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ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED. LET'S CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

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THIS IS REGULAR MEETING 20 2512 OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.

COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES. REBECCA.

PRESENT. VICE CHAIR, GUITAR BOARD MEMBER. AJARI HERE.

BOARD MEMBER. CARR. MORE. BOARD MEMBER. JOHNSON.

MR.. MAUREEN. MISS. DOCTOR. LIVINGSTON. MR. MCNEELY. HERE, MR.. COSTELLO. PRESENT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WELCOME. WE DO HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER HERE TONIGHT.

DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US A BRIEF INTRO? SURE. YEP.

MY NAME IS MATTHEW. I'M A RETAIL BANKING MANAGER WITH VALLEY BANK HERE IN BAREFOOT BAY.

EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.

ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. I DO NOT HAVE ANY SIGN UP CARDS I DON'T THINK OKAY.

SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OLDER UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

[OLD/UNFINISHED BUSINESS]

AND THAT'S THE UPDATE ON THE FINAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE INCENTIVE STRATEGIES MISS CARTER.

YES I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD. WE SENT OUT COMMENTS.

CARMEN SENT COMMENTS TO YOU ON EVERY ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE ON THE INCENTIVE STRATEGIES AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

WE ANSWERED ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD WAS SATISFIED WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU.

TANYA RAMOS UNFORTUNATELY, IS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY.

SO WE WILL HAVE A NEW PLANNER THAT WILL BE COMING ANYTIME THAT WE HAVE, ANYTHING TO DO WITH REGULATORY OR INCENTIVE STRATEGIES WILL HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO COME.

BUT SHE SHE'S NO LONGER WITH THE CITY. WE DID GET THE WE TOOK THIS THE INCENTIVE STRATEGIES TO THE TO CITY COUNCIL LAST THURSDAY EVENING ON DECEMBER THE 18TH AND IT WAS APPROVED FIVE UNANIMOUSLY. AND THEN NOW WE WILL SUBMIT THAT TO THE STATE BEFORE ON TOMORROW, WE'LL SET OUR SEND OUR INCENTIVE STRATEGY SO THAT OUR SHIP PROGRAM CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE.

IT'S REQUIRED BY DECEMBER 31ST. SO JUST WANT TO UPDATE THE BOARD.

ONE OF THE OTHER COMMENTS, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WE TALKED ABOUT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND THAT BEING HIGHLY USED IN THE CITY BY BOTH FOR BOTH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL AS VERY WELL OFF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO ADD ON TO THEIR HOMES DWELLING UNIT. BUT WHAT WE'RE ALSO FINDING IS UNDER OUR DEPARTMENT, THE PERMIT, THE BUILDING REDUCTION AND PERMITTING PROGRAM IS VERY HIGHLY USED.

WE'RE USING IT ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS AS WELL AS THERE'S A NEW PROJECT THAT'S BEING BUILT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.

IT'S A SENIOR CITIZEN COMPLEX, 263 UNITS IN PALM BAY.

AND THAT APARTMENT ALSO RECEIVED THE REDUCTION IN PERMITTING.

SO WE'RE SEEING THAT INCENTIVE BEING HIGHLY USED.

OKAY. DID THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INCENTIVE STRATEGIES REPORT? HEARING NONE. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS NEW BUSINESS.

[NEW BUSINESS]

AND THAT'S OUR PRESENTATIONS BY NON-PROFITS FOR CDBG PROGRAM INCOME FUNDING.

MISS CARTER, DO YOU WANT TO KICK THAT OFF FOR US? OKAY, WE WE'RE HAVING EVERYBODY TO SPEAK ACCORDING TO THE WAY THAT YOU CAME IN.

SO THERE WERE SIX APPLICATIONS, AND THE FIRST ONE IS JOSH HODAK FROM CITY OF PALM BAY.

AND JUST WHILE HE'S COMING UP, I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE MISSED MISS WALKER ON THE ROLL CALL, BUT SHE IS NOT PRESENT THIS EVENING, SO I JUST WANT TO MARK THAT DOWN FOR CARMEN. OKAY.

HI, JOSH. HOW ARE YOU? HELLO.

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GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. AND TAKING OUR PROPOSAL FOR THE CDBG FUNDING TO IMPROVE OUR CITY PARKS.

THE CONTRIBUTORS FOR THIS WERE OUR DIRECTOR, GREG MINOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WHO'S HERE, STEVE WITTEN OUR OUR FACILITIES MANAGER, LARRY, OR HIS SUPERINTENDENT TOMMY, WILLIAM HOLMES AND PARK SUPERVISOR, ERIC SHERMAN AND MYSELF, DIVISION MANAGER JOSH HUDAK.

WE SUBMITTED WE SUBMITTED FOR SUBMITTALS. I KNOW YOU GIVE THREE MINUTES, BUT I'M GOING TO COMBINE IT DOWN INTO THREE IF THAT'S OKAY.

OKAY. SO FIRST OFF I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS.

I HAVE TONS AND TONS OF PICTURES FROM ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, BUT THIS IS FROM FISCAL YEAR 25.

STARTING IN THE TOP LEFT WE WERE ABLE TO DO FOUR SOFTBALL FIELDS, REMOVE ALL THE CLAY, WHICH IS THE PICTURE ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT.

THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT SHOWS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REUSE SOME OF THAT OLD CLAY TO MAKE A WARNING TRACK FOR ALL FOUR FIELDS.

IT GIVES US A NICE BUFFER TO LET YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE CATCH GOING TO CATCH A POP FLY TO NOT RUN INTO THE FENCE, AND THEN THE FENCE THAT YOU SEE THERE. WE WERE ABLE TO INSTALL ALL NEW FENCING AROUND THE ENTIRE ENTIRE BALL FIELDS TO INCLUDE ALSO THE BACKSTOP FENCING WHAT YOU SEE DOWN THE BOTTOM. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO COMPLETELY REDO ALL FOUR BATHROOMS TO HAVE TILE.

NICE DROP DOWN CEILINGS WITH WITH LIGHTING, ALL NEW PARTITIONS, ALL NEW AMENITIES.

TO CONTINUE ON WITH LIBERTY PARK. YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT DOWN THERE THAT IS THE NEW CLAY, BUT UP TO OUR NEW ATHLETIC FIELD OR TURF, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THE WHOLE FIELD, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO PART OF THE FIELD AND PART OF THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

WILL, WE'LL BE ASKING FOR SOME MORE TURF. DOWN THE BOTTOM RIGHT FINISHES OUT WHAT WE DID AT LIBERTY PARK.

THAT'S BRAND NEW, EIGHT FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK BY SIX INCHES DEEP.

AND LAST YEAR, WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO COMPLETELY REDO THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS AT KEN GREEN PARK.

AND IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND THERE'S SOME POP UP TENTS.

THAT'S OUR NEWEST DOG PARK IN THE CITY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.

A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS UP HERE WERE DONE WITH IN-HOUSE LABOR COMBINED WITH WITH CONTRACT HELP.

SO TONIGHT, WE'LL BE ASKING FOR TWO PARKS. WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR NEW BASKETBALL COURTS, THE NORTH AND SOUTH COURTS AT DRISCOLL PARK, ALONG WITH SOME SIDEWALKS THAT THAT ARE NOT EXISTING TO GIVE US SOME ADA ACCESS TO THOSE COURTS, AS WELL AS CONTINUE ON WITH LIBERTY PARK REDO, DO AN OVERLAY ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH PARKING LOTS THERE, THE ORIGINAL PARKING LOTS TO THE TO THE PARK WITH THE PARKING LOTS.

WE'LL ADD NEW LINES AND NEW PARKING STOPS, AS WELL AS CONTINUE ON WITH ALMOST ANOTHER THOUSAND FEET OF SIDEWALK AND CONTINUE ON WITH COMPLETING ATHLETIC TURF ON ON A COUPLE OF FIELDS.

SO STARTING OFF WITH DRISCOLL PARK, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE NORTH BASKETBALL COURT ON THE NORTH END OF THE PARK.

AND ON YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER PICTURES. THE SUBBASE IS STARTING TO FAIL ON THESE COURTS THERE.

THE ORIGINAL COURTS, THEY HAVE HAD AN OVERLAY.

WE'VE. YEAH. DO WHAT YOU HAVE ONLY THREE MINUTES.

HE HAS FOUR PROJECTS, THOUGH. OH, OKAY. YEAH.

IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE? YEAH. IS THAT ALRIGHT? OKAY, I'LL SPEED IT UP. OKAY. THE SUBBASE IS FAILING.

THE THE THE COURTS WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETELY REDONE.

WE'LL USE IN-HOUSE LABOR WITH OUR DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS TO REMOVE THE COURTS AND DISPOSE OF THEM.

THE COURT YOU CAN SEE ON THE NORTH DOESN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK.

HERE'S THE SOUTH COURT. THE SOUTH COURTS AT THE TOP OF THE PICTURE.

IT ALSO DOESN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK, SO WE'LL BE ADDING IN A EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK FOR 80 FULL ADA ACCESS.

WANTED TO KNOW, I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE DONE SOME REPAIR AND OVERLAY AND SOME REPAIR.

YOU CAN SEE IN THAT BOTTOM PICTURE THERE WHERE THAT LIGHT COLOR, THERE'S 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT COLORS OF PAINT. YOU CAN SEE JUST TO SHOW THE AGE OF THE, OF THE COURTS. MOVING ON TO LIBERTY. SO WE'VE DONE A COUPLE THOUSAND LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK AT LIBERTY.

THE OLD SIDEWALK, THE ORIGINAL SIDEWALK WAS FOUR INCHES THICK.

THAT CRACKS WITH TRACTORS AND TRUCKS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT DRIVE OVER IT.

THIS YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING ANOTHER 950 LINEAR FEET.

WE'LL PUT IT BACK AT 8 INCH OR 8 FOOT WIDE, SIX INCHES THICK UP HERE.

SOME OF THE CURRENT SIDEWALK WHERE IT'S CRACKING.

ALSO, SINCE WE'VE PUT IN THE LAST SIDEWALK, MORE SIDEWALK CRACKS EVERY YEAR.

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SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE ATHLETIC TURF. EVERYTHING THAT'S SHADED DARK GREEN IS NON-ATHLETIC TURF.

SO IT'S WEEDS AND AND AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRASSES.

EVERYTHING. THAT'S NOT AS WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS FROM THE BALL FIELD.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING 200,000 200,000FT² OF THE 312,000FT² THAT'S REMAINING.

THAT WILL COMPLETE TWO FULL BALL FIELDS. SO WE'LL HAVE TWO FIELDS THAT ARE COMPLETELY TOURNAMENT READY, ATHLETIC FOR ATHLETIC PLAY. THE NORTH PARKING LOT.

SO THIS SERVICES THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK, THE WALKING TRAILS, THE BASKETBALL COURTS, THE THE MULTI-USE HOCKEY RINK THAT'S THERE, THE PLAYGROUND AND THE RESTROOMS THAT'S THERE.

THERE'S ABOUT 2400FT². YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PICTURES THAT THERE'S SOME MINOR REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE JUST SURFACING.

WE'LL DO AN OVERLAY. SO IT'S GOT THAT NICE SHINY BLACK SURFACE AND IT'LL REALLY MAKE THAT PARK POP.

AND THEN WE'LL ADD IN STRIPING AS WELL. YOU SEE THE CROSSWALK AND THE AND THE STOP, AS WELL AS PARKING LINES, THE SOUTH PARKING LOTS A LITTLE BIGGER. IT'S 99,000FT².

THIS SERVICE IS THE THE SOUTH TRAILS, THE EOC AND FIRE STATION HEADQUARTERS, THE MAINTENANCE AND MAINTENANCE BUILDING FOR FACILITIES AS WELL. IT'S THE MAIN PARKING FOR OUR SOFTBALL FIELDS THERE.

AND YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF LARGE EVENT, IT'S MORE PARKING.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE REPAIRS.

THAT'S THIS IS THE ROAD LEADING UP TO THE PARKING LOT, AS WELL AS IN THE PARKING LOT.

THERE'S SOME MINOR REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, AND THEN A WHOLE BUNCH OF PARKING LOT STRIPING.

SAME THING WILL GIVE IT THAT NICE SHINY BLACK OVERLAY IN THE PARKING LOT.

WILL WILL HAVE NICE NEW LINES ON IT. DOWN AT THE BOTTOM HERE YOU CAN SEE THE LINES ARE ANGLED.

THAT'S WHERE THE FIRE STATION BRINGS IN SOME OF THEIR TRUCKS AND DOES SOME SOME OF THEIR TRAINING.

THE COMPLETE OUT THE PARKING LOTS. WE'RE REQUESTING TO DO 150 PARKING STOPS.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON THE SMALL PICTURES, BUT THAT ONE UP TOP IN THE MIDDLE, IT'S KIND OF FOLD IT IN HALF.

THOSE PARKING STOPS. ARE THIS A RUBBER TYPE PARKING STOP? THEY'RE PRETTY FLIMSY. WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT IN ALL NEW CONCRETE PARKING STOPS AND THEN SAFETY SPIKES.

WHAT SAFETY SPIKES ARE. IT'S INSTEAD OF A PIECE OF REBAR THAT PARKING STOPS TYPICALLY COME WITH, IT'S A SPIKE WITH A CURVED METAL TOP. SO THAT WAY IF THEY DO MOVE OR SHIFT, IF SOMEBODY STEPS ON THEM OR FALLS ON THEM, IT'S A ROUND, BLUNT EDGE. IT ALSO DOESN'T TEAR UP CARS AS BAD AS A AS A PIECE OF REBAR STICKING UP.

SO I SPED THROUGH THAT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND CONSIDERATION FOR THESE COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, WHERE WE ARE DOWN TO EARTH AND UP TO GREAT THINGS.

THAT'S GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. I GOT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, SIR.

I WAS I WAS LISTENING FOR THAT VETERAN PARK TO SEE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE FIXING THAT SOCCER FIELD OVER THERE.

FOR VETERANS. YEAH. I WOULD LOVE TO DO VETERANS PARK, BUT IT'S NOW OUTSIDE OF THE CDBG ZONES.

OKAY, WE MISSED IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS MAYBE JUST GET UP TO DATE.

YEAH, I HAD PLANS, BUT MAYBE MAYBE IT'LL FALL BACK IN THE NEXT ROUND.

IS THAT ONE OF THE ONES THAT MOVED? THAT CHANGED WITH THE CENSUS TRACK? THAT WAS VETERANS PARK. DENISE, IS THAT THE ONE THAT FELL OUT OF THE CENSUS TRACK FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.

WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT. OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. I REMEMBER IT WAS IN AND THEN IT WASN'T. YEP.

SO TO PLAY IT ON THE SAFE SIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHORT TIME.

YEAH. ALL THESE PROJECTS WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE BEFORE JUNE 30TH.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO. EXCUSE ME. I THINK AT ONE POINT IT DIDN'T, BUT I THINK WE GOT SOME NEW DATA.

SO WE'LL GO BACK. WE'LL BRING THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU. THAT THAT'D BE GREAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, THEY'RE THEY'RE ALL SHOVEL READY.

WE'RE READY TO GO ON THEM. WE'LL HAVE THEM COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF END OF JUNE. GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING SHOVEL READY PROJECTS, BECAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS KIND OF COME IN CLUTCH WHEN WE HAVE THESE SHORT TIME FRAMES AND ARE ARE ABLE TO HELP THE CITY PULL THESE OUT.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING READY TO GO. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU GUYS HELPED US WITH WITH OUR PARKS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. MADAM CHAIR, CAN WE GO BACK SO THAT THE THE AUDIENCE, THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHO? SOME OF US ARE OUR STAFF. AND I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE THE HAVE HER INTRODUCE HERSELF THE THE THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY THAT'S SITTING IN TONIGHT.

MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TANYA EARLY.

I'M SITTING IN FOR MR. EDWARDS THIS EVENING. AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

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EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR STAFF ELENA SALAZAR, WHO'S OUR SENIOR HOUSING SPECIALIST. CARMEN JOURNEY, WHO'S IN THE BACK? BACK THERE? AND SHE'S OUR HOUSING SPECIALIST.

AND THEN VAL TERRY, WHO'S OUR HOUSING SPECIALIST.

SO ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN A PART OF OF OUR PACKAGE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER THIS EVENING.

VERY HARD WORKING STAFF RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. NEXT. ERIC. OKAY. SCOTT PHILIP FROM MATTHEWS. HOPE. SO I THINK YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO THROUGH.

YOU THINK YOU WILL DO IT? YEAH. NO. THIS ONE.

RIGHT THERE. HOW DO WE EXACTLY SCORE THESE DIFFERENT? I'M GOING TO ASK BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. IS THAT THE.

YEAH. THE FIRST SLIDE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S ALREADY GETTING RID OF ME.

I'VE JUST GOT HERE. YOUR TIME'S ALREADY UP. NO.

YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. ARE WE THREE MINUTES? FOUR MINUTES? WHAT ARE WE, THREE MINUTES? THREE MINUTES.

OKAY. CAN WE RESET HIM? CARMEN. SO HE GETS HIS FULL THREE MINUTES.

WHAT? THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS SCOTT.

I'M THE FOUNDER OF MATTHEWS HOPE. WE HAVE FOUND THE NEED TO COME DOWN THIS WAY BECAUSE YOUR FOLKS ARE FINDING THEIR NEED TO COME DOWN MY WAY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING WE HAVE COMMITTED TO WORKING THROUGHOUT BREVARD COUNTY.

PART OF WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT HAS MADE US SUCCESSFUL AND WHY WE GET SO MANY AWARDS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S JUST A FEW OF THEM. THERE IS EVERYTHING BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS.

THAT'S REALLY IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HOMELESSNESS, YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS.

MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS IN A BIG WAY. WE'VE SIGNIFICANTLY INVESTED IN MENTAL HEALTH, PROPER NUTRITION AND SLEEPING SAFELY MATTERS AS WELL, WHICH WE'RE NOT SEEING A WHOLE LOT OF SINCE HB 1365 WENT INTO PLAY.

IN FACT, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF ANXIETY IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND MORE BAKER ACTING AND MORE SUICIDES THAN WE HAVE WITNESSED IN SOME TIME.

THAT WILL DO THAT. WHEN YOU TREAT PEOPLE LIKE ANIMALS. THE IMPORTANT THING WE WANT TO SHOW YOU IS ON THESE SLIDES IS WE TREAT THE WHOLE PERSON.

OUR GOAL WITH YOU ALL IS TO BRING A MOBILE TEAM INTO PALM BAY AND CONNECT PEOPLE WITH SERVICES THEY NEED.

JUST A FEW THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS THAT IN THAT IS WE HAVE OUR OWN MEDICAL TEAM.

WE HAVE OUR OWN MENTAL HEALTH TEAM, WE HAVE LAUNDRY SERVICE, WE HAVE SHOWERS, WE HAVE A MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL.

I CAN CONTINUE TO GO ON. YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND BOTTOM CORNER.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WE START REALLY EARLY. AND THE REASON WE START REALLY EARLY IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THESE PEOPLE START GETTING CHASED OFF.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED ON THE MOBILE UNITS THEMSELVES.

THERE'S FOOD, CLOTHING AND HYGIENE. AND OCCASIONALLY WE WILL BRING A MENTAL HEALTH PERSON AND, OR A MEDICAL PERSON OUT INTO THE FIELD WITH US.

WHAT'S INTERESTING ALSO IS SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE YOU SEE PICTURED IN THESE PICTURES WERE ACTUALLY FORMER GUESTS OF MATTHEW'S HOPE THAT ARE NOW WORKING WITH US.

THE GAL ON THE FAR RIGHT, BOTTOM SECOND TO TO THE FAR RIGHT WAS A HEROIN ADDICT THAT LOST HER CHILDREN TO DCF, WHO NOW OWNS HER OWN HOUSE, AND SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR FOR ORANGE COUNTY.

WE DO THIS FOR YOU. GOTTA MAKE IT EASY. YOU GOTTA MAKE IT EASY.

SO YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A MEDICAL VAN THAT GOES OUT.

WE HAVE A MOBILE BUS THAT GOES OUT AND PICKS PEOPLE UP.

THEY WILL COME IN TWICE A WEEK. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOSTLY TONIGHT IS ON THE RIGHT THERE.

AND THAT'S THE MOBILE VANS THAT GO OUT TO SEE THE TEAMS TO GO OUT AND IDENTIFY THESE FOLKS, GET THEM INTO THE SYSTEM AND START CONNECTING THEM WITH SERVICES.

IF THEY'RE WANTING TO GET CONNECTED WITH OTHER SERVICES, THAT THE BUS WILL COME OUT THE FOLLOWING DAY. SO BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO COME INTO PALM BAY FOUR TIMES A WEEK. I CAN'T GET INTO THIS, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT'S WHAT SHE LOOKED LIKE BEFORE.

BIG CHANGE. WE GOT TO MAKE IT EASY. WE'RE LOOKING TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND INTO A LIFE OF INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-SUSTAINABILITY.

SO PART OF THAT IS WHAT WE TALK OUR WORKING PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE WORK THEMSELVES INTO HOUSING, WORK THEMSELVES INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF OWNING A CAR AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

LASTLY, I'LL SAY, BECAUSE I'M GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME HERE IN A SECOND. OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BRING OUR SLEEPER BUS DOWN THIS WAY, ONE OF OUR SLEEPER BUSSES, SO THAT WE'RE HITTING IT FROM ALL ANGLES, THAT WE'RE CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH THE SERVICE THEY NEED, GETTING THEM, THE REST THEY NEED, AND THEN GETTING THEM BACK ON THEIR FEET SO THEY CAN BE INDEPENDENT AND SELF-SUFFICIENT.

GOOD JOB. I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE THE SLEEPER BUS THAT'S COMING, RIGHT? PENDING. WELL, SOME OTHER THINGS. IT'S. WE'VE ALREADY GOT NEARLY TWO OF THEM.

CAN WE HAVE TWO OF THEM COMPLETE? AND WE'RE DOING OUR THIRD.

SHOULD BE READY BY THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

OKAY, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR HOST SITES.

OKAY SOME OF THE CITIES WE WORK WITH HAVE IDENTIFIED SITES THAT THEY CAN ARE WILLING TO HOST, AND OTHERS HAVE PUT US IN CONNECTION WITH CHURCHES AND WHAT HAVE YOU THAT CAN HOST THOSE AS WELL?

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I THINK THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING YOU ALL WANT TO KNOW RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S GOING TO PLAY WELL IN JUST SOME OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT, IS 35% OF OUR FIRST TIME HOMELESS RIGHT NOW, FIRST TIME ARE BABY BOOMERS FOLLOWED UP BY PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES THAT HAVE OUTLIVED THEIR CAREGIVERS.

IF YOU AREN'T GETTING READY FOR THAT, YOU BETTER GET READY FOR IT. I AM A BABY BOOMER.

MY MOTHER'S A BABY BOOMER. THAT MEANS THIS IS GOING TO BE A 20 TO 25 YEAR SWING, AND IT'S COMING AND WE CAN'T STOP IT.

YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO YOU CAN SERVE 1440 INDIVIDUALS WITH THIS REQUEST FOR $10,700, CORRECT. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE BULK OF THE EXPENSE OF THAT.

THAT'S ABOUT $46,000 FOR THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD.

EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY I LIKE THE IDEA ABOUT THE MENTAL ILLNESS.

I THINK MENTAL ILLNESS IS ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEM IN THE WORLD TODAY.

SO PLEASE FOCUS ON THAT. THANK YOU. IT I WILL TELL YOU THIS AND I'LL STAND BY THIS TILL THE DAY I DIE.

WE DON'T HAVE A WE DON'T HAVE AN ALCOHOL AND DRUG ISSUE.

WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. I CAN TELL YOU, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT WE SEE, 99% OF THEM HAVE SOME TYPE OF TRAUMA.

AND BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT OR DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, END UP SELF-MEDICATING.

SO IF WE INVEST OUR MONEY IN THE RIGHT AREAS, WE COULD PROBABLY KICK THIS THING IN THE BUTT.

PERFECTLY, PERFECTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A QUICK PLUG FOR THE POINT IN TIME COUNT WHILE YOU'RE UP HERE? IT'S COMING. I WILL TELL YOU NEXT MONTH. RIGHT.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, IT'S A BASICALLY A HOMELESS CENSUS THAT WILL START.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE DATE NOW ABOUT THE THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY, I THINK. IS THAT RIGHT, CHARLENE? IT'S OKAY.

20 SOMETHING. AND THAT'S WHEN BASICALLY, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE US WILL GO OUT ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND LITERALLY TRY TO GET A COUNT OF WHO IS HOMELESS.

THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE, LIKE LAST YEAR, I THINK THEY SAID HOMELESSNESS DIDN'T GROW LAST YEAR.

NO. HOMELESS GREW SIGNIFICANTLY LAST YEAR, MORE THAN ANY YEAR.

BUT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MOVEMENT NOW WITH THIS NEW LAW PUTTING IN PLACE THAT IT'S VERY HARD TO GET THE COUNT.

BUT HERE'S WHAT I CAN ALSO TELL YOU. OUT OF MY COCOA LOCATION, WE HAVE OURSELVES HAVE ROUGHLY 2500 PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE REGISTERED THROUGH US. THE ENTIRE COUNT FOR BREVARD COUNTY WAS 1065, I BELIEVE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS ARE WAY, WAY, WAY OFF.

AND THAT'S THAT'S EVEN CONSIDERING THAT THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT.

BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF HUD WILL DIRECT HOW THEIR MONEY GOES TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT TIME POINT IN TIME COUNT HAPPEN.

BUT IT'S KIND OF CRAZY AT THE SAME TIME. YEAH.

AND I THINK THERE IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT EFFORT.

ALWAYS HOMELESS COALITION KIND OF. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO DEEP IN THE WOODS. I KNOW YOU DON'T. THAT THAT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE.

BUT THEY ALWAYS NEED HELP. SO THAT'S A BIG EFFORT THAT THEY DO EVERY YEAR.

SO HUGE THANK YOU. APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CATHOLIC CHURCH OF CENTRAL FLORIDA.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO FROM AJ MATTERS. I DIDN'T WANT TO DESTROY YOUR LAST NAME, SO.

THAT'S OKAY. I RESPOND TO ANYTHING, SO. ALL RIGHT, SO NO HE'S WITH MATTHEWS ARE OKAY.

THEY MUST HAVE HAD TO LEAVE EARLY. GOT IT, GOT IT.

I WONDER WHAT WAS PRINTED. DIDN'T MAKE SENSE WHAT HE WAS SAYING.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M TOM CAMDEN, CEO OF AGING MATTERS IN BREVARD.

I LEFT MY PRESENTATION IN MY OFFICE, SO I'M GOING OFF MY PHONE.

HERE WE GO. SO WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 60 YEARS.

OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY IN BREVARD COUNTY, SERVING THE SENIORS AS A LEAD AGENCY.

OUR SERVICES FOCUS ON NUTRITION. MEALS ON WHEELS.

WE HAVE 13 CONGREGATE DINING SITES IN THE COUNTY.

WE DO TRANSPORTATION, IN-HOME CARE SUPPORT, CAREGIVER SUPPORT AND RESOURCES.

AND WE HAVE OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES OVER 800 VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

OUR MISSION IS SERVING THE AGING CITIZENS OF BREVARD COUNTY, SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE, KEEPING SOMEBODY IN THEIR HOME AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

OUR TARGETED CLIENTELE IS BENEFITING CLIENTS THAT ARE AGE 60 AND OVER AND GENERALLY PRESUMED TO BE PRINCIPALLY LOW OR MODERATE INCOME, AND THEY'RE MOSTLY HOMEBOUND. AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES.

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OUR MEASURES OF SERVICE, FINANCIAL STABILITY, MAXIMIZING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THE CDBG GRANTS ACROSS BREVARD COUNTY AS WE LEVERAGE OTHER FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE QUANTITY OF SENIORS SERVED.

INCREASING SERVICE CAPACITY IS REDUCING FOOD INSECURITY, INCREASING THE SENIORS CAPACITY TO EATING A WELL-BALANCED MEAL DAILY AND IMPROVING AGING IN PLACE STATISTICS. REDUCING ISOLATION AND INCREASING SAFETY CHECKS IN IN HOMEBOUND SENIORS.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE OUR REACH IN PALM BAY. WELL, CURRENTLY WE'RE SERVING 82 CLIENTS AND OUR WAITING LIST IS 86 CLIENTS.

IN PALM BAY ALONE, WE HAVE OVER 260 CLIENTS IN OUR SYSTEM THAT ARE ON THE WAIT LIST.

WE ARE SERVING IN FOUR FOUR DIFFERENT ZIP CODES IN PALM BAY, AND ONE OF THOSE PALM BAY RESIDENTS IS ADELA.

ADELA IS A 75 YEAR OLD WOMAN WITH ADVANCED DEMENTIA.

SHE EXPERIENCES NIGHTTIME AGITATION, IS AT, AND IS AT RISK OF WANDERING WHEN LEFT ALONE DURING THE DAY, PLACING ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON HER CAREGIVER. AGING MATTER HAS WORKED WITH THE FAMILY TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE CARE PLAN THAT INCLUDED IN-HOME HOMEMAKING SERVICES AND MEALS ON WHEELS DELIVERY FIVE DAYS A WEEK, PROVIDING DAILY SUPERVISION, A WELLNESS CHECK AND REASSURANCE FOR THE FAMILY.

NOW, OUR CASE MANAGEMENT ALSO CONNECTED THE FAMILY WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING HOME SECURITY, CAMERA RECOMMENDATIONS, HOSPICE SERVICES RELATED TO THE ADVANCED DEMENTIA, AND A TRACKING DEVICE TO HELP LOCATE CEDELLA IF SHE WANDERS, ALLOWING HER TO REMAIN SAFELY IN HER HOME AND EASING THE CAREGIVER BURDEN.

NOW, AGING MATTERS PLAN IS. OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO REDUCE THE WAITING LIST BY SERVING AN ADDITIONAL 48 INDIVIDUALS IN THE PALM BAY AREA, TARGETING THE MOST CRITICAL NEEDS FIRST. THE PALM BAY CDBG FUNDS WILL BE AT $4.25 PER MEAL, AND THESE EFFORTS WILL BE SPENT THROUGH THE JANUARY THROUGH JUNE PERIOD.

BY PARTNERING WITH AGING MATTERS AND PALM AND PALM BAY, WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT THE SENIORS AND ENSURE THAT THEY REMAIN HEALTHY, INDEPENDENT AND ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND FURTHER, THE PALM BAY VISION OF A PERFECT PLACE TO GROW FOR ALL AGES.

GOOD JOB. ANY QUESTIONS FOR AGING MATTERS? I'VE JUST GOT ONE COMMENT.

SO YOU BASICALLY DOING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER 6000 MEALS WITH.

YES, AT FOUR BUCKS A MEAL, PRETTY MUCH 26,000 COVERS THAT, CORRECT? YES, YES. AND WE'LL SUPPLEMENT THAT THROUGH THE OUR OTHER FUNDING.

GOT IT. YES. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. SO YOU GOT VOLUNTEERS DOING THE DELIVERY? WE HAVE 143 VOLUNTEERS JUST IN PALM BAY DELIVERING.

HE ALWAYS NEEDS VOLUNTEERS ALSO. YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S THE AMAZING PART. THEY'RE AMAZING. AND WE HAVE A, WE HAVE ABOUT 80 PAID STAFF THAT DO YOU KNOW, TO RUN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO AND WE RUN ALL THE MEALS OUT OF OUR KITCHEN IN COCOA.

GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST COMMENT IF YOU WANT TO SHARE. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THIS AT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES DINNER A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR WAIT LIST RIGHT NOW? IT'S A LOT, RIGHT? YES. SO IT'S OVER 260 RIGHT NOW.

WE HAD A LITTLE SUCCESS WITH OUR ADOPTED SENIOR SOCIETY, SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ALMOST 30 PEOPLE OFF IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS THROUGH DONATIONS.

BUT STILL, IT JUST CONTINUES TO GROW. EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND, THERE'S MORE PEOPLE IN NEED. THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED. AND I THINK YOUR AGENCY ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB. AND FOR ME, IT'S IT'S NOT JUST THE MEALS, IT'S THAT CONTACT THAT THEY PROVIDE WITH THE SENIORS AND THE OTHER THE SAFETY CHECK.

AND I TELL PEOPLE WE SAVE AT LEAST FIVE LIVES EVERY YEAR BY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT SAFETY CHECK AND STOPPING SOMEBODY FROM BEING ON THE FLOOR, YOU KNOW, OR BEING IN DISTRESS. YEAH. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE GREATER MELBOURNE POWELL.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARTINA JONES.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE GREATER MELBOURNE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE. AND THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO PALM BAY IS GOING TO BE CREATIVE ARTS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOR THE YOUTH. HOPE. NEW HOPE. I THINK THAT WAS NEW HOPE DOES IT FOR THE ADULTS.

SO WE'RE BRINGING THE PROGRAM TO OUR OUR YOUTH.

THE CREATIVE OF ARTS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.

IT'S IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO BE FOR OUR YOUTH.

IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AMONG YOUTH ARE RISING, ESPECIALLY IN THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

THIS PROGRAM IS A YOUTH FOCUSED PROGRAM DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH CREATIVE WRITING.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH TIKTOK I WORK WITH A LOT OF KIDS, SO I HEAR TIKTOK ALL THE TIME WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW.

THERE'S A TREND ON TIKTOK WHERE KIDS ARE POSTING THE DATE THAT THEY WERE IN THEIR LIVES, AND THE REASON I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS IS THROUGH OUR KIDS.

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AND ALSO IT HAPPENED TO ONE OF OUR KIDS IN OUR IN OUR PROGRAM, NOT IN MY PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY, BUT SOMEONE ELSE'S PROGRAM IN SATELLITE BEACH PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM TO CATCH THE KIDS EARLY.

WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH? MENTAL HEALTH EQUALS EMOTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING. IT AFFECTS HOW WE THINK, HOW WE FEEL AND HOW WE ACT.

HOW THE ARTS WILL HELP THE YOUTH. IT WILL HELP THEM EMOTIONALLY.

IT WILL BOOST THEIR CONFIDENCE, BUILD SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, STRENGTHEN THE BRAIN AND REDUCE STRESS.

OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE GOING TO BE LOCAL ARTISTS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, SCHOOLS, VOLUNTEERS AND MENTORS. OUR TARGET CLIENTELE WILL BE YOUTH AGES 10 TO 16.

FROM THE MODERATE, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES RESIDING IN THE PALM BAY AREA.

OUR COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAM INTEGRATES ARTS AND MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS WITH THE GOALS IN FOSTERING SUSTAINED, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ADULTS, MENTORS, AND YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE PROGRAM GOALS IS TO PROMOTE EMOTIONAL AWARENESS, BUILD COPING SKILLS, FOSTER COMMUNITY CONNECTION, ENCOURAGE POSITIVE IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE ARTS, GROW SOCIALLY THROUGH CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND LEARN COOPERATIVE TOLERANCE. OUR PROGRAM IMPACT IS GOING TO BE OUR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS, MUSIC AND ART INSTRUCTORS, MENTORS, AND SPEAKERS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, VISUAL ARTS, MOVEMENT AND DANCE WELLNESS WELLNESS WORKSHOPS THAT WILL ALSO GET OUR PARENTS INVOLVED TOO, BECAUSE ONCE A MONTH WE WANT THE PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED AS WELL.

OUR PROGRAM OUTCOME IS TO REDUCE STIGMA, STRONG TIES BETWEEN YOUTH AND FAMILY, OUR LAW, OUR JUVENILE CRIME RATES AND COST THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP. WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH BREVARD PREVENTION COALITION.

THEY'RE GOING TO OVERSEE OUR MENTAL HEALTH. CHRISTOPHER MASLOW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS FAMILIAR WITH HIM.

HE'S GOING TO BE OUR ARTS AND MR. EDDIE TUCKER.

HE'S GOING TO BE OUR MUSICIAN. HE'S A RENOWNED GOSPEL ARTIST.

THANK YOU. GOOD. GOOD TIMING THERE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR I HAVE ONE.

WHERE DO WHERE DO THEY MEET AND HOW LONG IS THIS PROGRAM? IS THIS SORT OF LIKE A LONG WEEKEND PROGRAM OR OR IS IT OR OR ARE THE STAFF MEMBERS WORKING WITH THESE KIDS FOR A CALENDAR YEAR? I MEAN, EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, WILL YOU, PLEASE? WE'RE GOING TO START THE PROGRAM OFF IN FEBRUARY.

WELL, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED RECRUITING. I SENT OUT FLIERS TO THE LOCAL SCHOOLS.

SO STONE, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT STONE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'VE TALKED TO ODYSSEY PRINCIPAL. WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO MEET AT THE PALM BAY REC CENTER.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MEETING ONCE A WEEK FOR ONE HOUR WITH THE KIDS.

ONE WEEK IT WILL BE ONE. ONE DAY WE'LL MEET AND TALK ABOUT LIFE SKILLS OR YOUR MENTAL WELLNESS.

THE SECOND DAY, A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR WILL COME IN AND TALK TO THE KIDS.

THE THIRD DAY WE WOULD IMPLEMENT ARTS AND CRAFTS AND THE MUSIC ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM.

SO IS A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES, THREE MEETINGS ON DIFFERENT WEEKENDS.

YES, IT'S THROUGH THE WEEK. IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH THE WEEK AFTER SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL.

IT'S GOING TO BE AFTER SCHOOL AND ONCE A MONTH IT'S GOING TO BE A FAMILY GATHERING ON A SATURDAY.

SO WE'LL MEET AT A PARK FOR ONCE A MONTH FOR HOW MANY TIMES? ONCE IT'S GOING TO BE UNTIL JUNE. FOR WHAT? TO JUNE.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS, YES. SO FEBRUARY TO JUNE.

SO REALLY YOUR CLIENTS ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THEM ON A, QUOTE, SORT OF SEMI-REGULAR.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S NOT JUST ONE PEP TALK ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

NO, SIR. THAT DOESN'T WORK. YOU GOT. THANKS. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR POWELL. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB. WITH THE CDBG REPORTING AND ALWAYS EXPENDING YOUR ALLOCATION.

SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE A NEW PROGRAM FROM YOU GUYS.

SO THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. NEXT AGENCY WE HAVE IS CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM.

GARY TESTER WOULD LIKE TO BE PRESIDENT OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES, WOULD LIKE TO BEEN HERE THIS EVENING, BUT HE HAD KNEE SURGERY A WEEK AGO TODAY, SO HE WAS NOT ABLE TO COME OVER. CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAS BEEN SERVING BREVARD COUNTY AND CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR OVER 60 YEARS.

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WE ARE IN NINE CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES. AND AMONG OUR SERVICES HERE IN BREVARD COUNTY ITSELF IS OUR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM AND OUR RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO SOME LIMITED FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

WE ALSO OFFER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. THE APPLICATION WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS TO HELP OUR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM WITHIN WITHIN BREVARD COUNTY. ON ANY GIVEN DAY, SOMEONE WHO COULD BE IS PERMANENTLY PRESENTLY HOUSED, CAN HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY THE MONEY THEY HAD SET ASIDE FOR RENT CAN BE A CAR REPAIR, IT CAN BE AN ILLNESS, IT CAN BE A MAJOR APPLIANCE REPAIR.

AND SUDDENLY THAT MONEY ISN'T THERE ANY LONGER AND THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR RENT OR THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR UTILITY BILLS.

WHAT A HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM DOES IS IT HELPS THEM FINANCIALLY.

AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT OUR APPLICATION IS GOING TO DO. IT'S GOING TO HELP THEM GET THAT ONE TIME HELP TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES.

BUT BEYOND THAT IS THE CASE MANAGEMENT THAT THEY RECEIVE BEFORE THEY EVEN GET ASSISTANCE.

OUR CASE MANAGERS MEET WITH THEM TO DETERMINE WHY THEY ARE UNABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT OR UTILITIES THIS MONTH.

AND WHAT HAS LED UP TO THAT PROGRAM IS IT HAS IT BEEN AN ONGOING PROGRAM PROBLEM THAT THEY'VE HAD? THEY PAY THEIR RENT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEY CAN'T.

OR IS THIS JUST SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAS JUST HAPPENED AND CAN BE PREVENTED IN THE FUTURE IN HELPING THEM? WE ALSO GIVE THEM REFERRALS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT IF THEY NEED TO FOR FOOD, FOR TRAINING, FOR HELP WITH CHILD CARE. JUST THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BURDENING THEM ON THEIR MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.

NOW WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE, WE WE WILL HELP THEM EITHER WITH RENT ASSISTANCE WHERE WE WOULD BE HELPING 24 HOUSEHOLDS HERE IN THE HERE IN PALM BAY, AND WHERE WE WOULD BE HELPING EIGHT HOUSEHOLDS WITH RENT ASSISTANCE.

AS I SAID, IT BEGINS WITH THE CASE MANAGEMENT.

IN ADDITION TO WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE CLIENTS, THE CASE MANAGER DOES EVERYTHING FROM GETTING THE CHECKS, GETTING THEM DELIVERED EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY REACHES THE LANDLORD OR THE UTILITY COMPANY AND KEEPS THE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.

AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT THE MONEY THAT YOU AWARDED TO US LAST YEAR HAS HELPED KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, AND EVERY ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HELPED LAST YEAR IS STILL STABLY HOUSED.

EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA? THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE RECOVERY CONNECTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. WHICH ONE GOES WHERE? I'M SORRY. THE CLICKER IS THERE.

YEAH, THE CLICKER IS THERE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS BUTTON THAT ADVANCES IT.

OKAY. YEAH. LET ME JUST OPEN IT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. READY TO GO? WELL, LET ME THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS GEORGE MARGOLIS. I'M THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF RECOVERY CONNECTIONS.

AND WITH ME TODAY IS STEPHANIE MORRISON, WHO'S OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, OBVIOUSLY.

AND WE ARE WHAT'S CALLED A RECOVERY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH MEANS WE'RE FOCUSED ON SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER COMMUNITY WE'RE LED IN ADDITION TO FOCUSING ON THE SUBSTANCE USE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE LED BY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN LONG TERM RECOVERY, LIKE MYSELF AND STEPHANIE HERE.

WE STARTED IN 2020 AND WE ARE HIGHLY STABLE AND WE'RE GROWING TREMENDOUSLY.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE, THROUGH THE FUNDING FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA CARES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OPEN UP FOUR CENTERS TODAY.

ONE HERE LOCALLY IN THE MELBOURNE AREA, JUST OPENED UP LAST MONTH.

OUR FIRST ONE WAS IN ORANGE COUNTY, AND THAT WAS OPENED UP ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

SEMINOLE COUNTY FOLLOWED NEXT. LAST YEAR AND WE OPENED UP ALSO A FACILITY IN KISSIMMEE ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE LITERALLY MOVING FURNITURE INTO THE TITUSVILLE AREA OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO EXPAND INTO OTHER AREAS LIKE POLK COUNTY.

THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE ARE THINGS LIKE PEER SUPPORT SERVICES.

WE HAVE A 24 OVER SEVEN HOTLINE FOR FOLKS TO GET INFORMATION REFERRAL TO NEEDED RESOURCES.

WE PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, AS WELL AS HOUSING SUPPORT AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS.

I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO STEPHANIE. AT THIS POINT, SHE CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THE SUSTAINABILITY.

I'M NOT AS TALL AS GEORGE. ALRIGHTY. SO TO DATE, SINCE LAUNCHING SERVICES IN 2022, WE HAVE SERVED OVER 3500 INDIVIDUALS WITH

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SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. WE ARE BREVARD COUNTY'S ONLY RECOVERY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AT THIS TIME.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE A CENTRALIZED HUB FOR REFERRALS AFTERCARE, PEER SUPPORT AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PERHAPS EXITING TREATMENT. WE'RE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM AT ANY POINT IN THEIR RECOVERY.

AS FAR AS THEY, THEY NEED SERVICES. ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO PARTICIPANTS.

AND WE ARE AN INTEGRAL PARTNER IN THE RECOVERY ORIENTED SYSTEMS OF CARE.

SO WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, COURTS AND SOCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES.

AND AS GEORGE MENTIONED, THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING DOES COME FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA CARES.

WE'RE EXTREMELY GRACIOUS TO THEM. AND FOR FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING THE SERVICES FOR THE PEER SUPPORT SERVICES.

SO AGAIN, A LITTLE SLIDE SHOWING OUR IMPACT. WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SINCE LAUNCHING SERVICES IN 2022.

SO OUR INDIVIDUALS HAVE DONE ALMOST 25,000 GOALS THAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE'RE PROPOSING HOUSING, SO MOVING FEES AND FIRST MONTH'S RENT FOR SOBER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION. THAT'S WHAT THE, THE CDBG FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR.

SO WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THEM INTO SOBER LIVING FACILITIES.

THE TRANSPORTATION WILL BE TO AND FROM THEIR SERVICES.

WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE 30 DAY BUS PASSES AND RIDESHARE ASSISTANCE THROUGH UBER HEALTH.

WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A TRACKED PHONE AS WELL AS MONTHLY TALK TO TEXT SERVICES.

THEY CAN ACCESS OUR SERVICES ANYTIME THROUGH OUR 407 RECOVERY HELPLINE, WHICH IS 24 OVER SEVEN, AS WELL AS THROUGH MULTIPLE OTHER ENTRY POINTS.

SOME OF OUR SERVICE PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH, I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE WRAPPING UP HERE.

SO PRIMARILY WE'LL BE WORKING WITH LOW INCOME PALM BAY RESIDENTS SUFFERING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.

IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY A FOCUS ON STABILIZATION.

THIS IS A HAND UP, NOT A HAND OUT FOR INDIVIDUALS.

SO THE GOAL IS TO STABILIZE THEM FOR 30 DAYS SO THEY'RE ABLE TO REALLY FILL THAT CRITICAL GAP IN A VERY CRITICAL TIME IN THEIR RECOVERY.

SO I THINK THAT'S ALL WE GOT. IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE A LITTLE QR CODE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR RECOVERY CONNECTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE JUST WANT TO SAY I'M FAMILIAR WITH RECOVERY CONNECTIONS.

THEY'RE DOING AMAZING WORK WITH SEMINOLE COUNTY, SO THEY KNOW THIS.

BUT I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THEM HERE IN BREVARD AND HAVING A PHYSICAL LOCATION HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU GUYS. TALK ABOUT A CHALLENGING JOB.

NEXT IS JOHN CURRY WITH SAFE PLACE TREATMENT SERVICES.

SO IS JERRY CARTOONS GOING TO REPRESENT OKAY.

THANK YOU. I THINK I JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON. YEAH, I GOTTA GIVE HIM WORK.

YEAH. GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, I GUESS DO I WAIT ON THREE MINUTES TO START, OR.

HOW DOES THIS WORK? OH, THERE YOU GO. GO AHEAD. OKAY, HERE WE GO.

YES. I MY NAME IS DEREK CONDON. I DO REPRESENT SAFE PLACE TREATMENT SERVICES CURRENTLY AS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST, AND A HOUSE MANAGER. SAFE PLACE HAS BEEN LOCATED IN MELBOURNE FOR THE PAST 3 TO 4 YEARS DOING WORK WITH HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY ADDICTION.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, IT'S A GROWING PROBLEM. WE'RE CURRENTLY HERE FOR THE GRANT PROPOSAL TO EXPAND INTO SOUTHERN BREVARD WITH THE HOUSING DIVISIONS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE IN MELBOURNE AND ONE IN PALM BAY.

THE PROGRAM IS GEARED TOWARDS SUSTAINING RECOVERY, NOT SOBRIETY, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS.

DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THAT SOBRIETY IS THE PHYSICAL ACT OF ABSTINENCE, WHILE RECOVERY IS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND THAT GOES MORE TOWARDS THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS.

THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING OFF THE STREETS, AND WE SPECIALIZE WITH THOSE WHO ARE COMING OUT OF PRISON. WE WE WORK WITH OPERATION NEW HOPE UP IN COCOA.

WE WE SEND A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THEM SO THAT JOBS ARE FILLED AND SHORT.

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WE ARE ALSO EXPANDING. WE ARE, WE ARE DCF AND FA CERTIFIED WHICH IS, WHICH IS HELPING RIGHT NOW WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE GOING ON. AS FAR AS THE TYPES OF MEDICATION THAT ARE BEING PASSED AROUND IN THESE PROGRAMS AND ON THE STREETS. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AS WELL.

SO THE FUNDING TODAY WOULD HELP US GROW ANOTHER HOUSE SUITABLE FOR EIGHT PEOPLE.

WE HAVE A WAITING LIST OF 60 PEOPLE ON THAT LIST RIGHT NOW.

THE PROGRAM I KNOW WORKS. AND IT HAS SUCCESS BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE 18, 19 MONTHS. I GOT OUT OF PRISON AND I WAS HOMELESS.

AND IN THAT TIME, I HAVE ACHIEVED MORE THAN I COULD EVER IMAGINE DUE TO THE HELP OF SAFE PLACE TREATMENT SERVICES.

SO I'M HERE TO, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR THE SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH, THE SAME THING THAT I WENT THROUGH. AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL THE TIME I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.

SO THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAFE PLACE TREATMENT SERVICES? HEARING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

MISS CARTER, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US SOME INSTRUCTION? YES. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SPECIAL ALLOCATION PROGRAM INCOME.

AND WE WERE ABLE WE WE DID SUBMIT TO HUD AND ASKED HUD TO CONVERT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION FUNDS INTO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. WE'RE WE WERE VERBALLY WE VERBALLY BEEN TOLD THAT WE WERE APPROVED, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING IN WRITING FROM HUD AS OF YET.

BUT WE STILL HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THESE MONIES HAVE TO BE SPENT AS EVERYBODY'S TALKED ABOUT BY JUNE SO THAT WE CAN GET ALL THE BILLING AND EVERYTHING IN OUR HUD DATABASE BY JULY 31ST.

WE HAVE TO MEET OUR GOALS. SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME THIS EVENING, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THE THE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN COME BACK LATER, WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO GO AHEAD.

WE SENT OUT SUMMARIES ON EVERY PROPOSAL. THEY'RE IN YOUR PACKETS, I BELIEVE.

AND WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO VOTE. I THINK YOU HAVE OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

YES, MA'AM. SO DID YOU NEED US TO SCORE THESE INDIVIDUALLY? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE GOT THE SAME SCORE SHEETS WE NORMALLY USE.

OR CAN WE RECOMMEND TO CONCUR WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS? WHAT? PROCEDURALLY? WELL, THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE SAME AS THE LAST TIME.

SO YOU HAVE TO SCORE EACH APPLICATION FROM 1 TO 6.

AND OH SO WE'RE JUST RANKING THEM. YEAH. JUST RANKING.

AND THEN WE WILL CALCULATE. OKAY. DO WE WANT TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES.

A LITTLE FIVE MINUTE BREAK FOR EVERYONE TO RANK ON THE SCORE SHEETS ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES RANK ONE THROUGH SIX WITH YOUR HIGHEST RANKING BEING NUMBER ONE.

RIGHT. SO THE ONE YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THE MOST BEING NUMBER ONE TO NUMBER SIX.

AND THEN ON THE PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS YOU WOULD BE RANKING ONE THROUGH FOUR.

DOES THAT EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT. YEAH. PUBLIC THEIR THE PUBLIC FACILITIES.

WE PUT THAT ON THE SHEETS BUT THAT'S ALL THE MONEY.

OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO RANK THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING IT EVERYTHING.

WE DIDN'T GET ANY OTHER PROPOSALS FROM ANY DEPARTMENTS, SO.

OKAY, SO WE'RE RANKING ONE THROUGH SIX ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY SHEET.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES. SO WE WILL RECONVENE AT 655.

MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE WE OFFICIALLY GO OFF THE RECORD, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IT'S FINE TO TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK SO THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN KIND OF ORGANIZE THINGS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL HEADS.

BUT I WOULD PREFER THAT YOU ACTUALLY FILL OUT THE SHEETS ON THE RECORD.

FILL OUT THE SHEETS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, FILL OUT THE SCORE SHEETS? OH, YES. I'M. YEAH, I'M SAYING RANK ONE THROUGH SIX ON THE SHEET, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE SHEET IN. IS THAT.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO PLUG IT INTO A SPREADSHEET I'M ASSUMING. AND THEN READ INTO THE RECORD WHAT THE THE TALLY IS, IS THAT, IS THAT OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S FINE. OKAY.

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JUST ALSO REMINDER NOT TO DISCUSS WITH ONE ANOTHER.

CORRECT. INDIVIDUALLY AND TO PLEASE I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON, ON THE SCORE SHEET.

OH OF COURSE, OF COURSE. OKAY, OKAY. I GOT I GOT A QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS ONE TIME ALREADY, AND I WAS TRYING TO SAY ON THIS RECOMMENDATION WE GOT SIX APPLICANTS.

AND I KNOW I NOTICED THAT STAFF DIDN'T RECOMMEND ANY FUNDING FOR TWO APPLICANTS.

YES, THAT IS RIGHT. YES. AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF CONCERNS ME.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE GROUPS AND I KEEP SAYING, WHY DON'T WE.

APPARENTLY WE HAVE 101,001 5755 AVAILABLE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. FOR PUBLIC SERVICES. RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE.

WE CAN ONLY ALLOCATE 15% OF OUR ANNUAL OF THAT OF THAT TOTAL ALLOCATION.

AND THAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT. RIGHT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I IT'S BOTHERED ME A LITTLE BIT IS WHY DON'T WE, YOU KNOW. SHARE THIS FUNDS ACROSS THE SIX APPLICANTS.

SOMEWHAT. BECAUSE TO ME, YOU KNOW, ALL THE APPLICANTS DOING, YOU KNOW, DOING A GOOD STUFF IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S ONE THING. THE SECOND THING IS WE SHOULD BE GOING FROM THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO ALL THE INVESTIGATION.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE GROUPS ARE DOING. WE HAVE A ONE TIME LOOK TONIGHT.

SO I WAS THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF COULD RECOMMEND SOME FUNDING FOR THESE OTHER GROUPS ALSO.

THAT DOES MY. THAT'S MY THOUGHT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY OPINION.

YES, SIR. LET LET ME LET ME ANSWER. AND I CAN READ TO YOU IN OUR SUMMARY.

WE, WE WE PUT OUR COMMENTS THERE FOR THOSE TWO AGENCIES.

FIRST OF ALL THOSE TWO GROUPS ASKED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY.

THERE'S ONLY 101,000. WE SAID THAT AT OUR WE HAD A MEETING, A PUBLIC MEETING, AND WE SAID AT THE MEETING WE ONLY HAVE $101,000. WELL, RECOVERY CONNECTIONS ASKED FOR 88,000.

IF WE GAVE RECOVERY CONNECTIONS 88,000 AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, PLUS WHAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT OTHER WAYS THAT WE COULD MEET SOME OF THEIR NEEDS. FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS BUS VOUCHERS.

WE'RE DOING THAT. SO WE LOOKED AT OTHER AGENCIES WITHIN BREVARD THAT COULD PROVIDE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

BUT WHEN AN AGENCY ASKS FOR THAT, PLUS WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THEIR FINANCIALS AND THE AGENCY DID NOT PROVIDE ITS MOST RECENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.

THE 2023 AUDIT IDENTIFIED MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, NONCOMPLIANCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND AN ADVERSE OPINION ON MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING HHS, STATE OPIOID RESPONSE, AND TREASURY OPERA OPERA FUNDS, WHICH ARE FEDERAL FUNDS. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN WAS SUBMITTED FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST.

SO AS A STAFF, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AND TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO TOTALITY.

WE PROVIDED THAT IN OUR SUMMARY TO YOU SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

BUT THOSE WERE THE TWO KEY AREAS. IT WAS LOOKING AT THE FINANCIALS, KNOWING THAT WE HAD THIS INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US IN THE FINANCIALS, AND THEY WERE ASKING FOR 87% OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE MONEY.

OKAY. SO WE FELT THAT. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S FINE.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE I'M LOOKING TOWARDS BECAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF IS DOING THE INVESTIGATION, BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ASKED FOR $88,000 AND THEY GET 10,000, IT WOULD BE AN HELP SOMEWHAT. I DON'T KNOW, IN, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IT CAN HELP, BUT IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.

AND THAT'S THAT'S MY THAT'S MY OPINION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.

OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER AGENCY, SAFE PLACE TREATMENT SERVICES.

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WE CAN A COMPILE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 22, 23 AND 24.

THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS COMPILATION REPORT NOTES THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE NEITHER AUDITED NOR REVIEWED, AND NO PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED TO VERIFY THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF MANAGEMENT PROVIDED INFORMATION.

THE ACCOUNTANT DOES NOT EXPRESS AN OPINION OR PROVIDE ASSURANCE, AND MANAGEMENT HAS ADMITTED MOST OF THE GAAP REQUIRED DISCLOSURES. THESE OMISSIONS COULD AFFECT CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL POSITION, NET ASSETS, NET ASSETS AND CASH FLOWS. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT BECAUSE WE HAD THAT INFORMATION.

PLUS, AGAIN, THIS AGENCY ASKED FOR ALMOST IT WASN'T.

EVERYTHING. YEAH, YEAH I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, GOING WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU DO ALL THE HOMEWORK.

THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO ARE WE ALL CLEAR? WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE QUICK BREAK TO RANK ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES ONE THROUGH SIX OF HOW YOU RANKED THEM FOR YOUR FUNDING RECOMMENDATION.

SO WE WILL RECONVENE AT 7 P.M.. A REMINDER, PLEASE DON'T DISCUSS THIS DURING THE BREAK.

PLEASE TURN YOUR MICROPHONE OFF AND WE WILL BE BACK IN FIVE MINUTES.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE. ELENA, DO YOU WANT TO READ THE RANKINGS OR WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? YES. SO WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE GROUP RANKING COLUMN.

SO NUMBER ONE WAS MELBOURNE PAL. SECOND PLACE AGENT MATTERS, THEN NUMBER THREE, MATTHEW'S HOPE, NUMBER FOUR, CATHOLIC CHARITIES. NUMBER FIVE, RECOVERY CONNECTIONS.

AND NUMBER SIX, SAFE PLACE. OKAY. DOES THE COMMITTEE CONCUR WITH THOSE RANKINGS? SEEING SOME NODS. YEAH. OKAY. ARE WE OKAY WITH THE FUNDING AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE? I AM, YES. YEAH. YES. YES. YEAH. OKAY. DO WE WANT TO MAKE.

CAN SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION TO TO APPROVE THE RANKING AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDED FUNDING AMOUNTS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I'M HEARING NONE. I VOTE AYE, AND THAT MOTION PASSES.

SO THEN ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS IF WE COULD GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THOSE, THAT WAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR THE FULL FUNDING AMOUNT.

MISS CARTER, DO YOU NEED THE ADMINISTRATION SEPARATELY OR CAN THAT BE INCLUDED IN THAT? LET'S DO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN ADMINISTRATION. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THE FUNDING AMOUNTS.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I'M HEARING NONE. I VOTE AYE IN THAT MOTION PASSES.

AND THEN DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OR.

SORRY PROGRAM ADMIN ADMINISTRATION COSTS. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

ALSO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION ALLOCATION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I'M HEARING NONE. I VOTE AYE, AND THAT MOTION PASSES.

I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS ALWAYS VERY DIFFICULT. AS MISS CARTER SAID, THERE WAS ONLY $101,000 TO ALLOCATE.

SO IT'S ALWAYS VERY DIFFICULT FOR STAFF AND FOR THE COMMITTEE TO KIND OF DIVVY THAT OUT FOR EVERYONE.

BUT EVERYONE IS DOING GREAT WORK AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS YES, MA'AM.

MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE WE GO AND BEFORE PARKS LEAVES JOSH WE HAVE A PROJECT RIGHT NOW, VICTORIA PARK, THAT YOU ALL APPROVED LAST YEAR. AND WE HAVE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS THERE.

OKAY. THERE'S A RECYCLING CAR PLACE RIGHT NEAR IT.

I THINK THEY THEY'RE LOOKING INTO WHETHER ANY WATER, ANY ANYTHING HAS CAUSED ANY CONTAMINATION.

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OKAY. AT THAT PARK. SO WE'RE HAVING TO DO A PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL.

SO WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE LOOKING AT COMING BACK TO THE BOARD AND MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE THOSE MONIES FROM VICTORIA PARK, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY BY JUNE AND MOVE THEM TO LIBERTY, WHERE WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE.

OKAY. NO PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS GOING TO COST A LOT OF MONEY, AND HE MAY HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF THE MONEY FROM SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

RIGHT? CORRECT. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS THAT HOCKEY COURT THAT'S IN BETWEEN THE BASKETBALL COURT THAT CDBG FUNDS PAID FOR IN AND 23, AND THE NEW PLAYGROUND AND THE BATHROOMS WE JUST DID.

THERE'S A HOCKEY RINK THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

IT USED TO BE TENNIS. SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS TO REDO THAT COURT FOR MULTI-USE COURT.

BUT THE COURTS ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST PROPOSED AT DRISCOLL PARK, WHERE THE FOUNDATION SUBBASE IS, IS BAD, AND IT HAS A FENCE THAT GOES AROUND IT.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO KNOCK THAT OUT. CITY STAFF WILL REMOVE ALL THAT.

WE'LL HAVE THE CONTRACTOR COME IN AND LAY DOWN A NEW SUBBASE AND NEW FENCE.

BUT THAT'S NORTH OF 350,000 SOMEWHERE IN THERE.

THE FUNDING THAT FOR THE FUNDING FOR VICTORIA, I BELIEVE, WAS 270,000.

SO WE'LL NEED TO MAKE UP SOME FUNDS. BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE PROJECTS THAT I PROPOSED TONIGHT THAT ARE SCALING.

SO THE TURF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED 312,000FT² OF TURF, WE'RE OWNING A NEW 200,000.

AND THEN THE SIDEWALK, WE HAVE 3400 LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

WE'RE ONLY DOING 950 LINEAR FEET SO WE CAN PULL FROM THEM.

AND THEN ADD TO THAT PROJECT TO GET IT. AND WE CAN ALSO PHASE THE MULTI USE COURT BECAUSE THE MULTI-USE COURT NEEDS A COURT.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT HOCKEY BACK IN THERE, HOCKEY IS AN EXTRA 50,000 ON TOP OF THE 350.

SO WE CAN GET ONE DONE AND HAVE IT AS A MULTI USE FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO USES IT, THE ROLLER SKATE AND OTHER THINGS AND ADD IN OTHER HARD COURT MULTI-USE SPORTS. THERE'S, THERE'S A SOCCER GAME THAT'S PLAYED ON A SMALLER FIELD AND WE COULD SET UP SOME, SOME OTHER THINGS ON THAT COURT AND LINES OF PORTABLE PICKLEBALL, STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WHAT WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR TONIGHT? BECAUSE THIS WASN'T ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? RIGHT. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, IF WE IF YOU ALL COULD GIVE US PERMISSION, IF WE HAVE TO AMEND THE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE TRYING TO COME, WE'RE COMING UP WITH ALL THIS MONEY AND THEY COME UP WITH A WAY THAT WE CAN TAKE MAYBE NOT DO ONE OF THESE THINGS.

THE HOCKEY IS GOING TO COST 400,000. IT'S GOING TO COST A LOT.

IT'S $400,000. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROPOSING IT AS A MULTI-USE COURT.

SO WE'RE OKAY. SO WE'RE MEETING MORE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THAN JUST HOCKEY.

OKAY. SO PROCEDURALLY THOUGH, HOW WE WILL COME BACK AS A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.

OKAY. IT WILL IT UNLESS THE CITY COMES UP WITH THE REST OF THE MONEY THAT WE ARE, THAT WE NEED, THEN WE WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING WAS DELAYING SOME OF THIS TO PUT IT ALL IN THE HOCKEY.

RINK. MADAM ATTORNEY, I GUESS LET ME LET ME CLARIFY.

DO YOU NEED THE BOARD? YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO COME BACK WITH A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.

AMENDMENT AT A LATER DATE. SO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR JUST CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, OR JUST TO INFORM THEM OF THE FACT THAT YOU MAY COME BACK? WELL, I GUESS WE CAN INFORM YOU. AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO COME BACK WHEN WE'RE DOING THE AMENDMENT, WHICH WE WILL PUT THIS IN AMENDMENT, WE WILL ALSO.

I JUST WANT TO PUT YOU ON NOTICE THAT SOME OF THIS COULD BE REDUCED, THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT IN ORDER TO PUT IT INTO THE HOCKEY RINK. IT COULD BE LIKE 25,000 OR 30,000. OKAY.

SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOCKEY, JUST HEARING ABOUT THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, I GUESS MULTI-USE.

YEAH. SO IT'S NOT HOCKEY. SO MULTI-USE COULD BE USED FOR PICKLEBALL OR TENNIS OR PICKLEBALL.

TENNIS. YOU KNOW HOW IF YOU'RE INSIDE A GYMNASIUM, THEY GOT SLEEVES THAT YOU CAN PUT THE.

YEAH. OKAY. SO WE CAN DESIGN IT TO WHERE IT'S MULTI-USE WHERE WE DO SLEEVES AND PAINT DIFFERENT LINES ON THERE.

OKAY, I GUESS I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED WHY WE APPROVED ALL OF THESE AMOUNTS.

IF YOU'RE SAYING NOW THAT. WELL, I JUST WANT TO PUT YOU ON NOTICE.

OKAY. BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT HOW WE WERE GOING TO FUND A PROJECT THAT WE HADN'T PLANNED ON DOING,

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BUT WE'RE HAVING TO MOVE THAT MONEY TO SOMEWHERE THAT ALREADY HAS ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, BECAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS TAKE ALONG 120 DAYS AT A MINIMUM.

IF WE HAVE TO SPEND THIS MONEY BY JUNE. WE WE HAD TO FIND A PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY CLEARED IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

AND THEY HAVE MULTIPLE ITEMS AT THESE PARKS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.

OKAY. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT CAME UP AS TO WHAT WE COULD DO AND AND THEN COME BACK TO VICTORIA WHEN EVERYTHING IS CLEARED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO FIND CONTAMINATION.

AND THEN HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP. OKAY. PLUS THE IF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN AND JANUARY, THE END OF JANUARY, THE GROUP THAT'S DOING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IS EPA.

OKAY. AND THEY WILL BE SHUT DOWN. OKAY. SO. SO YOU COULD BRING A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE BOARD AT THE JANUARY MEETING WITH THE SPECIFIC PUTTING YOU ON NOTICE. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. IS THAT EVERYONE GOOD WITH THAT? YEAH, I AM. ARE WE. IS THAT. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE, MADAM CHAIR? YES. NO FORMAL ACTION WOULD BE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. YOU WOULD HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE NOTIFICATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW. OKAY. TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO.

YEAH. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CAPER.

MISS CARTER, IF YOU WANT TO. YES. THIS IS A REPORT THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY YEAR. IT'S A YEARLY REPORT. IT'S A IT'S A PERFORMANCE REPORT.

AND WE PROVIDED YOU WITH A COVER SHEET THAT EXPLAINED THE REPORT.

THE REPORT. INCLUDES OUR FINANCIALS PROJECT DETAILS, DEMOGRAPHICS, BENEFICIARIES.

IT EXPLAINS OUR SUCCESSES AND OUR SHORTFALLS.

AND WE PROVIDED YOU WITH ALL OF THE BACKUP ATTACHMENTS.

PR 2601 23 AND OH THREE AND ALL THOSE REPORTS FEED OFF OF EACH OTHER.

WITH I WANT TO ESPECIALLY GO OVER PR 2026. ALSO, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE ADVERTISE THIS FOR THE BOARD, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, WE WILL INCLUDE THEM.

WE INCLUDED YOUR COMMENTS LAST YEAR. DO YOU WANT ME TO PULL IT UP ON THE SCREEN? OKAY. WHICH WHAT PR 26. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN SEE IT, BUT UNDER PR 26, OUR UNEXPENDED CDBG FUNDS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WAS OVER $1,141,026.

WE ALSO THEN RECEIVED AN ENTITLEMENT GRANT OF 760 776,641, WHICH WHEN WE STARTED OUR YEAR, WE STARTED OUR YEAR WITH $1,876,682.26.

AND I WAS JUST GIVING YOU OUR STARTING POINT.

WE THEN SPENT SOME OF OUR ADMINISTRATION DOLLARS.

AND WHILE WE WERE MEETING TODAY ON THAT WE SPENT 12.12% AND WE ALLOWED TO SPEND 20% WE SPENT 13.72% OF OUR PUBLIC SERVICES. WE HAD ONE GROUP THAT DID NOT SPEND ALL THEIR MONIES, AND SO WE DID NOT RECOMMEND THEM FOR FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR.

CONKLIN DAVIS. OTHER THAN THAT, YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT AND THAT THAT REPORT IS A BRIEF SUMMARY, BUT IT GIVES YOU A FINANCIAL SYNOPSIS OF OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR.

PR 26. IT ALSO IN THE BACK GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE SPENT ON LIBERTY PARK, WHAT WE SPENT ALL OF THE NONPROFITS AND THEIR DRAWS, AND IT HAS ALL OF THEIR THE DETAILS OF THAT.

IF YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO ANY OTHER SPECIFIC PROJECTS, I CAN, BUT I THINK THAT COVERS THE BASIS

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OF, OF THIS REPORT AND IT'S A HUGE REPORT. YEAH.

SO WHY THE THE ADMINISTRATION HOW COME THAT WAS NOT FULLY EXPENDED? WAS THAT DUE TO STAFFING? WELL, WHAT WE WE WE SAT DOWN WITH OUR WITH THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TODAY.

AND WE'VE TALKED WITH FINANCE BEFORE, AND WE AND I SENT THEM AN EMAIL ABOUT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND I TOLD HIM THEY THEY WE HAVE TO INCREASE OUR BILLING.

OH, LIKE THE ALLOCATION? YES. OKAY. BACK FOR OUR STAFF.

TIME TO THE CITY. ACTUALLY I EXPLAINED TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR THAT THE CITY ULTIMATELY WILL GET THE MONEY BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP IT. THE MONEY UNDER ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE TO MOVE IT OUT.

SO WHEN WE MOVE IT OUT, WE'LL MOVE IT TO THE ROLLER RINK.

IF THE ROLLER RINK. OH, OKAY. IT'LL GET MOVED INTO A PROJECT.

SO THE CITY WILL ULTIMATELY GET THE MONEY BACK.

THEY THEY JUST WON'T GET IT IN THE FORM OF ADMINISTRATION DOLLARS.

OKAY. THEY'LL GET IT IN THE FORM OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DOLLARS.

BUT THE THE DIFFERENCE OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, CORRECT.

FOR THE STAFFING. PROBABLY SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR STAFF IS UNDER GENERAL FUND, BUT WE'RE PRIMARILY UNDER THE GRANT. OKAY. AND THE PARKS AND REC PROJECT, WHICH PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND.

NO, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FUNDED. THE IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FUNDED, PERIOD.

OKAY. YEAH. NO, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CAPER REPORT? OKAY.

I THINK STAFF IS LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON THAT.

YES. LET ME GET BACK TO MY PAGE TO APPROVE THE REPORT.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I DO OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? I'M HEARING NONE. I VOTE I IN THAT MOTION PASSES.

SO NEXT WE ARE MOVING ON TO OTHER BOARD BUSINESS.

[OTHER BOARD BUSINESS]

NUMBER ONE THE INFORMATIONAL STAFF REPORT. OKAY.

PRIMARILY A LOT OF OUR OUR PROJECTS AND INFORMATION HASN'T CHANGED BECAUSE UNDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, BECAUSE WE JUST RECEIVED OUR GRANT AGREEMENT HUD AND WASHINGTON WERE, WERE DOING A LOT OF ADDENDUMS TO ADD NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES NATIONWIDE.

AND SO WITH THAT, IT DELAYED THE GRANT AGREEMENTS COMING OUT.

SO WE JUST RECEIVED IT. I TOOK IT TO THE CITY MANAGER TODAY.

I HOPED THAT HE SIGNED IT. AND, AND WE WILL BE GETTING IT BACK AND PUTTING IN IT EMAILING IT TO HUD ON TOMORROW.

AND THEN ALL OF OUR PROJECTS CAN START. AND THAT WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, WASN'T IT? RECEIVING THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT? WELL, IT WAS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

PLUS THE ADMINISTRATION, THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HAS SOME ADDENDUMS THAT THEY WANTED CITIES AND COUNTIES NOW TO AGREE TO. OH, OKAY. OTHER THAN THAT, WE SHOULD THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON OUR CURRENT. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH TWO DIFFERENT GRANT GRANTS ONE WITH PROGRAM INCOME THAT WAS APPROVED TONIGHT AND THEN THE ONE THAT WE WERE AWARDED. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK.

AND A LOT OF STUFF TO SPEND. SO I WILL I WILL TELL YOU OUR SHIP PROGRAM IS MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT. WE HOPE TO BE BRINGING IN SOME MORE HELP CONTRACTED HELP TO HELP US WITH THAT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUR PROGRAM FORWARD.

VAL, TERRY IS WORKING ON THE LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN, AND I THINK WE PUT A SCHEDULE IN THERE.

WE ATTACH THAT TO TO THE REPORT, AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THE LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT FOR SHIP FOR OUR SHIP FUNDS, OUR SHIP HOUSING FUNDS EVERY THREE YEARS.

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AND YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE WE'VE MAKING YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU PLAN TO DO IN THE LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN WHEN YOU SUBMIT IT TO THE SHIP PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN APPROVE EVERYTHING.

SO WE ARE WE ARE MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO BRING SOME NEW PROGRAMS TO THE TO THE SHIP PROGRAM, ONE THAT MELBOURNE HAS PURCHASED ASSISTANCE SWEAT EQUITY WHERE PEOPLE IF IF HABITAT IS FUNDED THEN THEY HAVE TO GIVE VOLUNTEER HOURS IN ORDER TO GET MONIES FOR THEIR DOWN PAYMENT TO HELP THEM WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NEW TO THE CITY HERE.

BUT IT HELPS WHEN PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR OWN HOUSE.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE LOOKED AT A NEW PROGRAM IN ORLANDO, AND VAL HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT.

SO WE'LL BRING ALL OF THAT BACK TO YOU. AND THEN WE HAVE TO WRITE POLICIES FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S PRIMARILY WHERE WE ARE. WE THE THE SOUTH BOULEVARD WOMEN'S CENTER PROJECT SHOULD BE FINISHING UP. OUR AGREEMENT ENDS AT THE END OF DECEMBER.

THAT'S WHERE FOUR UNITS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOUR UNITS RENOVATING FOUR UNITS FOR THE SOUTH BREVARD WOMEN'S CENTER.

AND THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED. THE OTHER PROJECT IS COMPLETE.

AND YOU ALL WERE INVITED TO THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY THAT WAS HELD FOR THE SPACE COAST COMMONS APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THAT WAS 31 UNITS. AND IT'S THAT'S IN A REPORT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE STAFF REPORT? OKAY. HEARING NONE. WANT TO HIGHLY RECOMMEND ORIENTATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND HAVE TIME.

THERE'S A BIG LEARNING CURVE UP HERE, I THINK SOMETIMES.

SO IF YOU HAVE TIME TO MEET WITH STAFF, THEY DO A GREAT JOB KIND OF GOING OVER ALL THE DIFFERENT HOUSING PROGRAMS AND WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

AND THEN JUST ALSO WANTED TO MENTION FOR THE BOARD TO JUST MAKE SURE WHEN STAFF IS REACHING OUT OR SENDING EMAILS THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO THOSE SO THAT THEY CAN CONFIRM ATTENDANCE AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE QUORUM FOR THESE MEETINGS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE DEADLINES, THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF BOARD MEMBERS HERE.

DID WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE, THE SCHEDULE OR.

THAT'S JUST INFORMATIONAL, MISS CARTER INFORMATION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BOARD BUSINESS THIS EVENING? NOPE. HEARING NONE. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. HAVE A VERY MERRY HOLIDAY, AND WE WILL SEE EVERYONE BACK IN JANUARY.

MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 723.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.