Dec 04, 2025 Council Meetings - Regular

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IT IS NOW 1800 HOURS. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

[CALL TO ORDER:]

ALRIGHT. GO RIGHT HERE. PASTOR. RIGHT ON THE MIC.

THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER.

LORD HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT COMMUNITY OF PALM BAY, THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE AMAZING COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES THAT WE GET TO LIVE IN. AMEN.

LORD, WE JUST PRAY OVER THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOUR PRESENCE WOULD BE FELT HERE.

LORD, WE PRAY THAT WE WOULD BE GUIDED BY YOU.

WE PRAY FOR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE WAY THAT THEY SERVE YOU BY SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO, LORD, WE JUST PRAY FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE FOR THEM.

LORD, WE ALWAYS PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW AND PERFECT AND CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, LORD, WE CONTINUE TO WANT TO CHASE AFTER YOU AND FOR PALM BAY TO BE A BRIGHT BEACON FOR OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY TO SEE AND MODEL AFTER. SO LORD, WE JUST CONTINUE CONTINUE TO SUBMIT OUR OUR COMMUNITY TO YOU LORD.

AND WE JUST THANK YOU AND PRAY THAT THIS NIGHT WOULD BE GUIDED BY YOU.

AND WE PRAY ALL THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN.

AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HURRAH! MADAM LOEFFLER, MAYOR. MEDINA.

PRESIDENT. DEPUTY MAYOR. JAFFE. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON.

PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN. HAMER. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN. LANGEVIN. PRESIDENT. MR.. MORTON. PRESIDENT. MISS SMITH HERE.

[AGENDA REVISIONS:]

I HAVE TWO TONIGHT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN ADDED, ALONG WITH MODIFICATIONS TO THE STAFF REPORT AND ORDINANCE FOR ITEM SEVEN UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS. SECOND, THE RESOLUTION IN RESPECT TO COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN HAS BEEN AMENDED AND ADDED AS ITEM THREE UNDER NEW BUSINESS.

THANK YOU. MADAM SMITH, NOTHING ADDITIONAL. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY REVISIONS? ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'RE NOW ON PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.

[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS:]

HURRAH! PULL UP PASTOR KEN DELGADO, MICKEY REDMOND AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA TEAM TO COME ON UP.

DO YOU GUYS BRING FLIERS TO DISTRIBUTE BY ANY CHANCE, SO THAT PEOPLE.

YOU COULD GIVE THEM INVITATIONS. OKAY.

COME ON OVER HERE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. IT'S IT'S VERY RARE THE TIME THAT I GET TO TELL MY PASTOR WHAT TO DO. SO I JUST TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA DAY, DECEMBER 20TH, 2025.

IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH WE CALL PALM BAY.

YES, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. WHEREAS THE HOUSE CHURCH WHERE YOU LOVED, ACCEPTED, AND CONNECTED, AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND SEVERAL COMMUNITY BUSINESSES PARTNERS SUCH AS THRIFTY SPECIALTY PRODUCE, COCINA, A CAFE. CHICK FIL A. HEALTH. FIRST HOSPITAL WJ.

CONSTRUCTION. GIANT. RECREATION WORLD. GATOR.

AUTOMOTIVE. FROG BONES FAMILY SHOOTING CENTER.

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Z 88.3. ALL DIGITAL, ALL DAY. GRIFOLS PLASMA DONATION.

AL DIA TODAY NEWSPAPER. MARTIN'S FAMOUS POTATO ROLLS.

ISN'T THAT GREAT? IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THEM, YOU SHOULD REALLY TRY THEM.

NORDIN LEE COX, ATTORNEY FOR ALL YOUR PERSONAL INJURY NEEDS, AND PREMIER OAKES, TEN, HAVE RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING A POSITIVE VENUE FOR RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS.

AND WHEREAS WHAT MAKES THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA SO SPECIAL IS THAT THERE IS NO COST TO ATTEND.

EVERYTHING IS F R DOUBLE E TO THE PUBLIC. FROM COTTON CANDY TO HOT DOGS TO LIVE MUSIC.

FUN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS. THE SPONSORS OF THIS ANNUAL EVENT HAVE COMMITTED TO SERVING OTHERS DURING THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON AND GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE. AND WHEREAS, AS A DEMONSTRATION OF LOVE, THE HOUSE CHURCH, EAST WIND, PENTECOSTAL VICTORY IN CHRIST JESUS MINISTRIES, JORNADA AL CIELO, WINGS OF GRACE, CEDAR RESCUE MISSION, AND KINGDOM GATES WORSHIP CENTER ALL HAVE UNITED TO BRING THE 17TH ANNUAL FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA TO OUR CITY AND COUNTY.

WHEREAS PASTOR KEN DELGADO OF THE HOUSE CHURCH IN PALM BAY SAID, WITH TODAY'S NEWS BEING FILLED WITH DIVISION, CONTENTION AND EXPRESSIONS OF HATRED, IT IS EXCITING TO SEE THE CITY OF PALM BAY ALONG WITH THE CITY'S BUSINESSES AND ITS CITIZENS, CREATE AN EVENT WHERE LOVE, JOY, PEACE IS EXPRESSED.

THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA. IT IS THE GREATEST EXPRESSION THAT SO MANY PEOPLE YEARN FOR, AND IS WHAT THE ANGELS PROCLAIMED AT THE BIRTH OF JESUS, SAYING PEACE AND GOODWILL TOWARDS ALL MEN.

I IMITATE YOU PRETTY GOOD, DON'T I, PASTOR? GREAT.

OVER 60 LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS THE MARINE CORPS, TOYS FOR TOTS, NORTH AND SOUTH DIVISIONS HAVE MADE DONATIONS OF TOYS, FOOD, GIFT CERTIFICATES, EQUIPMENT, FINANCES, GOODIE BAGS AND THE EVENT WILL FEATURE CARL LEWIS AND THE INTENSITY BAND.

EXTRAVAGANZA'S GOT TALENT HOST EDDIE ANTHONY AS EDDIE FROST CO-HOST ALICIA ORTIZ.

TEAS ALONG WITH JOLLY JOJO, SNOWFLAKE, LILY, JOANNE, THE CEO, CHIEF HEALTH OFFICER, AND COREY SPRINKLE WITH SASS SOUND. WHEREAS OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS, THIS WONDERFUL EVENT HAS BECOME THE LARGEST CHRISTMAS PARTY ON THE SPACE COAST AND WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20TH FROM 10 TO 3 P.M.

AT FRED POPPY REGIONAL PARK AT 1951 MALABAR ROAD, PALM BAY, FLORIDA.

TO PROVIDE AN UPLIFTING MESSAGE OF HOPE AND FUTURE DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, AS SO MANY FAMILIES CONTINUE TO HAVE DIFFICULT CHALLENGES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 20TH AS FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA DAY IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND COMMEND THE HOUSE LOCATED IN PALM BAY AND ITS PARTNERS, FOR HOSTING THE 17TH ANNUAL FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA, AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WONDERFUL FREE EVENT. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025. PASTOR KEN, CONGRATULATIONS! THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ON SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT EACH AND EVERY YEAR FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES.

17 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SIR. AND WE'RE PART OF THAT.

ALL OF THAT. YES. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. MAYOR MEDINA.

YES. WHAT YOU JUST READ. YES. IN THIS. YES, YES.

IT'S HAPPENING. YEAH. OVER HERE. YES. RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT HERE. AND WE'RE PART OF IT. ABSOLUTELY.

AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE ALSO PART. AND THE COUNCIL.

YEAH. AND THIS IS THE TEAM. OH MY. THIS IS THE TEAM.

THAT'S AMAZING. ONLY GOD, ONLY GOD. MIKE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? SURE, SURE. I'LL JUST TACK ON JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I'M NOT SURE. SHOW OF HANDS IN THE ROOM THAT HAVE MADE THE EVENT BEFORE. OR ANYONE SEEN ANYONE FOR THE FIRST TIME GOING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO, SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE EVENT. WE CALL IT THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.

WE ALL KNOW CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA SOUNDS FUN, RIGHT?

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SO YOU KNOW, NOWADAYS WE DON'T GET AS MUCH FAMILY TIME AS MAYBE AS WE'D LIKE.

AND THIS IS A DAY WHERE WE CAN LEAVE OUR WALLETS AT HOME.

WE CAN COME OUT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A SINGLE THING THE ENTIRE DAY.

EVEN LEAVE THE TABLETS AT HOME. CHILDREN CAN HAVE FUN WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR HAND FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.

THERE IS COTTON CANDY, POPCORN, HOT DOGS. WE'VE GOT A DUNK TANK THAT WE'VE ADDED THIS YEAR.

WE'VE GOT INFLATABLES. YES, I, I, I WAS TOLD THAT'S OFF LIMITS THIS YEAR, BUT WE'VE GOT INFLATABLES THIS YEAR AS WELL, OVER TEN INFLATABLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE. FACE PAINTING IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE SO MUCH MORE.

ARE WE HAVING ARE WE HAVING THAT BIG? YES. OUR BIGGEST NEW ADDITION THIS YEAR IS A GIANT FERRIS WHEEL AS WELL.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE EVENT, THIS THING IS GOING TO BE MASSIVE.

IT'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO YOU MADE MENTION OF THE EXTRAVAGANZA'S GOT TALENT.

THAT IS SO AWESOME BECAUSE YES, IT'S GREAT TO BRING IN OUTSIDE TALENT AND THAT STUFF, BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH TALENT RIGHT HERE IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE FACE OF THE EARTH, PALM BAY, FLORIDA. WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TALENT IN BREVARD COUNTY TALENT.

SO THAT'S EXACTLY THE PURPOSE OF THAT EVENT. AND OUR WINNER FROM LAST YEAR DAILY HAS THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, SO MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES HAVE COME HER WAY.

AND STARTING AT THIS EVENT, THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.

AND THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND TO OUR TEAM'S HEART. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT TRADITION THIS YEAR. SO YES, THE PRIZE VALUE HAS WENT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 10TH.

MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT THAT AUDITION FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA AT GMAIL.COM.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. WHATEVER YOUR TALENT MAY BE AND JUST EXCITED TO PARTNER UP WITH YOU.

SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? IF THEY GOT TALENT, LIKE, IF THEY COULD JUGGLE, THEY SHOULD DO.

WHAT IF THEY CAN JUGGLE? IF THEY. IF THEY CAN, DO YOU KNOW THEY CAN SING.

IF THEY CAN SING, IF THEY CAN DANCE. WHATEVER YOU CAN DO.

IF IT'S A TALENT THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS EMAIL FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA AT GMAIL.COM AND COMEDIANS TO COMEDIANS TO YES.

KEEP IT FAMILY FRIENDLY THOUGH. YES, FAMILY FRIENDLY.

IF YOU WANT TO HEAR BACK FROM US, IT'S GOT TO BE FAMILY FRIENDLY. SUPER IMPORTANT. THAT'S AMAZING.

FIRST OF ALL, WE DO HAVE A VIDEO. IT'S A SHORT VIDEO.

AREN'T YOU GLAD? A SHORT VIDEO WE'D LIKE TO SEE.

DO DO WE HAVE THAT? HE DIDN'T GET IT. YEAH. THAT'S OKAY.

PRAISE THE LORD. WELL, WE HAVE A LIVE VIDEO RIGHT HERE, AND.

AND SO YOU CAN JUST ENJOY IT. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.

THAT I'M SO THANKFUL THAT THE MAYOR, BEFORE HE BECAME MAYOR, HE WAS ALREADY LEADING THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA THAT STARTED IN OUR BACK, THE BACK OF OUR CHURCH, AND NOW WE'RE REACHING 20,000 PLUS PEOPLE.

WHAT A GREAT FAMILY CHRISTIAN EVENT. I'D LIKE TO SAY THIS.

YOU MENTIONED ALL THE PEOPLE MAYOR THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS, AND IN REALITY, IN OUR HEARTS, THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT. NUMBER ONE, FAMILY HAS TO BE OUR HEARTBEAT.

FAMILY IS THE BUILDING BLOCK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.

NUMBER TWO IS THAT GENEROSITY IS OUR JOY. AND AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF BUSINESSES, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BUSINESSES.

THEY HAVE THE PEOPLE OF PALM BAY HAVE HAVE BEEN YOUR PATRONS AND HAVE MADE YOUR BUSINESS SUCCESSFUL.

AND THERE IS A TIME CALLED CHRISTMAS WHEN YOU CAN GIVE BACK AND HELP MAKE FAMILY HAVE A GREAT TIME.

WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME WHO WOULD NEVER HAVE A CHRISTMAS RECEIVING GIFTS.

I MEAN, WE GOT TVS THAT WE GIVE AWAY. WE'VE GOT GIFT CERTIFICATES FROM BUSINESSES BICYCLES, LIKE 50 BICYCLES. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY. THERE'S JUST A BUNCH OF JUST EVERYBODY COMES AND THEY ARE BLESSED.

AND AND I WANT TO SAY THIS, AND I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT IN THAT IT COST THE CITY BASICALLY NOTHING, BECAUSE WE PAY FOR THE PROTECTION AND WE PAY FOR ALL THE HELP THAT'S THERE.

BUT I WAS JUST THINKING I COULD SEE HOW WHEN THEY'RE PROMOTING THE CITY OF PALM BAY OUT OUT THERE WITH ADVERTISING DOLLARS, COULD YOU IMAGINE HAVING A CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA AS THE LARGEST CHRISTMAS PARTY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA? RIGHT HERE. FAMILY FRIENDLY AND MATTER OF FACT, THEY COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND AND END THEIR ADVERTISEMENT DOLLARS.

THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.

WE'LL PUT THEIR NAME ON THE BACK OF THE SHIRT AND AND THAT WILL THAT WOULD BE OKAY.

WOULD THAT BE OKAY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY IN A VERY REAL WAY.

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AND IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE JUST WANT TO SUPPORT IT, JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT HAPPEN AND, AND DEFINITELY BRING YOU YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. NO ONE HAS COME OUT OF THERE SAYING THIS WAS THIS WAS BORING.

EVERYBODY LEAVES EXCITED. WONDERFUL. BE A PART OF THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THIS GREAT PROCLAMATION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.

THANK YOU COUNCIL AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. ALL OF YOU, MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

YES, WE ARE RIGHT HERE. AMEN. THIS. THIS GREAT YOUNG MAN.

HE'S ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD. YEAH. THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT. READY? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES, WE ARE, WE ARE YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU. WHICH WAY ARE WE GOING? PERFECTLY.

WELL, IT IS THE BEST DECISION.

GOD BLESS YOU. IT'S. GOOD TO SEE YOU. CHRISTMAS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. MERRY CHRISTMAS. OKAY, SO NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION REGARDING NATIONAL HOMELESS PERSONS MEMORIAL DAY. SO COME ON UP, TEAM.

I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE CALLED UP JAMES SMITH WITH BREVARD HOMELESS COALITION.

YES. YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.

YOU SHOULD BE UP HERE. HEY, DREW. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? I'M GOOD. NATIONAL HOMELESS PERSONS MEMORIAL DAY, DECEMBER 21ST, 2025.

IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS SHOULD SMILE WHEN I SAY THAT.

THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. WHEREAS HOMELESSNESS HAS CAUSED OR HASTENED THE DEATHS OF INADEQUATE, HOUSED LOW INCOME PERSONS IN BREVARD COUNTY. AND WHEREAS THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON OF GIVING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFIRMATION AND RENEWAL REGARDING THE COMMITMENT TO END HOMELESSNESS.

AND WHEREAS DECEMBER 21ST, THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER AND THE LONGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR, HAS BEEN DESIGNATED NATIONAL HOMELESS PERSONS MEMORIAL DAY BY THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, AND WHEREAS, THE BREVARD COUNTY CONTINUUM OF CARE, A WIDE RANGING REGIONAL BODY OF ORGANIZATIONS FROM ALL SECTORS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, WORKS EVERY DAY TO HELP PEOPLE SURVIVE, REBUILD THEIR LIVES AND END HOMELESSNESS. AND WHEREAS IN THIS SEASON OF GENEROSITY AND SHARING, CITIZENS OF BREVARD COUNTY ARE ENCOURAGED TO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO PROMOTE COMPASSION AND CONCERN FOR OUR UNSHELTERED OR INADEQUATELY HOUSED NEIGHBORS.

WHEREAS IN REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE DIED ON OUR STREETS, IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS, AND IN CONDEMNED OR ABANDONED PROPERTIES FROM AILMENTS OR CONDITIONS, CONDITIONS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, THE CAUSE OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS IS KEPT URGENT AND IS A COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO PREVENTING SUCH DEATHS IN THE FUTURE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 21ST, 2025 AS NATIONAL HOMELESS PERSONS MEMORIAL DAY IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

AND I CALL UP, I CALL UPON ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO JOIN ME IN REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE DIED HOMELESS, AND TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THEIR LIVES BY WORKING TO RESOLVE THE FACTORS THAT LEAD TO HOMELESSNESS WITHIN OUR CITY.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025. MISTER SMITH, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR HAVING US HERE AGAIN TODAY.

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THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING DECEMBER 21ST AS NATIONAL HOMELESS PERSONS MEMORIAL DAY.

WE ARE HERE TODAY WITH A SHARED PURPOSE TO REMEMBER THE LIVES WE LOST, ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROGRESS WE ARE MAKING, AND BRING SOLUTIONS WE CAN PURSUE TOGETHER. BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS SIMPLE.

NO ONE IN BREVARD COUNTY SHOULD DIE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE SAFE TO SLEEP.

THIS YEAR WE LOST 75. 73 OF OUR NEIGHBORS. THAT'S 73 MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED BECAUSE THEY HAD NOWHERE SAFE TO SLEEP.

73 PEOPLE. NOT STATISTICS, BUT THEY WERE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IN 2025, WE CONDUCTED OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT, AND IT SHOWED BOTH CHALLENGE AND MEANINGFUL PROGRESS.

PROGRESS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

THE DATA IN 2025 SHOWED THAT HOMELESSNESS DROPPED, UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS DROPPED BY BY 5%, AND CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS DECREASED BY 11%. EVEN WITH THESE DECREASES, WE STILL HAVE OVER 1000 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN BREVARD COUNTY, AND BREVARD COUNTY STILL REMAINS IN THE TOP TEN COUNTIES IN FLORIDA WITH HOMELESS RESIDENTS.

WE CANNOT ACCEPT THIS AS THE NORMAL, NOT WHEN WE HAVE COMPASSION, LEADERSHIP, AND TALENT TO CHANGE THIS STORY.

THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL, WE ARE SEEING PROGRESS IN THE HOUSING SOLUTIONS HERE IN PALM BAY WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA WHO RECENTLY OPENED.

GREAT TO ALWAYS SEE YOU OUT THERE MAYOR IN PALM BAY.

THEY'RE PROVIDING 31 HOMES TO FORMERLY HOMELESS FAMILIES, VETERANS AND INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE WITH LONG TERM DISABILITIES.

WE ALSO HAVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, A COMMUNITY OF HOPE WITH BAYWOOD TOWNHOMES WHO EXPAND STABLE HOUSING FOR 14 FAMILIES, GIVING PARENTS AND CHILDREN'S CHILDREN THE FOUNDATION TO REBUILD THEIR FUTURES.

THESE SUCCESSES SHOW WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN NONPROFITS AND GOVERNMENT WORK SIDE BY SIDE.

THROUGH OUR COLLABORATION WITH WORK WITH THE BREVARD COUNTY JAIL, WE CONDUCTED OVER 300 SURVEYS IN THE JAIL THIS YEAR AND FOUND THAT 57% OF INDIVIDUALS ENTERING THE JAIL REPORTED THAT THEY WERE HOMELESS AT THE TIME OF BOOKING. THIS SHOWS THAT SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS ARE CARRYING OUT AN INCREASINGLY HEAVY BURDEN AS THEY RESPOND TO THE RIPPLING EFFECTS OF HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSE BILL 1365.

MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE CYCLING BETWEEN THE STREETS AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE A THEY DO NOT HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP.

WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS, HEALTHIER RESIDENTS, AND BETTER OUTCOMES FOR EVERY PART OF OUR CITY.

WE WANT LONG TERM SORRY. WE KNOW THE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS SAFE, AFFORDABLE AND PERMANENT HOUSING.

AND BUT WE ALSO NEED IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL TOOLS TO PREVENT THE DEATHS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR.

LAST YEAR WE SAT HERE WITH THIS COUNCIL AND SEVERAL OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL HAD THE HOMELESS WORKSHOP AND YOU ALL EXPRESSED THAT YOU WANT EMERGENCY SHELTER BUSSES HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

WITH THAT, OUR OFFICE TOOK THAT ADVICE AND WE TOOK THAT GUIDANCE TO HEART.

OUR OFFICE WORKED TO SECURE THAT FUNDING AND WORK WITH THE ORGANIZATION CALLED MATTHEW'S HOPE.

THAT'S HERE TODAY, LED BY SCOTT BALLOU, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TO BUILD THOSE BUSSES.

AND NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP TO TAKE THE FINAL STEPS TO BRING THESE BUSSES TO PALM BAY.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THE RESIDENTS WHO NEED IT MOST A SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP.

THESE BUSSES WOULD PROVIDE SAFETY, DIGNITY FOR PEOPLE CURRENTLY SLEEPING OUTSIDE, REDUCE ARRESTS AND THE STRAIN ON POLICE RESOURCES, AND CREATE A COORDINATED WAY TO ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE TO MOVE THEM FROM THE STREETS TO PERMANENT HOUSING.

OUR VISION IS CLEAR TO HAVE A HEALTHY AND HOUSED BREVARD AND MAKING HOMELESSNESS RARE, BRIEF AND NON-RECURRING.

IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE WILL HOLD HOMELESS MEMORIAL SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTY TO HONOR THOSE THAT WERE LOST THIS YEAR.

FOR MANY OF THEM, THIS WILL BE THE ONLY SERVICE THEY HAVE.

IF WE ASK THAT, YOU PLEASE JOIN US FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THEM.

ALSO IN JANUARY, WE'LL HOLD OUR 2026 POINT IN TIME COUNT.

AS ALWAYS, YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOUR VOICES TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE PART IN THAT EVENT AS WELL.

MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, AS ALWAYS, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE SHOWN US OVER THE YEARS, AND WE THANK YOU FOR SENDING US WITH US AS PARTNERS TO BUILD A HOUSE IN BREVARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.

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WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OVER 80% OF THOSE RESIDENTS WERE HOMELESS VETERANS.

80%. SO THAT THAT REALLY SPOKE VOLUMES THAT MOST OF THE NEED OUT THERE WERE VETERANS.

YES, I AM I'M SORRY, I DON'T GO THERE. NO, I WOULDN'T GO INTO THAT PERSON.

NO NO NO NO NO. THAT'S PROBABLY SMART. SMART MAN.

STAY OUT OF THAT. YEAH, STAY OUT OF THE PURSE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LOOK AT RED SQUARE ONE TWO. HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YOU GONNA CHASE HIM DOWN? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SCOTT.

THANK YOU. MAN. YEAH. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, BEFORE WE GO ON TO PRESENTATIONS I WASN'T ON THE DAIS, BUT I GOT BUZZED IN BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET HIM SPEAK. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. JUST TWO, TWO ITEMS. IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY MR. SMITH. THAT COUNCIL LAST YEAR GAVE DIRECTION.

AND THEY HAVE THE THREE BUSSES. I WAS ABLE TO TOUR ONE OF THEM, AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THEM AS WELL.

SO THAT'S THAT'S 60 BEDS, 60 BEDS THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE COMFORT AND PROVIDE PEACE AND ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGAGEMENT TO GET THEM THE SERVICES THEY NEED.

AND WHAT THEY NEED ASSISTANCE WITH IS PLACES TO PUT THESE BUSSES.

I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AND HE WAS TELLING ME OF SOME OF THE NUANCES WITH GETTING THESE BUSSES ON CHURCH PROPERTIES BECAUSE OF THE BYLAWS AND THE LANGUAGE. MR. MORTON, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY, SIR? YES. THANK YOU. SO THE THE FEDERAL LAW IS REFERRING TO IS KNOWN AS THE RELIGIOUS LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT.

IT'S NOT A BLANKET EXEMPTION FROM, FROM ZONING OR FROM YOU KNOW, CITY STATUTE.

BUT IT DOES SET A HIGHER BAR, HIGHER LEGAL STANDARD FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING INTEREST.

I'M NOT YOUR CITY ATTORNEY. I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE THE BACKGROUND OF THE PARAMETERS. I UNDERSTAND IT. THAT MAY BE A GREAT CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH CHURCHES IF IT'S IN THEIR CORE MISSION, IF THEIR CORE MISSION IS SERVING THE UNHOUSED OR THE HOMELESS, THAT IS ONE OF THE TESTS THE CHURCH HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED AND DOCUMENTED, ENGAGED, USUALLY THROUGH A LONG RECORD OF SERVICE OR THROUGH THEIR BYLAWS OR INSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS.

BUT I THINK THAT COULD BE A VEHICLE TO OPEN UP FOR CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY AND THROUGH, ULTIMATELY, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SEE IF THAT IS A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, IF THAT IS THE COUNCIL'S AND COMMUNITY'S WISHES.

YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I KNOW CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND THE LAST TIME WE HAD BUS BUSSES HERE, IT WAS SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL, SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL.

THAT'S A CHAPTER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS WELL.

SO I THINK THEY HAVE IT ALREADY IN THE BYLAWS.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION.

YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE SECOND THING LAST YEAR WE SPOKE ABOUT THE STAND DOWN EVENT.

BUT THERE'S CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE WITH IT AT THAT POINT.

YOU MEAN LIKE A VA? STAND DOWN? WELL, VETERANS.

WELL, THE WAY WE WERE LOOKING AT IT WAS FOR THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY AT THAT TIME.

THIS WAS WHEN THEY BROUGHT THEY HAD COME FORTH OVER A YEAR AGO.

I THINK IT WAS RIGHT WHEN THIS COUNCIL JUST GOT ON BOARD. OR MAYBE IT WAS BEFORE COUNCIL GOT ON BOARD, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING, LIKE A LARGE GATHERING WITH ALL THE CHURCHES, NONPROFITS COMING TO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES NEEDED TO GET THESE PEOPLE HOUSED, GET THEM TO THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES, BECAUSE MENTAL ILLNESS SEEMS TO BE THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREETS AND GETTING THEM THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT THEM IN A HOUSE, BUT IF THEY'RE STILL MENTALLY ILL, THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT HOME. SO GETTING THEM THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. MR.

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WHAT THEY DO IN COCOA IS AMAZING, SIR. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY UP HERE TO TO TAKE A TOUR OF WHAT THEY DO.

THEY COVER FROM A TO Z IN REGARDS TO GETTING THEM NOT JUST DOING HANDOUTS, BUT GIVING THEM A HELPING HAND TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN SUSTAIN THEMSELVES.

SO I WOULD LOVE FOR BETWEEN AMBER AND SCOTT TO UTILIZE OUR CO-SPONSORSHIP, I SPOKE TO OUR CITY MANAGEMENT AND DANIEL, IF DANIEL COULD SPEAK BRIEFLY ON IT. IF I'M LOOKING AT MR. MOORE. MR. MORTON, COULD DANIEL SPEAK BRIEFLY? YES, ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO, WITH THE CO-SPONSORSHIP ARE YOU LOOKING FOR, LIKE HAVING THE VA BE A PART OF THIS? BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT DISCUSSION. I WOULD LOVE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS VETERANS.

YEAH, MY MY ISSUE WAS ON A STAND DOWN. NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS.

OKAY. AND IF I IF I CORRECTLY REMEMBER THAT DIALOG THAT WAS HAD LAST YEAR, I SAID IT THEN AND I'LL CONTINUE TO SAY IT.

THEY HAVE THE THE RESOURCES AND FROM A TO Z TO GET THESE OUR VETERANS INTO THE VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM RIGHT THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS. SO AND I WOULD RECOMMEND IF THEY ORGANIZE ANYTHING THAT TO TO REALLY BRING THE SOCIAL WORKERS FROM THE VA.

OKAY. AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD HAVE THAT CONTACT.

OR MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING I'M SURE THEY DO. OKAY.

VA SOCIAL WORKERS OKAY. PERFECT. OUT IN THE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, SIR.

OKAY, THEN THE ONLY THING I WANTED DANIEL TO ADD IN WAS WHAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, SIR.

GO AHEAD. YEP. AND THEN WE MOVE ON. I'M GOOD.

SORRY. SO, YEAH, WHAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, AND I SPOKE WITH AMBER BEFORE THE MEETING AS WELL.

IS THROUGH THE NEW CO-SPONSORSHIP POLICY, THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE WAIVER FOR WAIVING OF A FEES OF THE FACILITIES.

AS LONG AS THE VALUE IS $1,500 OR UNDER. SO THIS STAND DOWN EVENT WILL FIT INTO THAT.

VERY SIMILAR TO LIKE THE CAREERSOURCE JOB FAIR.

THEY'RE GOING TO QUALIFY UNDER THAT AS WELL. SO IT'LL BE THE SAME TYPE OF APPLICATION.

AND THAT'S DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY. SO THAT WON'T COME TO COUNCIL.

OKAY. STAND FAST BECAUSE I'VE GOT A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S LOOKING TO WEIGH IN.

COUNCILMAN. YES, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO TO POINT OUT FOR MY MEMORY OF THE EVENT LAST YEAR.

IT WAS AFTER WE WERE ELECTED. IT WAS DECEMBER, RIGHT AFTER WE WERE ELECTED. AND WE SAID BETWEEN US AND THE CITY OF MELBOURNE GETTING TOGETHER AND POSSIBLY SEEING IF WE COULD DO IT, LIKE IN THEIR BIG FACILITY AND USE.

YEAH. AND THEN USING THE VETERANS THING. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T LEAVE THEM OUT.

OKAY. CONVERSATION. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT ALL, COUNCILMAN? YES, MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE NOW ON PRESENTATIONS.

[PRESENTATIONS:]

THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT, MR. SPILLERS. MR. SPILLERS IS WITH OUR OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING A CAPITAL ASSET PROGRAM, AND HE'S HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATED LOOK REAL QUICKLY AT THAT FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 THROUGH 2030.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET JUST YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR FEEDBACK AND CONCURRENCY WITH THE PROGRAM.

MR. SPILLERS, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME IS SHAUN SPILLERS, AND I'M YOUR CAPITAL AND ASSET PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.

AND I'LL BE GOING OVER THE 2026 TO 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

NOW, THIS YEAR, WHAT I'M DOING IS I'M SHOWING JUST THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FUNDED AND WE HAVE APPROVED, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY.

THE AGENDA IS THE ACTIVE PROJECTS, CURRENT EXPENDITURES AND APPROVED FUNDING.

PROJECT FUNDING NEEDS FOR ALREADY EXISTING PROJECTS, AND THEN THE TOTAL FUNDING IF THEY'RE FUNDED.

SO THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD AND REDUCING OUR PROJECTS.

I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THAT WE REDUCED OUR PROJECT LOAD FROM 283 CAPITAL PROJECTS TO 86 CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE A GOAL OF REDUCING PROJECTS TO A MANAGEABLE LEVEL, TO COMBINE SMALLER PROJECTS INTO LARGER PROJECTS SO WE CAN KNOCK THEM OUT ALL AT ONCE. FOCUS REALLY HEAVILY ON PROJECT COMPLETION AND ALSO REALLOCATE REOCCURRING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

60% OF THE PROJECTS ARE FULLY FUNDED, MAKING UP 70% OF THE TOTAL PROJECTS AND 26% OF THE PROJECTS ARE PARTIALLY FUNDED RIGHT NOW, MAKING UP 30% OR 30% OF THE TOTAL PROJECTS. AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, I WILL SHOW THE FY 25 AND PRIOR EXPENDITURES AND THEN THE FY 26 APPROVED FUNDING, AND THEN THE TOTAL CURRENT FUNDING FOR EVERY SINGLE REVENUE SOURCE.

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SO FOR FY 26, WE HAVE JUST THE IMPACT FEES WHICH GET APPROVED SEPARATELY FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.

SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT COME DOWN THE LINE FOR FY 27.

YOU SEE IT FOR EVERY SINGLE FUNDING SOURCE. THE GENERAL FUND AND UTILITIES IS THE LARGEST ONE RIGHT NOW.

GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT 28 MILLION IN NEEDS AND UTILITIES IS ABOUT 214 MILLION IN NEEDS.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND BY DEPARTMENT FY 25 AND PRIOR EXPENDITURES.

FIRE DEPARTMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, PARKS AND FACILITIES AND POLICE.

THE FY 26 APPROVED TOTAL FUNDING AND THEN THE TOTAL CURRENT FUNDING.

SO WE HAVE 8 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN SPENT. WE HAVE ANOTHER 8 MILLION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN FUNDED.

AND THEN WE HAVE 17 MILLION TOTAL WHEN ALL OF IT'S SAID AND DONE.

RIGHT. HERE IS THE FUTURE PROJECT FUNDING NEEDS FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

SO YOU SEE THAT ALL THE NEEDS ARE IN FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

FIRE STATION EIGHT, FIRE STATION NINE, THE IT EDGE SWITCH UPGRADES THAT WERE APPROVED THIS YEAR, AND THE IT FIBER OPTIC EXPANSION. THE IT FIBER OPTIC EXPANSION ALSO HAS A UTILITIES PORTION, BUT THAT IS ALREADY FUNDED. AND THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE NEEDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND PORTION.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE NEEDS ARE TOTAL FOR THIS.

NEXT FOUR YEARS ARE ABOUT 28 MILLION. AND THIS IS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

SO THESE AREN'T PROJECTS THAT WERE REQUESTED FOR THE FUTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEING DONE. TOTAL FUNDING.

SO THIS IS IF EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY FUNDED FOR OUR CURRENT PROJECTS, THIS IS HOW IT'S DISTRIBUTED.

35 MILLION WILL BE TOWARDS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

8 MILLION WILL BE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 188,000 WILL BE FOR PARKS AND FACILITIES, AND 486,000 WILL BE FOR POLICE.

THIS IS BY SECTOR. I ALWAYS LIKE TO USE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF AN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE THING THAT WE DO.

WE'LL SHOW THAT PUBLIC SAFETY, IF EVERYTHING IS FULLY FUNDED, WE WILL HAVE ALLOCATED 36.2 MILLION FOR PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S PARKS AND THINGS TO THAT NATURE, TRANSPORTATION.

WE'RE REALLY LUCKY BECAUSE WE HAVE IMPACT FEES AND GO BONDS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO THERE'S NOTHING FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR CAPITAL GOING TO TRANSPORTATION RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN OF COURSE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS 1 OR 8.6 MILLION, A TOTAL OF 45 MILLION.

IF EVERYTHING SAID AND DONE, THIS IS THE TOTAL FUNDING BY REVENUE SOURCE.

I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE OUT OF THE 86 PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CURRENTLY SPENT AND FUNDED 249 MILLION. SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN SPENT AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN FUNDED.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUTURE NEEDS OF IT, THIS IS JUST WITH PROJECTS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT'S LOOKING AT ABOUT 250.3 MILLION MORE OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. AND THIS WAS A BIG REASON WE STARTED CONDENSING PROJECTS AND TRYING TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY TOWARDS PROJECTS THAT HAD A HIGHER NEED.

SO YOU'LL SEE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL AND LIKE CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF $499 MILLION, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. QUESTIONS. SHORT, SWEET TO THE POINT.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SHAUN. SEMPER FI MARINE. WE'RE NOW ON OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES:]

BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

AS ALWAYS, I REQUEST MY COUNCIL TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDAS.

AND SO, IF POSSIBLE, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO DISCUSS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT THIS IS. I'M TRYING TO PROMOTE.

WHAT A GOOD ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS WILL BE AND THE PUBLIC DOESN'T EVEN REALIZE IT.

EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA, WHAT IT IS.

THAT'LL BE $4 MILLION TO HELP PROMOTE THE COMPOUND.

SO JUST ONCE, GO WITH ME IN MY FAVOR AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ON CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE.

I'M NOT COMPLAINING. I'M BRAGGING ON YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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TAKING ALL THOSE WEAPONS OFF THE STREET ALONG WITH THOSE CHEMICALS.

THERE'S NO NO ROOM FOR WEAPONS LIKE THAT ON OUR STREET.

NO ROOM FOR CRIMINALS LIKE THAT EITHER. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CHANDLER ON HIS PROJECTED WIN. I WON'T GIVE HIM THE WIN JUST YET BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN MANDATORY LANGUAGE, BUT IT JUST GOES TO SPEAK VOLUMES ON CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS. AND ON THAT. LIGHTEN UP, BOYS, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING BAD.

ALL RIGHT. ON THAT. HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS IF I DON'T SEE YOU.

PEACE. DOUG. HOOK.

DOUG. HOOK. 1091 MARIPOSA DRIVE. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK REPORT ON THE PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK.

AND ALSO UPDATE THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD OR THE COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT AS WELL THAT WE HAVE RESCHEDULED OUR DECEMBER MEETING TO THE 16TH.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH AT 6 P.M.. GOING TO BE HELD IN THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS, OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

SORRY. AT OUR LAST MEETING, THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE REMEMBRANCE GARDEN THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE ALSO HAD ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY UTILIZE PLANS FROM THE 2023 PROJECT THAT MISS CONNOLLY WORKED ON AND POTENTIALLY UTILIZED THOSE PLANS AS THE NEW REMEMBRANCE GARDEN AND MOVE THE LOCATION TOWARDS THAT, SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER. THERE ARE LIMITATIONS THAT THE SITE THAT WE INITIALLY DISCUSSED AT BUILDING E THE UNDERGROUND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WAS PRESENTED AS PART OF THE SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES OF BUILDING E, MIGHT HAVE LIMITATIONS ON WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH A REMEMBRANCE GARDEN IN THAT LOCATION. SO JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO CONSIDER ON THERE.

WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE PLANTS THAT MIGHT BE USED FOR THE MONOLITH.

FOR MALABAR ROAD AND US ONE WE PASSED THOSE SUGGESTIONS ALONG TO THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE WHICH ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE FOR THAT. AND MISS EILEEN DID A PRESENTATION ON BIOCHAR AND THE POSSIBILITIES THAT IT COULD BRING TO PALM BAY. IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, THE RECORDINGS ARE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND YOU COULD GO BACK AND LISTEN TO MISS SEP'S REPORT ON BIOCHAR AND THE ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BRING. THE CITY OF PALM BAY ALSO DISCUSSED IN THE BOARD MEETING WAS WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO ON THIS UPCOMING DECEMBER MEETING.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR PRESENTATION FROM THE OCEAN RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, ORCA, HEADQUARTERED DOWN IN VERO BEACH. THEY ARE GOING TO COME UP AND DO A NICE LITTLE PRESENTATION ON WHAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY DO IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO HELP WITH CONSERVATION PLANS. WE ARE GOING TO FURTHER DO SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS ON THE RENOVATION GARDENS, DEPENDING ON WHAT GUIDANCE COUNCIL PROVIDES TONIGHT. WE ARE LISTENING TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY AND TRYING TO BRING THAT TOWARDS THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND MAKE THIS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

AND FURTHER, OFTEN WE CLOSED OUT THE MEETING TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL IDEAS PRESENTED BY COUNCIL.

WE TALKED ABOUT COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN TALKED ABOUT PEPPER BUSTING, BRAZILIAN PEPPER BUSTING.

I DID SOME RESEARCH INTO WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO ON THAT.

THE NEMO GARDENS. THAT IS COUNCILMAN HAMMERS IDEA.

BUT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT GRASS CLIPPINGS GOING INTO TURKEY CREEK.

WE ARE BEGINNING TO BRAINSTORM IDEAS AS A SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

BRING THOSE BACK TO THE BOARD. AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING WITH US AND BEING A PART OF WITH US OR PART OF THE JOURNEY WITH US, WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. AND BRINGING THOSE ITEMS UP TO PALM BAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEBORAH. BROCCOLINI. DEBBIE BURAK 1821 AGORA CIRCLE PALM BAY. IN REGARDS TO THE LAWSUITS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AGAINST THE PALM BAY CITY AND THE DIFFERENT ONES. IF WE ARE WRONG, LET'S CUT OUR LOSSES, PAY WHATEVER WE GOT TO PAY AND GET ON WITH IT. OUR MONEY SHOULDN'T BE GOING TO ALL THESE LAWSUITS.

OUR MONEY SHOULD BE GOING TO STREETS. OUR MONEY SHOULD BE GOING TO SIDEWALKS AND LIGHTS.

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IF WE. IF WE DID, IN FACT. HIS SPEECH, IF WE DID SAY YOU CAN'T SPEAK AND WE DID VIOLATE HIS AMENDMENT, THEN ADMIT THAT WE'RE WRONG AND MOVE ON BECAUSE WE JUST HAD YOU GUYS JUST SETTLED A LAWSUIT FOR OVER $1 MILLION. THAT'S MAYBE TWO CITY BLOCKS OF SIDEWALKS.

MAYBE THREE. THE OTHER THING IS ON. DO YOU GUYS RECEIVE THE EMAILS? BECAUSE I SENT AN EMAIL AFTER THE LAST ONE BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD.

I'VE GOT 30 PLUS YEARS OF TRANSPORTATION BEHIND ME, AND I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO PICK MY BRAIN ON ANYTHING, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECEIVED THE EMAILS.

I DON'T EVEN GET IT WAS RECEIVED. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO? SO NOT ONLY ME, BUT OTHERS. IF WE EMAIL JUST TO SAY, YES, WE RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. JUDY RANDALL.

GOOD EVENING. FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH THE OTHER BREVARD COUNTY COLLABORATIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT. A JOB WELL DONE.

THAT WAS FANTASTIC. BUT NOW I WANT TO GET TO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS.

AND I'M BRINGING UP THE CASE INVOLVING THE DEATH OF SUSAN CONNOLLY.

I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO SEARCH THE RECORDS, THE CLERK'S OFFICE RECORDS, AND FOUND THE CITATION THAT WAS ISSUED TO THE OFFENDER. I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED BECAUSE THE INITIAL AND I'M SAYING INITIAL.

INFORMATION STATED. FAILURE OR INJURY TO. LET ME SEE.

INJURY TO ANOTHER? YES. SERIOUS INJURY TO ANOTHER? NO. I WAS SHOCKED. I DO SAY THAT ON THE 13TH, WHEN SUSAN PASSED, THERE WAS A CORRECTION. THERE WAS A MEMORANDUM BY THE OFFICER AND MADE THE CORRECTION STATING IT WAS ORIGINALLY SAID SERIOUS INJURY, WHICH IT WAS NOT. BUT HE DID SAY THAT IT WAS THIGH, WHICH I'M ASSUMING IS TRAFFIC HOMICIDE.

SO THAT GOT FILED TIMELY ON THE 13TH. THE DAY SUSAN PASSED THE COURT DATE FOR THE OFFENDER ENDER WAS DECEMBER 1ST. SEVERAL OF US THAT WERE SUSAN'S FRIENDS WENT TO COURT.

I WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THERE WAS A STATE ATTORNEY AND HIS ASSISTANT SITTING THERE, A CLERK AND THE JUDGE AND ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE.

BUT WHEN THE JUDGE READ THE CHARGE, IT WAS THE ORIGINAL CHARGE OF FAILURE TO OBEY A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH INJURY. THE CLERK CORRECTED IT, SAID, OH, NO, THAT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS INJURY.

NO MENTION OF FATALITY. THE CLERK TOLD THE OFFENDER, OH GOSH, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

ANYWAY, FATAL INJURY WAS NEVER EVEN BROUGHT UP.

THE WOMAN GOT 90 DAY SUSPENSION AND $767 FINE BECAUSE SHE PLED GUILTY.

THAT'S IT. SUSAN'S LIFE IS WORTH $767. THAT'S ALL.

YEAH, IT'S A TRAVESTY. NEXT WEEK, CHRIS LANSANAH.

CHRIS LANSANAH NORTHWEST PALM BAY. WHEN I FIRST STARTED ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY,

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I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITYWIDE SURVEILLANCE NETWORK WAS APPROVED, IMPLEMENTED, AND FUNDED AND WHY OUR RESIDENTS HAD NEVER BEEN INFORMED OR INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS. IT'S NOW DECEMBER, AND DESPITE ATTENDING NINE PREVIOUS MEETINGS TO SPEAK OUT ON THIS TOPIC.

WE HAVE YET TO HOLD AN OFFICIAL DISCUSSION, AND I STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANSWERS TO THE CENTRAL QUESTIONS OF WHAT SPECIFICALLY HAS THIS SYSTEM PREVENTED? ARE OUR CRIME RATES ANY LOWER? HOW MUCH PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR OUR INNOCENT RESIDENTS? HOW MUCH MONEY HAS PALM BAY SPENT ON THIS SYSTEM? AND HOW DOES THE BENEFIT JUSTIFY THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL COST? MY ATTEMPTS TO FIND ANSWER THROUGH THE PUBLIC BEGAN THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS IN JANUARY, AND I CURRENTLY HAVE AN UNANSWERED RECORDS REQUEST THAT'S APPROACHING TWO WEEKS OLD.

I UNDERSTAND WE JUST HAD THANKSGIVING, SO I'LL GIVE SOME GRACE, BUT THE FACT THAT I'VE HAD TO PIECE TOGETHER FRAGMENTS OF THE TIMELINE FROM SCATTERED COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD CONCERN ANYONE WHO CARES ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE.

NOW, NOW, WE ALL KNOW TECHNOLOGY MOVES FASTER THAN POLICY.

WHAT WAS APPROVED AS A SIMPLE LICENSE PLATE READER IN 2021 IS NOW EVOLVING INTO A SYSTEM WITH AUDIO CAPTURE, HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING, AND A NATIONWIDE DATA SHARING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE'VE SEEN HOW THE CONSEQUENCES ARE PLAYING OUT.

FALSE ALERTS ARE LEADING TO INNOCENT PEOPLE BEING DETAINED.

HANDCUFFED. TERRIFIED. ARRESTED. RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED.

LIVES ARE BEING TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. FAMILIES ARE TRAUMATIZED BECAUSE OF A MALFUNCTIONING SYSTEM AND MISIDENTIFIED VEHICLES.

AND REGARDLESS OF HOW ANY OF US FEEL ABOUT FLOC AS A TOOL, NO SYSTEM THAT CAN CAUSE THAT LEVEL OF HARM SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE WITHOUT FULL PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND OVERSIGHT. SO I'M ASKING TWO THINGS.

FIRST, SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING SPECIFICALLY ON PALM BAY USE OF ALPERS, AND TWO, A REVIEW TO DETERMINE WHETHER RECENT REVELATIONS ABOUT FEDERAL AND PRIVATE ACCESS TO FLOC DATA CONSTITUTES GROUNDS FOR RECONSIDERATION OR TERMINATION OF OUR AGREEMENT.

THESE ARE REASONABLE REQUESTS AND EXPECTATIONS IN A FREE SOCIETY.

I'M NOT HERE TO CAUSE CONFLICT. I'M HERE BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WANT IT TO BE A PLACE WHERE SAFETY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES BOTH MATTER.

A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WONDER WHAT'S RECORDING THEM, WHY, OR WHO HAS ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.

THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND A PUBLIC DISCUSSION THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN 2021.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. KEN DELGADO.

KENDALL GODDARD, 154 ANGELO ROAD, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY.

WE HAVE A STATEMENT THAT WE HEAR OFTEN. THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

AND I KNOW WE SAY THAT, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING TO GETTING IT TO BE AT THAT PLACE.

THERE IS A SCRIPTURE IN JEREMIAH 29 AND VERSE SEVEN WHICH BASICALLY SAYS, SEEK THE PEACE OF THE CITY WHERE YOU'RE LIVING IN.

AND THEN IT SAYS, PRAY TO THE LORD FOR IT, FOR IN THE PEACE THEREFORE YOU SHALL HAVE PEACE.

OR IN OTHER WORDS, PRAYING FOR PEACE OR PRAYING FOR YOUR CITY WILL CAUSE A CHANGE IN THE CITY.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHIEF ABUELO AND THE RECENT BUST THAT THEY DID THIS LAST WEEK WHERE, AS IT'S BEEN SAID AGAIN AND AGAIN CHEMICALS IEDS, ARMS THAT PROBABLY SHOULD NOT BE HERE WERE WERE FOUND. I KNOW THERE WERE EXTENDED OTHER AGENCIES INVOLVED, BUT OUR CHIEF WAS INVOLVED IN IT TOO.

AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT FOR YEARS, PASTORS HAVE BEEN GETTING TOGETHER, AND OUR PRAYER HAS BEEN THIS EXPOSE THAT WHICH IS DONE IN DARKNESS AND BRING IT TO LIGHT. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK MANY TIMES THAT, WELL, THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR JOB AND THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOB.

BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE PRAYER OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE AND LIFT UP THIS CITY TO GOD.

PRAY FOR THIS CITY. PRAY FOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY.

PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS. PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE IS PARAMOUNT TO MAKING THIS CITY A BETTER CITY. THIS CITY IS BETTER NOW BECAUSE THEY WERE REMOVED FROM OUR CITY, AND I BELIEVE THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS HAVE A PART AND AN IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY IN THIS. AND SO I JUST URGE NOT JUST OUR LEADERS, BUT ALL THOSE IN THE CITY OF BOMBAY.

PRAY FOR YOUR CITY. IT'S EASY TO COMPLAIN AND TO POINT WHAT'S WRONG.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE TWO ANSWERS FOR EVERY PROBLEM, AS THEY JUST DID A MOMENT AGO.

BUT PRAY BECAUSE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. TOO MANY TIMES HAVE HAPPENED WHERE WE GO.

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SO MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL. PRAY, PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF PALM BAY.

THIS CITY WILL BE THE BEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

THANK YOU. ROBERT.

ROBERT STEIN, 1796 LYNBROOK DRIVE, SOUTHEAST.

I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ON CONSENT AGENDA, BUT ON ITEM SIX, I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT APPROPRIATION FOR? SPECIFICALLY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF SOMEBODY CAN SHED A LIGHT ON THAT, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.

NUMBER FOUR. NUMBER SIX. MR. STACY, PUT FOUR ON YOUR CARD.

YOU WANTED FOR NUMBER SIX. YOU PUT FOUR ON THE CARD.

NUMBER SIX. OKAY. NUMBER SIX, IT SAYS SOUTH REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THAT ONE. OKAY, THANKS. ALAN. NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD EVENING. PARKER. ALAN. 198 NINTH STREET.

PALM BAY. WITH WITH THE UPCOMING PARADE WE HAVE THIS SATURDAY.

I READ THAT IT ENDS IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. IN PAST YEARS, I KNOW IT'S IT'S GONE KIND OF DOWN MINTON AND CLOSED OFF MINTON DRIVING NORTH THROUGH THERE. IS IT TRULY ENDING AT CITY HALL, OR IS IT GOING TO GO OVER INTO MINTON AND SHUT DOWN MINTON? LIKE TO WINN-DIXIE? SOMETIMES THEY LIKE TO STAGE AND END IT THERE.

KIND OF AN OPEN QUESTION. JUST A COMMENT. AS SOMEONE THAT LIVES OFF MALABAR, THE THE PARADES THAT GO KIND OF THROUGH LIKE THE MAIN ARTERY OF PALM BAY.

I KNOW THEY'RE GREAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OTHER PARADES ON PORT MALABAR ROAD.

MALABAR EAST OF 95 IS A LITTLE LESS DENSE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE CONSIDERED OTHER ROUTES, BUT SPECIFICALLY IF WE ARE DOING THESE ON MALABAR, WHICH I RECOMMEND AGAINST HAVING MINT AND OPEN SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET AROUND AND BEHIND AND UP MINTING, BECAUSE WHEN MINTON'S CLOSED, YOU GOT TO GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO JUPITER AND FARTHER, AND THE TRAFFIC IS JUST TERRIBLE.

AND THIS IS PROBABLY NOT EXACTLY THE RIGHT AUDIENCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU MAY GO UP TO STATE LEADERSHIP.

SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT BACK IN 2016, BREVARD COUNTY APPROVED A A TAX TO CLEAN UP OUR LAGOONS.

AND WE'RE CONSIDERING EXTENDING THAT FOR ANOTHER TEN YEARS.

I THINK IT'S RAISED ABOUT 500 MILLION. WE WANT TO RAISE ANOTHER 500 MILLION.

AND NOW WE'RE CONSIDERING ALLOWING BLUE ORIGIN TO DUMP THEIR WASTEWATER IN ALL KINDS OF CHEMICALS AND JUST DESTROY OUR LAGOONS BY DUMPING INTO IT.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE HEARINGS AT THE BREVARD COUNTY LEVEL, BUT JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, REITERATE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL BREVARD COUNTY TAXPAYERS, AND THIS GUY IS ONE OF THE RICHEST GUYS IN THE WORLD.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, HE COULD PROBABLY PAY $1 BILLION TO TO TAKE CARE OF HIS OWN WASTEWATER CLEANUP.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANKS. NEXT SPEAKER MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES THE CARDS. BUT I THINK MR. MORTON WAS GOING TO ASK THE DEPUTY CHIEF TO COME UP.

SO BEFORE WE GO TO CONSENT, I WAS GOING TO ASK MR. MORTON TO GO INTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, I WAS QUITE IMPRESSED WHEN I MET WITH SECRETARY KELLY OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. AND DURING THAT MEETING, HE VISUALIZED THE COMPOUND.

AND SUBSEQUENTLY DURING THAT DAY, HE, HE MENTIONED TO ME, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT HELP.

AND SO, MR. MOORE, CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE ON THAT? ITEM NUMBER FOUR. WE JUST WANT TO BACKTRACK REAL QUICK AND SPEAK ON A PUBLIC COMMENT.

THAT WAS WE'RE GOING TO ASK DEPUTY CHIEF TO COME UP.

OH. ALL RIGHT. ON THE MISS CONNELLY. GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR. COUNCIL. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON SOME FACTS THAT WERE MENTIONED REGARDING MISS CONNELLY'S TRAFFIC CRASH INVESTIGATION.

AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS STILL AN OPEN, ACTIVE CASE.

RIGHT? BUT MISS JUDY ALLUDED TO A HEARING THAT WAS RECENTLY HAD REGARDING THAT CASE.

AND A LOT OF WHAT SHE SPOKE ABOUT WAS ACCURATE.

AND HOW THE CASE CONCLUDED. BUT WHAT I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT WE WERE NOT MADE AWARE THAT THE HEARING WAS TAKING PLACE.

WE WERE NOT SUBPOENAED. OUR TRAFFIC OFFICER WHO INVESTIGATED THE CASE WAS NOT SUBPOENAED TO BE THERE.

ANOTHER FACT IS THAT WHEN I GOT WORD THAT THE HEARING HAD TAKEN PLACE, I CONTACTED THE CLERK OF COURT,

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IT WAS SIMPLY AN ERROR FROM THE JUDGE, WHO DID NOT READ ALL THE CASE TO INDICATE THAT IT WAS IN FACT A FATAL CRASH, AND NOT JUST A SERIOUS BODILY INJURY CRASH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED WITH THE OUTCOME, BUT ADVICE WAS GIVEN TO MYSELF, WHO? I THEN RELAYED THAT TO MISS CONNELLY'S SISTERS, HER FAMILY ON SOME ACTIONS THEY CAN TAKE WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND ULTIMATELY THE COURT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD REFLECTED THAT THE CASE WAS A FATAL CRASH VERSUS A SERIOUS BODILY INJURY CRASH.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE YOU GUYS THAT OUR OFFICERS AND OUR RECORDS SECTION DID PRESENT ALL THE CASE TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, AND THE CLERK GAVE THAT TO THE JUDGE SO THAT THEY HAD ALL THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF.

SO WHAT RECOURSE NOW? THE STATE ATTORNEY. YEAH.

CORRECT. YES, SIR. SO THE STATE ATTORNEY WHO PICKS UP THAT BALL? WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK THAT ANYTHING CAN BE CHANGED WITH THE OUTCOME. WOW.

WHAT IS SHE? DEPUTY CHIEF, CAN YOU SPEAK ON THE FACT OF WHETHER THIS WAS A CRIMINAL ACT OR.

AND WHAT? YEAH, AND AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING, TOO, IS THAT THIS THIS CASE WAS NOT A CRIMINAL CASE.

IT'S CERTAINLY UNFORTUNATE WHAT TRANSPIRED AND HOW THINGS ENDED AND WHAT THE RESULT WAS.

BUT THIS WAS NOT A CRIMINAL CASE, SO THERE WAS NOT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO IT.

YES. WE ARE CLASSIFYING IT LIKE WE DO EVERY TRAFFIC INCIDENT THAT RESULTS IN A FATAL INJURY, A TRAFFIC HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. THAT'S JUST HOW WE CATEGORIZE THAT.

BUT THERE'S THERE'S NOT A CRIMINAL ELEMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WHICH DOES CHANGE HOW THINGS ARE PLAYED OUT IN THE COURTS.

CERTAINLY, IF THIS WAS A CRIMINAL CASE, WE WOULD BE THERE.

IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED THIS SOON ALSO, BUT WE DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE INVOLVED WITH A CRIMINAL CASE.

YEAH. AND JUST FOR CLARITY, WE DON'T MAKE THOSE RULES.

THOSE RULES ARE MADE MUCH, MUCH ABOVE THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I EXPLAINED THAT TO MISS JUDY OUTSIDE THAT BECAUSE SHE HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS THAT THEY CAN DO? AND CERTAINLY IT'S AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL BECAUSE OF HOW YOU KNOW, THE STATUTES ARE WRITTEN, THE FINES ARE, YOU KNOW, DECIDED ON.

THAT CONCLUDE? THANK YOU SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME.

IT'S A SAD DAY. SO, MR. MOORE, AS I ALLUDED TO BEFORE, I WANTED JUST TO BRIEFLY DON'T WANT TO PULL ITEM FOUR.

IT IS A GREAT REPORT. AS I MENTIONED WE MET WITH SECRETARY KELLY OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING, AND HE WITNESSED HIMSELF AT THE COMPOUND, THE MASTER CHIEF POTENTIAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY DID A SITE VISIT. SO, MR. MORTON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ELABORATE ON THAT? SURE.

THIS IS YOU KNOW, THE DIRECT OUTWORKING. DEFINITELY A WIN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND YOUR GUYS'S PROACTIVE STANCE TO TRYING TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RECRUIT TAX PAYING AND JOB CREATING BUSINESSES TO ALLEVIATE PROPERTY TAX OFF OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH MAKE UP A BULK OF THE AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT.

SO THE START OF THIS WAS THE LEGISLATIVE VISIT TO TALLAHASSEE A FEW WEEKS BACK, WITH DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE'S LEADERSHIP.

AMONG THE MANY VISITS WE HAD WAS WITH SECRETARY KELLY.

WE HAD PROBABLY 20 MINUTES, WHICH WAS UNUSUAL TO PRESENT TO THE SECRETARY, AND WE LAID OUT OUR CASE, DEPUTY MAYOR, MYSELF, OUR STAFF, IN RESPECTS TO THE NEEDS, THE DEMANDS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT IN THE SPACE, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND HOW IT ALIGNS WITH THE STATE'S GOALS. THAT WAS FOLLOWED UP WITH A VISIT TO THE COMPOUND, WHICH OBVIOUSLY MAYOR MEDINA YOU AND STAFF ATTENDED.

AND ALSO, IT WAS GREAT WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE IN TALLAHASSEE WITH THE SECRETARY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO KNOCK ON A, ON AN EMPTY WALL, BUT WE GET QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME, AND WE NEED SOME HELP FACILITATING THE TRANSITION.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, THE DAY HE'S COMING, WE GOT A BUSINESS THE NIGHT BEFORE WHO HAD BEEN CONTACTING US.

THEY MET US ON SITE. WE HAD A GREAT TWO HOUR SITE VISIT ON THE COMPOUND WITH THE SECRETARY AND HIS STAFF WHICH CULMINATED IN A REQUEST DIRECTLY FROM HIM AND HIS OFFICE TO DO NOT DELAY AND PLEASE IMMEDIATELY SUBMIT A JOB GROWTH GRANT FOR THIS UTILITY EXTENSION, WHICH WOULD DEFINITELY OPEN UP INDUSTRIAL TYPE DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATING TYPE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMPOUND.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT AND VERY ENCOURAGED. AND THANK COUNCIL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN HAVING THE VISION TO CONTINUE TO PRESS INTO THIS INITIATIVE AND AND KEEP US ON TRACK TO DO THAT. YEAH. THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER, GOING UP TO THE TALLAHASSEE.

AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS THIS TEAM, GENTLEMEN, I REALLY AM.

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I'M HONORED TO WORK BESIDE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU. SO NOW NOW WE'RE ON CONSENT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU WISH TO PULL ANYTHING?

[APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:]

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES 4 OR 5 ZERO.

WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND. OH, MADAM SMITH, CARRY ON.

[PUBLIC HEARINGS:]

SUNBEAM WAY NORTHEAST AND SUN FILLED WAY NORTHEAST, PROVIDING FOR THE DRIVE TO REMAIN PRIVATE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU MA'AM, I'M GOING TO WE'RE NOW IN PUBLIC HEARINGS.

I'M GOING TO ASK WE'RE ON PUBLIC HEARINGS. NUMBER ONE, MADAM SMITH, READ THE CAPTION.

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. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND, MR. MORTON, THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, ON THIS FINAL READING.

WE HAVE NOTHING NEW TO ADD FROM THE PREVIOUS, BUT STAFF IS HERE.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL.

SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.

COME ON OVER. I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU, HECTOR, I SCANNED YOU.

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. HECTOR GONZALEZ, 2180 O'CONNELL AVENUE SOUTHWEST.

THIS IS ROUND TWO FOR ME. IN REFERENCE TO GETTING APPROVAL FOR A VACATING OF A EASEMENT IN THE BACK OF MY HOME SO I CAN DO AN ENCLOSURE AND NICE LITTLE BARBECUE AREA. LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU'RE MORE WELCOME WHEN IT'S FINISHED.

COME ON BY AND HAVE SOME BURGERS AND SOME BEERS AND STUFF.

BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL, SIR. HOLD YOU TO THE INVITE. HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THE INVITE.

I'LL BE BACK WHEN IT'S DONE. NO PROBLEM WITH ME.

THE BEER'S ON ME. JUST A SECOND. I GOTTA ASK THE AUDIENCE AND THEN WE'LL SEE.

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. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, MADAM 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, LOT 347, PORT MALABAR, UNIT NINE ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 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 FINAL READING.

NOTHING NEW HAS CHANGED. NOTHING NEW TO ADD. EXCUSE ME FROM STAFF, BUT WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? OKAY.

I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.

ANTHONY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN. I'M COREY MENDEZ.

I'M A GOOD FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR TO ANTHONY MCLEAN.

HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. HE'S STILL IN THE HOSPITAL BATTLING SOME SERIOUS.

HE'S STILL IN THE HOSPITAL? YES, SIR. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, YOU'RE AN OUTSTANDING NEIGHBOR, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. YOU REALLY ARE. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH 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 COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

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TELL ANTHONY HE'S GOT THE VACATION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK.

THANK YOU SIR. HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AFTER HE HEARS THE GOOD NEWS.

HOPEFULLY. HOPEFULLY SO. SIR. HI, SIR. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU TOO. GOOD NIGHT. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, 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, BLOCKS 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, MR. MORTON. THANK YOU AGAIN, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. AGAIN, A FINAL READING. NOTHING NEW TO ADD AND STAFF IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SEEING NO QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.

IT'S RICHARD AND WENDY HERE. THERE YOU GO. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. AND AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, RICHARD KNUDSON, 278 GATES STREET SOUTHWEST.

LOOKING TO VACATE TEN FEET OF OF EASEMENT FOR A POOL AND AND THE DECKING, I GUESS.

COPY THAT SIR. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE AUDIENCE IF THEY WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. ASKING FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. THAT WAS YOUR FINAL ONE.

THANK YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.

WE'RE NOW ON NUMBER FOUR, MISS SMITH, ORDINANCE 20 2557, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT, TOGETHER WITH A PORTION OF THE EAST SIDE SIX FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 22, BLOCK 171, PORT MALABAR, UNIT SEVEN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 14, PAGE 129 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, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS FOR A RESCREENING OF AN EXISTING, PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED, NON-CONFORMING SCREEN ENCLOSURE.

THE EXISTING HOUSE AND POOL AND POOL DECK WERE BUILT IN 1982, WHICH IS 29 YEARS AFTER THE POOL WAS CONSTRUCTED.

STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS. WHAT I WILL SAY, IT DOES RAISE AN INTERESTING QUESTION FOR STAFF FOR US ABOUT THE CITY'S LACK OF A NON-CONFORMING, PREEXISTING, NON-CONFORMING USE ORDINANCE.

AS COUNCIL KNOWS, OUR OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE EVERY DAY HERE IS TO MAKE THE CITIZENS THE PURPOSE OF OUR WORK, NOT A DISTRACTION TO IT, AND TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, CITIES HAVE ORDINANCES THAT WHEN YOU'RE NOT INCREASING THE DEGREE OF NONCONFORMITY OR ADDING TO THE NONCONFORMITY, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL LAYERS OF PROCESS AND DIFFICULTY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK AT A FUTURE DATE A COMPANION ORDINANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT ACKNOWLEDGES SUCH FOR.

BUT FOR TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE FOR THIS FIRST READING, AND THERE ARE NO STAFF OBJECTIONS TO THIS.

THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS STAFF HAS AND ADDITIONALLY, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, AT&T, CHARTER SPECTRUM AND THE MELBOURNE TILLMAN WATER CONTROL DISTRICT ALSO HAVE NO CONCERNS WITH THIS GRANTING OF A VACATION REQUEST.

THANK YOU, MR. MORTON. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE FOR THE ORDINANCE OF NONCONFORMING.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT INITIATIVE, SIR. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.

COME ON UP, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

MA'AM. MY NAME IS VALERIE MCFARLAND, AND I'M THE OWNER OF THE HOME AT 299 EVERGREEN STREET, NORTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA. 32907 AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING THIS, BECAUSE I PURCHASED THIS HOUSE IN AUGUST OF 2011, AND WE HAD THAT INSURANCE THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU PURCHASE A HOUSE FOR CLEARANCE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD GO, POSSIBLY GO WRONG.

I HAVE A POOL THAT WAS EXISTING, A SCREEN THAT WAS EXISTING.

IT'S OLD AND I NEED TO REPLACE IT. AND NOW I'M FINDING OUT I CAN'T DO IT.

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AND HERE I AM. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION.

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. MAYOR, REAL QUICK, IF I MAY JUST MAKE A COMMENT.

SOMETHING. I DON'T SEE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL HERE, BUT IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THE REQUIREMENT OF WHY YOU NEED A PERMIT TO RESCREEN A POOL CAGE.

FIRST OF ALL, A SCREENING IS PART OF THE LIFE SAFETY MECHANISM FOR THE POOL.

SO IF YOU LOSE YOUR SCREENS ON THE SIDE NOW THERE BECOMES A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE.

THE OTHER THING IS SCREENING IS NONSTRUCTURAL.

SO I JUST I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR FOR RESCREENING.

SO, MR. MORAN, IF YOU JUST MAKE A NOTE OF THAT, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ALSO A CONCRETE SLAB, WASN'T IT? THAT'S PART OF IT. SLAB WAS THERE WHEN I PURCHASED THE HOUSE.

IT'S BEEN THERE. WE'RE NOT DOING ANY CHANGES TO THE SLAB.

IT'S THERE EXISTING AROUND THE POOL. I'M JUST SAYING.

OKAY. I JUST LEARNED THAT RESCREENING IS A REQUIREMENT IN PALM BAY, AND IT'S SEPARATE FROM HER PROJECT ALONE.

I GOTCHA. SO YOU'RE SAYING. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY.

SO, MR. MORTON. YES. MESSAGE RECEIVED I AGREE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CARRY ON. ANYONE WISH TO? WELL, I NEED A MOTION. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.

MISS MCFARLAND, YOU GOT ONE MORE GO AT THIS. YES.

18TH. YES, MA'AM. NEXT MEETING. YES, MA'AM. WE'RE NOW ON NUMBER ITEM NUMBER FIVE, MISS SMITH, ORDINANCE 20 2558, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR TEN FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOTS ONE AND TWO.

BLOCK 2592, PORT MALABAR. UNIT 49. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 22, PAGE 155 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. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THE VACATION BEFORE YOU.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTION OF A SWIMMING POOL IN THE BACKYARD, AGAIN, THERE IS NO OBJECTIONS FROM REGULATORY BODIES IN TERMS OF THIS GRANTING OF VACATION REQUEST. AND WE DO HAVE STAFF HERE. IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.

THAT WAS SIX RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ALDI. THIS IS ASHLEY, MY WIFE. I'M ONE OF OUR KIDS.

GOOD EVENING. WE RESIDE AT EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX EIGHT, SEVEN SIX VINE COURT.

ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY TO BUILD OUR DREAM HOME.

WE BUILT IT. AFTER WE BUILT IT, WE STARTED FINDING OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO, LIKE VACATING THE EASEMENT AND ALL THAT. SO ONCE WE TRY TO GET THE POOL AND THE FENCING, THEY TOLD US, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO ANY OF THAT UNTIL YOU GET THAT CLEARED THROUGH THE CITY. SO WE'RE REQUESTING IF YOU GUYS CAN, FOR US AND OUR FAMILY, FOR OUR DREAM HOME TO BE ABLE TO VACATE THE EASEMENT.

ALSO THE SURVEY THAT I PROVIDED YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS WILL SEE THAT MY HOUSE IS THE LAST ONE ON THE AT THE END OF THE STREET.

SO WHAT I DID WAS I MADE SURE THAT TRYING TO SPEAK ON MR. TEJADA. SO I MADE SURE THAT THE POWER DID NOT HAVE TO COME THROUGH ANY OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES.

SO THESE PROPERTIES HAVE THIS STREET, THESE PROPERTIES HAVE THAT STREET, AND THIS PROPERTY HAS THIS STREET.

SO MY I PAID FOR POWER SPECIFICALLY SO THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO USE THAT EASEMENT FOR ANYBODY ELSE.

BUT YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THAT PROPERTY, CORRECT? YOU IT'S ALREADY MARRIED. YOU PIECED IT ALL TOGETHER.

SO THIS IS AN ARGUMENT FOR THAT. I'VE BEEN SAYING TO COUNCIL, PEOPLE WILL BUY ONE ACRE LOTS.

I'M TRYING TO BUY I'M TRYING TO BUY 1 OR 2. SO SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.

I ENCOURAGE THIS. I KNOW COUNCIL'S I'M JUST BEING FACETIOUS BECAUSE THEY KNOW I.

I LOVE TRYING TO BRING UP ONE ACRE LOTS. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T WANT THEM, BUT I SAY YES, THEY WOULD. SO THANK YOU. I GOT IT. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? I'VE GOT TWO. MR. CHIEF, GO AND HAVE A SEAT, SIR.

AND THEN ONCE THEY. SIR. MR. TEJADA, GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT THERE.

ONCE THEY THEY SPEAK, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND SPEAK.

THANK YOU. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

I AGREE WITH YOU 100%, MAYOR, THAT THE SOME RESIDENTS DO WANT MORE THAN SMALL LOTS SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEIR NEXT DOOR

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I'M PROUD OF THIS COUPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO BUY.

I'M SORRY THEY HAVE TO BUY MULTIPLE LOTS TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS MAKE THEMSELVES AN ESTATE HOME IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA. I'M SORRY FOR THEM THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS EXTRA STEP.

BUT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW, LIKE YOU SAY, THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO BUY A LITTLE BIT MORE PROPERTY TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT NICER HOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I HOPE YOU APPROVE THEIR REQUEST FOR EASEMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. YOU'RE NEXT.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SANDRA MORGAN.

I AM THE OWNER OF LOTS 33 AND 34 AT BLOCK 2592.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE EASEMENT WILL AFFECT MY LOTS.

ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF? OKAY. IS THAT YOUR ENTIRE QUESTION, MA'AM? YES, THAT'S MY QUESTION. THAT'S ALL. YES. THAT'S ALL YOUR COMMENT? YES. I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW IT AFFECTS MY PROPERTY.

OKAY. MR. MORTON. CAN YOU CALL UP STAFF? YES.

WE'LL. WE'LL GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. MR. BRINKLEY'S COMING UP. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. USE NUMBERS. AND I DON'T HAVE NUMBERS ON MY MAP, SO POINT ME OUT REAL QUICK.

ONE 809 WISEMAN I'LL BE OVER HERE. YEAH. NOT NOW.

THE CORNER. I'M IN HERE, SO. OKAY, THIS IS THE EASEMENT BETWEEN THESE TWO PROPERTIES.

SO MY LOTS RIGHT HERE SHOULD BE RIGHT HERE. YEAH.

ANSWER THE MICROPHONE JUST SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR. SURE. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, SHE'S REFERRING TO THE LOTS TO THE EAST OF THESE PROPERTIES.

THIS IS A VACATION EASEMENT BETWEEN TWO PROPERTIES.

YEAH, IT IS THE WHAT WOULD BE USED IF THESE IF THESE WERE TWO SEPARATE HOUSES BUILT, IT WOULD BE USED AS THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES.

SINCE THERE ARE NOT TWO SEPARATE HOUSES BEING BUILT THERE, IT WON'T IMPACT YOUR PROPERTY IN ANY WAY. BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR A DRAINAGE EASEMENT RIGHT THERE BETWEEN THE TWO LOTS, SO NO IMPACT TO YOU.

IF THERE WERE TWO HOUSES BEING BUILT THERE YOU WOULD NEED YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT DRAINAGE EASEMENT BETWEEN THEM. BUT THERE IS NOT TWO HOUSES BEING BUILT THERE. SO THE POOL DRAINAGE FOR THE POOL, THEY DID MENTION A POOL.

THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A POOL BEHIND THEIR HOME. YES. BUT THIS THIS WOULD NOT BE FOR THEIR POOL. WHETHER WE'RE VACATING THE DRAINAGE WOULD NOT BE FOR THE POOL. NO OKAY.

YEAH. IT WON'T AFFECT. AND I'LL TALK TO YOU. 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. SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 20 2559, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT, TOGETHER WITH A PORTION OF THE SITE SIX FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOTS 12, 19 AND 20 BLOCK 1382, PORT MALABAR UNIT 30 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 17, PAGE 11 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, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, SIMILAR TO THE LAST REQUEST, I BELIEVE THIS PROPERTY OWNER HAS THREE ADJOINING LOTS INSTEAD OF TWO. IT IS A REQUEST FOR A VACATION, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SWIMMING POOL AND ATTACHED SPA, A DECK AND AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN WITH A CABANA IN THE BACKYARD.

STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO VACATING THIS EASEMENT.

ADDITIONALLY, AT&T, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, FLORIDA CITY GAS, AND SPECTRUM ADDITIONALLY HAVE NO OBJECTIONS IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO GRANT THIS VACATION REQUEST. THANK YOU, MR. MORTON.

I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS, SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT BRANDON AND KERRY TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.

KERRY MANASSA AT 2885 LAKELAND AVENUE. WE PURCHASED, ACTUALLY, FOUR OF THE LOTS AROUND US.

ONE OF THEM'S NOT ON HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE ONE OF THE BUDDING PROPERTIES.

SO WE HAVE JUST OVER AN ACRE. AND JUST AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, WE I GREW UP IN HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, WHERE I LIVED ON AN ACRE, AND WE HAD ALL THIS LAND FOR OUR KIDS TO PLAY.

SO WE BOUGHT ALL THE LAND. SO KIDS, NOT ONLY MINE, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD ALL PLAY.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN THAT POOL AND OUTDOOR KITCHEN AREA TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND NOT HAVE OUR KIDS ON TABLETS.

YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, MA'AM, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO ALL REALTORS THAT MAY BE WATCHING DEVELOPERS,

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THANK YOU MA'AM. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. STEP RIGHT UP. TWO FOR TWO TODAY. FOR TWO.

BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

ONE MORE TIME. YOU KNOW HOW HARD I PUSH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME ONE ACRE SITES FOR RESIDENTS TO LIVE, THAT WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN PACKED IN SARDINE CAN HOUSING.

RIGHT. AND ONE MORE TIME. HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR NEW HOUSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND IT THIS TIME. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO.

YOU HAVE ONE MORE STEP TO GO, MA'AM. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 60 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE 17, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 173 ZONING BY CREATING A NEW SUBCHAPTER TO BE KNOWN AS PART 11 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION PROCEDURE.

PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING AND PROCESSING REQUESTS FOR ACCOMMODATION FROM THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES 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, MR. MORTON. THANK YOU MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. YES. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

THIS IS ACTUALLY FULFILLING A REQUIREMENT. STATUTORILY, WE WERE REQUIRED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO CREATE A PROCESS IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE THE RECOVERY RESIDENCES. THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION PROCESS ISN'T NEW.

FEDERAL LAW HAS ALWAYS REQUIRED US TO CONSIDER REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED. AND THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT ARE SEGMENT OF THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

BUT THERE SOME PLACES HAD PROCEDURES, OTHERS DIDN'T, AND THERE WAS NEVER IT WAS MISMATCHED AS FAR AS WHETHER THERE WERE FORMAL PROCEDURES.

THIS ESSENTIALLY REQUIRES US TO HAVE A FORMAL PROCEDURE SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION KNOW HOW TO APPLY WHAT INFORMATION TO PROVIDE THE REVIEW PROCESS IN ANY WAY TO APPEAL.

SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THE ORDINANCE, AND WE'RE CREATING A PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLYING WITH FEDERAL LAW.

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

ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. ASKING FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

SECOND. SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON. EXCUSE ME.

WE'RE NOW ON PROCUREMENT ITEM NUMBER ONE, MR.

[PROCUREMENTS:]

THIS IS AN AWARD OF PROPOSAL FOR FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING THAT REQUEST TO PFM FINANCIAL ADVISORS, WHICH IS AN ADVISOR ON FUTURE BOND AND DEBT ISSUANCE.

WOULD ASK LARRY WOJCIECHOWSKI, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS FOR.

THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS TO ASSIST THE CITY IN ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND GETTING BONDS FOR THE CITY.

WE ARE. OOPS. I'M SORRY. ARE NOVICES AT GOING OUT? OF COURSE, AND GETTING BOND. SO THEREFORE WE BRING PFM IN OR A COMPANY TO ASSIST US IN THAT.

JAY GLOVER HERE IS WOULD YOU ACTUALLY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE JAY MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO TO ASSIST US IN UPCOMING BOND DEALS IF THEY EVER COME TO ME? YEAH, I HAVE HAD A FORMAL PRESENTATION, BUT I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT IN THE IN

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I AM A PARTNER WITH THE FIRM. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS, AND WE DO SERVE AS FINANCIAL OR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE NATION. I AM IN THE ORLANDO, FLORIDA OFFICE.

WE DO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ADVICE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESSING THE CAPITAL MARKETS TO FUND PROJECTS.

YOU HAD A YOU HAD A PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT YOUR CIP.

SOME OF THOSE NEEDS MIGHT NEED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT.

AND WE ESSENTIALLY ASSIST THE CITY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WE HELP YOU PROCURE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE PLAN OF FINANCE AND THE HIGHEST CREDIT RATING POSSIBLE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

SO AGAIN, WE DO THIS TYPE OF WORK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

MYSELF, I WORK FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN BREVARD COUNTY, INCLUDING TITUSVILLE, COCOA BEACH, COCOA CITY OF MELBOURNE. WE ALSO ARE THE ADVISOR TO BREVARD COUNTY.

SO AGAIN, BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY YEARS AND ARE EXCITED TO POTENTIALLY WORK WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY IF APPROVED.

WE ARE HERE TO BE A RESOURCE TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

SO EVEN IF IT'S BEYOND DEBT TRANSACTIONS, OTHER FINANCIAL MATTERS, YOU MIGHT NEED TO COME TO US.

WE'RE HERE TO BE THAT RESOURCE. I WILL ALSO POINT OUT WE DO NOT GET PAID ON A RETAINER BASIS.

WE DO NOT CHARGE HOURLY RATES FOR OUR SERVICES.

WE ESSENTIALLY GET PAID WHEN TRANSACTIONS ARE COMPLETED.

SO IF YOU DO A DEBT ISSUANCE, WE ARE PAID FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THAT FINANCING BASED ON THE TERMS OF THE APPROVED CONTRACT.

SO AGAIN HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.

BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DO. AND AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK WITH THE CITY MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU.

I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR.

SPEAKER CARDS. NO, MAYOR. I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED.

I'LL SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE.

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

AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.

MR. MORTON. THANK YOU AGAIN, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS FOR THE BUILDING. THIRD FLOOR. BUILD OUT CONSIDERATION OF A CMAA AWARD FOR A CONTRACT TO SCORPIO CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED.

NOT TO EXCEED $1,384,199. USING ARPA INTEREST.

I HAVE ASKED MR. GEORGE BARBER TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU A QUICK PRESENTATION AND ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS.

I'M ASSUMING THAT ARE GERMANE TONIGHT AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A TIMELINE, SCOPE AND END TO THE PROJECT.

YEAH. AND DISCUSS SEEMA TOO, SIR. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING.

SO QUICK RECAP AND THEN I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? IF YOU GUYS RECALL, AT THE JULY 10TH BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM YOU GUYS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ESTIMATE TO DO THE BUILD OUT.

AT THAT TIME, IT WAS $1,512,944, TO BE EXACT.

AND YOU GUYS SAID YOU WOULDN'T GO A PENNY OVER.

SO, WHICH WE TOOK THAT DIRECTION AND WE WORKED HARD.

SO INITIALLY WE ENGAGED THE INCUMBENT WINJE FOR CMAR SERVICES AND TO DO A DESIGN ESTIMATE FOR 30%.

THEY ORIGINALLY CAME IN AT 2.1, WHICH IS WELL OVER BUDGET.

SO WE HAD TO TERMINATE NEGOTIATIONS. SO INDEPENDENTLY, WE DECIDED TO ENGAGE WITH ANOTHER CMAR CONTRACTOR, SCORPIO CONSTRUCTION, WHICH ARE HERE TONIGHT. TO SEE IF IT WAS A VIABLE OPTION.

WE DID. SO WHICH THEY PROVIDED A GMP OF. LET ME GET THAT.

1.384199. AND AGAIN, WHAT THAT GMP MEANS IS IT IMPLIES JUST WHAT THE ACRONYM READS.

IT'S JUST A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, SO THEY CANNOT GO OVER IT.

THEY WILL NOT GO OVER IT. IN ACTUALITY, WE ACTUALLY IF ANY FUNDS AREN'T USED IN THE PROJECT, IT'LL BE RETURNED TO THE CITY. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT GMP IS OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION OPERATIONALLY IF APPROVED, THE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL MOVE OVER TO BUILDING E, WHICH WILL MAKE ROOM SO THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN MOVE INTO THE EAST WING OF BUILDING B WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE WE'RE CAPPED AT SPACE.

THE LAST POINT I'LL MENTION IS THE FUNDING. SO THE REQUEST IS TO UTILIZE THE ARPA INTEREST WHICH IS THE $1.5 MILLION.

WE DO HAVE RESIDUAL FUNDS, WHICH IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, LARRY CAN ANSWER.

REMAINING WITHIN THE PROJECT, WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 6 TO 700,000.

BUT PART OF THAT IS ENTERPRISE FUNDS. SO WE DO HAVE ABOUT HALF OF THAT AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE TO USE FOR F.F.A.

AND IT COSTS. SO I THINK THAT COVERS IT. OKAY.

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THE THE APPROVAL FOR THE 1.38 IS THE AWARD OF THE CMAA CONTINUING CONTRACT, WHICH WOULD BE THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR SCORPIO CONSTRUCTION.

BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR THE FULL 1.5 Y. THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

1.5, THOUGH IS THE 1.5 BECAUSE IT'S ARPA FUNDS.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. RIGHT. THE 1.5 IS THE WHEN WE CAME FORWARD IN JULY, THAT WAS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR TO COMPLETE BUILDING E TO MOVE THE FULL 1.5. IF WE DO NOT SPEND IT, THE FUNDS WILL JUST DROP BACK INTO THE ARPA FUNDING. SO NOW THIS WILL BE A FULL 100% ARPA FUNDED THIRD FLOOR DEAL.

UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS 1.384 AND THE FUND BALANCE IS 1.512.

WHERE ARE YOU SPENDING THE DELTA DIFFERENCE? WELL, YOU HAVE THE THE FURNITURE THAT IS BEING PURCHASED AND THAT RECENTLY CAME IN WITH IT'S LOWER THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROJECTED. THE IT COSTS WERE NEVER ACTUALLY BUILT INTO THE JULY NUMBERS.

SO THAT IS A RESIDUAL AMOUNT. SO WE'RE JUST KEEPING THE MONEY THERE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE 1.5 THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU IN JULY.

AND THE COMMENT WAS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A PENNY MORE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RUNNING WITH RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE. YEAH. IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THE YOU KNOW, THE MEMORANDUM DOESN'T EXPLAIN THAT.

RIGHT. LIKE TO US IT'S YOU'RE ASKING FOR THEY'RE NOT THE CONTRACTOR IS NOT GOING TO SPEND MORE THAN 1.384, BUT GIVE US 1.152. THERE'S $200,000 PLUS OR MINUS THAT'S SITTING OUT THERE.

WHAT ARE WE APPROVING AND WHY? SO THAT'S THE QUESTIONS.

SO THE THE ARPA FUNDING THOUGH. RIGHT. AND ALONG WITH WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR IS SAYING PERHAPS PUT THE DEADLINE OF THE ARPA FUNDING, WHAT YEAR IS THAT? AND HOW MUCH TIME TO EXPEND THAT, DO YOU KNOW, OFFHAND TO HAVE THE FUNDS OF DECEMBER OF 2026? OKAY. HOWEVER, THAT WAS FOR THE ACTUAL PRINCIPAL DOLLARS.

WE'RE NOW JUST SPENDING INTEREST. OKAY. SO THAT MONEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ROLL FORWARD PAST 26.

UNDERSTOOD. BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE IT ALL SPENT BEFORE.

THAT WOULD BE THE PLAN, COUNCILMAN HAMMOND. SO LET ME SEE IF I GET THIS RIGHT, BECAUSE I THINK GEORGE EXPLAINED THIS.

IF WE PULL THE FULL 1.5 RIGHT NOW. WHATEVER WE DON'T SPEND COMES BACK INTO THE CITY WHERE IF WE LEAVE IT IN THERE, IF WE DO THE 1.3, THAT ACCESS STAYS WITH ARPA.

SO IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? IF WE PULL IT ALL NOW, WHAT WE DON'T USE COMES BACK TO THE CITY WHERE IF WE LEAVE IT IN THERE, WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND PULL THOSE ARPA FUNDS THAT AREN'T USED.

CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE MAXIMUM THAT WAS REQUESTED ON THE MIC.

ON THE MIC. I'M SORRY. WE'RE ASKING FOR THE THE ORIGINAL DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WAS REQUESTED IN JULY.

AND IF THE FUNDS ARE NOT UTILIZED, THEY WILL GO BACK INTO THE ARPA FUNDS.

OKAY. SPEAKER. BILL. BILL. BATTEN.

BILL. BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

I KNOW THIS IS A RARE OCCURRENCE FOR BILL BATTEN TO SPEAK ALL GOOD OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BUT THIS IS THE TYPE OF BEHAVIORS THAT I LIKE TO SEE FROM A CITY.

YOU QUESTIONED IT, YOU CHALLENGED IT, AND YOU END UP SAVING $1 MILLION.

THAT'S FANTASTIC. AND BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF SHADY THAT THE CORPORATION THAT WAS OVERBIDDING WAS WHO HAD BEEN DOING THE PREVIOUS WORK.

SO IT KIND OF LEFT A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU CALLED IT OUT.

THAT'S LEADERSHIP THAT I LIKE TO SEE. I ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE ORGANIZATIONS BEHIND ME.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB. I WAS MAKING COMPARISONS WHEN GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA PACKET OF WHAT THIS COMPANY PROVIDES IN COMPARISON TO OTHERS.

THEY DID. IT MADE A GREAT CHOICE. I HOPE IT ALL WORKS OUT WITH THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE, BUT FOR THE BUDGETING AND WHAT THEY'VE PRESENTED, IT WAS FANTASTIC ONE MORE TIME.

THE OTHER THING IS THE FACT THAT THIS IS ALL COMING OUT OF ARPA FUNDING, WHICH IS STILL MY TAX DOLLAR, BUT IT DID NOT COME OUT OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

SO YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB. AND THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS, DEPUTY MAYOR.

OKAY, I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I GUESS I'M I WOULD I WOULD PERSONALLY BE FINE WITH JUST PUTTING OUT EXACTLY THE AMOUNT THAT'S NEEDED,

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SO THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M, I DON'T KNOW, I LIKE I LIKE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THE PRICE DOWN.

AND I APPRECIATE DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE ASKING THE QUESTIONS, BUT.

OKAY. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? DEPUTY MAYOR? YEAH. I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING THE 1.384199 84199 AND JUST ASKING STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A BUDGET.

EXPENSES FOR THE BALANCE. DELTA DIFFERENCE. SO YOU'RE SO YOU'RE SAYING THE AMOUNT THAT THEY SPEND IN FOR FURNITURE, YOU WANT THEM TO COME BACK OR IS THAT MONEY FOR WHATEVER WHATEVER THAT WHATEVER IT'S FOR? IF YOU LOOK AT THE MEMORANDUM, THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S OTHER ITEMS FOR IT AND FURNITURE, BUT IF YOU ADD EVERYTHING TOGETHER, IT'S ACTUALLY 1.663 MILLION. OKAY. SO I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

I'LL RESEND MY SECOND. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND, WOULD YOU JUST RESCIND MY MOTION? OKAY, SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST MOVE IT TO THE 1.3841189? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR THE 1.384199. I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. YOU GOT THE 1.384. 199. GUARANTEED PRICE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER ONE. UNFINISHED AND OLD BUSINESS.

[UNFINISHED AND OLD BUSINESS:]

SO I GUESS IT'S A PROCEDURE. WE DO THIS FOR THESE BOARDS, BUT I'D LIKE, COULD WE HAVE THEM COME UP AND GIVE A GIVE A TALK, GIVE A. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I JUST KIND OF GET A LIST OF NAMES AND THEN WE GOT TO JUST PICK.

BUT YEAH, WE GET A LIST OF NAMES AND APPLICATIONS.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I AGREE WITH YOU. I WOULDN'T MIND THEM COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND JUST INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? YEAH, YEAH.

THREE MINUTES. YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU WILLING TO PUT THAT IN THE POLICY? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH. FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. AND THEN. AND THEN, I MEAN, SINCE WE'VE GOT PUBLIC COMMENT, IF ANY OF THEM ARE HERE, I'D LIKE TO THEM TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. OKAY. SO REAL QUICK. SO WE HAVE THE RANK.

YEAH, WE HAVE THE RANK. SO MAYBE MAYBE IF THEY COULD SPEAK AT ONE COUNCIL MEETING WE RANK AT THE, AT THE SECOND AT THE SECOND COUNCIL MEETING. OR WE COULD RANK THEM THAT VERY SAME MINUTE.

YEAH. YEAH. I'M FINE WITH RANKING. OKAY. IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG.

YEAH. IT WOULDN'T TAKE LONG. PASS IT DOWN TO THE CLERK AND THEN SHE HANDS DOWN. OKAY. YEAH. IN THE FUTURE.

RIGHT, TERRY? IN OTHER WORDS, IN THE. WE'RE NOT DOING THIS NOW.

WE WE'VE ALREADY RANKED, BUT PERHAPS INCLUDE THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME IN BEFORE COUNCIL.

SHARE A FEW WORDS, AND THEN WE COULD JUST RANK IT RIGHT ALL AT ONE POINT.

COUNCILMAN I AGREE WITH THAT, MAN. BECAUSE BECAUSE SOMETIMES, MOST OF THE TIME WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

THEY'VE BEEN BEFORE US. BUT THIS WAS A DIFFERENT COMPLEXITY TO THAT, RIGHT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A SPEAKER CARD. DOUG.

HOOK.

DOUG HOOK, PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT THAT WE HAD FOUR APPLICANTS FOR THIS OPEN POSITION OF THE BOARD. I BELIEVE THAT THAT SHOWS THAT THERE IS RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, AND SHOWS THAT WE ARE STARTING TO GAIN INTEREST BACK INTO THE BOARD AND WHAT THE BOARD IS ABLE TO OFFER THE CITY AS A WHOLE. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE BOARD OR THE COUNCIL THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY THREE POSITIONS OPEN ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

ONE OF THEM IS YOUR AT-LARGE POSITION THAT YOU WILL BE VOTING ON FOR TONIGHT.

THERE ARE ALSO TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN THAT ARE APPOINTABLE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT.

I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD TO HAVE OUR BOARD FILL ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO SEVEN SEATS STARTING IN 2026.

THAT WAY, WE ARE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IN THIS NEW ERA OF THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE APPLICANTS THAT DID APPLY TONIGHT FOR BEING A PART OF THIS AND WANTING TO ENGAGE WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND BE A PART OF IT AS WELL. THANK YOU. WHO HAS THE APPOINTMENTS? DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND? YES, I'M ONE SEAT IS OPEN FOR COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND ONE SEAT IS OPEN FOR COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

OKAY. OKAY. SO YOU GUYS CAN CONSIDER THAT. YES, MA'AM.

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NO MORE CARDS, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, SIR. SO WE HAVE A RANKING.

SO WE HAD THE RANKING, AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION BASED ON THE RANKING TO APPROVE O'BRIEN PARCHMENT TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

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

WE'RE NOW ON OLD BUSINESS OR NEW BUSINESS? NUMBER ONE, MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 2025, DASH 61,

[NEW BUSINESS:]

PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.

HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.

PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. MA'AM.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON OR LANGEVIN? YES. THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO, GENTLEMEN I JUST THINK THIS IS A PRETTY SIMPLE COMMON SENSE ORDINANCE THAT CLEANS UP A LITTLE BIT OF OUR LANGUAGE THAT ESSENTIALLY YOU KNOW, PROTECTS OUR RESIDENTS ON THEIR WEEKEND FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THROUGH THE LORD'S DAY ON SUNDAY TO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JACKHAMMERS AND HAMMERS AND NAIL ROOFS AND STUFF GOING OFF NEXT TO THEM.

BUT IT DOES GIVE A PROVISION FOR YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HOMESTEADER PROPERTY THAT OWN THEIR PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY IF THAT'S THEIR ONLY DAY OFF. SO I YIELD. YEAH. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS.

I LIKE THE AMENDED PART OF ANY HOMEOWNER THAT IS HOMESTEADED.

PROPERTY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK. I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT ADDITION.

OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY CREATING A NIGHTMARE FOR FOR OURSELVES, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO.

DEPUTY MAYOR. OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION.

IS THIS SPECIFICALLY JUST RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL, OR IS THIS ENFORCING COMMERCIAL PROJECTS AS WELL? SO I'LL YIELD TO GIVE AN AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER TO THE FOR THE CITY MANAGER, BUT IN MY MIND IT WOULD BE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING, BECAUSE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON BROUGHT UP. WHAT ABOUT COMMERCIAL? AND I SAID, THE WAY THAT OUR CITY'S LAID OUT MOST COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE STILL NEXT TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, SO. THAT IS CORRECT. I LIKE JUST TO JUST THE WAY MY EXPERIENCE AND AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON MADE A GOOD POINT. AND MAYBE WE NEED A MOTION TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE CHICK FIL A, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE ONLY CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.

THEY DO A LOT OF THEIR INTERIOR REMODELING OR REPAIRS OR SEALCOAT STRIPING ON THE WEEKENDS.

SO LET ME GET A MOTION. OKAY, I NEED A MOTION.

OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 61, AS IS.

I'LL SECOND. OKAY. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LANGMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

ALL RIGHT. CARRY ON. YEAH. SO. SO CHICK FIL A, FOR EXAMPLE.

OR WALMART FOR EXAMPLE, MAY NEED TO DO SEAL SEAL COATING STRIPING.

THAT'S THAT'S DONE USUALLY AFTER HOURS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THE PARKING LOT IS MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE.

YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I DO AGREE THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE WORKING ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS BEFORE SEVEN OR AFTER A CERTAIN HOUR. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE HOLIDAYS ARE CONCERNING TO ME, TOO. MLK DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, 4TH OF JULY, LABOR DAY.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE BLUE COLLAR WORKERS THAT DON'T TYPICALLY GET PAID HOLIDAY PAY OR VACATION PAY AND ONLY EARN PAYCHECKS WHEN THEY'RE WORKING.

I'VE BEEN IN CONSTRUCTION SINCE I WAS 15. I'VE WORKED A NUMBER OF 4TH OF JULY WEEKENDS, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAYS YOU KNOW, PUBLIX, WALMART. SOME OF OUR LARGEST EMPLOYERS ARE CONSTANTLY REMODELING THEIR STORES AT NIGHT AND ON THE WEEKENDS.

SO WOULD THAT INDOOR WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AND STANDBY COUNSEL.

AND I THINK AND I THINK IF THERE'S AN INDOOR EXCLUSION, I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY SATISFY MY, MY DISCUSSION.

YEAH. AN INDOOR EXCLUSION. OKAY. COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

YEAH, I WAS. I WAS A LITTLE BIT UNDECIDED ON IT, AND I WAS SEEING IF COUNSEL WOULD THINK ABOUT MAYBE A, A DISTANCE, SAY, 500FT FROM A RESIDENTIAL HOME, THOUSAND FEET FROM A RESIDENTIAL HOME, BECAUSE THERE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY.

I MEAN, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE OUTSIDE WORKING HERE ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE WITH WITH US TRYING TO HURRY UP AND GET BUSINESS HERE IN PALM BAY,

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I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SAY, OR I'D LIKE TO SEE A COMMERCIAL WITHIN 1000FT OF RESIDENTIAL IS ALLOWED TO ESPECIALLY OUT AT THE COMPOUND.

WE'RE GOING TO TELL SOMEBODY THEY'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND THEY'RE BUILDING AND THEY CAN'T BUILD ON SUNDAYS, I THINK. AND I'M I'M TRACKING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

BUT I THINK WHEN COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN BROUGHT THIS UP, RIGHT, IT WAS MORE OF THE HOUSE THAT'S NEXT DOOR.

AND THEY'RE BUILDING ON A SUNDAY MORNING AT 070 ZERO HOURS OR WHATEVER THAT TIME IS.

AND, AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER IT.

BUT I'LL LET COUNCILMAN WEIGH IN AT THIS POINT.

SO THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN IS SO IN THE WAY I'M READING IT, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE OR PERMIT THE OPERATION OF ANY TOOL OR EQUIPMENT IN CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION, ETCETERA, ETCETERA.

DISTURBING ACROSS A RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9 P.M.

AND 7 A.M.. SO SO TO ME, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, IF THEY'RE WORKING ON STUFF INSIDE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WITH SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN USED OR IF IT'S OUT IN THE COMPOUND AND DOESN'T BREAK THE RESIDENTIAL BOUNDARY, THEN THEY'RE FINE. BUT IF THEY ARE SOME COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY THEY DON'T GET TO DISTURB OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS. SO AND THEN THERE IS A PROVISION UNDERNEATH THAT SAYS THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO EMERGENCY WORK OR REPAIR WORK FOR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.

SO OBVIOUSLY, IF WE HAVE TO DO EMERGENCY REPAIR WORK ON UTILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH WE'VE HAD TO DO BEFORE, THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO THAT. SO. SO DEPUTY MAYOR BRINGS UP AN INTERESTING THING.

MAYBE MAKE IT CLEAR WE'RE LEARNING THAT IF IT'S NOT CLEAR, ATTORNEYS CAN TWIST THINGS AROUND.

SO MAYBE YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT AN INDOOR INCLUSION.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING HE BROUGHT UP WAS AND IT'S TRUE, BLUE COLLARS DO WORK ON LABOR DAY, BLUE COLLAR DO WORK ON VETERANS DAY AND, AND AND OTHER HOLIDAYS SO THAT THAT THAT'S AN AREA OF CONCERN AS WELL.

BUT IF HE'S SATISFIED WITH JUST THE INDOOR, I'LL LEAN TOWARDS THAT.

I JUST HE GOT ME WHEN HE SAID, AND I REMEMBER WORKING AS WELL IN THE BRONX, YOU KNOW, LEARNING THINGS AND OF COURSE, I DON'T THINK THEY HAD ORDINANCES LIKE THIS.

OTHERWISE WE WOULD PROBABLY BE BREAKING THE LAW.

BUT ANYWAY I DO SYMPATHIZE. I EMPATHIZE WITH, WITH THESE BLUE WITH BLUE COLLAR WORKERS.

THEY, THEY DON'T GET HOLIDAYS OFF. THEY NEED TO PUT FOOD ON THEIR ON THEIR FAMILY'S DINNER TABLE.

RIGHT. SO ARE YOU GOOD WITH TRYING TO CHANGE ONE OF THOSE HOLIDAYS? YEAH. THE THING THAT'S CONFUSING WITH THE ORDINANCE IS LIKE, IT LISTS THE HOLIDAYS IN REFERENCE TO THE CHAPTER, BUT IT REALLY IT DOESN'T SAY ANY RESTRICTIONS OR ANYTHING RELATED TO HOLIDAYS, SO IT'S JUST CONFUSING TO ME.

OKAY. SO YOU'RE YOU GO JUST WITH THE. WHAT DID YOU SAY, MADAM ATTORNEY? YOU STRIKE OUT HOLIDAYS. JUST STRIKE OUT HOLIDAYS.

I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. THERE WAS A MENTION OF HOLIDAYS IN ONE VERSION OF.

I'M NOT LOOKING AT IT. THE ORDINANCE WHICH I CAN PULL BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY ALLOW HOLIDAYS TO BE I THINK HOLIDAYS WERE TREATED AS WEEKENDS OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT ON ONE OF THE VERSIONS.

SO THAT MAY BE WHY HOLIDAYS ARE LISTED, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW THAT'S NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS SECTION.

AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING LEFT OVER. I'LL PULL IT.

OKAY. SO ARE YOU GOOD, DEPUTY MAYOR? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE COULD ALL COME INTO A PLACE.

OR SHOULD WE JUST. CAN WE HONE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS AND BRING IT BACK? IRRELEVANT IF THERE'S SOME. YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE THE HOLIDAY DISCUSSION IS NOT PERTINENT NOW.

AND IF MAYBE THERE'S SOME JUST REMNANT INCLUSION OF INTERIOR RESIDENTIAL OKAY REMODELING.

SO IF HE'S COUNCILMAN YOU'RE WILLING TO ADD THAT INCLUSION.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE AS LONG AS THE INTENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HEAR IT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT. IS STAFF WAS IS STAFF TAKING NOTES TO THAT? YES, YES WE ARE. OKAY. SO SO DOES IT NEED TO GET AMENDED.

DOES DOES IT NEED TO BE AMENDED WITH THE MOTION OR HOW ARE WE AT NOW.

COUNCILMAN HAMMER YEAH. MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR FOR NOT ABIDING BY THIS. BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCES, IT'S PRETTY MUCH USELESS.

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SO ORIGINALLY THE SCOPE WAS JUST SIMPLY THE THE SUNDAY NOISE ORDINANCE.

WE DID ADD, OF COURSE, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I WOULD SUGGEST THAT COUNCIL MAY GIVE US THEIR CHANGES, HAVE US GO BACK AND SORT OF CLEAN THIS UP EVEN MORE.

I MEAN, ADDITIONALLY TO SOMEONE'S POINT, WE DID NOT CHANGE THIS SECTION.

BUT WHEN WE SAY CREATES A NOISE DISTURBANCE ACROSS RESIDENTIAL BOUNDARY, IF WE DON'T ASSIGN, IN MY OPINION, WHAT A DECIBEL LEVEL IS, THAT WOULD CREATE A SUCH A NOISE DISTURBANCE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR PARKS ORDINANCE.

THEN TO THE POINT THAT WAS JUST ASKED, WHAT'S THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM? PROBABLY NOTHING. IN LIGHT OF THAT THINKING TONIGHT THAT WE DIDN'T CATCH EARLIER.

SO IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US ANY CHANGES, LET US ALSO BRING SOME METRIC BACK TO THAT DISTURBANCE ACROSS RESIDENTIAL BOUNDARY THAT IS ENFORCEABLE. AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY ADD TO THIS SECTION IF IT MAKES IT EASIER.

WHAT THE ENFORCEMENT AND OR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND OR PENALTIES ARE PUTTING IT ON ONE PLACE MAY ADD THAT CLARITY THAT COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR.

OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCILMAN JOHNSON REMOVE YOUR SECOND.

MY SECOND. AND YOU REMOVED YOURS. REMOVED MY FIRST COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

YOU'RE STANDING ALONE RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M I'M GOING TO SAY, CAN WE WE'RE GOING TO PULL THIS, BRING THIS BACK. LET'S LET'S MASSAGE IT. LET'S.

YEAH. RIGHT NOW, LET'S TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION ON ON WHICH WAY WE'RE GOING.

AND BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME GET THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WEIGH IN.

THERE IS A DECIBEL LEVEL IN 92.06. AND THE THE WAY IN WHICH WE ARE NOW DEFINING THE WEEKEND OR THE TIME LIMITS, YOU COULD ACTUALLY STRIKE ALL OF HOLIDAY BECAUSE THE HOLIDAY WAS ONLY MENTIONED BECAUSE UNDER CERTAIN HOLIDAYS WERE HOW IT WAS TREATED, SOMETIMES AS A WEEKDAY OR A WEEKEND.

BUT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING THAT DIFFERENTIATION.

SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY GET RID OF HOLIDAY BECAUSE HOLIDAY WAS ONLY MENTIONED IF YOU LOOK IN THE WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND, BECAUSE WE HAD A DIFFERENT WAY WE DEFINED IT TO ALLOW ESSENTIALLY OR TO PREVENT CERTAIN HOLIDAYS, BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS REMEMBERING FROM THE TIME THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT ESSENTIALLY PEOPLE COULD BE DOING CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT MIGHT BE THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WITH FAMILIES OR WHATEVER.

SO WE ENDED UP DEFINING WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND DIFFERENTLY THAN IT'S STANDARDLY USED TO MEET SOME OF THE CONCERNS.

BUT THAT DIFFERENTIATION ISN'T HERE ANYMORE, AND YOU DON'T NO LONGER NEED TO ACTUALLY DEFINE THOSE HOLIDAYS.

YOU DON'T NEED THAT WHOLE SECTION. OKAY. I'M STILL I'M STILL AT THE POINT WHERE LET'S LET'S HONE IN ON THIS.

LET'S GIVE FURTHER DIRECTION WE WANTED, ACCORDING TO COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

LET'S GET THIS. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, LET LET'S HAVE REPERCUSSIONS IF IF IT'S VIOLATED.

SO DID YOU TAKE ENOUGH NOTES? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE ALL NEED TO ADD? WELL, COUNCILMAN, I'LL START WITH YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR, BECAUSE LISTENING TO EVERYBODY, WHAT I THOUGHT, BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME KIND OF RECOLLECTION, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IF WE STRIKE OUT HOLIDAY, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND BE FINE BECAUSE THERE WOULDN'T I DIDN'T I DIDN'T THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY REPERCUSSIONS UNLESS CITY ATTORNEY.

YOU CAN CLARIFY. WELL, WHEN YOU MEAN REPERCUSSIONS, ARE YOU MEANING WHAT THE PENALTIES ARE? BECAUSE THE PENALTIES. WE DO HAVE PENALTIES IN THE ORDINANCE.

THEY'RE JUST IN A DIFFERENT SECTION. THE ONLY SECTION WE HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF US DEALS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.

BUT THERE ARE THERE IS A PENALTY SECTION BUILT IN THE NOISE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS SECTION 92.09, WHICH TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CIVIL NOISE INFRACTION CRIMINAL VIOLATION OR OTHER REMEDIES AND THERE ARE DECIBEL LEVELS. IT'S JUST NOT IN THAT SECTION.

THE DECIBEL LEVELS, THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED ARE IN SECTION 92.06.

SO THERE IS A COMPLETE ORDINANCE AND THERE MAY BE OTHER PROVISIONS THAT YOU ALL WANT TO LOOK AT.

BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN FRONT OF YOU NOW, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT IN THE ORDINANCE.

IT'S JUST NOT THE SECTION THAT YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING.

OKAY. SO ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

MR. MORTON, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH? I DO. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'RE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS OR NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION OF SCHEDULING A BUDGET WORKSHOP.

MAYOR. YES. I WOULD ACTUALLY PULLED THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE AND JUST MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE MOTION TO TABLE,

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AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, MADAM LOFFLER.

YES. THANK YOU. STAFF IS REQUESTING A BUDGET WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS STRATEGIES AND PLANNING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627.

THE SUGGESTED DATE IS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14TH AT 6 P.M..

OKAY, GENTLEMEN, DID YOU HEAR THAT? I THE VERY FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO START DOING BUDGET WORKSHOPS IN JANUARY. NOW MY MY GOAL IS TO GET IF YOU ALL AGREED AT ONE POINT WE HAVE TO APPOINT FOR A TASK FORCE. I KNOW I'VE GOT MINE APPOINTEE.

I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, BECAUSE I'D LIKE FOR THAT TASK FORCE TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND WORK WITH STAFF ON A CONTINUAL BASIS.

SO WE GOT OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US. AND SO I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE LOOK AT THAT TASK FORCE, THAT APPOINTEE. I KNOW I'VE GOT ONE ALREADY.

THAT HAS EXTENSIVE BUDGET EXPERIENCE. SO IF, IF YOU CAN TRY TO AT LEAST APPOINT THEM BY NEXT MEETING.

IF YOU CAN. SO, JANUARY, WHAT IS IT, 14TH JANUARY 14TH.

AND AT WHAT TIME? 6 P.M.. AND IS THAT A THURSDAY OR TUESDAY? THAT'S A WEDNESDAY. OKAY. DO YOU JUST NEED CONSENSUS FROM US? YEP. NO MOTION, JUST CONSENSUS.

OKAY, I GUESS WE'LL BE THERE. I. OKAY. ISN'T THAT THE SAME NIGHT AS THE THE CLASS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY? OH, NO. WHEN DOES THE THE OTHER CLASS? BY THE FIRST WEDNESDAY. ALTHEA IS DOING. OH, I THINK IT'S.

I THINK IT'S THE 14TH OF JANUARY. WEDNESDAYS, RIGHT.

YEAH. YES, SIR. NO. FOR ALTHEA'S CLASS. I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE THERE THAT NIGHT.

OKAY. SO IS THERE ANOTHER DAY? I WANT TO SAY IT'S EITHER THE SECOND OR THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

SO I'LL BE RECOVERING FROM A SURGERY. I JUST.

THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH WORKS FOR ME. LET'S SEE.

HELP ME. FATHER. COUNCILMAN. HAMMER.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHEN ALTHEA'S COURSE IS, BECAUSE I'M.

I'M ACTUALLY REGISTERED FOR IT. SO IF IF HER COURSE IS THAT NIGHT, I THINK IT'S EITHER THE SECOND OR THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW. THURSDAY THE 29TH. YES, SIR.

SO I KNOW I'M GETTING A SIGNAL THAT IT'S THE THIRD WEDNESDAY, AND IT SEEMS TO BE VERY MUCH SO. IT'S NOT IN THIS ROOM. HOW'S JANUARY 29TH? OKAY. IS THAT JANUARY 29TH? BETTER DEPUTY MAYOR? I MEAN, IT WORKS FOR ME. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY STAFF OR ANYBODY GOES WITH CIVICORP APPRECIATION BANQUET THAT EVENING.

OH, I HAVE WHAT? IT'S THE COP. OH, APPRECIATION BANQUET THAT EVENING.

OH, DANG. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE 28TH? 28TH? YEAH. OKAY. THE 20. HOLD ON. DEPUTY MAYOR SPEIRS, MAY I CALL UP DEPUTY MAYOR SPEIRS? CHIEF? YEAH. DEPUTY DEPUTY CHIEF. COME ON UP.

DEPUTY MAYOR. DEPUTY CHIEF. HE'S LIKE. HE'S LIKE.

HEY, DEPUTY CHIEF, WHEN IS THOSE COMMUNITY CLASSES? THEY ARE ON WEDNESDAYS. ON WEDNESDAYS? WHEN DO THEY BEGIN? YEP. IT IS THE. YEAH. IT'S. YEAH, IT'S THE 21ST.

THE THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. THIRD WEDNESDAY.

AND THAT'S EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, IT'LL BE EVERY WEDNESDAY FOR EIGHT WEEKS OKAY.

ALRIGHT. SO SO CAN WE DO TUESDAY. ARE YOU GOOD TUESDAY.

THOUGH THE 28TH IS NOT. IT'S PAST HIS. EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

THAT'S THE 21ST. SO THE 28TH. YOURS IS EVERY THIRD.

WEDNESDAY. NO, MINE'S EVERY. EVERY WEDNESDAY.

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YOU DON'T. YOU DON'T NEED ME HERE. WE DO NEED WE DO NEED YOU HERE.

WE DO. DON'T, DON'T. OH, MAN. HELP ME LORD. HELP ME FATHER.

THANK YOU. JESUS. ALRIGHT, SO THERE ARE TWO. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH IS OPEN.

AT LEAST IN THE CHAMBERS. WILL YOU BE? I THINK SO.

TUESDAY. WHAT? JANUARY. WHAT? JANUARY 20TH. OKAY.

JANUARY 20TH. ARE WE ALL GOOD WITH THAT ONE? OKAY.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WE GOT THAT ONE DONE.

ALRIGHT, WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER THREE. MADAM SMITH.

RESOLUTION 20 2545, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 20 2541, CENSURING COUNCILMAN CHANDLER LANGEVIN FOR CONDUCT UNBECOMING OF AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND FOR IMPROPERLY USING THE CITY OF PALM BAY LETTERHEAD, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

DEPUTY MAYOR ANY SPEAKER CARDS DEBORAH BROCOLINI.

IN REGARDS O. DEBBIE BROCOLINI 1821 AGORA CIRCLE, APARTMENT SEVEN.

IN REGARDS TO THE CENSURE, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

HE'S ALREADY APOLOGIZED. HE'S STILL DOING HIS RHETORIC.

AND HE HAS SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE LETTERHEAD AND THAT HE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT, BUT HE DID IT ANYWAY.

SO AT THIS POINT, I MAY BE IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

I'M JUST ADJUST TO ME. BUT THE THING OF IT IS THE CENSURE AT THIS POINT EVERYTHING HAS HAPPENED.

IT'S TWO MONTHS AGO. IT'S TIME TO LET IT GO. WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING A NEW YEAR.

LET'S START FRESH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO. MAYOR. OKAY. MADAM SMITH. YOU WANT TO PRESENT THIS ITEM? THIS ITEM, ESSENTIALLY, WHAT IT DOES IS JUST OUTLINE THE PROCESS THAT WE USE.

AS FAR AS WHAT? HOW CHANDLER LANGEVIN WAS. WHAT HAPPENED AS FAR AS HIM PRESENTING ITEMS DURING THE AGENDA? WHAT HAPPENED AS FAR AS CONSENSUS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN REGARDING IN FOR OUR COMPLIANCE.

SO THAT PROCESS IS SPELLED OUT AND IT ALSO SUNSETS THOSE PROVISIONS FOR 45 DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION WAS PASSED, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT WHAT IF SUNSET ENDED, IF THIS COUNCIL ADOPTS IT PRETTY MUCH A FEW DAYS AGO, AND HE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON DURING THE COUNCIL REPORTS AND THE BRINGING FORTH ITEMS? WHAT WOULD REMAIN WOULD BE COUNCIL'S DISAPPROVAL AND THE PROHIBITION AS FAR AS BEING ON BOARDS.

OKAY, COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I SEE NO QUESTIONS.

SO MOVED. MAKE A SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE AND DEPUTY MAYOR. YEAH, JUST JUST FOR DISCUSSION.

I'M JUST CURIOUS TO CHECK THE TEMPERATURE OF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. IF IF YOU GUYS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MAKING A POLICY MOVING FORWARD, THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD HAVE TO SEEK ASSISTANCE AT A PREVIOUS MEETING BEFORE PLACING ANY ITEMS ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA.

WE ALREADY SORT OF DO IT NOW WITH ORDINANCES.

WE JUST MAKE THE STATEMENT, HEY, I'M GOING TO BRING FORTH AN ORDINANCE, BUT THERE'S NEVER ANY ANY YAY OR NAY OR GENERAL CONSENSUS ON THAT.

AND SO JUST MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT WE CHANGE OUR COUNCIL POLICY, THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WANTS TO PLACE AN ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA HAS TO BRING IT UP AT A, AT A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING FOR A MAJORITY APPROVAL OR FOR CONSENSUS OR CONSENSUS.

OKAY. COUNCILMAN HAMMER. YEAH I AM. I'M TORN ON THIS BECAUSE IF WE MAKE THIS TO WHERE EVERYTHING STANDS AND IT GOES AWAY AFTER 45 DAYS, IT KIND OF OPENS IT UP TO WHERE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE

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SO I MEAN, ORIGINALLY I WAS I WAS FOR THE CENSURE, I WAS FOR THE, YOU KNOW, BEING REMOVED FROM THE BOARDS, BUT I WASN'T OKAY WITH THE OTHER THINGS BECAUSE I KNEW THIS IS JUST WHERE IT WAS GOING TO LAND US.

I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND IT TO MAKE JUST ALL THIS GO AWAY AND WE GO ON WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO SEE I JUST WANT TO START OVER FRESH IN THE NEW YEAR, MOVE ON AND STOP PUTTING TIME IN INTO THIS. THAT'S POSSIBLE.

COUNCILMAN. LANAKILA. SO A COUPLE COUPLE THINGS.

WELL, THE FIRST ONE TO BECAUSE I RUNG IN INITIALLY TO TO RESPOND TO THE DEPUTY MAYOR'S POINT.

I DON'T REALLY AGREE. I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE CAN PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA.

IT GOES UNDER NEW BUSINESS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AND DEBATE IT.

BUT WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA AND THEN EVEN IF IT'S SHORT, YOU HAVE A MEMORANDUM, IT GIVES THE COUNCILMAN TIME TO READ IT. SLEEP ON IT FOR, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST A NIGHT AND THEN START THINKING ABOUT IT BEFORE THEY COME IN, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S ITEMS WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF I GO HERE DURING COUNCIL REPORTS AND I GO, YOU KNOW, HEY, I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS AND ALL YOU HEAR IS KIND OF THIS BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND YOU JUST HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A FLASHPOINT TO THINK ABOUT IT. AND YOU GO I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T LIKE IT. AND THEN IT DIES BEFORE IT EVEN HAS TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

SO I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE CAN PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA.

MAYBE WHEN YOU FIRST READ THE TITLE, YOU MIGHT GO, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. YOU READ THE LEGISLATIVE MEMORANDUM, YOU SLEEP ON IT. MAYBE YOU CALL SOMEBODY, YOU HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE IDEA, AND THEN WE CAN COME HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF MAYBE IT BEING BROUGHT UP TO BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF SOUNDS WEIRD. SO IT'S LIKE, OH NO, WE'RE JUST GOING TO NOT GIVE CONSENSUS.

AND I MEAN, THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD IN DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE THINGS NOW.

BUT, I MEAN, THIS IS A POLICY THAT COULD GO ON FOR FOR A LONG TIME.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SET THAT PRECEDENT. I'D RATHER COUNCILMAN BE ABLE TO PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE DEBATE IT AND WE VOTE IT DOWN AND THAT'S FINE.

TO THAT POINT. SO MOVING ON TO MY SECOND POINT IN REFERENCE TO THE SENSOR AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TONIGHT.

SO YOU MENTIONED THE 45 DAY SUNSET CLAUSE. SO THAT WOULD STILL, IN OTHER WORDS, CAN SAY THAT THE PUNITIVE MEASURES ON THE CENSOR WERE ENACTED. WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING WITH THAT, BUT THEY'RE JUST SUNSETTED.

AND NOW THEY'RE THEY'RE GONE. IS THAT WHAT THIS WOULD END UP SAYING, MADAM ATTORNEY? YEAH. THE THEY ALREADY OCCURRED. SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS HOW THEY WORKED AND THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD BE ENDED. SO SO THE PROBLEM WITH THIS AND THE POINT OF THE LAWSUIT IS THAT YOU CANNOT ENACT PUNITIVE MEASURES AGAINST A, A DULY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE, PREVENTING HIM FROM DOING HIS PRIMARY ROLES AS A CITY COUNCILMAN.

SO THAT'S FINE AND DANDY THAT WE WANT TO REMOVE THE OKAY, WE'LL HAVE A 45 DAY SUNSET CLAUSE.

BUT THE POINT OF THE LAWSUIT IS WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT THAT ALLOWS ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL IN THE COUNTRY TO START SAYING, IF WE DON'T LIKE WHAT A CITY COUNCILMAN SAYS, WE CAN JUST PREVENT HIM FROM TALKING AND COUNCIL REPORTS.

SO I DISAGREE WITH THIS. I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS TONIGHT.

UNLESS WE AMEND IT TO SAY, YEAH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PUNITIVE MEASURES THAT WE IMPLEMENTED, PARTICULARLY NOT BEING ABLE TO SPEAK IN COUNCIL REPORTS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ADD AN ITEM TO THE AGENDA, WERE IN VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. AND WE ARE GOING TO RESCIND THOSE BECAUSE WE REALIZE WE WERE WRONG.

AND THEN I'LL VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT. BUT IF WE'RE JUST SAYING, WELL, 45 DAY SUNSET CLAUSE AND WE'LL PUSH IT UNDER THE RUG AND MOVE ON.

NO, SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE LAWSUIT, BECAUSE I CAN'T ALLOW THAT PRECEDENT TO BE SET FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, FOR OTHER CITIES, FOR OTHER COUNTY COMMISSIONS. COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN.

JOHNSON. YES. MAYOR. I'M ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE'S PROPOSING BECAUSE HONESTLY, WITH THE PREVIOUS COUNCILS, WE WENT WITH THAT LIKE WE THOUGHT IT WAS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS, LIKE WE ALWAYS WOULD SEEK CONSENSUS. AND ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO TO KNOW THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ROOM, WHETHER IT'S A MORATORIUM OR OTHER ITEMS. THERE IS ITEMS THAT I BROUGHT UP THAT COUNCIL REALLY WASN'T IN FAVOR FOR.

BUT MAYOR, YOU WOULD HEAR ME OUT STILL, LIKE, ALL RIGHT, DO YOUR RESEARCH AND THEN BRING IT BACK AND LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION.

OTHERWISE, THERE WAS OTHER TIMES WHERE IT WAS LIKE A NO GO, AND I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT, BEFORE I PUT SIX MONTHS OF EFFORT INTO SOMETHING AND DO ALL THIS LEGWORK, LIKE, LET ME AT LEAST KNOW, OKAY, THIS THE TEMPERATURE IS NOT THERE.

SO I'M FOR DEPUTY MAYOR BECAUSE I ACTUALLY, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS SEEKING CONSENSUS, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT WASN'T SO.

WELL, I'LL WEIGH IN. DEPUTY MAYOR, I'M IN AGREEMENT, TOO, WITH WITH YOU AND COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

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BUT I DO AGREE. LET'S WAIT. BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS MOTION.

CORRECT? RIGHT. THAT THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS MOTION, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT IMPLEMENTED IN OUR POLICY.

SO IF WE NEED TO MAKE THAT BRING THAT BACK, HOWEVER THAT'S GOING TO WORK.

BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY IS, IS THIS ITEM THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. AND HERE'S WHERE I'M AT.

THE WE WE SENT THIS UP THERE WAS WE SENT THIS UP TO THE GOVERNOR.

AND THE WAY I'M TRACKING THIS THE GOVERNOR HASN'T REACTED, BUT THERE WAS TWO THINGS THAT THAT REALLY STAND OUT.

AND THAT WAS THE REMOVAL OF THE BOARDS. RIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT IN AND OF ITSELF, THAT LANGUAGE WAS GOOD.

REGARDING THE SENSOR. SO I'M, I'M GOOD WITH WITH THE MOTION.

BECAUSE WE DID WHAT WE COULD DO AS A BODY, AND, AND I, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE WE HAD TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING, AND AND THAT'S HOW WE WE REACTED.

SO RIGHT NOW, I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE.

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

ANY OPPOSED? SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. NAY. NAY.

I NEED A ROLL CALL, PLEASE, DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE.

AYE. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. AYE. COUNCILMAN. NAY.

COUNCILMAN. NAY. MAYOR. MEDINA. AYE. PASSES 3 TO 2.

AND THEN, FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO ABOUT BRINGING THIS ITEM BACK.

MADAM ATTORNEY, IS THAT WOULD THAT BE YOU OR MAKING THIS AS POLICY, TERRY? TO WORK ON ON THIS WITH THREE. YEAH. YOU GET CONSENSUS TO BRING FORTH AND CHANGE OUR POLICY TO BRING FORTH AN ORDINANCE.

YES. I'LL GET WITH THE CITY CLERK. WE'LL. THANK YOU.

MA'AM. SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON COUNCIL REPORTS.

COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK MY ONLY QUESTION IS TO GO BACK TO THE

[COUNCIL REPORTS:]

SO WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HOMELESS BUSSES. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING THE BUSSES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

OKAY, I CAN SPEAK. SO I CAN SPEAK ON. OKAY. GO AHEAD.

SO MY INTENTION WERE FOR THE BUSSES TO BE ON CHURCH PROPERTIES, BUT THE CONFUSION WAS WITH CERTAIN.

MR. MORTON CLARIFIED FOR ME CERTAIN BYLAWS. IT'S BASED OFF THE BYLAWS OF THE CHURCHES.

SO IF ONE CHURCH SAYS IN THEIR BYLAWS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO HELP THE NEEDY, THEY'RE GOING TO AID THOSE WHO NEED AIDING, THEN THEY CAN HAVE IT. THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE IT, THEY CAN'T.

SO IT WAS MORE SO TO KIND OF HAVE WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF CHURCHES IN PALM BAY AND WE AS POSSIBLY LIKE A FACILITATOR, LIKE, HEY, HERE'S THE RESOURCES OF ALL THE CHURCHES WE KNOW.

Y'ALL CAN REACH OUT TO THEM, SEE WHO'S INTERESTED IN UTILIZING THEIR SPACE.

SO THAT WAS MY INTENTION ON THAT PART. THE OTHER PART WITH THE VA AND WITH THE STAND DOWN AND WITH HOMELESSNESS, THAT WAS JUST LOOKING AT, HEY, THIS IS AN AVENUE YOU CAN GO FOR CO-SPONSORSHIP TO UTILIZE A CITY FACILITY LIKE TONY ROSA COMMUNITY CENTER, JUST LIKE THEY'VE DONE FOR CAREERSOURCE, AND JUST HAVE THEM COME TOGETHER AND GET THEM THE SERVICES THEY NEED, WHETHER WE NEED TO HAVE A VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER FOR THE HOMELESS, VETS OR WHATEVER.

THAT WAS THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I'LL YIELD. OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN HAMMER? YES? I HAVE TWO THINGS TO DISCUSS.

FIRST ONE, I WANT TO SEE HOW EVERYBODY FEELS ABOUT DOING OVERSIGHT ON HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO DO BUSINESS IN PALM BAY. I AM GETTING A LOT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE REACHING OUT ABOUT HOW HARD THINGS ARE.

ISSUES WITH WITH STARTING YOUR BUSINESS? I WOULD SAY THE LAST TEN YEARS I'VE HEARD PEOPLE DON'T COME TO PALM BAY BECAUSE IT'S SO DIFFICULT.

I HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE SITTING HERE TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE TO PALM BAY. BRING YOUR BUSINESS TO PALM BAY. START COMING TO PALM BAY.

AND I HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE CAME TO PALM BAY AND CAN'T EVEN OPEN THEIR DOORS BECAUSE THINGS ARE SO DIFFICULT.

THAT'S MY FIRST THING. I WANT TO SEE IF HOW EVERYBODY FEELS ABOUT HAVING SOME KIND OF.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF I WOULD SAY, LOOKING INTO WHAT OUR POLICIES ARE,

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I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE A, YOU KNOW, HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A BUSINESS HERE.

THEN THREE DOORS DOWN, THEY'RE DOING A BUSINESS AND YOU'RE DENYING THIS BUSINESS WHEN THE SAME THING IS GOING ON THREE DOORS DOWN OR THREE, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, THREE LOTS DOWN. IT'S JUST THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE MAKING MOVING TO PALM BAY DIFFICULT.

AND I'M, I MEAN, I'M SAYING IT'S AT IT'S AT ONCE A WEEK NOW I'M GETTING A CALL ABOUT SOMEBODY NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR CEO OR SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, MOVED ALL THEIR BUSINESS HERE. AND NOW THEY'RE BEING DENIED BEING ABLE TO PARK A VEHICLE ON THEIR PROPERTY.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. WHEN THAT OCCURS, DO YOU INVOLVE STAFF TO TO TRY AND RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

AND AND IF SO, WHERE'S THE HOLDUP IF STAFF DOESN'T RESOLVE EVERYONE'S LOOKING INTO IT.

SO IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT BEING IT'S NOT BEING LOOKED INTO.

IT'S JUST I'M SEEING IT POP UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MORE.

YEAH. TO A POINT WHERE YOU'RE LIKE SOMETHING THERE'S A HOLE, THERE'S A LEAK. YEAH.

SO WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING? IF WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF IF IF WE CAN HAVE STAFF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE HAD THE SAME STANDARDS FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS IN PALM BAY, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE BUSINESS IN PALM BAY A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, AND HE'S HE'S ACTUALLY ITEMIZING THINGS LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW.

HE'S ACTUALLY MAKING THINGS, REVIEWING OUR OPERATIONS INTERNALLY.

I STAY ON TOP OF THOSE THINGS WITH MR. MORTON RIGHT NOW, AND HE'S INCLUDED MR. DILORENZO. HE'S INCLUDED EVEN GEORGE BARBER, HIS HIS ENTIRE TEAM DOCTOR BRIAN ROBINSON, THEY'RE THEY'RE COLLECTIVELY LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DOING OPERATIONS AND HOW WE CAN. YOU HEARD HIM SAY IT EARLIER IN MY EYES.

YOU HEARD THEM SAY IT WITH THE ORDINANCE CHANGING NONCONFORMING.

YEAH. ORDINANCES TO TO ACTUALLY. SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO CREATE SOMETHING OR IF IF THEY'RE ALREADY APPROACHING IT, I'M SURE THEY ARE APPROACHING IT. I JUST WANT TO STRESS.

STRESS MY, MY SUPPORT IN IN MAKING SURE THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE MADE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO PALM BAY BECAUSE THAT IS AN OBJECTIVE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT THAT KEEPS PEOPLE FROM DOING BUSINESS IS PALM BAY IS HOW HARD IT IS.

SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT I'M SAYING I'M STRESSING THE FACT OF HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS BECAUSE WE DO HEAR ABOUT IT A LOT. WELL, COUNCILMAN HAMMER, I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

AND I THINK THAT CITY OF PALM BAY AS A WHOLE HAS DONE AN IMPECCABLE JOB SINCE 2020.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS THAT MR. MORTON'S BEEN WITH US, I'VE SEEN A SHIFT IN THAT DIRECTION WITH LEADERSHIP AND THAT CULTURE OF LOOKING AT WAYS HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY, BETTER SERVE THE RESIDENTS AND MOREOVER, BETTER SERVE THE COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE.

SO WE'RE IN AGREEMENT THERE. AND I THINK MR. MORTON IF, IF ANYTHING, YOU'VE GOT AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF CONSENSUS ON, ON THIS BOARD REGARDING THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD REGARDING THAT? NO, I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, YOU'RE UP.

YEAH. SO I HAD TWO. OKAY. WELL, WELL, ON TO THIS POINT.

YEAH. SO. YEAH. SO, I MEAN, I WAS MOSTLY GOING TO AGREE.

I'VE HEARD SIMILAR CASES, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE THROWN IN A JUST A, AN AMAZING AMOUNT AT OUR NEW CITY MANAGER AND OUR STAFF THIS YEAR.

AND THEY'VE GOT A HUGE YEAR, I THINK AN INSTRUMENTAL YEAR COMING UP.

THAT'S REALLY GOING TO CHANGE THE CITY. BUT I THINK PART OF THAT MAJOR DODGE EFFORT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND I GUESS WHAT WAS ALREADY SAID, BUT I'LL REITERATE, IT IS FOR US TO STRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.

YES, IT LOOKS AT WHERE WE CAN CUT, BUT IT ALSO LOOKS AT JUST WHERE WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT IN EVERY AREA, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, MAKING OUR CITY MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO LIKE YOU GUYS SAID WE JUST, YOU KNOW, STRESSED THAT POINT TO TO MR. MORTON AND THE STAFF THAT THAT IS PART OF KIND OF THE DODGE EFFORT AS WELL.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK NEXT YEAR.

COPY THAT. BACK TO YOU, COUNCILMAN HAMMER, FOR YOUR SECOND ITEM.

MY SECOND ITEM, I JUST WANT TO REACH OUT AND SAY THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE CHIEF FOR FOR THEIR BIG BUST.

AND I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS SAYING I SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT KNOWING YOU'RE AT THE HELM.

I'M, I'M ABSOLUTELY PROUD OF EVERYTHING THAT THAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND I JUST I'M, I AM I AM HAPPY TO BE A PALM BAY RESIDENT KNOWING SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED

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KNOWING THE, THE, THE WEAPONS, EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE, IT WAS DONE WITHOUT HARM.

AND ADDING INTO THAT WITH THE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT FOR OFFICERS BEING TREATED HOW THEY ARE AND BEING BEING GUNNED DOWN AND BEING TARGETED. IT IS, IT IS IT IS TASTEFUL TO KNOW THAT THAT WENT DOWN WITHOUT A HITCH. HOW, HOW HOW THE ORGANIZATION AND EVERYTHING IN THAT, IN THAT MOVEMENT WENT DOWN WITHOUT ANYBODY BEING HARMED. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR FOR HOW TACTFUL YOU WERE IN MAKING SURE NOBODY WAS HURT. OUR OFFICERS, EVEN EVEN THE SUSPECT.

IT'S IT'S IT'S HOW THINGS SHOULD BE DONE. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN.

JOHNSON. NOTHING MAYOR OTHER THAN I ECHO THE SAME REMARKS FROM COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

THAT WAS HUGE. THAT WAS SCARY, BUT HUGE. BUT BECAUSE IT JUST SHOWS THAT IT CAN HAPPEN IN OUR BACKYARDS, LIKE WE ALL THINK IT COULD JUST ONLY BE IN MIAMI OR THE BIG CITIES, BUT THEY TEND TO TRY TO SNEAK HERE AS WELL BECAUSE WE'RE A QUIET CITY, BUT WE STAY ALERT, STAY ALIVE. SO THANK YOU, CHIEF.

DEPUTY CHIEF. Y'ALL STAY SAFE. APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

DEPUTY MAYOR. WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. OH, MAN.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU WERE. I'M GOING TO APPOINT ANTHONY ABATE FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

SUSAN CONNOLLY WAS MY APPOINTEE, SO I HAD TO.

I WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO NEEDED TO APPOINT SOMEBODY. SO THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON SOME OF THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS TOPICS.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, FOR FOR WORKING ON THE THE BUS INITIATIVE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK TONIGHT THE CITY SHOWED HIM A CLEAR PATH FORWARD WITH THE CHURCHES. AND I SAW 15 TO 20 PEOPLE HERE FROM HOMELESS ORGANIZATIONS.

I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO OFFER UP ANY MORE SUPPORT AT THIS TIME.

I THINK THEY SHOULD GO OUT AND KNOCK DOORS WITH THE CHURCHES AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROVIDED FUNDING AND, AND THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE MANPOWER AND THE RESOURCES TO DO IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED FURTHER AT THIS POINT UNTIL THEY COME BACK TO US WITH SOME IDENTIFIABLE PROPERTIES.

YOU KNOW, FURTHER POINT, YOU KNOW, TO THE BETTER APPLICATION OR, YOU KNOW, BECOMING A BUSINESS IN PALM BAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS STAFF TURNOVER THE YEARS IN MANAGEMENT AND, AND I THINK, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO LET MR. MORTON CONTINUE TO DO HIS JOB.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW I TRIED TO START A BUSINESS IN PALM BAY PRIOR TO RUNNING THE COUNCIL.

AND IT WAS VERY, VERY CHALLENGING. AND IT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DECIDED TO RUN AND ULTIMATELY ENDED UP OPENING MY BUSINESS IN WEST MELBOURNE, BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS ONE SHEET OF PAPER AND PALM BAY WAS LIKE 30.

SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PROCESSES CAN MAKE CAN MAKE THINGS EASIER, BUT I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN MR. MORTON AND MR. DI LORENZO TO, TO IMPROVE THOSE INEFFICIENCIES.

AND THEN JUST WANTED TO COMMENT. I'M SURE THE MAYOR WILL TOO, BUT YOU KNOW, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ATTEND REINDEER RUN THIS MORNING AND THAT'S PUT ON BY BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND MAYOR MEDINA WAS THERE THIS MORNING AND A LOT OF STAFF AND MR. MORTON AND JUST INCREDIBLE WHAT WHAT TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING.

FOR 22 YEARS, PALM BAY PD HAS BEEN BEEN HOSTING REINDEER RUN AND SUPPLYING GIFTS TO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND UPWARDS, UP TO AROUND 100, 100 PLUS KIDS.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING WHAT WHAT COVID AND INFLATION HAS DONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FOR THE BUDGET THAT'S PROVIDED PER STUDENT, YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BUY A LOT AND IT DOESN'T.

AND I WITNESSED TODAY POLICE OFFICERS REACHING INTO THEIR OWN POCKET AND SUPPLEMENTING THEIR OWN MONEY TO BUY TO BUY GIFTS UP AND ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR SO MANY OF THESE STUDENTS THAT NEED IT. SO A LOT OF CREDIT TO OUR TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR DOING THAT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE MY REPORT. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SPOT ON AND THAT THAT'S THE NORM. I'VE GONE TO THESE REINDEER RUNS AND AND THEY ALWAYS GO INTO THEIR OWN POCKETS, AND, AND THAT'S THE THAT'S THE TYPE OF SERVICE WE HAVE.

THAT'S THE TYPE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WE HAVE. LISTEN, THIS WEEK I HAD IT WAS AN EXTREME HONOR FOR ME TO TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS THE FUNERAL FOR 25 YEAR VETERAN OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY DEPUTY TERRY SWEETIE MASKELL.

GENTLEMEN, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU AND SUBSEQUENTLY, RIGHT BEFORE THAT FUNERAL PORT SAINT LUCIE,

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HE SURVIVED. HE WAS SHOT IN THE FACE. AND NOT ONLY ONCE, BUT IT WAS WITH A AK 47.

IF I'M. IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY. BUT EITHER WAY, SHOT IN THE FACE, I THINK ONCE AND EVEN TWICE.

THAT'S WHAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE ARE ENDURING OUT THERE.

AND LET'S NOT FORGET HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GO FROM ONE CALL TO THE NEXT CALL.

AND THEN WHEN YOU COUPLE THAT WITH ARROGANCE OF PEOPLE PEOPLE THAT THEY DEAL WITH THAT ARE CONSTANTLY BREAKING AND VIOLATING THE LAW AND SEEING HOW THEY CAN VIOLATE THE LAW, IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO TO CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO SOLVE CRIMES.

U.S. FLAG. LICENSE PLATE READERS. THIS. THIS NATION'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.

THE HOSTILITY THAT'S OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC.

AND YET OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT STAND IN THAT GAP.

AND I THINK WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT ENOUGH. EACH AND EVERY PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER.

SO LISTEN. THAT'S SERGEANT TERRY, SWEETIE. SHE WAS GOING WITH A A LOCKSMITH TO APPLY. SHE WAS PART OF THE CIVIL DIVISION TO GO INTO AN EVICTION.

AN EVICTION THAT THE MOTHER ACTUALLY WANTED HER SON EVICTED OUT OF THAT HOUSE NOW.

AND SHE LOST HER LIFE. SHE GAVE HER LIFE IN THE CALL OF DUTY.

AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, TOMORROW'S NEVER GUARANTEED.

BUT THESE WERE MEN AND WOMEN THAT DOWN THE UNIFORM EVERY DAY TO PROTECT US FROM THE DREGS OF THIS WORLD, OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT TRY TO INFILTRATE AND BREAK UP FAMILIES AND DESTROY US.

THAT'S WHY YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE THAT I. I'LL STAND THE GAP FOR THEM.

BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY I COULD STAND THE GAP IN WHAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

SO IF YOU'RE LISTENING OUT THERE, WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU.

WE LOVE YOU. AND YOUR FIRST MISSION IS TO JUST GET BACK HOME.

GET BACK HOME TO YOUR FAMILIES. AND AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WE LOST AN OUTSTANDING CITIZEN.

AND IT WAS DEVASTATING NEWS FOR ME TODAY. AND I WILL SAY THAT TOMORROW'S NEVER GUARANTEED. AND SO I CAN LOOK TO MY LEFT AND I CAN LOOK TO MY RIGHT AND I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, EVEN THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T AGREE WITH ME.

I LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY MY REPORTS.

MR. MORTON? YES. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT A I'VE GOT A FEW FEW ITEMS TONIGHT TO COVER.

[ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS:]

AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES WE'RE TRYING TO BRING, AND I'VE MENTIONED IT TO COUNCIL, I'VE MENTIONED TO PEOPLE IS, YOU KNOW, PALM BAY HAS NEVER HAD INSIGHT, END TO END CONTINUITY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO WE KEEP GOING FOR THESE ONE OFFS. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY BRING AN END TO END CONTINUITY SYSTEM.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS EVERYTHING FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT. WHY WOULD I WANT TO GO SHOP AT A SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S DILAPIDATED, UGLY, RUNDOWN, GARBAGE EVERYWHERE, POTHOLES WHEN I CAN GO FIVE MILES AWAY AND SHOP AT A BEAUTIFUL SHOPPING CENTER WHERE I FEEL SAFE, MY CAR DOESN'T HIT A TIRE AND GET A POTHOLE. RIGHT. SO HOW DOES CODE ENFORCEMENT IMPACT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? IT DOES IN MANY, MANY WAYS THAT MANY OF US DON'T THINK ABOUT.

IT'S OUR ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS. IT'S OUR POST INSPECTIONS, IT'S OUR TEACHERS.

IT'S THE FACT THAT THE ONLY SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN THE COUNTY FOR YEARS AGO WAS LOCATED UP IN COCOA BEACH, WHERE THE JOB CENTER, WE HAVE THE MOST EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY, THE MOST POPULATION IN COUNTY.

WHY DON'T WE HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER HERE, FUNDED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA PARTNERSHIP THROUGH UNIVERSITY HERE. IT'S THE HOSPITALITY APPROACH. SHOULD WE BRING PEOPLE INTO CITY HALL? IT'S OUR BILLING DEPARTMENT. IT'S OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. RIGHT. IT'S ALL THESE THINGS WORKING TOGETHER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. WE'RE MAKING SMALL MOVES NOW. WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME ALIGNMENT AND CHANGES AND GET SOME ORGANIZATION. AND THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

THE REASON I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IS AS PART OF THESE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING AROUND, IF ANYONE'S WATCHING US THINKING OF APPLYING OR MAYBE NOT FOR THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR POSITION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IN MY VIEW, IS MORE THAN JUST SOMEONE SITTING IN AN OFFICE WAITING FOR THE PHONE TO RING AND THEN RUNNING OUT TO MEET SOMEBODY, OR GETTING AN AIRLINE TICKET, OR HAVING A CODE NAME FOR A SPECIAL PROJECT.

IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROACTIVELY THINKING ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION IN OUR CITY, THAT WE'RE PROACTIVELY THINKING ABOUT THE INNER LINKS WE HAVE WITH OUR EDUCATION AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR TALENT PIPELINES WITH OUR JOB CREATORS, OUR FORMING A TRUE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY,

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I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ISSUED TO US.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PRESS THE NEEDLE ON THAT. WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CHALLENGES UNTIL WE GET THAT FULLY RESOLVED. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN HAMER BROUGHT TO US, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

BUT WE CREATED A PATH FORWARD TODAY, I BELIEVE, FOR THAT THAT BUSINESS OWNER, WE'RE WORKING WITH, THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE. AND AS WE SEE OBJECTIVE, CLEAR WAYS TO BRING PROPOSALS BACK, TO ADD TOOLS, YOU KNOW, I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE FIRST REACTIONS OF GOVERNMENT TRADITIONALLY IS WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WE HAD ANY REGULATION. THE PROBLEM DOESN'T FIX. WE HAD THREE NEW REGULATIONS IN THE TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT WITH THESE FOLKS WITH THE POOL CAGE. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT REMOVING REGULATIONS AND OBSTACLES AND BARRIERS ARE MAKING MORE COMMON SENSE OUT OF THINGS. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY WILLING TO LISTEN TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND ARGUMENTS. SO YES, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK COUNCILMAN WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ON INEFFICIENCIES. COUNCILMAN JAFFE. YOU KNOW, ALL YOU BRING THINGS TO ME.

YOU SEE, WE TRY TO TAKE THOSE INTO ACTION AND PUT THEM INTO A FRAMEWORK THAT'S GOING TO MAKE SENSE, RIGHT? NOT ALWAYS WHACKING THE FLY WITH THE SLEDGEHAMMER AS AN OVERREACTION, BUT HOW DO WE START ALIGNING THESE SYSTEMS? IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME. IT MIGHT BE PAINFUL, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND YOUR CONTINUED PRESSING IN ON THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BRING SOME CLARITY AROUND THAT. SO I'M PRAYING THAT WE FIND AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WHO CAN THINK THAT WAY. HE'S THINKING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THIS BIG.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT MANY, MANY MOVING PARTS, MANY COMPONENTS, MANY INTERACTIONS, ENGAGEMENTS AND CREATIVITY AROUND ALL THESE PARTS ZONING, LDC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ALL THESE THINGS THAT DO IMPACT, TO YOUR POINT, THE ABILITY TO START A BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. JASON, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WE GET SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN PALM BAY MAKES NO SENSE TO ME WHY IT ISN'T HERE IN CITY HALL ON THIS CAMPUS.

SO IF YOU'RE STARTING A MINISTRY, YOU COME IN AND YOU'VE GOT THOSE RESOURCES, THOSE INTERACTIONS AND THE HELP RIGHT HERE, INSTEAD OF NOT EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN COCOA DRIVING 45 MINUTES UP THERE TO GO GET SOME HELP.

SO SO I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. I KNOW YOU MIGHT GET UPSET FROM ME BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED, BUT, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON ASKED FOR A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS IN RESPECTS TO THE REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT FACILITY.

ASKED SOME REALLY GOOD, HARD QUESTIONS IS BECAUSE OF THOSE HARD QUESTIONS THAT HE ASKED.

HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WERE CARRYING IT FORWARD. IN ESSENCE, WE'RE RETURNING ABOUT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO THE TAXPAYERS OF PALM BAY ON A ON A REGIONAL WASTEWATER FACILITY PROJECT. SO THANKS FOR ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. GAVE US THE TOOLS TO GO IN AND NEGOTIATE HARD WITH THE CONTRACTORS.

AND AND HERE WE ARE, $363,000 GUARANTEED SAVINGS AND PROBABLY $200,000 MOVING FORWARD BACK TO THE RATEPAYERS OF PALM BAY.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SIR. GOOD JOB.

HEY THAT'S STAFF THAT'S STAFF. MR. MORTON I APPRECIATE IT, BUT THAT'S IT WAS JUST THINGS THAT MADE ME GO.

BUT I APPRECIATE STAFF FOR JUMPING ON THE BALL AND GETTING THAT DONE, SO THANK YOU ALL.

SO IS THAT FOR YOUR DOCTORATE THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON? SO PENDING PENDING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A COMPLETE IT OUTAGE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR EMERGENCY DISPATCH SERVICES.

POLICE DID AN EXPERT JOB. SO DID FIRE COORDINATING THERE ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF COMMUNICATION.

BUT FOR FRIDAY AND FOR SATURDAY AND MAYBE EVEN INTO SUNDAY, IF YOU TRY TO CALL CITY HALL, YOUR CALL WILL NOT GO THROUGH. WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING THIS AND COMMUNICATING IT AGAIN. IF YOU SEND US AN EMAIL, IT WILL NOT COME THROUGH. SO EMAILS MAY COME BACK TO US.

IN THE SYSTEM, CALLS WILL NOT BE STORED ANYWHERE.

WE'RE HOPING THE EMAILS GET STUCK IN THE SERVER AND COME OUT. THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A MAJOR INITIATIVE TO DO A FIBER CUT OVER, AND THERE JUST WAS SIMPLY NO WAY AROUND SOME SERVICE DISRUPTIONS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN IF YOU CALL US ON FRIDAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER.

WE PROMISE WE'RE NOT IGNORING YOU, AND YOU PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE. AND IF YOU WERE, WE MAY NEVER GET THAT MESSAGE. IF YOU SEND AN EMAIL AND YOU WONDER WHY YOU DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE.

WE MAY NOT HAVE EVER GOTTEN THAT EMAIL. SO IF PEOPLE CAN WAIT TILL MONDAY TO START COMMUNICATING UNLESS IT'S AN EMERGENCY, OF COURSE, AND TRADITIONAL EMERGENCY SYSTEMS WILL BE OPEN.

WE JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WE'RE IGNORING THEM OR THEY GOT LOST. BUT IT WILL BE A COMPLETE IT OUTAGE. BECAUSE OF THAT, OFFICES WILL HAVE LIMITED FUNCTIONALITY AND LIMITED INTEROPERABILITY.

WE COULD HAVE WORKED AROUND BETTER, BUT AS EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT CELL SERVICE IN BREVARD COUNTY.

AND SO A LOT OF OUR SYSTEMS THAT WOULD RELY ON THE REDUNDANCY OF CELLULAR COVERAGE JUST SIMPLY DON'T EXIST.

IN FACT, WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH VERIZON ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT INTEROPERABILITY MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR SKATE AND TELEMETRY SYSTEMS AND OUR UTILITY PLANTS, BECAUSE THOSE CAN BE AT RISK. SO IT'S A BIG ISSUE.

BUT AGAIN, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR COMMUNICATIONS COMING IN AND OUT OF CITY HALL.

HAD A GREAT CITY MANAGER COFFEY THIS WEEK. I CHANGED THE SCRIPT A LITTLE BIT AND WE LISTENED.

I LISTENED. I ASKED THE COMMUNITY TO TELL ME WHAT THEIR IDEAL VIEWS OF TRANSPARENCY WERE, HOW WE COULD BE MORE TRANSPARENT AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND ORGANIZATION.

AND MOST OF THE CONVERSATIONS REVOLVED AROUND IMPROVING ACCESS AND CLARITY TO OUR WEBSITE, AND THEN ALSO PUBLISHING SOMEWHERE ON THE WEBSITE THE RESPONSE TO ALL THE CITIZEN COMMENTS MONTHLY THAT WE DEAL WITH HERE, SO PEOPLE CAN GO FOLLOW UP WITH THE ANSWERS. A LOT OF TIMES WE DO TAKE FOLKS OUT, WE ANSWER A QUESTION. AND IN OUR MINDS,

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AND SO I THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING THAT BACK.

AND THEN LASTLY, ALONG WITH ALL THESE INITIATIVES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WHICH WHICH STAFF HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY RECEPTIVE TO, WE LAUNCHED OUR WHAT WE CALL OUR COMIC-CON, WHICH IS NOT A COMIC BOOK CONVENTION, BUT IT'S REALLY THE IDEA OF OF US GETTING AROUND OUR CITY'S NEEDS.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS IMPROVE MORE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD AND PROMOTE INTRAPARTUM INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION.

WE'RE IMPROVING OUR TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY AND CONSISTENCY INTERNALLY.

WE'RE IDENTIFYING RIGHT NOW INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE GAPS AND WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT OUR ONGOING CAPITAL PLANNING EFFORTS THAT REVOLVE AROUND OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE, HOW WE IMPACT OUR CITIZENS AND OUR CUSTOMERS, AND HOW WE SOLVE CONCERNS AROUND WASTEWATER, STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE, WATER, SOLID WASTE, PARKS AND REC, TRANSPORTATION, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND UTILITIES.

WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN THAT AROUND OUR GROWTH AND OUR FISCAL PLANNING IN ORDER TO HELP WITH OUR FISCAL PLANNING, AND WE'RE DOING THIS ALL TO STREAMLINE OUR CONCURRENCY.

AND WE REALLY THINK THAT THROUGH THAT ORDINARY REVIEW, IT'LL HELP US ACHIEVE BETTER LEVELS OF SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND BE MORE COMMUNICATIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ON UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR TRUE NEEDS ARE, NOT JUST TO BUILD THINGS, NOT JUST TO CREATE THE CITY, BUT TO SUSTAIN IT IN THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE HAD A GREAT KICKOFF SESSION TO THAT. SUPER EXCITED.

TWO MORE. TWO MORE ITEMS THAT I CANNOT NOT MENTION.

FIRST IS SIMPLE. TOMORROW, ALL DAY AT THE WALMARTS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE ENGAGED IN THE RING THE BELL CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS A GREAT INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT CHARITIES AND TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.

SO IF YOU CAN GET OUT, SEE YOUR FIREMEN RINGING THE BELL, PUT SOME CHANGE IN THE KETTLE. REALLY PROUD OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE PUSHING IN 24 OVER SEVEN JUST AS HARD AS ANY OTHER OF OUR FRONT LINE 24 SEVEN AGENCIES AND ACCOMPLISHING GREAT THINGS.

THEY'VE HAD A BIG PERIOD OF TRANSITION AS WELL, BUT REALLY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT CHIEF STOVER HAS DONE AND WHAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE DOING. HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO HAVE DINNER AT FIRE STATION ONE LAST WEEK, WAS THERE FOR A FEW HOURS, AND IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING TO SIT THERE AND TO HEAR AND TO LISTEN THE CONCERNS, THE CHALLENGES. BUT THE POSITIVE OUTLOOK, DESPITE ALL THE OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES THEY HAVE, THESE FOLKS ARE SO DEDICATED TO GO HIT IT 24 SEVEN AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HAD AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO SPEND TWO HOURS OUT AT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR ANNUAL PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE CELEBRATION.

YOU KNOW, JUST PHENOMENAL TO MEET THE FOLKS THAT GET IT DONE.

SAME THING 24 OVER SEVEN. WE DON'T GIVE THEM A LOT OF CREDIT OR RECOGNITION OR AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD GET, BUT THEY'RE LITERALLY OUT AND ABOUT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR GETTING IN THE DITCHES.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES EMPLOYEE DOWN SOUTH OF HERE, RIGHT? DANGEROUS WORK, HARD WORK. STANDING OUT IN TRAFFIC, DOING THOSE THINGS. SO WHAT A PLEASURE IT WAS TO BE INVITED TO SPEND TIME TO EAT LUNCH, TO SERVE WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS. AND JUST WHAT A DEDICATED, FANTASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE WE'VE GOT THERE.

REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. WELL, AND MADAM SMITH, NOTHING FURTHER.

SO I'D LIKE TO END WITH TOMORROW EVENING. IT'S THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTING.

BE THERE. AND THEN SATURDAY EVENING WE HAVE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

WOO HOO!

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.