Feb 19, 2026 Council Meetings - Regular

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

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WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE RISE? FIRST, I GOTTA START BY SAYING I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL WEARING PINK IN HONOR OF VALENTINE'S DAY. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS HONOR. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY.

LET'S JUST BOW AND GO TO TO ASK GOD FOR HIS GUIDANCE.

LORD, I JUST, I THANK YOU TONIGHT. I THANK YOU FOR EACH ONE THAT IS HERE.

I THANK YOU, DEAR LORD, FOR THE HEART THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE CITY, FOR HOW MUCH THEY CARE, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, THAT LIVE HERE AND DWELL IN THIS THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.

I ASK THAT, LORD, THAT YOU BE WITH THESE OFFICIALS, THAT LORD, THAT YOU WATCH OVER THEM, THAT YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AND THE DECISIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE. THAT GOD THAT YOU ALSO NOT JUST BE WITH THEM, BUT YOU WATCH OVER THEIR FAMILIES AND GIVE THEM STRENGTH AND GUIDANCE.

WE THANK YOU THAT, GOD WE GET THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER.

WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND AND JUST HAVE A TIME OF HAVING HEALTHY CONVERSATIONS, BUT LET IT ALL LET IT BE DONE. SO IN A WAY THAT IS IN WISDOM.

THE GOD THAT YOU BE WITH US AND GIVE US CLARITY THIS EVENING.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF THE FIRES AROUND THE CITY.

GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO.

AND SO TONIGHT AND ALL THAT IS DONE, LET US HAVE PEACE.

LET US HAVE CLARITY AND DISCERNMENT. YES. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE TURN AND FACE THE FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HURRAH! ROLL CALL. MADAM JONES, MAYOR MEDINA. PRESIDENT.

DEPUTY MAYOR. JAFFE PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN. HAMMER. PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN. LANGEVIN. PRESENT. MR. MORTON PRESENT.

MISS SMITH PRESENT. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE THAT THERE IS A DECORUM STATEMENT.

I WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF THEM. AND THEY'RE BOTH ON THE VISION SCREENS TO YOUR LEFT AND TO YOUR RIGHT.

DEPUTY MAYOR, DID YOU MAKE DEPUTY MAYOR ANNOUNCEMENTS?

[ANNOUNCEMENTS:]

THESE REPRESENT AT LARGE POSITIONS. ANYONE WISHING TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS CAN APPLY ONLINE AT PALM BAY, FLU.GOV OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT 9523414.

[AGENDA REVISIONS:]

ANY REVISIONS? NO REVISIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH.

ANY REVISIONS? NO, SIR. COUNCIL. ANY REVISIONS? SEEING NONE, WE'RE ON PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.

[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS:]

AND PART OF THAT IS WE'VE CREATED THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM.

SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE RICHARD'S PAVING AND SEALCOATING, LLC.

COME ON UP, SIR. IT IS HEREBY RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

DO YOU. DO YOU HAVE THE BABY THERE? OKAY, YES.

SO THEY COULD SEE THE FIFTH GENERATION OF RICHARD'S PAVING.

RIGHT THEN. HE'S SO CUTE. WHEREAS RICHARD'S PAVING AND SEALCOATING, LLC IS RECOGNIZED AS THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM RECIPIENT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026 FOR ITS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PALM BAY BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS, RICHARDS PAVING AND SEALCOATING, LLC, LOCATED AT 640 BLUEFIELD STREET SOUTHEAST,

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ISN'T THAT EXCITING? SPECIALIZING IN HIGH QUALITY PAVING, SEAL AND SEAL COATING SERVICES FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHEREAS RICHARDS PAVING STEEL COATING, LLC HAS DEMONSTRATED AND SUSTAINED GROWTH AND RESILIENCE THROUGH WORKFORCE EXPANSION AND CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES AND COMPETITIVE AND REASONABLE COSTS.

AND WHEREAS, RICHARDS PAVING ACTIVELY SUPPORTS AND STRENGTHENS LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN CIVIC EVENTS, INCLUDING THE CITY'S ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.

AND WHEREAS, RICHARDS PAVING CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINS HIGH RATINGS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AND RECEIVES EXCEPTIONAL FEEDBACK FROM ITS CUSTOMER SERVICE, QUALITY, WORKMANSHIP, SCHEDULE FLEXIBILITY, AND THE ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY DELIVER PROJECTS OF VARYING SCOPES OF COMPLEXITIES, FURTHER SOLIDIFYING ITS REPUTATION AS AN INDUSTRY LEADER.

AND WHEREAS RICHARD'S PAVING EXEMPLIFIES INNOVATION, LEADERSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE PAVING INDUSTRY BY UTILIZING ADVANCED TECHNIQUES AND HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS TO DELIVER DURABLE AND LONG LASTING RESULTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I ROB MEDINA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T GOING TO SAY THAT, DID YOU? BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THAT RICHARD'S PAVING AND SEAL COATING, LLC IS IS THE CITY OF PALM BAY'S RECIPIENT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR 2026 FOR THE MAYOR'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM.

I'VE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS 19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY.

CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. COME ON UP. SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER, WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, EVERYONE, I'M REALLY HONORED WITH THIS HERE.

HONESTLY, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I'M A HARD WORKER.

MY FAMILY, YOU KNOW, AND MY EMPLOYEES. WE REALLY TRY OUR BEST, AND IT'S WHAT I KNOW, SO I TRY TO STICK WITH IT.

AGAIN THANKS EVERYONE. APPRECIATE IT. JOHN. THIS IS MY YOUNGEST GRANDSON, JONATHAN HERE. HE'S THREE MONTHS ANY TODAY. AND THIS IS MY GRANDSON HERE.

SAUL. HE'S SIX YEARS OLD. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER MARGARET.

AND MY WIFE, MARGARET. THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU MA'AM.

OH, YEAH.

THERE YOU GO. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU. TAKE CARE MA'AM. THANK YOU. HEY, BUDDY.

TAKE CARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NICE MEETING YOU.

YOU GOTTA LEAN A LITTLE MORE. THERE YOU GO. HE'S GETTING THERE.

YEAH. YES. YES. NEXT UP, WE GOT DOUG HOOK. COME ON UP. WE ARE RECOGNIZING NATIONAL NATIVE SPACE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK. IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

WHEREAS INVASIVE SPECIES ARE AMONG PALM BAY MOST COSTLY THREAT TO TO NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS. WHEREAS INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT IS AN IMPERATIVE FIELD OF STUDY AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR PALM BAY RECREATIONISTS LAND MANAGERS AND WATER MANAGEMENT, WHEREAS RECREATION, FISHING AND NATURAL TOURISM HAVE BEEN A VITAL IMPORTANCE TO PALM BAY HISTORY.

PALM BAY GROWTH AND FINANCIAL HEALTH. WHEREAS INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL PALM BAY RESIDENTS,

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AND WITNESS. HERE I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS 19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. HOOK. THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO.

FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL AND ALL CITY STAFF FOR ACKNOWLEDGING NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN PALM BAY HISTORY THAT IT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED.

BUT INVASIVES HAVE LONG BEEN AN ISSUE NOT ONLY IN PALM BAY, BUT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS WELL.

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE WORST OFFENDERS ARE BRAZILIAN PEPPER CUBAN TREE FROGS, AIR POTATOES AND PYTHONS.

BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF INVASIVES THAT ARE SOLD EVERY DAY WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

YOUR GARDEN, YOUR GOLDEN POTHOS, WHICH IS A COMMON HOUSEPLANT THAT EVERYBODY PROBABLY HAS HAD AN.

INTERACTION WITH AT ONE POINT IN TIME CAN STRANGLE A TREE JUST AS BADLY AS A PYTHON CAN STRANGLE A BOBCAT.

THE IMPACT OF INVASIVES ON OUR ECONOMY AND OUR ECOSYSTEM CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED.

A PALM BAY CITIZEN HAS ACTUALLY GRACIOUSLY ASSISTED THE PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD BY PRESENTING THE BOARD A FULL LIST OF INVASIVE SPECIES THAT ARE FOUND WITHIN FLORIDA AND THE ZONES WHERE THEY ARE MOST IMPACTED.

THAT LIST IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM BY THE FRONT DOOR. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GRAB A COPY.

YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TAKE THAT AND USE THAT AS A GUIDE IN THE FUTURE. DURING NEXT WEDNESDAY'S PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING A PRESENTATION FROM ONE OF TURKEY CREEK'S RANGERS WHO IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF INVASIVE SPECIES IN TURKEY CREEK, HOW THEY MANAGE IT, AND THE LONG TERM PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE CAUSED.

SO I WELCOME EVERYONE TO JOIN US AT THE NEXT SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD ON WEDNESDAY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS TO TAKE PART IN THAT PRESENTATION IN THE FUTURE.

THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY LEADERSHIP AND THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK, AND HOPEFULLY, IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GROW OUR EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AND BRING MORE AWARENESS AND MORE EDUCATION TO THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY AS PART OF NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK. LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY, AS OUR PLANTS ARE MOSTLY DEAD RIGHT NOW FROM THE FREEZE, AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR YARDS AND TRYING TO REPLACE WHAT HAS BEEN LOST.

KEEP IN MIND WHAT IS AND ISN'T INVASIVE. WHEN YOU ARE AT BIG BOX STORES, YOU WILL FIND THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ARE AN INVASIVE SPECIES.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH AND TRY TO HELP DO YOUR PART IN CONTROLLING INVASIVE SPECIES IN PALM BAY.

THANK YOU.

SORRY. OKAY. YEAH. ONE MORE, ONE MORE.

PERFECT. THANKS, DOUG. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU MAN.

YEAH. LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTATION, SIR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MICHAEL HEWSON HUDSON. AS YOU WERE. HUDSON. HUDSON.

HUDSON. LIKE RUSSIAN? YEAH, THAT IS A OKAY. I WOULDN'T BRAG ABOUT THAT RUSSIAN THING.

YEAH, IT'S AN IRISH NAME. IS IT REALLY? YES. IT USED TO BE AN USHER A LONG TIME AGO.

IT'S THE RUSSIAN PART THAT GOT ME CONFUSED. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WITH A.

SO WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK FROM MARCH 9TH TO THE 15TH.

IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

WHEREAS PALM BAY HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERE WEATHER IN THE PAST IN THE FORM OF EXTREME RAINFALL OR TROPICAL SYSTEM EVENTS, RESULTING IN FLOODING IN BOTH COASTAL AND RIVERINE AREAS, AND THIS FLOODING HAS CAUSED DAMAGE AND FLOOD LOSSES TO HOMES AND BUILDINGS IN ALL AREAS, WHETHER THEY ARE AT HIGH RISK SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS OR LOW MODERATE RISK FLOOD ZONE.

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AND WHEREAS, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF POTENTIAL WEATHER HAZARDS AND METHODS OF PROTECTION ARE CRITICAL TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS. WHEREAS THE FLORIDA FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS ASSOCIATION HAVE HAS DECLARED THE WEEK OF MARCH 3RD THROUGH THE NINTH, 2026 AS FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF FLOOD RISK.

THE AVAILABILITY OF FLOOD INSURANCE, FLOOD PROTECTION METHODS AND HOW TO PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RON MEDINA, MAYOR OF PALM BAY BY THE VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY, HAS SET OFFICE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MARCH 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH, 2026 AS FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK AND ENCOURAGE ALL OUR CITIZENS OF PALM BAY TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR PROPERTY FROM FLOODING AND WITNESS HERE HAVE I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO BE AFFIXED THIS 19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026? MR. HOUSTON HUSTON. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU COUNCILOR. THANK YOU. THANKS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THESE THE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO THESE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE FLORIDA FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS ASSOCIATION REALLY STRENGTHENED OUR CITY'S RESILIENCY TO, YOU KNOW, RECOVER FROM STORMS AND PROTECT OURSELVES AND BE RESILIENT.

SO IT'S IT'S CURRENTLY, LIKE, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, I'M MICHAEL HUSH, I'M THE CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGER HERE, AND I'M IN THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. OUR CITY WEB PAGE HAS A FLOOD INFO PAGE.

YOU CAN FIND ALL MY CONTACT INFORMATION THERE.

REACH OUT TO ME. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I DO ALL THE TIME. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, YOU CAN CALL THE MAIN HOTLINE AND JUST SAY THE WORD FLOOD.

THEY'LL PROBABLY SEND YOU RIGHT TO MY PHONE. SO I AM, I AM SO THE PALM CITY OF PALM BAY IS A CLASS SEVEN NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM IN THE CRS PROGRAM, WHICH IS COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM.

SO WE GET A 15% DISCOUNT ON ANY NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES.

BECAUSE OF THAT RATING WE GET THAT RATING BY HAVING A FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

SO WE DO THINGS THAT HELP PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS AND HELP LOWER INSURANCE COSTS.

SO THE THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT INSURANCE. AND YOU SHOULD START LOOKING AT INSURANCE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME TO GET IT. BUT IN FLORIDA, IT'S IMPORTANT.

I THE BIGGEST FACT I CAN QUOTE IS 26% OF ALL INSURANCE CLAIMS, FLOOD INSURANCE CLAIMS HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF FLOOD ZONES. SO AND THOSE ARE JUST THE PEOPLE THAT HAD INSURANCE.

THEY WEREN'T REQUIRED TO HAVE IT. THEY JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE IT. SO THERE'S PROBABLY AT LEAST THAT MANY MORE THAT DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE.

SO. HELENE. HELENE WAS $3.5 BILLION IN INSURANCE CLAIMS IN FLORIDA.

SO IT'S IT CAN BE COSTLY. AND I'VE WITNESSED IT FIRSTHAND, AND IT'S DEVASTATING.

YOU HAVE TO GUT EVERYTHING WHEN, WHEN WHEN IT FLOODS.

SO CHECK YOUR INSURANCE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A FLOOD ZONE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THE STORM SEASON, MAKE SURE YOUR YARD IS CLEAR.

DEBRIS. TRY TO KEEP THAT STUFF OUT OF THE STORMWATER SYSTEM FROM BLOWING AROUND OR FLOATING AWAY.

JUST CLOSE UP. CLOSE UP THE PIPES AND MAKES A MESS.

AND AFTER THE STORM. TRY TO STAY HOME. FLOOD WATERS ARE VERY DANGEROUS.

THEY'RE DIRTY. THEY'RE DECEIVING. THEY'RE USUALLY DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

OR THEY'RE MOVING FASTER UNDERNEATH THAN YOU THINK.

SO I'VE SEEN PEOPLE CARRIED AWAY. I'VE SEEN CARS FLOAT AWAY.

SO IT'S VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. AND LET OUR FIRST RESPONDERS GET OUT THERE AND ASSESS EVERYTHING.

SO JUST TRY AND KEEP YOU SAFE. AND AGAIN, CHECK OUR WEBSITE.

CALL ME. I HAVE SOME BUSINESS CARDS OVER HERE.

YOU CAN CONTACT ME. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS.

SO BE SAFE OUT THERE AND YOU'LL SEE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.

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JUST FACTS AND THINGS TO STAY SAFE OUT THERE AND BE READY FOR FLOODS.

BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS. IT'S FLORIDA. WE'RE FLAT AND LOW, AND WHEN IT STARTS RAINING, WE GET SATURATED.

IT'S GOING TO FLOOD. THANK YOU. IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. LET ME SHOW YOU THIS.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. RUSSIAN. YES.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM. THANK YOU.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. LET ME TAKE A FEW SECONDS HERE TO TO GET ORGANIZED.

THIS IS REALLY AN ENCOURAGING TIME FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IDEALLY, THEY'RE MOSTLY ALL HERE. YEAR. BUT THIS IS SO CRITICAL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW.

THERE'S SO MANY, SO MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT GIVE OF THEIR TIME AND AND THEIR SACRIFICE TO OUR CITY.

SO I'M GOING TO CALL UP IF, IF YOU'RE HERE, HENRY MORAN, TOM GOMM, PETER FILIBERTO, COME ON UP, GUYS. LESLIE ROACH, IS LESLIE LESLIE HERE? JOSHUA FRISBY, CHAD STOREY, DAVID CARAFA, AND PATRICK MCNALLY.

ARE YOU, PATRICK MCNALLY? SIR. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? CHAD. CHAD. CHAD. THE CHADS2. OKAY. CARRY ON.

SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THESE INDIVIDUALS GIVE OF THEIR TIME.

IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.

IT TRULY IS A BLESSING. BUT WHAT I WANT TO CONVEY TO EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STANDING ALONGSIDE OF ME, IS THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS A VOLUNTEER.

AND WE SHOULD ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT CONSIDER OTHERS MORE THAN THEMSELVES.

THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE TAKING TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND TAKING TIME BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT, WHAT'S CONSIDERED RIGHT. SO THE BASIC INGREDIENT IN FOUNDATION OF OUR CITY IS THE WILLINGNESS TO TAKE INITIATIVE AND THE VOLUNTARY ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY BY OUR PRIVATE CITIZENS. EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS SOME CONTRIBUTION TO OFFER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS.

AND YOU, AS VOLUNTEERS, HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WELL-BEING OF FELLOW RESIDENTS AND THE WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS.

BY GIVING TIRELESSLY OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY, WITHOUT DESIRE FOR RECOGNITION OR RENUMERATION OR PERSONAL GAIN.

THIS VOLUNTEER PIN IS BUT A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LOYAL AND DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE, FAITHFULLY RENDERED TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY. SO I'LL START OFF WITH TOM GOMM.

TOM. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE A DEDICATED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT MOREOVER, YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

RIGHT. AND IT GIVES ME SUCH AN HONOR. YEAH. THIS MAN HAS GIVEN SO MUCH, NOT ONLY FOR OUR NATION, BUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AS A MARINE, I'M GOING TO TAKE GREAT HONOR IN IN PINNING THIS SAILOR.

AND IN THE MARINE CORPS WHEN WHEN WE PINNED. UNLIKE THE NAVY, WE WE LOVE TO DRAW BLOOD.

SO. BUT I KNOW HE KNOWS. HE KNOWS TO TAKE MY LEG.

THIS ISN'T GOING TO. OH, THIS IS THIS IS NOT.

SO IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR. AND I. I TRULY BELIEVE INSTEAD OF PROVIDING THE PIN IN THEIR HANDS.

I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING OF VALUE OF HONOR FOR ME TO ACTUALLY PLACE IT UPON THEM.

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I'M ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

KIND OF HAVE A PLACE WHERE THOSE TWO MEET AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET A BRIDGE BUILT OUT AT FRED POPPY PARK.

THOSE TWO THINGS COME TOGETHER. BUT I DID HAVE SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE STAFF ON BUILDING A.

IN 24 MONTHS. IT WENT FROM BID APPROVAL TO UP OUT OF THE GROUND STAFF AND RUNNING.

THAT SHOWS WHAT OUR CITY IS CAPABLE OF. LET ME SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THAT PROVES.

AND WHAT WE CAN DO. TWO YEARS AGO, I STOOD OVER THERE AND ADDRESSED THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER. WITH THAT, WE WANTED TO BUILD PICKLEBALL COURTS IN THREE EXISTING PARKS AND PICKLEBALL COMPLEX AT FRED COFFEY PARK. THE REASON I BRING UP BUILDING E IS BUILDING E IS FILLED WITH STAFF.

STAFF NEEDED IT. THE CITY NEEDED IT TO GROW THE TIME IT TOOK TO BUILD.

BUILDING E WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON PICKLEBALL COURTS WITH MONEY THAT'S FUNDED BY IMPACT FEES AND HAS A TIME LIMIT ON IT.

IF THEY DON'T SPEND IT, WE GOT TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE DEVELOPERS.

SO I'M ASKING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE STAFF CAPABLE OF CUTTING THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY AND GETTING THINGS DONE.

THEY'VE PROVEN THAT. LET'S CUT THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY AND BUILD SOMETHING FOR THE CITIZENS.

THANK YOU. SO NEXT. NEXT UP. NEXT UP, WE'VE GOT AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S SERVING ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.

AND AGAIN, I HAVE TO STRESS, CONSIDERING OTHERS MORE THAN THAN ONESELF.

PETER. FILIBERTO, COME ON UP, SIR. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I CAN'T DRAW BLOOD THERE. THAT'S. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT, SIR.

THANK YOU SIR. I'LL STILL DRAW, BUT. IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO SHOW THIS APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO ON YOUR BEHALF.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU ALL. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE APPOINTMENT.

STAFF. FOR ALL THE HOURS THEY PUT IN FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND THE PACKETS THAT THEY SEND US.

AND LASTLY, THE RESIDENTS FOR GUIDING ME IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU ALL. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BUT IT'S.

I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT CHAD'S STORY IS A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL OUT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

SO WHAT? WHAT AN HONOR IT IS FOR ME TO TO ACTUALLY PIN YOU MR. STORY. BUT EVEN MORE OVER THAN THAT, HE HAS A SERVANT'S HEART.

NOT ONLY DID HE SERVE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, HE RELOCATES HERE, AND HE WANTS TO GET PLUGGED IN TO HELP OTHERS AND SERVE OTHERS.

SO COME ON UP, CHAD. I'M REALLY HONORED TO DO THIS.

GREAT HONOR. CAN I ABSOLUTELY DO IT? WERE YOU IN THE SERVICE? NO. OH, SO YOU WERE MARRIED FOR 30 YEARS, SO.

OH. THAT'S GOOD. 30 YEARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY THANK YOU, SIR.

YEAH. I MOVED HERE FROM THE NASHVILLE AREA ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT HERE. MY DAUGHTER DECIDED TO COME TO FLORIDA FOR COLLEGE, AND WE.

THAT WAS ALL MY WIFE NEEDED TO TO FOLLOW HER.

SO SO EXCITED TO BE HERE, EXCITED TO MEET GREAT FOLKS AND SERVE WITH GREAT FOLKS.

AND WE'RE JUST HERE TO PULL OR PICK UP THE ROPE, PULL IT IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND MAKE THIS MAKE THIS CITY AND THIS COMMUNITY BETTER.

SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK. YOU IN THE MIDDLE.

YEAH. I ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THE BIG OGRE. LAST ONE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD SAY THAT. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF ME NEXT TO YOU.

THANKS, GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. SEE YOU OUT THERE.

YES. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEE YOU. THANK YOU.

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VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH, MAN. YEAH. SHE KNOWS TO BEHAVE.

[PRESENTATIONS:]

THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME UP TONIGHT, CHIEF STOVER. THERE HE IS.

AND I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME FOLKS JOINING HIM.

HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ON THE WILDFIRE THAT WE JUST HAD IN THE COMPOUND RECENTLY.

AND A LOT OF HEROIC EFFORTS, A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND GETTING THAT FIRE UNDER CONTROL AND IN RELATIVELY QUICK ORDER.

AND THEN, CHIEF, ALSO, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD ADDRESS THE BURN BAN IN EFFECT AS WELL, I THINK THAT'S GERMANE TO THIS TOPIC.

AND REMIND FOLKS WHAT'S HAPPENING. YES, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE BURN BAND.

THANK ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE RESCUE TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S TAKING PLACE OUT IN THE COMPOUND ON FEBRUARY 1ST, AND TO DISCUSS TO TO DISCUSS THE BURN BAN. FIRST OFF, WE DID PUT THE BURN BAN IN EFFECT BECAUSE OF THE FREEZE, THE DRY CONDITIONS, THE HOMES, AS YOU'LL SEE HERE IN THE PRESENTATION, HOW CLOSE THE VEGETATION IS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THE OPEN BURNING AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE, THERE'S NO THERE'S THERE'S NO OPTION BUT TO PUT BURN PLAN IN PLACE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE. THAT WILL STAY IN EFFECT UNTIL THE COUNTY LIFTS THEIRS.

WE KIND OF FOLLOW THE COUNTY WHEN THEY DO THEIRS, AND THEN THE REST OF THE CITIES ALSO DO THAT.

SO THAT'LL KEEP US TO WE'RE HOPING TO A SAFE SPOT TO WHERE WE'LL HAVE LESS FIRES.

AND WHEN WE DO HAVE THOSE FIRES, IF THE INDIVIDUALS PROPERLY PROTECT THEIR HOMES.

THERE WILL BE LESS DAMAGE TO THE HOMES. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO INTO THIS PRESENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE THOSE KIND OF THINGS WERE WHEN THIS FIRE TOOK PLACE. SO FIRST OFF, THE BRUSH FIRE ON THE FIRST OUT, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE COMPOUND WAS AROUND 2 P.M.

AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE RATHER QUICKLY.

AND THEN WE CAN GET SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED HERE AT THE END.

BUT WE STARTED RECEIVING SEVERAL PHONE CALLS AND UNITS WENT OUT THERE.

THEY WENT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON OUT THERE.

AND AT THE SAME TIME THIS WAS GOING ON. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE WERE TWO OTHER FIRES TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY AT THE SAME TIME, SO RESOURCES WERE ALREADY STRAPPED AS IT WAS.

WE HAD OTHER UNITS FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND HERE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGHOUT THIS. SO SAY THAT ONE LOCATION WAS THE OTHER FIRES. ONE WAS ON THE COMPOUND.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE HOUSES IN THE OTHER LOCATION, 973 DAYS, THAT SHUT DOWN THE INTERSTATE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

AND THE OTHER ONE, I BELIEVE, WAS IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE CITY. NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. THANK YOU. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A TIMELINE OF WHAT TOOK PLACE AND TRYING TO GET THAT SOUND.

DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK. CAN YOU GET THAT SOUND UP THERE? THERE YOU GO.

NOT SO MUCH. WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO LISTEN TO HERE IS SOME OF THE RADIO TRAFFIC THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN WE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.

THEN YOU'LL HEAR SOME RADIO TRAFFIC THAT TOOK PLACE WHILE WE WERE AT THE INCIDENT.

WORKING THE INCIDENT. AND YOU'LL HEAR IN ONE OF THESE, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

YOU'VE GOT A VERY SENIOR, VERY SEASONED LIEUTENANT THAT WAS ON SCENE, AND HE HAD NOTIFIED HE HE HAD NOTICED.

WE NEED MULTIPLE UNITS ON DAY THREE. WE HAVE MULTIPLE HOUSES IN DANGER AT THIS TIME.

1973? NO. ALL RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO SOUND. OKAY, SO WE'LL GO BACK HERE REAL QUICK.

AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, WE STARTED GETTING UNITS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE INCIDENT. THEY SAW THE FIRES WERE OUT THERE.

THERE WERE SOME HOMES OUT THERE END UP BEING SEVERAL HOMES.

WE STARTED DEPLOYING THESE UNITS. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE CITY AND THE LOCATION OF THE DIFFERENT STATIONS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WHEN WE GET TO ONE SLIDE, HOW FEW THERE WERE WHERE THEY WERE NORMALLY ON SOME OF THE PAST FIRES, YOU SAW A WHOLE BUNCH OF PALM BAY UNITS. WE WERE SUPPLEMENTED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER INCIDENTS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION.

YOU GOT IT. MULTIPLE UNITS ON DAY THREE. WE HAVE MULTIPLE HOUSES IN DANGER AT THIS TIME.

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AND YOU'LL SEE THERE WAS WHERE THE FIRE WAS AND START PAYING ATTENTION TO 1961.

WHEN THERE'S A JUVENILE IN THE YARD, THEY'RE UNABLE TO MAKE ACCESS THROUGH HERE THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT.

BUT AS THE FIRE WAS GOING THROUGH, YOU SEE WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT UNITS WERE. AND DID YOU COPY THAT? CAN YOU GET EYES? THE AREAS ARE LINED OUT TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE SEVERAL TIMES OTHER THREATS WERE, AND SOME OF THE HOMES THAT WERE PRETTY MUCH IN THE BEGINNING, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO WRITE OFF, BUT THE CREWS DID NOT ALLOW THAT TO TAKE PLACE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THAT HERE REAL SHORTLY, TOO.

SO THE FIRE, AS YOU SEE HERE, THE CONDITIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON OUT THERE, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING HERE ON THE SLIDE TO THE LEFT, DEPUTY CHIEF SPEARS, PLEASE LET THE SERGEANT THERE KNOW THAT HE PASSED HIS JOB INTERVIEW AND WE'RE READY TO TAKE HIM ON WHENEVER HE'S READY.

HE DID A GREAT JOB, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INVOLVEMENT THROUGHOUT THIS FIRE HERE SHORTLY.

WHAT, SERGEANT WAS THAT? JUST SO THAT I KNOW.

HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. AS YOU WERE IN THE HELICOPTER WITH THE AIRDROPS, WE.

THAT WAS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE ENCOUNTERED THEM OUT HERE DOING SEVERAL AIRDROPS.

SO THE WIND CONDITIONS. AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS.

THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE WERE DEALING WITH THE FIRE WITH NOT JUST THE HEAT, BUT TROPICAL WARM TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS THAT MADE THE FIRE SPREAD THAT MUCH MORE RAPIDLY. AND GET INTO THE AREA WHERE THERE'S MORE HOMES, 40 TO 50 ACRES IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS WHAT WE FIGURE WAS BURNED, THE HOMES THERE, THERE WAS NO LOSSES. THERE WAS VERY MINIMAL DAMAGE.

AND WHEN YOU DO SEE THE NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE.

ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT BEFORE WE GET THERE IS WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES SAVED.

IT'S A BIG NUMBER, BUT WHAT THAT NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE IS VEHICLES THAT WERE THERE.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BELONGINGS THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE, THE KEEPSAKES, THE BIBLES, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT REPLACE, FAMILY PHOTO ALBUMS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THE NUMBERS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ARE PURELY THE VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE.

SO 58 HOMES, WHEN WE GET DONE SAYING EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE, THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY SAVED WAS $17.4 MILLION.

THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE NUMBER THERE. SO A LOT OF THAT.

A LOT OF THAT IS NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM ALL THE JURISDICTIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WERE OUT THERE TO HELP US.

BUT THE SUPPORT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL IN CITY MANAGEMENT ON GETTING THE EQUIPMENT WE NEED TO PUT THESE FIRES OUT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MENTION THAT WE DID HAVE A VISITOR ON THAT SCENE, DID WE NOT, MR. MAYOR? CAME OUT THERE AND HE CHECKED OUT AND OFFERED THE HELP THAT HE COULD HELP US WITH AND ANY SUPPORT HE COULD GIVE US.

SO WHAT WENT THROUGH HERE WHEN EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE? THE NUMBER DOWN HERE $20,000. FENCES. SMALL THINGS LIKE THAT.

YARD ORNAMENTS. THE SMALL THINGS THAT REALLY DON'T MATTER.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE LATER ON. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THE FIREFIGHTERS. AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT IF YOU LOOK BACK HERE TO THE BACK ROOM.

WELL, APPARENTLY THEY WENT OUT ON A CALL AND THEY HAD A CALL. YEAH, I SAW SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SITTING IN THE BACK WHEN I WALKED UP HERE, WERE OUT THERE ON THAT INCIDENT. SO CHIEF TO THAT POINT, I WOULD HAVE HAD THEM COME UP.

BUT I SAW THEY HAD THEY GOT THEY HAD A HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET BACK IN TIME.

YEAH. SO I REALLY WANT TO STRESS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INVESTMENT INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND YOU CANNOT IMAGINE HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE IT.

BUT THESE HOMEOWNERS AT THE END ON THE END SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE HOW MUCH THE HOMEOWNERS APPRECIATE IT, BECAUSE YOU GAVE US THE YOU GAVE US THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE THREE TRUCKS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE IN A MINUTE. HIGH WATER SPLASH BRUSH VEHICLES.

YOU SAW THEM OUTSIDE HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN WE GOT THEM INTO THE CITY.

ALL OF THOSE WERE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH ENGINE COMPANIES, DOZERS, HELICOPTERS, OTHER FIRE VEHICLES FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

WE HAD OUR BREVARD COUNTY HAD ABOUT 8 TO 10 UNITS.

THE FURTHEST UNIT THEY BROUGHT IN WAS FROM MERRITT ISLAND.

THAT'S HOW ACTIVE THIS SCENE WAS WHEN EVERYTHING WAS GOING AT ITS HEIGHT.

WE HAD ABOUT 30 UNITS. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT DOWN THERE ON THE BOTTOM, ABOUT 30 UNITS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY THAT WERE ON THIS FIRE.

SO WE WANT TO FIRST OFF, WE'RE WE OBVIOUSLY, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE RESCUE HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR WHAT THEY DID. THERE'S ALSO A GUY SITTING IN THE BACK THERE, DEPUTY CHIEF THOMAS, WHO WAS THE INCIDENT COMMANDER THERE. ZERO PROPERTY LOSS.

THAT MAN DID A GREAT JOB BEING THE INCIDENT COMMANDER OF THAT CALL.

SO, GENTLEMEN, EXCUSE ME, A COUPLE OF THEM. GO STAND RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR CHIEF, PLEASE.

AND COME ON UP, GUYS. COME ON LIGHT. COME ON.

CHIEF. NEXT WE HAD MALABAR FIRE RESCUE OUT THERE.

FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE AND BROWARD OR. I'M SORRY.

BROWARD. WELL, IT TAKES ME BACK A WAYS. BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AVIATION UNIT AND PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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BUT I ALSO WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON WITH PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I WAS KIDDING A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT THE SERGEANT.

HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT'S REALIZED WHAT THEY DID FOR US.

THEY HAD ENOUGH UNITS OUT THERE TO HELP US EVACUATE HOMES, CONTROL TRAFFIC, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE HOMES THAT WERE IN DANGER AND WE NEEDED TO EVACUATE WHAT WE'RE DOING. JUST THAT. WHAT THAT HOW THAT HELPED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS I DID NOT HAVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE ANY OF OUR PEOPLE COME OFF LINE OF FIGHTING THE FIRE AND DO THAT. SO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE HARD WORK OF THOSE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WERE OUT THERE THAT DAY HELPING US DO OUR JOB. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.

IT'S ALREADY JUMPED THE IDEA OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING, COMING YOUR WAY, A SHOT OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

THERE'S A HOMEOWNER ALREADY HAVING THESE HOMES EVACUATED.

WE ANTICIPATED THAT THAT HOME AND ONE OTHER HOME WAS GOING TO BE LOST.

THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE OUT THERE WERE HAVING NONE OF THAT.

AND AGAIN, WE LOST NONE OF THESE HOMES. THERE WE ARE.

THE HOUSE IN THE BLUE IS THE HOUSE. WE WERE JUST LOOKING FROM THE INSIDE OUT, WHERE THE HOMEOWNER WAS TAKING A PICTURE OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE FIRE COMING OVER TO TAKE THEIR HOME OVER, AND THEN THAT FIRE WAS ALSO IN THE AREA, THE SCRUB AREA UP THERE TO WHERE THE HOUSE IS WITH THE IT LOOKS LIKE THE YELLOW MOVING VAN, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO AGAIN, 1717 MILLION PLUS PROPERTY SAVED.

THIS IS WHAT THE HOMEOWNERS HAD TO SAY. THERE'S A LOT OF HOPE AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW.

THERE WAS TOO MANY TO PUT UP HERE, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WERE OUT THERE ON THE SCENE FOR WHAT THEY DID TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR HOMES AND THEIR BELONGINGS WERE SAFE.

SO I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT WAS OUT THERE.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT CHIEF THOMAS IS RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT A GREAT JOB HE DID OUT THERE.

ALL THE CREWS THAT WERE OUT THERE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT FOR A MINUTE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE SPECIALTY UNITS, THE HIGH WATER SPLASH BRUSH TRUCKS.

SO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED $1.33 MILLION TO PURCHASE THOSE THREE TRUCKS.

NOT OUT OF GENERAL REVENUE. THEY WERE IMPACT FEE MONIES.

THERE WAS NOT A DIME OF GENERAL REVENUE SPENT.

THIS WAS ALL DEVELOPER MONEY THAT WAS SPENT TO BUY THIS EQUIPMENT AND HELP US PUT OUT THIS FIRE.

1.1 MILLION VERSUS 17 MILLION. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER TRUCKS AND VEHICLES OUT THERE, BUT THESE TRUCKS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THIS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR US.

I THINK I COVERED EVERYTHING. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ASK ME? WELL, THE VERY FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY, CHIEF, IS THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

AND EVEN, MOREOVER, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT PROTECT US EACH AND EVERY DAY.

AND. AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, AS AS I WAS, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TO WITNESS THE COLLABORATION WITH PD AND FIRE RESCUE.

YOU'RE SPOT ON. IT WAS ALL ABOUT TEAMWORK AND AND SAVING PROPERTY AND SAVING LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING. I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH.

IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS REALLY COLD THAT DAY.

YES. AND AND THEY'RE DEALING WITH WATER. AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU'RE FIGHTING A BLAZE.

SO YOU'RE SWEATING AND YOU'RE GETTING WET AND YOU'RE SWEATING, AND THEN YOU PUT OUT THE FIRE AND GUESS WHAT? NOW YOU'RE FREEZING. EACH AND EVERY ONE. AND FROM ONE FIRE TO THE NEXT AND THE NEXT.

SO YOU SHOULD BE COMMENDED. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I GOTTA TELL YOU, THAT INVESTMENT THAT WE USED IN IMPACT FEES, $15 MILLION IN HOMES THAT WERE SAVED.

THAT'S A RETURN ON INVESTMENT, GENTLEMEN. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY I'M THANKFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU, MR. MORTON. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU DC.

THANK YOU, CHIEF AJELLO. THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT PROTECT THIS CITY, TO SEE THEM WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

AND BY THE WAY, I JUST RECENTLY SAW A VIDEO, AND I WANT IT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

IT'S REALLY GREAT. WE HAVE A BIG LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL BY THE NAME OF CORPORAL DEAN, AND HE SAID HE LOVES FIRE RESCUE HIS HEROES.

HAVE YOU SEEN THAT VIDEO? I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT.

I DID A LOVE ON THAT. BUT I'M GOING TO SHARE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO TO SHARE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE.

AND I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. YEAH.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I ECHO EVERYTHING YOU SAID.

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SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HAMMOND. FIRST THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS THANK YOU.

AND SOMETHING THAT WASN'T MENTIONED IN HERE, THAT.

SORRY. IT'S LOUD. SOMETHING THAT WASN'T MENTIONED IN HERE IS THE EMPHASIS THAT YOU, YOURSELF AND YOUR STAFF HAS TAKEN ON TRAINING.

TRAINING IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE EQUIPMENT AND THE TOOLS THAT THAT WE FIGHT TO GET YOU GUYS.

AND I MEAN, I KNOW FIRSTHAND I WAS TRAINED BY BY ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE THERE AND MY FIRE SCHOOL.

SO SO I KNOW YOUR TRAINING IS IMPECCABLE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT A PRIORITY AT ALL TIMES.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOTE TO THAT.

ALSO, IMPACT FEE HELPS US PUT A LOT OF THOSE TRAINING PROPS AND ALL THAT EQUIPMENT OUT THERE.

SO THESE INDIVIDUALS CAN SAFELY BE TRAINED. AND I DO ALSO WANT TO REMIND JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THERE'S NO WAY I COULD FIT EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON SCENE IN THIS BUILDING TODAY.

SO THERE'S MORE OUT THERE THAT DID IT. NOT JUST THESE GUYS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ONE OF THEM WAS A MARINE.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. THAT IS ALL I HAD TO SAY.

BUT THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. AND AND THE TRAINING THAT YOU GUYS DO, THE EFFORT THAT YOU GUYS TAKE TO TO BE THE BEST ABOVE AND BEYOND, IT SHOWS IT. IT SHOWS EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE THIS.

AND I MEAN, I WAS I WAS UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH, YET FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE HERE AND A CITY EMPLOYEE AND HAVE MY FIRE STANDARDS DURING THE MOTHER'S DAY FIRES. I WAS HERE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I WAS HAVING RELAPSES OF THE MOTHER'S DAY FIRES.

WHEN I SAW THIS GO THROUGH, I REMEMBER BEING THREE AND FOUR YEARS OLD WHEN WE HAD THE BAD MALABAR FIRES.

LIKE, I KNOW HOW BAD THINGS CAN GET. AND THE FACT THAT THAT YOU GUYS DID WHAT YOU DID WITHOUT LOSING ONE HOUSE JUST SHOWS HOW IMPECCABLE YOU GUYS ARE DOING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN HAMMEL I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU. I'M GOING TO AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY ABOUT THE TRAINING AND THE WHOLE NINE AND HOW BETTER PREPARED WE ARE TODAY THAN WHAT WE WERE YESTERYEAR. YEAH, COUNCILMAN KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE MOTHER'S DAY FIRES AS WELL BECAUSE I WAS AT BAYSIDE WHEN THAT HAPPENED.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS CRAZY FOR US. BUT WE GOT OUT OF SCHOOL SO BUT SO WE WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME.

BUT LOOKING BACK ON IT, WHAT THE MEN HAD TO DO THEN AND WHAT Y'ALL HAD TO DO NOW, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING SELFLESS AND JUST RESILIENT.

MAN. TALK ABOUT HEAT, THEN COLD AND HEAT, THEN COLD.

LIKE THAT'S RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE AT ITS FINEST.

SO THANK YOU ALL. I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT WERE ON THE MOTHER'S DAY FIRE RIGHT.

YEAH. SO WE HAVE A FEW OF THOSE GUYS. DEPUTY MAYOR THANK YOU MAYOR, AS YOU GOT A LOT OF YOU GUYS KNOW, MY MY BROTHER IS A COUNTY FIREFIGHTER. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN HE HE LEAVES THE HOUSE TO GO TO WORK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN FOR, FOR OUR FAMILY.

AND WE KNOW YOU. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU PUT YOUR LIVES ON THE LINE SO UNSELFISHLY AND TAKE ON A HUGE RISK TO GO TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TALK ABOUT NO LOSS OF STRUCTURE, BUT THERE'S ALSO NO LOSS OF LIFE EITHER, WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO DO RIDE ALONGS, SPEND TIME WITH SOME OF YOU GUYS AT DIFFERENT STATIONS AND IT'S A FIRST CLASS OPERATION, WITHOUT A DOUBT. TOP TO BOTTOM.

YOU GUYS WORK INCREDIBLY HARD. I'M GRATEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW FOR ONE, I'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PALM BAY FIRE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DEPUTY MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO JUST CLOSE OUT ON ONE LAST THING HERE.

THE THE KB INDEX HERE IS IT GOES FROM 0 TO 800.

AND AS OF THIS MORNING, WE WERE ABOVE 600. SO PLEASE, EVERYBODY KNOW OPEN BURNING PERIOD.

THERE'S A BAND. 800 IS THE WORST. WE'RE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.

600 IS NOT GOOD, CORRECT? YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. THANK ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO NOW WE HAVE OUR SECOND PRESENTATION. DOUGLAS HOOK, CHAIRMAN OF THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD.

MR. MORTON, I HAVE NOTHING OTHER THAN. THANK YOU, MR. HOOK.

SURE. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY MANAGER, FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A PRESENTATION ON MY BEHALF.

IT'S A PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

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SO WHY IS A NATIVE IMPORTANT GARDEN IMPORTANT? OF COURSE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING WILDLIFE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING ECOSYSTEM HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CLIMATE REGULATION. MOST PEOPLE KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS, SO I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO IN DEPTH INTO THAT.

BUT SUPPORTING OUR BEES, BUTTERFLIES OUR BIRDS, OUR LOCAL ANIMALS AND EVERYTHING, THAT'S ALL WHAT NATIVE PLANTS WILL DO FOR YOU.

THE HISTORY OF THE NATIVE GARDEN. THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY PRESENTED IN 2023 BY THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

AT THAT TIME I WAS NOT PART OF THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

BUT WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION MADE. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IT.

IT WAS ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. IT WAS FUNDED.

AND THEN BUILDING E HAPPENED. WHICH BUILDING E IS A GREAT THING FOR THE CITY. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN.

AND THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD HOLDS NO ILL WILL ON THAT.

BUT WITH THAT BUILDING E OUR BUILDING ON THERE THERE WAS ACTUALLY FIBER OPTIC CABLE LINES THAT NEEDED TO BE RUN THROUGH THERE.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE LAID DOWN SOLARIZATION AS PART OF THIS PROJECT AND GOT IT ROLLING THAT SOLARIZATION HAD TO COME BACK UP AND THAT PROJECT GOT PUT ON HALT UNTIL THE BUILDING FINISHED. SO THAT WAS WHAT HAPPENED IN 2024 AND 2025.

OF COURSE, WE HAD THE TRAGIC PASSING OF SUSAN CONLEY, WHO WAS A VALUED MEMBER OF THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE I EVEN JOINED THE BOARD AND I JUST STARTED GOING TO MEETINGS, WAS SHE WANTED TO SEE THIS GARDEN COME BACK TO LIFE ONCE BUILDING HAPPENED? SO IN HER PASSING, WE HAD COME UP TO THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED A REMEMBRANCE GARDEN FOR HER AT BUILDING E.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I JUST KIND OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, TRIED TO THROW TOGETHER AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED IN IT. THERE WERE SOME SITUATIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED ABOUT THE LOGISTICS BEHIND THAT, AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE FUTURE.

BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT GARDEN CONTINUE ON IN HER HONOR.

SO WHY NOW THAT ROLLS RIGHT INTO THAT PART. SUSAN CONNOLLY'S PASSING WAS A MAJOR BLOW TO THE CITY.

IT WAS A MAJOR BLOW TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

AND IT WAS A MAJOR BLOW TO THIS PROJECT. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

SHE WAS A KEY DRIVER OF THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT.

SHE WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS. THERE WAS ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER WHO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.

WAS ALSO ANOTHER MAJOR DRIVER OF THIS. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MISS CONNOLLY'S LEGACY CONTINUE FORWARD.

THIS PROJECT THAT SHE WAS SUCH A CHAMPION OF.

CONTINUE FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS DONE WITH BUILDING EAST COMPLETION.

WE NO LONGER HAVE THE PROBLEM OF THAT CONSTRUCTION BEING IN THE WAY.

I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO RUN THROUGH AND LOOK THROUGH SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE THE FIBER OPTIC LINES WERE BEING LAID OUT, AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE SITE THAT IS PROPOSED FOR THE GARDEN.

SO THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE LONG TERM ON THERE.

WE ARE WILLING TO RUN 811 LOCATES ON THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

AND THAT WE CAN CONTINUE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED SITE ON THERE.

AGAIN, MY FAVORITE ADAGE IN GARDENING IS THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A TREE WAS TEN YEARS AGO.

THE SECOND BEST TIME IS NOW. THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR NATIVE PLANTS NATIVE PLANTS HAVE A KIND OF PROCESS THAT THEY GO THROUGH.

IT'S USUALLY A THREE YEAR PROCESS CALLED SLEEP CREEP LEAP.

SO IN THE FIRST YEAR, THEY ARE PUTTING DOWN ROOTS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE MUCH GROWTH GOING OUT OF THEM THE SECOND YEAR. THEY'RE STILL BUILDING OUT THEIR ROOT SYSTEM, BUT YOU MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH OUT OF THERE. AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE THREE YEARS BEFORE YOU REALLY START TO SEE THESE THINGS TAKE OFF. SO OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A THREE YEAR TIME FRAME FOR BEING ABLE TO SEE MAJOR GROWTH FROM THE GARDEN, THE SOONER WE GET IT IN, THE BETTER IT'S GOING TO BE.

AND LASTLY, AGAIN, ONE OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS WHO I TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK JANE HIGGINS, IS GOING TO BE MOVING AWAY INTO JACKSONVILLE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HER LIFE AS A GRANDMOTHER.

SO SHE, ALONGSIDE SUSAN CONNOLLY, WERE THE TWO MAIN DRIVERS ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD THERE.

SO OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE LOST MISS CONNOLLY. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOSING MISS HIGGINS.

WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS PROJECT HIT THE GROUND, GET APPROVED AND HAVE THEIR LEGACY WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND WHAT THEY DROVE WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, MOVE FORWARD AND KNOW THAT THAT IS HAPPENING.

SO THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT ON HERE, THE PURPOSE IS GOING TO BE TO PROVIDE A REMEMBRANCE GARDEN AND EDUCATION NATIVE GARDEN FOR THE RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY TO LEARN ABOUT AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF NATIVE PLANTS WHILE ALSO BEING ABLE TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE CITIZEN IN A CITIZEN ADVOCACY ROLE.

THIS IS SOMETHING. WHEN I ORIGINALLY BROUGHT UP THE SUSAN CONNOLLY GARDEN THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY MENTIONED. MAYBE NOT MAKE IT SUSAN CONNOLLY SPECIFIC, BUT BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OTHER CITIZEN ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE PLAYED A ROLE WITHIN PALM BAY'S FUTURE.

WE LOVE THAT IDEA AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MOVE FORWARD.

AND THIS GARDEN ALLOWS US THE SPACE TO DO THAT, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT PLAQUES ON BENCHES.

WE MAY BE ABLE TO LAY DOWN SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE BRICKS WITH NAMES ON THERE.

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AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME ENGRAVED STONES AROUND THAT WATER FEATURE AS A FOCAL POINT TO WHERE THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE A LONG LASTING LEGACY HERE ON PALM BAY CITY HALL CAMPUS. SO THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT ON THERE.

THERE'S THE REMEMBRANCE COMPONENT ON THERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENT ON THERE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A BIG FACTOR FOR THIS. NATIVE PLANTS ARE ALLOW YOU TO HAVE A GARDEN MAKE IT LOOK BEAUTIFUL AND HAVE IT IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS VERY LOW REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER, VERY LOW REQUIREMENTS FOR PESTICIDE, IF ANY. NO HERBICIDES, NO FERTILIZERS.

ONCE THE PLANTS ARE IN THE GROUND THERE FROM FLORIDA, WE HAVE FLORIDA'S ENVIRONMENT.

THEY LOVE TO GROW HERE. SO IT'S A VERY SUSTAINABLE WAY AND CAN SHOW AS OUR SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE FOR NOT ONLY OUR CITIZENS BUT OUR BUSINESSES AS TO HOW YOU CAN DO BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS ON YOUR PROPERTIES IN A MEANINGFUL WAY THAT IS LOW IMPACT.

THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE 2023 PLAN AS IT WAS APPROVED.

YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES INTO IT.

THERE ARE GRAVITY DRIP LINES AND SOME INTERCONNECTED RAIN BARRELS ON THERE.

THOSE ARE NO LONGER PART OF THE PROJECT AT THIS TIME.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY REVISIT AND BRING BACK IN THE FUTURE. BUT AGAIN, BEING NATIVE PLANTS, THE REQUIREMENTS AREN'T NECESSARILY THERE TO HAVE THOSE THINGS ON THERE.

SO THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE TWO PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMBINED INTO ONE.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A LITTLE RED LINE THERE. KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.

THE NATIVE PLANT EDUCATION GARDEN WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, AND THE LEFT HAND SIDE WAS GOING TO BE AN OAK TREE AND BIOSWALE PROJECT.

MOVING FORWARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO COMBINE THE TWO PROJECTS TOGETHER. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGETS THAT I HANDED OUT TO YOU, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT LINES UP AT THE TOP. AND THAT'S THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE THE OAK BIOSWALE PROJECT AND THE EDUCATION GARDEN ON THERE.

THE PROJECT CALLS FOR A CIRCLE HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RIGHT OUTSIDE THE WINDOWS.

ONE THERE. THERE'S A LITTLE RECTANGLE THERE THAT IS GOING TO REPRESENT A BENCH THAT IS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF PALM BAY CITY HALL.

AT THE TIME. IN 2023, THAT BENCH WAS PROPOSED TO BE MOVED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT AND INCLUDED IN THAT PROJECT.

AND THAT WOULD BE A FOCAL POINT ON THERE WITH THAT WATER FEATURE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

RIGHT NOW THE PLAN SHOWS FOR PLANTS ON THERE, BUT THAT WAS BEFORE WE HAD THE COMMITMENT FROM FLORIDA CUSTOM AQUATICS TO INCLUDE A WATER FEATURE ON THERE. SO THIS IS A PICTURE FROM 2024.

LIKE I SAID, THE CITY SPENT $2,500 A LITTLE OVER $2,500 TO SOLARIZE THIS SPACE HERE.

AND THEN WITH THE BUILDING E APPROVAL, ALL THAT SOLARIZATION HAD TO COME UP.

I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS STILL IN STORAGE WITH THE CITY.

WHERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A GRAY AREA? BUT WE ARE HOPING TO FIND THAT AND BE ABLE TO REUSE THAT SOLARIZATION MATERIALS THAT WAS ALREADY THERE.

SO HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THE BUDGET STANDS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOTAL BUDGET ON THERE IS $15,639.50.

THAT IS ALL INCLUSIVE, AND IT DOES INCLUDE NEEDING TO REPOLARIZE ON THERE, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE THAT AREA BOXED OUT.

THAT'S THE 2550 THAT WE PREVIOUSLY PAID. WITH THAT SOLARIZATION, THOUGH, WE HAVE CONTACTED NATIVE BUTTERFLY FLOWERS, WHO IS OUR PARTNER ON THIS, AND THEY DID THE DESIGNS ON THERE AND WILL BE SUPPLYING THE PLANTS.

THEY ARE A PALM BAY BUSINESS. THEY ARE MAIN NURSERY IS LOCATED INSIDE PALM BAY CITY LIMITS.

AND THEY SAID THAT IF WE DO STILL HAVE THAT SOLARIZATION MATERIAL, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DROP THAT PRICE DOWN $1,200.

SO WE WOULD NO LONGER BE LOOKING AT 2550 TO REPOLARIZE.

WE'D BE LOOKING AT 1350 ON THERE. THE BOARD HAS ALSO CONTINUED TO EXPLORE WAYS TO LOWER THAT PRICE EVEN MORE, IF THAT SOLARIZATION MATERIAL IS STILL AVAILABLE BY THE CITY.

WE COULD POTENTIALLY LEVERAGE VOLUNTEER LABOR AND USE THAT SOLARIZATION AND CUT THAT SOLARIZATION COST DOWN TO ZERO.

SO RIGHT HERE, I'M CLOSING IN ON THE FINISHED.

WE HAVE OUR EXISTING REVENUE SOURCES. $2,000 HAS BEEN DONATED BY TO THE CONRAD CHAPTER OF THE FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY.

WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A $2,500 GRANT FROM FPL. VOLUNTEER LABOR HAS BEEN COMMITTED ON THERE, WHICH IS GOING TO CUT OUT NEARLY $4,000 ON THE OVERALL COST ON IT.

WE'VE BEEN GIVEN $100 DONATION FROM A CITIZEN.

I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING ANOTHER $250 TOWARDS THIS PROJECT, WHICH WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR.

AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT GETTING OUR THE TWO NEW BENCHES THAT WERE AS PART OF THE PLAN DONATED AS WELL ON THERE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD IS BRINGING 71% OF THIS PROJECT TO THE TABLE.

ASSUMING THAT SOLARIZATION IS STILL AROUND, WE HAVE A FUNDING GAP ON THERE OF ABOUT $4,600 THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED TO COME OUT OF THE STORMWATER FUND FROM PUBLIC MANAGEMENT.

I AM NOT HERE TO TELL THE COUNCIL OR ANYONE ELSE WHO WHERE THOSE FUNDS COME FROM.

THAT IS MERELY JUST AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHERE THE FUNDS WERE PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED FROM IN 2023.

REMAINING CHALLENGES. JUST REAL QUICK, WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SUSTAINABLE WATER FEATURE,

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THAT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A VERY BURDENSOME THING ON THEIR MAINTENANCE WOULD BE PROVIDED FROM VOLUNTEERS, AND THE MAIN THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THAT $4,600.

SO AGAIN, IF THE COUNCIL IS ABLE TO APPROVE SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINES WHERE THE FUNDS MAY COME FROM, WE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO APPROVE THOSE FUNDS, THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD IS CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE. WE ARE ALWAYS WELCOME FOR MORE DONATIONS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE GRANTS AND OUR GRANTS AND DONATIONS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD CLOSE THAT FUNDING GAP AS MUCH AS WE COULD.

OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS IF ANYONE HAS ANY.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GET COUNCIL'S PULSE. I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, AND THEN I'LL WORK ACROSS THE DAIS.

ANY COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN? NO. NO COMMENTS. COUNCILMAN HAMMER.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR GETTING INVOLVED IN IT.

THANK YOU FOR THE COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT ARE GOING TO DONATE ALREADY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF STRATEGIC FUNDING, WHETHER WE HAVE A START HAVING FARMERS MARKETS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET PROCEEDS FROM THAT, OR COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO TO RAISE FUNDING FOR THIS JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SOMETHING COOL.

AND IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING STRATEGICALLY FOR IT, I'M ALL FOR IT.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND ANAMARIE JOHNSON.

AND NO WORRIES. MAYOR. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK FROM ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN INVOLVED IN THIS. THIS IS THE MOST EFFICIENT I'VE SEEN.

THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD OR ALMOST ANY BOARD FOR THAT MATTER, SINCE MY TIME ON COUNCIL.

MY FIRST RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR US TO, I SEE IT SAYS HIGH PROBABILITY OF NOT RECEIVING, BUT WE HAVE GRANT WRITERS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO IF WE I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GIVE CITY MANAGEMENT DIRECTION TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND SEE IF WE CAN GET IT. AND THAT WILL BE MY FIRST OPTION, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE OTHER FUNDS BEFORE WE TAP INTO OURS.

BUT THAT WILL BE MY FIRST OPTION. IF THAT FALLS THROUGH, THEN I'LL BE OPEN TO LOOKING INTO A DIFFERENT SOURCE, JUST LIKE YOU SAID. COUNCILMAN HAMMER. SO THAT'S MY THAT'S MY TAKE.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR MR..

THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND VERY DETAILED, DETAILED BUDGET.

APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. I SHARE THE SENTIMENT.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON HAS THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK YOU GUYS ARE ON THE 7 OR 8 YARD LINE AND ALMOST READY TO CARRY THIS THING OVER THE GOAL LINE.

AND I THINK WITH YOUR HARD WORK AND TENACITY, I THINK YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE FUNDING.

AND IF IF NOT, CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING THE BUDGET FOR 2027, YOUR TIMING IS APPROPRIATE.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH. SO, MR. HOOK, I'LL START WITH THIS.

YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST THE TIMING YOU THE WHOLE TEAM DEDICATED TO TO.

THIS IS IMPECCABLE, RIGHT? THE PASSION THAT YOU SHARED, ESPECIALLY REGARDING MISS SUSAN CONNOLLY.

THAT THAT IS NOTEWORTHY. AND YOU SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THAT.

WHAT I BELIEVE IS I LIKE THE BENCH ASPECT TO IT, AND, AND HERE'S, HERE'S I'LL SHARE MY CONCERNS.

BUT I LOVE THE BENCH ASPECT TO THIS. AND IT'S TWOFOLD.

NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN PLAY SUSAN CONNOLLY'S NAME ON, ON THAT BENCH.

RIGHT. AND THEN AS TIME GOES ON, YOU COULD INCREASE THAT AND BENCHES A DURABLE BENCH, OF COURSE.

RIGHT. HERE'S MY MY CONCERN. I HAVE SEEN VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS PASSIONATE ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS.

ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN HAMER HAS EXPERIENCE WHEREIN THERE WAS A GARDEN AND THEY WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, AND THEY HAD THAT UPKEEP. AND THEN, FOR WHATEVER REASON MEMBERS MOVE AWAY.

THEY THEY GET OLDER AND IT DOESN'T TRANSFER. SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT GARDEN.

WRITE THAT THAT'S AN AREA OF CONCERN. SO AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, CONSIDER THOSE THINGS AND IN PERPETUITY, WHO COULD TAKE CARE OF THIS? RIGHT. BUT I, I'M IN AGREEMENT ALSO WITH MY COLLEAGUES PERHAPS IDENTIFY THOSE GRANTS AND THEN YOU ALREADY IDENTIFIED SOME OF THAT SOLAR IS IS ABOUT FINDING IT, DIGGING IT UP WHEREVER IT IS.

BUT AGAIN, I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THE WHOLE TEAM'S EFFORT IN THIS.

SO YOU GOT MARCHING ORDERS. YOU DO HAVE SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD.

WE JUST WANT TO SEE HOW YOU EXPLORE, TO CONTINUE TO GET THAT FUNDING WITH GRANTS AND SEE WHERE ELSE WE COULD PLUG IN.

YES, SIR. SO TO SPEAK, ON THE GRANT FOR THE WILDFIRE FOUNDATION.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY VERY INVOLVED IN DOING DEMONSTRATION GARDENS AND STUFF LIKE THIS.

SO IT IS A POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR US. AND WE ARE CERTAINLY EXPLORING THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING DONE THROUGH CONRADINA CHAPTER.

NOT THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WRITING GRANTS. SO IF THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO

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SO THANK YOU AGAIN. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SIR.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES:]

FIRST, EXCUSE ME. FIRST ONE IS WOODY WOODRUM, I BELIEVE.

I BELIEVE HE LEFT WOODY. OH, YES, SIR. HE WAS SITTING OVER THERE.

YEAH. SAMANTHA SORROW.

HELLO AND GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SAMANTHA SARA.

I LIVE AT 2188 CROFT INLET DRIVE, NORTHWEST PALM BAY.

32907. HELLO. GOOD EVENING GUYS. I'D LIKE TO CALL ATTENTION TO A GROWING PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AFFECTING SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IN NEWLY BUILT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR GREAT CITY OF PALM BAY.

MAJOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ARE BEING APPROVED AND CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT ADEQUATE PLANNING FOR SAFE SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION IN MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS.

CHILDREN HAVE NO DESIGNATED SCHOOL BUS STOPS, SIDEWALKS, OR SAFE CROSSING AVAILABLE.

STUDENTS ARE EITHER FORCED TO WALK LONG DISTANCES ALONG HIGH SPEED ROADS, OR WAIT IN UNSAFE AREAS WITHOUT ANY TRAFFIC CONTROLS OR VISIBILITY PROTECTIONS.

A GROWING NUMBER OF PARENTS ARE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED THAT DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS PRIORITIZE HOUSING DENSITY AND TRAFFIC FLOW, WHILE IGNORING THE DAILY SAFETY NEEDS OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN.

IN SOME CASES, FAMILIES ARE FORCED TO DRIVE THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL BECAUSE WALKING TO BUS STOPS IS TOO DANGEROUS, WHICH INCREASES CONGESTION AND PLACES ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON FAMILIES.

THIS APPEARS TO BE A SYSTEMATIC FAILURE INVOLVING DEVELOPERS, LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITIES, AND SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION. THERE IS LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY, COORDINATION OR COOPERATION TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN CAN SAFELY ACCESS SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION BEFORE THESE COMMUNITIES ARE OCCUPIED.

THIS ISSUE AFFECTS PUBLIC SAFETY, CHILD WELFARE, AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH PLANNING.

THIS MATTER DESERVES IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION BEFORE A SERIOUS INJURY OR TRAGEDY OCCURS.

I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR MY EIGHT YEAR OLD CHILD TO HAVE A SAFE BUS STOP BECAUSE HE WAS INITIALLY EXPECTED TO CROSS SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY WITHOUT PROPER PRECAUTIONARY SIGNAGE IN PLACE OR PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, AND IS NOW HAVING TO TRAVEL FOR OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET TO SCHOOL.

THAT'S ONLY 1.9 MILES AWAY, SO HE CAN BE PICKED UP ON THE PROPER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THIS SITUATION REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT REGARD TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF PARENTS DRIVING THEM TO SCHOOL DAILY.

FOR PARENTS WHO GOT TO GO TO WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME CONSIDERING THE ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY.

GUYS, THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU MA'AM. YES SIR.

I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. SINCE YOU HAVEN'T USED YOUR THREE MINUTES, HAVE YOU ACTUALLY CONTACTED THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THEY HAVEN'T ASSISTED? YES. CAN I ANSWER THIS? I'VE CONTACTED EVERYBODY, EVEN THE GENERAL ATTORNEY FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL.

I WAS TOLD THAT THE CURB LINE AND THE GRASS IS MORE VALUABLE THAN MY CHILD'S SAFE ACCESS TO BUS STOPS.

I'VE LIVED IN THREE COMMUNITIES. THE TWO THAT I'VE LIVED IN, I WAS RENTING, AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS JUST MAKE COMMUNICATION.

CONTACT BETWEEN SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION AND THE HOA, AND THE HOA GAVE PERMISSION FOR THE BUS STOPS TO COME, THE BUS TO COME IN, AND THEY DID. BUT BECAUSE I BOUGHT A HOUSE IN A NEWLY DEVELOPED COMMUNITY, THERE ISN'T. WE DON'T HAVE HOA POWER YET, SO THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DID NOT GIVE PERMISSION TO THE BUS TO COME IN BECAUSE OF THE CURB LINE AND THE APPEAL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO YOU LIVE IN SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY AND WHAT PACE? EMERSON MAYOR, IF I CAN MENTION SOMETHING REAL QUICK.

SO SARAH TRIED TO COME TO THE MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, MISS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I GAVE HER MY CONTACT INFORMATION THROUGH THE THROUGH THE CLERK, AND SHE REACHED OUT TO ME.

SINCE THEN, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS MET WITH THE HOA.

AS OF FEBRUARY 9TH, THAT MEETING WAS TO BE SET AND THEY ARE WORKING TO WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS TO INCORPORATE A BUS STOP INSIDE THE HOA HOUSING SUBDIVISION.

I THOUGHT THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP. I'LL FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO YOU AND AS WELL TO OUR CITY STAFF.

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THERE'S A SEAT AVAILABLE FOR IT, AND WE DON'T HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ON OUR BOARD.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP WHEN WE'RE SEEING THESE PROJECTS COME THROUGH AND GET AN ADVISEMENT FROM BOTH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND OUR PNC.

SO THE PNC, AS AN APPOINTEE OR AN AT LARGE APPOINTEE, I BELIEVE IT'S AN APPOINTEE POSITION OR IT'S AN APPOINTEE.

OKAY. THAT'S GOOD CONSIDERATION. SO THERE'S SOME INTEL THERE NOW THAT YOU HAVE THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT WORKING WITH THE HOA.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER JOHN THOMAS OKAY.

THANK YOU MA'AM. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER KENNETH DELGADO.

DO YOU HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

DEPUTY MAYOR. PASTOR KEN DELGADO, 154 ANGELO ROAD, SOUTHEAST IN THE GREAT CITY OF PALM BAY.

DOCTOR GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, KNOWN AS THE PEANUT MAN, WAS PRAYING TO GOD BECAUSE THERE WAS A DROUGHT THAT WAS RUINING THE ECONOMY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AND THROUGH A SERIES OF QUESTIONS TO GOD HE ASKED GOD, GOD, GIVE ME THE THE WISDOM OR THE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT A PEANUT.

AND THEN HE DEVELOPED 300 DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS OF PEANUTS THAT SAVED THE ECONOMY OF THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THAT BEING SAID, WHAT I'M SAYING WITH THIS IS THAT THERE'S A WISDOM THAT COMES ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR OWN CAPACITY.

AND AS YOU HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF WORKERS, PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE CITY OF PALM BAY ALONG WITH YOU ALL THE VALUE OF PRAYER BECOMES IMPERATIVE AS WE FACE DIFFERENT DIFFICULTIES IN ADDRESSING THE SITUATIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY. AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SHARE THE REALITY OF WHAT IS FOUND IN JAMES CHAPTER ONE AND VERSE TWO THAT SPEAKS OF THAT CAPACITY OF GOD BEING ABLE TO GIVE US UNDERSTANDING BEYOND OUR CAPACITY.

AND I'M GOING TO READ IT IN A LIFE LIFE APPLICATION FORMAT, JAMES CHAPTER ONE, VERSE TWO, AND IT SAYS, MY BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU WHEN YOU COME OR FALL INTO DIFFICULTIES TRIALS AS YOU'RE MANAGING THE CITY OF PALM BAY KNOWING THIS, THAT IT WILL BE A TRYING OF YOUR FAITH TOWARDS GOD, THAT YOU CAN EXERCISE WITH PATIENCE.

LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT WORK AND THEN EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED WILL EVENTUALLY COME TO PASS.

YOU WILL LACK OR WANT NOTHING. IF YOU LACK WISDOM, ASK GOD FOR SOME WISDOM.

AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE BOTH THE DIOCESE AS WELL AS EVERYBODY ON THE CITY OF PALM BAY THAT WORKS HERE.

DON'T FORGET TO ASK FOR WISDOM FROM GOD AND FAVOR SO THAT HE CAN MAYBE OPEN UP DIFFERENT VENUES, DIFFERENT AVENUES, DIFFERENT WAYS OF HANDLING, OF ADDRESSING THINGS AND FINDING SOLUTIONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX BECAUSE GOD IS OUTSIDE OF OUR BOX. SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRAY, ASK FOR WISDOM, TRUST GOD, EXERCISE YOUR FAITH. THERE'S A SOLUTION TO EVERYTHING BECAUSE GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING AND HE IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE WITH US HIS WISDOM.

THAT'S BEYOND BEYOND OUR WISDOM. GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, ROBERT STICE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE SAID A LOT. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL ROBERTS.

1796 LYNBROOK DRIVE, SOUTHEAST. I HAD TO GET MY TIRES ROTATED THIS MORNING, SO I HAD TO GO TO A DISCOUNT TIRE AT ABOUT 20 AFTER SEVEN.

COME OUT OF BAYSIDE LAKE. I GO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON JUPITER.

MADE. MADE IT TO ABOUT 100 YARDS. TRAFFIC STOPPED, MADE A LEFT TURN.

CAME BACK. WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. IT TOOK ME 45 MINUTES.

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, I THINK WE'RE GOING FROM A BEDROOM COMMUNITY TO A GRIDLOCK COMMUNITY, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. SO MY QUESTION IS THE NEW COUNCIL CAME IN, WE TALKED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE TOTALLY.

AND THAT'S WELL NEEDED. I'D LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING YOUR CONSTITUENTS? WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR ON INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT HAVE WE STARTED? WHEN DO WE GO FROM HERE? HOW DO YOU BENCHMARK THE PROGRESS OR HOW DO YOU BENCHMARK THE PROGRESS ON WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GO DOWN A DIFFERENT ROAD RIGHT NOW.

THE WATER, THE NEW WATER FACILITY, I THINK IT WAS A BLACK WATER FACILITY TO THE SOUTH OF US.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2024. THEN IT WENT TO 2025, AND NOW WE'RE IN 2026.

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YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE NOT GETTING INFORMATION.

WHAT HAVE WE DONE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE? I'D LIKE TO KNOW YOUR CONSTITUENTS LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS.

WE HAVE APARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING UP AT JUPITER.

I THINK THERE WAS 11 BACK THERE. I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S BEEN OCCUPIED RIGHT NOW.

YOU GOT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ON 2 OR 3 FLOORS, 11 APARTMENTS COMING OUT, JUMPING ON A ONE LANE ROAD.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO MAKE OUR LIFE BETTER? AND I TIP MY HAT. YOU'VE DONE A LOT. THANK YOU.

BUT HOW DO YOU INFORM YOUR FOLKS? INFORM YOUR CONSTITUENTS? INFORM YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS WHERE YOU'RE AT, WHERE YOU'RE GOING, AND BENCHMARK THAT GOING FORWARD SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

AND I THINK YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS WOULD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THAT CONCLUDES THE CARDS, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. SO NOW WE'RE ON CONSENT, DEPUTY MAYOR BILL BATTEN.

BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS SOMETHING ON CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THE SIDEWALKS PUT IN JUST WITH THE SAID, WITH THE KIDS TRYING TO GET TO SCHOOL.

IT JUST MAKES SENSE. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WALK IN THE SHOULDERS OR THE FLOODED DITCHES, THEY CAN WALK ON A SIDEWALK.

THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS ONE UP, THOUGH, IS I WOULD, IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE THE GROUP WHERE THERE WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING IS THAT WE DON'T PUT IT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.

IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF YOU COULD GET IT ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEN YOU COULD HAVE SOME OF THE SIDE STREETS FEEDING INTO THAT SIDEWALK THAT LEADS DOWN TO THE SCHOOL, BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU COME OFF, THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE OFF OFF OF DEGROOT, THEY STILL HAVE TO COME.

THE KIDS STILL HAVE TO GET UP OVER THERE SOMEHOW.

SO JUST CONSIDER PUTTING IT ON ONE SIDE INSTEAD OF BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AND GET A LITTLE BIT OF SIDE ACCESS ALSO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOUG. HOOK.

ME AGAIN. I PROMISE THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M TALKING TONIGHT. DOUG HOOK, 1091 MARIPOSA DRIVE.

I WANTED TO TALK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.

THE SHORELINE PRESERVATION AND MITIGATION. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT IS BEING BROUGHT FORTH AS A CONSENT ITEM, AND THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE MUCH DEBATE ON THERE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY BEING THROWN AROUND FOR THAT PROJECT, BUT I THINK AT LAGOON HOUSE, THAT IS GOING TO BE A PERFECT PLACE FOR IT TO HAPPEN.

AGAIN, IT SHOWS AS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HOW PALM BAY IS MOVING FORWARD IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY, INCREASING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS. AND DOING IT IN A MANNER TO WHERE ALL THE VISITORS AT LAGOON HOUSE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT COMMITMENT THAT PALM BAY IS MAKING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE CARDS.

MAYOR, YOU KNOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, UNDER CONSENT, GENTLEMEN.

[APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:]

RIGHT. I THINK THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR I GUESS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THAT.

YOU HAVE ACCESS FROM US ONE ON TO YOU KNOW, EVEN THE RIVERSIDE.

AND I THINK OF THAT COMMERCIAL QUARTER, I THINK OF RESTAURANTS THERE, I THINK.

SO I WANT TO JUST HAVE COUNCIL BE AWARE THAT IF THOSE THAT'S OUR PROPERTY AND, AND I'M THINKING THAT COULD BE NOT ONLY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, BUT FOR ALSO OUR, OUR OUR PROJECT OF SELLING PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME SURPLUS PROPERTY AND THIS IS ACTUALLY FORTIFYING THAT.

COUNCILMAN. HAMMER. YEAH. I GOT TO GO TO MRC AND WITNESS WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING DOWN.

IT'S SORT OF A WAFFLE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS BY BOAT, BY ANYTHING.

YOU CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING AROUND IT. IT'S LITERALLY SOMETHING THAT GOES IN FOREVER.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT IS IT'S IT'S MADE TO STOP THE WAVES THAT ARE COMING IN OR NOT STOP THEM, BUT SLOW THEM DOWN AND STOP THE EROSION EFFECT.

WHERE? IN THE BAY. THERE. I DON'T SEE A LOT OF EROSION IN THERE.

I SEE ON CASTAWAY POINT SIDE, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO FREQUENT GOING ANKLE DEEP IN THE WATER THERE AND THESE, THESE WAFFLE WALLS, THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE TO CRAWL OVER THEM TO GO AND WALK AROUND IN THE WATER.

SO JUST A JUST A HEADS UP ON THAT. OKAY. ANY ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?

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

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OKAY, WE'RE NOW ON MADAM SMITH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[PUBLIC HEARINGS:]

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY ON SUCH A MATTER MUST SIGN A SPEAKER CARD WHICH CONTAINS A SWORN OATH.

TO TELL THE TRUTH, ANY SPEAKER MAY BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION BY THE COUNCIL OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY.

ATTORNEYS WHO ARE APPEARING ON BEHALF OF A PARTY AND NOT PROVIDING TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE ARE NOT CONSIDERED WITNESSES AND NEED NOT BE SWORN.

ANY INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL MUST STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND CONFIRM THAT A SPEAKER CARD HAS BEEN SIGNED.

EACH COUNCIL MEMBER MUST DISCLOSE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION BY DISCLOSING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON, GROUP OR ENTITY WITH WHOM THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE.

THE ORDER OF THIS PROCEEDING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.

FIRST, STAFF WILL MAKE ITS PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY THE APPLICANT THAN ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY.

THE APPLICANT WILL BE ALLOWED CONCLUDING REMARKS.

THE HEARING WILL THEN BE CLOSED AND NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY OR ARGUMENT WILL BE ALLOWED.

THE COUNCIL WILL DELIBERATE IN PUBLIC. AT THE END OF DELIBERATION, A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE A MOTION ON THE APPLICATION TO BRING THE MATTER TO A VOTE.

EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS THEN FREE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION.

THANK YOU MA'AM. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MR. MORTON. THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

AS A QUASI JUDICIAL ITEM, I'M GOING TO ASK ALTHEA JEFFERSON, OUR DIRECTOR, TO COME UP, PRESENT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

GOOD EVENING. THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT, THE CATES FAMILY TRUST, IS REQUESTING A MR. I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I HAD A PAGE. AND WHAT OCCURS IS THERE'S A SLIGHT DELAY.

SO DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE WAS TRYING TO WEIGH IN, AND IT PINGED WHILE CITY MANAGER WAS TRYING TO SPEAK.

SO. DEPUTY MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO DISCLOSE ABOUT MAYBE FIVE MONTHS AGO, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE CATES FAMILY INFORMING ME OF THEIR OF THEIR SITUATION. WE SPOKE, GAVE THEM ADVICE ON A PATH FORWARD AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THE PROCESS THAT THE CITY HAS. AND I JUST WANTED TO DISCLOSE THAT WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU. CARRY ON. ALTHEA. CERTAINLY. SO THIS APPLICANT ACTUALLY HAS REQUESTED TWO VARIANCES.

ONE OF THE VARIANCES IS ACTUALLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL LEVEL, WHICH IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED ENCLOSED CARPORT AND THE HOUSE IS A FIVE FOOT DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENT.

AND THEY'RE SEEKING A FOUR FOOT SEPARATION WHICH IS WITHIN AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL.

STAFF HAS APPROVED THAT. JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THAT'S PART OF THIS.

IN ADDITION, WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TONIGHT IS THE THE REQUEST FOR THE SIDE YARD SETBACK.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS PARTICULAR CASE WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY CAME TO THE CITY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT? THE PERMIT WAS FOR THE SLAB, THE CONCRETE SLAB, THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT FOR A SLAB, AS OPPOSED TO AN ACTUAL COVERED OR SCREENED IN STRUCTURE AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, IS DIFFERENT.

SO THE CAR, THE SLAB WAS APPROVED IN THE SYSTEM BY STAFF, AND IT WAS INDICATED ON THAT APPLICATION THAT THE SLAB WOULD NOT HAVE AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE ON IT.

HOWEVER, THEY CAME BACK LATER AND MADE THE REQUEST FOR THE ENCLOSED CARPORT.

WHICH BRINGS US HERE TODAY. FOR THIS ESSENTIALLY ALMOST 30% RELIEF FROM THE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SIDE YARD SETBACK.

WE REQUIRE 12FT, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 8.8FT.

SO STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE APPLICANT HAS NOT SHOWN ANY HARDSHIP AS IT RELATES TO THIS BEING A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE FOR PROPERTIES SIMILAR TO THIS IN A SAME ZONING DISTRICT.

I CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS AND WHAT, HOW AND WHAT WE'VE DETERMINED IN REGARDS TO THAT.

I DO WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT FINANCIAL DISADVANTAGES OR INCONVENIENCE TO THE APPLICANT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF UNNECESSARY AND

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I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE LITERAL INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF OUR CODE REGULATIONS IN THIS CASE WOULD NOT DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT RIGHTS OF COMMON COME RIGHTS OF COMMONLY ENJOYED PROPERTIES IN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT AS I MENTIONED BEFORE.

I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THEIR BUILDING PERMIT, AND ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT IN PART, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SETBACKS IN THE CODE IS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, SO THAT ALMOST 30% VARIANCE RELIEF THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING STAFF DOES NOT CONCLUDE THAT THAT IS A HARDSHIP.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF THAT REQUEST. HOWEVER, THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MET EARLIER THIS MONTH AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE REQUEST.

AND THAT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF 6 TO 0. I ALSO WANT TO ADD, AS I CLOSE OUT, THAT WE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM A A NEIGHBOR WHO DID NOT WISH TO PUT THEIR NAME ON THE RECORD.

THEY HAVE CONCERNS THAT THE OVERSIZE, ENCLOSED STRUCTURE IS IN SUPPORT OF A HUNTING BUSINESS, AND THAT WHILE THE APPLICANT IS SAYING THEY WILL BE STORING THEIR BOAT, THEY PROVIDED WEBSITE INFORMATION INDICATING THAT THERE IS A BUSINESS AT THIS ADDRESS.

WE DON'T HAVE ON RECORD A BETA FOR THIS BUSINESS OR THIS ADDRESS, BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CLERK HAD THIS FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS, MA'AM? YES. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? COUNCIL OR.

I DON'T SEE ANY. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT TO LIKE TO PRESENT THEIR CASE? AND, MISS ALTHEA, DON'T GO FAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KELLY DELMONICO.

I'M A PLANNING CONSULTANT. ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANTS, WHO ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS? I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY MATT AND NICOLE CATES SITTING BY ME IN THE FRONT ROW THERE.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY, AND I'LL ANSWER MAYBE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ALONG WITH THIS.

SO THE CATES PURCHASED THEIR PROPERTY. THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH FROM 2022 FROM GOOGLE.

SO THEY PURCHASED THEIR PROPERTY IN 2014 AS THE HOMESTEAD RESIDENCE FOR THEIR FAMILY.

THEY OWN A TRAILERED BOAT THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN STORED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT RED ARROW IS. SO TO THE RIGHT IS THE NORTH, TO THE LEFT IS THE SOUTH.

THAT BOAT WAS ALWAYS STORED BEHIND THE FRONT BUILDING LINE AND BEHIND THAT FENCE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE.

SO THEY'VE STARTED A JOURNEY OVER A YEAR AGO WITH THE GOAL OF PROTECTING THEIR TRAILERED BOAT WITHIN AN ENCLOSED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR A DETACHED GARAGE, WHATEVER WAY YOU WANT TO CALL IT, ALONG WITH STORAGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE RIGHT WHERE THAT ARROW IS INDICATING SO THEY DESIRE TO STORE THE BOAT INDOORS AND PROTECT THEIR INVESTMENT IN A WAY THAT THEY THINK IS MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN IT WAS WHEN THE BOAT WAS BEING STORED OUTSIDE.

AND TO HAVE AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT LOOKS GOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PAINTED TO MATCH THEIR HOUSE.

THE CATES FAMILY IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE LONG TERM INVESTMENT IN, AND OCCUPANCY OF THEIR PROPERTY TO ENSURE THAT IT MEETS THEIR EVOLVING NEEDS OVER TIME.

THEY WANT TO GROW IN THIS PLACE, AND THEY NEED MORE SPACE FOR THEIR BOAT AND FOR STORAGE.

SO THE PROPOSED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY REALLY IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THEIR LONG TERM GOALS FOR THIS PROPERTY.

SO HERE HERE IT WAS BEFORE. SO HERE IT IS TODAY.

OVER A YEAR AGO THE CATES KATES STARTED WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR, WHO SAID HE WOULD PROVIDE THEM SEVERAL THINGS.

SO IT WAS THE NEW CONCRETE DRIVEWAY, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE INCLUDING A BRAND NEW DRIVEWAY APRON, A FOUNDATION AND AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. SO THIS DETACHED GARAGE WAS FROM ANOTHER CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED ON TOP OF THE FOUNDATION AND FOOTERS.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE JUST KIND OF MADE IT RED.

IF YOU HAVE PICTURES IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S THE LIP THERE THAT SHOWS THAT FOUNDATION AND THE FOOTERS. SO THE KATES TRUSTED AND EXPECTED THE CONTRACTOR TO LEGALLY PERFORM THIS WORK. SO AFTER ALL OF THIS CONCRETE WORK WAS DONE, THE KATES DISCOVERED THAT THE PROMISES THE CONTRACTOR HAD MADE DID NOT MEET CITY CODE. NOW, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT THE CONCRETE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING THAT WOULD GO ON TOP OF THE FOOTERS AND THE FOUNDATION AT THIS LOCATION.

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SETBACK REQUIRED IN THE RE ZONING DISTRICT. NOW REMEMBER THE RE ZONING DISTRICT IS ONE FOR LIKE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER LOTS.

SO IT HAS A LARGER SIDE YARD SETBACK THAN MOST ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE CITY, WHICH ARE LESS THAN 12. SO IF WE'RE TALKING LIFE SAFETY ISSUES HERE, THIS MEETS FLORIDA BUILDING CODE.

THERE IS NO LIFE SAFETY CONCERN TO HAVE AN 8.8FT SETBACK VERSUS A 12 FOOT SETBACK THERE.

THERE'S NO REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY'RE VIOLATING FROM FLORIDA BUILDING CODE.

THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY DAMAGING, AND WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO WORK THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS TO SEEK A POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR THE CASE. IN THE MEANTIME, SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED, THEY'VE BEEN STORING THEIR BOAT OFF PREMISE AND THEIR LIVES HAVE REALLY BEEN INTERRUPTED.

I BEGAN WORKING WITH THEM SEVEN, ACTUALLY ALMOST EIGHT MONTHS AGO, TO HELP THEM ADDRESS THIS NONCONFORMITY WITH THE CODE.

SO ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS WE TOOK WAS TO HIRE A SURVEYOR TO COMPLETE THE AS BUILT SURVEY.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE IT'S INDICATED AGAIN, THE NORTH IS UP.

THAT CONCRETE FOUNDATION WITH THE FOOTERS IS 8.8FT FROM THAT SIDE PROPERTY LINE RATHER THAN 12FT.

IT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THAT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT.

WE'RE NOT SEEKING TO VACATE THAT AT ALL. AND SO IT WAS DETERMINED THAT, AGAIN, THE TWO VARIANCES WERE NEEDED.

AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO STAFF FOR TELLING US THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE THE STRUCTURE SEPARATION.

ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE MEET CODE REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT THAT SETBACK.

WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE ANONYMOUS NEIGHBOR COMPLAINT AND THAT THIS STORAGE AND ACCESSORY GARAGES FOR A BUSINESS THIS STRUCTURE, OTHER THAN THE SETBACK, WOULD BE ALLOWED ON ANY OTHER PROPERTY IN THE CITY UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO AGAIN OUR VARIANCE REQUEST IS TO REDUCE THE SIDE YARD ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SETBACK FROM 12 TO 8.8 FEET.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY. AND THEN STAFF SAID THEY COULD ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE THE FIVE FOOT REQUIREMENT FOR SEPARATION DOWN TO FOUR FEET.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN HAVE AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE 4 OR 5FT FROM A PROPERTY, SURELY 8.8FT FROM A PROPERTY LINE DOESN'T PUT ANY OTHER BUILDINGS AT RISK.

NO EASEMENTS WILL BE IMPACTED, AND VARIANCE ARE ONLY BEING SOUGHT FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION ON THE PROPERTY, NOT FOR IT TO BE LARGER THAN IT IS. SO HERE'S THE THING.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GRANTING VARIANCES, THIS IS UP TO THE VARYING DEGREES OF INTERPRETATION FOR WHATEVER BOARD.

AND IN THIS CASE, COUNCIL DECIDES IT IS NOT STAFF'S INTERPRETATION THAT MAKES THESE DECISIONS ON WHETHER SOMETHING GETS TO BE GRANTED A VARIANCE.

IN THIS CASE, IT'S CITY COUNCIL'S INTERPRETATION OF THOSE CRITERIA.

SO THE STATE OF FLORIDA SETS FORTH SOME THINGS IN FLORIDA STATUTES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO CONSIDER.

AND EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS A LITTLE BIT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CRITERIA FOR GRANTING VARIANCES.

DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS ARE MORE LAX THAN OTHERS.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO BREVARD COUNTY, THEY HAVE A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT THERE.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY GOOD ABOUT GRANTING VARIANCES THAT MAKE SENSE. OTHER LOCATIONS.

IN OUR COUNTY, THE STAFF WILL TELL YOU THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO TAKE A VARIANCE APPLICATION.

SO IT'S IT'S ALL VARYING DEGREES OF HOW THE BOARD, HOW THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO INTERPRET THIS CRITERIA.

SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD'S UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR THIS REQUEST.

I DON'T WANT TO READ THIS TO YOU, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE SEVERAL VARIANCE CRITERIA.

AND JUST QUICKLY TO GO THROUGH THEM. NUMBER ONE IS THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, SO THE HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THEM OWNING THIS PROPERTY, AND IT WAS PLACED IN A MANNER WHERE THE GARAGE AND THE DRIVEWAY ARE CLOSER TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE. SO THE THOUGHT IS, OH, WELL, LET'S JUST MOVE THIS TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

WELL, THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING HAS VEGETATION.

IT'S CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE. THE DRIVEWAY IS NOT THERE.

THEY'D HAVE TO EXTEND ANOTHER DRIVEWAY TO GET THERE.

THE MOST LOGICAL PLACE TO PUT THIS IS WHERE THE BOAT WAS ALREADY STORED BEFORE, WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY.

AGAIN, THE SURVEY INDICATES THE HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED FURTHER FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE, GIVING THE MOST SPACE TO CONSTRUCT THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.

THE NEXT CRITERIA IS GENERALLY RELATED TO THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS, AND CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NOT THE RESULTS OF THE APPLICANT.

THE APPLICANT DID NOT CONSTRUCT THE HOME AND WASN'T ABLE TO CONTROL WHERE THE HOUSE WAS PLACED ON THE LOT, OR THAT THERE'S MORE SPACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LOT THAN THE SOUTH SIDE.

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LITERAL INTERPRETATION OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACK WOULD DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT OF THE ABILITY TO ERECT THE SELECTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN WHICH TO STORE THEIR FAMILY BOAT AND PROVIDE STORAGE AS THEY HIRED THE CONTRACTOR TO DO. THE FOURTH IS IS THIS THE MINIMUM VARIANCE NECESSARY? YES, IT IS AS INDICATED ON THAT AS BUILT SURVEY THAT I SHOWED YOU WITH THE RED CIRCLES, THE CONCRETE PAD THAT IS THE FOUNDATION AND THE FOOTERS.

THAT IS THE MINIMUM WE ARE ASKING FOR. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE THAN THAT.

THE NEXT ONE IS ABOUT SPECIAL PRIVILEGE, ALLOWING FOR A REDUCTION IN THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.

SIDE YARD SETBACK WILL NOT GRANT ANY SPECIAL PRIVILEGE, AND WILL ALLOW FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A PREFABRICATED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THE SITE.

AND THEN I THINK THIS LAST ONE IS IMPORTANT TOO.

IS IT IN HARMONY WITH THE GENERAL INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE CODE, AND WILL IT BE INJURIOUS TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES OR DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC WELFARE? ALLOWING THIS REDUCTION OF A SETBACK ON THIS EXISTING CONCRETE PAD AND FOOTERS IS IN HARMONY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOES NOT CAUSE ANY DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE, HEALTH OR SAFETY.

NO EASEMENTS WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF THIS REQUEST.

AND TO KIND OF GET INTO THE NEIGHBOR THING A LITTLE BIT MORE THE CATE'S PROPERTY IS THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED AND THE LOCATION OF THAT CONCRETE PAD WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS THE RED, THE COLORED IN RED BOX.

IN THE RED BOX. THEY'RE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE MOST GREATLY IMPACTED BY THIS VARIANCE REQUEST ARE TO THE NORTH IN THE YELLOW BOX AND ALSO TO THE EAST IN THAT OTHER YELLOW BOX. BOTH OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE SIGNED LETTERS OF NO OBJECTIONS AND SUPPORT THIS VARIANCE REQUEST.

AND WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU HERE IS THIS IS A PICTURE KIND OF ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE KATE'S HOME.

AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THAT FOOTER IS.

AND THE NEIGHBOR ON THE RIGHT THERE THAT IS THE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS HAS NO OBJECTION AND SUPPORTS THIS AS WELL.

AND HERE IS JUST ANOTHER ANOTHER VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

SO WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ASK COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WHETHER THEY CAN MAKE A POSITIVE INTERPRETATION OF THE VARIANCE CRITERIA SO THE KATE'S CAN FINISH THE PROPER PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS DOMENICO.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT GOING BACK TO STAFF'S PRESENTATION REGARDING THE ANONYMOUS LETTER, I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT FALLS UNDER THE COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S RELEVANT. IT'S MERELY SPECULATIVE. I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN ANY DECISION MAKING TONIGHT. FURTHERMORE, I WOULD SUPPORT THIS MEASURE TONIGHT FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT RESIDENTIAL ONE, RESIDENTIAL TWO ALLOWS EIGHT FOOT SETBACKS.

SHRA IS THE ONLY ONE THAT ALLOWS THE THE LARGER SETBACK.

SO THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. THE THE OTHER THING IS, I'M PRETTY SURE AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL CAN CORRECT ME, BUT THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE I THINK A MINIMUM SEPARATION REQUIREMENT IS THREE FEET.

PALM BAY ORDINANCE IT IS FIVE. OKAY. BUT REGARDLESS, I STILL SUPPORT BOTH BOTH VARIANCES TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MA'AM.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR.

SPEAKER CARDS NUMBER ONE OR BILL BENTON? YEP.

YOU'RE NUMBER ONE. IT'S IT'S IT'S MASTER CHIEF OR MASTER CHIEF.

BILL. EXCUSE ME. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET.

SOUTHWEST. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THIS MEETING. THESE MEETINGS A LONG, LONG TIME.

AND I WATCH PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING INTO THE UTILITY EASEMENTS REQUESTING TO GO INTO THE UTILITY EASEMENTS, SAYING, I WANT A VARIANCE SO I CAN PUT MY SCREEN PORCH UP AND IT GETS APPROVED, IT GETS APPROVED, IT GETS APPROVED. HARDLY EVER DO I SEE ANYTHING GET SHOT DOWN.

WELL, HERE'S A CASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS EVEN MORE LAND THAN THE REGULAR RS2 PIECE OF PROPERTY AND AN RS2 PIECE OF PROPERTY.

IT WOULD BE EIGHT FEET, WHICH IS A SMALLER LOT TO BEGIN WITH, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GRANT IT TO THEM AND THEN GRANT WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THEIR UTILITY EASEMENTS. THE OTHER REASON WHY I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS IS THE FACT THAT THE NEIGHBORS THAT SURROUND IT ARE SUPPORTING HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THEM DOING THAT. AND A FINAL REASON IS BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR THAT THEY HIRED YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WAS MAKING THE PREPARATIONS TO SOLVE THESE DILEMMAS, WOULD HAVE HAD THAT AHEAD OF TIME. SO I'M SORRY FOR THEM FOR THEY PROBABLY HAD TO PAY THAT CONTRACTOR, SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THEM. APPROVAL OF THIS ONE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO, MA'AM. ANY ADDITIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS.

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SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN? YEAH. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TO COMMEND THEM FOR GOING THROUGH THIS INCREDIBLE PROCESS TO, TO, YOU KNOW, DO THIS LEGALLY AND. RIGHT. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DID A GREAT JOB PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. AND QUITE FRANKLY EVEN IF YOU DID DECIDE YOU WANTED TO TAKE SOME PEOPLE HUNTING IN YOUR BOAT, I JUST THINK THAT'S KIND OF BASE. SO YEAH, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS COUNCILMAN HAMMEL I'M GOING TO AGREE.

IT WAS EVERYTHING WAS PRESENTED AMAZINGLY. THANK YOU FOR DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.

AND I'M IN COMPLETE SUPPORT AND I KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE BOATS ARE AND TO GET IT IN OUT OF THE SUN.

I'M. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MY SUPPORT. YEAH. I'M IN AGREEMENT.

I, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE POWERPOINT SLIDE.

REALLY OUTLINED. IT WAS EXCELLENTLY DONE. SO THANK YOU.

I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMOND, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, MADAM SMITH.

I'M SORRY. ORDINANCE 2020 6-04, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE 17, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 172 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES, SUBCHAPTER PART FOUR ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO PUD.

BY MODIFYING THE REQUIREMENT OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATIONS, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.

HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.

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

MR. MORTON, THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY STAFF OR CITY COUNCIL AS YOU WERE.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CARRY ON.

MR. MORTON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A PROACTIVE MOVE.

I'M GOING TO ASK JASON DILORENZO TO COME UP AND PRESENT, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN THE VEIN OF US TRYING TO BE EFFICIENT BOTH WITH STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES, ADDING CLARITY TO THE PUBLIC PROCESS, AND ALSO ADDING CLARITY TO LIKE WE DID TONIGHT WITH CITIZENS, ANYONE WHO'S COMING FORWARD TO BUILD OR DO A PROJECT. SO, MR. JONES, IF YOU COULD PRESENT KIND OF WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS TONIGHT AND HOW THE BENEFITS OF THIS ARE. THAT'D BE GREAT. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL JASON DILORENZO, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. THIS IS AS MR. MORTON SAID, A PROACTIVE APPROACH BY GROWTH MANAGEMENT.

CURRENTLY, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED AT BOTH THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

I'M SURE OVER THE YEARS, YOU'VE SEEN WHEN THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN COMES TO YOU, A LOT OF TIMES NOT ALL THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THAT POINT, BUT YET WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF DEVELOPING YOU KNOW, HAVING THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT COMPLETED AT THAT TIME. WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THEY GO TO FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAVE TO CHANGE BECAUSE NOW THE PROJECT IS FURTHER FLUSHED OUT. RIGHT. THERE'S MORE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE IN THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND AND REVIEW. SO THIS WOULD REMOVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT THE PDP AND ONLY HAVE IT AT THE FDP WHEN MOST OF THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. AND TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT FOR NOT JUST THE APPLICANT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, BUT FOR US AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT LEGWORK.

DEVELOP THE DA, REVIEW THE DA, THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS INVOLVED, GROWTH MANAGEMENT IS INVOLVED.

OFTEN PUBLIC WORKS IS INVOLVED BECAUSE OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

AND SO THIS WILL ELIMINATE THAT STEP AND LEAVE IT AT THE FDP WHEN MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? I HAVE A QUESTION, SIR.

DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

DO YOU THINK THIS IS LIKE A BEST SOLUTION FOR, LIKE, ONE SIZE FITS ALL FOR ANY TYPE OF PROJECT, WHETHER IT BE COMMERCIAL, PUD SUBDIVISION, MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT? I AT THE PDP, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION EVERY TIME.

SO OF COURSE, OCCASIONALLY THINGS COULD COME UP, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE BEST TO KNOW IT.

YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE MOST INFORMATION FOR YOU WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT COMES UP.

SO PRIMARILY. YES. OKAY. COUNCILMAN. HAMMEL.

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SO I'M I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO COME IN AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT ALL THIS TIME INTO IT, AND THEN AT THE END THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELP WITH THE UTILITIES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELP WITH THE ROAD. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELP WITH ANYTHING. WE JUST WASTED A LOT OF MANPOWER FOR NO REASON. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

SO HERE'S HERE'S THE SITUATION. RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT YOU'RE SEEING, EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE COMING ONLINE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEY APPLIED FOR THEIR PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AT THE SAME TIME. UNDER THE OLD CODE, THE NEWER CODE THAT WE ADOPTED, THE INTENT WAS FOR THOSE PROCESSES TO BE SEPARATE AND APART.

HOWEVER, LEAVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT STAGE OF THE PROCESS IS INEFFICIENT ON ALL SIDES. RIGHT NOW, WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING ARE BOTH COMING AT ONE TIME.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE STANDARD MOVING FORWARD.

AND SO IT IS JUST IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH DETAIL AT THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAGE FOR US TO HAVE WORKED OUT EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THEY. WHY ARE THEY MOVING FORWARD WHEN ALL THIS WORK IS BEING PUT IN AND WE DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT? THAT'S WHY WE'VE SEPARATED THE THE TWO IN THE NEW CODE.

BUT IT WAS MAYBE JUST A DETAIL THAT WE MISSED AS WE ADOPTED THE NEW CODE, WHERE BOTH WERE REQUIRED AT THAT STAGE.

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY USED TO ALWAYS COME TOGETHER.

THAT'S NO LONGER AN OPTION. BUT THE ONES THAT YOU'RE SEEING, THOSE APPLIED UNDER THE OLD CODE, IF THEY MADE AN APPLICATION BEFORE SEPTEMBER, I THINK IT WAS 24TH OF 2024, THEY GOT TO STAY UNDER THAT OLD CODE FOR THE APPLICATION THEY SUBMITTED. SO WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL SEEING THEM COME TOGETHER.

OKAY, SO UNDER THE NEW CODE, WHEN YOU GET NEW APPLICATIONS, THEY'LL BE COMING SEPARATELY.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIX THIS AHEAD OF WHEN WE MIGHT RECEIVE ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN PUD. ANY APPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD WILL HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THE DETAILS WORKED OUT.

THAT PROCESS ACTUALLY DOES START AT PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAGE.

THE CONVERSATIONS, THE MEETINGS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY MEETINGS WITH STAFF AND OUR DRC LOOKING AT THE CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENTS.

BUT THEY'RE ALL FIGURED OUT IN MORE DETAIL WITH MORE QUALITY ANALYSIS AS WE KNOW MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHEN YOU DO THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, IT'S A VERY IT'S EVERYTHING'S A BUBBLES.

IT'S YEAH. IT'S CONCEPTUAL. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A FIX THAT WE INTENDED UNDER THE NEW CODE.

AND WE'RE SEEING THAT. OH THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

IT'S IT'S HARD PROBABLY FOR YOU TO TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.

WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS. BUT RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING YOU'RE SEEING THAT'S COME UNDER APPLICATION, UNDER THE OLD CODE, THEY'RE BRINGING THEM BOTH TOGETHER.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE MISSING A STEP.

WE'RE NOT WE WILL NOT BE MISSING A STEP. AND AS I PUT ON THE LEGISLATIVE COVER MEMO, YOU STILL GET TO SEE EVERYTHING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

AND ACTUALLY, OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE STARTED HAVING MEETINGS WITH ALL OF THE STAFF TO GET AHEAD OF THIS PROCESS IN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL, CAPITAL FACILITIES, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS THAT THESE PROJECTS CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON. AND WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF IT. THOSE MEETINGS ARE HELPING, AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB UNDER THE NEW CODE WHERE THEY COME SEPARATELY. WE START THE DISCUSSIONS AT PDP AND WE HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT BY THE TIME THEY COME BACK FOR THEIR FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL.

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YOU WILL SEE EVERYTHING. WE'RE JUST MAKING A REFINEMENT IN THE PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. YEAH. I MEAN OH I'M SORRY, I WASN'T I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.

SO I THINK WE CAN DRIVE DOWN OUR ROADS RIGHT NOW AND KNOW THAT THE OLD WAY DIDN'T WORK.

SO I KIND OF I'M NOT GOING TO BE IN SUPPORT OF IT TONIGHT.

AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE FAITH IN THE PEOPLE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

I JUST KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AREN'T GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER.

SO I HAVE COMPLETE FAITH IN THE PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE NOW.

AND IF YOU GUYS COULD LIVE HERE FOREVER AND YOU COULD PROMISE IT, I WOULD.

I WOULD APPROVE IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I JUST, I, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A PDP GOING INTO EVERY, EVERY SINGLE SITUATION RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING.

AND EVEN IF IT WAS SOMETHING TO WHERE WE COME UP WITH THAT AGREEMENT AT SOME TIME AND THE REST IS ADMINISTRATIVE, I GET THAT. BUT I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY THINK THESE, THESE, THESE DEVELOPER OR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS NEED TO BE FRONT LINE.

I REALLY DO. I THINK THEY I THINK THEY NEED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THESE DEVELOPERS COMING IN AND NOT AND NOT GIVING TO THE CITY, NOT NOT PUTTING IN FOR ROADS, NOT PUTTING IN FOR EVERYTHING.

AND I, I TRULY THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE AT THE FRONT LINE OF DISCUSSION WITH EVERY SINGLE DEVELOPER WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR. SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF THE PDP ITSELF.

WE'RE JUST ASKING WHEN COUNCIL WILL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THE ISSUE, IN MY OPINION, OF ASKING FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TOO EARLY ON, ON A BUBBLE PLAN IS A LOT OF THINGS CAN CHANGE DEPENDING ON SAINT JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. COMMENTS BACK FROM STAFF ON WHAT'S ALLOWED DENSITY WISE, SETBACK WISE, AND I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY IN THE PROCESS TO ASK FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND A PDP.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF THE PDP OR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. WE'RE JUST MAKING IT A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS.

AND THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS WHEN THE PUBLIC GETS MAD AT THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEY SEE THE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT CHANGED SO MUCH OVER 6 OR 7 MONTHS, AND IT JUST GETS REFINED AT THE RIGHT, PROPER MOMENT IF WE SWITCH TO THIS SYSTEM.

SO I'LL BE IN SUPPORT OF IT TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? THANK YOU.

DON'T GO FAR. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE STEP FORWARD, MASTER CHIEF. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. I HAVE FOUR ITEMS TO ADDRESS ON THIS.

THE FIRST ONE ISN'T. SAY AGAIN? NO, I WAS JUST FOUR ITEMS. OKAY. I WANTED TO BE READY, SIR. ITEM NUMBER ONE.

OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. DESIGNATES SOME LAND USE.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR. THEN WE HAVE DEVELOPERS COME IN AND THEY SAY, WELL, I DON'T LIKE THAT.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT LAND DESIGNATION FROM OUR COMP PLAN AND TO CHANGE IT, WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO BE.

RIGHT. BUT THEN IF THAT PROJECT EVER FAILS, GUESS WHAT? THE LAND DOESN'T GO BACK TO WHAT IT WAS. IT HAS NOW BEEN PREDESIGNATED.

NOW, PART OF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLY COVERED IF THEY HAD SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY AGREEMENTS IN THE WORKS AHEAD OF TIME.

SO THAT'S ITEM NUMBER ONE. ITEM NUMBER TWO. IT'S IT'S NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DOUBLE OVERSIGHT.

IT CAUSES GOOD GROWTH. IF YOU SEE IT TWICE YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF NOT MAKING A MISTAKE.

INSTEAD OF SAYING IT ONCE AND YOU MADE A MISTAKE.

I KNOW IT'S MORE WORK FOR STAFF. I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I AND I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT EASY ON THEM, BUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING TWICE, YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF CORRECTING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WRONG INSTEAD OF ON THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT SAYING, OKAY, WELL, WE APPROVED IT. WE SAW IT ONCE AND WE APPROVED IT.

WE'RE STUCK WITH IT BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE.

IT'S HARD TO SAY NO ONCE YOU'VE ALREADY SAID YES IN A DEVELOPMENT.

AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDED DENIAL ON THIS FOR SOME OF THE SAME REASONS I'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND I'M SORRY FOR STAFF IF IT MAKES A LOT MORE WORK FOR THEM, BUT TWO TIMES REVIEWING SOMETHING IN MY OPINION IS NOT BAD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK?

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I FEEL LIKE THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WEST MELBOURNE HAS SO MUCH COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND SO MANY DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, AND IF YOU WANT TO WORK OR REALLY SHOP ANYWHERE, YOU HAVE TO GO TO WEST MELBOURNE AND YOU GOT TO GO TO HAMMOCK LANDINGS OR MELBOURNE MALL AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO I DO THINK MAKING IT EASIER ON THE DEVELOPER WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL.

AND SAVING CITIES TIME COULD MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT AND PRIORITIZE PROPERTIES AND THEN SEE THOSE PROBLEMS LIKE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

BECAUSE IF THEY'RE STILL SUBMITTING THEIR PRELIMINARY PAPERWORK AND THEY'RE JUST NOT SIGNING THAT I FORGET EXACTLY WHAT IT'S CALLED, THE AGREEMENT, AS SHE PUT IT. WE STILL SEE THAT INFORMATION.

WE'RE STILL SEEING THE INFORMATION. WE'RE JUST NOT GETTING IT ALL AS ONE ALL AT ONCE, LIKE THEY HAD IT BEFORE.

WE'RE JUST GETTING IT IN TWO STEPS. AND THAT FIRST STEP, THEY'RE STILL SEEING THAT INFORMATION.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE NOT SEEING ANYMORE. THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING THROUGH THE STEPS OF GETTING THE AGREEMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN PLACE. SO I THINK MAKING IT ON THE BUSINESS EASIER ON THE BUSINESSES TO IMPLEMENT THEMSELVES IN PALM BAY WOULD ALWAYS BE A GREAT IDEA, BECAUSE SEEING MORE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WOULD REALLY BE NICE IN PALM BAY.

AND AND YOU'RE A PALM BAY RESIDENT? YES. AND YOU'RE A MINOR.

YES. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

PHIL WEINBERG 466 SCANLON ROAD. AS MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, I'M A REAL ESTATE APPRAISER BY PROFESSION.

NOW, AS AS ALTHEA MENTIONED, AS DEPUTY MAYOR, MENTIONED THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BECAUSE BY THE TIME A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS SUBMITTED, THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES.

SO WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU APPROVING? YOU HAVE TO LOOK IT OVER AGAIN.

SO IT'S REALLY IS MORE EFFICIENT TO TO TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS CHANGE.

AND AND THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AFTER THE FINAL THE FINAL, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AFTER THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHERE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD. COPY THAT. THANK YOU.

SIR. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. ALTHEA, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO STEP UP AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

YES, SIR. SO, WHAT I'LL SAY WITH REGARD TO DEVELOPERS COMING IN, AND THEY REQUEST, OH, LET'S CHANGE THE LAND USE.

LET'S CHANGE THE ZONING. THAT'S HOW IT ALL STARTS.

WELL, IN THE CITY WE HAVE A HISTORY OF HAVING ANNEXED PROPERTIES, AND AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T DO THREE THINGS. WE DIDN'T MAKE THE PROPERTY OWNER ENTER INTO AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, WHICH IS COMMON. WE DID NOT ASSIGN THE LAND USE IN THE ZONING AT THE TIME OF THE ANNEXATION.

THAT'S IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE DOING AS WE ANNEX NEW PROPERTIES.

THAT'S GOING TO HELP US DECIDE THEN AND THERE WHAT THOSE LAND USES WILL BE.

AND THAT'S THE PRELIMINARY AGREEMENTS THAT MR. BATTEN WAS TALKING ABOUT. ANY ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS WILL HELP ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THIS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MR. MORTON AND MR. DILORENZO HAVE DONE WITH REGARD TO HELPING US IMPROVE THIS PROCESS, IS WE'VE STARTED NOT ONLY JUST MEETING AS A TEAM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WHO LOOK AT THESE APPLICATIONS.

THEY'VE ALSO STARTED DOING WHAT WE CALL A TERM SHEET, WHICH IS PART OF THAT PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION AND NEGOTIATION BEFORE THE FINAL DAY IS DEVELOPED. AND WE'RE WE'RE GETTING IT BETTER AND BETTER EACH TIME.

AND WE'RE ENTERING ROOMS WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE OFFERING TO GIVE US THE LAND FOR THE FIRE, FIRE STATION, TO BUY THE TRUCKS TO COVER THE COSTS TO GIVE US PARKS.

THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE HAPPENING. I PROMISE YOU, THIS WILL NOT SHORT CIRCUIT OR.

IT WILL BE THE BEST THING FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

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THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE ANYMORE. I KNOW WE CAN'T PROMISE TO BE HERE FOR 50 YEARS, BUT WE'RE PUTTING THE FOUNDATION.

WE'RE PUTTING THE PIECES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE MOVING FORWARD, WHEN WE ALL WIN THE LOTTERY NEXT WEEKEND, THE SYSTEMS WILL BE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE WHOEVER YOU HIRE KNOWS HOW TO DO IT RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR.. MR. MORTON, ANY CONCLUDING REMARKS? AGAIN, JUST PERSPECTIVE. I'M NOT TRYING TO SWAY OPINION FOR ME. IT'S TACTICS AND STRATEGY. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO COUNTER TO MR. BATTEN'S POINT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE NEGOTIATE TOO EARLY, WHICH WE'VE DONE A LOT OF TIMES, AND YOU PUT SOMETHING DOWN IN THAT DOCUMENT, IT IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO PULL IT BACK. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT ISN'T A PERFECT PROCESS. WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. BUT FOR ME, IT'S PLAYING CHESS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT OURSELVES ALWAYS IN THE BEST POSITION TO NEGOTIATE AND GET OUR NEEDS. NOW, I THINK THIS IS AN OUTCOME FOR THAT.

THAT'S IS WHY I BROUGHT IT FORWARD. MAY BE IMPERFECT AND I RESPECT THOSE COMMENTS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF LEAVE, YOU KNOW, MY THINKING. SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I, YOU KNOW, COMMENTED ON IT TONIGHT AND ASKED STAFF TO COME UP AND PRESENT.

BUT WE WILL OBVIOUSLY PROCEED AND BE SUCCESSFUL.

I BELIEVE REGARDLESS OF HOW COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WEIGHS IN. THANK YOU.

ONE MORE QUESTION. SO COUNCILMAN HAMMER, PLEASE USE THE BUTTON.

I DID, I DID WELL, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN WITH THAT BEING SAID, DOES THE DOES THE PDP IN THE BEGINNING OBLIGATE US FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD TAKE OUT NEGOTIATIONS IN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND? SO SAY SAY WE AGREE TO SOMETHING IN THE BEGINNING, BUT WHILE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE STEPS, THEY FIND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE AWAY AND GAIN WHAT HAVING IT IN THE BEGINNING, TAKE AWAY THAT FACTOR.

SO SAY WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION THAT'S FIT IN THE FIRST PDP, BUT THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

ARE WE ABLE TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE FIRST PDP, OR DOES THAT PDP HOLD US TO WHAT WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FIRST ONE? I MIGHT NOT BE UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION, BUT I THINK THE PDP IS MORE OF A DOES THE FIRST PDP OBLIGATE US? WELL, IT'S MORE OF A COMPLIANCE PIECE TOWARDS REFLECTION OF THE DEVELOPER'S INTENT AND THE ZONING CODE.

THE DA IS WHERE WE NOT ONLY CAN ENFORCE TERMS OF THE CODE, BUT ALSO ASK FOR CONCOMITANT FACTORS SUCH AS ADDITIONAL AMELIORATIONS, EQUIPMENT, STAFFING. I'M NOT SURE. MAYBE IF YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER, IF YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION BETTER, MR. JEFFERSON. I THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WE ARE ALREADY NEGOTIATING.

WE'RE ALREADY TALKING. WE'RE ALREADY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED AND WHAT IS REASONABLE, WHAT IS A REASONABLE REQUEST. THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING.

WE WE MAY IF THERE'S SOMETHING. IF YOU'RE SAYING IF THERE'S SOMETHING MISSED LIKE, OH, WE NEEDED A LARGER SITE FOR THIS FIRE STATION OR GOSH, NOW THE CHIEF HAS SAID THINGS ARE CHANGING IN THE INDUSTRY AND WE NEED A DIFFERENT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

BUT WE ASKED FOR SOMETHING ELSE. YES. IF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES, BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END, WE'RE MORE CONFIDENT ACTUALLY, THAT WE'VE GOT IT ALL WORKED OUT.

SO TAKING AWAY THE FIRST ONE GIVES US MORE ROOM TO NEGOTIATE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WE'LL BE NEGOTIATING LONGER.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I NEED. YES. WE ACTUALLY SEE THESE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TEN, 12 ITERATIONS, AND WE'RE NEGOTIATING BACK AND FORTH. BELIEVE ME, IT'S HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND.

SO IF I'M TRACKING CORRECTLY, MA'AM, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR QUESTION.

IF I'M TRACKING CORRECTLY, THE PDP IS ALL JUST CONCEPTUAL AND IT CONTINUES TO CHANGE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ALL IN ONE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE AS WE GO ON FOR THE CONCLUSION OF IT.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE STREAMLINING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.

AM I TRACKING CORRECTLY? OKAY. YOU ARE. THANK YOU.

MR. MORTON, DID YOU BUZZ IN? OH, MADAM ATTORNEY, YES.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ISN'T SO MUCH WHAT THE CITY IS DOING.

THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, YOU SEE, IS THE DEVELOPER LAYING OUT THEIR SIDE, WHAT THEIR USES ARE, INTENSITIES AND ALL THAT. THE FINAL WHICH IS GOING TO COME BACK AND YOU EXPECT THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT, THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM AS THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ALSO IS TWICE. SO YOU'RE SEEING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TWICE, PRELIMINARY AND FINAL,

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THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I'M I'M GOING I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME, AND I'M GOING TO SAY I'M I'M ALL IN STREAMLINING, RIGHT.

AND EQUIPPING OUR CITY FOR THE FUTURE. SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

I'LL BE SECONDING THE MOTION. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND.

I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MR. MORTON. THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

I'M GOING TO ASK MISS DENISE CARTER, WHO IS OUR ABSOLUTELY OUR EXPERT ON ALL THINGS CDBG AND SHIP TO COME UP AND PRESENT.

MISS. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE PROGRAM.

YEAR 2025 2026 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACTION PLAN.

IT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND THE CITY'S CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.

EXCUSE ME. THE PROPOSED CHANGE CONSTITUTES A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S ACTION PLAN AND REQUIRES PUBLIC NOTIFICATION, CITY COUNCIL AND HUD APPROVAL. THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION PUBLISHED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FROM NONPROFIT AGENCIES AND CITY DEPARTMENTS FROM NOVEMBER 3RD OF 2025 THROUGH NOVEMBER 14TH, THE HOUSING DIVISION STAFF REVIEWED ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS ASIDE FROM ELIGIBLE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO FUND FOR PUBLIC SERVICES AGENCIES AND FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT AT THEIR JANUARY 21ST REGULAR MEETING. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADVERTISED IN FLORIDA TODAY ON JANUARY THE 20TH, PROVIDING FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDING THIS EVENING AT THE AT COUNCIL MEETING, AND TO DATE, NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN TERMS OF NONPROFIT AGENCIES RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING, INCLUDING AGING MATTERS, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, GREATER MELBOURNE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE AND MATTHEWS HOPE, I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE CITY ON SOME NEW FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS IMPLEMENTING IN OUR GRANT AGREEMENT THAT WE SIGNED WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

THE CITY WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEMATIC ALIEN VERIFICATION FOR ENTITLEMENTS CALLED SAVE PROGRAM CALLED SAVE THAT AGAIN.

DAMN IT! SAVE SAVE SAVE. THAT IS IT STANDS FOR SYSTEMATIC ALIEN VERIFICATION FOR ENTITLEMENTS.

IT IS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL SERVICE ADMINISTERED BY THE US, US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, A COMPONENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

IT IS AN ONLINE, NEAR REAL TIME TOOL THAT ALLOWS FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO VERIFY THE IMMIGRATION OR CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF INDIVIDUALS APPLYING FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS.

AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THE PROGRAM TOGETHER, BECAUSE HUD HASN'T PROVIDED ANY GUIDANCE.

THEY JUST WANTED US TO DO IT, BUT THEY GAVE NO GUIDANCE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO I WANTED TO JUST LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE WILL ONLY BE REIMBURSING BECAUSE WE DON'T PAY ANYBODY.

THEY USE THEIR MONEYS FIRST AND THEN THEY ASK US FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

ASK THE CITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT. SO WE WILL ONLY BE REIMBURSING THE AGENCIES FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CLEAR THE SYSTEM.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO PROGRAM YEAR 2025 2026, CDBG ACTION PLAN AND SUBMITTAL TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF

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ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF COUNCIL? SEEING NONE. OKAY.

I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? NO ONE. OKAY. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'VE. WELL, FIRST, I'VE GOT COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN WANTING TO WEIGH IN.

YES, MAYOR. SO I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WENT OVER THE CBDG FUNDS, AND I HADN'T HAD A LOT OF RESEARCH IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I KNEW THAT THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN REGARDS TO THE IMMIGRATION AND THE OPEN BORDER SITUATION THAT WE DEALT WITH FOR FOUR YEARS.

SINCE THEN, I'VE TALKED TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE, INCLUDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS, WHO WENT AND SPENT TIME IN THE DARIEN GAP, WENT TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER. SPENT THEIR ENTIRE TIME DURING THOSE FOUR YEARS INVESTIGATING THIS.

EXCUSE ME. AND ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT I GOT BACK WAS THAT CATHOLIC CHARITIES WAS THE NUMBER ONE NGO IN THE UNITED STATES. ONCE THESE PEOPLE GOT TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER, MOVING THESE PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES EVEN SOME OF THE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS DEALING WITH THE SOMALI FRAUD IN MAINE SAID THAT THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THESE PEOPLE IN, HELPING THEM GET SET UP, ETC.. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE TELLING US THAT THEY'RE DOING HOMELESS STUFF, AND THEY PROBABLY ARE. BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM MONEY THAT WHETHER IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE HOMELESS STUFF OR NOT, THAT ALLEVIATES RESOURCES IN OTHER AREAS THAT THEY CAN DO OTHER THINGS.

THEY CAN PAY THEIR STAFF, THEIR ADMINISTRATION OR CONDUCT OTHER CHARITABLE DEEDS THAT THEY SEE FIT.

SO IN MY OPINION, CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS ONE OF THE LARGEST NGOS, IS AFFILIATED WITH THE LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD.

IF THEY WANT TO DO A RIGHTEOUS MISSION, LET THEM RAISE MONEY AND DO THE RIGHTEOUS MISSION.

THE MONEY THAT WE ARE BEING TRUSTED WITH BY THE TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE 100% ABOVE REPROACH.

THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE GIVING THAT MONEY TO HAS ANYTHING GOING ON.

AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, AND STAFF CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT WE CAN GIVE SOME.

WE CAN ALSO USE SOME OF THIS MONEY ON CERTAIN CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DODGE RIGHT NOW WHERE THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY THAT SOME OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS CAN BE USED ON. AND SO HOW DO WE JUSTIFY BEING IN A DOGE? NOT LOWERING PEOPLE'S TAXES, BUT THEN SAYING AND TAKING SERVICES AWAY OR NEGLECTING SERVICES, MAYBE IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEN SAYING, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE MONEY TO A NONPROFIT THAT COULD RAISE MONEY ON ITS OWN.

SO I HAVE SUBSTANTIAL CONCERNS WITH THAT. AND IF CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS GOING TO STAY ON, I'M GOING TO BE A NO.

I'M ASKING THAT WE MOVE THE FUNDING FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO A CAPITAL PROJECT, BUT SHORT OF THAT, MOVING IT TO A DIFFERENT NGO THAT WE KNOW IS BEYOND REPROACH.

THANK YOU. SO, MISS CARTER IN THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION OF CATHOLIC CHARITY, THE AGENCY IS SEEKING FUNDING FOR HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAMS TO ASSIST LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL INABILITY TO PAY RENT OR UTILITY COSTS, THE AGENCY WOULD PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT.

CDBG FUNDS WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE ONE TIME RENT AND OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND CASE MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CREATING A BUDGET AND REFERRALS TO OTHER SERVICES OR TRAINING.

THIS IS A STOP GAP IS WHAT I'M I'M SEEING HERE, RIGHT? THIS IS BASED ON WHAT THEIR PROJECT DESCRIPTION IS.

WHO'S HOLDING THEM TO THE FIRE THAT THIS WILL BE WE WE MONITORED CATHOLIC CHARITIES EVERY YEAR.

AND THEY HAD ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES THAT WE HAD DURING OUR MONITORING.

THEY KEEP VERY GOOD RECORDS. AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S A NEED.

IN FACT, I WAS JUST DEALING WITH A GENTLEMAN TODAY WHO HE'S DISABLED, AND HIS WIFE IS DISABLED, AND THEY HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CURRENT APARTMENT THAT THEY'RE IN.

SO I WAS I CALLED CATHOLIC CHARITIES. THEY'RE WAITING ON OUR CONTRACT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SHE SAID SHE HAD NO PROBLEMS SPENDING THE MONEY BECAUSE THERE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HURTING FROM LOSING THEIR JOBS.

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YOU MADE THE MOTION. ANY ANY COMMENT, SIR? YES.

I'M GOING TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO THANK THANK STAFF FOR FOR BRINGING AGING MATTERS IN.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KEEP VERY, VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART.

AND AS WELL AS MATTHEW'S. HOPE YOU DO AMAZING WORK FOR OUR CITY.

YOU TRULY DO. YOU BOTH DO. IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE GO TO TO SPLIT IT UP IN THIRDS, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TWO ASSETS THAT ARE EXTREMELY BEING UNDERUTILIZED.

SO BUT I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? LAST THING, JUST ALL OF THESE DOLLARS HAVE TO BE UTILIZED FOR PALM BAY CITIZENS, CORRECT? CORRECT. ONLY IN PALM BAY. THAT'S IT. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY. NAY.

PASSES. 413. 2 OR 3. TWO. I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR NAME.

ALRIGHT, SO VOTING IN FAVOR IS HAMMERED. JOHNSON MEDINA.

VOTING NAY IS LANGEVIN AND JAFFEE. OKAY. OKAY, BEFORE WE GO TO ITEM FOUR I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS MEETING. BACK TO ORDER.

WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MR. MORTON. AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MISS CARTER.

THANK YOU, MISS CARTER. OKAY. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS TO PROGRAM YEARS 2024, 2025, AND 2025 AND 2026. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACTION PLANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND THE CITY'S CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.

THE PROPOSED NEW PROJECT OR ACTIVITY REQUIRES A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S ACTION PLAN.

THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT AT THEIR JANUARY 21ST MEETING. TO IMPLEMENT THIS REQUEST, IT IS NECESSARY TO REALLOCATE LEFTOVER FUNDS FROM COMPLETED OR CLOSED PROJECTS COUNCIL ONE PROJECT AND ALLOCATE FUNDS TO THIS NEW MULTI-USE COURT IMPROVEMENT.

THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE REMOVING THE EXISTING COURT FOUNDATION AND REESTABLISHING THE AREA AS A MULTI-USE HARDCOURT FACILITY DESIGNED TO SUPPORT A VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS OPEN PLAY AND FORMAL SPORTS, HARDCOURT SPORTS, PICKLEBALL AND FUTURE ADAPTABLE PROGRAMING.

THIS PROJECT DOES INCLUDE A PERMANENT SPECIALIZED HOCKEY AMENITY AND IT'S AT LIBERTY PARK.

THIS AMENDMENT WAS ADVERTISED IN FLORIDA TODAY ON JANUARY THE 20TH, PROVIDING FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDING ON THIS EVENING AT COUNCIL MEETING. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO PROGRAM YEARS 2024, 2025 AND 2025 2026. CDBG ACTION PLANS AND SUBMITTAL TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE DEPUTY MAYORS GOT A QUESTION, MISS CARTER.

THE PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE PHASE TWO THAT'S NOW IN PLACE.

WHAT BUDGETS WERE USED FOR THOSE EXPENSES? OUR OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS WERE USED.

SO PULLING THE $200,000 FROM THIS WON'T TAKE AWAY FOR TO PAY THE BILL ON THE PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL IS THAT THAT MONEY IS ALREADY ALLOCATED.

THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING DONE FREE BY THE EPA. OKAY.

SO PHASE TWO IS BEING PAID FOR BY A GRANT FROM THE EPA.

ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND, MY QUESTION WAS EXACTLY THE SAME.

AFTER READING THIS, I WAS EXTREMELY CONCERNED ON THE CONDITIONS AT VICTORIA PARK.

SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU, SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MISS CARTER? SEEING NONE.

COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.

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

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ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY. NAY. PASSES 4 TO 1. WE ARE NOW ON PROCUREMENT.

[PROCUREMENTS:]

THIS MISCELLANEOUS PIGGYBACK PURCHASE FOR CURED IN PLACE PIPE INSTALLATION IS PART OF A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR PHASE ONE.

I WAS GOING TO ASK OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, KEVIN BRINKLEY, TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THIS IS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR INTERIM ACTING PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR, NICK KHANJAR, HERE AS WELL.

IF YOU'VE GOT ANY PROCUREMENT QUESTIONS. YES.

THANK YOU, MR. MORTON. KEVIN BRINKLEY, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND MR. BRINKLEY, HOW ARE YOU? THAT'S A GREAT LOOKING TIE, SIR. I WORE IT FOR IT'S MY LITTLE PONY THEMED BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR OUR CHRISTINA.

CHRISTINE FOR. FOR WHO WAS IT? CHRISTINE SULLIVAN, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

IT'S HER BIRTHDAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THE BALLOON OVER THERE, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I'M GLAD I ASKED.

THANK YOU. WAY TO GO, MISS SULLIVAN. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF NEW.

IT'S A A NEW PROCESS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE CITY.

AND WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN OUR OUR THOUGHT PROCESS AND WHY YOU HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU.

THIS IS 85 LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE PIPES THAT HAVE FAILED IN THE CITY.

SO EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE INSPECT ON A ROTATIONAL BASIS STORMWATER PIPES THAT RUN UNDERNEATH OUR ROADS, UNDERNEATH OUR SIDEWALKS, OUTFALL PIPES THAT RUN FROM NEIGHBORHOODS INTO CANALS.

THINGS LIKE THAT. ONCE THEY ARE GRADED, ONCE THEY REACH A SCORE OVER FIVE, IT'S A 1 TO 10 SCALE.

ONCE THEY REACH A SCORE OVER FIVE, THEY'RE CONSIDERED FAILED. IT'S TIME FOR US TO CONSIDER REPLACING THEM.

TRADITIONALLY, WHAT'S BEEN DONE IS WE HAVE PULLED UP THE PIPE OUT OF THE GROUND AND REPLACED IT WITH A BRAND NEW PIPE.

SO IF IT'S UNDER A ROADWAY, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE'RE TEARING UP THE ROAD, PUTTING THE PIPE DOWN UNDER A SIDEWALK.

SAME THING THROUGH SOMEONE'S SIDE YARD. SAME THING.

CIPP. IS CURED IN PLACE PIPE. IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO PULL THE PIPE OUT OF THE GROUND. WHAT WE DO IS WE ESSENTIALLY WE WE HAVE A VENDOR.

A THIRD PARTY WILL SHOOT A BLADDER THROUGH THE PIPE AND THEN FORCE HOT WATER INTO IT, WHICH CURES THAT BLADDER INSIDE OF THE CURRENT EXISTING PIPE, BUT ESSENTIALLY CREATING A BRAND NEW PIPE THAT CURES IN PLACE USING THAT HOT WATER AND THEN CREATES A NEW LIFE WITH A LIFESPAN EQUAL TO THE CORRUGATED PIPE THAT WAS THERE ORIGINALLY. SO IT'S FAIRLY NEW TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S A NEW PROCESS HERE IN THE CITY, AND IT'S AWARDING US SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS BY DOING THIS.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO.

YES. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANKS FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

AND AND IT REMINDS ME ON DOING A BETTER JOB OF SHARING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

WE HAD A CONSTITUENT EARLIER TODAY MENTIONED.

HEY, YOU GUYS AREN'T SHARING THE STORY OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO I, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A PIECE OF ADVICE AND START DOING A BETTER JOB OF SHARING THE STORY OF INVESTING IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

DEPUTY MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE COMMENT CARDS? NO CARDS, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION.

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

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON UNFINISHED AND OLD BUSINESS.

[UNFINISHED AND OLD BUSINESS:]

BOARD OF TRUSTEES REPRESENTING CITY RESIDENT POSITIONS.

MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT BENJAMIN KISIEL AND JAMES BROCK TO THE PALM BAY FIREFIGHTERS RETIREMENT PENSION PLAN.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

I DO HAVE A COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN WEIGHING IN. YEAH.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK. I MEAN, DOES HAS ANYBODY SPOKEN TO THEM OR CAN ANYBODY SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.

THEY ARE BEING REAPPOINTED. SO THEY, THEY, THEY DID SERVE.

OKAY. SO THEY'RE ON THE BOARD. I KNOW I JUST I HAVEN'T MET HIM PERSONALLY AND I DON'T LIKE VOTING FOR PEOPLE THAT I HAVEN'T MET JUST OUT OF THAT PRINCIPLE, BUT I UNDERSTAND I KNOW BENJAMIN SISKO WAS A FIREFIGHTER FOR YEARS IN THIS CITY GAVE AN ENORMOUS

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AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS.

[NEW BUSINESS:]

CITY COUNCIL. I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. CALL UP DEPUTY CHIEF SPEERS TONIGHT.

HE MAY HAVE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WELL. YOU NEVER KNOW. BUT IF HE'D PRESENT THIS AND DISCUSS THE ITEM, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC. WELCOME, DEPUTY CHIEF. GOOD MORNING OR GOOD EVENING? GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. I'M HOPING NOT TO STAY HERE TILL MORNING.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HATING ON ME. SORRY. IT HAD.

IT HAD HAS. IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. YEAH. WE HAVEN'T SAID GOOD MORNING.

YEAH. HERE. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL. SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU HAS COME TO YOU A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

DURING THAT TIME, IT WAS APPROVED BY YOU ALL FOR THIS GRANT TO BE USED FOR THE SALARIES FOR THE OVERTIME.

IT'S REIMBURSABLE. HOWEVER, AFTER IT WAS APPROVED, THEY CAME BACK AND SAID THAT WE CAN PURCHASE EQUIPMENT WITH THIS GRANT, WHICH IS HOW IT'S BEEN IN YEARS PAST. SO THIS FIRST YEAR OR WHEN THIS FIRST CAME OUT EARLIER, IT WAS A LITTLE UNIQUE BECAUSE WE HADN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE. SO THEY CAME BACK, AMENDED THE GRANT APPLICATION THAT COULD BE USED FOR SALARIES AND EQUIPMENT.

AND SO WE'RE COMING BACK BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL THAT THIS GRANT BE USED FOR SALARIES AND EQUIPMENT.

THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS PURCHASED IS GOING TO BE TRAFFIC EQUIPMENT SUCH AS RADARS AND LASERS, ETC. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE SALARIES FOR THE OVERTIME THAT THE OFFICERS ARE WORKING THE DETAILS.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT EXPLANATION. YES, CHIEF.

ANY QUESTIONS OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. SPEAKER CARDS, DEPUTY MAYOR.

NO, MAYOR. I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE.

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

ANY OPPOSE. SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL REPORTS:]

GOT NOTHING. EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. COUNCILMAN HAMMER? YES. I WAS GOING TO SEE HOW COUNCIL FELT ABOUT IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO GET A CONSENSUS OR NOT.

BUT DOCTOR WILSON FROM THE MRC WOULD LIKE TO PLACE BACTERIA MONITORS IN WITH HELP FROM FROM FROM SOME COLLEGES AROUND THE STATE TO PUT BACTERIA MONITORS IN TURKEY CREEK.

I WAS SEEING I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED CONSENSUS, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED.

SO HOW YOU GUYS FELT ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT.

IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. HAVING MRC THERE AT OUR SERVICE IS AMAZING.

AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A SERVICE TO US I WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE IT.

AND SO RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SURE CONSENSUS IS IS NEEDED, BUT IF SO, I'M A THUMBS UP ON THAT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE EXPERIENCED DEVASTATION, A TRAGIC DEVASTATION IN OUR TURKEY CREEK AREA.

SO IT'D BE GOOD TO SEE HOW THAT HAS PROGRESSED AS WELL.

SO. YES, SIR. THUMBS UP. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHERS.

COUNCILMAN. LANGEVIN. YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN? I'M GOOD.

THUMBS UP. OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT. WE GOT A COMMENT.

OKAY. COUNCILMAN. OR AS YOU WERE MR. MORTON, I'M SORRY.

MAYBE MY TIMING IS OFF, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE CONSENSUS, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK A HOLD HARMLESS AND JUST A GENERAL USE AND OBLIGATION AGREEMENT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. I KNOW STAFF'S ALREADY ENGAGING. SO IF WE CAN HAVE CONSENSUS TO DRAFT THAT AGREEMENT, WE ALREADY HAVE FIVE THUMBS UP, SIR. THANK YOU.

OH, HOLD ON. COUNCILMAN. NO, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS GOING TO WITHDRAW HIS THUMBS UP, I THINK.

I DON'T KNOW, GO AHEAD. COUNCILMAN. WAIT. MR. MOORE, YOU'RE SPEAKING VERY FAST. SO YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF NEGOTIATIONS? NO, NO, STAFF'S JUST TALKING OBJECTIVELY. WE CAN DO IT.

MR.. OKAY. OUR STAFF HAS SAID YET WE CAN FIND LOCATIONS.

I'M SORRY. I'LL SLOW DOWN. ALL WE WOULD LIKE IS THE CONSENSUS.

BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT DRAFTED WITH MISS SMITH AND A USE AGREEMENT.

SO IT'S JUST VERY CLEAR. THERE. THERE SENSORS. THEY NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT THE CITY'S OBLIGATIONS ARE, WHICH WON'T BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE PLACEMENT. RIGHT. AND INSTALLATION AND JUST ALL THE BASIC GOOD STUFF. OKAY, I AGREE WITH FALLS OFF AND YOU KNOW, A MANATEE EATS IT OR HITS A BOAT, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THEY ARE.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING SMART IN PARTNERSHIP. YES, SIR. I AGREE WITH THAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO YOU STILL HAVE FIVE THUMBS UP, SIR? COUNCILMAN.

HAMMEL. DOES THAT INCLUDE YOUR REPORT OR. I HAD ONE MORE I WANTED TO THANK OFFICIALLY OUR OUR LEGISLATORS FOR PUSHING SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE.

THEY FOUGHT PRETTY HARD FOR US. AND ONE OF MY PASSIONS WAS BABCOCK.

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SO I JUST WANTED TO COME OUT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR FOR THE EXTRA EFFORT.

IT'S NOTHING WE ASKED HER TO DO AND SHE DID IT ON HER OWN.

YEAH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S TRULY AMAZING.

AND MY LAST THING IS I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT THOMAS GAUME TO THE TASK FORCE.

CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. COUNCILMAN HAMMEL. NOT FOR NOTHING.

I THINK IT WARRANTS US TO TO NOT ONLY SHARE WHAT SENATOR MAYFIELD HAS DONE, BUT THE ENTIRE DELEGATION.

AND ALTHOUGH IT HASN'T MADE IT TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, IT DOESN'T EXCLUDE US FROM BEING GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR THE PROCESS OF ALL OUR PROJECTS. SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERYONE FROM ROBBIE BRACKETT ON THEY ALL SENATOR MAYFIELD MONIQUE MILLER. I MEAN, THEY THEY HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY WELCOMED US, NOT ONLY IN TALLAHASSEE, BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP US IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND HELP US WITH THESE THESE APPROPRIATIONS AND GRANTS.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T SOLIDIFIED ANYTHING BECAUSE THE THE GOVERNOR'S GOT TO SIGN IT.

HOWEVER, WE MUST COMMEND THEIR EFFORTS ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR HAS MADE THE CUT.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY AS WELL. COUNCILMAN.

JOHNSON. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THREE THINGS TO THAT POINT.

I WANT US TO BE VERY OPEN MINDED AND FORWARD THINKING.

THE FLORIDA LEGISLATORS PASSED THE HOUSE BILL 203, WHICH HAS TO MAKE ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK IN REGARDS TO PROPERTY TAX.

AND. YEAH, SO, SO CITIES MAY BE SEEING A PINCH IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE GOT TO BE OPEN MINDED AND SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO NAVIGATE THOSE WATERS.

OTHER THAN THAT, I APPOINT DONNIE FELIX FROM MY TASK FORCE.

AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T TURNED IN THEIR EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY DO SO.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR YESTERDAY. HE'S ACTUALLY AFFORDED A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF TIME WITH HIM FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS.

AND PART OF THE MEETING INCLUDED OUR CHAIRMAN FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, THAD ALTMAN'S OFFICE.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY TO HAVE THAT FACE TO FACE TIME WITH OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND TO BE ABLE TO TO TELL HIM ABOUT PALM BAY, YOU KNOW, END OF LAST YEAR, COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN INVITED HIM TO PALM BAY, AND HE SPENT TIME IN OUR GUN RANGE WITH OUR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

AND, YOU KNOW, TO GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR PALM BAY TO TO GET IN FRONT OF HIM.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR GREATEST NEEDS IN OUR CITY AND WHAT, WHAT WE'RE WORKING FOR, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS APPROPRIATIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE ASKED A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? AND THE RESPONSE WAS WAS SIMPLE AS WELL.

PLEASE ASK THE GOVERNOR NOT TO VETO ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED TO PALM BAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHETHER THAT CARRIES ANY WEIGHT.

WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL KNOW BY SOMETIME IN JULY, JUNE, JUNE, WE'LL KNOW BY JUNE.

SO, BUT HE DID EXPRESS INTEREST TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING AND, AND COME BACK TO BREVARD COUNTY AND JUST REALLY, REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT TO SHARE THAT NEWS. ON SOME MORE, MORE NEWS RELATED TO PALM BAY AND JUST THE GOOD THINGS THAT THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY AND JUST ENTER LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY RELATIONSHIPS, HAD A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER REACH OUT SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES GOING ON NEAR PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON ON SCHOOL DRIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NOT NOT LISTENING TO YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC CONDITIONS OVER THERE.

AND WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO DEPUTY CHIEF SPEARS, AND HE COORDINATED WITH OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT IN PALM BAY AND WITHIN A MONTH'S TIME WAS ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION AND GET SIGNS INSTALLED AND AND THEN ACTUALLY MONITORED THE SITUATION FOR IMPROVEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SOLUTION WAS WORKING.

AND AND FURTHERMORE, OUR SERGEANT BERMUDEZ, ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER JUST TO GIVE HIM AN UPDATE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND HOW WE WORK WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND OUR STAFF AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS FOR THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH TOUCH BASE ON THE TPO REPORT A LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW, MAYOR, MEDINA, COUNCILMAN HAMMER AND MYSELF, WE SERVE ON THE TPO BOARD, AS YOU KNOW, THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM PALM BAY. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE TIME WE'RE THERE TO LISTEN TO TO STAFF PRESENTATION.

AND THERE WAS A VERY DISCOURAGING PRESENTATION MADE LAST WEEK REGARDING, YOU KNOW, THE 2050 LONG TERM RANGE PLAN.

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AND OF ALL THE PROJECTS IN THE 2050 PLAN, $2 BILLION IS UNFUNDED, INCLUDING MALABAR ROAD.

AND WE'RE LOOKING BACK AT THE STAFF OF THE TPO, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT US AND IT'S LIKE, AND MY IN MY MIND, I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION LOOKS LIKE.

YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT CUTS ARE HAPPENING FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE STATE LEVEL, AND, YOU KNOW, HOPE AND POTENTIALLY EVEN ON A ON A LOCAL LEVEL NOW, WITH WHATEVER IT MAY BE, MAY OR MAY NOT BE HAPPENING WITH PROPERTY TAXES, I COULD WE COULD CERTAINLY USE THE HELP FROM THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, TO BE VOCAL TO OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, TO OUR STATE DELEGATES AND OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR HELP.

YOU KNOW, WE SERVE, WE LOVE SERVING. WE GO TO THESE MEETINGS, BUT WE NEED THE 155,000 RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY TO GET REALLY, REALLY LOUD WITH PEOPLE HIGHER UP THAN THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND SO JUST BEGGING FOR YOUR HELP. WRITE LETTERS, MAKE PHONE CALLS AND DON'T LET OFF THE GAS UNTIL WE START GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED IN OUR CITY. YOU KNOW, FLORIDA WAS AN OPEN STATE DURING COVID.

COVID POLICY HAS ALLOWED FLORIDA TO BE OPEN, AND PEOPLE CAME HERE IN DROVES AND WERE AT OUR 2035 POPULATION.

AND WE'RE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THAT NOW IN OUR ROADS AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND WITHOUT A VERY, VERY LOUD, CONSISTENT VOICE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE HELP WE NEED.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLOSE WITH THAT. THANK YOU MAYOR. YEAH.

AND I WAS GOING TO REPORT A LITTLE BIT ON THAT TPO MEETING AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE SAID.

SO JUST SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THE, THE DEFICIT, ALL THE PROJECTS AND WHAT WAS PLACED BEFORE THE CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASING THE LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN INCREASED IN MULTIPLE DECADES.

SO THAT BEING SAID THAT THAT WAS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, AND THEN ALSO TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT ELSE WAS DISCUSSED WAS THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON TEXT. THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE PLACED ON THE ON THE BALLOT AND THE SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OR NOT INCREASE, BUT CONTINUE TO BUILD ON WHAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

I WILL SAY THIS THAT TAX IS WE CAN USE THAT THOSE BENEFITS REGARDING THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE, MEANING OUTFALLS, ANYTHING THAT'S GOING INTO THE OUTFALL SO THAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS DONE THAT. I KNOW THAT THAT CAME UP WASN'T SURE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE'RE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS, THERE WERE MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS ON THAT BOARD AND THERE WAS A MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS FROM THIS BOARD.

SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS HOW WE SPEAK.

I CAN SPEAK HERE IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHER IN THE SUNSHINE, RIGHT? SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT LAGOON TEXT, YOU CAN USE IT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AS LONG AS IT'S IMPROVING THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.

SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY COUNCIL REPORTS.

I DO. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. JUST JUST I GUESS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX, THAT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DWINDLE AS WE SEE MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES COME ON TO OUR ROADS.

AND THEN EVEN WITH RAISING IT, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BE PUTTING IT ON TO A POPULATION THAT'S DEDICATED TO, YOU KNOW, STICKING IT OUT WITH FUEL WHERE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER TAX THE ROAD ITSELF BECAUSE THE GAS ISN'T GOING TO GET.

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT 510 YEARS FROM NOW.

SO THAT MIGHT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. THAT POINT MIGHT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE, BUT JUST.

YEAH, YOU'RE SPOT ON, BROTHER. I, I BROUGHT THAT UP.

MY COLLEAGUES CAN ATTEST THAT THAT'S WHERE I WENT WITH WITH THE LOGS.

SO. BUT ANYWAY THAT CONCLUDES YOUR YOUR SPOT ON, THOUGH, AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO GO TO MR.

[ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS:]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISS CHRISTINE SULLIVAN. THE THE STICKY NOTE THAT HELD PUBLIC WORKS TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME. WE APPRECIATE YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I DID MAKE A COMMENT A FEW MONTHS BACK. I THINK MAYBE A MONTH AND A HALF AGO THAT WE WOULD ADDRESS FLOCK IN MAY.

WE FOUND OUT THAT THE CONTRACT MIGHT GO A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED, BUT I'M STILL GOING TO BRING THAT FORWARD FOR A CONVERSATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE TOLD

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PERHAPS WE COULD BRING IN A TOTALITY IN THAT CONVERSATION AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

THAT WAS THE PLAN, THE PRESENTATION DIRECTION.

LET THE LET THE PUBLIC COMMENT, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO. OKAY.

29 2029 OPEN HOUSE. SO WE'RE HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE FOR UTILITIES ON MARCH 12TH.

MORE INFORMATION IS GOING TO COME. THAT WAS PART OF THE INITIATIVES WE HAD FOR TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC. WE JUST CLOSED THE WEBSITE SURVEY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FEEDBACK. WE GOT TO MAKE OUR WEBSITE MORE FUNCTIONAL, BETTER, MORE ACCESSIBLE, MORE USEFUL TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE'RE DOING THIS OPEN HOUSE AT UTILITIES TO INVITE PEOPLE IN TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, SHOW THEM WHAT WE DO, NOT JUST TELL THEM, BUT SHOW THEM WHAT WE DO. AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THE UTILITY STAFF'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.

AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT UP SOMETIME IN THE SPRING, MAYBE EARLY SUMMER, WE'RE GOING TO DO A COMPANION OPEN HOUSE AT PUBLIC WORKS AND SAME THING. LET PEOPLE COME IN AND SEE WHAT WE DO, SEE OPERATIONS REALLY START TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CITY DOES ON A DAILY BASIS. SO IT'S PART OF OUR STRATEGY TO TO CONTINUE TO OPEN OUR DOORS, ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND LET THEM HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND SEE FIRSTHAND NOT JUST HEAR ABOUT IT AND REPORTS, BUT SEE FIRSTHAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO REALLY LOOKING LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

WANT TO WELCOME DENNIS BUNT AS OUR NEW INTERIM ACTING? I THINK I SAID THE TITLE, RIGHT. I APOLOGIZE IF I DID NOT.

CODE MANAGER. CODE COMPLIANCE MANAGER HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW DENNIS THROUGH THE LIGHT TEAM, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE SHINING STARS IN THERE.

SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD, AND HE'S STILL MANAGING CUSTOMER SERVICE. AND IF ANY OF YOU FOLLOW YOUR EMAILS, YOU SEE THAT HE RESOLVES DOZENS OF OF CONCERNS, QUESTIONS AND QUERIES ON A DAILY BASIS.

HE'S JUST DOING DOING PHENOMENAL WORK FOR US. REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. NEXT MEETING WE WILL BRING FORWARD FOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSION, SUBMISSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ANY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES TO BE SUBMITTED TO CONGRESSMAN HARIDOPOLOS THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THREE FIVE.

I DID SUBMIT TO YOU TODAY IN THE REPORT A COPY OF THE FORM, A COPY OF THE LAST REQUESTS UNDER CONGRESSMAN POSEY, AND A COPY OF OUR REQUESTS AND OUR SUCCESS UNDER CONGRESSMAN HARIDOPOLOS.

JUST TO SORT OF REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING, AND HOPEFULLY THAT INFORMS YOU OF WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH THESE NEW LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS. LAST ITEM IS WE DID GET A CALL.

VERY INTERESTING. AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN THE NEWS, KROGER IS PULLING OUT OF FLORIDA, PULLING OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST.

IN LARGE PART, THEY HAVE A BRAND NEW UNUSED. THEY SET IT UP MODULAR BUILDING THAT IS ALMOST A COMPLETE ANALOG, IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TO PURCHASE FOR THE RANGE FOR THE MILO SETUP.

WE CAN HAVE IT FOR FREE. WE JUST HAVE TO MOVE IT TO THE RANGE. I THINK THE COST OF THAT MOVE IS ABOUT 40,000.

WE BELIEVE WE HAVE TO ACT VERY QUICKLY. WE'LL SAVE US ABOUT $250,000 ON THE PURCHASE OF THE BUILDING.

HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO SAVE US 250,000.

I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN AND GET SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. WE'VE AUGMENTED OUR LEGISLATIVE REQUEST FOR THE OCTOBER BUILDING.

THE REASON BEING IS WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, GET THIS BUILDING, ACQUIRE IT, AND THEN USE THOSE FUNDS THAT WE WOULD GET IN OUR MATCH THAT'S REQUIRED IN THAT LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL TO DO THE SITE WORK, PLACE THE THIS NEW FRANK TOBER BUILDING FOR MILO, DO THE IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN, AS YOU GENTLEMEN PROBABLY KNOW, THOSE TWO CLASSROOMS ARE IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.

SO THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE I'VE PROGRAMED INTO THE MODIFICATION THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND REMODEL AND UPDATE AND CLEAN UP THOSE CLASSROOMS. I MEAN, THEY ARE THEY'RE IN BAD SHAPE. AND SO IT JUST HELPS US ADVANCE IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY BY ABOUT 225 TO $250,000, LESS THE MOVING COST. PROJECTS ON THE RANGE FOR ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.

BUT WHILE IT'S IN MY DISCRETION TO, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE SECURED THE BUILDING, I REALLY WANT YOU GUYS UNDERSTANDING GET SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL. IF YOU DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, IF YOU HAVE DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND GET CONSENSUS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TONIGHT PLEASE. SO I GUESS THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO ASK IS WHAT'S THE CONDITION OF THAT MOD? OR WE BRAND NEW, NEVER INHABITED SET UP AND NO ONE EVER NEVER USED IT.

OKAY. AND SO WE'VE HAD OUR STAFF GO UP TO ROCKLEDGE AND LOOK AT IT, INSPECTED IT.

STEVE WOODEN SAID IT'S IT'S SLIGHTLY SMALLER BY, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, BUT IT WILL BE ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECT FOR THE MILO BUILDING. WELL, THEN I THINK DEPUTY MAYOR HAS LOBBIED THROUGH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

SO WE WE MAY STAND A CHANCE OF THE GOVERNOR NOT VETOING IT.

YEAH, I'M I'M GOOD WITH THAT. SO. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

THUMBS UP. HAMMER. DEPUTY MAYOR. YEAH. MY ONLY COMMENT.

OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WIN FOR PALM BAY.

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BUT UNTIL THEN, STAY THE COURSE WITH THE MONEY, THE THE MONEY BEING FOCUSED ON THE THE MILO SYSTEM.

AND YOU POINT OUT A GOOD FACT WE WILL STAY THE COURSE.

AND IF FOR SOME REASON OUR REQUEST FAILS, THAT BUILDING MAY SIT UNINHABITED FOR A YEAR OR TWO.

BUT I WE THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB IT AND TRY TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

SO THAT IS THE RISK, SIR. I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING THAT OUT, DEPUTY MAYOR. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT, MR. MORTON? OKAY, MADAM SMITH, NOTHING FURTHER.

OKAY. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.