THE TIME IS NOW 6:00. WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
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WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. CAN I GET OVER? I THINK SHE'S GOT YOU. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.COULD WE PLEASE HAVE ROLL CALL? JANE. HIGGINS.
PRESENT. EILEEN. SEP. PRESENT.
ANTHONY ABBOTT. DOUG. DOUGLAS. HOOK. PRESIDENT O'BRIEN.
REBECCA. ZIEGLER. PRESENT. WE HAVE QUORUM. THANK YOU.
AND IT WILL HELP CITY STAFF OUT. WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE MEETING.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE RULES OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE, AND WHEN COMPLETED, RETURN TO YOUR SEAT.
UNLESS THE BOARD DECLARES IT TO BE A MATTER OF AN EMERGENCY NATURE.
AND SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT. MISS LYDIA BARBER.
SO DO I GET SIX MINUTES? I BELIEVE BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. ALL RIGHT.
THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS ABOUT THE EDEN PROJECT.
I HAVE BEEN STUDYING WHAT'S ON THE WEBSITE AND I'M VERY CONFUSED.
AND I WANT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A FORUM IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN DONE THUS FAR AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE NEXT. AND RIGHT NOW I'M NOT CLEAR AS TO WHERE THAT SHOULD BE.
I MEAN, DO I JUST CALL THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR MYSELF? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE THAN ME WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN, I THINK. SO THAT WAS ONE. EXCELLENT. FOR THAT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENING TO REPLACE MAJOR'S GOLF COURSE? YES, YES. I KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN A HOT BUTTON ISSUE AT A LOT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND ACTUALLY WAS PART OF THE PLANNING MATTERS MEETING THAT WE HAD RECENTLY ON JANUARY 21ST.
OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE SECOND ITEM THEN IS GLASS RECYCLING.
THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME I'VE BROUGHT IT UP.
AND I HANDED EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE WHEN GLASS RECYCLING WAS FIRST ELIMINATED IN 2020.
AND AND SUSAN CONNOLLY AND I WORKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER THEN TO TRY TO GET SOME THINGS OFF THE GROUND, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO I'VE REINITIATED THAT INFORMATION AND SENT IT TO THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER, AND HE WANTS THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD TO BE WHERE WE DECIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE THIS.
SO WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP IN DECEMBER, I WAS ASSURED IT WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA FOR JANUARY.
SO I'M HERE AGAIN TO TRY TO GET GLASS RECYCLING DONE AGAIN FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY. AND I KEEP BEING ASKED BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW THAT THAT I CARE ABOUT THIS, THAT THEY CARE ABOUT THIS,
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AND THEY WANT TO SEE SOMETHING DONE. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT IT IS REALLY WRONG FOR US TO NOT BE GLASS RECYCLING, AND IT'S A HORRIBLE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUE. SO CAN WE GET THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH? THANK YOU. I BELIEVE IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MONTH.WE JUST HAD A BUNCH OF AGENDA ITEMS GET PILED UP INTO JANUARY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO ENSURE THAT IT GETS ADDED TO OUR AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. OKAY. I AGREE WITH YOU TOTALLY.
I THINK SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE GLASS GLASS RECYCLING WERE THE EXPENSE OF DOING IT.
BUT I THINK THERE ARE WAYS ARTISTICALLY OR EVEN USING IT FOR FILTRATION IN SOME OF THE CANALS MIGHT, MIGHT BE A GOOD USE FOR IT. WELL, THE WHAT REPUBLIC HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT IS THAT GLASS RECYCLING MESSES UP THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE RECYCLING.
BUT IT'S ALSO THE TRUTH THAT GLASS RECYCLING THE OTHER STUFF MESSES UP THE GLASS.
AND MAKING GIVING DIRTY GLASS TO A COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO TURN IT INTO WHAT CAN BE REUSED COSTS MORE, DEPENDING UPON HOW DIRTY IT IS. SO THERE'S A NEED TO KEEP THE GLASS SEPARATE FROM THE REST OF THE RECYCLING IN ORDER TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE.
THEN IT WILL COST THE LEAST TO GET IT RECYCLED.
IF WE CAN DELIVER CLEAN GLASS TO THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE CALL IT.
YEAH, I THINK IF WE USED TO HAVE BINS YEARS AGO THAT SEPARATED PAPER FROM PLASTIC AND GLASS, AND I THINK THE GLASS WAS SEPARATE. THERE WERE THREE BINS THAT WE HAD.
IF WE WENT BACK TO THAT SYSTEM, THAT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA.
IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL IDEA. AND IF WE HAD A COMPANY OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT ON, EVEN JUST TO CRUSH IT AND, AND SUCH A COMPANY.
YEAH, IT'S IN SARASOTA. IT HAS EXISTED ALL THIS TIME.
AND GLASS RECYCLING IS BEING DONE BY REPUBLIC FOR OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF USE FOR GLASS. YES. WELL, AND IF YOU READ THE INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED, USING GLASS IS MUCH MORE SUSTAINABLE THAN CREATING GLASS FROM THE RAW MATERIALS AND GLASS DOES NOT DISINTEGRATE. IT WILL BE IN A LANDFILL FOR A THOUSAND A MILLION YEARS.
SO WE NEED TO BE DOING SOMETHING OTHER WITH IT THAN PUTTING IT INTO LANDFILLS, BECAUSE ALL THAT'S GOING TO DO IS COST US MONEY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CREATE NEW LANDFILLS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF GLASS THAT'S GOING INTO THE CURRENT ONES.
WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE GLASS, THE AQUEDUCTS, THE FLOORS OF THE AQUEDUCTS USE GLASS.
THEY HAVE GLASS TILES, AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR 2500 OR MORE YEARS.
YOU KNOW, SO JUST DOESN'T GO AWAY. NO. SO WE SHOULD BE DOING A BETTER JOB OF MAKING USE OF IT.
YES. LYDIA, CAN WE GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GAVE THE CITY MANAGER? I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GIVEN TO YOU ALL LAST MONTH.
I DIDN'T GET IT. I HAVE I BROUGHT ANOTHER COPY OF IT.
WILL YOU TAKE CARE OF GETTING THIS COPIED FOR THEM? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YEAH. I THINK SHE HANDLED MOST OF THE INFORMATION OFF TO DEREK, WHO WAS UNFORTUNATELY NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.
SO I THINK DEREK MIGHT STILL HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
WHICH WOULD BE WHY WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO EMAIL IT TO YOU ALL. I MEAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT IF I CAN.
IF I CAN DO THAT. OKAY. AND I DO NEED A MOTION.
SO WE CAN ADD IT TO OUR FEBRUARY AGENDA. SO MOVED.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING GLASS RECYCLING TO THE FEBRUARY AGENDA SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. RIGHT.
OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE WHICH IS THE SUSAN CONNELLY AWARD UPDATE.
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SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF MISS CONNELLY'S PASSING BY THE CITY COUNCIL.AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STILL CONTINUING FORWARD WITH. BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD SUGGESTED WAS CREATING AN AWARD FOCUSED AROUND SUSTAINABILITY AND MISS CONNELLY'S EFFORTS WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND KIND OF HAD THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD BE THE DRIVERS BEHIND THAT WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IF THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD HAD EVER REACHED ITS END VIA WHATEVER METHOD THAT THE CITY COUNCIL THEMSELVES WOULD BE ABLE TO USE OUR CRITERIA AND AWARD PROCESS, AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO CARRY ON THE AWARD.
EVEN IF THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD DOESN'T CONTINUE TO EXIST IN THE FUTURE.
SO AS SUCH, I KIND OF TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO KIND OF SPITBALL SOME OF THIS.
I KNOW WE HAD BROUGHT IT UP ONCE BEFORE IN ONE OF THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS AND KIND OF HAD PEOPLE TRY TO BRAINSTORM SOME IDEAS ALONG THE WAY AS TO HOW THIS AWARD MIGHT COME TO PLACE WHAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WAS ABLE TO KIND OF COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF KIND OF BEING THE POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS I HAD COME UP WITH SOME CRITERIA ON IT.
SO THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE AWARD AS I ENVISION IT, WHICH, AGAIN, THIS IS ENTIRELY PRELIMINARY OR EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUTS AND WE CAN DECIDE AS A BOARD AS TO HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
WAS THAT THE AWARD WOULD RECOGNIZE AN EXEMPLARY PALM BAY RESIDENT OR BUSINESS OWNER WHO IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN IMPROVING PALM BAY FOR RESIDENTS VIA SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, SETTING A POSITIVE EXAMPLE AND RAISING THE LEVEL OF INTELLIGENT CIVIL DISCOURSE THROUGH RESPECTFUL LISTENING AND RESPONSE.
THE AWARD COULD BE AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY IF NEEDED.
WE WOULD WANT TO DEVELOP A NOMINATION PROCESS AS A BOARD TO HAVE QUESTIONS PRESENTED TO US BY THE COMMUNITY OR PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WOULD FILL OUT SO WE COULD COME UP WITH WHO MIGHT BE THE BEST AWARDEE WITHIN A GIVEN YEAR.
WE WOULD WANT TO DETERMINE THE FOCUS OF THE AWARD.
SO WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT IT TO BE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED AROUND SUSTAINABILITY OR A MORE BROADER CATEGORY, THAT KIND OF ENVISIONS THE LARGER IMPACT THAT SUSAN CONNOLLY HAD ON THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND CIVIL DISCOURSE AND BEING AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF A CITIZEN, ACTIVE CITIZEN, MEMBER OF PALM BAY.
LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE. THE PROCESS THAT I ENVISIONED TAKING PLACE ON IT WAS THAT IT WOULD BE AWARDED ANNUALLY ON SUSAN'S BIRTHDAY MONTH, WHICH IS JULY JULY AT OUR PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING.
KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS LEAVE IT MORE FLEXIBLE TO WHERE WE WOULD HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1 TO 3 AWARDEES, DEPENDING ON THE YEAR. IF THERE IS A SITUATION TO WHERE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO NOT RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY ABILITY TO MEET THE CRITERIA THAT WE SET FORTH.
NOMINATIONS COULD POTENTIALLY BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PALM BAY WEBSITE AND THEN PROVIDED TO THE PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AS A REVIEW PROCESS DURING ONE OF OUR REGULAR MEETINGS. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BECOME PUBLIC RECORD BEING THAT IT WOULD BE SUBMITTED INTO THERE.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO JEOPARDIZE PEOPLE'S PRIVATE INFORMATION.
SO IF WE COLLECT PHONE NUMBERS AND EMAIL ADDRESSES AND ADDRESSES AND WHATNOT, THAT COULD ENTER INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO KEEP ALL THAT INFORMATION AS PRIVATE AS THEY CAN.
WE'D OBVIOUSLY WANT TO COME UP WITH A SET NUMBER OF DATES. THE REASON BEHIND THAT IS THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME LEEWAY TO THEN AS A BOARD REVIEW THE NOMINATIONS AT THE MAY PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, SELECT A SET NUMBER OF CANDIDATES, DEPENDING AGAIN, ON HOW MANY AWARDEES WE WANT TO HAVE.
IF WE HAVE UP TO THREE, WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE FIVE.
THAT WAY THEY HAVE SOME MEASURE OF CHOICE IN IT THEMSELVES.
WE COULD THEN MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR 1ST JUNE MEETING.
THAT WOULD ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO ADD A AGENDA ITEM TO THE FOLLOWING MEETING IN JUNE THE SECOND MEETING OF JUNE, WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY AWARD OR CHOOSE THE NOMINEES FOR THE AWARD.
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SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY I WAS ENVISIONING THAT THAT MAY THROUGH APRIL SUBMISSION PERIOD, AS GIVES US PLENTY OF TIME TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MEETINGS.SINCE WE DO ONLY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME ON THERE.
SO WHAT WOULD THE AWARD ENVISION? PLAQUES ARE THE FIRST THING THAT COME TO MIND JUST BECAUSE PLAQUES ARE WHAT EVERY CITY GIVES OUT FOR AWARDS? IN THE IDEA OF BEING MORE SUSTAINABLE. SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF A.
CERTIFICATE. WITH THE OFFICIAL CITY SEAL ON IT.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO WOULD SOLICIT FUNDS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FRAME, OR EVEN IF WE KNOW ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO DO SOME WOODWORKING AND CREATE A SUSTAINABLE FRAME REUSING AND RECYCLING A FRAME WOULD BE A GOOD WAY OF KIND OF TYING BACK INTO THE SUSTAINABILITY ASPECT OF IT.
AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS DEPENDENT ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
OBVIOUSLY, IF THE CITY IS NOT ABLE TO OR WILLING TO DONATE FUNDS TO A PLAQUE SOMETHING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A CERTIFICATE AS A MORE COST EFFICIENT WAY OF BEING ABLE TO GET THIS DONE AS WELL. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF MY EARLY BRAINSTORM AS TO HOW THIS AWARD MIGHT BE.
I KNOW THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME HESITATION AS TO FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON SUSTAINABILITY.
BUT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABILITY, AND THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY AWARD BOARD WOULD BE ABLE TO BE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT.
BECAUSE SUSAN WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE AND HONOR HER LEGACY AND HAVE A PRESENCE NOT ONLY WITHIN THE CITY, BUT AS WELL WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD TO SO I WILL STOP RAMBLING ON IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS OR ADDITIONS OR THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, THEY ARE WELCOME TO. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY.
I LIKE THE IDEA. I THINK IT MIGHT BE A WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO COME AND PARTICIPATE.
THE WAY THIS YOUNG LADY CAME IN TODAY AND BROUGHT US SOME SUGGESTIONS ON RECYCLING, BECAUSE TO ME, PHYTOREMEDIATION AND ANYTHING THAT USES THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND TURNS THEM INTO SOMETHING OF VALUE IS A GOOD THING.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE A CATEGORY WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP HERE AND COME IN WITH GOOD IDEAS, JUST A LOT LIKE SPEAK UP BREVARD DOES COME IN AND TELL US HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS CITY BETTER USING WHAT WE HAVE AROUND US.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AS FAR AS WHAT YOU GIVE THEM, THE OTHER, OTHER CATEGORY I WOULD PUT IS IN SCHOOLS, THOUGH WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE YOUTH TO BE CONSCIOUS OF WHAT WE HAVE AND HOW IT SUSTAINS LIFE, THE IMPORTANCE OF EVERYTHING, ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PLANT SOLID, WHATEVER.
SO MAYBE SPONSORING SOME CONTESTS OR EXHIBITS AND LETTING THE SCHOOLS KNOW AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'LL PUT IT, MAYBE IN THE CORRIDOR OUT THERE, I DON'T KNOW. IT COULD BE POSTERS, OR IT COULD BE EXHIBITS EXPLAINING SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE LEARNED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. AS FAR AS AWARDS GO, TYPICALLY I THINK THE CITY USES A CERTIFICATE AND THEY HAVE LIKE A FOLDER THAT THEY PUT OVER IT. SO THAT'S EASY. OR YOU CAN DO RIBBONS.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REALLY THAT PRETTY. YOU KNOW, BUT JUST RECOGNIZING PEOPLE IS THE MAIN THING, AND IT'LL KEEP THEIR INTEREST. HOPEFULLY. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT AS A DRIVER TO GET PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND PRESENT THINGS THAT THEY KNOW ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO AT LEAST CONSIDER OR MAYBE WORK ON AND, YOU KNOW, JUST. EVERYBODY OUT THERE, WE HAVE A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND WE NEED TO ACCEPT THAT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS IS A BIG CITY, AND. WE HAVE A CHANCE TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS OF VALUE. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COMMERCE, BUT MAYBE WE CAN TAKE THE THINGS WE HAVE AND TURN THOSE INTO USEFUL AND PROFITABLE RESOURCES. SO THAT'S MY INPUT. EXCELLENT.
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THANK YOU. NO. I ACTUALLY REALLY LOVE YOUR IDEA OF HAVING DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR THE AWARDS.ONE, LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION IN THE PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD DIRECTLY, AND ANOTHER FOR ENCOURAGING YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS. I THINK THOSE ARE FANTASTIC WAYS TO KIND OF, LIKE YOU SAID, DRIVE MORE PARTICIPATION WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW MISS CONNOLLY WAS INVOLVED IN TRYING TO DO, IS INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
YEAH. SUSTAINABILITY SHOULDN'T JUST BE ABOUT ALL OF US SITTING UP HERE.
YES. IT'S ABOUT GIVING THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP US MAKE THIS CITY BETTER.
AND WE CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS PEOPLE ARE HERE AND GIVING US INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, I COULD SPEND ALL WEEK READING, WHICH I DO AND TALKING TO PEOPLE, BUT I'M JUST ONE PERSON.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT? I WOULD JUST SO YOU HAVEN'T REALLY FLESHED OUT THE CRITERIA FOR GRADING THE AWARD YET, RIGHT? THAT'LL BE THE CHALLENGE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE IS COMING UP.
FIRST, WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT AS A BOARD WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND HOW WE WANT TO DO IT.
AND THEN THAT'S PART OF THAT IS IT WOULD BE CREATING THE CRITERIA.
RIGHT. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE A I THINK ALSO AND THIS IS, I THINK A TREMENDOUS IDEA.
I THINK PUBLICIZING THIS IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS ALL THE OTHER STEPS IN PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
PEOPLE ARE NATURALLY COMPETITIVE. WHEN THERE'S AN AWARD AT STAKE, YOU WANT TO WIN.
AND ESPECIALLY IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR, BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE OR FOLLOWING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES WOULD LIKE TO ATTRACT LIKE MINDED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FOLLOWING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, BUT THEY MAY NOT KNOW EACH OTHER.
BUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD GET THEM THAT RECOGNITION IF IT CAN BE WELL PUBLICIZED, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO SAY NEXT YEAR, WOW, I WANT TO WIN THAT, YOU KNOW? SO AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT WE COULD HAVE WITH, YOU KNOW, ANY MEDIA, WHEREVER WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT, THE WEBSITE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF SET A TONE FOR THIS.
YES, I 100% AGREE WITH THAT. THE MORE WE CAN KIND OF BRING VISIBILITY TO IT AND BRING THAT COMPETITIVE NATURE OUT, THE MORE PEOPLE, BECAUSE LIKE MISSTEP SAID, THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THROUGH THE GARDEN CLUBS, THROUGH THE FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY, THROUGH VARIOUS FOUNDATIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
I KNOW BREVARD OR PALM BAY IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS.
SO GETTING THAT WORD OUT THERE AND TRYING TO GET PEOPLE IN IS A FANTASTIC IDEA.
I THINK ONE WAY OF PUBLICIZING IT COULD BE ON THE ELECTRONIC SIGN IN FRONT OF CITY HALL ON MALABAR.
ALSO, IF WE GET APPROVAL TO GO FORWARD WITH AN AWARD MENTIONING IT AT COMMUNITY EVENTS I'VE KNOWN THE MAYOR HAS RECOGNIZED PEOPLE. AT OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THEY'LL BE BROUGHT UP AND GIVEN SOMETHING AS RECOGNITION FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS SEEMS WORTHY. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO, AT THIS TIME, OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT CARD. MISS BLACKFORD.
I'M ELIZABETH BLACKFORD FOR 86 NOGALES AVENUE NORTHEAST IN PALM BAY.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE SUSAN CONNELLY AWARD.
FIRST REGARDING WHAT YOU CALL IT, I THINK IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE AN ADJECTIVE IN THERE, WHETHER IT'S A CITIZENSHIP AWARD OR A SUSTAINABILITY AWARD. DON'T INCLUDE HER MIDDLE INITIAL B SHE HATED HER MIDDLE NAME.
AND A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS OCCURRED TO ME AS I LISTENED TO THE DISCUSSION HERE.
I LIKE THE ADULT AND CHILD CHOICES. YOU MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER A NONPROFIT VERSUS
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A BUSINESS, SELECTION. SO YOU COULD HAVE A VARIETY KIND OF A GRID OF DIFFERENT EMPHASES.IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THAT FALLS INTO SUSTAINABILITY.
THAT'S WHERE SHE SAW SHE COULD MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.
BUT WE WANT TO TARGET A YOUNG AUDIENCE FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALONG THOSE LINES. YOU MIGHT SAVE YOURSELF FROM ANY EMBARRASSMENT SHOULD THIS BOARD NOT SURVIVE LONG TERM BY MAKING THIS AN ANNUAL CITY AWARD? IF THERE ARE OTHER AWARDS THAT ARE GRANTED ON SCHEDULE, INCLUDE THIS IN A CITY AWARD LIKE AN AWARDS PRESENTATION.
AND IN TERMS OF CRITERIA PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE. IT'S BY GENERAL ACCLAMATION THAT WE KNOW THE SAME NAMES.
THE SAME FACES KEEP REAPPEARING. AND IT'S IT'S A FUZZY CRITERIA.
BUT IF YOU IF THE AWARD COMMITTEE CAN'T SAY, OH, YEAH, I KNOW WHO THAT IS, THEN THAT PERSON ISN'T A VALID CANDIDATE ANYWAY. AND I'LL CAUTION YOU ALSO I THINK IN THE WAKE OF SUSAN'S PASSING, THERE WAS A LOT OF KNEE JERK REACTION TO COMMEMORATE HER WITH AN AWARD. LET ME ASK YOU, DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER THE CHARLIE CORBELL AWARDS? I SEE ONE HEAD NODDING. THAT WAS A BIG DEAL TEN YEARS AGO.
NOT SO MUCH ANYMORE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE SUSAN'S RECOGNITION GO THAT ROUTE.
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU. IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION INTO A FUTURE MEETING? AND TRY TO MORE FIRMLY CREATE THE. OH, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES. LYDIA BARBER, 1638 FORK TERRACE SOUTHEAST. I CAN I CAN DO IT.
IT'S OKAY. IT'S REALLY OKAY. I THINK THAT HER COMMENT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THIS AWARD IS SUSTAINABLY KEPT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I THINK THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE IDEA OF HOW WE PUBLICIZE IT. AND I THINK THAT IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE A PERMANENT THING, IT SHOULD BE ON THE WEBSITE AS A PLACE OF HONOR FOR HISTORY, FOR NOT JUST WHO DID IT THIS YEAR, BUT HAVING A HISTORICAL RECORD OF WHO HAS WON IT EACH YEAR. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL BRING IT BACK UP. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. I HAVE A QUESTION. WOULD THAT BE IN DISCUSSION AFTER WE GET ON MOTIONING.
YES. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE PALM OR THE SUSAN CONNOLLY AWARD.
AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AT A FUTURE MEETING. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE, AYE. I. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0 AND WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH SOME FINAL DISCUSSION AFTER THE MOTION HAS BEEN PASSED. OKAY. SO ARE YOU LIAISON BACK TO CITY COUNCIL ON THIS? SO YOU'LL LET THEM KNOW A LOT OF THESE IDEAS THAT CAME UP AND WERE DISCUSSED.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER TWO.
DO YOU HAVE SOME UPDATES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? I GOT NOTHING BECAUSE I I THINK WE LEFT IT WITH THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE FUNDING.
I WAS HOPING YOU HAD AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER ON THAT.
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TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS ONE. I DID WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.SO I KIND OF SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS.
ONE OF THEM WAS THE GARDEN. THE REMEMBRANCE GARDEN MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
PRIMARILY SINCE WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT VOLUNTEERS PLANTING IT AND VOLUNTEERS BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT ON A REGULAR BASIS, THE TWO MAIN THINGS THAT WOULD COME INTO PLAY WOULD BE FOR THE WATER FEATURE ON THERE WOULD BE HAVING ONGOING ELECTRICITY AND ONGOING WATER CONNECTION TO IT TO HELP REFILL IT. IF WE HAVE A DRY PERIOD IN THE STORM, WATER IS NOT ENOUGH TO REFILL THE POND.
IT SEEMS RELATIVELY EASY, AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY OPPOSITIONS TO IT.
SO THE MAIN THING THAT I SEE AT THIS POINT BEING A LOGISTIC HURDLE FOR US, IS GOING TO BE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO TAP THAT ELECTRICITY INTO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TAP THAT WATER INTO THAT WAY THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONTINUOUS FLOW FROM THE PUMP THE CONTINUOUS FLOW FOR THE WATER, JUST IN CASE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RAIN. THAT WAY THE POND DOESN'T COMPLETELY DRAIN OUT. THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE ARE RUNNING INTO RIGHT NOW DOES CONTINUE TO BE THE FUNDING GAP IN THERE. I DID SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE HAD STORMWATER FUNDS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED FOR IT.
THERE WASN'T ANY TRUE INDICATION THAT THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE MADE READILY AVAILABLE.
THE OTHER THING WE CAN TRY TO DO IN THE MEANTIME IS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OUTLETS OR METHODS TO DO ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING THAT'S THE PRIMARY GAP. NUMBER ONE IS IF WE CAN CLOSE THAT ROUGHLY $7,000 GAP IN THERE.
IT'S IF WE HAVE THE MONEY, I DON'T FORESEE THIS BEING AN ISSUE WITH GETTING APPROVAL ON IT.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS TRYING TO GET THE FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY.
IF WE CAN GET IT FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE, THAT'S GREAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL KIND OF THROW AROUND AS TO WHAT I HAVE TRIED TO DO AT MY WORK THAT I, THEY CREATED AN AWARD FOR VOLUNTEERISM TRYING TO FURTHER DRIVE.
SOME VOLUNTEER TOWARDS THAT THE EMPLOYEES OF THE BUSINESS, AND THEY'VE CREATED THIS AWARD.
AND THE PRIZE IS $10,000 FOR THE NONPROFIT OF YOUR CHOICE.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WE KIND OF NEED TO DO IS IF WE SEE FUNDS AVAILABLE, WE SEE GRANTS AVAILABLE, WE SEE PEOPLE WILLING TO DONATE. IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYONE THE MORE THE MERRIER.
THE CLOSER, SMALLER WE CAN GET THAT GAP, THE HIGHER OUR CHANCES OF GETTING IT APPROVED YET.
OKAY. AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT PRESENTATION FOR THE CITY FOR YOU TO TAKE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I DIDN'T DO THAT, SO I WILL DO THAT.
WOULD YOU WANT TO TAKE IT IN THE NEXT MONTH, YOU THINK, OR WHENEVER YOU GET IT AVAILABLE? IF YOU COULD GET IT TO ME. I CAN TRY TO FIND A WAY TO GET IT ON THERE.
I'LL NEED TO TALK TO THE CITY CLERK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE TIME TO GET IT ON TO THE AGENDA.
FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY CONCERN IS KIND OF.
WE WOULD WANT TO TRY TO TIME IT TO WHERE THERE IS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING COMING UP RELATIVELY SOON.
OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE TIME TO KIND OF DISCUSS IT AGAIN AT A FOLLOWING MEETING.
DO I HAVE TO SEND IT TO JESS AND THEN JUST SENDS IT TO TO DOUG, OR CAN I JUST SEND IT TO DOUG? I DON'T BELIEVE YOU CAN SEND IT DIRECTLY TO ME.
YOU CAN SEND IT TO ME, AND THEN I'LL SEND IT OVER TO DOUG.
OKAY. IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS GARDEN AT BUILDING E? IS THIS FOR SUSAN CONNOLLY? TO OR. SO IT IS. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN BEHIND IT.
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BUT WHEN BRINGING IT UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAVING AN OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT IT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT MISS CONNOLLY WAS OBVIOUSLY A BIG FORCE IN THERE IN THE CITY. BUT THERE ARE OTHER CITIZENS ALONG THE WAY WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN HUGE DRIVING FORCE AND PARTICIPATED HEAVILY IN PALM BAY'S FUTURE AND DEVELOPMENT. SO THEY WANTED TO NOT MAKE IT NECESSARILY A SPECIFIC SUSAN B CONNOLLY REMEMBRANCE GARDEN, BUT RATHER THE PALM BAY REMEMBRANCE GARDEN. AND BE ABLE TO USE THAT GARDEN AS A WHOLE TO HONOR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A SITUATION THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR BETH. ARE THERE DO YOU KNOW VOLUNTEER AGENCIES WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP US WITH PLANTINGS AND GETTING PLANTS? WELL, SO DOES AND JANE AS WELL. YEAH. AND DOUG, THREE OF US.
YEAH. SO, I MEAN, YES, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY DISCUSS THAT.
I THINK IT'LL HAPPEN MUCH FASTER IF WE ENGAGE CITIZENS TO DO SOMETHING.
OBVIOUSLY, THE PLANTINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED, BUT WE HAVE THE COMMITMENT OF CONRADINA AND FPL, WHO HAS PROVIDED FUNDS TO ALSO PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS, AS WELL AS SPACE COAST AUDUBON AND THE LOCAL GARDEN CLUB, BECAUSE BACK WHEN THIS STARTED THREE YEARS AGO AND WE WERE WRITING GRANTS WITH ALL THOSE GROUPS, THEY ALL COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS. SO WE'VE GOT A PLETHORA OF VOLUNTEERS NOW, AND WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE I FIND EVERY BOARD MEETING I GO TO. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF TALKED ABOUT AND NOTHING HAPPENS.
SO WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS IF, YOU KNOW, IF BETH AND JANE, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE US A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT, BUT WE HAVE TO SET A TIMELINE.
WE CAN'T SAY, LET'S DO THIS WHENEVER. YEAH. IF THE CITY'S AGREEABLE.
YOU MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO PUT LITTLE PLAQUES IN MEMORY OF IF IT'S ABOUT REMEMBRANCE, WHATEVER.
BUT IT REALLY DEPENDS. I'M NOT CLEAR ON THE WHOLE WHOLE VISION FOR IT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW, THAT THAT LOVE WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR VOLUNTEER WORK.
AND WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. WE NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WE CAN'T BE TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON THE CITY. THE CITY'S GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN WHAT KIND OF PLANTS TO PUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT OR NOT, THAT'S THE REALITY.
YOU KNOW, I, I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A PLAN APPROVED.
WE SHOULD SET A DATE FOR WHEN THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.
ASK PEOPLE TO APPLY OR GIVE US IDEAS, MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING AND THE FOLLOW ON.
MAYBE WE'LL DECIDE, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE CITY AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I AGREE 100%. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON MYSELF.
IN EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT I HAVE GOTTEN TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO SOMEBODY IN CITY LEADERSHIP, MY MAIN THING IS I WANT TO TURN WORDS INTO ACTION.
AND I WANT TO GET OUR IDEAS GOING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
WHICH IS WHY THE FUNDING WAS SMALLER THAN WHAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE NEEDED.
RIGHT. BECAUSE WE ARE NOT EXPECTING STEADY STAFF TO BE INVOLVED IN IT.
WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANYONE BUT VOLUNTEERS TO BE INVOLVED DOING THE LABOR.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN, FIND PEOPLE SAY WE NEED X NUMBER OF WHATEVER AND SET A DATE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY THAT'S WILLING TO COME AND HELP US PLANT AND AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE IT'S IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PLANTED AND DIE AND THEN HAVE ANOTHER BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO COME AND WATER IT OR MAINTAIN IT UNTIL THE ROOTS SET. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO GO BECAUSE LIKE ANYTHING WITH THE CITY, YOU CAN APPROVE SOMETHING AND IT'S GOING TO SIT ON SOMEBODY'S DESK UNTIL SOMEBODY FIGURES OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT. IF YOU WANT IT TO HAPPEN, DO IT.
YES. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WE'RE TRYING TO GET WE'RE TRYING TO ORGANIZE THE FUNDING AS THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND THEN MAKE IT TO WHERE IT'S A THING WHERE LITERALLY THEY JUST HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, YOU CAN DO IT.
AND THEN WE'RE WE'RE OFF TO THE RACES. I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE IF WE'RE WORKING ON CITY PROPERTY, THAT CITY STAFF WILL HAVE TO BE HERE, THAT WE CAN'T JUST COME IN AND DO THE WORK WITHOUT PAID STAFF HERE.
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SO WE DO NEED SOME CITY SUPPORT. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THE CITY NOT BE INVOLVED.THEY HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES. YEAH, BUT IF WE SET A SCHEDULE, I'M SURE THEY WILL BE THERE.
I HAVE NO DOUBT. AND I ALSO SAID THAT WE WOULD GET THEIR APPROVAL ON ANY PLANS.
SO BUT WE NEED TO START SETTING DATES AND DEADLINES AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO ENGAGE PEOPLE.
EXCELLENT. BEFORE I OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS. LYDIA BARBER 1638 FORK TERRACE SOUTHEAST.
MY COMMENT IS REALLY A QUESTION. THIS SAYS BUILDING E, BUT ISN'T BUILDING E THE NEW BUILDING? AND AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT THE GARDEN THAT'S GOING TO BE BY THE POLICE STATION? YES. OKAY. YEAH. THE THE CONVERSATION IS KIND OF EBBED AND FLOWED BETWEEN THE TWO.
OKAY. SO THE ITEM JUST NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. YES.
OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH ACTIONABLE RIGHT NOW. WE CAN TRY TO. LET'S SEE.
BRING THIS UP IN MARCH. MAYBE WOULD BE A GOOD TIMELINE FOR IT.
I THINK, AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD IN MARCH.
DO YOU DOES IT NEED TO BE THREE MINUTES FOR YOU TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL? THAT I'M NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN? I THINK IF I GO THROUGH THE CITY, IF I GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS AND CONTACT THE CITY CLERK AND ACTUALLY BRING IT AS A PRESENTATION, I WOULD GET TEN MINUTES.
I THINK THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, BUT I DON'T KNOW 100% FOR CERTAIN.
THREE QUESTIONS. OKAY, EXCELLENT. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR BRINGING THIS BACK UP AT THE MARCH.
PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. I MAKE THAT MOTION.
OKAY. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR BRINGING THIS BACK UP TO THE MARCH PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOR THE REMEMBRANCE GARDEN, PROPERLY TITLED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
I KNOW THAT CITY STAFF WAS ASSISTING WITH THAT.
IS THERE ANY UPDATE FROM CITY STAFF BEFORE? NO.
OKAY. THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, SO.
OKAY, I'LL I'LL REMIND HIM TO BRING IT UP NEXT TIME.
OKAY. WHAT I DO KNOW FOR CERTAIN REGARDING THIS, IS THAT WE, THE PROCLAMATION HAS BEEN WRITTEN.
IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
THEY HAVE ASKED THAT PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD IN FULL IF ABLE WOULD BE PRESENT FOR THAT TO WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT PRESENTED AND BE PART OF THAT PROCLAMATION DIRECTLY.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I AM VERY EXCITED TO ALSO ANNOUNCE IS THAT I WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO DISTRICT THREE COUNTY COMMISSIONER ADKINSON KIM ADKINSON. THE COUNTY IS ALSO GOING TO BE PRESENTING A SIMILAR PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK.
ON THE FEBRUARY 24TH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING AT 9 A.M..
SO WE HAVE THAT PROCLAMATION GOING, TOWARDS BOTH THE CITY AND DURING THE ACTUAL NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK, WE WILL HAVE THE COUNTY TALKING ABOUT IT AS WELL.
I KNOW ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK IS POTENTIALLY HOLDING AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT. UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE WORKS.
I HAD TRIED TO REACH OUT TO TURKEY CREEK LEADERSHIP AND PARKS AND RECREATION LEADERSHIP.
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THERE WAS A BRIEF MOMENT OF DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO HAPPEN.AND THEN IT KIND OF FELL OFF BY THE WAYSIDE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS TOO BUSY AND JUGGLING TOO MANY THINGS TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD ON THAT ONE MYSELF. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IN MIND IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK TO BE AN ANNUAL THING THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY RECOGNIZES, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW OUR EFFORTS IN THE FUTURE FOR NEXT YEAR AS A SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS LONG TERM VISION FOR THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO START KIND OF BRAINSTORMING THINGS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO FOR NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK IN 2017 OR 2027. LONG WAY OUT. OBVIOUSLY 2026 HASN'T EVEN GOTTEN HERE YET.
JUST KIND OF KEEP IT IN MIND. AND IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK? I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY WE'RE CELEBRATING INVASIVE SPECIES.
WE ARE NOT CELEBRATING INVASIVE SPECIES. WE ARE TRYING TO BRING AWARENESS THAT THEY EXIST.
OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S THE PROBLEM IS EVERYONE KNOWS.
AND THAT BRAZILIAN PEPPER IS AN ISSUE. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT ROSEMARY IS AN ISSUE.
THEY DON'T KNOW THAT MEXICAN PETUNIA IS AN ISSUE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, IS TRYING TO BRING THAT AWARENESS TOWARDS THE PUBLIC.
AND GET THE CITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROCLAMATION DOES READ THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF THE FUTURE AND FOR ITS CITIZENS AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ALL THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROCLAMATION.
OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT? I WILL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. LYDIA BARBER 1638 FORK TERRACE SOUTHEAST I CREATED FROM THE FISK SITE, WHICH IS GEARED TOWARDS LISTING THE INVASIVE PLANTS IN IN SCIENTIFIC NAME ORDER.
THEY DO NOT HELP THE COMMON MAN, AND MOST OF US ARE IN THAT CATEGORY.
MOST OF US DO NOT KNOW THE SCIENTIFIC NAMES, SO I'VE WITH THEIR UNDERSTANDING, COPIED THEIR LIST AND TURNED IT INTO A COMMON NAME LIST. SO THE NUMBER OF PLANTS WENT FROM 174 UP TO WELL OVER 250. AND I'M UPDATING THAT LIST WITH THEIR NEWEST DATA FROM JUNE OF THIS PAST YEAR.
SO I'M IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, AND I COULD MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THE CITY TO PUBLISH.
IT IS CURRENTLY BEING PUBLISHED ON THE CONRADINA WEBSITE FOR THE TOUR THAT WE DO EACH YEAR.
BUT IF THE CITY WANTED TO USE THAT LIST, IT'S AN OFFICIAL LIST.
OH, AND I'VE ADDED NOXIOUS PLANTS TO IT BECAUSE THERE WERE MANY PLANTS ON THEIR LIST THAT WERE ALREADY ON FLORIDA'S NOXIOUS PLANT LIST, BUT THEY WERE NOT RECOGNIZED AS BEING WORSE THAN CATEGORY ONE OR CATEGORY TWO.
SO I'VE CHANGED THOSE TO NOXIOUS, AND I'VE ADDED THE OTHER NOXIOUS PLANTS AS WELL.
SO IT'S MORE OF A HYBRID LIST NOW THAT I'M CREATING.
BUT IF THE CITY WANTED TO USE THAT LIST, I'D BE HAPPY FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
I'VE TALKED TO THEM SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT USING IT, PUTTING, PUTTING IT ON THEIR WEBSITE, AND THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN AROUND TO DOING IT YET, BUT I HOPE THEY WILL. BUT IF THE CITY DID IT, IT WOULD BE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR UPDATED LIST WOULD BE READY BEFORE THE FEBRUARY? YES, IT'S ALMOST DONE. MEETING? YEAH, BECAUSE WE COULD PRINT SOME COPIES, AT LEAST A HAND TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A WHAT IS IT LIKE A SIX PAGE BOOKLET ABOUT? I THINK IT MAY BE MORE THAN THAT NOW WITH THE NOXIOUS PLANTS ADDED.
I THINK I MAY BE OUT OF LINE WITH THIS, BUT I THINK IF WE GET THAT LIST TO THE CITY CLERK, ESPECIALLY IN TIME FOR THAT FEBRUARY 19TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM PRINT IT OUT AND POTENTIALLY EVEN HAVE IT OVER THERE IN THE THE HANDOUT SECTION OVER THERE. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE GRABBING THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, THEY CAN HOPEFULLY GRAB A LIST OF INVASIVE SPECIES AS WELL.
AND THEN BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT HOME AND WORK WITH IT. IT LOOKS REAL NICE IN THE BOOKLET FORM.
IT DOES? AND WE USED IT A LOT AT THE SPACE COAST BIRDING FESTIVAL.
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RIGHT. THE THING I'M DOING RIGHT NOW IS ADDING A QR CODE FOR THE NOXIOUS LIST, THE NOXIOUS PLANT LIST FROM THE STATE.BECAUSE THAT IS AN EXCELLENT LIST. EXCELLENT RESOURCE.
THANK YOU. OKAY. LYDIA. I HAVE A QUESTION. DOES YOUR LIST HAVE BOTH THE COMMON NAME AND THE SCIENTIFIC NAME SORTED BY COMMON NAME? YEAH, BECAUSE THE SCIENTIFIC NAME USUALLY HELPS YOU CATEGORIZE THEM OR GROUP THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH.
MAYBE ERIC CAN ANSWER. DOES SUSTAINABILITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A PAGE ON THE CITY SITE WHERE WE CAN PUBLICIZE THINGS THAT ARE OF INTEREST? I BELIEVE THIS IS CONNECTED TO THE NEXT ONE ON THE AGENDA, BUT LAST TIME WE ASKED, WE WERE TOLD NO, BECAUSE THAT STUFF IS NOT BEING DONE FOR THE OTHER BOARDS.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH AND COMMUNITY, WHATEVER.
I ALSO FEEL LIKE I'M TALKING TO BILL DELUCIA FROM THE ATLANTIC SUSTAINABILITY BOARD.
WHEREAS A LOT OF THE OTHER BOARDS, LIKE PLANNING AND ZONING, ARE VOTING ON THINGS THAT COME TO THEM.
THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY.
I MIGHT NOT BE SAYING THAT RIGHT, BUT I REALLY INDIALANTIC BOARD ACTUALLY GETS A BUDGET.
THEY ACTUALLY PLANT TREES. THEY DO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THERE'S A REAL DIFFERENTIATION AS TO THE TYPE OF BOARD AND WHAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. I THOUGHT I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF BRING TO CALL TO ORDER THAT THIS IS A LOT OF THIS DISCUSSION IS GOING TO FALL UNDER NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER FOUR COMING UP. SO LET'S TRY TO KEEP IT BACK ON WHAT THE NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF SECONDS. IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON INVASIVE SPECIES WEEK.
I DO GREATLY APPRECIATE THE THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE YOUR LIST OVER TO THE CITY.
I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK AGAIN WITH MY MEETING WITH CITY MANAGER MORTON WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR REGARDING THE ABILITY FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD TO HAVE A PRESENCE AT CITY EVENTS SUCH AS FESTIVALS AND WHATNOT.
HE FEELS THAT IT WAS A GOOD TIE IN FOR US TO ACTUALLY HELP NOT ONLY INCREASE OUR OWN AWARENESS, BUT AWARENESS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND REACH SOME OF PUBLIC WORKS GOALS ON THERE.
SO I BELIEVE ERIC MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS OR NOT.
IT MIGHT BE DEREK THAT MIGHT HAVE IT. BUT I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IS THAT PUBLIC WORKS DOES HAVE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE TIED TO BEING ABLE TO OBTAIN STATE LEVEL FUNDING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT WAS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IS THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD COULD POTENTIALLY FILL THOSE EDUCATIONAL CREDITS AND OR EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
SO HE IS WILLING TO PROVIDE US A SMALL BUDGET.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT BUDGET IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE UPDATES ON THAT. FOR HAVING, LIKE, A TENT, HAVING A TABLE, SOME CHAIRS, AND BEING ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY EVENTS TO WHERE WE SIT DOWN AND JUST ARE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY, TEACH THEM THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, HOW TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE HOW WE CAN HELP THINGS OUT.
AND THAT DOES PROVIDE A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE CITY IF WE ARE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER WITH THAT.
SO I WILL SEE IF ERIC HAS ANY UPDATES ON THAT OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ALL ON DEREK'S PLATE.
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WE HAVE TABLES FOR YOU ALREADY SET UP WITH TENTS AND ALL THAT STUFF, I BELIEVE.CONLEY ATTENDED OUR LAST ONE. I BELIEVE REBECCA WAS THERE, TOO.
AT THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE SET UP A SUSTAINABILITY TABLE.
DERRICK PRINTED OUT FLIERS WE HAD RECYCLING RECYCLED PENCILS TO HAND OUT.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO TALK TO SUSAN.
IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY FULL. BUT ALL THE CITY EVENTS THAT DERRICK DOES BECAUSE OF OUR MS4 PERMIT, THEY REQUIRE US TO DO OUTREACH. WHEN HE COMES HERE TO THE MEETINGS, HE WILL INVITE YOU GUYS TO THE REST OF THEM AND MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHEN THEY ARE YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME WHEN WE, WE BRING, WE HAVE TOUCH TRUCK EVENTS THAT WE ALSO INCLUDE.
SO WE'LL BRING THE STORMWATER EQUIPMENT, STUFF LIKE THAT TO EXPLAIN AND EDUCATE TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THE CITY DOES FOR THE STORMWATER SYSTEMS AND HOW THEY TREAT WATER AND CLEAN CATCH BASINS AND CAMERA PIPES AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO DEREK WILL ALREADY DO THAT FOR YOU GUYS. OKAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH IS KIND OF TO MISSTEPS POINTS AND JANE ALSO TOUCHED ON IT A BIT OUR ROLE IN THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, IT'S IN OUR CHARTER IS TO EDUCATE AND TO HELP INCREASE AWARENESS AND HELP CITIZENS BECOME MORE AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE WITH SUSTAINABILITY.
SO KIND OF TO JANE'S POINT ON THERE WITHOUT HAVING A MEANS TO REACH THE PUBLIC, WE ARE SEVERELY HAMSTRUNG IN OUR ABILITY ON THE BOARD TO MEET OUR CHARTER ROLE. SO IT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO HAVE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT.
WE'RE STARTED WITH TONIGHT AS TO HOW CAN WE INCREASE THAT AWARENESS? HOW CAN WE GET ON TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE? HOW CAN WE GET SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS? OBVIOUSLY, BEING INVOLVED IN EVENTS IS GOING TO HELP US DRASTICALLY AND HELP CITY WORKS, OUR PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL.
SO I AM OPEN TO IDEAS AND WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TWO THINGS TO HAPPEN. ONE IS TO CONTACT THE SCHOOLS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM, AND WE WILL HAVE A CONTEST ON, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER TOPICS APPLY TO THAT.
THEY MIGHT START WITH PHYTOREMEDIATION. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING.
THE OTHER THING IS WOULD BE TO SEND INFORMATION TO THE PALMER.
HE REPORTS ON EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY.
HE EVEN HAS A HE PUBLISHES A BOOK THAT TELLS YOU HOW THE CITY WORKS EVERY, EVERY FEW YEARS.
HE UPDATES IT. THAT'S TOM I WOULD START WITH THEM AND ANY OTHER MEDIA THAT'S WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE DO. BUT WE HAVE TO BE JUST MUCH MORE PROACTIVE THAN WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE TO SET DEADLINES FOR OUR GOALS AND NOT TALK ABOUT THEM AND THEN FORGET ABOUT THEM.
BUT I WOULD START WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THE PALM BAY.
EXCELLENT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL IDEAS AS TO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO? CAN WE GET OUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA SITE OR TO GET THE WORD OUT? AND I'M NOT A SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON, BUT IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO GET THE WORD OUT AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW, SINCE HE IS NOT HERE WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY UPDATES AVAILABLE ON THAT.
I KNOW REBECCA HAD BEEN LOOKING INTO THAT AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THEIR OBJECTION.
THAT'S WHY I SAID, CAN WE HAVE SPACE ON THE CITY SITE THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND KIND OF CALL TO ACTION? YEAH. THANKS. THERE ARE DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN, AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TRY TO DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKS AND REC BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE EVENT WEBSITES. AND AGAIN, IT MIGHT ALSO BE A SITUATION WHERE WE FIND OUTSIDE THIRD PARTIES BECAUSE THERE ARE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES THAT ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN ADVERTISING EVENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
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SO WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ABLE TO TIE INTO POTENTIALLY THE PALM BAY CITY GOVERNMENT'S WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK PAGE, WHERE I KNOW THEY POST ALL SORTS OF EVENTS ON THEIR PARKS AND REC, IF WE CAN FIND INROADS TO THEM AND POTENTIALLY KIND OF TRY TO TIE THESE OUR DIFFERENT EVENTS OR WHATEVER WE'RE FOCUSED ON, IF IT'S HAPPENING AT, SAY, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD IT AT TONY RUSSO OR IF WE'RE GOING TO HOLD IT AT TURKEY CREEK OR WHATNOT, PARKS AND REC MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTAKE IN IT.ALSO, WITH THE VOLUNTEER GROUPS, YOU HAVE WEB PAGES, RIGHT, JANE.
YEAH. IF IF YOU CAN HELP US GET THE WORD OUT WHEN WE HAVE ACTIONABLE ITEMS. OBVIOUSLY NOT TO TAKE OVER, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, USE AS MANY RESOURCES AS WE CAN COME UP WITH AND ALWAYS WELCOMING IDEAS ON HOW TO HOW TO BE MORE USEFUL.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER IDEAS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES. SO DEREK HAD A MEETING SET UP WITH THE CITY PIO LAST WEEK.
WE ACTUALLY HAD AN EMERGENCY WHERE HE COULD NOT ATTEND.
I KNOW THAT HE WAS PLANNING ON SPEAKING ABOUT THIS TO HER AT THAT POINT.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
LYDIA BARBER, 1638 FORK TERRACE SOUTHEAST. AT A MEETING NOT TOO LONG AGO, IT WAS THE MEETING THAT MIKE HAMMER HAD. DEREK WAS THERE, AND THE I HAD ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL, AND SHE CAME UP WITH A LIST OF DO'S AND DON'TS RELATED TO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SEPTIC. AND I GAVE THAT TO DEREK WITH THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
AND I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. I'VE NOT SEEN ANYTHING HAPPEN WITH IT.
SO I WOULD PROPOSE TO TAKE THAT BACK AND HAVE IT BE A SUSTAINABILITY BOARD LIST THAT COULD BE PROVIDED AT SOME OF THESE MEETINGS, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF US WHO HAVE SEPTIC AND ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE SEPTIC AND ARE GOING TO BE FACED WITH WHAT WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO WHEN THE STATE LAW COMES INTO EFFECT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE NO CLUE, HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY COULD BE DOING NOW TO HELP SAVE OUR WATER.
AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LIST THAT SHE PUT TOGETHER.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. AND IF YOU COULD ASK DEREK WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT, I ALSO GAVE IT TO TOM GOREHAM ASKED HIM TO PUT IT IN THE PALM BEAR AND HE SAID HE WOULD THE NEXT TIME SEPTIC CAME UP WITHIN A YEAR.
THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
YES, PLEASE. WE AT PUBLIC WORKS DON'T DEAL WITH SEPTIC TANK ISSUES.
SO DEREK PASSED THAT ON TO THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE AN OUTREACH COORDINATOR. SO WHEN DEREK COMES BACK, WE WILL HAVE HIM FOLLOW UP AND ASK, OKAY, OKAY. BUT IT MIGHT STILL BE THAT THAT SUSTAINABILITY WOULD WANT TO TAKE THAT ON THEMSELVES TO AS AN EDUCATIONAL THING.
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING AT OUR TABLES. I WILL SAY ON TO YOUR POINT.
AND KIND OF TO ERIC'S POINT WHEN I WAS WITH MY MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, LIKE I SAID, ONE OF THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, THERE WAS UTILITIES.
SO I WAS ABLE TO START BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING TESTING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT ONCE THAT IS FULLY UP AND RUNNING AND FULLY OPERATIONAL, THEY ARE EXPECTING TO DO A SEPTIC TO SEWER PUSH WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
AND DO HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS, AS SOON AS HE MENTIONED THAT I JUMPED ON BOARD AND SAID THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND DRIVE SOME MORE AWARENESS WITH THAT.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE MOST RECENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DELAYS WITH THAT. SO THEY DID GIVE A BIT OF AN UPDATE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT TIMEFRAME IS OR WHEN THAT TIMEFRAME IS GOING TO COME INTO PLACE. BUT TO MISS BARBER'S POINTS I BELIEVE THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD DOES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSION ONCE UTILITIES IS ABLE TO KIND OF BRING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT AS THEIR THEIR DRIVE IN, THEIR PUBLIC OUTREACH, THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO THIS WAS A TOPIC I PUT TOGETHER A PAGE, A DOCUMENT ABOUT SEPTIC AND SENT IT OFF, THINKING THAT IT COULD BE A FIRST INFORMATIONAL ONE PUBLICATION.AND I NEVER HEARD BACK. I SENT IT TO A COUPLE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THINKING IT WOULD GET PASSED ALONG.
THIS WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHEN WE FIRST INTRODUCED THE TOPIC.
IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE CITY. AND SO I WAS TRYING TO FIND HOW LONG AGO WAS THIS? IT WAS QUITE A WHILE AGO, THOUGH. BUT IT IS SOMETHING I CAN READDRESS IF I FIND IT AND RESEND IT. YEAH. I BELIEVE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THAT SENT OUT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT SENT OUT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD.
BUT ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO GET IT OURSELVES I CAN SEE WHETHER OR NOT I CAN LEVERAGE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT I'M STARTING TO BUILD WITH UTILITIES AND GET THAT OUT IN FRONT OF THE UTILITIES TEAM AS WELL. OKAY. I WILL LOOK FOR IT.
EXCELLENT. MY LIST AS WELL AS THE LIST. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY ACTUAL ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CURRENTLY ON ADVERTISING SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, OR ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH ARE BOARD REPORTS.
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JUST A HEADS UP THAT WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 53 MINUTES LEFT.IDEALLY, WE WILL NOT USE ALL 53 MINUTES OF THE MEETING FOR BOARD REPORTS.
BUT JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE GO ON.
DOES ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH THEIR BOARD REPORTS? YES. MISS. UP. HERE WE GO. AT THE LAST MEETING I WAS TALKING ABOUT MIDGES, THE NOSEEUMS AND WHAT A PROBLEM THEY ARE. AND I LEARNED A FEW THINGS SINCE THEN.
THE VOLUME HAS INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY. AND WHEN I WENT TO MY DOCTOR, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HAVING DIZZINESS PROBLEMS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PARASITES AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF BECAUSE THEY FLY UP YOUR NOSE.
AND MY DOCTOR SAID, OH, ONCE THEY GET IN THERE, THEY JUST DIE.
WELL, HE WAS WRONG. THEY CARRY THE SAME DISEASES AS FLIES.
AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONE IS MANSONELLA OZZARDI.
WARM PARASITES THAT ARE CARRIED BY MIDGES OR NOSEEUMS ARE DANGEROUS TO DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS.
IN HUMANS, THEY CAN INFECT BY BITES OR ENTERING IN THE NASAL CAVITIES OR MOUTH.
THEY SETTLE IN THE PLEURA AND MIDGUT. THEY LAY EGGS AND GROW TO FORM ROUND WORMS THAT FEED ON BLOOD.
MOST PEOPLE WITH MANSONELLA OZZARDI INFECTION ARE ASYMPTOMATIC, BUT SOME HAVE RASHES, LYMPHADENITIS, LYMPHADENOPATHY, ARTHRALGIAS FEVER, HEADACHE, OR PULMONARY SYMPTOMS. ARE THERE MICROFILAREMIA INDUCED KERATITIS, WHICH IS A SKIN DISEASE? HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM OTHER AREAS. WE CAN'T IGNORE SOME OF THESE BUGS THAT YOU KNOW, WE THINK IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. THEY'RE NOT JUST A NUISANCE.
THEY CREATE REAL PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE. AND. THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THEM.
THERE ARE PLANTS LIKE VENUS FLYTRAP, AND THERE'S SEVERAL OTHERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY KIND OF PRETTY THAT THEY TEND TO HAVE LIKE LITTLE CILIA TYPE THINGS ON THEM WHERE THEY WILL CATCH THE BUGS AND CONSUME THEM.
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THERE ARE CARNIVOROUS PLANTS, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THOSE, ESPECIALLY AROUND SOME OF THE PONDS MAYBE TO MIX THEM IN THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE DRAWN TO WATER AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO HAVE THOSE DUNKS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A POND ON MY PROPERTY, BUT THEY SEEM TO FIND THEIR WAY IN HERE, AND I DON'T WANT TO CREATE ONE THAT'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE THESE CRITTERS TO PROPAGATE. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THESE THINGS SERIOUSLY AND EVERYTHING THAT WE LOOK AT.OUR PLANTS CAN HAVE A DUAL PURPOSE. SOME OF THEM CLEAN AIR, SOME OF THEM ABSORB VIRUSES.
IT JUST HAS TO BE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL AND LAST LONG ENOUGH.
BUT I'M HOPEFUL, BUT I DOUBT THAT IT'S GOING TO GET RID OF THEM.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY BAD. I CAN SHOW YOU JUST IN MY HOUSE ALONE FROM A TINY LITTLE QUARTER INCH GAP IN ONE OF MY WINDOWS SLIDING WINDOWS. IT'S MAYBE AN INCH LONG, AND WHAT I COLLECTED IN THREE DAYS WOULD SCARE YOU TO DEATH.
AND I ACTUALLY GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS SLEEPING WITH A BEEKEEPER'S NET OVER MY HEAD, BECAUSE I CAN FEEL THEM GOING UP MY NOSE WHEN I'M SLEEPING, AND IT'S HORRIBLE.
SO I THINK THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO TAKE SERIOUSLY AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE NATURAL SOLUTIONS WE MAY HAVE WITHOUT CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PROPAGATE. AND THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY FOR TODAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. ABBOTT, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT TODAY? YEAH. ACTUALLY, FROM THE LAST MEETING, I DID A LITTLE IN LOOKING INTO THE PALM BAY MECHANICAL CODE AS IT RELATES TO VENTILATION.
AND WHAT I SAW, WHICH ISN'T TOO ATYPICAL IS THAT THE PALM BAY MECHANICAL CODE IS FOLLOWING THE STATE OF FLORIDA MECHANICAL CODE, WHICH IS FOLLOWING THE 2021 VERSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE.
WHERE RELATES TO SUSTAINABILITY IS THAT ALL BUILDINGS MUST BRING IN A CERTAIN VOLUME OF OUTDOOR AIR TO MIX IN WITH THE AIR THAT GETS RECIRCULATED IN THE BUILDING. AND THERE'S REALLY TWO PATHS TO COMPLY WITH THAT.
ONE IS A PRESCRIPTIVE PATH WHICH JUST SAYS, IF YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE AND SO MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE, YOU MUST BRING IN X AMOUNT OF OUTDOOR AIR. THE SECOND COMPLIANCE PATH IS WHAT'S CALLED AN ENGINEERED PROCEDURE, WHERE AGAIN, YOU CALCULATE CONTAMINANTS AND STRATEGIES AROUND REMOVING THEM AND SEEING THAT AGAIN, YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXPOSURE LIMITS FOR DIFFERENT INDOOR CONTAMINANTS.
WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS THAT MOST MOST BUILDINGS WILL USUALLY DO THE PRESCRIPTIVE PASSAGE.
IT'S VERY BLACK AND WHITE AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
THE PROBLEM IS IT CAN REALLY BE A BIG ENERGY WASTER.
MOST BUILDINGS OVER VENTILATE BECAUSE THEY'RE BRINGING IN A LOT OF OUTDOOR AIR.
AND TO A ROOM LIKE THIS WHERE YOU SEE THERE'S VERY FEW PEOPLE.
ALSO, OUTDOOR AIR IS VERY COSTLY. MOST OF THE ENERGY THAT'S USED TO HEAT AND COOL AND CONDITION A BUILDING COMES FROM A NONRENEWABLE SOURCE, SO IT'S ADDING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND FOSSIL FUEL USE.
SO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE MAYBE SOME WAYS TO EDUCATE THOSE IN OUR ENGINEERING, OUR DESIGN COMMUNITY, OUR COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY, AND EVEN PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, THAT THERE ARE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS WE CAN MAKE TO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT CAN HAVE HUGE IMPACTS. AND I'VE DONE PRESENTATIONS I'D BE GLAD TO DO ONE HERE THAT COULD JUST SHOW.
WHAT DOES OUTDOOR AIR COST A BUILDING IN A YEAR? AND HOW COULD YOU HOW COULD YOU CHANGE THAT? AND HOW MUCH ENERGY CAN YOU SAVE, WHICH, AGAIN, YOU COULD TRANSLATE DIRECTLY INTO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. I THINK THAT KIND OF PRESENTATION WOULD HAVE A LOT OF VALUE AND WOULD EVEN POTENTIALLY BRING SOME DEVELOPERS IN ON A SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING WHICH WOULD OPEN DOORS FOR OTHER PATHWAYS FOR US TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.
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THE ONLY SUGGESTION I WOULD HAVE IS THAT WE NEED TO BE KIND OF MINDFUL OF WHAT OUR OVERALL SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE.SO I KNOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE A LOT ON THE BOOKS FOR FEBRUARY, SO I DON'T THINK WE WOULD WANT TO KIND OF TARGET SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR FEBRUARY. BUT I DO SEE THE VALUE IN THAT. AND I DO THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PRESENTATION FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD TO HAVE.
WE JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF THE MIND WHENEVER WE LOOK LIKE WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A LOT ON THE SCHEDULE FOR AN UPCOMING MONTH, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF A PRESENTATION GOING. GREAT.
THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. MRS I JUST RESENT THE EMAIL I INITIALLY SENT IN EARLY DECEMBER.
IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WE COULD FOLD IN FROM OTHER PEOPLE, THAT WOULD BE GOOD TOO.
THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS HIGGINS. OKAY, I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH, BUT I DID WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT I'M GOING TO BE MOVING TO JACKSONVILLE IN THE APRIL TIME FRAME. SO PROBABLY MARCH WILL BE MY LAST MEETING HERE.
I DO WANT TO SAY VERY EXCITED ABOUT JACKSONVILLE BECAUSE THEY ARE A DESIGNATED TREE CITY AND THEY JUST CELEBRATED THEIR 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BEING A DESIGNATED TREE CITY. THEY HAVE A SEPARATE BOARD FOR THAT.
AND THEY HAVE A BUDGET THAT'S $2 PER CAPITA TO BE PLANTING TREES ALL THE TIME.
AND I JUST LOVE SEEING HOW MANY TREES THEY'VE GOT UP THERE IN THE MEDIANS AND EVERYWHERE.
BUT WHEN I DO, I'LL BE GLAD TO SEND THAT INFO ALONG BECAUSE I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. I'VE ENJOYED BEING ON THE BOARD AND GETTING TO KNOW ALL THE FOLKS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AND I'LL MISS DOING THAT. WE WILL ABSOLUTELY MISS HAVING YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOT TAKE EVERYBODY'S TIME UP TONIGHT AND DO TOO MUCH.
BUT YOU KNOW ME. I LIKE TO TALK, AND I'VE GOT LOTS TO SAY.
SO FIRST OFF I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF CONGRATULATE US AS A BOARD.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE HIGHLY ENGAGED. WHEN I WENT TO THE PLANNING MATTERS MEETING ON JANUARY 21ST THREE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WERE PART OF THE PLANNING MATTERS WORKSHOP. SO, CONTINUING ON FOR THE NEXT 14 MONTHS, I'M GLAD THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD IS GOING TO BE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT PLANNING MATTERS WORKSHOP. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT KIND OF MISSTEPS POINT WE ARE JUGGLING A LOT OF BALLS RIGHT NOW.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
THE INHERENT NATURE OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD IS THAT WE GET TO TWO HOURS A MONTH.
AND BEYOND THAT, WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER.
AND WE CAN'T REALLY COLLABORATE. SO THE WAY THAT IT HAS TO WORK, IF WE WANT THESE PROJECTS TO HAVE A HARD DEADLINE AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM IS WE DO NEED CHAMPIONS TO KIND OF TAKE ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
A LOT OF THIS IS BEING DRIVEN BY ME, AND I AM PERFECTLY FINE TAKING THAT ON.
BUT I WILL ADMIT THAT I HAVE LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME AND A LIMITED AMOUNT OF CAPACITY.
SO I CAN JUGGLE 5 OR 6 DIFFERENT BALLS. I CAN'T JUGGLE 15 OR 20 DIFFERENT BALLS.
CHAMPIONING, CHAMPIONING WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY HAS BEEN LEADING THE WAY ON THE THE REMEMBRANCE GARDEN ON THAT ASPECT. AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE ABLE TO GET SOME SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT ON THAT BEFORE YOU DO STEP DOWN, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT LOSS ON THAT. SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'VE TOSSED ABOUT AND THAT I'M KIND OF TRYING TO KEEP GOING AS THE THE SHORELINE PROJECT AT GOOD PARK OBVIOUSLY THE AWARD THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR SUSAN CONNOLLY AWARD THE REMEMBRANCE GARDEN THE EDUCATIONAL EVENT FOR INVASIVE SPECIES IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO TAKE OFF.
SO LUCKILY, I CAN LET THAT DROP THAT BALL DROP OFF A LITTLE BIT.
THE GLASS RECYCLING PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES WE HAVE GRASS MANAGEMENT FOR TURKEY CREEK, WHICH HAS BEEN A POINT THAT ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, KENNY JOHNSON, HAS WANTED US TO FOCUS ON AND ALSO NEMO GARDENS,
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WHICH IS A POINT OF PRIDE FOR COUNCILMAN HAMMER. SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED.BUT A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO COME DOWN ON US, ONE OF US AS AN INDIVIDUAL, GOING OUT AND TAKING THAT INITIATIVE AND BEING ABLE TO SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO GO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE. I'M GOING TO FIND A WAY TO GET THIS DONE. I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THIS OUT THERE. BECAUSE THE THE AIR GAP THAT WE HAVE THE VACUUM SPACE IS BETWEEN OUR MEETINGS HERE AND GETTING IT INTO THE, THE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP US MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
SO WE DO HAVE TO TRY TO BRIDGE THAT GAP. AND A LOT OF THAT DOES FALL ON US AS INDIVIDUALS TO REACH OUT TO CITY STAFF AND CONSTANTLY BE ON THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MEETINGS FOR THEM. AND I'VE BEEN DOING MY BEST TO DO THAT.
SO I'M GOING TO NOT USE MY PERSONAL PAID TIME OFF LIKE I HAD BEEN USING.
I'M GOING TO START USING VOLUNTEER PAID TIME OFF. SO THAT WILL ALLOW ME A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO GET OUT THERE AND GET IN ON MEETINGS WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED TO BE ON THERE. BUT DEVELOPING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US AS BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO DO.
I THINK IT SPOKE VOLUMES FOR US AS A BOARD THAT IN MY ABSENCE, SOMEBODY WAS WILLING TO STEP UP AND CONTINUE TO DRIVE THAT AND BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THAT. SO I THANK YOU GREATLY FOR THAT. THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT HE'S NOT HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
EVEN THOUGH HE'S INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THE MEETINGS. MR. BILL BATTEN CAME UP TO ME IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS HE SAW ME AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SAID, THAT WAS GREAT, THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD WAS PARTICIPATING WHEN YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF WE NEED TO NOT NECESSARILY AS MUCH AS I LOVE DOING THIS AND I GENUINELY DO, I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT TO BE SARCASTIC. I'M HAVING MORE FUN DOING THIS THAN I HAVE IN A LONG TIME.
AND WHILE I'M ABLE TO KIND OF BE THE SPEARHEAD AND TRY TO DRIVE A LOT OF THAT AND BRING WHAT WE'RE BRINGING, TALKING ABOUT AS A BOARD FORWARD TOWARDS THE CITY COUNCIL AND TOWARDS CITY MANAGEMENT AND EVERYTHING. THE MORE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT, THE MORE PEOPLE BENDING EARS, THE MORE PEOPLE GETTING MEETINGS, THE MORE WE'RE GOING TO GET DONE.
YEAH, I JUST HAVE A LITTLE INPUT ON YOU SAID WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.
THAT'S NOT TRUE. ACTUALLY, AS A BOARD, THE THINGS WE MAKE DECISIONS ON, WE CAN'T DISCUSS, BUT WE CAN HAVE COMMITTEES WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE ARE UNDER SUNSHINE, ALLOWED TO SHARE INFORMATION JUST LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL, IF THEY HAVE. IF A BUNCH OF THEM ARE SITTING IN WITH THE CITY MANAGER THERE, THERE'S A SHARING OF INFORMATION, BUT DECISIONS ARE NOT MADE.
IT'S ONLY WHEN IT COMES INTO DECISION MAKING THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO FORM AN OPINION UNTIL WE HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC. I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE EXECUTIVE MEETINGS THAT ARE BEING ARE ABLE TO BE CALLED BY A MAJORITY OF BOARD MEMBERS OR THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
AND THAT CAN HAPPEN AT THE COMMUNITY SPACE IN CITY HALL.
TO WHERE IT WOULD BE PUBLIC AND OPEN. I, I WILL WILLINGLY ADMIT THAT I AM NOT THE MOST FAMILIAR WITH SUNSHINE LAW, SO THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING COULD ENTIRELY HAPPEN BECAUSE I'M THE COMMISSIONER ON THE CHARTER REVIEW BOARD, SO I HAD TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT. AND IF YOU CALL IT A COMMITTEE, LIKE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE MONOLITH, THAT WAS A COMMITTEE, AND FOR SOME REASON WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN COLLECT INFORMATION, WE CAN LOOK AT IT.
WE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PRESENT OPTIONS, BUT WE CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS UNTIL WE GET HERE.
OKAY. THAT'S EXCELLENT. VERY HELPFUL. SO I'D PROBABLY.
DOES CITY STAFF HAVE ANY INPUT ON WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD CREATE THOSE COMMITTEES FOR THESE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS TO HELP KIND OF DRIVE ENGAGEMENT AND HELP US SPEED THINGS UP? THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A DEREK QUESTION, BUT WE CAN ALSO REQUEST THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY COME AND GIVE YOU THE PRESENTATION AGAIN ON THE SUNSHINE LAWS. I HAD ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO HER FOLLOWING ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY GETTING IT ON THE JANUARY MEETING, SO I'LL PROBABLY NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT. MAYBE ON THE MARCH MEETING TO WHERE WE HAVE A REFRESHER ON SUNSHINE,
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BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE'RE NEW THERE'S FOUR MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD THAT ARE BASICALLY BRAND NEW.SO THE MORE INFORMATION WE CAN GET ON THAT, THE BETTER.
BUT THE I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON THE NAME OF IT.
I BELIEVE THAT SURVEY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT EMAILED TO YOU DIRECTLY.
TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT SURVEY. HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD? AND THEN ACTUALLY, THE DAY AFTER OUR FEBRUARY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, RIGHT BACK HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY, AGAIN, IT'S VARYING THE EARLY STAGES FROM WINN-DIXIE DOWN TO BABCOCK STREET, I BELIEVE, IS THE STRETCH OF ROAD THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT FINDING WAYS TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE BEAUTIFICATION TO THEIR STOREFRONTS, WHETHER OR NOT THERE MIGHT BE SOME VIABILITY IN PUTTING PLANTINGS IN THE MEDIAN WHAT THOSE PLANTINGS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
I INTEND ON BEING AT THE WORKSHOP ON THE FEBRUARY 22ND.
IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S AN OPEN HOUSE.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN. AND WHAT WHAT GROUP IS PUTTING TOGETHER THAT PLAN? AGAIN, I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC NAME OF IT.
BUT IT IS THE CITY'S LEADERSHIP TRAINING GROUP, I BELIEVE.
ERIC, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT. I THINK IT'S EITHER LIT.
IT'S THE LIT LEADERSHIP TEAM AT THAT WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER BROUGHT AND SELECTED SELECTED THEM. SO THEY DID THAT DRAWING THAT WENT OUT WITH THE SURVEY THE LANDSCAPE DRAWING? YEAH. I COULD NOT ANSWER. YEAH. ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I MEAN, MY COMMENT WAS IT LOOKS LIKE MIAMI, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT LOOK LIKE PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
SO IT'S LIKE, OKAY. OH, THAT'S SO THE OPEN DISCUSSION IS FEBRUARY 22ND.
FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY 26TH. HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS 26.
OKAY. SO IT'S WE HAVE OUR MEETING ON THE 25TH, I BELIEVE IT IS.
AND THEN THE DAY AFTER THAT, WE HAVE OUR MEETING ON THE WEDNESDAY. THE THURSDAY IS WHEN THE OKAY, THE MEETING IS HAPPENING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND THIS IS KIND OF A FUTURE, VERY PRELIMINARY SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
MR. MORTON IS CONSIDERING AND LOOKING AT PLANS FOR DEVELOPING A STORMWATER PARK WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY BOUNDARIES OVER IN THE OVER IN THE THE COMPOUND. HE WAS LOOKING AT UTILIZING CITY OWNED LAND AND DEVELOPING A STORMWATER PARK THAT COULD BE A FEATURE AND DRAW DEVELOPMENT INTO THAT AREA.
THAT IS, AGAIN, WELL WITHIN THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD'S WHEELHOUSE.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THAT PROJECT AND TRY TO INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION AND FIND OUR WAY TO ASSISTING THE CITY MANAGER WITH THAT STORMWATER PARK IDEA. AND THAT COMPLETES MY BOARD REPORT FOR TONIGHT.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE FINAL ITEM OF THE NIGHT, WHICH IS OTHER BUSINESS.
NUMBER TWO, UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS OF INTEREST.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY EVENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE TO THE PUBLIC? I DO, THERE'S A COUPLE COMING UP. THE IT'S NOT TILL APRIL, BUT YOU SIGN UP SOONER.
IT'S THE LAGOON CLEANUP, APRIL 25TH. IT'S IN SEVEN LOCATIONS, BUT AT THE EARTH DAY LAGOON CLEANUP, GREEN WATER, GREEN SPACE, WATER ALLIANCE GROUP.
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YOU CAN SIGN UP AND SUPPORT THE CAUSE BY BUYING A T SHIRT.ALSO ALSO MORE FUN. AND BEFORE THAT IS THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT.
IT'S FEBRUARY 13TH, THE WEEK OF AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO MEET PEOPLE.
GET OUTSIDE. IT WOULD BE LOVELY TO HAVE PEOPLE IN PALM BAY GO TO PARKS AND OR EVEN IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD, AS IT SAYS, AND CAPTURE THE JUST IT JUST TAKES TEN MINUTES.
JUST OBSERVE FOR TEN MINUTES AND REPORT WHAT YOU SEE IN YOUR YARD.
SO THAT'S AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT. THANKS. EXCELLENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER EVENTS TO SHARE? I WILL JUST BRING UP AGAIN THE WILD FLORIDA FIVE K, WHICH SUPPORTS THAT WILDLIFE. FLORIDA CONSERVATION.
IS THIS WEEKEND AT BALDWIN PARK. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COLD.
BUT I HAVE ALREADY PAID, SO I WILL BE THERE. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO RUN OR WALK A5K IN VERY COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS EARLY IN THE MORNING TO SUPPORT THE FLORIDA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR AND CONSERVATION LANDS WITHIN THE STATE? THAT IS A THING THAT IS HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY.
I KNOW WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY BEACHFRONT BUT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING THAT TOUCHES THE BEACH AND LEADS TO THE BEACH, WHICH INCLUDES OUR WATERWAYS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN PALM BAY.
ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE CONCLUDED TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 732.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.