BE
HELD. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT BE MOVED OFF TO THE CITY HALL PROPERTY,
BUT CERTAINLY NOT ANCHORING IT IN CONSTRUCTION GRADE LANDFILL. 
          HAVING A IRRIGATION RECLAIM SYSTEM SET UP TO TO PROVIDE WATER FOR IT COULD,
YOU KNOW, MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IT BECOMING AN EYESORE AND SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE REMINDED OF WHEN WE VISIT THE CITY BUILDING? WE WANT TO REMEMBER HER, OF COURSE, FONDLY. AND I THINK THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ADVANCED
PLANNING AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPING OF IT, I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPER. I DON'T CLAIM TO BE. BUT THE THE NATURE OF FLORIDA
PLANTS ARE THAT THEY WANT TO GROW WILD AND FREE. 
          AND SO MIGHT NOT BE BETTER TO PUT THEM IN A BOX FULL OF FILL DIRT OUT OF A DREDGE. 
          AND AS FAR AS THE CONNOLLY AWARD, JUST TO SPEAK BRIEFLY,
I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE USED AS A WAY TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE WHO
HAVE OUTREACH IN THE YOUTH, AND IT'S ALWAYS INSPIRING WHEN THE YOUTH COMES UP WITH SOMETHING,
ESPECIALLY IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL OR CONSERVATION WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT OF THE FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR INTELLECT. 
          SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE, WE COULD SAY THE CONNOLLY AWARD BE PROVIDED TO THE WINNER OF A
SMALL, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVE WHERE SOMETHING IS BROUGHT TO A COUNCIL MEETING OR
SOMETHING, AND IT COULD BE RECOGNIZED JUST BRIEFLY IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL THAT THIS PERSON AND THEIR
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES OR THIS SMALL GROUP OF, 
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YOU KNOW, YOUNG INDIVIDUALS IS BEING PRESENTED WITH THE AWARD. 
          MAYBE EVEN A SMALL CASH STIPEND, IF YOU COULD,
YOU KNOW, A LOT THAT TO THE SIDE AHEAD OF TIME AND THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THE THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING AND THAT THEY COULD BRING IT MAYBE TO THE COUNCIL IN A MORE ACTIONABLE WAY. 
          AND MY LAST THOUGHT IS THAT THE BAFFLES THAT THE CITY IS CONTRACTING SHOULD COULD BE NAMED
THE CONNOLLY BAFFLES AND PROVIDE AN IMMEDIATE AND NOTICEABLE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY AS FAR AS CONSERVATION GOES. 
          SMALL CLERICAL CHANGE. AND YOU COULD ATTACH YOUR NAME TO A LOT OF THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION
AND STUFF GOING FORWARD AS FAR AS RIBBON CUTTING. I CAN'T IMAGINE WATER FEATURES GETTING RIBBON CUTTINGS,
BUT MAYBE IF THERE'S ONE JUST TO REMEMBER BY I'M SURE MIKE WOULD BE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THAT CONCLUDES THE CARDS,
MAYOR. 
          OKAY, SO THOSE ARE PRETTY GOOD SUGGESTIONS. KIND OF LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU PUT A
PLAQUE FOR THE BAFFLE BOXES, BUT I KIND OF LIKE THAT IDEA, TOO. SOMETHING THAT WOULD. 
          WELL, SHE DIDN'T WANT WATER GOING INTO THE LAGOON,
SO BAFFLE BOX WOULD BE AGAINST WHAT SHE WANTED. 
          SHE. SHE DIDN'T WANT WHAT? SHE DIDN'T WANT ANY KIND OF DRAINAGE GOING INTO THE TURKEY
CREEK SO THAT THAT'S THAT WOULD BE AGAINST WHAT SHE WOULD WANT. THE BAFFLE BOX PREVENTS. YEAH, BUT SHE DIDN'T WANT THE WATER GOING INTO TURKEY
CREEK AT ALL. 
          OKAY. SO. ALL RIGHT. SO AND YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE THE PLANTS. 
          I LIKE THE IDEA THAT THAT COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN CAME UP WITH. 
          I AM IN AGREEANCE WITH THAT. THE PLANTS. I DO BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET
PEOPLE THAT KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE DO TO ADVISE US ON IT. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE RESOURCES AT AT THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD. 
          I'M SURE MRC HAS SOME IDEAS, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A WATER FEATURE. 
          IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE ARE WAYS OF DOING PLANTS IN AREAS LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS YOU'RE PUTTING UP A BENCH,
RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO GET IT WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THIS. 
          YOU'RE PUTTING UP A BENCH AND THEN HAVING THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD NAME AN AWARD THAT
THEY'LL. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND THEN THEY'LL DECIDE ON WHAT ELSE THEY COULD MAKE THAT BEAUTIFUL. 
          IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. IT'LL JUST GIVE THEM A PATHWAY FORWARD. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY FACILITIES AND PUBLIC OR I WOULD SAY BY
FACILITIES. 
          I DON'T THINK PUBLIC WORKS WOULD WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. BUT,
YOU KNOW, FACILITIES IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR HANDS IN IT. SO. OKAY. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON YOU'RE NEXT. AND THEN COUNCILMAN. YES. MAYOR THREE THINGS. 
          ONE, I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT. I FEEL IT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE VOLUNTEER BASED. 
          BEING SO MY FAMILY AND I HAVE OUR OWN GARDEN IN OUR BACKYARD. 
          WE DON'T HAVE CHICKENS YET, BUT WE'LL GET THERE. 
          BUT WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER AND HELP WITH THIS AS WELL. 
          TWO, I SPOKE WITH MR. GOREM THOMAS GOREM AND A RECOMMENDATION KIND OF TO COVER RICHARD
SPELMAN, AS WELL AS MAYBE WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT PLAQUES AROUND THE GARDEN FOR KEY CITIZENS. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS PEOPLE ARE WALKING IN AND OUT OF COUNCIL MEETINGS,
THEY SEE WHO ARE THE KEY PIONEERS IN REGARDS TO MAKING MOVEMENT AND CHANGE IN THE CITY. SO THAT'S THE SECOND THING. THE THIRD THING I REMEMBERED AND I APPRECIATE YOU
MENTIONING THE YOUTH, MATT, BUT EVERY YEAR, MAYOR WE HAVE LIKE THE UTILITIES AND WE HAVE THE CHILDREN WHO DO
THE, THE DRAWINGS FOR CLEAN WATER AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO THAT MAY BE AN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MISS CONNOLLY'S LEGACY TO THE YOUTH AND
TEACH THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WINS THE AWARD. YES,
SIR. 
          YEAH, I GOT YOU. YEAH. SO THAT'S JUST I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU. 
          YEAH. SO THOSE ARE JUST THREE THINGS TO CONSIDER,
BUT I'M GOOD. 
          SO, MAYOR, JUST. WE'RE NOT SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 
          YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN HAMMER'S OBVIOUSLY INCREDIBLY GENEROUS TO TO FUND THIS WITH THE WITH
HIS INITIATIVE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE OTHERS ARE WILLING. I REALLY JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS A THING. 
          HE CAN WORK DIRECTLY OUT WITH STAFF. I DON'T SEE A COUNCIL VOTE ON THIS. 
          I SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE, BUT I DON'T. I DON'T SEE THIS AS A LEGISLATIVE OR A COUNCIL
COUNCIL VOTE. 
          I AGREE. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE CONSENSUS TO TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. 
          AND THEN I THINK JUST LET US KNOW HOW WE COULD HELP. 
          RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I THINK WE'RE ALL INVOLVED IN THIS TOGETHER. 
          ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT YOUR MARCHING ORDERS, SON. 
          ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. WE'RE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS,
COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. 
          [COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL REPORTS:]
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GOT NOTHING. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HAMMER. 
          FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO REPRESENTATIVE MONIQUE MILLER FOR THE FARM SHARE THIS
WEEKEND. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CHURCHES AND FROM THE BUSINESSES,
AND AS WELL AS DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE FOR COMING OUT. 
          IT WAS AMAZING. I HAD SO MANY PEOPLE REACH OUT AND SAY THANK YOU. 
          SO MANY PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THERE WERE HUMBLED TO BE GETTING THESE THINGS. 
          IT WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING THING. I MET AMAZING PEOPLE. 
          IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT AND THE VOLUNTEERS WERE JUST SO HAPPY TO BE OUT THERE,
AND I WAS JUST OVERLY IMPRESSED ON OUR COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER FOR PEOPLE. 
          SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO HER. THANK YOU TO THE VOLUNTEERS,
THE CHURCHES, THE ACTUAL BUSINESSES THAT CAME OUT THERE ON THEIR TIME. 
          AND SECONDLY, I WANT TO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALTHEA. 
          I'M I'M SUPER PUMPED FOR YOU. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE THINGS YOU DO. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED. THAT WAS A THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG,
A BIG SEAT TO BE SITTING IN. 
          SO I'M, I'M OVERLY OVERLY CONFIDENT IN YOU AND I'M,
AM. 
          I AM. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. THANK YOU. AND ALSO. 
          THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HAMMER. COUNCILMAN. 
          JOHNSON. YES. MAYOR I HAVE MORE. MY ITEMS AREN'T TOO GLAMOROUS,
AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO ONE MEMBER OF THE CHARTER COMMITTEE BRIEFLY, AND I HAVE OTHERS TO TALK TO AFTER TONIGHT. 
          BUT I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE DIRECTION THAT IT'S GOING. 
          IN REGARDS TO EFFICIENCY THE CHARTER IS MEANT TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT,
JUST LIKE OUR CONSTITUTION, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET EVERYTHING RIGHT IN ONE SWING.
WE WE AS A BODY CAN HAVE AS MANY CHARTER REVIEWS LIKE IT WHILE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE EVERY SO OFTEN. WE CAN HAVE ONE EVERY YEAR IF WE WANT TO. 
          WE CAN PUT IT ON THE BALLOT EVERY YEAR IF WE WANT TO. 
          BUT WITH THE RATE I GOT, I GOT THE THICK PACKET AND IT'S A LOT. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF GIVE THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE DIRECTION. 
          OTHERWISE, I SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO GET THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE
PLANNED TO GET THROUGH. 
          BECAUSE THE MAIN THING ON MY ON MY LIST AND I KNOW IT'S ON YOURS,
MAYOR IS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, AND AT THIS RATE, IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE ADDRESSED. 
          BUT TO THE SAME POINT, WE AS COUNCIL CAN PUT AN ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION AND WE CAN PUT IT
ON THE BALLOT OURSELVES FOR THE CITIZENS TO VOTE ON. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY MAIN THING, LOOKING AT THE THE FLOW OF THE MEETINGS AND THE,
THE, THE QUORUM OF THE MEETINGS. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE EACH BOARD MEMBER COMES WITH 2 TO 3
ITEMS, HOT TICKET ITEMS THAT THEY SEE IN THE CHARTER THAT,
HEY, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE IMMEDIATE CHANGE BECAUSE REALISTICALLY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET EVERYTHING ON THERE,
BUT THEY CAN PINPOINT IT INTO THINGS THAT THEY FEEL TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT. 
          THAT WILL BE THE BRING BRING THE BIGGEST IMPACT TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND TO THE
CITIZENS AND TO OUR STAFF. 
          SO THAT'S MY THING. I'VE OBSERVED WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON,
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, JUST LIKE WE'RE WORKING ON EFFICIENCY ON OUR END, I JUST WANT TO REDIRECT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PULL A BOARD OR SOMETHING LIKE WE'VE DONE
WITH OTHER BOARDS, JUST GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDIRECT, LIKE,
HEY, OKAY, LET'S TIGHTEN DOWN THE HATCHES, LET'S BUNKER DOWN, LET'S REFOCUS, AND LET'S FOCUS ON A FEW ITEMS,
EACH OF US AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS, EFFICIENCY AND MOVE FROM THERE. BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. 
          SO THAT'S MY FIRST ITEM THAT I'M GOING TO TALK AND I'LL TALK. 
          I'LL TALK TO YOU, PASTOR MILLER. WE MISSED EACH OTHER PLAYING PHONE TAG. I'LL TALK TO YOU,
RUTH. INDIVIDUALLY, I OWE MR. MCCALL AS WELL AND A FEW OTHERS. BUT I WANT TO MAKE MY ROUNDS BECAUSE I WANT. 
          I WANT IT TO BE EFFICIENT. I KNOW Y'ALL WANT IT TO BE EFFICIENT AS WELL. 
          BUT TO THE POINT, I'M GOING TO BE JUST AS PASSIONATE. 
          I MENTIONED THE JACK AUDIT, AND ME AND MR. MORTON HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT,
AND THEN I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT WHAT I'LL BE BRINGING UP TONIGHT AGAIN ABOUT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, BECAUSE THEIR J LIKE AUDIT THAT CAN BE DONE EVERY SO OFTEN,
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE STATE TO GET IT DONE. WHERE AN INSPECTOR GENERAL IS SOMETHING THAT
CAN BE ONGOING, AND THAT'S A SEPARATE CHARTER OFFICER THAT DOESN'T ANSWER TO THE CITY CLERK,
DOESN'T ANSWER THE CITY ATTORNEY OR CITY MANAGER, BUT ANSWERS TO THIS COUNCIL AND IS REPORTING BACK TO US WHAT'S GOING IN GOING ON IN THE
CITY INSTEAD OF THE CITY MANAGER TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, HOLD ON TO EVERYTHING TO THE SAME POINT. 
          HE I TALKED TO MR. MOORE AND HE COULD SPEAK FOR HIMSELF,
BUT HE SAID, HEY, STILL GIVE ME I'M ALL FOR AN INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
          BUT STILL, I WOULD STILL LIKE TIME TO DO MY JOB. 
          AND I SAID, I RESPECT THAT, SIR, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. BUT EITHER WAY,
PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, GIVE CITIZENS A CHANCE TO DO TO VOTE FOR IT,
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD TRULY PASS MAYOR. 
          THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE. LAST YEAR CITY CLERK MADAM SMITH,
I MEAN, 
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NOT MADAM SMITH. MADAM JONES GOT ALL THE INFORMATION,
ALL THE DATA TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT, BUT FOR SOME ODD REASON, IT DIDN'T MAKE IT. SO. 
          YEAH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECG THOUGH, I'M I'M LOOKING AT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. 
          OKAY. TALK TO ME. SO AND I AND I'M A BE TRANSPARENT WITH YOU. 
          WHEN I FIRST CAME ON I WANTED A FORENSIC AUDIT. 
          YEP. AND MY PATHWAY WAS SHUT DOWN. YEP. IF YOU REMEMBER,
WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IS WHY THE DEFICIENCY OF WHAT OCCURRED AT SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY. I'M BEING TOTALLY TRANSPARENT WITH YOU. 
          AND WHEN I BOUGHT THAT, I KEPT GETTING SHUT DOWN. 
          SO I MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS, HOW DO I GET AN INDEPENDENT AND CONTINUE INDEPENDENT AUDITS
REGARDING OUR OPERATIONS AND HOW WE DEAL WITH DEVELOPERS AND IMPACT FEES? AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES WERE AT WHAT,
FROM 2012, 2014, IF YOU REMEMBER. AND I KEPT HARPING ON IMPACT FEES. RIGHT? MY STANCE TODAY IS AND I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE RACHEL SADOFF HAS CAPABLE STAFF THAT COULD
COME IN IF WE ASKED FOR OPERATIONAL AUDITS. WE ARE NOW DOING OPERATIONAL AUDITS. 
          MY CONCERNS NOW WITH AN ECG IS I. I HAVE ANOTHER CHARTER OFFICER AND THAT CHARTER OFFICER
HAS STAFF MEMBERS. 
          AND SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE
WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BUDGET AND PROPERTY TAXES AND HOW WE HAVE THE 3% CAP. 
          AND SO WHAT AM I TRYING TO CREATE WITH THAT ECG PROCESS WHEN WE ARE DOING OTHER THINGS
THAT ARE DOING THE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR,
RIGHT? SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED IF IF WE DO GO DOWN THIS PATH,
HOW ARE WE GOING TO AFFORD AN INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THEIR AND THEIR STAFF MEMBERS, REMEMBER, STAFF MEMBERS,
YOU GOT BENEFITS, YOU GOT ALL THESE THINGS THAT MAY INCREASE THAT DEMAND IN OUR IN OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          SO I'M A LITTLE HESITANT ON PULLING THE TRIGGER AT THIS TIME WITH THAT. 
          AND THAT'S I'M BEING TRANSPARENT WITH YOU AS I CONTINUE TO STUDY EVERYTHING. 
          I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MISS SADOFF, AND SHE SAID SHE CAN COME IN AND DO THESE
OPERATIONAL AUDITS, AND THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE FEE WOULD BE IF ANY FEE. 
          BUT ANYWAY, THAT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW AND I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER ITEMS,
BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THEN I'LL GET COUNCILMAN HAMMER. 
          YOU'LL HAVE YOUR YOUR TIME TO SPEAK, BUT LET HIM FINISH HIS REPORTS. 
          YES, MA'AM. AND I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT. I JUST I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL A LONG
TIME AND I'VE HAD SO MANY TIMES, AND I SHARED THIS WITH MR. MORTON AND MR. SMITH YESTERDAY THAT I'VE HAD SO MANY TIMES
WHERE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEES HAVE PUT ME IN A TOUGH POSITION BECAUSE THEY WILL COME TO ME ABOUT A GRIEVANCE OR A COMPLAINT OR SOMETHING,
OR SEND ANONYMOUS LETTERS TO MY HOME ADDRESS ABOUT SOMETHING GOING ON. 
          AND I'M IN A PLACE WHERE I HAVE TO HONOR THE CHARTER,
AND I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CROSSING THOSE BOUNDARIES. 
          AND THEN I WOULD GIVE IT TO PASS CITY MANAGEMENT. 
          AND THEN HERE WE ARE. SO I'VE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF STUFF MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          MAYOR THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I CAN REALLY SPEAK OPENLY ABOUT IT. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE INSTEAD OF ME TRYING TO. 
          WELL, AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IF IF THAT IS THE CASE,
THEN THAT'S A WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM THAT WE'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED. 
          BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE COULD BENEFIT. 
          YES, SIR. OTHERS SO THAT THEY FEEL OPEN. I THOUGHT WE WORKED ON THAT. 
          WHERE WE HAD THE CITY ATTORNEYS. NOW, PART OF THAT,
THEY DON'T HAVE TO REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          SO THOSE THINGS WE DID PUT INTO PLACE, I, I ASSUMED IT'S WORKING. 
          BUT THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHERE CREATING A CHARTER OFFICER TO DO IG AND AND THAT
WOULD BE PART OF THE DUTIES AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD ALSO INCREASE THAT STAFF CAPACITY. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MILITARY. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT TODAY, BROTHER. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE FISCALLY PRUDENT OF US TO
ADD ANOTHER CHARTER OFFICE TODAY. 
          THAT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT TODAY, BROTHER. MY LAST STATEMENT,
BECAUSE I TALKED TO MR. SMITH, I BELIEVE, MADAM SMITH, WE WERE SPEAKING. 
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YOU WERE SAYING FROM THE STATE WE CAN USE THEIRS. 
          CORRECT. OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES WE WERE SPEAKING ON,
I BELIEVE. 
          WAS IT WEDNESDAY? WAS IT DID YOU MENTION THAT OR WAS THAT MR. MORTON? IT WASN'T ME, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. 
          UTILIZING THE. I THINK IT WAS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. 
          I'M TRYING TO. NO, IT WASN'T ME. OKAY? IT'LL COME BACK TO ME AND I'LL FOLLOW UP. 
          BUT WHAT? THAT'S ALL. THAT WAS THE MAIN THING. 
          I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HAMM,
I KNOW YOU WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON. 
          YEAH, I WANTED TO RESPOND TO COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON WITH ME BEING ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT
WAS REACHING OUT TO HIM AS A CITY EMPLOYEE. 
          I WANT TO SHOW MY MY SUPPORT FOR WHAT HE'S SAYING TO WHERE IF WE HAD THAT INSPECTOR
GENERAL, I WOULD STILL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          AND I CAN VALIANTLY SAY THAT. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I DON'T THINK WE ARE IN THE POSITION TO
BE TO BE HAVING ANOTHER CHARTER OFFICER, AS IN MONEY WISE. 
          MY JOB UP HERE IS TO TO TRY TO GET OUR MILLAGE RATE DOWN,
AND A WHOLE NOTHER DEPARTMENT IS KIND OF ROUGH. 
          WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, IS ACTUALLY A QUESTION WITHIN. 
          WITHIN. THIS WAS WHEN I WAS A CITY EMPLOYEE. WE ACTUALLY HAD AUDITORS AT THE CITY THAT
WOULD PERFORM AUDITS ANNUALLY. 
          EVERY SINGLE THING THAT I HAD IN MY INVENTORY,
THEY WOULD COME DOWN AND THEY WOULD CHECK IT AND WE WOULD HAVE TO REPORT EVERYTHING MONEY WISE, FUEL WISE, EVERYTHING GOT REPORTED TO AN AUDITOR AND RISK MANAGEMENT. 
          I'M SEEING DO WE STILL HAVE THAT PERSON AND IS THAT STILL SOMETHING ACTIVE? BECAUSE WE DID HAVE INTERNAL AUDITORS THAT PERFORMED AUDITS ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          WELL, I CAN TELL YOU NOW THAT I THINK ELECTRONICALLY THE GAS AUDITS ARE TAKING PLACE. 
          I THINK WHEN YOU WERE ON, WE DID NOT HAVE THAT IMPROVEMENT OF THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM. 
          WHEN YOU WERE AN EMPLOYEE. SO I SAW THAT AS A,
AS A PLUS, BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER YOUR ISSUES AS, AS YOU WERE CIVILIAN AND AND SPEAKING TO ME WHEN I,
I CAMPAIGNED. 
          RIGHT. BUT I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT YOU COULD HAVE WITH MR. MORTON, BUT I KNOW THAT EVEN GPSS ARE BEING INSTALLED. 
          I KNOW THAT HE'S HE'S DOING HIS HIS OWN DOGE,
IF YOU WILL. 
          SO I KNOW HE'S GOING DOWN THAT RANGE, AND PERHAPS WE COULD GO DOWN THAT RANGE. 
          BUT WHEN YOU WERE NOT, WHEN YOU WERE AN EMPLOYEE,
WE DID NOT HAVE THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM. 
          SO I WANT TO MAYBE WE COULD BRING THAT BACK AND SEE HOW WE COULD HONE ON IT EVEN BETTER. 
          I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY'S INVOLVEMENT IS LIKE AN INDEPENDENT SOURCE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE
TO GO TO WHO THEY REPORT TO. 
          RIGHT. SO AND I KNOW HR IS PROBABLY PART OF THAT AS WELL. 
          FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, I THOUGHT SHE WAS PART OF THAT. 
          BUT ANYWAY, COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, YOU HAD YOU YOU BUZZED IN TO. 
          WELL, FIRST OFF, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IF WE HAD AN ECG AT THE TIME,
WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SUCH A GREAT COUNCILMAN SITTING NEXT TO ME. 
          SO I'D STILL BE WORKING FOR THE CITY. SO YOU KNOW,
BUT BUT I I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU, MAYOR AND AND COUNCILMAN HAMMER ABOUT THE ECG. 
          AND AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE
FELT NECESSARY IN THE PAST TO BRING THIS UP IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHICH WAS BEFORE WE WERE ELECTED. THIS THE MORE RECENT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WAS
BECAUSE I THINK YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER LEADERSHIP INSTALLED. 
          AND SO NOW I THINK THAT THAT SOLUTION HAS BEEN REMEDIED. 
          I DON'T THINK WE NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST. 
          I'M ALL FOR THE WHISTLEBLOWER. AVENUE. THERE'S WE'RE NEVER PERFECT. 
          THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ISSUES. AND WE NEED A WAY TO,
TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME FROM MY MILITARY BACKGROUND AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, I'VE SEEN WHERE IGS HAVE BEEN WEAPONIZED WHERE FALSE REPORTS HAVE BEEN FILED WHERE IGS CAN
GET IN THE WAY AS MUCH AS THEY CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT UNDER THE NEW CITY MANAGER,
WE'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES WE HAD IN THE PAST. AND THEN WHEN YOU COUPLE
THAT WITH THE FINANCIAL BURDEN I JUST DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S WHERE I STAND. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON,
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORTS? YES, MAYOR. MY. MY THING IS STILL, MR. MORTON WON'T BE HERE FOREVER. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHO WILL BE THE CITY MANAGER AFTER HE RETIRES AND JUST CHECKS AND BALANCES. 
          SO THAT'S. THAT WAS MY MAIN THING. SO I'M GOOD. 
          MAYOR. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR REPORTS. 
          SO GLAD WE HAD A WORKSHOP THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS. 
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SO COUNCIL REPORTS LAST FRIDAY, A FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WERE IN
TALLAHASSEE. 
          ROBBIE BRACKET, REPRESENTATIVE BRACKET DID A SMALL TOUR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY. 
          CAME OUT WITH STAFF, MR. MORTON AND MYSELF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TOURED TOWARD THE
RANGE AND WAS EXCITED TO SUPPORT MONIQUE MILLER AND SOME BILLS THAT OR SOME APPROPRIATIONS THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING. AND AND HE'S ALSO
GOING TO BE SUPPORTING ONE INDIVIDUALLY AND CARRYING THAT ON THE BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY. SO JUST REALLY EXCITED FOR FOR THAT RELATIONSHIP AND FOR HER TO COME FOR HIM TO
COME OUT. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT BEFORE I MOVE ON, MAYOR,
TO BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, THERE IS A SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT CARD HERE FROM MR. DOUGLAS HOOK. OKAY, SO I'LL TAKE I'LL ENTERTAIN THAT REPORT BEFORE I GIVE MINE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'LL BE BRIEF. I WANTED TO JUST GIVE AN UPDATE REAL
QUICK THAT OUR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOR THIS MONTH WAS RESCHEDULED TO TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, AS OPPOSED TO WEDNESDAY. 
          WE WILL BE HOPEFULLY DISCUSSING SUSAN CONNOLLY AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
IN THAT SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. 
          IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN PARTAKING IN THOSE COMMENTS AND IDEAS AND BRAINSTORMING SESSION
WE WELCOME YOU TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AT THAT TIME. 
          AND I WILL KEEP IN MIND THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE TODAY DURING THE DISCUSSION THINGS
SUCH AS THE NATIVE PLANTS BEING SUSTAINABLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO NOT OVERGROW THINGS LIKE THAT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION
AS WELL AS CITY RESOURCES. 
          WE DO NOT EXPECT ANY CITY RESOURCES TO BE NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAVE MOVED
FORWARD WITH FINDING SOURCES FOR PLANTS. 
          WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN SOME DONATIONS OF OTHER PROJECTS AND WHATNOT. 
          SO I DO WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT NO CITY RESOURCES WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THIS PROJECT
MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT AT THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING NEXT
TUESDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          SO NOW I'LL START WITH MY REPORTS. AND I BRIEFLY SHARED A LITTLE BIT,
GENTLEMEN, ABOUT THAT MEETING WITH FDOT STAFF. 
          THE STAFF DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. WE WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS ON THE CHALLENGES WE HAD WITH
THE INTERCHANGE AND PROPOSAL FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES OF HOW WE TRANSPORT OUR MOTORISTS THROUGH THE CITY CONFINES. 
          SO WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS HOW MUCH THEY LISTENED. 
          AND WHAT I FOUND MORE INTERESTING IS THAT SECRETARY TYLER WANTS TO COME DOWN OUR DISTRICT
SECRETARY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH US AGAIN AND AND HEARING FROM US DIRECTLY. 
          SO I FOUND THAT INTERESTING. THEN I ALSO HAD THE BLESSING HERE THIS WEEK TO MEET WITH OUR
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, STATE OF FLORIDA, SECRETARY OF COMMERCE. AND WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IT WAS. 
          AND I I'M HOPING MR. MORTON SHARES A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT,
BUT NOT ONLY DID WE MEET WITH HIM DIRECTLY, I WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE SOME CONCERNS. 
          AND HE GOT TO VISIT THE COMPOUND, IN PARTICULAR WITH OUR GOALS OF INCREASING. 
          AND I DID PASS RIGHT BY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MASTER CHIEF BATON. 
          AND IN THE COMPOUND, HE HE WAS INTERESTED. AND WHAT WAS SO INTERESTING WAS WE HAD SOME
POTENTIAL FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED THAT WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS DOWN THERE. 
          I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO MENTION ANY, ANY BUSINESS NAMES,
BUT HOW THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BUILDING MANUFACTURING OUT THERE BY THE COMPOUND. WHAT'S WHAT REALLY MOTIVATED ME IS THAT THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT IT. 
          THEY NEED APPROXIMATELY 85,000FT², IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. 
          THEY'RE AN EXISTING COMPANY THAT WOULD RELOCATE FROM A SISTER CITY AND CREATE THAT JOB
OPPORTUNITY RIGHT HERE IN PALM BAY. AND WE SHARED WITH THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE WHAT OUR CHALLENGES WERE. 
          AND HE SEEMED QUITE INTERESTED. AND I'M, I'M I'M PRAYERFUL THAT SOMETHING MAY MAY HAPPEN
AND AND BREAK FROM, FROM OUR DISCUSSION. BUT THAT BEING SAID, I FELT THAT THIS WEEK WAS A SUCCESSFUL WEEK IN
MEETING WITH OUR FDOT REPRESENTATIVE. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS OF INCREASING COMMERCIAL AND
MANUFACTURING IN, IN PALM BAY AND IN PARTICULAR IN, IN AT THE COMPOUND THEN ON MONDAY,
MOST OF YOU MAY KNOW AND I'M GOING TO SHOW THIS PICTURE IF I'M GOING TO ASK JONATHAN TO QUEUE UP THAT PICTURE. 
          MOST OF YOU MAY KNOW WHAT OCCURRED. AND AND I GOT TO TELL YOU,
I AM HONORED AND BLESSED. 
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YET I WAS THERE. THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY MY PICTURE. 
          I WAS HONORED AND BLESSED TO TO MEET THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS WHEN HIS
ENGINE FAILED THAT HE DIDN'T LOSE HIS LIFE. 
          AND THEN WE HAD A FIREFIGHTER. MAN, THANK GOD FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS. 
          THERE ARE HEROES. SO ARE YOU, CHIEF. JUST WANTED TO SHOUT. 
          SHOUT YOU OUT AS WELL. WHERE HE HAD TO GO INTO THAT PLANE TO SOMEHOW DEFUZE THAT THAT
GASOLINE PUMP. 
          IF YOU SEE HE'S HE'S GOING RIGHT IN THERE. SO I WAS THERE WATCHING THIS AND THESE GUYS
RESPONDED VERY WELL. 
          WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
THE PLANE LANDED AND HE'S DOING 60 MILES AN HOUR ON ON BABCOCK STREET, HEADING HEADING NORTH. HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LAND AT VALKARIA AIRPORT,
BUT THIS IT WAS THE 17 YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN, LICENSED PILOT. AND AND HE LITERALLY KEPT HIS BEARINGS. 
          AND THE ONLY REASON, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
IS THAT HE HE SHIFTED INTO THE DITCH WAS TO AVOID A CAR WHICH WAS STILL ON ONCOMING. SO I WANT TO THAT'S A FOR ME. THAT'S A GREAT REPORT. 
          NUMBER ONE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOSS OF LIFE. AND NUMBER TWO,
THE FACT THAT WE, WE HAVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE. AND I GOTTA TELL YOU,
PALM BAY PD WAS OUT THERE AS WELL, AND I WAS EXCITED THAT I GOT TO WITNESS THESE MEN AND WOMEN THAT THAT PROTECT US JUST GO
BEYOND THEIR CONSIDERATION OF THEIR OWN LIVES TO, TO PROTECT OTHERS. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES MY MY REPORTS. MR. MORTON,
YOUR REPORT, SIR, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, JUST VERY GRATEFUL. 
          [ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS:]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL,
WE'VE BEEN VERY YOU KNOW, DOING THIS A LOT OF YEARS. 
          AND I WILL SAY THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY PRODUCTIVE ON THE
LEGISLATIVE FRONT. 
          AND SO, JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR GUYS'S LEADERSHIP AND YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO
KEEPING YOUR FINGER ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THE CITIZENS, WHICH IS TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CREATING LIVING WAGE JOBS AND SUSTAINABILITY IN
OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SOME INCREDIBLE MEETINGS. SOME PATHWAYS HAVE BEEN OPENED. 
          SECRETARY KELLY OPENED A PATHWAY, I THINK, FOR US FOR FOR A BIG INITIATIVE. WE'RE
CURRENTLY PURSUING THAT VERY QUICKLY. 
          MAYOR, TO YOUR POINT, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN REACHED OUT THE SAME DAY. WITHIN AN HOUR OF OF
FDOT STAFF REPORTING SECRETARY'S OFFICE REACHED OUT. 
          THEY ARE COMING THIS NEXT WEEK. SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM THEM AND OTHER
STATE REPS TO TO OUR TRAINING FACILITY FOR OUR FIRE ASSETS AND NEEDS LONG TERM TO HELP AMELIORATE SOME OF THOSE LONG TERM COSTS OF FIRE STATIONS. SO CRITICAL FIRST RESPONDER
PRIORITIES, CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY PRIORITIES, CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES. AND IT'S REALLY THE
FRUIT OF A LOT OF HARD WORK. 
          I SEE IT. AND SO THANK YOU, MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR COUNCIL,
FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR EMPOWERING STAFF TO ENGAGE AS AGGRESSIVELY AS WE ARE WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, WITH OUR LEADERSHIP. AND I REALLY AM VERY ENCOURAGED AND VERY HOPEFUL. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME REALLY GOOD FRUIT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK ON. SO THANK
YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU SIR. 
          AND I FAILED TO MENTION THAT THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE WAS COINED. 
          I GAVE HIM A CHALLENGE COIN. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD,
I THINK HE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT COIN. 
          I'M SURE I WON'T SEE THAT ONE ON EBAY, BUT, MADAM SMITH. 
          YES, SIR. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SEEKS YOUR ADVICE IN AN ATTORNEY CLIENT SESSION ON
DECEMBER 4TH, 2025 AT 5:30 P.M. ON THE FOLLOWING LITIGATION MATTER AQUA PROPERTY VERSUS BAYFRONT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND CITY OF PALM BAY, FLORIDA. CASE NUMBER ZERO FIVE 2023 C046196. 
          ATTENDINGS WILL BE THE MAYOR OF CITY COUNCIL,
CITY MANAGER MATTHEW MORTON, CITY ATTORNEY PATRICIA SMITH, AND A CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER. ATTORNEY CLIENT SESSION IS EXPECTED TO LAST NO MORE THAN
30 MINUTES IN LENGTH. 
          I THINK I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE MAJORITY OF COUNSEL THAT HAS INDICATED THAT YOU ALL ARE
AVAILABLE AT THAT DATE AND TIME, AND WHAT DATE IS THAT? DECEMBER 4TH BEFORE THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING? 530. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORTS? YES, SIR. 
          ALL RIGHT. OUTSTANDING. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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